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Show J 1 AMERICAN EAGLE, ml a. wiutmu, rwaauk UTAH KUB.BAY, UTAH STATE NEWS. credentials The Saber land Se nstor elect of t( of Utah n. talH-rime- i The buildm,; when cost fa" bud. American Fur!, is enjoying a decidat pre.-en-t, ther ed buiidinff tfiLg six different hus.ness buildings under way. Hana Takedi, the Japanese slave girl who was rescued from her master iu Salt City, Las beM. ordered deported. 22, dropped Hyruia Cooper, ag.-dead at American fork while chopping wood, death being due to heart !sease) from whir li lie bad suffered for many years. The Ogden sugar factory has closed has boon Its season's run. The one of the most successful in the history of the factory, amounting t' tiiora than lOHio lieu pound. .ld Ogrtcn Carl Anderson, a boy, has been arrested on a charge r.f his smoking cigarettes, ami ft in CB3e will bo tnriiio a test to decide tie validity of the law. cotr.p'i'tji't.. w com-lifte- d ;U hait- tm Charles D. McNenl I The old folts of American Fork were treated to a grand gala diy on the lath. Through a permanently on ganlzfvl committee these events ara of Am. annually Rlvon the old e eriran Fork. Jesse 8. Brown, one of the liien who kroticiht thp first wheat Into Wcbetf ootinty and who plowi-- the flrHt fur-roand planted the first prain, died at bLs home In Ogdcn, Sunday, at th aee of 75. At a macs meeting of the citizens d tt Wlllard It was unanimously decided to take steps toward obtaining fro Drlgham City electricity sufllcient to furnish Wlllard the desired power and light necesnary for her needs. Albert rtoiiHton of American Fork, of the Wyoming iiilne, waa fatally Injured am the result of a cave-Iat the mine, a ma.s.slve liody of ore foreinaa fafling on him, burying him to tho beck, death resulting two houra later. CUlMH)l. Prlctt have aent a protest to State Suimrlntendent Nelson gainst the new bill which will the county schools. Tbey aay that they will object to any law which will consolidate the county dis-- e tricts. $25,-00- 0 i ab-th- . - h- .i I - ; LAND FRAUDS Ind'ttment Returned Acjainst Senator Mitchell and State Senator Brownell. luieie.-liami in the di'on iaud i. ra;. fever beat t ij.it Hie :.v i al be iiiMioiiiic-iii.-i- it .'i led jury al Portland had, on nnheleil I'nil'-States John If. Mitchell on aiiolber i lo indiet-- f charc.e of ry and bad al.-Siale Senator (ieorg.Ilrowiiell, me nl lie- foremost ltopllhlii'ull and lawyer.-- in fbi.s stale on eharges of snliornai ion oT This indieimeiit against Mr, Mitchell alleges that while a senator from this state to tin.- Federal congress he ae-ci pt ed on si'ii'N dif!eieiil oci a' ions I,2U0 ..inns of money aggregating named from a tinilu r land dealer, Frederick H. Krilis, for services reii- deitd in, it Is alleged, imluciug ( lliager Hermann, the of bo gi to nil land dlice at Washington, to expedite, make sptcial and approve certain applications for public lands, and recommend Iho issuing of patents to the lands. Senator The Indictment against iirownell charges Dial Mr. Hrownell caused Fred Sievers ami John (lowland to swear falsely that certain Held notf In connection with the survey of public lands iu eastern Oregon were true. Pilla cured his After long suffering Mr G. Ciecjhorn found a permanent relief In trie Great American Kidney Remedy, Fort Huron, Muh, Jan. ii'it h. ( with JiialieH-- i and Il'adiN-Ul ease iioni wlileh he could apparently ;'' i.'i relief, Mr. Q. elegit orn, a bricklayer, living at il'j I'.ut- tier St this itv, has found a :inil ..,.,,.,.., ,1 enre in iwi,r. Kidney 1'iiis and in liir. gratitude ha Is spreailli.g tiie news broadcast. "lAxld's Kldut-I'iils made a man of me." Mr. ''leijhoni says. "I was a miffeier fiom I liabetiM and Tilailder I was so bad I could do no Dibeaiie. work and the pain was something terrible. I cmid not get. anything to L?ip uio till I tried Dodd'a Kidney Fills. They hi lpe, me rinlit from the flrdt and now I am completely cured. I have recommended Iiodd's Kidney Pills to ail my friends and they have found them all that Is claimed for Dlabrtes. Sen-iil,- .r - I I Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney Ills from Backache to flright's Disease. They never fail to cure Rheumatism, Ancient Literary Work. The took of Job is believed to b the most ancient literary work is It is known to bav eilstenee. LEGISLATOR STIRS UP TROUBLE. been written prior to th Pentateuch, and prior to the promulgation et thl Warm Time May Result From Speech law. Delivered to Students. GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA An upheaval in the Illinois legislatho recent ture, possibly rivaling For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of exposures In the legislature hoodling Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching of Missouri, may be the outcome of Suffered Day and Night an address made by Representative Months. Frank 1). Comerford of Chicago to the "I wibh you would publish this let- students of the Illinois college of law ter 10 that others suffering as I have recently. may be helped. For months awful The general assembly has appointsores coverud my face and neck, scaba ed a committee of seven to investigate forming, itching terribly Itlay and Mr. Comerford's charges, w IiU'V-ex- e Bight, breaking open, and running reported as spectllcally alleging "that blood and t itter had brlou many the Illinois legislature Is a great pubremedies, but was growing worse, lic auction, where special privileges are sold to the highest corporation when I started with Cuticura. Tea and that, without respect to first application gave me Instant re- bidders,affiliations the 'grafters' seem party had used two cakea to be In the majority." lief, and when f Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, I was completely Legislative Scandal in California. cured, (signed) Miss Nellie Vandar As an outcome of the bribery scan "Wle!, Lakeside, N. Y.' dal In the California legislature, JoNew Decorative Stone. seph S. Jordan, the alleged agent of Oallalltbe. or "milk stone," Is being the accused sciiatur, has been arrest much used for decorating, and prom- ed and formally charged with felony. ises to taku the place of marble. The specific charge is that be obtained Thr t ni'irr ''ii! l! It 'n ' l.'v a.'.'tl.ni ,,f th country $l.i'i.".u from (ieorge N. Tichenor on thiin .11 oilif r her uti'l uitltl thn laM pul he representation that lie would imUn umt'ip. Knr ureal fw yi'.r wit uimi.i.l II the action and ir..uiitii-i'.l...'l tlH Nnit properly influence nifcuy ? nut! I'v r.,ntii(tr fnillns pr.trltir.1 .4'l rt voles of Senators Hunkers, French, tnrnriil.li.. t pir tlh trt'.l t Me.li Wright and Kminoits in the investit., lH'..l.ilUt1.llt! fifint- tl (ITT(UI ..r 0 siiil trpn n.i'nt. of building and loan societies. .Urrh Cnri, nuiiiir i.'tiifr'l t K J, l t liT gation Ill! A (.!., 'I ..Iclo. (Mil.,', U tti" .'!! r, tiutf. i..l fur un Tho lour senators are being tried 1 1 1.1 11 .11 .ii- nui'-oi- i ' I , w., TEA (5 "tfX i cut-ou- 1 of 1 Ho Millionaires Twenty mlUioi-- J I Ijoy , Themselves imperionatin cantijs eH nu farmers, have heia a A nitnJav In an hotel iD Philadelphia. ture cornfield tad been laiitalied is the dining hall, and roosters ate wheal from the floor. The guests used toy pitchforks, rakes, and hoes, Instead cd knives and forks. A stuffed bull stood behind a rail fence, and two live pigl feasted in a sty. Farming uteusii hung on the wails, and the electrio lights were in pumpkins and me'on6. When the company felt thirsty they went to a cider press, and farmer's wagons took them home. Not Equal to His Task. Capt. Stevens, an Iri.--h gentleman,! was wont to reward bis car driver with a glass of whibky and gave It to him in an antique glaos, which did not contain as much as cabby washed for. "That's a very quare glass, captain," said he. "Yes," reblown plied Capt. Stevens, "that's class." "Whv, captain," says the carman, "the man must have been short in the breath that blew that." j j - Women in Paraguay. In Paraguay the women are in the proportion of seven to one as compared with the men. The conseqeunca is that the men are taken the greatest care of. and everything which is unpleasant' or might be risky to the life of a man is done by the women. The streets are cleaned, ships are loaded, oxen are driven by them, and it ! even said that they have taken part ha their country's wars, acting as snbstiV ttttes for their menkind. o y c o tt t them." - two-yea- u OREGON. IN Broke Leg 1" Catching Fly. cases where There tare been ball plater in throwing the sphere about have fractured their arms at the ftibows or the shoulder, but the records show only one instance where a player ever broke both legs In attempting to catch a fly ball. Umpire KiEt one of the American league's Judges of play, several years ago, while taking part in a game, ran after a foul fly. He misjudged it and in suddenly turning around to make the catch be fractured both knee caps, As a result of this queer accident he was confined to his bed for seven months and never played ball again. j one-hal- 'A . Your Calvea. f as much It requires anout grain to produce 100 ponriee of gain r on calves as on olds. Tba work of the Missouri Agricultural college ba; (iefiriteiy demonstra'ed that tbe mot proftable age to fatten cattle is while, thc-- are still young. The older the animal the more food is require.! to produce a given gain. Other stations have inve dlgated the question and arrive.! at the same result. "rel A. B. Hale, a resident of Hooper, Weber eonnty, while occupying a cell In the Ogdcn jail on the cbarga of of his dninkenness, was notified mother'! death. He waa Immediately released and permitted to go to his home. Enaet Paulson of IJ.lehfla.ld was aa'nfully Injured at the Annie Laurla mill, the sleeve of his juniper catch. Ing In the cogs of some wheels and his arm being so badly cut that thirty-eveHitches were required to close the wound. U iHt'tSi n liiit'ri.i!v In lien.', Hi the senate. In Utah, during the year ended Dn. tb tiiaiktfl. Il m iIIiyi'Mv thr. hlix.d limp. u k tf mi.MMifiil. iirf. r vif tt.e .vmriii, 1 hty Hit "lia ember 31, 1002, there was one tele- SnJ bmiilre.l It fall l" i ure. tiond ti v rr Train Crashes Into Slelyh, Killing tiKt1'ii',nUiB phone for every fifty persons In th f..rA'l.lreiMi; and V J. I IIKM.V ' CO., TolfJo, Ohio, of the Occupants. Seven S",'l Uf Prui;i:ttit, Itafe, the. average number of mesTskeHkU i iiiniiy l'iis fer c,.ttt!(itloo. A pass 'iiger train on tle I'it'burg, sages per capita was 41. and the aver, Slnwituit & No' tlii ti railroad crashed age number of messages or talks per Faker's Ingenious Device. S.nr.O. into a sleigh certaining thirteen wowas year telephone per There was a man recently who did Jedediah Willey, a pioneer of Fast a tremendous business at French men, killing seven outright and so llountiful, wa.s accidentally killed In fairs, selling a powder that was haute seriously in jut tug tho remaining six tba canyon near bis farm while aftet less to men but deadly to rais. Il that three id them died after removal some of the powder on lo the hospital. Of the other three, a load of wood. His body was found would spread a Slice of bread mid eat It, then ml two are in a serious condition. The II had a later by searching party. portion under a glass disc, in which accident occurred near Arkport. N. Y. eemlngly slipped from the load and was a rut, that died as soon as it ate The sleigh was one of three carrying a truck his head on the bard roadway. the bread. Here is the explanation party from lie I'uiversalist church of Miss Kmlly Youngblnod, who comof the trick. The powder ws ordi- llornelKvillo, N, Y. mitted suicide on the night of Jan- nary sugar. Put the glass case was No Man Safe in Colorado. uary 20. at the home of her grand' connected with an electric battery, and as soon as the rat touched, the Curtailment of the powers (if tho parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Kyan, al bread tho current was turned on, and Stockton. Cal . w:us reared from early It waa electrocuted. governor of ('olui.ido is the demand chlldbofKl In Salt Lake City and wai of IS, Poo members of organised labor embodied in a petition from the I'etl-cImportant t Mothers. quite well known in the capital city Stwnlne rsrrfuity evety twttV pf o stohjA, Trade.-- ami Uibor assembly preIn Los Angeles It Is stated that a ufa sud nre rrmnly far infitu snd sented to tho legislature. "I ndef tin' about February 1 Senator Clark an sad m thai It construction of the supreme court on party will arrive In Salt Ijike and Bran tin of habeas corpus," says the qui with a nutuiier of issiple will mak S 'just arc line-tuthe petition, "no man is safe." With over new tho first the entire trip :o the petition Is pi est tiled the draft of that the regular excursion will la Cm For TUc KiuJ Y.iu l!v AKv.ij. U.Hiit i: ma! amendments two coit.-til- : pronot take place until some weeks later viding for i li.'Vg out mditia and reCaused Deaths by a a in cook Sail Opium. Frank Paunetler, garding mi pet on of habeas co.pus It Is estimated that every y.-- i lAke restaurant, suicided In a hotel million persons die la Ciiins In that city, taking catlKilic acid. IU twenty Takes After Her Mamma. , left a note to his family In which hi from the use of opium. The runaway marriage of Lillian tated he was tired of life. Pannetlei Kussell s (laughter, iH'rotby. has endhad gone to the hotel and secured 1 In a petied In the divorce routts. mora for tho purpose of ending h!l life. tion tiled in the court In Chicago on Tea is the cheapest of lux- Wednesday, Abbot U Flustein. the Vt&h'g total wool clip for FHM wai unhusband. Is charged with being extrav13.1 CI 500 pounds, of washed and uries; good tea is a luxury. "He refuses washed, or 4Xl.td55 of scoured. Thi agant, lay and brutal WrlU for xir KnewlMtk--. A. 0 erage shrinkage per flneve was 67 to work, and I am compelled to sup-lir- l frajM'JM-obait 43atiany, jier cent, and the average weight ! him." is one complaint of tho The average prlc received pounds. Faii.ng to get money from Few petitioner. Impressions Alike. Finger was 55 cents, or 6 cents bettor than his wife. It is declared Einstein took There are over 7P'i finger impresla 1903. and sions at Scotland Yard, no two of $.',tloii worth of herIn diamonds A very peculiar Incident Wi contiee spent the proceeds gambling, which are alike. tiou with the death of the fourteen-year-olKaiser is Against Luxury. son of K. A. Pearson of Is that the borse upon which the I'pon Kmperor Williams' request lad waa riding was so poor that when the equestrian festival It fell upon tin! lad It was too weak ilal "Where this you aristocratic pet by society of Her-Iltplanned to mor., and simply smothered the has been given up The Puke of Jtfe cat of him. tea?" Kallbor and lleneral Von Plessen hd Edward McKenna, a switchman en asked the emperor to become a patron Significant question, the Oregon Short Line, is now In a of the ntertalnmeiit. w hich wss to In Twir re-- r Salt Lake hospital as the result of "uf uan.y f Jtm Si'l elude a tilting tournament by knU;hts Has Scbu.tus lttan accident In which be (uffered the In armor. The costumes especially s rlcht leg. It waa while lrs cf Valuable Oyster. were to be of so rich a character that throwing a switch that McKenna foil An oyter containing pearls of the the Kmperor thought it would be too t IB front of approaching care, svad bad his leg aevured at the knee value cf i.:,.t wai found by a fisher expensive for the o.'!',ccrx p'rlr'pat Inc He Is endeavoring to lessen luxat Neuuiunster. Germany. ury In the armv Lin-do- Fatten - That Dodd'i Kidney or ! i SPREADING THE NEWS BROADCAST. imi'i-i- l Vt--- i I ref-rc- m ite-n- - 1 j ,. In Ojplen on a charge of attepiptrd ex. lortion in the judgeship cac. It claimed bp attempted to extort Ur,l from a brother of JihIko Howell, The election contest of W. I. airainst Ferdinand Krlcksoo on trial at Man!!, cotno to a sudden ndlns last wick when coutafH for moved that the content be Virtue s Uuick Rsward. "Nothing eer better iliaotrated to ae" remarked the ductur. "the oid adage 'Virtue Is lu own reward" than an experience I bad the other day. Called fur the first time to a patient who was desperately ill, In addition to belcg penni!e.,o, I gave her five dollars with which to purchase, the necessities of life. The next morning I received a nut.- from her not to call r I learned he had called again. in a homeopathic physician, to whuui she paid a fee of two doilars, and with the l. maiuder of my charitable contribution she paid a monthly ui a phoi.ugtapb." STRAIGHT. l. , imd r arres NaJiL i s e HIT THE Philadelphia "fte Remark Well for Relief of Families cf MurExpressed Ti Situation. dered Striker. A wei: known f ulster, in an ad Favotabic, results are expected to dress, pral'-net and domestic th,'0II0W il iv. n by Kmperor type of fe. "the "Give me," Se!o To hir:y-- i Niehi'ias at igsi around the wo .! "pel.! at hotllt' n::i.ir the I. (.. e and mother ii.du.--l rial of St. bright flr. tite children ab- o: bed in gia,d b III :i.ii to ad'. I'e'ei g paternal sorl.i'j iu ii.in.il ca.'nes. That Is i'ltt.on.te c- upon tin- work-e- the a i anil Opicai An.--- , ' I.st b. 1'ivi n Iiy thP am c a it. is so he Hi in e i.pl'i'j.- - and liiJASlj-OIn ti e i;,.', I an ,rry to say, it ne- r t, tailii l;e- - jf comics more rai i : "ii t Oi i tocate of these kiii-'or "It was to rti.. e Ulii, badly an of for- i .1 ' ffas: 22. quint evetdns, a ol a wile bald one 'I he mamil'ae of Si I'eterburg ty or so. that hi 'lav: i ha ic made is, stnkto " 'John, we haven't chair enough er.s and contributed to the relief fund. Tor our company. ' '! Initua'Tiiti In Poland and other of "There ait- prfaly of (hairs,' fa Colli llllte : Sli ailll d and lie proMllf rnaa re; lied, 'bu toj much Cuui- - iiMnjiorii.) it.itn lrku'k and ffttiy-'other sr.'-niitowiis The reKnew Noth I of Alcohol. r i tirement of I'l tiu e Sviatopolk The .Nortli Ainf.can Indian is one Irmii Hie mini: try of tiie inferior has of the few savarJ who have never lieen accoilljilisheil ill hUfll Way 8S Invented au alcot.r,;c Bum mailt. to iiidieaie i but the emperor U saiis-:d io le r:d of a mini; I. r of the iiiiiice s avowed libera! tomb-nrih- it ( TO WGRKINGMEN. 3ves Paternal Admonitions and PocumenU Prove Year 1501 te Be Date of Importation. "One cf the lomiuflo, everyday errors wbuh is taught in the schools ia America is that which relates to tl..j Introduction into the worn heu,l- sphere of Africa:: s.aii'!!,'' wutes a which "i lie si !, I'd critic, Ikiv study the sclcd sirl at d i c l s. tiou! ::i say that it iitii the when a I until ;i ;i e tsu-Kt.r:;-- h setn-iAfrh'ar.. The year JJM, however, is tie' da'i- - of th in An.eii.au history earliest to negroes r.ini.i.c I rum .pa:n to Auaerba - 112 .ai leim,. Albany, N. ! Y., was I.y the Iiuo i. and ! '6 tame-lon. Vs., was yeaus In lV'i Kiiifi tied by the English. Ferdinand of Spam wrole Ui Orando, i'l 'I then guerrt'ir of IliMpatiadu: ierd iiiiire urir:o idin ai you In lMO fifty nf(ro hiaws sei.t to (,il. in the itln-- of If. ;ai; lola. There is a ren.nl of Kisiff Ferdinands repuii.-.- to a r. quest of Casas, hlthop of I. a Conccpcion, in liispanioia, that more ui'fnx.H should e ported. II.- said: "fhere ara m the Ulaud.' already rnatiy This nan iu the ear l',14 " da-'-- presetiu-- to the stiuatc on the 2C:s Fire fa the yards of the Utah Condid dam-pstruction c.':: !',', at to the amount of lO Is hearing Lett's new CZAR TALK". SLAVES IN AMERICA. F1RBT f The only pliu-- if tl Cubed States from strii'S. li a' U'l.Uailiee:, f lnel.oufs and labc warfare is liai.tle Creei;, Mich Tho story? Tb' .'ork people, mer- ct.aulK, lawyers, ! tor-- t and other citiand indignant at ens becalm c unions tUrough- the efforts of the out the country t destroy tho busiliess of one of our ge.st Industries ., I.t'd, and at the tiie Postern Cere official union pa- open threats in . per that, the enu jower of the Na tional aud State, Flcrations of Labor bear to "punish' w as being Iirougti? t he industries of ttle Creek, and n Co. particularly the P e refusal of C. This sprung fro. rders" of the W. Post to obey t ;n advertising unions to take the s that refused away from various labor trust to purchase labor the unions. ed to Join the Mr. Post was n unions In their c iracy to "ruin" "ss" these pub- and "put out of b d faithfully for Ushers who had w ed build up his him for years and lone no wrong, business. They 1' convenient and but had found It against their best idgment to buy ist. It seems a labor of the labor rule of the unions onsplre to ruin purchase from anyone who does erms. them upon their o permaker who An inkmaker 01 er would have failed to sell ink oi er Post to help the same reason to So the ped- ruin these publlst.fl t stone you if dler In the street r apples; the you refused to bu W.P you refused cabman to run over order the to rldo with him; t w certain manufacturer to tronize people because the; and him, and so on to eott villainous limit of to nousense, In tryfn - hiLy.w If a man has sell it at the best as he would sell r'ght to eveu lntln Struct the business because the owne iet bun 111 In get just he has no Ihe will ob-tu- Its ruin MA purchase Cf him. The unions haa' fTcome so tyran nous and arrogani with their despot ism that a comui n citizen who has soma time to spjire and Innocently thinks he has a iight to put a little paint on his own jiousa finds be must have that paint tlken off and put on again by "the union" or all sorts of dire things bapptn to him, his employer Is ordered In discharge him, bis if he furnishes grocer is boycotl-him supplies, his 'anilly followed and insulted and his lfo made more miserable than that tf a black slave before the war. If be drives a nail to repair the house ,r barn the carpenters' "union" bout, is htm. He takes a pipe wrench to pop a leaking pipe and prevent damige to bis property and the plumber. s!"unlon',' does things to him. He caiiini put a little mor'ur to a loose brick on his chimney or the brlcklajers", plasterers' or hod carriers' "union" k up in arms, mid if be carelessly eatsa loaf of bread that has no "union" la ad on it the bakers' "union" proceeds to make life miserable for him. So the white sine is tied hand and foot, unable to lit a hand to better himself or do th mvdful things, without first obtainitg permission from some haughly, ignorant and abusive tyrant of some la .or union. It would all seel) rather like a comic oped a If it did no. rob people of their freedom; that kiid of work will not bo permitted long lu Amerlda. Seme smooth Managers fave built 4 mst tip the labor "" to bring tP money ntn! jfV power and by I ',ag workmen. have succeeded ,IiBg It possible, for them to lay d J the law In some and citizens cities and force to "obey" ltnpli. m stripping them right and left of "F1r liberties. They have use! ho cutting, picketing, assaults, dytiiiniiing of property and murder to etifl rce their orders and rule the people They have gone far enough to order the President to remove certain cltl.-cnfrom office because the "unlont" weren't pleased That means fhvy propose to make the law of the unions replace the law f this government and the union leaders dominate evin the chief Executive. This Is a government of and for the people and no drganUation or trust shall displace It Hut the unions try It every now ami then, led by desperate men as shown In their defiance of law and support ff lawbreakers. Th "union" fhvord of assaults, crippling of men and even women and children, destruction of rr"rpr'5' nd citizens during murder of Amerj.-aIs perhaps ten r the past two times the volume of crime and abuse perpetrated by slave owners during any two years previous to the civil war, We are In a horrible period of lethargy, which permits us to stand Idly by while ntjr American cltliens are abused, rrippj ed and murdered In dotens and hunlj eds by an organlza tlon or trust, taking for Us purposa. f""." I v.,tBn s j ; thrusting what it has to sell (labor) upon us whether or no. Suppose an American in a foreign city should be chased by a mob, ( aught and beaten unconscious, then bis mouth pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throat, then his niis kicked in and his face well stamped with iron nailed shoes, murdered because he tried to earn bread for his children. Uy the Eternal, sir, a fioet of American men of war would assemble there, for action and blow something off the face of the earth, if reparation were not made for tho blood of one of our citizens. And what answer do we make to the appeals of the hundreds of widows and orphans of those Americans murdered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands of Intelligent citizens who. with reason, prefer not to join any labor union and be subject to the tyranny of the heavily paid rulers of the labor trusts? Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post to join this criminal conspiracy a general boycott was ordered on Grape-Nut- s and Postum all over tho country, which set the good red blood of our ancestors In motion, bringing forth Hie reply that has now passed Into history: "We refuse to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin publishers, nor will we discharge any of our trusted employes upon the orders of any labor union. If they can make their boycott effective and sink our Bhip, we will go down with the captain on the bridge and in command." This set the writers In labor papers crazy and they redoubled their abuse. Finally one of their official organs came out with a large double column in denunciation of PaUle Creek, calling jt "a running sore on the face of Michigan," because it would not at"rgRni.Te.'' areV.si.iy in dues to eir labor leauers. l be us.iai coaise, villainous epithets common to labor union writers were indulged in. The result was to weld public sentiment in Battle Creek for protection. A citizens' association was started, and mass meetings held. Good citizens who happened fo be members of local unions, in some cases quit the unions entirely for there Is small need of them there. The working people of Battle Creek are of the highest order of American The majority are not mechanics. union members, for practically all of the manufacturers have for years declined to employ union men because of disturbances about eleven years ago, and the union men now in the city are among .the best citizens. No city in the state of Mulligan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek, no city of It size is as prosperous, and no city has so large a proportion of Hie best grade of mechanics who own their own homes. So the work people massed together with tho other citizens of the organization of tho Citizens' Ass'n with the following preamble ami constitution: to ISi'i the Whereas. From strikes instigated by labor unlous in Battle Creek resulted in the destruction of property and loss of large sums of money in wages that would have been expended here; and. Whereas, These acts caused serious damage to the city and in a market way delayed its progress at that time; and. Whereas, Since the year 1S94 the citizens have been unabled, by public sentiment, to prevent the recurrence of strikes and labor union disturbances which have been prevalent else where; and, Wltcicas, Tho eniplovers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their business under tho control of labor unions, but have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions anywhere in the Culled States, and hereby unanimously declared tbeir intent to continue such polic) ; and tho employes of this city, a large percentage of whom own homes and have families reared and educated under conditions of peace and the prosperity of steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right M free American citizens to work without the dictation and tyranny of labor union leaders, the bitter experience of th past oftlering sufficient reason for a determined stand for freedom; and, Whereas. The attitude of the citizens on this subject has been the means of preserving peaceful conditions and continuous prosperity, In marked contrast to the conditions existing In other cities suffering from the dictaUon of trades unionism; it Is therefore Resolved. That the continuance of peace and prosperity In Hattle Creek can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoided under ths combined effort and action of all our people, by the formation of a Citizens' Association. CONSTITI'TION. ,f v. well-earne- a permanent condition of peace, pros- perity and sternly employment to the people of Battle Creek. Second To energetically assist In maintaining law and order at all times and under all conditions. Third To protect its members in their rights to manage tbeir property and to dispose of their labor in a legal, lawful manner without restraint or inter, ereuce. Fourth To insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another, in all tho relations of life. Fifth To preserve the existing right of any capable person to obtain employment and sell his labor, without being obliged to join any particular chuicb, secret, society, labor union or any other organization, and to support all such persons in their efforts to resist compulsory methods on the part of any organized body whatsoever. Sixth To promote among employers a spirit of fairness, friendship and desire for the best interests at tbeir employes, and to promote among wo.k-ruethe spirit of industry, thrift, faithfulness to their employers and good citizenship. Seventh To so amalgamate the public sentiment of all of the best citizens of Battle Creek, that a guarantee can be given to the world of a continuance of peaceful conditions, and that under such guarantee and protection manufacturers and capitalists can be induced to locate their business enterprises in Battle Creek. Then follows articles . relating to membership, officers, duties, etc., etc., etc. This constitution has been signed by the great majority of representative oitizens, including our workpeople. A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been sufferir" all sorts of indignities, in-- . frivVuiienco and TosSeVrfbm Ulfe gen- eral hell of labor union strikes, picketing, assaults and other interference, proposed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection. The subject grew In importance until It has reached a place where absolute protection can be guaranteed by the citizens of Battle Creek on the following broad and evenly balanced terms which guarantees to the workman and to the manufacturer fai& ness, justice, steady work and regularity of output. manufacturer The newcoming agrees to maintain the standard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like service, under similar conditions, the rate to be determined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports issurl by the Government Dejuirtment of Commerce and l.abor can also be used to show the standard rate, and it is expected later' on that this government bureau will furnish weekly reports of the labor market from different centers, so that the workman when he is ready to sell his labor and the employer when he is ready to buy, may each have reliable Information as to the market or ruling price. The newcoming manufacturer also agrees to maintain the sanitary and hygienic conditions provided for by the state laws and to refrain from any lockouts to reduce wages below the standard, reserving to himself the right to discharge any employe for cause. The Citizens' Association on its part agrees to furnish, in such numbers as It is possible to obtain, workmen who will contract to sell their labor at the standard price for such period as may be fixed upon, agreeing not to strike, picket, assault other workmen, destroy property, or do any of the criminal acts common to labor unionism. Kach workman reserving to himself the right to quit work for cause, and the Citizens' Association further pledges Its members to use Its associated power to enforce the contracts between employer and employe, and to act en masse to uphold the law at all times. The new Industries locating In Battle Creek will not start under any sort of labor union domination whatsoever, but will m'Jxe Individual contracts with each employe, those contracts being fair and equitable and guaranteed ou both sides. Thus from the abuses of labor unions and their Insane efforts to ruin everyone who does not "obey" has evolved this plan which replaces the old conditions of Injustice, lockouts, strikes, violence, loss of money and property, and general industrial warfare, and Inaugurates an era of perfect balance and fairness between employer and employe, a steady continuance of Industry aud consequent prosperity. The entire community pledged by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient Bight to "peace, freedom and the pursuit of n first-clas- s happiness." Other cities will be driven to protect their workpeople, merchants and as well as their Industries from the Might of strikes, violence and the losses brought on by labor unionism clti-tfr- Article Article 1 First To Insure, Name. so far as possible, .s run amuck, by adopting the "'Battle. Creek plan," but this city offers industrial peace now, with cheap coal and good water, railroad facilities and the best grade of fair, capable and peaceable mechanics first-clas- known. Details given upon inquiry of the "Secy, of tiie Citizens' Ass'n." Identification. The public should remember that there are a few labor unions conducted on peaceful lines and in pnqiortion as tbey are worthy, they have won esteem, for we, as a people, are strongly in sympathy with any right act that has for its purpose better conditions for wage workers. But we do not forget that we seek the good of all and not those alone who belong to soinw organization, whereas even the unions show undeniable evidences of tyranny and oppression when they are strong enough, while many of the unions harbor and encourage criminals in their efforts to force a yoke of slavery upon the American people. As a public speaker lately said: "The arrogance of the English King that roused the fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired the. immortal declaration of Jefferson, that left Warren dying on the slopes of Bunker Hill, was not more outrageous than the conditions that a closed shop would force upon the commnnity. These men burst into rebellion 'when the king did but touch their pockets.' Imagine if you can their indignant protest had he sought to prohibit or restrict their occupation or determine under which they the conditions should earn their livelihood," and to assault, beat and murder them, blow up their houses and poison their food If they did not submit. The public should also remember that good, t?ue Amerb an citizeis can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of their fellow members, but they are often in bad company. Salt only hurts sore spots. So, th union man Is not honest, hurt when the criminals are denounced, but when you hear a union man "holler" because the facts ar made public, he has branded himself as either one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the law breaker, and likely to become one when opportunity offers. That is one reason employers decline-thire such men. law-abidi- A short time ago inquiry came from the union forces to know if Mr. Post would "keep still" if tbey would call off the boycott on Postum and Grape-Nut- s. This is the reply. "The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join lis cr'uiinal We are plain American conspiracy. citizens and differ from the labor union plan in that we do not force people to strike, picket, boycott, assault, blow up projierty or commit murder. We do not pay thugs $20 to break in the ribs of any man who tries to supfor en ey port his family nor knocked out. We try to show our plain, honest regard for sturdy and independent workmen by paying the highest wage in the state. We have a steady, unvarying peaceable-uniofor the man and a most earnest desire to see bun gain power enough to purge the unions of their criminal practices, that have brought down upon them the righteous denunciation of a and outraged public, bnt we will not fawn, truckle, bend the knee, wear the hated collar of white slavery, the union label, nor prostitute our American citizenship under "orders" of any labor trust. You offer to remove the restriction on our business and with "union" gold choke the throat and Btill the toIco raised in stern denunciation of the despotism which tramples beneath aa t heel the freedom of our brothIron-sho- ers. Yon would gag us with a silver ear and muffle the appeal to the American people to harken to the crie for bread of tho little children whose faithful fathers were beaten to death, while striving to earn food for them. Your boycott may perhaps succeed in throwing our people out of work and driving im from business, bnt you cannot wrench from us that priceless jewel our fathers fought for and which every true son guards with bis life. Therefore, speaking for oor work people and ourselves, the infamous offer Is declined." POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD. Note by Publisher. The Postum Company have a yearly contract for space in this paper which they have a right to use for announcements of facts and principles. Such use does not necessarily carry with it any editorial opinion. 1 |