The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-11-13
"Poison Thorn'' in The Appeal to Reason Tells How
the Intellect of the People Is Being Led
Astray by Falsehood.
SALVATION WILL BE FOUND ONLY AN INTELLIGENT
STUDY CONDITIONS AND the AP-
PLIcATloN OF SOCIALISM.

Brothers, this should be the motto of every mortal who
sghs for better condition the political and industrial
worldstand together close together considering wrong
the crime of all There strength and force in oganiza
tions great useless unless there united action
and a unity of purpose the battlefield.
One laboring cannot afford to employ school teacher
for his children but the whole easily afford
to hire good teacher and pay him decent wages.
One cannot afford to bring water to his door from the
distant mountain streams but whole town city pipe
the water into the town at small cost to each.
school teacher than pipe through which the
knowledge of ages flows to the children
Be careful then, of the fountain from which
pedagoguepipe draws his supply Many of the accepted
fountains of knowledge simply tagnant pools of
water with the subtle to put the young and hirsng
intellect sleep from which the child
be awakened though restless that the victim walks and
talks his sleep and makes the world believe that he
sleeping. f.. # s.s MI s5.>.. t.>.s.x q.
The reformers have awaken toilng masses
and point out to them their we'll of the
deep and fatal sleep that has fallen them They have
been piped full of poison water which they still retain under
the impression that is the real old wine Of philosophy
The is but another pipe system the majority of
them getting well paid for piping poisonous water the
thirsty public The Christian POLITICALLY and beautifully
of his dead Aseep Jesus and the putocrat loves
look the industrial political world and watch the
toing millions carrying banners their political funeral
and laughs himself he whispers ASLEEP in de1usion
Laboring people should support reform papers, and
cia1ly the socialist The support the papet
receives from those in whose behalf fighting the stronger
and fearless will the and the enemies of
labor will begin tremble and way retain
the love and respect of their slaves. @...* -
Even though do not believe in cooperative socialism,
naturalization of land and all the of production
and distribution the growth Of socialism will benefit you
every
The oney-getters all moral cowards and they
afraid of losing their slaves and thus be compelled to out
perform their labor and produce their livelihood
and they " make concessions to and grant
many favors if it will but head off socialism.
Hence the only to force the old political parties
(which simply the tools Of the power into granting
favors to labor is for labor to support socialism
These old parties grant favor of love and phil
anthropy. They be forced into granting thescared
it, the the bad boy promises to good in the
future while he is passing graveyard after darkness has
fallen.
Just long the plues keep intellect poisoned
craftsmanship flag veneration the ockery
that this is the "greates country eart and have
transmit this poisonous drug to your children the two old
rotten parties will attempt do single thing for but
let die of hunger and sarvatona reward of
you fighting the greed of railroads? Then don't sup
the the timetable of the railroads running
town. into other alaoad town. The
him body and SOUL He dare not word against the
railroad that carries him and his fee he would lose
his annual pass.
you fighting the schemng lawyers of your town and
politicians of county state? Then do support
paper publishes their professional cards.
sdized by the corrupt who manipulate the
politics of county and state
Are you fighting fraud and robbery
bnes Then do support the newspaper that publishes the
highly coored dispatches of the associated press This
opol of of the greatest enemies the ong millions
have the United States does islead and mis-
the unsuspectng public than thousand Ananiases
could possibly accomplish. ~
told all leading spirits of the associated press
monopoly multi onares and legal plunderer of the
common herd Would you believe multiil1onaire oath