The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-09

away--especially those who have been with us from the start l do not be- Hove that you can get better jobs or d more appreciative old man But this old man cannot stand everything The savings of life or hard work are in this concern. and all the fun he can | get out of it is to run it his own way | with due regard for the rights Of oth- | CTS. He always has worked more than eight hours d day, and always expects 1 to.
 "If the officers of labor union run | this concern. some ono else VIII own IL Thereafter the foreman works for the owners. and not for the union; i.
 Now, the whole thing sinners down
 You say to us--shut down this plant another hour per day. pay. the same wages that you do now. and place the conduct of the shop in the hands of our strike.
 We say to you've insist on our right to run our own concern nine hours per day. run an open shop, and employ whom we please. If that Is the issue. go ahead--Ne will fight"
 This Is the position that all employ CTS ought to take and adhere to, for the demands of unionism canpot be forever allowed. As The New York Post puts it:
 Not simply does 1t claim to dic- tate in regard to wages. apprentices. machinery, output. etc. but is rapidly extending its sway over other depart ments. so that in some instances the proprietors cannot discharge a report CT or hire skilled proof-reader or dispense with the services of dra- matic critic without first consulting the magnates of the Union. This is one reason why the press of the country should take dAnn interest this strike of the Typographical Union. It is a contest between freedom and ty- rsnny in the whole printing trade If for liberty all round. The newspapers that arc union ridden may hope to strike off some of their galling shack the next thing will be the closed mouth: for it may not be long before the Typographical Union. once able to say in what way opinions shall De to decide what opinions 1t will allow to be printed at all
 But there is still another grave charge to be brought against organized unions and that Is that the matter is getting into the churches. One of the obligations taken by a member of the New York Typographical Union is that he shall consider his fidelity to that organization superior to amy al- legiance that he may now or hereafter owe to any other organization, social. political or religious secret or other wise" In plain words he swears that neither church nor State shall inter- fere with his allegiance to his union. It is not to be wondered at that a Cath ollie priest read that oath to his con- gregation and announced that mo per- son subscribing to it could, in his par ish, share in the sacraments of the church.
 Is it not a shameful as well as lamen- table condition of affairs to exist in an alleged free country? Is it not time that free employers all over the coun- try should unite in the determination to put down an oath bound organiza- tion which bids fair. to abrogate liberty of thought as we'll as freedom of ac- tion?
 Unless unionism Inodifies its demands and abates it's intolerance the time is coming when armed resistance to its exactions will be the only solution of the matter.