The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06
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80 HGNE OF BEING RROkE,-'

I'm Chicago the socialists have be-
gun TO make themselves conspicuous
once more. A good many men are
out OF work as result OF the finan-
cial furry OF last fall and agltators
are indurinR them To make demon
STATIONS. Those people are poor,
but most OF them han work up Il
three months ago, aud, bad they
been proyideDt, they would he well
supplied for the winter; but they
spent their money as fast as 1t was
earned, and now they listen TO airy
agitator Who counsels them to dem
0nstrate.
The above Item is from the Boise
statesman. The expression and
sentiment IL contains Is an insult To
intelligence. 1t is the sort of argu.
ment usually disbed out to lmptes.
sioDablc asses who are 50 totally hide
bound by political prejudice there Is
no room for fairness or honesty to
ones conscience. The idiotic at
tempt TO draw attention from the
real cause-a speculation. throttled
government.-is quite characteristic
OF such sersile cbattels as the States
man. IL jumps at the conclusion
that they were socialists or anar.
chlsts, as though that constituted an
argument iustitylng the paragraph.
Doubtless there were as many hungry
republicans In the crowd as there
were OF any other party. Neither
does the matter OF their frugality en-.
ter into consideration. 1t would be
Just as reasonable To say that had
not the Statesman been a legislative
pet 1t would not have strugp led
through the winter, as 1t was devil.
ishly lavish and improvldent with
state funds In the Federation trials,
TIE poor devils who work about
Chicago don't bank very much of
Their wages. They don't get the
wages to bank. Coxey's army was
not composed OF socialists or anar.
chists, and had such been the case it
would have augured nothing. 1t
simply stood as a lifting example of
diseased Industrial and political con
ditions. No matter how improyi.
dent, how totally abject the laborers,
IL Is yet TO be recorded where they
ever created national panic. The
panic Is generally handed them,
signed and sealed. II they have any
thing coming they can take cash.
ier's check for twenty-five per cent
OF u. III they haven't they are "un.
desirable citizens" and the city crib
yawns for them, or they are shown
the trust ties and steel rails that
stretch far away to the west where
there Is greater opportunity to grow
up with the country.
The laborers being improvident,
az suggested by the Statesman. n
follows that some other fellow must
nave saved his pennies. cave,
there's the rub" Who had the sack
with the mazuma In ID when the
panic struck the country In the
thorax. We're any OF the lahorers q,
farmers, or merchants, particularly
plethorlc?
Did the man with the "full Dime,
pair receive an order to have Il re-.
iilled or was he cautioned 10 put him.
sell ON half rations until the boss got
over the monetary cramps? Not vet,
lie was the snlpe-hunter extraordi.
nary, and by administration papers is
called a socialist or anarchist because
he still holds part OF the sack they
haven't been able to take away from
him. The laborer is a prize sack.
holder along about election time
lie can't afford to mediate ON the
boss time,
but when financial heads fix their
slate for panic, the banks. mann.
factories and other enterprises proh
Tor what Is left, and having It cor.
rallied, with sohbing voices and tear.
stained makeup gently break IL 10
the iaoorer In the form OF time
check aud sympathetic lay-ou.
And again may II be asked who
has the money when a panic strikes
The money interests or the farmer
and laborers III the man without a
iollar In his pocket is disturber Of
The peace then we certainly have the
system In this benighted land OF ours,
Mr., statesman. Idaho Falls Post.