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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
AMERICANS BUYING
FEWER SHOES NOW
ONE LESS PAIR FOR EVERY
THIRD PERSON. SAYS PRESI~
DENT TANNERS COUNCIL.

One less pair Of shoes Is being made
for every third person IN the United
States. according 10 Fraser Mofatt
president OF the Tanners Council al
America q clearing house for the Tan
ming industry. Mr. Mo6ztt says this
cu--zilr1eat IN footwear reflects the
more important detizti3- in leather
throughout the country. which. in
turn. promises . wholesome recovery
Tor The industry after long Overp-oduc-
ton
Mr.. No-Tatt sees the current de-
crease IN stocks OF feathers equivalent
TO the overcoa.s Ci 5SS0.olU cattle
In remzrking pareathetical,y on some
of the Cagrices which affect the leath-
G. market he notes particularly the
importance OF feminine whius. This
season. he says. the manufacturers
played for 6 ~colo- year" IN women ;
shoes. but women took it into their
heads 10 90 II almost exclusively Tor
blacks and patent feathers
The tanning industry Mr.. Moffatt
reviews. long In the bottom Of the
pm. Is beginning 10 climb up Grief
has been the lot OF the tanners ior the
past four years. Captain Perry. OF the
whaling brig Kingston. sailing out OF
Nantucket 100 years ago. sheathed his
vessel with leather in order 10 prevent
the attacks OF saltwater worms. That
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
. WHITE PLAGUE TOLL IN
FORTY YEARS 100 MILLION
Death Rate From tuberculosis De
Ching Exoeot IN Iapan.

. NEW YORK. y E-Rep1-cs IRON
.uerty-,hree countries representing
e-e-th;-d Of the population Of the
world. compiled by c. J. Dr5,-- s,a-
-is-c-za of the New York T-ta-c1lo-
SIS Association, indicate that IN ths
ls-t to-cy-th-ae wears more than IS
100000 people have died from p-l1o-
nary tuberculosis according 20 d state
rea- issued hy the National Iu1e-cl-
.rz.- Association.
D---z- estimates. on the basis OF
these figures that during the Esc .o--
--- wears -1-e than i9g gll-- peo-
ne have died i-cu tuberculosis n the
entire world The reports prepared by
D-ole- include Germany austria. ia
pan. England and Wales. I-4ly, Hun
gary. France Spain. Ireland. Belgium.
Netherlands. Chill. United States and
number on other countries.
In practically al Of the countries
studied --e death rate from Ju1e-cu-
,1ss d declining, with the exception
or Japan. where there Is q marked IN
crease in mortality from tuberculosis.
The central European countries show
cd an increase during the war. bur 50
lar IS figures are available SINCE the
war there mas been decline. II the
present time. however. Germany seems
10 be mounting. In the United States
The death rate from tuberculosis has
steadily fallen from nearly 500 in 1880
70 - per 10000 population IN 1922.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30

was an inspirat.c- on his part; ne
thought that the leather would 0--E !
the. teeth OF the -e-elC. but he WASH
Quite sure. The tanners. operating on
by-pr0duct as q raw material eN-
posed TO all sorts O.. speculative move
ments. have been good deal IN Ihe
position OF the whaling captain
A Big Decrease II Stocks.
The public VIII be interested 70
know. says NJ N1-att- that the
whiting down process a heavy sur
plus stocks Of sole lga-har has result
ed in very muc- more cdnlIor-a Die
position. The norma. monthly COZ
sumption OF sole leather III t1.s co-i--
t-Y Is about the equivalent o. me over
coats Of 10000 cs--.s-l -7ll..99 hiaE9-
The decrease IN stocks WIti1-n me
year has been -t-- equivalent o. ~
10000 sides OF I'll forms OF lea'i1S.
supply. immediate and prospective -.
course. the shoe --s0--z-t--er mas -.al
10 curtaiI his production during ms
period. because he has not been a
happy a he was In 1925 His opera
lions saw decline IN the 1rsr aalt OF
this year OF 5000 0l. pairs. the equiv
alenr OF one pair OF -7eS io- eFe-F
third man. womzr - child II the
population Of the United States. Even
with this curtailue-s a shoe pcoduc-
ton tanners are holding steadily 10
their mark"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
HELP FOR OLD FOLKS
Old Age Should Be Happy-Not a
Time Of Sickness and Suffering.

Too many people begin 70 suffer at
middle age with constant backache.
urinary lis and rheumatic pains and
aches. Weak kidneys are usually the
cause and, il neglected. there Is dam
ger OF hardened arteries, dropsy, gra-
vel or Bright's disease. Help your
weakened kidneys with stlmulant
d;uretic before kidney disease gets q
r--r holdl Use Doan's Pills. Thous-
auds Of old folks recommend Doan :.
Here is Dawson proof:
;. H. Roberts, retired farmer, rs
W. Ninth ave, says: 4 suIIzEed with
lame back and kidney trouble. I had
. steady ache in my back and at times
il te,r as though it were gong 10
break in two. The kidney secretions
passed often. getting NE up al night.
Doan's Pills knocked the pain ont OF
nv back and cured NE.
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for q kidney Temedy-get
Doan's Pil-s-the same that Mr.. Rob
erts had. Foster-Milburn Co, Mrs
Buffalo, y Y-ad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
One Thing Certain.
GIANT TORTOISE AT LEAST
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
One c: Oldest Inhabitants on Earth
WEIGHS Four Hundred Pounds

The monster lived through three
centuries and is therefore considered
one Of The Oldest Inhabitants On the
earth -ctav. q survivor o. some Pre-
historic age when reptiles attained CO.
Iosszf --oco-iriousy The huge creature
weighs nearly 40 pounds and : over
three te1t long. It : Z vegetarian s7d
leeds On various green foods n s@a-
son. s-cn a. cabbage leaves. lettuce.
e1c- and : very fond q melons
THIS enormous tortoise Irequents
and i calv obtained from one spot,
namely. the Galapagos Islands. some
700 miles in the Pacific ocean from
the west coast Of ECUADOR. They are
about two days run from Panama
This island has been termed By scent
ISIS Z l;-tle world II itseli. Tor here
are fornd certain animals and vegeta-
HE s-ec1es that exist IN no other part
q the known world OF the reptiles
most interesting and remarkable are
the turtles which a. one time literally
svrzrued over the islands. They were
huge. measuring three and Tour -eet
from the breast shell to the dome OF
the back. slow Of movement. making
about q T7-ic OF % Z Jay ~llE-4 Fl" e-aN
ing. Formerly. ships crews that stopp-
ed a the island had no difficulty n
killing great numbers OF these rep
tiies.
The turtles yield peculiar quality
Of oil that can be used IN place q lard.
The medium-sized ones contain from
six to ten gallons OF this product.
worth about Is cents gallon. A. i
x very simple matter 10 extract the
oil The turtle hunters have pursued
their calling until they have almost
completely eNterminated this remark
able re-tlie.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
SON IS THE FATHER-IN-
LAW OF HIS OWN FATHER
Wedding Results in Relationships
Which Get Beyond Genealogists.

The recent weddings al Munich OF
Karl Braun. 3 years old, and his
father have started an endless chain
of relationships which has got beyond
the reach Of Psychologists and cIlrTll-
mated in Braun becoming his father.
fatheE-in-law.
Young Braun married a widow OF
IS with E-own-up children Shortly al
ter his father. 20 years OF age. mar
red the 24-yesr-old daughter OF his
sons vile. Genealogists figure that as
result OF the TWO weddings young
Braun became his fathers iarhe--in-
law and that MS wife's daughter be-
czre her mothers uotzer-in-law and
the step-no-her Of her Own step-iath-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Americas business college opens on
Septerber Isl. Miss Lillian Braswe-l
President. Personal instructors; book
keeping. shorthand, typewrltlng, Eng
Fsh. spelling. mathematics, commercial
law. Denmanship. Positions guaran-
teed. Phone III. P o. Box 254
Americas, Ca. S-z-'i
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
ATTENTION. LADIES!

Miss Emma Rio-5s1 and Mrs.
Claude Watson can be found over the
T. ). Martin store. Drzssulakng, pleat-
ing. hemstitching. alterations. buttons
covered, orders taken Tor fashionable
dress patterns. We solicit share OF
vo,,- patronage 9-2-6t
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-30
MORE PERSONS ARE
GOING CRAZY NOW
INSANITY ON INCREASE IN U.
S. BUT MEDICAL EXPERT
IS OPTIMISTIC.


NEW YORK. n. Y.-LnssGity Is
increasing steadily in the United
States. At present more than 200 per
sons enter asyl-ms each day.
In 1850 there were 100000 insane
IN the country.
Br 1924 this has increased 70 nearly
5Qu10G.
II the present rate Of increase Should
continue in $50 years one person az.
al every 300 VIII be insane
Population q asyluTEs and l1s-,---
tons for mental disorders . lnc1eaS-
ing from three 10 five Per cent annua--
lv-znd there Is no sign 81 6 .et-u2-
Corridors 81 some Institutions have 10
he rsed a. do-u.-c-1es-
DR. RAYMOND F. C. keib. medical
s-pe-.nterdzu- Of As-eswsD state
hospital fer the insane. takes a. op-
tinis-ic view al the problem.
Reasons for Optimism.
There was q time he said when
psvchiz-ry did not have s1 important
r1zce in medical schools Some schools
ignored L. Others merely gave leci-
r-es. with very little or no CLINICAL
work Those days are past
There = another reason Tor taxing
IN optimistic view. There mas been IN
erezs-rz signs Of confidence bE the
public in hospitals tC- mental diseas-
e.
In Nz-teawz- the population has
increased steadily Tor the past p years
TINS means ths- there has been q
So accumulation Some patients
stzv II institutions 1ur yea-s-s9-7e
even = years.
Patients are admitted TO institutions
now he points out where In former
vez-s their cases would have gone
rr-o-.-zF hv their families because
tn e-cs---sc.-r al the rz--1cr Wo---
not have been understood
New York leads
hrz-z,s -1- mental diseases
n one sense Dr. Aie5 c-'-1S. or
increasing civilization : -=sre->
f1- .rz increase IN insanity A',,1 t1e
sGv--cz C.: medical science lie has
bean prolonged Many terms q IN
sz---- do -o- come on until -e-Sr
years. and 50 people vino would nave
del n -r-ue- years ~ Al ea--y age
d-e u -zck o. medical knowledge no"
i've or
Tu=--~ es-s5ns q day are admitted
into zsv---2s z- New Ac-H sake alone
The-= are more people under i-s-'ts;-
ts1-zl cz-e x New York than II any
C--e- state
Or A.sb warns parents - Ea---
f1- early Signs Of ecceatT-cl-y 81 c'1---
d-z-- ard 10 consult wiki competent
physicians
One Thing Certain
Ore thing : certain: Our asyi1r--s
have three times a many patents to
5zv = they had 80 years ago
More important than population
q zsy,--1s. however, : the number
Of new patents" II New York STATE
zlo-e IN 1910 the number OF new cases
was s.g--, IN 1918 il increased &c
& 600. in 1922 It increased TO 7,-Js,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Strange Generosity

American marines are engaged in serious
hghtlng in Honduras. 1t looks as if orr mill
tary forces will suffer unexpected casualties in
shooting Wall Street democracy into the help
less Latin-Americans
But there is one aspect to the bloody affair
thaC would be ludlcrous enough to make the
most dismal misanthrope howl with lauohter ;f
II were not so tragic fundamentally Our mill
tary and naval headquarters charged with the
operations OF the marines and cruisers against
Honduras would have the world believe that II
was the death of an American Negro at the
hands OF the native population that awakened
IN our government its great sense of duty to
protect It's citizens and brought about Amer
lean intervention
Whom do the kept editors and military publ
clsts think they can fool now? Do thew think
that they can fool all the people all the time ?
One might very well answer these mental serv-
ants OF our imperialsts that they ought to
Know that charity begins at home If these
uniformed and ununiformed protectors of orr
lives are so anxious about the security and well
fare OF the Negroes why don't they take steps
to guard the lives and improve the conditions
OF the coored masses in the United States where
protection could be secured without anv loss of
life being suffered by the saviors and protectors
The Government of ours is now violating the
independence of Honduras on the pretense of
avenglng the loss of life suffered by a Negro
In the Latln-American Republic in civil war
most likely caused by conflicting American and
other capitalist interests struggling for the
control OF the natural resources of the country.
The number of Negroes lynched in the United
States, the number of these lynchers who have
gone scot Free the intolerable conditions forced
on the Negroes in the South and elsewhere.
belle the high humanitarian motives now
claimed by our capitalist government. Last year
close to half million Negroes, 478,000 to be
exact, fled from the South to the Northern in
dustrial centers. Nearly a hundred Negroes
were officially reported to have been lynched
In the last two years in this country. But the
Government has not lifted its finger or even
raised the faintest voice of protest against these
outrages perpetrated against the Negro. Why.
then, the sudden fit Of generosity on the part
of our capitalist Government?
The answer is very simple. The United
States Government is not at all concerned with
the safety of the Negroes or any other poor
working people. The Government is merely
using the loss of life by the unfortunate Negro
as an excuse for getting into Honduras to
protect the heavy investments, the property.
OF our millionaire bankers and manufacturers.
The military and naval forces in Honduras are
there not to save the lives of the worbingmen
but to do the dirty work Of the capitalist class
whose servant it is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

In a country like ours where the plundering
OF the national resources and the looting of
the national treasury by capitalists is the big
gest industry, it is no surprise to find second
class crooks go unnoticed and remain unknown
for some time.
This is the condition that prevails in the
United States today. The Teapot Dome ex-
plosion happened to break out first and now
the lesser thieves are unmolested, reaping a
harvest. But despite the fact that the Teapot
scandal has dwarfed everything else, the cor
ruption and graft with which our whole CAPT
talist governmental system is reeking is break
ing out in putrid scabs on our national body
polite.
The exposure Of the debauchery in the
Veterans Bureau has brought to the forefront
two Congressman charged with having re-
ceived brides for their efforts to secure par
dons for certain prisoners We are told that
Congressman Zhilman of Maryland, chairman
OF the House Committee on Labor and one of
the worst labor-fakers in the game, and a
gentleman from Kentucky, Congressman Lang
ley stalwart reactionary, have taken for
themselves a handsome sum for Services
rendered"
This charge against the two representatives
IS interesting from one angle. to say the least.
Only the modest sum of 100000 is supposed
to be involved in the graft handed out here
" AoI q uAAAS4SuCc! w men CABINET officers ana
senators and presidents are engaged in the
game of serving big business and grating,
their fees and their transactions run into the
millions; but when mere congressman get into
the mess, their money turnover is limited to so
paltry sum as several hundred thousand dol
lars. And yet some would say we have no
classes in this country!
One by one every division of the govern
ment is being shown up in its true role-an
agency in the hands of the bosses against the
workers. First it is the cabinet. Then it is the
senate. The president get his turn, to be sure.
Now it is the poor, powerless congress. Truly.
this last tidal wave Of graft establishes at least
one point that all workers and farmers ought
to remember about the capitalist government
running the United States More and more it
is becoming evident that the amount of money
passing hands in the relations between the
government and the big business interests is
directly proportional to the power the mar
tcular governmental subdivision involved has.
Inc higher the official the bigger the price
Whatever may be said against this practice.
1t can not be denied that this is good business
sense IN the eyes of the moneyed men. And
these are the men who run our government
and industries today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Head Of the Government Tail Of Finance Capital

sympathy, his message Of solidarity
and assurance Of help.
It's the custom in political history
Of the United States for the president
to send messages to Congress. Cal
vim Coolidge has initiated new poll
teal customs. He sends messages to
the criminals Of corruption.
Where is there the innocent child
who believes that the defenders of
President Coolidge in the senate, told
the truth about the reasons and cir
cumstances of Coolidge's messages to
Mclean? Who believes that it's only
an accident that lawyers, secret serv-
ice men, employees of Mclean, and
secret service women sent hundreds
of kilograms to Mclean warning and
advising him at the same time that
Coolidge sent his warning and ad-
vising kilograms to Mclean?
Truly, the president of the United
States is in good company! Mr.. Nc
Lean must know great deal and
must have lot of power if everyone
in Washington hastens to his aid, the
retained lawyers, the secret service
men, the chief of the detective bureau
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Shipping Companies
Protest Sending Rich
to Ellis Island GGOL

NEW YORK, March According
to decree issued by the commission
err of immigration at Ellis Island, all
aliens arriving second class or on
zone cabin" steamers will hereafter
be obliged to pass thru the ordeal Of
Ellis Island just as sreerage passen-
gers on the transatlantic liners.
Managers of the steamship lines
are up in arms against this verdict,
which would subject the remunera-
tive business in foreign tourists to
the rules applying only to immigrant
workers. Their attitude is resentful
that foreign gentlemen Of property
should be stewed in the, same melting
pot as European proletarians.
The steamship owners have started
a campaign to revoke the decree.
Their sole interest appears to be to
save inconvenience to comfortable
travellers, while permitting the au-
thorities to vent their incompetence,
parading as Americanism, upon the
poorer immigrants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Youth Views
Sammie Is Waiting for Them
to Grow Old.
By HARRY CANNES


Eight months have passed since
Sam Gompers talked to representa-
tives of the Young Workers League
of America about the problem of or
ganizing the American youth into the
trade and industrial unions. At a
conference held in Chicago, the
league representatives presented the
old man of labor with a definite,
cISar-cut program that would be of
benefit, not alone to the youth, but
the entire sorely harrassed American
working class. Gomper's stuck his
pudgy finger to his nostril, supposedly
in deep thought, and exclaimed in a
poise of profound wisdom, Waltz
There was method to his madness,
however. You see organizing the
youth is a youth problem. So, thought
Gompers, if l let these young brats
grow up until their heads are bald
or gray and probably when many of
them have been killed off by intensive
labor, of the brutalities Of the mine
and min it will be no more a youth
problem and / can handle them like
do their fathers and uncles (pro-
vided Jehovah is Willingly
But the class struggle, like the
tide, stays for no men and especial
ly is it impossible to push it back.
= The past year has shown an official
increase of 38 per cent in children
leaving school in order to work. Most
of these kids are IA years of age and
come under the category of youth
labor. Some of them are 10 and 16
and are put to work in places ordin-
arily occupied by men and women.
Since talking with Gompers the
league has uncovered the crafty plan
of the building trade bosses to sup
plant adult, union labor, with scab,
boss-trained apprentices; and no ac-
ton has been taken against this union
smashing policy, not alone by Com
pers but by the entire officialdon of
the building trade unions.
How young fellows were taking the
places of the older skilled workers
in the automobile industries is COM
mon knowledge in the automobile
sections Of the country and to all
those who read the Young Worker.
Again, nothing done about it.
But the Gomper's policy Of watch
full waiting" will not solve the pro-
blem. The army Of youth labor
grows and as the struggle intensifies
as it is now doing with the half mil
lion of unemployed, the solution Of
fered by the only working class youth
organization, the Young Workers
League Of America, will meet with
the favor and support Of the working
youth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

as counsel Of the government, one az
ter another, men about whom It was
proven that they were connected with
oil interests? Who believes that It
was an accident that while forced to
accept the resignation of DENLY,
Coolidge expressed his solidarity with
his Secretary Of Navy, who is one Of
the guilty ones Of the oil corruption?
Who believes that Coolidge has not
very important reasons for not fore
ing the resignation of Daugherty the
head Of the Department Of Justice,
who neglected to prosecute the crirni-
nails Of the oil corruption?
We ask and the whole nation must
ask the question: Why does silent CAL
win Coolidge remain so silent on the
oil corruption? Has he nothing to
say or is he afraid to incriminate him
self? Is he so ignorant about the
basic facts Of our oil politics or is he
exercising the right granted to every
citizen of the United States Of not
giving discriminating evidence against
himself?
Coolidge IS silent, but the masses
Of workers and farmers are aroused
and they demand an answer. The
workers and farmers distrust Coolidge
who became president Of the United
States because he is a proven good
strike breaker and who is now pro-
tecting and serving finance capital.
The workers and farmers are ask
ing what will be the next statement
of the president: message or a con-
fession?
The workers and farmers want an
"easy access" to the White House,
and they want to drive out the big
capitalists and the president Of the
big capitalists from the White House.
The Workers Party is only the mouth
piece of the laboring masses when it
demands the immediate impeachment
and ousting of Coolidge.
Impeach and GUST Coolidge that
must be an irresistible demand of the
masses. Mass meetings must proclaim
these demands. Trade unions and
farmers organizations must send this
demand to every Congressman, to
Congress itself. Impeach Coolidge
and with him the kept government OF
big capital, and establish the govern
ment of workers and farmersl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
By JOHN PEPPER.

CALVIN COOLIDGE the chief ex-
~ ecutive of the nation Is likewise
the chief executive of the Teapot
Dome scandal.
That's the newest and biggest re-
suit of the senate investigation.
Coolidge, the president Of the
United States by the grace Of Wall
Street sent his private secretary Bas-
com Slemp to Mclean, one Of the
criminals Of the oil corruption.
Coolidge the head Of the United
States and the tail of finance capital
sent secret messages to Florida, offer
ing his help and protection to Mclean
who is at the same time the publisher
of bad-smelling paper, one dollar
a year secret service man and proven
liar by the senate investigation.
One day Mclean Is forced to admit
that he lied before the whole nation,
that he did not give the 500. 600 loan
to Fall. And the next day Calvin
Coolidge sends him his telegram Of