Edwin Lucius Dodgson's editorial section in The Unity Reporter
October 1922
17 Oct 1922 Weighing America Down! (UnearthlyGoode)
- {{{The question I'd like to raise today is one of some weight. I'd like to
discuss the 'big boned'.
- There seems to be more of these people around today - some have even featured
in the news of late; and it wasn't so long ago that to be a bit heavier than your fellows wasn't seen as such a bad thing. It showed that you could look after yourself. But I think the subject deserves a little closer attention.
- You see, I'm concerned that there's a little too much 'looking after
yourself' in America today. Even the words we use to describe these people: 'meaty', 'solid', 'fat' - they're redolent with excess and self-indulgence.
- That's the key to this issue for me - greed. America today is plagued with
greed. It's greed that guns down the innocents between the rival boot-legging gangs; greed that gives birth to the crooked cop, and crooked politician; greed that starves the honest worker, cut out of his job by non-union outsiders. It is greed that turns us on each other, and destroys Unity.
- When I see a fat man walking down the street, I do not see a respectable
figure. I do not see a proud and wealthy citizen of our fair city. All that I see is greed. }}}
14 Feb 1923 A Call Out to Rat-Catchers (UnearthlyGoode)
- {{{Yesterday, Unity lost a treasured institution, and a valued member of the
community; Goode's MolassesDistillery is closed, and Goode himself is gone.
- When I heard that the news for myself, I was reminded of a saying: A good
captain goes down with his ship. It seems Goode kept this tradition alive outside our Great Nation's navy; and for a lifetime of sweet coffees, I'd like to extend to him another naval tradition. EzraGoode, I salute you.
- There's another nautical saying that crept into my head, though: Rats leave
a sinking ship. I'd ask you today: Have you seen any of the Hazzard Boiler workers about town? No, me neither. Even young Mr. Hazzard, whose bylines have recently graced our fine orifice, failed to show for work today. Like the non-union rats they were, they've scurried off to find a nice pile of filth to hide in.
- Well, I know how to deal with rats. Who'll help me put the traps down? }}}