The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-13

to lie idle.
They stopped the loading and un-
loading of ships and railway cars;
stopped work on buildings. the mining
of gold, silver, copper and coal. Stop
ped the manufacture of millions of
dollars worth of American articles
which foreigners stood ready to pay
money for.
1t is believed by many that one Of
the chief causes of the panic and pres
ent hard times was the persistent and
widespread interference with, and
stoppage of industry brought about by
these same Labor-Socialists in driving
away business and preventing the
steady distribution of money among
the working classes. Every million
dollars worth of steam pumps. farm
implements, boots and shoes, steel, iron,
locomotives, cars, cotton goods, etc
etc, sent abroad, brings back million
dollars to be distributed to the work
men. who dig ore and, smelt 1T: mould
ers. who cast the iron, machinists,
woodworkers, cotton mill employees,
etc, etc. But the Labor-Socialists have
time and again stopped UP the source
of this flow of money and have entail
ed on this country millions upon mil
lions of dollars in losses. and, con-
seouently, much misery upon work
people.
The labor leaders have brought
strikes to force all employers to KICK
out independent American workmeh
and employ only union" men, thus TO
give absolute power to the leaaet D
secure fees to pay their own salaries
first, and. in order to keep their slaves
interested. force higher and higher
wages. Here we reach the foOnaa.ioh
fact again.
Now, when the jobs the Labor-So-
cialists threw away, are taken by
others, or the business has been killed
for the time, and they are "unemploy-
ed" do they pay their own expenses
or do they besiege the authorities 10
tax the class of Home-Owners to pay
extra money towards public fund 10
be used to pay the ''class" of unemploy-
ed Labor ocialists?
Here the line between classes IS
clearly drawn. and you get back again
to the same old spot. Take from one
class and give to the other
Make the consumer pay extra money
and give it to the Labor-Socialists.
Charge the Hometown extra
wages for all labor which enters INTO
the building of his home
Gle has been saving. now let's take
away part of it"
High wages for skillful work Is de-
sirable for all, but when a labor union
gains power enough to force nome
owners to pay two. three or four times
what hod-carriers and other workr'ell
are actually worth, 1T means Just SO
much extra money extracted from '',e
home- owner, more than the service IL
worth.
it comes back to the same old place.
you see. Look at the purpose of all
the anti-injunction bills introduced by
the Labor Socialists. Each and every
one seeks to tie the hands of the peo-
pies courts, and for what purpose? No
Injunction issued in labor strikes ever
harmed an honest citizen, intending to
peacefully pursue his occupation.
Injunctions stop mobs, intent on In
sulting, assaulting and perhaps murder
ing other citizens, from congregatlng.
The Labor Socialist raises a loud cry
because he Is commanded by court to
keep off the public street near factory
employing independent men,
The injunction always directs the man
or men to stay off certain streets or
refrain from doing other things. when
it is reasonably we'll known they In
tend to go on those streets or do those
acts, to insult or assault citizens or
destroy property. The peaceful citi-
zen is never hurt by an injunction in a
labor case and the courts have right
to prevent injury to the interests OF
any community. But injunctions dG
prevent Labor-Socialists from terroriz.
ing people into submission to the Labor
| trust.
Therefore, In order to secure submis.
sion and power to extract from the en-.
ployer extra money, they contend the
injunction must be done away with.
! Every public man who supports nn1
measure seeking to reduce the power al
| the courts In order to make 1t more
difficult for them to protect property
| and the person of the common citizen Is
an enemy of Home Owners and an all,
Of the Labor Socialists.
| Watch such public men--particularls
those who want to revise the crimina
code injunction laws They want tc
make itseasier for mobs to do damage
and escape punishment Their names
| will be printed broadcast later on Sc
THAT the people may know.