The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-15


can manhood. These men are in the
vast majority and include the most
skillful artisans in the known world.
They have wives and babes depend
ent 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 expendi--
ture of a few thousands of dollars 70
send this message to the American
people. Remember, l didn't say my
excuse" for sending IL The cause
needs no excuse
G. W. POST,
Battle Creek, Mich.
N. B.
Some "parIOr 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 wOrBmen to Organize" Oh yes.
brother, when real workmen manage
wisely and peacefully, but I would
challenge the right of even a church
organization when its affairs had been
seized by a motley crew Of heartless,
vicious men who stopped Industries,
melted MODS to attack citizens and
destroy property in order to eStab-
affairs, 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 tho
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 ne
fariOus work may be more safely car
Tied 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
It's 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
everyone 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 wTested from him.
Someone asks chow about your own
worllmen2"
I 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 2
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" decIaim 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 aud
bcCt grade of working people in the
state Of Michigan and I believe in The
United States. They mostly own their
own homes, and good ones. Their
wages come 50 weeks in a year ard
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 thcm) and
are not slaves. and yet the Labor
Trust leaders have done theiT best TO
ruin the sale of their product anu
force them into idIeness and power
ty
It would cost the wOrkingmen of
Battle Creek (our people and about
3OOC OtheTs) from 100000 TO 100000
a month in fees to send out 20 the
leaders of the Labor Trust, II they
would allow themselves to become
organized" and join the Trust
Not for them. they keep the money,
81 hOOl the children and live free.
That's some comfort for white peo-
pie.
Once in while one OF the little
books The Road to Wellville,' We
put in the pkgs. Of Postum, Grape
Nuts and Post TOasties IS sent back
10 US with a sticker pasted across II
saying Returned because it don t
bear the union label
Then we join hands and sing 4
hymn of praise for the discovering by
some one that our souls are not scar
VI " AtAA INC -AAAS VI pN|AAA- eS4
to help bind the chains of slavery w
oil 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" ana speak
your sentiments. That's an OPpOrtun-
ty TO reach out a helping hand 10 the
countless men and women in all kinds
OF industry who brave bricks. stones
and bullets, to maintain their AmeTi-
can manhood and freedom by making
the finest goods in America and which
do not bear the seal of industrial sIaV-
cry, the "Union Label"