The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORK THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DALLY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. W118 W, Washington Blyd., Chicago, IM, Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall (in Chicago only): By mall (outelde of Chicago): 98:00 per year $4.50 six monthe $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il!inols J. LOUIS BNGDAHL { Mittors WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB......ssrnsmnecomeorneme Business Manager ——— TT Watered ay second-class mat! September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ii, under the act of March 8, 1879. wee 290 ‘Advertising rates on application. Green’s Green Goods William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, read the Communists out of the trade union movement in a speech delivered in Detroit last Monday.. This has been done before, there- fore it isnot novel. Driving the Communists out of the unions is a more profitable and less hazardous occupation for the labor fakers than bringing the unorganized workers into them. They will earn the gratitude, and we dare say the dollars of the master class with- out drawing on their reserves of energy. They will rob the labor movement of its brain and backbone, provided they are’ successful. We do not believe they will be successful. In fact we can guarantee they will not. Hitched up with the Green tirade against the Communists was an extension of the olive leaf to the capitalist class. Green spurned the idea that there was any conflict between capital and labor. He even hinted that the capitalist system was a myth. Perhaps the strike of 158,000 anthracite miners is only a picnic. Green had noth- The Econ (Continued trom page 1) “The coal commission, headed by John Hays Hammond, reporting to congress in 1923, declared frankly that the industry is completely under the control of “a double-headed rail- road and coal combination,” which levies monopolistic tribute. The 174 anthracite producers are capitalized for the sum of $430,000,- 000, as compared with bituminous capitalization of $1,900,000,000. More then two-thirds of this amount is in the hands of the eight railroad coal companies. When the 174 producers of anthracite are compared with the 6,000 producers of bituminous, one gets a graphic illustration of the ex- tent of concentration of capital in anthracite. Monopolistic Profits in Anthracite Profits for the capitalists, always large in anthracite. have. become fabulous within the pest ten years. Most of the increase of profits can be traced directly to monopoly-prices of anthracite, the‘retail price increasing from $6 per ton in 1913, to $14 in 1921. During that same period, the yearly net income of the railroad coal com- panies rose from $13,000,000 to $31,- 000.000. In 1921, the Pennsylvania omic Coal Co. paid cash. afvidends of 137 per cent, and in 1922 cash dividends of 168 per cent, whidh amounted to $1.80 and.$2.76 per tom of coal mined in the two years, The’ Hillside Coal and Iron Co,, in 1921, handed to its stockholders a dividend of 208. per cent; while in the same year the Le- high & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. de- clared a dividend of 227 per cent. In addition to the direct profits of the coal corporations, the railroad companies profits richly on the freight rates of the ‘coal which they themselves control, thus taking profit twice. It is notorious that the rail- roads which control the anthracite fields yield tremendously increased profits over others not. 80, situated. There are two more lines of system- atic profit-takers in the anthracite system, namely, the, wholesalers and retailers. During the. years 1915. to 1922, according to the congressional report, profits of wholesalers. who handle two-thirds of the entire anthra- cite production, ranged from 20 to 42 per cent. Retail profits were in the usual prqportion to wholesale trade. All of which is not to mention that most of the anthracite fields are oper- ated by leasehold, nét by the owners, and that the leases average a royalty ER should be. made unéasy by this mon- strous monopoly, and should comment in the following words: “Because of the large increase in operator’s margins per ton, since the strike of 1922, and the possibility of further increase in prices as a result of the recent settlement (1925), we believe that such current publicity as to costs, margins, and profits, should begin at once. Uniess the yublic is protected by publicity of accounts, we are apprehensive that the concentra- ted control of the industry may take indefensible profits.” Conditions of the Workers Simultaneously with the tremend- ous growth in the wealth of the an- thracite industry, conditions of the workers have grown continuously worse for the past 25 years. In spite of the tremendous struggles, begin- ning in 1900 when the United Mine Workers first organized the masses anthracite miners, thru the ae strike of 1903 which lasted five months and caused the appointment of the first anthracite commission by Roosevelt, down to the struggle of 1922 which Lewis compromised ton. It is little wonder, therefore, that even the capitalistic coal commission, to the owners of from $1 to $1.50 per with the small wage increases of HILLQUIT AND SCAB CREW GREETED WITH CHEERS FOR SOVIET ing to say about that. Labor Day should be the last day in the world to mention anything that would bring disharmony into the love feast between the two Siamese Twins, the capital and labor brothers fathered by Green and company. Green ordered all Communists out of the trade union movement. It can’t be done, Bill, not by all the labor fakers and stoolpigeons on the payroll of the capitalist class and the capitalist government. If Green’s drawing account from the, United States Chamber of Com- merce and the department of justice depends on his ability to“expel the Communists from the labor movement, he had better put a few more irons in the fire. - 5 The Communists are in the unions and they are in to stay. If they are kicked out the front.door, they will come in the back. They are in the unions to build them up, not to tear them down. Green and his pirate crew have done that only too well. It is because the Communists are active in the unions, with a constructive program, because they want to build up the organizations of labor. for the struggle against the bosses, because they want to organize theunor- ganized, because they want to give the members of organized labor the message of independent class political action and the message of emancipation from wage slavery—these are the reasons why Green received his orders from Big Business to make war on the Communists. General Sherman of civil war fame once said that “war is hell.” Mr. Green will agree with Sherman before he gets thru with his cam- paign against the Communists. Self-Determination and Oil England is on the edge of war with Turkey over the Mosul oil fields. Of course England does not put the case in this crude (oil) fashion. She never does. What England says is that the Mosulians deserve better than to be saddled with the rule of such a lot of’ bar- barians as the Turks. It’s all in the interest of civilization: If Mosul had nothing of greater value in the ground than lime- stone or granite, it is hardly likely that England would worry how the downtrodden natives would get along. But five billion barrels of oil are worth fighting for. The fight is not between the English capitalists and the Turks. The real battle is between the English oil kings and American oil magnates. Admiral Chester, the agent of the American oil interests made this quite clear when he stated a few days ago that the natives of Mosul “enjoyed an advanced civilization long before the Angles and Saxons.” This is talking like a real diplomat. The admiral is learning from “‘our English cousins.” The admiral says the Turkish government is willing to settle the question on the basis of one of Woodrow Wilson’s “fourteen points,” the only one left in anything like good condition. So is the admiral, and the retired sea dog is president of the Ottoman American Development company, which holds concessions for industrial pro- jects in Turkey including the Mosul oil fields. The admiral declares that the people of Mosul have confidence in the good intentions and the honor of the United States, and he hastens to state that they will not be disappointed. Not as long as they have a barrel of oil in their native land or until Chester and his associates succeed in sell- ing their concession for a worthy consideration. They have already been offered over $100,000,000. For the sake of peace the Chester concessionaires are willing to let the British oil men share in the spoils. If the British oil men agree there will be no war to save civilization in Mosul. The United States will not intervene to protect the principle of self-determina- tion. This is the tale unadorned. . Let our readers point the moral. ite When a War I's Not a War Premier Painleve of France opened the sixth session of the League of Nations with an exhortation against war. He warned the delegates of a new war, unless immediate steps were taken to side- track the menace. Evidently the philosophical Painleve forgot all about his own Moroccamadventure where his government has 200,000 troops, several warships, armored cars, tanks and airplanes en- gaged in the “peaceful” task of robbing the tribesmen of their country. Perhaps Mr. Painleve does not consider a war of extermination against small nationalities a “menace to civilization.” The only peo- ple who are reasonably safe from civilization nowadays are those who are strong enough to protect themselves or those. who have noth- ing worth stealing. ; : The bandit powers are.not worrying about punitive expeditions against subject peoples who refuse to remain subject...This is one of the visible means of support of the imperialist powers. Such ad- ventures are universally agreeable unless the pirates begin to en- eroach on each other’s preserves. What the rascals are really afraid _ of is a big whopper of a * een the imperialist brigands, a war that is sure to send the whole robber bund into discard, aided by a ” gtiff kick from the revolutionary working class. i ! NEW YORK, Sept. 8—Jeers and ribald shouts from 200 members of the 1. W. W. and Communists greet- ed the arrival today of a strike- breaking crew of non-union seamen who manned the liner Majestic af- ter dodging pickets at Southhamp- ton. “Scabs!" “Scissor bills!” they shouted. Mounted policemen rushed the “wobblies” and Communists from the pier. The workers were waiting for the arrival of Morris Hillquit, former socialist candidate for mayor, and one of the passengers. Their anger was apportioned be- tween Hillquit and the non-union seamen, 152 in number. Their ban- ners read: “Hillquit and a scab crew,” and “Uphold Soviet Russia.” Union Miners Are Put on Trial at Zeigler, Illinois (Continued from page 1) The other charge, in the opinion of observers, may be postponed inde- assault charge is disposed of. Upon motion of the prosecution that sixteen of the defendants be held and ten others be discharged, the court announced that it would rule later on this motion. Defendants Charged With Yelling. The prosecution today made a poor showing with their witnesses, the chief “crime” testified to by them as attributable to the union miners was the grave offense of yelling “Shut the door!” when the ku klux klan began shooting in the Zeigler union hall. Cobb, who has gained about a thoro a dislike among the miners of this vicinity as any man could well accu- mulate, has shown the most poison malice toward the members of his union. He has not depended on the state’s attorney.to do his prosecution of the union miners, but has actually hired a special attorney from Marion, Ilinois, to help the prosecutor and see that no union miner gets away, if he can help it, from a term at Joliet prison. Cobb has no sense of what his repu- tation as a union leader is going to suffer by this disgraceful affair. He and four others were on the stand for the prosecution today, all trying to see that members of the U. M. W. of A. go to prison regardless of evi- dence. The defense attorney cross- xamined them, but did not use any ‘witnesses of its own, Many Schools Must Use Two Shift Plan as Fall Term Opens ‘With the opening of school yester- day ninety grammar school buildings have been placed on the shift system, two sets of pupils getting 5 hours a day. Many have also been placed in portable buildings put up in the play- grouds, to help meet the big seating shortage. The enrollment desk in each school building was kept working at high speed while long lines of mothers with their children crowded the cor- ridors. Only one of the new build- ings comprising the board of educa- tion’s extensive building program of which so much has been heard with- in the last few months, is ready for occupancy. The others are still un- der construction and no promises of completion are held forth for months to come, There are 210 school buildings, 11,- 000 teachers and approximately 465,- 000 school children in the Chicago public school system as the 1925 fall term begins. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row-—show them What the DAILY WORKER says about it. Snitely, or delayed at least until the trades, he SIGNIFICANCE OF LABOR DAY PICNIC THEME Two Kinds of Holiday Shown by Foster A regular good time was the verdict of the Chicago workers who attended the big picnic given by the Trade | Union Educational League and the |Jewish Daily Freiheit at Stickney Park on Labor Day, The threatening ¢louds probably kept many from coming early in the day, but the nice afternoon drew a sizeable crowd which rollicked all over the big grounds and enjoyed every minute with one or more of the many games and entertainments. The Juniors were much in evidence every- where and gave life to the sports un- der the guidance of Louise Morrison. Negro Speakers Calls for Class Solidarity In the big dance payillion, Otto Hall of the Negro Labor Congress briefly spoke ofthe aims of the congress which is to be held in Chicago during October, and. set forth the need of working class solidarity of all work- ers regardless of race in the struggle for a better life for the workers. William Z. Foster, the main speak- er of the day, received an ovation ; when he appeared on the rostrum to speak upon the significanee of Labor ;Day.. He pointed out the difference between the International Labor Day on May the First. and ‘the sort of Labor Day observed py. American la- bor in September. ‘Wherever May First is celebrated by; the workers, it signifies a day on which the workers rally for class struggle) In this coun- try, so backward are’ ‘the American unions under reactionary leaders, that the only day they celebrate is used as a symbol of class collaboration. May Day Means Class Struggle In Europe, said Foster, when May Day comes around, the bosses prepare for conflict with the masses of work- ers. Hundreds of thousands are mo- bilized and.take part in tremendous demonstrations the whole meaning of which is that labor asserts its cons- ciousness of class, its determination finally to overthrow its exploiters and establish its own political power. But in America we have the sicken- ing spectacle of so-called “labor lead- ers” using this September Labor Day to hobnob with the gnemies of labor. to obscure class lines, and to lead the workers into the swamps of class ; Peace and class collaboration. | “Labor” Day Mean Class Peace in United States Foster pointed out how even Cool- idge, the generalissimo of govern- ment strike breakers, was also cele- brating “Labor Day,” All over the country bankers bosses were speaking, at the inyitation of .reac- tionary union officials, to gatherings of workers, preaching the alleged “in- dentity of interests”. between labor and capital. ape Such traitorous labor leaders were guilty of poisoning minds of the workers by this sort, of propaganda, and the signal of ees awakening would be when the masses of work- ers. who have little or no voice in such bodies as the A. F. of L. conven- tion soon to convene at Atlentic City, would begin to celebrate May Day as Labor Day and not the occasion for class collaboration in September. Freiheit Has Been In Vanguard The speaker spoke of the difference between European Jabor and Amer- ican unionism and’told of the great movement for world trade union unity which has scarcely yet touched the labor movement di United States. He accented the aims of the Trade Union Educational League, urging all radical workers up the unions and to join the T, #, L. and take Dart in its work, Freiheit had done splendid work in the neegle me ae i Union Congress Opens (Continued from Page 1) Soviet Russia. MacDonald Right Wing Hated. Over 4,000,000 British unionists are represented by the 700 delegates at the congress, and a strong feeling is rising among the labor unionists at the reactionary behavior of the right wing elements, particularly Ramsay MacDonald and Frank Hodges. Mac- Donald gave a slight hint of his scorn for the “base degrees by which he did ascend,” by failing to attend the opening session of the congress and, instead, spending the week end as the guest of King George the Fifth, and Queen Mary, at Balmoral Castle. Fight on Centralization, The trades union congress today discussed a resolution proposed by one of ‘the more extreme sections, seeking to give more centralized power to the general council of the organization, but eventually shelved it for the council’s consideration. Several speakers, including J. R. Clymes, lord privy seal under the Mc- Donald government, urged “caution.” J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railway Men, said nothing could be more fatal than to give power to the council “by the people who had no authority to do so.” Cook Clashes with Thomas. ; A reference by Mr. Thomas to the miners brot A. J. Cook, secretary of the miners’ federation, to his feet, amidst an uproar. The president or- dered Mr. Cook down and order was restored. The resolution eventually was shelved by acceptance of a proposal that the whole question be referred to the general council. 6.3 German Union Congress Reactionary. BERLIN, Sept, 8—The congress of the German trade unions which is now ending at Breslau, has been completely controlled by the reaction- ary social-democratic leaders. Under the control of the socialists with their policy of class collabora- tion, the unions have suffered terrible defeats and unprecedented membership. In spite of this, the social demo- crats cling to their policy of fighting against any unity of the workers, such as the united front upon particu- lar issues as proposed by the Com- munists. The officialdom continue to carry out expulsions of Communists and disruptions of all efforts of the rank and file to unite upon a policy of class struggle. The Breslau congress has been, therefore, devoid of all contructive activity. It was a jubilee of anti- Soviet Russia, anti-Communist, anti- anited. front socialist officials. This policy is continued, in spite of the fact that the German trade union movement is so weakened and pow- erless in contrast to its old position, that the Berlin capitalist papers have even ignored this Breslau congress as being unimportant. loss of Riffians Cut Road LONDON. Sept. 8—The Tangier- Tetuan road has been closed by the Riffians attacks. Native couriers ar- riving in Tangier still bring word of the hot battle for Beni Karrich, Tan- gier dispatch: The Riffians, tribesmen, have succeeded in stop- ping passenger traffic on the Ceuta- Tetuan railway, The Jeballas were massing for an attack on Regaia to- day, the dispatches said. ¢ Cloud Burst Hits lowa A cloud burst struck this city turn- ing the streets into rivers flooding the basements and sewers. More than an inch of rain fell in an hour break- ing a heat wave that has gripped this section for the last eight days, during which the temperature reach- ed 105 degrees, for September. throuout this will save late crops. and pastures, ’ ej i 1900, 1908. 1916,:1917, 1918, and 1920, yet the rise in wages has lagged al- ways behind the rise in the cost of living. The annual income of the anthra- cite miners now runs from $600 to $1800 as compared with 25 years ago from $500 to $600. More than two- thirds of the miners earn less than $1800 per year. The average working year is 248 days, which reflects the more stable conditions of anthracite as compared with bituminous, where unemployment has ravaged the ranks of the miners with terrible effect. Conditions for organization, aside from the existence of the more highly organized and militant employing class, are rather more favorable than in the bituminous-ftelis. The anthra- cite miners do not-li¥e in isolated coal camps, “company towns.” as do the bituminous miners..’ Almost all of them live in towns of 2500 population or more, in which they comprise about half of-the-population. Some- thing more than one-half of them are foreign-born, mostly Poles, Russians, Italians, and Lithuanians. the larger part of whom, however, have been in America for many years. More than 90 per cent are organized into the United Mine Workers of America, al- tho in the anthracite the union has ckground of the Rathracits Strike not succeeded in establishing the check-off system of collecting dues, which is one of its most trusted wea- pons in the bituminons fields. The basic evil from which the an- thracite miners suffer has not yet been attacked effectively by the union, and is not being attacked effect- ively in the present strike. This evil is: the absence of a standard. basic rate of wages. All the wage advances won by the anthracite miners: have been based upon the chaotic ‘scales’ in effect at the time of the formation of the union in 1900, with such changes in the hundred and one classifications as the employers desire or feel strong enough to put into effect. This has left open the door for the must sys tematic. iuggling of wages by the com: panies to.the detriment of the miners, an opportunity which the capitalists have taken full advantage. In every section ofthe anthracite district, the miners have an enormous acchmula- tion of grievances from this cause, which will not be remedied even if the, present strike is successful, and which will remain a running sore in the anthracite industry, until ‘the union has established that minimum for the beginning of some sort. of workers’ control over their own work: ing conditions. a basic rate of wages, Appeal Brings Save the Daily Worker! $516.90 Sent in by Speediest Workers. Militants’ Gash TH the danger call echoing thruout the ranks of the American Communist movement, spurring thousands to activity to save the DAILY WORKER, results secured up until now have fallen far short of overcoming the emergency situation. Up until Tuesday noon a total of $516.90 had been received from 52 militant fighters for the working class. These donations, while they indicate the spirit of the Workers. Paryt branches and of DAILY WORKER readers and while they relieve to some extent the difficult situation, are in- adequate ‘in; the:.extreme to meet¢———_____-—___—_ Big Battle Promised As British Trade CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, Sept. 8.—|~ the DAILY WORKER emergency needs. The minimum requirements during the ensuing two weeks is $10,000 of which $5,000 must be secured before the end of this week. Failure in this effort may mean temporary suspension of the vw DAILY WORKER or even worse than that, it may mean the loss of the DAILY WORKER entirely. Workers Party branches or in- dividual Communists who can contemplate this catastrophe with composure and inactivity will stand aside and-allow others to make the efforts and the sacri- fices. Others, however, who know that the DALLY WORKER is the most valuable. possession of the American Communist movement, will allow themselves no rest un- til their name,is on the list of honor. Delays Are Dangerous. Excuses Are Fatal. ACTION ONLY WILL COUNT. Say wae close $..... MBO £ payable t Blvd., Chicago, Ill. THESE NAMES HEAD THE ROLL OF HONOR Bishop Wm. M. Brown, Gallon, 0..$100.90 50.00 Helen Pratt Judd, Chicago, Il. Workers Party, Russian Branch, . W. L. No. 5, South Side Englis Sam Cohen, Chicago—_______ 2.00 Anonymous, Chicago 2.00 Emil Holt, Chicago... 19.00 Wm. Joffe, Chicago, fil—-————— 2 Switchman, Cicero, 1 Fred Miller, Chicag 2 Sydney Frank, Youn 2 Ye 10. 5 P. Suvorov, Baltimore, Md... _24 G. Kenzevich, Highland Pk., Mich, 10. ae vg Detroit, Mich 1 5 2 1 dL. Overhul 5. 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