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The daily worker., 1924-04-18
Two Dirty Deuces

So the righteous gent known to fame as
A. Mitchell Palmer was just common crook
and stood for the blackmail weapon which an
other more energetic crook-Harry M. Daugh-
erty-held over his head This much we gather
from the testimony of the busy CASTOR Means
before the senate committee Mr.. Means is not
too credible witness but his detailed story of
the conference between Palmer and Daugherty,
from which the former emerged white and
shaking, carries conviction; no denial has come
from either of these gentlement who before the
oily flood engulfed them were wont to yocifer-
ously warn their felIow-patriots to beware of
the Communists who intended to confiscate all
private property.
While the attention of the populace was dis
tracted by the loud and frightfuI cries of these
two reprobates, they were busily engaged in
confiscating all the private property they could
lay their hands on. Just how much the demo-
crat Palmer shook down concerns like the
Bosch Magnetic Company for will probably
never be known but the loot grabbed by the
republican Daugherty is of more recent date and
may be estimated if the voluble Means con-
tinues to talk.
Here we have an accurate measure of the
calibre of these 100 per centers Not only were
they the tools of labor hating corporations, the
agents who essayed to terrorize and smash
the organizations OF workers, part OF the mech
anism of the capitalist state, but they were and
are criminals of particularly loathson,e type,
men who deliberately created widespread mis-
cry, who tore families apart, jailed thousands
of workingmen and women, sent many to their
death at the hands of foreign tyrants and in
stituted a nationwide spy system, not only to
serve the foes of the workers but to fill their
own pockets.
1t is possible to have some respect for an
individual who, tho cruel and reactionary, fights
the workers because he wants his class to rule
and believes that it alone is capable of ruling
But the Palmers and Daughertys are merely low
types of mercenaries without convictions of any
kind who will serve any interest willing to pay
them well.
American government, however, is not in
trouble today because it has had Palmers and
Daughertys in high places. 1t is in trouble be-
cause of the weakening of its economic founda-
tions and it is because of this that its mercen-
aries cannot be controlled and their acts hidden
from the gaze of the working and farming
masses.
Palmer and Daugherty are merely two dirty
deuces in the marked deck with which American
capitalism robs the workers
Turning them face up will help little
The daily worker., 1924-04-18

situation as existed during the miners
lockout when the State was used to
smash the miners, the right of free
speech and agitation during the strike
destroyed, and when over 20 members
of the Communist Party were arrested
for their activities during that lock-
out.
Capitalists Sitting Pretty
Even if the workers still doubt that
this would have been possible the ca
pitalists had no illusions. They knew
that they could rely upon the present
Labor Government to act as ruthless
ly as any capitalist government would
have done under similar Circumstance
es.
In this connection, the reasons for
the strike should not be lost sight Of
We believe that the strike was de-
Iiberately encouraged by Lord Ash
field and the Traffic Combine interests
he represents, in order that as re-
suit Of the Impasse created, the
Labor Government would be forced
to intervene with the Court Of Inquiry,
who, obviously, would have to recon-
mend the setting up Of a London
Board of Traffic Control.
This would have been cloak, as it
will be, for the future operations of
the combine under the leadership of
Lord Ashfeld to get the complete mo-
nopoly of the whole of the traffic sys-
TEN of London, thus ensuring them a
guaranteed rate of profit, eliminate all
competition on the part of the pirate
buses, prevent any attempt on the
The daily worker., 1924-04-18

The end Of the tram strike, like
that of the dockers' strike. is another
evidence of the sinister part now be-
ing played in relation to all industrial
disputes by the Labor Government.
The mass Of the workers have al
ways imagined that the advent of a
Labor Government meant that at last
the workers had gained a powerful
ally in all their industrial struggles.
Instead, the opposite has been the
case, and, rather than place the whole
of governmental machinery
on the side Of the striking workers,
every possible subterfuge and in
trigue, and even blatant threatenings,
have been resorted to by the middle
class politicians who dominate the La
Dor Government in order to intimidate
the strikers to moderate their demand
and accept compromises.
Wonderful Solidarity.
The magnificent solidarity displayed
by the dockers month ago has been
excelled by the solidarity of the tram
way men and the spontaneous sympa-
thetic action taken with them by the
busmen. In the long history Of labor
struggles no finer example Of working
class solidarity has been recorded.
Let it be placed on record to the
credit Of the underground railway
workers that they, too, would have
responded to similar call for SYM
pathetic action on their part on the
The daily worker., 1924-04-18
Sfaws of Alfalfa
BY JOEL SHOEMAKER
Ye OIde Hay Editor

WHERE, o WHERE ARE THE
CITIES OF REFUGE?
l WENT to room,
IN A big hotel,
WHERE WISE men talked
AND / HEARD a story
THAT WOULD make gray
STONE MEN weep like babies.
FIVE MILLION farmers
IN THE United States
ARE ON the run
FOR CITIES of refuge.
EVERY FAMILY on the farm
SEEMS TO BE mixed in,
FOR FARMING does not pay.
FIRST COST of crops,
BECAUSE OF no markets;
THE FARMERS of our land
OWE BILLS, notes and mortgages,
TWENTY BILLION dollars in total.
FOUR TIMES the money
COINED, MINTED and printed
BY THE United States Treasury.
THEY CANNOT pay their bills,
FOR BIG harvests are liabilities
AND NOT assets on the farms.
BUT WHERE are
THE CITIES of refuge
TO WHICH the farmers
ARE FLEEING for work and food?
FARM MEN are not
SKILLED WORKERS in any sense
THE CITIES are crowded
WITH LABORERS on poor pay.
MEN AND WOMEN work long hour,
IN SHOPS and factories
TO PAY the rent,
STAND IN with the butcher,
MEET THE doctor
AND PREPARE for the undertaken
NO, MISTER Farmer,
THERE is no home or
CITY OF REFUGE for you.
The daily worker., 1924-04-18

culture than the boy and girl farm
clubs"
Difficult to Reach Farming Youth.
1t is extremely difficult to reach the
American farming youth with any
revolutionary propaganda, as the
more intelligent and more revolution
airy of the youth do not stay on the
farm. Those who are already organ
lied are under the complete domina-
tion of alphabetically trained leaders
or reactionary farmers.
The Workers Party OF America is
succeeding, in a small measure, in
reaching the American farmers thru
its Farmer-Labor Party agitation and
because of the favorable state of the
farmers mind due to his embittered
position.
The Young Workers League of
America has within its ranks some Is
or Is farming leagues, but these are
composed nearly all of Finnish young
people.
The problem is to go into contact
with the farming youth, and expert
ence has shown that merely sending
an organizer into rural territory is
not fruitful.
With the growth of the Young
Workers League and the development
of mass Farmer-Labor Party, there
is no doubt that some valuable means
of reaching the American farming
youth will be offered the American
Communist Youth organization.
The daily worker., 1924-04-18
THE FARM AND THE AMER
ICAN YOUTH.
BY HARRY CANNES.

DI TIAnnJ 1ftlNtNEOs
sect away from the farms" is a
popular expression among the Amer
lean youth. They do not like the life
of the farmers, and it is next to inn
possible to transform a young worker
into young farmer; while the re-
verse of the process seems to be a
rapid evolution.
The long hours and the miserable
pay on the American farm is pro-
verbal. Bad as conditions always
were for the youth on the farms, they
are becoming worse.
For a long time in the United
States there were select group Of
farmers; those who owned their land,
free of encumbrances, and who were
able to enjoy some of the luxuries
which went with prosperous farm.
But that number was small, and as
some figures that shall quote fur
ther on will show, is growing smaller
and smaller
For the past twenty years, the CEN
trail theme Of nearly all cheap and
melodramatic boys novels has been
the saving of some farm, at the last
moment, by the boy hero by redeem
ing the mortgage Farm and mort
gage are now becoming synonymous
words.
Why is it that the American farm
ers who technically are the most ad-
vanced in the world should suffer
such hardships and hold so insecure
a social position?
The answer is the predatory nature
of American capitalism, and the con-
stant and increasing exploitation of
every section of the farmers by both
the small and large American capi-
talists.
The robbing Of the American farm
ers by the railroads is now stale
knowledge.
How the Youth Fare on the Farm.
There are 100000 children and
young people on the farms in the
United States and nearly all of them
do some form Of farm work. AS a
whole, the American youth detest the
farm and great amount of persua-
sion is necessary to keep them on the
land. The cities and industrial GEN.
ters with their highly concentrated
life have a strong appeal for them;
while, on the other hand, the con-
tinually growing depression makes
life miserable for them at home. Even
tho the farmer might not be utterly
bankrupt, as his condition grows
worse, he hires fewer farm hands, re-
lying more on his own children to do
the work.
On the smaller farms, known as
truck farms, whole families are hired
to do the work, and the more children
in these families, the better for the
farmer employing the labor, as chill
dren are used very extensively on the
truck farms in the United States.
In the harvest fields thousands OF
young laborers migrate from state TO
state following the ripening crop.
Tho these harvesters are not very
young, there is no doubt that the
The daily worker., 1924-04-18
4HAPPINEss"-sAME OLD SOAP.

Laurette Taylor, thru her stage
work in a succession of one-type Poly
anna plays, has built up a public
that will probably be satisfied with
her screen appearance with Pat
O'Malley in Happiness" That it will
bring any Of its namesake to class
conscious worker in the audience is
highly doubtful, however.
AS usual, she is p. W. g., good
natured, but somewhat dumb. She
is an errand girl and supports her
invalid mother on eight dollars a
week. Those miraculous movies!
Delivers dress to one who has
everything but happiness"-money,
beauty, breeding, a husband safely
planted in the graveyard, and still
she is unhappy. Enter the errand girl.
While waiting for the grand dame,
tries on the hats and things. Caught
in the act. AS a reward she gets a
rich home, and an electrician hus-.
band.
Her recipe for happiness is "jest
AOOhAh unCdus ~ ouOulu nave DG0u
Pat O'Malley for there never was a
more human, lovable young screen
electrician. His hobby for inventions
contributes most of the happiness
that the audience gets out of this
muchly padded film.
The errand girl is rmDitious to own
her own shop. She leaves her rich
home to go back to work so that she
won't lose any time. "By hard work
and constant application''-yo know
the rest. She gets $25 week as
filter and soon after has her own
shop, with ner name in electric lights,
and her husband, with his name in
electric lights just around the corner.
The clinch having come in the mid
die Of the picture, the end is a SER
mon. She is just breaking even in
business when along comes a gawky
little Brooklynite to be taken under
her wing and started on the road to
her own shop. her name in electric
lights, and Happiness.
The inventor of tooth-brushes and
mouth-wash must have had such pic
lures in mind.
The daily worker., 1924-04-18
Old Parties KIN Labor Bill.

ALBANY, N. Y, April H. The
floors are Uttered with death reform
bills as the New York state legisla-
ture closes its 1924 session here.
Some of the defeated bills provided
for restricting injunctions in labor
disputes, election reforms, 4S-hour
week for women and minors, movie
censorship repeal, minimum wage
commission, state ownership and de,
velopment Of water power resources.
The daily worker., 1924-04-18

first day of the strike had this been
demanded by their officials.
AS It was, when the government
and the capitalists saw that the un-
derground workers were determined
to line up with their fellow trans
port workers, and that this was no
idle threat, but one that would be
put into practice, Increased conces-
sions were Immediately offered to
the Transport and General Work
ers' Union.
Government Pressure
And had the underground workers
been called out, let there be no mis-
understanding, the full demands of
the tramway men would have been
met. But just as the Labor Govern
ment put pressure to bear on Mr..
Bevin and his colleagues in the dock
ers' strike, even more drastic pres
sure was brought to bear during the
tramway mems strike. This took the
form of the Governments determine
tion to declare a state of emergency
under the Emergency Powers Act.
We understand that Mr.. Macdonald,
in the middle of the strike, asked the
Labor Party to give him complete
power to deal with the strike. This,
the Liason Committee Of the Labor
Party refused to do. Yet there can
be no doubt that the underground
workers come out on strike this state
of emergency would have been declar-
ed. There should be no misunder-
standing as to what this meant. 1t
would have brought about a similar
The daily worker., 1924-04-18
MENTIONING THE MOVIES
BY PROTECTOR.

The movement for peter films is
America is progressing down-and
out.
Trade papers speak quite cynical
ly over the passing of The Little The
atre Films which WAS to further Art
in the films even as its namesake in
the field of the speaking stage.
Now, despite the presence on its
Advisory Board Of the brightest stars
in the filmament, including Chaplin,
Fairbanks, DeMille, Lubitsch. Hughes,
Ingram, Pickford, Seastrom, Sher-
wood, Willard, ETC., its manager is
out looking for job.
They made one picture. And could
not release it. 1T wouldn't pay"
said the distributor. And that was
the end of ART But what can one
expect now that America has turned
Soviet and capitalism is no longer
here to patronize art for arts sake2
Which recalls an aged and honor
able joke in the film profession:
"There are two kinds of producers
today: those who make bad pic
lures and write good checks, and
those who make good pictures and
give bum checks"
BY mutual agreement between pic
ture theatre owners ana ministers OF
Portland, Ore, competition in bunk
ing the young idea" will be regu-
lated. The theatre owners have prom-
ised to bar all children during Sun
day School hours.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
BACK TO NORMAL

In no period since the war has
greater progress in the return to
normal business conditions been
made by industry. commerce and
finance than during the past year.
This reeSta bliShment Of normal
conditions has been brought about
by the working OF purely economic
Influences. These influences and
this result completely refute the ar
guments and pretensions of oppor.
tunist politicians and radical dema
gogues who have sought to bring
about reimbursement by political
measures. These measures were
aimed to give gratuitous advan-
tages to the special interests and
classes which the pr"posers as
ment OF the general good
The virtual disappearance ny
natural economic processes. OF tn
abnormalities that have persisted
as the long drawn out aftermath
of the war, has removed whatever
justification their presence srr,nrh
to give for governmental pate'nat
ism and for special measures OF
relief for particularly distresstAi
classes At best these me4sn
were merely sedatives for usyclo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
CONVlCTION0 OF
RED UPHELD
Michigan Supreme Court Ap.
proves Ruthenberg Verdict

Lansing. Mich, Dec. 1l.-Charles
r.. kuthenburg. secretary of the
workers party. and prominent mem
Der of the Communist party OF Am
er'ra' was held guilty of violation
OF the Michigan syndicalism law bv
the state supreme court. He was
originally convicted in the Berrien
county courts. following his arrest
IN the raid of the federal and local
OF iicers on the secret convention of
'h' communists at Bridgman. Ber-
rIcn county, in August, 1922. He
promptly appealed from the decision
OF the circuit court. and has been
at liberty since under bond. Ruth
cnburG is now in Chicago.
W. Il. Foster, who was the pres
idential candidate of the Workers
party in the last election, and Ben
J"mln Gitlow, his running mate, were
others among those arraigned in the
l'c"ricn raid. Foster was tried. bnt
me jury disagreed He probably
WIll be retired. and Gitlow. Rose
Pastor Stokes and many other Com
nunists who were indicted follow
ING the raid, hut never tried NAV
be brought into court as a result of
today's decision.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11

; logical conditions and not real
remedies for economic conditions
To that extent they served a pur.
pose. but there Is no further public
good that they can serve With
normal conditions once more es
tablished 1t should be the resoIute
determination OF all business men
to resist any further effort at
political interference with econom
ic processes
The time Is at hand for q thor
oughgoing return 20 a free play Of
private enterprise and private IN
itiative under unhampered competi
tive conditions. Government intlu.
ence and political Interference In
respect to business should be re.
duced TO an absolute minimum. We
as bankers ash no special ,.ivi.
i"ses for ourselves. Equally we
are opposed to special privileges
for other groups at tho expense OF
the general welfare. The expert.
ence of the past few years has been
one OF the greatest demonstration
IN history OF the validity of the
view that the community interests
Of people are best served BY tho
maximum degree of private enter
prise and private initiative with
the minimum OF government regu.
characterization of the Ameri
can Bankers Association.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
LESS CATTLE
BEING FED
Only So Per Cent of Last
Years Supply in Corn Belt

Chicago. Dee. II. There were only
about SS percent Of cattle on feed in
the eleven corn belt states on Deem
Der ! this year as on the same date
in 1923, according 10 II preliminary
estimate ISSUED today by the United
States The number on feed in the
western and Pacific states was
around 90 percent of last year.
In the corn belt the reduction in
feeding is about the same both east
and west of the MisSis >ippi. All OF
the important feeding states show
reductions of - percent or more. cX-
cept Kansas, which shows only five
percent. The shipments OF stocke'
and feeder cattle into the corn belt
states from August TO December !
this year were l,547,O0O head COM
pared to l,S5S,000 head in 1923, and
l,2S0,G0 in 1921. The greatest fall
ing Off this year was in the states
west of the river, especially in Iowa
or Missouri.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
WORLDS AIR
REC0RDBR0KEN
FRENCH Aviator Smashes
Speed Record of u. S. Filler

Marscllcs, France. Dec. lit BY
the A. P.D AGiutant Bennett, the
French aviator. broke the worlds
speed record for one kilometer for
airrIanes at the Bias Istres ardrome
hear here today. with an average of
IA? kilometcrs per hour, it was an
nounced from the airdrome The rec
ord of 429.025 kilomcters has been
held by Lieut.. a. J. Williams of the
United States Navy, who made that
speed at Mitchell Field, Long Island
November !. 1923
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
6 SENTENCED
FOR ROBBERY

Chicago, Dec. 1l.-Herbert Holiday,
Brent Glasscock and four Newton
brothers, who pleaded guilty in the
s2,O00,000 mail train robbery trial,
were sentenced to Leavenworth pri-
son today, the sentences ranging
from one year and one day to %
years. Holiday received the maxi
mum sentence.
Holiday. although he had pleaded
guilty with the other five, neverthe-
less had refused to aid the govern
ment or turn over 100000 in loot
alleged by government agents still
to be retained by him.
Brent Glassock and Willie New
ton, the chiefs of the actual robbers,
and Jessie, Joseph and Willis Glass
cock, Willis and Willie, the latter Of
whom was wounded during the rob
berry and who was brought into
court today on stretcher, each were
sentenced to ~ years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11


Using Clubs of the World. Mr.. Hahn
SAID. fhe same code has been nut
IN effect by the Furniture Manu-
'acturers Association of Grand Rap
IDS. Mich.
Before determining its course. the
BOARD OF directors of the Dry Goods
ASSOCIATION made comprehensive
study of conditions throughout the
furniture advertising field to prove
It's practicability.
The code consists Of two rules
which set forth that, in advertising,
furniture in which exposed surfaces
are of one wood shall be designated
by the name of that wood, and where
the exposed surfaces are of more
than one wood, the principal wood
used shall designate the furniture.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
SOVIET RUSS!A'S BUDGET
THREE TINES AMOUNT
OE TRADE INCOME

Moscow. Dec. H.. Soviet Russia $
budget for the coming year amounts
20 81 0000n.O00 but its income from
state industry and trade is only
S3,ooo.o00. During the first eight
months Of this year only S3,50O.OOO
% this sum was realized. of which
industry contributed Il profit of So
100000 and trade about 81 100000.
These revenues. small as they are,
show Il slight improvement over
those Of last year and are derived
principally from the export of grain
and the production OF sugar and
oil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
STUDY INDIANA FARMS

A business study by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. for 100 farms in
Clinton county, Ind, for a period of
eight years, shows that farmers
who maintained more nearly uni
form cropping systems from year to
year were more successful than
those whose systems varied most.
Heavily stocked farms, under good
management, were more successful
than those lightly stocked.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
POSTWAR BOUNDARIES
CREATE ENDLESS PER-
PLEXIIN IN RAIkANS

Belgrade. Jugos!avia,. Dec. IL
The confusion of the frontiers of
the Balkans and Central Europe. as
an outcome of the war. has not been
settled by any means, although little
Is heard of the doubtful state of af-
fairs outside of the immediate re-
gionS affected.
New boundary lines have been run
through towns and villages in vari-
Gus countries and even across the
farms of peasants themselves. In
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
RAIL TRAFFIC
HEADS HERE
Representatives of Three
Railroads in City

J. &. Woodwork, vice president of
the Northern Pacific Railroad; ".
I. Kenny, ce-PrcSidcnt and direc-
toi Of Traffic OF the treat Northern.
and ]. +. Sands, traffic manager of
tn" 500 line. were in Bismarck today
on business with the state railroad
commission.
The rail traffic men planned Il Wis
It to Mandan before leaving. They
we've visited by several local business
men dui ing their stay.
All three of the Northwest roads
have handled record traffic durln:
inc gram hauling season this fail
without car shortage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-11
ENGLAND TURNS TO TIDES
TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY

London, Dec. IA $4,000, OOC
project to use the tidal rise in the
River Severn for the production OF
electrical power will be undertaken
by the British government in the
spring. A committee of electrical
experts appointed to investigate the
possibilities of Harvesting the Sc
vern to furnish power for the sur
rounding district has completed a
report in which they recommend
that the work be undertaken.
The project has been favored by
British engineers for several years
and, it is expected, will lead to the
most Of the rivers of England at
fected by the tides.