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The Brussels Post, 1887-6-17, Page 44 Local -Grant Si Co, Looals -Adapt Good, Looals—Walter Coats. Looal—Stewart,:; Lowick. city which le known throaghout the Jane --W. Nightingale d Co. whole continent as being the best ordered Local—W. Nightingale & Co. city fn Canada. Thorn is not a better ordered city on the continent of America; I night go still further nod say that there is not o better ordered city m the civilized world, and yet in that city so well ordered, with its Jorge force of pollee, 31r. Grassett, chief of police, informs me that during the last three yours there were 24,812 commitments in that oily, and out of that number 11,786 were oom- mittect on =count of disorderly and drunker habits, or crines committed while under the influence of slroug drink —49 per Dent. of the total number, If I go to Eingeton, a oity much smaller in population, but a city which is well cared for, and well ordered under the present system of dealing with this traffic), Mr. Harley informs me that out of 1,567 com- mitments in three years, 1,110 wore on account of drunkenness. Let us now go to the city of Montreal, where I had the pleasure of a personal interview with the chief of police, but not in a prof maid way. (Some bon. membere. Hear, hear). I interviewed him on this particular sub- ject, and he informed me that tbo com- mitments in that city are divided into two classes, one being the prisoners who are committed for some crime, and the other being the "protections" who are merely taken in at night for their protec- tion, and are allowed to go in the morn- ing. Giving the years 1881-85-86 19,037 persons were put in the prisons of the city of Montreal, and out of that number 14,786 were committed on account of drunken and disorderly conduct. Of the "protections" there were 22,151 imprison- ed in the lock -ups and police stations in the city, and of these 14,768 were im. urieoned on account of drunkenness oa the streets. In the three years there wereinn1141,188 imprisoned, and of these 28,536 were incarcerated ou :.00311112 of drunken and disorderly habits, or 72 per cent. of the entire number. Need we wonder that such a condition of things takes place when I was informed by the same gentleman that there are no less than 1,008 licensed places for the sale of liquor in that city, besides the unlicensed places where intoxicating liquors are sold. That ie to say there was one such place for every 199 inhabitants, and 000 was incarcerated in prison for every twenty. That is a tale which. tells us, I think, that it is highly important that we should consider this question in a ser. ions way, so that we may, if possible, agree upon some line of action which would be in the interests of this country. I also consulted Mr. Massie, superintend - ant of the Central Prison in Toronto, in regard to the charaoter of those who have been imprisoned during the years since it has been established. He tells me that out of 495 persons who were committed to that institution in 1886, no less than 461 wero entered as being in- temperate persons, and out of 8,118 per- sons who have been imprisoned there since 1874, when it was established by cession this afternoon. It appears that ( the Local Legislature of Ontario, no less the question has widened out consider- l than 6,390 were committed and punished ably beyond the motion made by tiro hon. for crimes committed by them while member for Lanark (Mr. Jamieson). It under the influence of strong drink. I is a question of great importance to this consulted also Mr. Beilly, of the Andrew country, no matter what position we take Mercer Reformatory for females in To - upon it. It is a question that will be ronto, and he tells me that out of 156 ad - pressed upon the legislators by the elec. mated in 1884 no less than 112 of these tcrate, whether we consider it calmly and poor females were drunkards ; that out judicially or not. I believe, ae represent- of 142 admitted in 1885, no less than 94 ativee of five millions of people, we must were of drunken habits, and out of 128 consider calmly this question, which is a admitted in 1886 no less than 78 were large question, involving the iuterorts of intemperate. He remarks that since 1880. the whole people. During the discussion when the institution was established, no that took place this afternoon some hon. less than 1,075 entrapte were admitted, members would lead ns to believe that and he says they were invariably con - there are not such evils flowing from this firmed drunkard. Btill, we are told by traffic as many of us wish to put forward. some hon. gentlemen that there is no evil We are told that frequently lectures on arising out of this traffic. I say that if temperance platforms exaggerate very there was such an evil arising from any largely the degradation and misery anis- other source or any other traffic in the ing from this traffic throughout the world, we would put our heads and our length and breadth of Canada. In order shoulders and our talents together, and that 1 might be correct in regard to this devise some method by which this in - matter I put myself in communication tubus of iniquity should be removed with men in different parte of the country from the shoulders of the Canadian who occupy positions from which they people. I wrote also to the superintend. are able to speak with authority in re- ant of the asylum for idiots rn Orillia. ference to this question, and I 'purpose He tells me that a considerable propor- this evening, not so much for the benefit tion of the idiots in that institution are of hon. gentlemen here, but for the noun- children of drunken parents ; and the try at large, to show you, by the statistics great man who was instrumental in es - from these men, that there is a large tablishing asylums for idiots, the great amount of evil and great crime arising Dr. Howe, after an investigation in the from this traffic, and that, therefore, as State of Massachusetts, conducted at the sensible men and repreeentative men, we instanceof the Government of that State, should at least ooneidor this question in reported that out of 800 idiots that he a serious manner. I do not expect that had examined, no lees than 145 had we shall all come to the same conclusion drunken parents. I consulted another as to the best means of abating this evil eminent authority, Dr. Daniel Clark, the or discarding it from the country. But superintendent of the Toronto asylum, while I admit that there is great room who has paid great attention to psyehol. for difference of opinion upon this quos, ogioal studies and made a speoially of tion, still it is our duty to consult togeth- mental diseases, and he says that there er as reasonable men and hear the opin- are 7,000 lunatics in the Dominion of ions of different parties from different Canada, 10 per cent. of whom owe their standpoints, and And, if possible, some lunacy directly to intoxicating liquors, method by which we can stem the tor: which means that there are 700 lunatics rent of iniquity that is perpetrated in this in the Dominion from that cause.I country through the inflnenoe of strong wrote also to Dr. Burke, another cele. drink. I have examined the report of brated psychologist, the superintendent the Inspector of Prisons for the Province of the asylum in London, who has devot, of Ontario, and I find that he has stated ed a great part of his life to this object, in that report that in 1884 there were and whose name is known throughout 12,000 prisoners imprisoned in the gaols the length end breadth of the Dominion, of Ontario, and that, out of that number, and he says that although he does not no lees than 7,602 were imprisoned on know any persons who has wine there account of drunken and disorderly con- through intoxicating liquors, he is assur- dnct, or for crimes committed by them ed it constitutes a large faotor in the pro - while under the influence of strong duction of lunacy. This being so, what drink,' In 1885 there were no lest than a grime we are committing to allow euoh 11,428 persons imprisoned in these gaols, a state of iniquity to be established and and out of that number there were 9,001 perpetuated in this country—an evil that who were incarcerated for crimes nom- entails, not upon this generation but up- mitted by them while tinder the influences on those who succeed the pressngenera- of strong drink, or for disorderly conduct tion, those great weakneeeee and defeats. on the streets. And in the three years of But it is said that we are infringing on 1884-85-86, out of a total imprisonment personal right. Before it can be said of 34,152 persons, there Were 28,902 im- that in aboliehing this evil we are in. prisoned on acoonnb of drunken habits, fringing on personal rights, it may be well or 70 per cent, of the entire number. I for us to ,sir what we regard as our pH - have consulted also two letters from the veto righte. No man has any right but chief of police of the city of London, what the social community in which he from whom I have authority to nee his is established can give him. No men name in testimony of the facts ho has can claim as a right the exorcise of what adduced before the country, and he tells would interfere with the prosperity and me that in the three years, 1884-85-86, well-being of those around him, and if out of 3,451 commitments in the city of the people consider that that which he London, no lege than 1,772, or over 50 thinks his right interferes with the well. Poe cont., were sauced by tho influence of being and order of society, they are pet - strong drink. I have a report from the featly right in saying itis not his. Again, chief of police of the city of Quebec, and waste told that pr0hibitiou would reduce hotella me that, during those three yore, 1,584 persons were imprisoned on a000unt of drunkenness in that 01ty. Now, let us go to the model city of tike continent, the chiuoh.going oity of Toronto, the city of schools and colleges and oiterohes, the Parie Greet—G. A. Deadman. House for sale—Mrs. T. Barrett. b N r it a z C Z. S i f t. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1887. Tun Toronto News puts it in this way ;—'The result of the vote an the prohibition resolution and the anti -Scott hot amendments is that thewhole question stands exactly as it did. The main resolutrou was defeated by a vote of '70 for to 112 againstlt, and the amendments pro- posing the repeal or emasculation of the Scott Act were lost by consider- ably larger majorities. As nu indi- cation of public sentiment this r0• suit is, on the whole, calculated to encourage the advocates of temper• ante legislation. The Scott Act may now be regarded as secure from further assaults with the ob. jest of weakening or repealing it, and the 010090 of absolnto prohibi. tion has made some headway since the last test vote. But considering the 'cumbers and influence of pro. fessed prohibitionists, the degree of progress made in Plirllament ought not to satisfy them. Sir John Mac• donald voted on the anti•t0tuper0nce side on all of these divisions. Are the temperance people prepared to carry out the pledgee which so many bodies favorable to prohibition have recently made on their behalf, of opposing any politician who took this ground ? Is it not, in fact, morally certain that next cleotion all, except an insignificant minority of them, will put party before tem- perance in deciding how to cast their ballots ? Resolutions are all very well, but unless there are votes behind them they don't count for much in politica." Dr. Macdonald, M. P., on Prohibition. Dr. Macdonald, in epeakiug to Mr. Jamieson's Prohibition motion, in the Dominion Home, last week, said :—I wish before the debate closes to express my opinion ou the question under dis- THE BRUSSELS POST able age of ane benched years end 111113 months, The deceased was born in the oounty of Cork, Ireland, in the year 1789 and was sixty years old when he 0121110 with his family to Canecla. H0 settled in Logon over thirty years ago, and leaves behind biro two sons and three daughters, all marries. The other. afternoon Peter Peterson, in the employ of Alex, Sinoiair, et tho quar- ries, St. Marys, prepared a blast and lit the fuse, but unfortunately, it went out. Without taking the proper precautions he atonceproceeded to drill the holo out. when a spark from the drill ignited the powder, which wont off with a fearful ex- plosion, burning Petoraon's face badly and sending rook through his hat in se. veral places. Huron County Notes. the revenue largely. I dare say it =old; but we auto etaucl it. Tho hon. Minister of Pinanco, the miler night, in glowing language, tv11iob I admired for Its energy and pith, spoke of thioreat resources of thio country, of its gold and silver, of its woods, and its mountains of iron which the wood would melt into pig iron, dc. Now, surely ,t couubry possessing such large natural resources as this =entry, can make provision for the five or six millions that would be taken from us by the abolition of the liquor traffic in order to restore peace and contentment and sooial order throughout the length nuci breadth of this oonntry. There is an. other question to 0111011 I beg leave to re - for, that isthe Scott Aot. My hon. friend from Essex stated that the Scott Aot was a total failure in every place in which it had been tried. Now, he does not know that from personal observation and ex. porience. He dogs not know that it is a failure in the county from which 1 come. It has been to n large extent a failure, but I place the fault of that failure on the shoulders of the hon. gentlemen on the Treasury benches. When that Aot oamc into force on the let of May, 1885, licenses to sell for certain purposes were given to the hotel.keepers, the parties who would naturally be inclined to violate the provisions of the A.M. When people went into their pieces for liquor, they were told that they were dealing in it at wholesale next dbwr, and they could there serve them, and thus violate the pro- visions of the law. we contended that the Government should not place the e11- foroemenb of the Scott Act in the hands of its enemies, for who ever lrnew the enemy of a law to carry it out 4 I heard moodier complaint in the county I comp from that the inspectors under the Mo- Carthy Act were opposed to the provisions of the Act, and they winked at its viola- tion until the hotel -keepers became so bold, knowing that they would not be in- terfered with, that for a year they sold liquor in almost an open way. But when the matter was taken to hand by the Local Government, and a magistrate and proper inspectors were appointed, then the Scott Act beganto work, and is con- tinuing to work as well as we ever ex- pected it would work. We are told to- night that the Dominion Parliament should repeal the Scott Act. Will you take from the municipalities the power to say whether they will have the Scott Act or not? If any of them say: we do not want it, they can repeal it, and if any of them want to put it into execution, they have the power to do so. But we, as the central body, are asked to take from them the only means they have to thwart, as far as they possibly can, the influences of intoxicating liquors in the neighborhood from which I come, and in many other neighborhoods in the Do- minion. I believe the Scott Act is violat- ed very largely in East Bruce, and the reason is clear. A large portion of the electorate there consists of Germans who are accustomed to have their beer, and they are bound to have it, whether under the Scott Act or any other Act; but the county as a whole is largely in favor of the Scott Act. The bon. member who prop. osee the amendment is only speaking of Last Bruce, leaving the rest of the county out altogether, and there are more Germans in his riding than in the rest of the county. That is no reason why we should repeal the Scott Aot in the whole Dominion, because, forsooth, his little owner of this domain is opposed to its provisions. We are also told that we cannot make men moral by legal suaot- menb. No, we cnunot; nor do we strive to do that, but we want moral suasion for the parties tempted throughout the coun- try, and we want legal enactment for the tempters. We want to moralise with the tempted persons to get them away from their habits, but we want at the same time to say to those who are tempt- ing those men that they must not sell or expose for sale those liquors that degrade the people of a country. I am favorable to the continuance of the Scott Aot, but if we could get prohibition I would pre- fer it. I believe there is a strong public sentiment throughout the entire length and breadth of this country that is not felt in this House. I believe the temper- ance men do not stand together as they should. I believe the Christian people do not stand together as they should ; and the result is that members in this House are, no doubt, governed largely by the votes they have received during their election. If they have received the votes of a pertain section opposed to the Scott Act, they endeavor to argue consoienti. ously, or make us believe, at least, they are conscientious, that it should bo re- pealed and something else established. That is the reason we, as men who look upon the question, not from a party point of view, not on the basis of political ex. igenales, but on the basis of the oonsoient. ioue conviction that we are serving our country in the true way by removing tine scourge' and restoring peace and har- mony, by removing these commitments and all the degredations and misery and want that flow from all these oe0tres of misery which I have pointed out—that is the reason why we are in favor of total prohibition. I will gladly support the proposition of the hon. member for Lan- ark (Mr. Jamieson), because I believe it is highly impolitic to continue this traffic so disastrous in itself, this traffic that leads to local disorder and compromises the health and the morals of the people. I support this resolution on the ground that the traffic in liquor is inimical to the best interests of the individual ae well as the highest interests of our coun- try, whether we consider the question morally, mentally, religiously or intel- lectually. • Perth County Notes. The Clinton Driving Park Assooiation offer a purse of $200 for a stallion race to take piece on the Driving Park there on Thursday, Sept 8. An agent of the 0. P. R. Company has been in Goderioh arranging for the intro- duction of the oompany's telegraph wires and the opening of an office there. They will be ready for business about July or August. The brick house of John ltfitohell, about five miles south-west from Evetor. was struck with lightning on Monday evening, knocking down one chimney and scattering furniture topsy Curvy in the inside. Fortunately none of the inmates wero hurt. A correspondent writes :—Outsiderable excitement was created in Exeter and the vicinity by the arrest and trial of two wheat sharks, who have been carrying on their nefarious game hereabout for some time. Their names, as given on the trial, are Christian Steinmetz and Thomas Foster. One Bricker, who is apparently the leader of the gang, appeared on the trial in the interest of the defendants. After hearing evidence, the Magistrate committed Steinmeiz for trial, and se- verely' reprimanded all the parties con. corned in the fraud, for the mean and contemptible advantage secured over in. nocent fermere. The whole community is np in arms against the swindlers. The BOOKSTORE is the Place to Buy tlARM FOR SALE.—THE SUB. BOMBER offers for sale hie valuable 100 acre farm being lot 0, con, 10, Grey, and situated l} miles from Brussels. The place will be sold with or without the Drop and on easy terms Possession will be given at any time. For further particulars as to pries, terms, fie, apply to the proprietor ou the premises. Tho above farm willbo offered for sale. by Public Auction, on the promises, on Wl.n- aeeDd1, 50E2 601,, at 8 ceonoo8 8.21. 88.6m R. AfoNAIIOHT014, Brussels. Farm For stale. • st Fancy Hand Baskets, HANDSOME FANS, STRONG EXPRESS WAGONS, TOY C9RTS AND C & 0 BALL CAME MI All the School Books, Toys, Fan- cy Articles, &c. Bats, Balls, Hammocks. The subsorlosr offers los sale lila valuable Perm In the Township of Grey, oomprising lots 0 and 7, con .11 in said towaehip. This farm contains 200 Rereeand's within 14 miles from the thriving village of Brussels, with goodgravel roadloading thereto. About160 sores are cleared, free from stumps and in a high state of cultivation. Tho balance is finely wooded. This .farm is particularly well faimed, nearly the whole of the fanmen being straight and having been erected iu 1886 and '60. 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