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The daily worker., 1927-02-18

NI0T content with having deliv-
IN cred a knockout blow to the
small bankers, thru the passage of
the McFadden-Pepper Branch Bank
ing Bill, the big bankers now pro-
pose to rub it in little more by
investigating a 100000 lobby that
the little fellows are alleged to have
maintained. This develops more
clearly than ever that the struggle
over the bill was bitter war be-
tween the big and little bankers,
with the so-called farm bloc split
both ways.
1t was brought out that the lobby
lists of the American Federation of
Labor supported the big bankers.
This is explained in part, it is
claimed, thru the development of la
Dor banking, altho only the banks
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers can be benefited by the
provisions of this legislation. The
branch system has not yet been
taken up by the other labor banks.
An additional explanation is the
close relation of the A. f. of L. Of
ficials with the great capitalists,
thru the development of union
company management schemes,
that force them into alliance with
the big exploiters as against the
middle class elements.
Thus while the reactionary labor
officialdom goes over to big money,
the La Toilette progressives, with
whom the A. F. of L. was associ-
ated in the 1924 campaign, protest
their loyalty to the small bankers,
voting for them and against the
McFadden-Pepper bill.
Altogether, with some reactionary
support, only II votes were cast in
the senate against the big bankers
bill, with this small opposition al
most equally divided between demo-
Gratis and republicans. But the to-
tai of opposition came from west
ern farming states. There were
Frazier and Nye from North Da-
kota; La Toilette, from Wisconsin;
Shipsted from Minnesota; Howell
and Norris from Nebraska, Nc
Master from South Dakota; Stew
art and Steck from Iowa; Gooding
from Idaho; Walsh and Wheeler
from Montana, Dill from Washing
ton, Blease and Heflin from the
South, and Deneen from Illinois.
There was nothing east of the Mis-
sissippi Valley, while the big bank
ers got big support from senatorial
delegations all the way from coast
to coast.
: McNary, the author of the Nc
Nary -Haugen Bill. voted with Wall
Street, as did Schall from Mime
sofa, and Capper and Curtiss from
Kansas.
1t should be impossible for the
La Toilette crowd, that has led pro-
gressive labor in the cities and on
the land into the McNary- Haugen
trap, to soothe the wrath that must
inevitably arise, thru using ex-
plosive phrases against the moneyed
crowd
Senator Burton X. Wheeler dem
ocrat, Montana) announces that he
welcomes the inquiry of the big
bankers. In attacking the bill,
which included a near fist fight
with one of its-chief sponsors, SEN
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
F FARMER-LABOR
REVIVAL COMES
TO NORTHWEST
Workers Clubs, Local
Unions, Affiliate
Especial to DAILY w0RKER.)

Especial TO DAILY WORK itk.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. IT,.
The Farmer-Labor movement is re-
viying. After the elections Of last
November the capitalist press in
various widespread sections of the
country announced gleefully that it
had been practically liquidated in the
Northwest, because Of the results Of
the Minnesota elections. That the
wish is father to the thought is pro-
ven by the fact that the working
farmers and industrial workers Of
Minnesota are going ahead energet-
ically with the work Of building up
their party. and are already making
llans for the campaign of 1923.
Conference To Reorganize.
The Farmer-Labor Conference
held in st. Paul, Jan. 17-1S, as re-
ported in recent issue Of The
DAILY WORKER. affirmed the need
for a national party of workers and
farmers in 1923, and authorized its
officers to call a state convention
within the next few months for the
purpose Of laying down plans and
developing intensive activities for
the success of the party ticket in the
next election. Proposals were also
adopted in favor Of a Northwest Con-
ference to be held some time during
the summer, to be followed by a ma
tional convention for the launching
Of a national ticket.
Seek Affiliation.
The results of the Jan. 17-1S con-
ference are already manifest in the
revival of activity in different sec
tions Of the state. It is reported
that many worker clubs, cooperatives
and local unions are applying to the
state office of the Farmer-Labor
Association for affiliation, and indi-
cations are that these applications
viii come in increasing numbers dur
ing the coming weeks and months.
The farmers in the outlying sec
tions and the workers in the cities
have received the reports of the con-
ference with enthusiasm, which has
been translated into definite work
for the building up Of solid, united
party in the state, which augurs we'll
for. the success Of the party ticket
ir the next general election.
labor Unions Busy.
Tn Duluth and Minneapolis. labor
organizations are at present busying
themselves with the municipal cam
lmi~ns. Preliminary conferences have
haen held in both cities, where SEN
.t..Tsrt was strongly expressed on
behalf Of independent political action
Of the workers and farmers in muni-
c.pal. as we'll as in state and national
elections, In the near future, the
Hennepin County Committee of the
Farmer-Labor Association viii con-
vene for the purpose Of discussing
the candidates for municipal office,
and in this connection the over
whelming sentiment is that the
workers should run a full labor
ticket in the municipal elections, and
that there should be no deals or
trading with the candidates Of the
old line parties.
Such a campaign in Minneapolis
at the present time would doubtless
revive and rebuild the Farmer-Labor
Association and develop yet further
the powerful Farmer-Labor senti-
trent that was expressed in the last
elections in Minnesota by vote Of
100000 for the Farmer-Labor ticket.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
ThereAreNoC Champions
of Labor in Congress to
Expose the Capitalists
By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

ator Glass democrat, Virginia)
Wheeler charged that the great
banking interests of the country
had maintained a lobby in Wash
Mgton solely for the purpose of
Forcing passage Of the measure.
Senator Nye Joined Wheeler with
the declaration that "never so
9dtoit, so powerful or so successful
= lobby had ever gathered in the
halls of the capitol" as worked in
behalf of the McNary-Haugen Bill.
The question naturally arises,
what do Wheeler and Nye think the
big bankers are in business for? 1t
is certainly not for the purpose Of
handing out doles to the little bank
ers out west, on the verge of bank
ruptcy or already in the hands of
the receivers. They are in business
to wipe out the little fellows, in or
der to increase their own power,
and if they send their best lobby
lists to Washington to get the re-
quired legislation, that is "good
business"
If the big bankers have better
lobbyists than the little bankers,
that merely shows that they take
their class interests more seriously
and take greater care in conserving
those interests.
In 1924 the LaFollette movement,
in developing "the third party"
while the elder LaFollette still re-
mained in the republican party,
sought to bring in the workers and
farmers, with the claim that this
third party movement really was
labor party movement. But it was
actually used to disrupt and be-
tray the labor party movement, a
treason cleverly carried out under
the direction Of the late Sam Com
pers, assisted by those forces that
are now red-raiding against the left
wing in the trade unions.
Having thus become adopts at
treason, this same LaFollette move
ment, through its surrender to the
McNary- Haugen farm relief pro-
gram, which included support of the
McFadden-Pepper legislation. again
committed second betrayal, this
time of the middle class. The ap-
petite for treason was well devel-
oped at Coolidge's breakfasts.
1t should thus be very apparent
to the city and farm workers that
they are totally without representa-
tion in congress. The great capi-
talists got all but II members of
the Senate on the bank bill vote.
Those II represent the wavering
middle class politicians.
Before such a spectacle, the
American producing masses must
realize more than ever the big
fight ahead for the development Of
their class power. Big and little
capitalism both have lobbies in
Washington, both in the legislative
chambers and in the adjoining cor
ridors. Through the development
of their labor party, the workers
and farmers must send their dob
by" to Washington to expose the
enemy capitalists and fight for
labor's interests until such time as
the workers can take over all power
and build their own government.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Blizzard in Colorado.

DURANGO, Colo, Feb. 17.-Prac.
tically the entire San Juan basin, in
Southern Colorado, was cut off from
communication with the outside world
today as result Of raging blizzard
and heavy snow fall in the mountain
district. The storm continues un-
abated, fifteen feet of snow being
reported in some sections.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
No Cash, So Estelle
Now Wants a Divorce

Estelle Strauss has filed suit in the
supreme court for the annulment Of
her marriage to Henry Topping, who
she claims had represented himself
as the grandson Of the late Daniel
G. Reid, "tin-plate king, she wanted
$250,000 Of the tin-plate cash. When
she found out that there was no
quarter of million dollars to be OBJ
tanned, she lost her appetite for mar
ried life.
D~.L I'll. MIL. ~,
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Wants More AirpIane LANDINGS

ST. GEORGE, S. l., Feb. 17.-Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, assistant sec
retary of the navy, speaking at
luncheon meeting of more than 500
business men at the Kiwanis Club
here today, urged more and better
airplane landing stations for the large
municipalities of this country.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Twn More Killed In Chi.

CHICAGO, Feb II. - David L.
Rosenthal, 81, married and the father
of a six year old boy, and his pretty
sister-in-law, Miss Minnie Click, 2S,
were found shot to death on vacant
lot today.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Storms to Hit Inland.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.--While
The series Of violent storms that have
raked the Pacific Coast during the
past three days had abated some.
what today, weather officials here
predict that fresh disturbances are
up out in the ocean and
will sweep inland probably tonight.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Earthouale Shock.

LONDON, Feb. IA violent
earthquake shock occurred today be-
tween Lulea, Port City on the Gulf
Of Bothnia, and the Swedish-Nor-
wegian frontier.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Rush More Marines
To Nicaragua Front

Continued from Page One)
ceived from Mexico City, that the
Nicaraguan (Sacasa)- representatives
there, Pedro zepeda, has stated that
no further neutral zones will be
permitted,
Every time the liberals capture
town." said Zepeda, admiral Lati-
ner cheats them of the victory by de-
claring that town a 'neurtal zone
This will not be tolerated indefinitely,
Though the liberal forces are not anx-
ions to engage in conflict with the
L. S. marines, they will apparently
De forced to defend themselves sooner
or later.
AIatagalpa Test.
lie stated that the liberal adminis-
tration of the important city of Ma
tagalpa. just captured, would show
the world that neutral zones were
not necessary to preserve order.
He reiterated that his party was
willing to negotiate with Admiral
Latimer for settlement admitting of
the elimination of DR.. Juan Sacasa,
head of the present liberal govern
ment at Puerta Cabezas. provided
Gen. Adolfo Diaz, head Of the conser-
vative government at Managua, also
was eliminated Otherwise they
would fight until Diaz was over
thrown. The Nicaraguan people
would not support any other agree
ment, he said.
Zepeda announced receipt of adj
vices that liberal forces under Gen.
Mena had inflicted a crushing de-
feat" upon conservatives at Bocal del
Plata.
Aid from Honduras.
The Nicaraguan civil war is be-
coming daily more serious, despite the
indirect aid given Adolfo Diaz by the
American occupational forces through
the establishment of neutral zones"
in the pathway of the victorious Sa-
casa revolutionists.
A new revolution is reported brew
ing in Honduras and may break out
next week. Honduras followed the
lead of the United States in recog-
rizing the Diaz regime in Nicaragua,
which inflamed the liberal element of
the republic to the point where it
gave impetus to the revolutionary
movement that smouldered beneath
the surface.
In Guatemala, next door to Mexico
and Nicaragua, extensive army re-
cruiting is reported under way, fl
nanced in part by loan of a million
and half pesos Just secured from
Mexico. Guatemala has consistently
refused to recognize Diaz in Mica
ragua. although pressure was brought
by the state department to persuade
her to do so. Guatemala is also one
Of those countries in which the state
department considers radical Mexi-
can doctrine" has made most headway.
Latimer Fails.
The efforts of Admiral J. X. Lati-
mer, in charge Of the American oc-
cupational forces, to defeat the Mica
raguan liberals have resulted thus far
in no success whatever, according to
reports reaching Washington. Sever
al reports from Latimer have reached
the state department in the last few
days, but none of them have been
made public:
More Marines to Coast.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE detach-
nent of marines guarding the mails
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
Earth Tremors. in Ohio.

MANSFIELD, o., Feb. 17.-Resi-
dents of this city today reported they
felt several distinct earth tremors,
similar to those felt periodically in
the Central Lake States, last night.
No damage was done.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
No Mord From Aviator.

ROME, Feb. 17.-The italian gov
ernment has received no advices from
Bolama regarding the departure of
the Marquis De Pinedo on the trans
Atlantic flight from the west coast
Of Africa to the South American
coast.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18
More Marines 10 Coast.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE detach-
nent of marines guarding the mails
in the Chicago district has been or
dered to Quantico. Va, it was an
nounced today by Captain B. G..
Jones, commanding officer.
Captain Jones said he was leaving
Immediately and approximately 15o
men would follow tomorrow or Satur-
day.
The daily worker., 1927-02-18

Read The Daily Worker Every Day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-29
WHAT Old WE EVER
90 70 OF SERVE
THIS r

ALL MIGHT LONG The
STORM HAS SEEN
RAG tNG. The KOS ARE
STILL IN The GOAT TlED
TO The RAIL The
SKIPPER AND The THREE
MEN HAVEN'T HAO A
UINk. or SLEEP. A
|cASK or ScuiT WAS
WASHED oUER BOARD. The
BULK HEADS ARE SnLL
HOLDING The GOAT Up.
THERE IS NOTHING 70
20 OUT HOLD TIGHT ANo
PRAY AN0 THAT'S uAAT
DE ne COiNG.- GOSH RUT
WE'RE SICK :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16

skies, cold winds, prophecies of snow
and the wearing OF heavy coats have
become monotonous and people are in
the humor to give attention to the
unfolding OF leaves and flowers. The
gaining popularity Of the Government
flower shows is Indicated in many
ways. Members of Congress who have
visited the amarylls show have ex.
pressed themselves az favorable to an
appropriation for a large conservatory
in which the Department of Agriculture
ca n hold its flower shows The flowers
which have been on exhihAtion will
serve other useful purposes. Most OF
them will be sent to hospitals and the
young women of the Junior League
will distribute them to patients Five
hundred OF the plants will he put In
the court of the Pan-Ametican Build
Ing to remain there during the recep.
tions by members OF the diplomatic
corps from South American countries.
In ten thousand gardens the red
amaryllis and the white will bloomithis
Summer and this flower from the
American tropics which has been
made at home in northern ATTITUDES
will probably become one OF the domes.
tic garden faVorites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16
Time and Chance.

Just how young a country the
United States is was strikingly shown
in two unrelated dispatches. one from
Seattle and one from Bellefonte, Pa.
The first told the story Of ROLAND
VI. Denny, whose mother cried over
him when he was two months old.
thus halting settlers at what today is
the great city OF Seattle. Mr.. Denny
is still hale and hearty.
The second related the death of
Thaddeus r. Hamilton, who Is said TO
have owned half the site OF Denver,
and who traded It for a mule on which
he travelled on to California. the land
OF gold.
Thus 1t is seen that only a handful
Of years separates many OF our large
cities from virgin forest and wide
plains. and, equally. that chance plays
q large part in the affairs OF men.
Arthur A. Denny, the pioneer, wanted
to push on, not liking the site. but
Mrs. Denny, contemplating the hard
ships, wept over little ROLAND. If
she had not wept, stern pioneer woman
that she was, there might have been
no sesttle.
II TAddeus Hamilton had chung to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16
If This Keeps On.

'CIvtlization has become so compact
that English cattle are now being
bred to produce joints small enough
to fit the small ovens OF fats" says
an Associated Press dispatch from
London.
1t has been a matter OF comment
for some years that furniture is being
made smaller and smaller, along with
various musical instruments, TO fit
into modern apartments, but this IL
the first time that it has become gen
orally known that foodstuffs were to
follow suit.
If this keeps on there is no telling
where such a system of compression
may end. Is the present dieting fad
among they womenfolk of the Nation
a symptom, of this strange reduction
wave?
Pretty soon we shall see apartment
size cats, to keep pace with the toy
dogs so common, or even a totally
new breed OF domestic animals to
combine the best virtues of dogs and
cats into one.
1t is to be hoped that the high cost
of living may he bred small enough
to fit the small pocketbooks of fats
and that the rancors of mankind may
be reduced In a like manner.
If the very cattle of the fields may
be reduced to meet modern conditions
some attention might be profitably
paid to the wide subject of human ma.
ture, with some hope of making the
vices of humanity smaller.
If so much may be done for our
joints of meat there is yet hope that
the frictions of life may be bred
smaller and smaller, to meet the as
pirations resulting from so many cen
turtles of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16
Taxes and Prosperity.

The golden food of taxes continues
to flow into the Treasury. Yesterday $
income tax payments, it is estimated
by Treasury officials, will reach
highwater mark, and make the third
quarter of the present fiscal year
factor in a Treasury surplus even
greater than has hitherto been pre-
dicted. The surplus predicted by the
director of the budget for the close of
the fiscal year was 1888, 100000 But
now it. appears that the surplus Will
reach $500 900 600, and possibly as
high as $500. 900 600.
The food of taxes continues, too
without constituting a back-breaklng
burden for the country. The tax rates
in 1926 were lowered materially The
lower rates, however, have produced
enormously, due to the stable condi'
lions existing in the United States
and the 1ourishing condition of busi-
ness. Certain politicians have en-
deavored to paint gloomy picture
not only of agricultural America but
also of industrial America. Yet the
tax receipts continue to roll up in
huge volume. Without a large meas
ure of prosperity there would be no
great flow of taxes to the Treasury
especially in the matter of income tax
payments.
The Treasury surplus will be used
to reduce the public debt growing out
Of the war. Congress failed to enact
any legislation providing for a reduc-
ton, rebate or return Of the surplus
taxes. Probably the surplus could be
used to no better purpose than for the
reduction of the public debt. Every
hundred million dollars that Is Topped
off the war debt reduces the interest
charges, which, as the years go by,
are in themselves a great tax burden
upon the people.
Taxes are not levied for the purpose
of taxing the people--though there
are those who seem to consider that
the case. They are levied to meet the
needs of the Government, WHICH III
turn gives protection to and aids the
people to happier and more content
ed life. Nor is it wise to make con
tinued practice of taking each year
half billion dollars in taxes from the
people in excess of the actual require
ments of the Government. Doubtless
there will be proposals for tax reduc-
tons in the next Congress. There
should be If the conditions and facts
warrant them. 1t will be possible by
next December, nine months away, to
know more fully how the present law
operates, to Judge with more accuracy
the margin of safety which must be
maintained in the tax rates IL the Gov
eminent is to continue on the right
side of the ledger. No greater blow
could be struck at the confidence of
the country than by an immediate and
unwise reduction of taxes to force an
increase in taxation later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16
Cleanup Time.

The parks are being cleaned up.
This is hint and good example for
the individual home owner to follow.
Now is the time to clean up the yard.
After the Winter there Is an ac-
emulation of dead leaves and other
playthings of the wind under the
hedges, around the shrubbery, in
corners of buildings and fences. There
may also be some dead and dried
plants from last years garden litter
ing the yard.
The tulips, hyacinths and narcissus
are now up enough so that they will
not be disturbed by gentle and careful
removal of the dead leaves. The rose
bushes are leafing out and all garden
litter should be taken away. The
grass Is coming fresh and green and
the Winters deposit of leaves and
other refuse should be cleared away
before the grass dies out beneath
them.
Now is the time to give Nature a
free hand in identifying your yard.
You cannot make a flower or a bush
or tree or grass, but you can help by
giving Nature a clean canvas on
which to paint the picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-16

claims the money. The Irish Free
state claims the money and some of
the bondholders are in court on their
own account endeavoring to secure
its return to them. John w Davis,
Democratic nominee for President in
1924, heads the Free States staff of
legal counsel, and a host of other
eminent attorneys are in the case.
which has been in litigation for sew
eral years Meantime, and for a long
time. diplomatic conversations rela e
tive to the bond redemption have
been in progress between the Irish
Free State Minister here, Timothy
A. Smiddy. and State Department
officials. Official announcement of
the plan of settlement which has
been finally evolved is still with
held, but it may be stated on the
highest authority that the Free State
has definitely engaged to offer to all
American holders of De Valera bonds
the privilege of exchanging them for
Free State bonds to be issued for
the purpose. The Free States credit
standing i'm the financial markets of
the world is now top grade, and its
bonds viii find ready sale close to
par So those who prefer case can
easily liquidate their new bonds
dllet the exchange Is made.
Lying on the counter of a Wash
ington print shop this week was a
leather bound volume with gilt let
tering and thumb index 1t proved
to be a 200page legal treatise on
railroad consolidation written by one
of the counsel in the Nickel Plate
merger case. Only so copies were
printed and bound at cost of S12.-
600. A tidy sum- but only a flea bite,
in contrast with the hundred million
dollars involved.
An exceedingly British young Eng
lishman attached to the British en-
bassy here strolled into Washing
tons smartest bookshop, which is
presided over by young society
matron who opened a shop "just for
fun. Let me look about, my dear
girl" said the visitor. What is
this?" Love Life in Nature NV
word. "A Man Could Stand Up
Some Do Not Gods StepchiIdren,'
Tar What titles And you put
The Silver Stallion right alongside
of The Silver Spoon, Niger
Heaven, Hot Saturday. The Hard
Boiled Virgin What an extraor-
binary collection. Just fancy! Are
these the sort OF books one reads In
America ?"
tCOpyright 1927