The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

table, drive teams, deliver milk or work
as nachinist, blacksmith. moulder, car
penter, painter. typesetter, pressman,
cigarmaker, paperhanger, or do any
other form of work without permission
of the labor crust and paying money to
support his leaders. Observe, I say
where the trusts strong enough and 1t
is daily striving to get strong enough
in places where it is yet too weak to
rule. It even has hoo carriers union
and a horse leaders, union to federate
with other slaves among the uniolT Zed
doctors and grand opera singers. The
punishment of refractory members or
citizens who dare assert their personal
rights includes attacks on funeral pro-
cessions, and at times the hearse is
overturned and the poor dead body OF
a loved mother or child thrown cruelty
into the street and the sorrowing mourn
ers viciously attacked and driven from
the solemn rites conducted for their
loved ones IN the last and final fare
we'll
These are a few of the many indigni-
ties and tyrannies heaped upon the COM
mon American citizen in this present
day slavery of the labor trust, a slav-
cry more widespread and irksome, with
more assaults upon citizens, more OPP
preston, more property destroyed, and
more murders committed than during
the period of negro slavery, which SO
people that in the settlement of the
question millions of lives and hundreds
of millions of property were sacrificed.
All that to free the African while the
latter-day slavery manaeles the hands
of the white free-bOrn American.
Think OF the condition under which
thousands of our citizens are forced,
against their viii. to pay money to join
the unions, and to obey blindly the
orders of the leaders to stop work when
told, helpless to earn the little money
needed by wife and children for 1oods
clothing and fuel. helpless to maintain
their manhood and self-respect, bowling
and crushed until the suicides caused by
utter despair, has mounted up to an
appalling list
Why don't the people rise in their
might and free themselves from TINS
monster, someone induires2
Let US look at the facts and see.
Some years ago there arose God
given inspiration for the wage Garner
to better his condition, and the Synapa-
thy of the whole people went out tow
ards the movement. Organization TO
mass power seemed requisite and trade
unions came into being, their early mo-
tives being pure. They must have leat-
ers, improvements began to appear n
better sanitary conditions. better hours
and better wages. Then the leaders
began to demand large salaries and
finally TO wiring graft from the menu
DGIS ana from GlnD4Oy6IS- 4iltit dbT
peared the intoxication of power; the
leader found that hts slightest word
must be obeyed, and in order to en-
force 1t he must rule by terrorism and
absolute slavery methods. Money IN
great sums must be raised and the
procedure seemed simple. Hire agita-
tors and organizers on a commission
basis. Send an organizer into any dis
trict even where workmen are we'll
paid and contented. Seek out a few
hot heads and wild talking individuals
easy to find IN any community. Join
them in a meeting make some inf1anl-
natory speeches, tell them how they
are abused and that labor creates all
Urge them to make other workmen dis
satisfied, and in a few days q nucleus
is formed like q small snowfall which
only needs q little rolling to grow rap
march to a factory ana call on TIE
workmen to drop their tools join the
union" and go on strike.
Some steady heads demur and say
they have good positions and good pay
Waylay such a man on his way homo.
argue and persuade him to join The
union and strike. Call him 'scab' Il
he refuses, boot and jeer at him, throw
chase and harass him. Have crowd
call on his grocer and tell him he viii
be boycotted If he furnishes that
scab" any goods same to the clothier,
butcher and coal man. Notify his
friends not to associate with him. in
struct the children to chase his and
terrorize them going and coming from
school. Notify his employer that All
other workmen will quit and boycott
his goods II he don't discharge that
scab.' About that time this mart "
begins to feal that it Is terrible price
to pay for his standing up for the free
dom and liberty guaranteed him by the
constitution Of his fathers and his
o-ff
he be the one bravest man out Of q
hundred brave men he win yield and
bow his neck to the yoke Of the labor
trust, an absolute slave crushed and
helpless. From that time he is sub
ject to orders" he dare not disobey,
while occasional fines OF from $1,000 10
$4,000 are assessed against him by 1.-The
union" to punish him and incidental
" fatten the pocAetbooks Of the lead
erz.
Thousands and tens of thousands Of
high grade American workmen are in
that condition of helpless slavery to-
day and they curse. but bow.
Give them a chance and they would
free themselves. but the skillful or
ganfzation set up ana ruled by the
paid leaders is powerful enough to
keep them properly tanned"
Thus we see 8 movement started
with high and noble purpose, drifted
into the hands Of designing men who,
having discovered the volume of power
put in their hands, use it for personal
ends talking loud about the wrongs
of labor etc, etc, while fastening
the chains tighter and tighter on the
arms of that labor.
They quickly discover the necessity
Of forcing all workmen to join the
trust so the leaders can secure the
monthly contributions and also gov
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see the most aggravated forms of on
preston and tyranny. daily pressure
and annoyance is applied by one work
man to the independent man at his
side and the indignities of various
kinds are numerless and varfeEated.
Persistent and long continued harass-
ing generally drives the independent
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