The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 2

8 4 4 es 2S RE ES Hae 1 ; i ij i t TAX TRIA EVIDENCE” SHOWS FORD NOT NEEDED Great Corporations Run By Own Momentum WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — Henry Ford, America’s first billionaire, with enormous assets and a clear field, oc- eupied an “incomparable position” in the motor industry in 1918 and Ford stock was a “good buy” in 1918 at $10,000 « share, according te testi- mony adduced today before the board of tax appeals. Today’s principal witness was Pierce C. Ward, an investment banker of Chicago. Business Runs Itself. If Henry Ford had dropped out of the business at that time, ft would have made little difference in its fu- ture history, t pert declared. He stated that its policies were well es- tablished. by ¢ e, and its con- trol of the tion secure, so that the “gigantic momentum of the busi- ness would carry it along.” He des- eribed it as too “bi ss to be affected by one m Others Run Same Way. Ward cited the cases of the Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph com- pany, the Hill and Harriman railroads and Mar: Field of Chicago as ex- amples of great coroporations built up by outstanding men. “When the buliders dropped out, the corporations continued to pro- gvess," Ward declared. Ford The Richest. Government counsel ght to com- pare the Ford situation with that of the General Motors cor ion, but Waxd insisted that “Gene Motors is not in as favors as was Ford fn 191° “This is without refletcion on Gen- eral Motors,” he added. “Ford in 1913 practically dominated the small car field, while today General Motors is faced with a different competitive sit- uation.” General Motor stock at twice its annual and about 7 1-2 times ihe earnings at the present time, he I, “Ford stock in 1913 was a better buy at ten times the annual earnings than was General Motors at twice the | carnings,” Ward said. | tual Monopoly. | “With a virtual monopoly and lit-| danger of serious competition for “me years to come, Ford was in an icomparable position in the motor fig,” Ward declared. tJ The xbvernment, which claims Ford | sieck Was worth approximately $8,- 400 a share in that year, sought to yreak down Ward’s testimony, by fore- ing him to compare that steck with the securities--of other motor com- panies. Capitalized Profits. Ward, however, in explaining his valuation made on a basis of ten times the annual earnings of the Ford com- pany, insisted that Ford’s position was unique and could not be compared to that of other corporations. Ward declared. th le a position now was valued gs in 1918, hat a number of other first class lustrial corpora- tions were recapitalized in 1918, the valuation being fixed at from 8 1-2 to 11 3-4 times the normal annual earnings. “However, Ford’s position was much stronger than any of these corpora- tions,” Ward said. “A conservative valuation of the Ford business in 1913 would be placed at $200,000,000.” Building Contractors Leave Bricks and Tools A wind storm rattled through the metropolitan district early yesterday imperilling lives and causing con- siderable damage. Thé 60-mile gale clipped off bricks and lumber in buildings under con-) struction, endangering pedestrians and in some cases delaying vehicular} traffic. Bricks, lumber and workmen's tools rained down into the Borough Hall square section of Brooklyn when fquare section of Brokolyn when seaffolding on the twenty-fifth floor of the half completed Temple court bugiding, Court and Montague streets, was shaken loose by the wind. It ‘vas necessary to rope off the square, delaying trolley car service and handicapping thousands of pedes- ‘trians. “About $400,000 Profits In Ford Company Store Henry Ford made $400,000 from lis company stores last year, says a report to the Daily News Record. An-| pual business was $12,000,000. The| Ford stores sell garments, shoes and many other personal goods in his De-| troit territory and in the neighbor-| hood of important assembly plants) in other cities. [ Withdraw the Re Naval Forces From Chinese Waters! Recognize the Chinese Nationalist Government! (Continued from page 1,) r under Chincse law, but were responsible only in the conrts which the powers set ap in China. Together with these foreign courts the imperialist powers forced upon China their own police forces and quartered their marines and military forces in Chinese territory. They established within China their concession arcas on which foreign cities, harboring the Imperial- ist exploiters and their industries, were built within the borders of China, governed by the imperialist powers. The imperialist exploiters paraded through China as if they were some sort of overlords or gods before whom the Chinese people must cower in abject obedience. Actually they were impertalist robbers, who enforced thejr exploitation through the ever threatening guns of their war ves their private police forces, their marines and their regiments of foreign soldiers. The Government at Washington has helped to establish and main- tain this system of imperialist exploitation, together with the imperial- ist governments of Great Britain, Japan. France, Germany, before it was stripped of its position in China during the World War, and im- perialist Russia of the Czar. While the American government was a late comer in the game of imperialist exploitation of China and had no concession areas in China, it shared in the tariff control and en- forced its extra-territoriallty treati The occasional hesitation in supporting imperialist aggression in China by the other imperialist powers, or even opposition, on the part of the United States, was not inspired by friendship to China, but by a desire to improve its own position as an imperialist exploiter of China. Chinese Nationalists Challenge Imperialist Rule It is against this system of imperialist exploitation through which the imperialist powers preyed upon China, that the Chinese National- ist Government (Canton) is fighting. It is because the Canton gov- ernment has declared that it will continue its fight until this system, under which the Chinese people haye been made the slaves. of the im- perialists, is wiped out, that the Chinese people have rallied to its support. e The Chinese Nationalist armies have swept forward from victory to victory because they are fighting for the liberation of the Chinese people. "The Chinese warlords, usually puppets of and subsidized by one or the other of the imperialist powers, have been unable to halt the nationalist movement. It is against this Chinese Nationalist Government, now - sweep- ing forward toward Shanghai, the centre of imperialist exploitation in China, that the American government is now sending its warships and hurrying its marines from San Diego, Guam and Manila. Although Coolidge and Kellogg pretend to express friendship to the aims of the ationalist movement. in fact. they are following the policy of Great Zein in massing military, forces at Shanghai in an effort to coerce and intimidate the Canton Natlonalist Government. Soviet Russia Is the Only Friend of China If the government of Coolidge really meant the professions in the statement of Secretary of State Kellogg there is an easy way for it to demons its intentions. ft should surrender its imperialist privi- leges in China. {t should cease trying to split yp China by snpport- ing various warlords. It should recognize the Canton Nationalist Gov- ernment as the government of China. The Government of the Union of Soeialist Soviet Republics has shown the way. It has declared nvll and void all unequal treaties with China made by the Czar, such as those through which extra-territorial- ity and tariff control was established. It has surrendered the right to special courts, to maintain police and military forces in China. It has returned to China the concessions wrung from it by the imperial- ist government of the Czar. It has recognized the Canton Nationalist Government. é That is why the Canton Nationalist Government considers the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics its friend. IF COOLIDGE AND KELLOGG WANT TO PROVE THAT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS SYMPATHETIC TO THE ASPIRA- TION OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE FOR FREEDOM FROM IM- * PERIALIST EXPLOITATION LET THEM' FOLLOW IN THE FOOT- STEPS OF THE UNION OF SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLICS. But the American government under the direction of Coolidge and Kellogg will do nothing of the kind, The American government repre- sents the American capitalist exploiters of China. It makes statements containing some “fair words,” but rushes war vessels and marines to China to protect the property rights and the imperialist exploitation of China by the American capitalists. Workers and Farmers Must Speak for Chinese Liberation It is the workers and farmers of the United States, and not the imperialist government of the capitalists, who are the friends of the Chinese people in their struggle against imperialist exploitation. The workers and farmers of the United States must take up the cause of the Chinese workers and the peasants by taking up the strug- gle in their interests against the government of Coolidge and Kellogg. The threats of military ceercion against Chinese contained in the sending of American warships and marines to China is but another in- dication that the policy of fighting for investments and profits of the Wall Street banking houses, which has already led to the invasion of Niearagua and threats of war against Nalg leading this country into a new imperialist war. " The carke and farmers of this country must redouble their struggle against the imperialism of the Washington government, if they are not to be led forth to give their lives in a war for Wall Street investments. The representatives of a quarter of a million farmer-labor voters in Minnesota, through a state farmer-labor eonference, have declared their determination to fight the imperialist policies of the government and demanded the impeachment of Secretary of State Kellogg. The workers and farmers throughout the whole country must follow this exemple and organize conferences from all workers’ and farmers’ or- ganizations for the fight against American imperialism. Hands off China! — vs Withdraw the American marines from Nicaragua! No war with Mexico for American oil interests! , Cancel the unequal treaties with China! Withdraw American naval forces from Chinese waters! Recognize the Canton nationalist government of China! Workers and farmers unite for the fight against Ameri- can imperialism under these slogans! Central Committee, : Workers (Communist) Party of America C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary. $$ Carmi Thompson Plan In Philippine Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Control of the- Philippines and other insular possessions of the United States would be removed from the war and navy departments and placed in the hands of a civilian bureau under terms of a bill introduced today by Senator Willis (R) of Ohio. This plan was recommended by Col. Carmi A. Thompson in his report to President Coolidge on conditions in the Philippines. French Have New Seaplane which capitalist lackeys can exterm- inate each other has been added to the French navy. A seaplane, the smallest in the world, capable of be- ing’ taken apart and packed aboard a submarine, was delivered today. At rise to the surface, and in nine sac- ends the plane can be assembled. Many dozens are to be constructed, French fleet. HARLEM CASINO 5 PARIS, Feb. 4.—Another means by| a convenient point, the submarine can | since one is to form part of the equip- | ment of every.gubmarine in the} \ TIGTH STREET AND Tickets in advance 50 cents, at the door 75 cents, Arranged by the YOUNG WORKERS’ LEAGUE, 108 East 14th Street, _ BOOSTER TOWNS OF SOUTH GROW ‘Segregated Race Lives In Shacks and Toils (Special to The Daily Worker). By THURBER LEWIS. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 4,—“Color- ed Waiting Room” ig the first sign |that hits your eye as you step off the | train in this metropolis of the south- land. “Detention Home for Colored Children,” greets you ag you ride along in a street car that has a spe¢- ial seetion for Negrogs. I. was told that at least half of the ci is populated by Negroes. In the e ons of Memphis you sep man- sions that would put many a Gold Coast or Fifth avenve town house, in its place. The Negro workers live Jin shacks that would not be used for live-stock in lowa. Wooden Windows. Windows appear to be a luxury. I saw many a “house” with wooden swing windows that have to be shut to keep out the child—and the light. Memphis is rated as a rich and up-and-coming town. No doubt it is. It is a big cotton market as well ae a lumber center. It is obviously up- and-coming on the backs of the under- paid and abused Negro worker. And yet white workers’ homes that I saw seem to have left much to be desired It may seem peculiar for one to write of the south as of a foreign country, Yet that outstanding and ever present fact of a large, enslaved and segreated race that hits you in the face wherever you look makes it impossible to take any other view in correspondence to he read in the north where the fact-—though it ex- ists there too—is not so compelling. Farmers Suffer. In the country, the Negro, and also the white, cotton farmers are suffer- ng acutely, This year’s cotton crop ruinous. On top of this has ome damaging of goods. You see homes” in the country, inhabited by both Negro and white tenants that ‘hallenge Your credulity—it is impos- sible to believe that human beings will live in them. Southern Booster Burgs. Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Dieksbury and New Orleans may all be “booster” burgs with rich mansions and yowling Kiwenees fairly burst- ing with prosperity—the south may be reflecting the “good times’ that is turning the A. F, of L. officials into trustees and bank Airectors—but. a cursory study of southern dwellings for workers will show that the boom has still far to go to make itself felt very warmly by the mass of workers and farmers south of the Mason and Dixon line. { \ N the United States’ the workers producing profits for the Rocke- fellers who dominate the Standard Oil Company are not organized. It should be interesting to Amer- ican organized labor to learn that Chinese workers employed by Standard Oil in the Orient do haye their trade unions. * * * This also recalls~agein, for in- stance, that the mighty army of workers in this country toiling for the richest man in the world, Henry Ford, are entirely without organi- zation. Touu's wealth now tops the two-billion mark, according to ex- perts. The pile grows ever more rapidly as Ford coins new methods of robbing the workers on his pay- roll of the wealth they produce. But in little Denmark, where Ford also hes a flivver plant, the workers are organized, and re- cently won a strike against the Ford billions. aa Sek Cabled reports state that. recent- ly the Chinese “workers employed by the Standard Oil Company ‘had a little tilt with Rockefeller’s gold. One of their number had been dis- charged “for dishonesty.” That is a cbarge tHat usually covers a mul- titude of sins. No doubt it was the result of loyalty to the principles of Canton and the national revolu- tionary government rather than ad- herence to the Manchurian war lord, Chang Tso Lin, and his Peking outfit, that created the prejudice against him. The big point, however, is that the Chinese workers stood loyally by their comrade who was fired. They developed such solidarity as labor has never displayed in the industrial hells of Standard Oil in this country. Thus the New York World reports the result of the struggle as follows: “The company has signed terms to settle the strike which include a $4 raise for every man, a prom- ise to pay two months’ wages and a ‘present’ of a like amount to every man discharged and an agreement to raise. pay semi-an- annually.” * ue It is not stated just what the two months’ wages were for, probably for the time the workers were en- gaged in the strike. This is prob- able since the men discharged are to get a “present” of alike amount. Mexican labor has. often enforced a similar demand. Another reason for American armed intervention, ' of course. , The significant fact, however, is that the Chinese workers win an agreement to raise wages semi- annually, which shows that Chin- ese labor feels it has been in the depths of exploitation and is com- ing up, while wage cuts are being forced on America’s unorganized workers, or, as in the case of the United Mine Workers of America, the coal diggers are now being asked to continue working for the Same wages under the Jacksonville Agreement of 1923. Pankhurst Now Conservative. | | LONDON, Feb. 3. — Emmeline Pankhurst, who was once at the head | ,of suffragists storming the House of | Commons, will now seek entry to that | body via tie ballot box. She has been | selected as the conservative candidate | for the White Chapel and St. George’s | division. | Four rien were found dead from | gas poisoning in a house at 6505 Hull \avenue, Maspeth, Queens, early to- ° day. Two of the men lived in the yah yeas dwelling. The others were their The best comparison of the spirit guests, of organized labor in the two coun- The Manager's Corner COMMENT The editors and the management of The Daily Worker are engaged in a serious effort to improve the paper. The recent’ features which have been added to the paper have been a step in that direction. However we cannot hope to make any real progress unless we have the full cooperation of our readers. In going the rounds among comrades, in an attempt to secure their opinions on the character of the paper, I have had some interesting experiences. In reply to my question, “What do you think of the paper?” one comrade asked me in turn, “Do you want me to be frank?” Of course we want _ frankness, even brutal frankness. Don’t be afraid to hurt our | feelings. We want the truth. | On another occasion at a conference of labor organiza- tions, a delegate asked the following question, “You ask us to support The Daily Worker. But we want to know our rights and our duties toward the paper.” This question was aptly answered by another delegate, who pointed out that at a con- ference called for the Volkszeitung, those in charge had stated that those present had no right to discuss anything about the paper's policy, but must limit themselves solely to the question of the financial support of the paper. The Daily Worker does not maintain this policy. We believe that we have a definite responsibility to those who read our paper and to those who support it even in the smallest way. We welcome and respect the criticisms and suggestions of all those who are interested in the progress of TSe Daily Worker. In fact we cannot get along without them. We, therefore, urge our readers to send in their coms ments on The Daily Worker, Let us know what you think of | tt, especially in its new form.—BERT MILLER. i | | | Chinese Labor Fighting | Standard Oil Company ON NEGRO BACKS| Has Its Trade Unions By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. LENOX AVENUE tries, the United States and China, is shown in the exclamation of the American newspaper correspondent as follows: : “Cables from Ching to American newspapers concerning strikes and ‘ various crises brought about by the demands of unions must seem al- most unintelligible to American readers because the United States has long had a first-hand acquaint- ance with strikers and with untons and has found that, as a rule, they are not so terrible. “But in China the temper of the unions, the manner of conducting strikes, and the ruthless manner in which the Chinese equivalent to sabotage js carried out are far dif- ferent from anything ever known in the United States”. . . . Then follows, of course, a long re- cital of the woes of exploiters in China, the “outrageous demands” of the farm workers, increases demanded by other workers, re- ports of whieh spread inland and cause labor elsewhere to make simi- lar demands, and then the victory of the Amoy silk workers, that re- sulted in numerous concessions, in- eluding two months’ full pay while sick, It is claimed that this will increase the price of silk for Amer- ican consumers, which will no doubt cause all silk-wearing parasites in the United States to. make a grand rash for the recruiting sta- _tions, to enlist for military service in the Orient, for the holy war to keep wages down for the Chinese. * . * American workers and farmers, when fully informed of the strug- gle of Chinese labor, must come to the conclusion that thelr stand is with the rising working class of the Orient. They will enlist for the war against the imperialist war that looms bigger and bigger every day against labor in the Far East. When only silk-wearing parasites are left to fight their own imperialist war, then it ean already be-safely predicted that vietory will rest comfortably on the standards of the Chinese revolution. Phillips, First Canadian Envoy WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The ap- peintment of William Phillips, now ambassador to Belgium as Ameviea’s first diplomatic envoy to Canada, was officially announced today by the state department, Ships Ashore, Endanger Crews. WOODS HOLE, Mass. Feb. 4.-.. Two coal steamers, Norfolk to Bosto1 were agrond today along the shores of Vineyard Sound, The steamer Selwyn Eddy, with 26 men aboard, was pounding on the shoals of Tarpaulin Cove, Navshon | Island. Model Killed, Says Sister. Mrs. Charles W. Schwefel of 219-18 107th street, Queens Village, sister of Marion Hunt, beautiful cloak model, who was found dead from a bullet wound early Friday morning outside Mrs. Schwefel’s home, declared today biden believes her sister was mur- Catch $2,600,000 Rum Runners Motions by defense attorneys to dismiss the indictments against three of the men on trial on charges of con- spiracy to violate the Volstead act in connection with the landing of a $2,- 000,000 rum cargo from the steamship Eker at Edgewater, N. J., were de- nied today by Federal Judge Issac N. Meekings, ; Injered in Train Wreck. t SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb, 4—A broken arm was the worst injury to- day in the wreck of the Detroit to Chieago flyer of the Wabash Rail- read, in which two pullman cars left the rails and overturned throwing | Passengers into panic. The wreck oceurred three miles east of Uyatt, Indiana, Finance Board Lifts Price. | Finance Corporation announced today that it had instructed the federal re- serve bank in New York to raise the price, on Feb. 15, of the unsold bal- ance of the Brooklyn-Manhattan | Transit Corporation, rapid transit se- (curities 6 per cent gold bonds owned by the corporation, to par, plus ac- crued interest and less a commission of one carter of 1 per cent of par ‘value to be allowed to bankers and jother recognized bond dealers and brokers. Roll in the hl ahod The DAILY i WORKER. > OPORTO GARRISON DEMANDS RETURN TO CONSTITUTION State Rail Employes Out on Strike LIBSON, ‘Portugal, Feb. 4. — Al- though rumors prevail that the gar- vison of Oporto the commercial cen- ter of the country, has surrendered and that its mutiny and attempted revolution is at an end, there is as yet no confirmtalon. At four o'cloek the government stated that previous reports of the end of the revolt were inaccurate, but that loyalist troops surrounded, the city, and that nego- WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The War tiations for surrender were going on. Strike Starts. Meanwhile, taking advantage of the situation, the stgte railway employes gave struck, and the government is trying to conduct an emergeney truck service, using army truek drivers. Troops also guard the tracks, All Portugal is under martial law. There has been a little fighting and 1 few casualties. The rebellious garrison at Oporto, is now revealed, telegraphed the gov- ernment, demanding that it resign and return the country to‘a constitu- tional administration, Idaho Solons Plan Bill To More Exploit Prison Labor on County Roads BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 4,-Further ex- ploitation of prison Jabor will be sane- tioned in the state of Idaho if a bill introduced in the house of represen- tgtives of the state legislature here teday is eventually passed, The bil? permits county commissioners to hire ecunty prisoners for labor other than public works on the highways, s,chool, good roads, and irrigation districts and municipals, Proceeds from» thit labor are divided 25 per cent to’single prisoners and 75 per cent to the fam- ilies of married prisoners. Balance reverts to“the general county fund.” Alien Registration Comes Up in House; Called “Voluntary” Provisions for a system of volun- tary registration by aliens who de- sire to become citizens of the United States would be made in a bill just introduced in the house by Represen- tative Holaday (Rep.) of Illinois, Undtr the terms of the bill, the | department would furnish application blanks, which would coutair informa- tion rslative to the history of the ap- plicant, when filled out by the alien, - and that any alien who has been im the Enived States for a period of five vears preceding registration, shall not be subject to deportation.~ Tourist Club “The Friends of Nature”. Sunday, February 6th, we hike te Long Beach, This is the time of the year when it is very interesting along the cogst. Stormy seas with thousands of sea gulls flying about combine to make this a hike that is far above the ordinary. Sand dunes and drift- wood bear evidence of the herculean power of the sea. We hope many grasp the opportunity to spend a pleasant day away from the city. Meeting place, Municipal Building (downstairs at entrance to trains) ; time, 8 a. m.; those living in Brook- lyn, Long Island R. R. Jamaica Sta- tion waiting room; 9 a. m.: walking time, 2 hours, Fare, $1.00; leader, Will Beck. Non-members are always welccme provided they are nature- loving proietarians, Ten Cent Fare in Syracuse. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Trolley fares in Syracuse will be inereased on Feb. 10 from 7 to 10 cents, under sa vuling made today by the public ser- vice commission, Read ‘BOLSHEVIK’ A drama written! on the American style by Leon. Hausman Author and Playwright One Dollar and Ten Cents 4 ® sent to LEON HAUSMAN “BOLSHEVIK” POST OFFICE ROX 197 ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY secures a copy of. “BOLSHEVIK” in English for the present. ‘ Bieaaaiteiaue Pit had at a »