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A PARSON'S P "And now. friends, let us pray for uninhabited portions of the earth."?Fror Support For Banjo. in ; Musicians and other people who Qua are fond of music will be interested v&li <n the device by which a New York ?"V man has added much to the clarity of banjo tones. This device is very Foi simple, and its secret is that it ob- ^ _ nea -~1 and bou ; dev ! Abi : i a si I the wai i _ 1 Oldi No Hindrance to Vibration. viates the necessity of the performer resting the little finger of his playing hand on the head of the banjo, thus deadening the sound to some extent. The contrivance is a strip of flexible metal, which is fastened across the head of the instrument, resting on the metal sides. The performer rests his little finger on this strip, and the difference in the quality of sound is very apparent, even to the ear of the inexDerienced. In all instruments which depend on the vibrations of a \ drumhead or sounding board for their \ tones the poirt of paramount importance is that this vibration shall not aRk be subject to any touch which shall to A "BONNIE M S, '' Vf^' * Shortsighted Golfer?"Eh, mon. but ba's fairly teed up. What club will I tal Caddie?"It's no that I'm botherin' i ye foozle it!"?From Punch. Miiipie icen reeper. v?t Many months will elapse before it sin will be necessary to think of protec- ca{ tion against icy and slippery pave- tio ments. Nevertheless, it would be lik 111 sli| att i for on nr li 55 Prevents Slipping on Ice. brs ARADOX. . '- 4; I ; if i those who are dwelling on the | n The Tatler. ! any way deaden it or change its i .lity. It is easy to understand the ! je of the device shown in the cut. j ' Vashington Star. ? IDG mer Slave's Love For Old Home. | tevin Johnson has sold his farm . , ' r Southern "Pines to B. Von Hert ; will go to Sanford, where he has nje ght another place. A bit of pathos ; i elops in this sale. Old Uncle j ] am, a colored man who had been ! ave on the plantation, stayed with j _a place after the vicissitudes of the I ana uvea xo see aeam citum iut , er generations and the farm pass 1 un ) the younger hands. Mr. John- : offered to take the aged negro i jj? ng to Sanford, but he said it was ; far from home, and he will live bo; h a relative near by and wait the j peJ vitable call which is not far away. rae nearly half a century this old ' fee ii has been loyal and devoted to <un lily of his old master, even though j r broke all ties of ownership.? : chs lrlotte Observer. . lat - I iai No Appetite For Books. ' 1 ! wb ^ j SOI I "h( "K ^ "U1 r, ) j hai > ? ^ | un 'Take that thing away. I didn't ! vei for any book. I want something | dis eat." I me ! l,e " " Lo! -7 vr . j aDl SLw f r ail this is ac awfu' bonnie lie. The wj, k?" .. bit iboot, sir. It's waur'll ye hide if an IJ to keep is mind an exceedingly iple ice-creeper, designed by a Chi- ful jo man and shown in the illustra- ?f u below. To those men who dise to wear overshoes to prevent by ^ping on icy pavements, this little t0^ achment will prove useful. It is mi med of spring wire, bent to clamp the heel. The ends of the wire 'OI minate in prongs, which slightly >ject below the ground when in po- An ion on the shoe. Equipped with rej :se ice-creepers, the wearer need i Pe ye no fear of slipping on ice-coated i un cements. In additiOD, he can carry ^ ni in his pocket wheo Dot Deeded, P0' be quickly adjusted ou the shoe ,y eu required.?WashiDgton Star. e In a Bad Way. Id! An Atchison brakeman has a friend *D o was recently tried in the district ot irt. The other day, when the trial 1Is s in progress, the brakeman was aS n corning from the court house. Pn ov/ is your friend coming along?" frt was asked. "He's up on the high- w* limb of the tree and the county *01 orney is sawing it ofT," replied the an ikeman.?Atchison Globe. .* Divorce in America and England. By BRITANNICUS. Within the last few years the Eng a law of divorce and separation ha in denounced by judge after judgt e President of the Divorce Cour ns^.f declared, in 1906, that it wa il. of inconsistencies, anomalie 3 inequalities amounting almost t surdities," and that it "encourage morality and produced deplorabl ults." A few months ago the sam :h authority asserted that "in di *ce court procedure there is no\ 3 law for the rich and another fo : poor;" and two or three day er one of the justices in the Cour Appeal pronounced it to be "th ious reproach of our existing di 'ce laws that the relief they gran practically out of the reach of th rking classes in this country b; ison of expense and the absence o al courts empowered to grant it. obtain a divorce in England cost the very least $500 and a year o le, and London is the only city i; i country where the trial can b Id and the decree granted. Tha itBelf is an obvious and formidabl 'ect of procedure. It means tha i great majority of those who ar titled to the relief of a divorce ar ancially unable to attain it. Bu it is a technical shortcoming sligh comparison with the one-sidednes d injustice of the law itself. I gland a husband can divorce hi ] ' % h L ! ?... , *>J" i , '* i! 11 It won't cost you a penny to read t a helping hand to a great army o aest, hard-working and deservini n and women. Tust your moral support will lusur rk, a living, and comforts whicl i now either partly or wholly de d them. How so? Come on, let's have a look. You've often been Importuned an ny have been commanded by ad tisement or otherwise to "refus buy anything unless it bears tn ion label." Looks harmless on Its face, doesn' It really is a "demand" that yo ycott the products made by over 8 r cent, of our American working n and women, who decline to pa is to, and obey the dictates ol th ion leaders. It demands that you ask the mei mt for articles with the "unio >el," thuB to impress him with it portance. It seeks to tell you what to buy an at to refuse. The demands ar netimes most insolent, with oiler than thou" impudence. It demands that you take away th ing of this 80 per cent, of America rklngmen and women. 1b that clear? Why should a small body of work n ask you to help starve the large 3y? There must be some reason for th Dion label" scheme. Run over in your mind and remeir how they carry on their work. During a discussion about workin striking in the coal regions, abou ,000 men preferred to work, the a wives ana DaDies 10 ieea. m ion men said openly in their cot ation that if the employers didn! charge these men they (the unio in) would kill them. So they dynamited about a doze mes, maimed and crippled wome d children and brutally assaulte >res of these independent workers, rhe big boys of the union men wtr lght to pound the school childre the independent men. How woul u like to have your little girl shorl grown from the toddling baby wh ;d to sit on your lap and love "Dad " pounded by some big bullies o: r way home from the school wher i had gone to try and please Dadd learning to read? The little bruised face and bod uld first need tender care while yo nder the inscription writ deep i ur heart, by that Master and Guid all human compassion, "Inasmuc ye have done it unto one of th ist of these My brethren ye hav ne it unto Me." Then perhaps yo uld drop to your knees and pra mighty God for strength in you ;ht arm to strike one manly an werful blow for baby's sake, even 1 u went to death for it. Helpless children were brougb me, with faces black or bleedin >m the blows and kicks of thes ads, teaching independent Amer: as that they must stop work whe d and pay fees to the leaders c ibor." Thousands of men. wome d children have been treated thus. From somewhere, Oh, Father of u , we try to believe that You loo th pitying eyes upon these brut* )W6, cuts and Bears on the man man bodies made in your likenes d image. They are beautifully'.^nd wondei lly made, each the dwelling plac a Divine Soul. Is it Your wish that they be crushe iron shod heels, cut by knives c n asunder by bullets and dyns te? May we venture to think that lg suffering patience is extended i 5 hope that the men and women c aerica may some day wake to ilization of the awful cruelties pel trated by this spirit of oppressio d that they will some time lear 2 lesson that the "sacred gift of hi in freedom and liberty" was give God and must be defended even t ath itself. Our forefathers were used by th finite God to establish our freedoi 1776, and our fathers gave free) their blood and treasure to estat h the freedom of the black. No^ am it seems we are called upon t 3tect our brothers and ourselve jm that old time spirit of tyrann lich comes up from time to time t ce people to obey tyrannous rule d bend the knee of the slave. wife if he is able to prove to the sat faction of a judge and jury that s misconducted herself on a single < casion. No such privilege belon to the wife. An English wife canr r divorce her husband even though s is living in open adultery. She ' obliged, in order to free herself, t prove that he has been guilty not 01 s of unfaithfulness, but also of cruel s or else that he has wilfully desert o her for not less than two years, j d the redress she is able to obtain 1 e the infidelity of her husband uni e companied by cruelty or desertion i! i- separation order from a magistrate, v North American Review, r Uplift Due to Good Roads. e A community having good roa will have also better schools a t churches than one having poor roa< e the reason for which is not far y seek. Good roads will exert th< ,j and other beneficent influences ev ? more strongly when the motorc g comes into general use among t f country people, as assuredly it w: q Already the motorcar has become e most a common sight on farms t Kaiisas. The statement was made e short time ago tiiat fully one-thi j. the motorcars in that State are own e by people who live in the country. e t The pack of Columbia River salm t shows a twenty per cent, shrinka s from last year. The season has be d about twenty-five per cent, short g preceding seasons in duration. Pass tJ a In Wellston, Ohio, thirty Am* f leans sought employment in a facto: 5 They were seeking to earn food 1 their families. T&ey were Domoara e by rocks and pounded with clubs b the hands of union men. i- One of the injured, John Bran han, was taken to the city hospi with a broken Jaw, crushed skull a Other cuts and bruises. He was t d fatEir of two children, and v I- thought to be dying, perhaps he d e I don't know, but I sometimes worn e what the children said to Motl when "Papy" didn't come home, a t how they and the little woman j any food, and how they could pi! ? their wrongs before their own Am 0 ican fellows. !- Mayhap sometime some kind p y son will eqiiip a home where the < e phans and widows of the victims the Labor Trust may be cared for a - fed. u It would take a big home. It 1 ;s been said there were 31 America many of them fathers, killed in c d strike, (the teamsters in Chicag e and over 5000 maimed, many for li a That's only one "lesson" of th< bullies. There are literally thousar o of cases wherein your fellow Am n lean has been assaulted, maimed killed by these men. The same w( is going on day by day. Suppose y t- make a practice of picking out ei t day from the papers, accounts of bi tality to American workingmen w e prefer to work free from the im] on/1 fvvannv nf oolf nnnctltlll UtUV/V UUU l.J J UUUJ V*. WV1I. V..?. i- leaders (?) than to be always subj< to their beck and cfcll, pay them f< g and be told by them when and wh< it to work, and for whom. You v y discover the same general conditic e underlying all these daily attacks, i- In every case the workingman p: 't, fers to be free. He has that rig n He then tries to go to work. He a his family sorely need the money 1 n food or he wouldn't run the risk i) his life. Many such a man has wip d the tears away and quieted the fei of a loving wife, left with a kiss e her Hps, set his manly jaw a n walked into a shower of Btones a d bullets to win food for the lo\ mother and babies. o A good many have been brouj 1- home on stretchers with blood oozl d from nose and ears, some cold, wb e some gradually recover, and carry ] y life the grim marks of the "unl label." y They are your fellows, my frien u and yet you supinely read the ; n counts and say "too bad." e Have you grown so calloused tl h you care nothing for the sufferings e these meil who need food and th< e helpless ones who rely on the life a u strength of husband and father? y Let us hope that soon you may r moved by a just God to rice in yc d might and by voice and pen, by v< If and right arm you will do a ma part in protecting yourselves a it your brothers from this onslaught g American citizens. This cruel w e fare is carried on not always to ra t V...* 4-* I- WcXgea, uui ( 11/ coiauuou uiaiuu n trol, kick out the independent rr >f aDd establish the "label." ii Unfortunately the "Labor mo ment" which started many years a is honestly enough, has fallen unc k control of a lot of tyrannical, vlcic il "men of violent tendencies." y There ye too many to attempt is name. You cai* recall them. Tfr include men who have planned 1 - murders of miners, teamsters, pre e men and carpenters, shoemakers a independent workmen of all kin d Many of them have escaped hangi >r by an outraged public only becai i- juries became terror stricken a dared not convict them. a Some have been punished sligh n and some, including the principal o if cers of this nefarious crew are n a under sentence to imprisonment t have appealed their cases. I) Klgru nere sume upuiui;iai rjai-s n protest against "speaking thus i- laboring men." Bless your di n heart, it isn't the honest and r< o workman who does these things, it the excitable ones and the toughs a s thugs who don't work except with thi n mouths, but have deeured control y too many unions. I don't even j i- tempt to specify the criminal ai ? these persons have assisted or wink o at in their plan for destroying fi s workingmen and forcing men to st y in "the union" and hence under th< o control. The newspapers for the ps 9 7 years contain almost daily accoui of the criminal, lawless and tyran ... , , > is- A Bad Man. gr he Thomas Nelson Page was talking 3c- in the smoking room of the Amerlka ou igs about the old-fashioned bad men of *h tot the West. Qr he "They are extinct now," said Mr. 8? is Page, "and T am sorry. They were, be to you know, bo picturesque. I remem- "J lly ber a western trip?" he ty, He laughed heartily. de ed "We were all seated in the barMi room of Tin Can or Dead Cur?some Bi 'or such town. I was the only tenderfoot ah ic- present. Every man about me bris- so 3 a tied with guns and knives like an en- th ? raged porcupine. If I refused to ly' drink, I was given to understand I would be turned into a human plnI cushion or worse. "Well, as I sipped a friendly glass I of something resembling wood alcohoi, a very had man, indeed, rode on W( ls' a prancing mustang right into the t0 barroom. He drew up and had a :se drink. Then, spying me, he said: . en ?i ?whar ye from, stranger?' e ;ar " 'Richmond,' said I. he " 'Not good old Richmond, Va.?' he exclaimed. al- ? 'Yegi' said I; 'do you know it?' in " 'Know it?' he shouted. 'Know ! a it? Best jail I ever was in.' "?Washrd icgton Star. ed . Initials on Coins. h on The old Bland "cartwheel" dollars co ,ge bear the initial "M." of their designen er, Morgan, in two places; our dimes, of quarters and half dollars bear the in- wi itial "B." of Mr. Barber, chief en- fl\ I me nu sr- cal acts againBt American citizens and ry. haven't told half the tale. Right here th !or it becomes necessary to say for the 01 ed ten thousandth time that there are 111 in scores of honest, law-abiding union ca men who deplore and are in no way nl- responsible for the long infamous rec- ai tal ord of the "Labor Trust" under its fc nd present management, but they don't fr ,he seem to stop it hi The men who manage, who pull the th Id. strings and *gulde the policy have ir ler made the record and it stands, as d< ier made by them. *e nd Examine, if you please, the record jot of a string of members of the Americe ican Federation of Labor and you "will ^ er- view a list of crimes against Americans, stupendous beyond belief. They er- defy the laws, sneer at the courts, ac or- incite mobs and are avowed enemies *i< of of the peaceable citizens of all classes. re nd This band wields an iron bar over m their subjects and drives them to a? ias idleness whenever t%ey want to call a 8t ns, strike or exact extra pocket money w' for themselves. ;o) Men don't want to be thrown out fe- of work and lose their livelihood, but til jse what can they do when the slugging w< ids and murdering committee stands aler ways ready to "do them" if they try ai or to work. >rk The poor women and helpless chil- P< ou dren suffer and no one dares present tch their case to the public. They must di ru- sufTer in silence for they have no way P< ho to right their wrongs, while the no- A' Ju- toriety-seeking leaders carry out their cc :ed work. h< ect These men cannot thus force op- Pi ses pression on the weak and innocent or st jre ijee them to bring newspaper notice to 'ill themselves and money to their pock- Li >ns ets unless they can "hold them in to line." p< re- Therefore, with the craft of the fox d< ht. and venom of the serpent they devise tr nd the "union label" and tell the public th for to buy only articles carrying that bi of label. th ,ed Smooth scheme Isn't It? irs They extract a fee from every UI on UDion man, and in order to get these te n(* monthly fees, they must hold the 01 nd workers in "the union" and force m e(* .nanufacturers to kick out all inde pendent men. Can anyone devise a more comn? plete and tyrannical trust? tii ile If allowed full sway, no lndepend- to for ent man could keep working In a free w ion factory, for the goods wouldn't sell, b< no matter how perfectly they be made. ds> Then, when the factory has been pi ac" forced to close and the employes get h? hungry enough from lack of wages iat the workers must supplicate the si union leaders to be "allowed" to pay tb 3se their fines (for not becoming mem- ai nd bers before) and pay their monthly yc fees to the purse-fat managers of the "e Labor Trust Thereupon (under or- th )ur ders) before the factory be allowed th , to start they must force the owners su 11 ? of the business to put on the "union la label" or strike, picket the works, on and turn themselves into sluggers and w< *r~ criminals towards the independent >'a se workers who might still refuse to rii 5n~ bend the knee and bow the head. di ien In the meantime babies and moth- Tl ve_ ers go hungry and shoeless, but who ai cares. The scheming leaders are b? ier trained t0 talk of ttie "uplifting of labor" and shed tears when they speak UI of the "brotherhood of man," mean- be t0 ing the brotherhood of the "Skinny a Maddens," "Sheas," "Gompers," et cc he al., always excluding the medium or ar ' high-grade independent workers. n(1 Perhaps you have noticed lately or that the makers of the finest hats, ca * shoes and other articles have stopped lse putting on the union label. Natural- at nij ly the Labor Trust managers have ordered their dupes to strike, lie idle, *e tjv scrap, fight, slug and destroy properAi*. ty to force the makers to again put *cs ow on "the label." But for some reason va )ut the buying public has been aroused sk to the insults and oppression behind tt and in thousands of cases have re- on l(J - , of fused to buy any article carrying, >}ir what some one named the "tag of ser- aD _.al vitude and oppression." wi ifi The bound and gagged union slave de nd is fined from $5.00 to $25.00 if he exi Pi,- buys any article not bearing the lai of "union label." Nevertheless, he. Al at- time and again, risks the penalty and cts buys "free" goods simply in order to ed help the fellow workingiaan who is ee brave enough to work where he ay pleases without asking permission on N. eirj bended knees from the bulldozing ist; leaders who seek by every known no its | method of oppression and bate to gr ni-' sovern him. he aver at the mint, though It takes a rong magnifying glass to find It; r gold quarter and half eagles bear tr< ree Initials of Bela L. Pratt, the tlfit who designed them; the $20 ge Id pieces issued from 1849 to 1907 jn) re the Initials of their designer, Mi B. L.," and the original Indian jj, ad cents bore the "L." of the same HI signer. , du It Is an execllent custom, and Mr. 19 enner's "V. D. B." should be left an one. If Secretary MacVeagh wants Qi mething to play with, let him tackle 11 e puzzles In the new tariff.?Brook- fif n Eagle. ne th Edible Collars. At Governor Stubbs' brother owns a imber of valuable dogs. Recently > directed the old colored man who jrks for him to go downstairs and iy some dog collars. jD| "Remember," was the injunction ven the colored man, "remember to pj( it good ones. Get the right kind." pg The colored man faithfully carried it orders and purchased what he be>ved were good collars. When he up it home some one asked him, "Well, j , d you get the collars?" Wi "Yassah," he replied. yo "What kind did you get?" m< "Ah got de digestible kind." And in! ! produced a number of adjustable w? liars.?Kansas City Journal. 8t? Be At a recent exhibition of women's ork at London there were exhibited re safety razors invented by women, ar rd a iatm J. XlV/X?t If these poor wageworkers will of iub brave fine and slugging to help 01 it other men who seek to live a free m fe under our laws and constitution w< innot you, reader, help a little? ch Will you reach out a hand to help ha 1 independent workman earn food he >r his wife and babies? Or will you in om apathy and carelessness allow ze m to be thrown out of work ana es ie helpless suffer until they pros- ti< ate themselves before this stupen- to )U8 and tyrannical aggregation of W eches upon honest American labor? dc The successor of Henry Ward of eecher in Plymouth Church, Brook- pr n, says: tr "Union labor hatred for labor sp irns like a Same, eats like nitric hs :id, is malignant beyond all descrip- m 3n. But the other day, a woman in presenting a certain union visited er any iamineB in riymoum i^iiuixu ? iking them to boycott a certain in- nr itution. * Alas, this union th Oman's hatred for non-union women be lrned in her like the fires of hell." She was pitilessly, relentlessly and on relessly pursuing tne non-union lo omen and men to destroy the marJt for goods, to ruin their factory te id to starve them out. i BV In the French Revolution only 2 gi }r cent of the French people be- ?e j?ed in violence. The 98 per cent Iti sclaimed violence and yet the 98 be jr cent allowed the 2 per cent to in 1 the streets of Paris with festering op irpses, to clog the Seine with dead In idles, to shut up every factory in ev aris, until the laboring classes of arved by the score. ev The small per cent, element in the PC abor Trust which hates and seeks destroy the large per cent, of inde- er indent Americans sends out letters jelaring "free" industries unfair and o\ ies to boycott their products. It iey could bind every one it would at ing suffering upon hundreds of lousands, Immeasurable ruin upon te le country, and land it absolutely nder control of the men now at- th mpting to dictate the daily acts of ai lr people and extract from each a Li onthly fee. he There are babies, children, women to id honest, hard-working and skill- "c il fathers who rely upon the protec- of Dn of their fellows, when they seek d i sell their labor where they choose, th hen they choose, and for a sum they Bl ;lieve it to be worth. Every citizen having the rights. Sr ivileges and protection of a citizen ce is also the responsibility of a citizen. T1 The Labor Trust leaders may be lavely "request" (or order those St iey can) to buy only "union label" Ui ucies, ana you can 01 course ODey n ? " >u are under orders. T1 Depend upon it, the creatures of aE ie Labor Trust will, upon reading so is, visit stores and threaten dire reilts unless all the things bear "the 1,8 bel." They go so far as to have their omen pretend to buy things, order th irds of silk or cloth torn off and va- ar ous articles wrapped up and then Tr scover "no label," and refuse them; ru hat's been done hundreds of times *0: id is but one of the petty acts of itred and tyranny. Let no one who reads this article ^0 iderstand that be or she is asked to >ycott any product whether it bears t0 "union label" or not. One has a th institutional right to examine the co tide and see whether its makers are ibor Trust contributors and slaves sc' are free and independent Amen- Tt :ns. I have tried to tell you something iout those who are oppressed, vili- Pu d, hated, and when opportunity of- Nl rs are attacked because they prefer t0 retain their own independent Amer- sa in manhood. These men are in the st majority and include the most illfnl articnna in the lrnnirn hv ? ? v. "VlIU, ' ley have wives and babes dependent 50 them. sei These men are frequently oppressed SP; d have no way to make their s^? ongs known. They are worthy of I)ls fense. That's the reason for the penditure of a few thousands of dolrs to send this message to the xierican people. Remember, I loc 3n't say my "excuse" for sending >'? The cause needs no "excuse." nit C. W. POST, tb< Battle Creek, Mich. kil B. sto Some "parlor socialist" who knows | An thing of the Russian Czarism of the ma eat Labor Trust will ask right an< re: "Don't yoo believe in the right1 dui Stately Tree*. , Everyone who admires the stately *e? of the old New England towns and who does not??will be gratid to know that tree planting is be% carried on systematically on the issachusetts roads. The report of W. Breed, forester of the 8tate ghway Commission, shows that ring the year ending November 30, 08, 1184 new trees were planted ^ d 744 old trees were replaced. iring the preceding five years, 13,3 trees had been distributed among tv-five towns. The cost in 1908 of w trees averaged |1.29 each, and e average cost of maintenance was enty cents per tree.?Scientific nerican. A Diminishing Audience. "I hope," said the captain, addressZ the passengers on a small coaster, !iat we all twenty-five will haVe a jasant trip." The soup then apared. "I trust, too, that .we-erenty-four will reach port beneed by the voyage, and, as I TOott on yov-er-twenty-two smiling fates im sure this group of-er-seventeen vj 11 be a happy family. Will all of u-er-thirteen I see at the table Join i in drinking a health to our comI trip? We seven, that Is, threeill, you and I, my dear sir?here, ;ward, clear away these dishes."? ihemlan. Five and a quarter million people e employed in the world's mines. ? ' & . ' ' " ^ ;|| . . v. . : rM > y certain workmen to 'organize!'* i, yes, brother, when real workmen anage wisely and peacefaJlly, bat I auld challenge the right of even, a urch organization when its affairs id been seized by a motley crew of lartless, vicious men who stopped dustries, incited mobs to attack citlns and destroy property in order to tablish their control .of communiis and afTairs, and subject every one >' :/ # their orders and exact .the fees. ^ ben you see work of this kind being ine call on or write the prosecuting Beers of your district and demand ; ocedure under the Shermah antiust law, and prosecution for conlracy and restraint of trade. We x ive the law, but the politicians'and any of our officers even while draw-. r s pay irom tne people are afraid to iforce* it in protection of our cltlns, and now the hig Labor Trust Is oving heaven and earth to repeal e law so their nefarious work may i more safely carried on. Bat Yon. Why don't 70U strike ./-'f' it and demand defense for your felws? Put yonr prosecuting officers to the st and insist that they do their rorn duty, and protest to your Conessmen and legislators against the peal of the Sherman Anti-TYust law. s repeal is being pushed by the Lair Trust and some big capital trusts order to give each more power to ; ?press. Do your duty and protest. this great American Republic ery one must be jealous of the right individual liberty and always >and er resent the attempts m&de to gain >wer for personal aggrandizement. Only the poor fool allows his Ubty to be wrested from him. Some one asks "how about your vn workmen?"' 1 didn't intend to speak of my own Tairs, but so long as the Question is most sure to be asked I don't mind lling you. The Postum workers are about a ousand strong, men and women, Hnn'f V?o 1r?na - ' umuuD. xuo ibor Trust has, time without num>rs, sent "organizers" with money give "smokers," etc., and had their >rators" declaim the "brotherhood man" business, and cry Baity tears sscribing the tearful conditions of e "slaves of capital" and all that, at the "confidence game" never orked, for the decent and bigh ade Postum workers receive 10 per nt. over the regular wage scale, ley are the highest paid, richest and ist grade of working people in the ate of Michigan and I believe in tbe oited States. They mostly own elr own homes, and good ones, leir wages come 52 weeks in a year id are never stopped on the order of me paid agent of the Labor Trust, ley have savings accounts in the ,nks, houses of their own and steady irk at high wages. They like their daily occupation in e works (come and ask them) and e not slaves, and yet the Labor ust leaders have done their best to in the sale of their products and rce them into idleness and poverty. It would cost the workingmen of ittle Creek (our people and about, 00 others) from $1000.00 to 000.00 a month in fees to send out the leaders of-the Labor Trust, if ey -would allow themselves to oeme "organized" and join the Trust. Not for them, they keep the money, bool the children and live "free." lat's some comfort for white people. ], Once in a while one of the little < oks "The Road to Wellville," we t in the pkgs. of Postum, Grapeits and Post Toasties, is sent back us with a sticker pasted across it ying "Returned because it don't ar the union label." Then we join hands and sing a mn of praise for the discovering by me one that our souls are not ared with the guilt of being conirators to help bind the chains of tvery upon fellow Americans b.'icing added power in the hands or 3 largest, most oppressive and rmful trust the world has ever seen. When you seek to buy something )lt for the "union label" and speak ur sentiments. That's an opportuy to reach out a helping hand to ; countless men and women in all ids of industry who brave bricks. mes and bullets, to maintain their lerican manhood and freedom by .king the finest goods in America j which do not bear the seal of instrial slavery, the "Union Label." iiniiB