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Show s t THE ONE GREAT PROBLEM. HIT THE HAIL STRAIGHT. i Where Tom OBrien Died When "Tom OBrien, king, died in New Caledonia he was .a very long way Irom home. New Caledonia is in the tropics, far down in the Pacific. The nearest land of size is Australia, which is 900 miles distant. New Caledonia is known throughout the world ai a great penal colony. France has ii led it for storage purposes of this 1 iud since 18G4 and especially since tne fail ot the Paris commune, after which it was made the place of exile of thousands of Frenchmen who were involved in the storms of that t'me. Since then this Melncasian land has become the jail of thousands of others condemned by the laws of their country. The greater part of the white inhabitants theteiore are interesting, and but not socially select. Tne Island itself is described by George Griffith, an English traveler, as a paradise. The climate is delightful, the mountainous scenery most beautiful. . New Caledonia's soil is fertile and its mountains full of treasures. According to Mr. Griffith, when nature made New Caledonia she set herself to dump down as many ore3 and minerals in as small a space as possible. There is hardly a mineral known to Moral science that is not represented in greater or less quantities in that A mining expert once went island. over from Australia to make a survey for the International Copper company and afterward he made his report In person to the board in Ixmdon. He knew as much about mining as anybody In the southern hemisphere, but his language was that of the hush. noble lord asked him of he could give any estimate of the amount of copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, silver, cold and so on that might he found In the central chain of mountains. This was his answer: My lord, If minvou were to take out all the erals of these mountains the well fall to pieces. bland would The report was taken as satisfactory. Until 1853 New Caledonia was a land. Then both sort of England and France decided to annex it and orders came to two warships tc proceed thither at once. They started the same day. The English captain had heard of the reefs that surround the i'dand and he was cautious. The Frenchman went ahead without regard for the reefs. When the British captain arrived he saw the tricolor flying from a hill and he was invited to come in and lunch on French soil. A s Giving Alms in woman aang her ballad to the Of the keen night, fllnping on high sky The notes that fluttered to my window To the next corner, gone. turned It, and was pane What should I do? Let the poor singer go Unhelped because of this misdeed? Not so! 8uch a conclusion even I could not brook. A coin of the same worth again I took, There was no more of meaning In the Wrapped it again In paper, and Again words not in vain. Tossed it down to the That came than In the jargonlng of birds. This time! She sawsinger it coming through But in the voice, and in the plaintive the air air And hArd It fail upon the ground, and There was an intimation of despair there, From killing sorrow, and the appealing While she still sang, curtseyed her thanks to me. cry Or sorest need, which no man might deny. Until 1 turned away and left her Tree. And cover from himself his own And I was well content, and glad at So. thoughtfully, as one does in such a heart case. For having doubly done a noble part? From among several coins in hand I 1 was not sure. Had it been heavens chose lnt nt That of the smallest worth, and wrapped Thai I should twice give the sum I had it close meant In paper, so that It might not be lost, To ghe ut once? Perchance, unltrown to me Striking the frozen ground below, and tossed Both women were In equal misery. My gift down from the window at the Though rot of equal merit. Then, had I won feet Of the poor singer in the wintry street A twofold blessing by what 1 had done? But she. as if she neither saw nor heard. These things are mysteries, but my Rapt in her song, sang on, and never storys moral Seems one with which no one can justly stirred. While one. that opportunely strolled quarrel; around If there is suffering that you would reThe corner nearest her, both heard and lieve. Give twice the sum at once you meant saw, to give; Stooped, and put out a predatory claw. And elute ed the paper; felt and reeog- - And do not wait for wrong to come your nlzed way The coin within (that somehow suddenly And foce your unwilling hand, for sized though It may. My own soul up to me. In an odd way), Again, it may not, and, for your own And then deliberately, but without stay sake. For all my frantic shouts and signs, kept The che nee is such as you ought not to on take. Like bhdtt, and beat against the glass in vaiu Until I opened, and from out the gloom Let them flock into my room, flreiit room. . e. W. D. Howells Pugilist in Harpers Weekly. High Liver a Corbett reached the record, prob- him to hook Corbett to advantage on ably, for training expenses when he the road. In the year following his fought Charley Mitchell In Florida. He fight with Sullivan, Corbett Is said had three cottages at Mayport. He to have netted $250,000, and he spent It all. He simply squandered money. employed John Donaldson as a heavyweight, Dan Creedon as a middle- When he got hard up he took small weight, Connie McVey as a wrestler, things, such as $1,888 for giving his and Tom Tracey as a lightweight to tame to a cigar. Brady and Corbett train him. He put up a handball had made arrangements for photocourt that cost $2,500, and engaged an graphs of the fight with Fltz at Hot expert at that sport also. He had Springs, which would have netted from ten' to one hundred visitors at them each $100,000, but the match did his training quarters every day and not come off. Corbett made money entertained them royally. He trained even while ne was training. Brady three months and spent nearly $8,000. would take him off here and there for It cost him $1,000 in legal proceedings an exhibition, which In no way imto get out of Florida after the fight paired his condition, but caused was over. But Brady Hired a special money to flow into the coffers. By train, making a quick dash to New doing stunts In Madison Square garYork, and cleared about $25,000 out den one day while he was in training of an exhibition in Madison Square he realized $25,000. But if the pugilists have not saved garden while popular excitement over money their managers have become the fight was at fever heat. ORourke Brady was ever an opportunist In rich. Brady Is wealthy. (this way, making money for both him-Ise- keeps a saloon and takes occasional and Corbett. He was the first dives Into Wall street that make other Conaidlne !to take advantage of the moving plungers open their eyes. of a big fight and made a lot and Delany are both, well to do. Billy Madden owns property at Dyker 'of money out of that. j His theatrical experience enabled Heights and In Saratoga. lf plc-(tur- Jap aBBss Villages Are Dark 5 Without having actually seen them, 'yon cannot Imagine how dark some Japanese country villages remain, even In the brightest and hottest of weather. In the neighborhood Toklo itself there are many villages ot the kind. At a short distance from such a settlement yo see no houses; nothing Is visible but a dense grove ot evergreen trees. The grove, which is usually ot young cedars and bamboos, serves to shelter the village from storms, and also to supply timber for various purposes. So closely are the trees planted that there Is no room to pass between the trunks of them; com-.pos- they stand straight as masts and mingle their crests so as to form a Each roof that excludes the sun. thatched cottage occupies a 'clear space in the plantation, the trees forming a fence about it, double the height of the building. Under the trees it is always twilight, even at high noon; and the bouses, morning or evening, are half in shadow. What makes, the first impression of such a village almost disquieting is not the transparent gloom, which has a certain weird charm of Its own, but the stillness. There may be fifty or a hundred dwellings; but you see nobody; and hear no sound but the twitter of Invisible birds, the occasional crowing ot cocks and the shrilling clcad&e. Even the clcadae find these groves too dim and sing faintly; being sun lovers, they prefer the trees outside the village. I forgot to say that you may sometimes hear a viewless shuttle chaka-ton- , chaka-tobut that familiar sound. In the great green silence, seems an elfish happening. The reason of the hush is simply that the All the people are not at home. adults have gone to the neighboring ' women fields, the carrying their babies on their backs; and most of the children have gone to the nearest school, perhaps not less than a mile away. Atlantic Monthly. In Safety and Danger The Scientific American recently called attention to the odd fact that the man who rides a few score feet in a New York city elevator runs a greater risk of injury than the man who travels from New York to Chicago and back on the fastest trains. No fewer than thirty persons were killed, and many more hurt, In New York elevator accidents in the first nine months of this year. No such proportion of those who traveled on , the fast passenger trains between the two cities were even hurt. Yet the average man buys an acci, dent Insurance ticket whenever he starts on a railway journey of any . .length, and never th'nks of such precautions before entering the car that lifts him to his office. Whenever a notable railway accident occurs he talks for days about the great loss of life. But he never thinks of the pro portionately greater loss of life every ay from accidents that befall men at home In their own houses. The returned missionary who publicly complained the other day that, after living entirely unhurt for four years among the wildest savages of Africa, he had no sooner returned to civilization than he met with a railway accident that kept him in a hospital for six months curiously illustrated the habit of the human mind to dwell upon remote dangers and Ignore those near. Yet the fact is Indisputable the accident insurance companies have proved it to their financial loss and gain that one of the most dangerous places a man can be is in his own home, whereas one of the safest Is In a railway train at full speed, while the very s safest place on earth Is aboard a steamship In the middle of ths Atlantic. Chiraeo Inter Ocean. first-clas- s first-clas- J Question of Distribution That Has to Philadelphians Trite Remark Well Be Solved. Expressed the Situation. George I,. McNutt, the preacher-- ' A minister, in an adlaborer and social economist, otherthe quiet and domestic dress, praised wise known as The Dinner Pail life. of type Man, tohl recently of a conversation Give me, he said, the evenings t he once had with a After lecturing in the plutocrats man- spent at home evenings around the absion on the inequalities and strug- bright fire, the father and mother abin good books, the children sorbed of to seized gles life, he the occasion sorbed in innocent games. That Is investigate the rich mans point of the typical American evening, and I view. am glad it Is so common in the West. What's the matter with this old In the East, lam sorry to say, it beDid the comes more rare each year. vorld, anyway? he asked. Creator overlook something in his It was to an advocate of these Maps? quiet evenings, a Philadelphian of forThats not it at all, was the reply. ty or so, that his gay wife said one It's all a question of distribution. I day: " 'John, we haven't made n:y money by handling just one chairs enough of the world's many products just for our company.' one but every item of waste was There aie plenty of chairs, the eTmmated from the handling. but too much comThis man replied, was'eful duplication In distributing is pany. 'via', picks our pockets and keeps the Knew Nothing of Alcohol. pun man down. Why, grapes that I The North American Indian is one raise on my farm in the West cost to of the few savages who have never pviime just one cert a pound, but to invented an alcoholic stimulant. p it them on the table In New York makes the price soar to twelve cents a pmnd. In other words, God gives s grapes for one cert and our wasteful way of distributing them around ma.tes them cost us eleven times Mote than they are actually worth. You will say that our method of handling products makes work for many men, but the high prices they The only place In the United States are obliged to pay for everything from strikes, makes It a game of taking in with one that guarantees freedom Is Battle warfare and labor lockouts hand and paying out with the other. Mich. Creek, Theres no doubt of It, much of the The story? The work people, merworlds misery hinges on this one chants, lawyers, doctors and other citithe of distribution. thing question zens became aroused and indignant at efforts of the labor unions throughthe Mrs. Not Put on Tombstones. to destroy the busiHow often one hears the expres- out the country one of our largest Industries of ness sion, She just got married because and at the she wanted to have Mrs. put on her the Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, in the official union threats open tombstone. Now, this seems a very that the entire power of the Nanatural statement to the natural listional and State Federations of Labor tener, says the Philadelphia Record, was being brought to bear to punish but, as a matter of fact, there are and few tombstones that have Mrs. on the industries of Battle Creek, Postum Co. the particularly as recent Interviews with them, very TBia sprqng from the refusal of C. s and church sextons have W. Post to obey the orders of the demonstrated, so the woman who in- unions to take the Postum advertising tends plunging into matrimony with that refused the Idea that she Is going to be known away from various papers to purchase labor of the labor trust as Mrs. Jackson or Mrs. Blackson after death had better hesitate before theMr.unions. was ordered to Post join the she takes any desperate step. to "ruin" Even after death a married woman unions in their conspiracy and put out of business these publa only considered part of her huswho had worked faithfully for band's property, for out of several hun- lishers and helped build up his dred tombstones Investigated none him for years had done no wrong, business. They had the appellation Mrs., while every It inconvenient and but had found one had Sarah, wife of, or Jane, to wife of. When the investigator ask- against their best Judgment seemsbuya trust. It ed an old sexton well versed on tomb- labor of the labor to conspire to ruin stone lore If there were any tomb- rule of the unions not purchase from stones with Mrs. on them he re- anyone who does them upon their own terms. plied: who An lnkmaker or Well, Ive been seein to the buryln failed to sell ink or papermaker paper would have of married women for the last fifty the same reason to order Post to help years, but I aint never seen a tomb- ruin So the pedthese publishers. stone yet that had a Mrs. on It. dler in the street might stone you if refused to buy his apples; the Maximilians Officer Saw Him Shot you cabman to run over you if you refused A beneficiary of the will of Ferdto ride with him ; the grocer order the inand Maximilian, emperor of Mexico certain manufacturer to discharge 1864 to from 1867, lives in Vineland, not patronize did because they people N. J., In the person of Rudolf Stlnerter, so on to the ridiculous and now 62 years old. He was a captain him. and villainous limit of ail this boycott of artillery on the ship Penosola, and in trying to force people to was sixty-fivmiles off shore the nonsense, what they do not want. buy night Gen. Lopez betrayed the emIf a man has labor to sell let him peror. He started on land for his be- aell it at the best price he can get just loved commander with 11 guns and as he would sell wheat, but he has no 940 men, and cutting his way through right to even intimate that he will obsurrendered with 440 men and 3 guns. struct Its ruin the business, or Stlnerter, with other officers, saw his because the owner willattempt not purchase commander shot He differs with hisof him. torians In describing the death scene. The unions have become so tyranHe says Maximilian refused to have nous and arrogant with their despothis eyes bandaged, ana stood up with common citizen who has one hand on his heart, marking the ism that a some time to spare and innocently spot where the four soldiers were re- thinks he has a right to put s little quested to fire, and with the other hand paint on bis own house finds he must outstretched fell back and expired have that paint taken off and put on Immediately. Maximilian left each of union or all sorts of his officers $100 a year In his will. The again by the dire things happen to him, his emonly other officer Stlnerter knows to ployer is ordered to discharge him, his be living Is Baron Fulmer of Philagrocer is boycotted If he furnishes delphia. Philadelphia Public Ledger. him supplies, his family followed and Insulted and his life made more mlsi The Warning In a 8neeze. erable than that of a black slave beAs a general thing, sneezing is Nafore the war. If he drives a nail to ture's warning to get warmer In some repair the house or barn the carpenway or other and quickly, Is the gist ters "union hounds him. He takes a of an article by Dr. W. R. Conant in wrench to stop a leaking pipe pipe Modern Medical Science. and prevent damage to his property The question of temperature and union does things and the ventilation, he says, is one of the to him. plumbers He cannot put a little mortar most difficult winter problems, So to a loose brick on his chimney or much depends upon circumstances and the bricklayers, plasterers or hod individual idiocyncrasy that it is hard carriers union Is up in arms, and If to lay down any definite rules. An he carelessly eats a loaf of bread that temperature which Is suitable no, "uqion label on it the 'bakers' for a vigorous person or one In active $M union proceeds to make life misermotion Is dangerous for one who is able for him. delicate or sitting and doing head So the white slave is tied hand and work exclusively. unable to lift a hand to better foot, As a general rule it may be said himself or do the needful things, withthat a temperature that falls much be- out first obtaining permission from low 70 degrees at four feet from the some ignorant and abusive haughty, floor Is dangerous for sedentary workof some labor union. tyrant ers; and any one who continues sitIt would all seem rather like a comic ting when he feels chilled does so at opera if it did not rob people of their the risk of his life." freedom; that kind of work will not be permitted long in America. To a Critic. Some smooth managers have built I sometimes wonder which the earliest thrived. up the labor trust In the last few The mind creative or the analytic; years, to bring themselves money and Whether the writer first arrived. Or first the critic. power and by managing workmen, have succeeded In making It possible 'Tis certain that In Paleolithic times for them to lay down the law In some Men fully understood the art of elating; And earlier than the birth of Thymes cities and force workmen and citizens They practiced rating. to obey Implicitly, stripping them Dear Critic, do not think we value lees and left.of their liberties. The potency of your perennial function right Because you sometimes curse and bless They have used boycotting, picketIn strange conjunction. ing, assaults, dynamiting of property and murder to enforce their orders and TIs true as the generations pass. deal of a There is reputation breaking; rule the people. They have gone far The ages write you down an ass. And no mistaking. enough to order the President to remove certain cltisens from office benot this disturb But let your candid mind; The donkey's ears are very slow In cause the unions" weren't pleased. showing: That means they propose to make The lion's skin you hide behind the law of the unions replace the law Is vast and flowing. r ( of this government and the union leadTou need not think about posterity. ers dominate even the chief ExecuWhen bolstering the false or scouting tive. beauty. To rectify your faults will be This is .a government of and for the Oblivion's duty. PaU Mall Gazette. people and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the unions try 13 Rostands Lucky Number. it every now and then, led by desperEdmond Rostand, although superstiate mea as shown In their defiance of tious like many of his countrymen, law and support of lawbreakers. yet considers thirteen his lucky numrecord of assaults, The union ber, and with reason. crippling of men and even women and His own name, by which be conchildren, destruction of property and jures francs from the pockets of the murder of American citizens during French publishers, contains 13 letthe past two years la perhaps ten ters; LAiglon and "Cyrano, his times tfie volume of crime and abuse two greatest successes, contain 13 letby slave owners during ters between them; the day he was perpetrated to the civil i two years previous any received into the Academy (the greatWe are In a horrible period of wjir. est honor a Frenchman can conceive) which permits us to stand was June 4, 19036, 4, 03 and he, lethargy, while our American citizens was assigned to the thirteenth chair" Idly by are abused, crippled and murdered In In that august body, of whicn he wig dozens and hundreds by an organizathe thirteenth occupant. tion or trust, having to its purpose. Virtue's Quick Reward. Nothing ever better illustrated to the old me," remarked the doctor, own than its reward is 'Virtue adage an experience I had the other day. Called for the first time to a patient who was desperately 111, In addition to being penniless, I gave her five dollars with which to purchase the necessities of life. The next morning I received a note from her not to call again. Later I learned she had called in a homeopathic physician, to whom she paid a fee of two dollars, and with the remainder of my charitable contribution she paid a monthly installment on a phonograph. Broke Leg in Catching Fly. There have been many cases where ball players in throwing the sphere at about have fractured their arms the the elbows or the shoulder, butwhere records show only one Instance in ata player ever broke both legs fly bail. Umpire tempting to catch aAmerican leagues King one of the ago, judges of play, several years while taking part in a game, ran after a foul fly. He misjudged it and in make the suddenly turning around to knee caps. both fractured he catch he As a result of this queer accident seven was confined to his bed for months and neVer played ball again. Fatten Your Calves, Not Equal to His Task. Capt. Stevens, an Irish gentleman, was wont to reward his car driver with a glass of whisky and gave it to him in an antique glass, which did not contain as much as cabby wished for. , "Thats a very quare reYes, said he. glass, captain, "thats blown plied Capt. Stevens, says the glass. "Why, captain," carman, "the man must have been short in the breath that blew that." ' It as much f requires about grain to produce 100 pounds of gain The on calves as on work of the Missouri Agricultural college has deflrltely demonstrated that the most profitable age to fatten cat-il- e is while they are still young. The older the animal the more food Is required to produce a given gain. Other stations have investigated the question and arrived at the same result. one-hal- How Millionaires Enjoy Tktmtelvea, Twenty millionaires, impersonating farmers, have held a curious In an hotel In Philadelphia. A mini, ture cornfield had been Installed in the dining hall, and roosters ate wheal from the floor. The guests used toy pitchforks, rakes, and hoes, instead ot knives and forks. A stuffed bull stood behind a rail fence, and two live pigs feasted in a sty?. Farming utensllz hung on the walls, and the electric lights were in pumpkins and melons. When the company felt thirsty they went to a cider press, and farmer's wagons took them home. er ; Women In Paraguay. In Paraguay the women are in the proportion of seven to one as compared with the men. The conseqeunce is that the men are taken the greatest care otand everything which is un. pleasant 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 In their country's wars, acting as substitutes for their menklnd. Re suit of Boycott. thrusting what ft has to sell (labor)1 upon us whether or no. Suppose an American in a foreign city should be chased by a mob, caught and beaten unconscious, then bis pa-pe- ri grave-digger- e - . mouth pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throat, then his ribs kicked in and his face well stamped with Iron nailed shoes, murdered because he tried to earn bread for hie children. By the Eternal, sir, a fleet of American men of war would assemble there, clear for action and blow something off the fact of the' earth, if reparation were not made for the blood of one of our citizens. Andwhat 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 the country, which set the good red blood of our ancestors In motion, bringing forth the reply that has now passed into history: We refuse to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin nor will we discharge publishers, any of our trusted employes upon the orders of any labor union. If they can make their boycott effective and sink our ship, 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 Battle Creek, calling It a running sore on the face of Michigan, because it would not become organized and pay in dues to their labor leaders. The usual coarse, 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 to 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 Michigan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek, no city of its size Js as prosperous, and no city has so large a proportion of the best grade of mechanics who own their own homes. So the. work people massed together with the other citizens of the organization of the Citizens' Assn with the following preamble and constitution: Whereas, From 1891 to 1894 the strikes instigated by labor unions la 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 tile year 1894 the citizens have been enabled, by public sentiment, to prevent the recurrence of strikes and labor union disturbances which have been prevalent elsewhere; and. Whereas, The employers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their business under the control of labor unions, hut have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions anywhere In the United States, and hereby unanimously declared their intent to continue such policy; and the employes of this city, it large percentage of whom own homes and have families reared and educated under conditions of peace and the prosperity ot steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right as free American citizens to work without the dictation and tyranny of labor union leaders, the hitter experience of the past offierlng 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 the conditions exmarked contrast isting In other titles suffering from the dictation of rades unionism; it is therefore f Resolved,, Thj.t the continuance of peace and prosperity In Battle Creek can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoided under the combined effort and action of all our people, by the formation of well-earne- d a Citizens' First Association. CONSTITUTION. Article 1. Name. Article 2. Objects. To insure, so far as possible. a permanent condition of peace, prosperity and steady 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 their property and to dispose of their labor in a legal, lawful manner without restraint or Interference. Fourth To insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another, in. all the 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 church, 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 employ- ers a spirit of fairness, friendship and desire for the best interests of their employes, and to promote among workmen the 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 citizens, including our workpeople. A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been suffering all sorts of indignities, Inconvenience and losses from the general hell of labor union strikes, picketing, assaults and other interference, proposed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection. The subject grew In importance nn-tit 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 fairness, Justice, steady work and regularity of output. The manufacturer newcomlng agrees to maintain the standard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like service, under similar conditions, the rate to he determined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports issuwl by the Government Department of Commerce and Labor can also be nsed 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 il run amuck, by adopting the Battle Creek plan, hut this city offers industrial peace now, with cheap coal s and good water, railroad facilities and the best grade of fair, first-clas- mechanics peaceable capable and known. Details given upon Inquiry of the Secy, of the Citizens Ass'n. Identification. The public should remember that there are a few labor unions conducted on peaceful lines and in proportion as they-- , 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 some 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 Jately 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 ot Bunker Hill, was not more outrageous than the conditions that a cloqed shop would force upon the community. 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 the conditions under which they 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, true American citizens can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of tfielr fellow members, but they are often in bad company. Salt only hurts sore spots. So, the union man is not honest, hurt when the criminals are denounced, but when you hear a union man holler because the facts are made public, he has branded himself as either one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the lawbreaker, and likely to become one when opportunity offers. That Is one reason employers decline to hire such men. g A short time ago Inquiry came from the union forces to know If Mr. Post would keep still If they would call off the boycott on Postum and Grape-Nut- This Is the reply: "The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join its criminal conspiracy. We are plain American citizens and differ from the labor union plan In that we do not force people to boycott, asinformation as to the market or ruling sault, blowstrike, picket, or commit up property price. msrder. The newcomlng manufacturer also We do not pay thugs $20 to break In agrees to maintain the sanitary and the ribs of any man who tries to suphygienic conditions provided for by port his family nor, $30 for an eys the state laws and to refrain from any knocked out lockouts to reduce wages below ths We try to show our plain, honest standard, reserving to himself the regard for sturdy and Independent right to discharge any employs for workmen by paying the highest wages cause. in the state. The Citizens Association on its part We have n unvarying reagrees to furnish, in such numbers as spect for the steady, peacsabls s it is possible to obtain, union man and n most earnest desire workmen who will contract to sell to see him gain power enough to their labor at the standard price for the unions of their criminal purge such period as may be fixed upon, practices, that have brought down upon agreeing not to strike, picket, assault them the righteous denunciation of a other workmen, destroy property, or and outraged public, but do any of the criminal acts common not fawn, truckle, bend tbs to labor unionism. Each workman re- we willwear the hated collar of white knee, serving to himself the right to qnlt work for cause, and the Citizens As- slavery, the union label, nor prostitute orsociation farther pledges its mem- our American citizenship under ders of labor trust any bers to use its associated power to You offer to remove the restriction enforce the contracts between emon our business and with "union gold and to and act en ployer employe, masse to uphold the law at all times. choke the throat and still ths vole The new industries locating in Bat- raised In stern denunciation of ths which tramples beneath an tle Creek will not start under any sort despotism Iron-shheel the freedom of our brothof labor union domination whatsoever, but will make individual con- ers. You would gag us with a silver bar tracts with each employe, those conand muffle the appeal to the American tracts being fair and equitable and people to harken to the cries for guaranteed on both sides. Thus from the abuses of labor bread of the little children whose unions and their insane efforts to ruin faithful fathers were beaten to death striving to earn food for them. everyone who does not obey hag while Your boycott may perhaps succeed evolved this plan which replaces the old conditions of injustice, lockouts, In throwing our people out of work strikes, violence, loss of money and and driving us from business, but you wrench from us that priceless property, and general Industrial war- cannotour fathers fought for and which fare, and Inaugurates an era of perfect jewel life. balance and fairness between em- every true son guards with hisworkployer and employe, a steady continu- Therefore, speaking for our ance of Industry and consequent pros- people and ourselves, the Infamous offer is declined." perity. The entire community pledged POSTUM CEREAL CO, LTD. by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient right to peace, freedom and the pursuit of Note by Publisher. happiness. The Postum Company have a yearly Other cities will be driven to protect contract for space In this paper thetr workpeople, merchants and citi- which they have a right to use for zens as well as their industries from announcements of facts and princithe blight of strikes, violence and the ples. Such use does not necessarily losses brought on by labor unionism i carry with it any editorial opinion. ' - . first-clas- g '' |
