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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

OF the conditions which exist in
Passaic it is difficult to speak tenn
perately and briefly. The wrongs, op-
pressions and explorations which the
people have suffered there, under the
alleged protection Of high customs du-
ties, may, however, be summarily re-
capitulated as follows;
First-The Passaic mills, against
which the strike has been directed,
are alien controlled. The majority
were under the alien property custo-
dian during the war. They are now
under the domination of large German
textile interests. The alien property
custodian reported that the Botany
Mills were So per cent enemy owned,
the Garfield mills Az per cent, the
Gera mills SO per cent Passaic Wors-
ted Spinning Company 60 per cent,
orstmann-Huffmann Company 70 per
cent. They have been established be-
hind our protective tariff wall in order
to evade competitivei disadvantages
Since the war and the return Of these
properties to German control, the eff
fort has been constantly made to i'm
pose an intolerable Prussian industrial
autocracy upon those who have been
employed.
Second-The employees of these mills
have been denied the right to organ
ize. Industrial spies, have been used
10 detect and thwart ANY attempts in
I this direction. Wage1s earners who
have joined labor organizations have
been blacklisted, Disseminated against
and summarily discharged.
Third-The employees Of these mills
are denied the right Of collective bar
gaining thru Representatives of their
own choosing. The mill owners will
not recognize or deal with their or
CARNATIONS. This is fundamental
right which is essential to industrial
freedom and which custom, precedent
and enlightened opinion and states.
manship have established in our basic
industries. It's denial in industrial
life is analogous to the denial in po
litical life of representation as a con
dition to taxation. The mill owners OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

Passaic, however, repudiate this fun
damental safeguard Of industrial lib
erty.
Fourth-The employees Of these mills
are denied a living wage or wage
sufficient to enable them to support
their families decently or IN health
and with any degree of comfort By
the way of illustration, II per cent of
the workers in the Botany Worsted
Mills earned during 1925 less than
$780, while the remaining 20 per cent
earned less than $1,000. The absolute
inadequacy of these earnings is shown
by the fact that the National Indus
trial Conference Board, federation
Of the leading employers organiza~
tions Of the country, which is not sym
pathetic with the attitude of organized
labor, as the result of original inves-
legations in the adjacent textile COM
munities of West Hoboken and Union
Hill, New Jersey, established the sum
of $1604 per annum as the necessary
minimum cost of living among wage
earners" families AS a matter of
fact, the annual earnings of the work
er in the Passaic mills are not suf
ficient to maintain the minimum stand
ards of subsistence, or, bare annual
existence for himself and his family.
Fifth-Under the deplorable condi-
tions wives and children, in order
that families may exist at all, must go
to work in the mills, in order to- sup
plement the earnings of the husband
and father. The 1920 census shows
that in New Jersey textile industries
there were employed 27,5S8 men, "a
500 women, and S,16S children under
16 years of age.
OUR own loriginal investigations
" have shown that the usual custom
in Passaic is for the husband to work
in the daytime, while the wife works
during the night. Altho this night
work of women is forbidden by state
law, the law is not enforced because
of legal tangle deliberately produced
| by the mill owners in an action
| against the state. Altho the people of
New Jersey have forbidden it, the Pas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

The statement made by w. Jett
Lauck, economist, before the senate
committee ON education and labor
May 26, 1926, at hearing on the
Shepard resolution IS. Res. 177)
calling for an investigation of con-
ditions in the textile, aluminium and
steel industries, was as follows;
IF the protective tariff system is de-
L signed, among other alleged ad-
vantages, to make possible decent
standards of work, living and compen-
sation to American wage earners, the
highly protected textile industry of
Passaic and vicinity is the most colos-
sal sham and hypocrisy every perpe-
trated on the American wage Garner.
The wooden and worsted industry,
which is highly localized in that city,
now enjoys an average protective duty
of rs per cent. This should afford an
abundant margin of profit to the mill
owners after establishing standards of
work and wages which are contem-
plated by the tariff law and which
have been sanctioned by enlightened
public opinion and successful indus
trial leadership. Instead of conditions
which arise from wise Industrial
craftsmanship, however, and which
are to be stimulated by the existing
tariff legislation, those which actually
exist are quite the reverse. They not
only repudiate all accepted industrial
safeguards and guarantees to wage
earners, but they also disregard the
most elementary moral and human
standards. The mill owners of Pas
sale have fagrantly violated the fun
damental intent of the existing tariff
law and have been recreant to every
obligation of political and industrial
democracy. They should have the I'M
reserved condemnation of the con-
gress, and of all those who love hui
mainly and who cherish democratic in
situations and ideals. They are UNI
American and greater enemies OF
American ideals than are the most
radical and revolutionary labor agita-
tors and subversive propagandists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

sale Industrial autocracy has by ma
inipulation thwarted their will and
women are forced to work at night.
Because Of the economic pressure
upon the mother, she can secure no
relief even during the period OF preg-
nancy, because It is then that the fam
fly expenses increase. There are
many instances OF babies being born
at the mills. Frequently the time
taken from work by mothers amounts
to no more than a few days before
and after the birth OF the child.
Sixth-The effect of these condi-
lions upon infant mortality is appall-
ing. Those who control the Passaic
mills and direct their policies are in
directly but morally guilty of the pre-
mature and avoidable deaths of thou
sands of infants. Passaic has 43 per
cent greater mortality than has the
entire state Of New Jersey among chill
dren under one year Of age, So per
cent greater for children under 8
years. and So per cent greater among
children to 8 years of age. The
blood of these children is on the hands
of the Passaic mill owners, for they
have created the conditions which re,
suited in their deaths. And they have
done this thing under tariff Of rs
per cent, which was designed to pro
tect the wage Garner and his family.
Seventh-The working conditions in
the Passaic mills are intolerable. Dur.
ing rush periods the wage earners
both men and women, are forced to
work long overtime hours under pen
atty of discharge for refusal or even
unwillingness. During slack seasons
they are placed upon part time and
are sent home at unexpected and if
regular hours.
The. foremen are exceedingly brutal
Language used to employees is profane
and indecent. Facilities for men and
women are unsanitary. Ventilation is
bad. The results are preventable oc-
cupational diseases such as rheuma-
tism and tuberculosis. Much of the
work is classed as dangerous and most
of the danger could be eliminated by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

humane management The mill OIL
ers as a whole are completely indin
emit to the welfare OF the workers.
THE workers are thus deprived
4 their fundamental Industrial III
ties and subjected to intolerable wa
ing conditions. They have been
prived Of all rights and privilel
which have been sanctioned by ST
and federal Legislation, by judicial
cisions, by public and private arbii
ton boards, by the best public opinI
and Industrial craftsmanship and
the announcements of all christ
churches, without regard to denomi
ton.
On the other hand, the mill own
have been reaping excessive pro
from the benefits of protectionRnd
exploitation of their employee }
the seven years ending Decor Der
1928, the profits Of the Botany We
ted Mills, by way OF illustration,
eraged $3,160,212 per year, or 500
share on each share of capital ste
outstanding. In 1924 holding &C
pany was organized with trem
dously increased number of shares
no par value in order to conceal ca
ings- This new company owns
Botany and Garfield mills and
large interests in two Germany I
tile manufacturing groups. A part
the funds realized from the reorga
cation was used to finance these I
tile interests in Germany Blair
Co., the underwriters of the new he
ing company, in their statements re
tive to the sale Of the new securit
created, stated that the Botany n
had never had an Improbable yea
All the other companies, with [
exception of the Botany, are clos
corporations and make no public
port to the usual financial manu-
and agencies. The alien property c
todian, in taking over the property
1908, reported earnings ranging fir
10 to % per cent, and these retul
have been larger instead of small
since their return to their origi
alien owners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
Crowe ~WMtewashes" His Office

Everything regarding the Staying Of Mcswggen sar"
ecutor in States Attorney Groves Office is cleared to the
satisfaction Of Grove and the reptile press Of the city The muir
derer has not been apprehndd but that minor matter What
embarrassing Grove the fact that his
killed while touring various bootleg parors with two more
notorious beer and gunner. ' i
1t develops according to the statement of Grove that his
assistant endeayorng aid his pals 0Donne and Duffy
in their campaign the business Of beer selling from the
CaponeTorro gang but merely engaged the benevolent
pursuit trying buletproof that had been
stolen from "friend"
This information embarrassing" the states attorneys office
obtained from that eminent gentleman, ondyke" ODonne
who with of his gang interviewed about the McSwggen
affair
Groves assistant part the ODonn gang it is hardly
reasonable that the survivors would tell story that
would bring them into conflict with the states attorneys Office
Especially unconyncng anything Grove may the subject
the expose Judge that young
AcSwgg and others particularly active the polls during
primary election terrorzng voters who known to be
friendly to the Grove slate.
The additional fact that Grove grand jury also whitewashed
the attorneys Office only makes the whole smell the
strongly. r.a
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for The DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

90 accustomed is the capitalist press
- to denouncing as revolution every
advance of labor, every effort collect
lively to improve the condition of the
working class that it is not surprising
to see it organizing an anvil chorus
monotononsly to chant that the gen.
eral strike in Britain is revolution.
The vast mass upheavel convulsing
the United Kingdom today certainly
has tremendous revolutionary implica-
tions, which can, under certain condi-
lions of leadership, travel far on the
path to revolution, but thus far it falls
far. short of revolution.
That the bourgeois press recognizes
the fact that the general strike can be
made the starting point for prosecu-
ton of the class struggle to the bitter
end is evidenced by the hysteria that
pervades its editorial and news col
umns. To the Chicago Journal OF
Commerce the general strike under
any conditions, Of long or short dura
ton. appears as revolution. In an ed
itorial under the head Revolution" il
declares:
whatever may be done from now
on cannot alter the fact that the
Trade Union Congress has PROD
claimed a revolutionary act. A gen.
eral strike Of long duration is revo-
luton; a general strike of short du-
ration is revolution. The Trades
Union Congress has ordered an as
sault on the government of Great
|. Britain"
OTHER avowed spokesman of the
" big bourgeoisie and many semi-lib
eral publications re-echo this state
ment with variations. The only CAPT
talist publication in the United State
that has even remotely perceived thu
role of leadership in the present gen
eral strike is The Chicago Tribune
which, under the caption, "Conserva
tives in a Revolution" carried this re
markable editorial, which we publish
in full.
~. II. Thomas, secretary Of the
railwaymen's union in England and
leader of the Labor Party in par
lament, has been negotiating with
the government in the hope of re-
storing peace. Premier Baldwin has
announced that he will not consider
any terms until the general strike is
called off Internationally.
MIR. Thomas is not a revolution
airy. He has confidence in the par
liamentary system Of government.
If he is anxious TO make peace as
speedily as possible, the explanation
is simple. He knows that If peace
is not speedy restored he will lose
his influence over his own followers
A general strike is revolutionary
movement, 1t cannot be led by any
one but an avowed revolutionist.
BLOOD has been shed already in
Great Britain. The general strike
cannot continue without more blood.
letting. The longer It continues the
more bitter II will become and the
more surely the strikers will make
revolution their goal. Mr.. Thomas
and many others among the veteran
leaders of labor are realizing now
that II they are TO retain leadership
they must bring the strike to an end.
In that fact lies the chief hope OF an
early settlement"
hoaeommunlst win take issue wi,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
BY Il. M. wIcKs.

NOTE-The following article was
written and read at the first living
newspaper" in the English language
in the city of Chicago, where the
author of the article acted as editor,
on Saturday evening, May s, during
the progress of the British general
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

Chicago director petu
Just left Chicago hike New York without eating
admits he
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-11-24
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER PATH, 1926

THANKSGIVING
Now gracious plenty rules the board,
And in the purse is gold,
BY multitudes in glad accord,
Thy giving is extolled.
All, suffer me to thank thee, Lord,
For what thou dost Withhold!
] thank thee that howe'er we climb
There yet is something higher,
That though through all our reach of time
We to the stars aspire,
Still, still, beyond us burns sublime
The pure sidereal fire!
I thank thee for the unexplained,
The hope that lies before,
The victory that is not gained
o Father, more and more
I thank thee for the unattained-
The good we hunger for!
] thank thee for the voice that sings
To inner depths of being,
For all the upward spread Of wings,
From earthly bondage freeing;
For mystery-the dream of things
Beyond our power of seeing.
Florence Earle Coates.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-11-24
. FARMERS FAITH


7 BELIEVE in farming as way to live and
l believe in the dignity Of my work. I
of making living.
want no mans patronage, preaching or pity.
l believe in my SOUL It will reward me In
proportion to the thought, labor and love give
it.
l believe in myself. My success depends on
me more than on weather, luck or laws.
/ believe in my neighbors. My community,
like my soul, returns to me as | give to 1T.
believe in cooperation, in thinking for my
self and acting with my fellows.
/ believe that only united agriculture can
insure justice and prevent inequality.
believe in education. The more know the
greater my ability to seize opportunities and to
be happy. I insist that my children be enabled
to learn to be useful, intelligent men and women.
believe in conservation. will leave bet
ter farm than / took.
believe that living is the most important
Job in the world and mean to plan my work so
that my family and myself will have the time
and means to enjoy life.
1 face the years ahead with confidence, hope
and cheer.
i believe in myself, my fellow man and a
Supreme Being.
believe in farming.-Andred S. Wing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-11-24
LET us BE THANKFUL

American hen whO without labor troubles or
union regulations, produced 1,200,00O,O00 dozen
eggs last year and added thereby $312,000,0e0
to the nations income. Biddy is of our
largest and most reliable industries.
Let us be thankful for the contented Ameri-
can cows which produced last year 1926, 000,0 900
pounds of cheese, 1856 100000 pounds Of cream
cry butter and 52,77o,Ooo,Ooo pounds of milk
for household use. No congressional committee
ever had to investigate Bossy's business.
Let us be thankful for the good natured
American sheep which grew 3O1OOOO00 pounds
Of wool as it roamed the hilsides, and then sur
rendered every pound without organizing re-
volt or making campaign issue Of it.
Let us be thankful for the songs Of the wild
birds, sweeter than the notes of any prima donna.
These feathered songsters are never bothered
with temperament or professional jealousy; they
sing for rich and poor alike and are always ready
with an encore regardless of the attitude of
their audience. Yet none of them was ever
known to bring nervous prostration because it
could not own two nests at the same time
Let us be thankful for the sunsets which no
artist can paint and which no man can own; for
the flowers with the mnt-marks of divinity upon
them; for the trees with the charity of God with
in their branches and the rain which has fallen
upon the just and tie unjust.
Let us be thankful for the white corpuscles
of the blood which have stood guard over the ma
tons health during the past year, saving us
from plague and epidemics.
= Let us be thankful for the stars that shone
through the nights, without city inspector to
supervise or a department of government to
regulate them.
Let us be thankful for the activity of the
electrons which have kept the world vital with
energy for the ultraviolet rays which have kept
the world sanitary and for the unseen waves
of power which have meant life and being to all
creation.
For all the servants of man, seen and un-
seen, which have this year labored without
thought of reward or hope Of advancement, full
filling their destiny, let us be thankful.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Suburban For Sale

INGTON-Farmington Road, room house, 2h acres. Inquire Miss J. Nj. Callahan on premises. From to 8.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

MAPLE HILL-sIX ROOM COTTAGE. NEAR TROLLEY. OAK FLOORS AND FINISH. FIREPLACE. OPEN PLUMB ING. FURNACE, SCREENED IN PORCH. SHRUBS, FLOWERS, BEAU TIFUL VIEW. 3 CAR GARAGE. ELEC- TRIO RANGE. LOT IS 75X12S. SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH REQUIRED. JOHN B. WELLS. RAPHAEL BLDG. TEL. 3394.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

IF YOU WISH-to buy or sell city proper ty or exchange city property for farms call at 476 Main St. Tel 43l3. De- uuzze and Speck.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
BUSINESS SERVICE
Repairing and Piano Tuning
EDUCATIONAL

LADIEs-taught ballroom dancing after noons private class. Phone 39l0-J. steinhaus Dancing Academy United Bldg, 50S Main St.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Wanted-To Rent
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

kitchenette wanted by couple,
 Good location. Write Herald Box ISM.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Tcnements

Apartments and Tcuements 60 ALLEN ST, 4l5--5 rooms with garage, steam heat. all modern 'convenicnccs, End or 3rd floor. s3S. Inquire after ?. m.
 ALLEN ST, COR. OAK-four rooms and garage. Inquire above address. ARCH ST, 464-5 rooms, all modern. Rea- sonable rent. Inquire store within. ARCH ST, COR. MONROE ST.-4 room apartment, new apartment house all modern Improvements. B. Stein. 27 Win throp St. Phone 1495 or Robins Clothes Shop, 3l4 Main St. ARCH ST. 762-6 room tenement on 3rd floor, all modern Improvements Inquire on 2nd floor. Tel. 36O9 ARCH ST. 760--5 room tenement, with ali improvements, in new built house and garage. Apply 1S9 Glen St, list floor. BEATTY ST. 22-tenement of rooms, all modern Improvements, steam heat, near center Apply 1st floor. AUSTIN ST, 5O-four room tenement, modern Improvements. BELDEN ST. 23-high class furnished apartment.
 BLACK ROCK AVE, I9-5 room tenement all modern Improvements Inquire in corner store.
 CARLSON ST, I5-5 rooms all modern, garage. 1st floor. Call 29Si-l3 evenings. ST, 295--S rooms on End floor all modern improvements. steam heat. Inquire at above address or 50 Chestnut
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

UBURBAN-cottage with all improve provoments and city water, trolley pass es door. fruit. Fine neighbors. Lock- wood, Roal Estate and ms.. City Hall.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
MERCHANDISE
Household Articles

THREE ROOMS OF FCRNTTTRE--for living room, bedroom and Kitchen, slightly used, cheap. Terms can be ar ranged. See NJ. Rhelnholdt at John A. Andrews < O.. Inc. lS2 Main St
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Musical Instruments

i-PIECE-miSsion furniture for living room. Good condition. Price s3O. In qure J. Kennedy, 3GS Main St.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

good investment. s room bungalow. all Improvements. 5 family house, cor. property. extra lots, plenty of fruit, minutes from center. Price very reasonable. Owner leaving town. See us at once and make us an offer P. Denuz7i & Speck 476 Main St. Tel. 4S43 or 231S-2.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Wanted-ToRent

APAETMENT-of two or three rooms with improvements in exchange for jaul- tor service. Address A. & R., Box A. Herald
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

RESTAURANT-wit long lease. Central
 ly located doing excellent business. Must
 sell owing to proprietors Ill health.
 Write, Box l4-D. Herald.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Suburban For Sale

LAINvILLE-Trumbuil Ave, room brick bungalow. best location la town. Price very reasonable. Must be sol6 this this month. Will sell at . sacrifice. Owner leaving town. Call and make us an offer. P. Denuzzi & Speck, t7s Main St. Tel. 4543 or a3sl-2. two family house in center Of Plainville. 73 East Main St., Plalnyille.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

CHURCH ST. 465-7 large rooms, all improvements, 3rd floor. Inquire Ist floor.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Money To Loan
FAMILY LOANS

JOHN B. WELLS-Insurance mortgage
 loans and real estate. Raphael Bldg.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

CHESTNUT ST. 331-7 room tenement. all modern Improvements. End floor. Call S403-l3, evenings
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Tenements

ST. l56-5 rooms, first floor, floor. Inquire at 156 Cherry St. Phone S99l-3,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

CHESTNUT ST. 353-7 room tenement, all modern Improvements Inquire lst floor. Tel. 205g.4.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

CITY AVE. 45-5 room tenement, i'm provements. Inquire lst floor or Tel. S490-M
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities

POOL ROOM-with 3 pool tables at 216 Arch St, for sale owner has 2 stores and Is not able to attend. Inquire POS Arch St.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Agepts-ReaI Estate

ANDREWS & sTEVENs-Real Estate Mortgage loans-Insurance. IS Walnut St. Tel 212b.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

PLAINVILLE-5 room bungalow, opposite Trumbull Electric. Price $500. small cash down. easy terms Denuzzi X Speck, 476 Main St Tel. 4343 or 2SS1-2