The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-02


that guarantees freedom from strikes.
iockouts and labor warfare In Battle
Greek, Mich.
The storyl The work people, mer-
chants. lawyers. doctors and other citi-
Eens became aroused and indignant at
the efforts OF the labor unions through
out the country 20 destroy the business
Of one Of our largest industries-the
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd. and ut the
open threats In the Official union pa
pers, that the entire power OF the Ma
tional and State Fedcrations OF Labor
was being brought TO bear TO punish"
the industries OF Battle Creek. and
particularly tho Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal OF @.
w. Post TO obey the orders or the
unions to take the Postum advertising
away from various papers that refused
20 purchase labor OF the labor trust
the unions.
Mr.. Post was ordered TO join the
unions IN their conspiracy 10 ruin"
and put out OF business these pub
fishers who had worked faithfully for
him for years. and helped 10 build up
his business. They had done no wrong.
but had found Il i~nconvcnicnt and
against their best judgment To buy
labor OF the labor trust. IL seems a
rule Of the unions TO conspire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase from
them upon their W terms.
An ink maker or paper maker who
failed 10 sell Ink or paper would have
the same reason 10 order Post To help
ruin these publishers. So the pcddler
In the street might stone you III you
refused to buy his apples; the cabmnn
90 run ver you II you refused TO ride
with him: the grocer order h manu-
facturer 10 discharge certain people be
cause they did not patronize him. and
DO on to the ridiculous and villainons
limit OF all this boycott nonsense. IN
trying TO force people TO buy what
they do not want.
II n man has labor 20 sell let him
sell Il at the hest price he can get just
rs he would sell wheat, but he has nc
right 10 even intimate that he will oh,
struct the business. or attempt Its ruin
because the wne will not purchase OF
him.
The unions have become 80 tyran
nous and arrogant with their despot
ism that a common citizen who has
some time 20 spare and i%nnocently
thinks he has a right 10 put a little
paint on his own house finds he must
have that paint taken or and put OF
again by 1.-THE union" or all sorts OF
dire things happen TO him. his employ
or is ordered 20 discharge him, his gro
Ger Is boycotted II he furnishes him
supplies. his family followed and I'm
suited and his life made more miser
able than that OF a black slave before
the war. III he drives n nall TO repair
the house or barn the carpenter!
union hounds him. He takes n pip,
wrench to stop a leaking pipe and pre-
vent damage 10 his property and IN,
plumbers "union" does things TO him
He cannot put a little mortar 20 Z
loose brick on his chimney or tho brick
layers. plasterers or bod carriers union
n up IN arms and II he carclessly eat
n loaf OF bread that has no union
label on Il the bakers union" pro
ceeds to make life miserable for him.
So tho white slave Is tied hand and
foot unable TO lift n hand TO bette,
himself or do The needful things. with
out first obtaining permission from
some naughty. ignorant and abuslv,
tyrant OF some labor union.
II would ell seem rather like a com
&c opera, II It did not rob people %
their freedom: that kind OF work vii
not DO permitted long in America.
GanAa arnAnkh UnanazA-a hawn bail
up the labor trust in the last few
years. 10 bring themselves money ant
power and by managing workmen
have succeeded In making II possible
for them TO lay down the law In som,
cities and force workmen and citizcni
90 ''obcy" implicitly. stripping then
right and left OF their liberties.
They have used boycotting. picket
ing. assaults. dynamiting OF property
and murder 20 enforce their orders ant
rule the people. They have gone IN,
enough 20 order the President to rc
move certain citizens from Office be
cause the Unions" wcrn't pleased.
That means they propose 20 max,
the law OF the unions replace the Law
Of this government and the union lead
ers dominate even the Chief Execu
tive.
This Is a government OF and for tn,
people and no organization or trus
shall displace IL. But the unions try I
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. Grip
pling OF men and ven women m,
children. destruction OF property an,
murder OF American citizens durinl
the past two years Is perhaps tel
times the volume OF crime and abus,
perpetrated by slave owners durini
any two years previous TO the Civil
War. We are In a horrible period o
iethargy. which permits US 20 stan'
ldly by while our American citixen.