Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-05-04
THE GREAT FUNDA-
MENTAL PRINCIPLE
OF SOCIALIST

thought perhaps nhu DoIteI saI
few words concerning the grea
foundation principle of Socialism, ant
make brief reply to 'Wild West.
always want to be on the right side
of every great question that comes be
fore the people of our nation. MY
firm belief is that the Socialist move
men aspires to do more for the people
of the world than any party that ha'
offered its services to the whole people
of the world, rich and poor alike.
1t will open the eyes of the rich sc
they can see how deep they have SUM
into idolatry and will awaken them
to the sense of duty that will make
such creatures as God intended they
should be. And the poor will be made
to rejoice in the knowledge of the fact
that they, toe, have an opportunity to
develop into greatness and goodness.
always try to explain by illustra-
tions the principles | advocate, so all
can understand the subject under dis
cussion. | will use for this purpose
large families ] was personally ac-
quainted with in Ohio | will desig-
nate them as No. and No. 9. No.
was a family composed of twelve per
sons, father, mother and ten children.
Their main purpose was to rear their
children so they would be useful men
and women in every particular, and
by social cooperation they were sue
cessful in their undertaking, which
was greater than the accumulation of
great wealth, for they were one of the
finest families in that state. This
family clearly represents one of the
fundamental principles of the Socialist
party. 1t proves that the proper de-
velopment of the human family is of
more Importance than the amassing
of great fortunes.
Family No. was composed of fiji
teen persons father, mother and thir-
teen children. Their aspirations were
quite different from those of No. 1.
The accumulation of wealth appeared
to be the main purpose of this large
family. They worked hard and strug-
gled for the mighty dollar, continual
ly neglecting the developing of their
childrens' natural ability. Conse-
quently the children of No. 2 never
attained the degree of prominence
that No. 1 did Why Because their
purpose was of lower order. Their
efforts to educate their children was
very weak, and as result some, when
grown, could not read nor write intel
ligently This is not guess work with
me for | was personally acquainted
with both families Some OF the child
rem in each household were my school
mates, and I knew of the development
of BOTH I fully believe this repre-
sents the two great principles before
the entire world.
l was amused at "Wild West at
tempt to answer the question l asked
him which was: ''How do you like
the Socialism we have now. Our pub
lie schools and the postal system He
claims our public schools are not So
cialism. He knows they are not indi-
vidualism, so of course must be So
cialism He said that our postmasters
would get extremely fat under Social
ism. Anything that is in fine flesh in
dicates prosperity, so if they are lean
and lank now there must be something
wrong with Capitalism. He also
speaks of our school houses being pub
lie eating places, and our teachers
would be burdened with flesh. | new
er heard of any person being over
burdened with flesh by being fed at
public soup houses under the present
capitahstic system, so in both instanc-
es he admits Socialism being superior
to the present form of government.
"Wild West" reminds me of anoth
er Irishman / heard of once. He went |
to church and the ministers subject
was tue crucifxion of Christ He pic
tured the incident so wildly to Pats
mind that he became extremely enrag
ed at the Jews for the great crime.
After the sermon when Pat was on his
way home he met Jew. He imme-
diately assaulted the jew and knocked
him down. The Jew jumped up and
says, "Vot you don dat for?" ''Be-
cause You crucified my Savior. The
Jew said 81 never did do dot. Dot
was done over eighteen hundred years
ago." Pat says. "Begora, this is the
first time 1 ever heard of it, y Probab-
Iy this was the trouble with "WiId
West" be never heard the question
before. / have no fault to find with
his views, l think he is in the same
boat that l was at one time. / did
not become a Socialist in day nor in
a month, but by careful study be-
ieved the principle to be just and
light and taught by the Scriptures.
Some anti Socialists brand the So
,ialist movement as anarchistic in
principle. often think of what a
Baptist minister said to a millionaire
1t one time. The man of great wealth
asked the minister what must be done
With the great anarchistic movement
hat was sweeping the country. The
replied ''Stop being an an
lrchist yourself. +" How dreadful it isl
or any person to speak of the.Socialist
,eing anarchists, because there is no
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