Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 6, Issue 243, 13 October 1915, Page 1

Heard and Said

That nobody wants a shandygaff party, and any attempt to use the machinery oMj-bour organisations to that end will be given a long drop. That the Alien Teachers' Bill will not only hare a wrecking influence on the Universities of N.Z.; it will also affect every private school whoso teacbore receive concessions of any sort from the Government. That the Alien Teachers' Bill will mean that all travelling and other concesi sion9 will be withdrawn from the I Catholio and other private schools; and the Church people will be up ift arms accordingly. [That the employment of non-unionists j in tho Australian Postal Department is causing trouble. That the Postal Electricians' Union has decided to fight the matter to a finish. That War is £ s. d. That truth blindness is worse than color blindness. That jingoism is capitalism in disguise and a poor disguise at that. That it is always easier to touch a mail's heart than his pocketbook. That "Liberty and Progress" is the best, laugh-producer of all the Australian comic papers. That tiie .million-ires and capitalists should love their country. They own most of it.

That capitalism supplies tho needs of' only a part of tho people; Socialism will supply tho needs of all . That the averago politician is a servant of the people before election but he quits tho job fight after the election.

That if you are working aud voting against Socialism, you should not let your wife get hold of a Social Democratic Party platform. She, is } liable to ask embarrassing questions.

That under. capitalism it is almost a crime for a workingman to live after ho has become too old to work. So*maj?)iw> the most \ "'iilca'ijfnt' period of his existence. That Socialism when it comes will bo tho only economio change in the world's history brought about by the working class. All other changes havo been made by tho masters and to fit the changing interests of the master class.

That capitalism is nn-Christian and because.of this fact a Christian civilisation cannot prevail under it.

That practically no present-day evil can bo abolished until society first solves tho bread and butter brob- .' blem.

That capitalist prosperity meaus more work—the workers get the work and the capitalists get tho prosperity.

That there is a 1 ig revolt in Australia against tho silly sentence passed on Torn Barker for Urging th© bosses to go to tho front.

That the human race must first bo sure of bread and butter before it can bo sure of much else.

That Socialism will give every man an opportunity to be a real man and live the life of a real man. That if capitalists were the sole defenders of capitalism a Socialist victory would be easy of attainment. That capitalism is never divided by geographical lines, although certain groups' of its beneficiaries may be at times. That it is tho Bs. a day fellows with capitalist minds who are retarding Socialism; the capitalists don't retard Socialism—they promote it. That the worker should be his own Moses. "Lead yourself out of the wilderness of wage slavery by voting for Socialism and industrial freedom." That it is generally safe to find out how the boss votes and then voto tho other way. That pity doesn't relieve poverty, charity only insults it; only Socialism can do away with it. That economic conscription is being enforced in New Zealand. That at one time it was the slave-own-ing class that was tho ruling class, now it is the job-owning class. That every charity organisation is an insult to the working class. That a political crook is the natural product of a crooked system. That women are not always going to consent to bear children for cannon fodder. That chattel slaves ran away from their masters. Wage-slaves run after them.