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The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03
HUMANITY ACT MARKED BIRTH
 NEW INDUSTRY

Will reindeer raising become the major industry of Alaska, eclipsing the value of the fisheries product, and surpassing even the worth of the gold output at the height of the prospectors' activities in the late nineties.
 That question is raised, according to bulletin from the Washington, D. c. headquarters of the National Geo. graphical Society, by representatives of government experts and Alaskan herders themselves who are petition ing congress for federal aid in fight ing diseases among this new meat supply source-aid similar to that ex- tended the cattlemen who would con- bat the tick among beef animals
 Here is a remarkable example of how government bread cast upon the waters may retum," continues the bulletin, flor it is less than three decades since the first reindeer were imported into Alaska, from Siberia, to help the Eskimo. The bureau of education, department of interior, per formed the humanitarian service which unwittingly marked the be- ginning of an industry which now registers more than 100000 animals, in addition to the more than 100000 xvh oh h,1fo o1, and clothing since their importation.
 Recent reports of the plans to in- troduce reindeer herds in Canada, to augment the Dominions meat supply and to utilize land not known to be available for any other form of hus- bandry, make the status of the indus try already established in Alaska subject of special interest.
 "Given another ten years, with something of the same aid which the government extends to other animal industries, it is predicted that Alas ka will range more than million reindeer, a number which is held to be greater than the aggregate of the herds of Norway, Sweden and Fin land combined.
 Alaska is estimated to contain an area equivalent to that of California and Arkansas combined which is suit able for grazing reindeer, and not suitable for farming or other animal raising. This vast area would afford pasture for millions of reindeer.
 "Already the biological survey de- partment of agriculture, has estab- lished an experimental station in AL aska, and further appropriation is be- ing asked congress for three reasons The reindeer men wish scientific study of reindeer diseases and means of prevention, expert advice toward i'm proving the stock, and preservation of the moss-growing grazing areas
 More than 1000 Eskimo still own 70 per cent of the reindeer, firm of white owners about 12 per cent; the government, the missions, other firms and the Lapps control the re- mainder.
 "The reindeer ranchers hold forth the hope that they will be able to contribute materially to the meat SUD- ply of a mounting population in the states where there is concern about the dwindling grazing areas of the west. They point out that approxi- mately 100000 animals with a meat valuation of three quarters of mil lion dollars were available for the market during 1920. Shipment of 500 carcasses, approximately quar- ter of million pounds, valued at some $60000, was made to the states in that period. Cold storage plants,
 with facilities for handling 1200O car.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03
FAILURES IN ENGLAND
 SHOW BIG INCREASE

LONDON, June (by Associated Press).-A great increase in the num- Der of bankruptcies have been gazet- ted by the board of trade during the last three months. 753 having been listed against BIO for the correspond ing period in 1920.
 For years before 1910 the number of bankruptcies never dropped below 900 annually
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03
NEWS OF NOME TOLD IN BRIEF
 PARAGRAPHS

NOME, June 30. s. Weaver, man. ager of the Alaska Telephone and Tel egraph Company, returned today from a two weeks trip to the Candle sec tion accompanied by Mrs. Weaver, who made the journey with him. The couple encountered fairly good weath- CT on the trip.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03

Frank Miller and Fisher Baldridge of Teller arrinved in town Thursday afternoon on business. They will re- main few days before returning.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03

Hilky Robinson, the we'll known Candle marchant, arrived in Nome to- day, accompanied by Mrs. Robincon
 The couple are said to be contem- plating remaining in Nome during the remainder of the winter period.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03

The "sver hordes' which teem in the waters adjacent to Cordova make this town the most important fish center southwestern Alaska.
 We offer prompt and intelligent service the canner- man based upon long of experience and banking facilities.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-03

Dan Crowley, head superintendent of the Lomen reindeer company, return ed last evening from trip to the BHckland River section in connection with the affairs of the company.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16

Legion to call off its dogs, reminding
the members that their organization
was supposedly non-political. There
upon, the membership organized in.
dependently, and on March IL, last, q
mob of 200 men tarred and rolled in
the grass Cheaper than feathers on
the prairies) the State organizer and
the State secretary of the Nonpaftisan
League, while j. Ralph Burton, for
merly United States senator, and
Professor Wilson-who were to have
spoken for the League ut Ellinwood-
were escorted" from the neighbor-
hood. Mr.. Galbraith condemned this
action and ordered an inquiry, but the
investigator whitewashed the Legion
with the usual excuse that its mem
bers had acted individually" and "un
officially"
Continued next week.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
GALE TO BE TRIED.

Linn A. f. Gale, who was recently
denied a hearing of his case before
civil court, has been transferred
from San Antonio, Texas, to Govern
ors Island, New York, where he is
to be tried before a military court
for draft evasion.
Gale is held as draft evader
after deportation from Mexico where
he edited a Communist journal. He
recently attempted to have his case
transferred to the civil courts al
leging that he was not properly under
military law when he went to Mexico
three years ago.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
WHAT THE SCABS
WON'T DO.
No scab would write back home and

No scab would write back home and
say:
"Dear mother, ! am scabbing;
I'm working here in a vile bull pen
At the only job worth grabbing.
/ work, eat, sleep here on the job;
Am penned in like crook,
And have armed guards protecting me
From the men whose job took"
Nor would he write to Molly Dun
And say: "My Molly, dear,
I want to prove myself man,
And that is why I'm here.
I'm praying for the day to come
When you and / shall wed;
l know, dear, you agree with me,
'Tis best to scab for bread"
Nor would he take his little kids
And place them on his knee,
And tell with pride Of the time h,
scabbed 4 :
On men who would be free.
| But the man who fights for his Unior
cause
May tell with keenest pride
His dear old mother, way back home
Or the girl he would make his bride
Exactly what his pursuit is;
He has no cause for shame;
| And The kiddies, too, are glad to hea
OF the days when dad was game.
electrical Trades Journal.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16

ployers and government officials came
messages Of encouragement. At last
labor, "that mighty hand that won
the war;" labor chat remained loyal
through thick and shin," at the bench
and on the battle field was going to
be elevated to higher standard Il
will admit it was a rosy outlook),
better home, more wholesome food
(why not; there is lots Of it in this
old world), and, best of all,-our
children were to go through high
school and college. That's the bunk
we have been handed for the past four
years; yes, we gulped 1t down along
with the rest of you.
But the tide has turned; promises
have been forgotten over night and
the pressure Of the iron heel is being
felt in all parts Of the world. Will we
perish? say Nol The day is not far
distant when the worker is going to
take the reins in his own hands and
when that time does arrive will feel
sorry for these capitalist bolshevists
for just as sure as the sun rises in the
east the worker Is going to clean house
There are those in the ranks Of labor
who do not meet with our approval
but when we start that job Of clean
ing house it is going to be a fifty
fifty basis, and the only thing tina
puzzles me, is what are we going Il
do with the bolshevist capitalist? HI
will be welcome nowhere.
Glass Workers Union, Local No. So
George M. Elliott, Press Com
l, From The Painter and Decorator
!, Comment. L. U. 6el Is correct i
all except the last lIne. Quite the con
trary will be true Tho capitalist wil
not only be welcome' in the shop an
mill but win BE- e6npelled TO do
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16

in the no account"
The moral, of course, is: no mat
ter how badly you are overworked and
underpaid, stick to your job. You
won't better yourself no matter where
you go. As Bucharin points out in his
"ABC of Connapnism". the capitalists
always aim to make the workers be-
lieve that no other order is possible,
except the one under. which they
live( y.
But a mind not doped with page
after page of readers interest"
might ask: isn't there something
wrong with a social order under
which the man who leaves job, not
! out of laziness, but in the hope of
lettering his condition in life, "gen-
orally lands in the no account?"
Where are those certain inalien-
able rights" of "liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness? l am not chained
to my job with links Of iron; but isn't
necessity just as strong a chain? One
employer exploits me badly. | leave
him. The next exploits me still worse.
try to go up; | find myself going
down. Is this Opportunity? Is this
reward of initiative? Is this ode
mocracy"? Why, hell, this is damn
ocracy!"
But the readers Of the "Namco
Eagle" do not think that way as they
read that and other such items scat
tered between chummy chats. That's
the poison of employees magazines.
say it again, and you, Comrade
pass it on: the object of employees
magazines is to complete the control
which the job has over the workers
life, to dope his mind with poisonous
trash that will keep him from becom.
ing class conscious.
| Pass it on, Comrade, pass it on! W.
must not neglect a single chance tt
pull our oppressed, suffering fellow
workers out of the mental darkness!
into which the capitalists are doing
their damnest to plunge them.
j Pass on the information of this ar
ticle, pass on all the light you get il
The Toiler. Do your duty!
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
Do You Feel This Way?

EDITOR TOII.ER:-
that subscription has expired little while almost
ashamed think neglect this
anywhere Glass; everything depends upon support
give So enclosed find Of bucks
keeping your gun loaded for bear.
Yours with best regards,
JOE SANDERS, jamestown, O.
If YOU DO, USE THE BLANK BELOW
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16

The National Defense Committee,
the New York Division Of which re-
Gently held Ten Day Drive for the
relief and defense Of class war pri-
soners, is becoming known to prison
authorities by the work it is carrying
on. Every week it sends money to
prisoners in different prisons. Usual
ly this is the only money the prison
ers receive, and without it they would
eat the poorest food and be without
any of those privileges which, in
modern prisons, can only be bought.
For months past the New York Divi-
sion has been taking care Of several
prisoners in this way and at present
is sending weekly allowance to
seven.
| Sometimes this money is given by
our representative VIXEN visiting
sometimes it is mailed. The following
letter received by our representative
shows how our work is becoming
known. This letter is an officia
acknowledgment Of the sum of $1l
which has been sent regularly eacl
week during the past few months.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
EMPLOYEES MAGAZINES:
POISON FOR THE WORKERS MIND.
ELrth Article by Sanford Hamilton.

Jolly is the Na4co Eagle" Of the
National Acme Company; chummy,
intimate. How can one call innocent
chat like this poisoh for the workers
mind?
"We hear that G. Ellsworth, sorting
department, is in strict training for
the one mile walking race next sum-
mer, using the upei and lower floors
of the plant as rs training gound,
thus accounting fdr his boots requir-
ing repairing every month"
Well, look at the makeup Of the
"Namco Eagle The size of mans
handkerchief. Twenty pages. Good
paper. Twenty seven Illustrations.
Would the National Acme Company
put out such an expensive magazine
lust for the sake of chatting abo, its
slaves? Leonard Painter viii answer,
Mr.. Painter isIe1itor of all the
company publications of The Long
Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City
Mo. In an article on Employees
Magazines in the May issue of "The
| Mailbag journal Of direct mail ad-
vertising he says:
Reader interest i Of primary import
ance, and often it's induced by mat
! ter that does NOT directly concern
business. A man. home, his family
his hobbies, his recreations-evei
sometimes his dogor his garden-art
the ways to his heart"
Do you see the tfick now? All those
intimate items ahcut the men, theil
wives and their does-for all of whom
the bosses have the same degree o:
respect-are intended to dope tn,
readers minds with personal warmth
so they won't possibly apply cold logi
to things like this
"DRIFTERS AND STICKERS"
"There are men, and women, toe
who are continually changing from
cne position to another with the hop
of bettering themselves.
y "What becomes of them?
"Why, they waste so much tim
;, leaving one job and getting starte
in another that they generally Ian
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
Editorial Control Thru Violence.


A glaring and authenticated case of
violence at the hands of Legion men
occurred as recently as May 16, last,
when Arthur Clark, editor of the
Carpenteria California; Herald, was
whipped with a rawhide until his body
was swollen with bruises because he
had written some articles about the
Legion that were resented by the To-
cal post, of which he was formerly
member. Mr.. Clark was waited upon
by committee of six men, who drag
ged him to the Legion hall and into a
prize ring Gone of the attractions!)
where he was told he must cease his
articles and print a retraction under
two-column head. The alternative was
to put on the gloves for bout with
any member of the committee, the
loser to receive fifty lashes with a
rawhide. Mr.. Clark is small and
middle-aged, and knowing that h0
stood no chance with any one Of the
husky young men of the committee,
he folded his arms and answered:
"Well, consider me beaten right now"
The ringleader then rained lashes
upon him until his body was criss-
crossed from shoulders to knees. Five
members of the committee were sub
sequently fined 500 apiece by JUS
tice of the peace, before whom the
leader said that while the treatment
meted out to the editor had had the
approval of the post members in ad-
vance, official action had not been
taken, as that would have required a
meeting with five days notice. In
any event, the post accepted respon-
sibility, declaring that the committee
twas not instructed in accordance
with the principles Of the American
Legion" and asserting "regret that
we, through our representatives were
instrumental in this expression OF
violence, and that we desire through
this resolution to make amends for
the act of the said committee" (The
charter of the post was revoked for
this act.)
Raid Communist Headquarters.
The case of Frederick Refs, Jr., a
young lawyer, is similar because he,
too. vas member Of the Legion
Robert E. Bentley Post, No. so. Mr..
Refs was subpoenaed as witness in
connection with a raid on the head
quarters of the Communist Labor
Party in Cincinnati. His story was
damaging to the Legion and, confes-
sedly because of this, members seized
him in Dayton, Ohio, threw him from
high bridge into the mud and water
of river, and went away regardless
of what fate might overtake him.
This raid in Cincinnati was only
one of many that have been per
petrated upon headquarters of Com
munists and Socialists. The place wa'
wrecked and the literature was thrown
into the street and burned. A suit fo
damages was brought against tn
post; but although the essential fact
were not disputed, the jury returne'
a verdict in favor Of the Legion. TIL
commander of the post was quote
as saying exultantly: "The verdict
a warning to all that the distributio
of seditious literature, and seditiou
meetings, will not be permitted i
Cincinnati"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
"Auburn Prison, June 20, 1921

auburn Prison, June 20, 1921.
Dear Madam
II find from our records that C.
Pavio, number 37410, is receiving
money regularly from you, and being
unable to find that you are relative
it will be necessary for you to advise
me what this payment of money
covers or for what reason it is being
sent.
"An immediate reply will be ap-
preciated and avoid further cores,
pondence in connection with same.
"Your very truly,
(Signed)
E. S. Jennings, Agent and Warden
The Committee wants to continue
doing this for Carl Pavio and the
others who are in prison for pro-laboi
activities. This is only one part, but
an important part, of the work that
! our Committee is doing and must c1h
| tinue t, do.
Send your contributions to DR.. Geo
M. Dunaif, Treasurer, 3S9 Stone Ave
nue., Brooklyn.
| Very truly yours,
National Defense Committee.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
THE AWAKENING.

"Buncoed again." that's the way L.
U. 5s4 has It figured, and we are not
the only ones. Throughout the period
Of the war there was only one thought
in the minds Of the brothers Of L. U
5S4--and I am sure every loyal union
man and woman carried the same
thought-that was Increased pro.
duction" so the boys over there should
not want for anything.
From far and near, from big EN-,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
I Some Crimes of the American Legion.
By Arthur Warner in ''The Natiol

EDITORIAL NOTE-The Toer rprnng from The Nation o
Te Truth About the American Legion
In uphold and defend the Constr
the United States of Americas maintain law and ord TO make
right and good w among the
of the Legion being its 1t Is inter
practical examples of how the Legion
accomplishment of its stated Mr. Warner promises
advise readers read this series It's
entirety in The Nation and regret that compes
abreviate much.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16

In the autumn of 1919 the offices
of the World, a socialist weekly pub
lished in Oakland, California, were
entered, according to the newspapers
own account, by members OF the
American Legion, who broke the glass
doors, smashed the showcase, and
strewed books and papers in the
street, setting fire to them.
AntagOnize Labor Unions.
The official American Legion Week.
ly openly boasted that the organiza-
tion in Providence (R. I.) had pre-
vented Victor Berger from speaking
there. Interference with socialist
meetings reached such stage toward
the end of 1919 that in December a
letter was sent from the national Of
flee Socialist Party) in Chicago to
Franklin D'Olier, then national com-
mander of the Legion, in which it was
said:
an city after city, delegations from
the local Legion post would wait on
the mayor and tell him that if the
meeting scheduled for that town were
not called off there would be blood.
shed and murder. -. In other in
stances Legion posts have BANDED
themselves together to prevent the
organization of labor unions, such as
in the case of the steel workers ir
Waukeegan, Illinois, and the case Of
Bogalusa, Louisiana, where Legion
aries murdered four union men fol
the crime of wanting to organize {
labor union.
Dictate To Federal Government.
Opposition to the Nonpartisar
League and the Industrial Workers o.
the World, in regions where those or
ganizations are prominent, has beer
carried on by American Legion mem
bers even more bitterly and lawlessly
than against Communists or Social
ists. It will be recalled that the frs
conference of the Committee of 4t
in St. Louis was almost prevented be
cause Legionaries heard that the Non
partisan League was to participate
A resolution of protest was adoptet
by committee representing all tn,
Kansas City posts, and according tt
dispatch from st. Louis to the New
York Times:
Five men, each wearing the buttol
of the American Legion, called abou
noon at the investigating bureau o
the Department of Justice, in the Fed
eral Building. They said they ha
notified the management of the hotel
that the Legion would prevent tn
! holding of the convention if the Goy
ernment should fail to act in the mai
ter.
When more was learned of tn
character of the Committee of 4
(which contained many former Roos,
velt Progressives) the opposition I
the Legion was withdrawn, but Il
original attempt to intimidate Il
hotels and dictate to agents of Il
Federal Government remains.
| Some "UnofficiaI" Crimes.
| Concerning some of the Legior
unofficial" crimes against the No
partisan League in Kansas, where
it ordered the League to discontin
organization work there, Mr.. Warn
writes:
II F. w. Galbraith, then national col
mander, properly ordered the Kans
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
"DRIFTERs AND sTICKERS"
NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE AIDS PRISONERS

The National Defense organized
who arrested and prosecuted by the for the interest
the working class will give publicity all the At the
will send regular weekly bulletin dealing with the
problems confronting the working class 1t will impartial
point hoping thereby clarity many political
that the American people