The Detroit times., 1910-07-20

A measure to protect the people was
butchered by cowardly congressman
and saved by a brave president 70
whom honor is due for his protection
5000 900. 90 was to be appropriated
for use by the Dept. of Justice In pros
ecuting offenders against the Sherman
Antitrust law. which Is intended &c
nrotect men at work, whether they DC
working with hands, heads, or ooth.
Protect them from combinations
and conspiracies in restraint OF trade
That means combinations OF men
who conspire to prevent other men
from earning living,
Two or three large oil companies
might combine and conspire" tc
freeze out a small dealer.
He has a right TO conduct a Dust
ness and earn living for his famllS
and should have protection from com
binations" which "conspire' 10 run
him. , =,
II also applies to combinations OF
workmen who "conspire" to drive
other workmen from work.
The great Labor Trust" has been
seized by certain men who now nave
control.
They force every member to pay
fees, which aggregate several hunoreo
thousand dollars, a year.
They intend that no men VINO retuse
tn nav fees TO them shall work.
Whenever independent men or those
who form their own union seek &c
work. the big trust orders strikes OF
the iobs. 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 sufiice:
On June 22nd, 1910, the n. Y. BUILD
ing Trades Council (part OF the Laoo'
Trust) declared a strike OF all trades
ON a l2-story 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 thai
general strikes would be ordered On
every building where the obnoxious
electricians" are employed.
These electricians belong TO union
formed under the arbitration plan
some time ago and kept their 1oos
The employers afterward contracted
under pressure, with the big trust and
we're told 10 and did order the inde
pendent union to join the LABOR trust
The men refused because they ala ho'
like the trust methods OF coercion
bullying, smuggling and generai VIC
lence.
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 10 and do stop work, Interfere
with industry, and prevent men from
earning a living unless they pay ices
TO the trust leaders.
There is perhaps never one single
day i'm a year but what the LABOR
Trust Is engaged somewhere IN
America, In restraining trade, pre-
venting men from working and stop
ming the flow OF industry. No trust IN
this country breaks the law one-tenth
as many times. or takes the bread
from mems mouths as frequently as
the Labor Trust.
No trust has ever restrained such
volumes OF work or stopped the pay
ment OF so much money
No trust has MANNED and killed SO
mpny men or blown up and destroyed
SO nuch property and yet the attor
ney.general has been held back from
prosecutions for some unexplained
reason. What does workingman
care about the prosecution OF the oil
trust when the big labor trust keeps
him out OF work every now and then
Suppose you write Pres. Taft and
ask why the Atty Gent does not pro