The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-30
Skygac's Column

well eXemnIleu at tne hepuDOcrdI cOn-
vention. Vox Populi, THE people,
were allowed to play at selecting the
popular choice, then Big Biz steps in
and tells them who is who and what
is what, and the dark horse cometh
out. Now comes the popular farce Of
manufacturing popularity for the nom
inees of big business. The man on
the porch sounds all fine and dandy,
but there must be fine lines running
from that front porch to wall street,
or the man on the porch would not
have chance to pose as the people s
choice.
Paul La Fargue the witty French
man, described a similar situation in
the following words: "Now comes
the politicians with tears in their
eyes and gold in their voices, and the
lOngeared populace shout in frenzied
chourus, 'Hooray, Hooray', than will
start the great farce, the theft Of a
nations goods"
Why did the A. F. of L. hold its
convention in Canada7 The best guess
is that it was held in Canada so the
delegates could have the privilege of
freedom of speech-so they might ex-
press their honest opinions without
interference from the U. s. department
of (in) justice,
The A. F. of L. wants government
ownership of railroads "democratical-
ly managed" but don't want soviet
ism. Reminds me of the man who
was hungry but did not want to eat.
If some one should suddenly ask the
A. F. of L. what-the-e it DID want,
wouldn't they hear lot of suffering
and stammering9
Trotsky has again been murdered
for the eigth or eighteenth time. That
fellow has more lives than is accredi-
ted to a tom cat.
The bolsheviks have but shadow
of An army says the W. G. N. Beats
all tho how strong some shadows are!
Bolshevism has failed, says the cur
rent magazines. Why didn't they print
all the sentenceS Bolshevism has failed
to frighten the common peopleH
People are like dough, if they have
the yeast in them they will rise. But
even dough has to have favorable
environment or it will not let the
yeast work.
Now cometh Hearst with renewa
of the yellow peril, telling us that thu
white race is doomed-that the yellow
race will win in the struggle TO-
supremacy. If it does it will be be
cause Capitalism has sapped the vital
ity from the great majority of th'
white race.
The great menace is in the in
dustrial relationship, not in racial de
velopment.
The moulder of public opinion
wields greater influence than tn
maker of much money, yet allow mucl
money to control the forces whicl
mould public opinion-that is par
of our 1O0qoAmericanism.
Palmer has hushed the voice of tn
leaders, now he must listen to til
voice of the packl
LIKE A MIGHTY ARMY"
We CLEAN the following from "Cui
rent Opinion" for July, thinking j
good enough to pass along. 1t at leas
shows one sky pilot who got his eye
open about war. Who knows he ma
, next get his eyes open to the church
! Current Opinon's comment is a
follows. at will he long time be
: fore the poison Of monarchism
militarism has been squeezed out of tn
!, hymnbook. The world has thought 8
b. long>in the brutal terms of the pas
g that it will be hard to get over i
The Reverend ], II. Hopkinson @
England recently said; "We hav
= learned that war is not a matter @
T. fluttering banners and clashing sword
j. and beating drums, but merely
sickening and dirty butchery of lad
in water.logged or flyinfested trencl
y es.
y "We shall be less ready than W
II were to compare the movement of th
l. church to that of victorius arm,
Y Hymns that we could sing unthinkini
n ly before the war have become a lyin
blasphemy. Who could now sing, "Lil,
Mighty Army Moves the Church :
# God3"
Is Bolsheviki Russia is nation {
fanatical dreamers and wild-eyC
theorists, but-they have compulsor
D. labor and compulsory education-an
N with those two compulsions in for,
le it viii not be long until the who
- world viii have to hustle to cat,
up 10 DackWHtu hussla'
,n
or Press reports that U, S. is now
n. allow trade with Russia. We won
recognize them politically-but we W
" recognize them industrially. Now wi
Id said political action was superior
ID industrial actioni
Franklin D'olier, National Coz
mander Of the American Legion
his Fourth of July message, as pu
n. lished on the cover Of the Legi,
~ Weekly says, "'' that the flag shi
= continue TO fly over nation that
40 indeed, free to all men Of sound pri
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