The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-31
Another Case of Let the
Big Thieves Escape But
Chase the Little Thieves
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the Chicago police department frantioay broad
casts warnings to the property cWnng popuace OF the
nations second CITY, Chicago leads the cities of the world
with its homcides but that doesn't bother the police depart
msn takes day OF to spread the warning Beware OF
The big thieves be pretty busy the police TAX
ing the trouble raise the cry of catch the little thief The
warning of the police says
thief pckpOoke
relieve the citizen of the vauabIes
carry person. Invariably
four together and different than the
citizen"
Which should remind the police, but it WON'T that Sec
he IS to nvestgate the big thieves on the local board Of
trade who have been stealing millions thru manipulating
of somebody's pockets The Of prices at this
time of year downward the victim of this pocketpng
is the working farmer with his crops to SELL These multi
millionaire dips operate in groups brokerage firms
and grain dealers being supported IN their manipuatons by
ing stolen goods crime charged only against the little
fellows 1t has never yet touched bank or other financial
Institution.
Jardine did not call the police pinch gam
bes the board Of trade jam them into foul police station
cells and then haw them before judge at the South Clark
Not all! Jardine just had heart heart talk with
directors of the Chicago board trade which Of
fered opinion that when there spread of is
busheI in the price OF grain in one day it gambling;
Of agriculture gave talk over the radio ASSURING farmers
that agricultural conditions were better this spring than
about prce conditions fixed by the gamblers than he is
about crop conditions determined by the weather. which
usually gives hI an even preak ne 1000 proteer never
does.
Says the Chicago up. D." warning:
display money public when it
necessary"
The warning perhaps unnecessary. Workers do not
have large of money they did, would be ridiculous
bring such charges the launched against veteran
postal empoye in Kansas City, Max Rope aged 49, II years
in the SERVICE who is claimed stole % cents worth of
rhubarb from package at postofce station The
ment has spent $4,000 in prosecuting Rope trying to put
upon him penalty of five years imprisonment fine of
$1,000 or BOTH
The hypocrtcaI district attorney says, at not the
value of the property but the principle involved"
Secretary ofAgrculture Jardne leaves Chicago headed
for Kansas City, but this prosecuting attorney will for
get all about this sacred principle II applies to the food
spectators that reap rich harvest OF plumber from the
grain growers and stock rasers OF the southwest This
Jardne. The big thieves respectable Only the little
thieves must be sent to prison.
Another Chicago up. D." warming:
"When a getting a street always the
alert for attempting to Josts you"
Which be made to apply very ooncreteIy to the big
pofteers the Industrial kasers who oste and the
millions of underpad workers into the Shops mills mines
and factories robbng the pay envelopes thru low
deprvne workers of their health and happiness thru the
long workday and bad conditions Of labor and finally being
thrown the Industrial scrap heap, like empty pocket
book emptied of Its contents
The extreme care with which the Chicago police depart
ment advises against petty pckpocket forgetting the great
criminals betrays the class nature of this of the capital
st state Since the big buccaneers of business dominate this
capitalist state they will always the police attack,
which they direct It is only crime to be little thief and
then the only crime is in getting caught.
Communism would abolish all thieves both big and little,
by placing the hands OF the producing many the results of
their labor, for their enjoyment This only be
achieved thru the abolition of thevng capitalism and its OBJ
lie cha nh