Evening journal., 1909-09-16

from lack OF wages the workers must h
supplicato the union leaders 20 be 'al- a
lowed" 20 pay their fines Qor not be- I
coming members before) and pay their !
monthly fees to the purse-fat managers J
OF tho Labor Trust. Thcrcupon (undcr {
ordera) before the factory be allowed 10
start they must force the owpers OF the
business TO put on tho "unon label" or :
strike, picket the works, and turn them :
selves into sluggors and criminals towards
the independent workers who might still ,
refuse to bend the knee and bow the head
In the meantime babies and mothers I
10 hungry and shooless but who cares ,
The schorNng leaders are trained to talk
Of the uplifting OF labor and shed tears
when they speak OF the brotherhood OF
man" meaning tho brotherhood OF the
skinny Maddens." 'shoas," Com
pers" ct al, always excluding the medium
Or high-grade independent workers.
Perhaps you have noticed lately that
the makers Of the finest hats, shoes and
other articles have stopped putting on
the union label Naturally the Labor
Trust managers have ordered their dupes
10 strike. lie idle. scrap. fight. slug and
destroy property TO force the makers 70
again put on "the label" But for some
reason the buying public has been aroused
20 the insults and oppression behind Il and
IN thousands OF cases have refused to
buy any article carrying. what some one
named the tag OF serHtude and oppres-
sion"
|, The bound and gagged union slave Is
fined from $500 to $500 Il lac buys any
, article not bearing tho "union label
b Nevertheless. he. time and again, risk
j. the penalty and buys free" goods simpl
In order to help the fellow workingma
who Is brave enough to work where b
y pleases. without asking permission ol
a bended knees from the bulidozng leader
who seek by every known method OF op
preston and hate TO govern him.
II these poor wagcworkers will thus
brave fine and slugging TO help out other
men who seek 10 live q free life under our
laws and constitution cannot you, reader,
help a ltue7
VIII you reach out a hand TO help an
independent workman earn food for mis-
wife and babies7 or will you from apathy
and carelessness allow him 10 be thrown
out OF work and the helpless suffer untli
they PROSTATE themselves before this
stupendous and tyrannical aggregation Of
lecohes upon honest American laborg
The successor Of Henry Ward Beecher
4 In Plymouth church. Brooklyn, says;
"Union labor hatred for labor burns
like a flame eats like nitric acid, Is malig-
nant beyond all description. But the
other day, a woman representing certain
union visited many families in Plymouth
fatNa.
. institution, Alas this union wo-
mans hatred for non-union women burned
; in her like the fires OF hell.
She was pitilossly. relenuessly and tire.
lessly pursuing the non-union women ant
men TO destroy the market for goods e
II ruin their factory and 20 starve them out
2 In the French revolution only per cent
y Of the French people believed in violence
4 The sS per cent. disclaimed violence anS
e vet the ss per cent. allowed the per cent
o 10 nr the streets Of Paris with fcsterlnl
g corpses. to clog the Seine with doae
8 bodies, TO shut up every factory In Paris
n until the laboring classes starved by the
score.
The small per cent. element in the Labor
Trust which hates and seeks to destroy
cans sends out letters declaring free" in
dustries unfair and tries to boycott their
products. If they could bind everyone IL
: would bring suffering upon hundreds Of
r thousands. immeasurable ruin upon the
= country. and land Il absolutely under con-
Z troll OF the men now attempting TO dictate
the daily acts OF our people and extract
from each monthly fee.
n There are babies children. women and
{ honest. hard-working and skillful fathers
who rely upon the protection OF their fel-
Z lows, when they seek to sell their labor
{ where they choose. when they choose. and
for a sum they believe IL TO be worth.
Every citizen having the rights. priv
ileges and protection OF a citizen has alsS
I the responsibility Of citizen.
, The Labor Trust leaders may suavel.
: request" Cor order those they cam 4
: buy only 'union label" articles and yo
can Of course obey il you are under or
. ders.
. Depend upon it, the creatures Of III
i Labor Trust will, upon reading this visl
s stores and threaten dire results unles
ali the things bear the label"
x They go so far as to have their wome
.e pretend to buy things. order yards OF sll
% OF cloth torn of and var Gus articles wraT
ped up, and then discover mo label" an
refuse them. That's been done hundred
N Of times and is but one Of the petty act
ly Of hatred and tyranny.
y Let no one who reads this article un
70 derstand that he or she is asked I
boycott any product whether il bear
70 union label' or not. One has
constitutional right to examine the
nt article and see whether its makers ar
y Labor Trust contributors and slave
er or are free and Independent Ameri
n cans.
=e have tried to tell you something
sh about those who are oppressed. viiineo