The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-03

j. upon us whether or no.
suppose an American il a foreign
Guy should be chased by mob. caugh
ana beaten unconscious, then hi:
mouth pried open and carbolic aciC
poured down his throat, then his ribs
hlched IN and his face well stamped
with IRON nailed shoes. murdered be-
cause he tried to earn bread for his
children. By the Eternal sir, a fleet
OF american men Of war would Assem-.
Die there. clear for action and blow
something Off the face Of the earth,
II PREPARATION were not made for the
blood of one of our citizens
And what answer do we make to the
appeals Of the hundreds OF widows
ana orphans Of those Americans muir.
oered by labor unions? How do we
Try 10 protect the thousands of intelli.
gent citizens who. with. reason, prefer
not to join any labor union and be
subject to the tyranny of the heavily
paid rulers of the labor trusts?
Upon firm refusal by Mr.. Post to
JOIN thlS criminal conspiracy a gen.
eral boycott was ordered on Crane.
Nuts and Postum all over the coun.
try, which set the coed red blood of
our ancestors in motion. bringing
lortn the reply that has now passed
INTO history: We refuse to Join any
conspiracy Of organized labor to ruin
publishers, nor will we DISCHARGE
any OF our trusted employees upon the
orders Of any labor union. If they
can make their boycott effective and
sink our ship. we will 90 down with
the captain on the bridge and in COM
mand."
This set the writer's in labor papers
crazy and they redOubled their abuse. |
FINALLY one of their official organs !!
came out with large double column
IN pronunciation of Battle Creek, call
ing it "a running sore on the face Of
Michigan" because it would not be-
come 'organized" and pay in dues to
their labor leaders. The usual coarse,
Villalnous epithets common to labor
union writer's were INDUCED in.
The result was to weld public SEN
tlment in Battle Creek for protection.
A citizens association was started,
and mass meetings held. Good Citi-
zens who happened to be members of
local unions, in some cases quit the
unions entirely for there is small need
OF them there.
The working people of Battle Creek
are of the highest order of American
The majority are not
union members, for practically all of
the manufacturers have for years de. ;
clined to employ union men because {
81 disturbances aSout eleven years i
ago, and the union men now in the +
'ity are among the best citizens. f
No city in the state of Michigan c
DAYS as high average wages as Battle r
Ireek, 10 city of its size is as pros T
porous, and no city has so large pro- c
portion of the best grade of mechanics r
VIZ oNu tllSlI ONu IOlIltS.
So the work people massed together "
With the other citizens of the organi. f,
alton of the Citizens Assn with the "
GLOWING preamble and constitution: l.
Whereas, From 1891 TO 1894 the r,
trlkes instigated by labor unions in il
'attle Creek resulted II the destruc. n
ION of property and loss Of large
ums of money in wages that would a.
ave been expended here; and, h
Whereas, These acts caused serious r.
amage to the city and in a market In
ay delayed its progress at that time; st
nd, vi;
Whereas, Since the year 1894 the %
tizens have been enabled, by public
ointment, TO prevent the recurrence &C
strikes and labor union disturb ! if
ices which have been prevalent else. W.
here; and, I'll
Whereas, The employers Of this city su
I'VE steadfastly refused to place the ae
of their business under OF
e control of labor unions, but have do
the highest standard of to
ages paid under like conditions anv. Sc
here in the United States, and here We
unanimously declared their intent so
continue such policy; and the en- be
Dyes Of this city, large percentage en-
whom own homes and have FAINT plt
IS reared and educated under condi. mt
ms Of peace and the well.earned
Osperity of steady employment. have tie
maintained their right as of
'e American citizens to work with. ey,
t the dictation and tyranny of labor ira
ion leaders, the bitter experience OF ira
, past offering sufficient reason for gu;
determined stand for freedom; and ,
Whereas, The attitude of the c;ti. uni
IS on this subject has been the eve
ans OF preserving peaceful condi- eve
rs and continuous prosperity, in old
rked contrast to the conditions ey. str
ing in other cities suffering from pro
dictation of trades unionism: II 10 far
refore bal
Resolved, That the continuance ~ plo