Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-04-14
FqfNT SPROULE Of
|gII1fRN PACIFIC R. R.
| TALKS ON HARD TIMES
-. hat People Must Submit
n same Old Brand Of
Hold-up.

s,rouI,. II the southern Pacific
s ,lm. ago addressed the Traffic
Chicaga and his remarks have
.raxnl II his kind lie attributed
.su, disturbed Industrial conditions
Tni,.d STATS Ia lnug continued
Y, against 81 soils Of public busi-
al predicted mat only with re-
~ presI-ftts tnt empluy"rs would
,,.. tufl. fur tn, walkers In
,ard. h. lusthustrd that tn. people
sasmit 80 III cam. brand of hold
= .Nrh th.N hHNs be- subjected for
:, th- captain - industry Will
10 NOV
~ h.rl tIul.- HaAt drN merit - a
sssai uu.sflt,i4 I H. ifsfr'Esful sun-
-. ar, sottt.w IT,. ~ their scnp" ana
n s., si al l4k.h mar '-ntpi'yrt- IN
"a, rpuntrtr~ az UlnNlng the game
- fashion irs'r bed hN 'h" southern
~ chief IL .f course. ~ auNtous
ss,lpe. ihr Nuu'rl'an I""pl" that they
,,.a. IN tt.1r .ffufis al r.gula-
II they deeif. prosperity, but tn.
Ss.at and long saff' ring inhabitants Of
- reun,r, haN. h'rn driven to about
\ Nit Of th-lf endurance bN the trust
S.sSDulstors and are not In mood To
~ such dlst,tlon nov. knuwing fun
that such lap" IN their efforts
Sr1aa only postpone Ia. agony They
- tina, ,hes mnsi suffer IN" cons
- Of Their tirls iallur. Ia regulate
4 Sia corporations II the country and
= tlsy might A. well go through with
| ~ that the bdtil" ~ nearly won and
- an end to u The corporations. of
-. Will fight and oaus" as much dis
- 10 possible. hltt ih. people are de
E1oIsed sni arr wiling to pay the co~t
inmate Slrtors
r. sproule knows just as do all others
Z NJ class that had the big business
1sFssu given IN" great mass Of the
~ snythlng even remotely resembling
anuaFe dsaI The there would
= zoe BE- ans need for his eloquent
Dnolalnt II" sad urge III" prospect
D sf the aN'riE" man ~" followed
= by saying To -"turc that prosperity
me the imTetAttt" ne ssstty of taking
uissss out Of tn airnosph"r" uf attack
= the old. fashioned g"-ahrad atmos-
~ Of business iniatiNc and American
lnDsprise ! urge relief from IN" fsds.
|nees and isms which have filled the
DDsis with unemployed and put away
b dinner pail II IN. working man empty
the shelf Of the impoverished home
Just think ai tn" heartfelt solicituic
~ sproule ami his Kind for the aver
y nAn The p'nplc of California had
~ years Of 'Nti' ftetCr with the henc-
0Dcs OF the southern Pacific railroad.
Tile chief hd- III" t"m.rity I" tell
- they must i"sist In th'ir purpos"
uosrate themselves from the clutches
ssrh corporations ar they viii have
DFssperi,y
en1ieatious are mat the greed mungers
- not yet learned their lesson and
~ ptill be thuWr"d into a realization
oe fact that ihs daNs Of plunder hay"
I'D. never to t"iufu bf course II
nd b. ftr h.tt,r fur all w.r" Condi-
10 cthsrNis, hut Nj Sprpule u not
eaEaeious a. ~ h"la'At him to he II
sill hsrh"rs ih- hop. thAt the average
= can at this late daY b" co"rCed or
tatdated into giving up In the fight
Justice Very foolish. indeed. Is such
eepf. The people haN. been so thor
Db goug.d and buffeted about that
y have learned their lesson well and
now prepared ia assume their proper
ston OF master rather than that of
sent big business has been In the
lele all too long and must now dis
eet and XIV" the patient burden bear.
o. past years an opportunity to feed
shelter Themselves
the trust chiefs are capable of read
the signs 90 the times they Will pro-
10 accept the Inevitable and play
me In the future on a basis OF jus
Inc peopl. are not very NtndictiNe
VII In spite of past wrongs. even
seal out even handed justice to their
vi plnnd.rers " they show disposl-
Iien