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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Garden Spot of South IS
Worker, Farmer PMTgut0y

thing. Since then we have no sure
money crop. A few of the more we'll
TODD farmers have began raising to-
bacco, which has been paying fairly
we'll of late. Others are trying corn,
sweetspuds, goober peas, sowing beans
etc. But prices on the whole amt
been nothing to brag about"
Many of the farmers who lost to
the boil weevil, were never able to
get back on their feet again. Being
unable to meet their taxes and other
bills, they were gradually forced to
move off and let the bankers take
their farms.
what percentage do you think
have been forced to desert their
farms?" l asked.
81 should say from IS to 40 per
cent"
Picture Not Overdrawn.
talked to number of other peo-
pie along the way and found that my
informant's picture of the situation in
West Florida hadn't been overdrawn.
One man told me how the farmers
used to take their produce over to
Jacksonville and sell it to the mer-
chants. Earlier they had taken it
over and peddled it out. This was
suddenly stopped. First they put a
licence of $500 on any one who
wished to peddle. Very recently they
put $250.00 tax on any one SELL
ing to the retail merchants. So now
they must sell to the wholesalers and
commission merchants and take from
ten to twenty per cent less for their
stuff. Of course city workers must
now pay considerable higher price
for food stuffs. Naturally the whole
salers and commission merchants
must be protected in their profits re-
CARELESS of poor workers, farmers and
their families. What else is the
Profit System for?
Purgatory For Workers.
Western Florida may be the land
of sunshine and flowers as it is pic
tured by the realtors, or paradise for
southern exploiters, but it is little
short of a purgatory for the poor
farmers and wage workers. 1t will
likely continue to be until these latter
who make up the great part of the
population, get together and thru or
ganized effort take over political and
economic power, and set up a work.
ers' and farmers government as the
workers and peasant farmers Of So.
let Russia have done. The most logi-
cal step looking towards this change
| ID strong Farmsr-Labor Party or
ganixation for the 1928 campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
(By Worker Correspondent Enroute
To Jacksonville, Fla.)

To Jacksonville, Fla.)
The thing which has been most
wildly impressed upon my mind by
today's journey is the great number
of deserted farm houses one sees out
of the train window. He is impressed
too with the rundown, delapidated
condition of most of the houses that
are still inhabited There are vast
numbers of dirty, ragged urchins.
Some approach the train at the sta
lions with their wares.
In addition to these one sees razor
back" hogs, tick infested cattle, poor
work horse or mule here and there, an
occasional flock of fowls, and few
garden patches of truck. Of course
one also sees from time to time a
well-kept plantation, with house and
buildings modern in appearance.
Almost invariably you see on the
same plantation the boarded shacks
of the tenant farmer or worker as
noted above.
Paint Unknown.
The general impression one gets is
that house paint is unknown in this
region. True the plantation homes
and the cities and towns thru which
you pass belle this impression. But
even in the cities one finds slums,
where most of the white and prac-
tically all the black workers live.
The scenery along the entire way
is monotonous, save for an occasional
growing field or glimpse of the blue
waters of the gulf, despite the fact
that the realtors, and Chamber OF
Commerce boosters depict this as "the
garden spot of the South, the play
ground of America"
When we stopped at Madison q
man in overalls boarded the train
and took a place in the seat just OPP
posite me. AS the train slowed dowr
for the next stop ventured to ask him
why there were so many deserted
houses along the road.
"You must be a new conner in these
parts" he remarked.
eyes, this is my first trip thru this
parts" he remarked.
Farmers Hard Hit.
"Well, stranger" he began, 1--WE
farmers in this region have been hi
pretty hard in recent years. During
the world war we made pretty good
but soon after the war, prices in cot
ton, which was our money crop, tool
a big slump. And shortly after thai
the boil woevil struck this section, ant
for Two years straight we lost every
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
The Workers Forum
Editor, DAILY WORKER:

Enclosed please find check II Sc
for one years sub to IT, DAILY
WORKER.
The DAILY WORKER is fins edi-
torials wonderful. This is town in
which politics is never mentioned,
even the subject of Labor Unionism
is taboo. The system of espionage is
so thorough and so continuous that
seemingly, by mutual consent we talk
only about the weather and business
and the latest scandals. But unem-
ployment which is greater in these
bay cities than it has been since 1918,
is beginning to waken the people, and
| can hear things said that never were
said before in this place.
It seems people are so willing to
put up with any kind of wage slav-
cry, vote for the boss, lie for the
boss, crawl in the gutter for the boss,
so long as they get that little pay
check no matter how small, on Sat
urday. They will faithfully say their
prayers to the Great God IS. O." until
he fails them. Actual unemployment
is the only thing that will arouse the
American working man. And he is
beginning to stir with discomfort even
on this coast. am so grateful for
the loyal work you eastern comrades
are doing and wish / could do more
to help.
With best wishes for the success
of the cause.
Yours for the revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Editor, DAILY WORKER:

want to say few words ID APP
probation of one of the most popu-
lar features in The DAILY WORKER
the brilliant red cartoon Fred
EEin.is.. These powerful dra Of
the class struggle have a way Il pre-
senting the important news IF the
day, as no front page headline can
do. For instance, what words can bet
Ter describe the murderous black
treachery of Chang Kai-shek, than
the picture in Tuesdays issue, por-
traying the pois' Gus serpent (Chi-
ang) wading in the blood of his for
er co-workers while he adjures the
hite monsters of imperialism (bat-
tleshipsl to join him in his fiendish
slaughter.
How inspiring is the symbol of the
workers and farmers solida- ~! The
hammer and sickle takes on a new
significance when you actually see
lin Wednesdays issue) the workers
and peasants convert their working
tools into weapons Of war and back
to back, fight on for freedom from
ill exploitation.
The epic drawings on the last page
Of The DAILY WORKER make a
wonderful revolutionary album. ! cut
them out every day and paste them
in red cartoon" book In that way
! am acquiring o pictorial history OF
he class struggle from day to day
iring this seething period Of world
est. G.. X. MILLER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Educational Orders" for Munitions Step in the
War Program

The war department another adjusting IN
dusry to the needs of the imperialist war program
This the meaning of the by Secretary
that educational orders for munitions VIII be
placed with private manufacturers
With huge warship program launched and military and
aircraft be built in huge with the entire country
divided into military and skeleton military UNITS or
ganzed in all principal industries with network OF military
training camps established and auxiliary organizations like the
Boy Scouts the Red Cross and volunteer military interference
operation the manufacture of munitions IN large guam
titles constitutes the next development in the war program
So efficiently machine been working that it is
only attention called to its activities by some announce
marking the carrying out OF It's plans that
any substantial opposition is aroused
1t is characteristic of the who
the department. that they base their opo
sion almost entirely the proposal to have munitions
by private instead of by the
Similarly the opposition of the spokesman these elements
congress and the senate to the naval based largely
the cost to the taxpayers and certain abstract desire Tor
peace
The developments in the of American
imperialism result parallel developments its program
of world conquest AS the struggle for markets and for sources
of raw materials the industrial depression in the
will intensity this fight for maretsthe mitar
zation of this country is speeded up
For working class the of the
department means that the menace of mperas crep
closer be the signal for effective struggle against
Imperialism in all its manifestations
The labor movement can not official leadership
put forward for struggle against the war danger and
rally workers for this struggle These leaders have shown
already attack the unions which part of the imperial
program finds them unable and unwilling mobilize the labor
fight where the life of the unions at stake
With leadership that is part of the imperiast machine
unemployment with such unions the United Mine
the heaviest attack in their history and mtarza
ton developed at terrific pace the labor movement conronts
crisis of character
that delay modelling the whole movement for couneroffen-
sive carries with it the danger of destruction
this light that militant workers must view the present
the task of organizing the working class to
the Wall Street program by all possible
The organization of labor party clearly the
the labor in this mperat epoch when
advocacy of munton manufacture basis
struggle against mperast danger and the miariza
be made dominant the coming
presidential elections
With labor party the field and organizing its fight around
this central ISSUE heavy and effective blows be dealt
Wall and The nonpartsan pol
cy-support candidates the tickets of the Wall Street
eony makes easier for Wall Street out its plans for
miliarizaon at home and conquest abroad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
SOME TASKS FOR THE LEFT WING

increasing unemployment will be
used as an additional weapon against
the unions and the living standards
of the masses.
The Annalist gives US hint of
what to expect. Speaking of the
wage cuts in the textile industry
and what it calls "the general fact
of our industrial production overex-
pansion," The Annalist points to the
necessity for curtailment. 1t says:
"The situation in cotton textiles is
the logical outcome of excessive pro-
ducing equipment, all of it kept in
motion by excessive use OF capital.
1t is a situation which exists in es-
sence, though in variations of detail,
in all OF our large industries, steel
being lately the most eloquent wit
ness to this fact. (Our emphasize
Translated into ordinary English
the above means that The Annalist is
advocating drastic reduction in
production of basic industries, and
every worker knows that this means
increased unemployment and wage
cuts-the workers are always picked
out to bear the burden of industrial
reorganization Europe it is called
decentralization"
Depression Not Seasonal.
Also Of Importance is the fact that
The Annalist makes no pretense OF
believing that the present depression
IS of a seasonal character, or that it
will be OF brief duration; rather it
warns It's clients that no immediate
substantial improvement is to be ex-
pected. There are no reasons now
discernible, says The Annalist, for
feeling very confident that the regu-
| lar seasonal advance is the certain
first stage of new era of high
prosperity"
The New York Times Chimes In.
The New York Times in it's issue
for Dec. 26 comments editorially on
the unemployment figures Of the
! United States Bureau OF Labor Sta
5istics, which show that Tor October
last 1212 per cent OF the workers
were jobless if the 81 manufacturing
industries for which the statistics
are compiled furnish an adequate
picture of the situation. We may be
sure that the Department of Labor
does not eXaggerate the extent OF
unemployment since it is one of the
most ardent boosters for Coolidge
prosperity"
The Times reaches no particular
conclusion, but it's extensive treat.
ment of the subject is of itself evi-
dence that the most conservative
section of the capitalist press al.
ready sees unemployment as seri.
Gus problem.
Chicago and Points West.
The Chicago Daily News for Dec
q heads story, Bread Line Hers
Longest in Years." The news item
s,a.es that there was formed 9Th,
longest bread line Chicago has known
since 1918" To the particular breat
line in question only single me1
without homes in Chicago were ad
mitted. Families are listed sepa
rately.
Unemployment on national scal'
and in an acute form is here. Thu
standard and authoritative financial
economic and trade journals of tn
capitalists make little if any attemp
to disguise the serious nature of de
preston. Most Of them do not tr.
even to hold out hope for an imme
diate change for the better.
No Isolation Of Jobless.
. The unemployed must be organ
Used. The unions must fight for tn
unemployed Agitation for city, stat
aad national relief must DO started
Work or union wages" should DO do
nanded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Street News
By EDWARD ]. BRUEN.

TWO felloW-WorkerS were discussing
the Tammany Hall move from
Fourteenth to Seventeenth Street in
one of the be-whited, open-faced eat
ing places that modern ideas have de-
veloped.
cts damn shame to move the old
place." one asserted.
Don't worry about it." answered
the other, "as long as you have your
city job they will always be able to
hold you up for your salary assess
ment, and whatever else they can take
away from you between times"
EETALKING about moving" con-
Atinued the first speaker, IT see
where they are going to turn over the
old tenement in City Hall Place
where Cardinal Hayes was born to the
church. Do you think the Cardinal
is going to move down there to be
among the poor?"
care you going crazy?" asked the
well-informed friend, what would he
do that for"
"They say Jesus Christ always
lived among the poor, don't they?"
eyes, my boy, but he wasn't New
York Cardinal"
GAL. SMITH never comes near the
II old diggings any more either"
volunteered the first speaker.
"Why should he go near Oliver
Street" answered the smart lad, when
he can have the taxpayers pay $50 a
day or Whereabouts for his keep in the
Ritz Carlton?"
Don't you think he'll ever go back
to the old street to live?"
"He never will, if he can help it"
NORMAN HAPGOOD and Henry
~ Moscowitz, who threw together
life of Governor Smith apparently
for campaign consumption, in their
futile attempt to liken him to
Abraham Lincoln, make comparisons
between the boys he associated with
and those that Lincoln associated
with in Springfield, Illinois.
It's to be hoped that the rest of
their material is more authentic than
this Lincoln statement, any ten-year
old schoolboy knowing that Lincoln
was a full-grown man with a full
grown beard when he first saw
Springfield.
MRS. Alderman Pratt of the Standard
IVA Oil millions was the subject of
discussion among a group of women
who cast their votes for her last
month. One told how the office
seeker had mounted to her flat on the
fifth floor and how kindly she spoke
and how she played with the children
while her secretary gave the "old
man" some cigars.
"She said she was going to come to
see us often" she went on, "but l
haven't seen her since"
"She told me the same" laughed
another, "but guess my old man is
right when he told me l wouldn't see
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CITATION BY PUBLICATION

FRONTIER LUMBER co, INC,
No. 3436 vs.
W. W. HUITT, r. II. MILTON AND
FIDELITY & DEPOSIT COMPANY
OF MARYLAND.
IN THE COUNTY COURT, GAMER
ON COUNTY, TEXAS AT LAW
The State Of Texas 20 the Sheriff or
any Constable of Cameron County
GREETING:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED
that by making publication OF this
Citation in some newspaper publish
ed in the County Of Cameron nee
in each week for four consecutive
weeks previous 70 the return day
hereof, you summon r. II. Milton,
whose residence is unknown, who Is
alleged TO be . nonresident Of the
State OF Texas to be and appear ct
the mex regular term Of the Coun-
ty Court Of Cameron County at Law,
10 be holden at Court House thereof,
in the City Of Brownsville, Texas.
on the first Monday in October. a.
D., 1927. the anne being the third
day of October. A. d., 1927, then and
there 20 answer a petition filed in
said Court on the 9Th day Of Sep
TENDER A. D.. 1927, in q suit num-
bered on the Docket Of said Court,
No. 3436. wherein Frontier Lumber
Company. Inc. Is plaintiff. and W.
". Huitt, r. Il. Milton and Fidelity
4 Deposit Company OF Maryland,
are defendants. the nature OF plain
tiffs demand being substantially, 40
follows. to-wit: To recover on an
open account for lumber and build
ing materials furnished Ia the sum
Of s201-so. together with interest
thereon al the rate of 9 per cent per
anrun from the first day Of Janu-
airy. 1927. Plaintiff plays that eta
ton issue to said defendants for
their appearance herein, for judg-
ment for It's debt. interest, attorneys
fees and costs Of suit.
HEREIN FAIL NOT. bnt have you
before said Court on the said first
ds1ps next term thereof this writ
your return thereon. showing
You have exceeded the same.
Zen under my land and seal of
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TRANSFERS

Mark z. Davis, ct ux, to Baxter
Davis, north 200 acres Of tract OF land
containing 400 acres in La Ferris
Grant, Cameron county, Tex; consid-
Grafton, $40.
]. Scott Brown, ct al to Delta r.
rigation Farms company, north one
half Of lot ], block 8, containing 20
acres, Bowie subdivision, Cameron
county, Tex; consideration. $40.
j. Scott Brown ct al to Delta Irri-
gated Farms Co., south one-half Of
south one-half Of lot 2, block 3, con-
tanning 10 acres, Bowie Subdivision,
Cameron county, Tex; consideration,
$40.
7. w. Doster, ct al TO Humble Oil
A Refining Co. lot "A" Of subdivision
of lot !, block 4, townsite of La Feria,
Cameron county. Tex, except west
so feet thereof; consideration, $40.
Claude Wilson, TO Chas. Bulliam,
all lot %, In block %, townsite Of La
Feria. Tex; consideration, $500.
Norton r. Wilson TO Chas. Pulliam,
all lot Is, block p, townsite of la
Feria, Tex: consideration, $500.
Claude Edward Wilson, to Chas.
Pulliam, all lots 8, 8, block q, town
site Of La Feria. Cameron county,
Tex; consideration, $1,000.
c. p. Barreda to San Benito a
Rio Grande Valley Railway Co, 100
foot strip Of land being so feet on
each side of center line Of proposed
San Benito e. Rio Grande Valley Rail-
way across block <, Barreda South
Reserve subdivision; consideration,
$3.50.
y. Van de Putte to San Benito A.
Rio Crande Valley Railway Co, 100
foot strip located across block 81,
San Benito Sugar Mfg. Co.'S sub
division OF Z. s. Grant, Cameron
county, Tex; consideration. $500.
10 acres. block IL, Wilson Tract
subdivision. Csmeron county Tex;
confederation, $500.
III. G. Ware ct ux TO a. Johns. all
lots Nos z, Q, o, 10, in block No. 1,
Clara Pierce Addition city Of Har-
lingen; confederation, $4350.
j. a. Alexander, Ct Tx 70 Jess 7.
Tucker. lot 20. Palmetal subdivision
Of surveys Nos. PSI, 2s2, 2s3, ga,
2s5, Cameron county; consideration,
kcsOOU.
The Finvood Corporation to +. y.
Chambers Ct al. eli lot !, block 20.
Finwood Heights Addition. City Of
Harrington; consideration, $40
The Finwood Corporation 20 Mrs
w. n Jamison. all lot 8. block 20.
Finwood Heights Addition, City OF
Harrington; consideration. S375.
I'd G. Miller o. ux 20 A. A. Robin
son. west half Of lot IL, block SO,
original tovnsits Of Harrington; con-
sideraticn, $500.
" u Wentr, et III 10 c. Y. Thomas.
l4.7l acres Of land situsted in Cam
eror county, Tex beginning nc north
west corner Of block 8. Of Vents
subdivision, IL share -, T. :. Grant,
Cameron county Tax; considerations.
$40
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Paul Robinson


J. II. Williams to Hattie Williams,
all block 10, containing 40.ll acres,
Harlingen Land A. Water Co.'s sub
division, &C. survey 800, Cameron
county; consideration, $40.
Claude Z. Carter, CO Rl to s. ID.
Pedigo, all lots Nos. / 10 y, block s.
Lincoln addition, city OF Harlingen;
consideration, $1,000.
Nelson Deal TO "A. w. and Grace
Groves. north 20 acres. block 60,
Minn-Tex Land AZ Irrigation Co.'s
subdivision, la Feria Grant, Cameron
county; consideration, 4.
Annie Rosborough TO John w.
Woodford, 10 acres land off east aide
Of block ~, containing 2l.l2 acres,
r. A. Lieck Land subdivision, share
p, I. 5. Grant; consideration. 10.
) I. Coursey, ct Tx to Lloyd +.
Stiernberg, ell lot II, block !, Nichol-
son Place Addition, second filing,
City of Harrington; consideration,
$40.
The Hidalgo County Bank a. Trust
Co Of Mercedes, Tex, 10 n. n. Smith,
30 acres more or less out Of In Feria
Grant beginning at post on west line
Of Rabb land; consideration, $40.
*. q. Skrove &C INK to wv. TT. Nc
C~lanahan, the north one-half of east
one-half Of block 81. San Benito Land
u Water Co.'S subdivision, &. de &.
Grant; consideration, $500.
f. G. Chadwinkle, et ux % R. c..
Skrove, the north one-half Of east
one-half of block or quarter of block
81, San Benito Land 4 Water Co.'S
subdivision, Q. de &. grant; consid-
GRAFTON, $40.
n. A. Porter TO Carl E~nRlehardt,
farm lots Nos. 81 and 80, containing
10 acres Rio Hondo Park subdi-
vision; consideration, 81.
Thomas LAWN, et uK 70 John ".
LAWN, all farm block, subdivision
Alb, San Benito Irrigation Co., and
others subdivision share No. 1, 4. G.
Grant; consideration, 81.
John Gregg 20 Erresto ". Crosas,
lot q, block 35, FaredeB addition, City
Of Brownsville; consideration, $40.
q. VI. Garfield Ct ux 10 San Be-
niso 4 Rio Grande Valley Railway
Company, 100 foot strip across Fsac-
tioral east part block 206, San Be-
nito Land Al Water. Co.'s subdivision
C. de C. grant; consideration, $3.50
Cameron County Lumber Company
70 r. NJ. Price, eli lots 1877, ISs. block
2, Spanish Acres addition. City of
Harrington; confederation. $500.
J. T. Galway. &c ux. 60 j. G.
Soyars. al north 10 feet off OF lot
- and all lot IL, block 10, Fifth
addition, Town San Benito; consid-
Grafton, $40.
G. Is. Smith ct ux, Go q. III. Smith,
lot /, subdivision Of South l1l-6s
acres OF blocks 23l, 252. San Benits
Land r. Water CO., subdivision, G. a.
@. Grant: consideration. $40.
u. P- Owens, enc INK Go C- M- Cali
honn- the east one-haIf of east one
half OK lot -. block &. Capiaallc
district s~ubdivisionf considerations
$40