Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
RecOrd-News Fight.

NeCOru-NeWS NlEuU.
The Allied Printing Trades Council
of Chicago is sending the following
circular to labor organizations in sew
.eral states:
To the Public-During the past few
days you have been informed that the
wortingmen of Chicago refused longer
to patronze the Chicago Record and
Daily News. Perhaps you have Won
dered as to the reason. Let us briefly
explain:
For years the working people have
freely patronized Mr.. Lawson. When
he embarked in the newspaper bust
ness he was comparatively poor man,
but from the liberal support given him
by the working people, in few years
he has grown to be a millionaire, and
with his riches have come the attri-
butes of an autocrat
The columns of Chicago Record and
Daily News have always pretended
friendship for the poor and downtrod-
den and opposition to trusts. This
was Inconsistency in its worst form.
Mr.. Lawson is a member and chief in
stigator of the Publishers Association
}f Chicago, one of the strongest and
most heartless trusts in the country
today. Last July, when your fathers,
Husbands and sons were at the front
= to free the poor Cuban slaves and you
were anxiously waiting for the latest
news from them, this trust, at the al
legged dictation of Mr.. Lawson, depriv-
ed you of that news-even refusing to
issue bulletin.
Mr.. Lawson has contract with Ty-
biographical Union No. 16, and seems
to think that his duty to the labor IN
his employ ends there. Ask any mem
Der of that organization If it is not
fact that more complains come from
his office than any other.
For years the laboring classes have
literally supported the Record and
News under the impression that the
men in Mr.. Lawson's employ were be-
ing treated justly, but now that the
true state of affairs has become known
they have decided to refrain from
longer buying the Chicago Record and
Daily News or patronizing them in any
way whatever.
Some time since the Record contain
cd an article under the caption, 1.-THE
Record and the Unions" in which Mr..
Lawson attempted to justify his ac-
tons and sidetrack the real points at
issue. This was very adroit scheme,
but fell fat on account of its trans
parency. Space forbids and his argu-
,ment hardly needs refutation.
At different times during the past
eight years committees have waited
upon Mr.. Lawson in an endeavor to
better the conditions of his employees.
Being a very diplomatic gentleman,
In one way or another he was able to
J. get rid of the committees, and the
. conditions remained the same.
Having acquired the independence
and arrogance born of riches and long
continued success, the publisher Of the
Chicago Record and Daily News has
finally been cornered, and has fatty re-
fused to consider the appeal of labor.
All falr anu HOuoldDic uicdhS po-
ing exhausted, and their efforts, ex-
tending over several years, having
proved unsuccessful, the laboring peo-
Die of this city and surrounding coun-
try have decided to refrain from in
any manner patronizing the Chicago
Record or Daily News until the pub
Usher gives to the laborer his just
right.
Perhaps you fail to discover how this
matter interests you. When enc up
on whom fortune has smiled becomes
so independent and arrogant as to
trample under foot the rights and in
terests of others, the entire commune
ty becomes interested. Capital, in the
hands of some, is a terrible and dan
gerous thing, productive of much evil
and oppression. When such case is
found all are interested. It's effect
may not be felt today, but the morrow
may bring you, dear reader, under its
Influence. "a long pull, strong pull.
and pull altogether" is our only
salvation.