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Show THE DICTATORSHIP IN AMERICA A gray fleet of 48 wooden ships floots idly in Seattle harbor, built by the American shipping co-operation. If a rancher kept 4 8 good draft horses idle on his big ranch when there was need of raising crops he would be called insane. But these ships lie idle when the world needs transportation of our crops and products to the market of the world. They represent an investment of $12,000,000 of your hard-earned taxes and the government is supposed sup-posed to represent you. But the government is terrorized by the International seaman's Union headed by Andrew J. Fureseth of San Francisco. It is terrorized by the Altantic 'coast Longshoremen's union that is under the efficient direction of Samuel Sam-uel Gompers. No ship can be manned or loaded load-ed or unloaded without the consent 'of our labor dictators and the hulls may rot in Seattle harbor. In the mean time Germany is get-king get-king her industries on their feet and Japan is geeting control of the ship-I ship-I ning of the Pacific, j The Pacific Steamship Company I of Seattle offers to sell a fine liner for otie dollar and there are no takers. I The labor dictators assume no responsibility, re-sponsibility, theu- contracts are violated vio-lated with impunity, and the courts .tremble. ! It seems as though Uncle Sam must play second fiddle to an auio- cratic power and a labor dictator-jship. |