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

S"o1 allIee9 freedom from Strikes
Iockouts and labor warfare is Battl
Creek, Mich.
Inc story? The work people. mer
chants, lawyers, doctors and other citi
2enS became aroused and indignant a
the efforts Of the labor unions through
OUT the country to destroy the bust
ness OF one of our largest Industries
the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, and at the
open threats in the official union pa
perS that the entire power of the Ma
uonal 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 C.
W. Post to obey the orders" of the
unions 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 Dub
fishers who had worked faithfully for
MN 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. 1t seems a
rule of the unions to consDire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase from
them upon their own terms.
An inkmaker or papermaker who,
rallied to sell ink or paper would have
the same reason to order Post to help
rum these publishers. So the ped.
oler IN the street might stone YOU if
you refused to buy his apples; the
caDman to run over you if you refused
10 ride with him; the grocer order the
manufacturer to discharge certain
people because they did not patronize !
MIN, and so on to the ridiculous and |
Vlllalnous limit Of all this boycott |
nonsense, in trying to force people 10 |
buy what they do not want.
If a man hes labor to sell let him
sci! it at the best price he can get Just
as he would sell wheat, but he has no
right to even intimate that he will OBJ.
struct the business, or attempt its ruin
because the owner will not purchase
of him.
The unions have become so tyran-
nous and arrogant with their desDot-
ISM That a common citizen who has
some time to spare and innOcentlv
thinks he has a right to put a little
paint on his own house finds he must
nave that paint taken off and put On
again by the union" or all sorts of
lire things happen to him, his en-
Dloyer is ordered to discharge him, his
grocer is boycotted if he furnishes
lin supplies. his family followed and
nsu!ted and his life made more mis-
'rable than that of black slave be-
ore the war. If he drives a nail to
epalr the house or barn the carpen- (
erS' union" hounds him. He takes a
'lpe wrench to stop a leaking pipe
nd prevent damage to his property v
nd the plumbers union" does things
him. He cannot put little mortar
D a loose brick ON his chimney or =
he bricklayers', plasterers' or bod f
arrlerS' union" is up in arms, and If
e carelessly eats loaf Of bread that G
as no union" label on it the bakers .
union" proceeds to make Life miser. u
BILE for him. -
So the white slave IS tied hand and h
'ot, unable to lift hand to better
ImSelf or do the needful things, with 4
1t first obtaining permission from VI
'me naughty, ignorant and abusive q,
rant of some labor union.
1t would all seem rather like comic ~
'era if it did not rob people of their e.
eedom; that kind Of work will not ~
permitted long in America. .,
Some smooth managers have built W,
the labor trust in the last few
ars, to bring themselves money and be
'wer and by managing workmen, ~
we succeeded in making it possible n
them to lay down the law in some -,
les and force workmen and citizens W..
"obey" implicitly, stripping them w,
,ht ard left of their liberties. hy
They have used boycotting, picket ~
:, assaults, dynamiting of property nj,
d murder to enforce their orders and -
lie the people. They have gone far lilo
ough to order the President to re- tic
we certain citizens from office be. 49,
use the unions" weren't pleased. ctr
That means they propose to make fre
law of the unions replace the law or
this government and the union lead. IN
dominate even the chief Execu. ~,
e.
This IS government of and for the
'ple and no organization or trust 10,
Ill displace it. But the unions try rno
every now and then, led By desper tin
men as shown in their defiance of ~ =.
and support of lawbreakers. icti
The union" record of assaults tho
ppling Of men and even women and NO
ldren, destruction Of property and T
H.