The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
«S*S8f * Unto. m
po ration tool who
lore and
in Jackshoro
'TT* i'Kr
V;:i-
■'.fc
/
Striken, «n4 the people* railroad rights, tft help the Wall atreet
ain ri«, w™ _ 12 rru. p*OgrMI sayi!
«MMt to •*«<
&A Joh J
deaoetat, ««a4MW« * aawa* Waidt
S^f Z tosHBtaiSB The Progrea. aiyi^ •
^£r xs srivair
cialfct ■omiaatto. for railroad/«*"* J0B
Worth *xn ha* «rfj «« ob c*r* ©pfwwM • t*« dwnoewt primary
!* -Ttffta *m* ! *>««* art
MKgWSMBIIB^i* "31
Tto wdw pawiblf
i «r mot*
4JS St5**iSS 3S«s "««■«• -' *~> btr"
2?&S3s ^fest^SSis srt
sFtiSRS^^ EsssyEr
.v sss v£ux.2y"Xir. s
■JLfcSiarS? rst"5;".2t 2SS^. «■;«• -
*5",'tp •* >. i. th* mu who ve kit Q. K- *o «o«ditian« Ia the Harrimaa
.SS^ft'gSE5#SS
*n iuMctiea waiefc he ®
WhOM
„,^Tr ^ ^
""£51 « «■ ,°„f £
S;L ~ v" "s >" ' -I— *«.•««*—•«*■ *" "•
lU"im *•*■' «'.«">^„ ,fc, tl„kl„E tk, W.It SOW h~* -I
th* support of their retained profawoaal f«-
litjf ii*n« nn.i ew,W«*« « Tmi, to e)r*t hi *«
mew sin<i in «h>rh he b« betrayed the wwkuif people or
tn Texas since ths Btrika began ta*t October.
Joe IWvt 'is a practical railroad man. He kiaows railroading from p
Wortham j* now relying on
the Te**< raflrwwi « <i o«
H« 1*
na-
'Ht'JtW** mlroadljf.
_ standing of it from I
The kafeir oFiTbody of railroad workers must have, in
tiwl fixwrienrr of isnBy year's actual aervlce. ,., ,___ ..
from the huma* «de. nad he ha. a very p>od_undeWtand B« of^.t
''*;«4s552ra '
8Et
m&vwsir*?'
!**T "rtiB, «ndi.
rfxmt one
year
.. WKM
. of jurtice and biind to «*ery law
. eeonomiea, the lamber trust
Deaf to
ng will Sline of- human endeavor and m
be held on the 15th of June forfce hOT«^.«-
purpoH of (Mtin* out > ticket Br- lh " of^ rtmtea^t: t^t Wlji<u
to There will be s big foo. __rf * • i,.™. ^ ,:
campment at Weiiwrt, HatfeU ^ &**, he the soldier that never
in "August r Beddia Andrews is iougnt «iwttie. ,
stirring up the^foUoarera of the Second, he is the lawyer that aer-
donk in that county at present, er wrote a brief.
Comrade Holliday ia engag^<i for a Third, he ia the statesman that
month. The comrades report an never pafsed a law.
immense growth in Haskell C!o. Fourth, he is the fanner that ner-
• R. S. Spraberry. er plowed a furrow.
• • • Fifth, he is the printer that never
The Socialist at Newcastle, stuck a «tick of type.
Young Co., will bold an encamp- Sixth, he is the leader that never
ment beginning the 4th of July, so won a vietory.
says W. E. Copeland, Co. Sec. He resembles the banks of the
• • • , river Platte pn which he was born
The Socialists of Somervell Co. because that river is 35 miles long
held a mass meeting in Glenroae and 1 foot deep; wherefore we say,
Saturday, May 18, and nominated hurrah! for William Brennings
a full aet of county officers. Jyan of Nebraska.
aaya.
SAN uIEvv Alttuvui&B.
evJ
i#MyponBaMBiWWH8B >^hiw mat met tL
Besistancf to tont« obed- attempt to organize the union win
ienee to God. a shut down throughout south**
• • * tern Louimana whieh lasted for
The people caant be ^oUtkally months or more; H hlacklisted
equal with thnae Upon whom they attempted to drive out of the ind
are economically dependent. A try «d the state more than 1 0,
single privilege like * single leak mei^ and foreed ever> worker s^
will founder the shq^.—Henry D. plying for a job to take one of th
in "Mazzini, «ij|0ther Es- moat shamelesg anti-union oaths
er conceived in the brain 0f a t
i poration lawyer. But still th^nJ
;ion grew, and aim the
| peonage would not *S*n Th
The. Rebel is in receipt of mftfr- suspending all pretehse of law t!
mation from San Diego to the ef-. trust rushed an^ariny of gunmen o
feet that Dr. Ben Batman who was the worst andllowest typ* imo (h
kidnapped by vigilantea Buffered5 timberheu who, be it said to th*,
torture at their han«ls that would;ste^i eternal slmme, were (ommisl
make an Apache Indian blush forjHtfned deputy sheriffs by sheriffj
shame. He received physicaljai- j throughout the district, and turned
dignities that are too revolting for loose to terrorize the trusts' awakJ
publication. If I told jbc story, ened peons back into submission]
THE PEST ASD THE REBEL.
George It Bailey, the brilliant
paragrapher of :be Houston Peit
bas been reading Tiw Bobel ~t#
THE TIGHT FOR LAXI
MEXICO.
It is obvious
the Mcxi
t however much
may want the
cently. In the issue of M&y 2.'{ the land th^ycannot get it if legal
genial George Bailey rem irks • titles are to he respects!. for a smail
"To Jewel lightfool and Morris handful of monopolies has corner
Sheppard: There is a Socialist <>d the land supply of Mexico.
ncHispaper published in Halletts- largely hy grants acquired under
ville called 'The Rehel.' If yon will the long*regime of Diaz. On the
get the issue of May 11 we believe good ship in which the Mexican na
►Will find something in it of much tion sails its way across the sea of
personal interest! to you.
Oklahoma.—The Socialist Signal
published at Sugden, Okla., points
out that inl910 58 per cent of the
armers of Oklahoma, were ten-
ants. ^It looks to The Rebel as if;
there is something slow in Okla-
homa, when the powers-that-be do
not pet out and organize a Renters
I'ation and stop talking.
Sr to'kni'w when*itVright and just to demand higher wages and to-
h. b^ -I h v, u,....
erswt at the heels of Wall Street bowes for favors. He is 1-iR en"ugh
treat them .mot like other men. He would enforee ipnrt^Mi 1 W*
of Tesas. if elected railroad commissioner. He would find * way to
•" them to arbitrate wsge diffmnces with Uieir Texas workmen^ thai
there would be no striks to inflict millions of dollars low <"! T,^ *WP"
iH>r* nor to deprive Texas rnilroa.! men of wapes for m£*rtha at A time
aimplv twaose the arrogant Wall Street bosses of th^ Texas railroa.ls
might refuse to treat their men like free
Th< railroads of Texas hivt joined hmda t^fIght Mu ahoo "^Hw on
the Hfrriman UOos. They ate sharing the expense of keeptn* up wat
_ -brutal war against living wages and diecent living conditions for the sklU-
* ed workmen whose care of Uietr cats and locomotive# U the traveling Pub-
lic's only guwsnty of safety whra traveling by rail. '
When the sho?>men on the Harriman system west of the Mississippi
*tn <k to get recognition o# their federation covering all those lines, they
knew that sM the Harrimati lines were managed from one off^e—wer*
federated—in New York City.
Thcv did not know thai all other Texas railroads were federated,
with headquarters in Sew York City. They have that sir.ce ihet
went on Xrke. Thev have learned that for pnn>oses of offense and de-
fense «e inst their workmen all the railroad* that have lines in Texas
are federated. „ 1
They hive learned, too. tkst thew Wall Street bosses of the federat-
ed Tews, railroads sre more tnflnentiU with the Texas railroad eommission-
«n —'W'nrtv.jn. Mnyfirld aivl Williams—than the whole people of Texaa.
They hive hssrned. too. thjt tbew Wall Street bosses of the Texas
railroad* are united to make var on the ewployef, of any one Texas
road and can count on the support of Wortham, Mayfield nud Williams
in crashing the T*x * workmen. *
.tee Beer will get the solid support of the Socialists of Texa*. which
Tom Hkkey predicts will run up as high as 75,000 votes ia.November;
snd he will eet the votes of thousands of democratic woriiingnicn, farm.
*T* and small business men who recent the Alliance of the Texas railroad
commission, and of John L. Wortham especially, with the Wall Street
bosse« of the Texas railroads.
If the facts can be placed! before a majority of the voters, Joe Beer
is as certain to be elected railroad commissioner in Wortham's place as
the sun is to rise the morning after election day.
The plain people cf Texas, regardless of party la!>els, are %ihing for a
chance to land a lick on the W,nll Street bosses and their pliant tools in
the Texas railroad commission.jjfcnd «Toe Beer's candidacy for Worthama
place giv them that chance. -
,t<(e peer would make a magnificent railroad commissioner and if
the Socialists will get busy hptfling for him, he can be elected.
Every locaj^ in Texas should give prompt and enthusiastic en-
dorsement to Joe Boer's candidacy. With Joe Beer running against
John L. Wortham, we shall have the issue squarely made between
the workers who do the world's work and create its wealth, one one
hand' and the profit-grabbers and landlords and exploiters who skin
the workers, on the other hand.
life all accommodations have been
' pre-empted, and the masses can ei-
WUefefore we are moved to say; ther stand around on sufferance or
o Messrs. Bailey, Foster. Toom- jump overboard. In the past many
ey, (htsley, Gootch, Breckenridge. took the latter course and swam to
Robinson and Murphy: There is a the nited Stated The expedient has
Socialist paper published in Hal- not proved satisfactory and the
lettsvillif called the RebeL If you growing disposition is to stand their
will get the issue of April 13, • gtyiind and fight—W. C. Owen in
you will find something in it of May International Socialist Re
much personal interest to you.' view.
The story of the San Antonio ex-! < •
plosfon is told therein. , TALES OF THE ROAD.
« ■— ! A Socialist speaker was holding
JOB PRINTING. forth on the soap box in good oh
The Rebel office is now in shape Dallas town, when he was rudely
to turn out up to date book and job interrupted by a racous voiced man
printing. We can quote special re who shouted "what's the difference
duced prices on state and county between me and Morris Shop
platforms and county and local pard?"
tickets. Official letterheads and en- "That's easy." said the speaker
velopes our specialty. We are also '' Morris Sheppard has a hart:
equipped for the publication of head and a soft hand, you have a
hooks and pamphlets. Don't fail to bard hand and a soft head."
get our prices !>efore you give your Then the questioner beat it down
order elsewhere. the street.
Three Eminent "Reformers".
but without avail
"And ao it stands today, and stil]
The Rebel won Id b^barred from
the United States maiL As sure as
there is a spirit of manhood in the the union grows. All that men hol«L
land, justice will be meted out to j dear, just, right, and sacred, hand
in the not far distant: upon this struggle in the forests ofl
' the south and we appeal to our fel.
low workers and to all lovers oi
liberty throughout the world to
hear our cry for justice and gathei
to our aid!"
Brotherhood of Timtx r Workers!
THE SOUTH.
THE UNMUZZLED REBEL.
The Rebel has deposited in Ro
senberg's Bank in Hallf'ttsvilk
the sum of $100.00 subject to th<
order of the editor of any j-aper i
general circulation in the sontl
who will engage in an oral debate
tne editor of The Rebel on tha
tion in the 16 southern states."
To be perfectly plain, althouglj
our plainness may shock sou
goody-goody people, we wish to mj|
that our object in issuing this el
lenge is for the purpose of eallin
the attention of the masses of tl
people to the control of the press bJ
V
■r - m
&
The Milwankee Leader editor has happily depicted the true char-
acter of the teachings of three distinguished old party "reformers"
in the following paragraphs:
' In reviewing Mr. Roosevelt's civroer as a "trust buster," Senator La
Follette has found: ~
When Roosevelt became president he found awaiting action by
the government oniv 1-49 criminal conspiracies, representing corpora.
lions with less than $10,000,000,000 capitalization. Before the end of
his administration these open violations ajr&ihst the law had increas-
ed unti they represented corporations haying a capitalization of more
than $Sl'06fl.000.rt >fl. .
The e figure are iHnminatng as to the htunbngirery of "trust bust-
ing," but surelv Sd-icT T *> r' 't <♦ po explaint to utter because
Mr. Roosevelt did *«♦ ««w*ee d in 4-hnstinc the trusts!" He is condemn-
ing Rf-ocevelt as a fraud, we take if, rather than lamenting that Roose-
velt did sot succeed in smashing organized industry and turning back the ,
industrial revolution to he village smithy and the spreading chestnut tree. J
There is one tnnn in^our political life whose consistency in fighting
the trusts can not V succes«fo'lv chsl!en<red. Mr. l.a Pollette's atti-
tude seems to be ,^1 • " p V*- h«' the presidential candidacy,
but Mr. Bryan, who has kept the Democratic faith in three defeats, has
conceded nothing to chanceil conditions and stands where he stood at
first, the untiring enemy of evolutionary process. As he rejects the Dar-
winian theory in biology, and holds fast to the plan of creation as it is set
forth in Genesis, set he will have none of Marxian philosophy in any
guise. He would destroy the trusts, root and branch, without, mercy or
compassion.
There is no compromise in Mr. Bryan's individualym. If he could have
- his way, he would not rest content until every eitiwn could kill a hog in
the fall and ride once a month to mill with a bag of corn.
In our mind's eye we can s ® tSw JCebrai&rffi'* paradise of Demo
eratie simplicity invitingly beckoning us backward to the heroic days
v when the American citieen wore a eowaskin cap and lived happily In the
clearing fighting varmints, while his wife made soap in the spring from
hog grease and ashes.
Happy, happy days! And they have got John I>eiU in prison and
talk of running Bryan again for president.
Why don 't you let him go, governor!
They live in a fool's paradise. The world has inarched forward
to new days and new ways, and these belated salesmen are unaware
of it Their faces are turned toward the past. Thy want to restore
conditions which have been physically outgrown by the nation and
the world. It is as if a man should insist on, putting his six-foot son
baik into knee breeches built for six-year-old-boys. Sucl* &re the
leaders" of the '.'progressive" factions of the two poor old kept po-
litical parties. : \
Russell's Sly Me on Some of Os.
Charlie Russell, whose two editorial pages each week in Coming
Nation are the finest current comment published in America, has
been having some fun at the expense of some of us who possibly lav
too much stress on nonessentials. Russell writes:
The Socialists are a serious minded lot of people, taking them by
and large, but they have their fun too. ■'
On the evening of the first day of the recent national Socialist con-
vention at Indianapolis it was purposed to have a parade..
The formal permit was requested from the ma^or and chief of po-
lice. and these functionaries, not being .very well informed about the
world 's progress, tacked upon the proviso that there should be no red
flag carried in the pToeession.
The instant this became known the delegates and others went into
the air. . ^ >-
4' What! Can St- carry the red flag in Indianapolis!.-Outrageous!
We HI show them." So the whole outfit agreed that every man woman
and child should carry a red flag in the parade, be arrested if the j«olice
attenmpted to enforce the order, and go to jail as martyrs to the sacred
cause of carrying whatsoever color might suit one's fancy.
"This is not Russia," said the delegates. "We still have some
rights.''
Meanwhile a committee of three of the most prominent Socialist visi-
tors made a call upon the Mayor and Chief of P'olice and entered a pro-
test. They found these officers in a state of child-like innocence about
the whole subject They thought the red flag meant riot, blood shed and
sudden death, and were not only astonished but greatly in teres ten to
learn the real significance of the emblem. When the committee got
through with its exposition the chief of ]K>5iee said*.
"Oh well, if that's it, go as far as you like. Carry a million red
flags for all 1 care; carry them and wrap yourselves in them, or sleep in
thejs. if it's your fancy; there is nobody here that wants to Interfere with
you.^
The committee withdrew in triumph and informed the rest of the So-
cialists of the result of the educatonal mission. There was much elation
" in consequence and j>araders prepared to avail themselves of the pejteis- *-
sion. They found then an unexpected difficulty.
There wasn't a red flag, is the entire city of Indianapolis.
The moral of that as we see it, is that when we get to attaching
too much importance to non-essentials, we are not t>nly liable to for-
get the big essential things, but also to make ourselves ridiculous.
Big Bill Haywood came to Alex-,
andria, La., on the 6th of May to Wi* .
attend the second annual conven-j < : , .
tion of the Brotherhood of Timber- j - Resolved that The Rebel is th
workers. Delegates were present i°. - neH"8P®^f'r of general ami*
« _ . —H An in ♦ ri/ I K nnot m< r>4 "'
representing 14,700 men. These
men are putting up a'magnificent
fight against industrial peonage.
Last week The Rebel ran a-special
article written for us by " Big Bill"
himself. This week we present a
statement from the men. Each week
from now on we will have some- ..... „ , - .
thing to say on this-very important . big interests and the politciau
subject Between the renters of the. ^d advertisers.
South and ithe timber workers of' were extremely fortunate
the South there should be the clos hem? able to demonstrate this tnitj
est fraternal bonds. Read this ?nr Pu^eation of the San A a
plain statement of facts and though *omo pxph>sion story. All nen
it makes your blood boil, it will cn- P^P^1* men? aI1d the average
courage you to battle unceasingly street, recognized that
for human welfare. Here it is* killing of 26 people in San Antwj
CTw ITar i, he So«H. ? **«? n<"'s f "v .
t . * Texas this year. It was inadwjuatJ
"Driven to d<«peration by ever-' \y handled at San Antonio, in faj
increasing exactions,, the workers blanketed and the Dallas News an
awl fanners employed in the south- Fort Worth Record sought -rlito
ern timber Vlt have at last revolt- jauv ^ si10W that it was a n-prt
ed against the clear and patent at- tion of the McNamara direct
tempt of the lumber-trust to reduce work. We investigated the stoi
the whole south to a state of peon- fourxl who the man was that cans
age and vassalage. „ the engine to .be blown uP
"The revolt, though it seems to went down into the flails u«
have flamed out in a day. has beetj we were able to publish the col
brewing for nearly five ycarS—ev- of his eyes and hair; his wnril
er since the panic of 1007, which age, place of nativity and ho*
was taken advantage of by the luir, did the job. Not another paper i
ber trust to reduce wages and the south published the story
lengthen hours of labor throughout spite of the fact that The Rcb
the south. This act brought on a made some of the principal edita
widespread spontaneous strike that a present of- the Artory free
gained some concessions for the charge. The reason ^or the su.
workers, but failed of any real re- pression of this big news story j
lief, as the workers made the fatal—simple: the papers that call then
mistake of practically agreeing not selves newspapers are, as a mai
to organize, which ia the supremest of fact, not newspapers, they
folly men can commit in this or- subsidized, muzzled and^hould ■
panized world, j Not being organ- put out of business according
ized. and being, therefore unable to because while pretending to sell i
resist, the workers have since been news, they are working a fra
compelled to face a steadily rising upon their purchasers as rjothu
cost of living with a stationary or can get by the managing editorj
dwreasing wage on tjop of which desk that is to the detriment of:
charges and "fees" of all sorts have interests that stand behind the
been piled upon them until human muzzled sheets.
eudurance could stand no more. This big fact was stated in
The average wage, inclnd- week's issue of The Rel>el an'
the Leader Falls Into line.
i « • •
The Milwaukee Leader ha6 at last fallen into line with the natur-
al law of economies that governs Socialist publications in this period.
It has raised its price from a penny to two eenta and from 6 cents a
week to ten. It does this in order that it may not have to depend .on
advertisers—who necessarily are capitalists—for revenue with which
to publish.
" There is no hope for a free prews in America save its it shall be
made free by its readers,1' says the Leader—and it is the truth.
Hie Leader is the Socialist daily newspaper which alone among
the eight daily papers of Milwaukee telk the truth to the people
of thai city about the relations between capital and tabor. They need
it; w&out it they would have no hope of ever throwing off the bonds
ing skilled ' and "common" la- elaborated ttpon~rn"the light of'
bor. paid the forest and lumber remarkable Ramsey and Shepptfj
workers of the states of Texas, writeup that appears in this week]
Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississip- issue.
pi. will not equal $1.50 a day, while We hope that some newspap
the minimum day is tan hours long of standing will accept this ch
and no overtime paid. This not lenge and bring this great fact I
being enough, the workers are com- ther into the limelight,
pelled to pay "fees" to support In the wordsof a man now i
company doctors and to maintain we may dose by saying
imaginary hospitals and for imag- the Sheppard-Rantsey
inary treatment therein; premiums "Cheer up old man/the
for imaginary insurance andjepts yet to come.'"
for alleged houses; while prices in
the "commissaries"
I
of the capitalist diss
{ '• • r rf* T-—~ -
i
a
Prii'iliiiiiiii m
mm
-it.
'It'*'-.4**.
^ , or company FIRST NATIONAL BANK
stores where the workers were prac-;
tkally forced to trade( it ia.
safe to say averaged 331-3 pe roent
above the town markets where the.
workers would buy were' the com-
panies forced to pay their employes
in money. • ... j
4'The past winter has Wn mn-
HALLETTSVILLE.
Capital and Surplus. $75,OOOj
Ferd HOJje, Prea.
Friench Simpson, Cachier.
TO PUBLISHERS.
hard and kxng, and there are today 00c^ 6 column quarto
wai^y families in the tamber caaape :
Uwing (f) off of nothing hut corn go®
brosd and molasses and not know-1 FOB SALE—Several
In£ where they will get their next 10
ration of even this excuse for food.
~ petition of -
f
mem
Wwm
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hickey, T. A. The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1912, newspaper, June 8, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth394820/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.