Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01

each morningl It's meat and bread
to their souls.
Then think Of the lordly power, and
don't forget the steady flow Of money
squeezed from the workman's hard
earned pay en%evelope.
But when these leaders 'tie up" any
industry no man can hold a job who
refuses to pay fines even on trumped
up charges, and steadily pay fees
whatever they are.
The workman is absolutely at the
mercy of this band of men who have
secured and hold control.
Many and many an honest workman
has raised his voice and appealed to
his fellows to rise and throw off the
yoke of Gompers, ct al. But, as one
writes, "At every convention Of the
American Federation of Labor, strong
opposition up but at the crit
ical moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and cover
him with a mawkish film Of martyr
dom and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
Of the peaceful w~orkingmen at home
who desire to free themselves from
the odium Of membership under the
great advocates of strike, boycott, VIC
lence and hate"
So we see the unequalled insolence
with which these trust leaders pro.
pose to >"induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and VIC
lent labor trust methods.
There Is a better way to ecure JUS
tice for workers, as will appear furth
err along.
Just a little diversion here.
l am charged with having first
brought to the attention Of the public
some years ago, the name Labor
Trust"
A trust Is a combination Of men OIL
organizations for the purpose of sell
ing their product at a profit and re
stricting production to effect it.
We will say a large Oil Company
gathers In smaller ones and thus con
trolls production.
The Labor Trust gathers in" loca
trade organizations and thus has pow
er to say how much work each NAL
shall do.
The Oil Company then fixes prices
The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may use meth
DDS" to force an unwilling dealer t,
join.
The Labor Trust men go furthe
and slug the independent man II h
tries to sell his labor without payini
fees and "obeying ORDERS" They ar,
both exactly alike in purpose, which
in both cases Is entirely selfish t
gain power and money for the leaders
Certain Labor Trust members d
not hesitate to use violence, dyna
hitting of property, burning homes O
independent men and even murder t
force obedience.
The Oil Company doesn't go SO fal
Both are extremely dangerous t
the welfare of people and commun
ties, for power placed in the hand
of a few men either representing Cal
ital or Labor is almost always abuse
and the public suffers.
Remember, reader, that your safet
lies in strenuous opposition to a
trusts which try to ride over and di'
tate to the people.
Only by opposing their growth ca
you retain your personal liberty.
Now to ministers.
The average congregation is mad
up of about 80 per cent. Of free cit
zens and much less than 10 per cen
of members of the Labor Trust.
The free citizen wants to hear word
defending the rights and independents
Of the common man, free from the a
: bitrary dictates Of any self-seekin
organization either Of Capital or l.
: Dor.
) The merchant, lawyer, school teacl
3 er, doctor, clerk, farmer and wor
man rebels against any forcible sto
! ping Of trains, boats. street car
) or factories, for the prosperity Of IL
community Ii entirely dependent {
steady continuance of these things.
Men don't like strikes, boycotts, !
jured workmen or burned cars ar
8 factories.
A famous divine says: These me
may hate capitalists but their hate I,
e other laboring men burns like a fam
o eats like nitric acid, is malignant b
d You'd all description"
Then we remember cases Of &C
throwing, eyes gouged out, childrt
3 pursued. women stripped. homes q