Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17

you have less apparent intemperance in
this country than we have in England" said
the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes to a STAR re-
porter. The active apostle Of the forward
movement" is greatly interested in the temper
ance question. has been prominent as an advo-
cate Of tota. abstinence and is one of the vice
presidents Of that great organization for good,
the United Kingdom Alliance.
Il have scarcely seen any drunkenness since
landed in your country" said the evangelist
Indeed, now that think of it, believe |
have only seen two men drunk in America,
and am sorry to say both o. those were
custom house officers at New York. Since then
have never seen any one drunk. / have been
In Portland. Me-. and YVES gratified beyond ex.
preston. found that q week before | went
there an old offender had been sentenced "a
two years imprisonment for selling liquor. and
the proprietor OF the hotel at which STONED
SAID be dare not sell me iatoxicants; he did no,
mind the fine, but ne was afraid of the inpr;s-
onment If any citizen should visit that lovely
city and see the health and prosperity and uni
rersai happiness everywhere apparent he would
feel thnt . great blessing had been bought
cheapIy. Portland is in that social cont,i.
ton which In our highest hopes we might dare
expect England to reach a hundred years
hence"
such advances as it has in the United statesY''
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS ~ ENGLAND.
''No, but within the last twenty-five years /,
has made important progress II has captured
the churches Some Of its earliest advocates
were skeptics and infideis. and that excited a
strong prejudice in many Christians against
the whole movement, but in my own church
now that is all changed. We occupy an ad-
vanced position. The great majority OF our
ministers are total abstainers and al those
connected with our mission are necessarily so.
We average thousand adult converts to teeto-
talasm every year at the West London mission
services- A very prominent part Of our work
has been on the line of intemperance. but.
while there has been n marked advance in all
religions circles, there is still an awful amount
OF intemperance In our country; everybody ad-
mits that we have far too many public houses.
Everybody would like to reduce the number.
but the vested interests are so great that
each political party is afraid thar ANYTHING
1t might do inimical to those interests would help
the other. In spite of this fear We have defeated
two edorts upon the part of the present gov
eminent to compensate those liquor dealers
whose licenses were not renewed: and there
has been very important decision of the
highest court Of appeal this very yesr by which
1t ID now finally determined that the holder Of
q liquor license has no legal claim whatever to
compensation. There is no doubt that before
long every locality will be allowed to deter
mine for itself whether the liquor trade shall re-
main In existence or not The temperance
sentiment in religious circles is growing so
rapidly that no Christian man would deliber-
ateiy enter the liquor trade. Those who by
inheritance have come into the possession Of
brewsries and distilleries would gladly be rid
Of them. There was q striking instance Of the
extent to which this feeling goes One Of the
most prominent and enlightened liberals in
England, who was a candidate for a constitu-
II a.. ~. a a.
from has candidacy. stating as q reason that
the vocation which he had inherited from his
fathers was inconsistent with the liberal policy.
"The Wesleyan church does not demand
total abstinence AZ a prerequisite TO member
ship. but a discussion is continually going on
az to the extent Of the force of John Nesleyis
rules. II is distinctly stated in those reguin-
tons that no one is TO buy or sell liquors ex-
cspt In case Of extreme necessity"
ITO what would You atsribute the extreme
poverty Of Londonr' esked the reporter
''Whst is the particular cause?'
THE cArsE OF POVERTY rS LONDON.
.fho particular cause Of extreme pauper-
ism." replied Mr.. Hughes, 1.-THE indisputabls
eause Of the extreme pauperism which exists in
al our large communities, is the system Of land
tenure which Is in existence. Far thousand
years parliament has legislated in the interest
Of the privileged few, with the result that over
vHet QlRtflc8 ~ u oDtoiutcAf impobslDie Tor the
workingman TO become the owner Of his own cot
tage or garden or anything else. Now, this sys-
ten has gradually created pauper class land
less. thriltiess and helpless. They gradually
drift into the great centers Of population, where
there II . little more excitement and more
chancs Of picking up few coppers. and then
when every thing elss has failed they drift from
shoss ceuters to London, and, therefore, to,
London goes the very refuse Of helpless So
eiety. wscousequeuty have psuper class that
Is hereditary. OF course intemperance 10 Q vast
cause Of pauperism, but In England the hercdi-
tary paupsr II the product Of the existing sys-
tem q land tenure There can be no doubt
that q soon - ne have free trade In land many
people who are nov crowding into
the towns viii return 10 the Villages.
How could you explain the poverty in such
city a. New York? IL 10 not hereditary. II
you lived In London you would see the dis1er-
sncs. Il - NOS Of such an ingrained and
hereditary sort We have the satae kind of
paupertsu - you have - the result Of personal
Toby, drunkenness, 10. IL ID dslkcuIt 20 ex-
agxseato the extent % which drunkennsss IL
cause Of .pauperism, but beyond all that Ne
have an hereditary paapsr elias, sasisiIed 90
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