The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY

We are informed by the business
leaders of America that 1924 will be
year Of unexampled prosperity for
American business. These predictions
are INDUCED in at the twelfth annual
convention of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce. 1t would be q
Chamber of Labor. However, that is
scanty consolation for the millions Of
dirt farmers" who are bankrupt un-
der capitalist rule in the great North
west. 1t would be funny thing if
the farmers got little sense all Of
sudden and vented it on the pluto
cracy.
Another banker said that the
growth Of bank deposits was golden
testimony to the prosperity under
which the capitalists are enjoying
happiness and the workers poverty.
A Chicago statistician blamed the
farmer for most of our cares. when
the farmer stops producing the flap
per on Broadway stops eating" The
capitalists don't stop eating so soon,
tho. Another banker said the Dawes
plan would bring the United States
more foreign trade than it had in years
and that would in turn stimulate do
nestle exchange. Thus we can feel
the hairy hand of Esau despite the al
truistic voice of the liberal Jacob. If
the capitalist class could turn the
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Robots, physically as well as mentally,
a heavy load would be taken off their
chests. Instead, the "dirt farmers
and the industrial workers are getting
ready to pile dirt on the coffin of CAPT
talism.
Hiram Johnson is not bowling as
loudly as he used to over the danger
threatening this blessed nation, the
danger of getting mixed up in the in
ternal affairs of the Gol-darned bank
rupt, imperialistic, Goddess, money
less, old nations of Europe. The
Dawes plan, which normally could be
counted on to produce at least half a
dozen Johnsonian fits, on the con-
trary did not bring forth a sduawk
from the political wild Bull of the
Californian Pampas." Johnson start
ed out to lick Coolidge. He posed as
a progressive. Unfortunately he was
not able to prove that he was suffi-
GENTLY different from Coolidge to
warrant anybody getting excited
over it. Wrigley, of chewing gum
fame. was his original hacker. The
DAILY WORKER labelled johnson
the Chewing Gum candidate" and his
bandwagon got stuck. In other words,
the works got gummed up. Wrigley
withdrew his dough and from then on
Johnson's oratory did not seem to
avail him any. Money is more elo-
quent than speech. He was badly
beaten by Coolidge in the California
primaries. A silent man with dough
can beat the most eloquent but pen
niless orator that ever lived, in a
primary election. 1t should be remem-
bered that Johnson is mainly responS
sible for keeping Tom Mooney in Jail.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
one of the wealthiest men in the
United States asks veto on the sol
diers' bonus bill which was passed by
the Senate. He claims the measure
would be menace to American indus
try. The president is expected to veto
the bill, but it may be passed over
his veto. And it may not. Capitalist
politicians like to please the common
people" who like bonuses. They also
like to please the money classes who
can afford to give them the luxuries
of life. Retaining the confidence Of
the voters and the dough of the en-
ployers is the aim of Democrat and
Republican politicians.
American workers went to France
and braved German bullets, trench
lice, and the Y. NJ. G. A. for $50 a
month to save the investments Of the
American bankers. Since the end OF
the war they have been rewarded
with eulogies and decorations, but no
cash. While they were at the front
the millionaires were some three
thosand miles in the rear making new
fortunes. Yet we find many Of the
returned soldiers aiding these same
capitalists that sent them to stop Ger
man bullets, and making war on radi-
cal organizations that would prevent
another capitalist war. II is safe to
say however, that the great majority
of the ex-soldiers are thoroly disilu-
stoned and are not in sympathy with
the strike-breaking American Legion.
The Polish cabinet may pass law
limiting the freedom of speech Of the
President of Poland. President VOL
ciechowski recently made two speech
es which could be interpreted as rec
ommending an imperialistic policy.
We suggest that the cabinet follow
the traditional policy OF the British
cabinet in handling the utterances OF
he. - H.