The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 29, 1924, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER CAL'S SHIPPING |74 HEAD CONTINUES SCAB POLICIES Farms Out Repairs to Open Shop Concerns (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, July 28,—Admiral Palmer, chosen by President Coolidge to dominate the Shipping Board poli- eles through his job as head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, keeps up the anti-union policy of his prede- cessors. N. P. Alifas, president of District 44 of the Machinists, repre- senting the navy yard and arsenal mechanics, says that the administra- tion policy continues to deprive the navy yards of the repair work on Shipping Board vessels, although the navy yards bid far lower than the private yards that get the business, The navy yards now employ along the Atlantic seaboard some 35,000 men; if all the Shipping Board vessels were repaired in the navy yards there would be 70,000 men employed, and the overhead charge would be cut in half, thereby insuring a much lower price on the repairs than is now se- cured. “In the last session of Congress the House adopted, in the independent appropriation bill, an amendment by Hull of Iowa which required that all Government repairs be made in these shops and yards if the bids were as low as the private bids,” said Alifas. “In the Senate @ similar amendment, but limited to Shipping Board vessels, was adopted at the instance of Sena- tor Copeland. The conferees threw both provisions out and reported a bill which merely changed the then existing law by making the minimum estimate $50,000 instead of $100,000 for a repair job on which the navy yards must be asked to bid. It did not require that the lowest responsible bid be accepted. The navy yards’ bids are always the lowest, but the Ship- ping Board then permits the, private bidder to get the work at the navy yard figures, or at higher figures. They are always against saving money if it means giving work to the navy yard employes on anything but war preparations.” One of the Shipping Board’s tricks to cheat the intent of the law as to bids is to require bids within ten days, when two to three weeks are required by the yard routine for bidding on a job. TTERED RED FLAG OF PARIS COMMUNE FLUNG TO BREEZE IN MOSCOW AS WORKERS CHEER BY ANISE. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) MOSCOW.—(By Mail.)—-Four’ hundred thousand Moscow workers poured into the great October Field outside Moscow on July 6 to celebrate three holidays at once. tional Day of Co-operation. chosen to receive the flag of the It was the Interna- It was also the first anniversary of the signing of the new soviet constitution. It is also the day Paris Commune. This flag was one of the small red banners borne by the workers on the barricades of Paris in 1871. Saved by the work~- men who bore it, it was carried for a time to London during his escape from the reactionary terror which closed the Commune. He gave it at last to Edouard Vaillant, Socialist and veteran of —————_—_—_—— the ‘Commune days. From Vaillant it passed to the social- ist party, under the protection of the 20 section in Paris. This section decided to give the flag to the workers of Moscow. Paris to Moscow. A procession of 100,000 workers held @ farewell parade in Paris May 25. More than 400,000 workers welcomed it in Moscow July 6. For nearly five hours they were marching 10 abreast into Hodinka field now named the Field of October. A great tribune 70 ft. square, with a pyramid of platforms one above the other, held the delegates of the Com- munist International, the central exe- cutive of Russia and the Moscow city government. Massed around the trib-. une were hundreds of encircling fac- tory delegates bearing their factory banners of embroidered red silk or velvet topped with metal stars or sickles. Around these was a wide aisle and then came the hundreds of thousands of spectators with eight wide aisles formed through their midst by single lines of soldiers. Cheer Worn Red Banner. A festival spirit pervaded the as- sembly. Men and girls were raised aloft on the arms and shoulders of their friends, and balanced above the throngs. They led the cheers and salutations and even made speeches. The worn red banner was borne down one of the aisles by the delegation of French Communists. It was lifted aloft to the highest platform of the tribune, where it was visible for half a mile away. President Kalenin re- ceived it. In friendly exchange, the workers of Moscow presented their French comrades with a fine new banner with their greetings embroidered upon it. The Moscow newspapers for the day contained these significant words, across the face of a waving banner: OUR DAILY PATTERNS A GOOD SPORTS COSTUME 4792-4791. Comfort and good style re here depicted. The Bodice Skirt 791 may be worn with .any Over- louse or with a jacket or coat. The ront of the bodice may be overlaid rith material to form a vestee. The ‘louse 4792 has smart lines, and is ood ‘for all sports material. Linen ‘as chosen for this Costume with cire bbon and fancy braid for trimming. The Bodice Skirt is cut in 4 Sizes: mall, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large 2-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust seasure, The Blouse is cut in 6 8: 1, 36, 388, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust easure. To make Skirt and Blouse wv a 88 inch bust size will require 4% yards of 40 inch material. For odice of lining or other contrasting _ aterlal 32 inches wide 1% yard is squired. The vestee on the Blouse : contrasting material requires %4 ard 9 inches wide. The width of ie skirt with plaits expended is 2% ards. TWO separate Patterns mailed to ny address on receipt of 12c FOR ACH patttern in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for r UP-TO-DATE. SPRING AND "MMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. 7817 used for this design. The facings are of white organdie. This is also a good model for pongee, poplin, linen and gingham. Brown linen with tan or red facings would be attractive. @ Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes; 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. A 6 year size re- quires 2% yards of 27 inch material. For facings of contrasting material as illustrated % yard 36 inches wide is reqhired, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE- SPRING AND SUMMER 924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Address: The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Ill. NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The wsere being sold thru the DAIL’ ‘ORKER pattern department are fur hanufacturern, Orders are forwarted bp i. ‘s ‘e forwar the DAILY WORK day a0 ree tacturer ‘direct tor the. custo fact c e custom nL, WORKER does not keep a stock patterns. oa nd, livery of pat- ily will take at least 10 8 not Ineors se imapationt IP eu atte te fot recelved by return mail. °°" ‘The Send in that Subscription Today. PITTSBURGH, PA, DR. RASNICK DENT Rendering Expert Dental Pi ee “We will give it back to France when we have carried it throughout the world.” Revolutionary Carnival. After the official ceremonies, the workers scattered across the vast Oc- tober Field to one entertainment after another. Ten great tribunes separ- FARMER TELLS HOW PRODUCER IS “PROSPERING’ Minnesota Man Shows Up Political Lies Here's the first answer to the DAILY WORKER'S request that farmers write us of the “prosperous” conditions they are “enjoying.” The capitalist press has been bragging about the high prices that grain is bringing on the market, but the prices are in “the pit” on LaSalle or Wall streets. The farmer didn’t get high prices when he had to sell his grain some months ago. This farmer's statement of facts ought to paint the lie on the political propaganda of the two old (graft) parties about the farmers’ “prosperity.” From A “Rich” District ated by wide distances, displayed pro- grams of song, drama, symbolic dem- onstration, to great throngs of onlook- ers. Four thousand workers partici- |Pated as actors in these performances, | which were arranged by the education- al commitees of the various unions. Between the tribunes were husky ath- letes reclining in the grass, or groups of gay young people dancing the Carmagnole, or troops of Young Pion- eers in red shirts and bloomers, march- ing to some demonstration of their own. Carnival spirit reigned supreme. In all my time in Moscow I do not re- member such a vast holiday demon- stration as this. CO-OPERATIVES IN. AMERICA DO BIG BUSINESS Consumers’ - Producers’ Groups Show Profits One ‘of the largest consumers co- operatives in the country is the Frank- lin Cooperative Creamery Company of Minneapolis, which last year did $3,- 300,000 worth of business, with net earnings of $180,000 after meeting all expenses. The City Cooperative Dairy Company of Cleveland is another con- sumers’ cooperative in the thousand- dollar-a-day class. In fact, its business equalled $1,500 a day at the end of the first quarter for 1924, while the A NEW FROCK FOR “MOTHER’S|turnover for June, despite the sharp GIRL” drop in the price of milk, was $32,500, with $500 net earnings. Similarly the Cleveland Cooperative Coal Company, which started business without any organization the first of last November, sold $144,000 worth of coal in 104 business days. In the same city a cooperative society oper- ating six grocery stores did a busine: of over a quarter of a million dollars last year, and reports a trade of more than a thousand dollars a day for the first six months of this year. Across the line in Canada, the cooperative society of Sydney Mines, N. S., had a turnover for 1923 of $1,304,700, or over $4,000 for every working day. Incidentally, this society returned $180,000 in cooperative dividends to its patrons. But the prosperity of American Cooperatives is not confined to con- sumers’ stores, The United States Department of Agriculture reports that a large number of farmers’ co- operative organizations handled more total business transacted by the Grain} Cooperatives was $490,000,000—almost a half billion dollar business for this group alone! The fruit and vegetable producers’ cooperatives report a turn- over of $280,000,000, while one of the largest societies in the dairymen’s group, the Dairymen’s Cooperative League of New York State, transacted $200,000,000 worth of business during 1923. The 78 cotton growers’ coopera. tives report an average annual incom of $1,282,000; the 40 poultry growers’ cooperatives, $450,000; while the 14 tobacco growers’ cooperatives trans-| acted in 1928 a business averaging nearly $10,000,000 apiece, The business turnover of several of our larger labor cooperative banks ex- ceeds $100,000 a day, while 25 of them handle more than the $1,000 a day. American cooperation is just begin- ning to grow, It has plenty of room yet to-expand. Our consumer's move- ment, to be sure, lags considerably be- hind similar cooperatives in Europe, most of which had 60 years head start over our American societies, But in the field of agricultural cooperation and labor cooperation banking, Am- erica leads the world in the volume of busin handled. We have no apolo- gies to offer and no pessimism as to the future of American cooperation in these important fields, Send in that Subscription Today. ROCHESTER, Minn., July 22.—To the Farm Editor, DAILY WORKER: Relative to your request of readers informing you as to the extent of present prosperous conditions of the farmers, let me say that I live in a district where diversified farming is practiced, where a crop failure has never been known since 1856, where corn, small grain, wheat and various kinds of fruits are grown, with rail- roads and good markets. Not having a large farm (90 acres), I raise a little oats, some potatoes and mostly corn. Having about 30 acres in pasture (land too hilly for cultivation) I must, according to amount of stock kept, buy some grain feed. I came from town today, endeavor- ing to buy some wheat and corn, and found wheat selling at the elevator at $1.50 per bushel, corn $1.13 per bushel, oats 60 cents, barley 74 cents. I was astonished at the prices, wheat having gone up 30 cents per bushel since last buying, the elevator man telling me he paid $1.35 per bushel for it. ’ i Farmers Have to Buy. I inquired .of a lot of farmers as to ‘|whether they had anything to sell, but everyone said no, they were buy- ing feed themselves or going without. I went back to the elevator and asked the boss where he bought his grain. He told-me it was shipped in from the large elevators in the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth; that he did not know of a single farmer who did not buy feed. I told him, at these prices, my stock would have to go without grain, when he finally induced me to buy some screenings at $1.75 per hundred. Lost His Farm When going to town, I usually buy a 50 cent meal and it takes two and one-half dozen eggs to purchase it. I find that most of the farmers here ar- range to go to town between meals, as they cannot afford to spend the 50 cents. That may be the reason why I lost my farm, as I needed $3,000 to pay up a mortgage on it, worth $12,000 three years ago, but would not borrow the amount. I am now renting on shares. I know several farmers around here, owning their farms, sub- ject to mortgages, who cannot afford to even kill meat for family use, but. are living on bread and milk, and the like, and yet they holler, but as a Jew who was picking up rags the other day said—Ja, the farmers always hol- ler, dat’s all they know. Respectfully yours, NELS M. NELSON, + R, R. No. 4e" Dairy Co-ops Get Rates Reduced. _MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 28.— Six major railroad systems in Minne- sota have ordered sweeping reduc- tions amounting to more than $1,000,- 000 annually in the cost of shipping co-operative dairy products. Two other big railroad systems, the Chica- go, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Rock Island, also have the proposi- tion under advisement and an an- nouncement of similar reductions is predicted by co-operative organization officials. Soviet Official Reports. ‘ LONDON, July 28,—Radovsky, Sov- t representative to the Anglo-Rus- sian financial conference, has re- turned to Moscow to report to his government on the progress of nego- tiations, | CHINA-SOVIET PACT IS NEW FORCE (Continued from page 1.) tion! To their horror they quickly discovered that the Chinese bird had grown wings and spurs overnight. Nothing, then, was left but the old game of protest. and obstruction. Imperialistic newspapers, such as the Peking and Tientsin Times, posi- tively outdid themselves. China should be made to suffer! She was threatened with every possible and impossible penalty. But the students, who, with the backing of the Soviets, had forced the issue, refused to be intimidated. They brought so much pressure to bear on the Chinese Gov- ernment that it could not retract. Then the old cry of “bribery” was raised. The whispering walls of Pe- king positively shrieked accusations. There was enough gold floating jaround, according to the defeated ones, to keep every Chin politician jin affluence for the resofPhis life. It is remarkable where the “bankrupt Soviets” find the money on such oc- casions! Obstructionist Tactics. Finding. themselves badly defeated on the main issue, the diplomats set to work to hinder the operation of the agreement, Russian property in China, particularly the legations and consulates, seemed to offer a field for argument—and obstruction. The argument waxed hot and strong on this question, but right throughout it was evident that the sore point with the diplomatic clique was recognition of the Soviets. Every possible way of preventing this was tried. Meet- ings of protest were arranged by various organizations sympathetically inclined towards the imperialists, “White” Russians, religious bodies, and various other foreign interests were roped in. They all added their voices to the general wail; all helped to swell the “Hymn of Hate.” . But neither the Soviets or China were accepting the bluff. China Casts the Die. On June 16th China made her posi- tion in the matter quite clear, She finally cast the die which plaeed her alongside the Soviets in the fight against foreign aggression. Instruc- tions were wired to the Chinese for- eign commissioners at Tientsin, Han- kow, Shanghai and Chefoo ordering them to prepare to hand over the old Russiag consulates to the Soviets. These had been in possession of the “Whites,” so the Chinese Government added that they would ignore all pro- tests from these people, “as they no longer represented the Russian Gov- ernment in China.” The Chinese Government's action was endorsed by many Chinese asso- ciations, including merchants. Tele- grams were received at Peking from such bodies in various important centers urging that the Government should lose no time in putting the agreement into full effect. In many instances the rider was added that those “White” Russians who had kept illegal control of these properties should be summarily ejected. One merchants’ organization explained its recommendation by saying that as China had received the concessions contained in the agreement from the Soviets, there was no necessity to listen to the complaints of defunct Czarist officials or to brook any inter- ference from the foreign powers. Thus it was made quite clear to the obstructionists that neither China or the Soviets would stand any further nonsense. Soviet Representative Speaks. {wat ‘a big meeting in honor of the Soviet plenipotentiary, Mr. Karakhan, he summed up the position in clear and concise language. Among those present to offer their congratulations and support were Senator Lei Ying; Professor Tang Er-ho, former Min- ister of Education; Professor Chiang Meng-ling, acting Chancellor of the National Peking University; Dr. Louis N. Chou, counsellor at the Waichowpu (Chinese Foreign OMve); Dr. Yu Tin- hsiu, professor at the law college; Mr. Sun Hsush-shi, chairman of the Cen- tral Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Liu Chun-sun, formerly chairman of the Board of’ Directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and many other well informed Chinese representing every section of the Chinese community. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Karak- han said that a new era was opening in Chinese national history. He con- tended that it was necessary for China UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS to fight steadily for the abrogation of the treaties which are binding the nation hand and foot. Only when China had forced the imperialists to give up the concessions contained in those treaties would the nation be free. Imperialistic Newspapers. Referring to the articles in the foreign press in China, Mr. Karakhan said that every time he spoke at these | gatherings the most bitter attacks were opened in the foreign news- papers. Invariably the charge of dis- seminating propaganda was levelled. “What, however, does this charge of propaganda mean?” asked the Soviet representative, and went on to explain that there were two kinds of prop ganda. One was the dissemination of news which was intended to fool the people, and the other was plain and truthful speaking. So-far as China was concerned, the Soviets~ were determined that the truth should be made known. The propaganda of which the foreign press complained so bitterly was insistence on the rights of the Chinese nation and an exposure of the actions of the foreign powers in the East. The wounds inflicted on China must be healed. “If this is what is called propaganda,” said Mr. Karakhan, “I must pledge myself to continue it with ten-fold energy.” Foreign Press Denounced. “When, in his brilliant articles,” said Mr. Karakhan, “Mr. Shao Piao- ping speaks of Chinese sovereignty, there are foreigners who become in- dignant and demand reprisals against the writers. However, no one shows indignation when a number of foreign newspapers published in Chinese and foreign languages, profiting by extra territoriality, are guilty of daily of- fense against the honor and national dignity of the Chinese people. There is not a country in the world where such humiliating conditions could pre- vail under which a foreign paper could write anything it likes. It must be said, however, that in a certain sense the activities of such papers are useful, for while they try to protest imperialism, they are doing their best to dig its grave. So that it is a pity they are not read by every Chinese. Indeed, I would advise the Chinese papers to print articles from those foreign papers most hostile to China. Russla’s Attitude. “Some speakers at this meeting have referred to the difficulties which we have had to overcome before the agreement could be signed,” continued Karakhan. “All those present know what those difficulties were. Now, why did some of the foreign powers oppose this agreement? It was not because they were sorry to see Russia renounce rights and privileges seized by the Czarist Government; little do they care for Russia’s interests. How- ever, they feared one thing, namely— lest China, seeing that it was possible to get back her rights, would wish to obtain them from other powers, too. So long as they were my declarations and speeches, they tried to deceive you and make you believe that they never would be fulfilled, and they did everything possible to prevént their materialization in order to justify their deception. However, we were stronger and won in the struggle. Campaign Against Agreement. “But a few weeks have passed since the day the agreement was signed, and already a campaign is being waged against it. A number of facts show it, such as the legations and consu- lates. Fierce resistance may be ex- pected when more weighty matters come up. Here in this hall I see the flags of our countries hanging side by side, and yet in many consulates there are hanging the former tri-col- ored flags—symbols of the czar's acts of violence in China. I have heard advice that I should be patient, But if patience means sitting by with one’s arms folded and waiting for fine weather, such a virtue is not mine. I prefer myself, then, making the weather that is necessary.” American imperialists. Some days later Mr. Karakhan dealt trenchantly with the American im- perialists in the Hast. “I may say that imperialism amongst Americans is not confined to the consulates. There is no more arrogantly assertive imperialist in the Fast than the Amer- ican business man, while American soldiers have become so impregnate? with the gospel of bombast that they are insufferable. Their aggressiveness is not confined to Chinese. “I relate one incident typical of the actions of American soldiery in the East. An isolated Britisher en- jtered a bar in which a number of these bullies were drinking. Insult- |ing remarks, such as ‘four-flusher’ and worse, having failed to provoke a quarrel, one provost sergeant—a gal- lant hero surrounded by five or six followers—spat on the Britisher. To | fight these armed bullies was hopeless and the situation became so tense that the landlady intervened. This |is the kind of scene that China looks jon at and laughs in her ample sleeve. {American business methods and im- perialism are the cause of the revul- |sion which is so manifest towards |Americans in Asia at the present time.” Castigates America. | Such scenes are but the natural {outcome of the policy of the present |government in America. The Wash- ington politicians are rattling the |sabre more vehemently than did the |Kaiser, Unless this policy is discon- jtinued the- imperialists will bring a jhornets’ nest about the ears of the American people. Mr. Karakhan hes castigated Washington on this matter. His words contain a warning that they would do well to heed. Speaking on the question of the Chinese Eastern Railways, which America, in common with other im- perlalistic powers, hopes to control, the Soviet representative calls Mr. Hughes severely to task on the tone of his note to China. He says: “As all things evil provene from the Bolshevists, Mr. Hughes wishes to chastise the Soviet Government. However, the Soviet Government con- siders quite calmly the present poliey of Mr, Hughes, knowing quite well that there is not a single honest and well-informed American who supports the present short-sighted policy of the chief of the State Department. But what is of more interest,” remarked Mr. Karakhan, “is the attitude Wash- ington assumes toward China. No -|countries but China and Soviet Russia have anything to do with the Chinese |Eastern Railway, and all the other | powers must know that we will not allow them to interfere with-our busi- \ness. Mr. Hughes evidently believes |that China owes America so much for the Washington Convention that she must accept whatever stuff he approaches her with. I hope, how- ever, that those who still wish to see China obedient and submissive to any acts of violence will realize that China is not what she was some twenty years ago.” Once again the Soviet representa- tive scores, because he confines him- self to facts. If the people of America are still held in such benighted ig- norance by the capitalistic press that they do not know that China, follow- ing in Japan's footsteps, has away ened, then it is high time that they Tealized a fact that has been accom- plished. Mass Demonstrations, A great mass meeting was held in the Central Park, Peking, on June 23rd. This park was part of the old grounds of the Forbidden City. Twenty years ago a Chinese would have been publicly beheaded for ven- turing withia the sacred precincts. Today he nolde mass meetings where once he feared to tread. The meeting wgs held primarily to Protest against the action of the diplomatic body in refusing to turn the Russian legation over to the Soviet representative. A resolution passed was marked by references to “oppression of imperialistic powers.” Other resolutions were passed com- menting adversely on the action of the powers with reference to the Chinese Eastern Railways, and one resolution contained the remark that “the foreign powers do not seem to know that the Soviet representative is a delegate to China and not to the other powers.” Who can say that the masses of this nation are not awakening? They are arising from their long slumber like a giant refreshed, and with the assist- ance of the Soviets they will win an economic freedom which will have a beneficial repercussion on the Ocet- dental worker. Again, let him beware that he is not hoodwinked into slaying the very men who are fighting his battle. “In the words of Mr. Karak- han, “Long live the people of China and its fraternal alliance with the peoples of the Soviet Union.” A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN But Uncle Wiggily i |