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Show The Ogden Boycott. The late order of the Knights of Labor' of Ogden, directing that certain individuals indivi-duals and firms in this city shall be boycotted boy-cotted has created much ill-feeling and led to many quarrels and disputes, which have almost reached a climax in personal per-sonal assaults on our streets in manv instances in-stances to-day. That the Knights have a right to inaugurate a boycotting movement move-ment of this description no one denies, but before they issued, their late order they should have been certain that the individuals and firms . placed in the tabooed category had - really incurred in-curred censure by patronizing or sympathizing with the Chinese. We are informed that several whose names were placed oh the list of those to be boycotted have not onlv not, rtarrnniT-prl thoflhinnco but have also manifested their sympathy with many of the purposes of the Knights ' of Labor. We are unable to say ' what cause the Knights may have had to boycott boy-cott any of the tabooed individuals or firms, but without any knowledge as to the cause we are inclined to doubt the wisdom of the boycotting movement. As far as the facts justify it, the movement may be right and the Knights cannot can-not be blamed. They are being furiously furi-ously denounced, nevertheless, and it will be interesting to witness the outcome of their boycotting order, which will certainly cer-tainly test their strength in this community. com-munity. If they back wholly down and rescind altogether, their prestige will be forever destroyed in this city. On the other hand, if they stand by their boycotting boy-cotting order, they should exempt from the effect of it, suchlndividuals and firms as appear, upon careful inquiry and " investigation, in-vestigation, to be entirely innocent of the presumed offense, by reason of which they were placed upon the list to be boycotted boy-cotted by the Knights of Labor. Ogden Herald. |