New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
LIQUOR LAWS IN ENGLAND.
THE SALOON QUESTION ON SUNDAYS.

coon RESULTS FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE COCOA HOUSES IN LIvERPooI-oTHER
REMEDIAL AGENTS FOR THE EVILS OF
1NrEMPERANCE-A TALK WITH
ROBERT GRAHAM
Mr. Robert Graham OF this city, General Sec
rotary OF the Church Temperance Society, mas JUS.
returned from visit OF three months 70 ".ea'
Britain having been commissioned by the society
to investigate the various remedial agents aoop'eu
in the large cities that country for the eVis Oh
tp,o,,erance During his stay abroad Mr. era
ham visited Liverpool. London Mahchester' Dir.
mlngham Belfast and Glasgow, and the resui, Oh
his observations will soon be embodied IN repoi.
TO the society," with the likelihood that the best Oh
the remedies will be adopted and put IN operAuoi'
here In speaking OF his experience yesterday
Mr.. Graham said: ,
This country has nothing to learn from England
In the matter OF laws concerning the licensing Oh
saloons save in the certainty OF their enforcement"
Social custom and usages die hard' Inc Pup"'
house Is intrenched there to greater degree IMAM
the liquor saloon with us
In the matter OF closing the saloons on sum
davs the English law Is not ideal. 1t leaves the
saloon open during certain strictly defined ana
limited hours 1t Is enforced with the utmost sric-
ness So far as | was able TO judge. the tendency
~ opinion there s toward greater restriction ana
entire closing on Sundays and this rather on SOCIAL
and ethical than Sabbatarian grounds
81, Investigating the subject OF substitutes for
tho saloon had a long interview with the secre-
tary of the British Workman Cocoa House COM
pany Limited. In Liverpool. and visited WIN MIN
the best OF the sixty-hve houses they nave es-
tab,ished In that city Financially, they are souhd'
as an Investment they are profitable. and con-
slider them the most valuable agencies In the cause
NJ TEMPERANCE reform. In the sixty houses OF
the Cocoa House Company, In single week iol'ool
customers were supplied their expenditures
amounting to $50. the average amount being tor
each man cents In the cocoa room ana IL
cents In the cafes The employees OF the concern
number 500 300 OF whom women. also visited
the eighteen coffee stands and cafes established by
tho Irish Temperance League In Belfast. and con-
Quoted under their own auspices, and think they
meet most fully the conditions Of New-York
"Of a somewhat different but equally important
kind are the Tee-to-tums federated with OXFORD
House in the East End OF London. This institution
adds TO the ordinary coffee house the feature OF the
club The Rev. Mr. Ingram. It's chief, has unique
nersonalty He is aided financially and individually
by graduates and students from Oxford University.
When / called upon Mr.. Ingram found him with
a bodyguard Of thirty young oxford men, VINO paid
for their board and lodging. and gave their work
freely They wait their guests and them
selves at dinner They mix freely with the people
and give personal attention to the management Of
the Boys University and other clubs IL has bona
dde membership OF 800 1 attended an ordinary
business committee meeting at which Mr.. Ingram
presided. and where sat next to chimney sweep
who was gentleman. | asked what had Deen the
most marked result OF the work OF the house. ana
was told that the most marked and far-reaching
the extension or the age OF marriage
from seventeen TO twenty-four: -
Il think that | was able to gather sum,
Client material during my stay In England
10 demonstrate that the remedial agencies
which have been successful there will be equally
as fruitful in NewYork, and when have an oppor-
tunity TO put my facts and figures In the proper
shape | shall make full report to the society. to-
gether with certain recommendations based upon
my recent observations. which may prove valu-
able"