The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 24, 1926, Page 5

' THE DAILY WORKER ~ 1000 WORKER. CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 HIGH TAXATI 0) N PASSAIC TEXTILE WORKERS SEE DRIVES FARMERS TO BANKRUPTCY Tillers Leave Soil for In- dustrial Centers (By Farmer Correspondent* i BAYVIEW, Skagit County, Wash., Feb, 22—The conditions of the farm- ers in this county grows worse and worse, Lately two wrote articles to! day. The DAILY WORKER telling of the conditions in Skagit County and its vicinity with its numerous _ fail- ures, Little was said in the articles about the reasons for these failures. In this article I will try to show why many of these farmers have failed and have left the land, Farmers Seek Loans. Several years ago the grange prided | the bosses and the bosses just laughed | itself on being instrumental in get-| at them, we went on strike to force! ting the farmer federal loan ill| these barons to grant. the demands.| across. Thousands of stump farmers | It took us but one day to cali out the made quick time in taking out these] 5,000 workers in the Botany Worsted | loans. mills, We realized that we could not| After the world war, when prices of farm products went down and every: thing that the farmer buys kept going up, even the interest that the farmer pays the government became a great burden. Much of what the farmers raise here is sold pretty near at the cost of productiom But this is the least of the farmers’ worries, This county has one of the highest taxes in the state—71 mills. Not satis- fied with this high rate of*taxation on the farmer’s property, the assessors also try to squeeze as much out of the farmers as they possibly can in other ways. Ruinous Taxation. A woman told me the other day that she lived in a tent and that all the furniture she has is a camp stove and a board table and that the’ assessors demanded she pay $25 in taxes for these. The assessors declare that a tax of $25 must be paid regardless of whether they have any property or not. All of these things put together show why many of the farmers are going to the wall and those that still keep up the fight are in very bad cir- cumstances. Several years ago I was called to wages from the $12 to $22 they were r ization, Front Committee of Textile Workers to us are now on the picket line daily. The self-discipline of the strik- ers shows that they realize’ the impor- tance of the strikey The organization of mill committees and the appoint- ment of mill captains shows that the strikers know the need. of organiza- tion and are taking steps needed to} win their strike and to ensure their| victory after it is won, | ‘When we presented our demands to} win our strike if the other shops/ worked, so we started to picket the Garfield Worsted mill, The workers in the Garfield mill suffering from the Same rotten conditions that we were striking against joined us. Picket Other Shops. The same tactics were also applied to the Garfield Worsted spinning mill. The bosses began to mobilize against us and thru the press began to call us all the names they could think of. They thought that by calling us Bol- sheviki they could scare us. Instead it made our ranks all the more solid. The bosses did their best to keep us from pulling out the Gary mill, The workers in the Gary mill had their grievances. Low wages and rot- ten conditions was a disease that these workers had already and they decided to cure this malady‘ by going on strike and forcing the barons to make conditions better. Barons Use Police. The same thing happened at the New Jersey Worsted. In the past week we started to picket the Forst- man-Hoffman mill. The barons here have a company union. They realized xt germs io ty eters 2 Livestock Handlers * * board as to land values. I told him Continues Its Fight that if this a move to raise the taxes on the stump land, then/to those farmers that had made small pay- ments on their homes it would mean confiscation, “Look at the lovely mountains, the grand Pacific, a very fairyland,” he jollied. “Yes,” I declared. can’t live on it.” Of course none of this ever went into his report. All that was entered there was the price I paid for the land. The scenery here is exploited to the limit in getting the high taxes out of the farmers. Now there are several dredgers at work here building a dyke about nine miles long, 190 feet thick at the bot- tom and 50 feet thick at the top and to be over 15 feet high. They claim there will be 60,000 acres of land in- side the dyke when it is completed. It has already cost the poor dupes who bought stock $200 an acre and the capitalist papers around here are for Wage Increase By a Worker Correspondent The Livestock Handlers’ Union of the stock yards at its meeting formu- lated a demand for a 25% increase in wages. The demands were presented to the packers. The packers refused to grant the wage increase but offered the men a week’s vacation, At its last meeting the union voted to accept the week’s vacation and to continue its fight for the wage .in- crease. The stockyard bosses blame the demand for an increase in wages on the DAILY WORKER, which conduct- ed a campaign at the “yards” showing up the conditions that existed. While the union has accepted the week's vacation this does not mean that we have given up the idea of a wage increase, The wage increase is badly needed and the union will con- tinue to fight for higher wages for the men that handle livestock in the “Fine, But you filled with tales about this great “yards.” The union meets in Engi- scheme to get the farmers’ hard-earn-| neers’ Hall, 47th and Halsted street ed cash. and has over 600 members, WORKER CORRESPONDENTS IN THE NEEDLE TRADES! YOU MUST GET BUSY WRITING YOUR STORY By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. MSE struggles are now being waged in the needle trades. This is especially true in New York City, where the Furriers’ Union and the In. ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are in open struggles with the ers how to see thru this falsehood. That will help make better fighters of them. *) Y Then Chicago, Cleveland, Roches- ter, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St.Paul even far away Los Angeles and Ea needle trade eantentiga be employers in these industries, glad to hear what is going on in Now is a good time for the mobiliza-|New .York, and vice yersa. Only tion of an army Worker Corre-| Worker Correspondents’ will make spondents in these industries, not only | possible this interchange of news and in New York, but in every city in the | views. Send in your article. Then land where there are fur workers or|gét a’ bundle of the issue of The garment workers, DAILY WORKER containing it and During strikes the evils of the in-| distribute it where it will do the most. dustry come to the surface for thoro | good. discussion and consideration. The bosses rally all their weapons in their efforts to defeat the workers. What are the workers thinking about the issues at stake? The employers in the needle trades in New York City are blaming all their troubles on the Communists, What is the answer of the workers? Worker Correspondents can furnish the material that will show all work- This Week’s Prizes! First Prize—A valuable fountain pen. Second Prize—Karl Marx's “Capital,” Vol. No, 1. Third Prize—Lenin on Organization. 0. Byiiennre Be sure to send your name and address with the story. We cannot forward prizes if we do not know how to “each you, Pont NEED OF STRONG ORGANIZATION TO FORCE BOSSES TO GRANT DEMANDS By a Worker Correspondent, PASSAIC, N. J., Feb, 22—The strike of over 10,000 textile workers of Passaic and vicinity shows that the textile slaves will not allow the textile barons to do whatever they please with them. When the bosses cut their receiving, they saw the need of ‘organ- There was a response of over 10,000 workers to the call of the United resist these wage cuts, Thousands of The three big halls at which the strike meetings are held are jammed every ¢#———————_________ that the workers who only get the same $12 to $22 that we had been getting were just as anxious for wage increases and better conditions and did not trust the company union to keep the workers in,the shop but called upon the Clifton police to aid them. When our picket line reached Clif- ton the police were waiting for us and told us they would not. allow “outsiders” into Clifton to *“make trouble.” When the strikers pressed on, they arrested Felix Panarisi, the chairman of the Botany Mill council, | charging him with disorderly conduct and sentenced him to 30 days in jail. The pickets then went back to the hall to work out new ways of reaching the Forstman-Hoffman work- ers, Police Club Pickets. The next day we marched into Clifton in a peaceful manner sey-| eral over 1,000 strong. The police to show thein “heroism” ‘and loy- alty to the master class assaulted the pickets. Over 30 were severely beaten and strikers’ were arrested. We decided to let the workers in the Forstman-Hoffman mill know what was happening so we called a mass protest meeting. The bosses did all they could to keep the work- ers from attending this meeting but in spite of their efforts over 1,000 came to the meeting and today over 700 of them are out fighting side by side with us. Before another week is over we expect to have every worker in the Forstman-Hoffman mill on strike for better conditions, Help Passaic Strikers! The American labor movement knows what strikes are. They know that strikes are not Picnics. The workers here have been making low wages and they have nothing to fall back on now in the form of savings. The workers should see to it that their contributions come in steadily so that the barons will not be able to starve us out and we will stick to- gether and refuse to go back until all our demands are granted. Union Launches Drive to Organize General Drivers in Minneapolis | By a Worker Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 22— The general drivers’ union in Minne- apolis is carrying on a city-wide cam- paign to organize the teamsters, de- livery men, truck-drivers, coal-haulers, and helpers. Meetings have been called of different groups of drivers. The workers have responded in large numbers. The transfermen, truck- drivers, and coal haulers have been lined up with some success, The response of the workers has shown that they realize the need for reorganization. Truck drivers and de-| livery-men have been working for a flat weekly wage or on commission basis and then required to work until their route is finished. This has meant working all hours of the day. Some workers have to work until mid- night without extra pay for their time. Truck-drivers have been paid as low as $25 a week. Helpers have! been getting 35 and 40 cents and hour| doing the hardest and dirtiest kind of work, Red Top Cab Fights Union. The Red Top Cab company is firing its oldest drivers trying to stop the movement for organization among the cab drivers. This drastic action fol lowed a betrayal of the men by some stool-pigeon of the bosses, A recent ineident has shown that the union is trying to rid itself of these black-legs, Stool-pigeon Thrown from Union Hall. On the night of Feb, 11; there was an organization meeting of the ash-| haulers at the labor hall at 601 Fourth Ave. 8S. A stool-pigeon by the name of Plagman appeared and sought ad- mission to the meeting. Organizer Roy Wier refused to let him enter. claiming that he was a stool-pigeon and that he was responsible for the affair among the cab drivers. Plag- man, half-drunk attempted to force his way into the meeting. He struck Wier and a scramble followéd in which the intruder was forcibly eject- ed from the hall, The movement for organization of the general drivers comes at a time when they need it the most. The gen-| eral drivers should continue their ef- forts to organize in spite of what the bosses may do to stop them. It will be only by militant organization that they will ‘be able to obtain the condi- tions that have been taken from them by the Send mn that sub! Part of Pass | aic Picket Line ————K—K—K—K—XK EEE i + Age Five —_-oo- CO-OPERATIVES “FOR ALLIANCE TO "WAR ON FASCISM Call for’ International Meet Is Indorsed — | | HIBBING, Minu., Feb. 22—The Con-} sumers’ Co-Operative Company, Inc.,| }at its annual ‘membership meeting | | adopted a resolution condemning the | | fascist attacks om the Lega Nazionale | |and calls upon all co-operative organ-| | izations to joiniin the demand for an | international conference to fight fas- | cism, ap | | The co-operative society endorses | | the proposal offPhe Red International | of Labor Unionié that the Internation- | al Co-Operative’ Alliance take the in- | itiative in calling’ a conference of the Red tnternatiotial of Labor Unions, the AmsterdamInternational Federa- tion of Trade’ Unions and the Inter- national Co-Operative Alliance in the | near future so that a concerted drive | on fascism can be started. we Another Co-op Fights Fascism. NEW YORK MILLS, Minn., Feb. 22| —The New York Mills Co-operative | at its annual membership meeting joined other co-operatives thruout the | }country that have protested against | the fascist attafks on the workers’ | and farmers’ co-Operatives in Italys| | and calls for an international meet to discuss ways of resisting the fascist | | persecution. | “The Miracle” Now | at Auditorium Has | Novel Stage Setting | | | | To get the full benefit of “The | Miracle” now at the Auditorium The- ater, it is of the utmost value to those who attend the performance to be in their seats fully ten minutes before the performance, which begins promptly at 8:00-o’clock in the even- |ings, and 2:00 o'clock at the matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with an extra holiday matinee on Washing- ton's birthday. For the presentation of the Miracle jthe Auditorium’ Theater has been |transformed to represent a medieval Gothic cathedral, ywith huge stained glass windows high up'on each side of the Auditoriyp, and with high Gothic arches int Biace of the usual proscenium opening in the theater. The whole theater is included in the setting of the stage. The Gothic j;columns rise to a,waulted ceiling and |high in the background are stained |slass windows. A great altar with a wrought iron grating before it stands toward the rear of the stage, and in certain moments of the play, this al- | tar opens to disclose a long vista of stairs, Around the rails of the mezzanine boxes and two balconies hang hun- dreds of medieval banners, and at in- jtervals there are batteries of colored | lights thrown over the scene below. | The music of “The Miracle” is Hum- perdinck’s, composer of the operas |#Hansel and Gretel” and “Koenigs Kinder.” Court Forces to Return Union Card. LUBBOCK, Tex.—(FP)—By order of the Lubbock district court J. H. Puckett was coi led to turn his union card in to 1 502, Hotel & Restaurant "he ia ha oma Al- lance, after the had demanded it for violation of mn law, The pro- ceedings cost the local $300 but it fide cardholders protected, Ralph Chaplin’s Book, “Bars and Shadows” to be Given as Permiums (I. L. D, News Service) Ralph Chaplin, member of the Na- tional Committee of International La- bor Defense, ex-class-war prisoner and famous proletarian poet, has donated 500 copies of his well-known book of prison poems, “Bars and Shadows,” to the Labor Defender, monthly organ of | the International Labor Defense. The 500 volumes are to be premiums. in the subscription campaign of the Labor Defender now under way. “Bars and Shadows” will be given to every member or sympathizer of Interna- tional Labor Defense who three yearly subs to the Labor De- fender by March 30, Ralph Chaplin has for many years been interested in the cause of work- ers’ defense. He was epecially activé in the fight againt the frame-up known as the “Centralia conspiracy,” victims of which are ‘still in the penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash, Many workers,will vividly recall Chaplin’s previous book of poems “When the Leaves Come Out.” It is to be regretted that this volume is out of print. There is every possibility that the present volume,—being given away as a premium—will be unobtain- able in a short time. “Bars and Shadows,” nicely made and with a splendid introduction by Scott Nearing, contains some of Chap- lain’s most highly praised songs. “Mourn not the Dead,” “Night in the Cell-house,” “The Warrior Wind,” his great poem to the Centralia martyr, Wesley Everest, murdered in Centralia in 1919, and the best known of his prison verses, “To My Little Son,” are in this collection. Three yearly subs at one dollar or six half-yearly at sixty cents if sent to the office of the Labor Defender, 23 South Lincoln street, Chicago during the contest which ends on March 30, will win the prize book. Reign of Terror in Greece. ATHENS, Greece.—The mask of | pretense at fairness has now been | torn off the face of the Greek fascist government of Pangalos. When the ministry preceding Pangalos was over- thrown by him he proceeded to re- lease a number of political prisoners, leaving their outstanding leaders re- main in prison, Now, however, a veri- table reign of terror exists in Greece, and one of the most important trials known to that country, the trial of the nembers of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece, is soon to take place, Nineteen in all are being sought for. They are being charged with treason, because they vdvocated self-determination to the point of separation for the national minorities of Greece. The fact that Macedonians who advocate this prin- ciple are subjected to death sentence, it is quite possible that these nineteen leaders of the Greek workers and peasants, as well as of the national revolutionary movements, will be sent to their death by the blood-thirsty regime of Pangalos. The Greek work- ers appeal to the workers of the en- tire world to protest against the brutal measures of suppression that have been taken against them, | ‘The terror js such that the Interna- | tional Class War Prisoners’ Commit- tee has been banned by the military dictatorship. * Primitive Culture Museum. MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R., Feb. 22.—A new department, dedicated to the or- igin of man, has been opened at the Timirazey Memorial Biblogical Mu- seum in Moscow. The museum will shortly receive a se: collections jaracteristic of primitive culture, says it was worth It'to keep its bona- £ primitive tools and other objects |paeans of |Francis H. Sisson, |Company division, American Bankers |association, declared jannual banquet of trust companies. | secures | BANKER SEES AMERICA RULING ENTIRE WORLD Sisson Lauds Golden Era of Capitalism | NEW YORK,—(FP), the workers of the world singing praise to capitalism? | president Trust Feb. 22—Are it to the 15th “The cause of capitalism, if that |term may be employed in its: hroadest |sense, is justified |haps tiever before,” Sisson asserted as the present obviously as per- situation. “Thous- ands of smoking chimneys are monu- ments to its vindication. Busy hands | are building new temples for its wor- | ship, higher standards of living at-| test its benefits to humanity, and the | increasing chorus of voices from the | workers of the world profitably oc- cupied sing its paeans of praise.” “Erratic Wanderings.” Sisson’s address was entitled “The | World Turns Right.” Its burden was that ‘The erratic wanderings, along by:paths of radicalism and national ism have been abandoned and definite progress along the main travelled road) towards sanity, law and order, conservatism, under the impelling force of economic and social law, | marks 1925 as one of the great turn- ing points !n our period of history.” | Sisson would no doubt include the late British labor government, LaFol- |lette movement here, and European socialist or social-coalition govern- ments among “the erratic wander-! ings.” He finds that “The fruits of the| American capitalistic system, which provides primarily for the private own- ership of property and the freedom of initiative, are manifested in our con- stantly increasing wealth, growing fi- nancial power, larger industrial a-| pacity, harmonious labor relations, | strong banking position, general com-| mercial prosperity, and the living standards of our people.” He thinks thé farmer better off, quite ignoring |the farmers’ restlessness which even the daily newspapers record occas- sionally, And he wants government to stay out of business—free economic activity—but be careful about specu- lation. America Uber Alles, The situation abroad, he admits, is not so goldenly enchanting. He be- lieves that war debts must be paid but, “Financial systems must be/ watched closely for signs of unsound| fiscal methods. Above all, every pos- sible precaution must be taken to Preserve peace and international good-| will.” He concludes hoping for a “‘bet-| ter ordered world,” peace, etc., and| States that, “To this end the trust com- panies of the United States are dedi- cated and in associated effort of con-| stantly increasing efficiency, they are| facing with enthusiasm the double op-| portunity for service and profit which the hour presents.” if | Russian Industries Expand. MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R.—(Tass)—| |Feb. 21—Thirty new refrigerators for jbutter, eight for fowl, two for fish,| |ten bacon factories and seven cold| storage buildings for fruit will be| jbuilt during this fiscal year in Si-| |beria. The preparatory work has al-| jready been commenced, The bacon} jand tinned fruit of the Siberian tac-| tories of Kurgan and Petropavlovsk jhave found a favorable market in |England. They are considered of a jhigher quality than the American | products, § [Wo] 187 ALREADY No. 1—Trade Unions in Ame The Damn Browder, No, 3—Principles of Commun Translated by Max B No. No. No. Neuman. THE DAILY WORKE: 1113, W. WASHI! CHICAG i our Union Meeting Fourth Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1926, 144 Amalgamated Clothing Work ers, 1569 N. Robey St. 183 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1989 Mil- waukee Ave. 21 Menroe St. 378 ~=Brick and Cla Workers, i Inspectors, 166 W. Washington. Calumet Joint Council, 514 W. 117th Street. 58 Carpenters, Diversey and Sheffield. 141 Carpenters, 1023 E. 75th St. Bricklayers, 912 W. 272 Carpenters, Moose Hall, Chicago Heights. 461 Carpenters. Witten’s Hall, High- land Park, Ill. 1786 Carpenters, Springfield and 26th. Clerks, Grocery, 59 W. Van Buren Street. 15 Conductors (Sleeping Car), Capitol Bidg., 10 a. m. 381 Electricians, 505 3, State St. Electricians, 741 S. Western Ave. 302 Engineers (Loc.), 5058 Wentworth ve. 402 Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. 645 Engineers’ (Loo.), 2433 W. Roose- yelt Road, 826 Engineers (Loc.), 2647 W. 38th St. Egg: inspectors, 418 N. Clark St, 27 Federal. Employes, 64.W. Randolph Street. 15441 Federal Union, 3046 W. 26th St. 715. Firemen and’ Enginemen, Ogden and Taytor. 20 Hatters (Trimmers), 166 W..Wash- ington St, 5° Hod Carriers, 225 E. 16th St., Chi- cago Heights, Hil, : 6 Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. 27 Hod Carriers, 62nd and La Vergne Ave. 715 Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. 81 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren. 12 Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. 17 Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. 84 Machi ists,.2548 8. Homan Ave. 915 Machinists, 4126 W. Lake St. Machinists, 6234 Princeton Ave. 546 Meat Cutters, 175 W. Washington Street. 9206 Houston Ave. and Oilers, 357 WN. jark. 10. Musicians, 175 W. Washingtan St. 2p. m p.m. 17358 Nurses, Funk's Hall, Oak Park. 147 Painters, 20 W. Randolph St. 180 Painters, N. E. cor. California and Madison. 184 Painters, 6414 S. Halsted St. 191 Painters, N. W. cor. State and Sth. 275 PAINTERS, 220 W. OAK ST. 521 Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. 502 Plasterers, Monroe and Peoria Sts, 130 Plumbers, 1507 Ogden Ave. 250 Plumbers, 180 W. Washington St. 402 Plumbers, 4111 W. Madison St. 415 Railway Carmen, Odd Fellews’ Hall, Blue Island, ti., 7:30 pm 1103 Michigan ve. 1257 allway Carmen, 5824 8. Halated t. 382 Railway, Clerks, 549 W. Washington Street, 739 Railway Clerks, Railway Carmen, A Moose Hall, Chi- 220 8 A Blvd. 727 Teamsters (Auto), 220 §. Ashiang Bivd. 67 Tile Layers, 180 W. Washington St. 7 Waiters, 234 W. Randolph St. Council, Bulgaria Offers “Amnesty” SOFIA, Bulgaria Feb. 22. — The cabinet of M. Liaptchey, which is try- ing to gain a reputation for being “de- mocratic and liberal,” has proposed an “amnesty” bill. Out of the more than five thousand political prisoners, it is proposed to release only 1,500, and those the most insignificant, On the other hand, -hundreds of speculators, userers, war profiteers and fascist criminals are to be re- leased wholesale. It is obvious that the “amnesty” bill is intended to free only these and not the workers and peasants. The Liaptchev government hopes to gain such ‘a humanitarian re- putation that it will be able to secure foreign loans which capitalists never dared to grant to the bloody Zankov government. Get your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U. E, Ly Sat., March 13, at 8th St. Theater. Plumbers Helpers’ Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings every FRIDAY night, 8:30 p. m., at 7 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. OFF THE PRESS OON! 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