United labor bulletin., 1909-11-12

ly never will see the color of any of the
Anti-Saloon long green; in fact we go
further and say, that no trade unionist
has as yet been employed by the Anti
Saloon folks and not a single sheet or
that one hundred million pages printed
and distributed during the year 1908
bore the Printers Union Label. But you
say Doctor Stelzle is not employed by
the Anti-Saloon League; nor is he en-
gagged by them to write Anti-Saloon lit
erature. Probably the following taken
from the Anti-Saloon Year Book for 1909
may let little light percolate in on the
subject: The general assembly of the
Presbyterian church which met in CO.
lumbus, O., May, 1907, passed the follow
ing resolution:
"While as a church organization we
must continue to do our own temperance
work, the general assembly most heart
lily commends the American Anti-Saloon
League as a safe, sane and effective
agency in the advancement of the great
cause of temperance, and pledges there
to the fullest cooperation consistent with
the constitution of our church"
The following resolution was adopted
by the general assembly of the United
Presbyterian church in May, 1906:
1--WE heartily endorse the work of all
organizations seeking the overthrow of
the saloon, and especially the Anti-Sa-
loon League, as a sane and effective
method of operating, and in a peculiar
in, nti
the saloon. We pledge cooperation with
the league in the future as in the past,
and we instruct its legislative depart
ment at Washington to represent us in
pending temperance legislation"
The declaration of both Presbyterian
organizations would appear to furnish
the connecting link. Stelzle is employed
by one of these, and they are furnishing
him with the wherewith to carry out his
campaign; if they were not in accord
with the plans that he is carrying out,
it is hardly likely that they would con-
tinue supporting him. Stelzle claims to
be union man, boasts of carrying
paid-up card in the Machinists' Union;
vet we have in hand two illustrations of
how good label booster he is; one an
envelope Tin which one of Stelzles syn
dicate letters to labor papers was mall
ed) of the Board of Home Missions of
the Presbyterian church, bearing postof-
flee mark of June 9, 1909; the other a
book printed under his direction entitled
Messages to Worlzingmen," neither OF
these bear the Printers Union Label;
the nerve of the Reverend Stelzle IN
dedicating the book to the editors OF Ia
bor papers must be apparent under those
circumstances Probably the labor ed
itors were put to sleep by the "bushwa"
and lost sight of the fact that they were
being handed something that closely re-
sembed merry ha ha.
The Anti-Saloon League is well able
to pay for the space that Stelzle secures
from the labor papers of the country;
we trust the labor editors will insist on
getting some of that easy money; for it's
a mortal lead pipe cinch they will never
secure Anti-Saloon League money any
other way
We are not caring how much space
Stelzle occupies, providing the labor
press is paid for printing his Anti-saloon
League dope; but we do register kick
against labor papers helping the Anti
Saloon League save money, and that
they are doing when they give a "free
ride" to Stelzle's copy.
Get some of that FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS, Mr.. Labor Ed
i+or and nuit being a "come on" for the
Antisaloon League.-Mixer and Server.
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