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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19
By CHARLES RAPPoPoRT

aroused resistance of the fortunate
masters brings about bloody con-
fict, it is, under the present circum-
stances, a saving of blood of violence
and of sufferings. For it is beyond
doubt that capitalist society, if it
maintains itself, is heading toward
new world war. Moreover, it is al
ready known what will be the nature
of the war which will come. Some
days ago, M. Herbette took notice in
his Bulletin du Temps" Capitalism
made into newspaper the con-
struction, in Wilson's America, of
giant aeroplanes which, in one weeks
time, could wipe out cities like Paris
with its four million inhabitants. Mr..
Lloyd George, the ally Of the pacifist
Ramsay Macdonald, builder of CRUZ
sers and airplanes, truly said that the
next war will be a war Of extermina-
ton and Of obliteration Of all the
civilian population: men, women, chill
dren, old and young, well and sick.
When he finds himself facing fact
as formidable as this, every man Of
good sense ought to say to himself:
before capitalist society causes the
whole of humanity to vanish, will
do all in my power to cause capitalist
society, the murderer Of the world,
to disappear.
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Of the private traders, and it does
no advertising. Yet we
find the store crowded to capacity,
and the help is working for all it is
worth. There is a noticeable lack of
servility in their attitude to their
customers, tho the latter stand to
them also in the relation of employ
ers. The reason is that they are not
so afraid of the customer-members
running around to rival establish
ment.
You may see the housewife, getting
the weeks supplies, or she may send
friend husband or one of the children
with list of what she wants, and the
distinctive feature of the transaction
as you see it in the store, is that the
purchaser gets brass check along
with the goods. The check represents
the amount of money spent, and it is
saved up carefully until "diyi" day.
usually half-yearly event causing nc
little local excitement. These are the
occasions when the society declares
its dividend on purchases, and the
members receive back proportion Of
what they have spent in exchange fol
their checks.
1t is precisely this last named fea
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of us who lived our early years III
more or less cooperative atmosphere
the duty of educating our comrades
and fellow workers.
Here let me take my readers in
imagination to a typical manufacture
ing center in Great Britain, where
Rochdale cooperation, the typical
working class system, is so strongly
developed. Let us watch the work
ers doing their weekend shopping.
We shall probably find not a single
department store" on the American
plan in the community. That great
American institution is to be found in
the larger cities, but its patrons are
mostly of.the better-to-do classes ex-
cept in London, which is scarcely ty-
pical of the rest of the country.
The village and small town depart
ment store are unknown, and even in
the large towns they play far less
part than in these United States
Their place is largely taken by the CO
operative store.
RochdaIe System.
The store does not probably occupy
the principal street. 1t does not pay
fancy prices for ground rent. It's dis
play windows are smaller than thos,
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Another Big Feature Of
The Daily Worker

behind strained relations between the Jap
governments? What all this talk OF grave
consequences" being hurled at Washington by Toxic?
WORKER will these and many other ques
Monday LoVestone
the growth nd of American Imperialism
investigation Of the policy
by the American imperas and their
CAPITALIST Africa and
against Republics The series will De up TO the
gathered the most authoritative sources
available.
to the bosses
exploiting
the
whole of startling revelations
completely the first time by the DAILY WORKER
The miasm, the dangers Of imperial
what the American working class and poor can
another world eonhaaton Will
brought home in these articles
The series the DAILY WORKER The cues
tion Of affecting the fundamental In
worngmn and exploited farmer IN this country
arsenal OF ammunition blowing up the argu
and mar getting on the JOB to ian the
the American workers and the working
7 Japan and other countries
Of the eight articles Get your
farms read them
your DAILY WORKER containing this series early
you without delay Rush your
today, Now
The WORKER fs West Washington Boulevard Chicago,
Illinois.
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The fourth congress of the Comm
tern gave our movement its policy III
regard to the consumers Operatives,
but in a country where these organl-
cations are so comparatively little de-
veloped as in North America, ana
where the party is so preoccupied
with other pressing problems, It
seems that we are in some danger OF
sneglecting this important part OF our
work
The resolution on cooperation adop-
ted at the 1922 Congress of the c. l.
speaks of the aid rendered by the
consumers co-operatives during the
capitalist offensive, and also of the
way in which the old social compro-
misers have entrenched themselves
within them. In certain countries, 1t
states. the social-democratic parties,
thru having the leadership Of the
cooperative movement in their hands,
derive funds from it for the support
of their parties. The same resolution
points out especially: % the impe-
ratiye necessity for all Communist
Parties carrying out the instruction
that all the members of the Party
shall be members of the Consumers
Co-operatives and take an active part
in their work. A plan for the orga-
nization of nuclei in the co-operatiyes
is outlined, and it is emphasized there
must be no separation of the revo-
lutionary elements into separate or
ganizations. On the contrary, on lines
analogous to the trade union tactics,
we must demand admission to, and do
our work thru organizations which
include all Of the working class which
is or may be comparatively organized
and permeate them with our princi
pies and policy.
Program of Action.
(2l We have also to lead the co
operative movement into the politica
path, and carry on an energetic cam
paign against political neutrality, ane
against the illusion that economic sal
walton can be achieved by voluntar!
cooperation alone; and an extensive
political and economic program is out
| lined for the co-operatives.
CD Communist co-operators shoul'
also carry on purely co-operativ
work advocating the amalgamation o
the smaller societies, reputation Q
the old principle of dividends, and i
their place the employment of tn
funds for strengthening the workin
>class movement, establishing strik
funds, substituting the workers pres
ETC., etc.
In moving around in the Worker
Party one meets from time to tim
workers who are actively hostile
the very idea Of cooperation an
many more who are, to say the leas
Indifferent to it. Yet the very fact
its weakness and newness in tn
country, due to the extreme develo
ment of bourgeois psychology amor
the working class, places upon tho
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What Isthe Cooperative Movement? s4s.=. .sHssz

ture which radicals admire least, and
it is condemned by the Comintern,
yet as practical people with an ap-
probation for realities we must re-
cognize the part it plays in keeping
the masses loyal to their store.
The payment Of "divi' on purchas-
es, however, is but one comparatively
small part of the system. The most
important thing from our point of
view, is that the workers own the
stores, and back of the stores,
thru the Cooperative Wholesale
Societies, they own quite considerable
industries. The English Cooperative
Wholesale Society alone, in normal
times, sells about half million dol
lars worth of goods a year, mostly
manufactured in establishments
owned and controlled by the working
class, comparatively organized. 1t has
its own extensive factories for the
manufacture of soap, at Irlam, and 1t
also makes its own tobacco, clothing,
automobiles, ETC. 1t has considerable
farming property in Canada. and tea
plantations in Ceylon, and it brings
fruit from Spain in its own fleet OF
steamers. In more recent years 1t
has also developed banking and in
surance.
Political Action.
I am more DESTROYS, however, OF d.
recting attention to the essential fea-
lures of the local societies, for they
are the unit cells out of which the
movement is built. Each such society
has a certain share capital, sub
scribed almost wholly in small
amounts by the proletarian class, and
on this share capital fiat rate OF 3
per cent interest is usually paid, and
in all the well established societies
the investment is regarded as a par
ticuIarly safe one, practically gilt
edged" in fact Whatever profits are
made above this per cent, after pro-
| viding for the needs Of the business,
is divided into two portions, one of
which is paid out as dividend on pur-
chases, the other is spent for educa-
II tional and other purposes. The
II things which have been accomplished
with this latter portion would fill an
ii interesting and instructive book. The
most recent important development is
the financing of cooperative political
/ candidates, some Of whom have wor
| seats in the recent elections and are
/ sitting with the Labor Party. Ant
they are not the least advanced o
the Labor crowd.
H There is naturally a continual strug
gle going on between those workers
who are reactionary in ideas, an'
those who have ideas above mer'
"divi." As to the amount Of "divi,
there is a pretty general understand
ing that it stands at so per cent Of tn
available profits. We would like t
reduce or abolish "divi." but it ha
to be recognized that it has in tn
ii past had a useful disciplinary effect
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BANkRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE AND ORDER or
NOTICE THEREON

In the District Court of the United
States.
For the Southwestern Division,
District of North Dakota.
In the Matter Of Eva ID. Sheldon,
Bankrupt No. BIOS In Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Judges OF the
District Court Of the United States
for the District Of North Dakota,
Eva ID. Sheldon, Of Bismarck in the
County of Burleigh, and State OF
North Dakota, in said District, re-
spectfully represents that on the
18th day Of February, 1924 last past
she was duly adjudged bankrupt an
der the acts Of Congress relating to
bankruptcy; that she has duly sur
rendered all her property and rights
of property, and has fully complied
with all the requirements of SAID
net and of the orders of the court
touching her bankruptcy.
Wherefore, she prhys that she may
be dccrecd by the court to have u
full discharge from all debts pro!
able against her estate under sad
bankrupt acts, except such debts as
are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this 9Th day Of April, a. ID.
1924.
EVA d. SHELDON.
Bankrupt.
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lookout for these balloons, and wheA
one is sighted note the color and
markings if possible, and let radio
station WTAM know at once the
name of the city and state from
which it was seen. This information
will be broadcast to the balloonists
so they can check their own position
with that of other contestants.
w. T. Van Orman, pilot of the
Goodyear III and c. K. Wollam his
aide. expect to have some interesting
scientific data on radio as a result
of their equipped flight.
As Van Orman and Wollam pass
over centers of population, they will
drop scores of messages over the
side in an effort to let WTAM know
how they have been heard. ANY one
finding one of these messages is, re-
ouested to take it to the neares
Western Union telegraph station
where it will be taken care of undel
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BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE AND ORDER OF,
NOTICE THEREON

In the District Court of the United
States.
For the Southwestern Division,
District of North Dakota.
In the Matter of Floyd f. Swanson,
Bankrupt. No $3.50 In Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Judges of the
District Court of the United States
for the District of North Dakota.
Floyd E. Swanson, of Driscoll in the
County of Burlegh, and State of.
North Dakota, in said District re-
spectfully represents that on the
9th day of October, 1923 last past
he was duly adjudged bankrupt UNI
der the acts of Congress relating to
bankruptcy, that he has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights
of property, and has fully complied
with all the requirements of said
acts and of the orders of the court
touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore. he prays that he may
be decreed by the court to have a
full discharge from all debts prov
able against his estate under said
bankrupt acts, except such debts as
are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this 1st day of April, A. D
1924.
FLOYD f. SWANSON,
Bankrupt,
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ORDER or NOTICE
District Of North Dakota, SIS:

District Of North l)akota, SIS:
On this nth day of April, A. ID.
1924, on reading the Petition for Dis
charge Of the above named Bankrupt
il is
Ordered BY the Court, that II
hearing be had upon the same on the
18th day of June, A. ID. 1924, before
the said court, ut Fargo in said DIS
trict, at ten o clock in the forenoon;
and that notice thereof be Published
in The Bismarck Tribune, Il news
paper printed in said district, ana
| that all known creditors and other
persons in interest may appeal at the
| said time and place and show cause,
/ if any they have, why the prayer OF
the said petitioner should not be
granted
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the Referee shall send
by mail, to all known creditors, cop
! les of said petition and this order
addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness The Honorable Andre"
Miller, Judge Of the said Court, ant
the seal thereof, at Bismarck. in salt
district, on the 18th day of April
A. d. 1924.
(SEAL OF THE COURT
J. A. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
BY +. r. STEELE, Deputy Clerk
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Sioux Falls
Bank Failures
"< To Be PrObed

Sioux Falls, S. D., April 19.-Judge
John r. Medn Of circuit court order
ed the converting of a grand jury on
May ~ for the purpose of making an
investigation Of alleged Irregular
ties with the management OF the
three state banks here that have
been closed. Deposits in the three
banks aggregated S8,000,O0o.
The application for the summop,'ng
of the grand jury was made by
States Attorney Hugh Gamble, who
said that he had been quietly con
Quoting an examination of the at
fairs. of the banks since they closed
last January. Several demands have
been made by depositors that an in
vestigation be made in order tc
safeguard their interests This vii
be the second county grand jury. tt
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ALFALFA NEED
IN N. ID. CITED

Fargo. N. d., April l9.--lf all the
alfalfa hay grown in North Dakota
he past year was fed to the 535,OOo
dairy cows of which the state boasts
here would only be enough to feed
Zach COW 10 pounds day for a
oeriod of So days, leaving no alfalfa
for the dairy cows during all of the
remaining days in the year.
Figuring on this basis there would
he no alfalfa feed for any of the
$4,000 other cattle, the 100000
heep, the 100000 swine, the 797 900
ESrses and the 5000 mules.
Gin 1923, 10000 acres of alfalfa
with a total production of l47,oOO
tons were grown in North Dakota
As there are more than 1900 farms
in the state less than one acre OF
alfalfa was raised on each of the
farms, points out II. l.. Walster
agronomist at the North Dakota Ag
a.icultural college, and author OF
Circular 50, Guide Posts on the
Alfalfa Trail, which gives detailed
Information on alfalfa growing.
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Willard Storage Battery Company,
Cleveland, will, stay on the air all
that night in an effort to keep the
balloonists informed of weather con-
ditions and to warn them of the To-
cality Of all storms in any portion
of the country where the racers are
reported as being seen. ;.
The broadcasting is being done at
the request of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co., Akron, o., whose
entrant, the Goodyear III is equip
ped with high power receiving set.
Arrangements have been made with
f. II. Emery, U. S. Weather Bureau
forecaster at Cleveland for special
observation at 9:30 p. m. Central
| Time. The results of this obserVa-
| ton will be broadcast at two hour
periods all through the night until
new observation is taken in the
| morning.
Radio fans are requested to keep a
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ORDER OF NOTICE

District of North Dakota, IS:
On this 18th day of April, A. D.
1924, on reading the Petition for Dis
charge of the above named Bankrupt,
it is
Ordered BY the Court, that a
hearing be had upon the same on the
oath day of June, A. d. 1924, before
the said court. at Fargo in said dis
trict, at ten o'clock in the forenoon;
and that notice thereof be published
in The Bismarck Tribune, a news
paper printed in said district, and
that all kn4wn creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the
| said time and place and show cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of
the said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the Referee shall send
by mail, to all known creditors, cop
| les of said petition and this order
addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness The Honorable Andrew
Miller, Judge of the said Court, ant
the seal thereof, at Bismarck, in sale
district. on the 18th day of April
A. D. 1924.
| (SEAL OF THE COURT)
j. A. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
BY f. R. STEELE, Deputy Clerk
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BANKRJlPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGA AND ORDER OF
NOTICE THEREON

In the District Court of the United
States.
For the Southwestern Division,
District of North Dakota.
In the Matter of Otto Nassif,
Bankrupt. No. 1908 In Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Judges of the
District Court of the United States
for the District of North Dakota,
Otto Nassif, Of Bismarck in the
County of Burleigh, and State OF
North Dakota, in said District, re-
spectfully represents that on the
18th day of January 1928 last past
he was duly adjudged bankrupt UNI
der the acts of Congress relating to
bankruptcy, that he has duly sur
| rendered all his property and rights
of property. and has fully complied
with all the requirements of SAID
acts and of the orders of the court
touching his bankruptcy.
| Wherefore, he prays that he ma!
be decreed by the court to have
full discharge from all debts prov
able against his estate under SAT-
bankrupt acts, except such debts a
are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this lst day of April, A. d
1924.
OTTO NASSIF,
Bankrupt.
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Toxic Police Are
Given Pistols

Toxic, April 19.-Revolvers have
been distributed to members of the
Toxic metropolitan police, this being
the first time that firearms have
been a part/of the policeman equip
ment in the Japanese capital.
Instructions issued with the re-
volver say that they are to be used
only in cases of great emergency. UP
to now the Japanese police have been
armed only with short swords.
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Tourists Are
Held at Border

Sacramento, Calf, April l9.-A
telegram from San Bernandino de-
claring 600 motorists were strand
ed ut the Arizona border because OF
the Arizonia embargo on vehicular
traffic from California due to the
foot and mouth epidemic was receiv-
ed by Gov. Richardson today and was
referred to the state department OF
agriculture.
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FRANCE FEARS
BRITISH PRESS
believes That Attitude oil
Britain Will Not ke
Friendly

Paris. April lg..-By the A. P.)--
french official circles are consider
bjv disturbed by the attitude OF the
lt.t.h press toward the proposed
eparatiou settlement on the basis OF
he experts report. 1t is deducted
from the general run Of the British
eminent that Prime Minister Mac
Donald viii refuse to agree WIN
France on Il system al pledges l" h'
aiken in case Germany deiaultS III
,bc execution Of the experts plans.
Without an agreement IN advance
an HE ways and means OF "bllEihR
Ehc Germans TO carry out me t'l!hs
+ thc arrangement SAID the spokea-
.lan for the foreign Office today
"Gcrmany would be- the only country
sure of getting any benefit from 'h'
expcrts' project"
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Baby, II Months
Old, Dies at Home

Paul Knoll, II months old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Knoll. died at
their home in Gibbs township last
night, after a long illness. Inc
cause of death. understood to he
spinal meningitis or infantile paraly-
sis, had not been reported to au-
thorities today. Funeral services
probably will be held in st. Mary
church here Monday morning.
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ORDER OF NOTICE

District of North Dakota, SIS:
On this 10th day of April. A. d.
1924, on reading the Petition for Dis
charge of the above-named Bankrupt,
it is
Ordered BY the Court, that
hearing be had upon the same on the
23rd day of June. A. D. 1924, before
the said court. at Fargo in said dis
trict, at ten o'clock in the forenoon:
and that notice thereof be published
in The Bismarck Tribune, news
paper printed in said district, and
that all known creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the
said time and place and show cause.
if any they have, why the prayer of
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the said petitioner should not b

the said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the Referee shall send,
by mail, to all known creditors, cop
les of said petition and this order,
addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness, The Honorable Andrew
Miller, Judge of the said Court, and
| the seal thereof, at Bismarck, in said
district, on the 10th day of April
A. ID. 1924.
| (SEAL OF THE COURT)
J. A. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
Bv +. r. STEELE, Deputy Clerk
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MISS YOUNG NOT
TO SHOW HERE

Clara Kimball Young, famous mo-
on picture actress, who was to APP
ear here on May at the Auditor
IN in Scarlet. has been taken Ill
With appendicitis. and will be unable
% keep her date, according to teie'
gram received today by Manager
Nosperman from Fort Wayne, lndi'
ma.
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SHOT PHEASANT

LaMoure. N. D., April 19.-Ernest
Beashar of Westhope was fined
s27.5O in justice court for shooting
and killing ring-necked pheasant.
A Westhope taxidermist who mount
cd the bird for Beashar was fined
sf3 for illegal practice of his art.
The conviction and filming OF
Beashar is held as an example tor
anyone tempted to interfere with the
growing colony of pheasants in the
LaMoure community.
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yOLD HEARING
SET FOR MAY IS

o. r. Void, former vice-presldent
g the Farmers State Bank Of Regain,
narged with accepting deposits while
ne bank was insolvent, Will nave d
preliminary hearing before Ponce
Iaristrate W. G.. eastman here on
Nav 7. This agreement was reached
fate yesterday afternoon by attor'
tEvs appearing before Mr.. eastman
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NATIONAL RACE

Radio fans who are listening III on
the night of April %. "wednesday
will be kept in close touch with the
National Balloon Race that starts
from San Antonio, Texas at 4 p. m
Central time that day.
Broadcasting station WTAM of the
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TOM GIBBONS
GETS BOUT

Paris, April l9-An agreement tor
: bout between Georges 'lrpehtler
: nd Tom Gibbons ut Chicago on May
20 was signed here today by Jack
N,rlnv and Frankcoisc De Camps,
.aanapers Of the fighters.