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yards" Workers Toll Long Hours

few Of the bristles are loosened. They
go thru a machine where revolving
knives are supposed to clean off all
of the bristles. From the machine #
goes the length OF the chain where
men employed as shavers must finish
shaving the hog and then the hog is
cleaned and worked upon until the
two halves are made ready for the
cooler.
Because Of the speeded-up chain the
machine is not able to clean the hog
as it should be done and the hand
shavers, of which three or four have
been taken off, are forced to work
so much harder in order to shave the
hogs.
The chain is speeded up to such an
extent that every worker on the chain
finds it hard to keep up and is forced
to work very hard in order to get the
work done. The hogs that were not
stuck by the sticker then come before
these men and they must kill the hogs
which have gone thru the scalding
water and the shaving machine alive
The workers in this department find
things far from pleasant and after
they have been working six or seven
hours things blur before their eyes.
Work Nerve-wraeklng.
The work is nerve-wracking. The
sharp knife-quickly making the cuts
the blood, bristles and dirt spurt.
ing into ones face, the odors arts
ing from the scalding water are snuf
to make even the strongest constttu.
ton weaken. Because of the speeding
up many workers cut themselves and
have to go to the first aid room where
doctor, who must have been she'll.
shocked in the world war, waits on
the patients.
Ihe worker on this floor as well as
IN the cutting room is under the con-
slant fear of cutting himself.
He has to furnish his own knife
boots, apron and other tools that he
uses.
1t IS common sight to see men
played out by the fierce rate. dron
onto the blood-smeared and mueIxv
floor. A bucket of water is thrown
onto them and they are left there 70
recover.
Faints on Hot Water Tub.
On the tubs with the scalding water.
one of the workers, who turned hogs.
was overcome by the heat and ex-
haustion. He tainted. He was carried
down the steps onto the floor. Placed
on some dirty planks; a bucket of
water thrown over him and when he
recovered, he had to go back to his
job
Turnout the entire yards" the
workers are liable to colds, pneumonia
and other pulmonary trubles that oft
en- lead to tuberculosis. Rheumatism
is very common ailment in the
yards" All day long. they must
work in soggy clothes and shoes with
no chance to change them.
In tomorrow's DAILY WORKER,
there will be a special article dealing
with the sanitary conditions that pre-
vail in the plant and what convent
ences" the workers have for their
clothes and for eating their lunches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-14
SEVEN TAXI
STRIKERS IN
BAD FRAME-UP
Scab's Perjury May
Lead to Prison
BULLETIN.

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 12.--The six
Checker Taxi strikers who remained
on trial after the government rested
Its case, have been discharged by
tho Jury which was out forty min
utes. The strikers are IubIlIant, but
face a contempt Of court case for
violation Of an injunction today.
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HELP SAVE THE DAILY woRkERI
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NON-N~-N~NN
on the floor awaiting an oppor-
tunity to make life miserable
for anyone who cannot follow
the chain.
AS we go into the other depart
ments, we find the same thing is true.
Girls weighing bacon, packing sausag-
es o. performing other tedious work.
Men, girls, women before long endless
belts all day long hastily performing
one single operation during the entire
day.
The company has things down to
such a point that the worker has little
time for anything else than to do the
work that is set before him. If he
looks around he misses an operation
and is fired for not tending to his
work"
On the killing floors where the most
strenuous work is done, the chains
have been speeded up number OF
times.
Speed-up Hog XIII.
During the past summer short"
crew of so men on single chain in
the hog-kill was speeded up to turn
out $50 hogs every hour for nine and
ten hours per day. These hogs had to
be killed and dressed and made ready
for the cooler by these so men. This
winter they have added 20 more men
to the chain, making 20, who now turn
out an average Of 700 hogs per hour.
This summer the speeding up pro-
cess forced the workers to turn out
one and a quarter hogs per second
and now this winter they must turn
out about two hogs per second. If
every worker was to kill, scald, shave,
cut, clean and prepare the hog by him
self at the rate they were working
during the hot summer months he
would have had to turn out nine hogs
by himself. At present it would be
ten hogs. The work that these men
are doing should really be done by
about one hundred men.
Recently new chain was started
in the hog-kill. Sixty workers were
put on. This chain is at present turn
ing out about 400 to 500 hogs less per
day than the first chain. The work
ers on the second chain must work
much faster than those on the first
chain.
Evident to All.
The speeding up of this chain was
evident to all those employed on the
floor. First they started with two
hogs on the chain and three empty
spaces. Then they put on three hogs
and had two empty spaces. Then four
hogs with one empty space and then
they sent thru the chain without any
breaks. The same number of work
ers had to do the work as on the day
that the chain was started.
The chains have been speeded up so
that the hog-stickers are not able to
stick every hog that comes by and
many hogs are pulled by the chain in
to the tub of scalding water without
being stuck.
Live Hogs in SeaIding Water.
The hogs are drawn thru the scald
ing water in order to loosen the hairs
but they go thru so fast now that very
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when his trusty cutlass failed him
he would hear last rattle in his
throat, that bore no resemblance to
the gurgle of good New England rum.
TINE vanderbilts, Goulds and Astors
i did not depend for protection on
their own sabers. They took good care
to have the government behind them.
They looted in the name of the law
and when their exploited employees
demanded a little more of the wealth,
they produced, they were put on a
diet of powder and ball, unless they
had the power to enforce their de-
mands.
TT may be said that those brigands
i served a social purpose in helping
to develop the raw wealth stored up
in this country's soil. Capitalism has
prepared the way for a social order
where it will be possible to produce
wealth in sufficient quantities to sup
ply the wants of the human race on a
scale, impossible without the produc-
tive efficiency OF modern industry. In
this process those who engineered the
building of railroads and other indus
tries were the instruments of evolu-
ton. But this systematic all other
preceding social systems-has outliv-
ed it's usefulness and must go. Its
only beneficiaries are the parasites
who render no useful service Of any
kind to society.
TIME inevitable Boris Brasol has pop
l. popped up again as Chairman Asso-
citation Unity of Russia" Since his
as master of forgeries for
Henry Ford in that ignoramus anti
semitic campaign, terminated, Mr..
Brasol has modestly tarried behind
the scenes. What induced him to
venture forth now was speech de-
livered by Captain Paxton Hibben on
Soviet policy in China. Brasol's ten
der heart is rent with anguish over
the sad events" in China and he
bares his soul to the readers of the
New York Times.
TN order to prove that Soviet policy
i in China is not benevolent, for the
Chinese, Mr.. Brasol being an accom-
plished forger has no difficulty in per-
verting a speech alleged to have been
delivered by the chief Of the political
department of the Red Army in Mos
COW recently. 1.-THE nationalistic move
ment in the Far East awakened by
us in 1925, reached its climax. =.
The organization of the colonial revo-
luton has consequently become the
chief task Of the Soviet government"
EVERYONE with any honesty COM
II bined with reasonable intelligence
knows that the Soviet government is
not organizing revolutions in the east
or in the west. The Soviet govern
ment did not awaken the sleeping
peoples Of the Orient into a war
against foreign Imperialism. The
awakening was done by the imperial
lists. It is true that the Communist
aided the development of
this revolt and helped to give it d.
rection. But surely even such 100
per cent American as the czarist stool
pigeon Brasol would not object to
helping subject peoples win the right
of differentiation Shades of Wood
row Wilson! fN
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EDITORS NOTE:-The continue
ton If Stains speech in tomorrow's
ISSUE viii present proof showing
that the peace treaties made after
Europe's wars always carry the ele-
ments of future wars.
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Discusses italian Debt.

LONDON, Jan. 12-Negotiations for
the settlement of the Italian debt to
Great britain will open on January
Is, it was officially announced today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-14
"MORE POWER TO THE DAILY
WORKER" HAYWOOD'S GREETING

To The DAILY WORKER:
REETINGs this anniversary Of the vital vrIs
- daily paper America
behind prison walls.
spirit unionsm,
will eventually achieved.
More power to The DAILY WORKER!
Yours fraternaly,
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD.
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Shot Nine rlmss in Eeud.

Henry J. Spingola, 2S, ex-serivce
man, wealthy politician and brother
in-law of Angelo Genna, is dead, shot
nine times by gunner carrying on the
determination of the Genna gang in
bootlegging circles. Three of the Cen
ma brothers were slain last year.
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race contempt OF court case TOR
violation Of an injunction today.
BOSTON, Mass, Jan. a. Seven
strikera of the Checker Taxi company
are being tried on a rank frame-up
case before the superior court at
Cambridge under the accusation of
robbery while armed with intent to
MAIN or KILL" The penalty may be
life or any term of years the court
may see fit to set.
The frame-up arose over some
strikers on picket duty accosting a
scab by the name of Charles Butts,
trying to get him to quit the company.
A Company Move.
Twenty-four hours later the com.
pany reported the affair to the police,
a secret indictment was returned by
the grand jury and bail was demanded
of the arrested men in the excessively
high sum of $4,000.
The case opened on January be-
fore Judge Flynn. The scab testified
JlldI JuS u6u WIN SpOhe W ulul
showed him gun, contradicting his
previous statements. ac
The strikers on trial are now afraid
tP2t the frame-up may go thru on &C.
count Of the perjury of this scab.
When the government rested its case,
the defendant Virgins could not be
connected with the case at all and
was discharged.
!. L. D. Aiding.
The trial is being continued today
with the International Labor Defense
entering the case at a moments
notice when the attorney who had
been handling it quit on the eve of the
trial.
A big protest meeting is being held
on January 10, at the Paine Hall, 9 APP
pleton street, Boston. The speakers
will be Jack Mccarthy, AL Schaap and
some Of the taxi strikers.
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freezing, starving men to prevent a
surprise attack. His guns played an
important part, too, at Yorktown, for
it was their ceaseless battering of the
British defenses that brought about
the surrender of CORVALLIS and the
end of the war.
When Washington became President
Knox was given the dual portfolio of
secretary of war and navy and when
his cabinet services ended, he retired
to Thomaston, Me-, where he built
Montpelier in which to spend his de-
clining years. He died in 1906 and
was buried ON the highlands overlook
ing the Georges river. For awhile
Montpelier served as the home of his
family. Then it passed into other
hands and soon became but shell of
its former glory. Eventually it was
torn down and its site occupied by
business buildings. Now it is to be
restored con plot on Main street
which was purchased by the General
Knox chapter of the D. A. r. and a
recent gift Of $4,000 by Cyrus II. K.
Curtis, the Philadelphia publisher and
former resident of Thomaston, guar
antees the completion of the project
to make the new Montpelier a per-
manent memorial to Washington's
right hand man and. Americas first
secretary of war.
The career Of Nathaniel Greene is
even more remarkable than that, Of
Knox. His campaign in the Carolinas
has been compared-and not unfa-
vorably-to Washington's Trenton and
Princeton campaign, and he has been
called "after Washington-and not far
after him-the ablest tactician, the
most brilliant strategist and the great
est fighter of the Revolution, the man
who could lose battle and win a
campaign"
Greene was the son of Quaker
preacher and he scandalized his
brethren of that faith by being among
the first to advocate forcible resist
ance to the British king. Although ne
was self-educated, he was elected a
member of the Rhode Island assembly
in 1910 at the age of twenty-eight. At
the outbreak of the war he enlisted as
a private in the Rhode Island troops
but his rise was so rapid that he soon
found himself a major general and he
was never out of the service until the
end of the war.
Greene fought in every battle, ex-
cept one, in which Washington com
manded until he was sent South in
1880. Although he performed bril-
iiantly as a subordinate under the.
great commander in many of these Ell
gagements, it was not until he I'd
charge of the Continental forces
South Carolina that he had an
tunity to display the military
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Shipping Gold by Air

The ingenuity of foreign exchange
bankers in finding methods of increas-
ing the margin Of profit on gold ship
ments has been demonstrated in more
than one instance during the present
increased international gold flow. The
latest and the most novel example
was the clartering of four CONNER
cial airplanes by British bank to
carry gold to Switzerland. The four
planes transported about $6,000.00o
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Tiny Circul

The smallest circd
world now in actual
less than a fourth z
ameter used in
establishment foH
1t is about the
writing paper
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worth of metal, weighing arrow
pounds, with speed and sal
siderably reducing the loss
which is always a heavY
pense in shipping preci
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~ historians continue to make
clearer an understanding of
the Revolutionary struggle
" q which was fast approach
VA ing its climax in 1777, just
IN Il a hundred and fifty years
NNDl ago, more and more are
- some of the lesser figures
in that conflict coming into the lime
light and looming up as of outstanding
Importance in the outcome of the fight
for liberty. Particularly is this true
of Gen. Henry Knox and Gen. Ma
thanael Greene whose right to fame
has for so long been overshadowed
by the all-important name of Washing
ton. So it is gratifying to know that
at last deserved, though tardy,, honors
are being paid to both men.
A short time ago group of distin-
guished military men and civilians
gathered before the equestrian statue
of General Greene erected in Washing
ton, and there on the one hundred and
eighty-third anniversary of his birth
paid homage to his memory. Now
comes word that memorial to Gen
eral Knox is assured by recent gifts
to fund which has been raised for
the purpose of erecting reproduction
of Montpelier, the Knox family home
in Thomaston, Maine. This recon-
structed mansion will be used as a
repository for the historical and ar
tistic treasures which were formerly
in the Knox home and as a museum
for Revolutionary relics, so that it will
be not only symbol Of Names pride
in one of her distinguished sons but
a patriotic national shrine, as well.
The Revolutionary careers of Henry
Knox and Nathaniel Greene present
one Of those curious paradoxes Of fate
which calls man from a simple
civilian pursuit and brings out in him
an unsupported military genius. I'm
like Washington, Putnam, Morgan,
Stark and other prominent leaders,
neither Knox nor Greene had had pre-
vious experience in war. But when
the struggle for liberty opened these
two New Englanders, Knox, the book
seller in Cornhill, Boston, and Greene,
the Rhode Island blacksmith, plunged
into it at once and their natural ability
soon brought them into prominence.
No sooner had Washington taken
command of the Continental army and
besieged the British army in Boston
than he appointed Knox commander Of
the artillery. Knox Immediately went
to Ticonderoga, where there were
many cannon, and little later the
army saw him ride into camp at the
head of AZ sleds, drawn by oxen,
loaded with cannon. powder and balls
with which to batter down the walls
of Boston around the ears of the red
coats. He became one of Washing
toms most beloved officers and as chief
Of artillery was his right hand man
through all his campaigns. He went
on that Christmas night march to
Trenton and his cannon roared tri-
umphantly at the surprise attack on
the Hessians in salute to one of Wash
ington's greatest victories.
At the battle of Princeton it
was Knox's cannon that swept the
bridge over which CORVALLIS sought
in vain to hurl his soldiers
against the Continental forces and
sent them Keeling back in defeat.
He was at Brandywine and at Ger
mantown, and in the darkest days of
Valley Forge it was Knox's cannon
which stood guard over the camp of
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the great during Il
with the great capital
The situation that rN
when he took charge in the yysG
one which might well have da
any commander. The British had
run Georgia and South Carolina
with Lord CORVALLIS in comma
seemed as though the provinca
of Virginia had been finaRys
to the crown. Greene lacked
men, he lacked money an
necessities for carrying on &
he had no sooner taken cd
he launched an aggressive
which soon had Cornwall
and as time went on the Bin
even more to worry about.
A whole VOLUME could be
about this campaign and the
which Greene naturally impetl0u
dashing, became the incarnation
caution and iresourcefuln.ss in usiN
his meager forces to the best adj
vantage. H& outmached, outmaneu-
vered, outgu&ssed and outwitted the
British leader k9eatedly. He lost bat
ties, it is tru, but the final result was
what counted and In that final result
Greene was victorious, CORVALLIS,
after failing to corner Greene, was
forced to retreat to Yorktown There
he lay while Washington prepared to
hurl his army like thunderbolt from
the north and Washington's deception
of Sir Henry Clinton, the British COM
mander in New York, and his rapid
march south to crush CORVALLIS was
a fitting climax to the events of
Greene's campaign.
Just how important was the con-
tribution of this Rhode Islander to the
winning Of American independence has
been revealed within the past year
through researches into his papers and
letters which have been acquired by the
William L. Clements library at the
University of Michigan. "These pa
pers place Greene in his proper posi-
ton as the organizer of victory in the
Revolution says Randolph G. Adams.
custodian of the library, without his
services the cause of liberty might not
have survived"
AT the close of the war Greene re-
turned to RlAde Island, where
he was. give Many honors. In
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BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

z S THE researches Of our
historians continue to make
clearer an understanding of
the Revolutionary struggle
n which was fast approach
ing its climax in 1777, just
4 a hundred and fifty years
ago, more and more are
= some of the lesser figures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

What Wheelbase 10 ideal?
Whether there Is an ideal wheel
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pet for two hours without getting 1t
right. l had one set of breaker
points that needed a days work BE-
fore they would operate right. Only
those motorists who have had ex-
perience around cars themselves can
appreciate this.
Just now there are hundreds of
thousands of people driving cars
who have been led to believe that
automobile repair work can be re-
duced to a matter of dollars and
minutes. Naturally they kick when
the car is not turned out in the
regulation time and if they are ask
ed to pay few dollars more. l don't
fancy this sort of thing because
rather than be criticised a lot of re-
pairers are doing poor work just to
keep within the fiat rate limits.
1t would be convenient if automo-
biles came apart land went together
by magic, but they don't. Not even
skill and good tools get around
some of the snags. Sometimes parts
have to be broken in order to be re-
moved, or we have to use a torch.
Then there are the human mis-
takes everybody makes. The car
owner brings his car to my shop to
have me undo one of his mistakes
and then he blames me because I
have to go back over my steps now
and again to catch an error.
Did You Know That
The engine will not run as we'll
when trailing bus or a motor truck
because it is taking into it's car
buretor carbon monoxide and other
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To Make 1000 More
Cars a Day in 1927

Preparing facilities for manufac-
turing 1000 more cars per day in
1927, the Chevrolet Motor company
is proceeding rapidly with additions
to it's plants and equipment in the
United States.
These additions are being made
under the s10,o00,000 expansion pro-
gram announced recently by W. S.
Knudsen, president and general man
ager of the company.
The addition to the huge motor
plant at Flint is now well under way.
New machinery for making cylinders,
cam shafts and small parts is ar
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the manufacturing activities Of that
company.
1.-THE addition of Mr.. Petit to the
executive force Of the company In
no way changes the responsibility OF
the present executives, but will help
relieve their present heavy burden.
1.-THE very substantial development
of The Nash Motors company, and
the prospect of continued opportun-
ity for further sound growth, has
brought to the executive manage
ment of the company increasing
responsibility, and it IL the policy Of
the management to maintain exec
utive strength In proportion to the
company's needs.
1.-THE addition of Mr.. Petit to our
present unchanged executive group
makes strong contribution to our
ability to continue the prosperous
and growing development of the
company in the automobile indus
try.
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Savers of Repair Bills

Letting off on the gas when the
car is running over a rough spot in
the road. The universals have
enough to do under such circum-
stances without keeping them under
power.
Being sure the engine will run
without further use of the choker
before letting in the clutch and max
ing 1t work
Lubricating according to character
Eof driving rather than on basis of
mileage. A fast ride tends to throw
grease from many rotating parts
and burn off lubricant. In very cold
weather the chassis should be greas-
ed often since the spring bolt bush
ings will not distribute lubricant
over their entire wearing surface as
We'll as in warmer weather. Hill
climbing makes greasing more
necessary.
Avoiding racing In second gear
before shifting to high. Bringing
ing the car nearly to a stop before
shifting down to second when de-
scending steep hill.
Driving slowly until engine is
thoroughly warm.
Changing driving speeds gradu-
ally; that is. avoiding sudden ac-
celeration. reaching high speeds by
easy stages and slowing down
moderately.
What Wheeibase 10 Ideal?