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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

NAN anyone imagine a more dis
tressing climax to heroic deed
after scrambling through the mar
row cab window, over the whirling driving
wheels, along the shaking side of his
locomotive out onto the pilot just in time
to snatch the child from the jaws of
death and then--to drop it right back
into them again?
That is too much. Any moving picture
audience would be sickened by that last
horror and resent it. But this was not
picture, it really happened out in Ne
braska and the only audience was poor
dog who got nervous prostration trying
to get human beings to find out the rest
of the story for him.
The child is little Cecil Keiser, not quite
. four years old, who lives with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keiser, and the dog,
Buster, at their home near the Burlington
Railroad track, in Stamford, Nebraska.
On nice warm Fall afternoon recent
ly, Mrs. Keiser placed Cecil out in the
yard to play with the dog, in the sun.
Mindful of the rails only few hundred
feet away where trains dash past at all
hours, the Keisers had enclosed their yard
in chicken wire which was supposed to be
"kid-proof," but wasn't.
Mr.. Keiser was away at his business
and his wife was so busy with housework
that her suspicious were not aroused by
a rather prolonged silence from the yard,
though all mothers know that such silence
often means mischief. Cecil was silent
because he was as busy as his mother.
He had found place where by long and
repeated effort he managed to pull up
the bottom of the wire and at last to
crawl through to freedom.
When Buster saw the boy stand up on
the other side, the silence was broken by
his barks Busters ancestors did not come
over with the Mayflower, but he has
lovable qualities and is about as old as
his master and in some ways more worldly
WISE He knew that Cecil ought not to
be on the other side of that wire and he
told the world so. Mrs. Keiser heard him,
, but did not understand.
Cecil toddled away delighted with his
Nliberty and Buster, finding that nobody
paid any attention to his warnings, did
The next best thing. He. scraped his way
under the chicken wire and joined the
boy.
There is short gap in the story here,
for no human eye watched the progress
of the child and the dog down to those
deadly rails. Maybe the dog tried to stop
him or maybe he thought the boy knew
as much about railroad tracks as he did,
until too late.
After some time, Mrs. Keiser heard the
shriekng of violently applied air-brakes
as a train stiffened out and slid to a quick
ston She knew that this meant that
something was on the track, but did not
dream that the something was her own
little boy Very soon came putting and
snoring sounds indicating that an inn
patient locomotive was on its way again.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

Right on the heels of this she heard
Buster barking again. This time the
dog got attention. They were rapid
fire, historical banks, AN octave above
those that mean a cat up a tree and
almost at the yi-I've-been-run-over-
by-a-ford" pitch.
Mrs keiser took one look from the
window and then ran out without
stopping to dry her hands. She did
not see the loose spot in the wire, and d.
Buster did not point it out to her be- .
cause it was now of no Importance.
She ought to have looked when he
first told her. Not knowing how the
youngster could have escaped without
aid her first dread was kidnapers. But
when the dog led her straight to the
tracks she began to pray that it might be
nothing worse.
The mother called to some of the neigh
bors as she ran and soon quite a party
joined her at the tracks. They looked both
ways along the curving rails, but at first
saw nothing. Then, of course, they looked
cap and, few feet further along the
right of way, his muzzle pointed to a
spoon which Mrs. Keiser recognized as
one her son had been playing with.
By this Buster was able to convince
them that something had happened to
Cecil on those tracks, but where was the
boy or his body or any signs of blood?
They urged Buster to go find him.
In response to this and as if he knew
just where he was going, Buster led them
off down the track and they followed and
followed until they were tired and it be-
came evident that he could not have any
particular place in mind. Finally they
turned back and he followed, protesting.
To his disgust they went back and stared
stupidity at the spot where the cap had
been found. Then they went to tele-
phones, and from the dogs point of view
frittered away valuable time talking in
stead of following him down those tracks.
If they had followed him far enough
they would sometime have reached Or
leans. the next big town, where little
Cecil lay in the office of DIR. Rumble.
After while the ticket agent at Stamford
got busy with his telegraph key and got
that very information for them.
lnlmeulaJely MIS-. helSer ana some OF
the Others dashed away for Orleans in a
neighbor's automobile and, unfortunately,
there was no room for poor dog of low
degree. They left him behind to cry his
heart out He knew by the excitement
that they were on their way to learn the
end of that story whether Cecil was alive
and going to live or not, and now, after
all he had done, they were leaving him
flat To prevent his following the car
they had to add the further insult of ty-
ing him up.
This is what had happened. Passenger
train No. 100 was coming along between
Hollinger and Stamford, ten minutes late
and in hurry. 1t was therefore up to
the engineer to take the curve between
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

They We're Shooting Around Sharp
What Was Ahead But Fireman His Side
Child Rise Up from the Middle of the Track Stand Staring
Onrushng Locomotive Shouting
Sutton Plunged Through the Little Glass Along
ningoad and Jumped the Pilot of the Engine Far
Front of the Locomotive He
Younger and Lift Him Safety
Slipped the Precious Human
to the Track and Disappeared Under the Locomotive
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

catcher plows along.
The engine shivered
like the skin of a
horse trying to shake
off a fly. But this
fly would not be
shaken.
Sutton's instantan-
cous Judgment that
the train could not be
stopped in time was
right. The engineer.
snatching a glance
out of the other win
dow, got a glimpse
of the boy still stand
ing as if paralyzed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10
Fiction and the Bourgeoisie

THE vanguard of the workers buys
4 books, and plenty of them, but OBJ
viously they are not of the vintage
which appears in the sections Of the
Times Book Review-with exceptions,
Of course. For this organ of the bour-
geoisie, in its hollow efforts to appear
learned and wellinformed, is compel
led to review in it's columns the eco
nomic, sociological and political works
from the pens of proletarian writer's
especially since the momentous
Bolshevist revolution in Russia. 1t
does SO, however, with great pain
casting abuse, ridicule and downright
misrepresentation at the heads of the
worker theoreticians.
ONCE the books to the tune Of 293
~ in one season are not read by the
proletarfat, We must conclude that
either the middle class or the bour-
geoisie proper devour this great crop.
AS a matter of fact, it is both. The
middle class, as Marx pointed out, are
constantly aping their brethren Of the
four hundred. The middle class being
by far the greater of the two in num-
bers, is the greatest consumer Of this
literary trash which is called fiction.
Their homes are just Uttered with
two-dollar sellers
THE publishers, like efficient bust
4 ness men that they are, have stud
led the wants of their customers, and
accordingly they feed them abundant
ly with the romantic moonshine, in
fated hopes, corrugated love affairs
that is the dominant mental compost
ton of the petty bourgeoisie. 1t is a
rarity to find a proletarian as the
hero or leading character in these
novels. Indeed l have yet to hear of
one. The trashy romance invariably
centers on some young medico, strug-
Cling bourgeoisie writer, a parson
spreading the gifts of christianity in
backward Zululand or a millionaire
who takes pity on poor working
goil' and then marries her just for
sheer romance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10
BY MoRD w.Leus.

TN recent issue Of the Times Book
1 Review we found the total number
Of books prominently advertised to
be 1893. This enormous amount Of
reading matter is not, as the reader
may infer, advertisements Of old
classics, but is, on the contrary, the
current output from the pens of bour-
geois authors. OF course, here and
there a bookseller may throw in a re-
print Of an old master, for the simple
reason, no doubt, to embellish and
make more attractive the rubbish for
which he asks good money in ex-
change. But in the main, the crop is
new.
GENERAL questions automatically
~ suggest themselves. Who reads
these books? And what are their
contents? We shall answer the sec
ond question first. Out Of the total
of 1913, we counted no less than 1888
as fiction. The remaining ITO COM
prise everything from autobiography
to travel and science. However, since
autobiography and travel are but an
other form of fiction, It would be safe
to add another Is to the fiction divis-
ion so that the ratio would be 20S:S5
or 70 per cent fiction to 80 per cent
non-fiction.
NOW who reads these works? AS
~ asclass, the proletariat has not
the means to afford books. Then,
there are, in round numbers, five mil
lion proletarians and poor farmers in
this country who cannot read and
write. The workday, if one includes
the travelling in crowded trains to and
from work, does not allow the worker
much time for reading except when
he is out of work; but then his mind
is so occupied with finding a job that
he can not put himself in the frame
of mind which makes reading enjoy
able.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10
Unity Without Victors or Vanquished

to the policy Of letting things drift.
After the war, connections were final
ly re-established in the International
Trade Union Federation. At the
Washington Congress one witnessed
to a certain extent a new spirit. At
no time previously had the Interna-
tional Trade Union Federation dealt
with political questions. This time
protest was made against the blockade
against Soviet Russia by the allies.
But in spite of everything collabora-
ton with the bourgeoisie was contin-
ued. If4one wishes to fight effectively
against war, one must ruthlessly
break with the bourgeoisie., No COM
promise with capitalism!
THINGS would undoubtedly have
4 made better progress if we had
not gone to Washington in order to
deal with the German reparations.
What does II matter to us from whom
the entente takes money, if it only
does not take it from the pockets of
the workers? At this congress we
were an instrument in the hands of
capitalism. The proletariat will not
emancipate itself so long as we get
our orders from government-offices.
ATHEN the International Federation
w of Trade Unions had the oppor-
tunity of making a powerful protest
against the occupation OF the Ruhr,
several delegates refused to do this.
There is no doubt this was because
it would have displeased their govern
ments. l believe that the working
class is farther from its goal than it
was before the war. All socialist"
governments, in Germany In England,
In Belgium, etc, may they be entirely
three-qusrters or half socialist, are
nothing else than screens behind
which capitalism exploits the working
class. 'n.i,f
Whether the ministers are socialists
or conservatives is a matter OF indif-
ference to- the capitalists, II they only
continue TO receive their coupons and
retain possession of the factories. So
long as there is any dirty work to be
done they gladly make use Of social
democracy; when however the job has
been finished, they give 1.-THE kick-out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10

WHY wonder then, that the middle
W class is so proverbialIy stupid ?
1t is not by accident that the profess
sor has been pictured on the vaude-
vile stage as a dreamy, stupid sap
head writing poetry under tree. The
image of the stupid professor is uni
versal, for in him is brilliantly TO-
cused the dullest virtues and preju-
dices Of the middle class. The pro-
lessor carries himself with pompous
dignity and at the same time obse-
Quiously truckles to the capitalist
class which pays him and feeds him
The professor is an expert in his par
ticular branch of knowledge but out
side Of it, he is lost. This is proven
by the fact that the social revolution
in Russia, which is unquestionably
the most stupendous event since the
great French upheaval, has made lit
tie or no impression on them as a
class.
WE happen to be acquainted with a
low byPACdA u4OuuuCIo VI ILO llAu-
die class, and sad to relate, it is i'm
possible to engage these learned men
in serious conversation on Russia.
They have no interest In, and are in
capable of, sustained discussion on
the subject. They are quickly bored.
To them, that is, as class, the cree
ton of the first workers and peas
ants government in the world is of
no more significance than a palace
revolution in the South Sea Islands
What can one expect from such a
decadent element? omancei-and
the publishers see to it that they get
it.
T EFT us now pass in review some
- Of the titles taken at random and
the verbal dresses with which they
are embellished.
Here is a full page display of Ell
bert Hubbard's Scrap Book. Scrap
book is right! The publisher Of this
opus stops to inform us that the au-
thor is "the great, many-sided genius
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10

who has produced great storehouse
of beautiful thots and sound wisdom"
all for $3.50 cash.
"A gale of laughter, a paroxysm of
mirth," is the story Of Bill the Con-
queror Believe it if you wish.
"a brillian novel Of manners and
morals" is Those Barren Leaves.
uERE is one that's a knockout.
IL 1t is entitled: Private Memoirs of
a Justified Sinner-"a book of gent
u.s." These memoirs have nothing in
common with anything else that has
ever been written" so says the pub
Usher. Whenever a publisher is short
of cash, he is sure to find handy
"genius" to help him out.
Windows Facing West is described
as ruthless in its veracity, so illum-
mating in its ruthlessness. = sa
The Cactus, "a mysterious double
tragedy, in Greenwich Village, the
tangled skeins Of intrigue, mystery,
adventure, and rornance"--in fact, it is
anything you want. Two dollars
cash.
VOU should read the Life of Christ
because it is the outburst (sic)
of prophetic soul who has felt the
Transforming power Of Chris"
because it is such books as these
that open the prison door and let
Jesus into his world and because it
may become one of the masterpieces
of all literature" if you wish to be-
lieve the scribe in the Chicago Trib-
une who wrote the last because"
This is the mental refuse that the
middle class and the big bourgeoisie
nourish their minds with. And it is
these two dedacedent and moribund
classes that are held up to the prole-
tariat as paragons of virtue, pillars Of
society, the brains of industry and the
incarnation of self-respect.
The bourgeoisie as a class, is eco
nomically on the decline. It's litera-
ture which is its mouthpiece cannot
avoid expressing this decline be it in
life, science or art.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10

I repeat once more: we are weaker
than before the war.
IF the proletariat is at present an
L easy object of exploitation, the
reason for this is the splitting of the
ranks of the workers. Both sides re-
proach each other with betrayal. We
have lost sight of our class interests,
of the irreconcilable fight against cap
italism. Our movement experienced
how much weaker it's real social action
has become. Then there took place
the founding of the Red International
of Labor Unions in Moscow. Since
then there has developed real fight
between two proletarian groups. In
all countries one group has sided with
Amsterdam, another group has turned
to Moscow. Thus we have helped the
capitalists who acquired greater free
dom to exploit the workers. ~
A LREADY before the war capitalism
"A was internationally united. And
it remained so during the great slaugh
ter.
Where however is our unity? We
have not even yet built the bridge
which unite us, but we must do so. 1t
seems as if our hate is greater against
those workers who are not of the same
political opinion as us than it is
against our common exploiters. And
this situation will become even worse
if we do not find the way to greater
unity on a national and an interna-
ional scale.
TN various countries two groups Of
workers of equal Importance con-
front each other. This leads to the
weakening Of the one as much as of
the other.
For the workers it is of enormous
Importance that unity be realized. The
first attempt which was made at the
time of the conference at Berlin failed.
The differences were still too great,
The International Federation OF
Trade Unions has now, after an ex-
change Of letters, adopted resolution
of Stenhuis. II declares that we are
ready to admit the Russians, IL they
express the desire to be admitted
then negotiations will be entered into.
Personally | was against this: negotia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10

tons should be entered into first in
order then to determine our attitude.
TN my opinion, in the struggle be-
tween Amsterdam and Moscow
there must be neither victors nor van
pushed. There must no longer be any
talk Of Amsterdam or Moscow, but
only of united international which
shall embrace all peoples and all
countries, of great trade union move
ment which must stand on the basis
of irreconcilabIe class war s.
TN our ranks it is thought that the
4 Russians did not play an open
game. OF course the Russians place
the revolutionary class struggle in the
foreground, and l entirely agree with
them. There is lot of talk about
Russia; but who had the good sense
to go to Russia in order to see things
myself, am profoundly convinced that
the Russians sincerely desire unity.
On this basis a way can be found for
a new advance by the. proletariat and
for the victory over the exploiters.
am therefore not pessimistic. ]. ! firm
ly believe in the power OF the OBJ
pressed proletariat..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10

Some days ago Edo Fimmen, sec
rotary of the International Trans
port Workers. Federation, delivered
a great speech at a workers. meet
ing in Leeurwarden, from which
we give below the most important
passages. As
TN all countries the workers are ex-
posed to the most brutal reaction:
white terror in the Balkans, in Poland
and in the Baltic countries, military
dictatorship in Hungary and in Spain,
fascism in Italy.
Is the fate of the workers under
democracy" any better?
In Germany in 1918 there was well
coined the dawn of a new era. Today,
however, the working class has fewer
rights under the. republic than under
the kaiser. The regime which pre-
walls today is the most pitiless that
history has ever known. The nation
alists have nothing to fear, but the
workers are skinned and 1000 to 5000
of them are languishing in prison.
LNNGLAND has had a labor govern
~ ment. 1t is now under the rule
Of the conservatives, who are prepar-
ing to deliver severe blow to the
trade unions.
There is a lot of talk about nation
alizing production" But in spite of
the fact that there are factory coun-
ellis in Germany and Austria, the work
ers have less to say in the matter than
before the war.
Wages rose during the war. Since
then they have only been reduced. The
cost Of living is not falling to the same
extent. After wages, the eight-hour
day is being attacked Bit by bit
everything is being taken away from
the working class. @A"~ tA
7 SHALL be accused OF epessimism.
4 But il is a long time since ] sound
ed the toscin and demanded that trade
union activity should adopt a new
course. challenge anybody TO prove
that / painted things too black. We
must see the practical results of the
situation. There are leaders who wish
TO return to the old pre-war tactics,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-09-04

Moved at the anthracite mines d.
s22 earned less than $1,000 year,
and only 1856 earned more than
$4,000. How can American stand
ards of living be achieved on such
an income?
This situation is not one that
earns praise for American business
ability. The average citizen thinks
little about the coal unless a strike
is imminent or in progress and then
he thinks emotionally and from a
selfish point of view. But the coal
industry needs technical ability ANA
economic craftsmanship.
The miners deserve the better
conditions for which they contend.
Their demands are in harmony with
American ideals of life and busi-
ness.-The American Federationist.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-09-04

State highway officials ,as..
When a State road Is paved =.
State assumes full fespopsiAq.'
for its upkeep forever. In a8.5...l
to maintaining the highway
must exercise such control a.
traffic as to insure that the ro.1
are not put to improper use
In the following statement e.
c. r. Miller, Director Of The n.
partment of Public Works a.
Buildings, and Frank T. Sbas.,
Chief Highway Engineer, give =,
interesting example of one Of =.
many problems the highwa, a,
Gals must face in preventing abs..
OF State bond issue roads:
I'VE are constantly bejpg
sieged by requests from all nan,
of the State for permission to mov.
houses and other buildings on ON,
paved highways. Charged as ".
are with the responsibility of "a.
ing that the enormous inves,ns,,
of the State in highways Improve.
ment is conserved to the utnos
and that our roads are at all time,
kept as free as possible of al
traffic hazards, We have refused d
grant such permits.
Our attitude in this matter /,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-09-04
Preventing Abuse
of State Bond
Issue Roads

The building and maintenance Of
the State roads is only part of the
duty of the Division of Highways,
according to an interview with the
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