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- j I ' V - ., 1 r .- Friday, august ia, 1910. TIIB GASTOXIA GAZETTE. PAGE PEOPLE'S FORUM A. f, v .... v, 4 . t, Comcsnlc&tlont from Gazette v Readen on lire Topics . ;. ftieDij. Vv 1H)UTI0AL POtUPOUM. . They tell us now that we ought to defeat Webb because he would not vote for an appropriation to contin I ue running No. J7 malltraln, which never was and never could be, worth two eenU to either the rich or the poor even on the main line of the Southern Railway. .;., I One would Infer, from 'that "butt In" letter of Jimbo'a that the Issue of the ninth district would he for whiskey or no whiskey.; Don't get too personal, Jlmbo, or we might tell who you are, which would tickle the people blame-nlgh to death. Of course everybody knows that the mills over In Umbo's section have been -on full dinner pall time since he whooped em In. If Jlmbo is go ing to stay in the Republican party he will have to whoop for the same gang of negroes as In days of yore. Our reference to the unpleasant episode in the Democratic rahksln Gaston county Is a matter entirely of our own and . when the November election comes along there will be enough ginger left in the grand old party to wallop the Devil outen Jlm bo and his gang1. No. Jlmbo, you held onto the negro vote Just as long as you could and, no longer than last week, when you heard a rumbling sound like so many negroes going back into politics you reached them the glad hand. The Democratic party-in North Carolina has got to raise and train another generation of heroes to protect our homes like Aycock, Simmons, Mason, Arm strong, McLean, Shuford and others who gave the best of the.lr lives to drive these hordes from the fair plains of North Carolina. .Jlmbo, dont tell us how many days or years your mill has been dead under Republican prosperity but pray tell us how much you have actually, run. Some times a good man changes his way of voting, some times a drunk man sobers up and a man with an unbalanced top story goes off and recuperate, but a blamed natural born fool keeps on being crazy. It's a fact Jlmbo, you fellows did whoop free silver and sent "Mary Ann" t Washington to stamp it 16 to 1 and. now the same "Mary Ann" is "coming back" to North Carolina to tell the Radicals how and what to do. back" to take full charge of things fa and around the radical kitchen, we see no earthly reason why some good radical can't tell us why prac tically all the mills are on short time or shut down entirely. v Its as old as the hills but as true as Republican rascality, that the hit dog does the most howling. JUNO. SOCIALISM. To the Editor of The Gazette: Having received three 'or four parcels of partisan political litera ture, I have decided to write for pub lication a reply thereto. I will begin by asking the ques tion, What should be the object of government? : I suppose ' you ' will say that It should be to protect the weak agalnsj the -strong, or to mete out Justice to those governed. The next question Is the kind of justice it should mete. Should it be partial or absolute? I will admit, candidly, to mete the absolute would be hard; but will say the gov ernment failine to meta th ihnn- lute. so far as la noaalhl. fa nnt Ideal government, and has need of Improvement, r Now the question is, Is our gov ernment meteinc justice in to &h. solute, so far as ls-DOMlhlef. I suppose you will say that it Is not. ana mat mn in nrvin t have it imorored: hut win ti.. l - v , " m.,m hW nndecided Just now. - 'Now, In what ways should It mete justice? ' I will say her tht it should mete Justice bafom thm or tnat everr man ahnnM haa n equal chance under the law. Naw everybody knows that thU is not meted. 4 It is next to th iniuinu for a labor is r man tn rot aiv1...l kuiva ilXa ft lair CninCA bAfor thm law I the man havlnr iriptnt nmaii - ' w w buy his war through, whila tha mn - vwa . a.uuJ having none cannot Now; there are other wars " It anould'meta nnt InaMo IwmMu I XJCe BfOrA tha taw . T. .. T 11.1.1. I tin justlce in the Mnrti u ni v . i ink a liuai I Sinning that ahonld mtA ' t a j W W contend that tha n,i and the mk. i....i.n. v a v. mnch protected by the govern ment as tne weak physically. I al so contend that they should be pro- tected as mwk, from a business or I industrial joint of view, as a crim lnal. iV.V- a - ' .':; . , Now, I want to ask. It our labor ing people, of which I. am one, are being protected when It comes to the question ; of business '.and Industry. And I want to say right here that I believe when any man engages In any business whatever, and makes more out of that business than , he earns, by actual labor, is practicing Injustice: and, that a government falling to prohibit such practice, is not metelng Justice to Its" subjects In the absolute, nor so far as is pos sible. ;, l believe that all wealth Uncrea ted by labor, and. that a man getting wealth he does not earn is getting it unjustly. When It comes to protection along this line, our government Is protect - Ing the strong against the weak, the lion against the lamb. , . In nroof of this, however,, we only have to look around on every side, We find the people who do the hard and necessary wrk, as a rule, living In crowded tenement nouses, onm for human beings and often unfit for lower animals, while those engaged In business and the management of Industry live in Dalaces and build "sky-scrapers." Further proof is found in our cen sus reports, showing that 90 per cent of all of our wealth Is In the hands of 10 per cent of the people, leaving, therefore, 10 per cent of all our wealth for 90 per cent of the people; and that about as unequally distributed as the whole. I will give an Illustration: Sup- poM you nad ten Bon8 and a thous- and acres of fertile, farming land: and suppose you were to will all your land to the eldest son. Then suppose you were to make the sec ond son superintendent of the farm, and cause him to look after its busl ness Interests: and. further, make the third boss farmer, and have him to oversee the work; and, finally, com Del the other seven to do the balance of the work necessary. 'Then, suppose when gathering time came, you were to give the owner, of the farm nine-tenths of all produced, the superintendent nine- tenths of the remainder, the boss farmer three times that of a com' mon worker, and the seven common workers the remainder Now, according to the above, what kind ef justice would you be meting to your sons? And yet, without contradiction, you would be meting about the same kind our govern ment Is allowing to be meted to Its subjects. I suppose you think I am coming to awful conclusions, and I will ad mit that I am, but I am simply stat ing facts that no man can refute. But, 1 suppose one will say that the Republican party la responsible for all of this. I will admit frank ly that it, with the business and In dustrial system largely developed under its rule, is, but I would like to know what better the Democratic party has to offer. I suppose you will say it offers tariff reform. There are two sides to the tariff question. If I have not been misinformed, we have had tar iff . reform, with business stagnation, poverty, soup-houses, and starvation, under Cleveland. We have had pro tection, so called, with about the same results, though possibly not auite so bad. under Roosevelt and Taft. England Is a free-trade country with practically the same conditions that we have here. Perhaps you will say that the Democrats will secure for us for eign markets; but foreign markets will do no good so far as securing: justice is concerned. In fact, It Is Injustice within itself to secure for eign markets at the expense of other nations or people, who need them as bad or worse than , we do. Of course we have heard much about "trust busting;" but if all our trusts were "busted" and our busi ness and industrial interests placed in the hands of more people to grab for "profits," the unjustness of the situation would not be touched It is not tariff reform; It Is not foreign markets; neither is it "trust busting" that we want It Is busi ness and Industrial reform; or, to be more plain, a complete overthrow of our present business and Industrial system, and the substitution In its place of a system that will mete jus tice. ,.. . , - ' . Now, the question is, What kind tvui.vav v sail. a vuuvou as viuoi I to mafa 4naH Vsii m ktiafiiooa mr,A I 4vyvt ttvui wtaa I indaitrlAl Tiew point? In answer, I will sir that co-operative system. which -means a public ownership. and democratic control of all the This, according to my understand ing, wll mean a public ownership of all .lands, with all appurtenances thereto, such as minerals timber. water power, etc.; and all manufac turing and industrial establishments. with all farming, mining manufac- tuning, and practically the whole in- dustrlal system under ' direct con trol of the representatives of the people, with these representatives subject to recall, by the people, 4t any time they may deem necessary. As to distribution, it will mean a public ownership of railroads, steam ships, and business houses, such as I wholesale and retail, with their con trol In the hands of the people's rep- I resentatlves, This will , also mean ' that all men work Ing for these ; representa tives. Including the representatives themselves, whether farming, man ufacturing, or what, will receive wa ges according to the work they do; and the fellow falling to work will fall to get pay. It will further mean that all pro ceeds will belong to the people aa a 1 whole, until sold by their represent atives, with prices regulated accord ing to what Is on hand. It will be seen that all profit, rent and interest, . will be abolished by this system, thereby ' abolishing all the Injustice as above described. It will further be seen that If over production takes place under this system, prices can be cut, the people quit work and have a picnic Instead of a panic, as at present. This system Is advocated by the Socialist party of America, and by all Socialists of the world. I contend that It Is the only hope of our nation. Without it our wealth will be concentrated Into fewer. and fewer hands; our working people be reduced to slavery and starvation, until times become unbearable (and they are about there now), then shall come the final clash and we shall go like Rome went. But I believe this system Is as sure to be adopted as day is to fol low darkness. The party is making rapid progress all over the United States, and throughout the world. I have not written this letter as an, insult to Democrats and Republi cans but have written it for their consideration. D. 401 Mill Street, Gastonia, N. C. August 9, 1910. The King. Charity and Children. An article In The Saturday Even ing Post of two weeks ago opens with the startling statement that the greatest blessing that has come to the South In many years is the boll-weevil, and the writer, Mr. Har ris Dickson, proceeds to prove his point. His argument lies along the line of crop rotation; before the days of the weevil the Southern States, notably, Louisiana and Texas, rais ed cotton and cotton alone. If the cotton crop failed the country went broke; cotton was King and the King ruled with an Iron rod. Then came the boll-weevil and as sassinated the King on his throne; the result was industrial anarchy for awhile, but before long the people found, as they have always found, that the world was not bound up in the King. Experiment proved that even though the monarch was gone Prince Corn made a good regent. Gradually readjustment came about and today the farmers are ruled by one crop a state of freedom tnat there was no reasonable hope of their attaining had not this fetich been violently removed. Therefore, as a liberator, argues Mr. Dickson, the boll-weevil was a great blessing. However that may be in the case of the Gulf States, and we think it is true even there, there is no doubt that the boll-weevil has been a blessing to North Carolina. Though we ' flatter ourselves that we have never bowed down to It in the abso lute idolatry of our neighbors to the south yet cotton 'Is undoubtedly King up here to this day. But now adays, thanks to the bdll-weevll, his rule is gentle; fifteen-cent cotton is not a ruler but a profitable servant; the only people who feel the weight of his handre the bears of the New York exchange, and In the South, at least, there is little sympathy felt for them. The occasion of this somewhat te dious dissertation Is the rapid ap proach of the association season. The dethronement of the King and the consequent Industrial liberation of the farmers has already been felt by the banks and merchants and bus iness interests ' generally. Shall it be felt also by the" churches? : If not the unexpected and unrecognized de liverer win have been sent in vain; if the South in 4er prosperity for gets the duty she remembered In her UTCIIll. 1U LlikCJ U& UlllllUnri 1U Her nl. A ..Ajak in UBUBS. 1U OLIlbU Via AUUJIilUUlitrB 1I1U fine houses, her last state will be worse than her first. - Lincoln Officers Capture a Still. Lincoln County News, 9th. Sheriff Baxter captured a block ade, still near Three County Corners last Friday a week ago. He found the still In full blast and though the 'moonshiners' escaped, he got the entire outfit. Our officers are keen ing their eyes on every pert ef the county and are sure to find It If I there is anything doing. f mm r- RECITING THE Adventures of AND DESCRIBING Interesting Situations with Rapid Action By LOUIS TRACY Author of "THE WINGS OF Light" "The Captain of the Kansas," "The King of Diamonds," etc Selected for Our Use From a Hundred Stories and Illustrated by Will Jones Will Begin in Tuesday, August 23rd 1910. IMPORTANT SPECIM A Valuable and Convenient Vest-Pocket Dictionary FREE with Each Six Months Subscription to 1 THE GASTONIA GAZETTE We have purchased several hundred copies of a' good cloth-bound Vest-Pocket Pro nouncing Dictionary and Compendium of Useful Information. As long us they last we will give one of these books free with", each six months subscription to The Gazette at the regular price, 75 cents. With, a yearly ; sub scription at $1.50 you get two books, one to leave at home or on your desk and one for your Vest Pocket. Both 1 new subscriptions and renewals are entitled to this premium. FARMERS: li ydu are not getting the Pro gressive Farmer, the JSouth's best farm paper you should take advantage of our Special Clubbing Off er: The Irogressive Farmer and The Gastonia Gazette, both for one year and two pocket dictionaries, for $1.90. The Gazette six months, Progressive Farm er one year and one dictionary $1.15. This is.your best chance to get these two papers at a reduced price.r;c' .'-;:v k See our agent at once, or send in your . order by mail to ; ; The Gazette Pub. Co. Gastonia, N. C. v:.V, towawav ' ' r, '. .. . " j . . a Beautiful Girl THE MORNING Hie Pillar of The Gazette. V ' I Personals &nd Iocab. Miss Carrie Ruddock went to Charlotte Wednesday. ' , . ; , -Mr. W.. H. Adams returned Wednesday from a pleasant visit to WrlghtsvUle Beach. . . f . Mr. and Mrs. Henry 8ummitt are visiting the latter's father at Cherry vllle. : Misses Eva and Pauline Mc7ad den returned Tuesday from Rock . Hill and Fort Lawn, 8. C, where they visited relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Best left Wednesday for Cornelius on a visit to Mrs. Bests' mother. Mr. Best re' turned yesterday. -Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Froneber-. ger returned Wednesday from a week's visit to relatives at Waco, Cleveland county, Miss Annie Glenn, of Gastonia, N. C, is visiting Miss Mary Scott on York vllle, R. P. D. No. 3. York-' vllle Enquirer, 9th. Mr. S. W. McLean made a bus iness trip to Lowell and Gastonia last Thursday and Friday. Lincoln County News, 9 th. Miss Aline Reid left Wednes day morning for Lincointon to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Shuford. Mr. J. A. Warren, of Concord, spent Tuesday and Wednesday here with his cousin, Mr. W. Y. Warren, and family. Mr. W. H. Dellinger, proprietor of the Lumina moving picture thea tre, Wednesday installed a Peerless self-playing electrical piano. Mr. A. A. Morris, of Greenwood, S.' C, arrived in Gastonia Wednes day to visit his brother, Mr. S. S. Morris and to attend the reunion at Dallas. Mrs. Emily Mauney, who has been spending a week in Gastonia at the home of her brother, Mr. P. R. Currence, returned Wednesday to her home In Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Currence spent Wednesday very pleasantly as the guests of .Mr. Robert Riddle at his home near Bethel church in York county. r Mrs. I. R. McFadden and Miss Ella May McFadden left Wednesday on a. two-weeks visit to friends and relatives at Rock Hill and Fort Lawn, S. C. Mrs. J. M. Hampton was called Monday to Spartanburg, S. C, by a telegram announcing the serious ill ness of her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Link. Later information is to the effect that Mrs. Link's condition waff Improved. Mrs. J. W. Culp and child re turned a few days ago from Edge mont where they spent a week or two. They left Wednesday for Lap caster, S. C, where they will spend several weeks with Mr. 'A. F. Culp. Mr. Culp accompanied them and will return to Gastonia Monday. A card from Mr. E. P. Line berger states that their mountain camping party which left here last week Is at Llnville, Watauga coun ty, and is enjoying a nice cool time. It is composed of W. L. Llneberger and family, R. Lee Falls, C. M. and J. M. Faires, R. S. and P. M. Dixon. He says they have been ta ken by some people in that section to be the salvation army but never theless they are having a good time. Frequently The Gazette receives communications and news items -through the mail which are unac companied by the name of the wri ter, Again we wish to call the at-, tentlon of all our readers to the fact that we do not publish unsigned articles, even If they are mere brief, items of news. The name is not de sired for publication but as a guar antee of good faith and that the ed ltor may know the source of all in formation divulged through the col umns of this paper. A Socialist Ticket. Handbills were, distributed ' In Gastonia Wednesday announcing that all the Socialists in Gaston county are called to meet In conven tion In the court house at Dallas Saturday, August 20th, for the pur pose of nominating a senatorial and legislative ticket and to transact any other business that may come before the convention. The call is made by the Gastonia Local of the Socialist Party of America. So far as The Gazette knows this will be the first Socialist ticket ever put out In Gas ton county. - . . - The Leg-Pollen Named afcXlach. Madison County Record. : Mr. McKlnch was nominated' by the Republicans because he had money, and the heelers expect to get some good size chunks of It from now until the election. If long legs will help him to run fast he-onght to make pretty good speed as there Is no doubt that they will be well pclTe.,
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