Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-05-11
In the Great Socialist Controversy

sin and shame. With this continually
hurled at him, what other course
would be left him but sign bill fol
its suppression. He knew more about
this traffic as our government (possi
bly, with a view of discrediting the
Socialists) made an investigation.
They had the report printed and then
suppressed it. Part of the history of
your great civilization was too bad to
let the people read. The real father
of this law was some of your sap
heads - "We killed the bear.
Sorry you worry over "cussing" SO
much. Take it easy is the better
plan. If you can't take it easy, take
it as easy as you can. You vote for a
system of government which is damn
ing more souls than all the cussing
you will ever be able to do. You
stand for private ownership of the
earth. Psalm 24-t: For the earth is
the Lords and the fullness thereof).
Yes you did say limit farm land to
100 acres. That's some less than broth
er Charley has. You stand for rent,
Laying field to field. binding on
men shoulders burdens heavy and
grievous to be borne
You stand for profit, that is living
in the sweat of your brothers face.
You stand for interest, the banking
system, than which there has never
been greater steal practiced any
where on earth. Read what Christ
did for the money changers. Read
what is taught in Gods word about
usury, never mind about theology.
want to mention your string of
diamonds. If I was not ashamed /
would charge this as coming from that
great preacher in New York who hir-
ed himself out to the capitalists to
fight Socialism. At every place he
spoke the Socialists completely aired
his past life and the capitalists who
thought they had big Hill, soon de-
cided they had little one, as his rec
ord showed him guilty of many and
different frauds.
Under Socialism every man must be
a producer, or at least be useful to the
producers. I ask and you are intelli-
gent enough to answer, pray of what
use to working man ale diamonds.
A thing must have use value before it
has value to workingman, and under
Socialism all must work or starve, and
the price value of diamonds, which
are used as mark of class distinction,
now, will fall to the labor cost and
use value, which will just about put
them out, that is marking the idle,
grating class.
You thought you had caught cork
er When you caught Rev. Hills dia-
mond story. just like Hill and Roose-
welt, YOU talked before you knew what
you were talking about You make
the mistake of measuring value by
what your boss capitalists price an ar
ticle. This is why it is such task to
teach republican or democrat, be-
cause papa was, anything about So
cialism.
Now, Mr.. "Wild Vest which to
you is of a greater use to the race and
the world, sugar or diamonds: A cor
rect answer to this will show you
we're only joking and trying to dis
prove truths given out (grudgingly,
too, since Socialists began to turn
them to their own account) by your
party. This is already answered but
if l don't say something about it you
never will quit talking about it. I
must call it by name for you. If you
get any satisfaction by calling Social
lists "sap heads just go on calling
us "saps' and any other name your
'caps" have in stock and in order to
dodge Socialism, pick up any and all
little things incidentally mentioned
and thereby score victory with those
who know no better.
must close for the present. but to
any Socialist who may read this l ask
that you give me your address as the
News has favored us, and we want to
favor it. We have something up our
sleeves and want to tell you about it.
"Tomahawk, glad of the result in
your neck of the woods. Running
about so here. l am glad of our
Yankee, too, and all the cores
pondents, for really l am good natured
for ''sap head.
A. J. BRANNAN,
Tracy City, Tenn.