World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-04-27
Brushyknub M.
April, II 1911.

A y wa it'cHc VI AApI IL v, W. y ,
appeared IN your paper : i
column account beaded Mr.. So
c'allst where's your record" by !
y Mr.. Shermon Towe. On the
face OF it to one not acquainted
with the real facts, it may seem |
avery able discourse however
facts given thcrcin are not true
and very misleading. Rome
wasn't bnilt in q day, nor can the
Socialists in one year of their
administration perform hercu-
lean pow ors. but even people
who were bitter anti->ocialists in
Milwaukee year ago to-day adj
nit that it is q moral y clean
er city than before Socialists
~ ed. Allow me to mention a
few thingS they Lave done: Tney
stra! srhtened out the finance of
the city aud have separated tax
from bond receipts. Accounts
of every expenditure in the city,
is taken care of, which was not
true in The past. II is true that
tie D9pt. OF Public Works was
administered by three me1 and
that the men administration ais
missed two and made one do the
/ work. They found a civy chem
isl and a city gas inspector, each
drawing u city salary. and also
deVoting their time to Drivalc
business. The Socialists coz
| blneI these two Offices and made
one do the work / can mention
number Of othor officers who
were removed because thy
We're being paid for doing com,
Tarat.yg2y nothing. Con- d MI,
| ToVe explain how it would be
economy to retain and pay men
who Go TO- earn their salary?
And again why WAS it naces.
sary for TIE Socialists f. burrow
money from Local Banks to tide
item over: Even j. It had been
don. it vas because they foAnd
TIE Govt thplr, was Oh tie road
to bankruptcy Tor there was an
annual deficit of $500, O)), as
funds had been appropria ted in
former administrations for one
thing and used for another.
Does Mr.. TDwe think {nat a
, Socialist administration could
ran Govt, without money, The
Republicans and Democrats
surely cannot: why then demand
more Of The Socialists?
The offices in the city have been
filled by men who were com Je.
tent, regardless of po'it'cs-Out
side of the elective fices-But
why should not Mayor Seidel
appoint Socialist if he wished tC?
Republicans and Democrats a..
ways favor their own party, why
deny Tie rights this right to tie
Socialists then? Yes, the Social
ISL believe III a municipal trolley
lire, and also believe in selling
working men their houses and
Land at cost, aud would like to do
that at MllWaukec now. but are
hampered by laws tia were
made before they entered upon
their era and the corpvrations
got a pliviledge il they wanted
one,
The Street railroad MONOPOLY
had Is year franchise, and the
gas monopoly ono forever. When
ever the Socialists tried to bene-
fl the city and save il money by
having municipal controle of
street railways or sewage, Gle G.
trio Lights etc, Some one was
sure TO have handy recourse to
an injunction and the courts
made it permanent, What could |
they do? Nothing along that line. |
The Rep, and Dem. parties
are fighting for their lives, It
seems, and will hurt the Social
ist party in any and every way.
Some of YOU old timers can re. j
member how our glorious Abe
Lincoln was rediculed by an al
most SOLID south and cslled /
Black Republican," Yes the
Republican party o. TO-DAY had !