The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-29
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THENORKM.A RUIN
USE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ENTAi.S
POVERTY AND WANT.


Temperate Men Get the Eest Places and
the Highest Pay.
Don't you think the workingman is
getting the worst Of 70 struggle, view
! ing it from any rol ecu may?' asks a
man who has labored industriously for
years and is about where lie was when
he began.
No, the workingman has the best Of
it, except in the matter of accumula-
ting barrels Of money. The trouble is
that many of them do not make the lest
of it. As rule, those who get the worst
Of it have themselves to blame.
Another trouble is that wo1klus.''oen
measure their success in dollars and
cents and not social and domestic com
forts. They never think Of the worry
and discomforts CT their employers, nor
10 they know how often the rich are On
the ragged edge nor what cfcrts they
have to maize to save themselves from
bankruptcy.
''The man who works Cn q salary is
the happiest man III the business, CT st
least he ought to be, " said q gentleman
who had succeeded in accommodating a
considerable fortune.
MANY a tire | would gladly haye.
exchanged places with almost any MAJ
in my employ There is che whom
really envy. Ee gets fair salary, arc
by good management lie has become the
owner of nice little home and is noW
adding few dollars Per week to 9
small bank account.
tWhen lis days " ork is done-ard
that is 4 hen all tie VcTk is done,
whether within the usual hours CT rot
he goes to his home. rcmps with his
children, reads the papers AID srcl;
books and magazines as he likes, spends
pleasant, quiet evening and lies Gown
entirely free from care and worry.
"Often have wished myself i'll his
place as | tossed uneasily on my pillow
and worried nearly the whole night over
business affairs.
''Thcre isn't much sleep fer fellow
who is threatened with heavy losses,
sudden changes i'll prices and the uncer-
tainties of trade. My home is well fur
nished with everything except comfort
for myself. l haven't time TO read, and
my mind is so taken up with business
that the domestic Size CT life has few
real charms Only those who have haG
the trial know the discomforts Of being
rich or the misery that attends money
making.
Il want to say right here, for the
benefit Of workingmen, that | have new
er seen an honest, industrious, temper
ate and frugal man want for bread nor
bis family suffer for the comforts Of life
''And again want to say that | have
never known workingman who spent
a considerable portion Of his earnings
for beer and liquor, went on batters
now and then, to succeed, either i'll
business way or in establishing hCmf
and rearing u family that was a credit
to himself or benefit to the Commu
nifty.
Il used to drop into salccn myself
occasi cnally, laboring under the dolu
sion that glass or two of beer was
really beneficial to man, and always
noticed the absence of successful men.
Occasionally would meet some CT my
own employees, and they were almost
invariably the poorest in purse aud the
least valuable
This so impressed ME that | made
something of study of the matter, and
my conclusion was that workingmcn
are the supporters of the saloon, and
that by far the greater portion Of the
money that is passed over the bar
should have gone to provide food for
hungry children and comforts for over
worked, neglected wives.
again, if you will allow me, Iwant
to say that 1 know from personal ob-
servation and careful calculation that
the saloon does more to keep the work
ingmen poor and down in the world
than the SO called tyranny Of capital
and hard times combined. If tic money
they waste was saved, every working
man might live in comfort -
In order to hear from the other side a
saloon keeper of long standing, and one
who is i'll the business for money, was
asked what he thought of this mans
conclusions.
They are about right We nis
prompt answer. "All these you SC here
are workingmen. Indeed, rarely see
any others except loafers, but occasion
ally business men drop III for glass of
something, but it is OH the workingmen
that depend for my profits. know it
is wrong for them to spend their money
in this way, but if | didn't take it some
one else would, and | make it point
to keep a good house and Go not encour-
age any one to drink. often take mon
ey from men and send it to their fani-