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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-22

! T1HE defenders and protectors Of the
4 present capitalist order of society
are fond Of speaking of the founders
of the American republic as "our
colonial fathers" BY this it is in
tended to call forth and1to cultivate
among the masses a feeling of rever-
ence and respect for Washington, Mar
shall, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton
and all those statesmen and politicians
who helped to shape events in the
colonial period.
1t would be easy to show that those
who try to cultivate this tradition
have themselves very little genuine
reverence and respect for our colonial
fathers. No more, at any rate, than
they have for statesmen and poll
ticians of recent periods, such as
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding and
Coolidge. The purpose of those who
cultivate this tradition among the
American masses is an economic and
political purpose. 1t is good capitalist
politics to have the masses believe
that the founders of this republic were
the fathers of the people" and that
the masses revere their memory.
What is the reason for that?
The Colonial Fathers Are the Founders
Of the Capitalist Government.
Those VINO are spoken of as our
colonial fathers we're the fathers of
the Constitution Of the United States.
They were the founders and makers
of the American government. AS in
dividuals they were neither better nor
worse than any of the present day cap
italist politicians. Economically, So
cially and politically they were sub
ject to the same laws, pressures and
influences as any statesman is.
In the first place, they were by no
means the united and harmonious fam
lily of supermen that they are pic
tured to be in the traditional capitalist
literature. Far from it. Our colonial
fathers were as quarrelsome a bunch
Of capitalist politicians as any to be
found in present day America. Nor
were their political methods any diff
ferent or cleaner than those Of a
genuine politician Of Tammany Hall.
The only basic thing upon which our
colonial fathers were united was their
loyalty to the wealthy and powerful
and in their opposition to the poor and
exploited.
The colonial fathers are the makers
of our constitution and the founders
of the government of the United
States. Now, what kind Of consti-
tuition is it? And what kind of gov
eminent is it?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-22
Birth Control Gains
Foothold in New York

ALBANY, N. Y, June 1S.-Steady
increase of birth control in this state,
despite the law against it, is indi-
Gated by figures just given out by the
state department of health. The birth
rate in April, 1919 per 1000, marked
for the fourth successive month of
this year the lowest point ever re-
corded, the department declares.
Since 1917, when the rate was 24.S,
there has been a gradual downpull.
The health departments statement
that 1919 is "the lowest level ever
recorded" in this state conflicts with
figures given in the New York World
Almanac, which shows birth rate of
1872 in 1902, 1873 in 1901, and 1917 in
1900.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-22

BY WILLIAM SCHNEIDERMAN.
TN a recent report made by the state
4 labor commissioner of California,
the difficult position of the farmers
and the agricultural laborers was re-
vealed. There is a steadily increasing
percentage of foreclosure of mort
cages, and even the most prosperous
of the fruit growers in former years
are now heavily indebted to the banks
without the slightest hope of relief. 1t
is we'll known that such powerful or
CARNATIONS as the Raisin Growers
Association are in difficult straits. The
most typical example of the poverty
of the farmer is that of the small hold
ers in Fresno county, the vineyard OF
America"
Lose Wages.
Here we find laborers working on a
ranch fol. several months and after the
harvest find themselves deprived Of
their hard-earned wages by the simple
! fact that the banks appropriate the
entire crop and sometimes the prop
erty also in order to pay the debt
which the farmer or ranch-owner finds
himself buried under.
Protect Bankers.
According to the laws which pro-
tect the sacred" institution of private
property, the bankers claim takes
precedence over the claims of an or
binary wage-slave. There is no legis-
lation whatever in this state to safe
guard or guarantee a laborer that at
the end of a seasons work he will
get paid.
Even when there is legislation pass
ed to throw a sop to the poorer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-22
The Plight of the California Farmer

classes, the law authorities them
selves violate it in favor of the bank
ers and the rich landowners and
ranch-owners.
Import Mexican Laborers.
The commissioners report de-
scribes the situation on the ~rapidly-
growing cotton plantations of South
ern California. Twenty thousand
Mexican laborers are working in the
Imperial Valley picking cotton. Whole
families work in the cotton fields i'm
ported from Mexico in direct violation
of the immigration laws. The big cot
ton-growers undoubtedly pay the i'm
migration authorities well to wink at
this procedure. Once they are brought
in they are mercilessly exploited at
the lowest imaginable wages by the
plantation owners. They receive but
IL cents pound for cotton.
Child Labor.
In spite of the child labor law,
which prohibits child labor under IS
years of age, thousands work in the
fields.
When the San Joaquin Valley grow
Iers, further north, offer 2 cents a
pound for cotton, these Mexican work
ers pack up their meager belongings
and hit the trail.
Some INSCRIPTIONS individual call
ing himself a contractor undertakes TO
supply so many workers at a regular
rate to the grower He then goes
across the Mexican border, gets a
number of workers and brings them to
the American side. He fleeces the
workers when he offers to give them
job.
Periodically, the immigration ofic-
ers round up number of them and
run them back across the border
Lately they have found more prof
table means of exploiting these Mex
lean workers. They are rounded up,
taken to Calexico or some nearby
point and their entry "legalized" for
the payment of an SIS fee under
threat of deportation.
The state labor bureau takes no
steps to prevent this. On the other
hand they are engaged in handling the
claims Of the ranch-owners against
those who violate their contracts.
What makes the situation more dis
couraging is that the reactionary Of
ficials of the labor movement do not
see the necessity of organizing the
Mexican workers to protect their
rights and fight for better working
conditions and a better standard OF
living.
Need Farmer-Labor Party.
Two things must be done II we ever
expect to eliminate the evils that now
exist in California. The poor farmers
and farm laborers must unite their
forces in union against the wealthy
landowners and the bankers. They
must also join hands with the city
workers in organizing Farmer.Labor
party to fight for the class interests
OF the farmers and workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-22

the injunction. AL was, OF course,
pledged to smite them both. But the
first he evaded when he saw that the
Catholic church was anti-labor. So he
forgot his pledge, knowing that labor,
as usual, would forget his forgetting
when it came time for another cleo
ton! Then the injunction evil. Labor
had always come out strongly against
it. But the state democratic platform
in 1924 slid over the issue and a few
months later labor-supported Justice
Churchill was handing out injunctions
against labor on behalf of the Inter
national Tailoring Company. These
are but typical examples of "labor's
reward" in the way of protective leg
islation for dancing to the tune of the
Tammany gangsters. But the labor
leaders should worry. They get some
thing more tangible and personal than
legislation. So they go on endorsing
capitalist party candidates year after
year.
In 1925, with both Workers Party
and socialist candidate on the ballot,
the non-partisan political committee Of
the Central Trades and Labor Council,
annex of Tammany Hall, endorsed
democratic candidates for mayor, pres
ident of the Borough of Manhattan,
judges, aldermen and so on down the
line. OF course, in the primaries the
labor leaders sometimes make mis-
takes. Witness Jim Holland, who
came out for Hylan. But the Building
Trades Council made him write a let
ter repudiating his action and telling
| Tammany his followers would back
Walker, Tammany's choice. Witness
also Hylan trying to discipline his for
mer labor friends by taking a quarter
of million dollars of the city's money
from deposit at the Federation Bank.
And Jimmie Walker putting it right
back in again the minute he becomes
mayor thru the support of the labor
bankers.
The workers rank and file should
also take note of the mutual compli-
ments and back slaps exchanged be-
tween the "big" labor boys and the
politicians around election time. The
spectacle is interesting and informing.
Says Senator Walker, for example, adj
dressing Labor Day audience on
Governors Island, 1925:
a.. my congratulations to you
Che was talking to the masses), for
the great leaders you have picked
out who come into official bodies
with sober mind and strong hearts,
with great intelligence and with a
manifested understanding Of what
they were doing :" ct cetera,
ct cetera-ad nauseum.
And finally Calvin Coolidge himself
addressing Peter Brady on the celebra-
ton of the second anniversary of the
Federation Bank in 1925:
1--WE are now at the dawn of new
day for labor, and we firmly believe
as a result of our experience and
influence, also the dawn of new
era between the wage earners and
their employers, between capital and
labor"
Strikebreaker Calls idea of the dawn,
the new era and the millennium will
have been fully reached when every
labor skate and every worker eats out
of the bipartisan pot. The purpose Of
Labor Party is to keep this dawn
from ever breaking.
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WHAT SAY: JERSEY? CONNECTICUT?

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HERE'S A CONTEST: NEW JERSEY vs. CONNECTICUT

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The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
Sheet Iron, q, E, 10 fnn lengths, Quart and pint Eniilrs, f"r sale.
 LAKES SrDEE
NorirE rt, aElsnIrnIts

In Probate t3tairi. Cape %onic Precinct. Second Division Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of The Estate of Alber, Nicalaus Kjitilsen, Dceras' Il.
 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has bccn appointed tN- ecutrix of the Estate of Albert Nj calaus kittils"n. deceased and lei ters testamentary issued to him by the Probate Court. Cape Nome Pre- ciuet. Territory of Alaska and that Creditors having claims against the said Estate are required t" present same. verified to lhr uatlrsianed at Nome. Alaska within C months from date hereof.
 Dated al Nome. Alaska. ihis e5th day of September 1926.
 KATHRYN I<fTIlLSEN.
 EXcculrix of Estate of Albert NJ calaus Kittilsen. deceased,
 Publish Sept 25. Oct. ,. 9, l6. 23. 1926.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
MINERS LIFTED TO
 SURFACE SENT HOSPITAL

Ironweod, Sept. &0. 6Pi-The miners were liftci to the surface and immediately sent to tho hospital 10 recuperate. The men's faces were covered with red ore, dust and wore heavy boards when hey came back into the world thru shaft adjoining the opening which was closed Friday Leaving the improvised camp on the eighth ley eI the miners descended to the bot tom of the wrecked shaft At the bottom half mile from surface the men entered the adjoining shaft and where huisted to the top of the surface.
 samuel Sykelma, the first to come up went tu the mine rescue car and told the nur ie he wanted to get washed ID before he saw his wife who was waiting in the crowd Sykelma said "I feel just like It was Friday. when We heard the first blast. everybody said it would he alright. and We fi@ured We would he up Saturday night We set off one stick of powder as q sipnal and pounded on an iron pipe. we were careful in taking care of watches So we could tell th" timc ''
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
TRAPPED MINERS
 TELL OF EXPERIENCE F.

Ironwood Mich, Sept. 30, H)
 Olsen, the chief engineer. spen, four hours with the miners and pre pared gangway of eeress, the trap ped miners told of their eNperien ces saying they had plenty of wa ter due to the scientific piping O
 he mine, throughout all the hour of delay the men kept their spirits only one or tive were some diScou ragged for q few minutes after th, first cave in they blocked the shaf. caring rails up and putting timbc, up to stop the fall of dirt. They converted an old tobacco can int
 | miniature cook stove taking piece "f fuse. wrapping it and stick ing 1t into the can as q wick, and cooked birch tea. They heard II
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02

Notice of Final Settlement IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SEC oND DIVISION.
 In the matter of the Estate Of
 JOHN EKBf.liG,
 Deceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO |FREDRICKA of WASsA. FINLAND and ERIK HOLMS, of Aberdeen, State of Washington. that the exc cutor of the Estate of John Ekberg. deceased, has filed in said court his final account as such executor and that Saturday. the goth day of Nov ember. 1926. at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day has been fixed by the Court as the date of hearing the objections. If any, to said report, and that at said time and place the said probate fudge will adjudicate and determine who the heirs and distributes of jdecedent are.
 A. PoLET. Executor. Publish-sept. IS. 2b. Oct. ?. I9, 16, 1926.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the probate court for the Cape Nome Precinct Territory af Alaska Second Division.
 In the matter of the Estate of PER ALBERT PETERSON.
 Deceased. NOTICE Is HEREBY CIV lIN to MARIA PETERSON. Hrunamala, Emmabade. sweden. that the ad- ministrator of the Estate of Per Al- bert Peterson has filed in Faid court his Final Account as such adninis- trator and ;ha; saturday, ;h" 18th day of January. 1927, al iie h"ur of two o'clock in in" afternoon of sa id day has been fixed by the Court as the date of hearing the 9bj"c- tions, if any. to said report. and thai at said time and place the said Probate Judge will adiudge and de termine who the heirs and distri- butees Of decedent are.
 ALBERT POISON,
 Administrator.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To R. B. Birstow. F. NJ Andersen
 s. T. Andersen, Y. J. Andersen
 IL J. Nueent, H. C. Edgingtor
 Fred W. Dashley. your h,irs, exc
 cutors, administrators and as
 signs.
 You are hereby notified that tn undersigned has expended t.ie sun of One Hundred Dollars in repre senting the Byron Association Placnr Mining Claim situated between Rock and Lindblnom Creeks. i1 Cape Nome precincts. Location Ger tificate recorded in Vol. l.6 pag, 445. in the Cape Nome Recording District, Second Division. TerritorN of Alaska. during and for each Of til, years for annual expenditure oi placer m liag claims as acquired b, law, from the year bc.ianirs. Jan uary 1st, 1915 to and including the year ending July 1. 1914. except for the three years in sail interval when the requirement for expend!' ure was suspended by Act of Con gress.
 And you and each of you, art notified that if you do nat pay youl praportiOnate share of such expend iture. to the undersigned at Nome Aisska, within 90 days next follow ing the hinety-iay period of publi cation of this notice. the fnteres of each of you in and to the sait claim will forfeit and be and be come the property of he under ] signed.
 1 ELIZABETH JOLLIFFE. Co-ownel Publish July. !. 10. IT, 24. 331 Aug. 2. 14. 21. 2s. Sept. 1. il. IS 25, 1926.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
ORMlSTON WIRES HE
 HAS NOTHING TO FEAR

Los Angeles, Calif. Sept. 20. AD The Los Angeles Times received q telegram from Windsor. Ontario, signed by Ormistun. the man who is mixed up with Aimee McPher- sons alleged Kidnapping escapade. which reads as follows: "rhe stor- ies published ab"nt me attempting to negotiate for immunity are with ont my authority have nothing to fear except divorce: the whole thing is hugh plot which District Attorney Keys either fell for or is Il party too." The telegraph office said the message and money {" pay for sending it. was left under tho door.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
IMPRISONED MINERS ALIVE AND WELL

Ironwood. Sept. 29. (P)-The forty-three miners trapped in cage in the shaft. were found to be alive up from the bottom and talked to Thomas Trrwartha the imprisoned shaft boss said the men were well and on their feet and that they had been living on birch bark tea. Pre- paralions were immediately made to take the men out of the shaft but the rescue work may take several hours due to the fact that many feet of the passage is very danger Ous.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
SAYS PRISONERS
 FORGED USE BEDDING
 ALIVE WITH VERMIN

Seattle. Sept. 27. (RD-Immigra- tion Commissioner Weedin declared false a bulk of charges of ill treat ment in a detention station made by four Canadian youths in Van couver. They said they were con fined in q poorly ventilated room 30 30 with forty other persons and were given barely sufficient food and forced to use bedding made thei. escape Sunday
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
WANTS POWERS AAKH
 NEW TREATY C4NA

Geneva, Sept. s7. B-Uaiess the world powers immediately make new treaties with China. based on reciprocity and equality. the anti forsign feeling will h. srsass ahA t VII he dalssrnss dpr sorsiGnsrs ts carry on trade rsla- tons psaesfully. Chu Chao Phin the Chinese delegate to tho Leegas of Nations saiA. He aiso told the Associated press that he had no apoiogis to oAer aaybody for the aetioa of hriasiag the natter of the
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
|vICrORIA MAY SAIL FROM NOME SEPT. 8O

The stsamsr Victoria which ar rived last night is busy unloading esfsp teddy. A large first and sec onA eaase mail was received and hronsht ashore by the Coast Guard Service h record tine as usual cad the postmaator worked late into the night distributing the mall.
 Agent Dely states that the ves- eel VII elll peFiy Nb bdnssday rorn- Ing for Qolayins fne .ss. hiehael. and that t is possible that tho yes- eel will saii fren Nome for ssattle Sept. SetA or sOct. Tt. weather permitting.
 Following sis the passengsss List of 6. g. Victoria: For Dutch Hafbor
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
FORTY THREE MEN
 ENTOMBED IRON MINE

Ironwood, Michigan, Sept. 27. R)-The sight of many distressed women and children drove weary mems efforts to reach forty three men that have been entombed for three days in an Iron mine here as the result of cavein. The com pany is engaged in sinking three shafts eight hundred feet to the eighth level where it Is assumed the men are trapped They expect to reach one of the levels Tuesday night.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
MORE AIMEE BUNK

Los Angeles. Sept. 2s, R--9Jusl like so many nice little dogeics these Carmel witnesses arc trained to jump through hoops and they had five months to train them. Aimee McPhcrson said, after aix persons testified that she lived with Ormiston at Carmel. "they talked as if they were hypnotized, snch ridiculous stories they told" The Evangelist is pale, and her face Is lined and looks tired.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
MARQUAM LEFT
 FAIRBANKS TO-DAY

According to a telegram received by Hugh O'Neill. Hon. Thos A. Marquam. Independent candidate for delegate to Congress-. left Fair banks at eight o'clock this mOrn- ing on an air-plane bound for Nome. Weather conditions for fly ing are bad along the Yukon as well as here.. MT. Marquam.. will address the voters on the issues of the campaign at the A. B. Hall. The meeting will be followed by 2 dance. Due to the uncertainty ef the weather. the date of the meet tng will be announced later.
 All owners of automobiles are re- quested to head for the airplane landing as soon as the plane has been reported as passing Solomon. let's show our Fairbanks friends we have everything they have and then some.
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The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
TUNNEY WANTS PURSE
 EQUIVALENT DEMPsEY's

London, Sept. 27, B-The Daily Express said that the syndicate owning the Wemhley Stadium has invited Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney for a return fight to take place on Derby Day next June. The New York correspondent of the Express quOated Tunney as say ing that his terms would be purse equivalent to the amount Demp- sey received in his light last Thurs day when he lost the championship.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
TO ADDRESS
 PEOPLE OF NOME TOMORROW NIGHT

Hon. Thomas A. Marquam, inde pendent candidate for Delegate to Congress. arrived at Golovin short ly before two o'clock and arrived al Nome about P. NJ. today.
 Mr. Marquam will make an ad dress on campaign issues to-mor= TOW night at the A. B. Hall. The The public are cordially invited to attend.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
FRANCE TO PAY
 ACCORDING TO CAPACITY
 AND ABILITY TO TRANSFER

Barleduc. France. Sept. 27. N) said France never has repudiated her debts and proposes to pay according to her capacity and ability to transfer money. 1t h expected that ratification will soon come up in Parliament; France has no hate for her former enemies and is willing to talk of closer relations if the abandonment of treaties of the world war respOn- sibility are not involved.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
NUMBER KILLED AND
 INJURED TRAIN WRECK

Bethlehem. Penn., Sept. 2S. (A) persons are reported killed and thirty five injured when q Jcr- sey Central railroad and Scranton Flyer plowed into the Lehigh Val ley Railroad ssLehigh Limited train at the city cross over All the kill ed and injured were in the third car of the Limited which the Fly CTS locomotive struck.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
WILD NIGHT IN
 FRANCE LAST NIGHT

Valencinnes, France, Sept. 27. lR-Three circus attendants were injured while capturing eight lions. two tigers and two bears who roamed the city last night. One Of the lions entered cafe and all but four customers left. One of them laughed and said ~I have seen them before" The lion took a leg Of mutton and left for parts un- known. One tiger was found asleep after eating whole lamb In one Of the butcher shops, an another man tainted when the lion sniifed of hIs hand. IVY.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
WANTS THIRTEEN MILLION
 FOR PRO. E<EORi 'ENEN'i

Washington, b. C.. Sept. 2S, H
 Secretary of the Tr"asnry Mel lon. asked for Il thirteen miliiul dollar prohibition anpropria ;oE for he next fiscal year. Andrew, 4iiH that no material increase wuul.l h. made over the present cna t guard tu,'i 'ins. hnt that nor" n.onrf would he spent for enforcement this year.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
AlRPLANE LEFT RUBY
 FOR NOME AT . \. NJ.

The airplane bringing Thomas A. Marquam the Independent candi- date for Delegate to Congress, from Fairbanks, left Ruby at A. M., this morning for Nome via Nulato, and is due to arrive here at any time.
 It is quite possible that the plane will stop at Nulato and unalakleet enroute, in that event the arrival time today is uncertain. A public meeting will be held at A. B, Hall and the hour of meeting will be an nounced by circulars later.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-02
WEDNESDAY
 (TELEGRAphICi
TRAPPED MINERS
 ARE STILL ALIVE

IrOnwood. Michigan, Sept. 2S, (Ap) - Some of the forty three trapped miners are still alive and on the eighth level. Relief workers heard tapping on pipe and answered, they then heard eight distinct raps which were repeated several times. An attempt to communicate by tele- hammered on the pipe "Okeh ques- tion mark" one hundred times but received no answer Officials say that one of the entombed min CTS knows the code.