The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22
.G|TLOW EXPOSE
OF WOOL TRUST
WELL RECEIVED
New EngIand's Textile
Workers EnthuSed
BY JOSEPH MANLEY.


Campaign Manager, Workers Party.
4 Benjamin Gitlow, vice-presi-
Edential candidate of the Work
Eers Party, in his present tour
sthru the New England states, is
tdoing much to give direction
gand conscious leadership to the
revolt now brewing against the
american WooIen Company and
ethe textile trust. His election
addresses give the Communist
program in reply to that of New
England capitalism.
{ Gitlow's meeting just held at
Maynard, Mass, and Provi-
dence, r. l., both principalities
owned and controlled by the
american Wooden Company,
Iwere a great success. At May
fnard, Mass, Gitlow spoke in the
Public Square, right in front of
fhe American Wooden COM
pany's mill.
t. Exposes Textile Trust.
"A great mass of textile workers con-
gregated. They paid the closest at
Hention to Gitlow's ruthless exposurS
lof the methods of Charley" Wood,
land the American Wooden company.
LMany of the bosses from the mill were
present and their CONSERVATION at the
Eeffects Of Gitlow's speech on the
crowd, was apparent.
Gitlow showed that the American
gWoolen company is heavily interested
hn the political success of Coolidge
kand the republican party. The inter
Test is best typifed by the famous
F'schedule X" the republican protect,
i've tariff policy under which the huge
proflts of the American Wooden com.
lpany have been piled up. The Aid
rich family, large stockholders in this
Tcompany, have reaped fortune from
the workings of the Payne Aldrich
kariff bill. This protective tariff com
kbined with the tyrannical exploita.
tion Of it's workers enabled the Am
kerican Wooden company to pile up net
profits of over nine million dollars
last year.
Charley Woods, the car of the
American Wooden company, complains
about the poverty of the wooden indus
try. Using poverty as an excuse he
has cut the wages OF MS WORKERS 20
per cent since 1920 Now he talks of
the necessity for a further cut in
wages of 20 per cent.
Creates Sensation.
The revolutionary speeches Of Git
low, both at Maynard and at Provi.
dence, have created a sensation in the
ranks of the textile workers. The
past struggles of the textile centers
have been in many cases OF mass
character and have had all the char
acteristics of the class struggle. Git
lows emphasis on the class struggle
rs a basis for militant industrial I'M
ions aroused stormy enthusiasm. He
marshalled facts that demonstrated
the control of the government by the
Textile Trust and Wall Street, and
the necessity for a political struggle
against capitalism. Former syndical-
lists and socialists were present at
these meetings, and if one is to judge
by their expressions, new develop
ments can from now on be looked for
in the class struggle in New England.
The sincere socialists Of this. section
know that LaFollette cannot break up
the textile trust, and many syndical-
lists formerly opposed to political ac-
tion are beginning to see the point to
such arguments made in the speeches
of Gitlow.
His expose of the control of the old
parties and the government, by the
financial oligarucies such as the Amer.
lean Wooden company, clearly proved
to his audiences the necessity for a
revolutionary political party and the
participation in political struggles.
Textile workers of New England as a
result of the Gitlow meetings and Our
election campaign in that section, are
beginning to realize that the textile
trust and Wall Street owns the govern
ment which has repeatedly smashed
their strikes. The future strikes will
be conducted with these facts in mind
Gitlow's meetings are Carrying the mes
sage Of Communism to the workers of
New England.