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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22

EACT DRIES lead farms in
l. Texas" is the interesting news
that comes from the Lone Star
State"
1t is just another signpost indi-
eating that 1.-The South" is being
industrialized, which means that
capitalism is breeding those forces
that accelerate the class struggle
and It's own abolition.
J. Perry Burrus, president of the
Texas State Manufacturers Asso-
citation, is proud of the showing.
Last year the value of Texas agri-
cultural products was put at $1,000
100000. The total value of manufac-
turers amounted to almost as much.
This year the value of agricultural
products dropped a little, while the
output of manufacturers has in
creased. Petroleum products make
an especially good showing. 1t is
predicted that the excess of manu-
facturers over agriculture this year
will reach the $20O,0OO,000 mark.
Thus the largest state in the union
thrives in profit-taking under cap
italism much more than it ever
promised under the old slave-hold-
ing regime that ante-dated the civil
war. 1t took more time than in some
of the agricultural northern states
but the process of industrialization
goes on in 1.-THE Solid South" as we'll
as in 1.-THE North"
become numerous within the bord-
ers of Texas only within the last
20 years. At the beginning of this
period, in 1905, the value of the
manufactured products of Texas
totalled only $150,52S,3Ss, the cap
ital invested in manufacturing being
a paltry $115,664,S71, and the num-
Der of factories, 3,15S.
Most Of the manufacturers origin
ally grew out Of the handling of
farm products. Texas surpasses all
other states in its cotton seed oil
and cake products. During the
period 1900-1905 the value of it's
-four and grist mill products dou-
bled. Then there come slaughtering
and meat packing; lumber and tim
Der products; cars and general shop
construction and repairs by steam
railway companies; printing and
publishing. foundry and machine
shop products and lesser industries.
1t was upon these beginnings 20
years ago that Texas increased its
manufactured products nearly seven
times. During the period from 1890
to 1908 the value of mineral pro-
ducts increased eight times.
1t was not until the civil war that
Texas could boast of any consider
able railway mileage. In 1860 there
were only BOT miles of railways in
the state. By 1908 this had gone up
to 1906.
Texas is populated by the native
born" OF the population in 1900 we
find that GAL per cent was native
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Needle Trades Section
of T.U.E.L. to Meet in
Conference, Sept. 10
CONTINUED from page u

CONTINUED from page u
how to concentrate our efforts for the
conquest Of the centers outside OF
New York and of the national union
machinery. In this connection the
struggle for amalgamation will play
a great role and must be undertaken
with renewed vigor.
The Strike.
The cloakmakers' strike raises be-
fore the left wing some of the most
complicated problems Of the industry,
chief among these the problem Of the
establishment of union control over
the jobbers. The successful prosecu-
ticn of this strike is now the chief
problem. and every ounce OF energy
and ability must be concentrated upon
this decisive struggle. The national
conference will have 10 serve as a raj
lying center to mobilize support,
moral, financial, organizational, for the
fighting cloalmakers.
The conference has 10 take into
consideration basic and important
, changes in the industry, consolidation
OF the employers organizationally and
financially, new production methods
and machinery changes in tendency
and composition OF the various union
bureaucracies, experience in strike
methods and strategy, new aspects Of
che united front policy in the light Of
our experience. All this must receive
revaluation and capitalization at this
conference.
Must Organize Ourselves.
The Needle Trades Section, T. U. e
L., which has acquired tremendous
moral influence amongst the needle
trades workers, has, however, not yet
succeeded in organizing all Of its adj
herents, due TO the impression among
many workers that the league is only
for Workers Party members. We must
make clear that the Trade Union Edu-
cational League is an organization
based upon a progressive platform and
all workers who agree with It's simple
program, irrespective OF party affllia-
ton or sympathies, are welcome into
It's ranks.
For a Party Of Labor.
The role Of the capitalist govern.
ment. local, state and national, and
tho collaboration OF the bureaucracy
With the capitalist parties to defeat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Railroad Employment.

WASHINGTON. - OPP - Employ.
ment on American railroads is run.
ming considerably ahead Of a year ago,
according to the wage report OF the
interstate commerce commission COW
ering railroad operation In April. The
report shows 1,7s3,4i1 railroad EN-.
ployes In that month, a gain Of 37,76s
or 2.2Ss over April 1925
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Workers and Farmers
to Develop Struggle as
Factories Invade Texas
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

born, 1916 per cent was native white
and 20.4 per cent Cor 62O,722) native
Negro. Many of the native-born in
habitants came from other southern
states like Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia and Arkansas,
moving westward in an effort to bet
ter their conditions. The largest
number of foreign-born were to be
found among the Mexicans.
There has always been healthy
spirit of discomfort among the farm
ers of Texas. They have had and
still have their Renters Unions,
their Tenants Leagues and other or
, CARNATIONS to fight for their econ
omic and political interests. These
names imply that there are large
numbers Of landless farmers in
Texas. And there are.
There are SS,537 farms in Texas
of between so and 100 acres. But
there are also 1920 farms of 1000
acres and more. There are also
AVs4oo AoA ho VI DCtn6Su OVV anu
1000 acres. This means that among
the tenants, crop farmers and farm
workers there are considerable ele-
ments ready to be organized into
the struggle against the rich farm
ers, the bankers, the railroads, the
food spectators and the landlords.
These elements will find new lead
ership in the industrial profetariat
that is growing ever more numerous
in the cities. The barometer indi-
eating the increase in the states
manufactured products therefore
measures the growing ability of the
exploited workers and farmers to
fight for their own interests.
Texas is overwhelmingly demo-
cratic at the present time. Never
theless it is political hotbed. The
socialist party always got a good
vote in the state in the days before
the war. In 1924 the vote was:
Davis, democratic, asa, sos; Coolidge,
republican. 13O,O23, and LaFollette,
progressive, 42,SS1. In 1920 there
were presidential candidates of the
democratic, the republican, the
American" socialist and BLACK and
Tan" republican parties, indicating
the conflicting political trends in
the state.
The increased naturalization Of
the state will undoubtedly be domi-
mated, as 1t is even now to a large
extent, by outside capitalize oil
industry by the oil trust; the pack
ing industry by the food trust; the
mineral industry by the various
coupon-clipping absentee mine own
ers; the railroads by distant holders
of transportation stocks. Thus
Texas develops growing class of
workers struggling to produce prof
its for parasites who may live in
New York, Boston or Europe.
This must inevitably create an
identity of interest, irrespective of
race and nationality, between the
city and land workers in the New
Texas, who will not be satisfied with
a LaFollette progressive" party, or
some other makeshift third" party,
but who will struggle to build for
independent political action Of their
own under the lead of the Labor
Party. The factories are invading
Texas. Above the factories go up
the standards Of the workers and
the farmers struggling to win liberia
ton from capitalist exploitation.
The southern landholding aristoc-
racy lost their chattel slaves. The
Texas capitalists, in common with
those of the rest of the Land, will
lose their wage slaves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22

Franc and Lira Drop In New York.
NEW YORK, July 20.-Refecting
the heavy selling OF francs and lire
in the European markets today. the
French and Italian currencies declined
TO new low levels at the opening OF
the American exchange.
French francs sustained a new de-
cline OF II points and were quoted at
2.O3h for demand and 2.04 (cents TO
the france for cables. The Italian Ira
slumped IA points to a new low at
319 cents for demand, while the
Belgian franc declined Sh points to
2.1S15.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Negligence Caused
Deaths of Workers
Near Navy Arsenal

DOVER, N J.-(FP)-Appalling dis.
regard by government officials for the
lives and safety of working people in
a crowded section Of this state is re-
vailed In a survey Of the conditions
which led to the blowing up of the
huge navy arsenal at Lake Denmark.
The arsenal covered 500 acres and
comprised 500 buildings. Instead of
isolating this vast collection of poten-
tial death in some unpopulated area
on the southern coast of this state,
the navy arsenal was established In
the thickly populated north, and near
by at Picatinny is a great army arse
nal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22

These are profits remaining for d.
vision among common stockholders
attire payment OF interest and all
other charges and taxes. There are
IA manufacturers of parts and Access
series not included In the table whose
1925 profits averaged about $1,5O0,OO0
apiece. Independent oil companies
made profits OF at least 100000, 600.
The three giants, Standard Oil, Cen
eral Motors and Ford, accounted for
about s6OO,OO0,O 900 Of all the profits.
The auto industry, says d. X. Young
in the American Bankers Association
Journal, furnishes employment to
3,466,000 persons, including $4,000 In
car and truck factories, $4,000 max
ing parts and accessories. 10000 in
tire factories, 10000 vehicle dealers
and statesmen, 100000 supply and ac-
cessory dealers, 10000 garage en-
ployes, 100000 repair shop employees,
475,OOO chauffeurs, 100000 truck driv.
ers and 241,ooo employed indirectly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Explosion Kills Volunteer.

CAMP DEVENS, Mass, July 20. -
Captain Lewis n. Edmonds, 3S, Of
somerville and Hull, Mass, died this
afternoon from injuries received in a
premature bomb explosion during
maneuvers OF the. 101st engineers,
Massachusetts national guard. here to-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Terrific New England storm.

BOSTON, July 20. - Emerging
from one of the worst storms in re-
cent years, New England began a
checkup today of the havoc wrought
by lighting and a 10O-mile-an-hour
wind that killed seven persons and
took a property toll of approximately
81, 900 900. Lighting bolts claimed four
lives. Two persons were drowned, and
one was crushed to death by a falling
tree.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
County Hospital
Patient Seeks to End
Life; Fears Blindness

Fearing blindness, Mrs. Gertrude
Anderson, 80, patient at the county
hospital, plunged four stories in
vain attempt to end her life. She
landed in a flower bed, recently
spaded. The soft earth broke her
fall. She sprained her ankle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
LaF gillette Memorial
Legion Is Organized

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 20. - The
LaFollette Memorial Legion of Chi
cago, organized to memorabilia the
life of Robert Marion LaFollette," was
granted a charter here. Incorpora-
tors were named as G. J. MCGOWAN
George Meade, T. P. Bonfeld, Rose
Gordon and 2. ]. Clusman, all of Chi
cago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
MID-WESTERN
farmers MEET
IN DES MONIES
Plan Attack on Cal and
Cabinet
lspeeIal to rhe oaIIy W0rkerl

DIES MONIES, Iowa, July 2o'--A
Joint conference was scheduled here
today between the Midwest corn
conference committee Of % and the
corn belt committee of % to lay down
farm neIlsf program for congress-
which it is declared shall be fought
fer untirlngly until the desired end is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS elevated to
the economic plane of Industry.
The corn belt committee Of 2S, com
posed Of leaders of the "a major farm
organizations Of the United States,
claiming total membership Of nearly
100000 growers of various products,
met yesterday behind closed doors.
Attack Administration.
There was apparent a disposition,
particularly among the dirt" farmer
members Of the committee yesterday
to show no quarter to the administra-
ton. Particular criticism was direct
ed against Secretary Jardiue.
Secretary Melons letter, issued
during the fight on the McNary-Hau-
gen bill, taking the stand that the
home market would have to seek the
European level was condemned by
many members Of the corn belt COM
mittee yesterday as the most Urea
sonable assault yet made upon agri-
culture" 1t was pointed out that 1t
would impose a condition amounting
to peonage upon the American farmer,
and If considered seriously, should
surely force an opening up Of the tar
if schedules"
Appoint Committee.
The committee appointed yesterday
10 draft thte resolutions in behalf of
the corn belt committee was COM
posed Of William Hirth, Columbia,
Mo; H. G. Keeny, Omaha, president
of the Nebraska Farmers Union;
James E. Manahan, st. Paul, manager
of the Equity Cooperative Exchange;
Charles E. Hearst, president of the
Iowa Farm Bureau and A. w. Kicker,
Minneapolis, secretary Of the National
Producers Alliance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Billion Dollars in
Profits to Americas
Automobile Prohteers
Continued from page II

Continued from page II
making a grand total of $4,210, $4,000,
not counting oil, fuel and other operat-
ing expenses.
The 1925 profits Of some of the
larger concerns werc:
Profits from Automobiles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
Brookhart Weakens.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, July 90
Republicans of Iowa gathering
here today in preparation for the
state convention tomorrow found
themselves confronted with the I'M
usual spectacle Of the insurgent lead
ers of the party Offering counsel Of
charitable dealing with the admins
tration at Washington
Colonel Smith w. Brookhart, whose
victory In the primary over Senator
A. B. Cummins has been regarded in
Iowa more as a rebuke of the Iowa
farmer to Secretary Jardine and the
president than personal vindication,
is stepping softly" It was declared
by observers today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
For q Party Of Labor.

The role of the capitalist govern.
ment. local. state and national, and
tho collaboration OF the bureaucracy
With the capitalist parties to defeat
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
NON-YOTERs CRITICIZED.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The fact,
unfortunately established by figures,
that hardly one out of two eligible
voters in the United States exercises
his voting privilege, threatens. the ac-
tual life and political entity of our
nation. There is not only rhythm but
plain cOmmOnsense in the old cOuplet
"Ill fares the land to Fastening ills
a prey, Where wealth accumulates
and men decay" And the failure TO
show enough interest in the main
teuance Of the nation to vote on cleo
ton days leads to an Interpretation
which s~ustains the couplet quoted.
All other arguments failing, perhaps
American national pride may be
stirred to emulation by the ~presenta-
ton of the plain fact that in other
nations the people are doing better,
and have taken the honor of leader
ship in voting participation which
We Once enjoyed. At the 1924 parh-
mentary elections in England, rs per
cent Of the eligibles voted; in Aus
tralia and New Zealand, from 80 70
80 per cent Of the eligible vote IS
cast. Canada votes almost IS per
/, cent. In Germany they are voting
80 per cent, and In the Scandinavian
countries over IS per cent. AS was
said in the Kansas City Star, We
have no desire to enthuse the Amer
lean voter to the record of Boss
Tweed in New York, who one elctiOn
voted 108 per cent Of the population
in that city, but AN improvement with
in entirely legitimate lines in voting
participation would cheer many.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
TO SUPPORT WARE.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The experts
are still fussing over the figures Of
the Pennsylvania election. They are
"wet and dry" Coolidge and anti
Coolidge, good government and anti
good government leagues, precepts
and deductions from the returns. One
or two of the more ambitious, en-
courage themselves to the point of
discussing the possibility of some
Democrat, name not disclosed, defeat
ing the Republican nominee.
Senator Dave Reed and Secretary
Mellon, however, have called atten-
ton to the fact that in the Repub-
lican party the rule which the Demo
Gratis so often ignore, that the ma
jority rules, is still a fundamental,
and that they are preparing and are
standing by Mr.. Ware, the successful
senatorial Republican nominee. This
is as It should be, and once again the
hopes of the Democrats to secure q
crop Of bitter weeds out Of possible
Republican dissensiOns have been
thrown overheard.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04

payers is once again made evident
in the development of the air mail
service. Last week a new air mail
service was put into operation be-
tween Chicago and Dallas, Texas, cut
ting the time to IL hours. On June
z a service between Chicago and Min
neapOlis will be put into operation.
Early in April, Elko, Nevada; Boise,
Idaho, and Pasco, Washington, we've
linked up. July 1 Boston will be con-
nected up with New York and the
rest Of the country. The important
factor worth remembering all the
time is that the expense of these IN
dertakings is being met by American
business men, and that there will be
no tax levy as is the habit under the
European system for the maintenance
of. the services, which will also mean
that the Investigations for the con-
slant reduction Of costs viii be prose
cuted with the utmost vigor by the
men who are making the expend-
itures. The government simply meets
a moderate supervisory overhead in
stead of the capital expenses.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04

WASHINGTON, D. C-The wool
producers Of the nation are the latest
TO report on the hardships which have
resulted from the increasing desire
Of the women Of the world to display
their legs by the shortening Of their
skirts. thus decreasing the amount Of
material required, and naturally the
consumption Of wool. The National
Association Of Wool Growers, which
has been holding It's sessions in Salt
Lake City, Utah, while it has not yet
Toaehed The point Of asking the presi-
dent 30 exhOrt, OF congress by legisla-
ton to compel the ladies to lengthen
their skirts, and thus use more wool,
z pretty close to that point Since
1922 to 1925, the assQeistiOn declares,
and quotes the Agricultural Bureau
Of Economies as its authority there
has been a decrease Of 26 per cent
lover 1OO,O0O,OO0 pounds) in the
amount Of wool used for clothing pur-
poses.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
THAT TWO-THIRDs RULE.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Demo
Gratis T one again struggling with
the t~wO-thirds rule which provides
that at national conventions a candi-
date must secure a tWO-thirds vote of
the convention to win a presidential
nomination. The Democratic nation
al committee in Iowa, sent cut a
QUESTIONABLE on this subject to fell
low members with the idea Of seeing
If there is enough sentiment in favor
to abolish the rule at the national
convention in 1928, so that the Re
publican provision that a majority is
sufficient a be adopted. The two
thirds rule is one of the old stand
bys IN the party, and as far back
as 1874, when Van Buren, was de-
feated by Polk for the nomination
after Van Buren, had secured a ma
jOFity on one ballot, an agitation was
started for its repeal and the substi-
tuition Of the majority rule. In 1921,
Champ Clark was defeated by the
majority rule. For 10 successive bal
lots he had a majority of the votes,
but in the end Woodrow Wilson was
nominated, having secured twO-thirds
Of the votes as required by the rules
Of the party. In the last national
convention McAdOO, who felt certain
Of his ability to capture a majority
Of the votes Of the convention sought
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04

to secureethe be- repeal Of the rue even
while the convention was in progress,
but in. that. case he was opposed by
Al Smith who sensed the danger to-
his own candidacy. So the battle has.
ragged back and forth. It is now being
noted with some interest that the first
people to answer the Iowa question
naire are the committee people Of
New York who have declared, after
consultation with Al Smith, that they
are ready to vote for the change in
the rule.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
By National Press Service


WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Demo
cratic attempts to stir up dissensiOn,
doubt and distrust by picturing the
president as standing cOldly aloOf
in congressional contests even where
the men who have been politically
affiliated with him are. awaiting the
verdict of the people, has been finally
dissected and disposed of by Raymond
G. Carroll, the head of the Philadel-
phia "Public Ledger in an article
in which he very aptly calls attention
to the fact that "Once there was a
president named Wilson who, in a
national political situation similar to
the one existing today, issued a de-
mand on the American people that
they return a congress to his liking.
He was specific about it in that he
asked for a Democratic congress.
"The American people resented be-
ing dictated to and they rebuked their
chief executive by delivering to him
a Republican congress.
"This lesson of just eight years
ago has not been lost upon the pres
emit occupant of the white house
President Coolidge is completely SOLD
on the idea of leaving it to the Amer
lean people to Sc ect the 4S6 represen,
tatives, all of them, and "a senators
One-third of the senate, who are tx
be elected this coming November"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
7. b. Sears, Business Mauager

lions we're mailed to Sc county school superinten-
dents. The cost to the state Of printing the lists
of questions has more than doubled - one set
alone entailed an expenditure of more than $500.
There are from 10 to so questions on each subject.
The state boards action was taken following
complaints by Catholic educators that parochiaI
schools were subjects of discrimination in the
matter Of examinations. It was commended that
If parOchial school students were required to take
eighth grade examinations, the rule should be
extended throughout the state and the honor
system abolished. The recommendation was acted
upon favorably by the board, and trouble has
resulted.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04

WASHINGTON, D. C.-President
Coolidge, at White Pine Camp on Os-
good Lake, in the heart Of the Ad-
irOndacks, will be able to glimpse Ia
hawus itself, where Theodore Roose-
welt walked years ago on the day
Fate led him to the white house.
Three other presidents have found
rest in the AdirOndacks. Grant spent
his last days on Mt. McGregor, near
Saratoga Springs; Mckinley chose
Bluff Point on Lake Champlain, and
Harrison sought the quiet of Sperry
Camp. Before the World War the
camp then owned by Archibald S.
White Of New York, had the then
German Ambassador Bernstorff as
guest.