Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-06-13
Wants Consolidation of Unions.

Editor News: As | have not seen
anyone writing on the question of un-
ion and how it could be successful, |
will try to give some views on a mat
ter in which all labor can be benefit
ted, and really the only way that | can
see that labor can ever be successful.
Look at the laboring class all over the
world and see how many different or
ganiZations there are among them.
Railroad men, molders, carpenters,
teamsters, furnace men, machinists,
and lumber workers all have unions
As for the farmers can't take time to
mention all of the different organiZa
tions. Now, / say that all must come
into one body and have consolidated
union instead of being divided. Then
if the railroad men, or any other
branch of the union could not get the
scale price, shut everything down un-
til the price is paid. Organize the
farmer and farm laborers. Let all un-
ions come together and then you will
never hear a company say, 1--WE will
| not work union men, for they will
know that the railroad men will not
pull coal dug by nonunion men, and il
the railroad companies say they will
not work union men, the union can
| shut down all the works. Then they
would have to leave the engines in the
shed. The farmer makes the corn
and wheat, cotton, potatoes and hay.
Everything that he makes goes in the
| hands of the trusts made up of men
who never sweated drop in their lives
from labor, but sit back enjoying in
come from all labor. There are men
that say they believe in union princi-
pies. If they do why don't they buy
goods with the union label on them in
stead of buying goods that are made
by trust?
1t is high time that labor should look
out and help labor and not the trusts.
You cannot get sack of flour unless
it has passed through the hands of two
or three who get profit on it, and the
profit comes out of labor Is this
right? No, it is not. Well, then, il
it is not right, lett stop it right here,
and have a united union. Let us al
throw in and have our own mills anG
stores. Buy no goods except thost
that have the union label on them.
belonged to the farmers and laborers
union in Lincoln county until they LEI
it die out 1t was a good thing for al
labor and it is coming again. Push Il
up, boys Roll every wheel at thu
same time.
want the officers of the 10Th distric
to take hold and let's have a united
union of all labor, and then you cal
see who will come on top. Howeve
as long as labor is cut up in SO man,
unions it is no good, and if they d.
not all unite they had better give wha
money that is in the treasury to tn
widows and orphans, and not ride !
out on the train and smoke it up.
don't see why John Mitchell, the pres
ident of the u. M w. of A., can't Sc
the point, as smart man as he is
when fool like me can see that it i
the only one to hit at The none,
power wants the people separated int
: different unions so they can handl
them. The president of the farmers
and laborers' union of Tennessee, J. L
Montgomery, Greenfield, Tenn, ough
, to be smart enough to know that all la
Dor must come together. Work TO
this and you will come on top. | al
a union man all over, but l see tina
something has to be done or else union
ism is dead All National officer
should take hold and come together a
one. Let all write to the officers an
, ask for consolidated union, made u
of all unions, or quit, one or the Other
If | am not right say so and make m
think so, and | will be suck tn
rest of my days.
l am for right and good will to al
! 1t is my policy to help those that nee
help, that we may be rewarded for :
doing. hope to hear from others o
this subject, but do not be like ths
Texas man, if a man has no horse {
COW not let him own any land. Let
help him get the horse and COW thu
he may produce something for h
+ children, and God will pay us twi(
: the amount we help him. Take yor
Bible for it. God help us all to {
) right. s. p. SAMPLY.
Tatesville, Tenn.
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