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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-29


academic training, giving equal at
tention to each, would be the thing
that would make its work one of
such deep purpose and interest as
to attract and hold the interest of
all classes of pupils. The creative
instinct and desire is strong in the
young mind; if the school is to do
its best and hold the child, it must
appeal to this instinct.
All Of my investigation has con-
firmed these conclusions, the Gary
system best of all, because it is the
most perfect and therefore the most
far-reaching of them all. The Gary
system is intensely practical; it APP
peals to its youthful students; it
puts the interest of life into them,
and they put their lives into the
school and its work. | do not
think, from what | saw while there,
that there is much danger of any
of the children of Gary leaving the
public schools of that city until they
have received all that the schools
can give them. These children want
to go to school, because the school
appeal, by reason of it's very prac-
teal nature, is too strong to be re-
sisted. In this system, Mr. Writ
has sought to give the child full
opportunity for self-eXpression in
whatever it is doing, awaken its
intelligence by an appeal to concrete
things, to fasten and hold its atten-
ton through the very joy of express
ing its intelligence and complete
understanding in everything that is
undertaken. The children there do
not sit bumped over desk "com-
hitting to memory" multiplication
table as a mere abstraction. The
child learn arithmetic by taking a
foot rule and measuring up the
sidewalk, learning its surface meas
urement, then its contents, and final
ly its cost per square foot or yard.
This appeals to the child's practical
sense; if interests him, for he obtains
some practical idea of figures and
what they mean. Or, perhaps the
children go out to play games, and
certain number keep the score,
thereby learning figures by method
that gives some idea of their real
value; not befogging the young mind
with a maze of distractions.
Health study is also a strong and
appealing feature of the Gary sys-
TEN, and here, too, there is found
wide field for fastening the in
terest of the student upon the school
life of the city. They study santa
ton, street improvement, parks,
dairying, and in a small way agri-
culture, etc. This brings the stu
dents into direct contact with some
of the most important problems of
life. The young minds gladly seize
upon these opportunities to learn of
these things-it gives them a chance
for pleasant and agreeable employ
ment of the intellect. Thus the i'm
portance of school life fastens itself
upon their attention, and they be
come inspired with their work. I'm
der the speel Of this influence, we
find the pupil who formerly regarded
the cultural training of the school
as irksome, entirely changed and
seeking eagerly for its developing in
fluence. In the same way we find
those who formerly thought only of
its cultural side, now finding a new
outlook upon life because of the APP
peal of this intensely practical in
struction, perhaps the first real
"down here on the earth with both
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-29

Harley known members of organized labor
the labor movemest
Spokane Washington with
in labor
that body the
at a
Governor
E. w. Olson He
everywhere.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-29

had an opportunity to get INTO Its
brain. 1t is good for both classes
of students and develops real man
hood and womanhood.
Our Life Problems
Our life problems are very real,
very practical, very close to us. We
want system of education that
realizes this. We want the con-
crete appealing thing. Away with
the old distractions and the false
viewpoints, the miseducation, if you
please, with which that sort of
thing has cursed our people. The Gary
system does this thing, if / mis-
take not. 1t will prepare the boys
and girls of Gary for better things
in life; and being prepared for bet
ter things, they will demand them.
The only way to get more abund-
ant life for the workers, and thes'
boys and girls will be the future
workers of Gary, will be through the
practical methods of the trades
union. | am sure that boys and
girls who are educated to prac-
teal and sensible outlook upon the
problems of life, will take a prac-
teal and sensible way of getting that
to which they are entitled. only
the weak, ignorant and impractical
fail to act for their own best IN
terests.
No Separate Trade School
Nowhere have | found the sperate
trade school doing any particularly
onnealing work. 1t is one-sided, and
is as weak in purpose, so far as de-
veloping strength of purpose and
noise. as is the purely academic
school. The school that gives both,
side bv side, is the one that strikes
balance; co-ordinates the work OF
hand and brain, puts the joy of in
telligence into the doing of things,
gives the fullest scope to selt-eX-
preston, and is in every way ideal.
Gary has organized a remarkable
use of the school plant. The school
hours per day are much longer than
in any city in the country, and yet
the DAYS activities are so completely
alternated between study and or
ganized play that the minds and the
bodies of the children are kept fresh
active and alert throughout the en-
tire day and when they return to
their homes at night the children's
faces are bright and happy, and ap-
parently they have suffered no ia.
tigue.
The night school for the older peo-
pie of the city, for which purpose the
same school plant is utilized, has also
enjoyed remarkable success and has
attracted pretty much the interest of
the whole community; and the crowds
of grown-ups, and the very little
folks, seen vending their way to-
wards the various school buildings
| IN Une early eNtS-lHS 10 bdiy SOihS
to school," The very little folks, who
are too young to be sent to school
alone in the day, are taken there
at night by parents, and are taught
all sorts of simple things that are
interesting to children, while the
parents are receiving instruction in
lot of practical and necessary
things that they had not an op-
portunity to learn in their earlier
lives. The women folks receiving
instruction in home work, while the
men are helped to solve their trade
problems; and all of them given OPP
portunities to improve in the use
of the English language, or, for
that matter, anything that they may
desire to take up in the way of Gu
lural training.
Educating for Health
"Help Keep Gary Clean" is motto
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PRACTICAL EDUCATION

(Bv H. L. Hughes State Industrial Commissioner
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Educating for Health

Help Keep Gary Clean" is motto
of the Gary schools. This idea of
city sanitation is impressed upon
both the day and night school,
and is reflected in the remarkably
clean appearance of the little city
very remarkable in contrast with the
ordinary steel works town, or manu-
featuring town of any other charac-
ter, for that matter. People who
are educated to municipal cleanliness,
as we'll as to all the better things
of life which this sort of education
must demand will not be able to
enjoy these things in community
where the wages are low and the
hours of work long and exhausting.
1t is only the stupid that can tolerate
that sort of thing.
Some of our people have eX-
pressed the fear that this practical
training will oversupply the trades,
also that this increased efficiency of
the worker as a result of this prac-
teal training will only enable the
employer to reap greater profits from
the exploitation of wage labor. 1t
appears to me to be narrow view.
What actually will happen is the
thing that | have suggested above.
The higher development of the work
ers will call for so much more of
the better things of life, which can
only be had through higher wages
and shorter hours, that these workers
will naturally, if not by the very
force of economic necessity, organ
ize and win for themselves the things
that a higher standard of life re-
quire.
Organized labor and it's work is
not the product of the ignorant and
stupid, but of the intelligent and
alert members of the working class
and by this same token awakened,
intelligent labor will continue to
organize, meet its problems and solve
CONTINUED on page 15)
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NEGLECT OF TEETH.
ENDS In DISASTER
Examination May Be Made by
Running Hand Into Horses
Mouth-FurniSh Soft Feed.

Many horse becomes weak, poor
IN condition, and emaciated simply as
a result of bad teeth which have been
neglected. If the horse turns his head
to one side while eating, shows signs
of poor nutrition, and passes whole
grains of oats or corn with the feces,
his teeth need attention
The continual grinding of the teeth
in eating causes the outer edges Of the
upper molars and the inner edges Of
the lower mOlars to become sharp.
These sharp edges laeerate, the thin
skin of the inner cheek and the tongue,
and make chewing painful. This and
irregular teeth tend to cause the ami
NAL to imperfectly chew his feed be-
fore swallowing it; and unless the teeth
receive proper attention, the animal
becomes emaciated.
In old animals the teeth often be
come smooth, making It impossible
for them to chew hay and grain In
such cases only soft feeds should, be
given.
An examination OF the teeth may
be made by running the hand into the
mouth and feeling them to see If they
are sharp or If any OF them are too
long. Only a qualified veterinarian
should be allowed to treat the teeth
Clemson College Bulletin.
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oat-sprouting Cabinet.

much better condition than if green
food Is not included in the ration. The
hens never tire of fresh, tender sprout-
ed oats, and of all green foods they
seem to relish this the most.
The simplest method of sprouting
oats which we have ever used is a rack
made about 80 inches square and 3
feet high, says d writer in Farmers
Mail and Breeze. Wooden trays 2
inches deep and 80 inches square are
made to fit this rack and slide in and
out on cleats nailed to each side of
the rack. These cleats are placed
about s or 10 inches apart. In the
bottom of each tray we bore gimIet
holes so the water will drain from the
oats. We place the rack in some base
ment or cellar. We soak the oats in
water over night, and the next morn
Ing these are placed in a tray and
spread out until they are about IL
inches deep. The oats are sprinkIed
each day and no artificial heat is used.
In six or seven days time the oats are
ready for use. Where we use no arti-
fetal heat we are not troubled with
mold. This is cheap and easy meth
cd of providing green food if you are
properly equipped for sprouting oats.
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DIFFICULT TO GET
RID OF CORN SMUT
Rotation Is Recommended by Col
orad0 Expert as the Best
Method in Large Fields.

(By H. e vASEY, Colorado Agricultural
( College, Fort Co1lins)
How can you prevent smut In eorn?
Would a seed treatment destroy it,
Unfortunately, there is no practical
method Of preventing corn smut. A
seed treatment does no good because
the smut itself IS not carried on the
grain, as it is in the case Of wheat
or oat smuts. Corn smut lives over
winter in the soil and gains entrance
to new plants by means OF spores
which pass from the soil to the tender
parts OF the corr plant where infec-
tons are started.
Where It is not too impractical, as In
the case Of small fields OF sweet corn,
the smut bOils may be cut on before
they break open, and then burned.
This, on course, makes too much labor
where the field is OF any great size.
Rotation OF crops is to be eonSid-
cred the most effective way OF handling
corn smut. A soil which is badly con-
taminated with smut can be sOER TO
oats or wheat, or other crops, for a
period OF two years and then followed
again with corn Very little, if any,
corn smut win persist in the soil for
q longer time than this.
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By FRANK D. ToMsoN.)

CBy FRANK D. TOMSONO
The year 1916 has witnessed an ex-
pansion of the influence of improved
live stock, an expansion heretofore I'M
equaled in the history OF the live
stock industry. This expansion seems
to apply with especial emphasis to the
shOrthOrn. both at home and abroad
There has been an unparalleled demand
for shorthorn breeding stock through
out the United States and prices have
naturally held TO a higher plane than
usual. To be sure. in former periods
prices reached higher levels, but Meth
er the demand nor the prices were ever
SO uniform before-eVidence of the ex-
listing substantial demand for prac-
teal farmers and stockmen.
Boom for Live Stock.
All through the New England states
and along the Atlantic seabOard, down
through the Southern states, there has
been q decided inclination To en-
gage in live stock husbandry In order
to conserve the fertility of the soil and
increase the income. The farmers of
the central states, comprising the corn
belt, are turning again to beef produc-
coast states there is q general inclina-
ton to replenish the depleted supply
of cattle. So it is from coast to coast
and from the Gulf far into Canada a
recognition of the necessity of using
improved blood has induced an active
investment in registered cattle and
shOrthOrns have steadily gained in IA
vor, for this historic breed has been
safely relied upon for more than a
century in this country to improve the
cattle stocks.
Exchange of Judges.
Early in the summer an exchange of
judges was arranged for between the
United States and Argentina and three
men of recognized ability, Dean G. T.
CurtiSS of Iowa, Frank VanNatta of
Indiana and Robert Miller OF Ontario,
who judged the sheep, were selected
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, 5eautifuI-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you cannot find a
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an Incompatible Iuster,
softneSs and luxuriance.
Get a % cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-.that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it if you will just try a lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
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japanese Trade in Manchuria.

Mr. YOshida, who was selected by
the Japanese government to investi-
gate commercial conditions in Man
churia, has made a report giving de
tails of the trade. About one month is
required to transport goods from
Osaka to Hardin, even by passenger
train. The principal Japanese prod
ucts that are sent from Hardin to Eu-
ropean Russia are hosiery, underwear,
shoe sOleS, cotton textiles. medicines,
isinglass and insulated electric wire.
Since the middle of August an import
tax has been assessed upon hosiery
and underwear by the Russian Man
churian customs. The trade of North
Manchuria Is on the road to prosper
ity, on account of the increased pop-
ulatiOn and the development of agri-
culture. Hardin is regarded as the cen
ter of business.
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STOMACH MISERY
GAS. INDIGESTION
"Pape's Gapepsin" fixes sick,
sour, gaSSy StomachS in
five minutes.

Time it, In Eve minutes all stomach
distress viii go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or beiching OF gas, acid,
or quotations OF undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating. or foul breath
Pape's Qiapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
It is the surest, quickest and most Ger
tain indigestion remedy in the whole
world, and besides it is harmless.
Please for your sake, get q large
nfty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not here
long, so make your stay agreeable
Eat what you like and digest It; en-
joy it, without dread OF rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one OF the fam
lily eat something which doesn't agree
with them. or in case OF an attack OF
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach arrangement at daytime or
during the night, It is handy to give
the quickest relief known Adv.
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CHAMBERS is MOST
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
As There Is No Cure for Trouble,
It Is Best to Destroy Affect
ed Animal at Once.

Chambers is an infectious disease af-
fecting horses and sometimes attacks
man. One Of the symptoms is the for
nation of ulcers In the nose and a dis
charge, mixed with blood, but without
an offensive odor, from the nose. The
glands under the jaw often swell.
SweIIings often occur on the legs. Ill
GERS sometimes form on the skin, the
coat is apt to be dull and the affected
horse loses flesh.
The discharge from the nose con-
tains the germs, which shows how
easy it is for a glandered horse to in
feet a watering trough or manger. It
also gives an idea OF the care that
needs to be exercised when glanders
is in a community in order to keep
well horses from becoming infected
Horses that come from distance,
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Wind 6aHers.

width. If the house is ten feet wide.
use one square foot of muslin to 20
feet of floor space, says Twentieth Cen
fury Farmer. In houses 20 feet in
width allow one square foot of muslin
to every 10 square feet of floor space.
The above rule also applies for the
installation OF the shutter or wind baf-
fer.
The illustrated types of wind baf-
flers have been found satisfactory for
poultry houses and may be made
from either galvanized iron or wood.
In constructing the above baff1ers
use 1-by-4s and leave one inch space
between for circulation.
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whether brought by hOrse-traders, i'm
migrants or gypsies, sometimes are af-
fected, and so spread the contagion.
There is no cure for CHAMBERS, and
being so contagious 1t has been found
best to kill glandered horses. The
sooner they are killed and destroyed
the less danger OF other horses becom-
ing infected. This is so much of a
community problem that most states
pay the owner of a glandered horse
that is killed by one OF the agents OF
the state a part of its value.
1t is not always possible TO dag
nose glanders from the symptoms. &
test called the Ma1Iein test can be
used to determine whether a horse has
CHAMBERS or not This test is very re-
liable.
Chambers also attacks humans and is
usually fatal. Care should be taken
in handling a glandered horse. The
infection comes through some OF the
CHAMBERS pus getting into the eye or
gaining entrance through the skin
where it is cut or scratched.
In case a horse is Suspected Of hav-
ing CHAMBERS, report to the state live
stock sanitary board or your state vet
erinarian and a deputy viii be sent
out to investigate the case, and if it
is CHAMBERS, proper steps will be taken.
North Dakota Experiment Station
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooIishness! Lift your corns
and caIluses off with fingers
It's like maqicI

Sore corns. hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn a few drops OF
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
1t is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. IF your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
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but there are a multitude of little
things that later must be added or
repaired in order that the road may
be In good condition Ruts and chuck
holes are sure to form and these must
be filed or the road soon goes TO
pieces These things should be
planned for and done quickly if the
improved road is to do the fullest
service, and this is the one thing that
it seems to me some OF our county
commissioners are Reglecting. They
become so imbued with the idea Of
building good roads that they fail TO
prepare for the maintenance OF roads
already constructed
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to serve in the great show OF the year
at BuenOs Aires. In return came
Senior Pedro T. Pages and Senior Car
los NJ. Duggan from Argentina, who
passed on the shorthorn breeding
classes and the fat classes, where
grades and croSs-breds competed, at
the recent international show at Chi
cago. These gentlemen from Argen-
tina are among the largest cattle
breeders in the world. While in the
States they visited many OF the best
known breeding establishments OF the
several improved breeds In order that
they might become intimately familiar
with the methods and the standards OF
our breeders generally.
Shorthorn Sale.
An interesting fact is that at the
Argentine show a sale Of shorthorns
resulted in an average of $500 per
head, the reserve champion bull sell
ing for $4,000, Argentine money, or
approximately $4,000 United States
gold. AS the Argentine breeders are
steadily in the market for high-class
breeding stock, the closer relations
which are being established between
this country and Argentina Will have
a tendency TO greatly increase our
trade. Our position is strengthened,
too, by the fact that the display OF
breeding stock at the international
show, Chicago, was Of the highest
merit throughout and the largest num-
bers in the history Of the show. The
shOrthOrn breeding classes alone con-
tanned approximately 500 entries The
numbers represented and their uniform
merit made a most favorable impress
sion upon the Argentine judges and
the United States breeders have, there
by, gained a material advantage. The
prospects for further extension Of
trade at home are bright. A number
Of Western states already have en-
acted laws prohibiting the turning of
any but registered bulls on the open
range.
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Poultry Need Fresh Water.

Chickens need a constant supply of
fresh water, according to W. A. Lip
pincott, professor of poultry husbandry
in the Kansas Agricultural college.
Running water is best" says Pro
fessor Lippincott, but if this is not
available. keep the water fresh. Add
enough permanganate OF potash to
make it a wine red. This amount win
act as an antiseptic in preventing the
transmission of disease through the
water and viii aid also in keeping
down intestinal parasites"
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STAND FOR sPRoUTING OATS
One of Simpler Forms of Sprouters
May Be Constructed by Poultry
man at Little Expense.

On the farm. where the poultry has
free range. they do not lack for green
food during the summer, late spring
and early autumn. In the absence Of
supply of roots and vegetables,
sprOuted oats may be fed with splendid
results in winter. The egg production
of farm f1ocks given feed of sprouted
oats daily during the winter will in
crease materially and the flock will go
into the spring Matching season in