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Show . IHoodwinKing Clergymen I When a small cllquo of mon put up a schomo to harness tho clorgy of America nnd Induco tho mlnlstora to, In turn "hitch up" tho mombors of tho churchos, wo should all take notlco. Thoy couldn't harhess tho prcachors In a bad causo oxaopt by dccolvlng thorn. Ministers of tho gospol aro osBon-tlally osBon-tlally and fundamentally honest but, Ilko nil mon who work for tho public good, they aro at times mislead by falso statements. Trust thorn when thoy havo oxact truth to sponk from. Now for tho 6tory which should Interest In-terest ovory ono for wo aro all cither receivers of wagos or wo pay to wage earners nnd tho frcodom of each Individual In-dividual Is at Issue. - In various papors tho following stntoment has been printed. Itoad It , carefully at least twice. "Interest In Labor Sunday. "Labor Sunday tho Sunday prcccd- , Ing Labor day will bo observed generally gen-erally this year and In futuro years throughout tho United States. This becauso of tho American Federation of Labor declaration for tho obsorv-nnco obsorv-nnco of that day. Tho numorouB letters let-ters recently rocolvcd at Amorlcan Federation of Labor hoadquartors , from ministers is on assuranco that ' Interest In tho Idoa of giving special attention to tho causo of labor from tho pulpit ono day In the twolvo months is widespread. Our roadero are urged to try to bring nbout an un-1 un-1 dorstandlng In their respective districts dis-tricts with roprcBontatlvos of tho i church so that mlnlstora will mako iddrosseB that may attract trado unionist? union-ist? to tho churches in lanre numbers for tho day. Mlnlstora should say what they think on tho occasion In order that their trado union henrors may put the right ostlmnto as to whero tho church stundB on tho quostlon of tho organization of labor. Tho more tho 1 subject Is discussed tho bettor will It be for labor. Union ethics are Bound, t .irrcrlcan Federations." Ct 'orvq that "Labor Union", mon I "hro urged" to Induco ministers to , innko addresses that will attract trado ! unionists to tho churchos "for tho ! dny." "Ministers should say." etc., nnd winds up with "Union otfilcs are i sound;" obsorvo tho hlddon threat. I Thlrt Is clipped from tho American Fcdcrationist tho organ of Sam Com-j Com-j perB, ct nl. I This clipping 1ms been sent to pa-( pa-( pors throughout tho country and tho Typographical Union mon in tho news-I news-I paper oHlces instructed to "urgo" that 1 it bo printed. That is ono of tho wnys of tho "machine." "ma-chine." " It looks harmless bo tho papers print it 7 1 But! Lot's lift fho cover and look I under. h ', The hidden motive Is as dangerous to the peace and liberty of tho cltl-i cltl-i zens ns a colled rattlosnako In tho i grass. , Organization by workmen to peacefully peace-fully and successfully present "their I aide Is necessary and most commendable. H ( There nro such organizations now fljflj i rapidly winning their way to public fljflj confidence without strikes, dynnmito fljflj , or killing fellow workmen, fljflj i (Some facts on this matter n llttlo fljflj further along In this nrtlolo.) Bfll j Wo see hero a demand on tho mln- fljflj 1 lsters of God. thnt thoy ondoreo nnd fljflj ! help build up tho Btriko-produclng, BB ' boycotting and violent American Fed- fljflj oration of Labor. BH Think of tho man of Gpd who fljfl tenches brothorly lovo bolng covertly fljfl ordered to praise and help get now fljfl members for an organization with a fljfl record for violence crtmo nnd murder fljfl done by Its members tho Uko of which fljfl tho world has never seen, fljfl Think of tho thousands of womon fljfl made widows and tho Increasing thou- fljfl sands of chlldron left fatherless by fljfl tho pistol,, club, dynnmito and boot fljfl heel of members of this Labor Trust, fljfl , Any ono who rccnlls tho countless fljfl murders dono In tho multitude of flfl i strikes in. tho pact fow years will flfl ngroo thls'Ms nooxaggoratlon, flfl I Tako just 'ono as an Illustration: flfl , I, There wero some thirty men mur-fl mur-fl ' dered and over 6000 bruised and flfl M J jnajmed In tho Chicago teamster'" atrlko: flfl Thoro is seldom a dny passes but somowhoro In our country from ono to a score of our follow mon are assaulted assault-ed or murdered by members of this bnnd. Then romcmber tho homes blown up or burned. Tho families hounded, tho rioting, burning of street ' cars, wracking of trains rind attempted or Buccossful killing of passengers. Tho genoral disturbance of Industry and tho thousands of dollars forced from tax payors to pay extra pollco, sheriffs and mllltla to protect, even in a fcoble way, tho citizens from tho mobs of mombors of tho American Federation of Labor. Then you will realize why tho groat peace-loving majority of ovor 80 million mil-lion Americans protest against tho growth of this crime-tainted organization organiza-tion comprising perhapB ono and ono-hnlf ono-hnlf million mon, of which It 1b estimated esti-mated nt least seven-tenths nro peace-loving peace-loving citizens nnd nro members by coercion and aro not in sympathy with tho three-tenths who havo gained control con-trol and forco their methods. Wo find that a few designing mon havo seized control of tho Amorlcan Fcdoratlon of Labor, Just as somo shrewd capitalists havo secured control con-trol of somo railroads and other Interests In-terests nnd aro now twisting and turning turn-ing them into machines for personal profit nnd fnmo. Thoso mon cunningly plan to forco. workmen to Join and pay 25 to 75 conts a month In foes. Vnrious methods aro used to "Induco" "In-duco" workman to Jojn. FIrBt, they talk of tho "tyranny of capital" making slaves of workmen. Then they work up enthusiasm about tho "brotherhood of man" nnd other talk which experlonco has shown oxcltos the emotions of workmen work-men nnd they uro Induced to Join and pay fees to tho lcadors. The 5000 workmen In Battle Crook aro, as a rule, free from tho dictates of tho great Labor Trust and still got tho highest wagos in Michigan. If thoy had yiolded to tho smooth talk of the agonts of the trust nnd Joined, thoy would pay In fees from $1250.00 to $2000.00 a month to tho big trust nnd bo subject to strlko orders any tlmo. Now thoy save that and put tho monoy Into homos nnd family com-fortB com-fortB But tho managers of the Amorlcan Federation of Labor havo workod hard and long to harness thorn. Tho trust has sent small bales of money and Inst winter 18 "organlzera" to tlo up Battlo Creek. Thoy hired halls, gave plcturo shows, smokers, etc., aa an Investment, looking to rich returns when they succeeded In having hav-ing them tied hnnd and foot. But thoy failed nnd tho last of those "organizers" left Battlo Creek on May 1st saying "It's no use." Tho workmen know tho record of this great trust and formed their own association to protect their rights and also to protoct them from the big Inbor Trust In Philadelphia somo 4000 Independent Indepen-dent streot car men, who mainly hnd families, had their own union nnd refused re-fused to Join the big trust, preferring to no free to work or not ns they pleased. But the trust planned to forco them Into tho foo-paylng ranks, so a strlko was ordered to compel tho traction company to kick out these men nnd hiro only Labor Trust mombors. It was not a question of wnges or hours but to push tho frco mon out of their positions whoro thoy wero earning earn-ing good monoy to support their families. fami-lies. Tho strlko was ordorod, not to raise wages or reduce hours, remom-bor, remom-bor, but Bolely to throw out mombors of nn indopoudont union and mako placos only for Labor Trust members, and thus show tho Indopoudont men thoy could not enrn a living unless thoy first pnld fees to tho trust managers. man-agers. Incldontnlly tho peoplo of Philadelphia Philadel-phia must submit to no car sorvlco, rioting and bloodshed with millions lu losises whllo theso foo-huntlng, notoriety noto-riety Booking trust londors wore teaching teach-ing tho world that Industry cannot bo carrlod on oxcept by workmen who first bond tho kneo, bow tho head and pay feoa. How thoso men as strlko loaders lovo to soo tholr names in tho papers each morning! It's meat and bread to their souls. Then think of tho lordly power, and don't forgot tho steady flow of money squeoze'd from tho workman's hard earned puy enovolope. But when these lenders "tlo up" any Industry no man can hold n Job who refuses to pay fines even on trumped up charges, and steadily pay fees whatever thoy nre. Tho workman Is absolutely at the mercy of this bnnd of mon who have secured and hold control. Many and many an honest workmnu has raised his voice and appealed to his fellows to rise and throw off tho yoke of Qompers, et al. But, us ono writes, "At every convention of tho American Federation of Labor, strong opposition comes up but at tho critical crit-ical moment tho Impassioned orator appears and most dramatically puts the spot light on tho leader and covers him with a mawkish film of 'martyrdom' 'martyr-dom' and the emotional delegates yell lu delight, forgetting tho instructions of tho peaceful worklngmon at homo who deslro to freo themselves from tho odium of membership under the great advocates of strike, boycott, violence vio-lence and hate." So wo sco the unequalled Insolence with which theso trust leaders propose pro-pose to "induce" ministers to pull their chestnuts from tho tire by preaching modem aggressive and violent vio-lent labor trust mothods. There Is a bettor way to socuro Jus-tlco Jus-tlco for workors, as will appear further furth-er along. Just a llttlo diversion bore. I am charged with having flrBt brought to the attention of the public somo years ago, the namo "Labor Trust." A trust Is a combination of men or organizations for tho purposo of soiling soil-ing tholr product at a profit and restricting re-stricting production to effect it. Wo will say a largo Oil Company gathers in smaller ones and thus controls con-trols production. The Labor Trust "gathers In" local trade organizations and thus has power pow-er to say how much work each man shall do. Tho Oil Company then fixes prices. Tho Labor TruBt does likewise. The Oil Company may "use methods" meth-ods" to fr:o an unwilling dealer to Join. Tho Labor Trust men go further nnd slug the independent man if ho tries to sell his labor without pnylng fees and "oboylng orders." Thoy are both exactly allko In purposo, which, in both cases is entirely selfish to gain powor and money for tho leaders. Certain Labor Trust memborB do not hesitate to use violence, dynamiting dyna-miting of property, burning homes of independent rcsn nnd oven murdor to forco obedlencp. Tho Oil Company doesn't go so far. Both are extremely dangerous to tho wolfaro of peoplo and communities, communi-ties, for power placed in tho handB of a fow men olther representing Capital Cap-ital or Labor Is almost always abused una tho public suffers. Remember, reader, that your safety lies In strenuous opposition to all truBts which try to rido ovor and dictate dic-tate to tho nconlo. Only by opposing their growth can you retain your personal llborty. Now to ministers. Tho nvornge congregation is made up of about 90 per cent, of freo citizens citi-zens nnd much less than 10 per cent, of members of tho Labor Trust. Tho freo citizen wanta to honr words defending tho rights and indopendenco of tho common man, freo from tho arbitrary ar-bitrary dictates of any solf-sooklng organization either of Capital or Labor. La-bor. Tho morchant, lawyer, school teacher, teach-er, doctor, clerk, farmer and workman work-man rebels against any forcible stopping stop-ping of trains, bonts, street cars, or factories, for tho prosperity of tho community Is entirely dopendont on steady contlnuanco of these things. Men don't llko strikes, bc-ycotts, Injured In-jured workmen or burned cars and factories. A famous divine says: "Thoso men may hato capitalists but their hato for othor laboring mon burns llko a flarao, eats llko nitric acid, Is malignant bo-yond bo-yond all description." Thon wo remember casos of acid throwing, oyos gouged out, chlHron pursued, womon otrlppod, homoa do- stroyed, men murdered nnd tho long. long list of atrocities practised '"by "L"aFor Trust members on other human beings who cannot agree with tho trust methods. Now for tho better way. Workingmcn nro now organizing in the old fashioned trades union or "guild" way, affiliated with tho National Na-tional Trades and Workers Association Associa-tion whoso constitution provides arbitration ar-bitration of differences with agreement agree-ment for no strikes, boycott, picketing picket-ing or hateful coercion of any kind. This TradQ Association has evolved from tho experience of tho past and Is tho highest order of Trades Union-Ism Union-Ism at tho present day. Under its laws it Is not posslblo for tho Hod Carriers Union or tho Street Sweepers Union to ordor tho school tcachors or locomotive engineers to quit work in a "sympathetic strlko." If any craft flndsTiTjustlcoTTho-case is presented to properly selected arbitrators, arbi-trators, testimony taken and tho case presented to tho public through the press. Thereupon public opinion, that greatest of all powers, makes Itsolf telt and curiously enough a fair settlement settle-ment Is generally tho result. There Is no strlko, no loss of wages, no loss to the community and yot the faithful workers get their Just treatment. treat-ment. Thero nro many details which have been worked out by mon skilled In labor matters. It will recompense any Interested man to know theso details which can bo secured by ,n postal request for constitution and by-laws written to the National Trades .and Workers Association, As-sociation, Kingman Block, Battle Creek, Mich. Reader, look carefully Into this great question of the relations of Cap-ltnl Cap-ltnl and Labor and its successful solution. so-lution. Tho new plan works and brings results for tho members. Ibecamo so favorably-impressed with the trustworthiness and practlc ability of tho leaders of this now In bor movement that I gavo tho Assocl atlou a sanitorlum at Battle' Creek worth about $400,000 and with abou. 300 rooms, to bo used ns n homo for their pld members and the helples babies, sometimes made fatherless bj the pistol, club or boot heel 'of some-membor some-membor of tho violent "Labor Trust.' Suppose you attend church Labo. Sunday and hear what your mlnlstei has to say In defense of the safet and rights of tho common, everyday man. Let me ask you to read again a por tlon of ono of my public articles print ed a fow years ago. "Tho pooplo of tho world havo gl en me money enough to spend i. thoso talks through tho papers In try ing to mako hotter and safer condi tions for tho common peoplo, whothe the Postum business runs or not Scores of lottors have come to in from work-peoplo nhd others, som. from union men recounting their bu( ferings from union domination am urging that their cases bo laid befon the public. It will not answer for us to onlj sympathlzo with tho poor, tho op pressed, thoso who haven't powc; enough to drlvo off tyrants nnd re sent oppression, wo must, help then, tlo tho bands of tho oppressors. Ateor leans must net Somo of my forebears In Now "Ens land left comfortablo homes, tool with them tho old flint locks, slept oi tho ground in rain and frost; hungry footsoro, and half clothed thoy grlml? pushed on whero tho Eternal God o: Human Llborty urged them, The; wove for mo and for you a mantlo o freedom, woven In n loom whero the shuttles wero cannon balls and bul lots and whore swords wero used tc pick out the tangles In tho yam. Theso old, sturdy grandads of ours stood by that loom until tho mantle was finished, thon, stnlnod with their llfo blood It was handed down to us. Shall I refuse to bear It on my shoul dors becauso tho wearing costs me a few dollars, and are you cowards enough to hldo yourB becauso some foreign labor union anarchist orders you to strip It oft? I havo faith that tho blood of 177C still coursing In your voins will tingle nnd call until you waken. Thon Aniorlcana will ao "Thoro's a lies-son." lies-son." C. W. POST- |