Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-30
TWO KINDS OF SCABs.

It may not be generally known. but 1t is q fact, nevertheless, that there are two classes of scabs-legal and illegal. Illegal scabs are those whom the law punishes for scabbing and legal scabs are those whom tue law protects, says the New Britain Independent. In the former class are those who scab on the lawyers, the doctors or the dentists
 A man may know Blackstone and all the other authorities, he may be well versed in all the twists and turns or the law and be as eloquent as Chauncey Depew after good dinner, but unless he belongs to the lawyers union, known as the Bar Association. heNcannot plead case in court He may declare his ability to do the work and plead poverty, but it will not help hlm. He may even wrap himself up Ill the American flag and stand upon the constitutional right of every man to work for whom he pleases.'' "a fayorite phrase of lawyers and judges), but the judge of the court, as the walking delegate or business agent of the union, will order him out. lf he refuses to go the sheriff will be ordered to remove him, and if he cannot do it he may swear in depu-
 
 the governor, who Is q member of the union, will order out the militia and the president of the United States will order out the regular army to prevent the man from exercising his .consti- tutlonal right to work for whom be pleases.''
 The doctors have four or five unions put unless you belong to some one or them you run the risk of being sent to Jail for scabbing if you advise. a friend who is not feeling we'll to take dose of liver pills; and if you pull rotten tooth to relieve q friend of pain the dentists union will make trouble for you. It may sound strange to those who have heard the Fourth Of July orators proclaim the equality of all before the law to be told that the laws of this state punish man for scabbing on professional men and protect him when he scabs on the wage earner
 Now, MT Wage Farmer, who is to blame for this state of affairs? It is not the lawyer or doctor, it is your- self. They stay i'll their union year after year, and their union protects them; you join your union once in ten years, stay in 1t a few months, then leave and say organization is no good They carry their unionism to- the eau GUS and the ballot box and vote for their own men; you leave your union ism at home and vote for the candi- dates your party leaders select.
 Another great fault is that you too easily forget. Professional and busi- ness men never forget either their friends orltheir enemies, and therefore have few enemies and many friends; you forget both, and therefore have many enemies and but, few friends The man. who works for the interest of business professional men is sure of their friendship and support, and just as sure of their opposition if he opposes them. The man who works for the interests of the wage earners is not sure of their friendship for a month after his work is done, while the man who Shirks his duty or op- poses. them is reasonably sure of their forgiveness and support if he only has the indorsement of the party leaders and q regular nomination. This is not complimentary, but unfortunately it is true.
 Public opinion, as we'll as law, sus- tains the judge when he wraps the constitution around one man to pro- tect him. scabbing on wage earners and sends another man to jail for scabbing on q lawyer or a doctor only because the professional and business men have made both public opinion and the law, while the wage earners have not attempted to make either. If 1t is wrong for a non-union man to plead case in court, it is wrong for him to make a machine; if it is wrong for him to pull tooth, it is wrong for him to build a house; if 1t is wrong for him to prescribe a dose of medi- cine, it is wrong for him to make a mold, but it never will be considered so by public opinion until the machin- ists carpenters and holders unite and make it so by law.