The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 5

Thursday, July 10, 1924 HARVESTER LORD SWAYS PUBLIC IN OPEN SHOP PRESS Morgan-Lamont Control Many Scab Magazines The Crowell Publishing company, which publishes the American Maga- tine, Colliers Weekly, the Woman’s Home Companion, Farm and Fire- ide, and Mentor, and of which Thomas W. Lamont is a director, has teen placed on the “unfair list” by wganized labor. Thomas W, Lamont is director of any scab concerns, He is the part- ter in the firm of J. P. Morgan and fompany, and he represents Morgan \s a director of the International Har- festor company. The revelation that \amont, the Morgan partner and tember of the Harvester Trust, is so a director of large publishing toncerns, bears out the accusations bade on the witness stand before con- tressional. committees that the In- ‘ernational Harvester influences the ress to print only matter favorable the Morgan-International Harves- fr combination. The Allied Printing Trades declare: fo,gmembers of Organized Labor: reeting:— On October 1, 1923, the CROWELL JBLISHING COMPANY, Springfield, io, without any official notice what- ver, placed strike-breakers on jobs of fon men in the composing room of eir plant. All efforts at conciliation ve failed; and the company will not Fhitrate the differences, The only way to win the fight is to ake inroads on the circulation of the blications of the CROWELL COM_ NY. We are already doing this, but | Pere are still a great many union’ men | f union men’s wives taking or buying | Rese magazines, | We urge you to stop your subscription | fd stop buying the | COLLIER'S WEEKLY, | THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE, | WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION, yer AND FIRESIDE, JENTOR, Fraternally yours, | ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL OF ST. PAUL, C. 0. MERRIL, Secretary. Don’t spend your union earned money ® support the open shop. i W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren | 42 W.H 69 N. Clark | 118 Ss. c 86-Ws-Washington | 167 N, State 234 S. Halsted bas NES, HARRISON 8616-7 Pecialti &. W. Ri Fine leck Boston Baked and Brown Bread ups and Fresh Made Coffee Commissary and Bakery: $12 Fulton St. Phone West 2549 PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Serviee for 20 Y §,SMITHEIELD oo Near Tth Ave. Cor. Arthur St. CENTER A’ one Spaulding ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. Painters and Decorators PAINTERS’ P| Estimates on New ‘and Old We ILWAUKED 5 . HATHAWAY SEES MINNESOTA WORKERS AND FARMERS FAR TO THE LEFT OF LA FOLLETTE Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, LaFollette partisan, end ex-dentist, announced in yesterday’s papers that the present system of government was allright. It needed different manage- ment, that’s all. Clarence Hathaway, secretary of the National Farmer-Labor Party, another and younger Minnesotan, closer to the rank and es file, says Shipstead is not speak- ing for the workers and farmers of his state. Hathaway gave his views to the DAILY WORKER as he was pass- ing thru Chicago yesterday on his re- turn from Cleveland where he ob- served the LaFollette convention. Shipstead Back Number. “Men like Shipstead no longer rep- resent the Farmer-Labor Party of, Minnesota which put them into of. fice," he sald. “The movement has gone so far to the left in the last two years that the disgruntled re- publicans and professional men who once controlled it are left out of sight. Today the state executive com- mittee is composed entirely of work- ers. Of these workers three are ac- tual Communists and others belong to the left wing. Shipstead is due for certain defeat in his next senator- ial primary because he is fighting the demands of the farmers and workers. Radical Minnesota Program. As illustration of the left wing at- titude of the Minnesota movement, Hathaway referred to the state con- vention at St. Cloud, which not only endorsed the St. Paul conference but declared for government ownership og ALL industries, not merely public utilities. In comparison the LaFol- Jette platform pales into near white- ne ‘LaFollette has a large personal following in Minnesota as a man who is believed to represent a spirit of revolt,” said Hathaway, “but the workers and farmers are demanding a program which he cannot give and is actually oppossed to. Workers Control! Party. Hathaway traced the evolution of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from an insurgent movement, that was revolting against republican ma- chine control into a movement that became steadily more class in char- acter. Gradually the old party poli- ticians were sloughed off. more and more and the industrial workers be- gan to take more and more share in the control of the movement. Today, said Hathaway, a large proportion of the party’s leadership is from the in- dustrial centers and at conventions there is an effective teaming of the representatives of the industrial work- ers with the men from the im- poverished wheat lands of the north- western part of the state. A pro- fessional man like Shipstead, opposed to a working class movement, finds himself isolated, and hostile towards the Party which put him into office. Hathaway flayed the flabby attitude which this reactionary wing of the party has taken towards the lumber, OUR DAILY PATTERNS ‘ A NEW SPORTS SUIT. mat ¥7. This up-to-date model com- 8 @ sleeveless jacket and a bodice » Covert cloth, flannel, alpaca linen are desirable materials for style. @ pattern is cut in six sizes: 34, 8, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust me A 38-inch size requires 4% yards O-inch material. To make the s@ portion of the skirt of contrast- naterial requir % yards. 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Washington Bivd., Ch ye maned by a New York the, turers, re LY" WorKER ived, an ufacti direct et liad will Bot Delivery Roa ten ain = steel and banking interests of the state and laughed at Shipstead’s naive statement that the farmers were well off. Ready For Radical Program. Speaking of near left wingers in the movement who say that a clear cut radical political program will not be supported by the rank and file, Hathaway cited the 5,000 vote, which enthal, an avowed Communist re- ceived from the workers on the Mesa- ba Range, a Steel Trust bailwick. Another 2,000 votes was polled by a trade unionist who is considerably towards the left. The left wing tendencies in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minne- apolis were again evidenced by re- cent machinists’ elections, he saft. All the officials chosen by local I. A. of M. members are anti-Johnsonites. Unions Hard Hit. Trade unionism has been hard hit in Minnesota by reactionary interna- tional officials and by the industrial depression. Railroad shopmen have been laid off wholesale by the Mil- waukee, Sou, Great Northern and other companies. Unionists who have dropped their cards in discourage- ment say they won't return unless an amalgamation program is put into effect in the railroad unions. Like- wise miners on the iron range refuse to join any union that lacks an aggres- sive industrial program such as the left wing is fighting for. KOREANS GHAFE UNDER JAPAN'S MILITARY RULE Look Kindly to North, Siberian Neighbors (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) SEOUL, Korea, July 9.—The Japa- nese military authorities which gov- ern Korea, are becoming more and more alarmed at the growth of radi- cal ideas among the populace. The Japanese have just banned 171 labor and religious societies, claiming that these were really “red” organizations teaching “sedition” to the capitalist- imperialist government which certain ee" Japanese leaders have forced on the Koreans. Increased military rorces have been ordered to the peninsula and espe- cially placed along the northern bor- der where Korea touches Siberia. The native Koreans have always greatly resented the Japanese intru- sion upon their fittle country, but have not had the power to shake off the strong grip of the Japanese im- perialists. Unrest among the people is increasing as the Japanese masters force Korean workers to become prac- tleally, their slaves. Russia Encourages Trade With China After New Agreement MOSCOW, July 9.—There are every considerable prospects of an economic co-operation between the Union and China, states Rykov, the president of the council of-people’s commissaries, In particular, a big import of Chinese live stock fias an immense importance for Soviet peasant economy. Direct trade relations must be established with China. Imports of tea, hides and raw materials from China into the So- viet Union must be developed, while the assortment of Russian goods should be adapted in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese mar- ket. A treaty of commerce must be concluded between the two countries on the same principles of equality ag the agreement just signed, and cul- tural mutual relations must likewise be promoted. Room to Rent. Single or double. WINOCUR, 3538 Thomas St. Four blocks from Hum- boldt park. . Established 1899 JOHN B. HESSLER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN & CHILOREN 2720 North Ave. CHICAGO ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 2427 LINCOLN AVENUE CHICAGO THE DAILY WORKER TWINE MILLS GO SOUTH, MEN LOSE JOBS IN CHICAGO Harvester Trust Wants Cheap Dixie Labor The International Harvester com- pany, controlling ninety per cent of the sales of agricultural machinery in addition has an absolute monopoly of the binder twine market of the world. The Harvester Trust not only sells binder twine made in its own many factories, but has a monopoly of the sisal, fibre necessary to make the twine, The Harvester Trust sells not only its own twine, but dickers with state penitentiaries like the Minneso- ta State penitentiary at Stillwater, and sells prison-made binder twine. Three thousand acres of sisal plan- tations are owned by the Harvester Tryst in Cardenas, Cuba, which total 1,750,000 growing sisal plants. The International Harvester company has twine mills in Chicago, Auburn, New Orleans and St, Paul. The Chicago twine mills of the trust, with a capacity of 110,000 tons per annum, are gradually closing down and the machinery is being moved to the new New Orleans factory. The company officials explain that the move is made in order to be nearer to the sisal fibre plantations, and to reduce the cdst of labor. Thousands of Chicago workers will be thrown out of work by this move, and Negroes will be employed to work for one-half the wages they should receive, German Government Takes Livelihood of 400,000 Employes BERLIN, July 9. — Almost 400,000 employes in the German civil service have beqn fired since April 1, when the government began a program of economy. Of these, 232,134 were man- ual workers, 30,217 office employes, and 134,507 petty officials. The larg- est percentage dismissed are of the married women. Of 3,600 only 93 re- main, R The firing of 328,858 employes means that the state has got rid of 25 per cent of its workers. The gov- ernment figures that savings in sal- aries amount to 434,000,000 gold marks or 16.3 per cent of the federal budget (1 mark, 25c). To this must be added the savings in rooms, heat, light, and materials, On To B: CALCUTTA, July 9. — The United States army airplanes which are fly- ing around the world, arrived at Bu: ire, Persia, yesterday, and left after a short stop for Bagdad. Seoond Thursday, July 10, 1924, lame of Local and lace of Meeting. nee” A. O. U. W. Hall, f jand Blyd. 6416 & lalsted St. 1440 Emma St. 7 Aes Chicago, 11087 elton” Carpenters, 113 8. pentare, ae 50. len and zie. 15 mn Ave. ‘al lon, 2110 N. Robey 499 Firemen and Enginemen, Spring- field and ves. 340 Hod Carriers, ison and Green 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van yee St. 3 Marble ishers, 810 W. Harrison 17820 Nurses, 771 Gilpin Ave. Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Adams St. $TL Painters, Dutt's Hall, Chicago % Foger Rulers, 59 FE. Van Buren 8t., 6: . mM. ae 3 Park Bimploy , 810 W. Harrison 74 aor Clerks, 55th and Black- stone. 1269 lway Clerks, 3124 §. Halsted St. 1344 Raliway Giorks) tnrrison ond re Es 877 allay "rainmen, 64th & Univer- sity, 8:15 f, m. L Signalmen, 180 W, Washington 1 Teamsters, 9206 Houston A: ‘Note—Unless otherwose all meetings ate at 8 p. m.) (Note—Uniess otherwise stated all meetings are gt 8 p. m.) SICK & DEATH BENF, SOCIETY MEETING TOWIGHT. German-Hungarian—634 . Willow St, John Freifogel, Sec’y, 3741 Semi- nary Ave. Page Five GREAT GROWTH OF NEWSPAPERS IN SOVIET RUSSIA AS PEASANTS AND | WORKERS LEARN TO READ AND WRITE (Special to The Daily Worker) OSCOW, Russia, July 9.—With the growth of the Zhizn Slepeikh, the Life of the Blind, a newspaper for blind people to read with their own fingers and which was started only at the written largely by blind people, end of April, interest is again aroused in the great increase of newspaper circulation thruout Russia. The total circulation of all newspapers in the Soviet Union is now considerably more than on March 1 of this year. The pre-war level of 2,700,000 has already been passed and there is great likelihood of the 5,000,000 goal for the end of 1924 being reached. Peasants Papers Boom. The peasant newspapers and na- tional (papers in other than the Rus- sian language papers have increased their circulation most. In April 1923 only 51 peasant papers were published and their circulation was 149,000. At the tabulating in March 1924 there were 117 peasant papers and the cir- culation was 376,000, an increase of 153 per cent in circulation over the previous year. The national papers were only 86 in April, 1928, and the circulation 149,000. By April, 1924, the total number of national papers was 108 and the circulation 238,000, an increase of 59 per cent. The number of workers’ papers, published in the large industrial cen- ters chiefly, has remained 48 but their circulation has increased during the year from 462,000 to 655,000. The Red Army papers are now 165 instead of the 16 of a year ago, but the circula- tion has almost doubled: 48,000 in 1923; 71.000 now. The Young Com- munist papers have gained five, 34 in 1923; 39 now; and the circulation has gone up from 15,000 to 34,000. More Trade Union Readers. Trade union papers have decreased in numbers from 24 to 15, but circula- tion has gone up from 188,000 to 310,- 000. Co-operative papers have in- creased from 8 to 14 and eirculation isdoubled: 5,000 in 1923; 10,000 today. Other (mixed) papers have decreased from 298 to 147 end circulation has lost a little: 989,000 a year ago; 826, 000 now, In this latter group there has probably been a change to the other groups of classification, no ac- tual loss of readers. Wall Newspapers Spread. One of the most interesting types of Russian newspapers is the wall newspaper. There are now over 3,000 of these in the Soviet Union, most of them issued twice a month, except in the important industrial centers where they appear weekly. They are almost all written by hand and have as many as fifteen workers on their staffs. Many of these are in the Red Army garrisons, and they are spread- ing thruout the villages. The masses of workers, peasants, and soldiers take particular interest in these wall newspapers, regarding them as some- thing in which they can take a hand. There has been a great increase in the number of peasant correspond- ents, There are 2,500 working now on 65 papers. Worker correspondents have incpeased on their papers to a total of more than 15,000, showing how much interest the masses take in the production of their own news- papers. More National Papers. The number of national newspapers in the various Socialist Republics of thé Bé¥iet Union is increasing in re- lation to the number of Russian pa- pers in these units. In the Ukraine *|has gone up from 18,000 to 27,000, or there are now 22 national papers with a circulation of 65,000, as con- trasted with a year ago, when there were only 12 national papers and the circulation was 40,000, In Ar-) menia the number of papers has in- creased form 8 to 12 and the circula- tion trebled the 6,000 of a year ago. In Georgia there are 10 instead of 7 national papers and their circulation one-third. In Usbek the number of national papers has doubled from 3 to 6 and teh circulation gone up from 6,000 to 18,000. In Kirghiz there are still 8 na- tional papers but the circulation has increased from 8,000 to 11,000. In Tartar there are 18 instead of 16 na- tional papers and the total circulation is 33,000 instead of 17,000, Turco-Tar- tar national papers have doubled from UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS “Your paper hits my a hat.” the 2,520,000 copies registered Pacts CP dor chit heh lina Raabe iti ce chtaPetins 3 to 6 and the circulation gone up from 9,000 to 11,000. Other miscel- laneous national papers have de- creased from 29 to 26 and circula- tion increased from 45,000 to 60,000, or one-fourth. Subscribe by Groups, The widespread interest and in- crease in reading has boosted the newspapers of the Soviet Union and the people enjoy voicing their opinions on paper as well as in their meetings. The papers, particularly the peasant and worker papers, are bought by collective subscription chiefly. Sixty- five of the peasant papers, for in- stance, with a total circulation of 96,- 000 are distributed as follows: Towns Villages By collective subscription ..... 18,000 26,000 By individual subscription ................ 9,000 27,000 Single retail copies...... 4,000 3,000 Free or compulsory distribution ..... sesso 2,000 12,000 The Soviet papers have begun to show some profits from their sales during the last year. The price of pa- pers has gone down 20 to 30 per cent in addition. The Moscow Izvestia last year made over 800,000 gold rubles ($400,000) of profit. During the last half year only 150,000 gold rubles ($75,000) were spent by the govern- ment for newspaper subsidies of pa- pers. Sixty-eight non-Russian national papers received 105,600 gold rubles in subsidies; 41 peasant papers received 35,400 gold rubles; and 9 other papers received a total of 9,000 rubles. Annual Press Holiday The paper for the blind was granted 500 rubles to start its career and the blind people themselves arranged several concerts to raise funds for their press. “Our Life and Our Labor” is the most important section of the paper and deals with schools, teach- ers, pupils, agriculture and of the participation of the blind in social, party and educational work. The his-| tory and work of the All-Russian So- ciety for the Blind, of the Central Col- lege of Music for the Blind founded in 1928, and of the Labor Institute for the Blind. A literature and music section and reports from the provinces round out the paper. The fifth of May is Press Day for Russia and everyone takes a holiday. The newspaper workers and all others join in the celebration of the taking over possession of the great tool—the press—for the organization of the proletarian state. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. Send In that Subscription Today. A Big MASS PICNIC will be held on Charlie Perunko’s Farm Sunday, July 1 Good Music and Refreshments of all Proceeds for the benefit of THE DAILY’ WORKER»vend Federation papers. ADMISSION FREE. We will all be looking for you. UNIONISTS FORM BIG PROPORTION OF AUSTRALIANS Total of 699,743 in Organized Trades By W. FRANCIS AHERN, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) SYDNEY, N. 8, W., July 9. — Ae cording to official figures issued -by the department of federal statistles, there were 699,743 workers in Aus tralia organized in 3838 separate .un- ions at the end of 1923, as agatnat 702,988 workers in 387 unions at the end of 1922, The. percentage of unemployed trade unionists in Australia at the end of March, 1924, averaged 7.6. Un- employment was greatest in Queens- land and New South Wales and least in Tasmania. Assuming that the aver- age of unemployed was general among unionists and non-unionists this would give a total of 95,000 out of work in Australia at the end of March, 1924, There were 274 industrial disputes during 1923 involving 76,321 workers 66,093 directly, and 10,228 indirect- ly. The total working days lost amounted to 1,145,977. There were 1253 ¢ ges of wages in 1923, affécting 990,852 workers, The net increase per week aggregat- ed $520,090, or 72c per worker per week. For 1922 there were 972 chang- es of wages, affecting 628,116 work- ers, the net aggregate increase be- ing $352,810, or 54c per worker per week. Average wages paid weekly at the end of 1923 were males, $22.64; fe males $11.88. The hours per week averaged 47% for males and 46 for females. The wages paid were high- est in Queensland and lowest in South Australia. The nours per week were least in Queensland, and great est in Tasmania, The cost of living remained prac tically stationary during the year, How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. them to subscribe today. Get one of ‘ A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN