Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-02-02
Result of Boycott.

The only place In the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes.
lockOuts and labor warfare is Battle
Creek. Mich.
The story The work people. mer-
chants. lawyers. doctors and other citi-
zeus became aroused and indignant at
the efforts Of the labor unions through
out the country to destroy the business
OF one Of our largest indus;ries-the
Postum Cereal Co, Lt'd. and at the open
threats in the Official union papers. that
the entire power OF the National and
State Federltions OF Labor was being
brought to bear to punish" the indus
tries OF Battle Creek. ard particularly
the Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal Of c. W.
Post 10 obey the orders" Of the unions
TO take the Postum advertising away
from various papers that refused TO pur-
chase labor OF the labor trust-the
unions.
Alr, Post was ordered to join the
unions in their conspiracy to ruin"
and put out OF busiressr these. pdb-
fishers who had worked faithfully for
him for years aud helped build Up his
business. They had done no wrong.
b had found II inconvenient and
against their bes; judgment to buy la
Dor of the labor trust. 1t seems rule
Of the unions to conspire to ruin any
one who does not purchase from them
upon their own terms.
An ink maker OF paper maker who
failed 10 sell ink or paper would have
the same reason To order Post TO help
ruin these publishers So the peddler
in the street might stone you II you
refused To buy his apples; the eabman
to run over you IL you refused 10 ride
with him; the grocer order the manu-
faciurer to discharge certain people be-
cause they did not patronize him. and
so on to the ridiculous and villainous
limit OF all this boycott nonsense. in
trying 10 force people to buy what they
do not want.
II man has labor to sell let him
sell il at the best price he can get just
as he would sell wheat. but he has no
right to even intimate that he will oh
struct the business. or attempt it's ruin
because the owner will not purchase
of him.
The unions have become SO tyran-
nous and arrogant with their despot-
ism that a common citizen who has
some time TO spare and innocently
thinks he has a right 10 put a little
paint on his own house finds he must
have that paint taken off and put en-
again by the union" or all sorts of
dire things happen TO him, his employ
er is ordered TO discharge him. his gro
Ger is boycotted if he furnishes him
supplies his family followed and in
suited and his life made more miser-
able than that of black slave before
the war. If he drives 4 nail to repair
the house or barn the carpenters
union" hounds him. He takes a Pipe
wreach TO stop leaking pipe and pre-
vent damage to his property and the
plumbers union" does things to him.
He cannot put little mortar to- a
loose brick on his chimney or the
brieklayers'. plasterers' or hod ear
riers' union" is up in arms. and il he
earelessly eats loaf of bread that has
no union" label on il the bakers
union" proceeds TO make life miser-
able for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and
foot. unable 10 lift a hand to better
himself or do the needful things with
out first obtaining permission from
some naughty. ignorant and abusive
tyrant Of some labor union.
II would ali seem rather like a comic
opera. if it did not rob people Of their
freedom; tha; kind Of work will net be
permitted long in America
Some smooth managers haze built up
the labor trust in the last few'yeIrs, to
bring themselves money and power.
and by managing woIkmen have sue
eeeded in making it possible for them
TO lay down the law in some cities and
force workmen and citizens to obey
implicitly, stripping them right and
left Of their liberties.
They have used boycOtting. picketing.
assaults, dynamiting of property and
murder 10 enforce their orders and rule
the people. They have gone far enough
10 order the President to remove GER
tain citizens from ofice because the
Unions weren't pleased.
That means they propose to make
the law Of the unions replace the law
of this government and the union lead
ers dominate even the chief Executive.
This is 4 government OF and for the
people and no organization or trus;
shall displace it. But the unions try il
every now and then. led by desperate
men as shown in their defiance OF law
and support of law breakers
The union" record of assaults. Grip
pling Of men and even women and chill
dren, destruction OF property and mur-
der OF American citizens during the
past years is perhaps 10 times the
volume OF crime and abuse Perpetrat-
ed hE slave owners during any two
years pTevinTs 70 the civil war We
arc in horrible persod Of lethargy.
which permits Us TO stand idly by
ElA.e CTR American eltizeas are abused,
crippled ald murdered in oozsEs scl