Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-29
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branch OF trsde would ssk, IL It not time
that W q OuCe combine and call q halt on
The encroaohments and inroads that the so
called International Cigarmakers' union are
0akinG In our midst Let Us meet their ne
snriOus and destructive mission and take up
shs battlscry Of self protection, and marshal
our foTces In such numbers - TO huri them
beck.
Nc4hing lees than the complete control of
your workshops will they accept If you
wish cigar made, whether an old or new
style In your fsctory, you cannot set price
- TO what you will pay to have II made. But
you must humble yourself to them, your
would-be masters, the Union" and ask
them what they will make it for. They give
you the price which you are bound to accept,
or they will Close your works How many
good contracts has the writer been a witness
10 that had to be cancelled and given up
through the above CAUSE Having been an
active member himself years ago, he can
speak from experience. Through changes OF
positions and localities, was forced out, and
glad am to-day that am.
Their mission In our district is plain and
easy to fathom. They have made their
boasts through their veDomous, creeping
agents and organizers OF the union, who are
living on the fat of the land on the hard
earned labor Of their dupes, that they are GO
ing TO drive the cheap cigars out ofexistence,
close up our workshops and throw thousands
out OF work, causing misery and want where
all Is now happiness and contented employ
tDent, and employees working in peace aud
harmony under the old rule Of doing our
own business in our own way. Will we sit
still and allow this demon step in to take our
factories IN their loathsome embrace, or shall
We meet them with the strong deter rnination
Of heing the master of our own destiny
WHAT Is THE "UNIoN"7
What is this co-called great International
Cigarmskers' union composed Of? ! dare
aud will hit the mark pretty close when
tell you that fully two-thirds are not natives
OF this free and once happy land. beg
leave not to be understood as being opposed
tn person Of any other nationality. Far.
from II, as l respect good naturalized citi-
zen, ono who obeys our laws and has made
this his home as much as 1 do any other
citizen. But TO the other points II Won will
reflect moment you will find that the num-
ber OF wage workers at our trade In the 9th
district, men and women. number nearly as
many persons as the good standing members
OF this great loud-mouthed International
Cigarmakers' union combined. Can we not
defeat thom In their pernicous and ruinous
invasion. l claim we can by uniting and
taking the words OF the iamented sold
Hickory" and by the eternal " we will.
They tell us we shall not make any more
cheap cigars, thereby at the same time telling
the poor workingman that he must smoke
fine cnes or none which would be the
greatest boycott the country ever had.
Could not the shoemakers, the tailors, the
batters and many others have the same gall,
and tell their employers that they shall
make no more cheap low grade goods and
tell the wage workers he must wear fine
shoes and broadcloth in the mines and greasy
workshops. Would not such course raise
howl OF indignation all over the land as
never was heard before But the same
right exists to them to make the request As
the would-be-all-powerfu cigarmakeTs have.
Again they speak Of our cigars with derision
all over the country, ''as stiukers made from
cabbage leaves" and the Lord only knows
what else. But stop moment Go to the
city OF Lancaster and others of our large
towns in this district and note the large to
bscco-packiDg houses built and owned by
the largest dealers and manufacturers frou
Eastern cities When the crop is ready tc
hsndiey you will find the buyers here as ck
as our spring birds, securing the whole
country over, buying, packing up and ship
ping II to their Eastern workshops, to be
manipulated and turned into tirstclass
cigars Now, please remember, this is the
made from, and they bring double the price
that we can get for our goods with Just a.
good work on them in every respect
A DEFENSE OF HOME CIGARS.
Nor do i believe that any of my readers
will believe that the stink smells auy the
less East than it does here. The wage worker
enjoys his smoke as well as the man of easy
means. By what right has body of men to
compel him to pay five cents for his cigar
when he can get just as good at two for five :?
Yet this wonld-6e- -6e-power-though not yet
the International union takes that right
The laboring man that earns his bread by
the sweat OF his brow ID the one who smok IS
our cigars, and that is the class that keeps our
factories going. II is a well-known fact that
cigarmakers never buy their smokers. II
our trade depended on them we would ali
soon be bankrupt To the workippmen
throughout our broad domain we must cater
to and protect against the encroschments of
this sheep in VOLTS clothing hat is prowIipp
around oCr workshops. They also print cir
culars and cry aloud all over The land
"smoke nothing but the blue label cigar"
They must not run away with the idea that
we are not aware that there is an Organization
mighty host of the toilers of all callinps-
none are exempt with but few exceptions
--men and women, whose mission and aims
are Of the highest order for the wage workers
OF our land. ] would say rally under their
hammer and join the mighty host whose bat
tie cry Is to educate and protect the WORK kipp-
men and women wherever they NAV be
found. No conflict Is taught there between
capital and labor, but all troubles and little
grievances can be settled within the home
castle halls secure from the gossip of the ont
side world. ! refer to the grand order of the
Knights OF Labor OF America, which is a
power and dares maintain it.
RIGHTS OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLoyr.
They say let peace and harmony rule be-
tween employer and employe so as to make
their common interests mutual-to secure
equal pay for man and woman for eoual
wosk. What does this dsspotic Interna.
tional union do for the women I will fall
you. BY their actions it is their object 10
drive every one OF them out Of your work
shops once they would get the power.
Neither do the Knights OF Labor employ
sneaking, crawling meddlers, "so-caIled
agents. 10 enter your workshops with their
Drazen iaces and worm out OF Your employ. |
ers the inmost secrets OF how YOU are RIM. |
ming your business, and giving them ad vice
to wreck the ship that has Kept them afoat
through all the tempests which have been
caused by these lepers in other sections of |
the country.
say, keep your eye on them, and when
you nnd one OF them In your work shop take |
him by the nape Of his neck and boost him
,nto me outsr world, plainly indicating TO
MIN that his rcom Is better than his com |
pany. ''"
=. will refer again to the great label cry of /
this pompous union. As before said. thav
never buy cigar But the wage workers of |
Al oener csiiinRs are the great body that sup. |
Ptt our inanufacturers, jobbers and retail
~. AZ they outnumber the so-called Inter.
~ ~na.ionsi union 100 to !, it can be easily seen
wnIcn iADei Will receive their support and |
Psuousse Their motto of rule or min
~. NIL neVer Dc tolerated in this eountrv
Ineh lot us meet this matter at once for AZ |
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