The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-26

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Let this rule Of life be absolute.
Do not compromise with the saloon.
Taste not, touch not, enter not into
temptation, have nothing socially to
do with, men who frequent 'bars,"
and have as little business connec-
tions with drinking men as you pos
sibiy can. Make this one Of the lead
ing principles of your business life
and the chances are good that you
will be success in anything you
undertake. Ga the other hand, if you
neglect this advice, il you wave it
aside as the puritanical prsjsdice Of
o crank. you will fail in everything
as certainly as the sun shines in the
sky.
It matters not how brilliant man
may be, it matters not how successful
he may have been as an employee, or
in his early efforts as proprietor,
once that he acquires the saloon hab-.
it, his failure is assured. Saloons and
business are incompatible; they are
not miscible, as the medical experts
say Of oil and water. !
D l was talking not long ago to man
1of 35, perhaps, who, as an employe,
had held numerous positions of trust,
and had made as high as $4,000 a
year as credit man for one Of the
largest Wholesale clothing houses in
Chicago. This man, when l chanced
to meet him, was out Of employment.
He had gone down the scale until
now he was glad to get odd jobs to do
in the great business house where
once his word had been law. His en-
ployers stood ready to take him back
at his old salary the moment he would
give up the saloon for good. And
yet, knowing this perfectly we'll, real
izing to himself the frightful penalty
he was paying for the privilege Of
spending few hours q day in aen,s
drinking den he deliberately preferred
the destructive Entertainment" he
got in the saloon to the position of
trust and profit that was offered him
as an alternative. He reminded me
Of the man in one Of Fl. G, Wells
stories, who was given his choice be-
tween the ability to perform mira les
and his nightdly drinking spell at the
bar Of sThe Long Dragon" aud who
chose the latter.
Some Of the sapient counsels Of my
chance acquaintance are worth pre-
! serving here for the benefit Of young
men who are starting out in bust.
lness -ieer.
A 'The greatest curse to the business
4 Imam" says he, sis the saloon. I don't
4 mean, now, that q man must go and
aaset beastly drunk in order to be q
failure. l mean that the man who
Eagoes into q saloon every day, or two
a0r three times week, takes his drink,
saud then tries TO do business is q plain
bol. In Chicago the whole business
district is infested with saloons. These
Ifaloons tempt the young man to take.
E4is midday meal in them. They
srve~up good lunchaon,' and inci-.
@sntally form the saloon habit in the
Ehind Of the young man. From going
Ento the saloon at noon he is more
kasily led into saloons at night. Then
De stays up late, reports for work che
Bsxt day tired aud half fuddled in-
|tead Of bright and fresh, and has
EIready begun his downward career.
fe finds that men less bright than he
DIT who have not acquired the saloon.
Eabit, pass him on the road to suc-
Ess; and then he 1nds himself 10 the
ftuationI I am in to-day. The SELDOM,
all he has left, and sorry comf5ft he
Hhds in IL.
Large business concerns are wax
Rg up TO the Importance Of the saloon,
factori in The mployment Of their
esO. The business employer Is get
EDg to be as particular:in his ques-s
pms as q doctps They do not want
linking men. You apply for 8 posi-
Pa ia big house. The manager
's toyou. among other shings: Do
Au drink If you can truly reply,
H., T never touch Intoxicating Ii
Hor, half Jour case is won. If you
abold face ON and say, " 90, +
Fe adrink whenever i feel like it;
Inaver get drunk, you have
aeady lost fifty points Of advantage.
average employer has heard Itbss
d Of thing before, and he knows
man who SAYS it.iaFtelling him 8
J There is not one man Sin 800
{ 10 takes drink " kenever lie wants