Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-06-26
w. C. T. U. COLUMN.
by the Ladies' of the ". e

w. c. T. U. COLUMN.
| Conducted by the Ladies' OF the W. C. T. o.
The editor of the New Voice of Chi
cago sent the following letter of inqui.
~ to ninety-four of the leading rail-
ways of the country:
Twill you be so kind as TO inform MS
what rules. If any, your company has in
force regarding the use of intoxicating
liquors by the employees OF your railway
lines, either while OF or on duty? We
refer, particularly. of course, to your
operating department.
ITO what extent do you give prefer.
ence to total abstainers over moderate
or other drinkers In giving employment
to new men?
Up to this time, forty-nine replies
have been received with the following
results:
Total abstinence OF or off duty is
required by the rules of twenty of these
roads; two declare they will not EN-.
plOy man who drinks if they know II;
four declare total abstinence necessary
to safety in operating the road, while
nineteen give the preference to teeto.
tallers in promotions. so that practical.
ly all of the railways of the country ad.
here to the total abstinence standard.
"Of the fOrty-nine replies, only two
have rules merely against 'lntemper-
ance.'
IA most significant fact is that of the
forty-nine lines of railroad. THIRTY
ABSOLUTELY FORBID THE FIRE.
QUENTING OF SALOONS UNDER
PAIN OF DISMISSAL.
The high water mark of the de-
mands of the prohibition fanatics is
that the saloon shall be closed by law
and kept closed, without asking the
slightest legislation as to what a man
shall eat or drink, thus not even touch.
ing the domain of personal liberty.
But here are forty-niEe of the great
railways of the country nearly all of
which forbid their employees to drink
lntoxicants, and thirty at once dis
charge men who even frequent saloons.
Here are few characteristic replies
received by the New voice to its letter
of inquiry:
G. G. Waldo, general manager of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, re-
piled:
ut is a rule of our company to make
careful inquiry into the habits OF appli.
cants for positions and to give no per-
son employment unless strictly temper
ate. The use of intoxicating drinks
is strictly prohibited. Employees known
to be addicted to the use of intoxlcants
or to frequent saloons or low resorts,
will not be retained in the service.
Mr.. S. M. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago & Alton. replied:
~ give below an extract from the
rules of our company governing the use
of intoxicants by employees of this COM
pany:
The use of intoxicating drinks and
frequenting gambling places, or other
places of low resort, have proven a
most fruitful source of trouble to rail-
ways as well as to individuals. Recog-
nlzlng this fact, this company Will ex.
ercise the most rigid scruninty in re-
ference to the habits of employees in
this respect.
The use of beer or other intoxicat.
ing liquor by any employe of this com.
pany, while on duty, is strictly prohib.
tied, and no employe will be allowed to
have such liquors in or about any sta.
ton, shop, yard, or other premises of
this company, at any time or under any
circumstances.
Amy conductor, trainman, engineer,
fireman, switchman, or other employe,
who is known to use intoxicating IL.
quors or frequent gambling places, or
other places of low resort, either while
on or off duty, will be discharged from
the service CT this company.
A. A.lAllen, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Missouri, Kansas
Il Texas railway, outlined the policy
of his company as follows:
1.-The rule with reference to intoxi.
eating liquor found in our time card
and general rules and reads as follows:
The use of intoxicants by employees
is prohibited. The rrequenting of
places where they are sold Is sufficient
cause for dismissal.
II believe you will find this rule in
effect on the majority of roads in this
country, because it is included in the
standard rules promulgated by the
American Railway Association and by