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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01

by the Southern slave holders who
helped the west" to destroy the
plans of the powerful EAST"
What kind of agriculture would
be here today if about century ago
the slave-holding "South" had not
joined the wild West against the
civilized East? if the attempts Of
East" to deliver up the public
lands in the new states to the avar-
ice of the old ones, to be coined into
gold and silver for their benefit"
had been entirely successful?
The "westerner," Senator Benton,
of Missouri, in his speech in the
United States senate of Feb. 2, 1880
predicted that "the sales Of the lands
will be held back every possible
inducement will arise to screw up
the price of all that is sold no
more favor to the settler no
sales on fair and equitable terms.
Laws will be passed to fix the
minimum price at the highest rate;
agents will be sent to attend the
sales, and bid high against the
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farmer, the settler and the cultiva-
tor. :" Speech of Mr.. Benton"
Printed by Gales & Seaton, Washing
ton, 1880, p. ~.
Danger Was Real.
The danger was real. Attempts
of the EAST" to restrict the coloni-
cation and to grab the public lands
would have resulted, if successful, in
considerable separation of land own
ership from the actual cultivators.
THU grants of whole territories to
single persons, thru sales "for songs"
thousands of acres to spectators,
thru acquisition of public lands by
agents of banks, ETC., a system Of
colonization was attempted where
the seizure of free lands in private
ownership could go far ahead of ac-
tual farming and where even sep
arate class of landowners could be
created.
"The east" failed to carry out
those plans thanks to united oppose
ton of the other sections of the
country and to divisions in its own
sections on this issue. Some decades
later the slaveholding South" failed
to expand its plantation system on
account of free farming, and under
united blows from East and West
slavery was abolished; previous me-
dieval relations in the South were de-
stroyed and her agriculture opened
for capitalistic exploitation. The
owners of the large plantations were
transformed into capitaIistic land
owners. Here in the United States
came into existence capitalistic agri-
culture with masses of tenants on
one side and big land owners on the
other.
But outside Of the territory of pre-
viously slave-holding sections, the col
onization proceeded mainly where
sufficient quantities of land remained
"public" up to the time when actual
farmers settled there to work.
Much Land Seized.
Nevertheless, very considerable
tracts Of unoccupied lands were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01

seized before the westward movement
of the farmers reached them. The
new states had very large private
land holdings at the time of their
admission or annexation. They had
many millions of acres of which
owners did not cultivate a single
acre.
Land holding corporations, COM
panies, agencies, were formed to CEN
tralize, to control and to "hold on"
to the lands which were appropriat-
ed in the past thru seizure, private
grants by Spanish rulers, corrupt
sales. railway grants and numerous
other methods.
Thanks to them, in the new states
of the West, where still small part
of the total available land is in
farms but very much land is in hands
of land holders (speculators), prices
of land are considerably higher than
the average in the United States.
Against average price of plow land
in the United States of $50 per acre,
in California this price was $130 and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
The Causes Of Rural Unrest

II HIS the first of articles dealing with the inn
n portant changes that taking place in American
agriculture and of which the present widespread
unrest is a reflection.
NOST writers dealing with this subject stress the dis
Acrepancy between the price paid to the farmer for
his produce and the prices paid for commodities pur-
chased by him. Other writers deal with the problem of
the mddIeman and the distrbutive charge levied on
farm produce.
COMRADE PREEDIN goes to the root of the matter
~ and shows that the American farmer is rapidly be-
coming "peasantized," i. he is losing his ownership
of the land very rapidIy-s non-owner working for
6nancecapitalists and that and interests are the
burdens that crushing American farmers.-Ed Note
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in Oregon 500 per acre in 1920.
The new settlers are compelled to
pay exorbitant prices-or high rents
for the reason that the uncultivat
ed land is already appropriated.
Figures Unbelievable.
The statistics of tenancy and farm
mortgages do not give us a complete
picture either of the state or of the
progress of separation of land own
ership from actual farmers. They
show us only the current conditions
on the land in FARMS" But Census
farms" and Census land in FARMS
are very auctuating things in United
States. In agricultural statistics of
European countries we can find all
ways the land as a stable quantity
with more or less accurate and de-
tailed information about the changes
in ownership of land in general. not
only in connection with its cultiva-
ton.
In agricultural statistics Of United
States, on the contrary, the Gland in
AoAAhS, many ullluOuS Oh acres with
all their buildings and improvements
are things which from census to
census can appear, disappear and re-
appear without making any disturb
ance.
Startling Phenomena.
In some states the disappearance
of "land in farms" is startling. In
New England in 1920 were over
A IL million acres less of Gland in
farms" than in 1880. This same kind
of progress" was experienced in
the Middle Atlantic states. From
1910 to 1920 only 90 states had an
increase of Gland in farms" (total
"a million acres), but 81 states had
decrease (total decrease II million
acres). This shows that during the
last census decade in a majority of
states less land went into the circle
of "land in farms but more went
out from there into the mysterious
total land area"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
By OSCAR PREEDIN

The United States census statis-
tics, by recording only those farms
when at the date of census are "di-
rectly farmed" or engaged in "agri-
cultural products, and raising ami
mails, fowls, and bees"-mav be siIf-
hcient in respect to production of ali
these things. But when we speak
about the separation of the farmers
from the land and want to have full
Information about the actions of
financial capital in this matter. then
such statistics can disclose to us very
little, but instead mislead us If we
trust them very far. widespread,
rum of farmers by financial CAPITAL
can De confused without such statis-
ties giving any inkling of it.
In its business with farmers. fnap-
cial capital in case of default can
foreclose" on the farmers with ali
their land and belongings. The call
ing of farm mortgages seldom is
followed by immediate sale tn an
other farmer or by a lease to a ten
ant. In many cases some years
elapse until called in farm finds
another cultivator. In this manner
IN districts where farms are called
In Just before taking the census and,
are in search of purchasers or ten
ants during the time of census but
not directly farmed,' only the re-
naming farms are recorded. The
census will represent this district as
without tenancy and without mort
gage debts, therefore, as faring very
well, but in reality it may be the
scene of the most cruel and wide
spread executions of farms" by
mortgagors.
Present Example.
Especially during time like this
there should be wider intervals be-
tween disruption of cultivation of a
farm ruined by bankruptcy and re-
vlval Of its cultivation by a new pur-
chaser or tenant; conquests of finan-
clal capital in agriculture are going
ahead at rapid speed, but necessary
agencies for disposition of its ac-
CURED lands are still in the period
OF organization; running of farmers
Is an intensive process carried on by
all available means for the sake Of
Increasing land holdings, with their
promised future rents, in hands of
financial capital; temporary preyen-
ton of cultivation of land is nm
avoidable because of the desire of
land holders to keep rent at the
highest point.
Therefore, the present statistics of
tenancy and farm mortgages repre-
sent only part of very widespread
separation of farmers from their
land.
But even liis part, which is
represented by census statistics, is
very considerable: in 1920 in the
total number of 6,448 thousand
farms in U. S. were:
2,455 thousand farms (3S.1 per
cent? operated by tenants;
So thousand farms Ill per
cent? operated by managers;
ISL thousand farms (24.9 per
cent? operated by nominal owners
(mortgaged);
z,Sl3 thousand farms (35.9 per
cent? operated by real owners.
Here we can see that among all
actual farmers in U. S. in 1920 only
about 36 per cent were full owners
Of the land which they cultivated.
That is all what is left from the
original farm" system.
To Be Concluded Next Week.
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Hurricane Winds

Hurricane winds If you must bite
and blow,
War not upon the novels of the
poor
Who suffer so,
Such pain endure.
Blow thru the costly castles of the
rich!
Fer they have hearths with myriad
logs to burn,
Being blessed by boundless, wondrous
wealth which
They did not earn.
Edward James Irvine.
IMPEACH COoLIDGEl
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SECOND SECTION

March /, 1924. This
appear every Saturday
magazine supplement will
in The Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
Various Forces at Work.

The forces which contributed to
the establishment of such system
were many. There was time when
in the play of divisional conflicts
the colonization Of the western free
lands and the expansion of the farm
er system was here supported even
The Glenwood post., 1924-10-23
ARE you RHEoMAT1o7
Many Pangs That Pass for 1hsuns-
tism Are Really Due TO Weak
Ndusys

Do you suffer the agonizing panss
of rheumatismi Are you tortured
with rheumatic joints and stabbing
twingess Then you should know that
many so-called rheumatic troubles are
due to an excess of uric acid and must
be treated through the kidneys. When
the kidneys weaken, the whole system
is upset by these body poisons. Help
your kidneys with stimulant diuretic.
Use Doan 's Pills, the remedy that your
neighbors recommend. Here is Glen
wood Springs case:
John Griessr, retired ranchman, HOO
Eighth St., gave the following state
ment March 16, 1917: Exposure and
exertion caused kidney trouble and
rheumatic pains. My limbs were pain
full and stiff and my back ached. Ny
kidneys acted irregularly until I used
Doan's Pills. They proved beneficial
from the start and ] continued taking
them until was well"
On July 10, 1922, Mr.. Greiser added:
ssI am not using Doan's Pills now, but
I endorse them just as strongly al I
did in 1917"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills-the same that Mr..
Greiser had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs.,
Buffalo, N. Y. - SO
The Glenwood post., 1924-10-23
KEEPING WELL.
OUR NATIONAL
CRIME
IN. FRHDERICak \. GREEN
Editor Of ~HDALTH1

THE most common mistake Of Amer
= leans Is overeating.
With all our grumblins and com
planning there L. probably no country
In the world. today, where the major
ity Of the people get - much to cal
a. In this country.
The three kinds Of food In which N
arc particularly prone to overindulge
are sugar and starches, which are very
much the Same. and fats.
The consumption Of candy, icl
creams and soft drinks, an containing
large quantities Of sugar, has enor.
mously increased in this country in thu
last Is years. The general use Of
white breads. breakfast foods and 9th.
er cereals has also increased.
Our forefathers, who were raised on
diet Of cornmeal, whole wheat bread
made Of home-ground flour, bacon
ham, fresh meats, eggs and fresh vege.
tables. did not have an opportunity Of
eating the quantities Of sugar and
starches that we have on every hand
today. s
Now. sugar and breakfast foods are
good foods.
The trouble Is that we have retained
our forefathers' diet and have added
our present-day Improvements, instead
of using the present forms Of confec-
tons and cereals as substitutes for
some of the older forms of diet. The
result is that we are eating double
allowance and are suffering therefor.
Fat Is the surplus food which the
body does not use and which has to be
carried around as extra weight.
|, During the years of growth the body
needs plenty of food for proper nutri-
tion and body building, but after growth
and development are completed only
enough. food is required to replace the
natural loss and to keep the body func.
tioning properly.
Every extra pound is handicap.
Stand on the corner Of any crowded
city street and watch the people 60 by.
1t doesn't matter whether you select
Michigan avenue In Chicago, Fifth
avenue in New York, Commonwealth
avenue In Boston, or Market street in
San Francisco. Neither does 1t matter
whether you observe people in the
tenement-house district or on the bou-
levards.
The great majority Of Americans are
overweight.
We are eating too much because we
have 1t to eat and we haven't learned
yet to eat what Is good for US rather
than to eat all we can get.
And this in spite of the fact that the
best evidence obtainable shows that
the individuals who live longest and
enjoy the greatest activity and the
best health are the hound dog" type
lean and lanky and wiry.
Avoid fat If you want to live a long
and healthy life.
%. 1924. Western Newspaper Union,
The Glenwood post., 1924-10-23
BILLS ALLOWED
BY the Board Of County Commissioner
Of Garfield County at Their 0c-
tober Session
Ordinary Fund

Of01uAty u0o
z. B. Higgins, salary and ex-
pense county commissioner. = 100.65
Geo. L. Winters, prisoners
board .,....,..... ...... $3.50
L. 9. Rater, bailiff fees 49,. 1000
l.. G. Rater, salary under
sheriff .......... ........ 12o.OU
Frank Delaney, salary district
attorney ........ 11o.4o
D. W. Shores, salary district
clerk .......... ......... 1oV.'U
Doris Shores, salary deputy
district clerk ............. 1000
]. W. Bell, salary county judge 226.00
M. Shultz, salary court stem
ographer ......-..... 80. loe.oo
Walter J. Frost, salary county
CLERK 6VV'Vu
County Clerk Fee Find, clerk
of board ............ 80. 50.Oo
County Clerk Fee Fund, max
ing Cert. copies Of Reg. :. 1000
Chas. s. Keegan, salary dep
uty county clerk .......... 1880
May c. Hadse1l, salary clerk
county clerk g office ..... $500
Erma o. Hubbard, salary
clerk county clerks office $500
Chas. H. King, salary county
treasurer ......... 49,. 2os.a;
Chas. n. King, expense county
treasurer ........ ........ 2o.o'
Charles E. Hubbard, salary
deputy county treasurer -. 125.0t
E. Bernice King, salary clerk
treasurer office ........ 95.0
Irene Benrett, salary clerk
x.oczr,o-,, offina IA nj
Alex 8. Simpson, salary and
expense county ASSESSOR. 220.o
John Rigney, salary deputy
county assessor ........... 1857
Ida Bryant, salary clerk in
assessors office .......... $50
Gretta Potteneer, salary and
expense county superinend-
ent .......... ........... 225.3
W. b. Trumhor, salary county
surveyor ........ 1907
VIM. crissmnn, salary ianitor 900
Carl w. Fulghum, service
deputy district attorney 100
pense county commissioner 2+7.4
R. P.Coulter, expense ......: 25l
J. W. Dollison, salary coun-
ty attorney. ............ ..... 60.t
L. G. McDermott, auto hire. 81
Chas. Brackney, rent polling
place .......... .......... lU.'
t Mike Keough, rent polling
place .......... ......... AV''
r Underwood Typewriter Co.,
g supplies ..:.....::.. ........ IL
" Edgar D. Wilson, labor put
e ting up polling place ..... s..
/, Elmer e. Wheatley, service
/ canvassing board ........ 10.
. +. ". Neubauer, service bee
inspector 3d.
W. II. Thompson, wood 49,. 10!
The Glenwood post., 1924-10-23

Keek Garage, auto trips 49,. ~
Gienwood L. 4 ". Co., cleo
tric service county farm lo.os
o. h. Herwick, ssrviee health ~
officer. ............. ~ e'vv
b. B. Ikeler, plumbing 4s.W
Geo. Kendrick, rent l0.V
1EothsGs' CompsnPaeicn
Zella Smith, compensation... So.N
Annie Rybka, comp. ....,... l0.Vo
Maggie A. Arnold, comp. .... S0.W
Violet NJ. La Branch, comp. lo.W
Fannie B. Garrison, comp. 6.V
Maude Boise, comp. @.W
Hattie Hunt, comp. ......... l0.0v
Laura L. Pittmsn, comp. 10.vV
Minnie l.. Miles, comp. ..... l0VV
Inex 8. Redwood, comp. 80. l6.0o
Theresia. Bershenyi, comp. 80. S6.W
Mabel 4. Ewin, comp. 1870
AdvsrttsinG Fund
Railroad Red Book, adv. Sept.
and August ........ $50. sou
WALTER J. Frost,
County Clsfk.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Porch Hammock Chairs
At $3.75

Has selected hardwood
frame. highly vanished and
has striped canvas seat and
back. Complete with foot
rest, and is strong and COM
Portable.
Hammock Chairs without
footrest. $2.75.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

No the home delightful Summer than the porch that
and
living small cost that home which boasts porch should
make the it. few rockers swing, porch shades
the oohat it. And you'll let this
assist you'll forget the modest enjoyment
porch will give you
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Porch Rockers
At $6.45

Extra fine Rockers with
double-woven rattan seat and
back; also have comfortably
wide arm rests and heavy
posts. Nicely vanished in
natural color. Strengthened
with extra supports under
arm rests.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12
TEACHES o7''EplCTS
THE DANGERS THAT
LIE IN MATR!ROKY
4 Six Weeks Course Ex.
pected to Result in More
Happy Marriages.
by MARGARET NORRIS.

Copyr ght. 1875. 10y Ctusol. Press ASS n.
New York. March IA class for
the SCATTERING of illusions-that might
well BE- the caption Of Carol NJ. Glib
nt.''s ads If he found it necessary to
advertise-as he docsn't-as his
course for potential bcnedicts which
starts on April at the Brooklyn Y.
NJ. &. 4.
For the chief thing that the youthful
head of the Us educational depart
ment plans TO teach is that marriage
is no high road to ideal happiness. ii
you are no more unhappy than you
were before you took the fatal plunge
you have done pretty well, thinks Mr..
Gibney, who sums up his matrimonial
philosophy thus:
The success OF a marriage in IFS
last analysis, is not am | happyT but
am l rs happy married as l would
be single?"
"One hears SO much today about tho
wrecks in married life that he is
prone TO forget that there are many
successful ventures. But that is be.
cause there are 81 many people who
are not happy under any conditions.
Even the divorce rate is not 4
criterion of the failure Of marriage
Many Divorces are as miserable after
their divorce as they We're before"
Mr.. Gibney, an intelligent and per.
sonable young man, speaks from the
vantage point Of years of married life
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12

aud ~ the father 81 n husky YOUNG
son of 2. While admitting that he i
no matrimonial expert il Is his idea
that every young man may profit by
taking stock Of his equipment before
ttting forth on this most important oI
al personal ventures equipment from
the thrcc-f6ld viewpoint Of the phys
iology, the psychology and the eco
Monies Of marriage.
But The lectures are not 10 be q
series Of matrimonial 'don'ts' nor d
course in picking wives" he hasteu'
10 explain. THE pleasant views will
be emphasiZed a. we'll as the danger
Gus curves ahead and we will try "a
suggest short cuts to those pleasant
places.
All this in a six weeks course. be-
ginning April mot because that
is All Fools Day" explained Mr.. Glib
ney. but because We must be pre-
pared for the crop of June weddings.
As for the curriculum:
Physiologically speaking, Mr.. GID
ney hopes 10 suggest an intelligent
mean between the cold blooded eugen
ist who thinks If only the bettermen
Of the race and the hot-headed emo
tionalist who thinks only of his owl
pleasure.
There must be better breeding
among human beings for the sake o
the race" he says. ''but no man i
going to sacrifice all his happiness TO
the sake of the next generation
Health, however, is essential, not onl.
for eugenics, but for happiness"
Psychologically speaking, Mr.. Glib
ney said he did not believe it wa
necessary that n college man marry I
college girl and vice versa. In proc
of this he cited the case of himself
only few hours of study removed
from Phi. d. and his own very con
genial wife. prevented by illness from
even finishing high school. However
Lhe explained man and wife must tall
the same language. if they are TO b.
happy, have the same mental equip
ments. As an unhappy example of un
even mental equipment. he mentioned
the college-bred man who marries tn,
beautiful moron, only TO learn tina
beauty does not compensate for men
tai insufficiency.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12
HUERTISTAS TAKE
TOWN NEAR BORDER
OF UNITED STATES
Rebels Capture Castano de
Moncloua, in
Coahuila.

Frontera, Tabasco. Mex. March IL.
tBy Radio by the Associated Press. }
Reports that revolutionary forces
have taken CastaDo de MonclOva in the
state Of Coahuila, said 10 be the first
Coahuilan point near the American
border 10 be held by the troops of
AdOfo de Ia Huerta were confirmed by
dispatches published in the Mexico
City newspaper Excelsior. the Hucr-
tista revolutionary headquarters here
declared yesterday.
Gen. Nicolas Flores, and not Gen
cral Cavazos, was in personal COM
mand of the revolutionists who were
reported To have captured .Ialapa
Queretaro last Saturday, the statement
announced. General Flores has en-
trained for San Luis POtosi. the OBJ
jective of the column dispatched by
Cavazos, it was added.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12
RESCUERST TAKE
BODIES Of ~
/. OUT Of SHAT 7
Remains of 46 Mine Blast
Victims Are Still in
Workings.
WATER AN OBSTACLE
First Funerals Scheduled to
Be Held Wednesday
Morning.
WATER AN OBSTACLE
BY the Associated Press.

Castlegate, Utah, March "a
Forty-six bodies still remaining in
mine No. . of the Utah Fuel Com
pany. today are the objective of res
cue crews on duty at the mine. 4
total of 127 bodies of the 173 known
to have been entombed by three ex-
plosions last Saturday, have been -
moved to the morgue.
Work was greatly hampered during
the night by unexpected distractions
and by water in the mine workings
due to failure of the pumps since
saturday morning.
Not pump has been worked in the
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mine since the three blasts made them
useless. AS result, parts Of til,
mine are flooded. and the removal Of
the remaining bodies consequently Is
difficult.
Plans were made during the night
to put one or more pumps into opera
ton this morning. if possible. in or
der that rescue crews can continue
their work.
The first funerals of the victims
will be held at Castle Gate this morn.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12
LOCATE MISSING MAN
YOakum Farmer Wandered Away
From Home Last January.

YOakum. Tex, March 12.-Ioe Will
liams, a farmer of this section. who
was reported missing from his home
since last January, and whose disap-
pearance was mystery to his family,
has been located in Port Arthur, Tex,
since published reports have been cir
culated throughout the state Of his
disappearance.
According TO reports here the farm
err wandered from home during lapse
of memory. He will return TO his
family here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12

ing. In addition, preparations have
ieen made for the removal of the ltal-
I'm and Greek victims of the disaster
o Price and Helper for burial. These
bodies will be taken from Castle Gaze
on early morning trains.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-12
RingwOrin

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