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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
Utility TAX TO BE SET

During April the State tax board
will conduct Investigations prepare
tory to fixing valuations of public
utilities in Indiana, on which taxes
will be paid next year. The board
will consider appraisal of the In
diana Bell Telephone Company on
April g.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
The South Moves to the Left

his mortgage or his rental payments
or the interest on loans and he loses
his farm altogether. Even for the
big cotton farmers this is danger
our experiment against bumper crop
in the rest of the world which will
keep the price down and leave the
American cotton farmer with a low
market price and small harvest to
market.
There is law on our statute books,
the famous Sherman Antitrust act,
which forbids combination and con-
spiracy in restraint of trade. But the
Coolidge plan for solving the cotton
problem as announced by Senator
Smith provides that the federal re-
serve banks, in making their loans,
are to force the farmers to enter into
contracts to plant less cotton and
thus reduce the production of that
important commodity. Law or no law,
this is one more example of the fact
that capitalism only SOLVES" it's
problems by lettering thei possible
productivity of our economic system.
This remarkable Coolidge program
for solving the situation, while it will
get the support of such senators as
Smith and Underwood, will undoubt-
eddy throw various southern senators
and representatives into the anti
Coolidge farm relief progressive
group in the senate and greatly
strengthen the hands of that group,
disturbing the present alliance be
tween big business republicans and
big business democrats which have
been passing all Coolidge-MellOn mea-
sures.
The only hope Of immediate re-
lief for these cotton farmers is an in
crease of purchase of southern cotton
by the Soviet Union. Already the av-
erage yearly purchase of American
cotton by the Soviet Union totals $45,-
100000 and the demand for American
cotton on the part of Russian indus
try is increasing This will no doubt
cause our southern congressman to
look with much less horror upon "the
naturalization of women" and other
atrocity stories published in the south
ern capitalist press and considerable
sentiment is now developing in favor
of recognition of Russia.
The cotton crisis is only part of
general farm crisis which promises
to extend rather than the contrary.
The department of agriculture admits
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04

in it's recent report that the prices
for cotton, fruits and wheat are so
low that they have brought the gen
eral index of the purchasing power
of farm, products down from SO last
August to 50 this August. This is
the lowest index in twenty-six months
and shows gradual renewal of the
tendency toward crisis in those agri-
cultural industries that depend, to
any considerable extent, on the ex-
port market. This does not show the
real extent of the farm crisis because
the department of agriculture fig
ures as to the purchasing power of
the farmers product are, calculated
as against alf commodities which in
clude the farmers own product and
not as against industrial commodities
only. The actual purchasing power
of the farmer in terms of industrial
commodities is very much lower and
dropping more rapidly. If the same
tendency continues for the next year
or so, the farmer end of a farmer
labor alliance for the 1928 elections
should be quite healthy and the pos,
farmer-labor party greatly increased.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
BY HERTRAM D. WOLFE.


HING COTTON, who has reputa-
IA ton for running very conser-
vative kingdom in the "Solid South, .
seems to be determined to drive his
subjects to the left by his recent ac-
tions. The results of these actions
will be, Judging from present indica-
tions, considerable pressure exerted
by southern Bourbons for recognition
Of the Soviet Union and entrance by
these same southerners into an alli-
ance with strange political bedfellows
in the shape of the progressive farm
bloc.
The reason of all these changes is
the enormous drop in the price of
cotton. This years crop Is estimated
by the government to be 1851 900
bales to which must be added re-
serve Of 100000 bales left over from
last year. This crop is so big that,
owing to the peculiar contradictions
presented by the capitalist system,
many cotton farmers will be ruined.
Last year, the average price of rath-
err poor crop was 22c pound. At this
writing, the market price is 1Sc and
there is danger of this going still
lower. Representative Pou of North
Carolina estimates that the cost of
producing a pound Of cotton is zoe,
so that the loss of the cotton farmers
will be from $40 to $25 for every bale
they sell, not to mention the loss on
the bales they don't SELL Repre-
sentative Pou has requested Coolidge
to grant a special session of congress
to consider the problem of granting
relief to the cotton farmer. But Cool
idge has refused. Now Senator Smith
of South Carolina has had an inter-
view with Mr.. Coolidge and a remark
able scheme has been worked out for
the salvation of the cotton crisis.
This scheme consists of ordering
the already bankrupt farmers to re-
duce the amount of acreage under
plantation during the present year!
This sounds like very brilliant solu-
ton. Reduce the amount of the cot
ton crop and you decrease the supply
relative to the demand. This increas.
es the price and everybody is happy.
Such is Coolidge economics. In prac-
tice, however, the only salvation for
the small cotton farmer is to increase
his acreage each year. If he decreas-
es it, he cannot meet the interest. ON
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Continued. from page H.
substance and that only a miserable
remnant remains.
The party is not responsible for
the fact that these comrades who
were once bearers of the experience
of the party together with others,
have now become destroyers of the
glorious historical traditions Of Boil
shevism. The party carefully pre-
serves every strength which can be
of use to it.
The party showed unusual patience
and care for it recognized rightly
that the building up of a leading
cadre for the party is an extremely
difficult and slow work and it hoped
further that the leaders of the oppo-
sition would make good their errors.
The party is not responsible for the
shattering of its hopes.
When simple proletarian Commu-
nists repulse the attacks OF the op-
position leaders who have passed all
bounds, then this is not a sign Of
blame but of the maturity Of the
party
If the party is no longer to be trou-
bled by these oppositional leaders in
the future, if the least hope is to re-
main that these leaders will see their
grave errors and come to their sens
es, then the whole party must fol-
low the example of the Communists
Of the Red Putilov" works who have
Faithfully expressed the feelings of
the party in an excellent resolution
adopted after Zinoviev had spoken to
them
They demand that the party make
an end of the irritating activities of
the oppositional leaders who are striy-
ing in practice ITO force another DIS
cussion" They protest energetically
against the un-Bolshevik attitude of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
HOw The Opposition Was Defeated

the leaders of the opposition, of Tin
oviey, Trotsky and others who are
striving to undermine the objective
realization Of the decisions of the
Fourteenth Party Congress.
They demand that the opposition
subordinate itself completely and UNI
conditionally to the decisions Of the
Fourteenth Party Congress and of the
Plenum of the C. c. and the G. c, c.
They demand the Immediate ceas-
ing of all fractional activity damag-
ing to the unity of the party, clear
break with the liquidatory, counter
revolutionary standpoint of Ossovsky,
Medvedyev and Shlapnikov and the
condemnation of their standpoint.
1t is really impossible for the party
Of the workers to overcome in peace
the difficulties of the work of social
list reconstruction and to perform its
great international tasks unless the
leaders of the opposition openly de-
clare before the whole party and the
Comlntern that they recognize the
danger of their fractional activity, un-
less they cease this activity, liQuidate
their fraction and definitely and de-
cisively draw a clear line between
themselves and Ossovski, Korsch,
Ruth Fischer, Medvedyev, Shlapnikov
and their friends, and unless they re-
tract their shameful calumny against
the party and its leaders.
Otherwise there is no guarantee
that the attempts to shake the party
will not be repeated in the future
stages of our difficult work.
On its part the party must take all
measures in its power to secure it.
self against a repetition of such
events in the future. This must be
done in particular, as the resolution
Of the political bureau says, by the
imposition of the necessary party
sanctions" which are determined in
the party statutes, in the decisions of
party congresses and in particular in
the resolution of the tenth congress
drafted by Lenin concerning the unity
of the party.
The lessons of this attack of the
opposition must be made the sub
ject of mass study so that the ca
pacious arsenal of the Bolshevist
Party be enriched with a further les
son from the struggle against the pet
ty bourgeois vacillations inside the
party and against the petty bourgeois
influence upon the proletariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
British Communist Party Makes History

its enemies, while a great body Of the
working class made friends with their
enemies. Thomas, Macdonald, and
Co., he added, were honored by
capitalism, not because they were
enemies but friends OF capitalism.
Labor Party
Harry Pollitt gave a report of
the Labour Party Conference at
Margate. There was only one real
issue, he said, and that was the mining
crisis.
Bob Williams opening speech made
it perfectly clear that the whole policy
of the Labour leaders is one of attack
on the miners. He expressed the full
official policy of the right wing leader
ship. 1t was noteworthy that both
on Williams speech and the Exc
cutive resolution, it was the Commu-
mist fraction that got in first blow
against the treachery.
What Sort Of Victory.
The policy of the Labour leaders
in the mining lockout was perfectly
logical. They had tried 10 make the
miners accept the Samuel Memoran-
dunn, and the only Justification they
could get for using that Memoran-
dunn as an excuse for calling off the
General Strike was to use the whole
Of their machinery to beat the
miners to the lowest possible level
now.
Thomas and Tillett had terrible
stories to tell OF victimisation in
their unlons-yet these leaders were
the ones who spoke of the General
Strike as a great victory. The
misery among these victimised work.
,ers was not the result Of the Gen.
eral Strike but of the general treach.
cry.
General Strike.
Comrade Campbell opened the dis.
cussion of the General Strike He
said the strike was the greatest event
in the history of the British workers
it was the turning point in the de-
velopment OF the British LabouI
movement.
"The General Strike was not an
accident due to the personal mis-
judgement of any leader or any red
conspiracy. The General Strike was
an outcome of the developments
which had taken place in Great
Britain over many years, and theiI
effects on the working class Of this
country"
Comrade Campbell pointed out
that the gradual and intensifyine
decline in industry since the war had
broken down the old aristocracy OF
labour, with It's craft organization
and at the same time had brought
about change In the outlook OF the
workers.
This change was not only due Ia
the pressure OF conditions, but also
to the work OF the C.P. and the
MN. and other left wing organiza
lions; but in spite Of this the workers
have not yet come to realize the full
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implications of the nature Of the
social struggle.
The workers were not aware Of all
that a general strike against CAPT
talism involved, although. the will to
fight was there.
TWO Weapons.
"The capitalist class had two
weapons against the working class
The first was the Royal Commission
whose report aimed at splitting the
T.U. movement and so isolating the
miners. The second weapon con-
sisted Of the O.M.S. and the special
emergency road transport service,
which had been in existence since
1919, which was in existence during
the period of the Labour Govern
ment and of the existence of which
Ramsay Macdonald was we'll aware. /"
Principle Achievements.
The principal achievements of the
congress were described as follows:
FIRST.-It was complete reply to
the sabotage of the miners heroic
fight carried on by the reformist
labour leaders at Bournemouth and
Margate. From beginning to end
the Congress breathed enthusiastic
support of the miners. Instead of
the miners struggle being carefully
banished, as at the TUG. and the
Labour Party Conference, it domi-
mated the debates.
SECOND-It told the workers the
ruth about the General Strike,
which the reformist Labour leaders
did their best to suppress at Bourne
mouth and Margate.
Warn Capitalists
THIRD.-Our Congress gave a
clear warning to the capitalists that
neither frenzied press campaign nor
the sabotage of their agents in the
labour movement will prevent the
workers from learning the full truth
about imperialism, and in particular
about their identity Of interests with
the glorious uprising of the Chinese
people.
FOURTH.-OurC Congress, in its re-
cording of past achievements and its
plan of work for the future, flung
back into Sir JOHNSON Hicks face the
challenge to our Party's existence
which he issued year ago.
Unity Of Party.
While mistakes were
frankly admitted and defectS criti
cised this Congress- OF workers
straight from the class front revealed
the unity of the Party on funda
mental issues. and by its whole
hearted support of the Central Com
mittee knocked the bottom, for good
and all, out of the legend that oul
Party had acted "as brake on the
revolution"
Fraternal greetings were received
from the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, the Executive Commit
tee of the Communist international
and many brother parties on. the con
tinent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
Quick Trial For Bandits

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2.-Seventeen
days after they robbed the west Indian
apolis branch Of the union trust COM
pany here of $4,000, three of the six
bank bandits, today received penalty
of the law for their crime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-04
CONTINUED from page u

members. There are a number of
new faces at this Congress. To you
and to all our new comrades who
have Joined our Party we offer a
hearty welcome to our ranks.
Miners Resolution
Comrade Nat Watkins then moved
a resolution on the miners struggle.
The greater part Of the member
ship of the c. p. was derived from
the coalfields, and that membership
was responsible for stiffening up the
miners in the their fight.
1.-THE Party has been the only
political party" he continued, that
has given a clear lead to the miners
from the beginning.
THE Party itself had not even
refrained from criticising the idol
Of the miners when 1t found that
Cook was wavering. 1t had been
criticised from numerous sources for
its courage in this respect. When
ever Cook indicated signs of weak
ness, the Party had called the atten-
ton of the miners to it, (Hear,
hear.)
New Members From Mines.
"The immense growth Of the
Party in the last period had been
more or less a mining growth.
I'VE will lead the miners again
and again until victory has been
achieved" he declared amid loud
cheers.
Comrade Lowell, who moved the
resolution on class war prisoners,
conveyed the fraternal greetings Of
the international class war prisoners
organization.
He declared that the Conference
itself was an indication as to whether
Joynson Hicks policy had borne the
fruit he desired.
The capitalist offensive, which com.
menced IS months ago, had mani
tested itself in the Communist trial
in November 1925.
Then had followed the prosecution
Of 200 anthracite miners, 50 of whom
were sent to Jail, 20 in chains.
Then came the General Strike in
which the Communists again took a
prominent part. over 5000 men,
women and youths had been prose
cuted for their activities, no less
than 1900 Of them being members
OF the Communist Party. 400 c. p.
members found their way to Jail, and
Of these 400 not single one had
turned on the workers. (Applause.)
Big Growth.
Comrade p. Stewart presented a
report outlining the political actiyi-
ties OF the Party since the last Con-
gress and its growth in membership,
Capitalism would be very unwlse
indeed IL II did not try-to prevent the
growth of the Communist Party he
said.
Capitalism was wise enough to know
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-12
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
u. S. Land Office at Cass Lake, Mimi,

October 26, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that Hid
inoo G, Anderson, whose postoffice
address is z E. Superior St., Duluth,
Mimi, did, on the I'd day of April,
1924, file in this Office Sworn State
ment and Application, No. O13274,
to purchase the Lots and 5, Section
13 and Lot 3, Section IA, Township
So NJ, Range IA w, 4th Prin. Mer-
idian, and the timber thereon, under
the provisions of the act of June 3,
1878 and acts amendatory, known as
the Climber and Stone Law" at
such value as might be fixed by
appraisement, and that, pursuant to
such application, the land and timber
thereon have beben appraised, at
$269.25, the timber estimated $4,000
board feet at $500 per M, and the
and $101.25; that said applicant
will offer final proof in support of his
application and sworn statement on
the 9Th day of January, 1927, before
the Clerk of District Court, at his
office at Duluth, Mimi.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or mi
tiate a contest at any time before
patent issues, by filing corrobor-
ated affidavit in this office, alleging
facts which would defeat the entry.
P. M. LARSON,
lis 1881 Register.
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Every in paving
leading to
will
held
limitations.
Outsiders attracted community by what has
them welpaved sidewalks schools
other public utilities they will settle here, bringing
industry with them.
Municipalities sometimes sow needed
often there qion whether this
all
confuse it with false
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-12
eLh Or MUD I.
GREETs GILBERT.
LUCKY BREAKS ENABLE GIL
BERT TO SCORE UNEARNED
TOUCHDOWNS-GAME E N p S
WITH SCORE OF % TO IL IN
FAVOR OF GILBERT. -
by Arnold Anderson.)

Upon a water soaked gridiron Sat
urday Ely and Gilbert battled ces-
perately for victory and Gilbert won
BY virtue of the fact that they were
+, better mud horses. The game
p4s extremely dirty-not because
o. the players-but because OF the
mud. At the end of the game the
players had accumulated about their
persons a goodly share of the land
scape which was formerly the foot
ball field.
Gilbert gained a nine point advan-
tage in the first quarter when john
son, Gilbert end, picked up Heikklla's
tumble of a Gilbert punt and ran
for a touchdown. Gilbert made the
two other points on the following
kickoff when Dahl touched the ball
and the ball rolled over the goal
line, Heikkila being forced to follow
the ball to avoid the scoring of a
touchdown by Gilbert.
Gilbert scored again before Ely
could connect with counter. Ora
HEX, Ely half, was largely respons-
ible for the local score when ne put
the ball within scoring distance on
his so yard dash down the side
lines on. the kickoff. A pass, Dahl to
Luhtanen, then put the ball two
yards from the goal from where Dahl
plunged though the line for the six
points.
Toutloff, speedy half on the second
team, was injected into the fray
in the second half and he immediat-
ely thrilled the stands with number
of ten and twenty yd. dashes around
the Gilbert ends. Toutloff showed
amazing ability and Gilbert can con-
slider themselves lucky the field was
not in solid condition.
Gilbert scored again in the third
period on series of off-tackle plays.
Fl. Wattson carried the ball over the
last chalk line. Ely, in both the Sd
and 4th periods advanced the bali to
the one yard line but the Gilbert
line strengthened on both occasions
and repulsed the Ely charges. In
the latter case however, Ely scored
even though they were stopped when
Buck" Clough, Ely tackle, broke
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through to block the Gilbert punt
from behind the goal line and then
fell on the ball for touchdown.
Clough played strong game Tor
Ely on the line and it was mainly
through his efforts that Ely stopped
Gilbert's versatile running attack.
Grahelk's sixty yard sprint was not
the only long run of the game, Skaia
and Dahl each having a forty YARD
;aunt marked to their credit. ID.
Matson reeled off the longest Gil
hent gains, none of which wene ever
80 yards. On one occasion ne went
through for rs yards on an off tackle
play.
Dahl and Toutloff were the stellar
Ely performers in the backfield while
Clough was the sensation of the line
The lineup follows:
Ely-Lindy, lie; L. Gerzin, 1t
Smrekar, lg; Anderson,c; Skala, re-
Clough, rt; Luhtanen, q; Heikkila
lib; Pogorelc, RIB dahl, fb.
Gilbert-Leskinen, lie; Stefano, 1t
Rebovich, lg; E. Pumala, c; Murray
rg; Paciatti, rt; Johnson, re; II. Mat
son, q; spitznagel, lhbj G, Matson
RIB; Manila, fb.
Substitutions-Hil for keskinen
Mestnik for c. Matson; Barrett fol
Reborvich; Toutloff for Pogorelc
Banovetz for Heikkila; j, Gerzin fol
Smrekar, Touchdowne-H. Matsol
2, Johnson 1, Dahl 1, Clough, l.
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ORDER FOR HEARING ON PET
ITION FOR ADMINISTRATION.
State of Minnesota, County of ST.
Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT.

Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Skantze, Decedent.
The Petition of Emil A. Skantze'
having been filed in this Court, rep
resenting, among other things, that
John Skantze, then being a resident
of the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, died intestate; in the
County of st. Louis, State of Mime
sofa, on the 10Th day of October,
1926; leaving estate in the County
of St. Louis, State of Minnesota. and
that said petitioner is the son, and
one of the next-of-kin of said dece-
dent and praying that letters of adj
ministration of said estate of said
decedent be granted to Ansol
Skantze.
It is Ordered, that said petition
be heard before this Court, at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House in Duluth, in said County. on
Monday, the 9th day of December,
1926, at nine o'clock A. NJ, and all
persons interested in said hearing
and in said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law, and that a
copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of st. Louis
County not less than ten days prior
to said day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, October
18th, 1926,
By the Court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts, Judge of
Clerk of Probate. Probate
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. j. Thomas, Attorney for Petit
Toner. 11-5 lilo
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INDOOR BASEBALL

Next weeks schedule is as follows:
Monday-Oliyer VS.. Duluth & Iron
Range.
Tuesday-Zenith VS.. American
Legion.
Wednesday-School District VS..
Commercial Club.