Good Morning (magazine)

Funded in large part by donations, the magazine was financially troubled from the outset and over time it was forced to decrease in frequency from weekly to semi-monthly to monthly.

But a few of us on the staff who had always been ready to contribute for nothing began to feel that it wasn't quite right that engravers, printers, paper dealers, and desk-editors should have their pay or the magazine would not go on, while those who did the creative work had to forego compensation.

[3] Those gathered decided to attempt to reignite the dispirited socialist movement through a humor magazine which would "satirize the whole capitalistic works.

[5] For three months Young made the rounds of New York City's progressive establishment, soliciting operating funds for a new journal.

[5] With The Liberator and other publications competing for funding from the same limited set of donors, the monetary goal for Good Morning proved to be impossible to attain, however.

[5] The inaugural issue of the new 16-page weekly quickly sold out and spirits ran high as congratulatory letters and promises of financial support began to flow into the magazine's editorial office,[5] located in the so-called "People's House" at 7 East 15th Street, home of the Rand School of Social Science.

[6] Hopes for the publication's financial stability rested upon a belief that labor unions would contribute funds for bulk subscriptions and that unemployed men would sell the magazine on the street.

[7] About five months after the launch of Good Morning Ellis Jones became critical of the haphazard management of the business and resigned from the magazine.

Only latter did an embarrassed Kaye learn that she had summarily dispatched socialist author Upton Sinclair, in New York City on a visit from his home in California.

"[14] Good Morning finally succumbed to financial pressures in October 1921, terminating publication with an issue bearing that date.