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TWO
Saturday, June 19, 1920.
THE OKLAHOMA LEADER
Saturday, June 19, 1920.
TWO
State Cancels Indictments
Against Party Members
Taken in Raid.
PERSHING BOOM
FOR DEM. TICKET
SET IN MOTION
Missourian Will Invite General
to Attend Convention in
San Francisco.
THE CAT COMES BACK
—FROM THE NEW MAJORITY.
■FCCIAL TO THE l.BADCfl
ROCKFORD. III.—Upon motion of
gtate'a Attorney Willi am Johnson In
the circuit court her® Wednesday,
thei indictment* against Mn. Chris
tine Person and Peter Anderson.
•Man Martell. were nolle proesed and
l>y agreement Karl Llnd was re-
leased from the county Jail on his
own recognisance. They were three
of 18 who were Indicted by the coun-
ty gran 1 Jury here on the charge of
violating the Illinois anti-sedition
statute. Mrs. Person, Llnd and An-
derson were members of the local
branch of the Communist Labor
part> of America and were among
the nearly 200 persona who were
scooped up here in the federal raid
sn Jan. 2.
TAKEN IN RAID.
Mrs. Person and her husband.
Arthur, were arrested in the federal
raid. Person was acquitted by the
^ Mr* Person is In a crltl %1 condi-
tion * jffering from tuberculosis. The
persons have three children.
Peter Anderson and Karl Linn
have beon In the county Jail since
Jan. 2. The* had not l>-en brought
to trial. The lime limit under the
law for their l elng held without
bring brought U> trial ha<l about
expired so Llnd wa* allowed to go on
bin own recognisance.
Anderson is an allen. He wn«
born In Sweden. He came to this
country 15 yearn nso and has pur
rendered his Swedish cltlsenshlp. i«
Is said, bemuse he has absented hln,-
self from that country for more than
10 years. He is *111 held In the
county Jail for federal authorities
NINE CASES PENDING.
Of the H indicted by the ceunty
grand Jury indlctmenta now stand
against but nine. All are cut on
bond*. .
It waa announced by the state m
attorneys office here that Mra. Alice
Beale Paraons. Kookford society
woman and graduate of Chicago uni-
versity. Hould be the next to be tried
What are you doing th lielp elect
Dob* aiul Stedman? Join the So-
cialist party Pay your due*. Help
roll up the biggest Social la t *ote h
history. If you don't know how,
write to H. M. Sinclair, state secre-
tary, P. O. Bo* 777, oklahoma City
Okla.
CALIFORNIA MINIMUM
WAGE WILL%BENEFIT
20,000 WOMEN
SAN FRANCISCO—Twenty thou
sand women employed In the vege
table and fruit packing industries of
California will benefit by a ratse lr
the minimum wage from flS.R0 to
$16 a week. Juat ordered by the state
Industrial welfare commiaalon
Thia Increase becomes effective
July 24. Beginners are required un
der the commiasion's ruling to serve
mn apprenticeship period of two
weeks at $12 n week The present
apprentice wage is fit.
Eight hours is t|e maximum day
permitted for packera of raisins and
other dried fruita, but green fruit
and vegetable packera may work
ovetime. Their employers must pay
them time-and-a-half for all ov<
dine.
MAJORITY SOCIALISTS
TO HAVE 41 MEMBERS
IN GERMAN REICHSTAG
BERLIN—Revised figures from 2
main districts in Germany out of
total of 32 Tuesda> showed that the
Nationalists will have 26 members of
the new relchatag, the Volkspartle
J9: Centrists. 12; Democrats. 1*;
the Majority Socialists, 41; Independ-
ents. 42, and the Communists. 2.
One dollar will send The Weekly
1/eadcr to five names during the
campaign months. August. Septem-
ber. October. Send In a list of your
neighbor voters. Get them inter-
ested In The Leader and the Social-
ist party.
PLANS TO FOUND
INTERNATIONAL
LABOR COLLEGE
NEW YORK—A dark hors- boom
for Gen. John J. Pershing for the
Democratic presidential nomination
waa set in motion here Thursdsy.
It was announced that Edward E.
Goltra. national Democratic commit-
teemen from Missouri, will leave for
Waahlngton Thureday to Invite Gen.
Perahing to sttend ti.- ?«n Fran*
clsco convention aa a guest ox a big
Missouri delegation, on a special
train. Pershing is a native of Mis-
souri and the men behind thie move-
ment say he is eligible for nomina-
tion sa a Democrat, although he haa
no definite party alignment
The Goltra party arranged to In-
ite prominent native sons of Mis-
souri and It is stated that among
hess Secretary of State Colby haa
already accepted. Augustus Thomas,
playwright and orator, also a Mls-
rourlan, is booked, it Is said, to
present Pershing's name to the San
Francisco convention.
It Is known that Pershing during
the last week haa been in confer-
ence with some of the leading fac-
tors In the Democratic psrty, sl-
though there is no suggestion that
he is actively approving or present-
ing the movement launched in his
behslf.
Announcement of the movement to
make Pershing the Democratic pres-
ident^! nominee followa close upon
the statement that Pershing would
shortly retire from th
the at my.
NOEFFDRTMftDt
active list In
30 Bullet Holes Are Found in
Chief's Hut During
Quiz.
NEW YORK—An International
Y eople's college, which will gather
•working class pupils from all the
countries of the earth, will soon l>e
established In Denmark, if the or
ganized tour of Peter Mar.nlche. who
1s now in this country, la successful.
Manmche Is warden of the High
School and Study Circle union.
Copenhagen night school He Is ap-
pealing to American literals and
laborites for America to contribute
its quota to the undertaking.
The People's College. If estab-
lished, will give prominent space o
social subjects It will apply the
English tutorial system, la that the
students from different countries
will live together in houses accom-
modating about 20 persons each,
presided over by a "housemaster."
Instruction will be on an interna-
tional basis, and various languages
•will be used In the classes The
teaching in "study circles'' will be
an important feature of the work.
The proposed school will chiefly
reoelve students who have received
a preliminary education In their na-
tive countries and who have been
sent out with recommendations
from, or at the cost of. labor or
ganizations gnd other working claaa
badies.
The puolls will be afforded spe-
cial opportunities for studying Dan-
ish agricultural methods.
Among the sponsors of the under
taking are three working class mem-
bers of the Danish parliament—C.
X. Haugo. K. M. Klauson and A. C.
Meyer. Other members of the or-
ganized committee, arc Prof. Otto
J sperson, Harold Hoffding. Valdej
mai- Ammundson, and Mr Nvrop, all
of whom are Internationally known
for their researches upon tielr re-
spective fields of learning.
TLAXCALANTONGO. Puebla.
Mex.—Indian residents here, where
President Carranza met his death ott
the morning of May 21. scout the
theory that he committed suicide
nnd declare no re*' defense was
made for the president.
Prlvste InvestIgatlon showed Ave
bullet holes through the thin wood-
11 of the hut in a corner where
It was said Carranza slept. One bul-
let Is reported to have struck him
In the leg. and. according to belief
here, when he aat up hs was hit by
the other four.
THIRTY HOLER IN WAI
Thirty bullet holes were counted
In various parts of the hut. Near
the door Is one which is said to mark
the spot where Carranxa's guard was
kUled.
President Carranza reached Tlax
calantongo at about 3:SO p. m., May
20. according to an Indian rduple.
at whose home 10 of his escort was
quartered
About 1:SO n. m. next day the
couple heard firing In the village and.
fled.
Three hundred yards from where
Carranza slept Is a hut said by the
Indiana to have been occupied by
Ygnaclo Bonlllas. former Mexican
ambassador at Waahlngton.
According to the stories told by
the natives, Bonillas remained in his
hut throughout the night, and In the
morning-cut a hole in the wall to
see how the land lay and then es
caped.
DEFENSE W AS USELESS.
MEXICO CITY—To have de
fended Carranza at Tlaxcalantongo
on the morning of May 21 would
have been "a useless sacrifice," Gen
Francisco Murgula, thevformer mtn
ister of war. who accompanied the
late president on his flight, thus de
clared before the military court In
eatigating Carranza's death
' When we finished repelling the
attack against our hut." Gen
Murgula continued, "the firing dl
rected against Carranza's hut had
ceased."
Gen. Herrero testified for several
hours before the military court, but
his testimony was not made public.
CABRERA IS HELD.
WASH INGTON — Ex-President
Estrada Cabrera is now confined In
prison at Guatemala City, the state
department wan advised Thursday
by the American legation there. The
legation said the Guatemala authorl
ties explain this action as a precau
tiou against possible mob attack.
ON PUBLIC HEALTH
Bureau of Standards Official j
Analyzes Expenditures
of Government.
gPSTIAL TO THE LEADER
WASHINGTON—A comparison of
what the government spent during
the current year for human welfare
and development purpoaes and for
military and commercial ourposes,
reveals the startling figures that ,
more than 91 per cent of the total
appropriation waa absorbed by the
expenses of the recent and previous
wars and the maintenance of the
war and navy departments, w-hlle
only 1.01 iter cent was spent for
human welfare.
The figures have been worked out
by Dr. E. B. Rosa, bureau of itand-
ards at Washington, and are made
public In a statement by the Nation-
al Women's Trade I'nlon league and
the National Federation of Federal
Employes
The statement points out that only
101 per cent of the total of more
than five and one-half billion dollars
( $5.6S«.006.705) of expenditures
provided In the supply bills for 1920
was spent for human welfare and
development purposes, such as edu-
cational work, labor problems, agri-
culture. women and children's wel-
fare. public health, libraries, re-
search and the like, as distinguished
from military and commercial pur-
poses.
LITTLE FOR CHILDREN.
The money spent on 'he special
needs of women and children was
fifty-six one hundred thou-
sandths < 511-100,000) of the entire
appropriations. To the study of
labor conditions In general is given
about the same number of hundred
thoussndths, and for general educa-
tional work the sum spent is a frac-
tion less than for either of these two
purposes
It is further pointed out. accord-
ing to Dr. Rosa's analysis that more
than 93 per cent of the total ap-
propriation was consumed by the ex-
penses incurred In the late war and
previous wars, and for the malnte-
ance of the war and navy depart-
ments. The remaining 5 per cent,
as spent to maintain the machinery
f civil government and public
works, such as rivers and harbors,
public buildings and the like.
ACTION TO BE SOUGHT.
These figures will be laid before
the Republican and Democratic na-
tional conventions, and th« convi
tlon of the American Federation of
Labor, which will be asked to bring
the matter emphatically to the stten
tlon of congress. They are offered
as a plea that congress give a fairer
proportion of the public money tc
the development of the nation's hu-
man and educational needs.
Dr. Rosa's nnalysls of the 1920
expenditures of the government, as
in the regular supply hills and
three efficiency bills, classifies
items in the total in the following
groups:
Expenditures arising from re-
rent wars (Including interest on pub-
11c debts, pensions, care of soldiers
and sailors, war risk Insurance, etc.
etc.). $3,865,482,585, or 67.81 per
oent.
War and navy departments.
$1.424,13fc.676, or 25.02 per cent
Primary governmental func
tions (Salaries members of congress,
president and white house staff
courts, administration federal
partments. etc.). $181,087,225,
3.19 per cent.
Public works (rivers and har
bors, buildings, post roads, r'eclama
tlon. repairs, etc.), $163,203,557,
2.97 per cent.
Research, educational and de
veiopment. (bureaus of mines, fish
erles. animal and plant industry,
markets, foreign and domestic com
merce, standards, labor statist
children and women's bureau, public
health, education, vocational educa
tlon, libraries, etc.). $57,093,660,
1.01 per cent.
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PROFITEERING COST RAILROADS
$600,000,000 DURING THREE YEARS
Expenditure Becomes Part of Capital Invest-
ment Upon Which Public Must Pay 5^2
Per Cent, W. Jett Lauck Shows.
per
Ings enough to pay about
cent on Its capital stock."
PRESENTS OWN FIGURES.
Lauck also presented his own flg-
WASHINGTON—'That profiteering
hus cost the railroads of tV.e United
States at least $600,000,000 durlrg
the lait three years and. unless
ked. will cost them more than i urcs showing that excese profits ap
$1.0g0.000.00u additional during the , proxjmate 15 per cent of the selling
ears of 1920. 1921 and 1922 Is the; prjCP v( ajj prbriuets.
rux of a supplementary report by . "As an overwhelming proportion
W. Jett I^auck, consulting economist I of railroad expenditures are for steel
products of various sorts, and fuel,"
" I V " ; Luck continues. "It Is entirely safe
transmitted to the railroad laboi (() gay |< ast 12 per cent of
board. (the entire amount paid by railroads
Next to wage earners, the salaried for commodities during the past
class nnd peeple of fixed Incomes, i three years wan absorbed by excess
be railroads have been the great profits. Comparatively little money
>-t \ i< titns of the profiteers." says was spent by the transportation com-
this report, 'and the most serious panics for extensions. Improvements
aspect of !bin pha*e of the profiteer- or new equipment during the period
ing problem is that it means n t>\ed 1917-1910. The total was slightly
charge upon the public, of million more than $2,000,000,000. about $1.-
of dollars annuallv for all time t<« ! 000,000,000 of which was for ma-
come for if the railroads are mulct-,terials. Operating expenses, Includ-
ed of a bllllo ndollars in undue prof- Ing salaries and wages, were ap-
ln the expenditures for nvtlnt*- proximately $10,000,000,000. About
nance and betterments during the 40 per cent of which, or $4,000,000.-
nsulng thre«* years that amount oon. was spent for fuel, supplies and
necessarily becomes a part of the equipment The total expenditure
■-spltal Investment upon which the for commodities was, therefore,
public must pay a fair return. about $5.000.000,n00. 12 per cent of
~)ULD RAISE WAGES ^sL'proSj600'000'000' went lm°
tils connection it should be
stated that If the railroads were pro- |
tee ted mralnst the profiteers, reason
President Ebert Orders Muell-
er to Form New Ger-
man Ministry.
VIENNA—The Austrian cabinet
headed by Dr. Karl Renner as chan-
cellor, which has held ofTice most of
the time since the armistice, has re-
signed.
Dr. Renner presented the resigna-
tion shortly after midnight after a
meeting of the cabinet with repre-
sentative of the Social T emocrats.
The break came unexpectedly over
the minister of war's decree on army
discipline, about which a question
was raised In the national assembly.
It is believed u new coalition cab-
inet will be formed pending the elec-
tions.
ASKS NEW CABINET.
LONDON—President Ebert has
asked Chancellor Mueller to form
:■ new cabinet, according to a Berlin
dlspstch to The London Timei. The
chancellor will try to secure the co-
operation of the Independent Social-
ists in the new government. It is
stated, or otherwise will abandon
the task.
NITO TO LEAVE.
ROME— Franlcsco Nitti. premier
in the cabinet which resigned June
9, has obtained a passport to travel
in European countries, says The
Glarnale D'ltalia Friday. It is be-
lieved. however, that he Is planning
also to visit America, the newspaper
adds.
The newspapers announce that ex-
Premier Giolettl has been requested
to form a cabinet. The Messaggero
says it Is informed that Signor Glo-
littl has accepted the task.
PI S PAID HUGE
SUMS TO STIR UP
525 SEATS WON
BY SINN FEIN IN.
DUBLIN COUNCIL
Britain "Hopes" Soon to Ar-
rest Leaders of Terror
in Ireland.
I DUBLIN—The completed returns
In the county council elections show
•a Sinn Fein victory grester than ex-
pected. owing to I compact between
Sinn Fein and l-abor in Lelniter.
Munster and Connaught and in 11-
ster oetween Nationalists snd B'rJn
Fein Out of seats the Sinn Fein
slone won 526, while Sinn Fein, I^ -
bor and Nationalists captured 5 9.
"HOPED" FOR ARRESTS.
LONDON—The cabinet discussed
the Irish question Friday and re-
ceived reports from Sir Hamar
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire-
land- According to The Dally Mail,
the chief secretary advised the cabi-
net that measures taken are proving
successful and said he hoped soon
to arrest some of the principal ter-
rorist leaders In Ireland.
EXPLAINS VALflE
. J. de Bekker, Author,
Charges Fall Was Aware
of Revolt Plant.
ery exhaustive analysis of the
~ [amount needed for the rehabiliation
"V 1 n iiaiiAM mniil "1' the railroads during the coming
able uml 'r" ! three year, has been made by ox-
madi In tli perts for The Railway Age. It in
WOrp 'n^trrlirtion rat*-> ilnd MtU•ntk ^ pstlnlat^,1 ln a!l- $6,000,000,000
ST"-# C.T„e"fr.hi"lcunp,
1 (ho nmnteeru lii -tcel ami K'O to purchase cars and locomotives.
«£T nJSnleSm ami Of the remaining $3,000,000,000. it
i*f>iii-<>i!<i eniilntiient ami -applies" may be assumed that at least 50 per
"fixes S" Parent cent, will be paid for materials, mak-
the profiteering tribute which the ing ,1 total of $4,500,000,000 of cap-
railroads have paid to the producers |Ital expenditure for
of coal, petroleum, steel and s'.ee' turning
products, car and locomotive man"
facturers snd others.
EARNINGS ARE \N U.VZFD
odlties. As-
that operating expenses re-
manu- main the same as in 1918, another
i *4.500,000.000 will be expended for
materials and h lppltes. a grand total
of $9.000.000.0C 0 And also
WASHINGTON—Ti. J. dePekker
author of The Plot Against Mexico,
makes the direct statement that
terventlonlsts in corgrsss Include
Speaker Gillette. Fiepr^sentati
Gould. Representative Campbell,
Senatpr Lodge, Senator Fall and
Senator Smith, of Arlzano."
If any senator c. representative.'
he adds, "has had the temerity
protest against misuse of the public
funds by seeking to Inflame the peo
pie against a neighbor with whom
we are at peace, the fact has escaped
my attention." That reference
the pro-Intervention activities of the
senate committee headed by Senat
Fall is contained In a letter written
by deBekker to a Washington ac
quaintanee.
Mr. deBekker charges that the
National Assn. for the Protection of
American Rights in Mexico supports
a corns of publicity men and speak
ers for intervention at its offices In
New York. Washington. I*os An
geles, San Francisco. El Paso and
St. Louis, at an expense that "would
make t,.o payroll of any newspaper
in Washington look like carfare."
"The Fall committee," he adds,
"which is an auxiliary publicity
agent of which the expense is borne
by the nation, probably has spent
several hundreds of thousands
dollars by this time, but it/ has
< 1 v . proved the existence of the plot of
This figure has been arrived a,. infr that the ratio of profiteering does whlch ,t js a pa!t No sune person
states I<auck. "only after the most not increase, it > easy to see that can jead the mn8i4 of testimony, of
ho rough and painstaking analjoia something over $1,000,000,000 will whlch j have 13 volurne now beside
railroad expenditures and the jgo into excess profits ^during ^the mg wUhout reaching the conviction
that Fall's only purpose was to -ic-
ture Mexico In such dark colors as
P0IM0H0ME
Manager of Workers' Movie
Concern Details "Poison
on the Screen."
SEATTLE—When a laboring man
s shown on a movie screen he is
nearly always depicted us married,
J. Arthur Nelson, manager and nro-
ducer of Federation Film Co., told
an audience in the Workers' College
forum. The Federation Film Co. is
being organized by tne unions to
ombat the movie propaganda flood
Ing the country.
reason the laboring man is
married." said Nelson, "Is because h
ery weak wifo whom he beats
regularly, or a very strong wife who
does the washing for the entire
nelghboorhood and thus supports
him."
Nelson further elaborated on the
generally recognized picture of the
working man as the film producers
manufacture this character — un-
shaven, dirty, and the brutal head
of a home consisting of one room,
also dirty.
As part of his talk on "The poison
1 the Screen," Nelson explained
that Federation Film Co. expects to
produce shortly Its first picture. Its
big drama will contain an economic
undercurrent, its labor news weekly
will carry views of workers and well
conducted labor enterprises from all
parts of the. country and eventually
of the world. Its economic digest
ill show the forces of Industry at
ork. Distribution will be made
through the various state federations
and the pictures will be shown in
union halls and also in the regular
picture houses.
When The Seattle Union Record
was Illegally closed by men in fed-
1 office, pictures of the closing of
the plant were shown throughout
the nation together with the infor-
mation that a seditious newspaper"
had been suppressed.
When the labor newspaper was
released from Its illegal seizure on
order of the United States courts, the
movie weekly companies carefully
refrained from taking any pictures
of the reopening of the building. A
labor news weekly would not nave
omitted this detail, enthusiasts for
the new undertaking of organized
labor here point out.
M'PARLAND LEADS
IN TYPO ELECTION.
UNOFFICIAL REPORT
INDIANAPOLIS—Unofficial fig-
ures for the election of officers of
the International Typographical un-
ion show that John McParland,
Harrisburg. Pa., was elected pres-
ident. Walter W. Barrett, Chicago.
as re-elected first vice-president
James J. Hoban. Indianapolis, re-
l e IV#" a second vice-president;
*" . Hays. Indianapolis, re-
elected tecretsry-treasurer; James
Drury. re-elected delegate to trades
and labor congress of Canada.
"The official canvas started Mon-
day and official figures will not be
available for a week or 10 days.'
•aid John S Smith, chief clerk of
the union.
POLAND ADOPTS ZLOTY
AS CURRENCY STANDARD
WARSAW—Poland is to abolish
the mark as the standard of cur
rency which has been In use since
.he German occupation of Wa
in 1915. The basis of Poland's new
financial svstem is to be the zlofy
normally about equal in value
the French franc. The iloty was
the monetary unit more than 100
years ago, prior to Poland's parti-
tion by Russia. Prussia and Austria.
FUr dollars will Mnd The W<-ekl\
Oklahoma l^*a<ler to 30 names dur-
ing the campaign month-, August,
September. October. Send In a ll*t
of your neighbor voters. Get them
interested In The leader and the
Socialist party.
LABOR HAS NOT
CUT PRODUCTION,
SAYS ENGINEER
Output Depends on Manage
ment's Treatment of
Worker.
profits of the corporations from years 1920. 1921 and 1922. This
which thev buy. For instance, dur-1 huge sum will, of course, be sn ad-
Ing the three years of 1917. 191S and irtit|0n to the investment in railroad
1919 the railroads < f the country property, on which the nubile will
combined bought 451.1 13.935 tons of | f,av.P tQ pay 5^ per cent#forever-
coal at a total cost of $1,225,6 1 .1. • 1 morC-
The companies from which this coal
was purchased made in average ESTIMATES ARE SMALL.
Mritr'!^ninKrann'lir*rJ"an<i "Th"" climate, are hl*hly con-
±1.
SSsVo i 7nov^i
Khak6-«WlrUpromiu":.n^!.hl"nnage: ' Vnt'n^^n^id.Ta^of Tn.y"'^
CABINET TO JOIN WILSON
IN LAMBASTING CONGRESS
WASHINGTON — All cablnct ofTl
cers will Join in the denunciation of
the Republican congress started by
Presiden* Wilson, it was ma/le
known at the white house Monday.
This le regarded as revealing the
Wilson admin 1st rati on' major strat-
egy in the battle for votes. This
strategy Is to attack the Republican
congress from every conceivable
angle in hope of defeating as many
members a-" possible.
Have yon subscribed for The
Dally leader? It will cost you
for a year. Do It now. so you will
not miss an iMuc vtaa we begin
NEW TORK — In addressing
meeting Of the American Society of
Mechanical Knsrineers. of which he
is president. F. J Miller said:
"There Is a good deal of loose talk
about decreased production. I am
not so sure that production has de
creased generally; in some plants t u
productsIty of the workers has ln-
cressed It depends very much
upon how well the administrative
functions of an establishment are
carried on. The question is: Does
the management Inspire the men to
do their best? When the manaet--
ment fails to lead or to Inspire, it is
easy to blamo our troubles on the
wicked workers.'
•Management must realise that
the worker has grown conscious of
his human rights snd that he de-
mands a larger share in the fruits of
civilisation. The worker does not
want shower baths in the factory; be
wants a shower bath in his home.
He wsnts good wages so that he
may have his own home supplied
with the conveniences and omfoits
of modern civilisation. And ne
wants leisure to enjoy what good
1 things, material and spiritual life hag
to otter ua."
The amount of profiteering In
r the three years, therefore. Is
rtalned by deducting 'he normal
profit from that actually
which adduces an excess profit of era! dollars
$142,445,726 in the coal bill alone,
or practically 12 per cent.
"During the three years mentioned
the railroads bought 4,508.213 tons
of rails at an average price a: Jl . 1 •
per ton. on wkl^h steel I'nm-
panles made net profits of at least
$11. For a great many years before
the war steel rails hud sold at exact-
v $2« per ton. on which the manu
facturers realized about $4.69 in net
profits, after paying Interest and
other charges. The total excess
profit on this one Item for the three
years amounts to approximately
$30,000,000. or more than 14 per
cent of the cost."
CITES W ILLIAMS' REPORT.
Lauck cited a letter written by
John Skelton Williams, comptroller
of the currency and formerly direc-
tor of finances of the railroad ad
ministration, referring to an analy-
sis which he had made of the earn-
ings of the United States Steel corpo-
ration and the Lackawanna Steel
Co. The letter states In part:
"The statement shows that the
U. S. Steel corporation for 1918
exacted profits from the govern-
ment, our allies and its other cus-
tomers sufficient to enable It to
earn 100 per cent (exclusive of
war snd excesp profits taxes) on
its entire capital stock—$508.000.-
000.
"This statement shows also how
unjustified is the claim of this
corporation that It could not make
a further reduction In the price of
steel rails and other fabricated
products without impinging upon
the wages paid to labor. As a
matter of fact, the corporation In
191 S could have doubled the wages
paid to all of Its men. from presi-
dent to water-boy. and would stl..
have had earnings sufficient to en-
able it to pay 7 per cent on its
common stock.
"I also hand you. with this, a
memorandum analysing the earn-
ing! of the Lackawanna Steel Co.
for 191S. showing that that com-
panv could have made a reduction
of about $20 por ton on Its steel
products and Btill have had earn-
that of the original producer.
In the case of cars and locomotives,
for Instance, the steel companies
nltlal excess profit of sev-
each ton of steel sold
to the car or locomotive manufac-
tur r, who. In turn, makes another
excess profit on the finished prod-
uct in some other commodities this
is repeated several times before
the finished article Is sold to the
railroads.
"A survey of the profits made by
seven ot' the largest manufacturers
_ railroad cars, locomotives and
other equipment Indicates the ex-
tent of this secondary profiteering
American Car & Foundry Co..
dominant factor In car building
Increased Its net Income from an
oraP" of $2,700,000 for the pre-
war period. 1912-1914. to over $S,-
00.000 for the years 1916-1919. The
two great locomotive manufactories
more than doubled their profits dur-
ing the war period compared with
the pre-war. The entire group of
seven companies, practlcallly con-
trolling railroad equipment of all
kinds, made aggregate profits during
the three years 1912-1914 of $47.-
237,lol. During the period 1917-
; o 19 their combined net profit?, aft-
er paying federal taxes and other
charges, were $117,808,571.
PROFITS TO INCREASE.
"Another and very good reason
why the estimate is low is that
prices of coal and stet-1 products
have advanced greatls within the
past few months. This will result
in increased profits to the producers
and manufacturers. Coal, for ex-
to give excuse for American inter-
vention. and that Fall was. if not
an accomplice in the Sonora upris-
ing. fully aware of .ie plans of
Messrs. Obregon. Gonzales and Alva-
rade."
"Mr. Poheny was widely quoted In
Mexico a year ago ns having said:
'If the government in I'exico City
does not give me what I want, I will
set up a government down there that
will.' ... If these genemls fall to
deliver the goods to the American
interests an army will eo into Mexico
within a month after Mr. Wilson
leaves the white house.
What the Interests represented in
... National Association for the Pro-
tection of American Rights in Mex-
ico have to gain by the conquest of
Mexico ought to nr evident to a
schoolboy. What the average citizen
will lose by intervention ia nf
ferred to in the well oiled a?
Recalling that the man he wrote
to had fought in the world war,
deBekker continued:
"Those of you who fought in th
last world war knew P was a just
war. Would you be willing to sac
riflce your blood and money in ai
unjust war. merely to enrich a hand
ful of predatory capitalists already
rolling in wealth?
"What the average citizen stands
to loose is not to be measured merely
by mortality tables and the budget
of new war debts. To the south of
us are 100.0000.000 people who are
nearer akin to the Mexican war than
we are ... In Colombia and Vene-
zuela thev speak of Mexico as Our
Sentinel in the North.' What will
thev say if this plot for wholesale
murder and robbery goes through0
Will they continue to seek our
friendship, our trade?
"Like you, I hold no brief for the
Democrats, and. like you. I suspect
that it will soon be apparent that the
Republicans have definitely decided
upon intervention.
• But 1 see no means of preventing
If. If you « an stir up the ex-service
men. bv all means do It. Here I
cannot help for although a Roose-
velt volunteer. I was debarred from
Picketing for Release of Polit-
ical Prisoners Feature
of Convention.
CHICAGO—Wednesday was polit-
ics" prisoners' day at the Republican
tu..lonal convention.
fcy picketing. Parsding. distribut-
in? literature and speaking, th*
American Freedom Foundation car-
ried amnesty propaganda into the
in nost citadel of resction.
tlarly in the morning twenty-odd
women bearing signs and armsful of
leaflets descended into Wabash a\e-
nae in front of the Coliseum. Some
of their banners read:
"German Internes Free — Ameri-
cans Still In Jail for Their Opinions."
"Amnestv After Civil War—Why Not
After World War?" 'The War Is
Over! Return Peace-time Liberties
—Free War-time Prisoners." "Re-
lease Those Who Upheld Free
Speech. Free Press, Free Assem-
blage." "Political Prisoners Com-
mitted No Overt Acts—They Ex-
pressed Opinions." "American Fed-
eration of Ijabor—4,000.000 Voters
—Has Demanded Amnesty." "Kato
O'Hare Free! 1.500 Others Behind
Bars Our Allies Have Declared
Amnesty—Why not U. S?"
PASSED OCT LEAFLETS.
Their leaflets. pas*d out by thou-
sands. put these same questions to
the delegates and the spectators.
At night, no session of the conven-
tion being on, the pickets lined up
alongside the Congress and Audi-
torium hotels. Republican head-
quarters. The women paraded
Michigan boulevard and the sid<,
streets. Amnesty was by all odds
the big show on the greatest street
id the middle west.
This message was carried into the
midnight session of the platform-
writing committee. Thither It WM
taken by a committee, headed by H.
Austin Simons, secretary of tho
American Freedom Foundation;
Morltz J. Loeb. Its organizer; Flor*
er.ee Hall of the Chicago Teachers^
federation; Dr. Cornelia De Bey of
the 1'hlcago Women's club. Mrs.
Judith Lowenthal of the Political
equity league, and others.
CITES A. F. OF L. STAND.
Just before this deputation ap-
peared. the Republican platform
writers had heard Lester P. Barlow
of the World War Veterans express
a demanld for an amnesty plank and
others.
Following him, Simons said:
•The American Federation of La-
bor. 4.000.000 voters, now in conven-
tion in Montreal, demands amnesty.
The 1.900.000 persons in the Amer-
ican Freedom Foundation demand it.
Ex-service men demand It. The
church federations demand it. Dec-
ent clcizens demand it. Above all,
labor demands It. The political*
prisoners went to Jail to champion
the rights of American workers.
American labor knows that.
This demand constitutes a threat
a threat that If the two old parties
don't stop pussyfooting on this Issue
the workers will resort to other
methods of political expression.
Over this convention, over this plat-
form committee, the ghost of the
third party hangs like a club to be
swung by the str?ngth of millions of
% °Among large number dt pickets
were groups from Socialist and La-
bor party headquarters, from union
offices and from the center, of ll!>-
crallsm.
SUFFRAGE ADVOCATE
DEFEATED BY OVERMAN
rtAl KIQH. N. C.—Senator Over-
man ckrrted at least 9o of the too
counties in this state and received
over 90,000 of the 120,000 votes cast.
The complete returns are not all in.
hut thiFestimate Is conceded by the
friends of Aubrey L. Brooks, the can-
didate who ran *..ln t Ovorrn^
Brooks has been
of woman suffrage.
opposed suffrage.
The Leader Is now prepared U
do Job printing. We want our
friends to send us their'job printing.
We will do It promptly and al a
fair price. I nion label on all print-
ing. We want U> keep our Job shop
busy all the time.
WALL ST. AFTER "MOVIE"
CORNER: PRICES TO JUMP
CLEVELAND — Wall Street Is
reaching out for control of the movie
business and success will mean in-
reased prices to the public. Sydney
Cohen, temporary chairman of the
motion picture theater owners' con-
ntion here, Monday warned the
country.
Yhe^^EIU^yIoklahoma LEADER.
SPECIAL SUBS for August, September, and October Issues
$5 for 30 names. $1 f°r ® names.
Overman openly
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ample, is selling for at least |1 more mi|ttary service b\ defective vision,
per ton at the mines than \t was in although my wife served as a yeo-
Starch. Authoritative information
has reached me 01 railroad con-
tracts for coal made recently at
prices as much as $7 per ton over
the former figure. Even $1 a ton
! increase Is exorbitant. It has been
J conclusively shown that ^he recent
age increase to miners adds less
than cents to the cost of produc-
ing a ton of coal. If the selling
price is advanced $!. it. means f<0
cents additional profit to the coal
operator.
With no material lncrea ? in
wages the steel mills are advancing
the price* of their products. Steel
man In the naval reserve force."
rails, which during 1919 sold for $4
a ton. in January. 1920. jumped to
$51 and to $54 in March The price i
of sieel billets during 1919 ranged
from $38 to $4« per ton. Steel plates
rose- from fJ ** per 1 on oounds in I
December, 1919. to $?.65 in Mar**a,;
1920. This can mean only one thine.:
ThA steel barons are going to make!
enormously greater profits this year
than ever before, stupendous asj
I those profits have been for the past>
four years.''
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