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Spargo, John, 1876-1966

"Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy"

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2. Teachers and educators engaged in the public service.
3. All farmers owning and working their own farms without hired help of any
kind.
4. All wage-earners engaged in the public service as employees of the
state, subdivisions of the state, or public service corporations-such as
postal clerks, street-railway workers, electricians, and so on.
5. Wives and others engaged in keeping the homes of the foregoing, so as to
enable them to work.
6. The "soldiers of the army and navy"--whether all officers are included
is not clear from the text.
Now let us see what classes would be as certainly excluded from the right
to vote and to be voted for.
1. Every merchant from the keeper of a corner grocery store to the owner of
a great mercantile establishment.
2. Every banker, every commission agent, every broker, every insurance
agent, every real-estate dealer.
3. Every farmer who hires help of any kind--even a single "hand."
4. Every petty contractor, garage-keeper, or other person employing any
hired help whatever, including the professional writer who hires a
stenographer, the doctor who hires a chauffeur, and the dentist who hires a
mechanic assistant.


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