The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-19

A measure to protect the people was
butchered by cowardly Congressman
and saved by q brave President to
whom honor is due for his protection.
$20O.OOO.OO 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 I'm restraint Of trade. :"
That means combinations of men
who conspire to prevent other men
from earning a living.
Two or three large oil companies
might combine and conspire" to
freeze out small dealer.
He has a right to conduct a bust
ness and earn a living for his family
and should have protection from "com-
binations" which "conspire" to ruin
him. ..z..
Il also applies to Combinations
OF workmen who 'conspire" to drive
other workmen from work.
The great Labor Trust" has been
eeiAcu ny ceItdiH HeH WIZ uoW nave
control.
They force every member to pay
fees. which aggregate several hundred
thousand dollars a year.
They intend that no men who
refuse to pay fees to them shall work
Whenever Independent men or those
who form their own union seek to
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 will suffice:
On June 22nd. 1910. the N. Y. Build.
ing Trades Council part of the Labor
Trust declared strike of all trades
on a 12-story building ut 35th and 6tf
Ave-. because OF the employment o.
members Of an electrical union, MOI
members Of the trust. Work on the
entire building was stopped.
The Sec'y of the trust" said tha
general strikes would be ordered OF
every building where the ''obnoxiou.
electricians" are employed.
These electricians belong to unioi
formed under the arbitration plal
some time ago and kept their Jobs
The employers afterward contracted
under pressure with the big trust an,
were told to and did order independ
ent union to join the Labor Trust Tn
men refused because they did no
like the trust methods of coercion
bullying. smuggling and general vio
ence.
This Is only one illustration O
hundreds of cases where the trus
''conspires In restraint Of trade"
That Is. by combination they cor
spire to and do stop work, interior
with industry. and prevent men fror
earning living unless they pay fee
to the trust leaders.
There Is perhaps never one singl
day In year but what the l.abo
Trust Ia engaged somewhere In Amer
ca In Restraining trade" preventin
men from working and stopping tn
flow OF industry. No trust In this cour
try breaks the law one-tenth as man
times. or takes the bread from men
mouths as frequently as the Labc
Trust.
No trust has ever restrained
such volumes Of work or stopped til
payment of 40 much money.
No trust has manned and kille
20 many men or blown up and destro,
ed 20 much property and yet the alto
ney general has been held back frol
prosecutions for some unexplains
reason, What does workingman cal
about the prosecution Of the oil tru
when the big labor trust keeps hi
out OF work every now and then.
Suppose you write Pres. Taft ar
ask Why the Atty Gen'l does not pr
tsct the people against the biggest an
noet hurtful trust we have.
Tho authorities forget there a