The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-31

each mornIngl It's meat and bread t,
! thoir souls.
Then think OF tho lordly power, ant
don't forget the steady flow of money
squeezed from the workman's. hare
earned pay envelope! egis is,' 2
But when these leaders 'tie up
any industry no man can hold jol
who refuses to pay fines even OF
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 arise 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 crit
cal moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and GOV.
ers him with mawkish film Of mar
tyrdom and the emotional delegates
yell In delight, forgetting the instruc-
tions OF the peaceful workingmen at
home who desire to free themselves
from the great advocates OF strike,
boycc,., violence and hate.
So we see the unequalled insolencc
with which these trust leaders pro.
pose to induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and vlo.
lent labor trust methods.x
There is a better way to secure just
Ike for workers. as will appear further
along.
Just little diversion here.
am charged With having first
brought to the attention OF the public
some years ago, the name Labor
Trust"
A trust is a combination Of men OF
organizations for the purpose Of sell
ing their product at q profit and re-
stricting production to effect 1t.
We will say large OIL Company
gathers in smaller ones and thus con
trols production.
The Labor Trust gathers In" local
trade organizations and thus has pow
er to say how much work each man
shall do.
The Oil Company then fixes prices
The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may "use meth
DDS to force unwilling dealers to join
| The Labor Trust men 60 further
and slug the independent man If he
tries to sell his labor without paying
fees and "obeying orders" They are
both exactly alike in purpose, which
in both cases Is entirely selfish tt
gain power aud money Tor the leaders
Certain Labor Trust members dt
not hesitate to use violence, dynamit
Ing of property, burning homes of In
dependent men and even murder Il
fore obedience.
The OIL Company doesn't go so far
Both arc extremely dangerous t
the welfare OF people aud communi
tics for power placed In the hand
Of a few men either representing CAP
ital or Labor is almost always abusc'
and the public suffers.
Remember reader that your safct,
lies In strenuous opposition to al
trusts which try to ride over and die
tate to the people.
Only by opposing their growth cal
You retain your personal liberty.
Now TO ministers.
The average congregation is mad
up Of about 80 per cent of free cit
zens and much less than 10 per cen
OF members of the Labor Trust.
The free citizen wants to hea
words defending the rights and indt
pendence of the common man, fire
from the arbitrary dictates of any sell
seeking organization either of Capita
1 or Labor.
The merchant, lawyer. school teach
cr. doctor. clerk. farmer and workmai
| rebels against any iorcible stopping 0
trains. boats. street cars or factories
for the. prosperity OF the community !
entirely dependent on steady contint
ance of these things.
Men don't like strikes. boycotts, In
jured workmen or burned cars an
factories.
| A famous divine says: These me-
may hate capitalists but their hate TO
other laboring men burns like flame
eats like nitric acid. is malignant be
yond all description
Then We remember cases Of aci
throwing, eyes goused out, childre
pursued, women stripped, homes dc