The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-05-07
THE POWER OF
TRUTH.
By JOS. POORE.

In burgeoisie society all values,
however varied, are measured by
the yardstick know as money. Money,
says our modern money changer, is
power and power is always given
by the Almighty to those who have
sufficient courage to take it. In
Europe there are kings who control
vast territories by virtue Of which
they receive enormous amounts Of
money from the poor peasants and
the latter in their ignorance put
these robbers on an equality with
Jehovah and call them Lords.
In capitalist America, the form is
somewhat changed but in essence,
the same cruel robbery goes on. Here
we have King Oil, King Coal etc.
These Kings, who are interested in
nothing but wealth have SO permeat-
ed the peoples minds thru their in.
sidious and reptile capitalist press
that money has become a shrine at
which all the sophisticated pay daily
homage. Professors prostitute their
learning; Editors sell their "souls",
the Church is ever ready to keep the
slaves in subjection; and young wo-
men sell their bodies to the highest
bidders-all in the holly name Of
money. With the development Of the
capitalist mode of production all
these offensive symptoms of bour-
geois society, enhanced thousand
fold, come to the surface in such
rapid waves that the best "brains'
of the master classes are unable to
explain away the causes thereof.
The other day l felt quite i'll and
quite naturally I sauntered into the
house Of an M. D. When our clothes
are out of shape we take them to the
tailor for repairs, likewise the shoes.
plumbing etc. There is always some
one to mend the broken commodity.
Hence when a person is not well ne
calls upon his doctor to repair
him and get him into shape. But the
human body is something more than
a machine; it is producer OF sur
plus value, j. e. it (the human body)
works twice as hard as nature in.
tended in order that the boss might
accumulate more profits.
Said I to the NJ. D., doctor, J
am working in the labor movement
and desire very much to remain in
the city,. The M. D. gazed on the
ceiling, scrutinized. me from the
crown Of my head to the soles OF
my feet, frightened his brain, squeez-
ed his forehead and replied in the
tone Of an army officer: "Young
man, it doesn't pay" There you are!
Even the highly educated, scientifi-
cally trained Doctor measures Q
human action in the terms of money
Does it pay? When ever this dollar
and cent policy is pronounced to me
there Immediately comes before me
the undying and eternal example OF
Karl Liebknecht, Of Rosa Luxem'
bourg, of Frank Little, Of Spartacus
the French Revolutionaries of 179e
and 1871, and the great sacrifices
of the Russian Bolsheviks who, sur
rounded by world Of enemies fight
on with such zeal and enthusiasm
that even their enemies are scared
stiff.
Ny silent answer to the Docto,
. and all those who measure value:
by the yardstick known as money is
1T DOES PAY!
Now ask myself what the reasor
. jis-why it pays? Why are thousands
, of comrades ready to face all dan
gers, persecution, tortures and ever
death itself in order to achieve the
, triumph Of our cause-world Com
munism? Even the most stupid o.
Y animals run from fire, escape from
= the whip and guard against all vul
e lures which wish to harm them. VIII!
S also do young men in the prime o
' life deny themselves such conven