The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-28

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lions Of 'the rights Of American eiti-
zenship," the ..fundamentalz,lasz,'., as
embodied in the Constitution Of the
United States, and the constitutions Of
the various states Of the union: de-
hance Of law" "uaurpation Of author
tty." etc.. all Of which il. enough to give
an honest. law abiding citizen tina lin
Jams"
In the particular instance quoted in
Chicago we have. a case where a. COR
poration doing business in direct viola
ton OF the laws of Illinois comea be-
fore a court OF Justice. and seeks to
restrain others from doing that which
is not prohibited by law. The CORPORA
.tion secures an Injunction. beoauae it
fears that some Of its "scab". laher
might be induced to Join the ranks Of
organized labor, not because It.: fears
that it's property interests are in any
real danger. ~ :,,-..~
True, the rights Of the American citi-
zenship are. defined In American
but when a self confessed
.violator Of the laws Of thirty states of
this union can come into these Ameri-
can courts, and secure. an Injunction
restraining American citizens from do
Ing that which is not a,-:violation Of
law, there is something radically wrong
with American law, or American courts
: At the close Of one of these editorials
we read: THE fact IL incontroyertible
that the public interest most urgently
demands of those who guide the ac-
tivities Of LABOR honest respect for law
and order. But this demand is daily
ignored; and in hundreds Of communi-
ties anxities are felt akin to those Of
civil war because many Of the men who
lead labor trade on prejudice instead Of
reason" .,.
& There not one trade unionist in
ten thousand who will not agree az to
the necessity for "honest respect of
law and order" on the part of labor;
and this demand is not daily ignored"
by those who guide the activities Of
honest labor. :.
On the contrary the infrequency Of
strike riots in the face 81 the steady
increase of disrespect for American
law by the promotion Of trusts and
monopolies indicates that labor lead
ers as a rule have a wholesome regard
for the laws Of this country far In ex-
cess Of the average defender Of the
trusts. - e. "-,'..>''-~
:. "Anxleties are felt In labor circles
because Of the rapid restriction In
honest competition In the industrial IT,
Dor market. The illegal DEVELOPMENT
of trusts is a far greater menace to the
interests and welfare Of the American
people than Is an isolated labor riot
here and there" =:
The centralizing' of great industries
In order that the operating forces may
be reduced to y minimum, thus shut
ting out the possibilities Of conpetf.
tiofi, means the Gradual extinction of
all indspendence-- among the t6ilers,
and the creation; of a. systesh Of indus-
trial Surfdon.~..: r, -:
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There are frequent. evidences siven
the public that organized labor has no
standing whatever In court Of equity.
Take; for instance, the case of the
Aaekawanna Railroad Company
against the Buffalo ticket scalpers,"
in which an effort was made to re.
strain these people from illegally ham
ding Pasa-American tickets. The iud3e
IN handing down his decision acknowls
edged the right Of the company to make
special contracts with individual pur-
chasers of tickets, and said that the
purchasers had no right to violate said
Contract by selling their tickets. =. =,
Judge. hazel refused to continue. tho
Injunction, however, because the Lack
awaiina was d member OF the Trunk
Line Association, known as the "pooi.'.
which combines to fix rates iii yiola-
ton OF the laws. and therefore the com
pany was not entitled to redress in an
equity court.
And yet, Notwithstanding the tact
that the LatkawAt1t1a has hi. reslress
in equity court against an otxanize3i
gang; Of swirdiers who are operating
in direct violation Of the law, il, y
Systematic. robbery of railroad com.
pahies; it would find but little difficulty
IN securing aninjunction against trades
tini5nists. In New York Or any other
state through which its lines pass. And
this evidence goes to show that the rat-
Ing Of organized labor In the edults
courts of this country ~ so4aneWhxt H..
low the stahdard Of protection furnish
cd an ordinary sWlndllnE k&fae. =: ::
we may az we'll look at these matters
In the light In which they are pre-
scented to us. It IL folly for the mo.
nepolt controlled aiswBpapefB IT this
country to attempt: to continue: hooa4
winking the people as they have done
in the past. It is evident that there
is a. general awakening = to the fact
that the Interest OF thu people os thts
country are bsfhk .jeopArdizea by tho
development of these great, Unlawful
trust forces: And 1t IL the simplest
nonsense to- attempt to- obscure the
fact BY. the continual exageerAfions OF
the; crimes of the people a. represented
by labor riots, and the. violation Of
bogus and unlawful injunctions issued
against strikers. .:,s..~~ =. -: =.
The time is coming when trusts ana
monopolies win not be 80 popular as
we see them today, Every trust Gre
ated reduces the earning capacity OF
the masses, because Of reduction In