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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
To The
Hon. Board Of Supervisors.
City and County
San Francisco, Calf.

Gentlemen. In behalf Of the un.
employed workingmen and women Of
this City and those dependant upon
them. We respectfully call your at
tention to the announcement Of the
series of meetings we will conduct in
this City for the purpose Of finding
out if there is any Sage or Savant in
this Bay district that can outline a
solution of the MOST IMPORTANT
PROBLEM that confronts the Amer
lean people; problem to which all
other problems are insignificant in
comparison.
We are not seeking for bread-line
or soup Kitchen solutions for this
problem. In the good old days Of
"NORMALCYD before the war that
was fought and WON to make THE
WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
AND A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE
IN" DOLES OF BREAD and SOUP,
grudgingly given, were tried time
and time again, but all in vain.
If we didn't know it before, we
know it now, that Charity is no SUBJ
stitute for Social Justice. And we do
not hesitate to charge society, Chris
tian Society" with the most foul crime
that the human immagination can con-
ceive, If it do not Immediately take
measures to right this foul wrong
committed against fellow citizens and
Christian bretheren.
To this end we respectfully ask for
your permission to have the use Of
the plot Of City ground east Of Lar.
kin and South Of Fulton) for the pur-
pose Of holding our open air meetings
that we propose to conduct jointly
with our indoor meetings from time
| to time.
Yours Respectfully
| National Propaganda COMMITTEES
! for the Unemployed.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
Developments Of the Class Struggle in
Mexico, Spain and South America.
By R. B. GARCIA.

AS result of lack Of communica-
tion and interchange of ideas between
the English and Spanish-speaking
pTo1etariat, there is very little under
standing in this country Of the labor,
movement in Mexico, South-America
and Spain. 1t is because of this con-
dition that / feel moved to pen few
lines that may serve to give an idea
of the progress and struggle of the
proletariat in those countries.
It is amazing how ignorant the
average radical in this country is even
of the character Of the Mexican move
ment. am often asked, these ques-
tions: "What are the Mexicans fight
ing for?" "Have they any idea Of
what they want?" "Are they fight
ing for anything but Just the fun Of
it?' "Have they any class-conscious-
ness-do they know anything about
Socialism," The answer might well
be that the Mexican poems and the
industrial workers are very, very
conscious of two things. One is that
they want the land, and the other is
that they want the abolition of ex-
ploitation.
It would take much space to ex-
plain this properly according to facts,
so | will confine this writing to quot
ing few translated excepts from the
Spanish press of Mexico and else
where, relating to recent activities,
both, of the workers and of the
enemy.
To begin with will quote parts OF
very lengthy account in "El Demo
crata," ("The Democrat') Mexico
City daily, Of the May Day celebra-
tion in that city. 1t is well to note
that this paper and its kind only a
few months ago, when they referred
to any effort by the workers, they did
it with bitter derision and contempt
branding them as "disturbers," IAN
archists,' "malcontents," 'Bolshevists'
and the like. But in the meantime the
workers there have made these terms
respectable and the yellow press finds
that % ,,sa 4ham nnv nore would be
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to the Committee of Action to organize the
representation of such at the Congress on a
proportional basis, according to the number
Of organized members; further, it is desirable
that among such delegates there should be
not only leaders of the movement who be-
long to parties, but also genuine represent
atives Of the views and wishes of the labor
masses.
The Cleansing of the Italian Party.
At the sitting of August II the Executive
Committee discussed the cleansing of the
italian Party Of opportunists and Socialist
Traitors, like Turati Modigliani, Daragona,
and others. italian comrades, including Com
rade Serrati, without objecting on principle,
hesitated only on the question Of carrying out
this decision. The Executive Committee
adopted an appeal to Italian workmen on this
subject.
The sitting of August 25 was also devoted
to the italian movement There was present
a delegate from the Italian Union of Syndi-
calists, Comrade Borgi, who arrived in Mos
cow after the Congress-. Because of this last
fact the Executive Committee adopted unan-
irnously the following resolution: "On the
basis of the decision Of the End Congress
on the question Of the attitude toward the
revolutionary section of Syndicalists, Anarch-
lists, Shop-Steward adherents, and Industrial
Workers of the World, and in view of the de-
claration of the representative of the italian
Syndicalist Union Comrade Borg that he
accepts the decisions of the End. Congress,
the Executive Committee resolves: (1) to
admit the Italian Syndicalist Union into the
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Gel Democratic" goes on to say:
"The announcement had been made
that on May Day the red and black
flag Of the proletariat would fly from
all the buildings occupied by the labor
syndicates.
Gas the clock struck six in the
morning and with the boundless en-
thusiasm that is characteristic of the
multitudes during great patriotic fest
ivities, all the whistles on the in
dustrial establishments of the Federal
District sent forth their shrill sounds,
to which the locomotives in the rail-
road yards joined in chorus. Fire
works and detonations were heard in
the industrial centers and the mirth
of the workers was manifest from
that hoar on thruout the entire city.
"1n the open air meetings the hands
of the workers were in flutter wav-
ing the red banners. Jesus Domin-
que, textile worker, speaking to his
assembled comrades proceeded to en-
tighten them upon what occurred in
the great industrial city of Chicago
in 1886. He was the first to hurl his
condemnation at the American bour.
geoisie and at those who represented
the authority Of the country at that
time, as being responsible for the
capitalist imperialism that took five
laboring men to the gallows for nc
other reason than that they had labor,
ed in favor of formidable strike tc
obtain the s hour day, which is now
enjoyed in every country of the
civilized world"
"In 1885," said Panfilo Garcia, with
the sacrifice of the five ignored mar.
tyrs', the ideal Of labor was vindicat
ed by the blood Of the innocent, ant
from that moment on the class strug
gle has become more intense in tn,
United States and in all the world.
Answering the call Of the "Com
mittee for Political Prisoners" pre-
sided over by the North-American, M
Policy, over two thousand workers
regardless Of color or group, attended
1t would be impossible to estimate tn,
number Of syndicates that formed par
Of the manifestation yesterday. W,
are glad TO note that, for the tim,
being, the differences that existed be
tween the two groups-red and vel
low-are at an end, this being vel
first time that both contingents hav
fraternised so admirably and shool
hands with each other as they di,
yesterday. A procession formed an
marched to Avenida Juarez, stopping
In front Uf the American Consulate
where, from one Of the coaches IN
American red leader, Mr.. palcy, I'D
dressed the crowd, dwelling upon III
universal protest that most be mad
by the workers for the hanging a
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The British Movement.

Russia and the social revolution char
acterized the celebration"
As to Spain, take the following
from circular issued by the Nation
al Confederation of Labor of that
country, and in turn circulated in the
United States by the Spanish "Revo-
.lutionary Group:
"The blood Of the proletariat runs
lin torrents thru the streets Of Man
resa, Barcelona and Valencia. The
public power, obeying superior or
ders, has shot, has assasinated, has
massacred ten comrades in three
days in the early hours Of the morn
ing, in the dark and with the utmost
impudence, on the pretext of an at
tempt of escape. At the very hour OF
writing these lines the tragedy has
been repeated in Valencia with three
more comrades, and in all certainty
the proceeding will extend thruoui
the country with the success obtained
Surgeons have informed us that all
the wounds were inflicted on the back
and that some of the comrades in
famously assasinated had received
more than twenty shots. OF those who
have fled numbers of them have been
murdered by the masters bands, while
others have remained PROSTATE with
the cold in the highways.
"The situation is critical. There are
over seven thousand prisoners in all
Spain. Our Syndicates have been dis
solved; our centers closed; more than
twenty of our comrades have been
killed by the government power,
more than forty by the bosses bands,
and innumerable comrades Of ours
flee to the highways in the rigors Of
winter"
Appealing to the workers of the
United States, the sender of the cir
cular from Spain says: "Try to di-
vulge these conditions thru the labor
press Of that country and may you
do something in favor Of the boycott
of Spanish products. That is our only
hope"
Under the heading Of "The Terror
in Barcelona" LA Prensa" ("The
Press''), Mexican daily of San An.
tonic, Texas, says in dispatch from
Madrid dated May 4!
"The following dispatch has been
received from Barcelona:"
During the last six months three
hundred and twentyseven employers
have been killed who, invariably, had
previously received a letter in which
they were warned to abandon the city
within eight days and that in case
they refused TO leave they should con
slider themselves sentenced to deatl
in the near future.
i "Those who defied this warning b,
remaining, surrounded themselves
with precautions, but in spite Of this
sooner or later were taken to thei
homes riddledswith bullets. The Pres
ident Of the Masters Association sud
denly found himself surrounded In hi
automobile by twenty ruffians VIII,
proceeded to fire upoT sim, and mira
culously escaping from being klllet
on the spot. The physicians called /,
attend him, were warned, under pc
hally Of death, that they were pro
! hibited from lending him their serv
u ices. In view Of this, squad 0,
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The Capitalist and the Census
THE INTERNATIONAL SHELL CAME in OPERATION
BY II. r. Adams
By H. R. Adams.

With the proved taking of the Ger
man official census by the German
Government to further the interests Of
a political party and to advertise on
an international scale the POTASH
which German Capitalists had to sell,
as an established fact (see U. s. Year
book Of Agri, 1919), the American
farmer will do well to turn his atten-
tion to his own census of 1920 and to
no rICrrnr,c Yrr
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his own Capitalist Class which has
MORTGAGES to sell.
Advance census reports available
show q deliberate attempt to vmisfe-
present the fact that farm mortgages
are increasing. This is done by the
very simple trick Of padding an GUN
KNOWN" column. The farms "Un-
known" are taken from the totals and
our official deductions based on what
is left.
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gendarmes was furnished to accom-
pany them in all their visits. III
another boss who was seriously
wounded and taken to the hospital,
was killed by on individual when leav-
ing the hospital six weeks later. The
assailant, who could not be identified,
emptied his revolver on his victim.
Invariably it is a nan that cannot be
identified who sb4 ffe murders
and the police admit their incapacity
to put an end to these assasinations.
Besides, as rule, and this is sim
gular thing, the carabiners always
reach the scene too late, which does
not mean that no one Is arrested; on
the contrary, all the militant labor
leaders who are known and all those
who hold advanced ideas, are arrest
ed; but in spite Of the arrests in
mass, the police are unsuccessful in
putting an end to the attacks on the
bosses, who make haste to defend
themselves by seeking help in the free
unions, resulting in reprisals that can,
be summed up in this formula: an
eye for an eye and tooth for a
tooth.
Whenever boss is assassinated a
worker is also killed., and the numb
er of workers that have died in this
form already ascends to one hundred
and sixty-seven. AT the same time
that the doctors are prohibited from
attending the wounded, tie lawyers
are also forbidden to defend the work
ers accused feore the Courts. A
lawyer who was unafraid to ASSUME
his duties was wounded in the street
together with a servant that accom-
panied him. The people gather in the
cafee's at the end Of the day to dis
cuss the latest happenings"
1t is to be noted that the American
press does not publish such dispatches,
neither does the Associated Press send
them to the Spanish papers that yet
its service. They only come to the
Spanish papers as special service.
Because of the length Of this article
and because among the papers ! have
from South America the ones con-
tanning the proposed translations are
not at hand, l have to omit for the
present on account Of that region. In
passing I will only mention that in
the recent general strike Of transport
workers in Areentina the strikers
tied up all traffic and had the gov
ernment on its knees at their mercy.
The American government sent the
Argentine government q note demand
ing that it force the strikers to al
low an American merchant ship to
move, but It was hsipIess. ] ignore
the final outcome Of the strike.
j AS to persecution in South America,
will also say in paseIue that during
a recent bitter strike h Punta Arenas
the radical leaders of the strlsgls
were trapped by the po|ice In their
hall and some Of thom burnt nlive
When they tried to emerge from The
burning building th( were thrown
back into the flames md some who
managed to leave the building where
shot like wild ANIMAL The c|azl
struggle in these cod E|(o hns reach
J ed the stage Of bittj< |yII w1r'
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of the party) declared that in theoretical
questions of principle they are not in dis
agreement on important points with the Com
munist international, and pointed out that
difficulties had arisen only in connection with
the concrete formulating of the theses, par
ticularly in that section of the latter which
refers to armed uprisings, illegal struggle,
centralism, and the attitude toward Socialist
traitors like Kautsky and Hilferding.
Crispien and Dittmann also pointed out
that an intransigent attitude in these ques-
tions might cause schism in the Indepen-
dent Social-D Democratic Party of Germany.
Comrades Znoviev and Radek answered
Mem. Comrade Zinoviev pointed out for ex-
ample that there are situations where
schism is the most sacred duty of revolu-
zionist, and that the Independent Social
Democratic Party must either cleanse itself
or split up. 1t was in this spirit that the de-
csion was adopted on the preparation Of a
message to the Independent Social-Demo-
cratic Party of Germany.
The British Movement.
The sitting of August 10 was devoted to
the British movement. In his Introductory
speech Comrade Zinoviev pointed out that in
England there are the British Communist
Party, the Communist Party grouped around
the newspaper Workers Dreadnought," the
Scottish group, the group of Wales and Ire
land, factory committees, and such, and that
the union of these groups represents a diff
ficult task, because, as was revealed at the
Congress- there are disagreements among
them, as, for example, on the question of the
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ACTIVITIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL.

OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL.
(Petrograd Pravda, Sept. Is, 1920
The new executive committee of the Com
munist International organized on August Z,
devoted the first month of its activity to two
tasks-the cleansing of the Communist
movement of various countries of reformist
and opportunist elements, and the uniting Of
all sincerely revolutionary forces of the
world proletariat
The German Independents.
The sitting of August was devoted to the
discussion of questions relating to the In
dependent Social-D Democratic Party of Ger
many, delegation of which was invited to
the sitting. ia
Comrade Zinovev put three questions to
the Independents: ID Do they find that any
of the questions which interest the Indepen-
dent Social-Democratic Party of Germany
were not adequately elucidated by the End
Congress; ~ do they consider as acceptable
the conditions of admission to the Communist
international, which were prepared and es-
tdDiioiCu Wy tliC SOllSl \OJ WlifAt 10 IiiCii
attitude toward the demands made by the
Congress, that they exclude from the party
the right Socialist elements?
On the first question the delegation, which
was composed of four members, had only ore
opinion, which was that all the questions Of
interest to the delegates were adequately
elucidated by the Congress. On the other two
questions opinions differed. Comrades Daue-
mig and Stoecker declared their complete
agreement with the resolutions adopted by
the End Congress- and added that they would
make every effort to secure, at the next par
ty conference the adherence of their party
to the iii international, which has been
strengthened, thanks to the End Congress-
On the other hand, Comrades Crispien and
Dittmann Representatives of the right wing
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SPEARING THE
POLITICIANS.

The following letter was directed
to the officials Of a California city
recently by an unemployed commit
tee. We hope that the committee has
lost none Of its spunk. ].
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
COMB SAGE TEA IN FADED OR GRAY HAIR If Mixed with Sulphur it Darkens so Naturally Nobody
 can Tell.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti- fully darkened, glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance. this sim- pie mixture was applied with wonder full effect. By asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" you will get a large bot tie of this old-time recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients. all ready to use. at very little cost. This simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair.
 A well-known downtown druggist says everybody uses Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound now because it darkens SO naturally and evenly that nobody can tell 1t has been applied it's so easy to use, too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking ono strand at a time. By morning tho gray hair disappears, after another application or two, it is restored to it's natural color and looks glossy. soft and beautiful. This preparation is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not in- tended for the cure, mitigation or pre- vertion of disease.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
An Expressman.

Speaking of juries, veteran Cleve- lander recalls the difficulty experienced in securing jury in a noted alleged poisoning case of many years ago.
 One of the men summoned was both dense and deaf, with limited knowl- edge of English, defects which were developed as his examination pro- ceeded.
 Have you formed or expressed any opinion regarding this easel" the law yer for the defense asked.
 'Hay?"
 ''I say, have you formed or expressed formed or expressed-do you get that?'
 "Yes, yes. Earned or expressed. Sure, I haf farmed and now am ex- pressing. Dots all right"
 But the congressman was excused.
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HAD TO OVERLOOK FoIBLEs
Herbert Spencer's Fussiness Trial to Those Who Did Not Know His
 Real Kindness.

More examples of Herbert Spencers pettiness are superfiuous, but two of them will bear the telling.
 A friend had the opportunity of see ing in full working order the famous ear-stoppers that Spencer used to wear. Probably some frivolous re- mark of the friend obtained him this privilege, for in the middle of the meal Spencer, with fixed glance at him, pressed the spring that closed the hole of each ear.
 After luncheon the host and friend sat chatting in the garden, when there came an invitation from Spencer to take a drive with him in his rubber tired carriage, the message adding that we are not to talk"
 When they were returning from Spencer's funeral Sir Michael Foster told this friend the following story q:
 Spencer detested cushions, and the trouble was to find a chair that was hard in the seat and yet comfortable. So, at last resource, he had seat covered with some inches of soft plaS- ter of paris, and sitting on that made an impress from which wooden seat of an exactly fitting pattern was cut.
 Against a certain undeniable fus- siness there should be set the fact that Spencer had a soft place in a heart that seemed adamant, and there are stories of spontaneous acts of kind ness and of offers of help to the trou- bled and bereaved that redeem much unlovely behavior.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
Amber Long in Use.

The modern use of oil of amber, both externally and internally, is often mentioned. It has been denied that amber was known to the Greeks in very early times, the Greek electron having been used as name both for it and for an amalgam of gold and silver, species of gold ore washed down by the Pactolus; but amber has actually been found at Mycenae, and the fact that the electrOn necklace mentioned in the Odyssey is said to have been gift from Phoenicia means much.
 The Phoenicians are known to have introduced amber into the East, and Herodotus says it was brought from the River Eridanus in the extreme west of Europe.
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HE HAD BUSINESS ELSEWHERE
Diner Didn't Care to Wait to See the Result of His CareIessness
 With the Pie.

Dr. Fabyan Franklin has friend who vouches for this story. Coming downtown on the elevated one morn ing he was struck by the explosive temper of a red-faced, chOleric man on seat nearby. This man, annoyed because youth facing him had placed his feet on the seat which the man Oc- cupied, burst out in storm of pas sion, denouncing the youth in tones that aroused the attention of passen- gers in the adjoining cars. He finally stamped out on the platform at stop, boiling with rage.
 That noon Doctor Franklin's friend went into a self-service restaurant for lunch. Getting a plate of vegetables and meat, and one of pumpkin pie, he placed them on the broad extension arm of one of the chairs provided for lunchers, and made room beside them for his cup of coffee. As he was fin- ishing his lunch he reached for the pumpkin pie, and clumsily knocked it off the chair arm.
 To his horror he saw it disappear into the gaping pocket of large over coat carelessly flung over the next chair-and then he perceived the own- CT of the overcoat bearing down upon him, all unconscious of the accident, with plateful of food. It was the same red-faced, choleric man whose frightful temper had amazed the ele- vated passengers
 AS soon as the culprit had per ceived that he waited to see no more. New York Evening Post.
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Pets of Prisoners.

Visitors to prison have noticed that prisoners. like other folk, are fond of pets and that their pet Is generally a canary or other species of bird. There is a reason for this: A bird takes up little room and requires little food, whereas larger animals could not very easily be kept in confinement. Most prisons have rules fopbidding inmates 70 keep pets, but visitors to several of the smaller prisons have sometimes observed mice as we'll as birds and an occasional dog sharing cells with pris- oners. In one of the large state pris- ons long-term prisoner was permit ted to have as pets several dogs of the toy variety.-N New York Times.