The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-17
LARGE NUMBER
HEAR SOCIALIST
GIVE Lecture
n. C. cREEL, A SPEAKER OF Ma
TIoNAL REPUTATION, WENT
AFTER BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS IN ADDRESS.

Things publicly used shall be pub
licly owned, and things privately used
shall be privately owned" is the only
real definition to Socialism, said II. G..
Creel of the National Rip Saw, and
a Socialist lecturer of national repu
tation, as he talked to an audience of
five or six hundred persons at the
corner Of Palafox and Wright streets
last night Mr.. CreeI is an interesting
speaker, knows his subject well, and
presents his argument in a most
pleasing manner.
Socialism is not any of the things
which the average man says it is, the
speaker said, adding that anyone who
says it means taking a mans farm,
social equality, tearing down the
church, etc, either is "innocentiy falsi-
flying or Intentionally lying"
Republicans and Democrats alike
were par-boiled by the speaker. He
said the Republicans had robbed the
people, the Democrats had skinned
them, and if given power the people
would be "sifunn" by the Bull Moses.
There are but two issues in the world
right and wrong-and according to
the Socialist speaker, the Democrats,
Republicans and Bull Moses are on
the wrong side. The inference was,
though he did not say so, that the So
cialists are on the right side.
Full social value of all man Gre
ates," greatest good to the greatest
number of people," are two principles
which are right, he said But the
way the country is trying to settle
the whiskey question is far from right
according to his way of thinking.
take the profit out of whiskey and
you have Socialism" he said.
In a very humorous way the speaker
said the southern Democrats are max
Ing the people believe it does not hurt
to be skinned, the exacting of profit
rent and interest being the three ways
the SHINING" job is accomplished.
To make the teachings of Socialism
clear to the audience, the speaker said
he would appeal to the common sense
Of the people, but changed his mind
saying common sense is the .scarcest
thing in Florida" He then quoted
from the Bible to substantiate the
teachings of Socialism.
Reading from an editorial in The
Journal which advised Florida people
to raise cattle to supply the markets,
he condemned the advice as a scheme
to help skin" the people out of their
money. Your two papers tell you
how to vote, and you are chumps
enough to do it; you ought to be
horsewhipped."
1t was bad enough for the people to
vote the Republican and Democratic
tickets when they got 81 for so doing,
but the speaker could not see why
there is any more excuse when the
two dollars are not forthcoming. How
ever, the voters, he says, are RESPONSE
bic for the system.
The Pensacola papers are capitalist
newspa pers-reasonably honest in
their news accounts-and their in
terests are not the peoples interests,
he said, and later remarked that it is
an easy matter to muzzle every CAPT
talist newspaper in the United States.
The people are financing every line
of industry in the United States and
should not have to pay for the priv
nege, a system which Socialism seeks
to remedy. This may be done only in
a cooperative way. the speaker said,
and that he had every reason to be-
iieve it would be brought about within
eight years.
The first half of Mr.. CreePs speech
was direct and to the point and he
outlined in a clear and concise way
the objects of Socialism, but the lat
ter part of 1t was devoted to a de-
nunciation of the leaders of the two
parties and relating personal expert
ences in his work throughout the
country. This he did, however, in a
most entertaining manner and held
his audience until the end. The night
was warm, but the speaker in an en-
tertaining manner held the crowd to
the end.