The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-14

Labor Trust contributors and slaves
or are free and independent Ameri-
cans.
I have tried to tell you something
about those who are oppressed. Will
fed, hated, and when opportunity Off
ers are attacked because they prefer
to retain their own independent Amer
lean manhood. These men are in the
vast majority and include the most
skillful artisans in the known world.
They have wives and babes dependent
on 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 thousands 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 Czarism Of the
great Labor Trust will ask right here:
Don't you believe in the right of GER
tain workmen to Organize" Oh yes.
brother. when real workmen manage
wisely and peacefully, but would
challenge the right of even a church
organization when it's affairs had been
seized by motley crew of heartless,
vicious men who stopped industries,
melted mobs to attack citizens and
destroy property in order to establish
their control of communities and af-
fairs, and subject everyone to their
orders and exact the fees. When you
see work of this kind being done call
on or write the prosecuting officers of
your district and demand procedure
under the Sherman antitrust law. and
prosecution for conspiracy and re-
straint of trade. We have the law but
| the politicians and many Of our Off
GERS even while drawing pay from the
people are afraid to enforce it in pro.
lection of our citizens and now the
big Labor Trust is moving heaven and
earth to repeal the law so their nefar.
ious work may be more safely carried
on.
| But You. Why don't you strike out
and demand defense for your fellows!
Put your prosecuting officers to the
test and insist that they do their
sworn duty, and protest to your con
gressmen and legislators against the
repeal of the Sherman Antitrust law
Its repeal is being pushed by the La
Dor Trust and some big capital trusts
in order to give each more power tc
Cypress. Do your duty and protest
In this great American Republic ev
eryone must be jealous OF the right OF
individual liberty and always and ever
resent the attempts made to gain
power for personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Only the poor fool allows his liberty
to be wrested from him.
Someone asks how about your owl
workmen?'
| l didn't intend to speak of my owr
affairs. but so long as the question is
telling you.
| The Postum workers are about &
thousand strong, men and women, ant
don't belong to labor unions. The
Labor Trust has, time without mum
bers, sent "organizers' with money tt
lgive smokers etc, and had theil
orators declaim the brotherhood o.
man. business, and cry salty tear:
describing the fearful conditions of the
slaves of capital" and all that. Blu
the confidence game never worked
for the decent and high grade Postum
workers receive 10 per cent over thu
regular wage scale. They are thu
highest paid, richest and best grade
of working people in the state O
Michigan and believe in the United
States. They mostly own their owl
homes, and good ones. Their wage,
come SO weeks in year and are new
er stopped on the order Of some pait
agent OF the Labor Trust. They hav.
savings accounts in the banks, house!
Of their own and steady work at higl
wages.
| They like their daily occupation il
the works (come and ask them) ant
are not slaves. and yet the Labo
Trust leaders have done their best tt
ruin the sale of their products ant
force them into idleness and poverty
1t would cost the workingmen o
Battle Creek Jour people and abou
5000 others) from 100000 to $4,000 o.
a month in fees to send out to tn.
leaders of the Labor Trust, if the,
would allow themselves to becom,
''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 while one Of the littl,
books The Road to Wellville,' ",
put in the pkgs. of Postum, Grape
Nuts and Post Toasties, is sent bacl
to US with a sticker pasted across i
saving Returned because it dom
bear the union label
Then we join hands and sing j;
hymn of praise for the discovering b,
some one that our souls are not scar
ed with the guilt of being conspira
tors to help bind the chains of sIav
cry upon fellow Americans by plac
ing added power in the hands of tn.
largest, most oppressive and harmful
trust the world has ever seen.