The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-02-03

SudI guar dAlCOo AtCCuoL "
iockouts and labor warfare Is Battle
Creek, Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
chants. lawyers. doctors and other ciu'
Gems became aroused and indignant at
the efforts of the labor unions through
out 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
pers that the entire power OF the Ma
tional and State Federations OF labor
was being brought to bear to "punlsh"
the industries of Battle Creek, ana
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
TO 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. 1t seems a
rule of the unions to conspire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase o
them upon their own terms.
An iAl1maker 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
dler IN the street might stone you it
you refused to buy his apples; the
cabman to run yer you if you refused
to ride with him; the grocer order the
manufacturer to discharge certain
peop4e because they did not patronize
him, and SO on to the ridiculous and
villainOus limit of all this boycott nom
sense, in trying to force people to buy
what they do lot want.
If a man has labor to sell let him
sell 1t 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 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 to put a little
paint on his W house finds he must
have that paint taken of and put on
again by 1.-The union" or all sorts OF
dire things happen to him, his en-
ployer is ordered to discharge him, his
grocer is bOycOtted if 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. If he drives a nail to
repair the house or barn the carpen-
ters' n"union" hounds him. He takes a
pine wrench to stop a leaking pipe
and prevent damage to his property,
and the plumbers union does things
to him. He cannot put a little mortar
to a loose brick on his chimney or
the brickiayers', p~lasterers' or hod
carriers "~union" is up in arms, and II
he carelessly eats a loaf Of bread that
has NJ ''union" label on it the bakers
.'union" proceeds to make life miser-
able for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and
foot unable to lift a hand to better
himself or do the needful things. with
out frst obtaining permission from
some naughty, ignorant and abusive
tyrant Of some labor union.
II would all seem rather like a comic
e II 1t did not rob people OF their
freedom: that kind Of work will moi
be permitted long in America.
Some smooth managers have built
IN the labor trust in the last few
wears. TO bring themselves money and
pover and by managing workmen,
have succeeded in making 1t possible
Tor them to lay down the law In some
cities and force workmen and citizens
"a "obey'' implicitly. stripping them
right and left of their liberties.
They have used ~bOycOtting, picket
ins. assaults. dynamiting of property
ana murder to enforce their orders and
r,,le the .people. They have gone fal
enoueh to order the President to re
move certain citizens from office be
cause the unions weren't pleased.
That means they propose to make
the law Of the unions replace h Law
of this government and the union lead
ers dominate even the Chief Execu
tive.
This Is q government Of and for the
people, and no organization or trust
shall displace it. But the unions try
It every now and then, led by desper
at4 men, as shown in their defiance OF
law and support lawbreakers.
The "union" record of assaults,
skipping Of men and even women and
ldren, destruction Of property and
6rder OF American citizens during
iRe past ten years is perhaps ten
III the volume Of crime and abuse
lhornefrated by slave owners during
- two years previous to the civil
-. We are In q horrible period Of
1Nfrnrry. which permits us 20 stand
~ while our American citizens
\ nused, crippled and murdered In
ana hundreds by an organizar
g trust having Tor its purpose.