Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-23

far as ! was able to do so. | was a
red cross member perhaps before you
having joined it in 1906. / am not a /
walking advertisement but you may
be able to find out in regarding to
bonds. Have some bonds and also
thrift stamps. You must remember
many of our boys are in debt and we
seem to have plenty of push to try
| to build a home and improve our coun-
try. | was not asked to buy bonds but
lresponded and expect to respond when
ever the time comes again so far as
my means allow me. Now question.
who is the patriot or most loyal, the
socialists who claim our government
is able and should own and operate
all industries which are for the use of
! every body or the men who claim our
| government is not able to do this and
want it to be done by private interests
| for the benefit of few?
What do you think of our public
; schools, highways, mail and parcel
post? Do you believe this ought to
! go into the capitalists hands? If not
why not? If this proves good why not
other enterprises.
Why is it that the capitalists oppose
and the newspapers help give them
publicity to all things against progress
which interferes with their business
Why is it they oppose the Socialist
party, labor unions, the Farmers non
partisan league, Farmers Co. operat-
i've Packing plants? Such men as
Thompson, La Toilette and others?
| can tell you why They butt into
their business. Now, our railroads
are controlled by our government. Did
you notice the government is saving
$3,OOO.OOO by doing away with the
different companies lawyers? How
do you think these poor lawyers like
government ownership? (To be con-
tinued)
The poor fellows are out of a job
now and they will finally have to do
as the workers are doing, be pro-
| ducers instead of consumers We have
thousands of rolling chair warmers
who would have to do the same thing
these lawyers will do, had we govern
ment ownership. Can you blame these
fellows for knocking us? They like
the job better than their government.
We, Socialists are very we'll SATISFIED
with our form of government but, the
question which cOnfronts us is the tel-
low who is inside of the game. Now
the working mems duty is to unite as
we are now doing and put up our own
candidates and put men in office who
stand for the best interests of the
American people, instead of men who
stand for the big interests.
workers of the world united you
have all the world to gain and not a
thing to loose but, but your chains"
This is one of the remarks | heard
copper king make in Utah: eff the
workers would keep on working and
stay out of politics, they would do
! better"
Another says; "The worst thing
that ever happened was when farmers
got automobiles. They had better stay
tnome AID work instead Of going into
politics"
Another says: ""The farmers have
enough to do to attend to their farm
. ing instead of going into the packing
| business" This fellow was a stock
; buyer.
Another ranchman says: Cali the
: farmers should have is a strong back
| and weak brain"
A renowned North Dakota senator
made the remark: eff your farmers
) would stay home and slop your hogs,
we would run the government for
you"
So I say, ali workers unite and let's
go and slop the hogs who do not
stand for the workers interests. These
are the fellows the socialists are after.
The article referring to "Is This a
Rich Mans WARP" Will send you an
| article to print which I think will
make this question clear to your read
| ers. The gentleman who spoke at
| the club, | must say, has studied very
| little Socialism. AS to the party los
| ing members through the war, the
! party has gained more members in
| the last two months than in two years
| before the war.
| ARTHUR C. OCHSNER.
I Plain, Wis.
| Editors Note: Since this paper an
! swered Mr.. Ochner quite fully in the
past, will not devote more space at
| this time. The article to which he
| refers reads as follows: