The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

Roger Babson. Frank A. Vanderlip,
John D. Rockefeller Jrs Theodore
Price. are names to conjure with. II
anv one set of men may be expected
TO have an accurate knowledge of the
worlds financial pulse these men are
the ones who ought to know economic
and political conditions. Yet these
men sent a message to the Interchurch
World session, and attended by over
a thousand ministers, that ought to
make the politicians sit up and take
notice. Here is the message;
"'That no force will serve to main-
tain social order xeeept rewakcning
Of q national religious spirit"
Of course they mean when they
sneak of social order, TIE (present)
social order s 5 S S S (of legalized
robbery Of the toilers through the
wages SYSTEM.
They have tried the force of gov
ernment thru the despotic measures
Of such men as Palmer, Hoync, Judge
Lands and their ilk.
They have tried the force of the
eonstabulary and the state militia end
the standing army.
They have tried the force of polite
al buncome via the too old parties
ana the too new ones too.
Now the spoksmen for the econo-
mic overlords of capitalism plainly tell
us that NO FORCE except reawak-
ening of national religious spirit
will save the social order
If such be the case we might as
well begin now tn be reconciled to
our fate, for there is NO HOPE of
any such an awakenink. That same
conference reported one denomination
having 1900 churches with 10000 Of
them vacant every Sunday. The aver
age ministerial salary, less than $4,000
year and country churches falling
at the rate of 100 a year. Snch is
the broken reed upon which capitalism
rests, according to these spokesmenl
Milo u. Campbell, chairman of the
National board of farm organizations
In recent message to the national
conference says;
"The U. s. Grain Corporation is
abou. to turn into the National Trea-
sury fifty million dollars, - profit
made by buying wheat at a legally
fixed price and selling it abroad at a
great profit"
Robbing the farmer and "selling
wheat abroad at great profit: NO
dear reader, this isn't the record Of
the terrible Bolsheviki. neither is it IN
the program of the reds It is the sim
pie truth about what the politicians
Of this country are doing. And yOE
are partly to blome if yOu allow then
TO do it without protest. We have
heard much of the starving races Of
Europe aud II is our idea that "sellina
wheat abroad at great profit is
probably one of the direct causes of
tic starvation. Such procedure may
be Christian, ut least the ones doing
it claim to be christians, but it is
mighty poor evidence of their love
for humanity.
Senator Murphy in letter to Gov
Edwards writes:
ut is also my prayer that the
Democrat Party will not be so assinine
as 60 select leader who poses with u
pay-check from The Anti Saloon Leagu,
in one hand and a bottle of grape
juice in the other"
He wants president that will re-
main in Washington and look after
the affairs Of the nation rather than
to frolic with the Squirrels on The
Chaurps Elysees.'
That cabinet of Wilson 'ss seems II
lie an unstable affair. Wilson evidently
never could qualify as cabinemaker
When Lansing was "fired" because
he had unofficially called the cabinet
together during Wilson's illness where
was the manhood of the rest of the
cabinet0 A bunch Of good union men
would have made Wilson fire the whole
cabinet Members of the Cabinet
come and 60 but thru it all Burlesou
the Autocrat Of the means Of commu
Dication still sticks.
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"The answer is that America need.
10 set her house in order from top Il
bottom" - that was the last line IN