This is from an American history book, "The American Past," by Roger Butterfield, published in 1947. I want to point out that the conservatives and the Republicans and the fundamentalist Christians of today continually claim that in the "good old days," American history was taught correctly, but TODAY'S history books are nothing but revisionist lies that preach that the Robber Barons were evil, exploitative villains, when actually they were the titanic visionaries who built this country and moved humanity forward into a bright tomorrow. But here we have an example of a mainstream history book from the glorious days of our sainted grandfathers, taking the side of the labor organizers and casting the anti-union business owners as the bad guys. I also like the fact that the author makes it clear that, even back then, those Divinely Ordained Captains of Industry were claiming the mantle of "Christian" in order to justify their utter indifference to the living and working conditions of their employees, thereby making the labor organizers anti-Christian and their striking employees a bunch of ungrateful sinners and "criminals."
