The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-04

pendent man at his side and the indig-
mites Of various kinds are numberless
and variegated. Persistent and long
continued harassing generally drives the
independent man to pay the fees and
join the union to relieve himself and
family from the daily. attacks. Then
he often finds that he has jumped from
the frying pan into the fire.
This labor trust is one of the most
serious menaces to our country and its
people, for it's leaders. seeking greater
pushing towards position where they
hope to be able to name the members
of State Legislature, and Congress and,
carried far enough, it can easily be
seen they would expect to elect trust
members from President of the U, s.
on down through all the Offices Such
control would mean that the trust mem
bers fatten off the people, who are not
members of the unions, and, from past
experience, life would not be worth liv-
ing nor could the common man hope to
peace. This is no fancy picture but the
conditions are being pressed and fought
for by the labor trust right here and
now. 49,
There are literally thousands Of splen-
did men, members of unions, who hearth.
ly but silently denounce the acts Of
the anarchists and trouble breeders in
the unions. But what can they dos I
have seen some of the most earnest let
ters from such union men to newspa-
pears appealing to the public to hear
of their slavery. but, when asked if they
would allow the letters printer over
their names, decline for fear of the GER
tain punishment that would be put upon
them by the trust leaders. .'* >E@
One sample will illustrate Otto G.
Heggen, of Des Moines, Ia, a natrra,
lied citizen of Norwegian nativity, ties.
titles in this connection:
Why do I wish to no longer be Cit
zen? he repeated, speaking in slow III.
labored English, with the unmistakabi
Norwegian accent. Because this is tx
longer a free country. An honest ma
who wants to work and support his fam
lily must pay tax to the union. had !;
good job at the Bloomfield mine as black.
smith. Then the miners organized the,
union, and they said must pay tax te
them or else quit my job. .-
believe In freedom. That is why I lef.
the dear old fatherland. I thought tina;
here in America I would have CREATE
rights and that my children and m
children's children would have a bette,
chance, but instead we must take GU.
hard earned dollars and pour them into
the union If they make q strike as
they do so much, I must quit work, Il,
matter If I am content with everything
Maybe I must fight and get killed
It behooves every free workman wht
hopes to preserve his right to work am
support his family, who hopes to hole
o{l ~
every union man who hopes to escape
further tyranny, every merchant wht
hopes to escape the sudden boycott
every farmer who hopes to postpone tn.
day when with wheat or other crop
overripe and spelling he is confronted
with strike and his farm picketed
horses, cows, family and propert,
threatened, and the usual labor trus
warfare set up against, him, and it be
hopes to keep the industries in his com
munity moving and the people Deepen
dent upon them supplied with the nee
essaries of life to join with every othe
citizen for protection to the common in
terest. ~ .-..>.. 49, ..@.
Let every candidate for office b.
watched, and if, when questioned
by the labor trust, he agrees to repre-
sent that trust and its measures il
opposition to the measures of the PEG
pie, remember him. ~.
The man who goes into office pledge.
to any man, corporation. organizatio!
or trust, is lined up against the people
The beef trust congressman or one rep
resenting the oil, railroad or. labo
trust must work for the trust that pu
him there, and whatever advantage
trust gains in the making or executio.
Of laws must be an advantage game!
at the. expense Of the common either
There is no other way for the trust
to fatten and thrive except upon tn
people outside the trust. The labo
trust tries to pass laws to prevent any
ono buying. labor except from member
Of the labor unions, and at any pric
the trust may have power to name
This trust does not ask congress to pas
| a law to prevent employers or commo
: citizens from assau)ting or murderin
labor union members or blowing u
their houses.
Such a law is not necessary to tn
j trust, but it does seek with all it's pow
er to force a law through congress
called the anti-iniunction law, to ii
the hands Of the cuorts, so they canno
issue restraining orderso or "iniune
restraining union men from assaul-
ing citizens or blowing up houses Q
! property.
! Is it not plain they want to be LEI
= free to do those things9
Think for one moment Of the auda,
> ity and desperate lengths to which tn
, labor trust leaders will 90 to terrori7
, and force the public to ttobey.' Wha
foreign squad of bandits would da1
ask for laws to protect thcm in the!
raids on the people9 No man is SAT
: and no family protected with such rio
| and anarchy rampant in our midst.
The public man who will sell himsel
to any trust interest and betray the pc,
/ pie richly deserves the certain defes
0 he will encounter at the polls when h
Z sentiments become known.
4 Demand of your candidate a stat
!, ment that he will stand to represent tl
{ whole people and not simply the fe
Q members of any trust or Organization
9 just SO sure as a pubAc man bows
the labor trust and agrees to do it's vii
= just so sure he deserts the people an
t joins the aliens working to extract exit
= gain from the public. He must /
j, looked at for exactly what he is ar
t 4 the people must elect their own cand
i dates and not trust candidates lie the
9 care to preserve sacred their freedo
+ and peace.