The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-16

attain this end dictatorship of
great capital has to work in two
directions. In the first place there
has to be a retrenchment in ex-
penditure by the cutting down Of
all the educational services of the
state, and of the social and political
services; secondly, there must be a
raising of the capitalist profits and
of the income of the state by means
of increased exploitation of the
working class and of the middle
classes, by increasing exports-and
by increasing the taxation of prop
erty owners. So far as the first
is concerned, the discharge Of officials
and the prolongation of the work
ing time is in full swing. These
measures are at the same time be-
ing made use of in order to weed
out the democratic and socialist
cally inclined younger sections Of
the officials, and to create places
for the old reactionary bureaucracy
as we'll as for the new adherents
to Fascism. With regard to the
second, the employers have, by
means of ruthless lockouts and
closing down of factories, practic-
ally made an end of the eight hour
ay and introduced the nine and ten
hour day. The Trade Unions have
neither the will, nor were they in
position to offer serious resistance.
The unemployed maintenance is be-
ing cut down; the same is happen
ing to the other social-political serv-
ices. But all these measures are in
vain if the bourgeoisie does not
succeed in bringing in a sufficient
amount of taxes in order to bal
ance, if only for the time being, the
national and state finances. These
necessary sums are not to be eX-
tracted either from the working
class or the middle class sections
of the population. The state ex-
penditure is still only covered to
the extent of less than 1 per cent
by state income. 1t is, however,
improbable that the bourgeOisie will
constitute itself as a Fascist Die
tatorship in order merely, to compel
Itself to yield taxes. There still
remain foreign credits. But from
whence shall these come? The Unit
ed States is, perhaps, inclined to
grant credits for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning corn, for which it will take
a definite portion Of the state prop
ertv (Mines) as security. But these
credits can in no wise be granted
on such a scale, as will enable an
economic equilibrium to be again
set up in Germany. England, too,
who also might be considered, does
not appear to show any inclination
to grant large credits. In a mega
tive manner the attitude Of the in
dustrialists in the Rhine and Ruhr
districts is a proof of how poor the
prospects are considered of balanc-
ing German economics and finances.
The agreement between the heavy
industrialists of the Rhine and Ruhr
areas and the Micum 1.-THE Belgium
and French heavy industry, and
the yelled constituting of Kline
land state dependent upon France
all this proves that heavy indus
try is submitting to French lmpe-
rialism and regards the rest OF Ger
MANY IG1G.N do q iAAitNNA
The Communist Party is forbidden
by General Seeckt, its press is sup
pressed, it's printing establishments
are conieated, etc. But it still con-
tinues to 1--WE. The Party of the
ProIetariat is showing itself to be
the only power which is capable and
willing to offer resistance to the
white Dictatorship. In Berlin anc
a number of other towns 1T has
succeeded in holding more or les.
large demonstrations in the streets
1t is beginning to set up a resist
ance to the armed power of the mill
tary dictatorship and to school the
proletarian advance guard for the
deciding struggle.
The central task of the Com
munist Party in the present sit
uation follows from the teachings o.
the October defeat. The October
defeat of the German proletariat
wa rot the result Of mistakes
on the part Of the Communist Party