Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-23

ment certain of the press have taken pains
TO say that this order is not the result OF
any temperance sentiment upon the part
of the administrator, but is a mere bust
ness precaution, since it is fact that
liquor among a large body OF farm hands in
capacitates them for work; leads to ldleness
and crime; renders the men often unit to
begin new week with yigor; endangers
the trusts committed to them, and gcner-
ally causes loss and delay to the business
of the farm. As if to emphasize the utter
absurdity of this careful denial of the en-
tertainment Of temperance sentiment on
the part Of Mr.. misunderstanding the
press to properly represent him-came tho
very next day the detailed account Of u
most brutal murder committed in enc Of
the villages upon the lands of the estate,
and the sole and moving cnuse of which
vas whisky A man maddened and brutal
lied by liquor shot down one with whom
he had a trivial quarrel, beat the dead
body, shot it again and again, and ran
a-muck about the place with his weapon,
breathing murder and destruction. Now,
if it be true that it is simply a
business precaution upon the part
of Mr.. Ridoout, then it is also
true that it is temperance movement. 1t
is simply the testimony Of business ability
and prudence in behalf of abstinence. To
attempt to separate the two is ridiculous
Mr.. Rideout, had he prepared himself
with pains and armed himself with the
weightieSt arguments in favor Of ab5ti-
hence, have taken to the rostrmn, and
have attempted TO rival Cough and Muir
ply and Miss Willard in eloquent appeals
for abstinence and fervid denunciations Of
the unwise use Of intoxicating liquors,
could not have made more effective tenn
perance campaign, or so quickly and deeply
have reached the hearts OF men upon this
subject. Whether he intended it or not
whether or not he authorized the dis
ciaimer of temperance sentiment, the gen.
tleman has preached temperance sermon
more powerful than any that has been
hurled from the pulpit Or the stump, Now
we believe that Mr.. Rideout meant pre-
cisely what his act testiGes; to publicly
bear testimony 20 the fact that business
common sense arrays itself against intern
perance that what is good rule for the
scores Of men under his employment on
Glenn ranch is 4 good rule for any men
upon any other ranch or in any other
business When he made the order, he
knew he was testifyiug to the benefits Of
abstinence, and intended to so bear witness.
He did not intend probably that it should
be understood chat ne had engaged in a
special crusade against rum, but he did
intend to say Temperance is not an idea,
but fact intemperance is not sentiment,
but grim truth" Certainly that is what
his order reads, and the man having the
moral courage to make that order, has the
bravery to stand up to all it means and
teaches and every thing it involves. Such
men do not attempt to ride TWO horses
going in opposite directions, There is
another business in this State that bears
precisely the same testimony Of business
common sense rs that given by the ad-
ministrator Of the Glen estate-the Towle
Brothers, who prohibit the tryduction of
liquors into any of their numbering camps,
or upon the line Of their private railroad.
We know that seven out OF ten of the
large farmers and orchardists are perfectly
agreed with Rideout and the Towlcs. that
the use of liquor by their employees is a
menace to their property-but then six
out Of seven Of these same farmers and
orehardists have not the courage TO make
orders similar 10 those cited.