Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26
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% number OF Protestant churches in the ei
: was found 70 be 43, in which the number
sittings is estimated at I9,500, and the aVe
age attendance about $4,000 the number
" Romsnist churches Z, with about 1000 u 81
q tings, and an average attendance of diffe
ent persons, at some one of the services
essh Sabbath of $4,000; the number
Q Jewish synsgogues ., with zoo ~sittings, al
$50 average Attendance; making in Il
whole 50 places Of worship, 1890 sitting
and.s27 300 average attendance,
Mr.. Martindsle desires to mako speci
acknowledgment OF the very cordial an
valuable Cooperation and assistance
Hon. Mayor Chspin and Detective smit
in procuring statistics in respect to some
the sources of vice and crime in the city
many of which could not otherwise hav
been reliably obtainec. And it is especial
gratifying and hopeful that our municips
affairs are 10 such sn extent administers
by men who appreciate tho great trut
that sin is Il reprOach TO any people," an
are making earnest, and in some degre
effectuRl, efforts 10 arrest the progress q
immortality among US. These statistic
show in the city 30 manufactures of in
tOxicating drinks, whose monthly prOduc
of distilled and mixed liquors is COS barrel:
Of manufactured wines 50 barrels, and o
ale and beer 1893 barrels. The number Q
drinking saloons is Az, employing the tim
OF 5OS persons in selling, ard their aggre
gate receipts from sales Of drinks alone &C
cOrding to reliable evidence is S3I,96
weekly, or ; ,622,2S4 per annum. AnG
4 ~. a - L-w-I a..
may seem scarcely credible, when we no
tice that is Only equal To a daily average a
each saloon of about So 80, the amour.
would seem 10 be rather short, than over
stated.
The number of gambling rooms (as sup
posed is TO- the number OF billiard saloons
Is Is, with an aggregate Of SO tables, in con
neclion with each of which Intoxicating
drinks are sold. The numb Der of regular Gus,
toners ofthese daily is 4j7, Of whom loo are
under 20 years Of age the number of tran
sient customers is 4yj, of whom III are IN
der twenty years of age and the number
of daily visitors l,2dj, of whom 449 are un-
der twenty years OF age, making an aggre-
gate OF daily attendants Of 2,2O7, Of whom
7o0 are under twenty year of age.
Il is ascertained that the entire expenses
Of the : Romish churches N the city, with
their various schools, orphan asylums, hos
pitfalls, &c, amount annually to about SG4,
600 and those Of the AZ Protestant church
es, including Sabbath schools, city mis-
sions, and all church enterprises appertain-
ing 10 the city, S1I5. 600 and of the Cleye-
land Orphan Asylum, $1,000. If to the sum
of all these there be added an equal amount
for the contributions of t~heseVariOus church
es, in their associated and individual capa-
cities, 10 religious and benevolent opera
tons abroad, which for the average OF them
is surely a large estimate, We have an ag-
gregate of $4,000 expended annually for
the elevation, n the social, moral and re-
ligi0us Improvement OF the race at home
u abroad, for whose degradation more
than four times that sum Is annually ex-
pended IN THIS city, as Is shown above, az
the SI1glCi item Of IntOricltlaq drinks taken IN
~szlOoaS. And if We add to the above amount
paid for religious and benevolent purposes,
the entire annual expenses of our city gov
eminent, including the Fire and Police
departments, the Public Schools, InGrmary,
aud interest on the public debt, which dur
the last year amounted TO S5IO,6g7,
and no small part Of which resulted more
or less directly from intemperanee, and
really belongs on the other side
Of the account We should still have an
aggregate of only about $3.50, ego, and but
little more than oae half the large amount
Of Sl,d22, gao, annually paid in saloons
alone, Tor this most fruitful source of vice |
crime. The remainder being sufficient
TO rebuild the entire number of fifty
in the city every year. Under
he startling developments Of this canvass,
the question comes with great power, how
AN We hope to meet and overcome this
influence for evil in our midst,
which 80 largely exceeds what We have thus
far been enabled to accomplish for good.
How can these desOlatiug streams of prison.
death be changed into the rivers Of
life that shall t~ertilize and make glad the
Of the Lord. As Moses cast the di-
appointed tree into the fountains of
by whose influence those bitter
were rendered sweet and healthful, |
10 let US with new zeal and earnestness APP
ply to these turbiG waters the tree of life
whose leaves are for the healing Of the
the blessed word of God, the
lgency divinGly appointed, and divineiy
.~a1ctIoned, in all ages and countries, for
,lavating, ennobling and saving the race,
while in simple faith we look to its great
for the lulfllment OF His gracious
iTOmise--4As the raiA cOmeth down and
he snow from heaven aud retgrneih not
but WateFetk the earth, aud eauseth
{ to bring forth Il bud that 1t may give
iced TO the sOwor aud bread to the eater, so
hall my Word be that goeth forth out Of
ny mouth, it shall not return unto me void
Dut shall accomplish that which | please,
md prosper in the thing wherstO sent it,
Respectfully sub-itted n behali Of the
xecqtive' GJmnittee.
T, DWIGHT EELLs,
Corresponding Secretary.
TIL report was adopted, and g motion
vas made and carried that the tabular state
aents made out by Rev. MIR. Martindale be
in the published report of the
Brief aud pointed addresses were made by
tsy. A. II. Strong and Rev. J. H. Rylanee
N the mission Of the Ribie gecietT. After
he singing OF the ~doxology the ~benedietiOn
vas pronounced by Rev. Lewis Burton.
The anniversary exercises were the most
interesting ever held here, and the facts
to light by the thorough can
rass of the city, and published in the
export Of the Executive Committee, will in
lite every haLer of vice and ruin to new
md more vigorous efforts to better tho moral
condition Of the city. |
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