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The producers news., 1927-11-18

restriction law has not only ceased, but actually
has been reversed, according ton an analysis of
immigration trends made by the National Indus
trial Conference Board of New York
Whereas before the war; our annual net gain Of
common labor include farm laborers from Europe.
averaged about 100000 for the period 1904.
the United States since 1924 has been losing an
nually an average of about 10000 more of this
group to European countries than we have received
from them
Balancing all immigration against emigration.
our annual net gain of common and farm labor
from all cOurces including Europe, has averaged
about 25,OOO a year for the past three years. and
has depended wholly on immigration from Mexi-
co and Canada and, to negligible degree. to 9TH
er countries not subject to quota restriction.
Labor immigration from Europe consists rough
ly OF half unskilled industrial and half farm la
Dor, but in all about three times as many COM
mon laborers has returned to Europe than have
come from Europe since 1924, while farm labor
ers generally have remained
Only small proportion of the combined immi-
grafton from Mexico and Canada consists of farm
labor. averaging less than 1000 year for the
1925-27 period, of which Mexico contributes only
about 500 annually.
The influx of common and farm labor during
the past fiscal year, including immigration from
Europe has been heavier, and emigration from
the United States less than the average in the
two. preceding years.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
RAILROAD EXECUTIVES
PONDERING PROBLEM

While the st. Louis court has been
taking evidence from the railroad
counsel on the one side and from the
counsel for the public on the other a
great light has begun to break upon
the minds Of some Of the big rail
road presidents and managers. They
are said to have discovered that if
their high valuation scheme is put
through it will call for rail rates so
high that American industry cannot
pay them. Speculation in the market
value of rail stocks will get beyond
control and when rail rates are not
advanced In accordance with the hopes
OF the stock gamblers the country
will have on it hands a real economic
disturbance.
1t is whispered also that several
members Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, awaiting the slow pro-
greess of the case in the federal
courts, have seen the same light.
They are gropingly coming to the con-
clusion that private ownership of the
railroads IS not so easy a burden for
the country to carry, when problems
of craftsmanship and business engi-
neering such as this one of adjust
ment of freight rates to the growth
of domestic and export business must
wait on courts and stock speculation
and the uncertainties of both. Pub
lie ownership would permit an adj
justment Of rail rates to immediate
needs of rail upkeep on the one hand
and Of competition Of shippers for
world markets on the other.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
LABOR WOULD MAINTAIN
GOVERNMENT NAVY YARDS

Anxious that government navy
yards and arsenals be kept up to
maximum efficiency, in order that
they may compete with private bid
ders on all government contracts in
their respective fields, the metal
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor is working on
two lines laid down in its recent CON
vention. The first is a resolution
calling for better pay for both civili-
an and enlisted and commissioned
personnel, in order that men of the
highest skill and ability may be Sc
cured and retained. The second is
a demand that no alien naval drafts
men be employed on American naval
work, whether in private or govern
ment yards.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
peace" In Britain
Foreign capital

Can industrial peace be established
under capitalism? That question is
uppermoSt in British labor circles to-
day as result Of proposals that Am
erican employe-managements cooper
alton be imported to solve the coun-
try's problems. Contrary to the i'm
preston conveyed by the American
press British trade union leaders are
very far from welcoming the ad-
vances of big business with open
ans.
British labor holds that any scheme
for industrial peace must be based on
recognition of the trade union move
ment. The National Confederation of
Employers organizations, on the 9TH
er hand, wants employe stock owner
ship and employe representation ac-
cording to the best traditions of the
open shop movement in the United
States.
Alfred Mond, head of the great
chemical trust with interests extend
ing into coal and other interests took
the lead at a conference in London
Oct. IL to which employers politicians
churchmen and labor leaders were in
vited. Outstanding labor figures like
chairman Ben Turner of the Trade
Union Congress, Ramsay Macdonald
Arthur Henderson, Philip Snowden
j. H. Thomas and C. 7. Cramp sent
regrets.
Mond proposed league for indus
trial peace to substitute arbitration
The producers news., 1927-11-18
UNITED STATES
SNUBS RUSSIA

Washington = (FP)-SiNence, by
delegates of all nations attending,
MET the readni". at the plenary ses-
sion of the Intl. Autobiography
Conference in Washington on Oct. 70,
of letter of protest from the Soviet
Union, against the barring of its
delegates from attending.
AS requested by the Soviet govern
ment, the letter was inserted in the
official minutes of the conference.
"There viii take place in Washing
tion on Oct. A., the letter read, "the
opening Of the init. Radio-telegraph
Conference. The Union of Soviet So
cialist Republics being a participant
in the init. Radio-telegraph Conven-
tion, its right of representation in all
conferences called by virtue of this
Convention is unquestionable. Never
theless, the peoples Commissariat of
Posts and Telegraphs of the U. S. S.
r. has not been invited to the confer
ence at Washington, which constitutes
violation of the rights enjoyed by
all members of the Telegraphic Union
(Radio-telegraph Service).
"In protesting against this state of
affairs | address myself to you, sir
and request that you will bring the
present communication before the
Radiotelegraph Conference and have
it inserted in its official minutes.
'For the Peoples Commissars,
-Liubovitch.
DIR. Otto Arendt, chairman of the
German delegation, said afterwarC
that if the conference had been helC
in any other country the Soviet dele
gate would have been admitted to full
participation.
The producers news., 1927-11-18

for strikes and lockouts. He offered
the slogan, Higher production, cheap
costs and high wages" But, as Brit
ish employer have slashed the nation
al payroll by nearly S3,OOOOOO.O 1000 and
are demanding further cuts in wages
the sincerity of his pronOuncement is
open to question.
Secy. w. M. Citrine of the trade
union congress hit the insincerity of
the whole movement when he pointed
to the failure of the confederation of
employers organizations to reply Of
flcially to the declaration on industrial
peace adopted by this years congress.
The employer federation, in a belated
reply showed that it is not prepared
to agree to a meeting with the Trades
Union Congress general council The
! confederation, it says, "welcomes and
endorses the sentiment expressed in
the recent meeting Of the trades union
congress in furtherance of industrial
peace in British industry. 1t is deep
ly conscious that united efforts by
employers and employed are impera-
/ tive If this country is to regain and
maintain its position in the keenlv
competitive world of today" But it
continues: "It is in the individual
works that that spirit of mutual un-
derstanding must find its ultimate ex-
preston in practical results"
Brit labor sees little evidence that
employers want industrial peace along
the only road tolerable to the work
er. Secy. Cook of the miners empha-
sizes that wages are still being re-
/ duced and workers victimized He
says: There can be no peace in in
dustry under a system of wage slav-
cry. Fundamental and drastic chang
es IN ownership and control are neces-
/ Sary."
The producers news., 1927-11-18
Articles
By Leland Olds Federated Press
Dollars Go Abroad;
Killing Jobs at Home

American dollars which would have
to work for low wage in this cOun-
try are seeking more remunerative
employment abroad in ever larger
streams, according to the quarterly
report of the U. S. department of
commerce on foreign capital issues
offered In the United States. The re
port shows $269,656,000 par value of
foreign securities publicly offered in
the 3rd quarter, bringing the total
for the months ended Sept. 80 to
S1,058, ,340,575. This compares with
$500 ,453, ,150 in the same period 1926.
This huge total, the report shows,
falls considerably short of measuring
the whole emigration of American
dollars in the 9-month period. In ad-
dition there are foreign issues private
ly taken, short term credits to for
eigners and direct investment of Am
erican capital abroad. The depart
ment has a record of transactions of
this kind so far this year involving
S185, 900 but this is undoubtedly
far short of the actual total. Alto
/ gether it is probable that at least ST.
30O,00O,000 in American capital has
gone abroad since the first of the
year.
The total foreign securities publicly
offered in the United States in the
whole year 1926 was $1,318, 1850.
The totals year by year since 1917
were:
Foreign capital
The producers news., 1927-11-18
CANADIAN NATIONAL
RAILWAY A SUCCESS

olf Henry Thornton, American
born chief of the Canadian National
Railways, which include the former
Grand Trunk properties in Vermont,
Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and III
lnols, has made a brilliant success as
executive of publicly owned railroads
throughout the Dominion. Now the
American and British capitalists who
control the national railways of Mex.
leo have caused him to be invited ia
visit the Mexican system and give
suggestions as to how it can be made
more efficient in operation. Thorn
ton has accepted the invitation
This incident has likewise ba9 an
influence on sentiment in rail-econo.
mist circles in Washington.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL EDU-
CATION
Continued from last week.

2.-WHAT WAS THE PRIMITIVE HTrNAN
GROUP?
The primitive human group was a family Gri-
0al) union, commune (gens) In its economic
activity the primitive tribal commune did not vet
know OF the division of labor for the extremely
simple implements of labor (stones, sticks, etc. }
could be used equally we'll by men and women
Since division Of labor did not exist in the prim-
tive commune, there was neither domination nor
subjection; the foundation was equality. Com
mon labor, common dwelling, common consump-
ton, made tribal commune a communist orga-
nlzatlon. The individual was closely involved in,
and dependent on, the horde, the tribe, the blood
relatives, and it never came into his head to con-
slider as his private property a portion of the
game, the dwelling or the implements. This prim-
tive communism must be recognized as extreme
y unprotected, since it was based on the fact that
individuality was still so weakly developed and
was entirely engulfed by the tribe The eoualitv
OF primitive communism, the absence of exploita-
tatlon are connected with the extremely low level
OF requirements and the extremely low productive
ty Of labor The whole wealth of the tribal COM
mune consisted in the house. the clothes the
crude ornaments, and implements facilitating the
acquisition and preparation of the food (weapons
canoe, the simple household utensils). There
were no reserve supplies-food was obtained from
day to day. Slavery was absent because there
was no demand for labor power and for this rea-
son the members of vanquishe4 tribes were not
enslaved, but simply killed. Thus primitive tribal
communism was society standing on the very
lowest rmg of human development and with the
weakest development of the productive forces.
Continued next week.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
KELLOGG CONSENTS TO
MONCADA'S CANDIDACY

Secretary of State Kellogg, before
receiving Gen. Jose Moncada, former
Nicaraguan Liberal commander, who
surrendered to the American force of
occupation last May, said he knew of
no technical reason why Moncada
could not run for the presidency Of
Nicaragua next year. Kellogg added
that his only desire is to provide a
free and fair election to the republic.
Moncada, in turn, assured the
press that Nicaragua is quiet, except
for a small force of "bandits" under
Gen. Sandino, who hold the northern
mountain region. Moncada voiced no
disapproval of the killing Of the $40
Nicaraguans who have met their death
at the hands Of American marines or
American-led constabulary since his
own withdrawal from the field.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
COOLIDGE SEEKS
GOOD DEMOCRAT

For the successor to Hall, who is a
Democrat, some NATURALIZATION Demo-
crat will be found. If possible, he will
be as reactionary as Oscar Under
wood. If possible he will be taken
from the Southwest. But it is in that
very region that the discovery that
high valuation means ruinous freight
rates is making the deepest impress
sion, and is tending to spread the
heresy of public ownership.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
NEW COMMERCE COM.
MISSION APPOINTNFNT

PRESIDENT Coolidge is waiting for a
sufficient muddying Of the waters Of
patronage before he shall annonnce ce
the names of the next two members
OF the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. One will be the successor Of
commissioner Hall, who is to omit
The other will succeed Comnissioner
John J. Esch-unles Esch wins his
desperate battle for re-appointment
The producers news., 1927-11-18

will determine the valuation of all
railroads in this nation. 1t will de-
ermlne whether they are to be valued
on the basis of original prudent in
vestment-which means a valuation
OF something under 20 billion dollars
or whether they shall be valued ac-
cordlng to the estimated cost of re-
producing them today. The latter fig
ure would be, according to its enthus-
laSIlc promoters, around 55 billion
dollars. --0--
The producers news., 1927-11-18
CURTIS WOULD BE
PRESIDENT

Sen. Charles Curtis of Kansas,
leader of the regular Republican or
ganization in the Senate, has formal
ly declared himself a candidate for
the presidential nomination in 1928.
He asks the Kansas Republicans to
give him their support, not merely
on the first few ballots in the nation
al convention but all the way through.
Curtis is sleek and obedient ser
want of special privilege, who has
never failed to take orders from the
political authority nearest to Wall
Street.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
We Know the place

Hotel Owner-"Would ron Il.
some views Of the place to ssri r. \
your friends ?" ''''1 Z
Dissatisfied Guest-"Sir. I tbi,l
would be better for me to keen c.l'l 4.
views Of this place to mysefS
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our friends seems best to solve the riddle
She is not spiritual Rr that our friend
meant that the Christian influence we
ENJOY IN TINS country puts something into
our IlVes and hearts that makes US differ
en-! from tnose who do not have these
privileges. You can't be in China without
feeling depressed
But Japan is very different There
everyone IS happy courteous and cordial.
Japan IS 1OO per cent literate Everybody
nation"
Our reasons for not attending the banquet given
III hohor 0. mrs Wheeler are threefOld First we
were not HlVlted second, it was exclusively a
gathering OF the ladies Of Great Falls; and third
the Park hotel Is on the UNFAIR LIST of Orga-
nlzed LaDor ana Labor Topics DON'T PATRON
lZE It. 1t IS difficult to believe Mrs. Wheeler was
quoted correctly by The Tribune, the two state
ments contradict each other If China failed for
the Iack Oh christian influence we enjoy IN this
country WhaC IN the name of all the gods at once
gave Japan such success? "But Japan is very
dIIeTehC. Ihere everyone is happy, courteous and
cordial. Japan IS 100 per cent literate Everybody
can read ana write and it is very clean nation
Gan you imagine such progress without christian
Iliuehce ~ @ Wneh we have been just informed that
emma Ialled because She is not spiritual?" The
HCeracy OF Japan, her cleanliness, her happiness
courteous ana cordial hospitality has all been at
tanned without Christianity If Japan can reach
such heights of culture without Christianity. who
needs Christianity? The picture painted of Jap.
an by Mrs. Wheeler far surpasses anything this
country has ever attained under "Christian infu
ence. While as a matter of fact China is beine
the earth. .
The producers news., 1927-11-18

newspaper in another Iowa town. Bak-
er came to Washington to make his
protest and before he left the capital
he had discussed with the insurgent
senators a plan for broadcasting their
view from Washington to the coun-
try during the coming session of Con-
gress.
The producers news., 1927-11-18

IoCdl SS,OSi az, 40
The foregoing figures" says the
department, represent probably more
than $3.50 of the foreign capital is
sues publicly offered in the United
States and are indispensable in esti-
mating the growth and activity of
America as a creditor nation"
In the 3rd quarter, Germany Jump
ed into the lead as a place of invest
ment for American dollars absorbing
SS7,6S5,000 in the 3-month period. Of
this total only S12,OO0,OOO went into
government or municipal issues, the
remainder going to stimulate German
industrial corporations IN their cOmpe-
tition with the products of American
workers. American investors put
SIS, 8,585,000 into the United Steel
Works and S15,OO0,OOO into the Rhine
Westphalia Electric Power Corpora
ton.
Of the total foreign securities float
ed during the quarter governmental
issues amounted to $3.50, 100000 ana
corporate issues S119,250, 600. Europe
accounted for S93, 900 of the total
Latin America for ST., 7,702, 900, Cana
da S54, 500, 500, the Far East S39, 730,-
600 and territorial possessions $4,000,-
coo.
To start with, American investment
abroad may create a temporary mar
ket for American machinery and raw
materials but in the end it will NEAR
increased competition for the products
of American labor.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
STUDY THIS ONE

81 see your first husband is mar
ing Clara tomorrow"
"Yeah?"
''TOO bad"
mo, only half bad"
The producers news., 1927-11-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD Fed Press
By LAURENCE TODD. Fed. Press.

progressives endorse also the sugges-
ton by Johnson that two new ships of
the Leviathan type be constructed inn
mr5edlately, to keep the government
fleet IN fair competition with foreign
private shipping lines.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Easily the most talked-about mag
azlne of the November crop in Wash
ington is Current History, devoted
almost wholly to the tenth anniver-
sary of the Russian social revolu-
tion.
The producers news., 1927-11-18

Coolidge would like to give Esch an
other term, but there are other Re-
pubhcans equally hostile to organized
labor and to public ownership and low
valuation. These other candidates ask
for first helping at the pie counter.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
YE MODERN FAP1p

Isn't there some fable about i.
ass Disgusting himself With M "
skin?" "''H a D9
Yes, but now the colleges a !.
trick with a sheepshn." u0 'a'
The producers news., 1927-11-18
TRUTHFUL CuSS

: Father: Eau How is it, young r. -,
| find you kissing nv 's IMAM naal u
How is it, Young man? oaughia
Lizard: Great! Great!
The producers news., 1927-11-18
YES-WHnISIr

Transmitter: Who is this?
Receiver: Well, if you don't nr
yourself, silly, how DO you expect M
to tell?
The producers news., 1927-11-18
A MOTTHFIT

THE TROUBLE WITH MODEM
COLLEGE LIFE IS THAT THFPT
is TOO MUCH LIFE AMI v01 l
ENOUGH COLLEGE. -'O'
The producers news., 1927-11-18
EBB TIDE OF IMMIGRATION

The tide of labor migration, that is of common
or unskilled industrial labor from Europe to the
United States since the enactment of the quota
The producers news., 1927-11-18

Officer, I'm lookino 'Gb
with one eye" 'Or a IN
man sure ,l-e,,TS.,,: now. if he's a yerv
of them?" '''er 70 use bos
The producers news., 1927-11-18
PROGRESSIvES SUPPORT
GOVERNMENT MERCHANT
MARINE

Permanent government ownership
and operation of an American mer-
chant fleet, demanded by Senators
Fletcher of Florida and johnson of
California, is the policy that viii
nave the active support in Congress,
IN the coming session, of Senators
Norris of Nebraska and Nye and Fra
zler OF North Dakota. These three
The producers news., 1927-11-18

This is WHFPF n; vi: u
STUCK" WARNED TuPI IVg ~ GET
HE INJECTED THE SFPIW; D. As
The producers news., 1927-11-18
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE
From Great Falls Labor Topics

IOIH NIedJ FaIIs Labor Topics
FROM the speech of Mrs. B. K Wheeler. deliver
ed at the Park hotel, reported in The Tribune we
quote the following paragraphs. -io' We
I'VE came out by way of Manchuria
whenever we saw Americans we asked
Ihem the same question-what is the mat
ter with China-and this answer bv one of
The producers news., 1927-11-18
POOR-POOR PERCY

Quite correct was Percy Black
Until he sat down on a tack,
But when the tack and Percy met
He FORGOT his book Of etiquette.
The producers news., 1927-11-18
GET OUT THE A1,,,,.

Beautiful residences for -''-,4V ,a..
Nam Street. Five blocks from gr' e. e
Everglades. Apply at PeaI '0'T P...a Y
office any time during low tila -'''
The producers news., 1927-11-18

Onder comes a wom..
hObble skirt" How colo.in ,,Sa IA
sounds today. ''' i'Ss that
The producers news., 1927-11-18
RADIO DUMBBELLS TOO

hADIU Do vi bbELLO IUU
Radio: Our next number will
"The Song of the Volga Boatman.r
Fan: Oh, heck, somebody is goh'
sing "Paddlin' Madelin Home" agan
The producers news., 1927-11-18
SAM THE SOPH SAYS

b4ANI III CUT n 0AlN
1T is BETTER TO GIVE THAI
TO LOAN TO A ROOMMATE
The producers news., 1927-11-18

49,. .Madge married eon5n.SO ~ ~
got tri a divorce the next tt'1roI'Sr wssI @ a
He must have toIS week week
get off" '''u her whele
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-06
ORDER GALLERY DRAPED
TO HIDE VIEW OF LIMBS
Manchester, England, Aldermen,
Horrified at Display, Decide
to Obscure Vision.
Ry tha Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, England, June A.
Hosiery displays Of woman spectators
in the gallery of the Manchester City
Council got on the nerves of the alder
men and councillors to such an extent
that it has been decided to drape the
lattice work so that in future the legs
would not show through.
Manchester has the reputation Of be-
ing the strictest city in England, so
far as legs are concerned. The city
fathers long ago decided that bare
limbs should not be seen on the stage.
Many chorus girls have an aversion to
appearing here because they contend
that their tights interfere with their
dancing.
When the hosiery display was first
noticed in the gallery the aldermen
were so Mortified that councillor was
called upon to send a special note to
the women requesting them to cover
up their legs. Overwhelmed with
bushes and confusion, the women
fastened to withdraw the offending
vision. But the very next day other
limbs were sighted, the cream-colored
stockings standing out against dark
background. Thereupon the council
decided to drape the gallery railing.