The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 29, 1924, Page 3

i — ae Monday, December 29, 1924 Sarma wae LUMBER WORKERS A JOB DANGEROUS RECORDS SHOW Get Small Pay But Take Long Chances By LELAND OLDs, (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Lumberjacks lead in the tragic list of workers who risk their lives for the owners of the world’s natural re- Sources, according to figures for 1922 by the Canadian department of labor. The department finds that in 1922 one out of every 176 employes in the log: ging camps lost his life in producing @ profit for the lumber trust. Heavy Accident Loss. The department records 153 fatal accidents in\ the Canadian industry, which employs approximately 27,000 men, It finds that the greatest loss of life is caused by drownings among river drivers, falling trees and accl- dents in rolling, loading and piling op- erations. The 1922 figures published by the departments for industries showing a relatively high accident rate are as follows: Canada No. Fatalities Per 1922 employes 100 Logging 26,950 153 0.567 Metal Mining 18,138 37 281 Coal mining: 31,838 97 -304 Steam Rys. 165,635 143 086 Wood and paper 118,462 4 062 Tron and steel 75,324 42 055 Chemical 14,085 58 056 Fishing 57,880 20 084 These are labor’s casualties due to the carelessness about the life of man- ual workers characteristic of capitalist industrialism. Big Risks; Small Pay. Like conscript soldiers, pald 80 pieces of silver to risk their lives in the wars of capitalist expansion, these workers take their chances in the woods and mines and mills for the lowest subsistence wage while the profits go to the master, In the log- ging camps where the fatality rate is highest, monthly pay runs between $40 and $45 with a few getting as high as $60 a month. CHICAGO, ATTENTION! All friendly organizations, T. U. B. L. groups, party branches, language federations and Y. W. L. branches! Arrangements have been made for the ~-tollowing major city affairs. Do not arrange conflicting affairs on these days: . _ T. U. E. L. Ball—Wednesday, Dec. 31, West End Women’s Club Hall, Monroe and Ashland, Karl Liebknecht Celebration—Sun- day, January 11, Northwest Hall, corner North and Western Aves. Auspices Y. W. L., Local Chicago. Lenin memorial meeting—Wednes- day, Jan. 21, Ashland Auditorium, Van Buren and Ashland, Workers Party, Local Chicago, The Red Revel—Saturday, Feb. 28, ‘West End Women’s Club Hall. Watch for the Special First Anniversary Edition of the . DAILY WORKER January 13, 1925 SPECIAL NOTICE! On Back Numbers of the DAILY WORKER The heavy cost of handling back humbers for which there has been a steady demand necessitates the following prices: ‘ 5 CENTS PER COPY on all issues within 30 days of current issue. #2 CENTS PER Copy for all issues over 30 days old. No orders for back numbers filled unless paid for in advance, Be Healthy large number of accidents is for want PRESIDENT OF COAL MINERS’ FEDERATION OF GREAT BRITAIN ADDRESSES MINERS OF RUSSIA «Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW (By Mail.)—The central committee of the All-Russian Union of Miners was addressed on November 9, by Herbert Smith, president of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain and an executive member of the Miners’ International. The speech was made during a visit of the large delegation of British trade unionists to the sixth national congress of the All-Russian Council of Labor Unions. President Smith spoke in part as follows: “Comrades: According to British SIDELIGHTS ON customs. I should first address the chairman, but following your custom I address you all. I convey to you the greetings of one million British miners. I came here to become fa- miliar with the conditions and life of the miners of Soviet Russia, “I believe and think that you al! agree with me that all the miners, as well as the workers of other in- dustries, should be organized in one great international union. United we stand, divided we fall. This old maxim of the labor movement is oi special value to the workers of all WILLIAM GREEN, A. F. OF L: HEAD NEW YORK, Dec, 23.—William Green,. secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, is the new President of the American Federation of Labor by choice of the executive council of the federation in special session in New York. Green is the man who led the attack upon William countries today, and particularly to the workers of Great Britain. “In June our collective agreement expires. In negotiating for a new agreement we shall demand bette: conditions of labor and life for our miners. However, this will be no easy task. The mine fields are con trolled by private capitalists organ- ized in about 1,500 companies and trusts. These companies or trusts have a common center, and they fight the miners in close contact with the united capitalists of our country. “All sorts of rumors and lies are spread among the British miners about the life of the Russian miners I am very grateful to the officia representatives of your union who have given me quite substantial infor- mation on nearly everything pertain- ing to the work and life of the Rus- sian miners. I thank them in ad- vance also for the supplementary in- formation which they have promised to furnish me shortly. I suppose that the information received by me here may be used in England upon my return, “I hope to become even more closely acquainted with the lifeand work of the Russian miners during my visit to the biggest coalfields of your country. I intend to visit the various places chiefly for the follow: ing reasons: first, I am myself a practical miner, and have spent 25 years in underground work before J came to be a union official. Secondly now and thruout my period of office I spend about two days per week in going down in the mines in order to keep myself in touch with the ques: tions agitating the men and to take the necessary measures. I have 2 good knowledge of the situation of mining in Great Britain. I desire to learn your conditions in Russia. “We intend to press for a number of reforms in order to improve the conditions of the British miners, and I want to collect material and infor- mation to enable me to benefit by the experience of the miners’ move- ment in other countries, to work out the best possible schemes of such re- forms. “Here in Russia you have moved ahead in some reforms, especially in the matter of insurance and labor protection. For instance, you.miners may leave the pit whenever they find an accumulation of about three pe cent gas and he is paid full wages We have no such rules. “A miner in Russia leaves his work when short of timber, etc., without loss of pay if he finds that things are not in order and that there are conditions that represent a menace to him and to his work, This is considerable achievement, and it en ables you to prevent many accidents, “The principal cause of England's F. Dunne, radical delegate, in the 1922 Portland convention of the A. F. of L. Dunean Has Grouch, James Duncan, senior vice-presi- dent of the A. F. of L. urged his own claim to succeed Samuel Gompers but did not have his name presented for voting. He resigned from the council immediately. Action upon the resig- nation is deferred to the Feb. 3 meet: ing of the council in Miami, Fla James P. Noonan of the Electrical Workers was chosen by the council to succeed Green on the council. Green opposed the A. F. of L, in dorsement of LaFollette and does not believe labor unions should form a party, is against the A. F. of L. group insurance plan, and opposes the recog: nition of Russia. Ho is a Baptist, Ma- son, Elk, and Odd Fellow. He is 61 and has six children. As floor leader of the Ohio senate he was instrumen- tal in passing the Ohio workmen’s compensation law. closest comradely relations with the Russian miners. “The horrors and destruction of war will never be forgotten and our attention must be given to the crea tion of better conditions of labor and lite for all the workers that they may be united in powerful unions, in @ powerful international union that would struggle for better conditions for the workers of the world. “My time is limited and I shall not be’ able to dwell upon all the prob- lems facing the miners of the various countries, “Since I-have honor of addressing the plenary session of your central committee, where I suppose every coalfield is represented, I consider it my duty to tell you that the British miners have never felt any enmity towards the Russian miners or the Russian peoples; on the contrary. the British miners have closely fol- lowed your struggle, and are always ready to maintain with you the closest and friendliest relations. “Please tell this to your miners in my name. “I hold three responsible positions in the miners’ movement, as for in stance, the position of the president of the Yorkshire Miners’ Federation which has 140,000 members, of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain and of the Miners’ International which has a membership of nearly two million miners. ‘ “But since I come in contact with the miners not only of Great Britain but of every other country, I want to assure you that all the miners whc are members of our international would be greatly pleased to have you in the ranks of the Miners’ Interna tional. “We shall do everything possible tc see to it that the All-Russian Miners’ Union becomes @ member of the Miners’ International, if we can agree on policy in the near future, and we shall then fight, together with you for the alms and objects confronting the workers of the entire world.” Are You Gotng to the Open Forum Sunday Night? of proper safety appliances, etc., not being supplied by the private employ- ers who control the mining industry. “If I can learn in your mines any: thing thet will prevent accidents. and how you protect your labor in would already be justified. “However, I would like to become New Year's eve ball on Wednesday Regiment Armory. ‘}militant workingclass paper will be ,|there. No one ever misses the Frei- helt Ball. FAMOUS MOVIE FILM, “POLIKUSHKA,” WILL RETURN TO GHIGAGO The famous story, “Polikushka,” by the immortal writer, L. N. Tol- stoy, which was made into a mov- ing pieture by the Moscow Art The- ater, is coming back to Chicago for one evening only. The picture was shown in Chicago at the Orchestra Hall only once last winter. Thou- sands of workers who were unable to see the picture at its first show. ing are anxiously awaiting Its com- ing back. The picture will be shown THURSDAY NIGHT, JAN, 16, at Gartner’s Independent The- ater, 3725 Roosevelt Road, near In- dependent Bivd, Mark the date on your calender and tell your friends about it. All friendly organizations are re quested to postpone their meetings on that date. RUSSIAN MOVIES | Four more mining towns, two in Ulinois and two in Pennsylvanie. have ben added to the long list of working class centers where the Rus sian films make strong appeal. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” will be shown: Livingston, ML, Movie Palace, Jan. 4, Bentleyville, Pa, Opera House, Jan. 9. Daisytown, Pa., Home Theater Jan, 10. In the first of these towns one com- rade made all the arrangements single-handed and expects success in full proportion to the small scene of action. In Livingston the German fraternal organization, Arbeiter- Krankenkasse, is backing the show. In Bentleyville the Workers Party city central committee has charge of all arrangements, while in Daisytown the show is run in the $40,000 motion picture theater recently built by the Finnish co-operative. How Not to Arrange a Movie. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” Russian feature motion picture, was ALMOST booked in one of the larg est cities in this country. The local committee notified the national office that they wanted the film somewhere around an approximate date and re ceived a reply that while the perio¢ had some free dates, many other lo cals were planning shows during thi: time—quick action was needed to fir a definite date. The local had som: trouble in getting a hall and abou five weeks rolled by until one da; the national office received a lette: stating that a certain theater hac been rented for a certain date, all le gal permits secured, operators ané machines hired—could they have the film? They could not. Two days prev- ious the same date had been asked for by another, smaller city, before || putting a deposit on the theater. The national office gave the date and they went ahead to pay for the theater and print tickets. Two things are necessary in ar ranging a film show. First the film. Second the show. Film plus show equals film show. Any locality that wants to run these Russian feature what terms a showplace can be se cured. Then they should notify the national office to find out whether the desired film can be had that day. If the answer is “Yes” they pay de posit, print tickets, start selling, im print advertising furnished by na- tional office, and get busy. If your lo. cal is not yet listed among towns showing “Beauty and Bolshevik” get in touch at once with the Movie partment, International Workers 19 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, IIL. NEW YEAR'S EVE THE FREIHEIT WILL ISSUE ITS 1 | AND CELEBRATE WITH MASQUERADE (8pecial to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 28—Everybody in New York is going to the Fretheit 000th NUMBER evening, Dec. 31, at the Sixty-ninth By everybody we mean everyone in the revolutionary movement, every- one who appreciates the revolutionary message the Frelheit spreads among movement. The armory was selected for the ball because of its aptitude to take THE DAILY WORKER eS TESS POSEN WHAT HAPPENED TO $75,000? By MORITZ J. LOEB OW that the campaign “TO IN- SURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925 Is under way, It may be asked: “Why is it necessary to prov- ide for THE DAILY WORKER dur- Ing 1925? What has happened to the money that was raised to estab- lish the Daily?” That is a legit. imate question and fortunately for THE DAILY WORKER and for the party it can be given a glorious an- swer, In 1923 the party campaigned for $100,000 with which to establish THE DAILY WORKER. The cam- paign did not reach its goal but it was decided that we could not wait until the full amount was secured. When it was seen that about $75,000 would be available it was thought possible to go ahead and begin pub- lication. films should find out when and on || It was the plan of the central executive committee to establish the paper but the establishment of the printing plant In which to publish was not seriously contemplated. “For,” it was argued, “we are sure to incur a tremendous deficit with our Daily particularly at the start. In order to secure the existence of our paper we must hold all possible cash In our reserve fund to provide against this deficit.” Establishing Daily. But it was soon seen that this was at best an opportunist point of view. To be sure deficits would be incurred. No working-class paper had ever been started without them, particularly no Communist pat But it was not good communism to use the substance of THE DAILY WORKER to pour into the deficit scive. We must not only establish THE DAILY WORKER, we must provide now for its continued exist- ence. {ff we use our money to pay off deficita, it will soon be gone and we will have nothing left. Our Dally may die. How may we best secure the future of THE DAILY WORKER? The answer to that question was of the utmost concern to those who were closest to our paper and the answer was soon forthcoming. WE MUST HAVE OUR PRINTING PLANT IN WHICH TO PUBLISH OUR DAILY. That will be the best insurance for its continued existence, But we didn’t have even enough money properly to start our Daily to Say nothing of the printing plant, No matter! It must be done. We are not starting a daily to last a few days or a few months. We are here and we are here to stay! We cannot sacrifice the future of THE DAILY WORKER to Its immediate desires. And so one of the first things that was done after THE DAILY WORK- ag 2 OSHS O9OO 949090400 O46000F60OOOOOO0400O 908 LENIN, cost if you $2.00 a Year Leader and Comrade By Alexander Bittelman You can get the January—and all 12 issues of the year, THE WORKERS MONTHLY, ER was started was to look about for suitable machinery and a head- quarters in which to put it. But here arose another difficult problem which demanded immediate solving. Setting up a printing plant is an ex- pensive proposition. Once set, mov- ing a printing plant is equally ex- pensive. Rents were high in Chi- cago, Landlords were not friends of the Communist movement. It was soon seen that to rent headquar- ters for our printing plant was not only to pay the landlord an im- mediate and heavy profit but also to place ourselves at the mercy of landlords with the prospect of soon- er-or later receiving a blow at their hands, The same logic which demanded the purchase of our own printing plant also demanded a building of our own In which to house the plant. There wasn’t enough money. Yet it couldn't be helped. In deciding between the future security of THE DAILY WORKER and the immed- jate ease in getting out the Daily there could be no question of the step which had to be taken, Purchased Building. What has happened Is pretty well known. We not only have estab- lished THE DAILY WORKER but also we have bought a building which houses our Daily and the na- tional headquarters of the party as well. We have established a print- ing plant which products not only THE DAILY WORKER but The Workers Monthly, The party’s Ital- jan Daily, The Young Worker, our Greek Weekly and all of the job and publication printing of the par- ty. And we have run THE DAILY WORKER for a year with a deficit far lower than we had dared to hope for! it haen’t been an easy task, Ever since our money has been invested in the machinery and the building it has been a bitter struggle to keep our heads above water. We weren’t adequately financed even for the purchase of the many things that were esesntial. We didn’t have the working capital which is so neces- sary to the operation of so large an undertaking. Where Money Went. What happened to the $75,000? It has been invested in the most efficient and soundest investment which our party could possibly -make. It has been the laying of a cornerstone of the Communist movement in America, nothing less. The tale of what happened to the $75,000 also tells the story of the need for the campaign to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925, We didn’t have enough money to start with! There was pienty of misgiving about our ability to keep Page Three ANTI-GHRISTIAN SENTIMENT RAGES THRUOUT CHINA Missionaries Branded as Imperialist Tools PEKIN, Dec, 28. — The religious advance agents of American capitalism as in China are quite worrled over the growing sentiment agafnst Christian missionaries, sweeping this country. Christmas day has been selected for demostrations to expose the Christian religions as agencies for foisting foreign rulé on the Chinese people, To Hold Convention, The anti-Christian elements in Shang- hai, arranged for a convention. Stu- dents thruout China are taking a leading part in the anti-Christian demonstrations. Literature branding the missionaries ag agents of imperialist powers is distributed. The capitalist press blames Communist propagandists for the lite- rature. The Shanghal police recently raided the local university and decla- red that evidence of Moscow funds was found, The raid was inspired by the British autorities. alive the Dally with so small a sum. But it was never dreamed that so much more in addition could be done. The whole plan of the party has been to make every penny spent, count for the permanence of the DAILY WORKER. And it is the opinion of the writer that if the party membership will now provide the $50,000 to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925, the insurance will be not only for 1925 but until that time when “insurance” will no longer be necessary. SSS Special Prices to Workers ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination ts Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY Revolution Comes! Is the title of the striking cover—a reproduction of the most famous painting in the Revolutionary Museum in Moscow, by N. Kravchenko—in the January issue of THE WORKERS MONTHLY EDITED BY EARL R. BROWDER. The A. F. of L. and Trade Union Unity By Wm. F. Dunne and Wm. Z. Foster and the second installment of the revolutionary classic THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY By GREGORY ZINOVIEV are only three of ten important contributions in this issue, including the Splendid Labor Cartoons by Art Young, Adolph Dehn, Gropper, Fred Ellis and Hay Bales. Photographs, poems, a story and International Notes complete the issue of 48 pages that will further establish this greater, combined magazine. SUBSCRIBE! Single Copy 25 Cents promptly and at a saving in POOOOO FOCODOCOCOCOOOSOOOD OOD OOEOOPOOOOOFOOOS $1.25 Six Months PDR. care of the largest crowd. There will be no waiting outside in line, No one will be kept out. Advance preparations point to this year’s celebration as the largest of them all, Let us this year make our New Year’s Ball @ memorable occasion! 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