The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

One Oh the ADleSt anu NIoSl AIuuVAhAA0A
Labor Leaders in the United States.
he may take the contrary view, from
another chair of precedents that le-
gal rights are for the most part con-
cretely represented in property. In
Man VS.. The Dollar, the judge, guided
by a line Of legally valid p~recedents.
may be inclined to award judgment
to a substance, property, in contra
distinction to what may seem to him
to be comparatively a shadow, name
", rights disassociated from material
possessions.
When the wage-Worker, in arguing
to society his cause relative to the
courts, has established the fact Of the
failibility of judges and Of n rea-
sonableness of his query as to a ten
dency existing among them to follow
! the precedents which in his opinion
| stand as obstacles to the just protec-
ton Of the lives and h rights or the
masses Of men, he is next prepared TO-
| state definitely what he holds certain
OF these rights to be. AS a good ana
worthy citizen, he is ready to con-
tend for such rights-in the courts,
in the public forum, and at the polls.
He has been taught that a right
worth having is worth fighting Tor.
and that a right neglected must be
brought orward by the man who
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conducting this struggle the wage
Garner surely is guilty Of no impro-
nriety in pointing out where. In ms
opinion, judges have ignored ms
rights and where their action mas
been q violation OF the ~unoanlehta
principles of our more
over. certain of these rights are TO-DAY
nressia. for an immediate and def
mite recognition. one OF them IS the
wa ge-earner's right of exercising Tree
sneech and Of maintaining a Tree
nress. and in regard to these IS 70 pe
defined the just llnllt O q =.
{ reference with q citizens u~tterances
! IN snoken or printed word. Very IN
nortant practical questions next Iol'
! low CLOSELY. What are the conStitu
I tional limits to a court ~nJunctioh -
l. hor disputes? What act relative Z
, an order from n Dencn .on9I.sa
: a contempt of court. Is the WaSe
I worker to exercise freely his right I
disnose of his labor as he wills i
e ha 10 exercise his right to controI III
Y purchasing power as ne wis. ~
Y ~ may lie go IL inducing anotiie
= w~aee-earncr 10 join hiIn III al a1
o mich in his judgment promotes oeh
= 80 :, ho1ho What are q union man
.inbts on the highway? May an OF
e asnizat;on Of wage-Workers refuse .
e work with men oOJec'ioia :
z thauo Is it a crime Tor q Sio"p
} men to do that WHICH
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II .f ,ba;r Number TO do? How ION
or ~ ~ bench to be free to play OF u
le always dubious principles b OF man
.. dom Of contract agalhs' 80
or fost and imperative principle o.
general welfare" TO the deslI.1i
ey Of many forms of just proteca,on .,
the men, woinen and cn1lule No
q sased in industry? Until tnese ~
rs 80. : answered AUTHORITATIVE
re once and fer al, organized iaoo pom
be the prey OF combined 80
Us having as Instruments snre"o 80
be cal under fee and as Legal asenti
e oourts who place in the way OF .ao
IS whatever barriers can oe oi y =
n If the vestlges of the COMP
ry s;on which held sway when iape1
RI hardly abo.e the status OF serIuon
~ For the wage-worker to noio III
,aI conrts are faIlible. ana 10 kesp : =
Fact well forward in conteioihs .
a what he regards as his rights' 50 :