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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

By KENNEL S. BARNHILL

y
EMANUEL thinning beets. With short
handled hoe grasped in his right hand he hacked at
the rows, bending double and moving along with a
sidewise shuttle. Toiling in the hot sun over the
damp reeking earth had made the veins in his
brown neck and hands protrude; swelling his hands
and at times causing a little dizziness to fit thru
his head. Occasionally he coughed and the effort
brought dark Spots trimmed with flashes of painful
light, before his eyes. How awkward it seemed with
his hands swollen; he could hardly control the hand,
which plucked away all but shoot for each hill,
before dizziness swept him.
But he worked on The field superintendent had
been in the morning and if they didn't have
this patch of beets thinneed out before long they
wouldn't get their pay That is what he told
Emanuel and the four other Mexicans who worked
with him. Lazy greasers, he called them, afraid
to do little work, always soldering on the job.
Did they think they had all summer to thin out
those beets? The weather wouldn't wait
"goddam' bunch of lazy spiks, they better get
or there wouldn't be any pay for them
when Fall came The men worked on, as they had
worked before the field was quite dry enough to
get into, chopping out beets with the short hoes
and plucling each hill to the single top; then to
move on, after row-bent double all the, day.,
For two years Emanuel had been in Ohio, away
from home and Maria and the three little children
He had left them in their humble abode hut on the
outskirts of Guanajuato when he came up ito the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

the classes who have profited by the creation of
the efficient machine the first by Glowing for the
second, the latter, by exploitation.
It is natural then, for the machine-makers to
Transcend into 1nachne-wreckers. They created the
machine they developed it, they produced and re-
produced it; and instead of being benefited by all
this mental and physical activity, it frightened the
bonds that kept them chained in slavery, it even
eliminated some of them from their economic po-
sitions as slaves, and made more precarious the
means by which they exc out an existence.
Consistent with the tendencies of the mob, the
machine makers rebel. Believing their creation the
machine to be Machiavellian monster, their par
entail love turns to hate at It's base they lay the
burdens heaped their shoulders by their ex-
ploiters; and lo-they are machine-wreckers!
| must not be misunderstood. / not attempt
ing, in this thesis apoogetica, to intimate that the
philosophy of machine wrecking is to be condoned
That it is false steicsm, or Observation-Disclosures
or to he more modern and extreme Christian Sci
ence, hasten to declare.
1t was, however, natural transition for the ma
chine makers to become machne-wreckers, having
been defrauded, by trckery and force of the ,pro-
ducts of their brain and Drawn Tt remains now for
those of their leaders, who have the correct view
point on their rights to the machine, to aid them
to recapture their products.
1t was unavoidable for the machine makers to be-
come, in philosophy, at least, lacking the oppor-
tunlty to become in reality, machinewreckers. But
those woIkingclass leaders who accent as their car
dinal dogma that the worker is entitled to the full
product of his labor, must educate his followers out
of the philosophy of machine wreckng, and into the
philosophy Of the recapture of the machine for the
benefit Of society.
Then will genius progress in it's natural course
Aud society will abandon its false god for the newer
and healthier. Ancient mythology teens with tales
OF artists, who having been turned against their
creations shattered into meaningless dust their
erstwhie beloved brain children. But we have aban
doned the superstitons of the past and possessing
the mental ability to correct the fallacies in our
PHILOSOPHERS, need not resort to the pseudo
philosophy OF compensation. We perceive that when
we are defrauded of creations, We must not
strive to wreck them, but to recapture them Our
energies must not be diverted into false channels I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

Americano's country to find riches. Four Young
fellows, friends of his, had left their homes and
families too. Promises that the agent made Of 500
pesos ($250) a year and few months work had
decided them. That and the advice of the priest
There's no peonage up there, the agent said every-
ones white and you've got chance to get ahead
Why, he marvelled, it's only warm enough a few
months out of the year to work-the rest of the
time you're like the rich Dons and SenorsA-no
worry, no work and lots of money. And hadn't the
agent lots of money? Didn't he buy sticks of sugar
cane for all the children? That's riches sure enough
Besides the priest thought the plan splendid one
The Padre" told the young that wonder
full opportunity stretched before them Five hundred
pesos year, think of that. So the priest blessed
them and sent them off. Of course they shouldn't
forget their families and if they sent him money
once in while he'd take of the little ones
Afraid to rest for moment Emanuel toied on
never rising until he finished each long row. The work
came. without thot now. His mind dwelt on all
sorts OF ideas while his hands kept UP mechanical
hewlng and plucking. He was homesick Accord
ing to the agents promises he should have gone home
last year with much riches but now thew said he
owed vast sums When he was in bed, that month
of the first winter, it had cost a lot of money!
doctors and ALL and he hadn't paid back that which
was advanced to him then. Emanuel wanted to
go home; he wanted to Maria and the children.
He coughed again and it made him dizzy Kneeling
Ito the ground he steadied himself for a moment.
But he must keep on, the weather doesn't wait and
the beets would soon be too far gone for thinning
He must hurry-that was his life, a constant hurry
ing
His thoughts changed He remembered how they
had left their homes, in cars used to haul cattle
At the border they had changed to red box cars,
fitted out with hunks. Many times during the day
he watched, from the siding, fast passenger trains
fly BY Quite frequently they were backed in along
side pigs and sheep-the odors sickened him but
his hopes were high then, he soon would be rich
Continued On Page Sikh.
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EXPOSE

He did not think that coin determined man
In ways he thot or acted, he was sure
There was something else, vague elan
Beyond the Grass, the stupid immature
Conclusions of Marx; he swabbed my throat
And coldly speaking sought to make it clear
Of my intent to pay he had doubt
His words we're little snow-flakes on the air.
Il won't be liking it if you are slow
In paying me the money that you owe'
III. G. WEISS.
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most part, have been invented and developed by
workers who sensed their need and whose ingen-
uity, sharpened by direct contact with the condi-
tions of their industry, resulted in their creation.
Then, small minority, we have the scientists,
Including Edison, Marconi, the Wrghts and others,
all of them members Of the workingclass by birth
and most of them by experience.
More amazing, is the fact that the aristocracy,
and the bourgeoise, who from ancient times have
had o monopoly on education and culture, and who
have never lacked the opportunity to make manifest
their genius, have produced hardly single machine
Il the adverb hardly" cul IF generosity. Yet
these the classes that ha sd the sole oppor
unities for such creative activity education leisure
capital, governmental influence through CONTROL in
dustrial domination, etc.. etc. Despite that, these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26

permitted herself to be led to the
small tent and now, in obedience to
the mans gesture, she crawled be-
Meath it's shelter. but peered out once
more do you know him."
"Surer' He turned his back upon
her and appeared to be leisurely light
ing his pipe as he glanced swiftly
about where's he now?"
"He helped me to get away but
they followed and shot him! l don't
now whether he lived or not, for
made me leave him, but I'm sure
they took him back there, Oh. can't
you reach him."
Were going to try. The words
were rot especially forceful, but the
tone in which they were uttered held
a certain grimness that thrilled the
girl again.
He told me to get to my father
and tell him." She halted again and
added: Maybe you don't know who
he is?''
II do. il Nat told me the truth. and
the chiefs going to be wild! You
picked a good time to beat it away
from that school-but listen! I've got
TO get back to my painting till sun
down for they may be sneaking
around yet to keep an eye on me.
They looked kind of leery at me and
that picture I'm doing, and they
might come back; | couldn't stave EN-
off single -ha nded if it came to i1ght,
not even with my gat, for they'd get
me in the end and there'd be one
less left to play the game and help
you"' a
"Of course! Do you think we'd
leave buddy?" He broke on.
Look here, Miss Dane. Dig under
that roll-up and you'll find a file and
a knife blade thatd cut rock. Hide
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THE BLACK JOKER
BY ISABEL OSTRANDER.

the girl, but her last thought was of
her fathers friend, Afford. What
had they done with him? Was he
dead? Had his effort to perform the
duty she had imposed upon him cost
him his life?
Dawn had come when she awak-
ened, and she was conscious Of ocute
hunger. Her clothes were still sod
den. but the sun would remedy that,
and her hair had dried already.
Smoothing 1t with her fingers, she
braided it roughly and then struck
out across the rocks to where early
wheat was springing in plowed fields,
and beyond a winding road smoke rose
from a chimney hidden among tall
naples.
Janet glanced down at her watch
1t was still safe, the hands pointing
mutely in the signal for those to
read who knew. but ii would be use
less to show it here. No one in this
lonely farmhouse could possibly
fathom it's message and it was too
close to the place from which she
had escaped for her to dare reveal
her presence.
She crept across the road, never
theless, and around to the rear of
the yard under cover of row of thick
berry bushes, and near the kitchen
a tantalizing odor of fresh-baked
bread was waited to her. Peering
between the thorny branches she saw,
on a window ledge a few feet from
the ground, a row of crisp loaves cool
ing and a glass jug of heavy cream.
An elderly woman stood a the back
door, feeding chickens from shining
pan, and as Janet shifted hungrily. a
cart ratified up to the gate at the
front of the house and a CHEEKY voice
called out:
Want a Sunday paper, Mis-
Cooper? I'm haulin' EN- to the
hotel"
The woman put the pan down on
the steps and went around the path
to the gate, and Janet seized her op-
portunity. Squeezing through the
bushes, she ran across the yard,
reached for the jug on the window
ledge and drank deeply, then, tucking
a warm loaf under her arm, she flew
down a path behind the chicken coops
and over a stone wall into patch
of woodland.
When the amazed housewife dis
covered the depreciation, she was half
a mile away over the soft turf of a
tract of isolated pasture, hiding be-
meath the coping of raised railroad
crossing and devouring the bread
ravenously.
Late that afternoon, after trudging
weary miles with her swollen feet
bound in strips torn from her petit
coat, Janet halted in a growth of
young alders and peeped at the scene
before her. A small camp had been
pitched on the borders Of a stream,
and before an easel nearby an artist
sat painting industriously and whis-
Ting a curious tune.
Sur. lie pont d'Avignon." How
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,an. , young man with the furtive
merry eyes to be whistling here in
Auls~IC 10 little "ncent song that
was tauan. u '-nd - Wrench
schools? Janet caua. ~ '-i'h.
Somehow, there was somethii' ueer
about the way he held his pale md
brushes, not like other artists she
had seen, and the daub on the Q" tas
in no way resembled the view he AS
facing!
A little thrill ran through her anN
daring all, she stepped boldly Tor
ward.
The artist glanced up, his eyes mar
rowing, and then rose slowly to ms
feet, staring at the ragged, dusty little
figure approaching. Janet noticed
that his eyes were fixed upon her lett
arm, and as she reached his side she
extended 1t.
Are you sure?" His tone was quick
and eager. Are you sure it's seven
o'clock"
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'em somewhere about you in case of
more trouble. Then, look over the
provisions and take what you want.
Sorry I can't light a fire till supper
time. / don't want to scare you, but
if they come and 1 let 'em take you.
just go quietly. for it's because l
can't stop it, anyway, and I've got
to stay on the outside"
He spoke with desperate earnest
ness and she FASTENED to reassure
him.
II understand! I'll know it's be-
cause you're waiting to get help.
don't see why you should, and Daddy
never explained about the watch ex-
cept to tell me what to do and say
if / were in trouble
That's all right" he interrupted
hastily. Somebody's moving behind
those trees, Remember, If you should
be taken back, watch the sky
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Janet drew back out of sight pom
dering his words, but she could find
no answer to the riddle of his admoni-
ton and there was no time to be lost
Under the netting she found the file
and knife-blade, but was at loss as
to where to conceal them till her eyes
fell upon a bit of comb stuck back of
the tiny mirror tilted against the tent
wall.
Unbraiding her soft, fair hair, she
contrived to fasten it in a great knot
at the back of her head, with the file
and blade hidden in its coils. She
fastened 1t with skewers from the
small store of cooking utensils. Then
she turned her attention to the food,
satisfying her hunger from cans and
cracker boxes. She was just setting
down the tin cup of warmish water
when the heavy tramp of feet sounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26
CHAPTER VII.
Written in the Sky.

YANET glanced from the watch
upon her shaking wrist to the
face of this stranger who had
~ answered it's mute call.
what hour do YOU wish?
Her voice faltered and stopped, but
the pseudo-artist caught her up.
ITS always seven! Here, get IN
that tent, quick, There's been
bunch of men scouting around Tor
you all day, pretending they're look,
ing for crazy girl who's escaped
from an asylum; they were across
the lake there only half an hour ago.
it's a wonder you missed them:
How'd you get out of that house!
Nat found out you We're there,
$50 was Mr.. Afford" Janet had
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''Rowe of Bond Street" Clothes

Boys Rowe-tailored Overcoats, OF
the finest woolens of Great Britain,
with distinction of cut and tailoring.
For boys to 20 years.
Youths well-tailored Suits, with
two pairs long trousers or one pair
long trousers and one pair of golf
knickers. Sizes Is to 20.
Boys Two-Golf-Knicker Apiece
Suits, distinctively British in fabric
and design. Sizes 8 to II years.
Boys Suits with the English
Shorts so largely worn by we'll
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tailored from the exclusive British
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outside, and the voice of her pro.
teCtor came to her.
Here! Keep away from my
things! I've got a camping permit.
and you were ordered away once be-
fore today!''
Sorry, but that don't go" A surly
but somewhat familiar tone reached
the trembling girl. Were six to one.
and we're going to make sure the
young woman hasn't sneaked into
your tent without you knowing it.
That's all, mister. but we mean bust
ness. She's dangerous"
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Discoveries at the ancient city of
Ur of the Chaldees show that arched
and vaulted roofs were used before
1000 Be
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Continued in Tomorrow's starr
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20

heard in many quarters and in some
cases we're accompanied by talk Of a
further decrease in r9discount rates.
= The weekly mercantile reviews en-
phasize the spottiness of trade, al
though Bradstreet's says that "im-
provement is the key word in trade
and crops this week Dun's states
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20

issues to develop real weakness, fall
ing from a high of 134A to 1919 and
then rebounding a point.
General Motors was one of the days
features, quickly making up the 81
dividend deducted today and adding
another point by crossing 227. The
new stock was admitted to trading on
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20

a .'when issued basis, advancing from
the opening price of 1133s to lis. Hud-
son closed unchanged at 64% after
moving within a. narrow range, but
Chrysler, Nash, Studebaker and Mack
Trucks yielded fractionally
General Electric was another out
standing strong spot, moving up more
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20

than points to 1913, and closing just
under the top Woolworth, which pays
SIS annual dividend, also climbed 4
points to a new record high at 1727s.
Other issues to break. through their
previous maximum prices were Abra-
ham and Straus, Bethlehem Steel
Continued on Page Seven.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20

that "the5 volume of current business,
generally considered, does not equal
the figures of ia year ago, but the re-
suits then were unusually satisfactory
in various lines and some recess1ons
now, is not surprising"
! Although pools succeeded in lifting
nearly 6. score. issues to new high levels
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20
todav. the market generallY failed e

today, the market, generally failed to
make much progress. Various reasons
were advanced for this, among them
the absence of many operators and
traders on holidays, the lack. of any
outside stimulant and the fears of a
secondary reaction" On the other
hand, Houston Oil was one. of the few
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-20
STOCK MARKET
IS ON UPGRADE
WITHOUT snap

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 H9 - Major
speculative activity in today's stock
market was again on the upside, al
though the rally lacked the snap OF
some of its predecessors this week.
Frequent flurries of selling swept
through the list but with few excep-
tionS offerings were readily absorbed
There was marked absence OF any
outside news developments to stimulate
interest.
Credit conditions continue easy de-
spite the diSappo ointingly small reduction
in brokers' loans Call money ruled at
81 per. cent all day with a plentiful
supply of funds available at that fig
ure. There was no change in the
other monetary accommod dations. Pre-
dictions of 8 per cent call money were
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Physician Explodes
 ReDOrt of Poverty

Investigating report turned into police headquarters by Officer John Smigel. that Mrs. Frank Colon, aged about 70 of l5 Noble street. formerly Laurel street. was ill in surround ings that were not clean, Dr. G. w. Dunn. city physician. said this after noon that the report was eXaggerat- ed, and he failed to find confirmation of the officers findings. Mrs. Colon is able to be up and about the house, Dr. Dunn found. She and her hus- band are living in circumstances that are not the best. but there are hun- dreds of families in this city who live under similar conditions, he said.
 According to Officer Smigel, the woman's husband has money in the bank but will not spend 1t for medi- cal attention for Mrs. Colon, who. he reported, has been i'll for three month. Officer Peter Cabelus also reported that he had been notified that the woman needed assistance. Believing the case one demanding immediate attention, Captain Kelly reported it to Superintendent J. l.. Doyle of the, public welfare depart ment and Dr. Dunn's investigation followed.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Son Held for Fatal
 Shooting of Father

Boston. May 13 R1Salvatore Cur. to was shot to death and his wife seriously wounded at their apart ment in the Jamaica Plain district today. Their son. Giuseppi Curto. 37. whom neighbors caught and held for the police after they had heard shots and had seen him running from the house. was taken to the police station for questioning.
 The son appeared unable to speak English. Neighbors told the police that they heard four shots and that when Giuseppe Curto ran from the house he had revolver in his hand. The elder Curto died while being taken to the city hospital. where it was said that his wife had a bullet wound behind one ear and was in a serious condition. The police ad- vanced the theory that the shooting resulted from 8 family quarrel.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
New York Central Orders
 Much Railroad Equipment

New York, May 13 (UP)-The New York Central Railroad placed orders today for cars and locomo- tives to cost $1s,oOo,OoO. The or ders. 1t was believed in financial circles. forecast a purchasing move ment by railroads of the country that will surpass in volume all pre- vious buying operations.
 The New York Centrals orders were for $500 freight cars. 175 passenger coaches and 55 locomo- tive tenders. They will be manu- factured by the Pressed Steel Car company. Standard Steel Car com- pany. Pullman Car and Manufac- turing company, American Car and Foundry company, Osgood- -Bardley company and the American Loco motive company. Allocation of the car orders to the various compan- ies was not announced.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
DYNAMITE FAILS
 TO BLOW OFF HEAD
Man Lives After Unusual At-
 tempt at Suicide

Shamokin. Pa. May 13 (UP)- Irwin Paul, 41, today placed a stick of dynamite under his head and an- other under his feet while he lay on the ground. touched . match to the fuse and although one stick ex- ploded. lived to tell the tale. The stick of dynamite under Paul's head exploded while the one under his feet failed to fire.
 I've got pretty good head if a stick of dynamite won't blow 1t off," Paul said to attaches at the hospital, where he was taken. He suffered severe decorations of the head and face, a broken left arm and cuts and bruises about the body. He also was injured internally.
 Hospital attaches believed Paul will recover, although it is feared he will lose the sight of his left eye.
 Shortly after midnight Paul ap- peared at the shack used by Joseph Donovan, night watchman at a stone quarry near here and asked to be allowed to sleep there. Donovan refused the request on the ground that it was against his orders.
 On being refused Paul pulled two sticks of dynamite from his pocket and said:
 I'm going to kill myself, my wife or Mrs. Emma Doyer."
 The watchman then quieted the man and allowed him to sleep in the shanty until 5 a. I'll. when he awakened him and told him to leave.
 Paul walked a few hundred yards from the shack and made his sui eide attempt.
 He told Donovan before leaving that his wife had chased me out of the house." .
 Mrs. Dover recently testified against Paul at hearing before a justice of the peace.
 At the hospital, Paul told at- taches:
 T just got sick of making a tow path from my house to the Squire's office."
New Britain herald., 1927-05-13
Flauman HI and Unable
 To Appear in Court

New Haven, May 13.-Samuel Flauman, secretary-treasurer of the Mutual Loan and Finance company did not respond in court today when his name was called on a complaint charging embezzlement, theft, vio- lation of the small loan law, forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses.
 Flauman claims he owns the com- pany. An officer went to his house and found him suffering apparently from nervous breakdown.
 In the court room in readiness to give testimony were Deputy Bank ing Commissioner John Dinonno and other witnesses. Police surgeons sent to his home reported back to the court that they found nothing the matter with Flauman although a personal physician claimed the man could not go to court.
 A continuance was given until Tuesday.
 The state contends that Flauman in giving personal check to secure a loan has violated the law.