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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
MISSOURI MINERS
THREATEN STRIKE
ON PRISON LABOR
State Leases Mine and
Throws Out Union Men

LEXINGTON, Mo-, Aug. 49, Min
ers in District 25 Of the United Mine
Workers Union are threatening a
strike in protest against the use Of
prison labor in the operation of a
mine in Lexington, Mo, leased by the
state from the Western Coal Mining
Co., and throwing 1874 miners out Of
work.
Families Destitute.
The mine was shut down four days
ago and the families of the dis.
charged miners are destitute. While
the miners are facing eviction be.
cause they will not be able to pay
their rent, quarters are being erected
at the expense of the state to house
the convicts who have been brought
from the Jefferson City prison and are
being kept in box cars until they
have permanent place to live.
Union President Arrives.
Arch Helm, president of District 25
arrived here for a conference with a
members of the state prison board
who is here experimenting the in
stallation of contract labor in the
mine. Helm protested the action Of
the state making a lease with the
company to operate the mine with
prison labor. He said also in doing
that the company had violated its
contract with the union.
w. B. MacGregor, the prison board
member said the lease was taken as
part Of campaign to help defray
state prison expenses and that it was
planned to use union foremen and ma
chine men to supervise the work of
the convicts. He was Immediately
told the the unions rules would not
permit this.
Many Unemployed.
1.-THE market for miners in Lexng-
ton is already flooded" said Mac
Gregor, land of the 500 miners living
here, 300 are already out Of employ
ment Those remaining are working
part time" MacGregor also declared
that leasing the mine was a violation
of the state mining law. Helm sent an
official protest to the governor of the
state in the name of the 5000 mem
bers of the union in District 20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
NEWS AND
COMMENT

ments, gave the antiJacobin govern
ments of Sidmouth, Castlereagh and
the like pretext for the most reAc-
tionary and repressive measures.
A barbarous and ineffective criminal
code was in existence: I'm 1900 more
than 200 crimes were punishable BIZ
death, and two-thirds of these had
been added in the 18th century. An
offender could be hanged for falsely
pretending to be a Greenwich pen
sioner, for injuring a county bridge.
for cutting down a young tree, forg-
ing a banknote, being a fraudulent
bankrupt, stealing property value S.,
or more than Is. from the person.
stealing anything from a bleaching
ground, and, if soldier or sailor, for
begging without a pass. In 1915 a
boy Of ten was sentenced to death.
Not till 1886 could a prisoners coun.
sci in a charge of felony address the
jury on his behalf In 1915
no married woman could make a con.
tract, nor acquire personal property,
while all her earnings belonged to her
husband" Needless to say. any at.
tempts at reform, or notifications OF
some of the most fragrant features.
were denounced as Jacobinical al.
tacks on the sacredness OF property
(Jacobinism being then the DOGGY, as
in our day Bolshevism serves the same
purpose).
The Consequences Of the Revolution.
Such were the conditions Of the
workers. In summing up we can state
therefore, that the immediate conse-
quences OF the Industrial Revolution
we're: On the breakup Of the old
methods Of production; CD the final
enforcement OF the workers from the
means Of production; go the rise OF
the capitalist class to power: ca
great increase and Redistribution OF
the population (Which rose from ten.
TO thirteen millions during the fifteen
years preceding Waterloo; (5) the
creation Of crises thru over-produc-
ton; Co the development OF the mod
ern working class; ca the develop
ment Of Trade Unionism cooperative
experiments. Chartism. and revolt gen.
orally against the inhumsn conditions.
CTo be Oontmusdl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
ASK MARCH ON LONDON

counter face to face your righteous
anger. You may starve in your pit
villages, and welcome. They will not
let you starve in Park Lane and Plea
dilly.
Above all, your march must be or
derly-an impressive demonstration
OF solidarity and self-control. Your
march will be an appeal for justice;
1t would be marred IL your enemies
could accuse you of disorder or OF vio-
lence. It is perfectly constitutional
thing that you will do--a peaceful ap-
peal to the whole body OF your fellow.
citizens against the abuse Of power by
a corrupt government which mlsrepre-
sents the people" st.e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17

ers wouldn't have their reductions
Chamberlain said he was ignorant OF
the commercial side.
You know far too much l said
What you know nothing Of is the
human side
Bosses Always Attack.
I'VE have made just an inch prog
ress in 40 years. For decades they
lave promised us cars to ride under
ground to work; well, just two and a
lalf per cent ride.
Baldwin complained miners were
always wanting things. l told him, 4
lave been in AZ strikes; just three of
them 1t was miners gave notice to end
the agreement: A of them It was own
ers gave notice, trying to take some
thing away
Why? Take Glasshoughton col
liery. There's a chamber work place.
there, my father worked 10 years; then
l worked it IA years; my son until this
stoppage has worked It II years.
Smith to Smith to Smith down there
underground driving that chamber
ahead. A bare living we got.
From a Family Of Serfs.
"The owner? Real name is Isaacs,
only he's a lord something-else now.
He bought it for $1,000 pounds, and
capitalized It for double. Then he put
in 10000 pounds, and added 100000
pounds capitalization. Altogether he's
put in under 100000 pounds actual
money, but the capitalization now is
100000 pounds, the registered value.
And Smiths down pit must find
money 10 pay dividends on that How
can you have prosperous coal indus
try with all that?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
More Franc Initiation
VIII Boost Food Cost

PARIS, Aug. 15.-When the French
senate adjourned, it did so while point
ing out that trouble would ensue II
Poincare, in his interim term as dicta-
tor of financial affairs, did not reduce
the cost OF living.
But this is easier said than done,
with more imitation specifically author
lied by the Poincare bill, giving per-
mission to the Bank of France to in-
crease circulation. The prices are
naturally certain to increase with the
circulation Of the franc, and If this
goes far the position Of Poincare will
become untenable, for a rumble of dis
content over the mounting costs of
food is heard everywhere among the
workers and impoverished middle
classes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Canadian RaiIroaders
Seek a Living Wage

OTTAWA - OPP - Demands for
wage increases averaging about 1877
for the lower paid employees OF the
Canadian National Railway have been
made through the Canadian Brother
rood Of Railroad Employees. The rat
ngs involved now receive from SS1 to
S145 per month, which is not regarded
as living wage. as the big majority
in this group are married men. An
nual holidays with pay are also asked,
hourly-rated employees to be included
in the holiday scheme after years
servicel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
POLISH WHITE TERROR
VICTIM, LONG IN PRISON,
FOUGHT FOR PEASANTS

Comrade Kukielko is one Of 5000
political prisoners that are in Polish
jails for fighting for their class in
terests. Kukielko has spent many
years in the Mokotow prison. His
crime was organizing the poor peas
ants. The Pilsudski government which
came into power with promises of
cleaning up the mess Of the former
government and to end the suppress
sion of workers has as yet not par
doned these victims OF the Polish
white terror. ilonF III
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Auto Workers Start
Organization Campaign
In Fisher Body Plant

DETROIT, Mich, Aug 15.-Detroit
local of the Auto Workers Union has
opened an intensive organization drive
on the Fisher Body plants of Detroit.
Organizer Rowan from New York and
Frank Brunton, secretary of Local No.
127 Of Detroit, are devoting their en-
tire time to the organization campaign
Special drive is being made on the
Fisher Body plant Is where a num-
Der of successful department strikes
have taken place during the last few
months under the guidance of the Auto
Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
|. ". A, ANSWERS
ATTACK OF MILL
OWNER JOURNAL
Is Non-Sectarian Body to
Help All Workers

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Because In
ternational Workers Aid has been
able, thru the cooperation Of sup
porters, to establish a camp where
the most undernourished children Of
the Passaic strikers have been cared
for It has been subjected to an attack
in the Passaic Daily News Of August
9th issue. The screed reads as fol
lows:
The International Workers Re-
lief, or International Workers AID,
as It is sometimes called, Is another
money raising device extensively
used by the Communists. This out
fit gets very busy in connection with
great strikes and pretends to raise
funds for the strikers"
I. w. A. Answers.
This IS answered in the following
statement by I. W. A.. THE Interna-
tional Workers Aid, which has for its
slogan-'Non Political-Non Sectarian
Non -But-Always for the
Workers is an international organiza-
ton with its headquarters IN Berlin,
Germany and every other country
where its workers are organized, are
affiliated thru its relief committees
with this office.
Non-Partlsan.
Eve do not ask a man, woman or
child who is hungry or in dire need e
they are democrat, republican or COM
munist, we are not interested in their
religion, they may be catholic, protes-
tant or atheist, and whether they are
black, white or yellow makes no dif-
ference to US. The only thing that
matters is, that they are workers and
that they need aid thru no fault OF
their own from the effects of strikes.
famine. foods or any other disaster
from which they may suffer.
Helped Passaic-
1--WE have helped the Passaic strfk-
ers by sending them clothing and
shoes, thousands Of dollars worth
Of food, supplying the milk, butter,
eggs and cream for the kitchens
where the children are fed daily and
supplying leather with which their
shoes are repaired. We established a
camp, not because of the Passaic
strike, but to be used every year for
worn out and sick workers. This year
the children of the textile workers
needed it most and it was placed at
the disposal of the Relief Committee
in Passaic."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17

masters obtained up to Is per cent
Of the workers purchases.
The system generally of monthly
payments meant that the workers
were compelled to get their neces.
saries on credit, and then pay a high
rate of interest over and above the
ruinously high prices of the goods
John Bright once observed that adult
GRAFTON was a legitimate form of COM
petition, and the extent to which this
was carried on is instanced by the
Liverpool Mercury; "Salted butter is
sold for fresh, the Jumps being cover
ed with a coating of fresh butter
(This was in pre-margarine days.. ..
With sugar, pounded rice, and other
cheap adulterating materials are mix.
ed, and the whole sold at full weight
The refuse OF soap-boiling establish
ments also is mixed with other things
and sold as sugar. Chicory and other
cheap stun is mixed with ground
coffee, and artificial coffee beans with
the unground article. Cocoa is often
adulterated with fine brown earth.
treated with fat 10 render It more
easily mistakable for real cocoa. Tea
Is mixed with the leaves Of the sloe
and with other refuse, or dry tea
leaves are roasted on hot copper
plates, so returning 70 the proper
color and being sold as fresh. Pepper
Is mixed with pounded nut-shells: port
wine Is manufactured outright (out OF
alcohol. dye.stuffs, etc.), while It IS
notorious that more OF It is consumed
IN England alone than is grown in
Portugal; and tobacco is mixed with
disgusting substances OF all sorts and
in all possible forms in which the
article is produced"
Trade Unions Prohibited.
Trade unions we're forbidden by law,
as the Bloody Old Times" to use
Cobbett's phrase OF January 7th. 1900.
stated, "One OF the first Acts OF the
Imperial Parliament will be for the
prevention of conspIracies among
journeymen and tradesmen TO raise
their wages. All benefit clubs and so
cieties are to be suppressed" The
destruction OF machinery during the
FIRST fifteen years Of the 18th century,
In the 'Luddite" and similar move
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
TILLETT ASKS
AID OF BAKERS
IN CONVENTION
Appears with Jones for
British Miners
Especial to Tho Daily worker)

especial 70 ne Daily Worker)
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Ben Tillett
and Joseph Jones, members of the
British miners relief delegation to the
United States, attended the convention
of the International Bakery Workers
Union at the Great Northern Hotel.
Tiliett, who is president of the Eng
fish Dockers' Union, and Jones, secre-
tary of the Yorkshire miners, were.
given a great ovation by the delegates.
Fight to Death.
Tillett said the British miners and
their families have been standing to-
gether in the fight for more than is
weeks and are at the end of their
resources. Now is the time for organ
ICED labor in America to come to their
assistance, said Tillett. 1.-THE strike
was directly provoked by the govern
ment and the coal owners and the
Miners Union is determined to fight
the battle to the death"
The British Miners Union has en-
tfrely expended its own funds and the
British labor movement has given out
100000 in strike help. With no
more funds in their treasury and many
Of their workers unemployed, it is i'm
possible for the British unions 30 give
much further help, said Tillett.
But now is the time for the inter
national workers movement to show
tts solidarity" said Tillett, land we
reckon on you to help us assist the
two million hungry children and the
threefourths Of a million hungry
mothers"
Different From America.
Jones saidi This fight of ours In
England differs from the struggle in
the hard coal fields here last year.
We ara forced to fight against interna-
tional capitalism. We have a very
powerful enemy in the coal owners
and they are ably assisted by the gov
eminent. The local authorities have
withdrawn all add from the families of
the strikers. It is a hard fight they
have. But assure you. they will not
give up"
In the name of the union, Jacob
Goldstone, of New York, said that all
possible assistance would be given to
the British Miners and their families
by the Bakery Workers Union, and
that 1t would do dts share to put bread
IN the mouths Of the strikers families.
The resolutions and finance commit
tees are considering action on behalf
OF the British strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
CORRUPTION CRY TO
Be USED BY DEMOCRATS
IN COMING ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON, Aug. is. - Cor
ruption In the republican senatorial
primaries will be emphasized by the
democrats In the election campaign
Of this year. The publicity bureau
of the democratic national commit
tee in Washington has issued a
statement quoting Thomas Jeffer-
son on political corruption, there
by implying that the democrats are
not addicted to the use Of slush
funds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Cooperative Section
This department will

Note:-Here is another Install
ment Of the book, "The Cooperative
Movement-Its History and POSSIBLE
ities," by ]. Hamilton, chairman Of
the executive of the National Coun-
Gil of Labor Colleges, England. An
installment of this book, until it's
completion, will appear in this Sec
ton that appears in every Mondays
issue Of The DAILY WORKER.
Look for it. Get others interested
in reading Il.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Plan National Always.

WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y, Aug.
15.-The following great national air.
ways are being planned:
The first, ''The Transcontinental,"
will extend from New York thru Chi
cago to the Pacific coast terminating
at Los Angeles or San Francisco.
The second, 1.-THE Southwestern, {"
will extend from Chicago to Dallas
and Fort Worth. The Southwestern
will serve Moline. H.. and Kansas
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial TO Ihe Oaiy WorkerJ
LONDON, Aug. 15.-George Lans-
bury and A. A. Purcell, voicing the mil
liant spirit in British labor, have APP
pealed to the striking miners to march
on London. In his Weekly" Lans-
bury has issued an appeal for this
demonstration Of the will Of the mil
hon British miners to live and to be
heard in the ordering of the future
of British industry.
Forward, then, to London he says.
Fill the streets with the noise OF
your marching feet. Compel the rich
TO hear and see these miners whom
they are seeking to crush. Let those
who sit In the seats of power en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Indiana Federation
of Labor Meets Aug. Is

GARY, Ind, Aug. 15.-Two Gary
unionists are among the delegates that
will represent the Lake county Cen
trail Labor Union at the Indiana State
Federation of Labor convention which
will open in Vincennes Wednesday,
August 25.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
CHINESE WORKERS
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST
JAPANESE IMPERIALISM

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. t5.-car.
rying banners denounclne Japanese
Imperialism, 2,2oo factory workers.
strikers and students attempt,a TO
march thru the main business
streets Of the foreign settlement to
the Japanese consulate. They were
dispersed by the police after a stout
resistance. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
BRITISH MINERS HOLD
FAST AGAINST CHURCH
PLAN FOR ARBITRATION

LONDON, Aug. IS. - The coal
miners, locked out and striking,
after fourteen weeks of heroic strue-
gle still stand firmly against all COM
promise. The announcement yester-
day that they had rejected the COM
promise proposal Of the churchmen,
recommended TO them by their lead
ers, is followed by the tally of the
votes, showing 3s3,os6 for the pro-
posaI and 367,65o against it. observ-
ers state that the proposal was
voted down largely because it pro-
Vided compulsory arbitration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
OIL PRODUCTION
IN u. S. S. R. AT
PRE-WAR LEVEL
Exports Show Steady
Improvement

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 1b.-O1
production in the Soviet Union has
now reached the pre-war level and is
gaining steadily, according to oficial
reports of the industry received by
the Russian Information Bureau. Dur
ing the current year approximately
$40, 100000 is being spent on improve
ments and extensions, and much oil
we'll machinery is being imported
from the United States, Germany and
England.
The mechanical condition of the
large Baku and Grozny fields is now
reported as far superior to the pre-
war condition. Production has tripled
in the past four years.
Steady Increase.
Production for June was 1888
metric tons, breaking all monthly rec
ords since the war. The output for
June showed an increase Of IA per
cent over May, tho the number of men
employed in the fields decreased by 1
per cent. New drillings for the month
were 27,6O9 meters.
Exports Rise Also.
Oil exports for the first nine months
of the Soviet fiscal year. October 1 to
July 1, also broke all records. Exports
were $4,000 metric tons, an increase
Of nearly per cent over the same Pc
Rod of last year. In 1918 the oil ex-
ports for the entire year were $4,000
tons. Exports of fuel oil are now
nearly 500 per cent of the pre-war rate
and of gasoline about ESQ per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
PRESIDENT OF BRITISH MINERS
UNION TELLS OF GREAT STRIKE
AND NEED OF WORLD LABOR AID
Especial 70 The DAILY workerI

LONDON Aug M Herbert Smith president
OF Great Britain, interview, tells
funds upon them
the and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
Gus Fetz, Athlete,
Jailed for Failure
to Pay $1,000 Debt

Gus Fetz well known north side
athlete is in the county jail for fail
ure to pay a $4,000 judgment obtained
against him by Mrs. Belle Dun, SIS.
who was injured by an automobile
driven by Fetz.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17
POLICE DISRUPT
MEETING BEFORE
DETROIT PLANT
Auto Workers Union
Organizers Arrested
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
time as tho the workers would pre-
vent the cop from what he claimed
were his orders" During the long
wait for the wagon the crowd in
creased in size and, shouting for
speech, attracted still more people
They were asked to bring their senti-
ments to an open meeting on Friday
night and given the assurance of more
shop meetings.
When the arresting officer was told
the Auto Workers had held a meeting
at the same place on Monday noon
and there had been no trouble, he re-
piled: "The notice was on the board
Tuesday" So it would seem some of
the company officials had made a pro-
test.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-17

Get an autographed copy Of Red
Cartoons by Fred Ellis and Robert
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Both Released.

At the police station, Acting Inspec-
tor-Lieutenant O'Farrell ordered the
two union representatives released
after he had talked with someone
higher up. However, he said if any
more meetings were attempted the
speakers would go to jail.
Knowing a crowd of the workers
will be more than anxious to know
the outcome Of the arrest and inter
ested in the work of organization, a
meeting will be held Friday noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-22

bales, compared with an average
Of long staple out of an average of
: $4,000 bales for the period
1o1H-ls. This improvement in
H"a'ltv is attributed largely to the
introduction Of American varieties.
'nd TO irrigation. A tvpe Of up-
'"nd American cotton known "a
"harwar American has .een pcr-
manentlv established = che Dhar-
war tract in Pc..bay. and further
'mprovegneet "a expected by cross
ING a -train of Dhar,rar american
with sea Island cotton 50 as to pro-
duce a stanle of more than one
inch in length.
s24-25 area of cotton pro-
in India was 26 i61 nnn
,scres, an increase of nearly 5000. :
hoO acres over the preceding ycar.
The area of the coming crop is os-
timated ut 2s305.O00 acres Should
l".ooo,0nO acres be added ultimate
" to this through irrig1'ion. thn
cotton area of India wonld ho n.
most ornal TO tho nr.,snnt co,+on
nren in +hn 1Tnitoa Sta.es. The NO
rrnes ef 'rr;cation in tho cotton
"''o"r of india il If oarticnlqr IN
+n~nct tho dena r'nnrt save no
"'ns" - is or tho irrionrad n-crs
th"+ tho i"n"avo1 'onrar star,lc va
r'nt'"" of cotton nnn be mns- e,,o-
cesefnllv crown. F~arv -rov;,l,o boe
rl'"n" fer i"rina+'7a imrrovnmnnt.
t''- thnr" arc fonr Greqt projects
~ rN"""nse on cons: ruction.