Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

contributors and slaves or are free and In
dependent Americans.
1 have tried to tell you something about
those who are oppressed, vilified, hated.
and when opportunity offers are attacked
because they prefer to retain their own
independent American anhoo These
men are In the vast majority and include
the most skillful artisans in the known
world. They rave wives and babes
dependent en- them.
These men are frequently oppressed and
have no way to make their wrongs known.
They are worthy of defense. That's the
reason for the expenditure OF a few thous-
ands of dollars to send this message to
the American people. Remember. 1 didn't
say my excuse for sending It. The
cause needs no excuse"
c. w. POST.
Battle Creek, Mich.
N. B.
Some "parlor socialist" who knows
nothing OF the Russian Caarism of the
great Labor Trust will ask right here:
Don't you believe in the right of certain
workmen to Organize" oh yes, brother,
when real workmen manage wisely and
peacefully, but I would challenge the
right Of even a church organization when
Its affairs had been seized by a motley
crew of heartless, vicious men who
stopped industries, melted mobs to at
tack citizens and destroy property In
order to establish their control of COM
munities and affairs, and subject every
one to their orders and exact the fees.
When you see work of this kind being
done call on or write the prosecuting Off
GERS of your district and demand proceed
ure under the Sherman antitrust law,
and prosecution for conspiracy and re-
straint of trade. We have tho law but the
politicians and and many Gf our officers
even while drawing pay from the people
are afraid to enforce 1t in protection of
our citizens and now the big Labor Trust
is moving heaven and earth to repeal the
law so their nefarious work may be more
safely carried on.
But You. Why don't you strike out and
demand defense for your fellows7
Put your prosecuting officers to the
test and insist that they do their sworn
duty, and protest to your congressman
and legislators against the repeal OF the
Sherman Antitrust law. It's repeal Is
being pushed by the Labor Trust and
some big capital trusts in order to give
each more power to Cypress. Do your duty
and protest. In this great American Re-
public everyone must be jealous of the
right of individual liberty and always
and ever resent the attempts made TO
gain power for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Only the poor fool allows his liberty
to be wrested from him.
Someone asks how about your own
workmen?'
1 didn't intend to speak about nv own
affairs, but so long as the question is
almost sure to be asked 1 don't mind
telling you.
The Postum worker are about a thou
sand strong, men and women, and don't
belong to labor unions. The Labor Trust
has, time without numbers. sent "or-
ganizers" with money TO give "smokers,"
etc. and had it's "orators' declaim the
brotherhood OF man" business, and cry
salty tears describing the fearful condi-
tions of the Slaves of capital and all
that. But tho confidence game never
worked, for the decent and high grade
Postum workers receive ten per cent over
the regular wage scale. They are the
highest paid, richest and best grade of
working people in the state Of Michigan
and l believe in the United States. Thay
mostly own their own homes, and rood
ones. Their wage come 50 weeks in a
year and are never stopped on the order
of some paid agent OF the Labor Trust.
They have savings accounts in the banks.
houses of their own and steady work at
high wages.
They like their daily occupation in
the works (come and ask them) and are
not slaves, and yet the Labor Trust lead
ers have done their best to ruin the sale
OF their products and force them into
idleness and poverty.
1t would cost the w%orkinRmen Of Battle
Creek (our people and about 5000. others)
from 100000 to 100000 a month in
fees to send out to the leaders of the
Labor Trust. n they would allow them
selves to become organized" and Join
the Trust.
Not for them. they keep the money,
school the children and live free"
That's some comfort for white people.
Once in a while one of the little books
THE Road to MELVILLE" we put In the
pkgs. OF Postum. Grape-Nuts and Post
Toasties, is sent back to US with a sticker
pasted across IL saying Returned be-
cause It don't bear the union label"
Then we join hands and sing a hymn
Of praise for the discovering by some
one that our souls are not scared with
the guilt OF being conspirators TO help
bind the chains of slavery upon fellow
Americans by placing added power in the
hands of the largest, most oppressive and
harmful trust the world has ever seen.
When you seek to buy something look
for the union label" and speak your
sentiments. That's an opportunity TO
reach out a helping hand to the countless
men and women in all kinds of Industry
who brave bricks, stones and bullets.
TO maintain their American manhood and
freedom by making the finest goods in
America and which DO not bear the seal
OF Industrial slavery, the "UuioA Label"