Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-02-02
WHY SOCIALISM
SHOULD INFLUENCE

Mr.. Editor:
have talked loud and long against
the banking system. l verify believe
a charter to run such thing to be al
par with thief's license. The ma
jority of our people are honest, but
have been deceived in voting to per-
petuate it. Socialism says, "Thou
shalt not steal" and it also says,
'Thou shalt be free. Socialism says,
I'm the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread" The system under which
we live eats bread in the sweat of
your brother face. The man or sys-
tenn which takes part of what you
produce without giving you voice in
the matter, is as guilty as if he had
ia ken your purse unawares. No man
can be as God wants him to be, know
ing that he is being robbed by the sys-
tenn under which he lives. 1t has been
said that Ignorance is bliss l
sometimes think so, for have seen
"gray headed fathers talk loud and
long about how good they were. living,
and how much they wanted everyone
to go with them to heaven, and then
walk up to the ballot box and vote a
ticket which stood for everything but
Justice Shame on you fathers, be-
cause you vote to keep those in power
ty who work and produce good things
by taking from them by your system,
the greater share of what they pro-
duce. Until you quit it don't want
you to ask me to go to heaven with
you because you are on the wrong
road. You vote for a system which
gives private property to few, who
do not create it. vote for the many
who create all wealth to keep all they
produce and make themselves rich in
stead of your few who would not
admit you into their parlors on any
occasion, and if perchance you did get
in there would be house cleaning for
some starving 'servant. y
Iwant to ask you fathers, if you real
ly believe you would love your child
rem less if you would help make a
Just government under which they
got everything they produced, or do
you really believe you would despise
them unless you voted away four
fifths of what they and you produce
and by so doing cause poverty and
want in your own honest II this is
your kind of religion, it's no wonder
to me that you cry, and beg and plead,
and sing and pray for your children to
90 to heaven with you. They see you
are ON the wrong road and refuse, and
If, perchance, one dares tell you so,
you seize him. take him at once to the
barn or woodshed and prove to him
that you are right. or if not he must
not contradict you. You use your
masters lash on your own child.
will give you little poem from
which you may learn that in reality
you shonld use your heads for some
thing besides hat racks. 1t follows:
Be faithful, honest workingman,
Keep busy every hour.
For if you should stop to think
Your boss would loose his power.
The ecstacy of profits now
Uplifts my very soul,
Thank God, the patriotic mules
Are in such fine control.
I love to see wage slave
Short pay and hours long,
My Master says it's good for me,
And maybe he's not wrong.
Now march up to the ballot box
And keep in power the few,
To think of voting for yourselves
Is wrong and treason, too
Identical the interests are
OF money bags and Drawn,
The harder sweats the workingman,
The greater the profits drawn.
Respect the courts, you men of toll,
Nor get the Freedom bought,
Injunctions may then issue soon
To pat you in the jug.
A. J. BRANNAN,
Tracy City, Tenn.