The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 22, 1924, Page 5

} last Tuesday, April 22, 1924 American Finance Imperialism in Action © === Dollar Diplomacy Exposed The DAILY WORKER begins today the publication of a series of eight articles on the development of American arising there for the work- Article One, The United States entered the arena of capitalist imperialism as a world power after the Spanish Ameri- can war in 1898, After having routed Spain the United States secured undisputed control of the American Mediterran- ean—the Gulf of Mexico and the Carib- bean—Porto Rico was annexed. A protectorate was established over Cuba. In Cuba there is invested about $1,- 000,000,000 of American capital in the sugar industry alone. This is 60 per cent of the total capitalization of the sugar industry. Fully 85 per cent of the capital invested in the Cuban rail- ways is American. One third of Cuba’s imports is edible and more than half of that third comes from the United States. According to the reports of the Department, of Commerce, Cuba has outstripped Jap- an ag .our second hest customer in steel, Turning to the Pacific the Yankee imperialists annexed in quick order the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. In the Philippines the American im- Perialists have a te?ritory the size of the kingdom of Italy and with a population greater than that of Cana- imperialism and the problems ing and farming classes. These articles are the result of an extensive study and are the report on imperialism tion of the Workers Party. The whole subject has been brought up-to-date. In view of the rapid strides now being made by the American capitalists towards and commercial domination, this investigation is of espe- cial importance today. The articles will prove particularly ( way shares are in the hands of Amer- ican capitalists. interesting and instructive an just now because of the serious turn that the relations be- tween Japan and America are taking. Begin today! Follow up t mend them to your friends. imperialism menace you and all your brothers in the fact- ory, in the coal pit, and on the how the workers and farmers of this country can avoid the grave consequences of the new campaigns of aggression the American employing class know what the Communists THE DAILY WORKER ti A adopted by the last conven- || 4 hd nD world financial, industrial, d gather added importance a he series regularly. Recom- tries the United States has today in- vested $610,000,000 in public securi- dian Commissioner of Trade shows the rapidity and extent of the hold the Yankee exploiters have on Cana- dian resources. is more than $2,500,000,000 and is to- terest. 18% per cent or $701,000,000 of Cana- 12.8 per cent or $511,000,000 held by British investors. ada’s mines, railways, motor car and CLEVELAND LABOR FIGHTS PLAN 10 JAIL 6 WORKERS Then Endorses Project For New Jail CLEVELAND, April 21.—The Cleve- land Federation of Labor at its last WORKERS IN OHIO | PREPARING FOR. CLASS F.-L.PARTY Last Chanee es and $3,150,000,000 in industries. IN CANADA, ‘The last annual report of the Cana- CLEVELAND, April 21.—That the | organized workers in the state of | meeting passed a resolution condemn-| Ohio are beginning to realize the ne-} ing the attitude of the authorities in| C for independent political action the city of Farrell, Pa., where six}can be judged by the groups of organ- members of the South Slavic Federa- ized labor that have gone on record tion of the Workers Party will go on ab et See ebecdt 9 party and for trial under the criminal -syndicalism edi entiak Cabae Jaw OF the state of Pennaylvanié: The!) ast) and Lima have recently {1- unions of Cleveland are helping the nkste: paseeand defense council and several of them have already voted financial assist-| ance, among them the joint board of The total amount of merican capital invested in Canada ay more than the entire British in- American investors now hold ROBOTS! Labor Defense Council’s Gigantic Production of the Powerful 4-Act Play, fan government, provincial and mu- icipal securities as against only Almost 25 per cent 24.1) of the Canadian Pacific Rail- Councils of dorsed a call for have elected committees to carry on the work of co-operating with other American interests re rapidly assuming control of Can- The dangers ‘of American rep atte Bat weton eater the Amalgamated, $15; Painters’ Lo-|"anizations. A call wail be issued paper, and refined petroleum indus.|C@) $25, and Slate and Tile Roofers, in the near future for a state conven- farm. If you want to know tries. $25. An pot is hear aaa phe tion, it is seoests. ™ bra — “R U R a5 the case before a é e Amalgamated Slothin; Vork- jee ate wenden: the city of Cleveland before the trial ape Givaland haw tndceanee ae a a B is preparing, if you want to |} American investments are now placed | ‘¢*Y: lution similar to the ones passed by propose to do to meet this at well over one billion dollars. Brit- Build Jail for Themselves. the two central bodies | The movement for a class farmer-| challenge flung at the working class by the bosses and their government, then read and consider carefully the whole series of articles written especially for the DAILY WORK- ER by Jay Lovestone, Director of the Research Department of the Workers Party of America. ish investments in similar enterprises are only 350 million dollars, In Can- adian public utilities forest, and min-} ing industries American investments I are estimated as considerably in ex-| cess of British investments. voted to indorse a proposition to build a new jail and county building after Chamber of Commerce, who, strange as it may seem, came to plead with da and Hungary, Sixty-five per cent of the foreign commerce of the Philip- Pines is done with this country. Close to $300,000,000 of American capital is now invested in these islands which are-teeming with natural resources and are only three days away from China, the richest and cheapest labor mine in the world. They are the gate- way of American capital to the prize market of the Far Hast where 800,- 000,000 people live. Then followed the complete domin- ation by the United States of the successful engineering of the revolt of Panama against the Republic of Colombia, Having secured “general supervision” of the new government and unrestricted control of the Canal Zone, the American capitalists pro- ceeded to establish their hegemony over Nicaragua and mastery ofthe alternative canal route. Scarcely had the ink dried on Wilson’s democratic notes when American troops dissolv- ed the Haitian parliament. Today the United States is the political master of over 150,000 square miles and al- most 10,000,000 people in Central America and the Caribbean, which has become an American lake. In the Pacific, the United States has an is- land of an area of more than 125,000 square miles and a population of close Sixty-one per cent of the capital in- vested in the motor car industry was found to be American in 1919. More than 40 per cent of the electrical ap- paratus, meat packing, rubber, paint, varnish, brass, copper, condensed milk, and refined petroleum are Unit- ed States owned. In 1920 approxi- mately $250,000,000 of the United States money was invested in the Canadian pulp and ‘paper industry. This was about 80 per cent of the total capital invested in that indus- try. Approximately one-eighth of the total American trade with the world is with Canada,—$979,079,003.00. (To Be Continued Wednesday) to 13,000,000. Peaceful Penetration. Our imperialists are also engaged in the peaceful penetration of other countries. In recent years particu- lar attention has been paid by our capitalists to Canada, Mexico, Cen- tral and South America. Because of of the collapse of the European mar- ket American investors and mer- chants have been making especially strong efforts to develop these mar- kets. In the Latin American coun- PROFITEERING WAR CONTRACTS FOR NEXT STRUGGLE UNDER WAY; SHELVE CONSCRIPTION OF LABOR (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 21.—Direct conscription of labor at the time of next war “or national emergency” is reluctantly but surely being abandoned by the strategists of the army general staff, and economic mobilization with a guaranty of fat profits and immediate contract orders, is being substituted. “Patriotic” CASH BONUS PLAN DOOMED; VETS T0 GET INSURANCE Cal’s Tombstone Silence Is Discouraging THIRSTY SOULS BEG CONGRESS FOR ‘2.75° BEER A. F. of L. In Wet Group Before Committee WASHINGTON, April 21.—The si- organized labor for the support of this} measure in the city election. imous in the support of building a new jail, as it would give more work to them, but warned the Chamber of Commerce representative that if there was going to be any attempt made to erect the building under the so-called Jopen shop the Building Trades Coun- The federation at the same time listening to a representative from the| > th st The building tradesmen were unan- [) a cil would be ready to “fight you to the limit, as we are always fighting your Chamber of Commerce and do not trust you.” For Workers Only. Several embarrassing questions | were asked this worthy representative of the,capitalist class, as for instance whether only members of the work: ing class would fill the jail, with all of the rich idlers who ought to be in} jail going free. He was told by an- other delegate that the economic so- ciety which he was helping to defend was the cause of all the social evils and therefore also the jails. The opposition was led by a d@legate | - from the printers’ union, who accused the Chamber of Commerce of trying to break up the unions, and informed | the delegates that these Chamber of! Commerce men have all their printing | labor party, however, is growing by | leaps and bounds. smelled the trap independent non-political action. workers fear that an attempt will be made to give over the conference to the C. P. P. national heads have indorsed McAdoo and Coolidge for presidential dates for the two respective parties. The rank and file| GSPS. HALL 1 126 W. 18TH STREET A. and indorse McAdoo r some other oily or near-oily canat-| ADR 23 8:4 i) P M i i 5 ' e 3 f the unions are sick and tired of | he old policy and some of them have e call, which tates only that labor shall go into} The late, as the electrical workers’ inter- | candi- | TTT TTT —————— TTT TTT TTLILLI LLL LLL nL LLnL LL A Tale Of Two Republics RUSSIA AND GERMANY Coming To Orchestra Hall, May 14, 1924--at 7 & 9 p.m —ONE NIGHT ONLY— Under the auspices of The Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany Room 303, 166 W. Washington Street PROCEEDS FOR GERMAN RELIEF. These pictures were taken in Germany and in Russia. Saieae | Se eeinal SETI LLL LLCO ELEC LLL CC LLL CCL CCC coc eC ccLL VsMASS MEETING---EASTER WEEK CELEBRATION at ewer MEMORIAL HALL, Ogden Ave. and Taylor Street labor leaders are to deliver. the martial law will do the rest. The Féderated Press ‘is in- formed that 50 officers Have been working full time, and 300 officers part time, during the past year, on plans for the next war mobilization. It is informed that the draft of the detailed contract which is to be signed and delivered to some 6,000 manufacturers in all parts of the country, to be made effective upon the declaration of war, will be completed within a few weeks. Guarantee Profiteering. This war supplies contract, far from conscripting the materials and money available in the United States, as has been promised by the military propa- gandists ever since the world war, will be a definite assurance to the manu- facturer that he can operate at a profit and can operate immediately— when war comes. If the business in- terests of the country line up for a war, and stamp out pacifism at the critical moment, the manufacturers will make their own killing. Promise is made that the profits will rise: wth 'the efficiency of the man- ufacturer, Costplus contracts will be abandoned, and premium will be laid upon cheapness of production, and upon speed. No guaranty of short hours and high wages is mentioned. Labor must look after its own inter- ests. Legion's Bill Modified. This scheme of insuring a greed-in- spired clamor for war thruout the country is to be offered as a modifi- cation of the American Legion’s con- scription bill, which was written in the War Department and was intro- duced in Congress by Senator Capper of Kansas and Representative John- son of South Dakota. The bill (H. R. 4841) provides that “in the event of a national emergency declared by Con- gress to exist which in the judgment lent demands the immedi- B of the military establish- ment, the President be and he hereby is authorized to draft into the service of the United States such members of the unorganized militia as he may deem necessary; Provided, that all workers to the war crowd, and ee Se Persons drafted into service between the ages of 21 and 30, or such other limits as the President may fix, shall be drafted without exemption on ac- count of industrial occupation.” That last phrase covers labor in general, and is the clause which has struck a snag. War Contracts in Advance. Army men say the war machinery could be organized after the declara- tion of war, and pressure could be brought upon any group of labor or of employers that failed to fall in line. But in the meantime contracts now prepared will have been locked in the office safes of thousands of big manu- facturers, and their alluring terms will be known to the directors of tens of thousands of banks, and other thou- sans of newspaper publishers, polit- ical bosses and other molders of pub- lic opinion. And in the event of Con- gress failing to pass this Capper- Johnson bill or any other conscription measure, the powder trains for set- ting off a war will still have been laid. Hoover for Dictatorship. Herbert Hoover, testifying before the House military affairs committee, has shown that he is not satisfied with anything less than full conscrip- tion. He would put “war industries” under an individual administrator, and would make the President dicta- tor in time of war. He would em- power the President to “fix prices, wages, transportation charges... . and to suspend habeas corpus and No sed to do it. lence of President Coolidge has killed the cash soldier bonus—even tho a big majority in the Senate favors it. Just a word from him could revive it, but his closest friends gave assur- ances today he would not speak that word, As a result war veterans probably will get a 20-year endowment insur- ance policy, valued up to. $500, de- pending upon the length of service. Expect Passage Today. The bill embodying this plan will probably be passed by the Senate late today or tomorrow. It will be written in almost the same form as_ that adopted by the House. If President Coolidge chooses to veto it, as expected, bonus adherents say they will shoot it thru over his objections before Congress ad- journs. Admittedly they have the Democrats have tacitly decided to drop their cash option plan, which would have enabled soldiers to choose between an insurance policy or cash. It is now before the Senate, but it will not be pressed unless unforeseen de- velopments occur. Cal Silent as Tombstone, The continued silence of the chief executive in the face of insistent pleas from the Democrats during the last three days has convinced them that Mr. Coolidge would veto the cash option bill even if it passed. There are not enough proponents of the cash plan to control a two- thirds vote necessary to pass it over his veto, As soon as the bonus is out of the have generally complete and absolute authority in all ramifications over the whole civilian life, with the provision that he may delegate the authority thru various agencii Would Abolish Jury Trials. “I would favor trial by court-martial for violations of any of the decrees made by the-President or his agencies in pursuance of such powers vested in the President or delegated by him. The law would naturally assume that every person is recruited into the rvice of the government, and court- martii would necessarily be the means of enforcing it.” UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS way the Senate will take up the tax bill. The Army and Navy Depart- ment appropriations bill may be sand- wiched in between, but leaders ex- pect the tax bill to become the unfin- ished business before the end of the week. Clara Kimball Young Better, FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 21.— Tho still in a serious condition, Clara Kimball Young, film and legitimate stage actress, was reported rallying satisfactorily today from the effects of an operation for! removal of an abdominal tumor. and anti-beer groups battled today * # before the house juditiary committee in support of their views. of which would permit the manufac- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1924, 8 P. M. Principal Speakers: WM. F.-DUNNE and. T. J. O'FLAHERTY, Co-Editors of “Irish People” Hear the Truth About the Irish Question EVERYBODY WELCOME. ADMISSION FREE. (Soecial to The Daily Worker WASHINGTON, April 21.— Beer | ‘Re at @ scab shop. The delegates seemed to be very disinterested when speakers. were only arguing on the basis of taxes, but were much more enthused when the Chamber. of Com- merce was assailed as an enemy of labor. Se PVUcnrvtcnccescatsncteaaccccctneccacictccecnectrctnccca acannon THE DICTATORSHIP OF HUNGER IN GERMANY forces German working mothers to away their children. A want ad in a man paper reads: “Will give away baby immediately after its birth. Necessary clothing available. Offers to be made by Jetter. Address L. Z. 2172, Agency of Sulz.” Another reads: “Will give away forever little daughter aged nine months. No compensation expected. Offers to be sent to B. H. 1390, Agency of Lindenthal.” Fifty-nine identical beer bills, a ture and @le of a pre-Volsted bever- age, were taken up by the commit tee, while advocates of modification of the Volstead act urged adoption of one of them and drys condemned them all. The house wet bloc, headed by Rep- resentatives Hill, Maryland, and Dyer, Missouri, brought the bills to the committee's attention today at a pub- lic hearing. Both Dyer and Hill were scheduled to deliver speeches in be- half of favorable committee action. A. F. of L. Will Be Heard. Representatives of the Joint Legis- lative Committee, American Federa- tion of Labor, the association against the eighteenth amendment, the Con- stitutional Liberty Lengue of Massa- chusetts, and the Moderation League, incorporated, will then be heard. Julian Codman, Boston, a spokes- man for the fourth organization, will tell the committee that the modifica- tion groups represent a voting strength of five million and that these, people regard the Volstead law as a failure. Representatives of the American Federation of Labor will follow Cod- man, Wayne B. Wheeler, leader of the anti-saloon league forces, will tell the committee that the proposed beer modification of the law is only the first wedge which foes of prohibition hope to drive into the law. “2.75” Beer Is Wet Goal. The proposed beer bill would amend the Volstead act by defining intoxicating alcohol content to be 2.75 per cent. This 2.75 per cent, once the butt of all ridicule, has now become one of the longed-for goals of those who yearn for beer, however, weak, M ad auoannnnnaannenenaauaaeae ive forces German workers to labor long hours ier- for small pay. A _ skilful machinist must work for the same amount of nourishment 2 hours in the United States 7Y2 hours in Germany. This enables German Big Business to pro- duce cheaply. To meet German low prices in the world market, Big Business in other countries must sacrifice profits or reduce the scale of wages to the German level. IUTHAASOOSUEERUAOLALEEEUAEOOU a GetGnaG aE How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. G them to subscribe tod: A Defeated Working Class of Germany Is A Menace to the Working Class of America Three American Soup Kitchens supported by the Committee for International Workers’ Aid: Committee for International Workers’ Aid, 32 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 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