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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
A VISIT TO The STOCKYARDS

plunged his sharp steel knife into
their threats. The animals blood
spurted forth as in a vomit, while the
animals shook in commissions in their
vain struggle against death. The floor
was covered with red hot blood.
This was the beginning of the sys-
tematic follow-up. Division of labor
divided the animal-each worker per-
forming his specific incessant task.
One shred the skin; the next cut the
body; the third pulled the entrails:
the fourth washed, cleansed, and so
onn, until what was but minute ago
living hog was packed and sealed
ham, pork, bacon.
A stocky man stood elevated on a
platform over the last chamber into
which the cows walked. He let his
heavy hammer fall on the defenseless
cows heads, dumbfounding them. A
trap door was thrown open, and the
cows rolled out. Their hoofs were
pierced with sharp hooks. The moving
machinery performed its untiring
task, the human machines kept up
their duties with inhuman speed.
Use Everything But squeaIs.
First the cows were drawn head
downward to meet the butchers knife.
Their throats were pierced. Instantly
the blood man" caught the squirting
red food in buckets. The buckets
we're left hanging on each so that NO
drop of blood would be lost.
Someone has said: "In modern
slaughter methods only the animals
shrieks are lost, all else being pre-,
served and utilized" Bue even the
shrieks are not lost. Their shrill
sharpness pierce and prey upon the
nerves Of the struggling, exploited
slaughter house workers. -.
was glad to get out and stay out
wished the wind would tear the
dreaded stencil from my nostrills
and blow it back to where it came
from.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
WORKERS BROT
FROM SOUTH TO
Be SLAVES HERE
Porto Ricans the Most
Exploited of Workers
sy A warksr o0rresp0naen.

BROOKLYN, NrY., Jan. S.--As soon
as our brothers from the Latin-Amer-
lean countries reach the hospitable
90 shores Of America they are i'm
mediately spirited away to some fac
tory to start ID shaving for Uncle Sam.
An instance IS, the Yale Electric com
pany Of Brooklyn which employs al
most exclusively. Porto Ricans at an
average wage of SIS per week. They
are required. 10 work in the most de-
grading surroupdings-di battery
cases in extremely poisonous acids
where every scratch means a grew.
GUS sore. Weak men are forced to
push trucks piled up high with thou
sands of pounds of battery cells all
over the factory and the least slip
on the part of the hand" entails
the possibility OF cutting off the near
est part of the Workers anatomy.
The warehouse is a gigantic collec-
ton of dust and filth in which the none
too robust Porto Rican is not infre-
quently laid up with the con" Amidst
all these idyllic surroundings we can
hear on all sides imprecations in
Spanish against the beggarly pay, the
dangerous conditions of work, and the
absolutely infuriating manner Of the
petty bosses and white collar slaves
with the workers. Their wages do
not even permit them to live like
human beings-the lowest standards
must Of necessity be theirs. The
boarding houses nearby are shambles,
they wear the Cheapest clothing and
eat the cheapest meals of any group
Of workers that I've yet come across.
And all this IS caused by their new
ness in the land, their inability to
understand English and lack of skill
in any trade.
But why ,should we permit these
South American brothers of ours to
be exploited SO. mercilessly and by
their helplessness tend to bring down
the standards of work in the general
labor Market. Let those Ike myself
who slave in the Yale plant form the
nucleus for the movement of liberia
ton from the degrading conditions Of
labor existing there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
Low Wages, Long Hours
and High, Cost of Living,
Newark Workers Fate
BY THE6boRE PLEcAN.
(Worker CorrasnondenfN

NEWARK, n. j., Jan. 8-One of the
biggest manufacturing cities in the
state of New Jersey is Newark-the
city where You. must go for a permit
to the chief of police If you want to
hold an ordinary dance.
In this city there are leather fac
tories, boundaries, cigar factories, ma
chine shops, candy factories, an auto
mobile factory, radio shops-and many
other Industrial establishments.
The hours Of labor are nine and
some places nine and one-half and
even ten day-except in the building
industry, where the S-hour day pre-
walls because 1t is strongly organized.
Pay for machinists is from so to IS
cents an hour and the best mechan-
les get 20 cents per hour.
Laborers are paid from s14 to SIS
per week and $40 is the limit. Color
ed workers are easily obtainable, be-
cause the southern farmers are bank
rupt and as they must live, they flock
to New Jersey, and other eastern
states.
Food is very, dear. Meat sells at
30 to As cents per pound; eggs at so
cents to S1.OO TOR fresh quality; po-
tatoes-that Long. Island farmers were
selling at $1.0Qoa bag-are now $500
bag; rents. are high. four dingy
rooms with only gas and water for
$500. ~
We have a church on every corner,
many patriotic organizations, and over
$50 saloons, where booze and the
worst kind of wood alcohol poison are
sold. DEMOCRACY" continues to
reign supreme--until some day the
whole system will be overthrow to
secure justice for those who are today
in need and in misery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
Workers In Barberton,
Ohio, Have Miserable
Wages and Poor Homes
BY A Worker Correspondent

BARBERTON, o., Jan. S.-The
workers in the city OF Barberton most
ly work eight hours a day. Their
wages are as follows: Some get 40
and AZ cents an hour--those are the
better paid workers. The laborers get
30 and 35 cents an hour and the wo-
men in the factories get 20 and 80
cents an hour.
The rents in workers sections are
s25, $50 and S35 month. Houses are
not good and the section where they
live unsanitary.us
The city is full of churches and or
CARNATIONS like, the X. X. X, the X
of G. and etc. ar
There are mott many unions. There
Is the Moulders' Union and the Car
penters' Union. will write again
soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
BUFFALO YARDS
WORKERS FEAR
COMP ANY BOSSES
Packers Vengeance Is
Dreaded
81 a worker oorrssp.ouaent


55uFFALo, NJ. " Jan. s.--That
the workers in the packing houses Of
Buffalo, N. ", are trampled under the
heel Of the bosses, and are afraid to
protest for fear Of losing their nnlser-
able jobs, was shown Very clearly by
the following incident:
When The DAILY .WORKKER cor
respondent heard Of the exposure Of
conditions in the packing industry
that the paper was publishing, he
asked a worker in the Jacob Dold Co.
to write up story of the conditions
under which he works. At first he
said, ooh, what stories can tell!
am afraid that if l tell the truth of
the horrible things to which the work
ers are subjected your readers will not
believe it." Then look of fear came
over his face, and he refused TO talk
further. 81 can't afford to lose my
job. Even if the wages are low, and
the conditions rotten, it's better than
walking the streets looking for mas
ter. No, won't write anything for
The DAILY WORKER, and don't you
get me into trouble by writing,
eitherl"
- The fact that no promises of Sc
crecy could induce this former radical
worker to expose his working condi-
tions, speaks for itself. The packing
industry must exploit the workers
like hell to intimidate them to such
an extent. Ng
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
FOUNDRY TOILERS
so FILLED WITH
DUST CAN'T EAT
Hours Are from a A. M.
to 5 P. M.
BY Fred link.
worker correspondent)

MUSHROOM, Mich, Jan. 8. - The
workers employed at the Campbell
Wayne and Canon Foundry Co, To-
Gated here, are compelled to work un-
der conditions which are deplorable.
The workers in the cleaning depart
heavy motor cylinders from the blocks
in order to knock the cores and found
ry sand from them TO be placed into
large buckets called ramblers. A
crane overhead let's lid down upon
the rambler which is then fastened.
in order to have them revolve at a
high rate of speed to remove the
fange and to give polish to the
motor cylinders. In doing this, it
causes the dust and foundry sand
to fly in the air to the extent that
our bodies are covered and much of
it finds its way into the lungs.
This work starts at 4 a. m. and con-
tinues until $3.50 p. m. with plenty of
straw bosses to fire and hire at will.
The forty-five minutes allowed for
lunch finds us poor stiffs pretty we'll
played out and it is with effort at
times that we eat our lunch, having
inhaled dust all morning. For this we
are paid the sum of forty-fve cents
an hour.
It is not a surprise to see men,
mostly young, (for the old are not
wanted) carried out, injured at his
work by some machine, manned for
life, and every now and then one is
carried out dead.
Altho the entire shop is morgan
lied, there is a sentiment for organi-
cation and with the help of the In
ternational holders Union, l am sure
we can unionize even this shop, the
"hellhole of creation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
, 7 u ? =
BY SMAxIco,s ar
worker Correspondentl

NHH
Worker .correspondentl
REMEMBERING Carl JSandburg's
~ Chicago, Hog Butcher for the
World" l went to visit the Chicago
stockyards, in 1921. The 47th street
entrance greeted my eyes with a sign,
reading:
"The Illinois Humane Society
Office Of state Agent
Report Cases Of Cruelty Here"
On observing statute of Abraham
Lincoln, humanitarian, little way in,
/ thought What an unbecoming en-
closure!"
Further on l saw sheep, calves, pigs
and COWS being driven to their death
cells. Their intuition" must have
foretold their doom, for they groaned
and moaned and squealed.
Machine Process at Work.,
In Armour's slaughter house, amidst
the last shrieks and squeals of the
pigs, 1 watched man-made machines,
man and death at united work. Man
stuck sharp steel hook thru the
pigs hoofs, and the machine, an
enormous revolving wheel, raised the
doomed animals head downward,
Needless of their cries, the machine
brought them to the butcher, who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
SECOND STRIKE
CAUSED BY The
CHECKER TAXI
Boss Violated Word AT
ter First Strike
BY A Worker Correspondents

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. z. - Despite
the fact that an injunction has been
employed against them and that slug
gers have been brot in from other
cities, the taxi drivers Of the Checker
Taxi Co., and members of Taxi
Drivers Union Local No. 1875 are out
on strike and are on the job on the
picket line every day.
The Second Strike.
This is the second strike of the
drivers Of this company. The first
strike was called Sept. 10, 1925. The
primary cause Of this strike was the
demand of the company officials that
the drivers purchase their own uni
forms and overcoats. AS the strike
continued, however, it developed into
fight to finish. The drivers
demanded contract with a
closed shop" clause and the company
held out for the open shop. 1t was
not until Oct. 8, 1926, that the officials
Of the Checker Co. acceded to the full
demands of the union.
The second strike is the result of
the failure of the company officials to
keep their faith with the drivers and
breaking the contract. Instigators of
the strike were fired and older men
with the company given a shorter
day than the newer drivers.
No Business Done.
None of the cabs of the company
are operating at night but very few
go out in the day time and these are
escorted by the city cops. No tele-
phone work is being done. The COM
pany depends lot on their telephone
calls. Only nine drivers have applied
for reinstatement. There are $50
drivers out.
Strikebreakers have been import
ed from Providence, Rhode Island.
These men who say they have been
hired as ''laborers" and brot to Bos-
ton by the company were not aware
that strike was in progress. Many
have returned to the cities from
whence they came. The strikers are
very confident of victory soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
Wanted:

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PERlALISM" by Jay Lovestone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
Workers Write About the Workers. Life
Next, Weeks Prizes!

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complete Elementary primer containing all the
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FREE LITERATURE SUPPLIED

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. = Free copies
of the YOUNG WORKER, Tribuna
Robotnicza, Pravda, and Honor and
Truth, can be secured from Frank
Milder, S21 Clylesurn St., Milwaukee.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Marlboro
MARLBoRo nREoRMED cHuacH.

Sunday evening the congregation
greatly enjoyed having Rev. B. Baker
with us who spoke on mission work in
China. Tuesday the church was repre-
sented at Chassis and on Wednesday q
number Of the ladies attended the Mis-,
Isionary Conference in Keyport. Tuesday
afternoon Mrs. Baker gave an interest
ing talk at the meeting Of the Womans
Missionary Society.
The annual congregational meeting
was held Thursday evening and was we'll
attended and greatly enjoyed. Reports
indicate that all obligations have been
fully met and that substantial bal
ance remainin the treasury. Several
legacies have been received and all or
CARNATIONS are in high state Of eff.
cheney.
The Bible School will meet Sunday
morning at $780,. and preaching ser.
vice wiIlfollow at 1890. G. E.. at 6:45
ia charge of Frances Burke. Evening
worship at 7:8O. Prayer Meeting Thurs
day eveing will be omitted on account
Of the School Of Religious Instruction
in Freehold. Junior @. e. Friday after
noon.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Car Hits Tree

Contractor Arthur g. white has
learned that q tree can be more dam
aging to an automobile than an express
train. A short while ago he was struck
by an express train and his car was
somewhat damaged, while he escaped
colIided with q tree at Che inters zee.
ton of the Freehold and the West
than by the train. Mr.. White was
hold road into the West Farms road
Georp g w Mathews s Of IT. MAXIM Y9n triedg
to pass him. The result was that the
cars collided and MIR. White was
forced into the tree.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
SAGE SAYINGS

Certain signs precede certain
events.--Cicero.
1t is the fortunate who should extol
fortune.-Goethe
Fear follows crime and is its pun
ishment. yoltaire,
The shame Of fools conceaIs their
open wounds Horace.
Merely to breathe freely does not
mean to live.-Goethe.
What region of the earth is not full
of our caIamlties? Virgil.
Earth is but the frozen echo Of
the silent voice of God Hageman.
Genius means the transcendent
capacity Of taking pains. - Carlyle.
The created world is but small
parenthesis in eternity Browning.
An independent person is one who
thinks grammar is question of taste.
BY the same means we do not al
ways arrive at the same ends. -St,
Real.
The saying that beauty is but skin
deep is but a skin deep saying. spen-
Ger.
Other mems sins are before our
eyes; our own behind eur backs
Seneca.
Good opportunities are lost to the
lover who does not know how TO
embrace them.
Where life is more terrible than
death, 1t is then the truest yalor to
dare to HYe.-BrOwne.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
BOD Last Word. as Usual

A suffragette, in the days before the
United States had been made safe for
feminine democracy, was holding forth
at a meeting on the failings of men.
They were, she said, stupid, preju-
diced, and so on. FINALLY stern-vis-
aged man stood up. MAY ask you
a question:" he inquired. The WON
an speaker nodded. docs your hus-
band share your views?' mot yet"
"Ah," said the interrupter triumphant
", 81 thought So" Il may add" said
the woman sweetly, shat I'm not mar
RED"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Blaze Quickly
Put Out

As the clock was striking 10 clock on
Sunday night, Mr.. George w. Kirk
man, the jeweler, of 1S w. Main street.
Freehold, looked out of his rear window
and saw blaze in Mr.. Neimrow's back
yard. He teIephoned to the Fire De-
partInent which soon arrived. It
proved to be some of Mr.. Neinrow's
packing boxes along the line fence in
the rear of his store. The flames burnt
q part of the fence and scorched the sid
ing of a shed when it was dis
covered. THE MONMOUTH INQUIRER
Office is again placed under obligations
to the Freehold Fire Department for
their quickness and efficiency.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
..Pies Is Tnxeso IN CHING

''Pigs is pigs" but according to Chi
nese military officials they are more
than they are good source Of
revenue. Hence when the new regime
took control of Shanghai and looked
around for possible sources of income
it decided to impose tax on every
pig that enters Shanghai
The city magistrate gave orders that
the headquarters and social club OF
the Shanghai pig dealers be closed
and sent posse of Chinese police to
see that his orders were carried out
until the new tax was paid The levy
proved unpopular from the start and
led to curtailed demand for this lux
ury by Chinese buyers.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Was Tiniest Bobv

Gilbert o. McGilvary of Walla Wal
la, Wash, who died recently at the
age of seventy-two was. when he was
born at Trempeleau, Wis. in 1858,
the tiniest baby on record who lived.
There were no baby incubators in
those days and his survival occasioned
Midespread interest.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Obituary
MES. JENNIE G. APpLEa ArR-


wife of DR. Asher I. Applepate died
/ Wednesday noon. April 18th. 1926 after
lseveraI months of Ill health She was
Miss Jennie G. Wilson, born March "a
| 1852. the daughter of Robert Z. Wilson
and Helen Anderson She was one Of
the first young women OF this section
to seek a college education and was
lstudent at Mt. Holyoke College, South
Hadley, Mass. She married DR. Apple
gate IN the Manalapan church. Oct. is.
1873. Mrs. Apologize was a member
of the Englishtown Presbyterian
church, OF the Daughters Of Liberty.
and Francis Hopkinson Chapter, ID. a
II. Besides her husband she is survived
by two sons, James T., of Englishtown.
and Kenneth p, of Hartford, Conn.
two grand sons, who are the sons Of
Kenneth p, and two brothers, Apner
and William Wilson, OF Cranbury.
Mrs. Applegate was a devoted wife
and besides those near and dear 70 her
leaves many friends who sincerely
mourn her.
The funeral which was largely at
tended took place on Saturday at1l a.
NJ, at the !hOnse, with Rev. William
Bulloch OF Harrison, N. ". officiating
assisted by Rev. E. w Druckenmiler
pastor Of the Englishtown Presbyterian
church. Interment was at Tennent.
JOSEPHINE DoRSErT BEDLE.
wifeof ChnrIes Fl. Butcher. died at her
home on Court street. Friday. April /.
1926, aftor an illness of two days. She
returned last week, from Atlantic CITY.
where she and Mr.. Butcher had been
the past two weeks, In an effort to al
leviate the effects Of an attack Of asth-
ma.
Her funeral was he'd the following
Sunday at 2 O'Clock, services being
conducted by Rev. George G.. Horn.
pastor Of the Presbyterian church. as
sisted by Rev. @. p. Newton, of the
Baptist church. Interment was in
Maplewood cemetery.
Besides Mr.. Butcher, she is SURVIVE
led by one son, Donald Craig Butcher.
Three sisters, Miss Peter s. ConoveY
of Orange, Mrs. Allie Berkman of Au-
gusta Ga, and Mrs. Frederick Par
ker of Belvidere, and one brother, Rob-
ert Bedle of Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. Butcher was born in Freehold
at 30 West Main street, Dec. 4. 1860.
the daughter Of Elihu B. Bedle and
Katherine Craig, niece Of Governs
Bedle. Her Iabher was prominent mer-
chant, and erected the brick store build
ing later owned by the late William 8.
Brown. She was educated at the Free
hold Young Ladies' Seminary, and was
married to Mr.. Butcher, Sept. IL. 1889.
She was member OF the Presb yterian
church, Cecilian Club and Wonan's
Club.
MRS. KATE NJ. 0oNINE.
aged II years, wife Of Joseph w, Conine.
died at her home in Adelphia, on Thurs
day, April /, 1926, Of complication of
diseases. Funeral services were held
from her late home on Saturday, Rev.
A. L. Dreamer, pastor of the Adelphia
M. 3. church officiating. Interment was
in Adelphia cemetery. Besides her hns-
band she is survived by four sisters.
Mrs. Martha Wagner of. Chews, Mrs.
Charles E. Palmer of Red Bank. Mrs.
b. G. StillwelI and Mrs. Samuel Hall OF
Adelphia and one brother DIR. Furman
Jones of Spring city, Pa Mrs CONNIE
was an active member OF the Adelphia
church and was for many years its Choir
lister.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
HELPING Loke Corners

Some of the more fashionable the
aters playing legitimate drama are
now printing synopsis of the first
act of their show in the program, thus
enabling the majority of the audience,
who come late, to know what is going
on.-The Outlook.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Avon Liquor Case

Leroy Henderson, Avon's boro wa
ter superintendent, and William Lay
ton, driver of street department
motor truck at Avon, are on trial before
Judge Jacob Steinbach, jr., and a jury
on acharge of grand larceny. it being
alleged that they stole and carted away
~ Ia cases Of grain alcohol, or 1856
gallons. valued at 81 $3.50 on Oct. IA.
They were found not guilty.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15

Trout season will open today. TIL .
brooks where trout have been placed
by the Game Cammissien are the Man
alapan, Willow, Yellow, Hockhockson
Big, Wemrock, and Pine brooks. All
streams Of any size we're among those
ii which trout stocked. The bag limit
has been reduced from 20 to Is. All
trout must be over the legal length Of
six inches. The season closes July 81.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
The Oldest Hat

@. e. Jarvis of Sacramento, Cal,
claims he owns the oldest hat In that
state. It was taken to California n
1874 by Gen. John BidweH That was
In the days before the gold rush. The
hat is Of the plug" variety and was
purchased by its present owner sew
eral years ago when the BidMMsl
estate was settled.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Mr.. AppIeby's
Speeches AppIauded

Hon. Stewart H. Appleby's bill on the
Barnegat Light passed the House of
Representatives on Monday after q
speech by him approving Of it.
Mr.. Appleby also spoke on the Span
ish- American war pension bill.
Both speeches were greeted with
applause.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
Never

breakfast is evidently serious
function all the world over"
sHuh?'
Nobody wants music with it,"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-15
WHl-Less Rrooklynites

A city paper notes that 4,10S Brook
Iyn people died without wills In 1925.
We'll, perhaps they also lived without
them. saginaW News Courier.