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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
Independents Expect to Enact Mill Commission By Hoter All
the curbs and q tourist coming along
had no chance to place his auto while
he stopped to buy some need.

the curbS and q tourist coming along
had no chance to place his auto while
he stopped to buy some need.
Opening . Towns Eyes
Dick Stone. an efficiency man.
found Melrose, Mimi. In tributary
territory where the income totaled
-. 900, 900, while the town did u N00,.
600 business on this. Stone found
that the merchants were 20 unsys-
tematic that the people went to q
nearby town with chain stores and
spent more there than ct home. Their
eyes opened, the merchants split up
into individual lines instead Of the
inefficient general stores they were
conducting. All the shoe business, for
example, was concentrated In one
store and instead Of carrying unsat-
islactory stocks for a total of $4,000.
as the bunch had, 1t was found that
. varied line Of footwear could be
carried by one dealer on an invest
ment OF $4,000. Melrose now Is do
ing business ut home, for all lines OF
trade began to specialize and better
stocks were carried in the individual
stores.
Milton Higgins, president Of the
Mandan club, made brief talk. Also
DR.. Toepke, Of New Salem. Warden
George Brown, Of the state prison.
made witty response, inviting club
members to pay more visits to his
family"
Shrapnel Talks
DR.. A. O. Henderson, of Mandan,
also spoke and E. +. Judd. Of Cando,
spoke for his club-that at Cando be-
Ing still in the cub stage, which led
Cub Judd to demonstrate on the
hardness. He gave the pronunciation
Of his home town with an invitation
for Lions to visit it, but he didn't say
whether it was Can Do or Canned
Dew"
The Hibernian section was called
on In the persons Of Pat Kelly. J. H.
Gibbons and Lion Lynch, Of Lidger-
wood, the latter Of whom gave an IN
teresting Italian dialect story, . 10
Tom DAILY style.
Fred Peterson and w. g. Ayers were
called on to keep the entertainment
going. Lyon Ayers spoke Of Ben
Franklin as Januaryan by birth and
q sort Of Lion Of his day.
Big Stunt Staged
The big stunt of the evening was
then put on. It was the burlesque au-
dit report and was read by D. E.
Shipley. It was full Of Fred Peter
sons wit, 80 W. s. Ayers read = poem
by Fred from the last number Of the
Suitcase, to show that the Lions
court Jester also had his serious liter
airy moments. This also was well re-
ceived.
Another burlesque was staged In .
quartet made up Of Hank Halverson.
Webb Bayliss, DR.. G. G. Dursema and
Obert Olson. who sang Sweet Ade-
line" with 3 o'clock in the morning
fervor, after which Z rival quartet,
Fred Peterson. Joe Spies. William
Doty and w. s. Ayers stole the en-
core from the first four.
The remainder Of the evening was
informal and was in charge Of Joe
Spies, who served sun-kissed orange
ade and cigars, while some Of the
Lions played bridge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
DON'T TELL HIM!

The Angry 6uitor: You're hardly
ever at home nowadays, always going
out-with other men.
His Fiancee: Why. I've been IN
every night this week. with two ex-
ceptions.
The A. S.-Who were they, I'd like
to know?-Answers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
PLAN no STORY BUILDING

New York, Jan. 2l.-(F)-A build
ing Ito stories high is seriously con.
tennplated in this city, says william
A. 6tarrett, builder, and there Is no
physical reason why even taller ones
should not be built. He regards the
skyscraper as the greatest contribu.
ton to modern art and as beneficial
to the whole social structure, instead
Of being menace to health, as some
authorities view It.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
DOUBTS MEDICINE
CURES INFLUENZA
OR CAN PREVENT IT
y. s. Drug Authority Takes Is
sue With Labels Some
of Remedies Bear

Washington, January 21.-"It il
the intention of the food, drug ana
insecticide administration to take inn
mediate action under the food and
drugs act against all preparations
presented by label or by circular ac-
companying the package as preven-
tives or treatments Of influenza, Ia
grippe, pneumonia and related d.
seases," w. G. Campbell, director Of
regulatory work Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture, said to-
day.
There is widespread and prob
ably q fully justified public appre.
hension about influenza and some
manufacturers have not hesitated to
take advantage Of this situation by
advertising their preparations In every
available quarter as preventives or
cures for the disease. Unfortunate
~, the food and drugs act does not
reach false advertising statements
appearing in the press or in ,Any ad-
vertising medium not included With
the package of the preparation Iik-
self. The food and drug enforcing
authorities are, therefore, powerless
to check such misleading advertising,
serious as the consequences may be
in the case Of those who are led to
depend on such ineffective products
and neglect the hygiene precautions
recommended by public health au-
thorities such as isolation, rest, sleep,
diet and proper ventilation. I
1T is q fact generally accepted by
medical authorities, based on world
wide medical experience" added Mr..
Campbell, "that there Is no known
drug or combination Of drugs which
will prevent or cure influenza. Pro-
ducts labeled as effective for this
purpose will unhesitatingly be class
ed % misbranded within the meaning
Of the food and drugs act and treated
accordingly.
1T may not be amiss to add" said
Campbell, "that manufacturers are
usually cautious about putting un-
warranted claims upon the labels Of
their products, knowing that they
| render themselves liable under the
food and drugs act, and those Who
are inclined to take advertising
claims at face value will frequently
| find that the labels themselves, or
the circulars accompanying the pack
i ages Of the drugs, do not repeat
these claims"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21

states. Accredited or classified high
schools Of the state which give their
own examinations, exclusive Of state
supervision, l,uE:Ier lie.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
CIVIL SERVICE

Father, what is = civil marriage?"
"A civil marriage, my daughter. y
probably the world's most perfect
misnomer."
"You must be right"
"Why?"
that's what mother says. too
Judge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
THE COLOR. SCHEME

THE COLON. SCHE1aE
Voice Over the Phone: = this the
hosiery Department.
Tired ealesgirl: Yeh: what Is IT. :
v. O. +. p: Have you any 1lesh-
colored stockings in stock2
+. 8: Yeh. Whaddya want, pink,
yellow or black?-Judge. ,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
WEATHER rORECAST

For Bisrnarck aud Vicinity: Snow
and colder tonisht. Tuesday fair
md colder. Severe cold wsye Tues
dsy.
pr Nurtl, Uakota: SNOW tonikit.
I11oo6Ay fair. Colder tonight and
1onfm po9tion Tuesday. Severe co1d
N1so uoeth PARTON tonight and south
roe41oh I11o0dnv.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-21
Today in Congress
(By the Associated Press)
MONDAY

Senate considers cruiser bill.
Consent calendar day in house.
House ways and means commit
tee holds hearing ON sugar tariff
schedule.
Senate votes on West nomina.
tlon.
House merchant marine com.
mittee has before II White radio
bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
YOUTH IS EXPLOITED
Excelsior Metal Products Euslaues Them

The work consists of hundreds of
small operations, such as drilling,
scraping, fitting, gluing, polishing,
etc. The workers are in constant
danger of injury.
The workers are not allowed to
talk to each other after the clock is
punched, If you come in a minute
late a quarter Of an hour is de-
Quoted from your wages. If the
worker loses one days work, when
he comes back he usually sees some
one else doing his job.
If you ask for raise, you are told
that if you are not satisfied you
can get the hell out and that there
are plenty Of others waiting for your
job.
The system is the same at Ford's,
the conveyor belt system.
There is no washstand in the
toilet and the workers have to wash
in a washstand in the workshop.
The waststand is never clean and
most of the time the water is not
running and you have to eat with
dirty hands. There is no soap or
towels, so even when the water il
running you can't wash yourself.
METAL WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
Organize A Company
Union
(By a Worker Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO (By MALL
Not long ago the takers of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers sent
an agent from Chicago to organize
the workers in the industry on a
company union basis. This agent
in Los Angeles succeeded in organ
izing the workers there or COM
pany union basis within a weeks
time by installing the speed-up
piece-work system. 1t is rumored
that this was accomplished by of
fering the bosses financial assist
ance through the Amalgamated
Bank.
He came from Los Angeles to
San Francisco with a man by the
name of Newboy, the largest manu-
facturer in Los Angeles, to organize
the largest shop in San Francisco,
for the reason that the left wing
group in the local forced the official
to issue a leaflet to the workers of
that shop to organize them, and
when the firm got notice of the fact
the manager called all the workers
Of the shop and told them how ''det-
rimental' the union will be to them,
and that the union will worsen their
conditions.
A week later the agent, with the
help of the manufacturer from Los
Angeles, justified all the promises;
they signed a shameful contract,
which is a shame for a worker to
read, and the shop from week work
basis has turned to piece-work. All
left wing workers were discrimin-
ated against. The wages took a
turn of 10 to 20 per cent down and
the shop is in revolt now. The
faker of the local, fearing the ex-
posture, discriminates against all left
wing workers of the executive board,
setting a new executive board with
& member of the Salvation Army,
who happened to be tailor, as
chairman of the local.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07

bunch of "cannots, will-nots, and
don't knows" did not attempt to
handle our case.
The Law Not for the Miners.
We even spoke to the captain of
the Salvation Army, and he, of
course, did nothing. Desperate, we
turned our attention to the civil
courts. Lawyer after lawyer was
consulted, and all informed US that
the law relative to landlord and
tenant was, eff tenant did not like
it he could move" We finally
found a lawyer to take our case.
He had chemist analyze the water
and found it poisonous. We were
wild with delight, thinking we would
show the WATSON Coal Company
that the law in this country was
for the poor slaves just as we'll as
for the rich coal kings. We were
doomed to establishment, and that
glittering bubble, commonly called
Justice" burst. The case never
came to court. The law still reads,
"if you don't like it, move"
Many times the miners demanded
that the WATSON Coal Company fur
nish the houses with screen doors
and window screening. The COM
pany refused even paper for walls
ard ceilings. They did offer us I'M
Stacked lime to whitewash the in
side of our houses, but refused to
furnish brushes. In many places
the plaster has fallen in spaces six
inches to three feet square.
Shacks Lean Over.
Some rooms are not even plas-
tered and without ceilings overhead
In many instances doors are not
provided with locks. The floors are
rough and often full Of rat-holes
and bursted planks. The linderpin-
ming and stills are rotting away and
giving way; rock pillars decaying,
crumbling, making the house lean
over. Several houses have fallen
completely; absolutely slid from
their foundations.
The little three by five foot
porches in front Of each house are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
USSR Develops Air
Transportation With
Afghanistan Cities

MOSCOW (By MaiD.-I an in
terview with the press, Director An
ders, of the 'Dobrolet" (the Soviet
air transportation organization)
gave data on the work of the air
line connecting up Tashkent with
Kabul.
The Tashkent- Kabul airline was
opened by "Dobrolet" by an agree
ment with the Afghan government.
The line crosses the SUBMITS of the
Hindu Kush mountains, in excess of
5000 meters high, and is the high
est airline in the world. TIE en-
tire distance of lao kilometers be-
tween Tashkent and Kabul is COW
cred in seven or eight hours of fly
ing time, while the horse trip across
the Hindu Kush SUBMITS takes at
least a month under favorable con-
ditions.
Until the end of 1928, IS flights
were made, involving a total dis
lance of $4,000 kilometers. About
200 passengers and 5000 Kilograms
CT mail and baggage were carried
over. The flights passed without
a single accident, and there was al
ways a strong demand for the SER
vices of the line.
In connection with the recent
events in Afghanistan, regular ac-
tivities of the "Dobrolet" line were
interrupted. The Soviet airplanes
took a considerable part in the evac-
uation from Kabul of members of
different diplomatic missions and
other institutions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
OPERATORS CUT |
MINERS WAGES
TO PAY Levi
Men Bitter Again
Machine
(By Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
CHERRY VALLEY, Pa. &
MaiD.-The conditions in tho ST
coal mines are bad. The miners 1;
bitter against the Lewis-Hall-Fi
wick-Fagan and Marks machi7
These takers machines are co.
pletely falling apart now that I
miners know that they have advis
the coal operators to cut wages
The Pittsburgh Coal Co. has
squabble with District S, Uni
Mine Workers. Warden agreed
pay rent for the district office a
also the salary of Pat Pagan a
his bunch. But they found out IL
the rent is too big for the Off.
being $575 a month. Warden
fused to pay this. But that do
work. henchman Pagan as long
he gets his salary from the G.
operators slush fund, which is I
ganized by the Pittsburgh Coal G
headed by Taplow, Mellon a
others.
These operators are cutting /
miners wages down, in order to p
Lewis, their tool, and his whole n
chine.
BLACKLISTED MINER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
(By a Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
The conditions in the Excelsior
Manufacturing Co., Is E. 18th St.,
New York, where cigar lighters are
made are rotten. The workers work
from s a. m. to p. M, with only
half an hour for lunch. They work
days a week, some working 51a
days.
The wages are $40 to S12 week
for girls, and SIS to S18 for boys.
The lunches have to be eaten in a
hurry and in the dirty workshops,
as there is no eating room. The shop
is always filthy.
The speed-up system, the odor of
glue and acids, the foremen always
swearing at and treating the work.
ers like dogs; all the conditions are
so bad that very few workers last
there more than a few days. The
workers are always in danger of
getting consumption in this shop.
Young Workers Slave.
The company has three floors Of
= six-story building. About 100
Torlsers slave there. The workers
ange from Is to 25 years of age.
They employ young workers to get
iQpre work out of their employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
Jubilee Singers Open Tonight
at Maxine Elliott Theatre

Forbes Randolph's Kentucky
Jubilee Singers will open at the
Maxine Elliot Theatre this evening,
summer theatrical program of
American Negro music consisting of
four dramatic units built around the
Characteristic spirituals, folksongs
and "exaltations" of the race. The
original personnel Of the Jubilee
Singers has been augmented by the
addition of several white actors.
Randolph is responsible for the
direction and staging, with settings
designed by Clark Robinson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07

In protest meetings we elected COM
mittees to demand of C. M. WATSON,
president of the WATSON Coal Co.,
that the renters be furnished with
at least one well of clean water for
every ten families. WATSON, mil
lionaire, turned a deaf ear to the
demands.
Next our committee tried the SUBJ
district officials Of the United Mine
Workers. We were simple folk and
thought our union officials would
help us. AS usual, the high-salaried
officials of the U. NJ. w. A., that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
Trade Between Unite
States-USSR CROWN

MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., (By Mail)
"Izvestia" publishes the follow
data on the trade between Sow
Russia and the United States.
The total turnover between tn
two countries in 1929 amour
to '$100,O00,0O0 and was twice 4
size OF the Russo-American trs
before the war.
The Soviet imports from the U
ted States in 1929 were equal
S85.8 million compared with Russi
1913 imports of $27.7 million. 7
exports from the U.S.S.R. in 10
% amounted to SAP million &C
pared with Russia's export in Il
which amounted to $27.7 million.
Recently a number of techni
aid agreements was entered i
with several American companies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
Chicago W.I.R. Tag
Days for Textile
Strikers, May IL, II

CHICAGO, May 5.-Tag days to
raise funds for the striking textile
workers of the South will be held
here May II and II, under the di-
rection of the Workers Interna-
tional Relief
All working class organizations
are urged by the W. l. R. to mobilize
their membership for participation
in the tag days. "The situation in
the South is critical" says a W.
!. R. statement, "and demands i'm
mediate action to raise money for
relief on a large scale. For infor-
nation phone Seeley 1862, W. l. R.,
90 South Lincoln st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
U. S. S. r. Manganese
Export Has Increase

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., April 10
(By MaiD.-Between September 1,
1928, and April 1, 1929, the CHA
fury Manganese Trust exported
213,S05 tons of manganese. During
the last seven months of the exist
ence of the Hartman concession
only 131,123 tons were exported.
The export for the period indi-
Gated was divided up as follows
United States, 26,970 tons; Italy,
1880; Holland, 10000; France,
1000; Belgium, 6,780; Germany,
100; etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
FRISCO CLOTHING ACTORS WORKING
BOSSES AIDED BY in VAUDEVILLE.
.AMALCAMATED HAVE HAIR D LOT
Cheated By Bookers;
Past Season Worst
by a Worker Correspondent

! 10y u w UFR6T COTTGSpOUU6NLJ
! CHICAGO by Mail) One
branch of labor, the conditions of
which have never been given any
great publicity, is that of the vaude-
vile actors and actresses. Perhaps
some people do not associate this
industry with the idea of labor, but
in some ways their conditions are
worse than that of other workers.
There is the uncertainty of work,
no domestic life, constant living in
trains and hotels, with sufficient
pay to cover such necessities as re-
Quired in this work.
Vaudeville work is bought and
sold. The vaudeville agents and
bookers stand over the actors and
actresses, compelling them to either
pay 20 or 80 per cent of their salary
for their work or starve. Because
CT lack of work, they do not pay for
it.
Must Pay Own Expenses.
The vaudeville actor pays all his
expenses out of his pay unless he
works in an office act owned by the
agents and bookers, then his trans
portation is paid by them.
These production acts are usually
composed of dancing school products
who work for very small money,
thrilled with the glory of being
on the stage, and the major portion
of the salary paid to such acts is
sent back to the producer-agent,
who divides same between himself
end the booker. These are the para
sites who live off the actor, the
agents, bockers and producers. They
are the slave-drivers for Wall st.
These production acts have forced
the independent acts into the smaller
theatres and out of the business, be-
cause the agents, bookers and pro-
ducers have found that this is a
more efficient way to rob the actor
Of the money he is justly entitled to
and the material he originates.
On top of all this thievery the
moving picture magnates are forcing
the vitaphone acts on the public,
whether they like it or not, which
takes the bread and butter out of
the vaudeville actors mouths and
throws them on the streets with the
ether unemployed workers.
This season has been disastrous
for the vaudeville actors.
To overcome these conditions the
Actors Union of America has been
organized, with over 10000 men,
bers. ACTOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07

miner, 1 drifted here about ten years
ago, and got work at the time. l
moved into company house three
and four and lived there up to six
months ago, when the coai COM
rany forced me out. l can shut my
eyes and still see that lease or con-
tract l signed, which as party of
The first part" gave me sole possess
sion Of that rat harbor and bedbug
nest, and gave the WATSON Coal Co.
the absolute right to deduct SO out
of my ray envelope every month.
No Water in Shacks.
We miners living in company
.shacks have to carry water for all
purposes from private owned houses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
Sbeed-Mb,
IRON WORKERS
KNOWN AS The
"SU|CIDE CREW"
EXcavating Near Old
Buildings Risky
by a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
have noted your appeal to build
ing trades workers for letters on
the conditions that they have to
contend with. My experience, in
construction work in New York City
FOR five years, gave me an oppor-
tunity to know the dangers-un-
necessary dangers-that building
workers must submit themselves to.
Danger of Wall Collapse
/. Digging in earth-trenches
and pits, from six to ten and twelve
feet deep, the walls of which are in
momentary danger of collapsing and
burying the muckers. Sheeting and
bracing costs money and cuts the
boss's profits.
2. Excavating next to old build
ings-the new foundations going be-
low and undermining the old build
ing. A few shores and competent
supervision would have kept many
en- old wall from sliding into the
rev excavation and burying the
workers under tons of bricks. Own
ers usually know nothing about I'M
derpinning buildings-to let them
personally have charge of such
work is nothing short of criminal.
The Suicide Crew.
8. The suicide crew-iron work
ers. Insurance rates tell the story
S9 per cent. For each three dollars
the worker gets, the boss pays one
dollar 10 the insurance company. In
getting the steel from the truck in
The street to the top working floor
the sigralman often kills" it-lets
the load drop from a height of five
or six feet. The pusher yells
Jump" and if the workers guiding
the load don't jump quickly, the
flanges of the flying steel beams
will shear off their fingers or toes
as neatly as a surgeons knife.
Riveters Pushed.
Riveting crews are pushed so
hard that, in their frenzy of haste,
stepping off into space from the
two flimsy planks from which they
must work, is quite an everyday af-
fsir.
could write volumes about sim
liar abuses and the disregard of the
workers safety. Bricklayers and
carpenters on floor forms, working
one story below riveting crews
with hot rivets, drift pins and fork
wrenchea falling, actually, by the
dozen every day-so that the owner
may collect a few extra days of
rent. Or take the other extreme,
steel men working six or eight stor-
les above the closest solid floor
in direct violation of city ordinances
and insurance contracts.
And all to what end? To pile up
Profits for the greedy builders and
contractors. And from whom do
the profits come? From the brow
beaten, Shaving, MANNED workers,
and the unwilling tenants who pay
extortionate rents to occupy flimsy
ana often dangerous buildings.
J. J. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
RADIO NEAR ROLE.

LENINGRAD, USSR, (By Mail)
1t has been decided by the Aca-
denny of Sciences to extend the net
work of meteorological and radio
stations in the Polar regions.
It was decided furthermore to con-
struct at the ship building yards of
U.S.S.R. a number of vessels for
Polar exploration purposes.