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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-24

was applauded by 10000 workers
when introduced by Chairman Henry
7. Hunt, former Mayor of Cincinnati.
owe have tried machine guns, shot
and shell, soldiers, and blockade
against the Russian workers." Davis
pointed out. eve must now try
methods which so far have not been
tried by America, in our dealings
with Russia" he continued, and de-
clared that those methods could be
only those of Cooperation and friend
ship"
with a membership of ten million
in the trade unions, the Russian peo-
pie enjoy greater, or at least as
great a measure of political and in
dustrial democracy as does America,
and they cannot be ignored, said
Davis.
More Vote in Russia Than in U. S.
The speaker advised call conserva-
tives and enemies of the Russian peo-
pie to go to Russia first and see for
themselves before continuing their
propaganda" They would find there,
he said that "a greater number of
people participated in the Russian
elections than in the last presidential
and congressional election in the
United States" which does not look
like rule from above" as has been
continually charged by opponents of
the Workers and Peasants Republic.
"Our delegation and this meeting
are only an incident" concluded
Davis, but the Russian revolution will
endure as long as history lives"
No Coal and Iron Police" Says
Hapgood.
Powers Hapgood, a miner from
District 2 Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America, and prominent in the
Sacco-Vanzetti defense demonstra-
lions in Boston, recently, told of
working in the mines Of the Soviet
Union two years ago. He corrobo-
rated in detail all that had been said
of the cultural and economic advant-
ages enjoyed by the miners Of the
workers and peasants state and con-
trasted them sharply with the stu
alton in Pennsylvania today, where.
he said, the mine owners and other
capitalists rule. Whereas the work
ers OF the Soviet Union own the gov
eminent and its organs, the army
and civil power, said Hapgood, in
Pennsylvania the miner while on
strike or locked out is the victim of
the most reckless brutality by Coal
and Iron police, hired by the employ
err an uniformed by the state, is as
saulted by state troopers, or by ma
tionai guardsmen or even by federal
soldiers if the employers desire.
Whereas the workers in the Soviet
Union coal mines get rent free, the
miners Of Pennsylvania are at this
moment being driven from their
homes by agents of the coal COM
panies and of the state, who tear the
roofs from over their heads, run
them from their doors with guns, or
shut off their water supply to force
them into the weather. Even in times
of comparative industrial peace, he
said, American miners have absolute
ly nothing free.
Progress Unparalleled in History
Robert w. Dunn, author of "Amer-
lean Investments Abroad" f'The
Labor Spy" and other books, who
went to Russia as a member of the
delegation, told of the difference be-
tween condition of life in the u. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-24
Labor Party Turns Right.

LONDON, Oct. ID (By Mai)-With
an eye on the coming general election
the Labor Party and the Tories have
been squabbling for the votes of the
dying liberal party.
The Labor Party is swinging far to
the right, while sections of the conser-
vatlve party are using slightly more
liberal words in order to draw the
vote of the much disintegrated liberal
party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-24

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not care about being given the right
to vote for a capitalist candidate who
will take away their freedom from
them"
On the question of the ability of
the workers actually to run indus
try. he brought out the following
facts:
The productivity of the U. S. S. R.
this year is five per cent greater
than the production of the Russian
empire in 1918, under the car, as
contrasted with that of England,
which is five per cent less than that
Of the U. S. S. r. now.
The fact that wages in the United
States seem higher in money than
they do in the Soviet Union, does
not prove much, said Douglas, for,
speaking as an economist, he had to
recognize the other values which the
workers of Russia receive. Among
these he cited: social insurance, paid
for by the bosses or the state trusts;
medical care when sick, which in
cludes the services of surgeons and
specialists as well as that of general
practitioners; payment while absent
thru sickness (the u. S. S. R. being
the only country in the world where
this is done); the granting of free
rent in the coal and iron industry
which employs one fifth of the work
ers. Trent made up a fifth of their
budget under the old regime.)
Seven Hour Day for All.
The speaker pointed to the de-
crease Of the work day from about
ten hours in 1913 to ia hours in
1927, with a practical certainty of
seven hours or less for all workers
during the next year.
The goods and services, the real
wages, which the worker gets now in
the U. S. S. R., said Douglas, are
about 80 per cent greater than before
the revolution.
GAS an economist I will say"
stated douglas, that the Russian
government has been paying generous
dividends to the Russian people. ;"
The government is secure, because it
is founded on the masses of the
workers who have gained economic
and political advantages thru it.
"The menace Of war hangs over
the country, everyone in it is con-
WINGED that England by using Poland
and Roumania, will attack the Rus
sian workers, but nevertheless, the
policy of the government and Of the
workers is to maintain peace as long
as possible.
Douglas described the indutrial
committees elected by the workers,
the shop committees, industrial DEM
ocracy and the arbitration commit
tees appointed, not by the state, but
elected by the trade unions.
He thot that the peasants had not
profited to the same extent as the
workers, but that they too, were vast
W improved economically and Gull
turally by the revolution.
we should help, and not hurt the
Russian Revolution" declared Prof.
Jerome Davis, of Yale University, a
technical expert accompanying the
First Trade Union Delegation to the
Soviet Union as he began the verbal
report of the delegation at Madison
Square Garden yesterday afternoon.
Davis was the first speaker, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-24
GERMAN MINERS
FORCED BY GOVT.
TO END STRIKE
Right Wing Leaders
Aid in Betrayal

BERLIN, Oct. 23.-lhe herman
miners strike, in which more than
$4,000 Ignite miners participated,
was declared to beat an end by the
right wing leaders when the govern
ment yesterday afternoon decreed
that the decision of the arbitration
court was not subject to appeals.
The court had voted to award the
miners an 11]s percent increase in
nay, which the miners say is not suf-
ficient to enable them to live. The
owners at meeting held at noon
yesterday voted against the courts
ruling; the socialist elements in the
unions at meeting held few hours
later voted to accept the terms, de-
spite the militant delegates at the
conference who voted to continue the
strike.
Tactics of Government.
Immediately after the decision Of
the social-democratic leaders, Minis
ter of Labor Braun made known the
decision that the courts findings
were obligatory.
The decision is regarded as an in
dication of the methods that the
government will employ in it's efforts
to curb the wave of strikes, which
is sweeping over Germany. Most
of the large strikes have been won by
the workers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
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He pointed with his left hand to
Bonnie for his right arm was around
Bonnie and his right hand was strok-
ing Bennie's shoulder
I'm very happy, too" said the boy.
"And I am Also" said the girl.
$50 am l." said Billie, (which makes
four of US happy"
"And now for our adventures Our
friend, knight Of the Mist, is on his
way now. All, here he comes J"
And then the girl and the boy met
Knight of the Mist. He was the great,
great, great, great, great grandson, Bill
lie Brownie explained, of the greatest
old Knight of olden days, who always
wore armor.
This Knight wore mist as his armor
for he was the brave knight of the air.
Il am ready" said Knight of the
Mist. II hope you are!
Oh, yes, they We're ready, so they
followed Knight of the Mist. He
helped them into his very enormous
airship; 1t was simply huge and looked
like a car on a train.
After they had started they stopped
off for one Of the cows and one Of the
hens from the farm and the girls pet
cat and the boys dog. Also a rooster
was eager to go along, too. SO they
made quite party as you can
imagine
Then they adventured up in the
clouds and about the clouds. They paid
a visit upon His Royal Highness, Sir
Skyscraper, who was to be found in a
big city. They found him to be a
bumptious fellow with a fine opinion
of himself and ambitions far greater
than he could realize, for he had never
really touched the sky with his great
est amount of reaching. but always he
went along in his rather tremendous
way-yet still not able to approach the
sky territory.
The COW tried to appear as though
used to all these modern conveniences
which she was now seeing but it was
not natural to her. She bemoaned
the day she had ever switched her
tail at flies, for flies weren't queer
like skyscrapers, and she could swish
her tail at flies. SkEscrapers didn't
notice her tail
After they had adventured all eve
ming the Knight brought them back
and they left their friends and Dream
land. But ever after it seemed to the
hoy and the girl that the animals who
had gone adventuring had somewhat
lost their heads over all the travelling
for often they saw a certain look in
the green eyes of the cat and the soft
mild eyes of the COW, which showed
they were dreaming of things above
milk saucer and milk stool!
(Copyright.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
How 1t Started
By JEAN NEWTON
"SOUR GRAPES"

0DD you hear Smith say he
- would not take a western man
agership? Sour grapes, say!"
So frequently in common speech we
hear this phrase used with reference
to person who tries to deprecate
something which he cannot have. The
expression comes to us from one of
Aesops fables, "The Fox and the
Grapes"
According to this story, which has
been traced back to the collection
made by Pauedrus, the ancient Greek,
q fox was strolling on hot summers
day through an orchard full of
luscious grapes. He saw, high upon a
vine, particularly ripe and delicious
looking bunch, just the thing to
quench his thirst.
He drew back few PAGES and made
a jump for it, but just missed it. Two
or three times more he tried without
success. Then he turned and left
them. sneering: "Those grapes are
souri,"
And so in our speech today, when
people pretend to despise something
that is beyond their reach, we think
Of old Reynard In the fable that Is
thousands of years old, and say, "Sour
grapesl"
tCopyrght.l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
By F. A. WALK Err
RESENTING DISCIPLINE

XX7HEN young men or young wom-
w en-, in the performance of their
routine duties in the office, behind the
counter, or ION the road" grow pre-
suming and self-important, it is safe
to predict they are riding for fall
People of this type afflicted as they
are with an overwhelming sense of su-
periority, take strange delight in
Showing off'-in removing the shut
tiers before anything is put in the win
dows.
In this gross display of egotism
they unwittingly exhibit the Imply
woven and haphazard stuff Of which
they are made.
1t cannot be said that they are all
inefficient or incapable, but they do
lack in their makeup the sturdy, es-
sential substance upon which to build
solidly.
This regrettable thought of self
dominates their weak mentality until
it becomes an integral part of them,
and governs in a large measure their
mannerism, their information Of voice
and their naughty attitude towards
those whose goodwill and good opin-
ion they should strive to cultivate.
This spirit of foolish pride, sad to
relate, is becoming alarmingly notice
able among striplings just stepping on
the threshold of real endeavor.
They rail against discipline, be-
cause they imagine 1t stamps them
with a sort of commonality, indica-
tive of their lowly position.
They have been so tried among the
inconstant squalls and criticisms of
their employers, so often urged to con-
form with rules and regulations in
tended for their betterment and the
advancement of the business interest
of the firm, that the whole world
seemed forever scolding and calling
them "to attention"
In this hapless mood they become
disloyal, and like Tom Sawyer ex-
plain: "Ah, if my boss could only die
temporarily!
AL VI WHICH, Is WEOlS, anu WHICH
they themselves know is wrong.
The advice is for their good. 1t is
intended to lift them from the rut and
put them on solid ground where they
can run the race in proper form, and
take later In life their rightful place
among the winners.
There is nothing so hot-headed, so
plausibly foodhardy in the verdant
youth of today as this growing inclina-
ton to resent discipline. It's the best
disciplined, the willing to be guided,
the faithful followers of their leaders,
who win the big prizes of life, and
rise step by step to wealth and fame.
Think 1t over.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
THE BOYS
LINCOLN
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH

T INCOLN, love you most for this:
~ never knew boy to miss:
The glory Of your story. He
Could be the boy you used to be,
In his Imagination. You
Were one he understood and knew.
Though history was often dim,
You were no mystery to him.
With you, because he understood,
He worked the garden, cut the wood,
Or drove the wedges for his sire.
With you he lay before the fire
And saw strange fancies in the blaze,
The dreams God grants in boyhood
days,
Or on some little journey took
Along some well-beloved book.
he had the bruise, the blow, the fall,
Yet had a mother through it all,
A second mother, wise and kind.
Yes, every boy could somehow find
Himself in Lincoln, could behold
Within himself the boy of old.
Could hear his voice, and touch his
hand,
A boy boy could understand.
Lincoln, for this I love you best:
You struck a spark in boyhoods breast
And lit in boyhood hearts the fire
OF high ambition, that desire
(What flags are folded or unfurled)
That yet must somehow save the
world.
For, If lad could be the lad
That Lincoln was, if boyhood had
That common kinship, knew the truth
OF Lincoln's dreams in Lincoln's youth,
Yes, felt his pain and lived his JOY,
If Lincoln was another boy,
Then boyhood, making manhood's
plan,
Could think of Lincoln as q man
Could dare to dream his dreams, and
know
A boy may rise, however low
To any heights, however high,
If he, like Lincoln, dares to try.
Lincoln, for this l love you most:
That boyhood loves you. Men may
boast,
But this is greatness. And today,
Whatever orators may say,
In this your greatest greatness lies:
I see your dreams in boyhood's eyes
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By H. IRWIN G KING
AMBER

Of THE many mystic qualities
" which were formerly supposed to
pertain to amber its potency as a
charm against rheumatism appears to
be about the only one which survives
in popular superstition. But belief
in this quality persists with remark
able vitality and is defended by per-
sons whom one would least suspect of
such credulity. Henry Ward Beecher
always carried about with him a
string of amber beads to cure or to
ward off his rheumatic attacks; and
amber set as jewelry is still sold in
London for the cure of this malady.
Only few years ago amber had a
much more prominent place in thera-
peutics. In 1865 Rev. c. w. King, in
his Natural History Of Precious
Stones" wrote: "That the wearing of
an amber necklace will keep off an
attack of erysipelas has been proved
by experiments beyond the possibility
of a doubt OIL of amber still has a
place In the United States dispensa-
tory and perhaps there still exist some
old-time doctors who use 1t incidentally.
The ancients, who attached mystic
qualities to all sorts of precious and
semi-precious stones, were not likely
to neglect amber; that strange sub
stance born of the sea and of the color
of yellow sunlight. The Romans used
to place In their mortuary urns pieces
Of amber and Jet, the Jet symbolizing
the darkness of death and the amber
the light of Immortality. Possibly the
black stone was an offering to Pluto
and the yellow substance an offering
to the sun-god. In the medicine of
the Middle ages, which was largely
folk-medicine, amber played an i'm
portant part, and, as has been said,
has continued to play medicinal role
down to our own times. The rever-
ance with which the ancients regarded
amber was increased by the discovery
of its electrical properties. Doctor
Kunz says: 1.-The Nlectric property of
amber was remarked as early as 600
B. C. by the Ionic philosopher, Thales,
and from this observation may be
dated the study of electric phenomena"
(S b. Mcclure Newspaper syndcate)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
Fla Ice Cream.

Scald one quart of milk, add three
teaspoonfuls of cornstarch mixed with
little cold milk and cook until thick.
Cook slowly fifteen minutes. Beat the
yolks of four eggs, add half tea
spoonful of salt and one-half cupful
of maple sirup beat into the hot mix
ture and cook until the egg Is set. Add
two cupfuls of hot cream and let
chill; add one teaspoonful of vanilla
and begin to freeze. When half
frozen add one-half pound Of chopped
figs cooked until tender in boiling wa
ter, then mix with half a cupful Of
maple strip, a little grated lemon
rind and two tablespoonful of lemon
juice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
WHEN I WAS
TWENTY-ONE
AT 21-Brander Matthews Had His
Manuscripts Rejected With Unfailing
Regularity
BY JOSEPH KAYE

SGT WAS only two months more than
L twenty-one when my two years
attendance at Columbia Law school
ended at last. l managed somehow to
answer the questions put to me. After
l passed the examination, and before
the commencement at which l was to
receive my degree l married and left
almost Immediately for honeymoon
In Europe
"While l was still at law school my
contributions to the magazines were
rejected with exemplary speed. In
The Critic Sheridan tells US that
When they do agree on the stage their
unanimity Is wonderful and equally
wonderful to me was the unan1mity
Of editors. No matter how laboriously
I might feather my essays they were
homing pigeons: and I could always
count on another swift return. With
the modest confidence Of youth was
but little discouraged; and while one
article was vainly paying its round Of
visits was already engaged upon an
other.-Brander Matthews"
TODAY-The receipt of a Brander
Matthews in an editorial office Is
hailed with respect and pleasure and
a check Is made out even before 1t Is
read, for Mr.. Matthews is among the
most famous of all American critics
and writer's on the theater, besides
being a notable figure in the other
branches of literature. Perhaps 1t
might be said that Matthews is the
George Brandes of this country,
comparison with which even his
name is in harmony.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
WHAT THE GRACIOUS
HOSTESS SAYS:
BY DELLA THOMPSON LUDEs
A BREAKFAST PARTY

a NY meal that is served before one
"A o'clock is breakfast. After that
it is called luncheon. There is
fashion now in some tearooms and
coffee shops of calling the meal served
from ten o'clock to noon, brunch" or
'brekko-lunch"-a combination Of
breakfast and lunch.
The cloth for the breakfast or
brunch" party may be as gay as you
like. Colored linens made into runners
and embroidered, or not ; place mats of
Indian head or the ever-fast textiles
ecru art crash in cross-stitch en-
broidery; old-fashioned yellow and
white or blue and white tablecloths
cut over into breakfast cloth, runners,
or mats and napkins; pale yellow OIL
cloth decorated with stencil painting;
unbleached muslin with applique de-
sign or border of cretonne-there are
any number of fascinating cloths with
which to dress the table. The long
white dinner cloth, however, has no
place on the breakfast table. If the
refectory table is used, it should be
left bare, with, possibly, place mats or
doilies of coarse linen. The refectory
table dong and narrow and very sim
Pile of line) is an innovation in the
American home, but is rapidly coming
into popular usage. Its covering
open, showing the wood Of the table.
The decorations should be simple,
with a blue cloth; lilies of the valley
with runners of green checked ging-
ham, pussy-willows with runners Of
orchid; brown basket of fruit with
cloth of unbleached muslin or heavy
ecru linen appliqued in fruit design; a
high glass compete overlooking with
grapes on a blue-and-white or yellow
cloth; or a glass basket in the center,
with smaller glass baskets Gall alike)
at each of the four corners. Baskets Of
Dresden are also lovely, and the grass
and reed baskets that some of US are
sufficiently accomplished to make our
selves, make very charming decora-
tons when filled with flowers, fruit or
candy.
IL DdShelS, Cu1lpolIclS VI OlASl oiho-
mental holders are used, however, they
must be all alike.
If the table is small or narrow it Is
not best to use too many decorative
articles, but where it is large, addi-
tional flower holders, bowls, compotiers
or figures may be used. You must,
however, guard against getting too
many different kinds of decorative ar
ticles on the table. For instance, you
might use an old-fashioned high
standard compotier or "sauce-dish" of
pressed glass-such as belonged to
your grandmother-for a centerpiece.
With this you could use four small sill
yer or glass baskets or compotiers, or
four colored bird-fgures at the corners
of the table for candy, but these four
must be all alike Your table would
look like the glass counter in depart
ment store If each of the four baskets
was different.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
THE BROWNIE BROTHERS

d LILLE BROWNIE and his brother
- Bonnie were all ready for adven-
lures. A boy and girl who had wan
dered into Dreamland that evening
had come to pay them visit And of
course Billie and his brother were
particularly anxious to entertain their
guests as best they could.
And they were as ready for adven-
lures as were their guests. They had
been busy of late and had not had
so much time for play and they were
quite ready to begin playing at once.
Now the boy and the girl had never
had many adventures. They had lived
rather lonely lives, though it Is true
they had made a number Of animal
friends.
We'll" said the boy, as he saw
Billie Brownie and his brother, you
are a fat pair, but oh, you do look so
jolly"
"How nice Of you to say So" the two
Brownie brothers replied, and as they
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13

"You Are Fat Pair, but You Do Look
So jolly"
did so they Rugged each other and
fell over on the ground.
"Not hurt, 1 trust" said the girl.
"Not bit Of It," said the Brownie
brothers together, as they picked
themselves up.
81 do believe you're Brownies" said
the boy.
you are right" said Billie.
"My name" he added, "is Billie
Brownie, and this Is my brother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
u. S. Patent Office

The first patent letters issued by
the United States patent office in
Washington were to Samuel Hopkins,
July 81, 1890, for process of manu-
featuring potash and pearlash Since
that time the patent office has granted
more Than 100000 licenses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-13
Flemish Carrots.

Cut prepared carrots into thin slices
and cook until tender in a little boil
ing water slightly salted. For one pint
of carrots, melt tablespoonful Of but
ter, add a cupful Of chopped onion,
and one-half teaspoonful of sugar.
Cover and cook until yellow, add one
cupful of beef broth. Simmer twenty
minutes and sprinkle with parsley.