The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-27
ANTI-BOYCOTT
SENTIMENT
INCREASING
Store Employe Against Get
ting His Bread and But
ter in the Shape of Strike
Benefits.


An additional reward Of 800 making
$500 in all has been offered for in
formation leading 10 the arrest and
conviction of the wanton miscreants
who nearly a week ago hurled mis-
sions Though the windows OF the
Rimbach building on Holman street
tenanted by the Lion department store.
Though diligent effort has been
made both by the authorities and priv
ate agencies the identity of those re-
sponsible for the outrage has not been
definitely fixed Investigation. how
ever, OF several clues establish the
fact that the destruction was the work
OF boycott sympathizers and it is prob
able that a "squeal" viii before many
days bring those responsible for the
outrage into the public eye
WILL NOT PERMIT DICTATIoN.
The window smashing which sue
ceeded the Throwing of stink bombs in
TO the store earlier in the evening has
done more to crystalline public senti-
ment than anything else that has hap
pened during the strike and is an in
dication that the last resort to win is
being used when destruction of prop
erty is brought about. Picketting and
boycotting are both thus characterized
Intellectual weapons. The status Of
the situation remains unchanged ex.
cept that the number of shoppers iu
the affected stores is increasing daily,
The merchants arc thus fortified IN
their determination to allow none TO
dictate as to how they shall run the
business into which they have sunk
their money and life effort, without
the domination of outside trouble
OF nothing but TO rule or ruin.
THE AGITATOR BARRED.
Before the merchants affected will
submit TO any effort permitting out
siders to run their affairs they will sell
their stores and move to some other
city where they can conduct their
busines without continual moiestation
from unprincipled and selfish men,
aided by individuals with misguided
notions of sympathy. Intelligent and
unprejudiced people in the city who
have watched the situation know that
union men have never been able TO ex-
press themselves on the subject of the
boycott entirely free from the inriu
ence of the agitator. The key to the
door o@~ individual prosperity Is work
and the pay envelope. not the brick
bat. the boycott and the agitator. 1t
is not a question OF unionism. Union
ism remains unassailed
WHAT AN EMPLoYE SAYS.
An interesting sidelight is thrown
on the situation by an intelligent em-
ploye of one OF the stores who said;
Why don't they let the clerks here
alone? We find real pleasure and con-
tentment in our work performed under
square deal conditions and according
to the real American idea of employ
ment which is freedom. We enjoy en-
ployment relations that work to the
mutual advantage Of employer and
omploye.
1T is manifestly unfair TO have
man come here from unsuccessful
forcing efforts IN other cities and try
10 compel any other way of doing busi
ness. We know where our bread and
butter is coming from and we don't
want the kind of bread and butter that
robs fellow workers of a part of theirs
in order to keep US from the soup
house"
WHAT BEVERIDGE SAID.
Former Senator a J. Beveridge,
author of the child labor law, one OF
the greatest ever put on the statute
books recently said. "Amerlcanism
means that every man may work for
his living; that no power oan lawfully
prevent any man from working for hts
living; that every man is entitled u
the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits
OF his toll and that all the strength OF
our popular representative government
w!H shield every man IN the exercise
Of 4haeo ela rights