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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
Good Morning, Mr.. President"
Rv Michael Gold

LIE was an old Iowa farmer: he looked like
- many other old Iowa farmers: Slow gnarled
hands, glasses suspenders, sharp nose, white
moustache, blue suspicious eyes, Congress Shoes
and twangy voice always complaining. He was
on a train bound for Washington, d. G.
"When do we reach the capital, porter?7 he
asked as he stared for the fiftieth time at his
silver onion watch.
"Tuhmorrer mawnin' at seven, Boss" said the
porter.
Thanks The Iowan shut his tight mouth
tighter; but his heart beat fast.
Seven o'clock in the morning! After all these
wears! And at ten O'Clock he would stand in line
kk the White House, and shake the presidents
Id My lands! My stars and snakes, that
enuf to make an Americans heart beat fast !!
1 Why congressman has arranged it ALL" the old
man confded proudly, to another old man in the
smoking room. 'Im a-going to shake the presi-
this moment for fifty years."
f Then he told about his father, who had shaken
the hand of President Grant, and how it had
been the proudest memory of his life. 1t had
made him an outstanding member of the commune
ity it had even gained him an election as town
marshal.
essence I've been a boy of ten and heard my
father tell about President Grant l vowed to
git to Washington and do the same as he did if
it took every cent 1 had," said the old Iowan.
II tell you, it's the proudest moment of my life.
I'm a-going to step up, shake his hand like this,
and just say few words: Good morning, Mr..
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Reds and helped them with all their means, did
not feel the new power entirely their own.
This was big mistake.
2. The masses Of petty and middle peasants
we're neglected. The dissatisfied tenant farmers
md even independent peasants registered in the
Red army and fought bravely in south Finland.
Also in the far north. But during the period of
preparation the peasants of middle Finland were
neglected They were religious and patriotic
md the Reds did not understand how to approach
hem. So they could be mised by the whites.
There were plenty of signs of dissatisfaction
With their conditions. The taxes were heavy, also
he mortgages. Hunger for land was general.
And there were huge areas of land owned by lum-
YER companies which could have been coniscated,
or the benefit of the small peasants There was
ONE understanding of this problem in the Social
democratic Party but its revolutionary impor-
ance was not brot out and not developed into
lear slogans, a general feature of the socialist
PARTIES, even the most radical, such as the Fin
nish Social Democratic Party.
g. Lack of initiative. AS told above the Reds
we're late in all their preparations and actions.
This had its basis in the fact that the Social
democratic party was not conscious of the inev-
liability of the revolution and the civil war. 1t
as forced on them. Already in November, 1917,
he power in the whole country was in the hands
of the Reds. But the party gave it up. At the
end of january the party had to face a situation
where the power in middle Finland was in the
hands of the whites, who had used their time
we'll They recognized the necessity of fighting
when the Red leaders still hoped the civil war
could be avoided and the necessary reforms OBJ
tanned in a parliamentary way. (The Finnish
Socialdemocrats had almost half of the legislation
in their hands and hoped for coalition with left
wing peasants, but were unable to establish it,
So the lack of understanding and initiative on
the military and political field proved fatal to
the Reds.
4. The institution which was in Russia called
the Extraordinary Commission (Tcheka) was not
organized There were Of course some organs to
watch for and fight the whites in Red Finland,
but they were not centralized and did not have
the proper political leadership. The result was
lack Of consistency in their work. In many
places they were too lenient towards the whites
and in other places some cases of arbitrarness
occurred. The revolutionary power must be firm
but consistent. This can be obtained only under
leadership of responsible, politically trained per.
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sons. In Red Finland the whites appeared in
establishing Notifications and partisan troops
and in this way tied up the Red forces and de-
layed their sending troops to the north. And in
Aefsingfors, as they afterwards boasted they
succeeded in organizing conspirative troops and
buying arms from the Russian officers and de-
moralized soldiers. The bourgeois women were
especially used in transporting arms and sup
plies. Thus they abused the chivalry of the Reds
towards the fair The intelligence service of
the whites was also comparatively well organic
ed. AT the beginning of the civil war they con-
trolled telegraph line running directly from
ilelsingfors to the 'white" headquarters. When
this was discovered they used the cable to Reval
and sent the message thru Stockholm Messen-
gers from the white staff in Helsingfors went to
the frontiers TO the side of the whites under sew
eral pretenses (girls who ''wanted to visit their
sick mothers" etc. The naivete and leniency of
the Reds were astounding. Compare this with
the alarming stories about the ''cruelties' of the
Reds.)
5. The main defect was of course the lack of
a Communist party. The Socialdemocratic Party,
which was forced by circumstances to take ND the
defense OF the working class, was not prepared
for the attack. The activity of the party during
the revolution illustrates this also The central
committee did not function as the leading body
IN the fight The party leaders were of course in
INC SOfeIHmeHt, out Iney dId not hold central
committee meetings. And more than that: the
central committee was changed the leading com
rades replaced by less GABLE comrades. There
was no party discipline to speak Of The propa-
ganda and agitation work as not systematized
The government depended wholly on the volun-
tary loyalty of individual comrades and the revo-
lutlonary inspiration of the masses The strong
backbone, which was felt in the Russian revolu-
ton, was lacking.
As the Finnish revolution as a whole was a
costly experience of how revolution should not
DC conducted, so it illustrates, in negative way,
how absolutely necessary it is to have a conscious
revolutionary, Communist Party in leadership.
The nearly $4,000 murdered in the white terror.
the $4,000 starved in the prison-camps of the
whites, where 100000 working men, women and
children were tortured, was the price paid for
these experiences. Not to speak of the interna
fional significance of Finland being white and not
Red during the past eight years The revolutions
airy workers of other countries ought to learn Of
this experience.
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might be frustrated entirely. -. Hesitation
was no longer possible" The Russian revolution
had convinced Mannerheim chat where power
has passed into the hands of the revolutonists
40 further dpheaFa1 was possible. . Now the
question was: victory or destruction"
So the Finnish civil war started. This is call
ed by the whites "The War of Liberation" be-
cause it liberated the exploited classes of Fin
land for time from the power of the workers
and peasants. The white historians maintain,
of course, that it was a liberation from Russia
But the simple fact that the Soviet government
had already recognized the full independence of
Finland and that the Russian military was with
drawing from Finland, illustrates the falsity of
this statement. The peasants in the white guards
were surprised when all of their prisoners were
Finnish workers and their fellow peasants and
net Russians against whom they were supposed
sbe fighting. But by that time they were already
der the iron discipline of the officers machine
and they had to obey orders.
The industrial south of Finland was organized
as a Peoples Republic and defended by Red
guards of workers and small peasants, now or
gained into a Red army. On January % the Red
torch in the tower of the Workers. Hall in Hell
singfors called the Reds together. So the decision
of the Red leadership came some days later than
the decision of the whites. The many laxities in
preparation have been mentioned above. Other
defects and mistakes were in the main as follows
1. No system of soviets was organized That
means that the great masses of the workers and
peasants were not drawn into the state organiza-
tons. Already in 1917, representative bodies of
workers had been organized in localities. They
I9re poor substitute for the Soviets, because
ley were established by only the organized
Workers unions, workers federations, sport or
CARNATIONS, etc.
The district committees of the Social Demo
cratic Party and the unions were organized as
district centers. The government, called @The
Trustees (Commissars) Of the People," were or
gained by the central committees of the party
and the unions. General Council of Workers
consisting Of representatives of the party. the
UNIONS the Red guards, and the Helsingfors 10
cal centers was organized and functioned as a
revolutionary parliament. Altho these organiza-
tons included the active part of the working PEG.
pie and were really mass organizations, the basis
for revolutionary power was too narrow The
non-partisan masses, which sympathized with the
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. E s.a p 4 ~
AS result of two short CROPS in
succession, peppermint oil, vola-
tile oil used in menthol manufac-
lure, in perfumery and as a basis
for flavoring, has been selling at
abnormally high prices in 1926
&c, says a review of the trade by
the National Bank of Commerce.
From 100000 to 100000
pounds were produced IN 1924,
and the 1925 crop is estimated at
250,009 to 100000 pounds, about
half the yield expected on the ba-
sis of acreage planted. AS nor
NAL consumption in the United
States is placed at 100000 pounds,
this meant deficit in both years.
'For some time last Fall the
leading factors in the trade re-
manned out of the market says
the bank, believing that the ar
rival of the new crop would bring
down the price of oil, then about
SIC a pound, about four times The
normal price prevailing in July,
1924. Instead prices hardened
and eventually started to rise even
in the face of an almost quiescent
demand. Finally, toward the end
of October, several large consum-
ers who had postponed filling their
normal requirements as long as
possible, were forced to buy heav-
lily
Following this, peppermint oil
prices began to ascend in an amaz-
ing manner, going from SO the
first of November to $31 before
the end of the month. A dearth
of orders in recent months sharply
reduced the high level prevailing
at the end of 1925, and by the mid
die of May the price was SIS.
"About half of the worlds pep
iermint oil is produced in the I'm
tied States. The industry is CEN
tered in Michigan and Indiana, al
though small quantities are grown
in Oregon and elswhere. Pepper
mint cultivation is highly spec
ialized industry, involving soil
drainage and expensive equipment
for dist:llation and high labor
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charge in raising the crop Owing
to these conditions, the industry
IS controlled by few large oper-
ators
Japan is the second most inn
portant source of peppermint oil
and Russia contribute most of the
and England, France, Germany
remainder. The American and
English oil is preferred for flaw
oring and the Japanese for men,
thol production because it con-
tains higher proportion of mem
thol.
Some From Japan
Peppermint oil is used for
flavoring in chewing gum, con-
fectionery, dentifrices and other
pharmaceutical preparations, and
for menthol manufacture. Mem
thol, the peppermint crystal, is
used in solution in throas and mas
alsprays. salves and cough drops,
A considerable share of domestic
mcnthol requirements, is supplied
by imports of the japanese prod
uct.
'tSpearmint oil, similar to pep
pcrmint oil but not so strong in
flavor, has likewise been in shors
supply in 1925-26. The attrac-
tive prices paid for peppermint
following the small 1924 crop
caused many planters to abandon
spearmint production for pepper
mint. Consequently the 1925
spearmint crop, about $4,000
pounds, was approximately one
fourth of normal. The price went
up correspondingly, reaching SD
at one time, but it now stands
$3.50 compared with 81 a year
ago.
'"rhe supply of peppermint oil
on hand is scarcely adequate, even
with demand cut down to the min
imum. japanese corn-mint oil is
the most available supplement,
but the Department of Agricul-
lures ruling forbids its use in
pharmaceutical formulas approved
by the United States Pharmaco-
poeia wi bout proper labelling.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Island City Lodge, No. IA, K. Of
r, meets the first, second and
third Fridays in each month at the
Odd Fellows Hall on Caroline
street. Alfred Riggs, secretary.
Coral City Lodge No. 5s, K. of
P, meets the first, third and fourth
Thursdays in each month at the
Odd Fellows Hall on Caroline st.
Isle Of the Sea Lodge 1O4, K.
of p. hold their regular meeting
Wednesday nights in the new
Castle Hall, 72S Fleming street.
John L. Curry, secretary.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY


Dade Lodge No. IA. r. & A. NJ,
meets first and third Wednesdays
of each month in lodge rooms on
Eaton street. E. L. Albury,
secretary.
DR.. Felix Vare1a Lodge No. 81,
z. & A. NJ. meets second and
fourth Thursdays of each month
at the Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton
and Simonton streets. F. Castro.
secretary.
Anchor Lodge No. 1872, F. & A.
NJ, meets second and fourth Mon
days at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. G.
E. Caring, secretary.
Island Chapter No. 81, Royal
Arch Mascns, meets first and third
Mondays at Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton apd simonton streets. Chas.
H. Ketchum, secretary.
Monroe Council No. 2, Royal and
Select Masters, meets first and
third Fridays at Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. Chas.
Fl. Ketchum, secretary.
Baron Comnlandery No. 3,
knights Templar, meets second
and fourth Wednesdays at Scot
fish Rite Hall, Eaton and Simon
ton streets. Chas. H. Ketchum,
recorder.
Palm Lodge of Perfection No.
10, meets second and fourth We'd
nesday, at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets.
Charles e. Caring, secretary.
Southern Cross Council, Knights
Of Rose Croix, meets on call of the
master at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and Simonton streets. Chas.
E. Caring, secretary.
Alpha Council No. 8, knights
Kadoah, meets on call of the mas
ter at the Scottish Rite Hall,
Eaton and SImonton streets. Chas.
E. Caring, secretary.
Key West Consistory No. 4,
meets on call Of the master at the
Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton and
simonton streets. Charles E. Gar
Ing, secretary.
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oDD FELLOWS

Key West Lodge No. is. /. o. o.
RI, meets every Monday night at
Odd Fellows Hall. Caroline street.
Cuba Lodge No. is, /. O. o. r.,
meets each Tuesday night at Odd
Fellows Hall. Caroline street.
Equity Lodge No. 20. |. o. o. F..
meets each Wednesday night At
Odd Fellows Hall, Caroline street.
Otto Encampment No. 5. meets
the second and fourth Friday of
each month at the r. O. s. Of A.
Hall, Duval street.
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pYTnlAN sIsTERs

yustice Temple No. u, viii hold
.hsr regular meetings On the Sec
and Thursday and fourth Friday
riehts az each month At the Odd
reilows Hall on Caroline street.
All visitors win be given = hearty
ralrome. Mrs. Lintoa Curry, NJ.
IL r. 3 c.
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...rnnvEn oRDER = BED MEN

qlgertail Tribe, No. fa, |. Q. r.
4 ,..eets every Monday evening
!, re wigwam. Elizabeth ard
r.,elInc streets. Joseph Roberts,
nnsser ~ records.
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w. c. 7. U. MEETINGS

The Key West w. c. T. VI
meets the first Wednesday IN each
naonth at 4 o'clock p. m. at the
various homes Of the members.
PRESIDENT, Mrs. John Leach.
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Key West Council 1915. knights
II Columbus. meets in the K. c..
Hall. Division street, on the second
and fourth Tuesdays Of each month
At 8 o'clock. William Gates,
Grand knight.
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wooDMEN OF WORLD

Key West Camp No. 20, Wood
men Of the World, meets second
Thursday night Of each month in
X. P. Hall, Fleming Street, Chas.
w. Sawyer, C. c.; DR.. C. F. Kemp,
clerk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23
DANCE MADNESS

LEEDS. Eng. Mrs. Clara
Loomis committed suicide because
she was mad about dancing, ac-
cording to the coroner's verdict
after she shot herself.
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PYTMIAN slsTERs

KEY West Temple No. 20. Pyth-
.nn Sisters. meets every Monday
night AZ Isle Of Sea Castle Hall,
a. Fleming street. f.eona FELTON,,
II. u R. and c.
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ORDER OF DsMoLAY

Robert ]. Perry Chapter, Order
peMolay, meets every Tuesday
night at z 80 at Scottish Rite Hall.
Eaton and Simonton streets. ].
n. Lowe, secretary.
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ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

Fern Chapter No. 81, Order of
Eastern Star. meets second and
fourth Fridays at Scottish Rite
Hall, Eaton and Simonton streets.
Mrs. Annie Sharpley, secretary.
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r. o. OF a. CAMP

p. O. Of A. Camp No. 4, meets
second and fourth Thursdays Of
each month at the P. o. S. of A.
Hall, 119 Duval street. Susie Ell
wood, according secretary.
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of the child. The coin had been.
dropped into the gas meter against
he baby's will. The 25-cent
piece was found and presented the
mother.
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3. ?. o. ELks

Key West Lodge No. 551, B. P.
o. Elks, meets every Thursday
night in their lodge room, S12
Duval street. Chas. L. Roberts,
E. R.. Ross C. Sawyer. secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23
SHRINE CLUB

Meets the first Tuesday in each
month. Arthur H. Sheppard, sec
rotary.
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DEGREE OF PocAHoNTAs

Minoea Council No. Is, meets
en- the first and third Tuesday Of
che month at Z p. M. at the Red
Mems Hall. Mrs. Annie Baker,
Keeper Of Records.
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LAplEs OF GOLDEN EAcLE

Ladies Of Golden Eagle, Florida
Temple No. /. meets on the second
and fourth Mondays Of the month
at the Golden Eagle Hall. Ven
daline Watkins, guardian Of rec
ords.
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AMERICAN LEGION

Arthur Sawyer Post, No. %,
American Legion, meets the sec
ond and fourth Fridays of each
month. George o. Lucas, COM
mander. r. E. Faulkner, adjutant.
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CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS

The Catholic Daughters will
hold their regular meeting Thurs
day evening at Parish Hall in the
churchyard at o'clock.
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d. o. K. K.

Camel Club. d. o. K. K. meets
every Tuesday night at their hall
Il Fleming and Margaret streets.
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WHEN AND WHERE
YOUR LODGE MEETS
OF GOLDEN EAGLE

The knights Of the Golden
Eagle meet every Tuesday night,
at the hall, on Petronia street.
Percy M. Roberts, master of
records.
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GIRLS, FRIENDLY SOCIETY

st. Paul's branch of the Girls
Friendly Society meets every
Monday at 4:SO p. m. at the
Parish Hall, Bahama street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23
OVERSEE CAMP. ROYAL
NEIGHBoRs OF AMERICA

Oversee Camp. Royal Neighbors
of America, holds its regular meet
ing at the Golden Eagle Hal on
the fourth Thursday in each
month, at S o'clock.
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KNIGHTS OF MALTA

Meets second and fourth Tues
days at Pythian Hall on Fleming
street. Roy Hamlin, recorder.
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MODERN wo0DMEN or
AMERICA

Island Camp IT0so. n. ". A.
meets on the md and 9TH Tues
dass OF the month &c = r. N. At
the Red Meas Haa. John c. Park.
clerk.
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r. o. $. OF A.

P. o. s. Of A. Camp No. IL,
meets every Tuesday night in their
hall, 119 Duval street. J. Win
field Russell, secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23

PENSACOLA The tender SEN
timent of broken-hearted mother
caused HI. G. Gross, manager Of
the Pensacola Gas company, to
order a vigorous search of the
company's Golfers for a 25-cent
piece with scratches on it. The
quarter, the mother told Mr..
Gross. had been scratched by her
baby boy, just prior to the death
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23

JACKSONVILLE Another
feat of surgery was recorded here
when a coral bead was removed
from the right lung of Joseph
Rogers, Jr., 5 years old. The
child swallowed the bead while at
play.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-23

ST. KII-A "A
months old chimpanzee, fresh
from the wilds Of Africa, has been
enrolled here as the mascot" of
the local Democratic party. j..
G. Foley, local insurance man,
agreed to. present the chimpanzee
to the party.
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DAY BY DAY In FLORIDA
Issseseesseesseeesessss
(Ry Associated Pressl

MILTON-A structure here
known as the old Elliott home, and
which has stood on the county
square for years, is being dismant-
led to provide space for the cree
ton of The new $150,O00 county
building, which Santa Rosa county
is now constructing.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25

Fleischnann's Yeast at Brown & Hawkins Corp. q
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25
OHIO HUNTER BhGs sK
 BEAR WEST RIBBON

Another successful brown bear hunt has been completed with the arrival in Seward yesterday of Frank Mos teller, of West Chester, Ohio. MT, Mosteller bagged three brownies, all of good size, in the Step-a-llong bay vicinity, across from Sand Point. The Brandell brothers acted as guides for him. MT. Mosteller is highly pleased with his hunt and proposes to return again but he said the next time he would come north in the spring and remain in Alaska turnout the entire summer. He departs for Seattle on Sunday on the S.S. Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25

Brunswick Monographs and records Alaska shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25
PERSONAL PARkGRAPRs

The new concrete main entrance approach to the Seward Drug Com pany tends to enhance greatly the appearance of the popular business house and with the new and bright colored coat of paint makes one of the most attractive establishments on Fourth avenue.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25
cANNgslEs RUNNING

At Chignik both canneries are 0p- erating in fine shape and the salmon are coming in strong. The .. .. King Salmon was at anchor 0r the arrival of the steamer Starr 0n the trip just completed. NO salmon has been shipped to the States yet from this point
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25

Lucky says: There's some thing in a name! Premier Baldwin pulls the English; Baldwin's locomotives pulls train; Balwwin's groceries pulls down prices.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-06-25
FIRST Frsr SENT SoUT-

The big canne-y steamer Gather inc n, which recently left the BTis- tol Bay district for the south, 1o0k out 5000 cases of red salmon from King Cove, yesterday arrivals from the Westward on the steamer Sfar~ report