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son and Dixon's line used to be and
hung lout the latchstring oxyou and
yours. We have reached the point
that marks perfect harmony in every
household, when the husband con-
fesses that the pies which his wife
cokkssare as godd as those his mother
used to bake; and we admit that the
sun shines as brightly and, the moon
as softly as it did before the war. We
have established. thrift gin city and,
country. We have Restored comfort
to home fronISwhich culture and ele-
gance' never departed. We have let
economy take root and spread among
US as rank as the crabgrass which
sprung from Shernan's cavalry camps
until we are ready to lay odds on the
Georgia Yankee as he manufactures
relics of the battlefield in one-story
shanty and squeczes pure olive oil out
of his cotton seed, against any Down
Easter that ever swapped wooden nut
megs for flannel sausage in the VAL
leys of Vermont. Above all, we know
that we have achieved in these ''pip-
ing times of peace" fuller independ-
ence for the South than that which
our fathers sought to win in the fo-
rum by their eloquence or compel in
the field by their swords.
1t is rare privilege to have had
part however humble in this work.
Never was. nobler duty confided to
human hands than the uplifting and
upbuilding of the PROSTATE and bleed
ing South-misguided perhaps, but
beautiful in her suffering, and honest,
brave and generous always. In the
record of her social, industrial and
political illustration we await with
confidence the verdict of the world.
But what of the negro? Have we
solved the problem he presents or pro-
gressed in honor and equity toward
solution? Let the record speak to
the point. No section shows more
prosperous laboring population than
the negroes of the South, none IN
fuller sympathy with the employing
and land-cwning class. He shares
our school fund, has the fullest pro-
lection of our laws and the friend
ship of our people. Self-interest, as
we'll as honor, demand that he should
have this. Our future. our very eX-
istence depend upon our working out
this problem in full and exact justice.
We understand that when Lincoln
signed the emancipation proclamation
your victory was assured. for he then
committed you to the cause of human
liberty, against which the arms OF
man cannot prevail-while those OF
our statesmen who trusted to make
slavery the cornerstone of the Con-
federacy doomed US to defeat as far
as they could, committing us to a
cause that reason could not defend or
the sword maintain in sight of ad-
vancing civilization.
Had. Mr.. I-oomos said, which he did
not say, :'that he would call the roll
of his slaves at the foot of Bunker
Hill" he would have been foolish,
for he might have known that when
ever slavery became entangled in war
it must perish, and that the chattel in
human flesh ended forever in New
England when your fathers-not to
be blamed for parting with what did
Mt pay-sold their slaves to our
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FIND DEAD WHALE
NEAR GEORGETOWN
Big Fish Washes Up on North
Island Beach-Parties Visit
Scene

Georgetown, June 9.-Word was
brought up from North Island yester-
day that dead whale about 100 feet
long and huge of the body, vas ashore
on the beach there. INN" liaTe:y a
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Winthrop College,
Rock Hill, S. C..
June 6, 1921.

June 6, 1921.
Dear Home Folks:
Winthrop college is the grandest
place that | have ever been to. The
campus covers about forty acres! The
college has its own waterworks, cleo
trio lights and its own ice plant and
has everything convenient.
There are about 1877 club girls up
here that won scholarships to the
state short course. We are divided
into four sections: A. B. c.. and D.
am in section C. Section C is can
ming. Mrs. Campbell teaches can
ming and she taught us how to make
jelly Saturday.
We go to the gymnasium twice a
day. We are learning many fine
games there.
If l ever go to college, shall sure
ly go to Winthrop college, because l
think it is so wonderful.
We club girls are to leave here
Friday morning and / certainly am
not ready to leave this place because
! am having such a good time. |
shall tell all my friends about Win
throp when / come home.
With lots of love to home folks, l
remain,
Alma Floyd,
Silverstreet Club.
Newberry County.
Winthrop College,
Rcck Hill, S. c.
June 6, 1921.
Dear Home Folks:
/ want to tell you something about
Winthrop college; it is very large
and beautiful place. 1t has its own
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fathers-not to be praised for konw-
ing paying thing when they saw 1t.
The relations of the Southern people
with the negro were close and cordial.
We remember with what fidelity for
four years he guarded our defense
less women and children, whose hus-
bands and fathers were fighting
against his freedom. To his eternal
credit be it said that whenever he
struck blow for his own liberty he
fought in open battle and when at last
he raised his black and humble hands
that the shackles might be struck off,
those hands were innocent of any
wrong against his helpless charges
and worthy to be taken in loving
grasp by every man who honors loyal
ty and devotion Ruffians have NAL
treated him, rascals have misled him,
philanthropists established bank for
him, but the South, with the North,
protests against injustice to this SIM
pie and sincere people. To liberty
and enfranchisement is as far as law
can carry the negro. The rest must
be left to conscience and common
sense. 1t must be left to those among
whom his lot is cast, with whom he is
indissolubly connected, and whose
prosperity depends upon their possess
ing his intelligent sympathy and con-
fidence. Faith has been kept with
him, in spite of calumnious assertions
to the contrary by those who assume
to speak for us or,by frank opponents.
Faith will be kept with them in the
future, if the South holds her reason
and integrity.
But have we kept iaith with you?
In the fullest sense, yes. When Lee
surrendered-I don't say when john
son surrendered, because / understand
he still alludes to the time when ne
met General Sherman last as the time
when he determined to abandon any
further prosecution of the struggle
when Lee surrendered, / say, and
Johnson quit, the South became and
has been since loyal to this union.
We fought hard enough to know that
we were whipped and IN perfect
frankness accept as final the arbltra-
ment of the sword to which we had
appealed. The South found her jeWef
in the toads head of defeat. The
shackles that had held her in narrow
limitations fell forever when the
shackles of the negro slave were bro
ken. Under the old regime the ne
groes were slaves to the South; the
South was slave to the system. The
old plantation, with its simple police
regulations and feudal habit, was the
only type possible under slavery
Thus was gathered in the hands of
splendid and chivalric oligarchy the
substance that should have been diff
fused among the people as the reh
blood, under certain artificial condl-
tions, is gathered at the heart, filing
that with afiuent rapture but leaving
the body chill and colorless.
The old South rested everything on
slavery and agriculture, unconscious
that these could neither give nor
maintain healthy growth. The new
South presents a perfect democracy,
the oligarchs leading in the popular
movement-a social system compact
and closely knitted, less splendid on
the surface, but stronger at the core
"a hundred farms for every pIanta-
ton, fifty homes for every palace
and a diversified industry that meets
4rtc .n,,,nln\-
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Rub-My-Tism cures bruises, cuts.
burns, sores, letter. etc.-Adv.
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Winthrop College,
Rcck Hill, S. c.
June 6, 1921.
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Dear Home FOLKS:
want to tell you something about
Winthrop college; it is a very large
and beautiful place. 1t has its own
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Newberry County.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-25

Z The Y. c. L. Of this country has
developed out Of the left groups
which, on account Of their revolu-
tIonary activities, were during the
war expelled from the Social Demo-
cratic Youth Federation. Though the
Section has to struggle hard against
the former social-democratlc youth
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The international Of Yellow Unions.

What is the principle of this Federation?
What is its program? We find our answer to
these questions in the fact that the organizers
and leaders of this federation of trade-unions
in Amsterdam are at the same time the chief
actors in the famous Labor Bureau attached
to the pirate League ,of Nations, which
bureau was composed of the representatives
of organized entrepreneurs of national unions
and Of the central bourgeois governments.
The main task of this bureau is as you know,
the continuation and the strengthening of
class cooperation which is the basis of the
entire war policy of irnperialistic countries,
for the further exploitation of workmen by
international capital. Thus it becomes per-
fectly evident that the Amsterdam Fedora
ton is only a screen for the yellow leaders OF
the trade-union movement who definitely
went over to the imperialists and are at
tempting now, as they did during the war, to
use the organized strength of the labor unions
in the interests of capitalistic society. The
natural result of such an unnatural combina-
ton of interests of the two so absolutely op-
posed classes is the utter futility and COM
plete inability of both organizations The
Amsterdam Federation and the Paris Labor
Bureau attached to the League of Nations
are at all events responding in very small
measure to the everyday interests of the
working class, because both organizations
respond to the everyday interests of the bour-
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The Bosevist Interpretation Congress Communist
International PetrQerad- Moscow 1920

peace, but the sword, is the International
Soviet of Trade and Industrial! Unions car
rying to the bourgeoisie of al countries.
All his defines the substance of our ac-
tivity and of our program: Tile overthrow
of the hourgeoisie by force. ne establishment
Of the dictatorship of the proletariat. rherci-
less class struggle on an international scale,
close and inseparable union with the Com
munlst International.
On Both Sides of the Barricade.
Whoever thinks that the working class will
be able to solve the social problems through
negotiations and agreements with the bonr-
geoise; whoever thinks that the bourgeoise
will voluntarily yield to the proletariat all
the means of production, if the proletariat
can only gain a parliamentary majority; who
ever believes that at the time of the great
breakup of'old conditions, when the destinies
of the world are being decided, the unions
can remain neutral-let all these. gentlemen
heading the trade-unions know that we con-
slider them our class enemies, and that we
shall conduct relentless war against them,
and against the combines created by them
The international Soviet of Trade and In
dustrial Unions and the Amsterdam Fedora
ton of Trade-Unions are on the opposite
sides of the barricade; on one side Of the b
ricade there is social revolution and on the
other side social reaction The choice for the
proletarans and for the honest revolutionst
is not difficult to make.
Long live the world proetarian revolution!
I Long live the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Long live the international Union of Trade
and Industrial Unions Long live the III
Communist International
The international Soviet of Trade Unions.
Moscow, August 1, 1920
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geoisie.
A Revolutionary Staff Of Trade Unions Ii
Necessary.

~.
A Revolutionary Staff Of Trade Unions Is
Necessary.
The trade-union movement of the whole
world can not be satisfied with the mere
statement of this fact. The social struggle is
becoming acute. The civil war has long since
crossed national frontiers In this bitter
struggle between the two hostile worlds, the
two hostile systems, the revolutionary class
unions are taking, and they can not fai! to
take, active participation side by side with
the Communist Parties of various countries
1t becomes evident that the Amsterdam Fed.
GRAFTON of Trade-Unions, by playing a sup.
Elementary role to the League of Nations can
not serve as the directing center for a revo-
lntionary, class, trade-union movement. Slch
a center and such staff must be created in
opposition to and in spite Of the Amsterdam
Center, and such was established July Is in
Moscow by the tradeunions of Russia, Italy,
Spain, Yugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, France. and
Georgia, under the name of The International
Soviet of Trade and Industrial Unions.
The new general staff Of the revolutionary
trade-union movement, comprising already
about 100000 members, is beginning its az
tivity, and appeals to the unions Of the whole
world to finish with and to break away from
those who conduct the criminal policy of
agreement with the bourgeoisie. and to unite
I'm Ter the banner of relentless class struggle
for the liberation of oppressed mankind Not
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our present system Of affiliation, we
are unable to meet the onslaughts of
the Hotel and Restaurant keepers in
their determination, to reduce wages,
re-establish the split watch and de-
stroy our organization, and,
"Whereas: The Hotel and Restaur-
ant Keepers are powerfully organized
throughout this entire country while
we, the workers, are divided into craft
unions with separate organizations,
separate treasures, separate sets Of
officials; in fact, we are hopelessly
divided against ourselves, and unable
to develop any clean cut plan Of ac-
tion, and
Whereas: In this emergency all
such confusion must cease, we must
unite into one solid compact organi-
zation, wherein it must be the duty
of the rank and file to become active
workers and assist in the manage
ment and development of the organi-
zation, with the elimination Of un-
necessary officials, and
Whereas: The Chicago Cooks and
Pastry Cooks Association, Local S6I
is now unable under it's present af
filiation to present a united front
against the Hotel and Restaurant
Keepers. AS new times demand new
tactics, therefore be it
Resolved: That the Chicago Cook.
and Pastry Cooks Association Loca
S65 does hereby amalgamate with tn,
International Workers in the Anal
gamated Food Industries and thereb,
eliminates all this unnecessary con
fu9ion that now exists under oul
present affiliation.p
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O

covenants of international class solidarity
and of proletarian fraternity? The trade
unions were in large majority solidly for
the war policies of their Governments. They
cooperated with the bourgeois nationalistic
mob of their country; they aroused in the
workmen the lowest chauvinistic instincts.
That the war lasted so long; that we no long
err find in our ranks millions of our brothers;
that Europe has been converted into an i'm
mense cemetery and the masses of people
have been thrown into despair-for all this
the major share of guilt falls upon those
leaders of the revolutionary movement who
betrayed the masses and who, instead of the
great slogan, ''Proletarians of all countries,
unite, started and supported the new slogan,
"Proletarians of all countries, kill and stran-
gle one another"
The Foolish Shepherds.
And these are the very people who for
many years have been the servants of their
Governments, which employed all Of their
energy in mutual eXterminating of peoples.
These people have set about to reestablish
the international of trade-unions which they
had demolished through their treachery. In
Berne and Amsterdam there assembled the
war-tested fighters for the interests of the
bourgeoisie-the Lsgiens, Oudegasts, Jou-
haux, Editions, Gompers, and others-who,
after long nationalistic quarrels and mutual
chauvinistic accusations, established an in
ternational federation of trade-unions.
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@. B. u. PRINCIPLE
WINNING AMONG
FOOD WORKERS.
By ]. o. REBAUDEL.

Gompers and his best friends in the
American Federation of Labor do not
want to be affiliated with the yellow
international of Trade Unions in
Amsterdam. This organization, which
proved itself so reactionary toward
the Workers World Revolution, is still
far to revolutionary" in the estima-
ton of Gompers and his friends. Sam
Gompers' ideas are that the workers
of all countries must line up firstly
with their capitalistic governments
and must never dare to stick up for
their own interests through showing
real working class solidarity.
If it would be up to "Samy" and
his satraps the workers of this coun-
try would have to remain hopelessly
divided in their craft unions and
working class solidarity never should
get hold on them. Therefore every
move toward industrial unionism is
counteracted by those "labor leaders
at the very beginning any time
through the power of their trade
unions. This was painly shown at the
last A. F. of L.-convention, held last
year in Montreal, Can, by declining
to establish food workers depart.
ment within the A. F. Of L. Gompers
does not want any more depart.
ments" of industries created, it smells
to much like industrialism.
| 1t was therefore certainly gooC
move made by workers in New Yorl
City when they decided to amalga
mate all independent fool worke.s or
, ganizations located in that city int
the Zone Big Union" of the fooC
5 workers, an organization called tn,
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS N
| THE AMALGAMATED FOOD IN
J DUSTRlES. This organization now il
) existence only a few months, has al
! ready a membership close to 10000
} The foundation for this organization
T is the shop itself and the preambl
5 and constitution show that new way
r. are found at last for the food work
: ers, to cary on their fights and strug
Il giles on a new basis.
4 Branches Of this new organizatio
n now exist in more than half a doze
l. cities. Most Of them are in the east
q ern states, but their branches locate
IS in Cleveland and Chicago show tina
It is moving westward. Especial,
Chicago proves itself a wonderful fiel
E for the zone Big Union" of foo
81 workers. The workers are joinln
't here not only by the hundreds as il
o dividuals but whole organizations u
Z. to now affiliated with the A. f. q
I'll L. are coming over,
E The first organization 10 take sue
N a step was Local S65 Of the Intern,
z tional Cooks and Pastry Cooks o.
l. ganization. 1t was done by adoptin
v the following resolution at a recer
X meeting at which more than loo
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Resolution Of Affiliation.

Whereas We the undersigned
members Of Local 800 after careful
study Of the situation before us, are
more convinced than ever that under
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The poverty stricken packers are
out on the streets begging again! The
recent begging experiences when the
impartial arbitrator gave them some
few tens of millions of dollars, tout
of the pockets of the stockyard work. |
ers), seems to have been a pleasant
one and they are seeking to repeat
It. This time they are making onlyl
modest demand. All they ask is that
they be permitted to reduce the wages
of the workers paltry five cents an
hour, thus camouflaging another ex-
tortionate wage cut, which really
amounts to an additional 14@o, they
are once more appealing to gullible
wage arbitrator and, alas, an even
more gullible public.
For this time it is the farmers
whose interests are being jealously
protected by the ever benevolent pork
barons. The farmers, they say, are
being ruined because they are being
forced to accept less than it costs to
produce their products. Labor, the
cause of all of our worldly troubles is
again to blame for such an intolerable
state of affairs. And so the packers,
ever on the watch to champion the
cause Of the downtrodden and the poor
have assumed the burden Of wrest-
ing some of labors ill-gotten gains
that the farmers may prosper.
At any rate this is what we are
led to believe from soul stirring ap-
peals Of this group of capitalists. Not
satisfied with their success in chop.
ping off huge sums from the already
meagre wages of the VIGOROUSLY ex,
plotted packing-town workers, they
have come again for more, covering
their lacivious greed with spuriou.
propaganda.
This new pose of the farmers frienC
must apepar somewhat grewsomel!
amusing back in the country Of cattl
raisers and grain producers. Fo
where the farmers live and toll, tn
most generally and cordially hate,
group is these very same meat pack
ers who are now standing as tn
saviours Of the agriculturists. Fo
years and years, the meat packing in
dustries, virtually controlling the foo
supply Of the country have carried O
the most reckless exploitation of tn
farmers. Using their control Of tn
banks to tighten the credit strings
the packers have Systematically bee
able to force the farmers to sell whe
the packers were willing to pay.
the packers weer willing to pay.
I'VE are running our plants abst
lutely without profit" screams IL
packing trust. Yet on LaSalle stree
Chicago's Wall Street, in the windo
Of one of the banks controlled by II
Stock Yards interests appears IL
sign, PACKERS BONDS ARE SAT-
INVESTMENTS. Listed below 81
over s300,00OOOO worth Of bonds, pa,
ing from Q to 8 per cent interest. A
Of these are offered by packer-col
trolled banks as bonds that are sat
investments.
With the estimated 100000 stoc1
yard workers, that means that Z,
every worker there are $1,000 wort
Of bonds that must pay interest safe
year after year, whether the work
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TRADE UNIONS, UNITE UNDER THE
BANNER OF THE COMMUNIST
INTERNATIONAL"

I'M
(Petrograd Pravda, Aug. 5, 1920
Appeal to the trade-unions of all countries
from the international Soviet of Trade and
Industrial Unions:
Comrades, the growth, of the trade-union
movement of all countries, which was caused
by the unprecedented distress falling upon
the international proletariat as the result of
war, sets persistently before the workmen of
the world the problem of establishing an in
ternational staff of trade-unions.
Two Camps.
The daily facts of our class struggle de-
monstrate that there can be no salvation
outside an international struggle. Now as
never before class opposes class; all the
forces of the international bourgeosie, all its
means and resources, have been united in one
international organization. The bourgeoisie
has it's own staff in the League of Nations;
it concentrates in its hand the entire enorm-
Gus apparatus Of contemporary capltalistic
States, in order that it may at the first sign
of social danger throw there all its strength
and resources
But the bourgeoisie is not only strong be-
cause of it's class consciousness, of its organi
zation, and of its deep conception of the in
ternational character of the developing strug-
gle; it is even stronger because of the back
wardness in class education of the broad mas
ses, and mainly because it finds support in
labor organizations while fighting the work
men. This is monstruous, yet it is fact.
The Treachery Of the Trade Unions.
In fact, what have the trade-unions done
in large and small countries during these
years of war? How did they fulfill the great