The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 19, 1925, Page 6

Page Six T THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAIL Y WORKER PUBLISHING co. 1118 'W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, iil. Phone Monroe 4712 | —— cE = ciaiboetid SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mail (in Chicago only): { By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00: per year $4.50 six months | $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, ants W, Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois J, LOUIS ENGD VAHL WILLIAM F, DUN MORITZ J, LOEB. Bntered as second-class mail September 21, 1 cago, Ill, under the act of Ma iditors Business Manager at the post-office at Chi- 1879, Be 200 ising rates on application. The Resolution on the Party Situation ¢ The resolution of the political committee of the Central Exe- cutive ‘Committee on the party situation will be welcomed by every| party member who has at heart the unification and upbuilding of the Comminist Party in the United States. The resolution correctly dangerous and difficult period in which the Workers (Communist) Party. finds itself. The party has gone thru a period of bitter con- flict over the question of the correct policy for the movement in the United States. Altho this problem has been solved with the help of the Communist; International, the factionalism which sprang up during the controversy has not yet been liquidated. Added to these difficulties is the opposition which arose in certain sections of the party to the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei and street nuclei. (international branches) and the organization of language fractions in place of the language branches and sectidns which have hitherto existed. The enemies of the Communist Party have already been gloating ever the prospective disintegration of the party which it. hoped would.spring out of this situation. The resolution of the political committee frankly presenting these dangers to the party is a great step forward in overcoming these dangers. This resolution was drafted in collaboration with a section of the former majority of the party which supports the views of Comrade Cannon and Comrade Dunne. analyzes the party situation and the enberg group which is the majority in the political committee of the party. It marks the unification in ‘the leadeyship of the party of these two former groupings. It is a long step toward breaking down and completely eliminating the factional situation which has existed in the party during the past eighteen months! The attitude taken toward that section of the former majority which supports Comrade Foster opens the way for complete liquida- tion of the divisions in the party. The resolution leaves ‘the door open to unite in the leadership of the Central Executive. Committee, for all comrades who are ready to support the platform laid down in the resolution, that is, completion of the reorganization of the party at the earliest possible moment, intensification of the trade union work, bringing the party members into the unions, the organization of party fractions, and the creation of a broad ‘léft wing in‘ the labor movement and an energetic campaign for the labor party. The resolution correctly declares there can be no abatement of the struggle against deviations from fhe line of the Communist Inter- national and the Central Executive Committee, and particularly that there can. be no compromise with opposition to the reorganization of the party. The resolution showing that the party is on the road ‘to solving its inner difficulties will put new #fé and enthusiasm into the whole party membership. It will create a new fighting spirit for participa- tion in the work among the masses. Tle party must go forward along this line. Every unit of the party should endorse the TIeader- ship towards unification of the party, active participation in the class struggle thru work among the masses, which the political com- mittee has given in this resolution. Factional Tines must be com- pletely wiped out and the party face its enemies asa unit. Forward to a united party! victori Forward to new in establishing the influence of’ ‘the Communist Party among the working r Forward to the work of revolutioni class and a united struggle against American capitalism! ng the American working Missionaries and Militarism In the present situation in Syria where the French forces have been waging a losing battle against the Druses and Syrians there’ is developing a classic example of the intimate connectién between missionaries. and milit rships lay off the Coast at Beirut, while in Le American missionares are playing the loathsome game of French imperialism. Thru the heavy investments of the House of Morgan in France, that country’s destiny is bound upewith American imperialism, If France is decisively routed from ‘Syria it means that Britain will maneuver to obtain control of that unfortunate country in order to facilitate the development of its in- *¢erests in the Middle Kast. That will be a direct blow to American ‘il: interests... Hence both great combinations of American capital ‘operating on. foreign soil have. immediate interests at stake in the * Syrian struggle: Morgan to defend,.the prestige of France in Europe ‘end Standard;Oil to gain an advantage over British oil in the world. Wide’ struggle between, these two powers. Press dispatches relating the burning of an American high jp schoo} operated by the American, presbyterian mission reveal a ‘de- yfinije.propaganda to prepare the ground for intervention of Amer- ican armed forces in order to “protect Americam property and lives.” “Brifish forces are standing in*readiness in Palestin Of Lebation whiere an American and French subsidized “christian army” is trying to hold the country against the Druses and ans. Tf Vnited States forces invade the country to protect Americ an mis- sionaires, they,.will. find themselves confronted by British soldiers who can just as readily manufacture a border disturbance as this country can fabricate Vutid tales of christian martyrdom, to conceal the greed and avarice of the imperia bandits. Such a situation ereates the preliminaries for a clash between the British and Amer- ican forces. In order to avert such a denouement British agents in Syria are demanding that the French mandate for that territory be revoked, Tho not a member of the league the United States will use its influence over countries having permanent and temporary seats on the league council to hold the mandate for France against Britain. ~The proletarian and peasant masses of the home countries and the volonies must act decisively against this new threat of world war, American v sm. 10n st E¥pecially in England, France and the United States the working class must relentlessly expose the preparations for a new world slaughter, and tell the imperialist monsters in no uncertain terms that every weapon at our command will be used against their schemes pte again lead the workers of the world into the slanghter-house. is $ f waite ’ j It expresses the submis-| ; ‘ | sion to the party of a common platform for this group and the Ruth- The formation ofa labor party, in | Japan, composed of the bulk of the | trade union movement, including the | farmers’ union, was noted in The | DAILY WORKER in an article by K, Yamato from Tokyo, a Communist. What the commercial and financial | interests think about it is also inter- | esting. The following article from the | Japan Chronicle (an English paper | published in Kobe, Japan) of Sept. 3, gives a review of Japanese press comments ee 6 | GENERAL meeting of the dele- gates of proletarian organiza- tions, which was recently held at the | Central Public Hall at Nakanoshima, } Osaka, p 1 off without exciting | much press comment, though it prov- ed a memorable gathering in that the formation of a proletarian party was formally decided upon on that occa- sion. We find a few journals com- menting on the decisions of the meet- ing, however. In spite of the fact that the general meeting of the pro- letarians in Osaka was gonvened without elaborate preparations, says the Tokyo Asahi, it did much towards helping forward the work of organ- izing a proletarian party. The deci- sion then reached, that, while neglect- ing no means to advance the interests and happiness of the proletariat, they should proceed ‘to organize a big pro- letarian party based on the entire in- fluences of proletarian classes with a view to compassing the perfect de- velopment of the proletariat, is a good step forward in the direction of party organization. It also augurs well for the future of the movement that organizations of thinkers, such as the Political Research Society and the Suiheisha, have been admitted in- to the campaign. | Foreign Examples. The history of the development of proletarian parties in foreign coun~ tries, the Asahi continues, indicates ; that harmony between labor organiza- | tions and associations of thinkers al- ways presented supreme difficulties, | notwithstanding the obvious fact that, denuded of the cooperatian of the in- tellectuals, the healthy’ development of proletarian parties is impossible. How, valuable is the co-operation of intellectuals is most eloquently prov- ed by the rapid and healthy deyelop- ment of the movement in England for the organization of a proletarian par- ty which followed the participation of the independent labourites. In such movements, labor organizations and associations of intellectuals stand in the relationship of muscles and ner- ves. Of course, labor organizations form the. prop and stay of a proletat an party, but they must needs have he cooperation of the other in order o put their party in a fit form. From his point of view, the promotets of he recent. meeting acted wisely in admitting organizations of intellect- uals into the new movement. There is neyertheless no disguising the fact that the, path of the projected forma- tion, of ,Proletarian party is beset with graye obstacles. The greatest difficulty will probably he experienced in the foftnulation of the platform and regulations of the new party. It is on record that a great deal, of confusion attended the drafting of.the platform of the committee of labor delegates, which was the nucleus of the labor party of England. It certinly con- tainsa valuable lesson for the pro- profit by that the views of the right elements always prevailed and indi- cated theeourse which the labor. party in England has been able to at- tain its present development. Need- less to say, the slogans of a proletar- jan party must be the promotion of the interests and happiness of the proletariat and the reform of social and economic organizations, and for the realization of their aims, they must ever follow a legitimate and evolutionary course, or otherwise it will be impossible for them to enlist he support of the masses, Parties Represent Classes. Turning its attention to the politic- ul parties in existence, the Asahi asks hem to make no mistake of the fact hat the création of a proletarian party constitutes;no menace to thc present day parliamentary system, an: hat it is, on the contrary, helpful in bringing parliamentary politics to 1 successful consummation. A diet ifter the enforcement of manhood suffrage would be imperfect without a proletarian party within’ it. What- over sophistry they may use, the fact emains that the political parties now existing represent the interests of ertain classes only. No apprehension need be entertained about the diet taking on more class color by the inclusion of a proletarian party, for it is to be hoped that thru such parl- lamentary politics harmony between the classes can best be achieved, It is important that there should always exist powerful proletarian supervision and criticism. in the diet, Struggles for Retention of Power. The Osaka Asahi notes with satis- faction that the recent meeting at the Central Public Hall brought the for- mation of a proletarian party within the realms of probability. It is, of course, fully to be expected that many vicissitudes will still have to be gone thru before it becomes an accomplish- ed fact, and that it will take a still longer time for the new party to ac- juire a sufficiently strong influence to be counted upon in politics, But if the promoters of the new move- ment go about their work in real earnest and in the J $ moters of the. present movemient to} HE DAILY WORKER [no reason to doubb.that the proletar- ian party now ‘im embryo will be quickly helped imtovbeing and be en- abled to grow into a great influence. The chief asset of a proletarian party is that it grows out of the masses and exists for the good of the masses. A study of the history of the growth of the present political parties in Japan reveals the fact that none of them was born with the backing of the populace. They were formed, without exception, by some of the rul- ing classes with the object of snatch- ing political power, which they had lost, from the hands of others, The late Marquis Okuma’s Kaishinto and the late Count Itagaki’s Jiyuto were none other than byproducts of strug- gles for power aniohg clan statesmen. The Satsuma and‘Choshu clans, which produced the lar¥eS$t number of dis- tinguished statesthén at the restora tion, wielded suptéme power in the early days of Meiji,"but the Saga clan, to which Okuma' belonged, and the Tosa clan,sof whith Itagaki was a samurai, were rather ‘eft out in the cold, In order td ‘extricate themsel- ves out of this tinfavorable position Soviet Primers No. 6. The Sort of “Soviet Propaganda” that the Government is Telling Its Own Peasants, Bains of the most interesting of the little booklets that are going out in editions of fifty thousand to the Russian peasant | found not in Mos- tow at all. I picked it up at a station on the Trans-Siberian railway on my rip to China, There, at the station bookstand were the usual piles of leaflets, scientific, agricultural, politic- u} even tales by, Upton Sinclair and ack London. Then my eye caught he vivid blue aid yellow cover of a sooklet “When Will Coton Goods be Sheaper?” I bought it. [t®cost all of five cents, for it had 64 pages and half a dozen illustrations, And on the inside cover I 1éarhed that this book- let was issued “hf’an edition, not of fitty but of one hfindred thousand. All at once,-one hifidred thousand. For this is theburning question of the Russian pedbant today. No long: er land, no long¥P taxes! "He has his land; year by yéaf the land laws have the creases irdéd out to suit him more fully, Eve his taxes have been grumbling cannibl'claim that they arc as high as undbi'the tzar. But cot- ton goods,—every peasant must buy it. It stays scarce in quantity and high in price. He growls that some- how these city folks always find a way to rob him, HE little “propaganda” designed for peasants libraries takes the bull by the horns, “Why is cotton so high?’ Why is bread so cheap in comparison? The rich peas- ants say that all poverty comes from the Soviet power and the Communists ‘The priests say that god does al’ this to punish the peasants for throw’ booklet, ight way, there isi constituent assembly, where : ing out the tamdlords. The menshe- viks and socigi revolutionaries say that ft comes!!fram .over-throwing the every were arrested and are no phy, Gallacher, Hannin McManus, Rust, Page When Will Cotton Goods Be Cheap? and to supplant,the, Choshu and Sat- suma statesmenein the place of pow: er, both Okuma,and Itagaki conceived the idea of forming political parties. Ito was an eminent leader of the most favored clan, Choshu, but when he gradually came to realize that the old methods ‘of competing for power were fast growing ineffective, he resolved on creating a political party himself, and the Seiyukai was called into be- ing under has presidency. Katsura followed Ito’s example some time afterwards, and formed the Doshikai, which developed into the. Kenseikai. Why the Parties are Selfish, Thus it will be seen that all politic- al parties in Japan owed their birth to the political ambition of certain statesmen, not to any sincere desire to improve the conditions of living among the masses. This accounts for the single-eyed devotion of these partiés to the promotion of their sel- fish interests to the neglect of the in- terests of the masses. Herein lies the inhé@rent weakness of the present pol- itical parties, and it is on account of this weakness that they have fallen into disgrace with the populace. A’ one, workers, peasants, landlords, priests, might have agreed in peace together. “But now lets talk seriously, and with facts and figures, Cotton ts’ by far the chief goods consumed by the peasant. In 1924 we produced 806 meters of cotton goods, but only 28 million of wool and 27 million of linen, We use fifteen times as much cotton as the other two together, Let’s see, then, What is the trouble with cotton.” Cotton Shortage Began Before War. N the decades before the war’ the consumption of cotton grew enor: mously thruout the world. Between 1884 and 1900 about 2 million tons @ year was worked up into goods. the: next years it increased to 2b] lion tons already by the 1908-1914 to more than 4 million tons a year, A shortage of raw to be felt. For every cotton began land people* were turning from homespun to the} hinner, cheaper, more beautiful goods of the factory. The world number of spindles rapidly increased: 135 niilion in 1911, and already 142 milk ion just two years later. Seven million more spindles added in two years. In the past twenty years they loubled in France, increased ten fold n Germany, fifty fold in Belgium, one hundred fold in Denmark. In Japan ‘ormerly there was not a_ single ound of cotton imported. But a! ready in 1910 she was importing fron America: 70,000 tons. So fast was the use of cotton. gooda increasing before the war. But with the war, and the turning of factories to war uses, and the blockade of various countries, the production of cotton fell sharply, Even the rich. extile country of England was. pro- lucing only thirty meters per inha- vitant per year. Poland, surrounded y armies, produced only 2 meters q verson. Russia, which before the war »roduced ,, 16 meters a person, now yroduced only. one. Not enough even .o mend clothes with, to say nothing ad proletarian’ party, on ‘the other hand has noné"of 'this'weakness, and this is the reason ‘why its organization is eagerly’ awaited’ by the masses, The final ‘aims of, politics must be to ad- vance the happiness and. interests of the people at large, not by any means to. compete for power. If the prole- tarian party in embryo assiduously endeavors, when it is born, to pro- mote the true interests of the people at. large, free from all self-seeking designs, this will invest their actions with ‘supreme moral power, and this moral power is more precious than anything else. It will greatly help the proletarian party to develop un- til it will finally be able to step into power, ™ Diverse ‘Interests of Proletatians. The Yamato says that it is quite natural that the adoption of manhood suffrage should’ be followed by the creation of a political party devoted in the interests of the proletariat, for thru the instrumentality of such a party the proletarians can hope to maintain and advance their interests . «Be jalin the Bow Street ‘police court i and to bring about the establishment ‘of a new order of society by legis- Center row: Pollitt, Cant, of new ones. Whence Comes High Cost? N arshin of cotton print, undyed, used to cost at the Konshin factory 11 kopeks. After the war it cost 33. Exactly where does the extra cost come from? If we examine the figures, we shall see that of the eleven kopeks, 8 for- merly went for-raw cotton, 2 for wages, one for repairs and use ot machinery. Butsof the 33 kopeks, 23 goes for raw cotton, 4 for wages, and 6 for use of machinery. Thus we see that wages have doubled, but the cost of raw cotton has increased three times’ and that of { machinery > six ‘imes. bi machines and the need of buy- mew ones on very shortterm | payments. But the really big “sa crease, which most affects the sel! ‘cost of goods, is the price of areal egtton, Byen in England cotton gdods: “0st now twice as much as before the war,—this. surely was not caused‘ by phe wrath of god or by the ‘Bolshe- yiks.. But in our country there are hree special reasons which make our votton dearer than abroad. Y ‘© fg obviously, the destruction. of. wt industry by civil war. The de- struction of irrigated cotton districts t Turkestan is most important, but ve will speak of ‘this later. Here we ceak of factory production, Stear ower, because of the cost of fuel, ‘ose three fold. Freight and general ransport rose eight fold. Repairs on nachines, three fold, Besides this, owing to the worn out machines, the production on them is less. To fight ‘hese troubles we are ‘installing new machines, and electric power. But this is a costly process for we have ‘ittle capital and must oH very Mah ‘ates of interest. The “sevond special easing of ex, pense’ Is° the disorganization of the trading’ apparatus; “Even the eoopera-, tives have too many middlemen. ,The This last is because of our | THE first of these special reasons, The Movement for a Labor Party in Japan lative means. Altho thé new party will consist of men belonging to the proletariat exclusively, the interests of the component elements will’ not be in perfect accord, nor will’ ‘there be full, agreement of view in detail’ on political and other matters. In ‘futtire, therefore, it may split mto’ several parties, each representing different, interests, agrarian, socialist, labor or Communist. It is nevertheless im- portant that these conflicting prinol- ples and interests should be harmon- ized to a certain extent within one and the same party, so that the wish- es of the proletarians niay be most effectually voiced in the legislature. From this point of view, the example of the labor party of England, which, despite its heterogeneous composi- tion, has managed to ,attain its pres- sent influence by retaining a com- mendable solidarity in its ramks, is worth following, and the Yamato sin- cerely hopes that every care will be used by those interested in the new movement to see that there arise no fatal clash between the socialist and anti-socialist elements within the group. Twelve British Communists on Trial in London intringham, Inkpin. Central Cooperative sends out goods for 100 kopeks. The state co-opera- tives pass them on at 174 kepeks; the regional ones at 191 kopeks, and the village cooperatives stores sell them at 216 kopeks if they are near the city, or 243 if they are far away. By the time it gets to the peasant, the goods cost two and a half times as much as in the center, These were the figures in Septem: ber 1923, the very worst time. Then the .government began very severe examination of all these middleman, with their cumbersome apparatus, By better factory organization the price at the factory,came down to 24 in- tead of 33 kopeks an arshin, Fuel and oil were made cheaper; factor- ies began working full speed, which /is always cheaper. In the trading | apparatus many economies were made, but not enough, This also, |must be the work.of. the peasants themselves, through their own ¢o operatives. But—the Raw Cotton: Bt more than.70% ot the cost of cotton goods comes from the raw cotton, Even our own “cotton costs enough, but in the past e years we have had to buy, American eot- ton, and this is still more expensive. Ours costs 23 roubles a pood, but American cotton costs 27 to 38 roubles, according to the kind. ~ 1924 we had to buy 3,507,000 poor (60,000 tons) of this. And to this cost “must be added two to four roubles freight per pood. wraith (To be continued.) Four Perish in Gale. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov, 17—Three ot four barges owned by the Hedge Transportation company of New Yi being towed light from Cleveland by the tug Barrington of New York, were pounded. to pieces on the’ breakw: here by an 80-mile gale during the ight and four unidentified persons, three men and woman are reported to have perished ai LE I TS NORRIE A