The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-10
WHISKY AND woRKMEN.

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Good Work-An Annoysncs snd VILE
Smelling Nuisance.
The fact Is that no man who il the
slave of the drink demon is first-class
workman. He may be able, when he
Is sober, to do good work. But when
he is flushed with drink, the clear head,
the steady hand, the accurate eye, are
all gone. The brain, dazed by the &C.
cursed fumes of alcohol, is incapable
Of its best work. It is fact, proved
time and again in post-mortem exami-
nations Of the bodies of men who have
come to their deaths when drunk, that
the assures Of the brain contain some
times as much as q teaspoonful of pure
alcohol. The workman in this condi-
ton is certainly not capable Of doing
his best. The eye, the hand, share tho
condition of the brain, for the nervous
system. Of which the brain is the center,
partakes of that organs incapacity to
exert its powers properly and fully.
Nor is the condition of the confirmed
drinker, on those occasions when he is
as sober as he ever gets-when he has
not poured down any of this alcoholic
poison for Q time-very much i'm
proved. 1t is law Of nature that every
excess, in any direction, is followed by
corresponding reaction. The stimu-
lus Of the fiery liquid is gone. Every
muscle is relaxed and weak, and the
system is enervated. The brain is weak
and irritable from the poison that has
been carried to its every fiber by the
blood, and every nerve is unstrung.
The man is cross, sulky, suffers from
the blues, is "hard to get along with, ="
because Of this depression of his nerv-
GUS and muscular system after the I'M
natural tension to which it has been
subjected. He does not feel like work.
II requires supreme effort to enable
him to 20 through his round Of daily
duty even in perfunctory manner.
Again, drinking workman is an an.
nOyance to every body with whom he
comes in contact. When under the in.
huence of rum he is hilarious, noisy,
often profane and foul-mouthed in
speech; o vile-smelling nuisance to the
respectable workmen, a disgrace to
himself and to the establishment.
When suffering from the reaction Of
his debauch, he is equally unpleasant
either sulky and silent, or giving vent
to his spleen in being quarrelsome and
insulting.
Is not all this q matter which il
worthy the attention of the labor or.
CARNATIONS of the country Master
Workman Powderly, of the Knights Of
Labor of the United States. in his 10
port, issued at the close Of the last year,
made use Of this strong language IN
regard to the admission Of drinking
men to membership in that powerful
order: $50.
III q man given to the use Of i arsak
and serpent applied for adm 70 -!
. sSs SHss
Who join us that they shall b saints; but ]
have right to expect and do ssk OF taem, y
- men,"
But the exigencies of the struggle Il
control the laboring element OF tn
country by getting every work
cations, leads to the acceptance
Of men without inquiring as h
their habits. Besides, q young mai
may be temperate when admitted, AM
become victim of rum afterwards
Thousands Of them do. Is it not tn
part of wisdom for these labor societies
under whatever name they may b
known, to exert their powerful influ
ence in the work Of crushing out tn
making and selling Of rum?-Toled
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