The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-12
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows. C. W. Post. OF
Baltic Creek. Michigan. IS not only a
maker OF breakfast foods, but lie is a
strong individualist who believes that
the trades unions are n menace to the
liberty of the country
Believing this. and being natural
born scrapper for the right as he
sees 1t. Post. for several years past.
has been engaged in ceaseless war.
fare against the Labor Trust as ne
likes to cali It,
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeIed expression of his opin-
ions on this subject through the resu-
lar reading pages Of the newspapers
he has bought Advertising space Tor
this purpose, just as he is accustomed
to for the telling of his Postum
STORY" and he has thus spent hum
drcds of thousands OF dollars in de-
nouncing ades-unlonism,
AS a result of Posts activities the
people now know whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with grsft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their
own membership, and rob the public.
Naturally Post is mated by tile trades
unionists. and intensely.
He employs no union labor, SO they
cannot call out his men. and he deiies
their efforts at boycotiipg his pro-
ducts The latest means of getting
Post is the widespread publication o.
Z, the story thatfa car which was recently
wrecked In transmission was found to
be loaded with empty peanut shells.
which were being shipped from the
South to Posts establishment at Battle
Creek
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald. of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, Who 1t is
said stated it publicly as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fltzger-
aid the lie direct. He denounces Fitz-
eerald's statement as a deliberate
Nfalsehood, an underhanded and coward
IN attempt to injure his business, hay.
ing not the slightest basis In fact.
AS such an effort 1t must be regarded
1T is significant that this statement
about "the peanut shells" Is being
given wide newspaper publicity. Tn
the patent inside" of an Eastern
country paper find 1t, and the infer
ence naturally is that labor-unionist
are insidiously spreading this lie.
An institution Cor manl which Will
resort to moral intimidation and to
DnySlCdl tlOICe, liluL WAL uSSS'o w '''$A1
chinery and burn buildings. that Will.
MAIN and kin it necessary to effect
its ends, naturally would not hesitate
to spread falsehood for the same pur.
poses.
We admire Post. While we have nc
enmity toward labor unions, so long as
they are conducted IN an honest, live.
ana -let-live" kind of a way, VIC have
had enough Of the tarred end Of the
stick to sSmpathlze, thoroughly Will
what lie is trying to do. He deserves
support, a man like Post cannot BIZ
(. killed, even with lies. They are {
boomerang, every time, Again we
know. for hasn't this weapon every
weapon that could be thought of, beer
used (and not simply By labor. unions.
to put us out of businessS too?
II am going to drink two cups of Pos,
tum every morning from this time ON
,Rnd put myself on diet Of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post!-Editorial II
the American Journal of cllnlcal-Med
trina.