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Evening star., 1928-05-06
Rogers on Butter and Egg Men

corner" the egg market ike yoll
can the wheat OK corn You see IN
those commodities you know how
much Is raised, and there can be no
more that year, but with the eSgS and
butter. Just about the time YOU think
you have correred them. why some cd
hen bobS up ana throws discretion 10
the winds and starts laying on mass
production basis and shsre goes your
corner" And the same with butter.
Some inventive genius viii frame up
some new way or hooking 3 new car
onto "churn" and shere goes your
corner" For Up goeS batter prc6uc-
ton, You know. You can buy carloads
Of eggs On futures" just Ike ycu can
wheat
SO set you some good December eGgS
and hold en- TILL everybody looEnS Ike
they 1uSt can't 50 through the VIM
ter without an egS-noS. and then you
you can't keep up YOUR payments On
the cold storage. Why hard eoal the
eggs and save EN- I'LL Summer and
then sell EN- Tor ~picnicS A guy
on picnic Will eat anything. that's
why ttS called picnic s because Of
The things you have IL put up With
You know right along aooat now ii
the nsiaSt af the laying season for
hens. They ike 90 be like housewives,
and set all their Spring work over
with, and then take much needed
rest, The funny part ahous it is thar
they all seem 90 want to lsy at the
same time, and then ,lav~otf at tAr
same time, II they could fx 'egn ~
part would lay ore three months ana
part M the next three and 81 On. that
would make is BETTER. bat then MA
would hurt she cold storage Suy. II
lookS like he Is the fellow shax has
got these hens 81 al act IN uahss,a
Oh, YES, and We had all the rAsEvxNasS
men there thaE night, too They eal-
leet millions ana millions ot bucks.
shipping the butter and eGgS from WeSt
70 East Imagine shipping an ess al
the way nom peseluma. Calf, 60 Great
NecS, Lo,sg Island, Then We ear our
selves al efficient people, Why xsong
they have che hens and iay tha esxs
eaek tneres II don't matter whsrs =
nen Is. Il she wants 10 Law, she Mi
lay she Is not selling. og Interested
N any real estate anywhere, aud where
Ssse Il aent make much difference g.
her She Knows that there il three
months that She has IL lav and Sae
don't eaEe where they are nlSg ~ She
can lay 'em and set em over with.
hat these R, r, presidents wege
There te see THAI notaCsy did any focI
thing like that and moved pgcqueeg
too eieSe te consumer THAT'S what
Keeps Them u n, presidents Is keensng
the raiser as far away from tne eater
as pcSSlnse
tCSNNusAt tassA
Evening star., 1928-05-06

! splash of water against the stone
clogged shores of the river.
The tropic forest rose up on the river
banks, stern, desoiate. terrible. wrapped
! in mist. The outstretched wilderness
was cloudy sea. It had gray cover
let of jungle fog flung carelessly over,
| and in places, where low hill rose up,
there were shapeless masses OF vapor.
a.
TT was just such an evening that
comes 10 the vast wooded lands OF
the Pyrenees. when the rain, during
changing season. envelops great masses
of mountains in hazy Shroud
The Jungle was silent II the animals
and birds are voiceleSS during the eve
ming hour, beware say the Indians.
The evening sky turned gray. The sun
had been bi0tted out long hours before
by a heavy bank Of dark, rolling clouds,
which hung so low they were oppres-
sive.
Then from around the bend Of the
river there came terrific, an unearth-
ly cry. It increased tenfold the Wild
ness, the loneliness of this river. 1t
added gloom to the mystery Of jungle
| thickets. 1t seemed a dream, a night
| mare. void of meaning. rather than
And yet It was strangely reminiscent Of
sometlling--~I could not think what.
The Shuara headhunters had told me
only a month before about a strange
race Of ape-men who inhabited recesSes
In the wilderness Of Yacu-mama! Per-
! haps one of these ape-men If the story
were true. had wandered too far-and
reached the jungles around Macas.
A second time, the same cry rent the
air It sounded like the war-cry of an
American Indian, blending with
the loud. rolling noise of large howl
ing monkey, intermingltng, at times.
with a shrillness that might have been
handed down from the land of ice. the
Quill! 49,. OU-I-I-I . . i.
cry of the Eskimo. Again 1t changed
hoarse, powerful savage! Then 1t
sounded like the shrek of woman,
drifting away into fiendish wall half
barbaric.
A FTER this half-human, half animal
utterance died out the deepening
shadows, mixing in twilight and river
mist, were saturated with heavier ST.
lence than before II recalled the
season Of low clouds and drizzing rains.
HtA@A aA 10 sadiiSSS All the EfIHIEFA,
when evening shadows have been
stepped in darkness. mystery. when the
traveller feels an instructive desire to
seek the shelter of an ancient Basque
nome, to warm himself near the hearth.
under roof that is old. very old.
Next came note that sounded like a
stag's belling OF agony. 1t had the cut
OF 1ackal. Then long, long drawn
| out, gloomy, nerve-racking pleading
| . In such length drift
| ing slowly away becoming
t lower and lower until 1t died
| out like the gurgling of lunatic, a
sinister. burlesque laughing
! Speeches., turned the bend of the
| river Crawling forward under cover
Of hanging bushes, gazed. frightened
In the direction whence came the cry
On low-shelving sandstone.
could make out "a man on his hands
and knees. He moved along like u
Evening star., 1928-05-06
BY WILL ROGERS.

w YELL. all know Is just what
~ I read In the papers, and
wv what little can give the
once over as I prowl
around. / been covering a
lot of ground here lately. l don't care
where you live. have been there.
was In and around Chicago for a
few days. and the old town Is really
trying to behave itself. Big Bill has
made quite q lot Of friends by the
way he took his beating at the pri-
mary election. He hasn't made any
squawk He just said. They licked us
good and / have no excuses 10 make"
Course lot of them have counted him
out too quick. He Is not through by
a long shot He will deal many a po-
Iitical machine misery before he Is
through. There was few murders
while / was there. but not enough TO
keep up the towns reputation.
You know. you hear lot OF Jokes
about the butter and egg men" Well,
SIR | must tell you about them They
opened the most beautiful building. II
stories high, and they had big BAN
quet and | happened to be there 60
help them annoy. Now you say what
kind of a fellow In butter and egg
man? Well he has gained reputa-
ton rs Spender He Is supposed to
peddle car of eggs and then go Into
cabaret and shoot the whole receipts
Those babies will take the price Of a
truckload Of butter and lust smear II
all over "A cabaret dance floor. II Is a
beautiful building tribute to cold
storage"
They deal In fresh eggs" That
means any egg that has been iayed
Tor laid during the lifetime OF any
member. They even go 80 far as TO
say that the real fresh egg In no good,
I that II should lay I'm the cold storage
a few months 10 kinder give 1t an idea
OF what its functions are 10 be when
spread out on the plate, Their whole
organization Is very much against peo~
ple going In for soft-botied eggs. for
that In when you can detect the bad
babies" They claim that people should
eat EN- scrambled, It's much
healthier"
You know, seeing that building just
gives you an idea what the hen can
really do when she aeta her mind To
IT, Hard work, perseverance, and TAX
Ing advantage of your opportunities,
that's what the old pullet has done,
Nothing but an old dominiek hen has
erected that shack. It's the greatest
chicken coop" In the world and
houses many an egg
And say, while we are giving all this
credit 10 the hen, let's give the old
rooster a hand There h baby that
don't really get the credit thai is due
him. Yet every Time he crows that
Evening star., 1928-05-06
OPERATING A COAL.MINING MACHINE.

MINING coal is one Of the hardest
AVA tasks known to man. AS we all
know. not only do most of the miners
have to labor hundreds of feet under
ground, but as well, in vast subcellars
of darkness and dampness Accord
ingly, the industry is listed among
the most laborious, dangerous and gen.
orally least desirable of all followings
So the coal-mining machine stands
as a great friend of the miner. Operated
by electricity. one of these machines
accomplishes the work that formerly
required eight or ten men to perform.
This machine, it is said. will, with
further Improvements. tend to lower
coal prices.
1t Is known as the Longwall coal
cutting machine, and was developed
by mining engineers after they had
made a study of the then latest ma
chimes available. They incorporated
many needed changes to meet the re-
quirements Of various kinds of coal
and depths mines. The machine EN-
bodies noiseleSs operation. compact
ness. power-turned cutter-arm and the
absence Of complicated train of gear
ing 10 the cutting chain drive. which
made earlier machines of little value
The machine is operated directly
from electric wires, run from the main
power plant to the particular section
Of the mine being worked A long
steel arm projects away from the ma
chine. Over this runs a chain on
which are placed l1gs. or sharp pieces
Of steel. four or five inches In length.
which travel around the arm like a
belt on two pulleys. These iugs cut
their way into the coal vein. and loosen
1t so that 1t may be removed from the
mine An electric motor located back
OF the cutting arm provides ample
power for operating better the chain
cutting apparatus.
The gearing between the motor and
drive sprocket consists of a worm and
worm gear This drive has a great ad-
vantage over other types of drives. in
that IL ie raoiSafexS The vrar ffSfyNo thn
Evening star., 1928-05-06

machine can readily hear any cracking
in the roof Of the mine, and thus be
able to shut of the machine and reach
a safe place before cavern" Older
models made so much noise that many
miners were caught in the cage-ins
and lost their lives.
This machine is only 10 inches in
height. 81 inches vide and feet long:
yet 1t possesses power for cutting hard
coal and slate approximately several
tons lifting power. The cutter arm
is forced beneath the coal vein by
swinging from a position lengthwise
Of the machine 10 a position at right
angles thereto. by means Of q heavy
rope wound upon the drum provided
for the purpose, and turned by power
from the motor-control box the
cutter is run into the mine on steel
rails. and then slid on runners to the
desired place
Evening star., 1928-05-06

which Is represented by three or four
petty alcaldes. A large bamboo church
stands in the center OF the village and
dominates the village life.
The chief alcaide, on our arrival, in
vited us 10 visit police headquarters, 10
give us some food and drink, while
his servants were arranging better
place for us 10 stay while in town. Po-
lice headquarters was built OF posts
from the ch0nta- palm, the sides and
roof Of the usual matertai~-Spllt bam~
300 and palm leaves. It was embowered
in o magnificent grove Of plantains and
papayas In the spacious vestibule was
a bench, on which the chief alcalde and
his assistants sat themselves whenever
they were converging with visitor We
were served with meal that included
guayllsa, tea. coffee, chickens, eggs,
plantains, yuccas and several baskets OF
tropical fruit.
Az the sun was going down back Of
the Andes, heard the tinklmg OF lit
tie bell. and ali Macas assembled In the
church for vespers | went with The
alcalde and his staff. and. after the
services were over. met The padre. VINO
was unusually well informed on all
things Of the Oriente OF Ecuador
A PTER the church services, | was
~ told by the chief alcalde that
could stop with family named Jara~
milo Buried In gardens OF yucca
patches, walks lined with pineapplea
cinnamon and orange trees, the leaf"
thalehed bamboo home Of Jaramiilo
was a treat to feast ones eyes on, After
my long trip from Quito and the hard
,hipg Of the trail, this little house looked
far better than New York hotel
There was an honest. Quaker~like air
about all the Macabe0s In all Of our
transactions with them ! noticed no at
tempt III preyaricate or deceive. what
they promised they performed 10 the
letter II was indeed refreshing Ia meet
such Kindly people. such upright souls
lost In Lhf jInglah ~ Ecuador, though
we found them mol df pure Caucasian
blood, ~ We had pictured them, nor
dwelling under the tiled roofs Of the
proud cities
One evening | left the bamboo shell
Lere of the JaramilIo home and took
the trail that led down 10 the Upano
River, d haIf~niie away
A weight Of insufferabie gloom, due
| 10 al attack ~ hOmesiehness, had been
! increased by al evening thai WA
eouBdless save for The knelanrholy
Evening star., 1928-05-06

helped colonize the three towns Of Sc
villa de Orc, Mendoza and Logrona,
could it not lie true that, out Of the
dark abyss Of ages, handed down from
Basque to Basque, with a fidelity that
is sacred, the cry Of this Shuara-
Macabeo was none other than the
"irrintzine, the Great Cry Of the
Basque, which is one of the strangest
characteristics of a race whose origin
is still wrapped in mystery
why that weird cry?" / asked the
Shuara -Macabeo. -.-... t--
II do not know" he explained. "a
strange sensation comes over me. PROC
ably to celebrate Joy. probably good
fortune when / find a large catch of
fish, probably to break the heavy silence
of the wilderness, probably to call TO
some one do not know, Of my success.
l do not know"
THEN came a dreamy, haunting air,
wavering through this land of tall
palms. under the tropic night. 1t was
the soft, far-on tinkle of a Spanish
guitar. Strange words accompanied It
that sounded neither Spanish nor
Shuara. They rippled along, family,
nnysteriously.
It was an ancient melody, which
drifted from the fiesta songs of the
head-hunters into a Spanish rhythm,
then changed into monotonous couplets,
which were neither CIVILIZED nor savage
It seemed to have wandered out Of the
ages. out of the innermost depths Of a
Evening star., 1928-05-06

means another trade on the exchange
And butter, too It's through rohhing
the calf that YOU get the milk to make
the butter. Ii they hadn't tied the old
calf OF early enough there would have
been no building,
Thia butter and eag hatchery IA the
first one built that IN monument to
hen and helfer
It's A landmark 10 the progress Ut
Evening star., 1928-05-06

each side Of his face, interbraided with
the bright red and yellow feathers OF
the toucan bird, was streaked with gray
STILL his chest rose and fell with the
fullness OF youth and life at its height.
His head set erect and high: his alert
blue eyes showed from fiery depths that
hts heart and soul were younger than
his furrowed cheeks, his pallid COM
piexion. indicated
From the mode In which he had
dressed his hair on would have inferred
he was q full-blooded Shuara warrior
But his loin cloth. slight beard and
tn. popularity of his carriage. when
taken IN connection with the color OF
his skin and eyes. made one suspect
that he was man from Macas.
r PONDERED more on this mysterious
man and his mysterious cry.
Had I really heard q sound that be-
longed TO primitive man and antedated
speech? Possibly an echo from out the
ice ages, passing through that mysteri-
Gus Euskarian language. from an age
hardly calculable. from an origin thaa
still remains hidden In the darkness of
time? Had | listened to vocables that
preceded all European tongues and came
down from the age of the great ice
masses? Was the cry something in the
Shuara inheritance? The Shuaras were
the most numerous and spirited of the
tribes Of eastern Ecuador They were
never conquered by the Incas. They
finally repelled the Spanish invasion.
But there was another point in the
long chain OF events that might throw
a little light on that strange cry.
After Sevilla de Oro had been wiped
out in 1899, q few SpaniardS who
escaped the massacre by hiding In the
junsIes returned to the site Of Sevilla
de Orc, and found that the town had
been burned TO the ground. Not giving
up hope. however, these sturdy con-
quistadores crossed the Upano River
and founded the frontier town Of
Macas.
A century passed. Then there came
a new type OF Indian on the trails If
the head-hunters He was half
Shuara. half-Spaniard. They called
him q Shuara- -Macabeo.
When we realize that Basque adven-
turers took part in the colonization OF
South America. and that many Basoues
Evening star., 1928-05-06

the middlenlan The farmer the
producer. Is lucky II he can get new
hen TooSt during his lifetime, and the
consumer enjoys his one egg III the
po0rhouse. but the broker or the mid
dleman has certainly seen that salne
proFit was dropped on the way frum
the farmer Ia the eater Fur no per
cent Of the dfns suits in the hall were
bought outright, and YET yaa can't
Evening star., 1928-05-06
PONDERED more on this nysteriou
man and his mysterious cry

Humorist Discovers Their Beautiful
Building, Described as Tribute to Cold
Storase-Importance of the Hen Is Recoe-
nized and Some Queries Are Offered as to
Its Place In Industrial Affairs.
Evening star., 1928-05-06
Television Has Lone Place.

Television is not an attachment TO a
radio set. 1t is separate and distinct
piece Of equipment-elaborate and very
costly
Evening star., 1928-05-06

w YELL. all I know Is just what
read In the papers, and
wv what little can give the
once over as / prowl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-19
Shoe WORKERS
MEET THURSDAY
Call Lasters, Heelers to
Brooklyn Hall

The drive to organize New York 8
thousands of shoe workers began
slowly and is now gathering force
as the union announces mass meet
ings for the workers, the great ma
jority of whom are unorganized.
Arion Temple, 81 Arion Place,
Brooklyn, will be the scene of a
mass meeting tomorrow at p. m.
to which all lasters and wood heel
ers in Brooklyn have been called for
the purpose of launching an organ
national drive in these important
crafts.
In call issued to these workers,
the president of the Independent
Shoe Workers Union of Greater
New York and its managing organ
izer, j. Magliiacano, declare:
"Since the bosses have been hav-
ing free hand our prices and con-
ditions have been reduced to those
of slavery days and they will surely
continue to be reduced unless some
thing will be done to stop it.
"The cause for these conditions is
only due to the fact that while the
bosses have been united we re-
manned divided and while the bosses
have taken advantage of the situa-
ton, we have done nothing to put
a stop to their attempt to reduce US
to virtual slavery.
"The time has now come that we
must begin to consider ways of i'm
proving the deplorable conditions
under which we are working.
"The Independent Shoe Workers
Union of Greater New York has
been recently organized by the rank
and file and is the only organization
which is interested in organizing the
shoe workers Of Greater New York
Realizing that you lasters and
wood-heelers make up the most i'm
portant crafts in the trade and the
ones who suffered most of the abuse
of the bosses, it is therefore calling
you to this meeting"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-19
FOSTER TOUR

Wednesday, Sept. 10, Portland,
Ore, Swiss Hall, 2s31s Third St.
Friday, Sept. 21, San Francisco,
Calf. Civic Auditorium, San Fran
CISCO
Sunday, Sept, %, Los Angeles,
Calf, Whiting Woods, Rosemont,
Calf,
Tuesday, Sept. rs, Salt Lake City,
Utah, w. O. w. 1913 S. w. Temple
ST., End floor.
Thursday, Sept. q, Denver, Colo.
Tabernacle Hall, Goth & Lawrence
SITS.
Friday, Sept. %, Omaha, Neb.
Son Theatre, 14th & Farnam SITS.
Saturday, Sept. 20, Kansas City,
Mo. Musicians Auditorium, 1017
Washington st.
Sunday, Sept. 80, Chicago, Ill.
Final arrangements to be an
nounced.
Monday, Oct. l, st. Louis, Mo.
Final arrangements to be an
nounced.
Wednesday, Oct. 8. Indianapolis,
Ind. Final arrangements to be an
nounced.
Thursday, Oct. A, Cincinnati, O.
Final arrangements to be an
nounced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-19
WORKERS SCHOOL OPENS
FALL TERM OCTOBER I

The Workers School of New York
City, the biggest labor school in the
United States, will begin its fall
term October l at its new headquar-
tiers, 1928 Union Square, with 10
classes in English, Trade Unionism,
Labor Problems, Public Speaking,
Labor Journalism, Literature, His
tory, Economics, Politics, Imperial
ism, Communism and MARKHAM The
DRY. Among the instructors sche-
duled to give courses are: Jay Love-
stone, William 2. Foster, Bertram
D. Wolfe, Max Bedacht, Benjamin
Gitlow, William w. Weinstone, M.
j. Olgin, Scott Nearing, Robert Min
or, D. Benjamin, Joseph Freeman,
Beatrice Becker, J. Minded, A. Mark
off, Juliet S. Poyntz, A. Trachten-
berg, John j. BALKAN, Ray Ragozin,
Joseph Brodsky, William F. Dunno,
A. Bittelman, viii Herberg, Robert
Dunn and Michael Gold.
Classes will be given every eve
ming from 7 to 500 p. m. and from
$50 to $50 p. m. and on Saturday
afternoons. Registration for classes
is now going on
Plans are under way to take care
of the largest registration in the
history of the school. From pres
ent indications it appears that over
$500 workers will study at the
Workers School in order to prepare
themselves for more effective work
in the labor movement This will
practically double the record regis
tration of last fall when over 1900
workers enrolled for courses in the
school to train themselves for the
class struggle.
The school is now situated at 20
% Union Square, where it occupies
the sixth floor, comprising II rooms.
For more detailed information write
to the Workers School for free cata-
log or phone Stuyvesant ITO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-19

-Auerbach, Rolfe, Napoli, Maglia-
cano.
First Ave. and 10th Sc. Lloyd,
Moreaic, Alexander, Lustig, J. Ro-
sen (Pioneer).
West New York, New Jersey
Oath st. and Bergenline Ave y
Markoff, c. Martin.
PERT Amboy, N. j. (308 Elm ST.
Edward Wright, Covatcz.
Elizabeth, N. I'D. Benjamin, R.
Duke, brennan.
Bryant Ave. and 174th St., Bronx
--Chas. Zimmerman, Padgug, G.
Spiro, Severino, R. Yukelson (Pio-
neer).
Madison Ave.-Listen Oak, Gill
Green, Williams, Kagan.
Friday, Sept. Fl.
National Biscuit Co. (Noon)-
Grecht, Ross, B. Gussakoff.
Bristol and PitKin, Brooklyn
Ragozin. Baum, Julius Cohen, L.
Mikell (Pioneer).
Fifth Ave. and 10th St., N. Y.
C.-M. Taft, Grace Lamb, Jessie
Taft, Camilla, Lyons.
varet and Graham Ave-, Brook
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-19
WORKERS PARTY
ARRANCES Weeks
OPEN AIR MEETS
Negro and Elections Is
Topic

The Workers (Communist) Party
has arranged the following open-air
meetings for the current week. at
which the subject will be NEGRO
Problems and the Election Cam
paign." All speakers must get bull
letins at the district Agitprop De-
partment:
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Second Ave. and Tenth ST., N. Y.
C.-Hendin, Sumner, Akin, Acker-
man, Schatzkamer (Pioneer).
Union Square, N. Y. C.-Bieden-
kapp, Alex. Gussakoff, Ross, Cap
Ian.
Wilkins and Intervale, Bronx
Baum, Blake, Kagan, H. Eisman
(Pioneer).
Fleet st. and Flatbush Ext,
Brooklyn--Powers, Vera Bush, Nc
Donald, Rosemond.
Ninety-ninth St. and Lexington
Ave, N. Y-John Sherman, Charles
Wilson (Y. W. L..
Seventh Ave. and 131st ST., N. Y.
C.-R. B. Moore, M. Yusem, Alex
ander, Donaldson.
Seventh Ave. and 137st ST., N. Y.
C.-Markoff, Ed. Welsh, Grace
Lamb, M. Himoff (Pioneer).
Passaic, N. J.-Vern Smith, Eve
Ign Blacker, Ida Starr.
Thursday, Sept. 20.
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth
st. and St. AIMS Ave-, Bronx--Nes-
sin, Padgug. Harfeld, Leo Margolis,
Malliken (Pioneer).
Fortieth St. and Eighth Ave, N.
7. C.-Cibulsky, Peer, Bydarian.
Twenty-fifth st. anc Mermaid
Ave, C. Shapiro, I. Zimmerman,
Midolla, H. Gold (Pioneer).
Steinway and Jamaica Ave-, As
toria, L. I.-Schachtman, Powers,
Vera Bush, Heder.
jefferson and Henry st., N. Y
Joe Cohen, SLIDER.
Stone and Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn
Ben Lifshitz, PasternacK, Julius
Cohen, Mershon, S. Finkelstein
tPioneer).
Two Hundred and Nineteenth St.
and White Plains Ave.-Ben Gold,
K. Wortis, WEIGH. Spiro, Severino.
One Hundred and Sixth st. and
Sumner, C. Martin. S. Alderman.
Paterson, N. ]. g Governor ST.
Bert Miller, L. Duke.
Clinton St. and East Broadway,
n. Y.-Joe Cohen, SLIDER, Shatz-
kamer (Pioneer).
Ave. A and 7th ST., N. Y.-Wm.
Frank, Suskin, Goliger (chairman)
Saturday, Sept. %.
First Ave. and 10th St. (Italian)