The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-18
TO
OPPOSE !. v. Y.
IN THIS COUNTY
COUNTY PROTECTIVE LEAGUE
CALLS UPON SPOKANE TO
CLEAN UP DISTURBERS
STRONG RESOLUTIONS
PREPARATIONS MADE TO COMBAT
ACTIVITIES OF THE 0WEARY
WOBBLIESn

1--WE, the members OF the Latah
County Protective association, in con-
vention assembled, declare our belief
in the right OF honest and legitimate
labor to organize for the purpose OF
lettering its condition in the matter
of wages, hours of work, and santa
ton. But we condemn the organiza-
ton known as the Industrial Workers
of the World for its vicious and un-
lawful intimidation, by threats of VIC
lence, terrorism, and sabotage, they
practically blocked the wheels OF in
dustry in our county, and
Whereas, That their threats tospFess
cent the harvest of the crops of our
gardens, orchards and fields, last
year were the real reasons for or
ganizing the Latah County Protective
association, and
Whereas, During the year of 1915
and 1916, more than 40 threshing out
fits were destroyed by fire in the In
land Empire, together with numerous
large and valuable stacks of wheat
and many fields Of grain; while dur
ing the 1917 season not a single
field of grain was lost, and
Whereas, We believe that the
prompt action of Latah County Pro-
tective association, and like prompt
action on the part of similar organ
izations in the adjoining counties, is
the true reason for the marked diff
ference between the unprecedented |
losses of 1915 and 1916, and no loss
at all in the year 1917, and
Whereas, The city of Spokane has,
in the past, allowed members of the
I. w. w. to preach the doctrine of
sabotage upon its city streets, and
does now suffer the I. w. w. to meet
to practice sabotage, to do all things
that will retard, push back, and act as
4 rough-lock upon all industry, and
Whereas, The United States is in
| state of war, and is calling upon
al citizens to render full measure of
oyalty to the end, of increasing the
of the soil; to speed up
he production of lumber and other ,
for ship building; to pro-
luce the coal in quantities necessary
O run the wheels of industry, and for
uel for the ships of our navy and :
nerchant marine; to see to it that the
nines of the useful metals are being :
worked to their full capacity in order
. produce the necessary material to
munitions Of war. There :
)re be it
Resolved, That we memorabilia the
lty of Spokane, also its chamber of :
it's business men, and all +
lie honest loyal and legitimate trade
mons of Spokane: That in our un-
ased opinion the fair city Of Spokane,
? it's sufferance of the I. w. w. to =
,ntinue to preach its disloyal doo- +
ines, is nursing a viper, which will
timately strike, poison and parable
ZEN the Industrial life Of Spokane it -
Ii, as it has injured the farming,
lining and. numbering industries of =
e Inland Empire, which are the life
teries through which Spokane re- -
ives such liberal sustenance. Fl
Therefore, We earnestly plead with
e city of Spokane, to clean up, by
ubbing out, root and branch, the q
lawful organization known as the AZ
dustrial Workers Of the World. And
it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolu- mr.
n be published in the press of Latah co
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