The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-09-04

lawful (such Tor instance as might
amount tos extortion or flibely, to-
withhold patronage from them. :; ~
The complaint In Loewe vs. Lawler
ayerred that the. defendants sought
70 compel 4plaintiffs to .unionize their
shop by restraining and destroying
the Interstate trade and commerce Of
the manufacturers 'by means Of in
ttmtdation ct and threats made to
such manufacturers and their custo-.
mers In the several states, OF boy
cotting them, their product and their:
customers, using therefor all the
powerful means at their command, as
aforesaid. until such time as, from
the damage and loss of business re-
sulting therefroin, the said manu-
facturers should yield to the said de-
mand to unionize their factories."(
The court dismissed the conten-
ton that the statute was. not violat-
ed by those methods of coercion be-
cause physical obstruction was not
alleged. Had the Clayton law been
then in force, It seems clear that the
defendants acts would not. have been
Illegal - 49, : = =" r. ~
The: Supreme Court of the United
States frequently has asserted a prin-
clple thus expressed in it's latest de-
cision under the Sherman law
An act harmless when done by
one may become: public wrong
when done by many acting in con-
cert, for it then takes on the form
Of conspiracy, and may be prohib-
tied or punished il the result be hurt
full to the public or to the individual
against whom the concerted action is
directed" ~.'**> $500 60
The court has also not infrequent-
ly adverted to that potency in num-
beers which gives tremendous effect
to acts. done by many which would
be OF negligible importance if done
by one only. /
United Action Legal.
But by force of the Clayton law,
whether any Of the acts enumerated
In the: second paragraph of section
10 be done singly, or in concert,
henceforth they are equally legal in
the 'eyes of the federal law It is
therefore apparent that the labor or
ganizattons have secured statutory
reversal Of the principles of the de-
cision in the Danbury hatters' case
and the Equalization of the boycott as
a lawful instrument to ensure the
dominance Of organized labor, thus
substituting the; ;Gompers conception
OF liberty for that of the Declaration
OF Independence. the Constitution Of
the United States and Abraham Lin
coin. -: a.,
The famous Declaration of the
Rights Of Man, declared Liberty to be
1.-THE right of every man to do that
which does not injure others; its
principle is nature, it's rule justice,
it's protection the law. : It's moral
limit is. in the maxim: DO not do
others that which thou ,wtouldst not
Act embodiss sv1ry Inherent prin9
cip1e, and ignores any such moral
limits. 1t 'legisl2tes avowedly for a
class: Insso1 doing does'it exceed the
constitttional grant sof national leg
islative power? The fifth amendment
to the Constitution Of the United
States limits the powers OF congress
by declaring that mo person shall
be deprived of life, liberty or prop
erty without due process Of law"
while the fourteenth amendment for
of life, liberty or property, without
due process Of law; nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws .~>'
Life, liberty, property. and the
equal protection Of the law, grouped
together in the constitution, are so
related says Mr.. Justice Lamar in
a, recent case that the deprivation of
| any one of, those separate and indie
pendent rights may lessen. and ex-
tinguish: the value Of the other three.
Fin SO tar as man is deprived Of
the right to labor, his labor Is re-
stricted, his capacity to. earn. wages
! and to- acquire property is lessened
| and he is denied the protection which
/ the: law affords those who are per-
! naitted to work. Libert y means more
than freedom from servitude, :, and
the constitutional guarantee is an as.
surance that the citizen shall be pro.
ftected~ in the right to use his power.
of mind and body in any lawful call
! ing = %#. - $50" ''';>
These. constitutional provisions
! the courts have said, were intended
TO- secure the individual from the ar,
bitrary exercise Of the powers o1
/ government, unrestrained> by the es
/ tabhshed principles Of privatea rights
and distributing justice.
! :" -. .. What Is Liberty, ;,
! The. liberty Of the individual Sc
cured from invasion by these amend
n1ents has been held 70 mean:
mot only the right Of . citizen t.
! be free from physical restraint Of hi
l person, as by Incarceration, but tn,
| term Is deemed to express the RICH
! OF the citizen to be free In the en-
Ijoyment; Of all.s*his faculties; to. 4. b
| free to use them in all lawful ways
Ito live and work where he will; +
earn his livelihood BY any ~ Lawful
calling; to pursue any livelihood o
vocation, and for that purpose to en-
ter into all contracts which may b
proper; necessary and essential. t,
his carrying out to 4 sensible conclu
! sion the purposes above mentioned
furthermore: 60, @:s::. -: 4. IA
I'm the privilege OF pursuing 81
], ordinary calling Or trade and Of nc
curing. holding and selling prop