The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-07
A KICK ANYWAY

Editor Providence News:
In The News OF July / there appeared
the following item from the Galveston
Daily News. under the head OF What
Others. Are, Saying;
lone OF the discouraging considerations
about the postoffice department scandals
ts that the working OF this very depart
ment Is the chief argument OF the COY
man who got the rake-off are still In
favor OF government ownership"
We Socialists admit that il is very dis
couraging, from the point of view Of the
old parties. IL shows Dy their own state
ments that II the. old parties had control
of the various industries that we propose
40 run for the benefit OF the people that
sthey would run them for the benefit OF
the grafters. and not for that OF the
people In other words, the whole sys-
- II Ia very discouraging TO admit that
their own parties could not be trusted To
manage the industries under their charge
without placing an armed guard over
them TO prevent them from appropriating
the money OF the people who placed them
In charge.
piscouraging! Well. I guess yes
The editor OF the Galveston News must
have written this on one OF his Blue
boy write IT. while he published an article
On The Gross Ignorance Of the Southern
Every one with ordinary intelligence
Knows that the ones who favor govern
ment ownership with the exception Of
the men who got the rake OFFS are not
IN favor OF ~. II II has got 10 be run under
the present system OF graft. This rot
tenness at Washington in the postoffice
department is nothing new. the only new
thing about IL is the disclosure of IL in
another place. The people have known
for some time that they were being
robbed by the railroads In transportation
Yeir that the workers" in the offices
should get their share il the gentlemen
that run the railroads refuse To "dvvy."
According 10 the editor OF the Galveston
News. IL his idea is correct we must have
a host OF government ownershipers" at
Washington.
From the view point ~ the Socialist II
II not at all discouraging: in fact. IL is
nightly encouraging when the capitalist
press points articles telling the people
that government ownership under the
present system would be folly. That the
people that they have sent 90 Washing
ton are not there 10 benift the people.
but 10 line their own pockets with the
money intrusted 10 their care. Are you
satisfied that they know what they are
II they say that your Representative.
Senator or Judge is corrupt. do you be
iieye they are lying about the men of
Into into offiee SrtS 'e"' o" '0''"s '"e same me"
Once in while though you. rouse up .
little and say name the man" and any
one who had the money would be willing
70 wager 500 that you failed to get the
name.
Z, II the man was named" YOU might get
too much pressure on and like an engine
run Wild therefore you are, like an en-
gfne kept I'm control by governor. which
and causing trouble. This system is
making an "endeavor world with all its !
Christians endeavoring TO do each
other In order TO obtain a livelihood and !
I'VE have more "doers" than hearers
In the case
.. You have had department scandals in
= Z n o ~ F1s asaI lie
and you have protested against the sys-
TEN Of graft day in and day out until |
election. and then you have gone to the
ballot box TO deposit your protest against |
81. and when the ballot went into the box !
you have really said: It's a great thing. |
lets have four years more Of it. 1t
We are fearfully and wonderfully |
made" an old saying. and pretty well |
sizes up the way the average wage Garner !
Is constituted for 4 there is anything /
that Is more "fearfully and wonderfully" /
made than the wage Garner | should like |
xst KnoT nosss what "a II is have never seen II
trader" and will give him the benefit OF |
the doubt Nine.tenths OF the Socialists
snd UNION men OF Providence kick" be
papers 10 voice their sentiments and |
when The News fairly presents your case
as a union man. or as an orderly body
when you are "out on strike YOU won't
buy the paper because IL represents a
different political party than your own.
" tlse you nave no use Tor II because |
II calls it's 5wn men down" And n Il
prints artic'ss on Socialism some of the
Socialists do0't like the paper because it's
mot Socialist paper. only doing N for
a blun. You kick II II doesn't do H.
You kick II they do Il. There's n kick
coming either way
Anarchy says: Workmen-individuall |
Capitalism says Workmen-submit So |
cialism says: Workmen-unite. And II |
You win the day you We got 10 unite and
me best thing you can unite under Is the
banner Of Socialism II you don't unite
here you'll never have another chance
until you unite on that other shore"
and then there'll be lot OF us missing.
JOHN II. NICKERSON