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MINERS FORCED ONTO FARMS
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because we aren't used to any
work besides mining. At that
we were lucky to land a job on
a farm. Most of the farmers
around here pay three dollars a
day to their help. You can only
pick out an odd job of a
day or two here and there to
help out during the few weeks
of the threshing season."
Miner Must Stick to Mines.
The two farmers" were plainly
"all in" from their brief hay-pitching
experience. They complained partic-
ularly of the sun, altho the day was
not unusually warm. "a miner is not
fitted or able to do farming work"
was their verdict. The very fact that
the miners are seeking to enter other
trades is proof Of their desperate
plight. A miner would go idle for
months, if he could keep the wolf
from the doDr, rather than go thru
labor above ground, which is agony
to him.
Divernon is a deserted village. The
Madison Coal Company mine, employ.
ing In normal times S25 men, has
worked 20 days in the last year. The
men here were laid OF in a particu.
larly vicious way. 1--WE were told
that we would be laid of for so days,
miner told the DAILY WORKER
I'VE waited around town, tinkering
with our lawns and resting UP, believ
ing the mine would open when the
company had promised. This was
over year ago. AT the end Of that
so days the company told us another
so days, and this has kept up for over
year. Thus we were kept from
seeking employment in the cities, and
now no Jobs can be found"
Find Chicago Just as Bad.
Recently the men, driven to desper
alton, hocked away to the cities, hop
ing to be absorbed in other indus
tries" as Harrington naively put it
But the men have already begun tc
crawl back to town, further in deb
and slightly more desperate. "They
tell us to go out and grab a job al
some other work." Divernon miner
who had sought work in Chicago, said
"but we simply can't do it. There are
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street railway lines. No mayor in De
troit's history has been so bitterly
hated by trade unionists as Martin.
II Henry Ford had become a candi
date for senator, it would have had q
noticeable bearing on the fight for
mayor. Ford's defeat for senator by
Newberry in 1918 may have shattered
his political nerve.
Senator LaFollette for president
and Herb Baker for governor are GER
tain to poll heavily in spite Of the
fact that Baker is supporting Cool
idge.
w. p. to Choose Slate.
The Workers Party will have state
convention in Detroit Sept. 20 and
name slate for the ballot In Novem
Der.
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ing on who paid petition cir
culators $1,000, at 4c a name,
to fill the Ford petition.
r Backers Kept Secret.
Peter Pagan, secretary, Michigan
public utilities commission, ordered
the petitions printed. He is the only
hacker of the brief boom known by
name. The r. L. Polk Co. Of Detroit,
which supplied canvassers, said It was
sworn to keep secret the names Of
the financial hackers. Ford said he
had no idea of their identity.
1t is generally conceded that the
Ford movement was intended to start
landslide against Senator James
Couzens and others. II Ford could
have been Unanswered to defeat Couz-
ems, It was believed that John w.
Smith, who has resigned as postmas-
ter in Detroit to try to be mayor,
could have defeated Joseph A. Mar
tin, who resigned as acting mayor OF
Detroit to conduct his campaign.
Workers Out to Get Mayor.
Detroit workers are vitality interest
ed in the defeat Of Martin for mayor.
Martin got his political start as COM
missioner OF the department Of pub
lie works when Couzens was mayor.
He was a strike-breaking commission
err. Az acting mayor he has given his
support solidly to the Detroit street
railway commission in its efforts to
smash the union on the municipal
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no jobs to be had"
Divernon is in the mood Of a COW
chewing it's cud. Divernon, ana thou
sands Of other Illinois mining towns,
are sullenly thinking it over. They
know, as used as they are to weeks
and sometimes months Of unemploy.
ment. that this is no ordinary lay-off.
Apart from their unanimous and vi
client condemnation of Frank Earring
ton, the miners react to the severe
industrial depression in oddly varying
ways. Some Of them, not a few Of
whom have foreign names and whose
ancestors learned mining in European
countries, claim there are too many
foreigners in this country. ELLIS
Island ought to be completely locked
up for ten years" Others claim there
are too many miners, and the initia-
ton fee of the union ought to be
raised.
K. K. K. at $40 Per.
The Ku Klu Khan has been taken
up as an amusing fad, as a diversion
to get their minds on their troubles,
by some of the miners. The Khan,
with its cowardly robes sweetly
starched to give the impression Of
purity, is conducting an organization
drive in the Springfield mining dis
trict at $40 per "klectokon." Hun
dreds Of miners have been fiocking to
Khan picnics and demonstrations
But these confused manifestations
are only groupings for the real solu-
ton to the unemployment problem.
And when the miners see the real 30.
luton, they fight for it like grim
death. The DAILY WORKER is well
liked by every miner 1 met who has
seen It. The Workers Party solution
to the unemployment problem, plac-
ing the burden on the owners of In
dustry and the makers Of profit, is
daily gaining new converts in the I'LL
nois coal fields.
For Communist Program.
I'VE are ready to form unemploy-
ment councils" Divernon miner told
the DAILY WORKER. I'VE are ready
to accept the Communist slogan OF
workers control of industry. We are
ready to demand the shortening Of the
work day instead of the restricting Of
the union, because we know the Com.
munist program is the only true so
luton to our vital problems.
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| SICK IN COLORADO
SWELL THE COMMUNIST
CAMPAIGN TREASURY

Thru comrade Ella Reeves 6Ioor,
who 10 carrying on party work In
Colorado, the National Office Of the
Workers Party Is In receipt OF a
remittance Of s1o.75 collected for
the Communist campaign fund by
the inmates Of the Jewish Con-
sumption Relief Society ssnitarlum
al Denver, Colorado.
comrade Bloor writes that the
inmates OF the sanatorlum are In.
terested In the campaign Of the
Workers Party and whom a sub
sorIptIon list reached ono Of their
members II wac Immediately placed
In circulation and the sum men-
toned above wac collected 10 show
the support Of tho revolutionary
candidates OF labor.
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Overfed Dowagers of
Chicago Would GIoat
Their Eyes on Prince
BY J. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

TODAY the fabby be-eweIed dowages Of the great
in Chicago worrying whether the Prince of Wales
Will pass this way on his approaching journey to his ranch
Extraordinary advances the gambler drunkard heir
to the British throne, being buIwaked by the Mac
Donald labor government being made by other
than William r. Dawes president of the Chicago Chamber
of Commerce.
Atho this supposed republic, aItho the United
States supposed to have freed itself from the British
king $50 years ago, the worship Of royal title deep
rooted ever in this countrys ruling class
The workers OF Chicago may soon see their open shop
oppressors donnng ken knee beeches and silk stockings
and company with overfed wives crawling their
along the Gold Coast This will no doubt be headed in the
yellow press indication of the outstanding democracy
of the prince.
They have been debating for quite some time in the
British Labor Party whether stand should be taken
for the abolition Of the king The mitants demand fight
stand that THE king do wrong So the king is al
lowed remain The Russians settled this question for
Most of the Russian ex-prnces work.
ing for iving not playing chemn de fer with the painted
ladies at the Casino gaming tables at Deauvle France los
ing at the rate of $1,000 per clip
The so-caIed labor premier Macdonald, s working
overtime in effort keep the British Empire intact
ing repeated umatums the Egyptians for instance and
~ 10 a R she S~ona + az much as thew
ensIaved to bood-Iustng Pharaoh
All this while the heir to the throne remains at the
unknown Stephen Lynch, of Atlanta, Ca. while Jules
Mastbaum, Philadelphia movie magnate, wins $4,000 from
the prince. But Macdonald will to it that the prince
doesn't go broke.
important is the that the prince spends his
sleeping hours until o'clock in the afternoon at the villa
of Ralph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World which
built its circulation the subscriptions Of New Yors
working class population Getting up at five o'clock in the
afternoon the prince polo game the sport of the rch
then the gambling tables while workers
crawling early to bed to store energy for the next days
grinding toll
But Pulitzer isn't alone in his kow-towng. Hearst is
be outdone Hearss expert in the dongs of the idle
rich who writes under the of "The Dowager has
nearly column the local HeraIdExamner telling of the
efforts bring the prince to Chicago, and putting
pep into the drive for nvng-nay urgnghis hghness to
come on, if only for day, on his way to Canada
~
This sinking should turn the stomach of Amer
cas workers. Thru their stomachs not thru their brans
the workers will learn the real nature and makeup OF the
capitalist class that they carry their shoulders bent
beneath the heavy load.
towards Communism! is the cry of British labor, fed
up fake labor PREMIER Macdonald and gorged to the
full useless royal aristocracy Let the workers OF
America join their British comrades in the struggle to wipe
this uIcerous capitalist social order Rally the masses
under the slogan Forward to Communism'
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Japan Not out for philippines.

MANILA, Aug. 1s.--Representative
Inouye Of Japan, who is visiting Ma
Mia, made a statement, according to
the Philippine Press Bureau, In that
Japan has no intention grabbing the
Philippines even IL the United States
turns her loose. As a member Of the
Parliament of Japan, know that my
country has never entertained the
thought of adding the Philippines
among her colonies. All talk about
Japan taking over the Philippines the
moment the United States grants her
Independence is absolutely ground.
less"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-20
FRANCE IN DEAL
WITH SPANIARDS
AGAINST ALFONSO
Especial to the DAILY worker.)

Especial TO the Daiiy WorkcrsJ
PARIS, Aug. 19.-At a conference
here between members Of the French
governmnt and on of the factions Of
the Spanish opposition, an attempt to
force the abdication of King Alfonso
and to allow the queen mother to rule
Spain until the heir to the throne is
of age, was decided upon.
ns Fear Workers Anger.
The effort is an attempt to throw
dust in the eyes of the disconnected
workers of Spain by removing only
King Alfonso, whose signing Of the
decree of Primo de Rivera, abolishing
constitutional rights, has infuriated
the workers and endangered the Sc
curity Of the monarchy.
The French are interested in pre-
serving the monarchy because they
fear that the workers. once aroused,
may not stop with the establishment
Of bourgeois republic, but might set
Iup Soviet rule.
Reason for French Support.
It is understood that If the new lib
eral faction comes into power in
Spain, it will reward its friends in
France by giving the French conces-
sions in that part Of Morocco which
is under Spanish rule.
Arabs in Morocco who have been
fighting Spanish domination are sub
sided by France, who hopes to gain
possession OF the whole OF the prov
ince. Morocco is one Of the richest
agricultural districts in the world.
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In Defense Of Religious Freedom.

BEE-ORLUK- (Krimea)-The Kri
mea Military Tribunal held court in
this small Tartar village. Captain OF
the border guard. Nazulxin, was ac'
cused OF confiscating and burning up
the Koran (holy book OF the Moham-
medans). the property of Tartar
peasant. The court found the accused
guilty OF unconsciously discrediting
the Soviet government which pro
claimed full religious freedom. He
was put on probation for is months
The trial was conducted In the Rus
sian and Tartar languages.
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not place a presidential ticket in the
field every four years. That is the
only contribution this bunch Of re-
formers and social patriots makes to
the labor movement.
n FEW evenings ago, a member OF
IA the Hobo's organization mounted
chair on Madison Street and deliv-
cred a little speech advertising de-
bate which was scheduled to be held
that evening in the Hobo College on
Washington Street. He had a good
voice and attracted quite an audi
.ence, while across the street an S.
u. P. man was cursing the Hobo for
encroaching on his territory. The s.
u. P. man talked something like
this: Then hoboes keep telling you
Jokes and funny stories. Then they
pass the hat. They don't believe in
amusement for the masses as a whole.
They tell you jokes and go thru your
pockets. They are like the capital
lists. They are exploiting the work
ers. They tell you about religion.
Who cares about religion7" And so
on.
n FTER the Hobo got thru announc.
IA ing his meeting he quit and the
crowd that surrounded him walked
along toward the Hobo hall and stop
ped to listen to the s. L. P. man. As
soon as the crowd arrived,-a poorl,
dressed crowd Of unemployed work
ers, the orator took out the S. L. P
classic on taxation. who pays the
taxes?" he shrieked. The socialists
say you pay the taxes. You don't;
the capitalist pays the taxes. Foster
might tell you who pays the taxes
but who is Foster? I'll tell you who
Foster is. He led strike Of half q
million steel workers and they got
licked. Now, a leader who loses a
strike must not amount to much.
That's Foster. The Workers Party is
controlled by two men, Foster and
Ruthenberg. They are against La.
Toilette because LaFollette attacked
them. LaFollette lined up with the
labor leaders because the Communists
betrayed the workers. Now, any party
that is controlled by two men cannot
amount TO much. You, comrades, -
shaking his finger at the unemployed,
will be led by the Workers Party into
reformism. Bewarel"
n LITTLE distance down the street
"A was another man on soap box
giving a talk on prohibition. He held
that the curse OF prohibition de-
scended on us because the American
workers abused their rights. They
drank too much. Now they have to
chase bootleggers around for shot
OF moonshine. do you remember the
day" said the speaker. while he
looked around with a playful smile on
his lips, when you went TO work with
that big limburger cheese sandwich
under your arm and you went into the
saloon and got that big schooner Of
beer7" A person apparently OF Teu-
tonic origin developed q phantasy
over this. AS II seized with u sudden
attack OF tonsillectomy Of the inguinal
adsnopathy. his tongue gently wan
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sun Chasing the sun.

RANGOON, India, August 15-Ma.
jor zanni, Argentine world fiier, hop
ped off at 1850 o'clock for Bangkok,
capital of Siam. Weather conditions
were excellent.
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AS WE S EE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

dered over his outer lips, while the
speaker sang the praise of the near
past and hurled curses at near beer.
I thot the speaker was a booster for
the Anti-saloon Leage but in a bundle
which lay at the base of his soap box,
/ could see several l. w. w. pamph-
let's.
EoUR persons are reported killed in
l clashes between Moslems and
Hindus at Mandalay, India. This is
the work of British agents who fear
that unity between the members Of
both religions would mean the end Of
British rule in that rich country. Re-
ligion has been used for generations
to divide subject peoples and also to
prevent workers of different cresds
from presenting a united front to the
enemy.
/ IPHOLDERS of religious supersti-
~ lions have made much Of the
fact that Nathan Leopold, one of the
slayers of the Franks boy is a pro-
fessed atheist. Clergymen rushed
into print trying to prove that lack Of
belief in God was responsible for his
commission OF the crime. Since then
several murders have been commit
ted thruout the United States, muir
ders just as cruel as the Franks MUIR
Ter. That the publicity attending
hese crimes was not so great. is not
,ue to lack OF revolving detail but to
he comparative obscurity Of the GRIM
nails.
NkIITH the single exception Of Leo
wv pold all the other criminals are
members OF some religious denomina-
lion. But no clergyman has rushed
INTO print warning parents against
sending their children to church or
advising husbands to keep their wives
away from preachers, because the
court records show that several hun
lred wives have been seduced by
clergymen in the past few years, not
to mention hundreds of choir girls.
But because religion has a strong grip
on the minds Of millions Of workers
and the churches are strong bulwarks
Of the social order, when q moron
preacher gets caught the misstep Is
attributed to the devils tricks. Or
5layers of the Frank boy, is a pro-
took the Old Testament too seriously.
TWO thousand Hopi Indians in Hote-
villa, Arizona, are finishing their
nine day snake dance ceremonial,
which is expected to bring rain to
the drought ridden Indian country.
In New York, Marcus Carney parades,
dressed in multi-colored garments and
guarded by troops Of his fictitious
Ethiopian Empire with drawn sabres.
The Hopi Indians may hop until
doomsday and no rain will come until
the clouds are ready. And the snake
dance OF tho Indians is not more ridic-
ulous than the buftonery of Marcus
Garvey and his Back to Africa"
movement. Negro workers who are
conscious OF their class rs we'll as OF
racial oppression have Job on their
hands in bringing the movement led
by the mountebank Garvey back to
earth.
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FORD FOR SENATOR BOOMLET
FLOPS; WORKERS PARTY TO
NOMINATE A STATE TICKET
BY OWEN STIRLING
Federated Press Staff Correspondent

DETROIT Mich, August 19-Henry Fords sharp notihca-
secretary of Michigan that he will not
permit the primary ballots September for the
Republican S. senator widespread
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NCHULINE
Right Aftera
Severe Illness
McCOy's Cod Liver Oil Tab
let's Help You Gain Strength
and Put on Needed
Weight-Great.

Nothing like the vitamines Of Cod
Liver Oil to help convalescing peo-
pie to quickly get strong and we'll
everybody knows that.
But nobody wants to take the Ill
smelling, horrible tasting, stomach
upsetting oil itself, SO nowadays
up to date medical men are order
ing a tablet of Cod Liver OH and
it surely does do the work.
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GRINS AND
GROWLS
By Isle Bell.
IN HE safest way to get through

!" HE safest way to get through
these revolving storm doors
is to lift your feet and put
your trust in Providence.
Pencil sharpeners sometimes
act as If they were working for
pencil manufacturers.
"A When advertisements say that
prices are attractive, It usually
means that they are TO tho ad-
vertiser.
The girls used TO be satisfied
with sterling silver; then they
demanded white gold, and now
they expect platinum. And still
we blame economic conditions on
Europe.
AS their contribution to the
solution of the problem Of city
noises, the girls aren't Hopping
their goloshes as loudly as they
did last winter.
A wise husband tells his wife
everything he thinks she is likely
to hear from some one else.
The girls are now wearing what
is called cuddle silk, which might
be called a material assistance to
matrimony.
A politicians way Of taking
some issue out of politics is to
HAnlZo IL In dnoNnn. than onnn,..
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MIDDLECLASS
MELODRAMA

When brother got a present Of
q pound of limburger these and
had to take a taxi home.
When the boss telephoned papa
while he was taking a bath.
CTwas papa in the tub-not the
boss.)
When the fire in the furnace
got cold feet at 3 o'clock in the
morning.
When little Willie put his
marbles under the Welcome mat
on the day that the minister
called ~.
When the race track man came
to the house and lit one of papa's
scent cigars with a dollar bill.
Buying a theater ticket from
= Spectator and then having 1t
refused at the theater entrance.
Bringing home a bowl Of gold.
nsh from downtown during the
rush hour.
When the proof of the family
group picture arrived.
When you were chosen to pre-.
sent the boss with the birthday
present from the office force.
When you were out walking
with your sweetie and the ole
clothesman asked you if you had
any garments to sell.
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You can see that nature hasn't
progressed much when you look
ct a man born in 1850 and COM
mare him with a 1901 model.
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nowadays is the taxi fare home.

A man who buys a home in
the country generally has a lot
to answer for when the roll of
taxpayers is called.
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Of college never enable young
man to solve the problem of how
two can live cheaper than one.

Some girls are so particular
about their appearance that they
don't fall in love for fear of get.
ting their hair mussed up.
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JUST IN FUN

There is one telephone for
every eight persons in this coun-
try, but why do they all pick on
the one in the corner cigar store
when you want to call up your
girl?
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Every Doctors office is a serv-
ice station, but it's hard to get
spare parts.
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ANY exercise that makes a
man pant is bad for him. says
health expert, How about
800. ,Ii - ....r,4.. -
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The older models have more
lines now than the later ones.
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Automobiles come with cut.Outs,
but very few babies are born
with mufflers.
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A politicians way Of taking
some issue out of politics is to
poke it in deeper than ever
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Most Of them cry so much that
there isn't any doubt about their
being equipped with self-starters.
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However, our mothers and IA
theirs don't get any guarantee with
ms as they do when they pur-
chase n touring car.
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When you were chosen to pre.
sent the boss with the birthday
present from the office force
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There's lots Of room for i'm
provement in human beings. The
only man who was ever perfect is
your wife's first husband.
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The only thing that girl
doesn't car, ~ iNf unit" oa,l"
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But the best she can do with
husband is to leave him out all
night and trust to luck that some
body steals him.
Copyright. 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1924-04-07

Automobiles are pretty to look
ut, and so are women if they
have a good paint job.
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American children only come in
one shade. white.
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You can halt a car by putting
your foot ON it, but that's no
way to stop a baby.
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When you buy an automobile
the freight and war tax are extra.
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- they're girls, they paint
themselves in any color they
want when they grow up.