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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-28
THE EAGLES DREAM
BY
EUGENE BARNETT.

Hail! The American eagle as he sits mountain peak
Looking down the politicians
For trying to gain their freedom
Heartless knaves cutthroats wanting majority
He observes these
As they strive crush the brag;
While children slave in sweashops
Their twisted bodies, pilng their masters
Twisted for of sunshine, OF air,
And oh! weary from all the they
With that caoused living
And bodies undernourshed feeding the
This noble bird of freedom who is loved by all true
longing for the hand of labor the helm
the ship freedom rocbound
Where equality and justice will be no idle boast
good Of ALL
life and earth paradise for ALL
human, food and raiment plenty
helm folks make the
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landlord or his agent that weighs or
measures the crop, appraises its quail
ity and value, and buys it himself.
The landlord is thus exposed to a
two-fold temptation: to employ short
weights or shallow measures, and to
initiate prices.
Still more, the crop is mortgaged
and cannot be sold until the landlord
is satisfied. For protection of the
landlord there is a law in some states
making it illegal to sell cotton after
dark. Besides, buyers sometimes have
an understanding not to bid against a
landlord on his tenants cotton. This
is what makes it possible for the land
lords to take over the cotton at less
than the market price.
AS for the final settlement in many
cases that would simply mean to tell
the teAant how much he is in debt.
1t does not follow that all the charges
are fair ones. If the year happens to
be bad one, or if the crop fails-the
tenant has to pay; if the crop is a
bumper one, then he has to pay again;
if he has overproduced and his stock
is a drug upon the market-then, Of
course, he has to pay. In all these
cases the number of tenants who fall
behind is large. 1t is true the tenant
should know the amount of his debt
and generally he does find out. I'm
able to pay il, he is asked to stay and
pay it out next year with good crop.
Occasionally, it seems, landlords re-
fuse to make a settlement. The ex-
PLANTATION given is the desire to hold
the labor for another year. Before the
Civil War, the landlord was sure of
his labor because he belonged to him.
Keeping the tenant in debt is another,
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aided by the single crop system,
which in the south makes it difficult
for tenants to rise to the cash basis,
and often impossible for them to be
come home owners. The single crop
demands two things: extensive credit
and elaborate machinery. These are
beyond the farmer-tenants' reach.
The single crop compels the farm
er to live on a money income. The
money, however, comes but once a
year; and so he has to borrow against
his crop. And here is where the role
of the local merchant comes in. The
tenants depend upon the local mer-
chant to supply him with food for his
family, with tools for his farm, with
work animals, etc. The failure Of a
crop or the overproduction of the
crop leaves him in debt. To escape
his Indebtedness he increases his
money-crop acreage. He thereby ne
elects his subsidiary crops-food, ami
NAL fodder, and other things that
would ease the burden of indebted
ness by making him less dependent
upon the creditor. His attempts to
escape the money-lender enmeshes
him more securely in his clutches.
The farmer ceases to be free man.
He becomes the humble subject Of the
local creditor.
Not only renters and troopers, but
even small independent" farmers,l
who have very little cash or credit,
depend upon the local merchant who
is very often the landlord himself.
The landlord furnishes his tenant
with food and clothes or stands good
for him at some store. But before
the landlord will stand for Them" be-
fore he furnishes the necessary i'm
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Pct.

The current belief in the north and
in the west is that tenancy in the
south is a black mans problem: on
the contrary, it is mainly a white
mans problem. We find that in thir-
teen states of the south producing
cotton as a cash crop, 61.5 per cent
of all tenants are white, and only
1855 per cent are colored. And if
we add the figures for three other
southern states, the ratio of the white
to the negro tenants is even higher.
There are at present $4,000 more
white than negro farm tenants in the
south, and with their families they
outnumber the negro farm tenant pop
ulation by 100000. There are more
white than negro tenants in eleven
southern states, and in Texas, which
is the greatest cotton producing state,
four-fifths Of all the farm tenants are
white. In other words, tenancy in
the south is not racial problem. The
negro complexities the situation, but
s not responsible for it.
AS the figures show, in four south
I'm states-Alabama, Georgia. Missis-
ippi, and South Carolina, tenants OPP
rate over sc per cent of the improved
and; In other states of the south, ten
MS operate over so per cent Of the
improved land, etc. This shows that
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n NY consideration of farm econo-
~ mics must take into account the
rapid increase Of our rural tenancy
during the past three or four decades.
All social questions of moment re-
solve themselves back to questions Of
tenancy because this method of con-
Quoting agricultural activities effects
every phase of the social life of the
country regions. Standards of living
are very different in communities
where there is prevalence of tenancy
than they are in communities where
ownership prevails. Tenancy brings
with it near-peonage; it leads to a
lack of civic pride and neglect of poll
tics; it means constant migration Of
the helpless farmer and his family
and migration to the mills. Our rural
schools, public roads, marketing facili-
ties, and the general progress of rural
communities suffer from the present
tendency to increase agricultural ten
ancy.
The system of farm tenancy is not
uncommon in the north and in the
west, but the worst phases of it ap-
pear in the south. Here, under the
dominance of the single crop, large
portion of the community is reduced
to virtual slavery. The census report
states prosaically: "In the south there
are large numbers of tenants who
do not look forward to ownership and
for whom tenancy is a normal econo-
micaI- situation" The situation is
Beither normal" nor is the state
ment that the tenants "do not look
forward to ownership" any way near
the truth. The fact is that under the
existing conditions, the desire Of the
tenant to become the owner of the
land is hopeless.
Tenancy in the south is not a mat
ter of deliberate choice on the part
of the farmers. 1t is a sad necessity
on the part of moneyless men. 1t is
a social estate. The large numbers
of tenant farmers are continually in
creasing, and they are increasing be-
cause escape from tenancy is almost
if not entirely impossible.
The tendency of the rural popula-
ton in the south for the past thirty
or forty years has been toward tenant
farming. A remarkable concentra-
ton in ownership Of land had taken
place. With it came the attendant
evils of rising absentee landowner
class and a descending tenant farm
ing class. Thus, forty years ago lit
tie over one-third of all farms in 16
southern states were worked by ten
ants; today, one-half of all the farms,
in the cotton and tobacco area, nearly
three-fourths are occupied by ten
ants. The following comparative fig
ures give the relative position of own
ers and tenants in some of the south
ern states:
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

That a strike of such char acter and richness has been made on the Daly-Alaska as to warrant the view that the, widely known property may ultimately develop into a mine of the same type and magni- tude as the Premier, is the out standing feature of an an- made Saturday by J. J. Kahn, president of the Daly-Alaska, following his return to Hyder from a weeks visit to the Daly-Alas- ka properties at Eleven Mile.
 When asked for a statement relative to late developments on the property, MT. Kahn in- formed the Herald that he was thoroughly satisfied with the results of the develop ment work done during the past three weeks, but that it was yet too soon to make. positive statements regarding the extent of the ore body of the average grade of the ore, although the generous quan- titles of native silver and ar-i gentite visible in the broken. ore on the dump seemed to indicate that some smelter shipments would be made in the very near future.
 The ore body encountered, he said, occurs at a contact of the greensboro with the quartz porphry, or what is known locally as the Premier porphry, and at what appears to be the intersection of No.1 and No. 2 ore bodies.
 Apparently the same geo. logical conditions found at the Premier obtain on the
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

eral elements are principally
 steel galena, gray copper and lead.
 No assays have so far been
 made of the ore in the cross cut but values obtained from
 samples taken across the same lead on the surface
 showed 104 oz. in silver, 8f
 per cent lead and $6.80 gold
 per ton.
 From the general character of the ore through the full width of the vein in the Wor':.- Iings, it is believed that the values will show a consider able increase over those of the surface ore.
 | Although the depth attained
 in the present workings is not great, it demonstrates that the vein persists. In addition there are numerous indications that it will continue down.
 ward indefinitely.
 MT. Daly, who was chic "ly instrumental in bonding both the lbex and Homestake group to the Day Brothers, stated ill answer to a query that ha had made every e. fort to induce Mir. Marsh lo put in crosscut on the Homef eake before leaving the district but without success. "I feel, and so do others, ln- cludin : practical men as well as exre erts, that the con lus- ions arrived at by Mr. Mar Ii were in no sense justified; and that he made 8 naistate in letting go the bond on such splendid surface showings as
 are found on the property l feel right now that, in sp're Eof MT. Marsh's opinion, rne property has increased fui!v twenty per cnt in value and
 Iii timc will prove to be pretty
 much of everything but what he said it was"
 Mess Hewitt and Carlson are conducting the present de-
 velopn1ent operations and ex-
 pect to continue until the snow flies.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
HYDER ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER g, 1924
DAILY ALASKA MAY
 PROVE SECOND PREMIER

Daly-Alaska and this, com bined with the fact that nat i've silver and argentite is found in the ore body now under development, leads us to the conclusion that a mine of the same type and magni- tude as the Premier may be opened at Eleven Mile.
 Regarding the trend of the ore occurrences, Mir. Kahn said a depth of over 200 feet has been obtained at the point where the ore body is cross cut and at distance of 120 feet from being vertically un- der the surface exposure of the ore. This, he said, is taken to indicate a length of at least 120 feet on the oreshoot. De- velopment work, he added is now being carried on with a view to proving up the length of the ore body as we'll as it's width and average grade.
 MT. Kahn said that it is not the company's policy to keep secret the developments at the mine but that it does not favor premature publicity re- garding whatever strikes are made. He stated, however, that owing to the fact that rumor has been busy of late, and because of 8 desire to correct any wild statements that may be made, he wished to make it plain that the DaIy- Alaska Mines Company is carrying on development with 4xne sola ohiective of making . mine at Eleven Mile, if 1t can be done. That, he said, is the one and only aim.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
WORK ON HOMESTAKE GROUP AGAIN DISPROYES THEORIES
 OF HIGH SALARIED EXPERTS

Recent development operat- ions on the Homestake Group on Texas Creek have again proved that the mining ex- perts who venture arbitrary opinions concerning the local mineral field without first testing their theories with giant powder, are more often than not liable to find them selves very much in error when proper exploration has determined what is actually in the ground.
 The Homestake, is one of prope, ties recently turned down by Harry Marsh, repre- sentative of the Day Brothers, after he had likewise reject ed the Ibex properties in the same locality, after failing to find the ledge he was seeking just where he thought it should be. Before hieing himself to other fields, MT. Marsh gave his reasons for condemn ing the Homestake in a state ment to Pat. Daly, in which he is said by the latter to have declared that the splen- did surface leads would not go down five feet"
 That MT. Marsh's ability to see into the ground was no greater than that of those other eminent and high sala- ried mining experts who turn ed down the famous Premier and other properties after trifling investigation or none at all, seems clearly establish ed by the fact that Carlson and Hewitt, who somehow were undAunted by the uls- couraging dictum of Mir. Marsh, recently struck a fine body of high grade ore at a depth of 35 feet below the outcrop in a forty foot tunnel, started some time ago.
 The vein is Az feet in width, and comprises 212 feet ol first class milling ore along the foot wall and two feet of SOL i'd, high grade shipping ore on
 
 the hanging wall. The mill
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 LAUNCHES ATTEMPT FOR
 IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE

of the Territory, as Alaska mail would have to go to Se- attle before reaching Hyder. It was the general view, how ever, that from one to two weeks or more is a long time to wait for mail from points but two days away, as is the case at present, and it was moved by w. L. Balch that steps be taken to determine if the Canadian boats would not carry mail from Seattle without charge as a matter of accommodation, as is done by the Princess boats plying between Vancouver and Skag- way. The Secretary was in- structed to communicate with the Canadian and U. s. offic- ials to ascertain what could be done.
 The river committee report ed receipt of a letter from Col. James Steese, head of the Alaska Road Commission, acknowledging receipt of com muricaJons regarding the flood danger and announc- ing that they would be given proper consideration. The com mittee also reported forward ing letters and other commun- ications on the same subject to Delegate Sutherland with a request for his assistance in securing an appropriation.
 The Chamber also endorsed a motion to extend g vote of thanks to Miss Marion Hunt and Fred Cameron for their assistance in connection with the Preparedness Day enroll ment activities.
 H. H. Howard informed the Chamber that Chas. E. Heron had announced the intention of the Alaska Weekly to pub fish 25,000 copies of a special advertising edition of that publication, in which special attention would be paid to the resources and develop ment of the Hyder mining district, and of which 1,500 copies were to be given to the Chamber of Commerce for dis tribution.
 The meeting was presided over by vice president Merl F. Thomas and proved decid- edly interesting throughout.
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cut tunnel, which is expected to tap a fine surface showing of high grade silver ore about 55 feet from the portal.
 Seymour Campbell, who is in charge of operations, contem- plates continuing work until such time as the snow be- comes too much of a hin- drance. The new winter camp is a two story building, with sleeping accommodations for the crew on the upper floor, the lower being given over to kitchen, dining room and store rooms.
 The Victoria Mines Ltd. has been incorporated by Bob Martin and associates to op- crate the Star and Dandy group, consisting of four prop critics, situated on the north side of the Dunwell and ad- joining that we'll known prop erty.
 The new company is capital ized at $50O,00O, divided into 500,O00 shares of stock at$1O0 par value. Fifty thousand shares have been placed on the market at 50 cents to pro- vide funds for the initial op- erations, which are expected to commence shortly.
 MT. Martin did considerable work on the property during the summer, developing some fine looking ore showings.
 Exchanges report that the scene of the strike in the Dease Lake region is on 8 tributary of Eagle river at a point about 12 miles east of Dease Lake. According to William Grady, who with ILL. Ford, made the discovery, the gold was found in a sect ion of the creek where it cut through a dike of red DOT phry. Grady recently re- turned to Wrangell for sup plies and frankly admitted that he had not prospected the ground beyond scratch
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Fire protection and ways and means of securing a more direct mail service from Se- attle were the leading themes of discussion at the second monthly meeting of the Hyder Chamber of Commerce at Pi- oneer Hall last Tuesday even ing.
 The$fire protection discuss ion centered around the quest ion of what form of apparatus is best suited to meet the To- cal conditions and it was finally decided that, instead of large and cumbersome ap- paratus which would be diff ficult to handle during the snowy period, the most prac- tical method would be to rely on portable fire extinguishers distributed at different points and in places where they could be available at once when needed. It was pointed out that an expenditure of $500 or so would procure a considerable number of good sized portable extinguishers and would serve the purpose in a quicker and more effici- ent manner than large chemical apparatus.
 The mail situation proved a fruitful source of discussion, with all members unanimous in the view that steps should be taken to ascertain if it was possible to have mail from the States routed direct to Hyder via the Canadian steamers calling twice a week. At the same time it was the general view that nothing be done which would tend to disturb the present weekly mail connections with Ketch- ikan. It was pointed out by J. A. Talbot that without the continuance of the Ketchikan service, a vital channel of communication would be de- stroyed, as the weekly mail boat could not continue op- eration on the small cargo and passenger traffic between Hyder and Ketchikan. The mail contract, he said, was all that made the service prof itable. In addition the abolit- ion of the latter service would cut Hyder off from direct communication with the, rest
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
FIRE DESTROYS
 HALF OF PANAMA

Fairbanks dispatches Friday announced that practically half of the town of Panama was destroyed by fire on that day.
 The blaze originated in the kitchen of the Grant Hotel, destroying that building and a number of other prominent edifices. The loss was es- timated at $80,00O.
 Work on the Texas Creek pack trail was suspended for the present season last Friday, after the trail had been ex- tended from the vicinity of the Texas Creek Bridge to a point near the Ibex group, about half way to the head. With 3 crew working from the neighborhood of the gov ernment shelter cabin, about 812 miles up the stream, the trail was also extended down stream from the latter point for about 4 of a mile. A bridge was also constructed across the stream near the shelter cabin. The total length of trail constructed was about seven miles, including the various crooks and turns,
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ing a little along the rim" He exhibited a poke containing several ounces of coarse gold and stated that the ground is eight to ten feet to bedrock and can be worked with pick and shovel. The drainage is good, he said. The strike is To- cated about 16 miles from a government trail and can be reached without great diff culty.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
MINING NOTES

Simon P. Fitzgerald, manag- ing director of the Independ- ence Mining Company, return ed Saturday from stay of several weeks in Seattle, Vic toria and Vancouver.
 MT. Fitzgerald brought back 12 tons of supplies and equip ment for the Independence, which will be freighted to that we'll known property at once.
 An appropriation has been made by the Canadian De- partment of Mines for repairs on the Marmot River trail, which has become almost i'm passable for a distance of ap- proximately one mile under the traffic of the pack trains engaged in transporting ore from the Porter-Idaho mine. The trail at this point is re- ported to be a veritable sea of mud and extensive repairs are necessary.
 Underground work on the Dunwell and Glacier Creek properties is once more under way, following the complet- ion of the improvements in the water power system last week. Work on the Dunwell road is proceeding, with a large crew of men employed, but will probably not be com pleted before the freeze up.
 The Dunwell management is planning to commence ore shipments as soon as the snow comes.
 The management of the Sil- yer Crest properties is con- templating extensive develop ment work during the winter. Permanent winter quarters have been constructed to house the crew and work is continuing on a short cross
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
NOME REFRESHMENTS
 BURNED TO DEATH

John A. Wilson, represent ative of the Second Division in the last Territorial Legislature, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Mecghan road house at Bluff, 50 miles east of Nome, on the morning of September IS. Five other persons asleep in the road house at the time escaped from the burning building.
 Hubert Thomas, Earl Hinck- ley and T. o. Smith, were su"- cessful in bagging two mount ain goats while on a hunting trip Wednesday on the slopes of the big peak opposite z Mile. They were unfortunate in being able to get only one of them, however, the other having fallen over a cliff where the carcass could not be recovered. At any rate they brought home the saddle of one sheep to prove they got that one and juicy chops have been full recompense for their strenuous experiences.
 Chas. E.. Heron, head of the Hyder Jumbo Company, left for Seattle Saturday, after | week in camp. MT. Heron will probably return for an- other visit before the end of the open season.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Fred Nothiger, who has saved many a run down sole by his helpful ministrations with peg and awl in the stone house on the boundary line, has taken a three weeks va cation and gone to the hills to do assessment work on his claims near Ferguson glacier.
 J. R. Kerrigan, Southeastern Alaska agent for Armour and Co.,, was a visitor in Hyder during the stay of the Wales Thursday.
 Letters from Dr. F. E. Reddick, former pastor of Hyder M. E. Church, announce that he is now located with his family at Middleton, Ohio, where he has a church. Dr. Reddick states that he recently gave a lecture on Alaska to an audience of fifteen hundred persons.
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leaving about 11s miles to be completed between the upper and lower sections. This will probably be finished next year, according to T. Thomp- son, field assistant, of the Forestry Service road and trail division, under whose di- rection the work was carried lon. A crew of Is men has been engaged on the job for the past three months. Consider able maintenance iwork was also done on the Salmon river road during the same period.
 William Watson, a mess enger, was taken into custody by Deputy U. s. Marshal nv. Mcdonald latt Tuesday and haled before the U. s. Com missioner on a charge of vio- lating the Alaska Bone Dry Act.
 When picked up by the Mar shal, Watson was a walking grog shop, having near third of a case of beer con- cealed in a capacions pocket in the back of a voluminous coat. He entered plea of guilty and was fined $1OO, with an additional monition to more lawful behavior in the shape of 60 days in the Federal jail.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

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