The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-04
WOTkingnlen Have No Concern. In European War To Promote
 Interests Of Greed
If Shooting Is To Be Done Let MOnaTchs Expose own Bril-
 IiantIy Decorated Persons
No Reason Why Those Who Foil For A Living Should
 XIII Each Other

| l Your rulers intend to use as pawns in g, great game. instigated by a spirit
 of conquest, greed. and personal re- venge. You will be dressed in pretty
 suits, provided with weapons of de- 1 struction, and sent out to kill and
 main other men, who have been pro- | vided by their particular rulers with pretty suits-of slightly different col or, or perhaps be killed by them. in 1 turn.
 l These mkn are all working men l like yourselves. For the rulers and lthe politicians who create the wars of l the world take precious good care not l to expose their own carcasses to the | dangers of flying bullets, bursting
 shells. or piercing lances. They are too intelligent.
 j They must depend, for pawns in | the great game of ~spoils and death, upon those of; lesser intelligence J upon you working men. You have
 been trained in .spatrio iotisrn (which is to revere one particular bit of land in the world and one particular flag, whether the principals and actions of that country under that flag be right l or wrongs l You have been educated to obey. l You can be- depended upon to go where you afe sent, and to do as you are ered--without question, or l right or reason. a Now, obed1ence IS golden sV1rtue-
 in cattle. With goad, whip, or spur we compel tiff it prove laggard d. But disobedience implies sufficient reasoning power to dissent from a l rulers decree whether that ruler be ] am ornately dressed gentleman cover
 ed with decorations, or the drunken | driver of an ash-cart.
 lY our rulers desire. that you leave your Lucrative ( or partially lucrative) employment. in this country, return to your respective homes, put on a uniform signifydng that you are a I flag, and kill your own shop mate, or Igfellow worker-besfde whom you
 have 1abored in peace and mutual es- Iteem for years--but who happens to
 be a subject of your, enemy's coun- try
 Now, your first duty is to your wife I and children-for whose welfare you
 assumed responsibility. If you are
 smashed into sfapeless pulp, and
 left fostering upon some bloody battle lvultures-your wife may get along as
 best she may by scrubbing floors,
 taking in washing, or performing any T neniaI labor for which her education Tor lack of education-may have fit ! ted her.
 Your children without fathers
 support and care, may run the streets II perhaps to grow up into criminals
 drunkards,- or worse.
 T You working men have it in your
 power to prevent this. You, and
 you alone, will be held responsible
 before& that great tribunal of Con
 science, which you will take with you tosthe other side, when your shattered
 broken body is left for the escaven-
 gers, or unceremoniously dumped in- 1 to a trench, with hundreds, perhaps
 thousands of your A1nd.
 You, and you alone, are guilty of
 all the crimes they may commit. You,
 and you alone, will be degraded in the eyes Of the great God, of Hosts, if you desert your families now, to fur
 nish the minimizing bone and muscle
 that is to hurI death and devastation
 into the bodies of your fellow work CTS.
 If your rulers want blood and re- themselves go out on the battIeheld give them ample chance to secure ii } decorated persons to the bone-smash- ing bullet and the thrust of the bay enet.
 gl And do you use your brains Stay safely in America Refuse to1bt itools. to further senseIess anG
 shameless project Refuse to fight For
 ITO make happy hreside cline fol wee ones and wife 4 Is the true end and aim in huma1 lle