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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-03
By EMANUEL KANTER
and ALEX SCHWARZENFELD


This is the first of series of
articles in the DAILY WORKER"
on different aspects of social science,
in order to counteract the false and
perverted education that the capital
lists have disseminated through their
corrupt press, subsidized schools and
universities and their servile and
time-serving churches.
The educators of capitalist civil
cation, have perverted all knowledge,
that pertains to ancient and modern
society in order to justify the ex-
istence and permanence Of capitalism,
which is the system of war, of ex-
ploitation, poverty, disease, misery
and hate.
They would have us believe that
war, exploitation, private property
etc, were always in existence. That
war was born and bred in the soul
of man. They would have us believe
that we have inherited the instinct,
the passion for war, exploitation and
private property from the social apes,
the ancestors of man.
We will point out in these articles
that the capitalists and their SER
wants, the bourgeois scholars and pro-
fessOrs, are fundamentally in error
on these issues.
We will show that war, private
property in the means of production,
the exploitation of class by class was
unknown in primitive society. That
the savage and Matriarchal Bar
barian was unfamiliar with these
social phenomena. Then we will pro-
coed to demonstrate how Patriarchal
Barbarism sowed in the seeds of these
institutions.
Civilization, which is divid e d
into three phases, Slave, Feudal and
Capitalist developed more and more
until today in the declining phase of
capitalism (or Imperialism the work
ing class is being overwhelmed with
misery, disease, poverty and war.
We are living in the last phase of
capitalism, namely Imperialism, when
the struggles of the workers are daily
growing greater for conquest of pow
er. The Soviet Union, living SYM
Dol of working class accomplishment
shows the workers that they too can
establish workers and farmers gov
eminent.
1t is our intention in these articles
to be printed daily to take the history
of the past ages and bring them be-
fore our readers in the light of His
torical Materialism. To explain the
development of the human race and
its characteristics.
1t is essential to have a clear in
sight into past history, to know the
why and wherefore of things not
merely for the sake of being educat-
ed as an ideologic factor in our daily
struggles. With a clear insight of
the past and present we are better
fighters-Marxian, feminist fight
ers for the future order.
War in Savagery.
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War in Savagery.
The workers of America have been
taught to believe that war was always
The producers news., 1927-05-27

By CHARLES E. TAYLOR

For a week other flyers had been waiting for fair
weather to undertake the voyage of the air from New
York to ParIS-a nonstop flight from America to Eur
Ope-When ChafleS LIndbeIgh arrived from Calf. un
heraded and unannOunced in his mOnOpane, chrstened
"Ehe Spirit OF St Louis in record time, and entered
the list for the New York to Paris fght-Lindbergh
the Swede boy of twenty-five of Congress-
Charles Lindbergh of Little Falls, Minnesota,
dead the fearless leader of the FarmerabOr forces
of Minnesota sprung to fame overnight. Flying under
the patronage of group of air fans of ST. Louis this
fair haired boy modest quiet yet so sure of him.
SELF capvated the imagination of the world night
After his sensational entry sensational because of its
extreme mOdesy, the world wished him success, and all
telt that tins young son OF Minnesota going to win.
The French AviatOrs, Nungesser and Coli flying from
Paris had tried and faed-the hungry Atlantic having
claimed these veterans of the a-but this did not daunt
the boy from the west.
After waiting ten days for fair weather the auspices
seeming favorable Charley Lindbergh sailed away as
quietly he arrived leaving the other welI-nOwn fers
arguing about minor affairs divisions of prize money
and other spOs saying that he would consider all other
things after he had made the flight and in thirty three
and half hours this Viking of the Air arrived at lie
BOurget field Paris-a hero
Charles LindbeTgh is to the air what Columbus is to
the water regards the Atlantic-his fame will live as
long the annals of this civilization. This Minnesota
Swede has taken his place among the immOrtaIs.
The people of the world astOunded at his feat-hs
name is every tongues the world sings his praise He
IS the greatest man in the world today this boy of twen
ty-fve.
The Editor of this paper and the Manager of this pa
per- the writer Of this paragraph were personally and
intimately acquainted with Charley Lndbergh faith
er, the Charley Lindbergh, Senior many years Con-
gresham from the writer's congressional dstict when
ne was citizen Of Minnesota and naturally they are
proud and sated that this intrepid of the late veter
an leader Of the FarmeTLabOr OF the Northwest
should have this Distinction this place with the
heroes, and deserved the aureIs won by his
son, who looks much like his father than Charles A.
Lndbergh father who gave his best days and his rare
ability to the cause OF the people, than he there
greater man in Minnesota.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
P. IA. ADJOURNS
FOR SUMMER

The P. 7. A. Executive Board held
the last meeting of the season Fri
day evening, May 10th.
The Board voted to dispense with
the regular May meetings and no
meetings are to be held until Septem
Der, 1929
The attendance banner was award
ed to the pupils of the Fourth Grade
who had a total number Of 1873 friends
and parents present at the meetings
throughout the school year.
The first year of the PIentywood
T. 1. A. has been a decidedly success
full one due to the enthusiastic sup
port of parents and teachers.
The organization began it's work
last September with the following Of
tlcers and chairmen of committees:
I. w. Greer-President.
Mrs. VIM. Erickson-V Pres.
Mrs. Ray Lang-Secretary.
Mrs. Oscar Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. J. G. Storkan-Program.
Mrs. H. NJ. Lewis-Social.
Mrs. A. Riba-Membership.
Miss Emma Crone-Publicity
Miss Hannah Nordgren appointed
in January.
Total membership -..-....---....-.......-.-128
Received from dues ....---.-.-----....- -S44.8O
Reed from free will offerings POSI-
! Amount on hand ....--.......--- 27O9
COMMITTEE.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
Pr. OF A. PICNIC
NEAR MEDICINE
LAKE, JUNE 18TH

A general meeting and picnic
of the Progressive Farmers of
the county will be held on June
18th near Medicine Lake. To be
exact the dOings will be held at
the farm of Mike Schmidt, which
is located eight miles east and
four miles south of Medicine
Lake.
Fish for Lunch.
The arrangements are in the
hands of the Council of Action
and the present plans are to have
a general meeting of the P. F. of
A. and also a big picnic to which
the public is invited. A COM
mittee headed by George Bell is
looking after licenses for fishing
on the lake and putting markers
on the road to guide motorists
= to the grounds. The committee
= will endeavOr to provide enough
fish for gOOdly portion of the
= crowd who take their lunch bas-
= kets along. Parties who intend
: to spend the day at the outing
. are requested to bring their lunch
and stay and enjoy themselves on
+ the shores of the lake for the
day.
= Speakers to Be Announced Later.
: The committee in charge ex-
= pect to have Ice Cream and re-
= freshment stands on the grounds
: also. The committee is now busy
= on plans for a program of in
= structiOn and entertainment and
: from present indications they will
$ make the outing one long to be
= remembered. It is planned to
get a good speaker whose name
. will be announced later. In a
forthcoming issue of the PrOduc-
ers News further details will be
given but the Committee has the
arrangements so far advanced
now that they can assure the
public that the Picnic will be
success.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
By Hans Rasmussen

1t can still make some of us feel
like using bad language when we re-
member back a couple or three years
ago to the time when about half of
the banks in the county closed their
doors. 1t was not only hard on
lot of people who had put their saw
ings in these banks for safe keeping
and lost it, it was also hard on Sher-
idan County. All the busted banks
had more or less of the county's
money when they closed their doors,
most of this money was secured by
Surety companies.
These companies using all the
schemes they could think of trying
to sneak away from their obligations
and beat the county out of the money.
For that reason our County Attorney
asked for an assistant to help on col
lections, the county commissioners
agreed to hire Harlow Pease Of Butte,
who is known as one of the best law
yers in the state.
Mr.. Pease went to work and every
thing went fine and dandy for awhile.
Then, all at once, our county commits
sioners fired Mr. Harlow Pease. Very
likely you people did not pay any at
tention to that at all. If you did it
would look quite natural to you, any
way. You simply did not know. Ev-
erything went fine and dandy until
Mr. Pease got ready to go after the
Homestead Bank, then all at once he
was fired. Frank French was not go
ing to stand for any monkey business
there, and Iverson was right there to
do what Frank told him to do.
The Homestead Bank closed its
doors Sept. 1st, 1923. At that time
the bank owed the county about S10,-
100000. Frank French was a share
holder, and also one of the directors
of the bank. Like other bank share
holders he had put his money in the
bank not for safe-keeping but as good
investment from which he expected to
draw big interest by having the bank
skinning his fellow-farmers as much
as possible. 1t is nice to be share
holder in bank and be on the ground
floor when the profit is to be divided,
but it is not always so pleasant when
you also have to shoulder the re-
sponsibility. Frank was after the
CONTINUED on page Four)
The producers news., 1927-05-27

I'm war.
Baldwin Talks to Commons
At this moment Premier Baldwin is
addressing the House of Commons. on
the subject. The galleries and the
house is crowded and feeling has not
been as tense since that day in 1914
when Sir Edward Grey arose to make
the speech which threw the might of
England behind the forces that were
facing Germany on the battlefield
and made the conflagration world
wide. The Premier is charging that
the headquarters Of the Russian trade
delegation, which was raided DESPITE
the cannons of international law bv
forces working under the direction of
the Home Office, was gathering in
formation about the movements of
the English fleet and the designs of
the British War office. He is max
ing an effort to propagandize Ameri-
ca by stating that the British secret
service had discovered avenues of
communication between representa-
tives of the British and American
Communist parties and the Soviet
delegation.
China's Success Makes Baldwin Sore
1t is evident that the moral sup
port Of Russia to the Chinese fight
for freedom has done much to
estrange the feeling between the Gov
ernment Of England and Russia. It
is felt here that the very foundations
of the British Empire are threatened
| if the Chinese are successful in set
ting up strong government with
Russian leanings because of the close
proximity of India to China. There
is much dissaffection in India and
the freedom of China would set it off
Continued on page Eighty
The producers news., 1927-05-27
MOE AND WYNNE 2
FIGHT TO A DRAW
Despite Bad Weather, Fair Crowd
Witnesses Unspectacular Match
Preliminaries Fail to Show Up,
Adding Another Jinx to the Match
Which Followed Arrangement Of
Bouts.

Last Saturday night the fight card
at the Farmer-Labor Temple was
pulled off despite the rainy weather
and impossible roads before a fair
sized crowd of fans.
Preliminary to the main bout, two
youngsters went on for four 1-minute
rounds, and Pud Marsh and Ted Blaze
filled in a six-round bout which was
fast and while the boys did not hurt
each other, there was plenty of action
and the crowd greatly enjoyed the
performance.
When it was finally decided that
the preliminaries lined up for the
card could not be put on because of
the lack of appearance Of three of
the boxers, the main bout was an
nounced.
Wynne took his corner first follow
ed shortly afterward by Moe. After
going over the rules to be followed
with Referee Fred Crave, Atty. How
ard M. Lewis introduced the boxers
to the audience, and the fight was on.
The battle was devoid of anything
spectacular from start to finish, each
round being similar, with Wynne
showing more cleverness as a finished
boxer but unable to pierce the de-
fense of Moe.
During the ten rounds neither box
er was able to land but one clean
blow to the body each. A good deal Of
wrestling and clinching characterized
the fighting with short jabs and de-
fense work predominating over open
fighting.
Moe upset the dope of many of the
fans by going through the ten rounds
in good shape and going strong at
the finish. Neither boxer received a
Inockdown to his credit or even what
CONTINUED on page Five)
The producers news., 1927-05-27
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED BY FRENCH

Paris May 2Capt Charles A. Lndbergh young Aner-
can AVIATOR who hoped off from New Friday morning all
alone IN his monOpane arrived in Paris Saturday night safe and
sound, everyone hoped he had
The Sandyhaed of the middle dropped
tie darkness at LIE BOurget flying field miles from Paris
at IOz o'clock Saturday night g. New tme) only
53 hours after leaving Long Island first history
60 from New York to Paris without changing his seat
10 the young American it seemingly merely the achieve
nent OF an ambition To Paris, to France America
world MS landing Saturday night made him the greatest
heroes mankind has produced since the became
The producers news., 1927-05-27
BRUSH LAKE TO OPEN
SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH

The popular summer amusement
resort at Brush Lake is to open for
the season on Sunday, June 5th. The
same attractions, picnic grounds,
bathing, boating, refreshments and
dancing are again to be offered this
year.
This season the Krazy Kat Seren-
aders are to play for the dances.
Those who have heard them play at
the dances in Plentywood and other
Sheridan county towns know what
treats there are in store for them
some of the snappiest dance music in
the Northwest. There are to be six
pieces to their orchestra, composed Of
the six original members.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
DEGREE OF HONOR
TO PRESENT ANUS
ING COMEDY FRI
DAY-SATURDAY
''The Humbug," With Fine Cast and
Chorus Has Three Performances In
PlentywOOd and One at Outlook.


"The Humbug," a three-act musi-
cal comedy, will be presented at the
Farmer-Labor Temple here under the
auspices of The Degree of Honor
Lodge, Friday and Saturday evenings,
May 9th and 28th, at 8:15 p. m.
The play will also be presented at
at Outlook on Sunday afternoon at
2:90 p. m.
The cast, in the order of their first
appearance, is as follows:
Marjorie Moore, can Innocent
Thief" Ida Newton
Billy Warren, Jacks pal and in love
with Mabel Raymond Guenther
Jack Carney, alias Theodosia War
rem, "The Humbug" Billy Bergman
Mabel Wright, scatter-brained
flapper Myrtle Engler
An Officer Francis Huebner
Ensemble of the the Chorus
Louise Knight, Eleanor Palubicki,
Mabel Olson, Ruby Olson, EVELYN
Brabec, Nettie Collins, Vera Collins,
Dolores Pickett, Gladys Krebsbach,
Gladys Peterson, Lucille Stoner, Hell
en- Stoner, Lucille Wright, Verna
Crawford, Alice O'Toole, Marguerite
Lee, Stacia Vosen, Kathryn Hovdey,
Juliette Garneau, Eugene Garueau
Eleanor Stambaugh, Leroy Guenther
Francis Huebner, Gibson Zeidler
Richard Fitzgerald, Irwin Marsh, Roy
al Greer, Clarence Reintertson, Marx
Krogman.
"THE ARGUMENTo'
Jack Carney and Billy Warren are
pals who are attending college. Billy
is very much in love with scatter
Drained flapper, Mabel Wright, who
is very jealous of him. One evening
she sees him talking to a peach and
believing he is false to her, she calls
him up and breaks the engagement
Billy, in order to win Mabel back
tells her it was his sister he was seer
talking to, and Mabel, believing the
story, decides to call at Billy's apart
ment and meet his sister. Billy hasn't
sister, so he persuades Jack to inn
personate his sister. Mabel calls
meets Jack, alias Theodosia Warren
"The Humbug," and then what hap
pens ----.-.---.--------
The producers news., 1927-05-27

$4,000 Surround Plane
A crowd of at least 25,OOO sur
rounded his plane, the esprit of st.
Louis" when it came to earth after
its epochal voyage from the New
World to the Old. The airman lifted
from the seat, where for two days
and a night he sat fixed, guiding his
plane over land and sea, and for 40
minutes he was hardly able to talk
or do anything else, except let him
self be carried along by a mass of
men made delirious with iov at his
achievement.
Greatest Welcome Ever.
Never has an aviator of any nation,
even king or ruler, had a greater or
more spontaneous welcome from the
hearts of the common people of
France. The very recklessness of his
endeavor, as it appeared, appealed to
the quick emotional imagination of
Frenchmen, and they were quick to
respond with everything their own
hearts could give.
All ties of nationalism were forgot
ten by the lie Bourget throng. They
saw in Lindbergh only man who had
brilliantly gambled with death and
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news., 1927-05-27
Plentywood Local to Hear
Debate on Wheat Poo

At the June 9th meeting of Plenty
wood local of the Progressive Farm
ers, the debate on the Wheat Pool,
which was postponed from the last
time, will be given, with Viggo Peter
son taking the position against it, and
Chas. E. Taylor for it. In addition
there will be a short play on "Orga-
nizing" in which Hans Rasmussen,
Bert TOrstenson, Arnold Olson and
Marie Hansen are participating.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
Schlans Paws the Price

DClldUS 0yS tltC Il AACG
Wolf Ferdinand Schlaps
was brought to the scaffold and
hanged at midnight last Thursday
before a great crowd of curiosity
seekers who were invited by Sheriff
Anderson to witness the gruesome
deed. The crowd, with craned necks,
viewed the death march of the con-
demned man to the Gallows. Once
there Sheriff Anderson, who acted as
hangman, assisted by Deputy Sheriff
Council, performed the task expedi-
tiously if a bit nervously. Schlaps
seemed to be the most unconcerned
man in the crowd. When he mounted
the scaffold he was heard to say
Goodbye world. Oh Jesus" Schlaps
was of deeply religious nature hav-
ing been brought up by German Luth-
eran parents and being a regular
church goer until he went to work
for the Geislers and then when he
could get an opportunity to go. He
was constant reader of the Bible in
his cell and his deep religious faith
that he was going to better place is
believed by many to have caused his
stoical Indifference to death at the
end.
The Hanging
After Schlaps, standing in the trap
door, calculated, "Oh Jesus! Deputy
Continued on page Five)
The producers news., 1927-05-27

Wolf Point, May Ferdinand
Schlaps, who was hanged May 20 for
the murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Tony
Geisler on May 1, 1926, was buried
in the Wolf Point cemetery Sunday
afternoon. His mother, Christina
Schlaps, and all of his brothers and
sisters were present, as we'll as some
other relatives.
Service were conducted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Doty and music was furnished
by choir of the church.
1t was a dismal day. A drizzlng
rain fell, increasing the welter of mud
which rains of the last week had
made of the streets.
Out of sympathy for the family of
Schlaps a considerable crowd gather
ed at the Coliseum where services
were held. Saturday many people
viewed the body at the undertaking
parlor.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
The Hanging Of Ferdinand
SchIaps at Wolf Point

Curious Crowd Witnesses the Death March and Sprngg of
the Trap. Condemned Man Took Death Calmly Mutering
ooh jesus Was Buried Wolf Point This Week After
Laying in State Several Days. John Anderson Ofcated
AS Hangman. Governors Statement Denying CIemency
The producers news., 1927-05-27
THOUSANDS CHEER AS lone
FLIER LANDS in FRANCE

New York Paris Flight Brings Minnesotan Worldwide
Praise Beats Schedule By 22 Hours. Biggest Part of
Second 1000 Miles Flown 100 Feet Above Ocean. At
Times Went 10000 Feet High to Avoid Storm Lindbergh
Son OF Great Minnesota Farmer-Labor Leader.
The producers news., 1927-05-27

AS the Producers News goes to
press the lowered clouds presage
more rain, after two days of clear
and cloudy weather.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
BALDWIN ASKS COMMONS TO
SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

English Premier Says That Russians are Learning Secret De-
signs of Cabinet Soviet Help in Chinese Freedom Fight
British Fear English Business Men Afraid of Losing Rus
sian Business
The producers news., 1927-05-27

London May 26A Europe is watching the result of the de-
e @ IN e house OF Commons tonight which expected
III 6e seVerng Oh diplomatic relations between England and
Soviet Russia Action of this sort in the past on the mart Of the
Government and Parliament of this country has ueaI ltd
The producers news., 1927-05-27

,NTIC has been crossed
.or the ,l.l5i5argb. lliSp a son of the North
lias. LT.q Tbe Lindbergh feat IS great
Il than '9S t5e Atlantic, it also , took ttos
o'srins land ,l in a short time. After i,
D nacn leo -e.'u coast Of Europe he flew
s.hing6 6l-is ,-s The first nonstop
o to 80 ea.s the Atlantic was MADE
a.ht ai5oii aTifisb 5'' airmen, named Capt, Capt.
i'o ,5eock pack. and Lieut.. Arthur
lon AIyg,@ T5ev flew a Yickers plane
Bo'n-. Inns In to Clifden, Ireland
b2ai ai.s.cs =. Of 1900 miles in .,, sixteen teen
distance .5 Twelve :, minutes. The first
,olrs ana 'Ig;r;gibIe transatlantic
sa.s'op pa accomplished in july
ls5t ". ~4s sbe British dirigible R-54,
1919. Oy y.sed 'a the ocean from east
Fhl'n ''o and back again. She flew
to 'ssl, ~, a'' Fortune. Scotland, to
from L'7 T y. a distance of S,2O0
Al9sO'i, I, nos hours. The return trlI
nIIs' ram N Roosevelt field to Pulham,
$50 p md a shorter distance, and was
Lnslai'f, Lnl.;.tsj ! in Is hours. The Allan
nsso,l-'o' o.ssp was crossed again in Oc-
" ~. t92l. when the ZR-S, later the
I'a''i !. Angeles, was sailed from Fried
L..5.baften. II Germany, to Lakehurst'
5O6O miles, in 81 hours. The
" y + If tho United States navy,
c,'..nsnder ~, Albert C. Read. COM
o.-ji1q. was the first airshiD to
.,oss ibe Atlantic, leaving ROcka-
% az Nav s. 1919; Halifax, May 10,
,.j i' arriving at Plymouth, England,
NJ, 81. by way of short stops in
h lzores. The NC-4 covered a
S.i,pce of S,946 miles in the fly
Il time Of SO hours and SO min
ME-. There we're other attempts to
gow the big pond but the fOregO-
ro Of which the Lindbergh one was
M most spectacular, were the sue
sessful undertakings.
The producers news., 1927-05-27
Rasmussen Gives 'Low Down
On French Farming Corporation

Shows How Commissioner Put His Property Into Company
While Still Director of Homestead Bank Bank Failed
Soon 200 After Incorporation Butte Lawyer Discharged
When He Got Out Execution for County Against Medicine
Lake Commissioners Who DefauIted on Bond