Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-05-04

Sop'boilSG udyB II WOuiu % many Blln0E
what you now receive.
That you may not be compelled to
take any mans word for what he
writes, just take postal card, address
it to United States Labor Commits
sioner, Washington, D. c., for his
last annual report. or for the 18th An
uual Report of the Commissioner of
Labor, which gives the time of hand
and machine method of production.
You will get it free and can see if my
figures are correct. The labor cost in
this does not include the exchange
which have already mentioned.
Mr.. Farmer, You may learn the time
cost of two horse turning pillow to be
three hours and forty five minutes, for
which the capitalist pays the slave roc
and which retails for about SO. 90.
The 79c is what we Socialists know as
a wage. Now. l ask which is better,
Mr.. Workingman, the wage or the
plow2 If you say the wage then vote
the democratic or republican ticket.
If you say the plow, then / beg you
study Socialism and you will learn
that you are Justly entitled to more
than a privilege of begging and pray
ing. You will learn that your boss
has been p-r-e-y-i-n-g on you. You
will face about and all the dem ons of
earth cannot keep you from voting for
yourself.
You, Mr.. Farmer, will learn from
the above report that the time cost of
producing 30 bushels of wheat to be
three hours, Let us throw in one
hour, and we have 20 bushels in four
hours. How many bushels can you
Mr.. Workingman, buy for 10-hour
day2 This work was done by machin-
cry and the total cost as reported for
producing this 90 bushels was $t.02,
or in round numbers, 5 cents per bush
el Mr.. Farmer you can't take man
and beast aud raise wheat at 5 cents
per bushel. and remain farmer. This
is one of the reasons why the large
farmers are gradually absorbing the
little ones, and why Socialism is inev-
table.
This article will close by giving
what this same government report
says is the time cost of transporting a
passenger 81 miles. fear you will
doubt 1t, even if it was given out by
your great republican party. The rail-
way managers acknowledge ia this re-
port the cost Of carrying 900 passengers
81 miles to be $3.50 % or 43c per mile
Or one seventh of cent per mile for
each passenger, or 7 miles for cent.
The road is privately owned, and you
must pay from to 8 cents per mile.
Under Socialism you would pay for
;his 81 mile ride "a minutes labor or
ts equivalent Under Capitalism this |
800 passengers must pay as high as
p. 70 each for this 81 mile trip for the |
100 passengers or 1913 90, "Our"
government reports the actual cost of |
his trip to be $50. 90. Now take this
rom $4,000. and you will have
'779.91 as profit to those whom we al
ow to privately own the railroads and
charge all the traffic will bear.
Under Socialism with say a Social
st day Of labor, to be two hours, how
ar could one ride for this days laborg
his report sho WIS time cost of this
rip to be 172 hours for 800 persons 81
niles, or "a minutes each. Now div
de the Socialist day of 100 minutes by
his and.multiply by 81 and you find
on could travel 3i9 miles. How long
nder Capitalism must one work to
ravel 312 miles. 1t is useless to
ontinue this any further as on this
ne of reasoning the argument stands
bout 20 to in favor of Socialism
We have in the Constitution what is
nown as public welfare clause,
nder which many railroads have
cen built by the people of our nation
nd turned over to private companies,
lst as we have been continually rob-
ed in many other ways by the aid of