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

The foregoing was taken verbatim
from an advertisement which appearel
in the w. G. n. Worlds Creates
Nuisance some call it, the Chicag,
Tribune of June llth. It was headed
"Stampeded by Cancellations
Now if the poor wageearnerS ha,
only saved their money-and the,
COULD save their money-if it lid no
take money to live-If did no
eat I'd have money to burn -
Panics are symptoms of crisis in on
social system. We usually weather on,
by making the proper conditions fo
harder one next time. Read thu
Communist Manifesto of 1S4S for tn,
clearest explanation of panics, thci
cause and cure.
Does Harding own any Standard Oi
stock9
More important still, does STANDARD
Oil own any Harding stock'
In the struggle for life, violence is
the first virtue, yet we are told that
we dare not admit it.
In the animal world, force is the
chief factor in determining the pos
session of the female by the male
Force and violence - there is the
subject matter of the last two para
graphs. In conclusion we might add
and then again we might notl!.
The other day had an argument
with patriot, one of the bowling
flag-waving, stay-at-home-and.
profiteer sort who cheered the boys as
they left and forgot them when they
were gone, who grayely assured me
that under no circumstances were force
or violence to be permissible. | there
upon asked him if he approved of the
police force. lie did. What would a
police force be like if it could not
use force if necessary Armies and
navies are efficient just in proportion
to their ability to use force and Gf
necessary violence. You see, Hy it
is this way-force and violence is
iustifiable if used against you, but
all wrong for you to advocate or use.
Nature has neither plan or purpose.
It is as aimless as the average farmer
and like the common or garden variety
of wage.slave she just gets by NOV
ing along the line of least resistance
and in conformity with the natural
law of her own existence.
There is a fanatic under my window
telling Ill about the love of God while
over our heads the bull-bats are gather,
ing their evening meal of live insects,
eaten alive. Selah!
Occurring may be looked upon as
a refined and delicate form of com
bat" opines Collin Scott. Sort Of a
preliminary training for matrimony as
it were.
why do the Aliens and the rest of
the buriooice always refer to the scab
MS "the man who serves his country
Is it really true that that man can
not strike and serve his country but
can scab and serve his country
know man can't strike and serve
his master but hasn't master got master
and country bit mixedi
"Any old president is better than
none" says Black and White in itN
scab number Well they ought to be
satisfied,
Bryan is still in politics even tho the
fifty cent dollar has dwindled until II
wont purchase as much as two.bits
used to buy.
If the only way to keep men sober
and virtuous is prohibition Of liquor
can they expect to keep men pure and
virtuous without abolishing sex3
The overall craze was like a Mother
Hubbard wrapper, it covered so much
territory that it didn't touch any
where.
Besides who can imagine presi
Dental candidate in Overalls'
Now that both the old parties have
nominated their choice for the pre-
sidency, let me suggest simplified
form Of election-let them place the
names of Harding aud Cox on ballot
and instruct the voters to designate
their choice for the presidency, then
give the presidency to the one
receiving the most votes and the Vice
presidency may 60 as a consolation
prize to the defeated candidate. BY
following this simple plan, big business
will be assured Of having their mar
in the chair and Ohio can keep up it'
reputation of being the mother o.
presidents. For the common people
after election as before thew will still
have to work for wages, when the,
oan find the work to do-and will gel
as wages the bare cost of their repro
duetion. All the surplus values will g
after election as they do now be
fore election-into the pockets Of th,
parasite class.
Both presidential candidates are
tt..t. md aaneN Nv that torn We