The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-19
Mob-Coddling
by Congressman

in friendly conference settlement is
reached IN great majority of cases, II
not, the facts on both sides are given the
local press and thus the citizens of the
community become entirely conversan nj
with the matter and public opinion steps
in.
It's hard for either side to stand for a
wrong. with the great weight of public
opinion opposed.
Up to the time of the mediation pro-
cc,eeding the men keep at work and the
How OF money through the community is
continued. IT,. thereafter, they feel they
can do better elsewhere, they have right
to withdraw 5 per cent. of the men each
day and go to job better liked, but they
make no objection to the employer putting
new men in the places they leave. 1t sci.
dom comes to that.
The practical working Of the plan
shows the industries 80 on and the EN-.
ploye. holds his time-tried men to him on
any reasonable terms and they and he are
friends working together. whereas if they
settled by the. club and force, hate would
invariably follow, greatly to the detri-
ment OF the industry and the men per
sonally. 49, -
The Trades and Workers Ass n is grow
ing rapidly among some OF the best work
men in America
1t marks new epoch. Let workmen
write the Trades and Workers Assn Of
Battle Creek Mich, for a constitution
and bylaws and study the new peace
movement.
Practically all real workers dislike to
have their negotiations conducted bv
strikes, violence, hate and general dis
turbance, but the noisy ones have gained
control of the big Labor Trust, and thew.
force the peaceful ones, and BY such
methods have brought much odium on
the name Of Labor
a better day is coming. A day Of peace
and steady prosperity for the workers,
but it will be delayed by cowardly Con-
gressnen if they mistakenly vote to put.
more power in the hands of the trust
leaders and make them immune from
prose cutlon when they boycott, slug, burn
and dynamite, using such means to hold
workmen in their power to extract month
ly fees from them and to force the rest Of
humanity to ''obey" them or take the
It is high time the people
were protected by the strong arm of the
law.
Reader, if you want to retain your free
dom, talk plainly to your Congressman
and Legislators: Remember, the high
priests OF the Labor Trust are always busy
bounding Congressman to pass new laws
to protect them in their attacks on work.
men and citizens,
Do your duty and compel your repre-
sentatives to protect you. II they don't
respond, see you are at the polls and cast
a vote for the man who has first agreed
to stand by the majority and give tex
emption" and special privilege to no tight
and snug combination OF either Labor or
Capital.
Guard your sacred personal liberty ac-
lively and at all times, for the interests
which would like to harness you are busy
day in and day out
!, Permit no set OF men to gain power to
force you to buy only what they order,
hire only those men they name, also to
order when you can work, where, Tor
whom, at what wages and how long
Fail in watchfuness and you will drift
INTO humiliating servility from which it
will be difficult to free yourself,
This is time when individual liberty
$ being attacked.
Guard yours as you would your soul.
\, There's Reason
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