The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

Ine Other - BRANDED; as unlawful By rcosr
courts and L praetleed by the large coz
pora1Ions and trusts OF coGav. and II
some instances b. members OF Labor
unions with this GilEe-ercs, however. cbar
i Is almost impossible 20 punish cor
poratlon Tor -es.2rlng TO Illegal bo~es,5-
ting, while q member OF organized lator
does lot even Iced 10 ove-s1ep Tie bounds
OF the law TO De found guilty and pun
ishtd l-osc severely Tor his real or mag
mary breach OF The law.
The term boyeocz IS confined TO bI.~ir.sr
and selling One Individual boyco1-s an
other when he refuses 10 boy froz, him
Any Person who refuses 20 parroaize a
quaek doctor boyeozcs hin Ever r,an
VINO refuses 10 have any dealings with
shys1er lawyer Is simply boyeo1tirg kim
ETerT preacher ploZ1s church member or
total ahssaIner who refuses 20 parrpnize
tie saloons i Pracrieirg the boycott prlu-
c1Ple II this direction Thos+. who refuse
10 deal with the book agent are boyco--
ting him jusz as eEeeruaIly IS do the
aoion Uen wh=r they refuse TO bay from
an- store that dos rot suit them, The
Farmer who refuses 90 deal 7ri-h The
lightning rod representative or another
person or eouee-1 that does rot suit him
L making Rsa 81 the b--yco--- Wh=E any
BODY for any reason whatever either quits
having an- dealings with a person OF
Sru- or refuses 20 hare any dealings
with them they are boveo-rIrs them.
Hence beyeo-ring l. merely refusing 10
paIronIze rksrr-
Labor unions DO not make Use OF rh=
ooycovr except when rhey have sor-e rea-
son -or doing -. L L Used - = uez-
poc against -Los= who ara using the
same weapon against organized labor
either directly Or Indirectly The en-
jloye- who persists II refusing 20 buy the
labor ot union nen. or discharges en-
2loyer VINO persists. II refusing 20 buy the
thereby bovcoc-s organized labor When
union u2en refuse 70 par-onize such al
employer they ara giving hin exactly
che same kind o. medicine thai La has
u1ered OFT 10 organized labor II the first
place OF course. i hurts his business
20 have union -=n and their synpathiz
e-s continually refusing 20 buy ms wares,
but does Ne imagine that he has any
mora right 20 refuse 70 Pa--oaize o-gariz
81 labor and their -PaChize-s rtac they
have 70 refuse 70 parouize hin2 If lie
does h Is simply asking the p-IvIeEe
20 DO that against -cior men aoc he
interests o. organized labor which he.
II v-c, would decv them tie right o-
privilege 10 DO against hin IN other
words he wants The hands o. organized
labor 70 be tied while a the sa1= tine
the hands o. organized capital 20 which
- -z-- sV-.2
labor 20 pieces
There ceve- v2S { ucIoo scasae- ~no
v=lp=5 beeacse organized L2ho- boEeecced
hin who vas ao- himself 6-s- guilty o.
prac-5eInE exactly -he sane kind Of I
boycott aEaErs1 o--zr5ze5 Iaho-. L nay
have ben dlE@-er- form b1- the
principle involved has been sxae-f! the
saCe-
Nobody 5nt3s any faaI- VIE the boy
eo11 when P-a--iee,5 BY Others than Or
-ariz=d rEo-k5rc--=1- Bu1 wh=1 organ
lze>3 Ia5o= rsso=-s % -Ile boycott there i
alwa-s ce--a1- - Of people -eat- 20
ser " I ho~l When directed agzi1s-
zuzck doctors patent medicines shrs1e7
lawyers ard c-b=-s- e-e- 20 -te e--erc
o. passing laws ae25n5- t2eI- business.
-ce pubic S15s 10 ta1i-- On the coz
V-GE- The boycott = approved and E7ra1s-
Sd a. bang wholesome force whe7 cHEs
Ese6- L eo1-e,3ed -hz- TIE ooEcoc :
51sdEe3 II sz-E rases- Tte pubic vel
cones ne destruction of rEese nser-u-
does and E5~e - approval 6o- -1e use
% he bo-c0-- . b-1g his ab-eI-- Nc
oo6- cares = eo-=-sz-al aboEt the
-sszs q rhose people ~ho z-e b-=E1iie1
INTO Fa--oz5z5az -Hese g7aeE aEl Tho
nigh want rbeu 20 eourlrEe- 1o- ro-
rEose ~fo make uo1s- ou1 q -aese
fixes -Ee- are simply is=zsia1sal and
-z5--uaEe3 71- o business ard -he PUB
Re apr-ov@- VII 8-=aU== costly *