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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
EMPLOYMENT SLIDES
TO YEARS Low POINT

A depression is not a depression
when recognition of widespread unem-
ployment would mar the myth of re-
publican prosperity. At least that
seems the only definition which will
harmonic the prosperity blurb by the
high government officials and bank
ers with the monthly reports of the
Y. s. department of labor showing
factory employment falling to new
low levels. 1t must also be realized
that despite the drop in EMPLOYMENT
dividend and interest payments con-
tlnue to make new high records.
Enough said!
FACTORY employment in December
1871, so the report shows, was $40
below December 1926 and about 1870
below the average for the year 1923.
lhls means that at the end of the
year manufacture provided Jobs for
about 100000 fewer workers than at
the close of 1923. Fewer Jobs are al
SO available on the railroads, in the
mines and in construction work. With
every allowance for the growth of the
personal service industries, there must
be hundreds of thousands without an
opportunity to earn a living for their
families.
Employment in American factories
throughout the year averaged only
5000, based on the average for 1929
as lOO%O. This means that taking the
year as whole factories offered at
least one million fewer Jobs than in
1873. Factory employment in 1927
was almost as low as in 1922 and only
$3.50 avobe the 1921 level. In no other
year since the departments record
started in 1914 has factory employ
ment been so low.
Every one of the II groups of in
austrles IN the reports shows a decline
IN employment compared with Deem
per 1926. In the iron and steel pro
ducts group the year has seen a de-
cine OF 11.2% in employment and
I4%0 in the payroll total This mis-
ce!laneous group which includes aori-
cultural implements, electrical annar-
tus, rubber and shipbuilding shows de-
cllnes of 1850 in employment and
9%o in total wages paid. In lumber
ana It's products the declines are $50
IN employment and 8.79o in wages:
leather $40 in employment and II 2b
IN wages; nonferrous metals 8.1@o and
00'S%o; stone, clay and glass 1870 and
$500; vehicles, including automobiles
and railway cars 6.2% and $40: and
chemical products declines of $50 In
employment and 5.1%o in wages. In
the other groups the declines were
smaller.
The general conclusion to be drawn
from the report is that factory am.
ployment at the end of the wear was
pretty much down to depression levels
but that as yet there has been no sucf
outbreak of wage cutting as in 1921
Factory payrolls have fallen but mo-
quite so far as in 1921.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
REVIEW OF The GRAIN MARKET

gulf. This is the highest basis ON tho
crop thus far and would be eouivale1t
to about $1.03' at New York and 97% y
at the gulf.
The colder weather has been large
ly responsible for the heavy market
movement. illinois corn is now being
marketed in good volume, and wbile
this corn is or light test weight and
contains heavy moisture it has a low
percentage of damaged grains and is
beng readily taken by industrial INV
ers in the central west. This is re
stitching the demand for corn in the
more western markets. Considerable
corn is moving westward from cen
trail Kansas and Nebraska and also
from Kansas to Oklahoma where con-
Sumers are reported to be bidding
terminal market prices at loading
point for this grain. Elevators con-
tlnued to absorb a large percentage
OF the arrivals at Kansas Citv and
other central western markets. No. 3
yellow corn was quoted February at
Chicago at 9Oc-901Rc, Kansas CITY
6Oc-o62c, Omaha 791ac-8O1ac, and ST.
Louis 8612c-87c.
RYE: The rye market was dull.
There was practically no export de-
mand but domestic buying was suffi-
GENTLY active to absorb the moderate
receipts at only slightly power prices
than prevailed a week ago. No. 2
rye was quoted at the close of the
week at Minneapolis at $1.O21a- 1.O4
and at Chicago at $1.O9-S1.1O%.
OATS: The oats market STRENGTH
ened slightly with corn. REGENTS were
larger than for some time and have
been sufficient to supply current mar
ket demand with the result that mar
ket stocks have shown practically no
decrease during the past week, Mar
ket stocks, however, are relatively
small. No. 3 white oats were being
quoted at 55c-57c per bushel at the
principal markets.
/ BARLEY: The barley market held
generally firm. Receipts were onlv of
moderate volume from day to dav and
were readily taken, although export
demand has fallen off materially dur
ing the past few weeks. Best maltino
types were quoted at the close of the
week at Minneapolis at S5c-87c. and
at Chicago at 90c-97c per bushel. Sine
cial No. 2 was quoted at Milwaukee
at 95c-99c while best mailing types
from Wisconsin and Illinois were sell.
ing close to $1.0O.
FLAX: Flax market was rather in.
active with offerings of only moder.
ate volume. May flax declined about
5-Sc for the week at MINNEAPOLIS
closing February at S2.14 rs
Crushers were absorbing all desirable
seed and No. flax was quoted a
Minneapolis at $2.12-$2.34 per bushel
Elevators were active buyers of tn,
ordinary quality flax and heavy dock
age cars at Duluth but receipts O.
flax were very light in that market
Argentine flax prices were advanced
slightly during the week, seed TO,
March shipment being quoted a
BuenOs Aires at $162H, an advanc,
of about 1c. Seed for. Nav shipmen
was quoted at $1.65. Total shipment
for the week were 1891, 900 bushels O.
which $4,000 were reported destined
to the United States.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
TWO DAYS ONLY
No Charge for Consultation

DIR. Mellenthin is a regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is IL
censed by the state of North Dakota.
He does not operate for chronic APP
pendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of stom-
ach, tOnsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit wonderful re-
suits in diseases of the stomach, liver,
bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart,
kidney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh,
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
Below are the names of a few of
his many satisfied patintes in North
Dakota who have been treated for one
of the above named causes:
Philip Alderman, Reynolds.
Mrs. Dan ]. Cobentz, Mylo.
Mrs. Christ Bjordahl, Arthur.
A. N. Carlson, GAINESVILLE, MINI.
j. ]. Dettbenner, Woodwork.
Alex. Engelhardt, Dickinson.
Nellie Gray, Sims.
Adolph FOLSOM, Edinburg.
P. P. Hagen, Abercrombie.
Remember above date, that consul
tation on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accompa-
MED by their husbands.
Address: 211 Bradbury Bldg, Los
Angeles, California.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
FAMOUS SPEAKER TO
Be HERE ON APRIL 10


More than thirty-five meetings
have already been definitelv az
ranged in the coast-to-coast tour ,
of James P. Cannon. national ,
Secretary of international f,abor
Defense, which is to open a ma
tional campaign against tbe
frame-up system. This announce
ment was made today in the Ma
tional Office of International Ia
Dor Defense, so East 11th Ct
New oYrk City
Enthusiasm has been manifest
ed for the tour everywhere. and
the indications are that LARGE
: crowds will greet Cannon at all
points. Numerous cities that
: have not had labor or radical
speakers for years have sent in
requests that their territory h.,
covered. In addition to the meet
ing already definitely announced
: steps are being taken to include
in the tour the dozens of other
cities where labor organizations
have requested that Cannon he
present to speak. In a number
of cities, conferences of sections
of International Labor Defense
are being arranged at which Can
non will speak and aid in the
strengthening of the organiza-
TONS work.
While in the west, Cannon will
make special arrangements to
visit such well-known class war
prisoners as Tom Mooney, War
rem X. Billings, Matt Schmidt and
j. B. Mcnamara, at Folsom and
: San Quentin, California, and the
: Centralia l. w. w. prisoners at
: Walla Walla penitentiary in
: Washington, who include John
Lamb, Eugene Barnett, James
: McInerney, Bert Bland and 9th
ers.
The first section of the tour
will cover points as far apart as
: Pittsburgh and Seattle, and San
Francisco and Cleveland and De-
troit.
Those cities still DESTROYS of
making an engagement for the
tour of Cannon against the
Frame-Up system should write to
the National Office of Interna-
tional Labor Defense, 80 East.
18th ST., RIM. 4O2, New York City.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

In the constitution, which was is
sued Saturday, the premier said that
fascists, as fascists, must uphold the
honor of Italy and Italians, must keep
clear of all internal politics of the
country in which they reside, must
obey without question the orders of
the Italian consuls and chiefs of the
fascist regime in the countries where
they are stationed and must be under
discipline the same as members of the
fascist party in the homeland.
All fascists abroad will come under
the charge of the secretary-general
of the party in Rome and in cases of
breach of discipline, they may be ex-
PEELED from the party. The organiza-
ton abroad includes the fascist Boy
Scouts as well swomen's organiza-
tions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
Money Hidden In Odd Places
By Residents of Northwest

Pierre, S. D.-Snow covered prair-
les, inner tubes, tin cans and old
trunks and boxes have served as safe
ty deposits for many residents of the
northwest in the past year or two, be-
cause of the fear of bank failures.
A few days ago bond salesman
dealing with a farmer contracted for
the delivery of $4,000 worth of securi-
ties. The farmer said that he would
have to wait a day for his payment.
The salesman agreed to take the far
mer "out in the country" to close the
deal. After driving several miles they
halted at the corner of a field far
from any buildings. The farmer
scrambled through a wire fence, made
several observations, scraped away
the snow and pulled out a bag of
money from which the payment was
taken.
A farmer In the. southern part of
the state died and the executor want
ed to know what property was avail
able, and was told that papers list
ing the property were kept in an old
trunk. When the trunk was opened
$35, 900 in cash was found.
Two men came into the office OF
the rural credits department of the
state. One owed 1000 and the other
$500. The larger sum was dug out oil
section of inner tube while the mar
with the smaller sum dug it out Of
different pockets in many parts Of
his clothes.
While the reports from both state
and national banks in South Dakots
show heavy increases in deposits, il
is apparent that confidence in tn,
banks of the state, which has not beer
completely restored, and that thu
safety deposit" boxes of many o.
them are not in any business center
but somewhere about the farms. 1
is also likely that many of these de
posits which usually are made with
out knowledge of any except the ode
positor," will be lost for all time il
case of forgetfulness or death of tn
one making the deposit"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
FAKE FRIENDS DO
NOT FOOL INDIANS

for Gpt fa2m jan; 81.-Tentative plans
Old farmer meeting similar to the
at the Ms. institute were discussed
nercial ci',S of the Poplar COM
meeting e agricultural n'1 committee. The
l. Count aeld, will be about March
Ors the A. agent A. w. Warden fav-
ta usis introduced in corOrsss for
educatfirprmg administrator s nf Ird iOp
ters from :, health and welfare mat
the sev Tlr the federal government ito TO
up for di de, states agencies were brot
Oy the sec rSItSSlon and the bills read
ffeeccf9etary, P. H. Moller for rrer
vation of the Fort t DEL. lo Orns
against p Supt. F. N. Mitchell spoke
and gave Passage ss of either of the biIIs
Would he d Lessons why the change
an ucatG;eetsrllmental to Indians from
COnnor'' raC standpoint. Ge lrU1,l
Indians, sa EiJessSenting a delegation Of
Preferred o ia the majority Of indians
Proposed c me present system 70 fht
the Ellis. On record as being opposed t~ss 'f Is
Cd q af ssnttsi ai;a program consist
TCS' accOmna comm solo by Armand Le en-
TSawden amp 95anied by Mrs W i,
NawsOn, accor q vocal solo by DonaI,
Marian LawCUompanied by his sister
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

ers; Jack Enright, accountant and
Feter Dlppong, warehouseman, left
Monday for Minot where they will
again take up their work at the head
office.
These members of the staff re-
NAMED In Scobey for some weeks in
order to complete the work incident
to removing the head office of the
company to Minot.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
HOOKING PRESIDENT
OF GLASGOW CLUB

Glasgow. Jan. 31.--A special meet
ing of the newly elected directors of
the Glasgow chamber of commerce
elected 7. j. Hooking, president; G.
R. Jameson, vice president; R. NJ
Young, treasurer; r. M. Lewis, ma
tional councillor, Secretary S. L. Rugg
was reelected
1t was decided to hold regular
monthly meetings at the Alsop ban
quet rooms the first Thursday of each
month.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
QUICK PROMOTION
FOR D. B. c. GIRL

In November we told you that
Evelyn Martenson was the both
graduate of Dakota Business Col
lege (Fargo) employed by the local
Standard Oil Co. Since then, three
promotions have carried her to the
position of assistant cashier.
D.B.C. ACTUAL BUSINESS
training OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
elsewhere) attracts high class STU
dents and employers. Nearly 700
banks, International Harvester, Ford
Branches, etc, employ ''Dakotans''
repeatedly. Watch! See who gets
positions, promotions. Follow the
Successful" Mar. 10. Write F. L.
Watkins, Press 800 Front St. Fargo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
Mussolini Orders All Foreign
Fascists To Obey His Laws

Rome, Feb. 4.-Premier Mussolini
has drawn up a constitution for the
formation of fascist groups living
abroad giving hard and fast rules for
their conduct.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
Westland Oil Company
Closes Its Head Office
Business Affairs at Scobev

Scobey.-Mr. and Mrs L. C. Linde-
mann, the former being secretary of
the Westland oil corporation, Miss
Ethel Marlanee, Miss Mabel Jevnag-
er, Miss Muree Williams, stenograph-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

"Do you notice how fat all the Choir
US girls are? 2"
"Yes, the manager is very econom-
ical, and the fat ones get the same
pay as the thin but fill the stage bet-
ter"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
DOUBLE ACTION

Some people wash their faces
Each mawnin' in de sink
All use a drinkin fountain.
And does it while All drink
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

A once famous boxer was seen
quarreling with a man bigger than
himself. His friends said:
81 wouldn't stand for that kind of
talk, Bill. Hit i'm.
'Whatw exclaimed the boxer. "FOr
no purse an no gate money! Not like
lyw
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

A busy man was using the tele-
phone.
''I want Triangle double-two, double
two, double-two," he said
"Two-two, two-two," repeated the
exchange girl,reproachfully.
GAIL right" said the man, patient
ly; "you get me the number and we'll
play trains later on"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
Freiheit Anniversary
Celebration Planned

Sunday afternoon, March rs, at 2
p. M, the workers of New York and
vicinity will celebrate the sixth an
niversary of the F'reiheit, Jewish
Communist daily, at Madison Square
Garden, 50th st. and Eighth Ave.
At the anniversary demonstration
the struggles of the Freiheit for the
last six years will be reviewed. A
mass pageant in which 1000 actors
from the Freiheit Dramatic Studio,
Freiheit Gezangs Verein, Freiheit
Sport Clubs, Dramatic Sections a.
the Bronx, Downtown and Browns
vile Clubs will participate is being
arranged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
SPORTS IN BRIEF

defeat Of Sharkey at the hands Of
Jack Decpsey and Genes victory
over Dempsey it seems sort of doubt
full While Sharkey and Heeney are
better than the average heavyweights
that are by no means in the cham
|pionship class.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March Z.
Answering criticisms that his devo-
ton to golf would impair his ability
to hit home runs, Babe Ruth inaugur-
ated his seasons training by smack
ing six wallops into Crescent lake,
outside the training park of the New
York Yankees here. Several rockies
could not conceal their mirth when
Ruth missed the ball entirely, where
upon the Bambino stepped to the
pitchers box and famed several Of
the youngsters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
FAIL IN FRAMEUP
ON (,LOAKLEADERS
Fake Testimony Breaks
Down; Case Dismissed
(COntinued from Page onel

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wing leaders was sought by him and
the employers who furnished him
with lawyers, only after a long period
of time, as the result of a calculated
plan.
At the beginning of the case, Judge
Mulqueen repeatedly cautioned the
right wing bosses agent not to talk
so much. "You viii hurt your case
if you do" he said. But after the
witness, who maintained that Marks
stole money from him at the time of
the assault, was confronted with the
minutes of a magistrates court in
which he had accused one Morris Co.
hen of having committed the theft, f"
and after being compelled to admit
that the record was correct, the Judge
saw that if he further assisted the
district attorney, he would make a
fool of himself.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08

have not yet materialized. However,
police raids on the unemployed are
an hourly occurrence. Those unable
to show visible means of support are
hailed before the courts, charged
with vagrancy and sentenced in
patches without opportunity to testify
in their own behalf. The iails are
crowded. the food fierce and the
treatment accorded the unfortunate
jobless is nothing short of abomin-
able.
Workers Party Active.
The Workers Party Of San Fran
cisco has been actively engaged in
the organization of the unemployed
into councils.
San Francisco has no ordnance re-
garding street meetings nor is a po-
lice permit required. So the charges
were dismissed. It was the second
time Owens had been arrested by the
same cop on Fillmore and O'Farrell.
The other case was also dismissed.
Profitable Charity.
Community Chest promoters are
not slow in fastening onto the I'M
employment situation to further their
game Of gouge. The Salvation Army
is one of the worst in the business.
It gets a goodly share of the fund
and finds the business of saving souls
a profitable one. Every morning at
their wood yard at 1858 Harrison
hundreds of shivering men may be
seen huddled together waiting for a
chance to chop wood and earn a
ticket for meal and nights lodg-
ing.
Beginning Feb. 9th the Workers
(Communist) Party began week of
intensive agitation and organization
work. Though speakers are few, 10
meetings were scheduled for the
week, eliminating in a mass meeting
at Walters Union Hall, where a San
Francisco Council Of the Unemployed
was organized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
W WOMEN THRUOUT
WORLD CELEBRATE
Many Meetings Planned
in America

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work eight hours a day and will
soon work 6.
If our women would only CEN
tralize their attention and their
ability on the economic field, we
would have no children in the fac
tories and we would have more
highly developed citizens in the fu-
ture.
Hoping your International Wom-
ems Day will be a great success, L
remain, with sincere good wishes,
Very truly yours,
MOTHER JONES.
Women workers of other great in
dustrial centers are holding Interna
tional Women's Day demonstration:
this week. Chicago women are hold
ing their celebration today, March 8
at 8 P. M, in Northwest Hall, North.
ern and Western Avenues, with
Anna David, Edith Rudquist, anc
9th srs as speakers. New Haven
holds q meeting on Friday, the 9th
and Springfield on Saturday, the
10th, Baltimore on Sunday, the 18th
with Woman's Banquet in the eve
ming. The organizations of Boston
will hold their meeting on Sunday
The 18th, at Paine Memorial Hal
with Juliet Stuart Poyntz as speaker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
SUBSCRIPTIONS
COME QUICKLY,
DIRECTOR SAYS
Plan to Spread Paper
Among Workers

Envelopes full of subs received at
the office of The DAILY WORKER
indicate that the New Haven district
is not content to rest on its splendid
record in the past but is pushing the
national subscription drive to add
10000 new subscribers to the paper
with all its old energy.
The campaign under the direction
Of Anna Herbst, The DAILY WORK
Err organizer in District 1, is being
intensified and the center of activi-
ties is being pushed outside New
Haven into such towns as New Bri-
tain and Hartford.
Il get my subs quickly" says Anna
Herbst commenting on the eagerness
with which the Connecticut workers
are subscribing to The DAILY
WORKER.
Plans for free distribution of the
paper are being made to familiarize
the workers in the Naugatuck and
other Connecticut industrial sections
with the workers press. In this way
it is expected to bring the paper to
thousands of New England workers
who have had only casual knowl-
edge of it before.
The New Haven section promises
to take the lead in the national sub
scription drive before month is up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
COOLIDGE
EXPOSE SELVES
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president urged that Lewis ego to
the courts" to settle his dispute with
the coal companies.
Sterilization of the bituminous
coal industry through the elimination
of 'unecononic mines," with the re-
sultant elimination of 100000 min
ers from the present total of 100000,
is the solution offered by Lewis for
the miners crisis.
Progressive mine operators" he
admitted, shave cooperated with US
and the government in carrying out
this program and to insure peace in
the indus ry through long term
agreements"
The correspondence between Cool
idge and Lewis reveals also that
Coolidge admitted that the govern
ment had helped to make the Jack
sonville agreement, which the opera
tors have since flagrantly violated.
Lewis, as a member of the Ma
-ional Republican Committee, sold
out the workers in the 1924 election
campaign, and expected to receive
as his reward an appointment as Sec
rotary of labor. When Andy Mellon,
dictator of the United States govern
ment, for reasons Of his own, fore
stalled the plan, Lewis became bit
peeved.
This is being given as the probable
reason for the 1925 "comnlaint" to
Coolidge. Cal, who is the errand boy
Of Mellon, naturally refused to speak
against his master, the owner of one
Of the largest coal companies in the
country, the Pittsburgh Coal Com
pany.