The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-12

class" are really trying 10 take away
the savings and property Of the thrifty,
Home-Owning class do your
Probably there viii be a loud chorus
of walls and entreaty when the new
laws go into effect and the Home
Owners" wake up to find themselves
bound hand md foot and trimmed
of their savings and property by the
def hand of the LaDor-SociSlsl
"cIass" ana according to laws passsd
while the Home-Owners slept ana
which the courts must execute.
sInIpossIbIe" you say, but the game
il on and the I.abor-Socialists axe right
now actively at work before Congress
ana the various State Legislatures, ana
viii establish these laws quickly unless
stopped.
Their plan IS based on one principle
II any man has worked and been
economical and self-denying and has
bought a home. take it away and divide
IN the proceeds among those who are
unthrifty. drinking, prohlgate or simply
failures"
,TaJ[e money away from the man who
has it,
Give IT TO tire man who hasn't.
But this must be done cunningly ana
by passing some shrewdly drawn laws
which hide the zeal meaning.
The Labor Socialists are working aard
IN brighten and force public men TO pass
ar least a dozen bills. each OF which
has, away down At the bottom pan
10 take away a part OF all Of the thrifty
mans savings and give them 10 the
unthrifty.
They will surely succeed unless the
"hone owners" wake UP and protest
in numbers enough 10 win.
Don't believe a word OF IT, the
average reader says.
Naturally. because the average reader
seldom examines bills offered to Con
grass and the Legislatures and II he
casually reads Of these bills they LOOK
harmless enough
Some will only wake up when, under
the new laws Of the I4abor-Sociahsts
succeed in having the bills passed. they
find their property and savings ooze|
away and the courts poweriess TO pre-
vent.
This is contest between the
unthrifty "class" trying 20 wrest
money. property and power from the
HOMECOMING class"
Now let the reader sort out the DIFF
ferent characters in society and as they
are defined, locate each man in one or
other of these Glasses" One class
earns and saves and the other seeks to
take what It doesn't earn.
The disconnected. surlv, and botch
workman tramplng from one Job TO
another.
The Labor Agi-ator.
The man who poured acid in the
mouth OF an independent workingman
in Chicago after he had been beaten
The steady, weH-trained mechanic
who owns a home.
The tramp.
The professional criminal whose pic
ture the police keep in the rogues gar
Iery. When you see him reading a
newspaper In a saloon you can not only
name the newspaper that nouIlshes his
criminal instincts but can accurately
locate him in his class and probably
make a close guess at what ticket he
votes.
The Successful Merchant.
The Well-Trained Physician.
The wnd-eyed-dirty-fing chap
over his second pot of beer.
The L.abor-Socialist.
The Farmer.
The Minister Of the Gospel.
The Anarchist
You see you can pick them out and
put each one in his class. There are
only two Glasses One thinks
thoughts Of hate, jealousy and revenge,
seeking money it does not earn, prop
erty which has been earned by the
sweat OF other brows. and in disap-
pointment and anger. these social ''1ail-
ures' naturally tend towards disorder,
aW-breaking and a general upheaval
in which they hope 70 take away the
savings Of the other class.
The members of the ''Other Class"
think thoughts of work. sturdy, we'll
directed intelligent work: work which
brings good pay because 1t is good ser
vice TO mankind. The sober, responsible /
Locomotive Engineer. The Skilled Me-
cbanic. The Farmer Merchant, Doctor,
I Lawyer. Banker, School Teacher, and
Minister.
The capable. successful and we'll es-
teemed among these belong to one class. |
The failures belong 10 the other.
The .'Home-Owning' class. seek peace, /
steady operation of Industries. Protec- /