Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-15

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Since the Government .utheritis. have begun to Round Up, . few
labor, 1 have been urged BY ~ some N editors to publicly ~ define nett the s' reasons sM.
Tor my seven years newspaper campaign on the tyrannies Of many Labor
Some men endsw colleges. Others build nbr.reA
Both educational.
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tyranncal and dangerous trust this country has eve seen.
Especially ny in and dangerous, because it's inner plans we're not
himself peacefully followed his pursuits and blindly allowed the self
not one word IN my entire campaign has been uttered against peaceful
abiding worlmen who protest against the bullying and abuse Of those in
orphans p es Of the s. men murdered ride while II faithfully sasny trying to O. =. . living
So l tried to present their cause from time to time
The healthy average common citizen is perhaps deserving Of at least
labor leaders tyranny as a reward for his Indifference.
knew years ago that the plan Of this big labor trust was to ui-
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This has been partly ACCOMPLISHED in some localities; then followed
acts which clearly show the intent.
First, to harvest initiation fees, sometimes up to $4,000 each to
"jGn the union"
"members" at rs cents each.
Next, @fnes" assessed for some infracion of "rules."
Then the lash of the slave driver came forth. Orders to strike; what
to tb buy ~ , what not to buy I; how vi. to vote; when to parade (o sh:x PeveT];
to other men forced into idlenes pending negotiations between crooked
leaders ~ and crooked employers who hire said leaders to call strikes
on competitive jobs, thus making the worknen tools, kept idle while the
chiefs scrap for control or bride money.
One of the hardest strokes of the lash is the money forced from
members to defend dynaniters, singers and murderers when caught.
But let an honest workman, who, perchance, has been driven into
"fhe union" dare to dsobey one of these "orders" and he is taught q
lesson through the sugging or dynamitng committees.
The slavery of the honest American workingman is ptiable when
'cosed shop" full control is obtained by the tyrannical leaders.
Now, observe the plan of this gang to govern men and affairs.
@organize' every trade. Insist on closed shop. Then use the power
Of numbers to induce government officials to permit organizing all gov
eminent employees. Some of the oaths defining that the union rules
shall "precede Church, State and Family"
Then force Congressman to pass antiinjuncton laws to prevent
courts from stopping proposed outrages
Force merchants to hire only "union" clerks and sell only Mabel"
goods. Use union funds to support smuggling and dynanltng crews to
drive back the protesting ones OF remove" them.
Of course, in carrying out the plan for complete control by the gang,
some were caught.
Whenever openly exposed the men "higher up" Immediately begin
to assess members to protect the criminals and always rush into print
with loud cries and much mock sentiment about "te brotherhood of
sympathy OF the people they cover their own greed for fees and insane
desire to read their names in the papers.
It would be hard to convince the widows of the twentyone murdered
men in the Los Angeles tragedy, and hundreds of others, that their hus-
could they we'll understand such working of that particular brand of the
"brotherhood Of man" scheme.
Late events have stripped the lambs coat from the body of the wolf
and shown most clearly the lying deceit and horrible portcnt underneath,
which l have tried time and again to explain to the public.
Men who preferred to work and support their families have been
you an set type if you will" Grow bars and heavy weights dropped on
heads. Fathers beaten unconscious and many times crippled for life;
! little homes blown up and many and many a corpse brought to the desti-
tte family
thousands, and judges and juries have been threatened with death, bribed,
and witnesses sugged or put out Of the way.
In the Government cases now pending the witnesses must be guarded
from the agents of the "Iabor Trust with its tentacles reaching to the