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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-29
Gastonia Looking Up.

"Busincss * looking up il Ga$tonia
again" remarked i; :. Dickson prom
incnt yuung business man OF that c!tN
10 Views and interviews while the lat
ter was in the Castor capital the othcr
afternoon. we are not building any
now cotton mills just now and as
matter of fact ! don't know that any
thing will hc done in that line soon
\t least | HAVEN'T heard Of il. How
oyer all the cotton mills Of the city
and county arc running in the day
time and quite number of them nave
or night shifts. Gast"nla Is doing
quite a lot of building however, Ihe
Methodist church is making prc1ara-
tions to spend 100000 or more IN re-
modelling the church building ana thr
Bartisls also have plans i"r new
church work. quite a number OF St"r"
LuiIdings are under way and there -
talk of others. Several residences are
being built and we hope that 1t VIII
not bc so very lon; before consIuc-
tiun work is started or our new post
office building While things here are
,ct op the boom that they were in III"
fall of 1919 and the spring of 1920 "liH
>yc have no reason TO complain"
Failure to Sign Checks.
"Eyrrv now ana then every man
fails to sign a check that he IS gtrIh&
o,. sending to someone else" said MI
lin Page. cashier Of the BANK "'
cover to Views and Interviews Il few
DAYS ago. This doesn't happen very
often. but it does happen, and usually
rho matter is easily Strengthened ou'
and no harm is Gonc. Not long ago
confined Mr.. Page. ''wc received Il
Ic,rcI. from one of the big Chicago man
bouscs. reading something Ike TINS:
Gentlemen: We are herewith en-
riosing q check sent To US 10y on" o!
vou customers As YOU VIII no'!''
tbc check is properly made out except
that it is not signed. We did not as
cover the omission of the signature
untn endorsing for deposit. We nave
Skinned the goods for which tins chc'h
v,s 10 pav. but have no record h\
which wc can locate the party WIZ
scnt us the check. We VIII very nuc'
,nrrr~iltr TN" favor if you VIII Try u
locate tie party and have In" 'h''h
si.,ucd and return it to Us. We l""N
,,. rb,cl, and began making c"mpH''
i.ors with oth"r checks her" IN ll'
l.s1i
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-29
The County Fair.

There is much local talk relative 10
the future progress and prosperity OF
the York County Fair, an annual fal!
event held in Rock Hill. Complaint is
made that the fair association is not
getting the support from all sections ol
York county that is necessary to make
the fair a success financially and 9TH
erwise. The fair held recently lost
money. Exhibits Of livestock especial
II. were wocfully lacking and although
the fair management woric" most
faithfully to make the fair success
they had very little support from the
people of the county at large. The fair
association believes that one of the
first things necessary t. make the fair
a permanent event is to buy the
grounds where the fair is held. These
grounds belong 10 the estate Of the late
J. NJ. Cherry. Tho understanding IS
that they can he bought for $500 an
acre and there are about twenty acres
in the tract that the fair association
has been using. How TO finance the
purchase of the grounds is one of the
big problems confronting the assocta-
ton
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-29
VIEWS and interviews
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Sosae of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know-Condensed
For Quick Reading.

"We'vc had quite a large number OF
families from the mountains of Ten
nessee and western North Carolina TO
move into Gastonia recently to work
in the mills, especially the Loray," said
Policeman Meek Parrish of Gastonia
who was talking about his town the
other afternoon. Just why they have
decided to leave their farms and come
TO the mills don't know but do know
that there are quite n number OF
mountaineers and their families here
Where Squirrels Are Plentiful.
Squirrels are so plentiful in some
sections of Lincoln county and are do
ing such injury TO corn that farmers
are encouraging hunters to shoot
them" said John Warren, prominent
young business man of LincOmton, \.
G. who was talking about squirrels to
Views and Interviews the other day.
Mr.. Warren is an enthusiastic hunter
himself and his especial delight is
squirrel hunting. There is TO scar
city of squirrels and other game in
Lincoln county" Mr.. Warren went on
to say and any time one wants to go
out for a. days sport he does not have
TO worry about finding game"
UnfavorabIe for Grain.
This wet weather is preventing the
sowing Of many a bushcl ~ grain that
would otherwise have been Sown. re-
marked Mr.. i. y. Moore, President OF
the Loan IL Savings Bank to Views
and Interviews.
But they should have had it in by
this time with all the fine weather we
have been having" replied Views and
Interviews.
Couldn't" said Mr.. Moore. 1T was
impossible. have in about twenty
bushels of oats; but not grain oi
wheat"
"a am surprised at you, ] would
think a man like you would be more
beforehandcd in such matters
Couldn't get corn out OF the way
he said.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-29
Of to Cuba.

Dr. and Mrs. ". ". Fem II and
daughter, Miss Alcthia Fcnncll oi Rock
Hill, left Friday for lIavama, Cu0a'
where they expect to spend about two
weeks. Dr. T'cnncll is to deliver an ad-
dress before an assembly of dlstin-
guishcd SUI gcons which is to meet in
the Cuban capital. They expect to Wis
il al parts Of the island Of Cuba while
nMnN on thcir trip.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23

Following somewhat similar line
of action to that of the British gov
ernment in it's return of the mines
to the private control of the owners,
the U. s. Railroad Labor Board has
abrogated the national agreements
between the workers and the owners
Of the roads. The date set for the
expiration Of the agreements is July
1. Whether the plans Of the Board
will result in the Millennium con-
templated remains to be- seen. The
negotiations of the men and owners
before the Board which have con-
tinued since the roads were returned
to private control March l, 1920
have resulted in this significant ac-
tion of. the Board. The workers win
nings in the negotiations consist to
date only Of the wage award. In the
matter of the retention of the ma
tional working agreements for which
the workers and counsel have labored
unremittingly, they have lost. The
railroad owners have won the stra-
tegic point of dealing individually
with the unions-upon a basis of ZIG
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
PASSAGE TO RUS
STA STOPPED.

New York, April 14.-An amusing
condition has resulted here in con-
nection with the recent decision Of
the Russian Soviet Government not
to allow any person from America
to enter Soviet Russia whose pass
port has not been vised by the Soviet
representatives in the United States.
The representative Of Latvia in the
United States, John ]. Kalnin, in
formed the immigration Commission
er today that the government Of Lat
via, which had previously been per-
mitting persons to pass through his
territory to Soviet Russia, had agreed
with the Soviet Government not to
do so in future, as the Soviet Gov
ernment has stated it would refuse
to allow them to enter.
The position taken by the Soviet
Government, it was explained, was
that, as the United States refused
to recognize it, the Soviet Govern
ment also exercised it's privilege Of
not recognizing the right Of persons
travelling from America to enter its
territories without the proper Gre
dentials. This means that, unless the
United States permits Soviet Rus
sian consuls to exercise their func-
tions here--and that would be equi-
valent to recognition--no one can
leave for Russia yith any hope Of
getting there. This has already held
up the departure Of S5 deportees
whom the authorities were just ready
to ship.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
r. r. Workers Lose
National Agreements
U.S. Board Denies Retention Of National Working Agree
ments and Substitutes f6 Principles for Basis of
Conferences of Men and Individual Roads.

principles" to which they cannot be
greatly opposed.
Of the 16 principles, several deal
with "honest service. the spirit of
cooperation, economic operation,
the maintenance of discipline" ETC.,
ETC., all of which is conducive to a
smoothly running, profit creating
machine for the owners. About all
that the owners could desire in
"good" employees is contained in
these 16 principles.
Will the workers accept them-in
fact? Can they accept them? Will
the class interests Of millions Of
workers on the railroads permit them
under these 16 principles to continue
any length of time to work and
render profits to the owners? That
is the question which time will ans
wer.
In view of what is going on in
the world of work, it can be said
that sooner; or later the 16 principles
will be reduced to a slogan-"Work-
ers' Control. We shall see.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23

L., is among the weakest in the
world. Gompers. consequently, may
we'll be satisfies, since trouble inside
his domais i ppre dangerous
thai int etfefst,s srGsl me outside
Nothing could better characterize the
falsity of the position taken by the
militants toward the labor union
question than the following state
ment by Losovsky, Secretary of the
international Council Of Red Trade
and Industrial Unions.
"The representatives of the I. W.
W. held the opinion that the Amer
lean Federation of Labor was an in
vincible fortress. The only thing to
do was to abandon it and set up
separate organization outside of it.
They further asserted that the re-
dictionary character of the American
Federation Of Labor was bound up
with its very structure, and to think
of fighting the treacherous policy of
Gompers inside the unions was q
utopia. All this evidence Of the in
vincibility of the trade union bureau
cracy created curious impression.
On the one hand, these comrades
were preparing to bring about a
social revolution in their country; i.
e., they calculated on overthrowing
the powerful American capitalist
class with its excellently organized
State apparatus, and in its place to
set up the power of the working
class-and, on the other hand, they
speak of Gompers with such holy
horror as if to drive Gompers and
the other traitors out of the trade
unions was much more difficult
task than overthrowing the mighty
capitalist class of America. The
American comrades were clearly IL
logical, for it is ridiculous to think
that it is possible to bring about a
social revolution in Western Europe
without or in spite Of the trade
unions. To leave the unions and to
set up small independent unions is
IAN evidence of weakness it is a
policy of despair, and, more than
that, it shows lack Of faith in the
working class"
It is interesting to note with what
vigor Lenin denounces such tactics.
at is this absurd "theory" Of no
participation by the Communists in
reactionary trade unions that de-
monstrates most clearly how light
mindedly these Left Communists
regard the question Of influence over
the masses; how they contradict
their own, complaints about the mas
ses.' To help The masses and to
gain their sympathy, confidence and
support, one must brave all diff
culties, attacks, insults and persecu-
tions at the hands Of the bureau
Gratis (who, being opportunists and
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
RE s OIL U ITO N

WHEREAS, we workers gave our
support to the late war, only due to
the fact that we sincerely believed,
as the Government then stated, that
the war was being fought for demo-
cracy, and the betterment of our con-
dition as workers;
"AND WHEREAS, instead Of the
betterment Of our conditions, we
workers who Fought the war ana
produced in order that it might be
brought to successful end, are now
brought to the condition where we
can hardly buy our daily bread due
to the fact that the employers have
seen fit to throw US unemployed into
the streets, and have cut the wages
of those few whom they still allow
to work;
"AND WHEREAS the State has
done nothing to alleviate the condi-
tion of the unemployed, but on the
other hand has used the forces of the
State to protect the interests of the
employers of labor in their attempt
to crush the organizations of the
workers;
"WE WORKERS, in meeting as
sembled, therefore demand that the
Congress Of the, United States pass
such a law as will fix tax upon
all employers of labor, such as will
raise a sufficient sum to pay to
every unemployed worker in the
United States Ten Dollars week."
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
LIBERTY INCARCERATING' THE WORLD!
Organizing the Left Wing ofLabor

social-chauvinists, are, in most cases,
directly or indirectly connected with
the bourgeoisie and the police), and
to work, BY every possible means,
wherever the 4asses are TO be found:
Great sacrifices must be made,
great obstacles be overcome, in order
to carry on agitation and propaganda
systematically, stubbornly, persist
emily and patiently in all institutions,
societies and associations where pro-
letarians or semi-proletarians gather.
"A greater lack of sense and more
harm to the revolution than this at
titude of the Left revolutionaries
cannot be imagined. Why, if we in
Russia, after two and a half years
of incredible victories over the Rus
sian bourgeoisie and the Entente,
had demanded that entrance into the
Trade Unions must be conditional
upon the acceptance of the dictator
Ship we should have committed a
stupid act, impaired our influence
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
By c. P. JACKSON.

The history Of the left wing in the
Labor movement Of America is a
vivid picture Of failure, Discourage
'ment and dispaiK 10 day, Labor IS
helpless, its influence nil. The vicious
servile leadership Of the "A. F. Of
L. reduces the working class in the
United States to impotence and in
action. Capitalist dominion apparent
ly is as solid as the rock Of Gibral-
tar.
This situation is by no means due
to the absence of revolutionary
element in the ranks of Labor; for,
unquestionably, there are at least g.
100000 people in sympathy with the
idea Of the abolition Of the capitalist
system. There are at least 100000
determined for the overthrow Of
capitalism. The proportion Of rebel
lious workers is far greater than
the influence they exert upon the ac-
tual affairs Of the country. !,
This condition in the Labor move,
ment is due to various important
facts in the Labor history of this
country. The main reason, however
is the unrealistic and foolish tactics
employed by the class-conscious mill
tants toward the working class, and
especially toward organized Labor
1t is almost an axiom for American
radicals to withdraw or refuse to
participate in the work of conser.
vative unions. It is their practice to
build new unions on the basis Of
"pure theory and according to ap-
proved blue prints" Whenever they
actually do participate and agitate
within the conservative unions, they
do so as individuals, without or.
ganizing themselves on local, in
dustrial or national scale. Gompers
and Co.'s machine, being a well cen.
tralized organism, and operating on
a large scale, could easily dispose Of
all these attempts. As result, we
have a bagfull Of independent unions
usually the product or reorganiza.
tions, splits and expulsions from the
unions by the Labor takers.
We have the militants Of industrial
unionism, the l. w. w. and others
segregated in self-sufficicnt "pure'
industrial unions etc. They have
foolishly removed themselves from,
all possibility Of influencing the con.
servative laboring masses, when they
have left to the guidance and direc'
ton Of the Labor takers, TO be deal,
with as the takers please. As q con
sequence, we find, that, although TO-
day there is every reason why union,
should have become more militan,
organizations, capable Of vigorou!
action in protecting their interests
organised Labor in the United States
under the leadership Of the A. r. o,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
BRITISH MINERS
STRIKE WHAT
IT'S ABOUT.

Naturalization" that's what the
Miners strike in Britain means. 1t
is the latest step in the long fight
of the miners for a new system OF
ownership Of one of the basic in
dustries.
What do British miners mean by
Naturalization? They mean this
according to Frank Hodges, miners
leader: -
"The basis of the miners whole
scheme rests on our demand that the
mines as we'll as the minerals must
be national property, public property.
The coal and the mines must be ma
tional assets, but the government
must by no means operate the mines
or have the controlling voice in de-
termining production or controlling
the industry"
The miners have planned Ma
tional Mining Council, half of whose
members would be appointed from
the Miners Federation. The other
half would be comprised Of technical
and commercial experts, and men,
bers of Parliament representing the
public. The Federation proposes Is
district councils, operating under the
supervision and in conformity with
the policy of the national council to
carry out policies determined upon.
Pit and colliery committees would
deal with local problems and work.
ing conditions. It is thru these COM
mittees that the mass of the work.
ers would find expression.
While the matter of wages is up
for settlement, the main issue hinges
upon the question of instituting this
system of mine ownership and con-
troll for the present one of private
ownership.
The decision Of the government to
release the mines to the control Of
the private owners precipated the
present war.
The miners have accepted the gov
[ernment's challenge knowing that to
take the step now from government
control to nationalization is far
|shorter one thar frop, private con-
Z ttsSlstos nasionali 3tiiais. 4 I 'r-
The miners are not demanding so-
cialism, Communism, but only a mo-
dified form Of Capitalism-the ca
pitalist State would still exist.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE WEAKENS.
i The strike of the Triple Alliance
Fin support of the miners which was
scheduled to take place last Friday
has been recalled. Last moment con-
/, ferences of the leaders decided to
not call out the railroaders and
transport workers. Reports show
great dissatisfaction among the rank
and file for this action.
| A resolution adopted by 5000 rail-
road workers at Cardiff repudiates
the leaders actions in failing to sup
port the miners in show down with
the government. The resolution de-
mands a delegate conference Of all
parties Of the Triple Alliance and
all other unions which are prepared
to take Independent action to for
mulate a strike policy to be put into
effect without fail.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
What's the Matter
With Your Job?

Have you got job? If not, why
not?
Are you one Of the five million
out Of work?
Do you belong to the big Army
Of the Unemployed, which is grow
ing every day?
Have you a wife and children, and
all Of you hungry?
Isn't something wrong when g.
100000 working people can be kicked
into the streets and left to starve
or beg?
During the war, they had plenty
Of work for us. They had us shoot
ing men or making ammunition and
guns to shoot them with.
We made BILLIONS OF PROFIT
FOR THE BOSSES while the war
was on. So they let US work. But
when the war came to an end, the
work stopped. There weren't any for
eign markets for our goods. And
American workers can't buy back
everything they produce, with the
wages they earn. The rest Is the
profit Of the bosses.
So we were laid off.
They told us the boys were kill
led in Europe SO that we would al
ways have democracy and prosperi'
ty."
Now we're getting that prosperity
--tramping the streets, looking for
work.
There's no use going to another
town. Wherever YOU 20, you see the
sign, NO HELP WANTED!
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23

That means US!
They want a big army Of unem-
ployed, so they can reduce wages
and lengthen the hours Of those
still on the job.
They want to use us as SCABS
when there is strike.
The best they can give us now
are soup kitchens, bread lines, cast
off clothing and Salvation Army
barracks to sleep in!
With a job nowhere in sight!
That's OUR share in the war
profits!
OF course, the bosses don't care,
The government doesn't care.
Why should they?
They say II isn't their business to
take care Of us. ii.
IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE IT
THEIR BUSINESS!
Five million Of us certainly ought
to know what to do.
WE WANT WORK. LET us DE-
MANDr WORK.
Let us demand-that the shops be
opened. Then we can have work.
Let us demand that working hours
be shortened, with no lowering Of
wage. Then all the unemployed car
get a job. "
Let us demand that the govern
ment pay the unemployed worker I
decent living wage. The unemployed
of England and Germany forcet
|their governments TO grant them al
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23
WORKERS COUNCIL DEMANDS I'm.
EMPLOYMENT Relief.
Philadelphia, Pa, April Z, 1921
To the Editor

fnllaueipnia, Fa., April Z, lSll.
To the Editor
The Soldiers, Sailors and\ Workers
Council of Philadelphia, having ad-
opted the enclosed resolution, is for
warding it to the unions of the
Country so that it may be acted
upon unitedly by all the workers.
It is also being sent to all the, work.
ing class papers in the country so
that it may receive publicity and i'm
,-EanSa S. sSs4ss;
Due to the serious unemployment
situation and the desperate condi-
Zion Of those out of work and their
families, who are actually facing
starvation, we feel that this unem-
ployment wage is Of paramount i'm
portance. Workers Of other Coun-
tries have already acted and are now
being paid by their governments
when not working. If we workers of
America do not also unite and act,
the capitalists will us, the millions
Of hungry unemployed to crush our
organizations and force upon us an
unlivable wage.
We ask chat you publish this re-
solution, and the letter if you wish,
with the request that any unions
acting upon The resolution will at
once, q tify the undersigned.
Fraternally,
L. w. BELZ,
Corresponding Secretary.
Workers, Soldiers and
Sailors Council
3051 N. 9th St., Phila., Pa.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23

must not desert their comrades.
Let you who read this place dol
lar bill in an envelope and send It
to the NATIONAL DEFENSE COM
MTTTEE. If you can spare more send
it on. Your imprisoned comrades
look to you for help in this, their,
day of need. Make remittances to
Edgar Owens, Sec'y Treasurer, and
mail to
The National Defense Committee
Room 303, 166 W. Washington Str.
Chicago, Illinois.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23

Continued on page 81
The Tomahawk., 1921-03-31

Born followers are as much a ne
cessity to success as born leaders.
The Tomahawk., 1921-03-31

A bachelor says that love turns out
more pessimists than optimists.
The Tomahawk., 1921-03-31
SWAMP.R00T~F0
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
sands out pre-eminent as medicine for
,urable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
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rpon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
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However, if you wish first to test this
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Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for =
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1921-03-31
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