The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-17

On the deIuded workmen who blindly
follow their nnwise counselors.
Strange indeed Is the spectacle Of
men capable Of thinking for them
selves abandoning the very comm0nest
OF common sense reasoning and sub
stituting for 1t absurditles which boys
ia knickerbockers would instinctIyely
detect.
1.-THE union labor agitator reaches
bis acme Of delight when the seeds Of
discord he has sown have first pro-
\ duced unrest, then fault finding and
then by short cuts antagonism and
open rebellion. AS an enemy to honest
workingmen he stands supreme, and
the man or men who shall show him
up In his true light and induce work
\ ingmen to open their eyes and know
him as he really is win be hailed as
\ public benefactorg.n
In this case are they not pandering
to ignorance or prejudIce7
Every workingnan and most OF the
employers, statesmen and professional
men know that were II not for unions
workmen would be working for half
their present wages.
Not only are they pandering to preju-
dice or ignorance. but they have the
sinister purpose. which is to destroy
unionisrn for the benefit Of the ern-
ployers, from whom they want Sub
Bcriptions for yourself and your EN-
pIoyeesn
We quote from another article. head
ed IA Gomperian Opportunity
If any court says Gonlpers, with
prctruding and proud midriff, by
injunction depriyes me Of my rights
will have no hesitancy III asserting
and exercising those right This no
bic sentiment, fearlessly expressed, APP
pears TO have aroused the widest en-
thusiasm among the walking delegates,
business agents. organizers ana other
salaried officials Of the trust over
which Mr.. Gompers presides with such
frugal and farseeing ZEAL
Now, this is really educational. Wa
are to infer that labog man must not
nave q ''protTudIng midrsfF.T whatevea
that IL, but must be as lean and hun.
CRY as the employers wish.
The American Federation OF Labor
Is composed OF delegates elected BY
the rank and file. re Insult this gath
ering is to insult the rank and file OF
organized labor.
Mr.. Gompers Is president BY recogni.
tlon Of his commanding ability and his
years Of loyalty and service to Iabor's
cause
Because Of such attacks as these he
Is more dear to the union men OF this
country today than ever before.
Again:
sThe courts would illuminate their
impotent injunctions all right. ~and
then the Hon. Samuel would have an
opportunity to exhibit his contempt
for them. In those states they have
SO called 'vagrant laws which would
fit his case Ike the paper on the wall,
and the spectacle OF a great man work
ing 10 the local chain gang might pre-
sent an instance Of honest sweat NOT
recently presented In the case Of any
salaried Official Of labor"
Gloating over the process BY which
citizen In the exercise OF his Lawful
rights could be raiIroaded into q chain
gang By a Judge subservient 90 capital,
by a misapplication Of the vagrancy
laws to serve their SINISTER purposel
In this enlightened age, when the
right-yes, the desirabilIU- work
men should organize IN unions is SO
generally admitted. we cannot believe
that any large number Of employers
viii respond to the waif for subscrip-
tions that comes from the Open shop,
which publication upon analysis we
find guilty of ''pandering to Ignorance
aud prejudice with sinister purpose"
and therefore to be classed as dema-
gogue In the most epprobrious sense Of
the term.-Shoe Workers Journal.
Parallel Cases.