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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
A PERNICIOUS PRACTICE.

The public schools for many years
have inculcated thrift and the habit
Of saving by the maintenance Of q sys-
tenn whereby the pupils make weekly
deposits In the Duluth bank Of their
choice. The school savings have become
SO important an item tnas al sne ~ Dan Ike
cater 20 them ana one person Is en-
pioyed 70 Visit the scnoois, colect the
deposits ana Sur n them tllv IN 70 tne seVeral
banks a. desigpfsed.
Considerabie seaL even str1e, OFTEN
Is aroused N some q tine scnooas. N
the Park Point school ZOE example.
there was an intense rivalry recently
20 see when roem wouos conect ana az
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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
THE rREE.

| think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as tree;
a tree whose hungry mouth is prest.
Against the earth's sweet flowing
: breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
A tree that may in summer wear
a nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain:
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make tree.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
WOULDN'T LET HER rAxK.

"on a grade card proudly taken
home by a little girl who had inst
started to school, says the Kansas CITY
kansan, were the words, Whispers too
much. DO You whisper very much.
honeyf' asked her father. sWell. I
have to, daddy she replied. sThev
won Y let US talk out loud. .,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
WHY LABOR UNIONS?
(THE NATION, NEW York;

ship in the building trades, and the
general suspicion Of plumbers and
painters and their Tx was In part
borne out by the revelations of the
tactics of g Gar" Brindell as head Of
the New York Building Trades. Yet
Mr.. Untermyer, counsel for the Lock
wood Committee, before whom the evil
tactics Of Brindell were exposed, has
said plainly that he regarded certain
OF the employers associations as even
more bla1neworthy than the workers.
The report of the Hoover Committee
on Waste, composed Of skilled engi-
neers, assesses responsibility Of Is
per cent against management and only
@2l per cent against labor in the build
ing industry. It's average in the six
fundamental industries investigated
showed that 4" over so per cent Of the
responsibility for these wastes can be
placed at the door of management and
less than % per cent at the door of
labor
A worse evil than waste is the I'M
scrupulous rivalry between different
labor organizations and the feeble vi
sion that confines labor solidarity with
in the marrow compass OF craft unions
which are often in conflict with one
another. But after the sins Of unions
have all been cataiogued, it will be diff
ficult for the fair-minded critic to deny
that they are essentially sins common
to our whole social organization rather
than peculiar to labor We have an ac-
quisitive society wherein men strive to
get as much as they can as easily as
they can. Labor organizations reflect
that spirit, and in the strife often show
little enough of wisdom or capacity for
that reorganization Of economic life
which rests upon the cooperation of
free men rather than upon
The good old rule, the simple plan
That they should take who have the
power, ~ ~
] And they should keep who can.
But the fundamental justification Of
the labor union lies not in the fefuta-
ton of specific criticisms but in the
positive and indisputable fact that the
existence of labor unions is the one eff
feetive guaranty against peonsge. We
do not deny credit to individual en-
pioyefs and disinterested citizens for
various attempts at social amelioration
when we can attention to the historic
fact that such progress as has been
made since the horrible days when
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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
LULLABY

Honey hush those plaintive cries,
8 Sleep my baby sleep,
Moon 3 a-chmbing in the skies,
q Sleep my baby sleep.
Thru the night che little stars,
Patient vigil keep;
Watching down on sleepy town,
Sleep my baby sleep.
Ricardo in Chicago Post.
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PICKING CHIEF OF POLICE.

All else being equal, it is sound
tprinciple, good policy and safe pro-
.cedme to pick a chief Of police from
the department with which he. is con-
nected., ge.-gr agrgs;
This recognizes the right of promo.
xton and rewards efficient and faithful
service. A member Of police depart
1msnt WHO Is 1T Tor chief, Knows the
needs and peculiarities Of the depart
,msnt and the city 1t SERVES. He knows
the police business and, certainly If an
officer or q man is never sure Of his
promotion rights, the morale and effi-
cheney Of department viii suffer
greatly. H. "a. r..
Mayor Baxter knew and recognized
all this when he named Capt. Mead to
succeed chief Osborn, Cspt- Mead pos
sessed seniority in period Of service,
rank and age. There was nothing
against him, professionally or person
ally. His record was one Of which any
man might be proud. As police Of
ficer, he Is recognised as able and
worthy, at home and abroad! 20 o.
When the nomination came to the po-
lice and fire board for confirmation,
three members refused to support the
mayor. They were unable to shown any
thing against Capt. Mead's service,
ability or character. He merely was
unfortunate in being an American Of
long and acclimated ancestry. "
There is a feeling that the three cont
rmissioners were not Americanized suffi-
cienty to ignore the call Of blood and
nationality. Being Vikings by birth or
descent, they could not resist the desire
to make a brother Viking chief Of
police. Z, Two of the three, also. were
Mayor Baxter s appointees and, as such
naturally would be expected to har-
monize with his policies and wishes,
assuming that both were worthy. There
seems to be no dispute as to that, ;
Imperfect reduction in the melting
pot, personal desire, regardless Of the
best good of the public, politics and,
probably, a bit Of the perverse Old
Adam, caused three good men to deny
"a merited promotion to competent, fit
and worthy man, entitled to advance
ment by recognized principles in con-
ducting police departments.
We firmly believe that the time win
come when the people of Superior will
regret that right and principle were set
aside for policy, personal pique, wire
pulling and politics. '.''
We further believe that, had the men
who pulled 50 hard for, Mr.. Buchanan,
spoken one word or lifted finger,
Capt. Mead would have secured his
rights. We marvel at his philosophic
way In accepting this unjust rundown
and throw -down. g.. .:-sf - -.
We do not desire to say one word
derogatory Of Mr.. Buchanan. It Is said
that he was for Mead. We do believe
that had he put the matter properly
up to his powerful friends, they would
and could have brought about Mead.
promotion. Mr.. Buchanan has a hos,
of friends and he Is not entirely no
vice, having had experience as deputy
sheriff and then as sheriff. 1r
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
IF WATERLOO WE'RE NOW.

There was sound of ribaldry by night;
The village hall had gathered there
Her wiggly and her wobbly,
{ And red The lights shone Ger gay
flappers and old men.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1922-01-07
ROBERT e. DENFELD.

The New Year viii not know Robert
E. Denfeld, for the Angel Of Death
called him to Far Country just before
Christmas, the time Of "Good will on
earth and peace among men,
The Grim Reaper cut down Duluth s
noted educator at an untimely age, but
treatment by autocratic citizens, de-
termined to "get even,' no matter
what the means or cost, broke his proud
but kindly spirit, thereby enabling ply
steal impairment to more quickly and
suddenly finish its work.
For over thirty years, Mr.. Denfeld
was superintendent Of Duluth's public
schools. He came. here young man,
taking the system when It was small,
weak and without fame. He built the
system up until it was large, strong
and possessed of a national reputation.
Robert e. Denfeld put the Duluth
public school system on the educational
map Of the United States as has no
other man and as no other man may
for the next generation.
In 1898, for example, in the display
as tile Chicago World rsir the Duluth
schools led all others in the Nation and
took chief prize for work outlined and
done in the correlation Of studies. So
thoroughly was this educational prin-
cipre developed and practiced that
many even criticised Mr.. Denfeld FOR
wearing It thrsadbsre. i was no now
city in Duluth. n 4 #3R 4
Despite all that, more than a quarter
Of century later, one Kramer J. Hoke
tried to advertise himself and to hold
up his weak educational hands by pro-
claiming the new and wonderful prin-
ciple Of correlation. It was new only to
the vague, indefinite Hoke, 50 far as
the Duluth schools were concerned.
I Robert E. Denfeld knew more about
pedagogy in a minute than Kramer J.
Hoke could stammer out all day. Yet
those who arbitrarily and brutality
boosted MIR. Denfeld out Of the super.
intendency and replaced him with the
weakling from Virginia, tried to make
Duluthains believe that the Southerner
was superman, educationalIy.
Robert E. Denfeld leaves a place in
Duluth that cannot easily be filled.
Teachers and pupils by the thousands
will remember him with love, respect
and gratitude. As a neighbor and a
citizen, he will not soon be forgotten.
Those who 50 brutally thrust the iron
into his sensitive soul should hang
their heads in shame and remorse. They
probably are glad that he Is dead, for
they not only hated his name, but his
presence was living, walking evidence
Of their cruelty and perfidy. :
The name and memory Of Robert e.
Denfeld will be remembered with love
and honor when the names Of those who
helped bring about his untimely death
will be utterly forgotten.
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WHATA DAY MAY BRING FORTH

WHAT/A DAY MAY BRING FORTH
...~ In day
What destinies may be fulfilled,
What human lips forever stilled,
What tragedies perhap may rise,
Or nations meet with their demise
In day. ~.
In q day
What emperors have seen their fall,
What zealots crowned-unfit withal;
What hells of hate-uncurbed desire,
Have set a whole wide world afire-
.$s- In day. ...- .
e. 1.r-. In q day <~"f .
There came into a darkened land
A stranger by Divine command.
Unto His own who knew Him not
His chosen ones cen Him forget
.'.,r In a day.
In o day -.
If such momentous epochs fall, -
Around this earth-how one and all
Should do their best, for best they can
Nor such a world since time began
In a day. '1 81
Charles A. Heath.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12
ERIN'S SKIES ARE CLEARING

OF ARTILLERY fire and troop advances
Oand poison gas and air bombardmcnts
and tank mancuv"rs the world has read in
tn" last six years enough to satisfy it for
century at least. So Il sense of rcvulSou
and something Ike mental nausea was inev-
table when dispatches from the lister fight
ing line began 10 repeat the old formulas
Suggestive of all the madness and futility of
organized war
Armor"d tanks, with their guns WORKING
seem pi'ifully out Of place in Ireland. for,
after all. ireland's war. If it could be called
war, was n very little one. Now 1t appears
that Collins and Griffith and even De Va
I'ra, rs we'll as the people in Belfast and
London. have arrived at understandings that
will make further blood letting and violence
unlikely. None of the three groups di
r"rtly olycd-that ut L", ton aul the ono
~ Belfast and thr on" in Dablin--sccm;
willing to be stamNcdcd further BY fanatics
and gunner, VIII" ought To be pronplly
hanged by the people they call their own.
Ireland doesn't need tanks or Cunmcn or
war or poison gas. 1t needs little time in
which to collect itself and cool off md
above all things, less Of the hatred which the
aggressive fools on both sides Of the I-lste,
border line have been doing their best n
revive and stimulate
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MIcRocosMIc DEMOCRATS

WHATEVER the shortcomings of the
w Democratic Party in Pennsylvania, 1t
is doubtful that many of its members are
consciously microcosmc.
Microcosm that Carlylesque substantive,
is variousy defined. Only one Of its mean
ings. however. IS applicable 70 the present
situation. On the unimpeachab'e authority
of tho dictionary. microcOsm is. among
other things "a miniature representation
The epithrt bestowed above suggests.
therefore. that the minority party in this
Commonwealth has taken Il larger organi-
zation as model. As this body. under ex-
listing political conditions. can be nothing
less than that Of Pennsylvania Republican,
ism. it Is safe to assume that this was not
deliberately mirrored.
Perish the thought and yet live the fact.
For the rustlings and rumblngs among the
tribal chieftains Of the state Democracy are
significantly reflective of the battle waged
within the dominant political ranks; are,
in fact. microCosmic.
What has come over the partisan orsani.
cations of this state that their machinery
no longer runs noiselcSsly: Only few
weeks ago hausony among the Democrats.
resulting in the nomination for Governor of
John A. McSparran, was hailed as evidence
OF adamantine party concord and resolution.
Yet the meeting of the state Committee,
scheduled for Harrisburg today. suggests
in prospect few of the concomitants of
love feast. Eugene c. Bonniwell. ''wet'
candidate for Governor in 1918. is marshall
ing his cohorts on behalf OF his aspirations
for the craftsmanship. Austin Mccullough.
of Lancaster. is the McSparran candidate
for the office. Progressves within the Penn
sylvanin Democracy and the doubl" crossing
gang element. responsible in tn" past for
;pCpufultiup tlp jnUipnity ,f Ipf
are nrimcd for struggle. II imitation is
the Sinr"rcst tlattery. the Republicans of
Pennsylvania are recipients Of admiration
from an unusual quarter.
The insurgcnce in both parties Of this
stat" may be- deemed sympt omatic Of poli,i-
cal conditions throughout the country. The
kick k-of by Indiana has perhaps opened a
game Of more than ordinary duration, en-.
lvened by many micrOcosms.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadephians Subjects They
KnO,U Best

others have acknowledged Of their own voli.
tion what the school has meant to them.
''At the Hollingsworth School. which Is
exclusively for girls. there are given courses
the work. courses in junior business practice.
These include the simpler duties. such rs
messenger. filing clerk. billing clerk and the
like. There Is also II course in typcMritins.
All Of this is in addition to what might be
called the academic studies. such as gram
mar. mathematics, correct English etc.
I'm the boys school. ut the Mct' all Build
ing. in addition to the so-callcd academic
studies. there are taught wood working:
sheet metal working, some knowledge OF
such studies. All these are taught in spe-
cially equipped rooms, and both the equip
ment and the work accomplished there make
the boys feel that they are doing mans
work in a shop and that it Is by no means
play. In the Hart School the classes are
mixed, but the instruction is substantially
along the same lines. In oil these schools
IT is custom to invite men and women OF
prominence to talk TO tn" pupils on the
problems of life and their solution.
Social Life Fostered
'The social life is by no means disre-
garded in the continuation schools, outside of
the class work. The teachers have made it
point to gather the children together oc-
casiOnaly for n social evening. The mem.
bers of the HOllingswOrth classes last year
gave splendid dance in the foyer of the
Academy of Music. where the pleasures of
| clean and decent dancing We're shown both
by prccept and by practice.
THE Hart\ School this year is sending
thirty children to summer camps. and the
members of the classes gave n play and a
dance to finance their companions in this
project. The girls will go to II girls camp
in Pennsylvania and the boys to a boys
| camp ut the scashore.
| 1.-The work of the teachers in these schools
| has been splendid from the beginning. They
have looked at every phase of child life and
have done everything they possibly could to
show the children that real life has MANY
other, important angles than that of the
| school and the lob ~
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THE POLICE

A SS1STANT DIRECTOR TEMPEST. Of
"A the Department Of Public Safety. said
only what most people know and nrc willing
to admit when he observed that % per cent
OF the police are capable and honest. Til"
honesty Of the rank and file Of tie l,oitc
has not been called into question in any
general discussion Of the abuses suggested
by Mayor Moore and Director COrtrlyoU.
policeman works for his living. His job
is a matter of considerable Importance to
him. He is even less likely than any otter
wage -earners TO disagree unnecessarily with
his boss on question of abstract morals.
since the organization in which he i uni;
is built upon the theory of military or semi
military discipline. 1t is hardly fair 10
blame any rankcr on the force who by lock-
ing another way when minor mischief is
afoot merely obeys the orders ot his official
superior
Evidence obtained in police >hakc-Ups IN
the past made it pretty clear hat suck
trouble and corruption as exist in the de-
partment are due not to the men but to their
officers. There are conspicuous exceptions
to this rule. of course. They are the : p'r
cent of Assistant Director Tempe>ts csti-
mate. Vice, graft and confusion cnsIc
when politicians manage 20 put their janis
saries in positions from which orders may be
handed down to rankcrs who have to obey
mr.
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SUSPICIOUS TINKERINc

TTlNkERlNG with III" Ship Subsidy RlIl
l. already has taken the form of tho cIiri
nation by Republican members Of the House
Merchant Marine fummittc" Of thc innor
tant provision relating 10 immigrant ms
sagcs. 1t was designed by trainers of IN.
original measur" that the act should servo
70 stimulate III" prosperity OF American
transatlantic lines by compelling 30 per
cent of all Immigrants from abroad TO travel
on ships under the national flag
The reasons for striking out this feature
have not been announced In detail II ia
permissible, however. to take cognizance of
the we'll l-known and inevitable prejudice of
long established foreign lines TO any limita.
tiOn upon one Of the most thriving ossots
of their business.
The Subsidy Bill has been harass"d from
many quarters. In spite Of the Adminis
tration's sponsorship. further opposition can
be foreseen. Much of this is unntelljpcnt
and narrow. and hence open to capitaliza
tion by special and intrenched interests,
which nre uncomfortable at the thought of n
large scale merchant marine recovery by
the United States.
II Congressman from the agricultural dis .
tricts are not aware OF the subtlety and
determination of this antagonism. no tears
will be shed at the main Offices abroad of
many trans Atlantic steamship companies.
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agtatcd over an omission which they are
formally resolved to repair.
Asparagus is unsung. Asparagus as n
familiar article Of diet is the recipient this
year of centenary honors. The plant is no
novelty to nature. but Argcnteuil, one of the
most charming of Partisan suburbs. where
it is grown to perfection, claims that 1t was
unappreciated in its cultivated form until
1922, when q gastronomic revolution was
wrought there.
Brilat Savarin. prince of epicurcs, knew
it not. He died in 1896 AMI hence the appe-
tizing pages Of the Psychology of Taste
are silent upon that theme.
4 concavc Of bards is to make amends
in Argcntcuil this summer. "Asperges' Is
good enough rhyming word in French and
hence some savory lyrics are in prospect
With the best intentions ambitious rhap.
sodists in our tongue will be hard pressed
in seconding the chorus. Like silver. carpet
and month, asparagus is poser for Eng
lish rhymestcrs Bedcckcd with sauce llol-
landaisG. It may be found to Justify all the
cloouence SO inconsidcratcly withheld.
'RhymcS." hcwaicd brilliant Oxonian
weary Of loves and doves. showers and bow
crs. 'arc scarce in this world Of ours 1t
is fitting. however. to applaud once more
the discrimination and tireless estheticism Of
the French
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MAJOR REEDS BLUNDER

yl1HEN Major Reed said that he favored
w voluntary" campaign contributions
from otficeholdcrs lie might as we'll have
omitted the qualifying word.
There is no such thing as voluntary
contribution from an ofhceholdsr
II Major Reed docs not know this he has
something to learn.
When a political committee announces
that it will receive contributions from "tlce-
holders every sophisticated othccholdcr knows
that a failure to contribute j. cquivaIen to
a resignation from his job. II y" does not
resign he is removed in short order. His
friends will say to him by way Of conSola
ton. "What do you suppos" y"i were ap-
pointed for: 10 you expect tu hold Il job
without giving UP part Of your salary to the
organization that got the Job for you:
Mr.. Pinchot has definitely announced that
he will conduct his campaign for the gov
ernorship independent of the State Commit
tee If it begins to assess OtficcholIors. And
he is absolutely right.
And Major Reed is absolutely wrong in
Endorsing such assessments under the pre-
tense that they are paid voluntarily
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Answers to SATURDAYS Quiz

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mowers; current of air caused ~
dlscnarge of electricity from n shapyn
point; Il sensation, as Of a current -
cold air rising from some part ~ ,ba
pooy TO the head, premonItOry svmno
tom ton IN epilepsy and Mysteries. '''
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landscape painter. He died in ISaa an
j. Pandora In Greek legend was
daughter Of Haephestiis' or "aS me
She brought down all the evils or i;sn
upon the human race. Accord In IN, Nte 10
one story, she received from tba 70
a box containing all tho blessinpss' 20
llfe which she allowed to escana t Un
opening the chest. "'e ny
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banked. usually eight -oared hoot hoto'e-
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and mystery story. 1.-THE WrecLn nr nture
6. Oyama was a distinguished Jana,
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OF military operations In the REnasnhl
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shoemakcr's Holiday" d'eaIgsi and "HGi The
ta@s'hs' dled in ls4I. MaS born about 1870 1" and
s. A lama Is a Thibetan or Mo,co,,o
Buddhist priest. ''nsoiian
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the Spanish, lasso, from ..ialo from
lace, and lariat from ''la reatn
the verb "reatar," to tie agoin' from
10. The father of Judas Iscariot was
Simon; thought to have been a mativs
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