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withdrawing from parliament and
setting up in the Croatian capital,
Agram, a sort of opposition parlia-
ment. The news of the murder in
parliament called forth tremendous
indignation throughout Croatia. On
June 21st endless professions of pea
SAINTS were formed. Barbados were
erected in Agram and dead and
wounded lay around. Raditch HIM
self, who appeared to be recovering
from his wound, tried to exercise a
pacifying influence, but passions had
been aroused. At the beginning of
August the editor of the Serbian
journal, which had given Indictment
towards the murder of Raditch, Ris-
tovic, was shot down in the streets
of Agram, the act meeting with
popular approval.
The Croatian territory, populated
chiefly by poor peasants, belonged
before the war to the Austro- Hun
garian Monarchy and was incor-
porated in Hungary. Under the
Habsburg Monarchy the country
was administered as a colony. AS
was the case with all the suppressed
nationalities of the Habsburg Mon
archy, the Croats, too, lived, as far
as the broad masses were concerned,
in complete national, social and cul-
tural enslavement. After the war
the Habsburg Monarchy collapsed.
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One of the chief gamers by this new
formation of states was Serbia,
which was selected by France as an
outpost in connection with French
plans for supremacy in the Balkans
and became big state. Among
other territories to be incorporated
in Yugoslavia was Croatia.
Once more Croatia was treated as
colony, oppressed nationally and
exploited economically; this time by
the Great-Serbian bourgeoisie. The
result of this Great Serbian policy
was general impoverishment of the
Croatian population, and more es-
pecially of the peasant masses. Ma
turally, this national suppression
was felt most by the poor working
masses. The well-to do strata, so
set at a disadvantage by the Serbs,
used the dissatisfaction of the
masses in Croatia for their own pur-
poses. They formed a separatist
movement, which often bore upon it's
banners radical slogans of complete
severance of Croatia from Serbia.
But the petty-bourgeois leaders of
the Croatian movement were them
selves afraid to take revolutionary
measures, for their chief purpose
was to gain satisfaction for the
Croatian upper classes, which object
was best to be achieved through a
compromise with. the Serbian bour-
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Labels on Empty Bottles

trusts, monopoly, etc. The demo-
cratic platform of 1900 declares:
eve pledge the democratic party to
an unceasing warfare in nation,
state and city against private mon
opoly in every form" Yet the fact
remains that following few
phrases, intended for the consump-
ton of the petty bourgeois, small
merchant and manufacturer, about
Sinister monopolies formed for the
purpose of wringing from the neces-
saries of life an unrighteous profit"
we find in the democratic platform
of 1928, the following assurance:
Honest business, no matter its size,
need have no fears of a democratic
administration"
More Pap.
In 1900 under the leadership of
William Jennings Bryan, the demo-
cratic platform declared: "No nation
can long endure half republic and
half empire" and further, eve are
unalterably opposed to Selling or
purchasing distant islands to be
governed outside the constitution,
and whose people can never become
citizens" Yet Wilson's platform of
1916 declared: 'But the circum-
stances of the last two years have
revealed necessities of international
action which no former generation
could have foreseen. We hold that it
is the duty of the United States to
use its power, not only to make it.
self safe at home, but also to make
secure its just interests throughout
the world" which constitutes a clear
and unequivocable defense of the
acts of American Imperialism.
The record of the two parties
brings into much sharper relief their
approximation toward the line set
down by American imperialism. No
distinction can be drawn between
them as far as the use of injunc-
tions and police violence in labor
disputes, the passage of legislation
favorable to business, such as the
Federal Reserve Act, reduction of
taxes, etc.
ITO Be Continued
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harnessed before they are served on
the table. However, it isn't as bad
as starving like so many unem-
ployed workers in this country of
prosperity" Many join the army
because of hunger.
Bawled Out.
The appearance of your clothes
and beds has to be "just So" All
buttons buttoned, shoes shined and
hats the right way. For the least
mistake the student officer will
bawl you out. The hunks are ex-
amined daily and everything has to
be placed correctly to an inch.
Conditions in the dormitories and
where washing is done is terrible.
Water is fed through one pipe
which at any one time will be icy
cold or boiling hot. Yet we are ex-
pected to take baths as often as
possible. Also, we are expected to
be ready for reveille on time,
washed up. Also the barracks are
supposed to be swept under the
beds"-a room consisting of from 20
to 40 beds and only one broom is
given. But beds must be ready in
twenty minutes and the room swept.
All came here for a nice vaca-
ton, but whether 'one is Catholic
or a Communist there's curse on
each pair of lips.
c. M. T. c. Tool of Bosses.
You may be sure that the officers
will try their best to prevent the
facts presented by the Young Work
ers League from reaching the boys
here, but it is easy to see that the
"so-called" vacation we get is to
make us tools of the bosses so that
we are ready to fight and die to de-
fend the investments of the CAPT
talists.
Speaking for myself and some
others here, | wish to say that the
war department has another guess
coming. Well endure this "vaca-
tion," and when the time comes
we'll use our military knowledge on
the side of the working class.
All success to you.
A C.M.T.C. ROOKIE .
P. S. If you print this please
don't use my name.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
By BERT MILLER.

"The party term Republican
isn't definitive any more. 1t isn't
even descriptive. No more so
is the party term Democrat. They
are labels on empty bottles, signs on
untenanted houses, cloaks that cover
but do not conceal the skeletons
beneath them. There are no
genuine issues between them, no au-
thentic differences of policy or per-
Torrance"
Samuel Blythe, Saturday Evening
Post, March 25, 1922.
The frequency and agility with
which the highest Representatives of
American capitalism have assumed
and discarded political labels, in the
election campaign of 1928, and the
similarity of the interests repre-
sented on both sides, are convincing
evidence of the closest identity of the
two major parties as instruments of
the ruling class.
John J. Raskob, for instance,
Chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, was formerly a
member of the republican party, a
member of the Union League Club
and is reliably reported as one of
those who called on Calvin Coolidge,
to ask him to run again. Mr.. Ras-
kob is at the same time one of the
leading figures of the General
Motors Corporation, a Morgan firm,
Notwithstanding the fact h t
Dwight Morrow, of Morgan G. Co. is
one of the right hand men of Cool
idge.
Both Generous.
simultaneously we find that Mr..
Dupont, also of the General Motors
Corporation supports AL Smith with
a generous contribution of $4,000,
while his associate in the same firm,
Mr.. Dura mt, supports Herbert
Hoover.
Mr.. w. II. Woodin, head of the
American Car and Foundry Com
pany, who contributed heavily to the
republican war chest in 1924, gives
$4,000 without the slightest hesita-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Indict Bankers
Il: Fraud Scheme

BOSTON, Sept. 5 (UP).-Seven
Middle Western bankers were in
dicted by a federal grand jury today
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
New Englanders of S1,500,000 in a
bogus farm loan scheme. Fraudu-
lent use of the mails was charged
against Guy Haston, John Huston,
John Boyles and Harold A. Smith,
all of Chicago; Grin F. Schee and
Vernon Styles of DesMoines, and
Walter Cravens of Kansas City.
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Expose c. NJ. 7. c. Vacation

The vacation" promised young
workers who go to the Citizens
Military Training Camps is exposed
in letter from one of the recruits
to the Young Workers (Commun-
ist) League.
"Unharness the mules before
coping them" was the spontaneous
demand of those who had been led
to join the camps by the war de-
partment, the letter reports.
Whether he is a Catholic or a
Communist, there is a curse on each
pair of lips"
The letter follows:
Fort Smelling, Mimi,
August 5, 1928.
Dear friends,
1t is a good thing that at last
one organization is fighting for the
interest Of the boys in the c. NJ. T.
c., and is willing to publish the
truth. / will tell you something of
my own experiences here.
The C. M. T. C. at Fort Smelling
started on Wednesday, August l..
First Of all we went through some
thing that was supposed to be a
physical examination. We were
rushed through such a machine-like
process that it brought a picture of
a Ford factory. A fellow stepped in
with his civilian clothing on--he
came out clad in full uniform. Dur
ing this transition period we got a
taste of crankiness that is quite
popular amongst those in the Of
ficialdom of the army. Then a wave
Of protest went through the bar
racks. Some felt like leaving for
home. When we got organized into
nlatoons we had to march out on
parade and take the c. M. T. C.
oath.
Lecture on Patriotism.
The lieutenant gave speech on
citizenship" emphasizing the i'm
portance of patriotism, but he didn't
tell us who got the profits while
the young workers die in the
trenches.
At six O'Clock Wednesday night
we had our first army meal. 1t con-
sisted of white bread, water, pota-
soes, asat and brown gravy. One
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

thlrty-day term
in prison for
grand larceny.
1t appears that
Mrs. Knapp, a
republican par
ty leader, took
u n t o herself
several tn ou-
sands of dollars
that were in
tended for use
in counting the
heads of the in
habitants of
N e w York
state Had Mrs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

could see at once that some of the
boys were disappointed because the
food was\ not as good as they ex-
pected. The next day the meat was
a great deal worse than before.
Some of the boys were yelling that
army mules should be at least I'M
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
Told You So

MRS. FLORENCE E. S. KNAPP,
" former secretary of state for
New York, was sentenced to a
Evening star., 1928-09-16
THE YEAR 1923 TO DATE ON THE WASH.
INCTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Repoted by W. Hibbs & Building
Evening star., 1928-09-16
STOCKS HOLD GAIN
IN PROF|T-TAK|NC
Market Rallies Sharply to
Offset Losses in Late
7 Selling Movement.

By the AsSOCl3teu PTe5S.
NEW YORK, September 15.-Strong
buying support was provided in today
stock market, which rallied in impress
sive fashion under the leadership of the
railroad shares. Week end profit taking
sales we're we'll absorbed and there was
an absence of any concerted bear SELL
ing such as unsettled the amusement
shares in yesterdays late trading, Al
though the observance of the jewish
religious holiday kept many traoeFs
away from the market, tracing was
fairly heavy for a half-holloay session,
the days sales aggregatlng l.oZS,loo
shares. -.
Bullish enthusiasm was created by
the statement of President Walter y.
Tcarle of Standard Oil of New Jersey
concerning a world curtailment of pro-
6uction, BY the advance IN copper prices
10 IS cents a pound and by the prospect
of easier call money rates next week.
Sterling exchange continued TO hover
around the point where further sgolo
imports would be profitable, arouSlrg
hopes OF additional shipments from
London to New York next week.
Railroad shares, which have taken
relatively little part in the advance
this month. were under accumulation
on the prospect of sharp increase in
freight trat1ic in the last quarter OF
the year. ST Louis Southwestern COM
mon, which has never paid dividend.
was q strong feature, touching a new
high price for the year at ll6A, a rise
of ~ points: Canadian Pacific. New
York Central, Erie common, New Haven
common, Missouri Pacific common,
Kansas City Southern, Wabash St.
Louis, San Francisco and Chicago
Northwestern also recorded substantial
gains.
Evening star., 1928-09-16
Wholesale Markets.

Yesterdays daily market report on
fruits and vegetables compiled by the
Market News Service Bureau OF Agric,8
tural Economics), said:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; barrels. no sales
reported; bushel baskets, Virginia, U. S.
No. ], az inches up. Jonathans, 1.50:
Grimes. 1.25a150; U. S. No. /, 234
inches up, Grimes, fine quality and con-
dition, 200; unclassified, various vari-
cites, LOCALES.
Cabbage Supplies moderate; demand
light, market about steady; Virginia,
barrel crates. approximately 100 pounds
net, domestic round type, 200a2.25.
Cantaloupes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand very slow, market dull; too few
sales reported to quote. Miscellaneous
melons-Supplies light; demand slow,
market dull; few sales; California, Tur-
lock section, Persian melons. jumbo
crates, 3 to IS, 2.25a2.50; standard
crates, 200; pony crates, 1.50: efew
higher; poor condition, all sizes, 1.00a
125.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
slow, market dull: New York, 2-3
crates, 2O0a2 25; few low as LIS.
Lettuce-EaStern stock: Supplies
moderate; demand light, market dull:
New York, 2-dozen crates, big Boston
type, fair to ordinary quality and con-
dition, 50al25. Western stock: Sup
plies moderate; demand moderate. mar
ket slightly stronger; California, crates,
Iceberg type, As dozen, 4.50; Colorado,
crates. Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, best
mostly 400; poorer low as 800.
Onions-Supplies light; demand slow.
market dull; New York, 100-pound
nniyc
to large sizes. 3.75a4OO; few best, 4.25;
Indiana, 100-pound sacks, yellows. U.
S. No. /, medium to large size. mostly
400; Michigan. 100-pound sacks, yell
lows, u. S. No. l, medium to large size,
mostly 4,25.
Peaches - Supplies light: demand
light, market dull Pennsylvania. bushel
baskets, Elbertas. U. S. No. l, medium
to large sizes. 225a2.75; bushel baskets,
Bellies, U. S. No. l. medium size. 2.25.
Pears-Suppies light: demand mod
crate market dull; Oregon, boxes. Bart
let's fancy, medium to large size, $50.
Potatoes--Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market steady: East Shore
Virginia cloth-top stave barrels, Cob
blers, U. S. No. l. 225: North Caro-
lima. cloth-top stave barrels, Cohblers,
U. S. No. l, 2.l0.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; de-
mand slow, market weaker: East Shore
Virginia. cloth-top barrels. yellows. No.
/. 3.OOa35o; North Carolina, cloth-top
barrels, yellows, No. /. 275a3.00.
Grapes-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market slightly weaker: Cali
fornia, lugs Flame Tokays, 1.75a2 90;
Malagas, l.25al.40.
Peas-Supplies light; too few sales re-
ported to quote.
Evening star., 1928-09-16
METHODS OF ACCOUNTING
IN BANKS SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Frauds and Stealings of the Old Days Are
Now Prevented by Careful Checks
of All Items.
which require the detail and subsidiary

which require the detail and subsidiary
! ledgers.
When the general ledger account is
affected by only one teller or depart
ment. the medium for posting is the
teller's settlement sheet; for example,
in the real estate department, all col
| lections for rents. disbursements for
repairs and insurance and deposits on
,, sales are posted direct from the real
estate department sheet. The note
| tellers sheet will show all items OF
loans, collections Of interest on loans
and any other general ledger account
that will be affected by the note teller
only are posted direct from his set
| tlement sheet.
The trust department books are kept
entirely separate and distinct from the
banking department books, but the con-
troll accounts as far as cash in deposi-
| tary banks (Which are separate and
| distinct from the banking department
! funds) and the total uninvested funds
are carried on the general ledger.
There are numerous transactions be-
tween the trust department and the
real estate department and the main
office banking department and some
| of the branches each day. These items,
| IL originating from the banking de-
partment, the real estate department
or any of the branches, are debited and
| credited to a clearance account OF the
general ledger. The trust department
has contra account on their DOCKS
| and the balance due either to the trust
department or the banking department
is cleared by transfer of funds the next
morning.
The trust department will also have
certain other transactions which are
cleared through the proof department.
All items not mentioned above are
cleared through the proof department.
Certified Checks, Etc.
All treasurers' checks issued by either
the various departments OF the banking
department at the main Office or the
branches are payable at the main Office.
In the issuance of certified checks or
any other negotiable instruments. in
cluding certificates of deposit. sales of
travellers checks or the issuance Of let
ters of credit, a stub is attached to the
paper or other invoice form, which Is
initiated by the officer signing it.
These stubs are forwarded to the
auditing department, which sets up a
separate control Of the various sub
divisions of the checks, which stub
certifies to the authenticity of the dOcu-
ment. When these are paid the proof
department asserts all treaSurerS
checks and dividend checks and for
wards them to the auditing department.
where they are classified. proven and
checked off against the auditing de-
partment control, which gives run
ming balance of all outstanding balances.
At the Branches.
The branches maintain separate COM
plete general ledgers. while ell items ex
cept those due from bank or real estate
items are carried on the main Of
fice general ledger. Any transactions
affecting the main ONCE and branches
are advised by telephone. followed by
confirmation during or at the end of the
Evening star., 1928-09-16
CURB PRICES DROP
IN HEAVY SELLING
Market Turns Irregular Toward
Close Due to Liquida.
tion.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 15-The
curb market turned irregular today. as
heavy week end liquidation carried
MANY issues downward in an unusually
busy short session.
A few industrials made good gains,
more drop forging jumping points to
a new high. and du Pont Motors selling
as high as rs, in contrast to the pre-
vious high at 4. A few chain stores ad-
vanced on individual developments,
Piggly Wiggly Western States "A" going
ahead about 4 points to new high on
announcement OF the sale Of its stores
In the Cincinnati area to Kroger Gro
ceries, while Bird Grocery went to a
new high in buying. inspired by recent
announcement of acquisition by Safe
way Stores.
Sparks wilmington gained points
and Columbia Graphophone rallied
more than a point. The recently listed
McKesson & Robbins preferred shares
sold up to 55H. In the amusement
shares, Educational Pictures jumped
over 3 points, while Fox Theater "a
improved fractionally.
Bancitaly dropped another 6 points
selling at 121 "a. but rallied point al
the close Bliss 81 Co. encountered
profit taking and Celluloid preferred
dropped points. Industrial Rayor
was in supply.
Mines were irregular. Hudson Bay
and New Cornelia making small gains
while Newmont and Noranda sagged.
Utilities were also irregular. City Ice
and Fuel advanced more than 2 points
to new high, while Electric Bond ano
Share sold q point higher Electric In
vestors eased a point and Puget Sound
preferred dropped points.
In the oils. Standard Of Indiana gain
ed more than a point and Humble +no
Vacuum fractionally. while Gulf and
Standard of Kentucky sagged.
Evening star., 1928-09-16

day, and the branches furnish the main
office with the trial balance Of their
general ledger, which is combined with
the trial balance of the main once
general ledger and consolidated daily
settlement is prepared at the main Of
flee before the general ledger book
keeper leaves for the night.
A Head Teller.
Only two tellers are allowed in a
paying and receiving cage. The head
teller has a desk back of the cages
as a rule He gets cash for the till
from the custodians of the. banks
private vaults or their part of the big
safe, giving acquisitions on the custo-
dians and is, in general, observer Of
their work
Despite all provisions on the part OF
the bank to get and protect its own,
not one institution depends wholly on
the honesty of its force or the efficiency
of its accounting and protection plans.
The human element makes some
other protection necessary and so every
man who handles dollar in bank is
usually covered by bonds so that when
a defalcation is announced. the story
In the press may add 1.-The bank Is fully
protected by bond"
Evening star., 1928-09-16
BY /. A. FLEMING.

II is not so many years ago that a
note teller of one Of our largest banks
was found guilty Of appropriating thou
sands Of dollars of interest which he
collected to his own personal use. This
practice was not brought to a halt
until after the stealings had crossed
the $50, 900 mark. A little later another
note teller made a slip in covering his
tracks and was forced to confess his
stealings. amounting to thousands of
dollars through juggling with notes.
Neither of these peculations would be
possible in either of the victimized
banks today. Experience is a dear
teacher, but Its lessons are impressive
and in the banking business certain to
be needed.
Today all notes are entered in large
book, with date of issue, rate of in
terest, date of maturity and amount of
interest due at maturity. Not infre-
quently note is anticipated as to its
payment before maturity, and in that
the record, and on the note teller's
sheet of notes maturing on that day.
Checking up on collections must
result in the equivalent for the notes
paid and the interest collected, and at
the same time produces for the inspec-
ton of the proper higher up. any notes
that have not been paid that proper
action may be taken.
In this way the bank receives its last
cent of interest and principal also,
In the Matter Of Deposits.
In these days of auditors and proving
departments the paying and receiving
tellers draw their salary and must be
content with that. They take in thou
sands of dollars in checks and cash
and pay it out, sometimes more than
they take in.
At regular intervals during the day
collections are made at the tellerS
cages. not of money or checks but of
deposit slips, which are then taken to
the proof department. where they are
checked and totals aScertained. so that
in the final checking up the teller must
produce an equal amount of cash and
checks to square his daily business. In
the proof department checks drawn on
the bank are charged to the account of
the makers, checks on other banks are
then prepared for clearings next
morning.
The Proof Department.
The accounting system of the Wash
ington trust companies and also OF some
of the larger national and State banks
has been brought to the point where
the general ledger will carry the con-
troll accounts of all departments. The
accounting and settlement system max
ing this possible centers around the
proof department, which acts as an in
termediary between the tellers in the
banking and real estate departments,
and certain items Of the trust depart
ment and the general ledger by COM
piling figures from the various tellers
and departments and items received in
the clearing for the purpose of posting
general ledger simply carries controls
with the exception OF few accounts
Evening star., 1928-09-16

Believed to be 300 years old an elm
tree in Hyde Park, London. sudden fell
to the ground