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It is said that Americans may now gel all their favo1fte dishes at European ho- tels But then they may also get them at home
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METs sHOuLD BE sATIsFIEn

The wet candidate for governor of Missouri says the prohibition laws do not prohibit, but rather intensity drinking. That being the case
 the wetsgo ought to be. perfectly satisfied with conditions as they are.--KansAs City Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

Rumors of monopoly among radio com panies raises the apprehension of people who are already hard put to it to obtain the necessities of life.
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The Republicans saythat they have an "outside" chance of electing a successor to Senator Walsh of Montana. Right. The place for that idea is outside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

The house of commons is not withou courage. It is braving the wrath of Lad! Nancy Astor.
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An American philosopher has said that if man make better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door," Evidently mo- body has yet made such a mouse-trap.
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The Peoples Forum.
Alabama's Big Pear Crop Finds no Market

Alabama's Big Pear Crop Finds no Market To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Let us say to you, the pear crop of Ala bama this year seems to be large one and have learned that everywhere it is large crop. We expect to raise about 5000 bush els and we have tried to interest the produce markets and the canneries all over the coun- try, and so far it seems to us that we will not be able to sell our crop for price that will pay us. If you know of any way to help or sell them, will thank you to help us find way to save these pears. Will say this -the value of the pears has not yet been learned by the masses of the people. If it was known that canned pears were as whole some and as economical as they are, there would be great demand for them. Know ing you are for the building up of Alabama industry is why we write you this letter. Win say if the state institutions that have to feed it's inmates would can and keep these pears it would be health and economy to the state. The state penitentjary could use all we would have. We have tried to get them interested, but so far have failed. Any help you can give us we will appreciate. Hope you will consider this and did us. Will say few years ago the pear crop was small and we readily found sales for five carloads of pears and shipped them to Baltimore, Md, to can nery and preserving plant, but this year the crop is large and we have not been able to interest anyone, but we are still trying.
 D. E. KELLY,
 J. o. KELLY.
 Jeff, Ala, July S1, 1924.
 We suggest that this matter be taken ur with the Farm Extension Service at Auburn, or with the Farm Bureau at Montgomery Ed. Age Herald.
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the choice were left to me. whether to nave free press or B free government. I ~ouid choose free press.-ThOmas Jefferson.
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A bathing beach is place after visit. ing which one should go home and take a bath.
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A diplomat is politician in foreign
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We suggest that this matter be taken ur with the Farm Extension Service at Auburn, or with the Farm Bureau at Montgomery Ed. Age-Herald.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01
Unemployment Why 1t Occurs and How to Fight 1t

This establishment of European
industry means new competition for
American industry rather than favor
able markets. SO far as the American
capitalists are concerned, the Dawes
plan is not proposal for the creation
of markets for American industry but
a plan to secure the control of Eu-
ropean industry thru the investment
of American capital and thus to ex-
plot European workers and take the
profits from European industry. This
is the view expressed by the Fifth
Congress of the Communist Interna-
tional in declaring on this subject
therefore, the European and in par
ticular the German working class was
to be exploited not in America itself
as immigrants, but in Germany Bank
capital, above all, the Morgan inter-
ests, also took part in order to grant
a large loan and at the same time Sc
cure control over the German iron in
dustry".
Continuing the discussion of the
situation in the United States the
pamphlet points out revolutionist's
solution Of the unemployment prob
lent as against reformist proposal.
1t outlines constructive program for
the organization of unemployment
councils and series of slogans which
have as their purpose to make the
capitalists pay the cost of unemploy-
ment.
In spite of the two incidental errors
pointed out above the pamphlet
should be of great value in the unem-
ployment campaign which the Work
ers Party is now conducting.-C. E.
RUTHENBERG.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01

paign.
The New York District will also or
ganize from it's more older comrades
body of watchers for election day, to
guard the vote cast by the exploited
workers against capitalism and for
Communism.
Let every young worker rally to the
Communist campaign headed by the
standard bearers, William q. Foster
and Ben Gitlow, tried leaders of the
oppressed.
Under the banner of the Workers
Party and the Young Workers League
let us march forward towards an in
dependent party of workers and ex-
plotted farmers, towards the establish
ment Of workers and farmers gov
eminent, the dictatorship of the pro-
letariat and the Communist society.
Let us utilize this election campaign
to strengthen the organized power of
the exploited masses, and with new
experiences, new strength, march for
ward to new struggles, new battles,
and victoryl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01
WHY ma CAN'T WORK.

Unemployment; Why it occurs and
how to fight IL, by Earl r. Browder, pub
lished by the Literature Department Of
the Workers Party of America. Price, &c.
looming at time when serious
~ suffering because of the scourge
of unemployment is growing in the
ranks of the workers, this pamphlet
which clearly analyses the causes of
unemployment under the capitalist
system should have a wide circula-
ton.
The opening statement Of the pam
phlet deals with the causes of unem-
ployment, showing that there is al
ways or usually an industrial reserve
army under the capitalist system
made up of workers whom capitalism
cannot employ. This industrial re-
serve army becomes the great army
of the unemployed during those peri
odical crisis which are the regular
phenomena of capitalism. We need
only look back to 1898, 1907, 1914,
1921 and 1924 to see how regularly
there come periods when capitalism is
unable to employ a large proportion
of the workers. The cause of these
crisis innate in the capitalist system
are clearly outlined in the pamphlet
Dealing with the present economic
situation, the effect of the European
war upon the capitalist system are re-
viewed and the destruction of the
means of production during the war
are presented.
The developments in Europe and
the developments in relation to the
capitalist system as whole as a re-
suit of the war are correctly set forth.
In dealing with the situation in the
United States, the author declares
"The American capitalist class (per-
sonified in the figure of ]. P. Nor
gam profited greatly from the war as
did the capitalists Of every other
country-but with this essential diff
ference that in America the means of
production were injured only indirect
ly and to much less degree than in
Europe" And later states "but if the
direct effect of the destruction of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01

means of production have not been a
large factor in America. :" In
these statements there is misconcep-
ton of the effect Of the war on the
United States So far as the means Of
production in this country, considered
as unit, are concerned, there was no
destruction of the means of produc-
ton. Rather the reverse, the ma
chinery of production in the United
States expanded greatly during the
war so that at the end of the war we
could produce greatly in excess of
our power of production at the begin
ming of the war. 1t is true that build
ing operations of a certain type fell
behind during the war and the rail
road owners have claimed that the
government did not make replace
ments in the railroad system, but even
granting this to be true, there was not
an impairment of our system of pro
duction considered as whole and in
making the argument that there was
a destruction of the means of produc-
ton in the United States the author
errs.
Another error is made to the effect
of the Dawes plan. The author states,
'and in the now developing crisis with
more than two million workers al
ready unemployed the United States
is feverishly planning the subjugation
of the European market thru the
Dawes plan" The context here indi.
Gates that it is the view of the author
that the Dawes plan will create new
European markets for American prod
ucts and thus relieve unemployment
in the United States. This of course,
is not the case. Quite the contrary,
the Dawes plan has as its purpose
the re-establishment of the European
financial system and European indus
try-tO repair the damage to the
means of production which resulted
in Europe from the war. 1t is only
thru the re-establishment of the CAPT
talist system of production in Europe
on sound basis, if that can ever be
accomplished, that the general col
lapse of the capitalist system can be
even temporarily averted.
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that my pamphlet argues that the in
direct destructive effects of the war
upon the means of production in Am.
erica caused crisis. Quite the con.
trary, and it is rather astonishing
that he should have received that inn
preston. For the very sentences
which he quotes in part, go on to say
that the requirements of the war
losses formed the basis for "a period
of unexampled Industrial activity that
brot American industry to new high
point of productive capacity" And
| go on to state, quite definitely, that
it is the conjunction of the agrarian
crisis and the dislocation of the world
market that constitute the major fac
tors in the present crisis. / am sure
that very few, indeed, who read the
pamphlet with any care could pos
sibly receive the impression that Com
rade Ruthenberg conveys.
But Comrade Ruthenberg made an
error even more serious than that
merely of misunderstanding me. He
denies that the war caused any de.
terioration in the means of produc.
ton in the United States. He admits
lit is true that building operations of
a certain type fell behind during the
war and the railroad owners have
claimed" that requirements were not
made. Which must mean that Com
rade Ruthenberg thinks that it was
only dwelling houses that were not
built during the war, and that the
claims of the railroad owners were
largely false. The slightest examina-
ton into the facts will disclose that
all building operations fell behind
during the war except that of war in
dustries and for governmental pur-
poses which are not an integral part
of the machinery of production and
which since have been almost entirely
scrapped. And however much graft
may have been included in the Grail
road claims, the fact remains that it.
is precisely these railroad replace
ments and building operations to make
up the war shortage which have been
the major factors in three years Of in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01
/ HEARST'S CHIEF Pen
PERVERT WILL Vote
FOR CALVIN COOLIDGE

NEW YORK, Sept. so.-Arthur
Brisbane, one of William Randolph
Hearst's most priced newspaper per-
formers and often procIaImIng, on
paper, that the workers should have
their due, announces to the Rotary
Club that he will vote for Coolidge,
tho whoever is elected we shall
have an honest man in the White
House." Brisbane bIatted praise
about the candidates of both major
parties and said that he would not
advocate LaFoIIette's election any
more than that of William jennings
Bryan, with whom he says he dis
agrees "from monkeys to beer.
Charles Bryan, he calls "IeveI-head-
ed" and Second Mckinley
Brisbane is incidentally one of the
biggest owners of real estate in
choice New York sections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-01
SLEUTHS Get
DON CHAFIN ON
BOOZE WARRANT
Scabherder Butted in on
Bootleggers' Game

HUNTINGTON, w. Va.-State laws
against murder and lesser crimes
mean nothing to sheriff Don Chain
of Logan county, the principal figure
in the West Virginia coal operators
campaign of violence against the min
ers' unions. But when Chain, who
helped to nominate John W. Davis at
the democratic convention in New
York, Joined the get-rich-quick crowd
in the bootleggers' business the feder-
al grand jury indicted him and he is
to come up for trial in the next term
of federal district court The specific
counts arc conspiracy to violate the
Volstead act and unlawful partieipa-
ton in the retail liquor business.
6uries Organizers.
Sheriff Chain has taken operators
money for years and is interested
in coal mining himself He has had
free access to the company treasures
to pay sluggers and gunner engaged
as deputies to beat up and shoot I'M
ion organizers who come into Logan
county to better wages and working
conditions.
In the mine war of 1921 Chains ar
mory and munition stores would have
supplied healthy Balkan revolution.
In less troubled times his deputies
board all trains entering the county
and push pistol barrels against the
ribs of men suspected of being union
organizers. The suspects have to get
out at the next station with return
ticket or else see the undertaken.
Chain Undertakers' Friend.
The Chafin-operator gang. controls
the Logan sheriff's Office and the
courts. Any trace of unionism is
smoked out and sent over the border
with clubs and shots or put under
ground for good in a pineboard box.
Unionists think it grim joke that
Don Chain can literally get away
with murder in West Virginia and
then get picked up by federal grand
jury for few drops of Dago Red.
A number of his deputies, his part
ners in the liquor business, are also
indicted.
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workers League is TO assist the par
ty, and members of the Y w. L. who
believe their whole role in the cam
paign is to assist in whatever the par
ty is doing. The Young Workers
League does not assist in the election
campaign as some organization that
might come to the assistance of the
party in this struggle. The Young
Workers League energetically partici-
pates in the campaign, because the
party puts forth the immediate de-
mands of the young workers and both
the Y. w. l.. and the party are work
ling towards the same end-the dicta-
torship of the proletariat. The Young
Workers League is a political organ
ization.
We reject the slogan-that the
youth must not participate in politics.
The young workers who are such a
mighty force in social production are
also mighty force in the working
class political struggle. This strug-
gle is the basis for the Communist
education of the Young Workers. In
this campaign we must fight side by
side with the party; we accept the po-
litical leadership Of the party and
must mobilize the young workers for
the Communist campaign.
The Young Workers League of the
New York District, as well as the
junior section are active participants
in the campaign. In securing sigma
lures to place the candidates on the
ballot they played an important part
In every branch there is a comrade
in charge of the campaign and a COM
mittee to assist him. These commit
tees work in conjunction with the
committees of the party in their sec
ton. They participate in the conduct
OF street meetings, in the sale OF liter
ature, in the selling of campaign
stamps, collecting money on subscrip-
ton lists, etc. Thru the District Of
fee speakers are sent to the various
parts of the city in some cases hold.
ing the campaign meetings under the
duopitCo VI Tie 1OuuB workers.
League and in other cases speaking
rom the platform of the party To
day the Young Workers League holds
a dozen meetings weekly.
During the remainder OF the cam
paign our work will be greatly inten-
sihed. Workers quarters and fac.
tories will be invaded with literature,
subscriptions to the Young Worker
and DAILY WORKER will be sold.
voters will be canvassed Subscrip-
ton lists for the raising OF funds for
Foster and Gitlow campaign are now
circulated among all OF our comrades,
and money is being collected. Our
campaign now depends upon the mon
ey we have at our disposal. We must
now intensity our drive for funds. Ey.
cry member Of the Y. w. l., and OF
the junior section will be enlisted in
this campaign for funds. More street
meetings, and indoor meetings will be
held In the last few weeks OF the cam
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dustriaI boom.
Comrade Ruthenberg tries to make
me say that the purpose of the Dawes
plan is to reduce unemployment
This is ridiculous and entirely out. OF
harmony with what | said. 1t is hard
to understand how any one could drag
such an Interpretation out of para.
graph which finishes with this state
ment: THE internal policy to accom-
pany the Morgan plans for world
domination carries with it the corrup-
ton and pacification of the small sec
ton of organized and highly skilled
workers, with the brutal suppression
of the masses, and the destruction of
all effective labor organization"
But again Comrade Ruthenberg has
done more than misunderstood me.
Again he has himself made a funda-
mental error. He denies that it is the
purpose, of the Dawes plan to "subju-
gate the European markets" to Nor
gan. He says quite the contrary, the
Dawes plan has as its purpose the re-
establishment Of the European finan-
cial system and European industry
which means new competition for
American industry rather than favor
able markets."
Comrade Ruthenberg's naive faith in
the preamble to the Dawes plan,
with which he is thus in agreement, is
hardly MARKHAM attitude. 1t is not
the attitude of the writer's who carry
great weight in the Comintern. For
example, Comrade Eugene Varga
writes in the Inprekorr for Sept. 4 :.
Germany is to become an American
colony. But not Germany alone,
strictly speaking, but France as we'll
and, in further perspective, the whole
of the continent of Europe" If this is
true, that all Europe is to become an
American colony land l doubt if
Comrade Ruthenberg would take issue
with Comrade Varga on such funda-
mental point what then becomes of
the notion that the Dawes plan
means new competition for American
industry rather than favorable mar
kets PEARL r. 6RoWDER.
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SHOE WORKERS
CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR union UNITY
Time Declared Ripe for
Amalgamation
(speeIaI to DE DAILY woRxERl

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
LYNN Mass, Sept SO.-A group OF
militant shoe workers of the Anal
gamated, Protective, and Leather
Workers unions responded to the call
that was sent out by the International
Amalgamation Committee of the shoe
and leather industry for the purpose
of formulating policies and tactics to
be carried out in the shoe industry
and try to reach an agreement upon
some practical plan of action.
For Real AmaIgamation.
In the absence of the secretary,
John BALKAN, organizer for the Work.
ers Party, and candidate for governor
of Massachusetts on the Workers
Party ticket, called the meeting to or.
der. BALKAN stated the purpose of the
meeting and Harry Witham, one of
the courageous rebel shoe workers
was elected by reclamation as secre-
tary for the meeting Harry Ross re.
lpotred upon the last amalgamation
convention held in this city last
month. He told of the election of a
committee of five which was to ar.
range for a conference of all independ-
ent unions. In conclusion, Ross adj
vised the militants of the unions to
get together and work for real ANAL
gamation movement
Delegate Checkoway an energetic
shoe worker, declared the time is ripe
for amalgamation for the betterment
of the wretched- condition of the shoe
workers.
Elect Committee.
A committee of fifteen was elected
in order to carry on the work neces.
sary for the consolidation of all shoe
unions into one industrial organiza-
ton. The agenda for the meeting of
the committee of fifteen was announc.
ed as follows:
Election Of permanent secretary.
treasurer.
Preparation for the calling of a ma
tion-wide general shoe workers con.
vention.
Propaganda, leaflets and finance.
Organization of shoe workers rank
and file committees in Haverhill, Chel.
sea, Salem, Beverley, the Brockton,
Brooklyn and st. Louis districts.
General statement of aims to be
drawn up and mailed to active and
militant workers in all shoe centers.
Elections of subcommittee to car.
ry out the plans.
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cupboard would never be bare, no
matter what the campaign or the need.
A thousand workers giving 5000
each-ngure out for yourself what
this would amount to and what we
could accomplish with II.
THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN is
NOW AT IT'S PEAK. DURING THE
NEXT FOUR WEEKS MANY, MANY
DOLLARS WILL BE NEEDED.
EVERY DOLLAR WILL PAVE THE
WAY TO REVOLUTIONARY ACHE
VEMENT. AS we have said before
IN WITH THE DOLLARsi