Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-10

Has been declared by the labor unions
against the products of the Postum
Cereal Co.. Ltd, viz: Grape Nuts and
Postum Food coffee.
The labor papers notify the public
not to buy these things until Mr.. c. w.
Tost, the proprietor, obeys the orders
OF the unions.
These orders" are that he withdraw
the advertising from certain newspap.
ers that have fallen under their dis
pleasure.
They openly announce that they pro-
pose to break up" ruin" aud put
|out of business the publishers OF such
oapers, and insist that Mr.. Post join in
this conspiracy with them.
These publishers have be n faithful
in .f.ir contracts with Mr.. Posi-, are
upright business men and good citi-
ems their only crime being that they
decline to turn over the management
of their papers to the leaders af the
ta,or trusts, (alias unions) VINO are
sene,a ally ignorant. wilful, ard vio.eiit
men. incapable of conducting a busi-
ness.
MIR. Fast declines to be parry 10 such
unlawful conspiracy to financially ruin
anyone. and this together WITH the fact
that he AS been rash enough 90 public
" e,Iose some Of the criminal acts OF
members of labor unions has produced
this boycott.
The average American citizen. not
employing labor, knows little OF the IN
sueYarable arrogance. impudence. and
violence of the ignorant DULLES, dec
GRATED with brief power by the most
tyrannous of all trusts, the labor
trust" or unions.
Put supreme power In the hands or
any ignorant man, not accustomed 10
affairs and he quickly becomes puliy
denouncing and abusing anyone, ana
everyone who does not instantly obey
his orders" He cares nothing Tor
law or the rights of others.
The unions are made up of two class
es. 1st. The men who have ready and
abusive tongue. and who can hoWi
down. and by violent and loud talk,
dominate the meetings OF the unions.
These men are seldom If ever good
workers or thrifty homecoming ana
desirable citizens, they have small
chance on their own merits to earn llrst
class wages unless they can force
themselves on employers by a union
card. They bring on strikes and misery
for good workmen and try to, and do,
blackmail employers into settling same
by paying them graft money Some or
them have been jailed for such offenses
hit the great majority still hold forth.
They have brought untold disgrace on
the fair name of labor and made the
term 1.-THE poo-er werken mon by
word. Missed and laughed at by the
public.
The second or other class in the labor
unions IS made up of good. capable, IN
telligent, peaceable, thrifty citizens.
who go into unions with the laudabie
purpose of lettering their conditions.
and to support an honest association,
which they hope will be honestly con-
Quoted, truly and fairly In the intesests
of labor. but to their surprise and dis
gust they find that whenever they try
to speak in the meetings for fairness
and honorable procedure. they are
hooted and howled down by the other
class.
They try to counsel peace, equity and
Justice, but they might as we'll launch
feather In cyclone. Then they some
times try to keep at work when they
need the wages and know they are fair,
but they are abused and frequently
their families maltreated and themselv-
es beaten back into submission, so
there are literally hundreds of thou
sands of decent American workmen.
absolutely forced to bear the Disgrace
and ignominy Of the CALLING yoke of
unioinisrn, because of the hated tyran-
ny of the others.
Every American of the right sort is
a workman either with brain or hand,
or better yet, with both and In the
mind of each is fundamental, deep
seated respect for the able competent
thrifty. and peaceable worker and a