Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 6

Heard and Said

That i«h« worst ene-niy oi' tho real is tljo oountori'oit. That an American exchange says that Ilwßovelt is and always has been a Counterfeit, and is the worst enemy of real progress. That for him t-u cloak his ambitions and unscrupulous schemes under the pretext of alleged regard for "tho people's welfare" is a ghastly trav«ety. That Jic has Jiot, and never has had, regard i'or the welfare of anyone except himself. That the ftinorald Isle has now avnited Socialist organisation, under the name of the Independent Labor Party of Ireland. That through Home Rule the loading Irish Socialists hope to see a great working-class movement arise. 'Dial:, there is one <.-:ri Hi. party in the Vniiod Stales that is solidly united, working for its chosen presidential candidate with viiv., vigor, enthusiasm and eoni'doiie^. That that party is tho Socialist Party, »d its candidate is F/u.j;eno V, Debs, known to all the world as an honest, aggressive, fearli s-s iml successful lighter for the workers. That the Republican Party is disrupted and the Demo* ratio Party a senile. soulless, mindless wreck, utterly helpless in tho toils of the serpent. That "A Mother," writing t-o a "Wellington cLily. liits the nail fair on the head with the statement that the evil of the. New Zealand educational system is homo lessons. That home work is the curse of the Rchool system, inhuman and barbarous, ami a fruitful source of nerve troubles. That Ocorgo P>. Kirkpatriek. nowworld famous as the ruthor of ""War—What For?" is known as one of tho whirlwind orators of the American Socialist movement. That "A Veterinary Surgeon's" article in a contemporary is headed: ''Fighting Parasites on the Farm." That the greatest parasite on the farm we wot of is the mortgagee. That tho fight against him is waged unceasingly, hut though often lemporarily routed, it is seldom indeed that he can he forced to relinquish entirely his vampire clutch on the average farm. That the workers of the world are likewise ceaselessly engaged in fighting parasites on (lie body politic. That tho toilers will never bo freed of the tenacious tentacles of the hloodsuckers I ill they shall have ended the capitalistic system of society nnd lniild-cd in its stead the beautiful structure of the Co-operative Commonwealth. That as Veiteh. Labor M.P.. doesn't believe in "revolutionary methods," and doesn't stand for "reactionary ideas," where, does lie stand ? That a prominent Waihi business man, who would offer up a pi aver for any man he saw reading .lobn Norton's "TrnMi." reads villi remarkable relish and rejoicing the Auckland "Free "Press. , a paper which is as vitriolic "iowards Labor as it is fanatical concerning Prohibition.

Tliah Iwaiiso 11k , liritish Government railed tlio ai tenlion of the United Slates to some of tlio pro\ of the Panama Canal Hill iliat were inconsistent iviLh the TTay-Pannccfoto treaty, ilio capitalist papers of America are shrieking io tlio A;\nkees to "toar Tip tin , treaty." flint the capitalists anil the capitalistic press are always rcadv to "toss a "room on fs to lull ,, wlicn it suits! piirjuisi < in flo so. /That, rrirrfinnii']"!).' , ! , on LIk 1 f|iH'slinn as io '.vlio an<l uliii!' is a "wowsor" was rriLriiH!; >villi < veccdim; nco in i.lie ofilniniis of a Clinslr-lnii''-]i r<11111• inporai'y Iln , otliiT w<'<'k. Tbnt oiio Ir-lfr-r-wrilr-r tlin T.'orfl ilscir :i-~; r-m >il>in I n TV ";i <I.i'.;'s bark wii.li a snaL-'s iii.s:-/' riiiit i.li<' iivrsdM npoii wlioin Ilw ainiillalioii ]k Iji-sinivod was d<-sci-il,i d ii: varifut:-". ciiii:])liinoniary and iiiif-oir.-pliiiif'iil.iry, <-l<"-;iiit and Iji■< 1.\lj;;111i. words and nlirnsos. That "wow-oi" is ;\ term tl'at eticl;s aii<l stings. Fhnt tlirro may ho of "wow-

srrisni." but the unmistakable article is always a sort of pious lmnibiiir. soll'-i'igldcous, narrow-minded, and intolerant of the follies and foibles oT mankind, a "kill joy" and "spoil sport" who would regulate the lives and conduct of his fellows till they co!.r<.rmed to his own petty little idetis of Iniinai) perfection. That :lie pro- and nnl i-"wowsers" were pulh-d tip suddenly in their stride by the cold douche of an editorial footnote wliit-1) ran: "Ah present there Ke<i(is to he no advantage in continuing this correspondence."