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MEN OF THE CATTLE RANGE
WELCOME COL. ROOSEVELT
Former President Is Cheyenne's Guest at Fron-
tier Days Ctlebration and Delivers
Warm Eulogy of the Great West
ard Its Sterling \irtues.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 27.—The pri-
vate car Republic, bearing Theodore
Roosevelt and party, rolled into the
station on time i.. s morning, and no
•ooner had it come to a stop than
the sturdy figure of the colonel appear-
ed, for ho was anxious to see again
the cattle men with whom he once
lived As he stepped down to tho
ground a great shout greeted him—
the real yell of the range, uttered by
an -escort of 1.000 cowboys and cow-
girls detailed to act as the ex-presi-
dent's bodyguard. That it sounded
good In his ears was made evident by
the happy smile that spread over his
countenance.
Mr. Roosevelt's.visit and the speech
he delivered, later in the da^ formed
the culmination of the annual Frontier
Days celebration Wuich had attracted'
to the city thousands of persons from
all parts of the west and a large num-
ber of tourists from more distant sec-
tions of the country.
Colonel Roosevelt's Speech.
Out in the open air, under the blue
■ky, a vast crowd assembled to hear
the former president speak, and it
heard ono of the most Important
■ peeches he has made since leaving
the White House. Ills address was as
follows: •
When. at tho close of my hunting trip
In Africa, I reached tin* borders of civili-
sation, the first invitation 1 accepted was
this, to visit the capital of Wyoming on
the day when the people of the frontier
cams together to commemorate their
achievement^; I was it was so. he-
eause 1 have a peculiar feeling for the
men and women of what used to be called
the "Far West," arul especially for those,
ef the cattle country. For a number of
years I lived on a ranch on tho Little
Missouri, sharing work and play, good
fortune and bad fortune, with my neigh-
bors; working on the round-up. nerving
as delegate from the l.lttlo Missouri
round-up district to the Montana Stock-
grower*' association, and even nt times
acting aa deputy sheriff at my end of the
county I count those years as among
the most valuable of my life, because
nothing breeds such community of feeling
as to work with one's fellowmen at their
life tasks, and to learn to know their
feelings by actually .sharing them. The
man of the west, throughout the su res
•Ive stages of western growth, has al-
ways been ono of the two or three most
typical figures- Indeed. I am tempted to
•ay the most typical figure In American
life, and no man can really understand
our country and appreciate what It really
fs and what it promises unless he has
the fullest and clo.m st sympathy with tho
Ide.ils and aspirations of the west. The
frime reason for this is to be found in
the fact the westerner is so, good an
American. He is an American first and
foremost; for this Is the great lesson,
friends, that nil of us need to learn and
to keep, the lesson that It Is unimportant
whether a man lives north or s >uth, • ist
• r west, provided he Is genuinely and In
food faith an American, that he fe Is
•very part of the United States as his
own, and that he is honestly desirous to
uphold the Interests of ail other Ameri-
cans In whatever sections of the country
they may dwell.
A hundred years ago. when men spoke
of the west they meant the country be-
tween the Alleghanles and the Mississippi.
Fifty years ago the white man's west
took In Minnesota. Jowa and Kansas, and
then skipped across to California and
Oregon. The country of the great plalrffc
•nd the Rockies, the country In uhi h
you whom T am now addressing 1 ad your
lives and do your work, has grown up
within my own lifetime. I myself saw
and took part in the closing years of the
pioneer period, and It was mv er*ait priv-
ilege to work side by side with tho pio-
neers—the ranchmen, the miners, the
eow-punchers, the mule-sklnn-rs. the bull
whackers—who actually opened up tho
country. T have sej n the herds and flocks
ef the cattlemen and sheepmen supplant
the game; T have seen the fortunate
movement by which the small farm has
tended gradually t.> take the place of the
great unfenced ranch. T now travel in
•very comfort on railways across lands
wMeh. when I first rode n ross them.
wer« ft 111 t!> > home of the Indian and the
buffalo; and I find cities where ono can
obtain not merely comfort. but*hixury. In
the places where thirty years aifo there
wes not a buil ling beyond a log hut or a
dohle house. The men who did this work
wer®, engaged In the final stag-* of eon
•■ouer'ng the continent: and It war their
privilege to do one of the great works of
«ll time, to do their part In the perform-
ance of an epic r> In the history of the
yr L'ress ef mankind.
West Stands for Proqress.
T have • -■* the word progress. The
courage the development of new abilities
which can be brought to high perfection 1
only by a kind of training useless In pio-
neer times; but these new qualities can
only supplement, and ne\er supplant, the >
old, homely virtues; the need for th«
special and distinctive pioneer virtues !•
as great as ever. In other words, as our
civilization grows older and more com-
plex, while it is true that we need new
fosvns of trained ability, and need to de-
velop men whose lives are devoted wholly
to the pursuit of spsolal sbjects, it Is yet <
also true that wo need a greater and not j
a less development of the fundamental
frontier virtues. These virtues Includt i
the power of self-help, together with the )
power of Joining with others for mutual |
help, and, what Is especially Important,
the feeling of comradeship, of social good-
fellowship. Any man who had the good
fortune to live among the old frontier ,
conditions must, In looking back, realize J
how vital was this feeling of general
comradeship and social fellowship. There
are good men and bod men. In the new ,
communities Just as In the old communi-
ties, and the conditions on the frontier
were such that the qualities of tho good
and bad alike were rather more strikingly
manifested than In older communities,
but among the men #ho tried to lead
hard-working, decent lives, there was a
feeling of genuine democracy, which rep
resented nn approach to the American
ideal which we certainly should do ev-
erything In our power to preserve. We
did not try to say that men were equal
when they were not equal, but wo did
our b#% t to secure something like an
equality of opportunity and an equality of
reward for good service; and moreover,
each man expected to be received, and.
on the whole, was received wherever he i
went, on the footing that his merits war-
ranted.
Now so fnt. as possible these qualities
nnd conditions that bring about these
qualities should be kept In the great
states which are growing out of the old
frontier communities. We need to strive
for the general social betterment of the
people as a whole, nnd yet to encourage
Individual liberty and set high reward
on Individual Initiative up to the point
where they become detrimental to the
general welfare.
Wrong Doers and Wrong Systems.
Tn continually and earrestly striving for
this betterment, of social and economic
conditions in our complex industrial civi-
lization. we should work In the old fron-
tier spirit of brotherly comradeship and
good will. I do not mean that wo should
refrain from hating wrong; on the con-
trary. I would preach flrey wrath
against wrong. Hut I would not preach
such wrath ir/iinst the wrong-doer, save
in those eases where his wrong-doing
really Is due to evil moral attributes on
his part and not to a wrong or false sys-
tem. of which he Is almost as much the
^ letlm as the beneflelar\ Sometimes a
wrong represents the deliberate wicked-
ness of the wrong-doer, in which case
the remedy is i" punish hitn, but some-
times it represent.? the effects of a false
social :... in which < as • the right
course is to alter what Is false In the
svHtem. Both principles need to bo kept
in view as guides to our conduct, and It
Is necessarv sometimes to work in ac-
cordance with one and sometimes in ac-
cordance with the other.
Before ending I wish to say a word on
something \\'hi< h I believe should espe-
clally Interest all men who live In the
open country, and especially all men who
during the past thirty years have lived
and worked on ranches, or have done
their life work in the wilder parts of our
land, on the treat plains or among the
mountain. The pi . -,- of our national
life in which t'.ie stoekman. the mining
prospector, were the chief characters, was
not onlv a very Important but also a
very picturesque phase Often such a
phase ptsses without anv great artist
arising to commemorate It.
'Pie oil time backwoodsman. for in-
stalled the man of the ba *k country
who lived In the eastern forests through
wh'«.the Waters ran eastward to the
Atlantic and westward to the Mississippi,
passed :iu.tv without anv painter or
sculptor arising who possessed at once
both the kesnness of vis'on to see what
a vital and picturesque figure the back-
woodsman was. and the genius adequate-
Iv to Pie> . .-t that figure. The artist who
saw that picturesqueness of the ba^k-
wood*-*"in lacked the gonitis adequately
to ce- r -Ti,.rate it. while the artists of
real nhllitv unfortunately had their eys
AS IT APPEARED TO HER
Mr*. Oelrlchs Evidently Didn't Think
Much of Mr. Blank's Earning
Capacity.
Mrs. Hermr.a Oelrlchs. the best-
dressed woman In Newport, criticized
▼ery pertinently, at a recent dinner,
the new dinner gowns of Paqftln and
Callot
These clinging and filmy gowns are
chiefly remarkable for the V-shaped
back that they possess. The V—It Is
Incredible, but It Is true—opens all the
Divining Rod 200 Years Old.
Wlnslow W. PI field of Medford.
Mass, owns a metallic divining rod
brought from England more than two
hundred years ago by one of his an-
cestors. The rod, says Mr. Flfleld, has
been used successfully all
way down to the waist line. At a gala
performance In Paris given by the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York—the most successful perform-
ance Paris ever saw, and one whereat
140,000 was gained for the Pluvlose
victims—many of the beautiful Ameri-
cans In the $40 orchestra teats wore
these daring gowns, and now at New-
port they are often to be seen.
Mrs. Oelrlchs stared at one with as-
tounded eyes at a dinner, and her
neighbor said:
"Isn't that new gown of Mrs. Blank'
voted. They say that everything he
makes goes on his wife's back."
Mr*. Oelrlchs. her eye fixed on the
gowr's terrible V, said with a smile:
"Well, he must be making very
tie, then."
deep aa that, and so on.
The mission was looking horelos
when suddenly she darted fro:n the
| shop and seized a pasting geuleman
lit- | by the hand.
I "Will you please come Into this shop
with me?" she asked Innocently
"Certainly, my chickabiddy," he r <
plied, "If I can be of any use. Whal
is It?"
The little girl replied not, but led
Practical Matching. A
What the little girl with the 15 cents
In pennies wanted was some red rib-
bon of a particular shade for her moth
er. She knew the shade, but she the wondering stranger to the counter,
couldn't explain It and all she could "There, miss!" she said, triumphant
say was, it wasn't that, no, nor that; i ly.. "Mother wants some ribbon th®
a dream? Old Mr. Blank Is so de- It was deeper than that, and not so color of this gentleman's nose.
tlcular success was a blind man, in [
whose hands the rod Is said to have
done marvels'
A 8trong Preacher.
The minister's eight-year old datigh-
over New | ter was returning with her parents
England and in the western mining j from church, where the district super-
districts. It Is attached to whalebone j lntendent had that morning occupied
handles 12 Inches long and weighs two j the pulpit. .
ounces. The handles have inscriptions < "Oh, father," asked the little girl,
on them which are almost obliterated I her face'alive with enthusiasm, "don't
by age. | y0U think Brother C. is a very strong
The person who brought the rod to ' preacher? 1 do."
America was Isaac Oreenleaf, who set- I Gratified by this evidence of un-
tied In Massachusetts. The rod became j uniial Intelligence on tho part of his
famous as a finder of water. After j offspring, the minister eagerly ln-
mark.ng tho place of many springs the ! quired into her reasons for her state-
rod was used in California, Colorado j ntent.
and North Carolina for locating by men j "Oh," replied the little miss, artless-
In quest of gold mines and other met- ly. "didn't you see how the dust rose
als Ono p«rson wbo used It with par- j when he stamped his feet?"—Judge.
The Counterfeit Southerner. ! value and exploit him In novel* off
Of course, there are many counter ; plays where a "southerner" Is a n«o«
felts. A most amusing imitation Is eseary part of the stage machinery,-*
one that often passes for the typical Everybody'* Magazine.
southerner in Now York. This satchel
mouthed braggart infests the cafes ' Wasted 8arc**m.
and demands attention by his abusing The Philadelphia milk dealers who
the waiter for offending his delicate ! recently raised the price of their
sense of honor. "1 hate a nigger, suh," j product to nine cents a quart and thea,
he loudly proclaims, which is a sentl- lowered It again to eight appear to
ment that one never hears from those ! have been the subjects of a great deal
to the manner born. He haunts the of unjust censure. They announced
theaters and parades the streets, since ' at the time of the raise that milk
It is poor fun to practise his gentility could not be sold at eight cents witl*
In private. j out loss. Finding that the consumer*
He wears a w ide black hat, mounts would not pay the new price, however,
the table and yells whenever the band j they are continuing to sell at the old,
plays a southern melody. Such a pre- thereby qualifying aa genuine phllan-
tentlous caricature would be harmless thropist*. ^jfvery purchaser of milk
enough, but for the ridicule he brings j at eight cents a quart will doubtless
upon the south. Unfortunately, popu hereafter feel that he la an object < !
lar authors seem to accept him at face i charity.
Hoodwinking
When a small clique of men put up ] There Is seldom a day passes but j each morning!
scheme to harness the clergy of [ somewhere In our country from oue to j to their souls.
America and Induce the ministers to,
In turn "hitch up" the members of tha
churches, we should till take notice.
They couldn't harness tho preachers
In a bad cause except by deceiving
them.
Ministers of the gospel are essen
It's meat and bread [ stroyed, men murdered and the lotifc
long list of atrocities practised by
a score of our fellow men are assault- i Then think of the lordly power, and i i_,;ibor Xrust member* on other humaa
ed or murdered by members of tills j don't forget the steady flow of money | beings who cannot agree with the
band. j squeezed from the workman's hard I trust methods.
Then remember the homes blown j earned pay enevelope.
up or burned. The families hounded, : Hut when these leaders "tie up" any
the rioting, burning of street cars. ! industry no man can hold a job who
wrecking of trains and attempted or j refuses to pay fines even on trumped
ti ally nnd fundamentally honest but. | successful killing of passengers. UP charges, and steadily pay tee*
like all men who work for the public j The general disturbance of Industry whatever they are.
good, they are at times mislead by j nnd the thousands of dollars forced j The workman Is absolutely at the
false statements. j from tax payers to pay extra police, | mercy of this band of men who have
Trust them when they have exact j sheriffs and militia to protect, even In I ®ecured and hold control.
truth to speak from.
New for the story which should In-
terest every one for we are all either
receivers of wages or we pay to wage
earners and the freedom of each in-
dividual is at issue.
In various papers the following
statement has been printed. P.ead It
carefully at least twice.
"Interest In Labor Sunday.
Labor Sunday—the Sunday prered coercion and are not in sympathy wiWi
lng Labor day will be observed thp t|lre,.-tenths v have galn-d con
ernily this year and In future yeart ; trol and force their method*
throughout the United States This fln(, t,]a, R fpw d , , men
because of the Au,«rlo.an federation hflv„ s(,lz„(I rontro, of ,ra(T,.an
of Labor declaration for the observ Fe,leratlon of ,.ab Just a(J Bome
ance of tha day. The numerous let , p,„.1NV(| capltnl,Bt8 hav0 BecurP(1 cnn.
ters recently received at American ,ro, ,)f Bom„ ra|lroads nni1 ot, ,
Federation of Labor headquarters j tprpsts are now twlstlng am, turn.
Ing them Into machines for personal
I roflt and fame.
feeble way. the citizens from the j Many and many an honest workman
mobs of members of the American j has raised his voice and appealed to
Federation of Labor. his fellows to rise and throw off the
Then you will realize why the great yolte oi Gompers, et al. But, as one
peace-loving majority of over 80 mil- i wrltes. "At every convention of the
Now for the better way
Worklngmen are now organizing la
the old fashioned trades union of
"guild" way, afiiliated with the Na-
tional Trades and Workers Associa-
tion whose constitution provides ar-
bitration of dlflerences with agre
ment for no strikes, boycott, picket
ing or hateful coercion of any kind
Tills Trade Association has evolved
from the experience of the past and
la the highest order of Trades Union-
ism at the present day.
Under its laws it is not possible for
against the i -^nierlean I ederafion of Labor, strong the Hod Carriers Union oi i..e St:-,
>t\ orcanlza- ' "PP°s'l'l,n conies up but at the crit- Sweepers Union to order the I
j loving citizens and are members by
These men cunningly plan to force
workmen to join and pay 25 to 75
cents a month In fees
Various methods are used to "ln-
from ministers Is an assurance that |
Interest In the idea of giving special
attention to the cause of labor from
the pulpit one day tn the twelve
months Is widespread. Our readers
are urged to try to bring about an un
derstandlng in their respective dis- ... , ...
trlcts with representatives of the : workmen to join,
church so that ministers will make ! First, they talk of the
addresses that may attract trade union-
ists to the churches In !ar?r> number*
for the day. Ministers should say what
they think on the occasion in order
that their trade union hearers may
put the riffht estimate as to where the
church stands on the question of fhn
organization of labor The more the
et
school
engineer* to
quit work in a "sympathetic turike "
If any craft find a~Tn J us t i c. e ,~t h e cuai
is presented to properly selected arbt
trators, testimony taken and the ca «
presented to tho public through th«
press. Thereupon public opinion, that
t
lion Americans protest
growth of this crime tainted organiza- | ^l|oslut,n comes up out at the crit- Sweepers Union to order ti.
tlon comprising perhaps one and on?- moment the impassiom d orator teachers or locomotive
half million men. of which it is esti- | aPPears ;uid most dramatically puts
mated at least seven-tenths are peace- light on the leader and covers
; him with a mawkish film of 'martyr-
1 dom* and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
: of the peaceful workingmen ut liomo
who desire to free themselves from
the odium of membership under the
great advocates of strike, boycott, vio-
lence and hate."
So we see the unequalled insolence
with which these trust leaders pro-
pose to "induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and vio-
lent labor trust methods.
There is a better way to secure Jus-
tice lor workers, as will appear furth-
er along.
Just a littlo diversion here
1 am charged with having first
brought to the attention of the public
some years ago, the name "Labor
and I Trust."
has a trust is
combination of men or
thin*.
rti
rn n who have ma<U- rr. ,
of tho west what it lc and
m<*n who ha\ turned it int.. •
commoliwealth.* have j
h'rhost del re# ti rrea
■irertfth. chut 4
•nd unwavering r *si>luiii n TI
lenders-of whom At : i' mim
though the mo t except >. . 1
moat typical have pons.-shi-i k
llgenre. and a characN r noi
*tron* but lofty, a <*Ji« 1a trr .
the fact that great power was necom-
panU'd by a hljli and fin ten inati >n
to u « this flreai po •
rood, for thr advancement of mankind.
The p'oneer daye are over, suve in n f.-w
place* and the more complex I fc of
today call for a greater variety of j?ood
<j Utica than wmv needed on the fron-
tier. There i* need al Dissent to tn-
turned t
r wards Kurop#
rind lacked tle
ro-
bust originality which
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subject is discussed the better will it i are. as a rule, free from tho dicfat
be for labor Union ethics are sound of the great Labor Trust and still get
—American Federationsthe highest wages in Michigan. If
Observe that "Labor Union" mop , they had yielded to tlie smooth talk
"are urged" to induce ministers M of the agents of the trust and joined,
make addresses that will attract trade they would pay in fees from SI250.00
unionists to the churches "for the
day." "Ministers should say," etc.,
and winds up with "TTnlon etfiics are
sound;" observe the hidden threat.
This is clipped from the American
Federationist the organ of Sam (lorn-
pf rs, et al.
This clipping has been sent to 041
tyranny of
capital" making slaves of workmen.
Then they work up enthusiasm
about the "brotherhood of man
other talk which exnerlence
shown excites the emotions of work- I organizations for the purpose of sell-
men and they are induced to Join and ; jnir their product at a proilt and re-
pay fees to the leaders. j gtricting production to effect it.
The 5000 workmen in Pattle Creek | We will say a largo Oil Company
gathers in smaller ones aud thus ton
irols production.
The Labor Trust "gathers in" local
gi -ntest of all powers, makes ii
ic It and curiously enough a lair sv
ment is generally the result.
There is no strike, no loss of wages,
no ioss to the community and yet. die
faithful workers got their jus. treat-
ment.
There are many details which hava
be n work jd out by men sained In
labor matters.
It will recompense any interested
man to know these details whit !i can
be secured by a postal request for
constitution and by-laws written to
the National Trades and Workers As-
sociation, Kingman Block Ba .a
Creek, Mich.
Header, look carefully into thli
great question of the relations of Cap-
ital and Labor and its success:ul ho-
lution. The new plan works and
brings results for the n*..,uu<T7.
i becalme so FavoraBly"" impressed
Aith tL. trustworthiness and practio
* bility of the leaders of this new 1*
to $2000.00 a month to the big trust
and be subject to strike orders any
time.
Now they save that and put the
money into homes and family com-
forts
Hut the managers of the American _ #
Federation of Labor have worked j tries to sell his labor without paying
PV'rs throughout the country and the hard and long to harness them. lees and "obeying orders." Th«\v art)
Typographical Union men in the news- The trust has s^nt small bales of j both exactly alike in purpose, which,
money and last winter 18 "organizers'*
trade organizations and thus has pow- 1 ,i().r movenient that 1 gave the Absocl*
er to nay how much work each in:m a sanitorium at B.viie Creek
shall do. v. orth about $400,000 and with about
The Oil Company then fixes prices. roo.u?8, t0 1)0 U8e(* as a ho:ue lor
The Labor Trust does likewise. f ,lr members and the heipless
The Oil Company may ' use ineth | ,,L,leh sometimes made fatherless by
ods" to force an unwilling dealer to 1,10 P*s,°l dub or boot heel of some
join. J member of the violent "Lauor Trust."
The Labor Trust men go further I •, y(?u aLtend church l^tbor
and slug the independent man if he 1 ' ull(Jay aii(* bear what your minister
1 as to say in defense of the satety
and lighis of the common, tveryua/
'•r dy
n• ■ ■■ at Cheyenne In th'a gathering
r' Is "f i1!* man have come
tnn' t; 1 wt n wen* thsmaelvea typleal
leadt n n a • representatives of 1very
IIfi■ * v 1:11 Ueminfrton *0 portrayed that
r x a live 1 hope that these
men will join together, arrange the ap-
polntrnent < f h i-omniltt<">, and atart to
raise fundi for the erection of such a
ItattiH 0
' Frontier Days" is no doubt the most
characterist l< American exhibition
givt n It had its inception about 14
year! ."go when a few Cheyenne cit-
izens conceived the idea of presenting
a western show
Typographi
paper offices instructed to "urge" that
it be printed.
That Is one of the ways of the "ma-
chine."
It looks harmless so the papers print
it
• But!1 Let's lift the cover and look
under
The hidden motive is as dangerous
to the peace and liberty of the citi-
zens as a coiled rattlesnake in the
grass
Organization by'workmen to poaco-
fully and successfully present Tlndr
f1,1 • * is necessary and most commend
a h' e
1' . r-' nro such organisations now
rapldiv winning their way to public
confidence without strike.^, dynamite
or killing fellow workmen
(Some fncts on this matter a littlo
further alcng in this article.)
\\'c see here a demand on the mln
lat«*rs of God. that they endorse and
help build up the strike-producing,
bevccttlnci .<nd violent Amerlt an IV i
eraticti of 1 al «>r
Think of the man of God who
teaches brotherly love being covertl
ordered to praise and help get new
members for an organisation with a
record for violence, crime and murder
done by its members the like of which
the world has never seen.
Think of the thousands of women
made widows and the increasing thou-
sands of children left fatherless by
the pistol, club, djnamlte and hoot
heel of members of this Labor Trust
to tie tip Battle Creek. They hired
halls, pave picture shows, smokers,
etc., as an investment, looking to rich
returns when they succeeded in hav-
ing them th d hand and foot
#Eut t h,.y failed ami the la^t of
the*" "organizers'^ left Battle Creek
on May 1st saying "it's no use." •
Tho workmen knew the record of
this gre?tt trust and formed their own
association to profit th^lr rights and
atao to protect them from the t>i^,r
Labor Trust
In Philadelphia some 4000 Indepen-
dent street car men, who mainly had
families, had their own union and re-
fused to join t.i' big trust, preferring
to oe free to work or not as they
p'o-isftd.
• But the trust planned to force them
Into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike
was ordered to compel the traction
i-ompapv 1, kick out these nui and
hire only Lab: r Trust members.
It was not a question of wages or
bou**H hut to push the free men out of
their positions where they wefe "irn
Ing good money to support their faml
lies Tho strike was ordered, not to
raise wages cr reduce hours, remem-
ber. hot solely to throw out memhors
of an independent nnlon and make
places only for Labor Trust members
; in both cases is entirely selfish to
; gain power and money for the leaders,
j Certain Labor Trust members do
not hesitate to use violence, dyna
; miting of property, burning homes of
! independent men and even murder lo
j lorce obedience.
1 The Oil Company doesn't go so far.
Both are extremely dangerous to
1 he welfare of people and communi-
t • <"!<i ! ower plftci d in th.* hands
of a few men either representing Cap-
ital or Labor is almost always abused
aim the public suffers.
Remember, reader, that your safety
lies in strenuous opposition to ail
trusts which try to ride over and dic-
tate to the people.
■ "'!v hy o-ipn-j.'ip their growth can
v y . 1 a :i x 1 Miij,.-, r.rhaT];T)iTiy.
Now to ministers.
The average congregation is rflade
up of about 90 per cent, of free citi-
zens and much less than 10 per
of members of the Labor Trust
The free citizen wants to hear words
del ending the rights and independence
of the common maif, free from the «r
biti ary dictates of any 1 ell s< eking
organization either of Capital or i Z
bor.
glv-
i in
iry-
M.'ul*
■liier
H.
< The merchant, lawyer, school teach- shuttles were cannon Ij.i'Ik !' i i
• | t'r, doctor.* clerk, farmer anil work- >«-ta and where >-words were
man rebels M.itnut any forcible st.m- I k out .th,. i.mni,„ ,, ' ...
man.
Let me ask you to read again a por-
tion of one of my public article* priufr
e(i a lew years ago.
"The people of the world ha
• 'i mo money enough to f,;
'i.. ■lalkn through tlie papt-j.-.
lug Lo make better and saier
tions for the common ptopJe, vv
the I'ostum busiuesa ruun or uol
. on-a of letters have come lo ma
from workpeople and others soma
Hum union men recounting tli,.: suf.
1 in:,; Iroin union domiii.i; a.iid
- .tiK that their cuscj be ia ii belora
thpublic.
U v.-ill not answer for'us to only
mp.ithlzc with the poor, ti.e o^-
I'l ted, those who haven't power
' *" dflT* oil tyrants auo re-
ent oppreulon, we must help Uitm
tie un uandg of the oppressors.
"■a:is must act.
Some o| my forebears In New ICn*.
Kind ieit comfortable homes look
wm them the oi.i flint locks, slept on
"K Bfound in rain and frost hunary
footsore, and half clothed they arlmUr
pushed on where the Eternal Ood of
Human Liberty urged the;,,' Thmr
wove for me and tor you-a mantle Of
dom, woven tn a loom wheriTlhe
but-
. .. . .. . , . — H>iy forcible stop- P'ck out .the tangles in the van.
H!1.1 thus show the Independent men plM of trains. boatst street ears. These old sturdy tr l,i ™
they coul.l not earn a Uvin* unless ! or factories, for the prosperity of the stood by that loom until . ?
thev first nairt fees tn ,h. m.-. I community is entirely dependent on was finlshed. then stahL w,th'?, -
steady continuanc* of thiM.i things. life biood It Whh handed dnu-n .1.
Men don't like strikes boycotts. In- Shall I refuse to bear It on my ^ho^t
Jured workmen or burned cars and derB because the wearing ^ "boul-
Any one who recalls the countlese i rioting and bloodshed with millions | factories. a few Uolltira • "K cosi me
A famous divine sa.vs:
thev first paid fees to the trust man-
agi rs,
Incidentally tho people of Phlladel
phta must submit to no car service.
murders done In the multitude of
strikes In the past few years will
aitree this Is no exaggeration
Take Just one as an Illustration:
Tb^re were some thirty men mur
dere.l nd over BOOO bruised and
maimed In the Chicago teamster's
strike.
P. . and are you cowards
may hate capitalists but their hrile'rl" iort'ign labor '"nUm^nnL"',i\"se 8om®
Ing the world that Industry rannot he other laboring men burns like a Maine you to strip It orr'' 1 st ordtr
carried on except by workmen- who j <-*ats like nitric acid, Is malignant be- I have faith that th„
first b *nd the knee, bow the head and yond all description." Mill coursing tn blood of 177#
pay fees Then we remember case, of scld and caU unUl you' w'.T ''ng"
strike leaders throwing, eye. gouged out, children , Americans will Aot" "Th ■ T""i
in tli# paper. , pursued, women stripped, homes <U> ku„ - There s a Ke
' . C. W. I'OST. '
In losses while these fee-hunting, noto-
riety seeking trust leaders were teach
How these men as
love to see their names
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Fox, J. O. Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1910, newspaper, September 2, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110431/m1/2/: accessed May 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.