New-York tribune., 1905-01-20
RESULT OF BOYCOTT.

The only place in the United States that guar
antees freedom from strikes, lOckOutS and labor
warfare is Battle Greek, Mich.
The story? The work people, merchants law
vers doctors and other citizens became aroused
and indignant at the efforts of the labor unions
throughout the country TO destroy the business
of one of our largest industries-the Postum
Cereal Co. Ltd and at the open threats in the
official union papers, that the entire power Oh
the National and State Federauons OF LABOR
was being brought to bear to punish the IN
dustries of Battle Greek, and particularly the
Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal of c. W. Post
to obey the orders of the unions to take the
Postum advertising away from various papers
that refused to 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 busl-
ness these publishers who had worked Ialtn-
fully for him for years. and helped build up MS
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 consplre TO rum
any one who does not purchase from lheh upoA
their own terms,
An ink maker or paper maker who failed TO
sell ink or paper would have the same reason
to order Post to help ruin these publishers 80
the pedler in the street might stone you II you
refused TO buy his apples: the cabman TO run
grocer order the manufa cturer to discharge Ger
tain people because they did not patronize him,
and so on to the ridiculous and villanous limit
of all this boycott nonsense, in trying TO torce
people to buy what they do not want.
IF a man has labor to sell let him sell 1t at
the best price he can get, just as he would sell
wheat but he has no right to even intimate that
he will obstruct the business, or attempt its
ruin because the owner will not purchase or
him.
The unions have become so tyrannduS and ar
rogant with their despOtism that common cltl-
zen who has some time to spare and tnnocently
thinks he has right to put little paint on
his own house finds he must have 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 insulted' and his life made
more miserable than that of black slave be-
fore the war If he drives a nail to repair the
house or barn the carpenters union hounds
him. He takes n pipe wrench to stop leaking
pipe and prevent damage to his property and
the plumbers union" does things to him. He
cannot put a little mortar TO a loose brick on
his chimney or the bricklayers plastererslor hod
carriers 'uniOn" is up in arms, and If he care
Iessly eats loaf of bread that has no union
label on it the bakers union" proceeds to make
life miserable for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and foot, un-
able to lift hand to better himself do the
needful things without first obtaining permis-
sion from some naughty. ignorant and abusive
tyrant of some labor union.
1t would all seem rather like comic opera
II II did not rob people of their freedom; that
kind of work will not be permitted long in
America.
Some smooth managers have built up the
labor trust In the last few years, to bring them
selves money and power and by managing
workmen have succeeded in making it possible
for them to lay down the law in some cities
and force wOrkmen and citizens to "obey" i'm
pcitly, stripping them right and left Of their
liberties
They have used bOycotting, pcketing, as
saults, dynamiting of property and murder 10
enforce their orders and rule the people. They
have gone far enough TO order the President to
remove certain citizens from Office because 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 leaders dominate even the chief
Executive
This is a government of and for the people
and no organization trust shall displace It,
But the unions try il every now and then. led
by desperate men, as shown in their defiance
Of law and support of law breakers.
The "union" record of assaults, Gripping OF
men and even women and children, destruc-
ton of property and murder of American citi-
zens during the past years Is perhaps 10
times the volume of crime and abuse perpe-
uated by slave owners during any 1.-TWO years
previous 10 the civil war We are in horri-
BILE period OF <lethargy, which permits us TO
stand Idly by while our American citizens ara