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4 MONTANA SUNLIGHT. W. L RICKARD, Pub. WHITEHALL, rmweemseuirserreem_ MONTANA. NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Washington. The population of Detroit, Mich., is 466,7611, an increase o. 180.062, or 83 per cent, as compared with 285,704 le 1900. Found guilty of leaving his post of duty before being relieved and of sleeping on watch. Lieutenant Graf. ton A. Beal, U. S. N., wag reduced thirty-one numbers and publicly repri- manded by the secretary of state.. The population of Des Moines, la., is 86,368, compared with 61,139 in 1900. The population of Davenport, La,, is 43,028, an increase of 7,774 or 22.1 per cent, as compared with 25,254 in 1000. The population of Mllwau- 373457; an, ittome 88,542, or , 31 per cent, as compar with 285,315 in 1900. Application for • writ of mandamus to compel Secretary of State Knox to submit state department records con- cerning the case of Dr. James E. Buckley of Chicago, who says he was refused help from the American em- bassy at Mexico City when he was threatened with imprisonment, e as Sled here in the district court. Gifts of wine to warships of the American navy is not to be taboed, despite the protests of the women's Christian temperance union, which re- cently protested to the navy against the presentation of 100 cases of Cali- fornia wine to the cruiser, California, to an association of California wine men. Acting Secretary Winthrop sent a telegram to the San Francisco branch of the women's Christian tem- perance union stating that he had been unable to find a regulation re - referred to by it as having been Is- sued by Former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long forbidding the use of wine on warships. F'or•Ign. Reports are in circulation in 0%. European press, emanating from Vienna, of a conference of the powers to determine the status of Crete The Norddeutsche Allgemeine eZeitung in I semi-official declaration expresses doubt of convocation of such a con- ference and holds that Turkey alone,. as the owner of the island, 'could ortgigpte a proposal for such a con- terence which she has slight interest to do. Thousands of people in Paris for- sook its bed and remained in the streets to watch the conclusion of the great aviation race, which was won by Le Blanc in a Blerlot monoplane. Auburn. also in a Bleriot took second Prise, finishing a short twenty minutes behind the winner, although his total time in completing the course was somewhat longer. lAstion (Portugal) newspapers print alarming reports of an alleged plot of the clerical party for the overthrow of the Porteguese government and the establishment of a military dic- tatorship. The Serb ° says the cleri- cal party's strong and growing die satisfaction with the liberal policy of the government has culminated in the orgaalzation of a revolution to overthrow the administration, seize its members and set up a military dic- tatorship, the first object of which will be to stamp out the republicans. General. The revolutionary army in Nicara- gua is close to the gates of the capie William J. Bryan will support G. M. Hitchcock of Omaha for election to the senate. Mayor Gaynor, New York, shot by a would-be in, is now consider- ed out of danger Speaker Cannon refuses to be dumped, and says he will continue as a candidate for speaker. The British cruiser Bedford went on the rocks off the coast of Korea, and eighty-one lives were lost. Eight Americans, names unknown, were arrested on the Isla of Pines on the charge of homicide and arson. Nicholas Long - worth came out plain- ly and strongly In opposition to the re-election of Cannon as Speaker. Colonel Joseph B. Hughes, tormer bead of the Continental Tobacco Co., was declared insane by a sheriff's jury. Burlington sells bonds for the Colo- rado and Southern and will complete line between Denver and Cheyenne with the Proceeds The wife o - f Jack Cudahy, Kansas City, has been given a divorce. Mr. and Mrs. \Jack\ Cudahy have been legally separated by the courts. Roosevelt delivered his first ad- dress on his western tour at Utica, N. Y. The name of Senator Owen was brought into - the Indian contract cases. Congressman McKinley declares the next house will have a republi- can majority. Wilkinson Call, former United States senator from Florida, died from cerebral hemmorbage. The mayor of El Paso, Tex., was killed by a falling wall during a fire. President Taft will make a trip to the Ithmus of Panama in November. Senator La Follette is not to enter the Wisconsin primary, husbanding his strength for a more strenuous bat- tle Both fiballenberger and Dahlman, democratic canilidates for governor in Nebraska. want a recount in all counties. Colonel Sylvester P. Burch of Olathe. Kas., chief clerk of the de- partment of agriculture, died ill Washington , MLJNYON'S RHFINATISM LURE I All 1)1 . •q:gis--,k- The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable —act surely end gently on the fiver. Cure Hiliousoess Head- indiseetioo. They do their duty. Smell pin, Smell Dow, Swan Mew f Genuine but Signature W. L. DOUGLAS HAND -SEWED SHOES Pitocase =Ws $2.00, 92.60, 98.00, *3,60,14.00,13,01 WSKER711131.60,S3,113.50,34 SOTS11350,1010 ts,13.00 THE STANDARD FOR 30 YEARS They are absolutely the most popularand beetehoes for the price in America. They axe the leaders every- where because they hold their shape, fit better, look better and wear lon- ger than other makes. They are certainly the most economical shoes for you to y. Douglas name and retail price an stamped ea the bottom -value guarenteid.Festeenrlieterre TAKE NO IHNIIITITUTIlt If 3unit dialer cannot supply you Write for Nall Order catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS.Breektee. Mose Fargo Directory TRUNKS \Made Is N. mama.. SUIT CASKS Leather Goode, Dealers Send for amides MONSON TRUNK l'AgTORT. FANO. IL DAMITS KODAKSsupplies ',z;:\;Ourta:4411 r 1.irri. 14•11 84411•111 gives prom a pa 644.44446.u. FARGO MIN 00. Feign. N. B. NOTHING DOING. Tramp—Help me, kind sir. I have seen better days dan di.— Mr. Jinks—So have I. This weather is awful. • Why He Was Sorry. To impress on young children just what should and what should not be done and why, is among the most try- ng problems of parents, as evidenced by the recent experience of a Went Philadelphia mother. Last Sunday she asked her small son, aged eight, to carry a chair for her from the dining room to the parlor. He started off willingly, but in the hall he tripped and fell. Amid the crash could be heard the boy giving vent to utter- ances that would have done credit to a pirate of ancient days. The mother was taken by surprise and was greatly shocked. She gave the boy a long and serious talk on the subject of pro- fanity. This apparently did not make the right impression, for when she concluded the boy adder to her dis- coniliture by exclaiming, \I am sorry I swore, mamma, but I forgot it was Sunday.\ LACK OF MONEY Was a Godsend in This Case. It is not always that a lack of money is a benefit, A lady of Green Forest, Ark., owes her health to the fact that she could not pay in advance the fee demand- ed by a specialist to treat her for Stomach trouble. In telling of her Same the says: \I had been treated by four differ- ent physicians during 10 years of stomach trouble. Lately I called oh another who told me he could not cure me; that I bad neuralgia of the stom- ach. Then I went to a specialist who told me I had catarrh of the stomach and paid he could cure me in four months but would have to have his money down. I Could not raise the necessary sum and in my extremity I was led to quit coffee and try Pestum. \So I stopped coffee and gave Post- = a thorough trial and the results have been magical. I now sleep well at night, something I had not done for a long time; the pain in my stem - tech is gone and I am a different woman. \I dreaded to quit coffee, because every time I had tried to stop it I suf- fered from severe headaches, so I con tinned to drink it although I had rea eon to believe It was injurious to me and was the cause of my stomach trouble and extreme nervousness. But when I had Postum to shift to it was different. \To my surprise I did not miss cof fee when I began to drink Postuna ; \Coffee had been steadily and sure- ly killing me and I didn't fully realize what was doing It until I quit and 0 changed to Postum\ Ever reed Ow Owe. letter? A new one appears teens time to time. They Sr. genuine, trine and full of hums\' latereet. TO BE FNMA KOREA'S ANNEXATION WILL BE FOR ITS OWN GOOD, SAYS JAP OFFICIAL. IS NOW PART Of JAPAN Claim That the New Rule Will Be Beneficent—Korea Has Now Be- come Part of Jap Em- pire—Formal Statement. Seoul, Aug. 37.—Lieutenant General Terauchl, the Japanese resident gen- eral in Korea and the negotiator of the convention of annexatlen, which it may be stated wilt - officially Pro , mulgated next Monday. said today tn a statement to • eorreppondent of the Associatff8 Press regarding the „an- nexation: \No steno will be left unturned to make Korean* and the world feel thlt Japan's rule in Korea is a beneficient thing. \It and•must imply no degrada- tion., for the natives who under an- nexation will enjoy exactly the same rIghtires the Japanese. It is the wish and command of ,the emperor of Japan that every effort be made to make the Koreans feel no humiliation, but rath- er relief on unexation. The policy of Japan in admigistrating the new por- tion of the empire will be directed toward steady improvement of condi- Wtweitetakitidiair tor !Corea.\ BIG FIRE STARTS. Blaze of Huge Proportions Breaks Out Torah's Forest, Ogden, Utah, Aug. 27.—District For- ester rt, E. Sherman received • mes- sage this morning from the supervisor of the Targhee forest that a fire of huge proportions has broken -out near Island Park on the Yellowstone Park blench Of the Oregon Short Line rail- road. The forest service and the rail- road have sent 850 men to fight the fire Washington, Aug. 27—W1th tempera lure below freezing and the soldiers clad in light uniform worn in military maneuvers from which they were arid-, deniy withdrawn, much suffering from the cold was today reported to the war department from the tfoops fighting forest fires In the northern Rockies. Captain Frasier, of the Fourteenth Infantry, who Is in command of a camp about thirteen miles north of Dal- ton, Mont., reported that the snow and rain which had fallen however,' had helped greatly In subduing the fires The need for the troops, he reported, was about passed provided the forest- ers and rangers did their duty. Five fires are now burning on the Yakima Indian reservation In Wash- ington according to telegram received at the Indian bureau today from Su- perintendent Young wants the troops sent to the scene at once. He has been able to enlist only thirteen fight- ers and laborers having horses an very scarce, Fire conditions op the Flathead res- ervation have improved considerably accordine to a telegram received front Superintendent Morgan today. Hew Twelve Met Death. Spokane. Wash., Aug. 27.—Walter Nese, a homesteader, who was a mem- ber of a fire fighting crew en Big Creel last night told how a dosen of his oarty were burned to death. \Saturday afternoon thirty of us were stationed about twelve miles up Big Creek under Warden Christy,\ he said. 'esiow about two miles wan another email crew, and together we were working to control a small fire. We had worked for some days in this and had the fire pretty well surrounded. About 2:30 p. m. we heard a terrible roaring up on the ledge Just south of us and before we realized it the fire had cut off our escape. \The thirty men at the upper end ot the fire all escaped, but all the pool fellows below were killed. Five men were killed by falling trees and seven were suffocated in a small cave where they zought protection.\ Sherman Will Not Talk Politics. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 27, --Vice Presi- dent James S. Sherman arrived from the east early, this morning and de- parted for Clinton, Ill, shortly after- wards' to begin his speechmaking tour through Illinois; Missouri, Kansas and nklahoma. The vice president was greeted on is arrival by Henry Casson, secretary of the republican congressional com- mittee, and during his two hours' stay visited republican congressional head- quarters at a downtown hotel. Sherman refused to discuss politics Oren questioned by newspaper men. Clipper' In London. London, Aug. 27.—Dr. Hawley Har- vey Crippen, the American dentist and his typist, Miss Ethel Clare Le Neve, returned to London today from Can- ada. he CrIppen party arrived at Euston t 7 o'clock this evening from Liverpool, where they had disembarked a few hours earlier from the steamer Megantic. Three taxicaps were wait- ing at the station and the party was Immediately driven to the Bow street police court, where they were ar- raigned. An immense crowd gathered at Futon, hissed and booed the pair a -hen they emerged from the station. Passes Half Millien Mark. New York, Aug. 27.—The year-book Of the North American Y. U. C. A., now being issued shows the member- ship of the association tn have Missed the half-million mark. There are 2.017 associations, an Increase of 103 dur- irys the year. Of ,these, 868 alone re- port 496,581 members, more than, 150,4 . 000 of whom are boys in their teens and 68,000 are in industrial occupa- tions. The associations have made a net gain of $6.049.250 in property, making 'the total of *47,863,000. They also have 16,534,409 pledged to erect new or larg sr buildings. _ Ye Inspect Building Sites. \ Washington, Aug. 24.—Within a few days special agents of the treasury department wilt be, started out over the country to investigate and report on the sites for the new federal build Inge provided for in the public buildings and grounds appropriation bill passed by the recent session of congress. Bids for the male Of sites to the government have been received by the government from scores of &les, but before the negotiations are Glowed in any instance there will be an inveetigation and comparison of the advantages of the various sites of fared. D FISH FROM THE DEPTHS Strange Marine Forms Brought Up With Deep Sea Cable Sunk for Ten Years. Strunge monsters the like of which have seldem been seen by man were dragged from a depth of 8,600 feet by the crew of the cable ship Burnside when they repaired the Alaska cable off Mt. St. Elias last month. The Burnside is moored at its buoy In Elliott bay after two months of re- pairing and relaying the cables of the AS IT APPEARED TO HER Mrs. Oeirichs Evidently Didn't Think Much of Mr. Blank's Earning Capacity. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, the best - dressed woman in Newport, criticized very pertinently, at a recent dinner, the new dinner gowns of Paquin and These clinging and filmy gowns are chiefly remarkable for the V-shaped back that they possess. The V—it is Incredible, but it is true—opens all the U. S. army signal corps system. On board were a score of huge flasks filled with alcohol. In them floated strange shapes which it was hard to believe were once living creatures. Balls of red hair which looked like tousled human heads proved upon dissection to be a strange kind of deep water crab. Flesh colored round masses were found clinging to the cable by minute tentacles. One crea- ture was shaped like the diablo toy, narrow in the middle with big con- cave white disks at either end by which it catches hold of any object. way down to the waist line. At a gala performance in Paris given by the Metropolitan Opera company of New York—the most successful perform- ance Paris ever saw, and one whereat $40,000 was gained for the Pluvlose victims—many of the beautiful Ameri- cans in the $40 orchestra seats vfore these daring gowns, and now at New- port they are often to be seen. Mrs. Oelriche stared at 000 with as- tounded eyes at a dinner, and her neighbor said:, \Isn't that raw gown of Mrs. Blank's a dream? Old Mr. Blank is so de - Another strange marine creature I. shaped like an octopus but has at least two dozen tentacles instead of eight. Many octopuses were found clinging to the cable, but they lvere thought too common to preserve. While sections of the cable pulled up for inspection were found covered several feet deep with strange plants and animal life, seaweed, black in- stead of green, sponges and sea urchins predominated. Probably the strangest creature found on the cable was a flesh colored fish not more than four feet long, voted. They say that everything he makes goes on his wife's back.\ Mrs. Oelrichs, her eye fixed on the gown's terrible V. said with a smile: \Well he must be making very lit- tle, then.\ Practical Matching. II What the little girl with the 15 cents in pennies wanted was some red rib- bon of a particular shade for her moth- er. She knew the shade, but she couldn't explain it and all she could say was, it wasn't that, no, nor that; it was deeper than that, and not so which was found enveloped in the tentacles; of a young octopus. When brought to the surface its body MIS swollen like a balloon. Dr. J. E. Mal- ney, the ship's surgeon, who exam- ined it, said he believed the fish was choked by the bold of tneroctopus. The section of cable upon which all this strange life was found had been down 10 years at a depth of a mile and a half. The specimens which have been preserved are to be handed over to the Smithsonian institution for scientific study.—SeaUje post-1n- telligencer. deep as that, and so on. The mission was looking boneless when suddenly she darted from the shop and seized a passing gentleman by the hand. \Will you please come into this shop with me?\ she asked innocently. \Certainly my chickabiddy,\ he re- plied, \If 1 can be of any use. What Is it?\ The little girl replied not, but led the wondering stranger to the counter. \There miss!\ she said, triumphant- ly. \Mother wants some ribbon the color of this gentleman's nose.\ Divining Rod 200 Years Old. Winslow W. Fiffeld of Medford, Mass., owns a metallic divining rod brought from England more than two hundred years ago by one of his an- cestors. The rod, says Mr. Meld, has been used successfully all over New England and in the western mining districts. It is attaehed to - whalebone handles 12 inches long and weighs two ounces. The handles have inscriptions ei-thenz skids a2a14st obliterated by' age. The person who brought the rod to America was Isaac Greenleaf, who set- tled in Massachusetts. The rod became famous as a finder of wateir. After , marking the place of many springs the rod was used in California, Coloradq and North Caroling for locating by men in quest of gold mines and other met- als. One person'who used it with par- ticular success was a, blind man, in whose hands the rod is said to have done marvels. A Strong Preacher. Tire minister's eight -year -old daugh- ter was returning with her parents from church, where the district super- intendent had that mowing occupied the pulpit. \Oh father,\ asked the little girl. Liar hire alive with enthuelatmiL'don't Porl =A Brother C.,Is a ve9Mtreeit preacher? I do.\ Gratified by this evidence of un- usual Intelligence on the part of his offspring, the minister eagerly in- tuired into her reasons for her state- ment. \Oh replied the little miss, artless- ly, \didn't .you see how the dust rose when he stamped his feet?\—Judge. The Counterfeit Southerner: Of course, there are many counter- feits. A most amusing imitation is one that often passes for the typical southerner In Now York. This satchel - mouthed braggart infests the cafes and demands attention by his abusing the waiter for offending his delicate sense of honor. \I hate a nigger, sub,\ he loudly proclaims, which is a senti- ment at one never hears from those to the manner born. He haunts the . :1;enikeirs etitt Tramiel the streets, sl It is poor fun to practise his gentility in private. He wears a wide black hat, mounts the table and yells whenever the band plays a southern melody. Such a 'pre- tentious caricature would be harmless enough, but for the ridicule he brings upon the south. Unfortunately, popu- lar authors seem to accept him at face value and exploit him in novels or plays where a \southerner\ is a nec- essary part of the stage machinery.— Everybody's Magazine. Wasted Sarcasm. The Philadelphia milk dealers who recently raised the price of their product to nine cepta a quart and then lowered it again to eight appear to have been the subjects of a great deal of unjUst censure. They announced ' , Oat could not be sold at eight cents with- out loss. Fieding that the consumers would not pay the new price, however., they are continuing to sell at the old, thereby qualifying as genuine philan- thropists. Every purchaser of milk at eight cents a quart will doubtless hereafter feel that he is an object of charity. Hoodwinking Clergymen When a small clique of men put up a scheme to harness the clergy of America and induce the ministers to, In turn \hitch up\ the members of the churches, we should all take notice. They couldn't harness the preachers In a bad cause except by deceiving them. Ministers of the gospel are essen- tially and fundamentally honest but, like all men who work for the public good, they are at times mislead by false statements. Truitt them when they have exact truth to speak from. Now for the story which should in- terest every,one for we are all either receivers of wages or we pay to. wage earners and the freedom of each in- dividual is it issue. In various papers the following statement has beset printed. Read it carefully at least twice. \Interest In Labor Sunday. \Labor Sunday—the Sunday preced- ing Labor day—will be observed gen- erally this year and in future years throughout the United States. This because of the American Federation of Labor declaration for the observ- ance of that day. The numerous let- ters recently received at American Federation of Labor headquarters from ministers is an assurance that interest In the idea of giving specirg attention to the cause of labor fro. the pulpit one day in the twelve months is widespread. Our readers are urged to try to bring about an un- derstanding in their respective die, tricte with representatives of the church so that ministers will make addressee that may attract trade union- ists to the churches in large numbers for the day. Ministers should say what they think on the occasion in order that their trade union bearers may put the right estimate as to where the church stands on the question of the organization of labor. The more the subject is discussed the better will it be for labor. Union ethics *resound. —American Federatiosist.\ Observe. that \Labor Union\ men \are urged\ to induce ministers to make addresses that will attract trade unionists to the churches \for the day.\ \Ministers should say,\ -Pte., and winds up with \Union ethics are sound;\ observe the hidden threat. This is clipped from the American Federationist the organ of Sam Gom- per', et al. This clipping has been sent to pa- pers throughout the country and the Typogrephical Union men in the news- paper offices instructed to \urge\ that, It be printed. That is °Fe of the ways of the \ma- chine.\ It looks harmless so the papers print it. But! Let's lift the cover and look under. The hidden motive is as dangerous 'to the peace and liberty of the citi- zens as a coiled rattlesnake in the grass. — organization by workmen to peace- fully and successfully present \RIF Tans necessary and most commend- able. There are such organizations now rapidly winning their way to public confidence without strikes, dynamite or killing fellow workmen. ' (Some facts on ells matter a little further along in this article.) We see here a demand on the min- isters of God, that they endorse and help build up the strike -producing, boycotting and violent American Fed- eration of Labor. Think of the man of God who teaches brotherly love being covertly ordered to praise and help get new members for an organization with a record for violence, crime and murder done by its members the like of which the world has never seen. Thfnk of the thousands of women made widows and the increasing thou- sands of children left fatherless by the pistol, club, dynamite and boot heel of members of this Labor Trust. Any one who recalls the countless murders done lir the multitude of strikes in the past few years will agree this is no exaggeration. Take just one as an illustration: There were some thirty men mur- dered and over 5000 bruised and maimed in the Chicago teamster's strike. There Is seldom a day passes but somewhere in our country from one to a score of our fellow men are assault- ed or murdered by members of this band. Then remember the homes blown up or burned. The families hounded, the rioting, burning of street cars, wrecking of trains and attbmpted or successful killing of passengers. The general disturbance of industry and the thousands of dollars forced from tax payers to pay extra police, sheriffs and militia to protect, even in a feeble way, the citizens from the mobs of members of the American Federation of !Aber. Then you will realise why the great peace -loving majority of over 80 mil- lion Americans protest against the gKowth of this crime -tainted organize - Hob' comprising perhaps one and one - halt million men, of which it is esti- mated at least seven -tenths are peace - loving citizens and are members by coercion and are not in sympathy with the three -tenths who have gained con- trol and force their methods. We find that a few designing men have seized control of the American Federation of Labor, just as some shrewd capitalists have secured con- trol of some railroads and other in- terests and are now twisting and turn- ing them into maehines for personal profit and fame. 6 These men cunningly plan to force workmen to join and pay 25 to 75 cents a month in fees. Various methods are used to \In- duce\ workmen to join. Eirst. they talk of the \tyranny of capital\ making Mayes of workmen. Thep, they, work up enthusiasm about the \brotherhood of man\ 4nd other talk which experience fiaa show* trachea the emotions of work- men and they are induced to join and pay fees to the leaders. The 5000 workmen In Battle Creek are, as a rule, free from the dictates of the great Labor Trust and still get the highest wages in Michigan. If they had yielded to the smooth talk of the agents of the trust and joined, they would pay in fees from $1250.00 to $2000.00 a month to the big trust and be subject to strike orders any time. Now they save that and put the money into homes and family com- forts But the managers of the American Federation of Labor have worked hard and long to harness them. The trust haa sent small bales of money and last winter 18 \organizers\ to tie up Battle Creek. They hired halls, gave picture shows, smokers, etc., as an Investment, looking to rich returns when they succeeded in hav- ing them tied hand and foot. But they failed and the last of these 4 01 1 left Battle Creek on May 1st saying \it's no use.\ The workmen knew the record of this great trust and formed their own association to protect their rights and also to protect them from the big Labor Trust. In Philadelphia some 4000 Indepen- dent street oar men, who mainly had families, had their own union and res fused to join the big trust, preferring to be free to work or not as they pleased. But the trust planned to force them into the -fee -paying ranks, so a strike was ordered to compel the traction company to kick out these men and hire only Labor Trust members. It was not a question of wages or hours but to push the free men out of their positions where they were earn- ing good money to support their fami- lies. The strike was ordered, not to raise wages or reduce hours, remem- ber, but solely to throw out members of an independent union and make places only for Labor Trust members, and thus show the Independent men they could not earn a living unless they firOmaid fees to the trust man- agers. ° Incidentally the people of Philadel- phia must submit to no car service, rioting and bloodshed with millions in losses while these fee -hunting, noto- riety seeking trust leaders were teach- ing the world that industry cannot be carried on except by workmen who first bend the knee, bow the head and pay fees. How these men as strike leaders love to see their names in the papers each morningt it's meat and bread to their souls. Then think of the lordly power, and don't forget the steady flow of money squeezed from the workman's hard earned pay enevelope. But when these leaders \tie up\ any Industry no man can hold a job who refuses to pay fines even on trumped up charges, and steadily pay fees whatever they are. The workman is absolutely at the mercy of this band of men who have secured and bold control. - Many and many an honest workman has raised his voice and appealed to his fellows to rise and throw off the yoke of Gompers, et al. But, as one writes, \At every convention of the American Federation of Labor, strong opposition comes up but at the crit- ical moment the impassioned orator appears and most dramatically puts the spot light on the leader and covers him with a mawkish film of 'martyr- dom' and the emotional delegates yell in delight, forgetting the instructions of the peaceful workingmen at home who desire to free themselves from the odium of membership under the great advocates of strike, boycott, vio- . lence and hate.\ So we see the unequalled insolence with which these trust leaders pro- pose to \Induce\ ministers to pull their chestnuts from the fire by preaching modern aggressive and vio- lent labor trust methods T a h l e oag. re is a better way to secure jus- tice for workers, is will appear furth- er Just a little diversion here. I am charged with having first brought to the attention of the public some years ago, the name \Labor Trust.\ A trust Is a combination of men or organizations for the purpose of sell- ing their product at a profit and re- stricting production to effect it We will say a large 011 Company gathers in smaller ones and thus con - trots production. The Labor Trust \gathers in\ local trade organizations and thus has pow- er to say how much work each man shall do. The 011 Company then fixes prices. The Labor Trust does likewise. The Oil Company may \use meth- ods\ to force an unwilling dealer to join. The Labor Trust men go further and slug the independent man if he tries to sell his labor without paying fees and \obeying orders.\ They are both exactly alike in purpose, which, in both cases is entirely selfish to gain power and money for the leaders. Certain Labor Trust members do not hesitate to use violence, dyna- miting of property, burning homes of Independent men and even murder to force obedience. The MI Company doesn't go so far. Both are extremely dangerous to the welfare of people and communly ties, for power placed in the hands of a few men either representing Cap- ital or Labor is almost always abused and the public suffers. Remember, readtir, that your safety lies le strenuous opposition to all trusts which try to ride over and dic- tate to the people. Only by opposing their growth can you retain your personal liberty. Now to ministers. The average congregation is made up of about 90 per cent, of free citi- zens and much less than 10 per cent, of members of the Labor Trust. The free citizen wants to hear words defending the rights and independence of the common man, free from the ar- bitrary dictates of any self-seeking organization either of Capital or La- bor. The merchant, lawyer, schodl teach- er, doctor, clerk, farmer and work- man rebels against any forcible stop- ping of trains, boats, street care, or factories, for the prosperity of the community is entirely dependent on steady continuance of these things. Men don't like strikes, boycotts, in- juredworkmen or burned cars and factories. A famous divine says: \These men may hate capitalists but their hate for other laboring men burns like a flame, eats like nitric acid, is epalignant be- yond all description.\ Then we remember cases of acid throwing, eyes gouged out, children pursued, women stripped, homes dr strayed, men Illindered and the long, long list of atrocities practised - 17 L . :Mr Trust members on other human beings who cannot agree with the trust methods Now for the better way. Workingmen are now organizing in tne old fashioned trades union or \guild\ way, affiliated with the Na- tional Trades and Workers Associa- tion whose constitution provides ar- bitration of differences with agree- ment for no \strikes boycott, picket. lug or hateful 'coercion of any kind. This Trade Association has evolved from the experience of the peat and is the highest order of Trades Union- ism at the present day. Under its laws it is not possible for the Hod Carriers Union or the 'Street Sweepers Union to order the school teachqrs er locomotive engineers to quit work in a \sympathetic strike.\ If any craft finds Injustite, the case is presented to properly selected arbi- trators. testimony taken and the case presented to the public through the press. Thereupon public opinion, that greatest of all po\iiTr77rWtrei itself felt and curiously enough a fair settle- ment Is generally UM result. There is no strike, no logs of wages, no loss to the community and yet the faithful workers get their just treat- ment. There are many details which have been worked out by men skilled in labor matters. It will recompense any interested man to know these details which can be secured by a postal request for constitution and by-laws written to the National Trades and Workers As- sociation, Kingman Block, Battle Creek, Mich. Reader, look carefully Into this great question of the relations of Cap- ital and Labor and its succestiful so- lution. The new plan works and brings results for the meirber-r — I became so favorably impressed with the trustworthiness and practic- ability of the leaders of this new la- bor movement that I gave the Associ- ation a sanitorium at Battle Creek worth about $400,000 and with about 300 rooms, to be used as a home for their old members and the helpless babies, sometimes made fatherless by the pistol, club or boot heel of some member of the violent \Labor Trust\ Suppose you attend church Labor Sunday and hear what your minister has to say in defense of the safety and rights of the term:non, - everyday man. Let me ask you to read again a por- tion of one of my public articles print- ed a few years ago. \The people of the world have giv- en me money enough to spend in these talks through the papers in try- ing ti make better and safer condi- tions for the common people, whether the Poetum huffiness runs or not Scores of letters have come to me from work -people and others, some from union men recounting their suf- ferings from union domination and urging that their cases be laid before the public. It will not answer for us to only sympathize with the poor, the op- pressed, those who haven't power enofigh•to drive off tyrants and re- sent oppression, we must help them tie the hands of the oppressors. Amer- icans must act. Some of my forebears in New Eng- land left comfortable homes, took with them the old flint locks, slept on the ground in rain and frost; hungry, footsore, and half clothed they grimly pushed on where the Eternal God of Human Liberty urged them. They wove for me and for you a mantle of freedom, woven in a loom where fire shuttles were cannon balls and bul- lets and where swords were used to pick out the tangles in the yarn. These old, sturdy grandads of ours stood by that loom until the mantle was finished, then, stained with their life blood It was handed down to us. Shall I refuse to bear it on my shoul- ders because the wearing costs me a few dollars, and are you cowards enough to hide yours because some foreign labor union anarchist orders you to strip It off? I have faith that the blood of 1776 still coursing in your veins will tingle and call until you waken. Then Americans will Act.\ \There's 1= son.\ C. W. POST.
