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Show FARMERS DENY TO WORKERS INHERENT RIGHT TO STRIKE The following press dispatch from Washington. D. C, clearly shows that tho farmers of ths country are not to be cnught with the bait that has been thrown out by the radical leaders lead-ers of labor organizations, who had hoped to muke ca'ts' paws of them to draw their chestnuts out of tho fire. Tho farmers take tho stand that railroad employees have no more right to strike nnd starve tho peoplo of the cities while they ruin the business busi-ness of the farmers, than tho farmers have to strike and starve the indus-trial indus-trial workers and their families, by refusing to produco tho things needed need-ed to sustain life, which i3 certainly logical and reasonable. The press dispatch is as follows: i Washington, Feb, 11 Dcninl that any groop of organized workers po-acsses po-acsses an inherent right to strike is contained in a memorial to congress formulated today at tho conference hero of representatives of four large farmer's organizations, tho National Grnngc, the American Farm Bureau I federation, the Cotton States Board and tho Association of State Farmers ! Union presidents. I In view of the "recent events and. happenings," representatives of the) four organizations Bnid, it was agreed that the attitude of the farmer mem-' bcrship of their associations on the' right to striko should bo made plain' to congress and to the country. Pointing out thnt the city popula-j tion of the country is dependent oni tho fanner for food and that interrup-' tion of this supply can bo brought nbout through strikes of railroad or other transportation unions, the memorial mem-orial asserts: No Such Right Exists "Those who believo that labor hns an inherent right to organize a strike, believe that such organizations have a right to starve the peoplo of the1 cities to death, on the one hand nnd to , destroy tho property of the fnrmcrs on tho other. No such right hns over existed and no such right exists now. It is enonomicnlly unsound nnd tho American peoplo can nnd will work out some other method for tho settlement set-tlement of such controvesry. No set of men hns over had the moral or legal right to destroy property or cause suffering by conspiring together nnd tho welfare of tho peoplo must ever remnin superior to thnt of any class or group of people. Suppose Farmers Strike "What would bo the verdict of tho people if tho farmers of tho United states should suddenly decide to go on a strike, nnd refuso to supply the wants nnd needs of those who nro not in a position to produco food nnd clothing for themselves? "They would bo condemned from one end of tho country to tho other nnd tho fact woujd bo pointed out thnt they, ns owners nnd tillers of the land had no right, either moral or legal, to bring nbout such n calamity. If tho farmers who own and occupy tho land hnvo no such moral or legnl right, then why should it bo conceded by any one thnt those who hnndlo tho farmer's products hnvo a right to block the transportation or industrial facilities of tho country and thus jeopardize tho food nnd clothing supply of tho nation. If the farmers have no such rights, thoso who hondlo their products pro-ducts hove no such rights." |