The San Francisco call., 1909-09-16

and see whether it's makers are Labor
Trust contributors and slaves or are
free and Independent Americans.
1 have tried to tell you something
about those who are oppressed. vilined.
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
jority and include the most skillful
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 a. few thousands of dollars to send
this message to the American people
Remember, didn't say my excuse"
for sending it. The cause needs no
excuse" C.. W. POST,
Battle Creek. Mich
NIB.
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 workmen to organize Oh, yes,
brother. when real workmen manage
wisely and peacefully, but L 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 mobs to attack citizens and d.
stroy property in order to establis
their control of communities and az
fairs and subject every one 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 un-
der the Sherman antitrust law and
Ire~n for rrtr rS-r.fr anxr nd re
straint of trade We have the law. but
the politicians. and many of our officers
even while drawing pay from the peo-
| pie, are afraid to enforce it in protec-
tion of our citizens and now the big
Labor Trust is moving heaven and
earth to repeal the law so their nefari-
Gus work may be more safely carried
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 congressman
and legislators against the repeal of
the Sherman Antitrust law It's re-
peal is being pushed by the Labor
Trust and some big capital trusts in
order to give each more power to
oppress- Do your duty and protest In
this great American Republic every
one 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 wrested from him.
Some one asks, How about your own
workmen?"
I didn't intend to speak of my own
affairs. but so long as the question is
almost sure to be asked. 1 don't mind
telling YOU
The Postum workers are about a
thousand strong. men and women. ana
don't belong to labor unions. The Labor
Trust has. time without numbers. sent
organizers with money to give
| smokers" etc. and had their orators
declaim the brotherhood of man. bust
ness and cry salty tears describing the
fearful conditions of the slaves of
capitar' and all that. But the ~conf1-
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 peo-
pie in the state OF Michigan and be-
lieve in the United States They mostly
own their own homes. and good ones
Their wages come 50 weeks in year
and 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.
the works tcome 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 workingInen of
Battle Creek tour people and about
5000 others) from 100000 to 81. 10000
"a month In fees TO send out to the lead
ers of the Labor Trust il they would
allow themselves to become organ
lied and 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 a while one OF the little
books. The Road to Welrvine~ we
put in the pkgs- of Postum. Grape
Nuts and Post Toasties is sent back te
us with sticker pasted across il say
ing, Returned because 1T don't bear
the union label
Then W. doin hands and sing a hymn
OF praise for the discovering by some
one that our souls are not scared with
the guilt OF being conspirators to help
1 o1nd the chains of slavery upon fellow
Americans by placing added power In
the nands OF the largest most op-
pressive ana harmful trust the world
has ever seen.
When you seek TO buy something
look for the "union Iabef' and speak
your sentiments That's an opportunity
10 reach out helping hand to the
countless men and women in all kinds
OF industry who brave bricks stones
and bullets to maintain their American
finest goods in America and which do
lot bear the seal of Industrial slavery
the "Unl0n LaDeLv