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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
CANADIAN FORD
MOTOR co. RAKES
IN FAT PROFITS
Makes 10000 Pct. on
First Investment

MONTREAL - (FP) The midas
touch Of the Ford Motor Co. of Can
ada is shown by the fact that its net
earnings last year, by far the most
successful in its history, were over
$6,O0O,000 or nearly 10000 per cent
on the original and only cash invest
ment. This company was organized
20 years ago with capital stock of
$125,000, half of which was given the
Detroit company for the privilege of
using all devices and improvements
of the American Ford car. On the
original plant $62,5OO was expended
and additions since have been made
by ploughing in earnings.
The capital stock has been increased
to 100000 by distribution of stock.
however, to shareholders. Shares now
have a market value Of $500, repre-
senting a stock valustion of $35,0O0.-
900. The company mas IN 20 years
distributed to shareholders 1901, 900
in cash and s6,S75,OOO in stock divi-
dends, total of S20,176,000. An orig
inal stockholding Of 500 has paid
about $1,000 in cash dividends, and
in addition stock bonuses with a mar
ket value today of $4,000. or a total
Of about $4,000 on the original 500.
BY ploughing back earnings, the
company has created assets, shown
on the last balance sheet as SAL, 49,
335, of which s22,O93,614 is repre-
sented by fixed assets-plant, equip
ment, etc.,-and the balance in gov
eminent bonds, stock in affiliated COM
panies or cash.
Prices of the Canadian Ford cars
last year ranged from 81 to Al per
cent above American prices of similar
cars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
German Government
Repudiates Pre-War
Issues of Banknotes
tspsolaI to rhe oaIIy wOrkerl

BERLIN, March 80 = The capitalist
government of Germany has announc-
ed its reputation Of all pre-war Reich
stag bank thousand mark notes,
amounting In their total circulation
to $4,000 100000 marks (s29. use. 300.
O0O).
President Schacht, of the bank, in
making public the reputation of this
enormous total of banknote circula-
ton, declared the decision was based
on the fact that their redemption on
gold basis would constitute breach
Of the Dawes plan as that was in.
terpreted at the last London confer
ence. Thousands who both in Ger.
many and foreign countries purchased
these notes when they were being
sold for almost nothing and have been
boarding them since are the losers
To them the decision is equivalent to
decree Of confscation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
DRUSES FIGHT AS
INDIANS USED TO
IN This COUNTRY
French Face Hard Task
In Syria
Especial to The paIIy WORKER,

BEIRUT, March 80 - The French,
tho they have some 10000 troops,
equipped with every known device for
warfare, as against 10000 Druses,
armed with all kinds Of weapons, face
most difficult task in crushing the
revolt Of the native tribes.
The Druses base their strategy on
continually harassing the French
forces, fighting much as the American
Indian did. Even If the French should
succeed in driving them out OF their
mountain Businesses, they will be re.
ceived with open arms by the farm
ers and villagers OF the country. And
If worst comes to worst, they are
ready to camp out in the desert, so IA
miliar to them. and presenting such
tractless waste to their enemies.
Countrywide Revolt Threatened.
TIL rich and fruitful Lebanon dis
trict, hitherto untouched by the hos
tilities, is apprehensive Of raids.
This city itself feels little security, so
far as the power of the French gar
rison is concerned. On the north
ern frontier Of Syria rowing bands Of
Turkish marauders still carry on their
depredations The whole north Is res
tive. The other native tribes are gen.
orally eager to join the revolt.
Meanwhile, economic conditions are
steadily growing worse. Imports are
rapidly diminishing, including sup
plies from the United States such as
autos, oil, sugar, and -four.
Armenlans Aid French.
Illustrating the complicated rela-
tionships of the many races here, is
the appeal of the Armenian patriarch
Of Damascus to the Nationalists not
to shoot down his people and to the
French governor general not to accept
Armenian volunteers. The Druses
have been very bitter because Of the
Armenian attitude which is pro-
nouncedly for the French.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
BELGIANS Will
MEET FASCISTS
BY ARMED FORCE
Workers Organize for
Civil War
tspeeIsI % Ths paIIy worksrl

BRUSSELS, March 80 - In reply to
the growing menace of fascism in Bel
GUM and the announced intention Of
its leaders to smash the labor move
ment and establish a dictatorship on
the Italian order, the Belgian Trade
Union committee and the general
council of the Labor Party of Belgium
have issued joint manifesto calling
for the formation Of a workers mill
tary corps of defense.
The manifesto is in part as follows:
1.-THE organized working class has paid
attention to their 1.-THE fascisti) men
aces. The fascists must know that
violence will be met with violence,
and that the workers united in their
class organizations are from now
ready to do everything 10 defend
threatened democracy, and to pre-
serve their achievements from the
clutches Of reaction.
There are nearly 100000 in the
country, workers in all trades and
professions, manual and brain work.
ers, who, at the first attempt on the
part Of the fascists, will rise in for
midable movement to bar the way"
United Fascist Front.
The Belgian daily, lie Peuple, has
created a sensation by the publication
OF secret fascist documents which de-
tail the provisions under way for
strong action on q large scale in 1926
in collaboration with the French or
ganization." The reference is to the
French fascist who are very busy raj
lying the extreme reactionary ele-
ments in that country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
SEVERAL HUNDRED
MINERS JOBLESS
THRU SHUT DOWN
Other Mines Working
Only Part Time

AVELLA, Pa, March 80 - Several
hundred miners were thrown out of
work here when the P. & w. Mine was
shut down. The mine is owned and
controlled by the Pittsburgh Terminal
Coal Co., which operates number of
other mines in Western Pennsylvania.
1t is the same company that owns the
Horning Mine where 20 miners lost
their lives short time ago, due to
the negligence of the company. The
mine was shut down as the announce
ment declared indefinitely.
The company had trouble with the
state mine officials who found the
mine to be unsafe for the miners to
work in. The company was ordered
to make some improvements in the
mines according to the mine safety
laws. The ruling of the state mine in
spector was over-ruled by the court
in Washington, Pa The case went for
\ hearing to Harrisburg and the COM
pany was ordered to comply with the
safety laws and to put the mine in
proper shape. The company declared
that it would not pay to invest any
money for improvements so the mine
was shut down and several hundred
men were thrown out of a job.
The miners had grievances against
the company for some time as the
company was constantly cutting the
wages by refusing to pay the men for
dead work. The miners were holding
special meetings of their local union
to consider ways and means of COM
polling the company to stick to the
Jacksonville agreement. A special
meeting of the local was called for
Wednesday March oath when strike
was supposed to be voted on. At a
meeting of the local the announce
ment of the shutdown was made pub
lie.
The Duquesne Mine, the Jefferson
Mine, and a number of other mines To-
Gated in this city are now working
only part time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Democrat Recommends
Seating Republican

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Smith w. Brookhart, republican, of
Iowa, won the 1924 Iowa senatorial
election by a plurality OF 1871 votes,
according to minority report from
the senate elections committee, com
pleted this afternoon by Senator
Stephens, democrat, Mississippi.
Stephens report recommended the
seating OF Brookhart and dismissal of
the contest filed By Daniel y. Stock.
democrat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Berger Asks Repeal
of Espionage Measure

WASHINGTON, March 80 - Repeal
of the espionage act, enacted during
the world war, is proposed in a bill
introduced in the house today by Rep.
Victor l.. Berger Isl, OF Wisconsin.
"The impression prevails that the
espionage law, which made II crime
punishable by 20 years imprisonment
to criticize the war policies OF the
Wilson administration, has been re-
pealed," said Berger. 1T is still on the
statute books. to be revived the mo-
ment war is declared.
Under It, 1000 men and women
were convicted and sentenced to serve
terms ranging up to 20 years. Not a
conviction was had under that law
OF any citizen charged with actual
Espionage,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
COMPANY Union AIds Rosses.

These rates we're furnished by the
Loyal Legion Of Loggers and Lumber
men known as the Four L. AS this is
an organization fostered by the lum-
Der bosses TO undermine militant
unionism in the industry. the rates
shown probably put the best possible
face on the matter from the viewpoint
OF the employers.
Long-Bell profits for the last seven
years have totaled s57,233,739 after
all deductions for interest and taxes.
This exceeds the entire present capt.
tai and surplus profits combined. The
capital today is almost entirely built
OF the surplus profits of previous
years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Fishing Boat AdrIn.

For hours the crew OF the fshing
boat Uncle Sam drifted in a heavy
sea on Lake Michigan, unable to start
the engine because the body OF Capt
Oscar osmondson had been caugh
IN the propeller shaft after he hao
been crushed 90 death. Coast guards
brought the boat to shore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01

value of approximately $50 share so
that by the company's own account
this means a profit Of about S1h 70.
This compares with the 1924 profit Of
S10,736,972 equivalent to about 10 on
the claimed value of the common
stock.
The statement Of the company in
1924 when it made its first public Of
fering of stock shows that this far
UNDERSTANDS the real return which the
owners are getting on their invest
ment. Only 100000 shares of the
1,1S6,49 listed represent an invest
ment of anything like $50 a share.
Says the company's prospectus: THE
business was started on a few thou
sand dollars Of borrowed capital in
1875. The Long-Bell Lumber COM
pany was incorporated in 1884 with
an authorized capital of 100000, only
half of which was paid in and this
was entirely out of previous earnings.
Almost all that the company now has
comes from earnings of the business"
Pay Low Wages.
The low wages OF lumber workers
in the northwest which have made
the recent large profits of these
lumber barons possible are shown in
u. S. department OF labor report
on wages in sawmills and logging
camps in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho in 1925. These wages range as
low as $2.40 day for laborers in the
sawmills of the Pacific coast division.
On an S-hour day basis this means
80 cents an hour for able-bodied male
labor. In the logging camps the
minimum shown is $3.50.
The average daily wages OF typical
classes of workers in the Pacific coast
and Inland Empire divisions in 1925
were:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Roumania and Poland
Sign New Convention

WARSAW, March 30-Poland am
Roumania have renewed the Protec-
ton Treaty Of 1921, that expired this
year. The mutual guarantees signed
yesterday in Bucharest are known to
be merely reiteration Of one Of a
number Of border state treaties that
have as their purpose an alliance of
the ''buffer" states against Soviet Rus
STA.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Import Figures Show
How European Miners
Helped Break Strike

WASHINGTON, March 30-Accord.
ing to a report by the minerals divi.
sion of the department of commerce,
anthracite imports reached new high
level in February when they exceeded
100000 tons. The total imported since
September 1 is $4,000 tons. The
figures for March will raise this to
past the 100000 ton mark. 1t is
believed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
No Summer Reduction.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, March 80 =
The customary reduction of so cents
a ton for summer deliveries to house
hold users will not be made by anthra-
cite dealers this year. No explanation
is given for the decision.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Bakers Get waua Increase.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Local
10 has increased wages to $45 week
for oven hands and mixers, $40 for
bench hands and $50 for helpers. This
represents increases Of IS, SO and 50.
The new scale goes into effect May 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
New Cabs For LenInarad.

LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R., March 30
Fifty new passenger cabs have
been placed into service during the
past week here. Forty kopecks a
verst, (somewhat less than a mile)
will be the drivers charge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
LUMBER TRUST MAKES HIGH PROFITS;
PAYS WORKERS VERY LOW WAGES
BY LELAND oLDs, Federated Press.

50S7s6 operating
Lumber corporation 1926 exploitation
paid
that period mas built than $0O0OO entirely
addition
profits
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
ELECTRIC TRUST
REPORT REVEALS
Great PROFITS
General Electric Grinds
Workers to Gold
Especial 10 The DAILY worksrl

NEW lOAAs MdTtu OV 49, Inc GHH-
eral Electric Company, which is the
largest manufacturer Of electrical
equipment in this country, did a bust
ness Of close to S3O0OOO,OOO last year.
The net income after payment Of
all taxes and other charges was
SSs,641,217. This was a net profit Of
over 10 per cent on all orders.
How was this huge income dis
tributed?
Big Shareholders Get Rich.
The workers in the plants are all
unorganized. The company is con-
trolled by the bitterly antl-union Nor
gan interests. The workers got moth
ing but chance to make enuf 30 keep
themselves alive.
This enormous profit, ground out Of
the tens of thousands Of workers for
the corporation, went TO the stockhold-
ers. There are thousands Of these but
most hold only a share or two. A few
big tnanciers control the large blocks
Of stock and set the bulk OF the IN
come.
---4-----I
stock DIVIdSndA
This Is how the earnings were 0is-
tributed: In January, 1925, the Gen
eral Electri0s holding Of stock in the
Electric Bond and Share Company.
valued at s25,03O,OO0. was distributed
pro rata to the share holders Of the
General Electric.
Then the General Electric Con-
panys stockholders were given q spe-
cial stock dividend Of per cent In
per cent stock OF the General Elec-
trio. This stock has q par value Of
$40 and the total distributed
amounted to s9,O12,150.
Next each holder OF common stodk
got per cent on his shares. Thin
left s1S,4s5,947 which was added 10
the surplus, making the latter
$s5,s4s,170.
Profits Into Business.
Besides this, It must be taken ints
consideration that the general hnan-
cial position of the corporation has
been greatly improved during the past
year. There was, for instance, an In
crease Of $9,s97, 400 in the current as
sets and decrease, on the other
hand, Of s15,436,5OO in the funded
debt. Then there was little item Of
an increase Of s2.s52,421 IN the gss-
eral reserve.
Wealth Swiftly Accommodating.
ALI in all, it is quite evident that
the wealth Of the small number OF
American capitalists who comprise
the upper crust Of the present social
system is increasing at an enormous
rate and with almost incredible swift
ness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01

"rrsde unions are the reservoir o.
the majority Of the socially deeIslve
bart Of the proletariat."--c. !. Thesis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
BOXER PROTOCOL
never. RATIFIED,
KELLOGG LEARNS
NERVOUS Nell" Makes
Discovery

WASHINGTON, March 80 -(FP)-
Discovery has been made by Sec
rotary Kelloggk the so-called
Boxer protocol of 1901, for violation
of which he sent the American feet
to Tientsin this month to back up an
ultimatum to the Picking government,
was never ratified by the American
senate or by any other foreign power.
Under the terms Of that agreement,
which was made by the Chinese i'm
perial government with the foreign
powers whose troops then held Picking
and dominated the Chinese ports, the
harbor Of Tientsin was to be kept
open to the passage of foreign vessels.
During the present civil war the
Picking government mined the mouth
of the river which gives access to
Tientsin from the sea, and its forts
answered bombardment by the rebel
fleet which blockaded the mouth Of
the river. kellogg agreed with the
British and Japanese to force the
opening OF the harbor, and to that
end a powerful fleet was assembled.
1t is reported to be still held in the
vicinity. The Chinese, to avoid
clash, agreed to reopen the port.
Looking for Excuse.
Excuses for the action of the state
department In running the risk for
war with the Chinese, based on an
agreement forced from the Chinese
empire but never accepted by the
American senate, are slight. It is
argued that under 1t the American
government maintains a legation pro-
perty and legation guard in Picking,
and military force in Tientsin. It
is also suggested that the United
States has received, and paid back
in educational funds at the direction
of congress, the Boxer indemnity that
was pledged in this pact. Secretary
Kellogg calls 1t a treaty, altho the
federal constitution requires that
every treaty with a foreign govern
ment shall be ratified by the senate
before it becomes binding.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Methodist Missionary
Declares u. S. Troops
Should Leave China

PATERSON, N. j., March 30 - The
sixty-ninth annual conference Of the
methodist episcopal church of the
Newark diocese, held here this week,
was marked by an address of the Rev.
DR.. James s. Yard in which he de-
mands the withdrawal Of all American
military forces in China. Yard is a
representative of the West China
Union University at Chengti, China.
Americans do not know" he de-
clared," that this country has gun
boats in the far reaches of the
Yangtse, legation guards in Picking,
and regular troops in Tientsin. They
should be removed at once.
More Than Prayers Necessary.
ut is time" he added, that the
United States stopped praying for the
in China and began pray
ing for congress and the department
of state to live up to the high ideal of
the golden rule in our International
relations, particularly in the Far
East"
Exposes Ministerial Hypocrites.
The Rev. DR.. Henry J. Johnston,
local district superintendent, threw
another bombshell into the ranks by
an attack upon the ku klux khan.
Ministers were members of that or
ganization, he declared. Some Of them
mot only invite the hooded knights
to their churches, but actually go out
lecturing for them under assumed
He characterized the organi-
cation as the secret and sinister so
ciety of the invisible empire"
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Profits Into Business.
Wealth swiftly AeeumulatIns.

All in all, it is quite evident that
the wealth Of the small number OF
American capitalists who comprise
the upper crust Of the present social
system is increasing at an enormous
rate and with almost incredible swift
ness.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
TEMPERAMENT
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

YyEMPERAMENT has been made to do service Tor what
is just plain cussedness.
Very often attribute certain acts to desire for
seexpression when they represent something that ought
never have been expressed.
Some things be repressed eliminated entirely1
the expression Of them decidedly harmful not only TO the
expresser, but to the expressee
There out in California who got divorce the
other day from her husband who had been absent from home
for four years Four years ago he had left his wife and
child because he said he wanted to live like Sherwood An
derson Harry Kemp and Jim Tuly. He felt that he
writer. The open spaces called to him.
He did make money. These potential hoboes
affect superiority to very little for money
He wanted live the free le to be out in the open
under the sky and to write down paper the noble and
grand thoughts that gallumping by.
Therefore he shipped friend wife and dumped friend child
and went out where and women plenty.
Of course nobody heard of him. He any
books far anybody knows. He has probably landed
somewhere in jail has gone the hill toward the poor
house.
There all of for this business stunning
your responsibilities and getting out of the harness and
Looping freely around the pasture.
But there just that characterzes such person
aptly and fits him like glove. III
That is 'rOtter.'
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
|. SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON.
BY Helen Rowland


no TO, my Daughter. Wouldst
W thou cast In thy lot with a
Widower?
Then charge thee, beware!
Yea. seek him with prayer and
with caution!
For a ready-made husband, like
a ready-made suit, may have
many fine points; but he that
hath been cut and fashioned to Mt
another's ideal may never be
nodded to thine own.
Verify, he that hath VIGOROUSLY
survived the smoke and storm OF
one domestic Armageddon is in
deed conquering warrior!
Behold, he will seek to remodel
thee, according to his first wife's
over to match his mothers pat
tern.
His first wife's mullins shall
set the standard for THY muf-
fins, and her household skill shall
set the pace for THY domestic
efficiency.
If she mended his hose and
Numbered his silk garments and
monogrammed his shirts, so shalt
thou mend his hose, and launder
his silk garments, and mono
gram his shirts. And IL she wiped
his razor and saved his pennies,
and sugared his coffee and sea-
soned his salad, SO shalt thou
wipe hfs razor and save his pen
MES, and sugar his coffee and
season his salad!
AS she spent her days. so shalt
thou spend thy days; and as she
was bored or neglected in the eve
ming, SO shalt thou be bored and
neglected.
All, her ways shall be thy
ways, and all her sufferings thy
sufferings!
But If she hath broken him to
harness, and subdued his spirit,
and made him bridle-wise; il she
hath trained him to stand with
out hitching, and to eat from her
hand, then art thou indeed for
tunate amongst women!
For, 10, thy pathway is made
easy by her labors, and thy vic
tory made sure, by HER victory!
For, he that hath lost in the
first great struggle, hath neither
heart, nor strength nor desire Tor
another life-battle. And thy con.
quest shall be swift and blood
lessi
Therefore, charge thee. be-
fore thou takest unto thine
heart secondhand husband, see
to it that thou learnest the truth
concerning his first wife's his
tory.
For his mold is already set and
hardened; and that which she
hath MADE him will he be, today,
yesterday, and forever!
Verify, verify an eel in q bath
tub Is easier to capture than a
bachelor; but a widower falleth
into matrimony as naturally as
life-conVict into the lockstep.
Yet, peradventure, If thine ideas
are ORIGINAL. thou vert wiser
to seek the raw material, and
mold it to thiRe hearts desire,
than to stalk liGe happiness
upon an heirl ~
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