The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-16
Skygac's Column


| SldNe IeldlioNN' Dan. Lcl ~ AlNhAh
The fish hold no democratic elec-
tions. They are honest about it. 1t
is a plain ease of biz fish catch the
little ones and eat EN-, No camou-
flauge no politics.
The other day I picked up a sheet
torn from the May Pictorial Review
and read the close of an article en-
titled, ga fair field in SEX The
author closed her arguments with the
following. Il can quote the sense il
not the exact Words "the reader
viii please note that nowhere in this
article have l advised women to beg
men to give them a fair field, but
rather have I tried TO show that
women must TAKE what should be
their rights-take them first and
argue about it afterwards. " As
read the article | wondered what
would happen to Gompers and host
of other labor-tes if labor should in
no case BEG for a fair field and no
favors but should TAKE what they
know to be their own. Wowie!
There is the matter of the Saturday
half-holiday. Suppose the workers, in
stead of petitiouing the king or some
similar potentate to GIVE them al
half holiday, Just suppose they would
all get together and TAKE Saturday.
afternoon off The whole world woul
be benefited and no one would be
loser.
Labor as a beggar is a pitiful spec,
tacle. Labor demanding and taking,
commands the respect Of everybody
even the parasites.
Once again we have celebrated the
anniversary of our forefather in.
dependence. Notice the wording of that
phrase. I did NOT say we had cele.
brated OUR independence. | usually
try to keep within the bounds of truth.
We have but little independence to
celebrate
Another count in the indictment
against Christianity is that it abolished
the bath and plunged the civilized
world into an abyss of physical filth
with its attendant evils of pestilences
and vermin lasting for eighteen hundr.
ed years.
Faith is said to remove mounts, but
| have noticed that it is better to take
steam shovel, plenty of dynamite and
labOrers.
While the bands were playing and
the populace was all worked up with
its hurrahs, how many thought of the
great land steal, where a strip of land,
every other quarter section for a |
distance of twenty miles on each side
of the railroad the equivalent to a
solid strip of land twenty miles wide
wherever the Western railroads ran
which was slipped over in congress
during Lincoln s administration
"My country slipped from me.
Way back in "63'' That is the re-
hna a," .hnt Ina' o,, 1J"Jes R!i! !n my nedu "heh
'''' '""' VI" amman 'une'
>r.u. uo. v o,n , ;,
.ha 'C" oo,a;,. sma' n",e i'1ie u'o accep!eu
" she will still continue to advise the
farmers to raise "less corn and more
hell"?
Heard any farmers advocating social
production IN agriculture Well that is
tne only solution to the farm problem.
1ou can Judge the statemanshlp OF the
various PolitieianS by the atand they
take upon TINS question.
What does "social production in
agriculture mean Now don't all
speak at once!
social production In industry put in
duStry out OF the hand tool stage.
Soelal production In agriculture viii
Tree the farmer from 1.-the idiocy or
rural life ~.
The s. +. p. is worrying over what
will become of the money eve
furnish Europe. whether il is TO be
salaries. I'm not worrying any. None
OF my money goes to Europe, either as
'. Sa,'rieS res. OF caPlIal; l can Diow all !
- " "
Funny amt it-how fellow with
plaster on his farm and not enough
cash IN ms leans to pay for the ncces'
viii viii ,yorr,, , ~ oLost St' Ln ",' al., ,'' "olie'
sending TO Yurrun,