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rz rrz ? COLONEL The Lincolnville Philosopher Ex the Tyranny of La B1/ trm rs* nr I " ? Copyright, 1903, by Fr< i??l ? IWANT to ask I J'0" a QUC8I tion, Colonel Biiiil 1'oHtnmsti'r .leu f kins after raking ^ \Y- i*\ down tlio flru anil \ 4 locking the snfo of v WPf) Lincoln vlllo'a olllce. "Wtmt la It, JeuSC\ -5*1 T / \ kins?" f// "Do yon think a Vv ' labor union has any right to prevent a Tho Colonel. man who does not belong to tho union from obtaining work at any wages ho may bo willing to work for?" "No." "I never heard you say so before," said Jenkins rather ruefully. "I bet the cigars with Judge Sawyer that you would say yes, and it looks as It' 1 have lost." "You certainly have lost," declared tlio colonel. "If there Is any one opinion llxcd In my mind, It Is to the effect that no man or combination of men have a riyht to interfere In any way in preventing another man from doing any honest work for such wages as ho chooses to accept." "I was conlldent that such was your belief and so informed our frleiul Jenkins," smiled Judge Sawyer, "lie was equally positive that you would defend the policy of certain of the labor unions to the contrary." "If you think the unions have no right to do as they do. why do yon not denounce thorn V" n?lcnrl tlin nn??lnil postinaste;*. "Tlie way the labor unions are carrying on at th<? present time is un outrage. If they have no right to do these things, it is about time they were stopped." "I)o not hold me personally respoiisl- I bio, Jenkins," protested Colonel Men(VUI "I <11/1 HAf /???<?.> ^ I vv.. a vim IIVI Vfl^illUAC UlL'aU II Hi'Ml"!* | nnd so far as I know luive no Influence with them. Thoro la no especial reason for becoming excited because they are doing that which they have no right to do. If they directed their course along the straight and narrow path of l'.gal and moral rights you would laugh at them. We live hi an age when the question Is not, What are our rights? but is more accurately exDressed bv the nuestion. Wlmt nro nnr i mights? Men are not solicitous about the exact liiuitations of their rights, but govern tbeir conduct ami determine their policy by exacting all within their might or power. The same ; rule holds true with corporations, (lis- j trlcts. stattv and nations. When we j watcii great nations Ignore the legal, j moral and sacred rights of weaker ami j dependent nations; when we s:>e great t . corporations brazenly defy the laws framed to protect the public against | them; when we know that the world is | rilled today not by the law of right, but \ by the hand of might, there is no call , to become unduly owl ted because tlio i Jabot* unions have followed and prof- ' Itetl by thofio examples. It is Wiong, of course, nnd I have not a word to : say In defense <>f such a policy as an j abstract question of ethics." "There is nothing more sacred than the right of a man to work," asserted Judge Sawyer. I "Nonsense!" exelalmed Colonel Mori- ! roe. ' There are lots of things more ! Hatred than the right lo work, as you eall It. 1 should say that llx- right to ( live Avouhl take precedes# over the right ti? work." "Very true," assented tlie Judge, "but ' the average man liaa to work lit order j to live. Deny him that rlgHt, and you I have piaetieally sentenced him to i death." "Granted, my dear Judge, but you j speak an If tlio right to work wore I something that irnin once had ami has lost. 1 hold that the right of u man to work and to secure to himself the pro- i cee<ls of hi* labor Is an absolute and ! Inalienable right, but that It has been repealed ever since the present wage or Industrial system was Installed. Ills right consists solely in the privilege of asking for work. He has the right of petition. Ills prayer may be refused again and again until lie and Ids wife and children |>erlsh from starvation." "At least you will admit that a man j Biioiim 1101 i>o ituerrereu witn in his attempts to secure employment," amended Judge Sawyer. "You might as well assert that a book , canvasser should not be retarded In his : efforts to sell his wares," returned Colonel Monroe. "You have the right to refuse to patronize him, and all oth- J ers have tho same right. No one Is un- 1 der moral or legal obligation to buy 1 his books, und he umv nerlsh or I on object of public charity wltlwut m 0 MONROE | I presses Some Decided Views on ibor Organizations X/THAM jdcrick Upham Adams ; ? cicty holdiuk Itself In any way responsible. Like him, tho workman Is also a solicitor. You may deny tho book agent admission to your premises. You also may refuse to listen to the workman's plea for employment In your office or shops. You may dismiss him wun or wiinom cause, niul lie. lias no redress or right (o complain. Not only you deny him employment, but you may put him 011 a black list and notify others not to permit 1dm to work. One of our important courts has nllirmed the legality of the black list, but it does not depend on judicial sanction for Its enieieney. If one man has the right to refuse work to a petitioner two men have the same right, and by the same token ho may be debarred from a chance to earn wages In every shop or otllce in tlie land. When such is the fact?and who dares dispute it??it is childish to talk about the sacred noss of tile right to work. Work Is n not a right. It Is something to be gran tod, not to bo demanded." "Iiut you said n moment ago Hint a labor union bad no right to prevent a man from obtaining work ?t such wages as ho was willing to accept." protested Judge Sawyer. "How do you reconcile that statement with what you have Just said?" "The labor unions are more or less tyrannical monopolies formed as a defense against social and Industrial conditions which are inherently wromr." unsworn! Colonel Monroe. "Tliey were not organized until it was realized tlud the right of a man to work had been abrogated. Except for a possible educational value, these unions are utterly polish, and many of their methods are in the abstract absolutely indefensible. They are as savage as the conditions which bred them. What they know of battle craft was learned on the fields of industrial warfare. The chains they fasten on others were fashioned for their limbs. The rights which they deny to others were denied to them. They mastered the arts of cruelty In an ancient and respectable school, the university of competition. The slave will ape his master. When wearied and wounded capital erected t no ramparts ot' monopoly on (ho heights above competition and from its vantage point poureil merciless shot and shell Into the ranks of those who remained outside, a few of the workers realized that there was a chance through Imitation to secure to themselves certain selfish and material advantages. If monopoly he right, the labor union Is Justifiable. If combination for gain over one's fellows be right, labor unions are right. If the massing of money for the accumulation of money be a fair expedient, tho massing of labor for tho accumulation of Jobs is a logic:'. I sequence." "Despite your eloquence, the f;ict remains that the labor unions have no right to discohninuto against those not members <if their organizations," ilo- | flared Judge Sawyer. "Certainly they have no such light, I as I have already said, hut It Is evident ' that they have the power and the inclination to use it." said the colonel. "We have no right to he In this post ollice after hours, hut we are here. You Informed 1110 this afternoon that the treasurer of the United States has favored your hank with a deposit of $10,000 in cash taken from the funds of the government, on which money yon pay not a cent of Interest. I doubt If lie I as any right to make such n deposit or you any right to accept it, hut hoth of you have the power, and that ends the matter for the present at least. It Is right that a man shonkl pay taxes on what ho possesses. It Is within his power to evade Ids just dues by perjury or misrepresentation. Not a day passes hut a thousand rights nre trampled under foot by might. Rights are theoretical; power is practical. Wo talk of our rights; we exercise our powers. I,et us come down to the plane of the nonunion man. for whose rights you are ho much concerned. If he wishes them respected ho must use other methods than he has yet employed. Hut I cannot see that he has lost any of his prerogatives through the success of trade unionism. Ilo has always been coin polled to ask , for a Jol?. All that has occurred In his ease Is a change of mastors. Formerly he was forced to obtain the consent of an Individual employer. The Isolated ' manufacturer has disappeared, aiul the tmst stands In his place. Tho labor union Is an employment agency recognized In most cases by tho trust. Tho trust makes contracts with the ' union, depends on It for a snltlclcnt supply of capable workmen and holds It rcwponslblo for mnnberioes details 1 Which formerly harassed the small manufacturer. Your huly who wishes to employ a maid makes application to an employment agency. Has tlio maid or the coachman lost nnv rights worth quarreling about because it Is no longer possible to make direct application to tho owners of the establishment?" "There is less loss of self respect In making application to the employer," said Judge Sawyer after n pause. "Well. I confess I cannot, see where it Obtains," insisted Colonel Monroe. "The amount of dignity involved in hustling for a Job does not vastly Impress me. Personally I would as soon nsk a labor union for permission <o work as to crave (be consent of a trust." "Hut suppose a man does not believe in unions," suggested Postmaster Jenkins, who hat! listened attentively. "Take a man like me, for instance. I don't believe in them at all. Suppose I lost my Job as postmaster and had to go to work at some such trade as carpenter. Why should I be compelled to join a unionV" "No oik* can compel you to Join n union; neither can you compel any one (o employ you as a carpenter," concluded Colonel Monroe. "We are nil agreed that labor unions and trusts are wrong and should bo abolished. When you lose your Job as post master, Jenkins, lead the crusade against them. I would do it myself, but I don't know how." Ruinous English Cough ttvrup cure4 ?r>?,r>,o ....1.1.. 1 - i tit oi"iiiiim:ii ills >|d i i UM t. 11 U'O'l iroublos. 25 :it Drug Store, J 1). ?<!oore, Craig Bros. In The Merry Spring Time. In the merry spihig time (lie fo-tive nn!?ria microbe, goetli forth ilet'Tiuinei to colonize every huimiu organi in. If tli h areli foo has in vailed your system allow us lo suggest Tiyriales Tonie. This romeily fives the bl>ol from in ilarta microbes eliminates poisonous milter from the Rj'sto n, strengthens tho nerves, ami restores robust IhviIUi. ltydales 1'onio is giumiiitneri. Pickens Drug Co., PiCi;ens; \V. A. Sin Irioe Co., Ijioett.y. 'I Iio Iti'Mt l*i'ON<*i'i2 tio i lor !Un l?ri;i Chills und Kevcr Is u Ixitdo of (Ihiivk n Tastk lkss ('ii i.i. Tonu*. It Is simply ir > i mill <(ui 11 i> < U a Mstoless forin. Nn imiti' -im pnv I'rice '*) Notice ?>f Kin a I Si'M Inimnt, I will apply In ,7. IV N< \vb r , Judge (if Probate for Pi^kous county ontlu'4tb day f March, lttOl, for a final Kottln nicMit of tins ostiito of ('art v i'nrham. di-Ciused, and ask lo bo dismissed as adimuistr tor. Thomas Durham, Admiiiistr tor. Ft I). 3, 1001 i; Nollcp ?> f l"'l*i"l Sri ii UK-t'f. T will nppl.V N?*vb- i'.vi l'v bato Judge for t'u'U< im comity, < n tin* H I day of Clinch. 1001. for a filial si 11 nl <>' ill'" ? stain ?'f IJl ftlP 15o\VU11, d<? c?f I'd, and ask to bo dim.is p?l as ndiniiiu I rutor, J5. A. Uawpii, Feb. I, 100-1 It. Aibninistr .tor, wantiii)?si?v??ri?l i ml >i? l < ii?t?o?h ill inrli Stall! t<> tnivi'l lor i .m1 -? tilli>liI !> >>'Mr** iifiiI ulili ii lii . r i t i ll, in call it i >i i i iin'ri'li.uU iiihi ir^f.it> r -i: fill ii ; i< i in lilultlu 1 i i ?-. IVrin in mi i- ,:i. WVr!;ly ?'i?m!i snl iiv of vl iiihi " ' v i i xpcuycs ii hi 1 lmti'l lulls ml.-. :i i i i c 1 , ! !i week i'.xiic'riciii'c n i o>? utm i. i ici'cii-iicc iiihi ciicid.vo el! it'l 1 n - i 'jn.'. Till'. \ATloX \Ij, ::i: Do.t i-tii St . i h < . i .^iwiiii i ii i i.xf. f CAN WE INTEREST YOU^ I H HEGE IMPROVEO LOG-BEAM SAW MILL,?! y WITH THE B HEACOCK-KlNQ V/AHIAflLC PEECJ WORKS. 3 It cant be beat. || Writ? "The M nchlni-ry I'cnplo" for prices I |w. H. GIHBES (KICO.B COLUMBIA, s. c. INOINC9, BOILERS, COTTON QIN3.B %y. THI GIBOIS PORTABLf SHINGLE MACHINE Jj RYDALES TONIC \ New Scientific Discovery for the BLOOD and NERVES. It purifies the Mood by eliminating the waste; uiiitter and other impurities and l>y destroying the germs or microbes that infest the blood. It builds up tlu; blood by reconstructing and multiplying the red corpuscles, making the blood rich and red. It restores and stimulates the nerves, musing a full free lloxv of nerve for< < throughout the entire nerve system. It speedily cures unstrung nerves, nervousness, nervous prostration, and all other diseases of the nervous system. KYDALES TONIC is sold under a nosi live guarantee. Trial ?ltt SO cents. Family size $ I .Ou MANUFACTURBD HY The Radical Remedy Company, hickory, n. c. L'iekcun Drug Co, W. A. Sheldon & Co. First y I ui? rnii SA Clothing, Shoes, Hats and <?e ....The I )i xie Bar The eoods must be sold at oi o move the 10th of next month, ant of everything now, we will sell yo own price. Don't forget the next \Ve have 45 Trunks must I ( '/Mnn '-*11 ~ *- r v^vuiv, cm, uum lor^et to gc lea v c.J Eyes Tested Fr I will lest your Eyes lr<-e and lit i 1 soil t lies liet-t pebble glass and guarunl antoed and t'lassi s cxcuang.-d, it for an glasses do not hurt your i yes?they an l? . . 4 iiii> t? your eypg. My prices are (lo\v. customer. DIXIE BARGA Freeman Building. 1'notIce Klhcrtn Poach Ti \\ ntoiiH] !? , - , - - I1.1JA H \ \ 1 HI for Hatching j inquiries promptly i for Circulars. | Geo. F. Mo L B&r I E. (!. MT!( Ip ( A t Duke Old Four-and-one-hitll' miles oasl M north of 1C 13 ....Dealer I ..Genera! Mer Jp) Iliiiulles nothing hut the 1> ?! <>f & prices J3 Tho trading public will do m. II ? vtiu niivu nimn 11;tfiir*v. Mrs. Hal tie Craig i* with in BEFORE YOU COM] Q look at this pnpri* am j*. y *"> T A \/3 | \\\ W. in ^ Is 1 1 O ^The PS i Will l)(i in town and brincf > v. . 1 A- I T I : 1 I I l ri ' m g [.cricei 1 A i ii. MI\L, 11 1U I Ul. rrui<:si >/v^ jiiki w We Are Roi Wo arc now rounding up our Wn ?sr Ki is c i \vn i:.v,i i ??i t\ ?> * IIIIH lining [MHII I, 111 I' Ho 11 for milch less than the goods cost, can USD them tlmy will ho bargains fo much higher this Spring. We ;int i price. A goo<l Canton Klnnnol at N | from tlio mills. Standard Hlue ("alic< els, I am selling some goods at "> ots Zephyr Ginghams, (Spring Styles,) hoi them at l<)c the yard. M^,.r ,.,II u^.l. . ? i - i iv-.. v?ni mw liiu inm_5 IU UliV I'l} tiling wo hnve now for ]<:ph than any <> A good slock of Fino and Hrnvy ldFJCoino to Greonville and bo pu A. K Dry Goods Store, \Vo8t End _ S~* tf 4 I.E FOR iits Furnishing Goods at CJ - - ~ r under COS 1. We have to i I can't mention the prices u when you come at your t few days sale. >e sold at cost and under cost, t your bargains lx-lorr we your glasses as good a* any ono, k'O tho Kami). Satisfiidion guary cnu80 they do not suit you. My 2110 window glut?!*. Cheap glass Trv mo and v?.n will I>" <> 1 j v ? ..... ?/u u jMvaovu IN HOUSE. Louis Cope!, Prop. \ ? ? ? ? I I'OOS- ??!> rviv? S>11* 'aspJMTi'.v i'lsmts. x Specialty. All inswcml. Write ntgomery, JiAltlKTTA, (JA. rawsssAxsnnRsaBiyiiKB^i *^3 ll.l.l M. i Stand.) ^ of Picket)?? :ind fut:r miles in.... I chandise,, # % Oils find at l'C'iVsonabW* iff \ well to givu m'j a call. I o and will wait on you. ^ / / / / / / / /y / / / / / 's -V '/ s '/ /O E 'I'O PICKENS i! sec what tiny* ^ f\ r* Vi\, V, notographer Qour folks and have some iRAPHS made. N i:n\ i:si)A v. ////// VJ /'.'/ySr's/ / r /-/ s s>> indino" [In' - [' iter Stock, making room f? :* (iio S'l'<)( 'K. reps 111*11 ?(' mi ^ >iti^ to Wo don't want Hu nt, if yon r you. All Cotton fjno<ls will bo 11 si-lling what we 1)j?? .it - Id :ic which will cost fiM. to liny ic.s iiio worth ;n Now \'oi!< 1 ..| I hnv ifc-ivcd my firs! lot of if?lit Inst September. I will soil Goods, f' r wo can sell you anym will l)t> ivlilc t<> '!<? Inter. Shoes always on hard. ro to conio to PARK, Greenville, 8. C.