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"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
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! Abi
: i a si
I the
wai
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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
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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
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on
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Prevents Slipping on Ice. brs
ARADOX.
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those who are dwelling on the |
n The Tatler.
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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
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No Appetite For Books.
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'Take that thing away. I didn't ! vei
for any book. I want something | dis
eat." I me
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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