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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21

a very pleasant trip and chatted
agreeably. A charming man."
ITO us, the police, as to the Wallets,
there are no great men," declared the
black. "And at the same time, they
always need us. The regimes change.
We remain"
We reached the last French station,
Hendais.
There lived Derrulede, our roman
tic citizen. For him it was sufficient
to see the mountains of France. A
real Don Quixote in his Spanish cor
ner" The black smiled indulgently.
Il could live here forever" said
the old one, "in cottage, and never
would tire of watching the sea all
day. {. All! pardon me. monsieu. s.
Accompany me to the station commits
sioner."
In the station of Irun, a French
gendarme started to question me, but
my companion gave him some sort
of masonic signal. Understood, I'M
derstood," answered The gendarme,
and drew away to wash his hands at
spigot to show a complete indif-
ference. But he could not contain
himself; he looked me over anew
and asked the skeptic: "And where
is the other ?"-"There, with the spe1
cial commissioner" replied the black.
"He must Know everything" he add
ed in low voice, bending towards
me.
With rapid steps he conducted me
toward the interminable corridors Of
the station.
1T was done discreetly, is it not
true?" he said. with the tramway
you are able to go to Irun and to San
Sebastian. You must pass as tour
list and not awaken the suspicious Of
the Spanish police, who are very dis
trustful. And now, already know
you not! True?"-
And we parted politely.
trinis.)
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the next carnage.
Recently, May Sth, some 100000
miners in the Ruhr were locked out
for refusing to work longer than
hours per day q hours underground.
Produce! or you are traitors to your
country. Produce! or civilization is in
danger.
Should you question the Prof as to
why the workers should exert them
selves to increase production since
with every increase in their produc-
tive capacity they but forge heavier
chains for themselves and bring
greater misery on themselves and
their families, the Doc will presumably
fall back on the Bible and quote the
famous passage, "The poor always We
have with ye." You see, according to
the Prof no system of production can
do away with poverty; there always
were and there always will be rich
and poor. One wonders whether there
is not case in which the wish is
father to the thought. For if you do
away with poverty, who will do the
dirty work for the elegant gentleman
and the pink-finger ladies'?
AS far back as 1928 another de-
fender of rich against the "envious
poor" said: :" it is manifest that,
in free nation, where slaves are not
allowed, of the surest wealth consists
in multitude of laborous poor; for
besides, that they are the never fail
ing nursery of fleets and armies, with
out them there could be no enjoyment,
and no product of any county could
be valuable. To make the society hap
by and people easier under the mean
est circumstances it is requisite that
great numbers of them should be ig
norant as well as poor; knowledge
both enlarges and multiplies our de-
sires, and the fewer things a man
wishes for, the more easily his neces-
stiles may be supplied" BERNARD De
Vaudeville: 'The Fables and the
Bees" 5th edition, London 1928, p.
32S.)
What Sir Vaudeville stated in a
blunt, simple manner, the modern
Profs state in more subtle fashion.
Like Sir Vaudeville, the modern Docs
believe in giving the laboring poor
enough of the means of subsistence to
keep them from revolving and yet so
little that they will continually spend
what they get and thus be driven by
necessity to toll constantly for the
rich.
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On Population and Birth Control

is not the possibility of keeping up
crop returns for an indefinite period
when all known means are utilized.
present system in depicting most
soils rapidly and that millions of
acres have already reached the point
where their productiveness can only
be kept up by increasing the amount
of artificial fertilizers. Much of our
natural agricultural wealth has thus
been used with no charge made for it
in the production costs. This is bad
bookkeeping. No charge for deprecia-
tion means bankruptcy in any bust
ness" Up. 1867 For once we are in
perfect agreement with the learned
gentleman. What conclusion do we
draw from it? That the need Of prime
Importance lies in the elimination of
the system responsible for this IRA
tional use of our natural wealth. 1t is
because we recognize the need of
carrying on production with an eye to
the future that we insist on the solu-
tion of the economic problem prior to
all other problems, including the prob
lem of population.
Capitalism is essentially wasteful and
irrational because under it production
is carried on primarily for profit. The
capitalist serves but one God, Nam
mon. He will never permit the well
fare of the future generations to curb
his greed for profits. After me the
deluge, is his motto. He lives only in
the present. Only under system
based on production for use can we
eliminate waste and utilize the natur-
al wealth in such manner as not to
jeopardize the welfare of the future
generations.
But DR. East will not subscribe to
our conclusion. The conclusion he
arrives at from the danger inherent
in the exhaustion of the soil, is that
we must work harder. There is con
elusive evidence" says DR.. East, that
the output per man is diminishing
despite the more general adoption OF
crop rotation and pest control meas
ures. This means that we must work
harder for what we get"
Does not the Profs advice sound
like an editorial sermon by the N. Y
Times? Produce! Produce! has beer
the one cry in all capitalistic coun
tries since the war. Produce! Prod
uce! to make up for the vast destruc
ton brought about by the war and
to enable the rulers to prepare fol-
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seated apart. But suddenly, he be-
gan:
"The Latin race tramps around on
the same spot. The others progress"
he said, while cutting slice of ham
which he held in a hairy hand of
doubtful cleanliness and adorned with
heavy rings.
What have we in literature? De-
cadence? Decadence in all things. In
Ill things. In philosophy the same.
Since Descartes and Pascal there is
nothing. The Latin race tramps
around on the same spot!"
Astonished, l waited the continual
ton, but he shut up and began chew
ing his ham sandwich.
you had a Tolstoi, but Ibsen is
more comprehensive to us than Toll
stoi." And he shut anew.
The old one pricked by this allu-
sion to science, began to explain to
me the Importance of the TRANSIT
berian Railroad. And then, complet-
ing, and to soften pessimistic conclu-
sions of his colleague, he added:
Indeed, we lack initiative. All wish
to be functionaries. 1t is sad, but un-
deniable."
was listening without interest.
1t was now night and outside moth
ing could be seen. was nervous
and had not slept. The conversation
renewed. 1t circled around my expul-
sion and about the surveillance of
which l had been the object in Paris.
The two inspectors knew all the de-
tails by being those who Swallowed
me. This theme excited them.
ITO shadow" said the old one, "but
that is impossible now. 1t is not
efficacious except when the subject
knows nothing of it. True? But with
the communications of today it is
really impossible. The Metropolitan
(the Paris subway kills vigilance. 1t
should be prohibited to those under
surveillance they should not take
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ceived a letter from some obscure
woman in which she stated that she
had given birth to some twelve chill
dren. She also stated that since her
marriage she had had neither new
hat, nor new coat, nor pair of new
shoes. In his reply Roosevelt COM
mended the woman for her high serv-
ices to the country, in recognition of
which he sent her his photograph
But then our learned gentlemen are
trying very hard to convince the rul-
ing strata that it is to their benefit
to reduce the population, just as SO
many of the same, or other, learned
gentlemen are trying to convince the
capitalists of the benefits of social re-
forms on the basis that contented
worker is better than a discontinued
one. Well, we will leave to the Profs
the ungrateful task of reforming the
capitalists. For ourselves we are
quite certain that the capitalists can
no sooner change his nature than the
leopard can dispose of his spotted
skin
There is another aspect of the popu-
lation problem which sadly worries
the Profs They see that the rate of
reproduction among those in the Sub
merged quarter" is rather high while
among the elite the birth rate tends
to fall. (You see, the rich can afford to
obtain the necessary information, laws
are made for the underdogs.) In this
tendency the Profs see the danger that
the submerged quarter" may ulti-
mateIy displace the upper strata. Thus
Prof. East says: Society is like a
candle which burns out at the top and
replaces itself from the bottom"
We should like to ask the Prof,
how else society can replace itself
since those at the top become cor
rupted and degenerated as a result of
opulence and incidence. We wish to
tell him that as long as society is d.
vided into producers and non-prod-
ucers, it will continue to replace it.
self from the bottom; that only when
capitalism will be replaced by a social
organization in which all the members
will be producers will society cease
replacing itself from the bottom. But
then we are treading on forbidden
ground We can almost feel the po-
liceman's grip on us. So let's quit and
return to the problem of population.
Dr. East sees danger in the ex-
haustion of the soil Says he: "The
matter of prime Importance, however,
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Continued from page 81

so few men are able to maintain their
families and that the mothers and
children of ever so many workers
families are compelled to go to work
in order to supplement Dads meagre
pay envelope.
But this is not ALL We suspect that
in computing the "just wage" Prof
East divided the total national in
come 100000, OOO,OO0) by the total
number of people in the country (100,-
000). May we venture to assert that
the income per capita would mate
rally rise if the Prof were to deny
a share in the national income to all
non-producers: Bankers, spectators,
bond and mortgage holders etc.? But
then we are reminded that these peo-
pie constitute the best elements in
our society. They live on interest,
rent and profit, the three corner
stones of modern civilization On the
basis of his computation the Prof.
must of necessity come to the con-
clusion that lone simply must face
the fact that the productive capacity
of a goodly proportion of all people
is too low to keep every one away
from the Malthusian pressure, and
that this proportion must rise in the
future unless the population remains
far below the economic unit" Cast,
p. 251)
AT this point some champion of the
submerged quarter" comes to the
fore and points out to our Prof the
folly of preaching birth-control to the
masses when it is a known fact that
the master class in each capitalist
country, or the government which
safeguards its interests, prohibits the
dissemination of information on this
topic. He points out that in the
United States we have federal law,
passed in 1873, which makes it a
crime to advise limitation of fami-
lies. He recalls to the Prof the
famous incident of Napoleon, who,
when asked by Madame De Stael re-
garding the greatest woman of all
time, replied: "She, madame, who
furnishes the most cannon food at her
country's disposal" Our champion of
the submerged quarter" being some
what bold, goes step further and re-
minds the learned gentleman of the
opinions held by Theodore Roosevelt
on the subject of large families.
Roosevelt, it will be recalled, had re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-21
(Translated from the Spanish by
Harrison George.)

(Translated from the Spanish by
Harrison George.)
TWO inspectors of police were wait
ing me in my apartment One of
small stature, almost old, fiat-nosed,
the slave type, but a little finer; the
other large, bald, of some forty-fve
years, and black as tar. On both
their clothes hung badly, and when
they spoke they gestured in the fash
ion of military salute. The old one
had an ingratiating education.
"You will help us in our task Tin
other words, you will make no re-
sistance) and in exchange, at arrival
at the Spanish frontier we will not
deliver you to the Spanish police,
but leave you free"
And turning to my wife:
Madame can present herself to-
morrow before the project" Ito OBJ
tain authority to rejoin mel.
While I babe farewell to my wife
and friends, the police discreetly kept
behind the door. Downstairs, near the
automobile waited two agents of the
secret police. The inspectors had TAX
en- my bags and were carrying them.
At departure the old one removed
his hat several times:
Pardon me, madame!"
The agent that had followed me
tirelessly for two months, now, in a
very friendly manner, arranged the
robe about us. The door of the mo-
tor closed and we departed.
The express. A third-class car. We
installed ourselves in a compartment
and made the usual provisions. The
old inspector was geographer.
Talked of Tomsk. of Irkutsk. Of Ka-
zan, of Novgorod, of the Fair there
!. Knew Spain and spoke Spanish.
The other. the big negro, for long
time remained without saying a word,
, 1924-05-01
CUTTING DOWN
WASTE ADDS TO
TIRE QUALITY

In the old days one Of the biggest
items of waste in tire manufacture
came in the fabric that the tire build
er trimmed off. This item was also a
very important gauge to the quality
of the tire, for the tire builder who
had a large trim was stretching his
plies too much making the tire car
cass too tight and susceptible to
breakage under strain. On the other
hand the tire builder whose trim
was practically negligible was not
stretching his plies tight enough and
the result might show in a wrinkled
ply which in the end would weaken
the carcass.
Since the advent of mechanical
tire building means the product be-
comes more uniform and labor Is not
such a factor governing tire quality.
Today in the Goodrich factory de-
tailed records are kept of the number
of unc of fabric trimmed from
tire by each building machine
operator. These figures are constant
ly checked by inspectors and waste
specialists who are able to correct
the machine or builder when the
slightest variation occurs. In this
, 1924-05-01

a bare thought, that is the begin
ming, and it is then that the govern
ment of thought means either heaven
or hell. We v regulate our
passions if we have never learned
to regulate our thoughts.
Integrity of speech.
l once read of a school boy who
was asked to define a lie. This was
his definition. "A lie Is an abomin-
alton unto the Lord. but a very pres
ent help in time of trouble" Are
there not many men today who build
their lives on such a rotton and rot
ting foundation? To accept such a
foundation as that upon which to
build life is to pollute the very
springs of living. We do not care
greatly for the creed of any man
whose conception of truth is so con
%spicuous and insecure that he is will
ing, when the price is high enough,
to betray it.
The story is told of General Grant
that while resting from one of his
marches, a number Of officers were
lining stories. Presently one said,
Il have a good story to tell, and
think there are no ladies here"
There was an expectant ripple of
laughter, in the midst of which Gen
eral Grant looked up and quietly
said, mo, but there are gentlemen
here" The story was not told.
Gentlemen, what we hear, and what
we deliberately listen to is a revela-
ton of our W characters.
individual integrity in Deed.
Words have the power to move;
they are often radiant with human
possibilities. The secret Of much of
our powerlessness in life is that we
are hearers and not doors. Directly
we begin to do we come down from
the seats of the s%cornful. When we
begin to- do we cease to be critics.
There is criticism that throws sand
in the gears of life. and nine-tenths
of it is INDUCED in by people who
will not share the tasks of those
whom they criticise. Action vital
ICES truth. There is not a deed
which was not first a word-a living
word. 1t is by want of deeds noble
and fruitful, that we pass thru self
deceit and mumbling powerlessness
II sterile detachment to the fulfil
tiles of life in which character is
ruined. This, then, is the second
trinity-Integrity in Thought, Word
and Deed.
, 1924-05-01
HOME IDEA NOW
MEANS PLANTING
NURSERY STOCK

h day Is past when people are
satisfied with building a house and
living in it. according to Carl Son
deregger, Beatrice, Nebraska, presi-
dent OF n of the largest Nursery
and seed houses in the middle west.
People have gotten away from the
idea OF living altogether in a house.
The present day finds them spending
the greater part of the three or four
summer months outside of it. Mr..
S~onderegger affirms this fact be-
cause he is in a position to know
hat fully three times as much Spi-
rea, %hadging, plants and flowers were
sold during 1923 than any year pre-
ceding.
Building a house is one thing but
~landscaping it is the thing that turns
the house into a home Of delightful
individuality and charm.
Spirea is undoubtedly the most
popular Hedge plant in the north
west. All varieties bloom with the
greatest freedom. making them in
d~ispensable for ornamental purposes.
All the species r very hardy. easy
to grow in most any soil and give
nice flowers all through the season.
There are thirteen varieties adapt
ed to the middle west but the two
most popular and perhaps best
known are Spirea Prunifolia and
Spirea Van Houtti. Prunifolia is
the real bridal wreath and is one
of the earliest and showiest varieties.
1t is very graceful and plume-like in
effect. the branches being covered
, 1924-05-01
MUST Be
PAID ON OR BE-
FORE MAY 10TH

Those Carbon county taxpayers
who took advantage of the semi
annual tax payment plan and who
paid one-nalf of their taxes on or
before November 10th must remem
Der that the final tax payment must
be made on or before May 10th or
the tax will become delinquent and
penalty be added.
County Treasurer Mrs. Laura
Heath states that to date very few
faNpayers have paid the last install
ment on their taxes
The records for the County Treas
urer show that very few of the small
er taxpayers took advantage of the
semi-annual tax payment plan. The
larger taxpayers such as the Union
Pacific, the Western Union, several
mercantile concerns in Rawlins,
some of the largest sheep and oil
companies, etc. are the ones who
advantage of this new law. The
Western Union is the only one of
these large taxpayers which has so
far paid the final installment on their
taxes.
The experience of Carbon county
SO far shows that there was not near
ly the public demand for the semi
annual tax payment law as was rep
resented. The law was passed prin-
cipally to help the small taxpayer
but instead of working out that way
it seems to be helping the larger
taxpayer. 1t is probable, however,
that az the public becomes more ia
miliar with this new tax payment
plan 1t will be used more.
The necessary thing to remember
at the present time by those who have
made me payment on their taxes is
that unless they want to become de-
linQuent the final payment must be
made on or before May 10th.
, 1924-05-01
Inns REPUBLICAN. RAWILNC, WYOMING, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924

way the high standard of quality
that Is so consistently shown in long
mileage records is maintained in
every tire produced.
Production of Goodrich Tires is
being accomplished through the elm
nation of lost time and waste at {
saving which was undreamed Of five
or six years ago. And the fact re-
mains that probably the most as
tonishing thing about this economy
Is that with the advance of efficiency
IN manufacture has come a steady
improvement in the product. The re-
suit is that the standard of service
Tor tires has been considerably rails
ed over what it was a few years ago.
, 1924-05-01
INTEGRITY BROAD
INFLUENCE UPON
PRESENT DAY LIFE

Integrity In thought, word. and
deed is perhaps the most vital and
far reaching need of modern civil
ization." declared DIR. James A.
Fraser before the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Rawlins Lions Club
last Thursday noon at the Ferris
hotel. The statement came as part
of DR.. Fraser's series of addresses
In which he takes up the various
phases of Lionism as outlined in the
Lion creed. His talk last Thursday
was the second of such addresses.
"As you know" he continued, the
second item of our creed is. indi-
vidual integrity in Thought, Word
and Deed. When l hear the word
~,It1srity, the man Job Is always
brought to mind. Job had a hard
time of it. He had a nagging wife,
and l know of no greater Hell-raiser
or home wrecker this side of heaven
than a nagging man or a nagging
m An then, Job had boils!
Yes, Job had a terrible time of it.
He had q beautiful home and he
lost that. He had fiocks and herds,
died: everything was swept away,
but l read that Job through all his
misfortune held to his integrity.
n hoh Va AhtCSiily 10 Il Hluu lull
rounded-it is the sum total OF
character.
Integrity in Thought.
1t means purity of thought; noble
ness in thought; honesty in thought;
charity in thought. The world of
nature is no longer mysterious; we
can look upon things which were
once invisible. By means of the
telescope we car look upon the dis
distant stars; today We can watch
the beating of the heart. But the
world of thought, of feeling, of
passion and desire-such n world
baffles the finest powers of vision.
Just as there is an unseen heaven
above our heads, there is an I'M
seen universe within.
The hardest tast in life is to bring
our thought under the subsection of
the will. 1t is difficult enough to
regulate our action, but we all know
our action are under a certain So
cial pressure. 1t is difficult enough
to regulate uor speech, but there are
barriers that check even our words at
times. In other words, when we
speak we come into direct contact
with society, and we talk therefore
with caution because prudence. and
self-love, and reputation and bust
ness interests admonish us.
But though is freei If our i'm
aginations are filthy the law cannot
reach us. We can think just as we
will of Il man, but he cannot charge
us with libel.
There Is nothing more vital than
thought mastery. Not only by what
we do and what WE say, but by the
kind of thoughts we cherish in Sc
cret, do we impress ourselves upon
u neighbors, and help or hinder
the world in which we live.
Gentlemen, we are not dealing
with that which is unimportant. BY
the thoughts we harbour and let
ourselves dwell upon and cherish
in the dark, we touch and turn and
influence our world when we never
dream we are doing it. The kino
of thing we brood on, the kind of
thoughts we allow ourselves to think,
though they never utter themselves
in the flesh and blood of deeds. en-
compasses and affects the life of
others like a poisonous vapour or
like the breath of spring. In the
interest of our influence We are in
need OF integrity in thought. First
, 1924-05-01

thickly almost their whole length,
and sweeping outward in gentle
curves.
Spirea Van Houtti, often called
Bridal Wreath. is especially adapt
ed to the northwest.
1t grows from 6 to 8 feet in good
ground and its branches are covered
with masses OF white flowers from
early spring until frost.
, 1924-05-01

Portland Telegram - The United
States must maintain a merchant
marine. 1t "a not permit its ship
ping business to fall back into the
condition in which the opening of
the World War found 1t.
, 1924-05-01

Washington Post - Japan may
take her case to the League of Ma
tions-which, it will be recalled, is
one of the suspicious entertained
owe here when we decided to- stay
out.
, 1924-05-01
The Careful Camper

Leaves his camp ground in the
same inviting condition in which he
found it, burning all refuse he can
and burying the remainder.
, 1924-05-01

The driest season will not kill 1t and
it will thrive anywhere. 1t is MI
of the very best shrubs for an orna-
mental hedge.