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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
Our Readers Views
The Circus Show In Washington.

The Circus Show In Washington.
To the DAILY WORKER: The
fourth Of March was a big day for
our beloved rulers.
They had q big circus show in
Washington. The elephant performed
all his tricks again. Our Save a
penny" Coolidge and Hell an Maria"
Dawes proved to be excellent train
ers. Everybody was happy. Even
the circus star was full Of glee. 1
mean the senators who feed the ele-
plant They had their wages raised
without striking, and they were not
sold out by their union chiefs, besides
the raise (10c a day. came quite
handy: The price of booze is going
up ($140.00 a case, market price,
am proud to say that our Chicago
was not behind in expressing it's pa
triotic feelings. 500 of our best citi-
zens OF the gold coast Ga rich set
Element on the north side) took day
off and went to Washington. Their
bootleggers followed the next day.
Among the spectators you could
see William jennings Bryan, the
famous donkey trainer, who is also
well known as an opponent to the
theory of the law Of evolution. But
here with his own honest eyes he had
chance to see how an honest-to-god
donkey can eventually evolve into
great sized elephant, especially, when
the donky's forebears had their vac
uum brains filled with religious mat
ter and were carrying on a Irritation
with the ku klux khan.
Mr.. Bryan, shakes hands with Mr..
Darwin For the next four
years the elephant will wear the
crown of champion trick performer,
till Wall Street will get tired OF his
bad manners and will crown the head
of a more refined animal. So far
everything is lovelyl
BY the way, Cal had broadcasted a
speech on the theme How to feed an
elephant" He is considered to be the
best authority on that subject. CHE
was hunting striking cops in the wild
erness OF Massachusetts.)
He claims that If you feed too much
oil to an elephant, the animal is bound
to develop fatal disease, known in
medical terms as teapot domities,"
but in moderate portions oil is quite
beneficial and besides, he said, one
kind Of food is not advisable for any
animal. Food must consist Of graft,
etc.
M. RAscoN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
Final Conclusions

The carrying out of the Dawes plan
has increased International COMPETE
ton on the coal market.
The pressure brought to bear on
the miners by the coal owners is in
creasing proportionately.
Wages in Poland, Belgium and Hol-
land have been lowered. unemploy-
ment in England is increasing, and
working conditions in England and
Germany are becoming worse.
The offensive Of the coal barons
is pronouncedly international in char.
acter, and is intensifying the class
struggle.
For this reason the workers organ
izations must act on an international
scale.
THE reformists, who are in the
l closest contact with capital in
their various Netherlands, are not in
the slightest degree fitted for the
struggle in their own countries, let
alone for struggle on an international
scale.
Consequently it is the duty Of the
revolutionary miners to unite the
masses, to assume leadership and to
show them the necessity of fighting
the Dawes plan.
AT the same time 1t is necessary to
fight for the restoration of interna-
tional unity, since this alone assures
the possibility of exerting influence
over the masses of the miners.
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Formal Satisfaction

XkIITNESS Professor Alfred Web
wv er: can only say that Ebert's
conduct was entirely the contrary of
what it would have been if he had
been DESTROYS of aggravating the
strike, or of gaining any political ad-
vantage from it. On the contrary,
Ebert told me that the point of first
importance was to bring the workers
to reason. We should then be able
to calculate upon the rapid settle
ment Of the strike. l cannot remem-
Der any further details.
The question was, as these gentle
men told me, to give the workers the
formal satisfaction that their econo-
mic wishes-political questions were
not mentioned at all-were at least
being listened to. With this informa-
ton | went next day to Roedern, and
told him that had. the definite i'm
preston that the strike, should it
take place, would be settled within a
very brief period (Rote Fame, Dec.
I'D
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Regain Confidence of the Workers
WITNESS RICHARD MULLER:

NAIlTNESS RICHARD MULLER:
wv The excitement was very great
among the workers in January, 1918,
the influence of the social democrats
and the trade unions very small It
was thus an excellent opportunity for
these gentlemen to join the strike
committee, and thus to regain the con-
fidence Of the workers. l am also Of
the opinion that if the affair had turn
ed out differently at that time, these
gentlemen would have acted just as
they did act later.
MYTH reference to defence Of ma
WV tive country, vacillation has
scarcely been observable in the stand
point of the S. D. party. From the
very beginning it. preached the prin-
ciples of holding out and of national
defence. In order to prove this /
should have to produce innumerabIe
articles and resolutions here, but as
have already stated, the right wing
of social democracy has maintained
fairly consistent attitude on this ques
tion.-(Vorwarts; Dec.sST.J S
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Ebert as Strike Speaker
XATITNEss LEHNHoFF editor Of

u ~
wv the Berliner Tagehlatt, who
attended the strike meeting on the
Treptow common where Ebert spoke)
l was accustomed to Ebert's fresh and
energetic way of speaking, and from
the very beginning had the impress
sion that the speaker was much de-
pressed; his address was also ex-
tremely colorless. He declared that
It was the duty of the workers at
home to support their brothers and
fathers at the front, and to supply
them with the best possible weapons.
The workers in France and England
were not missing a single working
hour in their efforts to help their
brothers at the front. We must do our
utmost to bring about a peace which
would enable Germany to live.
1t struck me that Ebert did not ut
ter one revolutionary word.-(vor-
warts, Dec. 17.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
Coal Miners and
the Dawes Plan

Continued from page y
widespread campaign of agitation
against the Dawes plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
SociaI-Democracy Strips Itself Naked

Of putting an end to the strike as
speedily as possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07

pendents under observation as we'll
(Vorwarts, Dec. III
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AAIITNESS RICHARD MULLER:
wv At the beginning of 1918 the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07

Richard Muller on January Strike
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Sheriff Nimmo Not
Opposed to Women
Serving on Juries

Denying with some heat statements
attributed to him indicating am oppo-
sition to the drawing of women for
service on. grand or petit juries in
Bergen county, Sheriff George P. MINI
mo on Monday stated emphatically
that he is not only unopposed, but
heartily in favor of calling upon wom-
en- for such civic duties. The sheriff
was quoted in the Hudson Dispatch of
Monday last as having evidenced a
reluctance to call women for jury
service on account of the objection
able testimony often presented in the
cases heard.
The article to which the sheriff re-
fers purported to be reply by him
to protest from Mrs. Margaret Porch
Hamilton of Leonia, a leader among
Democratic women of Bergen county,
against an apparent practice of ignor-
ing women when grand jury panels
are made up. No woman has been
called upon to serve in such capacity
in the county in the past two years,
she said.
The sheriff's reply quoted him as
saying that the principal reason for
the omission to which Mrs. Hamil-
ton objects was a desire on the part
of the jury commissioner to protect
women from unnecessary embarrass-
ment inevitable to Jurors.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Annual Community
Concert in Edgewater

The tenth annual community Christ
mas concert is scheduled to be held
in the auditorium of Schol No. /
Undercliff avenue, Edgewater, on
Tuesday evening.
A chorus of sixty school children
under the direction of Miss Helen
Latham, supervisor of music, will sing
old carols.
The community chorus, under the
direction of Supervising Principal
William F. Conway, will present a
pleasing program consisting of an
cient and modern Christmas music.
The Edgewater Community Chorus
is composed of the following: Mrs. N.
B. Allen, Miss Pearl Cummings, Miss
Isable Gillie, Miss Veda Hindt, Mrs.
John Higgins, Miss Ellen Janson,
Mrs Amelia Lamb, Mrs. Edmund
Quinn, Miss Jane Price, Mrs. Irene
Thomson, Miss Gertrude Thomson,
Mrs. John Dosenberry, Miss Jane
Schell, Mrs. Lester Burdett, Miss
Carolyn Van Gelder, Miss Elizabeth
Weir, N. B. Allen, Gustav Dohring, j.
Edwin Greer, R. C. Holsag, E. Jaca,
William Leary, A. H. Medlicott, Ber-
nard Murphy, Haddon Robin, Will
liam J. Ryan, Arnold Tanner.
The concert will begin promptly at
SIS, and admission will be free to
ALL
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Detectives Find Couple
Wanted at Rosebud Inn

Private detectives seeking evidence
for a divorce case visited the Rose.
bud Inn, a resort on Dan Kelly's Hill
road in Fairview Sunday night and
claim they obtained what they were
after.
Mrs. Anna Porper, 33, of 113 Hut
ton street, Jersey City, and Albert
Veitmeyer, SO, of 1S4 Sherman avenue,
Jersey City, were taken to the police
station in Fairview, and have been
held under $500 bail each on charges
of immoral conduct. They are to
answer to the charge on Friday, be-
fore Recorder Tracey.
Veitmeyer is broker in the Hud
son City section of Jersey City, and
the arrests followed the retention Of
detectives to follow him.
According to Detective Walter s..
lie Tourneau, of a Jersey City pri-
vate agency, who made the raid with
Mrs. Veitmeyer, the man and woman
were found in the same room in
dishabille when Mrs. Veltmeyer forced
open the door. LIE Tourneau was as
sisted by Detective Dominick Avail
lone, of the same agency.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

ITO spank a child is to confess
your failure as a parent" says Mrs.
Sidonie Matsner Gutenberg, director
of the Child Study Association of
America, Inc, which this month is
holding the first parents conference
on child study ever assembled in this
country. She admits that children
are often provoking, but she thinks
also that it is time we recognized
child-spanking as an archaic way of
correcting their failures.
There may have been some justifi-
cation for Solomon" she explains,
"who was the author of the household
maxim, Spare the rod and spoil the
child He, poor fellow, with his nu-
merous wives and overwhelming
number of progeny, probably didn't
know the names of half his children,
nor which were his and which be-
longed to the neighbors. 1t would be
too much to expect such a father to
use persuasion and explanation in
stead of the rod or the slipper. But
the home of the polygamous despot
of the Orient in those days was very
different from the small family of to-
day, and we hardly have to cling to
the methods which he may have found
useful.
Develop intelligence and comrade-
ship in your children, and sense OF
responsibility will grow in them that
will make punishment unnecessary,
says Mrs. Gutenberg.
This is one of the topics that will
be discussed at the conference which
this Association is holding at the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York,
Oct. 1928. 1t is called conference
on modern parenthood. Many of the
perplexing difficulties about bringing
up children will be talked over, and
specialists on child study from Eng
land and as far West as California
will attend. 1t is expected to be a
great occasion for parents, who often
are baffled by the ways of their chill.
dren, and parents from every part of
the country will come.
ITO spank a child for every little
offense is like giving one medicine for
all ailments" says Mrs. Gutenberg,
'and does just about as much good
| The spanked child will not stop his
| wrongdoing. He will merely look
sharp that he is not caught again.
"Child-spanking is simply allowing
yourself to be mastered by the ami
NAL instinct to strike back Do we
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Carl Mute, Artist, Has
Done Notable Work

The beautiful work Of Carl Mute
is creating widespread attention. His
most recent work includes the ar
tistic paintings which grace the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Heuer of Thirty-fifth
street and Palisade avenue, Woodcliff
Mr. Mutze has decorated many
homes of people of prominence in
this state as well as in other states.
He has also decorated various the
atres for Keith, among these being
the Strand Theatre in Spring Valley,
N. Y, and several in Amsterdam, N.
Y. He has also made sketches for
several historical pageants of the
City of Philadelphia, the City of Chi
cago, the Ohio Valley Exposition and
the Pennsylvania Railroad exhibits in
San Francisco and Philadelphia. His
paintings hang in many places in
Philadelphia, such as the Union
League Club, Horticultural Hall, Ma
sonic Temple, and various churches.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Director of Child Study Association
Does Not Believe in Spanking Children

ever stop to consider the childs mo-
tive or intent when we spank him
for something that has caused annoy
ance? No, we are merely responding
to the result of his action. We are
displaying the same instinct that So
ciety shows when it seeks to avenge
itself on the criminal. An eye for an
eye,' it says. At best, we are trying
to frighten the child from doing
wrong another time.
What we should do is to develop
the child's impulse to do right by ap-
pealing to his own initiative and rea-'
soning faculties, and making a re-
sponsible human being out of him. To
bring him up in blind obedience to
his parents will not do this. Instead
of spanking him for breaking the
dish, give him something to play with
that he can break or bend to his
purpose in another way, like clay.
Supply him materials out of which he
can create things. If parents take
this constructive, understanding atti-
tude toward children, they will find
that the need for punishment grows
less"
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Letter From Sister Agatha
Read at Auxiliary Meeting

At the special meeting of the Grant
wood Auxiliary of the Holy Name
Teaneck Hospital, in the Grantwood
School clinic room, Mrs. Siegrist,
President, in the chair, a nominating
committee was appointed to select
candidates for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Catharine Fox is chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. Margaret Horan, Mrs.
M. Korb and Mrs. Thiess.
The election of officers will take
place on January Is, and there will
be no more meetings this month on
account of the holidays.
The following regular members
were enrolled Mrs. Marian Millner,
Mrs. A Lewmann, Mrs. NJ. Holohan,
Mrs. Charles O'Reilly, and Mrs.
Catherine Fox.
Associate members elected were
Mrs. NJ Talbot, Mrs. "A. Phillips, and
Mr. Charles OReilly.
A letter was read by the secretary,
Mrs Ahearn, sent by Superior Mother
Agatha who has sailed for Rome and
will be of interest to all.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18

To the Editor-There are but two
ways of raising money to pay for a
public improvement The funds must
come either from a charge for the
use of the improvement, or must be
paid in the form of taxation by the
owners of real estate.
In most public necessities, such as
schools, police, almshouses, court
houses, lighting, roads, river dredg
or impossible for the funds for con
struction or maintenance to be raised
by charge for their use.
In some instances, however, this
plan is followed; notably in the Ma
tional Postal System, and in such
county offices as clerk, register OF
wills, recorder of deeds, ETC. Each
of these county offices is an absolute
public necessity, yet the fees charged
to those who use them pay all of the
expenses, and usually provide a sur.
plus to be used by the county for
other purposes.
Now there comes along a great pub
lie improvement, the Delaware River
Bridge, realized after a hundred years
of talking and planning. 1t is admit
tedly great public necessity and a
great public convenience, but it must
also be admitted that it will cost ap
proximately forty millions of dollars
real dollars; and each dollar bearing
interest until it is paid.
How shall the money be raised?
1t so happens that this great pub
lie improvement is of such a nature
that charge can readily be made fol
the use of it.
BY charging a moderate fee to We
hicles passing over it, say 25 cents fol
an ordinary automobile, enough mon
ey would be taken in to maintain the
bridge, pay interest on the bonds, an6
provide a sinking fund which would
retire the bonds in twenty years OF
less. The tolls could then be taker
off and the bridge made free, and the
states of New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania would be in the happy position
of owning the greatest bridge in the
world, without it's having been bur
den upon the taxpayer.
There would be no need to make 6
charge for foot passengers. Anyone
willing to make the two-mile walk
from the center of one city to the
center of the other, should have the
privilege.
OF course, there is a great demand
for free bridge. This is quite nat
ural. Only one person out of every
ten owns real estate, and the Other
nine persons are glad to have the
unlucky tenth one pay for all public
improvements.
Probably but one automobile driver
out of twenty is the owner of rea
estate (more than three-fourths of al
cars sold are sold on the instalment
plan, and are really owned by finance
companies, and not by those who rur
them), and the nineteen drivers who
do not own real estate, are enthusi
astic over having the twentieth driver
pay for the bridge for their common
use.
In one of the great newspapers Of
Philadelphia there appeared recently
two editorials. The first was headed
"City Taxes Should be Reduced" Tht
second editorial was directly beneath
the first, and was headed "The Bridge
Should be Free" Now, you can no
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
LOUIS B. MOFFETT OF PHILADELPHIA
TALKS SANELY ABOUT BRIDGE TOLLS

pay S20,000,000 for one-half of a
bridge without increasing taxes.
All taxpayers agree that taxes are
too high. President Coolidge is per-
forming notable public service in
insisting upon reduction of national
expenditures and national taxes, and
much of his great popularity is due
to his infexible attitude on that prop
osition.
New Jersey is convinced that tolls
are desirable. 1t is not political
question. Both parties are publicly
committed to it.
Public opinion in Pennsylvania has
been led to the belief that a free
bridge is desirable, yet many Penn
sylvania officials will admit freely, in
private, that they are in favor of tolls
until the bridge is paid for. Twenty
million dollars of bridge funds could
be diverted to road building with-very
beneficial results.
The only objection to tolls that is
raised, is that their collection will
delay traffic. There will be little de-
lay in each drivers handing out a
quarter as he enters the bridge. 1t
would not slow up traffic as much
as traffic lights. Pennsylvanians are
quite used to delays of from one to
four hours in crossing by ferry.
The statement is sometimes made
that the bridge will be of more ben
eft to New Jersey than to Pennsyl-
vania, and that taxation from in
creased realty values in New Jersey
will provide all the funds necessary
for the bridge.
This statement contains two falla-
cies, and third one is implied.
The first fallacy is, that more ve-
hicles from New Jersey will use the
bridge than from Pennsylvania. The
reverse will probably prove to be true.
| The second fallacy is, that in
creased taxable values will provide
funds 1t is true that new communi-
ties are springing up, and old ones
enlarging. This means that the in
creased taxes will be required for
larger school facilities, and other
| local expenses, and the state will need
all of it's share to supply the never
ending demand for roads and other
State enterprises.
The third fallacy implied in the
statement, is that realty values have
increased more in New Jersey than
in Pennsylvania. 1t is true that
realty values within radius of Is
miles from the Camden Court House
have greatly increased, but the same
is true within radius of Is miles
from the Philadelphia City Hall. A
glance at the real estate column in
any Philadelphia daily will confirm
| this
Are not the following questions
pertinent to the subject?
Why should property owner who
does not own a car be taxed for a
bridge?
Why should a poor widow, who
owns nothing but house purchased
with her husbands insurance money
be taxed for a bridge?
Why should the residents of upper
New Jersey, and central and western
Pennsylvania, be taxed for bridge
Why should not the owners of We
hicles, who use the bridge for bust
ness, convenience or pleasure, be
willing to pay modest charge until
the bridge is paid for?
Very truly yours,
LOUIS B. MOFFETT.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Fl. Lee Orphan Home
Christmas Greeting

Cards are being sent out by the
Home, to the many friends of the
children in Palisade.
The card was designed and fur
nished gratis by well known artist,
and the greeting was written by a
lady of high standing in the Literary
World.
The photo is that of the late John
Nelson, founder of the Home, and
who was so dearly loved by all his 92
children.
Dolls for the girls and toys for the
boys have been pledged.
A Fraternal Organization is giving
every boy and girl pair of shoes and
rubbers.
Christmas goodies are needed for
the Christmas dinner.
Money is needed badly for clothing
and other supplies.
You will find it very pleasant to do
something for an orphan child.
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
"Teaneck Hospital,

My Dear Mrs. Siegrist:
You and your co-workers are SIM
ply splendid God bless and reward
you ALL You have no idea how much
encouragement you give us by your
cooperation. Thank God, good work
is already being done here. We have
had over fifty operations in three
weeks, besides four happy deaths
and quite a number of births.
All the auxiliaries and helpers have
a share in that good work and also a
large share in the prayers of our
Sisters, and those under our care.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Sister Agatha"
Palisadian., 1925-12-18
Announcement

David Kisch of Palisade announces his
entry into the insurance field and will con-
duct a general insurance business in his
Office in New York City, Room 616, Penn
sylvania Building, 225 West 34th Street,
and from his home in Palisade at 1908 Alb
bott Boulevard.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-15
NO INCREASE IN
SUGAR CONTENT
OF GRAPES NOW
Harrigan Wires Meeting
Endorses Further
Research

b. y. IIarrigan, county horticul-
tural commissioner, who has been in
Sacramento for the past week, at
tending the special conference
which is b"ing held there on the in
troi5etion of q new law raising the
minimum sugar content Of grapes,
wired this morning that the propos-
Cd Law was not favorably received
and no action would be taken until
the situation had been thoroughly
looked into,
san joaquin Valley advocated
the measure asking that the pre-
sent minimum sugar content of
grapes bc raised from L per cent
10 10 peg cent, Ilarrigan and Il
special committee attended the
conference AMI opposed this met
sure.
Following is the Telegram re-
eeived:
Grape meeting went on record
endorsing no increase i'll present
sugar content Of grape5 until fur
the, research work IS done.
3. T. lARRiGAN.