The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
LET S HAVE IT OUT,

We own the earth Ne-the Inter
c.ts Trusts, Jonuics, Rockies rierponts
IWls. Andies a bunch of us.
Never mind how We got Il. IT'S ours
and We are going to keep 1t ii We can.
The people are after it, are they
well. the people can't have it If We can
help il.
We have hung on pretty we'll SO far.
have We not. And We have done it by
the very consent and good will of the
lpcople. It's because we have fooled the
people. of course. We have fooled the
people into going to war for Us and
fighting for US and shooting each other
down for Us and dying for Us.
That was easy.
For, you see, We own the press. We
have to own that so We can tell the
people what we want them to do. And
they do it.
Oh, the dear people How dear they
arcl Although we get them very cheap.
All right, then. To hold the earth
the mines, the mills, the factories, the
means of life, the necessities, Injuries
and comforts of life-Ne must have the
legislatures, the governors, congress, the
president, courts, mayors, city councils
in short, We must have the govern
ment in Our own hands.
And that is easy. The dear people
vote so nicely for our candidates. just
hear them shout and holler for Our off
cials.
OF course, once in while they get
restless and tired. We skin them pretty
deep and they rebel now and then.
But We fix that all right.
For some time, We had only one big
party. 1t worked fine until we got too
heavy on the backs of the slaves-both
black and white.
Then We added another party, and so
far it has worked like charm.
When We have republican party in
the harness We skin the workers just as
before. When they get weary We take
our press and holler against the republi
can party and blame that party for hard
times and bad conditions. Then We
take the same press and begin to boost
the other party. We boast of Jeffer-
son and jackson and Bryan, and get the
workers all excited about the democrat
party. Then we put up fine fellows for
president and governors and the dear
people vote for them.
And we keep on skinning and skinning
till the slaves won't stand it any longer.
Then we change over to the republi-
can party again. We talk it up. We
boost it as the party of prosperity, the
party of Lincoln, Mckinley and Roose-
welt, the party of the full dinner pail,
the party of protective tariff-that pro-
tects Us, of course. What else is the
tariff for?
And the slaves vote again. They vote
for our republican candidates and they |
think they will get property.
But We 60 right ahead and skin them
just as before.
We have kept this up for many, many
years. The trick has worked fine.
But now the horrid socialists are in
the field. They tell the workers of Our
game and show them how We own both !
the republican and democrat parties.
The workers are beginning to give signs
of suspicion.
But We got another card to play. We
are not through yet. We can fool the
people another stunt all right
So now we are fixing up third party.
We had the democrats and republicans
make an awful fuss at their convention.
Then We scolded them in Our press just
as if We had been serious. That makes
a fine preparation for Our new party.
We better call that the Progressive
Party" That sounds good, and the dear
people won't catch on for some time.
We are using Our press to boost the
Teddy progressive Me party. Teddy is
Our man. He is the best stoolpigeon
We ever had. He stands without being
tied.
And We slam the high cost of living"
1t sounds good.
Now watch the fool voters flock to
Teddy. He is the kingpin in Our big
wagon.
How We will skin the slaves after they
have voted for Our candidates. Gee
We will just blister their backs and get
the coin out of them.
Then, when they get more and more
restless and hungry, we will fool them
back to the good old parties again.
The only thing we fear is the horrid
socialist party. 1t is getting awfully big
and strong. 1t has a number of daily
papers, a lot of weekly and monthly
papers and organizers and agitators by
the thousands.