Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-09-24
PARKWAY DAVID'S LETTER
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Editor News:
suppose by this time everybody in
the surrounding country is aware of
the fact that the miners at Coalmont
have declared the strike at that place
off, in which case clears the mountain
up so far as the organization is con-
cerned, in which there have been, if
reports are true, some thirty odd men
victimized or refused work or boycott
ted. if you please. You see, when the
miners would place a mine on the I'M
fair list it is called "boycotting' and
thus the courts have denounced boycott
ting, but when a company puts man
or set of men on the unfair list, and
so reports them to other companies for
miles around so that they cannot get
work anywhere, there is but very lit
tie said about it, and if anything, it is
usually called ''victimizing, but it S
nothing more or less than boycotting,
but the courts are never bothered with
it.
Now, dear readers, | believe | stat
ed in one of my letters previous to this
that the organization was dormant
and handicapped until it could do no
good, and since we realize the fact
that the organization cannot put up a
fight that will last longer than twelve
days, that don't lack much of substan-
tiating my assertion.
Now, boys, if you want the organic
alton any more, which am sure you
do, the first thing to do will be to 60
to the ballot box and put men into
Office that are friendly to labor and
then you will stand some chance, but
alas l am afraid that the majority
in this country have such thick skulls
that their brains can never be reached
through their skull. We will have to
go in at their stomach and of course it
will take coal operators to do that, and
/ don't think it will be long. You
may look out, Rube, there are sever
al places running regular time now.
That only campaign booster, the
panic is not over yet, in my estima-
ton. All the best places in the south
west and Indiana, | understand, have
shut down You needn't think be-
cause you are getting regular work
that it will last always. You had bet
ter not pay so much attention to these
fellows who pat you on the back and
say, ''Whoop her up, boys, we are 60
ing to have a full dinner pail now and
pay more attention to your own vel
farle and go to the ballot box and vote
for the man or set of men who pledge
themselves to stand by you. Just
think how nice it would be to have
men in office that would make and en-
force laws that would permit the la
boring people to belong to an organiza
tion of their own choice. just think
how well the operators are organized.
Why, when strike is called at ONT
place, it doesn matter what state i
is in, they will shift their contracts
from one place to another, and on,
company will furnish men to breal
the strike at another place, and all thi
comes about by being organized, bu'
you, Mr.. One Gallus, are not permit
ted to belong to an organization anC
all this is due to the fact that yol
have the wrong fellow in Office. tt
time, think, Rubes, that you wer
waking up to sense of your duty
Do away with the liquor traffic and in
stall in its stead emancipation. &c
it in shape that every man can owl
his own job. and until you do that yo1
will never be free people. Nor
Anon" got pretty close to the caus
when he said st is a contest between
private interest and public interest.
If he had just added public owner
ship of all the tools that create wealt
in abundance and emancipation" h
would have hit the nail on the head
a He says it was discovered centurie
ago by "A few but today there ar
+ thousands of them that see it and ar
) striving to that end, and trying to ed
} cate the people so that they will quit
! voting for what they don't want an
vote for what they want, even if the
{ never get it.
PARKWAY DAVID.