The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. 145, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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HALL&TT8VILLE, TEI*$* SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1914.
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Mo. 140
As The Rebel goes to press the American people tre Aroused
I only a nation can be when the dogs of wax are about to be un-
bed.
It is well within the bounds of probability that before the ink
dry on this paper American sailors and marines will have captured
[ra Cruz and Tampico and General Huerta wi\\ be pushed to the
eipice that haa yawned for him since the day he murdered the
nign Francisco Madero.
The old Indian is standing today in the national palace at
^xico (ity surrounded by enemies on land and sea. And that bis
is near either by exile or the bullet seems certain.
With remarkable unanimity all observers agree that Huerta
seized upon the Tampico incident as an excuse to secure Amer-
b inh^vttdjltai .because his army is demoralized, his treasury Is
Ipty, the rebels have captured practically all of northern Mexico
jri in the flash of the rebel cannon he is reading his doom for they
ill so, ii be roaring with brazen tongues at the gates of his capital.
So much for tbe surface view q/ events in Mexico.
| look behind the seenes*
For months The Rebel has predicted that war with Mexico'is
rvitnl ^ and we repeat that prediction in the face of the fact that
sid'-nt Wilson declares there will be no war. Our prediction is not
ed upon guess work or a foolish derire to witness a martial display
a gigantic scale. On the contrary our prediction of war with
fxico is based u[/bn a profound economic and sociologic fact, to-wit:
THAT THE KC0N0M1C SYSTEM UNDER WHICH WE
iE L1VTNG CANNOT CONTINUE TO EXIST UNLESS THE
m,: CLASS IN MODERN SOCIETY CONTINUOUSLY
IVOLUTIONIZE THE TOOLS OF PRODUCTION.
Now let
By this we
That capitalism ceases to function and
HAY DAY EDITION
nos ensues unless from day to day the ox cart is supplanted by the
tarn oi electric engine; th$ mule car for the trolley; tbe trolley for
.I,:vated roadi and subways;'the candle for the electric light*
hand power for thevdynanio; the forked stick for the steam plow;
sluu-k-for the sky scraper; the arroasto for the modern smeltery
hiuri: power'sewing machines for th ueedle; the sailing ship for
inanimoth ocean greyhound; the blacksmith's hammer for tbe
Umoih steam hammer. These changes in the modes of production,
ptribntion and transportation arte distinctive of capitalism. The
rohitiontong ofthese tools is the sole reason for the existence of this
Stem, hence the failure to revolutionize them means stagnation and
|iitli 0i" capitalism and all that is thereby entailed.
Having grasped this potent fact let us pursue our inquiry a
' f >
lie further.
Capitalism is a system of society that is based upon the exploit
ion of wage labor and small farmers by a plutocracy who controls
capital of the nation.. By the appropriation of surplus value they
jndci) n the masses to economic slavery, which is inevitable when the
raitl: producer receivs but a tithe of the product that he creates. A
jiiplc illustration o? one form of this expropriation of the worker'a
'ducts may be seen from a statement of United States Senator
laimcey M. Depew at the Republican National convention in 1900
•assmm ,1 M«M^gHgBg*gB*HgBggEggBggg .. ...gBB
that is damp and filthy, the military
.authorities hoping, by iacarceratfng
a here therein, she may be brought to
a death's door. An 82 year old wom&i*
<1 router has not got teams and cftunot long reside in euch a hell hole.
Is lie should give up on*.half of She says that she is affected with two
entire crop to the landlord. Any kinds o fvermin? one on th ewalls pf
tor that will vote for a man who her cell, the other with bayonets out-
ntly makes such a declaration de- her cell. The RM>JI as snrely as
vn to b« deported to' one of Af- ^ a Supreme Being that there
h'h darkest jungle®, where he might jg a day 0f reckoning coming to thoao
t with hit intellectual ^qvals^ the vampires and it will dawn before very
o/.v orang ontang. f long.'
ICome to think of k
1>0 wears gunsacks aad brogana while the" Wnk, Bail Moose of Elephant;
wife wean poor calico has hi« your Mothers an,i giaters have beea
|il<lren half naked worlu them night „trUggling \n West Virginia, Michigan
I loath io the fields, lives ia a shack,' tQd Colorado, who think yon has coma
indiflate Ferguson says from
P]lro<l stum [is in Texas that if
jpt
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a land renter,
Say you working man who supports
when he declared that it was neoessaiy lot the United States to reach
out and seise and hold the PhillippiMt because the amount of wealth
produced the previous year in North America reached the startling
total of *14,000,000,000 when purchased at retail prices and the wage
earners received in wages a little less tfcaa 48,000,000,000; that conse-
quently it was necessary to spread out to the Orient and thus secure
markets for the gigantic surplus of commodities that it waa beyond
tbe power of the workers in industrial ooeupations to purchase. Mir.
Depew might have gone on to point out that similar exploitation goes
on in the 1'arm, not only by reason of tf« fact that at bast one-third
and one-fourth of the crop is taken from the renter but ntso when he
sells a bale of cotton for $75 he buys it hack in finished products for
*i,r>oo.
From all this it follows that a gigantic surplus ever keeps pil-
ing up in qvery civilised nation, hence 1Snglan<j has a mighty fleet of
dread naughts and other battleships to scour the seas and seize the
lands of weaker people. Germany follows suit and Franco, Au iria,
Italy and the other civilized nations swing in line with their vast
uriuadfts on conquest bent and all to the end that the commodities
stolen from the wealth producers of each of these nations shali l>"
dumped for profit in the lands 0f the "back-ward" races."
Needless to say Uncle Sam must swing in line for is it not true
that wo are the greatest capitalist natipn in the world. In no other na-
tion on earth has the degree of labor osplqjtatian reached the height
that it has in the United States. In no other country lias economic
development gone forward with such leaps and Ixrauds as in* the
United States of America. And therefore it has logically followed
that we have a larger standing army than ever in the History of our
countiy and our navy has more than 4®ubled since the Maine w^s
blown up in Havana harbor and the taxation for purpose of war has
grown so big that it amounted to 71 per cent of all national taction
last year. /
And so we build battleships white capitalism continues; so we
sing to the Prince of Peace on Sunday |nd shoot our neighbor after
the SabUth sun goes down. Great navies, great armies are insepar-
able friju capitalism and thus Christianity? becomes a mockery in the
mouths of the upholders of this system.
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bWr^all these reasons we merrily fare l'orth to wqr with
Mexico. The cry of the unemployed is being heard in the land, rail-
road crews are being laid off everywhere, factories are closing, the
silent panic is on and growing stronger with the days. Each of these
recurring industrial crises weakens capitalism by wakening the lleep-
ing giant, Labor. Accordingly the panic must be staved aff and the
means, fortunately for the ruling class in the United States, is at
hand. The battleship^ will conduct a blockade along the whole shore
jinc of Mexico. Tens of thousands of troops will be sent to the front.
Multiplied millions will be expended for war munitions and the sol-
dier boys and the sailors too will subjugate the Mexicans all for the
honor and glory of a decadent plutocracy who riots in the wealth that
has be?n stolen from the American worker on farm, in shop, mill,
factory, and mine.
-And that is the reason why"we are going to war with Mexico.
i . . J III Jill i .. —jui^L ——————
CHRIST AMD "CHRISTIANS", —the political preacher who is a
friend to the common people does
The Rebel wishes to observe MOt liVe in America todfly-
I he Kebel wishes to observe To she0, ^ th<j politioal
",flt: * . (preacher, "for they bind heavy
.Christ was born in a manger burdens, Hnd grievous to be borne,
and walked without purse or "ftn<1 Ia-V thera shoulders;
scrip. The politioal preachers to- ')U* themselves will not
day ride in Pirtlmans and preach m0V(* one of their fing-
in palaces. Iens- They are lihe unto whited se-
Christ was cleanly clad in a richer* which indeed appear
on^, robe garment—a political beautiful outward, but are with-
preacher garbs himself in the most 'n dea<* men's bones and of
fashionable broad cloth. i a" nncleannesS."
The son of man hath not a place'
where to lay his head—the po-
Mot since The Rebel published its historic for the call for the
organization of the Renter's Union and declared the Land question the
paramonnt issue in Dixie has there been such an important number
printed ns No. 146, which will be published on May-Day, May 1st,
which is the day set apart by the International Socialist movement of
the worM as the one great holiday in which the Socialists of every
land and clime meet to celebrate their achievements and plan the bat-
tles of the future, that will shake and topple, the thrones of the money
kings of the world. This issue will contain the following great fea-
tures : \
1 A comprehensive statement of our incorporation plan
whereby The Rebel will be placed in the hands of the Socialists of
Texas. The story of how we crossed the first $1000 stock subscription
mark au l the letters packed full of human interest from the Socialist
veterans who are backing The Rebel in its terrific struggle to reach
100,000 weekly subscriptions. How the price can be reduced, the pa-
per enlarged, new writers secured and the quality improved all,
around will be told in graphic language.
2. E. R. Meitzen, the Socialist nominee for Governor, will is-
sue his letter of acceptance. Those who have read the advance proofs
declare it is one of the greatest state papers ever penned in the South.
Beside it the pronunciamcntos of Ball and Ferguson reads like a
hchool hoy's essay. The two great features iu it alone worth its
weight :n gold will deal with the land aud liquor questions, as laid
dpwn in the national platform and program of the Socialist party.
3. A searching aualysis of Colonel Ball's acceptance speech
delivered at Greenville on April 21. This will be written by tbe
editor.
4. A gimilar analysis of the Ferguson position.
5. A remarkable article on the congressional form of organi-
zation. wherein it will be demopstrated how a thoroughly united So-
cialist organisation in Texas can and will break ground for the most
perfect form of organization that an American movement has ever
seen.
fi. There will be a very strong article giving the history of
May-Day and its international significance. In this article will he re-
vealed 'be marvelous solidarity that has made the Socialist movement
of the world such a tremendous power.
These articles dealing with fundamental issues of the most
vital character and all of them written up to the high standard that
The Rebel has set in Socialist journalism will make this Issue mark
an epoch in our Texas propaganda. But this is not all. We shall
also have our usual departments from Texas and Oklahoma state of-
fices, the Renter's Union office and tw0 great songs that will be sung
from end to end of the state during the summer. One entitled the
Battle Hymn of the Renter and the other the great land ong of
England to the air of "Marching Through Georgia."
At least 50,000 extra copies of this edition should l>e sent nut
through the state. Order at once by letter, telegraph, long distance
phone or otherwise. 50 cents a hundred; $5 a thousand. Don t fail
to order at once.
THE FAKE OF FERGUSON.
Temple, Tex., Apr. 20, 1914.
Mr. X- A. Hickey.
Hallettsville, Texas.
L)ear
Comrade
C
third and fourth for such will not
l>e the case.
Now, Mr. Renter, if you want a
real reform in the system of land
tenure in Texas study the princip-
les of Socialism and pile up a 100,-
000 thousand Socialist votes next
November and they will fall over
I-?* half the crop to t^e landlord and
M his progeny Without edacation,
(M£«|th01)
hn't take a drink in a year, r sTtactTy Vpring to their lips that it
ran't get it or hasn't the p1«jwa8 the lion tlie Socialist Party.
<1 then v«Us *« eold water to care you an8wer this question look
ills is a twi* brother to the gentle-' your wtfe j„ the eyo and tell her how
their aid attd assistance? Answer
to
that question,
litical preacher drones out his pol-
ished phrases to plutocrats in mil-
lion dollar cathedrals.
Christ was without a kingdom—
i WE CHANGED THE POLITIC-
IANS.
■ -r-
, th. ra i- relp:
n described above.
• •
I And then again ., the ftater who
Iiowm, if he knows anything that U
ike* 60 years to gat a home under
li* system aad ia siaple enough ta
oonned by the eon-Democrats, who
|«ct i« Fort Woith this sMath, is a
pl'in-headed yap^ who should be
ored for the hollow horn, examined
Pr the simple*
F°U is so 41
you are going to
ihtf.
vote next
election
ed the plutocracy to steal _ the
earth.
Christ surrounded himself with
fishermen, who carried no deadly j
weapons—the political v
oi; verily hi" ivory
work, vote and pray and, secure
for their masters armies, navies,
* * * . detectives and thugs to do theif
There are two things that may pre- Work.
vant the Socialist Party from electing Christ taught that distribution
a governor in Texas this fall, jn t two ^ n^de according to the
ttat'a all/here they are: Firrt: The- pJe>g needs and The Rebel will
Babel haa nqt 800,000 circulation; Sec- a for the name of
«nd, the Banter's Union has not )oo,* every capjtalist-minded preacher
[ thirty thousand ton aaaensstoa. The
«bel would seriously advise the good
r°me , who are tiod in th bonds of
Itrimony ta these eotaml chumps, ta
ok up the divorce Ion as sows ss
4b!e, because it «M be
any c^M
b t brainlsss nun la
lnion for + ^
< • Btar Otate-
Tvler, Tex., Apr. 12, 1914.
Dear Comradea:—- ^
Find pledfs inclosed for five
dollars, wish I was able to make it
$500. The Rebel has revolutionized
the stat? of^exas. Never saw
preachers'8Uch n change come over a lot of
politicians in ao^short a time be*
ftvre in my tile. Am glad there is a
prospect of having it put back to
the same old price. That land ques-
tion is staring the old Donk in the
face every way he turns, there is
no dodging it It is impossible for
000. members. Let us
see these two
in the South that jeVer said one
it could Withstand things happen aad we will wrd in favor of that doctrine. .
a governor with a red card sitting ia Christ whipped the money
th« chair at Austin. . j 0ut of the temple, includ-
a a • f jng those that sold doves. The Re-
The GaHfarnia dry state Federatioa 1
„ will give a ten doftar gold, piece
"Legislatton by which jbs vast for the name of a
(kail bt isde—wrf er who ever said * wro to let al'
rent —t
the com-
gUdly
the coming,
houses undoif
way: If I
and left a
each would
od ten again
ren one acre.
tfons to own
Hjrstem, It is this
1000 acres of land
of teni children,
100 then divid-
my grand ehild
Jtwfll
you. see
grow from the great majority ia
one to threo> fenerations. And aa 1,000 acres) he is working by'
Having read the announcement th,mselve8 to ^ it ^ y0U) but
of Banker Ferguson, and the u wjn nt.Ver get anything better
platform that he intends to catch under the o)(i ^ administration
the renter vote m, I wish to notice unti, th, Sociali8t vote g^g large
the plank that he thinks will get en0Ug|j ^ them into giving it
them and give a warning as to the tQ u
meaning of such a measure should j , ani ^ ev,r yours for the
he be able to carry it into effect, he; voiutjon
says that if he is elected Governor,! ' w T Ktinnt,(iv
he will have a law passed prohibit-1
ing landlords from accepting More
than the third and fourth as rent.
Now what does that meant I
will endeavor to make it as plain
as possible. Wfcen I read the above
plank I began to think what can
be his object and the conclusion I
came to waa this:;
That should such a measure be
enaeted supposing that l)e is elect-
ed and could get it through which,
no doubt, woud be a signal to all
land owners to quit renting land
at all and have it Worked by hired
labor, which would -give than a
power that they do not have now,
namely that of forcing farm wages
down much lower than they are
now, and God knows that they are
low enough as it is.
Then we would have serfdom
the same ii was in vogue three of
four eenturie* ago. After coming
to the above conclusion 1 made
some inquires and found that on
his large farm near Sparks (about
a rule when fti
a small ffci*vN'
their) debts settlor
divided
they go to
motel*.
dies and leaves
the children and
the number of
f H. Ramsey,
'&M-
Banker Jim Ferguson addres-
ses the renters of Texas and says
that he believes that it is perfect-
ly all right for the landlord to
take one-half the crop if he sup-
plies the teams and tools. As Ban-
ker Jim is a landlord we have no
objection to him desiring one-half
the crop for himself and his
friends, but the dadgummed renter
who is so morally and mentally de-
praved as to vote for such a pro-
position , ought to be m^de herd
with the javelin hogs of East
Texaa until he improves his in-
tellect. • - ,A
labor
JBBL at present proving
is sofd and the urnd that he haa some such
if anything leftfin view as pointed out above.
" ing that the above will be,
f openingtfee «pea of
that
than the
Did you ever hear of a political
Optical delusionf Not WeQ thia is
ope, the belief that there is sueh a
thing as a Democraye or Repub.
lican party in the United States.
The Donk and the Efcpbant Eeye-
ly represent certain definite, eco-
nomic interests, to-wit: Top Cap-
italism or the trust master and
the small fellow who is in the
middle ebiss. If yon don't believe
us cast yapr eyes upon Michigan,
West ViiSnia, Colorado aodTex-
(lasses.
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j. Wi.
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Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. 145, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1914, newspaper, April 25, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth395018/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.