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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
CONFECTIONERS
 ADOPT ETHICS
A. s. Wynn, Birmingham, Named President At
 Last Session

The Southern Wholesale Confection- CTS association which drew about 500 of the leading candy men of the south during its tlree-day convention here, closed Satufda yl'afternOon.
 By all odds. according to the express sions of members attending the meet ing. the past convention, the third in the history of the organization. was the most successful ever held. From the standpoint of attendance, exhibits, and accomplishments, it is said to stand head and shoalders above the previous gatherings. M '=,
 Code Is Adopted
 Featuring the actions of the associa- tion, and which occurred at the session Saturday morning, was the adoption of code of ethics. Never before has the body taken an open stand on the purity of it's goods and this move is believed to fbeSa great forward stride in the advancshent of confectionery products of gtkAs south.
 This code drawn up and promoted by leaders of the industry, raises honesty in the trade between merchants, fairness to employees, eliminates gambling de- vices in the sale of candy, encourages service. and iiisures purity ad cleanli- ness. It will mean, according to one delegate, new era in the manufacture of candy insthis section of the coun- try.
 Prics Is Speaker
 Of intereStSaisO to the morning 6 meeting was an address by V. l.. Price, director of publicity of the National Confectioners' association. @
 AE,. l-n advantage of the various holidays for were promoted on the proper plane.
 We do have our Candy day." the speaker declared. but it is not fully utilized. In the first place. there is no good reason for it like Apple day--for health. and the industry must work out this reason and advertise it on a gigantic sale"
 Mir. Price stated that he believed ex- ceptionally lower sugar prices would have an unwhOlesome effect on the candy business.S
 Wynn Named Head A Birmingham man heads the asso- citation for next year by the election held during business session in the morning. A. Wynn, sof the Wynn Knox Candy company was chosen president of the body together with the following:
 George Martin, Jr., of the Martin Buscuit company, vice president from Alabama to occupy joint position with Charles F. Fudge, Tennessee J. V. Stockton, Louisiana W. H. Gibson, Virginia W. D. Drew, South Caro- lima; G. c. Norris, North Carolina {; Walter A. Brewer, Georgia M. B. Thornton, Florida; Jonas Spiro, Mis- sissippi; F. E. Wood, Texas, and H. E. Leiser, Arkansas. H. E. Balance was elected treasurer and J. Nj. Clark, secretary.
 Saturday afternoon the general pub lie were guests at the convention ex- hil Its in the Tutwiler hotel ball room wien several hundred pounds of candy was given away.
 The next convention will be held at Ashevilie, N. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
VITAL STATISTICS

MT. and Mrs. Emmett George Blanken boy.
 MT. and Mrs. John c. Morrison. 4s1; Eighth avenue. Vivian, April 23: boy. Mir. and Mrs. H. K. Cross, 143S North Thirty-first street, April 15: girl.
 Mr. and Mrs. Barnes W. Luquire, 7s: West Third avenue, April 24; boy.
 DEATHS
 George Nathan Beasiey, GardendaIe April 23 age 43. Walter E. Chambers, Jr, 2s20 Thirty firth avenue. April 2S; age IS.
 Canford Stafford. 714 Twelfth street Ensiey, April 23; age one.
 Mrs. Clara s. Puttman, 200 Forty fourth street, Fairfield. April 24: age s5 23: age 65.
 Mrs. Augusta Plou. SO1, Seventeenth street, April 22; age 4S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
CHEWING GUM
 SUPPLY SAFE. SAYS WARREN

MExfco CITY. April .2e.- T have afed chewing gum for Amer a Th14W was the proud boast of Ap1S4 in Ambassador Charles sBektk& Warren as he received news papexnep Saturday. M Warren added that he had re- ceived . note from the foreign ef- flee foFthe effect that the Impending csfifellation of concessions to large Amefic2h Gum Pr0dncers. Involving tw6,6}}3lion acres of Chicie, had been abaAdo through Warren's instru- mentafftS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
!g,ra f5ET PRnuEEns

A percentage of proceeds for tk& first nights performance of The First Night" May 5, by the Jefferson The atre Players, will be donated to . fund for David Nixon, Bessemer violinist, through the Music Study club, it was announced Saturday.
 Nixon, whom the organization has supported as musician of exceptional possibilities, has already captured the state scholarship and other like awards.
 Tickets will be placed on sale at the Cable Shelby Burton Piano company store, the Chalivoux Music store, and at an open meeting of the Music Study club in Cable hall Thursday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
Mother And Two Children Killed When
 Auto CapsizeS

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, April B.- Mrs. Staunton Dorsey, 34. of KenOva and her two children, Violet,2, and Harold. l. was drowned this afternoon in GregsOn creek at Gregson, near here tempt was being made to ford the stream. Mir. Dorsey, who was pinned beneath the car was rescued and was brought to this city suffering from serious injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
DEALER is KILLED
w. A. Officer Is Victim Of Grade
 Crossing Crash

DE BIDDER. La, April 26.-W. A. Officer, an automobile dealer, who came here recently from Nashville, Tenn, was killed today when his automobile was struck by Santa Fe train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
HOME WORK MEETING

The home demonstration section of the Snow Rogers Parent-Teachers as sociatien will meet next Friday at the home 6f Mrs. w. "A. Nation, according to aphpitncemept Saturday.
 MrsS SF$arI Crawford, home demon stration kxent, will give Il demonstra- tiOn of ldfeks forms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
PIPE ORDERS

Columbus, Ohio, Leads On Books Of
 A. C. I. P. Co. One of the largest orders received by the American Cast Iron Pipe company during the past week came from Colunn- bus, Ohio, for 793 tons of pipe. Other orders from representative sec tions of the country include: Camden, H., 104 tons; Kansas City, Mo-, 476 tons, and Birmingham, 408 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
FIVE SHIPS BURN
Excursion SteambOats Destroyed IT H4ldson RivAr

NEW YORK; April 26-Five wood. en excursion steamboats and several smaller craft. were burned early today at their winteE berths in the Hudson river off 157th street. The loss was over $1 ,O00,0 ,000. --.
 The fire, caused by a gasoline ex- plosion on small barge. spread to the steamers A. M. Church, Highlander, Nassau, BaltQIe and Grand Republic.
 3 ARE DROWNED
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
DIMES WITH KING
Daughter-ln-law of Denmark Royalty
 Comes Homo

COPENHAGEN, April 26.--Princess Erik of Denmark, formerly Miss Louise Booth of Ottawa, Canada, tonight, for the first time since her recent arrival as a1bride in Denmark, dined with the King and all the members of the Royal family at the Royal palace at Amalian- borg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
EXPANSION PLANNED
Sheffield Hotel Keeping Pace With Do
 vaIOnnnAnt

In keeping with the demand in sight the Sheffield hotel plans renovation and expansion of it's building to make it one of the most modern and con yenient hostelries of the south.
 It now contains IFS room with expansive lobby and mezzanine floor for the use of it's guests. A large dining room is soon to be placed in use.
 The Sheffield hotel is operated by the Colbert Hotel company under the active management of G. A. Martin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
F. J. BEATTY DIES

Was Former Supervisor Of Cuban
 Branch Banks
 ASHEVILLE, \. C., April D. Frank J. Beatty, IS years old, former supervisor of Cuban branch banks for the Royal Bank of Canada, died at his home here late yesterday it became known today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Davis Still Fears
Radical Immigrants
Entering Great y. S
10y The Federated Press)


NEW YORK, August H. From
$4,000 to 100000 foreign workers are
illegally bootlegged into the United
States annually, according to James
]. Davis, United States Secretary OF
Labor, writing in the New York
World.
During the fiscal year of 1923,
522,919 Immigrants were legally adj
mitted from all sources. OF these
however, only 335,4SO were from so
called quota countries. Mexico sup
piled 63,7SS legally admitted immi
grants; Canada sent us 117,011. In
others words, immigration from coun-
tries not restricted last year amounted
to more than two-thirds of that from
the countries of Europe. A million
Mexicans could be admitted next
year." Davis then launches into an
attack upon Mexicans as mot as.
similtable." Davis has been the
arch exponent of the idea of registra-
ton and finger printing of immigrants,
which is a part of the general scheme
of big business to get line on all
radical workers in the country and
deport them without a court trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
WARSHIP SENT
TO SCARE NOVA
SCOTIA STRIKERS
British Government Is
Scab Protector
BY BARBARA FENINGSToN.
(For the Federated Press.l

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Aug. IA
warship and force of constabulary
have been ordered to proceed to the
Humber river district on the west
coast of Newfoundland, where 1900
men employed on big paper and pulp
mill construction job are on strike
The Armstrong Whitworth company
an English firm, is building big pa
per mill, power house, pulp mill and
flume.
No reports of violence have come
from the strike district, where the
men have for some time effectively
stopped operations. The sending of
the warship and military forces is
probably the prelude to an attempt by
the employers to break the strike by
violence. The immediate pretext of
the Newfoundland government for
sending the warship was an alleged
telegram sent to Premier Monroe by
the leader of the strikers threatening
the destruction of the plant and
burning of the forests unless the pre-
mier proceeded to Corner Brook at
once to settle the strike.
The strikers demand a 10 per cent
increase in wages and improvement in
housing and hospital conditions.
The employer propaganda appear
ing in the Newfoundland and Cana
dian press indicates that the stage is
being set to give the Newfoundland
strikers a drastic taste of the class
struggle.
The newspapers emphasize stories
that the trouble has been stirred up
by agitators from the United States.
But the facts are that the native
Observation-Disclosures employed on the de-
velopment project started the strike
because of their willingness to work
them in wages. They claim that Brit
ish and Canadian workers employed
have been receiving a higher wage
than native sons. Newfoundlanders
have long been regarded as backward
because of their willingness to work
for a lower wage than that prevailing
on the mainland.
The fear of militant labor nova
ment in the island has no doubt
caused the government Of Newfound-
land to determine that the strike
movement must be speedily crushed
so the warship and constabulary were
rushed to the scene. !.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13

l chew the pencil of a bard to tell
you Of the Nashnull Guard, that thing
the boys is axt to join to make em
strong in limb and loin, so they can
go to camp each summer and march
behind a. band and drummer, and look
right smart upon the street with put
tees from the knees to feet, and learn
to stand, stiff and acute, in giving Off
GERS salute.
1t amt no secret in these days that
hardwrung public money pays to keep
up all the Nashnull Guards just to
protect the rich mems yards. That is
to say to guard the locks of their we'll
filed deposit box. In other words, to
break some strike, when workers dc
what they don't like. They keep mill.
tias on the hop, ashooting for the open
shop
Who is it calls militias out, when
boss and workers have bout? It's
bosses every time that cry that they
need bayonets standing by.
When strikes break out, first thing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13

I they do is wire round to get crew.
A lotta times the plutes conceal that
strikebreaking is what they deal, and
get the scab behind the fence by put
ting up a false pretense. They throw
barbed wire all around; their private
gunner guard the ground. A few by
ISLANDERS get soak; some union man
is made to croak. In swift revenge
because he died, they say the law is
on their side. To papers they give
out the news that they has found a
bomb and fuse. 1t amt no trouble
much to find it, as their own planting
is behind it.
The governor then gets a wire that
all the county is on fire, that profits
will go up in smoke unless some fell
Ter get a poke, and that His Excel
lency must call out the Guard or
things will bust,
It's simple now as A, B, C's why pa
pers print so much Guard wheeze,
why they make heroes OF latrine
bunms who man the open shops ma
chine guns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
STEEL WORKERS
LOOK EAGERLY
TOWARD FOSTER
Buying Out Tickets for
Mahoning Valley Talks
Especial to The DAILY woRkER)

Especial to The DAILY WORkER)
YOUNGSTOWN, August 1.-THE
gigantic international mass meeting
to be held at Avon Park, Girard, O..
Sunday, August II, with William q
Foster, Workers Party presidential
candidate, as the principal speaker, is
attracting great attention among the
steel workers and farmers who are
extremely anxious to hear this inter.
national authority on labor.
The sub-district committee Of the
Workers Party, directing the meeting
have arranged for an evening meet
ing at the Ukrainian Hall, 5251a West
Rayen avenue, Youngstown, o., on the
same date so that those who were un.
able to attend the afternoon meeting
can hear Foster.
One thousand admission tickets
have been distributed and are selling
like hot cakes. The proceeds are to
be used in behalf of the state and ma
tional campaign of the Workers Party,
A big banner over the park entrance
tells the passing workers that Foster
is to speak there.
This will be Fosters opening speech
among the steel workers and capa-
city crowd will turn out
Avon Park is right on the main
highway and car line. Out Of town
people can take street car or P. and
o. bus in Warren or Youngstown and
get off at the park. Plenty of park
ing space for autos. Good swimming
place. Benches and tables for eats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
WAGES AND WORK
ARE NOW HITTING
IT ON ONE LUNG
Central States Showing
Steady Decline
BY JAY LovEsToNE.


The downward trend in Industrial
and commercial activities thruout the
country continues in evidence in the
Chicago Federal Reserve district,
embracing the states Of Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
This is the opinion of the Seventh
Federal Bank District, with its head
quarters in Chicago
The official August report states
that last month saw a continuation of
dullness in the demand for coal in
Illinois and Indiana. About 60 per
cent of the Indiana mines are reported
idle.
Employment and Wages Sink.
There was a further decline during
the month ending June Is in the in
dustrial employment in this tier of
states. The total employment Of &c.,
900 workers investigated on that date
showed a decline of 81 per cent in
men, and Sc per cent in earnings.
There was also revealed a further
curtailment in the automobile produc-
ton and distribution. Passenger cars
produced were the fewest since
December 1922. The output of trucks
reached the lowest level since Feb
ruary 1923.
Steel Production Falling.
At Chicago, steel buying was ex-
tremely light hIgot production in
the district dropped steadily.
Prospective building continues to-
show signs of gradual recession.
The permits granted in forty-nine
cities of the district indicate a de-
cline Of nearly twenty per cent in
number and almost ten per cent in
value, from the preceding month.
In Chicago the production and dis
tribution of mems clothing during the
past six months of the year were be-
low the figures of the corresponding
period in 1923. Fall orders show the
same unfavorable tendency. Manu-
facturers are making little fore stock.
Retailers orders reveal no sign of an
early increase. Sales of clothing and
suits during the first six months Of the
year were behind the same period last
year.
JobIess in LaFoIlette Paradise.
In Wisconsin, according to the
latest reports of the State Industrial
Commission, employment conditions
are increasingly unfavorable. The in
dustries classified as manufacturing
indicate loss of four per cent in the
number of employees and a fall of
nearly five per cent in the average
weekly earnings for the period May
Is to June Is.
During this time the volume of en-
ployment in wholesale trade decreased
almost six per cent. The sales forces
in retail trade show a loss of more
than one per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13

1897. Figured foulard is here IL.
lustrated. The model is also good for
printed crepe and voile, for crepe sa-
tin, kasha, satin or taffeta. The
fiounces on the skirt may be omitted
The pattern is cut in sizes: "a,
80. 3S, 40. AZ and A inches bust mea-
sure. A 40Inch size requires 4% yards
of 40-inch material. The width at the
foot is 1M yard.
Pattern mailed TO any address on
receipt OF 12c in silver or stamps.
Send 12c in silver or stamps for our
UP-To-DATE FALL AND WINTER
1924-1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS.
Address: The Daily Worker, f1fs
w. Washington Blvd Chicago, III.
NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS--Ths
patterns being sold thru the DAILY
WORKER pattern department arc fur
nished by a. New York firm OF pattern
tho DAILY WORKER every day as re-
esived. and they are rniicd BY the man
DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock
Of patterns on hand. Delivery OF pat
terms ordinarily will take at least 10 days
from the date OF maillng the order. y.
hot fsesivSd ~ pssSfn mall
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Wrong Dope, RutehersI

Housewives won't buy cheap
meat" is the wailing excuse Of the
United Master Butchers Association,
now in convention here, for the high
cost of meat. The butchers say that
only fancy cuts are ordered and con-
sequently much good meat is wasted.
Jim Workingman's wife doesn't
agree with these butcher bosses at all.
She says she can't afford TO buy
even the poorer cuts of meat more
than twice week and she knows
some OF her friends who never can
afford more than soup-bone with
meat prices so high and jobs so
scarce for their husbands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Warn Travellers to
Russia Against Fake
Steamship Agencies

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Stating that
there have been many cases of mall
treatment by INSCRIPTIONS steamship
agents of persons seeking TO enter
Russia, the Central Bureau of the So
ciety for Technical Aid to the Union
Of Socialist Soviet Republics, 7s9
Broadway, New York, announces that
II will act as solicitor for obtaining
permission from proper authorities to
enter Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Artists of Revolution
Fired When Protesting
Destruction of Work
BY ELLA G. WOLFE.

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 12.-When the
Union of Communist Painters and
Sculptors of Mexico publicly protested
against the destruction of their works
by group Of students of the National
Preparatory School, they were all
fired. They were fired because in
their protest they accused in plain,
fearless language those who were
really responsible for the destruction.
Who said this was workers and
peasants government? If Robert
Haberman ever makes such state
ment again, tell him he does not know
what he is talking about.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
End Of 1928

Summarizing the country as whole
the Straas survey shows the range of
rates paid the principal occupations
in leading cities: bricklayers from 81
to SITS; masons, S5c to $3.50; paint
ers, CSC to $1,371z; plumbers, zoe to
$3.50; electricians zoe to $3.50; hoist
ing engineers 621sc to $1.67A; and
common laborers, 25c to s1.10. The
average common labor rate for pick
and shovel men was SEC in July as
compared with SAC year ago.
According to the survey $4,000 new
workers are required each year to fill
the gaps caused by death and with
drawals to other lines of industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
BUILDING TRADES
LABOR RESISTS
WAGE SLUMPS
Survey of Many Cities
Shows Facts

The general trend of building wages
is still upward, according to national
building labor survey made by E. w.
Straus & Co., leading financiers in the
real estate world. The survey shows
that the only general reflection of the
slow waning Of the building boom is
the disappearance of the bonus. Re-
auctions in the wages Of skilled crafts
men are noted only in few smaller
cities.
1.-THE upward tendency of wages"
says the survey, lis indicated by the
fact that during the last months
wage increases ranging from ~ to
1914 cents per hour have been granted
to the principal building trades in Kan
sas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, st.
Louis, Baltimore, Buffalo, Louisville
and Des Moines. Other cities in which
wage increases have been granted,
mostly to plasterers, bricklayers,
painters, electricians and carpenters,
are Chicago, Dayton, Columbus, Mil
waukee, Atlanta, Shreveport, st.
Petersburgh, Fla, Youngstown, New
Haven, YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Erie, Cleve-
land, Houston, Birmingham and Sha-
ron, Pa"
Wages In IL Cities.
The hourly rates for carpenters,
electricians and building laborers
prevailing at the end of 1923 in 70
of the cities mentioned as shown in
the monthly review Of the department
of labor were as follows:
End of 1923
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Russia Feels Her Strength

No general appeal is going to be
made this year, think, for foreign
aid, in spite of all the needs in Rus
STA. For Russia feels her strength
l was talking to Melnichanski, head
of the Moscow labor unions. He told
me how the budget of the Moscow
Schools ran short this year, and it
was decided that the thousands of
children in the childrens' homes Of
the city, would have to give up their
summer in the country. Every city
children's home has also its summer
villa, but this year they could not af-
ford to go.
"But our trade unions knew about
it," he went on. $50 without even
any appeal to our members, the
board just put its hand down in the
surplus funds of the union and sent
those extra thousand children to the
country. And when we found that
ordinary children's homes were
giving out less money for food than
our special trade union homes spent,
we made good that difference also, so
that all the childpen's homes Of Mos
COW might get plenty of food thru
the summer"
Unions Support the Kids.
Imagine trade unions strong enough
to supplement the state school budget
without even issuing special appeals
to their members. But the unions are
the richest bodies in Russia for every
sort of welfare work. Even as | was
talking, a secretary came in to Mel
nichansh with the check for him to
sign. He signed it and then turned
to me.
"Forty-two thousand roubles," he
said. about $4,000. Every month
for four months Of the summer, that
is what we hand out to the children's
homes of Moscow. When l was a
trade unionist in New York we didn't
have funds like that!"
He told me he was entirely against
any money-raising abroad for Russia.
"The Pope wanted to send twenty
thousand dollars to our students.
Well, our students need money, that's
certain, but made a counter-propo.
sition. The trade unions of Moscow
will do it, and then we will not need
the money OF the Pope"
asked if he would oppose all help
from abroad. You have Friends OF
Children" organized in every city in
Russia. Do you object to foreign
friends? mot to FRIENDS"
he said quickly. Friendly gifts are
another matter. What we object to
is charity from people who do not
love u.s."
So that is why, in spite of the great
drought this year, there will be no
foreign appeals. The Russian work
ers, the Russian state budget will dig
deep; that's all. But the fail
ure of the harvest thru six govern
ments and parts of four more is a
hard blow to the hopes Of swift prog
ress, for all Of that. 1t makes it hard
er to hold the rouble steady; it makes
it harder to bring in machinery and
equipment; it makes everything a
little harder for year. But it makes
no lasting difference in the steady
climb Of Russia.