The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-10-10
LABOR TRUST HELD
WORSE Than REBATES

Battle Creek, Mich, Oct. 9.-President C.
w. Post, addressing the annual conven-
ton of the National Citizens association
here today said in part:
You, the citizens are owners of the en-
tire community and must elect or appoint
all public servants. Therefore the people
themselves are the employers and the cit
liens who are selected for public service
are the employees. / warn you to care-
fully observe the acts of your public serv-
ants and see that those servants never
forget they are employed to carry out the
wishes OF the community and not to man.
age affairs to suit themselves.
Ii is manifestly a much greater restraint
of trade, annoyance and loss to the people
for the labor trust leaders to tie up a rail-
way and prevent travel and shipments,
then It is FOR the oil trust to obtain from
rebates not enjoyed by its com
petitor for this last is simply a peaceful
scrap between business men.
we have laws to punish these men who
bring disaster. loss and suffering upo
an entire community, and we must de.
niand acton by our pubic prosecuting OF.
ncers In such cases.
Public epsilon is the ultimate ruler in
America, and the man who has the right
on his side, and can let the people know 1t,
will win. To apply this practically a well
organized Citizens ASSOCIATION should have
question cannot be decided between en-
plcSer and employees submit 1t to the COM
rn-ttee of citizens who are Infinitely bet
ter fitted to know what the local condi-
tons are and what - lion will bring the
greatest benefit. This plan educates the
people to right thinking and prevents de.
struction of industries which may repre-.
sent the very life blood of the place. Our
work people need and demand protection
from the designing or impetuous men who
rush into strikes. tie up industries, and
by mob rule bring distress upon the whole
community. There IS a far better way to
operate under control of the citizens
rather than labor unions.
A good Illustration is shown in Battle
Creek. where for years, during the troubl.
Gus times in various trade centers infected
with labor union.sm, this community sol
idly IN favor of high wages and good
treatment, has gone on prosperously. The
work people in Battle Creek are the rich
est in Michigan as a result of keeping out
labor union management. This is shown
by over 10000 savings accounts in a town
of 25,0G0 people and from the fact that most
Battle Creek Workmen own their own
homes, are out Of debt and nave money al
interest thus making them combined
Observation-Disclosures, the perfection OF
ideal citizens.
1t is a startling condition which con-
fronts onr workingmen and citizens at the
present day. We as people manage to
graduate a great many lawyers, doctors.
ana professors, but practically no artisans.
Il is the work of the National Citizens
Industrial association to help the com
mon man, the average citizen to protect
OF any organization which seeks to wrest
from the people their God-given and con-
stitutional right TO govern themselves. AL
ways following a free people comes hate
and tyranny seeking like evil spirits to
control and subjugate. This is as it was in
olden days when our ancestors sought the
dangers Of the sea in the old Mayfower,
and oraved the beasts of the forest and
the more savage Indian rather than SUBJ
NIT to prostltuting their liberties to thu
dictates OF hate and tyranny.