The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-19
BISCUIT COMP ANY
PAYS Low WAGES
WIDOWED DEVE lie
WUnAEn hEvERLO
Correspondent Tells Of
Miserable Conditions
by a Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
The workers in the National Bis
cult Company listened with a great
deal of interest to the meeting held
last Friday at 18th Street and 10th
Avenue by the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party. l know, because was
one of them, and all afternoon we
workers talked about it. I wish
that these meetings are kept up.
We all like them and we learn
lot from them. 1t will be a better
way of spending our lunch hour than
playing ball on the open lot.
l noticed that when the speakers
stand was first set up in the open
lot, a cop came over and said the
company won't allow it on their
property and made the speaker move
The stand over to the corner. That
doesn't surprise me, because our
bosses don't want us to learn about
organizing so that we can demand
better pay and better working con-
ditions. In fact, it wouldn't surprise
ne to have the company soon take
ONE steps against allowing us to
listen at all. There are a lot of
spies around, and I'm sure that the
whole meeting was reported to the
posses.
Receive Low Wages.
We workers in the National Bis
cult Company get the most terrible
wages, especially in the department
where I work, the packing depart
ment. In the 10th Avenue to 9th
Avenue factories. This department
under the charge of two managers.
Mr.. Kloper and Mrs. Delure. Mr..
Kloper is an old man with bitter
smile, and the other never smiles.
They keep our wages lower even
han those of the workers in other
departments. 1t is the fault of these
;wo managers that we get as low as
We do. Two years ago we were
promised a two-dollar raise. Other
departments somehow m ana G d
hen to get a one dollar raise. We
ire still waiting for ours. Once l
happened to stand near Mr.. Kloper
when a young worker asked him
:or a raise. Mr.. Kloper said, "You
know, young man, that the wages
you make are too high as it is
We're going to cut wages soon, and
f you don't like it, you'd better look
or another job"
This is the sort of an answer
worker gets if he is not organized
nto a union. If we had a strong
Inion, then that worker wouldn't
rave had to go to ask for a raise
is an individual. He'd have an or
yanization behind him, and his de-
hands would have to be met, or else
he company would soon find itself
n plenty of trouble.
Daily" Only Workers Paper.
hdiiy blIllSS DSlOlS OlllS L WdIlISu
% express myself about our troubles.
Door conditions and low wages, but
lever had the chance. Last week
nan offered me DAILY WORKER
rec. He was distributing a lot Of
copies to all of us workers. l took
home, read the letter that another
)ne of us workers wrote in to The
DAILY WORKER, and so am wri-
ing this myself now. The DAILY
WORKER is the only paper work
n can express himself in, and the
,nly paper which will help the work
,rs to organize. will buy The
DAILY WORKER every day at the
iews-stands.
Before I close, l think there
should be an Italian and Spanish
Ipeaker at the open-air meeting next
week, because good many of the
workers are Italians and Spaniards
md cannot understand English SO
7ery well. B. M.