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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03
By H. M. Wicks

men become conscious of this con-
fiict and fight it out.
Thus, according to Marx, while no.
litical forces and the statesmen who
carry out political policies cannot
transcend the natural and artificial
environment in which they function.
still they are not automatons respond-
ing blindly to this environment. Ger
tain problems arising out of changing
economic conditions demand solution
and men consciously solve these prob
lens as they arise.
In the Communist Manifesto Marx
and Engels declare: "The history of
all hitherto existing society is a his
tory Of class struggle"
No class struggle can exist without
the conscious participation of the in
dividuals who make up the conflicting
classes. So even an understanding
OF this passage from the Manifesto
refutes the conception attributed to
Marx by the learned professor.
The spectacle Of Professor Beard
assailing Marx with the vulgarities of
the odious crew of Marx perverters
whose most prominent members in
this country are William English
Walling, Frank Bohn, John Spargo
and James O'Neal, is indeed, ironic,
because he is one of the very few
outstanding American historians who
most consistently uses the MARKHAM
method of interpreting history. His
Economic Interpretation of the Con-
stitution" in particular contains pass
ages that would be credit to any Marx
ist. We fear that Professor Beard
has obtained his conception of Marx
ism from these clowns who distort
Continued ON Page Severn
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Out of Our Own Strength sy1.. ss1ss1

May day as that symbol. May day,
the time gate thru which enshackled
nature marches to free itself from
the letters of winter; May day that
awakens nature to a consciousness of
its own strength; May day that en-
thuses nature to action to break a
dead past and build beautiful
future.
May day thus became the day of
labor. Not day of rest graciously
granted to the slaves by the oppres-
sors-no-a day taken by interna-
tional labor as an expression Of its
revolt; day denoting the beginning
Of new era; a day denoting that
the masses of the exploited and op-
pressed are slowly becoming dominat'
ed by the understanding that this new
era must be built by the struggles of
the exploited themselves; day ring
ing out as a clarion call to the yet
dormant forces of the working class
the rousing battle cry:
ARISE YE PRISONERS OF
STARVATION!
ARISE YE WRETCHED OF THE
EARTH!
international Labor Day.
May day is international labor day
On that day the aims of the
struggle of the international proleta
riat emblazon the banners of millions
in demonstrations all over the world
On that day international labor dc
monstrates it's determination to battle
for those aims.
Not all the workers of the world
are yet within the ranks of volunteers
for the battles of labor. But like the
spring sun awakens nature, so does
the ever increasing experience of the
masses Of workers strengthen theil
forces. The latent energies of the
working class are freed and the Mo
dern Sampson tears down the pillar
upon which rests the temple of CAPT
talist society.
Capitalism has increased its power
with its profit. 1t used this power
with ever Increasing fury against thu
organizations CT labor. Foo I'd to til,
wall the workers defend themselves
and learl oui of the expo ienre o
this struggle 10 perfect their organi
cations as well as their methods O
defense. The insufficiency Of anti
quated weapons bring defeat in thu
actions of today but also teacl
methods that will lead to victory to
morrow.
The Unsuitable hunger for prof
drives capitalism to new methods o
exploitation and oppression. FINAL!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03

freedom never before witnessed in
that short span of time. A political
revolt of the workers is brewing. The
first signs of it are so powerful that
it's speedy development is a foregone
conclusion. The expectations Of that
development are not based only on
the objective conditions favoring it,
but also and mainly on the subjective
factors that interfere. May day 1924
can register the activity of organized
forces within the labor movement of
the United States that are no longer
satisfied with interpreting the
struggle of the exploited for freedom,
but that are bent upon organizing,
leading and directing it. These fore
es create with their energy and activi-
ty the brooding heat that will develop
the embryo of political conscious
ness of the working masses of Ame-
RIGA into political class and mass
action. These forces are the Com
munists. They are nothing foreign
to the country and its political and
economical system; they are its pro-
duct. In the Communists the con-
seriousness of the strength of the
working class is developed highest.
in the Communists the principle that
the freedom of the exploited and on
pressed can only be the fruit Of their
own. struggle finds its most conscious
expression.
Communists CeIebra4a
On May day the Communists in
America raise the banner of the CON
scious struggle for the freedom of
| the working class, as it is raised NV
the revolutionary workers every.
where. On May day they call upon
the working masses of the land to
snake on the dead weight of hopeless
ness. Does not nature around MS
burst the bonds of slavery? Does
II not triumphantly break the letters
OF winter and bloom into new
beautiful future? 1t doesi Bnt II
does it with its own strength. It
accomplishes this great task with the
forces within itself.
Out OF the triumphs of spring the
workers drink the new hope: Self
reliance; self confidence. Strength
ened by belief in ourselves We
workers will burst the shackles of an
oppressive order and built a new. a
beautiful future. We must build it
ourselves, with our own energy, with
our own strength.
That is what May day signifies n
the working class. That is why we
celebrate May day as international
labor day.
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that hunger dominates every manifes-
tation of life of the capitalist order.
Law becomes nothing but forms
under which profit making is per-
MISSILE and means by which profits
are safeguarded. Order means a
rule of conduct conducive to profit
Patriotism means firm and unshak-
able belief in the sacred mission Of
the profiteers. And over this mad
orgy of profit there is drawn as a
convenient cover a political system
called democracy, "the rule of the
people" After every human being
in this order has been made a slave
Of the god of profit, poisoned by the
education Of the profiteers, taught to
fear the god of the profiteers, shackled
by the laws Of the profiteers, then
the order let's him loose mesmerizing
him with the cruel jest of his politi-
cal sovereignty.
Capitalism Own Grave Digger.
But a system build on the strength
of illusions can only last as long as
the illusions hold out. And it is the
fate Of capitalism that its very mis-
sion is destined to kill the illusions
upon which it has built its power.
Democracy contains the poison which
will eventually kill the illusions which
alone uphold it. The dictatorship OF
the prOfiteers can function under the
cloak Of democracy because the
sovereign" workers are ideologically
the slaves of profiteering. The ex.
perience of the struggle for existence
will gradually free the workers from
these bonds. Political class con.
seriousness will open the eyes of the
exploited and oppressed to the laws
of profteering, to the gods of the
profiteers, and to the state of the
profiteers. Then the workers will be
gin to apply democracy, make use OF
their sovereign rights in the interest
of their class. Capitalism will the1
discard the pretense Of democracy
and will cynically transform it into
an out and out dictatorship.
May day 1924.
The international proletariat is
again reviewing its forces in demon
STATIONS all over the globe. Every
where they pause long enough on this
day to recapitulate the development
of the past year to see how far the
growth of class consciousness with
the workers has advanced, to see how
much nearer the grave capitalist
order is this year than it was yester
year.
This review in the United States
reveals progress in the struggle fol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03
May day!

Awakened by the rays Of the spring
sun nature bursts the bonds of winter
and frees itself. This freedom is
the fruit of natures own inherent
energy and power.
Man has ever recognized the great
ness of that phenomenon. He has
ever celebrated this awakening. He
did not only welcome the new life
that spring brought forth; he especi-
ally paid tribute to the forces that
dare to break with the old and build
the new, he paid tribute to the forces
of revolution.
May day was celebrated by the
barbarians in the woods of Brittany
as we'll as by those in the valleys
Of the Danube and the Rhine; it was
celebrated by the civilization and
culture of ancient Rome.
May day suggested freedom after
slavery, it suggested beauty after
stark and barren ugliness.
Day of Exploited.
The exploited and oppressed have
forever dreamt of freedom. But tho
the dreams often made them forget
their misery, they could not stop it.
Every achievement that made life
less Of burden for them had to be
gained after hard struggles. The
memorable needs of life forced them
into battles again and again. Their
very lives they had to defend against
the exploiters and oppressors. Often
defeated the exploited gained strength
even in defeat The experience gain,
ed in defeat strengthened their sinews
for the inevitable new battles.
Experience was the creator Of a
consciousness that all the exploited
and oppressed have something in
common; that this common interest
must be defended in a common
struggle because in unity there il
greatest strength.
With the growth of this conscious
ness, (class consciousness), there also
grew.the self-confidence Of the exploit
ted masses. The blind struggle fol
existence of the exploited slowly de
veloped into an organized and con
scious struggle of the class of op
pressed.
When these conscious warriors fol
the freedom of their class looked fol
a symbol of their aims and aspira
tions, for an expression of their hope
and determination, they could do nc
better than select the celebration Of
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Concerning Statesmen s,4M VIC

n MONG the many erroneous con-
n ceptions of Marxism, the notion
that men are the unconscious and
helpless pawns of history is perhaps
the most persistent. This is due in
part to the superficial thinking Of pro-
fessed revolutionists, who, especially
of late, have distorted historical ma
terialism into a sort Of mechanistic
conception of history where men are
unconscious automatons, instead of
the makers of history.
Since the average bourgeois his
torian obtains his knowledge of Marx
ism from the so-called popularizers
who write in current yellow publica-
lions, it is not at all surprising to
find Professor Charles A. Beard, un-
consciously distorting Marxism in the
April number of 1.-The American Mer-
curry"
Mr.. Beard propounds the question
"What Is a Statesman" He prefac-
es his discussion of statesmen by
comparing what he considers anti
thetical historical methods-those of
Thomas Carlyle and Karl Marx.
After devoting few sentences to
the great man theory of Carlyle, Mr..
Beard asserts: 1.-THE Marxians at the
other end of the pole dismiss the
statesman with a scoff as mere au-
tomaton produced by complex of
economic forces.
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In all the literature of Marxism
there is nothing to even family sug-
gest such q dogmatic formula. Not
one recognized Marxist ever indulg-
ed in such fantastic decisions. Those
who are responsible for this concep-
ton Of Marxism are the vulgarizers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15
State House Chat

A delegation of farmers from VIM
throp, Winslow, Bethel and Farm
ington called at the Department OF
Agriculture yesterday, comforting
with officials regarding the spray
ing, pruning and fertilizing of or
chards. The visitors all reported
that their orchards came through
the winter in fairly good shape.
Commissioner F. +. Washburn of
the Department of Agriculture will
give an address this Tuesday evening
before the Bangor Grange on the sub
ject, 1.-The Possibilities. and Problems
of Maine Agriculture" He will
speak on Thursday before the men,
bers Of the Norridgewock- Grange.
Charles M. White of the division OF
markets Of the Department of Agri-
culture will give talk on Cooper
ative Fruit Marketing" at a session
of the winthrop Grange to be held
today. State Horticulturist G. A.
Yeaton will also speak at the meet
ing, giving an illustrated lecture on
the topic, "Orcharding."
The State board Of registration OF
nurses will hold a meeting for exam
ination of candidates on "Wednesday
and Thursday of this week at the
State House. About 90 candidates
will take the examinations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15
Bulletin on
Road Conditions

The following bulletin on road con-
ditions was issued Monday at the Of
fee of the State Highway Commits
sion.
Ossipee Trail-Passable. Bad Sec
ton in Standish.
Phillips to Stronghold passable.
Strong to Farmington-Passab BILE.
Bad section near both towns.
Pennington to railroad crossing at
foot of Jay Hill-Passable.
From foot Of Jay Hill Ito Livermore
Falls-Not passable.
Livermore Falls to North Liver
more-Passable.
North Livermore to Brettuns Mills
Not passable.
Brettuns to North Turner-Passa-
BILE.
Brettuns to Canton line-Passable.
Richmond Corner to Richmond
Passable.
Brunswick to Gardiner and Angus
ta-Passable. Rough section in Gar
diner.
Topsham to Lisbon and Lewiston
-Passable. Bad section In Top
sham.
Lewiston to Augusta, by way OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Norridgewock to North Anson-
Passable.
Skowhegan to Norridgewock-Not
passabie.
North Arson to New Portland
Passable.
Belfast to Hampden-Passable. In
bad condition from Belfast to Sears
port.
in bad condition.
State Highway an from Cherry.
field to Jonesboro-Passable except
for about / IL miles Columbia Falls.
State Highway ''M" from Bangor
to Eilsworth-Passable but in bad
condition.
State Highway &C" from Augusta
to Belgrade Lakes-Passable. There
are two bad sections between Bel
grade and the junction Of State
Highway &c" and State Highway
&c" and State Highway "W", which
leads to Rome and New Sharon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15
PATTANGALL EXPECTS DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION WITHOUT C0NTEST--SEES
POSSIBLE POLITICAL SUCCESS FOR PARTY

Attorney General William r. Pat
tangall OF this city Monday announc-
ed that he will be candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor
in the June primaries.
II shall file my primary papers
as candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor during the
present week." said Mr.. Pattangall
in a statement Monday.
Il have delayed doing 80 thinking
that some other candidate might ap-
pear. and, desiring that no contro-
versy as to the nomination should
interfere with the chance of our
party carrying the State" continued
Mr.. Pattangall.
But. SO far as I can learn, there
is no likelihood of any other candi-
date entering the primary.
There will be an active Demo-
cratic campaign in Maine this year.
Our State committee meets Tuesday
at Augusta to formulate plans for
| organized work and the campaign
will begin about May Goth. OF
course, in one sense, it began a year
ago as we have done a good deal of
fairly effective work on organization
lines during the last II months and
| "a q III bStICl oAidPC " 1hahS d ICtli
fight than we have been since 1916.
1--WE are fortunate in having as a
candidate for the United States Sen
! ate. unopposed in the primary, Hon.
Fulton ]. Redman of Ellsworth. a
man of ability, integrity and culture.
| a student of public questions and a
very brilliant speaker.
Hon. William M. Tngraham of
Portland. Hon. Bertrand G. McIntire
of Norway, Hon. Leon o. Tebbetts of
| Waterville, and Hon. Clinton c.
Stevens of Bangor will. believe, be
our nominees for Congress and
should inspire Democrats to strong
efforts in their behalf in their respec-
| tive districts.
$50 far as can learn our sug-
gested county and legislative tickets
| include a very large percentage of
/ the type of men and women who
! should attract independent as well as
party support.
National issues will undoubtedly
| enter into the campaign. The Repub-
licans at Portland, as far as issues
were concerned, did not adopt any
| platform. They endorsed President
/ Coolidge and recalled with pride the
| fact that Abraham Lincoln was elect
ed president by party bearing the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15

name which they are permitted to
use. If Senator Harrington Is the
Republican nominee for governor.
they will have no platform except
ing that "A Vote for Harrington is a
Vote for Coolidge If, by any chance,
Senator Brewster Is nominated, they
will be obliged to wage their cam
paign in defence of the doctrines of
the Ku Klux Khan. Not being quite
sure which Of these gentlemen would
be their candidate. they could not go
much farther than to endorse the
president and carefully refrain
from any expression which might
offend the Khan.
"Our party should be especially
strong this year in a discussion OF
national issues, but personally
shall leave that discussion to others.
I feel strongly that the election of a
governor, a legislature and our vari-
GUS State and county officers ought
to involve something more than the
mere taking of a straw vote on the
presidency.
September elections are great
detriment to procuring the kind of
government which our State needs.
I shall devote my campaign. II am
the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, to a discussion of those things
which believe are vital for the good
of this State, to- the exclusion Of the
broader but no more important is
sues presented in the national field.
"Our platform lays down the gen.
eral principles which should guide
us in solving the problems present.
ed to us as citizens of Maine, and /
shall try to make plain the appltca-
ton of those principles to our every
day local affairs.
II realize that. ordinarily speak
ing, only about Is per cent of the
voters of Maine are Democrats. In
other words, in total vote of 225.-
600, which should be expected this
year, we face a normal adverse ma
jority of nearly, If not quite 2b,OOO.
To carry Maine, therefore, we need
not only full Democratic vote but
the support of at least $1,000 voters
who are ordinarily Republican.
"This is great deal to expect, but
by no means an impossibility. In
dependent voting Is much more
common than formerly and the poll
teal situation today Is such that in
dependent voting should inure to the
benefit of our party.
IAN opportunity to win presents
itself this year. and ] am confident
that Democrats are alive to the op-
portunity and will take advantage Of
IT"
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Leaders in February
Egg Laying Contest

| Especial to the Kennebec Journa)
Orono, April 14-Mrs. Belle II.
Morse of Pittsfield, led during Feb
ruary the -snnual egg laying contest.
Her flock Of Rhode Island Reds pro-
duced 495 eggs in that month.
| Arthur Paquette Of North Edge
comb came second with 474 eggs: e.
w. Wentworth, Of Winthrop. third
with 457 eggs: Martel McLain OF
West Appleton, fourth with 437 eggs
and Harriet Coolbroth. OF Alfred,
fifth with At eggs.
! One of the interesting features as
! shown by the February record Is
that Rhode Island Reds took all five
first places. This will be the f1rst
month that Mrs. Morse has taken
! first place although she came IN
fifth in both the December and jan
| nary records. Mr.. Paquette's Rhode
| Island Reds have taken second place
| for the last three months and were
the leaders in November, the nrst
month Of the contest.
| Mr.. wenworth's flock won first
| honors in December and January
! and second honors in November.
| The following is a list Of contest
ants who did especially well. finish
| ing in the order named: c. L. Dins-
| more, Waldoboro; Mrs. e. c. Martin.
Liberty; Mrs. n. w. Tozier. Fairfield;
| Philip SanviIle, North Berwick: Fred
Bartlett, Houlton: Frederick ROBBIE.
lGorham: A. q. Hall, Southwest Har-
Dor: Ernest g. Brooks, North Ber-
wick.
i The Maine winter egg laying con-
| test IL an annual affair. this being
| the sixth year 1t has been held. It Is
/ conducted by O. N. Wilbur, poultry
specialist Of the Extension Service
and the competitors include most Of
| the prominent poultry raisers IN the
| State OF Maine. In order 70 take
| part in the contest the competitors
| must follow regulations prescribed by
the Extension Service In regard to
housing. breeding, raising and reed
ing Of the flock. They keep reports
which are forwarded to Mr.. Wilbur
| each month. The contest opened Mo-
| vember ana win end April 80. AT
that time the records and data from
each competitor win be summarized
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Handsome Windows
At Barker Store

Four unusually attractive windows
have been trimmed for the Easter
business at the store of the II. G.
Barker Co. The attractiveness of
the display is the result not only Of
the good taste shown in the actual ar
ranging Of the articles used for the
trim" but also by the new fixtures
and background that have been in
stalled.
The background Of the two large
windows and the two vestibule
windows has been changed so that
It Is much different from anything
else seen around here. OF soft
creamy white, 1t is Caen stone
in travetine finish and lends itself
to. any color scheme of dec
Grating. This light background to-
gether with the new prismatic lights
installed overhead sets off the dis
plays most effectively.
But for the week preceding
Easter, even more has been done. A
general color scheme OF blue and
deep yellow has been adopted. In
the back center of each window
Is an oval blue PLAGUE from which
runs a yellow streamer, draped
artistically. yellow. and blue are
also used to set off some of the
articles.
In one Of the large windows is
an Easter display of Bates street
shirts. neckwear and hosiery and in
the other are Morse suits and top
coats and Stetson and Barker
special hats in all the latest shades.
The vestibule windows are equally
attractive. One Is devoted to a dis
play OF International tailoring cloths
with the bolts artistically shaped
and arranged while the other vesti-
bule window shows Cortley 2S-point
suits for boys and furnishings.
Inside the store there have been
changes, too, the whole place has
been re-painted, new fixtures in
stalled and new coat cabinet
erected, all of which allows more
room and provides for quicker SER
vfco
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STATE HOUSE
Continued from Page 12)


Keep all privy vaults absolutely
dark and tight.
Keep garbage covered tightly and
keep the garbage pals clean.
: Keep all refuse piles covered with
dirt.
Keep yards and other premises
clean. Cleanliness will starve the ny
out.
!. ~The retail method includes the
following:
Keep a swatter handy. Swat every
fly you can.
Buy or make a fly trap.
Keep doors and windows screened
and keep all foods where flies cannot
reach them.
Keep flies away from the sick
room and from everything that
comes from TIL sick room.
Take a part in any community ac-
tiyity which has for its object the
elimination Of the fly menace.
In concluding its advice. the
State Department calls attention to
the fact that fighting flies in your
own home and on your own premises
| helps you more than anyone else.
Save yourself sickness, expense and
annoyance by swatting the flies on
your own premises"