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trlnud -swa.l at OP larm divs oice whit.) 9. shrewd with: Sawho '00 5mm 3 man were ould what had happ 30 Sir John Gar] and The directors to Mm heartily a an it was all s ‘ how was pale and 'rom Ionized dazed w x 3 Then Sir Job ' I said; "Gentle the 3C worm in the house. Including w. I draw the “up. For an thing I is“. micioua of them. Hsdwn'ysspohaweuol Tunbck, and could never hé induced to laugh It. the numerous witficisma which passed current. collecting the manager during his absence. This caused bin to Be unpopular, and al- ‘most everybody made a. point of giving ”ol'd busybody” a. wide berth. But there are exceptions to every rule, and the exception to this rule was particularly aggravating. The one person In the house who took a fancy to him was a young la\' mami-d Doris Dewhurst. Now Dun.»- and I were the best of friends. In fact. Doris wore a ring I had given iealqus. thiough there was no cause [or it. He called her Waxy little friend."-nnd she stood up {or him against all comers. Indeed, (or the first time in our lives we nearly qum‘relled. "I like Mr. Smith very much." she :tu'd, when I remonstmtod. "And ‘hc hnan't n. triend in the house. You age all prejudiced against him." “Well, he shouldn't poke his ,nose into other peopla's business," I re- but in] [or Now, if. was certainly ga Dori: and-Mr. Smith shq‘ up a. lrienglphip. I. supp jealqusflthough there was “He doesn't," she said, with (em- inim: convictlon, "or eVen if he does he only means to be klnd. Hh's 'uetsrly alone la the world. And once he had a little [written 0! his own. andâ€"19nd I won’t be unkind to him to please anybody." Then she showed her Independence by dissolving into tears, which aunt: just in Mme to prevent an explosion of wrath on both sides. At last Mr. Smith broke out, in a place 'whiCh confirmed my suspicions ‘0! hls character. Again We were the only occupants of the smoking-room. I was read- lhg, he was fidgetting up and dawn tho room, sometimes looking at. me {urtively out of the corners of his The directors shaok hands with hgm heartily and seemed to think it was all a Joke. But; Sir John was pale and stem. and ’I‘ullock lanked dnwd‘with astonishment. Then Sir John made a speech. He said: “Gentlemen, it is ten years since I ceased to take an active part in the business. and five years ginoe It became a joint stock company. 0! late some curious reports gave reached my ears. I was told that flu-lively sharp old ”I had d0) There wt: and then b hat 'f'ndPed We were npt we Imdetstood KR we did. He 1?. is going to give me a special mission on all those French dress ls Um! have just. come in. He ts to get, rid of them quickly. )f rourso." he continued. net"- 5'. "I can't do , much without | help. because you are head sumn; hutâ€"hut I shall be glad dun-e the conunission with you, in 1d S COnVI RE. Sm lesslv in was nUIIz rich hims shall do last d shouldel in the most un- xuising fashion. st an unexpected crisis was ‘ An order was posted on ice hoard one morning thrill: of departments" were to ‘Id friends had been diam: s- that certain practices w. m which would discrnce tr hum made honorable. ~I lsh the line." ‘ explain that Tufldcl; finest known to himself Ln enormous qual_\tity me in dress gbodfl :hem for sale at cost; ion to this, he‘ was 0 a talk with Tullock to jerked out at last. 5" I replied, without look um] trap m :l y real happonc as :1 £ch minutes‘ he 'rcturncd to the They do it in the ,ts." In reply to 1- {w 'h': b‘ a] in my “sin that '1‘11H6cl:, for known to himself, had uormous qual_\tity"3( a. in dress gbods and 1 for sale at cost.- price. to this, he‘ was ol‘l‘ering sion on Ibo-sale. Now, rmsan that such a deal profitable to the house. ', be vex-v profitable to certainly galling Lhut Smith shqnld strike 1. I‘ suppose I was nmmn-nt Aarrivod thf-l‘e sixty of us, including salvmveu' and "want- tb M r [rectors took Mm dhair, nhn Garland has reâ€" Lbroad and has called I have not yet‘scen “5 me in I. letter that, e at nine o'clock, so an wh hluntl sit ‘Id of it ring I 1 :1 her an «and. L exactly one '8.” In reply to which out of the room. tion convincad me who posed us a itivu ,old geuLlanmn ’I‘ullock’s inst/ruc- e. I walned Doris once flyt the game us and gave him r in the most un- m-w nothing abou1 "c present and. 0 looking as humptl vs: the room. and in the chair which rated. uvful hush. lined in a hecond I repliet our 0WD 0 with 1 me in I. letter that, nine o'clock, so 1 at muv minute." icarcely out of his Smith, who was tnk fining roniu that '19 C01 ‘5'. to se Mr. Smith was min [or at o sell the because the the better‘ lllL‘ and oesn t w it eng )Ulel coup] Mr ld th ,.n’o bil- roman. minly gnged. min :hurg‘c. other which In of about II with. my- w! Tul Jfl' at. tory of the put two months you all‘ know. Now. bv the uticlw o! asso- ciation " still have authority In this business. 1! I choose to exercise it. I shall exercise it now. It would not. I think. be quite English for. me to take full advantage of the in- formation I have obtained. Conso- quently‘cz-iminal proceedings will not. be taken against anybody. But cer- tain persons. whose names I will rem! out. are dismissed." Then he rend a list of names. at the head of which stood Albert Tul- lock. general manager. In every Reshlt. 0f Boycott that guarantees freedom from strik s lockouts and labor warty-e is But Creek. Mich. The only place in the United Sta}: V. An ink maker or paper maker whn failed to sell Ink or paper would have the same reason to order Post to help ruin those publishers. So the peddlcr In the street. mlght stone you i! you refused to buy his apples; the cubman to run over you if you r»- l‘usod to ride with hlm; .tho grocer ordvr the manufacturer to Lliqcharge certain people because they (lul not. patronize hlm, and so on t0 the ri- diculous" and villjanous limit of all this boycott nonsense. in trying to force people to buy what they do not want. If a man has labor to sell let him sell it at the best price he can got just as ha would sell wheat lvur. ho hus- nn right to even intimate that he will obstruct the business, or ut- tcmpt 'ita ruin because the will not purchase of him. The unions have become so tyr nous and arrogant with thvir dos oâ€" tism that a common citizen who has some time to spare and innocently thinks he has a right to put a, little paint on his own house finds hemust have th‘at paint taken oil' and put. on again by “the union" or all sorts of (lire things happen to him, his employer is ordered to dISChnrgc him, his grocer is boycotted if he furnishes him supplies, his family [ol- lo“ ed and insulted and his wife made more mlseral-le than that of a black slave before the war. If he drives a. mu] to repair the house or burn the Carpenter's “union" hounds him. He u. ”may. The "union" record at assaults, crippling oi men and even women and children. destruction of property and murder oi American citizens dur- ing the past 2 years is perhaps In times the volume oi crime and abuse‘ perpetrated by slave owners ,‘during any two years previous to the civil war. We are in a horrible patina ni lethargy, which permits us to stand idly by while our American citizens inrc abused, crippled and murdered in dozens and hundreds by an or ni7a-‘ lion or trust, having for its firm”; This is a government. 0! and for the people and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the un- ions try it every now and then, led by despcrntc men as shown in their dcfium‘c or law and support of law breakers. - - ,u- a little mortar to a loose brick on his chimney or the bricklayers, plus- lerers or had mrrlors "union" is up In arms and if he carelessly eats a lnuf of bread that. has no “union" label on H. the bakers "union" pro- cm-cb: to make life miserable for him. So the white slave is tied band and (out. unable to lift. a hand to better himself or do the neodiul things, without first, obtaining permission from somu haughty, ignorant and ahusivo tyrant, of some labor union It would all scam rather like :1 comic opera, if it did not. rub [3erle of their freedom; that kind of work will not be permitted long in Amer- ica . ylyuuvu. That means they. propose to make the law of the unions, replace the law 0! this government and the un- ion loaders dominate even the chivt Execut ivc tnkcs a pipe wrench to stop a leak- hrg pipe and prevent damage to his property and the plumbers "union" does things to him. Ho cannot. put a little mortar to a loose brick on his chimney or the bricklayers, plus- p11 case' they were men who had \been robbing the firm in a most. flagrant. muxmor. Then he added: ”here will be other changes. to bo uxmounced later." Everybody was so astonished that tho silmce was almost painiul; but the little man Walked across the room to me and said: "Mr. Pember- com, I beg the favor of your com- pany at dinner hoâ€"morrow evening. ano Lady Gan‘und is anxious to ‘mnke the acquaintance 0! Miss Dew- burst." thrusting what it has to sell (labor) upon mi 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 oarbollo acid poured down his throat, then his ribs kicked in and his lace well stamped with iron nailed shoes, mur- dered because he’ tried to earn bread for his.children. By the Eter- nal, sir, a. fleet ol American Men '0! War would assemble ‘hcro, clear for action and blow something all the face of the earth, it reparation were not made {or the blood of one of our citizens. And what. answer 'do we make to the appeals o! the hundreds of wi- dows and orphnns 0! those Ameri- cans murdered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands or intelligent citizens who, with rea- son. prefer not to join any labor union and be subject. to the tyranny of the heavily paid rulers o! the la- bor trusts? Upon a, firm relusal by Mr. Post to join this criminal conspiracy a. general boy tt 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 reluso to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin publishers. nor will We discharge any of our trusted euiâ€" ployes upon the orders of any labor union. 1! they can make their boy- cott effective and sink our ship. we will go down with the captain on the bridge and in command." This set the writers in labor papers This set the writers in labor papers crazy and they rctloubled their abuse. Finally one 0! their officlul organs came out with a large double column denunciation 0! Battle Creek. calling it. "a. ru Michigan come "a to their dulgcd The timcnt, lion. sturtctl and um Good ('ilin-ns “'11 members of Iona CBSL‘S quit, the u there is‘finmll‘ncc The working pm are of the highest mechanics. The union members, (1 union members, (or pruciically all of the munnlmlurcrs huvc for years decim‘d to employ union men be- cause of disturhunccs about. 11 years ago, and the union man now in the Lily are among the hest, citimns. No city in the state of Michigan pays 3 high M'crugo wages us But- tle Cr ck. no city of its size is as prosperous. and no city has so large a proportion: 01 the best grade of mechanics “ho own their own homes. So the work people massed togeth- er with the other citizens in the or- ganixgtion or the Citizens' Associa- tion with the lullowing preamble and constitulion: sentimer ol' strikl banccs clscwlwr Where: Whereas from 1891 to 1894 the strikes imtigdtcd' by Lalmr Unions in Battle Crook resulted In the de- actuation of property and loss 0! largo sinus of money in wages that. would have been expanded here; and, Whereas, these acts caused serious damage lo the city and in n mnrkod “my 'delzuexl its progress at. that damage R “my flola time; and Whereas, since the your citizens have been ambled sentimenL. to prevent. the of strikes and Labor Un bances which have bee} clsewlwre: and. Whereas, the cmpluyers I have steadfastly romsed h mnnng the co have I mu thc perm have undc wal. tious mvuus of proscn tions and continl max-Rod cunuanst existing in other ‘ the dictation of ' is therefore, Resolved, that. can be live nnd action of t formation 0! a Lions anyw‘h md hereby their intent and the amp Firstâ€"‘To insure. so far as possible, permanent condltion of peace, proa- )idml l-vm‘ned prospori ymenL. have stea their right as fr‘ labor lntage of famili.- and pr EHIOIH nlrol mint in unning sore on the face a! n," because it would not be- urgnnizcd" nnd pafi in dues 1r labor leaders. The “null villianous epithets cammun nr union writers were in- A citlz ,1". was But.” mployc Artie] nintnIm-(l. and the drstruvâ€" 'k of outside interloronce under the combined effort 1 of all our people. by the Article 1 CONSTI'I‘UTION litions UI ml the higho paid under H r in the Unite unanimously continue sucl v95 at this git whom own reared {an ons of prncu 1‘ freedom : “Mitmle subject In all our people. by , Citlrcns Assocluli crv ing inuous :ul uni mic riti mu ‘rien‘ the Irs in labor papers unbled their abuse. rir omclul organs 5 me: hnpp unior â€"Ohjoc¢s â€"â€"Nu.mc weld public In reek for protc Issucintiun w: meetings he! Ljurny are not )rucLicully all 01 have for years union men be- Mostly 39 Ann "L Un continuance in Battle C peat pro the car 1894 the fled, by publlo the rocurrcncé Union dist-Ir: been prevalent has r own homes. maxed togeth- :ns in the or- :ens' Associa- prcamble and Battle s, in nt'lruly em thc 10 cundiLi “flaring fr Unionism Am l)‘ Irit udy nint Creek ericun tnti held. be some {or at Then, with peflect coolness and self-bossesaion, like a man who in master of the situation, and knows it, Mr. Smith la“, the room followed by the dimctors.â€"London Answers. it ThoJHnmpton Court vine has an oflghoot. greater than itsell, and only ten years younger. The shoot was planted 129 years ago, and bears a crop of some 1.000 bunches. This grand Old Vine is growing in the Cumberland Lodge portion of the parity and steady employment to the people of Battle Creek._ ‘ they Secondâ€"To energetichuy assist in maintaining law and order at. all times and under all conditions. Thirdâ€"To protect its members in their rights to manage their properâ€" ty and to dispose of their labor in a legal. lawlul manner without. re- stralnt or intericrenco. Fourthâ€"To insure maintain lair, just with unmnor in all lite. Filthâ€"To preserve the existing right 0! any cnpnhle person to ob- taln employment and sell his labor. without being obliged to Joln [my particular church, secret, society, labor unlon or any other organizeâ€" tlon. and to support all such per- sons in their ell‘orta to resist. compulâ€" sory methods on the part of any organized body WhalSchur. Sixthâ€"To promote among omploy- ers spirit. 0! fairness. friendshin Sixthâ€"To promote among omploy- ers spirit. oi fairness. friendship and desire (or the best. interests 0! their empioycs. and Lo promote among workmen the spirit. of indusâ€" try. thrift, laibhiulness to their em- ployers and good citizenship. Seventhâ€"To so amalgamate the public sentiment n! all the best citi» zens 0! Battle Creek, that a guaran- tee can be given to the world a! a cantinuanoe o! peaceful conditions ard that un'dcr such guarantee and ard at un pgot tion tnlists can 1 business enh 'l‘hen fulh membership clc., etc. This can by 'thc gru tive cilize people. other cities suffering all conveniencé eral bell picketlng, The subject gr- til it; has n-ache solute protectior by tho cifizcns the following br the workr turer falrm and regulal rate to b4 time from The new agrees to m of wage pai vice; under from competing: £11,185; The labul‘ wage reports Issued by the Gov ment- Dopnrtment. of Commerce Labor can also be used to show standard rate. and it. is cxpe later on that this government bu will furnish weekly r(-1)urts ol hbor market from difioreul. ccn‘ so that the workman when he ready to sell his labor and zhe player when he is ready to buy, each have reliable inlormnllon a the Jarkec or ruling pricu. The newâ€"coming manufacturer agrees to maintain the sanitary hygienic conditions prOVidcd to: the state law's and to relmin any lockout; to reduce wages b tht- standard; reserving Lu hil thus right to discharge any emp‘ l’or causc. bars as clasn w sell [1‘ pl‘ HI hopping,- Olhvr tot". Ih In! rt an HAMPTON COURT VINE numlw law "I lld L‘il izc man rk m .111 stitution at umjm ity o! peacelul co 'dcr such gunmn manulucturers a .3 luduCud to lo: arprises in Buttk ms articles relu u! manufacturers Iron where they have been sorts of indignities. in- and loflms from the gen ( labor unlon strikes Lszaults and other inter coming alntaln th d olsewhel simunr c :lcterminu 'cll nuthm inz cities. hicludir his and jusu which gum: will si-hlo to who will hl ll. In and permanently treatment. one the relations of Jtput 111i x. in 5ch to oMni ndili rclutil duties the 11 Ready -rmnnent 1y wen] “3'. “18‘ tin from al Royal Garden: at Wlnbor. and in known as the Cumberland Lodge vine. It has oumfistanced its went. in dimensions, in vigor, and in pro- ductIVeness. Occupying a great glass structure 120 foot. long by 20 (cot wide. It. spread: its luxuriant blunohes over a root area 0! 2,400 feet. which is fully one-third large? than the are: of the house ocmmicd by the great vine at Hmwton Court. Identificatiui The public thu- ducl Ameri speak huv l|( [hair 11‘ Ute that go 51) nrag W Lion \\' “1" .'h lhoso ulor mlzution, ion as Lh . won cstu are fitrong night. act UPI 23,000 poopl zu- from sunk te the crimm flI? oflcrs railr w h that m lat