The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1925, Page 3

frwry ayy rays 7 40 4 BREAD FOLLOWS WHEAT IN HIGH ~ PRICE FLIGHT Food Soars Beyond the Reach of the Poor . (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 1.— ood prices have gone up. The gambling in wheat, which the farmers had sold in the Fall for $1.16 per bushel and which the board of trade is using for a football kicking it over the two dollar mark, is affording the robber class an excuse for rais- ing the price of bread to un- heard of levels and at the same time bringing other articles of food with it. Blinding the people with the artifi- cial raising of the price of wheat after all the wheat has been hauled to market by the farmers, the masses grope about arguing that as wheat has gone up there is no reason why bread should not go up. Parrot Lingo of Press, On the streets everywhere groups of women going, to and coming from stores and bakeries defend the rise in price, parroting the lingo of the press that it could not be possible for bakers to sell bread at the same price as when the wheat was only $1.16, the masses thus becoming the staunchest support- ers of the robber class, because of the daily output of camouflage that they read and absorbe. Thinking workers in New York tell of the yearly experience of the same kind as this year. They relate how every year wheat is low in the fall till it has been hauled to the market to pay interest to the bankers, who are in cahoots with the grain gamblers to force the farmers to sell early on threat of foreclosure, putting all the grain into the storehouses where the barons can corner the whole supply and raise the price up to the breaking point. Workers Feel the Sting. New York’s working class is feeling the sting of this latest outrage, and in the face of increased unemployment and a constant cut in wages, with waves of subzero weather freezing them stiff in the dingy tenements. ~aotexing is taking on serious form Ku Klux Klan Asks Supreme Court for Rehearing on Ouster TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 1.—The ku Klux klan today filed a petition for a rehearing in Kansas supreme court of the ouster order instituted against the organization. The court held in denying the klan the right to function in Kansas, that a foreign social and benevolent order without ‘capital stock or charter, had no power to engage in business or for profit, was not legal unless it obtained a charter from the state charter bard, allowing it to engage in business. The klan petitions states that an “organization operating as it does for benevolent purposes, is not doing business as is the meaning of the Kansas statute.” Davis Pleads Not Guilty. TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 1—Former governor, Jonathan M. Davis, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy ir connection with efforts to obtain a parole of Walter Grundy, Hutchinson Kansas banker, and gave $1,000 bond in the court of Topeka. His prelim- inary hearing was set for Feb. 6. BOSTON’S JEWISH BRANCHES TO GIVE DAILY WORKER BALL (Special to the Dally Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Feb, 1—The ball of the DAILY WORKER and Freiheit and will be held Friday evening, March 20, at Convention Hall, St. Botolph St. The profits of. the ball will be div- ided evenly between the DAILY WORKER and the Jewish Freiheit, the two fighting Communist dailies. PREMIER GAB CO. ORGANIZES FOR KU KLUX KLAN Letter to Its Employes Says Join or Quit (Continued from Page 1.) to any King, Prince, Potentate or Church Dignatary. “We believe it is our duty to the company that furnishes you with the means of earning your BREAD AND BUTTER to give further proof of your loyalty to our company by making known your desire to become natur- alized as a 100 PER CENT AMERI- CAN and knighted as a full fledged member of the Ku Klux Klan. By doing this you comply with the wishes of your employers. You protect your position, you improve your standing with the company to such an extent that when contemplated changes are made you will receive the considera- tion that is due all 100 PER CENT AMERICANS and especially KLANS- MEN. You perhaps realize as we do that there is in our company a num- ber of foreigners and dishonorable men who are backed by an outside in- fluence. Our organization will take precedence over these aliens and the outside influence will be wiped out. Please give this serious thought. Real- ize what this will mean to you and your company. Get in touch with the Kleagle in charge or any one of the Klan representatives with the Premier Company.” “This letter is to be regarded as strictly confidential.” Hostile to Negroes Employes of the Premier Co., inter- viewed by the DAILY WORKER, ad- mitted they had received copies of this letter. They declared that the Premier company does not employ Negroes as taxi-cab drivers and the officials of the company in Chicago are hostile to the Negroes. ‘Fhe chauffers of the company are bitter against the union, which they declare does nothing to help them bet- ter their condition. The drivers re- ceive $4.00 per day which is the union scale. The commission is paid only above $80.00 receipts, which is never reached, the drivers state. One worker said he brought in book- ings for a day’s work, and the com- pany paid him only $2.50 commission. The driver went to the union head- quarters, he said, and asked the busi- ness agent to take the matter up with the company, The agent refused to do anything for the driver telling him to do it himself. Must Watch His Job The driver then saw Stanley Steub- ner, the Chicago general manager of the Premier company. ‘“Take your four dollars this time, but watch out for your job in the future,” Steubner told the driver. The head of the Chicago organiza- tion of the Premier co. if Charles Mor- tinson, formerly head of the Chicago board of education. The Premier company has dunned Chicago unions to buy stock in the concern, and to lend the company moral support, on the strength of be- ing a union corporation, Sos haan BEB ee aati iat ta ih ts PRET AHF PS Tt Seat Tne Ra a ER SPE Etch ED ARE YOU GOING TO THE BAZAAR? You Will Enjoy Yourself Every Night a Special Feature: Indian Fakir Glass Blower Italian Spaghetti Dancing CONCERTS: Freihelt Singing Society Finnish Choral and Gymnastic Clubs Hungarian Orches- tral and Singing Societies Drama League Saturday Afternoon “Junior Day” Saturday Night Grand Costume Ball Joint Bazaar LYCEUM, 86th Street and 3rd Avenue FEBRUARY 11-12-13-14 International Workers’ Aid Labor Defense Council _ Send Contributions to 208 E. 12th Street, New York City, ai THE DAILY WORKER Page Three MAY DAY PARADE MAY BE HELD ON OTH AVENUE NOW Workers May Walk on World’s Richest Street (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 1.— The ban on parades in 5th Ave., richest street in the world, where merchants claim they lose $10,000,000 every time there is a parade, has been lifted and the Workers (Communist) Party is going to take advant- age of the new ruling and hold the May Day parade through this thoroughfare this year, ac- cording to plans now in the making. Veto Meets Loud Protest. The mayor’s veto of the ordinance to prevent parades on this avenue has met with loud protests from the sen- sitive merchants who do not like to see men and women in workpeople’s clothing pass by their guilded busi- ness places. Remarking that the mayor “did not have a clear understanding of the ele- ments of this very important piece of legislation,” the statement said: “The ordinance proposed by the Fifth Avenue association and passed by the board of aldermen would limit parades on Fifth Avenue to those parades which have marched annually upon the street for more than ten years, such as the St. Patrick’s Day parade and other well known annual events. It would permit the ordinary and necessary movements of the United States army, navy, national guard, the police department, fire de- partment, etc., and would give the mayor authority to issue special per- mits for occasions of extraordinary public interest.” Just Preparatory. The workers will hold that their parades are of “extraordinary public interest” and preparatory to the time when the workers themselves will de- cide where they shall walk. Floods in Idaho. NAMPA, Idaho, Feb. 1—This. city ‘was under several feet of water, many homeless. Dance halls and pavilions are being used as sleeping quarters, and a number of families have been forced to the second floor of their homes as a result of Indian Creek overflowing its banks. FEAR OKLAHOMA TOWN MAY SINK INTO AN OLD MINE HAILEYVILLE, Okla, Feb, 1.— Two buildings have been abandoned, the Rock Island Round House at 9 A. M. was showing gaping cracks in its walls and there is fear that this entire town may sink into an abandoned mine, The $125,000 Y. M. C. A,, built with the aid of Helen Gould, is a wreck as is the city hall, valued at $5,000. Other buildings in the city have sunk from four to eighteen inches. WRANGEL READY TO LEAD NEW WAR ON SOVIET British Minister Lies to Russian Envoy (Continued from page 1) and Bulgar governments have given their consent to the formation of foreign armies in their territories; that the necessary funds are being advanced from this country; that the munitions are also, in part, being sup- plied here; and that Wrangel himself is in the closest contact with confiden- tial British agents. Those are serious statements. But they are being made so definitely and in so many quarters which should be well informed that they call for close inquiry when parliament reassembles. It is true that Mr. Chamberlain has just assured Mr. Rakovsky that Great Britain has had no share in the pro- jected formation of an anti-Soviet Balkan bloc. But such an assurance is not in itself adequately convincing. For the necessities of diplomatic de- corum would in any case have de- manded that it should be given when questions were put. British Officers? One may note further that it is re- ported from Athens that the new “gendarmerie” which is to replace the existing Albanian army is to be com- manded and officered by Englishmen. Whether it is to comprise in its ranks those Wrangel troops who were re- ported to have formed part of Ahmed Bey Zagu’s forces is not specified. But it would not) be surprising to find them functioning for the time being as Albanian gendarmerie, Last, thongh hy no meams_least dis- quieting, is the report that M. Oro- mulu, the governor of the Rumanian National Bank, who is in Paris for the financial conference, is coming on to London in order to negotiate a loan of 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 pounds for the Rumanian government. FACTORY WORKERS’ AVERAGE PAY BELOW LIVING STANDARD, HAVING CHILDREN MEANS DESTITUTION By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The failure of the wages of factory workers in a relatively high-wage ®SPlrations of the Filipino people. He state to meet the requirements of a decent healthful life is apparent upon a %#d that every dollar means a nai’ review of the 12 monthly reports of York for 1924. the industrial commissioner of New The average’ wage paid all employes in the manufacturing establish- ments of the state in December, according to the report for that month, was $28.26 compared with $27.66 in No- vember and $27.99 in December, 1923. The average wage paid men workers, employed in production as distinct from office forces, was $31.52 and that of women shop employes $17.13. A review of 1924 based on the monthly reports issued by the com- missioner shows the average weekly earnings of men and women shop em- .Ployes month by month as follows: Weekly Earnings Men Women 1924 Jan. $31.53 $16.70 Feb. 31.36 16.69 Mar. 31.67 17.12 Apr. 31.22 16.83 May 31.04 16.56 June 30.39 = 16.15 July 30.01 16.80 Aug. 30.52 16.05 Sept. 8114 17.10 Oct. 30.66 16.69 Nov. 31.01 17.13 Dec. 31.52 17.18 Weekly Average 31.01 16.65 A full year at the average shown would give the men workers total earnings of $1,612.52 and the women $865.80. But the best studies avail able show that the average employ- ment which a wage earner can ex pect under normal conditions is not above 90 per cent of a full working year, The average annual earnings of workers employed in the produc- tive department of New York manu- facturies must have been about $1,451.27 for men $778.22 tor women, The average for men employes rep- resents just about the figure set by the California civil service commis- sion study as the minimum upon which a common laborer ané his wite can live in health and decency, To have children on such a wage would mean an immediate lack of some of the real necessities of life. With one child the minimum budg- et would rise to $1,642, with two chil- dren to $1,835 and with 3 to $2,021, A similar contrast appears when we compare the average woman's wa; with the $1,289 necessary for a single comfort, : woman to live with any decency and|in the mood, AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O}FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) kind of food he liked. He took par ticular delight in sinking his teeth ii a chunk of tenderloin, flanked with ‘ small mountain of mashed potatoes turnips and squash, To further irri tate the health scientists, he insisted on going on a drunk occasionally which turned out to be whenever the opportunity came his way. It never knocked on his door twice. Some en- terprising health specialist may pat- ent the Hoboken butcher’s experience and make a fortune prescribing it tc others. But the fact that he is from Hoboken and a butcher should be tak en into consideration. 840° 2 ASTON B. MEANS, the versatile crook, stoolpigeon and confidenc: man, pal of Harry M. Daugherty Warren G. Harding, William J. Burn: and other celebrities was found guilty in New York a tew days ago of seek ing to bribe government officers, ané sentenced to two years in a federa’ prison. There is another sentence of two years to his credit for violating the prohibition law. Among those whc came to Means’ defense were Willian J. Burns and Marry M. Daugherty Frank P. Walsh, noted attorney, de fended Means and in his appeal to the jury pictured the stoolpigeon as onc of the most lovable of mortals. “Hé is such a sweet character that peopl call him Gaston,” declared Mr. Walsh who must have bitten off a piece of the blarney stone when he went tc kiss it, Of Daugherty he said that tho he disagreed with him: politically, h« was the most maligned man in public life. William J. Burns missed a pretty compliment, for some reason or other Had he been around whilé Walsh wae he surely would have re etved @ bouquet, FILIPINO TALKS AT COMMUNIST MEET IN CAPITAL Bunuan Tells About the Conditions in Islands (Special to The Daily Worker) GOVT. OPERATION OF RAILWAYS CHEAPER THAN PRIVATE, AND COOLIDGE REPORT SHOWN FALSE (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Government operation of railroads in 1918-20 cost considerably less than private operation would have cost the country during that period, says Walker D. Hines, former director-general. This economy was effected by better use of terminals, thru consolidations, etc. If the railroads had remained in private control during the war, ratea would have had to be raised, and the investment in the properties would WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1—The local branch of the Workers Party is holding a series of educational meet- ings. The last speaker was Vincente G. Bunuan, director of the Philippine press bureau. Mr. Bunuan’s subject was “The Labor Movement in the Philippines.” Bunuan delivered a strong and vi- trolic attack against those predatory capitalist interest in America which have subjected the Filipino people to exploitation. © The workers of the Philippines were goaded into a bitter strike against American owners of the trolley car systems, indicating that the “blessings” of civilization have reached the tropical islands. Appreciates Communist Aid. The speaker began by expressing his appreciation of the efforts whict have been made by the Worker (Communist) Party, to secure inde pendence for the Philippines. H stated that he has been officially re quested to say to all locals of the Workers Party that the hearts of al) the Filipino people are grateful to the Communists of America because of the action taken in endorsing Philip Dine independence. Bunuan stated that four million Fil- ipino workers felt great satisfaction at this evidence of interest in their strug- gles and that the action of the Work ers Party was as tho the hand of friendship had been extended across the Pacific, 10,000 miles away, to a people striving for land and liberty. with the same human aspirations that move human beings thruout the world. When New York Local of the Work. ers Party passed a resolution favoring Philippine independence every labor union in the Philippines joined in sending a cablegram to this country appreciating that action. The labor unions adopted a manifesto opposing exploitation ef the Philippines by for eign capitalists, (these capitalists are mostly Americans,) and thanked the Workers Party for espousing their cause, Gives Lie to Propaganda. American capitalist interests have broadcasted the statement that the working people of the Philipipnes do not want. independence; that only demagogues make these demands. The Federation of Labor, in Manila combined with other laboring organ- izations in denouncing these canards. The laborers do want, independence. The greatest opposition to independ- ence comes from vested American in- terests in the islands. Such Ameri- cans are interested only in the poten- tial economic value of the islands and for that reason wish to maintain American control permanently. If valuable at the present time the value of the islands in the future can easily be imagined. The natural resources of the island are unlimited. The speaker stated that foreign capital |comes to the Philippines to drown the in the coffin of Philippine hopes. Am- ,erican presidents have all promised lindependence to the Philippines but the promises have, not been kept. Am erican capitalists have become sc powerful that they now take the posi tion that no such promise was ever made. The speaker quoted Presiden McKinley who said that a commission which he sent to the islands was ¢ liberating commission. Bunuan said that Americans have violated their moral obligations, which should b more binding than legal obligations. até 4.7 {Te tactics of the chamber of com merce in the United States have beer adopted in the islands by the organiza tion of a chamber of commerce ir Manila, with a branch in New York This organization has been so bold ar to show sympathy with the May: syndicated articles which defamed thc Filipino people. In speaking of what has been donc by labor in the Philippines the speaker mentioned a child labor law; a law Mmiting the hours of labor for work ing men and a law regulating condi tions under which women are em ployed. The pregnant woman receive her regular wages three months prio to, and three months after giving birt! to child. Balmori Leads Fight. j Joaquin Balmori, president of the Federation of Labor, is the leader of the fight against American capital, said Bunuan, An interesting discussion followed the address, several speakers pointin; out that the American workers are ex ploited by the same grasping inter- ests which have subjected the Filip inos to a state which resembles Great Britain’s tyranny over India. | Comrade Dr. Pearlman presided He called attention to the interna tional aspect of the labor movement and read excerpts from the platform | of the Workers (Communist) Party platform in the municipal campaign in Chicago, * Worker Dies In Boiler Plant. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1—Claude Kelly, stationary engineer, was in stantly killed and three others per haps fatally burned in a boiler explos ° here today. THE BEAUTY AND THE BOLSHEVIK The A. B, C, of Communism and love do mix in Soviet Russia. An officer of the Red Army teaching his sweet- heart Communism. Come and see how it is done in “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” to be-shown at Ashland Auditorium next *THursday, Feb. 5, from 7 to 11 p. m:’ continuously. Get your tickets now! | Movies for Workers | “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalls” will be shown at the following places: Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb. Pittsburgh, Pa. N. 8S. Carnegie Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind.—White Eagle Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. 20. | average annual —*have been endangered by vastly in- creased operating and maintaing costs Instead of being a failure, govern ment operation was a distinct success and it resulted in turning back to the private owners a system of rail trans- portation in good condition, with a rec ord of exceptional performance. Catho'ics Call Coolidge This judgement by Hines is quoted by the social action department of the national catholic welfare con- ference in an analysis of the report given out by the Coolidge administra- tion to the effect that the govern- ment lost $1,647,500,000 on the ex- periment. It shows that the facts are that congress agreed to pay the private | companies a rental of $945,000,000 a year, which was assumed to be the profit of the com- panies for 1915-17. The government profits were $1,138,500,000 short of the rental, or an average monthly shortage of $43,788,461 during public operation. No Mention of This Before However, during the first six months of private operation after the government handed them back, the roads showed an average monthly de- ficit of $89,333.33 under the guaranty. Hence the first six months of private operation in 1920 gave a deficit of twice as great as under government operation. This bad showing was made by. fact that they had an increase in freight and passenger rates during the whole time, while the government had had the increase during only, three-fourths of its period of opera. tion. Latare Tle Caste tarker yr has By all the papers I now see how Cal does preach economy. On that point Cal is never fickle; he’s strong for pinching of a nickel. Since we fought war of sum’ large size, we now must all economize. We lost the horse while shedding gore; 80 now we'll lock and bar the door The profiteers got lots of swags; and we must wear our clothes to rags. In- stead of jailing those what rob, we jgotta cut down on the job. Officials must get out their dirks and cut off heads of lots of clerks. Some played at making bum air- planes, and they got gold that fell in rains. The raincoat contracts yielded tin to all who got the first look in. Each cuss who had a thing to sell found pickings good and profits swell. They sold steam engines, bottle corks | Hog Island fleets and salad forks, ten ton trucks and pocket flasks, knitting needles, poison masks. And when the so-called peace arriv. ed, the profiteering still survived. For Pail Epics bY Bill Lloy cancelled contracts paid much bettes than those they filled out to the let ter. Then bonds were sold to foot the bill, instead of tapping rich men’s tills, and generations still unborn must pay for blast played on Mars’ horn. We gotta foot an interest bill that’s higher than old Bunker Hill, Us poor must pinch until we dies—~ for Calvin says: “Economize.” HELP WANTED! Between the Age of 314 and 85 For further particulars look for anouncement by Red Revel press agent in the DAILY WORKER, SSS EES On the Press Now! The visit of Abramovich and a horde of other counter-revolution- ists to stem the rising tide of sentiment for the recognition of Soviet Russia makes “The White Terrorists Cry 99 For Mercy By MAX BEDACHT a pamphlet of great interest. as chief aids to capitalism The treasonable activities of “socialists xpose by this splendid pamphliet— The first publication of the DAILY WORKER preceding many others of timely and lasting value. OFF THE PRESS THIS WEEK! Rush in Your orders NOW! Single Copy 5 Cents 314 Cents in Bundle Orders CREDIT orders honored when received thru our authorized DAILY WORKER agents. nr rr rrr THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Enclosed 4...... ww for copies of SOCIALIST BETRAYERS OF LABOR by Max Bedacht, NAME! ccscsecveessssevoseneseses Street: weteneennecanesnnsnssonessenenneeg, ssaneesaneannesneseomveenesseesseesammensees BEALS : wnncrecneesiidincniinahiny