The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-31

don't forget the steady flow OF money
squeezed from the workman's hard
earned pay envelope.
But when these leaders 'tie up
any industry no man can hold JoD
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 comes up but at the criti-
cal moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and COW
ers him with a mawkish film of mar
trydom' and the emotional delegates
yell in delight, forgetting the instruc-
tions of the peaceful workingmen at
home who desire to free themselves
from the odium of membership under
i the great advocates of strike, boycott,
violence and hate"
! So we see the unequalled insolence
/ with which these trust leaders pro-
i pose to induce" ministers to pull
In 4hn Hrn lxF
preaching modern aggressive and vio-
e lent labor trust methods.
. There is a better way TO secure JUS
tice for workers, as will appear furth-
A. er along.
Just a little diversion here.
0t | am charged with having first
n. brought to the attention of the public
m some years ago, the name Labor
Id Trust"
as A trust is a combination of men oil
k organizations for the purpose of sell
L ing their product at q profit and re
stricting prcdrctioo to effect it.
Elk We will say large Oil Compan!
es gathers in smaller ones and thus con
ct trolls production.
If The Labor Trust gathers in loca
TX trade organizations and thus has pow
ID, err to say how much work each maj
90 shall do.
st The Oil Company then fixes prices
ny The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may use meth
he DDS" to force an unwilling dealer t.
M join.
The Labor Trust men go furthe
an and slug the Independent man if h,
ed tries to sell his labor without payin,
fees and "obeying orders" They ar
of both exactly alike in purpose, which
S" in both cases is entirely selfish t
ed gain power and money for the leaders
RS, Certain Labor Trust members d.
oh not hesitate to use violence, dynamit
W. ing of property, burning homes of in
dependent men and even murder t
Sc force obedience.
on The Oil Company doesn't go so fal
Both are extremely dangerous t
of the welfare of people and commun
vn ties, for power placed in the hands O
nd few men either representing Capita
zig or Labor is almost always abused an
the public suffers.
IN Remember reader that your safet
al lies in strenuous opposition to a.
re- trusts which try to ride over and diC
ng tate to the people
ey Only by opposing their growth ca
you retain your personal liberty.
I'm Now to the ministers.
Ike The average congregation is mad
on up of about 80 per cent of free cit
nd zens and much less than 10 per Ger
of members of the Labor Trust.
or The free citizen wants to hea
of words defending the rights and ind,
m pendence of the common man, fire
mi from the arbitrary dictates of any sci
to seeking organization either of Capt.,
IN or Labor
ers The merchant, lawyer, school teacl
Ike er, doctor, clerk, farmer and workma
RS, rebels against any forcibile stoppin
len of trains, boats, street cars, or facto
ess les, for the prosperity of the commu
an ity is entirely dependent on stead
continuance of these things.
lei Men don't like strikes, boycotts, i
ice, jured workmen or burned cars al
in factories.
ORR A famous divine says: These me
.ch- may hate capitalists but their ha
be for other 1aboring men burns like
Who flame, eats like nitric acid, is mali
and nant bevond all dissertation.