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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Fleet Plans Maneuvers
To Cow Latin America

WASHINGTON, March %. = The
next American goodwill tour" may
be visit of the navy's most power
full fighting ships to ports on the
west coast of South America in Feb
ruary 1929, it was disclosed today.
Specially selected ships, including
battleships, cruisers, destroyers and
probably submarines, will make the
cruise.
The battle fleet in the Pacific will
practice TO rwar off Puget Sound,
San Francisco and San Diego until
summer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
3 Months for Starving.
Men Who Stole Bread
(Bu q Worker Correspondent

fSN'eNNNftS"/
PHILADELPHIA, (By MaiD. =
Two men have been arrested here
They were without food and shelter
for days. They took two loaves of
bread from the steps of the sheriff's
home. For that they were sentenced
to three months in the county jail. If
we compare this case with those of
Fall, Sinclair, Burns & Co., we find
that the old song still holds true.
Why prosecute the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the
common,
And let the greater felOn loose
Who steals the common from the
goose?
The Philadelphia Inquirer states to-
day editorially, that there is "a Sc
we're economic crisis in Russia. The
situation is said to be worse than in
1921" Ut seems as though they got
the U. S. S. R. mixed up with the
U. S. Al. Then asks the editor
"What has Stain been doing to turn
back the hands of the clock? 1t was
assumed that, with the exile of Trot-
sky and other rivals, the dictator
would be more friendly to capitalism
that it was part of his purpose, in
fact, to bring Russia more closely in
line with the rest of Europe in re-
spectc to economic development. The
tendency to political cooperation at
Geneva added probably to that as
sumption Apparently he has adopted
the reverse policy" 1t must be mis-
erably hard for capitalists to under
stand any Communist policy. They
always expect the reverse of anything
that is being done. In his last lines
the editor asks: "How long will it be
before he (meaning Stalin) is over
thrown? There can be no stability
for house built on sand" This ques-
ton they were asking themselves ten
years ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Urge Workers
to Aid LQbOY'S
COObeyahves
(By a Worker Correspondent

The Cooperative movement has
suffered much because workers and
their organizations have been more
or less passive towards it. Most al
ways it has been left to develop on
it's own resources. In some circles
it is considered purely as a COM
mercial enterprise. Very seldom do
we find that workers organizations
do any cooperative work, or try to
learn of it's principles and aims. AS
result of this inattention on the
part of the organized workers the CO.
operative movement in parts has de-
veloped tendencies to separate itself
from other working class movements.
Working Class Consumers.
The cooperative movement is a
movement of the working class con-
sumers. 1t is a mass movement, aim
ing to abolish all exploitation, middle
men and the whole of the capitalistic
system of production and distribution,
which is based on private profit. AS
such mass movement it calls to it's
folds all consumers, regardless of
race, color or religion, to work for a
cooperative system of production and
distribution, which is based on ser
vice.
AS the aim of the cooperative
movement is to abolish the capitalist
system, in its practical and organiza-
tional work, it is in constant conflict
with the capitalist state. Cooperative
organizations are compelled to fight
against the unfavorable laws, such as
taxation, tariff and other political
moves which aid to limit and set OBJ
stacles for the progress of the CO.
operative movement. Between the
cooperative movement and the capt.
talistic state there exists continuous
struggle for supremacy and towards
this great struggle the cooperative
movement cannot be neutral. 1t
must take a definite stand against
capitalism.
The cooperative movement organ
ICES consumers of all working class
groups, parties and factions. Elements
in these factions are desirable
material for the cooperative move
ment. And the progressive co-opera-
tive policy should be to form a united
front with all of these factions and
work fairly and justly towards all of
them. With such policy and work
ing program the cooperative move
ment must gain the confidence of
these working class consumers.
All working class consumers should
recognize the cooperative movement
as their own and work for it. The
following suggestions may help.
Program.
l. In arranging socials and
gatherings something about co-opera-
ton should be included in the pro-
gram.
2. Literature committees should
be instructed to distribute literature
on cooperation.
8. All assistance should be given
to the cooperative organizations in
their membership campaigns, educa-
tlonal activities and united front
struggles.
a. All assistance should be given
to the cooperative organizations in
carrying on working class education
among its members and employees.
Employees especially are mission
aries of cooperation and therefore
their class education is extremely i'm
portant.
5. Last, but not least, it is neces-
sary that all the class conscious
workers join the cooperative organi-
cation as members and actively sup
port them in all their undertakings.
No lip service.
HENRY ASKELI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
$369,190,737 Asked
In New Navy Bill

WASHINGTON, March 22.--While
a so-called Disarmament Conference
is going on in Geneva, the House APP
preparations Committee yesterday re-
ported the Naval Bill for the fiscal
year 1929 carrying a total of $780,
190,737 described as the largest APP
preparation of the kind ever asked of
Congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
DEAD WOMAN REVIVED.

WASHINGTON, March %. = Ar
unidentified woman was taken from
train here yesterday, pronounced
dead from poisoning and removed tc
the morgue. Three hours later she
began to breathe and physicians now
hope to save her life,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
.EYSTONE POTTERY, MURRAY RUBBER COMP

to quote figures on the decrease of
unemployment. Coolidge was freely
quoted on his latest prosperity"
bunk. This was taken by many
workers as an i'll omen. When the
new rate was announced it was 16
cents per hundred higher than the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

previous rate. This was quite shock
to the perfectly good citizens"
OF course something had to be
done to relieve the situation, so our
local industries promptly came to
the rescue" The keystone Pottery,
one of the largest in Trenton, at once
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Alaska SnOw-BOund

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March %.
One of the worst snow storms in
the history of this section has been
sweeping over the Alaska Railroad
belt for five days, Passengers for the
steamship Alaska were forced to
reach the vessel by airplane.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

announced a decrease of ten per cent
in all wages. Not to be outdone, the
Murray Rubber Co., the biggest rub
Der mill still operating, announced a
cut of five cents an hour. Murray by
the way, is one of our leading poll
ticians and "most useful" citizens.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Arctic Explorer Saved

SEWARD, Alaska, March o.
Radio communication was re-estab-
lished late last night with the Artic
explorer George H. Wilkins and his
pilot Carl Ben Eielson who were be-
lieved to have crashed in Alaska.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
CHEAT EMPLOYEES
With PERCENTAGE
Time CAMOUFLAGE
MenWo rk TWiceasHard;
Get Twice as Little
by a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, (By MaiD.-I have
been reading one of your papers
dated March IA, and l am very glad
to know that there is at least one good
newspaper in circulation that ex-
poses some of the drastic conditions
a man must go thru while working
in some corporations.
Plain Facts.
I noticed an article in your paper
giving plain facts about what is hap
pening in the Western Electric Com
pany's Hawthorne unit.
/ am an employe of this company
and | must say that you print moth
ing but the truth. Before being
transferred, | was working in the
department that assemblies loading
coils in cases, and ! know every
thing you had in print was a fact.
| find it very difficult for a person
working in any of their gang piece
work department to make an exist
ence let alone trying to make living
wage. The men work much harder
in the last few years and turn out
twice as much work for less money;
all thru a "gyp" percentage. At the
rate the men are working in this par
ticular department, they should re-
ceive from 80 to 100 per cent, but
they never get it and they have to
be satisfied to hold down the places
and dare not complain for fear of
losing their jobs.
But while work is slack and many
men are out of employment they have
to be satisfied until conditions are
better thruout the country and then
plenty will leave.
The company knows that things are
slack and they sure treat some of
their employees, who have been work
ing for them 10 or Is years, mighty
rough, trying to get them Disguised
so they will quit. And then they get
some young help to take their place.
That is a fine thing for a large cor
poration to do after they boast in the
Chicago newspapers, that the Western
Electric Co. and employees are one
family, as well as other bunk.
A military training school has
nothing on this place for the "don't
do this" and "don't do that"
Percentage Time"
The so-called department chiefs get
"living wage" by running their de-
partments as cheap as they can,
which means that their men have to
work themselves to death for bare
existence, and at the end of the month
on so-called percentage time" in
stead of getting $18 or $40 extra COM
pensation for his months work man
finds one dollar and seventy-five
cents. Some months he gets little
more, but very seldom much more. l
viii close now after stating these
facts.
ELECTRICAL"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

due to low wages, are months behind
in their payment of rent. The rents
in Trenton are extremely high, ow-
ing chiefly to the high rate of, taxa
ton.
Weeks before the rate for 1928
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
r COMPANY SLASH TRENTON WORKERS w

The most peculiar thing is the
great calm with which these wage
cuts were accepted, like the calm be-
fore storm. Can the workers stand
much more such abuse? What will
be the straw that breaks the camePs
back? W.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

was announced, great interest was
shown by the model, law-obeying and
"god"-fearing citizens as to what it
would be. The majority predicted and
expected relief in lower rate.
The so-called city fathers kept
mum but the capitalist press began
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

TRENTON, N. j., (By MaiD.-
There are hundreds and hundreds of
workers in Trenton today who are
unable to pay their rent due to I'M
employment and there are others, who,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Broadway Briefs

A special matinee performance of
"The Command to Love" will be given
at the Longacre Theatre this after
noon for the benefit of the Actors
Fund.
Bernard Corey, who created the
part of Israel Cohen in Anne Nichols
"Abie's irish Rose" which ran on
Broadway some five years, will be
the principal attraction at the Four
Arts Club at the Pythian Temple this
evening. Ruth Manning, contralto
and Florence Stearn, violinist, will
form part of the musical program on
the same occasion.
"The Royal Family" will play its
Tooth performance at the Selwyn
Theatre tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

EDITORS NOTE-The expose
of conditions under which the
workers slave in the Hawthorne
unit of the Western Electric Co. in
Chicago appeared in The DAILY
WORKER of March IA. In it the
Worker Correspondent from that
shop described the gang system.
speed-up and wage "gyp" schemes
of the corporation. He told how
$4,000 workers are unOrganized in
the Western Electric in Chicago.
The present Worker Correspondent
should send The DAILY WORKER
his name and address so that
regular fight of conditions il the
Hawthorne plant can be started and
the two Correspondents can, with
the proper precautions, be brought
into contact with one another for
more efficient activity.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
New Bond Issues
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 11.-An issue
of $5,OOO,0OO Power, Gas 81 Water Sc
curities Corporation collateral trust 5
per cent gold bonds, series due Novern-
ber /, l948, with common stock pur-
chase privilege, priced at SO, Is being
marketed today by G.. L. Ohrstrom &
Co, Janney g. Co., Graham, Parsons g.
Co., Coffin 81 Burr and Parsley Bros. Co.
Offering is being made of new issue
of $2,256,000 County Of Camden, N. j.,
Az per cent gold bonds maturing Sc
rally 1890 to 1878 and priced to yield
from 4.25 to 4.40 per cent by Lehman
Bros, KountZe Bros, e. H. Rollins &
Sons and r. L. Allen & Co.,
The Bankameric Corporation, A. B.
Leach g. Co., r. L. Allen & Co. and
Bachelor. Wack g. Co. offer a new
issue of 81 $4,000 Bergen County. N.
J.. gold Az per cent bonds, due serially
December /, 1929 to 1947, at prices to
yield from 4A to Az per cent
A new issue of 81 100000 Union Pow
er Corporation per cent secured con-
vertible gold bonds, due December /,
1943, is being marketed by H. M. BylleS-
by & Co, Bartlett g. Gordon, Inc, and
Hoagland. Alum e. Co. The bonds are
priced at 961s, to yield over 6.35 per
cent.
Stephens 81 Co. offer a new issue of
81, ,250, 900 city of Atlantic City, N. j.,
tax revenue 535 per cent bonds, due
September II, 1929, to yield per cent.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
CURB SHARES RISE
IN VIGOROUS RALLY
Niles -Bement-Pond Proves
Feature, With Early Gain
of rs Points.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 11.-Stocks
opened higher on the Curb Exchange
today and continued upward in many
instances However, there were inter-
walls when the rally appeared to have
been carried far enough. Expectations
that money rates would go considerably
higher next week checked buying on
- part of the speculative element.
Niles Bement-P Pond was one of the
noteworthy performers. The break of
last week had carried the price off 81
points. When the demand got under
way today it rallied from the previous
final Of 1898 to 154B before reac-
the buying represented the covering In
Of short contracts put out by those
who held to the opinion that recent
gossip concerning the activities Of one OF
the cofnpany's subsidiaries in the air.
plane industry did not warrant the ex-
tensive price appreciation that hac
taken place in the market for the
stock.
The oil stocks showed ability to re-
cover more Of the ground lost recently.
How much of the demand actually rep
resents new buying and how much was
due to short covering was a matter OF
speculation. Prairie Pipe Line gained
4 points, Standard of Indiana was 2
points higher, Humble recorded more
than points and Illinois Pipe Line at
279 changed hands points above yes
terday's f1<al
The new Goldman Sachs trading went
into new high ground. Around III 1t
compared with subscription price OF lO4.
Radio issues were somewhat higher, but
gains were not pronounced. American
Cynamid B was prominent among
specialties, gaining some points. Mar
cont issues were inclined toward higher
the improvement was not significant.
Mining issues moved forward in SYM
pathy with strength in this class of
stocks on the big board, with Newmont
the leader.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
HIGH-GRADE BONDS
DECLINE FURTHER
Easier Money Rates Fail to
Halt ReceSSions-FeW
Issues Rally.
By CHARLES r. sPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December IL. - The
slightly easier rates for money did not
prevent further declines in high-grade
investment issues, which have now
dropped an average of over a point
since the first Of the month, the largest
loss in so short a period since last
Summer.
Speculative issues, however, were
further benefited by the rally in stocks
and showed substantial gains during the
session.
In the secondary reaction in the bet
ter quality bonds there has been an
approach by few to the low prices
made in July and August. Baltimore
g. Ohio first As were today within half
a point of their previous low, and Atchi-
son As only a point above their earlier
quotation. Canadian Pacific Is were
fractionally under the figure to which
they declined few months ago after
selling at go In the low money period
Of last Winter.
This weakness reflects some addi-
tional selling by banks and also by
investors who have been taking ad-
vantage of the break in stocks to Sc
cure what they regard as bargains in
standard investment issues.
selling for European account. This has
been quite heavy in some of the Ger
man issues and has affected prices all
the way down from German govern
ment rs to United Steel Works 6 6112s.
A number of the German municipals
have been under pressure and the Prus-
sian IS are at the lowest price since
they were issued. Dealers in foreign
bonds report considerable selling for
Scandinavian account, which has been
fairly we'll interested in German Sc
curitieS.
The Bolivian per cent bonds, which
broke yesterday from los to oTi5, rail-
lied sharply, but there was not an
equivalent recovery in the old and new
rs. The incident has cast shadow
over the South American list tenn
porarily and the news that Bolivia had
withdrawn from the Pan-Anerican Con-
ciliation Conference did not help mat.
ters, leading to a second relapse in the
Bolivian group.
The largest advances in the con-
vertible bonds were those Of Andes Cop
per rs, amounting to 61a points; In Ana
conda Is, points; in Public Service of
New Jersey 41as, points; in Barns
dali IS, 212 points, and in Colon Oil 6s,
IL points. The Italian convertibleS
were also 1512 to 3 points higher.
st. Paul adjustments were favored
among the speculative rails and rose
nearly 2 points. Erie refunding SIS lost
over a point. In general this section
of the market showed a heavy tone. Lo-
cal fractions continued weak.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
BY KENNETH S. VAN STRUM.

NEW YORK, December 11.-Last Fri
day, the morning after the first bad
break in stock prices, one Of the largest
commission houses sent out word that
generally low stock prices for Decem-
ber have been established in yesterdays
collapse" Their unqualified advice was
to buy stocks. Advice Of other brokers
varied from this optimistic stand to 80
many trading accounts have been i'm
paired that lower prices seem inev-
table" Opinion is still widely diverted
in Wall Street as to how long the re-
action will last and how severe 1t will
prove to be- A study of past reactions
will give some indication of possible
turning point.
AS in every field of activity, 1t is
true of the market that 1t takes a long
period to build up and short period
to tear down. Almost five months have
elapsed since the last severe shakeout
in the market last June. From that
time stock prices have mounted con-
stantly. For while the technical posi-
ton of violent stock market was inn
proved by temporary periods of back
ing and filling, but toward the end Of
the rise prices shot upward without
any apparent check or limit.
The Bargain Hunters.
The limit was reached, however, and
we now find ourselves in the midst Of
q severe technical Shakeout familiar
phenomena to the older stock traders.
At present, many are waiting expect
Evening star., 1928-12-11
WHEAT PRICES GAIN
ON INITIAL SALES
Buying Movement Sends Market
Upward-Corn and Oats
Are Firm.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 11.-With fair
buying in which houses with connec-
tions Northwest were conspicuous, and
with offerings light, wheat prices aver
aged higher early today. Corn and
oats displayed f1rnness also, influenced
by less favorable weather for the move
ment Of corn.
Opening at "a of to a UP, wheat
afterward scored general gains. Corn
started at "a decline to an equal ad-
vance. and subsequently showed a ma
terial upturn all around. Provisions
were steady.
Some improvement of export for
wheat from North America helped to
induce buying Of wheat future deliver
les here today at times. In this con-
nection, world prices for wheat were
talked as as relatively low, and Eastern
sources, as we'll as the Northwest, were
credited with purchasing. On the other
hand, good progress Of the what harvest
in Argentina and Australia was re-
ported. =
Forecasts of rain in the corn belt,
likely to hamper free shipping from
rural points, gave the corn market a
decided hoist. Country offerings to ar
rive were light. Besides, arrivals of corn
in Chicago today were smaller, 347 cars,
and there were 226 cars Of corn report
ed as being loaded out of Chicago ele-
vators today to f1ll previous sales. D.,
Evening star., 1928-12-11
COTTON is HIGHER
ON OPENING SALES
Increased Demand Follows Set
back Due to Early South
ern Selling.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 11.-Prices
opened on the cotton market at. .ap
advance of II to % points in response
to relatively steady Liverpool cables
There was enough Southern selling and
further liquidation to send prices of
few points right after the opening, but
the setback seemed to bring in an in
creased demand which was supposed to
include some domestic and continental
trade buying, as well as covering or
buying by recent sellers. January sold
up to 1000 and May to 1895 before the
end OF the first half hour, or about 20
to 25 points net higher, with the market
fairly active at the advance.
Private cables said there had been
continental and Bombay buying in
Liverpool and that the market there
was considered well liquidated.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
U. S. GRAIN EXPORTS.

Grain exSorts last week from the
United States amounted to 7,o99.00O
bushels, as compared with 2,4sl 900
bushels the week before.
Commerce Department figures today
gave the following comparisons between
last weeks exports and those OF the
week before: Wheat, 3,757,000 bushels,
against 1921, 900; rye, $4,000, against
2,000: oats, $50 1000, against 11,000;
corn, 1,699,000, against 973,000; barley,
804. 900, against 114,000.
Canadian grains exported last week
through United States ports amounted
to 2,841, 900 bushels, against 2,989, 900
bushels the previous week, and North
American exports last week Of wheat
-four were 256,000 barrels, against IT,
600 barrels the week before.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
BUYS STOCK INTEREST.

NEW YORK, December IL R.-
Liquid Carbonic Corporation of Chi
cago, today announced purchase of a
substantial stock interest in the Dry
Ice Corporation Of America, which
operates plant at Elizabeth, N. j.
Money will be used by Dry Ice Corr
poration for expansion, and under
agreement Liquid Carbonic may increase
holdings in the other company.
Liquid Carbonic directors approved a
10-year contract to supply Carbonic
Gas to Dry Ice Corporation. The lat
ter concern plans to build plants ,ad-
joining Liquid Carbonic factories as
rapidly as its business develops.
Evening star., 1928-12-11
Machine Tool Trade.

NEW YORK, December IL Cp.-Ma-
chine tool trade in most centers is being
maintained at high level for the sea-
son, American Machinist reports. Ac-
tivity In metal working plants continues
10 snow gains and this is regarded as
highly significant so far as future
business in the machinery Industry is
concerned. The textile industry is the
leading buyer in the South.