Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-13
CAPITALIST RASCALITi.

Here, worllingnen, Is q story that contains valuable lessons for you. Only read and think.
 Suppose, for a moment, the socialists would demand that the United States government should pay out of it's treas ury annually a certain fixed sum for the express purpose of raising the standard of life among American la borers. What would happen?
 A cry would immediately be raised by the capitalist press that such Q measure is paternal, un-Amerlcan. The courts would immediately declare such a proposition unconstitutional on the ground that it is class legislation. And the ''goodygoody' reformers, those who skin American laborers in tine day time and preach to them morality in the night time, would unhesitating- ly enter their protest against the SO cialists for melting ''class against class.''
 And what would some of you work ingmen do. In all probability many of you who are not clasS-consciolls, who still cling to old ideas and old parties. would fol low the mental prostitutes of capital ism. and, like q lot of sheep, applaud the American" stand against such an 'un-American' and ''un-patriotic" measure.
 This is what would happen if the socialists would propose a measure to benefit the working class. This would be the result if either Mir Carey or MT Mccartney, both socialist members of the Massachusetts house of reprfseu. tatives, would propose to aid the work ingmen of this commonwealth to make a decent and. comfortable living. But now comes the great and mighty Hanna, i'll all his pride and glory as victor of two important political cam paigns and as manager of the present administration and introduces a ship subsidy bill. To benefit the poor and down-trodden? No. To benefit the great working class, the class that tolls and produces? No! That would i be ''un-American."
 Marcus Hanna is q warm patriot of his "Fatherland." His bill is a meas ure to benefit the shipping interests of this country. And do you know what is implied by the term shipping inter- ests?' Not the interests of the poor seamen who live a life full of danger and utmost wretchedness. No, no. Not the interests of those who, in the great Union Iron works or, in the Cramps, build and fit out the best float ing vessels the world has ever seen. No, no! That would be opposed to the true democratic spirit of the .Ameri- can people.
 By the shipping interests Marcus Hanna means the International Navi- gatiOn company the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship company, the In ternational Navigation company the Atlantic Transportation company, the Chesapeake and Ohio Steamship com pany, the Standard Oil company and numerous other such shipping con cernS.
 Think of it! These and other capi- talistic concerns are to get, according to the provisions of the ship subsidy bill, the sum of $9,OOU.OOO yearly for about twenty years. Why? For what reason?
 Hanna says it is for the good of the American marine! It is for the pur- pose of encouraging ship building. But Hanna lies!
 If Hanna and all good republicans with him are anxious to do good for this country, to make it more prosper ous and more happy, why do they not encourage a higher standard of living among the sailors by paying out annually the same sum of money to the seamen. to the devils who do the work and endanger their lives? | Why. why?
 Because to do so would mean in the long run to wiring out of the capital ist class more wages for the Ameri- can workingmen, and that would be ''un-patriotic,' or, as the Hayei.hiIl Ga Zette would put it. that would drive away capital @
 So instead of benefiting the great. suffering working class, the republi- cans work solely for the interests of their own prosperous cIass--the capi- Etalists. And they introduce measure lcalIed I ship subsidy bill. which is but Ia bonus to be paid to these combined interests that worked for the success of Mckinev-
 What do YOU think of this, working linen?
 Some of you who are strongly patri- otic may be led to think that perhaps lsome Droyisions are made to induce the endowment of American seamen But in the fourth section. page eight lit says that if the simulated portion of one-fourth of the ships crew ot Americans cannot be reasonably ob ltained the shipment of crews of other nationaIities is possible.
 Cannot be reasonably obtainedr' Dc lyou know what the word reasonably means?-C CheapIy. You need not blush, patriotic workmen. That is tprecisely what your patriotic repub llican ..brothers' mean.
 But you voted for the republicans Hast November. Take the medicine!
 A>man is a fool to expect that cap ftalists will pass laws for the benefit of the workingmen.
 The shipping and railroad combines supported the Hanna ticket last No yember, and Hanna. like q true gentle man. now repays his friends by letting them clear the United States treasury of over $1SO,O0O,0OU.
 And what will those workingmeI get who voted for Mckinley? Not even the full dinner pail which they were promised.
 Now say there are no classes in thi country.
 Now look around and think whethe : | l. .sa e.c 1,o, v.