Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-11-23
Uncle TOMS Letter

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want to divide up plumber snd rob the
rich. / do not find any such doctrine
| taught by we'll informed Socialists.
There may be lot of ignorant people,
wise above what is written, who advo-
cate such policy, but l don't find any
such a silly. unchristian theory taught
or advocated by sensible, intelligent
Socialists. Quite lot of people in
this our day, display their dense ig-
norance of even and exact justice and
Tracy City is lust about as ignorant of
what is right and wrong between man
and man as anywhere Socialism Is
not principle of robbery; neither
does it now advocate the divide up
system. No, it is opposed to such an
ungodly system. 1t believes and teach
es that what a man creates and pro-
duces he is entitled to, and that be has
| no right or claim on what another
man creates or produces. It believes
labor has created and produced all the
wealth that is in the world, and as
such, Socialism believes labor has been
and is being daily robbed of the wealth
it creates, and made pauper in a
land of plenty. Socialism opposes this
ungodly and unchristian divide-up 60
ing on day by day.
What does Socialism mean
A collective ownership of the means
of producing and distributing wealth,
such as lands, mines, factories, rail-
| roads, mails, express, telegraph and
telephone service, light, water and
heat, etc, so that private monopoly,
graft and extortion will be impossible
and rent, interest and profit will be
abolished aud all may have the full
product of their labor
Second, private ownership of wealth,
such as house, vehicles, furniture,
books, pictures, etc., according to the
value Of one's labor.
Socialism means the public owner
shin Of capital and the private owner
ship of wealth, such as you, yourself,
may create and produce, the public
ownership Of opportunity, the privare
ownership of the products Of your own
labor. The public ownership of the
means of life aud the private owner
ship Of life itself Direct legislation
thru the initiative and referendum
and imperative recall, SO that the peo-
Pile themselves may rule. as taey rlease
in spite Of false councils and legisia-
lures, congress and courts
A better monetary SYSTEM issued by
the government alone without the in
tervention of national banks, or any
other medium Of exchange is another
Gesire Of Socialism.
Is the above a diyide-up syt9m and
injurious to the people as & whole'
Why lie and propagate faleehoods on
Socialism Any moor man who will do
such is densely ignorant Of what So
ciailsm means There is nothing in
Socialism that i dishonest In any way,
fashion or form. Can you, will you
dare say as much for the system and
policies under which we live. No,
you won't. You know that labor is
robbed of his wages daily, and that by
fraud, You know be does not possess
the enormous wealth he has created
and never will until he is protected
from robbery by the government un-
der which he lives, and you know he
has to pay tribute to men for the
privilege of living on the earth. a
thing no living man created. Robbed
of his birthright and privilege as the
son of God and his mother the earth,
he can't tickle bis mothers breast for
a living without permission of some
land lord who affects to be boss. Who
is the robber and divider-up9 Not la
Dor | am sure. No wonder labor is
slave. Sitting around in drug stores,
condemning Socialism and charging it
with wanting to divide up with the
rich is a species of ignorance I'd hate
to be guilty of. Some folks who pro-
fess to be Socialists had better keep
their mouths shut if they are as ignor-
ant of what Socialism stands for as
some WHO QuOU6 IutHl dIo. A6ep SJlil
and quit and don't utter things not
honest before God and man. l am a
Socialist and not an anarchist, nor a
robber nor a thief, and l repudiate any
and all dishonest sytems under heaven.
Further Socialism stands for plain,
practical christianity, as taught by the
Son of God and all the prophets, moth
ing more and nothing less.
I've been plain, pointed and specific
in what I've said in regard to Social
ism Can you refute it and be truth
ful2 Don't charge my friend, Bran
nan, falsely with teaching divide
theory. He doesn't do it and never
has. Brannan is honest and wants to !
uplift the human family, spiritually
and financially. Can you say as much ,
From some of your acts and conduct
you care but little about the down
troddeu. Now smoke this, must !
quit
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn.
GhigSr0 Cry
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