The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-27

Editor Times. Sir: "a Citizen who
attempts to reply 70 my former letter must
have some reason for Withholding his name
from publication. When one Is afraid TO
sign his name 20 contributions be admits
himself ashamed Of bis work and writes
himself down a moral coward
To reply 20 such a man Is more honor
than he deserves but, lest the public
should think he has even thread of right
on his side, l am willing to do It once.
But 1t shall be only once because unless /
can find some one with sufficient honesty
and moral courage to come out to the open
! shall hold him as beneath my notice.
In any case his letter is no rebuttal of
my former statements but consists Of a
series Of questions which in themselves
show him to be afraid Of the ground he is
walking on. If he had been sure that the
answers to those questions would strength
en- his position he would have answered
them himself and stated clearly that which
he wishes to insinuate in the mean sneak
ing way some people have Of saying moth
ing and leaving the public to infer that
what they hint at are actual facts shall
state facts as / did before and shall state
them bluntly without regard to the feel
ings Of those they affect. have a receipt
to show ] paid the charter fee. am ask
ed II / know what a strike is and where
you have to 20 for authority to strike
Evidently this genius imagines there is
some mystical place away in the outer
shades Of space where all strikes are or
dored from. Perhaps he has in bis mind
eye that place where little boys 90 to who
say dam When a number of men cease
work to enforce demand ii is a strike,
and that was what happened in this case,
although We had no orders from Hades or
anywhere else to do it.
He says-no he does not say it but in
slnuates-that they didn't try to break up
the union. when they discharged union
men and hired non unionists after the
trouble
It must have been to strengthen the I'M
ion according to this mans philosophy.
but we didn't consider it so. They did
this and some Of them are running their
non unionists still, ] can furnish all
names In this connection If desired. ] am
asked how the union lost their charter,
and If use union stock. The union lost
its charter because it took five members to
hold it. and one Of the members went over
to the association, leaving only four That
is how / think it had to break up, but
was not present when It happened and
would like in this connection to know
what became of the money that was In
the treasury when this break up occurred.
The question Of union stock is simple
The stock ! am using is made ia the same
factory as that all the others are using
only mine comes through a non associa-
tion agent while they deal with an ass0ei-
ton, and If the writer considers an asso-
citation of employers form a labor union,
or one association boss makes a union
shop when he employs non union help his
ideas certainly deserve the credit Of orig
inalIty.
have no objections to non unionist
holding to his own ideas. He is entitled
to his belief the same as others and should
be allowed to hold to it. But when man
Is non unionist to non unionists and a
union man to union men aud when he
raises the cry of unionism, which he does
not support, simply to trade on the senti-
ment for profit, he is mixture Of hypoe-
racy, humbug and all that is mean and
dispicable In man. Fred Beware.