Arizona republican., 1905-05-12


 own reward. Then have your Citizens Association agree to support and pro- tect your industries in continuous ac- tivity, particularly when the Unions try to shut them down and thus seek to ruin the town.
 Some, yes many, towns have suffered untold loss from being "unionfzed'' and in such it is easy for the citizens to form their association for protec- tion, for they have seen the necessity. Let other towns that have not yet been through the fire take warning and act in time for no epidemic of disease can do the financial harm to a town that is sure to come from diseased unionism" well started with the certain following of strikes, disorders, assaults, destruc- tion of property and loss of business. UNION MEN JOIN
 Let the peaceable Union men join with the other citizens so that they cannot be tyrannized by their leaders or the anarchists and socialists.
 There are many Unions so unlawful and ugly that even the national labor organizations deplOre their existence and sometimes withdraw their char ters. but this great movement by cit izens to protect themselves does not necessarily mean the destruction of all Unions.
 MUST BE CURED
 It is absolutely demanded by public policy that they be strongly curbed and held to strict observance of the law. When they boycott, intimidate or consS.re ''in restraint of trade" let the Citizens Associations lawyers pro- ceed against and punish them under the existing laws and let public sen- timent be so pronounced and out spoken as to force the criminals to have a decent regard for the rights of citizens of all classes and conditions.
 Don't hesitate to openly denounce a noisy, abusive and unlawful Union" man and help lock him up if necessary to preserve the peace,
 FEAR NO BoYcOTTs
 s Drop all your fears of the threats of these bandits. Their poycotts fall fiat or help the firm boycotted. If they try to boycott, advertise the fact and the decent people will double your busi- ness. It is a notorious fact that it generally means defeat of a political candidate to have him ''ipdorsed" as q friend" of the labor unions for the big S5 per cent of good Americans hate their tyranny and put it on the shelf when they have a chance.
 BETTER CONDITIONS
 It is a hopeful sign to see the Unions slowly changing for better and they must continue to improve and become more lawabiding if they expect an indignant public to permit them to exist One great deterrent is the violent character of the editors of their labor papers. who persistently nlisstate facts and mislead their read CTS, by highly colored reports and comments, that inhane the minds of people, led too often by their prejudice instead of cool reason.
 But slowly the Union man is coming to understand that if he becomes a lawbreaker in response to the anarch- istic suggestions of his labor paper he must pay the penalty of crime against his fellows. When the anarchists, so- cialists and criminals are driven out or suppressed, the unions will perhaps then pattern after the honored Bro therhood of Locomotive Engineers. and win respect for their members, by hon. esty, uprightness and good citizenship, then the Union man will be known as a capable. thrifty and high grade workman (the old Trade Union idea) and the scrubs and pretenders will not be allowed to f1aunt a Union Card as evidence of their right to abuse and maltreat all the balance of mankind. The Unions as now made up need an immense amount of house cleaning and the public has been forced by their ugliness to demand it. Every right thinking Union mhn knows this and is earnest in his desire to have the crim inals expunged. for the peaceable mem bers are denounced by the public for their association with the others.
 If these high grade men would with draw from the mismanaged bands of outlaws and set up union where good workmanship was the test, and then offer their first class labor at even higher prices than common, with their contracts made legally responsible, and if it became known that when a buy CT of labor didn't care to purchase, this union would peaceably offer its labor elsewhere, but not go bullying about Nike a lot of bandits and lawbreakers, they would then command the admira- tdon and respect of the entire com munity, for people like to see wOrkmen prosperous. Observe the high position in the minds of the public that the Locomotive Engineers have won for themselves by just this plan of pro- cedure.
 Many and many a high grade man is an unwilling associate and member of the anarchy tainted unions. and he seeks freedom somehow, somewhere.
 Help him.
 It is no insult to tell a man he is in a place that stinks, he may know and deplore it, but if he defends the stinking place he insults himself. CRIMINAL BRAND
 So when you hear Union man de- nounce those who point out the crimes of the Unions and seek to purify them. you may know to a certainty that he is of the anarchist. criminal type and squirms when the sunlight of publicity is turned upon him. Among this class will be found the majority of labor paper editors.
 We should demand of our public of- fcials that they proceed as they did in the beef trust and give the people pro- tection from this labor trust that op- presses the common people more that a dozen meat or oil trusts.