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Show HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. Labor unionisrn can regain its standing before the public only by purging itself of criminal element it harbors. U. S. railroads have gone through same experience. Special privileges to favored patrons, stock watering and political dominition by a few roads finally so aroused public resentment re-sentment that legislation resulted which was so restrictive that it became be-came destructive and good and bad roads alike suffered. The liquor traffic went through the same experience, it refused to purge itself of the lawless element which made itself a menace to the community commun-ity by selling to minors, drunkards and tho needy whoso families suffered. suf-fered. Public sentiment was finally aroused and to remedy the situation it wiped cut the whole business. The legal profession suffers from the shysters, the medical profession jrom quacks and journalism from the fellow editor who is out to stir up trouble for his own selfish interests regardless of consequence. Whenever any evil proceeds too far, public sentiment will wipe it out. Unless conservative labor leaders take an open and outspoken stand against their radical and un-American membership, public sentiment will wipe out' good and bad alike, just as it has done with every other abuse affecting the whole public. |