The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 1

sewer POTTORTAD = Betrayed But Not Defeated ne fear of the ruling class of the United States before the mass rge of the impoverished farmers was clearly shown in the extraordi- y measures taken to avert the national farm strike. Roosevelt, in his message accompanying his signing of the farm bill appealed to the mortgage holders to abstain from bringing foreclosure proceedings “until furtner opportunity has been given to make effective the provisions of the new mortgage refinancing section of the farm relief act.” | It was plainly the intention of Roosevelt to try to make it appear that the bill would benefit the farmers, when in reality it not only does not provide one penny relief for them, but only aids the mortgage holders. | It enables the mortgage-sharks to exchange their worthless paper for federal land bank bonds with guaranteed interest at the rate of 4 per sent. Thus, the mortgage sharks who, because of the widespread’ revolt against foreclosures and forced collection of debts, are unable, even with the aid of armed forces of the state to enforce court orders, are to be directly aided by the United States government in the future. The government could not rely, however, exclusively upon the dema- gogy of Roosevelt. It had its agents at the head of the National Farmers’ Holiday Association, under the leadership of Milo Reno, who has now twice betrayed the farmers into the hands of their enemies. | When the Iowa farmers began the most recent wave of struggles | against foreclosures the governor declared war upon them. Even that failed to stop the movement. Reno was called in and presided at a hastily called conference of the Holiday Association at Des Moines. So great was the mass pressure upon the delegates that Reno had to abandon his open | opposition to the proposal for a national farm strike and pretend to accept it. In order that he could carry on his work of betraying the move- nent he had to place himself at the head of it. | The fact that Roosevelt's statement came just at the moment Reno and his associated traitors were mecting in St. Paul, eight hours before the strike was to begin, and was followed by his announcement calling off the strike shows that Reno was all along the agent of the Wail Street government. But no amount of treachery could stop the movement. Strikes are | zoing on in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and other places and indications at the moment are that they are spreading. The struggle against farm debts will be carried forward to new stages. As against the juggling of the government to help the mortgage holders there is arising and will more insistently arise the demand for immediate and complete cancellations of all farm mortgages, farm debts and taxes. Small Home Owners! Fight to Save Your Homes A delegation of women and children from New York City attempted to see Roosevelt on Saturday in order to get from him some help to pre- vent them from losing their homes in which their life savings were invested. Roosevelt, of course, was too busy for such trifles. But one of his secret s advised the marchers to be patient till Roosevelt should get around to asking the banks to postpone foreclosures for a little while, until the government, home relief bill will be passed. Is there any relief provided for the small home owner in Roose- yell's Home Reiief program. None whatever. Roosevelt’s home relief measures provide merely that the investor will be able to exchenge his mortgages for government bonds. And the gov- ernment ‘will guarantee the interest payments on thése bonds. The Roose- velt government thus proposes to guarantee the mortgage holders against Tosses! And the smail home owner gets the “relief” of having his interest payments reduced by 1 or 11-2 per cent, a saving of about $100 or $150 a year at the most. The great majority of these small homes were bought during the real estate boom before the crisis. The. mortgages and the interest payments on these houses are based on boom real estate prices. Thus, the small reduction in interest payments is not of the slightest baxefit to the small home owners whose incomes have been drastically req_uced since the crisis began, To-the pehniless home owners, Roosevelt's New Deal means nothing but a trifling reduction in their interest payments to the mortgage-sharks. But the interest payments must go on! Roosevelt's New Deal contains no proyisions for any stoppage of the flow of interest payments to the mortgage usurers. And the Roosevelt government has been so ‘kind as to suggest that it may offer to buy the property of the small home owner at not more than 30 per cent of the present assessed valuations! Such is the “relief” which Roosevelt bade the women and children chers at Washington to wait for. There is only one way that the hundreds of thousands of small home owners can free themselves from their crushing burdens and save their homes from the auctioneer’s hammer. And that is by ORGANIZING to demand the immediate stopping of all foreclosures, and the cancella- tion of all mortgage debts. The payments which the smali home owners have been making in the last few years to the mortgage holders have more than paid for the value of their homes. Their homes belong to them. All mortgage collec- tions should be stopped and cancelled. How effective real organized demands for relief are, is illustrated by a recent action of the Chicago Unemployed Council which organized 600 small home owners against a large special assessment laid down by the Board of Improvement, These aroused home owners, overburdened by mortgage and tax payments resisted all attempts to side-track them from the real issues. Under the leadership of the Unemployed Council, they refused to listen to the local politicians’ advice to be patient. These 600 home owners won the important partial victory of having the assessment postponed for a year, and also the proviso that no assessment could be laid down with- out a hearing before the home owners. In Cleveland, Ohio., over 12,000 small home owners have organized themselves into an association of “Small Home and Land Owners.” They have sent greetings to the small home owners organized in Sunnyside, Queens (New York City). They are determined to resist any attempts te take away their homes. The small home owners of the country should immediately organize ' lvol. X,-No. 116 | | WASHINGTON, May 14.—Attempts of the government to defeat the Dail Central Orga (Section of the Communist International ) a | Entered as second-cla: GBH New York, N. Y., matter at the Post Offies at e Act of March 8, 1878. NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1933 Block Attempts — to Break Ranks of War Veterans Glassford and Waters, In Washington, Try to Break Ranks of Veterans; All Groups Are Now at Fort Hunt with Jncreasing unity and determination in their ranks. Harold Foulkrod, Mike {Thomas and others who tried to split the marchers and place them- selves in a position to repeat the treacherous performance of the police | agent, Waters, last year have been@——H——___— AA forced to abandon their attempt to{ineffectively, to continue their dis-| establish a separate camp, and are|Tuptive work, now in the main camp at Fort Hunt. Defeat Disunity Attempts Waters, the agent of Police Com-| Harold Foulkrod, who tried to be- missioner Glassford, who carried out|come the pet of the police and the| |the murder attack at Anacostia last| government, and some of his asso- | year, is in town. Glassford is also|ciates tried to disrupt the ranks of| here. One of the followers of Mike| the marchers by a campaign of slan- Thomas tried to get Glassford into|ders against Communists. When some | the situation by proposing that if| of the 200 men who followed him de-| |there were a conflict between the|manded to go to the main camp, he| Liaison Committee and the govern-| did not dare refuse outright, but said ment, Glassford should be called in as|that he would go if Emanuel Levin wih of the war veterans here for the second march are being met | \“mediator.” This was categorically | and Harold Hickerson were out of the turned down by the Liaison Com-| Liaison Committee. | mittee. | | | On the recommendation of Levin,| | Salzman and 15 Stay Out |himself, thab this maneuver be met | ; A group of fifteen men, led by| with the resignation of himself and| Joseph Salzman, who first came to|Hickerson from the committee, such | Fort Hunt and then tried to get some | action was taken. Levin and Hick- |of the vets to desert with him byjerson resigned in order that: this! | raising a “red scare,” is still wander-|excuse to promote disunity in the| ing around Washington and trying, | ranks should be removed. | | Opposition to Resignations When this proposal was made, there was considerable opposition to their resignation, and they received a big ovation for their activities in con- nection with the organization of the march and the convention. The veterans are learning through |their experiences that the Commu- {nists were the first ones to fight for ‘ARRESTED, HELD FOR DEPORTATION June Croll Seized at) Will Defeat Disruptive Elements * | N.T.W.U. Meeting | mike Thomas, who also came in,| pers | Was camp commander at Anacostia | | last year and has among his followers many disruptive elements, such as Beer, who last December pretended TEXTILE LEADER George Alman, Commander of ian clothes, at the left General Strike Nazis Seize PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 14.— Two | immigration officers, Clark and Gold- berg, accompanied by four Providence MOSCOW, May M4 (Runag from New York, talking to two of his staff. Port, Factories, Railways Idle as Workers Demonstrate Against Nazi Influx ws Agency).—The Polish policemen, today raided a meeting of the national board of the National Textile Workers Union and arrested June Croli, organizer of the Union in Lawrence, Mass., holding her for de- portation; although she is an Ameri- can citizen. All other members of the National Board were questioned, and their names taken. ‘The arrest was made as Anna Bur- Jak of the N. T. W, I. U. was report- ing on the recent conference with Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, regarding the deportation of workers for militant activity. The National Board of the Union, following Croll’s arrest, at once wired a protest to Perkins, demanding to knew whether this arrest “constitutes the Roosevelt-Ferkins ‘new deal.’” Edith Berkman, another leader of the textile union, is now in a sani- torium in New England suffering from tuberculosis contracted in jail fol- lowing her arrest for deportation to Poland. to be a supporter of the Communist Party and now openly fights the Party. However, these elements will |not be able to carry out their de- | signs, because they are known, and jevery disruptive move will be un- masked and defeated. Convention Postponed Few Days | Because of delegates coming in late, | the convention will be postponed a few days, but will start this week, probably Tuesday and Wednesday. Every day there are new attempts on the part of the government and politicians to defeat the demand of the marchers for the bonus and the fight against the cuts in disability allowances and pensions. Yesterday Congresswoman Jenkes of Indiana, Fadies of Pennsylvania and a former Congressman, Albright of Oklahoma, have been advising the men not to | go too strong on the bonus “right now.” Many of those who were in the previous march are aware of the way these people maneuver and are warning the others against their ac- tivities. ROOSEVELT PREPARES ARMY | FOR ATTACK ON VETERANS Soldier Writes to Daily Worker Exposing Ad- ministration’s Military Orders WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11. (By Mail)—The soldiers of the 3rd Ca- | vairy and the 16th Field Artillery stationed at Ft. Myer, Va. are being | drilled every day this week in speciai riot instruction so that they shall be prepared to attack the Bonus Marchers even more effectively now than quarters by the Nazis, the workers ha the entire harbor, the factories, the lamentary elections approaching. The National Socialists are developing an intensified anti-Polish propaganda. | Attacks on Polish citizens are an al-| most daily occurrence. | Nazis Troop Concentration | The “Illustrated Tsoden Curier” de- | scribes the growix> concentration of | National Socialist storm troops in the | Free City’s territory. According to re-| liable information the Nazis have} transferred large bodies of storm! troopers to Danzig from Germany, in- | cluding the 33rd Detachment that participated in the burning of the! Reichstag, and detachments from Ba- | yaria and East’ Prussia. | | Workers held a stormy demonstra- | tion in front of the headquarters of | the League of Nations’ High Com- | missioner for Danzig. The demonstra- tors demanded that he take measures against the activities of the Nazis| in violation of the Danzig Constitu-| tion. The workers clashed with the)! Danzig police who made numerous ar- | rests among the demonstrators. Sev- | eral workers and one policeman were | injured. No Hiring By National (Cash Register Co. DAYTON, Ohio, May 11.—Press| ballyhoo about large numbers of) workers returning to work at the Na-| Agency reports: In answer to the seizure of the Danzig trade union head- | Polish press reports that the atmosphere in the Free City is growing in- | creasingly tense with the Danzig par-@——-—--— ss a » FARM STRIKE State Authorities V BULL ELKHORN, Wis highway near East Troy. Wisconsin and Illinois today a of the Farm Holiday Associ- {Farm Strike eight hours be- fore it was scheduled to start. Setting Up Rank and File Control. Walter Singler, head of the Wis- has been working with Reno, is in the leadership of the Wisconsin milk strike. However, here as well as in Iowa and Minnesota, there are being set up committees of action, elected ee | by rank and file farmers. 3 | It is also certain that the Unem- in Danzig As | ployed Councils in Racine, Milwaukee Trade Unions the Veterans Expeditionary Force, Alman is the man in civil- |and other counties will again picket the roads with the farmers as they did last year, as there have been careful preparations for this unity of action of workers and farmers. Government Trying to Stop Strike. The state government and the local governments are moving to try to stop the strike. On Thursday after- | noon, May 11, in Madison, the state capitol, district attorneys and sheriffs from every county except Iron, and police from Milwaukee and other cities gathered in the assembly chamber to lay their plans for break- ing the strike. Leo T. Crowley, chair- Telegraph | ve declared a general strike, railways and the news| » t pers cil,, Adjt. Gen. Ralph Immell and Att.-Gen. J. E. Finnegan gavé the plans worked out by the bosses. They were first told to see that the strike was a “peaceful strike”. Then they were told that the roads should be “kept open” where farmers wanted to NEGRO FARMER IN GA. IS LYNCHED Brother and Landlord Dead in Battle WARRENTOWN, Ga., May 14.—Fol- lowing a dispute wiin his .andlord as a result of which his brother and the landlord were both killed, Will Kin- sey, 25-year-old Negro farmer, was. lynched by a mob of 40 here. Kinsey was taken from a doctor's office where he had come for treat- | ment after the landlord had shot} last strike many deputies were sym- pathetic toward the farmers (being farmers themselves and relying upon their votes), they were told, “we do not want your personal sentiments to interfere with carrying out orders. If any of you feel that your personal sentiments will interfere, now is the time to make it known. See Immediate Conflict. a sign to indicate the existence of a him. The mob riddled his body with| strike, according to state authori-| bullets. | a ; The physician, Dr. A. W. Bevis, | jy’ besten Be eee Ree “explained” that he had dressed a| i> °° a : ‘ insey sy, | ing of roads so as to prohibit the Hee thee in abarge ot a. depuiy | ‘ansportation of persons and merch- sheriff. Under these circumstances the | #7dise . . . would be a violation of ; ; sep ii ful picketing’.” r y king into | Peaceful pI e. fe hoses Ses | This means immediate conflict be- eM tad op ees | tween the farmers and police because following the line of the last strike Threatened Parade by | they witl use trees, rocks, logs, rails, Chi Teachers Makes etc., to bar the highways in the event CITY EDITION ith Socialists Trying Desperately to Stop Milk Strike Products Company Creamery and constituted four truck loads ident of the local milk pool was knocked unconscious. refusing to sell produce or to buy anything. that farm strikes are also beginning in Iowa and Minnesota in spite of the treachery of Milo Reno and the other leaders | ation in calling off the National | consin Cooperative Milk Pool, who| man of the governor's executive coun- | deliver milk. Then, because. in™the | “Anything beyond the carrying of | | any cars or trucks do not heed the ‘Bankers Give Up Cash) CHICAGO, May 14.—Faced with the prospect of a militant parade in TWO SECTIONS —Seetion (1) One STARTS IN WISCONSIN AND SPREADS TO MANY OTHER STATES Reno’s Strike-Breaking Activities Fail to Stop Movement of Impoverished Farmers Aid of Milwaukee LETIN Striking farmers here yesterday fought off 40 armed deputies, defied tear gas bombs, and dumped 30,000 pounds of milk on the The milk was destined for the United Dairy The pres- MADISON, Wis., May 14.—The milk strike is effective ih nd other farmers are striking, Reports show outposts and slow down by the time | they r ph the picket line. Threat to Use Militia. Adjt.-Gen. Immell has stated that the state is prepared to use the mi- litia in case of emergency and they are prepared for 24 hours a day service. In Milwaukee county, Hoan’s police force has been preparing sev- eral days for the strike. All leaves of absence have been cancelled by Sheriff Joseph Shinners, and 80 men have been put on 24-hour emergency Eleven radio squad cars will constantly patrol the county's roads, equipped with machine guns, gas bombs, brass knuckles and all the other implements of warfare that the bosses use against the working class, Hoan’s Strikebreaker on Job. When the strike began the strik- ers had complete control of 20 coun- ties with 28 counties considered still “open”. Harry Bragarnick, farm holiday mediator appointed by the socialist mayor Hoan of Milwaukee and known as a notorious strike breaker from his past activities, was asked by United States Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, the before. the strike-began, to be prepared to come to Washington, D. |C. on a moment's call. Secretary Wallagewired he will also ask Milo Reno, national president of the holi- day movement, to attend. This is in line with the strike breaking tac- | tics of the Socialist Party in Mil- | waukee as well as elsewhere. Illinois Farmers Join Strike. Three—thousand Illinois farmers have also joined the milk strike. A mass meeting was held on May 12 at Woodstock, Illinois, at which Singler spoke, urging them to join the strike, The vote was unanimous to join them, When E. L:; Bost of Harvard, Ill., asked for a rising yote of those who did not wish to strike, not a single farmer stood up. Since the last milk strike in Wis- consin, there has been a state united front conference of workers and farmers, held in Madison on March 5 and 6 with 208 delegates represent- ing 55,000 workers and farmers. A | state action committee of 99 were elected and they have been active | since then in organizing workers and | farmers throughout the state on the basis of common demands.--The work done by this conference and the ac- tion committee will be reflected in the present strike and due to such groups, greater vigilance will be kept | upon the leaders and their tactics, day SALES TAX HITS DIRECTLY AT POOR, | which thousands of unpaid school- | tional Cash Register and Frigidaire | teachers would have taken part, Chi- | themselves into such groups which will have organizational connections plants is just a “smokescreen,” &C-| cago bankers hurriedly agreed to pur- with one another, They should demand that the Roosevelt government last July. Though the Roosevelt government AND BENEFITS BiG CAPITALISTS chase nearly $13,000,000 in tax anti- t put an immediate end to all forecloseures and that Roosevelt cancel all the debt burdens which endanger the life savings of the small home owners. 8,000 DEMONSTRATE AGAINST BOSSES’ THUG TERROR IN MILITANT UNIONS demagogically tries to appear as be- possibly be influenced to side with them and refuse to attack. These soldiers hate the idea of do- ing this dirty work. Only a very few pretend that they hope the veterans will be chased out. —Soldier Correspondent ing very liberal with the veterans through granting them Ft. Hunt, etc., actually through his orders to the War Dept. to hold all troops within the area of Baltimore and Washing+ ton in readiness to brutally attack cording to Lodge No. 225 of the Ma-| chinists. ‘The town has been flooded with workers from out of town, many of whom are stranded here, penniless, because the plants aren’t actually hiring any men. the proceeds of cipation warrdnts, WASHINGTON, May 14.—The draft of the so-called industrial contro} which will go to pay the teachers. and public works bill is to be completed and ready for the Ways and Means The news that, the city officials and| Committee tomorrow. The Tammany Senator, Wagner, of New York, took their banker cronies had caved in was} the measure to the White House Saturday evening, and conferred with brought to the teachers as they were! Roosevelt and Director of the Budget Douglas. gathered in Grant Park The placing of the draft in the hands of the Ways and Means Committee the veterans, he shows that he will positively refuse to pay the veterans the bonus long due them, and will handle them even worse then Hoover, NEW YORK.—About 8,000 needle trades workers and workers of other trades demonstrated Saturday in Union Square against the murderous reign of gangster terror unleashed against the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union and other unions by the bosses in an effort to stop by vio- lence and guns the workers fight for better conditions in their trade. The meeting was called by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, whose headquarters at 128 West 28th Street were invaded by gangsters April 24 and sixteen work- ers severely injured in a battle in which the thugs were routed. Great Determination Enthusiasm and applause greeted, the many speakers, who called for the organization of defense corps “drive the gangsters and labor rack~ eteers out of the trade.” Since the attacks are general in every trade, the speakers pointed out, all workers should rally behind the campaign and defense organization started by the Needle Trades Workers _ Iisdustrial Union and to organize defense corps ‘mn every union, A resolution was adopted by the logans co|ard said, “Without the aid workers which pointed out that the Needle rades Workers Industrial Union was the only union leading the workers in a determined and effective resistance against the attacks of the bosses. Because of this, the bosses and their labor agents of the A. F. of L. are desperately resorting to gang- sters and racketeers, Among the speakers at the meeting were Louis Hyman, president of the N. T. W. I. U.; Potash, secretary of the New York local; Rose Wortis and Andrew Overgaard of the Trade Union Unity League; Herman, a Negro worker, and Jackson of the Marine | Workers Industrial Union. Place the Blame Dozens of placards were carried, with sl and-demands. One plac- it of the bosses, lawyers and judges there would be no racketeering.’ Another showed the long criminal record of Benny Levine, one of the gangsters in the attack on the union, and pointed out that he was freed on if necessary. pical of what is going on in all posts in this area. The troops of the 3rd Cavalry, who were very active in the attacks of last July have all been is- sued emergency instructions for the next slaughter. These instructions call for complete readiness of equipment and men. Steel helmets, gas masks, tear gas, loaded pistols, ammunition for machine guns and drawn sabers will be what these cavalrymen will be expected to use, All men have al- ready been assigned to squads in which they will be formed to go down- town for action against the vets. The men of the 16th Field Artillery who ordinarily are not prepared for riot duty, as the cavalry are, are be- ing given intensive mounted drills and riot formation instruction, so as to make them fit. All men available are being given this training. The use of pick handles, made into clubs, as well as loaded pistols are to be the weapons of the artillerymen. Gas masks have been issued to all Batteries. The men The training at Fort Myer is ty-| In spite of ali the baliyhoo sbout wage increases being in effect in vari- ous parts of the country the tacts, even as put forth by the capitalist press, show that this claim is un- founded. It is clear that this talk about wage increases is only to try to stop the struggle now beginning for increased pay to keep pace with the rapidly rising cost of living. In Dover, New Hampshire, more than 1,000 textile workers in the Pa- cific Mills are on strike. Reject Plea to Wait Govt. Action The workers scorned the plea of the management to postpone action pending action at Washington on Roosevelt's “industrial bill” to regu- late hours, wages and conditions of labor. The workers demanded an im- mediate increase of 25 per cent in wages, The mill is completely closed by the strike. ——— shows that its main provision is that of raising money to help meet the federal budget, * It is certain that there is génera} New Hampshire Textile Workers Strike Against — all funds are exhausted, according to, announcements made yesterday. The | authorities are trying to stop mass ac- tion against this relief suspension by telling the unemployed that, work “is picking up” and that they can now find jobs. How shallow are the claims of wage increases is seen in the columns of the Sunday papers. The “wage in- Waukegan Relief Stops Feeding the Jobless WAUKEGAN, Ill, May 14—The State Relief has decided to close the soup kitchen here, There are 290 men eating there and 68 who are forced to use the place for lodging. All of them will be thrown on the streets to starve. $5,000 bail, while Morris Loeber an/| of this post as well as throughout the innocent needle worker, was framed|area are already being restricted. by the same racketeers who sent she| This is done so that they may not be gangsters and hei in $25,000 bail. able to speak to veterans and thus Nassau, Queens, on May 19th berause Relief Cut Off in Queens Relief is to be totally stopped in An article appeared in the news- paper that 500 families will be evicted in a short time. Hunger Wages; Answer to “Prosperity” Talk creases” reported affect only trifling numbers of workers. For instance, from Brockton, Massachusetts comes the report that a shoe concern in- creased the wages of 53 workers 10 per cent. From Portland, Oregon, we are told in the capitalist press that 35 workers in the hop yard of a brew-| O00 emmbloveny SoS (New ADR ing concern received a wage increase | Depot, Third Avenue and Twenty- of 10 per cent, From Rochester, New| ninth Street, Brooklyn, will be dis- York it is reported that an extra shift | charged July 1 on the orders of Sec- may be put on in a glass tank con-|retary Swanson of the Roosevelt cern to fulfill orders for a New York) government. Most of these are ciy- brewery. ilians, Nothing About Jobless Insurance — "Thirty per cent in operating ex- Such trivial items as these are) penses will be saved by this move it printed to deceive the workers and| was announced , to make believe that conditions are i}. improving. The press is silent on the Bates Mer petcieton po sm fact that the Roosevelt railroad le-|¢overnment would havé it appear. gislation will scrap lines, cut down) ‘The work of the Naval Supply Depot passenger and freight runs and throw] will be taken over by the Brooklyn Navy yard to be done by the enlisted men at navy wages. The saving will be used not for the unemployed but to build up the navy for war, |Order Firing of Naval Supply Depot Workers NEW YORK.—About 500 of the from 150,000 to 200,000 workers out of jobs, thereby still further increasing the unemployed army, now well over 17,000,000 max> agreement on the sales tax of at least 11-2 per cent to raise revenus of approximately $180,000,000 toward | the $220,000,000 considered necessary te cover the indebtedness. Roosevelt was advised by Wagner that there was too much opposition from the rich to an income tax ins crease and that the poor. should be made to pay most of the needed rey~ | enue through the general sales tax,” | Roosevelt Breaks Another Promise | This is the same kind of a sales | tax proposal brought forth last wine | ter by the Roosevelt administration, which Roosevelt termed “horrible” and which the democrats in the Sen ate and House defeated. Now Rooses velt and his supporters bring it fors ward as their own bill. The American Federation of Labam officials, who also opposed the Hoo= ver sales tax proposals now favor the same bill as put forward by Roosevelt because the demagog in the White House calls it a “re-em- ployment bill.” As a matter of fact it would cut down employment be» cause it forces consumers to pay the tax thereby depriving the impovers ished workers and farmers ef buying necessaries of lifes