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Evening star., 1926-08-09

An eminent architect regards city
life as impractical in view of the con-
centration of population. which a short
time will bring. This concentration
may find a relief, as good roads, mo-
tors. the motion picture and the radio
make it about as convenient to live
in one place as another.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Road improvements are going
ahead at rapid rate in all parts Of
the country. So long as parking
spaces cannot be provided, some ar
rangement must be made to permit
the f1ivvers to keep moving.
Evening star., 1926-08-09
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Evening star., 1926-08-09

Mexico has for some time been look.
ing for trouble. In developing a clash
between church and state she has
discovered the greatest kind of trouble
known to the ages.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

According to some of the inyestiga.
tors of the Hall-Mills mystery, one OF
Its chief mysteries lies In the fact
that 1t is allowed to remain a mystery
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. Where is the headquarters OF tho
American Historical Association
W. w.
A. Room 114o Woodward Building.
Washington, ID. &.
Q. How much building was done in
Florida last yesr?-N. s. NJ
\. Construction expenditures total
ing $225 100000 were recorded In
Florida in 1928.
q. How many soldiers are there in
all the armies of the world?-R. r. II.
A. Figures compiled by the United
States War department and revised
as of August 81. 1925. show the per
sonnel of the combined armies of the
world to be about 6.ooO,00o
Q. Where did the Timucua and
Hitchiti Indians live? Were they as
intelligent as the Seminoles?--
\. s. McQ.
\. The Bureau of American Eth
nology says that the Timucua Indians
formerly lived south Of Okefenokee
Swamp and the fIitchiti Indians north
of 1t. The intelligence OF both was
practically the same as that of the
Seminole Indians.
Q. Is the best lapis lazuli plain
blue or streaked with white
NJ. II. h.
A. Good lapis lazuli should no.
contain white spots. but be Of uni
form color.
Q. How many islands are there in
the Bahamas?-J. G.. n.
4. There are 20 inhabited isla rde
in the Bahamas group and many nm
inhabited islands and rocks.
@. How can gilt picture frames h'
cleaned?-H. l.. G.. r.
A. There are several home methods
which may be followed. a sponge
dampened with oil OF turpentine may
be rubbed lightly over the frame. Il
will take off dirt and fly marks.
Then leave the frames TO dry. An
other brightener is a freshly cut
onion. After two hours wipe with
sponge moistened with rain water and
dry with a soft cloth.
G. How is velvet made"-M Y. :.
A. The pile surface Of velvet Is
formed by an extra set or warp
threads looped over wires SO that the
loops rise in relief. When tho pile i
to I've cut pile. the wires have knife
at the end which cuts the loops as II is
withdrawn. Plain velvcts are often
woven double on the machine loom,
without wires. the pile being formed
by special warps that PASS hack and
forth between the upper and the
lower parts of a double cloth.
c. How should gasoline fire be
quenched? Il. u. II.
a. In order to put out a gasoline
fire. it must be smothered with sand. a
blanket or some such device.
q. What was the population Of the
world i'm the time of Christ?-H. II.
A. There are, of course. no actual
statistics as to the population of the
world at tho time of Christ. Little Of
tho world was known at that time 10
tho nations which have since recorded
and made history. An estimate placed
the number at $4,000. 900 in the known
world. The present population --latest
estimate) is 1.S5o.000,0 900.
@ When was Fort Massachusetts,
estahlished:--E A. Il.
A. Fort Massachusetts on Ship Is
land. Miss. is located in Mississippi
Sound 80 miles north off tho Chande
leaur stands The construction OF
this fort began in 1895. The port was
also known as Ship Island during the
Civil War.
G. Is we'll watS too cold and hard
to spray on plants"--G. n. T.
A. Cold. hard we'll water has been
known to injure plants. Sometimes II
Is due to the temperature and other
times to the composition of the water.
q. Does it hurt singer to drinl,
ice cream soda p NJ. IT,
Evening star., 1926-08-09

The Jersey coast no longer mon.
tions the sea serpent. A homicide
mystery is now the extra added at.
traction.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Among the citizens Of France there
are necessarily number who do not
face taxation with equanimity unless
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Disdainful Of the cautious advice of
trainers. Gertrude Ederlc swan the
Channel. Conservative restraint is
valuable, hut it is self-reliance upon
natural gifts that eventually wins.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Darkest Russia" Is no longer q
current phrase. Russia has the spot
light all the time.
Evening star., 1926-08-09
EemiuiStic Triumph.

A girl the Channel svilns with case
And beats the previous score.
The male athlete stands at his ease,
Applaudins on the shore.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Old-fashioned oratory has disap
peared. All that is left Of 1t Is the
carefully modulated expression Of the
radio announcer.
Evening star., 1926-08-09
Conflicting Considerations.

Conflicting Considerations.
do you think it proper to squander
money In an election?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
"And yet no politician can hope to
make hit by getting the reputation
Of being stingy."
Evening star., 1926-08-09

DE preservation of de forests is
more important dan ever" said Uncle
Eben, ''if it kin be worked out % as
to stop de wood alcohol" .
Evening star., 1926-08-09

The Evening Star. Nth the sunday morn
ing edition. Is delivered by carriers within
the city at so cents per month: daily only.
45 cents per month; sunday only. 90 cents
rer month. Orders may he sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Jud Tunkins says a man can tell
all he knows In an hour or so. It's
what he imagines that takes unlimited
time.
Evening star., 1926-08-09
Poetry of Motion.

The jazz band with its quiver
This question always brings:
Why must the drummer shiyer
AS if he sat on springs?
Evening star., 1926-08-09
The Worm Turns.

The Worm Turns.
"A woman has no sense of humor,"
said Mr. Meekton.
How do you know" inquired Hen
rietta.
"1f she had any, her looking.glass
would make her laugh so much that
she'd spoil her makeup"
"A war" said Hi Ho, the Chinese
philosopher. ''is by two many states
men regarded only as a sporting event
in the annals Of diplomacy"
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Q. How many islands are there in
the Bahamas?-J. G.. n.
a. There are 20 inhabited islands
in the Bahamas group and many I'M
inhabited islands and rocks.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. Is the best lapis lazuli plain
blue or streaked with white
NJ. II. Il.
A. Good lapis lazuli should no.
contain white spots. but be Of uni
form color.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

@. Was the late George Washing
ton Gable a journalist? I'll. II. II.
a. Gable was an accountant he
fore his contributions to the New Or
leans Picayune won him a place on
the staff of that paper. Later he re-
sumed his profession as an accountant
until 1879. when he decided to devote
himself entirely to literary work.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Well, our life is like that.
We have to get up in the morning.
and go down and fix the furnace, or
cook the breakfast. even when we do
not feel like it. The trouble is not
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. How many soldiers are there n
all the armies of the World?--R. T. i.
A. Figures compiled by the United
States War Department and revised
as of August 81. 1925. show the per
sonnel of the combined armies of the
world to be about s 600 600.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. Is attendance at base ball games
increasing or decrea sing &c. V. y.
a. Figures for the current seas son
have not been compiled. Last year
the National League reported a large
increase in attendance, while the
American League teams played to
$4,000 less than in 1924.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Q. Where did the Timucua and
Hitchiti Indians live" Were they as
intelligent as the Seminoles?
y. 5. McQ.
a. The Bureau of American Eth
nology says that the Timucua Indians
formerly lived south Of Okefenokee
Swamp and the fIitchiti Indians north
of 1t. The intelligence OF both was
practically the same as that of the
Seminole Indians.
Evening star., 1926-08-09

.. How much building was done in
Florida last year?-N. s. NJ.
\. Construction expenditures total
ing $2@5 100000 were recorded In
Florida in 1925
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. Where is the headquarters OF tho
American Historical Association
W. w.
A. Room 11i0 Woodward Building,
Washington. ID. G..
Evening star., 1926-08-09

q. How can an S.hour day he
practiced on a farm when COWS have
to be milked every II hourS?-L. r. IT.
A. Farm help may work i'm shifts.
or rest periods amounting tn 4
hours may be planned in II 12-hour
dav
Evening star., 1926-08-09

Q. How can gilt picture frames h0
cleaned?-H. l.. c. r.
A. There are several home methods
which may be followed. A sponge
dampened with oil of turpentine may
be rubbed lightly over the frame. Il
will take off dirt and fly marks.
Then leave the frames TO dry An
other brightener is a freshly cut
onion. After two hours wipe with
sponge moistened with rain water and
dry with Il soft cloth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

coin to demand that the Negroes be
recruited in the army to fight for
their own liberation. The shrewd Ne
gro leader seemed to sense the in
herent revolutionary quality of the
war Gas Karl Marx did in a greater
degree as shown by his letter to Lin
coln), and to understand that an arm
ed Negro population would carry his
people farther than they were, likely
otherwise to go. But Lincoln also I'M
derstood, from his own class view
point, and did not consent to recruit
Negro soldiers until much later and
then only to a severly restricted
degree.
Lincoln led the last stage Of the
American bourgeois revolution to its
successful completion, and more could
not be expected of Lincoln.
Lincoln symbolizes for the American
capitalist class the completion of its
conquest of power. But he is conceived
in a static sort of way. Lincoln is
semi-defed as the symbol of things
as they area symbol opposed to
change. His dynamic role as reyolu-
zionist is not clarified, for his shadowy
image, surrounded with a haze of al
most religious mysticism, becomes one
Of the weapons for the support of
a decaying, doubly brutal, murderous
capitalist system which he served in
is younger days when it was brutal.
It is true, but still revolutionary and
therefore still leading forward.
What does Abraham Lincoln mean
o the WORKING CLASS?
This matter must not be confused.
as so many fiabby Socialists" at
tempt to confuse it, by quoting certain
passages of speeches which throw
little sop in a crafty way to working
class psychology.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

They will not crush you. You are
saving them the trouble of building
up company unions. The B. G. o. plan
has proven that, the railway labor
act before congress, which has the
mutual consent of the railway com
panies and railway unions, is another
proof of that.
1t will remain for the militant left
wing workers within the unions to
bring the American Federation of La
Dor to life again. Beware that day,
Mr.. Green, when the militant current
shall sweep thru the unions! The
workers will not remain long without
organizations of economic defense.
Quite right. They must have organ
izations not only for economic de-
tense, but also for economic attack.
This we shall havei The workers are
awakening towards the need of rid
ding themselves of their present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

slavery. The first proclamation on the
subject was merely threat declaring
that If, after January 1, 1868, the
south had not laid down its arms, any
territory still in arms against the
Union would be declared free terri
tory. In other words, it was not to be
essentially an emancipation but a
confiscation of slaves as a means of
punishment to the masters. The final
Emancipation Proclamation" on jan
uary l, 1863, however, carried the
matter beyond any possibility of
returning.
Lincoln's whole course in regard to
slavery, if measured by the standards
of proletarian revolutionary leaders,
was weak and mean. But Lincoln was
not a proletarian revolutionary leader,
and for his bourgeois purposes he fol-
lowed consistent course in a strong,
forceful manner. When he needed the
emancipation of Negroes, not for the
Negroes' sake, but for the bourgeois
sake, he moved with an iron hand
He acted always for his own class,
bearing in ming the danger of going
too far with a toiling class which
would ultimately be an inherent
enemy. He went only so far as neces-
sary, and only when no other course
was open, in loosening the chains of
toilers.
A dramatic incident of the war time
is singular illustration of the bour-
geois-revolutionary character of Lin.
coins role. A very powerful and
truly magnificent figure of the time
was Frederick Douglass, a runaway
Negro slave laborer whose able lead
ership dominated the militant wing of
the abolition movement and split it
away from pacifist William Lloyd
Garrison. Fred Douglass visited Lin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

Lincoln cannot be the hero of the
proletariat of today. But, while repell-
ing all the peurile worship of Lincoln
as a symbol of the capitalist wage
slave system of today-the proletariat
can learn great deal from Lincoln
and his part in history.
First, let us learn from Lincoln as
we learn from the better revolution
lists, Marx and Lenin, that no ruling,
propertied class whether it be chat
tel slave oligarchy or a capitalist dig
archy) ever did or ever will give up
the basis Of its power and its wealth
without resorting to every means Of
force and violence, civil war and muir
der, even to the point of extinction Of
civilization, so far as such means may
be in it's power.
Second, let us learn from the same
sources what a class political party
is: that in its full development a class
political party, whether it be the re-
publican party of a young revolution
airy capitalist class, or whether it be
communist Party OF the working
class-is a mass organization of the
most conscious members of its class,
becoming its class organ of leader
ship, not merely to put ballots in
boxes, but to put its class in power
as the ruling class, going thru what
ever actions are required by history,
including parliamentary elections,
maneuvers, civil war and iron dicta-
torship (as the republican party did,
for the one purpose of placing its
class in power as the ruling class and
thus becoming able to shape society
to its mold
OF course, there are differences be-
tween the working class party and the
capitalist class party-but Of those we
can learn from Lenin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

would you, if you could, destroy a
rational constructive, patriotic bust
nessiike organization of labor and
thereby risk the formation of and
organization of a destructive force
which would manifest the same spi-
rit in America as shown in Europe
the spirit of revenue, of hate and
destruetionw
This is frank expression on the
part of President Green, as to the
function of the A. F. of L. who
would suffer most?" Green's answer is
clear. The ruling class of America.
In either words the present CLIQUE
dominating the A. F. of L. is a tool
in the hands of the capitalists to keep
in check the rebellious and militant
forces of the workers.
Mr.. Green, if the business men
whom you were addressing are wise
enough, your plea will have its effect
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

constitution was an agreement be-
tween sovereign states and that any
state had right to secede when the
union no longer accorded with their
interests.
There were many who thought that
the secession of the south settled the
matter. If we might imagine life to
be different thing from what it is,
and to be what the professors and the
socialdemocrats think it to be, we
could imagine Lincoln consulting some
law books and deciding to "let them
go their way" as so many petty-bour-
geois pacifsts in the north screamed
that he should.
But life is not that way. The manu-
featuring north needed the agriculture
al cotton growing south as a part
OF the national unit, and any questions
OF legality are the most peurile play
upon words; the north under Lin
coins leadership beat the south into
submission and in doing so fulfilled its
role in history.
Lincoln cleverly managed the cues
ton of the relief of Fort Sumter in
such way that the south became the
aggressor, and thereby Lincoln's task
of getting the wagering elements of
the north to support him was light
ened.
With large proportion of the pro-
fessional military elements deserving
to the south, and with long series of
defeats for his raw armies, Lincoln
persisted thru four years of the
bloodiest warfare that had been known
in modern times.
Only after two years of war and
while facing what seemed to be dan
ger of complete defeat, did Lincoln
approach the question of abolition of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
BY "MoRR," A Plumber

OUR great chief, the president of the
~ American Federation of Labor, has
found the labor movement too narrow
and limited for him. He has already
organized the American workers and
/, accomplished for them the millennium.
Now, out of his abundancy and leis-
ure, he is entertaining our enemies
with sweet songs of the common aims
and identity Of interests between cap
ital and labor.
Last month. President Green spoke
before the Taylor Society for elimina-
tion Of waste and speeding up of pro-
duction. There is a comment on this
speech in "Babson's Reports" of JAN,
1926 Ga bulletin issued by the Babson
Statistical agency for business men
and manufacturers) Babson says:
"AlI this indicates that slowly
but surely new spirit of co-opera-
ton between capital and labor is ex-
pressing itself. We (the capitalist
interets, NJ consider this attitude
of labor one of the most helpful
signs in the present industrial situa-
tion."
1t is interesting TO note that while
Green spoke on labor being interested
in speeding up production, the Manu-
facturers News" of Jan. 20 (official or
gan Of the manufacturers association
features two calls to the manufactur-
ers to slow down production in view
of a possible crisis due to over pro
duction. II shows the consistency of
the policy Of President Green and his
like.
But the climax OF class treachery
has been reached by President Green
in speech before the Newark, Ohio,
chamber OF commerce, last month.
((Printed in the American Labor
World Of JAN. 1926. This is what he
said:
"Such meetings as these are not
held in many other countries or in
mapy other lands. At an Industrial
roFnd table conference held in New
York recently, the Honorable Alton
B. Parker, chairman of the confer
ence, made the following amazing
statement:
"' wonder how many Of US APP
preciate the fact that ours is the
only country in the world today
where such a conference as this
could be heidi
"'The conferees were representa-
tives Of capital, industry, and labor.
They were assembled for the ex-
press purpose of discussing two top
les Of profound interest, Eliminate
Industrial Waste,-Minimize Indus
trial Controversy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
American Federation of Labor

Then President Green went on tell
ing the chamber of commerce about
Judge Parker's description of class
struggle and hatred in all the coun-
tries of Europe, and Green concluded:
'If we, as American citizens prop
erIy- appreciate the ssieniHesnee of
this statement, we must feel deeply
gratifIed when we comprehend the
fact that the American labor move
ment is sound and constructive and
that we live in a country where
class distinction and class hatred
can have no place in the Industrial
and social life"
These words were spoken by Mr..
Green at the same time when the an
thracite strike was in its fifth month
with the operators determined to
starve the 15S,O00 miners in order to
break their ranks. President Green
spoke thus to the chamber of Com
merce, the bitterest enemies of labor,
at the end of a year when $40 wage
reductions took place. The past year
was the worst one in wage reductions
since 1922, when the textile and rail
way shopmen strikes were broken by
the government injunctions. President
Green is optimistic; but let us look
at the following statistics in the
"Babson's Reports:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
Hail PIut0craf
BY Henry Roenne.

You are the salt of the earth indeed
The sour salt of the earth
You have one god, the god of speed,
The dizzy dance of your boundless greed,
The substitute for the dreams you need
To bring your heart rebirth
What OF the men you have ground to dust
Ground on your whirling wheel
What of your empty nights of lust 3
What of your women you cannot trust,
The women you cannot love yet must
Before you perish by STEEL
You are the king of the world ah yes
The king of the world gone mad.
You grovel supreme in your lonliness
And what you envy you must Cypress
For you have none Of that happiness
Which makes us humans sad.
Go strut about in your pompous pride
And mock with your lip upcurled-
We see the rot of your brain inside,
The awful fate that your sneers deride
The monstrous fear that you cannot hide
You-the king of the world
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

And remarkable, the reductions
have taken place in the more basic
industries where great numbers Of
workers are employed. If Green would
have had the labor movement at heart
he would not rejoice in looking at the
trend Of wages.
-. We live in a country where
class distinction and class hatred can
have no place in the industrial and
social life" II we have actually
reached the millennium, then why keep
up the trade union movement? The
answer to that we find in the same
speech Of Mr.. Green:
q. Suppose It were possible to
destroy the bonafide labor move
ment Of America. Who would suffer
most9 Would working men and
women remain passive and morgan
lied? What would be their state Of
mind as a result Of the destruction
Of the labor organizations which
they have worked so hard to create
and build? What do you think
would be their reaction when the
economic pressure became so in
toierabIe and unbearable, following
the destruction Of their economic de-
Tense? ask in all seriousness
, 1926-06-23
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