The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 11, 1924, Page 6

\ a Friday, July 11, 1924 ' Page Six i scxsnea! : ———_auaeeeeee=eE=S_e_sS___s_O_VOO_V_3O_ _ THE DAILY WORKER Presidential Candidates VHE DAILY WORKER i - Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $6.00 per year $3.50....6 months $8.00 per year .6 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB... Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertiging rates <> 250 Davis and Bryan At last the democratic circus at New York has ended. Those who looked forward of Woodrow Wilson becoming progressive have been keenly disappointed. From down, every step taken by the conv resolution adopted, every word uttered, every man- ouver engaged in, every blow struck has been in the interest of capitalist reaction. The apogee of reaction is of course reached in When John W. Davis was put over by the Brennan-Taggart- the choice of standard bearers. Hague-Guffey alliance after the 100th ballot it was obvious that big capital has se- cured unquestioned and unquestion tion in the democratic party. industrial area. John W. Davis is a sturdy, tried and true steed bred and trained in the filthiest stables of the big- Davis is entitled to wear the badge of capitalist reaction even more than Davis is a professional expert in the est business interests. Coolidge. service of Wall Street. He is not on serve the ruling capitalist clique, but he is an Davis is not only the legal brains of the House of Morgan, but he is the international mainspring of the House of adept at delivering. the goods. Rockefeller. Enjoying the backdoor the leading industrial and financial country, Davis is the best possible man the demo- erats could have chosen to win the ne: cial support for waging the coming The choice of Charles Bryan of Ne pion of sundry coal schemes and = stam progressive measures, as a running mate for Davis, is a useless attempt to appeal to the rural masses of the West and Northwest. third rate non-entity in national poli not. prove a source of strength to the democrats. Bryan cannot serve effectively as a fig leaf for the ugly hand of big capital now democratic party. $2.00....3 months By mail (in Chicago only): 50... $2.60....3 montus Chicago, IIlinols oe wo Business Manager The petty bour- geois interests, the agrarian interests, the cotton interests of the South and the rising capitalist interests of the West have all been crushed by the “non-partisan” Wall Street group of the Eastern Well, well, well! So that Was what it was all about! The one-hundred-and-three ballots were for the purposé of putting the attorney of J. P. Morgan & Co, on the democratic ticket, to balance the presence of Charles G. Dawes, member of the Morgan system, on the republican. Wall Street wants to take no chances this year, so it would seem, of having a one-hundred-percenter. One little, teeney-weeney concession to the Protestant, Ku Klux middle classes of the middle west, is given in the naming of Brother Bryan as running mate to Davis. __ Without question the decision in New York makes the candidacy of LaFollette, more over- whelmingly than ever the candidacy of the middle class, pf the small bankers, merchants, profes- sional. men, and rich farmers. What there may have been of a labor tinge given to LaFollette by the C. P. P. A. gathering at Cleveland, is over- whelmed in the flood of aspiring young lawyers that will sweep into the LaFollette train and will file for office as “independents” under the LaFol- lette banner. It seems a shame that those poor ladies and gentlemen who had the ceremonial duty of ratify- ing the choice of Davis should have been held in New York for so long in the hot July weather. But that is the way things are done in the U. 8. A., and things are done in the very best possible way in the best of all possible lands—etc., etc., etc. What Ails Justice? Attorney General Harlan F. Stone bas just told the American Bar Association that the standards of justice were slipping fast in the United States. Mr. Stone attributes the “decline of justice” in the last generation to the fact that men of insuffi- cient education and moral responsibility have been entering the law jwofession. He also proposes Editors on application. to the party the platform ention, every by the bosses or the 108rd able domina- of politics. We have no quarrel with the attorney general as to his low estimate of American justice. In so far as the working class is concerned there is no such animal like justice. The American courts have for many years been the stables of the sturdy Asset steeds of capitalism. Our aristocarcy of the robe ly inclined to ruling agents of the dominant classes of the past. President Benjamin Harrison has once declared that “The principal function of the law is to keep ; Anvthreis 22 ecnldncon of the poor in subjection. group in the ion cassary finan- campaign. braska, cham- a handful of Bryan is a tok Tb tas. by Reginald Heber Smith. clutching the that the office of public prosecutor be taken out: has become an aristocracy rivalling in tyranny the This has been the his- tory of justice for the workers in capitalist Amer- First of all, the whole system of justice and legal satisfaction is entirely too expensive for the great mass of workers and poor farmers and is beyond their reach. One need not but examine the find- ings of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- ment of Teaching on this phase of the law pub- lished under the caption of “Justice and the Poor,” Then it would be the nethermost point of fool- hardiness to expect the judges who stick their legs under the tables of the financial magnates eyery night to render a fair deal to the workers in the morning. The report submitted by the Lockwood Even William Randolph Hearst, millionaire publisher is disappointed at the action of Senator Robert Mar- ion LaFollette in deciding on a “per- sonally conducted” campaign of pro- ft Winger - marks a stage of incipient capitalist and is now the handmaiden of Big Business. A new middle class party is wanted. Instead of organizing this party, La Follette, backed by the labor fakers, AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY CLEVELAND hacd a By T. J. O'FLAHERTY disintegration. It is to be expected that various saviours and nostrum mongers will appear to offer their medicine to the “people” but only a surgical operation on society will cure “We cannot even keep our reac tionary democrats from voting for Coolidge and Dawes,” declared Wil- Mam Jennings Bryan in an interview shortly before the democratic conven- tion nominated—John W. Davis of the House of Morgan by acclamation. Bryan, it is presumed, joined in mak- ing ‘the nomination unanimous. “The nomination of a reactionary,” con- tinued Bryan, would not be for the purpose of electing a democrat, but to insure the election of Coolidge and Dawes. Davis is the reactionary, and if Wall Street has the motive attrib- uted to it by Bryan, it has achieved its aim, eee ‘The present convention {s looked upon by many as marking the real be- ginning of the disintegration of the democratic party. The extreme right of that party and its republican com- petitor no longer has any fundamental basis of disagreement. The tariff issue is hardly mentioned these days. Only the advantages of office have kept the donkey crowd in the field against the elephant followers for some time, A new alignment of political forces is evidently taking place. Insurgent re- publicans line up with disgruntled de- mocrats. On all important issues fa- vored by Big Business extreme right democrats and republicans hang to- gether. Bryan states quite clearly that Wall Street owns both parties. Bryan pretends to believe that if Wall Street cou’d be eliminated the democratig Party could be purified. But it is just as easy to say that the elimination of capitalism would give the donkey a clean bill of health. Wall Street and capitalism are synonomous. . * . LaFollette is leading the small capt- talists, and other bourgeois element including the labor bankers, in a foray against Wall Street. Wall Street cares as much for the LaFollette out- fit as a dog does for a particularly ac- tive flea. But the flea does not kill the dog, tho it causes him temporary dis- comfort. The dog eventually kills the flea. At least he outlives him, The La Follette flea-biting campaign may be the nuclei of a party of opposition to the republican party, taking the place of the donkey party which promises to become a historical memory, tho it must not be assumed that it will just wag its ears and die right away. The democrats who see in the nomination of Davis, a crossing of the donkey with the elephant may rally to the political scanvenger LaFollette, but working class will find no salvation from the broom of '76. What they want is a party that will not aim at sweeping the dirt of capitalism but will sweep capitalism itself off th map. one The DAILY WORKER predicted that Davis was the most likely dark horse at the Madison Square conven- tion. He was the favorite Big Busi- ‘rnin attain * * * sr, and the socialist leaders, simply put ness, in the person of George Brennan, Housing Committee in New York affords over-| ost against the two old capitalist | nimselt as an individual saviour, | the patient. i roe ° *. : a himself up was pulling the wires for Davis secret- C harity whelming evidence of the harshness of the treat-| parties, instead of organizing a party The republican party is the party}, Led by the Communists, the indus-|iy while openly fighting for Al Smith, : ._|ment accorded to the poor and the gentle manner |“which will represent the will of the | 5» the big capitalists. The latter have | ‘Ti!’ Workers and exploited farmers |ihe pig job Wall Street had to do was The capitalists and their apologists never tire|in which the rich are handled by the courts. An| People and the welfare of the coun- completely debauched the democrat-|™USt organize into a class party with|t> xin off McAdoo. Smith was the of extolling the blessings of charity are told that one of the advantages of the capital- ist system is that it provides a few with the oppor- tunity to favor the poor with their benevolence. . In fact we synonymous. examination of the recent decisions, from the Supreme Court down, affecting labor disputes re- veals the fact that justice and strikebreaking are But what does Mr. Stone, the “liberal” attorney try.” The publisher says that the repub- lican party is run by Wall Street and that the democratic party smells of the saloon. He might have added ic party, leaving the small capitalists sucking their thumbs. The million- aire Hearst who is considered a “scab” by Big Business wants a new “clean popular party” which will the object of overthrowing the capi- talist system and establishing a gov- ernment of the class that produces all the wealth, the working class. The LaFollette movement may take the place once occupied by the democrat- handy man to do this with. His back- ers never expected he would be nom- inated but he represented the liquor interests and the Catholic religion, if not the Catholic church. The injection of the Ku Klux Klan issue into the sa 98 and “the tar and feathers of the Ku | serve the “people” until it too, is se- . These capitalist saleamen never tell us that but| -neral propose? He wants men mote representa-| lux Kia.” ducted by the ruling capitalists. Then |e aha bie caphonete Tt my arty |conventign inoculated the antl-MeAdoo for the benevolent activities of the capitalist class tive of the rich, even more responsive to the needs another clean shirt for the petite : alliance With the virus of religion there would be no poor to expend their beneyolence on. Charitable institutions are continually trying to alleviate the sufferings of those tims of the inequitable distribution der the capitalist system. Sometimes these char- itable institutions are everything b At best instead of trying to remove the cause of poverty and its attendant misery, make it endurable. Employers who pay their slaves starvation wages like to win renown for gener ing an occasional donation to some charity. In return for a contribution they receive valuable While they rob their own employes they pose before the public as good capitalists. The capitalist papers, as part of tlieir continual drive for increased circulation run charitable drives. They appeal to the business elements. The publicity. Chicago Tribune is now running a ice for the poor. It appealed to houses and they gave the plea a cold shoulder. It complains feebly about their laxity. not say that the capitalists are responsible for the condition that makes charity necessary. It does not tell the workers they must own and control the means of wealth production be eliminate poverty which the charity feed on. The» DAILY WORKER does not run charity drives. It tells the workers, the only class, strange to say, that is even in need of charity, to get'the robber capitalists off its back. Instead of appeal- ing to employers to subscribe to charity funds, The DAILY WORKER advises the workers to organize and compel their employers to pay more wages. Instead of organizing camps for the poor, The DAILY WORKER urges the workers to fight for who fall vic- of wealth un- offices appointive. ut charitable. they seek to}it function more effectively against the workers. What’s Happening to Banks ‘osity by mak- little fellows or absorbing them into the big sys tems, while the large banks are growing to gigan- tie proportions, — drive for free the business But it does| gan. fore they can organizations fide in the sense that they earn interest. and demands of the capitalist class, to fill the law profession. He would further centralize the legal system and remove even further from the masses the various departments of justice by making such Justice is now hollow abstrac- tion. “It is an expression and an outgrowth of class relationships. True to his class, the new attorney general would “save” American justice by making It is quite interesting to take note of what is happening to the banks, These institutions of fin- ance are going thru a process of eliminating the Announcement yesterday of the closing down i of two banks at Cheyenne, Wyoming, gets lost among the lists of thousands of banks that have closed their doors since the agricultural .crisis be- At the same time reports are available for the great New York banks. Led by the National City Bank, with total assets of 1,027,055,890, followed by six other banks averaging more than a half-bil- lion each, the list forces us to the conclusion that the good old U. 8. A. is owned or mortgaged by Wall Street right up to the last cent in the dollar. We have enough faith in the operation of our bank- ing laws to believe that the assets listed are bona So we see the little banks going to the wall, while the big ones swell up to unheard of size. No one but the owners will regret the passing of the little banks, for they were among the most merci- less usurers, but their elimination from the scene William Randolph Hearst, tho a millionaire, fits nicely into the com- bination that looks on LaFollette as its political Moses. It is essentially a petty bourgeoisie conglomeration that finds common cause in a gener- al hatred of Wall Street and the Big Capitalists so well represented in the republican party, but is not opposed to the capitalist system itself. The democratic party is no longer essen- tially different from the republican party. It, too, has swung from its historical petty bourgeoisie moorings If you want to see “| BUSINESS AS USUAL Today in Moscow ‘Lake a look at our street! 7 * That fine corner building Is the Arbat branch Of the Moscow City Bank, Municipally owned, Where workers put their savings Or pay their RENT bills To the city. On the other corner Those beautiful fabrics In the plate-glass windows Are Chain Store Number 20 Of All Russian Textiles Under the Supreme Council Of Government Industries, Next door Where the SOAPS and salves And surgical instruments 4 Shine behind polished glass Is GOSMEDTORG (State Medical Trade) Of the Health Department. And that greasy-looking place Where working men's wives Come out with KEROSENE bourgeoisie. Hearst is willing to be one of the laundrymen thru his news- papers. LaFollette wants to have a monopoly on the laundry business, The class conscious workers watch this washing of dirty linen with keen interest, but much tho they may re- gret the dilemma in which the small capitalists and their allies find them- selves in, they know that only the workers can solve the problems that confront society today. The growing political chaos in the United States BUSINESS AS USUAL — Across the street “ Is the Gosmoloko (City Milk Company) Which has hundreds Of clean little shops All over the city, And the Co-operative Food Store And the Tea and Coffee House Of the Central Tea Management And Crimean wines _ Of the Government Wine Trust And a neat little restaurant Run by the GOSPIET A newly formed company Whose shares are owned By the Health Department And the State Supply Department And the Restaurant Workers’ Union. Now here Are little workshops “ARTEL 59” Of Moscow Boot Workers, And “Artel 156” Of Moscow Clothing Workers, And a store of electrical goods Run by an “artel” Of electrical workers. Where you deal directly With trade unionists become the party of labor. The socialists who swallowed La Follette and/his reactionary program are not even as far advanced as William Randolph Hearst. The lat- ter at least is not willing to follow one man, unless perhaps, that man be himself. The niajority of the social- ist party is today in the right wing of the LaFollette revivalist campaign while three Williams, namely, Will- iam Randolph Hearst, William Henry and William R. Snow occupy the left wing. By ANISE But you didn’t notice them They are so shabby. They pay such high RENTS To'the CITY . That most of them are trying To sell out : To some State Trust Or to reorganize As a WORKERS’ artel But the State Trusts Only take the best ones, And the Workers’ Artels Only accept the hesses Whom they can really trust To become WORKERS! AMBASSADOR TO HELP PUT DAWES CHAINS ON WORKERS OF GERMANY? WASHINGTON, July 10.—Amer- ican Ambassador to Germany Houghton has engaged passage on the North German Lloyd ste: Columbus, sailing from New Thursday for Europe. Houghton \e e ° e fanaticism. Or to be exact, the anti- Ku Klux leaders were afraid to go back to their constituents without be- ing in ‘a position to say that they fought the Klan to the last. Not that the political leaders have any religidus scruples, but they have political sense. + ee Bryan killed himself politically when he defended the Klan resolution. After that his thunders against Davis did not mean so much. After the nom- ination Bryan said, “I will support the ticket,” which proves how slightly the smell of Wall Street on Davis of- fended the Commoner’s nostrils. The nomination of Davis was a clever piece of work and Wall Street de serves credit for the job. et William. Hard, hardboiled ~ corre spondent, manages to hit the truth once in a while. He ‘has cleverly shown in a series of articles that Le Follette is not a progressive but a re actionary. LaFollette wants to returr to the days of small capitalism anc competition, He is not in favor o government ownership of large indus try. He just wants to scramfle th: egg and watch the fun trying to pu it together again. His egg is a bi stale and does not smell good. aE ee, YY Premier MacDonald of England an: Herriot, of France are co-operating i the effort to put across the Dawes re} arations plan, This plan would bin the German workers to the chariot ¢ the international bankers. The Ge man workers would be obliged to pa the damages levied against the Ge man ruling class for their failure t win the world war, This is one of tt Greatest crimes ever committe against any working class, yet w marks the complete triumph of large finance capi- tal. This in turn, combined with the other fac- tors in the international situation, promises us another war in which to get killed, in order that these great accumulations may find profitable in- vestmeny abroad. shorter howrs and better working conditions so that they can have more time outside the factory to enjoy the fresh air with their families. The workers do not want charity. They want justice. They want the product of their labor. When they got that there will-be no place for-chavity. had intended to remain longer in this country. His hurried return to Europe may have some connection with the forthcoming conference of Is Moscow Station 26 . Of the Government O11 Syndicate. Those gay wallpapers With little colored dogs Designed for a nursery Are a shop of Mospoligraph The municipal Wall Paper! find the so-called radicals and socia ists taking the lead in trying to pi it into working order so that Morga and company can put their money 1 Oh, yes allied premiers at London at which |work. In Germany the most ard@ There were half a dozen stores execution of the Dawes report will |supporter of the plan is the sociali Of regular private ™ | be discussed, i party. ; Co-operatively organizedy Sharing work and profits. Bie) e ed 2 \ : ~\ { ,