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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07

ened with expulsion from their various activities of mankind.
 All fairninded and competent ob- servers will agree that the attempt to obtain total abstinence by force of law is a total failure. To maintain the present stringent prohibition laws is but to invite growing disrespect for law and to defeat the effort to pro- mote temperance by the cultivation of self-respect and of strength of char acter through education and religion which had been slowly but surely nak- ing our nation sober and temperate
 Prohibition in its present form goes on breeding disorder and contempt for law. We are not astonished that off cia1 Washington should be contemptu- ous of the laws which 1t enacted in compliance with a fantastic demand which Congress did not have the moral courage to resist, laws which the officials find more profitable in their disregard than in their enforcement and obeyance. The Volstead law, in stead of ushering in heaven of peace and delight, is building a habit of law lessness that is spreading like forest fire.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
TYRANNY OF PROHIBITION BREEDS
 LAWLESSNESS
By MATTHEW WOLL,
President, International Photo
 Engravers' Union.

Laws should be instituted not to keep men from choosing between good and evil, but to punish them if they choose wrongly. In this way self-reliance and self-control, essential qualities in character building, are developed in man.
 The Prohibition amendment and | the Volstead law, enacted upder it's provisions, are departure from this principle and as consequence the nation is suffering the penalty for it's folly and disregard of human prompt ings.
 Only a few years ago 1t was fully within Christian morals and the laws of our land for the people of America to choose that form of drink desired. The forces for temperate drinking and the elimination of the saloon" evils were making rapid strides. Christian intolerance and an inordinate desire of rich manufacturers to improve the pro- duction capacity of the human salve of toll, however, spurned the idea of free dom of choice and by subtle propa- ganda and devious channels of politi- cal cajo1ery, succeeded i'll converting the appeal to the conscience of man to the power of state and the policeman's b1udgeon. As if overnight the con- duct of the American people, deemed perfectly lawful few years ago, was made immoral and crime and as result disorder rages the nation over.
 It is this same class of our citizenry, who are so largely responsible for this unnatural law, are loudest in their de- c1amations that the nation is headed to ruin and that immortality and con stantly increasing disregard for law is damning our present day civilization. So 'into1erant has this band of white ribboners become that even those who would point out the folly of the course pursued and who would recommend moderate procedure out of the present day dilemma are denounced in the most vituperative terms and threat
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
AS THE WORKER SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important
 Events of the Week, Here and Abroad /

John w. H. Grim, former assistant attorney genearl, declares Department of Justice bureaucracy thta does not function.
 Senator Sterling of Q South Dakota bitterly criticized i'll Senate for refusal to support report exonerating Senator Wheeler.
 Labor government wins victory when attacked in House of Commons on unemployment policy.
 Chicago manufacturers son kid mapped and killed while father pre- pares to pay ransom. Senate exonerates Senator Wheeler by 56 to 5 vote. Federal Trade Commission urges abolition of Pittsburgh plus plan of fixing price of steel. British Labor party candidate to House of Commons is elected in Wes: Toxteth bye-election. | Zinovief tells Communists Russia will pay certain debts if given loan.
 President Coolidge pays tribute to Confederate soldiers at memorial meet ing i'll Arlington cemetery.
 Communism can never gain foot hold in United States, Bertrand Rus sell declares in debate with Scott Nearing.
 Irish Free State soldiers arrest fol lowers of James Larkin in Dublin fight between labor factions.
 Bernard M. Baruch says steel indus try under Judge Gary's lead tried to obtain unfair prices" from Govern ment.
 Methodist Episcopal Conference adopts peace resolution and demands nation conscript wealth and labor ir wartime.
 Railroad Brotherhoods to open labor bank in Portland, Ore.
 Communist party enters Minnesota state primary election.
 Judge Gary urges wages be kept at level to meet cost of living.
 Collapse of temporary structure in building excavation in New York City kills four workmen and injures ten. Federal Grand Jury probe of Vet erans' Bureau scandals to be re-opened. President Coolidge signs immigration bill, saying Japanese. exclusion clause deserved veto.
 Philippine mission accepts American independence plan. Victor Herbert, noted music com poser, dies suddenly at age of 65. Private residence in Chicago closed by injunction for bootlegging offense.
 Bremen and engineers on Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad take strike vote. Illinois miners convention refuses to
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07

send delegates to June Y Farmer Labor" convention at St. Paul.
 Charles A. Lindbergh, candidate for gubernatorial nomination on Min nesota Farmer-Labor ticket, dies. |. Chemical Warfare Service finds deadly war gases remedy for many ills beside colds.
 Methodist church lifts ban on amusements.
 Trial of Bishop Brown, of Episcopal church, on heres ycharge, opens in Cleveland.
 New York Central railroads net in come last year double that of 1922.
 Communists and Royalists make wild disturbance as Reichstag meets.
 Japanese government sends a solemn protest to Washington against irnmi- grafton ban.
 Senator La Toilette denounces Con- munists and intimates intention 10 head third party unless old parties purge themselves of evil influences.
 Soviet Cheka starts new reign of terror, says Moscow dispatches.
 House committee to conduct wide spread inquiry into liquor question:
 Former head of Consolidated Stock Exchange, New York, and eight others indicted in connection with bucketing.
 House passes $150,000,OO0 navy bill by 166 to 138.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07

lieve that the people through the bal lot can completely control their gov ernment in every branch and compel 1t to serve them effectively. I have fought steadfastly to achieve this end, and 1 shall not abandon this fight as long as I may live. I believe, there fore, that all progressives should re- fuse to participate in any movement which makes common cause with any Communist organization.
 Major Parties Must Have House Cleaning.
 There Is no doubt that the people have come to understand that private monopoly controls the official machin- cry of both the Democratic and Re publican parties. Recent public scan dals, such as the war. frauds, the Shipping Board, Teapot Dome and other oil leases, the Veterans Bureau, the Alien Property Custodian, the degradation of the Department of Jus tice under both Democratic and Re publican administrations, and the end less fraud and corruption in connec- ton with taxation and prohibition en- forcement, are but evidences of such control of party machinery by 1awless and predatory interests.
 The approaching Democratic and Republican conventions will demon strate to the people whether either of those parties can and will purge itself of the evil influences which have long dominated them. This cannot be ac- complished by merely nominating some alleged progressive and filling the plat form with misleading promises. It de- mands the elimination of monopoly control, the downfall of the corrupt political bosses, the adoption of truiy progressive principles and the repudia- ton of those great campaign contribu- tors who have in the past bought up both parties.
 Ii this is not done, long suffering and righteously indignant people will find in the coming campaign. effective means, independent of both these old parties, to take back control of their government and make 1t truly repre- sentative.
 Sincerely yours,
 ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service | Washington, D. C., June 7.-Bob La
 Toilette has told the Communist crowd running the St. Paul June 17 conven- tion wheer to get off at.
 In a letter sent to Attorney General Herman I. Ekern of Wisconsin, the 1 Badger Senator protests against allow | ing the Reds to enter Progressive ranks and warns Progressives to stay out of ''any movement which makes common cause with any communist or ganization."
 In addition to dealing this blow to the hopes of the Reds-the clearest statement on that issue yet made by La Toilette, and final in every sense as marking the cleavage between com munism and democracy-the Senator demands house-ce1aning in both maj or parties and foresees wrath to come If that is not done.
 La Fo11ette's letter to Ekern is, in full:
 My dear MT. Ekern:
 I have your letter of May 17th say ing that many of my friends in Wis consin are anxious to know my atti- tude toward the 'Farmer-La Prog ressive Convention" called to meet at St. Paul, June 17th..
 I shoud1 not feel 1t incumbent up on me to declare my attitude except that my name is being used by the promoters of that convention in such a way as to convey the impression that 1t has my approval and as a re- suit some of my friends in dicerent parts of the country contemplate at tending the St. Paul convention. Be- cause of these facts, I feel it my duty to state my view frankly.
 I have no doubt that very many of those who have participated in bring ing about the St. Paul convention have been actuated by the purest de- sire to promote genuine political and economic progress.
 Reds There to Disrupt Movement. Nevertheless, i'll my judgment, the June Y convention will not command the support of the farmers, the work CTS, or other progressives because those who have had charge of the ar engagements for this convention have committed the fatal error of making the Communists an integral part of their organization.
 The Communists have admittedly entered into this political movement not for the purpose of curing, by means of the ballot, the evils which afflict the American people, but only to divide and confuse hte Progressive movement and create condition of chaos favorable to their ultimate. aims. Their real purpose is to establish by revolutionary action a dictatorship of the pro1etariat, which Is absolutely re- pugnant to democratic ideals and to all American aspirations. The official declarations of the Workers Party show clearly that they are seeking to use the Farmer-1abor Party of Min nesota and other progressive organ izations that have lent their names to this convention as a means of advanc- ing their own enrS.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
SKY'S THE LIMIT

There IS no limit to the amount an individual may give to this committee. Large contributions will be so divided as to give full observance to the re- qulrements of the statutes.-From let ter signed Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Finance Committee" written on letter head of Wa1worth Manufac- turing Co.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
Read 'en an Weep!
WHOSE SCANDAL, ART?

It hasn't been a pleasant session of Congress, with its Teapot Dome, its selling and stealing of the naval oil reserves and its other features, and you will be glad to see the session die.- Arthur Brisbane in Hearst papers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
VOLUNTARY VERSENKTI

Russia, teeming with millions, with a government chosen voluntarily by her people, is considered an outlaw by America.-Senator Borah.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-06-07
128 SOCIALISTS INCOG.

The l. L. F. counted up 128 of its members (among the Labor Party 192) in Parliament and 26 of these in the government.-Heber Blankenhorn in Labor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Motion Picture Films
Loaned for Exhibition

a catalogue of the 1872 motion pic
ture films made by the United States
Department of Agriculture on a wide
range of agricultural subjects has just
been issued as Miscellaneous Circular
q. The films are lent for exhibition
to responsible persons, the only charge
being for transportation both ways.
The films are designed to aid in the
work of the extension and field work
ers of the department and co-operat-
ing state institutions. Their primary
use is by or under the supervision of
such workers. The number of copies
of the films which the department is
able to supply is at present made
quate to meet all requests from other
sources However, farmers organ
iZatiOns, schools, colleges, churches,
theaters, and other agencies or persons
desiring to borrow films may make APP
plication for them through county
demonstration agents, other depart
ment field workers, directors of extern
sion work of state agriculture colleges.
or other officially operating agencies,
and the films will be supplied if not
in use. Applications should be made
to the Office of Motion Pictures, EX-
tension Service, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, d. C.
Copies of the catalogue, Miscella-
neous Circular 81 may be had by
writing to the department at Washing
ton, ID. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Expensive Machines Are
Entitled to Best Care

1t is time for several of the ma
chimes of the farm to be put up for
the year. The binder has completed
it's work for the year and the mower
is through with its job: These two
pieces of machinery represent more
or less complicated design and are
expensive. They should receive good
care in order that they may be in
good working order for another year.
All dirty bearings should be well
cleaned and polished and then given
a heavy coat of oil or grease so that
they will not rust. The sickles should
be removed and stored in a dry place
after having been given good over
hauling and a coat of oil. The ma
chimes should be well inspected and
any repairs should be ordered now. 1t
is much easier for a man to recall
needed repairs after few days than
it is to recall them after several
months. If repairs are made now, the
machine will be in working order next
year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
kRM kCTSIr:

Two bushels of oats and 20 pounds
of vetch per acre make good seed
ing
Good crops and fair prices are the
foundation of every sort of business
prosperity.
The removal of big weeds in the
corn will save lots of moisture needed
by the corn at maturing time
Apples have medicinal value, are
refreshing and cooling, help to elimi-
nate waste, stimulate appetite and aid
digestion. Eat apples.
The COWS should be cleaned before
milking. This will eliminate consid-
cradle numbers of bacteria which find
their way into the milk pail on hairs
and dirt
Record keeping is the business end
of poultry. We need more business
in handling our poultry and only when
we keep good records will we be able
to handle our poultry for bigger and
better profits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
NERVOUS & HALF.SICK WOMEN
Relieved by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
These Three Letters Prove Ii

most no time. I had hardly been able
the Vegetable Compound / felt like a
new woman. | recommend it to my
friends who have troubles like did,
and hope they will find the same re-
suits. Mrs. M. CARPENTER, GOT w.
Chase Street, Springfield, Missouri.
40 Years Old, Feels Like 20
Hagerstown, Md. -'Iwas very bad
off with backache, bearing-down
feeling in my body and pain in my
left side. could not be on my feet
at times and once was so bad /
walked bent over to one side for three
weeks. My sister read of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
got me bottle. / got so much relief
that took more until / was well. l
am 40 years old and feel like 20.
am sure this medicine will help all
women. Mrs. MARY E. SANDY, 436
w. Franklin Street, Hagerstown,M Md.
Over 100, 600 women have so far
replied to our. question, ''Have you
received benefit from taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
SO per cent of these replies are
eyes"
That means that SO out of every
100 women who take this medicine
for the ailments for which it Is recon-
mended are benefited by it
All druggists are having increased
sales of this medicine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

to change her name on the hospital
payroll. Presumably the amount in
,volved is not staggering, but just i'm
agine what the totals would run to
if every Lucy Stoner defies Comptrol-
Ter General McCarl!
For example, there's Mrs. Helen
Hamilton Gardener, who is, according
to the Congressional Directory, one
of the three civil service commission
ers and receives $1,000 year. But
that well-known and justly famous
collection of autobiographies, "Who's
Who" says that Helen Hamilton Gar
dener (no "Mrs.") has been the wife
of Col Selden Alden Day, U. S. A.,
| since 1901.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Gardener or
Helen Hamilton Gardener or Mrs. Day
should know what she is doing, for
she's a graduate (1S72) of the Ohio
State Normal school She has spent
many years in travel In 20 countries,
collecting pictures and data on social
and political conditions. She's MEM
Der of clubs in Washington, New York,
London, Paris and Rome. She's the
author, since 1890, of six works. She's
a member of the executive board, vice
president and vice chairman of the
congressional committee of the Nation
ton. And, finally, she was appointed
to the civil service commission in
1920Lthe first woman member. Is it
likely that a woman of her experience
and official position would take $41666
every month from Uncle Sam con-
trary to law?
McCarl certainly is right as to the
"domicile" part of the law, as he lays
it down. And here's a pathetic case
that proves it:
Miss Doris Stevens was permanent
chairman of the recent election con-
ference of the National Woman's
party, at which the delegates decided
to cut loose from the whole tribe of
male politicians, TO elect 100 women
to congress this fall and to establish
woman's bloc in the house. The
delegates begged and implored Miss
Doris Stevens to be one of those 100
candidates. And that insistent demand
brought out this pitiful story:
1t appears that Miss Doris Stevens
in private life is Mrs. Dudley Field
Malone; that Mr.. Malone had estab-
lished a legal residence in Paris; that
Paris was therefore her legal resi-
dence; that she and her husband had
been restored to American citizenship
but had not resided long enough in
their American home to have even a
or-husband-and-wife law is one which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Moving Birds About Cuts
Down Egg Production.

The price of eggs will most likely
be high again in the winter and we
should have our pullets producing
these high-priced eggs to best adj
vantage, says D. III. Hall, extension
poultry husbandman at Clemson col
lege, in urging growers to put the
growing pullets in permanent quarters.
If pullets have been handled and
cared for properly, they will mature
about October / and then start
laying. After they start laying
they should not be disturbed because
when they are moved from one house
to another It always sets them back
In laying. If they have already be-
gun to lay. moving will cut down pro-
duction and in some cases will cause
a mott, which will mean no eggs.
Another important. factor in ham
ding poultry Mr.. Hall adds. is that
they must not be frightened. When
ever they are frightened by chill
dren, dogs, cats, ETC., ii will surely
curtail egg production. Sometimes
the poultryman himself will forget his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Sweet Clover Silage Is
Much Inferior to Corn

Sweet clover siiage is distinctly in
ferior to corn silage for steers. al
though it does have some succulent
merit. Silage can be made of it alone
when it is first wilted or partly dried
so as to reduce the water content to
about 60 or 20 per cent. Only fair
grade of silage can be made from
freshly cut green sweet clover mixed
with dry oat straw at time of ensiling
in the proportion of one part stock TO
six parts clover. Steers have been
fed this ration quite favorably for
short periods, but it is less palatabIe
than corn siIage and less of it will be
consumed. The best use of sweet
clover is for pasture. Remarkably
good results have been noted il vari-
Gus parts this season, but like other
plants, it does more service in its
proper place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Geese Should Have Range

Geese require fresh air in plenty,
and will not bear confinement in tight
houses. A good place for them is a
pen under an open shed from which
they can run into the barnyard or
fenced-in pasture during the day,
when they cannot be given free range.
Geese continue to bring out an annual
brood of goslings until quite aged.
An instance is known where pair of
geese produced every year for twenty
years. Geese seem to be quite free
from diseases, death resulting from old
age, accident, or the hand of the
owner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Principal Change Is That
Minimum Size Shall Be
One and a Half Inches.


prepared by the United states Department
of Agriculture.)
RevisiOns in the United States
grades for northern grown onions have
been announced by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The principal change is the separ-
alton of size and grade with the pro-
vision that unless otherwise specified
the minimum size shall be 11a inches.
If quotations are made on the basis
of U. S. No. 1 without any under
standing as TO a minimum size, 1t
should be assumed that the minimum
size is 11a inches.
u. S. No. l grade now includes spec
ificationS as to tirmneSS, maturity and
shape. A limitation has also been
placed upon the amount of decay in
connection with the usual tolerance
which is allowed to cover mistakes
which happen in the course of trad
ing and handling.
The revised grades are as follows
U. S. No. 1.
U. S. No. l shall consist of onions
of similar varietal characteristics
which are firm, mature, well shaped
free from doubles, splits. bottlenecks
scalliOns, dirt, tops or other foreign
matter and from damage caused by
sprouting, freezing, disease, insects OF
mechanical or other means. See size
classification.
In order to allow for variations in
cident to proper grading and han
ding, not more than per cent, by
weight, of any lot may be below the
requirements of this grade, but not
more than a total of two-fifths of this
tolerance or per cent, may be al
lowed for onions which are affected
by decay.
U. S. No. 2 shall consist Of onions
which do not meet the requirements
of U. S. No. l. See size classified
ton.
Unless otherwise specified the min
imum size shall be 11a inches in di
ameter.* Onions may be classified fol
size on the following basis:
Boilers, Il to 11a inches; small, n
to Ia inches; medium, IA to PA
inches; large, over pa inches.
In order to provide a class for very
large Spanish type onions grown IL
some localities, Very Large" class
is recommended for onions over
inches in diameter Onions may alst
be described as Small TO Medium" OF
Medium to Large" in accordance witt
the facts.
In order to allow for variations in
cident to proper sizing, not more thar
per cent, by weight, may be below
the specified minimum size and IL
addition, not more than 10 per cent
by weight, may be larger than thu
specified maximum size.
Definition of Terms.
AS used in these grades:
Mature" means firm, dry and wei
cured. Mid-seasOn onions which arr
not customarily held in storage shall
be considered mature when harvested
in accordance with good commercial
practice at stage which will not re
suit in the onions becoming soft OF
spongy.
"Well shaped means having the
shape characteristic of the variety, bu
slightly off-type or slightly misshaper
onions shall be admitted to Q. S. No. l
Doubles" and splits" are onions
which have developed more than one
distinct bulb. All such onions which
are either distinctly misshapen o.
which show a splitting of the outer
scales shall be excluded from U. S
No. 1.