The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-02

country towns in which property is not
divided, where the public house or
houses, belong to one squire, or land
lord. Why should not such proprletors
take the matter into their own hands
this could be done with very little
| trouble to themselves-and SO promote
health and sobriety among their people
BY all means let respect be paid to the
: vested interests of really respectable
publicans; it would be unfair to evict
them. But in cases where the manage
ment is bad, or drunkenness encouraged,
or of leases falling, let the landlord
find it trustworthy person on family
Ga man and wife are besD who shall
be content toa dispense pure beer for
fixed salary, keep accounts which shall
be submitted to periodical inspection,
and return the profits to the proprietor,
who can dispose of them Gf he thinks
| ft) for the benefit of the parish. Or If
he prefers to farm the public house for
his own benefit, let him do so. He will
receive the rent and the profits, and
will probably discover, in these days Of
agricultural depression, that the balance
| in his favor Is very acceptable. Either
way the people will soon learn to prefer
such a system and be grateful for it.
The enormous number Of public houses
now in the hands of the brewers must,
of course, make change difficult or
impossible for many landlords who
might be willing to make it,
3. AS regards profit and loss; the
business which has paid the publican
may be less profitable, but certainly no
loss to the landlord. I am told that 1t
can hardly be made to answer If less
business than to the amount of $500
($1,500 per annum) Is done. My own
figures seem to show that at GS00 there
Is some profit, and that at a figure con-
sderably below this there might be no
loss
I am not prepared to say anything
very definite by way of advising an ex-
pertinent Of this kind being tried in the
face of oppositions from other ''publics"
over which landlord may have no con-
troll. But / am very much inclined to
think that it would answer even under
such circumstances. simply because the
really moderate drinkers (who are still,
let us hope in majority would soon
discover where they could get the most
wholesome return for their money, be-
sides knowing that the manager had no
interests whatever in encouraging them
to drink, or in selling cheap stuff for the
sake of extra profit.
/ may add here a few words as to the
extent to which our example has been
followed. OF course the system is con
tinually being condemned and ridiculed
by the extreme total abstinence party.
have received many abusive letters
concerning the alliance between parsons
and publicans the Bible and beer, but
am thankful to be able to show that
the movement is not in any sense &C.
clesiastical, although 1t Is well known
that the bishop of Chester has done most
excellent work in espousing the cause
and backing it up with his eloquence
and common sense The bishop is
chairman of the Peoples Refreshment
House Association, which was register
ed in 1888 The Duke OF Westminster
is vice. president. The aim is to pro-
mote public-house reform by giving
facilities to landowners and corporate
bodies to transfer the management of
public houses to the association, which
insures their being properly conducted
pays 4 per cent, to shareholders, and
devotes further profits to local objects.
The association has three or four fine
houses in it's hands, and is negotiating
for more. The results so far are very
satisfactory and encouraging. Besides
these the following houses in different
parts of the country are now being
worked on our system:
ho mn GaJ
formerly the property of Rev. F. Will
let, who for many years reported de-
crease in drunkenness
A new inn recently built by Mr.. Gard
ner Bailey at Childwicksham, in Glouo-
estershire.
Spital Beck Inn, the property of the
Dowager Lady Lechmere, in Yorkshire.
The inn at Hanley Castle, Worcester
shire, the property of Sir E. Lechmere,
The Plymouth Arms, st. Fagans Ned
ditch, the property of Lord Windsor.
The White Heart, Atherington, Barn
stable, the property of the Rev. w. Ar
thur.
Hoar Cross Inn, Burton on Trent, the
of the Hon. r. L. Wood, has
lately been transferred to the Peoples
House Association, as Mr..
Wood, after working it for some time,
preferred handing it over to the associa-
ton.
Two inns on Earl Spencer's property
in Northamptonshire are worked on the
system, which is practical
ly the same as ours in its results.
The publich house at Vantage Berks,
the property of Lord Vantage
Upon inquiries made last year I find |
that all these proprietors are satisfied |
with the system. They nearly all report |
a considerable decrease of drunkenness,
while in every case the people seem
grateful for the change-Outlook.
KING LOVELL'S VALUABLES.