Show prohibition the railroad companies have given another evidence of 0 their appreciation of the value ol of prohibition as a means ot of preserving order As a result of 0 the strikes ot of the coal miners trouble Is apprehended at mt pleasant and coal run to facilitate the tha preservation ot of order the railroad companies have issued orders that no intoxicating liquors will be received tor for shipment to these towns of course in this matter the railroads have assumed an authority that does not belong to them the railroads are not the parties to determine whether liquor shall be sold at al any point or not the railroads are common carriers and are bound by law to 10 rally cairy any merchandise chandise meehan me dise okereda of ered to them the matter of decia t where and when liquor shall be sold belongs to the public authorities and not to the railroad companies but the railroad companies have been so long accustomed to governing the country that it probably never occurred to them that they ty t y were beje assuming powers which belonged to some one else nevertheless their action Is an interesting and valuable testimony to the efficacy of prohibition in prevent preventing ing disorder these railroad companies evidently do not believe that prohibition increases drunkenness for it is drunkenness they wish to prevent they evidently tit dt not believe that prohibition dont prohibit for it they did they would not lose tho the profit on freight they evidently dont believe that prohibition increases law breaking for it Is law breaking on the part of the miners they wish to avoid taken altogether this unlawful artion action on the part of the railroad companies Is one of the strongest and most unanswerable arguments in favor of prohibition and one which nill give some people something to think about the new era |