Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-14


Thomas Decker
Dear Children
We have still another suggestion
this week, and this time it is from one
of the little sisters | am very glad
that the boys and girls are thinking
about helping our brotherhood in all
these different ways, for YOU know
that when the boys and girls are in
terested, it means a great deal; it
means that there are Just so many
young lives started in direction that
will take them to all the happiest
stations on the road of life. When
people, big or little, once find out how
much happier it makes them to work
for something outside of themselves,
there is not much danger that they
Will ever want to stop trying to do it,
or that there will ever come a time
when they can't find a way
Here is the letter; we should like to
have letters from you ALL telling us
what you think of the different plans,
and what you think you can do to
carry them out
Dear Sister Helen
After | read Lille Dement'S letter in the
Childrens Corner of Industrial Freedom. |
made up my mind | am going to write to you
before New Year is here.
think it would be nice for every boy and
girl that are able to send few pennies every
month for socialistic books that would be
written plain to understand for us young folks.
| am twelve years old. | have three sisters
and two brothers. | think they will all send
their pennies for socialistic books. except the
two smallest ones. The smallest ones are
twins: one is boy and the other is girl. |
can send about ten or fifteen cents month
for it.
| think it would be nice to have a weekly
or monthly paper about socialism for children.
would like to organize a club here but as
we moved here only the 2nd of November. |
am not acquainted with the boys and girls.
and don't know which are socialists and
which are not.
| think If | had some socialistic books to
give away l could find out who are socialists.
and then could organize a nice little club
here.
know few girls in Chicago: | think they
would send some money for that purpose: |
will write to them and see what they think
about it.
Papa and mamma are socialists: they took
the Coming Nation for several years, and In
dustrial Freedom since it started. | think
we might join Equality some day.
| like to read the Chidren's Corner |
would like to have my letter printed. and
see what our members think about the plan.
Yours respectfully,
ANNA LIvEsHIs.
606 Ave. +, Hutchinson Kan.
We have three suggestions, now;
one is to save your pennies to buy
socialist tracts to leave at peoples
houses; the second is to send the pen
MES to the Junior Machinery fund for
an industrial school at Equality, and
the Ord is to send them to create a
fund to get some socialist literature
for children. If there are any more
suggestions, we shall be glad to have
them, and perhaps it would be a good
plan to save all the pennies for
month without sending any in, and
get all the ideas we can during that
month-all write and tell us what
YOU think would be the best plan for
lIlC SIlllNllClI 10 NOlk lOl, ttllN lIlCll III
the end of month all the children
may Vote-send their votes tome here
at Manhattan,-which object to work
for and have all the votes in by Feb
ruary 2S Then all the children may
agree to save their pennies and work
for the plan that receives the most
votes. We can publish the votes in
our Corner. How would YOU like that:
You see this would be a much better
way than for each one of the children
to send pennies fora different purpose,
because SO many little sums for a diff
ierent purpose, for different things
would not accomplish much; but ifthey
can allagree to unite on one object, and
allSend their pennies for that, they Will
do much more all put together.
You have all heard the story OF the
dying man who called his sons to him
and showed them a bundle of sticks
which he could easily break one by
one; but when he held them all in his
hands together, he couldn't even bend
them, and how he told his sons to be
like that bundle of sticks all held to-
gether-united and strong. That is
the great secret of success in anything
If we can all agree to unite on some
one oblect-put aside our little wishes
for something different, so that we
may succeed in something, and all