There was one veteran, a fellow by the name of Sydney, who objected
to this program. He was publishing a paper, the "Veteran's Friend,"
and began to use the paper to protest against his comrades acting as
what he called "scabs." The secretary of the Merchants' and
Manufacturers' Association sent for him and gave him a straight
talking to, but he went right ahead with his campaign, and so
Guffey's office was assigned the task of shutting him up. Peter,
while he could not take an active part in the job, was the one who
guided it behind the scenes. They proceeded to plant spies in
Sydney's office, and they had so many that it was really a joke;
they used to laugh and say that they trod on one another's toes.
Sydney was poor, and had not enough money to run his paper, so he
accepted any volunteer labor that came along. And Guffey sent him
plenty of volunteers--no less than seven operatives--one keeping
Sydney's books, another helping with his mailing, two more helping
to raise funds among the labor unions, others dropping in every day
or two to advise him. Nevertheless Sydney went right ahead with his
program of denouncing the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association,
and denouncing the government for its failure to provide farms and
jobs for the veterans.
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