The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 5

" GREAT GAIN SAY RUSSIAN WORKERS “Give Us ‘Time and We Will Beat America” By CARL BRANNIN, (Special to The Daily Worker) ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia—(FP)— There are plenty of people (all too many) in Russia who have’ little un- derstanding of the new order working out under the Soviet government. Down-the Volga and on the trains one hears complaints, mostly from the peasants—high taxes last year and be- fore (this.year reduced 40 per cent), incompetent, autocratic officials, etc. Compigints come usually from relics of the old system with the background of centuries of ignorance and individ- ual selfishness. To make proper aliow- ance for the wreckage of the czarist order, the havoc of the civil war, the capitalist blockade, the famine and the scarcity of traingd workers is beyond their powers of imagination. They live in their own petty circle. Hearing such a wail from a couple of peasants, a poorly clad miner spoke up: “Yes, it is too bad that progress is not made more swiftly, but after all remember that we who have come up through the old order are to blame. We are all more or less crooked. It is the new generation, the children, who will make the new Russia. It is too bad that we old ones can’t be lined up and shot, or herded off to ourselves where we can quietly die without con- taminating the youth and interfering with their work.” However, there are humble men and women gray with years and struggle who see what is taking place and can, for this reason, forget something of the hardship. Waiting in line to buy a rallway ticket here one day, we found ourselves in conversation with a non-Communist old stone mason. He found that we were from America. “Yes, you have in America many things which we need here. We envy you your machinery, your technical development. Many of your workers are better off. But that is not all to life. We have enough bread; we have clothing; there is shelter. But above all we have freedom.” He smote his breast with a gesture more expressive than words. “I am past 70 and have known the oppression of the czars. That is past and now we are building. Two or three good harvests like this year will work wonders. We have established the true bi that labor, produces all and should have all. Russia hag every Tesource of natural wealth—ooal, oil, timber, rich soil and land enough for all, This and our hands and the spirit to build is enough. Give us ‘time and freedom from outside attack and we will have all that the most highly de- By JACK. WATT. i bas traveling practically in every dis- row in Illinois, the writer has been informed how some men are able to secure work in the mines, and proof shows up the class-collaboration pol- icy that exists between the miners’ officials and the coal operators, Some of the ways of securing a job are herein stated and show the disinte- gration of the miners’ union, and brings to naught the fine words of the miners’ officials in the daily press such as “No backward step,” “No‘re- ductions in wages,” “No modification of the contract” and MNO losses of con- ditions.” as No Grey ‘Hairs The first thing a miner does when he is out of a joh is to go to a mine that is working and wait for the su- perintendent or mine . manager and ask for a job. James Melish of Thay- er, Illinois, took this proceedure to get a job and applied to the mine management at Auburn, a- Peabody mine. The management looked at Jim out of the corner of his eyes and said, “You have too. many grey hairs in your head to get a job here.” Of course, Jim, was done and that condition is working in nearly every mine in Illinois and it is commonly heard, the mines like the railroads, are refusing to) hire men who are over 45 years of age. At Dowell, Minois, and other plac- es, the miners and applicants are pre- nted with an application blank to fill out in which they must fill in their name, address, where they worked last, how old are they, how many chil- dren they have, and are they Ameri- can citizens. Have you collected com- pensation under the laws of the state, have you ever been injured, etc., and in some corporations like what exists at the mines of the Madison Coal Corporation, and at Benton, where an employment agency, so-called, exists, for the Orient Mine, you fill in a blank enumerating all of the above things, but state in addition thereto, “Where did you work-last?” Farrington Approvés' Blacklist Then they write batk to your for- mer employer and ask him. “Was he a trouble maker or an‘ agitator?” and “Would you think him to be a desir- able employe at this time?” Frank Farrington had the guts to write to the miners at Dowell, so they told me, that he could see no harm in answer- ing and filling out such’ questionaires. At Belleville one miner had been promised work at a certain mine for months and finally the boss at the mine had to tell hint, “I*cannot hire you,” the man knew why,. because he had always been a progressive miner, but the boss said further to him, “Do you know Walter Nesbit?” The min- er said yes, Then the,boss said, “Go id ‘Walter Nesbit and get a note from him and bring it back’and you will get a job.” This miner was not exactly on good terms with Walter Nesbit as FREEDOM THEIR #0" To cer 4 ) OUR DAILY PATTERNS veloped land has produced. And it| Walter is Farrington’s secretary, so will be ours—the workers’, That is | therefore, could not ay, Walter, nor more than the yroducers of America | did he wish to stoo} ‘that low to get _ can say.” ce, the above | a job, but he did ra KH HOW TO GET A JOB AS MINER IN THE ILLINOIS COAL FIELDS, AS TOLD BY PROGRESSIVE UNIONIST statement to myself, Freeman Thomp- son and others. He is a most reliable man, The Yellow Dog Pledge At Dowell, the “Yellow dog” as they call dt, was put into effect and some 17 men were discharged for refusing to fill out this yellow dog. At Ben- ton there is the “Employment Agency” so-called, and readers of the DAILY WORKER will remember how just prior to the last miners’ election where Brother Schroeder of West Frankfort, secured money trom the sub-district and bought a job, and had the ones they bouyht the job from, arrested, A loud cry went up from the machine, the election took place, and after it was over, it was discov- ered that it was not the bosses who had been selling jobs, but “an employ- ment agency” and therefore, nothing could be done. The miners around West Frankfort had a feeling all the While, (that the Farrington machin- ery, which is represented by Lon Fox who is now in a hospitar as a result of his treason to the rank and file), that once Fox got a hold of that case it would be squashed, and it was squashed, The latest developments in this re- markable proven case of job selling, is that the man who caught that com- pany. red-handed with the goods, has heen discharged from the mine on what appears to bée a frame-up similar to the Joe Loda case at Peabody Six, and the frame-up against Henry Cor- bishley at Zeigler. At’ Harrisburg and at Collinsville the writer was inform- ed that all it took to secure a job in these two cities was to “Have a good looking wife for the boss to come and see.” In Collinsville a miner there told Freeman Thompson and myself before several witnesses that such could be proven in Collinsville. Pretty Wives Get Jobs In Harrisburg I spoke from the court house steps, in the presence of a large group of miners, an ex-United States senator and a coal operators’ commissioner and the sheriff's son were in the crowd and being previous- ly informed of the immoral transac- tions that was necessary to secure work at Harrisburg, I mentioned that fact in my talk, and it was promptly concurred with by exclamations and remarks verifying my statemént. At Eldorado, one way to secure a job is to go the “Fathers” and secure a note from him. So even we see Teligion playing its class collaboration policy along with the miners’ officials. Much talk is on the streets of Eldorado of how jobs are being bought for money. In fact, it is a general subject all over Illinois, but in Springfield is the place to work the different wires to secure a job. You know that is where the Len Small machinery holds sway, it is thé “steal hall” as Duncan Mc- Donald so ably quotes it. So one way that has been used to a large extent is to go to the “Steal hall,” (state house) and go up to see Martin Bolt, the-di- ractor of mines and minerals (who just recently passed away, and made room for John L. Lewis’ brother) and notes are dished out to certain kinds of individuals to go to the mines to se- cure jobs, Failing that of course, there stands the “Miners’ Building,” so-called, and look up Frank or Walter or Har- ry, and if they are not in, look up Joker Young, the board mem- ber and get a note similar to this ori- ginal signed one of his that I have in my possession with his name signed thereto in his own handwriting which cannot be disputed, it reads as fol- lows: Mr. Harry Snodgrass, Mine Mana- ger, Citizens’ Mine, Springfield, Ill. If it is possible at all, please give Mr. Armstrong a place digging. (Sign- ed) John Young. Fakers and Bosses United. Can you imagine a more treacher- ous kind of leadership than this note proves this scoundrel to be? How could a boss give a friend of mine a job if I was fighting him, as I should be fighting him for the interests of the men I was to serve? And does it not prove that there is a close re- lationship between the officers of the miners’ union and themselves when the coal company such scraps of pa- per? Is a better proof of class-colla- boration needed to awaken the sleep- ing miners out of the lethargy they are in, Could I as an officer of the miners’ union, fight the common enemy, the coal operators, while I on the other hand was expecting him to give my friends’ jobs at my written request to him, Mine workers, awake and unload these collaborators, JOHN L. DELIN General Contractor 1709 N. ROCKWELL STREET Specializing in New Concrete Foundations on Old Frame Houses Garages Cement Floors and All Other Particular Work, CALL ARMITAGE 3802 FOR AN ESTIMATE. 5187. This is a season of yokes and flounces. The style here portrayed shows both these features with youth- ful and becoming line: The pattern is cut i 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure, A 38 inch size requires 1% yard of 54 inch material for yoke and flouce por- tions and 1% yard of contrasting ma- terial for the dress portions. Width of skirt at the foot is 2 yards, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FIGURES WITH re 73, Bengaline or kasha would be 4d for this design. It consist of a one piece straightline dress that may be Annes. with short or long sleeves and a) tunic with open fronts: The tunic may be omitted, or finished gep- } arate from the dress. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 inches bust measure. The width at the foot of the dress is 1% yard. To make this styl- ish model for a 40 inch size will re- quire 5 yards of 54 inch material if made with long sleeves, To make with short sleeves will require 4% yards. The Tunic alone without sleeves requires 1% yard. tern ma! to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. eeeron BOOK NOTICE! in silver or stamps for out cer. id Winter, 4 “Gioents STYLE FOR’ NO'VICE ne AT eer AS a oY, rs, ‘01 IR pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers, are forwarded by the DAIL) cel St. Louis, Mo., Attention! Phone Forest 8749, Co. Joe K CANDY HOME ICE CRE/M LIGHT LUNCHES PHILIP , Manage: 4975 EASTON AVENUE, i If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Co: —study it. Send for a cai all Com and comprene 81 AIK "AU Valuable hints to the home ater ohana eam tek cA eetaetn sex 6 w THE DAIE¥’WORKER - |FIGHT OVER THE COMMUNISTS IN LABOR PARTY Executive Clashes in With Local Unions LONDON — (FP) — Relations with the Communist party will bulk large at the 25th annual conference of the British Labor party, which meets in Liverpool Sept. 2% with C. T. Cramp in the chair. \@ne-hundred local Labor parties and a*humber of trade unions are supporting résolutions to admit the Communist ‘party. The executive committee, om the other hand, are recommending that all Communists who are indiyidual members of the Labor party be expelled, and that trade unions he recommended not to send Communists as delegates to lo- cal or national Labor bodies. The program of the conference in-| cludes resolutions prepared by the ex- | ecutive committee, dealing with for- eign affairs, inter-dominion relations, finance, agricultural policy, housing, municipal powers; national health and electoral reform. Their moderation has called forth considerable criticism. Even the New Leader, official organ of the I. L. P., says, “Labor, indeed, seems to be ‘putting itself right’ with the middle-class voter,” and to deplore that the capital levy “is silently drop- ped” and that there is not one word about nationalization of the mines or the railways. “The executive,” it says, “assures us that its policy is ‘imaginative’ and ‘fundamental.’ We doubt if the party will agree with it.” The Workers Weekly, Communist or- gan, labels thé draft resolutions as “the Mberal revival.” Three resolutions against the Com- munists were passed at the last Labor party conference. The first two re- jected the affiliation of the Commun- ist party am declared that no Com- munist should be eligible for endorse- ment as Labor ¢andidate for parlia- ment or any local body while the third, which Was passed by a very narrow majority, declared against the eligibility of any Communist for mem- bership in the Labor party. The last resolution hasnever become effective as it has been left to the discretion of local Labor parties, most of which have not expelled the Communists who belong to.them. Nearly all Com- munists are trade unionists, and evon if they were expelled as individual members they, would still retain mem- bership in the Labor. party,.hy virtue of trade union membership. Many Communists retain positions of local importance in the Labor party as del- egates from their unions, and are nom- inated for parliamentary aad other candidatures, in spite of the resolu- tions. COAL OUTPUT IN KUSBAS: WILL BE DOUBLED IN 1926 (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YO Further industrial Progress in Kemerovo district of the Kusbas Auton- lony has jurisdic- tion is reporte by the New York of- fice of that enetreprise. The mining program for the new year calls for 41,000,000 poods of coal or about 700,000 tons, an increase of 60 per cent over the production @f the pres- ent year. Coal is now produced at 10.14 kopeks perpood or $3.00 per ton. For the improvement of workers’ accommodations and conditions the sum of 1,500,000 rubles will be spent in 1926 of which one million will be used in developing an Amerieah city at Kemerovo, the center of the enter- prises. The work of underwriting the erection of a steel bridge across the River Tom at Kemerovo and ex- tensive additions.to the chemical plant for the production of by-products has been undertakempy the Sibervkom or Siberian revolutionary | committee, which has apportioned 100,000 gold rubles as a first installment for these works, bee | FABULOUS INCREASE IN WEALTH The mushroom growth in the fortu without effort on their part, is shown ij of this combine, prepared by Carl H, P' ard Oil securities. This growth, according to the New York Times, is “one of’ the marvels of industrial expansion in the United States during the past few decades.” The Times notes that it “represents largely the distribution of stock divi- dends against accumulated earnings.” Increase in Capitalizatino. These stock dividends, according to Pforzheimer, were possible as a capi- Also Cash Dividend: These figures cover instances where the owners’ wealth was doubled over- night. In the case of Standard Oil of Indiana the wealth of stockholders was increased over 80-fold (31650 per cent in stock dividends) without ef- fort on their part, Such an increase in wealth measures nothing more than power to exploit workers and consumers thru a stranglehold on es- sential natural resources. In addftion to the stock dividends shown in the table Prairie Oil has By J. JACOB.) (A. N. L. ©.) . Since 1918, there have been seri- ous threats of war on several occa- sions. Now, France has rushed head- long into a war in Morocco. The pacifists of the left bloc are bring- ing home civilization to the Riffs by means of gun fire and aerial bomb- ardment. The Moroccan adventure in 1907 which was resisted by Jaures was the prelude to the world war. In 1911, the Algerian affair almost start- ed a war between France and Ger- man at tha present moment, the fear of the national revolution becoming ex- tended outweighs the international complications which might arise from a Franco-Moroccan conflict. Great Bri- tain casts an unfriendly glance to- wards France in view of Gibraltar be- ing on the Mediterranean coast. The Moroccan war has resuscitated Ital- fan designs on Tunis. imperialists Tremble. As a matter of fact, the present conflict which confronts French im- perialism, with the Riffs fighting for independence, is a disturbing influ- ence to capitalists of all countries. The national revolution started by Abd-el-Krim has aroused the enthust asm of the whole of Islam; it started in Morocco, and if it is victorious, it would extend to Algeria, Tunis, Su- dan, Senegal, Indochina, Egypt and India and all the colonial or semi- colonial countries, The loss of the colonies would be a terrible blow for France and Great Britain and would shake their entire regime. Therefore, this must be pre- vented at all cost, they say. Painleve Controlled by Bankers. Realizing the danger, the entire press. including both the right and left, is shouting for a war to the fin ish. Herriot and Painleve are mere playthings in the hands of the direc- tors of the Bank of Paris and are playing their role admirably. They continue to talk about peace and to proclaim the pacifist intentions of OF STANDARD OIL CO. OWNERS By LELAND OLDs, (Federated Press Service) nes of Standard Oi! muilti-millionaires, n a study of the financial development forzheimer & Co. specialists in Stand- Between Jan. 2, 1912, and Jan. 2, 1925, the aggregate capitalization of the 34 separate Standard Oi| units grew from $296,432,457 to $2,084,442,820, an increase of over 600 per cent with practically no addi- tional investment by the stockholders. ous increase in the consumption of crude oil products. Production in the United States rose from 222,000,000 barrels in 1912 to 720,000,000 in 1924, while the. value of production rose from $396,361,000 to $1,793,700,000, an increase of 350° per cent. The in- crease in capitalfzation was nearly twice as great ‘proportionally as the increase fm production. The records.of the 13 largest Stand- talization of profits from the enorm-jard companies follow: Aggregate Standard Oil Stock Capital stocks 1912 1925 Dividends Of New Jersey. $707,474,675 400 Pct, Of New York. 15,000,000 227,535,300 600 Of California 25,000,000 235,228,447 181 Of Indiana 1,000,000 223,756,258 3150 Of Ohio ... 3,500,000 21,000,000 200 Vacuum Oil 2,500,000 61,919,950 300 Atlantic Refining 5,000,000 70,000,000 900 Prairie Oil 18,000,000 60,000,000 350 Ohio Oil 15,000,000 60,000,000 433 Continental Oil 300,000 30,208,590 1100 Union Tank ... 12,000,000 30,115,000 50 South Penn Oil 2,500,000 20,000,000 200 Anglo-American 5,000,000 15,000,000 100 declared dividends in Prairie Pipe Line stock equivalent to an addition- al 450 per cent. Similarly Ohio Ot! has declared dividends in Illinois Pipe Line stock equivalent to.133 per cent. Nine of. the companies have also giv- en their stockholders special sub- scription rights valued as high as 500 per cent. These stock dividends are in addi- tion to $1,417,260,197 distributed in cash dividends. A large part of this was also reinvested, still further in- creasing the owners’ income. Moroccan War Prelude. to. World War the various designs of the imperial- ist powers will become clear. French, Spanish»and British imperialists will commence quarreling over the dom- ination of Morocco. Five Your Union Meeting Second Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1925. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. District Council, 119 Throop St. jakers, ra, 12 No. Blacksmiths’ Ss. Monroe and Racine, Garfield Bivd. Western and Lexing- 5443S. Ashiand Ave, . Stat Jewelry Workers, 19 W, Ladies’ Garment Workers, Van Buren Street. me St. 328 W, Marine Cooks, $87 N. Clark St. Machinists, 113 S. and Blvd. Machinists, 735. N. Aglare Roe tenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd St, Sherman & Main St8 Lae LL Plasterers, 910 W. Monroe St, Railway Carmen Dist, Council, 5448 $. Ashland Ave. Rallway Carmen, 5444 Wentworth malitey Carmen, 5445 Ashiand Ave. Ra ay Treineen, 426 W. 63rd St. + Harrison St. » Halsted St. P. 7 Teamsters, 175 W. Washington St. Br ers (Meat), 220 S. Ashland vi meters (Bone), 6959 §. Halsted Street. 13046 Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harriso 924 Tunnel and Subway Workers, W. Harrison St. Note—Uniess otherwise stated 7 Waiters, 234 W. Randolph Se nee SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES 1 Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschritt Meets every Ist & 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 360 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. —2 PAWTUCKET, R. L—(FP)—Worst- ed workers, dyers and bleachers em- ployed by Hallewell Co. are notified of a 10 per cent wage cut. About 250 are affected. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. iis h education, TH and 2. R. Browder. 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