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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
So-CaIled High Wages
in Building Industry
Shown Up AS Myth
BY a Worker Correspondent.
Reprinted from the First Living News
paper In the English Language,

Reprinted from the First Living News
paper In the English Language,
Chicago.
The so-called thigh wages" in the
building industry do not match the
high cost of living. The carpenters
wage scale in Chicago is s11 day.
$605O a week, is the average pay to
building tradesmen in this city. This
may sound high, but let us consider
the facts.
Building trades work is a seasonal
job, migratory in its character. The
average working period is six months
year, averaging the wages $3.50 a
day, or $30.25 a week. About 10000
carpenters enjoy this magnificent"
wage scale, twice that number In the
state of Illinois work for far less than
that.
William R. Daniels, secretary of
the Illinois State Council of Carpen-
ters, reported at his local union that
the average wages for carpenters in
the state is only 6S cents an hour.
Deduct the seasonal changes and I'M
employment and you will discover that
the actual wage is "a cents an hour.
Such is the prosperity of the building
trades workers during the highest
building boom in the history of the
country.
The wages of the union officials are
royal salaries in comparison with those
of the rank and file. In the local
union of which / am a member the
business agent and the financial sec
rotary are paid $95 week apiece,
rain or shine, holidays and all. The
bosses favor them with costly cigars
and fiery hooch. They have the APP
pearance of nice, fat, prosperous gen.
tlemen and talk soft to us on election
days; the balance of the time they
are hard-boiled. The local bought the
business agent $4,000 automobile a
year ago. He smashed it and we got
him another one for $4,000. We are
paying his auto and other extra ex-
penses, and the more we pay him the
further he gets away from our point
of view. Our aggression to fight the
bosses for higher wages and union
conditions he opposes with schemes OF
class collaborationist and other hum
bug in keeping with the official grand
moguls of the A. F. of l..
The business agents have psychol-
ogy separate and apart from the rank
and file-BUSINESS agents they are
Why don't you write II up7 It may
be interesting to other workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
The PITTSBURGH
DAILY WORKER
BUILDERS MEET
Out to Get Moscow Ban
ner and Delegate
Especial to The DAILY wOrkerl

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 16.-At a
well-attended meeting Of DAILY
WORKER Builders" it was unani-
mously decided that the Pittsburgh
district will send DAILY WORKER
representative to Moscow and that
Pittsburgh will get the Moscow ban
ner.
Abe Garfinkle, who sold the most
subscriptions, acted as chairman. In
his opening remarks he informed
those present that he had Just started
getting subs" and that he desired a
little competition. This will be fur
nished him.
Organize Real Club.
The organization committee OF the
DAILY WORKER Builders Club"
made the following proposals, which
were unanimously accepted.
/. Anyone selling 81 in subscrip-
tons is eligible to join the club.
!. 2. The club shall meet once a
month.
3. Between meetings an exeuctive
committee of FIVE shall carry on the
business of the club.
4. The executive committee shall
consist of the five members selling
the most subscriptions. If during the
month a member Of the executive
committee is Topped by another mem
Der, this member automatically re
places him or her.
8. The executive committee shall
elect the secretary.
6. Any member that does office work
will be credited with Is cents an hour
of work.
To Hold Banquet.
7. On New Years Eve a banquet
shall be held. Admission to said ban
quet to be SIS in subscriptions and
work.
8. The comrade selling the largest
number of subscriptions during the
DAILY WORKER drive" shall be the
district representative to Moscow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Pittsburgh Worker
Correspondents Meet
on Tuesday Evening

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 16. - All
militant workers that can push a pen
Gil or rattle a typewriter are request
ed to join the Pittsburgh Worker Cor
respondents Group at their regular
meeting Tuesday, May Is, at p. m.
at Room 8, sos james ST., N. s.
If you have written a story or a
news item, bring It with you. The
group will meet regularly on every
first and third Tuesday of the month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
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LATEST NEWS FROM The FRONT
IN THE
NATIONAL BUILDERS CAMPAIGN
IN BOSTON THERE is ELSIE PULTUR.

Builder plenty
the Builder with
back
this campaign she
comade shohan
"jus getting started"
Pur Of the leaders,
pass
a lady's handbag
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NEXT WEEKS PRIZES !!

"Lenin Organization" very valuable book is offered
for the first prize of weeks best Worker Corespon-
dent story.
Romance of New Russia" by Madeline Marx, book
to be enjoyed by everyone interested in how they live in
Soviet Russia today, is offered the second prize.
The Little Red Library consisting of booklets practical
we'll valuable (can be carried in pocket) is
offered the third prize.
Worker Correspondents: Send in your stories.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
EXTRA GANG WORKERS ON ERIE
RAILROAD WANT TO ORGANIZE
ey RUFUe ?. HEATH, worker oorresp0ndent.

tReprlnted from the first Living chleaeo)
employment sharks
extra Of the Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad 81
are driven all day at neck
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Chicago Glass Meets Tonight.
The regular Chicago Worker Cor
respondents class meeting is tonight
at eight O'Clock sharp, at 11l3 West
Washington Blvd.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
III RY~1

P.S. There will be another piece
N this paper soon. Look for it
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
TORMENTORS BACK
EASTERN TRIP
Played in Billings, Livingston,
Forsyth and Miles
City

The "Witching Hour" cast returned
to Bozeman Sunday from their tour
to the eastern part Of the state with
reports of a very pleasant and suc-
cessful trip. They played to appre-
ciative audiences everywhere they
went and at Miles City, where they
played two performances they played
to- capacity houses.
Critics at all the towns where they
played were prOfuse in their praise of
the production. Mr.. Haynes, county
attorney of Rosebud County at For
syth, who has seen John Mason, pre-
mier Of American dramatists, play
the part of Jack BroOkfield in The
Witching Hour, said he Thought the
play was exceptionally good and that
the dialogue between JudsOn Mis-
kimen Jack BrOOkfield) and Cliff
Willis (Justice Prentice) was partic-
ularly well done" DR.. and Mrs.
Brewer, of Terry, expressed them
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Wolf Point - Westland Oil ccm-
pany starts wholesale oil distributing
station.
T~ruly-Milligan highway will be
completed during April.
Montana shipped more than 1,OOO,-
900 cattle, sheep and hogs, during
1925.
Great Falls-March building per-
mits reached 100000.
Montana growers will increase their
1925 potato area by about 10 per cent.
Fourteen new oil wells were started
in che week, in Kelvin unburst field.
Great Falls Sunburst Refining
company viii enlarge shop space here.
Havre-Swiss capital will drill for
oil on Box Elder structure.
ChinOOk-Sugar factory will OPP
crate here this year, though with re-
duced acreage.
Montana crops and livestock sold in
1925, were worth $122,533,OOO
County will work Big Draw road,
between Plains and Kalispell.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
The SECURITIES MARKET

A significant event of recent weeks,
from the standpoint of possible indi-
&ec4 long-term influence upon the
bnnd market, was the enactment OF
the new revenue law, states the cur
Tsz1t issue Of the Guaranty Trust COM
pany Of New York.
The reductions in the rates, the
Survey says, make it possible for
hclders Of securities to receive a much
larger proportion of their taxable in
comes from corporation bonds Of good
grade and correspOndingly low yields,
and still receive, after payment of in
come taxes, a higher rate Of return
than is ordinarily Cbtainable from
conservative municipal issues.
Individual investors desiring to OBJ
tain a minimum return for their in.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
BEST
POTATO COUNTY

HELENA-Flathead is the banner
county in Montana's 1925 potato pro-
duction with $4,000 bushels, accord
ing to figures prepared for the Mon
tana publicity division by the joint
s~tate-federal statistician. Flathead's
potato production was more than
twice the total production Of Lake, the
second county in potato production.
Lake produced 245,O0O bushels.
Third place is held by Ravalli coun-
ty with 100000 bushels. Lewis and
Clark, Madison, Yellowstone and
Blaine were other notable potato
counties in 1925. Lake took first
place in per acre yield for potatoes,
her mark being It's bushels to the
acre. Flathead produced 145 bushels
per acre and BeaverhAad, which had
but a small crop, set a mark Of $50
bushels per acre.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16
SHERIDAN A
IN SPRING WHEAT
OUTPUT IN 1925

HELENA Sheridan county took
first place as Montana's greatest
spring wheat county with a total pro-
duction of 2,133,OOO bushels in 1925,
according to figures prepared for the
Montana publicity division.
Hill was second with 100000
bushels and Fergus third with $780,
900. Sheridan county produced only
nine bushels to the acre, while Madi-
son cOunty's crop went % bushels and
Mineral county, with only 1000 acres
planted, reports % bushels to the
acre.
Sheridan was the only county in the
1000, 600 bushel 'class, while u coun-
ties raised more than 100000 bush
els.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

The average per capita apple con-
sumption for the entire United States
Is now One-half an apple per day. So
far we have only reached the half
way mark Of the %prOverbial "apple a
day" We understand, says the Pro.
gressive Grocer, the doctors are not
taking a very active part In persuad-
ing Us to eat the other half per day.
Many Varieties Of Birds
The biological survey says that
there are sou species Of birds and
1900 subspecies.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

No. 1
No. 1

went to Washington the other
day. l visited "The House of Rep
uesentatives," they were in session..
What l mean by being in session.,
the tax bill was up for debate and
they were arguing on Better Golf
courses for the medium salaried
man" I suppose if the World
Court bill had been up, they would
have been talking on "Shall Amer
lea park oblong or parallel"
Well, then I went over to the
Senate. They had adjourned, so l
felt that America was not having
such a bad day at that. We were
only so percent inefficient THAT
DAY
You know we all joke and kid
about Congress, but we can't i'm
prove on them. Nomatter who we
elect, ne is just as bad as the one he
replaced. So with all their faults
we love EN-. They are as good a!
The people who vote to put then
there, and they are 10 times bette-
than the ones who don't vote at all
They are like "Bull" Durham
they are not perfect, but they ar
the best in their line.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

vestments equivalent to 4.2O per cent
from tax-free issues, for example,
need not, under the new law, accept
taxable securities yielding more than
81 per cent if their total taxable in
comes do not exceed 100000. To OBJ
tain the same results under the 1924
law, such individuals would be COM
PEELED to restrict their taxable in
comes to $4,000, or else invest in
taxables yielding substantially more
than 81 per cent, with whatever at
tendant risks might attach to such
investments.
Similarly, investors with large in
comes who consider that taxables
yielding $50 per cent may be held
with adequate safety, may now re-
ceive their entire income from such
taxable issues and still obtain the
equivalent Of a tax-free rate of not
less than APO per cent. Under the
1924 law, investors deriving income
from taxable bonds yielding no more
than $50 per cent would not obtain
the equivalent of a tax-free return Of
4.20 per cent, or better, from any
portion Of such taxable income ex-
ceeding $4,000.
Affects Taxable Bonds.
It is reasonable to expect that the
reduction in the tax rates will result
in a stimulation of investment in con-
servative taxable bonds by large num-
bers of investors who heretofore, on
account Of the higher rates, have held
corporation bonds of lower grade, or
else have resOrted to the ~expedient Of
owning tax-free securities. Other ex-
pected results include an increase in
the proportion of the general income
that will be available for investment
In securities, because less will be
taken for taxes. To the extent that
these results are realized, and we'll
founded confidence in the business
outlook is encouraged, the general eff
fects of the law will be beneficial.
Any possible indication Of the prob
able movement of money rates COM
mands special attention at this time.
Accordingly, the offering by the
TREASURY last month of about $780,
100000 of 81 per cent bonds, due in
1866, but redeemable, in whole or in
part, at par at the option of the
! government on and after March Is,
1916. is of unusual interest. The
bonds were offered at 100H, to yield
about 1913 per cent.
In some quarters, the replacement
Of maturing Az per cent bonds with
a new issue at 81 per cent, was re-
garded as indicating the approach of
lower money rates in general. In
this connection, the fact is empha.
sized that this is the lowest rate OF
interest bcrne by a long-term govern,
ment issue since the flotation Of the
fully tax-exempt First Liberty 31A's
On the other hand, it has beer
pointed out that the present value oil
a long-teTm government loan is nOI
ordinarily measured by the immedi
ate outlook CT money rates, and, fur
Their, that the offering CT a long-tern
issue at this time presumably indi
Gates the belief that conditions ar
now at least as favorable, from tn.
standpoint of the borrower, fer sucl
a long-term issue, as any likely to b
met in the near future. The over
subscription of the bonds is fresh evi
dence Of the broad demand for long
term government issues, a deman.
which reflects the peculiar positio.
of such bonds among investments, an
the gradual reduction Of the out
standing government debt.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

selves as being surprised and pleased
with the play, as did Superintendent
Grandey Of the same town The fac
ulty Of the high school at Billings
were very ~appreciative and assured
Mrs. Davis that a much larger crowd
would have been present had the
play not been presented during Easter
week.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

The robbers got away, but it was
not the fault of little Sophie I~senberg.
When the bandits invaded her fathers
furniture store in New York she beat
it to the phone and asked for the
police, who were quickly forthcoming,
but not quick enough to get their men.
The robbers got away with $3.50.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

Great Falls-Summit Oil company,
with 100000 capital, enters Montana
oil field.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

Observation-Disclosures State banp
authorized, with $27,5OO capital
Evening star., 1926-06-09

in Taking the Heir: Monday. Ray.
mond Griffith in Wet Paint" and
Cliff Bowes in Meet My Dog; Tues
day Jacqueline Logan and Cullen
Landis in Peacock Feathers" and
Neeley Edwards In "A Couple Of
Skates; Wednesday. Three Weeks
in Paris" and Edna Marion In Say
It With Love-; Thursday, Priscilla
Dean in The Danger Girl" and Clyde
Cooke in Wife Tanners; FRIDAY,
Helene Cha dwick and William Russell
in The Still Alarm" and Aesop Fable :
Saturday, Pete Morrison in Chasing
Troubles" Lloyd Hamilton In NO
body's Business" "Sportlight" and
1.-The Radio Detective" No. 2.
Evening star., 1926-06-09
COLONY.

Sunday, Madge Bellamy in SANDY"
and Cliff Bnwes In Somebody's
Wrong: Monday, Clara Bow in The
Runaway" and Clyde Cooke in your
Husbands Past; Tuesday, Alma Ru
bens and Bert Lytell in THE Gilded
Butterfly" and Eddie Gordon in "A
Flivver Vacation; Wednesday. Con-
stance Bennett, Joan Crawford and
Sally O'Neil in Sally. Irene and
Mary and o. Henry's From the
Cabby's Seat; Thursday. Norma Tai
madge in "Kiki' and Aesop Fable;
Friday, George O'Brien and Anita
Stewart in "Rustling for Cupid. Jim
mie Adams in For Sadies Sake"
and Hodge-podge; Saturday, wild
to Go" and Our Gang" in Better
Movies" e.
Evening star., 1926-06-09
ANU Sc ME- NTS

the basis of the climacteric episodes,
the picture primarily is entertainment
and makes no pretense at historical
drama or political propaga ganda. 1t is
massive in it's material investiture.
and the love story disclosed is one Of
power. levelinc the lines of caste-a
princess Of the royal blood falls in
love with man who for years was
a "h,man mule" on. the towpaths Of
the Nolca. II is with their fate that
the story principally is concerned.
William Boyd has achieved a per
sonal triumph as the boa atman. Elinor
Fair is the princess, and Julia Faye
and Theodore kosloff supply the
comedy touches. Others include Rob
ert t;deson. Victor Varconi, Charles
Ciary and Arthur Rankin
Evening star., 1926-06-09
EtRLE-Vaudev Vile and Pictures.

For next week the Earle Theater
manasement announces one Of the
best bills of Keith popularprice vaude-
Vile including a headline attraction
and acts that have passed the test
and been acclaimed among the best on
the boards.
The film feature will be- Early to
We'd the splurse of newly married
couple bluffing their way through
society. adapted from the stage play
snd filmed by William Fox. with Matt
Moore ZaSu Pitts and Katherine
Perry in leading roles. Frank Bor-
rage was the director.
The bill will he augmented by
Alexander Arons in a pipe organ re-
Ctal.
Evening star., 1926-06-09
AVENUE GRAND.
WEBSTER.

Sunday ands Monday. Corinne Crit
fifth in Mile. Nodiste'' and o. Henry's
The Social Triangle; Tuesday and
Wednesday. Richard Dix and Lois
Wilson in Lets Get Married and
our Gang" in Better Movies
Thursday, Lewis Stone and Barbara
La Mari in The Girl From Mont
martre" and Cliff Bowes in What a
Life: Friday, Eugene O'Brien in Isl
mon. the Jester" and Clyde Cooke in
Wife Tanners: Saturday. Raymond
Griffith in Wet Paint" and Lupino
Lane in Time Flies"
Evening star., 1926-06-09
DU MBARTON.

Sunday. Alma Rubens. Bert Lytell
and Huntly Gordon in THE Gilded
Butterfly; Monday. Ethel Clayton and
Cullen Landis in The Mansion of Ach-
ing Hearts; Tuesday. Jack Pickford.
Mary Brian. Francis y. Bushman and
Mary Alden in Brown of Harvard >;
Wednesday and Thursday. Madge Bel
lamy. Leslie Fenton and Harrison
Ford in Sandy; Friday. Matt Moore.
Dorothy Devore and Willard Louis in
Three Weeks in Paris: Saturday.
Clara Bow, Warner Ba xter and Will
liam Powell in The Runaway"
Evening star., 1926-06-09


Harold Lloyd will be the star at
Crandall's Tivoli Theater the first two
days of next week, beginning sun
day afternoon, in For Heavens S
Sake his latest picture. In this
story of a rich young man who be-
comes a slum worker in order to be
near the girl ne loves there is
wealth OF fun. The supplementary
attractions will include "A new news
reel, Topics Of the Day" and an
.Aesop fable
Tuesday and Wednesday. Adolphe
Menjou. "A Social Celebrity" sup
ported by Louise Brooks Elsie Law.
son, Roger Davis and Chester Conk-
lin. supplemented by Charlie Chase in
Mama. Behave added short reels
and pipe organ music: Thursday and
Friday. Richard Dix and Lois Wilson
in Let's Get Married" the cast In.
Guiding 'Gupboat" Smith former
pugilist; Jose N kilgour and Edna
May Oliver. augmented by Christie's
Dancing Dsddies; Saturday. Rin.Tin-
Tin, the canine star, in Warner Bros.
production. The Night Cry supple
mented Nby Lige Conley in Cheap
skates" and the fourth installment of
The Radio Detective"
Evening star., 1926-06-09

Mayer's new photoplay Paris fea.
turing Charles Ray and Jean Craw-
ford
Paris is from the pen of Edmund
Goulding, who also directed the pro
duCtion. II is a romance of the French
capital. One of it's scenes duplicates
the "Birdcage," a famous haunt of
Apaches, and most of the action Of
the piece takes place there. Charles
Ray is seen as an American enmeshed
In an Apache plot. while Jean Craw.
ford plays the part Of fiery Apache
dancer. Romance, suspense and
thrills abound
Evening star., 1926-06-09
CHEVY CHASE.

Sunday and Monday, John Barry
more in THE Sea Beast Aesop's Fa.
bles and News Events: Tuesday, Clara
Bow and Donald Keith in THE Plas-
tic Age" Our Gang comedy. "Mys
terious Mystery" Pathe Review;
Wednesday and Thursday, Bebe Dan
iels and Ford Sterling in Miss Brew
ster's Millions" Helen and Warren
comedy, Moving Day" News Events;
Friday. Glenn Tryon IN feature COM
edy. THE White Sheep" Hal Roach
Stars in There Goes the Bride" Sat
urday, Glenn Hunter in THE Little
Giant" Universal comedy, "Mortgaged
Again" and Grantland Rice Sport
light In Dixie Doodle
Evening star., 1926-06-09
SAVOY.

Prairie wife" and cliff Bowes in TO,
nights the Night; Monday, Conway
Tearle and Dorothy Mackaill in The
Dancer of Paris and Helen and War
ren comedy, His Own Lawyer"
Tuesday. Helene Chadwick and vii
liam Russell in THE Still Alarm" and
Felix cartoon; Wednesday. David But
Ter in The Phantom Express and
Wanda Wiley in Twin Sisters:
Thursday, ReGinal Id Denny and Laura
La Plante in What Happened 10
Jones" and comedy: Friday, Johnny
Hines in Rainbow Riley" and Alice
Day in Sennett's The Soap Suds
Lady; Saturday. 1.-The Cohens and
Kellys' and Aesop Fable.
Evening star., 1926-06-09
.&MBASSADG-"Her Second
Chance"

Anna q. Nilsson, Huntley Gordon,
Charles Murray. Mike Donlin, Dale
Fuller Sam De Grasse and Jed
Prouty head the cast of First Ma.
tional's production. Her Second
Chance" a screen adaptation of the
novel by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, to
be shown at Crandall's Amba ssadol
Theater the first three days of next
week, beginning Sunday afternoon.
The story is said TO be one Of Violent
conflicts Of character and intense
climaXes. The adaptation is by Eve
Unsell and direction by Lambert Hill
YER The bill will he completed by
short reels and pipe organ music.
Wednesday and Thursday, Lewis s.
Stone and Barbara La Mari in First
Nationals production Of The Girl
From Montmartre. a story laid in
one of the picturesque provinces of
old Spain, augmented by Mack Sen
nett's two-reeler, Trimmed in Cold ;;
Friday, Rin-Tin Tin, canine star, in
"The Night Cry" supplemented by
Christie's Shore shy starring Billy
Dooley. and added short reels; Satur-
day. THE Fighting Heart starring
George OBrien, supplemented by
Our Gang in Hal Roach's "One
Wild Ride" and at the matinee the
third installment of the new chapter
play, The Radio Detective
Evening star., 1926-06-09
METROPOLITAN-"The Volga Boat.
man."

So strong has been the public de.
mand to see Cecil B. De Miles ex.
traordinary production, THE Volga
Boa tina MA it is announced that the
eNecutiveg of the Crandall organiza-
tion will preseW the picture at Gran.
dans Metropolitan another week. be-
ginning Sunday afternoon, precisely
- it was hrst shown there.
Seldom has picture taken so
strong hold upon discriminating
theatergoers. The story combines all
that is gripping IN human experience
While a Russian revolution Is made