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Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
Farming Must Be Made Profit
able

Another angle to the failure Of Rus
sa's experiment in the equal division
Of land has been developed in the ex-
tension by the soviet government there
Of larger privileges to the agricultural
classes. Heretofore every Russian
farmer has been expected to cultivate
by his own land, all the land that was
allotted to him, but this rule has been
changed. The agriculturalists in the
future will be permitted to employ
labor on their farms More than that
they will be allowed to go beyond the
eight-hour working day and to arrange
other conditions of employment that
are forbidden in the larger industrial
districts. Even communists can not
get along without food and the farmers
Of Russia have it in their minds to
force concessions when food for the
makers of laws is in question.
RUSSIA has suffered considerable
from famines in the last few years
and the communist leaders have come
to the realization that food is more
! important than economic or political
theories of government. But Russia is
not singularly faced by that problem.
In the United States, according to
Frank o. Lowden, former governor of
Illinois, and now one of the largest
farmers of the country, the people
face suffering unless the needs of the
farming element are met He told
gathering of publishers in New York
that unless better facilities for mar
keting and distributing the products
of the farm be adopted the farmer
himself faces ruin and the consumer
faces such reduction of supplies.
with excessive prices, as will make
hunger not unknown even i'm our own
country.
Former Gov. Lowden il not pessi-
mist by any manner of means. He
says either the farmers themselves
must develop the same organization
that business men have or else they
must he assisted by governmental plans
to such an organization. Prices for
farm products through methods of dis
| tributiOn must be stabilized to the
point where the consumer will not be
taxed excessively out of season or the
farmers compelled to submit to ruin
Gus prices in season. This must be
done or the evils foreseen by Lowden
may become realities.
In our country we have been paying
too much attention to the safety and
well being of the blOated manufactur-
ers and financiers. and too little atten-
tion to those who make life possible
for manufacturers and financiers no
less than for street sweepers No ma
tion can really be prosperous until
those who are producing the necessi-
ties Of life are prosperous, because it
can not be expected that such prOduc-
ers will safeguard the health and exist
ence of the remainder of the citizenry
if this has to be done at the price of
bankruptcy and ruin to themselves.
Self preservation is the first law of
nature in the free United States as it
is in enslaved Russia.-Commerc Ap-
peal
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
AN ExHILARATING EFFECT

A bottle of Herbine on the shelf at
home is like having a doctor in the
house all the time. 1t gives instant
relief when the digestion gets out of
order or the bowels fail to act. One
or two doses is all that is necessary to
start things moving and restore that
fine feeling of exhilaration and buoy
nncy of spirits which belongs only to
perfect health. Price 60c. Sold by
Palace Drug Store.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
her breath for digging and her cackle
for eggs.-EXchange

Pedestrians have the right-Of-way
over motorists outside the central traf-
fic zone in los Angeles. One afoOt
desiring to cross street at any inter
section not under police control sig
nails his desire by holding up his hand
to approaching motorists
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30

After one week Of an attempted two
weeks experiment Of not printing amy
crime news, the Fayetteville tN. 60
Observer announced in response to an
overwhelming public demand for crime
news, Abandonment of the experiment.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30

The population growth of the United
States is slowing up, in spite of the
fact that the number of people in the
country is placed at 114311,0O0 for
lanmry J. 1925, according to esti-
mates announced hy The National Bu-
reau OF Economic Research Of New
York City.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
DIR. PACE MOVING

DIR. L. II. Pace is moving his Off
60 the J.. Il. Price offices over the Pal
ace Drug Store, where he will be muel
better prepared to look after his ex
tensive practice. 36-4t
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
FARM FOR RENT

a. acres good land. 4-room house
and good barn. Call on II. L. Throg-
morton at Pocahontas. 33-tf.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30
How much
Gasoline gets into
your crank Case ,

The amount, Of course, varies with the motor, n
the season, the driver-and the gasoline used.
If you will always put Stapocola Gasoline into
your tank you can be assured off quickstarting
motor, an easier and smoother "get away" and
full flow of power-at all seasons.
And because of its volatility and the complete
ness of it's combustion, much less of Stanocola
Gasoline finds it's way into the crank case than
is true of less-carefully distilled motor fuels
You are saving your motor as well as getting
the best and dcheapestper-mile fuel, whenyo you use
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-30

After 1000 miles
use, the oil in the
crank case of an
automobile engine
often contains as
much as 20S gaso-
line.
Oil dilution by gas
oline is worse in
winter than in
summer----due to
the greater use of
the carburetor
"choke" "in starting
the cold motor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
Just a Slight misunderstanding

Brother William Green is not going to stray far
from the rutted track beaten by the shoes of the
late President Gompers.
Every speech and interview, every article by
President Green bears the stamp of the American
middle class
Miami, Florida, the haunt of the Teapot Domers,
the refuge of the coupon clippers from the wintry
blasts which the workers they exploit must face,
was the scene of the latest exposition of labors'
program given by the heir to the Gompers throne.
Surely the organized workers treat their officials
well when city without any industry except the
plundering of unwary strangers by real estate
sharks, is picked as a meeting place by the ex-
ecutive council of the American Federation of
Labor.
After basking in the Florida sunlight and view
ing the beauties of millionaredom as the guest of
the Miami advertising club, President Green de
nounced Imported labor theories" and advanced
the doctrine that misunderstanding between labor
and capital is the cause of ali industrial strife
Labor and capital said he, Cannot hate each
other if they understand each other"
We Communists measure the intelligence of our
class by the degree of militancy with which it
fights capitalism, but this is all wrong, according
to Green He advises the workers to love and I'M
derstand the dear little capitalists who are kicking
their ribs with spurred heels.
This, miasmatic formula may sound good in
Miami but the $4,000 left wing votes in Green's
own organization-the United Mine Workers
dicates that considerable portion of the organized
workers are tired of having their ribs acerated and
understand capitalism and capitalists to an ex-
tent that is going to make it increasingly difficult
for Green to put over Ills gawdsaking brand of
trade unionism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
German Workers and
Their Children Get
Packages from |. w. A,

News has just arrived of the Christ
mas distribution of parcels of food
and clothing to locked out workers
and their families in various parts of
Germany.
Fifteen local committees of the Ger
man section of the International
Workers Aid distributed 10000 pack
ages to those who had lost their
means of livelihood in the shutdown
Of large factories. In addition special
packages were given to 3,779 children
of imprisoned and exiled in the II
cities.
Police Forbids Workers Gifts
This action will be continued. In
January, 500 disciplinary punished"
workers In Berlin, 300 in Stuttgart and
200 in Greitz will receive similar par
cells. In several towns the distribu-
ton of proletarian Yuletide gifts was
forbidden by the police. So much
cloth was donated in Essen that the
volunteer workers could not get II
all made up into clothing by Christ
mas time.
I. w. A. Grows in Germany
The German workers are on the job
helping their less fortunate comrades
through their own German section OF
the |. w. A. There are at present 4S3
local groups with $4,000 individual
members. Fees paid monthly range
from s to 300 gold marks, depending
upon the size OF the membership in
the shop or factory. Very few groups
pay less than 8 or more than 100
marks monthly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
TRACTION BILL
OF DEvER GIVES
CITY NO VOICE
Entrusts $7OO,OOO,0O
to Board Of 8 Men

The municipal railway ordinance
which has been recommended to the
city council by the transportation
committee, provides for expenditure
Of $7OO,OO0O00 of the city's money
under complete control of a board OF
nine men, who would mot be account
able to the city council or anyone else
The certificates for the building of
the subways and elevated extensions,
and the purchase Of the traction lines,
are to be issued at an interest of five
per cent. Following q consultation
between Mayor Dever and Samuel In
sull, the transportation committee pro-
vided that $S0,OO0,0O0 shall be paid
insult for his elevated lines. insult
demands s90,O0O,000.
Ordinance Not Made Public
One alderman refused to vote for
the ordinance declaring, I'VE haven't
even had an opportunity to read the
ordinance. At the last meeting you
put thru an amendment of two pages
which we did not have before the
meeting. At this time could not
vote either for or against the ordin-
ance. You are rushing the ordinance
thru in scandalous fashion. We do not
know what it means. We have asked
Attorney Frank on whom we relied
for legal advise this and that and he
has been puzzled"
The meeting revealed that altho the
transportation committee OF the city
council authorized the publication of
$4,000 copies of the ordinance in
pamphlet form, the lawyers have fail
ed to comply with this order and have
suppressed publication Of the ordin-
ance.
The board of control which accord
ing to the ordinance will have charge
of the traction lines if the city council
and the voters approve the recon-
mendations of the transportation COM
mittee, will consist of three members
appointed by the mayor, three ap-
pointed by the bankers now control
ling the lines, and three by these six
board members. A board members
salary will be ten thousand dollars per
year.
When the city has paid the bankers
IL per cent of the debt the three
neutral" members are to be dropped
and the city will then have a fourth
member to three for the bankers. The
bankers thus have a chance to control
the traction lines until every dollar of
the debt is paid them by the city.
This will be for at least forty years.
In other words, Deyer's ordinance
gives the bankers a franchise Of forty
years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
Communist Charges
Ere n C h Socialist
With Wilful Lying


MOSCOW, Feb. 13.--In a letter, ad-
dressed to Nj. Renaudel, and published
in the Humanite, the president of the
council of peoples commissars Of So
Wet Armenia, NJ Ernslxian, makes
charges against the French socialist
leader, accusing him of deliberately
concealing from the French people
many facts which came to his knowl-
edge when he visited Georgia some
time ago, for the sole reason that such
facts disproved his anti-Soviet ide-
ology. s
In this letter the author cites numer-
GUS cases proving the cruelty of the
former menshevist Jordanias govern
ment to the Armenian population, the
robbing of the Georgian State Bank,
etc. On the other hand, M. Ernskian
points out the prosperity enjoyed by
Georgia under Soviet rule.
In conclusion the author challenges
M. Renaudel to refute the charges pre-
ferred against him, warning the lat
ter that new revelations are in store
for him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
UNITE AGAINST CAPITALIST CLASS

ploItatlon, with government main
tenanee Of children by funds pro-
cured thru taxation Of large in
comes.
2.-NatIonalIzatIon Of railroads,
mines, public utilities, monopoIIes,
and natural resources, to be oper-
ated under control Of the workers.
3.-SecurIno the farmers In pos
session Of their land; no foreclo-
sures, no evIctlOns; the land belongs
to those who till II.
4.-Natonallzation Of terminal
and marketing facilities with Joint
management by farmers and work.
era.
6.-State aid to cooperative die
trlbutlon and production.
6.-RecognItlon of Soviet Russia.
7.-Unity of the trade unions,
nationally and internationally; sup
port to the AngIo-RussIan Trade
Union Unity committee.
S.-Defense Of class war prison.
ers and defeat Of so-caIIed terminal
syndIcalism" laws.
s.-Defeat the Dawes plan for en-
shaving European labor.
Workers and farmerI Unite all
the forces Of the working class for
struggle against the expIolters, a.
gainst the capitalists and all their
agents. Unite with the revolution
airy workers Of every land, under
the leadership Of the Communist
international, for the battle against
all the enemies Of the working class.
Only thru struggle can victory be
won. Unite for the struggled
Central Executive Committee
Workers (communist) Party
Of America.
WILLIAM z. FOSTER,
Chairman.
c. E. RUTHENBERe,
Executive Secretary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
Movies for Workers

1.-THE Beauty and the 5olshevIk'
and Russia in overaIIs" will b,
shown:
ST. Paul, MINI. Feb. 20, 444 Rice st
st. Louis, Mo. Feb. %, Unity Hall
Grand and Page.
Binghamton, N. Y. Feb. ~, Hidel
Theatre, 1913 Clinton st.
Feb. 2S, Happy Theatre, 3S Clinton
st.
East Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 2Sth.
Gary, Ind, Marh 3rd.
Milwaukee, Wis. March 7th, Pabs
Theatre.
San Francisco, Calf.
"Polikushka", Life of Lenin", and
Soldier VANS Miracle, will be showr
at:
Chicago, H., C. S. P. S. Hall, 1126
w. 18th ST., Feb. %, Afternoon.
Kenosha, Wis. Sat. Feb. 2Sth, 4 tc
IL p. M.
Russia and Germany" will be
shown at:
Galloway, w. Va. Feb. 2Sth, Union
Theatre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
WAGE SLASHERS
PRAISE ABE FOR
LOVE OF PEOPLE
Negroes Segregated in
Washington Exercises

The exploiters OF labor claimed
Abraham Lincoln as their own in
speeches turnout the country on the
10th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
In Chicago the Lions Club, composed
OF Illinois business men, heard
Charles Dawes speak Of the prosper
ity" of the. nation. The Lions Club
last year held a conference at Her
rim in cooperation with the Illinois
coal operators, where It was demand
ed that the coal miners accept reduc.
ed wages and break UP their miners
union.
Hypoerlts Applaud.
1t was these same Lions Club mem
bers who applauded Dawes when he
said Americas nation wide prosper
ity is based on wages for labor
that are better than any other coun.
try in the world"
And it was, ironically enough.
Charles Dawes, the ensIaver of the
workers of Germany. who extoIled
Lincoln as a friend of the workers.
Dawes did not mention in his speech
the campaign for wage cuts that the
employers have instituted under the
protection of the Coolidge govern.
ment.
Negroes Segregated.
In Washington. where the Negroes
have just waged bitter but unsuc-
cessful fight against segregation at
the capitols bathing beaches, Negro
children were brought into the cele-
bration at the Lincoln memorial, to
sing Lincoln's praises for freeing their
race. But the white politicians in
charge Of the exercises segregated
even these Negro children singers,
making them stand in one group, DE
meath the three marble panels on the
north wall of the shrine" and a lit
tie away from the rest Of the crowd.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
The Reformers, No. 3-Josiah Warren and
William WeitIing.
BY THURBER LEWIS

JOSIAH WARREN is known as the
- father of American anarchism. He
Joined the Owenite movement and
lived in New Harmony during his
earlier years. His experiences in the
colony and his studies led him finally
TO reject the so-called socialism of the
day. His philosophy became crude
sort Of anarchism. He devised sys-
tenn of economic exchange that was
calculated to change the whole basis
of society. In 1927, he began putting
his scheme into practice. He opened
what he called "time stores" on the
formula. labor for labor"
The business OF these stores was de-
signed so that no profit could be
made. The time of the store keeper
was paid for by the customers in the
form of labor notes." These notes
promised to pay the store keeper, on
demand, 'labor-time," hour for hour,
as compensation TO the store keeper.
Warren founded colonies in Ohio and
Long Island In which this principle
was TO be applied.
He published a book In 1876 ex-
pounding his theory That price should
be determined by labor cost. His
favorite method. however, OF spread
ing propaganda was in what he called
"parlor conversations" doubtless the
source OF our modern "parlor anarch-
lists" Tho his ideas didn't meet with
very popular response in the labor
movement. they added to the swell
ing number OF social formulas for
saving mankind that were confusing
the minds OF what American workers
were interested in such things during
that period.
William Weitling began his career
as n German revolutionist. He was
born in Magdeburg, Germany, which
was known at that time as a hot-bed
Of German liberalism. His early life
was spent in poverty. In 1887 he went
to Paris. There he undertook active
revolutionary work. He fitted from
one doctrine to another but always
managed TO be looked upon as a yevo-
lutionary OF the deepest dye.
He met Marx in Brussels In 1896,
and disagreed with Marks theories
because he thought them too conserv-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
The Irish Famine

The population of the entire west coast of Ire
land, fishermen and farmers is in the grip of the
worst famine in seventy-fve years.
Crops and fuel supply have failed and dispatches
tell of terrible misery-British fishing enterprise
has ruined the Irish industry
The International Workers Aid and the Work
ers (Communist) Party are on the job. In response
to cablegram from the 1. w. A. requesting CO
Operation from the party in relieving the distress
of our Irish comrades, a committee has already
been formed to enlist the support of the American
workers and farmers.
The appeal of the Irish Workers and Peasants
Famine Relief Committee should meet with a gen
erous response from the American working class
of which so large a section is of Irish birth and
descent.
The Free State government, that creature of
British Imperialism, has shown its true character
in this emergency. 1t first tried to conceal the ex-
tent of the famine and does not now acknowledge
the actual desperation of the starving masses.
It's relief measures have been wholly Inadequate
The pitiable conditions of the Irish workers and
peasants in the famine district is the answer given
by history to the church hierarchy and Free State
ministers who proclaimed loudly two years ago
that the Russian workers and peasants were famine
stricken because they had rejected god along with
the car.
The Free State government and the Irish clergy
are providing plenty of prayers for the hungry
populace, but the Workers (Communist) Party
and the Irish Peasants and Workers Famine Re
lief Committee will provide money to buy food,
clothing and fuel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15


MEMBERS year in which every form of abuse and
persecution has been heaped upon the party and
its members, year In which the prosecution of
members of the Workers (Communist) Party has
been renewed by, the government of Michigan
backed by the strikebreaking Coolidge government,
and Ruthenberg, the executive secretary Of the
party, sentenced to three years in prison, with
Foster and 30 other comrades slated for trial. the
story in question is the only which our enemies
can prove to be incorrect.
considering the fact that the DAILY WORKER
has the smallest staff Of any English language
daily in the world this is record of which we have
right to be proud.
"As our sole object is to mobilize the whole
working class behind the Communist Party and the
Communist International for the conquest of the
capitalist government and the establishment of
workers. and farmers government, this should be
sufficient proof to any intelligent person that the
DAILY WORKER does not wish to print anything
that is untrue and would hinder this work.
with Communist greetings,
"The DAILY WORKER"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15

alive. He said of Marx: II see in
Marx nothing else than good en-
cyclopedia, but no genius. Rich peo-
pie made him an editor"
In 1S47, he came to America. The
revolutions of 1S4S sent him back to
Europe. He returned to America in
1850 and began publishing his RE
publik der Arbeiter." newspaper for
spreading propaganda among the Ger
man working people He had not been
in America long before his extremely
radical views began tempering to the
conciliatory. In the end he became
more anarchistic than Communistic
and like all early anarchists played
the role of reformer.
The salvation for the workers. he
thought, consisted in settling the
problem of money. His solution he
summed up as follows: THE
bank OF exchange is the soul OF ali
reforms, the foundations for all CO.
operative attempts. Just as the pres
ent money system in its various rami-
fications, creates, organizes and forth
fies, all social evils from which we are
suffering. SO the bank of exchange
will represent the new money system.
which will be strong weapon against
the old money system OF swindle." He
tried to put his bank of exchange, a
central house of exchange for the
products of trade associations of
workers, into operation. II failed in
less than two years.
In 1S50-5i. Weitling stood as the
leader OF the German workingmen OF
the country. His paper was leading
organ OF the German labor movement
and his influence was widespread. His
wilful individuality, however, soon
made him enemies. The failure OF his
plan OF exchange soured him. He
grew conservative. In 1854, he gath
cred enough political influence TO get
himself appointed as registrar OF Ger
man immigration in New York.
Many years later, In 1871, he attend
ed a sort of reunion OF revolutionar-
les held In New York Just after the
Paris Commune. He spoke and en-
pressed sympathy for tho work OF the
First International. Ho died thrse
days later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15

1t is no new experience to Cejka
to contest for the Office of alderman
this is his fifth experience. Not hav-
ing the backing of powerful political
machine and the money furnished by
such a machine, Cejka's merits have
not brought him to the point of sit
ting in the aldermanic council. How
ever, the workers must realize that
the only man who can represent them
and fight for them is one who, thru
his own experiences, knows what they
want and offers them a practical pro-
gram of municipal measures.
Ceika belonged to the socialist par
ty for IL years and Joined the Com
munist Party on its formation. His
trade union record speaks for itself.