The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-03-16

The only place IN the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes,
lockouts and labor warfare is Battle
Creek. Mich.
The story? The work people. mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors and other cit-
zens became aroused and indignant al
the efforts OF the labor unions through
out the country TO destroy the busi-
ness OF one OF our largest industries
Me Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, and at the
open threats in the official union pa
pers that the entire power OF the Ma
tional and State Federations of Labor
was being brought 10 bear 10 punish"
the Industries OF Battle Creek. and
particularly the Postum Co.
This sprung from the refusal OF c.
w. Post to 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
unions in their conspiracy to ruin
and put out of business these pub
| fishers who had worked faithfully for
him for years and helped build up his
| business They had done no wrong.
but had found 1t inconvenient and
against their best judgment to buy
labor of the labor trust. 1t seems a
rule Of the unions to conspire to ruin
anyone who does not purchase from
them upon their own terms.
An inkmaker or papermaker who
failed TO sell ink or paper would have
| hn 4n rln
ruin these publishers. So the ped.
dler I'm the street might stone you If
you refused to buy his apples; the
cabman to run over you il you refused
to ride with him; the grocer order the
manufacturer to discharge certain
people because they did not patronize
him. and so On to the ridiculous and
villainous limit of all this boycott
nonsense, in trying to force people TO
buy what they do not want.
II a man has labor to sell let h'u
sell II az the pest pTrUc Ilv Nau 50 sust
as he would sell wheat, but he has no
right to even intimate that he Will OBJ
struct the business, or attempt its ruin
because the owner will not purchase
of him.
The unions have become so tyran-
nous and arrogant with their despot-
ism that a common citizen who has
some time to spare and innocently
thinks he has right 10 put little
paint on his own house finds he must
have that paint taken OFF and put on
again by "the union" or all sorts of
dire things happen TO him, his EN-
ployer is ordered to discharge him, his
grocer Is hoycotted If he furnishes
him supplies, his family followed and
insulted and his life made more mis-
erable than that of a black slave be-
fore the war, II he drives nail 10
! repair the house or barn the carpen'
ters union" hounds him He takes a
/, pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe
! and prevent damage TO his property
and the plumbers union" does things
to him. lie cannot put little mortar
to loose brick on his chimney OF
the bricklayers', plasterers' or hod
carriers union" is up in arms. and il
he carelessly cats loaf of bread that
has no union" label on II the bakers
union" proceeds to make life mioer
able for him
SO the white slave is tied hand anC
foot, unable TO lift q hand to bette,
/ himself or do the necdful things, with
out first obtaining permission from
some naughty, ignorant and abusive
tyrant OF some labor union.
Il would all seem rather like a conf,
opera il II did not rob people OF theil
freedom; that kind Of work will no
be permitted long in America.
Some smooth managers have bull
up the labor trust in the last few
? years, 10 bring themselves money anC
power and by managing workmen
have succeeded In making IL possibl,
for them 20 lay down the law in som,
cities and force workmen and citizens
: to "obey" implicitly, stripping then
: right and left of their liberties,
They have used boycotting. picket
ing, assaults. dynamiting of property
and murder TO enforce their orders an,
rule the people They have gone IA
enough TO order the President TO re
move certain citizens from office he
cause the unions weren't pleased.
That means they propose to MAKE
the law OF the unions replace the Law
OF this government and the union lead
ers dominate even the chief Execu
tive.
This is a government OF and for tb,
people and no organization or trus
shall displaco il. But the unions tr,
II every now and then, led by desper
ate men as shown in their defiance o
law and support of lawbreakers.
The union" record of assaults
Gripping OF men and even women an,
ohildrcn. destruction Of property an,
murder Of American citizens durln,
the past two years is perhaps te.
times the volume OF crime and abus,
perpetrated by slave owners durin,
any two years previous TO the ciyi
war. We are in a horrible period o
lethargy, which permits US TO stant
idly by while our American citizens
are abused, crippled and murdered II
dozens and hundreds by an organiza
ton or trust. having for its purpose