Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14

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Trust contributors and slaves or ar.
free and independent Americans. x.
have tried to tell you something
about Those who are oppressed, yilihed,
hated. and when opportunity offers are
attacked because they prefer to retain
their own independent American man.
hood. These men are in the vast ma
jordty and include the most skiliful
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 few thousands Of dollars to send
this message to the American people.
Remember I didn't say my excuse
for sending it. The cause needs no
EXCUSE" 80
G. W. POST.
Battle Creek Mich.
N. B.
Some "parlor socialist who knows
nothing OF the Russian Czarisrn Of the
great Labor Trust will ask right here:
Don't you believe in the right of cer-
t<Llu WUi AlIIGiIlSll 10 organize. Ou
yes brother, when real woriknien MAN.
age wisely and peacefully, but I would
challenge the right of even a church
organization when it's affairs had been
seized by a motley crew of heartless,
vicious men who stopped industries,
melted mobs to attack citizens and de-
stroy property in order to establish
their control of communities and af-
f1irS a @hniv
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 officers
even while drawing pay from the pep
pie are afraid to enforce it in protee-
ton o four citizens and now the big
Labor Trust is moving heaven ana
earth to repeal the law so their meta
rlous work may be more safely carried
on. . ,. ...a...
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 congressman
and legislators against the repeal of the
Sherman Antitrust law. Its repeal is
being pushed by the Labor Trust and
some big capital trusts in order to give
each more power to Cypress. Do your
duty and protest. In this great Amer
lean Republic everyone must be ieal-
Gus of the right of individual liberty
and always and ever resent the at.
tempts made to gain power for per-
sonal grandizement. ~,
Only the poor fool allows his liberty
to be wrested from him.
Someone 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 i 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 "or-
ators" declaim the brotherhood of
man" business, and cry salty tears de-
scribing 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 Michi-
gan and believe in the United States.
They mostly own their own homes, and
good ones Their wages comes fifty-two
weeks in a year and are never stopped
on the order of some paid agent Of the
Labor Trust. They have savings az
counts 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 worgingmen Of
Battle Greek (our peaple and about 8, 100
others) from $1,000 to $4,000 q. month
in fees to send out to the leaders Of
the Labor Trust, il they would allow
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 little
books The Road to MELVILLE" we put
in the packages of Postum, Grape Nuts
and Post Toasties, is sent back to us
with a sticker pasted across 1t saw
ing Returned because 1t don't bear the
union label" s,..
Then we Join hands and sing
hymn Of praise Tor the discovering by
some one that our souls are not scared
with the guilt Of being conspirators 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 opportun-
ity 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 thedr Asnerf-
can manhood and freedom by making
the finest goods In America ana which
do het bear the ssai 81 industrial ,lav.
erys ths Union Labss.w