Show unions seem ftera the same whether of employed Emp loyes or employers notice the identity pt of the new ramme of the boss brewers with tile the principles of action practiced by the labor organizations the united states brewers association has declared against further farther contracts with labor unions and the members have bound themselves by this bond recognizing the great importance of mutual protection against attempts ot of unjustifiable encroachments encroach ments upon our fights as employers by organized labor and further recognizing t the e fact that the competition among brewers can be made to furnish the strongest weapon against us we hereby promise and bind ourselves by our signa ture 4 cy a faithful performance of the covenant that we shall vot oot take advantage of the mit misfortune fortune of any competing brewer who is a party to this agree agreement en and whose business is suffering 10 by reason of a strike boycott lockout 0 fut or similar don consequences sequences of I 1 labor bor troubles buts but shall ball on notification by the secretary of the ahe united states brewers association refuse to furnish beer ale or porter to the customers of such brewer and shall request our respective agents to act in harmony with this agreement here is a boycott proposed of great size and power it describes precisely the same action as when the labor unions refused to deal with or hep help a firm whose employed emp loyes are on strike that is a style of warfare which the bosses would condemn with unqualified energy when applied to them and now they have agreed upon it for their own sake it is contrary to all sound social principles the boss brewers ought to call it off |