The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-19


Of gum-shoeing, however, feel that !
this is a time when all OF US ought 70 /
come out and express ourselves upon
the theory Of UNITED We stand"
The coal strike and railroad shop
mems strike has produced and is pro /.
ducing serious results IN the CONNER
cial world I regard the strike move !
rent as the small equivalent Of Ger
nlany's strike against commerce III
1915, and there is just as much neces-
sity Of the people banding themselves
together today to defeat this wage
war and put down imperialism as
there was in 1915 In other words.
the unions have themselves stricken
at the very foundation Of the govern
ment. It took the United States gov
eminent more than a year after the
German outrages upon the public be-
gan to realize that it was their inten-
ton 10 destroy commerce. And It
seems TO me with our experience then,
i should not take US very long to de-
termine that the union heads are
merely q smaller and less influential
bunch. but with the same object and
purpose in view as the German gov
eminent. 1t matters not TO them
whether they are right or wrong, as
it is the end they are working for and
not the right Of it. Then why should
we as American citizens sit by ana
tolerate it without an effort to break
up what IS just as serious in this
countr vas a German rHle would have
heen had they conquered us? It is my
theory that It is time for Us to get to-
cether and organize an anti-strike
union, refusing aid, supplies, assist
ance comfort and in fact everything
to 2 striker. If the people Of tbs
United States will get together under
a1ch a union, the coal strike and the
railroad strike viii last about forty
eight hours longer, but they must get
together and stand together to do it.
Just as an illustration, suppose the
wholesalers and retailers get together
ard say that they will not sell to any
striker and that each person belong
ing TO labor union who is not known
to be loyal must have an Anti-Strike
Union card to buy his groceries. You
nay say this is drastic, but it is the
only ne3 sure that will ever defeat and
effectively defeat the union strikers.
The public knows that it is not the
striker himself because eighty out OF
every hundred does not know the diff
ference between a union and any
other fraternal organization. They
pay their dues and are Just as much
subservient to the officers of the
union as a slave was to his master in
1860. The officers Of this organIza-
ton must do something to earn their
salaries, and to bring themselves into
the public eye Consequently, they
make demands which they know cam
not be met, and then call strike. Any
one who has ever read a ticket sent
out to the members to vote on a
strike, knows that the ticket reads in
such way that the voter cannot do
otherwise than vote for a strike.
We have therefore had enough OF
Imperialism, and it is only through
cooperation of the general public that
it can be broken up. If the public gets
together as a union and, it has just
as much right to do so as the other
side, and strikes against the striker,
it will only take a few hours when ev-
| cry strike leader will be looking for |.
job and the unions will be broken.
Understand, l am not opposed to
| labor unions as such when their pur-
poses are wholesome, because they
have unquestionably done a great deal
for the laboring man; but when their
purposes are diverted and principles
perverted to satisfy the greed of few
officials, who levy a tribute upon a set
Of ignorant men for their own sup
port, then it is time for the public to
wake up and go to the rescue of the
ignorant man. We could not fight
Germany by letter writing, nor can we
control labor unions by conferences,
because they cannot be depended upon,
as we have unfortunately seen.
I therefore say let US all get to-
gether and form an Anti-Strike Union
and let the "Ocala Principles" per-
neate the whole union as the "Ocala
Platform" did in 1892. Let US organ
lzc on plan of absolute cooperation
with every utility. Let every man be
subject to call for any purpose by any
public utility when in case Of need
the public help is demanded. I fol
one, am ready to volunteer my serv-
| ices to the railroad companies if I
can be of any assistance in any place
tc help break up this strike. because
# will not be sixty days at the rate it
IS going when everything will be para
lyzed. Florida more than any state
7 know Of requires railroad facilities,
as its product is largely fruit and
vegetables which demand quick trans
portation; and as We are now getting
near to our fall crop, where will we be.
if the strike continues Of course. we
may be able to get the bare necessi-
ties, but our fruit and vegetables will
De wholly lost if this strike IS con-
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