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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
COOLIDGE MOVED
IN RURAL CRISIS
TO AID STERLING
Senator Threatened by
Bank Failures

WASHINGTON. - Senator Ster-
ling, sponsor of one of the most
vicious of tho anti-alien bills and
an old guard republican like KEEL
logg of Minnesota, comes up for re-
election this year. This is held to
be the real motive for the hurried
conference called by the president
but there is no evidence as yet that
the administration measures have
so stemmed the rising tide of rural
discomfort as to have saved Ster-
ling.
President Coolidge did not move
for relief of the critical condition in
the western states arising out of
the long series Of bank failures until
an ultimatum had been sent by
administration supporters, it was
learned today.
The flood of messages that over
whelmed senator's and congressman
and which caused a near panic in
the White House left no doubt as
to the desperate character Of the
situation in the agricultural states.
In Sioux Falls, S. D., for instance,
a businessman's association sent the
following wire: "This is no time
for dilly-dallying. South Dakota
needs aid instantly. A delay of
even few hours might result in
further disaster and calamity. If
complete financial ruin is to be
avoided, there must be immediate
relief from federal or other outside
sources"
Not even the Teapot Dome scam
dal outweighs in Importance the
situation in the western states ag-
gravated by bank failures but di-
rectly due to the fact that farmers
were forced to sell their wheat and
other produce at less than it cost
them to raise it; rs and so cents
is said to be the average price
obtained at the elevator.
The farmers are worse than
broke and as they are the basis
of the economic structure in these
states everyone else is broke. They
are unable to pay taxes, their notes
at the banks or their bills at the
merchants. There have been thou
sands of foreclosures for taxes alone
and formerly populous farming sec
tions are now deserted; the land on
which money has been loaned as
improved property is worthless be-
cause it is not being titled.
In North Dakota, according to
Senator Laid, in eighteen months
preceding Dec. /, 1928. two hundred
banks failed. In Montana, accord
ing to Senator Wheeler, of the banks
in existence on Jan. l, 1922, 80 per
cent IRE no longer in business and
not 10 per cent of these could be
open if the bank examiners forced
them to comply with the banking
laws. All told, there has been a
total Of something like 500 bank
failures in the last few months in
Montana, North and South Dakota
and Minnesota.
1t is not the plight Of the farm
ers, however, dangerous as it is,
that showed the administration into
action. It is the fact that many
administration supporters are stock
holders in national banks that have
failed in this section and can be
held under the banking law for
double liability"
They are saying unkind things
about the Coolidge administration.
With the farmers hostile, the future
for Sterling, whom the republicans
need badly, is not any too bright.
How MANY OF your shop-mates read
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Continued from Page y
masses are inspired. This is SYM
bolic of the fact that the revolution
airy movement can never be de-
stroyed in the future by anything
that may happen.
Ruthenberg Speaks
C. E. Ruthenberg, secretary Of
the Workers Party, was given a great
ovation as he arose:
"Since the first written record,
men have sacrificed that people might
be free" he began. ''If you go back
to Greece, you find slaves revolving
so they could play part In free
society. If you read history thru
the thousand years Of feudalism, you
will find an exploited class struggling
to be free. At all times there have
been dreams in mems hearts that OPP
pressed and oppressor would be no
more.
"When future historians write the
record of these years, they will write
Nicolai Lenin down as leader of that
movement that led the workers into
the struggle to abolish capitalism from
the face of the earth.
"Lenin fought for the workers
everywhere; other statesmen fought
for the right of individuals. Lenin
gave the workers world his life. He
gave his life organizing the working
class into a party that could fight for
soviet republics in every country up
on principles followed by the Com
tmunist Party.
Sees Soviet America Coming
"The German Workers Republic
will be followed by the Workers
Party of America, establishing a
soviet United States.
cit was Lenin, who in the early
days of the Russian revolution rec
ognized that the bourgeois state must
be replaced by soviets."
Concluding Ruthenberg said, that
workers America will struggle with
the Philippines against American inn
perialists, and will fight everywhere
to abolish American capitalism and
build a communist society.
Beethoven's music filled the in
term until Ludwig Lore, editor of
the Volkeszeitung, German commun-
list daily of New York, arose, saying:
Lore, On Lenin the Statesman
"Today we pay homage to Nicolai
Lenin, the greatest statesman of the
age. Lloyd George, Bethmann Holl-
veg, Clemenceau and Asquith were
merely politicians. They live just
for today and make decisions for the
momentary interests their class re-
presents.
''Nicolai Lenin was not only the
greatest Of statesmen, but the great
proletarian statesman. Everything
he did was determined by the inter-
ests Of the working class Of the world
over. Il we can point to the great
est concrete achievement of Lenin,
it is that he turned the concept for
working class solidarity into a living,
pulsing reality.
ON Lenin's memory the worlds
workers will stand together thru
good fortune and bad, in war, in
peace, in joy, in sorrow. In his
memory the last vestige of national
hatreds will disappear. In his mem
ory, the working class of the world
will pledge its support to Soviet Rus
STA as the first great exponent of the
oppressed rising to power and deter
mining their own destinies."
Numerous kilograms Read.
Here followed reading of numer-
Gus kilograms from locals of the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union and other labor organiza-
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Long Live Leninisn''

tons and workmen's circles, express
ing their sorrow at Lenin's loss and
their determination to carry on his
work.
Then the chairmen called for a
cessation of the cheering and began
to read the call to world solidarity
that had been radiogrammed by the
workers of Russia. The air was
charged with the electricity Of re-
pressed emotion as the audience lis
tened breathlessly, then the huge
shouting as $4,000 voices acclaimed
the slogan, "The Proletariat Never
Never Can Lose. Proletariat Of All
Lands Unite"
Chopin's funeral march again set
the solemn note and then the chair
man sent the battalion Of collectors
thru the crowd The sum of $1,000
was raised.
Long Live the internationally
With unanimous vote the assem-
blage then decided to send the fol-
lowing respones to the Soviet Repub-
lie, promising anew their fealty to
the communist International:
In monster mass memorial
meeting 10000 New York work
ers expressed their sorrow at the
death of the greatest proletarian
revolutionist, Nicolai Lenin. They
pledge their support to the Soviet
Republic in it's valiant struggle
against world imperialist capital
ism and they resolve to do their
full duty in bringing about the
world revolution which will eman-
cipate the international working
class.
Long live the communist inter-
nationaIl
Long live Soviet Russia"
Long Live Leninismp'
Lenin's portrait, with the inscrip-
ton, "Lenin is Dead, Long Live
Leninism," which stood on the plat
form expressed the sentiments of the
audience by this time. The genuine
grief they felt at the loss of their
leader was submerged in the ecstacy
of determination to carry on his
work and they joined in crying out
the slogan.
Iloissaye Olgin, the next speaker,
talked in Jewish, and exhorted the
thousands present to engravc this
motto on their hearts.
Join Lenin's Party" Says Foster.
William 2. Foster followed with
an appeal for membership in the
Workers Party that crystallized the
feeling of the sympathizers present.
He first paid tribute to Lenin's
great revolutionary BRAIN
"Lenin was not only a great
thinker: he was also a great strate-
gist. l have no hesitation in saying
that Lenin's action at Brest-Litovsk
saved the Russian revolution. Lenin
was brave enough to go to the work.
ers and appeal that they allow a GER
tain percentage of capitalism to re-
turn to Russia. 1t required a cour-
ageous man to do that. Lenin by
that piece of strategy savec RUSSIA.
"The Workers Party is the party
of Lenin. If you believe in what
Lenin taught, in what he did, you
can express it, if it amounts to any
thing, only by joining the Workers
Party. The Workers Party fol-
lows out the principles of Lenin's
strategy. It is the only party in
America, both in the political and
industrial fields, with a correct
policy for the workers."
Gompers Is Booed.
The enthusiasm that greeted the
name Of Lenin suddenly turned to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Jay Lovestone will address two
meetings in Detroit on Sunday, Feb.
10. At p. m. he will speak at the
House of the Masses on the sub
ject: "Who Owns Congress-; at s
y. m. he viii speak at the East
Ferry Street Hall at a mass meet
ing under the auspices of the South
Slavish, Polish and English Branches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Seors-Roebuck Foundations Job
Is Barred; 1t Counts the Chickens

If all the chickens raised the
tail tail would grown
hens the
the laid by this gathered
packed shipping would
Chicago New York City and back again Ptsbug
clan stated
All Of which that the chicken industry
Of billion dollar industry the Foundation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

How many Of your shop-mates read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of
them to subscribe today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Minnesota National Bank Closes.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. g.
The First National Bank Of War
road, Mimi, closed today, it was an
nounced here at the national bank
examiners Office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

Work Daily for ''The Dailyr'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07

The enthusiasm that greeted the
name Of Lenin suddenly turned to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-07
Grave Monaco 10 Health.

There Is a superabundance Of au-
thoritative statistical and medical in
formation showing that amongst
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-11
HARDHEARTED
Flinty Coal Barons Would
Evict Striking Miners

Clearield, Pa.,-The United Mine
Workers have checked the anti-union
Vinton colleries company from evict-
ing more than 500 striking employees.
The company operates in Vinton-
dale, Cambria county. It's employees
were unorganized when it announced
wage cut of $3.50 day. Six hun
dred employees suspended work and
joined the United Mine Workers. The
company Immediately served "a
hour eviction notice on 80 per cent Of
these strikers who live in company
houses.
The miners district convention was
in session at Altoona at the time and
strong protests were forwarded Gov
ernor Pinchot. The state executive
sent this telegram to the company:
"The cruelty Of depriving human
beings Of shelter at this time Of the
year is so glaring that am wiring to
know whether your purpose is rightly
reported" The company assured the
governor that "your information is
wrong.
Four days later the governor again
wired the company:
| 81 have in my hand notice of the
Vinton colliery company, addressed
by name and house number, and
signed by Otto Hoffman, superin-
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Washington. The business of the
treasury department is to administer
the finances Of the government. The
treasury has no business lobbying
against pending legislation and sup
plying congress with information
that may be misunderstood.
Senator Walsh, Of Massachusetts
made the above comment in connec-
tion with treasury estimates on the
cost Of the soldiers bonus. The vet.
erans' bureau has estimated this cost
will be $2,119, 900, 900, while the treas.
ury department says it will total $4,.
560, 0,O00, 900.
"There is a reason for this discre.
pancy," said Senator Walsh. "Tht
treasury actuary reaches his total by
charging interest against the gov.
ernment, in addition to each yearly
appropriation, thereby more thar
doubling the actual cost.
VI COuS0y tIiS tuSoIy 10 duSuIu
It is another attempt to juggle figure.
on the cost Of the adjusted compensa
ton bill to mislead congress and tn,
people.
IF this theory of estimation wer'
correct, then interest should b
charged against all appropriations
such as those for the army and navy
The treasury department has beel
so open in is lobbying against tn,
soldiers bill, that it has been ignore,
by the house ways and means com
mittee. The lawmakers called upol
the veterans bureau for their actuar
ial information.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
THEN LET'S END 1T

"A new need for federal regulation
OF child labor has recently been en-
phasized by disclosures regarding the
sweatshop labor of young children in
their homes on work sent in from
other states. A recent investigation
OF home work by children in Jersey
City disclosed the fact that more than
1000 children, the great majority of
whom were under the age of Ia, were
doing sweatshop work in their homes
under dangerous insanitary condi-
tions. Wages were very small, famil-
les of three and four working long
hours earning as little as SO and Sc
a week.
ut was brought out in the testi-
mony given in connection with these
inquiries that considerable amount
Of the tenement home work done by
the New Jersey children was dis
tributed from factories in neighboring
states. Thus, New York manufac.
turers, who were sending their work
to Jersey City to escape the New
York regulations against tenement
home work, were not subject to the
penalties imposed by the New Jersey
laws. In this way they succeeded in
lodging state laws.
"Child workers themselves cross
the state lines also and create special
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tendent, notifying a tenant to leave.
The evidence Of willful misrepresenta-
tion would seem to be complete.
would be glad to have your EXPLAIN
tion if any"
President Brophy Of district No. 2,
United Mine Workers, declared that
the company's effort to place hundreds
of men, women and children on the
streets would be contested.
"We will use every legal means
within our power to protect the strik-
ers, their wives and children, from the
barbarous tactics of the company
which is resorting to evictions in an
effort to break the spirit of the men
SO they will accept wage reduction, y
said President Brophy.
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FRIDAY. APRIL II, 1924

Entered at the Postofice at Hamilton.
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at a26 Market Street
Hamilton. Ohio.
Telephone 1895
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TIME MAKES CHANGES


In deciding that trade union has
the right to discipline it's members,
Superior Judge C. N. Andrews, Of
California, paid by inference deserv-
ed tribute to organized labor for it's
work in improving the wages and
working conditions Of the toiler. He
said:
81 somehow feel sort of affinity
for carpenters; my father was car
penter and l spent many boyhood
hours in the shavings Of his bench.
1t occurred to me in thinking Of the
contrast between my father and the
carpenters of today, due to the change
of conditions, considerably, and due
perhaps, to the activities Of organ
lied labor.
"The conditions were much different
| in my fathers time than in the time
of today. My father worked 10 hours
a day, from z o'clock in the morning
until at night, six days in the week
when he could get job, and he got
dollar and half day; he earned
in six full days of ten hours each
so hours, nine dollars as his pay
check at the end of the week, while
due to the necessities and the changes
the carpenter of today who gets 8
| job earns, / think, nine dollars in one
| day of eight hours, so congratulate
the carpenters of today. THERE
WE'RE NO LABOR UNIONS IN
THE DAYS WHEN MY FATHEF
DID CARPENTER WORK"
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Nor does Mr.. Carroll point out
what would be the plight Of New
York's building workers if they were
unorganized he does not tell Of the
poverty, distress and endless suspen-
sions Of work by poorly paid and dis
contented workmen which would pre-
vail Labor doesn't have to be told
what happens without organization,
however, and because it knows what
organization does, it is steadily ex-
tending the benefits Of union mem
bership t6 larger and larger Plumbers
Of workers Of both sexes.
~ A A ~ -
WATCH THE WAY THEY VOTE
Good news for the children Of the
nation. The child labor constitutional
amendment has been reported out in
congress and the prospects for its
passage are reported to be good
Representatives and senators will be
forced to declare themselves on the
amendment, however much they may
wish to dodge the issue. Watch them
and see whether they vote on the
side of humanity or on the side Of the
dollar.
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ORGANIZATION DOES IT!

Writing in that fine old organ Of
reaction, the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, Raymond G. Carroll draws
a rosy picture Of the building workers
lot in New York city.
After telling of an iron worker en-
ployed on an unfinished hotel in the
aristocratic Park Avenue section Of
New York who dined in the completed
part Of the same hotel in the evening,
Mr.. Carroll remarks:
"This is the mechanic Of 1924 all
doors open to him, swimming in the
best that the city has to offer her
favored sons. He has a motor car,
photograph and radio set-every-
thing"
"The building construction plan for
this year alone in New York." Mr..
Carroll adds, twill cost in the neigh
borhood of 100000 to 81 ,OO0, ,00O,-
600. To do this building construc-
tion the city has an army of about
100000 union workers, who are en-
joying the highest wages paid any
where in the world under agreements
made with 900 contractor members of
the Building Trades Employers As
sociation."
| Mr.. Carroll goes on to say that it
is '1abor's harvest time, for the whole
situation has been democratized.
| The control is in a labor congress
where all the building trades are rep.
resented"
Perhaps because Of fear of wound.
ing the delicate susceptibilities Of the
Ledger's anti-union readers, Mr.. Car.
roll does not point out that organiza'
tion, and organization alone, has
given the building mechanic the
wages and working conditions that he
now enjoys. But to the reader Of his
article it is plain that he recognizes
that organization has brought The
benefits he so glowingly describes.
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STRIKEBREAKERS WANTED

Portland, Ore.-The Northwestern
Electric Company is combing cities
and towns along the Pacific coast for
strikebreakers. This concern has de-
clared for the anti-union shop and
wants to bargain with each worker as
an individual.
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local problems. The importation Of
workers to one state from another is
a particular feature of the canning
industry"
All Of this is from the report Of
the judiciary committee, just made to
the house, recommending adoption of
the resolution for child labor
amendment to the U. S. constitution.
And nobody has ever accused this
committee of being unduly sentiment
tai about children, or anything else
Cincinnati Post.
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asAAKER TO your FAKER

The federal trade commission is do
ing fine job in getting after the
fellows who pretend they are manu-
featuring goods and are selling direct
to the public at prices lower than
charged by retailers, whereas the fact
is that they are doing nothing Of the
kind.
The trade commission finds that in
many, cities fiy-by-night dealers are
using the slogans, "Direct from fac
tory to you," BUY from the maker
direct and save the big difference in
price," etc., etc. It declares that
these and similar statements are used
| to fool the public into believing that
the dealers are manufacturers selling
direct to the consuming public. In
many cases the commission charges
the dealer is not a manufacturer and
resells to the public at prices sub.
stantially the same as prevailing
retail prices for goods Of equal quail.
ity.
The commission might have added
that in most cases these fellows who
claim to be manufacturers selling di
rect are using the scheme to fois1
inferior goods on a confiding public
, at prices which net them substantial
profits.
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