Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-04


COST TO CITIZENS.
They become criminals In order to
force a few cents or dollars extra out of
the public.
Then after they have forced their
labor on some firms they refuse to do
the work as directed by the employer
and n strike occurs. fight to see II they
cnn force the employer To let them do
the work as they want to and not as he
requires it,
The Chicago teamsters refused TO de-
liver goods where directed and commit
ted all sorts OF outlawry. because the
employers hired men who would prop
erly help them DO business.
A mechanic pays for a ton OF coal,
and before 1t Is delivered the labor
trust issues orders that the coal shall
not be touched. The mechanics family
s cold and suffering. so he tries to de-
liver his own coal and is slugged un-
conscious by the union labor trust
committee"
WHAT FOR?
All this Interference with the affairs
of the people, the violence and criminal
ugliuess is first to sell labor at highe.
prices than the market rate and next
to show the men who buy labor that
they have no right td say how that
labor shall be used, but that the work
man shall say what he shall do, how he
shall do 1t. and when. TheBe are the
reasons pure and simple, and the pub
lic--you and must suffer inconven-
fence and loss, aud ultimately pay. al,
the bills. for maintaining order by
our city, county or state authorities.
the total cost oil prosecuting the Grim
inals, and on top OF all that, we, tha
public must pay whatever raise In
wages is made 10 buy off the trouble
makers. 1t is the people who suffer
and pay.
Suppose the Union flour millers go
on strike for u raise from So TO 50 Il day
and tie up or blow up the mills and IL
nally secure the advance In wages.
That advance must be put on the price
of flour and the people pay 1t, and also
pny all costs for suppressing the
rioters.
SO we see few men become avari-
cious for money, form labor trust.
and by coercion force the rest of tbs
people In the United States to submit
to the impudence and arrogance and
also pay all the bills. There would be
no limit to the abuse II the Unions
had their own way unchecked. Is 1t
not time the people took steps 10 pro-
tect themselves from this violent and
graspint: trust?
ALL JOIN.
Suppose every one OF us adopts the
Labor Union idea (labor trusD and by
combination force everyone else that
doesn't belong to our Union to buy
what we have to sell at our price, or
slug the life out OF them.
Let the farmers union set the price
of wheat at $40 bushel, and picket.
assault or XIII the miller and blow UP
his mill if he tries to buy wheat at less
price OF anyone but Union" farmer
Then the millers' union sets the
price of -four at ss5 "A barrel and calls
everyone "scab" that refuses to buy
flour with the Union Label on. and
turns over the wogans, kills the horses
and beats the drivers OF any "scab
miller. Then everybody, workmen as
we'll as employers, would have to pay
about SIS barrel extra on every bar
rel of flour to the little labor trust OF
millers. Someone says, that's ex-
treme' 1t is not, but Is exactly what
would happen IL that particular union
got enough power. You see the only
limit to the righteousness OF labor
trust set by the people at large, when
they are abused long and hard enough
to rise and auash 1t.
Then let the water works Union
set the price of 81 a pail for drinking
water and boycott and assault the fam
ily that uses It's own we'll water. You
are no friend of the Union man IL you
don't drink union water
Finally the undertakers' Union
fixes the price of a burial at $3.50 Gang
price they set goes" for that's the I'M
ion rule) and the poor corpse whose
relatives can't borrow or beg the pric
to pay the Union" must go without
the privilege or be dumped into the
street and the hearse overturned II an
independent funeral be attempted.
OIL TRUST.
The oil trust Is a peacable organiza-
ton compared with the riotous. arro-
CANT and lawbreaking labor trust, Q
menace to every citizen including the
upright members Of the Unions them
selves.
Is public contract to be let, Inn
mediately a demand is made that only
Our Union" be employed and receive
the peoples money and threats OF an
sorts of political defeat and dire as
aster are made. Suppose quarry trust
should demand that no other stone
he used or the Steel Trust make sim :
liar demand and actually tie UP the
work to enforce orders.
What a howl would go up. but ths
public has foolishly cuddled these La
Dor Unions until they have become
diseased and are public menace and
nuisance.
Everyone comedies the right OF any
RELIGIOUS body, fraternal society, or d
labor union to set up rules for thell
own guidance But they have no right
whatsoever to make laws for the con
troll OF other people and when they m
terfere and force their presence where
tney are not wanted, they should be
locked up and prosecuted
These labor union manipulatofs, anH
some members of unions are out ana
out anarchists and dangerous enemies
to the public.
Their minds turn to anarchy or nc
law" lust as true as a needle turns 70
the north pole.
Have careful look at the stock ana
see.
OPPOSE POLICE.
When a manufacturer cannot AFFORD
to pay the price asked for labor, tn,
unions i'm order to force him, go on d