Mohave County miner., 1895-11-30
Won't Employ Drinking Men.

We find in an exchange an interview
 with the president of the street railws,
 company in St. Louis, who said:
 ''I want steady and sober men in my
 employ, and have only ths! kind. If 6
 man when of duty takes drink on the
 quiet he is nos even reprim anded. Mod
 crate drinking is bad habit, and will
 not be tolerated by me. My foreman and others who have charge of men are repeatedly cautioned to be careful when men report for duty. If a man shows the least sign of having taken A drink or two, or does not appear steady in every way, he is right then and there asked 10 step out. We must do that in self pro. tectiou, for, let it once become known that we tolerate drinking, and demorali
 ration would soon ensue among the whole lot, while every accident that happened would be credited by the pu o. lie 10 the drunken antics of our men. We would thcn be compelled to pay every claiu made agains, us. The courts would allow them as judges would decide that we are responsible for our servants. This explains wby we must watch our men and keep them out of the saloons; that we must not only threaten, but also inflict punishment when de. served. Some of the labor leaders ac. cuse us of enfringing on personal liberty. They might as we'll say it is needless to prevent workers in a powder mill from smoking"
 This is but fair and candid exposition of the view taken by the officials of rail ways and of streetrailwsys and trans. portation lines generally, as we'll as in all other similar lines IL is plain bus mess proposition. A company or other employer is liable for the acts of an em- ploye. If the latter causes damage when under the influence of liquor, the employer or company is liable Hence it is \ simple business precaution, often envolving no hostility to liquor. drinking by others The instances are many where business man will not retain in his employ person who drinks, yet who drinks himself. It has been proved in the experience of thousands of em ployers that whatever their views on the liquor question, no matter ii they use 1t themselves, they cannot expect good service nor profitable york if em. ployes are permitted to drink, even out of work hours; for in the latter case they come to work the next morning in A | bad condition, physically and mentally. 1 Therefore, they adopt the plain business rule of employing no one who indulges in liquor
 No man really has the right to make himself drunk ard, because he thus makes himself curse to his fellow men, | besides inficting gross injury upon him. self. The right to get drunk or make a l sot ot one's self may we'll be q qIestioned. | No man has right to do anything im moral, and certainly an employer exer. cises real right when he excludes men l from his employ who have habits which | impair their efficiency in business hours, and which are immoral in their effect.
 Cool, calculating business men wiib | experience backing them, have come to | the conclusion that it d,n't pay to em. ploy men who use liquor in any form Hence every sensible young man start. ing out in fife concludes that, as bus mess advantage, he will have nothing to do with liquor. The sooner the boys understand this point clearly, the better 1t will be for them, and the more aid they will give to every intelligent effort to pulverize the rum power Toledo Blade.