Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-02-27
PREDICTS MORE TROUBLE

1t has been some time since 1 gave
you anything for the News. | am not
mad or lukewarm because you found
something Marx and Bebel said you
did not like. Nor am I worried over
the fact that we have agnostics, athe-
lists, infidels, ETC., in our party. Nor
because we have men of all religions,
even to the Roman Catholics, in spite
of the fact that the Pope is against u.s.
do not blame him as believe Social
ism would somewhat interfere with
his graft. We are compelled to look
for self, first, last and all the time,
and the pope is not bad man because
of this; nor do Socialists despise or
hate a man because under the practice
of the laws and churches of our coun-
try he robs others of the fruits of their
toll, and by so doing lives on easy
street. There is where we socialists
all want to live, but we want to make
it possible for the whole human fami-
| ly to do So, too.
A democrat (party man) has been
elected since l wrote, who represents
less than one-fourth the people. The
many thousand pie-hunters, many of
whom have become since, election very
strong democrats giving out such as
~ have never scratched ticket"
my father before me was a democrat
as we'll as all my relatives, and "We
have been fighting the party's battles
during life" never thinking that if
these were qualifications we could find
as good in the pen.
| When the pie is distributed and
possibly one in ten happens to catch,
the nine disappointed ones will be
willing to listen to something else and
even admit they voted for Mr.. Hooper.
We Socialists are anxiously looking
for the time to arrive for Mr.. Wilson
to seize the reins of government, fol
we are anxious to see the trusts ''bus-
ted" and competition restored" We
will watch for the first to be hung, as
he is quoted as saying, 81 will hang
as high as Hamen any man who brings
on panic. He may not "bust 'em"
or hang 'em, but if you know any
thing, the democrats are good about
doing what they promise and are great
friends of the laboring people (just be-
fore election). l refer you to their
long unbroken record in the South
where a judge, serving the capitalists,
may order you just where to walk and
to whom to talk to, etc.
If we continue to travel this path
we are sure to reach judge who will
dictate when, where and what we may
eat or do any of the simplest things of
daily life. In other words we must
first have judicial decision before we
will know what or what not to do.
We have been reading a lot about
Mr.. j. P. Morgan's twenty-five bill
lion dollars worth of wealth We have
counted, figured and guessed and we
cannot comprehend the amount, but if
God himself had begun, at one dollar
per day, the day he spoke this old
world into existence and saved every
days He must work and slave about |
with j. P. Morgan's wealth.
Now let us suppose that Jesus had
begun the day lie was born to accumu-
late this amount be must save annual
ly $i,3O6, SAT each year for 1918 years,
or SO, $50 per day.
But let us take the allotment of
man for three score and ten and see If
We can get at it, better, allowing |
twenty years for educational prepara-
tior. This leaves fifty working years, |
or one-fftieth of twenty five billion or
i've million annually, or sixteen thOus- |
and thirty five dollars daily. Are you
SO dull of reason that you can get |
nothing from this Let Us look farth-
el,
Morgan does not work, only the 9TH
er fellow Let US suppose that Nor
gan has been at this for fifty years,
what does this show. It shows that be
must have employed an average of
t6, 035 men from whom he gathered a
profit of 81 90 each Gaily as producers
pay all bills. Allow one dollar per day
living expenses, then the wage slave
must produce two, that Morgan may
take his dollar and pay living expens
es.
How does this harmonize with, Sin
the sweat Of thy face thou shalt eat
DHead.''
Is Mr.. Morgan bad man for this
No He caught the republican idea
Of trusts and combines to eliminate
and began to turn every
trick possible for the benefit of his
class, even legislation.
One bank in New York has been in
existence forty years and in that time
has returned dividends equal to IS, $50
per cent. on its original capital. This
was sired by the republican party and
kindly taken care of by the democratic
arty. What DO you think of this' If
this is right, it is the rightest thing
that evel happened.
The democratic party says with the
republican party tnat we will dissolve ,
money trust, steel trust, etc. 1,
nto smaller trusts, as for example, the
dissolution of the Standard Oil trust
nto thirty-two smaller ones, and let
zach grow into "big'' ones again.
What difference to you, Mr.. Work
If you are to be skinned,
would you not prefer one skinning to 5
bunch of thirty-two skinning you by :
iegrees' Mr.. Wilson and his party
avor this skin game, and absolutely
nothing against our unjust system will
re attempted by them.
"Wild West" let us hear from you
occasionally. We remember you kind
y and believe that you are Social
st by this time.
A. j. BRANNAN,
Tracy City, Tenn. =