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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
WHAT WE GET.
By GEORGE wESSLER

The politicians of Europe deeply disappointed at the
inaugural speech of Harding 1t of obscure general
tiles But on the first day of business the administration
gave the world concrete example of what America First
means action The utmat to Panama and Costa Rca
notice the other periast wolves pd particularly to
the weak bouyeoe Of the South and Central American
tries that the right to conduct for booty and pnder in the
Western Hemisphere has not been renouced by the boated
capitalists Of the u A. Our ruling class through tie agency
the administration again procams the constitution Of
policy of domination over the nations south of u.s.
The South American countries not being fooled by the
s25 100000 the Republicans talk of giving to Colombia for her
loss of Panama They have had good fear rulers
They know that our Big Business afford pay for veneer
fair dealing They have the Monroe Docrnossued
and maintained purely for the economic interests of United States
change from movement supporting their
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
rail- YNG THE WORKERS TO MOSCOW
By ]. T. MURPHY

the intelligent vanguard of the mas
ses. 1t is useless to deplore the
movement and the protest of the
masses. There they are as facts and
factors Of history. 1t is equally use
less futile and damnable to perpe-
tually drive these masses back into
the ruts of their misery, and CON-
fort ourselves with a consciousness
of their ignorance. The protests, the
revolts of the masses are the sure
and certain indications of tie in
stinctive uprising Of mankind against
all forms Of slavery.
These impulses the vanguard must
encourage. These movements the
vanguard must harness and direct
The ignorance and blindness the
vanguard must clear away with light
and education.
Three fundamental tasks, there
fore, present themselves to the Re-
volutionists, especially the Commun-
lists. y The Qualification of the
minds Of the masses and the de-"
velopment Of consciousness in them
of all that Communism means. p
The direction of the masses in ac-
tion. 81 The mobilization of the mas
ses for action and the conquest OF
power.
For the first we need an organize
tion of those who do understand the
objective before the working class
and the ways and means to get
there. Such an organization is the
Communist International. For the
second the members Of the Com
munist international must secure the
will and confidence of the workers
who are organized in Industrial or
ganizations. To do this they must
be prepared to be members of the
industrial organizations and parti-
cipate in their everyday activities,
be with them in every phase of the
struggle, proving to the workers that
they have a working class policy and
know how to apply it.
The third task is different from
the others, but Of equal Importance
especially as the struggle of the
workers reaches its revolutionary
stages. It is the task Of moving
whole organizations Of workers away
from compromising policies and CIV
ing Of a new orientation Of policy
to them. It is the rallying Of the
mass organizations Of the workers
TO a new centre Of gravity that will
determine all their future activities
This task becomss increasingly i'm
portant as every struggle raises the
revolutionary issues Of the age. 1t
is not enough simply to aim at the
change Of a few leaders. We have
to move the Whole organizations
give them an alignment with all the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

MOSCOW OR AMSTERDAM
MOSCOW OR AMSTERDAM! That
is the issue before the organized
industrial workers Of the world to-
day. There can be no Sinking or
this matter. We are either with one
or the other. The problems of ths
day are upon us: unemployment
wage-cutting, compel us to action
We either treat these questions afte,
the manner of the Amsterdam Inter
national or after the manner of the
Moscow international. To say that
we are neutral or that we know
nothing of the Internationals does moi
alter the situation. Our practice de-
termines our position when judged
from the International point Of view
And Immediately we are conscious Of
the kind of practice we are making
and for what each of these inter.
national organizations stand, ther
we are open to judgement at the
bar Of working-class history.
The policy of the Amsterdam In.
ternational of the "Yellows' has
been revealed and is being revealed
continually as a policy Of coopera-
tion with the enemies of the work.
ing class, eliminating in full-blowr
gospel of "class peace" and apathetic
wagging at the tail of the League
of Nations.
The policy of Moscow has also
been fully revealed by the Commun-
list International and the Russian
Trade Unions in particular. Botf
have set the place to the extension
land development Of their activities
The one in the growth of the Com.
Imunist International and the Other
by constant appeals to the organized
industrial workers of the western
countries, and by taking the initia-
tive in the formation Of the Pro.
visional International Council OF
Trade and Industrial Unions, with
the object Of establishing a Red In,
dustrial International. They have
practiced constant loyalty to the
interests Of the working class, have
overthrown their oppressors and de,
nounced the policy Of Class Pence
and stand for Workers Interna,
tional free from traitorous policy
and traitorous leaders.
Such are the broad issues before
US and upon which we must decide
But clear as these main issues may
DE to those who see and read, Il must
not be forgotten that vast multitudcs
who, from time to time, are moved
in one direction or another, do no,
see and do not understand. They
move when forced by circumstances
and they move wither they do no,
understand. Great tasks and rospon.
sibilities are, therefore, thrust upon
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02
Dope and 'Dubb'
Phrases Analysed.
By. A. W.
Things have always been the
same and always will be-"

SAME anu always Will De.
This sentence seems to be the last
resort of the lazy minds among the
workers. Even a little reflection on
their part would show them it is
nonsense. Historically speaking it is
untrue. No one yet has been able to
discover one thing in the heavens or
on the earth which is not in process
of change while all the accumulated
statistics of science show this change
to take place in accordance with
natural laws (e. g., gravitation),
many of which are known. The great
er mans knowledge of these laws,
the greater is his power over his en-
vironment.
The phrase sometimes occurs in
the form, "We've always had rich and
poor, and always will have" or the
poor are always with us" This like
wise is false, and is easily proved so.
Men can only live without working
where other men produce more than
they consume. If the man who titled
the soil required all he grew to keep
himself and family, every man would
require to till the soil or hunt for
his food somewhere. What is called
the estate of Savagery" is just a
condition of society where mankind
is living from day to day, and where
many die because they cannot pro-
cure enough foor for themselves,
Under such conditions rich and poor,
workers and idlers, are impossible
So things have not always been the
s.n,o 80
Let me illustrate this from a lee
ture / heard on Alpine climbing. The
lecturer was a we'll known capitalist,
who, no doubt drew large sum an
nually for directing industry" He
evidently required a change from his
labors frequently, since he spent a
good deal of his time mountaineer-
ing "for the fun of the thing" With
two ladies he set out to climb Mont
Blanc, and, of course, asked for two
workers to carry their provisions
They discovered, however, that man
was physically incapable Of carrying
up Mont Blanc any more food than
his own necessities, and even the hir.
ing of 200 workers could not have
freed them from the necessity ol
carrying their own food. There was
no master and man, rich and poor
once the confines Of society were
left, and every one on the mountain
had to do his own work.
The double condition Of master and
man, rich and poor is due to the
organization of society, and this is
continually changing. AS soon as you
the workers, take the trouble to
understand the laws of social de.
velopment, you can go forward con-
sciously to abolish a system which
makes you the newer of wood and
drawer of water to men who have
never rendered any social service ir
their lives. et&$
Kill these dope" phrases and wake
the slumberers!
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-02

Petrograd. January IL, 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

located the electric marking machine, cleo
trio sewing machines and other equipment
for caring for the linen supplies of the hos
pital ship or other vessels.
To operate the ship there Is provision for
d crew of 400 officers and men. They are
divided for purposes of organization into a
deck. engineering, supply and medical de-
partment each coordinating and cooperat
ing division. In addition to the men of the
Hospital Corps. comprising the medical de-
partment for the care of the sick. there is
detailed a group of trained women. mem
bers of the Navy Nurse Corps.
The ship is commanded by a medical Of
hcer OF the navy Commander n. g. Hol
comb NJ c.. L. $. n. who represented the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in con-
uection with the design and construction of
the ship. The executive officer Is Commander
l.. t. Porter. NJ. c., u. $. n. The master Of
The ship is Commander T.. G. Seibert. United
states Naval Reserve Force. who formerly
served as master Of the hospital ship Solace
The chief operating surgeon is Commander
H. +. Strine NJ g.. T.. s. ~. well known for
his surgical accomplishments and formerly
y member OF the National Board of Medca
Examiners. The senior internist is Com
mander A. - Clifford. VI. q" Y. $. ~. an
officer of wide medical and hospital expert
ence. The eye ear nose and throat depart
mcnt IL in charge Of Commander O. y
Tribe NJ. c. ". s. n. an officer OF estab-
lished reputation in these specalties.
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ana various other appliances for preparing
the special diet for the sick. From this room
the food is routed to the various ward
pantres and TO the bedside by means of
portable cafeteria. BY this method hot food
for those sick in bed is assured. The cafeteria
method is the most efficient manner Of serv-
ing large number of people with hot food
quickly, In the opinion OF medical officers
and as the patient in the ward cannot go
to the cafeteria the cafeteria goes to him.
one interesting feature Of the Reief's
equipment is mechanical COW. which pro-
vides milk for the sick. For years we have
been familiar with partially dried evap-
Grated milk known as condensed milk, or
evaporated cream. which Is often heavily
sweetened by the addition Of cane sugar
The milk made with the mechanical COW Is
2 reconstructed milk and the process Is
simply one Of taking ordinary milk apart
ana putting II together again. the parts
when separated having very good keeping
qualities
MIX consists mostly of water Of butter
fats, commonly known as cream. and a num-
ber Of albumnous. saccharine and inorganic
ingredients known collectively milk solids.
The cream is extracted In the form OF un-
salted butter The water is extracted from
the SKINNED milk by any of the commercial
processes, such as atomizing In q drying
chamber and thus obtaining n skinned milk
powder
When il IS desired 10 reconstruct the milk
unsalted butter and milk powder are brought
together ia definite proportion of water,
mixed and then put through an emulsifying
process. which produces palatable milk Of
any degree Of cream richness desired As
somethiu4 over four hfths of milk consists
Of water. IN idea may bc obtained " the
bulk eliminated hy handling the product IN
this way
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

naval vessels, also is based upon the prnc-
Pile of the gyroscope.
The Sperry stabilizer has been tried on
several naval vessels of different types and
there is said to be no question of it's eventual
success. In the case of instruments pre-
viously experimental with however, there
have been some defects of mechanical con-
struction which 1t is hoped have been over
come in the latest model
The idea of device to prevent the roll
ing of ships is not a new one. As early as
1903 German inventor named Schlick CON
structed stabilizer which, according to
naval experts here. had many good points.
though it never became a commercial sue
Mr.. Sperry. however, Is given credit
for the first employment of the gyrosCopc
principle in offsetting the rolling of ship.
In it's simplest form the gyroscope is
wheel and axle mounted to permit the
axle to take any position in space. If
effort is made to shift the axis of the wheel
while it is spinning the wheel resists the
effort and the resistance results in motion
of the axis at right angles to the direction
of the applied motion.
As homelier illustration of the working
principle of the Sperry stablizer one may
imagine a ship with a very tall mast to the
top of which long rope Is attached, with a
giant on deck holding the end of the rope
When the ship begins to roll to one side the
tion, thus offsetting the roll and keeping the
ship on an even keel.
In actual practice the stabiZer consists
of one or more horoscopes of a combined
weight equal to one-half of one per cent of
the vessels displacement A small control
gyroscope moves with the first wave, MAX
ing electric contact which sets in opera
tion motors turning the big horoscopes.
These in turn function exactly the same
the small device, though with sufficient
power to influence the motion of the ship.
While the navy is primarily interested in
the stabilizer a means of eliminating the
roll in warships and thus improving gun
fire, 1t has been pointed out that such a de.
vice would add much to the comfort of sick
or wounded patients hospital ship. and
1t is thought likely that the Relief will he
one of the first ships equipped with the
stabilizer when it Is finally adopted by the
navy.
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she Red Cross hospital ship, according
to the provisions of these conventions, she
would have red band instead of the green
band. Painted on the side of her huh and
on the side of her stack is a large red cross.
There are likewise on her upper works red
crosses showing TO the heavens for identiti-
cation by hydroplane airplane so that
her neutral mission cannot be mistaken,
and. to establish her identify at night the
red cross and other markings are provided
with means of illumination which should
show up as unmistakably and as clearly as
a sign along the Great White Way.
Boarding the Relief from a small boat one
steps out upon a platform much larger
than is encountered al the gangway of an
ordinary ship this platform being large and
roomy to provide for handling stretchers.
In the after part of the ship there is
specially designed apparatus for lifting pa
tients from boats in splint stretcher. This
apparatus is constructed on the principle
of the quadrant lifeboat davits, and they
are located well aft where there will be the
maximum lee in a seaway. From the gang
way one steps immcdia tely into the hos
pital division of the ship, Here the wards
are located. The ship has in all fourteen
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Tramp Printer Gone

- r TELL you. mates, the day will come
when they'll set type by machine"
Jim Laidlaw. tramp printer. made
this statement more than fifty years ago
while sticking type on small sheet in the
middle West. Jim had a penchant for
prophecy. and few paid any attention to
MIN He even had the temerty to forecast
that man would eventually conquer the air
and fly like bird
1t was the genius OF Otto Mergenthalcr
that made good for Jim. revoluionizcd
newspaper printing with the linotype ma
chine and eliminated the tourist" printer
While the Mergenthaer was by no means
the first typesetting machine, it was the first
successful substitute for hand composition
The year OF the Worlds Fair in Chicago
in 1898 saw the ''lino" coming into general
use and marked the beginning of the end Of
the old time comp" and hand composition
on newspapers
Printers the country over looked upon the
machine as q calamity and the runation OF
their trade.
But while the typesetting machine proved
itself the friend of both boss and men and
a great benefit to the trade generally. it
did sound the death knell of that picturesque
species OF the craft variously known as
Tourist" knight Of the Road" "1tinerant
OF the Stick and Rule" or Tramp Printer"
Only a few years ago every newspaper
composing room was a constant kaleido-
scope of faces. a good printer in those days
didn't care to hold frame" "sit." lie
seldom stayed long in one place. much pre-
ferring the care free life OF "subbing" to
holding cases" in any office.
The tramp printer roamed over the
country from the lakes TO the Gulf and
from Maine to the Pacific coast rarely rid
ing In trains much preferring to "hit the
ties" ON his journeys. where he had plenty
of time for reflection. ON reaching a town
out of work and funds he usually made the
public library his headquarters. Many Of
these men In this way picked up a wealth
OF knowledge that few printers Of this da,
possess.
AS a rule the Knight Of the Road was
generous to a fault. When stranger
struck town" the first question asked him
was: Did you eat yet?" or Have you got
a room?" These courtesies were given and
accepted without comment thanks.
Indeed. these men were often knights in
very truth. III they had their vices, they
had their virtues, too. and generosity and
good fellowship were not the least or them.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Ample Means Are Provided for
Treatment of Contagious Cases

The after part of the ship is designed
to care for contagious disease. As the snip
rides to wind or breeze this division would
be to the eeward. There are four small
wards for these cases. each provided with
adequate means for disinfecton and pre-
vention of the spread Of contagion
There are many special rooms. splen-
Gidly planned operating room Is two decks
in height. with excellent natural and aru-
fetal lighting and ventilati tion and with such
accessory rooms as etherizng room, scrubup
oom Sterlizng room. dressing room ana
lobby. These rooms are on the upper deck
adjacent 10 the sick officers quarters STOP
ping on the next deck journey mp the
elevator one passes the group OF out
patient department rooms. and passes TO
the next deck, whore most Of the acute
service wards" are located. Along this deck
are such special rooms as the endoscoplc
room two small operating rooms. an acute
treatment room and the hydrotherapeutic
and thermotherapeutic departments. on the
main deck. we'll aft are located such rooms
as the emhalming room, stcrilzlng room ana
incineration room
For preparation Of food there Is main
galley and a special diet kitchen. The man
galley prepares food for the well. inc spe-
cial diet kitchen Is fitted with electric ranges
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

process when the city of Nitro, W. Va,
grew up over night with a population of
$4,000 inhabitants no milk supply was avail
able. BY means of the mechanical COW, how
ever reconstructed milk was produced in
sufficient quantities TO supply the population
with reconstructed milk, cream and butter
milk called "nitrolac." the name being in
vented to avoid misapprehension in brand
ing.
1t is entirely possible to go step further
and by adding fiavoring extract TO the mix
ture in the mechanical COW to secure
product which needs only to be frozen to
make ice cream AS the freezer is stationed
alongside the mechanical cow the ice cream
mixture can be poured from the one into
the other and the finished product is ready
tc be used as dessert.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

- r TELL you. mates, the day will come
when they'll set type by machine"
Jim Laialaw, tramp printer, made
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Laundry Electrically Equipped
And Linen Rooms Are Marvels

A spacious laundry, equipped with wash
ers, extractors tumbler driers, drying rooms,
fiat work ironers, finishing boards, universal
presses, body ironers, collar ironers, &C, is
connected by lift with the main access deck
above and below, with linen stacks, the sort
ing room and linen repair room, in which are
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Working on Device to Prevent
Rolling of Ship in Rough Seas

a stabilizing device guaranteed by its
inventor to prevent ships from rolling even
in the toughest sea is now under considera-
tion by navy experts. and may eventually
he installed on the Relief This device, which
is the work Of Elmer u. Sperry, inventor Of
the gyroscopic compass. now in use on most
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

battleships has its own medical depart
ment splendidly equipped, but the medical
officer often desires the assistance of con-
sulting specialists. and in this 'out pa
tient" group are the N-ray and N-ray
study rooms, the eye. ear. nose and throat
rooms, the laboratory and dental depart
ment. All rooms are available for coopera-
tive diagnosis. not only to the wards of
the hospital ship but also to the wards or
sick bays of the other ships of the fleet
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Affords the Same Facilities
As the Best Hospitals Ashore

Equipped with every modern device for
safety comfort and care of her patients
with a bed capacity for approximately five
hundred, the Relief incorporates in design
and equipment all the appointments of
modern hospital ashore. This assures the
navy personnel in the feet. however far
from home ports 1t may be. that in case of
sickness or injury they can expect the same
facilities for diagnosis and treatment that
are accorded residents of any of the large
American cities in municipal hospitals.
In addition to being prepared to care for
the sick and injured among the thousands
of officers and men of the fleet, the Relief
Is also fitted as a fleet medical supply depot
so she may fll ships acquisitions for emer-
gency medical supplies. She also has pro-
vision to carry in her hold a field hospital,
with tentage, drugs instruments, ranges
cots ambulances, &c, that at time of
trouble, such the Vera Cruz incident. she
could place with a landing party on shore
a field hospital ready for service, or at some
catastrophe at a coast city. such the Bal
timore fire. the Galveston tidal wave or the
San Francisco earthquake. she might
tribute her mite of aid