Temperance And Trade

At a recent meeting of' tlie St. John, N. B., reform club, Mayor Welsh gave au interesting addre.ss in regard to the important relations i' the nicreliantili' in teres tí tothe temporáneo movouieut : v would ask .my niorchant to take their profil umi losa toooant, and ihow the number ei' men wlio had boen unablc to pay thcir debts bccause they drank too freely. He called attontion to the number of' men who had been unablc to meet thoir engagciiients on account of' drinking customen ; so that those that oever allowed a lasa ni' licuor n thoir houses had to suffer with the drinkers. Drunkenness causes a wute of time. To malee up a successf'ul buine.s thorc is capital invested, intellect employed, and muscle. Now, tho man who drinks cannot do his work with ;i ituJÜDg hand, nor can the clerk do bis master's business well while his hcad is full of' drink ; and the effect of the comuiunityalso concerns the inerchant. Look at theyouth, the sons of successful and températe business men, they stood formerly as sober, upright men, who never had a note dishonored, and see if they look likely to meet their notes. Is it fair, is it just, is it honorable that merchants should think of this ? The first effect of intoxicants is on the intellect. Again the care of the sick, the lazy and the vicious'falls upon the community, and they have to pay handsoruely on these - in most cases the fruit of intemperance. They have the policemen to pay for being the protector of the rum trafic. If the merchants would say that they would drink no more liquor, the rum business must cease. Some merchants, by setting the examplc, are leading tbc boys down to destruction ; their influence follows theni wherever they