NBWTA Report 1903-074
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142 143 Pee Mrs. Cazalet is doing noble work for the cause in nae, to be fe ought there but Kent; in Warner Miss is as also ne this er consid Unions County the Will dents in every county. y eting ? i ee 45 red delive have I months twelve COBEHED ThE a Wome S : , British Board and Sunday schools, and before Bible classes ae ee to tea a been has year this One feature of the work ee They were most wae an meeting afterwards for them. 1 ae also rh attentively to the message of Gospel Temperance, and ma The popular rector of St. Philip’s and a Ja to animals. g hoped is it n ee ae gave a most earnest and in abusing it as absurd and useless, yet most of them have been agita- ting for its repeal or alteration, and have passed resolutions to this effect, which have been sent to members of the Government and to their local Members of Parliament. Articles in the Press have been z ef sail ne to the men, as well ie members remember working and neglected class? 2 the anl as to the drovers, who are a re They are oe intemperate parce often and drink ; tee no one thinks of their need for wholesome food cr PR g that pein because it has not been brought to their understandin _ In cone oe ; nt. treatme kind to right a have they can feel and that 7 sprea ae tion Vivisec against I should like to say that the campaign ee wor t amongs on going is ent movem great a and in Bristol ae Ga, whom this question of experimenting on animals and ig Soon may this disgracefu patients appeals most strongly. our from swept be es permits the torture of sentient creatur Epity Pass F. EvANs. DEPARTMENT. ARBITRATION Peace was declared between England and the Transvaal and ; Orange River Colony on the eve of last year’s council ree ues Daily since then our country has been learning that t nei PEACE queror must AND suffer as well as the conquered, and althoug me 4 increased expenditure on the army and navy, and the ip o far still is day the that suggests sadly schools, in military training when nations shall not “learn war any more,” yet the establishment r of the Hague tribunal remains a fact full of hope for the ae To press forward the propaganda of settling international dispute: by arbitration is surely the duty of every member of our Association. Mary E. PHILLIPS, Superintendent. TO INTOXICANTS OF SALE THE OF . DEPARTMENT CHILDREN Last year I reported the passing of the Act to Prevent the Sale ot ae acteanis to Children (1gor), and during the past year the meetings of the Licensed Victuallers and Beersellers, and of the National T rade The fact of their Defence Society have continued to discuss that law. They all agree paying so much attention to this shows its importance. PREVENTION written from the Liquor Trade point of view, urging, as the reason for its repeal, that it leads to increased drinking by parents! We hope and believe that very few of the public are taken in by this, especially when they read in the Trade papers lamentations as to the loss of trade which this Act has caused them. In May, 1902, one member wrote “that the Act meant three barrels a month difference to his trade, and he was sorry to say that the out-door liquor trade was quite a failure.’ Other members said, “their takings had fallen off as much as 25S. a week.” After a year and a quarter’s experience of the Act, another licensee writes of it :— “ Ever since that ill-advised measure came into operation our trade has steadily declined. The slump which it initiated was greatly accelerated by the Act of the following year. The position of the great majority of licensed traders is now one of acute depression ; in fact, there are few in the trade who remember it being in such a deplorable state as it has reached since the Child Messenger Bill has been in operation. Perhaps the worst feature of the whole deplorable business is the instantaneous decrease in the values of our property which these restrictive Acts have brought about.” The following appeared in the Daily News of Dec. 11th, 1902 :— “A conference representing all branches of the Licensed Trade, held at Birmingham yesterday, adopted a resolution calling for modifi- cations of the Child Messenger Act to enable any quantity of liquor to be supplied so long as it was delivered in properly sealed vessels. The following letter was read, which had been received from Mr. Chamberlain in reply to a communication addressed to him by a member of the Trade :— ““«Sir,—I am directed by Mr. Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to say that the majorities in favour of the Child Messenger Bill were so large that he does not think there is any chance of an amendment in the present Parliament. Personally, Mr. Chamberlain admits that he was doubtful as to the wisdom of this legislation, and believed that in many cases it might cause serious inconvenience respectable parents, but the general feeling was entirely the other way. ““* Yours obediently, J. WiLson.’” to Mr. Chamberlain’s reference to the large majorities by which the Act was passed shows us the value of the work done by the Associa- tion as well as by other societies in creating a large public opinion, and to my mind the best way in which we can now get the Act strengthened is for our rank and file to educate people as to the evils of allowing children of fourteen to buy beer, &c., and drink it in public-houses, and young people of sixteen to buy and drink spirits on licensed premises. We must also agitate to get the exempting clause deleted from the Act of 1901. This clause, allowing children under 14 to go to Public- Houses for liquor in sealed vessels, was only carried by a majority of one |