Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-18
AN INQUISiTlvE BOY.
Dialogue Full Of Filling for the Undercrust
OF Political Pie.

A Dialogue Full Of Filling for the Undsrcrust
Of Political Pie.
What is that, pa?
That is brickyard, my son.
Whose brickyard is it. pa?
1t belongs to me, my son.
Do all those big piles OF brick belong
to you?
Yes, my son; every brick OF them.
My! how long did it take you to
make them? Did you make them all
alone yourself?
No, my son; those men you see
working there make them for me.
DO the men belong to you, pa?
No, my son; those men are free
men. No man can own another. II
he could the other would be a slave.
What is slave, pa?
A slave, my son, is a man who has
to work for another all his life for
only his board and clothes.
Ifs slave gets sick, who pays for the
doctor, pa?
Well, his owner does; he can't afford
to lose his property.
Why do men work so hard, pa7 Do
they like it?
Well. no; suppose they don't, but
they must ork or starve.
Are the men rich, pa?
Not to any great extent, my son.
Do they own any houses. pa!
/ rather guess not, my son.
Have they horses and nice clothes
and do they 60 to the seaside when it's
warm, like we do, pa?
Well, hardly; it takes them all
the time to work for their living.
What is living, pa?
Why, living-well, for them a liv.
ing is what they eat and wear.
Isn't that board and clothes, pa?
I suppose it is.
Well, are they any better off than
slaves, par
OF course they are, you foolish boy.
Why they're free; they don't have to
work for me if they don't like; they
can leave whenever they choose.
And if they leave, won't they have
to work, pa?
Yes. of course they will; they will
have to work for some one else.
And will they get anything moro
than a living from him?
No; suppose not.
Well, how are they any better off
than slaves?
Why, they have votes; they are free
men.
If they get sick do you pay for the
doctor, pa2
Catch mol What have got to do
with III They must pay for their own
doctor.
Can you afford to lose one of the
men who work for you, pa?
Of course can it don't make any
difference to me. can hire another
whenever 1 like.
Then you aren't so particular about
them as if they were your slaves, are
you. par
No; / suppose not.
Then how Is il better for them to
be free, par
Oh, don't ask such foolish questions,
boy.
What arc bricks made of, par
OF clay. my son.
Do the bricks belong to the men
when they make them. pa?
No, my son; they belong to me.
/ Why, when the men make them?
Because the clay is mire.
Did you make it, pa?
No; God made it, my son.
Did he make it for you, pa?
No; l bought it.
Bought it from Godf
No; from a man.
Did the man buy it from God?
No, of course not; he boughtit from
another man, l suppose.
Did the first man it was bought
from buy it from Godf
Oh, don't know, I suppose he just
claimed it.
Then if these men should claim it
now, would it be theirs?
Oh, bother! don't be asking such
foolish questions.
you didn't own the brickyard and
the clay, how would you make your
living?
Oh, 1 don't know. I suppose I
would have to work.
Would you make bricks, par
Maybe would.
How would you like to make bricks
for only your board and clothes, and
let the man who claimed the brickyard
have anything elsef
Nobody'd care how I liked it. Poor
people must work for their living.
If these men had brickyards of their
OVID, would they work for you, pa?
Not likely; they'd work for them
selves, probably.
Isn't it lucky that that man claimed
this land first and that you bought it.
Why?
If he hadn't maybe somebody else
would have claimed it, and then may
be one OF these men would own it now,
and then-you'd have to work for him
for your board and clothes.
Maybe. You ought to be thankful