The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-03-08
REv1vINa THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAW


Houston Chronicle:
More and more amazing reports
come from Lawrence, Mass, con-
corning the methods pursued by To-
cal and state officials at the behest
of wool trust bosses who are trylng
to force an army of women and chill
dren mill workers to accept further
reduction OF starvation wages.
We are told that these Russian
lied public officials declare their pur
pose not only to prevent forcIbly, the
sending of children from Lawrence
to other cities where they are guar
anteed food and shelter, but have
further declared their purpose to go
into Vermont, New York and Penn
sylvania and bring back several hun
dred children who have been sent
away by their parents for such pro-
lection against starvation.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts,
aspiring to the Democratic partys
nomination for the presidency per-
mits these outrageous violations OF
the law. State troops under his com
mand take part In them.
The city authorities of Lawrence
permit thhem and participate in
them.
The courts of Massachusetts have
granted no rellOf.
II is high time the Federal gov
eminent takes hand. The wool
trust was granted protection which
enabled 1t to sell it's products, for
one and one half times rs muoh. "
Dallas News points out. as It could
sell them for If we had free compe-
tltlon with foreign wooden manufac-
turers.
The trust was granted this sub
sihy, the News says truly, upon the
wool trusts promise that the ex-
ira charge the American Wooden
Company was thus allowed to make
would be turned over to its employees
so that they would not be forced to
the social level of Europo's pau
per labor"
Congress has right to see wheth
or this trusteeship is being abused
Indeed Il Is it's highest duty to do
so. II the bonus which the American
Wooden Company has been allowed
to collect from the Americans, in
stead OF being distributed among It's
employees. as was promised. Is by
process Of malversation being made
to swell the dividends of the Amori-
can Wooden Company then II be-
comes entirely pertinent for Con-
gress to establish that fac
As II everybody with an ounce of
sense did not know that this federal |
bonus is being stolen from the Work /
ers and being used to swell the iiyi- I
cends. As If everybody did no. kIcN /
that It is the universal practice
OF trusts and monopoli IS whic1 Goa .
lect this federal tariff bonusl
The facts are notorious.
The trusts and monopolies have /
used their political power at Wash /
lngton to collect this bonus a.
mounting In the aggregate as the /
late Senator Deliver declared 20 sew
eral billions of dollars yearly and .
they have used their control of the /
American Industries to crush labor
unions and reduce their employees as \
fast as possible To the social stand /
ard of Europe's pauper labor
Their latest usurpation OF pub
Die authority expressed i'm their pub |
lishod determination to revive the
fugitive slave law against their en-
ployees who send children TO friends
in other states In order that these
children may escape starvation, is
clear proof that the tariff subsidy
takers have become drunk with pow
err.
They should be prosecuted TO the
fun limit of the criminal law for
each and everyone OF their arrogant
invasions of the legal rights OF
their fellow citizens. They should be
made TO pay damages In civil action.
They should be stripped of their tar
IN bonuses. They should be ostracis-
cd by every decent American.
Governor Colquitt and Liquor Regu-