The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-06

Some people swell up on emotion"
brewed from absolute untruth.
It's an old trick OF the leaders of the
Labor Trust to twist facts and make
the sympathetic ones" weep at the
ice house" CHATS part OF the tale
further On.)
Gompcrs ct al snecr at, spit upon
and defy our courts, seeking sympathy
by falsely telling the people the courts
were trying to deprive them of free
speech and free press.
Men can speak freely and print opln.
ions freely in this country and no
court win object, but they cannot be
allowed to print matter as part OF a
criminal conspiracy to injure and ruin
other citizens.
Gompers and his trust associates
started out to ruin the Bucks Stove
Co, drive It's hundreds Of workmcn
out of work and destroy the value Of
the plant without regard to the fact
that hard earned money Of men who
worked, had been invested there.
The conspirators we're told by the
courts to stop these vicious trust
methods. tcnorts to break the firm
that won't come under trust rulcl, hut
instead of stopping they "darn' the
courts to punish them ana demand
new laws to protect them in such de-
EtlUctivc and tyrannical acts as they
may desire to do The reason
Gumpcrs and his band persisted in try
ing TO ruin the Bucks Stove Work.
was because the stove company insist
ed on the right to keep some old en-
ployecs ut work when de union or
dcrod them discharged and some o.
'dc gang" put on.
Now let us reverse the condition!
and have look
Suppose the company had ordered
the union to dismiss certain men iron
their union, and, the demand being re-
fused, should institute boycott
against that union publish its name
In an unfair list" instruct other man
utaCturers all over the United State
not to buy the labor OF that union
have committees call Mt stores aut
threaten TO boycott II the merchant
sold anything made by that union
| Picket the factories whore member
work and slug them on the way home
| blow up their houses and wreck tn
works, and even murder few mem
bers OF the boycottcd union to teacl
| tnem they must obey the orders q
"organized Capital?"
II would certainly be fair for tn
| company to do these things II Lawful
| for the Labor Trust to do them.
In such case, under our laws tn
boycotted union could apply to GU
courts and the courts would orde
the company to cease boycotting an
trying to ruin these union men. SUI
pose thereupon the company shoul
sneer at the court and In open deilanc
continue the unlawful acts In pei
sistent, carefully laid out plan, pul
posely intended to ruin the unto,
and force its members into povert
What a howl would go up from tn
union demanding that the courts pre-
tect them and punish their law-breal
ing oppressors. Then they woul
praise the courts and go on earning
living protected from ruin and happ
in the knowledge that the people
courts could defend them.
How could any OF us receive prote,
ton from law.breakers unless the court
have power to, and do punish sue
men?
The court 10 placed In position wher
II must do one thing or the other
punish men who persist In defying II
peace orders or 90 out Of service, Il
anarchy reign, and the moro powerfl
destroy the weaker.
Peaceful citizens sustain the court
rs their defenders, whereas thieve
forgers. burglars. crooks Of all kind
and violent members of labor union
hate them and threaten violence
their members are punished for breal
ing the law. They want the courts
let them go free and at the same tin
demand punishment for other men lou
side do union" when they break Ii
law. Notice the above refe
ence to violent" members Of labc
unions. The great majority of II
"unheard" union men are peaceabl