The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-07-05
Another Letter From {. H. Doeshe'

That men are greatly lhHeuee"
their environments is clearly SHOWN
Inv the communication from rev. ,
Father Roumbouts recently appearing
in the JOURNAL as an answer 70 some
oomments I made in regards 10 tne
oroanization of the militia OF Christ
1ik. q red streak through the areu'
mept It appears that his religious
,redudices impels him to antagon'ze
the mind OF the reader against Social.
ism by representing it as klno oi
religious cult and opposed 70 '''e
church. IA,
Socialism is only concerned WIFI
tho affairs of this world: how to better
tho condition of the masses-the
workers. :,
10 do that it is necessary that the
rorker have free access to the resour
ces of nature, so he may change them
into the means of life, food clothing
and shelter, without giving tribute TO
any one who does not contribute DIS
share of productive labor.
TO carry out the socialist program
We must have public ownership OF ianu
mines, factories, railroads and all
public utilities.
Labor will be organized SO that
with the aid of the best improved
= machinery labor-time will be reduced
to about three hours per day 1or
those ableboded, excluding children
under sixteen and adults over Sixty
- wears of ace. Electricity, waterfalls,
GAS. steam and other forces OF nature
'. will be harnessed in the service OF man.
- Socialists realize that to better their
:, own condition they must at the same
=. time better the condition Of their
fel]owman, and that the burden OF
" labor can be most effectively lightened
Y by united effort.
81 If the church organize to impede
-, nrogress it will find that the young
- generation, educated in the public
r., school will not be blindly led into
- lifelong wage slavery; they NAV 81
80 willing to take their religion iron
no Rome, but decide questions of politics
Nd themselves.
.a That the Militia of Christ is not tt
m use bullets or dynamite" but "de
,od fend by means of the press and lee
turesn can be only pleasing T.
ot socialists as we are opposed to al
ho modes of human butchery, wholesal
Ire murder or war included.
=, We had reason to believe however
,ss that the press and lectures were ne
, - the only weapons to be used as II
,od Mcnamara brothers of Los Angelo
md dynimate fame are reported to /
~ Catholics, and one Of them memb'
do of the Militia of Christ-at least the
,sh. have never been members of the Socia
, 70 list party. A prominent priest
Breoklvn, N. Y. also declared in
.bor open meeting that the socialists mu
En-. be silenced''if necessary by the bulle
,ox can't see why the belief in "Got
tho and "Soul" should cut such prom
to nent figure in discussing the merits
,nds dement's of socialism.
w If God wants to he recognized
osal certainly will reveal himself to all
was children. Many socialists accept" Co.
mad. simply under different terms
,,o,. "Nature" or 1.-THE Universe. AS
snr. the "soul' the more that subject
discussed the less we know about
rved A few centuries ago the auestl
ides whether WOMAN has soul caus
his dissension in church circles. W.
w q whether or not we socialists conc'
,tette her to be equal to man, and greet
,max as a citizen and comrade and as fu
SIM. competent to cast her ballot on
aimed laws by which she is to be govern
L eau uOU SCI VIC Nipl uhooiAVh paw
and from dead language in place OF
essed one quoted by the Reverend, as
RIGHT not an admirer of the dead pas
n, all dead language included. | would v
eturn the translation, however, by lettin
read: "The world HAS been fot
ouiet but wants to be fooled no longer.
v en- The most astonishing statemen
siness Rev. Roumbouts is that he can't
ervice what the public school, public ro'
the post office system etc, have tt
d sec. with socialism and he waves all q
IN. ment aside by declaring; mo n
place than the man in the moo
nj ~. Well! Well! This is like the !
IS for country boy who was taken by
which father to city and when the p
was pointed out exclaimed: "Why
NJ l can't see town, there are SO u