The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-28
MIR. WOOD LIKED
THE DOCTORS DOPE
Carefully Evades Purport OF
Apologist's Address
THROWS SAND OF "ECONOMY,
IN PEOPLES EYES

In the Morning Tribune of January
%, an obscure individual, signing his
name Richard P. Wood, tries to lead
J the people Of Everett to believe that
the warp and wool of DIR. Manning's
reactionary address at the High
school, week ago, was merely a de-
| sire to show the workers of Everett
the folly OF wastefulness and improvid-
ence, and the advantages, on the other
hand, to be derived, under capitalism,
from economy, or living on a standard
below ones income.
Now no one, of course, least of all
a Socialist, has any argument to offer
against the intelligent use of money
earned, and the expediency, under ex-
listing conditions, of the more far
sighted and provident among wage
earners laying away whatever portion
of their wages which, through self
denial, they can manage to hoard.
Manning is right in his assertion that,
under capitalist misrule, the wage
workers will certainly need whatever
they can save for the many "rainy"
days that are inherent in this profit
monger's system of industry for ex-
pioitation only. AS applied to the
occasional Individual, the advice Of
Mr.. Richard p Woods messiah is
well given; as applied to the workers
as class 1t is all rot, impossible Of
realization and viciousIy misleading In
it's false implications.
We do not mind you, gentle reader,
allow our "class hatred" venom of
jealousy" and lack of desire for hon.
est labor" so to mislead us as to
rashly assume that either the tender
hearted DR.. Manning or his apostle of
Content" under the yoke, our beneyol-
ent friend of labor, Mr.. Wood, really
know anything abort why their -
vice cannot be followed by vsle waNo-
slave element as a class; this would
be to impute to them at least an ele-
mentary knowledge of political econ
omy. which neither of them can justly
be suspected Of possessing.
All we wish to point out here, to
any one who might guilelessly assume
that we are attacking the benevolent
CD doctors doctored lecture on the
point emphasized by the philanthropic
Richard P. Wood, is this: We are not
opposing Dr.. Manning's address on
the basis of the seIf-evident platitudes
with which his quack remedy for pow
erty was adulterated; we are attack
ing the nasty, poisonous nostrum
beneath his sugar-coated pellets of
what should be called, proverbs for
those destitute of money and brains"
A Discredited Policy
DR.. Manning and Richard P. Wood
are merely following the old trick of
putting over a bunch of truisms, as
platitudinous as fresh discovery
by Theodore Roosevelt, along with a
mass of pure-or impure-fabrication
and perversions of self-evident truths;
merely to mislead and deceive. But
thinking people recognize this old, dis
honest method of argument. The
theologians beat you to it, Doc, and
Dick
We can afford space here for Just
one example of Richard p. Woods
imitation of DR.. Mannings bunk.
Here is the scintillant -'instead
of spreading the gospel of joy in
work it breaches the doctrine of
shame in work"
Says he further
There is a certain venomous sec
ton of the working class which should
be excluded from the society of de, mt
and intelligent workers. 1t poisons
alike the working hours and the So
cial hours with the venom of jealousy
and hatred; it inspires dissension
where harmony is necessary for good
results; it fills the working class with
self-pity for it's so-called down-trodden
condition; instead of spreading the
gospel of joy in work it breaches the
doctrine of shame in work." etc.
Presumably, the "it" is the venom
GUS section"
Somewhat "Venemous'
Now see here, isn't this state
ment just bit "venomous" itself?
Why not confine your criticism to the
facts at issue, seeing that you are SO
much opposed to "a warlike feeling"
and so strong on human love-" and
all that? Don't be "venomous." Dick.
as you yourself say,-"it warps the
character; bases the judgment; des-
troys honor; kills joy; chases hope
and leaves in its barren track moth
ing but desert in which no flower OF
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