El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-19

A measure to protect the people
was butchered by cOwardly Congress
men. and saved by a brave President
to whom honor is due for his protec-
ton
5000. 100000 was to be appropriated
for use by the Dept. Of Justice in pros
ecuting offenders against the Sherman
Antitrust law, which is INTENDED
TO protect men at work, whether they
be working with hands, heads, or both
Protect them from combinations
and conspiracies in restraint OF trade
Thai means combinations Of men
who conspire to prevent other men
from earning a living.
Two or three large oil companies might
combine and conspire" 20 freeze out
g small dealer.
He has right to conduct busi-
ness and earn a living for his family
and should have protection from com
binations" which conspired" TO ruin
him.
1t also applies to 'icombinat tons Of
worknen who '-conspire" TO drive other
workmen from ~ rk-
rFhe great Labor Trust has been
seized by certain men who now have
control.
They force every member to pay
fees, which aggregate several hundred
thousand dollars 2 year.
They interc that no men who
refuse to pay fees to them shall work
Whenever Independent men or those
who form their own union seek 10
work. the big trust orders strikes on
the Jobs, TO force the independent
men or independent union men out OF
work until they join the big trust and
pay fees to the leaders
One illustration viii suffice;
On June 22nd. 1910, the N Y. Build
ing Trades Council part Of the Labor
TRUST declared a strike Of all trades
on a History building at 35th and 9Th
Ave, because OF the employment OF
members OF an electrical union, not
members of the trust. Work on the
entire building was stopped
The Sec'y of the trust" said that
general strikes would be ordered on
every building where the obnoxious
electricians are employed
These electricians belong to a union
formed under the arbitration plan some
time ago and kept their jobs The
employers afterward contracted, under
pressure, with the big trust and were
told 20 and did order the Independent
union to join the Labor Trust. Th'
men refused because they did no
like the trust methods OF coercion
bullying, smuggling and general violence
This is only one illustration Of hun
dreds of cases where the trust con
spires in restraint of trade"
That is, by combination they con
spire to and do stop work, interfer'
with industry, and prevent men from
earning a living unless they pay fee
TO the trust leaders.
There is perhaps never one single
day in a year but what the LabO
Trust is engaged somewhere in America
in restraining trade preventing mel
from working and stopping the FLOW
OF industry. No trust in this eountr,
breaks the law one-tenth man!
times, or takes the bread from mem
mouths as frequently as the LabO
Trust.
No trust has ever restrained" sucl
volumes of work or stopped the pay
ment Of so much money.
No trust has manned and killed s
many men or blown up and destroyed s
much property and yet the attorne
general has been held back from pros
ecutions for some unexplained reason
What does a Workingman care abOu
the prosecution Of the oil trust whe
the big labor trust keeps him out o
work every now and then
Suppose you write Pres Taft and as
why the Atty Gen'l does not protect tn