Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-06

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fairly well assured beforehand as to
what the character of the interview
would be.
How could a socialist who knew his
small impoverished community wiring
| ing a niggardly existence from a
/ grudging soil, the major part of which
went i'm profits to the two stores that
robbed them to their eyes, interest to
banking outfit OF jews that robbed
the whole country and rent TO the
| capitalist land owners, | knew that
the working men would give little OF
their scanty earnings to a man who
wore kid gloves all week and worked
on Sunday while he told them to work
during the week and not work on SUM-
day. Consequently the reverend
would be dependent upon the people
that had the money. mad would uphold
the established order.
The situation was all anticipated
and more. l found a man small of
body and mind whose greeting showed
the shallow smirk Of the sycophant.
Of small learning and large stupidity,
and yet who felt entirely competent
to advise people who knew a thou
sand times more than he did. He
was "forninst" socialism at the $50
cial'-nervously so. He expounded
his conception of economies. 1 felt
sorry for the poor ignorant clatterer.
and the spectacle he was making of
himself When told of the humane
basis and nood for socialism, and the
horrors under which modern indus
try was carried on, he was possessed
by the brilliant idea that he would
like to join some society that would
refuse to buy sweatshop products.
The fact that there were no other
products TO buy. that the sweatshop
was an institution that belonged to
this Industrial system, and that he
had no money TO purchase anything
with anyway left him still Indifferent
to the fate OF the sweatshop slaves.
Sad Fate OF Buzzell.
He spoke with reproving pity of the
terrible plungcof Comrade Buzzell in
becoming a socialist, and of his deep
regrets at the language used by Mr..
| BuzZell in his lecutre at the Presby-
terian church in Great Falls. When
asked to specify the offense he said
that Mr.. Buzzen said his wife was
slave; adding that his (Hutt's) wife
surely was not slave. The remarks
showed such ludicrous ignorance of
historical evolution that, as i thought
of the vigorous and intelligent CO.
operation of Mrs. Buzzell with her
husbands work. and looked at this
parsons wife tending her latest baby.
doing her washing, ironing, cooking,
mending. and all the slavish drudgery
that a poor mans wife has. and not
daring to open her head. the amuse-
ment of the situation was almost too
much TO aid my politeness In repress-
ing a smile.
AS explained the economic de-
pendence of woman. and her position
as the slave of slave some dawn
ing comprehension appeared on Mr..
Hutt's face But he thought he had
one solid anchor against socialism and
said: Well. you're opposed to the
family, aren't you?"
As hc was told that the socialists
were the only ones that had a plan
for conserving the family life, that the
system that ne upheld was blotting
the family from society. with its open
and shameless prostitution. its di-.
vorcos and its lesscning marriage rate
the reverend squirmrd, the subject
was too deep for him.
spoke i'm the dark before about
twenty men gathered i'm front of
the Harris store, whose proprlctors
showed mc every kindness. AS I went
back To my hotel ! heard squcaky
phonograph at the church social.
pouring forth it's iigs and ragtlme-a
horror 10 the sensitive, artist ear of
music lovcr-and thought what
wonderful conscrvur OF morality that
taste must bc which preferred the
cheapest sort of vaudeville To SON
siblc exposition of subject the whole
intellectual world is talking about, and
which is taught in ryrry university in
the world,
Among Friends.
Tho next day the STACY took me out
To- Conrad whore the hospitablc bung-
allow of Comradc Buzz, II chcrrcd my
heart FOR couple Of days.
Teton county, like the farming COM
munitics cvcrywheru, Is ready for So
cialism. Comrade Latimor enters the
county about the 9th, and viii effect
organization, and the slaves to inter-
est. profits and rent VIII have chance
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