Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-04

Win anu dcliolS IN accordance there
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| Let the people remember that com
ment, The Federation of Labor in
particular stands before the bar of pub
lie opinion having been convicted of
seltishness and a disposition to rule
all the people of the country In the in
terest of the few"
The great 80 per cent of Americans
do not take kindly to the acts of tyran-
ny by these trust leaders openly de-
handing that all people bow down to
the rules of the Labor Trust and we
are treated to the humiliating spectacle
OF our Congress and even the Chief
Executive entertaining these convicted
law-breakers and listening with con-
sideration to their insolent demands
that the very laws be changed to allow
them to safely carry on their plan of
gaining control over the affairs of the
people.
The sturdy workers of America have
come to know the truth about these
martyrs sacrificing themselves In the
noble cause of labor but it's only the
historical ones who swell up and cry
over the aforesaid heroes" remind
ing one of the two romantic elderly
maids who, weeping copiously, were
discovered by the old janitor at Mt.
Vernon.
What is it ais you ladies?''
Taking the handkerchief from one
swollen red eye, between sobs she
said
why We have so i01g revered the
memory of George Washington that
we feel it a privilege to come here and
weep at his tomb"
"Yas'm, yas'm, yo' shore has a desire
to express yo' sympathy but yo' are
overfiowin' at de wrong spot, yo' is
weepin' at de ice house"
Don't get maudlin about law-break-
ers who must be punished if the very
existence of our people is to be main,
tanned
II You have any surplus sympathy it
can be extended to the honest workers
who continue to earn food when threat
ened and are frequently hurt and some
times killed before the courts can in
tervene to protect them.
Now the Labor Trust leaders demand
of Congress that the courts be stripped
of power to issue injunctions to pre-
vent them from assaulting or perhaps
men who dare earn living
when ordered by the Labor Trust to
quit work.
Don't weep at the Ice House" and
don't permit any set of law-breakers
to bully our courts, if your voice and
vote can prevent. Be sure and write
your Representative and Senators in
Congress asking them not to vote for |
any measure to prevent the courts |
from protecting homes, property and |
persons from attack by paid agents of |
this great Labor Trust
Let every reader write. and write
now
Don't sit silent and allow the organ /
led and paid men of this great trust |
to force Congress to believe they rep
resent the great masses of the Ameri- /
can people. Say your say and let your
in Congress know that /
you do not want to be governed under
new laws which would empower the
Labor Trust leaders with legal right /
20 tell you when to work. Where!
or whom! At what pricel What 20
buy! What not to buy! Whom TO
vote for! How much You shall pay per
month in fees to the Labor Trust! etc,
ETC., ETC.
This power is now being demanded
~ the passage of laws in Congress.
Tell your Senate rs and Representa-
ives plainly that you don't want them
o vote for any measure that will al
ow any set of men either representing
Capital or Labor to govern and dictate
o the common people. who prefer to
'e free to go and come, work or not,
md vote for whom they please.
Every mans liberty will disappear
vhen the leaders of the great Labor
trust or any other trust can ride rough
hod over people and mass their forces
o prevent our courts from affording
protection.
There's a Reason"
c. w. POST. Battle Creek, Mich. /