Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-08
Why | Am a "Scab."

Editor News; | am a scab in fuI
cloth am for law and order in 6av
light. but when night comes I am
for trouble, and | am for laying IN
MI on the union. l consider il the
dnty Of strikebreaker to make tbiugs
20 unpleasant that all men who arp
coutending for better condition win
have TO leave and hunt moro cougeu.
ial cline. / am for corporations die.
tating everything and am interest
ed i'm them saving what a man shall
work for and | want them to have an
the luxuries of life, occupy all the high
offices and control our government
am opposed to Pres. Roosevelt because
he lent his sympathy to organized In
bor | have got the nerve and face
on me that can smile at the rags
and tatters of the union children.
whose parents have been locked out Inv
the 4. G. l. Co., and | can sleep with
contentment knowing at the same time
there are hundreds of children who
are suffering daily and nightly for the
want of clothing and fuel TO keen them
warm. have heard this cry of 'prin-
chile" until am tired. What do I
care for principle2 What do ! care for
humanity? Just so as | live and fare
sumptuously every day, like Dives of
old [ don't care for taking another
mans lob. | am for self. This argu-
ment that man has no moral right to
drive away honest worllmen, don t
touch me- Everybody knows that
there is no penalty for violating NOR
al principle, and l, for one, am re adv
and willing to do anything for myself
that is not prohibited by a penalty.
We scabs at Whitwell are aiming ia
drive this union out of Whitwell get
ting out the company's coal, and when
this is over and the company cuts our
wages down, we will pull up stakes
and 90 to another union camp and heir
the company to establish cheap wages
there. |, for one, am willing to dedi.
cate my life to the cause Of cheap wag.
es, for some rich company may viii
their vast estate to me and mine, and
should | fail to receive this coveted
prize, will always cherish in my hap
Nv meditations, the smiles that have
been lavished on this poor old carcast
ofmine, while | have been fighting the
battles of the rich and wealthy | love
to smell the perfume that comes from
their tailor made garments and theil
soft hands and the delicate and mellow
compilations thrills my heart and sou
to greater efforts and accomplishment
for their qualification. My desires ar,
fully met when l can get the crumb
from the rich man S table. can sa,
truthfully that believe in the doct
rine of the survival of the fittest.
Uncle Gid may give to the world tn,
fullness of an honest heart and preacl
to the scabs a burdened souls senti
ment. He may teach Christ and Hin
crucified, F" but for me and mine,
would say that the brotherhood of maj
has no destinations to me- l am gov
erned alone by appetite and my owl
selfish desires | aim to live in thi
life and my purpose is to crowd every
thing l can grasp, by every means
there is no penalty against, in the sat
isfaction of my appetite.
| want to criticize my brother
Morning Glory's views on thi
subject. His arguments have been en-
tirely too manifest. Ibelieve in bein
what you are and not argue question
only in full cloth. The public will oh