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faith, based upon the right of private
profit. Then another pamphlet was
issued, to follow the first, entitled
Servants of Progress" This was de-
voted to the utilities, and contained
the same false statements regarding
the Ontario Hydro Electric Commits
sion's achievements in government
ownership and operation of giant
power that are found in the S. S.
Weyer report printed by the Smith
sonian Institution and in the report
of Prof. Stewart Of the University OF
Minnesota. Crone's bulletin for May
1923, noted that $4,000 copies of this
pamphlet had been placed in the
hands of classes in 400 high-schools in
the state.
Organized Propaganda.
Beside poisoning the minds Of
young people toward public owner
ship of the electric industry, Crone's
committee "was busy with adults
Speakers were trained by the use of
handbook he prepared. A year and
half ago the task Of talking the
voters of New York state over to an
eager support of the power trust was
formally organized in a speakers
bureau. The state was divided into
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30

credit ON which they collect regular
interest just as though they were
loaning money. They also engage in
various other forms of business acti-
witty, and, if they are well handled,
pile up surplus wealth at rate which
exceeds that of even the most pros
porous manufacturing industries.
The last 80 years of the 10Th cen
fury were the years of big business.
The first % years of the present
century have been the years of big
banks. Banking profits are eclipsing
business profits as bankers rise to
their position of supreme power in
the economic system
Every important city of the United
States carries the record of these
huge bank profits in the rapid growth
of luxurious bank buildings and fine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
From Trust to Finance Capitalism

tional Bank and who have held on
to their property can now sell the
shares for 46 times the original price
AN advance of 1850 per cent! The
shares of this particular bank were
selling at $1,1O0 five years ago.
Within that five years they have in
creased more than 300 per cent in
price.
The original price of bank stock
represented the amount of capital
subscribed by investors. The market
price indicates the present earning
power of the bank. The enormous
difference between the par value and
the selling value of these bank stocks
is the result of the great earning
power of modern banking enter
prise. Banks not only issue money
but, far more important, they issue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30

Brookwood, a reply was received,
over the signature of Music, thank
ing the League for it's interests and
for having elected delegates. But at
the last minute, third letter was re-
ceived saying that the League had
been invited thru a mistake of the
secretary" and would not be permit
ted to participate. Naturally, the
Young Workers (Communist) League
had no intention of permitting this
emasculation of the conference by
eliminating the organization which
had been most active in the work for
the organization of the young work
ers, and which was the only organize
ton that really defended the interests
of the toiling youth. The delegates
therefore came to the conference and
presented their credentials with re-
quest for the body itself to act on the
matter.
Mr.. Music was not present at the
opening session, and Mr.. Saposs act
ed as chairman, much to the regret
of the delegates and undoubtedly of
Mr.. Saposs himself. Mr.. Saposs ruled
that the delegates from the Young
Workers (Communist) League could
not be seated. This evoked such a
storm of protest from the delegates,
that Mr.. Saposs was compelled to
withdraw. A motion was unanimous
ly carried to select a credentials COM
mittee to pass on the delegates. Mr.
Saposs wanted to appoint the creden-
tials committee. The delegates voted
to elect it. The credentials commit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30

office buildings controlled by banks.
Bank buildings are today the out
standing monuments to United States
business prosperity. They indicate
the position of the banking interests
in the business world.
The present era in the United
States is the era of the bankers. 1t
is no longer necessary to produce
wealth in order to make money. In
fact, it is the producer who stays
poor while the banking interests roll
up their huge SURPRISES.
After all, it must be so.
From competitive capitalism to
trust capitalism was one step.
From trust capitalism to finance
capitalism is another. Business in
lterests in the United States have just
taken that step.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
By SCOTT NEARING.

Thirteen New York bank stocks
are selling at more than $1,000 a
share. The Chemical National stocks
sell at an even $1,000; HERMAN Ma
tional, SLIGO; State Bank, $1,170;
Bankers Trust, $1,000; Colonial Bank,
$1,000; Manufacturers Trust, 1920;
Brooklyn Trust, $1,340; Hanover Ma
tional, $1,420; Central Union Trust
SLIPS; Fifth Avenue Bank, $2,275;
King County Trust, $4,000; United
States Trust, $4,000; First National,
$4,650.
Men who originally paid 500 for
First National shares Tor who were
given 800 shares by the First Ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30

mittee to carry on the work after the
conference.
To those acquainted with the first
conference, it was very evident that,
considering that this was the second
conference, that it was in New York,
and not in Katonah, etc., the second
conference was narrower than the
first, altho the number of unions hav-
ing representatives was about the
same.
Brookwood Tries To Sabotage.
This narrowness was due almost
entirely to the deliberate efforts of
the Brookwood administration to limit
the conference. Thus, for example, no
effort was made to obtain the en-
dorsement of the New. York Central
Trades, which had endorsed and par
ticipated in the first one; the COM
mittee which the first conference had
set up was not permitted to function;
no representatives were sent to the
trade union to ask for the election of
delegates. This narrow policy was a
result of the fear which animated Mr..
Music, the head of Brookwood, that
a broad conference would result in
him losing control Of it.
When the conference opened, a still
further effort was made to reduce
the conference by the exclusion of
the delegates representing the Young
Workers (Communist) League. The
Young Workers (Communist) League
had been officially invited to partic-
ipate in the conference. After the
names of the delegates were sent to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
By HERBERT Fam.

On May 5th and 9th Labor Youth
Conference was held in New York. In
spite of deliberate efforts on the part
of some elements in the conference
to disrupt it, or to doom it to impo-
tency, the conference marked pro-
gress in the work for the organiza-
ton of the young workers.
Militant Demands.
This progress was due entirely to
the militant demands of the young
workers who were present as dele
gates, and their insistence on refus-
ing to be sidetracked from their pur-
pose.
The conference was originally ar
ranged by the .Brookwood Labor Col
lege. Altho this was the second con-
ference, the first one having been held
in Katonah, N. Y, and altho Tom Tip
petit, in commenting on the second
conference remarked that the first
one had been shot air" and the sec
ond one must do something, the
Brookwood administration from the
very first endeavored to confine the
conference within the strait-jacket of
educational" or to quote Mr.. Tip
petit, make it another "hot air" con-
ference. The young workers, how
ever, refused to permit the Brook
wood administration to act as brake
on their activity, adopted a number
of resolutions dealing with their
pressing problems, and elected COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
THE MIGHTY SEAT

York Stock Exchange
Three hundred thousand dollars on a
s jcveled onen might meet
n on Nth crooked QTms
Where q o charms?
Oh, far this which tell
it built blood in
And setal upon mighty place.
And there sits oith tlCtcbng
And rakes profits wjh a trembling
He CANDLES half kingdom n a
Of ticker He paid paItrg
Three hundred thousand dollars! Easy
And go! While him beat
The sounds of angaished of feet
That loss
For all their golden turned 10 dross.
At ouch Of in his
A thousand heads and grny ri care.
This chair all poaOer 20 make
A IMAM oreyi ham For the sake
profits throne
nd snorl among thentse sover bone!
The symbol Of the and power,
throne Vh the toorkers hourI
HENRY REICH, Jr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
HANdOuTS

A PICTURE Of the unbounded gene
"a crosby with which capitalist Off
Gals spend the public's money can be
seen in the admission of Borough
Superintendent Frank C. Cannon Of
Brooklyn to Commissioner of Acc
counts Higgins in the street cleaning
graft that, for the life of him, he
couldn't just recOlIect to whom he had
paid $4,000. This piece of change
had apparently just been misplaced
somewhere like an umbrella.
THIS is an example of the way
science advances under capital
ism:
A professor at the Michigan
State College stood on the street
corners of various cities watching
the women go by, according to a
newspaper dispatch. The dispatch
estimates he Studied the walking
habits" of 1000 women. And now,
according to the dispatch, an arti-
Gle by the professor on "The Walk
ing Habits of the Female of the
Species" is going to appear in the
next number of the Journal of
Heredity.
The socialist campaign managers
are laying great hope, it is reported.
in the fact that Norman Thomas is
a Presbyterian in good standing.
What with Al. Smith being catholic,
they say, Norman should have easy
Shedding in the solid south and other
liberal neighborhoods.
The Nation for this week grabbed
a few free articles in the form of
opinions on the Broun- World rift.
Interesting. indeed are the comments
of such bourgeois intellectual lead
ers as William Allen White, the
paunchy editor from Emporia, Kan
sas, David Lawrence, editor Of the
United States Daily and H. L. Men
cken of Baltimore.
Lawrence, whose impartial" pa
per has just been exposed as being
in extremely unplatonic relationship
with the Power Trust, declares that
not being lawyer he has no fervent
opinions on Broun getting the gate.
''The editor still is boss" AYERS
White. "The employee still has his
royal right to resign or be fired"
The browning contribution is Of
fered by Mr.. Mencken, intellectual
leader of the younger as well as some
of the older set. ~ ascribe the whole
sad affair to prohibition" he says.
II long for the return of the saloon
as it was when l was young and
happy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
Organizing the Young Workers
By Fred Ellis

tee of three was elected, it met, and
brought in unanimous report, in
which it recommended the seating of
all delegates who had come with reg
ular credentials from their organiza-
tions, including the delegates repre-
senting the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League. @
Democracy"
Being a good liberal, and believing
in democracy" in the trade unions,
and having regard for the will Of the
majority, Mr.. Saposs promptly ruled
the report of the credentials commit
tee out of order!
Needless to say, Mr.. Saposs brought
down a storm upon his own head. The
delegates wanted to know why they
had elected credentials committee.
Mr.. Saposs had no answer. The dele
gates wanted to know whether the
delegates to this conference had any
thing to say about the affairs of the
conference, or whether the delegates
were so many dummies for Mr..
Saposs to practice parliamentary
procedure on. Mr.. Saposs shrugged
his shoulders. Like a good democrat,
he was impervious to the rawlings of
the mob" Cool, collected, dignified,
like the hero in the Western picture,
Mr.. Saposs pulled out his watch, and
in a solemn, strike-me-dead tone, de-
clared that he would adjourn the con-
ference unless everything became
quiet and his dictatorship was adopt
ed before five minutes were up.
Ito Be Continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30

The friendly looking feLloa0 IN thu
picture is Mr.. C. C. Pyle, promoter Of
the cross country foot race lOhich has
Just been concluded in NeqO York,
Picture shows Mr.. Pyle sUa0ing good.
bye to has aOife as the caravGn set oai
from Los Angeles several qoeeks ago,
The derby is said to haze resulted In
thousands of dollars for Employer Pyh
and thousands of bunions for the ranA
and file hooters, some of a0hom are said
to haze cor7as all the aOay up to thel,
Knees. Promoter Pyle, hoaOever, saga
he IS loilling to make the sacrifice OF
all this pain on the part of his co.
aOorkers, for the sake of science. He
has inUented q bupion cure Wkich, ha
says, will be a great boost for human.
ity and has bank account. During tho
derby Pyle himself contracted a feW
batnions bat not on has feet. He rode
all the a0ay IN an automobile.
MRS. KNAPP has finally been con-
AVA victed. Afflicted with fashion
able nervous breakdown, she will
now be sent by her corps of pub
licity agents to the usual exclusive
sanitariums, where she will be at
tended in columns of newspaper
print by the leading nerve special
lists Of the country. Despite her
critical condition, the story Of her
lone and heroic battle against I'M
belevable odds will within a short
time begin to appear serially in a
well-known New York tabloid under
the title, "The Heart of Woman"
After being pardoned by Gov. Smith
because she has suffered enough,
she will leave for European trip
supported in her great sorrow by
the faith that whatever happens,
royalties will not desert her.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
Public Iridium Planned
BY Carn1elite Friars

A public iridium will be held to-
night in the chapel of the Monastery
OF the Carmelite Fathers, $50 Rhode
Island Ave. N. f., in honor OF st.
John of the Cross, the cofounder of
the Order OF Baref0oted Carmelite
F'riars. The service will begin at
o'clock and will be conducted by the
Very Rev. Paschasius Heriz.
The saints feast day win be cele-
brated Saturday by solemn high
mass at 10 a. M, followed by the
benediction Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. The Carmelite priests and
brothers will chant the service. A
reIquary containing a fragment of
the hand of st. John of the Cross,
who died in 1891 viii be exposed
during the iridium. 1t was sent to
the Washington Carmelites by Pope
Plus xI.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
]. s. AID S0UCHT
FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN

Congress will be urged by the
Board of Education to appropriate
half million dollars Immediately
for the care and treatment of the
Districts tubercular children.
After Mrs Ernest r. Grant had
pointed out the. necessity of 24-hour
treatment for the youngsters at q
meeting yesterday, the board voted
to aid the Association for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis in It's cam.
paign for q .hospital. The acton
was taken on the Recommendation
OF DR.. Frank w. Ballou, supertn-
tendent of schools.
The body decided to make more
thorough examination of the needs
OF the various communities before
authorizing expenditure of $10O. 900
set aside by Congress to be used In
improving the grounds Of the
schools.
The buildings and grounds COM
mittee already has recommended
the placing of fences on the cam
puses of the Brightwood, Tuesdell,
Armstrong, 1ovejoy, New Bell,
Bruce, Burroughs, and Bancroft
schools.
No decision was reached after
discussion of the best disposition to
make of the present Business High
School Building when that institu-
ton is given new structure. The
colored members of the board OPP
posed a proposal to use the prop.
erty for a colored elementary school.
The lack OF a playground Is their
principal objection.
An investigation was ordered OF
complaint by Miss G.. r. Simp-
son. colored high school teacher,
over the alleged practice of intimi-
dating teachers in collecting funds
for. testimonials and banquets for
colored school officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-09

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,nstl wt,h coot,a>,spS c,lrr>, MANY Mir bard
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with attractive carved manufactured -
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and navy blue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-09

Here's Dollar Day that Washington is going to
remember! They are wonderful values-anv house
wife will tell YOU that Did YOU ever sec such curtains
for Sl-or such sheets and pillow cases? And sec
those rayon underSarnents-silky lovely-wllv you'd
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two for dollara Things for tile house-clotles for
the children-shoes and accessories for Yourself
YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THIS
DOLLAR DAY AT PAI-AIS ROYAL TOMOR-
ROW!
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

OF lettering by the City Of Browns
vile, Texas, Of the improvement of
the following streets:
Eleventh Street from Monroe
Street TO Van Buren, Street; two
blocks;
Monroe Street from Fourteenth
Street to Sixteenth Street; two
blocks;
Madison Street from Fourteenth
Street to the line of the Fort Brown
Military Reservation; two blocks;
Adams Street from Fourteenth
Street to Fifteenth Street; one
block;
Washington Street from Fourteen
th Street to the line of the Fort
Brown Military Reservation; one
block;
Fifteenth Street from Adams
Street to Monroe Street; three
blocks.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
WHEREAS, the City Of Browns
vile has heretofore by resolution.
directed the improvements Of Elev-
enth Street, Monroe Street. Madison
Street, Adams Street. Washington
Street and Fifteenth Street. BY rails
ing, grading and filling the same,
and By construction Of concrete
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

curbs and cutters wherever deemed
necessary, and paving the same with
one Of the following types Of pave
ment, to be selected by the City Com
mission of the said City, to-wit:
I'D Gin. reinforced concrete pave
ment.
(2) sin. reinforced concrete base
with l 1-2-in. asphaltic concrete
wearing surface.
Cd sin. reinforced concrete base
with / 1-2-in. hot mix rock asphalt
wearing surface.
(4) sin. reinforced concrete base
with / 1-2-in. warrenite-bitulithic
wearing surface.
90 2 1-2-in. bituminous concrete
base with l 1-2-in. Warrenite Bithul-
ithic wearing surface.
(6) 2 1-2-in. bituminous conerete
base on a Gin. compressed gravel
base with l 1-2-in. Warrenite Bith-
ulithic wearing surface: and
WHEREAS, plans and specifics-
tions have been prepared for the
said work by the City Paving Engi-
neer which are on file in the office
of the City Secretary. and have been
duly approved by the City Commits
sion.
NOW, THEREFORE, all persons
desiring to bid upon the work Of
making the said improvements are
requested TO do SO in accordance with
the said resolutions, plan. and
specifications to which they are re-
ferred, by filing sealed bids there
for with the said City Secretary. on
or before the 9Th day Of January.
A. D.. 1927. at 10000 o'clock =. m.
Bidders will be required to make
their bids on forms Of proposals by
the City Secretary and which may
be obtained at his office, and no bid
will be considered unless the same
is accompanied by a certified cheek
upon an acceptable bank. payable to
the Mayor Of Brownsville. in amounr
and upon conditions designated by
and IN the said proposal. Bidders
may bid either upon all the differ
ent alternative plans, materials and
methods prescribed by said specified
tions or upon any one or mYre there
Of. The City Of Brownsville re-
serves the right to accept any bid
or bids, or to reject any bid or
bids in whole or in part.
A. K. MUNDAY, Seey.
City Of Brownsville. Texas
12-27-1-5-10t-25Sa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

elections for State and County Of
f~icers, except as otherwise provided
in Chapter 3 A Of Title 12s Of the
Revised Statutes Of Texas. 1925
Compilation and of Acts Amendatory
thereto, and the following persons
we're named as election officers to
conduct said election:
Hugh Wilbanks. Presiding Judge,
VI. c. Myrtle, Judge,
j.. "A. White, Clerk, and
G. c. Critchett, Clerk;
that there shall be one polling place
for the holding of said election and
r. r. Mickles' Garage, within said
district IL hereby designated as the
polling place for the holding Of said
election.
Witness the hand Of the President,
attested BY the Secretary OF the
Board of Directors of Cameron Coun-
~ Water Control and Improvement
District Number Six. this the sth day
Of December, "A. ID. 1927.
(SEAL)
CAMERON COUNTY WATER
CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
BY r. u. Ogden, President,
Clyde Tandy, Secretary.
ATTEST: Clyde Tandy, Secretary.
12-2s-1-4-2t-2590.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
+ OF

TO THE VOTERS OF CAMERON
COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUM-
Der SIX
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held in Cameron County
Water Control and Improvement Dis
trict Number Six, on the second Tues
day in January, A. d. 1928, the same
beicg the tenth day of January, 1923.
for the purpose Of electing five d.
rectors for said district in pursuance
Of an order of the Board Of Directors
Of said District made and entered on
the eighth day Of December. A. d.
1927, in regular session. Said cleo
tion shall he held and conducted in
accordance with the laws OF the State
OF Texas for the holding or general
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
Development
Called Remarkable
Paul Robinson

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 4AP-Tha
southwest in beginning an era of "re-
markable" industrial development.
Arthur X. Sapp, president of Rotary.
international. said here today.
Texas is making the eastern finAn-
cial wizards take notice of the re-
markable development i'm this section
Texas business men are live wires,."
he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

~
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the State National Bank
of Brownsville, Texas, will be held
at its banking house on Tuesday,
January 10th, 1928, at four o'clock
p. m, for the election of directors
and the transaction of such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting. A II. Fernandez,
Cashier. Z65