The Brussels Post, 1905-2-16, Page 2SPIRIT
F BROTHERHOOD
Our Neighbor is the Man Most in
O Sympathy.
ath
Need of u m .
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And who is my neighbor?—St.
Luka, x., 29.
This to as the question proposed by
tho laityer who had asked Christ
what he should do to inherit eternal
life, The learned Jew was evidently
confounded by the first answer of
the Galilean rabbi referring him to
the 2l osaie law; and his perplexity
was increased by the Lord's quint
repartee when Ho rehearsed the
groat duties, to his God and to his
neighbor. It would seem as though
the clever unfriendly critic forgot.
the hostile purpose with which he
stood. up to question and, really
conscience stricken and willing to
justify himself, in good faith asked
the question of the text.
If there be ono lesson that the
Master reiterated more frequently
than another, and sought in so
Many ways and on a0 many aleas-
ions to impress, it is the great
truth of universal brotherhood sug-
gested by the question "Who is my
neighbor?" He did so. doubtless.
not because it is so difficult of ap-
prehension but because :t is so hard
of application. The life of service
would indeed 11e easy it It consisted
only in doing the things that per-
tain specificially to God• to wor-
ship, LO pray. to give for the main-
tenance of religion, to held implicit-
ly the great verities as they apply
only tc Deity. All these would call
for comparatively little effort and
are, -alter all, not very severe
TESTS OF CHARACTER,
This lawyer and those ho represent-
ed were vary scrupulous in the dis-
charge of these duties, and yet,
while being so, could count all the
rest of the world as outside the pale
of thole sympathy. They had gotten
holcl of only one side of religion and
had utterly neglected the other.
Who then, is our neighbor? Who
aro those we aro beton' to love and
help? Surely not only our kindred
and those who aro bound to us by
Hies of companionship and interest.
Going thus far, we go no further
than pngens have gone before. We
aro to transcend this if wo are to
be worthy of the Christian name. We
must find our neighbor everywhere Flis lite
and in every one, blit moro especial-
ly in the man who needs us.
There are three barriers that're-
tard the spread of this gospel of
universal brotherhood—pride of face,
pride of place and pride of charact-
er. There is a pride of race that is
entirely worthy. When, however, lis
assertive onuses other races to be
despised and avoided, when it breeds
enmity, engenders strife and mani-
fests itself in injustice and prejudice
it Is contrary to the Christ spirit
and unworthy of those who possess
a genuine basis for such distinction.
There is a pride of position which
is ' omioendable, for we aro all mem-
bers of the same body, but all have
not thn same office. But when those
of high station laud it over those of
low estate; when social, civil, finan-
cial or intellectual elevation puts
men our of sympathy with those who
live upon a lower plane: or when
consideration is shown in a spirit
of condescension it Is destructive of
the,
SP18IT OF BROTHERHOOD.
Finally there is a pride of charac-
ter dcrcervlug et praise and emula-
tion. It never assumes the "holier
than thou" attitude: it "vaunteth
not itself" and "is not puffed up."
If that lawyer had answered his own
question it is quite certain he would
have excluded the ungodly and im-
moral, But in Chsist's view the
neighbor we should commiserate and
rescue is not only the poor traveller
who may fall among thieves, but
every one who has lost his way or
fallen lute the mire of guilt and
shame.
Our neighbor, then, is not the man
who is up and who can assist us on
our way, but he that is down and
whom he can help to rise. he is the
man who is most in need of our
sympathy and succor; he is the man
who has a bruised and bleeding
heart that only patient lova can
heal. II we go to him and help and
bless him and make ourselves neigh-
bor unto him we shall thus fulfil the
law of Christ and not only be /coop-
ing Acs commandments. but living
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
FEB. 12.
The Second Miracle in Cana. John
iv. 43-54. Golden Text,
John v, 36.
INTRODUCTION.
She Samaritan woman at Jacob's
well accepted Jesus by faith as her
personal Saviour front sin. 'Then
she hurried back into the village
alirI became at once a messenger of
se 1 eat i 00 10 others, persuading
matte ro come and hear and sea
for themselves the person who had
watched and uncovered and then
cleansed her own sinful heart. Jesus
saw hhnm coming, a great multi-
tude, their white turbans nodding
in the sunlight as they moved slow-
ly itp the valley. A picturesque
sight it was, and it suggested to
the mind of Jesus a field of grain
white unto harvest moved and
swayed into steady undulations by
the wind. But it was more than a
11gut'e of speech when, pointt11
the Moving, swaying throng of hu-
manity, ho said to his disciples,
"Lift up your eyes and look of the
fields, for they are white already
unto harvest." Two days he tar-
ried in that Samaritan harvest field
with his ohosoa helpers, and many
were the sheaves they galxlerod for
eternity. Then he proceeded again
On his way into Galilee,
LESSON ITELPS.
43. "Now after two days",—The
two days spent among the Samari-
tans at their request. See Intro-
duction and v, 40 of this chapter.)
44, "For Jests himself testified"
--see 117att. 18. 57; Mark 6. 4, "His
own country"—Provably referring to
.Judea, the land of his birth, whetee
lie had just oomo.
Ili. "Than, when he` Was .come—all
O'er -
the things that he did"—The 'Aral referred to in 2, 23. "At O'er
esalem at the feast"—That is, the
passovor, (See 2, 13-25.)
46. "Nobleman"—Literally, "king's
son," meaning an official of the king
firearm' Antipas. "Oapornaum"—
Aboattwenty-two 0111es north-east
of Cana, the headquarters of Jesus
during his Gallilcan ministry,
48, "Then said Jesus,-- Except
ye see signs and wonders, ye will
not believe"—Tho faith inspired only
by signs and wonders is not pro-
found, and hence not trustworthy.
Jesus (ltd not Wish to be known sim-
ply as a worker of miracles,
40. "Stir, come down oro my ehitd
die"—These simple Words of appeal
reveal both the faith the man had
in Jesus and his groat lova for his
sick child. To an appeal prompted
by faith and love Jesus never failed
to respond.
51. Met him, and told him, say-
ing Thy son liveth' 'Pheh• mossage
is that the child has revived; his.
recovery Is atleast assured, if not
already accomplished,
52. 'Then inquired ht--- began
to amend -Or, "waft sommeliat bet.
'ter," 'Apparently pointing to a not
instantaneous recovery, 'Another in-
stance of gradual healing is recorded
in Mark 8. 22-25. "And they meld—
the seventh hour"—Ano o'clock
,53; "Himself+ believed faith oe-,
ten, as ht the ogee of this man, is
. of gradual growth. Final, abiding
fain in the Mastlateh1p of Jewtia !a
here meant:'
SHERBORNE'S ANNIVERSARY.
Old English Town Will Celebrate
Its 1,200 Years.
This year is the 1,200th anniver-
sary of the fou.nldation of the town.
the bishopric, reed the school of
Sherborne, England, by St. Eald-
helm, in 705.
The occasion will be marked by a
pageant t(•hieh will begin in Sher-
borne fordo, on Whit Monday, and
which will be emltinued every day
for a week. The pageant, which is
in the nature of a folk -play, has
been written by Mr. Louis N. Park-
er, with the asrlsiietnce of Me.
James Rhoades, and Mr. Walter
Raymond. It is in 11 episodes and
a fival,tabeleau, and will be per-
formed by 500 Sherborne people.
It deals with the coming of St.
I',ab111c1i, the expulsion of the
Danes -by Bishop Ea1401011an, the'death
of King Etlrelimld, the coming of
Alfred the Groat, the intrcydu.ctrion of
the Benedictine rule, the removal of
the sec of Sherborne tit Salisleury by
William the Conqueror, the build-
ing of Sherborne Castle by Roger
de Caen, the quarrol between the
town and the 'nouns -tory, the fo0ntd-
ing of the alinitouses, the suppression
of monastery, the receipt of the
new charter by Sherborne School,
and ends with a tabeleaux of Sir
Walter Raleigh, whose hone Sher-
borne was.
Mr. Parker read the text of trine
pageant to the Society of ltorsot-
men in. London at the London Insti-
tution just recently.
THE DATE OF EASTER.
Church Festival Does Not Follow
Full Moon This Year.
It is safe to say that there will
be some trouble about the data of
Easter this year, says The Liver-
pooI Post and Mercury. Good peo-
ple will rind out fl•omthe almanacs
that the moon is full on the morn-
ing of Tuesday, tho Olst March. and
Will urge that. Easter should he ce-
lebrated on the following Sunday,
the 26th. 7t will be as well to
nnticif"ate all objections by aay111g
that Faster Day will bo April 23,
because the festival is settled not
by cum estt'on'milieat o iserva Li 011,
tut by act. of Parliafnt'nt, 24 Geo.
T7., t'ap. 23, 1751, Parliament bt
its wisdom sdoptecl an netlike which.
ob'viates many difileulties and pre-
vents 171110h discussion, It can-
strnrtocl an imaginary 11100 ea, which
we may cell the ceelrsi'astical moon,
and arranged for their 11oty creation
to keep Somewhere near the real
moon, but 'd9d not tnoulnle 10 enslave
exact roincidenrce. 'Then Parlia8.n not
tenanted that Easter eleould be ob-
served attending to the eccles'iastical
moon, whose dates for being full
they could confidently predict, Mace
it wotdd follow the rules they Ma'i'd
'down. In this way they got oWOr
any di;Soulty that might arise from
Idlfferencee of longitude, 74 must be
admitted that Parliament did its
work very well, being skilfully ad -
vim], axed usuraily the Uwe inonne
are so close that no esetstion arises.
Now and then, however, the, want
Of cointoi'dlenoe makes itself felt, and
it will bed Re difference
abuttat , this
octanes when the epaot le 24.
A woman gets very suspicious ocher
Husband. Whets leets goes a 1008 (hot
without '&leg to tiliilig dealt leeks
iligapiclotta:, -
Ttlldlgl: WAS NO NEWS.
while
A famous war correspondent t
a reporter on an American paper one
day approached a farmer in a Ken-
tucky town and asked him if there
was any 11et1,5 in his neighborhood,
"Nat a bit," said the farmer. "We
are all too busy with our crops to
think of anything else,"
"Pretty good crops this year?"
queried the reporter.
"Splendid," said the farmer. "I
ought to be in my held this minute,
ail' I weuld be if I hadn't come to
town coroner."
U A t0 see the 4 U r'."
n
"Tho corner?"
"Yes; want hint to hold an inquest
on a couple of fullers clown in our
neighborhood.''
' inquest? Was it an accident?"
"No; Zeke 'Burka did it a puppus.
Pluggral George Rambo and his boy
8(11 with a pistol. (lot to have an
inquest,"
What caused the light?"
"There wasn't no fight. Zeke novel
give the other fellows 1t show. Meas
he was right, too, 'enlace the 1(am-
bos didn't give Vstko's father an'
brother any chance. .lust hill be-
hind a tree 111)11 fired at '0221 as they
coma along the road. That 0113 yis-
(hilly 111Ut•lli11', 1111' in an hour Stoke
11ad squared accounts."
'ldas '/,eke bean areestocl?"
"No. What's the use? Some of
old Man Rambo's relatives . (mule
along last night, burned down
Zaire's house, shot him an' Ills wife,
an' slit file lo his been, No; Joke
hasn't been arre l ut, But I ain't
got title t0 ratio to you, Got to
get Welk to any hervestia'. But
there ain't. 110 news clown our way.
If antthin' happens I'll let you
know,"
The only place in the United States
that guarantees freedom from strikes,
lockouts end labor warfare is Battle
Creek, Mich.
The story? The work people, mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors and other
citizens became aroused and indig-
nant at the efforts of the labor un-
ions throughout the country to des-
troy the business of one of our larg-
est industries—the Postum Cereal
Co., Lt'd. and at the open threats in
the official union papers, that the
entire power of tiro National and
State Federations of Labor was be-
ing brought to bear to "punish" the
Industries of Battle Creels, and par-
ticularly the Postum Co.
This sprung fro'In the refusal of 0.
1y. Poet to obey tho "orders" of the
unions to take the Postum advertis-
ing away from various papers that
refused to purchase labor of the la-
bor trust—the unions.
Mr. Post was ordered to join the
unions in their conspiracy to "ruin"
and "put out of business" these pub-
lishers who had worked faithfully
for him for years, and helped build
up his business. They had done no
wrong, but had found it inconven-
ient and against their best judgment
to buy labor of the labor trust. It
seems a rale of the unions to conspire
to ruin anyone who does not pur-
chase from them upon their own
terms.
Aa ink maker or paper maker who
failed to sell ink or paper would
have the same reason to order Post
to help ruin these publishers. So the
peddler in the street might stone you
if you refused to buy his apples; tho
cabman to run over you if you re-
fused to ride with him; the grocer
order the manufacturer ^to 'discharge
certain people because they did not
patronize him, and so on to the ri-
diculous and villianous limit of all
this boycott nonsense, in trying to
force people to buy what they do
not want.
If a man has labor to sell let hint
sell it at the best price lie can got?
just as hq would sell wheat lyut he has
no right to even intimate that ho
will obstruct the business, or at-
tempt its ruin because tho owner
will not purchase of him.
The unions have become so tyran-
nous and arrogant with their despo-
tism that a common citizen who has
some time to spare and innocently
thinks he has a right to put a little
paint on his own house finds ho must,
have that paint taken off and put on
again by "tate union" or all sorts
of dire things happen to him, his
employer is ordered to discharge
him, has grocer is boycotted if be
furnishes him supplies, his fancily fol-
lowed end insulted and his wife made
more miserable than that of a black
slave before the war. If he drives a
nail to repair the house or barn the
carpenter's "union" hounds him. He
takes a pipe wrench to stop a leak-
ing pipe and prevent damage to Inc
property and the plumbers "union"
does things to him. He cannot put
It little mortar to a loose brick on
his chimney or the bricklayers, plas-
terers or hod carriers "union" is up
In arms and if he carelessly eats a
loaf of bread that has no "union"
label on it the bakers "union" pro-
ceeds to make life miserable for him.
So the white slave is tied hand and
Coot tumble to lift a Band to better
himself or do the needful things,
eilhout first obtaining permission
from some haughty, ignorant and
abusive tyrant of some labor union.
It would all seem rather like a
comic opera, if it did not rob people
of their freedom; that kind of work
will not be permitted long in Amer-
ica.
Some smooth managers have built
up the labor trust i1, the last few
hears, to bring themselves money and
power and by managing wo'lanen,
have succeeded in making it possible
for them to lay down the law in
tome cities andforce workmen and
cite/ens to "obey" implicitly, strip-
ping them right and left of their
liberties,
They have used boycotting, picket-
ing, assaults, 'dynamiting of proper-
ly and murder to enforce their (m-
dars and rule the people. They have
gout far enough to order the Presi-
dent to remove certain citizens from
office because the "Unions" weren't
pleased.
That means they propose to snake
the law of the anions, replace the
law of this government and the un-
ion leaders dominate oven the chief
Executive.:
This is a government of and for
the people and no organization or
trust chilli displace It, But the un-
ions try it every nov and then, lad
by 'desperate men as shown in their
defanee of law .and support of haw
breakers.
The "urian" record of assaults,
erippling of men and even women
and children, destruction of property
and Murder of American citizens dur-
ing the past 2 years is perhaps 10
'these the volume of crime and obese
perpetrated by slave owners during
'any two years previous to the civil
, war, Wo are in a horrible peeled of
.lethargy, Which permits us to stand
iidly by while our 'American (.ftizond
;are abused, crippled and murdered In
:clozehs and hundreds by an orgahiza-
;.tion Or trust, having for ita purpose,
Q
..--h—
ACCORDING TO ORTHODOXY.
Nnigshy-0o ,,OU Icnuw whore I'm
going next sunener, tf L live?
Wnggsby -No; taut I'm pret15' eor-
tain where you Will go if you don't.
thrusting what it has to sell (labor)
upon nus whether or 00,
Supposo an 'American In a foreign
city sltet'ld be chased by a mob,
caught and beaten unconscious, then
his mouth pried open and carbolic
acid poured, down his throat, then
his ribs kicked in and his face well
stamped with iron nailed shoes, mur-
dered because he tried to earn
Mead for his children. By the Eter-
nal, sir, a fleet of American Men of
War would assemble therm, clear for
action and blow something off the face
of the earth, if reparation were not
made for the blood of one of our
citizens,
And what answer 'do we make to
the appeals of the hundreds of wi-
dows and orphans of those Ameri-
cans murdered by labor unions? How
do wo try to protect the thousands
of intelligent citizens who, with rea-
son, prefer not to join any labor
union and be subject to the tyranny
of the heavily paid ruler's of the la-
bor trusts?
Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post
to join this criminal conspiracy a
general boycott was ordered on
Grape -Nuts and Postum all over the i
country, which set the good red
blood of our ancestors in motion,
bringing forth the reply that has
now passed into history: "Wo refuse,
to join any conspiracy of organized'
labor to ruin publishers, nor will
we discharge any of our trusted em-
ployes upon the orders of any labor
union. If they can make their boy-
cott effective and sink our ship, we
will go down with the captain on
the bridge and in command."
This set the writers in labor papers
crazy and they redoubled their abuse.
Finally one of their official organs
came out with a large double column
denunciation of Battle Creek, calling
it "a running sore on tho face of
Michigan," because it would not be-
come "organized" and pay in dtaes
to their labor leaders. The usual
coarse, villianous epithets common
to labor union writers were in-
dulged in,
The result was to weld public sen-
timent in Battle Creek for protec-
tion. A citizen's association was
started and mass meetings hold.
Good citizens who happened to bo
members of local unions, in some
cases quit the unions entirely for
there is small need of them there.
7110 working people of Battle Cheek
are of the highest order of American
mechanics, The majority are not
union members, for practically all of
the manufacturers have for years
declined to employ union men be-
cause of disturbances about 11 years
ago, and the union men now iu the
City are among the best citizens.
No city in the state of Michigan
pays as high average wages as Bat-
tle Oreek, no city of its size is as
prosperous, and no city has so large
a proportion of the best grade of
mechanics who own their own homes.
So the work people massed togeth-
er with the other citizens in tho or-
ganization of the Citizens' Associa-
tion with the following preamble and
constitution:
Whereas from 1891 to 1891 the
strikes instigated by Labor Unions
in Battle Creak resulted in the de-
struction of property and loss of
largo sums of money in wages that
would have been expended here; and,
Whereas, these acts caused serious
damage to the city and in a marlcod
way 'delayed its progress at that
time; and,
Whereas, since the year 1894 the
citizens have been enabled, by public
sentiment, to prevent the recurrence
of strikes and Labor Union clistnr-
banees which have been prevalent
elsewhere; and,
Whereas, the employers of 'this city
have steadfastly refused to place the
management of their business under
the control of Labor Unions, but
have maintained the highest stand-
ard of wages paid under like condi-
tions anywhere in the United States,
and hereby unanimously declared
their intent to continue such policy;
and the employes oft this gity, a. large
percentage of whont own homes and
havo families reared and educated
tender conditions of peace and the
well-earned prosperity of steady em-
ployment, havo steadfastly maintntn-
od their right as free American citi-
zens to work without tl,o dictation
and tyranny of Labor Union leaders,
the bitter experience of the past
offering sufficient reason for a deter-
mined stand for freedom; and,
Whereas, the attitude of the citi-
zens on this subject has been the
means of preserving peaceful condi-
1 1roe e'it
'ions and. continuous a 1 p y in
marked contrast to the conditions
existing in other cities suffering from
the dictation of Trades Unionism; it
is therefore,
ltosolvoil, that the continuance of
peace and prosperity in Battle Creole
can bo maintained, and the destruct✓
4100 work of outside interference
avoided under the combined effort
and action of all our people, by
the
formation of a Citizens
iy
t .ons Associa len,
CONSTITUTION,
Article 1,—Name,
Article 2.—Objects,
'p`irtt-410 insure, so far as poatIT1lel
a poreenetcnt'condi:Hort Of peace, pros.
psrlty and steady employment to Uro
people of Battle Oreek.
Second—To energetically assist in
maintaining law and order at all
times and under all conditions.
Third—To protect its members in
their rights to manage 'their proper-
ty and to dispose of their labor in
a legal, lawful manner without re-
straint or Interference.Fourth—To insure paid permanently
maintain fair, east troatmene, one
with annener in all the relations of
life.
Fifth—To preserve the exfeLing
right of any capable person to ob-
tain employment and sell his labor,
without being obliged to join any
Particular church, secret society,
labor union or any other organiza-
tion, and to support all such per-
sons in their efforts to resist compul-
sory methods on the part of any
organized body whatsoever.
Sixth—To promote among employ-
ers a spirit of fairness, friendship
and desire for the best interests of
their employes, and to promote
among workmen the spirit of indus-
try, thrift, faithfulness to their em-
ployers and good citizenship.
Seventh—To so amalgamate the
public sentiment of all the bast cite•
zees of Battle Creels, that a guaran-
tee nan bo given to the world of o
Continuance of peaceful conditions
and that under such guarantee and
protection manufacturers and capi-
talists can be induced to locate their
business enterprises In Battle Creek
Then tallows articles relating to
membership, officers, duties, etc„
etc., etc.
This constitution has been signed
by the great majority of representa-
tive c 1110003 including our work-
peopine
A number of manufacturers from
other cities, where they have been
suffering all sorts of indignities, in-
convenience and losses from the gen-
eral
ereral hull of labor union strikes,
picketing, aseaults and other inter-
ference, proposed to move, providing
they could be guaranteed protection.
The subject grew in importance un-
til it has reached a pleat inhere ab-
solute protoution can be guaranteed
by the citizens of Battle 'Creek on
the following broael and evenly bal-
anced terms which guarantees to
the workman and to the manufac-
turer fairness, justice, steady work
and regularity, of output.
The new coming manufacturer
agrees to maintain the ektaudard rate
of wage paid elsewhere tor like ser-
vice, under similar coalitions, the
rate to bo determined from time Lo
time from well authenticated reports
from competing cities. The tabulated
wage reports 'issued ley the Govera-
nteat De,lartment of Commerce and
Labor can also be used to show the
standard rale, and it is oxpectod
later on that this government bureau
will furnish wee..ly reports of the
labor market from different centers,
so that the workman when ho is
ready to sell his labor and the 0310-
ployer when he is ready to 'buy, may
each have reliable information as to
the market of wiling price.
The new -conning manufacturer also
agrees to maintain the sanitary and
hygienic conditions provided for by
the state laws and to refrain from
'any lockouts to reduce wages below
the standard; t'eserviing to himself
the right to discharge any employee
for cause,
Tito (0it•izens' Assncittt'ton on its
Part agrees to furnish, in such num-
bers as it is possible to obtain, first
class workmen who will contract to
sell elicit' labor at the standard
price for such period as may be fix-
ed upon, agreeing not to strike,
picket, assalslt other tvorktuen, t1e-
slroy property, or do any of the
criminal acts 001)13110(7 to labor un-
ionism. Each workman reserving
himself the right to quit work for
cause, and the Citizens' A3s0cia'i0i1
further pledgee its ntentbet's to use
its associated power' to enforce the
contracts between employer and em-
ployee and to act 0numes0 to uphold
the law at all times.
The new i.ntlust.tiee locating int
TiattM Creek will not Octet tinder
any sort of labor union domination
whatsoever. but will retake innlividu
el contracts with ouch employee,
those Contracts being fair and teeli-
table and gtlaro,tced On both sides.
Thus from the abhses of labor en -
Ione and their insane efforts to ruin
everyone who does not "obey" hits
evolved this plan which replaces the
Ohl conditions of injustice, lockouts,
svilres, violence, foss of money and
property, and general inctustrial
wnl'far0; and inaugurates an era of
perfect balance and fairness be-
tween employer and employee, a
steady Continuance of industry and
consequent prospe'ity. The entire
community pledged by public sono-
Ment and privato act to restore to
oaclt man hie ancient right to
"peace, freedom and the pursuit of
hal+piness"
Other clt.ies will he driven to pro-
tect "their work people, merchants
also Citizens as Well a3 their 137a1133; -
4110a from the blight of strikes,vle-
lence. and the losses brought en by
Jabot iinfOnfsm tile Mundt,: h0 nOopt-
ing the ":Battle Crook pieta," but
this city offers industrial p0000 Dols
with cheap coal and good water,'
drat -class railroad facilities and the
best grade of fair, capalate and
peaceable mechanics known,
Details given upon inquiry of the
"Secy, of tato Citi70ns' Assn."
Identilieat tom
The public sato« ld ruue:nam • that
there are a few Labor Unions Con-
ducted on pellet:4 1 lines and in pro-
portion as they are worthy, Way
have won esteem, for w0, as a peo-
ple, are strongly in sympathy with
any right act Unit has for its
pose beet better conditions for wage
workers. Ilut we oto not forgot
that we seek the good of all and
not those alone who belong to some
organization, whereas even the law
abiding union; snow undeniable evt-
dunces of tyranny and oppression
when they are strong enough. 1011116
many of the unions harbor and en-
courage criminals in their efforts to
force a yoke of slavery upon the
American people. As a public
speaker lately said: "The arrogance
of the English King that roused the
fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired'
the immortel declaration of .letTer-
sen, that left Warren dying ort the
slopes Of. Bunker T -till ryas not more
outrageous than the conditions that
a closed shop would force upon the
cnnlmunity. 'Those men burst into
rebellion 'when the king did brut
touch their pockets,' Inntgine if you
can their indignant protest had he
sought to prohibit or restrict their
occupation or determine the condi-
tions under whichthey should earn
their livelihood" and L0 assault,
beat and reorder them, blow of,
their houses and p0;son their food
if they raid not: submit.
Tho public should also rename/bee
that good true American ciiizeps can
be found i11 the 11111011s and that they
deprecate tho criminal acts of their
fellow members, but they are often
in bad company,
Salt only hurst sore spots. So,
the honest, lawobiding union man
is not Hurt when the criminals are
denounced, but when you hear a un-
ion non 'holler" because the faces
ere made public, he has branded
himself as either one of the law
itrecdcers or a syntputltizer, and
therefore with the mintI of the law
beeakrr, and likely to become One
wheopliortuuity offers. That Is
one reason employers decline to hire
sltIltn 0100.
A sport time ago inquiry 63,010
from tato union forces to know if
Itir. Yost would "keep still" if they
would call Mr the boycott 00 Pos-
tnnl and Clrape-Nuts.
This is the reply: "The labor trust
has seen At to try to ruin oto• lettsi-
ness beca nse wo would not join cls
criminal conspiracy, We aro plain
Ante -Heim citizens and differ from
the labor union plan in that we
do not force people to straw, pick-
et; boycott, assault, blow up pro-
perty or commit murder.
We do not piny thugs $20 to bren.k
in the ribs of any man w'110 trios
to support his family nor $110 for
an eye :knocked out..
We try to show our plain, hottest
rept 'ct foe sturdy nntl fneleponvlenl
worlctnen by paying the highest
wages in the state.
We have t1 steady, unvarying re•
skeet for the law abiding peaceable
union man and a most earnest desire
to see hint gain paver enough to
purge the unions of their crftni'nol
practices that have brought down
upon them the righteous denuncia-
tion of a tong-su114+ring and outraged
nubile, but. we will not fawn
truckle, henna the knee, wear the
hated cellar of white slavery, the
union label, nor prostitute our
Am;ricen eitirou.;hip under "orders"
of any labor trust.
You offer to remove the restriction
on our business and with "union"
gold choke the throat: anti still the
voice raised in stern dettunglatisn
of the despotism which tramples bo -
moth an iron sliced heel, the freddvm
of our brothers.
'You would gag its with a silver
liar and motile the appeal to the
American people to harken to the
cries for blend of the little children
whose faithful fathers were beaten
to death while striving to earn food
for them.
Your 1loyeott may perhaps sue-
cc(d in throwing our people out; of
week and driving us from busdness.
but you cannot wrench from us that
priceless jewel our fathers fought
for and which every true son gnarls
with hie life. The•etore, speaking
for our Work peOpi0 and ou•seivee
the infamotls offer is declined."
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biota by Publieh0r,
The I'ostum Company have a
yearly contract for space in this
impel which they have a right 10
use for'announcemennts of facts and
prineipha, Such 1)30 does not neaps-
salfiy, parc,y with It all editorial
opinion, Y
BRITAIN'S NEW NAVY LIST
4.0 MORE DUMMIES WILL BE
,A.LI oWED.
The Fighting Strength of the
Navy Has Been Greatly
Changed.
1'110 BrbLielt 31110')' Inns hums reorgan-
ized, and so has the artvy list, the
must conservative of publications
next to the London nod Pekin Ca -
001103, says the London 'Telegraph.
The January issue is n gitid0 to the
d11et wherein uu} one unacquainted
with naval alrairs can rico holy the
Empire is defended, and the different
(losses of Wallas employed in the ser-
vice, fn addition, there appears for
the first time a list of the vessels
which. are on the "war list." All
the. "01!05.11 traps," writes our naval
correspondent, have been eltminaLoci,
anis there hi a fm'midnhie array of
ve3v01s for male,which will probably
be considerably h1g;ge1' 11eXt. 121011111.
Tho "war list" is nn 01111)110 to inno-
vation, the vessels being classified in
an intelligent timelier, In accordance
with the classes to which they be-
long, In past decades Primo Minis-
ters who have usked whet ships. have
home available in ease of war have
been frequently sepplied 101th tho
names et a number of quite useless
and ineffective vessels, so as to make -
all imposing show, w•itb the result
that they have been deceived as to
the tial streglh of the fleet.
Titin NEW FLEET.
7 1'.
Summarized, the "war list" of tho
British fleet as it exists at the be-
ginning of the New Year embraces
tho following vowels:
Bee Iamb ilea.
(]lass, No.
King• i�cltvard 0II 8
Duncan . , 6
i'ormiclablu 8
Canopus ... ,. ... 6
leoln
iltajcst.lc 9
Royal Sovorcigu ... 8
1.
ri...
TCenturafalgaonr ... 2 2
Tri umplt 2
A rmollrc'd 01.11briers.
:Oovonshtre , , 6
Monmouth 10
Drake 4
Cressy 6
POwet':ul 2
Diadem 8
rsfeu less Cruisers.
(TJnarmoured.)
Edgar 9
tllake 2
Semliki -class Cruisers.
Challenger 2
IIighlbyer 8
Talbot 9
Arroan1 4
Astraea 8
Apollo 12
7hi1'd-Class Cruisers.
Topazes ... 4
l'alorus 9
Scouts 8
7n order to indicate the number of
ships 0111011have been put aside—
struck off the "war list"—as no
longer i t for war the new list may
he colnparod with the Admiralty re -
torn of March Inst. Tho, contrast is
not complete, herause a nitunber of
vessels have been completed for sea
since that elate, anal in the "war
list" credit is taken for all the King
I:rlward VIT. class, although only
one is in commission,
SI -TIPS OUT 01111,
With the necessary. corrections, the
comparison reveals the thorough
manner in which the work of elimin-
ating ships of little or no fighting
value has been carried out:
New War Atbniraley
List. Return.
Battleships 52 65
Armoured endears 86 51
h'irst-class (unarnlou'ecl)
cruisers ... ,11 11
Second-class cruisers,38 51
'third-class cruisers 13 34
Unprotected cruisers 8
Scouts (completed since
March) ... .. 8
Totals .. ....158 320
From. this brief outline it will be
seen that in organizing the British
6oct as a war force the Admiralty
have shed 16 battleships, 15 large
protected cruisers, and 84 smaller
protected and unprotected Bruisers.
These older vessels are not all on the
sale list, and the bent of thein will
be l'etailwcl, though the expenditure
upon their repair will practically
cena0. The battleships struck out
include all the 'A'diniral" class built
just prior to the Naval Defence Aol,
and the big cruisers, the nine ships
of Lho Arora class, also built about
20 'oat'su: ago.
There is no basis of comparison
with foreign fieefs, because they all
contain elurnme.." strips, in some
cases serving the squadron at sea.
SOLD AGAIN,
''A certain auctioneer had an inti -
mats friend who frequently accom-
panier him to the market. On. one
occasion the friend indulged in his
taste for mimicry, at the expense of
the auctioneer, during a sale of
bloodstock conducted by rho latter,
"Tho first lot, gentlemen," said the
.mon 111 the rostrum, "is a 'file young
orse."
"Taw first lot, gentlemen," echoed
his friencl, in precisely the stone tone
of vele0, 'is a fine young horse,"
The auctioneer looked Somewhat
a001111?"1n10yod, but proceeded:
"What shall wo sayto begin
"What' shall wo say l,o begin
with?" replied the echo.
Still endeavoring to conceal his
vexation the auctioneer called alit
lnquiitngly:—
Ane hundeel dollars?"
"One hundred dollars," echoed his
friend.
"plank you, sir," cried the auc-
tioneer, bringing down the hammer;
"the horse is 'ours!"
."Clara," sslcl hap .mother, sove'cly,
"did I see 114'r, dlp0odle holclleg your
hand last night?" "Yes; but aha
00asghowi11 inclehow ale Rely 5on0
pegI1111 ; Walking' along the mace