The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-16
SOME NEEDLESS WORK
BY COMRADE SCHNEIDER

BY COMRADE SCHNEIDER
Brother Benjamin OF the Ocala Star
ably answers the FIVE questions our
socialist friends have propounded and
offered $1,000 to anyone answering
them. We believe Brother Benjamin is
entitled to the thousand dollar bill
Summerfield Chronicle.
Its among the other treasures We
have laid up in Heaven. and we are
some doubtful about ever seeing it
Star.
For the benefit OF the Summerfield
Chronicle we might say, that the edi-
tor OF the Star in attempting to an
swer the five questions propounded by
Refs OF Toledo, did ABOUT as well as
any of his capitalist contemporaries
could have done. but the answers are
no answers, but mere negatives and
bald assertions and denials without
proofs, such answers do not deserve
that $1,000 price. Suppose the Summer
field Chronicle make a try at 1t. 1t
might do better!
A little closer reading of the litera-
ture of the Real Road to Wellville
will show both editors that capitalists
have no other answer to these ques-
tions, than perhaps, God knows"
la William Howard Taft; therefore
can't hope to earn the $1,000 on the
terms imposed. 1t will be remembered
that the conditions imposed the avoid
ance of the socialist answer to those
questions as there is, or can be no
other logical answer to them. Capt.
talists and their editors find them
selves in a very deep. deep hole, with
thousand dollar price dangling most
tantalizingly before their very noses,
yet out of reach.
II our friend the editor will lay his
treasures up in some warmer place, he
will be more likely to find them when
he needs them. c. F. S.
The initials &C. F. s." above stand
for the name Of our friend Charles F.
Schneider. who is candidate on the So
cialist ticket for some office, we can't
remember which one, but 1t makes no
particular difference.
Our friend Schneider need not have
wasted his time in telling us We would
not receive them thousand plunks. We
had listed them. with the other
promises OF socialism, which might as
well be laid up in Heaven, or even bet
ter, for 1t will be hell on the body
polite. socialists included, if any at
tempt to carry them out is ever made.
Comrade Schneider, however. is
more generous to us than we expected.
He admits that we have come closer to
winning the thousand than some others
have done. In return we will say that
he is a clever old boy and means well,
and we would rather trust him with
the job OF running the earth than
some other folks who have essayed it.
Dr.N -. l. NI>.A
to the five questions are mere mega
tives, bald assertions and denials," he
Jars our funny bone. In the name of
the great horn spoon and the lesser
planets, what is there so far to the
socialist program but bald assertions
OF what they will do, negatives OF good
in others and promises bare of fulfill
ment?
Comrade Schneider has not put in
any OF his time, disproving or con-
troverting any of our assertions. He
says they are one thing. our friends
say they are another, and up to date
the ayes seem to have it.
But you can't corner socialist in
argument. He is like the prohibition
list We have all heard of. Said prohi-
bitionist maintained that the use of
alcohol shortened life. In vain his OPP
ponent pointed out that a certain con-
firmed old soak was 80 years cid.
That cuts no ice," said the prohi. IF
he had never used whisky. he would
be hundred by this time
We don't think that any of our cap
italist brethren are much tantalized
by that thousand dollar prize dangling
before their noses. We don't suppose
that anyone. not even a socialist, has
ever taken 1T seriously.
We know that many of their lead
ers are not taking their platform ser
iously. We know they are not because
they have told us so. Some of them
have told us that they are very we'll
aware that the adoption of their poll
icies at this time would ruin the coun-
try.
We haven't read the Real Road to
Wellvilie." We will read it as soon
as some reliable person has travelled
over the said road and sent back an
authenticated report of it's condition
and destination. When it comes to
speculation, we can do that with as
much probability and much more to
our satisfaction than anybody else
can do it for US A man who lets an
other man, whether he be a socialist
or not, do his pipe dreaming for him
wastes one OF his unalienable priv
ileges.
We regret to see our friend Schneid-
er refer to a warmer place than Heav-
en- to lay up treasures in The infer
ence is obvious. and we had supposed
that socialism would abolish He'll as
soon as it took charge. And we con-
idently expect 1t to take charge in
ten thousand years or so, which is
considerably less time in that super
heated place than another friend, an
old hardshell preacher. promised us
when We were a boy. However, the
socialism that will abolish bells here
and hereafter, will be a different
brand from that which Comrade
Schneider breaches.
Take the string of stuff that he
printed in a recent issue of the Star
and Is issuing in pamphlet form-what
Is there in IT useful or helpful? 1t is