The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-27

honest. hard-wo:king and deserving
men and women.
Just your moral support will insure
work. living. and comforts which
are now either partly or wholly de-
aied them.
How so?
Come on. let's have look.
You've often been importuned and
many have been commanded by ad-
vertisement or otherwise to refuse
to buy anything unless 1t bears the
union label"
Looks harmless on its face, doesn t
Il?
1t really Is demand" that you
boycott the products made by over 80
per cent. of our American working
men and women, who decline to pay
fees to. and obey the dictates OF the
union leaders.
1t demands that you ask the mer-
chant for articles with the union
label" thus to impress him with its
importance.
1t seeks to tell you what to buy and
what to refuse. The demands are
sometimes most insolent, with a
~holier than thou" impudence.
1t demands that you take away the
living Of this 80 per cent. of American
vorkingmen and women.
Is that clear?
Why should small body of work.
men ask you to help starve the larger
body?
There must be some reason for the
union label" scheme.
Run over In your mind and remem-
Der how they carry on their work.
During discussion about working
or striking in the coal regions. about
$4,000 men preferred to work. they
had wives and babies to feed. The
union men said openly in their con-
vention that If the employers didn't
discharge these men they (the union
mem would kill then.
So they dynamited about a dozen
homes, MANNED and crippled women
aud children and b-utally assaulted
scores Of these independent workers.
The big boys of the unicn men were
taught to pound the school children
Of the independent men How would
you like to have your little girl short
by grown from the todd'ing baby who
ased to sit on your lap and love Dad
ay" pounded by some big DULLES on
her way home from the school where
she had gone to try and please Daddy
by learning to read?
Me little t-uised face and body
would first need tender care while you
ponder the inscription writ deep in
your heart, by that Master and Guide
TO ill human compassion, "lnasmuch
~ ye have done 1t unto one of the
Hast Of these My brethren We have
done 1t unto Me-" Then perhaps you
would drop to your knees and pray
Almighty God for strength in your
night arm to strike one manly and
powerful blow for baby's sake. even ii
you went to de.th for it.
Helpless children were brought
home. with faces black or bleeding
from the blows and kicks OF these
hends, teaching Independent Ameri-
cans that they mus. stop work when
told and pay fees tc the leaders Of
-lshnr-" Thousands G; mar, uo1len
xs,f children bavo ls.',, ir.:ateI thus,
From somewhere, Oh. Father Of us
al. we try to behave that You look
With plying eyes upon these brutal
hlows, cats and sca~z on the MANY
human bodies made in ycpr likeness
and image.
They are beautiful ,r' "onder-
fully made, each the dwelling place
Of q Divine Soul.
Is 1t Your wish that they re crushed
by iron shod heels. cut by knives or
torn asunder by bullets and dyna-
mite?
May we venture t. think that q
ing suffering patience is extended in
| TIE hope that the men and women OF
America may some day wake to a
realization Of the awful cruelties per-
petrated by this sDirit Of oppression
and that they x.l s,me time learn
the les-an that the sacred gift Of hui
man free dom ana liberty" was given
by God and must be defended even to
death itself
Our forcfaLlers we're used by tbs
Infinite God TO establish our freedom
n l776, and our fathers gave freely
Of their blood and treasure to estab.
Iish the freedom Of the black. Nov
again 1t seems we are called upon tc
protect our brothers and ourselves
from that old time spirit OF tyranny
which comes up from time to time tt
force people to obey tyrannous rules
and bend the knee Of the slave.