The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 6

TINE Te Page Six ee Ne THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $8.50....6 months $2.00....8 months By <mall (in: Chicago only): $4.50....6 months $2.50....8 months $3.00 per year Address all mail atid make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER , 1918 W. Washington Bivd. J. LOUIS ‘ENGDAHL t WILLIAM F. DUNNE sooo EA ItOPe MORITZ. J. LOEB.......0o:rmnme Business Manager Chicago, Hlinols — $$$ $$$ $$ @ntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Qffice at Chicaga; Hil, under the act of March 3, 1879. ery) Advertising rates on application The Michigan Cases The strong possibility that Comrade William Z. Foster may be r¢-tried on a charge of violating the criminal syndicalist law of the state of Michigan, as a result of ‘the décision of the supreme court of that state to uphold the conviction of C. E: Ruthen- berg, confronts the class-conscious workers of the United States with a very serious responsibility. The decision in the Ruthenberg case reveals ‘a gross disregard of the constitutional provisions on free speech and free assemblage. The decision of the judicial lackeys of the capitalist class makes it quite clear that capitalist laws will be lived up to by our rulers only so long as they serve the ex- ploiters’ purpose. When their own laws interfere with their oppression of the workers-~ they: ‘ditch them with scant ceremony. , ; When a Berrien county jury failed to convict Comrade Foster on his first trial a great-howl of rage went up from the capitalists’ press thruout the country. From then on they laid the basis ‘for a campaign of red hysteria that helped to make Ruthenberg’s conviction easier and the railroading of the other indicted Communists arrested in ‘the Bridgeman raid a foregone conclusion. The Berrien county prosecutor stated that if the conviction of Comrade Ruthenberg was upheld Foster would be tried immediately. This consti- tutes a challenge to the American working ¢lass| ‘ THE DAILY WORKER | Stealing Elections A labor faker who is not capable of declaring himself elected when the progressive opposition is not on the job deserves his defeat. This is the un- written code among the reactionary leadership of the American labor movement. In.a pamphlet published by district 8 of the Workers Party, it was proved that Frank Farring- ton was never elected by a vote of the membership of the Illinois Miners’ Union, but counted himself “in” thru the use of a well oiled machine and a strong army of paid henchmen. “{ don’t give a goddamn whether any of you vote for me or not; I’ll be your next president any- how,” is Farrington’s challenge to the miners of district 12. He has kept his word so far. In the recent elections a progressive secretary of a local union in southern Illinois captured 500 bogus ballots, part of an order of 5,000 printed by Farrington henchmen in order to supply any de- ficiency in the vote necessary to put Farrington back in the district office at Springfield. The pro- gressives in southern Illinois are now taking steps to. expose the crooked election steal of Farring- ton’s machine, A mass meeting is called for and at this gathering a special sub-district convention will be demanded to place the crooks: responsible for this crookedness on trial. This is the way to go about restoring the Illinois Miners’ Union to the membership. The election returns show that wherever a fair count is made, the reactionary machines, national and district, are buried under an avalanche of votes. This should be a signal for the progressives to. rally their forces for the struggle against the reactionaries. They have the fakers on the run and now is the time to keep them on the run. The fight is not over when the ballots are counted.. It.should be only the beginning of a more effective fight., Francis M’Cullagh, ex-British stoolpigeon in Russia'and now on an American tour, hazards the prodiction that Bolshevism has a. ten-year: lease of life in the Soviet Republic. Bolsheviks can play manya dirty trick on the capitalists during that time. The Unstable Balkans that must be taken up. The capitalists would like to get the bars of a strong cell between Comrade Foster and the working masses. They have never forgiven him for the great steel strike. stl yc In order to carry on this fight money is needed. The Labor Defense Council is charged. -with the task of directing the legal battle to save our com- rades from, prison. It is the duty of every reader of The DAILY. WORKER. to support the Labor Defense Council in this fight. Speculation as to who shall take Herriot’s place ~-as prime minister of France in case the leg afflic- tion which he is supposed to he suffering from be- comes chronic, is rife in Paris political circles. It is an interesting coincidence that the malady at- tacked him about, the time he began his “red” vaids. Bolshevik microbes perhaps! More About Farm “Prosperity”: The department of agriculture has just an- nounced the value of the farm crops for this year’s harvest. There is an increase of more than $700; 000,000 in the total over the previous year. An analysis of the report discloses the fact that the rise in the total prices was dué primarily to two factors. First, the increase in the price of wheat occasioned by a temporary shortage in the world market. Secondly, the continued cheapen- ing of money. Of course, we may expect the capitalist pros- perity drummers to hail these figures as the latest evidence of prosperity amongst the farming masses. The facts beneath the surface refute all these false contentions. First of all, the corn crop is a very poor one. Then, the price of corn is so high that it only serves as a source of increase in the cost of raising hogs. This reduces considerably whatever gains the farmers of the latter group intend to make. a . In fact, the livestock situation has taken @’turn for the worse in recent’ nmionths. The farmers en- gaged in dairying are likewise losing out rapidly. The agricultural ‘masses asa whole aré not at all prosperous. It is only a ‘section of thése ‘masses, the wheat raising group, that has benefited in the slightest from the price rise. of And in reference to this group it is interesting to note thatthe’ department of agriculture’ ‘has failed to disprove the ‘claim'méde by many- #pokes-| men of farm orgarlizatidnus that most of the wheat, the price of Which had Tisén°iif recent months; was out of the hands’ ofthe fartiers before. We know . these, prospénity waves that are so. assiduously advertised by the employing class. The farm crisis iivdlving the-fate of all the agricul- tural masses_has_not ‘Heer relieved. If one picks up the newspepers published in the rural regions will find that social degradation and bankruptcy still as grim a spector as ever haunting the homes and ‘lives of the poor farmers. The depart- ment of agriculture is simply engaged in Spread- ing political. propaganda for the employing Class. Tt is not difficult to.see thru, the veneer of false- hood covering the official figures. British wage.workers are demanding wage in- creases ambunting to glmost alt a million dollars, Over 2,500,000. workers engaged in the mining, metal and shipping-industries want more pay. All of Baldwin’s ‘troubles will not come from the colonies. bik hd he hth STS: Soo ere , it’ Build on itl 0 ee is wo Ra El cme Quick on the heels of the news. that Jugo-Slavia and.Roumania were taking steps to set up a union of the Balkan states against “Bolshevist-activities” come dispatches telling of war between Albania and Jugo-Slavyia—a war that is bound to: cause extreme nervousness in the capitals of the Europe- GOOLIDGE AGAIN BLOCKS POSTAL EMPLOYES BILL Held Until Legislative Business Is in Order WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 18.— Vote on the bill to increase the pay of postal employes, which is now be- fore the senate, was again blocked by Coolidge and his senatorial backers, Coolidge, who vetoed the bill at the last session of congress, is directly exerting all efforts possible to prevent the pay raise for the postal employes from being passed over his veto. Coolidge conferred with Senators Borah, Sterling and Curtis at the White House, and later,called in Sena- tors Spencer, Gooding, Cummins, Stanfield, McCormick and McKinley to line them up to fight against the pay increase. Coolidge now holds the edge in the situation, the bill being held up unti) an powers. There is a sort of peasant-nationalist movement on foot in Albania and the mountaineers have overthrown the Fan Noli government. Jugo-Slavia’s ruling class considers any dis- turbance of the existing conditions as a menace to their right to plunder in that. neck of the woods and dispatches ‘tell of bombardment along the Al- banian frontier by Jugo-Slavian artillery. It is impossible to tell accurately at this time and. from this distance the various forces and so- cial alignments involved in the new outbreak, but the significant thing is the evidence of a kind of voleanic instability in the Balkans that makes any complete union of the rulers of these little nations against the revolutionary movement impossible. Adl attempts, in-the Balkans and elsewhere, to wipe: out-nationalistic and imperialistic: rivalries and ;concentrate on an offensive against. Soviet Russia and the Communist International, have ended in failure so far as actual organization is concerned. The mighty oaths taken to uphold capitalism against the rising force of ‘the world revolution run always against the snag of contradictions and conflicts that keep the enemies of the working class fighting among themselves. We venture to say that no working agreement even against “Bolshevist activities” will be reached by the Balkan states for some time to come: “War between these would-be allies is far more probable. Why- have thes democrats and so-called pro- gressives lost all interest in the graft cases in which Forbes and Fall are the star actors? An- swer: the elections are over. 3 The Waltham Watch Strike The strike of »3,000. workers of the Waltham watch factory in the company town of that name in Massachusetts is now, since the victory of the Paterson: silk workers, the. outstanding example of. the: powers of resistance of. the. American workers, This strike has lasted 20 weeks with scarcely any defections from the ranks of the strikers in spite of the seductive practices of foremen and superintendents, The Waltham workers have progressed from a company union to a fighting organization of their own since the strike. They have learned the power of organization and. the necessity of solidarity. They have found out that welfare plans do. not ‘bring home the bacon for workers: .. >.> » The Waltham plant, controlled by Kidder, Pea- body and company—bankers—is crippled while the response to the appeals for financial aid sent out by the strike committee is said to have been gen- erous and the spirit of the strikers is excellent. It is in such struggles as these that the workers learn to depend. upon their own power, learn that workers have no friends but themselves and that | hr the press and the organs of the government are part of the capitalist system which makes such struggles inevitable. , "Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member for the Workers Party. routine legislative business is again in order. This will be delayed by the Coolidge satellites as long as possible. Meanwhile the “Underwood bill, pro- viding for the sale of Muscle Shoals to private capitalists, a deal which Wash ington papers have described as “a worse steal than Teapot Dome,” has been blocked by Coolidge opponents. There are over twenty amendments by democratic senators ‘which must be voted on before Underwood’s bill can be disposed of. The Smith amend. ment, providing for the operation of Muscle Shoals by the war department, was lost by a vote of 49 to 32, but the opposition to the Underwood bill is growing. Build the DAILY WORKER! Views of Our Readers The Floods in South Florida. To the DAILY WORKER: You may have read all Florida’s newspapers and yet not know about this year’s flood of the everglades, that is of the whole of south Florida. Here, in Miami, even some of the town streets were closed by the water in the beginning of the flood, yet the papers only talked about exceptional rains and that was all. Flood Did Damage. All everglades and part of the country around, the celery growing land around Tamford and Manatee county have been flooded. The water did not reach as high as the year be. fore last, but it came later in the sea- son so it will last just as long. Also it did more damage, because most of the land was already planted, All the fruit trees died. There were a lot of them planted, the people be- lieving the talk of the real estate men about being safe from floods and the construction of new canals. Most of the chickens died, too. Lots of them had to be sold at very low prices. People are living in the houses sur- rounded by water. Some have to go one or more miles, knee deep in the water, to get to the road. The water is just off the highest part of the land now. Most places are a foot or more in water yet. Prices Go Up. The prices of the vegetables in the local markets are exorbitant. By the lime the farmer will have them, if ever, they will be so low as not to pay the cost. The weather is cold and we expect frost any time. The grape fruits are selling already at a lower price than they sold last year and that was a bad year. It was uso bad for all other crops, being too |- try, with too many frosts in the win- ‘er and too hot in the summer. The prices of the land are going ‘\igher and higher. The advertisements oring down the farmers of the north und the ruined farmers of Georgia some to look for a new fortune and oring the remains of their old one © the real estate men. B. C.; Miami, Florida, Would Give Several Lives to Revolu- tion To The DAILY WORKER:—I am sending you a clipping concerning Gompers in Mexico,, The old stiff is ramming around at bull fights squan- dering the workers’ hard earned money. I am 65 years of age and would not withold any respect due old age but I can feel no sympathy for such a callou8ed brute and the sooner he can remove his putrid car- cass from the sight of men the better for us all, Blessings on you all, Comrades. I only wish I had several lives to: give to the cause we represent. - Your Comrade, Henry Dondery, Morgantown, W. Va. ee Attention of George Pullman. To the DAILY WORKER: Being a reader of the DAILY WORKER 1 would thank you to publish a note in your readers column to help me find an old pal, George Pullman and ave him write to No, 86 Hudson St., Hartford, Conn. He being a constant reader of your paper I know it will bring results. Your very truly, Pete Jones, Hartford, Conn. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. MORGAN THINKS FOR COOLIDGE N bead PAH KMS While “Cal” Remains Silent. (By Boris Efimov in the Moscow Izvestia.) GOMEZ TO TALK ON PAN-AMERICAN LABOR AT FORUM Plans to Reveal Crimes of U. S. Imperialism Gompers is dead. But the Pan- American Federation of Labor goes on. It is an agent of Wall Street im- perialism in Latin-America. Opposed to it is the new organization, Pan- American Ant-Imperialist League. and the Communist movement in both North and South America. The question of imperialism is the gravest problem in the whole world. The relationship of the weaker na- tions to the stronger and the part played by the revolutionary movement against the great groups of interna- tional capital, is a question of over- whelming importance in world affairs and in our own lives. Thoroly Acquanted With Latin- America. Only one who has. made an ex- haustive study of the subject, and who, as well, has been in_ practical life. acquainted with the methods of exploitation of oppressed peoples by the so-called “superior races,” can set forth in burning-detail the crimes and conspiracies of American imperial- ism. That is why Mariuel Gomez has been engaged for this lecture. At the Workers Party Open Forum on next Sunday evening, Manuel Gomez, an authority who has studied in close detail and who has felt in his own life the lash of the American capitalists over the lives of the Latin- American peoples, will speak - upon “The Monroe Doctrine and American Imperialism.” It will be a vivid study. of the foreign policy of Wall Street} and how it affects the lives of the|° workers right here in the United States, as well as the oppressed of other lands. Few Know What Imperialism Is. What is imperialism? Not one in a thousand understands the full mean- ing of the term. Do you imagine that the Monroe Doctrine is an old musty document which lost its meaning a hundred years ago? Few people un- derstand its living and terrible threat to the peace of the world, or how it may pull American workers into war at any moment, These are things you will be informed upon, if you go to the Open Forum, at the Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium, Van Buren and Ashland, next Sunday evening. Manuel Gomez is an engaging speaker, and is fully acquainted with the subject of imperialism, not only in its mechanical aspect, but in life. He will tell how the capitalists of the United States conspire to set the Latin countries at war with each other, And what role the revolution- ary wotkers play. Be sure to come to the Ashland Auditorium on Sunday night. Questions and discussions fol- ‘ow the speech, WHEN YOU GET AN Facts i Workers By JAY: LOVESTONE. America—the World Banker. Foreign Loans, January—October, 1924. COUNTRY AMOUNT. Japan .... £$150,000,000 Germany 110,000,000 "| Mexico 50,000,000 Netherlands 40,000,000 Sweden 30,000.000 Switzerland «.isciponrinae 30,000,000 ean. Railway Ontario ..... Nord Railway Consolidated Elec. Power Co. of Japan .. Parls-Orleans Ra’ Montreal .. 9,700,000 Czecho-Stovaki 9,260,000 Buenos Aires . ww 8,400,000 Hungary . 7,500,000 Rotterdam 6,000,000 Toronto... 678,150,000 All others ....... 1» 382,769,000 | .+.$1,007,919,000 New Oil Fields Found in Russia. MOSCOW (By Mail.)—The explora- tions and surveys made by M. Kalit- sky, Russian geologist, in the coastal district of the Caspian Sea near Mok- hachala’ gave ample proofs that this region appears to be a very promis-: ing oil-bearing fiéld. This was not expected becduse there were no out- ward indications or symptoms of the oil. Preparations are made to start deep boring in the near future, Total ..... } } Friday, December 19, 1924 fo?) FASCISTI JAIL ENEMY EDITORS - FOR THREE YEARS: : 1500 Discharged Work- ers Plan Demonstration (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, Dec. 18—A caucus of the fascisti deputies has decided to put jnto action at once the law against the press, sending all opposition edi- tors to jail for three years and sus- pending all opposition papers for three months. Situation Tense. Fifteen hundred workers, longshore- men. have been discharged at Naples, making the situation there very tense, The discharged workers are planning to stage huge demonstrations. Carlo Giovanetti, fascist from Mi- lan, who killed a motorman, At Oldani, in the street car strike at. Mi- lan, has been sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. The motorman was defenceless when the fascist shot him down in cold blood. Thirty work- ers were sentenced to. life imprison- ment last month for killing four fas- cisti who shot at them from ambush, inflicting losses on the workers. \Re- cently 40 workers were sentenced to a total of over 1,000 years in jail at Empoli, for taking part in a genera! strike movement. or Deputy Grancelli, editor of a weekly fascist paper, has written an open let- ter to Mussolini, urging that steps be taken to kill all opposition leaders within twenty-four hours. Deputy Guinta, vice speaker of the chamber of deputies, has been forced to resign, following exposure of his activity in fascist plots of violence. Board of Review “Shown As Aid to Big Tax Dodgers In reply to a communication sent to the board of review by the board of education, requesting them to set a date for a hearing on their complaint against the Union Stockyards and and Transit company for tax dodging, Attorney Henry W. Ashton, tax at- torney for the school board, was sum- moned to appear before the board of review. , The charges made by the board of education .was that the Union Stock- yards should pay $13,000,000 in taxes per year whereas they are now paying only $3,164,910, thus robbing schools and other organizations out of almost $10,000,000 every year in taxes, At their last meeting, the board of education voted to investigate these tax dodging cases in conjunction with the Teachers’ Federation, Ashton and Margaret Haley, of the Teachers’ Un- ion went before the board of review in an effort to get them to set a date for a hearing. The board of review members, R. Litsinger and Charles V. Barret, re- fused. absolutely to set a date for the hearing:. They waived the whole mat- ter with the vague statement that they would notify Ashton when they are ready. Miss. Haley’s charges that “Tax fixing is fast becoming the best pay- ing business in Cook County” and “Every effort to obtain proper tax assessments is met with failure, re- fusal and delay” left Litsinger and Barrett unmoved. No date was set for the hearing of the school board’s complaint against wealthy tax robbers and the tax board. Russian Mass Meeting. A mass meeting with a musical pro- gram is called by the Russian branch of the W. P. for next Saturday, Dec, 20, at 8 p..m,, at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. Speakers will talk.on the situation in the United States and the program of the Work- ers Party, Admission free. Send your friends who speak Russian to Now Duke, the great Bull Durham king, has thrown his purse into the ring, and hopes. to buy some real ela- tion by subsidizing education, so boys who classic ‘culture seek can “roll their own” in ancient Greek, and in their economics learn that million: aires don’t get, but earn. When you've more dough than you can spend it seems to be the thing to lend your money, influence and name to buying up thé teaching game. The guy what holds’ the purse strings tight now trims the wick of wisdom's light. : : This Duke gent sed his gift should be to Durham's school called Trinity, if they would can the threefold biz and then annex the name what's his. These guardians of the heavenly gate took sinker, bobber, line, this meeting. e * il Epics by ill Lloud most, they shipped Ghost, and without bother had knelt to. the father. The trin pull compared w! ful bull, The ity can h Power: our colleges must have the pa id . good Lord surely will provide. whee "8 millionaires {s on your side. sanctioned by tobacco trust. Now folks who incense sure would and will teach the adolescent masses that ow- "He Pater scorn will burn Bull Durahm morn, and in the exegesis c! ing to Duke's special care, to smoke here than there, But those who ain't most ay lense will see the bull beside wee the whole of his anatomy, kingdom Will not go to bust when fence, so placed that you can't really asi ELSES