Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-21
1Nhe people, of this state at least,
do not want direct legislation
for they have said so. More

90 not want 01reCt leg1Slat1On
for they have said so. More
Ia interest must be awakened in
The end to be attained before enthusi-
asm can be awakened in the means.
The legislature is in session. If any
one doubts the effectiveness of the
incentive to gain as motive let
him watch the smoke of the Solons
assembled in the fair city of OLYMPIA.
1t is said the good people of Olym-
pia have made ample preparation for
the reception of the republican legis-
lature, having lowed the "head of
navigation" up above Tumwater
Falls and securely anchored it.
Push socialist propaganda. have
said this before and hope to say it
again and yet again. Organization
along cooperative lines, both indus
trial and political, is spreading rap
EdE. 1t is your business to see that
Education keeps pace with it.
The Washington State Journal al
]udes to 'the very mudsills of free
government POLITICALLY speaking
free government ought to be founded
1pon a rock, but Bros. Cline & Leeds
doubtless had to work off those te-
Fedos before they spoiled on their
hands.
The Tacoma News thinks it would
be better if no one were allowed to &C
Eumulate over one million dollars.
Not so Bro. Johnson, the newspaper
han is worthy of his hire, and the
disposition of his surplus a matter
or him to settle with his own con-
cience.
Will some one kindly tell me what
he commercial possibilities of the
Philippines or the West Indies has to
10 with it? Didn't you know it was
war for humanity" 1t must be
Iur republican friends with their ex-
bansion for revenue only policy have
Overlooked this fact.
The observing" poor man, viz: he
rho will 90 to a charity wood yard
Snd saw a cord of wood for q meal
ticket and a nights lodging, wants
10 travel incog. when he comes to
hv back door for ''hand OUT. The
nan who works for nothing in the
hahn gang can plead the excuse of
Fielding to force.
There is talk in n. Y. City of an or
ganized distribution of the leftover
God of the rich among the 'deserv-
3ng" poor. 1t used to go into the
Twill barrel and everyone Had crack
1t it, but | suppose the undeserving
Dot an occasional meal by that crude,
ld-stvle method. Prosperity You
Yet your sweet life.
You don't want to yield your indie
bendence for the sake of a living don t
Fou? Gosh, but | like your indepen-
lence. | admire the independent man
her in which YOU tumble over your
elf to get to the shops before the last
Whistle blows, or the bold and manly
ront with which you gofrom one en-
ployer to another vainly seeking for a
oh.
When YOU burn the midnight oil it
may console you to know that you
hre contributing your mite towards
the salary of Rockfeller's college pres
dent who is doing yeoman service tor
kocialism-by talking against it. He
loesnt believe in socialism. Neither
Hoes Rockefeller, and some may be SO
|ncharitable as to trace a connection
between these two facts.
Things are coming my way to such
pm extent that it is little hard to
keep up my reputation as a calamity
bowler. When such papers as the \.
y. World and Journal, and nearer
home, the S. +. Examiner and Taco
ma News, begin to push socialist
propaganda-eve though protesting
that it is some other old thing-one
may be pardoned if he considers HIM
Sell endorsed,
have always been poor, sometimes
h little poorer than at Others, but al.
ways perfectly safe from the tempta.
tions that assail the rich | am not
proud of it, nor ashamed OF it. But
! am proud to say never came under
the description which applies to that
contented grateful class SO dear to
the heart of the advocates OF pallia
tive measures, known as the deserv
ing poor. Yes, I'm poor, but thank
The Lord, not deserving
The Olalla colony does not need te
brag of its tonsorial facilities Equal
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