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on Collins, as far as is known. It is
said to be a very effective specific
for anti-social crimes. Mckee Is said
to be very uneasy and nervous since
the crowd Of irate farmers used this
new weapon on one Of his tools. De
spite the writs given him by his friend
Lieper, Mckee has not been able 10
obtain possession Of a single foreclosed
place this summer.
indignation.
There Is widespread indignGt1un
amongst the farmers and business
men that such attacks should be made
on the tillers of the soil by issuance
Of such writs and close watch h
being kept on judges who como IN
here and set law and justicelak nauaA4
so that outsiders may grab the crops
OF the people. II is now certain Ehat
every judge who issues such orders
will have TO make an accounting 70
the people when he stands for si1o-
ton. The truth will be given to the
public about the biased tools of ,the
loan1 sharks sitting ON the bench J1st
as It Is now given the people ahnuf
the legislators who voted against the
bank guarantee law.
All the respectable lawyers fusF1m-
tywood and vicinity have ceased. aED
ing for interference with people dur
ing their period of redemption. There
is a widespread sentiment that sny~
one who interferes with the right Of
the farmer to reap his crop IN peace
is an enemy of the community and
should be treated as such.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
WOOD VETOES
REFERENDUM ON
PENDENCE
Filipinos to Pass Bill
Despite Governor

MANILA, P. l., Aug. Ex-Governor
General Leonard A. Wood, has again
vetoed the bill for a referendum un-
animously presented to him by the
Filipino legislature. This is the sec
ond bill of this kind that Wood has
vetoed.
Prominent men here have publicly
protested against General Woods ac-
ton, branding him as a tool of the
reactionary forces in the United
States that desire to maintain their
hold on the Philippines. Everywhere
in Manila one hears protests against
this latest defy Of public expression
on the part OF the governor general.
The bill will be returned to the le-
gislature wheer it will undoubtedly
be re-adopted over Woods veto, as
every representative and senator is
pledged to work for independence.
A campaign is under way to bring
pressure to bear on Coolidge urging
him to sign the bill permitting the
plebiscite in the islands. According
to the constitution and the powers
granted to the president by a long
series Of usurpations he has the au-
thority to grant the referendum.
The bill that Wood vetoed provides
for referendum vote of the Filipino
people on the issue of Immediate
independence.
Col. Carmi A. Thompson has not
expressed himself to date on the
veto OF the referendum bill, as the
presidents representative is shrewd-
ly avoiding all direct announcements
on the independence question. He
hides under the cloak of being an
economic investigator and tries to i'm
press on the Filipinos the need for
permitting U. S. capital to exploit
the island treasures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
FARMERS DEALT
HARD BL 0 " BY
CAPITALIST LAW
Producers Lose When
Cannery Goes Broke

ASHLAND, Wis.-(FP)- Farmers
here have been stung again by CAPT
talist law and they are not going to
forget it. A legal quirk, which they
as producers knew nothing about,
cost 10 farmers losses up to $500
apiece.
The Northern Canneries, to which
they took their peas, went bankrupt.
Farmers had co-operated to the ut
most with this outside concern, de-
livering their peas without asking
cash. The concern suddenly shut
down,
Stunned by the sudden wiping out
of the market for their crops, they
prepared to file their claims in bank
ruptcy court for a share of what was
left. Legal advice from Superior, seat
of the bankruptcy court, was to the
effect that the farmers claims were
unsecured, whereas there were S135,-
600 of secured claims ahead of them
and the farmers would not get cent.
eve consider it a waste of time
and money to file your claims" they
were advised.
Farmers wonder why their peas,
without which the cannery never
would have been built at all, are un-
secured while all sorts of other claims
are preferred and secured.
At Ladysmith, another community
near here where the Fame Canning
Co. has cannery, farmers are arous-
ed over the company's alleged bust.
ness methods. Farmers say the com.
pany compels them to cut the crop so
early that they don't get enough to
pay for the labor and seed, nor as
much as was agreed upon by the
company.
The company's excuse is that labor
laws interfere with profits. They
maintain that labor in the canneries
is not injurious to people who are
under age. They imply that If they
could work child labor to the limit,
they could give the farmer more for
his peas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Pilsudski Dragging
Fails to Bring Down
the Cost of Living

WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 22.-All OF
the Dragging on the part of the Pill
sudski supporters that the zloty would
be stabilized and the cost of living
brought closer to the wage level, has
been in vain. The cost of living con
tinues to rise.
No increase in business is noted in
Poland except in the Silesian coal
fields. At present these mines are
sending out large shipments of coal
to England.
The Jewish minorities from Brest-
Litqvsk to Wilma are faced with hard
winter and possible starvation. The
government has ignored all protests
Of these minorities against existing
evils and thrown aside all proposals
made by these minorities for the pro
lection of these minorities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Bolivia Refuses to
Explain Anti-Chile
Speech in Congress

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. %. = The
Bolivian government, upon demand of
the Chilean minister, who requested
to be informed if the anti-Chilean
speech of Felipe Guzman, president
Of the senate, in the Bolivian congress,
represented the attitude of the govern.
ment, has refused to explain.
Bolivia, which is well controlled by
the North American bankers, cites in
reply, two prominent Chileans, who
have spoken against the intervention
of the United States in the Tacna-
africa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

mas Idilen ABOUT III per cent.
Gross Income Figures.
The department estimates the gross
income from agriculture in 1925-26 at
S12,415,0 700, 900 compared with S12,-
003,000,000 in 1924-25, an increase of
about A per cent The 1925-26 total
is made up of 1891, 100000 cash in
come from sales of farm products and
$2,524,O 100000, the value placed on
food and fuel produced and consumed
on the farms.
The gross income includes S3,577,-
100000 for dairy and poultry products,
$2,746,0000 900 for meat animals, ST.
6S2,O00,000 from the cotton crop, ST.
625,000,000 for fruits and vegetables
and 1885, 900, 900 for grains. Accord
ing to the department increased in
come from potatoes, dairy products
and meat animals more than Offset de-
clines from grains and cotton.
Out of the gross income, says the
department, farmers paid $6,s12,00 O,-
900, including $1,216,0OO, 900 wages to
hired labor, S3,O76 900 900 for products
and services Of other industries, re-
pairs and maintenance of buildings
and equipment; $635,000, 900 taxes;
S1,127, 100000 rent on property rented
from non-operators, and $75S,00O,O00
interest on mortgages and other in
debtedness held by non-operators.
Net Cash ShrInks.
The difference between gross farm
income and expenses is S5,603, 900, 900,
which represents the net farm in
come for the year. But $2,524, 600, 900
of this net income was in the form
of food and fuel consumed by the
farmers themselves. So the farmers
net cash income shrinks to $3,079,-
100000.
The net farm income of $500, 000,-
900, including the farm products con-
sumed on the farms, gives the aver
age farm family a net return of 1919.
This is all that was available for the
farm operators capital, labor and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

management. It compares with $50
in 1924-25.
Tribute to Capital
The departments figures show tina
the farmers tribute to capital In IN
form Of rent and interest amounted b
$1,SS5, 100000, exceeding by S66e,
100000 the amount paid in wages .
hired labor. This toll exacted by tn
landlord and money lender was tina
more than half again as large as tn
farm wage bill. And the figure doe
not include the tribute 10 industrial
capital in the form of profits on ths
industrial products purchased b.
farmers.
No Ground for Hope.
Prospects for the current yeGr Of
ford the farmer no ground for hops
that his situation win improve. The
July 20 report Of the department shows
farm prices falling. They have al
ready reached a level IA points below
July a year ago. The biggest declines
compared with last July are found in
grains and cotton. The department
gives the following figures showing
the prices of various farm products in
terms of their averages In the period
1909-191A as 100 per cent?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Il. L. D. PROTESTS
IMPRISONMENT OF
POLISH WORKERS
Demands General Am
nesty for 1000 Jailed

A cablegram to the prime minister
of Poland protesting against the con
tinued imprisonment of workers and
peasants for political or economic
opinions and demanding the granting
of general amnesty has just been
despatched by International Labor
Defense.
BARTEL,
PRIME MINISTER,
WARSAW, POLAND.
IN THE NAME OF TWO HUN
DRIED FIFTY THOUSAND MEN,
BEERS, reads the eablesram, WE
DEMAND GENERAL AMNESTY
FOR SIX THOUSAND POLITICAL
PRISONERS WHO FOUGHT FOR
CAUSE OF WORKERS AND PEAS
ANTS.
lNTL. LABOR DEFENSE,
James p. Cannon, sec'y.
FrightfuI Picture.
Reliable reports from Poland paint
a frightful picture of the persecution
of workers and peasants and national
minorities in that country. Upward
of seven thousand of these are now in
Polish prisons for no other reason
than their political or economic be.
liefs and activities. The Polish die.
tator Pilsudski has merely continued
the policies of the old regime in this
question.
An Inter-Party Secretariat for the
struggle for general amnesty in Pc
land, representing a number of radi
cal and liberal parties in the Polish
Sejm (parliamenD has been formed
to centralize the demand for general
amnesty which is the desire of the
great majority of the Polish popula
ton. Friends and sympathizers in ali
countries have been urged to express
their opinion and demand of the Pc
lish government the immediate free
dom of the imprisoned thousands.
Nationwide Campaign.
international Labor Defense, 1t is
announced is beginning a nationwide
campaign of protest in behalf of the
imprisoned workers and peasants
Efforts are being made to secure a
cablegram Of protest from leading
writer's, artists, public men and liber
al and radical individuals of all
shades of opinion. Petition blanks
are also being circulated turnout the
country demanding general amnesty
in Poland and scores of resolutions Of
a similar nature have already been
adopted by workers organizations
and gatherings in all parts Of the
United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Cleveland Public
Forum Starts Its
Open-Air Meetings

CLEVELAND, Aug. 22.-The Cleve,
land public forum has begun a series
of meetings on the public Square
which will be held regularly every
Friday evening until October / when
indoor meetings will start.
The first meeting was addressed by
Carl Hacker, secretary of the Cleve-
land Local of International Labor De-
Tense, his subject being international
Labor Defense and the Sacco-V anzetti
Case"
Altho 1t rained during the early part
of the evening and during part Of
the meeting an audience of about 200
listened to what the speaker had to
say.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Coney Island Concert
for Passaic Strikers
VIII Be Held Aug. 28

NEW YORK, Aug. %. - Ben Gold,
president of the joint board Of the
Furriers' Union Of New York City, af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor, announces another great
stride for the progress of the milk and
bread fund concert for the Passaic
strikers children, which is to be held
at the Coney Island Stadium, August
rs.
During the past four weeks more
than $4,000 has been collected for this
affair. The Furriers' relief commit
tee was organized to take care of all
donations, and it reports that $4,000
is expected before the month is over
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

whose name is a household word In
Sheridan county. AS Collins looked
around and saw the scornfu1 looks
on the faces Of Sheridan county's lead
ing farmers who were assembled there
he shrunk up like a cur with his tail
between his legs. He saw a man
twirling hemp rope around he stat
ed in his AFFIDAVIT. He pleaded for
mercy and promised that If he were
let go he would never return again
and would not attempt to grab any
other farmers crop.
Drinks Castor OIL
Can I go now, gentlemen" he said,
but he was reminded that the crowd
wanted to give him little drink as
he looked pale. He was then grabbed
by the mob, he states in his affidavit,
and a liquid substance was injected
into his system thru his throat which
made him "sick, sore and sorry" It
is said he was given a pint. When he
was released he at once jumped in his
car, and in company with Apple
Tree" Johnson he drove at a furious
rate towards the city of Plentywood.
Hold Their Noses.
1t Is understood that Collins kept
very close to his house the night the
dose was administered. He was seen
on the streets and in the pool halls
next day and It was noticeable that
several persons held their noses be-
tween thumbs and forefingers when
they passed by him. Collins states that
he will go back TO Granrud's place
again and appeared before Judge Paul
Thursday afternoon and applied for a
permit to carry concealed weapons.
Several farmers laughed at this and
said with a knowing wink that they
would like to see him come on their
land.
Mckee Nervous.
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Appeals To America.
suIta Hi Ex-Kaiser,

DRESDEN, Aug. %. = Suits have
been filed here against the ex-kaiser
and his wife, Princess Hermine, by
Katherine Muller, a woman healer.
The plaintiff seeks the costs of four
months cure of Prince Ferdinand, son
of Princess Hermine, who she says
suffered from a linguistic defect. The
costs have been disputed. The case is
set for trial on Sept. 20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
mac DONALD ASKS
mime RELIEF IN
|. LETTER TO U. S.
Lost Message Turns Up
to ForestalI George
Especial to The Daily Worker,

I LONDON - The text of ex-Premier
sMacDonald's letter answering Premier
EBaldwin's recent message to America
Eegarding the British coal strike was
Unpublished here today. The letter was
hsent by Ramsay Macdonald from
sLossiemouth, Scotland, on Friday to
DIR. Marion Phillips, secretary of the
miners Womens Relief Association,
who had asked him to write it. But
at was wrongly addressed, so that it
s1id not reach DR.. Phillips until today.
First Refused.
At first Mr.. Macdonald declined to
write it, which was the reason why
Emperor" Cook, the miners leader,
Feaid last week that Mr. Macdonald
would not write reply to Premier
Baldwin, but that David Lloyd George
would
The Macdonald letter is addressed
to Miss Wilkinson, a member of the
Parliament, now in America trying to
sraise funds for the families of the
striking coal miners. 1t reads:
Widespread Distress.
you and your colleagues have my
best wishes for the success of your
mission to America on behalf of our
locked-out miners wives and children.
No one who knows our mining dis
tricts doubts the distress in which our
SINNERS dependents are.
ut is true that, owing to the fine
response to appeals for funds made by
the women of our labor movement and
by the miners leaders, a strenuous
fight has been made against actual
starvation.
Government Starving Children.
This contest with hunger has also
been helped by the feeding of school
children by some of our education
authorities and by the assistance given
by the poor law authorities.
But, as the lockout lasts, slowly
and cruelty distress of heart-rending
kind invades our homes. With the con-
nivance of the government, public re-
lief is being drastically curtailed.
Says Authorities Have Cut Relief.
Some poor-law authorities are re-
fusing help to the miners dependents;
others are cutting down the scales Of
relief to inhuman standards, and the
education authorities are limiting their
feeding operations.
Starvation is pushing us back, and
further help is urgently needed to pre-
vent this great fight for human stand
ards OF life and economic justice be-
coming an abiding tragedy to the min
ers' wives and little ones. Statements
to the contrary, by whomsoever made,
are but part of the mine-owners' at
tempt to reduce the miner to subjec-
ton by the slow starvation of his
family.
Appeals To America.
II know that an appeal made to the
kindly heart of America has always
met with a generous response.
your voice in this mission is the
voice of women and children in dire
need, and / have enough good friends
among the American people who know
that would not have written this I'M
less l was convinced both as to the
justice Of the cause and the need of
A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
L undin-Small Gang
to Run Robertson
for Chicago's Mayor

The Lundin1Small gang in the open
shop republican party have declared
their intention of running DR.. John
Dill Robertson, who was implicated in
the school graft quiz under Mayor VIII
liam Hale Thompson's administration,
for mayor of Chicago on the February
primaries.
The, Deneen group. which worked in
conjunction with the Lundin-Small
combination in the April 10 primaries.
is dissatisfied with the Lundin.Small
choice. Both the Deneen and the Lun.
din-Small groups are not able to nom
mate candidates Independently. II is
expected that both groups will agree
on some compromise candidate.
ork,r. ,kp.. enc -~AnN To rur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
"CROP- GRABBING" is PRECARIOUS
PROFESSION IN EASTERN MONTANA

(From The Producers News PientyN~ood, Mont)
like ldh
this Everywhere laughed
particulars
Right" only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
William owen Dies.

William owen, 90. one of the "old
school" of the legitimate stage, and
once nationally famous for his por.
trayal of "Shylock" in the merchant OF
Venice. died at a hospital here today
following a long illness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORI
FINDS FARMERS INCOME is SHRUNKEl
BY LELAND oLDs, Federated Press.


the 192526
Of department
The
1890
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

The purchasing power Of farm prod
ucts in terms Of non-agricultural prod
ucts in June fell to 81 per cent, com
pared with a pre-war 100 per cent and
the department figures indicate that
July will show another drop to IS per
cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Feed British Miners Wives and Riddles!

F only get sufficient assistance
struggle"
MKenna, National Board the Miners
Milwaukee appeal
Ina o striking British
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

Get an autographed copy Of Red
Cartoons by Fred Ellis and Robert
Minor.
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277,2eo Unemployed in Germany.
BERLIN, Aug. %. = The National
Labor Office announces that there are
still 1920 unemployed workers in
the city OF Berlin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

gency man for foreign loan sharks.
Oscar and apple Tree" Enter Lands
According to an AFFIDAVIT written by
Onstad and Greer and signed and
sworn to by Collins, he (Collins) went
out to Melvin Granrud's place near
Raymond to take possession of a place
where the period Of redemption has
not yet expired but where a notorious
Glendive Judge, named Lieper issued
a writ "of assistance" ordering the &C.
cupier off his land and putting the
company represented by Mckee into
possession. Collins was representing
Mckee and in company with Plenty
wood character named apple Tree"
johnson entered into possession of
Granrud's farm. Granrud has a good
crop on which Mckee has been cast
ing longing eyes for some time.
Farmhouse castlgates Scab.
About 3 p. m. on Saturday so or so
farmers gathered on the Granrud farm
and accosting Collins inquired Of him
who sent him out there and what he
was doing. He answered that he was
representing Mckee and that he was
taking possession OF the place for the
Plentywood shark and was receiving
pay therefore. He then started to give
the assembled farmers Snake in the
grass talk. He said be was there in
pursuance of law, etc. you are a
liar" said Ulysses Grant Farmhouse Of
Comertown. you know there is no
law TO deprive a man Of his place dur
ing the period of redemption. This
law has been in effect 400 years and it
does not come with good grace from
man like you, Oscar, who took adj
vantage of this redemption law your
self to deprive an old neighbor of his
homestead. You have lived amongst
the people assembled here today and
they put into office and fed you when
you needed Il and now you come
around here and try to scab on them
and take the bread out OF the mouths
OF their children"
Pleads for Mercy.
Collins wilted under the verbal cas-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
French Cabinet Plans
to Restrict Imports
and Use of Products

PARIS, Aug. 22-The French cabinet
has adopted series Of restrictions
on the import and consumption Of
commodities, which will practically
place the French people on war ra-
tions," according to reports leaking
out, the measures themselves yet
being held in close secrecy.
Poincare is expected to announce
the details today, however. The pre-
mier would not comment on the
scheduled conversations with the u. S.
Secretary Of the Treasury, Andrew
Mellon, whose vacation trip" has
turned out to be closely connected
with the debt settlements. Mellon is
soon due in Paris. He previously had
a talk with Mussolini, fascist premier
Of Italy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
Mckee Nervous.

The Castor OIL remedy for crop
grabbers was tried first in Montana
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24
"Ty" Cobb Assails
Baseball Magnate
for Vicious Attack

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Accusing
Clark Griffith, owner of the Washing.
ton Senators, with inspiring local
sport writer's to attack him, Ty Cobb,
manager Of the Detroit Tigers, wrote
an open letter to Griffith, in which
he described the Washington magnate
as "a vicious gentleman" and de-
clared he was guilty OF prevarica-
ton" rs
Griffith, II is stated, accused Cobb
Of holding UP a game.
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WRITE AS you FIGHT
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Pleads for Mercy.

Collins wilted under the verbal cas-
tigation OF the Comertown farmer who
was born in the throes of the Civil war
when his father was fighting to abol-
ish black slavery and was baptised
with the name of one of the great gen.
erals and presidents OF the country.
we never thought you would sink as
Low - tais" said ssethes tAsmeE
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War Bread for italians.

ROME, Aug. %. King Victor
Emmanuel has signed a decree for
bidding the use Of white flour in the
manufacture or sale of bread, cakes or
pastry and its use in private homes.
The decree is effective September 15.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-24

SEND MA SUB TO-DAY TO THE
LyNoRkEs :.
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Fire dollars toiH renew your
sab for gear, If you send II in
before Asgkst u. -