Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-21

and most hurtful trust we have.
The authorities forget there are
about thirty million workers in this
country and only about 100000
members sof the Labor Trust and
that most OF Thorn are coerced into
msmhsrsh ~.
How can the authorities answer to
the vast army Of 2s million free work.
ers. farmers and householders whose
affairs are from time to time interfered
with and who have 10 bear the loss OF
wages and the general heavy loss Of
stopped industries brought about by
the leaders OF the Labor Trust in their
manipulation OF men seeking to drive
them into fee-paying slavery?
The 100000 workers. not members
Of the trust, object to being driven
from work, or having railroad trains
stopped with all the far-reaching
losses, or the street cars stopped and
men and women prevented from get
ting to and from work. or factories
struck and perhaps destroyed. the
weekly pay roll stopped and the sus-
tenance of at least part and perhaps all
Of n community Withdrawn.
The great Philadelphia street car
strike was forced by the big Labor
Trust. not on account of wages and
hours but TO throw out about 1000 men
who had their own union, a peaceablc
one.
These men ala not want 10 pay fees
to the trust leaders and be subject to
their whims so they formed their own
union for self protection. Thereupon
the big trust called a strike. blew up
and burned cars. attacked and slaugh-
tered men. kept people from getting
to and from work. forced their other
slaves TO quit work and cost the people
OF Phil several million dollars and un-
told suffering and Inconvenience sole
Of NtolR ~F1r hon
the power OF the Labor Trust to force"
people to mind" and force these
Independent men to join the trust.
''obey'' and pay fees to the leaders.
That Is a serious state of affairs in
this free country and is enough TO
awaken every American to the neces-
sity OF curhinR such men in their in
sane race for notoriety, power and fee
gathering
Citizens want industry. commerce
and wages 10 continue without inter-
ference from any set Of men either
employers or employees who seek selfish
glin 10 themselves alone, without re-
gard TO how much all the people outside
the trust may be inconvenienced and
damaged
The trust leaders. to make stronger
their control of members fight valiant
~ to be allowed % boycott and con-
spire TO ruin all free citizens either em-
ployers or worlmen who do not pay
fees 10 the trust leaders
Therefore when this $500. 900 appro-
pration bill came up they deluged Con-
Cress with demands TO exempt combin-
atoms OF labor from prosecution n
they broke the law and, startling as II
may seem. over a hundred Congress-
men voted 10 20 exempt them. In other
words voted to permit one set OF men
10 break the law and dominate the
great majority Of citizens, while the
majority must keep the law and sub
NIT to the damage. losses. insolence
and idleness put upon them by the
comparatively small band OF trust
members
why We're these Congressman cow
ards2" you ask. Because the trust
managers sent word TO their local man
ager In all parts OF the country In
structlng them 20 fire in letters and
kilograms TO Congressman whenever a
bill TO give the trust more power is
introduced
The great mass OF citizens who are
to be tyrannlzed over have no org1ni-
cation to warn them TO notify Con-
gressmen of their wishes and so tho
heavy fire comes from but one side
tthe Labor Trust slde) and thus i'm
presses the members OF Congress with
the belief that the whole mass Of labor
Ing men are crying for exemption from
punishment for law-breaking-