The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1925, Page 2

| e | Powe SHEET STEEL WORKERS GET CUT IN PAY Class Collaboration Is Working Fine, For Boss (Special to The Daily Worker) YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 16. Notwithstanding the boom- ing business in steel production and the phenomenal rise in steel shares, the wages of the sheet and tin plate operatives in the union mills will be reduced one and a half per cent during the January-February period, ac- cording to the bi-monthly wage agreement between the indepen- dent manufacturers and the of- ficials of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers. Because of the class collaborative ‘union agreement, whereby the wages of the workers are slashed every time the bosses have to make a low price to beat the slave labor of the Ger- man workers driven by the Dawes plan, the infinitesimal loss of a nickel the 26,27 and 28 gauge black sheet having sold for $3.40 instead of $3.45 @ hundred for the last 60 days, the ‘workers are required by the union and oss combination to lose that and maybe more off their pay checks. The same settlement will probably cause a cut of wages to be declared by the United States Steel corpora- tions against both the union and the unorganized workers, as the scale Bives the stecl trust an excuse to claim that “competition forces us to out wages, too.” German Militarists Mexloo’s Guests. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16.—Officers and cadets of the German school-ship Berlin were the guests of the Mexi- can capital today. They were met on their arrival by Gen. Almada of the Mexico City garrison. [ Many Meetings Planned. The list of meetings so far am ranged follows: Wednesday, Jan. 21. Chicago, Ill, at 8 p. m., at Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Van Buren Sts. Speakers: Browder, Dunne, Eng- dahl, and Swabeck. Kansas City, Mo. hall to be an- nounced. Speaker, J. E. Snyder, Friday, Jan, 23. Niagata Falls, N. Y., at 7:80 p. m., Hippodrome Hall, corner Pine and 19th Sts. Speaker to be announced. Rever, Mass., Eagle’s Hall, Shirley and Walnut Aves,, at 8 p. m. Speaker, I, Amter. Saturday, Jan. 24, Philadelphia, Pa. at 8 p. m., at the Lulu Temple, corner Broad and Spring Garden Sts. Speakers: Olgin, Baker, and Carlson. South Bend, Ind, at 8 p. m., at Workers’ Home, 1216 W. Colfax Ave. Speaker, Manuel Gomes. Milwaukee, Wis, at 8 p. m., at the Auditorium. Speakers: Foster and Max Bedacht. Seattle, Wash. Hall to be announc- ed. Speaker, Norman H. Tallentire. Sunday, Jan. 25. St. Paul, Minn, Commonwealth Hall, 435 Rice St., at 8 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. Minneapolis, Minn, Humboldt (Fin- nish) Hall, 1817 Western Ave., No., at 2 p.m. Speaker: Earl Browder. Denver, Col., at 8 p. m., Machinists’ Hall, 1715 California St. Speakers to be announced. Grand Rapids, Mich., at 2:30 p. m. LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS Workmen's Circle Temple, 347 Mt. Vernon Ave. Speaker to be an- nounced. Hartford, Conn. Hall to be an- nounced. Speaker, Joseph Manley. Detroit, Mich., at 2 p. m., House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Speak- er, Robert Minor, Boston, Mass., at 3 p. m., Scenic Auditorium, 12 Berkeley St. Speaker, John J. Ballam, Cleveland, Ohio, Hall to be announc- ed later. Speaker, Benjamin Gitlow. Los Angeles, Cal., at 2 p. m., Blanch- ard Hall, 233 S, Broadway. Speaker James H. Dolsen. Easton, Pa., at 2 p. m., Lithuanian (Bakers) Hall, N. 7th St., near North- ampton St, Speaker to be announced. Dowell, {l!., at 2 p. m., Rex Theater, Union Ave. Speaker, John Mihelic. Bridgeport, Conn., at 8 p. m., Work- men’s Circle Hall, 310 State St. Speak- er to be announced. Akron, Ohio, at 2 p. m., Zeigler Hall, corner Voris and Miami Sts. Superior, Wis., Workers’ Hall, cor ner Tower and Sth. Speaker to be announced. Tacoma, Wash., Hall to be announc- ed. Speaker, Norman H. Tallentire. Sunday, Feb. 1. New York, N. Y., at 2 p. m, Mad son Square Garden. Speakers: Foster and Ruthenberg. New Haven, Conn, Hermanson’s Hall, 15 Crown St., at 8 p. m, Speaker, Joseph Manley. Buffalo, N. Y., at 8 p. m., Labor Ly- ceum, 376 William St. Speaker to be announced. Portland, Ore. Hall to be announc- ed. Speaker, Stanley Clark. GARY WORKERS CELEBRATE OPENING OF FIRST CO-OPERATIVE RESTAURANT GARY, Ind., Jan. 16—A co-opera- tive society on the type of the Rus- sian Co-operative movement in Chi- cago has been organized in Gary and now has a membership of 20. The organization is called the Workers’ Co-operative Society of Gary. Sunday, Jan. 18, at 2 p. m, will see the official opening of its first res- taurant on Gary’s “Main Street,” Broadway, near 18th street. Repre- sentative of different labor organiza- tions will attend the opening of the MILITANTS ATTENTION! The Chicago Trade Union Educational League is arranging several cam- paigns which will require the services of about a hundred people for the distribution of leaflets. If you recognize the necessity of the battle against the labor bureaucrats volunteer for this work. Get in touch with Martin Abern, Room 308, 166 W. » Washington St. or Tom Bell, 1118 W. Washington Blvd. Send in\your name, address, and phone number. ALFRED WAGENKNECHT recently returned from the Orient, will speak about The Rising Labor Movement of the Orient Sunday, Jan. 18th, 8 P. M. at the WORKERS PARTY OPEN FORUM ASHLAND AUDITORIUM (Lodge Room), Ashland Avenue and Van Buren Streets Take Metropolitan “L.” to Marshfield Sta., or surface lines on Van Buren QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION Single admission 25¢ Tickets good for any three admissions, 500 shicpebethiethnarainesintiiahinnisiconinmiemeiecepetionee restaurant and many prominent speakers will emphasize the import- ance of, organizing the first co-opera- tive venture in the heart of the steel trust. The Workers’ Co-operative of Gary is a real labor organization. Every worker who agrees with the princi- ples and aims of this organization is invited to join. Difference of nation- alities is not an objection. The pro- fits of this organization go to widen- ing. business, educational activities and mutual aid. No one receives any interest on his shares. Being a real labor organization no matter how many shares a member owns he is entitled to one vote only. jary workers, come to the opening of the restaurant on Sunday after- npon and learn more about the Work- ers’ Co-operative in your city. Attention, Comrades of North Side! The next regular meeting of the North Side English Branch will be held on Monday, Jan. 19, at Imperial Hall at 8 p. m. Comrades, be sure to bring your pe- titions all signed up. There is very little time left and all signatures must ward. If you have not filled your peti- tion, go out on Saturday and Sunday to complete the job. DrS. ZIMMERMAT DEN? 4\the dispute with the party, Workers From Now On! Every Book —— Pamphlet —— Leaflet The Daily Worker and The Workers Monthly —all of the English Communist Press and printed propa- anda will be distributed thru one centralized channel— E DAILY WORKER. When you order literature Regardless of what kind or whether it be postcards, buttons or other items to promote the Communist idea—make your order and remittance The Daily Worker Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Blvd. ————— Make payment on old literature bills to the Literature Department, Workers Party ——————— ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY > Chicago, Illinois In No. Dak. Points The Way to Power (Continued from page 1) of the poliee, state and federal troops in labor disputes. “4. A pesolution against the so called criminal syndicalism laws on the statutes ef many states, which are now being used to jail and persecute militant fighters In the cause of labor and poor farmers. Cite the Michigan cases. Favore Ruseia and Fights Chitd Labor. “6. Resolytion for the recognition of Soviet Russia. “6, Ratification of ohfld labor amendment and taxing of high incomes to defray the expense of educating and maintaining the children of workers and working farmers, Vital Needs of Farmers. “Tt. Compulsory state hail insur ance, with a flat tax levied upon all tillable land in the state. “8. All tax titles to revert to the state. “9, All public funds te be depos ited in the Bank of North Dakota and state-owned branch banks to be estab- shed, one in each county within the state, Opposes Imperialist War. “10. A resolution of protest against the preparations of the federal gov: ernment for new imperialist wars, ageinst further appropriations for military, nevel, and air armaments, against the subjection by American {mperieliem of the Philippines and the Caribbean islands, against the imper- ialist policy of American imperialism in Mexigo and other Latin-American countries, and for the immediate with- drawal of American military and naval forces from all foreign coun- tries,” “While we realize fully that the farmers’ and workers’ system instead of the present capitalist system must be established before all robbery of. the farmers and workers by the capi- talist class can come to an end, the above program, nevertheless, ex: Presses some of the immediate neede and demands, and all farmers and workers in North Dakota should sup- Port it with all their strength. “District Hxecutive Committee, “Alfred Knutson, secretary.” AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from Page 1.) sia on their return to England har proved a very effective counter to the anti-Soviet moves of the tory govern ment. In an article published in the Russian press, A. A. Puroell, presiden of the ‘International ‘Federation 0! Trades Unions, congratulated the Rus: sian workers on their progress and de- nounced the-yellow socialist press for their lies against the Soviet republic. The article will appear soon in the DAILY WORKER. eee NSWERING questions concerning the illness of Leon Trotsky and his differences with the Communist Party, President Rykoff informed a convention of school teachers meet- ing in Moscow, that the war minister’s illness was not dangerous tho acute. ‘Trotsky was going south on the ad- vice of his physictans. Referring to Rykoff said: “. . . these are party matters which cannot be dealt with here. They will be solved in due course. The chief pofmt of controversy is Trotsky'’s attitude towards the peas- antry but I can say in advance that. neither the Communist Party nor the Soviet government is in the slightest danger thru these disputes, nor is there any probability of a split in the Communist Party. Trotsky himself has no intention of hampering either the government or the party.” This is for the purpose of reassuring eur readers in cass they may read & Tré port of Trotsky’s presence crossing the ice between Spitsenbergen and Greenland on two wooden legs. oe "Se TATE'S ATTORNDY, Robert 2. Crowe, is a man of his word at least in some instances. He was 2 fiend for enforcing the law against strikers before his re-election and no doubt will continue this policy in the future. Byen the gory Chicago Trib- une, which is not happy unless some- body is getting hanged—workers pre- ferred—blew Crowe's horn, before the election, But now the horn is silent. Por Crowe bas made peace with the Tribune’s enemies in the republican Party and nolle prossed the indict menté against several crooks who were indicted for robbery during the Thompson regime in this olty. Crowe promised them a nolle prosse pro- vided they support him in his election fight. They did. Crowe kept his word. Three cheers for the majesty of capitalist law! ee ‘HO killed Dean O’Banion? A rather impudent question to ask to run the risk of offending public sensibility, but for a caption in the 1 papers over the picture of two natilly undressed ladies, who were snapped wintering at Miami,, Fla. The caption read: “Gunman's widow at wintor resort.” The story reads that Mrs. Dean O’Banion went to “recup- orate after the murder of her hus- band.” The strain must be terrible, but perhaps the thrill of angling for another will more than make up for 1, in this city, and we would hesitate] 4, Billion Dollar Trade Balance Last Year is Troubling Capitalism By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL JOA: the writers of the capitalist class, economists in the “Goose-Step” universities, and financial experts on the “Brass Check” press, are much worried about the trade balance for 1925 in favor of the United States of nearly a billion dollars. They are wondering what is to be done with It. None of them wants to hit at the truth. * George W. Hinman, ex-college president, but now one of Hearst's writers on finance, says this huge trade balance will be offset by American spenders travelling abroad. That is an echo of theory that the rich will keep their stolen sur- pius in circulation thru riotous living. In this way the apo- logist for capitalism tells us the capitalist will not get too rich. What he doesn’t spend his parasitic heirs are supposed to take care of. But the great American fortunes have become lasting institutions under capitalism, even proof against indolent heirs. So the American spender abroad cannot overcome to any appreciable degree the growing American trade balance. Not even the marrying of American girls of the dissolute rich to foreign titles affects the growing indebtedness of Europe to this country. This is especially true since the title ‘market has been considerably crippled by the revolutionary wave originating in Soviet Russia in 1917. * The capitalist economists, of various schools, have many nostrums. Some say, donate the surplus in charity to Eu- rope, or write off a few debts. Others say, cut down the tariff and make it possible to buy foreign goods, cheap _ goods. Some favor making new loans to Europe. But these are all merely surface ‘applications. None of them really have a lasting effect on the growing surplus. They also fall to take into consideration that the American capitalist is in business to make profits for himself, not to bestow charity on Europe, or to allow European capitalists to sell goods cheaply in this country, to steal part of his market. The American capitalist, offspring of American capitalist imperialism, is in business not only to exploit the United States, but to spread the fields of his exploitation to every country on earth that will yield a satisfactory return. Seven thousand islands of the seas are now under the domination of Wall Street's “Stars and Stripes.” They weren't picked out either as summer or winter resorts for the idle rich. s * * @ The limit has been reached in developing new markets. Another method of getting markets is to steal them from other nations. Germany lost her markets during the war. But she is back in the struggle to find new places to sell her goods, Germany must find markets to sell her goods or the Dawes Plan isn’t worth the paper it is written on. France is not a great exporting nation so she isn’t worried. The Pdris statesmen say, let Germany export and turn over the money to us. But England is a. great exporting nation. Her trade balance has turned against her. She must sell or starve. Busy coal mines in the Ruhr may mean reparations payments to France, but they also mean tens of thousands of idle coal miners in England. That brings England directly into conflict with Germany, But that billion dollar trade surplus for the United States means that American capitalism has a billion dollars on its hands that it wants to re-invest in foreign lands, if it cannot find profitable investments at home. That explains, for instance, the effort of American imperialism to tighten its grip on China. This brings American capitalist imperialism into direct conflict with the needs and the ambitions of the capitalisms of Great Britain and Germany, not to mention the lesser nations. And these conflicting trade rivalries always lead on to new and greater imperialist ae * * . There is only one country on the face of the earth today fwd can have a trade surplus and enjoy it. That is Soviet ussia. : The first Workers’ Republic does have a trade surplus. That means that it exports more than it imports. This is one of its greatest achievements, coming so soon after the victory of the revolution. It isa sign of recovery at home. A trade surplus for Soviet Russia means credits in for- eign lands; new opportunities to purchase the things that the Russian workers and peasants need. The greater the surplus the better able the Soviet Republic will be to satisfy those needs and lift the standard of living of the Russian masses. American capitalism is not interested in lifting the standard of _ of the American workers and farmers. It is only interested in piling up its profits thru the worst ex- ploitation possible. That is the difference between capitalist rule and Soviet toy * * © & It is easy to see why the capitalist economists and financial writers have a difficult time reaching a favorable conclusion for capitalism, in their studies of the world financ- ial situation. If they studied conditions rightly, as they da not do, they would see the path of progress everywhere leading to the World Soviet Victory. CHICAGO SOUTH SLAVIC BRANCH OF WORKERS PARTY GIVES $50.00 FOR DEFENSE OF C. E. RUTHENBERG The South Slavic Branch No. 1, of Chicago, voted to give $50.00 for the se of Co C. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the W (Communist) Party, and sent the following telegram to Comrade Ruthenberg at Jackson prison: “C, E. Ruthenberg, “Michigan State Prison, “Jackson, Mich, “You are in prison for struggling for the emancipation of all exploited and suppressed workers and farmers. “We assure you that we will carry on the struggle for your freedom and for the emancipation of the tolling masses. Yours for the proletarian revolution, South Slavic Branch No. 1, of Chicago.” The Letuah branch ef Chicago fock similar action thie iby ms Saturday, January 17, 1928 “LABOR UNIONS OF THE ORIENT,” SUNDAY TOPIC The Force to Destroy Imperialism What forces are there within im Perialism to throttle it and stop ita malevolent exploitation of the op- pressed peoples? This exploitation, remember, is vitally affecting your wages and hours right here in Ameri- ca, tho all the noise and fighting is going on in the far east, in China, per- haps, where American marines are “protecting American interests” that are not your interests to protect. The answer to this question, of what forces inside imperialism are historically arising to destroy it, will be given in the lecture next Sunday night, January 18, of Alfred Wagen- knecht, who recently returned, from China, and the Philippines. Comrade Wagenknecht was in touch with the nascent labor move- ment of the east, and the subject of this lecture, which will be given to the open forum of the Workers Party at the Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Van Buren street, at eight o’clock tomorrow night, will be “The Rising Labor Movement of the Orient,” The fight against imperialism should be borne first of all by the working class of the imperialist coun- try, they should take the burden, and not lay it upon the more oppressed countries of imperialism’s victims. Hence all workers should attend, Come early and bring your friends. Weavers Strike at Fall River, Mass., Over Cut in Wages (Continued from page 1) fon has put pickets on the plant and promises to continue. The manage ment refused to meet delegates of the union and would issue no public state- ment. Organizer Horace A. Riviere of Manchester, New Hampshire is ex. pected to take charge of the strike and mass picketing is expected. In New Bedford the Ring Twisters’ Union met on Tuesday, with only 20¢ out of the 1,000 voting on whether te accept the wage out and go back te work Monday or not, New Bedford Unions Full of Rats The ballots will be counted by the union officials and the result not aa nounced till tonight. It is significant that this union was full of stoolplg- eons of the Sherman Detective agency | es was the whole Textile Counefi of | New Bedford. The DAILY WORKER of a few months ago exposed William Morgan Butler, campaign manager of Coolidge as the superizitendents’ of - these rats. Now the president of the Textile Council is trying to arrange a eonfer- ence with the bosses. Many workers are murmuring against this, asking for a rank and file delegation to be» made up of representatives from the various mills. A Speed Up Reduction in Pay. In the mills of American Thread company at Fall River the dye house employes contend they were reduced 10 per cent in their wages. The cor- Poration is then said to have dis- charged @ number of workers and speeded up the remaining help to do their work. This was in addition to the reduction in wages, The em- poe refused to do the work and ef Spokesmen for the strikers contend that the additional work imposed on them is a heavy cut in itself. Previous Reduction. It is acknowledged that some corpo. rations put a wage reduction of their own into effect previous to the usual conference between the manufacturers and the Ttextile Council. In some in- stances it is reported the cut was as high as 12% per cent. Another 10 per cent over what had already taken place, in reality means a reduction of 22% per cent. 4 The night of the acceptance of the wage reduction it was freely predtet- ed that if these manufacturers in. sisted on reducing wages beyond what. had already beon put into effect, a| strike was certain. More Work for Less Wages. The dyers in the Kerr thread mills came out on strike in resistance to a cut which, according to the statement of John Campos, agent for the Doff- ers’ Union, means a reduction of 10. per cent in wages, is aggravated by an imposition of extra work on the dyers which they figure as a cutdown of 25 per cent. Rev. Elmer 4, Williams, of the ter Government Association and Chi cago’s vice crusader, for the time in nine months has had his bombed. The last time was We day at midnight just as he was turning home from a conference the Auditorium Hotel, Rev. Williams said that he can Plain the bomb by the fact that ti Dean O'Banton coroner's jury on Thursday and he had si two prominent characters of the derworld. Williams has been weds 5 t are #