The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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Washington correspondent of The
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Washington, March 1.-The WOOL
en- trust, having found that baXonets
would not compel its Sc, 81 and So
week workers to call on their
strike, is now utilizing the hunger OF
little children as club to force the
parents to return to work at re-
duced wage.
Here is how the trust is working
its new scheme:
Many charitable organizations in
cities adjacent to Lawrence, where
the strike is in progress, after read
ing of the desperate straits to which
the strikers children had been re-
duced, made arrangements to have
hundreds Of these children cared for
in private homes outside OF Lawrence
until the strike ended. Under this
plan, many children were sent away,
some to New York and Boston, and
some as far away as Philadelphia.
With the knowledge that their
children were being cared for ten
derby. the mothers and fathers back
in Lawrence gained courage to carry
on the fight. Freed from hearing
their own children crying for bread,
the strikers took renewed hope.
What happened? The trust mag
mates, realizing that if all the little
children were sent away from Law
renee the strikers could longer en-
dure the struggle, at once issued or
ders to the servile police and militia
commanders to put a stop to the de-
portation of children. They knew
that where bayonets, persecution,
unlawful Imprisonment, and all
other ordinary weapons of big cor
porations in fighting the unions might
fail, there remained one thing which
the strikers could not long resist,
and that was the cry of their own
children for food. These millionaire
knew that where strong men and
women could suffer in silence them
selves, they could not long bear to
see their children suffer.
Accordingly there was issued an
edict against sending the children
away where they could obtain food.
Immediately squad of state SOL
diers was sent to each railroad sta
ton, and when the strikers arrived
with their children many of them
were seized and thrown into Jail.
Diabolical as this may seem it
actually is being done, not in Russia,
but right in these United States.
The wooden trust is the most high
ly protected of all trusts. 1t makes
millions of dollars annually in profits
on stock that is watered until it is
soggy, and it is the same trust which
refuses steadfastly to listen to the
plea of it's men for a conference to
talk over wage differences.
Query: Since the protcctionists
declared that Schedule K, which
places a heavy tax on every article
of wooden clothing sold in the United
States, was passed "solely' to "pro-
tect'' the workers in the wooden in
dustry, and since these workers are
ceiving absolutely no protection
whatever, why should the American
people longer tolerate Schedule K?
"Houn' Dog Helps Democrats.
Democrats with poetry in their
souls are coming to bat in every part
Of the United States with protests
against the abuse of the ''ole houn'
dawg." Years ago some unknown
poet of the Ozarks wrote few
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which everyone seemed to have a de-
sire to kick around, and now that
Missouri has supplied likely can
didate for the Presidency this plain
ballad from the zinc laden hills of
Missouri has leaped into national
fame A Washington newspaper
has offered a prize for additional
verses. Even members of congress
are competing. The first verse of the
original song runs as follows:
| Every time l come to town
The boys start kicking my dawg
arOun',
Makes no difference if he is a
They gotta quit kickin' my dawg
| aroun.
Taking the above for their cue,
the poets got busy, as follows, and
if any reader thinks he can do bet
ter he is invited to send in his con-
tribution to the editor of this paper:
Champs on the hunt with his ole
houn',
An he's gettin' votes in every
town,
The people are gatherin' Tor miles
aroun',
To vote for him .nd his Ozark
noun.
LaFollette's the man who has been
thrown down,
Which is no excuse for kickin'
him aroun',
And if any of you double-dealerS
ever come to town,
You'll have to stop kickin' LaFoi-
lette aroun'.
| Every time the door bell rings
| Somebody raises the price of
, things.
| Makes no difference if we're as
| rich as kings,
They gotta quit boostin' the price
of things.
A Hold-Up Game Exposed.
| Before you pay charges on an ex-
press package again, it might be a
good idea to make sure the charges
have not been paid at the other end.
The extent to which the express