Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-04-06

| doesn't have to now, under the system
we have, and there is a great incen
tive for Jones to be honest with him
in order to get his trade, but If he
doesn't there is honest Brown across
the way. He can buy his cigars, cof
fee and sugar from him.
If Jones feeds the dirty nosed crowd
now. he will have to starve his owr
family, so he will not do it and they
are compelled to go to work instead OF
stealing from the government.
But suppose after Jones has feasted
himself and his gang fat from the gov
ernment store, "Uncle Tom "manag.
es to oust him and put in honest
Brown. All of Jones thievish cohorts
set themselves to work to ruin honest
Brown They will get him, too, if he
is not careful and may be If he is.
1t matters not how honest he may be
they may land him in the pen. They
can prove and show your Socialist
captain that Brown is thief No in
centive to do wrongP Everybody that
believes that, bore hole in your head
with gimlet and let the water out.
This is only one of many ways in
which Jones would rob the govern.
ment The idle element would flock
about his place of business like buz-
yards around the carcass Of a dead
mule; the sharp guys would smack
their lips around the place like sly
young foxes prowling about a hen
roost when they hear the cackling Of
the rooster pullets.
want Mr.. Brannan to tell us how
he will run this store under Social
ism and keep down theft and graft. I
want to say here that it seems to me
that you Socialists are the most incon-
sistent people have ever known or
read about. You stamp your foot
with rage every time an official of the
government moves and howl graft,
and swell out like toads and cry, sob,
the bleeding. crushed workingman' 8
rights" !" You tell us how graft keeps
up an army Of government officials
and yet you say let the government
control even the distribution of the
bread that feeds your baby. When we
tell you that you are opening the way
for unlimited graft, you say there will
be no incentive for graft under Social
ism. People will turn to angels, l
suppose You would create a mighty
incentive for theft. You would make
every man responsible for every other
man, to be meddler in his business,
to steal his supplies and to rob him
of the provisions that the government
gave him.
When I hear you howl around and
call your rulers, beasts, now, think
what on earth will you call them
when you have robbed yourself of lib
erty and independence, and placed
yourself dependent on them for the
dinner that keeps you from starving.
This store matter is only one among
the many institutions that would give
rise to the same or similar confusion
and unlimited theft and graft You
would create an army of commercial
and industrial captains that would
make our. present army and navy,
about which you howl so much, feel
lonesome to behold. And why do you
want this vast army of captains of in
dustryH You say, to take care of the
bleeding, starving masses of crushed
working men. When the intelligent
working man sees himself, as he may
in some cases, imposed upon, his bat
ter judgement will tell him to steer
clear of such fanatic system as that
for relief. Work and save, my friend.
if You want to be independent. You
can be independent if you will.
All the Socialists in the world can
not make me think that a man cannot
make an honest living in this country,
for know he can. He can also be
happy in the pursuit of an honest oc-
cupation, for multiplied thousands of
honest and contented workingmen are
moving along happy and contented
in spite of all the discouragements
thrown in the way by Socialism.
But my Yankee, friend says,
How do you like the Socialism of
tree schools and postoffices'" They
'eem to work tolerably we'll, although
The Socialists make a mighty howl
against the way we appoint our
lovely pals to the offices. We have
'ome irregularities about it, but
lon't know how we could improve it.
Nail matter is not eatable. Send your
,ies, sweet cakes, ham sandwiches and
,eef roasts by mail and you will see
'ur postmasters get SO fat that they
ant waddle around to hand out your
nail under a credit card system.
Turn your school houses into eating
louses and you will see the teachers
ret so fat they can't walk to school,
md yet have their trade cards whole.
But will say here to my genial
riend that these things lack a great
eal of being the Socialism that you
ropose. A great many of the postoffi-