New-York tribune., 1909-03-22
PRESENT SUNDAY EVILS
DIR Up PETERS breaches
Enforced Labor and Abuses of Clos
ing Lao His Subjects.

- -os, Peters rector OF St Michaels
Church Il esth street aad Amsterdam avenue an.
chairman Of the Committee OF fourteen WA-CI- 14
n. SUNDAY saloon bill introduced In the Legs
,s+,re rrearhed upon the reality and the pretence
OF sunday observance yesterday morning. lie oaIiec
attention 10 the evils Of enforced Sunday LABOR anu
.l,e abuses OF the present Sunday closing law 10
correct which he and his associates have sought
TO have legalized the opening OF sa4cons "oii'
D. m. 10 i 2. m He said;
.ee-," t5s+ in MANY of the great steel works,
NOTABLY Of the United States steel ooIpoIa S
in fhe week. End IN general twelve hours q cay;
No. I5e 4ts5 s. fer a tweive-hour day These con-
sItions are simply bTutalizing and degra11nS- -,
The hrufalizinE influences Of their lie LEAD theli
10 seek british pleasures. Now, here is the sort
OF thing that Christian men should denoqnee o.. an! q
SABBATH alliances and the like 10 take Ip-to ge1I
for such men as lnese 81 Test IN every
reasonable remuneration ana q oay oA Ies' III -
Neek -. Ill, -,.,s 1,-,ers such
conditions prevail Those conditions prevail a5so
sn this city and the Church has not been ? !eaGe1
sn curing them It has not taken tie part NlICi
Il should uniting with the iaboTing men 10 oaC S
res- f2e11tshIe men and women are stockholders
81 corporations in this city whlch are -
very fundamental principles OF the sapsajn fas 1Ss
How dare they make money out OF the optte53 tIa3-
sion Of the poor: How dare they derive theiE
dividends from business whlch coInpeSlsS cpSS Ie" ~
work like slaves every day IN the week. -, .la
Z. As YOU sit here YOU can hear the hoise Oi ~ ST
.roIlex-s running up and down this avenue. J GU
ssv they Sundays as Wen as "eehea! week. & :,
On ali through the week, but there is no reason
why Individual or women should pe coLPeLie4 t
Here IS the great reality Of the Ssbbatn Al
TIE observance Of the Sabbath. that is what 20 you
should demand and what you should ilsSL uiI- ~
tou cannot be parties TO this breach OF olNLns q "
fyou cannot profit from Il. and you must iaO0F ~
sn5 nC1y. what is the pretence? am sick and
sSisz7IsteJ with the men and women VINO, W. II
m oIaeT ~ oifions Of The sabbath but hold up
oi7v hard worked men anu
oile ne. seq S TIE, are those who make pretence
s i NJ Sbtstb he reople who are concerned in
blocking amusement and gladness ana soclal - :
Ts sa T0 ~ 91fs the SSba9b sS9 b. BY emf enfOTsd @
Our suneay Ia 49, aIe tbay we're founded seems TO
fave been rather supposed religious sanctIIS. a.
- terfinS for All an opportunity 10 rest from toll
and labor one day in the week some specLSal -
tSerisiatre which permits certain class OF w6Tk
On Sundays one Thing . 3S 9 Ps laws sol themselves are
she extraordinary and incongruous decslens oh 0GI
seTnrt of court but think speak within bounqs
IN saving that the courts OF this state I cetiA y,
their actions and decisions the respect Of the IN
il tellgent portion Of she eonmany aII f law that
iawiessness which IS characteristic OF the great
With regard 10 recreations and amusemen1t,ss the
xituation is still worse and II Is se Of the
Continuation Of a class OF sentimentalists, WIo,
n1oeE tns b5sfb s % snd Of shysters grafters and
,cioIs noIitjrisns who prefer TO have laws which
ent SO as to give the better opportunity to T9a5s
an law profit by its y6la199 & Is t6e natter
of the sale OF liquor Sunday II has always beeh
sats sr1;;nkenness immortality and vice, as 10
sTender the law regarding 1t inc2pabte OF ,s tLcC
criminals and vicious politicians to profit 49,,
The result OF our s,,noas asf-roo, e11 OF the
decent girls who 80 10 the 8 bad ~ Is are G1y victims
sgIe ne + nay oos q @ The FlS very methods of the traffic
almost force that traffic to be vile and the men men
WHO pass in side door 10 get thelr oIlnks .i III
SUNDAYS. even though they have started with the
possibly their drinking on FTeesdey nlsht 1F ~
I'D little injurious effect upon them are eIln9sl
drinkine because Of its methods snd its s!lrronndL5 d
anCs the who indulge in the trans are p pOlieu @
r-upted and our whole political system debsuched.
% NeM s5o I ienrs LOO on SUNDAYS They deserve the
abuse hut they are victims also When a real et-
fort was made TO close the saloons on SUNDAYS the
-orle rose in sheir wrath and turned the admins,
tration that did it cut OF Office with tnat ser. 9
itv do YOU suppose that il is going TO be pract-
% Sanie Io 70 efap"e that law? some societies have
directed their efforts against the Ponce SoIniiIs
fo 5iore kE ms 9 law a's s,rangeiy @ enough they d.
fat direct thei- efforts toward source i whcn ~ y
Txcise which with the state administration has
seerz+efv shetted all the resorts Of evil OF which
7 eoeeF collecting from them extra legal tax
IN the nominal form OF revocation q license aIteT
e manner well known in some prohibition states
There is no active sentiment which demands the
closing OF saloons tnere Is laIse mum
her Of NOUS and rnealy-mouthed persons who say
that II ought 10 be DONE but who DO absoiutey
-9o+hf-g toward accomplishing 4. and who only
+aus IN the vav Of effort 20 get rational legs-
izfion dealing with realities. and not pretences
@ErF1 ehsii put an end these eboTninattons and
give Us bv a proper system Of licensing on Sun
I Sawx eFlch as applies weekdays, a control over
Shis sale which shall put end TO some at least
~ these evils and cut out some. certainly, OF those
torrorfrnities for graft and blaoknail which have
sSerrs6e6 and corrupted the municipal politics OF
f<pur city OF New York