The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 31, 1925, Page 5

BANKERS PAINT STORM SIGNALS A BRIGHT SHADE Debt Collection Has Double Meaning By LELAND OLDS, (Federated Press Service.) What signs of the storms which will mark the crisis of the present age of exploitation and presage its collapse? One is the gradual assembl- ing of tribute-gathering machinery in the guise of debt collection. This will mean a greater concentration of the country’s spending power in the hands of an arrogant upper class and cor- responding increase of dependent workers whose honorable employment has been stolen, leaving their sub- sistence subject to the parasitical in- terests of the magters. This simultaneous process, result- ing from the determination of Ameri- can capital to lay tribute on the world is hidden in an analysis of the debt- funding problem by Morgan’s Guar- anty Trust Co. It says: “The payment of foregn debts must inevitably be largely made by the ex- port of goods from the debtor coun- tries. This injects into the domestic mafkets of the creditor country for- eign competition. Moreover, the ex- tensive loaning of American funds to other nations for the purpose of eco- aomic readjustment and the stimula- tion of production means increased competition for American goods in both domestic and foreign markets. That there must be hardships upon individual industries in this process of debt payment and readjustment is clear,” This hardship will fall chiefly upon the wage earner in loss of employ- ment and pressure to accept reduced standards, The bank does not show this, but describes debt payment as a process in which the foreign govern- ments deprive their peoples of pur- chasing power by taxation and trans- fer it to the U. S. government which passes it on to its people either by re- ducing taxes or by repaying the in- ternal debt. ; This process is going on, but pro- posals for reducing taxes aim largely at sparing the incomes of the. rich while the bulk of payments on the in- ternal debt go to the same investing class. Instead of increasing the, pur- chasing power of the American peo- ple, enabling them to buy the foreign products poured in to pay the debts and still to provide a market for American products, this procéss only increases the investing power of the upper class. Barring the uncertainties of a new world war, with the debtor nations ‘al- Ned to end the tribute, this will end in a small imperial clique riding on a tribute-paying world ‘proletariat. But before that is completely realized decay will have eaten away the roots of the system. Import Mexican Labor to Scab on the Negro (Special to The Daily Worker) CLARKSDALE, Miss.—(FP)—With the advent of 2,000 Mexicans to under- -bid the Negro for employment on plantations the Clarksdale chamber of commerce has formed a protective association to prevent labor agents from other sections from taking their help by the promise of higher wages. OUR DAILY bs arego Pe | INFANTS’ CARRIAGE ROBB 4729, Cut tn one size—for infants to 6 months of age. It will require 2% yards if made in wrap style, In coat style 1% yard is required, Price 12 cents. LADIES’ JACKET 5241. Cut in 6 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 4 inchos bust measure, A 38 inch size requires 2 yarda of 54 inch material, Price 12c, SCL LO PATTERN BUY! Tot Atcrnwe being sold thru the VORKER pattern department are furs tiehed by a New York Arm of pattern sw ocourees, Orders are forwarded by ' LY WOURKKR every ee ae re © o\re and they ave tuuled’ by the man- sreck to the custom The LY dues pet heap a Mtl — Delive of waar ity wilt take al leat 10 ioe Mabe vi (uaillng the order, vine in pauient if your pattern Bee \} and containing ¥ d_children’ caer som rehensi: THE DAILY WORKER “MINERS DON’T NEED YOUR-ADVICE,” CAPPELLINI TELLS DEBS AND MAURER , By AUGUST VALENTINE. HO the socialist party is dead as a door nail (I guess that’s why) it made the reactionaries here feel very spookey. a On October 16 Gene Debs and Jim Maurer spoke at a mass meeting in Scranton, was made of it. the same old song, they havVé' been in- toning for 20 yedrs—no realism, no understanding of today’s struggles— just sentimental bunk. i The Debs meeting in itself ig not so interesting as the reaction to it. Days before the meeting was held the “Paul Reveres of the American con- stitution,” as they called themselves, weré preparing for a counter-demon- stration. The mayor of Wilkes’ Barre saw in the socialists a “disturbing ele- ment,” and how close they’ were link- ed with the Communists, Wow!!! At.‘this counter ‘demonstration against. the Debs-Maurer.. meeting spoke Charles B. Clark, who Nas the word “Honorable” attached to his name,’ and who is assistant *eorpora- tion counsel of New York; William B, Healy of Wilkes Barre, “former vice-commander of the Ameritah le- gion; Reverend Joseph M. M. ‘Gray, pastor of the Elm Park churth, who vulgarly referred to Gene Debs: as a “stray dog who instinctively sticks’ his tail in every tin can he. comes, to,” and Harold Lord Varney, renegade I. W. W., now of the American Consti- tutioial League. This -was a fine bunch, but would not be. cémplete without “Reno” Cappellini, so he chip- ped in. tat UR “Reno” took a crack at all kinds of “isms” and said that the Debs meeting was not authorized by the United Mine Workers of America. (But the meeting w on just the same, with a thousand people pres- ent, despite of the fact that “Reno” urged the miners to attend the coun- ter demonstration.) The counter meet- ing had only about two hundred pres- ent. Listen to this wise crack of “Reno's.” He says: “At a time when the miners are struggling for better wages, James H. Maurer had no. busi- Despite the fact) that the coal strike is on, hardly any mention Both of ‘them sang+ ness coming to Scranton to talk about the coal problem,” and with a high tone he “advised” Debs and Maurer that the officials can handle the situ- ation themselves. HE chairman was Congressman Watres. After taking a rap at the socialists and Communists, he intro- duced Joseph P. Kamp, representative of the Constitutional Educational League, This bird threw so much bull that all the cows are widows around here. Clark saw in Debs a dangerous per- son. “Qur growth and prosperity are due to the protection afforded us by the law and the constitution,” said Clark. Then he goes on to tell while the boys were across fighting, Debs mounts the platform where President McKinley was born and rediculed the government, told his audience that Wall Street was responsible for our entrance in the war, etc., which brings me back to an editorial in the Scran tonion of October 18, in which it has the following to say about the “Reds”: " “The average Communist, British, German, Russian, or Ameri- can, has the intellectual consciousness of a child of ten years of age. To him history is a sealed book, etc., ete.” Well, we might not know all the history, but we know enough to tell the “Paul Reveres” that McKinley was not born in Canton, Ohio. Healey urged the public to support the legion, and said if anyone does not support the government, tag him with a yellow card and send him back to where he came from. This idiot is anxious to deport anybody and everybody who disagrees with him. Harold Lord Varney, former radical, who cowardly recanted in the “Red Raids” saw in Debs’ philosophy a menace to the community. Negro Longshoremen: Handed a Wage Cut; Others Get a Raise} Use of NEW ORLBANS — (FP) —Lotig- shoremen at Gulfport, Miss. have been granted a scale of 70c an hour, an increase of 15c, to conform to, Mo- bile and Pensacola, with time and a half for overtime owing to the scar- city of labor, Agents in New Orleans have notified the colored longshong- men that the scale will be reduced from 80 to 65¢ an hour. Eight hundred members of the colored longshoremen union have. sent a protest to the shipping board. Itds thought a strike will result. Four Years of Life Darkened by Prison,” Says Note to I. L. D. From the state prison in Thomaston; Maine, a class war prisoner writes to the International Labor Defense, after having served four years-of-his term: “The world has moved so swift- ly these four years of my continsaep that I am sadly out-of touch, I having stood still if not receded, being denied all the knowledge, the action, the hope, knowing only the fear and the pain, I stand bewildered, blind in the darkness. .. .” PATTERNS 5249.. Cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8/10 and 12 years. A 10 year size as shown in the large view, will require 2 yards of 40 inch figured material and % yard of plain. If made with short s and of oné material 2% yards of 40 inch material will be required. Price 12¢. * ot, ° CHILDS’ COAT 4852, Cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A 6 year size requires 2 yards of 40 inch material. Price 12¢. “| WASHION BOOK NOTICE! 1 i ive sta for out Piosdate, Fait and” Wintenn, 192852 k of Fashions, showing col fC elae a Tina tin ‘Het atite hon), all Farm Workers Put on’ Labor Market by the Power Machine Labor saving machinery has been displacing farm workers at a rapid vate.in the last generation. A study of power on farms by C. D, Kinsman, agricultural engineer attached to the U, S. department of agriculture, shows that about 19,000,000 more workers would be required on the present farms if only the tool power of 1850 Were available. These millions have been turned into the great pool of un- differentiated labor from which the employing class draws its working | forces. Agriculture in the United States now uses practically as much primary power as all manufacturing and cen- »} tral station plants combined. Kinsman stmates the amount of power used annually on farms as Close to 16,000,- 000,000 horse power hours. The cost of this power under 1924 conditions is about $3,000,000,000. Fire Fighters’ Union Puts Kibosh on Habit of Hogging Two Jobs HIBBING, Minn.—(FP)—Organized city firemen who use their statutory | time off duty to rob the unemployed of a job will receive the unfriendly attention of their union, the Hibbing Fire Fighters’ union, an Amercan Fed- eration of Labor organization. “Whereas the Fire Fighters are re- ceiving a living wage and it is not necessary to get extra work in order to make a living,” reads the union resolution, “Be it resolved that we will exert qur utmost influence to put a stop to this practice by reporting any member who does any offshift job ,| to the officers of the union who shall “| call a special meeting to handle the case.” Build the DAILY WORKER. LUTE TT THIS IS: OF LEGISLATORS AND OTHER DOGS Making Alien Workers Pay State Expenses By REGINA MYROSKI MOUNDSVILLE,, W. Va., October 29.—West Virginia is a wealthy state, but its wealth is not enjoyed by either the workers or some of the law makers. Some. members of the state legislature ‘segpms impoverished—in fact, so poverty-striken that its mem- bers cannot afford to buy pedigreed dogs for themselyes, their wives or flapper daughters, or countless other relatives, to fondle. So they passed a law, a law which forbids aliens the right to own a dog on penalty of a heavy fine. Now, althougn the members of the State legislatuge may be short of cash they are not lacking in cunning. They thought, and thought, until they could think no more, how best to get the most fines and the most dogs. If the law was made public the poor work- ng foreigners would dispose of them. So a plan was finally concocted which would insure plenty of dogs and, therefore, plenty of fines. The residents of West Virginia or some of them, at least, were un- pleasantly surprised about six or seven weeks ago by the wholesale ar- rest of foreigners owning dogs. They were indignant. What was the matter anyway? Surely, there was no law forbidding the aliens that privilege, if privilege it be. But it developed that there was such a law, passed at the last session of the state legislature, without be- ing made public or advertised. It paid so much better to introduce it by wholesale arrests. This law hits the workers. Most of those arrested are striking miners. True, very few are striking nbw—the strike being practically Pst! One Of the “dog catchers” upon be- ing question®a@ what was the purpose of passing Sticl*a law, stated that it was tu forcé Allaliens to become citi- zens! Not’ exaetly the right way to proceed to séeure the best citizens, is it? Even those: who have their first citizenship papers cannot own a dog, it developed. The “dog ¢atcher” in this section is also one of “the most active prohibi- tion officers; He is very successful at his trade, It always takes a thief to catch “anothé? thief, and a, boot- legger to get another bootlegger. His name is William Burkett! and he cer- tainly has ‘a’#splendid’® record as a drunkard. cs ta What puz#tés all the workers is how he retains ‘his job corisidering the many times hé'is arrested ‘for habituai drunkenness,"driving a car while in- toxicated, ete: But, then, are we to question the morals of our law enforc- ers? So lomyas they are successful in arresting the alien workers, strik- ing miners, pickets, etc., what else is required? I Surely, this‘law must be most pleas- ing to the coak operators—especially the way it isimtroduced. It is such a simple way of getting back at the im- poverished striking miners. 1 Russian Grain Crop Larger Than Pre-War MOSCOW (Tass.), Oct. 29.—Accord- ing to calculations of the people’s he is but 37. commissariat of agriculture, the whole crop of this year amounts of 4,100,- 900,000 poods. Since 1911 there was } joy, STORY | | | |ied up or down, ETNIES | pepe cu nnnae aiecs mmcnnmanmames trate nme COMMON-EABOR’S AVERAGE WAGE 38 CENTS AN HOUR; POST WAR “NORMALCY” CUT WAGES IN TWO By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press is 38 cents an hour. This has been the surplus looking for employment var- It means $3.04 for an 8-hout day or $3.80 for a 10-hour day, Under the best possible circum- stances working 10 hours a day every work day in the year, the common la- borer in the United States cannot make $1,200. Taking uncertainties of employment into account the average annual earn- ings of unskilled workers, the real in- dex of the condition of the working class, falls considerably under $1,000; probably under $900. ‘Wages of common labor vary wide- ly, touching a low of 25 cents an hour in the south and a high of 52 cents on the Pacific coast. These wages by regions for 1915, 1920 1922 and July, 1925, were: Hourly pay of Common Labor Average in Cents 1915 1920 1922 1926 New England .......20 49 39 47 Middle Atlantic ....20 50 36 48 South Atlantic ...14 87 .21 28 Bast So. Central..12 32 20 26 West So. Central.16 40 24 26 East No. Central..21 53 31 36 West No. Central..26 62 31 35 Mountain 6 65 87 «48 Pacific .. 6 60 48 52 U. S, average. 0 49) «38288 U. 8. Steel rate....20 46 32 40 The wartime demand for labor, coupled with the operation of sundry government wage boards aiming to stabilize the labor market by lip ser- vice to the living wage, lifted the average wage of common labor 145 per cent above 1915. The return to normalcy left unorganized common la- bor a commodity with rapidly dimin- ishing demand. In 2 years the aver+ age wage fell 35 per cent. Increases since 1922 have only par- tially restored the wages of common labor and the average is still 22 per cent below 1920. The average varies from 4 per cent below the peak in New England to 44 per cent below in the West North Central region. Simi- larly, with the average 90 per cent above 1915, we find New England 135 per cent above prewar while the West North Central states average for com- mon labor is only 40 per cent above prewar. What, Price Glory? WASHINGTON— The above de- scribes the case of Capt. Nathan Williams, who has just undergone his 27th major operation for rotting vones, in Walter Reed hospital, Wash- ington. He is suffering from bayonet and gunshot wounds received in France. ‘ His son, who got into the havy at 18 years of age, is‘a per- manent “total disability” invalid in a Colorado hospital maintained by the government. If Williams ever gets out of the veterans’ hospital he must get a job, as he has a wife and he will get no retirement pension. He was only an emergency officer; pen- sions go to regular officers. Before he enlisted and went to France, Williams was employed in the government bureau of engraving | and printing, in the capital. Now he appears at least 50 years old, altho However, he has an- other operation ahead before he need worry about getting a watchman’s Most of hig leg is already cut no such crop in Russia. It surpasses away. the crop of last year by 1,400,000,000 poods. The whole production of agri- Workers Join Your Local Co-operative Store. <—— “Co-operators Best” Products (Red Star, Blue Star, White Star and Yellow Star Brands) Distributed by the co-operative wholésale. CO-OPERATIVE CENTRAL EXCHANGE, ber Superior, Wis. culture in 1925 is estimated at 9,257,- 000,000 rubles and, in comparison with Buffalo Bandits Get $93,000 BUFFALO, N, Y., Oct. 29.—Bandits held up two messengers of the Marine 7,800,000,000 rubles of the last year, it} Trust company, one of the city’s lar- shows an increase of 19 per cent. Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. , + ot * 0o gest banking institutions today, shot and killed one of the messengers, Charles Clifford, and escaped with $93,000. The other messenger, Joseph Meyers, was wounded. fe MOSCOW, (Tass)—Oct, 29.—The council of people’s commissaries has decided to give to Ukrainian author. ities 4,000,000 roubles for the next yéar in order to aid them in the cam- paign against drought and jts ruinous consequences. To those who work hard for their money, ! will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIAT 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. $1.25 Durofiex Covers The base on which wages thruout American industry rest is revealed | in U, 8, department of agriculture figures on wages of common labor..thru- out the country since 1915. The figures show how wages of unorganized la- | bor are determined by supply and demand without reference to. the needs | | of these workers and their families. The average rate for common labor, taking the country as a whole today, | altho there has been considerable var-+ jiation from month to month as the Industrial Editor) yearly average for the last three years | Ohio Workers Answer Need for Class War Defense: Build I. L. D.| Be | Fred Biedenkapp who is touring the state of Ohio in behalf of the Interna- | tional Labor Defense reports that con- siderable success is attending his ef- forts in the organization of new branches and stimulating activity. in those already organized. In Dayton a branch of the I. L, D. was organized. After electing officers the branch decided to hold a mass conference on November 16 to which representatives of working class or- ganizations will be invited. Seventeen members ‘joined up in, Mansfield and $12.50 in dues was col- legted on the spot, Great enthusiasm prevailed and a mass conference was arranged to be held on November 15. In Columbus, a branch with nine members was organized after listen- ing to Comrade Biedenkapp explain Page Five GREAT BRITAIN MOBILIZES 300 PLANES FOR WAR England Determined to Keep Mosul BAGDAD, Mesopotamia, Oct. 29.— England is not letting any grass grow under her feet in the row with Turkey over the question as to who will get the oil flelds of Mosul. Eng- }land is preparing an air fleet of 300 planes that will carry 1,500 bombs which will completely destroy the Turkish bases and their water-wells, according to Sir Harry Dobbs and Air Commander Dowding of the British air service. The officers im command of the Hinaidi base, which is seven miles in circumference and holds 8 airplane squadrons as well as infantry and armored cars; boast of the effective bombing which they carry on. At this base they have an album of pic tures showing the “before and after” effects of airplane bombing. Systematic bombing of native vil- lage and homes of chieftains are car- ried on at the least provocation for practice, boasted one of the air offi- cers. chelp! s the aims and objects of the Interna tional Labor Defense. A- tentative date—November 17 or 18—was set for the calling of a mags conference. Wrap your lunck in a copy of |the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your shop-mate. Serres: Coming! In the Workers “Marx and Engels on the great Communist P. GREEN The 8th Anniversary ofthe Russian Revolution. WM. Z. FOSTER The Needie Trades. ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG The Marx-Engels Institute of Moscow. JAY LOVESTONE Class Divisions in America. $2.00 a Year Chicag program each night. of the American Labor Movement. To close the event, a Grand International Saturday evening, 8 o’clock, 36 cents, aii cise fr RaSSIiA TODAY. DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY 19 W, WASHINGTON BLYD. November /? 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