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Output, apprenticeship, wages, hours, and so on, are not the “em ployer’s business” alone; the em ployes are concerned in them, and hence such matters should be s t tled by agreement, by discussion, by friendly conference, and in a spirit of mutual respect and good will. As to the charge of “terrorizing the President, Congress,” courts, and so on, it is as impudent as it is ridiculous. Are the manufacturers and mer chants to have a monopoly of the right to present their demands to Congress and the Executive, to pass resolutions, to approve and disap prove records of public men, to vote or refuse to vote for candidates for public office? What about the lobbies of the manufacturers at the national and state capitals? What about their efforts to defeat labor legislation? What about their position pro or con regarding tariff legislation and numbers of other questions? When manufacturers appear be fore executive or legislative bodies, they are within their rights as cit izens, but when union labor does this, it is guilty of seeking to “ter rorize the government,” and a great outrage is committed, so that a mil lion and a half dollar fund becomes necessary in order to attack the terri ble evil! Such hypocrisy is nauseat ing. No wonder, as we have said, that even daily papers that are not at all generous, or even decently fair, as a rule, in their treatment of organized labor, could not swallow the sicken ing cant and rubbish of the conven tion, and criticised the Van Cleave address, the fund scheme, and the whole spirit of the proceedings. Even the Wall Street Journal said this about the fund: “This is the wrong way to grap ple with the problem. Co-operation, not war, should be the program. It were better to adopt the suggestion of Secretary Straus and invite the leaders of organized labor to meet with the manufacturers for joint consultation and action. Organized labor is here to stay, as organized capital is.” But the convention was not only reactionary on the subject of organ ized labor, but proved its fanatical bourbonism by declarations on sev eral other matters. Mr. Van Cleave wanted free importation of contract labor and objected to certain rulings of the Department of Commerce and Labor on recent southern immigra tion cases —rulings made under the present law. He wants protection for his goods, but a free market in cheap labor. He also objected to child labor legislation and alleged that the so-called evils of child la bor are greatly exaggerated by med dlers and reformers. The census statistics, he claimed, were inaccu rate and misleading, and as a mat ter of fact this country, including the South, is a paradise for child workers. To this sort of a convention, Sec retary Straus preached the gospel of high wages, of reason, of justice to labor, of conciliation and trade agreements. Before whom was he casting his pearls? He was treated politely, but we would wager the WATSON’S. WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. Van Cleave-Post-Parry gentry con sider him a dangerous radical, an agitator, an enemy of capital and “vested” interests. But, after all, is there not some thing concealed behind the scheme to raise a war fund of a million and a half dollars —something benea'h even the pretended cause given by Van Cleave and endors d by h;s cap italist organization? Is it not true that there lurks in his mind, and in the minds of those who approved his plan, the thought, prompted by the hope, that the organizations of labor may be crushed out of existence within the next three years? Surely, the bitterness of the ti rades indulged in by Van Cleave, by Parry, and by other Van Cleaves and Parrys, with other names, gives good ground for the suspicion that union crushing is their dream and th ir goal.. And justified, as we are, in discerning this as their real motive and purpose, it might not be am ss for the would-be union crushers to bear in mind the following: With every attempt to annihilate it Labor has emerged more intelli gent, more thoroughly organized, and better equipped to contend for its rights. Union-haters ought to study the history of industry and the historic development of the labor movement, not only of this country, but of the whole world. They would then learn that in the early days— When a workman underti ck to seek another employer, he was re garded by the law as a thief who robbed the employer of his labor. He was branded with hot irons, imprisoned and put to death for that offense. If two or more men discussed th a question of wages or conditions of employment with a view to their bet terment, it was a conspiracy punish able by imprisonment and death. Ruleis, employers, and mercban s were in league to tyrannize over the laborers and prevent any realization by the worker of his ownership of himself. Up to recent times the term “mas ter and servant” was the only con ception of the relations between workmen and their employers and was upheld by governmental .power and judicial process. - Even a brief survey of the long past as well as of comparatively re cent times will show that immense fortunes have been util’zed to pre vent the growth or to crush out t' e spirit of associated effort among the working people. The man with the receding fore head and bent back, the “Man with the Hoe,” does not in any way typ ify either the character or the spir it of the American workman. The American workman stand with head erect, clear-eyed, and stout-hearted, realizing the advan tages that have come to him and hi * by associated, organized effort with his fellows. Those benefits and advantages which have come to the Amer can workmen in their homes and in their lives have not been brought to them upon silver platters nor by the sym pathetic condescension of the em ploying class. They have ben achieved by the constantly growing intelligence and organization of the workers. This consciousness is so deep-seated, their determination to stand together and to organize t e yet unorganized of their fellow-work ers so strong, that the Van Cleave- Post-Parry aggregation may bring to bear their war fund tenfold in creased and it will but instill into the minds of America’s toilers a still greater persistency and a more grim determination to stand by their ennobling purposes under the proud banner of organized labor. Loyal as any in our country are the organized woikingmen of Ameri ca; more loyal than the president of the employers’ association of Chica go, who refused to salute the flag of our country; more loyal in the sup port of our country in time of stress or storm, than any member the Vai Cleave outfit can boast. Three years from now the ti >? will have expired when the million and a half dollar capitalist war fund is expected to have completed i s work. We are neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but we opine that in May, 1910, the organizations of labor, instead of having been di minished in numbers or influence, or having been driven out of exis'ence, will have developed iy)t only double their present strength, but will als exert greater power and inline c for the common gcJbd than at an time previous to that period. Van Cleave, Parry, Post, pin th s in your hat, and if you live unt'l then, see if your hopes are achieved or our prediction verified. The labor movement lives not only for our time but for the future. —Samuel Com pels, in American Federalionist. BREAKING A SETTING HEN. Because a hen wants to set and you don’t want her to is no reason that you should abuse her by grabbing her by the head and throwing her forcibly from the nest or by ducking her in a barrel of cold? water. It is just as easy to break her desire to incubate by gentle treatment, says the Western Agriculturist. One of the best ways is to take-a clean, dry coop with a bottom made of board slats, having a tight roof to protect her from the rain. Feed her oat' and potato cut into small bits and give her plenty of water, tak’ng away all fattening food. A hen that is fat has more inclination to be come broody. Another plan is to confine her in a reasonably small coop in company with a vigorous cockerel for from four to five days. After a few days she can be let out early in the morn ing about time the other fowls are coming off the roost. As soon as she forsakes the habit of g< ing on the nest .at night she will get ready to lay again. Above all things do not half kill a hen in order to cure her. The title to 6,000,000 acres of land, claimed by the Southern Pacific road, is being called into question by the government, which is now investi gating land fiauds in the West. The charge is made that the railroad com pany lias failed to comply with the terms of the original and amended grant back in the early 60’s. The same conditions confront the Union Pacific and millions of acres in Col orado may be involved in the litiga tion. WANTED—Young men and young wo men to prepare for positions paying from SSO to $l5O per month. Posi tions guaranteed; railroad fare paid. WHEELER BUSINESS COLLEGE, Birmingham, Ala. Special Rates Expire September 1, *O7 FAIR WARNING, FRIENDS! The special rates offered to agents, club-raisers and subscribers END WITH AUGUST. 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