The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 21, 1925, Page 5

YOUNG WORKERS | LEAGUE STIRS | UP. BALTIMORE Umbrella "Factory Has Rotten Conditions By THOMAS N. AMERKING. (Special to The Daily Worker.) BALTIMORE, Md., March 19.—T'wo members and one sympathizer of the Young Workers’ League of this city employed at the Polland and Katz umbrella factory were fired from their jobs because they dared to raise voices of protest against the rotten conditions and starvation wag- es by appealing to the workers to or- ganize themselves into a trade union, The workers of the umbrella fac tories here’ are miserably exploited and are. compelled to work under most greedy conditions imaginable. Employes on time work are paid from $7 to $8 @ week, and even those who really.rush themselves to death at piece work can make no more than $15 to $17 a week. Overtime Slaves, The workers of the shop are sup- posed to work nine hours a day, the doors of the factory suppose to open at 8 o’clock in the morning. But one usually finds the workers slaving at their benches shortly after 7 a. m, One also finds the boys and girls in the shop working during the half hour alloted for lunch. The workers are compelled to put in this extra time in order to earn a starvation wage which is hardly enough to keep one alive. The greedy, owners of the shop do not care to keep it clean and sanitary, the ven- tilation is poor, the floors remain un- Bwept for several days. It was against these rotten conditions that the mem- bers of the Young Workers’ League called upon the shop to prepare to protest, Y. W. L. Calls Meeting. A’ leaflet wag issued by the shop nucleus of the Young Workers’ League called all the workers of the shop to a mass meeting to discuss the question of organizing a union. The workers began to think and the boss- es became alarmed. The members of the Young Workers’ League were im- mediately called to the office’ and “fred.” The agents of the bosses were sta- tioned at the doors of the hall to see who Would come to the meeting, Po- lice were stationed at the factory gate to see that no leaflets or copies of the Young Worker are distributed. Are We Disheartened? No! The action of the bosses did not in the least discourage the members of the league, but rather encouraged them to keep up the fight against ex- ploitation and starvation wages. The workers are called upon to support the Young Workers’ League and Workers’ Party, to read their official organs—the Young Worker and the DAILY WORKER and to at- tend the Young Workers’ League meetings that are held at 1135 East Baltimore St., second floor, every Friday evening at 8 o’clock. tetTers FROM READERS| To the DAILY WORKER: Your adi- torial on Eugene V. Debs was sweet truth to me. I cut it out and mailed it to old “Gene.” I marked the worlds: “not a revolutionist—only in the old days” and “just a confused old fighter” with a red pencil. If the readers of the DAILY WORKER, some hundreds or a thousand, would ‘ do the same “Old Gene” would realize that he was a donkey to get hold of the coat-tail of Hilquit—Otto Herr- mann. Party Activities Of Local. Chicago Friday; Mareh 20. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division 8t. Lithuanian No. 5 3142 8. Halsted st. Greek Branch, 722 Biue Island Ave, Saturday, March 21. Social and Dance, Community Hall, $201 8. Wabash Ave., under. auspices ot Y. W. lL, Area Br, No, 3, and South Side Br. of W'P.” Adniission 26¢. Frolic and dance, Liberty Hall, 49th court and 14th street, Cloero, under auspices of Cleero brothers of W. P. and Y. W. L.., Admission 35 cents. Y. W. Li Meetings Tonight. The working area,branches of the Young Workers’ League are having their activity meéfings tonight and the places of thé* meetings are as follows: Working Area Branch No. 1, 166 W. Washington St., room 507. Working Area Branch No. 3; 1910 W. Roosevelt Road, $ Working Area Branch No. 8, 3201 8. Wabash Ave. Working Area Branch No, 6, 2409 N. Halsted St. Workers Area Branch No. 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. Working Area Branch No, 4, meets every Thursday, at 3118: W. Roose- velt Road. Shop Nucleus Number Five Functioning Well Shop nucleus No. 5, Chicago made up printers, machinists, janitors and other workers with a membership of 16 is functioning very well. | Thesec- retary, Comrade D. Foster, reports in part as follows: “Our meetings this month have been marked by good attendance. and mill- tant and lively discussion. “Laxness on the part of a number of our members claiming, other meet- ings on the monthly meeting of the T. U. B. L. has been “severely criti. cized by our industrial‘Organizer, Com- rade Wirkkula, and othets and the nucleus reaffirmed its: previous action in making it comp sory for every member to attend.” 2 “Comrade Wirkkula reported that, the national committee of the print ing trades group iss urged all the printers to take the lead fi’ and in the union. “A resolution that e the nucleus who is not to the Workers Month! copies each month and eve: who is a subscriber, take one, was passed.” | OO Trachtenberg’ Speaks Sunday on.United States Imperialism (Special to The Dally Worker.) NEW YORK, March 19.—What is the distinctive feature of our age? Is America an Impéridlist’ Power? Alexander Trachtenberg. will answer these questigns in a lecture on “Amer- ican Imperialism,” at the new head- quarters of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, 1701 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, on Sunday evening, March 22, The lecture will be one of the series of lectures delivered under the au- spices of the Brownsville section of the Workers Party, which is conduct- ing an open forum, Get a sub—make another Com- munist! INSURANCE REACHES $25,797.99 So far this week, remittances re- cetyed. in last-minute collection for the DAILY WORKER insurance policy campaign have brought the to- tal to $25,797.99. Most of the remittances sent are additions to former amounts from the same branches or individuals, The | list is as follows: | Rochester, N, Y., Germa: $10.00 », Cleveland, O., Spanish. 4.00 \ee= Society, Irving Park, ‘Chicago, Il. . 6.00 \iting, Ind. 1.00 yston, Pa., Ukrainian. 13.00 | in, Mass., German. 15,00 Chelsea, Mags., Polish. 2.00 Portland, Ore., English. 23.00 Chicago, IH., Northwest Eng. 20.00 N. Pittsburgh, Pa., Hungarian 1.00 Fairpoint Harbor, O., Finnish 4,00 Astoria, Ore. Finnish........00 weve 10.00 SPEAKING (Continued from page 1) criticisms of its weaknesses elear and unsparing. When China was partitioned among the imperialist nations and the power of resistance of the Chinese masses seemed broken Sun Yat Sen rallied them and placed his party in the van- guard of the struggles. When Japaa, at the beginning of the world war in 1914, demanded that Chita surrender her sovereignty, it was Sun Yat Sen who maintained in those darkest days the mass organiza- tion that was to become a gréat force not only in the Far East but in world Politics. The Russian revolution and the vic- tory of the workers and peasants who had groaned under the rule of the czar as the Chinese workers and peas- ants groaned under the yoke of im- Derfalism, brot a flood of new con- sciousness to China. Sun Yat Sen was the first'in China to see in the workers’ and peasants’ government of Russia a powerful ally of the Chinese people. He understood the Russian revolu- tion altho he was not Communist. Starting his career as a preacher of peace and understanding as opposed to warfare, by the logic of events he came to the belief in the necessity for armed struggle if the masses were ever to work out thir own destiny. He organized the workers of Can- ton and fought the exactions of the merchants and ship-owners. More than ome exploiter of the Chinese Masses was forced to seek refuge under the wing of British imprialism in Hong Kong. _ It was his party that gave sympa- thetic support to the great strike of the Chinese transport workers against the British ship-owners in 1922. It was under the protection of his Canton government that the All-Paci- fic Conference of Transport Workers was held in 1924. Sun Yat Sen from the first was a champion of the recognition of Soviet Russia by the Chinese government. It was largely thru his influence and activity that the treaty was signed. He fought for the wresting of the Chinese Eastern Railway from the western capitalists and for its contro? Jointly by China and Russia. Not only have the workers and peas- ants of China lost a great leader but the working class of Soviet Russia and all the world as well. The Workers: (Communist) Party of America joins with the Communist parties of the world and with the Communist International in express- were DETERMINE-- That until June 15 you will give your efforts to built for working class power. Go to your shop-mate, your union and to your friends to “get a sub” to “Build the DAILY WORKER.” ing its sorrow the passing of Sun Yat Sen. ‘We send our waymest fraternal greetings to the Kuumingtang party and to the Chinese workers and peas- ants in their hour of grief. We say once more that no one can fill the place of Sun Yat Sen—it can be filled only by a collective leader- ship, greater mags: understanding and the closing of the ranks of the work- ers and peasants. ' The Communist ;Party of China will be the most active element in carry. ing on the work that Sun Yat Sen be- gan, in the closest co-operation with Kuomingtang. The continuedoand closest relations with Soviet Russid:is the salvation of the Chinese people. To forget this would be to forget the most impor- tant lesson taught by Sun Yat Sen. We call upon the Kuomingtang the workers and peasants of China who rally to it, to unite under the ban- ner of the Communist International for the conquest of their country for themselves, for the dictatorship of the working class, for the Soviet govern- ment of China as one of the Union of Soviet republics of the world. Long live thie workers’ and peasants’ government of Ghina! Long live the memory of Sun Yat Sen—The great liberator of China! Long live the memory of Lenin— The great liberator of the Russian workers and peasants and of the work- ing class of the world. Long live the Communist Interna- tional—The legacy of Lenin to the workers of the world! Central Executive Committee, Workers re) Party of Am- erica. Get a ‘sub’ for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will,make another mem- ber for. your, branch. Bronx Branch..of.. League Celebrates Second Anniversary NEW YORK, March 19.—The New York district of the Young Workers League will celebrate’ the second an- niversary of one of its most active branches, Saturday, March 21st, at 1847 Boston Rd. This will be the jubilee of Branch 12, Bronx During the two years of its exist- encé the branch took a leading part in all phases of the activity of the dis- trict. The branch organized two shop nuclei with a membership of 18, and raised $110.00 in subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER, in addition to over $50.00 to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925, It raised over $80.00 to make possible the weekly Young Worker. Branch 12 has 200 registered sym- pathizers and draws audiences of 600 at lal lectures. All branches of the New York district of the Workers |r iq, Bagley & Wright, Party and the League will be repres- ented at the celebration. Forum in Harlem Attracts Crowds NEW YORK, March 19.—The open forum pf the Harlem section, Workers Pary, local New York, which is held every Sunday evening at the Harlem Headquarters, 64 East 104 Street is becoming more and more popular, and the attendance is constantly growing, due to the interesting topics and the splendid speakers who lead the dis- cussions. The coming Sunday evening, March 22, *Oliver Carlson will lead the dis- cussion on “Working Class Educa- tion.” He will speak from his own experience and observation, about working class education in the Soviet Union, England and this country. The rest of the program is most interesting. Parasites Burned Out. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 19.—Three persons are believed to have lost their lives in a fire which ruined two hotels and caused $4,000,- 000 property damage in the notorious resort of Palm Beach. SHOP NUCLEI MEETING INNEW YORK THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEW YORK CITY, Mar. 19.— A general membership shop nuclei organ- ization meeting: will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 21, at 2 o’clock sharp at the party headquarters, 108 East 14th St. it is held for the purpose of organizing the party members who importance. This meeting is of great work, In. the factories that are situated between 14th and 42nd St into shop nuclei. Already over eight shop nuclei have been organized in the city. This Is only a beginning. Comrades who work in this section must be sure to be on hand at thisgmeeting, so that all the comrades can be organized into shop nuclel thus féring the first shop nuclei section in the Workers (Communist) Party of America.’ This meeting is for party members only. BENJAMIN GITLOW, shop nuclei organizer. | marked good as to “salability.” (Continued from page’ 1.) believers in what they have been taught to believe is Americanism. English Sewing Cotton Co:, Ltd. The English Sewing - Cotton Co. Ltd., owns 1,197,500 shares of common stock out of 1,200,000 (with sole vot- ing power). It was organized July 16, 1897 to take over 14 enterprises engaged in the cotton business. In 1897 it acquired the entire preference and ordinary shares of R. F. & J Alexander & Co., Litd., and 1,197,500 common shares of the American Thread Co. It has a controlling in- terest in the following eighteen cot- ton manufacturing companies: F. F. & J. Alexander &°Co., Ltd. American Thread Co., Lawrence Ar- den, Ltd., Sir Richard Arkwright & |Co., Ltd., Edmund Ashworth & Sons. Ltd., Wm. Clapperton & Co., Ltd., J. Dewhurst & Sons, Ltd., English Thread Co. Ltd., Ermen & Roby, Ltd., Ermen & Roby (Armentteres) Ltd., 8. Manlove & Sons, Ltd., Marsland, Son & Co., Ltd, J. T. Raworth, Ltd., W. C. & J. Strutt, Ltd., Wm. Waller & Co., Ltd., J. BE. Waters & Co., and the Geo. Wigley & Co., Ltd. The office of the corporation is in the National Building, St. Marys Par. sonage, Manchester, England. The balance before dividends was, in English pounds— 1919—~@ 533,743 1920— 730,124 1921— 389,745 1922— 348,160 1923— 625,798 Multiply these sums by five to get the approximate American equivalent in dollars. Sure Profits! The workers produce dividends regularly. They see to it that the bond holders ($5,000,000 outstanding) | get their 4 per cent a year. They are rated “high” as security, and get the very best rating “Aaa.” The Willi-| erican Thread Co. are counted on to come across, whether willingly or un- willingly. Perhaps with the present strike, the manufacturers will not be so sure of themselves, and of the workérg being such sure profit ‘bear- ers. In the Stocks. The 5. per cent cumulative preferred stocks ($5,000,000 outstanding) They pay, regular dividends, semi-anually They are from the next to the best rating, “Aa,” which signifies that they are still superior in all essential re- spects. As to, the ordinary shares, the rat- ing ig “A” (which means that it suc- cessfully, earned and paid its divi- dends, during a period of depression.) Workers are subjected to unemploy- ment, @ud wage reductions, but the |) AND Thread Barons Plead Fake Poverty mantic and other workers of the Am-| are || To convince the worker with whom you have often discus- sed the problems of the labor movement— To bring to another worker's attention the principles that you believe in— parent company, stock owners, draw their dividends, rain or shine. They may be laid off in Bermuda or Florida or any other place where parasites congregate, but their dividend check come in on the waves. They Make Me Dizzy. Par value of a share of common it &1 or $5. The ordinary dividends paid for the year ending March 31: 1918—20 per cent. 1919—25 per cent. 1920—15 per cent. 1921—15 per cent. 1922—15 per cent. 1923—20 per cent. Feb. 1924—Interim dividend of 5 pe cent. And a stock dividend of 100 per cent in 1919, which means that the dividends really are from 1920 on as follows: 1920—30 per cent; 1921-30 per cent; 1922—30 per cent; 1923—4C per cent. A New Declaration of Independence Such is the tale of prosperity for the English coupon clipper, like the absentee landlords, who grew fat on the misery of the peasants, The time has comé for the worker: of Willimantic to write a new declara. tion of independence to declate their determination to free themselver from industrial slavery, not merely from the hands of Englishmen, but from American and other capitalist textile barons as well. The first step is to beat the company into submis. sion, to get back the 10 per cent cut and to demand higher wages, still The life and happiness of a worker must stand before profits for para sites! Soviets Get Tokio Embassy, TOKIO, Japan, March 18.—The key: jof the Russian embassy on one of the | most commanding sights of the capi- tal have been delivered to M. Kous |netzov, representative of Soviet Rus- |sia. Upon the arrival of Ambassadorp |Kopp the red flag of Soviet. Russia |will be raised over the embassy. | Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! The Spring Issue ! RATIONAL LIVING 1 ||| the workers’ independent «health |magazine, contains a wealth of || good and useful reading matter and is richly illustrated, Its price is 40 cents a copy, but it will be | mailed FREE as a sample to any | new reader. | Editor, DR. B. LIBER Address: RATIONAL LIVING || 61 Hamilton Place New York THEN-- A South Side Workers’ Get-together! 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