Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-07-28
for the general public is the govern
ment and the welfare of ALL the peo-
pie must, be. supreme. s.svs. :


Never has the nation been confront
ed by "a. morea dangerous combination
than the great labor trust of today.
The menace will have to be met soon
er or later The trust is so powerful
that many political leaders cover in
fear and open defiance of faw---is-
thereby made possible.
If the public officers at Herrin and
of the state of Illinois~ahad not~beena
afraid of the labor trusts power, they
could have prevented the bloody mass
Isaere of innocent working men that has
served to arouse the nation to the Sc
rious aspects of this, matter, The Off
cials were afraid not only for their
jobs but their lives. 4. stI1 4iHoI{04
Defiance Of law and of the recog-
nized rights of other men has become
so common that the declaration of the
labor leaders that they stand for law
and order is a hollow mOckery. 4 Their
attitude is clearly shown toward the
militia, who are the laboring men
hired by you and for common prOtec-
tom Unless goyernment-ou govern
ment--is all wrong, why should patri-
otto law abiding citizens despise the
men who enter the public service. and
serve in the ilitia-working for you
and L? We have company of them
| in Ladysmith intelligent American
citizens, clean-cut, above the average,
taken as a body. What are they for
| if not to protect us when lawlessness
gets out Of control by the ordinary
| civil authorities? ssfHsl 4ltssa -ei
They are never sent where there is
not open defiance of law. When
riOting and bloodshed occur or are inn
minent why do the union leaders al
ways oppose sending the militia there
! to preserve order? Why are the
trains carrying the boys stoned or
| wrecked the boys shot at from am
bush, just as our boys would he if
sent to the scene of some such disor-
der, if the unions stand for law and
peaceful methods?
There is only one answer. They do
not want law and ORDER, which the
militia stands for; they desire to ter
rorize by violence or threats of VIC
lence any who wish to work. Had a
company of militia been sent to Her
rim when it was known rioting was
imminent the massacre would not have
occurred, and that and other Illinois
mines would be operating today. AS
it was, the massac ere had the desired
effect. The employees and operators of
| all other mines in that part of the
state. naturally terrified at what hap
pened at Herrin. followed a few days
later by visits of large delegations Of
union men telling them they must quit
or meet a similar fate, quit producing
coal Immediately.
Of course, the law-abiding union
miners at Herrin didn't want the mill
tia there
t. And we understand the Illinois mine
operators are and were willing to pay
their men the wages they asked, max
ing no reductions but that the union
leaders declared that the Illinois
mines must not run until there was
agreement to the union mine workers
demands in all other states. In other
words, the mine workers intend to eS-
tahlish an absolute monopoly of all
mine labor in America.
And the public will be the goat if
the effort is successful, just as it is
now to a lesser extent