The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 3

January 16, 1924 NORRIS BLAST BARES BANKS’ FARMER WAR Ghambers of Commerce Boy-| cotted by Co-Ops BY LAURENCE TODD (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) WASHINGTON, — Triumph truth over propaganda concerning the robbery of grain farmers in,tha morthwest was proclaimed in the Senate by Senator Norris, chair- man, committee on agriculture, He declared that the report and order issued “after fair investigation and open trial” commission against the Minneapo- lis chamber bears out everything the farmers of North Dakota and Minnésota have been saying for ten years past concerning this mo- nopoly, This report and order, Norris Senate as a public document, since there would be a great demand for it from the farmers. Senator Smoot, for the administration, objected and so blocked its printing. Norris promised to read it into the Con- gressional Record, later, if neces- sary, in order that enough copies might be had, Following Administr@ion Favors. Coming just afte#\the attempt of the Coolidge campaign managers to kidnap the North Dakota dele-~ gation to the~ Republican conven- tion, through favors Ladd and Frazier, this official proof of the justice of the farmers’ strug- gle on the one hand and of the administration’s essential anti-farm- er and pro-monopoly policy on the other, had a clarifying effect on the political situation, It gave new courage to the group who had sat up nearly all night with Ladd and Frazier, protesting against the in- dorsement of Coolidge, which had been voted by the North Republican state committee, and demanding that they get actively into the fight to instruct the North Dakota delegation for LaFollette. The federal trade commission hag found; “By means of boy- eott the . . chamber and the members thereof conspired and agreed among themselves and with others to induce its members to refuse to buy from, sell to or Twi deal with, the Equity Cooperative exchange, its stock- holders or the members of the St. Paul Grain exchange. The said respondents have for more tha Be Tewt nact haan an. stone weap orn ccatee: yume wanes gaged in a conspiracy and agree- ment among themselves and with others to annoy, embarrass and destroy the business of the said Equity Cooperative exchange, its stockholders and the St, Paul Grain exchange and its members, with the purpose and intent to secure and maintain for said chamber and its members a mon- opoly of the grain trade at Min- neapolis, Minn., within a hundred miles thereof.” The Equity has 17,500 members, im Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana and Wisconsin, about 90% of its stock being owned by grain farm- ‘ers. The commission finds that among the unfair methods used by the Minneapolis chamber against it were (a) publication of false statc- ments concerning the financial standing and business methods of the cooperative exchanges; (b) in- stituting vexatious or unfounded litigation against the cooperative cx- changes to injure their credit or reputation; (ce) compelling members of the chamber to refuse ‘to. deal with members or custo! of the cooperative exchanges because of the patronage dividend plan of the cooperatives; (d) preventing teic- graph companies from furnishing price quotations on grain to the co- operatives. False and misleading statements concerning the financial affairs of the Equity were pub- lished in the Fargo Forum, Fargo Courier News, the Cooperative Man- ager and Farmer, and the Ne- tional Grain Grower and Equity News, at the instance of the Min- neapolis «hamber. The Coopera- » tive Manager and Farmer, con- trolled by the Secretary of the Min- neapolis chamber, was the worst sanipalgn of ma- ing the coop- offender in this lying conce: of, by the federal trade to Senators Dakota IVAN THE COAT PRESSER BY ROBERT W. DUNN (For The Federated Press) MOSCOW.—Ivan Pavlovitch is an said, ought to be printed by the| ld timer among~ Russian clothing Russian garment shops in the days of czar- dom, in fact he has been handling a@ pressing iron since 1890 when he ‘was apprenticed on a 14-hour day, some times 16 hours, in one of the (Ivan is the man with the beard facing workers, Ivan worked in Presnia district of Moscow. the camera.) Old Ivan was asked by The Fed- erated Press correspondent what he present conditions as| though: of But the bench and the ironing table tell us that in their shop as in the other Russian clothing shops employment is steady and continuous, Even those who have worked in America and in England for better wages than they are now receiving appre- ciate the regular and steady employ- | ment, Ivan and his friends work in the Optimo Technichiskaya factory in Moscow, one of the model plants of the All-Russian Cothing syndicaie. This plant as well as the syndicate itself is directed by a former Bal- timore tailor, B. Bograchoy one of the “red directors” who are learn- compated with the old days before| ing to run Russian industries bet- the revolution, the trade union and The old coat; the old order, presser answered quickly: “A thou- sand times better now, a thousand the shop committee. times.” in this well lighted, airy building. ter than any capitalist expert of The clothing industry with its or- ganizing talent trained in American He pointed around to the} shops and its capital raised in part wall and windows of his room and told of the days when he worked in a dark hole of a shop instead of Ly American workers through the Russian American Industrial corpe- ration, has during the last year made an enviable record of progress. The LENSKY HERE TO PLEAD CAUSE OF POLISH WORKERS Shows Polish Mark at * 5,000,000 to Dollar Poland has the most reactionary government in Europe today. As the vassal of France she has outdone all her neighbors in persecutions of workers and radicals. Poland feels that she is absolutely dependent on France, therefore the reaction_of the Polish politicians. The Polish politi- cians do not consider themselves the representations of the Polish people but the servant of French Capitalism. Four years of the rule of the serv- ants of French imperialism has pushed down the value of the Polish mark from 10 for a dollar to 5,000,000 for a dollar. Relief for Terror Victims. Those are the outstanding facts of the Polish situation as seen by J. Lensky, who is now in this country representing the workers of Poland and trying to organize a campaign for the relief of the victims of Po- lish reaction. “From the beginning the Polish republig has been militaristic. Under the protection of France, who was willing to furnish her arms, she spent 45 per cent of her income for mili- tarism, Is it any wonder her indus- tries could not develop? _ “The government was forced to give subsidies to industry. The capi- talists used the money thus received to speculate, thus decreasing the value of the mark. _ “Because of the dependency of industry on the government and the attitude of the government *toward the workers, all struggles become po- litical struggles. The capitalists and manufacturers as individuals are not to blame, it all goes back to the serv- ants of French imperialism, the gov- ernment. When the workers strike and receive a raise the value of the mark decreases and they are worse off than before. “The workers are taking a larger part in the struggle for political power by electing Communists to of- fice in their labor unions, They are appealing to the ‘REDS’ more and more for guidance. “For instance, at the Congress of the Trade Unions of the Textile work- ers, all offices were filled by Com- munists. “The Communist Party as a poli- tical organization is outlawed. For membership in the Communist Party GZARISTS IN FRISCO FIND SOVIET POLICE BY CARL BRANNIN SAN FRANCISCO,—Gen, Apollo Levantouyev, former brigade com- mander in the czar’s army, hi established headquarters in this and is training forces for active service, Instead, however, of harboring designe seainst the Bolshevile gov- ernment, the general’s military am- bition is confined to “cleaning up” on the terrain of the Emporium de- partment store. He is commander-in-chief of the old brigade. It is reported that th x-privates are quite punctil- liow the observance of military etiquette and always give the Chief his proper salute, , “Count” Baronovy has a plan which beats mopping floors. He leaped into the local limelight with the statement on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle, arch- reactionary daily, thet he had or- ganized an army in this country of 33,000 soldiers and 1000 officers to spring at ii the purpo: Czar Nicholas to the Rus: wherever that is. “The “count” claims that he has found friendlv ears in diplomatic and business circles in the United States and that he would have jumped long before this had it not been for the strong patrol of soviet troops on the Siberian border. He says thot he surely going to plunge within six months’ time. Other d-ily papers made no men- tion of this new monarchist hope, Perhaps he has already secured enough publicity to establish con- nections with Rotary clubs a! like for lectures on the advantages of royalist rule. Jacob Task Urges Friends at Party to Boost the Daily (Special to “The Daily Worker”) BOSTON.—Jacob Task, one of the active comrades in the Workers Party branch did his bit in the Dail Worker campaign. Comrade _T: is also a member of Branch No, 18, of the Independent Workmen’s Cir- n throne, BAR PATH TO FAME Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press \ THE DAYLY WORKER It’s Russia og A Moscow Clothing Factory Financed in Part by American Workers. Old Ivan and his other mates at, best garn:ent factories in Russia are included in the All-Russian Clothiag syndicate, a state trading orgamza- tion comprising the unified and trus- tified factories of seven Kuxsian cit- ies, Ameri from which they hav ceived a dividend, com tories and 18,000 worke during the 15 month 1922, to Oct. 1; 19: |. $14,350,000, The sales during th $1,150,000 per month, The profit of the syndicate amounted to mor capital, A part of this profit ha: holders, including the gas iron that he swing: were sent to Russia through by the Amalgamated Clothing Work ers of America, This syndicate in which over 5500 workers have invested and he sales from July 1, amounted to first nine months of 1923 averaged than 10 per cent on the invested been paid to the American stock- The machines in Ivan’s factory the Russian-American Industrial Corpo- ration, which was organized in 1922 Page Three (MANY JOBLESS | INCHICAGOIN NEEDLE TRADES Amalgamated Plans to Meet “Quiet Crisis” There is a “quiet crisis” in the clothing industry in Chicago, The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ig doing its utmost to re- lieve the situation, but under the present system of industrial anar- chy, where production is carried on with an eye to profits and not witn a view to satisfying the needs of the people, no real relief can be rendered, But in the meantime temporary measures must be undertaken, to enable the workers to exist during the slack periods such as the one which now prevails in the clothing industry. Workers Need Relief. The Chicago office of the Amul- gamated is besieged with demands for relief. Recently the union ap- propriated $25,000 for the relief of unemployed members. That sum wes gone in three weeks. Approximately {800 clothing workers received help. Many members were under the impression that under the terms of the unemployment insurance agree- men entered into between the union e| and the clothing manufacturers, un- employment benefits would be paid s|Jan. 2. Dr, Leo Wollman, who is e|in charge of this department for the Amalgamated, assures the mem- will begin in S s| bers that payments about two months. Bosses Scek Reductions. s| The manufacturers are also com- ing around looking for “relief” in the form of reductions in prices, But they now have a union to deal with, -|not like the old days when they dealt | individually with the tailors and “To Catastrophe” BERLIN.—The German Em- ployers’ Association has issued the following interesting advice to its members, since Germany has gone over from the fluctuat- ing paper mark to a gold mark basis: “Wages, when placed on a gold basis, must be brought down below the peacetime level. ..+To make wages dependent upon the cost of living index would inevitably lead to @atas- trophe.” could do very much as they pleased. There will be no wage reductions. The Amalgamated employment of- fice is the clearmg house for jobs for members of the union, Work is apportioned according to seniority rights. No tailor can work in any shop under the jurisdiction of the Amalgamated without a union card. Workers Discuss Problems, Shop meetings are held = daily where the workers discuss their problems. ‘These meetings are ad- dressed by experienced organizers and students of economics who know that the present crisis in the indus- try ig quite natural under capitalism and is inevitable under this system. The Amalgamated has a fine li- brary for the use of the members, members can learn history and eco- nomics and every branch of know- ledge ‘that is necessary to under- stand their position in life. Anatole France Ill PARIS — Anatole France brought from his country home nea Tours, seriously ill following an at- tack of the grip. He was taken to a hospital where his condition was said to be critical, Anatole France will be 80 years old in April, For more than fifty years Anatole France has been famous as an au- thor and critic. As a young man he achieved fame in the Dreyfus affair, Some time ago he joined the Com- munist Party of France. For Recognition of Soviet Ru BY LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Go tell them in Pekin, Ill., that for the five years ending Dec. 31, 1923, the profits of Corn Products Refining Co. have averaged 18.15 a share for the owners of the common stock, And add that the total piofits from oper- ation during this period will reach | $90,000,00, For, on Jan. 8, 1924, in the Pekin plant of this branch of Standard Oil, the lives of 40 wage earners were sacrificed to the demand of the oil dynasty for greater profits. In the interest of petty economy and the open shop ordinary recognition were abolished. The explosion of Jan. 3 was the direct result. _ Now, when the bodies of the vic- tims are scarcely buried, President Bedford and the directors will con- tinue counting their undiminishea profits and discussing the coming 25 per cent stock dividend. The par value of the common stock will also be reduced to $25 to conceal the magnitude of profits, In other words each common stockholder is now holds. surance gainst suits for loss of life and injuries to workers.” Note also that this disaster to the employes will not affect the business of the corporation. An idle plant in Kansas City will begin to grind and will thus enable the company to con- tinue normal operations. Needless to say the 750 employes who survived the explosion will suffer from unem- ployment until the Pekin plant has been repaired. One further point in the financial oing to get five shares for every share he Forty wage earners were just, 40 machines to this great corporation. Like the rest of the plant the com- pany had insured them. In fact in- surance of plant and men relieved the company of real interest in precau- tions against such atrocities of in- dustry. To quote the Wall Street Journal; “Plant was fully covered by fire insurance, it is stated at the New York office, and the company is amply nratected hv emnlovers’ liahility in- “Let ‘Em Die, the Company Is Insured” gossip about this company touches the welfare of the Pekin wage earners | and of labor in general. According | to the year-end statement, “prospects | for larger earnings next year are| bright” because the company will} open a new, modern grinding plant in Germany in 1924. Get that. Corn Products Refining is going to utilize cheap German labor in compe- tition with its American workers, In| Germany labor works long hours for very low wages because the military | victory of the allies made the German nation a conanered nanvle. Sa this | | Standard Oil concern is going to ship | corn to Germany and carry on its!| production for foreign markets with | German labor. This will mean less | work and eventually longer hours and lower wages in Pekin, Il., and in| other parts of America. | All of which indicates that under | the present system a wage earner is just an easily replaced insurable com- modity to be purchased wherever the great corporations can find the cheap- est supply. ARE YOU ENJOYING “THE DAILY WORKER” Thousands of workers all over the country are reading it every day. Thousands are proclaiming it the best daily paper ever published in America. There are millions of workers who haven’t seen THE DAILY WORKER, who don’t even know what they’re missing. To reach these millions is the task of THE DAILY WORKER and its readers. Get A New Subscriber Today at 409 S, Halsted St, Here the union’ LAFOLLETTE ASKS CONGRESS FREE THE. PHILIPPINES |Workers and Farmers | of U. S. Back Demand | (Special to “The Daily Worker") WASHINGTON, D, €,—Senator LaFollette has introduced a bill in ngress to give complete independ- ence to the Philippine Islands, Freedom for the Filipino people would he welcome by every worker and farmer in this country. The broad masses of workers and farm- ers have no interest in being part- ners to the exploitation and oppres- sion of the eleven million Filipinos. The workingmen of this country are not overanxious to get into anothe> war to save the imperial possessions and spheres of influence of our eap- italists, But we are ready to bet dollars against doughnuts that in the wel- ter of legislative panaceas and quack remedies—all together more than three thousand in number—now be- fore Congress—there isn’t a chance. in three thousand that the proposal will ever come out of the committee room, let aione get to the floor of Congress for action. Of course, we are not foolhardy enough to expect Coolidge to allow the bill to pass when his eretary of War Weeks is himself t up with big financial interests having huge investments there, There is only one way in whieh the Filipino people can ever win freedom from their American im- perialistic exploiters, The working men and farmers of the Vhilippines must get together with their Amer- ican brothers and drive cut thetr common oppressors, The trade un- jons and the political organizations of the workers and farmers should lose no time in getting together in an immediate big campaign to free the Philippines from Wall Street domination, ATTENTION! Terre Haute, Indiana ATTENTION! ‘THE FIFTH YEAR’ Vivid 9-Reel Motion Picture SOVIET RUSSIA is coming to Terre Haute, Indipne = TUIIPENAVY tam t7 at GRAND THEATRE 2 Shewings—First show starts at 2:30 P. M. sharp. Phone Spauiding 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. 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Managers are seeking 1 year ...... $10.00 | gf ‘ certain striking shopmen of the |legal advice on the contract proposed 1 month ....$1.00 POE AT EERE SM NILES, SDN Cc Ree Ae ore MOM 3 See eR EE ag Mor ily Mgr sey Poel be MA gy pes fo mot pellgs ies henge in Washin, has now given og of he cour denying thom a lined by the Actors’ Union would be “EVERY READER A SUBSCRIBER” “EVERY SUBSCRIBER A BOOSTER” milking cow. Magnus trial in cont cases: Jikaiia lesa: al 4 bow ceria Gate cut of the 1922 shopmen's de