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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
Founded on Convict

machinery to cotton. Work clothing
is the most important. The National
Federation of Womens Clubs estim-
ated that Al per cent Of all work
shirts and So per cent Of all work
pants were convict made. A single
prison contracting firm in 1928 pro-
duced in its II prison factories about
100000 shirts.
Not only are prison-lnade goods sold
in the home markets They are also
dumped abroad in huge quantities.
1t has been unofficially estimated
that ten per cent Of all convict-madc
merchandise Is exported. Members
of the House Of Representatives from
the big prison-farIn states declare that
Of the hundreds Of thousands Of bales
Of cotton produced by prisoners, about
IS per cent is exported. The cotton
is not labelled and is sold in the gem
eral market.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
Sunday

MARQUETTE pRESENTATIoN-sy Loui,
Bdnin Of John Resd Club at New School
FOR Social Research, Sunday evening, s:45.
Presentation Ct The Ball OF the Man
nequins' b. Bruno Jssiensky, which sp-
peared IN international literature"
Suachs1g astire OF 3ccisl-demoefacy. AL
Mission 50 cents.
LECTURE; Movies and Drama In 6oviet
Rucsie" by Prof. z. L. Dana, Sunday. 8
pm, at Pythisn Temple, 1855 VI. 10th OF.
Auspices TorlsTilie Br. FISH,
JOHN REED CLUB--Sunday, 9i8o PIN
$50 6iIth Ave. Nesting: "Rvsnts CT the
EcIr IN GcrTnsny" Herbert Benjamin and
Iccnard Minis will SPEAK OH Political and
Cultural Situation. Discussion on policy
Of United Front against German Eascisri.
HOUSE PARTY given By Br. els Two,
Sunday mite for bSnent Daily Worker at
Corarade GrecsEnan5 Herae, 3o3s ". Fad
st., Coney Isla1c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24

work their convicts largely in agrieul-
ture. Nearly 100000 acres OF land in
the United States are under culiva-
ton by oonvicts. Texas alone has
SO ,407 acres far7ned by prisoners, rails
ing products which we're valued in
1897 at $1,562,s5s. Louisiana In 1926
had an income from her prison sys-
+ TEN of si,557,715. This income from
the forced labor Of prisoners obvi-
ouSly helps 10 keep down the tax
rates on the big plantations in these
stctes and is hence heartily approved
by the capitalists and big landown-
ers.
There Is also a great deal of con-
struction work done by convicts for
government institutions. Out Of SO
institutions listed in the Handbook OF
American Prisons and Reformatories
for 1929, 95 were using convicts on
construction work.
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Tennessee have a
large number Of prisoners convicted
OF nniedemeanors--usually law viola
tons carrying sentence OF less than
one years iinprisonment-doing road
work under cctlnty management Out
side the South we find such cities
as Toledo, Columbus, and Dayton,
Ohio, working their prisoners on
farms. In Massachusetts, eight of the
local jails and houses Of correction
work their convicts in chair, shoe.
and shirt making. The Allegheny
County workhouse, which serves Pitts
burgh and where number Of poll
tical prisoners are now incarcerated,
has a broom factory, carpet factory,
chair factory, laundry, unholstering
shop. and farm.
STEEL FIRM BUILT
ON CONVICT LABOR
THE great volume 70 convict-made
goods, Is produced under several
different systems. The most import
ant systems are the Contract" the
state account" state use" public
works." and 'lease." There are a few
others, either combinations Of the
above or schemes devised to get
around state laws regulating the mar
keting OF codivict-ma goods.
The Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail
road Company, now q subsidiary of
the United States Steel Corporation,
was one OF the biggest companies to
be founded on convict labor. This
company, as well as others, dealt in
convict labor futures in the same
way that gamblers deal in wheat and
corn futures"
The wide range OF prison made
goods includes almost everything I'M
aginsble from baby bugeieS to coffins,
from lumber to flags, and from farm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
WHAT'S ON
Friday
ILLUMINATION J

LECTURE: Prof. Stephen Graves on 'xarl
Marx and Future Of American Working
Glass at American Youth Federation, 122
Second Ave, $50 pm Admission is cents.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING Tom Mooney
Br. LID. at si8 Broadway, pm. Dis
custom on Fssro preglem8 in South by
Connrade Morton.
EFTERTAINNiENT-DA given by SSrik-
Ing Tobacco Workers at Finnish Hail. Is
W. 12oth St.. pm. Admission 80 censs.
soCIAL-checker games entertainment TO-
mite $3.50 pm. at 81 West lssth 81. Room is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-24
USE OF PRISONERS AS
STRIKE BREAKERS

Ccnvicts have been used q number
of times as strike breakers. One OF
the first examples was in the Coal
Greek strike in Tennessee in 1891 go
When the forces Of the state he'd
defeated the miners, after an intense,
bitter war, an official OF the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co.,
In an interview with the New York
Times, said: "One of the chief res-
sons which first induced the company
to take UP the system (convict-lease)
was the great chance it offered for
overcoming strikes. For some years
after We began the lease system we
found that We were right in calculat-
ing that the free miners would b.
loath TO enter upon strikes, when they
saw the company was amply provided
With conWcts E. don't mind saying
that for many years tine company
found 1t 10 be an effective club over
the heads of the free miners"
During 1928, in molders' strike at
Nashville. Tennessee. convicts we're
put TO make stoves and doing foundry
work. Finding that they were, not
getting enough production in that
way, the stove companies arranged
to have the convicts paroled into the
outside plants. Several men were act
ually so paroled as strike breakers.
There have been many other such
cases; but such incidents are often
t~t>t rilt II tha toyace
Watch tomorr0w's Daily Worker
for the second installment from
Forced Labor in the United
States" It will contain sensational
new exposures Of the chain gang
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
POCKET GOPHER CONTROL

Inquiries have been coming to
the county agent rather rapidly
recently in regard to pocket goph-
er control. Questions on our part
have brought out the fact that the
pocket gophers seem to be on the
increase. We have observed con-
siderable damage done to young
cherries occasionally by this par
ticular rodent. Probably one of the
most aggreyating conditions ar
rive when the gophers are so num-
erous as to make running of irri-
cation water a difficult problem.
Pocket gophers are not hard to
control if a regular program is
followed and particularly when a
fall poisoning campaign is follow
ed. Demonstration meetings on
both trapping and poisoning meth
DDS of control have been held in
the past but too often these meet
ings have been too poorly attended
to make them worth while. If,
however, at this time there is
enough interest on the part of
farmers as to control measures,
we would be glad to have repre-
sentatives of communities inter-
ested write us asking for demon
stration and these would be ar
ranged. This information should
come to us as soon as possible so
that we may arrange to secure a
man from the Bureau Of Biological
survey who is thoroughly ac-
quainted with life habits and con-
troll measures. II you and others
IN your community are interested,
have some one write the county
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Clinic on Trucks to Be
Staged by Smith Motor

Baby clinics, chest clinics, hos
pital clinics and now a truck
clinic. All have the same object
ives, searching investigation thru
the ''innards" to discover the. why's
and wherefores.
The E. C. Smith Motor Co. will
be hosts at freetruck clinic Sat-
urday from eight o'clock in the
morning until one in the after
noon. A V.8, 157-inch wheelbase
Ford truck will be the object UNI
der observation.
The truck is being put on display
by the Ford Motor Co. for Mr..
Smiths organization and will be
in charge of Mr.. Barker, who will
explain the various parts of the
new car. The stake body truck is
painted in attractive colors, with
sound equipment installed, parts
exchange board, cutaway parts,
gasoline tester and all essentials
in conducting an educa-
tional program of this nature.
There is no charge for the
course and everyone interested is
invited to attend the clinic.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Too Late to Classify
CASH FOR USED CARS-Twin
City Motor Co. 16tfc

To Whom it may Concern: Notice
is hereby given that public hear
ings will be held at Granger, WASH
ington, beginning at 1:30 o'clock
p. m. on Saturday, July 22nd, 1888
in the rooms of the schoolhouse to
consider change in the grading
rule on grapes; and also at Grape
view, Washington, beginning at
goo o'clock PM, standard time
on Tuesday, July 25tn, 1888 IN the
rooms of the school house to con-
slider a change in the grading rules
on grapes. Department of Agri-
culture, by Walter J. Robinson, di-
rector; by Wendell P. Brown, Su-
pervisor of Horticulture. Dated at
Olympia, Washington, July 12,
1888. 7:14-21
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20

Syrian folks worry not at all
over germs, and in Beirut, when
the housewife wants breat, she
will walk right out into the street
and buy loaf of bread from the
bakeshop man, who airs his wares
uncovered in Beirut's bacteria
laden atmosphere, where flies can
crawl over them, birds can pack at
them, and camels can sniff at
them. The flat loaves are baked in
the crude native bakeshops and
have thick crust which helps re-
tain the moisture within the loaf.
Syrians, however, are not particu-
lar about the moisture, and eat a
dried loaf with relish.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Tells How She Lost
Is Lbs. Of Fat
RHEUMATISM GONE, TOO


Here is a woman who was rap
idly putting on weight and who
was troubled with rheumatism too.
Read her letter:
81 started taking Kruschen
Salts because of the good it had
done for friend of mine who had
been crippled with rheumatism. At
the end Of the second bottle / was
weighed and find I am now only
148 pounds (original weight 1853
lbs.), at which am so pleased. But
I have also felt my rheumatism
much less, which has been so
troublesome in my knees. must
say I think Kruschen splendid
weight reducer." Miss E.L.P.
Overweight and rheumatism
poisoning often go together. The
six salts in Kruschen assist the in
ternal organs to perform their
functions properly-little by little
that ugly fat goes; slowly, yes
but surely. You feel wonderfully
healthy, youthful and energetic
more so than ever before in your
life!
Kruschen Salts is obtainable at
all drug stores jar lasts four
weeks and costs not more than
85c. J20-N30
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Not in Stock

Dad had developed bad cold
and in talking to friend said he
had been having the "sniffles. y
Later, when a younger member Of
the family returned from the drug
store where he had been sent for
cough drops, he reported that the
man said he didn't have any.
What? A drug store that has
no cough drops on sale!'
well, it was like this" sonny
admitted. II forgot what the name
of them was, SO thought it would
be just the same if / asked for a
box of sniffles, and the man said
he didn't have anything like that"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
HomicidaI Maniacs

The horrible story of the asy-
lum attendant who died as the re-
suit of struggle with a maniac,
recalls another CHASTITY story which
an alienist related some time ago.
An attendant in an asylum observ-
ed patient wandering down the
ward carrying human head un-
der his arm. He thought tact was
called for, and asked the lunatic po-
litely whose head he had got and
why. As if it was the most natur-
al thing in the world, the other
gave him the information he asked
for and said he decapitated his
unfortunate fellow patient in his
sleep because he thought it would
be so amusing to see him looking
for his head when he woke up
Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
POULTRY HOUSE ! j, BULLETIN

s { { ~. sa-='5 & = y = = T
A new bulletin entitled "The
Washington Laying House." has
just come off the press and is now
available for poultrymen of the
county who may be interested in
the construction of new houses or
remodeling of old ones. This bull
letin has been prepared by Wayne
Miller, Poultryman at the Western
Washington station, Professor j.
S. Carver, head of the poultry de-
partment at the college and w. D..
Buchanan, extension poultryman,
state college of Washington.
The bulletin is reallY..a four
page bulletin. 1t is folded.so that
the entire inside of the bulletin is
taken up with drawings Of a unit
house, 24x30. The remaining four
pages are then given to- instruc-.
tions as to construction of the
house and equipment and bill Of
material for same. ~.
Since money is limited for the
publication of such bulletins this
bulletin will not be mailed out to
the general mailing. list. We shall
oe more than glad however. to
send copy to any poultry lyman
who is contemplating the construc-
ton of a new house; or. planning
remodeling of the old house. If in
terested write your county agent,
Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Where Nerve is Needed

To cross the Jhelum river in In
dia by means Of its restless, raw
hide rope bridge, is nerve-rack-
ing experience for novices. In re-
mote sections of China there are
similar rope bridges that are work
ed on different principles. In these
Chinese bridges there are two
ropes of twisted vegetable fiber,
one slanting down from an eleva-
ton at one side of the river to the
waters edge on the other side, and
the other slanting down in the OPP
posite direction. The Chinese simply
fasten a wooden sliding block on
to the rope, and zip-they are on
the other side of the river.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Facts for Farmers

INDEX this heading will printed week. articles
OF interest the farmers of this community selected
and prepared by E. c. Durdle extension for BE
County cooperating with the u Dept of Agriculture and
the Washington State College : 49,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
Beautiful Friendship

Blinks-I can't understand why
your wife is SO chummy with that
awful Mrs. Riley.
JinksEIt's easy explained: they
both dearly hate the same woman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20
How We Get Brown Study"

The phrase "brown study" was
suggested by the use of "brown"
in the sense of serious or gloomy.
A brown study is a state of reverie
or idle and purposeless musing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-07-20

agent as soon as possible and ar
rangements for demonstration
meetings at the proper time will
be made.
Evening star., 1933-10-15
EFFORTS Renewed
TO EXTEND Fifteenth
Board of Trade Committee Seeks
Solution of Traffic Congestion
Problem.

The Streets and Avenues Committee
Of the Washington Board Of Trade has
voted to renew efforts to bring about
extension Of Fifteenth street south of
Constitution avenue to relieve traffic
congestion during rush hours.
1t was pointed out ct meeting
Thursday that with the closing of Thir-
teenth street the only outlets from the
business section now are Fourteenth,
Twelfth and Ninth streets. The COM
mittee proposes that Fifteenth street
be extended south Of Constitution ave-
nue., east Of the Washington Monument
and south Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing.
Although a bridge project is under
consideration to Ink the extended
street with the Highway Bridge, across
the Tidal Basin, the committee feels
that considerable relief would be af-
forded by simply tying Fifteenth street
with the highway which now skirts the
basin and links up with Fourteenth
street.
Dudley Bright was named by Chair
man George v. Graham to head a spe-
cial subcommittee to push the matter.
The committee had as its guests yes
terday Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, engi-
neer of highways, and Clifford R.
Whyte. District bridge engineer. Capt
Whitehurst reported on the progress Of
District paving projects under the
N. r. A.
Evening star., 1933-10-15
K|WAN|S SESSION
OPENS THURSDAY
Capital District Clubs to Hold
Convention at Lynch.
burg, Va.

Washington will be we'll represented
at the fifteenth annual convention Of
clubs Of the Capital District. Kiwanis
International, which will be In session
at Lynchburg, Va. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week.
Edwin F. Hill. district governor and
former president Of the Washington
Club. will preside at the sessions. Roe
Fulkerson. editorial writer of the
Kiwanis Magazine and first president Of
the Washington Club. will make the
keynote address Thursday evening
Pinckney ]. Harman. district chairman
of the Vocational Guidance Committee.
Is scheduled to report the aEtivities Of
the clubs in this work.
Other members who will attend from
the Capital are: Lewis T. Breuninger,
vice president; George H. Winslow, sec
retary emeritus: Edward D. Shaw,
secretary; Charles w. Pimper and James
B. Edmunds, former president.
Child Work Stressed.
District officers and delegates will
concentrate on methods Of improving
underprivileged child work in the
Capital district. which comprises clubs
in the District Of Columbia. Delaware.
Maryland and Virginia. Discussions
also will be devoted to how klWaniS can
aid in increasing worthwhile activities
for boys and girls improving the rela-
tions between town and country, and
Improvements in citizenship.
Following the business meeting Friday,
there will be banquet and ball honor
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Hill. James M. Lynch
Of Florene. S. c., international trustee,
will address the banquet.
Chairmen to Speak.
George G. Peery of Salem, Va. will
address the convention on "Kiwanis
Aims and Ideals" Among the district
chair1nen who will address the group
are David c. Book, former president of
the Alexandria, Va. Club; DR.. E. Rein
hold Rogers, Covington. Va, Club,
former lieutenant governor, and John
A. Fricker, Baltimore.
Russell s. Perkinson, Petersburg, Va,
former international trustee, will con-
duct conference hour on club
problems.
Saturday the delegates will elect a
district governor, district secretary
treasurer and lieutenant governors for
1884. The convention city for next year
will be selected.
Evening star., 1933-10-15
PROTECTION Of ART
CONVENTION PLAN
Roerich Session November
17.18 to Be Attended by at
Least IL Nations.

Efforts to preserve centers Of art and
science through the flying over them in
time Of peace and war Of a magenta
and white banner. inviolate like the
Red Cross nag. will be advanced at the
third international convention for the
Roerich Pact and Banner Of Peace here
November II and 18.
The convention Is sponsored by the
countries have already sent acceptances
of the invitation to be represented.
These countries are Spain, Argentina,
Japan, Switzerland. Chile, Colombia,
Nicaragua, Guatemala. Poland, Panama,
Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace will
serve as protector. Prof. Nicholas Roe
rich and Nine Roerich as honorary
presidents, Senator Robert L. Wagner
Of New York as honorary chairman, and
Louis L. Horch. president of the mu-
scum, as chairman Of the convention.
The Roerich Pact and Banner OF
Peace was created and promulgated by
Prof. Roerich in 1929 Briefly. 1t pro-
vides that educational artistic and
scientific institutions. works Of art and
cultural sites and monuments of all
kinds be respected in times of war as
in peace. To. insure this, it Is hoped
that the coming convention will result
in a definite step toward the agreement
Of nations to adopt the pact and hold
such properties inviolate.
In addition to oficial delegates of the
nations, speakers at the convention will
include Secretary Wallace, Mrs. Grace
Morrison Poole. president Of the Gen.
cral Federation Of Women's Clubs: DR..
James Brown Scott, secretary of the
Carnegie Foundation for International
Peace; DR.. Christian Brinton, art critic.
The complete program is being for
mulated and will be announced later.
Evening star., 1933-10-15
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
Rev. William F. Rothen burger
Of Indianapolis Chosen
President.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. October l4-Rev.
William F. Rothenburger of Indian
apolis today was elected president Of
the Disciples Of Christ christian
church,.
Other officers named are J. G. Ware
OF Los Angeles Mrs Mary c. Metcalf
OF Benton Harbor. Mich. and Rev. C.
r. StaufIer of Atlanta, vice presidents;
Rev Graham Frank Of Dallas, Tex,
reelected general secretary; Miss
Elizabeth Jameson of st. Louis, re-
elected recording secretary; H. B..
Holloway Of indianapolis, reelected
transportation secretary, and J. H.
Nance of Dallas. reelected treasurer.
These new members Of the Executive
Committee were chosen:
Rev. S. NJ Dividian of Lima. Ohio;
Rev. Chester F. Grubb of Bloomington,
Ill: Mrs. j. NJ Stearns of Indianapolis;
Rev. John r. Golden Of Topeka. Kans.,
and Mrs. L. N. D. Wells of Dallas.
Evening star., 1933-10-15
MASONS Will HOLD
MEMORIAL RITES
Services Honoring Albert
Pike to Inaugurate Scottish
Rite Sessions Here.

Opening with a memorial service hon.
oring Albert Pike at 3 o'clock this after
noon, the biennial session Of the Su-
preme Council. Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite Of the Southern Jurisdic.
ton, U. S. A., will be in session through
out the week at the House Of the
Temple.
Albert Pike was Grand Commander
of the order from 1859 to 1891 and the
Southern Supreme Council is the
mother council Of the world, having
been established at Charleston, S. c..
May 81, 1901.
John H. CowleS, sovereign grand COM
mander, will preside at the memorial
service and the memorial address will
be made by Charles F. Buck, jr., active
member of the council In Louisiana
point Of service.
Many Leaders Here.
Many prominent Masons from all
Southern and Western States and for
eign jurisdictions covered by the South
ern Jurisdiction of the order have ar
rived IN the city for the convention.
They will register at the temple at 9
o'clock this morning. The ceremonies
OF opening the Supreme Council will
begin tomorrow at 10 O'Clock. At $3.50
pm. there will be an organ recital, fol-
lowed by q reception to which all
Masons are invited to meet members of
the council
Tuesday morning will be devoted to
another regular session of the supreme
body, while in the afternoon an execu-
tive session will be held.
The investiture of knight commander,
court Of honor. by members of the
Albert Pike Consistory Of Washington
Is scheduled for Wednesday night at
O'Clock.
Dinner Set for Friday.
Thursday and Friday will witness
regular morning and afternoon sessions
Friday evening at o'clock dinner will
be served at the temple for visiting
Thirty-third Degree Masons and desig-
mates for that honor. At 8 pm. the
thirty-third degree will be conferred.
The Supreme Council will officially
close its session Saturday.
Identification cards showing the
bearer has attained the fourteenth de-
gree must be presented before admis-
sion can be gained to any of the
sessions.
The Southern Supreme Council is a
member Of the International Conference
Of Supreme Councils of the World,
which will meet in Havana, Cuba. next
year.