The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-01

stroyed, men murdered and the long.
long list of atrocities practised by
Labor Trust members on other human
trust methods.
Now for the better way.
Workingmen are now organizing in
the old fashioned trades union or
guild" way, affiliated with the Ma
tional Trades and Workers Associa-
ton whose constitution provides ar
bitration Of differences with agree
ment for no strikes, boycott picket
ing or hateful coercion of any kind.
This Trade Association has evolved
from the experience of the past and
is the highest order of Trades Union.
ism at the present day.
Under its laws ii is not possible for
the Hold Carriers Union or the Street
Sweepers Union to order the school
teachers or locomotive engineers to
quit work In a sympathetic strike"
If any craft finds Injustice, the case
is presented to properly selected arbi.
traitors, testimony taken and the case
presented to the public through the
press. Thereupon public opinion. that
greatest Of all powers, makes itself
felt and curiously enough fair settle
ment Is generally the result.
There Is no strike, no loss of wages,
no loss to the community and yet the
faithful workers get their just treat.
ment.
There are many details which have
been worked out by men skilled in
labor matters.
II will recompense any interested
man to know these details which can
be secured by postal request for
constitution and bylaws written to
the National Trades and Workers Az
ISOLATION, Kingman Block, Battle
Creek, Mich.
Reader, look carefully into this
great question of the relations of Cap
ital and Labor and its successful So
luton. The new plan works and
brings results for the members.
I became SO faVorably impressed
with the trustworthiness and pracdc.
ability of the leaders of this new la.
Dor movement that | gave the Associ.
alton sanitorfum at Battle Creek
worth about 100000 and with about
300 rooms, to be used as a home for
their old members and the helpless
babies, sometimes made fatherless by
the pistol club or boot heel of some
member Of the violent Labor Trust"
Suppose you attend church Labor
Sunday and hear what your minister
has to say in defense Of the safety
and rights of the common, everyday
man.
Let me ask you to read again por
ton of one Of my public articles print
ed q few years ago
The people of the world have Civ.
en- me money enough to spend in
these talks through the papers in try
ing to make better and safer condi.
tons for the common people, whether
the Postum business runs or not
Scores of letters have come to me
from work people and others, some
from union men recounting their SUI.
ferings from union domination and
urging that their cases be laid before
the public.
1t will not answer for us to only
sympathize with the poor, the op-
pressed, those who haven't power
enough to drive off tyrants and re-
sent oppression, we must help them
tie the hands Of the oppressors. Amer
leans must act.
land left comfortable homes, took
with them the old flint locks, slept on
the ground in rain and frost; hungry,
footsore, and half clothed they grimly
pushed on where the Eternal God OF
Human Liberty urged them. They
wove for me and for you a mantle Of
freedom, woven in loom where The
shuttles were cannon balls and bull
let's and where swords were used to
pick out the tangles In the yarn.
These old, sturdy grandads of ours
stood by that loom until the mantle
was finished. then, stained with their
life blood It was handed down to us.
Shall refuse to bear 1t on my shoul.
ders because the wearing costs me
few dollars, and are you towards
enough TO hide yours because some
foreign labor union anarchist orders
you to strip 1t of?
| have faith that the blood of 1776
still coursing in your veins will Jingle
and call until you waken Then
Americans will Act" There's a Kea.
son." C. W. POST.