The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-11
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The other day | heard labor lead.
er say hc was "clana conscious" and
portray the peril OF the GLASS war"
In what ! say there II no purpose
To offend or pain loyal union men.
II had "a plant. I would prefer 90
deal with organized responsible labor.
would expect the agreement kept.
FOR business cannot Huo.sed unless
stable. hut II living conditions are
vitality changed. | would not object to
"A revision up or down Of the wage
scale. Labor II precious flesh and
blood not "A commodity Historically
considered. labor unions Of Britain
and America have been. during the
last hundred years. the greatest
single factor for human bctterment.
This | have often said before
While hearing this address | won.
dcrrd how. IN this country. IA man of
sense and intelligence could approve
class consciousness" ana GLASS
war"
A FRYE Country
This Ii free country. II man
NAtAAR W hf AflEH ANtAHtANNHs 10 NAtAi
be. II "A man IL too small to bee an
American. he n free 10 size up In any
class ho wishes. IL "a man wants To
break the tide OF reHolute. robust.
LOFTY. four.Hquare Americanism. such
as Roosevelt stood FOR. he iH free TO
do Il. and then to hide in any class
eddy he can find
This country iH free. II man
wants 20 talk class war" he can. II
he wants 10 preach tolerance In one
breath. and class hatred In the next.
he can. We rovel Ia freedom.
Not long ago | heard labor leaders
most favorably compare the murder
GUS nolAhcvik upheayal with our war
OF the Revolution They also de.
clRred the cause OF American labor
was today bound up tn the success
OF tho bloody handed lioishevikH.
This they said 10 an approving aud.
fence. largely allen IN birth. and hav.
ms little understanding ~ American
history and institutions wondered
how men OF rcputc could be 20 Grim.
inaily false TO historical facts and SO
dcnaely ignorant Of the centuries diff.
ference between the political condi-
tons and character 81 this country
and Russia
rrcr-ant 10 their trust aa public
speakers Their responsibility for
truth telling h multiplied By the
number OF hearers. But this country
II free. Free for labor quackH. polit.
teal quackn. religious quackn. medical
quackA and all other quacks TO prao-
ticc and make victimA. We riot IN
freedom
False to Labor
There IL a fixed feeling among oh
servers Of these r.hid radical lead
crs that they arr not only false TO
the true interest OF labor. hA led by
their patriotic President Gompcrs.
but arc also dialoynl to their coun.
try. II ia believed they would. II
they could. extend this strike and
use tho cause % honest labor all
over tho country to overthrow the
government aud subycrt our inNttu.
tons In this they will fail They
are IN tho saddle. riding TO fall
THIS country is no, Russia
There are no classes here er-
cept such. AZ ar. couJured up by
d~rnagoguca. workers are our fellow
citlEenA. tho peers % every other
man The workers ballot may can.
Gel the vote OF college professor
or millionaire. since workers out.
number no-callcd capitalists "a thou
sand TO one. they can outvotc them
IL they want TO. n thousand TO one
They enjoy political equality. IL
In the majority. they have perfect
political power 10 reconstruct their
country. Ia government and institu.
tons from top to bottom. Having
such political power. the so-callsd
worker can try the experiment OF
economic equality, even to dead
level. thru the ballot We vote as
we please We are also getting
more and more the initiative and