Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-01-11
Own Your
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OO yOu OWh your JODt IL you WoIh
for wages, does some other man OWE
your job II the man who owns your
job, or the job at which you are allow
ed to work, tells you to quit, that be
has no more work for You, what are
you going to do about it.
Then you will have a new job, that
of bunting a new boss or putting il
just as it is-huntiDg a new master
Another someone who owns job at
which you may be allowed to work foI
wages or sharesr
Now, if You will use your brain q
little you will decide that you have no
legal right to your life in this great
government of tours" Now imagine,
If you will, that you can find no one
who owns a job at which they will
allow you to work. what will the hap
pen to you2 Why, bless your capital
istic soul, you will be forced to beg.
steal or starve. Do you like this, and
is it rightl
If you beg you will find law ready
to catch you, and should you be caught
begging for job without money in
your pocket you will be jailed as a
vagrant. jailed and given 30 days to
beat rock on another mans street
while your family starves Do you
like this! Whether you do or do not.
this is what you have been deceived
into voting forand YOU should not COM
plain. but should take your medicine
like man.
You have been good democrat or
republican, and voted for what you
are getting. and until you learn sense
enough 70 vote for yourself, you have
no right to complain.
Now, upon honor, can't you see that
You have no legal right to live in this
couptry unless you first find some one
\ who will hire you and that, too, on
his own terms and conditions. Can't
4 you see that you and those dependent
on You must accept the conditions i'm
Z posed by the man who owns your job.
on which your life and the lives and
welfare of your children depends Ii
yon can't see this you are to be pitied
for indeed you are weak in the upper
story
Now, since some one owns the job at
which you must work and on which
the life, liberty and happiness of your
family depends, are you a free man. Ii
you knew that two and two are four
you know you are slave subject to
the conditions of life named by the set
who owns your job. Under this sys-
tenn of government rule you receive II
! cents OF hat you produce. Do you
like it2 Or would you prefer dollar
to II cents of what you produce. Do
you believe you would lose the love
you have for your family by getting
dollar where you only get II cents?
Do you believe you would lose your
morality, your religion or any good
quality you profess or possess by re-
ceiving the full reward of your labor
instead of II cents, as you now re-
ceive2 If you do yon will make good
democrat or republican. They tell
you that you need to be thus robbed to
create an incentive to work. That is,
you must be starved to keep you will
ing to 90 the bidding of your master.
| often wonder how long it will take
for the workers to learn better. You,
Mr. Workingman, have it in your
power by your ballot to vote yourself
and family the dollar instead of II
cents, but you are born democrats and
republicans and all you know is vote
like pap did for your own slavery.
Will You never learn better God
said, "Ip the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread,' but you continue to
vote for system which has changed
this to mean, sin the sweat of thy
brothers. face shalt thou eat bread =
You are one of those born democrats
or republicans and continue to vote
for the slavery of yourself and family. !
Why not vote one time in life for your
self and family instead of slavery and
robbery as you have been doing al
your life?
There is only one party which stands
for you and your interests, Mr.. Work
ingman, and that is the Socialist par
ty, for you know if you know any
thing that there are two classes in /
this country aud they are the workers
and shirkers. You have only to de-
eide to which you belong. If you be-
long to the workers then your way is
plain, vote with the Socialists, which
represent only the workingman' inter
ests If you are shirker your inter
ests belong to the democrats and re-
publicans and You should vote with
them. Democrats and republicans
stand for wages, that is that you re-
ceiye only part of what you produce,
while the bosses Of said parties reserve
the lions share of what you produce
for themselves.
Representative" claims that demo-
crats republicans and socialists will
ali vote for Moon. This only proves
that he cannot give intelligent reas-
on for any ballot he has ever cast.
There is not socialist in his district
who will vote for Moon. | say this
N the face of the fact that democrat
Ia Moon is perfectly satisfactory to
those who vote to perpetuate the rob-
hing system of today, which is endors-
al by both democrats and republicans
Representative, who gave us a
snIendid article on having the dollar
work for us, shows how ignorant he is
when be publishes to the world that
s4ialists will vote for Moon. Why
would they do sof They couldn't be-
cayse he is good democrat, The re-
,,hIicaus who are the father of the
wage i~age system, may vote for Moon, but
/ socialist, never.
challenge .'Represen tative' to
show one just reason why any labor
:uo ~ man should vote for Moon l
ee.har .ne challenge him to show that