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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
KeIogg's Ban on The Soviet Union Railway Loan

he department continues it's hostile policy toward the
Union But whether Secretary of State Keogg denunca
ton S30000000 Soviet Union railway oan being
by Chase National bank and other smaller financial
Institutions hangover from the past sign of ntensf
hostility all leading toward recognition
remains to be
will be interesting watch the reaction of the Chase Ma
tona bank the second largest financial institution in the United
States, to the state departments objections.
Undoubtedly fverish made by the National Civic
Federation against the foaon of the Soviet Union railway loan
lot do with the public attitude of the state department
Kellogg himself the leading lights of the "Boshevik
American institutions school has to do something to
his 1t is obvious that when has been claiming,
Matthew Wo of the active hencmen the state
department. the Soviet Union is flooding the United States
gold the purpose of financing subversve propaganda
embarrassing the extreme have the Soviet Union
into the American financial markets for a loan.
Unless something be done about this by the professional
forced admit that revolutionary movements the Communist
this out of the class struggle
their respective countries while they derive inspiration guild
ance and support experienced revolutionary
the Soviet Union in this they must de-
pend upon working class home for their existence It
only their the working that they live and
work for the overthrow of capitalist imperialism.
But apart the Russian gold theory there is evident
the Union policy Of the state department the hatred
ruling class for the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
overrdes the desire for interest and profit Not
the growing anagonsm British and American imperial
prevent Wall Streets state department from banning the
Union railway loan while Royal Dutch She'll Brtans oil
locked struggle with Standard Oil the question OF
the purchase of oil from the Soviet Union.
1t such incidents this that thru the fog of mperi
ast propaganda and intrigue clearly the main line of
struggle todayha between the Soviet Union sybozng the
class workers. and colonial
pies and the imperialist powers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03

Walsh of Massachusetts and his favote enemy Hen of Ala
bama well Swanson of Virginia and his opponent Jim Reed
Missouri with Bruce of Maryland and Wheeler of Montana
forgot their dsagreeens such questions the world court
the Hearst fogere and the catholic church and voted good
uphold unit the Woodrow Wilson tradition of
ownership and operation of the merchant marine
This breaking away from their traditional platform,
the Wall Street republican democratic coalition the part
majority group the democratic party at least partly
influenced by desire the fiction of democratic party
unity before the election campaign begins On such issues is
permissible to devate from the traditional class base long
enough gain slight party advantage But the artificial ALI
of Tuesday cannot conceivably last
the actual merits of the this adverse VOTE
by the lower house of win not harm the
Coolidge big Let imagine that the Coolidge
to sell the merchant marine step toward government
centraaion It just the opposite The that Coolidge
private development of the merchant marine under the
eye of officials of the navy department is because such
will the question of the building OF such auxiliary
of the hands and place it unoffcaly under
direct control of the executive department of the
the Coolidge program defeated in the lower house it only
goal will be reached through manipulation of
instead of by the navy department..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
A Great Forward Step of Our Party

ganizing abilities required to es-
tablish a fighting political Party
on the basis of the new movement"
While we are in a sense much bet
ter off than were the early Social
Democrats (Bolsheviks) of Russia at
that time, because we have well or
ganized and centralized Party fol-
lowing the leadership of the world
Party, the Communist International,
yet much of what has been said above
is true of our Party as well. Par
ticularly the fact that the material
elements are growing more favorable
for the development of mass Com
munist Party in this country and that
we really lack capable forces as or
ganizers and leaders of the move
ment. In the present period we will
find the workers ready to struggle.
We have the task before US of or
ganizing the unorganized, of organ
izing a struggle against war, and we
must have the forces to lead such
struggles.
The decision of the Central Exec
utive Committee to hold a three
month training course at this time,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03

therefore, viii be greeted by all COM
rades. 1t will mean the training of
additional forces that will be able to
go out into the field and become the
spokesman and leaders in the strug
gle of the masses.
The students to this school will not
be those who come for academic train
ing. They are workers from the fac
tories who are chosen for this train
ing not SO much because of their
preparation, altho this is taken into
account, but chiefly because of their
devotion to their Party. and their will
ingness to fulfill the following teach
ing of Lenin:
"We must train people who shall
devote to the revolution, not only
their spare evenings, but the whole
of their lives. We must set up an
organization sufficiently large in
order to be able to introduce
strict division of labor in the vari-
Gus forms of our work"
When we consider how few really
capable and trained forces our Party
has then we will appreciate the full
meaning and significance of the train
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
By WILLIAM F. dunno.

Certain recent articles carried by
such publications as The Annalist ia
journal of finance, commerce and
economics") issued by the New York
Times, indicate clearly three things;
l. That there is being carried on
steady propaganda for the lowering
of production costs" which means
wage-cuts for the working class
ostensibly in order to meet foreign
competition.
2. That the manufacturing CAPT
talists are far from enthusiastic at
the present prospect of building "a
favorable trade balance"
8. That powerful sections of the
capitalist class are demanding a
more aggressive struggle for markets
and raw materials-especially in
Latin America and China.
Emmett Harris, writing in The An
nalist for December 16, under the
heading: "Growing Competition From
Europe in the Far East and Its
Significance" takes as his main thesis
the following:
"Until we can reduce our costs SO
as to guarantee a profit in foreign
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
The Urge for Wage Cuts, Wider Markets
and Cheaper Raw Materials

tacks on the living standards of the
masses, while maintaining allies by
higher wages and the granting of GER
tain privileges among the labor aristo
cracy, stamps the present period as
one of struggle for our class.
Lower production costs mean lower
wages and cheaper raw materials
both the working class at home and
the colonial masses are brought with
in the sphere of exploitation.
1t is admitted that the income from
international loans will take care OF
all foreign charges and still leave a
favorable balance, but the writer car
not refrain from asking the some
what querulous question: "While it is
true -. that we might allow our
favorable merchandise balance to
dwindle until we were practically de-
pendent upon interest on our invest
ments to meet all these charges, is this
a healthy position for our manufac-
turers to be placed in?" (Our EN-
phasis.)
The powerful position of finance
capital is to be seen in the timid
manner in which the writer voices the
woes of the industrial capitalists,
But no such hesitation and timidity
is to be noticed in the final conclusion
which puts the case for the commodity
exporting capitalists in the following
definite form:
with European and colonial mar
kets for our manufactured goods be-
ing gradually closed to our trade by
one artificial device after another
with domestic industries springing ur
throughout the world, wi h our an
ual payments abroad for raw ma
terials -. mounting higher each
year, we can ill afford to cease our
efforts to retain our foothold in the
great neutral markets of Latin
American and China. J" (Ameri-
can policy at the Havana PAN Ameri-
can Conference.)
The export of finance capital, while
it enables the borrower nations to buy
such things as railroad and factory
equipment from the indus rial CAPT
talists in the exporting countries also
builds native industry which supplies
the needs of populations formerly
purchasing foreign goods and at q
further stage enters into the world
markets in competition with the Older
capitalist nations.
This intensifies the struggle fol
raw materials and adds to the i'm
perialist antagonisms while the eff
forts Of the capitalists who formerly
enjoyed practical monopoly in these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
BY Fred Ellis

ing of fifteen or so comrades for lead
ing work in the Party.
The entire Party must support the
national full time training school
Support at the present time, since the
students in the main are already
selected, means chiefly supporting the
students who are coming here finan-
cially, providing for them books
room, board, etc.
1t will cost quite sum of money
to keep these comrades here for full
time three months and provide fol
them. We. therefore, ask all those
comrades that can contribute and all
sympathizers that can contribute tt
write to the National Organization
Dept, 43 E. 125th St., New York City
All comrades in New York City
that are ready to provide three months
lodging for any of the students arc
asked to communicate also with the
organization department.
New York workers should gather
in mass at Irving Plaza Hall next
Wednesday night to give the students
from all over the country a prole-
tartan welcome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03

markets Chere is surely no aQ-
vantage in seeking volume produc-
ton in any export line. Only after
our costs are on parity with those
of our foreign competitors will mass
production for export become prac-
ticable. Foreign competition, there
fore in neutral markets, is the
thermometer which gives our econ
omic temperature. If it registers
high costs and is rising it may
signify a serious condition in the
body economic. We have not been
a creditor nation long enough to
rest on our laurels any mOdi-
ficatiOn of present world conditions
which should interfere with interest
payments on our loans could leave
us in very undesirable situation,
provided we build our whole struc-
ture largely on the income from
foreign investments" Emphasis
our.)
The writer points out that German
steel products, with freight and duty
paid, are being sold 10 to Is per cent
under the domestic price. He points
out further that American business
men have lost "a per cent of China's
machinery trade since 1920, while
German gained II per cent, Great
Britain per cent and Japan 2 pei
cent. He concludes that "the signifi.
canoe of all this ). is the trend to.
ward the purchase of European goods
which neutral buyers are showing be.
cause of lower prices and better credit
terms"
The falling merchandise trade bal
ance is worrying the capitalist ex.
perts. This favorable balance has fall.
len from Sill, 100000 in 1922 to $377,.
100000 in 1926. Harris shows thai
his balance is made up largely Of
surplus exports to Australia ant
Canada and not of surplus mer.
chandise exports to Asia and Latir
America.
Harris says:
sour increasing demands for raw
silk, rubber, tin, coffee, nitrate, etc.
from Asia and South America has
piled up our merchandise indebted
ness from $500,0O0,00 in 1922 to
$950,000,000 in 1926. In other
words, our 1922 excess of exports
Of $711,000,000 has now been prac-
tically cut in half, owing principally
to our increasing demands for those
raw materials which we can not pro-
duce at home" (Our Emphasis.)
Here is the practical expression o,
the feverish hunt for and conquest o.
raw materials which Lenin showed
was one of the characteristics Of i'm
perialism. This and the constant at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03

fields to reduce the wages and living
standards of the workers at home in
order to meet the new competition,
sharpens the class struggle.
We can see these processes theor-
lied from the capitalist standpoint,
and justified, in such articles as the
one quoted, right here in the United
States.
Back of the financial and industrial
capitalists, in spite of the conflict of
interests which arises over such is
sues as the tariff, foreign policy, etc.
stands the power of their govern
ment.
The government of the capitalist
backs both the efforts to reduce the
living standards of the workers--as
it is doing now in the coal fields
and their schemes for securing their
foreign loans, obtaining the cheap
raw materials, and extending their
markets in weaker countries-as IS
being done now in Nicaragua, and in
somewhat different form in Mexico
and China.
These are the conditions which put
the building of powerful and mill
tant labor movement in the United
States and unity with the oppressed
peoples in Latin America and China
as the first point on the order Of bust
ness of the working class with no
time to waste.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
Defeat Of CooEdge's Mercantile Marine Proposal

United States voted SO to 81 against the
oodge program of selling the governmenowned merchant
to private capitalists being division along
rarity the insurgents counted separate party
ich this is found in alliance with the democratic party
The roll of those republicans who voted with the democrats for
bill against the Coolidge plan reads like roll Of the
nsugen and except for the strange
Willis of Ohio who famous for the saying Harry NJ
Daugherty clean hounds TOOTH but who is
president With this exception the socaed republican
with the democrats for the bill for the
most the traditional small capitalist opposition to the policies
of Wall Street.
The democratic vote however purely prepresidential
VOTE antagonists within the democratic party as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03
By JACK STACHEL

THE Central Executive Committee of
\ our Party has taken very i'm
portant step forward when it decided
on the organization Of a full-time
three months training course for
Party organizers and other Party
workers.
Lenin understood, full well the i'm
portance of training Party leaders,
Party organizers, Party propaganda
lists. In the teachings of Lenin, par
ticularly his writings connected with
the building of the Russian Bolshevik
Party, we find numerous remarks on
this score that could well be ap-
piled to our party. And Lenin not only
wrote about these things, but saw to
it that they were carried into prac-
tice and thus he built the strong and
powerful Bolshevik Party of Russia
hat took power in 1917.
Lenin not only wrote, "Not single
class in history achieved power with
out putting forward its political
leaders and spokesman capable or or
it." but also set himself to the task OF
training these leaders and preparing
them to lead the masses. In the
present period of the great offensive
of the employers of this country
openly in alliance with the labor
bureaucrats, the Wolls and the
Greens, in their efforts to destroy the
trade unions, part and parcel of the
entire plan to mobilize the entire
country for coming imperialist war,
we find at the same time a growing
consciousness on the part of the
masses, left trend, resistance to
the offensive of the employers as is
testified by the heroic struggle of
the miners in Pittsburgh, Ohio and
in Colorado, by the resistance to
wage-cuts on the part of the textile
and show workers of New England
and by numerous other struggles. At
his moment when we are face to face
with coming important struggles, the
following writing of Lenin must be
taken to heart by us:
"The material elements of our
movement have grown enormously
since 1898, but the conscious lead
ers (Bolsheviks) Jagged behind this
growth. This is the principal rea-
son for the crisis which Russian So
cial Democracy is now experience
ing. The mass (spontaneous) move
ment lacks "ideoIogists" sufficiently
trained theoretically to be able to
withstand all waverings; it lacks
leaders with the wide political out
look, revolutionary energy and or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-03

JAY LOvEsTONE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-15

door organizations intended to supplement and CO.
operate with parent, school and church.
The several organizations in this field differ among
themselves in detail But fundamentally they alike
in mpanting simple natural and genuine values in the
young at time when boys and girls apt to place
too great store by the false values of atterday
e The codes Of conduct the laws and regulations Of
these orders ngrained in their members that the
net result is high type Of training.
But there is no immortality in organizations. They
do not persist in good works without leadership Boys
and girls cannot be organized for sound recreation and
training unless adults take hand. The men and won-
willing to give their time to such cause have the
satisfaction of knowing that they do merely talk
about the necessity Of good citizenship; they help to
build it.
Organizations devoted to the welfare of youth have
difficulty in finding material to work WITH but they
must be the lookout for men and women fitted
for this important social work. The work frequently
suffers from lack Of leadership because there are
few qualified adults, but because few men and women
are willing to make the necessary sacrifices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-15
WASHINGTON
~ LETTER 80
N aag 1asSns}

museum wrote back that it was only
cats skull after all, he was very
sore.
"Who ever heard" he demanded,
of a cat with horns and hoofs ?"
Further inquiry developed that he
had found the hoof of horse nearby
and was convinced that the relics
came from the same animal. He still
thinks so, for. bone finders are often
very difficult to convince.
The museum has more than once
received a complete dog skeleton
from finder who hadn't the slight
est idea what it was.
But the museums experts don't
want to encourage this sort Of thing.
Some time somebody might-well,
you never can tell.
1t doesn't care anything about the
bones Of any domestic animals, but it
lis usually glad to get the complete
bones of a wild animal, because the
species of these vary according to
separate localities, and the museum
wants all collections as complete as
possible.
Even the. skeletons of mice and
rats aren't scorned-though that
doesn't go for the ordinary house
varieties.
Not that there is any money avail
able to pay for ordinary skeletons
But if you should find the bones
OF any mastodons or any other pre-
historic animals and can prove that
they aren't those of any animal you
ever saw, the museum will stand the
expense Of a collect telegram.
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70 regain lost strength. Tho stvs
growing of finger and toe nails 10
because Of q lack Of organic miner.
Dr.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed to him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

ais which 30 to make up the compo-
sition Of the nails, bone, hair and
teeth.
Question: H. B. writes: II have
lost confidence in myself and others
also have lost control Of my will
power, which causes me to have .
nervous fear almost constantly. Will
you tell me what causes this, and
how to cure myself :"
Answer: You should seek the adj
vice Of good psychologist Or
psychoanalyst. You can receive much
help by reading good books on the
subject Of mind power and mental
control, but personal advice and the
encouragement Of = mental prac-
titioner are often necessary to help
you in effecting . complete cure, at
ter you are conscious Of having lost
your mental control.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-15
FEWER AND BETTER PAPERS
Duluth Hera1d)

The Editor and Publisher prints some interesting
newspaper statistics which wildly illustrate what has
been going on and is still going on in the newspaper
field.
In five years. from 1923 1925 the number of cities
served by only newspaper has increased from 1872
to 915: The increase is 1873, seventeen per cent.
In the same period the number of cities with more
than one newspaper has fallen from SIS to 418 And in
eighty-tive Of these cities with than
paper all OF the newspapers under management.
This includes such important cities as Mobile, San
Diego Des Moines, Charleston, Springfield in Massa-
chusetts and Austin and Galveston in Texas.
There several reasons for this marked change
chief Of which is that modern demands Upon
became great and costly that was utterly mpos-
sibe to keep up the old condition under which Pitts
burg for instance had seven newspapers where it
has three.
The decline Of political partsanship among newspa-
pers has helped in this process Where newspapers felt
that they had to be party organs naturally city must
have at least newspaper for each major party Now
that field often is filled by single independent news
paper.
The country has far fewer newspapers than it used
have because the pressure Of costs and competition
squeezed out the weaker But for the same
it has better newspapers than it ever had before.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-15
Editorial Comment
FORGOTTEN TOWNS
(St. Paul Dispatch)

49,. (St. Paul Dlspatch)
Within SO miles of Madrid General Primo de Rivera
discovered forgotten Spanish town. Valdemanoueda
with population Of $50, has been isolated for many
years and has lost the semblance Of civilization
mental degeneracy. The tumbled-down church has no
priest the village school is without teacher or pupils
and the inhabitants have reverted to stagnancy and
decay that deprves them Of the customs and
ners Of primitive people.
This is not deserted village such as Goldsmith pic
IT, noi s IKE the deserted boom towns Of the min
in" regions Of the United States which were suddenly
populated and sudden'v depopulated. The nearest
approach to the Spanish condition is that of the
taineers Of Kentucky but these preserved the
traditions of their race and only stood still while the
rest Of the country advanced They were the Robin
son Crusoes who though marooned Tended for them
selves in some rude but energetic way. The Spanish
villagers were the Rip Wrinkles who slept and
found starved in rags and tatters.
Modern civilization seems to be q matter Of inter-
communication and transportation. Without these
he vast stretches Of the United States might have
than village of Yaldemanaueda
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-15
BARBS

Mrs. Knapp, former secretary Of
state Of New York, was sentenced to
80 days for the theft Of $50, 900 STATE
funds. Too much. rather, that u. ~
mean, too much.
Medical students at Johns Hon.
kins arc taught cooking during their
final year. Well, isn't . doctors wife
entitled to good meals. tool
The headline, sRobinson Hits
Whisperers," reminds 10 that whisp.
or and spsakeasy sound alike but arc
two different things.
George Bernard Shaw says be 4
going to rent IN island with ouo
house on II whore steamers do -
stop. "A little publicity" he miRaI
have added. doesn't hurt : BIT"
What this country needs b more
automobiles Tor ths pupils - driM
g school and more gynanasju1ms Tor
them to exercise r.
The theory 81 ! picnicksr seems .
Be that every litter bit helps.
Copyright, 1919. NEA ssrviee, Ina.)