The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-24

cal acts against American citizens and
haven't told half the tale. Right here
1t becomes necessary to say for the
ten thousandth time that there are
scores of honest, law-abiding union
men who deplore and are in no way
responsible for the long infamous rec
ord of the Labor Trust" under Its
present management. but they don't
seem to stop 1t.
The men who manage, who pull the
strings and guide the policy have
made the record and it stands, as
made by them.
Examine, II you please, the record
Of a stringeof members of the Amer.
lean Federation OF Labor and you will
view list of crimes against Amer.
leans, stupendous beyond belief. They
defy the laws, sheer at the courts
incite mobs and are avowed enemies
Of the peaceable citizens of all classes
This band Yields an iron bar over
their subjects and drives them tc
fidleness whenever they want to call q
strike or exact extra pocket money
for themselves.
Men don't want to be thrown out
Of work and lose their livelihood, but
what can they do when the smuggling
and numbering committee stands al
ways ready to do them" If they try
to work.
The poor women and helpless chill
dren suffer and no one dares present
their case to the public. They must
suffer in silence for they have no way
to right their wrongs, while the no.
toriety-seeking leaders carry out their
work.
These men cannot thus force op.
preston on the weak and innocent OF
use them to bring newspaper notice tC
themselves and money TO their peck
cts unless they can "hold them in
line"
Therefore, with the craft Of the fox
and venom of the serpent they devise
the union label" and tell the public
to buy emily articles carrying that
label
Smooth scheme isn't 1t?
They extract a fee from every
union man, and in order to get these
monthly fees, they. must hold the
workers in the union" and force
manufacturers to kick out all indie
pendent men.
Can anyone devise more com.
plete and tyrannical trust?
If allowed full sway, no independ.
ent man could keep working in fires
factory, for the goods wouldn't sell
no matter how perfectly they be made
Then, when the factory has beer
forced to close and the employees get
hungry enough from lack of wages
the workers must supplicate the
union leaders to be allowed" to pay
their fines (for not becoming mem.
bers befcre) and pay their monthly
fees to the purse-fat managers of the
Labor Trust. Thereupon (under or.
ders) before the factory be allowed
to start they must force the owner.
of the business to put on the Junior
label" or strike, picket the works
and turn themselves into sluggers and
criminals towards the independent
workers who might still refuse tt
bend the knee and bow the head.
In the meantime babies and moth
ers go hungry and shoeless, but whC
cares. The scheming leaders ar,
trained to talk of the uplifting of la
Dor" and shed tears when they speal
OF the brotherhood of man." mean
Ing the brotherhood of the Skim,
Maddens," "Shess," "Gompers," e
al, always excluding the medium o,
high-grade independent workers.
Perhaps You have noticed latel,
that the makers of the finest hats
shoes and other articles have stopped
putting on the union label Natural
ly the Labor Trust managers have or
dered their dupes to strike, lie idle
scrap, fight, slug and destroy proper
ty to force the makers to again pu
on 'the label" But for some reason
the buying public has been aroused
to the insults and oppression behinC
1t, and In thousands or cases have re
fused to buy any article carrying
what some one named the tag of ser
vitude and oppression"
The bound and gagged union sIav,
is fined from $500 to $500 If h,
buys any article not bearing tn,
union label" Nevertheless, he
time and again, risks the penalty an,
buys free" goods simply in order I,
help the fellow wOrkiHgman who i
brave enough to work where b,
pleases without asking permission OF
Bonded knees from the bulldozinI
leaders who seek by every know
method Of oppression and hate t
govern him.