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, 1925-11-16
GREEKS RAVAGEB BULGARIA

Sofia, Oct. 29.-The withdrawal of the
Greek troops from Bulgaria was marked
by scenes of pillage and destruction, &C.
cording to the stories of eye witnesses
who declared that the soldiers loaded
themselves with food. clothing, furniture
and household utensils, in some cases
leaving behind only the bare walls of the
homes they had looted. The foreign office
declared that Bulgaria will insist before
the league council that Greece make re-
paration not only for the lives lost, but
for all property destroyed or stolen.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Reorganization and the Right Dangers

Commenting the calbegram from the Young Communist In
ternaona urging the Young Workers League support the unity
resolution Committee The WORKER
stated edoray Wh the right danger completely and
the the being eradcated Some
be of the party have interpreted this statement to that the
right wing danger party has been completely eliminated This
is course not the still strong right wing
denotes the party against which the party continue to carry
struggle The point editorial that the unca
on of the already achieved had made clear that the right wing
the will not be able gain control of the
influence large part of the membership.
The of the party naturally has created opposition
from the right which manifess itself effort hinder the
ganiaOn program being into effect by the Central Exc
Committee The the opposition the
on of the party the basis of shop nuclei and street nuclei has
been greatly clarified in the history of Ludwig Lore.
Lore opponent to the reorganization of the party He
has openly stated this his expulsion from the party Today
openly opposition the party the Communist Inter
national carries campaign of ander and msrpesenta
against the party criticism beng the
it International Lore while he still in the party made his
decisions the COmntern OF complaints
conditions
in the United States and in relation to the Workers Communist
Party and for time his determination appeal the
Cominen person His attitude toward the COmntern altho
masked under the claim of mnformaOn and determination
make appeal opposition the COmntern
leader of world party Since his exclusion from the party he has
the open fighting
its American section The history evolution
of Importance judging the question right tendencies in the
party.
The cabgram from Young Communist International
phased the need of continued determined struggle against every
manifestation right tendencies party The united
leadership party that manifestations
ganizaon hidden opposition the
will be determined struggle eradicate them from the party
The best such the education of the member
ship the principles systematic
the Committee which the unity
resolution endorsed by the Young Communist International
The daily worker., 1925-12-08

The pioneers who builded this in
land western agricultural empire will
concern themselves very little with
this much heralded gathering. Those
pioneer farmers who are not carried
away with the jazz momentum of the
moment or the insidious Propaganda in
circulation know that the oppression
of interest bearing debt is what is
crushing them into slavery. Knowing
that our entire financial system is
based on interest bearing debts those
students of agricultural economics are
not submitting their case to a jury
such as will be assembled in Chicago.
Revise co-operatives.
From the advance press notices it
is evident that the overworked CO.
operative spanacea is in for another
sprinting. AN ounce. of prevention fif-
teen years ago would be better than a
ton Of cure now.
The writer gave the first ten years
Of this century to a fight for compe-
tition. 1t was not altogether an anna
teur fight either. Courts, attorney gen.
erals, legislatures and congressional
committees were personally petitional
The next ten years was enthusiasm
for cooperative idea and we furnished
the meeting hall, advertising and
everything for the first meeting of
the Farmers Union north of the
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Try to Terrorize Meeting /.

brothers, and that your most sacred
duty is to move the masses OF working
people into such pction as will get
them out"
Machinist Leader Speaks.
Pete Jensen, widely known leader in
the International Association of Ma
chinists, made a graphic presentation
of the danger to the entire abor move
ment if the acts of tyranny such as
shown in the Gitlow and whitney
cases are to continue. Jensen brot
the crowd to wild applause with the
declaration that when activity in the
labor movement is punished with pris-
ON, then We must all be ready at all
times to do our part and take the re-
suits. The famous Daugherty injunc-
tion in the shipments strike of 1922
shows what the enemies of the labor
movement intend to do to extermin-
ate it. The cases of Ben Gitlow and
Anita Whitney are the cause of the
labor movement, and the labor move
ment must get them. out"
While awaiting the arrival of C. e.
Ruthenberg from another meeting, the
chairman, Robert Minor, described the
political background of the prosecu
tions that are now going on for the
suppression of the Workers (Commun-
is) Party, of which Ruthenberg is
general secretary and in which his
activities have caused him repeatedly
to be faced with imprisonment Am
erica as much as any country in the
world" said Minor, "is a land whose
history is bound up with the events of
revolution. It's history has been made
by revolutions. The war of independ-
ence against Great Britain was a rev.
olution. Also the second supreme
crisis, the civil war of 1861. was to a
certain degree p revolutionary strug-
gle in which the capitalist class un-
dertook to overthrow the semi-feudal
oligarchy Of the southern states and
to secure undisputed rule for its own
class. The capitalist class played its
own revolutionary role in history. Now
however, 1t has become reactionary, II
retards the further development OF
productive forces: and consequently
another class takes over the role OF
the revolutionary class-the working
class.
"As the capitalist class. in order to
obtain state power, had 70 form its
class party under the name OF repnb
lican party, and in order to obtain
state power had to go thru whatever
actions history brot forth, which in
cluded under Lincoln not only ballot
ing, but also civil war-just so the
future ruling class, the industrial
workers, have TO form their class party
in order to obtain state power. This
class party also faces the need to &c
thru whatever forms of action may be
placed before lit by history. and be
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
CaPs Experts Can't Help Farmers

10 aroused the farmers union dele
gates in recent convention in South
Dakota against this "T. B." expert
dope that the farmers threatened to
Use shotguns to keep bureaucracy out
Of that state.
We had our hopes of united front
of farmers somewhat encouraged
when the press reported, couple Of
weeks ago, that "The National Farm
ers' Union" and a number of other
farmers organizations, had agreed to
form national farmers federation Of
co-operatives, etc, but it was all a
false alarm. 1t was only discussed in
a hotel room, and never got into the
convention for discussion at Mitchell,
South Dakota, at all.
Farmers Restless.
About the only cheerful note that ]
can sound at this writing, is that the
farmer is kicking against conditions
now, which if kept up long enough,
may be turned into positive directions
so that he may join the wage slaves
in dumping the, whole capitalist sys-
tenn overheard. At present they run
away crying: 'Bolshevik" when a
Communist approaches them, with a
message that calls for united front
with all labor throughout the world.
But when terms and names are left
out many farmers are ready to applaud
the fundamental things we advocate.
The propaganda of the capitalists
against all revolutionary movements
must be overcome. with logical scien-
tiic literature written in the language
of the farmer.
The farmer needs "left wing"
leadership just as much as the trade
unions need it. It is our opinion that
such a leadership. is appearing Just
over the hill.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Continued from page II
Helped Banks; Not Farmers.

Did the farmer who actually needed
help get any of this money? Not
bit of it, 1t was used to bolster the
depleted reserves of northwestern
banks and loaned to an exceedingly
small number of farmers, who still
were able to giver security for their
loans to the banks. The. stipulation
WIS made by Coolidge that only those
farmers whose credit was good could
avail themselves of the money. and
this provision. of course. excluded all
bankrupt farmers since. obviously,
they were unable to furnish the re-
quired security to the banks and con-
sequently were prevented from taking
advantage of this Coolidge prosper
ity" The Coolidge money helped the
banks that were on the verge Of col
lapse, but It did not reach the bank
rupt farmer for whom il was sup
posedly intended.
Farmers Awakening.
The farmers out here in the west
are more and more getting their eyes
open as to what they may expect
from their" government in the way
of economic assistance when they are
in distress. They learn by experience
and facts will convince them. Just
now they are watching closely the
gesture that is being made by the
Coolidge administration to give aid to
The daily worker., 1925-12-08

Mason and Dixon line. And aside
from the cooperative organizations
operating under the sufference of the
trusts the share of the business trans
acted by the co-operatives is not even
fractional.
Soviet co-operatives.
When acting as a delegate to the
peasants congress in Moscow in 1923
we were selected to act as spokesman
for the nineteen nations attending to
reply to the address of welcome from
the Soviet ASSOCIATION of co-operators.
After listening to the report of the
Soviet co-operators which disclosed
that over eighty per cent of the grand
total of all business was transacted
by the mutual societies we were com
PEELED to declare that the fraction of
the business done in America by the
cooperative societies was negligible.
We qualified this, however, by saying
that cooperation could only prosper
where the form of government was
friendly, which was not the case in
the United States. The farmers of the
midwest are going thru a financial
gethsemane and they are not looking
for any instant relief. They know
that there are remedies for cancer,
tuberculosis and other dread plaques
but that no one has ever devised a
remedy for interest bearing debt.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Northwest Farmers Getting Wise

the farmers in the corn belt and roll
ing over in their minds the plan put
forward by Jardine, the secretary of
agriculture. for cooperative market
ing Of farm products. But they are
not at all hopeful of the results.
Somehow they feel that "the big
fellow" the banker, will be the one
who will profit from any aid that is
extended to the farmer and, besides.
they are not so sure but that there
isn't a good deal of politics mixed up
with 1t. Just like il was in the year
1923-24.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08

cause the leaders of this party frankly
tell the masses thatin the struggle for
power no ruling class has ever sur
rendered its position without resist
ing by every means including civil
war, this recognition of historical fact
is seized upon as an excuse for the i'm
prisonment of leaders such as Gitlow
and Ruthenberg and the effort thus
to destroy the new revolutionary
party
Ruthenberg Tells of Tyranny.
Ruthenberg, whose entrance to the
auditorium brought an ovation, plung-
ed Immediately into a recital of the
supreme courts decisions which in the
past few years, since the fright caused
by the Russian workers revolution.
have broken down one by one all of
the supposed rights guaranteed by the
U. S. constitution.
First it was the right of publishing
ones political views" sadi Ruthen-
berg. THAT was taken away when
Gitlow was condemned to prison for
the publication of the Left Wing Man
ifesto. Another stage is reached when
Anita Whitney is condemned by the
supreme courts action in upholding
her conviction for belonging TO an or
ganization' that holds certain views.
There are other stages which are
shown by the brutal repressions of
the !. w. W. with the sanction of the
supreme court. Now we are approach
ing further extreme stage where the
supreme court is asked, in my own
case. to uphold a convection for the
crime of assembling with an organ
ization that holds certain views. 1t is
hard to imagine any more extreme de-
gree in the process of destroying the
boasted guarantees of freedom in the
American constitution
"But in spite of all repressions, in
spite of all Daugherty injunctions and
imprisonments for political opinions,
the working class revolutionary move
ment will go ahead, and 1t is the view
of the party which | represent, that
the struggle will end and cannot end
otherwise than in the establishment OF
the workers Soviet republic of Am,
erica"
A large collection was taken up in
the audience, which will be immediate
ly applied to the defense of the prose.
cuted members OF the United Mine
Workers at Zeigler, ILL.,
Many Of those present responded
enthusiastically to the appeal Of
George Maurer local secretary of the
international Labor Defense. to be
come members OF the defense organ
ization, and many subscriptions were
taken for the new monthly magazine
the Labor Defender, organ of the In
ternational Labor Defense.
: II was stated that vigorous protest
will be made against the police effor
at terrorization, which was character
lied as an attempt to frighten away
the fast-growing membership of tho
international Labor Defense.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
CONTINUED II ON page u


Coolidge prosperity comes in.
Those farmers who are in the bust
ness of buying up cattle to feed dur
ing the winter on the cheap corn, are
not doing it this fall as the corn is
wet, and when shelled starts to rot.
That also explains why corn is not be.
ing rushed to market.
The bankers Of course are coming to
the rescue-with seven to twenty per
cent loans to save, the crop" OF
course the U. S. government gives
them the money at one-third Of what
they loan it to the dear farmers.
Bankers Schemes Bunk.
The farmers look upon this bank
rescue" as the bunk. The banker is
after the surplus that he sees in sight,
later on, in the form of interest the
farmer cannot pay unless corn goes
up. 1t is the banker that really owns
the farm and the farmer just runs it
these days for him. Why should the
banker not be concerned when he
holds mortgage on each acre of land
on the average of sixty dollars per
acre and does not want to take the
land over, for land suckers are now
all going to Florida?
Turn your corn into hogs" shouts
the expert" of the government to the
farmer. The farmer retorts; When
we turn it into hogs the market day
comes, we find the prices demoral-
lied and that means we will just
sink deeper into debt"
more credit is about all the ex-
perts think Of More credit, more
debts, with another corn crop next
fall, and the old cycle beginning again.
Yesterday it was the wheat covers
who were in desperate straits. Then
it was the cattle men who were going
bankrupt Today the corn growers
plight calls for experts Tomorrow
it will again be these or some other
branches of agriculture. The farmer
hasn't the chance of wax cat in hell
to get on permanently sound basis
with the cost of the things he must
buy so high, with the markets in the
hands of spectators, the government
in the hands of Morgan's bank
agents"
Co-ops. Declining.
The cooperative societies urge the
farmers to come in out of the rain.
But with the potato coop, the raisin
growers association, and many other
examples of collapse, not to mention
the wreck-strewn path of the coop
erative movement, of Farmers Alli-
ance Days, rising before the farmer
it becomes hard to get him to go
again.
Coolidge and his experts" may call
this mere calamity bowling, but it is a
mighty chorus that is doing the howl
ing. Some of that bowling is already
turning to direct action, we note in
and around Chicago. Direct action
against the CT B." experts. Milo Reno,
president of the Iowa Farmers Union,
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
ASWE SEEIT = ByT.J. O'FIQherty

, (Continued from page II
minister was sitting unnoticed nearby
with a very amused grin on his face.
The correspondents seemed to enjoy
the situation as much as Comrade
Tchitcherin. The poor barons are no
longer even good copy, except when
a reporter is short of material and
wants to fill in with a light yarn.
TN New York fight has ragged for
L years between two sets of religious
officials for the possession of the
mitre and crook of st. Nicholas Cath
edral. A gentleman styling himself
Archbishop Platon, claimed title in
view of the fact that the czar was
dead and that the Soviet government
did not care any more for st. Mich
olas than they cared for the perfume
OF a. pole cat. A lower court decided
in favor of Platon. But there was a
big fly in the ointment in the person
of John S. Kedrovsky, of Hartford,
Conn, who arrived in New York in
1923 with credentials from Russia
Finally Kedrovsky got the church and
Piaton,s the anti-Bolshevik, who was
supportde by Dr. Manning and the
Bomb Squad is twiddling his thumbs
Now, according to Platon the church
is gone to the devil.
THE Russian peasants are growing
4 more and more favorable to the
Soviet government according to Wal
ter Duranty, Moscow correspondent for
the New York Times. This is bad
news for those who hope against hope
that the Soviet government is liable
to fall at any moment. 1t appears
that the peasants are getting thoroly
sick of the policy of the private trad
ers to charge excessive prices and are
now insisting on government stores.
They are now doing just what the
Soviet government wants them to do;
they are taking an active interest in
the government. According to Du-
ranty the peasants are poor prospects
just now for counter revolution.
A JURY sitting on the famous
4 \ Rhinelander divorce case decided
that the young mental defective Kip
had no legal reason to seek annul-
ment of his marriage with Alice
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
fContinued from page u

Continued from page II
hands thrust under their overcoats.
thought that they were being handled
by pickpockets and therefore very
nearly precipitated the trouble which
apparently the police were trying to
provoke. At any rate the police thugs
succeeded in keeping up a constant
appearance of confusion and disorder
on the stairway, evidently calculated
to discourage anyone from entering
the hall
A member of the committee of the
International Labor Defense, under
whose auspices the meeting was held,
compelled the leader of the gang to
show a police badge and to give the
explanation that he was acting under
orders to search everybody for weap-
ons." The spokesman gave his name
as Captain Lynch of the police de-
partment."
Tho some timid ones turned away.
the hall was filled by crowd of about
SOC.
Audience Laughs at Cop Comedy.
The meeting was called to order
promptly by Robert Minor, as chair
man, who then brought the audience
to laughing mood by saying; "There
was once an imperial government in
the old Russian empire.
1T used to send its agents to all
public meetings that were permitted; !;
and these agents stood at the door
and searched the pockets OF all who
attended. That's how they prevented
the overthrow of the cars govern
ment."
Liberal Publicist Speaks.
William H. Holly, prominent law
yer and president of the Chicago Lib
eral Club, was the first speaker. Mr..
Holly declared that no man or woman
who valued the right Of freedom Of
speech and of public asemblage would
or could remain quiet when such out
rageous acts as the Imprisonment of
Benjamin Gitlow and Anita Whitney
for their political opinions take place.
He expressed his opinion that "in pris.
on Gitlow will be more dangerous to
the government than he would be out
side, because the glaring example Of
repression of political freedom will
crystallize opposition for one will
not be quiet while Gitlow and Anita
Whitney are imprisoned"
Ida Goodman Wins Crowd with Speech
Ida Goodman was introduced as "a
young woman who has done tireless
and heroic work for the release of
Tom Mooney and Warren Billings"
Thunderous applause greeted the
Z young woman's stirring appeal to all
working people to remember that
Tom Mooney and Billings are still rot.
ting in the penitentiaries Of California,
and remember that they are your
fighters, your champions, your own
The daily worker., 1925-12-08

Jones, slightly colored, the daughter
of workingman. This case has held
the front page of the capitalist press
for more than week, tho the 100
per cent Americans deeply disap-
pointed when righteous Judge clear
ed the court for fear the delicate ears
of society ladies might be contain
mated by the passionate messages in
the letters written by the young moron
Rhinelander to the quadroon girl who
ensnared him.
OPINION was divided as to whether
~ the millionaire moron was more
sinned against than SHINING. One
could hear tired and hungry worker
of X. X. K. vintage express the opin-
ion that it was a darned shame a
wealthy young man should be seduced
by girl not Of Nordic breed. The
fact that the aristocratic scion never
did days work in his life and was
feeding his imbecility on the product
of the labor of others did not matter
in the least. Which shows that Kip
is not the only moron in the United
States. 1t makes no difference to the
workers which way the decision went.
What should concern the workers is
where does this young parasite Rhine
lander get the money with which TO
pay the price of his amorous meand-
rings? 1t comes out of the toll of
the workers in whatever industry the
Rhinelanders have their money in
vested in.
f there ever lived a mental defec-
= tive, it is this young Rhinelander.
Yet he is immensely rich and cannot
help growing richer under the cap
italist system. Harry Thaw was in
Jail for several years not SO much
because he killed competitor for the
affection of an actress but because
he was too crazy to be at large. While
Harry was in Jail, his fortune increas-
ed by millions. Yes, sir, this is a
land of opportunity. Thousands of
sane and moral workers are toiling
away in factories and mines. to en-
able the moron Thaws and Rhinelan.
ders to live lifes of profligacy. The
useless parasites are on the ton of the
heap in America and for that matter
in every other country where capital
ism exists
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Illinois Power Trust
Out to Extend Control

Permission to purchase the proper
ties of the Chicago Suburban Power G
Light Company, furnishing electric
light and power to West Chicago,
Winfield, Villa Park, Westmore,
Wayne, High Lake, Batavia, Geneva,
st. Charles and Lombard. is requested
in petition filed before the Illinois
commerce commission by the Public
Service company of Northern Illinois
The company requests permission
to extend its super-power system to
he communities named. 1t already
serves 221 cities and towns in north
eastern Illinois.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08

Robert NJ. LaFolIette, Jr., senator
from Wisconsin, who succeeded his
late father, has temporarily snubbed
the republican senators by refusing
to attend their caucus called before
the conVeninp of the slxty-ninth
congress which opens today. In
stead he attended a meeting Of con-
gressmen from Wisconsin and other
states known to support the irrecon-
ciIabIes, where plans were made for
a united front against the admin
istration policies. A statement will
be issued before the opening of con-
gress setting forth the position Of
this group. It is not thought that
young LaFollette will ever WELD
the influence Of his father, but will
become an adjunct of the Borah
group.
The daily worker., 1925-12-08
Steamers Collide
During Heavy Fog
in Chesapeake Bay

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec, 6-During
dense fog which enveloped Chesa-
peake Bay, the british steamer Nom
bassa and the Italian freighter Campa-
mia collided, a few miles below Bal
timore. The Mombassa was towed
into port after having shipped con-
siderable water. y
Owing to the fog the steamer, Gov.
John Lind, inbound from Tampa, Fla,
with cargo of phosphate rock, went
aground in the bay,