The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-04-16
Propagandists.


political world as capitalism. We
have also another element called la
Dor. Capitalism has been accused of
trying to reduce or destroy labor.
One is supposed to have lots of mon
ey end the other very little or none.
While this has been going on labor
sees capital taking an undue advan-
tage with the use of money Labor
sees the press subsidized. Labor sees
its interests suppressed And one of
the things that labor sees is propa-
ganda.
Capitalism may be in the lobby to
control legislation. 1t may be in
the lobby for simple act of justice.
Capitalism may go to the press to
condone it's evil practices; it may be
asking only to be heard and justice
rendered. In any event the prevail
ing thought with labor is propagan-
da.
Now it is useless to try to hide
the fact that there has been a great
deal of this propaganda, but the cap
italist is not the only propaganda
The two old political parties have
become rooted to their spoils and
practices. They have, little by little
at first, and then with greater dar-
ing, encroached upon the substances
and the civil liberties of the people.
At last they have increased the or
ganization and functioning power
so rapidly that during the twenty
seven months from April 6, 1917, to
June 80, 1919, the government ap
propriated or provided for more than
double the amount it cost to run the
government for 1877 years before
that time, which was $4,000 00O,-
900.
There's no use to discuss commit
tee Investigations or party defense;
the fact stands out that the money
was used, and if there was no evil
dence of graft or job there must
have been inefficiency and incom-
potency. But allowing liberal lat
itude in time of war the orgy of APP
preparations since that time has
been inexcusable.
So there has been considerable
ein nI1 optio
welded to their gods, to leave these
organizations and establish a new
party founded upon economy and
efficiency of government. One of the
activities growing out of this move
ment was the committee of forty
which met last January in st.
Louis. That movement was stranded
by propaganda. The socialists en-
deavored to control and fasten upon
this committee the political dogma
which is known as government own
ership and the expenditure of more
money for public utilities than even
the monumental expense of the war,
a system fraught with more danger,
and suggestive of more inefficiency,
prodigality and waste than any ever
offered to man.
There is again movement to con-
troll the national conventions this
summer and to name leader who has
the courage of political independence
and the conscience of political re-
sponsibility and integrity man
with real backbone. That movement
is sought by great majority of the
voters of both political parties. But
there is another element trying to
divert these purposes. The idea is
either to control the conventions or to
create detection under the. name Of
reform. LaFollette will lead this
element in the Republican conven-
ton and Bryan in the Democratic
convention. This detection will be
recruited by laborites seeking to es-
tablish socialism or government own
ership. The names are synonymous.
LaFollette and Bryan will both be
seen in their true colors. They will
cut loose from party obligation. But
they will be guilty of more insid-
ious propaganda than capitalism
ever dreamed of in its philosophy
the propaganda of socialism.
There are some, isolated cases of