The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 26, 1924, Page 2

a ae # Page Two EUROPE LABOR | AT MATTEOTT BURIAL SCENE Socialists Agree with Fascisti on Funeral (Special to The Daily Worker) BADIA POLESINO, Italy, Aug. 24.—Giacomo Matteotti was buried yesterday. From every corner of Italy came workingmen, represent-| ing almost every labor organ-| ization in the country, to pay honor to the deputy whom the| Fascisti assassinated for his at-| tempts to expose the corruption of the Mussolini regime. With them were representa- tives of the working masses of France, Austria, Jugoslavia and Switzerland, who were there to express their solidarity with the | Italian proletariat in their ef- forts to throw off the domina- tion of the petty army officials who have oppressed the work- ers for three years. Tracks Strewn With Flowers. The railroad tracks from Corfano, where the body of the deputy was dis- covered a week ago, to Badia Polesino, Matteotti’s birthplace, were covered with flowers. In every town thru which the funeral train passed, work- ers left the shops and stood at the Sg with bared heads. e decision to hold the funeral in Badia Polesino, rather than in Rome, as the parties of the opposition had planned, was made after all of the op- position excepting the Communists had ITH all Its well advertised Wlsoons!in does not present a whole than it Is in Wisconsin, (Continued from page 1) farms free from mortgages declined from 48.3 per cent to 36.2 per cent in 1920. But here is a matter of serious con- cern to the farmers in LaFollette’s state. In the decade 1910 to 1920 the proportion of mortgaged farms in the country as a whole rose from 33.2 per cent to 37.2 per cent. In the same pe- riod the proportion of mortgaged farms in Wisconsin rose from 51.1 per cent in 1910 to 59.9 per cent in 1920. Thus we see that the proportion of farms free from mortgages is much smaller in Wisconsin than in the coun- try as a whole, and that the propor- tion of mortgaged farms is much greater in Wisconsin than it is i the country as a whole. Further light on the increasing hardships of the Wisconsin farmers is shed by the findings of the 1920 cen- sus as to farm debts. For the United States as a whole, the proportion of Jdebt to the value of the farm in- compromised with the Fascisti, agree- Ing to prevent the mass demonstration of workers in Rome. The compromise was made after the government, thru its newspapers, had called on the opposition to stop its denunciation of. the Fascisti, on the ground that “such denunciation is an- tagonistic to the reconstruction of the country on a peaceful basis.” Fascisti Demonstrate. On the day of the funeral, black- shirts marched thru the streets of Rome, where workers had been for- bidden to hold a demonstration, sing- “Out.of Matteotti’s body We make sausages now.” An incident in the Italian chamber ot deputies shows that the fury aroused among the workers by the death of Matteotti cannot be appeased by the holding of a public funeral. The recorder of the chamber, calling the roll of deputies, came to“the name “Matteotti.” He hesitated, stopped, and mumbled the name under his breath. For a few moments there was death-like silence. Then from the ranks of the opposi- . tion a clear voice called “Here.” * Mussolini Shaken. Mussolini turned white, and began} to sway where he stood. ‘Then the members of the opposition, tatching the spirit, answered as with) bne voice: “Here.” The Communists of Italy have de- termined that the murdered deputy shall be with them in spirit until the/ rule of murderers is overthrown. Official “Yes” Given To Mobilization Day By American Legion WASHINGTON, August 25.— John R. Quinn, national commander of the American Legion, gave official approv- al of his dying organization to the pro- posed Mobilization Day, September 12, in a letter to the chief patriotic sales- man of the proposition, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general o7 the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. Mr. Quinn became quite humorous in his letter by saying that while he is unqualifiedly in favor of the demon- stration, “the American Legion does not want war.” Soldiers will have their little jokes. Greek Mutineers Surrender. ATHENS, August 25.—Greek naval mutineers under the leadership of Captain Kolialexis yielded to the gov- ernmént and a government order to disarm the entire fleet was cancelled. Kolialexis surrendered after Captain Hadjikriakes, former minister of the marine, had heen appointed mediator, Send in that Subscription Today. COMMUNISTS CAN ALL PATRIOTIC SONGS IN GERMAN TEXT BOOKS (Special to The Daily Worker) DRESDEN, Germany, August 22, —*"Silent Night, Holy Night,” and all other religious songs, as well as “The Watch on the ine” and numerous other patriotic songs have been eliminated from the song books of Saxony. This action is the result of the pressure brot to bear on the authorities by the lereased from 27.3 per cent in 1910 to |29.1 per cent in 1920. But in Wiscon- \sin the ratio of debt to the value of |the farm increased from 34.3 per cent |in 1910 to 37.8 per cent in 1920, It is jevident that the Wisconsin farmers are falling into debt more rapidly and lare today in relatively greater debt than the farmers of the country as a | whole, Mortgage Debt Rises. | The total amount of mortgage debt for Wisconsin farmers rose from about $150,000,000 in 1910 to more than $350,000,000 in 1920. The farming masses of this great “model commonwealth” are also pay- ing an exorbitant price for these diffi- cult conditions in the form of oppres- sive taxes. From a tax study made in twenty-six states for the year 1919 by the department of agriculture, we find that the part of the net cash rent from the farms pafd out in taxes by the Wisconsin farmers is higher than in twenty-four of the twenty-six states investigated. Only one state, Pennsyl- vania, shows a higher proportion of the net cash rent being devoured by taxes than does Wisconsin. “Since that year taxes have gener- ally increased, while rents have been reduced,” says the department of ag- riculture in its summary of the invés- tigation. Social Conditons Unsatisfactory. For the last fiscal year industrial |accidents showed a startling increase in the United States. The American Association for Labor Legislation re- cently made an investigation of this tendency. Its findings, after hearing from one-half the compensation states, indicate that in 1923 the in- crease in industrial accidents in Wis- consin was 27.4 per cent. Wisconsin’ had a higher rate of industrial acci- dent increase than eleven other states investigated. All in all, only nineteen states replied to the queries of the American Association for Labor Leg- islation. From the summary of the provi- sional birth and mortality figures for 1928, recently issued’ by the depart- ment of commerce, we learn that Wis- consin has Mttle to be proud of in this field. No less than twenty states show at least as good a record as, and eighteen of these show an even better record than Wisconsin for the last year in the death rates, in the propor- tion of deaths per one thousand of the population. Wisconsin is one of the twenty-five states in which death rates for 1928 were higher than fer 1922. Workers Beat Out of Studies. Wisconsin has always boasted of its great educational system, But the workers have enjoyed very little of the advantages afforded by LaFol- lette’s generosity in this - respect. From the “Instruction in Wisconsin Schools; Report of the General Hxec- utive Board,” 1920 convention of the State Federation of Labor, we learn that: “For 7,200 university students the state of Wisconsin in 1919-1920 spent $4,000,000. For more than 20,000 em- ployed children between the ages of 14 and 17 the state spent one-eighth as much.” This extreme disproportion certain- ly does not betray a whole-hearted in- terest on the part of the LaFollette machine in the education of the work- ers. Uneanitary Labor Conditions, Nor are the sanitary conditions of} employment even up to the mark set for them by the various state laws, So conservative a paper as the Mil- \ Waukee Journal in its issue of De | Edition, dated Saturday, Seite. | WISCONSIN—A DARK PICTURE and overestimated reform laws, bright ploture of social conditions. Last year the Increase In Industrial accldents was greater In the Badger state than In most of the compensation states surveyed, Fourteen states pay higher wages to thelr farm laborers than Wisconsin does, The dirt farmers In Wisconsin are belng rapidly robbed of their land by the Investing class. The proportion of farms free from mortgage in Wisconsin is much smaller than in the United States as a whole. The proportion of mortgaged farms is much greater In Wisconsin than In the United States as a whole. There are more children engaged in the manufacturing industries of Wisconsin than there are in the same industries In New York, tho the latter has about four times the number of gainfully employed employed in manufacturing industries than the Badger state. Child labor is decreasing much more rapidly in the country as a FARMERS’ BURDENS ARE HEAVY cember 1, 1920, tells us that: ‘Wis- consin factories are not living up to the state sanitary safety code, accord- ing to a statement by Mr. George P. Hambrecht, chairman of the Wiscon: sin industrial commission, following complaints from Milwaukee workers that unsanitary condtions prevail in some workshops.” In the Wisconsin labor camps the conditions are even THdre deplorable, as has been shown in the investiga- tion made by the Wisconsin industrial commission, “Labor Camps in Wiscon- sin.” Child Labor Record Poor. Wisconsin’s child labor. record is poor. Tho it issthe tenth state in the number of men gainfully engaged in manufacturing industries, it is the fifth state in the total number of children under sixteen years of age employed in these industries. New York state which has the greatest number employed in manufacturing industries has only 6,288 children working in these industries, while Wisconsin has 6,906. Incidentally, the total number of gainfully employed in manufacturing industries in New York is more than four times the to- tal number employed in these indus- tries in Wisconsin. From 1910 to 1920, according to the latest investigation prepared by the Department ‘of Commerce, entitled “Children in Gainful Occupations” the number employed in the country as a whole (ten to fifteem years of age) decreased 46.7 per cent. At the same time the decrease in the to- tal number of children ten to fifteen years of age, engaged in these gain- ful occupations in Wisconsin, was only 34.4 per cent. Wisconsin Has More. In the East North Central group of states in which Wisconsin falls, the average decrease of children employed in gainful occupations was 42.8 per cent, or greater than it was in LaFol- lette’s own state. In thirty-three states the rate of decrease of children gainfully employed in all occupations was greater in the last decade than it was in Wisconsin. ' The percentage of tfe total childre: employed between the years of ten and seventeen is greater in Wisconsin than in twenty-seven other states. Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s industrial center, is among the cities having a hundred thousand or more inhabi- tants, and ten per cent more of their child population ten to fifteen years of age is gainfully employed. LaFollette a Fraud. Obviously LaFollette’s much over estimated “Wisconsin plan” has proved a signal failure insofar as its effectiveness to remove the inherent evils of capitalism is concerned. PennSylvania Comrades Attention. The Workers Party of Pennsyl- vania calls upon all its members and sympathizers to immediately com- municate with Israel Blankenstein, acting District Organizer of Pitts- biitgh, to get copies of a list of in- structions to voters for the coming elections. Unless these instructions are care- fully studied and the rules complied with a good many voters will find themselves deprived of the right to vote, Get in touch with Israel Blanken- stein at once. Address 805 James St., N., 8. Pittsburgh. DARROW IN PLEA FOR MERCY T0 SLAYERS OF ROBERT FRANKS In a final appeal to the court, Clar- ence Darrow, attorney in the de- fense of the, killers of Robert Franks, pleaded that Leopold and Loeb be dealt with mercifully, Eloquently outlining his position, Darrow called for a denial of the plea of the prosecition that the young men occupy the inner circle of a noose. The plea of the de- fense is based on the assumption that the accused are cuckoo and that the hanging of the murderers has no precedent in Chicago. Be- s their elimination from ti earth will not bring back Robert Franks to life. A decision is shortly expected. Distribute a bundle of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign THE DAILY WORKER SILENT CAL HAS NOISY CHARLIE ON THE CARPET Klan Speech Campaign Fodder for Foes Rumors of strong differences of opinion in the Republican National Committee are rife/since Charles G. Dawes delivered his pro-Ku Klux Klan speech in Augusta, Maine, last Satur- day. So serious has the situation become that the General’s plans were sud- denly changed as a result of a sud- den decision on the part of the presi- dent who requested Dawes to visit him at once at his home in Plymouth, Vermont. Republican party editors have at- tempted to feature the Dawes speech as an attack on the Klan, but the re- porters on the contrary picture it as an endorsement, the most outspoken yet made by any American politician of as high standing as the General. Effects of Dawes Speech. What effect the Dawes speech will have.on republican chances for victory at the polls in November is a question that is worrying the heads of old re- publican chieftains, Coolidge is known to be dodging the Klan issue, but since the Klan de- feat in Texas and the denunciation of the hooded order by every other party candidate except Dawes it is believed Coolidge will try to retrieve what the Dawes speech lost to the party by making some sort of a vague declaration. But even republican par- ty editors are now of the opinion that a vague declaration will not suffice. Coolidge must say flefinitely where he stands on the Klan, issue. It is even suggested that Coolidge will insist on General Dawes submit- ting his speeches to the campaign manager in the future, and to stop the practice of speaking extempo- raneously. Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, the anti- Klan candidate in Texas, is leading her opponent, Judge Felix Robertson, by about 80,000 votes. Her election is conceded. The defeat of the Klan in Texas in an open fight is calculated to have a detrimental effect on its fortunes in the rest of the country. Not alone have they lost the governor: ship but every other state office. Election Not Expected. The LaFollette campaign committee has decided not to interfere in local campaigns, according to John Nelson, campaign manager. COAL BARONS PROTECT KLUX CHIEF YOUNG BULLETIN. HERRIN, Ill., Aug. 25.—S. Glenn Young must appear for trial here this week, Judge Bowen ruled in court here this afternoon, overrul- ing a motion for a continuance of one of Young’s cases which came to trial today. s 3s (Special to the DAILY WORKER) HERRIN, Ill, Aug. 25.—Attorneys Arlie Boswell. and C, D. Fithian, representing S. Glenn Young, noto- rious Ku Klux Klan raider of William- son county fame, submitted affidavits from two physicians, Dr. G. N. Welsh, Centralia, Ill., and Dr. William L. Gil- bert, Atlanta, Ga., to show that Young was in a hospital and unable to travel when another of Young's cases was called for trial before Judge EB. .N. Bowen in the Herrin city court to- day. Young is now-under bonds ag- gregating $204,000 on indictments growing out of the rioting here’ Feb- ruary 8, last. Young is now in a hos- pital at Atlanta, Ga. for treatment of gunshot wounds received when shot last May. Coal Lands Purchase Freedom. Should the court forfeit Young’s bond, and should there be forfeiture of the remainder of Young’s bonds, millions of dollars worth of coal latids in southern Illinois, put up as security for the bonds of Young and his in- timate associates, will be involved in forfeitures and legal wrangles. Decent Pay, Not Tips, Is Union Barbers’ Demand Members of Journeymen’ Barber's Union, Local No, 548, are demanding an increase in their wages. They are now receiving $26 a week and they have put in a demand for $35. President W. 8S. Liedig, said the un- fon representatives had presented their demands to the master barbers. “We have been in conference with the master barbers twice, but as yet noth- ing definite has been decided “upon. We are going to put this thing up to @ fight until we get our raise.” Liedig said that 85 per cent of the barbers in Chicago are organized and that the next move was organizing women barbers, Getting back to the strike, he add- ed: “We want a living wage for our people so that they will not be de- pendent on tips. The tipping system is a curse and disgrace and I, as a union man, want to see it abolished.” ee 7 Brisbane Predicts Day of Workers’ Rule But Sees It Very Far Off ‘By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. "TOPAY, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, editorial .dictator of the Hearst newspapers, salves the fears of the “upper clawse,” to which the Hearst-Brisbane outfit is trying to cater, by promising that Workers’ Rule in the United States is a long way off. But what a startling confession to come, even from a Brisbane, that Workers’ Rule is coming at all. * * * * This is the Brisbane who has become a millionaire, and piled up more millions for William Randolph Hearst, thru the worst:prostitution of the yellow press. This is Brisbane, the conservative and careful investor in New York real estate, who even won the plaudits of the Wall Street Journal, tor his sagacity in making investments. * In his own words, Brisbane confesses that, “The next step will come eventually and the crowd at the bottom, the WORKERS, will rule. bit here in America that is a long way off. Men of different races, languages and religions do not trust each other, and will not consent that any among them shall lead all. And for the present, barring great stupidity on the part of finance, that finance, thru its representatives, will rule.” * * * * Brisbane merely restates a policy that the great em- ploying interests in this country have always carefully and ruthlessly followed, and will continue to follow until their day of doom, and that is, “Divide the workers along the lines of race, language and religion, and then it will be easy to - conquer them, and keep them in subjection.” Every great unorganized industry, steel, acking, shoe, textile, to ‘mention only a few, have used these divisions among the workers to shatter the workers’ ranks and keep labor from organizing. The latest effort, growing out of the restriction of immigration from Europe, is the herding of - great masses of Negroes into the Northern industrial cen- ers. 2g a“ * * * But these very tactics of the bosses have taught the workers the lesson needed to overcome this obstacle to their winning of power. The workers know better today, than ever before, that they must get together, in spite of race, language, color, or religion to fight “The Boss.’ The freee strikes in the packing industry. The last great steel strike. The uprisings of the workers in the shoe and textile industries. The present strike of the silk work- ers in Paterson, New Jersey. All bear testimony to the fact that workers are developing solidarity, in spite of differences, in the face of the enemy's attack. * * Great labor organizations stand as an encouragement to the workers, as a convincing proof that unity can be won. The United Mine Workers of America is made up of workers speaking many languages, professing many reli- gions, or no religion, and of many colors. It is against this unified mass that the bosses are now hurling their most vicious open shop attack. : The needle trades unions, especially the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, have a widely diversified member- ship. But these organizations should give. Brisbane con- siderable reason for thought. The great membership of these organizations decide continuously that “One among them shall lead all.” The members of these unions do trust each other in spite of race, religion, color. The grapes of officials of one nationality is accepted, and the unity of the organization is not im- paired because of the racial or religious differences that exist between the Polish, Italian, Czech, Jewish, German, Lithuanian or Negro workers. * * * * Capitalism cannot eliminate, thru its oppression, race, nationality, religious and color lines. Those divisions will remain. But thru its oppression capitalism is driving the work- ers together, into a solid fighting mass, in spite of these . differences. This welding of the forces of American labor has been proceeding for a hundred years, in this country. That this unity of labor is growing more rapidly now, than ever before, is shown by the fact that the workers of all nations upon earth have built the closely knit, well dis- ciplined Third (Communist) International, on the ruins of the loose in form and chaotic in action Second (Socialist) International. ' * ae * * Let Brisbane breathe not so easily. ~ The mothers of labor in New York City may yet take over his palaces and use them as nurseries for their “East Side” babies. The workers may not be long in running up the Red Flag of “Unity!” over the buildings that house the Hearst publications, and claim them as their own, and use the plants therein to turn out their own publications. Brisbane gay of great disappointment may be much nearer than he thinks, or even, dreams. ‘ It isn't safe for a wi of the capitalist social order to make conservative predictions in these days of rapid pro- gress. | JUDGE JEERS; 1. W. W. CASE DRAGS (Continued from page 1) ed to Chicago all the way from Den- erty, the court will protect them,” or violate the rights of private prop- ver, Colo., and from New York City, just to get personally in touch with the developments in the case, Judge Asks Purpose of |. W. W. Judge David asked the attorneys many questions about the case, “What is the function of the I, W. W.?" he asked, Mr. Rodriguez undertook to explain. The I. W. W. organizes laboring men into unions, and functions as any union does, he said. The national of- ficers are located in Chicago. Jud: 8 of “Honor.” “Oh!” exe! Judge David, “so Chicago is honored with the national offices of the I. W. W, Well, as long as they don't engage in any attempte to overthrow gov Then Attorney O'Connell, counsel for the “outs,” protested that the Doyle-Fisher group was. trying to de- lay the rendering of a decision on the demand for an injunction. O'Connell reiterated the charges that force had been used by the “ins” to maintain themselves in power. “If any force is going to be usued,” declared Judgo David, showing signs of judicial anger, “it will be the gov- ernment that will keep order in the We WF hs v $15,000 In Bank. showed great interest in the of the organization. He thought that the organization ought to be incorporated, that it was irregu: jud, institutions, |lar to let men have charge of the acc ‘Tuesday, August 26, 1924 CAPITALISM IS SOCIAL CANCER, SAYS FOSTER Workers Must Perform Surgical Operation (Special tojthe DAILY WORKER) ST. PAUL, Minn., (By Mail.) —‘I_ won't be elected president of the United States in this campaign, but the time is com- ing when the candidate of the Workers’ Party will be chosen. But he won't be known as pre- sident then, he will be the chair- man of the Council of Com- missars made up of farmers and workers,” said William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for president of the United States on the Workers Party ticket, at a meeting here Aug. 23rd. Mr. Foster addressed one of the most enthusiastic political gatherings held in St. Paul for sothe time. very available seat was taken in the large labor temple. A striking feature of the meeting was the large attendance of trade unionists and other elements not directly affiliated with radical move- ments. Confusing the Workers, Speaking of the issues involved in the presidential campaign he showed where the other parties were attempt- ing to befuddle the minds of the peo- ple with fake issues as the tarrif, “good government,” etc., and that the Workers’ Party is the only political organization that offers a real solu- tion for.our present ills. He said that the cancer in the society in which we live is the wage system and like all cancers he said it must be cut com- pletely out of the body politic, As an illustration of the wage sys- tem Foster recalled that some nine or ten years ago he worked for Swift & Co., the packers of Chicago, for the ridiculous wage of $9.00 a week, and during that same period $34,000,000 was the profit of the concern, a good part of which was divided among the immediate Swift family. Knock Geese Eggless. In referring to the old proverb Fos- ter said: “There are some 30,000,000 geese occupied with the business of golden eggs. In spite of the old adage ‘don’t kill the goose that lays the golden egg,’ the capitalist class has no such consideration for the workers. The 30,000,000 geese are treated with the utmost contempt.” J. F. Emme, Congressional candi- date in the Fourth District, St. Paul, on the Farmer-Labor Ticket preceded Foster and lit into the local labor politicians, particularly John F. Sin- clair, LaFollette’s right-hand man in Minnesota, for the peanut political game they were playing in taking ad- vantage of the national progressive Sweep to ease themselves into soft offices. Seize Anti-Klan Paper NEWARK, Ohio, Aug. 25.—A con- signment of 1100 Muncie Democrats, an anti-Klan publication, was seized here by local cops on the charge that it printed untruthful and obscene stories. The publication avers that it has been printing truthful stories about the local klan administration which got under their knighties. Mobilizers Open adquarters, WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.— Head- quarters have been established here for the national committee, which is co-operating with the war department in completing plang for “Defense Day.” * ——— PSA IDE ASTER SINR I AT funds of an organization that is not incorporated. He was rather sur- prised when told that labor organiza- tions are not incorporated, not even the American Federation of Labor and its various “internationals,” It was learned from Attorney Ro- driguez that the organization now has $15,000 in the bank. It was pointed out to the court that this money must be used to carry on the work of the organization, There are many bills awaiting payment now and salaries that must be paid. It was decided that all checks should be paid by or- der of the court, until the case is set- tled, This was agreed upon by the attorneys of both sides, Don't Believe In Injunctions. When the judge was told that the printing plant was being used by the Fisher-Doyle group to inform the members about the injunction, the judge suddenly exclaimed: “Oh, so they don’t believe in injunc- tions, Well, we see that injunctions are sometimes a good thing even for the I. W. W.” _ Then declaring that he could not spend any more time on the instructing the attorneys to gether and draw up a working for the use of the books and the for organizational work, intil comes up again, he dismissed so far as he was concerned, agreed that the matters at taken before a master in chancery, hear evidence and make @ decision, if 5