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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Alien Registration
Comes Up in House;
Called voluntary"

Provisions for a system Of volun-
tary registration by aliens who de-
sire to become citizens of the United
States would be made in . bill just
introduced in the house by Represen-
tative Holiday (Rep.) Of Illinois.
Undtr the terms of the bill, the
department would furnish application
blanks, which would contain informa-
ton relative to TIE history of the APP
rlicant, when filled out by the alien.
and that any alien who has been in
the United States for a period Of five
ears preceding registration, SHAH
net be subject to deportation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Idaho SOl0ns Plan Bill
To More Exploit Prison
Labor on County Roads

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. Further ex-
ploitation of prison labor will be sane.
toned in the state of Idaho if bill
introduced in the house Of represen-
tatives Of the state Legislature here
today is eventually passed. The bill
permits county commissioners to hire
county prisoners for labor other than
public works on the highways, school.
good roads, and irrigation districts
and municipals. Proceeds from this
labor are divided 20 per cent to Single
prisoners and 70 per cent to the fam
lilies Of married prisoners. Balance
reverts TO- the general county fund"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
FORD TAX TRIAL
EVIDENCE SHOWS
FORD NOT NEEDED
Great Corporations Run
BY Own Momentum

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. ~ Henry
Ford, Americas first Millionaire, with
enormous assets and clear field, oe-
cupied an incompatible position" in
the motor industry in 1913 and Ford
stock was a good buy" In 1913 at
$4,000 share, according 70 testi-
mony adduced today before the board
Of tax appeals.
Today's principal witness was
Pierce G. Ward, an investment banker
Of Chicago. y
Business Runs Itself.
II Henry Ford had dropped out Of
the business Mt that time, It would
have made little difference in its fu-
ture history, the expert declared, He
stated that its policies were well es-
tablished by that time, and its con-
troll Of the situation secure, so that
the Gigantic momentum Of the bust
ness would carry It along" He des-
cribed It as too 'Fbig a business TO be
affected by one man."
Others Run Same Way.
Ward cited the cases Of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph com
pany. the Hill and Hartman railroads
and Marshall Field Of Chicago as ex-
amples of great corporations built
up by outstanding men.
"When the builders dropped out,
the corporations continued to pro-
Gress," Ward declared.
Ford The Richest.
Government counsel sought to COM
rare tho Ford situation with that of
the General Motors corporation, but
Ward insisted that General Motors
is not IN as favorable a position now
ss was Ford IN 1918"
"This is without REFLECTION on Cen
eral Motors" he added. cord in 1918
practically dominated the small car
field, while today General Motors is
faced with a different competitive sit
uation."
General Motors stock was valued
at twice its annual earnings in 1913,
and about z IL times the earnings al
Inc present tlrnSs ne SalQ.
Ford stock in 1918 was a better
bry at ten times the annual earnings
than was General Motors at twice the
earnings" Ward said.
Virtual Monopoly.
with q virtual monopoly and lit
tie danger Of serious competition for
some years TO come, Ford was in An
iacomparable position in the motor
fieN," Ward declared. /.
The gbvernments which claims Ford
stock was worth approximately Ss,-
200 a share In that year, sought to
freak down Wards testimony, by fore
ing him to compare that stock with
the securities Of other motor com
penies.
Capitalized Profits.
Ward, however, IN explaining his
valuation made on basis Of ten times
ne annual earnings OF the Ford COM
psny, insisted that Ford's position was
unique and could not be compared TO
n at Of other corporations.
Ward declared that a number Of
other first class Industrial corpora
tons were reeapitalized in 1918, the
valua..on being fixed at from IL
10 II Sd times the normal annual
earnings.
However, Ford's position was much
stronger than any of these corpora
tions," Ward said.
"A conservative valuation of the
Ford business in 1918 would be placed
at 5000, 0O0,0 00."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Model KiIled. Saws Sister.

Mrs. Charles W. Schwefel of 219-1s
10th street, Queens Village. sister of
Marion Hunt, beautiful cloak model,
who was found dead from a bullet
wound early Friday morning outside
Mrs. Sehwefei's home, declared today
that she believes her sister was muir
dered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
About 100000 Profits
In Ford Company Store

Henry Ford made 100000 from
His company stores last year, says a
report to the Daily News Record. An
nua business was S12,000,000. The
Ford stores sell garments, shoes and
many other personal goods in his De-
troit territory and in the neighbor-
hood Of important assembly plants
in other cities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

r N the United States the workers
4 producing profits for the Rookie
fellers who dominate the Standard
Oil Company are not organized.
It should be interesting to Amer
lean organized labor to learn that
Chinese workers employed by
Standard Oil in the Orient do have
their trade unions.
This also recalls again, for in
stance, that the mighty army of
workers in this country toiling for
the richest man in the world, Henry
Ford, are entirely without organi-
cation. Foll's wealth now tops the
two-billion mark, according to ex-
perts. The pile grows ever more
rapidly as Ford coins new methods
Of robblng the workers on his pay
roll of the wealth they produce.
But in little Denmark, where
Ford also has flivver plant, the
workers are organized, and re-
Gently won a strike against the
Ford billions.
Cabled reports state that recent
ly the Chinese workers employed
by the Standard Oil Company had
a little tilt with Rockefeller's gold.
One of their number had been dis
charged "for dishonesty" That is
a charge that usually covers null
titude of sins. No doubt it was the
result Of loyalty to the principles
of Canton and the national revolu-
tionary government rather than adj
herence to the Manchurian war
lord, Chang Tso Lin, and his Picking
outfit, that created the prejudice
against him.
The big point, however, is that
the Chinese workers stood Loyalty
by their comrado who was fired.
They developed such solidarity as
labor has never displayed in the
industrial bells Of Standard Oil in
this country. Thus the New York
World reports the result Of the
struggle as follows:
"The company has signed terms
to settle the strike which include
So raise for every man, a prom
Use 10 pay two months wages and
a present Of a like amount to
every man discharged and an
agreement to raise pay semi-an-
annually"
1t is not stated just what the two
months wages were for, probably
for the time the workers were en-
gagged in the strike. This is prob
able since the men discharged are
to get a present" of ike amount.
Mexican labor has often enforced
a similar demand. Another reason
for American armed intervention,
Of course.
The significant fact, however, is
that the Chinese workers win an
agreement to raise wages semi
annually, which shows that Chin
csc labor feels it has been in the
depths of exploitation and is COM
ing up, while wage cuts are being
forced on Americas unorganized
workers, or, as in the case of the
United Mine Workers of America,
the coal diggers are now being
asked to continue working for the
same wages under the Jacksonville
Agreement Of 1923.
The best comparison of the spirit
OF organized labor in the two eoun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. A
broken arm was the worst injury to-
day in the wreck of the Detroit to
Chicago flyer of the Wabash Rail-
road, in which two pullman cars left
the rails and overturned throwing
passengers into panic. The wreck
occurred three miles cast Of Uyatt,
Indiana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Southern Booster Burgs.


LONDON, Feb. 3. - Emmeline
Pankhurst, who was once at the head
of suffragists stOrming the House of
Commons, viii now seek entry to that
body via tlfe ballot box. She has been
selected as the conservative candidate
for the White Chapel and st. Georges
division.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
BOOSTER TOWNS
OF SOUTH CROW
ON NEGRO BACKS
Segregated Race Lives
In Shacks and Tolls
Especial to The Daily worker).
BY THURBER LEWIS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb, 4.-"ColOr-
ed Waiting Room" is the first sign
that hits your eye as YOU step off the
train in this metropolis Of the south
land. Detention Home for Colored
Children" greets you as you ride
along in a street car that has spec
ial section for Negroes.
was told that at least half Of
the city is populated by Negroes. In
the environs of Memphis you see man
sions that would put many Gold
Coast or Fifth avenue town house
in its place. The Negro workers live
in shacks that would not be used for
livestock in Iowa.
Wooden Windows.
Windows appear to be a luxury. I
saw many a "house" with wooden
swing windows that have to be shut
to keep out the child--and the light.
Memphis is rated as a rich and
vp-and-coming town. No doubt it is.
Il is big cotton market as we'll as a
lumber center. II is obviously up
and-coming on the backs Of the under
paid and abused Negro worker. And
yet white workers. homes that l saw
seem to have left much to be desired
It may seem peculiar for one to
write Of the south as Of foreign
country, Yet that outstanding and
ever present fact of a large, enslaved
and segregated race that hits you in
the face wherever you look makes
1t impossible to take any other view
in correspondence to be read in the
north where the fact--though It ex-
lists there too--is not so compelling.
Farmers Suffer.
In the country, the Negro, and also
the white, cotton farmers are suffer
NC acutely, This years cotton crop
ras ruiRous. On top of this has
ONE damaging Of goods. You see
homes" in the country, inhabited by
both Negro and white tenants that
rhallenge your credullty-it is impos-
sible to believe that human beings viii
live in them.
Southern Booster Burgs.
Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham,
Dieksbury and New Orleans may ali
be booster" burgs with rich mansions
and yowling Kiwsnces fairly burst
ing with prosperity-the south may
be refleeting the good times that is
turning the A. F. Of L. officials into
trustees and barb kirectors--but a
cursory study Of southern dwellings
for workers will show that the boom
has still far to go to make itself felt
very warmly by the mass Of workers
and farmers south Of tie Mason and
Dixon line.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Catch s2.OOo.OoO Rum Runners

Motions by defense attorneys to
dismiss the indictments against three
az the men on trial on charges of con-
spiracy to violate the volstead act in
connection with the landing Of ST.
100000 rum cargo from the steamship
Eker at Edgewater, N. j., were de-
MED today by Federal Judge Issac N.
Meetings..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
NEWS IN BRIEF
Phillips. First Canadian Envoy

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The APP
neintment of William Phillips, now
ambassador to Belgium as Americas
first diplomatic envoy to Canada, was
officially announced today by the ST ate
department.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Gas Kills Fnnr.

-Four rlen We're found dead from
gas poisoning in house at 6506 Hull
avenue, Maspeth, Queens, early to-
day. Two of the men lived in the
dwelling. The others we're their
quests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Ten Cent Fare in Syracuse.

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. Trolley
fares in Syracuse will be increased
IN Feb. 10 from 7 TO 10 cents, under
a ruling made today by the public SER
vice commission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Ships Ashore, Endanger Crews.

WOODS HOLE, Mass. Feb. A.
Two coal steamers, Norfolk to Boste
were aground today along the shores
of Vineyard Sound.
The steamer Selwyn Eddy, with Is
men aboard, was pounding on the
shoals of Tsrpaulin Cove, Naushon
Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Finance Board Lifts Price.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The War
Finance Corporation announced today
that it had instructed the federal re-
serve bank in New York to raise the
price, on Feb. 10, Of the unsold bal
ance of the Brooklyn Manhattan
Transit Corporation, rapid transit Sc
curities Q per cent gold bonds owned
by the corporation, to par, plus ac-
crued interest and less commission
of one cnarter Of ! per cent of par
value TO be allowed to bankers and
other recognized bond dealers and
brokers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05

The best comparison Of the spirit
OF organized labor in the two eoun-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13
PERSONALS

Mrs. c. "A. Roy left Saturday even
ing for Arlington, Tex, where she
was called by the illness Of her
daughter. Mrs. G. i. Rumph.
John G.. Fernandez. who has been
spending a month in Los Angeles.
Calf, has returned to his home in
Brownsville.
Mrs. and Mrs. F. r. Black Of Ed
couch are spending the weekend in
the city.
John Il. Boyer Of Houston IS here
for q few days On business.
T. Ralph Willis Of San Bcnito was
here Saturday on business.
Lee b. Miller came 20 Brownsville
Friday for the weekend.
George Ernest of Shreveport, La.
Is stopping ia the city for 4 few
days on business and looking about
the Valley.
ID. r. Cain from Sugarland j.
spending a few days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Lauder and
sons, Frank and Clarence, are here
visiting from Woodville.
Miss Edith Cash IL spending the
weekend here from H~arlingcn.
Mrs. II. r. Bullock has returned 70
Brownsville after n two weeks visit
az the home of her parents at Port
Arthur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Watson
Of Lake Charles, La. are visiting
owe the weekend at the home VI
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Bulloch. Mrs.
Watson Is n sister Of Mr.. Bulloch.
his father, j.. J. Bnlloch. Of Lake
Charles IS also visiting here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13
Dairy Schools VIII
Be Opened This Week

Dairy schools are 70 be opened
within the next few days In Browns
Vile. San Benito and Harrington, nc
cording 70 r.. G. Graham. recently
appointed sanitarian for this dist
riot. The schools will be establish
ed for the purpose Of instructing
dairymcn Of those towns regarding
building, sanitation and grading un-
der the milk ordinance, Mr. Graham
said.
The sanitarian will be in charge OF
the local. school. That in San Be-
nito will be in charge Of N. b. Fin
ley Of the Cameron county health
unit. and H~arlinren's school will he
under the direction OF Doctor III. I'D.
Walsworth, health officer Of that
city.
All persons expecting to sell milk
in any Of these three cities will be
asked TO register with the health Of
ficials at once, giving their number
Of cows. amount or milk sold and
whore samples may be obtained.
Permits for dairying will Be issued
on January /, and those not having
applied before that time will be con-
sidered no~n-producers and will not
be permitted 20 sell milk until the
requirements or the milk ordinance
have been fulfilled, Mr.. Graham said.
Dates Of the schools will be an
nounced within the next day or two,
il was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13
IL They Were Pulled Out of Car Dead
y = y = y y X
It's News to Me, Says Local Chief

BrownsvIne is getting on in the
world.
In the current issue Of Golfers
this city comes in for prominent
mention In an article BY Walter
Davenport, titled "Boobs-F. .. b."
The article deals with smuggling OPP
erations along the various borders
Of the United States, and the Browns
Vile mention is news to d. w.
Brewster. inspector in charge of the
Brownsville immigration district the
official said.
The Brownsville portion OF the
article tells Of an episode in which
an automobile was stopped after it
had crossed the International bridge
from Matamoros. The driver was re-
moved from the car, n search Of
which an hour or so later revealed
the bodies or two boys and a man
who lived only long enough 70 tell
the story.
The article follows:
lone morning a few months ago n
roadster with what under ordinary
circumstances would be a capacious
luggage space behind the drivers
seat was stopped ut Brownsville,
Tex. II had come over the Inter
national bridge from Matamoros. and
whereas the car seemed innocent
enough the driver was of unsavory
repute, and he was stopped on gener-
al principles.
"Ee was taken To police headquar-
tiers, where, after two hours Of wait
ing on the convenience Of the Off
Gals, he was questioned as TO his
recent operations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13

along the stretch 7 believe I would
have learned of it,"
There vas a magazine writer
through here sometime ago, and
tried TO cooperate with him ia every
way possible, without going beyond
my duty, but he certainly never was
told anything Of that nature BY any
one connected with this office.
The story on its face is rather
silly TO anyone acquainted with the
methods Of our men.
I'm the first place I know OF no
officer In our service who would
halt a a on general principles.
When we stop a car we have a we'll
founded reason for doing 20.
ALSO when our men stop a car
they search il, and a luggage COM
partment such a. the one described
would be one Of the first places they
would look.
"And lastly, what would the sus-
pect be taken TO the police station
for? No city policeman is station
ed on the bridge, and if there were
he would not be taking u prisoners
70 the city jail without our knowl-
edge"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13
Waterways TO Mean
For
Valley, MdyfieId

In his address AZ Harlingen Satur-
cussed the agricultural problem cf
the nation, stating that h. cunsid-
cred this the most important cues
ton before the nation today.
~Ife presidents Of our banks, the
mansge-l Ct q automobile con-
Germs, the presidents of our rail-
ways. the stockholders az cur mcr-
camille establishments and the
cf our industrial and man
u~facturing enterprises have long
ssnge realized that the prosperity Of
their business depends very largely
upon the prosperity az the pro-
ducers az the nation" Senator Nay
field said.
~As the financial barometer or
the farmer goes down. So goes the
financial barometer Of the cities
and towns that are dependant on
agricultural areas. II has been truly
said that cur cities and towns may
burn, but If the agricultural areas
surrounding them are prosperous.
the cities will be rebuilt more beau
tiful than before. But leave the
city prosperous and reduce the az
ricultur-l area surrounding the city
To rcnrry. and III will net Tie long
until weeds grow in the main
streets"
Relative 70 the tariff, the senator
stated hat he is opposed 10 a pro-
teetive tariff that does not benefit
all classes. IF the present high tar
Tiff law il TO remain the fixed pol
lev or the nation he said. III think
its provisions should be rc-cast 20
that the cotton and vegetable rro-
ducers Of the South will receive
some OF the benefits Of the law and
not be compelled to bear all Of its
burdens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13

Receiving Daily fresh Oysters,
Fish and Shrimp. Phone 65l. Rio
Grande Fish & Oyster Company,
City Market Building.-Adv. IS.
III n Few Acres IL desired for a
hons or orchard see Media Luna
Farms Subdivision first-attractiye
prices and terms.-Adv. II.
done NJ Amnya's Millinery Stone at
1915 Adams Strcet.-Adv.
An Acre Lot will subdivide into 5
city lots and the price in Media
Luna Farms Subdivision rer acre is
less than per lot in Brownsville
ADV. IA.
Fine Oyster Weather. we are re-
cciving rice select oysters daily.
Rio Grande Fish and Oyster Co., City
Market Building.-Adv. -.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools ard heals red eyes. Doesn't
hurt Red folding box. All drug
gists.-Adv. ca
Electric Light. power, telephone,
good roads all the way are offered
you IN Media Luna Farms srbdi-
Fisicr.-Adv. IL.
Save Your Energy by using New
silent" s L. c. Smith-the perfec-
tioR typewriter. Davenport Type
writer Exchange Sales Agents. Phone
Observation-Disclosures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13

IAN hour or so later the officials
decided TO search the car again. This
time they tried to open the lid of
the luggage compartment. 1t was
locked. and when the suspect insist
ed that the car wasn't his and that
he had no keys, IL was forced.
Two small boys and d man
their fahter-were dragged out. The
boys were dead. The father lived
long enough TO tell the story. They
had been jammed into the tiny COM
partment by a man who had assured
them that they would be on Ameri-
can soil. in a half hour. With his
boys be had been taken from Cuba
10 Mexico for $500. For $500 more
all that he had-they had agreed 20
carry him and his two small sons
into the United States. But he told
them he had never seen the driver
Of the car before"
IF anything like that ever hap
pened, II is news to me-" Mr.. Brew
ster said when he saw the article.
Il have been an immigration Of
ficer along the Mexican border for
the past u years, and II anything az
that sort had happened at any point
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13

@The establishment Of water trans
p~ortation will be followed BY an era
or intensive development 4 n the
Lower Rio Grande Valley was the
prediction Of Senator Earle B. May
field, who arrived in Brownsville
Saturday night after Spending three
days IN the upper part Of the Val
ley.
While in the city Senator Mayfield
will be the house guest OF NJ. *.
Hall, assistant county attorney and
Mrs. Hall. An Informal gathering
Of friends Of the senator was held al
the Hall home Saturday night.
III feel assured that the Valley
viii eventually secure deep water ct
Point Isabel. the i~ntracoastal canal
arl improvement Of the Arroyo
Colorado as a waterway. and pledge
the Valley my support in achieving
these projects Senator Mayfield
said.
The senator commented upon de-
vclopmert il the Valley since his
last visit 10 this section two years
ago. and stated that il seemed al
most Uncomfortable that such a
change could be wrought in the
course Of a few months.
Transportation is the Valleys
problem" the senator continued.
You have soil that will produce al
most every crop that grows in either
the temperate or sub-tropic regions,
and produce more profilically than
any other part Of the United States.
With the Valley ID is not a ques-
zion Of production; ID II a question
OF marketing porfitably. The Valley
port and proposed waterways would
open the markets Of the world to
Valley products, and would virtually
assure profit on every ton or agri-
cultural products the fertile soil Of
the Valley can produce"
Will Speak at Convention
Senator Mayfield arrived in the
Valley Thursday, and spoke before
a large audience az Mission Friday.
lie addressed Harlingen business
r1en nt a luncheon nc the Rees-Wil-
Mond Hotel Friday noon. and spoke
nc the high school Saturday morn
ing. He viii deliver a lay sermon
at the Methodist church in Browns
vile Sunday morning, and will speak
Mt the South Texas Chamber of
convention Ond morn
ing. From Brownsville nc viii 70
10 Raymondville Monday afternoon,
and win leave that night for Wash
ington.
1T is inspiring to- get back TO the
Valley and note the progress, the
rapidly growing cities, the numerous
citrus fruit orchards, and rural and
urban homes such as can be found
in no other part Of the United
States" the senator said. "Durinc
the years I was on the Texas railway
| commission / visited the Valley fire.
quently, and though I realized that
IL was a region or vast p~otentiali-
ties. I could not then vision ii as
il Is today. no more that I can vision
what il will be a decade from now
when your ports and waterways will
be providing new and cre-
ating new markets for your produc-
tion. III the Valley can make such
progress in a few years. IL will DC
impossible 70 predict what il can
accomplish when water transporta-
tion Is available"