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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
RUSSIA
LOOKING NTO
ARCTIC LANDS
BY WILLIAM F. KRUsE.
Especial Moscow Correspondent of
The DAILY WoRKER.)

MOSCOW, U. s. S. R.-(By Mail.)-
During the last summer twelve expedi-
tions were organized for exploration
into the vast northland which ex-
tending from the White Sea to KAN
chatka, makes up approximately one
third of the Soviet's domain. This
vast territory is inhabited only by
about 100000 people, mainly fungus,
Samoyed, Vogul, and Ostyak, who
mostly lead a nomadic life. A spe-
cial Committee for Relief Of the
Extreme North" has just completed
the first year Of its existence, during
which it sponsored legislative meas
ures for the relief of these peoples
These and other measures included
freedom from taxation and military
service, protection against usury, gov
eminent grain stores which sold sup
plies at cost, rifles and ammunition
to native hunters, medical and veteri-
nary service which is still in process
of organization, and the establish
ment of cultural bases by means of
which it is hoped to train staff of
native educators to work in cooper
alton with the teachers sent from the
metropolis.
For the first time postal service
was extended to the capital of Lap
land, Lovozero, a town of 800 people,
situated 80 versts off the Murmansk
railway. In winter the mail is deli
vered by reindeer sleds, in summer by
foot owing to utter absence of roads.
Telephone connection is to be estab-
lished next spring.
This vast northern empire is by
no means the barren waste that most
people imagine. One of the purpos-
es of the various expeditions was to
ascertain the resources of the hand.
Thus rich deposits of high grade sur
face coal were discovered in the Pet
chora valley in the extreme northern
Urals. Indications Of oil were also
found in this district. The soil in
the Amiga and Lena valleys in Yaku-
tia, in the extreme north Of the q.
S. S. r. was found to be Of highest
virgin fertility and plans were out
lined for the organization Of a series
Of agricultural experimental stations
under direction of the Leningrad In
stitute of Experimental Agronomy.
Important Investigations were also
carried out to determine the fish cur
rents in the waters of the Archangel'
district in order to stimulate the fish
cry industry there.
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Agricultural Agent
Has False Solution
for Farmers Ills

MT. VERNON, Jan. 29.-- Frederick
Benz, agricultural agent for the North
ern Pacific railroad, in an address to
local rotarians and assembled farm
ers predicted the collapse of our CT
vilization like that of ancient Egypt
and Babylon unless something is
done to relieve the distress of the
farmers. After dwelling at length in
his talk on the evils from which the
farmers are suffering to-day and
which have become so acute that they
cannot be further ignored even by the
agents Of capital, Mr.. Benz advocated
the remedy Of balanced production
with a tariff to protect the farmer
against foreign encroachment.
He seemed to think that less wheat
raising and more dairy cows and
shutout the cocoanut oil substitutes
for butter would greatly help the sit
uation. Another interesting remedy
he offered was that we should quit
wearing shoddy and wear only the
finest WOOL Mr.. Benz also covered the
tax question always a sore spot with
the farmer, declaring that "the under
lying strata Of society must pay all
government expenses" The only
worry Of Mr.. Benz seemed to be that
too much was being spent and taxes
were SO high that the danger was the
underlying strata Of society will not
be able to carry the burden OF paying
the taxes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
TOUTED TARIFF
DON'T keep UP
WORKERS WAGE
Children Working for 81
to $40 a Week
BY LAURENCE TODD.

WASHINGTON--(FP)-One million
workers in the textile industry in the
United States find themselves sink
ing lower and lower in the economic
scale, while their rate of production
and the profit. taken by their employ
ers go rapidly upward, said Thomas
F. Mcmahon, International president
United Textile Workers Of America,
at the opening session of the Wash
ington conference on the peoples re-
lation to the tariff, conducted by the
Peoples Reconstruction league.
Mcmahon analysed the record of
the cotton goods manufacturers under
the high protective tariff, and testified
that in certain lines they now can I'M
dersell products Of mills in India and
Japan. The machinery used in this
country is better than abroad, and the
average wage for American cotton
mill operatives is about SIS week.
Great numbers of children are en-
ployed at 81 to $40 a week.
He declared the socalled woollen
industry a shoddy industry, in which
good wool is not over $3.50 of the
material, although the manufacturers
enjoy tariff on wool Of SIC pound.
Wages in these mills are slightly
better than in cotton mills, due to the
heroic defense put up by the workers
in repeated strikes against reductions
in recent years.
The American Woollen Co., whose
capital has been increased-from ac-
cumulated profts-from $4,000, 900 to
$1,000 0,000--is now trying to make
its workers produce dividends on this
larger capitalization. An independent
mill at Uxbridge, Mass, which had
long been run on a basis of capital
izatfon in harmony with the actual In
vestment, declared a stock dividend
in 1928 Of 1929 percent and then cut
wages in an attempt to produce divi-
dends on this, food of watered stock.
Silk workers are rapidly increasing
in number, he stated. Unskilled work
ers in the many mills in western
Pennsylvania get 81 a week on the
average, as silk-throwers. The we'll
organized knitters of full-fashioned
silk hosiery get $50 a week. The
product Of these skilled knitters is
sold in the English market, after pay
ing a British tariff duty of 339s, in
successful competition with British
made goods.
Mcmahon declared that good OK
ample. of the use of tariff privileges
by the textile barons in this country
was furnished by the former tariff
expert senator from Rhode Island,
Henry Lippitt, who secured a merger
Of the Manville mills in Rhode Island
with the Jenckes mills in the south.
Their combined capital was 500 ,OOO.-
600. Overnight Lippitt watered the
capital to $39,OOO,OOO, and proceeded
to drive the workers to furnish pro-
fits on this transaction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

THE story OF the Earth" and "l4istory
Of Mankind" by Samuel Ball, every
Sunday, 1880 P. NJ, cal w. Washington
ST. Every Saturday, 572f Cottage Grove
Ave-, 7:45 P. M. Questions and discus
sion from the floor.
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Waterproof Workers
Union Stands for Labor
Delegation to Russia
81 a worker cOrrespondent.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-The campaign
in the labor unions here for the send
ing of labor delegation to Soviet
Russia to investigate conditions is
growing every day. The recent sue
cessful conference Of the committee
for organizing the delegation from
New York has made a great impress
sion on the organized workers of this
city.
The fastest union to go on record
for the sending of a delegation is the
Waterproof Garment Workers Union
Local 20. At its last meeting the ex-
ecutiye of the local adopted the follow
ing resolution supporting the plans of
the New York committee:
The experiences gained by the Rus
sian working class during these eight
years of struggle are of the most pro-
found interest and importance to all
the workers of all countries, and
Whereas, the labor movement of
nearly every country in the world
have sent delegations to the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics to study
the conditions as they are and to make
full reports to the workers Of their
respective countries, and
Whereas, the American labor move
ment till this day has failed to
send delegation to Soviet Russia
but persists in taking its information
from the enemies of the labor move
ment regarding the great social
changes now taking place in Soviet
Russia, therefore be 1t
Resolved, that we go on record for
the formation of trade union dele
cation to the Union Of Socialist So
Wet Republics, composed of respons-
ible Representatives Of the organized
labor movement, who shall bring back
to the workers of this country &C
curate and authentic information on
the true state Of affairs, the life and
condition of the working class in the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
A Former Prosecutor
Charges Persecution
of Ford; Refuses Case

MARYSvILLE, Carbohydrates
Ford's second trial for a murder he
did not commit began with most OF the
cards stacked against him. The judge
is C. o. Busick Of Sacramento, the
notorious author of the anti-I. w. w.
injunction. The prosecuting attorney,
Roy Maxwell, is son of the man for
whose death Ford who did not kill
him has already served IL years. The
son depends on winning this case as
an election card against A. M. Bundy,
Ford's local attorney, out for Man
wells job at the next election.
On the other hand, the former pros
ecutor, w. II. Carlin, has refused to
handle this second trial on the ground
that Ford is being prosecuted. witness
SEES OF the Wheatland hop riots In
1913 will be called in Ford's defense,
and Ralph burst, owner OF the ranch
the fearful conditions OF which led to
the strike and riots, may also be sub
poenaed as a defense witness. The
defense will show that Ford was UNI
armed as were Suhr and most of the
strikers; that he had no intention OF
melting or conspiring to murder; and
that this second trial is illegal, as
being practically a trial after convic-
ton for the same offence. They will
also show that the MAXWELL family
sued burst for s15O,OOO. thus blaming
him for their fathers death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

"Say II with your pen In the worker
correspondent page Of The DAILY
WORKER"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
MIN ERS MIGRATE
FROM ANTHRACITE
FIELDS TO N. Y.
Correspondents Glass
Hear About Strike
(sy a Workers c0rrespondent)

10y WOTkSFS OoTFCSpOHuCHtJ
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s-An intelligent
young miner, % years old, Influenced
by our Communist propaganda in the
mining region, came to N. Y. to find
work, to join the Y. w. L. and study
at the Workers School at 1OS E. 18th
street.
In an impromptu talk to the Worker
Correspondent class he presented the
miners point of view of the anthra-
cite strike involving $4,000 miners.
He stated that the strike was due to
an attempt of the large companies to
make readjustments as they term it,
or in other words, wage cuts.
The mine owners believe, he con-
tinued, that the miners are making
too much money, due to the fact that
a small group of miners who are con-
tractors can average about $500 a
month without doing any work at all.
They contract to do so many yards
Of the coal vein for which they re-
ceive $50 per yard. They employ
the first miners to do the dangerous
work of dynamiting at $3.50 per day;
the other miners receive the following
wages: those who do the real work of
transporting the coal get $5.93 per
day, the refiners $4.62, and the breaker
boys range in age from IA to II, also
men over go, who are too old to do
work in the mine, receive 1915 per
day. From this it is seen that miners
usually begin and end their careers
IN the mines as breaker boys.
With the exception of about 10000
maintenance men, he said, all the min
ers in the anthracite fields are on
strike.
A long drawn out struggle OF many
months has resulted in many leaving
the district, he added, and that was
why he was in New York at the pres
ent time. The relief of $40 from the
unions was not sufficient for the min
ers' families.
He proceeded to tell the Workers
Correspondents class that very little
hope is held out for an early settle
ment as the mine owners want arbi-
tration and the miners will under no
condition grant it. President Lewis
Of the Miners Union has lost most of
his prestige among the rank and file
because they believe he is selling
them out to the bosses. 1t seems
Lewis fears that the miners will Sc
cure their demands for the control of
the check-off which will result in the
unions being able to function without
leaders.
The Workers (Communist Party, he
informed us, has tried to help the
miners to use more militant methods
against the mine owners, had tried to
get the miners TO call out the main
tenance men but the miners are so
completely under the sway Of the
church and the saloons that It is ex-
tremely difficult to put over any Com
munist propaganda. Ben Gitlow,
however, was successful in holding
one meeting in Shenandoah which was
attended by over 5000 miners.
There is a little group which is at
tempting to continue the work as out
lined by the Workers (Communist)
Party.
The Workers Correspondents class
meets every Monday evening at s D.
m. at the Workers School, 1OS East
14th street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
HONOR ROLL
OF WORKERS
AIDING PRESS

Meyer Esterkin Cincinnati, O....--....s 100
r. Topping, Toledo, O..-.,..........-...... 7.32
Young Workers League, Mass, Mich. 500
Union City, N. J. proceeds Of w. p.
dance) oVsOU
Finnish Workmen's Association,
Boston, Mass. .............................. 1888
Finnish Dr., w. p, Amesbury, Mass. 200
Uknanian b., w. p, Hamtramck,
Mteh. 2oOO
SloVak Dr., w. p, Cleveland, o....,... 1000
M. Prochazka, A. Studenic, L. kun-
pan, L. Pravncek, J. Stortecky,
of Johnston, N. Y........................ 500
Am. Lth. Workers Lit. Society,
Detroit, Mich. 1000
Julie and Joseph Feiman, Chicago. 500
Jewish Dr., w. P., New York (by 8.
Chuckroy ............ l2OO
Geo. Nickerson, Minneapolis, MINI. ZOO
w. L. Wright, Minneapolis, Minn.... 100
Finnish Dr., w. p, PaynesVille,
Mlch. 1880
Ed Sabo, J. Velicky, A. Michaiek,
w. Simek, 7. Malik, all Of john
ston, N. Y. ESQ
J. Kluch, Sr., J. Sanko and p.
Trubac, Of Chicago ......,.-.............. $50
Mike Zednicek, Saginaw, Mich...... 100
J. krutz, Racine, Ws...................... 100
j. Soka, New York, N. Y. ........,,. 100
S. 5alzavy, ElmgroVe, w. Va......... $50
cyprian kumpan, Johnston City,
N. Y. 200
Slovak Dr., w. p, Cleveland, O,.., 1000
Lettish Br., Cleveland, O., Workers
Fafty 1.5O
Total today ...........S 17045
Previously recorded .................. 3,s1s.9o
Total to ,s9o.s5
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Donations Needed
for |. L. D. Bazaar
BY a Worker Correspondent.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-The bazaar Of
the International Labor Defense will
take place Feb. 10 to 10 incl, at the
Central Opera House. 9th street and
Third avenue. Every militant worker
is called upon to donate articles for
the booths. Gather advertisements
for our souvenir program. Help sell
tickets. Send your contributions to
international Labor Defense, New
York section, 799 Broadway, Room
422.
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WESTERN MARYLAND ENGINENENS
STRIKE is ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
WEAKNESS OF CRAFT UNIONISM
ny q worker correspondent.


HAGERSToWN Nd jan 2The strike of the
engineers its victory
the strikers The morale of the reports
Of general officers leading the strike
Takers
Brother Paddock that the
General Manager Beyers will realize the folly
, 1926-05-05
LEONARD MORRIS WINS
HONORS In ATHLETICS

Leonard Morris, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Morris of Northfork
writes his parents from Roxbury
School, Cheshire. Conn, that he is
having unusual success in athletics
this year, having been chosen as
captain of the schools fencing team,
and winning to date ten straight
matches, the last two being with
the crack fencers of West Point.
On the track and in baseball
Leonard has made good, and leads
Roxbury athletics in javelin throw
ing, with a record of 10 feet. In
the annual track meet he is to
compete with the ~javelin champs of
Princeton, Yale and Cornell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris may well be
proud of the splendid record which
is being made by their son, who
while spending the summer vaca-
ton in Wyoming last summer
demonstrated he had ability as a
baseball player. pitching several
fine games for the Cody team.
, 1926-05-05
QUO WARRANT0
CASE TO BE HEARD

Judge w. A. Riner, who has been
called to sit in the quo warranto
proceedings instituted by former
sheriff w. H. Loomis, announces
that the case has been set for June
LIST, at Cody at which time the
former sheriff will be given an OPP
%portunity to run another lap of
his race to hold the office of Park
county sheriff, after his impeach-
ment and removal from office about
a year ago by Gov. Nellie Tayloe
Ross.
Counsel for LOOMS had asked
for a jury trial for the quo warran-
to proceedings, but this request has
been denied by Judge Riner, and
the case will be heard on its merits
before the Judge. Loomis is rep
resented by Bronze and Bronze of
Basin while attorneys Paul r. Gree
yer and Ernest J.. Goppert will
represent Henry Dahlem, the pre-
sent incumbent of the sheriff's Of
flee.
, 1926-05-05
VALLEY DUDE MAN
RETURNS FROM EAST

1. H. Larom, of the Valley ranch
company returned Sunday from an
extended visit east and west, during
which time he visited at New York
City, where the Valley ranch COM
pany has an eastern office, at Wash
ington where Mr.. Larom met with
the Wyoming delegation in Congress
and later he made a trip through
the grand canyon section of Arizona
and the southland, later joining
Mrs. Larom in California, who ac-
companied him home.
After his visit to the outside Mr..
Larom claims to be more than sat
isfied with his location in Wyoming.
The emery here, and the many
things which make the appeal to the
eastern tourist, is much better and
stronger than he found it elsewhere
and he has returned home well
satisfied with his Wyoming bust
ness.
In speaking of the doings at
Washington Mr.. Larom seems very
optimistic that the Park-extension
bill will be enacted into a law.
, 1926-05-05
DEMARIS SPRINGS co.
IMPROVING ITS ROAD

The DeMaris Springs company has
had a crew of men and road grader
busy for several days the past week,
working the road on the north side
of the river to their popular min
eral bath. The road has been given
a working with the grader blade.
and a dragging. and is now n of
the best conditioned roads leading
into Cody.
The Springs company believes in
doing things, rather than merely
bowling bad roads" and when the
route to the Springs becomes in bad
condition. its improvement is us
ually financed by the local company
Incidentally it may be mentioned
that the work which has been done
makes the trip to the golf course
much more pleasing.
, 1926-05-05
GIVE IT A NAME
CODY'S new PAVILION

The management of Cody's paw
lion under the Cody Drug store
wants a name for the new enterprise
and is offering a cash prize of $25
to the person attending the opening
dance. May IL. and suggesting the
most appropriate name.
The dance floor is being given
the finishing touches this week, and
a preliminary dance is scheduled
for Friday night of this week, when
an out-of-town orchestra will mi
tate the new dance hall. There is
considerable work to be done as
yet, and everything will be finish
ed by the date of the formal open
ing on Tuesday night next week.
, 1926-05-05
PLAN TO MAKE
TEST OF NEW
ELK BASIN WELL

The Local Oil company is plan
ming to make a test of the new oil
well estimated at a 500-barrel pro-
duction, which was brought in last
week on the Tendolle lease, located
just a short distance south of Elk
Basin. Steel tanks are being Sc
cured and as soon as they are
placed at the well it will be put
under a pump test. The oil was
encountered at a depth of 1928
feet, and the hole is standing full
of a high grade oil at the present
time. -
by the Local Oil company in June
last year, and with a crooked hole,
and a long fishing job, the work
has progressed slowly. Last fall
work was suspended on account of
a shortage OF water. and the pro-
Queer brought in this spring soon
after work was resumed.
The Tendolle lease embraces 800
acres on the north half of the south
half and the south half of the
north half of Section 80, Township
SIS, West, Range 90, in Park county.
1t is near the pipe line of the Old
Colony well and little expense will
be necessary to 20 the oil to
the railroad.
The Local Oil company is finan-
ced in most part by Montana CAPT
tai, and the Eureka Oil Syndicate
of Billings, of which w. o. Taylor
of Cody is a stakeholder, owns a
royalty in the property.
, 1926-05-05
GREYBULL IRRIGATION
BONDS TO BE SOLD

The commissioners of the. Greybull
Irrigation district announce a con
tract of sale for the reservoir bonds
to a Chicago bonding house, await
ing the approving of the bonds by
the purchasers attorneys. The or
gained opposition to the irrigation
district, composed of ranchers on
the Upper Greybull are holding a
meeting at Meeteetse this evening,
to decide what may be done, if
anything, to block the plans to build
the reservoir on the Upper Greybull
river.
, 1926-05-05
BEING TRIED
TODAY BEFORE JURY

John Brooks, who has been held
in the county jail for several weeks,
is being tried today before a jury
of six men in the justice court, on
a petty larceny charge. Brooks
got in bad recently over a board
bill, and when his personal proper
ty was attached was found in pos
session of many articles which led
the county authorities to make an
investigation as to the manner in
which he came into possession of
them. At the time of going to
press no decision has been rendered
in the case.
, 1926-05-05
GRAND MASTER ODD
FELLOWS HERE MAY II

James M. Allen, grand master of
the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, 1. O.
o. F., announces that he will pay
an official visit to Cody and Big
Horn Lodge No. So, on May 18th,
at which time it is hoped by the
officers of the local lodge that a
good attendance is had at the meet
ing.
Mr.. Allen was formerly a Cody
business man and has many friends
here who will be glad to greet him
as the grand officer of this frater-
nal organization. There will be
grand officers of the Rebekah AS
sembly and Encampment present at
that time.
, 1926-05-05
ROCY MOUNTAIN GAS
SECURES NEW FRANCHISE
VIII Make Every Effort to Secure
for Cody Adequate Supply of
Natural Gas for City Use

For the second time in almost
a year the Rocky Mountain Gas
Company was granted a gas fran
chise on Monday evening by the
town council, and Attorney A. M.
Gee and C. H. Hetzler of Casper,
officers of the Rocky Mountain Gas
company state hat their company
expects to make every effort to
bring gas into Cody during the pre-
sent sumner season. According to
the terms of the franchise, the town
council gives the Casper company
until September LIST, 1926, to make
good on the proposed gas supply,
and to comply with the terms of
the franchise, work on the gas
mains and the proposed distributing
system for Cody must be completed
by December LIST, this year.
Messrs. Gee and Hetzler have
spent several days in Cody looking
after operations at the Ohio we'll
in Oregon basin. from which the
supply of gas is to be secured, and
are very hopeful at the present time
that the well can be put in shape
to guarantee the town of Cody an
adequate supply of high grade ma
.tural gas. Work is going forward
on the gas well brought in last
year. in an effort to exclude the wa
ter flow, and it has been reported
that the Ohio Oil company is plan
ming the drilling of a second test
well in the Basin with a rotary
rig this summer.
Paul R. Greever, local represent
ative of the Rocky Mountain Gas
company. also appeared before the
council on Monday night, when the
franchise was granted. He is con
WINGED that these oil men near bus
mess, and will waste no time in
bringing the gas to Cody once it
is secured of a quality to insure
good service.
, 1926-05-05
WOMAN'S CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

At the regular meeting of the
Woman's club held on Tuesday
afternoon at the Library Mrs. Paul
r. Greever was chosen as president
of the club for the ensuing year,
to be assisted by Mrs. J. N. Lang
worthy, outgoing president, as vice
president. Mrs. H. B. Maxon was
selected secretary and Mrs. G. A.
Ebert reelected treasurer.
The meeting Tuesday was the
last which will be held by the club
until in September, at which time
the annual luncheon, usually given
in May will be held.