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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
new PROP AGANDA
BY PLEADER FOR
The FOOD TRUST
Boost Scheme for Chain
of Meat Stores
tBy The Federated Pes,

WASHINGTON-C Charles J. Brand,
former protege of Joe Cannon and
Herbert Hoover in the days when
Heney and the Federal Trade Con-
mission were on trail of the Chicago
meat packers lawbreaking, has now
bobbed up again as a special pleader
for the packing trust.
In a press release from the Office
of Secretary Wallace, dated eat
Omaha, Jan. Is, where the American
National Livestock Association Is in
session, Brand is quoted as arguing
that the big packers ought to be
permitted to operate chain stores for
retailing meats. This is now pro
hibited by the consent decree" I'M
der which the Big Five evaded the
prosecution which the federal ad-
ministration was forced to institute
against them in 1919.
Retailing meat thru large organ
izations operating chain stores would
tend to cut down food costs at the
greatest single point of expense
says Brand, "and would benefit both
producers and consumers"
Secretary Wallace describes Brand
as "cnnsultino snaciaiie+ -, Ss4s~a.4k-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
How We Lead the Junior Groups
Article No. 2.

How We Lead the Junior Groups
Article No. 2.
Experience has proven the correct
ness of the principle on which the
formation of the Junior Groups is
based-that the organization and
leadership of the children's groups is
a task belonging particularly to the
Young Workers League. Except for
few individual instances the MEM
bers of the Young Workers League
have proven themselves to be best
fitted for the leadership of the chill
dren's groups, in the following re-
spects:
(a) They adapt themselves more
easily than the adults to the peculiar
features of the children's psychology.
(b) They are not so much inclined
to be "no-political and humanitarian"
as are the adults.
(c) They understand better than
the adults how to build up the activi-
ties of the Junior Groups so that
these become a natural preliminary
stage of the Young Workers League,
preparing the children to enter the
league.
These points are all brought out in
the decisions of the First Interna-
tional Conference Of Children's
Leaders which was arranged by the
Young Communist International. We
now come to the question: Have our
Young Workers League members the
requisite ability and experience for
teaching?
In reply to this we assert that the
formation Of the Junior Groups is
not primarily a problem of peda-
gogics. 1t is a. question Of the class
struggle, a political task, struggle
to hberate the proletarian child
from the mental servitude imposed
upon him by capitlism; it is the en-
rolment of the child into the ranks
of the revolutionary working class.
The question of knowledge and Of
pedogogic ability is important, Of
course, but its Importance is second
airy. The first requisite is that the
education shall be revolutionary and
Of communist nature. We have
and we say 1t with pride--in the
Young Workers League, communists
in the best sense of the word, and
being communists they are naturally
better qualified to conduct this work
Of communist education.
There is stiIl another matter: the
pedogogics of the capitalists, even
those of the most progressive ele-
ments of the capitalists, are not fitted
for our purposes. Working class pc
dagogics has yet TO be evolved.
They cannot be learned from
books, but must arise from expe-
rience. Pedagogs cannot be educat-
cd, they must educate themselves.
Thru their devotion to communism,
thru their understanding Of the inn
portancc Of the coming generation
to the workers cause, thru their love
for the workers children, the Young
Workers League members find their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
Militant Miners Chief Is Very
Popular Even Behind Prison Bars

GLACE BAY NJ SThe popular prisoner the provincial jail
during holiday Mcahn the imprisoned former
convicted of sedion for his
activity Of visitors who called Jim got vast
gifts from all sections OF
Canada and the United States and some from England
Of District 26 America during the July
President Lewis depod him. when the miners
provisional officers that would be accepting lood
lie took it from them
Particularly encouraging message from Mother Jones read
behind the holy Courage brother
and traitors die often and oh God they
that"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
Blaming 1t On God

ST. LOUIS.-Society is saved
again. A day and night guard is
to be maintained over civilization
to protect it from the "lahor agita-
tori This is to be done by the self
styled "St Louis Association for
Better Citizenship" organized few
know when, where or how, but SEEM
ingly with an unlimited flow of coin
at its disposal. This good citizen
factory is buying large chunks Of
newspaper advertising space for its
propaganda, Of which the following
is sample:
Employers are not hard. as a
class. 1t is the agitator, the
trouble maker who incites jealousy,
envy and lust, and the Square
Deal is forgotten. Labor should
not forget that the agitatOr owes
his living to the false circumstances
he can bring about. His is bust
ness of trouble making-the more
trouble he stirs up, the greater
his pay.
at is good to remember that
we are all men created in the inn
age of God. To some is vouch-
safed more of ability than to
others, more skill than 70 others,
more thrift than to others. In
CAPABILITIES can be provided for to
the end that all are adequately
remunerated for the labor they
perform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

ing for the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture" When the
packers secret correspondence files
were captured by the Trade Com
mission some years ago, it was found
that Brand was considered one of the
safest friends whom a packer lob
byist could consult when in Wash
ington.
The story of packer control of
chain stores, told in the investiga-
ton, was one of deliberate strangling
of competition, followed by raising
Of prices to the consumer and cut
ting of prices paid to the farmer,
and accompanied by wasteful over
head expenses in the beef trust it.
self. The combine was not efficient
except in oppression and robbery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

distorted story permits.
But Bert Lytell has a hard time
trying to make heroic character out
Of mighty shoddy material. He is a
street waif who kills his aged bene-
factor by his sudden reputation of
the old mans pacifst principles. He
robs his childhood sweet heart of
father, happiness and home, and
later, at the head of gang of mood
lums, smashes a war memorial made
by her in his own memory. Her
society friends run from her like
frightened rabbits after this public
'rebuke" at the hands of tho mob,
her career is ruined. She goes bold
" to the "hero" and confronts him
with his cowardice in striking with
mob violence at defenceless ard
blameless woman. For moment ne
feels the pangs of remorse only to
viciously assault her a moment later
on suspicion of intimacy with the
Baron. She comes through his trial
by strangulation successfully, Sc for a
brief time he believes in her and she
loves him more than ever. To SQUARE
herself with the Baron. she holds AN
auction sale of the stuff bought with
his money. She asks 70 warn the
brave Fascist of a plot against his
life, is suspected of treachery for her
pains, and only twins mis- love" by
going to Jail for one Of his killings.
Movie heroines are gluttons for pun
ishment.
Except for the gorgeous natural
settings and good camera work, the
picture is poor even from a purely
technical standpoint. The mechanism
of propaganda making is s. obvious
THAT it creaks. Every bit of hack
neyed hoakum known and generally
discarded in Hollywood is trotted out
in this film. The bow vagabond who
afterward becomes the Fascist. leader
is shown rescuing a ragged Italian
flag from a.crowd of other u,chins--
and the village priest blesses his pa
triotism. Were the relations between
Palace and Vatican so friendly forty
odd years ago?
The book was written in 1901,
about characters then in their twen-
ties. It was conceived when Fascisnl
was undreamed Of and vixen Musso-
lini had achieved no fame even as a
ranting Socialist. This alone shows
that book and author are only used
camoufage for hideous Fascist
propaganda e1olL which merits The
enmity of Americas workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
Groom" DisturbS
p. O. Chiefs With
Minds of Eight
tBy The Federated Press)

NEW YORK. - Broom, which
terms itself an international maya
zine of the arts, has felt the unmail-
able fist of the Post Office Depart
ment. The January issue of that
periodical has been declared unit
for circulation by the postal author
tiles. The Solicitor General of that
Department has communicated TO this
effect to Matthew Josephson, editor
OR is it wielder?--of Broom.
The Post Office Department gave
no reason for its action, apparently
assuming that the ways of Provi-
dence are inscrutable---and thereupon
calling it day.
They Can't Understand
Josephson asserts that he and his
colleagues are at loss to under
stand what calls for this act Of sup
preston.
"We have studied the issue careful
ly," he said, land we see nothing por-
nographic in it,"
Josephson adds that the magazine
is a publication Of literature and the
arts and pleads for freedom of ex-
preston in artistic matters. He does
not consider this to be a just ground
for suppression.
"Wek, WELL" was the only COM
ment made by New York artist to-
day, when informed of Josephson's
opinion.
81 to Sinclair Lewis
The suppressed issue contains four
poems by Z. f. Cummings, author
of "The Enormous Room; stories by
PHILIPPE Soupault and Kenneth Burke
and the announcement Of So prize
to Sinclair Lewis for his work in adj
vancing the American novel. The
latter is a jibe at "The Dial" which
recently awarded $4,000 to Van Wyck
Brooks.
Broom" enjoys a reputation for
literary and artistic excellence and
its suppression is generally regard
ed as fixing the mental age of postal
chiefs at 5.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
.SACCO-VANZETTI
DEMONSTRATIONS
IN so. AMERICA
Strikes Also Called by
Militant Workers

BOSTON, Mass.-Detailed stories
of the recent demonstration in
South American cities on behalf Of
Nicola Sacco and Barthalameo Van
zetti have just been received by the
Sacco-Vanzetti Committee.
In Montevideo, Uruguay, a huge
mass meeting was called for Lib
erty Square. When the meeting was
opened, the square which is larger
than several American blocks, was
crowded from edge to edge. Dozens
of speakers were necessary to tell
the crowd to hear the story of Sacco
and Vanzetti and how they had been
the victims of a frame UP in the
free United States.
Use of Halls Forbidden
After the demonstration general
strike lasting forty-eight hours was
called.
In Buenos Aires, Argentine, a
movement for general strike was
well under way when the military
was called in and the use OF, all
halls forbidden and all radical pa
pers suppressed. Officers from
American ships in the harbor asked
what all the striking was about.
"Who are Sacco and Vanzetti," they
wanted to know. The works. told
them.
South America has been the scene
of dozens of demonstrations on be-
half of Sacco and Vanzetti. The
workers there know the story Of the
prosecution of these two foreign
born workers probably better than
the workers of this country do.
New Trial Plea Still Up
Judge Webster Thayer, trial judge
in the famous Sacco-Vanzetti case,
refuses to give attorneys in the case
any idea when he will decide motions
for new trial now pending before
him.
There are five motions awaiting
decisions by Thayer Four of them
attack the credibility Of witnesses.
If, as the defense hopes, they can
shake the judges faith in their
character the judge will be bound
to grant a new trial.
State Witness Is Discredited
If the judge decides not to grant
a new trial then the defense will
appeal to the supreme court of the
state charging error in the trial.
If, however, Thayer does grant
a new trial he will Tx date for
the trial and with most Of the states
witnesses discredited an acquittal is
certain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
orranlzinr the piscontented.

NEW YORK.--What may be term
ed Box consolation tournament is
being organized by the Women's
Peace Union. The Union has request
cd contestants who are dissatisfied
with the Box award. to send copies
Of their projects to the headquarters
of this pacifist group. The Union
mentions that it has no money for a
prize, and unsuccessful competitors
in the Box 100000 contest are offer
ed a fair hearing and a chance TO
vent their disappointment. Wide
publicity is promised TO candidates
in the Box "semi-fnals."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

Editor, the Daily Worker: Did
you ever notice how glad a boy is
when he gets some money to buy q
piece of candy? Well, that's the
way l felt yesterday morning when
l saw the Daily Worker on the news
stand
The Daily Worker brought me to
the Amalgamated Trust and Savings
Bank and / deposited a few dol
lars that I withdrew from the cap
italist bank.-A. Salient.
Likes Daily" Editorials
To The Daily Worker: Your edi-
torials are superb.
It is needless to say I am 100
per cent for your entire program
J. H. E., Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

your CdplLdlioL OenL uHu IeAuSc
participate in the work Of develop
ing a working class movement that
will train the workers to govern
themselves and run industry for the
benefit of the producers.
By the way are not the Russian
workers governing their country
fairly well, inspite of the legacy of
ignorance they inherited from the
Gar and the attacks Of their CAPT
talist enemies? The only way the
workers can prove they are fit to rule
is by undertaking the job and put
ting the capitalists to one side, just
as they did in Russia.
Communists do not "rave" against
the capitalist system. They state that
it fulfilled its function in developing
the industrial machinery necessary
to produce commodities to such a
state that enough of the necessities
of life can be produced in few
months to supply all human needs
for the rest of the year. This ire
mendous productive power of our
present society gluts the market
with commodities which cannot be
DOuBnL Dy the WOTktrS VINO receive
only small portion of the product
Of their toll in the form of wages.
The result is unemployment and
misery.
Production is now carried on for
the sake of profit and not for use.
Every year the few grow richer and
the many grow poorer. Capitalism
is no longer able to satisfy the needs
Of the people. In Europe it is al
ready standing on the brink of the
precipice. 1t is doomed.
Communists assert that the next
step in the upward climb of the hu-
man race toward a higher state of
existence will be a system where
production will be carried on for use
and not for profit. This will free
mankind from the last form of class
rrle and will usher in the classics
society. AS government means the
rule of one class over another by
force; the abolition Of capitalism
and class rule would mean the elimi.
! nation Of government. But in the
transition period from capitalism to
communism a Workers Government
q necessary in order 10 protect the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
Fears that Communism
viii Steal His Individuality

To reading the literature
by Workers Party and hope invite criticism
speak about the merits dement's of party
merits
features Of socaed capitalism AS speak the Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

In 1921 workers organized
with the Red international Of Labor Unions and the number sympa
estimated al millions
The figures Of this show regrettabe decrease Of membos This
partly bad mainly
ton and disappointment of the rank and file The
of the trade membership in the
General Trade Union Federation todahO il is greatly regreab that
behalf million
still does and
the Thuringian workers.
especially
This serious
under
the bureaucratic
unustfed authority that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18

way to the minds and hearts of the
children and eventually solve the
problem of pedagogics which are,
after all, based upon this approach.
Watch for Article No. 8 of this
series: How we start to organize a
children's group.)
Get unity thru the Labor Partyl
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Watch the Daily Worker" for the
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nc of the Russian revolution,
y
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~ Dllsss~--- y---.ssS .>n~--s..a ''--~,'-'
Jury Libedinsky. 1t will start soon.
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Nobody disputes that conditions are
such what we would not want them
to be.
But do not overlook the fact that
the despised capitalist system has
given you and me a certain amount
of individuality which you and / are
cherishing. Will the Communist
state guarantee the same? In re-
CARDS to workers being exploited by
the capitalists will they not also be
exploited under communism to sus-
tain it's regime? AS somebody will
have to support the government
whether it be a political or industrial.
AS no matter what kind of gov
eminent you have somebody will be
on top doubt even if a Commun-
list would want to see a system where
everybody would be levelled down.
What a nionotonous state Of affairs
we would have or would we not?
Anybody can rave against capital
ism if such one exists but l prefer
the present system until it can be
proven that the workingman has the
ability to govern himself.
ARTHUR MULLER.
OUR REPLYING are glad to
learn that the literature you read
had enough punch to it to induce
you to write as judging by your
grammar your acquaintance with
the Kings English is not very intim-
ate, which is one grievance you
should register against the capitalist
system.
You fail to mention even one of
the merits or good features of the
capitalist system except the very
doubtful individuality which it has
given you. Your main argument
seems to be that until the workers
prove that they have the ability to
govern themselves you will sulk in
4
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Letters to The Daily

Glad to Get ~The Daily"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-18
GERMAN LABOR LEADERS RUIN TRADE UNIONS

3 (2nd quarter) S.O6S,938
3 (3rd Guarter) 7.721,290
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Get unity thru the Labor Party!
Idaho County free press., 1924-09-25
GREATEST YEAR FOR MEAT
SEEN BY BOARD HEAD

Chicago, Ill, Sept 23-Meat consump-
tion per person in the United States
this year promises to equal or even
surpass the record figure of 1905
which stands out as the highest mark
since the establishment OF Federal
Meat Inspection in 1907, according to
statement by d. A. Millett, newly
elected chairman of the National Live
Stock and Meat Board.
In his statement made public to.
day following the annual meeting
here of the National Board. Mr.. Mil
lett said that Government estimates
now available for the first four
months of this year show an inward
trend over the corresponding four
months of last year. In 1923 the fig.
ures Tor these months were 35.5 lbs.
while this year they are 36.7 lbs. He
pointed out that the figh mark was
reached in 1908 when per capita con-
sumption for the entire year was 40 o
lbs. A sharp decline followed for sew
eral years due to steadily, increasing
population coupled with abnormal CON.
ditions incident to the World War.
however, he called attention to the
fact that 1923 resulted in a pronounc-
ed advance with a per capita consump.
ton for the entire year of 1870 lbs. |
This figure set record for the past
fitteen years, or those years follow. |
ing 1908 and indicated, in his opinion.
that the American people had definite.
ly turned to a larger use of meat in |
the diet.
gsrf,t.
The remarkable health and vitality
OF our nation together with per capita
meat consumption figures are signifi.
cant facts to be seriously considered"
said the Boards chairman. eve are
known as one of the greatest meat
eating nations and our health and on
ergy are unsurpassed"
Idaho County free press., 1924-09-25

Many children by reason of having
bad and defective eyesight do moi
make the proper progress in school,
These defects are rarely discovered
without complete examination by
an eyesight specialist, children who
do not progress in school, who are In
clined to play truant, have head
aches and stopped shoulders, hard to
control, should by all means have
their eyes looked after at once.
The child who is slow to learn is
ridiculed by his mates, censored by
the teacher, and blamed by the par
ent. Think what this is to sensi-
tive child. It breeds dislike for
studies and hatred to all, and in
many cases leads to the juvenile
court.
Bring the child in and let me make
an examination and 1 will tell you
the exact condition and then proper
ly fitted glasses will make the child
normal and healthy.
For results, see DIR. JACKSON, the
Eyesight Specialist, Office in Smith
Jewelry Store, opposite Camas Prairie
Bank, Main, st. Grangeville, Idaho.
S4-25x
Idaho County free press., 1924-09-25
SWINGING BACK TO
THE STREET CAR

Commenting on the hardship,
which the motor bus operating over 6
state highway paved at public ex
pense, works upon interurban steam
and electric railroads, B. G. Cobb, ar
authority on street railway and pub
lie utility operation, says:
"Some interurbans are going to fall
by the wayside-in fact number al.
ready have reached the scrap pile.
There are others, however, and they
are In the majority, that will continue
to serve with credit to their manage
ment and to the benefit of their pat
rOns and their shareholders.
"Interurbans have depended large
ly in the past upon the passenger
business 10 keep them going but many
are now doing thriving freight and
express business"
Commenting upon competition of
interurban motor busses and trucks,
Mr.. Cobb says:
''If the American people are mind
full of their interests, this sort of COM
petition cannot long continue un-
regulated and allowed to operate at
it's own sweet will. The highways
are built for traffic-traffic of the
the farmer owner, the
pleasure driver and the pedestrian
as thoroughfares for those who in
their private capacity would go from
Idaho County free press., 1924-09-25
FIRE NEAR KEUTERVILLE

A timber fire that started from a
fire that was set to burn cut over
land and that burnt over an area of
some 20 acres, at one time Tuesday
took on such proportion that for
awhile it threatened to destroy the
village of Keuterville as well as a
number of homes situated in the
small clearings, but surrounded by
timber.
So serious was the outlook at one
time that three messages were sent
to Cottonwood over the telephone
calling for help. While the city was
practically depopulated on that day.
most of the citizens having gone to
Grangeville to take in the fair. Some
ten or fifteen men were hurriedly
gathered and rushed in automobiles
to give what assistance they could.
Practically the entire Keuterville
section was fighting the fire and at
one time no less than go were com.
batting the flames. Effective work
was done by back firing and before
dark the fire was under control.
The fire burnt over a portion of
school land owned by the state. a
portion of the land owned by Chas.
Poxleitner and Dick Cooper.
While the fire was burning its
fiercest, flames shot some 200 feet
into the air as they devoured the
dry moss and pine needles on the
larger trees.
No serious damage resulted outside
Of some fine timber being burned
Cottonwood Chronicle.