New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
.nLER FOR OPEN SALOONS.
thinks THAT MANY EVILS HAVE
AR FROM THE PRESENT SYSTEM.

-L. American Sabbath. Especially in Our
= cities" was the subject of an address by
lsaeeor Felix Adler before the Society for Ethi-
fIo49-rI 5--I+ure Yesterday morning. The audience
oAI =, 41ied Carnegie Hail. From being believer
nea-.. Wing the saloons closed on Sunday, Profess
d .d,er said that he had been brought around to
TIE opposite view.
=. t,e Sahbatarian aspect of this question could
ofalv disregarded He proposed to treat the
,..c+ simply from a humanitarian point OF view.
80, have been misled to believe he continued
-. the saloon is a place where intemperance is
rsd There are hundreds. and possibly thou
- Of saloons in this city in which intem-
&C can hardly be said to exist at all. The
I,oons serve a great many legitimate purposes.
- did not We would not have thirteen thou
- saloons in this city.
n,fessor Adler then declared that the saloons
7 q good purpose as cheap luncheon places,
;rstsnce: that in some respects they could be
"a n be lanor bureaus. and that last but
81. ,bey satisfied a great craving for social in
.o,.-se a craving which demanded the throwing
y - constraint and which involved the desire
= meet people. on footing of equality.
lnnafsssor Adler pointed out that the grave dan
r continuing the present system lay in the
- that It swept away the underlying spirit of re-
-. Cor the law. which was the main pillar OF the
60 especially in a republic. In regard to oppor-
s1nities Tor nldcAildH dil" 0oii up''oh i'oi''9''
E6ler said:
t Ne ea1f chief Of Police No matter how good and
how % s0I nermeate the rank and file Of the force
lg loaq as the beat has the power of harass-
ing the x6 cannot PTevenf hni from extorting
gEoney for not harassing them o..,o-, -,-,t,,
.tis matter seems to me TO be this. that We have
Ign' r. is not possible to continue the present
se5n,e uS The incoming Mayor and his Chief of Po-
s 4e must both take an oath to enforce the law
N You know what oath means TO man OF
Ne
or5 machines in public office that We have almost
learned 10 NaTor must enforce the law or be
law 7t'I breaker and an oath breaker = Tammany
me reform Chief of Police will have 10 see TO IT
.bg- the side door is closed well as the front
csu voIr attention. The discussion OF this suplect
salzed n ne The gravity of the situation. The reform
Mayor and the reform Chief OF Police musI ctpSe @
.aasssifIA and ike butting their heads against the
wall G thgy nd gS if y fsh fssk as f mpossbie as to
soon or up all the water in the atlantic Ocean.
nr Adler said that 1t would be easy to see what
+hs result would he-the going to pieces Of the re
+o-n government two years hence The result OF
a. Pooseyelt-s attempts in the direction had
,,nvb+ rs that That Sunday closing or total pro
bTiton tended to discourage drunkenness had
basn disproved by the experiences in Maine, pro-
Faaion State In support of this. he quoted at
,a,gtb from statistics relating 10 the effects OF
rrobibtion on Portland. Me. The represstve meas
nes he said had served only to drive the evil in
rard and had made it worse a hundredfold lie
continued:
In ziav- Of a II these things have arrived al the
Conclusion the saloons should be open on sun
6sv-thar is part of the day The hours OF p m.
n "a or II y m have been suggested This seems
10 ne 10 be a reasonable proposition ana nave
fba strongest YES. the strongest, reasons 10
believe that If this done the proprietors OF sa.
loons would II that the law was not Vloateo
during the hours when, under the law, sdiooIIs
We're 70 he closed We would have this element
with us instead OF against us, as under a system
Of compulsion.
In regard to local option, DR.. Adler said that
Eben every little village up State had local option
tbere was no reason why this great city should not
have it He thought that the sooner the Quesuon
was submitted TO the people the better.
Regarding beer gardens. which have been sus-
rested by the District Attorney as a solution TO
This problem, Professor Adler said;
4 dozen or so of beer gardens cannot take the
mace 6f thirteen thousand saloons II you give u
eenses only 10 few OF those gardens yol VIII not
Emong those TO whom licenses are refused
Charges will undoubtedly be brought OF colluslon
barUeen the reform government and those 1e" 10
give Them opportunities for enrichment for there
viii naturally be vast profits. IL, on tne otIieF
hand Won license freely the worst and vilest ele-
nent engaged in the liquor business "ouio Apply
.Or ncenses.
ProFassor Adler is in favor Of opening beer gar
lens hut believes that the saloons should be
,nened as well In closing. he recommended iree
sunday music in the armor1es, the opening OF ne
rvnanasiurns, and other measures OF nke nature
3 OFFSET and act IS competitors to the saloons