The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-09
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displacement by substitution. said Bish-}
op Henry c. Potter, In the New York
American yesterday. in q statement SIS
sued us a reply TO the storm @ crlt IT,
{cisin that has come upon him because
of the Subway Tavern. at Bleecker8 and am
Mulberry Streets, which he "ded icatedH--,
an ordinary saloon. where ordinary In
toSicai,ts are sold It ordinary prices.
# Risf3p Potter denies that - he III ever
dreamed OF regard ng the subway saloon
either a blessing or q necesstt y, but.
says he merely looked at it In the light
OF something OF an improvement on a.
necessary evil. Con tinuing. he says: E
""It rs hnrdly necessary to say hat tenn;
spernnce reform, as 81 II has most actively
obtained ms this country. has not OBJ
6tained either.unlycrsal sympathy or gen
!eral IcO-operatl on.s s9St #
Besides those whose interests have
made hem hostile to- 1T and whose num-
be IS can only be inadequa tely estimated.
cuniary capital represented by 81 liquor.
traffic, there has n been Al large class
witch has honestly dissented from those
leading positions OF total a bstinence and
legal prohibition upon which the tenn
perance reform has been usually !condi-s
5tional. III n Il. 5 8s \!
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.If3itEis asked what there Is left to do
In the interests OF temperance reform 2if.
one cissents from the principle and dis
believes in the prac tIce II or total absti-s
gnence, then. verify, It becomes my duty
to use grca { plainness Of speech. S jy,8
The inordinate and 8ostenta tious dis
5pla or wlncs In on r public and private
entertainments, at civic banqucts, "a nd
on occasions 30 TIL social and offlcial.3is Isl
as st is sometimes witnessed among us.
"a species OF national "A ba rbarism II not
not an Illustration OF national yulgarity,.a
and the treating customs Of club-roonls
and 'Ear-rooms, the h!deous freem mi
iof drink as some one has not too strong
sly described It. wherein the symbol or
friendship consists In calling for what
one does not want, and drinking when
one Is not thirsty---this is a. usage In
which barbarism and WI garity8 q re lily
married. ID e
{.93. we ca n dlsown such u sa ges and re-
bul,e them by our efusal to share In
them. we can set at our own Ia les 2 2
example OF mod Ion such as shall not
he mistaken or misund ers bod We il can
reward sobriety 4 In our d dependents and
deal sernly with the a bsence OF III
Stupid and Intellectual Laws. .;l
When we y come to d ca wit h hose
among whom intempcranc most widely
md largely obtains, we can do some
thing to protect them from i he 1larples les
who prey upon their labor, and whose " !a
unlicensed gains are a curse md "a dis
honor 10 the community that permits
them. Il al 5(l8$fs
s...If any OF us claim to be the friends
Of moderation, let US see whether some
thing cannot be done to restrain q traf-
Tic whose utterly immod crate "a nd s un-
chustened aggressions threaten the very
Sfoundation OF the State and the peace
and order OF society itself. ia ss3
gA.You do not need to have me tell you
|thattitsis widespread discomfort which
threatens our whole social structu ire.
Wealth is unequally distributed, L we are
Iitold d nj the sophistries that are born
OF envy and hatred are iliaW ked about