The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17

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d, The OILY place Iii the United States that
3ruarantecs freedom from strikes locx-s
outs and labor warf fare IS Battle Creek -'i,,a4
Mich = S$ a 4 *.
The story? rho wor * people. merchants Ell
ia wyers, octors ana other citizens be- be-
ca ne aroused and ind gnant ut The eff
forts Of the labor uni ons throughout ne
country destroy tie business 1,c OF OF one one
sof our largest ldust ries-t he Postum
Cereal Co. 1t ana q the open reat g.
IL the official union papers that the e,l-
5tire power Of the tional and State Ped
rntlons OF Labor as being 2rou IL u s1o
bea 10 punish industries Of Bat
3tle creek ana part the Postum IN
Co. n
This sprung from tho efus,ll Of 's |.
post TO obey the Of ne. unions NJ
rs VI take II, q Postum a lyertisln g away
from various papers liat efllsea sto ~ IT
cha ge labor ofS the Labor trust union
s Mr.. Post was ordered ito 1o1lSthe unions unions
IL ( heir consplracy " 70 y ruin and put
out 81 bus ness hese publisher yWho
had worked faithfully for him for Yeas,
and helped build I: Ihey
bad done no tong had found ~ IL IL
convenient and against tl,etrsd be udgT
me,t to- buy labor of the llbors trust +
seems a rule Of the unionsst g Gonsl'ire g
ruin anyone who does not purcllas Sc rom
them! upon their own terms.
An Ink maker or pa per- who ia Il
ed rs sell ink paper would Il ~ Tie Tie.
same reason 10 order Post Ito help ruin lll
these publis hers. So he pcddlller In IN ne
street. might stone you f}you I 70
buy Ills apples: the cabnans to ~ run over
vo,, " YOU refused to ride With him Zine ne
: {, 3 y. sord az the manu- facturey3to dis
Echa ruo certain people because they q ~
not ia tronize him, and IA so NJ onto tlls
IfrIdlculous ana yiiinnous ss limit Of al K
l{this boycott nonsense, inc trying 81 g
| force people TO buy what Z he 10 not not,
want W re- NJ hi V.
IL d mani has labor to- le MIN sell
ut tho best price he can sc Just az
would sci iwheat but he has ilg ~ :; -
even intimate that lie Wlll opstFu Wy "
business. 6r attemp its ruin because ne
owner Will not purchase Of M nl.2is8 sisi!
The unions have become 50 Il yranno VS.
ana arrogant with thcllI despotisn 4 hat a
common citizen who has some time %
snare and innocently thinks he has y
right Is nut u little paint on his own
house finds he must have ! hut epalnt
taken off @ and put on "a aln 4 By he
union J. or ali sorts Of dire things happen
to him, his employer Is ordered to dis "
charge him, his grocer is boycottedE II he
furnishes him supplies, his n family fol-
loved and 4 insulted and his Il y fc maxi
more miserable than that OF ~ black slave
before the war. II he drives q nail sto
repair tho house Or barn the carpenters
|G,union" hounds him. s Zig takes q, Pipe
wrench To stop d leaking pipoE and i'rt.-
Vent damage to his property and the
plumbers .'unionY does things To- liim.
He cannot put u little mortar to q loose
trlcl, onSl,Is chimney or the brlcklayors',
pln 81 erers OF. hod carriers union Is w
[ in arms. md II he cnrclessly ca tsga lonf
OF bread tia has no union" label on It,
the bakers t'union, procee to make life
miserable for him, ii ,3}s Is
SO the white slave Is tied hand and
foot unable to lift q hand 10 better hin-
self or do the ncedful Ef tllln gs,E without
first obtaining permission rom some
naughty. Ignorant and abusive tyrnnt 81
some Dor union, III Ell
1t would all seem rather like n qomic
opera, if 1T did not rob people of their
freedom; that kind Of work will not 5loc
|3permltted long In Anerlca, N
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the labor trust in8the last few yea rs, to
bring themselves money and 20 er, ana
by managing workmen have succeeded
4In#making It possible for them to lay
down tho law IN some cities and force
work mon and citizens to ''obey' lmplcit-
~. stripping them right and left Of their
| liberties, n x y 5}l 81 IA 5 ~ II n
They have used boycoltng, pcketIng,
ss,,,its, dynamitng Of property s and
murder to enforce their orders and rule
1.-The people, They hIlve gone far enough
TO order the president to remove certain
citizens from office because the unions
! weren't pleased. E Y, ri SS q 4.
That means they propose to make no
! law Of the unions, replace he la W OF MS
government and the union leaders doml-
mate even tile chief teXecut iye,E Il
rms Is d government Of and tor me
neople and no organization or trust shall
IItdIsplace 1T. nut the unions try Y every
now and then. led by desperate men as
shown ii, their Defiance NJ "a ~ and sup
port OF breakers, y
I3lrhe ,.union' record 81 Assault erin =,
lining Of men and even women and achil'
dret,, destructiop Of property and m wider
81 American citizens during tue past two
years rs perhaps ten ines he volume
|srIme ana bllses perpetra tied by SLAVE !,