Locomotive Engineers Endorse Prohibition

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 13, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 27.

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Locomotive Engineers Endorse Prohibition

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, with a membership of 74,000 in the United States and Canada, recently held its convention in Cleveland, Ohio. By a unanimous vote of the 819 delegates present, they indorsed both state and nation-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic.
One of the delegates said: "Engineers of America have been trained for years that drink and efficiency do not run hand in hand. If any one needs a clear head, it is the man in the cab."