The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-07-26
LABOR IN THE SOUTH
Child Murder is Called "Free and
Independent Labor"
The Conditions are a Disgrace to Mod
ern Civilization and the Ameri-
can Flag.

''There is no IgaiuSayins the fact
That III the South labor is free and
independent, and that it is to this
fact more than any other that
Southern industries are i'm n fiou,-
lshlng condition. In the North and
East the walking delegate and his
followers have so annoyed employ
ers that many of them have almost
lost hope of ever maintainin1
peaceful relations with their em7
ployes. That this is true is shown
In the expressed determination of
several Eastern cotton-milI men to
transfer their interests to the South
rather than longer submit to the
arbitrary methods Of the labor or
CARNATIONS. They feel that down
here they will not be ut the mercy
OF agitators who live by incitinr
troubles between employee and EN-.
ployer. They have found, by OBJ
servation and inquiry, that much
OF the success of the Southern mill
men is directly attributable to the
freedom of their employees from
unlonlsm, and they are shrewd
enough to take advantage of the
fact. No fair-mindcd employer
wants to see labor deprived of its
just rewards, for contented and
well-paid employees bring profit to
themselves and to their EMPLOYER.
but the methods pursued by the
unions in many Northern and
Eastern industrial centers breed
dissatisfaction among employers
and bring want and penury to
labor"
The paper that gives utterance
to the above hypocrisy is supposed
to be one of the representative
newspapers of the South. The
writer of the article is, Judging
from the style of it, an educated
man. AS an educated man he
knows that the labor conditions of
the South, especially in the textile
industry, are Il disgrace to modern
civilization. 1t is Il stencil i'm the
noStrlls of all decent people, and
cries aloud to heaven in its gross
iniquity. 1t is so vile that when
TINS country went into mysteries
over the kishnif' outragcs, Russia
plainly lntimated that IL govern
that permitted a system of child
murder such as prevailed in the
cotton factories Of the South, was
living i'll glass house and had no
business to throw stones.
In these hell holes of the South
little children from six wears up.
are forced to labor at the loom
twelve hours per day, and the
looms never stop, for as soon as
one set of babies are through an
other shift is put on. These Door
tots stumble from the factory TO
bed, and from bed to the factory.
and for wages that will scarce keep
their little souls and bodies togeth-
er; and this horror is permitted in
a So-cllled Christian community.
Christian church Steeples pierce
the sky i'll all directions and i'm the
pulpits are supposed followers of
Him who said, "Suffer little chill
dren to come unto me. for such is
the Kingdom of Heaven"
Every effort has been made to
improve these frightful conditions.
When this was done through at
tempts to organize, the organizers
were met with shot guns and
notices to quit the country within
twenty -foar honrs on pain of death.
Numerous authentic instances could
be cited. When it was attempted
through legislation the beneficiar-
les of the system had no difficulty
in pigeonholing such bills.
MI, L., r,t.,