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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
Russian Workers Delegation in China

people with their own mercenary in
forests and those who sell themselves
to the imperialists are tried and SEN
fenced.
Such is the tribunal We wish that
the workers of Europe and America
learn something from it. It is a sim
pie court consisting of three repre-
sentatives of the workers and acting
without any pompous ceremony. 1t
is not even cruel; it kills no one. But
it is the conscience of a suffering and
struggling people and-traitors be-
ware! No joking here. We will not
bother telling the things that the i'm
perialists say about this tribunal.
They think about the tribunal the
same as about the labor guard. They
are opposed to the idea of labor trib.
unals, but they believe in the mixed
courts.
The Path of Sun Vat Sen.
The present national emancipation
movement follows the path blazed
thru the old revolutionary Doctor Sun.
Suns successors and followers have
been constantly broadening out the
path opened up by their dead chief
and leading towards the emancipation
OF the Chinese people, and more and
more armies are joining in the cru
SADIE. In the onward march of these.
armies organized labor is assuming az.
increasingly important place. The
workers have decided not to limit
themselves TO the political path OF
emancipation from imperialism.
They have begun to build "physi
cal" road joining Canton with the deep
port of Wampu. This road has been
named the Road OF Sun Vat Sen. Can.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09

ton City cannot receive deep-lying YES
sells, while Wampu can. Heretofore,
Hongkong has been considered the
harbor for big vessels, while Canton
was in the position of hinterland.
This condition made it impossible for
Canton to maintain its foreign trade
Independently. Now Canton wants to
free itself of this dependence and con-
duct its foreign trade independently.
The Canton and Hongkong workers
do not work for the imperialists. They
are ready to work and they are work
ing, however, in the name OF liberia
tiontion from the guardianship" Of
Hongkong.
"a Kilometers In 40 Days.
We visited the new construction
works. Three thousand strikers went
to work simultaneously. The strike
committee gave them task-24 ldlo-
metres Of road to be completed in
40 days. And no doubt it will be
completed, for these people realize
that they are working for themselves.
Canton will become connected with
Wampu by land. OF course, this move
of the Canton strikers will also be
interpreted by the Imperialism as a
blow to civilization. If the Hong
kong bankers and their Chinese hire
1ings are the embodiment of civiliza-
ton and culture, then it must be adj
mitted that the strikers are merely
undermining the foundation stones of
civilization. However, the strikers
are unaware of this: you must tell it
to them, but, more important, prove 1T
to them-else they will stick to their
picks and shovels for all their worth.
(The End.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
FURRIERS' union
PICKET Leader
SENT TO JAIL
New York Strikers Re-
new Mass Picketing
Especial to Tho Daily wsrher,

Especial to The Daily WSrkSga
NEW YORK, May 7. AnothOr
desperate attempt of the fur bosses 10
cripple the splendid lighting ranks oG
the striking furrters was shown IA
the 60-day sentence imposed on
Samuel Mencher. chairman Of ia
picket committee, who was tried IN
Essex Market court on q charge Of
disorderly conduct.
jail Three.
Mencher, with two other workers,
Mark Boerum and s. Fischer, were
arrested and altho they were charged
merely with disorderly conduct thay
were all given s0-day sentences. An
other worker, Paul Esersky, received
80 days on the same charge.
The response of the strikers to swuh
schemes Of the manufacturers was
shown in a telegram sent by the shop
chairmen when news Of Mencher's
sentence was announced to them in
Manhattan Lyceum. They sent greet
ings from the strikers of all the shops
represented and told Mencher to feel
confident that others would take up
his good work and the picket commit
tee would carry on more vigorously
than ever. The picket committee i'm
mediately called meeting and laid
plans for mass picket ustrationS
for next week.
!. L. q. w. Locals Aid Strike.
Ben Gold announced to the shop
chairmen that the strike is in better
condition than ever, and that the union
already has in hand the first part Of a
loan Of 100000 which will make it
possible to continue to pay benefits
and carry on all the activities Of the
strike. Thru the help Of Locals 2, 8
and % of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union It has been
possible to make these loans without
the endorsement Of the International
which would give its endorsement only
in such a way as to handicap the con-
duct of the strike and interfere with
the work of the general picket commit
tee. The loans now arranged for will
serve as final warning to the employ
ers that they might as well give up
hope that the union will compromise
in dts strike demands. It is now we'll
prepared to continue indefinitely until
the strike us won.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09

the wage reductions recommended by
the coal commission put into effect
wages in certain districts will fall
close to the 1914 level. The cost Of
living is still 72 per cent above 1914
Such an attempt to reduce worker liv-
ing standards will unquesitonably
touch off conflict, with large part
of public opinion lined up for the min
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
Professor Fishers Statistics

Professor Irving Fisher economist Yale and the
pampered bourgeois his
proving stastcay that capitalism will last forever and that
other system possibly work. has been given the horse laugh
New university
The professor in his austere recently testified
committee the effect that Yale virtually dry
and that drinking the students had disappeared since Vol
steadsm showered its blessings upon the nation He tried reue
the claim the student paper the Yale Nos that there
drinking than before
The precious editors the N took this personal insult
and they conducted referendum the question the
$500 students and the result four support of the
assertion that drinking had increased rather than decreased since
prohibition.
Such viii also be the fate Of Fishers better known pognostca
TONS wherein he by the most elaborate statistical analysis
that the system for which he speaks mpershab when he is
confronted with realities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09

high production due TO high consump-
ton due to high wages due to high
production, due to-etc., without end.
The vital question is whether Britain
will apply it Immediately as solution
of the mine crisis which hinges on
wages.
The British Miners.
The Miners Federation of Great
Britain has shown that if the govern
ment subsidy is withdrawn May 1 and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
Amundsen Dirigible
Is Well on Its Way
to Spitzbergen

LENINGRAD, May Z. = The Amund-
sen-Ellsworth Polar dirigible, which
left Cadso at 3.56 yesterday afternoon,
was reported well on its way to Kings
Bay, Spitzbergen. Favorable weather
is prevailing and the dirigible is max
ing good progress, reports stated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
Los Angeles ''News"
in Receivers Hands

LOS ANGELES, May t. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr.. has thrown his Los
Angeles Illustrated Daily News into
the hands OF Mayor Meredith P.
Snyder as receiver to protect HIM
self from the creditors who want to
force him into an insignificant sale.
His other papers are still running at
Miami and San Francisco.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09


for England hangs on mass production
and high wages.
RIIeys Return.
President Riley Of the British manu-
features association, returns to Lon
don as an apostle of the new capital
ism exuding the familiar phrases
elimination of waste, Industrial con-
solidatiOn, higher wages, payment by
results, Standardization, efficiency and
diffusion of ownership. He says 1.-THE
prosperity of the United States is the
greatest vindication Of the capitalist
system"
Youngsters Explain.
Messrs Austin and Lloyd, young
technicians, return and write The Sc
cret of High Wages, referred to by
Editor Garvin of the Observer as
perhaps the most valuable little book
upon Britain's industrial crisis which
has appeared since the war" They
explain Americas prosperity on the
basis of promotion by merit, small
profit margins on rapid turnover, sim
plifcation and cheapening of pro-
cesses, high wages, elimination of
waste, welfare work and research.
Garvin sums up their conclusions for
England thus:
"The very life Of this country de-
ponds on two things-deliberat adop-
ton by the employers of a policy of
high wages and intelligent under
standing on part of the men that
every mechanical aid to efficiency
must be used to the utmost. The or
ganization of cheaper production on
American lines must be accepted and
restrictions on individual output must
be swept away"
High Wage Bunk.
Last of all we hear that the social
ed British labor delegation paid and
sent to America bya the reactionary
London Daily Mail has completed its
short tour of American Industrial cen
ters and sailed for home with the i'm
mortal words of President Coolidge
ringing in it's ears: "Well, American
workers earn high wages because they
work" OF course even the Daily Mail
representative was forced to admit
that British workers also knew how
to work. But he said for the delega-
ton that they believed high wages in
America were due to high production
and high consumption, and that the
high standards Of living among Amer
lean workers were due TO those condi-
lions.
Harmony"
"They have been greatly impressed"
he sald "by the harmony they saw
everywhere existing between working
man and employer. They have been
also much struck by the perfect organ
ization they found in American work
shops"
Needless to say this perfect organ
izatlon does not refer TO labor organ
ization. For the carefully chaperoned
delegates were piloted TO all the great
nonunion plants like Ford and Gen
eral Electric.
American Tune.
SO the American tune runs round
and round again. High wages due to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09
SAVING BRITAIN FROM CRISIS BY
TALKING AMERICAN PROSPERITY
BY LELAND oLDs, Federated Prssa

What blessing America capitalist
ed British liberals who
science!
British captains industry engineers economists
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-09

L0nenGble effect Of British strike upon ladies Of the ne'o
bogeose King George postponed holding
thereby deprvg the elegant Americans opportunity
before the throne of the royal peewee
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
.ImaginatiOn's Power
The Rev. Aimee Has 1t

The Rev Mrs. Aimee Sempe Mcpherson knows how to
appeal the imagination of human beings and therefore,
knows control The Rev Mrs Mcpherson said
she had been kidnapped The law isn't and under
takes to prove that she living quiet and
meditation somewhere while her huge congregation thought
her drowned and while according to her story she being
dragged the desert
Mrs Mcpherson calls her prosecution PERSECUTION and
being able she invented stunt to emphasize her
On Sunday trained members of her congregation al be-
lievng her absolutely performed the march of the
martyrs
martydom of ST. Stephen shot full of the bheading
of St. Paul the burning of three for printing the
Bible, and the burning of Joan of Arc witch
The crucixon of ST. Peter upside down not shown
difficult. Only dull mind would have failed to in the
Rev Mrs McPherson standing in her pulpit another martyr
worthy rank with Stephen Joan of Arc Paul and Peter.
Appealing the public IMAGINATION is much
efficient than appealing public REASON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
MOON MYSTERY
By Garrett P. Serviss

"HILE we are inventing and
w applying with success new
methods of exploring the most
distant regions Of the visible
universe. we remain relatively *.
nOrant concerning our nearest
celestial neighbor. the moon. With
the highest powers of telescopes
we can bring the moon within
an apparent distance Of less than
100 miles. and yet We are unable
TO say with certainty whether
there is any form Of life OF any
actual physical change on its
wonderfully diversified surface.
Some astronomers. like William
e. Pickering. believe that tines
can detect signs of the existence
Of some kind Of vegetation on
certain parts Of the moon. alter
nately flourishing land fading
with the advance and decline of
the lunar day. which is about d
fortnight in length. Admitting
that such vegetation must nave
water in order to survive. ana
that there is no sign of water IN
the lunar world, they assume
nisled by emission from some If
the innumerable assures connect
ed wilh TN" great formations
lied "craters.
The majority Of astronomers
are not disposed To accept these
views which. however. are based
on Weiltrained observation; and
il may be the philosophical prin,
ciple that ? general negative is
not as good as q specific affirma.
tive that leads Professor Aitken.
Of the Lick Observatory to say
that. while he shares the view Of
The majority on this question. he
regards it az desirable that if
should be settled cOnclusiyely. Il
that is possible. In other words,
he admits that the majority
opinion may he erroneous.
We do not know, either how
The moon became pitted with the
great, mOuntain-rin@ed dcpIt j.
Sions that are called "rrIlcr%,
a Word that certainly seems 20
iii lncir general appearance
The lno>t prevalent opinion
among astronomers Is that these
ages ago 10y forces analogous 10
volcanic explosions. acting with
far 1reater local effect. however.
than on the carth--for our vol
clnlr crttrrs ar" IT'S pinholCS com
pared with tn" lunar ones Many
difficulties have been cncOun-
tered IL applying this theory to
til" explanation ia detail of the
lunar fornd tons: but. aS Prof.
Aiken says the only plausible
rival theory. which is that the
lunar rIaters were produced by Il
tremendous m"teOric lombard
ment. seems to offer still greater
III ticulties. Here again there is
room for the application OF new
methods of isation which
may possibly lead to difinjte
conclusion.
y third mystery of the moon *
presented by the remarkable white
steaks that are seen. with The
slightest lcleScopic power. rHd!at.
ing over he moons surface.
traversin2 plains and mountains
alike and taking their origin for
the greater part from the large
southern crater named "TYcho"
which shines like button near
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

1V1 reason
More questions seemed vital TO people nave
been settled because the world got tired OF the ute d
because side gained ascendancy over the other
There used be tremendous theological issues Ih were
settled side proved the other wrong but
the audience simply left They walked out on the per-
Torrance, and the show
There has been ageold dispute as to whether war
nature and fight long there men, Others
the contrary advance most telling arguments for UNIVERSAL
peace
There still third way in which institution
reegated the that peope
lose interest in it.
That what is taking place The world was bored
with Our Young to the conflict as TO
piece of business that must be settled soon as pos
sble they could go home As it settled they
threw down their off their uniforms and resumed
business which they found vastly more interesting
The last nothing but nsuferable piece OF ego
tism. As the troublemaker squelched the
people got down to business again.
What people do not like they will soon to do
War time appealed to the adventurous minded OI
There other channel equal to that Tor en-
crossing their efforts All of the minded
warriors.
Today war has ceased occupy place in the popular
imagination. Nowadays want another kind OF power
They seek for political monetary their fellows
especially for fighting with them.
combative instincts nowadays shuned into the
of trade science and 1t is more interesting
gain dominion nature by steam electricity and ma
chnery than it to gain dominion over fellows by
killing them
Transportation and electrical communication now loom
large in the horizon.
We are subdung training utilizing and natural
forces instead of enslaying our fellow men.
More people interested IN business today tnan In War
In time past it quite the contrary Trade and the
like for the lower order of and the sport
of mobiles and kings.
Today of mobiles and kings steadily dwindling
and the number of common men increasing.
1926, Mcclure Newspaper syndieatsJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Rat Poison for the Baby

ish concentrations. They become
vital statistics to him-guiding
estimates in tackling life.
We'd stand aghast if we could
see how some trivial remark, has
worked distortion in the fumbling
mind of child.
Sidonie Mastner. Gutenberg
speaks of this in her article
''Twigs of Prejudice in the
September issue of The Survey.
The home is the source of
preiudices. she says. "A mothers
or Italian vegetable dealer may
mean long. enduring hostility
on the part Of the child toward
all Swedes or Italians. The
fathers comments on the careless
or inefficiency Of a worker of
specified category, or his stumb-
ling over an outlandish name, may
mean perhaps strengthening OF
the child's confidence in himself
and in his own people. but it may
mean also arrogance and unrea.
soned dislike of foreigners in gen.
eral, or of particular groups. The
child generalizes from very little
data; and he does not have to
check the validity Of his generali-
cations. Here an explosion of
temper, there mere grimace.
only rarely deliberate formula
ton of judgment--but for the
child the net result is class
name firmly celnented. by angry
OF unkind feelings. to a deroga.
tory adjective. The child soor
becomes an adult, retaining the
habit of generalizing without haV-
ing learned the need or the
method of checking: he is per-
son fun of prejudices."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

Think back.
Remember the simple country
folks who surrounded your small.
lnquisitive youth? The comfortable.
neighborly women who knew so
little Of worldly ways and who
for all their friendliuess, were a
bit suspicious of city ways or
queer dotngs?' And then the
one woman who didn't fit in 10
that gentle back water of life
the woman who lived in the sma II
suffered house at the end Of the
street.-The quiet. shadowy little
house which your mother passed
with pursed lips-THE WOMAN
WITH THE BOBBED HAIR.
They never told you what went
on in that little house. OF course.
when you were a big boy, or girl.
you. found out for yourself. But
even when you were little. before
you knew'a single thing. you had
a feeling that that woman was
different and somehow dangerous.
That short hair and your mothers
pursed lips we're firmly associated
in your wandering mind. Uncon-
sciously you too pursed your lips
when you saw her short outlaw
treSses.
That's why you. today distrust
bobbed haired ladies.
That's only one example. There
are dozens more. Play a game
with yourself tonight. Trace
down Your pet prejudiees.
Then do a little thinking.
What prejudices are YOU y
ing in your ci1ild's mind with
your random remarks and IN
considered jeersP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Civility is a charm that attracts
the love Of all men. and too much
is better than to show too little.
Horne.
Calamity is mans true touch
stone -Bea mont and Fletcher.
Clemency is profitable for. ak
mischiefs condemned lose their
force Stretch
There IS so little 20 redeem the
dry mass OF follies and errors
that make up so much Of life that
anything to love or reverence be.
comes, as il were, a sabbath to
the soul. --Bulwer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
WHERE HALE
WAS SLAIN

A PROPOS Of the l50th annivers.
~
"'S VI a'\'liah 1ale eA-
ecutiOn by the british, Hugh Full.
Ierton writing in tbis ,raa1.,..
. ,''>'9 '''e S'e"e vi
tlilie lndftErdOm as II appears
today. First Avenue in New
York city" Fullerton writes ",li,,S
little where it crosses Forty.
fifth ana Iforty.SiXth Street,
Great factory buildings mover
houses. and hich tonements limo
thr wide thu.onrhf.,.o n,.a,. ,rl,i,.h
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
Gawky Fellow

THE history of this world is
Il curious. 1t is a direct de
scendant Of the Anglo-Saxon
word geac. and this is found N
4 more or less similar form in the
German, Swedish. Danish and Ice
landic languages. and means
cuckoo" In the "Morte d'Arthur
We find the word 'gawll' used in
the sense Of cuckoo. In sine
the word took on a sense OF aWk
Wa.dness. Sometimes it vas Ap.
pied 10 u country pumpkin. Per
hatps the practice OF the cuckoo
bird of laying its eggs In other
birds nests had something to do
with the present denotation of
the words "gawk" or cuckoo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

Nothing is SO hard but search
will find it out. -Herrick.
Admiration Is the daughter Of
ignorance. Franklin.
tt is the wit and policy Of SIN
20 hate those we have abused
@ -Davenant
Creditors have better men.a-
ries than debtors; ;hNF are
superstitious sect. grea. ooserN,-
ers of set days and times
Franklin.
1t is not he that searches for
praise that finds it.--Rivaroi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

The Darkest Hour of Marriage
HWHICH is harder to give up,
w asks u writer. "a bride OF
four months or college career
Now, If she had said a bride Of
four minutes. or bride of four
Gays. there might have been some
question about the matter But
nothing on earth is easier to give
up than bride of four months!
Just when she has ceased 10 he
Il novelty--and before she has
begun to be a necessity!
Just when the honeymoon has
gone down with banG-and be-
fore the dawn Of understai~ ing
and comladeship has begun tt
peep over the horizon
Just when the last slinmer Of
star-dust has been wiped from
your eyes-and before they are
strong enough to see what's left
-Four months: That is the dark
est hour of marriage. The uIo,II
ing after Christmas. when the
wine is on the lees. and the tinsel
IN the tree is furnished aud you
awaken with sentimental hang
over.
When YOU have discovered that
the price of ton Of coal would
buy Il case Of Scotch on n new
tire. and that "A Wonan'S hat
costs a. much as set OF golf
sticks.
When you have discovered that
she burns the toast and spells
the coffee-but have not yet
found out that she can make
Paris gown out Of an Old gunny
sack. ii garden out OF desert,
and home out OF an army
tent.
When you nave learned that
she can't keep her stockings
straight or her dressine-tablc III
order-but have not yet made the
amazing discovery that he is
that rara avis. i woman who can
keep her TEMPER her SECRETS her
friends and heI cook
When YOU have found uut that
God did not give her hair that
3l.ntN COlOr-Dut have NOT vet
begun TO appreciate tn" fact thH;
He gave her Sunshiny dis
position.
Whom you realize that she
doesn't glitter in - company IF
witty highbrows---aud have long
since forgotten how she used 20
sparkle in a tWosOme or shine in
a moonlight tete-H-tete.
When your eyes haN" Been
opened "a al her littl" flaws nnd
shortcomings YOU have had
no time 10 test her metal o. her
big and splendid virtues.
Oh no. 1t isn't the first hun-
dred wears Of married lite which
are the hardeSt--it's The first
hundred days or the fiISt hundred
weeks, When the glamour Of
romance i wearing off. ard YOU
are just getting your equilibrium
and your eyoSjght back When
the mtoNication is Oyer ana he
rem"lse ana the headache are
coming on.
Four months is the end Of The
honeymoon-but il isn't even the
beginning o6 REAL MARRIAGE!