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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-06
Classified 4DIERTz31JVGI

FOR SALE-Kentucky Wonder
beans and pickles now ready.
Tomatoes soon. Order now.
Phone Red "a. S-6-2t
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

pany's property and by the New York;
Susquehanna and Western railroad,
line acquired a short time previously
by the Erie. Nor was this all; an IS
sue Of s5,O0O,00o of preferred stock
was thrown in. But who controlled
the Erie railroad? The eminent J.
Pierpont Morgan. As an individual
he bought the coal property, and then,
as dictator of the Erie Railroad, de-
cided what he should be paid for it.
Criticism" observed the industrial
commission, with the dainty restraint
characteristic of all such euphemistic
official reports, has been directed
against this operation on the ground
that the price paid by the Erie Rail-
road to J. P. Morgan and company was
excessive. Testimony before the in
dustrial commission indicates this was
in fact the highest price paid for such
properties in the history of the busi-
ness. What this commission feebly
and so gently dismissed as criticism"
was, in reality, general growl of in
dignation at Morgan's ease and au-
dacity in calmly transferring to him
self millions Of dollars in so-called
profits" It was of this kind Of trans
action and similar varieties that the
industrial commission elsewhere re-
lieved itself of this declaration: "The
possibilities of fraudulent profit are
something enormous under such con-
ditions." For once, in making this
clear statement, the industrial commits
sion almost oyercame its habitual
timidity Of phraseology, and called
things by their true names. Yet what
availed it to say that fraud was fraud
when the beneficiaries were not even
questioned by law? The amount
pocketed by Morgan in this perform
ance cannot be learned. ITO what
extent the bankers profit rose," the
industrial commission satisfied itself
with reporting, twas not developed in
the testimony before the commission"
We many well judge that the profit
could be estimated in millions.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

Ihat sluggish, money-grabbing, petty
minded BODY, the middle class. preoc-
cupied with the comfort of its belly
and its narrow conventions, had set
its self interest against the demands
of progress. 1t declined to bulge: it
hedged itself behind walls of special
laws; it sought to make matters travel
backward. Under these conditions
Morgan and his colleagues were the
men for the task; forceful, dominat-
ing, arbitrary men, not scrupling at
any means to attain their ends, con-
temptuous enough Of law when it
stood in their way, and powerful
enough to defy it. Very expert de-
structionists were they. But they
were also constructionists. They tore
down to build up. A decayed, archaic
industrial system they replaced with
one Of far more systematic order,
the forerunner Of finer systems to
come. Progress often works through
queer instruments.
In the years closely following 1898
Morgan was especially prominent in
many Of these trust creations. An
ubiquitous magnate he was, pushing
his Industrial conquests and overload
ship in many variegated directions.
Each accumulating success added mil
lions Of dollars to his fortune. With
choice list to select from, what bril-
liant display of his financial acumen
shall we take up first? Consecutively,
the most pertinent is that noted Penn
sylvania Coal company transaction of
his.
The UnfaiIing Recipe for Making
Money.
The plan which he had begun some
years before of gathering in coal min
ing properties and coal carrying rail-
roads, and of merging them into a
combination, he presistently, continu-
ed. The most important of all of the
remaining independent companies in
the Pennsylvania anthracite region
was the Pennsylvania Coal Co. 1t
controlled some of the most valuable
mines in the center of the richest
deposits. While paying wretched
wages to its workers, it had for years
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
IIlIIIIIII

REV. Hale c. Davis, Oklahoma City
minister, and Col. George Lewis told
the local American Legion Tuesday
night that Reds in the pay of Soviet
Russia were disseminating propaganda
in the University of Oklahoma and the
A. & NJ. College against compulsory
military training. Among those
now on record against compulsory mil
itary training is Calvin Coolidge
The oklahoma Leader.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
Morgan the "Peerless Captain of Industry

With the advent of the year 1898 an
epochal movement for the consolida-
tion and centralized ownership of
transportation systems, industries,
public utility plants and mines set in.
The trust era was now in irresistible
swing. After a warfare of nearly
thirty years in the courts and in the
active political and Industrial arena,
the middle class found itself complete
ly frustrated.
The Plutocraey in Full Power.
McKinley's election as president of
the United States, with a congress
the majority of which was of his
views, was a distinct notification that
the plutocracy was in full power
power won in pitched combat, and
therefore interpreted as popular ap-
proVal of the rule by great magnates
and trusts.
Henceforth, it was well understood,
the trusts need fear no governmental
antagonism, even of a sham order;
for while mock legal actions at no
time impaired the basic sway of the
trusts, yet they caused constant an
nOyances and expense.
When Mckinley took Office mag
mates of every description knew that
the trust movement had full license,
confirmed by private bargain, to go
on unhindered and unmolested, except,
perhaps, with an occasional inroad for
pectacular popular effect Consequent
ly the business of organizing trusts
hourished in the open; one trust after
another was formed embracing about
every known product. The work was
carried on with phenomenal celerity
and success. The middle class looked
on impotently while factories, rail-
roads, gas and electric plants, street
railway lines, telephone systems and
mines we're converted from a state of
Individual or mere corporate owner
ship into the trust form, owned by
great single corporations with stu
pendous amounts of capital, and with
dictatorship over vast masses of
workingmen.
In this revolutionary work, that of
organizing trusts, J. P. Morgan was
one of the foremost generalissimos.
Indispensable as it is in this work to
describe the methods by which he
reQuisitioned his wealth, it is no less
necessary to point out the services
that he and his kind were doing for
progress. In the exclusive considera-
ton Of progressive movements, it is
immaterial what the motive was; the
thing done is all that counts histori-
cally. None can deny that these revo-
lutionary capitalists were actuated
wholly by ambitiously personal ends:
greed, pelf and the lust of power But
after all they were revolutionists with
out knowing it, and precisely the sort
of capitalist revolutionists needed at
that particular time.
Strong, ruthless men, bold in cum
ming and cunning in their boldness,
were required for the work of crush
ing out the old cut-throat, haphazard,
individualistic competitive system.
Extracts from the History of the
Great American Fortunes" by Cusfayus
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
WHAT INTELLIGENT BOSS
WOULDN'T?

"The wage philosophy OF the A. y.
Of L. as embodied in the Atlantic City
declaration was expounded and de-
Tended By a prominent American en-
ployer in an address to the annual
convention OF the Canadian Gas Asso-
citation here."-Detroit Labor News.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

been reaping sixteen per cent divid-
ends on capital of $4,000, 900. Slowed
away in its treasury it had, in the
form of surplus, fund of $1O,0OO,-
OOO..
Here was noble opportunity. Could
any alert financier withstand the
temptation? AS soon as Morgan ac-
quainted himself with the attractive
facts, a plan of campaign speedily
developed. He sent agents to scour
the northeastern region of Pennsyl-
Vania, with orders to pay any price
demanded for shares Of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company. Unobstrusively
these discreet emissaries went about
their mission. For months they ira
versed Pennsylvania, finally getting
enough stock to insure Morgan's con-
troll, for which stock an average of
S532 share was paid.
E. What did Morgan next do? He sold
the property to the Erie Railroad COM
pany for $S2,OO0,OOo This payment
was in the form of four per cent col
lateral trust bonds secured by mort
cages on the Pennsylvania Coal COM
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
OH, uN-BE-LIEV-AeLEI

=. it was the greatest, the most
remarkable state convention of the
socialist party held in Wisconsin since
1918. The two-day session was re-
markable for the absence OF
blatant demagogy and personal wire
pulling. g."-The American Appeal Of
fetal organ Socialist Party.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
BITS AND BITES
IN HEAVEN WITH THE o. 3. U.

Life is flowing very peacefully
here; the days are full of pleasant
happenings. and the nights Of refresh
ing sleep. There are exactly
forty in camp now, all enjoying life to
the full. We contrive little economic
and philosophic conversation every
day and are attempting a short drama
this evening on the lawn. SO all our
time is not taken up by just play
From o. B. U. Camp at Gimli," in the
One Big Union Bulletin (Canada).
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

A LITTLE SONG
BY Rose HoroWitz
Rochester, NJ. Y.
(Sing to the tune
"Oh, II Amt Con-
na Rain No More")
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

n a rry Sinclair
bribed officials
So he could get the
oil
Now he's getting
profits
On workers WhO
must toll
CHORUS
oh, they ain't non-
ma rob Us any
moro
They ain't gonna
rob any more.
So how can they
live in luxury
N they ain't gonna
rob any moro.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
No. 10

| HERE'S THE
INCEST LITTLE
LETTER
Dear Comrades:
herewith en-
close a poem for
the TINY WORK.
ER my first one).
In this poem which
IS a parody on the
American h y m n
called America" I
have tried to Illus
( a I e the real
America.
am f2 years
old and am a MEM
per OF the Upper
Bronx Pioneers.
oma Passikoff.
And Oma sends us
this poem which is
very clever. See
" you don't think
30. Here It is:
AM ERICA
Capitalist country,
tits OF thee,
Bitter land Of mis-
cry,
For thee we slave.
Land where the
workers toll,
Neuu Wnoro tho3
till the soil
From every coty
street,
Bosses the work.
era beat.
Another Newcomer
Matthew spraJoor,
q Verona, Pa, age
10, sends us this
verse,
TWO boys I know,
Are Joe Smith and
Joe Loper
who read a great
number Of news-
papers, s4
But among al the
reet - 80 Il
stands one they
Ike best
Which 10 The Daily
Worker.
s.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

Fred and John went fishing. Fred's
father was rich and Johns father was
a poor worker. Fred had a nice fish,
ing pole and pail with bait In II
while John had only . stick and n
piece Of string. 1t was = hot day and
Fred laid down under . tree while
John was fishing. Soon IL was time
to 60 homo. As they were walking
home, Fred started to quarrel and
said he wanted all the fish but John
said he could not have any because
he did not help catch them.
And he was lucky John did not push
him overheard and he did not get
bumped in the nose by a rough ish.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

NEXT WEEK.
A Fairy Tale by
r o 8 . Horwltz-
Watch for itl les
a dandyi
The daily worker., 1926-08-21
HEY, DoRoTHYl

WV
Your nice little
story In this issue
makes you honor
ary editor. But
Just what 10 your
manner We know
you are a little
Red-gIad to hear
IL. But WON'T yu
send US your name
and addressf And
Of course some
more contributions.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

Extracts from the History of the
Great American Fortunes" by Gustavus
Myers. published in this magazine with
the permission of author and the pub
fishers. Kerr & Co.
The daily worker., 1926-08-21

THE POOR FISH
By DOroty Red. Minneapolis. MINI.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Have you tried the Dixie Cups-a delightful
bnatiOn Of Vanilla and Orange sherbe in Sanitary Cup with
spoon
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30


These educational dicals s. that
deg resented re nalEssnsas e college
cultnres distrusEed is influence. and
dsmanded that physical sciences
should heve their place "a edneaiion.
that our national culture might he
better balanced.
The battle that RACED between relle-
E1acaEors He1bea e Fame
ieus and secular education was long
md bitter. Many educators and sci
entists whom al now honor were
banished from colleges, branded and
DETAINED, robbed Of their regulations
and means Of livelihood for teaching
physical sciences that are quite re-
spectacle in the most conservative coli
leges Of today. Secularism had the
mighty power Of the rapidly rising
eapitalism back Of Il. but eeeIssiasti-
eisn vas cid and hoary, firmly en-
trenehed. and ruthless in its methods
Of warfare t was battling for the
Lord, and any methods were iusti-
fable ''in His name T had the
power, and used II with pioua JUNCTION
e silence educators who dared 10 seek
the truth outside the dogmas Of the
church, or who dared suggest TINT
dogma be submitted to the test Of
science, By branding them Is Immoral
or infIdeis.v
(To be continued.)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30


tolerated "a soze measure. but held IA
contempt and viewed With suspicion.
The arts and sciences that are perfect
y respectable today were aradieal'.
rsRoInIio1arg and atheistien dam
eer1ns neddlinns with the affairs Ct
Divine Providence which the Godsfsar-
ine could not countenance.
For almost two hundred years the
colleges were dominated By the church.
Domination breeds tyranny, and tyrans
ny breeds revolt. The great hunger
Tor knowledge that lives always 10
man could not be satisfied BY relig-
ious creeds and dogmas. And slow
", but surely, the hunger for learn
ing battling against ire intolerant
spirit Of the times created two war
ring factions struggling for control j.
the world Of education.
The battle between seeularism and
ecclesiasticiam that ragged for more
than 4 century, and Of which We SIN
hear echoes n the AfundamentaIist'
doctrines. shook the world Of oduea-
ton to it foundations. Other learned
professions clamored Tor social reeoe-
milton. for opportunities fer education
equal 70 those enjoyed By the clergy.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30
UNION
IS CREDIT TO NATION


is fully s17, 228, 1881 expended for
benevolent and charitable purposes.
It has raised wages in hundreds
Of cities, and placed fully 315,000,000
more wages annually in the pockets Of
the carpenters of those cities than
they would have received If they did
not belong to the organization at all.
At the same time 1t raised the wages
Of the non-union men it also reduced
the hours Of labor to eight . day in
200 cities, and mime hours a day in
200 cities that have established the
Saturday haIf-holiday. By these.
means 10000 more men have gained
employment. This is the result Of
thorough organization.
All carpenters are eligible to menu
bership, and this card is is an invita-
ton to you, as an intelligent and up
to-date mechanic, to join the Carpen-
lters' union of this city without further
delay. It is to your interest TO hold
membership in such = growing ard
powerful body.
You should join the Carpenters un-
/ ion because
1. IN unien there Is strength.
z It pays to be union man.
! It sends to- raise wages.
a It resists reduction IN wages
Organized labor seldom suffers re-
duction in wages.
5. It is the only way to gain short
er hours.
6. It makes labor respected.
z. It gives men Independence and
self-reliance. We are too often afraid
of our employers.
8. It develops brotherhood. We are
too often jealous Of one another.
8. It makes a shop a better place
to work in, and the world better
place to live in.
10. It helps the family. More mon
ey means better house, better clothes
and better food and more comforts.
IL. It stands for arbitration Of diff
ferences with employers.
~. It pays sick, disability and death
benefits.
Is. Your common sense approves it.
IL. Your duty to yourself and fami-
" demands it.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30
Higher EDUCATION
IN UNITED STATES


Churches Dominated Ednezfian
For almost two hundred years after
the founding Of Harvard ii 1886 high
er education was entirely dominated
by the chuseh, ard reflected the &C.
clesiasticaI spirit o. the times. The
literal language o. the Bible vas the
voin of God speaking 70 the people
thr9aeh His chosen meuthpieces, the
clergy, and the ministry was the high
est and most important profession to
which the elect we're called by the
voice 81 God.
With this attitude Of mind pefme-
atine Al education. and with the in-
stitutions Of higher education in the
hands Of the ecclesiastical caste. The
arts and sciences were ct BEST only
inferior step-chiIdren in the colleges.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Q-Does organized labor sympa-
thizs with the plan Of Vice-P President
Dawes 10 reform" the senate rules7
As--The 1926 convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor de-
nouneed the scheme Of Dawes as q
plan to abolish free speech in the SEN
ate. The scheme was branded as not
IN the interest Of the people but in the
interest Of the reactionary element
that Is seeking to control all lsgis-
Iatien.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

oLWhere did the bakery workers
first organize in the United States7
A.-Charles F. Holman, interna-
tional secretary Of the bakers union,
writes; 1.-THE first attempt to organize
the bakery workers originated in the
City Of New York, where a German
newspaper reporter BY the name Of
George Block, after an exhaustive
inquiry into the, at that time, more
than dcplorable and inhuman condi-
tions to which these slaves IN the un-
dsrground holes, called bakeshops,
we're subjected, became so convinced
Of the necessity Of organization that
be immediataIy started q personal
propaganda among the few bakery
workers known ~ him, who formed
the nucleus 81 what Is known today
as the Bakery and Confeetionery
Workers international Union Of AM
erica
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Is prior to and independent Of capital.
Capital is only the fruit Of labor and
could never have existed had not labor
first existed Labor Is the superior Of
capital and deserves much higher con-
sideration.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Q.-What does organized labor
think Of Sunday ''blne laws?
A-Labor is opposed to such laws.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

{ Q.-Where was James Duncan, first
vice-president Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, bOrn3
A.-Mr. Duncan was born in Scot
land, in 1857. He came to America
when boy.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Q.-Does organized labor favor in
dependence for the Philippine islands?
AYES. The 1924 convention Of
the American Federation Of Labor de-
clared for the speedy independence Of
the Philippines.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

G When was the Pan-American
Federation OF Labor organized and
what 5 It's purpose7
A.-The Pan-American Federation
q Labor was organized at con-
ference Of Representatives Of organic
ed labor Of the United States and Pam
American countries. held at Laredo,
Texas, November 1915, 1918. Briefly,
the sim Of the federation is to organ
ize tie working people OF North and
South America and advance their in
terests.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

Ths last A +. Of L. convention de-
clarsd then to Be another interfer-
enee with personal liberty"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-30

o-Has TIE purchasing power e
wages gained in che last year,
A-Ihe United States department
q labor reports that the purchasing
peHer q wages IS higher nov than It
has ever been. This Is because wages
have risen faster than prices. the de-
pertinent explains. adding thak II 1921
the purchasing power Of wages uas 1e
per cent higher than IN the pra-war
year Of 1913. IN 1922 the purchasing
power dropped one point 70 Is per cent
above pre-war. In 1923 the figure rose
% q per cent. Il went to 81 per cent
i 1924 and 81 per cent in 1925.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-10-29

spolocensk6ho narodneho Two
ia. Ny SINE tieto najhlavnejsie
.prostriedky nemali bohuEial' e.
Ste ami dnes nemame. Ale prave
"a to name sa vsemozne vynasna-
zovat,,, ably SINE nedostatoK as
pom ciastocne nahradili pousova-
MIN sa skrze citanie dobrych ca
sopisov knih. Ved' to kazdy
zdravosmyN 'ajuci clovek uzna,
ze vzdelanost je prepotrebna. CT
tat poucovat' sa, to ma byt'
nasou pajdolezitejsou pracou cez
zimu. Probujte to a presvedcite
sa, ze vam to bude len ma osoh.
" dneSnom case sa uz cd kazde-
no cloveka vyzaduje, ably cital
noviny knihy. Vol'akedy boly
noviny a knihy len pre- "panov', !,
ale dnes s1 ony nevyhnutnou po-
trebou pre- kazdeho. kto chce mar
predovat'. Noviny a knihyI davaf
i'll smer k blahobytu a to nielen
telesnemu, lez i dusevnemu. Kto
! cita, pouci sa v kazdom OIL 'ade,
nadobudne 81 znamosti, ktore stl
pri obcianskom spolocenskom IL
vote, moEe so zdarom pouGit po-
kyny, smerujilce Ma hospodarstvo
|obehodn7etvo atd'. atd'.
Krem vsetkeho toho-ako sa o.
Ibyeaine hovori-aspon vie dotyc-
lny, CO sa vo svete deje, ma roz-
hi Mimovol ne nauci sa roz-
mysl at, posudzovat', zdokonali
|sa reel, v pisme a vobec ka.zdy
|zbada, re to ME je cloyek zaosta.
Ily. Kto chce byt' tedy vzdelanym
musi citat' radsej sa zriect i
lnych lahodok a tie centieky obra
! tit IA dobre a prospesne knihy 8
casopisy.
Uznavame, re robotne pomer,
Isu t 'azke. Teda vzhl 'adom ma tie
to nepriaznive pomery, Slovensk;
lLiga Amerike rozhodla sa dat
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-10-29
z URADOvNE TAJOMNfKA
SLOW. LfGY.
X BRATOM SLOVAKOM, Sc
STRAIN SLOVENIAN
Drahi bratia, mile sestry,:

Drahi bratia, mile sestry,:
Pominulo leto, blizia sa dlhe
zimne veceri. Cez leto mohli SINE
ist po t'azkej praci do Bozej pri-
rody roztiahnute svaly, navrene
lily a fabrickym necistym pove-
trim naplnene pl '1ca uvol'4sit'
obcerstvit'. No, podzimnom a
zimnom obdobi skoro kaEdy stra-
vine Wac casu "a zatvorenymi
dvermi. Otazka je teraz uz len ia,
& jake mienime stravit tie zim-
ne vecierky9 Podl'a nasho ma
hi 'adu mali by SINE oddat' pracu
duchu, ktorv boil cez leto malo
zamestnany. Teda tychto RAD
koch chceme poukazat ma to, ako
najuzitocnejsie moEeme stravit
tie blfziace sa zimne vecera, elm
Sa treba zaoberat'
Ked pozorujeme a zkilsame III
vot inych narodov, zbadame, re
mas narod slovensky je V pome-
rdcih horsich, nez narody inc. Pc.
zrime Ma nafod anglicky, francuz-
sky, neniecky, svedsky, ako sa
tie dvihajn, ci ma poll hospodar-
stva, priemyslu, ei v politickom
OIL aide. Je pravda, re ich vo w
vine nehatily a nehatia take okol-
nosti, ako mas, kde vsalijake Via
dy klilly podtinaly podtinajtl
strom nasho zivota. Tamtie naro-
dy maly majh mnoho l'ahsic
postavenie, neE my. Vladnu Cd
mnohych rokov tymi prostriedka,
mi, pomocou ktorych vysvihly sa
na ten stupen vzdelanosti a bla
hobytu, ma ktorom sa nachoGia.
Majn svobodu, majll skoly q
dobre skoly su zakladom celehc
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-10-29
MA PREDAJ DOM
MA I.ANSNGv1LLE

4. Novy, teraz> dohotoveny, vel'ky
6-Mbovy dom Ia Cooper st. Ci-
mentovana pivnica pod celym do
nom pod prednyym porcom, kd-
pei ma, gaz, elektrika, mestska
.voda, slra, utica dtazdena, vset-
ko moderne vel'ky pojd. Dom
moze byte pre- jednu alebo dive
rodiny. Dom dobre budovany du-
plovane sajdingy a medzi mimi
papier. Kto no kupi, neobanuje,
Haste sa u stayitel'a
JAN SLAVKOVSKY
177 N. BridgegSt. struthers, o
Telefon 5O2113.