The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 7, 1925, Page 5

2 agp rae at +_——_--_——_—_ ’ working full time seldom make over EN ainaeraniinrennerestinosete TELLS OF WORK "CONDITIONS Rhode Island Mills Sap Vitality of Workers By ALBERT WEISBORD (Worker Correspondent) PAUTUCKET, R. I, July 5—I am a weaver in a silk mill in Pautucket, Rhode Island. The textile workers have been pretty hard hit, We are speeded up, our wages cut and then starved by unemployment. -I work nights, 7°p. m. to 5 a. m., Saturdays 5:30 a.m. The work, is piece-work and each one works as fast.as he can. I am all in when morning comes. ‘The watchman in our place, an old man, near 70 years, who used to be a weaver till he got too old.and was thrown on the scrap heap, works 91 hours a week for $19. He works 13 hours a day, 7 days or nights a week, never a day off. Women Work All Night. Here in Rhode Island women are al- lowed to work nights and there are young girls who work with me till five o'clock in the morning. Then there are mothers with children who work such hours too. Many of the workers are women. » Our work is very hard on the eyes, especially at night with the bad light given us. Many weavers lose their eyesight or must give up their work on account of bad eyes. In silk work sometimes there are as many as 18,000 threads covering only 45 to 60 inches on a single machine. Each one of these threads must be watched and fixed when necessary and so you can see how fine the work is. The noise in this mill is not so great as in a cotton mill where I worked last. One could not speak be- cause of the noise. Everything was done by signs. Many of us weavers go deaf in time. In the cotton mill, in spite of humidifiers, cotton fills the air and our lungs. Tholisands of tex- tile workers suffer from lung troubles, consumption and tuberculosis. Pay is wretched. Good, weavers. $32 weekly anywhere. Many make as low as $14. The average..would be between $20 and $25. “Gun Toting” Law in Effect. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 5.-The.so- called “gun toting bill” which repeais the present deadly weapon act and Provides for drastic regulations for the sale and carrying of fire. arms, became a law without the signature of Gov. Len Small today at the expi- ration of the time limit allowed for action on it by the chief executive. Polish-Soviet Trade Mounts. MOSCOW (By Mail).—The export and import activities of the Soviet trade mission in Poland in 1925 have so far increased 500 per cent as com- pared with the same period last year. The trade mission is actually assailed with offers from various Polish firms, of which most offer goods on six months’ credit terms. Rush that July 1! Sub—Campaign ends OUR DAILY the village can raise due to the fact spent by them. This large amount of tax money coming into the coffers of the village also has an effect’ on labor conditions. 5 No Work in Winter. The’ principal industry is open-pit mining ‘and the season usually lasts from about May 1 to Degember'1 and during the winter many’ Workers are unable to secure employment in the mines. va a In the past the village gh da large part ofsits tax money ‘to”keep these mine workers emplé ing the winter months, © Of 6 pte plan bas been fought by the -U, S. Steel Corporation which othe largest share of this tax m, dnto the village treasury, but they appeal- ed in yain to the local politicians to. stop this practice. For? the ‘village election came in March; and ;,they knew that they must keep these men at work to get their votes. Of course jobs were plentiful just preceding an election. i Stee! Trust Limits Taxes, Being unable to stop what it’ called the “extravagant expenditure” of: vil- lage funds the steel corporation man- aged to put a law thru the legislature lmiting the tax levy to $100 per cap- ita which cut the amount that could be raised by taxation to about half of what it formerly was. But even this did not bring about the results that the steel trust wanted as the politicians still used the funds to get votes and cut down on the amount spent for permanent improve- ments, Steel Trust Wins, Again the steel corporation went to the legislature and secured a law changing the election to December in- stead of March, thinking that as the workers would be employed in’ the mines during the summer and fall months it would not be necessary for the office seekers to use the village funds to keep the miners at work to get their votes as they did when the election came in the spring. Hundreds Seek Jobs. That the steel corporation got what they wanted was evidenced last..win- ter when hundreds of men stormed the village employment office looking, for work and only a few secured work on half time and the “World’s Richest Village” undoubtedly had a greater. city in the country! . Wages Slashed. After a winter of hardships and suf- fering the workers were ready to.ac- cept whatever wages the steel. cor poration wished to pay in the spring and conditions are the worst inthe history of the community. Two Labor Haters Run. ‘ WASHINGTON, July 5.— (FP) — Everett Sanders, former Indiana. con- gressman, enemy of railroad _ labor. and now private secretary to Presi- dent Coolidge, is reported to be a can-. didate for the senate against Senator Jim Watson, who is just as much of.a labor hater, who must face the yoters next year, PATTERNS 4 VERY ATTRACTIVE NEGLIGEE. A POULAR APRON MODEL, S145 5143. Comfortable and with new features, this popular garment will de- velop attractively in silk, crepe, flan- nel or blanket cloth. The pattern ig cut in four siz Small, 34-46; medium, 38-40; 42-44; extra large, 4 measure. A medium 4% yards of 32-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on peceipt. of 12c in silver or stamps, FASHION BOOK NOTICE! or ps Tor and Summer ol a o ‘ft at WORKE: @1 frareings the y i the date of mat got, become, impatien wd le is good in lawn, gingham, percale or cretonne. It may be trimmed with bias banding, rick rack braid or edging and finished with or without a sash. The pattern is cut in four sizes: Small, 34-36; medium, 38-40; large, 42-44; extra large, 46-48 inches bust measire, A medium size requires 3% yatds of 27-inch material. NOTIOP TO PATTERN BUYERS—The ing sold thru the DAILY Pate. department are fur- ni ~ by ‘New York firm of: pattern 7 forwarded by Tich deposit of iron ore, which makes the assessed valuation over 100 mil- lion dollars and this enables the village officials to raise large sums to be percentagé of unemplyoment, than any, ‘)the spring makers received one dollar UCE ITS that the village is underlayed with a ne eA a MLA Ek MN Le COOLIDGE’S DRIVE FOR DEBT PAYMENTS BRINGS IN NO MONEY WASHINGTON, July 5—The gov- ernment’s new debt-collecting drive, started in April under the direction of President Coolidge, has not brot any money into the treasury to date from European nations. It has brot only assurances that virtually’ all the — $12,000,000,000 owed the United States on account of war loans will be paid. FRENCH CABINET WILL SEND DEBT DELEGATES HERE PARIS, July 5.—The French cabinet today decided to send a debt commis- sion to the United States “as soon as possible” to conduct negotiations by which the French war debt of more than $4,000,000,000 may be adjusted. Announcement of the government's decision was made by Foreign Minis- ter Briand at the close of a cabinet meeting devoted to consideration of France's fiscal affairs. It was understood the mission would be sent to. the United States | early in the autumn. Decide “In. Principle” After the cabinet meeting, Foreign | Minister Briand announced to the | press: “We have decided in principle that we will send a debt mission to Washington.” WORKERS WAGES © CUT IN HALF IN U.S, BEDDING 60, By VICTOR VOLKMANN. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 5—The ma- jority of the workers jn the U.S. Bed- ding Co. of St. Paul, are young men. Wages range from 25°to 40 cents an hour, except for a few sample heads who receive more. Many family-men work for 3244 cents an hour; that is, they get no more. At present the men work ten hours a day. Two years ago for every spring they made; now they get fifty cents. Two wage cuts occur- red in the mattress department dur- ing the last six months. Sanitary conditions, are terrible. The dirty water from the toilet on the second floor drops on the heads of the workers on the first floor. The place is cleaned only the day before the in- spector comes. There is no steam heat in the factory, except when it is impossible to work even with your overcoat on. Three Accidents In One Week Many accidents happen right along. Three accidents occurred last week— the men lost parts of their fingers. They promise the workers golden treasurers when they start, but once they ask for a raise, out they go. As a result, the workers are unorganized. The boss himself is an Israelite and he boasts of liking Jewish workers. The reason for it is simple, he gets the least protected workers and pays them the lowest wages. THE Det WORKER — \STEEL TRUST USES LEGISLATURE | SILK WEAVER ' TO SLASH WAGES AND R TAXES, IN HIBBING, IRON TOWN (By Worker Correspondent) _ HIBBING, Minn,, July 5,—Hibbing, the largest city on the Mesaba iron Tange of northern Minnesota is known as the “World’s Richest Village.” It.has been given this title because of the large amount of tax money BREAGH WIDENS BETWEEN JAPAN, GREAT: BRITAIN Nippon ‘ers to Frame War Alliance (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 5—To secure a Japan- ese naval base at Saigon, opposite the British base of Singapore, the Japan- ese have, thru Viscount Ishii, offered | France anoffensive and defensive al-| Nance against, Great Britain it is ru-| mored here, on, good authoriiy. To pave\the, way the Japanese gov- ernment has ‘just placed an order for $14,000,000; worth of railway rolling stock with; Schneider and other French firms, and also has given or- ders for airplanes and armaments to France, The Tokio government had asked for bids for railway material from English firms,’ but suddenly transfer- red the business to. France last month to aid the political negotiations. The French bids were no lower than the English, and Krupps offered lower prices than‘ either. Want to Isolate Hongkong. The outstanding Japanese objective is said to be to get the use of the har- bor of Saigon, in French Indo-China, which is just opposite Singapore and which has a tremendous strategic value, The establishment of a powerful Japanese naval base at Saigon, which has an excellent harbor, would be a counter bajJance against the new Brit- ish base at Singapore and would pre- vent the British fleet from passing thru the China sea en route to Hong- kong and Japan, Viscount Ishii also is said to have Proposed a sort of supplementary com- mercial alliance between the two countries, tindér which Japan could get unlimitéd food supplies from Indo- China, could send Japanese laborers to Indo-China’ and dump large | | |amounts of godds in France and = TOOL OF BLOODY French colonies under extremely low | tariffs, > | Japan Bargains. In return ft'is stated that Japan of- fers to attatk’ Russia in case Russia | supports’ a German attack against | France, offers to buy all its war and | industrial matérial in France, pledges its diplomatic support and promises low tariffs oh French goods. The same proposal was made to M. Poincare and later to M, Herriot, but the French refused to, discuss it for fear of American objedtions and be-| cause of a f hat Japan would flood Francé’ with cheap goods and Indo-! China with Japanese emigrants. Your Union Meeting | Second Meeting, June 6, 1926, No. Name of Local and Meeting Place 625 Boller Makers, 5324 S. Halsted St. 14 Boot and Shoe Workers’ Joint Council) 4989 Milwaukee Ave. Brewery Workers’ Joint Ex. Board, 1700 W? 21st St. Brewery Workers’ 1700 W. 2ist St. Bridge and Structural Iron Work- ers, 910 W. Monroe St. Butchers, ‘Hebrew, 3420 W. Roose- velt Road. Cap Makers, 4003 Roogevelt Road. 2705 W. 38th St. 4039 W. Madison 8t. 2040 W. North Ave. 8. C., 9189 Commercial 505 S. State St. 1457 Clybourn Ave. 222 N. W. St., Wauke- Carpenters, Ave. * Carpenters, gan. Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. Carpenters, 6654 S. Halsted St. 4 Cigar Makers’ Ex. Bd. 166 W. ‘ashington St., 7:30 p. m. Coopers’ Joint Ex. Bd., 2525 8. Halsted St. 4 ab ek (Marine), 601 Capitol Bide. Engineers, 4643 8. Engineers, 311 S. Asi . Engineers, ‘180 W. Washington St. 629 Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. Engineers, (R. R.), 2433 W. Roose: velt Road. Engineers (Loc.), 3900 W. North Ave., 7 p.m. 50 Firemen and Enginemen, ‘Wentworth: Ave. Firemen. and Oilers, 175 W. Wash. Gardeners’ ‘and Florists, Neldog's Hall, Hinsdi ’ urant. Empl's Joint Bd., 166 W. Washington, 3 p. m. A national hatred is set up in the shop between: the American and Jew- ish workers; consequently, the work- ers forget their vital interests. The workers are fooled with picnics and other such affairs. The workers cover the expenses, but the boss gets the advertisement. Spies room about the factory and the workers are not aware of it, Bittner Asks Bosses’ Government to Please Make Em § Stop Fight WASHINGTON, July 5,—Owing to the absence of Secretary of Labor Davis from the city the department of labor has as yet taken no action on the request of Van A. Bittner, of the United Mine Workers, that the government intervene in the con- test between miners and operators in West Virginia over the continuance of the present wage agreements, 69 Ladies’ Garment, 328 W. Van Buren 74 Lathers, .725 8. Western A’ Longshoremen, 355 N. Cl: land. : Moulders Conf. Bd., 119 S. Throop Painters 9316 W. ‘North Ave. Painters, 19 W. Adams St. Painters; Madi . h St. malawey ‘men, Cicero and Supe- Railway Carmen, 5262 S) Ashland. Railway 7Qarmen, mercial, Railway sth and Com- Carmen, 924 and Balti- ton St, Railway ‘Clerks, 165 W. i801 Mad! Railway Clerks, Madison and Sa 695 Railway“ ‘ks, 75th and Drex way (Clerks, ‘781 Railway Clerks, 649 W, Washinj ton Blvd. 877 “Railway Trainmen, 2900 W. North y 30-8. m. s, Van Buren and Ashland. Sailors’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 N. Clark St. Scientific Laborat Workers, City Hall, Room 713. Signalmen, 2100 W. bist St. bs apes 828 Collins St., Joliet, 16986 143 8 amsters, 220 $. Ashland Blvd. Officials said the dispute had been| “”* ‘ade Union tate tae lbw, in progress for about 90 days -and porraphical, 180 W. Washi that the department, thru its concil- | (Note-Umlem wotherwiee’ stated "ail {ation service, had made a number of |™*enss are at § DP. m) ineffectual attempts to “bring the ‘ warring parties into some sort of cist onda ‘Swe B agreement Bittner’s appeal for government in- tervention was*in'the form of a tele- gram. t DR _pecden Write tho “stéty “whout your: shop @ bundle f0distribute & NEW YORK, July 5—J. M. Sen Gupta, chosen jeader.of the. 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He declared America will not make “political committments where Workers and Farmers messengers and office boys. The workers.are employed in 281 establishments, banks, public utility offices, stores, insurance companies and various manufacturing concerns Added to the 18 per cent in adminis- trative or supervisory jobs are 13 per cent operating usual office appliances; 68 per cent are general office workers stenographers, typists, bookkeepers, | filing, mailing and order clerks and } workers whose jobs are not clearly | defined. Those who get less than $14 a week are 3.4 per cent of the total; $14 to $16, 8.7 per cent; $16 to $18, 8.5 per cent; $18 to $20, 10.3 per cent; $20 to $20, 21.9 per cent; $25 to $30, 19 per cent; $30 to 11 per cent; $35 to } $50, 11 per cent; $50 or over, six per cent. Most of the typists make between $14 and $25; stenographer-typists, $20 to $30; senior stenographers, $20 to $30; secretarial stenographe §. $25 to $35. Mailing clerks mostly make less than $16; filing clerks, $14 to $25; {general office workers, $20 to $30; | senior clerks, up to $50; chief clerks, $35 t6'$50 or more; office man- j agers, $50 ip. | elong Together: South WHITE GUARDS FREDERICK, So. Dak., July, 5.— The People’s Hall association of Sayo, South Dakota, held its 27th annual midsummer celebration for two days. The first day was given to the presen- tation of a play, “The Beggar Act- ress." Comrades of New York, Mills, Minn., and local comrades participated in the play. It was one of the ‘best Dlays ever shown in Savo. Principal numbers on- the program for the second day were speeches by Comrades Hathaway of Minneapolis, and Mrs. K. E. Heikkinen of New York Mills, Minn. The former stres- | sed the necessity of farmers and work- ers to get together to fight the ex- Ploiters, their mutual enemy. The latter showed how the inten- sification of the class struggle has brought about the downfall of many DISMISSED FROM HARBIN (By Mail).—According to reliable information, it is estimated that there were less than three hun- dred employes left in all the services of the Chinese Easterm railway by June 1, who were not registered as either Soviet or Chinese citizens—most of them being former white officers who Possess no special qualifications for their posts and are but a dead weight for the railway. Their going, there- fore far from unfavorably, affecting the normal working of the enterprise, is expected to yield useful results from the business and the financial viewpoints. it does not haye political interests,” but will give such covenants “moral ast. support...” ae mine their own destiny. great and powerful nations in the She pointed out the way for the workers of the world to fight to deter- a Machinists Dis; Council, 113 8. Ash- \ Soviets Erect Wireless. 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