Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-22
RooSEyIlIT JUNIOR STUDIES
F1EECING

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age, Theodore Roosevelt. Jr,,- WENT
TO WORK IN a carpet factory IL is
so unusual for the offspring OF our
parasiticai class to do any useful work
young Roosevelt. is something more
than a nine days wonder. The press
printed Teddy's picture, also pictures
of his clothing. his overalls, the fac
tory in which he works and the house
where he boards. II is declared that
he r. going to learn the carprt-making
business thoroughly.
ammo prophet. but in a short time
know that | shall read in the papers
that Roosevelt has been promoted-on
account of his remarkable industry.
Later l shall read that he has again
Eeen promoted--on account of his re-
markable efficiency. Still later. he
viii again be promoted-for his faith
fuiness and conscientious fidelity to
his employers. And so on. ON his
first day. so say the news reports. lit
tlc twenty-one- -year-old Teddy was so
sngrossed In his work that he did not
hear the MONDAY whistle.
Workingmen of the United States
SHOULD pay attention to young Roose-
Nslt's activeness. Note the age at
the age at which he goes to work
twenty-one years. Had he been a
y.orkingman's son. he would probably
have L.en compelled to go tn work In
A factory at the age of sixteen years,
or even younger. The difference be-
tween going i'm a factory at the age Of
10 and II Is greater than can be told
I'm print. II is theedifference between
being dwarfcd and full-grown. BE.
tween strength and weakness. BE.
tween health and disease. To many IL
IL the difference between life and
death. Millions OF boys and girls hav"
been old and feeble at the age OF II
--because they went to work in fac
tory at the age Of 16. But young
Roosevelt's life has been devoted 90
the development of body and mini
until his 21st year. 1t is sad To thihs
that few of the children of the work
ing class can avoid wage slavery after
their 18th year. Many begin the dead
IL grind long before that age.
Roosevelt was "well born" Think
what that means Between his con-
ception and his birth his mother never
went hungry. nor did she ruin the
health OF herself and her unborn child
by overwork. Young Roosevelt and
his parents. and grandparents had all
the necessities and all the comforts OF
life, and as a result he is strong ana
healthy in body and mind. How few
workingmens children have healthy.
well-fed and well-educated parents
and grandparents.
The papers say that young Roose-
yelt is learning to make carpets
This is not entirely correct Young
Roosevelt. like his good bourgeois
father, has capitalist aspirations. In
stead of 'learnlng to make carpets"
young Roosevelt will learn how to
make OTHER PEOPLE make carpets,
You workingmen are the OTHER
PEOPLE.
The news dispatches tell us That
Young Roosevelt was set to work sort
ing fie.ces. and that his intelligence
and aptitude in judging wool were
very noticeable. Observing working /
men. however. viii find that II Is not
sheep's wool that young Roosevelt Is
studying.
The real thing that young Roose-
welt will learn In the carpet factory |
will be HOW TO FLEECE WORK
INGMEN. Judging him by hts father I
the art that young Roosevelt acquires
will he. not how 10 sort Sleeps WOOL
but how TO pull the wool over the eyes
of the working class. As reported IN
the papers. Teddy is in daily COM
mnuieation with the owners and man.
ayers of the factory. While he Is ac-
curing knowledge of the various
mechanical processes of carpet-mak-
ing from the actual workers in the
factory, we may be sure that the man
ngers and owners are teaching him
much more important things. From
them he will learn, not how to make
carpets, but how To manage carpet
makers The owners of the factory
will teach young Roosevelt how TO
prcyent strikes In the factory; how to
head off the formation Of unions
among the employees; how TO employ