Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 4, 1905, Page 3

} | { A Whist Player Held Twelve Trumps. A wonderful hand at whist was at the St. Paul’s institute, y, Iast week. cards were shuffled and dealt in the usual way, but when the play- ers looked at their hands they found that one of them (the dealer) had twelve spades, another eleven hearts, the third man twelve diamonds and the fourth eleven clubs. Spades were trumps, and the lucky er simply threw in his hand and imed the twelve tricks——London Cable to Chicago Inter Ocean. Evolution of the Ichthyosaur. ‘It appears that the ichthyosaur race sprang from small, land-living, scaly lizards, with feet armed with claws; and in the last few years, in various. parts of the world—in North America, Italy, Wurtemberg—savants have worke dout almost the complete nar- rative of a wonderful transformation into large, scaleless or smooth-skinned swimmers, resembling the dolphins among mammals, and bringing forth their young alive and at sea.—Henry Fairfield Osborn, in the Century. “Papa, will you send me to Europe to study music?” : “No; you can study ft here, and I’]1 send you to Europe to practice.”— Houston Post. Real Cruelty. ‘ Beggar—Kind sir, could you help a victim of the trusts. I’m starving. Citizen—How are the trusts respon- sible? ; Beggar—They shut down the factory where my wife had a job, sir.—Puci, A Narrow Squeak. “Don’t make your nest of that,” |; warned the first mouse. e “Why not?” queried the other, who was busily tearing a piece of paper to bits. “That’s a piece of Wagner’s music and it’ll give you insomnia.”—. 7 As to Pa’s Drawing. “Remember, my daughter, that mar- riage is but a lottery.” “Why, papa, to hear you talk.like that one®would say you thought ma was a blank.”—Puck. Result of Boycott. The only place in the United States antees freedom from strikes, s and labor warfare is Battle Mich. 2? The work people, mer- 's, doctors and other citi- me aroused and indignant at orts of the labor unions through- country to destroy the busi- s of one of our largest industries— » Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., and at the pen threats in the official union pa- pers that the entire power of the Na- t ul and State Federations of Labor was being brought to bear to “punish” stries of Battle Creek, and arly the Postum Co. This sprung from the refusal of C. Post to obey the “orders” of the lions to take the Postum advertising 1y from various papers that refused » labor of the labor trust— » pureh inions. Mr. Post was ordered to join the ions in their conspiracy to “ruin” and “put out of business” these pub- iers who had worked faithfully for r years and helped build up his They had done no wrong, id found it inconvenient and their best judgment to buy yy of the labor trust. It seems a e of the unions to conspire to ruin one who does not purchase from upon their own terms. \n inkmaker or papermaker who failed te sell ink or paper would have he same son to order Post to help these publishers. So the ped- in the street might stone you if Li ou refused to buy his apples; the an to run over you if you refused | o vide with him; the grocer order the nanufacturer to discharge certain yeople because they did not patronize him, and so on to the ridiculous and iainous limit of all this boycott non- ise, in trying to force people to buy t they do not want. 4 man has labor to sell let hitn sell it at the best price he can get just is he would sell wheat, but he has no to even intimate that he will ob- ct the business, or attempt its ruin se the owner will not purchase of wi him The unions have become so tyran- and arrogant with their despot- common citizen who has to spare and innocently > has a right to put a little own house finds he must aint taken off and put on “the union,” or all sorts of lire things happen to him, his. em- ployer is ordered to discharge him, his ocer is boycotted if he furnishes him plies, his family followed and in- ted and his life made more mis- able than that of a black slave be- fore the war. If he drives a nail to repair the house or barn the carpen- t union” hounds him. He takes a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe and prevent damage to his property, nd the plumbers’ “union” does things cannot put a little mortar ick on his chimney or plasterers’ or hod rriers’ up in arms, and if carelessly eats a loaf of bread that has no “union” label on it the bakers’ proceeds to make life miser- nous ‘union” able for him. So the white slave is tied hand and foot, unable to lift a hand to better himself or do the needful things, with- out first obtaining permission trom some haughty, ignorant and abusive tyrant of some labor union, it would all seem rather like a comic opera if it did not rob people of their freedom; that kind of work will -not be permitted long in America. Some smooth managers have built up the labor trust in the last few years, to bring themselves money and power and by managing workmen, have succeeded in mal:ing it possible for them to lay down the law in some cities and force workmen and citizens “obey” implicitly, stripping them id left of their liberties. ave used boycotting, picket- aults, dynamiting of property urder to enforce their orders and people. They have gone far enough to order the President to re- move certain citizens from office be- eause the “unions” weren’t pleased. 1at means they propose to make the law of the unions replace the law of this government and the union lJead- ers dominate even the Chief Execu- tive. This is a government of and for the people, and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the unions try it every now and then, led by desper- ate men, as shown in their defiance of law and support lawbreakers. The “union” record of assaults, crippling of men and even women and children, destruction of property and murder of American citizens during the past ten years is perhaps ten times the volume of crime and abuse perpetrated by slave owners during any two years previous to the civil war. We are in a horrible period of lethargy, which permits us to stand idly by while our American citizens are abused, crippled and murdered in dozens and hundreds by an organiza- tion or trust having for its purpose, thrusting what it has to sell (labor) upon us whether or no. Suppose an American in a foreign city should be chased by a mob, caught and beaten unconscious, then his mouth pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throat, then his ribs kicked in and his face well stamped with iron nailed shoes, murdered be- cause he tried to earn bread for his children, By the Eternal, sir, a fleet of American men of war would assem- ble there, clear for action and blow something off the face of the earth, if reparation were not made for the blood of one of our citizens. And what answer do we make to the appeals of the hundreds of widows and orphans of those Americans mur- dered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands of intelli- gent citizens who, with reason, prefer not to join any labor union and be subject to the tyranny of the heavily paid rulers of the labor trusts? Upon a firm refusal of Mr. Post to join this criminal conspiracy a general boycott was ordered on Grape-Nuts and Postum all over the country, which set the good red blood of our ancestors in motion, bringing forth the reply that has now passed into history: “We refuse to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin publishers, nor will we discharge any of our trusted employes upon the orders of any labor union. If they can make their boycott effective and sink our ship, we will go down with the captain on the bridge and in com- mand.” This set the writers in labor papers crazy and they redoubled their abuse. | Finally one of their official organs came out with a large double column in denunciation of Battle Creek, call- ing it “a running sore on the face of Michigan,” because it would not be- come “organized” and pay in dues to their labor leaders. The usual coarse, villainous epithets common to labor union writers were indulged in. The result was to weld public sen- timent in Battle Creek for protection. A citizens’ association was started, and mass meetings held. Good citi- zens who happened to be members of local unions, in some cases quit the unions entirely, for there is small need of them there. The working people of Battle Creek are of the highest order of American mechanics. The majority are not union members, for practically all of the manufacturers have for years de- clined to employ union men because of disturbances about eleven years ago, and the union men now in the city are among the best citizens. No city in the State of Michigan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek, no city c@ its size is as pros- perous, and no city has so large a pro portion of the best grade of mechanics who own their own homes. So the work people massed together with the other citizens of the organi- zation of the Citizens’ Ass’n with the following preamble and constitution: Whereas, From 1891 to 1894 the strikes instigated by labor unions in Battle Creek resulted in the destruc- tion of property and loss of large sums of money in wages that would have been expended here; and, Whereas, These acts caused serious damage to the city and in a market way delayed its progress at that time; and, Whereas, Since the year 1894 the citizens have been enabled, by public sentiment, to prevent the recurrence of strikes and labor union disturb- ances which have been prevalent else- where; and, Whereas, The employers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their business under the control of labor unions, but have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions any- where in the United’ States, and here- by unanimously declared their intent to continue such policy; and the em- ployes of this city, a large percentage of whom own homes and have fami- lies reared and educated under condi- tions of peace and the well-earned prosperity of steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right as free American citizens to work with- out the dictation and tyranny of labor union leaders, the bitter experience of the past offering sufficient reason for a determined stand for freedom; and, Whereas, The attitude of the citi- zens on this subject has been the means of preserving peaceful condi- tions and continuous prosperity, in marked contrast to the conditions ex- isting in other cities suffering from the dictation of trade unionism; it is therefore Resolved, That the continuance of peace and prosperity in Battle Creek can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoided under the combined effort and action of all our people, by the formation of a Citizens’ Association. CONSTITUTION. Article 1—Name. Article 2.—Objects. First—To insure, so far as possible, PAGE a permanent condition of peace, pros- perity and steady employment to the people of Battle Creek. Second—To energetically assist in maintaining law and order at all times and under all conditions. Third—To protect its members in their rights to manage their property and to dispose of their labor in a legal, lawful manner, without restraint or in- terference. Fourth—To insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another, in all the relations of life. Fifth—To preserve the existing right of any capable person to obtain employment and sell his labor, without being obliged to join any particular church, secret society, labor union or any other organization, and to support all such persons in their efforts to re- sist compulsory methods on the part of any organized body whatsoever. Sixth—To promote among employ- ers a spirit of fairness, friendship and desire for the best interests of their employes, and to promote among work- men the spirit of industry, thrift, faith- fulness to their employers and good citizenship. Seventh—To so amalgamate the public sentiment of all- of the best citizens of Battle Creek, that a guar- antee,can be given to the world of a continuance of peaceful conditions, and that under such guarantee and protection manufacturers and capital- ists can be induced to locate their busi- ness enterprises in Battle Creek. Then follows articles relating to membership, officers, duties, etc., etc., ete. This constitution has been signed by the great majority of representa- tive citizens, including our workpeo- ple. A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been suffering all sorts of indignities, in- convenience and losses from the gen- eral hell of labor union strikes, pick- eting, assaults. and other interfer- ence, proposed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection. The subject grew in importance until it has reached a place where abso- lute protection can be guaranteed by the citizens of Battle Creek on the following broad and evenly balanced terms, which guarantees to the work- man and to the manufaoturer fair- ness, justice, steady work and regular- ity of output. The newcoming manufacturer agrees to maintain the standard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like serv- ice, under similar conditions, the rate to be determined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports issued by the Government Department of Commerce and Labor can also be used to show the standard rate, and it is expected later on that this government bureau will furnish weekly reports of the labor market from different: centers, so that the workman when he is ready to sell his labor and the employer when he is ready. to buy, may each have reliable information as to the market or ruling price. The newcoming manufacturer also agrees to maintain the sanitary and hygienic conditions provided for by the state laws and to refrain from an» lockouts to reduce wages below tie standard, reserving to himself the right to discharge any employe for cause. The Citizens’ Association on its part agrees to furnish, in such numbers as it is possible to obtain, first-class workmen who will contract to sell their labor at the standard price for such period as may be fixed upon, agreeing not to strike, picket, assault other workmen, destroy property, or do any of the criminal acts common to labor unionism. Each workman re- serving to himself the right to quit work for cause, and the Citizens’ As- sociation further pledges its mem- bers to use its associated power to enforce the .contracts between em- ployer and employe, and to act en masse to uphold the law at all times. The new industries locating in Bat- tle Creek will not start under any sort of labor union domination whatso- ‘ever, but will make individual con- tracts with each employe, those con- tracts being fair and equitable and guaranteed on both sides. Thus from the abuses of labor unions and their insane efforts to ruin everyone who does not “obey” has evolved this plan which replaces the old conditions of injustice, lockouts, strikes, violence, loss of money and property, and general industrial war- fare, and inaugurates an era of perfect balance and fairnéss between em- ployer and employe, a steady continu- ance of industry and consequent pros- perity. The entire community pledgea by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient right to “peate, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.” Other cities will be driven to protect their workpeople,- merchants and citi- zens as well'as their industries from the blight of strikes, violence and the losses brought on by labor unionism run amuck, by adopting the “Battle Creek plan,” but this city offers in- dustrial peace now, with cheap coal and good water, first-class railroad facilities and the best grade of fair, capable and peaceable mechanics known. Details given upon inquiry, of the “Secy. of the Citizens’ Ass’n.” Identification. The public should remember that there are a few labor unions conducted on peaceful lines and in proportion as they are worthy they have won es- teem, for we, as a people, are strongly in sympathy with any right act that has for its purpose better conditions for wage workers. But we do not for- get that we seek the good of all and not those alone who belong to some organization, whereas even the law- abiding unions show undeniable evi- dences of tyranny and oppression when they are strong enough, while many of the unions harbor and encourage criminals in their efforts to force a yoke of slavery upon the American people. As a public speaker lately said: “The arrogance of the English King that roused the fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired the immortal declaration of Jefferson, that left War- ren dying on the slopes of Bunker Hill, was not more outrageous than the conditions that a closed shop would force upon the community. These men burst, into rebellion ‘when the king did but touch their pockets.’ Imagine if you can their indignant pro- test had he sought to’ prohibit or restrict their occupation or determine the conditions under which they should earn their livelihood,” and to assault, beat and mttrder them, blow up their houses and poison their food if they did not submit. The public should also remember that good, true American citizens can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of their fellow members, but they are often in bad company. Salt only hurts soré spots. So, the honest, law-abiding union man is not hurt when the criminals are de- nounced, but when you hear a union man “holler” because the facts are made public, he has branded himself as either one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the lawbreaker and likely to become one when opportunity offers. That is one reason employers decline to hire such men. A short time ago inquiry came from the union forces to know if Mr. Post would “keep still” if they would call off the boycott on Postum and Grape- Nuts. This is the reply: “The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join its criminal conspiracy. We are plain American citizens and differ from the labor union plan in that we do not force people to strike, picket, boycott, as- sault, blow up property or commit murder. We do not pay thugs $20 to break in the ribs of any man who tries to sup- port his family nor $30 for an ey@ knocked out. We try to show our, plain; honest regard for sturdy and independent workmen by paying the highest wages in the state. We have a steady, unvarying re- spect for the law-abiding, peaceable union man, and a most earnest desire to see him gain power enough to purge the unions of their criminal practices, that have brought down upon them the righteous denunciation of a long-suffering and outraged public, but we will not fawn, truckle, bend the knee, wear the hated collar of white slavery, the union label, nor prostitute our American citizenship under “or- ders” of any labor trust. You offer to remove the restriction on our business and with “union” gold choke the throat and still the voice raised in stern denunciation of the despotism which tramples beneath an iron-shod heel the freedom of our broth. ers. You would gag us with a silver bar and muffle the appeal to the American people to harken to the cries for bread of the little children whose faithful fathers were beaten to death while striving to earn food for them. Your boycott may perhaps succeed in throwing our people out of work and driving us from business, but you cannot wrench from us that priceless jewel our fathers fought for and which every true son guards with his life. Therefore, speaking for our work- people and ourselves, the infamous offer is declined.” » POSTUM CEREAL CO. LTD. Note by Publisher. — The Postum Company have a yearly contract for space in this paper which they have a right to use for announcements of facts and princi- ples. Such use does not necessarily carry with it any editorial opinion. Jidbits of News epra Scandinavians PEAT BOGS PRODUCTIVE. United States Consul Bergh Reports on Industry in Sweden. Robert S. Bergh of Grand Forks, N. D., who is still holding down the Unit- ed States consulship at Gothenburg, is sending the department of commerce and labor a great deal of matter relat- ing to the use and manufacture of peat in Sweden. He says: The Gothenberg peat factory (Gote- borgs Torffabrik) is the name of a firm which owns four peat bogs near Land- vetter station, on the Gothenburg- Boras railway line, comprising the Lundkarn’s bog, the Store Mosse and the two Tahult’s bogs. Of these only the Lundkarn is being worked at pres- ent. It is, however, expected to last for some time, an official expert havy- ing estimated that the same quantity dug from‘it this year (5,000 tons) may be obtained annually for the next twenty-eight years. The three other bogs are not yet touched and have been purchased in view of an eventual extension of the business. i‘ The Lundkarn having been drained and cleared of vegetation in 1902, ex- perimental digging was begun that year and in 1903. In 1904 operations were started in earnest, all working overations having been completed, and a ready sale being assured, not only by contracts with the state railways, but also by an increasing demand from the fuel merchants in Gothenburg. The peat from the Landvetter bogs is of a very good quality, which is in- dicated by the appearance of the places where the digging has begun, the subsoil consisting of tree roots, the moss on such foundations being gen- erally gogd and rich. The finished peat is heavy and firm, and notable for its small percentage of ash. It gives only 2 per cent, while the state raiMways ac- cept peat with as high a percentage as 8 to 12. Naturally the stokers and en- gine drivers are pleased with the Land- vetter peat ,and a special examiner sent out by the railway has expressed his approval of it. Deliveries to the state railways during the year will probably amount to about 3,000 tons, and the remainder, about 2,000 tons, will be sold to the fuel merchants of Gothenburg. The price is 11.60 kroner ($3.11) per ton, free on rail at Land- vetter. SERVANT LAW MAY BE CHANGED. Denmark Calls Loudly for Its Revi- sion. It is incredible that in such a pro- gressive and highly civilized country as Denmark that there is no law to reach a master who beats his servant, noo matter how barbarous or brutal the treatment may be. Even if the victim dies as the result of the assault, there is nothing done. In plain language, a master can murder a servant and es- cape punishment, for this actually hap- pened within a month in Bornholm. The master, Peter Dam, owner of.a considerable estate, was accused of causing the death of a young man, Svend Maansson, who acted as stable boy. It was shown by witnesses that Maansson had been frequently beaten with sticks and canes and kicked on the back and body until his frenzied shrieks could be heard long distances. Deprived of food, brutally beaten, he was required to do the heaviest labor, and for every trivial circumstance was cruelly mistreated. Physicians testi- fied that the lad coughed blood, his ab- domen and legs were swollen, there was a large open sore on his left leg and many smaller ones from head to foot, all of them inflicted by weapons of some sort. Peter Dam was acquitted because the servants’ law contained no para- graph prohibiting a master from treat- ing a servant as Dam was alleged to have done. Denmark was horror-stricken at the result, and there has been some quick- ening of the public conscience, which will rescue servants from their- serf- dom. Jeppe Aakjaer, the author, who has himself done time as a stable boy, has taken a leading part in an agita tion in this direction, and the govern- ment has named a commission to con- sider a revision of the servant law. Little Svend Maansson is a martyr, and though his terrible death has shocked the entire nation, the benefi- cent effects will be widespread and permanent. TRACING VOLCANIC ACTION. Norwegian Scientist Gives Out Results of His Research. Prof. Broeggor is interesting the scientific people of Norway by point- ing out the parts of Norway which are of volcanic origin. He says that the knolls south of Hurumlandet, called Tofteholmene, are part of the bottom of an immense crater. He has recon- structed the Volcano (on paper) mak- ing it as high as Mount Etna, or about 6,000 feet high. The lava streams | retained in dark basaltic rock make it very easy to reconstruct the mountain, he says, and he calls attention to the sheer walls, bench on bench of rock from Sandendalen to Holmestrand, be- tween Holmestrand and Horten, and from the coast in to Jarlsberg. Nearly the whole Jel island, near Moss, he says, is a part of the lava stream from this volcano. WOMEN’S NEGLECT SUFFERING THESUREPENALTY Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. How many women do you know who are perfectly well and strong? We hear every day the same story over and over again. ‘‘I do not feel well; Lam so tired all the time!” Miss KateMcDonald More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. Thecause may be easily traced to some derangement of the fe- male organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nerv- ousness, sleeplessness, leucorrhcea. These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The never-failing remedy for all these symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound. Miss Kate McDonald, of Woodbridge, N. J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham : “T think that a woman naturally dislikes to make her troubles known to the public, but restored health jas meant so much to me that I cannot help from telling mine for the sake of other suffering women. “ For a long time I suffered untold agony with a uterine trouble and irregularities, which made me a physical wreck, and no one thought I would recover, but Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound ‘has entirely cured me, and made me well and strcng, and I feel it my duty to tell other suffering women what a splendid medicine it is.” If you are ill, don’t hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound at once. and write to Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass., for special advice —it is free,and always helpful. What the Hand Symbolizes. Look where we will, we find the hand in time and history working, building, inventing, bringing civiliza- tion out of barbarism. The hand sym- bolizes power and the excellence of work. The mechanic’s hand, that min- ister of elemental forces, the hand that hews, saws, cuts, builds, is useful in the world equally with the delicate hand that paints a wild flower or molds a Grecian urn, or the hand of a statesman that writes a law. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of thee!” Blessed be the hand! Thrice blessed be the hands that work. —-Helen Keller, in the Century. Ostentation. “Did you see the tag on that lovely bunch of American Beauty roses at the Muntoburns’ Christmas banquet? Whose name was on it? I forgot to look.” “There wasn’t any name on it. It was the florist’s price mark—$24 a doz- en. They pretended they had forgot- ten to remove it.”—Chicago Tribune. MR, HAYDEN'S VIEWS GIVES HIS OPINION “OF THE BES] TREATMENT FOR PARALYSIS. Declares That Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill: Restored the Use of His Limbs When All Other Remedies Failed. j The premonitory Symptoms of paraly sis are: trembling of the hands; sudder loss of power in arms or legs, frequently affecting one whole side of the body; stag. geritig; partial or entire inability to use the fingers; distortion of the features, sometimes an uncontrollable quivering of the chin; severe pains; difficulty in speech. Frequently the first warning is a vague feeling of headache, vertigo and muscular weakness. In a recent interview Mr. W. J. L. Hayden said: ‘I truly think that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a great medi- cine for they cured me when physicians and other remedies had failed to give me the slightest relief. Too close at- tention to business brought onan attack of nervousness which finally developed into paralys There were times when it was impossible for me to move my hands or to get up from a chair. At other times I had partial control of my limbs, but I was afraid to go far from the house for fear I mlght suddenly be- come helpless aud have to be carried home. “While I was in this miserable con- dition, I wasstricken with malarial fever and confined to bed for four months. 1 had the best physicians, but while they relieved my fever, their treatment did not entirely drive the malaria from my system, and they did not help my par. alysis in the least, “<T was well nigh despairing when a friend persuaded me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. When Ihad finished one box I could see results that encouraged me My condition kept steadily improving, # and when I had taken seven boxes I was cured of paralysis aud the malaria was completely driven out of my system. For two years now I have enjoyed the best of health and have attended te bus- iness without any interruption.” Mr. Hayden’s home is at No. 253 West 39th street, New York. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured many similar cases of paralysis, also locomotor ataxia. They are sold by all druggists. A’ treatment so simple, inexpensive and successful should be tried by every sufferer from partial paralysis in any of its stages,