The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [5], No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 4, 1916 Page: 2 of 4
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five short yean % Yueatan was the heU-h<fe of the human inj^ L newspapers of part icakiiy in the big cities as to Do you consider your life - to
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t. j ^ hacienda owners, | feature, are throwing fits ever the rice o< the railroads will go an 1 port—worth more than
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And now the breath of Demos, coming through the mouth of I «ve northern Donks and Reps pas- eight hour: Did yon know that the Union
revolution, has swept Yucatan of her within and without, H1 ** lower hwm ** Ojwess day. As usual the railroad attoc League Club m New York — a
and has Hade her the Mecca of the statamen and mirnm of tod £*JS^.3£L?* #2S **. -
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ing toil, no safety for the women, no hope for the future, except the I wiy ^ ^ to ^ againstsuch k
firee of revolution, and a strong hand lit the match and now the tremendous majority in the lower
flames of that revolution reveal the erstwhile bowed backs of the house. Their only hope will lie in
slaves of the henequen plantation, straightened, the dull eyes bright- ''guardian of property' the
eud, tlx fUt Mop quiekened, and the cheek. that boro the pallor of
poverty are ntim tinged for the first time in centuries with the glow Lf Brandeis into that body will
of health, because these peons have taken the land. Yes they have I probably save even that situation.
TAKEN it, T-A-K-E-N, yea they have taken it to the point where! In the meantime it would be ad-
there lives not a mlh within the confines of that state, but is a HOMft
OWNER with title deed in his poeKssion giving him and his heirs
an abundance of soil, subject only to use and occupancy for JHW
year*!!!! '
• • •
visable to write to your senators
I ordering them to save the Ameri-
can cradle, that so many Donk
ghouls have fattened and battened
on for more than a generation.
The Rebel will publish a blacklist
are striking for is not higher wag-. „
ea but a reduction of hours from'means!
ten, twelve and sixteen per day
and this is the freight service on-
ly. They do demand and correct-
ly, over-time whe^ they are com-
pelled to work more than eight
hours.
If the men should strike on the
first of May they will win be-
cause the strike will take on the
form of an industrial strike. It
will not be a eaae of the engineer
going out and the fireman stay-
ing in the cab and the conductors
and brakemen working with the
scabs. In this proposed strike all
will eo out:
"The crew and the captain too
Ami mate of the Nanry Brig."
That's the way to go into a
strike and The Rebel only regrets
that paaaenger train crews do not
go out at the same moment with
all the shopmen in the nation. If
contribute financially)" Did yon
know that! And now that you've
read it, do you know what it
SAVIES AND CHICEES
THIEVES.
taken a long step toward the gov
ernment ownership of the na-
tion's arteries of commerce.
On with the great railroad
strike. Up with the eight hour
and then six-hour day.
THAT COMPETITION BUNK.
The fellow who hates Socialism
because it means to "divide up''
all the property of the world and
♦ The Rebel challenges the politicians, editors, and college pro- next we0^ the ^ congi wiamcn
fessors of the Southland to show where in all human history such a of°rlittlCe b the
tremendous taove towards democracy has ever been made as by the g^th and toy, }„ the North.
recent slaves of Yucatan. t Characteristically the Southern
Not satiafied with destroying at one blow landlordism and " gentlemen" of Donk persuasion
tenantry, these erstwhile peons have ridden the usurer on the rail"] allowed *^.!r J°Te *or dollars 10
and dumped him in the limpid waters of the Pacific while their I 8 e,r pr° 0
brothers in North Mexico were running the financial vampires of Sa A ig a Donk, an enemy of
nora and Chihuahua in the night and in their shirt-taila across the L},e cradle, an enemy of suffrage,
Rio Grande. Well do these peons know that a banker has no right an enemy of womanhood, despite
that a white man is bound to respect 411 hi" protestations of love there-
And so they have started state bank*—agricultural banks they | for
call them—and they have specifically and directly destroyed interest
as ie shown above. The state loans absolutely free of charge, but on
the best security in the world, that of the land itself, the improve-
ments thereon and the growing crops. . Jud^ Tracek B M#dd€n of
Comparisons are aaid to be odious, but they are absolutely Youkera, N. Y. will go down in
neceotary, here and now. Compare the wise statesmanship of Gover- history as one who added in the
nor Salvador of Yucatan with that of Governor Ferguson of Texas, gaity of the nationa. The Judg*
a Williams of Oklahoma and a HaD of Louisiana. ^JJT ld3 ^^ThTeoui^ hw idiot h&lf brother, the one who
Only by sucking the lifeblood of the white peons of these states ^ of hU conviction, a thing not .***> ^ "mcentiv^
while practicing usury in violation of the laws of these states, have I too ^^0,1 on the bench. It also th1frc b® '^.rJ*)cla™ and
these fdlows been able to climb into the executive chair. This state- appears that he looks upon the * .J"11 °,. ef dirty work may
ment is so palpably true that none dare question it and it ia the most navy about as Jack London does think ^ °T C ' ^
ferious blot upon the escutcheons of these commonwealths. Th^" l^^Jud^'didVSthe Tb«re are two^kinds of eompe-
Foolish ia that man who, after cursory reading of our abridge- ^ thing when re- tition,destructive and constructive,
ment of the agrarian laws of Yucatan, should think for a moment he sentenced a brawny, Business is destructive competi-
that this but one of the 18 states of Mexico that is at this experi-1 gtrapping chicken thief to join Socialism will kill that kind
ment The fact is that similar steps have been taken in every state the navy in one ou^rto. But thSe Ta hfghel-1
in the republic, Yucatan has the honor of being the farthest advanc- 3wl ^ „ you" said or constructive competition that
od. Time and again, as show in the foregoing, President Carranxa is SJajjJngoMhed Jurist m passing oaal «n will nourish. It is the
quoted as ordering such a program under decree of January 6, Lent*nce upon the convicted man. that prompts men to vie with
No wonder W. R Hearst with his great chain of daily news- whether this was a reflection up- a"oth.er "1.8av!n* ■ drowning
popere acrxm tho ~m.tr, U bitloriy fighting Camiuo. Tho jdlow oo ft. n.^_0r upon „d ohildren from' ^boS
scoundrel received from Diax 16,000,000 acres in Northern Mexico ^ee, ® n wspapers - building; that fills and sends
without money or price—no consideration except that the influence r na^ officere and loaded ships of grain speeding
of his papers be used to keep secure that senile Indian in his seat men__war'8 men—soi€v *c™~ the seas to answer the cri«
onJed in tho 'midship, of their of tho tOTag. Th«t had w,ll
ore firing interfered with.
Then again every man is in eon-
Ho* nuny of those elegant, kid-
gloved millionaires of the Union
League, or my other rich men, do
you suppose would perform mili
taiy service. For you must see the
joker: "or contribute financial
lyl" Do you know what that
means! It means that while you
would be compelled to perform
soilitary service (either id time of
peace or war) the millionaire, or
even the "KtUe" rich man with a
reasonably comfortable income,
could laugh in his sleeve at your
imbecility, while he paid some
other "poor fish" SIXTEEN
DOLLARS A MONTH to risk his
life and health in his stead.
Do you know that the whole
American people so dislike the
very ides of standing armies and
wars that it is impossible for us
to get enough voluntary enlist-
sueh were done we would hav ; jments to keep our array recruited
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at Mexico City.
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No wonder that Harrison Gray Otis, the grey wolf of the plu-1 professional dignity are firing
tocrat clan of the Southwest, o^ier of the Los Angeles Times, who ^ excoriatkm at 'Sic ®tant competition with hmself. He
has declared in his infamous sheet that the white women of the South | defenseless head.while the, must^continually surpass Ms
seduced the negroes, is bitterly opposed to Carranza, because I Amalgamated Association of
(Otis) lias, or rather, had a concession of 20,000,000 acres of Mexican Chicken Lifters has passed violent
land from the dirty Diaz! resolutions denouncing the unwar-
Do vou wonder that the Phelps-Dodge Copper Company of ranted -pennon upon the sacred
^ , ,. . . , t „u k - t,.. n;«*'a honor of their Noble Order. Ana
John street, New York, adjoining Morgans ban* who has Diaz s I ^ ,g ^ vet_Bruoe
concessions for hundreds of thousands of timber lands under the title J vert
of the Green-Cananea Copper Co., is fighting Carranza t
Do you wonder that the great Guggenheim billionaire company
with his mighty smelters is fighting Carranza!
The Rebel learns from a dis-
patch from Washington last week
And so with the Cowdrays and Pearsons of England and the I that the railroads in the third
Rockefellers of New York.
Do you wonder why they have all struggled for intervention
and the God's truth is that the only reason President Wilson has not
given the order because we were "not prepared."
Had we a great standing army of, say one million men: the
stars and stripes would be flying over the capitol of Mexico; but
contract section have received an
increase of more than four mil-
lion dollars per year for the car-
rying of mails. If the govern-
ment owned the railroads the
wagqs of the employes would
climb an<^ their hours would be
own
efforts. This is the artistic con-
science that urges every man on
to do his best, and regard good
work only as an added vantage
ground for still better work.
That's all the competition and-all
the incentive any right minded
man needs. Competition as we
know is not the life, but the death
of trade, as well as of manhood,
decency and about every human
attribute. The sooner we're done
with it forever the better for all.
up to its authorized strength of
100,000! In spite of the fact that
the war department expends in
advertising, etc., at the rate of ab-
out ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for EACH RECRUIT secured for
this small army!
Do you know that President
Wilson wants to increase that ar-
my to 541,000!
Do you know that the war col-
lege, whieh in reality is the war
party in America, wants to in-
crease that army to 1,000,000!
Do ydu know that all the ex-
perts practically agree that the
only way to increase it to even
the smaller figure, is by COM-
PULSORY MILITARY SER-
VICE!
Do you know that the cunning
"ruling classes" are preparing to
fasten THAT MILITARY YOKE
upon your necks, while they "con-
tribute financially" at the rate of
$16 a month against one American
citizen !
Let me ask you again: Do yon
consider vour life worth more
than $16!
Do you, or do you not, feel the
stinging insult that those million-
aires offered every honest, sane
American when they passed that
resolution! If you do, then write
to your congressmen and tell them
that you feel that insult tell them
that you see thru that shabby veil
of "Up patriotism," and tell them
that any president or any con-
gressman that stands on such a
program is simply courting defeat
insofar as you may be able to
bring it about by your vote and
your influence with your fellows.
The other day when the Car-
rancistas executed two of their
Mexican brothers for the murder
of an American, one of the Mexi-
Come to think of it The Rebel
is glad to say that up to the pres-' * * * "L* ' l""
ent moment land remains the do-
minant issue in Texas and Okla-
homa, and so it will continue un-
stating that it wasn't right to kill
two Mexicans for one American.
Even he acknowledged that one
American was at least worth one
"""I w nnt ^ rmr'rj/TT 9 fint? the flap of Jefferson or I reduced and we would have pen- j til therr will not be one land ren-' Mexican! In the old days negro
remember it wonjd not be our old U. S. flag, the flag of Jenereon o in the tan!,in. In ! tCr in .11 the sonnr «>nth. W thonaanda of dol-
the meantime it seems that the haven't enlisted now is the time,™ ea ." Knt tnese
Vanderbilta. Rockefellers and to join the army that is fighting millionaires of the Lni
Morgans need the money.
for the freedom of the land.
Lincoln, but a rag that would have these predatory lice in its folds.
• • •
Having disposed of the landlord and the usurer, the ex-peons
have arranged for the destruction of that third vampire who preyed
as thoroughly upon the sisal-peons of Yucatan as on the cotton grow-1 the full powers and resources of the government with the schoolhouse
era of the South — the speculator in farm products. as the civic center. All these and other things have the men of Yu-
This is done, as illustrated in our abridgement, in catan accomplished and their brothers in the other states in the re-
a state commission that markets the crop at a minimum price that public are striving to emulate and, if they are able^to keep the Am-
would equal 20 cents a pound for cotton. The American harvester erican-European capitalists off the soil of their country for a few
lars each. But these kid-gloved
nion League
Club in New York have placed
their valuation upon an American
citizen as being just SIXTEEN
DOLLARS!
How do you like the idea *
GOODBYE K. C.
trust which needs the binder twine that is made from the henequen
plant, has already raised a tremendous row and demanded federal
investigation, but at the hearing in Chicago the brainy represents
tives of the ex-peons routed the trust lawyers horse, foot and dra
goons, showing that henequen was sold to all alike at a living price,
where formerly it was sold at a price dictated by the trust and caus-
ed peonage to be inevitable.
The men of Yucatan are certainly thorough. To speak in the
vernacular, they haven't overlooked a bet After eliminating the
landlord, usurer and middleman, they develop all the potentialities
of the state by vast irrigation systems, including water and other
power to lighten the load of toil the actual farmer carries.
Further they have arranged for a system of forestation to the
end that the coming generation shall not be robbed of this portion of
their natural birthright as has been done by the timber thieves of
Texas and elsewhere.
> They have arranged for co-operative associations backed by
years, will undoubtedly succeed
This act of Yucatan is a challenge to Texas, Oklahoma, Louis-
iana and in fact the entire South and nation. Maybe it is because of
the fact that they have just emerged from the great battle with their
exploiters and have not had the time or maybe it is because the ex-
quisite Latin courtesy that these Mexican possess, that prevents them
from deriding us for cowardice and lack of ability to grapple and
throw our foe as thoroughly as they have done in their own beautiful
land.
Now the facts are stated, the issue is clear, the way is open,
and future history will record whether we of the sunny south today
have the nerve and spirit of our fathers who laid the ground work of
ouji great nation with its correapording democracy that we have al-
lowed to slip from our hands. j
The Rebel has the faith within him that the white men who
produced the wealth can at least be aa good in character, cour-
age and statesmanship as the men who till the henequin in the tropic
fields of Yneatan.
The Rebel announces this week
the demise of the Knights of
Columbus. The reason for the
death of this body is easily ex-
plained. It was a layman's or-
ganization affiliating with the Ca-
tholic church. It went into parti-
san politics. It sent speakers
through the country attacking a
political party. Its policy might
work in one of'the old countries
of Europe where church and state
are united. Its imbecile leaders
blinded, by religious fanaticism
were unable to see that this policy
could not he successful in a coun-
try that for over a hundred years
has refused to allow the word
"God" in flie constitution, this
to the end that efturph and state
must he separate. Good-bye K. of
a of A.
Editor Robinson of the Wkeo
Times-Herald, who visa for first
with Hugh Fitzgerald of
Fbrt Worth Record aa to who
the broadest minded Democrat
editor in jthe state, published last
article from our
LeSueur on
We suggest
Dallas' News,
Gootch of the Times-Herald,
Briggs of the Galveston News
and other editors the adviaahility
of taking a leaf out of Brother
Robinson's book by scanning The
Rebel pagea closely. Then they
might have good all-round ideas
•f what is happening in Texas
row. We publish below the edi-
torial of the Times-Herald editor
introducing the LeSueur article.
It is worthy of careful persual;
In The Socialist Camp.
We are printing below on this
page an article that appeared in
t&e Hallettsville Rebel. It was
written by Arthuv LeSueur, the
probable nominee of the Socialist
party for President. He hails
from North Dakota, and ia at
present the general manager of
what is called the People's Col-
lege of Kansas. *
We are printing this article for
the reason that it is well for all of
us to be acquainted with the line
of thought which at the present
time is dominating a considerable
body of the people. It is in this
way that pitfalls are avoided on
the one hand and progress of the
right sort is made on the other.
We quite agree with Mr. Le-
Sueur's criticism of the proposed
Kuval Credit legislation thpt it at-
tempts to set the farmers to one
side as a separate class—a thing
decidedly dangerous, as we see it
The farmer is as much a business
man as the banker, and as Mr. Le-
Sueur says, an integral part of
society. Our criticism of the new
banking and currency law has
been made under this head; we
ha^e tried, in our humble way, to
point out the necessity for en-
larging the scope of this law so
as to permit each bank on its
own initative to issue its notes in
the shape of currency to its cus-
tomers, thus creating competition
in the loaning of money, with a
consequent reduction in the rate
of interest, thus helping the farm-
er along with all the rest The
right sort of banking and curren-
cv law would obviate the necessity,
if such exists, for Rural Credt
legislation, a vague and somewhat
misleading term.
We quite agree with Mr. Le-
Sueur when he says that cheap
land loans will not relieve the
situation for the fanner who^hatr
no land of bis own. And the rea-
son is as he states it, a raise in
the price of land to the decreased
cost of the mortgage loan.
Mr. LeSueur is for taxing the
land to its full value, which may
or may not be the solution of the
problem that confronts the land-
less man. Inasmuch as Kansas is
noted for experimental legislation,
might it not be easy for Mr. Le-
Sueur to secure a demonstration
of the workings of his theory in
that commonwealth! If it's a good
thing, the other American com-
monwealths will be only to glad
to fall in line.
There is a side line to this dis-
cussion that holds some degree of
interest for us here in Texas.
THE PRESENT GOVERNOR,
MR. FERGUSON, CAME ON
THE SCENE AS THE ESPE-
CIAL CHAMPION* OF THE
LANDLESS MAN, AND HIS
APPEAL TOOK, AS THE VAC-
CINATOR WOULD SAY. THE
FARM TENANT VOTE PUT
MR. FERGUSON IN OFFICE.
IS MR FERGUSON SATIS-
FIED WITH WHAT HE HAS
DONE FOR THE FARM TEN-
NT CLASS! OR WILL HE
TEP BOLDLY ON THE PLAT-
FORM ERECTED BY ARTHUR
LE SUEUR AND CHALLENGE
ALL WHO ARE NOT OF THAT
WAY OF THINKING!
We will hold ou* forms only a
short time for extra orders of our
land story of Yucatan, published
on the front jlage of this issue. If
you want to be sure of getting
bundles of this issue, you had bet-
ter telegraph. It will be worthy
of note that we will publish aland
story on this mde of the line inner
next issue that will be as big -
the one that we publish now. Re-
member the price is 50 cents a
hundred eopies. Some eld agita-
tors say that the bundle order
thod is the beat
ganda.
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Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [5], No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 4, 1916, newspaper, March 4, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394593/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.