The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 2

Page Two NEGRO SLAVES ESCAPED, TELL INHUMAN TALE Fled Well-Known Slave Holder of Georgia (3necial to The Dally Worker: FLINT, Mich., July 18.—Actual Ne- gro slavery, with no hypocritical pre- tense of obeying the amendments, exists in Georgia, accord- ing to the story of the two escaped slaves, Walter and William Walker, who were picked up here nearly dead from hunger and exhaustion. Master’s Father Murderer The master of the two young Ne- groes is one of the Williams brothers, whose father is serving a life term for the murder of 12 negroes. Walter, the elder brother, told the horrible story of the life of slavery which they had led, while the younger boy shuddered and shrieked at one time in fear and would not be quieted when two white boys came into the room. Dollar Bill Meant Nothing The boys had always lived on the slave farm, Walter said. He did not understand where he was when it was explained that he was in Michigan and did not know that a dollar bill wes anything more than a “piece of paper.” The boys fled from the slave planta- tion, which is near Atlanta, and were afraid to try to ride freight trains or ask lifts from auto travelers for fear of being beaten. They had walked all the way here, and had not eaten for ten days. Walter’s story of their terrible life follows: Brutal Whippings “We left Georgia when it was cold. I haven’t any idea what month it was. We were slaves and had only a small piece of corn bread and water thrown at us to eat each day. From sunrise to sunset we worked, and unless we did a certain amount of work the boss would whip us until we bled. Every night I, with 15 or 20 other slaves, was put in little stalls about the size of that for a mule. Sometimes it got awful cold, but no more clothing was allowed us. “All my life I had lived upon this plantation and never have I tasted milk or any sort of meat, although the white people living upon the place ate all they wished. We were not per- mitted to strike the mules which we drove, but whenever we did not do exactly what we were asked a beating followed. Escaped When Door Unlocked “Tt so happened that one night the boss left the barn unlocked until he went inside the house to eat his sup- per. During this time my brother and I escaped. No one else dared follow us because they knew if we were caught the punishment would be an- other beating. “Once my brother had to beat a man to death because he had run away and also we were forced to beat our mother and father until they died just because they had gotten too old to work, The first night after we had left the ranch was spent in running most of the time. We didn’t know where we were going, but just wanted to get away from that place. Many nights we slept in swamps with the water up to our necks in order that no one could find us. Before we got so weak, one or the other of us would outrun rabbits, but after a while we could hardly stand up and then we had to ask people for food.” The brothers are being tempor@rily cared for by Oliver Humitte. MOSCOW, July 18.— The second eonference on Russo-Latvian-Hstonian railway communication was held at Riga on the ist of July. CAPITALISM FORCES MILLIONS TO FIGHT IT; BILLIONS WASTED IN “CRIMINAL” ACTIVITIES IN U. S. At least a million men and women in the United States are constantly at war with the forces of capitalist society, according to a report published by Frederick J. Haskin, well-known writer for a news syndicate. In capitalist society these people are called constitutional | How Wars Happen “criminals.” certain group Of persons interests of those who ha the In every society which is divided into a ruling class and a class ruled, penal law has been princi- pally constituted according to the will of the former.” $10,000,000,000 Wasted. The fact that a considerable portion of the community is waging constant warfare against the existing social or- der, is a damning indictment against the efficacy of that social order. To what extent this warfare has been car-| ried on thruout the year is shown by} the following facts given by Mr.| Haskin: Criminality has cost the ruling classes at least $10,000,000,000 annual- ly or from 14 to 16 per cent of the total annual income. From $3,000,000,- |000 to $4,000,000,000 is spent for the} detection, prosecution, punishment | and prevention of crime. From two to three-fifths of the total loss is due to economic crimes estimated at $4,000,- |000,000, fraudulent speculative enter- |prises running from $2,000,000,000 to |$3,000,000,000; burglary $525,000,000; embezzlement, $125,000,000; forgeries, |$200,000,000; bad debts, $15,000,000; |bankruptcies, $400,000,000; political |graft, $200,000,000. Expensive Unemployment. The fact that a million people are |not usefully employed, means a productive -loss to society of $1,500,- 000,000. The “crinflnality” of woman jseems to grow as she gains greater economic independence. As the strug- |gle for existence becomes more dif- \ficult, crimes against property in- jerease, The largest number of crim- inals come from the poorest classes. If this enormous waste of human energy and productivity is ever to be saved for society, and if this million of so-called “criminals” are to be spared theif present degradation, it will be when the workers of the world jtake over the means of production, eliminate poverty and re-organize so- ciety for use rather than profit. Coal Digger Leaps To Death in Mine As Job Hunt Failed DIVERNON, Ill, July 18.—Suffer- ing caused by unprecedented unem- ployment in the Illinois coal field was horribly expressed at Divernon July 14 when Joe Lipski, a 44-year-old coal- digger threw himself down the 365 feet shaft of the Madison Coal Co.'s mine which has been closed for near‘ ly five months. E¥ery bone was brok- en in the lifeless mass of broken flesh that was picked up at the bettom of the shaft by watchmen who saw the suicide. Lipski’s jump to death was the cli- max to a three months’ unsuccessful search for work in the over-crowded mines and factories of Illinois. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and had resided here for 18 years. Out of 374 shipping mines in the state 165 are closed and those that are working are doing less than 2 days a week. The miners’ district office reports that suffering in Illinois because of unemployment has never before been so great. Send In that Subscription Today. OBERT MINOR, editor of “The Liberator,” is writing an article on “How Wars Happen” for the “Anti-War Special” of the DAILY WORKER, that will be dated Satur- day, July 26th. This article will be an eye-opener. be accompanied by one of Minor’s famous cartoons. It will Just the thing to ciroulate among the workers who have not yet been reached by the emancipating message of Communism. Bundles of this issue should be distributed in every city and hamlet of the land. Bundles should be on han for sale and distribution at all mass meetings and gatherings of workers’ organizations. Send in your order now on the ac- companying blank: DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. For the enclosed §.. RE as tsps sscerrinsenein Fight Wars of Capitalism . Send me .. a special “Fight the Ware of Capitalism” edition of the DAILY WORKER, to be dated Saturday, July 26, at the special rate of 3% cents per copy, or $9.50 per hundred. | want to help raise the standards of Communism against the ware of capitalism. eoenvesesene STATE: wu. . coples of the DDORESBE ccccscccsessssveresesrcocensnssosocensscsersenssernnenssunevesnnannaneese yrovererescenseoeegncessessseee According to William Adrian Bonger, in “Criminality and Economic Conditions,” “A crime is an anti-social act, an act which is harmful in a considerable degree to the interests’ of a The act must be prejudicial to the power at their command... . LEVIN DENIES AND ADMITS WAGE CUTS IN AMALGAMATED Readjustments Made to Save Employers, Is Claim BY KARL REEVE Samuel Levin, manager of the Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, emphatically denied to the DAILY WORKER re- porter yesterday that his union is permitting a general reduction of wages under the cloak of readjust- ments in the clothing industry. “lf the DAILY WORKER says that the Amalgamated is permitting a reduction of wages which is cam- ouflaged as readjustments in the clothing industry, they will not be telling the truth,” Levin told the DAILY WORKER reporter. He ad- mitted almost in ‘the next breath, however, that “in some cases wages have been reduced.” Levin at first seemed to misun- derstand what was meant when told by the DAILY WORKER reporter that rank and file Amalgamated members have told the DAILY WORKER of a general wage reduc- tion permitted by the union. He temporarily sidetracked the Inter- view into another channel. “Adjustments are being made every day in the clothing industry,” Levin told the DAILY WORKER. “Sometimes a new way of making a coat collar is invented, for in- stance, and then the officers of the union meet with the employers and arrange a different basis of pay for the changed process.” “Then Levin practically retracted his denial by admitting that the union, “in some ca is permitting a reduction in wag “Some shops have a higher cost than others,” Levin sald. “Not higher cost of ma- terial but higher cost of labor.” “In other words, some shops under ‘the jurisdiction of the union have a higher rate of pay than others?” “Yes. Here’s the way it is. This match box represents the shop with a high labor cost. This envelope represents the shops with the lower labor cost.” Levin laid the articles out on his desk side by side as he spoke. “There was a time when the Amalgamated could get the shop with the lowest rate of pay to raise their wages to the shop with the high labor cost. THOSE DAYS HAVE GONE FOREVER.” : As Levin made .this statement, which seemed rather remarkable, coming from a labor leader, half a dozen of his “yes” men and two stenographers who were grouped around the desk, absorbed in the interview, nodded their heads in agreement. “Why has this change come about? What has decreased the power of your union?” “The traffic simply won't bear It,” Levin answered. “The workers will no longer pay $70 for a sult of clothes. Suppose there are three hundred people working in the shop with a higher labor cost. It is bet- ter to make an agreement with the employers and allow the men to accept a reduction In wages rather. than have the three hundred cloth- ing workers thrown out of work entirely. “The “employers simply’ cannot pay the higher rate of wages. In cases of this kind we accept the re- duction rather than throw men out of work.” Are You Interested In an International Language? Read This (Special to The DAILY WORKER) PITTSBURG, July 17— What is language? How did language origin- ate? When are provincial dialects to disappear? Will a natural langu: ever become the “world language”? Is it possible to construct an “artifi- cial language”? Can such an “artifi- cial language” be spoken? If such a language would be made an official international language, would it fall apart into dialects? Do the workers need an international language? Which language system should a worker learn? ,If you do not know the answer of the above mentioned questions, you can take théim up at an international language meeting that will be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the Internation- al Lyceum, 905 James St., N. 8., Sun- day, July 27th, at 5:80 p. m. The Workers Ido Federation is ar- ranging the meeting for the purpose of forming an Ido Group in Pitts- burgh. } THE DAILY WORKER FREE SPEECH ~ ISSUE BEFORE BOOKBINDERS Right to Use Journal Is Urged by Resolutions Four resolutions were presented to the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders’ convention, endorsed by five local unions now meeting at the Morrison Hétel, demanding that the columns of the “Bookbinders’ Jour- nal,” official publicatyon of the union, be thrown open to the membership. The International Executive Council has ruled that all political articles re- lating to the October, 1924, election of International officers must be elimi- nated from the Journal. Resolutions protesting for the free- dom of expression by the membership have been presenting to the conven- tion by local unions No. 18, No. 4, No. 31, No. 125, and No. 79. Resolution No. 17, indorsed by Lo- cal Union 18, follows: By Delegate Haggerty, Local Un- - ion No. 18; Resolution No. 17, refer- red to Committee on Appeals: “WHEREAS, The International Executive Council has adopted a policy of eliminating from the col- umns of the Journal all political ar- ticles in connection with the Octo- ber, 1924, election ‘of International Officers; and, “WHEREAS, The Journal is the only medium afforded by candidates who are not already officers of the International Union to reach the membership; and, “WHEREAS, Said policy means suppression of free speech and free press, despite the fact that a recent referendum,yote of our organization expressed clearly the favor of the rank and file toward free press an free speech; and, “WHEREAS, The abridgment of free speech and free press is con- trary to the principles on ‘which our Government is founded; and, “WHEREAS, St. Louis Unions Nos. 18, 32 and 41 vigorously pro- test against this uncalled for action of the Executive Council; “THEREFORE, BE IT RE- SOLVED, That the Sixteenth Bi- ennial Convention of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders go on ‘record as favoring liberty of opinion consonant with the laws of our organization, as favoring the use of the Journal for the purpose of acquainting candidates for office with the qualifications they possess to our mensbership! Sewing Machines to Russia. MOSCOW, July 18.—A cargo of sew- ing machines was recently received here from America, whence it was sent by the “Rais”-American Indus- trial Corporation, and has been dis- tributed among the various clothing industries in the USSR. Other ship- ments of such machines are due from America, as the “Rais” follows very closely the technical progress of the sewing industry in America and will provide the Union of Soviet Repub- lics with all the latest machinery. Jesus’ Descendants Strike JERUSALEM, July 18.—A_ general strike has broken out in the carpent- ing industry in Tel Aviv. The work- ers are demanding an improvement in their working conditions and an in- crease in pay. A quarrel broke out between the strikers and the workers in the Gural- sky Carpenting Factory, who refused to join the strike. The police inter. vened, and are now patroling the fac tory to prevent further disorders. Unkapped Klansmen. MARYSVILLE, Cal., July 16.—2500 members of the Ku Klux Klan are holding a public, initiation in Marys- ville and parading the streets in full regalia. A California state law, how- éver, prohibits their appearing mask- 2d, 80 the sheets are not supplement- ed on this occasion by pillow-slips. Marysville has been bitter against the I. W. W. ‘ Getting the Gold BERLIN, July 18.—A process of ex- tracting gold from quicksilver by beat- ing up the quicksilver atom has been perfected by Prof. Adolf Miethe, di- rector of the photo chemical section of the Charlottenburg technical school, who said he had “extracted weighable quantities” of pure gold by his experi- ments. + Zinovievsk MOSCOW, July 18-—~The city of Elizabethgrad, in the Province of Cher- son, will, from now on, not bear the name of the Russian Queen Elizabeth, but will perpetuate the name of the Communist leader, Zinoviev. Accord: ing to a decree of the Soviet govern- ment, the old city will from now on be called Zinovievsk, Some Know How to Protest. INDIANAPOLIS, July 17,—Follow- ing the dismissal or continuance of 355 vagrancy cases growing out of wholesale raids on poolrooms by po- lice, the city was threatened today with numerous damage suits by per- sons who claimed remuneration for unjust treatment. Send in that Subscription Today. AUR A oe RCN Some Wise Words by Poor Boob of an Earl By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Bede Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Kassillis, First Grand Principal of the Supreme Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Scotland, passed thru Chicago. That has little significance to workers; no more than the fact that he was accompanied, on his way to Toronto, Canada, by his wife, the Countess Frances, and her sister, Miss S. B. Stewart. ° e e e Workers, who are forced to remain’on their jobs these hot summer days, may be a little more interested in the additional fact that the Earl and his entourage are on the last lap of their round-the-world tour. Workers are not allowed to take “Round-the-World-Tours.” If they did, the Earls and the Countesses would starve to death, or what is probably worse for them, they would be compelled to go to work. e ° ° . But there is something that the Earl said, that gives a little distinction to his stopover in Chicago. The Scotch Earl, loyal jingo of the British Empire, is of course anti- German. He, therefore, thought he was saying something worth while when he attacked Germany's reputed poverty. He said: ' : “You see them (the Germans) everywhere; stopping at the best hotels and spending money lavishly. There may be many poverty- stricken Germans, but there are also many wealthy ones. THE CON- DITION OF THE FORMER ARE PROBABLY THE FAULT OF THE LATTER.” e e es e Perhaps that is a Scotch joke. If it is, the Earl may wake up some day to find himself the butt of it. The Earl talks assif he expected to meet hungry, jobless German workers travelling around over the world “Seeing the Sights on an empty stomach, sleeping in the parks, no doubt, and travelling blind baggage or stowaway. Somebody ought to tell the Earl that the poverty stricken workers in Ger- many are right at home in the slums of the great German industrial centers, just as the poverty stricken in England, France, Italy, the United States, or any other capitalist coun- try are to be found, always in their own lowly surroundings, fearing even to show themselves where riches make their show. ° e e o But the boob Earl didn't realize that he was hitting away at the pillars of the whole capitalist social structure when he declared that the condition of the poor is due to the rule of the rich; not only in Germany, but everywhere, especially in his own Great Britain. The British capitalists were among the first to make overtures in support of the German capitalists for the pur- pose of keeping the hungry and discontented workers of both nations in chains. British bankers and industrialists, were just as anxious as the French capitalist, Loucheur, to aid Stinnes, and his German bandit crew, keep the poverty stricken of Germany in chains. ae * x * The poor fool of an Earl learned very little on his “Round-the-World-Tour” if he didn’t discover that “poverty and riches” is a condition that exists in every ‘land he visited. i Of course, he didn't go to Soviet Russia. The First Workers’ Republic is not a comfortable place for an Earl to go visiting. He would there find everywhere the signs of the passing of his own class—the passing of “poverty and riches.” And the same phenomena will come to pass in Germany, Great Britain and everywhere else as soon as the workers decide to seize all power and rule in place of the Princes, the Earls, the Counts and all their lackeys. That would be tough on the Scotch Earl, Archibald, ‘and all his kind. Truly. the workers could then put some sang into para- phrasing the Earl’s words by saying that, “Our new condi- tion is due to the change in yours,” and, “We like the change, and we are going to make you like it.” STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD MAKES ANDY MELLON LOOK FOOLISH |1°3 Ww. Madison st. the country must encourage even more swollen incomes than those amassed under the present tax law to keep industry from starving for lack of new capital. Now comes President BE. H. H. annual savings of the country already exceed the needs of business. And he is pretty close to the source and should know. When he made the statement he had prohably forgotten all about An- dy’s propaganda for he was discuss- ing foreign investment for the Spur, a sport magazine. “Perhaps the com- monest objection to foreign invest- ing, that our home government and our domestic enterprises might be deprived of adequate capital thru competition afforded by foreign coun- Queensland Labor Government Points ‘To Many Reforms the least important of all, at least in the near future,” he said. “Ameri- can business for the time being at any rate appears to be amply pro- vided with productive facilities, and not so greatly in need of fresh capi- tal as to require all the annual say- ings of the country.” The business world has known this all along. Each month when the divi- dend checks go out there is a glut of, money looking for profitable invest- ment. But the subsidized press con- tinues to conceal the fact on its busi- ness pages and to fill its leading col- umns with Mellon's bunk, that the Door will benefit by the untaxing of the rich because there will be more BRISBANE, Queensland, July 18— | enterprise. Nine years of labor rule has placed the state of Queensland in an ex- ceedingly prosperous condition. The ninth birthday of the labor govern- ment of Queensland finds labor stronger than ever. James Larcombe, minister for rail- Ways says that in spite of the war, droughts, financial boycotts, political intrigus the labor government has to its credit legislative and adminis- trative achievements unprecedented in Australia, He lists the abolition of the upper house, full adult suffrage for city af- fairs, arbitration in labor disputes, unemployment insurance, higher wag- jorter hours, cheaper food, low- er taxes, housing and educational im- provement, baby clinics, better farm- ing, plenty of money for investment, larger savings deposits. cities: St., Roxbury, at 7:30 p. m. Second Ave., at 8 p. m. at 8 p.m. St. at 8 p. m. at 8 p.m, ¥ ea TR SPR RR PRE AG VAST A MOP RE, MOEN AED BIN MR MAAN HOD ta Simmons, of the New York stock exchange, asserting that the | 49 s. LT ti AA DE a tries and foreign enterprises, seems | Dearborn 8657 money for investment in productive | FOSTER-RUTHENBERG MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS William Z. Foster and C. E, Ruthenberg will address the member. ship of the Party on the immediate task of the Party in the following \ PITTSBURG—Friday, July 26, Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller Street, PHILADELPHIA—Thursday, July 24, Breth Sholom Hall, 608 Pine CLEVELAND—Saturday, July 26, Labor Temple, 2536 Eticlid Ave, aed copes caso ‘Saturday, July 19, 1924 i RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL! FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE,Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO. 73 W. VanBurenSt, Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ‘ ‘ATTENDED TO—— George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall CHICAGO Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most. Martin’s 723. West North Avenue East of Halsted St, WHY PAY MORE? Bohemian Malt & Hops - Absolutely the best there is made 12 SETS FOR $9.00 SAMPLE SET 85c We ship anywhere A. TEGTMEIER 1718 S. Halsted St., Chicago, III. 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The only place to eat. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK jen. rt, ering ‘ae ber v7 ital Service ’ eal FIBLD sT. 1. Sar ee RNISHED ROOM: ‘ 8716 SHEFFIELD — Pleasant, newly’ decorated and furnished single and double front room. Sheridan “L,” bus and surface lines; reasonable. BOSTON—Saturday, July 19, Dudley St. Opera House, 113 Dudley NEW HAVEN—July 22, 8 P. M, Labor Lyceum, 38 Howe St. NEW YoRK CITY—Wednesday, July 23, Stuyvesant Casino, 142 —