Show nag 0 H j railroad i the rall railroad road 11 compacter compact ei b hava given another evidence of thell their appreciation of the value of prohibition mi as a mea meaux ils of preserving order i H pa I 1 I 1 As a result of the strikes othe coat coal miners trouble la Is apprehended at mt ml pleasant Ilea sant and coal run to facilitate the preservation of order the railroad companies have issued orders ordera that to no intoxicating liquors will be 14 received for shipment to these towns of course in this matter the railroads r a it have assumed an authority that does not belong to the them ra the railroads are not the parties to determine whether liquor shall be sold at any point or not the railroads are common carriers and are bound by law to carry any offered to them the mattei of deela 1 I where and when liquor shall be sold belongs to the pub lie authorities and not to the railroad companies but the railroad companies haie been so long accustomed to governing the country that it probably never occurred to them that the they were bete assuming powers which belon belonged geil to some one else nevertheless their action to Is an inter eating and valuable alu able testimony to the efficacy of prohibition in preventing disorder these railroad comp companies evidently do not believe that libi tion increases drunkenness to toi it Is 18 drunkenness they wish to prevent they evidently 16 dt not believe that prohibition dont prohibit for it if they did they would not lose the profit on freight they evidently dont believe that prohibition increases law breaking for it Is in law breaking on the part of the miners they wish to avoid taken altogether this unlawful action on the pait of the railroad companies Is one of the strongest and most unanswerable arguments in favor of prohibition and one which will give some people something to think about the new era |