Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-22

Of certain workmen to organize? :"
Oh, yes, brother, when real workmen
manage wisely and peacefully, but I
would challenge the right OF even
church organization when its affairs
had been seized by motley crew OF
heartlesa, vicious men who stopped
industries, melted mobs to attack citt-
zens and destroy property in order to
establish their control Of commune
ties 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
officers of your district and demand
procedure under the Sherman anti
trust law, and prosecution for con-
spiracy and restraint Of trade. We
have the law, but the politicians and
many Of our officers even while draw
ing pay from the people are afraid to
enforce 1t In protection Of our citi-
zens. 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 fell
lows?
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
rnpool oP tho Cboryn,n Ant; T.,,,t I,,,
Its repeal is being pushed by the La
Dor Trust and some big capital trusts
in order to give each more power to
Cypress. Do your duty and protest.
In this great American Republic
every one must be jealous of the right
of individual liberty and always and
ever resent the attempts made to gain
power for personal aggrandizement.
Only the poor 'roI allows his lib
erty to be wrested rom him.
Some one asks "how about your
own workmen?"
didn't intend to speak of my own
affairs, but so long as the question is
almost sure to be asked | don't mind
telling you.
The Postum workers are about a
thousand strong, men and women,
and don't belong to labor unions. The
Labor Trust has, time without num-
bers, sent "organizers" with money
to give smokers" etc., and had their
orators" declaim the brotherhood
Of man" business, and cry salty tears
describing the fearful conditions Of
the Slaves of capital" and all that.
But the confidence game" never
worked, for the decent and high
grade Postum workers receive 10 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 believe in the
United States. They mostly own
their own homes, and good ohes.
Their wages come So 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 leaders have done their best to
ruin the sale of their products and
force them into idleness and poverty.
1t would cost the workingmen Of
Battle Creek (our people and about
5000 others) from 100000 to
| eoonn m - ,,,oofb IN foo, to ooo5 80
to the leaders Of the Labor Trust, II
they would allow themselves to be-
come 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 1.-The Road to Wellville," we
put in the pkgs. of Postum, Grape
Nuts and Post Toasties, Is sent back
to us with sticker pasted across it
saying Returned because it don't
bear the union label"
Then we join hands and sing d
hymn of praise for the discovering by
some one that our souls are not
scared with the guilt of being con-
spirators 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 opportu-
nifty 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 In.
dustrial slavery, the "Union Label"