saloons, the Sunday closing, shorter hours on week 138 It is always an unpleasant thing to pose as the houses, clubs and hotels. This shows that as long as The well-to-do suspect him of ulterior motives, and by the ton may buy wine or beer by the case or whisky were closed, they would not suffer greatly. Those who cannot or do not buy in quantity would be the days, etc., have not, while saloons are allowed, tended was a case where the attitude was justified it is the there is beer to be had, those who can afford to buy present. Nothing is clearer than that the restriction of "workingman's friend/' Whenever one undertakes to coal by the bushel must not buy beer by the glass. sufferers. In defending the saloon, therefore, the the workingman himself resents the patronizing air million. About one-fourth of this amount goes into by the gallon or bottle. But the man who buys his bottles, and the bulk of the bottle beer goes to private in quantity will have it in bottled form. If the saloons brewer is not waging an altogether selfish fight. He is Reactionary Class Movement. to diminish the consumption of beer. The increase of beer production for the last year is close to four mil- lion barrels, and for the preceding year it was over five of his self-constituted "friend." But if there ever do so, one is at once under suspicion of insincerity.