The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-04
Capitalism Wastes Many
Billions While Economy
Cal" Saves Few Nickels
By ]. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY Srobreaker Coolidge IS heraded as an apostle Of
economy Editorials are written, cartoons drawn,
news stories are turned out by the yard paagaphes
up the reainthe president making his trip to Chicago
in regular train, not Special" saving of 81 75o
Presidents supposed private cars on land
Inc PRESIDENT has private yacht when he goes the
ter But we are told that Coolidge on his Chicago trip de-
cded dispense with the private and special train habit
solely by considerations of economy"
Figure out for yourself Cal did it with his little pencil
private car rents at $50 day. In addition rs fares
be purchased That would make the Chicago TRIP cost
On regular train the return trip would call for an ex
pendture OF $500 Take the regular train is
saved $1750 The kept press savers much over this in
cident that doubt has hypnotzed itself into hearing
millions OF unemployed already ngng loose change their
pockets.
But it just happened that in the hours that Cautious
CAL was preparing to leave Washington the presidents bud
get estimates were released for publication.
Nearly billion dollars 1895 OoO) in interest alone is
to be paid the public debt during the coming year This
debt piled up by the capitalist Of American n1per
asm The start that was made with the SpanishAmecan
war in 1898 when American Imperialism seized Cuba Porto
Rico and the PHILIPPINES reached greatest uiton in the
participation OF the United States in the war
The wastes of past only equaed in the wastes
to be found in the preparations for capitalist Two
thirds of another million be spent next year for the
army and navy $5471535o4 for the department. and
$313207257 for the navy department. Thus the capitalist
masters sqaunder the wealth produced by the workers to
pePetuae their own social system while their little puppet
at Washington saves few hundred dollars trip to Chi
cago
This is Economy" Coolidge, who was known as 1.-THE
Principal" in the successful footing of the nations oil re-
The Teapot Dome has only equaed by
the revelations being brought the Chicago trial Of
Colonel Charles r. Forbes head of the Veterans
Bureau Forbes joined with big capitalists burge appro-
priatons made for the care of disabled soldiers.
But the wastes in government, where Cal cooldUe's
savings Of $175o but fly speck in the whole of
capitalist political muck, find their counterpart
larger SCALE in the wastes of industry
Under the boosted capitalist system, engineers tell u.s.
after thoro investigation that the average manufacturing
plant in the United States only so percent efficient
pared with the best production They charge that in
the building and textile manufacturing industries the average
is about o. cent ecen in the printing trades and the
mems clothing industry SO cent? in the boot and shoe
industry 80 cent? while in the metal industry the standard
of efficiency drops to rs per
These engineers forth that at least 10 hours per
week per man are thrown away on energy-wastng and
tms-wasting work resulting from lack Of shop methods
while an additional two or three hours per week
wasted in unnecessary work.
During the day that Coolidge his $1.75o the
wastage under capitalist management in the clothing in
dustry alone estimated three-quarters Of million dol
lars But this wastage is not only for day. every
working day in the year.
But the forces Of capitalism concerned so much
about the $1750 Coolidge saves; aho Arthur Brisbane
Of the highest priced Iades" Of Americas kept Journal
ism, may goat over It,
than that to fire one shot from the big gun
OF one OF Morgan's Warshps at target practice.
The whole propaganda surrounding the alleged Coolidge
economy intended to increase the faith Of the
workers and poor farmers in the capitalist dictatorship at
Washington the instrument of the biggest expoiters In
expressing them The must be led to believe that
Coolidge watching their pennies day and night Every
time that dscontented worker poor farmer looks his
last piece OF silver money he must read the slogan, IN
Coodges We Trust instead of ln God We Trust Coolidge
must appear their benefactor And Coolidge up
the custodian of all the ideals Of American capitalism
That sort Of lying propaganda carefully put over during
the recent election campaign helped win the victory
polls for Wall Street But the biggest capitalist criminals
must feel uneasy their thrones when they force their
White House clown, in Washington continue his antics
Once the faith of the masses in the capitalist is
lost the whole capitalist social structure will tumble in
heap When the workers and poor farmers discover
necency and oenness of the brutal system of oppression
that is trying by every conceivable keep
dge will really be sent back Vermont farm pitch hay;
about the only useful service he will be able social
order where the workers and poor farmers supreme
Only under Communism will there be real economy and