The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-09
FRIDAY. JUNE 9. 1905.
NEARLY THE LIMIT.

A few nights ago there was car penters' meeting held in New Bedford, Mass, at which a number of speeches were made by members of this branch of the mechanical trades. One of the speakers proclaimed that his ideal Of industrial civilization, so far as the car- penters are concerned, would be one in which mo union man would so much as drive a nail alongside non union man"
 The account does not so state. but we nresume this sentiment was applauded hv the union men present. So far as we are informed there was not word said about faithful service or good workmanship. No argument was made In favor of keeping contracts. or of do- ing good work on every job. The ar vument was one for selhshness, for ex- rIusiyeness and for disregarding the rights of others.
 Never since the days of the old Know Nothing Party has there been an or eanization containing greater menace than does the labor union organization as now managed, and as 1t Is bound 10 be. unless there is radical change. The Know Nothing Party made war on racial and Religious lines. It opposed soreieners and Catholics and would put Q han on both. The sentiment behind if was unworthy the American people, hut for a time it was almost invincible' Tt dominated States and threatened to .ontrol the Union itself. Fortunately, that sober second thought, which so often retrieves mistakes, came to the ,aonle and Know -Nothingism went down forever.
 Rut the Know-Nothings only made war on foreigners and Catholics. The urions make war on all races. nation alities and religions, unless the fnoi- viduals belong to the unions. It IS war of exclusion against all others IL strikes down individual freedom and in denendence of action. It undertakes to set up shrine before which all woFA- Ingmen must bow or be driven out Every man who wants to labor In any calling must be able to pronounce the union shibboleth or they take him and slay him. fguratively, and sometimes literally. The bosses of the unions never ask if a man is a good workman, if he is faithful and reliable. but does he belong to the union? If he does' nothing else matters. If he does not' nothing else matters.
 How long can the American people submit to this species of tyranny and still deserve the name of freemen? How long will the independent American consent to wear the union collar on his neck and the union brand on his fore head? Both are badges of servitude. Roth proclaim to the world that the man is no longer a freeman, but a thralI, His very will is no longer his own, for he has voluntarily surrendered if to the union. He must work when it orders, quit when 1t orders, and look to 1t to tell him when and where he may work and what he shall receive for it. If the union orders him to violate the laws of the land. to become disturber of the peace. a rioter or a criminal, he must obey or be dismissed from the union. Will free-born Americans sub init to this degradation forever and make no protest? Will they continue to submit tamely to this servitude which is forced on them? Is not Chi cago a sufficient lesson to teach them that they are bound to pass the limit of forbsarance in time? They have nearly reached 1t now and woe to them if they pass 1t.