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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
What is Fruit?

What is fruit and what Is a yege-
tablet Whole families are wrought
up on the subject, and in matters Of
family dispute the dictionary is rot
ten reed to lean upon. Invariably the
matter begins with cucumbers and
cantaloupes. There will be found in
every family at all Rooseyeltian in its
proportions someone to argue that If
one is a vegetable SO must the other
be and if the other is a fruit SO must
be the one. "Not at all. Not at all"
insists the rest of the family reused
by so obvious and easy an attempt to
shine as an original. "Not at all, a
cantaloupe is sweet; hence its a
fruit"
IF you think so just taste this one"
says the would-be original. "And how
about lemons? And those horrid little
green apples Martha puts in pies. Are
they yegetables7y
Obviously the sweet and sour
t.eory won't do, so the family natural
IL turns to time and place. "A fruit
is a dessert" they say with a hope
that the argument may stop there.
"A fruit is a dessert. except when you
eat it for breakfast"
(Which is why we have cantaloupes
before dinner in hot weather." insists
the incorrigible.
"A fruit is not cooked" says the
family "At least doesn't have to be-"
"IIow about quinces?"
ooh, don't be so siliy!" says the
family. ''Yon eat vegetables with
meat"
II take it that bananas, baked with
chicken, are not a case in point2 Nor
apple sauce. nor turkey stuffed with
chestnuts?"
AT this point somebody gets down
the dictionary. Tho dictionary proves
itself as car&Ao-- as a Yankee from
Maine. "vfuit," ii says, comes from
fructus. from fruor, to enjoy" It is
clear ths fruit is SOL, ething to be en-
joyed. Definite enough for personal
applicat IN, perhaps, but hardly for
argument and repaItee. Vegetable"
appears to spring from q Latin word
of a lively significance yegetatis,9
or .'yego," to arouse, to live, Now
certainly there is nothing rousing
about caulifiower. And if body
chance to detest It, too, then it is
neither a fruit nor vegetable, AMI
what are you going to do about it:
1t may be, of course. that one should
apply the second meaning ito live"
and selling the chance for eplgram
declare that vegetable is thing
one eats to live, and fruit is a
thing one lives to eat. However, this
fino phrase comes to grief when a
body, against the doctors orders, de.
YOURS cabbage at luncheon, and shifts
contemptuously at the sliced piue-
ample for dessert. Evidently there is
no hard-and-fast line of decision. Eyi-
IDENTIFY this is one of those things
which, along with Christian charity
ami high art must be felt rather than
understood. What is a squash, and
what is a pumpkin and where Go the
tomatoes come in? Certainly they
were once love apples, and eaten out
Of hand by our ancestors, who de
beted somewhat If they were poison
ous, but were undisturbed in the con
sSion that they were fruit.
hpears that no vegetable grows
Oh ees and that is some consola-
ton. Snpd that the family will be
obliged to dispute at leisure, and egg
plant must be a fruit to Jane, and
Strawberries a vegetable to Jack,
while cranberries are both or neither,
fo The. end OF the chapters
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
Golf Bells DriDen Far

The first golfers in the world to use
grain elevator sas q teeiIl place
are Chick Germs Of Chica Eslesl,
Hutchins who recently nNa 6
roof OF lers elevato i aiic0uea
British asnbia Twb hundred and
City feet bove the walkers Of Burrand
inlet the Visiting golf champions sent
their balls far out across Vancouver
harbor. The little white balls were
addressed to eLiverpoolh via Van
couver."
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21


SALE By virtue Of q
- writ of e. fa.to me directed issued out Of
the Court OF Chancery OF the State of New
Jersey. will be exposed to sale q public
vendue, on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of February, 1926
between the hours of n O'Clock and S o'clock.
TAT Two o'clock, in the afternoon of
said day. atthe Land and Mortgage Agency Office
7or Mattison Avenue, IN the City OF Asbury
Park County OF Monmouth. New Jersey, to sat
isfy a decree of said Court, amounting to
approximately s2,2of-oo
Alfthat certain lot tract or parcel of land
aud premises, hereinafter particularly described
situate, lying and being in the Township Of
Ocean in the County of Monmouth and State OF
New Jersey, at Wanamassa. ana peing know VI,
aud designated as lot mum Der one hundred aud
sixty eight Mo- 1851 as shown on map OF
Wanamassa and X M. G. A. Camp Mon
mouth County, N. j., made BY w II Pc,
l0yse. Civil Engineer, March s 1899, aud filed
in the Clerks Office Of said County, june O.
1892 and more particularly described as toll
lows:
Beginning at a point in the westerly line Of
Woodiocb Avenue, distant one hundred and
fifty lisol feet sontherly from the southwest
erly corner OF 1Woodloch Avenue and Sunset
Avenue; thence Il southerly along tbs west
erly line OF SAID W9ods4cn ASeng 9;s,, my l1e1
with Woodloch Avenue, one hundred Elool
feet 10 the center line Of the block; thence. Isl
northerly. along said center Inc q rs nioeh
feet; thence l4l eastery and again At right
angles with Woodloch avenue one hundred
IIool feet to the place Of beginning
seized as the property Of Reginald N.
Eh1ers ct al, taken IN execution a. the SUIT
of David Lauttuan and to be sold By
Holm II. VAN MATER, sheriff
Dated January r., 1870
CERAr & MArLAcK, Solicitors
i46Iines lsz9'sal
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21

NOTCH OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE ON
EXECUTIONS ISSUED OUT OF THE UNIT
TED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY.
UNITED Stairs DISTRICT COURT
FOR THRDIsTRIcT or NEW JERSEY.
SWIFT s. COMPANY,
Plaintiff
vs.
CHARLES II. DAWSON, ct
al, Defendants
SWIFT s. COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
VS..
CHARLES H. DAWSON
Defendant
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21

Ragged Rogers s.Dat's mighty
short stump yer smokin'"
Prayed Philip yep; like EN-
dat way. Yer don't have ter draw
der smoke sa far ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
The State Department Makes War
in Central America

invasion Nicaragua by armed forces of the United
logically the preparations that have been
going in with the mperiast offensive against
Mexico
American Imperialism intention Of toeratng gov
Nicaragua the Panama Canal for COM
that ympathzes any with the tendency evident no
other American countries to combat mill
family plans American imperialism for outright and open
domination.
government Nicaragua has popular support
is evident biased dispatches in the capitalist
press the liberal Nicaragua the mass
against his Wall Street hackers and that they
well organized.
This explanation for the landing of u S. marines in
while fleet sails hurredy for Puerto Cabezas
No narrow isolated uprising would require such extensive mill
tary and naval actions to suppress it.
In the meantime the offensive against Mexico continues IN
the beginning of the enforcement OF the constitution
of 1917 in respect oil concessions.
American imperialism is in deadly in America
only very foolish people will continue to believe that battle
ships and troops to terroTze popular movements simply
because there at the head of the state department
norant and jngosc small town lawyer by the name of Kellogg
The American labor movement and all sections of the
laon who opposition Wall Streets schemes for
quest be organized for nationwide protest
These adventures conducted against people fighting for
berations the American coonss the
Of independence be stopped by the American
They will be stopped labor speaks quickly and milanty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
The Veil Is Too Thin

American marines have again been landed foreign shores
for the protection of American interests Also
American lives and property These audy phrases again
being used in the declarations of the department headed
by Nervous Nellie Frank B. Kellogg They issued to tn
kept press seroped FORM simultaneous with orders issue
the department proceed against foreign people
Whether it is Mexico the Philippines China other
country is always the Today Nicaragua This thin
veil of words hiding Wall Streets mperas ambitions
hreadbare by this time however that all should be able
clearly discern the sinister purposes of the international
ordering uncaed invasion of this
country
T. Vaca, the Washington representative of the
that the United States seeking drive
points out:
There American lives property danger
of landing in Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua"
But that makes difference. The
usual Washington that American threat
ened and must be protected The best that press
however cook fake assassination plot against Wall
Streets puppet president Daz Like all fake plots
unsuccessful Daz escaped unscathed Bento Musson the
fascist dictator of Italy, could not have better
All this is typical of the propaganda that will poured
the columns of the American capitalist press
prejudice and hostility against Nicaragua Mexico
American worker and farmer be guard against
it. The better they understand it, the better they
fight it and overcome it,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

election in Mexico is not decided by
the ballot papers but only by arms.
The worst feature in this situation
is the lack of a. revolutionary mass
party. A large section of the work
ers and peasants are at present with
out political leaders. We refer to the
trade unions who are fighting against
the Reformists and to the revolution
airy peasant organizations which are
carrying on the struggle for the dis
tribution Of all the land. These mass
es without leaders may easily become
plaything Of the reactionary forces.
The young Communist Party of Mex
leo has great tasks before it. 1t must
gather together the revolutionary for
ces and must unite them with the
masses which are under the influence
Of the petty bourgeoisie and the Re-
formists 1t must support the Gov
eminent in its struggle against reac-
ton and American Imperialism and
must at the same time endeavor to
intensity this struggle. On the other
hand it must combat the policy Of
cooperation with the bourgeoisie, the
petty BOURGEOIS Utopias and the open
treachery of the Reformists.
The political platform of the Com
munist Party for the coming election
is-the formation of worker and
peasant block on the basis of con-
crete economic and political program,
the demand for the creation of a
worker and peasant government The
party will only be capable of fulfilling
this task when it has learnt how to
concentrate its forces on becoming a
mass party and on creating firm Com
munist supports in the factories, the
| Industrial centers, the trade unions
and the peasant organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
ev A. sTRINER.


THE struggle between the Mexican
L government and the Catholic
church has ended with the victory Of
the ruling petty bourgeoisie. The
bishops who had been assembled in
the capital of the republic. made a
proclamation in which they stated
that the church submitted to the
regulations of the republic, but that
at the same time it hoped that the
regulations restricting the rights Of
the church might be revoked by act
of parliament. The churches which
had been seized by the government,
were returned to the clergy, and the
clergy is continuing the struggle
with greater caution and to some ex
tent with different methods.
Contradictions.
A number of contradictions which
are reflected in the whole economic
and political life of the country, are
characteristic of the present situa
ton. Above all we must point out
the following contradictions: Ql
The clash of interests between the
ruling petty bourgeoisie and the rui
ing remnants of the feudal state. (2)
The conflicting interests between the
petty bourgeoisie with its nationa
IDEAS and the economic rule of for
sign capital 90 The conflicting in
.erests between national and foreign
capital on the one hand and the pro
letariat and peasantry on the other
hand (D The clash of interests
within the individual groups of those
foreign capitalists who are fighting
for the exploitation of Mexico and
CD The clash of interests between
the central government and the in
dividual provisional governments.
The political power of the petty
bourgeoisie in a state in which tn
feudal remnants are still strong, and
in which the rule of foreign capita
in industry is unlimited, found ex
preston in the constitution of 1917
Without an economic basis and beins
still split by provincial Separation
the petty bourgeoisie could onl!
maintain its power thanks to tht
concessions it made to the proletar
! lat and peasantry on the one hanC
and to foreign capital on the otheI
hand.
Defeated Reaction.
THE defeated reaction has NOR,
L than once tried to re-conquer it
former positions. Supported by fol-
eign capital, it organized counter
revolutionary revolts and instigate'
the Catholic church to rouse the POP
ulation against the government
These attacks of reaction, however
did not weaken, but on the contrar.
strengthened the petty bourgeoisie
The latter was forced to form a close
alliance with the workers and peas
ants and even to arm them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

This revolutionary role of tin
petty bourgeoisie, however. did not
last long. AS soon as reaction was
defeated and the immediate danger
past, the petty bourgeoisie began to
abandon its former policy and to turn
towards the right, it began to post
pone the fulhlment of the promises
made to the workers and peasants
and to link up its interests more and
more with the interests of the pos
.sessing classes.
On Defensive Against U. S.
WHEREAS the government carried
w off the victory in the struggle
against the church and reaction, it is
on the defensive in its fight against
American imperialism. 1t is trying
to gain a breathing space by way OF
compromises and to turn to account
the conflicting interests of the vari
GUS groups of foreign capitalists.
Mexico maintains particularly close
relations with Germany and Japan.
Germany which, before the war, had
large export market in Mexico, has
been clever enough to re-conquer its
former positions to- a considerable
extent. Japan, whose relation to
America is well known, is doing ev
erything possible to consolidate its
friendship with Mexico.
In the United States itself there
are two tendencies, with regard ia
the Mexican question. The first tend
ency, which is chiefly represented by
financial capital and by the naptha
companies, is in favor OF armed in
PREVENTION. 1t supports the counter
revolutionary intrigues on the Mexi
can frontiers and is hoping, by pro
voking a conflict, to create favor
able excuse for Intervention. The
second tendency, which is backed by
industrial capital, and in which the
white House" prevails, is striving tC
obtain predominance in Mexico by
the method Of exporting capital. Il
regards direct intervention as toe
expensive and dangerous affair. Il
same time more "humane"-to help
the young Mexican bourgeoisie tC
create a national independent" in
dustry of its own.
"lndependence."
THE program of the present Mexi
l. can government, the program o
the petty bourgeoisie and the reform
lists is to develop Mexico on the ba
sis of the industrial and political in
dependence of the country. 1t is true
that more than two-thirds of Mexi
can industry is already in the hands
of foreign capital. There is, however
also a broad stratum of national ele
ments which are financially strong
Furthermore the rich elements in thu
country, /. e. the reactionaries, arr
conspiring with foreign capita
against the interests of their Owl
country. In spite of this, the petit,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
British Nobility Panhandles for the Empire

tional campaign which is now BEING
launched with a view to restoring
national prosperity.
The coal strike is over, BUT THE
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF IN
DUSTRlAL UNREST REMAIN, and
British industry will have A STERN
FIGHT TO MAINTAIN THE HOME
MARKET AND TO REGAIN OUR
EXPORT TRADE.
THE VOLUME OF UNEMPLoY-
MENT rs so GREAT that unless
speedy means can be devised for
employing our people the oPPoR-
TUNlTY OF THE AolTATOR
WILL RETURN and Industrial
peace will be delayed.
One Of the PRINCIPAL CAUSES
OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST is the
fact that our industries have been
forced In certain cases to DEPRESS
WAGES IN ORDER TO MEET FOR
EloN COMPETITION, and this
gives A WEAPON TO THE Elk.
TREMlsT IN THE CLASS WAR.
The Council Of the Empire Indus
tries Association, after due eonsld-
Grafton, have come to the eorslusIor
that the only hopeful constructive
measures for increasing employ
ment reducing taxation pnd ex-
banding our trade, are wide OK
tension Of the principle OF cafe
guarding our home market against
unfair competition and a far-reseh-
Ing policy Of empire development by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

Oh extremist.
He speaks of the volume of unem-
ployment," of reducing wages ito
meet foreign competition" Of the "in-
dustrial unrest" caused by this. He
admits the seriousness of the situation
by speaking of the necessity of ire
storing national prosperity" and of the
need ito maintain the home market"
and REGAIN our export trade"
$50
TN short, British industry and British
L trade are at the lowest point in
their history. No longer is Britain
supreme in the world markets, nor
does Britain even SHARE the world
markets. She is being driven from
them. The working class is develop
ing a revolutionary mood as des-
perate capitalism tries to force the
masses 10 shoulder its losses.
No more convincing proof Of the
critical situation into which capitalist
decay and the growing intensity Of
imperialist conflicts have placed the
British empire has been furnished
recently than the above begging let
ters sent out by an organization com
posed Of the upper level OF ruling
class which has almost outplayed iti
historical role Of busay and robber o.
The wording class and colonial peoples
The imperiallsts themselves are
more honest IN their admissions o
capitalist instability than are The
social.demoorata
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
U. S. FOOLED BY NATIONS
IN 5-5-3 NAVY TREATY,
SAYS CHAIRMAN BUTLER

WASHINGTON, Dec. &c. - The
United States has been fooled" on
the $50 naval limitation treaty,
Rep. Butler Of Pennsylvania, chair
man Of the house naval affairs COM
mttee, declared In an article in the
Army and Navy Journal.
He said he had learned from the
American delegation to the recent
Geneva disarmament conference that
"those other nations have built moro
ships than they sacrificed and that
the spirit Of the 5-5-3 treaty was not
observed thru the construction o.
smaller vessels than those limited
by the treaty"
II is hopeless for America longer
to hold the belief that further dis
armament among the nations can be
accomplished under present eondi-
tons, he declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

means Of mutual preferential trad
ing policy.
We believe that permanent cure
for industrial unrest depends upon
this policy, and we are starting a
campaign thruout the country in
order that people may be immedi-
ateIy educated on these vital issues.
YOU WILL REALIZE THAT
LARGE FUNDS ARE NECESSARY
to promote this policy successfully,
and on behalf Of the association
am writing to express the hope
THAT YOU WILL GIVE YOUR
GENEROUS SUPPORT, II you have
not already done so. CHEQUES
SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO THE
EMPIRE INDUSTRIES AssocIA-
TloN, crossed "National Provincial
Bank" and forwarded to the Hon.
Treasurers, Empire Industries. AS
ISOLATION, 26 Abingdon Street, West.
minister.
TT will be noted that the author o
4 the above communication. speaking
for an organization Of ardent believer
in capitalism as a system aud tn
British empire as It's noblest exponent
does not waste time with the drivel u
which We have become accustomed Il
the capitalist press. Sir Henry Pag
Croft does not accuse the Bolshevik
Of plot TO ruin the empire or eve
mention the Communist Party of Groa
Britain except under the general torr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

is announced that California and Texas are eager to admit
Mexican workers who will slave conditions al
starvation But when the the
Republic of Mexico try to improve their living at home
the whole weight of American mtarism thrown against them
When the worker stands he must also fight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
BY WILLIAM r. DUNE.

THE British government spent ST.
692,500, 900 on social services" for
the year 1925. The greatest part of
this sum was for the maintenance of
unemployment payments and govern
mental charitable institutions.
This enormous amount is striking
evidence of the breakdown OF British
capitalism. The huge expenditure is
made necessary by the failure Of in
dustry to furnish jobs for great sec
tons Of the working class.
One gets a picture Of an empire in
decay.
DOR the first time in its history,
empire agencies are "panhandling
for direct support Of empire trade.
No other word describes the sort Of
appeal that is made in the following
communication. written on the letter.
head OF the Empire Industries Associa-
ton, signed by Sir Henry Page Croft,
b., G. NJ. G., NJ. r., chairman of the
executive committee Of the above body
composed OF an imposing list of right
honorables. earls. marquesses. sirs,
colonels. generals and lords TO the
number of rs;
December 3. 1926.
Dear Sir;
! am writing on behalf OF the
Empire Industries Association TO
call attention to the great eduea-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. }. o'FIaherty.
Continued from page u

NCOHttHueu from page ~
italist world. The. answers are typical
examples of capitalist hypocrisy, but
our good friend Kellogg takes the
biscuit. While his admiral Latimer
was landing troops in Nicaragua to
crush the victorious revolution against
the United States tool Adolfo Diaz,
Kellogg was expressing himself on the
subject of peace as follows: 81 should
rather see accomplished during the
coming year few concrete evidences
Of the spirit of mutual trust than to
see the nations attacking problems in
such a general and comprehensive
manner as to preclude. the possibility
Of solid results"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

coming year few concrete evidences
of the spirit of mutual trust than to
see the nations attacking problems in
such general and comprehensive
manner as to preclude. the possibility
Of solid results"
MO distractions for Kellogg! Some
~ thing concrete is his aim. Con-
crete is hard and so is a rifle. Kellogg
fits. Sioux City's" labor is steady and
for it. The state department forced
the puppet republic of Panama to sign
treaty pledging military support to
the United States in case of war
Panama Is a member of the league of
nations and league members are sup
posed TO submit their foreign troubles
to arbitration before they resort to the
sword. But you can safely bet your
last dollar that the league will not
interfere in the private affairs Of the
United States. The kind of peace that
Imperialism takes seriously is that en-
forced with guns, and poison gas.
THE chamber of commerce of Sioux
L City, Iowa, extends a cordial invi-
tation to capitalists to invest their
money in local labor power. A circular
issued by that body stresses the ad-
vantages of Sioux City to the wide
awake citizen on the lookout for pro
will have peace even II he has to fight
reliable" reads the circular, coming
from a population of less that 2 per
cent ooIored, and very small un.
desirable alien population. The Scan
dinavian and German are predomin-
ating foreign born, and make a very
desirable working class. The small
towns in the territory supply labor as
| II is needed making self-adjustinl
working population. There are nc
unreasonable building laws, coming or
dinances or labor laws. II is city
built on industrial and commercial
ines" Here's q capitalist utopia.
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