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Letter to Editor
September 6, 1933
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A worker correspondent in Boise, Idaho, describes sharp rise in bread prices (nearly 100%) and other goods due to Blue Eagle policies, worsening conditions for the working class. Efforts to form an Unemployed Council face challenges; criticizes low wages, preachers, and use of homeless youth in forest service.
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Report Bread Price in Boise, Idaho, Rose Almost 100 Per Cent
By a Worker Correspondent
BOISE, Id.—I got the ten copies of the Daily Worker you sent and I distributed them along 25 blocks with people that will read and appreciate them. Now is the best time to get them interested as times are growing worse and this Blue Eagle wave is running prices up so the working class can't feed themselves and families. Bread was 3 loaves for 10 cents, but now 7 and 9 cents per loaf, and other goods in proportion.
We are trying to get an Unemployed Council. We had a speaker here last night, but he could not speak English very plain so very few understood him. Farmers here pay 50 cents to $1 per day and board. The city pays $2 per day, two days a week, and you have to be a married man to get work.
The preachers here have got the wool pulled over the eyes of the greater number of the people here. They say that God will straighten things out soon. There was another train load of homeless boys, shipped in for the forest service. They give them 4 hours military training. Then they take them out to work on the road.
-T.P.
By a Worker Correspondent
BOISE, Id.—I got the ten copies of the Daily Worker you sent and I distributed them along 25 blocks with people that will read and appreciate them. Now is the best time to get them interested as times are growing worse and this Blue Eagle wave is running prices up so the working class can't feed themselves and families. Bread was 3 loaves for 10 cents, but now 7 and 9 cents per loaf, and other goods in proportion.
We are trying to get an Unemployed Council. We had a speaker here last night, but he could not speak English very plain so very few understood him. Farmers here pay 50 cents to $1 per day and board. The city pays $2 per day, two days a week, and you have to be a married man to get work.
The preachers here have got the wool pulled over the eyes of the greater number of the people here. They say that God will straighten things out soon. There was another train load of homeless boys, shipped in for the forest service. They give them 4 hours military training. Then they take them out to work on the road.
-T.P.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Economic Policy
Social Issues
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Bread Prices
Boise Idaho
Unemployed Council
Blue Eagle
Daily Worker
Economic Hardship
Working Class
What entities or persons were involved?
T.P.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
T.P.
Main Argument
reports on rising bread prices and economic hardships in boise, idaho, due to the blue eagle policies, urging interest in the daily worker and formation of an unemployed council to address working-class struggles.
Notable Details
Bread Prices Rose From 3 Loaves For 10 Cents To 7 9 Cents Per Loaf
Farmers Pay 50 Cents To $1 Per Day And Board
City Pays $2 Per Day, Two Days A Week, Only To Married Men
Criticism Of Preachers Claiming God Will Fix Things
Train Load Of Homeless Boys For Forest Service With Military Training