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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
A LETTER FROM
POLAND.

Poland is as yet a wall for inter-
national capitalism against Bolshey.
ism and on that account did Poland
get from the capitalistic nations the
right to self determination.
Under the false pretense of saving
Poland from the Bolsheviks they
declared war against Russia. The
war which Poland started in the time
of the Socialist" Government (the
Bergers and Hilquits of Poland) had
only one goal-the destruction of the
Soviet Government. Thanks to them
the bourgeoisie is still sitting in the
saddle, but at the same time having
turned over everything to the Rookie
fellers and Morgans. With tens of
thousands of unemployed, starvation
and disease are raging and any day
may see revolution break out.
You, in America have the illusion
that the Proletarian movement of
Poland is dead BECAUSE of reaction
This is not true. Your press does not
mention the struggle of the masses
under the leadership of the Polish
Communist Party. They make you
think the masses of Poland stick with
the Government against the opposi-
ton, but the fact is-when the Com
munist Party was legal the workers
were with us; the calls for demon
strations were answered by thous'
ands of workers, which ended in the
death of some comrades. When the
bourgeoisie with the help of the yel.
low Socialists took over the govern.
ment their first task was the de.
struction of the Communist Party
While we now are driven underground
the masses are still with US. At one
time the call for a demonstration
was answered by more than forty
five thousands organized workers.
On May first the call from the
Communist Party was answered BY
thousands of workers, altho the wal
with Russia was still on. Without
the Yellow Socialists help the bour
geoisie couldn't exist. The sympathy
of the Polish working masses for th'
Soviet Regime manifested itself whel
the Red Army marched into Polan'
and Galicia. The city and countr.
workers in some instances armed
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
Capitalism Getting Cautions.

bankers of the East and Middle West
refusing to help them over a period
of stress. This is part of the vicious
campaign conducted by the banking
interests of the country, in order
completely to discredit and destroy
the Non-Partisan League and move
ment. And these same farmers now
threaten to send "bankers or any
other group of men" to prison for
combining to raise prices etc.!
True, the bankers and other groups
of manufacturing telephone, tele-
graph and railroad companies, will
do nothing to destroy the confidence
sf the people in the government OF
the United States. Why should they
THEY ARE the government. But let
not workmen point out that fact
| Let them not show that there is only
one method of changing that govern.
ment, so that is will represent work.
ers' interests, and that not by elect.
ing Democrats, Farmer-Laborites
Socialists to office. Let them but
say there is only one way-the way
the workers in Russia did, the way
the workers of Italy and Germany
are preparing to do. Let them say
that the working class will have con-
fidence only in a government of the
workers and that the capitalists Of
the United States will resist tht
establishment of a Government o.
the Workers by any means, legal Of
illegal-as they are now doing
THEN the criminal syndicalst Law
will go into operation.
The bankers of the country con
troll North Dakota as they do ever.
other State in the country. Law
against them on the statute book
are only a mockery.
s. G..
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

and fought the ret1eating Polish ar
my. All Organizations of the Polish
Socialist Party ealIne over to the
Communist Party arid fought against
their own nationalist army. When
the Red Army was fifteen miles from
Warsaw the Polis1h workingclass
waited and hoped }for the minute
when the Red TROOPS would march
into Warsaw.
Had this occurred there would be
a new Europe to-day. The retreat
of the Red army from Poland cost
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
CAPITALIST IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL POLICY.
A STUDY LESSON FOR woRKlNGMEN
(Continued from last week.)

CONTINUED from last week.
g. INVESTMENTS TEND TO DE-
vELOP PRODUCTIVE FORCES.
Capital, invested by one country by
another, has the same tendency as
capital generally; to create more
capital. The mines, fields and fac
tories where capital is invested, ex-
ploit the cheap colonial labor and
thus yield surplus of profits. This
surplus must be reinvested in pro-
ductive enterprises again and so be-
comes in its turn very great asset
to the owners. But now the question
is: how long can this circling go on?
The, bulk of the capital is growing
and growing, it already could find no
place for reinvestment in the home
country and was sent out into the
world. If the same multiplication
takes place again-where will capital
emigrate when the world will be too
small for it? In 1914 the world al
ready was too small for modern
capitalism. The war was forced upon
the peoples by the logic of capitalistic
development. Stagnation is similar
to death, capitalism can tolerate it
for while but not for a decade. To
increase the. rapidity of its process,
it must annihilater some of it's rivals,
must capture their fields Of opera
tion and insure it's own further de-
velopment and postpone the day of
reckoning. The development Of the
productive forces and the comparat-
i've shrinking of the world brought
about the world war of 1914.
Some of the rivals, Germany,
Austria and Hungary, were eliminat-
ed from the international competi-
tion, but all their productive forces
were not destroyed and could not bea
for instance the highly developed
labor power is still there, but can
not be applied pfoductively. The
dilemma before these countries now
is: to change their system of pro-
duction or to perish. This system
really means: to produce and develop
until reaching the point, where ii
cannot go any further. there ii
must blow up and destroy it's owr
creation and start the same vicious
circle anew.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
INTERNATIONAL MANIFESTO
To all the Organizations Affiliated with the Communist
International and to the Workers of all Countries.

Comrades, For the last two years,
the workers of Spain, particularly
those Of the most industrial and ac-
tive sections of the country have
been subjected to most cruel and
barbaric oppression on the part of
the ruling class.
The Government, acting on behalf
Of the landlords who have greatly
enriched themselves during the I'm
periahst War, is treating the work
ers Of the country with ever-increas-
ing severity.
For two years, all constitutional
guarantees have been suspended, and
martial law has prevailed. The Labor
press been suppressed, labor unions
dissolved, and the right of assembly
denied. The militant elements of the
labor unions and even the ordinary
workers have been cast into prison
by hundreds of thousands, in accor-
dance with the whim of provincial
and local tyrants.
But our Spanish comrades have not
bowed their heads before this brutal
treatment. They have organized
themselves for resistance, and, by
maintaining their labor organiza-
tions in spite Of everything, they have
ensured the solidarity of their class
In response to the violence of the
Government, they are manifesting
increased courage and energy.
The bourgeoisie of Spain, tram.
pling under foot its own laws is
resorting to measures characteristic
of the dark ages.
The militant workers have beer
deported to Fernando Po, in Africa
to Mahon, on the island of Minorca
and similar places. Others are being
deported under convoy of gendarme!
to the villages of their birth, being
compelled to march on foot and sub
jected~to various brutalities. Sine,
the army and the police do not suf
fice-the Spanish bourgeoisie has le
loose its White Guards against tn,
workers. In word, our Spanish com
rades have become the victims of ;
White terror similar to that of Fin
land and Hungary. But they do no
lose courage. They have taken up tn
guantlet against all the forces O
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
AS CLEAR AS MUD.

Shoes are high because leather is
high.
Leather is high because hides are
high.
Hides are high because they are
scarce.
Hides are scarce because butchers
are killing less cattle.
Butchers are killing less cattle be-
cause there is less demand for meat.
There is less demand for meat be-
cause meat is high.
Meat is high because cattle are
scarce.
Cattle are scarce because the de-
mand is so heavy.
The demand for catle is heavy be.
cause hides are high.
Hides are high because leather Is
high.
Leather is high because shoes arc
high.
Very simple, isn't Il?
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Criminal Syndicalist laws are be-
coming very common. Not only are
there more than 20 States in the
United States with laws of this nat
ure on their books, but several other
States are contemplating enacting
such measures, in order to "protect
society" from its enemies.
The espionage act, however, re-
vealed clearly that a law may be
abused to such a degree that it loses
all semblance of law and becomes a
"perverse weapon" put into the hands
of judges to wiaii as they please.
The pleasure of the judge depends on
the relative strength Of the radical
and revolutionary elements in the
labor movement and the might of
the capitalists in that particular
region.
However, capitalists are becoming
cautious. Not in the APPLICATION
of these laws, but in the FORM in
which they are drafted. Thus, the
state of North Dakota now has d
criminal syndicalist law reading a.
follows:
"Section 1. Criminal syndicalism is
hereby defined as the doctrine which
advocates crime, sabotage, violence
or other unlawful method of ter,
rorism as a means Of accomplishing
I, industrial ends, and includes ant
comprehends all unlawful combina
ltions of bankers, merchants or Others
(which raise the prices of any com
lmodities or merchandise above tht
supply and demand basis or charg
| ing of higher rates Of interest thar
is customary in communities wher'
no combination exists.
"The printing or publishing, will
fully or knowingly, Of any falls
rumor or report which tends to de
stroy the confidence Of the peopl
| in the government of the state o
North Dakota or the United State
or which tends to destroy the peo
ple's confidence in any industry IL
which the state Of North Dakota o
in which the United States is en-
gagged; the entering into combina
tions or agreements by telephone, tel
egraph or railroad companies, bank
ers or any other group Of men TO
the purpose Of blacklisting or com
bining against any man or woma
or group who work for wages; limit
the rent on flat buildings, houses an
other property to IL per cent nc
return to the owner, The advocac
Of this doctrine is hereby declared
felony"
There Il states in bold, manly lar
guage that IL combinations Of bank
ers, merchants or others" apd ful
ther II combinations or agreement
by telephone, telegraph or railroa
! companies, bankers or any othe
group Of men" do any Of the crinin'
things pointed out in the law, the
will be guilty Of felonyl
II More than 30 banks operated b
The farmers Of North Dakota has
(. lbeen forced 10 close, owing to u
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
TO THE FOOLS OF
ENGLAND!

There is bright spot in England
which will pass in history, even
when the memory of our mighty rul-
ers shall be dim and faint: that spot
is in Lancashire, "that thinks to-day
what London thinks tomorrow" and
in Lancashire that place is Gorton,
where we have an active branch Of
the Communist Party. N
That bright spot in England is
peopled by. set Of fools that would
defy the pen of a Swift.
They don the cap and they don
the bells, and from the bottom of
their emasculated souls they write.
They write to their masters, Messrs
Robert Williams & Son, Embossers
and Finishers of Chatworth Mill
Gorton:--
"Your employees have decided tc
approach you with the suggestion
that our wages be reduced by II
per cent.
"We hope that this offer will be
accepted as it is felt that the pre-.
sent high cost of living exists pri.
marily owing to the very high cost
of production. Also, in making thi.
voluntary offer, it is hoped and be.
lieved that our example will become
contagious in other trades as vel
as our own, and the result woulC
then be a lowering in the cost Of
living and consequent increase il
purchasing power"
Contagious, forsoothi
Even the masters did not dream
they had such a pack Of stupid fel
lows in their service, for the Even
ing Standard reports:-
"that the letter came as a pleas
ant surprise to the firm, 'one Of tn,
finest things it has ever been ou
lot to receive"
Inquiry showed that the letter wa
signed by 14O employees >and no
5 per cent withheld their names.
The offer means the surrender .
from Is. Cd. to los. per week.
The Ministry Of Labor, informe,
OF the existence Of these willin,
slaves, and Of their Contagious" ex
ample, bubbles with glee.
ALREADY it has expressed gratifi
cation at the action Of the firm
employers"
II never rains but il pours. A
the time Of going to press, our Of
flee boy enters breathless, wavinI
the latest edition Of the Eveninl
Star and NJ. U. G. s. Gazette.
In flaming headlines we see: 9TH
CONTAGION SPREADING-CIT'
MERCHANTS FOLLOW G0RT0N'
EXAMPLE : COMPANY DIRECT
0RS REDUCE THEIR DIVIDEND
CABINET MINISTERS (almid.
the cheers Of the House) REN0UN
CE THEIR SALARIES-CHUR
CHILL SWEARS HE WILL NO
RIDE IN A RoLLs-RoYCE, II
SAVE PETROL. etc., etc.
The Workers Drcadnough
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

the bourgeoisie, and they ask the
workers of all other countries to
come to their assistance, in this
great combat against their bourgeoi-
sic, maddened and enraged by their
resistance. This assistance must be
immediate, and must take form of
complete boycott Of all Spanish pro-
ducts, which, in accordance with the
recommendation of our Spanish COM
rades ought to begin, on Jan. Is.
Beginning with that day, the work.
ers of all countries must decline to
handle, to transport, or to unload
any goods coming from Spain, or
consigned to Spain. They must also
refuse to use any products of Spanish
origin. Thus isolated from the entire
world, and renounced by the prole-
tariat of all countries, the Spanish
bourgeoisie will have to capitulate.
The Communist International Coun-
Gil of Labor Unions most urgently
calls upon the workers of all coun-
tries to respond to the appeal of
their Spanish brethren. The great
struggle imposed upon them by the
bourgeoisie, which they have thus far
carried on so courageously, withou.
\ any assistance, must end in victory
for the Spanish proletarat. The sup
port which they now stand in need
should be given them Immediately
and without hesitation.
All the organizations affiliated
with the Communist international
should respond to the appeal of the
Spanish National Confederation of
Labor, which is itself member Of
the International. They must do all
in their power to assure the success
of this movement. A victory over
the Spanish bourgeoisie will be o
victory of the proletariat as whole
We must show that the solidarity
of the working class, manifest ir
action, is invincible.
Long live the Spanish proletariat'
Long live the solidarity of tbs
working class!
-~- ~ r-g=-7Tr---pfy
Executive Committee of thu
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Milwaukee.-Ten but Of the 81 al
legged radicals captured here in the
January raid Of 1890 have been de-
ported to date, according to an an
nouncement by Atty. Henry H,
Stroud Of the Department Of Justice
Four others have left the country
on their own initiative following re-
ceipt here Of deportation orders. :
Action on the remaining az radi'
'cals has been deferred indefinitely
by five habeas corpus writs,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
City and Farm Labor
Must Unite.
By H. R. ADAMS.


farm need your help. Between us
there has been built wall Of mis-
understanding. Built by our two
faced masters manipulating their
kept press. BY insidious lies you
have been pictured to the farmer as
lazy, ignorant and over-paid; always
grasping for more pay and less
work. ~
On the other hand we are pictured
to you as sleek well fed profiteers
riding about the country in our au-
tomobiles. Forcing the prices of
your food beyond reach. Both pic
lures are despicably untrue!
The class and social CONSCIOUSNESS of
most workers are dormant, the coun-
trysides are barren Of them; compar-
ed with the City it is a WILDER
NESS. Here and there man rises
to the light of understanding but
he is soon caught between the mill
stones Of ignorance. Below him his
fellows, ignorantly, damning your
strikes for living wages, as the cause
Ie,l their troubles. Above him is your
ignorance, which holds the farmer
responsible for y ixh COST of the
essential foods. These millstones
operated by our joint MASTERS
soon grind us both to powder.
I have been to the City of Cities.
Seen it pulsing with life, its blood
corpuscles, the workers, functioning
in every part. It's great masses Of
buildings machines and men. Most of
all its massing Of ideas.
There were workers striking, pic
keting; silent sen5inels Of protest,
marching shoulder to shoulder. And
I could see it was d fusing of ideas,
as we'll as the presence and example
of their comrades (which supported
them.
By force of contrast there rushed
upon me vision OF the open coun-
; try l had left. The farm proletarian
isolated from his Fellows by great
distances, long dayd of labor, and
empty nights; plodhing and alone
doomed to CONTINUED ignorance un-
less you carry tfje class struggle
into the country.
The workings Of Il Masters Game
I is very clear to me. With the cleave,
of their press they are cutting the
working class in hklves. CITY ant
COUNTRY. AS youl Of the city or
ganize and grow mdre threatening il
your strength they plan to retreat
to us of the country for support ant
: to that end are alleady building ,
y misguided hatred in fhe minds Of tf'
farm proletariat. Their purpose il
to starve us both iito submission.
This is not pld for sympathy
1t is a demand upon your intelligence
A warning that tn success of tn
city workers fight depends upol
perfect understanding of the Masters
S Game. For in understanding tina
you will realize that the fight will
Q eventually resolve ittelf into strug
gle to fill your bellies.
e The city must bel fed! The work
ing class in the country which pro
s duces the food musj be taught tha
the future Of ALL Labor depend
! upon the successful struggle Of tn
e. city proletariat to overthrow tn
! Capitalist Class.
The great" giant df Farm Labor
e banker drugged. YOU, the organize
workers Of the city must galvaniz
= him into lifel
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Ruthenberg, Ferguson Larkin and
winitsky are still in prison awaiting
the time when the appeals Of thei
cases to higher courts will be heard
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
y MODERN COLONIALISM.

Modern ColOnlallSm Is mouernlzeu
robbery. Colonialism Of antiquity was
also robbery, so the difference does
not rest in robbery itself but in the
form Of it. Ancient colonialism mani
Tested itself in the robbery Of the
accumulated wealth Of those colonials
who were conquered in open war
fare. 1t also meant the driving away
of the conquered peoples and con-
verting them into slaves in the
country Of the conquerors. Modern
colonialism aims to secure the raw
materials from the colonies that are
needed for the home industries; for
the disposing Of commodities and
for investing of surplus capital OF
the capitalistic nation. 1t not only
takes from the colony but also gives
to it,. There are such cases in mod
ern imperialistic colonial policy,
where a country carrys it on for a
decade, investing and contributing
for the maintenance Of order and re-
ceives only a very small fraction in
return. 1t seems queer why such
policy is carried on, if it does not
pay. But this is a phenomena OF
modern imperialism. The state be-
(, comes the greatest purchaser OF the
lbulky commodities, like steel rails
| and rolling stock, boats and harbors
the building of which costs enor'
nous amounts. Budgets increase from
year to year, taxes on all life's ne
cessities grow higher, it signifies
general exploitation. The polio.
would be foolish and utterly ridi
culous, if there be nothing else in it
There is however one class tina
J profits by this kind Of business, ant
] that is the highly concentrated cap
italist-imperialist clique. The produc
ers Of arms, and ammunitions; tn
makers Of armour plate and men-of
war; the shippers Of all Of thes
commodities to the distant colonies
the food and clothing suppliers o
manufacturers for the armed force
| of the State. So, there is powerful
: clique Of the higher layer of tn
capitalist order that reaps enormou
: and unlimited profits from this de
: struction policy Of modern imperial
ism and colonialism.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
81 THE UNDEsIRED IN MODERN
COLONIALISM.

In order to exploit the colonial pos
sessions more effectively, it becomes
necessary to develop some forces
which modern imperialism would not
like to create, still it is not able
to prevent their growth. With in
dustrial development in the colonies,
which involves within It all those
who are able to work, turning them
Into slaves, chattel or wage, they
have to permit them to gain some
kind Of technical knowledge. To ac-
quire that, 1t is necessary to read
and write, and when n slave class
learns to read and write, Il is quite
hard to keep IL from learning even
tually what to read. The tendency
| Of the capitalists is to not give
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Executive Committee of the
Communist international.
Executive Committee of the Inter
national Council of Labor Unions.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-01-22
AMERICAN REALTY And CONSTRUCTION PLANS EREC-
ton OF 100000 BUILDING HAS RESOURCES AMOUNTING
TO S4369O.2S AT END OF End YEARS BUSINESS.

The Report of the secretary of the
American Realty and Construction Co.,
at its second annual stockholders
meeting showed that the assets of the
company at the end of its fiscal year
were s4S,69O.65.
The meeting held in New st. James
A. M. 10. Church was enthusiastic
though short of the expected atten-
dance because of the inclement wealth.
er.
This company chartered two years
ago by local business men of our
group has grown steadily from q
$4,000 to an almost $4,000 corpora
tion Ia two years. 1t has helped in
many instances to keep homes In the
possession of their purchasers guar
anteed titles and bought and sold
marketable property.
Its biggest deal of the year was
the purchase of the large building and
bordered by Bryan St, Central r. r..
and Cottage Lane on which it plans
to erect a modern fireproof business
cost of 100000. Plans for the build
ing are now being perfected by w.
Sidney Pittman, well known architect
of Texas, who designed the Pythian
Temple, ST. James A. M. p. Church
and Paul Quinn Dormitary soon to be
erected.
A full story of the progress of the
company is told in the report of the
Secretary as follows:
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 1st, 1921.
To the President the Officers and the
Stockholders of the American Realty
Sirs: With pleasure, l submit for
your consideration my second annual
report and financial statement for the
year beginning Jan. LIST, 1920. and end