The Washington times., 1905-01-17

The only place in the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes,
lcclsouts aad labor warfare is Battle
Creek, Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
chants. lawyers, doctors and other citi-
zens became aroused and indignant at
the efforts of the labor unions through
out the country TO destroy the business
OF one Of our largest industries-the
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd, and at the open
threats in the official union papers. that
! thes entire power Of the National and
State Federations of Lcbor was being
brought 70 bear to punish the indus
tries of Battle Creek. and particularly
| the Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal of c. W.
Post 20 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 un-
ions in their conspiracy 10 ruin and
put out OF business these publishers
who had worked faithfully for him for
years. and helped TO build up his busi-
ness. They had done no wrong, but had
found it inconvenient and against their
best judgment 70 buy labor OF the labor
trust 1t seems rule of the unions to
congpire TO ruin anyone who does not
purchase from them upon their own
terms.
An ink maker or paper maker who
| failed t. sell ink or paper would have
the same reason 10 order Post 10 help
ruin these publishers. So the peddler in
the street might stone you il You re-
fused to buy his apples; the cabman TO
run over YOU if you refused TO ride with
him; the grocer order the manufacturer
TO discharge certain people because they
did not patronizc him. and so on 10 the
| ridiculous and yiilainous limit of all this
boycott nonsense. in trying to force
people to buy what they do not want
If a man has labor TO sell, let him
sell ii 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 tyrannous
and arrogant with their despotism that
a common citizen who has some time
! 10 spare and innocently thinks he has
a right TO put a little paint on his own
| house finds he must have that paint
taken off and put on again by the
| EnIon" or all sorts Of dire things happen
10 him, his employer is ordered TO dis
| charge him, his grocer is boycotted If
/ he furnishes him supplies. his family
| followed and insulted and his life made
more miserable than that OF a black
| slave before the war. II he drives a nail
| to repair the house or barn the car
| penters union" hounds him He takes
a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe and
| prevent damage TO his property and the
| He cannot put little mortar TO a loose
| brick on his chimney or the briclIIayers
| plasterers, or hod carriers union is up
In arms. and If he carelessly eats Il loaf
| of bread that has no union label on il
the bakers union proceeds TO make
| life miserable for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and
| foot, unable to lift hand TO better him
self or do the needful things, without
first obtaining permission from some
/ naughty. ignorant. and abusive tyrant
of some labor union
1t would all seem rather like a comic
opera, If it did not rob people of their
| freedom; that sind of work will not he
| permitted long in America
| Some smooth manapers have built mn
| the labor trust in the last few years 70
| bring themselves money and power and
| by managing workmen, have succeeded
| in making il possible for them to lav
| down the law in some cities and force
wOrkmen and citizens to obey i'm
| plicitly, stripping them right and left Of
| their liberties.
They have used boycotting picketing.
| assaults, dynamiting of property and
murder to enforce their orders and rule
the people. They have gone far enough
to order the President to remove certain
| citizens from office because the unions
weren't pleased.
| That means they propose 10 make the
! law of the unions. replace the law of
! this government and the union leaders
dominate even the Chief Executive.
| This is a government OF and for the
| people and re organization or trust shall