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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-07-28
pELINoUkNr TAX SALE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that much OF
each tract of land and town lots described in
the following list may be necessary for
that purpose will on Tuesday. the 9Th day OF
September. 1921. beginning At o'clock a.
M and on the mex succeeding days be sold
by me. the County Treasurer of Ellis County,
Kansas. at Public Auction at my Once IN
the court house in Hays. Kansas. for the
Taxes and charges upon said tracts OF land
and town lots respectively. the same being
situated in Ellis County. Kansas, and shall
rs County Treasurer aforesaid at the said
sale bid of in the name Of Ellis County all
the said tracts of land and Town Lots for
the amount of the taxes and charge thereon
respectively as shown by said list under and
by virtue of Chapter l62 Of the laws of 1891
OF Kansas. the provisions of said chapter
having been adopted by this county.
c. J. Kl6g.
County Treasurer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-07-28
Golf Enthusiast.

A golf enthusiast is one who would
much rather drive a little white ball
200 yards straight down a green fair
way than stay in the Office all after
noon and count money
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-07-28
More Naturalization.

One of the main delights of the
moving pictures is to see the palaces
OF European n0blemen surrounded by
soarhern California. Dallas News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-07-28
Smoky Hill Township

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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
25 PER CENT
ARE JOBLESS.

One out of every four workers in
the % leading industries is now out
of job, says Federal Reserve Board
survey.
Unemployment is most severe in the
rubber industry, with building trades
second.
Kansas City is the jobless center.
It has less than half as many en-
ployed as a year ago.
Developments indicate that unem-
ployment in July may be most Sc
we're in the iron and steel industries.
Unskilled day labor in Cleveland
has fallen in some cases to as low as
SIS week.
In Louisiana rice fields many are
working for 81 day.
Eastern dockbuilders' strike, which
lasted three months, settled. Wages
reduced an eighth.
Strike of American marine unions
cut sailings Of American merchant
ships from New York 95 per cent in
May.
Number of strikes row in the
United States nearly three-fourths
less than year ago.
About 60 out of every 100 soft coal
miners are out of work.
Union wage scales now average q
fifth less than the war peak.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
Coal Owners Loud
For Open Shop.
ONLY SALVATION OF PROFITS
SAY THE EXPLOITERS.

"An Open Shop in every coal mine
in America, was inscribed upon the
banner of the Michigan -Ohio-I Indiana
Coal Association at it's convention at
Cedar Point, Ohio, last week.
Tom L. Lewis and C. E. Maurer
voiced these sentiments to a loudly
applauding audience of coal mine
owners. Lewis is former President
Of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea but now secretary Of the New
River Coal Company. His changed
status from miner and miners union
official seems to have considerably
changed his viewpoint. Economic in
terest seems to still be working in the
same old way Of determining cne's
views upon the operation of mines as
well as other things.
Labor "Intoxicated".
Concerning the labor situation in
the mining regions, Lewis expressed
himself as of the opinion that the
miners shave been intoxicated with
their success Of the last few years.
and that this "intoxication" would
work their ruin unless the methods
of the labor leaders are radically
changed"
Lewis is strongly against the low.
ering Of the price Of coal--one basic
commodity that has remained at the
war price in spite of the tremendous.
ly lessened demand. He stated tha,
salvation for the coal owners lay, no,
in Congress and Legislation but in the
Education Of the American people,
That apparently means that If the
people are continually forced to pay
high prices for coal they will "ge,
used to it."
G. E. Maurer, Of the Glen Rur
Coal Company, attacked the govern
ment's policy Of mine control ant
voiced approval Of the Open Shop II
the coal mines. "An Open Shop polio.
will have to prevail in every mine Il
the United States before coal can b,
produced at profit" he declared
Pity the poor Coal Baronsl
The convention closed with a dane
lat which it is presumed no one wen
away hungry-or thirsty.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
Prosecution Witnesses Weak in Accusa-
tons Against Sacco and Vanzetti.


Because wanted to avoid being a
witness"
"You hold your word so lightly"
said Moore, "that you would lie to
avoid being a witness
"Yes," said Pelser.
He denied he had ever discussed the
case with anyone representing the
prosecution, denied he had discussed
it with Assistant Prosecutor Will
liams. But five minutes later, under
Moore's heavy bombardment, Pelser
admitted that he talked with Williams
and that he had been told to go into
the courtroom before the session at
which he was to testify, so he could
look Sacco over. Next he denied that
he had ever discussed the case with
any one previous to Reid's interview
with him, and later was trapped into
admitting that he had talked with
state detecslye previous to that
time.
Further cross-examination by De-
fense Counsel jeremiah McAnarney
revealed that Pelser was the only
person who noted the bandit cars
number and this information he with
held from the defense all these
months.
New testimony to refute Mary Eva
Splaine's Identification Of Nicola Sac
co as an automobile bandit was given
by one of the prosecutors own wit
nesses. Hans Behrsin, chauffeur for
E. w. Slater, one of the firm from
which the payroll was taken at Brain
tree last year, testified that he was
only 10 feet from the bandits as they
fled, and saw one man leaning out of
the car as Miss Splaine had said, but
he could not identify Sacco as that
man.
There is large significance in this.
Miss Splaine was in second-story
window 80 feet from the fleeing car,
and her observation was made while
the bandit automobile travelled 35 feet
at high speed. At the end Of that So
feet, her view was cut off by cobblei
Il rL.~., We IL, offaxod a xoosr,ts{o A.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
A FAIR WAGE.

A fair wage is all that the A. F.
of L. asks for: nothing less and alb
solutely nothing more. Capitalist and
worker shall each have his just and
"rightful" share of what labor alone
produces. at always has been and
will be- reason the brilliant A. F.
of L. philosophers and courageous
fighters.
One of the consequences of this line
of reasoning is that the capitalist
takes good care to get his "rightful"
and just share, leaving the crumbs
for the workers.
So the A. F. Of l.. has to be con-
tent now with any wage-the ''living"
wage. In the struggle to reduce wages,
the capitalist calculates as follows:
The workers must have a fair wage.
A living wage Subsistence wage, It
is called), is surely fair wage. Hence
take the wage of any class of workers.
Look for a lower class wage. Then
reduce the former to the latter:
what the latter can live on, the form
er must! In this way all along the
line-in all fairness, without pre-
judice-particularly now that there
are so many unemployed.
"a fair days wage for fair days
work'-A. F. Of L. and capitalist
motto!
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM
ACT MAY BE INVALID.

Oakland, Cal.-The State Appellate
Court has announced that it has tenn
porarily abandoned the case Of Anita
Whitney, convicted under the Cali
fornia criminal syndlcailsm act, pend
ing the outcome Of an attack on the
constitutionality Of the act, at present
being made before the State Supreme
Court on behalf Of John c. Taylor,
formerly state secretary Of the So
cialist party and later member Of the
Communist Labor Party.
The Appellate Court has already de-
clared the act constitutional, and the
probability Is that the Supreme Court
will concur; but meanwhile Miss Whit
ney is out on bail pending appeal.
Taylor Is already serving his sentence
Of one to fourteen years at San Qusn-
Tin prison.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
A. F. of L. WRESTLE WITH PROBLEMS
IN 41st CONVENTION AT DENVER.
Stands against B. VI principle Opens formal fight against wage
reductions. Gompers has competitor.

few delegates. A letter from Eugene
v. Debs was read in which he thanked
Gompers and the A. F. of L. for
their efforts in attempting his and
other political prisoners release. The
convention called for an Investigation
of the lockout Of the seamen. The
convention is running strong for fed
eral Investigations. A resolution call
ing for the investigation by Con-
gress of lh. co.. ton mills of the South
was also adopted. A specia. commit
tee to investigate unemployment and
possible Congressional relief and a
measure designed to abolish the color
line in the Federation were likewise
adopted.
Wants No Irish Support.
J. H. Thomas, fraternal British de-
legate spoke upon the Irish question.
No support for the Irish revolutionists
will be rendered by this convention
if Thomas advice is followed. British
labor stands for Irish freedom; the
only limitation we insist upon is that
Ireland shall not be allowed to be-
come menace" he stated. Being in
terpreted this can only mean that
British labor according to Thomas, is
in favor Of Irish freedom when the
Irish do not constitute a danger to
the British capitalists. That would be
altogether too much &Ir traitor Tho
mas. In an attempt to discourage the
Irish sympathizers in the convention
from taking any steps favorable to
their oppressed brothers in the old
country, Thomas said, ~ warn you
against trying to create in their minds
the feeling that you can solve their
difficulties" There will be no revo-
lutionary solidarity on the score Of
Irish freedom if Thomas has his say
His speech brought a storm of protest
from the Irish symparhisers in the
convention who are however, divided
upon immediate tactics.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25

Dedham, Mass.-Every witness put
on the stand by the prosecution to-
identify Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti as automobile bandits during
four days of testimony-giving has
either failed to identify the defend
ants or has thoroughly discredited his
own testimony.
Louis Pelser, shoecutter, went to
pieces on the stand while courtroom
packed with spectators watched the
process of collapse. Pelser tangled
himself up in lie after lie.
Pelser was in the cutting room OF
the Rice & Hutchins shoe factory
when the shooting began. The win
dows there are opaque, and must be
raised if one would look outdoors. One
window was open three or four inches,
Pelcher said, and he looked through
this opening. Berardelli was lying on
the ground. Pelser opened the window
fully. Immediately the bandits began
firing at that window, but Pelser as
serted that he stood up amid the rain
of bullets and did two things-he
wrote down the number of the ap-
preaching bandit automobile and he
made mental note of the appearance
of one bandit who was standing in the
road shooting at the fallen Berar-
I'delli.
This bandit, Pelser declared, was
dark and wore dark green pants and
khaki shirt with the collar tucked up
around his neck. In the collar was q
pin. Assistant Prosecutor Harold Will
| liams asked Pelser if he could pick
the bandit out in the courtroom
Pointing to Sacco in the prisoners
cage, Pelser answered: II wouldn't
say he is the man, but he is the deat
image of him."
At this point Defense Counsel Free
H. Moore cross-examined Pelser. HI
reminded the witness of a length!
statement made by Pelser on Marcl
26 to Robert Reid, Investigator TO
the defense.
"Did you tell Reid all the truth !?
'lMoore asked. 'is'ses g la'fss ssAssss
! "No; told only part of the story.
| Then Pelser admitted he had toll
Reid that he had not seen any of tn
bandits, that the highwaymen wer
all in the automobile by the time h
i looked out of the window, and tina
he ducked under a bench as soon a
the shooting turned toward that win
dow.
;, "Why did you lie to Reid?" aske'
Moore.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25

union and Dick and Harry, Of the
Catholic Railwaymen's Union, all
Of whom worked like beavers to
help break the strike? And how
about the X local which voted to
strike, but not one of whose mem
bers went out 3? Qrthe Y local, which
likewise voted TO strike, but only one
man went out IA he got firedl
!. Who ars ntellectuals! \
Nevsertksless as Between members
Of the working class and an "intel-
lectual,' Lemoine does not hesitate
for an instant. Hatred Of the intel
lectual is the fashion just now. 1t is
hard to say where the intellectual be-
gins and ends. A worker in blue over
alls who stands watch all day over
the running of delicate, gigantic
machines and takes the readings of
countless meters and registers, is not
classed as an Intellectual. But the
doctor, who handles knife and for
ceps and climbs fifty flights Of stairs
in Q day, is dubbed with this oppro-
brious term. For it is an opprobrious
term today; Lemoine's attitude on this
point is becoming more and more
general.
The revolution, it would seem, is to
be directed principally against the in
tellectuals. This promises some inter-
esting consequences!
Of course, Lemoine assures us that
he does not share in this hatred Of
the intellectual. He merely classes
him, as we'll as the technician, with
the rich man, the policeman and the
Judge, among the "ruling class" all
of whom, with wave Of the hand, he
would send to see how things are
going on in the other world. Beyond
that, he wishes them no harm, oh no,
none at all!
Now / have known some pure Gin
tellectuals," by which I mean men
who did not have to make any ply
steal effort in their daily work. Some
of them, as university professors,
drew their salaries from the govern
ment; some live on the sale Of their
books: others, favored by fortune,
capitalist exploiters," luckily had
enough to live on and to carry on
scientific Investigations which brought
in no money, but caused them heavy
expense.
Well, let ME tell you, some Of these
"htellectuals" have given literally
Of their time, strength and money to
the revolutionary movement, while the
proletarian mass remained Indifferent,
and have been arrested and prosecuted
and their homes searched.
We are called upon to choose be-
tween such men and the Toms, Dicks
and Harrys mentioned above. Lemoi.
mes choice is quickly made. He will
begin by dynamiting the intellectual
in order to get rid Of this trouble
! some individual and teach him to mind
his own business. Then he will throw
himself into the arms Of Tom, Dick
and Harry BECAUSE THEY BE
LONG TO HIS, CLASS AND THAT
IS THE ONLY THING THAT
COUNTS FOR HIM.
AS for men like Elisee Reclus-,,
away with theml
Well, every man to his taste.
am not a workingman, but, just th'
: CONTINUED on page ~
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
THE DIFFERENCE.
By TOM CLARK.

The clothing workers of the coun-
try and of New York in particular
are claimed by the Socialist Party
as staunch supporters of the party.
A large number of the most active
workers in this industry, however,
are Communists. In all the internal
struggles, in the strikes, the Com.
munists have taken leading part,
fortifying the organization from with
in and without.
During the late strikes, the needle
woskers taccsrding to statements of
the party itself) have been remiss
in their duty toward the Socialist
Party. Taken up with union troubles,
they let politics" go by the board
What did the Communists do dur
ing the strikes? What do Communists
do just during strikes?
Then Communist activity becomes
keenest. Then the class struggle,
which the Socialists claim is basic to
their movement, is most apparent.
Then the workers are most alive to
the bitter problems that they must
solve, most accessible to the needs
of better and more formidable organi-
cation, more effective fighting me-
thods and more conscious, more ener-
getic leadership. The lessons of the
class war are easiest to inculcate. The
necessity of being on the firing line
i'm the actual fight, draws the Com
munist to the front. Then the party
functions best-then the Communist
is doing his party work in the real
est sense!
The Communist shows up the weak
nesses of the organization. The vul-
nerable points must be strengthened,
the form, possibly, must be changed.
The rank and file must be put in
control. The will Of the membership
must prevail. Every act of the leaders
and officials is subjected to searching
criticism. The rank and file must
make the demands: forces must be or
ganized so that the leaders dare not
betray them. With the slogan of maxi.
mum demands, the leaders dare not
turn back. If they compromise them,
the workers must be in a position to
oust them at once.
Communists point out the attitude
and action of the government toward
the workers. Court decisions, injunc.
tions, the use of gunmen and thugs
by the employers and tolerated by the
authorities finally the use Of troops
to break the strike and crush the
workers into submission--these are
the object lessons that the Commun'
ist teaches the workers in the strug'
gle itself-in practice, in action. Ther
the workers learn best-they discover
who their real enemies are and how
to combat them.
Communism is no hobby for afte
working hours.
There is no returning to it afte
the economic struggle has been set
tied. Communism is the force drivinl
the workers IN the midst Of thei
struggle!
That Is one Of the differences be
tween Communism and Socialism,
the positiveness Of the Communis
movement against the negativeness 0
1.-THE Socialist mSvement.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
DEPoRrED TO AMERICA.

Patrick H. Reid, arrested at Mont
real, Canada, last winter for partici-
patton in bread riots and food raids
on restaurants has lost his appeal on
an order for deportation. Reid, tho a
British subject, had taken out his
first papers as citizen Of the U. s.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
CRIME WAVE ROLLS HIGH.

Sheriff Stannard Of Cleveland, O,
states that the crime wave is rolling
too high for him. Altho he "has a
nice Jail, II can't handle the rush Of
prisoners" he states. All cells are oc-
cupied by two prisoners and many are
sleeping on the floors Of corridors.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
FRANCE IN BERLIN.

Senator France Of Maryland, who
recently sailed from New York for
Russia, has arrived at Berlin. A dis
patch states that the Senator asserts
Leonid Krassin, Soviet Trade Com.
missioner will soon be in America or
important trade business.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25

One reply, signed Albert Lemoine,
interested me, especially by it's clear
cut character, above all in the fol-
lowing declaration: Either the Com
munist Party will admit only work
ers, in which case it will uselessly
duplicate the labor unions; or it will
admit members regardless Of their
class, and then the class struggle it
breaches becomes an absurdity or q
lie. TX " Z .'
In other words, Lemoine, like many
active revolutionists, wants revolu-
tion made by the workers against all
the other elements of the population,
and he has more faith in the labor
unions than in a political party.
Now, working class" and Tabor
unions" are not identical and both will
stand little closer examination.
/ know an industrial city where
there is a political group and union
of metal workers.
The political organization does not
ask it's members whether they work
iron, steel, literature, wood or leather
1t asks them, "Do you stand for q
communist social revolution?" And
the advocates of such revolution are
admitted to membership.
The labor union,, on the other hand
does not question applicants as to
their opinions. 1t merely asks them
"Do you work in the iron or steel
Industry" And the metal workers
join the union without necessarily
being partisans Of the Social Revo-
luton.
But 10 and behold! the revolution.
ary unionists scorn the revolutionary
party (whose members come from diff.
ferent trades and callings but are al
of the same economic and politica
opinion) and they expect the revolu
tion to be put across by the labor
union, which draws its members from
particular trade without reference
to their opinions-an arrangement
which makes it possible for anti-re
volutionists to join and to feel per
fectly at homeland even, at times
to constitute majority.
Apparently, an organization cannot
do effective work for the revolution
unless it is composed Of members WHIT
are not required to be revolutionists
but merely to prove that they can GU
steel, tan leather or saw wood!
And yet Lemoine is one Of the rail
way workers who were discharged
for their activity in the strike las
May. He must have seen and learned
many things. Has he forgotten Ger
tain "fellow workers" TO whom he Il
partly indebted for the loss Of hi
job? Jack, for example, who tool
part in the strike only in order to d,
his work as stool pidgeon for tn
company? Or Jim, a member Of tn
union, who said that, since the strik
seemed to him to have a political oh
ject which went beyond the prope
limits Of a labor union, he refused :
take part in Il? Or George, who
timid, spineless, nagged by his wifi,
quit the strike the very first day?
\ And that is not all, for LEMON
does not speak merely Of the unions
but, more broadly, Of "the workin
class" Well, don't Tom, Dick an
Harry also belong to the workin
cltss! Tom, a member Of the sea
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
Two Important announcements.

the Socialist Party will be held
having important bearing American and
problems the eagendao Q the
The Of in h
definitely repudied the
the Prtaid in
the capitalist class has condemned the Third International
the world
and it matters of
Ierwlep the
day until adjournment representative will in the hail.
be better qualified
knowledge the
PRINCIPLES and of deeme
revolutionary movement here well abroad comade Lewis
haccmate and interesting
FOSTERS SPECIAL ARTICLES ON RUSSIA.
leader of the Steel Strike author Of "Th Great
Steel the Rlades
th of the
Trade Union International
Of he
The will
begnp this Watch for hm
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25
Should SyndicaIsts Join The Communist Party?
Translated by Frederick A. Blossom.

(a Ou weekly the organized revolutionary minority
the conducting symposium
the above question following translated from ISSUE
signed "a Communist DoctOr.) -@
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25

= ns2 sesenth commandment says, 'Thou
shalt not steal" Carlyle laid down new com
mandment for the workers, "Thou shalt not
be stolen from.'