Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-03-04
Prizes Awarded For Best
Essays on Liquor.
Why Business Men Demand Abstinence
From Liqour.

Why Business Men Demand Abstinence
From Liqour.
This essay received the Grade prize
n Charles Town District last year
When the Emperor of GERMANY re
fuses to touch a glass of beer, and doa
u he can to get his people to stop
d linking beer and other alcoholic drinks,
one might think he was simply a pro-
hibition crank" But this same
crank" is one of the keenest bust
'ess men and one of the most devoted
patriots that ever sat on throne; and
Germany g rise in the Industrial word
during his reign is considered wonder
full. He is doing all he can to abolish
the use of liquors in the German Army.
and Navy, statistics having shown that
it is very important.
All over our own nation, state after
state is going dry. That all alcoholic
drinks are prohibited in Kentucky and
Texas seems wonderful, and now our
,wn State is going dry to help the cause
along People ask. Are we in great
temperance wave which will in few
wears pass over and leave us just where
we were?" / say not, because the pre-
sent wave is permanent one. big
Business" is beginning to see tire i'm
portance of employing abstainers, and
it is this reason rather than any sent
iment IL one that is fast overcoming the
| liquor evil.
Even saloon keepers admit that whis-
key is bad thing An expire fight
err who keeps saloonsin Chicago said
that from his experience he thought tha'
whiskey was the worst thing for the
mind and body that was ever invent d
| Not only this, but the majority of saloon
keepers do not drink themselves, MOI
allow any of their employees to drink
Even though they sell liquor they know
how destructive it is to the mind anc
body.
None of the big railroads allow any
of their employees to drink. If they
are seeR entering saloon they are al
once dismissed. A few years ago s
man could drink as much as he wantec
while off duty, but the 7 railroads have
suffered too much in this respect t.
keep 1t up. 1t has been found that i
does not pay. and this is why they d.
not allow thein employees to drink
People ask what business it is of theirs
whether the men drinkgpr not. Thai
is the Company's strorg point. 1t Ii
their most important business. A hant
at the lever second too slow may
cause disaster killing many.
In German college some students
wished to test whether beer interferet
with their work. They worked weel
i with beer and than week without
alternately thus for two months. The.
found that chart made of their mark
during this time would look like tn
teeth of saw, the weeks without bee
being Twenty-Five per cent bette
than the weeks with beer.
As we have learned that the use of al
cohal inteferes with our mental, ply
steal. and moral development. SO we ar
learning that it is to our business in
terests to let drink alone. Wise peopl
who have the good of the nation .
heart. are trying to put the temptatio
away from boys. assuring them that
s deeslnot pay to drink and in this. busi
: ness men are aiding from strictI
, business reasons. for they know al
stinence from liquor tends alike to tn
prosperity of the individual as well 9
!, the nation.
: DAVID II. STR0THER.
- Charles Town W. Va.