Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
+ e'su1t Of Boy colt.

The emily place Ii the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes.
Aockonks and labor warfare is Battle
Greek Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
ID anu ottiiter citt.i
kens became aroused and indignant at
The ei1prts Of the labor unions through
ont the country to destroy the busi-
ness Of one Of our largest industries
the Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, and at the
open threats In the official union pa
ipers that the entire power OF the Ma
sti0uai and State Federations Of Labor
WAS being brought to bear to punish"
the Industries OF Battle Creek, and
particularly the Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal Of 9.
IN. Post to obey the '.orders', Of the
onions to take the Postum advertising
away from various papers that refused
10 purchase labor OF the labor trust
\ the unions.
Mr. Post was ordered to join the
unions In their conspiracy to ruin"
and put out OF business these, pub
fishers who had worked faithfully for
him for years and helped build up his
BUSINESS They had done no wrong,
but had found it inconvenient and
against their best Judgment to buy
labor Of the labor trust. It seems a
rule OF the unions to conspire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase from
them ll;,0n their own terms.
An inkmaker or papermaker who
failed to sell Ink or paper would have
the same reason to order Post to help
ruin these publishers So the ped
der in the street might stone you If
you refused to buy his apples; the
icabman to run over you II you refused
to ride with him; the grocer order the
manufacturer to discharge certain
people because they did not patronize
him, and SO on to the ridiculous and
iyillainons limit Of all this boycott nom
sense, In trying to force people to buy
what they do not want.
II a man has labor to sell let him
sell It at the best price he can get just
as he would sell wheat, but ne has no
Fight to even intimate that he viii OBJ
.struct the business, or attemptits ruin
because the owner will not purchase of
him.
1 The unions have become so tyran-
nous and arrogant with their despot-
Ism that 9 common citizen who has
some time to spare and innocently
thinks Ne has a right to put little
paint On his own house finds he must
have that paint taken of and put on
again hy the union, 4 or all sorts OF
dire things happen to him. his em-
ployer is ordered to discharge him, his
grocersis boycotted II he furnishes him
supplies, his family followed and In
suited and his life made more mis-
cradle than that Of a black slave be-
fore the war. re he drives a nail to
repair the house or barn the carpen-
ters union hounds him. He takes
pipe wrench to stop leaking pipe
and prevent damage to his property.
and the plumbers union does things
Efo him. He cannot put a little mortar
10 loose brick on his chimney or
the bricklayers' plasterers or hod
carriers union Is up In arms, and II
Ne carelessiy eats q loaf OF bread that
has no union label on it the bakers
4s.,inion proceeds ito make life miser-
able Tor him. ~
50 tke white slave Is tied hand and
foot unable to lift hand to better
himself 81 do the needful things, with
out Arst obtaining permission from
some naughty, ignorant and abusive
3tyrant ofsome labor union. s@
ID would an seem rather like comic
lopefa IL 1T did not rob people Of their
4ree6om: that kind Of work Will not !
III permittsd long Id America
Es Some smooth managers have built
Iup the labof trust In the last few
Iyears. to bring themsei yes money and
,p6w4r and by managing workbench,
have succeeded ~ making II possible
IS0r them to lay down the law in some
elites ana force workmen and citizens
st0 obey impl icitly 4: stripping them
right and left Of their liberties.
They have used boycotting, picket
ing. aesaults dynamiting Of property
and murder to enforce their orders and
mule tho people they have gone far
eH0ueh ID order the President to re-
move certain citizens from ONCE be-
|cause The ss,,ni ions !. weren't pleased
sSs; means they propose to make
Gk1G lxs If the unions replace the law
'a0ts f6is government and the union lead
Viii dominate even the Chief Execu-
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