New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-10-08
THE FOLLY OF VIOLENCE

tpdin Ill IlN it''t' " a.
taiIrd To bring any clue 10 '"'
|consp,ratois who perpetra'e" one
~ I'm. foulc>t crimes n the II stor.
III mdustriallSm.
Strong support IS gwen 'h'
thcory mat the wholesale aSSa>S !
nation of men and destruction OF
property was the work OF fanatics
more or less organized, BY the di
roverv OF bombs at the residence
If General Gus, the publisher oi
The Times. and another at INC
lbome 81 the secretary oil tn'
! Merchant 5 Association.
III was a fool that did It, was
he first exclamation OF one OF INC
representative printers OF ne"
Iorlcan>. when the news was gwen
10 him by an Item reporter Sat'r'
Iay and that must be the feeling
+ every decent citizen of the Unit
rI STATES. whe her he be cap tai
list IN onist. or unaffjliated work
.uoman Ii is significant that the
ryp graphical Union Itself Is
among those whose offers OF mon
IN for the 4 Scoycty OF the con
,.fmptible scrcantS have gone 10
swell the total of the reward on
heir hands.
Terrorism can serve n uSelul
,p3sa in a society which Is dom
mated b. a race which has refus-
"a for centuries. to be terrorlzed
IN ANYTHING or anybody. 1t can
,rjug nothing but obloquy upon
he cause n whose name II Is prac-
ced. without advancing lis t1r-
nm,s an inch. That any man or
any st Of men wao SympathlZe
With the unionistS i'll their long
Struggle with The Los Angeles
Times could possibly be 50 lost to
all lessons If civilization IS TO re
SORT TO the brute force OF barbar-
ISM. i 4 severe blow to Tie cause
n whose interest such invocation
If savagery seems crazlIv TO nave
nc.n made. The action OF the I'M
ms themselves indicates that they
appreciate this. They have joined
n the universal reprobaton
There is no real quarrel as Il
matter Of fact. between the lntelil-
cent and reasonable leaders OF hon
est unionism and the men VITO be
lieve in far Industrial profits an!
seek no more at the hands of tn Sc
with whom they do business. Inc
one side has as much to fear from
.olencc and fanaticism as has tn
other. 4 thousand strike, ana
lockouts won and LIST at the pree
of blood. starvation and money,
prove this to any think ne man
No one can guide himself on the
theory that he can interfere with
another manis rights without
prospect of punishment, No one
can afford to swoiVe IRON ms
course through fear OF assass ma
ton.
There is an argument advanced
~ some unionists that a mar
II t the right to operate has busl-
moss as he pleases, an opea
shop or closed shop, as a mlon
or non-union shop. They do not
claim that he has not the right
to freedom from assault, from Nlo-
lence which is contrary to the law.
Some two millions. more car less,
of the ninety millions OF American
citizen are members of unions. \
great proportion of these are 2 81
~ skilled men who are entitled to
a better share of the wealth pro-
duced by industry than the aver
age man deserves.
Their fight is specifically for far
ag,s. for decent working condl-
tons. for reasonable protection III
the continuity of their work.
They know the cost of battle,
and they d. not strike. as a rule,
unless they balieve that on cor
rect understanding of their case.
the great majority of the citizen
ship Of their communities would
be in sympathy with them.
1t is really absurd for any man
to argue that the individual stand
ing alone is on fair basis IN the
sale of his labor as opposed to a
great corporation or ASSOCIATION
which monopolizes the avenues of
oil in which he may engage. 1t
S equally absurd for him to fail
% see that a battle which has been |
won through years of patient en-
leavor, along the lines on which
men believe it IS fair to flgha,
must be endangered. in the esti-
nate of his eighty-odd millions Of
elbow citizens by anarchlstlc vio-
ence.
The street car conductor who
allied man ''seab" in New Or
cans the other day neither bcnc-
tied himself nor the cause of the
triking railway clerks with Nhom
'e sympathized. The man who
,ea Garfield. the mal W ) slew
lie kinley the man who tried to kill
iaynor, did not help their per-
onal eases or the causes for hich
hey thought they stood
As FIR the liberty of the press
is not seriously involved in The
,as Angeles situation. as We un-
erstand it. In the first place we
ave never heard that the unions
tempt to control the news or the
policy of the papers
'hich recognizes them and do Is
usness with them. The correct /,
Mon criterion of fairness is
he employment of union labor. /
he friendliness or unfriendtiuess |,
[ the individual paper to their ,
suse has nothing TO do VITA the 6