The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-05

1 prcniDitiQu as a pAElnB -pIoposlllolii-
Sober labor is something that Is APP
\ preciated by captains of Industry
The men who work in the rolling
mills. mines, furnaces foundries. etc,
labor six days week since the saloon
passed out OF existence. They so to
their work with clear heads In the
morning; they stay SOBER through the
4 day and the toll of lie through acci-
j dents hazardous f,a%ittaAS~ts moth
ing as compared with what 1t was
when saloons were open. The cor
porations feel this in the reduction in
I the amount OF death and damage
! claims which they most frequently
sustained because the victim was
drunk or under the influence of whis-
key and unable to take care of him
self
The efficiency of workmen and COM
mon labor since the saloon has been
taken out of public life is a reyela-
ton. Not many months ago big
4 cast iron pipe manufacturer said that
he was getting out more work with
four hundred men since the sale on
whiskey was stopped than he did with
more. than seven hundred under the
old system. He was one of the men
who did not think prohibition would
be a good thing when the light was
on in Jefferson county under local
oPioh' ANS - ~ P'-,..-
numbers of laborers. This constitutes
one phase of the answer to the ques-
ton, Does prohibition pay?
Money Stays at Home.
Thirteen millions of dollars that
annually went ont of Alabama now
stay IN the state. IL Is going Iiito
Savings bahks, INTO hpihes' .h'o tlo
, furnishing or homes INTO tne Pur-
chase OF petter cloinInb, INTO me Pui-
e3stss-e- "t-sfstsfte
, the hands, or famlles that alu not
, snare the weekly wage SO Ireeiy "heh
the saloon $1,000 on tne way petw e.,
, the mans work and his nome me
! grocer, the furniture dealer the cloth
{ ing ana dry goods men, business men
, OF all KINDS, ma II easier 10 cohect
their bills. The experiences some OF
, these men, especially the smaller ones
. tell AFTER trial OF prohtpitIoh are
alilANtns ms - Ei s,.a,'e p,.s9e u
'''1 ",.sms es,a' =, "a ~
, i"s - 80, f,.rt,, 20 dfty
nas peeIi reuuce" I'm ~ -. " iii1'
, ptt 1e"' So vac "a 1870 80,
.snea' Sel.aIiilS l,a1e.,t asnths
mat the nuInper 81 V as. ueaen ..
= ia " u az $50 ,,,t,a drunl,an
, ~ Hs tis eAceptloi' "'n a Va 80 -.
, 'uis one % ll'e iaI 6Ss. ...s..,3 ~
hVil'ns fi sf, pf.-hs,
tnis sRy Ylsl'eu bst i'.''t san.n. 80,
t,toi'lie v, - ,r.-",s.1t,,x =.
thousahds 70 the iait =
was esti'hs,eo toat liioie ttsan
, ~ tiiousaiiu pep ~ ,,s.. 20.
= Tue otlS pAs ~, -. 49,
park, Mnl,e otleL pa. ne CIV - $50
OF lesser llnportAlse 9leM NO -, 1T
err NJ ..,aI
ehhess uiu nv. So'''e 80
e the poilce ooche'' a,io 90" afs ~
= Single unrest ny 'ite ei,e. IN
9 OF zen eliaon. o!e W. tT,.a So r.,
trlai couheies ah Siie o,iisea
G the entire crows any rs ~
& "hole day no ore e'uiu lei'ie,iol ~
G nave seen NOR usah tS9 ~ ~ -, :
(; men under the iA'iue'oe ~ l'4 a.
y ,lot q sliikis 'Ii"'' Al =" ''0'N
r ~ AitoNAVh'ioi'
n see I'e" Men Drinking.
It A stranger may walk the stFeets
: of Birmingham for whoie day ana
r night--Saturday and saturday night
e If he wishes-~apd not see more than
o one OF two mem under the influence
: of whiskey. III one asks why the
+ answer has already been gwen III Is
@ risky to fo&t about drinking places
and 1t taxes lot OF trouble ana snip
: ping around TO acquire Respectable
G jag. Getting drunk in birmingham,
1 or most any city III Atabama' Is too
t much IKE work TO SUIT the average
y man, unless ne Is just pent on max
. ing a neg of himself, anyway. -
I A lady may walk the streets OF this
/ city secure IN the knowledge that no
@ drunken main will fureh INTO her on
/ the sidewalks, and that She viii not
= I. For ~ "a Co 10 100