Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-03-12
UNIONISM.

Editor News: | win try to answer
the question that True Blue' asked
me.
First | will take up unionism. I'm
ionism means love TO God and one an
other. 1t means to aid and assist your
fellow men in every way you can to-
wards making living. Love your
fellow men. Do unto all men as you
would have them do unto you. Now,
you said Uncle Blue" and Short
Stop" were saving at each other.
Short Stop" came along and threw
down the gap and "Uncle Blue" laid
it up. "Short Stop" did not come out
and say that Uncle Blue" preached
lies, but he came so near it he knew
what he meant. "Uncle Blue" did
criticise "Short Stops unionism.
He said he believed in unionism if it
was the right kind. There is only one
kind and that is the undefiled. As it
does not mean abuse it ought to be
practiced by all men and not only un-
ion men.
Now, | want to say to you that when
the union men were working at Whit
we'll and depending on a settlement
with the I. @. |. Co., and the com
pany declared open shop work, and the
union called strike to defend labor,
was it uniOnism for the strike break
ers to go in the mines and take the
places of these union men, who had
toiled and labored to get wages up and
get two week. pay? No, there is no
unionism in such, for men who did
that, worked against their brothers and
fathers in order to down their fellow
men and his union principles, just to
please the money power, and help
crush the laboring man down and keep
him down for the money god to rule
him as it may. That is not unionism.
They called the union men all sort
| of names 'scizzorbills and soup
suckers. We're whose union or chris
tian principles? If SO, ''Uncle Blue"
does not claim to be in the ring.
Now, do not hold malice at the
strike breaker. l only want him to
+, see what he has done, and try to get
| him to geo his ruin before it is too
late. While the Union was at Whit
well they got good weight and all men
got an equal share, and had ''sayso
about their wages, but we see the COM
pany wants" all the SAY in paying
| you for your labor and can do as they
please Is that unionismH
Again a man may say he is union
man but if he does not show it in his
way of living, who can believe OF
trust him as a union man. If mar
is a union man you can tell 1T. I'm
ion means an equal show.
Now, will Just take up the matter
of cross ties. The price at one tim'
was 30 cents. The man that got then
out got Toe; the hauler got 15c, and 81
for timber. Then they went up to Bot
and what was the result. The haule
had to have zoe. Then another ris
came to 40c and the hauler wanted 25c
Some said it took more to feed
team. They did not say that provis
ions were higher and the man that go
the ties out must have 15c but grabbe'
at the entire raise. Now, they are so
and | would like to know if that un
ion principle man is paying zoe for hi
ties to be got out. If not, has he go
any unionism in himH
Now, True Blue when God said
by the sweat of thy face shalt tho
eat bread" did he mean for ma
to undermine his fellow man and TAX
his place, while he pretends to protec
labor by protecting the man that take
the formers place. "Uncle Blue
loves every human being and of course
he does not agree with the principle
that some practice. He believes an a
laboring men belonging to the union
The union does not believe in strike
if it can be avoided by any possibl
means to settle any grievances tina
may arise. If the strike breaker ha
done like he ought to have done, h
would have gone to the committee tina
was appointed by the union and cor
suited with them about work instea
of going to work to please the comps
ny and placing his fellow man i'll
condition that he has to leave his HON
and tramp for work, and those me
were union men and some OF the1
were as good christian meE as eve
trod dirt in Whitwell, or ever will.
Now this is not all. They cause
some orphan children that were the1
to have to leave. Again, some thu
had to leave got killed by falling slate
Some have been killed in explosions
when if they had not been forced
leave their homes they might hav
been alive today, and perhaps someor
is guilty of their blood in the sight {
God.
There has been fault lodged againi
the union and union men about not le
ting nonunion men have work. | kno'
some of them that tried to get on, an
l was interested in their getting worl
Bro. Cary and | had several converse
tions about giving them work, and /
told me that the bank boss would III
| accept their names because, he sale
they had tried them and they were NJ
regular enough to suit the compan!
But they are at work now and why
just for a tool against unionism, an
You know it is true.
Now, | want to know which is ii
most harm, for a man to come an
steal my meat or to try to destroy III
ionism and cast labor into the hanC
of the money power to rule then
You know if man steals my meat
am the only one he has hurt, but if
downs the union principles he has hu
all the rising generation. You kno
if it had not been for the strike breal
er that Whitwell would have been
work now with union men, and Il
| men xUo1ll NOT have had IN pav n