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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
HARRINGTON and
Lewis FLAYED BY
ILLINOIS Miners
Demand Reinstatement
of Expelled Members

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 14.-Local
Union 1471 Of the United Mine Work
ers OF America passed a resolution
condemning Frank harrington, de-
posed president Of District II, as an
agent of the Peabody Coal Company
as proven by the disclosure of a con-
tract with the company at salary
Of $4,000 a year, and for other acts Of
his, in conjunction with the district
executive board and John L. Lewis,
international president, which hurt
the interests of the Illinois miners and
weakened the U. NJ. w. of A.
Local 1911 furthermore accuses Far.
rington and the district board with
having given moral and financial sup
port for the purpose of railroading the
Zeigler miners to Jail and demands
the reinstatement OF certain expelled
members and support Of the Zeigler
miners.
The resolution reads:
Whereas, the exposure of Frank
Harrington as a paid agent of the coal
operators, a charge made for so many
years by the progressive element in
District No. II, has been complete, re-
sulting in his own admission that he
is in the employ Of the Peabody Coal
Company; and
Whereas, thru the activity of this,
agent Of the coal operators and with
the active support and assistance OF
the district board and John L. Lewis,
a number Of the most active members
of the union have been blacklisted,
suspended. and many of them ex-
PEELED; and
Whereas, the Z. NJ. w. Of A. has
suffered a great loss thru having this
agent of the coal operators at the
head of District No. u; and
Whereas. he tried to force 70
cent reduction on the ton for drilling
and shooting the coal at johnson City
Mine No. IS, and the machine case at
the No. 1 mine at zeigler, where he
allowed the coal company to trample
the agreement under their feet; and
Whereas, Frank Harrington and
the district executive board gave
moral and financial support for the
railroading OF the Zeigler miners;
therefore, be it
Resolved. that Local Union No.
1471 demands from the district execu-
tive board, the following:
Il. That Duncan Mcdonald, Free
man Thompson, John Watt. Tom
Parry, Joe Angelo, Tony Shragel,
Henry Corbishley, Frank Skibinsli,
Matt Crnoevich and Walter Bielsky be
reinstated to their full rights in the
union.
Il. That the district executive board
Immediately issue a statement sup
porting the Zeigler miners and give
them financial assistance in their
struggle with the reactionary ku klux
khan elements Of southern Illinois;
and be it further
Resolved, that this local union call
mass meeting to discuss the present
situation in the miners union and in.
vite at least one of the following
brothers to be present and speak:
Duncan Mcdonald, Freeman Thomp-
son or Henry Corbishley.
(Signed) Resolution Committee,
Local Union 1871.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
Trouble with openshoppers.

EAST ST. LOUIS, H. (FP) Open.
shop troubles in the building trades
spread 10 East St. Louis when a con.
tractor recently imported laborers
from Chicago and attempted opera.
tons on the Broadyiew hotel The
other trades tied up work for two
months Differences were adjusted
wbeS the contractor agreed to pay the
uniop scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
ERGDAHL OPENS OHIO
CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT
OF W. P. IN TOLEDO
Especial to The Daily Worker

TOLEDO, o., Sept. 14.-The
Workers Party lnaueurated lts con.
pressional campaign here last night
with J.. Louis EnudahI, editor Of The
DAILY WORKER, as principal
speaker, attacking the old parties as
enemies Of the working class. Bruce
7. Smith, candidate for congress In
the ninth district, also spoke, with
Joseph Wllleneeker as chairman.
Enedahl Will speak In Pittsburgh
on Tuesday, New Haven on Wednes-
day, Boston thursday, Worcester
Friday, Rochester Saturday and on
Sunday, tho 18th, no will speak at
tho EnGlneers' Hall In Buffalo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

distant cities where great strikes have
occurred, urging the workers to pre-
pare to take part in the new regime
when the militarists shall be over
thrown.
So widespread is this agitation, and
so general are the signs that the Chi
.nese masses are rising to the nation
alist call, that foreign papers in the
northern ports have begun to declare
that Canton is justified and that there
is no fred menace" in its successful
march northward. Earlier in the sum-
mer this foreign press was denouncing
Canton as an agency of Moscow and
the Third International.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

Here is map Of the critical
zones in the present struggle for
Chinese independence from foreign
imperialIst domination. Northern
armies under WI Pei Fu, British
puppet, have been driven out Of
Hankow (1) by the Cantonese and
are retreating to Honan (4). At Can
ton (2) British forces have FLASHED
repeatedly with the Cantonese. For
eign Interests at Shanghai (3) are
becoming extremely worried about
the successes of the nationalist
troops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
toronto carpenters Releet offer.

TORoNTO-FP)-Locals Of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters &
Joiners have rejected the wage offer
of S5c per hour made by the Toronto
Builders exchange, though the Anal
gamated Society of Carpenters, a
branch Of the English organization,
has accepted It. In 1924 the con-
tractors enforced a wage reduction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
SLUSH
ISSUE IN I'LL.
STATE UNIONS
Smith Has Friends at
Streator Convention

Continued from page ~
partner Of the late utility boss, Roger
Sullivan, is even worse.
Minority for Christensen.
A minority at thei convention are
battling for endorsement of Farley
Parker Christensen on, the progress
sive ticket. Christensen was the far
merIabor candidate tor president in
1924. Christensen will address a
meeting in Streator during the cen
vention. The utilities shadow gets pc
culiar emphasis from the fact that
Streator is the old home town Of the
late Glenn Plumb, -sRiEo spent his life
in an effort to have the railroads ma
tionalzed and democratically admin
istered under what became universal.
ly known as the Plumb plan.
Walkers Recommendation
recommendation to the delegates
by Pres. Walker include further ac-
tivity in curbing injunctions, modern
izing the factory inspection laws, pre-
venting dumping on the market in
Illinois the convict products of In
diana, Wisconsin and Iowa, support
ing the % labor papers Of the state
and organizing women's bureau afi-
lated with the state federation of la
Dor.
Future Not so Bright.
"Tho conditions In the mining in
dustry are somewhat improved in this
state over a year ago." Walker sums
UP, they are still far from satisfac.
tory. In the building industry our
brothers have had another fairly sat
isfactory year. Union labor has de.
monstrated it's desire for a minimum
OF strife and a maximum of labor
peace. Illinois has less labor trouble
than any important industrial state.
Prospects for the future are not
so bright. look for decline in in
dustrial activity which will become
apparent soon after the COMPRESSION
al elections"
Walker Mum on harrington.
Walker publishes considerable ma
ter1al regarding Sen. Caraway's
speech of June 26 in which the Ark
ansas senator said, Il want to know
how much money was given to John
Walker and Frank Harrington, labor
men who are said to have handled
the labor vote in Illinois" lin the
senatorial primary.
He repeats his owl denials and
tells OF his vain efforts to appear be-
fore the senatorial slush committee
in Chicago. He says nothing of Far
rington, deposed president of the I'LL
nois Mine Workers, who has since
been shown to have secretly signed
a $4,000 year contract with the Pea
body Coal Co., leading operator in Illi-
nois and extensive operators in Ken
lucky and other open shop districts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

CHICAGO Up over s16,72s is
the total contributed so far by Chi
cago unions for the relief of British
miners and their families, it was re-
ported at the Chicago Federation Of
Labor meetings. Carpenter unions
led with total of $500, over half the
entire sum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
SAID TO VEER TOWARDS
RECOGNITION OF SOVIET UNION

business with the United States than
before the war and manufacturers be.
lieve that diplomatic accord between
the two countries would increase this
trade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
peIeaates Vlalt parka

STREAToR, ILL.,, Sept. IA Dele
gates attending the annual convention
of the Illinois State Federation of La
Dor here were taken on an automo-
bile sightseeing tour to the Starved
Rock state park as guests of the
Streator trades council. Addition bust
ness sessions were to be held late
this afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16
CANTON CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN
PROCLAMATION TELLS POPULACE
AIMS OF NATIONAL REVOLUTION
BY LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press

WASHINGTON, showing just promises
being Chinese government
whose forces country
They indicate that
national
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

Send The DAILY WORKER for one
month to your shop-mate.
Evening star., 1926-05-15

paper. Therein are contained adver-
tisements of new subdivision with
lots on easy payments. surrounded by
all the attractions of modern Conven-
fences. more fresh and pure air, far
from the noise of the city"
The Filipino doesn't like to pay rent
any more than does the American. An
influx of building capital during the
last few years has served to lower
rents on home properties. but Fiji
pinos are learning to save their money
and buy homes of their own.
Expansion of the home-buying
campaign is naturally curtailed by a
lack of capital. Insular development
is retarded by the unsettled political
status of the islands and by the land
laws. which limit the holdings OF in
dividuals and corporations. Banking
facilities are limited in the provinces
and the greater part of modern home
building has been confined to the ur-
ban Centers.
While a ma joritv of the Filipinos
still live in nipa houses. frame con-
structiOn predominates in new build
ing. Restrictions have served in 4
large measure to insure proper con-
structions in certain sections OF the
larger cities. These ordinances forbid
the building of nipa houses in re-
stricted areas. with the result that
modern houses have arisen where
there might have been tendency to
erect unsiGhtly shacks.
Evening star., 1926-05-15
BY ROGER w. BABSON.

PABSON PARK, Fla, May b.
Florida is growing al greater rate
today than ever before In it's history:
1925 will record more new homes built,
greater railroad earnings. larger cheek
transactions, higher population f1g-
ures, more land under cultivation and
Increasing industrial activity. com
pared with 1925. Yes, / will add that
more property will be sold in 1926 for
home sites, farms and industrial pur-
poses than in any previous year. Flor
ida is today growing at greater rate
than ever before.
1t is true that speculation In Flor
ida land is dead today. The man VINO
denies 1t is not acquainted with the
real situation. In most portions OF
Florida there simply is left no such
business as real estate sales for spec
ulation. AS very large proportion
Of sales heretofore have been for spec
ulation. the real estate market is now
very quiet Owing to the fact that
there are now about so times as many
real estate men land wonlen) to divide
this business than heretofore, the de-
cline in activity is even more appa"-
ent and is felt more keenly.
But these things are nothing for the
true friends of Florida to worry about.
Three years ago, before the Florida
boom started, the price of the 40 most
active stocks on the New York Stock
Exchange averaged about 20. These
same stocks closed on December 81,
1925, at an average of more 1875, nearly
100 per cent increase. Since then they
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JeuN 2UelLEN

l. Healthy living conditions. With
few exceptions all Florida and Cali
fornia cities now have this to offer.
>. Clean attractions and amusement.
The people who are to make Florida
and California do not want wide open
cities, Sunday celebrations or all-night
dances. Checkerboards and the amuse-
ments which made St. Petersburg are
what is wanted, together with good
active churches.
3. Economical living conditions. For
the present there are enough eXpen-
sive hotels in Florida and California.
More dairy farms rather than more
golf courses are the need of the hour.
Old-fashioned New England dinners
with baked beans Saturday night and
fish chowder FRIDAYS will attract more
good people to these States than more
billion dollar developments. These
States today need producers, and to
attract them such lower rents and
lower cost living conditions are abso-
lutely essential
business now registers by the Bah
Evening star., 1926-05-15

lots In the wilderness. That will shut
off the supply for a while.
But shutting off the supply for q
while Is not sufficient. The demand
for Florida property must be III
creased by developing agriculture. in
dustry and commerce. This can only
be done best by getting more people
to work. live, or at least spend part
of the year in Florida. I'm especially
impressed by the interest which
Florida papers are taking in agricul-
ture II may be that the next FLORIDA
boom will be in agricultural land; nut
if SO, | hope such land will honestly
be sold, and so far as possible sold
only to those with the brains ana
capital to carry on. F'lorida's agri-
cultural and dairy possibilities are be
yond the. fondest dreams. TO make a
living farming anywhere. however, to-
day requires ability and industry.
The man who cannot succeed North.
probably cannot succeed In Florida,
whether he Is a farmer or realtor.
Speculation in farm lands will do
Florida no more good than speculation
in orange groves or 50-toot lots.
Florida needs more people, both tour
lists and workers. and ii needs them al
once if it is TO fill up, with merchants
ana OtneES, lIt SttitS anu 'ihN||
which soon may be vacated by real
tors. Farmers. however. should not
go to Florida unless they have both
ability and capital. Good farm lands
in Florida either are expensive or they
must be drained and irrigated. Florida
will some day be the market garden
of eastern America; but It will come
about only through men of intelli-
gence and experience.
F'lorida's Greatest Resources.
South Florida s greatest natural ad-
vantage is still her climate. South
Florida's greatest source of income
will for many years be from Winter
residents. Florida must supply the
homes, clothing and food for these
people. The growth from now on will
not be in millionaires. Florida has al
ready gathered about all of those who
exist. Florida's s wealth from now on
is largely coming from the middle
classes and retired people of New
England. New York. and Pennsyl-
vania, from the merchants of the
Great Lakes section. from the pros
porous farmers of the Central West,
and from the employees of industries
and commerce throughout the Nation.
Fifteen years ago l was ridiculed In
Chicago, especially by the Studebaker
Evening star., 1926-05-15

people. who were then making wag
ons, for saying l would live to see
almost every prosperous farmer have
an automobile. Today there are more
automobiles owned by farmers than
there are farmers. Permit me to make
the prophecy that l shall live to see
almost every prosperous farmer spend
his Winters in California or Florida
There are 100000 farmers in the
United States with net incomes in eX-
cess of $4,000 per year who have never
been in California or Florida. II we
can get 200 900 OF these to journey to
one of these States this coming Win
ter in their automobiles and spend only
$50 each for the best three months
they have ever spent in their lives.
this alone will amount to more than
the total received from the entire cit
rus crop. tomato crop and celery crop
and ALI truck vegetables raised in the
State Of Florida.
To attract more good people to
either California or Florida certain
things are necessary. They demand:
Evening star., 1926-05-15

We're: Chicago. $4,000 900; Philadel.
phia, 100000, Los Angeles. $1,000
00G St Louis. 5000 600; Cleveland.
$4,000, 900; Baltimore, $2,600,0 900, and
Louisville. $4,000, 900.
Many Gains Shown.
ON the other hand. many substan.
tfal gains were shown as follows:
Borough of Bronx, New York. $10,-
900 900 Brooklyn. $4,000. 900: Detroit.
E2 500 900: Washington. $1,000. 900;
fBoston, S3.45O 900; San Francisco. ST..
poo 900 Newark. S1.700. 900; Mount
Vernon. ~ Y, 80 300 900: Houston. 81
100, 900; Tampa. $1,000 900: Gary, Ind,
! 81 700 600, and Evanston. ILL.,, ST.
200 900.
The South continued to lead the rest
Of the country in building activities.
In ia leading cities of the II South
ern States gains of approximately 90
per cent were made over April last
year. The 81 leading cities and towns
of Florida reported permits of S19,.
599 ,374. compared with $14 4.063. .339 last
April and with S1s.611 ,433 in March
this year.
The 25 cities reporting largest vol.
ume Of permits for April, 1926, are:
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CAPITAL GOES TO SIXTH PLACE
in VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION
General Falling Off Throughoa Nation Is Reported,
But Capital Stands Higher Than Boston or
San Francisco

The National Capital jumped to
sixth among the leading cities of the
country reporting the greatest volume
of building construction during the
past month. This is the highest that
Washington has ever stood in com
parison with the great metrOpolises of
the Nation.
Such large cities as Boston. San
Francisco. Buffalo. Milwaukee, etc.
are considerably behind the District.
which, despite the fact that there was
a Nationwide falling off in construc-
tion. is making peak records.
A slowing-up in building operations
throughout the country was indicated
in the reports of permits issued in
the 4S4 leading cities and towns, made
public yesterday by $. w. Straus 4
Co. These cities reported new build
ing plans of S439 1916 .J35. compared
with $479, ,S33.247 in April. 1925, loss
of s per cent. There was a slight
gain from March. however. when the
volume OF permits issued in these
places was $433, ,s5o,219.
Future Is Undetermined.
Since the first of January, permits
for $1,410.826,33 1886 have bene issued.
compared with sl439,126.6S1 last year
The first third of the year. therefore,
wound up with activities slightly
behind the record for the same period
last year.
Whether these losses will continue
and bring the industry TO the end Of
the year with a considerable shrink,
age of activities compared with the
| phenomenal record of 1925. or whether
there will be a revival later in the
| Inf he
! determined. says the Strausf survey
although no one familiar with building
conditions throughout the country is
| looking for a pronounced falling off
| In the 25 leading cities some heavy
/ losses were scored. The Borough ol
/ Manhattan. New York. lost 1l4 400 900
! Losses OF consequence i'm other cities
Evening star., 1926-05-15
MORE DAIRY FARMS, NOT GOLF
COURSES, NEEDED In FLORIDA
Roger Babson Says the Winter Playground of the
Nation Will Find Its Wealth in Future Prob
ably in Crops, Market Garden

have had a most severe decline, which
many investors only too well realize.
Those who read my article In the No
vemher Review of Reviews on Flor
idas future may remember that /!
stated speculation in Wall Street and
speculation in Florida must go up and
down together. Hence. when asked
how long will the Florida boom last,
I replied: This present Florida boom
will last so long as this boom in Wall
Street lasts Both must suhside TO-
ce:her. both will for while lay DOR
mart together, and both will again re-
vive and reach even greater heights
and show even greater profics. Both
realtors and stock brokers who come
into the game at the top get pun
ished, but these who continue honestly
at work, during both good times and
bad. do vel! and prosper. No business
is always good. If so, every one would
go into ii and it would die like the
mastodons Of old, by it's own weight.
Liabilities and Assets.
The unfortunate situation in Florida
is that IS per cent of the lots when
have been sold the past two years
,,e,,+ sold to SPECTATORS who never in
tended to build or use ihem. Most o.
these lots have not been paid for, ana
many never will be pa lo.'. Iha:'
'fsr these SPECTATORS have he'd on and
although there are now very few sales
or. purchases, vet there has thus far
neen no break in prices. lf, however
these spectators are forced to sell In
a market where there are no buyers
tremendous break in prices will ne
Evening star., 1926-05-15

witnessed. AS the increase in prices
has been most spectacular on the east
coast. so it is natural that the decline
in prices may be greatest there, al
though intrinsically the east coast
may be the most valuable of all por-
tions.
The fact which, however, will make
all Florida prosperous some day is the
gradual growth of the going
Winters industry. After person
spends one Winter in California or
Florida, he or she Is very likely TO ac-
quire the habit When this habit is
fixed 1t is as hard to break as the
habit Of keeping an automobile. More
over, what the parents now look upon
as luxury the children will consider
a necessity The most profitable in
dustries are those based upon ''hab-
it's" both good and bad. Neither the
telephone nor automobile IS a neCes-
sity. People can he healthy. happy
and prosperous without either. Yet.
after one once has had either a tele-
phone or an automobile. in very, very
few cases is 4, ever given UP: while
the children consider these things alb
solute necessities. / firmly believe that
going away Winters will take hold
of the Nation in the same way, and
that both California and Florida are
developing a new but permanent in
dustry. Moreover. owing to Florida
proximity to so per cent of the Ma.
tion's population and wealth, it will
equal California and may ultimately
outstrip this wonderful Pacific Coast
State.
Florida Needs People.
Because Florida today has an over
production of lots Is no reflection on
Florida There always is an over
production of something in this Won
derful country of ours. One year it is
wheat, another year il is corn. an
other year oil and another year sugar.
This year. for the first time since the
breaking of the Northwest boom some
years ago, we witness an overproduc-
ton Of subdivisions. Moreover, let me
say that this applies to most Of the
cities of the country, and not alone to
the cities of Florida. Now, what does
the producer of other commodities do
when he is faced with an overproduc-
ton? Why, he stops manufacturing
for a while and lets consumption catch
up to production. Hence the first step
for us to do is to place a morat torium
on outlying subdivisions, an eighteenth
amendment against blue prints and
very drastic legislation against 50-foot
Evening star., 1926-05-15
.FILlPINOS ADOPTING
HOME LOWING IDEA
Nipa Houses Are Giving Way to
Modern Structures in Sub.
divisions.

American zeal for home ownership
has taken a firm hold in the Philip
pine Islands and the 'Own-Your Own
Home" slsan is Just as popular in
our island territory as in the States.
according to Philippine Progress, the
semi.monthly publication Of h Q
United States Mission of the American
Cha mber OF Commerce of the Philip
pine Isla nds.
Filipinos have adopted the building
and loan association and installment
of plans of buying. just as Americans
did. Reading a Manila newspa per re-
minds an American of his own Sunday
which compares with just normal at
this time last year.
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