The Grange advance., 1874-05-20
CuRRESPpNuENCE.
VOICES OF WORKINGNEN.
TRUTH Is REVOLUTIONARY.
Too Big q Squelch.
RY A, GAYLORD SPALD1NG.

AuOW mc W "a Plooo ~ ~ o~Ao
thanks to Bro. Hodgson tor his v"lun.
teer service as my valiant colleague to
soue)ch the terrible Deadheads. Hc
"took the floor" and "brought down
the house with quite thrilling effect.
1t was highly inspiring. What could
a small individual like myself possibly
accomplish alone at such mighty job ?
just nothing at all. The very thought
is overwhelming. Such all army Of
deadheads requires an army to fight it
down. And unless the heroic Gran
gers, e,-nsasse, cooperate with Brother
Hodgson at the head, we may as we'll
abandon the plucky and noble enter
prise before we begin.
But, as an encouragement, [ take
the liberty to more correctly define the
term deadhead. What's the use Of
making it mean too much? 1t is too
big squelch; and we thereby defeat
ourselves. We don't want to take in
your schoolma' ans, nor scientists
nor inventors, nor explorers or discover
ers, or poets and scholars-your Colum-
buses, Capernicusses, Galileos, Frank
lins, Fultons, etc. They are no dead
heads. 1t is an insult. They are fully
as important as your hod carriers and
dirt diggers. Let them live! They
are the worlds real moral heroes and
benefactors. Your schoolma'am is
queen. Let her wear the CROWN
Now, taking such out Of the deadhead
list, reduces the bulk wonderfully, and
1t is a fair and just discrimination.
The task now before US is easier, and
perfectly legitimate and understandable.
Mist and sarcasm won't shield any sim
ner.
Then, is there, after all, no such class
as deadheads, and can't we spot them {?
Or is it all joke Who are the mo-
nopolists - the professional men - the
aristocracy? Who are the moneyed men
and how did they get their money :?
Who live in grand houses and wear fine
clothes? Are they generally the plain
class that always return quid pro quo ?
Answer, dear brother!
Here we define deadhead To shirk,
to beg, to speculate-to have free pass
everywhere. Shall We be afraid to tell
who they are? That is what working
men, grangers, and farmers propose to
do. "Never spoil good story for re-
lation's sake,'' but tell the truth if the
heavens fall. Truth is our savior
Don't talk Of Shakespeare. Living or
dead, he is the pride of mankind. Poe
try-literature-allies us to angels, and
raises us above the brutes. Cultivate
the intellect at whatever cost. All
things cost. But that is not the point.
The question is, do We pay, or get
things for nothing? That's what inter-
ests workingmen. Professional or non
professional, if we return for our sweet
cake just equivalent of usefulness,
then we are not leeches, nor vampires,
nor deadheads.
No deadheads =! Don't mix, nor mud
die, nor joke; but be serious. Look at
your ministers, lawyers, politicians, and
spectators. What are the facts?
A Chicago editor says no other class
is paid SO we'll as the clergy, according
to the work they do.
Chaplains, thousands Of them richly
paid for almost nothing-and what do
the peoble get for it?
Lawyers. See a poor 1rishman, or
Swede, or Dutchman come in, with q
case Of trespass or cattle breach. He
pays his counsel ten or fifteen dollars
for a short effort, plea, ETC., in his be-
half. No deadhead there, eh? Who
wouldn't be a lawyer or who a0o~ld be
Dutohman? Pitiful ignorance.
What is the universal mania among
a class of young men? To learn to