The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-31
Advocates of Open Shop
Caught in Nasty Work

John MacIntyre, secretary of the
United Typothetae of America;
Charles Stillings, ex-secretary Of the
New York Typothetae and now public
Printer, and several other "open shop"
advocates and se1f-constituted guar
dians of Industrial freedom and lib
erty, have been caught with the goods
on them. These eminent gentlemen
organized a company to exploit pat
ent medicine, the purpose of which no
decent newspaper could print in de-
tail. The advertisement of such nos
trums is prohibited by law, but this
company had its publicity bureau
guided by the wise council of a man
of great legal attainments, and he
seems to have made it possible to
avoid the law to great extent AS
near as The Wageworker can explain,
the medicine compounded by the de-
lectable bunch of guardians of indus
trial freedom was claimed to be a
sure means of carrying out the race
suicide campaign SO strenuously op-
posed by President Roosevelt. They
organized a company under the laws
of West Virginia for the purpose Of
manufacturing drug to be used with
criminal intent and purpose. The
medicine was put up in tablet form
and called a "herb remedy" The
criminal nature of the medicine was
indicated by a caution" so worded
as to broadly inform the buyer that it
was a race suicide preparation
Plainly speaking, the caution" was to
the effect that under certain condi-
tions the medicine should not be used
by the woman purchasing it.
Complain was made to the postal
authorities and at once decoy order
for the medicine was sent to the COM
pany headquarters. The tablets were
sent to the decoy address and prompt
ly receipted for by government
agent. The medicine, together with
the skilfully worded advertisements
of the company, was filed with the
postofice and legal departments. The
Eastern Laborer says that Public
Printer Stillings was sent for and
questioned. At first, it is said, he de-
and branded the charge as one trump
ed up by some discharged employees
of the government printing Office. The
post Office department refuses access
to his final statement, so it's exact
text can not be given.
| 1t is said that Mr.. Stillings, after
admitting that he had been one Of the
incorporators, declared that he had
withdrawn from the company on being
appointed public printer and that he
had never known the nature Of its
business. To controvert this, it is said,
evidence has been obtained to show
that he did not transfer his stock until
the middle of July last year, when, 1t
is said, he became alarmed because a
fight was being made because of his
administration of the government
printing Office.
The case dragged along during the
last months of Postmaster-General
| Cortelyou's administration, Those
who were investigating it could get
no satisfaction from the inspector
Office
eve are investigating" 'There has
beeen no decision yet" These were
the stereotyped answers they received
On every hand there we're evidence
that political pressure was being
brought to bear. or a time the one
idea was to keep the scandal from
the president.
/ A few weeks ago additional evidence
of most startling nature-that the
nostrum had actually been peddled
about the government printing office
was brought to the notice of the
post office department in letter
which read:
"W.- J. Vickery. Chief Inspector Post
Office Department, Washington
D. c.:
I'm regard to the matter of the Ma
tive Herb Remedy Company, Of Boil
var. w. Va, wish to call your atten
ttion to the fact, which has lately come
to my knowledge, that Oliver c. Terry
late of the Government Printing Office
now Of the Bureau of Engraving ani
Printing. was the first and principa
agent to handle the proof tablet nos