Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-19

a measure 20 protect the people
was butchered by eOwardly con-
sressmcn and saved by a brave pres
ident to when honor is due for his
protection.
S200. 000.0e was To he appropriate
ed Tor use by the department Of JUS
tice In prosecuting 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 -
That means combinations of men
who conspire to prevent other men
from earning q living,
Two or three large oil companies
might combine and c%Onspire" to
freeze out a small dealer.
lie has Il right to conduct a bust
ness end earn q living for his family
and should have protection from
combinations which 'conspircn to
ruin him.
II also applies 90 combinations Of
workmen who "conspirc" TO drive
VtA'l WI iliNi iitih WI
The great Labor Trust has been
seized by certain men wis now have
control.
They force every member to FAY
fees, which aggregate several hundred
thousand dollars u year
They intend that no men who re-
fuse 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 n OF
work uutil they Join the big trust and
pay fees to the leaders.
one illustration will suffice.
con June 22nd, ielo, the New York
building trades council tpart OF the
Labor Trustl declared a strike on all
trades on "a l2-story building at Thir-
tv-firth street and sixth avenue, be-
cause Of the employment of members
OF an electrical union not members OF
the trust. Work on the entire build
ing was stopped.
The secretary OF the trust said
that general strikes would be ordered
w fN'AN NNtihtiAE RfARH
ious 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
we're told 10 and did order the indie
pendent union 70 Join the Labor Trust
The men refused beeause they did not
like The trust methods OF coercion.
bullying. smuggling ana general Nio-
lepce.
This H. only one Illustration of hun
dreds OF eases where the trust con
spires In restraint OF trade.
That l.. 10y combination they con-
spire to and d. stop work. Interfere
with industry, aud prevent men from
earning a living unless they pay fees
to fhe trust leaders.
There is perhaps never one single
day in = year but what the Labor
Trust IL engaged somewhere in Amer
lea in %'rcstraining trade" preventing
men nom working and stopping the
flow Of Industry. No trust In this
country breaks the Ian one-teHth a.
many times. or takes the bread from
mems months as frequently as the
Labor Trust.
No trust has eve restrained
such volumes OF work or stopped the
payment ct ~ much money.
No trust hes MANNED aud killed
80 many or blown up and destroyed
az much property and yet the attor-
neg general has been held back from
prosecutions FOR some unexplained
rcas"n Whet does a workinemau
care about the prosecution OF the Oh
trust when the Dig labor trust keeps
him out OF work every now aud then.
Suppose sou ~rite President Tart
and ash why the attorney general