Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-04-12
UNCLE GID'S LETTER.

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I am union man, have good clothes
and good principles and | had rather
wear patched pants than to give up my
rights and privileges to any company.
Our fathers fought the British and
devilish Torys bare-footed and half
naked to gain American liberty and
freedom. Some have little enough
sense as to think it is contest for jobs
and wages. Are you foolsY Don't
you known Haven't you sense enough
to know that we could all be at work
if we would surrender our rights as
collective bodyr Haven't they tried to
persuade the men to go to work and
they would gradually get rid Of the
scabs9 That what they called for the
committee to come to Nashville for
We don't propose to sneak in and un-
dermine any one. We could do that
easy and would if we were unprinci-
pied. An honorable settlement is all
we ask. No sneaking subterfuge. l
do know, from the tone of some of the
letters that intelligence is very limit
ed on what is written. If was tory
to American liberty would hate to let
people know was such fool and so
Ignorant.
It's not question of wages or jobs
but one of privileges. Keep surrend-
ering your rights and you will soon
have none and they will pretty soon
dictate how you must vote and what
church you must join. A right once
lost is hard to get back and if you fool
ish, silly people don't realize the dan
ger you are in in obeying the money
power, you had better wake up. Just
such people as you are holding in
check the good that might come to you
if you would do differently. Study the
subject seriously. You ought to be as
much interested as am in your wei.
fare. We have plenty to eat and when
you quit your meanness you will not
suffer We live better than non-union
people do. These filings at patched
britches, ETC., does no good. We are
contending for our liberty and oul
privileges. Durn the jobs and wages
Our rights are worth more to us thar
either. We are a liberty loving sci
and all the tories and scabs can't make
us give them up. We aim to keep oul
union and do business through it. Sex
if we don't. Liberty first, last and al
the time. We aim to whip or nevel
strike another lick for the company
Some of our enemies are going. Goot
bye, Liza Jane! Our union womel
are helping the good work forward
No injunction against them and Sail,
is the gal for me. Blood hounds II
trail up scabs! High diddle diddle, tn
cats in the fiddle, they run by tn
light of the moon. The old bloc,
hounds lost the scent and took the trai
J of coon. The beaters got beat an
: I'm glad,
Some of our home scabs are reporte
quitting the company. Glad to hea
it.
Our friend, DR.. Jones. of Chattanoc
ga, objects to preachers affiliating wit
labor unions. Well, he is smart ma
but if union men are as big devils a
some say they are, they need preacher
enough to kick the devil out. Vel
, Dr., If you are too good to affiilat
with the union men, we don't cart
but we would like to have good men i
our ranks all the same. You like ou
money and our presence in your house
of worship but you can't condescen
to visit our good for nothing labor III
ions and homes. UNCLE GID.