New York Saloons

There were eight thousand saloons in new york. The republican party wanted to shut down all these shity saloons that all the irish are drinking in. So what did they do? They brought in this rains law. And rain's law in 18 90 was, if you wanted to stay open as a saloon and serve drink, the annual license went up by ten times as much. It effectively placated saloon owners with free food instead of alcohol. This is one of the aspects of we'll say new york bariculture, that's kind of problematic.