The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-07-28
PROPAGANDA BY DEED.
strong Arm Arguments of the cav
and Order" Ennlnver-

The eloquent employing class argu.
ment for law and order as delivered
by such impartial" periodicals as
American Industries is made IN of
words This argument usually reads
like stereotyped advertisement of the
classic rigmarole plea of a police court
lawyer. 1t passes in the arena of
printed discussion at its value in
words. most of them questionable.
But 1t Is In the arena of action that
the employers bellicose managers in
case of labor disputes produce their
strongest arguments. Their hired
writer's words there go for naught.
Their real fighters then carry on the
argument through deeds.
Here is a description of this form of
argument. now so familiar to trade
unionists throughout the country. 1t
Is given by "gangster" in the World
Magazine:
Gangs collect a lot of money, too.
breaking strikes. There's a couple Of
days of hard work in that. and it's
just about as easy money as you want
I've helped to break whole lot Of
strikes in the past six years. and. take
1t from me, here's one straight tip for
the union men. They can win every
strike they go out on if they'll only
sit tight at home and do nothing.
Just let the gang strike breakers
alone. and they'll make the bosses
glad to get the old men back.
There was the finest bunch of
crooks and grafters working as strike
breakers in those Adams Express COM
pany strikes you would ever want to
see. | was one of 'em and know what
I'm talking about. That gang Of
grafters cost the express company a
pile Of money. Why, they used to
start trouble themselves just to keep
their jobs a-going and to get chance
to swipe stuff off the wagons.
ut was the same way down at Phil
adelphia on the street car strike.
Those strike breakers used to get
car out somewhere in the suburbs and
then get off and smash up the win
dows, tip the car over and put up an
awful boiler about being attacked by
strikers, just so they'd have to be
kept on the job"
Probably not one of our readers has
missed being sermonized at by an emo
tiona law and order man, amazed,
pained Mortified. at the "deplorabIe
disorder" characterizing the two
strikes the "gangster" mentions Aw-
full. awful. that disorder. The strain
of the good mans preaching ran:
Heretofore | have had much sympa-
thy with the unions. Some form of
labor organization has seemed to be
necessary. But | cannot conscien-
tiously continue to give any recogni-
ton whatever to unions which on strike
become no more than murderous
mobs, led by bandits who ought to be
in state prison And our ex-sympa-
thiZer next sees to it that his pious
sentiments obtain currency in his fam
lily. his club his church and. if posi-
BILE. his daily newspaper. He's cute.
He knows what WARRIOR dividends
Is. He has studied civil and military
tactics; hence he's well qualified as
hypocrite, falsifier and subsidizer of
"gangsters." He has likely been
law violating employer of child labor.
a dodger of the factory health laws,
stubborn contestant of provisions for
the legal protection of his workmen
against death or injury by machinery.
Why couldn't he consistently go lit
tie further and form an alliance with
"gangsters" bloody dregs of So
ciety-for the purpose of intimidating
trade unionists? - American Fedora
ZIONIST.