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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Blames Cotton Farmers Poverty on Conservatism

WASHINGTON (FP)-In a state
ment disclosing that small cotton far
mers in the old cotton belt Of the
South are sunk to the lowest depths
of poverty, Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine makes the statement that
Traditional conservatism and lack
Of contact with other communities
are considered the principal obstacles
to the economic advancement Of these
people"
White small farmers in Georgia.
Jardine discloses, are meeting the
competition Of the newer cotton re-
gions Of western Texas and western
Oklahoma, where ere. lagEge7sesdptiTg I'M I'M
usually low incomes and a notably re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

The Central Committee Of the work
ers' cooperative (Tsarabsektsial has
drawn up a plan how the affiliated
co-operatives are to help the unem-
ployed. The proposed relief action
is at the same time new form
of recruiting members. A special
unemployed fund is to be estab-
lished out of deductions from clear
profit and at the expense Of re-im-
bursements. This fund is to provide
for the unemployed long-term cred
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

stricted standard of living"
This record obtained from 2SS
white farm families in Gwinett eoun-
ty, typical Piedmont district, showed
an average net cash income in 1924
of only $424 per family. These famil-
les averaged 5 persons each.
Their cash income was supplement
ted by food, fuel and shelter from the
farm, estimated to be WORTH 1896
per family. Their actual outlay for
family living averaged only 1921.
Most of them are tenants, and of the
cropper families "a per cent lived in
houses with. -nDla-coUCon belt east of
the Mississippi River live at or be-
low this standard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
CO-OPERATIVES
The Question Of Collaboration Between Producers and
Consumers CO-OperatVes

The world economic conference of
the League of Nations, MAY 1927,
at Geneva) will also deal with the
question of international collabora-
ton between producers and consul
mers cooperative societies. point
3 Agriculture" contains the follow
ing proposals:
|. The present position Of agri-
culture compared with the pre-war
period with respect to production,
consumption, stocks of goods, prices
and free exchange Of agricultural
produce.
?. Causes Of the present diff
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

ted for their militant participation h
the different strikes.
The workers wives are moving
nearer to the shops and factories
During the cloak makers strike,
committee for work among women
was formed consisting Of women
from the industries and workers
wives.
Aid The Union.
Cloak makers wives have been or
gained into cloak makers wives
councils. These cloak makers wives
councils are not only helping in the
struggles Of the cloak makers but
are participating in the struggles Of
other workers. With the reactionarv
bureaucras' attack upon the left
wing, the committee is engaged in
organizing especially the cloak
makers and furriers' wives for the
defense Of the imprisoned cloak
makers and furriers and against the
reactionary labor bureaucrats.
Join United Council.
These organized cloak makers and
furriers' wives councils are affilia-
ted to the United Council of Work
ingclass Housewives.
Working women and mon are be-
ginning to realize the great necessity
for organizing and educating the
great masses of workingclass women
in the shops and the homes They
are beginning to see now that the
worAingclass women and men must
unite in a common struggle to pro-
teet their interests.
The Joint Women's Committee is
determined 90 organize greater mas
ses Of trade unionists' wives. to unite
with working women from other
trades. This committee has organ
izod larger committee Of > from
trade union and wOrhingclass womens
organizations to spread this move
ment nationally.
The committee had their first con-
ference with women from shops, trade
unions and homes to arrange a mass
meeting for the women TO enroll them
for the defense Of the imnliz~-v-s'
cloak makers ~-h6mes jammed the
hall TO protest against the reac-
.ionarv labor burcaucrats and for the
defense Of the imprisoned cloak
makers and furriers. This was the
first meeting Of It's kind where work
ing women from the shops and homes
responded in such great numbers.
Il
Most Of the activities of the United
Council of Workingclass Housewives
are on the industrial field. The barri-
cades against the women, especially
against the housewives, that they cam
not be organized and serve the work
ing class, have been broken.
The task Of this committee Of p
is now to organize trade unionists
wives and to unite them with the
working women from the shops nat
ionally for the defense Of the i'm
prisoned cloak makers and furTiers
for the left wing. The task Of the
committee is even greater. It has
to establish permanent delegated con-
ferences on a national scale where
the women from the shops and homes
and trade unions, can come together
and discuss problems Of the working
class as a whole and will act unitedly
with the men workers and will be a
standing army to rally at a moments'
notice to defend their common in
terests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

cation of machinery and power, the
introduction of various sorts Of labor
saving devices and methods, the
growth of mass production of stand
ardized articles, the elimination of
waste and other economics resulting
from improvements in methods and
management.
For industry as whole and for
large groups of industries, however,
part of the increase in output per
person is due to the shifting of pro-
duction from industries dependent in
a large degree upon labor to indus
tries more susceptible of mechanical
ton and of mass production"
ction. in number of workers employed
n by the department figures by indus
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

The figures also show an increase
of about $3.50 in primary horsepower
used in manufacturing. Analysis
shows that while the horsepower per
unit of output has increased 1907 the
manpower per unit has decreased
33e6. Twice as much mechanical pow
err is now used for the same amount
of product but only "a as much human
labor power. That is the story OF the
last generation in industry.
Labor Saving.
Growth in output per persons"
saws the report, "may be attributed to
2 sets of factors. The first set OF
changes includes the increasing utih-
The increases in volume Of prod'
and in production per worker, as show
f,iae ware.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

In LIOHOSLAYL (Tver Guber-
Mai ten co.operatives amalgamated
in 1928 into the first AGRICULTURE
Al COMBINE in order to carry out
agricultural measures with respect
to flax growing and to new forms OF
flax dressing. The new factory has
a model farm of 40 dessiatins which
grows high-quality flax seed for the
benefit Of the surrounding peasan-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
TEST Radio Typewriter.

Senator Guglielmo Marconi. inven-
tor of the wireless, has obtained the
rights to an automatic radio type
writer from a young Italian inventor,
which\ it is stated will be able to
operate over great distances. Test
of the machine will be made soon be-
tween here and Rome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Our Spring Fish Story.

MONTREAL, May %. - Fishing
with light rod and worm bait in
the st. Lawrence off la Prairie, Jules
Brossard Of st. Lambert was surpris-
cd when he felt tremendous tug on
his line. He had made strike but the
fish towed his boat against the cur
rent for half mile before he finally
landed it. The fish was 20 pound
sturgeon, measuring 5 feet inches
long.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

culties.
8. Possibilities Of international
measures of help:
(a) Development and international
collaboration between producers and
consumers co-operatives, INCLUD-
ING THE VARIOUS FORMS OF
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS.
(b) Continuous exchange of all
information on the general position
of agriculture, scientific and techni-
cal Investigations, agrarian credit,
etc.
(c) Raising the purchasing capa-
city of farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Cops Attack Pickets
In Building Trades
Strike at Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass, May o.
Cops injected themselves into the
building laborers' strike here yester-
day, when they attacked n group Of
pickets near a big building job on
which scabs were working.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Cooperative Pioneer Work in the Rural n;si~;-'-

try. Thanks to this coribine, so vii
iages have already been provided with
electric light. This year 1000 peas
ant farms are to be electrified and
rev seed, withdrawing and other
agricultural enterprises are to be es-
tablished. It is also contemplated to
build this year workshop for the fix
ing up Of machinery and also an oil
factory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
The Position Of Consumers Cooperatives in the Ukraine

According to the statistics of the
State Planning Commission ICES
planl of the Ukraine, consumers CO.
operatives had on January LIST, 1927,
100000 members, which represents
. growth Of 300 in one year. Mem
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
NIenaced By Fire.

Twenty families were hurried
from their homes at the height Of
the rain storm yesterday when fire
in the four story loft building at ~
Walter St., Brooklyn, threatened to
spread TO nearby residential build
ings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

DVbu GiiuS meet
When the world war broke out the
worker in America was promised
better life. After the world war the
workers expected a more comfor-
table, easier life. but on the contrary,
they have been confronted with more
hardships. This does not exclude the
better paid unionized workers. Big
business in America Immediately af-
ter the world war, began a campaign
for breaking up the unions in favor
OF the open shops. The cost of liv-
ing has risen and the wages have
either gone down or are the same as
before the war when things were
much cheaper.
Women Learn.
These changes are affecting the
minds Of the workers wives. 1t is
now much easier to organize them
than it was before the war. It is
true that there were uprisihgs of
housewives against the high cost of
living before the world war They
died down with the coming of the
war. Due to the activities Of the
bourgeoisie which was engaged in
time Of war in organizing the great
of workingclass women for
the war, the women have been
brought to social consciousness. Now
when they are not so un-informed
about organization. it is much SIM
pier to talk organization to them.
Workers Wives Organize.
The workers wife, the housewife /
knows that she has to fight for bet
ter conditions for her family at home. /
for better housing, for better school
ing and for other things that vitality |
concern the wOrkingelass housewives. 4
In the meantime she is also learning
that the most important struggle goes
on on the industrial field. on the lob I
where she or her husband works.
In the last three or four wears
working women's organizations have
been organized with distinctly work
.ngclass character such as the United
Council Of Worl1ingclass Housewives.
an organization of trade unionists'
wives and other workers wives. The
al '1l dSrf aies strikes have
lone away with the illusion that
vomen's place is only in the home.
Aided Textile Strikers. M
It was the United Council Of Work
ngcIass Housewives that came in
line to the textile strike and it has
Tot only carried on tremendous relief
work. but it has also carried on or
yanizational work by organizing the
women. the strikers wives
md other working women and work
RS wives. These women are now or
ganized into working women's coun-
Ills affiliated to the United Council
Of Workingclass Housewives where
hey are learning quickly the lesson
IF the class struggle. This proves
that even housewives who were never
thought much Of, can understand the
great advantage of organizing and .
combining the working men and /
women at home and in the shop.
The United Council of Working
class Housewives is fighting on many /
fronts with the workers, men and
women. carrying on relief, picketing
and holding mass meetings, organic
ing the workers wives in the differ
ent struggles that are going on for
better conditions for the workers.
Many of the women are being ares
Test Radio Typewriter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

bership increased particularly in the
rural districts, viz, 40ee. The num-
Der of shops and other enterprises Of
the consumers co-operatives has in
creased from 1O.S00 to $4,000. Last
years turnover, exceeded 100000
rubles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

WASHINGTON, May 22.--Twenty
designs were submitted today for the
nayy's new S5,00O,00O super-dirigible.
A special board Of naval experts
will select the design and award a
prize of $4,000 to the winner which
will be announced sbout the last Of
June.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23


In the United States the married quickly underDoir ~
eaol cnasrom being domestic housewives becoming
working office
ers The fact is that the housewives
tomorrow Others housewives by working women b E
The high living +h
well paid union workers HELM maintain the
standard called
the poorly paid ununond workers work in order 10 MAKE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

creased 1850 and manpower has de-
creased 1890. For iron and steel
the figures are horsepower plus
1880, manpower minus 1896; chem
icals, horsepower plus 1870, man
power minus 534e6; and in nonferrous
metals an increase Of 1850 in horse
power and a decrease Of 55.59o in
manpower per unit Of output.
In the lumber and leather products
industries we find very considerable
increases in horsepower per unit Of
output coupled with slight increases
in the number Of workers per unit.
On the other hand in the tobacco in
dustry, due to the cigaret, the horse
power and manpower per unit Of vol
ume produced have both fallen
sharply.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Horsepower GubbIeS the Workers Job
Rr LELANp oLps (Federated Press}.

technc
of the increased output OF
features per The department shows from
worker employed in manufacturing
increased nearly period rejecting growth Of nearly
So the physical production Of less than 9O total
sons engaged. -,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
(By Federated Press.

The U. S. department Of agriculture
reports increasing use OF the har-
vester-thresher machines known as
combines in the great plains east OF
the Rocky Mountains. The advan-
tages OF this machine are given as the
lower cost of cutting and threshinc
grain, less labor and shortening of
the harvesting and threshing periocss.
These machines will Undoubtedly
hasten large scale farming. The de-
partment points out that the combines
TO be profitable must cover more acre
age than the ordinary binder II saws:
There must be $50 or more acres
available for cutting before costs with
the combine fall below costs with a
header and stationary thresher. This
reckoning takes into account only the
DIRECT cash expenses ordinarily maid
by the farmer, and the necessary re-
placement charges for the machines.
Cuts Labor.
'NEight-foot combines harvested PTS
acres OF gram on the average and
16-foot machines averaged 6S2 acres
last season. The minimum crew op-
Grating a 15-foot or 16-foot combine
is ? men, not including grain haulers.
Similar machines having a power
drive from the tractor are sometimes
operated by man. It is estimated
that the combine reduces the amount
of labor necessary for harvesting and
threshing in the great plains from
about 3.6 man-hours per acre for cut
ting with the binder and threshing
with a stationary machine to about
0.75 man-hours per acre"
This means a reduction Of nearly so
per cent in the man-hours required
for harvesting an acre of grain. It
means a serious cut in the Jobs avail
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
Thacl,crys' Granddaughter WEEDS.

LONDON, May 22.--The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury today issued a
license for the marriage Of Samuel
Richard Fuller, Of Washington, d. c.,
and Miss Hester Makepeace Thackery
Richie, granddaughter Of William
Makepeace Thackery, the famous
novelist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23
WOMEN'S WORK

y kATE GITLOW Sc United of Worngcass Hons
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-23

nTnrVV Books offered n this column on hand
MtkI h IN limited quantities. All orders cash
lVUlL. and filled in turn as received.
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CONTINUED from Page One)
story going the rounds, that young
left winger who was smitten by the
charms of blonde offered many in
ducements for her hand, in addition
to his love. A Ford car, fur coat,
a cooperative flat-she spurned them
all. But when he presented her with
a ticket to The DAILY WORKER
Ball, she told him he could pick his
own kitchenette.
The DAILY WORKER Builders.
Be that as it may, Lydia Gibson,
the artist, is busily engaged design
ing costumes for small army Of
DAILY WORKER Builders, and the
members of the Freiheit Studio will
appear dressed exactly like the cast
in Alexander Blocks Twelve"
Greenwich village will do its best Cor
its worst) to put one over on the ar
ray of types from the East Side that
will dazzle the customers. Art Young
lost three more of his precious gray
hairs thinking of costume design
that will rival the one that will be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Worker-Freiheit Color-Light and Costume Bal

brandished by Mike Gold. Mike says
he needs the victrola and is willing
to appear in a sheaf of reeds if nee
essary. His spies are watching Arts
studio day and night.
An Army of Actors.
Just as soon as the rabbi in "The
Centuries" now playing at the New
Playwrights' Theatre, utters his wall
that the faithful must start a hegira
to the Bronx from Hester Street, the
entire cast will jump into takes and
dash for the Garden" They will APP
pear in their stage Clothes. and will
be available for dancing engage
ments.
One hundred prizes will be given
for the most original costumes.
Among the prizes are several sets Of
books in English and Jewish and a
victrola and radio set. $780,,
A special train will bring con-
tingent of left wingers from Phila-
delphia to the ball. Hundreds of COM
rades from the Quaker city are anx-
ious to meet The DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Window Cleaners to
Renew Struggle; 80
New Members Join

Renewal of picketing and other in
tensified strike activities marked the
beginning Of the eleventh week of the
window cleaners strike. Incensed at
the apparent attempt of the Employ
ers' Association to trick union Off
Gals into an acceptance of the com
pany union in the industry, rank and
file members OF the organization re-
sponded with renewed enthusiasm 10
the call for militant struggle against
the bosses, Peter Darck, union secre-
tary, reported.
Reduce Fees For New Members.
Harry Feinstein, business agent for
the Protective Union, reported that
more than 80 members of the COM
pany union had applied at the regular
union for membership. He said all
new members are being accepted
without discrimination as to past
affiliation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15

editorial staff. An attendant at the
information booth will give the neces-
sary connections. The staff will be
easily distinguishable by their prison
garb. They are somewhat hard of
hearing because of the clicking of
typewriters and in conversation they
are trifle dull but otherwise they
are alright.
Pulchritudinous CartoOnists.
Fred Ellis and Morris Pass, the two
handsome cartoonists Of The DAILY
WORKER and Freiheit respectively,
and the cartoonists Burck and Cutler,
will draw pictures Of individuals at
the ball.
You can save money by purchasing
a 80 cent ticket in advance (Which is
a rattle ticket for radio and vic
trola). If you do this you will have
to pay only so cents at the door.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Workers Party office, 108 East 14th
ST., the Jimmy Higgins Book Store
106 University Place and The DAILY
WORKER office, 33 First St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Dancers Are Needed
For Lenin Memorial

The first rehearsal for the dancing
in the Forthcoming Lenin Memorial
Pageant has been called for tomorrow
evening at p. m. Edith Segal, who
is directing the dances, has asked all
men, women and children over 16 who
wish to participate to see her at the
Harlem headquarters, 81 E. 10th
St., and bring practise clothes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Women's Conference for
Miners Relief Sunday

A women's conference to raise
funds for the relief of the striking
miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Colorado will be held Sunday at 1880
p. m. at Irving Plaza, 119 E. 18th st.
The conference is called by the
United Council of Working Glass
Women, SO E 18th st. Fraternal
and labor organizations have been in
vited to send delegates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
BALKAN To Speak.

John J. BALKAN will speak on "The
Injunction Attack Against the Ameri-
can Labor Movement" tomorrow night
at the Harlem Workers Forum, 81 E.
10th St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Discuss Opposition.
Traction Week.

This is traction week! All Party
members should see their unit, sub
section or section organizer at once
about important work that must be
done.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Robert w. Dunn To Lecture.

Robert W. Dunn will lecture on
private Life in Russia" at the New
School for Social Research, 465 E.
23rd ST., at $50 p. m. tomorrow, I'M
der the auspices of the open forum Of
the Students Association.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15

A special membership meeting of
the United Council of Workingclass
Women will be held tomorrow, $3.50 p.
m. at the Labor Temple, Second Ave.
and E. 18th st. in the large auditor
ium. Juliet Stewart Poyntz and
Mother Ella Bloor will speak on the
work of the conference called for
Sunday evening at Irving Plaza for
relief for the striking miners of Penn
sylvania, Colorado and Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15
Workers Party Activities
NEW YORK NEW JERSEY
Subsection BE.

Subsection BE.
An enlarged meeting of the execu-
tive committee of Subsection 3E will
be held tonight at 6:15 p. m. at
101 w. 9th st. All unit organizers
must be present.
Discuss Opposition.
Section 4 will continue discussion of
the Opposition in the Russian Com
munist Party at a general member
ship meeting this evening. j.
Stachel will open the meeting with a
short summary of recent events and
will sum up after discussion.
An important meeting of IF, ID
will be held tomorrow at $3.50 p. IN. at
126 E. 10th st. a-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-15

Juliet Stuart Poyntz will lecture on
"The World Situation and its Effect
on Labor" at the Bronx Open Forum
Sunday at 8 p. m. at 2075 Clinton
Ave.