Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-04


contracts made legally responsible, and
IL 1t became known that when q buyer
of labor didn't care to purchase, this
union would peaceably offer It's labor
elsewhere, but not go bullying about
like q lot OF bandits and law-hTeak-
ers. they would then command the ad-
mirntion and respect of the entire
community, for people like to see
workmen prosperous. Observe ths high
position In the minds OF the pubic
that the Locomotive Engineers have
won for themselves by Just this plan
Of procedure.
Many and many a high grade man
Is an unwilling ASSOCIATE and member
OF the anarchy tainted unions. and he
seeks freedom somehow. somewhere
Help him.
1t Is no insult to tell a man he is
In place that sitinks, he may know
and deplore 1t. but II he defends the
sinking place he insults himself.
CRIMINAL BRAND
SO when you hear union man de-
nounce those who point out the crimes
Of the unions and seek to purify them.
you may know to a certainty that he
is Of the anarchist, criminal type and
squrms when the sunlight OF public
ity Is turned upon him. Among this
class will be found the majority OF La
Dor paper editors.
We should demand Of our public Of.
ficials that they proceed as they did
in the beef trust and give the people
protection from this labor trust that
Expresses the common people moro
than 81 dozen meat or oil trusts. r
What Is cent or two on gallon
of oil as compared with the hundreds
Of thousands OF decent breaA-earners
thrown out OF work from time to time.
and the hundreds of millions OF dol-
lars In business lost to the people BY
the withdrawal Of capital from indus-
try.
REFUSE TO BUILD
1t Is a common remark nowadays
that no one but a. fool will start new
building or q new industry and subject
himself to the tremendous losses, in-
dignties. and worry from the labor
unions.
re proposed building operations
ana new Industries that have been
abandoned in the past two years
amount in dollars and cents, lost TO
our work people, more than would keep
an army in meat and oil for life
time.
Citizens, high and low. you must
rise in your might and free yourselves
from this worst OF all trusts - this
startling menace to human liberty. It
is before you and Its INJURIES are felt
by every man but the few easy living
leaders who have by organization Of
the Is per cent Of workmen, threat
ened the complete domination OF the 30
per cent OF unorganiEed citizens.
This fair country has already been
injured hundreds Of millions Of dollars
and its people subjected to countless
scores Of indisnities by the labor trust.
ACT.
We have conspiracy and trust laws.
Write President Roosevelt urging that
ne direct the proper government
officers to do their duty with this most
ruinous of all trusts. then don't for
get your own duty towards the boy
colt, the union label and to organise
your towns for protection.
Read this article over again care
AuA' AA1 c. W. POST.
N. B.-.You ask what motive inspires
me to pay about $4,000 to print this
Experimentation OF freedom" in the var
ious papers in the United States sure
to bring down on me hundreds more
OF coarse, villifying, abusive letters
from labor union thugs and many kind
letters from law-abiding members OF
unions.
The officials OF the labor commits
sioner's office of Michigan say pay
the highest wages In the state for like
work. But will not bow to the comic
opera kings and potentates OF the Ia
Dor unions or allow them to "unionize"
the Postum factories. Therefore they
boycott Postum and Grapefruit.
/ was trained to run my business
and they were not; yet they propose
to and their abuse has been sunscient
to interest me In study Of the fear
full conditions that confront our coun-
try today.
The people Of the world have given
me money enough to spend IN these
talks thru the papers In trying 70
make better and safer conditions TOR
the common people, whether the POST
UNI business runs or not.
Scores Of letters have come to me
from work people and others some
from union men, recounting their SUI
ferings from union domination ana
urging that their cases be laid before
the public.
It will not answer for as TO only
sympathize with the poor. the oppress-
ed, those who haven't power enough to
drive off tyrants and resent oppres-
sion. we must help them tie the hands
OF the oppressors. Americans must
act
Some of my forbears in New Eng
land left comfortable homes, took with
them the old flint locks, slept on the
ground In rain ana frost: hungry, foot
sore and half clothed they grimly
pushed on where the eternal God or
human liberty urged them. They woves
for me and for you mantle OF free.
dom, woven in loom where the shut
ties were cannon balls and bullets ana
where swords were used to PICK our
the tangles in the yarn.
These old. sturdy grandads Of ours
stood by that loom until the mantle
was finished, then. stained with their
life blood it was handed down. to us-
Shall refuse to bear 1t on my shouId-
ers because the wearing costs me few
dollars, and are you towards enough
to hide yours because some foreign
labor union anarchist orders you TO
strip It of? 80.
have faith that the blood OF IT'S
still coursing In your veins will ti1gle
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