Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-14
G.. w POST.
Battle Creek. Mich.

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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 organizer o. yes,
brother. when real workmen manage
wisely and peacefully; but I would
challenge the right of even a church
| ganization when its affairs had been
| seized by motley.crew of heartess.
vicious men, who stopped industries. in
| cited mobs to attack citizens and de
| stroy property in order to establish
| their control of communities and ar
| fairs. and subject everyone to their
| order 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 I'M
der the Sherman antitrust law. and
prosecution for conspiracy and restraint
| of trade. We have the law. but the pol
iticians and many of our citizens. even
while drawing pay from the people. are
afraid to enforce ii 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 fellows2
| Put your prosecuting officers to the
Iduty, and protest to your congressman
land legislators against the repeal of the
Sherman anti trust law Its repeal is
being pushed by the Labor Trust and
some big capital trust in order to give
leach more power to Cypress DO your
duty and protest In this great Amer
of the right of individual liberty and
ALWAYS and ever resent the attempts
made to gain power for personal 'ag-
Igrandizement.
| 4 fNt,iy tt,p- aIi iS u
to be wrested from him.
l Someone asks, how about your own
iworkmen?'
), didn't intend to speak of my own at
fairs, but so long as the question is al
most sure to be asked. l don't mind
.elrlns s. Tssei.fS-s,ssasss 10. ,on,
thousand strong. men and women. and
don't belong To labor unions. The
Labor Trust has. time without numbers.
Isent organizers" with money tn give
l"smokers," etc, and had their orators
J declaim the brotherhood of man bus
mess, and cry salty tears describing
1.-THE fearful conditions of the slaves OF
capital and all that But the conf
, dence game" never worked. for the de-
; lcent and high grade Postum workers
treceive 10 per. cent over the regular
, Iwage scale. They are the highest paid.
!. richest and best grade of working peo-
pie in the state of Michigan and be
r lieve in the United States. They mostly
Town their own homes. and good ones
Their wages come 30 weeks in a year
and are never stopped on the order or
I some paid agent of the Labor Trust
: They have savings accounts IN the
/ banks houses of their own and steady
p work at high wages
They like their daily occupation IN
D the works (come and ask them and
lare not slaves and yet the Labor Trust
leaders have done their best to rum lhe
sale Of their products and force thcm
\ Unto idleness and poverty.
, 1t would cost the workinGmen OF
Battle Creek tour people and about D.
/ 600 others) from $1,000 to 5000 a
!. month in fees to send out tn the lead ,
lers of the Labor Trust If they would
= allow themselves to become organ
n ICED" and join the trust
Not for them. they keep the money:
: school the children and live free.
That's some comfort for white people;
e books, The Road to MELVILLE. we put
A., lin the packages of Postum. Grape Nuts
% and Post Toasties. is sent back TO US
= with sticker pasted across II SAYING
. Returned because it don't bear the
: union label
Il Then we join hands and sing hymn
r lof praise for the discovering by some
one that our souls are not scared
q with the guilt of being conspirators TO
l. lhelp bind the chains of slavery upon
I Ipower in the hands of the largest, mos,
r. oppressive and harmful trust the world
- has ever seen.
When you seek to buy something look
e for the union label" and speak your
, sentiments. That's an opportunity to
II less men and women in all kinds or IN
II dustry who brave bricks. stones and bull
: lets, to maintain their American man
II hood and freedom by making tn" iincsl
O goods in America and which do mol
, bear the seal of Industrial slavery, th'
:, .suniOu label"