davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24
NATIONAL NEWS OF INTEREST
TO EVERYBODY WHO READS
Written for this Paper by
FRANK p. LITSCHERIT

The American Association Favor
ing the Reconsideration Of the War
Debts made public the other day a
pamphlet by Henry Bourne Joy, a
prominent business man of Detroit,
under the title "War Debts: An Ar
gument for Fair REIMBURSEMENT" Mr..
Joy suggests in the pamphlet that
the United States allow "offsets" in
the allied debts to make up for the
sacrifice in men and materials made
by the allies before the United
States entered the war and in the
months following our declaration of
war but before our soldiers got into
the battle with large numbers of
men.
Having declared war;" Mr.. Joy is
quoted as saying, Our Allies might
have expected that we would
promptly participate in the fighting,
but for approximately fifteen months
we took no material part in the
fighting" Mr.. Joy further takes to
task the American Debt Commission
for going about the task of settling
the debts in "a perfectly hard-boil-
ed, efficient, business like manner"
He complains further that we waiv-
ed our claims against Germany but
eve demand of our allies to the last
penny of their capacity to pay"
Mr.. Joy seems to have made as
good a case as possible for the bad
cause Of the cancellationists but he
has neglected several points. In
the first place Uncle Sam has made
considerable number of Offsets.
The total amount of the debt has
been scaled down in every case
where there has been a settlement
and in the case of France, it was
so cut down that practically all of
the French debt contracted before
the armistice has been eliminated.
And still the French do not seem
to be entirely satisfied with the
agreed settlement.
And speaking of Offsets, if we
are to consider the matter in a
"hardbOiled business like" way, why
not take some of the allied offsets"
into consideration, too? Uncle Sam
received no monetary reward as a
result of the war, and no territory.
But the victorious nations of Europe
divided up everything they could get
from the vanquished nations. This
included not only Alsace-Lorraine,
to which France claimed the moral
right, a right she would not have
been able to enforce without the aid
of America, but it included other
territory taken from Germany, Aus !
tria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey
in Europe, as well as possessions in !
Africa, Asia and among the Islands
of the Pacific. These were of course |
the spoils of war, and to the victor
belong the spoils, but in considering
the matter of debts why do these |
not make excellent Offsets too? |
Surely it must be admitted that |
without the aid of the United States |
in a military way, the allies would
have been unable to make the peace
terms which they did enforce on the
PROSTATE enemy.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

Republicans is; Democrats vas
Clyde E. Bair, Tifin, Ohio.
A Democrat is concentrating, he
terogeneous, benevolent, competent,
volatile, authentic, ingenious, POM
pous, emendatious and unscurrilous
while a Republican is discriminate
ing, scrupulous, solicitous, eccen-
trio, sanctuous, unmaleVolent, osten-
tatious, miraculous and buxomous.-
Kate Moulder, lockwood, Tenn
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

1000
much advance.
%o@
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN WORK
Every time an election campaign
comes around, a vast amount of
quiet work has to be done melting
the people to take an interest and
get out and vote. If it was not for
this effort, probably half the people
who vote now would not get out.
To vote next November in Delaware,
you must be registered, and next
Saturday, August 25, is the last OPP
portunity until next October.
Such workers fall into two class
es. There are first those who ma
turally appeal to peoples preju-
dices. They are often uneducated,
but they have a native gift for read
ing peoples character. They see
that people have certain narrow
views and antagonisms, and they
try to show their friends that their
opponents are trying to do them an
injury, or have traits which these
prejudiced folks do not like. So
they get these sentiments of dislike
to actively working, and induce
lot of people to vote against the
people they are trying to beat.
Then there are many political
workers who have an honest con-
viction that the triumph of some
candidate or party will be for the
good of the community. Many of
them are fine and public spirited
people who are trying to rally the
voters to back up the good causes.
A good many people have a natur-
al taste for politics, and they enjoy
meeting the voters and enlisting
their support and discussing these
affairs. 1t is a healthful form of
interest, and we need more people
up public interest in these
questions.
Many people who have done po-
litical work for some party or can
didate, ask for some public job as a !
reward. If these people have work
ed intelligently on these public |
they are entitled to
some share in shaping the govern
nent. But unfortunately, a good
many people who have no intelli-
gent conception of public services
obtain Office as the reward for their
abors as political heelers. It takes
he wisdom of a Solomon, and the
lrmness of a Daniel, to separate
he sheep from the goats of poll
les.
IF YOU GO OFF with groups of
'eople on roughing it excursions,
ou find that some Of them are nat :
raj born workers, while some are !
atural shirkers. {
The first kind set themselves to
tactical tasks wherever they are. :
hey pitch the tent, they gather +
-ood for a fire, they bring the wa
sr, they get the meals ready, and o
ley wash the dishes. The non S
orkers can't seem to set them :,
elves to any regular task. They +,
list fuss around, or they watch the Z
EST work. This is sometimes due g
ot to Incidence, so much as to n
ok of practical sense. They do Il
ot know how to take hold of Il
lings.
The latter kind may be very 81
easant companions on some pleas u
re excursions, but the young men Il
Id women who are looking for II
ives and husbands would better -
ok the practical workers.
SeS
THIS FALL promises to be
lightly good time for the business D.
an who advertises. But the pres :.
It summer has been a good time
so for those who inform the pub a
, about their goods. -
,,r,no1T11-nc =. CC
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

Mr.. Joy argues that we asked for
no territory or money from Ger
many but that we ask the allies to
pay to their capacity to pay. Eut
our failure to ask reparations from
Germany was not a favor to Ger
many but to the allies. The allies
were preparing to ask and have
asked that Germany pay to the ut
most of her capacity. Had the Uni
ted States taken the same course it
would not have been harder on Ger
many but on the allies who would
have had less for themselves. Our
failure to demand reparations from
Germany does not relieve Germany
but only increases her capacity to
pay the allies.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24
HOLDING OUR OWN PEOPLE


Towns grow and develop in two
ways. First, by attracting new peo-
pie to come in. Second, by keeping
those that have been living there.
The natural increase of population
will make any town grow, if it can
keep fair proportion Of the peo-
pie who grow up there. People are
attached to the towns where they
lived as children and where they
went to school. If the town has the
elements of progress and develop
ment, it can hold large part Of its
own people, and this kind Of growth
is apt to be the most permanent.
The way to hold its own people
is to be bright and alert in obtain
ing new advantages, and to develop
it's business in such an enterprising
way, that good opportunities are
created.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

All is expensive in love and war.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

1t is true that several months
elapsed after the declaration of war
before our full force was felt on the
field of battle, but it is our opinion
| that when the Yankees arrived and
found the armies of the Central
Powers headed for Paris, they soon
made their presence felt. And if it
took Uncle Sam some little time to
get ready the fault lies in part at
least with our own pacifsts who
never want Uncle Sam to be pre-
pared for anything; and most of
these pacifists will now be found in
the ranks of the internationalists
who want the allied debts either
scaled down or cancelled altogether.
Our cancellationists told us if we
didn't wipe out the debts we would
lose our foreign trade and Europe
would go bankrupt. The argument
has already proven fallacious. Our
foreign trade is growing and Europe
is steadily getting in better shape.
And one way for Europe to continue
TO get in better shape is to preserve
It's credit by meeting it's obligations.
Besides, the money loaned to Europ-
can nations during and Immediately |
after the war was borrowed from
the American people. Somebody
will have to pay the debt. If the
borrowers don't then the American
taxpayers will be compelled to take
up the burden. None of the cancel
lationists have yet come forward
and offered to raise this fund for
Suffering" Europe.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

Ancient saying: Let me see
something cheaper"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

THIS FALL promises to be a
mighty good time for the business
man who advertises. But the pres
ent summer has been a good time
also for those who inform the pub
lie about their goods.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-24

Georgeana Reta Buckalew, nine
months old, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Buckalew, died Monday,
18th. The Rev. J. Franklin
Bryan oficiated, with interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01
TAKE SALTS FOR A
KIDNEY BACKACHE
Drink Lots of Water All Day
Long to Keep Kidneys
Flushed

Too much rich food forms acids
which excite and overwprk the kid
neys in their efforts to filter it from
the system. Flush the kidneys occa-
Sionally to relieve them like you re-
! lieve the bowels, removing acids, waste
and poison, else you may feel a dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick. headache,
dizziness, the stomach sourS, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is
bad you have rheumatic twingeS. The
urine is cloudy, fulllof sediment, the
channels often get irritated, obliging
one to get up two or three times dur
ing the night.
To help neutralige these Irritating
acids and flush off the body's urinous
waste, begin drinking water. Also
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy, take, table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys may then act fine and blad-
der disorders disappear.
This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and demon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
used for years to, help. clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop
bladder irirtationa Jad Salts is in
expensive and makes a delightful
efferveScent Whitewater drink which
millions of men and women take
now and then to help prevent serious
kidney and bladder disorders. BY
al means drink, lots of good water
every day.-Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

child's skull for dipsomania, three rag
dolls--one of these to be placed by a
person with ague at the junction Of
crossroads at midnight, his indispo-
sition being transferred to the unlucky
finder OF the doll
There is all ointment compounded OF
bullock's hair and cream, good for sores
on the leg; "a necklace of garlic to ward
off witchcraft 1.-The bone Of an I'M
christened child to cause barrenness:
an egg shell containing horsehair to be
thrown away after touching the sore
part OF the body the finder being az
fected with the disease and the former
sufferer thereby relieved; bundle com.
prlsing goose's head, bones. roots and
wool to be placed on the threshold OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

ones enemy. who, passing over it, will
contract any disease one may wish.
Objects and instruments of quackery
seized by the police and those belonging
to the chronological museum Of the
state police at Budapest, are also on
view including cuppers, blisterers and
toothbreakers. There is also a repre-
sentation of a tooth-drawing ceremony
enacted by the village barber-and his
victim.
The real value of the exhibition is
its exposure of harmful, popular Gus
toms and superstitions still prevailing
among the lower classes. There Is great
need to enlighten and instruct the
masses in this respect.
special Dispatch to The Stn,' and the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

Charles Curtis, candidate for Vice Pres
ident on the Republican ticket, and
Thomas P. Littlepage prominent attor-
ney of Prince Georges County and
Washington, were speakers at a well
attended Hoover Curtis woman's mass
meeting held Tuesday night in Odd Fell
lows Hall here.
Mrs. George H. Morley. chairman for
Hyattsville district of the women's COM
mittee of the Federation of Republican
Women of Prince Georges County. who
was chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the meeting,
presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

in the campaign, in the face of reported
statements by Gov. Smith to the con-
trary.
Gov. Smith in Philadelphia last Sat-
urday, in answering Gov. Hughes state
sue" Lyon wired, stated the prohibi-
ton issue was a real one and comes
very close to the heart and to the con-
science Of the American people Further
along he stated that he had heard Cos
sip that he (Smith) could do nothing
about the prohibition laws, If elected
Gov. Smith then showed by his record
that a Democratic governor could over
ride the opposition of Republican
General Assembly.
After this clear statement by Gov.
Smith that he considers prohibition the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

he can override congressional OPPOSE
ton, many Democrats of the eighth
congressional district who contemplate
voting against Gov. Smith because they
accept his statement that prohibition
is the real issue, would like to know
whether you still contend prohibition is
not an issue. Wire answer my ex
penSe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01
FRANK LYON QUERIES
GLASS ON DRY ISSUE
Senator Asked by Arlington Anti
Smith Chairman Whether He Is
at Odds With Candidate.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, November L.
Frank Lyon, chairman of the Anti
Smith Democratic committee of the
eighth congressional district, has sent a
telegram to Senator Carter Glass of
Virginia asking If the Senator still con-
tends that prohibition is not an issue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01

United States output includes more
than 40 different makes and more than
760 different models.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-01
MRS. GAM A SPEAKER.

Sister of Senator Curtis Addresses
Woman's Mass Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, October 81
Mrs. Edward Gam, sister of Senator
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
Lone Driver Rushes to
Frozen Yukon Town to
Relief POx Epidemic

CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 20. GU.
PD.-Unfavorable radio conditions
have made it impossible to ascertain
the progress of a dog team which
has been mushing through the fro
zen Yukon to the little town of Holy
Cross, stricken by small pox cpl
demic.
The team of huskies and their
driver left Anvik early Tuesday for
the 60-mile drive over snow covered
trails and should have reached their
destination tonight. But for more
than "a hours static has prevented
the hearing of radio signals, which
form the only means of rapid COM
munication with isolated affected
districts.
Holy Cross is an inland tow of
142 persons, situated at the fork of
the Yukon and Innoko Rivers, about
$50 miles from the coast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
(Bu q IVorker Correspondentl

10y u w OibGT COffeSpOtu6HCJ
am an office worker, that is head
bookkeeper and accountant and have
had practical experience in this line
for about eight years. I found en-
ployment in this line for men and
women deplorable for the last years,
in this city, which is supposed to be
a great industrial center. The news
papers do not have any business
positions advertised, at least very
few are to be found in the Help
Wanted columns.
We have here in Cleveland a chain
of Employment Agencies, who have
devoted themselves to getting all the
Jobs from the jndustrials and small
businesses. and in return demand
$50 for 800 per month jobs and go
to 70 per cent and more for Jobs
paying over 500 per month. They
always talk by the month instead by
the week. In other words they want
from US poor underpaid workers the
first, second and third weeks wages
and the fourth weeks wages are left
for US. and in most cases these jobs
don't last very long, the applican is
either let out or laid off for some
purpose.
The only Jobs that are advertised
for in our city papers, are in most
cases for certain skilled trades, or
certain types of machine work that
not everybody can do.
Furthermore, it is 10 wonder that
these employment agencies captured
the whole trade of employment. They
have their hirelings or women clerks
call all the firms in the telephone
book from A to 2. They have cor
nered the position market and not
only sell jobs to the workers but
keep their wages down. These
agencies, as l have found out, are
playing into the hands of the bose!
ard are selecting from the unem
ployed those who asked cheap wages
These agencies have developed int
true enemies of the workers.
The fifty or so employment agen
cies are getting about 100000 ;
year out of unemployment here. No
only do they get the commissions de
manded, but also charge each appli
cant one dollar for registering will
them. This certainly is fine wa,
to clean up. These parasites ar,
waxing rich on US poor underpaic
workers. If I find job that shoulc
pay about 1928 per month I figur,
l am only getting about so to 81
cents per hour. That shows that m!
condition is no better than that o.
a laborer. Not only are we expected
to work overtime gratis, but ar,
subject to be layed off, or dismissed
at any time.
! 1 had an argument with one O
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
Agencies Are
Helping to Lower Wages

these agency officials, some time
ago. l told him that dishwasher
makes a hundred dollars a month
with eats, ard why should office
people pay $50 for such wages. Well
he said we have a right to charge
such commissions, a contract is a
contract, and furthermore, they can
sue in court for their commissions.
That shows the courts uphold such
contracts.
Wages in this city as rule are
not very good. Man and wife have
to go working in many cases, and
the cost of rent and living is very
high.
Because I'm too much of a fighter
and refuse to go that far and pay
one of these parasites for a job
don't own, l had to take up some
other kind of work that l could find.
The first of the year l was hired
with the National Acme Co. in a
large department store making shock
absorbers for the Ford Motor Co.
was given a Job on a machine MAX
ing these parts on piece rate basis
like all other workers. We were told
to work twelve hour shifts, two
weeks days, ard two weeks nights.
If a worker shows weakness, he is
discharged. Because of working in
this hell all year, finally had to
lay off for while several weeks
ago, and due to this, l was dis
charged. This proves that Ford
contracts demand workers to work
twelve hours per day, whether its
scraps them or not.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
AM IA TROUBLElNAKER?
ASKS MILITANT WORKER

am telling you, l cried so much, my
wife almost tainted. Such a drama
of real life. Here are two benefit
tickets, the proceeds are for the
Hebrew School. Take your sweet
heart and go to see the show" To
refuse meant to anger the boss, to
accept meant to spend $3.50. So 1
went on a compromise telling him
that my sweetheart is sick, and after
a short argument bought one ticket.
I hardly got rid of him and an
aged Jew comes in the shop. He
claims he comes direct from Pales-
tine to collect money for a Hebrew
School in Jerusalem. The Irish cut
ter gives him a quarter. looked
through the window and l saw an
other old Jew ready to get in, as
soon as the first one got out. l got
sore, and demanded a credential
which the old Jew could not pro-
duce. l threatened to telephone to
the organization he claims to repre-
sent to find out more information
Hearing that, the holy representa-
tive picked up his books and disap-
peared. The Irish cutter is sore for
giving the faker a quarter. The boss
is little offended for my bother
ing the holy rabbi.
The wind began to blow in thru
the broken windows, picking the
heavy dust from the shelves right
into our lungs. The mice ran around
the shop as free citizens, the work is
the limit, but you've got to work
work, work! :.
Three weeks later, l was fired
This time for trying to organize the
few workers in the shop for the
improvement of our conditions.
l am back in the street again
hearing the same old Song: what
are you a suitcase maker, or q
trouble maker?"
j. SKLAR.
(By a member of the Worker
Correspondence Class in the N. Y
Workers School.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
AUTO co. LURES
JOBLESS TO CUT
SCALE OF WAGES
Situation Is Serious in
Nova Scotia
(By a Worker Correspondent


NEW GLASGOW, Nova Scotia
(By MaiD.-When the Trenton Car
Works announced that it had pro-
cured large order for cars, unem-
ployed workers began flocking to
Pictou County by the thousands
from all parts Of Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, New Bruins
wick and Newfoundland. Although
only a handful of new men was
taken on, three or four thousand
workers came looking for the job
Conditions in Nova Scotia are very
bad rs far as employment is CON
cerned. Thousands of miners have
been laid off, and the numbering in
dustry is going pretty bad. The
bosses in Pictou County, especially
in the steel plant at Sydney and the
Trenton Car Works in this city, are
attempting to take advantage of the
great number of joble5s workers
that flocked here following the hoax
announcement of the auto company,
and are using these men to beat
Gown the already starvation wages
of the men who are working. No
prosperity" in sight for Nova SEQ
tia, despite the promises of the poll
ticians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-21
OFFICIALS help
impose PAY CUT
Hose Union Offers to
Speed Up Workers
Continued from Pane One

Continued from Page One
urer of the McCallum Hosiery Com
pany, nor the union officialdom de-
MED that negotiations for a wage
cut were under way.
The front Of progressivism, which
the A. F. F. w. U. was accustomed
to assume in the past, has long been
openly discarded by the officialdom.
Now president Geiges vies with
Thomas F. Mcmahon, president of
the parent body, the United Textile
Workers Union, in promising the
bosses larger profits if they only
let them-Geiges and McMahon-
attend to the matter.
That this is no idle conjecture can
be proven by the speech recently de-
livered by Geiges at the sessions of
the Taylor Society in New York, an
organization of industrial eff
cheney engineers" or speed-up ex-
perts.
Geiges there confessed that the
tendency of the manufacturers to
move south threatens to weaken the
union. He did not, however, pro-
posed as a remedy, the organization
of the south, but as admitted that
"the manufacturers. are being
prompted by the union to develop
greater efficiency to obtain greater
profits in their present locations"
The concrete measures already