The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
EMPLOYEES MAGAZINES:
POISON FOR THE WORKERS MIND.
Second Article By Sanford Hamilton.

The workers mind must be doped.
He must not be allowed to become
class conscious. So "The N. G. R.
News" the employees magazine of
The National Cash Register Company
aims to make the employee feel that
he is a part of the organization"
Very lovely, isn't til? "Don't listen
to the Reds, who tell you that you are
only wage slave. You are part Of an
organization some members of which
have an income Of thousands of dol
lars a month; if you are regular at
Sunday School and read "The N. C. R.
News, which Increases interest and
efficiency you'll work yourself up to
one of those positions. But first of
all you must respect law and order
and have Confidence in the Com
pany.' When we tell you wages must
be cut, don't ask why. Don't be a
Red!"
That much for the workers per-
sonal benefit. Now see what great
things "The N. C. R. News" does for
his family: it "Urges proper care
and education cf children" Notice the
word Urges. Workers are by nature
nothing more than brutes. They have
no love for their children. If there
were no employees magazine to "ur-
ge" them to take care of their child
ren, they would let them run around
naked. They wouldn't as much as give
them one meal week. And workers
read that insulting trash--and their
blood does not even begin to boil!
"The N. c. R. News, goes on Mr.
Zimmerman, the editor of it, ode.
creases carelessness and disease"
In winter, when the air is cold and
raw, it is very careless Of one to weal
an overcoat Of shoddy and live in 9
house that hasn't got enough heat tc
take the numbness out of ones fin,
gers. And look at baby: how blue it il
in the face. Feel it's little hands: how
cold they are. Don't be so careless. Il
breeds disease. Wake up and take car,
of your family! What, you don't know
you can do better on the wages 70,
are getting? Read "The N. C. R
News" and you'll see how it can b,
done. And on page Is you'll see VIII,
wages must be cut.
And remember: Confidence in thu
Company"
Summer comes. Hot, choky, dusty
In the winter you froze; now yo,
swelter. Baby sweats and gasps fol
air. And the wife looks so tired. Sc,
how pale she is! The bosses wive.
and children are in the mountains Of
at the seashore. They do look aftei
their families; why don't you? VIII,
are you so careless?
Hurry, work yourself up! "The N
c. R. News" will teach you how to d,
it. Read it carefully. On page Is you'll
see why wages must be cut.
The N. c. R. News advocates in
surance and encourages thrift" Whel
a worker knows that he is worth NOR,
dead than alive he won't mind s,
much being worked to death. An,
thrift is another big item: when HI
shows that he can get along on less
the boss knows that he can pay hin
less. With .iat object in view, "Th
| N. c, R. News
urges economy in preparation o
food and MODERATION IN EAT
ING" 1t is for your special benefit
fellow workers, that put the las
three words in big letters. That's tn
whole trouble with you--you eat to
much! Just compare your grocery bill
with that of the president of thu or
ganization Of which you are part, an
you'll know what moderate eating il
And your wife isn't a bit econos. lea
in preparing your food. She actuall
puts meat into the soup and spread
butter on the bread she gives to baby
Yes, that's what employees magazine
teach the workers: to hang on to thei
pennies while dollars are cut fror
their wages; to make the best Q
things while the best things Of lif
go to those who hold the whip Q
ownership Of the tools of productio
and drive them, suffering toiler,
crushed, oppressed, to slavery in tn
shop when there Is profit in Il; /
starvation in the streets when "thri
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