The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24

AS soon as we arrived aDO'
from all directions and pleadingS
for the paper. "Give me So
copiesp GIVE me 100 copiesw
"You won't be able to sell that
much"
ooh yes, 1 sold 50 copies yester-
day" Il sold 70 copies"
So the only thing for Mccarthy to
do was to give them the number of
DAILY WORKERS they demanded.
A Capitalist Prison.
I got my so copies from Mccarthy
and the instructions where to sell
them. 1t was about three minutes to IL
o'clock. Standing at the corner, gave
a look at the big brick mountain on
the other side of the street. l remind
ed myself of Reeves articles about
the conditions in this shop. Yes, there
are 100000 workers, men, women and
children behind these walls, shaving
for Morgan and other magnates.
The windows are open. They are
looking outside is the spring, the
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heart of young and old to beat faster.
They see from the windows the parks,
forests, the green carpets" How
good and pleasant it would be to get
out Of this stinky and unhealthy fac
tory. But they are needed by the
side and work for a few dollars a
week, making millions for the bosses
Foul Eating Places.
The whistle blows. Out of the gates
are coming the workers, running.
1.-THE DAILY WORKER" Buy
your paper here, the DAILY WORK
Err" we cry from all directions. Very
few of the workers stop to buy the
paper. They are running across the
street to the row of small unsanitary
restaurants" In five minutes all
those halls" are crowded with peo-
pie.
Staying near the door of one Of
those Restaurants" / can smell the
heavy unhealthy odor coming out.
After a few minutes they are COM
ing out of the restaurants" Now
they are buying the paper Here
comes young man about 10 years
of age and buys the DAILY WORK
Err. Another, third. am surprised.
They sit against the wall, eagerly
reading column after column of the
paper.
Two girls are passing me. "The
DAILY WORKER" BUY your paper
hers!" Some hesitation. and they
stop; one, about Is years of age, the
other older.
Say, comrade, will you sell me two
copies of the paper for a nickel?"
l said: well, the price of the
DAILY WORKER is three cents"
Eyes, 1 know, but my friend has no
money and all have left after get
ting my lunch is just this nickel. MY
friends mother is an old woman who
worked for the Western Electric for
u years. Now she is sick and hasn't
worked for the last Is months. My
friend is earning only SIS a week and
has to support herself and her mother.
Once she brought home a copy Of the
DAILY WORKER which bought. Her
mother said that this is the best paper
she ever read in her life and she is
very anxious to read 1t every day.
Please, sell two copies for cents"
Has Made Many Friends.
"The DAILY WORKER! The only
workers paper in English! Buy your
paper right herel" My voice is al
ready more noisy feel that am not
alone here, that / have plenty of
friends among those who are walking
around me. feel that l am doing
good service to them. And so copy
after copy is disappearing from my
arms.
Here comes an older worker, dirty
and oiled rags around him. Quickly
he gives me 3 cents and looks around
to see if some of the bosses will see
him buying the paper. feel that he
wants to talk with me.
step into the ice cream parlor," l
said. He is coming, but still looking
around.
you gave them good knock in the I
with this campaign. They