The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-26
REFLECTIONS
OF A KNOCKER
HE DISCUSSES THE UNIONS.
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

man has done a lot for ths unions. but
they've ysnked him up with a round
turn just the same for going to din
ner and eating non-uniou break. and
Wlping his mouth with non-union
napkin and using a non-union tooth
pick ] don't suppose ne knew IL when
ne did these Things. but ignorance in
th5 eyes of the law IS never an excuse
II may be d mitigating circumsg auce-
out Il Is nothing more. He was culDa-
Die and ne is being properly criticised
for it. What is the lesson? Merely
this. that we should be more careful
and mora solicitous of our consistency
TO our principles You as an Amalga-
mated Grower, ] as q HammeTer in
high standing in this union of ours.
and all other union men rs well. should
see TO it in every little act that we do
not infringe upon the principles Of
unionisTn, or do aught to Civ cOun-
tenaHce TO the enemies thereof No
biscuit should go into your inner man
that is the product of such la Dor.
When YOU eat corned beef and cab
bage It is your duy as d uniOnist to
ses that the beef was COrued with corn
from the fields of the Brotherhood. and
cooked on q union range by q member
Of the Brotherhood or SiSt erhoQd of
Cooks and that the cabbage comes
from an Amalgamated Patch. and not
from d Scabbdge Patch cultivate BY
non-uuion Mrs. Wigs. who would pau
perize the labor Of the farmers Of the
land, Your pleasures should be union
made Your aspirations should all bear
the stamp of the Universal Brother
hood. Your politics should be guidsd
by your loyalty to union principles and
you should follow IN the footsteps
either Of the Grand Order of United
ROosevelts, the Fairbanks Brotherhood.
the Alton 3. Parker Past Masters Of
Sanity and Safety. or some other or
gained body of labOrers on behalf of
the public welfare. rather than in dis
united, UnoTganized isolation. which
cannot but prove Tuinous and ineffect
w. -
Put the unions are so arbitrary"
protested Redface.
No more 50 than any other organ
lied body in which the wish of the in
dividuaI is suboTdinated to the greater
good of the mass" said the Knocksr-
The secOnd-story man. the nesOtiator
of other mems notes. the whole Sing
Sing element, deprecates tn union of
law and order The sDeed-exceeding
motorist hates the cohesive power of a
united poiice-to them these unions are
arbitrary. All shows Of strength must
50 appear at tfmes-and yet they are
not always 50. Did YOU ever read that
little poem Of Anna Martin BosbysheIl
on The Scab"? No? Well. here it is:
They suffered when he ate an egg laid
BY non-UniOn hens.
They never kicked at hashed up ham
bred IN nOn-union pens.
They SHE'D a bit when they were told
he ate non-UH-on chops.
They growled d little when they heard
h drank non-union hops.
They fTowned on him when in a brook
he caught non-union perch.
They eyed him coldly when he prayed
in a nOn-uniou church.
They TeSOluted when twas known he
wore non-uniou boots.
And SONS one cusSed him when he shot
adOwn non-union chutes
And then the storm broke over him:
he persisted in the tide
That rose when published were his
oanns to a non-uniOn bride.
That poem is based on history. An
occasional lapse from the true spirit of
unionism VIII be forgiven. but persist
ent offending viii receive inevitable
punishment"
Reofacc was silsnt i'm the face of
such evidence Of the fallacy of his
attitude
And now. smiled the KHockcr. tap
ping the bell. Join me in an AmaIga-
mated highball"
What the divvle is an AmaIgamated
highbalI2' demanded Redface.
Two fingers Of Scotch united with
one finger of soda. - said the KpocI,er
Five of those will prove to Won that
IN union there is indeed strength,
Copyright. 1908. by X. II. HoImes)