The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 27, 1924, Page 5

Wednesday, August 27, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER BANKS HOLDING)! BILLIONS THRU | FARM MORTGAGES Wall Street Controls U. S, Agriculture (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 26,—Billions of dollars are now outstanding against American agriculturists, according to statements coming from the chief money lenders in New York; These , banks, insurance companies and other inyestment agencies are reported as well satisfied with measures for relief of the farmers which result in an in- crease in their business. Farm loan investments of the Met- ropolitan Life Insurance Co. on Dec, $1, 1923, totaled $142,344,375 repre- senting an increase of $45,313,000 in 12 months in the extent to which farmers are mortgaged to this big Wall Street institution. The Metro- Politan holds mortgages on 18,648 farms. It is the policy of the direc- tors to enlarge its farm loan invest- ments. Dismiss Department of Agriculture Aid For His Exposures (By The Federated Press.) WASHINGTON; Aug. 26.— Dismis- sal of John M. Burns from the legal enforcement staff of the Stockyards ‘and Packers division by Secretary of ‘Agriculture Wallace, just after Con- gress adjourned, is denounced as “one of the most underhanded and sneaking cases of official terrorism in our country’s history,” by Bepj. C, Marsh of the Farmers National Coun- cil. Marsh has. written President Coolidge a letter, asking him to inves- tigate. . a Secretary Wallace, according tothe record, notified Burns that the latter was dismissed because the staff must vbe reduced—a few days after Burns had testified before a committee of the House thdt Wallace had. failed to enforce certain sections of. the law, ‘Wallace did not attempt to refute the testimony—he punished. the witness. Then, to make the case complete; he employed another lawyer from out- side, in Burns stead, after letting out the faithful servant of the public on pretext that the staff was too large. Marsh reminds Coolidge that the G. O. P, national committee has failed to comply with the Senate's request for information as to how much the meatpackers have paid itno their fund since 1920. Leather Workers Sign Cont BOSTON, August 26.—A- contract similar in all respects to that of last year, but providing for a 5 per cent increase.in pay, has been negotiated between the United Leather Workers’ Intl. Union of this city and the: em- ployers. Distribute a bundle of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign Edition, dated Saturday, August 30, ‘A STYLISH YOUTHFUL FROCK. f rcan and OUR DAILY PATTERNS SCLOSE LAFOLLETTE PLAN TO THROW ELECTION INTO CONGRESS; _ BRYAN MAY BECOME PRESIDENT! By TOM MATHEWS (Special to The Daily Worker) OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 26.—Is the new politico-labor ‘faker alliance, from LaFollette to Debs and Gompers to Stone, schem- ing to. put over on the workers and farmers of this country a gigantic political swindle aimed at making Charles W. Bryan the next president? Recent events in Nebraska political circles, and particularly the policies adopted by the Grand Island conference of the “La- Follette Independent Party” on the 19th are lending great weight to suspicions becoming ever more prevalent as to the real od purpose behind the maneuver- ings of the Wisconsin republi- L his aggregation of political highbinders and labor fakers. j ‘ Outlines Fakers’ Plan. Consider the following facts and extenuating circumstances with re- gard to this situation: 1, As far back as. last February certain Bryan henchmen in Nebraska stated positively (tho not for publi- cation) that “Brother Charley” would be on the national ticket of the Demo- cratic party. RG 2, These same political boot-blacks urged the Nebraska Progressive Par- ty leaders (who were supporting the St. Paul, convention) to refrain from putting up a candidate against Bryan for governor. They argued that Bry- an wanted the “third party nomina- tion” with which to bolster up his bid for a. place-on the national Democrat- ic ticket, and. thatthe progressives in Nebraska, ‘could then: pick their own man for the next .goyernor of the state.” 3. The LaFollette leaders have re- jected categorically all “entangling al- lances” with regard to state and lo- eal tickets. Altho no intelligent stu- dent of political trends concedes La Follette even a chance to be elected, yet these politicians are insisting ev- erywhere that every effort be direct- ed toward the sole purpose of “elect- ing LaFollette and Wheeler.” The Real Facts. The real facts with regard to this LaFollette-Bryan swindle, in the opin- ion of close observers, are: 1. LaFollette knows that he has no chance of being elected. 2. Bryan cares nothing about be- ing elected to the “second-fiddle” place on the Demo ticket. _ Bryan is a, politician of whom it has been said that “he would declare himself a Communist if he saw a chance to make votes.” LaFollette, in his way, is equally unscrupulous, but Charley Bryan is one of those Main Street politicians who forget even dig- nity and “appearances” in his des- perate chase for office. At the New York convention of the Wall Street Donkey party, Bryan stood at the door and electioneered for himself like a common ‘ward-heeler, while his brother, William Jennings; pretended to hurl’ fireworks in»the direction of John W, Davis. © h But any one who understands the character of Charley Bryan, knows that he will not put up such a des- perate fight; with his plans obviously ljaid months ahead, for the vice-presi- dential’ nomination. For. president, yes, but not for vice-president. LaFollette, likewise, is not fooling A DAINTY FROCK FOR A LITTLE TOT. ¢ himself with regard to his chances of being elected to the White House. Yet why does he refuse to build fu- ture strength thru the election of state and loca] candidates pledged to support his policies? Why do his campaign managers work frantically to prevent even the endorsement of Senator Norris, right- hander of LaFollette, by the “Ne- braska progressives?” Why does LaFollette refuse to be “entangled” with (the Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota? The answers to these questions lie in the “facts and extenuating circum- stances” given above. LaFollette and Bryan are politicians, typical petit- bourgeois politicians, who would ‘ne- ver hesitate to use the masses of de- luded workers and exploited farmers to achieve their own selfish ends. LaFollette’s Bolt In the Cog. LaFollette believes, yes, Gompers, Wheeler, Stone, and Hillquit, perhaps even Debs, believe that LaFollette can carry a sufficient number of states, thru the votes of the great masses of workers and farmers under their ideological domination, that no candidate will receive a majority of electoral votes and the election will then be thrown into the House of Rep- resentatives. What of that, you say? Just how do LaFollette and the labor fakers stand to gain anything by that? Watch! If the LaFollette and Bry- an swindle succeeds’ according to schedule, the so-called “progressive bloc” in Congress can prevent the election, they caleulate, of either Cool- idge or Davis. (Since each state would cast one yote and a clear ma- jority would be necessary). It would ‘then behoove the country’s guardians | to forego the selection of a president, and choose a vice-president who would serve in his place.. Then, these fakers calculate, the “LaFollette bloc” could muster sufficient votes, togeth- er/with those of the Democrats, to put the Main Street politician from Nebraska, Charley Bryan, in the White House as their suppliant tool. Improbable, you say? Consider again: Why were Bryan’s henchmen, as far back as February, positive that he would be on the Democratic na- tional ticket? Why was LaFollette so particular- ly anxious to head off the St. Paul Farmer-Labor convention? Why does LaFollette now, when he knows that he can carry but a few states, insist upon no “entangling al- liances” even with the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota? The Great Swindle. Unless the workers and exploited farmers of this country can be. warn- ed in time, which is the task of the Communists, the LaFollette- Bryan succeed. Masses of » Marching up to the polls to elect a.candidate by Minority Vote and lay the beginning of Fas- cism in America may be the spectacle before us in November, Every Communist, every member of the Workers Party, should consi- der it his duty to his cause to strain every nerve in behalf of the Foster- Gitlow campaign, and against the “La Follette Ilusio: Against the LaFollettes and the Bryans, against the fakers of all de- scriptio! the Workers Party raises the slogan of working class strug- gle, the overthrow of capitalism—the Soviet power and dictatorship of the proletariat, . Behind the clever mask of LaFol- lette and Bryan lies the black shirt of the Fascist—ready to do the bid- ding of Wall Street and assassinate the cause of the workers and exploit- ed farmers in return for a place at the political, pie-counter, Charles W. Bry- of the and Miss Sherwin points out that age in the nation. MEXICAN TEXTILE MILL A DISGRACE TO THE WORKERS Average Wage of Slave a Dollar a Day (By Federated Press,) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26.—The enor- mous textile mill of Rio Blanca in the state of Veracruz is a disgrace to the Mexican people, For many genera- tions the workers of Rio Blanca have kept the thousands of workers in a state worse than slavery. They house them ‘in most miserable huts. They give their children no schooling what- ever, and as soon as youngsters are old enuf to exercise muscular control they put them to work. Three gene- rations may be seen working at the same time, at the same task. Booze Back Wages. The entire area of Rio Blanca is covered with beer saloons (cantinas) owned by the company, which are never closed. At the end of the week the little money that the worker earns he .spends in the saloon, so that it goes back to his employer. The worker is always in debt to the com- pany, and he is kept in misery and degredation. Incest and idiocy is very common amongst these workers. The ayerage.wage for a textile worker with a large family is about a dollar a day.. In some sections of the country he works for as low as 45 cents a day. And theve are about 45,000 men, women and children em- ployed in Mexican textiles. Of these 16,525 receive less than 75 cents a day; 5,308 receive less than $1, a day; 17,953 receive less than a $1.25 a day; 2,220 receive up to $1.75 per day; and only 7,976 over $1.75. This means that 90 per cent of the textile workers receive less than $1.25 a day. — Your Union Meeting Fourth Wednesday, August 27, 1924. Name Pi of Local and e of Meeting. "District Council, 119 No. and Racine Bivd. and Lexing- 8443'S. Ashland Ave. 505 S. State St. 8, 1698 N- HALSTED Escanaba Av ers, pe ad W. Div! in St. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. hi 113 N. Ashiand Bivd. Cicero Ave. 426 W. 63d St. 910. W. Monroe St. r s Dist. Council, 5445 v armen, 5444 Wentworth Carmen, 5445 As! Trainmen, 426 \' m. Ww. in St. eters’ (Meat), 220°S. ‘Ashland vi meters (Bone), 6959 S. Halsted 13046 Tuckpoint 810 W. Harrison St. 924 Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. Harrison St. (Note—Unless otherwise meetings are at § p.m.) Over Four Million Illiterates May Vote; For Calvin? (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26,—Illiteracy will soon have a dangerous influence on the national elections in the United States, unless intelligent voters get to the polls in November, says Miss stated all Belle Sherwin, president of the League of Woman Voters. Only 49 per cent ed electors voted in 1920, there are 4,300,000 illiterates of voting “At every election,” she says, “the party machines bring out a controlled illiterate vote, while the intelligent BUILDING HOMES FOR WORKERS “Homes” of Russian Railroad Workers of the Northern Railroads Before the Russian Workers to Get New) Homes. 100,000 rubles was appropriated for building new homes for the “workers of Zlatoust. 180,000 rubles was ap- propriated for building new homes for the miners of Bakalsk mine. 1,000, 000 rubles are requested in the budget of the Ural district for the building of hémes for workers. CHARKOFF—Three model labor villages are being built in the neigh- borhood' of the big Charkoff factories. fivery village will have 35 brick build- ings divided into 4 and 6 room flats About one-half of the work is already completed. Plans arealso being made for the building of six bix seven-story homes—communes for single people. Every home-commune will have room ‘or 4,500 people. TIFLIS—32 families of printers or- ganized a home building union, They will build a model, village for workers in the suburb of Tiflis. Land has been granted for that purpo#® by the proper government institiftion. A big park and a labor theater are pro- vided for, in the building program. LOSINOOSTROVSK—30 homes are being built by the Railroad workers’; building co-operative. It is. expected that by the middle of November 45 families will occupy the homes. ALEXANDROVSK— The workers building co-operative obtained a home of 40 rooms. Part of the home is already remodeled and occupied. The rest is being remodeled. SHARIA—Fifteen new homes are being built and plans for a village- Revolution. park are worked out. The homes are two and three story buildings with 6 and 8 flats. MOSCOW—The railroad workers home building co-operative of the Northern Railroads have 1,700 mem- bers. Another Light and Power Station. KISELOVSK, Ural District—The new Kiselovsk Electric Light and Power Station has been opened in the presence of representatives of the Comintern, the: French, German and Russian Communist parties and many other representatives of labor and government institutions. About 8,000 workers from the neighborhood fac- tories participated in the celebration, Talks were made by the representa- tives of the different organizations and by the representative of the work- ers who built the station. Fighting Unemployment. CHARKOFF— Energetic measures to combat unemployment are being adopted by the local trade unions and city government, 1,800 unemployed are employed by the city on city im- provements. Homes for 2,000 unem- ployed men and women have been opened by the city. In the homes for women nurseries have been organized. TULA—40,000 rubles have been ap- propriated to combat unemployment. Five hundred unemployed will be em- ployed on city improvements. KIEFF—As a means to combat un- employment agricultural communes composed entirely of demobilized Red army soldiers are being organized by the Land Department of Ukraina. Homes of the Same Workers, Built in 1923. THESE MEN FOUGHT YOUR BATTLES AND THEY NEED YOU NOW Birthdays in September of politt- cal prisoners, confined in prisons in the United States, are ‘announced by the Workers’ National Prison Comfort club, 2923 Chestnut St., Milwaukee; Wis., as follows: At San Quentin Prison, San Quen- tin, Cal—Sept 7, Ernst Erickson, No. 38112; Sept. 7, Bew Whittling, No.’ 36721; Sept. 10, G. J. Terrell, No. 38132; Sept. 17, John Orlando, No, 37650; Sept, 14, Mickey J. Dunn, No. 35564; Sept. 25, G. Lindsfor, No. 38123. At Sioux Falls, South Dakota, P. © Box 811.—Sept., 17, Frank God- lasky. Cora Meyer, national secretary, invites friends and sympathizers to send birthday cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these political prisoners. Books and publications to be sent. directly from the publishers. Political prisoner Jesus Gonzulez writes: “I appreciate very much the kindness of friends for the many greetings. I have been shut from the outside world so long, I cannot imagine how the world looks. I hope my luck will change some day and they will give me my f: jom,” Two Chicago Unions Establish Emergency Loans for Members The Chicago Postoffice Clerks’ Un- ion has just established a Co-ooera- tive Loan Association in the Federal building. of Chicago in order to pro- vide their members with emergency loans and to promote thrift. The |Loan Association follows the lines of |the workers’ credit unions advocated |by the All American Co-operative Commissison, and has already re- ceived a substantial sum in deposits from. its members in small weekly and monthly payments, Another financial institution for Chicago workers, the Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank, has just celebrated .its second birthday with the announcement that its deposits now reach $3,627,000.00 The bank at- tributes its success to three services: small emergency loans to ae. work- ers; low interest mortgage Toans to workers who desire to buy homes; and the honest handling of millions of dollars in remittances to foreign countries, especially to Rus the Amalgamated has connections with the government bank. MITCHALL'S INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Union Music Furnished POINT OUT MOVE OF MANUFACTURE TO MIDDLE WEST East Slowly Losing to Mississippi Valley ‘Gi (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-—-Manufactur- ing activity and with it industrial em- ployment has for years been steadily shifting from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi valley which produces most of the raw materials required by them and most of the coal necessary to carry out the process, according. tq an analysis of census data by the National City bank. West Increasing Its Shares “While the Atlantic coast as a whole still produces a little more than half of the manufacturers of the entire country,” says the bank’s survey, “the share produced in the Mississippi valley has grow from 19 pet. in 1850 to 88 pet. in 1900 and 41 pet. in 1921. The percentage of the total outturn produced by the three geographical divisions designated as New England, Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic has declined from 79 pct. in 1850 to 57 pet. in 1900 and 51 pet. in 1921. The other section, the Pacific and Mountain states, has increased its share from less than 2 pct. in 1850 to 4% pet. in 1900 and 7 pet. in 1921.” The survey calls attention to the fact that all sections have shown a big actual gain in the 60 years, total ma- nufactures as a whole having increased from $1,000,000;000 to $44,000,000,000. Basis of Pittsburgh Plus Such movements as that for the abo- lition of the Pittsburgh Plus basis of steel prices, for the development of the St. Lawrence waterway, and for the development of Chicago as the indus- trial center of the country must be seen against the background of this development which the bank survey emphasizes, Distribute a bundle of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign Edi- tion, dated Saturday, August 30. 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Brothierhood of Ry. | Trainmen Declines to Endorse Robert CLEVELAND, Qhio, Aug. 26,—The Brotherhood of Railway Sere has sent circular letter ta 180,000 cat members advising them that the or- doliies ye . ganization asa whole has not offici- fell out! ally endorsed either Coolidge or Daivs é i or LaFollette, P : : j ‘ : : The Brotherhood intends to follow K the famous Gompersian policy of re warding its friends and puninshing vote, uncontrolled except by itself, sits supinely by without even trying to see what the vote of all the people would mean,” Continuous Performance from 7:30 Dp. m. to 1l p. m ADMISSION 50c A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN * Oh, she's wallcing on her head!” n | ON | cetved, 4 foal test at a local sanitarium and has ' | } He been pronounced sound. The’ Dallas local Scripps daily, remarks that he did not visit the psycopathic Sc Salat g