COAL MINER ANSWERS MAIL ORDER HOUSE ATTACK ON STRIKERS
Coal Minner Answers Mail Oreder House Attack On Strike 'WssTlf a1Mil»llilll ettoll di fiayOaW totter written by the tamer Richards Onmpariy. wma OfaBf tXtXXX Of GnKWgo, to SmABssftV wma...
...I suppose you do not care what conditions we work under so long as you get your instalment payments...
...I also heard the same expression made by the Judge when he issued an Injunction against us...
...My answer to them was as follows: "Dear Sir: * "The letter'I reeefred from you seems to contain the very same argument t heard from my employer when i tola 1dm that I could not get atohf oh the wages I was getting and It was Impossible for me to continue to work unless my income was sufficient to make ends meet...
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...That sorely is not the name yoe aoed to eaH as when we bought the things...
...Similar language, perhaps only a Utile more poflshed, was seed by our mmktof last SOBafaVT...
...Honest hard working people who are victimised and Insulted by such sharks as you should learn a lesson and ought td remember to profit by it and I sincerely hope they win...
...Yours, "HERMAN BROWN...
...My opinion Is that the workers would be...
...Of course, I know that you have raised the rent considerable on account of that and that in place of gT.oo per room you are now getting $l8.0b from your tenants...
...IstWl taJsTtrt...
...j. "Do yea knew that all the fellows now on strike and whom you eafl loafers art all year best customers...
...m mm s* ftrnmnvta urn mm tt&m seutattve of the firm wrote the Oillesple striker a lecture on his •neatness" sasff swacsmesd strikers In general see "a Hpnch,^ loafera...
...Deer Pelfcw Worker Robert: I noticed to the1 Mew Leader the letter sent to you by an Irsgalmi nf concern whtsfa Is almost word for weed stnVBar to the one X get from mt crefllt honke a few (toys age when i could ho* longe> make my' paymenU at promptly as heretofore...
...far better off If they stopped buying' on the Instalment plan...
...We would rather continue working...
...We certainly tried our dsrndest to make the boss meet our just demand, but he seems to think that because their mines are now worth' so many more mfmons than they were before the war, thefr' profit must be so much greater^ "I understand you are buying coal yourself for which you are paying •15.16 In place of $5.75, the price you used to pay for coal before the war...
...We are poor but honest people and if It was not for us fellows you could not own such high priced automobiles and five in such grand style...
...f The letter whtoh toSows is the repfyof a phi in worktogmari to the atontones of thMrasslerdtoflrm...
...You may also recollect that my faithful wife decided to ge without a wtoter coat bseause the bul for the children's elothing sssmp to com* so high...
...Coal Minner Answers Mail Oreder House Attack On Strike 'WssTlf a1Mil»llilll ettoll di fiayOaW totter written by the tamer Richards Onmpariy...
...You of course know that the $65 siiit 1 bought from you la no better than the suits I used to buy for $25 before the war and the $10 shoes you sold me are the same brand I bought before the war for $3.50 and If you had to buy groceries for a famItoef rduw ssat eeV mil toeet Mail pay, you would realise what It mesne to keep up a famfiy now wftr...
...But did you stop to think what would become of you and thousands like you and others of your class who consider themselves gentlemen and who do not produce a single useful thing and perform no useful function whatsoever...
...Sbteu^tosSjsr OWT dey tito bats "Yon perhaps remember that X aVettsted to- gs Into debt, but you hnrtrtnl tbiit'ltt clothes worn by my wife and chsktren were not fit ^r any person to a ctrfHaed •omuiuafty end I agreed wflh pm that they would be looked upon dWerently in school and "by tfle netrAbort if they could dress at least half way decent...
...We Have alwayi paid you and paid you well and now because we refuse to work fOf starvation wages you get angry and' obuetve arm can us all sorts of names...
...You kr»w verf wBS that us fellows do not want to strike...
...Yen seed to say many timet tint people- who take then* Uvea to their own htwaV every day as we do ark entKM to the very best ef every, thing and nefhtog kt toe good for seeh hard tisan people and their "You want to know what would happen If all creditors sued us and we would be compelled to buy for Cash...
Vol. 7 • January 1928 • No. 4
