Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-14

CONDUCTED BIZ MEMBERS OF THE W. G. T. A
SOCIETY OF LAPoRTE, PA.


FOR YOUNG MEN TO CONSIDER
The Most Successful Business
Men Of To-day DO not Drink.
What led me to make up my mind
never to touch liquor wasthe damage
which / saw wrought bv it upon
some Of the finest minds with which
it was ever my privilege to come in
contact, and / concluded that what
has resulted injuriously to Others
might prove so to me. l have seen,
even in my few years of professional
life some OF the most brilliant literary
men dethroned from splendid posi-
tions owing to nothing else but their
indulgence in wine. have known
men with salaries Of thousands of
dollars per year, occupying positions
which hundreds would strive life.
time to attain, come to beggary from
drink.
Only recently there applied to me
for any position I could offer him
one of the most brilliant editorial
writer's in the newspaper profession
"a man who two years ago easily
commanded $lOO for single edi-
torial in his special field. That man
became so unreliable from drink that
editors are now afraid of his article,
and he sits in q cellar in one of our
cities writing newspaper wrappers
for one dollar per 1000. And that
is only one instance of several 1 could
recite here. lido not hold my friend
up as terrible example. He is only
one of a type of men who convince me
and may convince others that clear
mind and liquor do not 90 together
Then, as l looked around and came
to know more of people and things,
1 found the always unanswerable
argument in favor Of a young mans
abstinence. g., that the most sue
cessful men in America to-day are
those who never lift a wine glass to
their lips. Becoming interested in
this fact, I had the curiosity to per-
sonally inquirer into it,and oftwenty.
eight of the leading business men
in the country whose names I Sc
lected at random twenty-five never
touched drop of wine of any SORT
l made up my mind that there was
some reason for this. If liquor
brought safe pleasures, why did these
men abstain from it !? If, as some
say, it is stimulant to busy man,
why did not these men, directing
the largest business intrests in the
country, resort to it !? And when I
saw that these were the men whose
opinions in great business matters
were accepted by the leading con-
Germs of the world concluded that
their judgment in he use of liquor
would satisfy me. If their Judgment
in business matters could command
the respect and attention Of the
leaders of trade on both sides of the
sea, their decision as to the use of
liquor was not apt to be wrong.
And as opportunities come to ne
to go around in homes and at public
places l find that l do not occupy a
solitary position. The tendency to
abstain from liquors is growing more
and more among young men of to-day.
The brightest young men I know
young men who are filing positions
OF power and promise-never touch
drop of beer, wines or intoxicants
of any sort. And the young man
who to-day makes up his mind that
he will be on the safe side and adhere
to strict abstinence will find that he
is not alone. He has now the very
best element in business and social
life in the largest cities of our land
with him.-E. W. Box in Ladies'
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