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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-23

New York.-The Anaconda Copper
Company reports net profit last
year of $8,767,814, after interest,
taxes, depreciation, and other charges
were paid. These profits compare
with $3,53O,S77 the previous year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-23

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WHAT TO DO WITH LAWS

An inhabitant of Mars who visited
the United States for the frts time
might well believe that our principal
occupation was the passing of laws.
DR.. John F. Coar, executive secretary
of the Liberal League, estimates there
are 1000 laws on the statute books
of the national and state governments,
AS remedy for this situation, DR..
Coar advocated the repeal Of two laws
for every new one passed.
The average citizen, as he views
the attempted regulation of virtually
everything from the wagging of a
dogs tail to the movements of the
heavenly bodies, might be disposed to
go further than DR.. Coar and advo-
cate the repeal of at least half a
dozen existing laws for every new one
inflicted upon the nation Then there
might be some hope of the people Dig
ging themselves from out of the ever
growing avalanche of legislation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-23
BLAME 1T ON HARDING"

Former Attorney General Daugh-
erty has furnished the Coolidge cam
paign managers with campaign slo-
gan: Blame it on Harding"
Whatever qualities the former at
torney-general may lack as a man OF
public official, he does not lack intes-
tinal stamina, and he will find many
men and women in his own party,
as we'll as in the party of the opposi-
ton, who will sympathize with his
denunciation of the leaders Of his
party who are seeking to hide behind
a tombstone
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It isn't a question thesg days of
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19

Now Duke, the great Bull Durham
king, has thrown his purse into the
ring, and hopes, to buy some real ella.
ton by substituting education, SO boys
who classic culture seek can roll
their own" in ancient Greek, and in
their economics learn that million
aires don't get, but earn.
When you've more dough than you
can spend 1t seems to be the thing to
lend your money, influence and name
to buying up the teaching game. The
guy what holds the purse strings
tight now trims the wick Of wisdoms
light.
This Duke gent sed his gift should
be to Durham's school called Trinity
II they would can the threefold biz
and then annex the name what's his
These guardians OF the heavenl,
gate took sinker. bobber, line. al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
COOLIDGE AGAIN
BLOCKS POSTAL
employees BILL
Held Until Legislative
Business Is in Order

WASHINGTON, d. O., Dec, 49,
Vote on the bill to increase the pay
of postal employees, which is now be.
fore the senate, was again blocked by
Coolidge and his senatorial hackers.
Coolidge, who vetoed the bill at the
last session Of congress, is directly
exerting all efforts possible to prevent
the pay raise for the postal employees
from being passed over his veto.
Coolidge conferred with Senators
Borah, Sterling and Curtis at the
White House, and later. called in Sena.
tors Spencer, Gooding, Cummins,
Stanfield, Mccormick and Mckinley
to line them up to fight against the
pay increase.
Coolidge now holds the edge in the
situation, the bill being held up until
routine legislative business is again
in order. This will be delayed by the
Coolidge satellites as long as possible
Meanwhile the Underwood bill, pro
viding for the sale of Muscle Shoals to
private capitalists, deal which Wash
ington papers have described as "a
worse steal than Teapot Dome" has
been blocked by Coolidge opponents.
There are over twenty amendments by
democratic senators which must be
voted on before Underwoods bill can
be disposed of. The Smith amend
ment, providing for the operation of
Muscle Shoals by the war department,
was lost by vote of 40 to 80, but the
opposition to the Underwood bill is
growing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
Board of Review
Shown AS Aid to
Big Tax Dodgers

In reply to a communication sent to
the board of review by the board Of
education, requesting them to set a
date for a hearing on their complaint
against the Union Stockyards and
and Transit company for tax lodging
Attorney Henry w. Ashton, tax at
torney for the school board, was sum-
moned to appear before the board Of
review.
The charges made by the board Of
education was that the Union Stock
yards should pay $13,O0O,000 in taxes
per year whereas they are now paying
only S3,164,910, thus robbing schools
and other organizations out of almost
$1OOOO,OO0 every year in taxes.
At their last meeting, the board
of education voted to investigate these
tax lodging cases in conjunction with
the Teachers Federation, Ashton and
Margaret Haley, of the Teachers I'm
ion went before the board Of review
in an effort to get them to set date
for hearing.
The board of review members, R.
Litsinger and Charles v. Barrett, re-
fused absolutely to set date for the
hearing They waived the whole mat
ter with the vague statement that
they would notify Ashton when they
are ready.
Miss Haley's charges that TAX
fixing is fast becoming the best pay
ing business in Cook County" and
Every effort to obtain proper tax
assessments is met with failure, re-
fusal and delay" left Litsinger and
Barrett unmoved. No date was set
for the hearing of the school boards
complaint against wealthy tax robbers
and the tax board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
The Michigan Cases

The strong possibility that Gomrade William D.
Foster may be retired charge of violating the
criminal syndicalst law Of the state of Michigan,
as result of the decision Of the supreme court Of
that state to uphold the conviction of c. E. Ruthen-
berg confronts the class-conscious workers Of the
United States with very serious responsibility.
The decision in the Ruthenberg case reveals a
gross disregard Of the constitutional provisions
free speech and free assemblage. The decision Of
the judicial lackeys of the capitalist class makes
it quite clear that capitalist laws will be lived up
to by our rulers only so long as they the
ploiters' purpose. When their laws interfere
with their oppression of the workers they ditch
them with scant ceremony.
When a Berrien county jury failed to convict
Comrade Foster on his first trial great howl of
rage went up from the capitalists press turnout
the country. From then on they laid the basis for
a campaign of red hysteria that helped to make
Ruthenbergs conviction easier and the railroading
of the other indicted Communists arrested in the
Bridgeman raid foregone conclusion.
The Berrien county prosecutor stated that if the
conviction of Comrade Ruthenberg was upheld
Foster would be tried Immediately. This consti-
tutes a challenge to the American working class
that must be taken up. The capitalists would like
to get the bars of a strong cell between Comrade
Foster and the working masses. They have never
forgiven him for the great steel strike -''Aa@
In order to carry on this fight money is needed.
The Labor Defense Council is charged with the
task Of directing the legal battle to com
rades from prison. 1t is the duty of every reader
Of The DAILY, WORKER to support the Labor
Defense Council in this fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19

bait. Before day had psssed a,
most, they shipped the Sor and Holy
Ghost, and without any soueamiah
bother had knelt to James B. Duke.
the father. The trinity Amt got no
pull compared with Durham's power.
full bull. The trinity can help itself;
our colleges must have the pelf. The
good Lord surely will provide when
millionaires is on your side. Gods
kingdom will not go to bust when
sanctioned by tobacco trust.
Now folks who incense sure would
scorn will burn Bull Durahm night and
morn, and in the exegesis classes will
teach the adolescent masses that ow.
Ing to Dukes special care, It's better
to smoke here than there.
But those who amt most awful
dense will see the bull beside the
fence, so placed that you can't really
isee the whole Of his anatomy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
The Waltham Watch Strike

The strike of 5000 workers of the Waltham
watch factory in the company town of that name
in Massachusetts, is now since the victory of the
Paterson, silk workers, the. outstanding example
OF the. powers of resistance of the American
workers.
This strike has lasted 20 weeks with scarcely
any OBJECTIONS from the ranks of the strikers in
spite OF the seductive practices of foremen and
superintendent
The Waltham workers have progressed from
company union to fighting organization of their
own since the strike. They have learned the power
of organization and the necessity of solidarity.
They have found out that welfare plans do not
bring home the bacon for workers. rsas
The Waltham plant controlled by Kidder, Pea
body and company-bankers- crippled while the
response to the appeals for financial aid sent out
by the strike committee is said to have been gen
erous and the spirit of the strikers is excellent
It is in such struggles as these that the workers
learn to depend upon their own power, learn that
workers have no friends but themselves and that
the press and the organs of the government are
part of the capitalist system which makes such
struggles inevitable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
GOMEZ TO TALK
ON PAN-AMERICAN
LABOR AT FORUM
Plans to Reveal Crimes
of u. S. Imperialism

Gompers is dead. But the Pan
American Federation of Labor goes
on. It is an agent of Wall Street i'm
perialism in Latin-America. Opposed
to it is the new organization, Pan
American Ant-Imperialist League. and
the Communist movement in both
North and South America.
The question of imperialism is the
gravest problem in the whole world.
The relationship of the weaker ma
lions to the stronger and the part
played by the revolutionary movement
against the great groups of interna-
tional capital, is a question of over
whelming importance in world affairs
and in our own lives.
ThoroIy Acquainted With Latin
America.
Only one who has. made an ex-
haustive study of the subject, and
who, as well, has been in practical
life acquainted with the methods of
exploitation of oppressed peoples by
the so-called superior races" can set
forth in burning detail the crimes and
conspiracies of American imperial
ism. That is why Manuel Gomez has
been engaged for this lecture.
At the Workers Party Open Forum
on next Sunday evening, Manuel
Gomez, an authority who has studied
in close detail and who has felt in
his own life the lash of the American
capitalists over the lives of the Latin
American peoples, will speak upon
The Monroe Doctrine and American
Imperialism" 1t will be vivid study
Of the foreign policy of Wall Street
and how it affects the lives of the
workers right here in the United
States, as we'll as the oppressed of
other lands.
Few Know What Imperialism Is.
What is Imperialism? Not one in
a thousand understands the full mean
ing of the term. DO you imagine that
the Monroe Doctrine is an old musty
document which lost it's meaning a
hundred years ago? Few people I'M
derstand its living and terrible threat
to the peace Of the world, or how it
may pull American workers into war
at any moment These are things you
will be informed upon, If you go to
the Open Forum, at the Lodge Room,
Ashland Auditorium, Van Buren, and
Ashland, next Sunday evening.
Manuel Gomez is an engaging
speaker. and is fully acquainted with
the subject Of Imperialism. not only
in its mechanical aspect, but in life.
He will tell how the capitalists OF the
United States conspire to set the
Latin countries at war with each
other. And what role the revolution.
airy workers play. Be sure to come to
the Ashland Auditorium on Sunday
night. Questions and discussions fol
,ow the speech.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19

Quick on the heels of the news that Jugo Slavia
and -Roumania were taking steps to set up union
of the Balkan states against sBolshevst activities
come dispatches telling of war between Albania
and JugosSlaYia--a war that is bound to cause
extreme nervousness in the capitals of the Europe
an powers. There is a sort of peasantnationalist
movement on foot in Albania and the mountaineers
have overthrown the Fan Noli government
Jugo-Slavias ruling class considers any dis
turbance of the existing conditions as a menace to
their right to plumber in that neck of the woods
and dispatches tell of bombardment along the Al
banian frontier by Jugo-Slavian artillery
1t is impossible to tell accurately at this time
and from this distance the various forces and So
cial alignments involved in the new outbreak, but
the significant thing is the evidence of a kind of
volcanic instability in the Balkans that makes any
complete union of the rulers of these little nations
against the revolutionary movement impossible
All attempts, in the Balkans and elsewhere, to
wipe out nationalistic and imperialistic rivaries
and concentrate on an offensive against Soviet
Russia and the Communist International, have
ended in failure SO far as actual organization is
concerned.
The mighty oaths taken to uphold capitalism
against the rising force of the world revolution
run always against the snag of contradictions and
conflicts that keep the enemies of the working class
fighting among themselves sca
We venture to say that no working agreement
even against "Boshevist activities will be reached
by the Balkan states for some time to come. War
between these wouldbe allies is far more probable
why have the democrats and so-calIeds nro-
gressiyes lost all interest in the graft cases in
which Forbes and Fall are the star actors? An
swer: the elections are over a., nars.fg.-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
fascist JAIL
ENEMY EDITORS
FOR THREE YEARS
1900 Discharged Work
ers Plan Demonstration
tspeeIaI to rhe paIIy workerl


ROME, Italy, Dec. ia caucus of
the fascist deputies has decided to
put Into action at once the law against
the press, sending all opposition edi.
tors to Jail for three years and sus-
pending all opposition papers for three
months.
Situation Tense.
Fifteen hundred workers, longshore-
men have been discharged at Naples,
making the situation there very tense.
The discharged workers are planning
to stage huge demonstrations.
Carlo Giovanetti, fascist from Mi.
Ian, who killed a motorman, Attic
Oldani, in the street car strike at Mi
Ian, has been sentenced to forty
years Imprisonment. The motorman
was defenceless when the fascist shot
him down in cold blood. Thirty work.
ers were sentenced to life impriscn-
ment last month for killing four fas-
cisti who shot at them from ambush,
infiicting losses on the workers. Re-
Gently 40 workers were sentenced to
a total of over 1000 years in jail at
Empoli, for taking part in general
strike movement.
Deputy Grancelli, editor Of a weekly
fascist paper, has written an open let
ter to Mussolini, urging that steps be
taken to kill all opposition leaders
within twenty-four hours.
Deputy Guinta, vice speaker Of the
chamber Of deputies, has been forced
to resign, following exposure Of his
activity in fascist plots of violence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
More About Farm Prosperity.

The department of agriculture has just an
nounced the value of the farm crops for this years
harvest There is an increase of more than $780,
100000 in the total over the previous year.
An analysis of the report discloses the fact
that the rise in the total prices due primarily
to two factors First the increase in the price of
wheat occasioned by a temporary shortage in the
world market. Secondly, the continued cheapen-
ing of money.
OF course, we may expect the capitalist pros
perity drummers to hail these figures as the latest
evidence of prosperity amongst the farming masses
The facts beneath the surface refue all these false
contentious. First of all, the crop is a very
poor one Then, the price of is high that it
only serves as a source of increase in the cost Of
raising hogs This reduces considerably whatever
gains the farmers of the latter group intend to
make +~-~ .A-s, -n4s~teA5
In fact the livestock situation has taken turn
for the worse in recent months. The farmers en-
gagged in dairying are likewise losing out rapidly
The agricultural masses as a whole are not at all
prosperous. 1t is only section of these masses,
the wheat raising group, that has benefited in the
slightest from the price rise aas9fa
And in reference to this group it is interesting
to note that the department Of agriculture has
failed to disprove the claim made by many spokes-
men of farm organizations that most of the wheat
the price Of which had risen in recent months, was
out of the hands Of the farmers before.
We know these prosperity waves that are SO
assiduously advertised by the employing class. The
farm crisis involving the fate Of all the agricu
turaI masses has not been relieved. If one picks
up the newspapers published in the rural regions
BE will find that social degradation and bankruptcy
are still as grim spector as ever haunting the
homes and lives Of the poor farmers. The depart.
ment of agriculture is simply engaged in spread
ing political. propaganda for the employing class.
II is not difficult TO- thru the veneer of false
hood covering the official figures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
New OIL Fields Found in Russia.

MOSCOW (By Mail.)-The explora-
lions and surveys made by M. Kalit-
sky, Russian geologist, in the coastal
district of the Caspian Sea near Mok-
hachala gave ample proofs that this
region appears to be very promis-
ing oil-bearing field. This was not
expected because there were no out
ward indications or symptoms of the
oil. Preparations are made to start
deep boring in the near future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
Russian Mass Meeting.

A mass meeting with musical pro
gram is called by the Russian branch
of the w. P. for next Saturday, Dec.
20, at 5 p. M. at the Soviet School,
1902 w. Division st. Speakers will
talk on the situation in the United
States and the program of the Work
ers Party. Admission free. Send
your friends who speak Russian to
this meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
Build the DAILY WORKER!
Views of Our Readers
The Hoods IN south FIorIda.

To the DAILY WORKER: You may
have read all Florida's newspapers
and yet not know about this years
flood of the everglades, that is of the
whole of south Florida.
Here, in Miami, even some Of the
town streets were closed by the water
in the beginning of the food, yet the
papers only talked about exceptional
rains and that was all.
Flood Did Damage.
All everglades and part of the
country around, the celery growing
land around Tamford and Manatee
county have been flooded. The water
did not reach as high as the year be.
fore last but it came later in the sea.
son SO it will last just as long. Also
it did more damage, because most of
the land was already planted.
All the fruit trees died. There were
a lot of them planted, the people be-
lieving the talk of the real estate
men about being safe from floods and
the construction of new canals. Most
of the chickens died, too. Lots of
them had to be sold at very low prices.
People are living in the houses sur
rounded by water. Some have to go
one or more miles, knee deep in the
water, to get to the road.
The water is just off the highest
part of the land now. Most places are
foot or more in water yet.
Prices Go Up.
The prices of the vegetables in the
local markets are exorbitant. BY the
time the farmer will have them, if
ever, they will be so low as not to
pay the cost.
The weather is cold and we expect
frost any time.
The grape fruits are selling already
at a lower price than they sold last
year and that was a bad year. 1t was
also bad for all other crops, being too
Try, with too many frosts in the win
Ter and too hot in the summer.
The prices of the land are going
higher and higher. The advertisements
bring down the farmers of the north
md the ruined farmers of Georgia
come to look for a new fortune and
bring the remains of their old one
o the real estate men.
B. c., Miami, Florida.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
Stealing Elections

A labor faker who is not capable Of declaring
himself elected when the progressive opposition is
not the job deserves his defeat. This is the un
written code among the reactiOnary leadership OF
the American labor movement.
In a pamphlet published by district of the
Workers Party, it was proved that Frank Earring
ton never elected by a vote of the membership
of the Illinois Miners Union, but counted himself
Gin" thru the use of a well oiled machine and a
strong army of paid henchmen.
/ II don't give goddamn whether any Of you
vote for not; I'll be your next president any
how is Farrington's challenge to the miners of
district H. He has kept his word so far.
In the recent elections a progressive secretary
of local union in southern Illinois captured 500
bogus ballots, part of order of 5000 printed by
Harrington henchmen in order to supply any de-
fciency in the vote necessary to put Harrington
back in the district Office at Springfield. The pro-
gressves in southern Illinois are now taking steps
to expose the crooked election steal of Earring
toms machine, mass meeting is called for and
at this gathering special sub-district convention
will be demanded to place the crooks responsible
for this crookedness on trial This is the way to
go about restoring the Illinois Miners Union to
the membership.
The election returns show that wherever fair
count is made, the reactionary machines national
and district are buried under an avalanche of
votes. This should be signal for the progressives
to rally their forces for the struggle against the
reactionaries They have the takers on the run and
now is the time to keep them on the run. The fight
is not over when the ballots are counted 1t should
be only the beginning of a more effective fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19

Speculation as to who shall take Herriot's place
as prime minister of France in the leg aflic-
ton which he is supposed to he suffering from be-
comes chronic, is rife in Paris political circles 1t
is an interesting coincidence that the malady at
tackled him about the time he began his .red'
raids. Bolsheyik microbes perhaps!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
Henry Dondery, Morgantown, W. V
Attention Of George Pullman.

To the DAILY WORKER: Being a
reader OF the DAILY WORKER |
would thank you to publish note
IN your readers column to help me
md an old pal, George Pullman and
nave him write to No. SO Hudson St.,
Hartford, Conn. He being a constant
reader OF your paper know Il will
bring results. Your very truly, Pete
Jones, Hartford, Conn.