▁ri ot , ▁there ▁were ▁comp elling ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁reasons ▁for ▁German ▁imm igr ants ▁to ▁protest ▁the ▁newly ▁inst ated ▁ordin ance . ▁Mit ran i ▁pos its ▁that , ▁" To ▁the ▁German ▁and ▁Irish ▁imm igr ants , ▁drink ing ▁be er ▁on ▁Sund ays ▁was ▁an ▁order ly ▁and ▁habit ual ▁way ▁to ▁spend ▁their ▁one ▁day ▁off .... ▁Yet ▁on ▁a ▁deeper ▁level , ▁this ▁cl ash ▁over ▁drink ing ▁marked ▁the ▁opening ▁sal vo ▁in ▁a ▁struggle ▁over ▁how ▁the ▁new ▁class ▁of ▁w age ▁workers ▁would ▁spend ▁their ▁time ." ▁The ▁ri ot ▁over ▁be er ▁represents ▁a ▁larger ▁issue ▁of ▁a ▁n ativ ist ▁approach ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁imm igr ant ▁working ▁class . ▁Dr inking , ▁particularly ▁on ▁Sund ays , ▁was ▁considered ▁un accept able . ▁Cl osing ▁ta ver ns ▁on ▁Sund ays ▁and ▁raising ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁liqu or ▁lic enses ▁was ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁en force ▁what ▁was ▁considered ▁acceptable ▁behavior . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁new ▁policies ▁were ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁imm igr ant ▁class , ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁ri ot ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁call ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁type ▁of ▁order . ▁Within ▁a ▁week ▁of ▁the ▁ri ot , ▁a ▁committee ▁was ▁formed ▁and ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁city ▁government ▁to ▁pass ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁re forms ▁that ▁ultimately ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁re organ ization ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Police ▁Department . ▁ ▁The ▁last ing ▁effects ▁of ▁such ▁a ▁tra um atic