The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-25
SOME TAILOR SHOP SOCIOLOGY

came into the world and has enjoyed
life and protection from harm
through youth and far into maturity.
His actions are at least a poor rec
ommendation for his intelligence.
There is a class of men and women
that believes that man who does
his sworn duty and enforces the law.
is in some manner or other their en-
envy or the enemy of laboring men.
Such persons may be sincere and
may mean well in their unintelligent
way. but their ignorance of history
is so garing that their opinions are
worth very little ana hardly need
be considered. One need but look
back to the days of the Reign of Ter
ror and Commune in France, as well
as various spurts of the rule or an
archy, to know how much civiliza-
ton would amount to without or
ganized society and police protection
for peaceable citizens. From the
time this free government was form
ed until now, il has been the lot and
duty of some good men to fight for
and give protection to the homes of
others Sometimes it has been in
war; a, other times in peace. There
have always been men who have
worn the uniforms of their states or
their country. on American soil, and
for what? For the protection of
such men as this ignorant Carson
tailor in the pursuit of their peace
full occupations of mending clothes,
building houses. tilling the soil or
working in mines. What would Texas
have been without the self sacrafic-
ing work of the state rangers, who
for many years battled valiantly with
outlaws, thieves and other enemies
of society that menaced the lives and
liberties of the people of the Lone
Star state? What would the whole
west have been but for the vast in
fluence of the very same rangers and
similar bodies of men, who either
under state. national or vigilante con-
troll, have made this particularly
free part of the land of freedom safe
from those who shoot and kill for
money or thirst for the blood of
men. women and children?
But for the very sort of men that
asked in a gentlemanly and perfect
ly proper way for the tailor to alter
his uniform, and was insulted in re-
ply, this nation would not be a safe
place of abode, and Nevada would
still be the wilderness that ii was
before the arrival of Kit Carson.
Nor is the tailors idea one of
for organized labor.
There is no law abiding man. either
as labor unionist or citizen, who
wishes to see this country without
protection to life and property. The
labor unionist who opposes public
safety and men to enforce it, is not
a friend of labor, but its worst en-
envy. Such men may say that police
are not wanted because labor intends
to make no trouble. II was claimed
at Goldfield when the very disturb
ance that caused the formation of
the state police arose, that there was
no danger of trouble and the most
vehement protests against the pres
ence of troops went forth. If there
was no danger of trouble, why pro-
test against the presence of troops
or police? Men who intend to abide
the law never care or even take no.
tice of whether or not police or sol
diers are present or far away. Men
who never break the law, and have
no such thing in mind. never know
whether a policeman is at hand or
mile away IL Is the one who has
evil in his mind who protests against
the presence of the men who might
prevent deeds of cowardice, dark
ness or crime.
The same rules that apply to the
actions of men as individuals, also
apply TO them as members of unions
or of unions as whole. Law abid-
ing unions are like law abiding men.
They never know nor care whether
or not soldiers are near, except where
there is danger of trouble and then
they prefer the soldiers.
1t is one of the pieces of babyish-
ness OF anarchistic unions, and pos
sibly thoughtlessness on the part of
others. that they use and possibly
pull and actually beg and plead for
guardians of peace to be kept away
that they may declare strikes and
boycotts and do the very things which
they know if not against the law are
at least against the peace, safety and
we'll being of the community. Still
more amazing is the fact that politi
clans are to be found in every city,
town and hamlet, who will wilfully
conspire with and plead for such men
to have the chance, demanding the
absence of police, that they may
break the law, shoot and kill or de-
stroy property. Take away the sup
port of tinhorn politicians from law
defying labor unionists and give the
support and good citizenship to law
abiding unionists. and three-fourths
of the troubles would never occur.
Il won't do no work for men like
YOU shouts the Carson ignoramus.
That is his privilege. He has the
right to refuse to do any work at
all, and If he wants to he can go back
to the boys of Ireland whence he
came and cease TO be disgrace to
the millions of progressive and law
abiding Irishmen ON American soil
who are making America both peace
full and great .-Tonopah Sun