Free lunch newspaper's estimate that the saloon keepers fed 60,000 people a day and that this represented a contribution of about $18,000 a week toward the relief of the destitute in Chicago. In 1896, the New York State legislature passed the Raines law which was intended to regulate liquor traffic. Among its many provisions, one forbade the sale of liquor unless accompanied by food; another outlawed the free lunch. In 1897, however, it was amended to allow free lunches again. Free lunch A free lunch is the providing of a meal at no cost, usually as a sales enticement to attract customers
John Raines and 1904 Republican National Conventions. On December 5, 1906, he became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York for the remainder of the month after the resignation of M. Linn Bruce who was appointed to the New York Supreme Court by Governor Frank W. Higgins. Raines died on December 16, 1909 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. Raines was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua. New York State Treasurer Thomas Raines (1842–1924) and State Senator George Raines (1846–1908) were his brothers. Two of Raines' houses in Canandaigua still stand. His primary home, on the corner of Wood and Gorham Streets, was