The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1925, Page 6

: | i + §8.00 per year PEGE OL LIE EL, Page Six weiss une DAILY WORKER THE DAILY VYORKER. Publisiod by the DAILY WORK PUBLISHING co. 1113 -W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL (Phone: Monroe 4732) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $3.50....6 months $2.00.,..8 mont By mail (in yt cago only): ‘ $4.50... onths $2.50...3 months —— $6.00 per year A@dress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER Chicago, Minele voor AItOPS esse Business Manager WILLIAM F. DU? MORITZ J. LOEB..... Entered d- Office at C <p 290 ‘Advertising rates ob application U. S. Imperialism In Hawaii Newspaper reports inform us that twenty Filipinos are in jail in Hilo, the main city on the island of Hawaii as a result of a strike in which over one thousand workers were involved. This little news item gives much food for thought. tho it is likely that its significance will be lost on the average reader of the capitalist press. American government defending with its armed forces, the interests of the Ameri- can capitalist exploiters in distant lands. We are accustomed to seeing United States soldiers shoot- It shows the . Child Labor In no other way do the capitalist class show their hypocrisy more than in their hostility to. the proposed child labor law, referred to the various states for consideration. Judging by the number of states voting against the proposed amendment, lit looks as if it stood a poor show of slipping thrn jthe opposition. The capitalist class howl to high heaven in ex- pressing their assumed indignation over the, fate }of the home and the family, should Communism supplant the present capitalist system. They have their “Mother’s Day” in order to maudlinize the ; workers with any kind of emotion that will divert ass mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- | their minds from the big question, that is, the strug- Billions of dollars of American o, Ill, ander the act of March 3 Mdees gle between exploited and exploiters. The bour- capital were invested in indus- geoisie set the mothers of the race on a pedestal, at least for one day in the year, but the little children |brought into this world by these deified mothers are not allowed even to reach maturity before they jare hurled into the slave pens of the nation where their flesh and blood is coined into gold for the | benefit of the employers. This may seem like an overdrawn picture, but let our skeptical readers go into any mill town in New iingland or in the south and they will find that the story does not even begin to tell the tragedy of capitalism in the industrial hells of this pros: perous country. ical power, the first consideration of the govern- ment of the workers and peasants is the child. ing down strikers in the balliwicks of the steel trust|The laws of the Soviet government provide for and in the baronies of the coal operators. We are| adequate means of supporting the children while accustomed to seeing the police clubbing pickets] they are being trained for future service to them- in the name of law and order. But it is a rather] selves and society. Here in capitalist America, the new experience for American workers to see the armed forces of what they.think is their govern-| ment, crushing the struggles of pauperized labor} in other countries where the American flag has fol- lowed the dollars of Walk Street. The fake progressives in congress deliver elo-| quent speeches against the participation of the United States in the schemes of the “imperialist governments of Europe.” have no word of criticism for the tyrannical rule of American capitalism, in South America, in Hawaii, in Porto Rico and in the Phillipines, a tyranny backed by the administration in Washing- ton. The extension of American imperialism is one of the most serious problems confronting the American working class. The strike of the sugar slaves in distant Hawaii affects the pay envelopes of the American workers as well as if the strike took place in any section of this country. When the doubly exploited slaves in the colonies win a wage increase, it means a victory for the workers in the United States. Tf the Pan-American Federation of Labor was a real organization of Labor and not an auxiliary of Wall Street, it would aid the slaves of the Sugar Trust in their strike in Hawaii and it would take steps to organize them so that their struggle would be more effective. Its failure to do any- thing of the kind proves that it is just what the Sommunists charge, the labor wing of American imperialism. Get a member for the Workers Party and a-new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. More Trouble for Czarist Spy Raphael Abramovich, the gentleman who recent- ly arrived in the United States to satisfy the ap- petite of the socialist party for anti-Soviet propa-; ganda, is more or less out of luck. His first effort to give public vent to his hate for the Workers’ Republic ended in a riot in which the police and hired sluggers participated—on the side of Ab- ramovitch. The friends of Soviet Russia were able to hold up their end of the discussion without the necessity of seeking allies. The second setback suffered by the delegate of the czar’s socialists, was in Philadelphia when the joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers rejected by a vote of fourteen to ten a request of the socialist party to send delegates to greet this renegade. So far so good. Abramovich being a demo- erat, is no doubt well pleased with the manner in which the American workingclass rise to the op- portunity of taking a novel referendum on the question of Soviet Russia. That they feel inclined to take it out of Abramovich’s hide, may not be to Raphael’s liking, but when we consider the thou- sands of workers who were ‘sacrificed in Georgia because of this criminal’s conspiracies against the Soviet government, it is not surprising that Amer- ican workers who gave their money generously to help get the first workers’ government in history on its feet, should feel an iteh to cause a tickling sensation on Mr, Abramovich’s hide with their knuckles. Not that The DAILY WORKER urges that phys- <i violence should be inflicted on the miserable traitor, (It appears that there is no need for such advice, ) exciting if not exactly pleasant for him. We learn that Abramovich will visit Chicago, un- less he changes his mind. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota sees a new finaucial panic as a result of the inflation process now going on. Stocks and bonds are now worth 25 per cent more than six months ago, tho accord- ing to Hoover’s figures commerce was less healthy during the latter days of 1924 than during the corresponding period of 1923. It has been a harvest time for the financiers, ‘ But those charlatans} But judging by his reception so far, it is almost safe to predict that his tour will be at least | wealthiest country in the world, where the god of profit rules, the child as well as the adult is sacri- | ficed to capitalist greed. Several states have already voted against the child labor amendment. Massachusetts, the great mill state, initiated the dodge of submitting the proposed law to a referendum vote. As already pointed out in the DAILY WORKER, the ex- ploiters of Massachusetts, by using the power of the press, the church and their many other propa- ganda agencies succeeded in winning a favorable vote in this referendum. It worked so well in Massachusetts that the governor of New York has made a similar recommendation for that state in his inangural address, and now the Manufacturers’ Association of Illinois, thru its controlled press, | is urging the referendum in this state fearing that the legislature may pass the amendment. This new found devotion to “democracy” on the part of the child robbers is illuminating. They are for submitting the question to the voters where- ever they are in doubt as to the result, but wherever they feel sure of their legislators no such consideration is shown for the right of the voters to pass their judgment on the proposed amendment. While the capitalists are united in their opposi tion to even this puny effort to protect the chil dren, we are sorry to note that very little effort is being made by the official leaders of the trade union movement to rally the workers in the figh! to support the amendment. While the capitalists are fighting tooth and nail for their class interests and forgetting their clashing interests for the time being, we find the official bureaucracy of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor engaged in the unholy work of splitting the labor movement by attempt- ing to drive out of the trade unions and labor coun- cils the most militant members, conditions of the workers, youth or adult. But in this fight and in similar fights the black veil of hypocrisy is torn from the ugly face of capitalism can they begin the task of reconstructing society In Soviet Russia where, the workers enjoy polit-; The fight on child labor must go on, tho we are not humbled among those who expect that. the capitalist government can ever be used to better the | made on the. basis of some one named and the workers learn by experience that only by | taking political power away from their masters SILLIGRS SPENT ABROAD HOOVER REPORT REVEALS Congressman Exposes Tool of Plutes (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.— tries in foreign countries last year, while billions of dollars more were sent abroad in loans to foreign governments, a re- port issued -by the department of commerce revealed today. Of the $1,208,488,000 borrowed in the United States, $537,770,000 was sent to Europe. Securities were bought in the Wall Street market from Canada and New- foundland amounting to $224,295,000, and loans were mado to, Latin-Am- an. countries amounting. to $294, 372,000, Japan and the Philippines borrowed $189,000,000 in American money. U. S. Controls Foreign Governments. The past year has seen an attempt to capture foreign markets, and. con- trol foreign governments by. lending money, which, has been more ‘ambi tious than ever before. The interests of the American bankers. and’ indus- trialists spread to every corner of the earth, The American Telegraph and Tele- phone company took over the Spanish telephone .companies, and, now cont- rols the entire telephone system of Spain. Millions of dollars of Standard Oil money, and of McCormick money, made by the Chicago Tribune and the International Harvester company |were invested in Venezuela oil flelds. The Standard Oil company invested millions of dollars more in the Colum. |bian oil fields; the influence of the Standard Oil being successfully ex- erted on the United States senate to push thru a treaty making safe the {holdings of the Standard Oil company jin Columbia. The Morgan banking interets loaned the German government $110,000,000 at good interest, loaned France $100,- 000,000 and Belgium -$50,000,000. Hoover Owned by Big Business. Opposition has developed in the house of representatives to Herbert Hoover's continual service to the large capitalists. It is charged that Hoover has turned the-department of com- merce entirely over to the capitalists ud is trying to undermine the de vartment of agriculture by turning the ‘arm organizations. into pro-Coolidge organizations which work in behalf of he large manufacturers and the bank- | ers. Representative Dickinson, of Iowa. submitted an amendment-to the bill appropriating $3,207,064 for the bureau of. foreign and domestic commerce The amendment provided that no money should be spent by Hoover in investigating agriculture. Dickinson said the bill as introduced represented a desire to “Hooverize the country still further, ‘and the situation has come to such a pass that even the’ selection of the secretary of agriculture is to be by or satisfactory to Hoover.” Salesmanager for Plutes. Dickinson declared that “The activi- ties of the bureau of foreign and do- mestic commerce indicate a desire on the part of big business to employ a salesmanager abroad at the expense on a basis which will place the welfare of all use-|®f the taxpayers. The collection of in. ful members of society to the forefront and abolish exploitation of the old as well as that of the young. ‘A Stupid Concoction The “foreign” correspondent of the Gaelic Amer- ican forgot to fake a London or Paris date line over | far, his review of the situation in Europe in a recent formation at home and abroad could well be left to the department of agri- culture.” Dickinson complained that it is now impossible . for anyone to Wp a paper without learning that @r has some plan for solving some problem for Big: ‘business, He said Hooverization has already gone too issue. He starts out with “over” here, to indicate B. of L. F.. and E. that the writer was in Europe. But in painting his imaginary picture of Soviet Russia, the ex- saloonkeeper succeeded in making a donkey out of himself. The burden of his imbecility is as follows: Trotsky is gone. Zinoviey is next. Tchitcherin, Stalin and Rykov are against the Third Interna- tional. Only Kameney is loyal. The Zinoviev group wants an alliance with the Second International. Instead of supporting the Soviets as formerly, the governments of Frauce and England are putting the screws on them. The “commissar system” is breaking down, etc. If this rot-is typical of the stuff turned out by Irish nationalist editors, and we believe it is, it is not surprising that Lloyd George tricked them into signing the Free State treaty, and turned them into a laughing stock. Theodore Roosevelt liked John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America and an officer of the National Civic Federation, ac- cording to a letter written by “Teddy” to Lodge. Mitchell was “reasonable.” The other labor fakers were not then properly fixed. Mitchell left an estat2 worth $250,000. Most of his stock was in non-union coal companies. The mine workers have raised a monument to his memory. The coal barons should build a city in his honor, Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER aod a member for the Workers Party. : , Pitraip Get a Few Cents _ More e From. Roads GALESBURG, TL, Jan. '26:—Retro. active from Sept. 1, 1924, engineers, firemen and hostlers for the Chicngo. Burlington & Quincy railroad system are to receive an increase in pay, ac- cording to announcement made here by Mannie Larson, general. chairman pyre and Enginemen, just return e from a meeting with officials fials in Omaha, Neb.. The, agreement _ ‘fs similar to that reached ‘on the Southern Pacific rail- road recently and to they New York receive an increase of 24 cents a 100 miles, or for a day's work; in the freight service 36 cents tor 100 miles or an eight-hour day, and in the yard, 32 cents @ day. a Operators: Must: Pay For Rescue Work of the Brotherhood of Locomotive, The Scandinavian vian Party Conference on. the Recent Relapse of Comrade Trotsky With reference to the dispute which Comrade Trotzky has again sought to arouse in our Russian broth. er party and in the C. I. by his new book, “1917,” the joint conference of the Scandinavian Communist parties declares: The work of Comrade Trotzky is a direct continuation, in literary form, of the liquidation policy of the Rus- sian party opposition which was unan- imously condemned at the 13th Party Conference of the Russian C, P. and at the V. Congress of the Comintern. Wherein consists the great error of Comrade Trotzky? It consists in that he wishes to limit the leading role of the Communist Party in the class war to the “great moments” when the party overthrows the rule of the bour- geoisie and seizes power at the head of the revolutionary masses. The Communist Party can only lead the working class and the great sup- pressed masses to victory over th« capitalist state and the bourgeoisie, if it follows the Bolshevist line in the every day struggle of the working class, that is to say, if it pursues a policy which at the same time ex- presses and promotes the revolution- ary will to power of the broad masses, and develops. the Communist Party in- to a real disciplined party embracing the most class conscious and self-sac- rificing elements of the working class. If Comrade Trotzky in his book over WHAT THE FARMER THINKS IS THE MATTER WITH HIN But Statistics Are Often Deceitful BISMARCK, N. D., Jan 26.—The bus- iness interests—especially small bus- iness men and town bankers—never fail to point out that farmers fail in their work as farmers because they are not good managers and do not Save what they earn. This is an old tale and one which has caused farm- ers generally to dislike many business men. The department of agriculture at Washington, D. C., has published some figures in relation to this matter that might be of interest to DAILY WORK ER readers. In discussing the various kinds of difficulties that the farmers have to put up with, it says (Agriculture Year. book, 1923): “Studies by the department indicatc ‘hat 42 per cent of the farmers fee? that their financial difficulties are duc to low prices of farm products; to high taxes, 17 per cent; high costs for farm lal#r, 11 per cent; high freight rates, 10 per cent; high interest, 10 per cent; reckless expenditures dur- ing boom periods, six per cent, and too much credit, four per cent.” From this it would appear that the farmer is not such a witless fellow af- ter all. But the gentleman in the department of agriculture never ap- pear to have asked or found out what percentage of the farmers lay their financial trouble to the capitalist sys- tem as a whole. Penna. Strike In Anthracite Compromised WILKESBARE, Pa—tThe strike of the 60,000 anthracite miners of Dis- trict One failed to materialize, and the 12,000 strikers of the ten locals strik- ing for two months against the Cappel- ini-Pennsylvania Coal company combi- nation, are ordered back to work by the body which called them out—their grievance committee. This was the result of an “S. O. S.” sent by Cappellini to John L. Lewis, who sent a special commission to save Cappellini from complete destruction. The commission worked upon the grievance committee leaders, who are not revolutionary and lack strong will and experienced knowledge, get- ting the vote to return to work in ex- change’ for promises to see that griev- agces are “considered” and “consid- eration” given the matter of returning the charters of the ten locals revoked by Cappellini. While not in the agreement, the Lewis commission has doubtlessly put pressure upon the weak leaders of the grievance committee to force the miners to withdraw from pressing the charges of treachery and their call for @ special district convention to _try Cappellini on this charge. It is an unavoidable conclusion from the way the agreement was reached, that altho the grievance committees are an expression of rank and file con- trol of the ynion which the miners must keep at all costs, still they need to be led by better, and more revolu- tionary leadership than the p group has furnished to date, Stand by the grievance committees! But male them fighting organs! Asquith Gets His Reward, ‘ LONDON, Jan. 26,—It was officially announced today that the king had made former Premier Asquith an earl, with the title of the Earl of Oxford. This, it was pointed out, makes Mar- prod nose Midd has come to some her the ii writings, ae j ° the Russian October severs the Bol- shevik period of preparation from the revolutionary upheaval and the setting up of the proletarian state power, and even put this forward as the “Lessons of the October Revolution,” then we see in this a relapse on the part of Comrade Trotzky into his old. semi- menshevist failing against which Com- rade Lenin himself was the sharpest and most inexorable opponent. Especially harmful is the criticism by Comrade Trotéky of the leaders of the Comintern, and in the first place of Comrade Zinoviev. What has such a criticism to do with the Lessons of the October revolution? No one has more openly and honestly confessed his mistakes than Comrade Zinoviev. | Comrade Zinoviev has thereby drawn lessons from the October revolution which have strengthened and pushed forward the Communist’ International, and it is precisely therefore that Com- rade Zinoyiev is at present more hat- ed by the international bourgéoisie than other leader of the Comintern. The conference of the four Com munist Parties of Scandinavia con- demns the action of Comrade Trotz- ky, which. will be taken advantage of by all enemies of the Communist: In ternational in order to confuse the working class and to weaken the Com- munist Party. We say to Comrade Trotzky, that the lessons of the Russian October revolution do not permit of any kind of eriticism which strengthens the semi-menshevist liquidatory tenden cies in the,Comintern, and could there- by weaken the international fighting organization of the working class. On the contrary! The. October rey- olution and our own experiences have taught us that these tendencies con- stitute the greatest danger to Com munism, and that the victory of the revolutionary working class is impos- sible without the ruthless combatting of thése tendences in the ranks of the Communist Parties themselves, Ly aeigy Nid sO bg) ates WHE N.Y, POLITICAL ACROBATS JUGGLE CHILD LABOR Expose Tactics Before And After ] Election NEW YORK, Jan. Swe instance of the impudent way the democratic and republican leaders try to/fool the workers and the people is ‘shown in correspondence between Lieutenant- Governor Seymour Lowman of New York and Morris L. Ernst, chairman of the civic. committee of the New York civic club. In reply to interrogations. regarding tho’ attitude of the republican: party towards the proposed child labor amendment, Mr. Lowman said it was the policy of the republican patty to submit the proposed amendment to an advisory vote and that a bill had al- ready been introduced for submitting the question to the voters in the fall election. Mr. Ernst, in his reply reminded Mr. Lowman that both the republican and democratic platforms had contained pledges of the ratification ‘of the amendment by the legislature. “Such a referendum as you suggest,” wrote Mr. Ernst, “is entirely futile, It is in no way binding upon the incom- ing legislature. It has no legal effect whatever. It:certainly cannot be more affective a mandate to the legislature than the pladges of both BeEHed be- fore the last election.” The republican and democtatic leaders know exactly what they are doing when they are forced to’ make promises todo something. They know well they intend to do nothing and they always have ready their plans for getting out of any promise,’ be- fore they make it. The children are just Iabor commodity to them. CALIFORNIA IS BAROMETER — OF DAILY WORKER’S SAFETY Just One-Third of Quota Re Raised in District 1. 3; Nationaily, Too, Labor Press Only — One-Third Safe - How sure are we that the DAILY WORKER Ip going to make the grade for 1925? Just one-third sure! District 13 serves as the index of the Insurance drive's pee Sia Just as this district, California, has so far ‘ralsed only one-third of its quota, so naturally only one-third of the $50,000 is yet on hand. California ranks-with the three other leading districts in having remitted so far.approximately one dollar per member. With an esti. mated membership of .750, the total remittance has been $716.00. ‘Of the 32 branches in the district, all but 8 have been militant. _ if District Organizer J. H. Dolsen and the various branch eecre- taries and most of the membership have made a good beginning, no doubt of that. But two-thirds of the work is yet to be done before there can be a good ending. An average of two dollars more must be given by each member. Will They Kee ep the Red Flag Flying Until All the ars Come Home? Los Angeles, Cal., Armenian.. sseesnnevertneenantnosanssensconiesizensencenenssssevensersess 18/00. Berkeley, Cal., Englis Los Angeles, Cal., Englist.:..sssscssssssssssseoss sesissursessnensnstecestesetsnemeeccece 92,00 Los Ang San Francisco, Englis San Pedro, Cal., Englis' setecacennnnssneoeemessnnevere 15.00 rnensen 6 wanveessnsscrnesenenesteesssnetsertnscetsenmmessseyee 7000 | oveborseseconbeotoneesomansesabesttenessersecerssseeee OOOO San Francisco, Cal. Esthomiate...scescccssssossssesenneeeernnesness anew 10,00 Cotati, Cal., Finnish... W. 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FINNISH | BRANCH, Eureka, Cal, HUNGARIAN BRANCHES, Alameda, Cal.; San Francisco, eo Los Angeles, Cal.’ SOUTH CHANIA BRANCHES, Mountain View, cisco, Cal. * 2 California Takes Our Breath 250 Dollars All in One D If Callfornia continues to be the WORKER insurance drive, then things. will be “looking -u Poigpeor ey Dag peda oo! jon all the and Los Angeles, and following on Its heels, ‘a check for | Los Angeles hosp tray besides, 6 ‘We hope to double this next ke palo who was chairman fap * hi staan Wi tap ina by Any