The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-11-03

Operate Win VIZ lot mutual plVteNuVht
yours truly,
III. II. ANDERSON,
Secretary"
Union Leader Against plokey.
John n smith OF Kansas city. or.
sanizer In Missouri for the American
Federation OF Labor, told a postDis.
patch reporter that In his opinion
every union labor man In Kansas
city, except those who placed party
affiliations above their own interests,
would vote against nickey
"nickey and union labor never have
been friendly said Smith. Ten or
l2iyears ago / organised the employees
OF the Diokey clay pipe plant here,
nickey refused TO sign an agreement
with the union, and for a year union
men worked for him under a verbal
agreement
IA tAe end Of that year the union
demanded that he sian the agreement,
lie again refused and | pulled all the
union men nj OF the plant He put
strike breakers IN their places, and
ever since that time he has employed
non Nniea men in his plants.
"rhe piokey plant Is on the unfair
list Of the carpenters union in kan.
a City, and at the meeting az the
state federation ot Labor Ia Joplin
three weeks asO a resolution was IN.
troduced to have him declared unfair
BY the state federation
'The resolution was referred 10 r.
Il Wood, president Of tao State Fed
GRAFTON o. Labor, with authority 70 act
on the resolution lie has not YET an.
nounced his decision,
THE slogan Of union labor now Ia,
Partisan 80 q principle, but not to a
party We believe IN protecting our
friends and defeating our enemies
Pursuing that policy, union labor in
kansas City, where It knows Dlokey
is opposing him"
IN Manufacturers Lobby.
Diekey was a member Of the Ma.
uonal Association OF Manufacturers,
which maintained a lobby m Washing
ton Tor many years for the purpose or
Influencing Hesitation In Congress.
This was one OF the Hobbies de.
nounced BY President Wilson at the
first Congress after he became presi
dent Revelations o. its ramlflcauons
in a congressional Investigation con.
Quoted largely BY senator Reed and
brought about BY the Post-D ispatch's
exposure Of the lobby startled the
country in 1918 II was shown that
government employees we're Aribed by
agents Of The lobby 10 reveal conf.
dental Information, that some mem.
oers OF Congress actually were on It's
payroll and that it pursued relent
lessly members OF Congress- who were
friendly to organized labor and would
not 90 TIE bidding Of the lobby. It
was shown tAat aeents o. TIE Manu-.
iscturers Association supplied money
20 defeat Uniyiendy congressman for
reelection.
Daekeys membership in the assOcia,
UoR IS shown in an ofnolal dist Of its
members Published by IL several years
asN
Dickeys connection with the Kan
sss CV natural eas franchise hs,
been The saAleot Of litigation in n,
Kansas City Circuit Court the MIS-
souri, supreme Court and has besl
broUgh, prominently forward in near
b every Kansas Cv campaign 70.
more thsn 10 years
For many years prior 10 1905 Kan
sSs Cg had had artificial gas sur
Pied az "a cents per Lo0o ieet ~ IA.
Kansas Cg lNol Natural Gas ca
owned BY the Cnised Gas and In
proremeut Co a. Philadelphia whicl
senator Reed n many speeches Ia
termed TIE Tess trust
About thar tine natural Cas In larr
Quantities vas discovered IA Nenss
and O&shon& ana Kansas CU b
mg informed thai the oos q its pr,
Suclon vas almost n0thinS aresme
a. obtaining Eas az 8 or z cents Re
Loot seet The newspapers day sns
dag predicted that kansas CIV. ,,
cause a. oheEp hu6l would become -
nations Sressest manufactures oa,
te
waiter s DiSkg ana seven essos
ttes tornet themselves into 8 syns
este which orzsrifee TIE People
Natural Gss and Fu6 co. a corpa-
uoh which applied tor q seeent rs
u-sl css Franchise
Another syndicate formed a corp.
retson known as Ire United cas- an
roei CO. and also applied l0s & 5
sent franchise
Ueere WAS SIN 1nohsr rrnu
known as me lCcroin crcwd Asklr
Tor 8 franchise
pozsiooS fos Morshs.
/. win the 1h-ee Nudica;ss In Il
heid there followed months al socfe
lng with the cc counca eash hnss
esq Nrtrsnty t,,emrans IL oaa1
the NansAise ever ne others Tha.
teeuet 10 he lively comp6Naen ~
ne ordinances were amended at Va.
cut times ths p-opossf rice fur 3
hnaiN SETTING toNn ioN cenis TIE
were velcd insirustous m M IA
sas CiU newspapers and open AN,
M sreets thst Wersl methods Z.
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