The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-02

each morning. It's meat and bread
to their souls
Then think of the lordly power, anu
don't forget the steady flow or money
squeezed from the workman's nara
earned pay enevelope.
But when these leaders "tie up" any
industry no man can hold a job who
refuses to pay fines even on trumpet
up charges, and steadily pay lees
whatever they are.
The workman is absolutely at the
mercy of this band of men who have
secured and hold control.
Many and many an honest workman
has raised his voice and appealed TO
his fellows to rise and throw off the
yoke of Gompers, ct al. But, as one
writes, AT every, convention OF the
American Federation of Labor, strong
opposition comes up but at the crit
ical moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and covers
him with a mawkish film Of martyr
dom and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
of the peaceful workingmen at home
who desire to free themselves from
the odium of membership under the
great advocates of strike, boycott, vio-
lence and hate"
So we see the uneQualled insolence
with which these trust leaders pro-
pose to induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and Vlo
!, lent labor trust methods.
There Is a better way to secure JUS
tice for workers, as will appear furth
err along.
Just little diversion here.
I am charged with having frs
" brought to the attention of the public
|, !, some years ago, the name "Labo
u Trust"
A trust ls a combination Of men o.
/, organizations for the purpose OF sell
ing their product at profit and re
, stricting production to effect 1t.
K We will say a large OIL Compan
y gathers in smaller ones and thus COZ
,. trolls production.
II The Labor Trust gathers in" locs
X trade organizations and thus has pow
u, er to say how much work each ma
" shall do.
81 The Oil Company then fixes price
~ The Labor Trust does likewise.
> The OIL Company may use met
lie DDS" to force an unwilling dealer
n join.
The Labor Trust men go furth'
IN and slug the independent man if
ed tries to sell his labor without payi1
fees and "obeying orders" They a.
OF both exactly alike in purpose, whic
s. in both cases is entirely selfish
Ed gain power and money for the leader
rs, Certain Labor Trust members
en- not hesitate to use violence, dyr
w. hitting Of property, burning homes
independent men and even murder
or force obedience
elk The Oil Company doesn't go so f;
Both are extremely dangerous
Of the welfare of people and commu
WI ties, for power placed in the han
nd Of few men either representing CT
big ital or Labor is almost always abus
and the public suffers.
en- Remember, reader, that your safe
lad lies in strenuous opposition to
re- trusts which try to ride over and d
Ing tate to the people.
ley Only by opposing their growth c
you retain your personal liberty.
EN- Now to ministers.
Ike The average congregation Is me-
Ion up of about 80 per cent. of free C
and zens and much less than 10 per &c
Of members of the Labor Trust.
or The free citizen wants to hear wo
OF defending the rights and independel
lrn- of the common man free from the
mi bitrary dictates of any self-seek
to organization either of Capital or
en- Dor.
'ers The merchant, lawyer, school tea
axe er, doctor, clerk, farmer and We
ers, man rebels against any forcible 81
men ping of trains, boats, street c.
less or factories, for the prosperity Of
IAN community is entirely dependent
steady continuance of these thing
del Men don't like strikes, boycotts,
ice, jured workmen or burned cars
IONS factories.
oto'I A famous divine SAYS: "These I
ach, may hate capitalists but their hate
be other laboring men burns like a fla
who eats like nitric acid, is malignant
and yond all description"
Then we remember cases of
ders throwing, eyes gouged out, child
pers pursued, women stripped, homes