The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-13

Some Big Scraps.
Worst is Yet to Come.
The Leader of the Revolutionary
Movement.
Our Loyal Army.
nEvOLUTIONISTS are optimists.
IN When they cease to be optimistic
they cease to be revolutionists. Last
ing optimism Is born Of the knowledge
that this rotten capitalist system
which breeds so much misery among
the workers is destined to pass away,
broadly speaking, because it has about
reached the end of its usefulness.
Speaking in terms of corn beef and
cabbage, sauerkraut and goulash, sys-
TENS are given the boot only when
they can no longer keep the popula-
tons stomach properly tickled with
the necessary elements that go to
maintain existence.
THE collective stomach is as sensi-
/ tive to fear as the ears Of an ar
fist are to fattery. When it looks
as IL a particular system was about to
declare moratorium on breakfast,
dinner and supper, the collective stom-
ach calls upon its allies, the collec-
tive legs, eyes, ears, tongue, ETC., ETC..
to go to bat and ease the lazy, inefh-
cient system out of business. 1t goes
alright, but it does a lot of kicking.
Hence the necessity for organizations
formed for the purpose Of burying it
and putting something better in it's
place.
VNTHAT I am getting at is that it
wv took lot of optimism to start
The DAILY WORKING. You will no
tice that we are celebrating our first
anniversary and we are all asking
each other-when we have few min
utes to spare-"How did we ever get
this thing started and kept 1t going?"
But facts have habit of speaking for
themselves. Here we are.
NNLY few years ago, while our
~ party was living in condition of
enforced low visibility, the sanity Of
many Of our comrades was seriously
questioned when they suggested the
ACCESSIBILITY Of starting a daily Com
munist paper. But capitalism is bound
to go and Communist Parties are or
gAnixed to make it go quicker and
Communist dailies are the most effec-
tive weapons at the disposal of Com
muuist Parties to organize the work
ers for the overthrow of capitalism.
THOSE who do not understand that
/ the contradictions within capital
list society prevent 1t from solving its
own problems might be disappointed
at q temporary lull in the class strug-
gle and say: ooh well, l expected
the revolution before my next birth
day. Now, It looks as If It will never
come" This type does not stay put.
Il does not found revolutionary dailies.
It was not the type that started The
DAILY WORKER.
XKIHEN the department of justice
wv raided the spot where the Com
munist convention was held in 1922,
Bridgeman, Mich, they grabbed sixteen
Communists and took them to Berrien
county jail. While waiting for bail,
We amused ourselves in many ways.
One of our means of passing away
the time was to get out few sheets
of manuscript which we baptized The
DAILY WORKER. We hardly expect
ed that two years and three months
afterwards we would be celebrating
the first anniversary Of a real Com
munist daily.
CHORTLY before The DAILY
- WORKER was launched, the New
York Call curled up on the sofa and
never woke up again. Several liberals
with more money than ability gave
it shot in the arm and it wriggled
along for couple of months under
new name and then quietly faded
away. 1t took about 100000 worth of
dope to keep it going for two months.
This experience naturally made some
people pessimistic about the future of
The DAILY WORKER.
THE New York Call died because
1t was not true to the cause Of
the workers. 1t deserted them for a
hoped-for prosperity as the handmade
en- of the petit bourgeoisie. But 1t had
too much competition. The time was
not ripe for prostitute socialist daily
in America to render itself indespens-
able to the capitalists. American
capitalism was not yet in the condi-
ton of German capitalism where the
vorwarts and other yellow sheets
were essential to it.
MUCH less than what it cost to
IVl keep the New Leader alive for
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