The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-04
Proclamation Of Freedom

The feeling seems universal and IS
held by the great general public and by
probably more than half of the unwlll- |
ing members of the unions.
Statistics show about ten "union''
members to every eight hundred citl- |
zens and this small minority undertakes
to rule the rest of us and 1t we don t
obey exactly and quickly they slug,
throw bricks, shoot, cut, dynamite, boy
cot and murder.
BORN WORKERS
Most all Americans were born OF
work people. We know what 1t is to
work and work hard. We are not chill
dren of Dukes, Earls or the idle rlch
and we have an Unborn sympathy Tor
and desire to help along every honest,
peaceable workman. SO merchants, man
ufacturers and all sorts OF employers
who used to work with their hands and
now work harder with their brains to
get together money to pay to those VINO
work with their hands, have, with the
general public, borne patiently many
acts of tyranny ana ABUSE unIh lne
union leaders have become more en-
bo16aned and intoxicated with power.
WANT TROUBLE
They must make trouble in order to
feed their vanity by seeing themselves
show the "Union' that hires them that
Wthere's something DOING So they
order people about, interfere with bus1-
ness. stop street and R. R. ears, build
ing operations, delivery of goods, serv-
ing of meals, delivery OF bread, meat
or even milk necessary to keep babies
alive, and We have been treated to the
borrifving scene of their interfering
with the sacred rite of burial OF the
dead. They have the impudence to IN
terfere in any and every act of life, de-
handing that all movements be made
only according to "the union rule -
Their continued abuses and interference
with the rights of citizens has SO out
ragged the people, that they not only de-
+est the name "labor union' but are
forced to take up the most rigorous ana
eunhatic measures to stop these out
races. and stop this interference with
the movements of the common people.
PEOPLE ANNOYED
When a man wants to go to business
on car, he doesn't want to be toid
+he unions have cited up the line.
When he relies for his dinner on hay
ing the meat, bread and vegetables
delivered, it doesn't set at all well t,
lose his dinner because the unions
had tied up the meat or bread supply,
or the teamsters' union slugged and
driven off the new teamsters that tried
to deliver the goods. His baby needs
milk. but the "milk drivers union
has stopped the isuppdy somt s5 feM CO
must be made for the supremacy OF
labor =,
He tries to paint his own house al
spare times, but the painters unlo1
Moot him, and boycott the paint dealer
and grocer that sells him goods.
A sudden leak of water pipe i
flooding his house and destroying hi
property, but the rules Of the plumb
ers union impose all sorts, Of penalties
if he tries to help the trouble. 50 they
interfere in all sorts OF ways Win tns
pie, making life a burden and man al
abiect slave to the impudent orders
of the labor boss, and these labo
unions know no limit to their eXac
tions and abuses so long as they n, hav'
power to ride down the people. The,
90 the full limit, even to demanding
that the laws of the United States gov
eminent give way to their rules.
A COSTLY BLUNDER
When President Mckinley came t
lay the corner stone of the fedora
building in Chicago Chat the union
had delayed for years and forced there
on an unnecessary cost OF some million
of dollars which had to be paid out 9
the pockets of the common people) b
made the fearful mistake of bowin
his head to the Horders' of the labe
bosses and allowed them to put on h
neck the yoke Of Union Card - b.
fore he was allowed to lift a trow
and lay that corner stone. Ihlnk
it. The chief executive of this go
eminent made to step down from h
eminent position and allow a union DO
to sit there and issue ''orders. Th
one act made the labor unions so dru1
with power and impudent that has co
buildings, depreciation of real esta
and destruction Of property by fire S
BY unions, literally hundreds of m
lions of dollars and many lives.
Is it any wonder the common; peo2p
are sick and tired OF unions. III
White House to discharge printer
cause he wouldn It join union and tn
also ordered him not to ride on certa
R. R. that refused to obey them, b
they found there a wise and brave me-
the real Executive of all the peoI
and not alone of the ten in eight hi
dred or the one thousand who seek
corner the labor market and shut c
the eighty thousand who do not.
He says: "When any labor uni
seeks improper ends or seeks to ACHE
proper ends by improper means all go
clG1ZenS anu more especially oil nun
able public servants must oppose
wrong doing as resolutely as they wol
oppose the wrong doing of any gr'
corporation. Of course, any violen
brutality or corruption should not
one moment be tolerated.
GENUINE TRUST
But here we see genuine trust
labor trust, a combination to sell lax
and this arrogant trust proposes
threats of violence to force people
buy it's commodity.
And why do they block progress, T
vent others from working, separ
themselves from other citizens, h
everyone not in their "union,'
colt and threaten, conduct themsel
as bandits and outlaws and commit
sorts of crimes to force themselves
their one-sided ideas upon people
COST TO CITIZENS
They become criminals in order
force a few cents or dollars extra
of the public.
Then after they have. forced tt
labor on some firms. they refuse to
the work as directed by the emplo
and q strike occurs, a fight to see
they can force the employer to let tt
do the work as they want to and
as he requires it. E@E
The Chicago teamsters refused to
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