Arizona republican., 1910-07-19

A measure to protect the people was butchered by cowardly Congressman and saved by a brave President to whom honor is due for his protec- ton.
 $2OO, ,OO0.OO was to be appropriated for use by the Dept of Justice in prose cutting offenders against the sherman Anti Trust 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 restrain of trade"
 That means combinations of men who conspire to prevent other men from earning living.
 Two or three=iarge OH companies might combine and conspire' to freeze out a small dealer.
 He has a right to conduct business and earn a living for his family and should have protection from 'combina- tions'' which "conspire" to ruin him.
 It also applies to combinations" of workmen who "conspire" to drive oth- CT workmen from work.
 The great Labor Trust" has been seized by certain men who now have control
 They force every member to pay fees, which aggregate several hundred thousand dollars 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 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. |. Build ing Trades Council epart of the Labor Trust) declared strike of all trades on a 12-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 Secy of the trust" said that general strikes would be ordered on every building where the obnoxious electricians" are employed.
 These electricians belong to a union formed under the arbitration plan some time ago and kept their jobs. The em- ployers afterward contracted, under pressure. with the big trust and were told to and did order the independent union to join the Labor Trust. The men refused because they did not like the trust methods of coercion. bullying. slugging and general violence
 This is only one illustration of hund- reds of cases where the trust "con- spires in restraint of trade"
 That is. by combination they con spire to and do stop work. interfere with industry. and prevent men from earning living unless they pay fees to the trust leaders.
 There is perhaps never one single day in a year but what the Labor Trust is engaged somewhere in America. in restraining trade" preventing men from working and stopping 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 of work or stopped the pay ment of so much money.
 No trust has maimed and killed so many men or blown up and de- stroyed so much property and yet the general has been held back from prosecutions for some uneX- plained reason. What does a working man 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 Gen'l does not protect