The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 22, 1924, Page 3

Saturday, November 22, 1924 WHEAT WEALTH IS ONLY MYTH TO THE FARMER Newspaper Prices Are Strangers to Him By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Daily Worker) RAY, N. D., Nov. 21.—There is much talk by bankers and big business‘men in the country that the farmer is getting well off, if not rich, by the increase in the price of wheat. Senator McNary now says it is not necessary to press very much his bill for farm relief be- cause for the present the farm- er is on top. $1.80 Wheat? The other day the Minneapolis wheat market quoted number one wheat at $1.80 per bushel, and the im- pression was given by the newspapers, which carried this news item, that the farmer, of course, was getting rich. As a matter of fact, the price given above was on a few hundred bushels of Montana wheat with particularly high gluten content. Prices generally were much lower. Here at Ray, North Dakota, for instance, the farmers re- ceived $1.27 for number one wheat when the Montana wheat was sold at $1.80 in Minneapolis, Spread in Prices. Another fact to remember is that the Minneapolis wheat price is about 24 cents higher than the prices quoted out here in the west, so that the Mon- tana farmer did not get more than $1.56 for his wheat. Also, the capital- ist press usually gives the price for the best grade of wheat, but it is not very often that the farmer has this Kind of wheat t6 sell. Most of the wheat that is taken in here at Ray now grades number three, and this sells at five cents per bushel less than number one. : Who Gets the Wheat Money? The farmer is getting rich on wheat this year! Yes. Let us take North Dakota as an example. The total value of the entire wheat crop in the state is approximately $100,000,000. This is what the farmer is sélling the wheat (RSS SSS SSE SEs Workers’ Tickets 35c League, MARXISM—Dr, J. 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SOLDIERS REBEL AT BEING KEPT OVER TIME IN MILITARY SERVICE i rker) mabrin, Rov 2h ny cate of insubordination have occurred in the barracks here it is learned today. Two hundred soldiers here are un- der arrest and facing court martial for mutiny, The trouble occurred when soldierswhosetime had expired were retained in the army by Dicta- tor Marquis de Magaz. Many of these soldiers are serving in Africa. Recruits of the 1924 class, who are not due to be summoned into the army until February, have been call- ed to the colors and the families of the soldiers are protesting. Discon- tent in Spain over the army situa- tion is growing. for, but, of course, it does not mean that he is getting this much money. He must pay for seed, repairs on ma- echinery, threshing and hired help, so that his income is cut down to at If we figure in every item of expense that it takes to produce the crop, it would be even less than this amount, but we are going to be charitable with the prosperity least $76,000,000. howlers. Wheat Wealth a Myth to Farmer. The North Dakota farmer, then, has What becomes No. He has back taxes and back interest of over $100,000,000 to pay, without taking in- to account this year’s tax and this year’s interest. One farmer showed me a tax statement of $958 and said he barely earned enough net from the sale of his crops this year to pay this tax. Another farmer, who got a bump- er wheat crop, told me that he paid as much on his debts as he could and then kept $200 with which to feed and clothe his family between now and $75,000,000 to go on. of it?: Does he keep it? the next harvest! Exploiters Get the Money. The large majority of the farmers in this state have given up hope of ever being able to pay their loans. Their main struggle is in paying taxes and interest and even this is impos- machinery con- cerns and investment companies are, of course, elated over the increase in the price of wheat because they get most of the money. No wonder they were in favor of Coolidge and his pros- But the farmer will have a tough road to travel until capitalism collapses and he, together with the industrial workers, establishes his own sible. The banks, perity! rule in the United States. SSS SSS SEES eEsesess ss Lyceum Best of Music Young Workers COURSE: DE UNIONISM—Solon De Leon lements of Communism, Economic of Workers’ School, 208 East 12th St. Cantera, or thru party branches.” ‘YOUNG WORKER’ SELLS FAST AND BOSSES SWEAR Finks, Cops and Employ- ers Greet YWL Newsies “Young Worker—get a copy of—” “Get one for me, too, Bill”—“Wanna AND HAVE HEALTHY LOOK, SAYS AMERICAN FACTORY INVESTIGATOR (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 21.—Moscow workers are warmly clothed and look well fed, Alice Hamilton, professor of Boston University and prominent New England liberal says, according to a cable from the Russian capital, where she is investigating methods of labor protection and factory hygiene. “In spite of all that is said by the press outside Russia, the inhabitants of Moscow have, in my eyes, the look of well-fed people,” declares Miss Hamilton. “They are warmly clothed—and, in any case, the appearance of own the earth, donchal” “Right dope in that sheet."—You dirty Rooslans!”—“Gimme three of them papers!’—"Move along—i’m the law here!” “Young Worker—get your Young Worker!" Workers—boys and girls—pouring into the street by the thousands. Lin- ing the curbstone, a dozen members of the Young Workers League, papers in one hand, pluggers in the other. Fat-bellied bosses swearing volubly. Pennies clinking. Hager hands out- stretched for the Young Worker. Be- whiskered police pushing, shoving, spitting and threatening. Sell Like Hot Cakes. And above all the racket, the voice of the Young Worker newsies: “Get your copy of the Young Worker! All about Montgomery Ward. All about conditions inside. Get your Young Worker and find out about the boss! Evey young worker reads the Young Worker.” Two days in which the young work- ers in the plant bought up every avail- able copy of the young Communist organ, two days in which interest of the workers inside rose higher and higher as they read the reasons for their olng hours and their short purses two days in which the Young Worker passed from hand to hand, and news of the Young Workers League passed from mouth to mouth—and the bosses of the Montgomery Ward mall order house decided to get busy. Bosses Get Their Finks. They got their finks. The finks glanced into the paper, popped ques- tions at the newsies, looked wises- and left. They got the police. The police shoved the Leaguers into the street. mauled them and manhandled them, threatened arrest—and left, too And the young workers bought the papers and asked countless questions about the League. Already over ¢ thousand papers exposing the terrible conditions among the workers in the mail order houses have been placed in the hands of the slaves of Mont- gomery Ward. Boss Gets His Answer. The bosses put up a bit of a scrap. A gentleman with gold watch and chain on a rounded belly approached a League member, and with true aris- tocratic air said this: “Well, ll push your Goddamn Rus- sian mug off into the gutter!” He got his answer: “I'll push your God-damn capitalist mug off the earth.” A policeman came to the rescue. “No right to sell papers here. No right to peddle that kind of stuff. Come along before I decide to hit you hard.” A newsstand bearing all the cap- italist papers in the city stood before the entrance to Montgomerys. The League members glanced in that direc- tion. “Yes, yes,” said the policeman. “But that’s the Daily News.” “And this,” said the League mem- ber, “is the Young Worker.” And a sudden rush of business pre- vented further conversation with the police. The newsie had very little time to talk to bosses and their police aids. They were busy selling, explain- ing, and getting the names and ad- dresses of the Montgomery Ward slaves who are planning to join the Young Workers League. Lithuanians to Hold Concert Tomorrow Night The official organ of the Lithuanian section of the Workers Party of Am: erica, VILNIS, with the beginning of next week is moving into its new quarters at 3116 8. Halsted street. The moving will somewhat delay business activities for the week but the VILNIS comrades are doing their best to have things straightened out by the end of the week so as not tc impair service they have always given their friends and comrades. The new quarters are more conven jently located, in a business center o the Lithuanian poulation. Not only is the location good, but the printing plant itself and the office will be morc ately furnished, enabling them to serve comrades and friends more efficiently and effectively. Club Rooms and Meeting Halls. There will be a club room, where Workers Party and Young Workers League branches and other organiza tions of workers will be able to hold their meetfny if In order to help allay the expenser of moving, a concert is being given for the benefit of VILNIS, Sunday, Nov. 23, at the West Side Auditorium, Ra- cine and Taylor streets, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, At this concert ‘ome of the best singers, such as V. Svetloff, tenor trom the Russian grand opera, and K, Menkel-Januska of New York, will entertain the comrades and friends, They expect a big crowd and ask all comrades, who want to have a good time to come early in order tc get seats. 3 the Moscow workers is much superior, in these respects, to that of the workers of Western European industrial centers,” CHICAGO PARTY ACTIVITIES C. ©. C. Meeting Nov. 19, Industrial Activity in Chicago Increas- ing Swiftly. raise money for the factory cam: paign. Applications—Many Members. A total of 21 new members were ac- cepted from the following branches: South Side Scandinavian, 1; Ger- man, 2; K. M. Scandinavian, 3; South Slav No. 1,8; Nucleus No. 1, 1; Greek, 1; Cleero English, 2; Douglas Park English, 2; North Side English, 2; Mid-City English, 2; S, S. English, 2. Among them were union members from Amalgamated Shoe Workers, Agricultural Workers, I. W. W., Car- penters, Machinists, Hod Carriers. A number of transfers to and from Chi cago were granted. DAILY WORKER Drive. A drive to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1926 has been started. The DAILY WORKER and party have co-operated to place a comrade. B, Edwards on the job to take charge of The DAILY WORKER and literature lepartment in Chicago. Comrades should give every aid pos- sible to DAILY WORKER-Labor De- fense Bazaar starting this week, ar- rangements for which are progressing very well. Red Aid work is also starting and »ranches will receive letters with in- tructions on how to proceed with the work. The educational program is going wer big. In addition to the regular ourses the branches are being cover- ad with reports on the Fifth Congress of the C, I, and especially is there dis- cussion on shop nuclei. The city committee is also visiting the branch committees in order to make the branches function more efficiently in their work and to eliminate as much routine as possible. The Czecho-Slovak comrades have made fine progress since the split and have strengthened their forces tre mendously. They are now in a posi- tion to issue a weekly newspaper, The Worker, on the 24th of this month and are holding a‘membership meeting on November the 24th to celebrate the oc. casion. The work in the Workers Party har now taken on a very systematic anc fundamental character. The stressing and developing of the trade union in dustrial political work is extremely im portant and is producing already very good results. Those are the funda- mental activities which will bring per- manent contact with the workers and in time assure Communist leadership over them. This phase of the work will be pushed to the utmost and com- rades in the party will have to toe the mark or go elsewhere. The party is certainly and surely making real headway and always it must be further and harder pushing for the Communist goal. Martin Abern, Secretary, Workers Party, Local Chicago. NDUSTRIAL, trade union-political activity in Workers Party, local Chicago, is increasing rapidly, it was pointed out at the meeting of the city central committee Wednesday, Novem: ber 19. The district and city industrial committees worked out a joint plan of work for every industry, T. U. B. L groups and groups within the unions and already is producing results. The groups are picking up strongly. The elementary points, such as organiza- tion of the unorganized, amalgamation, uniform agreements for the various trades, united fight of all the trades in the industry to establish and maintain an eight-hour day and against wage cuts are the practical phases of the program put forward and are being given a revolutionary character. Comrade Bell in his report showed the excellent gains being made by the metal trades group. In the build- ing trades, comrades are organizing to prevent the expulsion of our comrades and militants and feel that they will be successful, if all other comrades will be on the job. The Progressive Building Trades Worker and the DAILY WORKER were distributed by the thousands in the elections in Chi- cago among the carpenters. Attend- ance of building trades workers is in- creasing with every meeting. of this T. U. B. L. group. In the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers, more comrades are on the job in the local unions, the comrades are be- ing organized for the coming elec- tions in the Amalgamated. The barbers’ group has gotten to- gether and worked out a program for the elections in the union on an in- dependent slate. A concerted effort is being made to get our comrades in unions on the job in all forms of union activity, in delegated bodies, district councils, ete. Comrades failing in this important work will be subject to action from the party, The printing group has been organized and. has. begun to fune- tion far more efficiently and has is- sued its first bulletin, The Amalgama- tionist. The work among the shop nuclei was reported as progressiing favor- ably and many branches reported an increase of interest in industrial ac- tivity. The party as a consequence of having the industrial registration is in a position to follow up every mem- ber in his union attendance and at T. U. EL. group meetings, and branches are expected to co-operate. Young Workers’ League in Big Cam- paign. The league is conducting a city- wide campaign on the mail order houses which employ thousands of young workers at the lowest of wages. League members are responding well to sell copies of Young Workers and to agitate among the workers in the mail order houses. A nuclei in each mail order house is the goal set and two have already been formed. City of Chicago is raising $400 to- wards the Weekly Young Worker to come out on Jan. 1. Holding affair on November 22, at Workers’ Lyceum, to MacDonald to South LONDON, November 21, — Former Premire MacDonald is considering a visit to South America as soon as debate over the King’s opening speech to parliament has been concluded, according to the Daily Mail. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. ray THE WORLD’S GREATEST TONIC for lowered vitality makes your blood tingle with joy the minute you taste it. 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Svetloff, tenor from the Russian Grand Opera; K. Menkel-Januska, soprano from New York City; Alex Kaminsky, violinist; also the big Lithuanian Liberty Chorus and the Lithuan- ian Workers’ String Orchestra, and a number of other entertaining After the program dancing until late at night, to the music of a good union orchestra. Comrades and friends Madison Pharmacy INC. BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most | Lae Mar tin’s 651 West North Avenue East of Halsted St. THEATRE nday Afternoon o'clock jate future of America, Russia, benefit of Workers Party of America, mber 23, 1924 singers. are all invited to come. COMMITTEE. 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