Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-10

Has been declared by the labor unions
against the products Of the Postum
Cereal Co., Id, viz; Grape-Nuts and
Postum Food Coffee
The labor papers notify the public not
to buy these things until Mr. c. w. Post
the proprietor, obeys the orders OF the
Unions.
These orders are that he withdraw
the advertising from certain neWspa-
pcrs that have fallen under their dis
pleasure.
They openly announce that they pro-
pose to break up" ruin" and put
out OF business" the publishers OF such
papers and insist that Mr.. Post join In
this conspiracy with them.
These publishers have been faithful In
their contracts with Mr. Post, are up
fight business men and good citizens,
their only crime being that they decline
TO turn over the management of their
pepers to the leaders of the labor
trusts, (alias Unions) who are generally
ignorant, wilful, and violent men, In
capable Of conducting business.
Mr.. Post declines to be party TO such
unlawful conspiracy to financially ruin
anyone and this together with the fact
that he has been rash enough TO pub
licly expose some OF the criminal acts
of members Of labor unions has pro-
duced this boycott
The average American citizen, not
employing labor, knows little OF the IN
sufferable arrogance, impudence, and
violence OF the ignorant DULLES, decor
ated with BRIEF power by the most W
rannous of all trusts, the labor trust
or Unions.
Put supreme power in the hands OF
any ignorant man, not accustomed TO
affairs, and he quickly becomes bully,
denouncing and abusing anyone and
everyone who does not instantly obey
his ORDERS" lie cares nothing for law
or the rights OF others,
The Unions are made MP of two
classes, LIST, The men who have a ready
and abusive tongue, and who can howl
down, and by violent and loud talk,
dominate the meetings OF the Unions.
These men are seldom II ever good
workers, or thrifty homecoming and
desirable citizens, they have small
chance on their own merits to earn
flrst-cass wages, unless they can force
themselves on employers by n Union
card. They bring on strikes and mis-
cry for good workmen, and try to, and
do blackmall employers into settling
same by paying them graft money,
Some of them have been jailed for such
offences, but the great majority stu
hold forth They have brought untold
disgrace on the fair name of labor
and made the term "the poo-er werken
mon" a 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
telllgent, peaceable, thrifty citizens,
who go into unions with the laudable
purpose OF lettering their conditions,
and 10 support an honest association,
which they hope VIII be honestly con-
Quoted, truly and fairly, In the interests
Of labor, but 10 their surprise and dis
gust they find that whenever they try
TO speak in the meetings for fairness
and honorable procedure, they are hoot-
ed and howled down by the other class.
They try 10 counsel peace equity,
and justice, but they might as well
launch a feather I'm a cyclone. Then
they sometimes try 10 keep at work
when they need the wages, and know
they are fair, but they are abused, and
frequently their families maltreated
and themselves beaten back into sub
mission. 30 there are literally hundreds
Of thousands Of decent American work.
men, absolutely forced TO bear the dis
grace and lgnominy OF the CALLING yoke
OF Unionism, because OF the hated ~
ranny OF the others,
Every American OF the right sort Is
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