Drinkers and Smokers Need not Apply.
By Editor
THE New York Herald of a recent date contained the following advertisement:— “Wanted—a few young men lately landed, to work in a distillery store; those who smoke, chew, or drink, need not apply. Wages $15 a month and board. Apply—, West— Street.” We think this is the best commentary that we have met with upon all the blatant nonsense talked and written by liquor dealers and their advocates, including the N. H. Union, about the folly and fanaticism of teetotalers and prohibitionists, and the necessity for men to use stimulants. When distillers want employees themselves, “those who smoke, chew, or drink, need not apply.” How soon will this be the rule in the church, the Sunday-school, the Christian ministry, business houses, banking and insurance companies, and State and nation? How soon? —Commonwealth.