ABSTRACT
I T is tempting to trace connec~ions. In 1822 the Merchant Adventurers' Company o l York gave, as was their custon~, a 'wine-party' to celehratc t11e admis~ion of a new m~mher . v . I Ilc new mernber was the elder joseplr Rowntree, then a young tnari of twen~y-one, w110 liacl just ho~rght he sliop in l'avernent. The Mercl~ant Aclvcnturers bccanle hilarious in their cups, and the elder Josepll put on his hat and left the party in disgust, takirig wit11 11im a 'distrust of alcol~ol in all its forms'.
