New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
WORKING AGAINST SALOONS.
THE CHURCH TEMPERANCE sOCIETY'S
LUNCH WAGONS AND COFFEE-VANS.
METHODS OF COMBATING TIE ATTRACTIONS OF
LIQUOR suoPs-R EFREsHMENr FOR


Tho saloon has recently been the object OF
special attention from public educators c'ereS
MON and students Of the social problems on ac-
,ount Of the utterances OF Bishop ro''e'
,,hors ond this caused some people to believe
that the Church Temperance oocie'y ""-'
~,,,ar nm the fight. and that the cause of tenn
perance has been defeated. The worheis ;" III.
rh,rcb remperance Society take different
view of the case, and say that their WORK 10 50
Inc on Is doing much good. and the fact tha'
they have the courage to say a word IN FAVOR
of the saloon shows that the society mas SUI
ceeded in teaching people that temperance aoeS
not mean total abstinence.
Robert Graham, the general secretary OF the
society. Is a total abstainer, but is not an al
vocate OF total abstinence except for young peo-
nile and gives the following as the basis OF the
society which has been working in the interest
of temperance for the last sixteen years:
Racoonlzjng temperance as the law OF the
Gospel and total abstinence as rue pi cun
duct essential I'm certain cases and hlshly ne
sirable in others and fully and freely accoruihs
to every man the tight to decide. I'D the eAIi
else of his Christian liberty, whet9er or not ~
will adont said rule this society lays down as d
basis on which it rests and from which us WORK
shall be conducted union and cooperation OH
perfectly equal terms for the promotion Oh tcl"
perance between those who use tempeId.ty az
those who abstain entirety HUH lhNONiN''e
drinks and beverages
The Church Temperance Society was founded
on lines which were suggested by similar or
canization which was founded in England in
1870 This society was pledged ito grapple
with the national sin along the lines of promo
ton of temperance, the reformation OF the In
temperate and the removal OF the causes OF IN
temporance" Total abstinence societies Win
large membership-rolls were in existence when
the new society began its work. and it took
long time to convince some of the prominent
leaders in the total abstinence movement that
the temperance society was working along ra-
tiona lines
TOTAL ABSTINENCE FOR CHILDREN
While the leaders in the temperance move
ment never lost opportunity to say that the
word temperance was misunderstood term
and that q man could be a model of temperance
without being a total abstainer, they were
equally emphatic In expoundng the doctrine OF
total abstinence for children. Until man is
twenty-one years DID, they said. ''let him keep
away from intoxicating drink entirely. After
that, if he feels the inclination. and has learned
the meaning OF temperance. an occasional drink
will not harm him." In this connection the
Rev. Dr. Huntington said: What temperance
really means is self-control: the government.
that is to say. of the appetites and the passions
by the will. There are many things besides
strong drink with respect to which 1t Is pos
sible to be temperate. possible for the higher
part Of our nature to temper or govern the
lower"
In order to promote the cause the Church
Temperance Legion was formed as a special
ica1 no
tween boyhood and manhood. This was divided
into two sections, one for boys between nine
and fourteen. and the senior section for boys
who are over fourteen years old and up to
twenty-one The basis Of the order IS sober
ness Purity and Reverence" and the members
receive instruction in military duties and in
citizenship This organization has done much
in the cause Of temperance and the little squad
which was the first to fall in line for the cause
has grown until now there are forty companies
and thirty bands In the legion, and new com
panlcs are forming.
The managers Of the affairs Of the temper
ance society discovered early I'm their work
that many men 80 to saloons to cat well
to drink. and that a poor free lunch often in
duced a man TO buy a drink. Let us give a
man a good bite at a reasonable price" they
said, and not compel him to buy a drink Of
liquor to get it," The result Of this determina-
ton was the lunch-wagon which may be seen
In all parts Of the city now. At first it was the
object Of much ridicule and those who pat
ronized 1t were sneercd at 1t has now reached
a point where it is recognized as q competitor
with the saloon for the poor mans money.
LUNCH-WAGONS AND FREE ICE.
The lunch-wagors were not dev sd fer money
making purposes, but they soon turned in profits,
and these profits were used 10 establish free ice
water fountains The establishment Of these