The Detroit times., 1909-02-05

work always crowd of spectators on hano wa'e
the digs its into the EARTH lifts ITS oao
1T side dumping and swinging back tor
Cns<hsr load
This steam shovel day probably work of least
But its machinery. all its steel
<end iron and wood would amount than junk
This pushes lever that sends the big into the eaft
he pushs lifts the cup and when Is time 10
py pulls string lets the bottom out OF It.
piece machinery and powerful as it is
~ cannot think
remain stationary ano
n1sslsss rust and fall to pieces.
How like would this machine become there was no
toAtink for it, to great and powerful force that
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1his force this tremendous sleeping the COMMON
1pP1E stationary useless rusing and falling to peee@
Hera breathes talk hear ana eel
n A force that think but will not.
Nor win respond does this thing OF iron and cnans 10
Athoee who think for it
This great power this machine of COMMON PEOPLE
ha up given representative OF all
--a voice for all and equal rights to all
But government have been shattered
digging down the bottom to ascer
trouble lies and strengthen the weakened places
Another force known as CORRUPT CAPITAL" has been
buy the walls which this gov
ernment by the trainers of its constitution
dgger of patience with this more powerful force
THE PEOPLE standing inactive have attempted the task
getting down the trouble alone to lay bare the detects or
the job of disheartenng proportions when single
handed
II Again there have hands put the lever.
engaged operation of this steam shovel could
bring about hopeless OF affairs were they to STAND all
day long pulling opposite levers
Were the huge be lowered the man VINO
would have ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. would pull
the lever sending the cup down
The would render the machine useless would pun
raising the when it ought to be lowered
object of the latter pulling lever at all would be to
satisfy watching the machine work that he was pulling
lever
How summoned into action this great
people, trick of the lever have let the people
down pretending be their aim to lift them up?
The trouble with great powerful machine of the COM
MON PEOPLE that when does get into action is generally
IN response to the wrong ever-the false hand
Then again, it works against ITSELF
It's parts ptted against and pulls in opposite
directions.
The steam accompshes much because all of its parts
work in conjunction with the other.
All of its chains pull together
and who understand wnat wrong
with this other and greater force
They try to think but it does not respond
They this government has grown shaky in the
foundations.
The rock of EQUAL twisted of place
|. The rock of JUSTICE has been oosened
H The rock of THE PEOPLES WILL is missing
There much representation side IN the awakns
and too little on the other.
foundation the cement which has been weak
ened through addition of much favoitism.
of this great force of the people working together we
could get down to the difficulty.
great of the people working together the
sooner could patch up the defects.
they be taken of than that we wait until
of the have become hopelessy weak
ensd nd wrecked and the structure has fallen.
81 Let's listen and RESPOND to the thinkers
Let's of our sleep and DO SOMETHING.
lives never knowed II till now