MR. WALTER, M.P., ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5255, 26 January 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

MR. WALTER, M.P., ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.

Mr. Walter, 1 • M.-P. for Berkshire,"and the principal- proprietor -of- the-London Times',' 'spealdhg’at a; conference held’ at’Reading 1 incbhheOtiOn with .the Cimich of'Englafid Temperance Society, said that, on his’ rbad tb-thap meeting -he 1 called” at the'shop of a'most emb nent pastrycook and ‘got a v buh. • 1 -He 1 wanted 1 ‘Something--to’di-ink after it; but there jwsis l . nothing.','(to be.’h/pd exceptowatcr ''of; W/raitlter, vapid charaetbr, 1 /distilled , through a' filter, jot'a’ ’.bottle;'of ;iemona'de,.whibh cost 6d. N6\V, 1 in’ the city 4 bf Yiirk the other day he had a more agreeable 111 experiehce. •;' Passing ’ by/, a pastryshop]/he Saw some glasses 1 of/'milk on j theOounfer,/and a'number of' ladies’having lunch) ’ ,Ro weht/in’.tb : h 4 a/ve' f lu'aoh, too, and.on inejuir-i , ing l 'bf ;! the > gbbd'woman I 'who/ kept the shop; whether she,had always;'ffiilk/she’ said iyes,--the milk was beautiful, and she always pro’-f vided, it for. her customers. Well, he wanted to Imiiw:’ 1 ‘wKji'- : iit[ : /(Kbnse;-; jn jthattown) 4 which '’ probably bohsuined; nibre milk’ than ,any. othpr house in England,/’shpuld. got ‘/provide .its/ customers,’//with] a glass -of milk to wash, down its excellent Bath buns.Hp. did-nbi’/want a;'glass, of beer, jvftdr-.a Batlx buhbut lie ’ wanted 'something' better; than very’ vajiiid ,< water) ■’and he did I nbt want to pay Gd. for a glass/bh’lemohade/ | He should have been content with a glass pt niilkor,,barley -vyater,-/pr something.,of ..tliat'hind. That-was’ 1 just how'they 1 managed masters everywhere. Pepple had so .little, idea ,ot r| dbmg things in a sensible’ manner ' that, while’ they railed at .certain vices, they , did not. do what they might and ‘ought 11 to ‘do to’ provide reason-, able substitutes .for them. He was told pe/ople ; ‘migh't have .tea 1 bud’coffee at railway stations, elsewhere. . But “tea” and .“.cpffee \vere ‘names for of yarying quality, land ho wondered 1 how' many people had everjinet ■ with- a genuine cup ; of-either ; at an English: railway, station. - It had never, been his’ fortune to do so. Now, he appealed tbVtji’e Church of England .Tcmperanpe , Society, which had a great work’before them),if,, they would do)it properly/, whether;, theywould.. not,dp, well .to .bestow.a /little/pams/oh seeing that their tern-, peranpe/,friends were supplied with something wholesome-ilnd innoonpus ijQ drink-r-something nice aud .palalahlc, -pf,gibed quajityTT-not weak,; hot stuff, called tea and,coffee, into which one ,cbuid[,'ppur, /a pint of iiailk ...without’ discoloring j it a hnd 'cream as they would, /like, -tp/heyei/'in,’ .their 'own parlors. If they.. /wbuld_Avean /people., from.. the_.pablimbopse.. diguoS'ithey would-have.tp'provldeJthem Hyith] something - equally nlceyand- palatable, which was not intoxicating. i ,