Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-09-02
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Editor News:
Abusing me is not argument; Meth
er does it refute single charge I've
made and now it is my time to say my
say and let all the people know what l
believe is the cause of the indifferent
attitude of our working men. In the
first place they are not pleased with
the bulldozing policy of the union to-
ward them and to their friends, and
many Of them are tired of being in hot
water all the time, as was the case
when the union exercised absolute con
troll here at Tracy City Nearly every
man at work has felt the power of the
union bulldozer in some form or other,
so much so that he doesn't care to sur
render his freedom and liberty into
their hands any more.
The trouble is and has been here for
! quite awhile before the lockout, the
utter disregard of the union principles
and the substitute of the ideas Of vi
cious men in lieu thereof, who went
too far and meddled with things that
didn't concern them and caused pre-
JUDGE to sweep over Tracy City like
a tornado
In my letter of July 18th in mrs
Grundy" hit the bulls eye a terrific
blow and non union men have told me
since that | skinned them and they
were guilty of just what | charged
backsliding. The truth hurts. Now
| claim that if the unions principles
had been carried out, christianity
would never have suffered like it has
I've nothing to take back and refer
to that letter in which ! proclaimed
lot of truth, and since l wrote that let
ter will any man say christian can
engage in what is going on in Ala
bama and retain his christianity Can
he even be a wellwisher to those
dreadful crimes?
The Tracy City correspondents went
off half-cocked and did their cause no
good in the minds of thinking men in
and out of the union. Whenever the
union sets itself up as bull-dozing
concern, the people will destroy it, and
when it undertakes to thwart freedom
and stife liberty, the better element
of working men won't have anything
to do with it, and that is why it is so
weak here now. 1t didn't do the right
thing and made enemies in its own
house. Failing to carry out the prin-
ciples of the union has hurt it and
caused a lot of trouble. These silly
fellows who have said all they dare say
against their "Uncle Tom, are not
the kind of men that can build up the
union and crown it with power and in
fiuence. They can get men into trou-
BILE and not gain a point, yet l have
hopes that our men will be treated fair
ly by the company and they will be
able to maintain the wages now paid,
and if times improve that a raise will
be given In fact, [ am sure the com
pany will do the right thing. If the
union dies OF the local here blows out
it won't mean oppression as some say.
Oh, no.
Now, gentlemen, re-read my letters
and see if | haven't told the truth
with plenty of evidence behind to con-
firm all I've said Better reform and
stay out of print and quit calling men
'sprout cutters" ''sang diggers, +"
'hillbillies, " fools and such like,
and making light of their boys. If
you think they are ignorant creatures,
better try to educate them and instill
, into them the union doctrine and leave
off force, coercion and bull-dOzing and
defamation of character. Insulting
men is not winning card. Men in
suited care nothing about you, your
wife and babies. No, they'll hate and
despise you, and then again, remem-
| Der they also have wives and babies,
and when the union denied them a iot
it cut them very deep, so we all had
better stop this ungodly way Of con
| Quoting ourselves and treat men fair
ly. That's why I've been criticizing
you so sharply. Learn a little sense
and act like human beings
I've now written three letters for the
public to read and digest.
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