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sHSoANA6~Il TlIbL FSRE,t
1926 than the combined shipments OF
al Pacific Coast portS-S534 600 600 AS
compared with $4,000. 900. New Or
leans was almost on the same level
with $4,000, 900. Raw materials, es-
peciziiy cotton and oil. naturally SUD-
Piled the bulk OF the tonnage. but there
ESQ was a rapidly mounting proportion
o. steel. lumber, finished woodwork. tey-
tiles. cement. machinery and numerous
other whole or partly fabricated lines.
II must be borne in mind that heavy
raw material movements have a signifi-
cant function J.. rendering available the
shipping and the sea lanes which can
then be most aoyaEtageOusIy exploited
ny available manufactured exports.
Por the further expansion OF this
trade the South has the substantial ad .
vantage OF Easy accessibility 10 the
great markets. 10 which the bulk o! the
demand for Fabricated lines originates
~--f7aneiy+ Latin America and the Far
East, The rnsrke,s Immediately 10 the
south Of Us around the Gulf Of Mexico
and the Caribbean absorbed about
SIPS DOC 900 worth VI American goods
each year during l3i0-Isi4
Trade In Caribbean.
This represented approximately 0 per
cent Of our total exports. Today, how
ever. the. ..Ags nearly trebled Their
purchases from us. the total being
500 900 900 In 1926, or nearly 10 per
cent Of our total SALES abroad. Even
with substantial deductions for price
increases this represents an impressive
growth In demand from 4 marie. which
IT, right al the doorstep Of the new
South.
The significant thing however. 10,
our new Southern industries IL The fact
that this Caribbean and Cult trade IL
evidently just IN as infancy, Accofd
ing " the aboye figures. our per capita
sales there are about So ~ compared
with about SO IN Porto EsCo II IL
f,eFl3aps expecting TOO much 10 antics-
nate y comparable adjustment in pur-
Ihaslfg power throughout the neigh
b<Jyl,ag islands and adjoining mainland
but there is certainly TD1n for ID d0u.
t3l9ny of our trade ia those regions nj
sheir resources are extensively exploited
and corresponding stimulus ls given "
wages and general standards III !isipg
with very few years tne i%Hitf
shot d fsase Immediately accessible Ne
yoslo Its southern horizon msrks'
aEaozA annual purcIlases silpJid total al
MEL ~ JuyJS11of"S" 20 sAs'A~t'~" "fN~'
ef9sg..stSe,
IL Is well 10 pear III mimi that man.
nj tIae industries in northern iatli
Aueriea are cioseiy conDaia able 70 uIos'
Naich haze been deyol0ped la the ney
eOuth sugar refining, OH well opera
fi0ae, subtfopical fruit and lumber I'M
de,tskings, etc Much ~ The equip
rnenG aud expert personnel Tor ines
new ceYeaopinents should I0gi1aii.
.,yIeinste IN tlae tgI.H, Be IL indeea
slrea0y the CAST Ia many instances.
Incidentally. il might be noted tia
sials growing expansion oi South"aTt
.xporlh by no means involves life shf
oeslh struggle sith European conpeii
tors The real eetFinieBt 81 The poten
tisi.rtef for our trade ti1ffe IN tn
sirenRt hegiing ~ pei capita buying pow
a. ~ The result ~ improved standard
~ ilsLag. mere staDlt ISoIllI1EI easlda'
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the people. Perhaps he Is one of those
thriving bankers whose Offices flank
the Forum, and who sell shares in
joint-stock enterprises. lend money at
high rates of interest and organize
companies to do contract work for the
government. Or. perhaps he has a
factory making manufactured articles
with force of slaves, turning their
blood into gold.
For everywhere now there are slaves.
They do all the physical work, and
much of the clerical work, too: they
till the fields and labor in factories.
they polish shoes and teach the young.
they carry burdens. take stenographic
dictation and lecture on philosophy.
They are very reasonably priced: in
some places they can be bought for
rs cents a head. There are so many
of them that the philosopher Seneca
warns against requiring them to wear
q distinctive dress: they would become
aware of their overwhelming prepon-
derance. and might take 1t into their
heads to establish a proletarian die
tatorship. Some palaces. we learn.
have as many as 400 slaves: and rich
men. dying. have been known TO be-
QueAtli l,uuV ileil dioIAS Will oiileI CAV
tie. The ministers Of pomp and
piled beyond the conception of mod
ern q. e.. eighteenth century, luxury.
Almost every profession. whether
laborer or mechanical. may be found
in the household of an opulent SEN
ator" "All the arrant sins that cap
ital has been guilty of against nature
and civilization In the modern world. "
SAYS MommSen. remain as far inferior
TO the denominations OF the ancient
capitaliStic states as the free man. be
he ever so poor. remains superior TO the
slave: and not until the dragon seed of
North America ripens. will the world
reap similar fruit
1t is a slight exaggeration. both for
the Romans and ourselves. BY the
time of the emperors the more fragrant
cruelties and abuses OF the slave sys-
TEN had been brought to an end by
legislation and a growing Sensitivity to
Stole land, later. Christian) ethics.
and there was nothing much TO choose
between a Roman slave In the days OF
Augustus and free" British navy.
or an Italian factory hand. in the year
of our Lord, 1928 But as TO ourselves
the doubt gnaws at our hearts: Is
America merely modern Rome, oeS-
tined TO be rich and powerful above
all other states at once. and yet coarse
and crude and half savage to the end
producing comforts and luxuries
which even Nero never dreamed OF. but
no more able than he. or all the
Romans. TO bring forth new goodness,
new beauty. and new truth? II Is not
probable; our people hunger for knowl-
edge. and are already discontented with
idle wealth But let us understand that
1t Is a possibility hanging over our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
New York Smoke Cuts
Sunlight ~ Per Cent

Manhattans great smoke screen
cuts out ~ per cent Of The morning
sunlight on Winter days. At noon .hE
loss Is ~ per cent. Figures tor this
indictment u the smoke nuisance in
large cities have been compiled by
experts of The United States Public
Health Service. Loss VI efficiency
from decreased lighting is I.ot the only
result u excessive smoke IN manu-
featuring centers, they contend Uiira-
violet rays, necessary for good health.
also are lost.
The importance u getting rid NJ
smoke IL emphasized for the preset
ystion of eyesjght and health gen
orally IN well ~ prevention NJ srcir
dents On f0ggy days the loss III light
runs even higher than the figures
quoted. u was htatsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
BY HENRY W. BUM,
BY HENRY W. BUM.
. HE following is brief summary
of the most important news
OF the world for the seven
DAYS ended January 81:

TIE iuHONuik ID d UA11A CULINARY
OF the most important news
OF the world for the seven
days ended January 81:
Germany.-The Reichstag reconvened
on Thursday. January 10. and a stormy
session Is threatened. The right and
left sections OF the Centrist party are
at loggerheads. The Centrists OF the
left are displeased with a recent fun
ambulatory feat OF DIR. Marx. chancellor
Of the Reich and Centrist chief. Hav-
ing the coming elections In view, he de-
clared that the Ccntrists are neither
Monarchist nor Republican. but Con-
stitutiOnaliSt" The leader OF the left
Centrists now informs the world that
as regards the left CentriSts AT any
rate DR.. Marx said the thing that Is
not~~they are out-and-out Republicans
BY 10 trimming the doctor Conciliated
the support Of the Bavarian Populists.
but imperiled his position with his own
party.
II is quite possible that there will be
a how "a ye-do In the coming session
over the budget bill. And the govern
ment may come cropper on the school
bill, which contemplates clerical con-
troll OF education The Peoples party
leader had promised support OF that
measure Of reactiOnary bouquet, but,
consulting their constituencies during
the adjournment. they discovered a
good deal Of hostility toward II. Should
their support be withdrawn from 1t, 1t
would fall. and the government might
collapse In consequence.
Gen. William 6rocner has been APP
pointed defense minister In succession
tx Far
apl,ointment was made on the urgency
u President Hindenburg. Gen. 0roenet
succeeded Gen. Ludend0rn ms quarter
master general when, just before the
armisiice, Ludendorf fled 10 Sweden.
He was, II recall correctly. linden
bnrgs fight-hand man In saving the
situation, In effecting disbandment OF
The German armies without disastrous
complications His appointment II
pleasing Ia the Lett 10 which Oessief
WAS anathemaD which regards him as n
true man Of the Iiindenburg kidney.
Gen. OfOener has served IN four pre-"
yious cabinets 81 the republic, A. min
lister af transportation IN 1920 he did
brilliant work toward restoration OF the
railway system.
- -
Russia. Apparently ~ Is, not quite
Vyerny IN Semifetcnensk not far from
CHINESE finkiAng, Other prominent
members OF the opposition tabout 80 IN
ALI have been banihhed t0 remote spots
within the union Of Socialist Soviet tie =
publies, hut Trotsky's place Of exile Is
lhs dteariest Of all. Kamenev and Elmo
yiey, having smacked their lips with
every sign of genuine contrition over
humble pie, get of easy, the former go
ing Ia Penza and the latter IA Iamboy,
both hi European Russia,
hak0gsky, lately Ambassador 10 Paris
goes 10 Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea
big town with opportunities for di-
version. but unhealtbful and II Ia prob,
able that HE government would not ls
grieped Ia learn that this windbag had
found the climate trying
ksid Our ttindamentalisis will bs
we'll advised ~ study the Aistogy and
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system OF the Wahhabis, those starkest
OF the fundamenta!ists of Islam. Ibn
Saud. present head OF the Wahhabite
dynasty. Sultan of Nejd. Is without
doubt one of the most notable person
alities now In the world: indeed, there
are some who regard him as measur-
Ing up with the greatest OF the COM
panions and early successors OF the
prophet. Ibn Saud IL always tighten
ing up. Compared with his puritanism.
the strictest Western sort Is Babylonish
OF course, smoking. drinking Of alco-
holic beverages, Use OF perfume, wear
ing OF gold or silver ornaments or OF
silk garments and mixed gatherings OF
the sexes have always been forbidden.
but Ibn Saud keeps adding 10 the
"Verboten" Shaving is now declared a
crime. for which both shaver and
shaved get IL" hard Why not? Did
nature ever intend such dcpilation?
China Report reaches us by way Of
Shanghai that Fcng Yu Hsiang has Wig
orously resumed his drive toward Pc
/ king and that heavy fighting" IL In
process. with results generally favor
able TO Feng Meantime, Chang Kat
Shek Is recognizing the forces OF the
Marking government With a view to
participate as soon as practicable In
the drive, He issues a manifesto an
notincing the policies he proposes To
carry out should they be Endorsed by
the fourth plenary session Of the Kuo-
mintang. These policies include cap
ture OF Picking and extension of the
authority OF the Marking government so
as TO cover all the 81 provinces and
"abrogation Of all unequal treaties,
whenever possible. by peaceful negotia
ZION, but In an uncompromising spirit"
That Ii, where treaty power does
not agree 10 abrogation China should
nu'liiy. This language Is probably dem
asoglc and To he taken with salt by
The treaty powers
Meantime. the fourth session of the
kuomintang does not take place, My
, understanding Is that for some time
there has been quorum of delegates
IN Shanghai talking Themselves blue
IN The face In private contabs but that
thsy propose 10 reach substantial
! bahis ot agreement prior to formal
session; no doub, wisely,
Bolivia, One OF the most interesting
experiments III colonization and de-
Velopnent now taking place IN the
world Is IN progress In bolivia, Some
TWO years ago British company. Ia.
BOLIVIA Concessions, Ltd, secured from
BOLIVIA, oil mineral. timber aud aari~
cultural concessions covering 90, 900 900
acres ~ The eastern part 0f the republic
Ihe ehief OF the United States 0ealogi-
cal survey Is reported an estimating the
BOLIVIAN petroleum deposits 10 be the
greatest IN the world. Bolivia ranks
second among The countries nj the
wofln III TIN output. II Ia expected In
cultivate IN the confessional tract cof-
ice, cocoa, cotton, Angar auinine, rice,
tobacco ana rubber Already. under
the direction Ut Col Sherwood Kelly
distinguished British snidier, u begin
hlng has Deen made al railway and
ROAD construction, ana IA port ,noliyia
mas M snal0ft, called Port daiha has
been built on the river Paraguay. 60O
miles Tram the Atlantic. ,The Para.
quay, Rowing southwark from pnr.
naiba, al Asuncion, IN Paraguay, Joins
The t'ileomaso ta Norm The mighty
river pafana. which rolla south through
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h. =
The Story of Civilization I'll. So: :: 6 Philosophy: e

his story of Civilization" to I've pub
lished next Sunday, DR. Durant will tell
of 'Lucrtius and Roman Philosophy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

" JLL-FLEDGED ambassadors. in
l. stead Of the six now accredited.
would represent Latin American
/ States in Washington hencefor-
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not as from home; for Nature has
given 1t to us as an inn to rest in, not
as dwelling place. o glorious day.
when / shall leave this base multitude
and go to the divine council and COM
pany OF souls!"
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! and it is forced on no man; every inch
| of II has to be won.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-07-12
GIFT NIGHT FRIDAY

Tomorrow night many of New Britain's live
wire merchants will usher in Gift Night at The
Capitol Theater. The stores whose announce
nlents appear on this page are awarding gifts to
all those present at the theater tomorrow night
Be on hand. You will have an enjoyable evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
Paterson Strikers-Eliminate
the Bunglers!

Thus far the response of the silk workers
of Paterson to the strike call has been good.
1t is tradition of Paterson that the work
ers will not remain in the shops when picket
line is established But in order to make the
strike completely effective it is essential that
incompetants, towards and bungers have no
voice in the organization and conduct of the
struggle,
These observations are prompted by the
report that one Herman Clevens, a member
of that rapidly dwindling and futile Sect the
socialist labor party, is hampering the work
of spreading the strike by idiotic mechanical
rules. A so-called strike leader who bubbles
with workers in mood to join the union and
the strike over whether they pay $3.50 or
S100 initiation fee acts in a manner that OBJ
jectively aids the mill owners, no matter
what his intentions may be. 1t is not inten-
lions, but results, that count in the first de-
cisive days of labor struggle
But then anyone who expects a socialist
labor partyite to approach situation from
a realistic angle reveals a pitiful lack of un-
derstanding of the needs of the struggle. The
whole philosophy of the S. L. P. is one of de-
featism for the workers in their everyday
struggle. They openly proclaim from their
election platforms that it is waste of time
to Try to improve the condition of labor by
resisting the encroachments of the capitalist
class and by putting forward immediate ele
mentary demands They believe in waiting
until the workers spontaneously under pres
sure of capitalism and by education, organize
the groundwork of the industrial republic CD;
then the S. L. P will appear and consent to
become their leaders. A more non-Marxian,
anti-revolutionary outfit would be hard to
find.
Yet from the platform of labor struggles
they have the audacity to warn the masses
against mob hysteria," etc., in the patron
izng manner of some insipid minister of the
gospel of abject surrender of the working
class to the capitalist class.
If the officials of the Associated Silk
Workers do not remove this bungler the
strikers should take the matter into their
own hands and see that no one be permitted
to stand in the way of all workers in the
broadsilk industry joining the struggle.
Only traditional Paterson militancy will
avail against the forces bent upon exploiting
the mill slaves to the limit. Let there be
no pussyfooting, no class collaboration, no
half-measures, but strike on the old lines
mass picketing and a defiant struggle that
will lead to victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
His Lordship Among Friends

So completely of one mind as agents of
British imperialism are the rlght-wlng
leaders of the English labor unions and the
heads of the banks and big industrial estab-
lishments that Lord Melchett, formerly Sir
Alfred Mond of London, chairman of the I'M
perial Chemicals, Ltd, can appear in the
United States and speak in the name of
British labor.
To be sure this apostle of cooperation be-
tween capital and labor" which means CO.
operation of the industrialists with the trail
tors of the British general council of trade
unions against labor, does not represent the
sentiments of the industrial workers who are
victims of Mondism. But as far as }. h.
Thomas. Ben Tillet A. A. Purcell and the
balance of the general council are concerned,
his lordship may speak for them even more
effectively than they can speak for them
selves.
Mond. in an address before the national
civic federation luncheon, repeated the old
wheeze that British labor desires no revolt,
that it is opposed to Communism and that the
general strike was the result of deplorabe
misunderstanding His sentiments were
greeted with. loud huzzahs from John W.
Davis. lawyer for the House Of Morgan for
merlv democratic candidate for president
and now 1. valiant supporter of Al Smith;
Haley Fiske, president of the labor-hating
METROPOLITAN Liza Insurance Company, and
that eminent strike breaker and scab herder,
Matthew VOL, whose vocation is that OF act
;rr president of the NCivie Federation and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
(Red Aid Press SerUice)

(ReG AlG PfeSS OefDlce)
BERLIN, (By MaiD In April of
this year a Stahlhelm celebration
and Red Front Fighters recruit
ing demonstration took place on the
same day. A member of the Red
Fighters was attacked by band of
fascists and received severe knife
wounds in the head. His comrades
sought to avert further bloodshed.
The police arrived, but arrested
number of workers at random, in
Guiding the injured Maiwald, letting
the fascists go free. The arrestants
were kept in prison for months
awaiting trial. Six of them have
now been brought UP for trial
Members of the Stahlhelm organiza-
ton were called as witnesses. These
entangled themselves in endless con-
tradictions, but the court thought
fit to believe their assertions, and
passed unheard of sentences on four
of the accused-terms of hard labor
and prison ranging from two years
to four months.
Maiwald was acquitted, but had
to pay fine for carrying a weapon
without permission. One of the ac-
cused only was completely acquitted.
In pronouncing the verdict, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
Putting Ohio Ticket on Ballot
By Fred Ellis

for the dispatch in the Cleveland
papers, we bought Columbus papers;
nothing was to be found. Finally
we got in touch with the editor of
local paper who discovered that
in the morning there was dispatch
from Columbus stating that the
Party had mot quite enough sigma
lures" Although the Party was
rot yet on the ballot, it was picking
up. This, however, would not put
US on che ballot.
Once more a letter and wires, and
then appeared in the papers an an
nouncement that "at the last
moment the Communists filed IT,
900 signatures" and the Communists
would go. on the ballot.
A Little Trick.
Seventeen thousand plus 1000 sig
natures: $4,000 signatures! True,
quite a compliment to the Party
membership and their efforts in be-
half of the Party-but too much of
compliment! The trick of the Sec
rotary of state was so obvious, so
transparent. A child could see
through it, and yet the secretary of
state was guilty of it. 1t is true
that he did not perform this little
trick oil his own initiative. The sec
rotary of state represented the big
capitalists of the state, who did not
want the Communists on the ballot
For 10000 signatures represented
10000 potential Communists. The
capitalists Of this state remember
the Red Socialists of the time OF
the leadership of Charles E. Ruth
enberg. They remember the large
number of socialist mayors-at 6
time when the socialist party Of
Ohio was fighting party. Now
come the Communists.
Well, the Communists were safely
on the ballot-and a letter on the
following Monday confirmed it
Then remained the emblem; would
it be printed on the ballot? No, il
will not. The secretary of state has
discovered that minority parties
may place their emblems on the
ballot only az the discretion of the
supervisor of elections; but, if he
does not choose to put it on, he can.
not be compelled to do so. He does
not choose-and, therefore, the EN-
blem will not appear on the ballot
The name Of the Party, the names
of the county, state and national can
didates will appear; the Workers
Community Party goes into the
campaign handicapped to this ex.
tent, but all the more determined tc
put across a good campaign, which
is under way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13

whose avocation is that of president of the
Photo Engravers Union and vice-president
of the American Federation of Labor
While the labor takers and their capitalist
masters of England and the United States
unite in a verbal assault upon labor at civic
federation luncheon, the class conscious
workers of both England and the United
States are united by unbreakable bonds in
their respective Communist Parties under
the leadership of the general staff of the
world revolution, the Communist Interna-
tional. Under the crimson emblem of the
proletarian revolution we will in action answer
their ISLANDERS that the working class has sue
cumbed to their treachery
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13

1t is precisely this sort of foreign policy,
policy leading directly to another imperial
list war, that the voters of this country are
asked to endorse by supporting Hoover at
the November elections. To support Smith
is equally stupid, for Smith and the demo-
cratic party are pledged to carry out the
same identical imperialist policies, which, to
be historically accurate, received their great
est impetus under the administration of J.
p. Morgan's war-lord president of the United
States, the late Woodrow Wilson.
AS to the Rev. DR.. Norman Thomas and
the socialist party, aspiring to become third
capitalist party, he serves the war-mongers
not less than Smith and Hoover by fostering
pacifist illusions among the masses, so they
will be helpless and at the mercy of the as
sassins on the eve of the imperialist war now
in preparation.
The one party relentlessy fighting against
imperialist intrigue, against the government
of bribery, forgery and every variety of COR
ruption and murder, is the revolutionary par
ty of the working class, the Workers Com
munist) Party.
To cast your vote against the war-mongers
you must vote Communist!