, 1875-03-21
ANTl-TREATlhG.
How the idea Takes On
'Change.
rne Three Glasses Of Board-of-Trado
Drinkers.
Interviews with Prominent Repre-
sentahyes Thereof
The Proposition Regarded with General
Disgust.
Plsanng Series Of Reasons for the oppo'
sition.
It Will Not Do.

New England Church last week iaauRuratoo eno
decline and downfall OF drinking IN THIS Guy. !"
fat,-as they put 1.-THE GcgeneracY o' e,nS
20 into one Of those cities where II a'cnons
stimulants are taken at all rs on 1ne ets' @'1
with dread OF legal consequences Of Al e3eto'o
II nnnleasan1 nature. There had been so muen
temperance speechitying during the past seaf
th,+ -, m t1,e oue in the New England
rhnr.h the Sa.accns had come to look upon the
,-r,sadiop efforts IS huge joke which, By adVer-
+;s;-,o thair fneiness, lent it welcome impetus,
nd vera rather pleased when they read OF s7s-
tematic Organizations, and mass-meetlnGs. ana
o.!,er ter,pcrance efforts At the New England
meeting, however,
BoMD-sHELL
was thrown into their ranks which maoe even
the 6o,dans among them rremble, for it wns
aimed directly IT the very thing which has been
from time immemoEial the great stronghold OF
The dispenser of liquid stimulants and the bug
hear of those who are opposed thereto. Without
entaring into any further explanation, the fol-
lowing extract from the speech OF the Hon.
r,ne-v /. S:o1rs On the memorable OCCASION be-
fors alluded to will explain the nature OF the
bo1ab-sheu:
Bv aI means let the Board Of Trade form IN anti
treating club and see5 10 extend iss usefulness.
E7er since the utterance Of those words TIE
TRIBUNE has been on the alert to supply Its
RAIDERS with the earliest information OF the Or
eanizatiop OF the club, On the day following
fhat On which Mr. 6torrs made bis speech, 3
TnuUsE reporter went to the Chamber OF Com
uerce to get the names OF the ohcefs o1 tne
club. He pee1ed into this oom ana into that 70
find out where the meeting to organize Was
roipg on, peetered the young man VINO taxes
f:cteis ct adSaission into the grand hall With IN
einuatins questions leading toward the lntorma-
ton be wished to secure, aud tna4IF nea1ly
droye Mr, Randolph into frenzy by insisting
that he was trying to conceal information OF
1ital public importance when he stated that he
did not know that 3 mighty anu-trest1ug
reviya. WAS going on somewhere IN the tul!oing-
he 6as uonpluEsed at all points and alter oay
enent in fruitless search, went home, and could
htrd'y sleep for the dread TINT tho next morning
ey,dcnccs would appear that ho Ind =" got le1t
m the most important temperance event since
The birth OF Faiber Mathew or the inyentlon Of
raspberry vinegar. Morning after morning sd"
him lying in wait to secure report OF the organ
izstlon Of the club, and night after night saw
hin return to the Office empty-hnnoef anu
di,T,;rited at his lack Of SUCCESS at last the
suspense became unendurabse, and yesterday he
took the bull by tue horns (no Bon1d Of Trade
pan intended) and -
Among the members OF tho Boatd, to discover
tho reason why they had postponed action upon
III. 6tor1s' Invaluable suggestion. belns
stranger among the dealers, he Is unable 20 Eve
lie names Of the gentlemen he interviewed, but
L ia rrobabla that their friends will recognize
them by the sentiments which they expressed.
Glne result OF his researches was the discovery
cft fact that, even as the trading PecuIarlt1es
Of the members of the Board have divided them
Into two great classcs,--tbo bovine and the
urs;ne,-eo their bibulous tdiosyncrasles nave
formed them into distinct divisions and
subdigsiors Ine three great classes
mo which the gentleman Of the Board
vlo stake something are ovlueu aIe Ie
int, those who are always ready to treat OF be
treated; secondly, those who are always feadv
To be treated, but never Teady to treat; and
thirdly, the solitary drinkers who interview the
vhte-aproned Saracen behind the counter al
alcue, take their uusocial half -tumbler OF
"rizep. and never show any inclination either
to treat or to be treated 1t must not be sup
poscd that these different classes always have
The same nanes on the mnster-roL IN the
contrary, they change even as success OF tauuIe
attends their operations, and the treAter VINO
dispenees champagne to-day is liable to become
aFeek heace tie anxious antlcipator OF an IN
yitx1ion to yl,isky-straigbt and, vice versa, one
q two fortunate deals hardly ever fa41s 70 con
vert him Wlo Was fast degenerat'ns into
chronic beat into man Of many Invitations,
and perhaps, if his deals hare been em1nently
successful into welcome member OF one OF the
Nh;.ky cloues. into which several OF the most
eyrterat,c stlmuiaLQra of the Board have resolved
Themselves.
THERE ARE SQED1flHIQN6
to these great classes, such as the man WIG ue-
koiss to rnoisten their parched lips with anything
lss edifyins or expensive than champagne; ofh-
e1B xho sneeI at sucn a1lstocranc bus lncotnpe-
tent beverages ard, on lAinciple, take nothlng
but whisky strslght; Others who take ansInn6
ktany time and with anybody; pos ~ H. sin pnarS
thus generally OF the members OF the boaIo
xto .sdon't mind II they do, it must not oe 1ot-
gotten that there is in the organization mlnoI-
III, avery email one, perhaps, but still worthy t o1
mention, who do not use stimulating liquors q Y
III, who take their coffee and cakes IN th9 m1o
dc of the day. and WHO, it is hoped, Will lend
THAR nd to the Board Of Trade Anti-1reatlng
Association As soon as the orgah1zatlou
shall be duly ini1iated. 1t has been necessary
thus to show the natural divisions ana SUD
divided in order to enable 4 eatter appfec1anosa
of the interviews which we're made III accord
anee with the classification.
During his pensrirations among the dealers,
LEE TRIBUNE reporter met WILL great utpAut.y
fsum Ill whom be cav, and would like to mention :
s2eoAAlly by name the gentleman who explained
70 him the idosyucrasies Of those he interVle*eo.
EQt IL be expressed an earnest desne not 20
aesueTe notoriety, the publication OF Ills nane -
withheld,
TIE FIRST nEMBEr OF THE BOARD
interviewed was q tail gentleman, po1tly OF 6ooy
bn1 lengthy and slender Of hmP' "nula e'.n
tha 1eportee's cnaperone described as tno
Eng B. Of the Board (5hough "hSensr hhsr
ne Ablal letter stood Tor Dull oeat, " uoJe -
- failed to e1pain) and as the gentigman W. t.
dd not build the observatory at Hyde Falk: oe ne
~ The first member Of the treating class 1nset-
riaHed, aud he panned out as follows: ,..
Reposter-M1. King B., believe you nave 'e
he.rd Of the excellent idea recently thrown ou'
hy the temperance orator, Emery 4. Sto1fs;
:, ar. Ring B.-storrs, Storrs .HaVe nsa.4 4a.,,t
tae name before. Temperance agltator: Conon
g the man l met at Jake's. of contse Aot'
09s what's the idea? Do.ra -
Reporter the members OF the boala o.,
3tade should form an antl-treating o1ganlza1Llon
order To put down the system Of setting tne,n IL
p which prevails, I understand, to an aaai1n'l's
e1tens among some of the members T
~. king B.-The idas is preposte1oa33;;, 3;,,.
snel oppose it with al my influence Mnni n
aghs has any one to dictate to me "nht n enea ~
~ or drink, OF whether shall invite others ~. -
!@n 1as7 / ike the boys, and tho ooys nh1
askss, and, organization or no osgana1ss na1a ~
a, EAU ses them up just as long as tnele mere afe
Kepo.ter-I heard you we're to be nomlnateo
PRESIDENT OF TEE SOCIETY.
@t:h King D.-Society be -. NhT, 1a8e
faeticsl view OF the thing. What do We dea,
@: Amongst other things is corn, wheat, anu
1&11ey, out Of which are mAde the cup WHICH