The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1920-05-07
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"The passage the correspondent
quotes does protect the laboring men
and does not hurt the G. farmer or
thrasher as he would have you De-
lieve. The law which forbids tres
passing has not been repealed and II
trouble maker comes to your thrash
ing rig in the fall you have a per-
feet right to chase him of your place.
and the correspondent knows this, or
ought to. ,,ia .-.'
"The present writer has been labor
ing with the l. w. w. in lumber camps
and railroad construction camps;
have also. worked on the farms in
North Dakota and know the farmers
problems fully as we'll as does the,
Leaders correspondent. The only
way they can obtain. good labor is to
have laws that will protect the labor
er as we'll as the employer. I am not
ashamed to confess that 25 years ago
l was a hired laborer.'
Now Dear Readers. the above IS
copied from The Mclean County In-
dependent, supposed Farmers paper
Let us now proceed to analyze this
piece and give the facts. First, we
wish to complement the writer upon
admitting this House Bill 81 as an +.
W. w. Bill, and that some 25 years
ago he labored. we, will concede to
these as facts, but read down in his
article, he tells you that this law IS
to protect the working men in their
right to quit work. Say. how and
in what way do they wish to protect
this working man in quitting his Job?
Or persuading others to quit? Posi-
lively just as we told you week ago,
just to be able to obtain the machinery
of production be it thrashing machine,
farm or farmer and House Bill 81 re-
fuses you as owner the right Of al
Injunction to stop them too. and rs
this bill reads in Sec. which is mo
restraining order or injunction shah
prohibit any person or persons wheth-
er singly or in concert from terminal
ing any relation Of employment OF
from ceasing to perform any work or
labor, or from recommending, advising
or pursuading others so to do. or from
attending any place where any person
or persons may lawfully be for the
purpose Of attaining or communicat-
ing information or from pursuading
any such person to work or abstain
| from working. or from ceasing to
patronize any party to such dispute.
or from recommending or advising
others so to donor shall any of the
acts specified in this section be con-
I sidered or held to be illegal or un~
/, lawful in any court in this state"
/ sss Now Mr.. Farmer. we say again that
Il BY this law it is impossiable to law
fully "chase" las this man suggested)
I any man off your farm who might
not wish to go and you see that this
law, is not to be held illegal or unlaw-
(; full in5 ANY COURT in our state &c,
7 cording to the bill it's self. by thiS
our Trespassing law would automati.
! cally cease to operate as you can
easily see Read this House Bill 81
and determine for yourself what it
+, contains and whose interests il IA
! .yors, and seesif we are not right in
calling it as the League sometimes
calls it the l. W. w. Bill. The writer
/; for the Mclean County Independent
overestimates our ignorance when he
endeavors to submit such bunk" Tor
reading matter, as in case of a dis
pute with labor you would be at tho
; mercy of the I. w. WIS. or any gang
!, that might feel like going upon your
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