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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-16


His fall breaks some bottles on the counter
Here too, then? All, ali. r..
Automobiles all along the avenue, parked
along the curbs, or twisted and wrecked by the
shock of a wall or a tree cart has stopped
in the middle of the street with huge wooden
horse with big black glass eye
It's the end of life! A little rubbish on the
pavement, not much: little disorder. Things
aren't disturbed. It's outside the zone of the
explosion. but it's the end of life The
chemical agent has penetrated everywhere,
everywhere the moving picture of the world
is etopped short.
What, everywhere? Cold sweat, strangled
breath. Everywhere. what?
Is it possible?
l laugh aloud at the stupidity of the ques-
ton, which / asked myself aloud.
leg it at gallop in one direction, then in
another
Who am /, where am |, what am doing?
Go on. make certain go to the post Office
to the railway station There will be the tele-
graph ticker that.
jump into a big car that is waiting dash
to the post office. don't pay any attention
any more to the costumed attitudes, scattered
or heaped up here and there. But the post
office is dead to the entrails, all its machinery
is iBSrt, and dead the railway station; a piano.
rap of a station made of cardboard at an
SeSI sition, with painted wooden dummies, ar
ranged and dressed-with real hardy the
decorators.
just begin to take in the reality, measure it.
And then, terror, superhuman terror. I'm
not made for that! l passonately refuse to
accept this he'll. Iwant to hide myself
close my eyes, put my hands in front Of
them, to shut out this happy city which has
become dreadful museum these people who
were laughing and talking-and who are as
silent as the stones they are planted on.
If / could wake up, as one does at the end
of story, to good tepid every-dayness, and
say: '1t was dream!" Between my fingers
see young man tying his shoelaces, who
will never stop doing that through all eternity:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
ON SMALL TOWN PAPER is BEST PLACE
TO LEARN JOURNALISM SAYS PUBLISHER

bearings. 1t was the best because it
was a bit of simple, direct, concrete
advice that was full of wisdom
something that every one should do
and can do with a view to making
himself well rounded out journalist
For after all, it is only the small
newspaper shop in the relatively
small town where the newspaper be-
ginner comes in touch with every
phase Of newspaper making.
In the big towns on the great pa
pers, like the Times, for example,
men work in grooves and no one ever
gets to know any one outside Of his
own particular groove, or knows any
thing about the various and multi
tudinous contributing factors there
are in the production Of great news
paper. Once having learned journal
ism in it's interlacing and interlock-
ing phases in a small town newspaper
shop, as one is bound to do IL he is
awake and alert, he has equipped
himself, if he has the spark Of news
paper genius in him, as Mr.. Ochs SC
we'll said, to pass on to big town jour
nalism with its bigger rewards, gilt
tering rewards.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12

Adolph S. Ochs, controlling genius
of the New York Times, said good
many good things and true things in
his speech a few days ago to the stu
dents Of the Pulitzer School Of Jour
nalism. For the most part his dis
course pictured the work Of news
paper men in their various functions.
1t contained much Of general and
specific information for the young
men and women setting out to get
journalism in the short cut.
AS Mr.. Ochs dwelt on idealism In
the various phases of newspaper
work, ranging from news to editorials
and editorials to advertising, and de-
lineated the essentials Of really
good newspaper man, the students
mayhap got a glimpse Of sleeper
and more thorny road to the attain
ment of first rate craftsmanship in
journalism than they had been wont
to fancy when the doors Of college
journalism were flung open to them.
The best thing Mr.. Ochs said in
his speech was his advice to students
to go into a small town newspaper
Office and learn journalism in all itl
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Directors Elected
for Puyallup Fair

I'd
PUYALLUP.-At the regular an
nual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Western Washington Fair Asso-
citation held here last week, 3,1S9
shares out of 1866 were represented.
1t was reported by w. A. Linklater
that the fair association had just
passed through its most successful
season and prospects for the coming
year were very bright.
Two amendments to the constitu-
ton were adopted, one providing for
monthly meeting Of DIRECTORS and
the other that the stock be placed on
a non-dividend basis and that all net
income from their fair be used ex-
clusively for improvements, and If the
fair is ever abandoned that the pro
ceeds of sale be given to some chart
table institution.
w. A. Linklater, Puyallup; w. H
Elyins, Puyallup; Charles Ortine
Sumner, and Fred A. Johnson, Taco
ma, were elected as directors for the
coming year. Fred A. Stewart was
elected director to succeed the late
w. H. Paulhamus.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Care in Selecting Eggs
For Matching Is Urged

During cold weather 1t Is advisable
to collect eggs from the nests at least
three times daily to avoid chilling,
says Prof. r. T. Parkhurst, poultry
husbandman of the University Of
Idaho. During the late spring two
gatherings day will prevent many
eggs from being spoiled by having
broody hens setting on them most of
the day.
Eggs that are being held for in
cubation," Professor Parkhurst ad-
vises, Should be kept in cool, mod
erately dry place, at temperature
Of so to go degrees. The sooner the
eggs are set after they are laid the
better. They should never be held
over IA days. 1t pays to turn them
once day, while holding, In order to
change the position OF the germ.
"Eggs should be carefully culled
and only the normal ones should be
used. They should not average very
much under or over two ounces each
in weight. Undesirable character
istics Of color and shape may be
eliminated from the flocks to
marked degree by careful selection at
this time. Eggs that do not hatch
we'll are those that have weak or
rough shell or are badly ridged,
cracked eggs, very small or very
large eggs, dirty eggs, and eggs OF
abnormal shapes. 1t pays to candle
every egg before 1t is set"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Urges Farmers to Back
National Organization

TIL national organization movement
among farmers is slowly dying, says
Farm and Fireside. The farmers are
letting it die because they are too
stupid to see the wisdom Of keeping
1t alive. They do not realize that
permanent national organization gives
them national voice with which to
demand the square deal from bust
ness and government to which they
are entitled; and that without this
voice they are dumb and helpless.
Business, labor, and finance are
shrewdly and thoroughly organized
and will continue to be so.
In letting their national movtment
die the farmers are inviting business,
labor, government, and finance to
step on their faces. It is too much
to expect of human nature that they
will not do SO.
The farmers are letting the ma
tional movement die because times
are little better for the moment;
because some Of the men they trust
ed have proved unworthy; because
some Of their organizations have
fallen by the way.
Those are all bad reasons for let
ting the movement die. The pur-
pose of national organization is not
to deal with temporary emergencies.
It's great mission is to let the world
constantly know that farmers stand
together. That knowledge alone
would gain them respect and fair
treatment as nothing else can.
Local and sectional farm organiza-
ton is faring little better but its
functions are different. At that,
there isn't the interest in it that
there should be.
Local organization is the root, sec
tional organization the trunk of the
tree Of national organization.
Why let this tree die at the top
when it could and should be SO fruit
full?
We hold no brief for or against any
existing farm organization. The or
ganization itself is the creature OF
the farmers. If it is weak, it is the
farmers job to kill or strengthen it.
If its guiding lights are dim, put them
out and substitute brighter ones. The
power is in the farmer, not in the or
ganization; and that organization will
never be any stronger than the in
dividual farmers faith in It,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Almonds Queer Habits

The almond tree has peculiar
whims. 1t seems to prefer California
as it's habitat, as SO per cent OF the
almonds grown in America are pro-
duced in that state, and in rather
restricted territory at that The bulk
Of. the crop is grown around Banning,
says Nature Magazine. It seems to
require the spots where extremes Of
cold and heat are present in their re-
spective seasons, and photographs
snow on the ground on the first Of
have been taken Of an orchard with
February, and again with the trees in
full bloom by the 26th Of the month.
The same variety will not fertilize
one another. Grower must plant al
ternating rows of hardshells and
papershells in order to insure har-
vest.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
WHO CONTROLS INDUSTRY

Who controls American industry?
How many really big factories are
there? Is the majority of plants of
medium size? What portion Of in
dustry is owned by corporations?
The bulk OF the 196,267 manufac-
turing establishments enumerated in
the 1920 IT, s. census, to be exact,
93.2 per cent employ 100 or less work
ers each. The majority, II per cent,
have only from / to 20 employees on
their payroll.
Only l per cent OF all plants en-
ploy more than 500 wage-earners each,
but together these plants have on
their payroll 80 per cent of all indus
trial workers.
Three-tenths Of this per cent OF
all establishments employ more than
1000 each, and have working for them
nearly one-ffth, or 1877 per cent OF all
wage-earners In industry
That, contrary to widely prevailing
impression, there are proporhonately
SO few very large concerns, and that
the majority Of factories are small,
not even medium-sized, is graphically
shown in chart just prepared by the
National Industrial Conference Board,
based on the 1920 census. On the
other hand, the chart shows that only
81 per cent (7,333) Of the 196,2s7
plants covered by the census, turned
out more than half, or SO per cent of
the value OF all manufactured goods,
totaling $4s,65s. 2s2,SSS during the
census year.
Most Of the industrial establish
ments Of the country are under cor
porate control, and corporate owner
ship of industries is steadily on the
increase. According to the chart,
1855 per cent OF all wage-earners in
factories were working under corpor
ate management in 1919. as against
|;7O.6 per cent in 1901. --American In
dustries.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
That Stitch In Time

A handy article is little sewing
kit just large enough to hold two
spools of thread. thimble and
some needles. Most things that re-
uuire a stitch in time TO prevent
disaster can be mended with either.
black or white thread. SO select
spools of these colors.
To make the kit cut piece ot
buckram about five inches square.
A scrap of any decorative lowered
or figured material may be :Jsed for
a covering and some plain material
for the lining. Squeeze a little Of
the best quality liquid glue out of
the tube into saucer and allow it
to become partially dry. Apply it
very sparingly to the fabric and
glue the lining on to the buckram.
Then glue the outside cover on.
Two round pieces of buckram to be
used for the ends should have the
lining and cover glued on them In
the same way. The ends can be
glued in the kit. They may be
reinforced by buttonhole stitches
around the edges. Flannel. cut a
suitable size for needles. may be
glued in place in the cover of the
kit. Use two or three pieces, so
your kit will hold needles of several
sizes. A narrow ribbon, attached
to the back Of the kit holds it
cloged when rolled up.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Best Yields From
Early Seeded Peas

Farmers who contemplate seeding
field peas should not lose sight of the
fact that the crop is cool weather
loving one, says H. w. Hubert, Uni
versity Of Idaho agronomist. Because
of this characteristic early seeding Is
essential If maximum yields are to be
secured, Mr.. Hubert concludes.
Even IL the farmer is growing the
earlier maturing varieties seeding
should not be delayed in the spring
Eight years data secured by the de-
partment OF agronomy from expert
ments conducted on the University
farm have shown that early seeding
has double the value of late seeding.
Peas seeded just as soon as the seed
bed can be prepared in the spring
have always produced the highest
yields. When seeded two weeks
later the yields have been satisfac-
tory but never as good as those from
the earlier planting.
Yields from peas SeeueQ IOur
weeks after the first season have been
less than half as good as the earlier
seeding. In the drier seasons late
seeded peas have often not returned
the amount of seeds used for planting.
In addition to early seeding, early
and medium early maturing varieties
have yielded best at Moscow. Very
late maturing varieties are usually
hit by hot summer weather just at
blooming time with the result that
the pods are poorly filled or the seed
reduced in size. In the drier seasons
the yield of very late maturing vari-
eties is much below that of earlier
maturing ones.
Bluebell and white Canada are two
of the most commonly grown and
highest yielding field varieties. OF
the early varieties Alaska Is the
most important because its seed Is
needed by eastern Gamers. Such
seed has to be of certain high quail
ity and is usually grown under con-
tract with seed companies. In order
to be reliable the field must be care
fully rogued at blooming time and the
seed thoroughly cleaned before ship
ping.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12

The bank teller handed "The Rose
dale Star" to his friend, the hardware
merchant, in the smoking room Of the
country club. How much Of that five
hundred dollars did we contribute ?''
he asked, pointing to an item.
Mr.. Hardware read: 'The guild
cleared $780,"
What do you mean by contrib
ute," he asked Mr.. Banker.
well, I bought five tickets at 75c
each, item $3.75; two bouquets of
flowers that | didn't want for .25c
each; cake at the auction, $1.25;
and Mary tells me she donated a
pound Of coffee, chicken, and a
cake. Put down another $3.50 for
those. Then my wife cooked eight
of the twenty-four chickens which
went into the chicken salad, and cut
up most of the celery. That means
gas and her labor for two days.
WHAT'S the answer! InaC IL would
be cheaper for me and all the rest Of
us husbands to put in anywhere from
five to twenty dollars and keep our
wives out Of this so-called charity
game"
Mr.. Hardware nodded acquiescence.
Guess you're right. My wife con-
'tributed a lot Of makings for that
supper, worked SO hard on her feet
for three or four days, that she was
ready to drop. I'd rather give ten
dollars any time than see her SO tired.
And, after all, the families of the
women who do all this work buy most
of the tickets sold for the supper.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Russia Removes Restriction

An order recently issued by the
Commissariat of Foreign Trade of the
Russian government permits the ex-
portation without license from Russia
of the following farm products, &C
cording to report received at the Sc
attic district office Of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce from
it's Foodstuffs Division in Washington.
These products are: potatoes, fruit
and berries, fresh vegetables (exclud-
ing onions and dried peas), curds,
sour cream, and horns and hoofs.
A license must still be obtained for
the expectation Of all other articles
from Russia.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
THE GUILD CLEARED $500

We might start a Give Your Money
Straight Club"
The two suburbanites looked back
at the paper with the column article
about the successful supper given by
the Women's Guild of st. Johns
Church, with a list of committees
and those who contributed to the
musical program. Apparently a good
time was had by all, including those
who had worked the hardest.
Here is one Of the eternal problems
of our social structure, spending
money to raise money and spending
something more-the vitality of the
workers.
Does it pay to raise money for
church and charity by holding sup
pers and sales? Ask the women, and
many Of them will tell you that is
the only way 1t can be done, because
they can have food and other raw
materials charged when their hus-
bands will not give them cash for
church or charity.
Ask the men, and they will tell you
that women prefer to raise money
by, holding sale or by serving meals,
because it's form of social inter
course in which they shine as man
ayers and cooks.
However, here is something to
think about. Fifty persons giving
ten dollars each direct to the cause
would contribute the necessary $500
1t costs $3.50 to raise $500. 1t might
pay husbands in some towns to or
ganize a Give Your Money-Straight
Club. "--Women's Home Companion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Look: Do Not Touch

There are some flowers 30 won
derfully gifted by nature that their
beauty is a great handicap. In this
class belong the lady's slippers,
among the most gorgeous of our wild
flowers and for that reason among
the most eagerly sought, says Nature
Magazine. The ladys slipper is be-
ing rapidly exterminated by flower
vendors and wanton collectors, until
it is now among the rarest of wild
flowers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12

Estimates of trade of the United
States with Latin America for 1925,
based On figures for the II months
ended November, indicate totals Of
about $685., 100000 for exports and
$1,058, 7S8,000 in 1924, according to-
]. r. Mickey, Latin American Divi-
sion, Department of Commerce. These
figures do not include shipments to-
and from Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, which will bring the total of
shipments to Latin America up to
about $3.50, 100000. This is gain of
about IL per cent in exports and a
loss of little over per cent in i'm
ports. The loss in imports was large
ly due to low sugar prices, which
more than offset the gain brought
about by high coffee prices.
On the export side losses are shown
for the Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba and
Peru, and gains for every other coun-
try or possession. Stated in percent
ages, the gains range from about "A
for Mexico up to 25 for Argentina, 33
for Brazil, Al for Venezuela and AZ
for Colombia. In value, gains were
about 27h million dollars for Argen-
tina, 211s for Brazil, IL for Colombia,
IN for Venezuela, 81 for Chile, 6
each for Mexico and Central America,
liz for Uruguay and nearly million
each for Ecuador and Jamaica. Loss
es were about 1914 million dollars for
Cuba, IA for Peru and small amounts
for the Barbados and Bermuda.
On the import side the principal
loss was one of $1O5, 100000 for Cuba,
with lesser ones for Chila, Salvador
and the Barbados.
Most of the commodities which
make UP the bulk Of our exports to
Latin America show satisfactory
gains over 1924 figures. Percentages
of gains indicated for some Of these
are: Fish, 81; leather and leather
goods, 10; flour, "a; other cereals,
30 Notwithstanding large loss in
rice); cotton seed oil, 80; leaf tobac-
co, 20; petroleum products, IL; iron
and steel excepting machinery, o;
locomotives, IS; sewing machines, 81;
adding machines, AZ; typewriters, 30;
printing presses, 800; automobiles,
r.; automobile tires, 33; freight cars,
So; naval stores, so; moving picture
films, is, and monographs, FL. Slight
increases are also indicated for lum-
Der, paper, cement and copper wire.
Losses indicated are about % per
cent for dairy products, z for coal,
and 2 for cotton goods.
On the import side, sugar shows a
loss Of 80 per cent In value and an
increase of in volume, while on the
other hand coffee shows an increase
of about Ia in value against q de-
crease of. 13 in volume. Rubber shows
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Ease the Work of
The Farmers Wife

"The farmers wife who pumps and
carries water for the house walks
twelve miles to the pump every year.
pumps 80 tons Of water and walks "a
miles to get 1t into the house." de-
clares the Westmoreland, Kan, Re-
corder, in summarizing the results Of
a study of the old farm pump.
"The moral of which is" comments
e. Il. Kelley, noted Kansas columnist,
that water should be pumped into
the house with an electric motor or
other mechanical means.
Think what an amount of hoeing
in the garden a farmers wife could
do with that "a hours"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Photo by Pacific & Atlantic

'cellos. Tecchler and Rugcr;
three other Stradivarii, the Joa-
chim-l723, the Dancla-l7l0 and
La Chesnay-l687. They will be
used in concerts at the Wanna
maker auditoriums in New York
and Philadelphia. The collection
is valued at quarter of a million
dollars.
Stokowslli has been conductor
Of the Philadelphia Orchestra
since 1912. Largely through his
efforts the orchestra has reached
pre-eminence in the musical
world.
Stokowsli's marriage, on Mon
day, January llth, to Miss
Evangeline Brewster Johnson of
New York City, came as great
surprise to all but a few of his
intimate friends.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
LoNG.plsTANcE LINE

In 1876 Bell succeeded in talking
from Boston to Cambridge, a dis
lance Of two miles the first long
distance telephone conversation. Year
by year the telephone reached out
over greater and greater distances.
Six outstanding achievements mark
epochs in the history Of long-distance
telephony. They are:
Miles
1857 Boston to Providence .-.-...- 45
18s4-Boston to New York.. 235
1S92-New York to Chicago. 900
1911-New York to Denver.
Boston to San francisco 1850
1921-Havana to Catalina .-.-5500
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
on Wheels

Crawford-During your motor trip
over the country suppose you ran
across many one-horse towns?
Crabshaw--Yes, but was never In
place where there was only one car.
JAS. O'Connell In Motor Camper and
Tourist.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
Q Kadel & Herbert


EVEN in the midst of wedding
T. preparations Leopold Sto-
kowski, famous conductor of
the Philadelphia Orchestra, found
time to examine and become en-
Unused over the most famous
violin collection in America-that
of Rodman Wanamaker, just
brought from Italy to this coun-
try where it will be permanently
held. "The. collection is a Won
derful addition to the nations art
treasures" said Mr.. Stokowski.
The chief instrument in the col
lection is the Swan, the last
violin made by Stradivarius, in
1887, the year of his death-and
the most famous of his violins.
Other noted instruments are a
Montagnana violin; two violas,
Goffriller and Guadagnini; two
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
UNITED STATES INCREASES TRADE WITH
LATIN AMERICA DURING YEAR 1925

an increase of about TIA In value and
16 in volume; bananas Sd In value and
'16 In volume, and wool 1913 In value
and 80 in volume. Other increases In
Dictated are Ia per cent for hides and
skins, 35 for cacao, AZ for chicle and
ID for nitrate The only losses other
than sugar were in flax seed, iron
ore and crude copper and ore.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12

The worlds largest telephone build
ing, now approaching completion in
New York City, contains enough steel
to fill 1000 railroad freight cars In
train nine miles long.