The Rice belt journal., February 03, 1905, Image 2

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CORRESPONDENT WRITES OF
CONDITIONS AFTER MASSACRE
MONARCHS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INTERESTED IN RUSSIAN
OUTBREAK.
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1,'L., : .",J:.":n ,"1 on St.
Peter .:i ' i~ .Il!1. 23 " i', o-a-n cl:s here
in co.rnl:., , e.;n.r,; "ý t!h. s;it' ation.
After : Iasr in the 'as
sili )0. q tr'." , . ;I:!llight Sun
d'lay, 1i:. ,y i , , ':: abandoiinedi
the fe,: .rrica,l- vl i: 'h they held
,Ul]til Ifru houir a r e'. d. Tli word
,wac; , .i. l. r,) i - l leaders to
reni nlil :t:jie for '. , - . nt.
Duri..: ' l . ., d nlip snow
fell. en,:ing th. r stains and
oblit,'ra,:nig all t:' :', ,)f Sunday's
confici T he :I',.' ', nerally, how
o'-r'', "i' " n' " t1i I ' ;ip r,r.hc nsive
anr 1 : . indoji rs. Th it, ,irtikers. louk
ing wn':ry a::d i ha ir' aftr the ex
cileminl ' :f ti:O .1 ýy lfore. co!!lected
in i::ulle iti gor u in the vicinity
of th',ir vari.,'s e. ' i 'turt s and
around S:unday's .ari:lihed barri
cades, awaiting th ,lcision of their
lead(er.s rglrlin7g rue plan of action.
They were in an t: m;i.lod and broke
out in c'rs. s i:e:iever soldiers
marched by.
As th dariy -:. a : there were
signs of i:!nr.asi'l: ne:isiness. The
troopsl:, mls,: of :...; ha: been with
drawn f:"):n the b in rthe center
of the - ,ct r dining h night, were re
poEtled di;rt:!g !:,- :: n,! ion to have as
sorihl: I i -orn.sii :b.: strength at
the prin.:ral poin. Traffic across
the ,hri. . ardi t.  ,I 1 pa:hs over
the i,. : irtarr .
Thy, .t: to.s . p - " 'v fninding it
i ' i .' t. reac. :: (r.ite' r f the
-tfy in 0: itni,'l r . ;ero enter
hlgi it :al o i ,i.i grolips. tra
versann t'.. stree' - ;1' nly without
Sbtplpiig t) conVe:, look at thei
Windlow:;, as has ilmr Custom. 1
Mblany .,f the p:: ..'i,.11 shops are
clsed.
A.; I'i: dia adv:: '1 :e crowds on
N4-vsky ,r:',slec . rs.", ls . but the
r I f
STW I1Bt~PG'
,EA'Q0 -/
oaAY"9rKr~rF)
W~here StrikLes A~e S~'rdadinq
8nd~ ~ Pa Ia:ic hu;,.~ 1~ tlIurou-lh.
fari : a rni j x atei~
b p ( ..:d ths xi d -t tl lra n
,3·H-'.' ---- ,~~_
St. f Half a reginvent of infantry stacked
'eC arms and remained on duty on t!it
Morskaia, a fashionable boulevard of
5- the city. and at neon troops were
a- again marched into the palace square.
1 her, l) ~pie, ware once more trying
d to co(0!!cct. All the grand dukes' pal
d1 aces were strongly guarded.
o0 St. Petersburg has often witnessed
rioting, clearing the streets of demon
r /
Twsnty- hree year' of exih: and
e 1
no impression on Mme. Breshlkovlky.
e sntim t i fao f the Rus
! I II I 'i( II
daughter of a nobleman, now a 1oor\
'I !f
Twent spi ol withree year of exile an
suffering behiso on Mhie. sresh taken up
who is row in Chicago endeavoring tohe
arous ie o lon at i o. Thfavo is of the Rs
sian revolutionists Once the weant.h- r
da"Rghter sia a noblesn now awakenin," she sayoors.
but spiritedrs anl Co an with years of w
swhffring behind s er, she has taken up
conthe labor that was interrtltel by the a
zoeraws ie he sro lng agoikers. This mos the
Russian revolutionary movement.
Russin is now aakenied by t he authsas. t
c,
strwhors aprote Cost earnestlyack charges with h
regres an salters. but the bloosituation compeshed such
of yesterda iures. Tharalleld in its hisad
tory an rthe manystored stories of worutalityd have
told Iby the popiulace seem to have
convinceto them thant a dsrogram of the mob.
delibeOnrate of Fatdlher ing was lieutenaned to hi
overawe the strikers. This is most ot
indecignantlhatnid by theleade af thorities, s
who had rotest most earnestly that thel ty
regret the situation compelled such
stern neasuires. They say order had of
to armed restored or tnce city would have fr
fallen into the hands of the mob, be
One on proather Gopo's lieutenant
declat is redortd that the leaders of the strik- uo
ers had resolved to p~reach the gospel ye
of armeetingd resist in tnce and the over- Pn
throw (f autocracy but that it did not ha
carry with it a threat of pillage or an fot
attack on proplerty. cit
It is reported that at one of the to
meetings in the early hours this morn- rig
ing some of the strike leaders dis
cussed the advisability of sending int
delegations to the various embassies an
to appeal to the foreign powers for ru
Protection, but no action was taken- ens
at least no deputations had appeared ma
at any of the embassies up to noon. cat
The situation continues critical.
The military have the upper hand in the
St. Petersburg, and so long as the of
troops remain true they can crush ers
any attempt at resistance in the cap- tiv
ital. Bit the eyes of all are turned
toward the interior for the effect per
which the news will produce in the sht
big centers. it
Monarchs Ford of Hunting.
Nearly all the cr;:, r,d heads of Eu
rope seem t) be g5ra: hunters. Not
withstanding his ase the Austrian em
peror still loves ti:e chase, and King
Edward is as fond of it as Kaiser Wil
~'1m. The king of Portugal is so
good a nmarksman that he has been
called a modern William Tell. The
king of lealy spends much time hunt
ing and the q:een is said to be an
even better shot with the revolver
than her spouse. She grew up in a
wild, mountainous region and still
loves to roam the forests, gun in hand.
"Youths" Now in Senate.
The United States senate is gradu
ally changing to a body of compara
tively young man. Senator Bailey of
Texas is no longer the "baby" mem
ber. The latest accession is from Ne
braska and he is barely 35. Beveridge
of Indiana is among the youngsters.
The far northwest usually sends sev
eral "kids." The reappearance of Car
ter of Montana, with his shaving-brush
goatee, is not chargeable to the colt
class. He has been there before. Sen
ator Morgan of Alabama is tha patri.
arch of the senate.
Doesn't Like the Scots.
A man, who ayvs he Is an En,,ish.
mtan, wrltes to the \',stmninstcr ;a
z'tre that he has. learnd that in 1597
there wert only thirty-six Scots in
London, and that he now knows tho
nolaning of the ctlireasion, the good
old times."
Tea is 'hI h, C;ool IHealrthh to hb
not, strictly speaking, a tlllt)f.lralc
idrink. It is nl ot tak : n as a fo,,l nl or
as an innlO)cnt relish to 'dl. bit for
its taselnatig e'fft O 0 lthe ne'o Is
system.
'rResult of Boycouj
The only place In the u'ni!d !ate
that gularantees freedomn trom s rite
ic)Iouts and labor warfare is lattle
Creel:. Mic'h.
The story? The work prp!oe, rn;r
chants, lawyers, doctors and other citi
zens became aroused and indignanlt at
the e forts of the labor unions through
out the country to destroy the busi
no)ss of one of our larc,,st ind:ustries-
the Postum Cereal Co.. IA t'd, and at the
open threats in the oflicial union pa
pers that the entire power of the Na
tional and State Federations of l.abor
was being brought to hear to "punish'
the industries of Battle Creel;, and
particularly the Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal of ('.
W. Post to obey the "orders" of the
i Uniens to take the Postum advo,r'i sin;
away from various papers that refused
to purchase :.;bor of the labor trust
the unions.
M;ir. Post was ordered to join the
unions in their conspiracy to "ruin"
and I 'put out of business'' those pit)
Ii' ishers who had worke:l faith!ful!v for
. him for years and hellied build up ii:s
Sbusln:s. They hal done no Iwron',
but had found it inconveunient anil
against their best judgment to buy
labor of the labor trust. It seems a
rule of th,' unions to conspire to ruin
anoione who does not purchase from
of them upon their own terms.
irei An inkmaker or paperma!:er who
rei failed to sell ink or paper would have
hg Ithe same reason to order Post to help
ai lruin these publishers. So the ped
dler in the street might stone you if
ei you refused to buy his apples: the I
u- cabman to run over you if you refused
- to ride with him; the grocer order the c
manufacturer to discharge certain I
people because they (lid not patronize c
him, and so on to the ridiculous and ii
villainous limit of all this boycott is
nonsense, in trying to force people to
buy what they do not want. c
If a man has labor to sell let him tl
sell it at the best price he can get just v
as he would sell wheat, but he has no u
right to even intimate that he will ob.
strucet the business, or attempt its ruin ti
because the owner vwill not purchase A
of him.
The unions have become so tyran- .z
nouts and arrogant with their despot- lo
isni that a common citizen who has us
some time to spare and innocent!y of
thinks he has a right to put a lit:le
paint on his own house finds he must ar
have that paint taken off and put on n
again by "the union" or all sorts of ur
dire things happen to him, his em- th
ployer is ordered to discharge him, his cli
d grocer is boycotted if he furnishes of
t him supplies, his family followed and
insulted and his life made more mis- cit
o erable than that of a black slave be
fore the war. If he drives a nail to pa
repair the house or barn the carpen- Cr
r ters' "union" hounds him. lHe takes a pe:
f pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe po:
and prevent damage to his property wh
and the plumbers' "union" does things
to him. He cannot put a little mortar wil
to a locse brick on his chimney or Zat
the bricklayers', plasterers' or hod foi:
carriers' "union" is up in arms, and if
he carelessly eats a loaf of bread that str
has no "union" label on it the bakers' Bai
"union" proceeds to make life miner- tioi
able for him. sun
So the white slave is tied hand and has
foot, unable to lift a hand to better x
himself or do the needful things, with- dar
out first obtaining permission from wa'
some haughty, ignorant and abusive and
tyrant of some labor union.
It would all seem rather like a comic elt
I opera if it did not rob people of their sen
freedom; that kind of work will not of
be permitted long in America. anc
Some smooth managers have built wh
up the labor trust in the last few
years, to bring themselves money and hay
power and by managing workmen, mar
have succeeded in making it possible the
for them to lay down the law in some mal
cities and force workmen and citizens wag
to "obey" implicitly, stripping them who
right and left of their liberties. by
They have used boycotting, plket- to c
ing, assaults, dynamiting of property ploy
and murder to enforce their orders and of v
rule the people. They have gone far lies
enough to order the President to re- tioni
move certain citizens from office be- pros
cause the "unions" weren't pleased. stea
That means they propose to make free
the law of the unions replace the law out
of this government and the union lead- unlo
ers dominate even the chief Execu. the
tive. a de
This is a government of and for the w
people and no organization or trust zens
shall displace it. But the unions try meal
it every now and then, led by desper. tions
ate men as shown in their defiance of mar
law and support of lawbreakers. istin
The "union" record of assaults, the
crippling of men and even women and there
children, destruction of property and Re
murder of American citizens during peact
the past two years is perhaps ten can 1
times the volume of crime and abuse work
perpetrated by slave owners during unde
any two years previous to the civil of all
war. We are in a horrible period of a Cil
lethargy, which permits us to stand
idly by while our American citizens
are abused, crippled and murdered in
dozens and hundreds by an organfza.
tion or trust, having for Its purpose, Fir
No News to Her.
The chorrs girl was rea lin, the
nlarkiat anld !wh . (' canf to the
poultry divisiun a:l read "Old duks:
are dull," she m'uarledl that :he' won
(lcrld why anyhol - wantel to :'pring
such an old ..'ud We\!I known P1'ce oI
infornlation.-l ilt oorr A merican.
W\\ithi her hu'rnba'll in the hospital
MIrs. WioI , wife of a1 ,Lot Pon Iray
man. sold her tirt l,; ard for l. (entS
to huiy fod, an ' :u n aft('rwarl her
thr. V:-ear-o!,1 ( euild was bhurnd to
deat Ih.
n!at tirusting w::!t it has to sell (labor)
ike,. pen us wheith,' or " no.
l3attlc Supp',ýe an Anmerian in a foreign
city should he chase-ti by a mob, calught
tmor- and heaten unc:nt::ciou, then his
r citi- mouth pried ,,o;-,n and carbolic acid
tnt at poured down his throat, then his ribs
otuh- kicked in and his face well stamped
busi- with iron nailed slies, murdered be
ies-- cause he tried to e:'-arn bread for his
at the children. By the E!trnal, sir. a fleet
n pa- of American men of war would assem
e Na- ble there, clear for a tion and blow
abor- something off the face' of the earth,
nish"h if reparation were not made for the
and blood of one of our citizens.
And what answer do we make to the
Of C. appeals of the hundreds of widows:
the and orphans of those Americans tiur
de-re(l by labor unions? How do we
used try to protect the thousands of intelli
t- gent citizens who, with reason, pr(,er
not to join any labor union and he
the subject to the tyranny of the heavily
uin pald rulers of the labor trusts?
p b- Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post to
for join this criminal conspiracy a gen
eral boycott was ordered on Grape
on', Nuts and Postum all over the coun
and try, which set the good red blood of
buy our ancestors in motion, bringing
as a forth the reply that has now passed
ruin into history: "We refuse to join any
rom conspiracy of organize:l labor to ruin
publishers, nor will we discharge c
who- any of our trusted emploves upon the
cave orders of any labor union. If they
telp can make their boycott effective and I
ped- sink our ship, we will go down with I
u if the captain on the bridge and in com
the mand." r
Ised This set the writers in labor papers ¬
the crazy and they redoubled their abuse.
rai Finally one of their official organs b
tlize came out with a large double column t
and in denunciation of Battle Creek, call- p
ott ing it "a running sore on the face of
to Michigan," because it would not be- o
come "organized" and pay in dues to s
rim their labor hla:lers. The usual coarse, e
ust villainous epithets common to labor e
no union writers were indulged in. e,
ob- The result was to weld public sen- e
uin timent in Battle Creek for protection. tl
asC A citizens' association was started,
and mass meetings held. Good citi- ti
an- zens who happened to be members of lu
1ot- local unions, in some cases quit the th
las unions entirely for there is small need fo
t!i of them there. te
le The working people of Battle Creek m
1st are of the highest order of AmericanT nE
en mechanics. The majority are not its
of union members, for practically all of
m- the manufacturers have for years de- ap
u. alined to employ union men because of
es of disturbances alout eleven years ice
nd ago, and the union men now in the to
s- city are among the best citizens. fr<
'e- No city in the state of Michigan co
to pays as high average wages as Battle re
n- Creek, no city of its size is as pros- De
a perous, and no city has so large a pro- cap
pe portion of the best grade of mechanics ral
ty who own their own homes. thi
b So the work people massed together we
ar with the other citizens of the organi- fro
r zation of the Citizens' Ass'n with the wo
'd following preamble and constitution: lab
if Whereas, From 1891 to 1894 the res
it strikes instigated by labor unions in inf.
S Battle Creek resulted in the destruc- pri
r- tion of property and loss of large '
sums of money in wages that would agr
d have been expended here; and, hy¬
r Whereas, These acts caused serious the
1 damage to the city and in a market 1c
n way delayed its progress at that time; sta
e and, rigl
Whereas, Since the year 1894 the cau
c citizens have been enabled, by public '
r sentiment, to prevent the recurrence agr
t of strikes and labor union disturb- it
ances which have been prevalent else- wor
where; and, thei
V Whereas, The employers of this city sue
have steadfastly refused to place the agr
management of their business under oth
Sthe control of labor unions. but have do
maintained the highest standard of to I
wages paid under like conditions any- ser
where in the United States, and here- wor
by unanimously declared their intent soci
to continue such policy; and the em- bers
ploycs of this city, a large percentage enfr
of whom own homes and have fami- ploy
lies reared and educated under condi. mas
tions of peace and the well-earned T1
prosperity of steady employment, have e (
steadfastly maintained their right as of I
free American citizens to work with- ever
out the dictation and tyranny of labor trac
union leaders, the bitter experience of traci
the past offiering sufficient reason for guar
a determined stand for freedom; and, TI
Whereas. The attitude of the citi- unlo
zens on this subject has been the ever
means of preserving peaceful condi- evol
tions and continuous prosperity, in old
marked contrast to the conditions ex- stril
isting in other cities suffering from prop
the dictation of trades unionism; it is fare,
therefore balai
Resolved, That the continuance of ploye
peace and prosperity in Battle Creek ance
can be maintained, and the destructive perit
work of outside interference avoided by pi
under the combined effort and action resto
of all our people, by the formation of to "p
a Citizens' Association. happ
CONSTITUTION. Otl
their
Article 1.-Name. zens
Article 2.-Objects. the b
First--To insure, so far as possible, lossel
A Pessimiist at Sea.
rre wai a in sinflsti( hi i:iesr n:tnn
on his fiist. !riu, to Eu ,e. 'f1ic tilir.!
day out, whin the wa.; fi2eri with xiiy
ats ryt and not mm di(else, he rý *f.1.;!
ed as he :iuie'! over tile rail ot the
sip:. 'All gin; 4)1t and i nothing
j The fanitous huianeo'n :har of Sýout1
Afrh a. hth)!utn* I or: inah1v to aI Witch
douctor'. A tdiiii'r tianLit Ni'mi vuhrh
tradt 1 a wutun and s.oral oxý:, our
and so~l it Lei' .$ 55A;'U.
abor) a per'manunt conlition of pcace. pr--~
perity and s::lvy t'.))loymnt to the
reign people of Battle ('r. 'k.
iught Second-To enorgeticallv assitt in
Shis maintining law and order at all times
acid and ii tider all cond:itions.
rib3 Third-To protect its members in
mped their rights to manag:e their property
L be- and to dispose of their labor in a legal,
r his lawful manner without restraint or in
fleet terference.
sem- Fourth-To insure and permanently
blow maintain fair, just treatment, one with
arth, another, in all the relations of life.
the Fifth-To preserve the existing
right of any capaihle person to obtain
the employment and sell his labor, without
!owa being obliged to join any particular
mur- church, secret so~iety, labor union or
Swe any other orgrnization, and to support
telli- all eucli persons in their efforts to re
(1er sist compfl!-sory methods on the part
I be of any organised hboy whatsoever.
vily Sixth--To promote among employ.
ers a spirit of fairness, f:iendship and
t to desire for the be.st inter,'sts of their
gen- employes. and to promote among work
ape- men the spirit of industry, thrift, faith
aun- fulness to their empioyers and good
i of I !ti::e::! i .
;ing Seventh-To so amalgamate the
ssed public sentinlmnt of all of the best
any citizens of Battle Creek, that a guar
Itin antee can be given to the world of a
rge continuance of peaceful conditions,
the and that under sutch guarantee andl
hey protection manufacturers and capital
and ists can be induced to locate their busi
nith ness enterprises in Battle Creek.
am- Then follows articles relating to
membership, officers, duties, etc., etc.,
ers etc.
ise. This constitrttion has been signed t
ins by the great majority of representa
mn tive citizens, Including our workpeo- t
all- pie, s
of A number of manufacturers from
be- other cities, where they have been u
to suffering all sorts of indignities, in
se, convenience and losses from the gen
for eral hell of labor union strikes, pick
eting, assaults and other interfer
°n- ence, proposed to move, providing I
n. they could be guaranteed protection. b
'd, The subject grew in importance un
iti- til it has reached a place n here abso
of lute protection can be guaranteed by h
he the citizens of Battle Creek on the
ed following broad and evenly balanced n
terms which guarantees to the work- n
eki man and to the manufacturer fair
an ness, justice, steady work and regular
ot ity of output. a
of The newcoming manufacturer be
e- agrees to maintain the standard rate
se of wage paid elsewhere for like serv- Tt
rs ice, under similar conditions, the rate to
ie to be determined from time to time
from well authenticated reports from
'n competing cities. The tabulated wage
Ie reports issued by the Government
s- Department of Commerce and Labor f
D- can also be used to show the standard off
S rate, and it is expected later on that -
this government bureau will furnish
r weekly reports of the labor market
i- from different centers, so that the be
e workman when he is ready to sell his cot
labor and the employer when lie is
e ready to buy, may each have reliable uni
n information as to the market or ruling pe
price. mu
e The newcoming manufacturer also mu
agrees to maintain the sanitary and
hygienic conditions provided for by
s the state laws anti to refrain from any pOn
t rn rr *. - --kn e
lockouts to reduce wages below the
standard, reserving to himself the
right to discharge any employe for re
cause. H'O
The Citizens' Association on its part
agrees to furnish, in such numbers as
it is possible to obtain, first-class sp
workmen who will contract to sell
their labor at the standard price for to
such period as may be fixed upon, pur
agreeing not to strike, picket, assault pra
other workmen, destroy property, or the
do any of the criminal acts common lont
to labor unionism. Each workman re
serving to himself the right to quit kne
work for cause, and the Citizens' As- slav
sociation further pledges its mem- our
bers to use its associated power to der
enforce the contracts between em
ployer and employe, and to act en on
masse to uphold the law at all times. cho
The new industries locating in Bat- ais
tle Creek will not start under any sort dest
of labor union domination whatso- iron
ever, but will make individual con- ers.
tracts with each employe, those con.
tracts being fair and equitable and and
guaranteed on both sides. poor
I Thus from the' abuses of labor bren
unions and their insane efforts to ruin faith
everyone who does not "obey" has whil
evolved this plan which replaces the Yc
old conditions of injustice, lockouts, i t
strikes, violence, loss of money and and
property, and general industrial war. cann
fare, and inaugurates an era of perfect jewe
balance and fairness between em. ever
Iployer and employe, a steady continu. Ther
ance of industry and consequent pros- PV.
perity. The entire community pledged offer
by public sentiment and private act to
restore to each man his ancient right
to "peace, freedom and the pursuit of
happiness." ote
Other cities will be driven to protect contr
their workpeople, merchants and citi- hich
zens as well as their industries from a
the blight of strikes, violence and the anno
losses brought on by labor unionism les.
carry
World's Pczatl Er;r:_1 ,
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t;Lai t. Pos.
7 ~is ,I:::I ,1 ~
ia U !'V tt iI t ":. 'i1 ;
front ;'uik ti,,
p - run amn.ucrk, byI a, e!;: - r::
thre ( e k piar,." ' it : . y t. r .
dus3tryal p at- uv,', v.-:::.i , a, coal
:t in and good wva'er, first-ol ass rai!road
imes latilities and th' b(;!  r , (f fair,
capable and p' .a; l n ,,'hanic3
s in known.
erty Details given ur n inquiro tf:,
eal, "Secy. of the Ciuiznii' A- 1.;'
"r in
Intly I Ientifieation.
itl 'The plublir shculd renr::n mbr that
thcre are a f 'w labor unions c:niu( ted
ti on Peatc'I:rl lin s and ini Pr , ri'ou as
tn they are worthy, theyl hay. won es
te.tlem, for we, as a people,. ate :-trong!y
ular in sympathy with any right art that
has for its pIrrpose hetter conalitions
for wage workers. Biut we' do not for.
get that we seek the gnod ,of all and
parnot those alon! who bhIn, to some
organization, whereas even the law.
ly abiding unions show undeniable evi.
dir 'nces of tyranny and o!pr,'ssio:i when
rk they are strong enough, while many
ithof the unions harbor andl encourage
criminals in their effouts to force a
yoke of slavery upon the .nmerican
h peopie. As a public sp:.ai:er lately
said: "The arrogance of the Eng!ich
est King that roused the firy eloquence
of Otis. that inspire,1 thi, in:mortal
declaration of Jefferscn, that I ft War
n ren dying on the slo:;,,s of BInl:er
tIill, was r: t nmore o'irra:etrs than
the ccnditioln.s that a ci: ,d shop
would force uplon the community.
These men burst into rebehllion 'when
to the king did but tocch their pockets.'
, Imagine if you can their indignant pro
test had he :ouight to prohibit or
ed restrict their octupation or determine
t- the conditions under which they
?0 should earn their livelihood," and to
assault, beat and murder them, blow
up their houses and poison their food
en if they did not submit.
n The public should also remember
k that good, true American citizens can
be found in the unions and that they
deprecate the criminal acts of their
fellow members, but they are often in
n. bad company.
Salt only hurts sore spots. So, the
° honest, law-abiding union man is not
hurt when the criminals are de
d nounced, hut when you hear a union
k- man "holler" because the facts are
k" made public, he has branded himself
r" as either one of the lawbreakers or
a sympathizer, and therefore with the
mind of the lawbreaker, and likely to
r become one when opportunity offers.
e That is one reason employers declino
to hire such men.
e
e -
A short time ago inquiry came from
e the union forces to know If Mr. Post
wr ould "keep still" if they would call
r off the boycott on Postum and Grape.
Nuts.
t This is the reply: "The labor trust
t has seen fit to try to ruin our business
because we would riot join its criminal
conspiracy, We are plain American
citizens and differ from the labor
union plan in that we do not force
people to strike, picket, boycott, as
sault, blow up property or commit
murder.
We do not pay thugs $:0 to break in
the ribs of any man who tries to sup
port his family nor $30 for an eye
knocked out.
We try to show our plain, honest
regard for sturdy and indepnddent
workmen by paying the highest wage3
in the state.
We have a steady, unvarying re
spect for the law'abiding, placeable
union man and a most earnest desire
to see him gain power enough to
purge the unions of their criminal
practices, that have brought down upon
them the righteous denunciation of a
long-suffering and outraged public, but
we will not fawn, truckle, bend the
knee, wear the hated collar of white
slavery, the union label, nor prostitute
our American citizenship under "or
ders" of any labor trust.
You offer to remove the restriction
on our business and with "union" gold
choke the throat and still the voice
raised in stern denunciation of the
despotism which tramples beneath an
iron-shot heel the freedom of our broth
ers.
You would gag us with a silver bar
and muffle the appeal to the American
people to harken to the cries for
bread of the little children whose
faithful fathers were beaten to death
while striving to earn food for them.
Your boycott may perhaps succeed
in throwing our people out of work
and driving us from business, but you
cannot wrench from uis that priceless
jewel our fathers fought for and which
every true son guards with his life.
Therefore, speaking for our work
pgple and ourselves, the infamous
offer is declined."
POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD.
Note by Publisher.
The Postum Company have a yearly
contract for space in this paper
which they have a right to use for
announcements of facts and princi
ples. Such use does not necessarily
carry with it any editorial opinioa.