The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 31, 1926, Page 4

aa Workers (Communist) Party BIG ELECTION CAMPAIGN TOURS CHANGED 2age Four cae peels NO et asi. A doh pesnsiolbn. phd Oh ; ‘ T HE DAILY vad eS tell ORIEN, organizational requirements have made it absolutely necessary to make a few changes in the big election campaign meetings as already announced in The DAILY WORKER. The meetings as finally arranged are given below. Every reader of The DAILY WORKER should note carefully the meetings in his city and see if they have been changed. WILLIAM F, DUNNE J, LOUIS ENGDAHL BEN GITLOW C. E, RUTHENBERG Editor Editor Candidate for Vice- General Secretary DAILY WORKER DAILY WORKER President of the U, 8S, Workers (Com.) Party on ton 1924 elections, on on E What a Workers’ Democracy The Workers What Can the Work- ang Farmers’ Gov- and and the ers Expect from — ernment Could Do Corruption Old Parties the Elections? for the Workers and Farmers NEW HAVEN TOLEDO NEW HAVEN BUFFALO Wednesday Monday, Sept. 13. Wednesday Thursday Sept, 1. lota Hall, Grant Hotel, Sept, 29. Oct, 14 Jefferson near Erie 5 BOSTON BOSTON ROCHESTER Thursday PITTSBURGH Thursday Friday Sept, 2. Tuesday, Sept. 14. Sept. 30, Oct. 18, N. S, Carnegie Muslo WORCESTER Hall, Ohio & Federal St. WORCESTER BOSTON Friday Friday Saturday Sept. 3. NEW HAVEN Oct. 1 Oct. 16. Wednesday, Sept. 15. ROCHESTER ROCHESTER WORCESTER Saturday BOSTON Saturday Sunday Sept, 4. Thursday, Sept. 16. Oct, 2. Oct, 17, BUFFALO WORCESTER BUFFALO NEW HAVEN Monday Friday, Sept. 17. Sunday Monday Sept. 6. Oct, 3 Oct. 18, ROCHESTER i DETROIT Saturday, Sept. 18, CLEVELAND PHILADELPHIA Tuesday Monday Thursday, Sept. 7» BUFFALO Oct. 4 Oct.'21. Sunday, Sept. 19. CHICAGO DETROIT BALTIMORE Wednesday CLEVELAND Tuesday Friday Sept. 8 Monday Oct. 5, Oct, 22, Sept, 20, MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO PITTSBURGH Friday DETROIT Wednesday Saturday Sept, 10. Tuesday Oct, 6, Oct, 23 Sept. 21, gis ST. PAUL CLEVELAND Saturday CHICAGO mores Sunday | Sept. 11. bbe MINNEAPOLIS Oct, 24. MILWAUKEE Migr aoh tant TOLEDO | MINNEAPOLI | old sli s ST. PAUL Monday ept. lay oO. Sept. 24. Saturday, Oct. 9. et, 25. } MILWAUKEE DETROIT Oct. 26, Sept, 25. Oct. 10, TOLEDO CHICAGO pa iba ta Monday Wednesday unday Oct, 27, Sept. 26, Oct. 11. PITTSBURGH MILWAUKEE WEINSTONE Tuesday Saturday, Oct. 12, Oct. 30. PITTSBBURGH Tuesday, Sept. 28, BALTIMORE TWIN CITIES Wednesday Sunday, BALTIMORE Oct, 13, Oct, 31. Wednesday, Sept. 29, PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA Thursday Thursday, Sept. 30. Oct, 14, es WA WEY _CONDUCTED = BY TH WODKERS WMG WORKERS LEAGUE A Visit to the Waukegan Youth School ' By PAUL LETTLER. Anyone visiting the Waukegan ““™school of the Young Workers League 4's\ deeply and favorably impres: {t is quite obvious that the body of 29 picked students is thoroly intent on ning as much as possible. In the ss room there is no shifting about, no babbling of tongues, no passing of tes, no noise or disturbance. Instead there is quiet, order, attention, dis- pline—self-imposed discipline. There "mo need for nagging or rapping by wie comrade teacher. Virtual unanimi- of will, purpose and action animat« personnel of the school—from the ers down to the most backward Lectures are concise, coherent, ‘thought out and indicate thoro conscientious preparation on the of the two instructors. ory and Practice Combined. 1 the holding of the classes every- proceeds as per schedule and ar ent. Tho time for covering the subjects has been laid out be d and is rigorously adhered courses deal with nearly every of Communist theary and prac- ing with Marxian economics the elements of Leninism, down organization of shop nuclei and bution of literature. There classes in public speaking and la- alism. Lectures are given on subjects. Every lecture is fol- by as thorogoing a discussion will allow. In fact the con- complaint of the students, and it fe that is heard on all sides is that ime is insufficient to adequately the subjects. addition to its regular clas work, chool carries on semi-educational puch as the holding of open air ings, the getting out of weekly newspapers, the drawing of charts md graphs, the visiting of various plants and places of interest, etc. sommittees to look after the various letails of school life have been set up ind students, in some instances, have shown remarkable initiative in carry- ing on their work. Recreation too. Recreation, of course, has not been neglected. In this connection, the writer saw a temarkable demonstra- tion of the will to learn of the stu- lents, when during their free recrea- tion time they conducted for more an hour and a half an organized discussion of a problem of socialist re- construction which faces Soviet Rus- sia. One of the students, a promising young worker from the coal mines confided to the writer that he could not understand how he had functioned us a member of the Young Workers gue, knowing as little as he had snown prior to coming to 'the school. He expressed the belief that on going back to the coal fields he would prob- ably be able to do twice as much work as previously. Nor is he an exception. Probably a majority of the students would say the same thing. The success of the Waukegan school, and the great importance of systematic education and training of our members will both be practically demonstrated when the students re- turn to their respective cities and ap- ply themselves to their league work with clearer understanding and great- ly increased energy and determina tion, ee WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Get a copy of the American Worker Correspondent, it's only 5 cents, Pe eee BERTRAM WOLFE DATES IN CAMPAIGH TOUR Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the New York Workers’ School, will spend about a month on a wide tour of the Middle West and West, speak- ing in all the largest centers of pop- ulation, as part of the election cam- paign of the Workers’ Party. His dates are as follows: | St. Louis, Mo.. Sept. 17 Kansas City, Mo. Omaha, Neb. ... Denver, Colo. Salt Lake City, Ut Los Angeles, Cal Portland, Ore. Tacoma, Was Mt. Vernon, Was! Seattle, Wash. Spokane, Wash. Minneapolis, Minn. St. Paul, Minn SECRETARIES, ATTENTION! When making returns to the National Office for the special assessment stamps—particularly the secretaries from District 2—- will you give number of invoice or give name and address of the com- rade who received and was per- sonally charged for the stamps in May? Unless you do so we cannot give proper credit on our books. District organizers, please comply. To give unit identification is not enough. Accounts and Supplies Dept. isnlpepsieiianee The best way—subscribe today, Sinetair Read Jt today on page 5 IRISH, RUSSIAN, TURK QUOTAS TO STATES INCREASE Change Will} Danend On President’s Proclamation (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29,— Immi- grants admissible to the United States from Germany will be less by about one-half than under present law if President Coolidge carries} jhto effect plans contemplated by, conggess in en- acting the Immigration Act of 1924. The quotas of several copntries will be cut, many others, ingluding ‘the | United Kingdom Ireland, will have | their quotas increased, In Effect July t.° The changes are engrossing the na- |tionalities affected, altho not operat- ing until July 1, 1927, Congress provided a new basis for figuring quotas, based on “national origin,” as described in paragraph (B) of Section 1 of the 1924 act, thus: “The annual quota of any national- ity for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927, and for each fiscal year there- after, shall be a number which bears the same ratio to 150,000 as, the num- oer of inhabitants in continental United States in 1920 having that na tional origin—bears to the number of inhabitants in continental United States in 1920, but the minimum quota of any nationality shall be 100.” President Proclaims Quota, It was further provided that the sec- retaries of state, commerce and labor jointly should report to the president the quota of each nationality, the president to proclaim the quotas on or before April 1, 1927. As far as could be learned those of- ficials have not yet taken up the mat- ter, nor have the quotas been figured. A table prepared when the legislation was under consideration explained ap- proximately the manner in which the national origins arrangement would affect certain countries. 7 Germany, which this year can send 51,227 here, would be entitled, on the basis of the statistics gathered, to only 22,018 after July 1, 1927. Britain and Ireland. Great Britain and Ireland would jump from the present total of 62,574 to 91,111, There would be increases for Aus- tria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Nether- lands, Russia, Spain, Syria, Turkey and others. Decreases for Others. There would be decreages, in addi- tion to Germany, for Belgiym, Czecho- Slovakia, Denmark, France, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania. Sweden, Jugo-Slavia, Australia and Switzer- land. The law provided that ij ihe procla- mation is not made on or hefore Aprii 1 of next year the anotadptocialmed shall not be in effect for{any fiscal year beginning before the,.expiration of ninety days after the te of the proclamation. One clausg has this provision. “If for any reason quotas pro- claimed under this subdivision are | not in effect for any fisca]j year, quo- |tas for such year shall be determined junder subdivision (a) of this section.” Some question has been raised as to whether the president, must issue the proclamation and executive order, but this has not been decided. I. W. W. Executive to Sell Building Used as the Headquarters The headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World at 2333 Bel- mont avenue, together with the print- ing plant, is to be sold pursuant to a decision of the general executive voard, it is announced in Industrial Solidarity, official paper of the organ- ization. The board is taking the step, t is declared, because ownership “un- ler the stress of existing clrcum- stances is an obstacle to progress, and mur object first, last and all the time s to use every bit of energy for work- ‘ngclass industrial union organiza- tion.” Elizabeth Gurley Flynn to Speak at Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN, O., Aug. 29.—Eliza- beth Gurley Flynn of New Yerk City will be the principal spéaker at a Sacco-Vanzetti mass meeting to be held at the Ukrainian hall, 52544 West Rayen avenue, Friday, S@pt. 3, at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the In- ternational Labor Defense Council of Youngstown, The case of these two Jfalian work- ers has attracted grea{ attention amongst the steel worker&, and it is expected that a large attendance will be had at this meeting. - Business Kicks on City Scale ATLANTA — (FP) — Tesolutions adopted by the Atlanta chamber of commerce condemn the recent city or- dinance fixing a scale for all skilled union city employes, The board termed the ordinance as “illegal, hurt- ful to Atlanta citizens—bolshevik and revolutionary.” It is further charged that the ordinance would) completely unjonize the city departn§ents, while Atlanta is advertised as openshop town, The councell ts called u held the chamber of co, support litigation to pre: ment a This department will appear In every Monday’ Co-operative Section CO-OP PICNIC IN SOUTH DAKOTA HELPS SPREAD OF FARM SOLIDARITY FREDERIOK, S., D., Aug. 29—A pic- | nic was atranged jointly by the three | co-operatives of Frederick, namely, the co-operative store, elevator, and ship- ping association and was held on the 16th of August at Lyra Park. This occasion turned’ out to be what we term a “howling success.” ‘The wea- ther did its part to make it so and the attendance of a mixed crowd of farmers and business men numbering over 3000 showed that at least some feeling of cooperation was prevalent. The program for 'the day consisted of speeches by various men. H. Tan- gen of Frederick, secretary of the Equity Blevator gave the opening ad- dress. He gave a brief history of the three co-operatives of Frederick and statistics which proved rapid progress in each case. Then Miller of Aber- deen, secretary of the Farmers Fire and Tornado Insurance Co. gave some very interesting points from his per- sonal experiences in connection with 2o-cperaition and encouraged it empha- ‘ically. Watwood of Deadwood ex- oressed his views on militarism which were directly in opposition to it. He also declared his non-support of such Americanism as that which Morgan and Mellon advocate. Brookhart Speaks, . . Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa, the main»speaker of the day outlined very vividly the economic conditions of the farmers and suggest- ed as well as. talked on means of bettering them. He stressed the be- nefits of co-operation and at the end of his address indorsement was voted by the adoption of a favorable reso- lution. He outlined and explained all the different co-operatives of Burope whieh he has investigated personally. Of the various types he pronounced those of Russia and Denmark the most satisfactory. Farmers’ Economic Status. His talk was primarily on the eco- nomic conditions which discriminate against the farmer and he laid much stress on the fact that future as well as present production and distribution should and must operate on a co-oper- ative basis. He cited a very interest- ing illustration: “And you notice now,” said the speaker, “that the Ford statement al- ways carries down at the bottom item of something like thisy “Cash on hand $350,000,000 dollars.” Ford is never going to be at the mercy of Wall St. He is going to be his own bank and that is what the farmer must do, or- ganize your own co-operative banking institutions.” “Yet there is not a law in the land or any state which will permit you to do this, to handle your own credit in a co-operative bank.” Loan Bill Turned Down, “He referred to laws by: legislation for the farmers as.a ‘way out of the present situation and he also outlined a bill which he had introduced in the senate but which had not been passed because it made a provision for finan- cial aid to the farmer by the forma- tion of a corporation with a capital of $1,500,000 loaned by the govern- ment. The principal underlying the passage of this bill would have been the possibility of amending it and thus creating a co-operative reserve bank. He concluded his speech with an appeal for the election of co-opera- tive men to congress and a president to join them, Resolution. The resolution read by A. L. Put- man and unanimously adopted read as follows: WHEREAS, American industry un- der the domination of the great finan- cial houses of Wall. street, operates against the farmers and those who produce the wealth of this nation, making it ever more difficult for the real producers to earn a living, and WHEREAS, The large mass of Ame- rican farmers as well as the workers in the industries cannot get rid of this domination by monopoly and solve any of their basic problems except in their own interest, and WHEREAS, We believe that genu ine co-operation offers a great means for the farmers and other producers to better their economic condition: This Farmers’ Section will appear regularly in every Monday morning’s issue of The DAILY WORKER. Watch For it. GROWTH IN FARM TENANCY. (Figures furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Since 1920 tenancy has increased in 13 farming states as follows: Number of Per cent oftotal Tenants farms operated by tenants 1925 1920 1925 1920 Minnesota ..........00.-csessees 51,083 44,138 27.1 24.7 lowa ... 95,396 89,046 44.7 417 Missori 85,030 75,727 32.6 28.8 North Dakota 26,096 19,918 34.4 25.6 South Dakota 33,046 26,041 415 34.9 Nebraska 59,299 53,430 46.4 42.9 Kansas 70,001 66,701 42.2 40.4 Arkansas 125,899 119,221 56.7 51.3 Louisiana .. 19,06/ 11,381 6u.1 on Oklahoma 115,498 97,836 58.6 51.0 ~ Texas .. 281,222 232,309 60.4 53.3 Montana 10,266 6,dU/ ran) Ws Wisconsin 29,936 27,285 15.5 14.4 UNITED STATES FARMERS MAKE AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $648 FOR YEAR By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. A gain of $24 in the annual wage of the average American farmer for the farm year 1925-26 still leaves him far short of the wages paid in indus- try, according to the U. 8S. department of agriculture. The department finds that after allowing for a conservative interest return on the farmer's invest- ment the average farm family earned only $648 for its labor and manage- ment, The farmer's pay, the department says, is still nearly 30% below that of 1919-20. In the same period the average wage paid in manufacturing industry has fallen about 10%, The department estimates the gross income from agriculture in 1926-26 at $12,415,000,000 compared with $12,003, 000,000 in 1924-25, an increase of about 4%. The 1925-26 total is made up of $9,891,000,000 cash income from sales of farm products and $2,524,000,000, the value placed on food and fuel pro- duced and consumed on the farms, The gross income includes $3,577,- 000,000 for dairy and poultry products, $2,746,000,000 for meat animals, $1,- 682,000,000 from the cotton crop, $1,- 625,000,000 for fruits and vegetables and $1,565,000,000 for grains, Accord- ing to the department increased in- come from potatoes, dairy products and meat animals more than offset de- clines in income from grains and cot- Out of the gross income, says the department, farmers paid $6,812,000,- 000, $1,216,000,000 wages to hired la- bor; $8076,000,000 for products and services of other industries repairs and maintenance of buildings and equipment; $635,00,000 taxes; $1,127,- 000,000 rent on property rented from non-operators, and $758,000,000 inter- est on mortgages and other indebted- ness held by non-operators, y The difference between gross farm income and expenses is $5,603,000,000, which represents the net farm income for the year. But $2,524,000,000 of this net income was in the form of food and fuel consumed by the farm- ers themselves. So the farmers’ net cash income shrinks to $3,079,000,000. The net farm income of $5,603,000,- 000, including the farm products con- sumed on the farms, gives the average farm family a net return of $879, This js all that was available for the farm operator's capital, labor and manage- ment. It compares with $854 in 1924-25. The department's figures show that the farmer's tribute to capital in the $1,885,000,000, exceeding by $668,000,- 000 the amount paid in wages to hired labor, This toll exacted by the land lord and money lender was thus more than half again as large hs the farm wage bill, And the figure does not include the tribute to industrial capi- tal in the form of profits on the indus- trial prodacte purchased: by tatmers. eek sue of the The DAILY WORKER. j NEWS AND. COMMENT | and also serve to educate them td fight in their own interests, therefore, be it Favor Co-ops. RESOLVED, That we, in Co-opera- tors’ Picnic assembled on this 16th of. August, 1926, at Frederick, S. D, favor co-operative efforts as one great means in bringing about a solution of the farmers’ problem and we call upon all farmers in S. D. and thruout the country to form real co-operatives in marketing farm products and also in buying needed industrial products, and be it further RESOLVED, That we favor the or ganization of the individual agricul tural co-operatives, both selling and buying into centralized agencies, and urge co-operation between farmers’ co operatives and the consumers co-ope- ratives of the city workers, so as to make co-operation in fact as in name an effective weapon for the nation’s producers in fighting monopolistic con- trol of agricultural and industrial pro- | ducts. Organized Farmers Praise Wheat Pool By C. McKAY, Federated Press, MONTREAL—(FP)—“Are we not justified in believing that the wheat pool by putting co-operation in place of unrestricted competition has main- tained prices and thus benefited the non-pool, as well as the pool farmers? Last year Canada had a record wheat crop. Ordinarily this would have meant price declines through excess- ive selling competition.” This is a quotation from a report of the wheat pool directors made to the annual meeting of the Manitoba mem- bers the other day. The Consolidated Pool, covering the 3 prairie provinces, handled 190,- 000,000 bushels of wheat during the crop year ending July 31, Up to the close of the crop year the pool had paid on wheat $1.40 a bushel, No, 1 Northern basis, Fort William. A final payment has yet to be made. The handling of pool wheat cost 1.28¢ per bushel, an increase of .21c over the vrevious year, due to higher carrying charges ,paid to country elevators. The best way—subscribe today. COOLIDCE HAS NEW SCHEME TO FOOL FARMERS Agricultural Secretary Goes West With Dope WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Follow- ing a series of conferences on farm Policy which President Coolidge has had at his vacation camp, Secretary of Agriculture William M, Jardine is go- ing west to tell the farmer the ad- ministration’s future program. That is expected to be the burden of an address the secretary is to de- liver before the Farmers’ Union at Osawatomie, Kas., Sept. 6, and the subject of a later conference of Kan- sas newspaper editors at the home of William Allen White of Emporta, " Coolidge hopes to frame some sort ef compromise program that will promise something to the farmers while leaving the heavy cream to the eastern manufacturers. BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB. Every reader around New York should attend the Daily Worker Picni (No adynission charge) © Take Third Ave. “L” to 133rd Street or Lexingtyn Ave. Subway to 180th Street. 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