NORTHERN LIGHT
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EDITORIAL AMD COMMENT
NOTICE
March 19,1914
To Employees Carnegie Steel
Company, Youngstown Distnct
Hereafter, all promotions of what
ever character will be made only from
the ranks of those who do not indulge
in the use of intoxicating drink.Ti e
Heads of Departments and their fore
men will be expected to observe this
rule in advancing their men
Thomas Mi DvttvlJ,
General Superintendent,
Youngstown District
Approved .A. C Dinkry.
President.Carnegie Steel Company
The above taken from the Normal
Instructor and Primary Platts is aser
mon in itself against any and all rea
sons presented in favor of the licensed
saloon. But in the face of all such tre
mendous thrusts at the business some
ittform us that it would be most im
possible to maintain our schools and
other institutions if deprived of the
license, a percent of it , in many
cities and villages goes to the support
of the city and village school. When
we he ir a person presenting such
profound logic? we feel both sick and
sorry —sick of such stuff and sorry
for the fellow.
If the dollars which pass over said
bir came from a far quarter of the
earth and the license system the only
possible way of freezing upon the dol
lars then there would be the merest
of sensible reasons for tolerating the
curse; but the dollars come out of the
pockets of men living right ten
der the shadow of the saloon Where
does a goodly portion of the dollars
go that are passed over the bar?
Much of it,goes out of the village,otit
of the city, and in this far north land
much of it goes out of AlasKa to the
wholsale dealers and brewers of the
states—goes o :t there to stay, and
what have you to show for it? To
make it plainer let us take a look at
a Daddy; forth he goes in the morn
ing forhisdram, and hieing towards
the school house trudges his little son.
Over the bar the father shoves the
cash, apart of which (small part)
helps to educate his boy, and back
over the bar the glass of foaming poi
son is pushed to him. Into his system
he takes the dope that deadens soul
mind and body; back to his home he
goes reeling, silly, cursing; perhaps
to make miserable his wife strug
gling in a fight against the downfall
of the home If the litersed saloon
put money into circulation similar to
a mint there would be the tiniest rea
son for allowing the thing to do bus
iness, but the dollars they hand over
as license comes out of the pockets
of men living ‘neath the curse of the
thing, which like a viper coils by the
pathway ready to fasten upon your
boy- a rosy-cheeked lad-being edu
cated in part by the license you pay
The warm comfortable, inviting
room; the free lunch,the purpose of
which is to induce thirst, are merely
sm:es- bait to get your boy, now
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