The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-03

The only place in the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes,
lockouts and labor warfare is Battle
Cteck, Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors and other cltl-
zens becara aroused and indignant at
the efforts Of the labor unions through
out the country to destroy the busi-
ness of one of our largest industries
the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, and at the
onen threats in the official union pa
pers that the entire power OF the MI
tional and State Fedcrations OF LABOR
was bciu" brought to bear to "punlsh
the industries of Battle Creek, ana
particularly the Postum GO.
This sprung from the refusal OF e..
" Post to obey the "orders" of the
unions to take the Postum advertising
away from. various papers that refused
IL. purchase labor Of the labor trust
the unions
Mr.. Post was ordered to join the
Unions in their conspiracy to ruin
and "put out of business" these pub
ishers who had worked faithfully Tor
him for years and helped build up his
business. They had done no wrong.
but. had found it inconvenient and
against their best Judgment to buy
labor of the labor trust. 1t seems
rule of the unions to conspire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase from
them upon their own terms.
. An inkmaker or papermaker VINO
failed tc sell ink or. paper would have
nlle same reason to order Post to help
ruin these publishers. So the ped
dler in the street might stone you if
you refused to buy his apples; the
cabman to run over you if you refused
to ride with him; the grocer order the
manufacturer to discharge certain
people because they did not patronize
him. and so on to the ridiculous and
villainous limit of all this boycott nom
sense. in trying to force people to buy
what they do not want
If a man has labor to sell let him
sell it at the best price he can get just
as he would sell wheat. but he has no
eight to even intimate that he will OBJ
struct the business, or attempt its ruin
because the owner will not purchase of
hfm.
:; The unions have become so tyran-
dous and arrogant with their despot-
fsm that common citizen who has
some time to spare and innocently
thinks he has right to put little
taint on his own house finds he must
lave that paint taken off and put on
Again by "the union," or all sorts of
dire. things happen to him. his en-
ployer is ordered to discharge him. his
grocer is boycotted if he furnishes him
supplies, his family followed and in
suited and his life made more mis-
cradle than that of black slave be-
fore the war. If ne drives nail to
fepair the house or barn the carpen-
tcrs' "union" hounds him. fIe takes
.tRpe wrench to stop leaking pipe
and prevent damage to his property,
and the plumbers "union" does things
to him. He cannot put little mortar
to a loose brick on his chimney or
the bricklayers'. plasterers' or hod
carriers "union" is up in arms, and it
he carelessly eats loaf of bread that
has no "union" label on it the bakers
"union" proceeds to make life miser-
eble for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and
foot. unable to lift hand to better
himself or do the needful things, with
dut first obtaining permission from
some naughty. ignorant and abusive
= 1e 1o1,
ut would all seem rather like comic
opera if it. did not rob people OF their
freedom; that kind Of work will not
be permitted long in America.
Some smooth managers have built
III the labor trust in the last few
wears. to bring themselves money and
mower and by managing workmen.
nave succeeded in making it possible
for them to lay down the law in some
cities and force workmen and citizens
tn "obey" implicitly. stripping them
right and left Of their liberties.
They have used boycotting. picket.
ing. assaults. dynamiting of property
and murder to enforce their orders and
rule the people. They have gone far
enough to order the President to re-
move certain citizens from Office be-
cause the unions" weren't pleased.
That means they propose to make
the law of the unions replace the law
Of this government and the union lead
ers dominate even the Chief Execn-
tive. ;.
This lis government of and for the
neople, and no organization or trust
shall displace it.. But the unions try
It every now and then. led by desper-
ate men, as shown in their defiance of
law and support lawbreakers.
The "union" record OF assaults,
crippling of men and even women and
children, destruction of property, and
murder of American citizens during
the past ten years is perhaps ten
times the volume of crime and abuse
perpetrated by slave owners during
any two years previous to the civil
war. We are In horrible period of
lethargy. which permits us to stand
idly by while our American citizens
are abused. crippled and murdered in
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