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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
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The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
Church Memberships
Show Increases

The census of religions in the Unit
ed States for 1923, compiled by the
Christian Herald and made public
today, shows there are 45,457 1866
communicates, representing a gain
of 6S0,015 during the year, as COM
pared with gain of 1877 ,565 in 1922.
There are 2S6,S43 ministers, a gain
of 2733, and 237,404 houses of wor-
ship, a gain of 1884.
Fourteen bodies of Baptists gained
1922 communicates, raising their
totals to an aggregate of S,237 ,02l,
while fifteen bodies of Methodists
have S,622,S36 communicates, gain
of 1858.
There are 2,465,S4l Lutherans, o.
1926 more than last year; 2,465, 1857
Presbyterians, gain of $1,000; l.
l4O,076 Episcopalians, a gain of TO-
463 and 1872, 202 COMMITMENTS of
the Disciples of Christ, a gain of 6s,-
400.
Among the larger of the other Pro-
testant denominations which show
gains are:
Reformed, United Brethren, Latter
Day Saints, Evangelical, Synod and
Congregational.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
SHOULD TEACH YOUTH
HIGH MORAL IDEALS
st. Paul Parent-Teaeher Assoei.
alton of Higher Standard
Than Many

ST. PAUL, MINI, March II. -
To break away from being bound
by things" to rise above them and
to attain the idealism that makes
boys and girls into men and women
with resistance enough to withstand
wrong and temptation is the i'm
mediate goal for which parents and
educators should strive, w. F. Web
ster, superintendent of schools, said
at the annual banquet of the Central
Council of Parents and Teachers asso-
Citations, conducted at the Central
Y. M. c. A. on March 6.
"If we have not the nerve to do
this, we are towards" Mr.. Webster
said. o IF we do not do it, there is
no hope that our children will avoid
some of the scandals that are break
ing today"
Henry j. Bessesen, president of the
council, as chairman of the meeting,
stressed the value of getting to-
gether and exchanging problems and
their solutions and devoting all en-
ergies to character building"
Minneapolis already excelled in
three things he said: Child welfare;
law enforcement for juveniles and a
parent-teacher magazine.
Philip Z. Carlson principal of
Roosevelt high school, urged men,
bers to write their representatives at
Washington to support the Sterling
Reed bill-which provides for a fed
eral bureau of educ ation-now be-
fore congress.
Mrs. Bessesen, chairman of the law
enforcement committee, brought out
the point that parents and teachers
must be willing to appear as wit
nesses against lawbreakers, especial
ly in cases of cigaret selling to min
ors."
E. E. Williams, principal of the
Glen Lake farm school, said that ev-
cry boy at the school-all of them
convicted of stealing-was cigaret
addict.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
STATE FORESTER
BLAMED FOR 1918
MOOSE LAKE FIRE
Governor PreuS of Mime
sofa Accuses w. 7. Cox
In Duluth Speech
LOSS WAS $6O,00O,OOO
Railroads We're Not Prosecuted
For Failure to Maintain
PatrOlmen

DULUTH, MIMI, March 5.-Raii-
roads caused the $60, 100000 MOOSE
Lake fire in October, 1913, and w. 1,
Cox. former state forester, was
blamed by Governor Preus for not
prosecuting the railroads, in an aa-
dress delivered today to gathering
of forest rangers.
The governor asserted that Mr.. Cox
ar the time of the fire, attempted TO
Law the blame on the legislature ror
NOT making a sufficiently large APP
propriation in 1917 to enable MIN "
fight forest fires.
DESPITE a wave of protest, Cover
nor Preus removed MIR. Cox, recog-
nized as one of the foremost forest
conseryationists in the country be-
cause Mr.. Cox refused to accede to
the wishes of the timber interests.
Interests Get Voice
The governor accomplished the re-
moval of Mr.. Cox by placing on the
forestry board members whose In
terests were with the timber inter
ests rather than with forest conser-
walton.
The governors statement, in which
he seeks to shift the responsibility
upon Mr.. Cox, follows in part:
"On the twelfth day of October in
1918 / was in Duluth. Smoke was
filling the city. Evening came and
the city just barely escaped destruc-
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
MANY ENDORSE TOWNER-STERLING BILL
WHICH CALLS FOR FEDERAL DEPARTMENT

Il know of no more potent infiu-
ence or effective service that could
be rendered education in all parts OF
the country than the enactment by
congress of a measure similar to the
Demonstrating bill. A department
Of education in the national govern
ment would afford unifying infu-
ence throughout the land which would
stabilize and promote educational &C
Invites in every state in the union
and would in no way interfere with
well-established state or local rights
and privileges or decrease or minim-
ize the influence of single state in
it's educational affairs" declared DR..
Thomas E. Finegan, commissioner
of education, commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
"Time after time when / have en-
deavored to promote some education
al reform within my official pro-
vince, or to effect legislative results
which would improve the opportuni-
ties of boys and girls, ! have felt the
need Of the power and influence
which can be supplied through fed
eral department of education" he
continued. Having a viewpoint OF
the state administrator, as / have
worked in such capacity all my life,
have no fears whatever of nation
al department Of education inter
fering with the prerogatives Of a
state office responsible for the sup
ervision Of education in state or OF
decreasing the influence of such Of
ficer with his state constituents. On
the other hand, I believe such de-
partment would increase greatly the
dignity, the power for usefulness and
the prestige in every way OF an offi.
cial responsible for the leadership OF
education In one of our American
states. As the National Education
association itself has influenced the
professional side Of education in ev-
cry section and corner Of the land
so would q national department OF
education influence the legal, the
constitutional, the financial, the Off
cial side Of public education not on
ly in every state and school district
Of the country, but also in the eyes
Of the world. -.
Each state and the nation itself
must join in giving to every boy ana
girl in the land the opportunity OF
obtaining the education which will
best fit them for the service Of the
republic"
Mrs. Robert Z. Speer, president,
national board Of the Young Wo,,
mems Christian association, stated
her position In the following words:
believing that the development OF
personality 10 the goal Of ell educa-
ton, the associations program Is
based on education, to the end that
young women may be able to adapt
themselves TO their social environ
ment, to appreciate the world In
which they live, and to become In
teliigent and creative citizens In the
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21

social order Of their day. Therefore
the Y. w. c. A. is particularly glad
to see education come to be consid-
cred as one Of the major interests of
our national life, and to see adequate
provision made therefor in our local
and national budgets.
"The provision for research in edu-
cation is one of our greatest needs
today, and should lead US forth into
new ways of enriching the life of our
people as we'll as the lives of others
GAS a nation we are striving to
achieve democracy. This may only
be done by building on the founda-
ton of an educated citizenry. We
cannot look with complacency upon
the changing forms of our social life
so long as their growth and stability
are menaoed by illiteracy, and the
bitterness of soul which comes from
lack of opportunity to find ones self
in unselfish service. All of these
things are problems of educate
which alone can insure the creation
of a sane, intelligent public opinion
which shall not become the tool OF
half-truths nor of propaganda"
Education is just as important to
our national life as commerce, agri-
culture, labor, or the army" was the
assertion of j. T. Jennings, president
American Library association. ''Not
until it Is 50 recognized by placing
a secretary in the presidents cabi-
net will it have the attention neces-
saary to its development. Schools and
libraries have for years found it nee
essary to spend part of their
strength in fighting an apathetic
public for support, and in experiment
tation and research which should be
done by a central government de-
partment. With public attention
focused upon education, our schools
and libraries will develop greater eff
fciency in bringing adequate educa-
tional opportunities to all our citi-
zens."
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
Norwegian Novelist Pays
Debt Contracted 4OYeQrS
Ago When i'm Minnesota

came to see me as soon as he was
able to be up, with a request for
some funds. loaned him $40 to as
sist him in going to Colorado to rer
cuperate."
He went back to Norway. He came
back to America again, to work in a
threshing gang in North Dakota, to
spend winter in Minnesota logging
camps, to run street car in Chicago.
Then, in 1888, he went back to Nor
way, and Hunger" his greatest sue
cess, followed.
Friends Surprised
Picture the surprise of his old
friends in Elroy, and picture the
greater surprise of H. NJ. Johnston,
who wrote to Hamsun, congratulating
him on his winning of the Nobel
prize three years ago, and received
this reply.
mot able to correspond, poor
Have tried during 90 or 80 years to
find your address, even through South
America. You have perhaps been
moving. Someone told me that you
were living in Eau Claire. wrote
to Eau Claire, but you were not to
be found. Long ago, l got letter
from Silver Hage, Madelia (Minn.)
lumberman of that time. l answered
him that l was owing you some mon
ey, but he did not give me your adj
dress. Queer, indeed, our earth is
not very large, but you, could not
find.
Il now let money bank in Chris
tiana send you a check on my debt.
You will, l hope, receive it a few
days after this letter. / thank you,
Mr.. Johnston, for your help and your
kindness. :"
The check was for $40, plus many
times the interest due.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
British Officials
Religious Idealists

1t is maintained that the
Labor party in England owes its sud-
den rise to a considerable extent, to
the religious idealism which charac-
terizes many of its leaders, and
which has drawn into its ranks an
unprecedented number of the youth
of England. A London daily prints an
appeal from a clergyman for a SINH
lar idealism in all parties, which de-
clares that "there is a widespread
feeling among the younger members
of the Unionist party that its leaders
must get back TO first principles IL
that party is really to win the allie
glance of youth. Never in recent
years have high ideals had a bigger
opportunity than they have today.
Whichever political leader convinces
this nation that his program Is
broad-based on Christian principles
will not only command big major
ity but will attract TO his standard
the voiceless millions who in obscur-
ity and loneliness are waiting for the
dawn"
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
American Bible Society
Funds Are Low; Church
Members Urged to Act

"The place of the American Bible
society in the Presbyterian budget
this year is for S92,34O. The actual
receipts for the III months of the
fiscal year is 10000, on 80 per cent"
writes Frank II. Mann, general secre-
tary.
ut Is our hope that the churches
throughout the communion may do
whatever is possible before the close
of the fiscal year on March 81 to
complete their quota for the Ameri-
can Bible society. We do not ask
for more than is apportioned US in
the budget.
"The society is in the budget be-
cause there is no other agency of the
church to do Bible work. This socie-
ty has been recognized for many
years by the general assembly as its
authorized agency for this essential
work.
There are still many Presbyterian
churches where these facts have not
been realized or, at least, have not
been acted upon.
I'VE covet a place in the budget of
every Presbyterian church through
out the country; and If not already
on the budget of your church, we
would appreciate such recognition
before the close of the present ifs
cal year.
I'VE circulate the Scriptures in
more than It's languages without
note or comment in practically ev-
cry country of the world. We do it
in the name of the church and we
turn to the church for support"
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21

TORTY years ago, a penniless i'm
II migrant, failure at every job
- he tried in Minneapolis, his
health failing and his high hopes
shattered, borrowed $40.
Recently word came to Minneapo-
lis that Knut Hamsun, most famous
Norwegian novelist, has paid his debt
at last, 40 years from the day when
he was the penniless immigrant who
needed the money to ward off death
itself.
Back of that brief statement is a
long story-the story of the intense
youth who came to the northwest,
planning to write great poetry to be
read by the Norwegians in America,
who was discharged from job as a
bricklayer and later failed as a
preacher in Minneapolis, who tried to
give a lecture tour with the admis-
sion price Set at 10 cents per per-
son, and failed; who failed by turn
at everything he tried, until he went
back to Norway and began the writ
ing that has made him famous.
II. NJ. Johnston met Hamsun when
the young Norwegian was clerk in a
store owned by John Hart at Elroy,
Wisconsin. He had gone there on the
suggestion of Professor Rasmus B.
Anderson of the University of Wis
consin.
Gave Up Lecture Tour
"Hamsun had it in mind to try a
lecture tour in Wisconsin, but some
how his talk, after he had prepared
it, did not carry much of an appeal
to the people of the state, and he was
obliged to give up the idea" Mr..
Johnston said. Il was teaching in
village school there, and used to give
him lessons in English during the
winter evenings.
about this time, he fell i'll, and
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
Travelling Evangelist
Receives K1an Gift

FAIRMONT, w. VA, March 11-At-
tired in full regalia Of the order, APP
proximately 100 members of Fair
mont Khan, knights of the Ku Klux
Khan, marched down the aisle Of the
First Baptist church a recent eve
ming, and presented the Rev. DIR. Har-
rington, an evangelist who is holding
series Of revival services at that
institution, with a substantial cash
donation. A note accompanied the
gift, explaining that il was given in
appreciation Of the ministers efforts
here. DIR. Harrington, who Is tray
cling evangelist, thanked the men
for their donation, after which the
robed figures marched quietly out
Of the church.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21

Keep ever In mind that the world
mas found out and acknowledges
that which we insisted upon all
along-the Khan was not at fault i'm
Herrin.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
.HAlF-FoREIGN NATION
Cannot LONG ENDURE
st. Louis Lawyer Gives Stirring
Address to Genoa, Ill,
Audience

GENOA, ILL, March l0.-A fiery
cross burning on the outskirts Of
town, proclaimed to the citizens Of
Genoa, that the Knights of the Ku
klux Khan was very much alive In
their city. The fact was further de-
monstrated when C. /. Hoy, promin-
ent lawyer of st. Louis, Mo-, adj
dressed a public gathering of more
than 500 people here on the princi-
Piles of the Knights of the Khan.
Mr.. Hoy sketched very interesting
ly the birth of our nation, and the
nation Washington and his followers
had planned with the people of the
same speech, manners and religion,
compared with the United States at
the present time wherein al differ
ent tongues are spoken every day
within its boundaries.
Lincoln said a country half slave
and half free couldn't stand, while
the Khan holds that a country half
foreign, with foreign ideals, man.
ners and speech, cannot stand. The
case Of the Bible being taken out of
our public schools was also pleaded
by Mr.. Hoy.
That the Khan has some of the best
men in the country, in all walks of
life, rich and poor, in all institu-
tions, in congress, in the senate, and
closely related to the cabinet, was
intimated by Mr.. Hoy. "Our enemies
have accused US of everything vile
and corrupt, of being murderers, and
even OF treason to our country, but
they have never proven a single ac-
cusation. The futility of their eff
forts is shown in the fact that while
SO much was stirred up in Louisiana
against the Khan, Louisiana now has
a governor who is in sympathy with
the Khan"
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
GIVE TO CHURCH

VICTOR MINES, W. VA, March II
Several members of the Ku Klux
Khan, Shinnston, visited the local
Protestant church a recent evening
and gave the pastor a liberal dona-
tion The minister thanked the my
stery men for their donation, after
which they filed silently out of the
church They entered the building
while services were in progress. Al
though robed Klansmen are an odd
ity here, the presence of the white
clad men did not cause any alarm.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
Camp Meade Builders
Sued for $1,000, 900
Bureau of Publication and Educ,t,ou,

tBureau Of Publication and Education
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March IL
And here we have another war
fraud case coming up. The long list
has been extended to the builders of
Camp Meade, United States District
Attorney Woodcock has filed suit to
recover 81 100000 from Smith, Hau-
ser d McIsaac, New York contrac-
tors.
They "wantonly, recklessly and
fraudulently wasted the govern
ments material and money" in build
mig the cantonment, it is Charged.
The camp cost the government SIS
100000, according to the complaint.
Evening star., 1924-11-14

and the community comparatively
self-contained. 1t is not our destiny
to be community of that kind We
must look forward to a long continu-
ing increase of population. We must
realize that our relationships with
the outside world, already enormous
ly important, will increase in rumber,
complexity and Importance in their
influences on our social structure.
"We cannot begin too soon to pre-
pare for this future. 1t may seem
contradictory to suggest that in a
time when we are embarrassed with
surpluses for which markets are not
easily to be found, we must begin to
plan for exactly opposite conditions
But it is not really a contradiction
The organizations and methods which
look to economies and efficiencies in
producing and distributing will be
equally useful, equally necessary, in
either set of circumstances. To fail
in establishing these instruments will
commit us to that most inexcusable
of economic sins, a deliberate policy
of sheer wastefulness. And waste
fulneSs. whether in disposing of a
surplus or permitting a deficiency in
the end can only result in calamity.
Finally you will remember that
America has but one great staple
product. We till the soil, we operate
our industries, we develop trans
portation, we engage in commerce,
we encourage the arts and sciences,
but these are only means to an end.
They are all carried on in order that
America may produce men and women
worthy of our standards of citizen
ship. We want to see them endowed
with ability and character, with
patriotism and religious devotion
We want to see them truly American,
while ready and eager to contribute
generous share to world welfare.
We want to see them honest, indus
trious and Independent, possessed of
all those virtues which arise from an
adequate moral and intellectual train
ing Joined to experiences which come
Evening star., 1924-11-14
hose of the cities and the Industrial

those OF the cities and the Industrial
areas.
If you make retort that I am
giving you a large order. my rejoin-
der will be that we are going to omit
no effort to prevent a repetition of
the misfortunes which in recent years
have involved agriculture. We are
not nearly generation ahead Of the
time when our country will witness a
reversal of its relation to world agri-
culture. l mean. that in very few
years the natural increase of popu-
lation and the inevitable tendency to
industrialization, will place US among
the nations producing a, deficit rather
than a surplus of agricultural staples.
I'VE were fairly on the verge of
that condition when the World War
gave a temporary and artificial stimu-
lation to agriculture, which ultimate
ly brought disastrous consequences.
Even today if in making up our ball
ance sheet we include our require
ments of coffee, tea, sugar and wool,
we already have a considerable agri-
cultural deficit. 1t may not be gen.
orally known, but even now we con-
sumo more calories of food in this
country than we produce. The main
reason is that we do not raise near
enough sugar.
ouI OHly eApOTtS Ol
consequence are cotton, meat prod
ucts and wheat; and as to the two
latter, 1t must be plain that the scales
will shortly turn against US. We shall
be not only al agricultural import
ing nation, but in the lives of many
who are now among us, we are likely
to be one Of the greatest of the agri-
cultural buying nations.
u. s. farmers Outlook.
I'm this lies the assurance to the
American farmer that his own future
is secure enough. But he must re-
adjust his methods of production and
marketing until he comes within
sight of the new day. Our imme
diate problem has been to carry him
through the intervening period of
abnormal and war-Stimulated sur
pluses. After that we shall face the
real problem of our long future; the
problem of maintaining a prosperous,
self-reliant, confident agriculture in
d country preponderantly commercial |
and industrial. 1t has been attested
by all experience. that agriculture
tends to discouragement and de-
cadence whenever the predomdn ant
interests of the country turn to
manufacture and trade.
we must prevent that in America
L believe the land grant college is
the main great agency for its pre-
vention. 1t has added a new element
to the equation which has never be-
fore been in it. You must make that
element decisive. 1t is true there are
some countries in which the balance
OF these elments has been 50 well
maintained that agriculture has con-
tinued to flourish alongside prosper
Gus industries and successful COM
merce. But these are found where the
population is approximately static