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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
New Slant on the Rubber Controversy

tee" he asserts, has brought out the
fact that the Englishmen are not the
only pirates in the rubber field. 1t
has been developed that the great rub
Der manufacturers here buy their rub
Der in London, New York, or the East
Indies on contract for long periods
in advance of actual use, so. that the
average contract cost of rubber used
by the great tire makers in America
has been below fifty cents instead of
the high price quoted by Secretary
Hoover in the public press.
"There is no doubt that rubber is
selling at a high price-a price con-
trolled by a foreign monopoly-but
the investigation has already brought
out that it is the American public and
not the tire manufacturers that have
been given the hot end of the poker.
"The big tire companies all show
the greatest net profits for 1925 of
any years in their history" Schallen-
berg added. "The Fisk company in
1925 more than doubled their previous
profits; Goodrich netted fifteen mil
lion, Firestone reported earnings Of
$13,000,000 or net earnings of rs per
cent on fifty millions of stock. Unit
ed Rubber, the biggest of them all,
shows earnings of 20 per cent.
There is about ten pounds Of crude
rubber in the average standard tire,
according to testimony before the
committee. The British control has
advanced the average price of that
rubber fifty cents pound for this
date That accounts for five dollars
of the advance in the cost of making
the tire, but 33 by Goodrich bal
loon tire and tube that cost $50 be-
fore the rubber advance now costs s54
in the Washington market, or an adj
vance to the American buyer of $24.
1--WE have found out that the Eng
lishman got the IS, but who got the
rest of the $24? 1t seems to me that
instead of investigating English rub
Der we had better get after the Ameri-
can rubber"
Thus we see the beginning Of a
merry little war starting in Washing
ton. The democratic party will not
allow the Coolidge administration to
pose as the only friends of the auto
mobile owners. for that would react
on their political ambitions, so we see
them (the democratics) advancing the
ideas quoted above from Congress-
man Schallenberger's interview.
It will be worth while to watch for
the next developments in this inter-
esting controversy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
The Soviet Union is Catching Up With the West

ernmental power into the hands of the
workers and farmers was not the con-
verting Of the people into stupid ma
chinery. The workers and farmers
government was formed in order to
convert the downtrodden and ignorant
masses into a cultural people.
OF course, corresponding educa-
ton mot only school education, as
this alone will not accomplish much)
and a corresponding way Of life, are
required.
When the workers economic condi-
ton will be more or less secure he
will buy beautiful cups, a demand will
arise for beautiful articles.
l think that economic security viii
se reached in about two or three
years. Obviously, then will also arise
the demand for fine arts.
The people will demand: "You, art
and science! You beautiied the life
of the ruling classes for two hundred
years. Try now to satisfy the artistic
tcbStC VI uog TIC 4euooAdu pCOpASs
These are demands we'll make up
on art.
Let us pass now to science. In
Russia science is undoubtedly behind.
Surely Russia is not ahead of Western
Europe.
But think that within five or ten
years Russia must be, if not ahead
hen at least on the same line with
Western Europe.
Russia must advance in science,
otherwise she'll be strangled.
AS a matter of fact the capitalist
ountries are culturally worn out. The
capitalist world cannot give anything
new.
But we are the new society, maybe
)nly primitive at present as compared
With the capitalist society, but still
ours is the new one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
TRANSLATED by M. Mishkis.)

WE of the Union of Socialist Soviet
w Republics are behind Western
Europe in science, in production and
in everyday life.
In their ordinary life the workers
Of Western Europe are better off than
the Russian workers. The western
workers have better houses, better
furniture, better clothing and besides
that their everyday cultural life is
higher than that of the Russian work
ers.
Only in the field of fine arts Russia
has always been to a certain degree
ahead Of Western Europe.
In the past the fine arts were
separated from the masses and served
the interests of the ruling class. The
mobiles and the capitalists had their
requirements, their modes,-and
things have been arranged in &C
cordance with these modes.
Russian art has now harder time.
Before this the art had to satisfy
the requirements of thin stratum
the population only. The cultural life
of the old Russia was quite primitive
and easily satisfied.
The present Russian art has to re
fleet the spirit of the people and to
express it's creative genius. This is
much harder.
1t is not enough now to adapt art to
the more or less primitive require
ments of the upper class" 1t has to
reflect the basic characters Of the
Russian people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20

The inevitable rapid cultural
grOtoth Of the Soviet Union and
the urgency Of increased 10ork
in the fields Of science and fine
arts in order to ranquish CAPT
tGIiSn.
BY M. J. KALlNlN, President Of
the Central Committee of the
Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
Quantity Changes Into Quality

The Russian people is numerous
and, according to the teaching of Kari
Marx, the quantity determines the
quality. Let us take for an example
a small brook and large river. The
difference between them is only in
quantity,-the brook has little water
and the large river plenty of it. How
ever, no brook impresses us SO force
fully as a large river.
The sea makes a still stronger i'm
preston than the large river. So we
see that the quantity determines the
quality.
The same thing is noticeable also in
the everyday life.
The cultural needs. the cultural re-
quirements of a great people are great
And no matter how the Russian
people were enslaved in the past by
the chains of czardom, it still counted
in it's ranks a considerably greater
number of artists than some cultural
western country.
Let us take for an example Sweden.
In the past, as well as at present,
Sweden is culturally much higher
than Russia. But Sweden had pro-
portionately much less Of talent than
Russia had
l am saying this, not in order to
boast the talents of the Russian peo-
pie, but to show that the Russian art
must be a model for others.
The Artists Task.
In art must pulsate the life Of the
masses, the artist is the pulse of life.
In accordance with this the work Of
the Russian artist must reflect the will
and the aspirations of a great multi
millioned country.
The fine arts Of painting, of model
ling and OF music reflect particularly
the spirit of the people.
We aspire to teach others, we aspire
to produce works of art, and if that is
the case, we have to produce them so
that they should correspond to the
state of mind and the spirit of our
people. This is a very difficult task.
Many Of us think that the toys"
patronized by the czarist absolutism
have to be broken up now, and that
instead of them we have to produce
surgical Instruments and equipment
for hospitals. But this is a wrong idea.
The object of taking over the gov
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
Lessons Of History.

In history it often happened that
the old culture was destroyed by new,
often a barbarian, culture. Let US
AXE the Roman empire: 1t was van
pushed by the Germans. The latter
were in a lower cultural state than
he Romans. But the Germans were.
the bearers of a new social order,
Of new historical revival, and Rome
was disintergrating.
The old capitalistic society is at
present disintergrating and we are
But in order to grow we
have to be strong also in science.
This is our task at the present mo-
ment.
am of the opinion that there is no
disgrace for us in accepting the help
Of another country. We havefto get
he initial help of the western .scien-
lists, but we have to advance farther
dependently.
The foreign countries helped us out
for two hundred years, since the time
Of Peter the Great, but still we are
behind.
We have reached a moment when
the revolution is pushing us to catch
up with western scientists.
1t seems to me that everyone of us
must make it his task, must determine
for himself: II must improve to such
a degree as to be on an equal level
with the best European workmen."
A clash between the capitalistic so
ciety and the new society is possible
in the near future.
But Russia cannot win if it remains
behind in technique.
If the. Russian binoculars are to be
inferior to the German binoculars, if
the Russian aeroplane it to be inferior
to the French one-then Russia can
not win.
Russia must be ahead Of other coun-
tries in science.
Russia must be ahead OF everybody,
not in words but in reality. We must
show that the Russian farmer and the
Russian worker took the government
power in their hands not for the fun
of it,
We destroyed absolutism and the
class Of nobility and now we must JUS
tify ourselves historically and must
fulfill our obligations to mankind. We
actually want TO build up a new so
ciety and to liberate the workers and
farmers from slavery.
Now every worker must not only do
i. Il I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
SOME LOSSES 20 POINTS.
Saturdays Selling Extended IN Wall
Street TODAY

NEW YORK. March ! tPl. Stock
prices experienced another violent
reaction in todaNs market. The re.
cent collapse Of several supposedly
powerful pools and the continuation
~ hear attacks against issues which
are still believed to be selling out
of line with their current yield and
prospective earning power. brought
forth large volume of liquidation
by frightened investors, which car
riad quoted values down l to nearly
% points in a long list of issues.
The selling centered on the merchan-
disng, food. shipping, chemical and
motion picture shares. but hish-srade
industrial and rails yielded with the
rest Large blocks of American Brake
Shoe and Foundry, Foundation Co. and
New York Gamers. all Of which
recorded violent declines on Satur'
day. were taken over by banking IN
,erests. who supported them AT the
low rricee reached on the recent re
action
American Can dropped from an early
high Of 354l7 10 81. General Electric
from 344 70 S32. United States Cast
Iron Pine from 1sl 70 172 and Ameri-
can Brake Shoe ca nceled its early
gain of points.
nited States Steel common dropped
from an early high Of 12S TO 1854, a
new low for the year. and Canadian
Pacific, Atlantic Coast Line and Nick
FL Plate common dropped to points.
The call money rate was marked down
IN per cent in the early afternoon.
Trading was Al the rate Of about
1000 900 shares for the full session.
The closing was weak. Under an
other deluge Of selling orders Ameri-
can Brake Shoe fell hack TO 100. and
Founda ton co. TO 1l3. both new low
prices for tho year. Other sections Of
the market also felt the strain in the
late trading with breaks Of 7 TO 2
points taking place in Jordan. Allan
tic Coast Line. Mathieson Alkali.
South Porto Rico Sugar. America n
Agricultural Chemical preferred and
MCtrory Stores b.
Total sales approXimated 800. 900
shares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
ADVANCES SCORED
IN LIBERTY BONDS
Treasury Announcement
Causes RiSe-Further Sell
ing in Railroad Issues.
nv GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. March Except for
United States Government bonds and
the strictly high grade legal railway
issues, the general market today was
lower, fairly uniformly for everything
from middle grade Issues TO specu-
lative bonds.
There were two features in the
Government bond list. one ot them
another new high record for the year
for the tax-exempt 3Ias and the other
active buying at new 1925 high prices
of the third ~ Liberties. The ad-
vance in the last named was due TO
the announcement that the Treasury
Department was prepared TO purchase
from holders 500 900 900 par value of
the third AS for sinking fund &C
count. Other Liberties were slightly
higher. The high grade rails were
firm. with an advance in Union IA
CHIC first A..
In the MIDDLE grade section there
were shading of prices in Southern
Railway 4s. Rock Island refundins
~. in Kansas City Southern So
among the rails and in Bethlehem
Steel SIS and United States Rubber
Sc among the indusfrials. and in
Brooklyn Manhattan IS among the
ira ctions.
Sugar bonds were generally steady
except for Eastern Cuba Sugar Z t2s.
which al one time dipped below 100.
Seal board Air Line rs were heavy.
and Denver, Rio Grande Western as
lower.
There was large trading in Rio Dc
Janeiro SIS Of 1916. and in Poland IS,
but without much change in rrice.
Today's new offerings included 81,
900 900 Kentucky Utilities first SIS of
1861 10 yield 5.35 per cent. An offer
ing of 81 500, 900 Tennessee Products
Corporation first 61as at par is ex
pected Tuesday. There were also
unconflrmed reports today of new
financing for account of one OF the
Ia rye conner produCers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
WHEAT SELLS OFF
IN CHICAGO MARKET
Prices Drop After Wsvering Start.
Reserves Larger Than
Expected

r. tho Asso~t4ted Frsss
CHICAGO. March w Wheat priras
turned downward today after waver
ing start. An unexpected decline IN
quotations at Liverpool had a depreEs
ing effect. as did the fact that the
first unofficial private estimate TODAY
of domestic farm reserves Of wheat
was larger than looked for. In add
ton. there was increased selling by
Chicago speculators and by houses
with connections northwest. Tho
opening. q cent off IN cent M.
May pev> t.s517 In SIS and July "A
TO I.44fs. was followed by materta
SetbaCks.
corn and oats sagged with wheat.
Besides. il was unohfcially estimst cd
that the farm reserve percentage ~
the present crop of corn is the largest
with one exception since 1907 After
opening at Il cent decline 10 - cent
advance. May 1918 10 sos corn under
went A decided drop.
Oats started uncha nSed 10 Is cent
OFF. May 417s. and later continued
easy.
In line with hogs. provisions were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
WESTERN PACIFIC'S NET.

NEW YORK. March I FD.-New
operating income of the Western Pa
cihc for January advanced 10 &2S7.cSn
from $1ol.tsl in January last year.
Gross revenues gained moro than
ISL 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
SELLING IS HEAVY
IN LATE TRADING
Sensational Breaks in Many
Issues Continue Until Stock
Session Ends.
RY STUART r. WEST.
Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, March Prices haC
another bad break on the Stock Eek
change today. but il was very
unevenly distributed decline. Stocks
in which pools were reputed 10 10
operating were driven down in 2
number of insta noes ) 10 IA points
This occurred despite the supposed
reassurances over Sunday 'ha' the
Weaknesses in the speculative situe
ton were being cleared up.
The low prices were reached early
in the last hour, after a sational
selling movement early in the DAY.
Then toward the close professional
spectators did a little covering. But
the resulting rally was slight.
New Weak Spots Found.
Supporting arrangements. either in
the form of options to purchase or of
actual transfers OF stocks had been
made in the three main leaders OF
lasi weeks decline-Foundation Com
panv. American Brake shoe and
New York Gamers But there were
nther exposures of weak specu-
la1ive positions One Of these was
Remington Typewriter which had
closed on Saturday 1t 1879 and which
broke below par. in Coca Cola which
had another sma sh following last
weeks 10 point drop. in Woolworth
which fell spectacularly. in Postum
cereal which Al 81 was off almost
r. points from the top. and Allied
Chemical. The last named was down
some Il points from its recent high.
Motors Fairly Strong.
Motor shares once more stood up
H., nd @
severe test imposed by the break in
tho specialties. Hudson Motor at one
time was up over three points. Gen
eral Motors was steadier than the
average and so was Jordan Motors.
United States Rubber was one of the
stocks in which weak position was
evidently being cleaned up.
Equipment stocks were lower. The
short covering in Baldwin Locomo-
tive. which had been holding up the
price in the previous days. seemed
20 he through with. and as A result
there was a further decline. Amer
ican Locomotive was carried down.
and So was American Car and F'oun-
dry! The regular dividend on the lat
ter was declared At the rate Of 81 so
for the quarter. which made the
WELD AT current prices under per
cont
Brokers Views Divided.
one prominent Broadway house.
referring to the general market.
stated today that 1T IS not one that
can he expected TO go up or TO hold
I'm entirety. hut there are some in
dustrials which should still lend them
selves to hopeful operations. consist
ing chiefly of oil. motor and railroad
groups" Another stated. "If we would
suggest any action This week. it would
he to sell stocks again when they
rally
The highly favorable earnings Of
the American Smelling and Refining
TO. for the year 1928. as disclosed in
the annual report made public today.
proved to have heen discounted. Earn
ines for the fun year were at the
rate of ti0.11 \ share on the COM
mon. after deductinE preferred divi
dends. This Is an increase of 1857
a share over 1924 and an increase of
3l02S a share compared with 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01

Today's market on the local board
was letharglc, trading being confined
- 2. minimum with prices unchanged
70 easier. Traction stock lost frsc
ttonally TO III on light selling, as dis
Gas stock. closing 1T 73t4 RatlTay
preferred was unchanged ~ 81, With
NerEenthsler Linotype of to 11n.
Lanston was unchanged at s23s ss
was Potomac Electric Power prefer
red q 1n7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, March Eo. For.
ejsr exchanges easy. Quotations lin
CENT 81: Great Britain. demand. 4S5 9-16;
cables, ASS 1916: 60-day bills on ba INKS.
4s1I. France, demand, 1861; cables,
367 Italy. demand. 4.011a cables.
4Ols. mand-Belgium, 45414
German 1880: Holland. 1902: Nor
wav u so; Sweden, 1852: Denmark
% as: Switzerland. 1921: Spain,
1lOe: Greece, la; Poland. 1854;
296; Jugoslavia. LIS;
Austria. IA: Rumsnia. 431s Argentina,
40 *. Brazil. 1910: Toxic. 45'2; Shang-
hal. 74A; Montreal, 80 9-1s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Potomac Electric Pow. {. 41-S5oo at
1OfL 81 600 ~ 1862
Washington Rwy.. & Elec. ts-S1 900 al
sOs4 81 900 a. S0t4
Waehinrton Gas L,ght-1o AZ a. ; at
10 10 at a. 10 a. 73 a.,
Washington Rwy. Elec. rtd--2 al pl.
Lsnstor Honotype-6 !. &C., 60 a,
90 ~ 2 at 8" IA
AFTER CALL
Pctomac E1e oa 70 Pew gfda i z, 1917
Washington Rwy. 4 Elec. pfd.--20 at al
Capital Traction Colo at III
MerEenthaler Linotype-5 at 2lO. 3 at
o1O.
Cancellation, as 81 Saturdav--,Federsl-
American National Banks az 400. 10 at
Washington Gas Lisht-3l at "a.
Noney-Call loans. 8 and per cent
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK. March R,. = B
silver, ssh Mexican dollars, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
TOBACCO COMMON PUT
ON 81 DIVIDEND BASIS

NEW YORK, March 1 R.-Com-
mon stock Of Tobacco Products
Corporation today was placed on an
nual dividend basis of 81 share.
with a quarterly disbursement Of s1.7s
a share. which previously had been
$50. II is payable April Is to
holders of record April |.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
CRUDE OIL PRICES ARE
,. LOWERED In WEST

SHREVEPORT. La. March / LP.-
The Louisiana Oil Refining Corpora
ton lowered the price of Urania crude
oil from $3.50 TO $40 a barrel. effec.
tive to-day The cut. 1t was announced
was. due TO demand for this product
being Insufficient to Justify the larger
price. 1T Is simply question Of sup.
ply and demand" the report stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORk.-Stocks weak: high,
priced induStrials break 10 to IS
points. Bonds irregular; Liberty bonds
higher: rail issues react. Foreign eX-
changes mixed trading light, Cotton
easy. heavy hedge selling. Sugar
barely steady: trade selling. Coffee
lower: increa Sed Bra lillian offerings.
CHICAGO. w heat weak: ariSh
reserve estimates. Corn lower: sym.
pathN with wheat. Cattle lower Hogs
higher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
CALL MONEY FIRM.

NEW YORK. March (Pl.-Call
money firm: high. 5Ia low, 5; ruling
rate. 50; closing bid, D. offered Al
So last loan. j: call loans against
acceptances. T.. Time leans Arm
mixed cola e"al. 5000 days. Az
4-e months, ga prime mercantile
paper. AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
NEW YORK METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. March I G).--Cop-
per quiet: electrolytic. spot and tu.
lures l4isal4A. Tin firm; spot and
nearby. 64.S7 futures. 63.37. Iron
steady: No. J Northern. COCOA 23.50
No. , Northern. 2100a2250; No.
Southern. 22.00a23.00 Lead steady
spot. 900. Zinc easy: East st. Louis
spot and futures. 7.45a7.50. Anti
mony. spot. 21.00a2l.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01

dividend rates as given in the above tabs
ara the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half yearly declarations
Unless otherwise noted extra or special divi-
Paid this. year, no ri. regular rate. Or
Eta. sPayable in preferred stock tPius
<T in stock payable e quarterly: fPius
AZ In stock oay able Y 3 suartefiy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
LIVE POULTRY FIRM.

CHICAGO March I R.-Poultry
alive firm, receipts, five cars; fowls,
90; Springs, g.: turkeys, IS; ROSTERS,
81; ducks. 30a3o; geese. 81.
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