The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 3

(err i w im wigit 1 KLAN TERROR STILL HANGS OVER HERRIN Young Officer Is in the “Constabulary” (Special to The Daily Worker) HERRIN, Ill, Jan. 29.—The terror of the ku klux klan kill- ers still hung over Herrin today. The inquest into the death of S,. Glenn Young, the klan gun- man, and Ora Thomas, miner deputy sheriff, has proved to be a farce, with two klansmen, Ar- lie Boswell, state’s attorney, and George Bell, coroner, in charge. Bye witnesses have been terror- ized into keeping silence as to the truth of the killing of Ora Thomas by the klansmen, Elias Green, secretary of the Herrin Miners’ Union, testified how Glenr Young had entered the cigar store where he was buying cigarettes, and pushed a gun in his stomach. Green told how Young had cursed him ana threatened to kill him. Green had shown up Glenn Young's scab activi ties, and Young was cursing him wher Thomas walked into the store, Young was the first to fire, Green declared. Belonged to “Constabulary.” Klansmen are pouring into Herrin from all parts of the country to attend the funeral of Young to take place this afternoon. Young was the Herrin “in spector” of the Illinois constabulary department, a private corporation witn offices in Chicago, composed of klans- men and gunmen, and having as its officers prominent Chicago politicians and capitalist newspaper editors, nh was admitted at State’s Attorney Crowe’s office that the “constabulary department” has been investigated by Crowe, and found to conduct a trat- fic in gun permits. Herrin miners declare that Young never entered @ battle unless the oddr were heavily on his side. They point to the fact that Young kept his wife beside him on all his trips in order to shield himself from attack. Auto Death Total at 44. Ohicago’s death toll from automo- biles since Jan. 1 this year was in- creased to 44 today with the death of Arthur Hughes, 65, art collector and dealer in antiques. He was struck . and injured by an automobile or MOST PROSPEROUS IN RUSSIA; COTTON PRODUCTION GROWING (By Rosta News Agency.) MOSCOW. (By Mail.)—The textile industry of Soviet Russia belongs to those branches of industry which, at the present time, are most prosperous. The increase of the buying power of the peasant population, combined with the lower prices for industrial goods, espscially for textile articles, and higher prices for agricultural produce have been powerful factors in pro- ducing this satisfactory result. In October, 1923, the sale of cotton goods amounted to 56.5 per cent of the output, and in March, 1924, to 129 per cent. More striking still is the increase in the turnover, especially of 4—————————_____________. cotton goods, of the principal organ ization in the textile industry—the All Russian Textile Syndicate, The turn over of the syndicate in January amounted to 210.5 per cent of that of October, that of May to 338 per cent, and June to 436 per cent. In the summer of 1924 the output of textile fabrics in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics increased to 30 per cent, and a further increase of produc- tion by another 25 per cent was con- sidered. At the same time demands exceed the supply, and the sale of the whole output of cotton fabrics is therefore guaranteed. Home Grown Production Increases, The Soviet cotton industry used for this year’s production a total of seven and a half million poods of cotton, of which 8,200,000 poods were home grown, and about four and a half mil- lion poods were bought abroad. Next year this industry will need about 9,600,000 poods of cotton, but in vir- tue of the rapid restoration of cul- ture in Turkestan a considerable amount of the raw material needed will be covered by home grown cotton. The figures given below show how cotton growing has increased in Soviet Russia, The area under cotton in the various cotton areas was as follows: Area Under Cotton (in Dessiatines). Region 1923 1924 Turkestan Republic 177,022 285,200 Bokharan Republic 20,000 40,000 Khorezm Republic 10,000 9,000 Azerbaijan 14,265 88,300 Armenia 4,070 17,300 The total for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1923 was 195,- 857 dessiatines, in 1924, 436,900 des- siatines. The area under cotton was therefore more than doubled in one year. Expect Increased Demand. Tho the purchasing power of the peasant population in some districts may slightly decrease on account oi this year’s poor harvest, the compara- tively high grain prices will almost certainly result on the whole in an increased demand for manufactured goods, and at the present moment there is not only no superabundance of goods but on the-contrary, the sup: Michigan boulevard last night. The|ply is less than the demand. driver was held pending an inquest. Measures have been taken to cope HARVARD GLORIES IN “AD” BUNK ARVARD University, the supreme snob educational Institution of America, is pushing bourgeois ethics and business and has just given $10,500 in prizes to this end for advertising matter. It is significant that the awards are made thru Edward W. Bok, the Philadelphia dean of bour- geois editors, from a fund he donated. About 5,000 advertisements were submitted by 175 agencies anxious to show Harvard students and Americans how best to make money by gulling the public with dope phraseology. Just what kind of ads they wrote the capitalist papers do not state. Perhaps it was something of the nature of a New York college staff member who wrote of advertising sorre time ago, recommending for South American countries ads of § pudes. The prizes by Harvard and Bok were mostly of $1,500 each. THIS IS LENIN WEEK Read Lenin’s Works! Join Lenin’s Party—the Workers (Communist) Party! Go to the Lenin Memorial Meeting Sunday, February 1 Madison Square Garden SPEAKE! WILLIAM Z, FOSTER M. J. OLGIN — B Cc. E, RUTHENBERG JACK STACHEL Russian and Oriental Speakers BEN GITLOW, Chairman. FREIHBIT SINGING SOCIETY (Chorus of 400 Voices) FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF 100 NINA GUSSIEVA, Dramatic Suprano ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS, ‘ON SALE hata ag! ath St. TICKETS Freth B. Broadway; Place; Novy Mir, 201 2 Ten 8), Madison Ave, and 111th Latse, 46 164 Mermaid Ave. and 38rd St., Coney Island, Auspices, Workers Party of Amerloa, District No. 2. Party Office, 208 H. 12th St.; Book iho 127 Univers Stern's Jewelry Soro, iit? 's Book Store, 1817 St., Brooklyn; Zelnik's IT’S A DULL DAY IF NO POLICY I$ BOUGHT BY FINNS! Secarcely a day goes by without word from some Finnish branch of new policies sold to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. And Thursday the words amount- ed to almost a book! From Fort Bragg, Cal., came a letter from “Mother” Ella Reeve Bloor in which she told that the Finnish branch there had just bought $50.00 worth of policies, be- sides having remitted $30.00 previ- ys “Altho the only nationality here, the Finnish branch Is devoted to ” writes “Mother” Bloor, doing fine work, despite their isolation.” From right at home came another fifty dollars, brought by the local Finnish branch. And from the other side of the continent, Buffalo, N. Y., came a call for none less than five books of policies for the Finnish branch. This branch has pledged $300.00 and in raising it, have run out of policies. Needless to say, they are doing their - part to help district 4 fill its quota. with the demand, and the output is continually increasing as shown in the following table: Output of the Cotton Factories of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Unbleached Yarn in fabricin thousand thousand Month poods metres May 518 76,913 June 517 76,731 July 364 52,267 August 633 94,282 September 728 107,047 October 803 118,467 Aver. Monthly estimate 1923 4,471 65,825 ‘Thus already.in May and June the production of unbleached goods amounted to 76 million metres a month and exceeded the estimated monthly output of 1923-24 by 17 per cent. The decrease in July was due to the sumem rholidays. In October the production of unbleached goods was to amount to 113 millions metres —70 per cent more than the estimates and that of white bleached goods to 108 million metres, or 60 per cent above the estimates. Altogether’the’ output of the cotton industry has grown during the last few years very rapidly. In 1922-23, the production of cotton goods amount- ed to 40 million metres monthly, i. e., not more than 24 per cent of the entire manufacturing capacity of the mills, but by October the output will have risen to 113 million metres, near. ly 58 per cent of the manufacturing capacity. Interests British Market. This continuous growth of the So- viet cotton industry is of particular interest to the British market. Britain has always been a big, if not the only, supplier of spindles, weaving machines, implements, sprinklers, and various technical and other articles which are necessary for the Russian cotton mills. Most British firms formerly had their branches and agents in the prin- cipal centers of Russian cotton indus- try, and this year’s notable growth in the activity of the Russian cotton mills means, providing the necessary capital is forthcoming, a continuour and steady growth of the demand for all kinds of machinery, looms, imple- ments, technical materials, etc., neces sary for the successful development of this branch of industry. See “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” at Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5, SUPPORT OUR RUSSIAN DAILY! Russian Communist daily, Novy Mir has a new editorial board and new management, appoint- ed by the central executive committee of the Workers Party after the old management announced that it was ready to give up the fight and turn the daily into a weekly. Comrade Moissaye Olgin was appointed editor in chtef and Comrades Brailowski ana Burgin on the editorial board. ‘The paper has been invigorated with The Novy Mir is one of the oldest Communist newspapers in the coun- try. It was established about 12 years ago by the Russian federation of the old socialist party. With the party split the paper went with the Com- munists. At the time of the raids in 921 the paper was forced under ground and was turned into a monthly ' THE DAILY wo BY STATE ASKED FOR N. D, FARMERS Communist Proposes Aid to Poor by Rich By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Dally Worker) BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 29.—A. C. Miller, Communist legislator, has in- troduced a bill providing for compus- ory state hail insurance and the levy ing of a tax on all tillable land in the state, and they have been read for the first time in the house of represen- tatives. These bills embody the ideas of farmers generally on the question of state hail insurance and_ repre- sent what the farmers have wanted ever since the nonpartisan league was started in North Dakota. From the beginning, league organizers and speakers as well as the league press emphasized this feature of the hail in surance plan—a plan which league leaders have now largely ignored. The present law does not function The percentages of cropped land in. sured and the withdrawals since the year 1918 are as follows: Cropped Year land insured Withdrawals 1919 67 per cent 33 percent 1920 63 per cent 37 percent 1921 61 per cent 39 percent 1922 49 per cent 51 per cent 1923 42 per cent 58 per cent 1924 29 per cent 71 per cent This state of affairs is unsatisfac. tory to the farmer. He does not want to insure his crop because he feels that the hail tax is too big for him to pay. His condition under the capi- talist system is such that he must save all he can and so, in order to escape paying taxes, he refuses to in- sure his crop. This means that he is without hail insurance protection and when hail strikes down his crop h« sustains a total loss. A tax levied upon every acre of till- able land in the state will mean a low hail tax to the farmer—about an av- erage of 10 cents per acre for $7 per acre insurance spread over a period of five or six years. In this way thc crops of all farmers can be insured The majority of farmers are able to pay from $15 to $25 for hail insur. ance, but cannot pay from $40 to $75 and even more as asked by private companies. According to the department of ag- riculture, the total land area of the state of North Dakota is 44,917,00¢ acres; improved land is. :24,563,17/ acres and unimproved 11,651;678 acres The total tillable land, therefore, i: 36,214,751 acres, and approximately this number of acres in the stat would be available for taxable pur. poses, This compulsory state ‘hail insur- ance system will immediately simplify the operation of the state hail insur ance department because all croppet land is automatically insured and there will be no withdrawals. Investment companies, real estate men, bankers and speculators will, of course, object strenuously against such a law, but Communists are main ly concerned with the farmer whc! does the important work of raising th: crops. If it were not for the working farmers the land of the bankers and speculators would not have any valuc whatever. The working farmers create the land values and make it possible fo: the speculators and absentee land owners to sell their land at a profit. For this reason, those who are not en- gaged in the work of producing crops, but living off the labor of the farmers should at least bear the burden of paying part of the hail tax. This hail insurance arrangement will not, of course, solve any of the underlying problems of the poor, er, serving merely to give the eapitat ists a little jolt. Ultimately the prin. ciple, that the land belongs to those who tail upon it, must be establishea, and both the national and state gov. ernments, as well as all the industries of the country must be in direct pos- session of the farmers and workers before they can free themselves com- pletely from capitalist exploitation, Farmers should join the only party that stands for the abolition of all robbery by private interests, namely, the Workers (Communist) Party of America, magazine under the same name, being the official organ of the Communist Party in the Russian language. Later on it resumed publication under the name Iskra but was forced to suspend mostly on account of the internal struggles in the federation. After unity was achieved the paper again has been resumed under the old name, Novy Mir. At present the Novy Mir has the best editorial staff since the time vidual comrades and from branches It is believed that the paper will soon be out of its present financial difficul- ties and will become one of the strong: est weapons of our party, A convention of the Russian section of the Workers Party is called where measures will be taken to insure the existence of the Novy Mir, i ‘ INSURANCE |#uTc HESON GREASES TOBOGGAN FOR EXPULSION OF BURGESS, BROWN’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER By ONE NOT YET EXPELLED. “Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad,” is one of three Proverbs that headed the leaflet issued by F. W. Burgess, member of the Carpenters’ Union of Philadelphia and campaign manager for Willis K. Brown of Peoria, candidate for General President of the U. B. of C. & J. of A. This Proverb was directed against Wm. L Hutcheson and was followed by the statement, “These three proverbs can be aptly applied to General President, Bro, William L. Hutcheson, from the beginning to the end of the recent general convention of the Brother- hood of Carpenters. “He started with a tirade against Communists and the necessity of kick- ing them out of the U. B.” “There were only three Communists at the conven- tion.” “It reminds us of the tactics of A. Mitchell Palmer and Harry M. Daugh- erty, both U. S: attorney generals,, who, to cover their own corruption in office, threw the dust of ‘Communism’ and ‘Reds’ in the face of the public. “The spirit of men whose consciences are not deadened. by desire for profit or graft rise in resentment against un- fair conduct of all persons and more especially against unfairness on the part of those who have executive an- thority.” Burgess in Line for Expulsion. For these and other statements sup- posed to have been made by Burgess, he now finds himself on the eve of being kicked out of the organization along with the Communists, adher- ents of the T. U. E. L., and other pro- gressive carpenters. So far Willis K. Brown, the silent candidate for general president, has remained silent on the expulsion cases. He was silent in the conven- tion. He said nothing during his cam. paign. He has said nothing since. However, there is still time for action and we call upon Willis K. Brown to definitely state his position on the ex- pulsion policy of Hutcheson, on the signing of “open shop” agreements without the consent of the member- ship, such as the Chicago agreement. What is his position on the corrup tion of the Hutcheson machine as pointed out in the document, of which he is supposed to have a copy, issued by Burgess, according to Hutcheson, and for which Burgess will undoubted ly be expelled without a trial? To re main silent means to endorse the pres ent policy of the Hutcheson adminis. tration. Hutcheson has a long list of names compiled before and added to sincc the convention of those slated for ex- pulsion, with or without trial, depend ing entirely upon his control of the local machinery. Up to date 17 mem- bers have been expelled without trial, in flagrant violation of Section 55 of the general constitution, and many others are slated to go. The 11 members in Los Angeles, all of them members of the brotherhood for from five to 30 years, were the first to be expelled. This was done prior to the convention, to stop a progres- sive group of delegates from coming to the convention. Five members have been expelled ir Chicago because they opposed the signing of the Chicago “open shop’ agreement. One member in Detroit is expelled because he was active ir the election campaign in support of Morris Rosen, the left wing candidate for general president, which resulted in Detroit casting a majority vote for Rosen. Now F. W. Burgess is slated to go. His “crime” is being too active in the Labor Defense Council prior to the convention, and since then he has been guilty of the unforgivable “crime” of digging too deeply into the “ng of the Hutcheson administra- tion. His support of Willis K. Brown would have been forgiven, only he Was not as silent as Brown. He went far beyond the candidate he was sup. Porting. He laid his finger on too many sore spots, such as the falsifica- tion of the ballots cast for the old-age home. He pointed out that the general President had expelled 68 local unions because they refused to accept a cut in wages, and that Brotherhood men Were brought in from all over the country to act as strikebreakers. This, and many other things, Bur- Sess is being accused of saying, by ‘Wm. L, Hutcheson, who has sent in e Special sub-committee of the genera’ executive board to Philadelphia, com Posed of Ist Vice-President Cosgrove General Secretary Duffy, General Treasurer :Neall, G. E. B. memberr Williams and Martell, with a specia’ stenographer. They have documents which they say Burgess was respon sible for, which tell of some of the corruption of the Hutcheson admin- istration. Burgess rightfuly refused to recog: nize the authority of this committee and is demanding a trial according to the rights which are supposed to be guaranteed him by the constitution, Thousands of dollars are being spent to expel members from the organiza- tion, but not a cent to bring new mem bers in. Philadelphia is a good ex- jample of how the money of the Broth. ‘hood is being wasted. Five high sal- aried officials and a special stenog: rapher spending thousands of dolar: making an investigation that could ve been done by mail from Indian ‘Apolis, that is, if there was any sin- cerity in the investigation. If Hutcheson is honest why is he ‘afraid to prefer charges against Bur ess according to the constitution? which states that charges shall be MINE CAVES IN AND GAS BLAST WIPES OUT FAMILY AT SCRANTON SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 29.—The entire family of Louis Desino, In- cluding himself his wife and four small children, was wiped out today by illuminating gas that flooded their home after a pipe had been broken by ajrmine cave-in, it Is be- lieved. Another entire family was overcome, but police arrived in time with pulmotors to save them. made in writing, specifying the of- fense and the section of the consti- tution so violated, and that they shall be read at one meeting of the local un- fon and laid over till the next meet- ing. The constitution also states that the defendant shall be notified of the charges; that 11 members shall be nominated by the local, the names placed in a ballot box and the first five drawn shall constitute the com- mittee to investigate the charges. The defendant, accuser, and witnesses shall be notified of the trial. The ac. cused and the accuser shall have the right to state their case to the local The fact is, Hutcheson is afraid of an honest investigation. Injunction Used to Frame Up Rey- nolds. This constitutional guarantee against frameups has been completely ignored by Hutcheson in all of the expulsion cases. Burgess is not alone. The entire 17 are in the same boat Take the case of Wm. Reyonlds of “HE Detroit. He did not even know that he was being investigated until a let ter was read to the district council of Detroit, of which he is the vice-presi- dent, stating that he had been ex pelled. Now Hutcheson’s contemptible stool pigeon, Botterill, has gone into the capitalist courts and gotten out an injunction to keep Reynolds from attending his local union meetings. Of course, the left wing does not go into capitalist courts, nor do they re- cognize injunctions issued against la- bor. They are always ready to lay their case before the membership. This is a thing that labor fakers like Hutcheson are always afraid to do. They will use all of the dirty, un- derhanded, unscrupulous, and dishon- est means at hand to enforce their will, and if this is not enough they will then step further into the muck and appeal to the capitalist courts to support them. Reynolds, the militant, will fight the injunction but never will he bring the case before a cap- italist court of his own volition. Every carpenter, be he a Commun- ist, an adherent of the T. U. BE. L., a progressive, yes, every member of the rank and file must rally to the sup- port of the ‘expelled” members. They must force Hutcheson to give an ac count of his stewardship. A Few Questions for Hutcheson. Why is he afraid to allow these men a fair trial? Why cannot he explain the signing of the Chicago agreement if it is not a scab agree ment? Why does he send in a com- mittee to Philadelphia to railroad Burgess out of the Brotherhood, if what he says Burgess said is not true? The constitution protects Hutche son just as it is supposed to protect all members, and would protect them if it were lived up to. If Hutcheson is the honest man he says he is, why has he annulled Section 55 of the gen eral constitution? These are some of the questionr the membership must ask from the czar. But, do not stop at asking ques tions, demand the immediate re-in- statement of those declared expelled the abolition of the expulsion policy the right of free speech. Take this up in your local union. Now is the time to act. A Brilliant Book working class. national working cl: Paper, 50 Cents 1118 W. Washington Blvd. Was Like a Sponge That Could Absorb All That Was Healthy and Genuine in the Life of the Working Class.”—-Lenin Memorial Meeting, Madison Square Garden, New York, Sunday Afternoon, February 1. “DICTATORSHIP vs. DEMOCRACY” In which Trotsky explodes the sham pretenses of so-called bourgeois democracy and explains the character of the dictatorship of the Kautsky and the later social-democratic school come in for warm criticism at the hands of this most brilliant writer in the inter. movement, Order from THE DAILY WORKER Literature Department Page Three TECHNICAL AID TO HOLD MOGK TRIAL FEB, 8 Counter - Revolution in Prisoners’ Dock The mock trial held last winter in the Soviet School where Prostitution was the defendant aroused much talk and interest in the Russian colony. It was an interesting and useful dis- cussion. At present the society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia is ar- ranging another such trial on the more interesting subject, The Counter-revo- lution will be put on trial at the So- viet School, 1902 W. Division St., Sunday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p. m. There will be ten defendants representing many phases and parties of the counter-revolution. There will be many witnesses for the defense and the prosecution. Many documents will be read. The prosecutor will be the actor Luganov, The defense will be represented by the actor DeModov and another person who does not care to reveal his name at present. The Russian workers of Chicago are aroused and it is expected that the hall will be packed. Says He is Not Guilty. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 29.—Carl J. Peterson, state banking commisisoner, under former governor, Jonathan M. Davis, was arraigned today in charges of conspiracy and soliciting a bribe in connection with pardon cases. Peterson pleaded not guilty and was held in $1,000 bond. His preliminary hearing was set for Feb. 6. He pro vided bond. Seek War Vet Bonus. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29.—A bill te provide a state bonus for Indiana world war veterans will be introduce- ed in the house this afternoon accord- ing to Representative George W. Free- man, republican of Kokomo, author of the measure. SECRET SESSION IS HELD TO HEAR STONE EXPLAIN Senate Then Holds Open One to Kid Public (Special to The Daily Worker) » WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Attorney- general Harlan F. Stone, named to the supreme court by President Cool- idge, took the witness stand in his own defense today before the senate judiciary committee to defend his professional record against senatortal criticism. Stone appeared first at a secret ses- sion to explain his former legal activi- ties for J. Pierpont Morgan and his reported intention as attorney-gen- eral to reindict Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Opposition to these two phases of Stone's legal record has blocked con- firmation of his appointment to the supreme court. Stone revealed that the indictment which he would seek against Senator Wheeler involved a “conspiracy to de- fraud the United States of its oil lands.” He said that it was a new case and not a repetition of the Mon- tana indictment against Wheeler. “5 and 10” Jumps 50. NEW YORK, Jan. 29—The common stock of S. 8. Kresge jumped 50 points to 510 in the New York stock market today following announcement that the directors had declared a stock div- idend of 50 per cent. They also de- clared a cash dividend of $2 a share on the common stock and $1.75 on the Preferred, both payable April 1 te stockholders of record March 19. Rez, Mmit Be, te by Leon Trotsky Cloth, $1.00 Chicago, Mlinois