Evening journal., 1905-01-17
Result Of Boycott.

The only place in the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes.
lockouts and labor warfare is Battle
Creek. Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
chants, lawyers. doctors and other citi-
zens became aroused and indignant at
the efforts of the labor unions through
ont the country to destroy the business
CT ono OF our largest industries-the
Postum Cereal Co Ltd, and at the open
threats I'm the official union papers, that
the entire power OF the National and
state Federations OF Labor was being
brought 10 bear to punish" the indus
tries of Battle Creek. 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 tmst--the
unions.
Mr. Post was ordered to join the I'M
ions I'm their conspiracy TO ruin" and
put out of business" these publishers
who had worked faithfully for him for
years. and helped build up his business.
They had done no wrong, but had
found Il inconvenient and against their
best Judgment to buy labor OF the labor
trust. 1t seems a rule of the unions TO
conspire to ruin anyone who does not
purchase from them upon their own
tennis. NNas
An ink maker or paper maker who
faded to sell ink or paper would have
the same reason TO order Post TO help
ruin these publishers. So the peddlel
IN the street might stone you IL you re-
fused to buy his apples the cabnlan %
run over you II you refused 70 ride
with him; the grocer order the manu-
facturer TO discharge certain people
because they did not patronlze him.
ana 50 on to the ridiculous and villain
Gus limit OF all this boycott nonsense
in trying 20 force people to buy what
they do not want.
| If a man has labor to sell let him sell
| II at the best price he can get Just as
he would sell wheat, but he has nc
right TO oven intimate that he will OBJ.
struct the business, or attempt its ruiz
because the owner viii not purchase
OF him.
The unions have become so tyran-
nous and arrogant with their despotisn
That common citizen who has some
1 time TO spare and innocently thinks h,
has night to put a little paint on hi.
own house finds he must have the pain
! taken Off and put on again by 9Th,
union" or all sorts Of dire things hap
pen to him, his employer is ordered q,
discharge him, his grocer is boycotte,
II he furnishes him supplies, his family
followed and insulted and his life madl
more miserable than that Of blacl
slave before the war; II he drives
nail TO repair the house or barn the car
lpenter's union" hounds him. He take
a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pip
and prevent damage 20 his propeltl
ana the plumbers union" does thing
70 him. He cannot put a little morta.
20 a loose brick on his chimney or tn
bricSlayers. plasterers or hod carrier
union is up i'm arms and IL he care
i@essly eats a loaf OF bread that has M
union label on a. the bakers union
proceeds to make life miserable for him
SO the white slave is tied hand an
foot unable TO lift a hand to better him
self or 30 do the needfui things, with
out first obtaining permission fron
some naughty ignorant and abusiv
II would an seem rather like a conf
opera, II it did not rob people OF thel
freedom; that kind of work will not b
lpermitted long In America.
Some smooth managers have built Il
the labor trust in the hast few years. I
bring themselves money and power an
by managing workmen, have succeede
in making 81 possible for them TO la
NUnNwn In IA
lworkmen and citizens to obey" i'm
p phcltly stripping them right and let
D OF their liberties.
r They have used boyootting. plcketinr
.. assaults, dynamiting Of property an
v murder to enforce their orders and rul
the people. They have gone far enoug
to order the President 10 remove Gel
tain citizens from Office because n
Unions" weren't pleased.
J. That means they propose 20 make III
$ law OF the unions, replace the law {
, this government and the union leader
dominate even the chief Executive
!. Ihas Is "a government Of and Tor n
people and no organization or trui
= shall displace o.. But the unions try
every now and then. led BY despera'
men as shown IN their defiance OF Ia.
L and support Of law breakers.
g The "unlon" record OF assaults. cril
e pling OF men and even women and chs
dren, destruction Of property and mu
n der Of American citizens during n
n past years Is perhaps 10 times the vo
\ ume Of crime and abuse perpetrated Z
" slave owners during any two years DIT
: vious TO the civil war. We are On
horrible period OF lethargy. which pc
mits us 70 stand idly by while OF
American citizens are abused, cripple
n and murdered in dozens and hundre,
y by an organization or trust. having 4
e its purpose. thrusting what Il has
sell Oabor) upon US whether or no.