THE OMAIIA DAILY DEEi TUESDAY, JULY 3, 190C.
CHEERS FOR TOE BOOSTERS
Iniihu of Ak-erBn Honor tb Trade
Extension Worker.
COMMERCIAL CLUB NIGHT AT THE DEN
Splendid Crtwt at ftnat Kaslaeee
Men Drink at Peantaia of Tenth
Bad Talk of Cltya Oonilnf
Last evening's big session at the Afc-Ssr-Ben
den reflected In a tare measure
Omaht'i growth and prosperity. What
tha city 1" today and promisee to ba to.
morrow waa brought out In bold relief by
those who had to do with tha Initiation
at wall aa those who were on tha list of
speakers. Optimism waa In tha air; tha
b-aln and brawn of the commonwealth
knelt at the Fountain of Youth, took a
now lase of life and pledged to keep the
city on the crest of the commercial wave,
where It now la and where It rightly be
longs. Oreater things for Omaha, Ne
braska and the middle went, waa the key
note of the occasion. The event waa an
inspiration to those present; It waa like
a battle song for the soldiers of commerce
who go forth In the heat of the day and
light for the city's commercial supremacy.
The evening had been designated as
"Commercial Club Night," and Included a
reunion of those who attended the last two
trad a excursions. The crowd was by far
the largest of the season. One of the fea
tures was the appearance of Surah Bum
liard, who met with an untoward incident
when Dave O'Brien and Ma candy push
cart collided with the madame'a private
conveyance The madnme was taking her
evening bath at the time and waa much
chagtlned at the Insolence of Mr. O'Brien.
Later, however, the king appointed a com
mittee of F. W. Jtidson. D. J. O'Brien,
Jay D. FohUt, Harry Weller and Mark
Fclber to wait on the divine one and ex
plain matters. After much cajoling the
famous actress' private secretary straight
ened out the tangle and secured an audi
ence for the Ak-Sar-Ben committee.
Trade Boosters la the March.
Led by the Dutch band, the trade boosters
marched around the large hall, with para
sols and bells. Memories of tha recent
trade excursions came back with a bump.
Mayor T)ahlman was the first speaker
of the evening. When he took his seat be
side Grand Mufti Bennett a hearty round
of applause greeted the city's executive.
After a little sally regarding the recent
trade excursion, the mayor said:
"I believe Omaha can be mnde the great
est city west of the Mississippi. We all
should join heart to heart and hand to hand
and pull togrther. The great middle west
la building rapidly ..nd other cltlea are
competing for Omaha's trade. We have
the goods and I am sure will deliver them.
I am ready to exert my Influence to make
Omaha a great and good city."
Colonel T. W. McCullough gas an Inter
esting talk, which contained many fata
and flgurea along the line' of Omaha and
Nebraska's agricultural and . commercial
greatness. Mr. McCullough reviewed the
city's growth since the Inception of Ak-Bar-Ben
and the national growth for half a
century. -
Trely the Gate City.
"Omaha Is naturally the Gate City of the
west, for a world-wide stream of com
merce flows through the city," said the
speaker. "Over 75 per cent of the world's
trans-continental traffic of this country
passes through Omaha. We are only be
ginning to realise Omaha's real Importance.
Tha Nebraska farmer, for instance. Is rais
ing mora grain to the acre each year. This
season promises ; to" " Be better than any
previous season. A population of 250,000
ten fears hence, as suggested by the mayor,
is not a circumstance to what we might
have If we work for It."'
Mr. McCuIlmigh pointed out the possl
b'lltles of solving the power fuel ques
tion by converting, for example, half the
corn crop of tha state Into denatured al
cohol. He declared that half of the Ne
braska corn crop of last year converted
Into denatured alcohol would have fur.
nlahed enough power to have supplied over
21.000 factories with 100-horse power for
0 days. Mr. McCullough closed by draw
ing with bright colors a sketch of the
coming Omaha.
F. W.- Judson, President Wattles. Dave
O'Brien, Will Tetter. S. A. Searle and C.
B. Swan of Auburn made short talks.
Kxearaloa to Aabara.
President Wattles spoke of the big ex
curslon to Auburn on July 11. He urged
a large attendance, pointing nut the fast
that each fall Auburn sent over 1,000 visit
ors to Omaha during the Ak-8ar-Ben fes
tivities. t
Last evening at tha meeting of the Board
of Governors, A. Powell, L, E. Lucas, John
J.und. T. L. Combs and M. Bernstein were
selected ss a committee to Join with the
Commercial club committee to work up
the Auburn excursion. The Commercial
rlub committee comprises Dave O'Brien.
Secretary Oulld of the Commercial club
and Clark Colt. The Auburn excursion
train will leave Omaha at : a. m. and
return In time for everyone to get home
on the street cars. A round trip rate of
$3 has been msde by the Missouri Pacific
Railroad company.
Anbarn la Gettlasr Ready.
The fit irons of Auburn are making ex
tensive preparations for the excursion. The
state circuit of horse races will be opened
t Auburn on Ak-8ar-Ben day and other
features will be given for the Omahans.
The Aubumltes treated the Omsha trade
boosters well, and It la the desire of the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben to send down a
large crowd on July 11.
Next Monday evening the flrst of a
series of railroad excursions will be msde
to the den. People from along the Omaha
line will be brought bere at special rstes.
Ob the next Monday evening the Burling
ton will bring In an excursion from Ne
braska stations.
MILLARD NOT IN THE RACE
sVeeafar Bay He Faderataada Ha la
Sot Considered Factor la
Contest.
Senator Millard returned Monday from
Washington, where, aa he expressed It, he
had experienced a very "strenuous" ses
sion of congress. He said ha regards 1
the congress Just closed aa one produc
tive of much Important and beneficial leg
islation to the country. Questioned re
garding politics he said:
"I am entirely out of touch with local
conditions. About all I know is 'there Is
to be a primary here tomorrow. So far
ai 1 am oonoerned I expect to take little
active part la politic. As I take It I
M no longer considered a factor in the
senatorial raoa, I have not done any work
along this Una and do not expect to. and
resume the time is past to get In the
raoe."
Thla wee ail the senator could be In
dnasd te aay abant the matter. Ha plana
to epesd anosr of the summer at home,
devoting bis working time to his business
affairs, .
. Ba BelTlalT Oaa htetla.
The rag-alar muothty MeKlaley elub meat
big has a uss nsllsd eff aad ao date set.
Uet weather" and aUiae- thine s are given
a tZa eassane.
Oil a LETTER 131
Ufi Side of the Utery.
OMAHA, July I To tha Editor of The
Bee: In relation to an article which ap
peared In your paper of a recent date, be
ing an Interview with one William McOlll.
acting ss spokesman for the Klrkendall
employee, aa ha claims. I, being the W.
M. Lee referred to In that article, will ask
you to kindly publish my side of the case
which Is as follows: In the first place, 1
waa legally elected St a regular meeting
of the local union, held May t, to represent
local 292 at tha national convention of tha
Boot and Shoe Workers' union, held at
Milwaukee, Wis., the vote standing 25 to ?
In my favor.
At the following meeting, which was held
May 17, a motion was made to reconsider
the action of the previous meeting. Tha
motion waa lost by a vote of against to
28 for reconsideration, which practically
elected me the second time.
As to the statement made that one of the
general organisers was here to Influence
votes In my favor, I will state that no
general organizer was In Omaha at the time
of the election and had not been here
since February 11, but an organiser did
come here on May 18, which waa after the
election, and also after the attempt had
been made to reconsider. He was here for
the purpose of arranging with Mr. Klrken
dall for the absence of the delegate to the
convention, Mr. Klrkendall agreeing at
that time to give the delegate leave of ab
sence, provided he furnished a man to -take
his place.
After the organiser had left the city Will
iam McGIll came to me In the factory and
told me that If I went to the Milwaukee
convention that I could never work In
the Klrkendall factory any more and that
they would not allow anyone to work In
my place during my absence. After this the
firm seemed to lean that way also. I then
notified General President Tobln of the
conditions and Organiser Robinson was
sent here to try to straighten matters out.
He called on the firm, telling them that I
had made arrangements with a union man
and a good workman to take my place
during my absence and that he would re
port for work Monday, June 18, which he
did. but waa not allowed to go to work.
I went to the convention at Milwaukee and
McGIll followed me there and protested
my seat In the convention. He appeared
before the credential committee. The fol
lowing Is taken from the report of the
credential committee:
The credential committee met at 1 p. m.
today (Monday, June 18) and the parties
Interested In connection with the Lee case,
Brothers Iee. McOlll, Robinson and I-Aird,
appeared before us. Brother McGIll, In his
evidence before us, stated that the election
of Brother I-ee waa entirely legal, and he
was perfectly satisfied when on May S
Brother Lee via duly elected. In addition
to that, an attempt waa made to reconsider
the vote and that motion was lost by a
vote of 39 to 28. In addition to this he
made the statement before us that If
Brother Lee was seated at this convention
today that Brother Iiee would not be
allowed to work In Omaha, or words to
that effect. The committee, therefore. In
this case recommends that Brother William
M. Lee be seated In this convention from
local 292. Report of the committee was
adopted by the convention.
In conclusion, I will say that Instead of
125 members of the union In the '"'rken
dall factory, that there are not n than
seventy In all, and at least 60 per cent
of them will remain In the union.
As to the little girl apprentices earning
but $3 per week, they are not members of
the union, therefore, do not have to pay
25 cents per week and for that matter such
cases are left entirely with the local union.
The statement that Mr. Klrkendall has
taken no hand In the matter, I will refer
to the statement In the same article In
which he has offered to give $100 to the
speeders In forming a local organization.
W. M. LEE.
Omaha and the Fallow PcclSc.
OMAHA, July t.To the Editor of The
Bee: The response of the Union Pacific
management to Omaha's Interest as a great
grain market 1 evidently appreciated by
Mr. O. W. Wattles, who, next to Presi
dent SMckney, did more than any other
living man to create it. I quote from
The Bee what he said about It, as follows:
This act on their part, taken with the
other actions of the managers of this great
railroad In building great terminal shops
here and assisting In other directions In
the development of the city, should be ap
preciated by all the grain dealers and busi
ness men In Omaha.
I ask The Bee to reprint this expression
from Mr. Wattles In order to Impress the
lesron df It upon the sober and solid men
of Omaha, tn the midst of wild agitations
and assaults upon railroad and all other
corporations concerning a few evils which
have existence and a greater number which
have no existence whatever, It behooves the
people of Omaha to stop all wars upon the
railroads. There Is nothing the matter
with rates on the whole. On the long haul
they are the cheapest on tha planet for
freight, and on tha short hauls let the value
of Nebraska farm lands and the wealth of
the men who cultivate them make answer.
As to the Union Pacific, Mr. Wattles speaks
as one having authority of the work of
Vice President Mohler, which Is not In a
Single act, but which reflects a policy of
fine liberality and Justice to Omaha In
terests. I should like to have Mr. Wattles
or some other competent man portray what
the genius of Harrlman Is doing for Omaha
and the west In these days John N. Ba'd
wln. for Instance. G. L. M.
BACH HELD FOR SLUGGING
Participates la Assault on If onanism
Printer and Confesses Port
f Plat.
Charles P. Bach, claiming to b a striking
printer, and giving the Murray hotel as his
address. Is locked up at the city jail on
the charge of being Implicated In an assault
on C. F. Wilson, a nonunion printer em
ployed at the Raea Printing company's
establishment.
Bach confesses to the police that he was
to betray Wilson to . the tender mercies
of an Imported slugger. Meeting Wilson
on the street at Eighteenth and Leaven
worth last evening. Bach approached to
shake hands with him. This was to be
the signal for the slugger, and he started
to slug when Wilson drew a pistol and
started to shoot. Both Bach and the
slugger sought safety In lght, but Bach
wss later overhauled by the police. The
slugger escaped. At the city Jail Bach
professed great contrition for his conduct.
BOY RUN DOWN BY PIE WAGON
On Bib Brakes aad Little Fellow
la Otherwise Palafnlly
Br alaed.
While playing with companions In ths
street at Twenty-fourth and Clark streets
1-year-old Joseph Dougherty ran In front
of a Connecticut pie company's wagon
driven by John Hathaway, 2S0 Isard
street, and waa run over, receiving aevere
Injuries. One rib waa broken and tha
little fellow suffered bruises about the
face. i
Tha aocMeot occurred about : o'clock
Fiidaor evening. The Injured boy waa
take to Freytag'B druc store, in North
Twenty-fearta street, aad attended by Dr.
Alexander, after which ha was, taken to
tbe Cense or sis parents, tm Clark street.
WATCH Ui fMar, 16 La and Dodge Bta.
DRUID niLL IS EXPANDING
Anti-Raoe Bnfoids Bentiment Demands
More Boom in Schools.
MATTER PRESENTED TO SCHOOL I0ARD
President Chapman and Member
Lindsay I'rae atepa to Provide for
Children Sow Deprived af
(rhoel Privilege.
The Board of Education last night by a
unanimous vote re-elected J. F. Burgess
secretary for the term of one 'year.
Member Lindsay and President Chapman
of the Druid Hill Improvement club urged
ths necessity of providing two more rooms
at the Druid Hill school, the three rooms
of which hsve been bsdly crowded, they
said. Mr. Chapman said that last year 120
pupils had overtaxed the seating capscity
of 116 and the prospects for the fall Indi
cate a more congested condition. The resi
dents want the fourth and fifth grades
To
I dropped In to Inquire how the slaves
In your community are getting on these
days, and what is being done to support
the children of the citizens murdered by
the members of the labor trust.
These fatherless children number Into
several thousand now, and the trust adds
quite a few each year, you know. "Don't
let's talk about It," someone says. .
Lately there has been a decrease In
violence owing to publio opinion but the
assaults and murders may be expected
again when new strikes are Inaugurated.
Of course. It's easy to be a coward and
shut the eyes, turn a deaf ear, and pre
serve a "discreet silence" so you won't
get the lssh and bludgeon of the trust on
your own back or Invite Its "Influence" to
ruin your business or political chances.
Those are the threats the labor, unions
hold over the people, you know. But If
you could be in the little barely furnished
heme of the worklngman who left the
wife and babies in the morning to try and
earn a little to feed them, and see the
despair of the stricken wife and the plead
ing children when the bruised and bleeding
body of the father was brought In at
night, the fruit of the "entertainment
committee" of the labor trust, perhaps
your Inherent humanity might awake and
give you a fair look at the appalling
slavery alt about us slavery of American
free born whites.
Within a moderately short time up
wards of twenty thousand of these have
been brutally beaten, generally until un
conscious, sometimes acid poured , down
the throat, eyes gouged out. fingers cut off
(to prevent further work), bodies thrown
Into the water, thrust Into red hot furn
aces, pushed off buildings and others
placed, while unconscious, on railroad
tracks for complete "finish of the Job."
Shooting and clubbing of these poor vic
tims Is so common that frequently no
mention is made in the papers, for the
readers are so used to such Items that
they cease to have "news value.". Is this
Indictment true? Don't ask the writer for
authority, but simply turn to the dally
record for the facts. .: ' ' '
It seems that tha struggle of our still
living fellowmcn seeking to earn bread for
their little ones. In the face of the danger
to life and limb from the labor trust,
excites a sort of lukewarm , sympathy
among the "better classes," but I am led
to Inquire how the American people can
steel their hearts against the mute appeals
of the little children of these murdered
fathers, and the widows left to battle
alone for their support. Why God permits
such things, and how severe will be
the punishment for our apathy, He alone
knows.
Some readers of this, living In luxury,
only know of the misery of their fellow
human beings by an occasional cry that
escapes, and they never have a close look
at the damnable steel manacles cruelly
locked on the hsnds of the common man
and his wife and children. But you cannot
and must not refuse to help with moral
support, at least, your fellows now strug
gling for relief from the strangling grip
of this rapidly grown creature, the tyran
nous labor trust. Examine It carefully,
head, body, legs and feet. In localities
where It has full sway and complete con
trol, the workmen must Join the trust and
pay fees each month to support the rulers,
or they are not allowed to work and sup
port their families. That starts the slavery.
Then perhaps a fine of 110 to 1100 Is put
upon the slave, for some past Independence,
or present Infraction of trust "rules." Hs
Is ordered to quit work at command. To
quit trading at his grocery, meat shop, or
other store where he has credit. In many
cases the grocer or butcher Is "ordered"
not to supply food to certain citlsena.
Other citlsena are "ordered" not to buy the
favorite hat, shoes, or clothes, because
they do not bear the trust trade-mark, the
"unl n label."
Tu Tiustn't read your newspaper for
It prtnti some truths not exactly favorable
to tra abor trust.
Y'j.i atre ordered not to have your horse
):i at your blacksmith's for he uses
nulls made In an Independent shop.
Yoi mustn't ride on the street cars for
tbe labor trust expects to break the win
dows and tip them over.
Tou are Instructed not to have your
printing done in any Independent shop.
Tour public officers are threatened if
they award public printing to the lowest
bidder If he happens to be under the ban
of the "unions."
Boms newspapers are ao completely tied
up by the union printers, stereotypers and
pressmen, that they dare not print facts
and news not In sympathy with ths
unions." .
The common man who works to support
his family and refuses to slave for the
labor leaders Is liable to be beaten un
conscious and have his little home and
family dynamited.
The publlo officer who endeavors to main
tain peace and support the laws is threat
ened, and where ths trust Is strong enough
the cltlsen Is not allowed to paint hu
house, fix his water pipe, lay brick,
mix mortar, play tn orchestra, clerk in
store, dig trenches, wait on table, drive
teams, deliver milk, or work ss machinist,
blacksmith, moulder, carpenter, painter,
typesetter, pressman, dgarmaker, paper
hanger, or do any other form of work
without permission of ths labor trust snd
paying money to support Its leaders.
Observe. 1 say "where the trust Is strong
enough" snd it Is daily striving to get
"strong enough" in places where It Is yet
too weak to rule. It even has a hod car
riers union and a "horse leaders" union
to federate with other slaves among ths
unionised doctors and grand opera singers.
The punishment of refractory members or
citlsens who dare assert their personal
rights Includes attacks on funersl pro
caaalons, aad at times tha nearse is over
added, so that their small children, will
not have to walk twenty blocks to the
nearest available school. Mr. Chapman
said twenty-six new bousea have been built
In tha district during the present year.
The matter waa referred to tbe committee
on buildings and property and the superin
tendent of Instruction.
Bids aa Coal aad S applies.
Bids were opened for eoal, school and
Janitor's supplies and printing. For eoal
the low bid were Sunderland Bros., 174
for lump coal; C. B. Havens St Co., WO
for nut and 12. f for steam coal, and Cont
ent A Squires, t for anthracite. Other bid
ders were C. W. Hull A Co.. Victor Whits
Coal company, Nebraska Fuel company,
Central Coal and Coke company, Coal Hill
Coal company and the C. Brandels Coal
company.
Printing bids were received from ths
Reed Printing company, Jesse M. Roucek,
Magic City Printing .company. Barton
Printing company, Rees Printing company;
for Janitor's supplle from the Johnson
Hardware company, James Mortons A Rons
company and Milton Rogers A Sons com
pany: for school supplies from Megeath
Stationery company, Moyer Stationery
company, Omaha School Supply company,
Mongrels, Tyrants,
Staves said Freemen
turned and the poor dead body of a loved
mother or child thrown cruelly Into the
street and the sorrowing mourners viciously
attacked and driven from the solemn rites
conducted for their loved ones In the last
and final farewell.
These are a few of the many Indigni
ties and tyrannies heaped upon the com
mon American cltlsen In this present day
slavery of the labor trust, a slavery mora
aMe-spread and Irksome, with more as
saults upon citlsens, more oppression,
more property destroyed, and more mur
ders committed than during the period of
negro slavery, which so aroused the human
sympathy of a great people, that In the
settlement of the question millions of lives
and hundreds of millions of property were
sacrlfloed.
All that to free the African while the
latter-day slavery manacles the hands of
the white free-born American.
Think of the condition under which
thousands of our citlsens are forced,
against their will, to pay money to Join
the unions, and to obey blindly the orders
of the leaders to stop work when told,
helpless to earn the little money needed
by wife and children tor fond, clothing and
fuel, helpless to maintain their manhood
and self-respect, bowing and crushed until
the suicides caused by utter despair, has
mounted up to an appalling list.
Why don't the people rise in their might
and free themselvea from this monster,
someone Inquires?
I-et us look at the facts and see. Some
years ao there arose a God-given inspira
tion for the wage earner to better his con
dition, and the sympathy of the whole
people went out towards the movement.
Organisation, to mass power seemed re
quisite and trade unions came Into being,
their early motives being pure. They must
have leaders. Improvements began to ap
pear In better sanitary conditions, better
hours and better wages. Then the leaders
began to demand large salaries and finally
to wring "graft" from the members and
from . employers. Than, appeared the In
toxication of power; the leader found that
his slightest word must be obeyed, and In
order to enforce It. he must rule by ter
rorism and absolute slavery methods.
Money In great sums must be raised and
the procedure seemed simple. Hire agita
tors and organizers on a commission basis.
Bend an organiser Into any district even
where workmen are well paid and con
tented. Beck out a few hot heads and wild
talking Individuals, easy to And In any
community. Join them In a meeting, make
soma Inflammatory speeches, tell them
how they are abused, and that "labor
creates all wealth and therefore must take
it, all." Urge them to make other work
men dissatisfied and In a few days a
nucleus is formed like a small snowball
which only needs a little rolling to grow
rapidly. Then mass these discontents and
march to a factory and call on tha work
men to drop their tools Join "tha union"
and go on strike.
Borne steady heads demur and say they
have good positions and good pay. Way
lay such a man on his way home, argue
and "persuade" blm to Join tha union and
strike. Call him "scab" if he refuses,
hoot and Jeer at him, throw a few stones
and get some boys to chsse and harass
him. Havs a crowd call on his -grocer and
tell him he will be boycotted if he fur
nishes "that scab" any goods; same to the
clothier, butcher and coal man. Notify
his friends not to associate with him. In
struct the children to chase him and ter
rorize them going and coming from school.
Notify his employer that all other work
men will quit and boycott his goods If he
don't discharge "that scab." About that
time this martyr begins to feel that It Is
a terrible price to pay for his standing up
for the freedom and liberty guaranteed
him by the constitution of his fathers
snd his right to Independent action and
unless he be the one bravest man out of a
hundred brave men he will yield and bow
his neck to the yoke of the labor trust, an
absolute slave crushed and helpless. From
that time hs Is subject to "orders" he dares
not disobey, while occasional fines of from
$10.00 to $100.00 are assessed against him
by "the union" to "punish" him and In
cldentlally fatten the pocketbooks of ths
lesders.
Thousands and tens of - thousands of
high grade American workmen are In that
condition of helpless slavery today and
they curse, but bow.
Olve them a chance and they would
tree themselves, but the skillful organiza
tion set up and ruled by tha paid leaders
Is powerful enough to keep them properly
"tamed."
Thus we see a movement started with
high and noble purpose, drifted Into the
bands of designing men who, having dis
covered the volume of power put in their
hands, use It for personal ends, talking
loud about the "wrongs of labor," etc.,
etc., while fastening the chains tighter
and tighter on the arms of that labor.
They quickly dtsoover ths necessity of
forcing all workmen to Join the trust so
the leaders can secure the monthly con
tributions and also govern them. Bo, to
bring this about, ws see the most aggra
vated forma of oppreaslon and tyranny:
daily pressure and annoyance is applied
by one workman to ths Independent msn
at his side and the Indignities of various
kinds are numberless and variegated.
Persistant and long continued harassing
generally drives the independent man to
pay the fees and Join the union to relieve
himself and family from the dally attacks.
Then he often finds that hs hss Jumped
from the frying pan into the Are.
This labor trust la one of the most seri
ous menaces to our country and its peo
ple, for Its leaders, seeking greater and
greater control af the masses, are push
Prang' Educational company and the Siott
Batlonery company.
All the bids were referred to the com
mittee on supplies for tabulation and re
port. ansa Contracts Awarded.
The board ordered the new Peals school
equipped with the Johnson system of
furnace and fan heating and ventilating
system at a cost of $3,500.
Contracts tor painting the Lincoln and
Forest schools were awarded to Stevenson
Moore for I7M.3 and 1195 and to Ruther
ford A Jensen for painting at the Farnam
school, 1141.
The board ordered ratified the purchase
of 160,000 city paving bonds, running twenty
years and bearing Interest at 4 per cent
for a premium of tsni, by way of Invest
ment for surplus sinking fund money.
Certificates were ordered awarded to
thirty-five out of the forty-nine young
women who recently took the teachers' ex
amination. After not having a renovating for
twelve yeare, the carpets In the board's
rooms at the city halt were ordered cleaned
at a cost of 125.
A resolution was adopted congratulating
Dr. W. H. Christie on his return to the
Ing toward a position where they hope to
be able to name the members of State
Legislature, and Congress and. carried far
enough, It can easily be seen they would
expect to elect trust members from Presi
dent of the U. S. on down through all the
offices. Such control would mean that the
trust members fatten off the people, who
are not members of the unions, end, from
past experience, life would not be worth
living nor could the common man hope to
own and protect his little home. In peace.
This Is no fancy picture but the conditions
are being pressed and fought for by the
labor trust right here and now.
There are literally thousands of splendid
men, members of unions, who heartily but
silently denounce the acts of the anarchists
and trouble breeders In the unions. But
what can they do? I have seen some of the
most earnest letters from such union men
In newspapers appealing to the publlo to
hear of their slavery but, when aaked If
they would allow the letters printed over
their names, decline for fear of the certain
punishment that would be put' upon them
by the trust leaders.
One sample will illustrate. Otto C.
Heggen, of Des Moines, la., a naturalised
cltlsen of Norwegian nativity, testifies In
this connection:
"Why do I wish to no longer be a citi
zen?" he repeated, speaking In slow and
labored English, with the unmistakable
Norwegian accent. "Because this Is no
longer a free country. An honest man who
wants to work and support his family must
pay tax to the union. I had a good Job at
the Bloom field mine as blacksmith. Then
the miners organized their union, and they
aald I muat pay tax to them or else quit
my Job.
"I believe In freedom. That Is why I left
the dear old fatherland. I thought that here
In America I would have greater rights
and that my children and my children's
children would have a better chance, but
Instead we must take our hard-earned dol
lars and pour them Into the union. If they
make a strike, aa they do so much, I must
quit work, no matter if I am content with
everything. Maybe I must fight and get
killed."
It behooves every free workman wo hopes
to preserve his right to work and support
his family, who hopes to hold and save his
home and other property, every union man
who hopes .to escape further tyranny, every
merchant who hopes to escape tha sudden
boycott, every farmer who hopes to post
pone the day when with wheat or othet
crops overripe and spoiling he Is confronted
with a strike and his farm picketed, horses,
cows, family and property threatened, and
the. usual labor trust warfare set up against
him, and It behooves every patriotic cltl
sen, who hopes to keep the Industries In his
community moving and the people depend
ent upon them supplied with the necessities
af life, to Join with every other citizen for
protection to the common interest
Let every candidate for office be watched,
and If, when "questioned" by tbe laoor
trust, he agrees to represent that trust and
Its measures In opposition to ths measures
of the people, remember him.
The man who goes Into office pledred t.
any man, corporation, organisation, or
trust, Is lined up against the people
'ihe beef trust congressman or one repre
senting tha oil, railroad or labor trust must
work for the trust that put him there, and
whatever advantage a trust gains in tha
making or execution of laws must be an
advantage gained at the expense of the
common cltiien.
There la no other way for the trusts to
fatten and thrive except upon the people
outside the trust. The labor trust tries to
pass laws to prevent anyone buying labor
except from members of the labor unions,
and at any price the trust may have power
to name. This trust does not ask congress
to pass a law to prevent emnlnv.r. nf
common citizens from assaulting or mur
dering labor union members or blowing up
their houses.
Such a law Is not necessary to the trust.
but It does seek with all Its power to force
a law through Congress, called the Antl-
Injunction law, to tie the hands of the
courts, so they cannot Issue "restraining
orders" or "injunctions" which would have
the effect of "restraining" union men from
assaulting citlsens or blowing up houses or
property.
Is It not plain they want to be left tm
to do these things?
Think for ons moment of the audacity
and desperate lengths to which the labor
trust leaders will go to terrorise and force
the public to "obey." What foreign squad
of bandits would dare ask for laws to pro
tect them In their raids on the people?
No man Is tafe and no family protected
with such riot and anarchy rampant In our
midst.
The public man who will sell himself to
any trust Interest and betray the people
richly deserves the certain defeat he will
encounter at the polls when his sentiments
become known.
Demand of your candidate a statement
that he will stand to represent the whole
people and not simply the few members
of any trust or organisation. Just so sure
as a public man bows to ths labor trust
and agrees to do Its will. Just so sure he
deserts the people and Joins ths aliens
working to extract extra gain from tha
public. He must be looked st for exactly
what he Is snd the peopls must elect their
own rsndidates snd not trust candidates
If they are to preserve sacred their free
dom and peace.
The whole people want things done and
are the great majority. The labor trust
perhaps numbers two million with a great
part of that number unwilling, and tbe
remaining T million of the common people
have something to say when their Interests
are at stake.
Now notice how the labor leaders try to
force the union men of the s liens and op
pose the eltisens whenever a question of
public Interest arises;
board after an ahsence due to 111 health.
The doctor was forced to drop his prac
tice and spend some weeks st the army
and navy hospital at Hot Springs and
ether places, but hss returned much Improved.
PALMER W0ULDTAKE PLACE
Postmaster Not Active Candidate for
O. A. R. Oommanderehln, bat
Is Wllllag.
Captain H. E. Pslmer returned Mon
day morning from a visit of several days
at New Tork and other eastern points on
duty connected with the National Homes
for Disabled Volunteers, the board of
ttustees of which he Is a member. Rels.
tlve to his candidacy for the office of
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, Captain palmer aald:
"I am not an active candidate, although
the honor la one deserving the ambition
of any soldier. The mention of mv can
didacy was sprung during my ansence in
the east, and I had not given the mattr
any aerloua consideration snd waa rather
surprised to see my name mentioned tn
A town atarts to build a court house and
give work to Its citizens who spend their
money there but are not members of the
labor trust; Immediately the trust demands
all the work and that It be taken away
from the anti-trust citizens. A riot breaks
out and the labor trust seeks to destroy
tbe court house and force the people to go
Into their pockets and pay the losses.
The peace officers of the people. In their
pay, seek to preserve the peace and save
the property; Immediately the unions "pro
test" snd exert every mesns In their
power to prevent the officers from pro
tecting the people snd their property.
This same policy crops out In every
effort of the community to protect Itself
and the common people from the oppres
sion of the labor trust. The leaders op-
j pose the police, oppose the militia, the
courts, laws, manual training schools,
education of apprentices and every other
act or movement that benefits the people
but curbs the lawless license and stays
tha oppressive hand of that trust.
This and preceding newspaper announce
ments from my pen regarding the labor
trust and suggesting remedies are paid for
from the proceeds of the business of mak
ing Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts.
The labor trust (not our own workmen)
has conducted a long and persistent war
of boycott and Impudent tyranny In an
expressed determination to ruin that busi
ness, because we declined to withdraw our
advertising from papers when ordered to
by the labor trust In their efforts to
"break up" such papers. We refused to
Join these conspiracies and stesdfsatly
maintained our right to be free American
citlsens, and not slaves. But hell hath no
fury like that of the labor trust when Its
"orders" are not obeyed, and the depths
of trickery, boycott, lying, and all the
black pools of labor union vengeance have
been searched for means to ruin us, which
might have been effective but for the mag
nificent rally to our support by the great
American public, whose members will not,
when they know It, tolerate such trust
oppression and prefer ta actively rebuke It
by buying our products. These malicious
acts of the labor trust roused us to the
dangerous condition In which the people
are placed by the labor unions, and we
took up the campaign for freedom. It has
been a public work In the Interests of
humanity, trying to rouse tha people to
act for their own protection.
. The Postum Co. owns spacs In nearly
every prominent paper In America and has
a right to use that spsce for Its publlo
announcements of which this Is one.
Such papers naturally must publish pald
for advertisements under contract, no mat
ter how ths labor trust may object to
having the facta made public.
,
This article you are now reading has
been sent to practically every prominent
paper In America with offer to pay our
regular rates for Its insertion. It has not
been sent to the "yellow" Journals for
they are open enemlee of the citizens of
any community who will not bow to the
labor trust, and we cannot bring ourselves
to pay money to support anarchy and
murder . breeders.
A few papers to whom It hss been offered
will refuse to run It.
They far the labor trust.
They publish, free, day by day articles
flattering to that trust.
They wilfully "kill" sny news detrl:
mental to the trust, smother the Items of
violence and lawlessness, and lick the boots
of the labor leaders no matter how dirty
they ars or how much the publisher in
wardly hates himself for his prostitution.
Such rapers are the most poisonous
enemies of the common people.
They pander to the 'organised few. the
two million trust members, and are too
cowardly to speak for the 7S million
citizens, because the latter are generally
unorganised and do not have committees
to "protest" to the publisher. But It Is
high time for the people to take action
regarding these cowardly and misleading'
papers. The citlsens want all the facts
spread before them, so they can reach an
intelligent conclusion on these subjects,
and the papers that suppress one set of
facts and, through fear of a trust, make
public only the prejudiced statements of
that truat, should be known, and they can
be known. Every reader of this article
Is urged to purchase one or mure prom
inent morning papers of July 4th and
afternoon papers of the day before. In
smaller cities with no paper on the 4rh
buy the issue of the Ird. If snyone of
those papers does not contain this arttrlc,
you can know It as ons of the "smooth
enemies" of the people. Buppose you
wrote the publisher and ask him why lie
fears to allow the cause of the citizen to
bs presented in his columns and why he
allies himself on the sids of the trust and
against the masses? Push them to go on
record and then act your pleasure. Ex
cuses will not excuse. A paper is either
for the Interests of the people or It Is
under control of the labor or some other
trust. Find out and this Is a u- wv
Then let the advertisers ask the pub
lisher of that paper why he fears to stand
out frankly for the citlsens and the good
of the community. Why he panders to
a trust seeking In every way to dominate
business, politics and the entire social
machinery.
Let any man become prominent In en
deavoring to preserve the peace when
labor trust riots are In progress and that
man's business wilt be boycotted and he
ruined If possible. All business Is men
aced. Every peace-loving, properly-owning
citizen muat act or this growth to
wards anarchy and the destruction of
property and personal liberty will grow
until tbs burden cannot be moved and
iths trust magnates can force their will
'without Unit.
cornectlon with the office. Nothing wouK
please me better then to serve my com
tades In the civil war In any capacity
wherever they may call me, either aa
private In the ranka or elsewhere, i
preferably Ss a private."
WOMAN'S CONDITION SERIOUS
Mrs. Koha, Aasanlted by Wretch, It
(till Bafferlaa- from tha
rtratallty.
Mrs. Anton Kohn of 1154 Oust street
the old woman who was assaulted Friday
eenlng near the Missouri Pacific vladtu.l
on Sherman avenue, la being cared for by
the police matron at the city Jail. Hei
assailant is being held by the police. No
complaint . has been filed In the pollct
court against Thomas Clsrk, arrested fot
the crime, as the woman's condition II
yet uncertain.
Family of Riant Drowned.
Dl'RANOO, Colo., July . Leonard Boat
his wife and six children, were drowned
while attempting to ford the Animas rivet
near Cedar Hill. New Mexico, today. The
family had started for Durango to attend
a street carnival.
To boll this down
Demand of your candldatea that the)
represent, as Bishop McCabe says, th
100 per cent of the people and not the It
per cent made up from some organiza
tion. The people can elect the free mar
sure If they let the facts be known.
Next, don't fail to go Individually or In
a body and demand of the newspaper that
I wants your patronage, that it print a
! much matter In the Interests of the free
i citizens aa It does of the "proceedings"
and favorable comment on the labor trust.
Then ask the advertisers In the papers
afraid to publish this article why they
support a sheet of that character.
Do these things and you will discover
you have the power to preserve your own
personal liberty, the freedom of your
townsmen and the continued prosperity
of your community. But you must act.
Real genuine slavery i,s here with Its
grip on our people. We see me same fear
in denouncing it as existed among the
people In the days of Negro slavery.
The cowardice of politicians and press,
fearing to stand upon the God-given
principles of human liberty, fearing for
votes and patronage. But they have tem
porised and compromised too long and
history repeats itself. Whenever In the
affairs of a nation one class enslaves
another, fear always begets cowardice.
Then there Is attempt to compromise with
the wrong, and that sin of compromise is
such a crime against the eternal principle
of human liberty that it brings increased
tyranny, oppression and misery by ths
spread of that slavery. It was so before
the civil war It Is so now. Every day
sees new victims. American citlsens
marooned, Impressed and subjected to tha
slavery of the labor trust. These victims
frequently struggle to free themselves.
If they fight hard enough they may suc
ceed but many cannot. Will you stand
Idly by and see this wrong go on? Please
read this article over again and carefully
get the facts clearly in your mind, and
then aa you value your native ljd.and
the freedom of your person and children,
ACT. Demand of your newspaper that it
stand for the common people and demand
of your candidate for public office that ha
represent the interests of tbe masses, the
j great unorganized majority with their
needs and rights, and not the selfish In
terests of any organization made up of
the few to prey off the many.
Extend to men the right to organize
with capital or labor or both for protec
tion and betterment. But When acta of
tyranny, oppression and slavery are com
mitted and the slightest attempt made to
rob you or your fellows of the right to
work, the right to buy and sell or to
exercise your freedom and liberty in any
manner given under our constitution,
yield not one fraction of It. Make your
battle then and there. A day of contest
with the black spirit of tyranny right on
the start Is better than months or years
of slavery, with the certainty of exter
mination or a long and bitter war with
that spirit, fattened and strengthened by
the loot of long feeding.
It is a most serious matter where even
one American brother has been robbed ef
his liberty and freedom, what then shall
we do when confronted with tbe ahuea
and oppression of thousands of our own
people. It Is time for some of you to
search out your long too hidden flaf and. In
contemplation, send your r.ilnds back to
the time when the old sires marched and
tolled, until tyrants bullets cut the
arteries and stripes of red washed across
the white banner, then In a field of blua
were set the stars, with as high a pur
pose as the magnificent machinery of the
planets, set by that same Ood in the
royal purple of his heaven. Those old
grandfathers were sent out by . the Im
pulses of the Infinite Father to win back
the lost crown of human liberty, the best
gift to his children.
When It came to us a noble flag to be
ever held as a symbol and reminder of
that crown so dearly won back after hav
ing been lost by apathy, cowardice and
compromise with the eternal principles.
That old flag bears a message to us
from our grandfathers, and stronger still
from the Infinite Fsther who Inspired
them. In solemn tones It demands that
we stand together now and always when
ever one single American son be threat
ened with the loss of his blood-bought
Inheritance, his personal liberty.
We may shirk, offer excuse, hesitate,
pander, and prevaricate, but the eternal
God of Justice who moulded that crown
of liberty will exact a point of punish
ment for each and every point of cowardly
shrinking from the prompt and uncompro
mising defense of the heritage.
Slavery Is rampant In our midst, and
pleading voices vibrate about ihe closed
ears anil hidden heads of Mongrels, Ty
rants. Klaves and Freemen and will not
be still. Those spirit voices of dead
fathers and the cries of their helpless
children blend with the message Woven
through the old banner of our sires,, and
call. - and call, and call. God heln tha
helpless when Americans become blunted
and stupifted with Indifference.
C. W. POST.
N. B. This article will be put In pam
phlet form by the Nafl Citizen's ' In
dustrial Ass'n, Ft. James Building, N. T.,
and be used by the local ass'ns of citizens
In cities where the shivering cowardice
of the news (?) paper prevents Its print
ing this public announcement In defence
of the common man.
The names of such papers will also be
supplied by the Nat'l Ass'n.
It has been difficult thus far to uncover
such papers. Now let's pull aC tW U4
and have a look.
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