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

| | ] j | CLEVELAND MILL MAGNATES QUAKE ATW. P, LEAFLET Throw a Couple of Fits When They See It (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Sept. 28.—Mill mag- nates in Cleveland who are supersensi- tive on profits and property rights were thrown into alarms which quick- ly spread to the newspapers when they saw a few pieces of Workers Party literature being distributed to mill workers. Suggestive military terms were used to describe the propaganda work. The ‘bombardment’ of literature, said to be ‘inflammatory,” penetrated pain- fully into the consciousness of the mill owners when they noticed that the leaflets called for a workers’ and farmers’ government to end oppres- sion and exploitation. This demand was termed revolutionary. * Such Bunk! A silly season touch was given the incident when claims were made that W. Z. Foster and C. BE. Ruthenberg of the Workers Party, are profiteering handsomely thru the sale of the prop- aganda leaflets. @ LOSE ONE ROUND, WIN ANOTHER, IN I, W. W. TRIALS FRESNO, Cal., Sept 28.—The crim- inal syndicalism charge against Mick- ey Hurley, John Martin, T. J. McDon- ald, Miles MeGabe and Emil Staffo has been dismissed after nearly two years’ activity by the defense. Three of these cases have been hanging fire since October, 1922, a former trial having resulted in nine to three for acquittal. None of the men were ac- cused of anything except membership in the I. W. W. waite ? SACREMENTO, Cal., Sept. 28.—The appellate court has confirmed the con- viction for criminal syndicalism of Ed “Dawe and F. W. Thompson, both sent to San Quentin a year ago by the judge who sentenced Ford and Suhr to life. The men charged unfairness in selection of the jury, a special panel being selected and jurymen being ac- cepted who acknowledged prejudice against. the I. W. W. The case will be appealed. Silk Strikers Win. HARTFORD; Conn., Sept. 28—When 200 night operators of the Edward Bloom Silk Co. walked out, following a strike of the day men, the manage- ment agreed to meet the demand for day work for all. The management promised to install 90 additional looms. OUR DAILY PATTERNS A COMFORTABLE UNDERGARMENT TH E DAILY! WORKER Page Five The Imperialist Attack Upon China By G. VOITINSKY (Moscow). 'HE recent events in China only constitute the culmination of those proceedings which have taken place during the last eighteen months. Part of these proceedings was the ousting of Japanese influence by America and England, the strengthening of English and American capital and its pressure upon North and Central China, re- sulting in the consolidation and strengthening of the reactionary mili- tarist clique in the north, the Tchili party. At the same time there is another process going on, that of the growth, the extension and deepening of the na- tional revolutionary movement, which is seeking a new way to conduct a real fight against the yoke of foreign imperialism. The most important events of the first process were: the victory of Wu-Pei-Fu over Tchan-Tzo- Lin and Sun-Yat-Sen in the middle of 1922, the bloody suppresison of the railway strike, the crushing of the in- dependent army of the Sytchuan province in 1928, the election of Tsao-Kun as president, the strength- ening of the power of Wu-Pei-Fu thru- out the whole of Central China. On the other hand the strengthen- ing of the struggle against foreign imperialism is characterized by such historical facts as the agreement with the Soviet Union, the continual syste. matic struggle even of the present Chinese government against the “great powers” and the growth of na- tional revolutionary consciousness thruout the whole public opinion of China, under the pressure of which the Peking government was compelled to bring about the agreement with the Soviet government. We saw already in February this year at the re-organization congress of the Comindan Party (the national- revolutionary party which is led by Sun-Yat-Sen) a tenacious fight be- tween the right and left wing. The representatives of the right wing, comprising in the main the mercantile interests, fought against the reorganization of the party: they desired that it should remain in its present loose and divided condition in order that ghey should be able to re- tain it in their hands as an instru- ment for the protection of their inter- ests against the industrial North and Central China, as well as against the worker and peasant masses in South China. The left wing of the party, at the head of which our Communist com rades stand, is striving to convert the party into a real national-revolution- ary party, which shall rely for main support upon the masses of workers and peasants. It is one of the greatest historical merits of Sun-Yat-Sen, the leader and self on the side of the left wing and led the party with firm hand along the road of real struggle for the in- terests of the working and peasant masses and for the interest of the town petty-bourgeoisie. STEP ON THE GAS, 1S WALL _ STREET ORDER TO BIG BIZ; TO HOLD UNTIL ELECTIONS By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) To step on the big orders pedal and let the industrial ma- chine shoot ahead until Coolidge is safely elected on the old full dinner pail gag, is the order to the railroads that has gone from Wall Street. carry out the orders. And the railroad executives have started.to The result will show whether the worker can still be folled or whether he will see in any temporary im- provement in conditions just a demonstration of the tremen- dous power over the country’s life exercised by private owners of the country’s capital. Looks Good! Recent orders placed to initiate the Coolidge for president boom: in- clude Illinois Central 35 large loco- motives, 6,200 cars and 60,000 tons of rails; Pennsylvania, 10,000 cars re- quiring 100,000 tons of steel and 200,000 tons of rails; Texas & Pacific, 2,000 cars; Missouri Pacific, 50 loco- motives. Other orders in negotiation include New York Central, 170,000 tons of rails; Chesapeake & Ohio, 2,000 cars; St. Louis & Southwestern, 1,000 cars; St. Louis & San Francisco, 8,000 cars; Reading, 3,000 cars and 15,000 to 20,000 tons of rails; South- A SIMPLE NIGHT GOWN ern 3,000 cars and 50 locomotives. The Baltimore & Ohio, Santa Fe and Lehigh Valley are expected to place large orders. Railroad purchases for the week ended Sept. 13 totaled around $60,- 000,000. The total intended to create the illusion of a republican full din- ner pail is figured in the hundreds of millions. Rails for immediate deliv- ery will probably involve 400,000 tons of steel and total orders over 2,000,- 000 tons. car calls for about 15 tons of steel. Basis of Steel Rise. These orders underly the recent gain in steel operations which have increased to 60 per cent capacity. compared with a low point of about 40 per cept. Orders,on the books of the steel corporation shows the first gain in months, increasing by 102,505 tons. These orders also stimulate the lumber industry. They involve pur. chase of 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 feet of decking, framing, etc, Indirectly they stimulate coal and many other industries including tranportation. The movement of ore, finished steel, coal, lumber,ete., which go into fin- 4881. This model is easy to develop, and easy to launder. It is good for crepe, crepe de chine, cambric or nainsook. The Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years, A 10 year size requires 2% yards of 32 or 36 imch| 4862, This garment is loose fitting |™aterial. a ‘very practical, It takes the place} Pattern maf ied to any address on oft a short underskit, and drawers, |"eceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. and also supplies the vest. Batiste, long cloth, crepe, silk and crepe de chine may be used for this style. The Pattern is eut in 4 Sizes: Small 94-36, Medium ‘38-40,- Large 42-44, Pxtra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- ure. A Medium size requires 2 yards of 36 inch material, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in gilver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE FALL & WINTER 1924-1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. } / ak. Send 12c in silver or stamps for ouf UP-TO-DATE FALL & WINT 1924-1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. w cae ae age » 1493 partment are aft iy sera bee ished products consumed by the rail- roads means a large percentage of the entire traffic of carriers, Here is the stage machinery which produced the slight gain in. employ- ment and wages reported to Coolidge by the secretary of labor for cam- paign purposes and welcomed by the republicans as a godsend. As fre- quently emphasized by The Federated Press it opens up one of the serious problems faced by the workers.© The irresponsible control which private fi- nance exercises over railroad pur- chases is an important factor in the dictatorship of the big investment bankers. By alternately swamping the market and withholding railroad orders financiers alternately intensify industrial booms and render more serious the depressions with their un- employment and wage deflation. A long step toward regular employ- ment and a beter strategic position for labor will be taken when the con- trol of railroad purchases is taken from the private exploiting interests. “Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, Join the Workers Party! PITTSBURGH, PA, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering linngrt, Renta Service (rSCaN TRH Avis, cor @ | WANTED—Comrades, men and wom: en, earn extra money, spare time, send stamp for particulars, S. Cruden, Box 66, Xenia, Ohio, creator of the Comindan party, that/ at this critical moment he ranged him-| This marked the beginning of a split. The mercantile interests form- erly connected with this party are turning more and more from Sun-Yat- Sen and are becoming his open op- ponents. The necessity of maintain- ing a military territorial basis in South China, which unavoidably in- volves the taxation of big commercial the big merchants against Sun-Yat-Sen. In this struggle for their pocket in- terests the commercial bourgeoisie find themselves allied with English capital, which from Hong Kong is brifiging immediate pressure to bear upon Sun-Yat-Sen. The foreign capi- talists are supplying the bourgeoisie of Canton with weapons and money. Volunteer fascist troops are being openly organized for the struggle against Sun-Yat-Sen and his govern- ment. Such an attitude on the part of the bourgepisie of Canton igs impelling of the South ance with the masses of workers and petty bourgeoisie of Canton, and with |the millions of peasants of the South- ern provinces and of the whole coun- try. In order to protect the city jagainst the foreign enemy and against the ‘growing inner counter- revolution, armed trops of workers are being formed, which have already de- fended Canton against the attack of hostile military forces. The provocation on the part of the Each modern steel freight}, big commercial bourgeoisie, the set- ting up of armed fascist troops, was capital, is sharpening the struggle of} Sun-Yat-Sen to a stili more close alli-, replied to by Sun-Yat-Sen with the confiscation of a ship loaded with weapons and with the strengthening of the struggle against the leaders of the counter-revolutionary revolt which is preparing. Suddenly, however, there appeared upon the scene Eng- great naval forces in Hongkong and by the “labor government” of Ram- say MacDonald in London It trans- pired that the leader of the fascists, the Chinese counter-revolutionary, Tschan-Lin-Pak, is at the same time an agent of the English Hongkong- Shanghai Bank and that even on Chi- nese territory stands under the im- mediate protection of the English con- sul. Hig residence in one of the sub- urbs of Canton is guarded by English soldiers and English (Indian) police. The fight against the counter-revolu tionaries is regarded by the agents of MacDonald as a crime against the principle of democracy and against the interests of foreigners. The recent declaration of the Eng- lish and American consuls ip China constitutes an open proclamation of an immediate armed intervention on the part of the “great” imperialist powers against the growing national revolutionary movement of the coun- try. The American note to the Chinese government states, that “the Powers will adopt all measures and use every means at their disposal which are necessary for the protection of the life and property of foreigners.” The ultimatum which the British | sembled at lish capital, which is supported by the | consul in Canton handed to Sun-Yat Sen speaks more openly as to the British) naval forces having received appropriate orders At the same time these declarations were backed up by deeds; American warships were as: Shanghai, English naval forces were sent from Hongkong to Canton and French warships pro- ceeded partly to Shanghai and partly to Canton. America and England, led by Mac: Donald, are proceeding to open acts of war in order to strangle the na- tional revolutionary movement: Am- erica mainly in Central Asia and Eng- land in Southern China. The united armed action of world imperialism against China is only the beginning of a long and tenacious struggle between the former and the uprising East. In this struggle the suppressed peoples of the East have only one friend and ally; the Union of Soviet Republics. It is difficult to say at present what form the struggle in South China will assume, and fhethef Sun-Yat-Sen will succeed in defending Canton against the combined imperialists. In any event one can confidently say that the approaching struggle will weld to gether all national revolutionary ele- ments for the defence of the revolu- tionary South, which is under the leadership of Sun-Yat-‘Sen and the Gomindan party. This combined at- tack of the imperialists will prove a powerful stimulus, which will stir up the struggle against foreign imperial- ism thruout the whole of China. | Your Union Meeting FOURTH MONDAY, SEPT. 29. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Bartenders, 123 N. Clark St., 8:30 P. M. No. 89 1 Bridge and Structural Iron Work- ers, 910 W. Monroe St. Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Av Butchers, Hebrew, 3420 W. Roose- velt Rd. Butchers, Bohemian, 1870 Blue Is- land A irs, 113 S. Ashland Cleaners & 1710 N. Winches’r 860 Sherman Ave. 180 W. Washington St 4003 Roosevelt Rd. W, 38th ° St. 2040 . North Ave. — S. C. 9139 Commercial , West St » Wau. 2040 W. North Ave. rs Executive Board, hington St., 7:30 p. m. 713 119 S. Throop St. 394 {pacomotive) 7832S. 400 ‘4643S. Haisted Street 401 311 S. Ashland Ave. 569 180 W. Washington St. 196 nd Enginemen, 2431 Ra... 9:30 Last g 7:30 Baer 331 men and Enginemen, 64th and Ashland Ave. 698 and Enginemen, Madison Glove Gperators, 1710 N. Winches. ter Ave. 76 Hee tk Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. 59 Ladies’ 328 W. Van 7 tern Ave. 355 N. Clark » and Dobson nance of Way, 1543 W. 103d nance of Way, 202 W. 47th 175 W. Washington St. |. Cicero Ave, W. North Ave. 19 W. Adams St. Madison and 5th Ave. , 205 E. 115th St. iiway Clerks, 459 N. State st. Metal Workers, 1638 N. St. ’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 irk Street 180 W. Washington St., , 11826, Michigan Ave. S. Ashiand Bivd., 220 S. Ashland Bivd. Russians Postpone Play. On account of the affair to be given Saturday, Sept. 27, for the benefit of the DAILY WORKER, the Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia has postponed its performance to Satur- day, Oct. 4. A Russian play, “The Devil's Kitchen,” in four acts, will be given by the Society at 1902 W. Divi- sion St. ‘ — Babbitts March, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 28.—More than 8,000 Knights Templar of Iilin- ois marched. in a spectacular parade which featured today's session of the state conclave here. Twenty bands and drum and bugle corps were in line. VILLARD, BACKER OF LAFOLLETTE IN NEW YORK, IS PRESIDENT OF “OPEN SHOP” MINE CORPORATION Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of “The Nation” and supporter of LaFol- lette, is the president of the Fort Montgomery iron mine, operating as an “open shop.” Villard Progressive Political Action campaign The Fort Montgomery iron mine lonely railroad station at Fort Montgomery. .| Store—a former is chairman of the New York local Conference for committee, is located about five miles from the Communication is extremely difficult and it is only after a hard and tedious climb by foot or Ford that a desolate cluster of shacks and the mine itself is reached. a desolate cluster of shack and the mine itself is reached. In these ramshackle dwellings, iso- lated and cut off from the rest of the «| world, live the miners. The monotony and drabness of the scene are height- ened by the occasional appearance of an emaciated cur—a heap of rusty to- mato cans—piles of gray iron ore and . {the usual rubbish typical of an ill- kept, slovenly manufacturing com- pany village. Working Conditions Appalling. Life at the Fort Montgomery Iron Mine is not a happy one. The mine is a very old one, having been in op- eration since the days of the revolu- tionary war. The mines therefore, must work many hundreds of feet be- low ground under the constant danger of falling rock. The proprietor of the local cigar miner, now stone blind—was a tragic illustration of the appalling conditions under which these workers toiled. Underground the walls are always wet and the air is damp and ¢hilly. Piles of iron ore, broken machinery and rubbish in con- fused piles at unexpected places add to the hazards of the situation with +|a distant telephone as the sole means of communication or source of help. During the world war, this mine was so busy turning out iron ore for muni- tions that in spite of the lack of sani- tation of any kind, the men were com- pelled to sleep underground. An Open Shop. Villard’s miners have tried in vain to organize a union to improve their conditions. Working long hours at $4.50 a day, under a terrific strain, they sought thru their collective strength to win some slight improve- ment in their lot. The answer to their efforts was the same that any employer from Gary down would give. Those active in attempting to bnild an organization were ruthless- ly fired and conditions remained as before, “The men do not need a union,” ffaid the mine superintendent to they DAILY WORKER reporter. “They get a five dollar gold piece every Christmas.” Instead of paying a liv- ing wage the company has devised UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS What's that strange. noise, Janie? , intent an ingenious premium plan which pen- alizes those workers who seek relief by leaving the job. Villard, along with Spreckels, the sugar king, Vanderlip, the banker and Rawleigh, the drug manufactur- er; are typical of the kind of back- ing LaFollette is receiving, It is up- on the representative of these men that the workers are asked to rely. One need but visit the Fort Mont- gomery iron mine to see clearly what Villard thinks: of the workers and what hope there is in him and his candidate—LaFollette. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. Vote Communist This Time! [EXPLOITATION OF KID IMMIGRANTS BRINGS SUICIDES Five Destroy Selves in Canada in Year By SYDNEY WARREN, (By the Federated Press.) VANCOUVER, B. C., 28.—Dur ing the past year there were five cases of suicide among child immigrants in Canada. Children brought from Eng- land under the auspices of charitable organizations have become stranded and are forced to accept employment Sept under the most degrading conditions and sometimes treated in such a bru- tal manner that suicide is taken as the only means of escape These facts are before the Vancouver Trades Couneil following an investigation of ‘the conditions of child immigrants to Canada made by the Child Welfare League of this city. The report revealed that children as young as five years have been sent out to Canada while tots ranging from seven to ten years are quite common. Many of these thildren are brought out ostensibly for adoption but this has been proved a ruse to obtain cheap labor. Child immigrants are tak- en to farms and sweat shop industries where they are given a low wage and compelled to pay back their passage money which keeps them in the grip of cher exploiters for years. The manjer of exploitation is almost iden- ticallwith that employed by the South | Austtalian government's boy immigra- \tion scheme, which the new Labor government of that state straightway abolished. Brutally Treated. Accounts of the treatment of child |immigrants on the farms and factories of this country would furnish Charles Dickens, were he alive, with ample material for storie In one instance a young farm lad was compelled to work such long hours and received such brutal treatment from his mas- ter that he hid from the farmhouse in the middle of the winter and when found was frozen to death. On an- other prairie! farm a youth received such frightful heatings from ‘his em- ployer that he committed suicide ‘to_ escape them, In Vancouver a case was cited where an 11-year-old girl was doing the housework for a family in the fashionable part of the city and was not allowed te attend: school.” Other immigrant children were employed in cheap restaurants and stores on the Prairies where they were used not only to force down wages but to keep adults out of employment. The Vancouver Trades Council has decided to appoint a gommittee to tell Margaret Bondfield, under-secretary of labor in the British Labor government of the plight of child immigrants in Canada, i St It is there that minds are open to t facing the working class. It is in most clearly, for example, organizer and fighter for the work fighter for the middle class. (Edit * be added to that. possible to place It’s up to you in the hands of the workers you w tories. Sell them everywhere, As revealed in an Analysis LaFollette, by Jay Lovestone. By Alexander Bittelman. first reading this pamphlet... Unemployment— ers today. LITERATURE 1113 Washington Bivd, ir the Shops! The very best place to carry on a working class campaign is in the shops and factories where the workers gather to earn their living. that stand for concrete solutions of the problems of bread and butter the difference between Foster, the union THE ABOVE “HITS THE NAIL” on the head. THESE PAMPHLETS Now is the time. The LaFollette I]usion— ° * * * Parties and Issues in the Election Campaign— Questions and answers, how the dif- ferent parties view the conditions affecting the working class. It's a gem. No worker should go to the polls this y Why It Occurs and How to Fight It, by Earl R. Browder. In lots of 5 or rmere at 35 per cent discount. 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