New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-23

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them were mill hands. They did not strike me as a
particularly vicious set. The Inspector pointed out
in TINS locality the house, now vacant, where tho
last Bradford murder was committed The streets
were dark but we'll paved and the police have things
well in hand. Display ofimmorality on the street,
such AS that In London Is unknown, and there are
few brothels in the town, the police knowing the
names of the keepers and of the inmates of every
one which record is revised every year. Drunken
ness is more under control here than in any city /
have yet visited and is gradually decreasing. The
coffee houses vie successfully with the ginshops in
lavish display of gilt letters glazing lights stained
glass and polished brass.
Said publican: "The cohee-ouses Is playing
the ID with our trade, SIR.
Tn 1878 the number of arrests for drunkenness
in Bradford was 1903; in 1881 only 3i6. This
is very small for town of Its size, aud only exceeds
by so the number convicted the same year in Dews-
| bury 10000 population. Yet one need not 90
thirsty In Bradford The licensing district contains
1874 600 inhabitants and g0ries in 1,219 Licensed
houses, one for each 159 persons. The condition OF
| the people ia far better here than IN Dundee or
Cambridge.
What are called the Gladstone groggeries" arc
considered the greatest evil In Bradford and next
to the cohee-houses are injuring the trade OF the
| public-houses and beer-snops They are so-ealled
because that eminent statesman lrsb licohsou sno
rney are little tallow chambers shops, aud one
horse groceries," licensed to sell liquor not 10 DO
drunk on the premises" The result is that people
with running accounts at those groceries are tempted
| Tn drink Mt home, and women who would not go
| openly TO the Pub buy their liquors under the
| disguise OF groceries. Upon tho whole, though the
| police of Bradford think they have minimized
| crime and drunkenness during the last decade
for all that the good old Bradford people who CEN
tures ago shut up the barshops and put the loaier
| to work, not satisfied.
| al don't know said Inspector Dobson, with
| sioh. .yhat more we can do, unless we make
| chapel of the place"
| In the amusement line Bradford Is ingeniousy
d, Init not VICIOUS There are two music halls, both
| Of which visited The lowest might be called
| variety show with the edge off, for the Salvation
ARMY occupy the upper hall III the same building
ofsetting by their pious hymns the rlbsdiy Deio".
II was the benefit night Of the Old faVorite, saiu
the dodger" which anror need as bill OF the play
| Ada Izou.v The inducement beside the young
lady IN question was" q legitimate glve-away, nor
| 10 the American slang sense. but In earnest lue
rizes To be distributed substantial Bradford
made furniture consisting of" splendid maple cane
seated chairs o la-ge centre table, handsome
oro1ioya, nice iron beadstead," a good useful
nuv tub and dolly" lis 1t necessary for me to say
| ,ha 90 what the English housewife does her " ash-
| inc mi "a useful lender" "a pretty washing
,taudu and a number OF other articles Of househoid
| furniture The place was suffocatingy hot' anu
fIisd " ith rather rough but, upon the whole, de-
| cently behaved audience All the men snoAed,
mostly pipes and drinks were being sold TO men anu
women alike amid the singing OF the " oId aVoi.
ito - and the Changing and Iwlnging ana footing Oh
n moor orchestra. At the second place visited tne
| +. Two Orphans was being performed 10 d tu''
| house; admission, I'D and Sd. Inc auaience "ere
~Ts'iy th u Theatre Royal Bradford" was one OF
| those wIetched English pantommes, cInoau, tn9
sailor" These horrible con ohatons VI ins,pJi
IRE and scsnie effects, stale airs aud aIroclous snug
inc dayored throughout with display OF Jlngolsln
| anI-no tights, have so lar haunted me "a etSy
go 1 have already seen Robinson Crus0e In
York. Robinson Crusoe" IN Nakeneld, hopI i
Crusoe" in Glasgow. Robinson russo III hnan 70
| thnk the British public had one Robinson CrusOo
mad. This was Sinbad. so 1 went glad 10 e1-
cbanoe I,efoe's modern adventure for the ancieho
marITer OF the Arabian Nights. l first eloowed my
way into the pit which was jammed TO W doors;
with respectable mechanics ana their iae tSs saq
FACTORY girls with their sweetnearts FROM lnelo
ascsnJed to the dress circle" AMI upper boxes
and found that they contained the shop keeoers anu
The hr slness people of the town. VINO listened at
tentiyey TO the balderdash, laughed heartily az tue
| coarse,t aud stalest JOKES, and joined Win tne
@odsD aud tue PIT in apPaudlng the lingo sent,-
so,s Uhich this wear of course turn on the Brill
liant Egyptian Campaign, ne UaiIahs on LA uai
net and such lines as stand, boys stand steaGy
| and true, TOT 10 ubub IVA "A' HN-~
| proper thing to do
p'Tp ~. nignt during my stag In the city was in:
vited 10 attend tue annual subscription concefs OF
81 Georges Hail. which Dy the way Is one Oh inc
lar est i'm the Kingdom. Here you see the wealth ana
hs.nty OF the town. rhe hailwas filled with Drill
| rant audiences. mostly ladies, who, oil course, APP
reared as did the gentlemen. in evening dress
bradfordans have always oeen noted for thelr ove
of music, and the concert wnlen was eAeeii0u' was
h,ea no snace TO describe the worsted mills and
,,ther large iactori,s which have visited. They
ara certainly an Immense scale; NO piace III tl9
sorIJ can make wooen yarn as Bradford can, anu
| .yon the Continental countries have 10 Duy bTan-
ford yarn to weave into the me frencR eooIs; Gno
at tns saddest sights tue scene OF the late dls
aster The falling chimney lovei sou ieet nign nsu
| smashed in the adjoining MIL as though IL were
| house built with cards. As walked through tno
, vaTTs which have now been clearea. sue sorrow
tricken faces and swollen eyes OF the ola teansters
and ward hands told the story that they had lost a
| laughter or a son whose young LIE had oeeh
crashed out liz the fearful catastrophe
In tnis letter and in one that preceded IL nave
endcavored TO picture TO tng nsv Rradford If
/ wer. asked what he Keen practical bradL0rd man,
! uIacturer thought on economic quesslons, sno.io
frankly reply that after an experience oi genoia
80" some uf them are prepared TO prove that tariit
duties come largely out of the proaucer 'nsn
| the consumer Some of them demonstrated tnis
oits coocInsyely to me aud illustrated IL with the
| French tariff One OF the most prominent, whoSo
| name would be known IN the Statesuu ieei al ho-
cry rh v rrntS is the higher the foreign tariff The
= lower We must make goods and the less We can
an Tn;ted States tariff will be a grand thing for
Bradford. but how it will affect your industries
hardly say We are Obliged to sell our goods III
nactsd their higher tariff and the Bradford manu-
factarsr is paying that duty, not the French con-
SINNERS Of the goods know from practical experei.o
| what / am talking about, aud OFTEN tell my
, friends fhe Professors, II they would only como
here to Bradford aud stay for twelve msqtns ana
ouk into the practical working OF noir pet theooS,
. ,Hr '',ohf p,odify them somow hat. England can
no LONGER control the markets of the world nor can
aha convert the world to fee trade Some sun cilng
s tbe bnne that this will be done, bnt tho sooner
VIC uopo 1 nf these false notions TIE better in my