The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20

.lIttntlDn oi every reader Is called TO tQiS
article. and every reader is especially
invited to read it through without skip
ping II, word. The article has appeared
in the daily newspapers of Lincoln and
WIS paid fer as regular advertising matt
~. The Wageworker prints it for noth-
e~hg. 1t is the only way The Wage
worker would print it, FOR c. w. Post
couldn't buy space in this newspaper II
he tried.
A word of explanation may not be
:tmss mt this time. c. w. Post. manu-
facturcr of Postum Cereal and Grape
Nuts. Is of the ringleaders of the
Parry Citizens association outfit, and
has been selected by his fellow conSpir-
ators to take the lead in the attack upon
the unions The trouble arose primarily
over the Typographical Unions fight
against the "scab' Los Angeles Times.
The printers struck for decent treat
ment the Times. and in pursuance of
!: well defined policy printers all over
the country began asking advertisers not
to patronize an unfriendly sheet. Post
made II grandstand play and the print
crs cut into his business. Then he criw
nshcd withdrew his advertising from the
Times and advertised the fact through
out the country. Later Parry, job and
other union busters. convinced Post that
he had II chance to secure nnmeasurcd
publicity. free advertising and self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT by getting to the front
of the Parry ranks. Post then renewed
his contract with the Times and threw
printers accepted the challenge. and il
the first equeal is amy sign of defeat,
then Post is beaten to n fragile. This is
the second time he mas squealed. and
the printers have continued to smile and
go right ahead with their plans.
Before giving undivided attention to
the false. bombastic and asnine utter
y nnccs cc~tained in Posts article. The
the general union public just who
Charles w. Post is. He is a millionaire
manufacturer of patent edible sawdust
ut Battle Creek, Michigan. He is the
fellow who has prated so loud and long
about his sympathy for the free and
independent toilers''-meanng nom
union men and women. fIc is the fellow
who has boasted of .is kind heart and
his regard for his fellows He is also
. the same fellow whose cruel treatment
= compelled the wife who had sacrificed
and toiled 10 make him rich to seek II
divorce To escape his cruelty. And he
Is the same Post who, after compelling
his wife to seek refuge in the divorce
courts, turned around and within Il few
hours thereafter married his young and
pretty and fresh stenographcr. Charles
w. Post. the kind-hearted, the sympn-
thetic aud the humane who talks about
Kindness and protherly love and all that
sort of thing. is the same Charles W.
Post who cruelty treated the wife he
had sworn to love. honor and protect,
that she had to seek a divorce, and also
the same Post who Haunted his new
bridc In the face of the abused wife be-
h. the ink upon the divorce decree was
a. Being one of the greatest adver-
Asers in the country the daily newSp;t-
pers did not give these facts more than
!, bare mention. And now for Il little
attention to Posts bombast: He starts
off with this assertion:
''rhc only place in the United states
that guarantees freedom from strikes.
lockouts and labor warfare Is Battle
Creek, Mich"
That is not true. Wherever greed has
control and human labor works with de-
spair In the heart. there is no danger OF
labor troubles-from the employers
standpoint. Such places may be found
on tho East Side in New York, the cotton
mills OF the south and the cotton fields
OF the "Bl:tck Belt" According to the
Post ideals of sound labor conditions"
Canton and Pe1in. China. are the ideal
places. for there are no strikes, lockouts
or labor troubles there. and employers
can lind plenty of workers willing to toll
thirteen hours u day for cents day.
.rI;ccausc post and his outfit of union
smnshers find themselves thwarted by
the labor unions in their efforts to sub
stitute such conditions for American con-
ditions. they weep and wall and snash
their teeth in impotent rage. Post then
says:
mir Post was ordered to join the
unions of the country in their conspiracy
to ruin and put out of business these
publishers, etc. etc"
That is not true. Mr. Post was courte-
ously asked to refrain from giving pa
tronaGc to newspaper that was un-
friendly to union labor. Mr.. Post replied
that existing contracts prevented. but
that hc would not renew those contracts.
But he did renew tncm. and because
union labor resented his duplicity he
waXcd wroth for II time, and then cam
celled his contracts. Later. after secur-
ing the backing of the Citizens Indus
o trial Alliance. he dcfied the unions. When
Post said he was ordered to help ruin
these publishers he lied in his throat.
he knew. he lied. and every fair minded
man in the country knew that he lied.
That is the plain English OF il. Then
Post says:
TIL" ''union'' record of assaults. Grip
plins of ni.n and even women and chill
tIrcn dcstruction of property and mur-
der of American citizens during the past
two years Is perhaps ten times the vol
unc of crime and abuse perpetrated by
slave owners during amy two years pre-
vious to the civil war. We are in hor-
rble period of Iethargy, which permits
us to stand idly by while our American
citizens are abused crippled and mur-
dered In dozens and hundreds by an or
ganization or trust, having for it's pur-
pose, thrusting what IL has to sell 0:,bor)
upon us whether or no.
This sounds good from the lips of Il
man whose Wife had to secure. divorce
to put an end to unbaarable cruelty. 1t
sounds good from the lips of man who
turned from, the notice of divorce and
took to his bosom pretty stenographer.
infa tuntion from whom had led him to
heap cruelty upon the wife who had sac
rfieed and toiled with him to secure the
= fortune now being lavised upon another
CN~coursc Post mourns because work
ing men Of America refuse to submit
as the majority of slaves submitted. and
will not purchase bread and board at the
sacrifice of manhood and liberty. An.
refersnce 10 slavery by Charles w. Pos,
is very much like Satan rebuking sin
When Post asserts that he asked
TO join a criminal conspiracy he utters
~ falschood. and utters it Knowingly Heal
his cheap boast:
I'poo II firm refusal bv Mr.. Post t,
Join this criminal conspiracy genera