The condensed argument for the legislative prohibition of the liquor traffic / by F.R. Lees.

  • Lees, Frederic Richard, 1815-1897
Date:
1864
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Credit: The condensed argument for the legislative prohibition of the liquor traffic / by F.R. Lees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Saltairf, : near Bradford, in Yorkshire. 1. Area : About half a mile each way. 2. Population: A bout 3,000 souls. . 3. Employment: But one man, the registrar of marriages, hying in the place, who is not employed by Salt and Co., as mechanic, joiner, warehouseman, or mill hand. . 4. Habits: Strictly honest, industrious, and sober. Hrun/iarcts and drunkenness almost unknown. Crime the same, one b; y only—a long time since—having been brought before the magistrates for a com- paratively trifling offence; and a woman, but she was not a resident in the place. Pauperism almost unknown. About twelve aged persons have been in the receipt ol parochial relief 5. How lono- has this been the case? About ten years. Kesuets. 1. Socially:0The condition of the people is first class, as working people. I!took a walk up and down the streets, looked into many of the houses, in all of which cleanliness and comfort prevailed. ln.e women were all well-dressed and tidy. 2 Morally: The morals of the people may be more than guessed at from what I have above stated, but the following m reference to their religious state will serve better still. I he average attendance at the Baptist Chapel, built by Mr Salt, is 5C0 adults ; at the Y es- leyan Chapel, in Shipley, above 200. Many go to Shipley Church, and the Baptist and Primitive Methodists Chapels, in Ship ev. 3 Pecuniarily: There is a Saving’s Bank in the place, there are in it deposits to toe amount of nearly £1,000. Very few of the. men are in toe -habit of going even the short distance to Shipley, for the of’ScortTON,’* near they, « Wt jbout two tome. Who do not regularly attend the The lute George Fishwick, Esq. (a man of great wealth and influence), had a strong abhorrence of liquor-shops, and conducted!hrs owntoo before the magistrates tor many 7, j waa a stranger felt itself disgraced, though the 1 he ^ among them. If a policeman happens ^ children run out to look at hnn as a curiosity. 1 here is ^ among them. children run out to look at hnn as ^unomy.j ~ farge and well- school, of which the people make go » .th devout and conducted Sunday school. The Vainly manifest in attentive hearers, their easy circumstonces bmng pia y ^ w their clothing and general appJ^JmeZhen we get the Public-house, thousands of villages will so Permissive Bill.' m,. t.awson and Mr Bazlet (§ 0. On the 10th of March, 1- 1 » * owners and Occupiers introduced into the Commons nt (]ie common snk of of Property in certain Districts to prevei the firet Intoxicating Liquors within such District, wlucii pc