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Newspaper
The Toiler
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
2
A column cites press reports on European debt claims and Britain’s role in global economics. It rails at Woodrow Wilson and Palmer, argues workers suffer under the wage system, and condemns anti red bills while warning of industrial unrest and capitalist greed. The piece ends noting the Wilson Administration will be remembered for its 2.75 percent policy.
The piece refutes claims of a vast Zapataland communist utopia in Morelos Mexico and dismisses reports of Zapata’s enduring rule. It credits exaggerated accounts to William J. Gates and argues the supposed regime was a tribal, subsistence system, not a modern state, with limited followers and no real socialist structure.
The Toiler calls readers to resist what it calls un American and high handed government methods. It urges workers to subscribe, promising higher circulation if readers join in. The notice asks readers to send a new subscription to The Toiler at 207 Clark Ave Cleveland Ohio.
A Soviet Bolshevik report describes Lenin's Red Special train tours through Pskoff Vitebsk Laivian White Russia and Lithuania covering 3500 versts. The mobile unit carried a cinema bookshop telegraph service and agitators with 60 placards and 150000 leaflets. It held 25 stops conducted lectures meetings and mass education for workers peasants and Red Army men then planned similar trains and boats to extend reach.
A returning worker recalls being told bright lies about fast advancement. He takes a laboring job, hopes for a rise, then is idled by a construction hiccup and suddenly ordered to the worksite. The boss shouts to start and pay, revealing harsh realities behind rhetoric.
Jown F Smith questions university faculty wage claims and argues professors should apply economic lessons, criticizing salary stagnation as living costs rise. He compares pay gaps to high earnings in sports and entertainment, urging professors to defend truth and financial fairness without fear of Bolshevik accusations.
A correspondent describes evolving views on Bolshevik rule in Russia. He notes evidence from the Baltic region showing both criticism and surprising praise for Bolshevik policies, including education and welfare efforts, amid cautious inquiry into the regime's true nature.
New York February 2 The American Commercial Association decided to send a mission to Soviet Russia to foster commerce. The executive committee left details of departure, while urging federal action to lift current trading restrictions. The article mentions a writ of mandamus related to a different business matter and cites confusion over figures and names.
In a Dakota setting Olive Anderson questions Rev Goodman's sermons and the town's moral politics. She confronts her father, a money minded businessman, about saloon money and corruption, while her own awakening challenges power, class, and faith.
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