The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-31

When a small clique OF men put up
d scheme 10 harness the clergy OF
America and induce the ministers to,
In tuln hitch up" the members Of
the churches, we should all take not
Ice.
They couldn't harness the preachers
In a bad cause except by deceivinS
.hem.
Ministers OF the gospel are essen
TALLY and fundamentally honest but,
like all men who work for the pub
lie good, they are at times misled
By false statements.
Trust them when they have exact
truth to speak from.
Now for the story which should In
terest every one for We are all either
receivers OF wages or We pay TO
wage eaTneTS and the freedom of
each individual is at Issue.
In various papers the following
statement has been printed. Read IT
carefully at least twice.
1NTEREST IN LABOR SUNDAY
Labor Sunday-the Sunday pre-
oedIng Labor day-wIll be observed
generally this year and In future
This because OF the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor declaration for the
observance of that day The numer-
Gus letters recently received at Am
erican Federation Of Labor head
quarters from ministers is an assur-
ance that interest In the idea OF CIV
Ing special attention to the cause
OF labor from the pulpit one day in
the twelve months Is widespread. Our
readers are urged to try to bring
about an understanding In their re.
spective districts With representa-
tiyes of the church so that ministers
Will make addresses that may attract
trade unionistS to the churches IN
largo numbers for the day. Minis
ters should say what they think on
the occasion in order that their trade
union hearers may put the right estl-
mate as to where the church stands
on the question of the organization
of labor The more the subject is
discussed the better will 1t be for
labor. Union ethics are sound.-Am-
erican Federatlonist."
Observe that Labor Union" men
'are urged to induce ministers to
make addresses that will attract
trade unionists to the churches for
the day"
Ministers should say" etc, and
winds up with "Unlon ethics are
sound" observe the hidden threat
This is clipped from the American
Federationlst, the organ OF Sam Com
pers, et al
This clipping has been sent to pa
pers throughout the country and the
Typographical Union men In the
newspaper offices instructed To urge
that 1t be printed
That is one OF the ways of the ma
chine"
1t looks harmlpess so the papers
print It.
But, Let's lift the cover and look
under
The hItden motive IS as dangerous
to the peace and liberty of the citi-
zen as a coiled rattlesnake In the
grass.
Organization by workmen TO peace.
fully and successfully present their
side is necessary and most commend.
able.
There are such organizations now
rapidly winning their way TO public
confidence without strikes, dynamite
or killing fellow workmen
iSome facts on this matter a little
further along in this article)
We see here a demand on the min
listers OF God, that they endorse and
help build up the strike-producinc,
boycottinC and violent American Fed.
Grafton of Labor.
Think of the man OF God who
teaches brotheriy love being coyertly
ordered to praise and help get new
members for an organization with a
record for violence, crime and mur
der done by It's members the Ike OF
which the world has never seen.
Think of the thousands of women
made widows and the increasing
thousands Of children left fatherless
by the pistol. club, dynamite and boot
heel of members of this Labor Trust
Any one who recalls the countless
murders done In tho multitude O
strikes In the past few years viii
agree this Is no eZaggeration
Take just one as an Illustration
There were some thirty men mur
dered and over 5000 bruised anC
MANNED in tho Chicago teamster''
strike.