The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-01-02
What of the Boycott Of Citizens
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rule and that freeborn Americans must have the
permission OF this to exercise their own rights as
Americans the arrogant presumption OF right restrict
and limit the rights of fellow citizens
But even this power should seek maintain that its
boycott instituted measure of seldeense consider
is that it seeks to defend 1t business that has
ground of comparison with that which the aboer seeks
to protect by strike The aborer after fair laboer
wage the liquor power contending for the rights of
business that has rghsnone permissve rights
that has standing business that
everywhere recognized harmful that must be licensed to
business ALL and business which fellow citizens have
perfect right both and control and especially
the right that conform the law which applies
it. When the liquor uses the boycott therefore,
the pretense of being bust
the labor union does, the reply is that their
business of different kind 1t has certain permitted
rights be and citizens must respect them but that
all preclude the citizen from insisting that the
business kept within the law; does it in for
bid the citizen agtae for laws application to
business that is bad
But if the boycott is for the sake of njurng fellow
citizens and thereby ntmidang Them and that undoub
edy the real consider the character OF such boycott
contrasted with the aborers boycott when he attempts
the thing The laborer does because he has been
aggreved tramped on, his rights and his famys rights
restricted ignored but the liquor power does it because
fellow citizens have simply demanded that he, it, this
liquor power strictly within the sphere of
mitted rights This boycott is instituted because fellow
citizens ask that Mr. Liquor Power do exactly what all other
expected do-abide by the law He in
his wrath demanding that he be allowed to violate all law,
human and divine and then because fellow citizens protest
meeky petition that he surrender prerogatve,
injustice but merely that he do justly and walk hunby
under lawbecause fellow citizens ask that, Mr. Liquor
Power issues his boycott the the
sumptuous un-Americanism that imagination possibly
conceive.
A Study of the Real Situation.
If is against the law for the aborer boycott the
manufacturer in order justice that is due him.
what kind of monstrosity in the of egaity would
call this outrageous thing, named boycott when liquor
power which has standing business for the sake of
injury fellow citizens and ntmidae them, issues that
nhoy instrument merely because they have asked that said
liquor power keep within the rights which have been
ceded and permitted it What kind of act that what
kind of contempuous regard does it deserves what kind of
procedure should be had against it that that is
spiracy of citizens against citizens and is ought to be,
actionabe oense law. with pardonabe vehem-
that in my opinion any body of liquor who this
city any other resolve formally informally that they
will institute boycott against any group of
simply because he they have identified themselves with
which purposes only that that body OF liquor
shall obey the law guilty of conspiracy and and
ought to be proceeded against in the courts.
Study of the Real Situation
Consider carefully the situation Here is gigantic