Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-05-23
AN OPEN SHOP
DRIVE STOPPED
BY w. Il. ANTON

Clown Cigarette Manufacturer con.
yineed hig Wholesale Baking inter
est, that Union help Is far superior To
Non Union. after they had already
declared for open shop.
Locals are receiving the following
interesting letter from business Agent
ana finanglal sctfetary, =, ~, ~
mondson, of the Bakers Local Ne. ~,
Louisville, KY, telling how Col. W. f.
Axtun, the manufacturer of Clown
Cigarettes intereeded IN behalf OF the
Bakery workers In his home city and
induced the employers Of the baking
Interests 10 return 10 exclusive em-
ployment OF Union co-workers after
they had declared FOR the opne ahop.
The letter is as follows;
March "a, 1924.
Dear Sir q Bro.
As Business Agent of the Bakery
a Confectionery Workers Local No.
70, | am going TO make "A special ap.
peal 10 the members of your local 10
buy Clown Cigarette, aud my reason
for so doing II. that when the open
Shop drive was on In Louisville, the
Employers Association had succeeded
In inducing the three Wholesale Bak
cries which we had signed up, TO
declare for the Open Shop and they
had 50 informed me that II was their
intention 10 run an Open shop and as
one Of them expressed IL, TO Ill
with the Union" However, one of our
largest manufacturers, Mr.. Wood r.
Axton of the ANton-figher Tobacco
| Co, manufacturing Clown Cigarettes,
| in conversation with this wholesale
baker. found out that II was their in
! lention 10 declare for the Open shop,
and In a few days he induced this man
| 10 not only sign up with Us again,
but TO Join with him IN putting up
money 10 make the Union Label on
bread In this city worth something
| 10 him, Mr.. AKtOn then went TO other
bakers who had Indicated their inten-
! ton To declare for the Open shop,
and who. | am quite sure. would have
! done so had IL not been Tor MI
/ Axton.
Mr.. Axton then went 10 several 9th
er manufacturers who were WORKING
| Union men and making label products
and got them TO donate money To-
wards this drive against the open
| Shop and then set 70 work 10 prove
| to them that the Union Label ald
mean something to Union men. Night
| after night. Mr.. AKton tufhlshed
! trucks and went TO the Union meet
| ings, on the street corners and IN
vacant lots and in halls, and earned
on a most aggressive fight against the
Omen Shop. the result of which was
| that instead Of driving the Bakery q
/ Confectionery Workers' Union out Of
existence In Louisville, we increased
our membership very much, and | am
| making this appeal 10 you as BAKERY
! a Confectionery Workers. 10 see TO
! II that every Bakery d Confectionery
! Worker uses nothing bu a Clown Gag
| arctic, IN order 10 show our appfeeia-
/ lion To MIR. AXton. ,
! While / am a Baker by trade, !
! live I'm Louisville and have worked m
/ tobacco factories in the past Ana
| know something about the quality
of tobacco. and know that the quail
J ity Of tobacco that goes into clown
Cigarettes Is equal, If not the super
Ior. to that which goes into any other
cigarette made IN America, and Ger
tainly II you can cultivate your taste
for a gcab cigarette, YOU can cult
vate YOUR taste for an Honest 10
God" Union Made Cigarette, made
under the most ideal conditions lhal
Iit Is possible to make a cigarette
under. -.
am. therefore. going 70 ask you
to use your influence and have every
member Of your local use their m
auence to make Clown Cigarettes q
big success in your city.
+ Traakiag YOU I'm advance for any
efforts YOU put forth 10 help the sale
~ these cigarettes and assuring yolHG
hat every Union man in this city WI
he benefited by the success OF TINS
factory, / remain,
Fraternally yours. ,,-a,,
, ]. NJ. EDMONSON,
Business Agent & Fin. Sec'y