The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 4

¥ Page Four rrr reemenen eareetronrremeement mews 10 ucts ai nena ITN ML eg NRRL MACHINES KILL JOBS BUT ENRICH THE INVESTORS Workers Idle as Profits for Capital Increase By LELAND OLps, (Federated Press Industria! Editor) How the impersonal modern ma- chine with its vast productivity is crowding out human labor and divert- ing money which would have been Wages Unto the profit pockets of the investing class is shown in Iron Age by Pres. F. A. Scott of the Warren & Swasey Co. This article on Net Pro- fits from Modern Equipment describes the results of substituting a modern improved turret lathe for an old ma- chine in the company’s Salt Lake City plant. The new machine, according to Scott, made a net profit of $4,080.20 a@ year, after deducting depreciation to replace the machine in 5 years. This means 117.8 per cent on the in- vestment. Gain for Owning Class. This huge gain for the owning class was possible because the machine re- duced the time required for a unit of Product from 80 minutes to 30 min- utes. The cost of production on the old machine including direct labor at 60 cents an hour and overhead at 90 cents an hour was $2 a piece. With the new machine it cost 75 cents a piece, leaving $1.25 a piece as gross profit from the change. Scott gives these figures: Cash investment to install new equipment, $3,355.00. Former cost per unit, $2.00. Cost with new equipment, $.75. Gross profit per piece, $1.25. Production per 9-hour day using 48 minute hours to allow for delays, etc., $.14. Gross profit per day, $17.50. Gross profit per year of 280 work- ing days, $4,900.00. Deduct depreciation including 20 per cent of investment in new ma- chine and 100 per cent of cost of spe- cial tools, $819.80. Net profit per year, $4,080.20. The table shows that the produc- tion of 14 pieces requiring 9 hours on the new basis would have required 24 hours using the old machinery. To obtain the present rate of produc- tion with the old machinery addition- al workers would have been hired in the ratio of 24 for every 9 necessary with the modern machinery. And $14.40 would go for direct labor in Wages instead of the $5.40 with the “new: equipment. After substracting $2.95 per 14 piec- es to cover depreciation on the new investment there remains about $7 which used to go as wages to the labor directly involved but now goes to investors. Report Kurds in Flight. CONSTANTINOPLE.— Sheik Said and the Kurdestan troops following him are in flight, the Turkish govern- ment announced today. Third Jubilee Co-operative Conte, “Oriental,” by C. Cui. “Tatarish.” song by Spendiaroff. dewish song by Ilya Satz. Piano solo by Arcade Koffman. working class. vincing way—namel ON MAY DAY!” The thousand. Use order blank below. “Workers Party, N. 0. Enclosed please find $.. LOS ANGELES READERS, ATTENTION! All Radical Workers Will Celebrate the PROGRAM: Violin—Soris Gershgorn, head of Gershgorn School of Music. Songs by the famous tenor Maurice La Vove. Auspices, Jewish Branch, Workers Party. DOWN TOOLS ON MAY DAY! __——. “Come Out of the Shops and Mines, Workers, on Labor’s Holiday!” Keep on saying the above and there will be something doing. ter still—tell it your fellow worker, brother unionist—to the American Tell them about May Day in the best and most con- give them a May Day leaflet, “DOWN TOOLS st ever. Do it now and watch results on May Day. Order from the National Office, Workers Party. Price $3.00 per Date .. 1113 Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. . for which send .., “DOWN TOOLS ON MAY DAY” to name below: renee: 4 THE DAILMaWORKER NEW YORK BUILDERS’ CORNER Conducted by KATTERFELD., MAKE KICKS SPECIFIC. VER FOUR THOUSAND new subscribers were placed on the DAILY WORKER mailing list thru the recent press pageant in New York. In handling this many subscription cards it is inevitable that some mistakes occur, especially since many of the cards were so poorly written that they could hardly be deciphered. Any reader of the DAILY WORKER who hears of some subscriber that is not receiving the paper is urged to notify the ‘New York manager at 108 East 14th street. But in bringing in a complaint be sure to MAKE THE KICK SPE- CIFIC. Give correct name and address of subscriber exactly as it should be, the length of the subscription and if possible the date when sent in, and the original receipt. Otherwise it is difficult to make corrections, as the girls in the mailing room are not.clairvoyants. PAY UP. Branches and members are instructed to settle for all press pageant subscription tickets AT ONCE. for. Unsold cards must be returned or paid Balance the account at your next branch meeting. If you can not go to your next meeting you may settle at the district office, 108 East 14th street, and your branch will be credited, GET RENEWALS. The four thousand subscribers secured thru the press pageant are now expiring. ing them to secure renewals. The WORKER has their names and expiration dates. Every party member should help with the work of visit- New York agency of the DAILY Come up to 108 East 14th street, get a batch of them and go after them. OFFICE HOURS. The New York manager will be in the office, 108 East 14th street, every day from 12 to 2 p. m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. At other hours he may be seen by appointment, INSURANCE MOUNTS TO $27,894.14 Phone Stuyvesant 8100. The first two weeks of April have brot an additional $1,647.25 to the fund to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. The total amount raised to date is $27,894.14, indicating a steady mounting powered the $50,000 quota set. The itemized list is as follows: R, H., Philadelphia, Pa. .... $ 1.00 Maynard, Mass., Finnish 21.00 San Francisco, Cal., Esthonian 4.00 Chicago, Ill., N. S. English. 4.00 Hartford, Conn., Finnish. 15.00 Wilton, N. H., Finnish. . 1.00 Chicago, Ill, Lithaunian No. 2 15.00 John Stapels, Saturna Island, Chicago, Ill., Mid-City. 5.00 R. H., Philadelphia, Pa. 1,00 Waukegan, Ill., Finnish 50.00 Chicago, Ill., Hungarian - 5.00 Rockford, IIl., Swedish Wo- men’s Socialist Club.j2i...0ifit’ 25.00 Rockford, Ill., Swedish ‘Soctal- ist Club . “ wwe 50.00 Chicago, m., "Finnish 47.50 John Reichle, Chicago, Tl, 1.00 Baltimore, Md., Finnishit:/4' 5.00 S. Martinez, Zbor City, Flas}, 2.00 Detroit, Mich., Finnish,.......uaid, 65.00 Sault St. Marie, Mich., Finnish 2.00 W. P., McKeesport, Pa. ........ 6.00 C. G. Thompson, Mandan, N. Di 1.00 W. C., 519 Chicago, Ill, iéiiese 2.00 W. C., 658 Petauuma, Cal. 1.00 Hancock, Mich., Finnish. 4.00 Coal Digger, Cleveland, 0, » 1.50 A. Peterson, Devon, Conn. 1,00 Springfield, Mass. Russian. 4.00 Red Granite, Wis., Finnish. 24.00 Bellaire, O., South Slavic 3.00 Hicksville, N. Y., Ukrainiai 12.00 R. H., Philadelphia, Pa. 1.00 of the Freiheif ‘2706 Brooklyn Ave. A. R. Freiheit Gesangs Farein—40 In chorus will sing proletarian songs under the instructor Arcade Koffman. Workmen's Circle Children Chorus will also sing. ADMISSION 35 CENTS Bet leaflets Minneapolis, Minn., Finnish 9.00 Jos. MeGoff, Newport, R. - 2.00 Co-operative Trading Co., Wau- kegan, IIL, . 125.00 Chicago, IIL, 3.00 Edward ratees. Canton, Qo Eee John Chukan, Kenosha, Wis..... 1.00 Los Angeles, Cal., Lithuanian 11.00 Boston, Mass., Finnish.. . 4.00 United Co- operative, Norwood, Massachusetts .... - 100.00 W. P., St. Louis, Mo. 20.00 Los Angeles, Cal., Hungarian... 51 ‘00 Wilkes Barre, Pa., Russian. 2.00 Sol Bell, Houston, Tex. . 1.00 Philadelphia, Pa., South- Slav 5.00 Iron River, Mich., Finnish 8.00 Lithuanian, Buffalo, N. Y. - 11.00 J. E, Anderson, Detroit, Mich. 1.00 Noshwauk, Minn., Finnish. 15.75 Collinsville, Ill., Lithuanian... 16.75 Canonsburgh, Pa., English.... 8.00 New York, N. Y., all branches 514.75 Fitchburg, Mass., Finnish. 10.00 Mass, Mich., Finnish 5.00 Wilton, N. H., Finnish. 12.00 Ashtabula, O., Finnish. 6.00 Juanita, Wash., Finnish. 10.00 Ramsay, Mich., Finnish . 10.00 Milford, N, H., Finnish. 6.00 So. Prairie, Wash., Finnish. 5.00 Daisytown, Pa., Finnish. 15.00 Portland, Ore., Finnish. 12.00 Eureka, Calif., Finnish 3.00 Hurley, Wis., Finnish . 10.00 Norwood, Mass., Finnish.. 9.00 Clinton, Ind., Finnish... 25.00 Washington, D. C., Finnish. 5.00 Portland, Ore., Finnish.. 12.00 Lanesville, Mass., Finnis! 7.00 Daisytown, Pa., Finnish. 10.00 Buffalo, N. Y., Finnish. 50.00 Ahmeek, Mich., Finnish 1.00 Gardner, Mass., Finnish 5.00 Marquette, Mich., Finnish 6.00 Temple, Me., Finnish... 17.00 Berkeley, Calif., Finnish. 5.00 Buffalo, N. Y., Finnish.. 35.00 Clarksburg, W. Va., Finnish. 1.00 Portland, Ore., Finnish..... 11.00 Fort Bragg, Calif., Finnish 50.00 Total $27,894.14 A STRIKING MAY DAY BUTTON White background, red border, black figures, hammer and sickle in red, white lettering and red ribbon, a com- bined expression of unity of purpose— struggle against capitalism. Wear one on May Day and have your fellow worker and brother union- iste—men and women—do the same. Order a supply at once. that your branch of the Workers Party, focal union and benefit society orders a supply for and wear on May First—Labor’s International Holiday. Price 25 cents. In lote of ten or more, 15 cents. Special discount to City Central Committees, District Or- ganizers and Labor Unions. Order from WORKERS PARTY, NATIONAL OFFICE 1113 W. Washington Bivdy Chicage, til., IST E UPON LABOR UNIONS Italian Woikers Have Lost Everything By CARL BRANNIN. MILAN, Italy, April 14—Back of the recent successful strike of 100,000 metal workers in northern Italy lies a contract for wages and hours drawn up by fascist trade cunion officials and accepted by the employers. But at the same time the General Confedera. tion of Labor took a referendum on this contract among the workers of the district. Five per cent were for the contract, 95 per cent against it. It was put into Deer with “striking’ results. Immediately ater the war the Con- federation of Labor numbered 2,500,- 000 members. It has shrunk to be- tween 160,000 and 200,000. Many trade unionists were forcéd to join the fas. cist unions to live anid yet it is esti- mated that not more than 5 per cent of all industrial workers are members. Ninety per cent of the peasants have been forced to join because of the ter- ror of the Black Shirts. Thousands of them now live in the cities. Some 200,000 Italians emigrated to France the past two years, many without passports as political refu- gees, Others remain, though their co- operative and union institutions have been destroyed. While they may wear the fascist button many still carry red cards in the Socialist party or Com- munist party and distribute literature under cover. In spite of great obstacles, officials of the Confederation declare their un. ions are rebuilding slowly. No organ- izers can be sent out nor general meet. ings held but the Workers are ready to come back at the first opportun- ity. The official weekly of the Con- federation has 10,000 regular subscrib- ers. The Socialist locals are now per- mitted to hold meetings for the regu- lar members at infrequent intervals. While the unions have suffered greatly in strength and membership from the fascist terror the worker co- operatives lost properties which it will take years to replace. The policy of the Black Shirts was either to destroy or control these institutions. In the larger industrial centers like Milan, ers, this policy was not.carried out so drastically but in the rural districts there was almost.a‘clean sweep. The cooperative CR ge ng is the most glaring example. Here in the course of 30 years the workers had built up institutions. (producer and consumer) that were the model for co. operators in all countries. Their prop- erties were valued at $2,000,000. When Mussolini seized power he put one of his creatures in charge who sold everything—land, buildings, _machin- ery and implements, and turned the proceeds, about $500,000, over to char- itable institutions. Woman Member of the Canadian Parliament More “Red” Than Lewis By JOHN ROBUR. OTTAWA, Can., April 14.—“It was a dubious compliment to Canadian in- telligence that it was necessary for the miners of Cape Breton to refuse that gift from Russia,” is one state- ment made by Agnes Macphail, the only woman member of the Canadian parliament, in reviewing her recent visit to the Nova Scotia coal fields. “We are a self-righteous people,” she added. The Red International of La- bor Unions had donated $6,000 to the locked out miners. The members listened closely while Miss Macphail gave an unvarnished account. She told of a miner, his wife and two children sleeping in a three- quarters bed; of children suffering from rickets and ulcers as a result of under-feeding over @ period of four years; of Besco the British Empire Steel Corp. run by absentee directors, some in England, tl in the Canad. ian senate. She told» house if the United ‘Mine Workers’ Union was crushed a more radical organization would succeed it. F “The miners,” she said, “feel they have not had justice. How deep is their resentment; how intense; how quiet! If I lived there, I would be a great deal redder than anyone I saw.” The only assistagce the Dominion government is giving 1s to raise the duty on coal so as to put more money in the pockets of the corporation. This affects slack coal only and ra! the import rate from 14 to 6c. At the same time the rate on bituminous coal in general has come down from 58- to 50c per ton. The plea is made that this is done to help the work- ers; but when Pres, McLeod of the miuers’ union in Nova Scotia asked whether this would mean an increase in wages, the answer was a prompt negative, Elmer Smith, Wobbly to Make Again Lawyer, W: ’Em Sa OLYMPIA, Wash. — disbarred radical torney, has filed an rehoasing. due to the mass strength of the THO THEIR GRAFT iid - AS BLACK AS TEAPOT PETROL YET ARE WASHINGTON, Apr. 14—Albert Fall former secretary of the interior and center of the oil corruption exposed in the senate investigation 15 months ago, has been freed from the criminal indictment brought against him in the Disttrict of Columbia. Federal Judge McCoy has ruled that the indictments against Fall, who received tho ‘$100,- 000 cash in a satchel from the young- er Doheny at the order of the elder Doheny, was not legally indicted, be- cause a special assistant to Atty. Gen. Stone was in the grand jury room when testimony was being taken. He finds that was illegal because the sen- ate had taken the case out of the hands of the department of justice when it required Pres. Coolidge to ap- point special counsel to prosecute the criminals. Logically following out this act of grace for the man who became wealthy through giving away the pub- lic oil lands, McCoy ‘finds that the Dohenys were not logally indicted, and that Harry Sinclair was likewise Capitalist Law Mills Refuse to Repeal the Syndicalist Gag Acts NEW YORK, Apr. 14—Sessions now closing of state legislatures have done nothing toward repealing criminal syndicalism and sedition laws, reports the American Civil Liberties union. But the organization finds that such repressive legislation is a dead letter in nearly all the states. The Idaho legislature widened the definition of sabotage to include peaceful slowing down on the job, but it is expected that the courts will construe the law so as to prevent prosecution for.mere membership in labor unions. Tho U. S. supreme court has be- fore it two cases which will test the constitutionality of the state syndical- ism laws and free 89 men in state penitentiaries if favorable decision is given. The cases are those of Anita Whitney, California woman, convicted in 1919 under the state syndicalism law for membership in a Communist party, and Benjamin Gitlow, convicted under the New York state anarchy law in 1920. His case has been ar, gued. Argument has not yet been made in the case of Miss Whitney. The case of C. E. Ruthenberg, secre- tary of the Workers Party, convictod in Michigan for attending a Commun- ist convention, has been appealed but is not yet before the court. Of the 89 syndicalist law. prisoners, 82 are in California penitentiaries; five in Washington; one each in Kan- sas and Oklahoma. All the men serv- ing time are members of the I. W. W., convicted for membership. Our Readers’ Views i From An Alaskan Prospector. To the DAILY WORKER:—I am sending you a clipping of a newspa- per about Russia, as the article is not undersigned by any name, I hope you will expose. the editor. Long live the DAILY WORKER! Long live the Communist Party! Down with the profiteers—An old prospector, Tofty, Alaska. Let the DAILY WORKER make your arguments every day. Send in a sub for your shop mates. class day of celebration. Order - Now! Fill the blank— * Attach re- mittance— MAIL IT TODAY! ‘ THEY WHITEWASHED LIKE SNOW improperly brought into peril of trial as a corrupter of Fall. They all go free together. This decision by McCoy, who used to be a congressman when Fall was a standpat senator, will probably save the four from ever going to trial on charges of bribery. The statute of limitations has run against the crime since the indictment—now nullified— was returned. They may still be tried and convicted on charges of conspir- acy to defraud the government, how- ever, and the Sinclair and Doheny lawyers will proceed to build their future defenses against this possibility. Coolidge first sought to appoint as prosecutors two of the most conspicu- ous lawyers connected with the oil interests—Strawn and Gregory. When they were rejected by the senate, he named Roberts and Pomerene, who had little familiarity with this branch of law. At the first test they left a loophole of escape for the givers and taker of the $100,000 black satchel. More Efficiency Only Adds to. the Unemployed Army How increased efficiency mean gain for the employer but loss for labor is indicated by the February employ- mont report of the U. S. department of labor. In spite of the high rate of production said to prevail generally, industrial employment stands 4.5 per eént below February 1924 and 8 per cent below 2 years ago. Decreases in number employed and amount of payroil compared with Feb- ruary 1924 are shown by the percent- age figures: Per cent decrease Employment Wages from Feb. 1924 per cent per cent FOOd ....sseeee 45 Textile .... o 2.5 Tron, steel . 3 4.3 Lumber, products ... 1.2 1.6 Leather, products... 1.7 1.6 Chemicals, etc. . i 14 Stone, clay, glass 5.6 5.9 Tobacco 15 72 Vehicles 10.7 11.1 Miscellaneous ....... 3.4 3.2 Paper and; printing showed an in- crease of 1 per cent in employment and 2.1 per cent in wages. Industry as a whole operated 93 per cent of full-time with 83 per cent of a full normal force. It averaged about 77 per cent of capacity with production running ahead:of consumption. In spite of wage decreases affecting nearly 100,000 cotton mill operatives reported to 'the department in the last 11 months, average earnings remain at about a year ago amounting to $26.63 a week. Pichoting te-Lessl But Still Illegal! WASHINGTON, Apr. 14—Decision by |" the supreme court of the state of Washington that picketing of a mov- ing picture theater ‘is illegal when federal law permits such picketing, has been referred to the officers of the American Federation of Labor by the Tacoma central labor council. The Clayton act was supposed to safe- guard the right to picket. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! May Day issue to: Name: BREOOES cacescccessssasenssonseen sent fesse mice ins itn psi Ss nner ree eRAase ulna isneriiee mere 8 SEES EES ESE ESSE SSS ESSE) No Matter What Distant Part of the Country You May Be In On May 1 the special 12-page issue of the DAILY WORKER will reach you. Arrangements have been made for the special May Day features to go into every paper so that they will reach you no later than May Day. AT 2 CENTS A COPY Your local—and every individual can handle a bundle to distribute on this Breat working THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Enclosed Fics LOF serine COples of the CANADIAN JOBS FEWER BECAUSE OF SPEED UP 27,000 Workers Less, Produce 50 Pct. More By C. McKAY. MONTREAL, April 14.— Canadian manufacturing industries employed 27,000 fewer persons in 1922 than in 1911, government statistics show. Em- ployment in such industries today is not materially greater than in 1922. With fewer employes these manufac: turing industries had a quantity out- put nearly 50 per cent greater in 1922 than in 1911, and a value production just 100 .per cent greater. major industries—agriculture, mining, fishing, logging manufacturing and transportation—only employed 27,381 more persons in 1922 than in 1911. With an increase of less than two per cent in number of employes, these in- dustries produced values in 1922 more than 100 sper cent groater than in 1911; about 50 per cent being the measure of the increase in values due to enhanced prices. During the decade 1911 to 1921, im migrants entering Canada numbered 1,728,000, and the natural increase of the population was 1,150,000. But thanks to improved machinery, the major industries only offered 27,381 more jobs in 1922 than in 1911. How was the increased population provid- ed.for? The United States received many. Great numbers returned to Europe. Increased wealth produc- tion permitted greatly increased dom- estic and personal servants, chavt- feurs, etc. Many crowded into trade, increasing the spread between pro- ducers and consumers prices. The effect of the machine in limit. ifig opportunitios of: employment is more apparent in Canada than in the United States. Canada imports much of its machinery. The U. S. manufac- tures most of its machines, and per sons in such manufacture add to the total number of employes in manu- facturing. Don’t Let Its Left Hand Know What Its Right Hand Is Doing MONTREAL.—Although the Cana- dian government disclaimed respon-; sibility for the great unemployment, it is guaranteeing employment to im- migrants under the empire settlement scheme according to the British hame secretary. Airplane Explodes in Moroces. TETUAN, Morocco.—Two were kill- ed and four seriously wounded in the accidental explosion of an airplane bomb here today. IN DETROIT. N. STOYANOFF PHARMACY 11142 Kercheval St. An Experienced Druggist Who can advise the proper Fomedy for results. VISIT THIS DRUGGIST If you are In a hurry, call: HICKORY 082, Chicago, lil. oo, Canada’s