The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-13
ROYooTTING As A REmEpY.

The labor unions are not agreed as
to the policy of boycotting as rem
edy. Edward King OF New York, a
promin mt leader OF the Knights Of
Labor, says that boyoo!tiDg has the
sanction Of the Bible, and to prove
thisreieis to Mat hew xvii, l5-l7, as fol.
lows: Moreover, If thy brother sbal
tIespas against thee, 20 and tell him
his fault bet Seen him and thee alone.
II he hear thee, thou hast gained thy
brother; but II he will not hear thee,
then take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouths OF many every word
may be established; aud if he shall
neglect to hear, then tell IL 10 the
church, aud II be neglect TO hear it,
then let him be unto thee as a heather
and a publIcan." On the other hand,
T. V. Powds,ly, logical, clear headed,
philosophical Statesman, is opposed to
boycotting. In his recent secret circu-
lar, as full Of wisdom al an egg Is Of
meat, he says; "In fact, our order has
been used as tail for hundred diff
ferent kites, and in future must soar
aloft free from all Of them. hate the
word boycott. l was boycotted ten
years ago, and could not get work OF
my trade for months. 1t is a bad
practice. 1t has been handed to us
by the capitalists" AS stated by Mr..
Powderly, boycottiug was invented by
capitalists and is daily pIactiOed by
them. The railroad capitalists hold
their hands up in hoy horror at the
infamy of the boycott, but they form
associations TO control traffic, regulate
rates, and to boycott other roads that
refuse to join their combina-
uoos. The railroads are contin-
ually boycotting each other. They
have taught their employees the
art Of hoycotting and consider it q
great outrage for the laboripg classes
to adopt their own methods. What ID
sauce for the goose should be sauce
for the eander, But the sycophante
who pauder 10 the money power will
commend as something marvellous
smart and proper boyc ottipg when re-
sorted to by capitalists, but crime
when prac,iced by the laboiug classes
Ia every State in the Union the rail
roads have praotiCed boycotting
When a railroad sets up for itself
avows It's determination TO manage i'll
affairs in its own way, declines TO joiy
tho syndicate which has pooled III
Issue, the Knights Of Capital stigma
tizes the outsider as a 'scab" and by I
remorseless system Of boycott
ting destroys the rival road
When railroad dares to man
sge its owa affairs in It's owl
way, the order is given, not by tn
Powderlies, the Arthurs, the Irontei
but by the Hex es aud the Goulds, L
strike, to boycott the refractory com
petitor, and strAiehtway the organizes
capitalists issue the order that freigh
must be diverted from the "scab,
no tickets sold over the doomed road
rates to all connecting points on 1t
line cut, it's terminals blocked, II
business strangled, until its stock
holders ars ruined by outlawry an
toycottlng. The capitalists chuck
with joy and delight as they see thei
victim force 1 Into bankruptcy throug
the operations Of their wsll-organize
system of boycottinS. But when tn
knights OF Labor undertake to prat
tice the methods adopted by tn
cap tAlisis to control traffic an
compel the submission Of all compel
ton, the railroad boycotters are no
rified at the lawless methods Of III
labor boycotters. The capitalists hsv
no use for their own medicine. The
whine aud howl WHEN hoisted o
tha;r own netard