The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-04-02
new WRITER
ON SOCIALISM
Discusses REMEDIES For
Many Social Evils.
Unique Remedies For lntemper-
ence and d.
vorce.

Hartford Ky, r. F. d. No. 5, Mar.
30.-Editor Republican-It has been
some time since | have written any
thing political for the readers of your
excellent paper. / have turned my
thoughts towards the noble things of
life-christianity cooperation and
! Socialism.
1t is shame that we have politi-
cal Quacks in this country. 1t is a
ridiculous shame that we pay them
! five and seven thousand dollars to
misrepresent the taxpayer in Con-
gress, whose income is less than $500
year.
When you step on the dogs tail you
can tell by the tune OF his yell how
/ bad he has been hurt. 1t seems that
Socialism has stepped on someone at
Simm Ky. His great monumen,
tai equipoise enables him to make
/ the truth look like a lie, and the
lie like a truth. Yes, men will in
| bibe falsehOod more readily than
truth. That is why the worker is
made poor. The same thing has
made the shirker a millionaire.
We have been tormented by sever
al different Ism's in the last so years.
The greatest of all tormenting Ism's
is capitalism (our present financial
system.) 1t torments the farmer
when he sells and the miner when
he buys. This system first considers
the rights of capital. Labor is of
secondary importance. consequently
labor is defeated on the industrial
field. Mr.. Lincoln said. Labor is
prior to and independent of capital
Capital is but the fruit of labor, and
not first existed. Labor is superior
to capital and deserves the first con-
sideration. Annual message to con-
gress, 1868. If capitalism is wrong
then Socialism, its opposite, must be
right.
1t is Socialism that the middle man
most fears. Often we hear of a two
by-four political quack bowling about
the Socialist position on prohibition.
We Socialists believe that before we
can have prohibition that will pro-
hibit we will have to stop the manu-
facture of the stuff that has caused
the downfall of millions. The So
cialists would let all the people vote
on the temperance question, just the
same rs we would let them vote on
lance. What would be more fair
than that?
Again the political quacks would
have you believe that We Socialists
would make each woman every mans
wife, and each man every wOman's
husband. We most emphatically de-
ny that. Don't think for one mo-
ment dear reader, that we would have
our mothers, our wives, or sweet
hearts, to consort together like the
beasts of the jungle. We say no,
that we don't favor such, ten thous-
and times no! II the gentlemen of
Simmons will show me where the
Socialist platform favors the tearing
down of our present martial rela-
tions, then will eat the platform,
and be a Socialist no more. We So
cialists are in favor of free love in
the sense that it is the gift of nature.
1t comes from the heart just the
same as the light comes from the sun.
Did you buy the love that you have
for your wife down at the store? II
so please send me a dimes worth by
Uncle Sam, SO that l might get a
wife. Love isn't sold up in this part
of the sticks. We Socialists believe
that You should marry. young read
ers. we think an individual becomes
a better citizen after he is married
but you should be careful for the
present system might starve you in
to suing for a divorce.
Certainly we have a religious
creed. We would plant the flowers
of happiness about the home of the
worker. You plant the flower of sor-
row upon the graves of the dead. You
had better come over and help US
make life a pleasure on this earth.
Our religion fights war. the greatest
of all sins. Our God commanded you
not to kill. but you support the sys-