The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-31

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ton party? Are they the accomplish
mont Of earnest temperance unions?
Plainly. they are not explained by
the a~nti-saloon sentiment which
swept over the southern states. car
fied on BY dread Of the effects of
liquor upon the negroes. For the de-
cline In the number Of saloons Is
shown to be general. Neither can, it
be explained BY hard times, for there
never was greater prosperity in the
United States than In the two years
from 1905 to 1907.
No doubt the Temperance unions
should be given credit for their actiy-
ity, and perhaps that had its part in
the Roadway amde against the sale
Of liquor. But surely it will not be
claimed that these organizations are
more determined or effective today
than they were in the days Of Fran
ces Willard, when the consumption
Of liquor increased from year to year.
We are inclined TO believe that the
decrease In the use Of liquor in the
United States is the direct result Of
the growing protest OF business
against the habit. The sentimental
ease against drunkenness is complete.
hut. unfortunately, the man who
drinks to excess ordinarily is NOT
reached by sentiment. Bestiality can
MOI be expected to moralize Of itself.
Neither is appetite amenable to rea-
son and, therefore, now and again
the most thorough education in the
sad consequences of intemperance
fails to stay the hand from the cup.
It has been less than fifteen years
since the management Of the Iowa
Central railroad created q nation
wide sensation by announcing It would
consider drunkenness while on duty
ground for discharge of its employees,
AT that time the public mind was
still accustomed to the association OF
railroad men and drinking. Even
some OF the younger generation car
remember when it was thoroughly
understood that a railroad town
meant a town of saloons. But the
managers of the railroad companies
discovered that a drinking man not
only increased the danger Of acct.
dents, but could accomplish less work
than the sober employee. So it is thai
the other railroad companies follow,
ed the lead of the Iowa Central man
agement and in the few years thai
Since have elapsed the reputation O
the railroad employe has entirely
changed. he moment he is mention.
ed, a mental picture is formed of al
abstainer, of a man who cares fo1
himself because he is expected by the
company to keep himself in condi
tion.
Similarly commercial houses which
not long ago, thought it necessary Il
sendsout on the road representative
who could out-drink the traveller
-mE.
for other houses, have discoveries
that it does not help their case t,
have it presented by some one VIII,
Is tipsy. With the growth of compe
tition, the value of time grew also
xIt was learned that the man VIII,
lOitered over the cup would not max
80 many towns ina day. It was foun.
that the merchants who were sellin;
theamost goods were paying atten
ton To their business and not max
ing headquarters of a saloon, an,
sAtheTefore that they We're only dis
/. Eu1isted Nv drunken travelling MAJ
Msolic:itingthe orders. For these rea
oons HE olG-time commercial travel
q asabeen called in. In his plac
@f6sseSruns strong. clean, clear-eye,
sSSaIIal 1ssSiinSacontrol of themselves.
sAs sS|sIi1lgss but Illustrations. TIL
n sStsskhat Inltenperaance is sentiment
IismnIorally wrong, that 1t be
B NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is not o
& iSSaiinportt those who drinl
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