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remainder of his life was one of its most 

 earnest advocates. He was a teetotaler, a 

 Good Templar, a Blue- Ribbon man, a founder 

 and vice-president of the United Kingdom 

 Alliance, a patron of Bands of Hope, and 

 President of the Manchester Temperance 

 Union, and the English Anti-Tobacco 

 Society. Although all these, and similar 

 movements had his hearty support, he was 

 unable to approve of the policy of the Church 

 of England Temperance Society, and often 

 made the remark, " There are only two 

 classes : those who drink and those who 

 don't." He believed total abstinence was 

 absolutely necessary in combating the evils of 

 drunkenness, and that temperance reformers 

 made a great mistake in seeking to sanction 

 and secure mere moderate drinking. 



His precept and example practically 

 stamped out drunkenness amongst those in 

 his employ, and, in conjunction with his 

 practice of paying higher wages than his 

 neighbours in order to get the pick of work- 

 men, he secured a staff of sober and 

 industrious men, to whom he proved himself 

 a kind and generous employer. 



He was an active member of the Man- 

 chester Chamber of Commerce, and a very 



