Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-04-23
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

oNFoSoSO SohCbniuB AON buo DObtOAAhe
of the human family. than to be gov
ernor. Socialists are not after Office
as one may suppose. They know that
unless they can get hold of the govern
ment but little can be done for human
ity. If Wilson and his congress car
help the bankers. why can't he and
congress help the working man by es'
tablishing regional farms. If the
government can dig canals and build
railroads, what is the reason work
ingmen can't be assisted to raise more
hog and hominy. Socialism is more
of an industrial than political prop
osition, as see it.
If the republican party had done its
duty during the fifty years and over
it has been in power, there would
have been but little poverty and mis-
cry in this great country in which we
live. 1t did not give a fair and
square deal to all the people. It has
been guilty of allowing people to be
robbed of their inheritance, the high
est crime it could be guilty of, and
am afraid the democratic party is GO
ing to perpetuate and allow the rob-
berry to continue.
Three things men must have to live,
and real civilization and democracy
wouldn't deny them these things. and
government that will deny them is
false government. Land, air and
water are the most essential things for
a man. This can't be denied. Meth
er can it be denied that the govern
ment never created them. 1t took con-
troll by force and robbed half the
people and over, and ought to be
forced to restore what it has taken.
Man is entitled to what he produces
and when he gets, more than that he
is robber. All men are entitled to
enough land, air and water to live on
and no mole. That is his birthright,
his inheritance according to "thus
saith the Lord" Socialists don't
teach robbery but christian honesty,
and l defy the world to refute their
teachings. With this I'll leave the
subject.
Well, Mr.. Editor, we are not press
ed for argument that we have to turn
our articles into articles of vilifica-
tion. We can express our friendship
for the down and and out crowd, /
hope, without treating some other
writer as was treated not long ago.
Working people certainly need friends
and If we have paper any more
friendly to them than the News in
these diggins, I would like to see it,
and l urge the working men to take
the News and read the pleas made for
and in behalf of labor. There ale "a
lot of people borrowing the News.
Fifty cents is not much, friends, and
you surely can raise that much il you
try. Don't sponge. Help the editor
and he will appreciate. / want to ask
some of our prettiest, sweetest noun
tain girls to get up a lot of subscribers
and get the premium. I'll help you
l am only asking the prettiest. OF
course there are no ugly girls on this
are there, boys Just con-
slider yourself agents and go ahead.
My old comrade, VIM. Hatfield, is
in very bad health. He is coughing
great deal, can't lie down at night.
J. A. Gofo1 this children are up
again.
Work is less than half time, and
things look blue.
A. M. Carrick and wife went on a
visit to Providence Saturday, return
ing Sunday.
Joe Henley has moved to F. M.
Stepp's place on the Altamont road.
Got notice Saturday to don my un-
form May and march to jackson
Vile, Fla. l hope to go provided I
am we'll enough and am financially
able.
Well, men, if any working man be-
lieves he can actually better his con
dition one penny by voting the rspub-
ilcan ticket, by all means do SO, but /
know you can't. 1t has caused more
poverty, misery and trouble than any
party that ever existed in the coun-
try. It's policy has made the rich
richer and the poor poorer, therefore
1t belongs to the capitalistic gang and
no use denying it. I'll tell you So
ciaiists what you ought to do in Au-
gust, help the democrats lick the re-
publicans. Another thing, there is
Mt thing in the republican platform
worth the paper it is written on for
the laboring people. 1t is a humbug
from beginning to end. You are not
strong enough, comrades, to lick them
yourself, but you can help the demo-
Gratis give them waterloo. That
Chairman of the republican party
needs to be turned back leaf or two.
The idea of party chairman sneering
1T working man and calling him a
nuisance is ridiculous. Knock him
and his party out. We will help you
On this end. Vote for sPyburn. / be-
ieve he is the nominee of the demo-