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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Two Officials in
Grain Inspectors
Office Are Ousted

Two employees in the Office OF the
state grain inspector were ousted as a
result Of revelations in the election
vote fraud inquiry now under way,
The men had been implicated in
ballot frauds in their home wards,
where they had served as polling
place officials. Their names were not
made public.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22

Parkersbure Hears Union Band
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July 90
The Parkersburg Union Band is play
ing at all the public summer concerts
arranged by the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

I" o. ss 9 H
Watkins Holy % ho has rn Away from e sunny T e beeom.
s' s n sr i sssc1 og i the ross. y a.s
a :S N With s Dad busy days mis- S's &
from finishing school very
s.fI6 10y &
GDsFasoH' ready day
way Working s~sSytbSa ao%na ay say
away gs
] ao d' R' sS a s .s% Stat s s a." ' " @
Sal :Gs S 5 @ &. s5 $. S s:
eaSe. whesd mfromth
Now Mr. Hardacre" said Dad Tets you and talk
turkey want to buy land if it be got reasonable
Of people you they begin boost
the price let's get that clear want st enough fair
price, don't than that and anybody
all the land you reasonable you buy for and collect
your commission the seller in the regular and be-
you be my and do everything you to
land the prices. don't need point
that my one idea to buy quick and quiet SO people won't have
time to decide there's boom on. You get me?"
Yes said Mr.. Hardacre. But I'm not how quickly
done this pretty small place. there's lots of talk.
and it takes time to put through DEAL"
ut won't take time at all if you st handle it my
and good You don't mention and do the buyn
for unknown client and buy options for cashthat
the people are hereabou close the reals right Off
"But thatn take quite bunch of money said Mr. Hard
acre. little frightened.
got little change my pocket" said Dad "and brought
cashiers check for three thousand that into cash
in the mornn You Mr. Hardacre happen to be s crazy
about quail shoon the idea that found plenty
quail I'd little land this
shoot quail hill st well the nexand don't let
nobody mistake for a quaip'
Dad took of his card-case letter from the president
big bank Angel City, advising whomever might
that Mr. James Ross of large and the
highest integrity Dad had two such letters Bunny
of James Ross and the other the
Ross the former the he bought
and had yet got onto his identity in time!
Dads proposition this He would make a
Mr. Hardacre, whereby Mr. Hardacre authorized
tenday options long list of tracts of specified
and at specified prices paying five the purchase
price for each option and Dad agreeing take up OPP
lions within three days. and pay Mr. Hardacre per
all purchases Mr. Hardacre torn between anxiety acquis
veness finally said he guessed he'd take chance it.
rupcy He his rusty typewriter copies
the agreement with long list of tracts that
something sixty thousand dollars They over
twice. and Dad signed it. and Mr. Hardacre signed with
rather shaky hand and Dad said ne ten one
hundred dollar bills the desk said to
get to work right He would
ready for the other and Dad thought
blanks in the carhe wasn't st but he'd
and Mr. Hardacre said to Bunny quite endye
What fathers business little Bunny smiling
himself answered Oh Dads in all kinds business he buys
land and lots Of things What other hings?" Bunny
sad "We he has store sometimes buys
machinery and he lends money And then came back;
through stroke of good fortune he happened
option blanks in his Bunny smiled again for
he yet had the time when not happen to have
exactly the right document the right right grub
the right ansepc and surgical tape way somewhere
in that car!
ITO be contnued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26

Change Cne name OF the place, DuL con-
ditions there remained the same.
This boy, David Greenblatt, was
known to the city's correctional au-
thorities since the age of five. At
thirteen he had already served a SEN
tence in the House of Refuge for bur-
glary. He was serving his third SEN
tence at the time Of his death.
David's mother supports herself and
three younger children by covering
pieces of soft wire with leather to
make curriers' which women use for
curling their hair. She earns $40 a
week, turning out thousands of such
pieces. Out of this sum she pays SIS
a month rent for two rooms. Not an
unusual case at all. There are many
more of them.
In New York City alone there are
thousands of such children like David.
In my personal experience as social
worker met hundreds of them.
met boys of eight, who were repeat
eddy sent to the children's village
formerly called 1.-THE New York Ju-
venile Asylum" and changed for the
same reason as Blackwell's Island)
And every time they returned
physically and morally in a worse
plight than when they entered. met
boys of IA and Is who were repeat
eddy sent to the House of Refuge and
came out more demoraized. / know
girls who began to run away from home
and stay away for days since the age
of six and at fifteen landed in the
Bedford Reformatory for Girls. l
knew girls of twelve extensively prac-
ticing sexual intercourse and suffering
from venereal diseases. ALI these
children were under the care of po-
lice and private charity correction or
CARNATIONS since their earliest child
hood; in al these cases the dominat-
ing factor was poverty, congestion,
and overworked parents.
Enormous sums Of public and pri-
vate money are spent in New York
alone on day nurseries, mental n.y.
giene clinics, children's courts, re-
formatories and other child caring in
situations. Every year new organiza-
tons and institutions spring up. More
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
fcontlnued from page u

stContinued from page ~
the last meeting Of the federation, one
protesting Intervention in China and
the other protesting Intervention in
Mexico. The first passed unanimous
ly with instructions to forward to
Coolidge, Borah, the Detroit press and
to publish 1t in the Labor News.
When the second was introduced, 1t
was moved to refer it to the Cemetery
Association, otherwise known as the
board OF directors. When it was
pointed out that there was no reason
for this, Martel announced that any
thing that comes from certain group.
even tho II had merits, was under his
august suspicion and would be care
fully investigated before action was
taken. The resolution was accord
ingly tabled"
Fears Publicity.
Martel evidently considered that
the first resolution was also suspi-
cious and 80 1t has not appeared In the
Labor News. II was not even included
in the minutes. The resolution which
he refused publicity follows:
"Whereas-The Detroit Federation
Of Labor is already on record as be-
ing strongly opposed to Intervention
or coercion of the Chinese people in
any way, and
"Whereas--Certain nations are
again threatening the use OF military
force in order to compel the Chinese
nationalist forces to agree to certain
demands of these powers, and
Right to Govern selves.
"Whereas--Thei Chinese have the
right to govern themselves in any
manner they soc fit and they are JUS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
.ITALIANSENATE
TRIAL SHOWS UP
FASCIST SPLIT
Bank Is Real Power Be-
hind Mussolini
Especial to The Daily worksr)

ITALY, March 24-The crash OF
the Banca Itahana di Sconto, which
four years ago marked the greatest
financial disaster in the history of
modern Italy, had striking sequel
when IS persons, amongst them three
senators, involved in the mismanage-
ment of the collapsed bank, we're all
absolved by the Italian senate.
Like the acquittal of De Bono, Sig
nor Mussolini's ex-police chief, this
other verdict by the Italian senate is
also the result Of fragrant political
bias.
The Italian Senate was faced with
this dilemma-either to ignore the law
or to ignore Farfnacci, the secretary
general Of the fascist party. The lat
ter has been lately championing Pog-
liani, the ex-managing director of the
Banca di Sconto, against the Banca
Commercials Italiana, whose manag-
ing director. Toeplitz, is accused by
Farinacci of having caused the crash
of the Banca di Sconto.
Count NolpPs Power.
Not long ago, Farinacci urged in
the chamber of deputies that Toeplitz
should be shot as traitor But the
Banca Commercials, especially after
the crash Of the Banca di Sconto, is
the only leading financial power in
Italy, and so Toeplitz was not shot.
On the contrary, Count Volpi, "the
man Of the Banca Commercials" be-
came later, as minister of finance, Sig
nor Mussolinis most important COLA
borator.
Some people even believe that the
real dictator Of Italy is not Mussolini,
but the Banca Commercials, thru
Count Volpi
Inner Fascist Struggle.
On the other hand, Farinacci seems
to take the view that the Banca Com
merciale is behind his opponents with
in the fascist party, and he knows that
his opponents. led by Federzoni and
Count Volpi, win try to throw him
overheard when the Grand Fascist
Council next meets.
Mussolini dislikes Farinacci, but is
also afraid of him. Fortunately for
Farinacci, Mussolini dislikes also Fe
derzoni and Count Volpi.
Still, fortunately for Farinacci, the
fascist party has shown that it is
prepared to support him, and to fight
for him. What remains to be done
is for Farinacei. to secure the support
of Mussolini-or his neutrality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
Martel Plays Dictator's Role

titled in using such measures as they
may consider necessary in the preser-
walton of these rights when such
measures are applied in China, and,
"Whereas-The Chinese people in
their struggle for independence have
been continually opposed by interests
who have been more interested in the
exploitation Of the natives for profit
than in their progress as a great and
important section of the human race,
and
"Whereas-The United States has
professed friendship for the Chinese
people time after time, but has in
many instances been a party to at
tempts on the part Of certain nations
to force agreements from the Chinese,
and the press is filled with reports OF
proposed intervention in which the
United States is taking an active
part, having warships now in Chinese
waters and sending more, therefore
be II,
Against Intervention.
"Resolved-That the Detroit FEEDER
alton OF Labor again reiterates It's
stand against any attempt to inter.
vene in China or to coerce the Chin
ese people, and be It further,
Resolved-That we demand the i'm.
mediate withdrawal OF all United
States military forces and warships
from Chinese territory and waters,
and be it further
Resolved that copies of this reso.
luton be sent to thespresident Of the
United States, Senator Borah. chair
man OF the foreign relations commit
tee OF the ,senate,u the Detroit press
and be prifted in the Labor News.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
U. S. IMPORTS NEARLY
TWO BILLION DOLLARS
IN FARMING PRODUCTS

Especial 20 The Daily Workerl
NEW YORK, March 24-The ma
ton imported $1,s1s,ooo,ooo worth
Of agricultural commodities, $685.
100000 of which were in direct COM
petition with products Of American
farms according to figures for 1925
made public BY the National Indus
trial Conference Board. 247 Park
avenue. az
"WhiIe some Of these are import
ed because not produced In the
United States in sufficient quantity"
says the report, "ths Is the case
rather because production cost and
competitive market prices do not
leave sufficient margin to make Il
pay to produce them here, and not
because they could not be produced
here in sufficient quantity. This con-
dition Is responsible in part for the
decline of agricultural production In
proportion to- our population
growth" 1or
Tobacco leading Import.
Some Of the leading competitive
imports are: Tobacco, $685., 900;
vegetable oils and fats, S75, 200, 900,
cotton, S52,775,poo; sugar, syrups
and honey. s266,oooooo; wool, s141,-
$4,000; oil seeds, $64,725, 900; hides
and skins, s96,746,ooo; nuts,
S34,2s3, 900; vegetables and vege-
table preparations, sse,244,ooo.
Importance Of Agriculture.
The report stresses the necessity
Of agricultural prosperity to the
weIl-beins Of the rest Of the nation
In view Of the investment Of s65-
ooo,ooo,ooo capital In 1921, as COM
pared with $4,000, 100000 In manu-.
featuring industries. Agriculture, Il
says, supplies one-flfth Of the total
tonnage Of the railroads, pays one
fifth Of the total cost Of govern
ment, buys se,ooo,ooo,ooo worth Of
the products Of other industries an
nuaIly, supplies materials on which
depend industries employing one
half Of our Industrial workers, rep
resents one-fIfth of our total tanai-
Bile wealth and furnishes nearly one
half Of our totaleexport values.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
Czech Cabinet Resigns
as Government Fails
tspeeIaI % The palIy workerl

PRAGUE, March "a - The Svehla
cabinet, in Office since 1922, and there ~
fore the longest term cabinet in Eu-
rope, has resigned. The cause as.ses
signed is the failure OF the governssse3
ment to raise the wages of its func- SGD
tionarles and the widespread OPPOSE ri
ton to its attempts to levy addition-ssh
al taxes upon grain. $50
svehla resigned last November as 20
a consequence Of the governments 8
defeat in the elections, but owing to-
the inability of other leaders to form 81;
a government then, he was recalled %
Ito the premiership. n
The fall Of the present Svehls cabf Z,
net shows that Czecho-Slovakia also
has entered upon the period OF y
current crises Characteristic Of the
countries OF Europe today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
UNEMPL OYMENTIN |
And REVE AIS
NO REAL DECLINE
Government Has Spent
Billion for Relief
Especial to The DAILY WoRKER.y

Especial to The DAILY WoRKER.)
LONDON, March "a Recent de-
bates in the house Of commons on the
administration of the unemployment
and poor relief laws have brought out
the fact that declines within the last
few months in the official number re-
ceiving government aid mean little, :, -
as the need in many districts is be-
coming much greater.
Hayday, the member for the manu-.
featuring district Of West Noting,
ham, quoted official statistics showing
that while the average number in
England receiving help under the poor !.
law relief was 266 per 10000 Of the :
population in September, 1924, it had
risen year later to 3O1 per 10000
In the industrial centers three per- -
sons out of every 20 were obtaining
aid Poplar, where conditions were
very bad, 1928 per 10000 were on
the payment list in 1924 and 1,767
in 1925. Another district where the
situation was critical was that Of Ma "a
tyglo and Blaina. Here 1915 people
out of a total of $4,000 were receiving
the dole. He showed that the weekly =
allowance per person was under S1.50.
over Billion on Relief.
Sir Kingsley Wood, parliamentary z q
secretary to the ministry of health, -
declared in defending the govern
ment's activities on the unemploy- -
ment question that the nation had ap-,ila
propriated out of the treasury over astit
billion dollars since the world war up X
on unemployment insurance, unem- 0 x
ployment grants, land settlements, -
etc. The annual expenditure upon So ~
cial services was over that amount. %
only one-third of which was borne byz0a
the localities involved. ~
Defeat Labor Bill. &1t
A bill supported by the labor party -
and some liberals to apportion for To- p,
cal unemployment relief larger pro- ~
portion from the national treasury
was defeated, 241 to 127, the consery- n
atives voting solidly against it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
Which Is Working Class Organization
The Y p S. L. the Pioneer YOUTH the Young Pioneers?

'ng them to feed the strikers chill
lren and to help win the strike.
The Struggle in the Schools.
We are carrying this struggle to
the schools where the teachers are
doing their level best to convince the
children that the strikers are Grim
inals. We organize the children to
fight against this capitalist propagan-
da.
The Pioneer Youth Dream of Their
Camps.
What is the Pioneer Youth doing
in all this? They are interested only
in one thing-a big treasury and a
summer camp. They dream about
free education" and let the capitalist
poison their minds in the public
schools.
Join the Young Pioneers.
Comrades, working class children!
Which is our organization? Which
one fights for the working class chill
dren? l am sure that you all agree
with me-The Young Pioneers of
America is the only working class
children's organization.
Children of the working class, join
the Young Pioneers Of America.
Forward to mass Pioneer move
ment.
Sophie Melman,
New York Pioneer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26

T1iHu TOiUI III iSiSs
The high point in labor organization
in Massachusetts came at the end Of
1919 when there were 1854 locals
with combined membership Of $685.
486. From this high point to the end
of 1924 the decline in membership
amounted to 311z per cent. The 252,-
377 at the end of 1924 compares with
243,535 at the end Of 1915, the first
year covered by the report.
The building trades ranked first at
the end of 1924 with a membership of
52,623 closely followed by the boot
and shoe industry with 50,732. This.
according to the report, is a reversal
Of the usual position due to an in
crease of 7.3 per cent during the year
in the membership of building trades
unions and a decrease of 1872 per
cent in the membership of the boot
and shoe unions. Other groups in or
der of membership were, transports.
tion 1858, textile industry 23,74S, me-
tai and machinery trades 1850, print
ing and allied trades 6,917, and all
OCuSI luuuStItSS duu u duOo OOs0iCs
Membership of Unions.
The 20 unions with largest mem
bership in Massachusetts at the end
Of 1924 and their membership at the
end of 1923 were:
Massachusetts, End of End Of
union membership 1924 1928
Boot G. Shoe Workers
Union .............................29, 226 26,653
Carpenters C Joiners.....22,464 21,194
Shoe Workers Pro. I'm. 21,071 22,7S4
Textile Oper., A F of.......12,S64 1851
Street & Elec. Ry. Employees
Anal. Assn. ...................11 ,821 12,202
GdluLSTS stOo fiUoo
Transfers, Chauf., etc.,. 1883 S,279
Hodcarriers and bldg
laborers ........................... 7,24S 5,0S2
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
Our Workers Schools
BY SYLVIA WEIsBERG
Worker Correspondent

NEW. YORK, March "a = To do
Communist work in this country, to
make propaganda among the workers,
we must know how to speak English.
Where shall we learn it? The city
gives us free evening classes, where
the exploited workers have to learn
patriotism, or how to be loyal to
Morgan's free country" These
schools are not for the proletarian ele-
ments. We have Workers School,
where we can express our thoughts
freely, without seeing an ironic smile
on the teachers face.
We read radical books and write
compositions about them. We also
have discussions concerning the class
struggle. In our school we find our
selves in a comradely atmosphere.
When / am in class, forget about
the capitalist world, and have thSNl-
fusion that pupils all over the country
are taught in the same spirit that we
are taught. But this Illusion will be a
reality in the near future. We will
build schools in this country where
the coming generation will be brot
up under the proletarian influence.
Then they will think OF the present
capitalist system as belonging to a
dark and ancient past.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26

An outstanding feature of the re-
port is the weakness Of the metal
trades unions in Massachusetts. With
tens of thousands Of metal trades
workers in such centers as Boston,
Worcester and Springfield these I'M
ions claimed at the end Of 1924 only
1880 members. This marks a decline
of more than IS per cent from 1919
when there were 34,404 members Of
metal trades unions in the state. It
is less than half the membership at
the end of 1915 when the metal trade
unionists numbered 1912.
Open Shoppers Active.
The metal trades unions thruout
New England have for many years
faced the open shop drive Of the Ma
tional Metal Trades Association. The
tactics of this employer union have
made 1t as hard to maintain organiza-
ton in such towns as Worcester as in
the steel towns of Pennsylvania. The
association is the arm of Gary reach
ing out into the manufacture of iron
and steel products. Massachusetts
and its neighboring states present a
challenge to the metal trades unions
second only to that Of the automobile
cities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
Pan-American Congress
of Journalists Will
Gather in Washington
tspeoIaI . The paIIy Workerl


WASHINGTON, March "a Pre-
parations are in progress to receive
delegates to the Pan-American con-
gress of Journalists, publishers and
editors from newspapers in the prin-
cipal Latin-American countries. Twen-
ty republics outside the United States
will be represented by $50 Latin-Ame-
rican journalists.
These bourgeois holders of opinion
from South and Central America will
meet with North American Journal
lists from April to Is. Much rhe-
toric about journalistic ideals" and
high newspaper standards" is expect
ed to be heard from the delegates. -
This continental collection Of jour- 50
nalists will doubtless be used to good Z
advantage by American interests whosvs
stand to gain by influencing Latin-s Z!
American newspapers. Many Of the
Latin-American papers that will be z
represented are known to be owned
outright by one American interest or sa'
another. *;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
4Tea Poty still solIlno.

WASHINGTON, March "a l. A spe- -
cial appeal was granted today by the n
court Of appeals to Edward l.. Doheny s-r
Harry +. Sinclair. and ex-Secretary y
Of Interior Albert b. Fall. from the 3
decision OF the district supreme court 81
sustaining the validity Of the new con- 8
spiracy indictments resulting from the ~
leasing Of the Teapot Dome and Elk
Hills naval oil reserves. 40
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
WORKING CLASS YOUTH
ROBBED or HEALTH BY
VICIOUS EXPLOITATION
BY NJ. PERLIN,
Worker Correspondent.


Milton is a young boy of seven
teen and already he is crippled by
the capitalist system. The son Of
poor railroad worker, he was forced
to 60 to work as soon as he finished
public school. He got himself a job
at the steel, dye and enclosing
company, where he worked for three
years. Lately he began complain
ing about aches in his sides and
very bad headaches.
The bad air, together with the
different dyes used in the trade,
made Millions health a thing of the
past. When he became very i'll his
mother took him to a physician, who
diagnosed the case as one Of slow
poisoning. The doctor prescribed
activities in the open air for Milton
and positively not to return to his
trade.
S. o. Child & Company, where
Milton worked, Is unorpanized.
They employ mostly young girls and
boys, making a fortune on them.
Milton, with twenty-nine other chill
dren, worked all day where neither
fresh air nor sunshine ever pene-
trates, for even on the sunniest day
they work by artificial light. Added
to that the different inks used and
the result is many cases of occupa-
tionaI poisoning.
This young boy told me that the
company he worked for was very
rich, but, he said, "their richness
didn't do me any good"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-26
NOTE TO MEXICO
SAYS AMERICANS
were ASSAULTED
CspeolaI 70 rhe oalIy WORKED


MEXICO CITY, March 24--Ambas,
sador Sheffield today delivered a pro-
test to the foreign Office against alleg-
ed attacks upon American citizens in
Mexico. aH
Joe Hall. an American employed
by the National Railways. was stoned
to death by unidentified persons near
Ixtlan, Nayaru, yesterday.
Consul William Blocker has been
ordered to Nayaru to investigate at
lacks upon Americans in that dis
trict.
Twenty-Five armed men on Sunday
attacked the ranch OF j. M. Feeley
near Acambro, Guanajauto. The at
.tackers were repulsed. but Feeley has
asked for protection.