The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-10
DINNERS NOr WANTED

DRINKERS NOT WANTED
Itis practical temperance work that tho
railroads are doing, and tremendously efrec.
tive. Most OF the great railway lines of the
eastert half OF the United States enforce a
practical exclusion Of drinking men from
their employ Their officers take the COM
mon sense view that whore the safety ot life
and property depends upon employees. II is
necessary that the latter shall .at all times, be
IN full possession of all their faculties. They
need the clear brain, the sure eye, the GER
nin hand. He whose brain IS bcloggcd by
liquor has none OF these.
II Is not alone the railroads which are thus
discriminating against drinking men. In our
cities the rule of employing only men OF So
briefly is increasingly followed. No wise
business man will employ a drinking man In
any position of trust. particularly any one
which involves the handling OF money. Note
the records Of ihefts, embeZ2lements and de
falcations 10y trusted employees. and you will
Ind that the origin OF the trouble was tho
habit OF drink. Men are learning that they
must have non-drinking employees IL they
expect their business enterprises 10 prosper.
&c wHs 50t many yoars oss,o that ,irtsa kunn n,ss
was tolerated in an empoye II he were In.
nustrious and faithful now II il not so. A
man may possess n list ot virtues ~ long M
The moral law. but IL hepossesses not the one
Of sobriety, the list counts aS nothing. EN-
perience has taught business men that they
cannot rely upon drinking men. and that 10
employ them leads to loss, to error. to veNH-
lions. delays and worries. Hencs they will
have none of them. They want sober men,
or none
This business discrimination against the
liquor habit is bound TO so on increasingly.
Az IL Is to-day, all the better class OF posi-.
ions can only be held hy men of known so
briefly. Hence IL follows that tho best prep
,ration 4 Inun can make for his life work,
he expects 10 ever ba nor" than a day.
aborer. IL 10 have the reputation oi perfect
iobriety, and TO live up'to that reputation.
Total abstinence IL the best policy for any
man who has to depend upon employment
By other men and h" can do better by ad-
hering strictly to IL than by any other posi-
ole course. He may think that an occasional
;iass IL not hurtful, but IL the knowledge OF
hat kind OF indulgence reaches his employ
RS ears. he will have lost more than he can
nope TO regain In years. The employer him
'elf may not be temperance nan hut il he
u u shrewd. sharp business man. hs will not
allow u drinking man In his employ.
Young men. and men in the employ Oi
others. should realize that. in the fullest
sense, II pays 10 be entirely sober yes. and
20 shun even the appearance ot indulgence,
Or Of closs intercourse with those who are
addicted To the habit II pays TO be u total
ibstainer and this argument grows mora
and more forcible evary year.
II In this practical kind OF temperance en-
'orcement which Is one Of the educational
agencies to accomplish the work which must
oe done In order 10 crush out III" saloon. No
one--not even "a drinker-tinhs fault with Il
railway official who discharges or refuses TO
employ drinking men. Every one knows
hat they ara not reliable The officials are
aot called ''cranks,' nor 'vlsionarles.' nor
temperance fanatics" Everybody realizes
hat It Is a strict matter OF business, inyoS-
ing dollars and cents.
| Let the fact be once well drilled into the
masses that, no matter how excellent IN
svery other respect man may be, ii he
| drinks he cannot have any employment
above the grade OF a common day-laborer,
and selI-interest will lead men TO wip. out
the saloon and pulyerlas the rum power