The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 4

' { i Tek, ' dends now amount to about $525,000 * All - Youth column should be addressed as THE DAILY WORKER, YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEB, 16, 1927 At a conference to decide the future of the Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D. C., leading scientists met | Modern industry needs invention, and invention requires research—so the scien- But the men of learning in this gathering were shoved in the background, where lesser servants with the heads of the government. tists are necessary. belong, and the Wall Street boys took front place. SCIENCE AND POLITICS MEET | Reading from left to right, front row: Andrew Mellon, sec’y of | treas.; Frank B. Kellogg, sec’y of state; President Coolidge, Chief Justice Wm. Howard Taft; and the worried fel- low on the end is Chas. G. Abbot, acting secretary of the institution. SUN MAID RAISIN GROWERS ASSOCIATION BEING GOBBLED UP BY WALL STREET; ANNOUNCEMENT OF $5,500,000 BOND ISSUE (By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press) How the long agricultural deflation is extending Wall street control over the country’s food producers is shown in the announcement of a bond issue of $5,500,000 for the Sun-Maid Raisin_Growers Assn. Dillon Read & Co., known for their control of Dodge Bros., Goodyear Rubber, National Cash Register and many other corporations, appear as the fiscal agents of this raisin, grower company which was once an independent farmer co-operative. The collapse of the co-operative under pressure of wholesale grocers and bankers was told in the Feder- ated Press r letter of March 25, 1925. According to a former repre- sentative of the co-operative who told * the story: Price § output of 15,000 or more members. Of course the corporation, with eas' ern fingnciers providing the cash, got bank credit where the co-operative had failed. Under an exclusive contract expir- ing Nov. 23, 1973, between the cor. “When they got 85 per cent of r poration and the co-operative a » producing | ciation, the corporation receives, with- 1912, the out cost and free of lien, the entire m 11-4 naps. and marketing had been run eents a pound f the prey its members. The Dillon Read an- raisins. They brought it up to nouncement says: “The terms of the cents the firs r, to 7 cents in) contract will provide that the cor- 1917 and 14 ¢ ni slumped to 4 cents in 19 13-4 cents in 1924.” Then it 2 and about n without all deduct the co-operative associa’ payment therefore and The slump in the price received by| from the proceeds of its sales all of the raisin grow was not accom-.jts operating, selling and general ex- panied by a r decline in the penses, including depreciation, inter- price paid by the consumer. It was a result chiefly of overproduction stimulated by the opponents of co- operation. In the same way that non- union coal production has been devel- oped to undercut the union fields, so non-co-6perative raisin growing was developed to the point where the co- operative Sun-Maid Raisin Growers’ could not control the market. Credit For Corporation. In 1923 the Sun-Maid Raisin Grow- | Assn., a Delaware organization, | is over the debts of the co-opera-| ve. and in return got all the proper- les and the exclusive right to sell the! est, dividends on its preferred stock, and reserve to maintain net working capital at not less than $2,000,000. The balance of sales proceeds is then to be remitted to the co-operative as- sociation raisins received and sold.” Growers Patiently Wait. In other words the growers get what's left after capital has gobbled its fill. What is more, the raisin growers get nothing until their crop is sold by the corporation except what a syndicate of local bankers chooses to allow in loans on the warehouse receipts for the crop. Sun-Maid Raisin Gross Expense, Incl. Balance for in- operations Receipts depreciati terest, etc. 1923 $19,632,805 $9,587,307 $10,035,498 24,119,172 + 14,396,780 20,397,184 9,624,877 10,772,307 8, 9,180,304 10,797,883 9,531,219 Average 11,500,605 The interest and preferred divi- of $10,273,233 for the growers would give the average producer between | $600 and $700 to cover the labor of producing the crop plus interest on his Anvestmert. a year. Deducting these the balance remittable to the co-operative would ayerage just under $11,000,000 or just about one-half the value of their pro- duct at wholesale. The 1926 balance Real Problems of ' Negro Are Observed By Harmon Awards YOUNG WORKERS ATTENTION. articles and notices for the) The opening of the second series meee: 3. Perillo, Editor Youth of William &. Harmon awards for ean, ad a lath-street, Room’ si tinguished’ achievement by’ Ne- ere ew :vork City. groes in the fields of literature, fine The quality of the column will inj arts, religion and business organiza- a large degree depend -on the matter tion has been «announced. These of contributions received. ‘awards are for the purpose of provid- Young Worker correspondents, geting an impetus towards creative on the job! work among Negroes. Sa To Negro workers, however, these awards are just so much hokum, The Negro wor besides being an eco- Sazer’s DINEWELL nomic serf, lives in an environment ‘ » || which is prejudiced towards him be- Sr er sad DAIRY cause of his color. He has a daily | reminder of his position in the Amer- ican economic scheme of things. His | jobs are limited and are of the worst jand poofest paid. His problems are | not those of “art” or religion ov bus- }iness organization. His immediate | problems are, rather, the struggle |against an antagonistic environment | and the right to work at jobs accord- jing to his capabilities. The Negro is barred from the American Feder- ‘tion of Labor and his big problem is | to find some means of organizing his fellows. into some union to protect | their elemental rights, the rights of | labor, with better wages and decent | conditions, | These are his problems, not those |of the William k, Harmon Founda- | tion that will award him for his find- | ings in religion or art. , 78 2nd Avenue, Near 4th Street. The Real Wa 2 > ‘T Violin and Viola Lessons Given by expert teacher, For reasonable rates; write JOHN WEINROTH 6150 LARCHWOOD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, to Read the ‘BOLSHEVIK’ A DRAMA IN PLAY FORM written on the American style By LEON HAUSMAN Author and Playwright Per Copy at $1.10 sent to Leon Hausman “Bol: Mt Hox 137, Bit | ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Patrick Feeley, of Utica, had a chanee to | save $499 today, but he couldn’t do it. Arraigned ,in Federal Court on a charge of violating the prohibition law in that he had liquor in his pos- Jy secures a copy of “Bol saat , evi in nylish for the presen session, Judge H. B. Howe said: | “Feeley, -if you can’ prove: to: me ‘Translations that the liquor you had in your pos- session when you were “arrested was to be used as medicine, I will fine you only $1 instead of $500. “LI wish I could do it, Judge, be- cause I need the money, but I can’t, I'm guilty.” “Fined $500,” said the eourt, and the case was dismissed. later date. On and after “BOLSHEVIK” will As Mr, Leon § ds to play the title his wide acguainta to first read the book. The author ix it diffieult t get “ROLSHE' t BOL SEet, in newspapers SHEVIK" will go over Just the name AND HOW! th, 1927, a nan in , advises rop delivered to the co-operative by| poration shall receive all raisins from | SOVIET COLLEGE WILL HELP FARM MECHANIZATION ‘Students to Run Farm | While They Study | MOSCOW, Feb, 15.—The readiness with which Russia adopts new experi- | mental methods of education and the rapid strides that she is taking to in-| dustrialize agriculture are both illus-| trated by an agreement recently con- | cluded between Dr. Charles Kuntz of | the American Polytechnic of Califor-| *nia and the education department of | the Ukrainian government. The agreement provides for the es- | tablishment of a combined agricul-, tural college and,modern farm, where | | students can work and study. | Newest Technique. | | The most modern agricultural ma-| chinery and the most advanced tech-| nique will be employed. Thorough| |mechanization of agriculture, which | will include the establishment of ma-| chine shops and a power plant, is part | of the program. | | A former monastery, perched above | |the Dnieper, a little below the site of |the huge hydroelectric plant which is in lieu of payments for|now under construction, will be reno-|: The|~ |vated and used for the, college. |site is ideal in view of the plan for| |mechanizing agriculture. The build- | ings can house more than 500 stu-| \dents, and the adjoining farm con- tains 7,000 acres of the finest soil. Take Up Soil. Students will work four hours a day on the land and four hours in the class room. The college will be self- governing, students being represented | on the governing board, which will in- elude two members of the Atherican| group and one representative of the Ukrainian Board of Education. Begin Teaching. Not only will they work on the land| and learn, but students of the college! will teach. Part of their job is to| among the peasants. The college will! surrounding countryside, where peas-| advice. Graduates of the school will) be called upon to organize similar groups throughout Russia. | Running a newspaper and a radio| transmitting station and organizing! tivities of the college. Automatic Devices Urged to Prevent | Rear End Collision | WASHINGTON, Feb. 15,—The In-| terstate Commerce Commission in its | report on a rear-end collision between | two sections of the 20th Century | Limited at Savannah, N. Y., on Jan-| uary 9, recommended that automatic | train control devices be installed to/ prevent similar accidents in the fu-| ture. “The operation of several sections of a train under close headway at a speed of 80 miles an hour or more,| frequently under adverse weathe conditions, reduces the possibility of | effective flag protection to a mini-! mum and places practically all of the | responsibility on the engineer,” the report says. : i “Such a situation clearly warrants the installation of an automatic train control device which will compel the | engineer to begin bringing his train under control at the distant signal location.” As usual, the responsibility for the collision was placed upon the engi- neer, Scoville, for failure to observe and obey signals. Scoville was killed in the wreck and 54 passengers in-! jured. | In Ferry Rescue. | CAMDEN, N, J., Feb. 16,—Eleven | passengers and a crew of three were rescued today when the ferryboat. “Harding Highway” struck a sub- merged spile and-sank in the Dela- ware River, between Penn’s Grove, N. J., and Wilmington, Del, The accident occurred because of the heavy fog. There was no excite- ment because the captain assured the passengers the water was shallow at that point and there was no danger. Roll in the Subs For The DAILY The Manager's Corner Some time ago we issued for a day.” We are building New York as a national labor Then we hai to send out fran lumping the emergency over easier all around. tablish a Sustaining Fund. | wlarly every month, or every | they can afford. | run throughout the year. We the paper and that there will comrades. ingclass and to the revolutiona SIGN THE PLEDGE. the slogan, “Building—but not up The DAILY WORKER in paper—but not fora day. We are trying to put the paper on a firm and substantial basis, with excellent prospects ahead of us. In the past we have waited with our appeals for funds and assistance until practically the sheriff was at the door. tic appeals for help. We want to do away with this policy if we can, and there is no doubt that we can. If we regularize our support so that instead of a few months or weeks, we spread it uniformly over the entire year, the task will be much The Management Committee has therefore decided to es- To this fund we will ask the closest friends of: The DAILY WORKER to contribute reg- week, if possible, as much as We will thus establish a basis of financial support that will be dependable, that will be regular, that will are confident that our friends will like this method of stabilizing the financial support of be w generous response to the pledges which are now being sent out to a limited number of We can conceive of no finer service to the work- ry movement, than the reguar and dependable support of a militant working class daily like The DAILY WORKER. of eliminating the uncertainty We can conceive of no saner method which usually makes difficult the maintenance of a labor daily, than through the organizq- tion of a group of DAILY WORKER DIE-HARDS that will stick to the paper through thick and thin. Join the shock troops. Become a sustainer of the pledge.—BERT MILLER. The DAILY WORKER, Sign DAILY WORKER 83 First Street New York, N. Y. Dear Comrades: I herewith pledge the payment of on the of every pases COUMTS .... toward the Sustaining Fund of The DAILY WORKER, NAME isco atame ss. Address . MAb Siva ike cea All pledges should be accompanied with check, cash or money-order. rades to whom pledges should b We would also solicit the names of other com- e sent. CURRENT EVENTS Congress Votes Branch (Continued from Page One) Bank Bill for Morgan HE religious opium joints in na-| tionalist China are being pad- | locked. Missionaries are informed by | government officials that they might find more congenial work than dop- ing the minds of the masses with re- ligious hokum. The divines are amazed to see those they had lined up in some branch of the christian religion suddenly shedding their re- ligious garments and purifying them- selves in the waters of revolutionary nationalism. They originally joined the christian church for consolation in their misery. Now, they have learned their pie until they die. They also | are drummers for foreign imperial. ants will be able to come for aid and|ism. So they are telling the mis- | sionaries to take their hats. ee ING George of England is of the opinion that Bishop ‘William T. Manning of the Episcopal diocese of |strument more than the lord of Buck- ingham Palace. George sent William a silver alms-dish by Sir Esme How- ard, British ambassador to Washing- ton, the same geezer who occupied that position during the regime of the so-called labor government of Ramsay MacDonald. Bishop Manning accepted the gift, praised their majesties the king and queen of England, mumbled something about god, peace and kin- dred subjects (while George’s ships were getting ready to open fire on the Chinese) ordered the organist to grind out “The Star-Spangled Ban- ner” and “God Save The King,” un- furled the American and British |flags, while the congregation stood |at attention, This is some republic mates! * * Bishop Manning said that nothing could keep America out of the world court and that the forces which were |“on the side of god demand that this country shall stand with Great Britain and the other nations and bear her just share of world responsibility.” This responsibility consists of robbing subject peoples with bible, booze and gatling gun. We must admit that the United States is playing a noble part in this godly work with the aid of the episcopal church, the catholic church and the other religious insti- tutions that dig the brains out of ithe masses, pick their pockets and |help to make life on this earth a more vivid hell for them than anything con- jured up out of the debauched minds of hypocritical clergymen. The “Red Flag” will yet be sung by revolu- tionary workers in Manning’s spir- itual joss house and the red flag saluted. The day will come when those who would bedevil the minds of men with fear and superstition will |be considered as dangerous to society as those who now cater to the appe- tites of drug fiends, Aged Man Burned to Death ALBION, N. Y., Feb, 15,—George Halstead, 75, was burned to death when fire destroyed his home at WORKER, J Carlton Station, where he lived alone. (Continued from Page One) | that he would object. Glass has been | Melion’s chief lieutenan® in advanc- ing the re-chartering of the Federal | Reserve system for an indefinite pe- | riod of years. | Nine Opposed. | Only nine senators—all progres- sives—voted against Pepper’s mo- tion. LaFollette served notice that | if the bank bill was rushed thru he would object to every request for unanimous consent during the re- mainder of the session to March 4, spread modern_agricultural technique|that they do not have to wait for| nd would insist upon strict applica- tion of ail the rules. That is to say, serve as a “service station” for the|know that most of the missionaries) he would conduct a parliamentary libuster. Glass, shaking with rage, walked over to Wheeler, and they exchanged remarks. Glass grabbed Wheeler’s arms. Robinson or Arkansas, Demo- cratic floor leader and red-hot sup- porter of Mellon and Glass on the athletics will be some of the other ac-| New. York needs a panharidling in-| ¥@nk issue, rushed to separate them. | | Glass went into the democratic cloak-| room, gesturing as tho to chalienge| Wheeler te combat. Wheeler smil- ingly returned to his seat; he is near- ly twice Glass’ size, Cloture Invoked. Robinson replied to LaFollette’s warning by asking Pepper to file the cloture petition wnich nad previously been signed by nearly two-thirds of the. senate membership. Pepper promptly did so, Under the ciotwure rule, debate on the bank bill was hour tor any senator. ‘That means that bfter eight oy ten opponents of the bill have spoken an nour ach, the Meiion senators in both parties will pass the bill, anl President Cool- idge will sign it. here will be a tremendous rejoicing and celebration in banking circles in New York and elsewhere. How many billions the bilt is worth to the bankers is a mat- ter tor speculation, by the speculat- ing public. Shaking Fist. Meanwhile Norris began a parlia- mentary battle to diviae the smelion ranks, by moving the discharge trom committee of his resolution to inyes- tigate the sale of tederal appoint- ments by fepublican party orticials and puoptic otficials. ‘ine Mellon democrats favor this investigation, and the administration fears 1. — Kobinson, seeing the drift, warned Reed of Fennsylvania against making a point of order againse Norris. Kov- inson said this was no time in the session to get angry. Norris as- sured him that he was quite cool, and would ask no favors as to the rules, Presently Robinson was seen at Nor- ris’ desk, shaking’ a clenched fist. Norris was smiling, The senators who opposed taking up Mellon’s pet bill were Dill, Fraz- ier, Heflin, LaFollette, Norris, Nye, Neely, Shipstéad and Wheeler. Borah did not vote, but tried to placate both sides. His presidential boat was in rough waters, Subscribe for The DAILY WORKER. limited, after Monday noon, to one| ‘Bucking the ‘Roaring Forties’ | Eva Le Gallienne Does Ibsen With More Courage Than Insight | The “Master Builder,”-by Henrik Ibsen, Civic Repertory Theatre. Star- ring Eva Le Gallienne and Egon Brecher, Eva Le Gallienne, turning her back on prosperous Broadway, has come | down to a tawdry lopsided little thea- | tre on 14th Street, and has been try- |ing for the last few months to give | the every-day person, who hasn’t the | advantage either of a college educa- tion or a seat on the Stock Exchange, | good drama at lew prices. One can’t help admiring her nerve. “Her nerve, in the first place, is expecting New York to support repertory when the Theatre Guild and the Neighboring discovered differently, Her nerve, in the second place, in trying to’ produce plays below the geographicai dead- | tine of the theatre. And her nerve, in the third place, in bucking the price trust of theatres in “the roar- ing forties.” ‘ 4 wish I could praise Miss Le Gal- lienne’s production of Ibsen’s ““The)| Master Builder” as much as I can her | enthusiasm and courage. But it is| a production sadly lacking in. distinc-| tion of any kind without being abso- lutely bad. Miss Le Gallienne’s Hilda! Wangel suffers from too much .rap- ture and the use of mannerisms which distort the character. Egon Brecher’s Master Builder Solness |completely misses the mark, ‘The| | play, as nad been pointed out by Ib- |sen commentators, is autobiography | sublimated into realistic. ‘symbolism. |soiness is Ibsen himself,» looking | down in his lonely, nostalgic old age | | trom the bitter tower of his great- |ness. His fame has become as an| | omen, a threat of ultimate disaster. | “The younger generation is knocking | | at the door.” instead of this poetic, | tragic externalization of personal de- | spair, kgon Brecher presents a. mid- die-class tradesman, bourgeois and prosy. | Im excuse it might be said. that | “The Master Builder” is one of lb-| sen’s most difficult plays to produce. | It is one of the subtlest as: well as} the most.personal works of the great | anatomizer of modern bourgeois. so- ciety in its moments of psychopathic disintegration. So much depends on the adjustment of nuance and pace, of tone and gesture that the task be- comes almost superhuman. The play suffers at the hands of Miss Le Gal- jienne and her company, But this does not altogether damn the production, I would not do Miss Le Gallienne the discourtesy of com- paring the work of the Civic ‘Reper- tory Theatre with the. boiler-plate drama whose production is one of thé most lucrative trades that any liter- ate young man, impatient with the pay of bond-selling or real estate, can turn his hand to. A. B. MAGIL. ‘Breaking Chains’ to Be Repeated Next Sunday At Waldorf Theatre The success of “Breaking Chains”, the labor film, which had .its metro- politan premiere at. the ~ Waldorf Theatre recently, signifies still an- other blow at capitalism, and places still another feather in the mythical chapeau in the universal conglomer- ation of worker-proletariats. Innumerable comrades who were bent upon seeing “Breaking Chains” were turned away due to the over- crowding of the spacious theatre on West 50th street. At each of the |four performances standees were ob- vious in the rear of the house. To accomodate the numerous peo- ple who failed to see this film the Playhouse, who sought to know, have | In Peter. Glenny’s play, “New York Exchange,” now in its sixth week at the 49th Street Theatre. the Waldorf Theatre, Sunday after- noon and evening, February 20, Four showings will be given from two to eleven. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the box-office, at Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, at the office of THE DAILY WORKER. BROADWAY BRIEFS “Polly of Hollywood,” from the pen of Will Morrissey, is due here ne®t Monday, Feb. 21. The Harry B. Smith-Sigmund Rom- berg musical version of “The Willow Tree,” by Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes, which the Shuberts are pro- ducing, is now in rehearsal under the direction of Lew Morton and will open next Monday night at the Apool“The- atre, Atlantic City. Howard Marsh, Roberta Beatty, Helen Nord and Ber- nard’ Gorcey will play prominent parts. Laura D. Wilck’s first independent production went into rehearsal Mon- day under the direction of Bertram Harrison. “Get Me in the Movies” is the title, and the author Charlton Andrews. Lilian Loraine will play the principal role. Lionel Atwill will return to the state in “The Web of Penelope,” from the Italian. The play will be presented by the Shuberts February £8 in Baltimore and’ shortly there- after on Broadway. per rs Irving Berlin will write the score and lyrics for a musical version of the Hattons’ play “Upstairs and Down.” Anito Loos will write the book, and the production will be made this spring by Sam H. Harris. William A. Brady will start Mary Nash in “The South Seas.” a new play by Arthur Behrens, which will open the latter part of March. “Singer of Sorrow,” by Ossip Dy- mow, ‘will be ‘produced by Maurice Schwartz at the Yiddish Art Theatre Thursday night. MUSIC NOTES ' “The King’s Henchman,” the opera commissioned by Gatti-Gasazza for ‘ the Metropolitan Opera Company, ! composed by Deems Taylor, with li- -bretto ‘by Edna’ St. Vincent: Millay, : will-have its premiere next Thursday * evening. Tullio. Serafin,. will. conduct. Joseph Urban’ designed ‘and “painted the scenery which pictures England under Saxon ‘rule, i The chief roles wil be sung. by: \Lawrence Tibbett, Edward Johnson, management has decided,to repeat its presentation. It will take ,place at Neighborhood Playhouse 466 Grand St. Drydock 7516 Every Eye. (Except Mon.) Mat,’ Sat, ‘PINWHEEL’ By Francis Edwards Faragoh “THE DYBBUK"—Feb. 17 thro’ Feb, 23 ; An @ MERICAN TH TRAGEDY MONTH Mts. Wed Longacre 43 QF and Se, HA. W. 45th St. Eyam, 8:80 MATINEE THORS. & SAT, KLAW Aas “SINNER With Allan Dinehart & Clatborne Foster ik BA, West 42nd ‘St. rer HARRIS fice ‘Dally, 2:30. & 8:30 WHAT PRICE GLORY | Mats, (exe. Sat.) $0c-$1. Bves, 500-$2 Bronx Opera House },!"? ,4'%e" Pop. Prices. Mats. Weds & Sate? “THE LITTLE SPITFIRE 9 yron Cy Fagan's Great) edly W440 Eres B50 Mats Med Xtra Mats, Peb. 22, 28, 24 Florence Easton, William Gustafson, George Meader and Louis D'Angelo. ’ Po Malinees WED. and SAT., Musical Bon Bon with - i Dorothy Burgess, Louty Simon, Wm, Frawley, George Sweet, rie ied nea ean ETE PLYMOUTH, ‘Then, Went 45th ss. Sat. y on WINTHROE AMES? and Gilbert & TY... OF PEN- suutven, PIRATES zance Thursday Evening# Only, the” PP brid a bad ma ad Everybody's Play WALDORF, 50th St, Hast of Bway. Mats. WED, and SAT, he epee Cor, 6 Av. & 14 St. Civic Repertory $2 Waite tee EVA LE GALLIENNE This Afternoon, “MASTER BULLDER Tonight . “THRER SISTERS" Homorrow Lyening, "CRADLE SONG" EARL CARROLL 29,8 4,038 _EARL CARROLL VANITIES Bent ‘| fring Charlot’s Revue serenageck ‘BRO ELS RRMATAZSY Week Feb, M—PYGMALIO: ne _ THE SILVER CORD Week Feb. 14--Ned MeCobb’s Daughter ‘rh,,58, Kot Bry /Cirel Jenn Golden slutiuraesetd bee. which Brian Marlowe has adapted —