The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-02-13

lo'Tipoaiu auo 40 wnat IS expedient. ~
Then he continued as he whirled around
in his swivel chair and rested his
elbow on his editorial dess. edo
you know Miss Anderson that this is
Legally dry state, and that it is
crime under the laws of this com
raonwe alth to own and operate a
! place in which intoxicating liquors
are sold. Yet we have them here, in
the very shadow of your churches
! ask YOU whysv
Olive was silent. She wanted TO hear
what he had to say She wondered if
he too would find way to Justify
this self evident crime.
"I will tell you" the editor went
on, "this is wheat country. A few
men come in tho spring to SOW and to
plough, but thousands come TO the
harvest. They come not because the
crops need cutting, in fact they do
not care if they are ever cut. They
come because we are forced to pay
wages if We want to see our harvest
gathered Wages are paid with good
hard money, which these men take
out Of the state when they leave.
30 much for one side Of the question.
These men make their money by work
as J make my money by printing and
your Dad makes his money from rent.
The difference IS, that we have land
and business; that we are located here.
But these men who come here to
work have no land and no business,
except to work. For their work we paw
them money which they would take
out Of The country unless we find
some way to stop them
"But Why stop them9n Olive asked
wide eyed. isn't the money theirsf
Haven't they worked for itsp
"fut, tut child don't get excited
We stop them because the money will
do US more good than it will them.
We business people do not produce;
we exist on margins. Never forget
that. There are too manv Of no -
orow ~;cb from tba forr 49,.
we must get a part of what goes
ont IN the shane of wooo. Tho tonr,
i - ~ e;n;,, ,,.u.
AZ vour Father q - -, ' as..ta '', aI.'
Marvin 4 ~ oax;oa n..ee-
They are all after the margin. The
town is only collective citizen. What
lii does, is for the benefit Of ~
people. If we do not got our n,arciu
as Officers and business men we be-
4 come either farmers or buns. Your
stDm spuys 'ecresp rarIn and rents Il
at q high rental The margin so achiev-
ed buys your colthes. He persuades an
ingorant man that his good land is
poor and that he can do better on an
alkali flat. He gets the good farm
cheap and sells it dear-the margin
sends you to school. The fact that
the renter and his wife sweat blood
to pay the rent and that the ignoraut
> man starves on alkali flat does not
, bother yoa. 1t is business and business
must have victims. What is trus of
your Dad and you is true of all of
us; we i've upon that which we lave
not earned"
E 1--WE do not like the 'blind pig.
Q but the men who come to harvest our
i crops are homeless wanderers; they
{, must have place where they can
E meet socially, where they can mingle
4 land talk the things they know anil
(, understand. They want a place where
they can forget their trouble and re.
member their misery no more as the
: Bible SAYS. In other words It brings
T mem 70 town where they buy clothes,
i. hats, shoes, tobacco, and snuff; where
8 they cat at the restaurant, buy papers
!, at the book stand, all of which means
!. money in our pockets. That is why
a we tolerate the 'blind Pig. II Ana.
Q moose has no pig and Harvey has
two then the merchants there will
. make just twice as much, as the ner.
!. chants here from the hobo trade"
+ "But why fine them when tbsv
g are caurbt IN tho t,.n 80, l
Il have set for themi'' the Girl ashsd
II s'Again that is to our aavan,s ~
Is Taxes are high and the town needs
imp ,ements. To hold down ths 20
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