The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-24
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

As everyone knows, c. W. Post, Ell
Battle Creek; Michigan, is not only a
maker of breakfast foods, but he is a
strong individualist, who believes
that the trades-unions are a menace
to the liberty of the country.
Believing this, and being a nat
ural-born" scrapper for the right, as
he sees 1t, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare against the Labor Trust" as
he likes TO call 1t.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression of his opin-
ions on this subject through the regu-
lar reading pages of the newspapers
he has bought advertising space for
this purpose, just as he is accustomed
to for the telling of his Postum
STORY" and he has thus spent hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars in de-
nouncing trades-unionism.
AS a result of Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they
obstruct the development OF legiti-
mate business, curtail labor's output,
hold up manufacturers, graft upon
their own membership, and rob the
public. Naturally Post is hated by
the trades-unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he de-
fies their efforts at boycotting his pro-
ducts. The latest means of getting"
Post Is the widespread publication of
the story that a car which was re-
Gently wrecked in transmission was
found to be loaded with empty pea
nut shells, which were being shipped
from the South to Posts establish
ment at Battle Creek
This canard probably originated
with President John Fitzgerald, Of
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
who. it is said. stated it publicly, as
truth.
Post comes back and gives r1tzger-
aid the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as a deliberate
falsehood, and underhanded and
cowardly attempt to injure his busi-
ness. having not the slightest basis in
fact. AS such an effort IT must be
regarded. 1t is significant that this
statement about 'the peanut shells"
is being given wide newspaper pub
licity. In the patent inside" of an
Eastern country paper 1 find it, and
the IN -.' raturally is that labor
rrion',.s nrs insidiously spreading
'h!s l'a.
an ..sruCun (or a mani which
will resort 20 -noral intimidation and
70 phy ys:Cal tCrce, that will destroy
nach,cs ard burn buildings, that
VII mNsSe Kill IL necessary to ef-
fects r q Ends naturally would not
hesY 70 rca ad faIsehood for the
"a t;le purposes. i"
We admire ost. While we have
nc enmi,I toward labor unions, SO
long az thcy are conducted in an hon.
est, "liyc-ard-iei- live kind of q way.
we have hao enough of the tarred
end Of tho st''h "a sympathize thor
oughiy wfth w..i De is trying to do.
He deserve aUppor' A man like
u car not be ;iilc.. even with lies.
hey a. boomerang every time.
Again W i"o,r 10. hasn't this wea-
pom, ey -, Weapon that could be
thought o. beer Es-d (and not SIM
ply by lahor unions 10 put us out of
business TOO?
! am going to drink too cups of
Postum every norplre g from this time
on. and put myself on p diet of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post = -EditoriaI IN
zhs Asssrican .IO,iT1ia' Of liatsot KedjcSns.
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