Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
OBSERVATIONS BY THE KICKER.
We
Springfield

ss0S A'A
give us an ocular demonstration"
With ~ merchant steamer? Why u
fieet VI WAR VESSELS? Aud think
of the pornp and splendor of Il feet
Of war vessels accompanying. in time
81 peace, one alleged "servant" ~
you and 1" Why. this alledged ger.
want would spit on and drown Us.
II We got in his way.
The old gun.boat that was IN use
on the rivers in the 'G''s il out oi date
and could not stand against modern
land artillery. I will leave it to you
to figure out why these ocular dem.
ot,stratiOns" with their modern inur.
der machines?
Hut kt the great secretary and his
war fieet come. The puIer> aud TIN.
people will 20 as crazy as they did
when the 9un.LOat Nashville came
up. VIZ don't mind the EXPENSE.
Don't you reckon Moyrr and Hay.
wood. the imprisoned officials uf the
Federation of Miners. arr. proud Of it
that they are citizens ~ a fre.. coun.
try-the land Of sweet lil'erty-where
no man can be deprived ~ his liberty
without hearing? O course these
men have been denied both trial and
bail. hut that isn't the fault OF our
country-only the men who rule it.
Secretary Shaw. OF the United
States Treasury. the man who il so
good to the bankers and deposits
the peoples millions 50 that the
banks can lend thu. people their own
money at high rates OF interest. and
Senator Warner, the man who Was
ruled out OF the Republican party be-
cause lie denounced the attitude Oi
this government in helping England
destroy the little republic ofthe Boer
farmers in South Africa. but who.
somehow. has since got right.
opened the Republican, end OF the
state campaign at Springfield last
month.
OF course they made biz Speeches
the same you have been reading and
listening to for twenty-five years.
Some times they spring fresh joke,
or tell u warn on which modification
has not vet set in. but the meat oi
their argument is always the same
unprecedented prosperity" "she
balance OF trade" and protection
for the working man..
On the night following the kepub'
can blow out. in the same city. Mr.
Phil H. Gallery. .! Carthage. answer
ed the gentleman. He said:
when Mr.. Shaw came TO youl
city last night he spoke to you u,
the representative ot his class-the
capitalist class.
"And as appear before you to
night | do so as che representative %
a class also-the working class. ",
are engaged today in Il great nation
al struggle. IL YOU please. betw--r
two hostile ecolomic classes. Tn.
contendin9 armies in the great strug
gle that IL going on all around Us i,
; the working class upon one side ant
the capitalist class upon the other.
These two classes have uothingir ir
common. There can be no peace be
tween them. There can he no c.ssa
tion in this 'irrepressible conflict be
tween the makers ot wealth and th'
takers OF wealth. until the tools o
production shall be restored to tn
hands ~ those who USE them. Mr.
Shaw comes before you with hi.
stand.pat programme as the repre-
sentative Of that class who toll NOT
. neither do they spin. bur who rev-
and riot in the stolen fruits OF Ameri
can labor.
Both Senator Warner and S.cre
tarv shaw spoke long and loud OF tn
period OF unprecedented prosperity
through which We are passing. an,
as evidence OF this they cited the FAC
thar bank deposits were 50 great,
THAT there was in circulation a
the present time $:'l.S2 for ever,
man. woman and child in the Cnite'
: States. and that our balancei in trad
was more than $500 900. 900. How
these statrment. must make the nv
/. erage working mnn IN Springfield,
: swell with pr!!- ~ ha gna. home a.
night to his r-nt-i shack uni con
templates that should his master III.
charge him tomorrow he and hi
family would not be more than tel
: days from the poor house. unless al
: other master was found To hire him
n NO doubt the working class hav
: produced plenty OF w-ulti for tn
= savings banks. but suc! mel IA. Sha,
n aud his class hold the certificates ,
e deposit
"And the same is true vi tie bu
unce of trade cry. The capitals
:. class gets the $500. 900. 900. and tn
u working class gets t!is BALANCE.
II MIR. Shaw forgot to tell you tina
Y In our own grand state OF Missour
according to the statistics given i
Vol. II Of the United States census {
. 1000, 80 per cent. Of our homes al
rented. about 20 per cent. encumbe
$ ell, and only ~ per cent. are owne
% tree from debt.
= He forgot to tell you, also, as fu
. ther evidence ofyOurprosperity, ths
" "a per cent. of your Nh tiOnal wealt
: = is owned by per cent. OF your PEE