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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20

MR.. AND MRS. J. N. JACKSON
entertained at a 600 o'clock din
ner at their home Sunday evening.
Covers were laid for eight. Fol-
lowing the repast the evening was
devoted to bridge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
WATER, LIGHT AND POWER COMMISSION

Regular monthly meeting of the Water Light and Power Com
mission December 1929 with Commissioner Bergman absent The
minutes of the last meeting and approved.
Upon motion duly made seconded the action of the Pre
dent and Secretary drawing order 1859
The following bills then audited ordered paid:
iaht Paw Fund
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20

Anton Nelson abstract 80. II 90
The Herald printing $500: 7.Sb
Order No. 5942 issued by Com
missioner, C. M. Babcock designat-
ed Highway No. 8 'Thru High
way" from the western city limits
of Sank Centre to the Eastern
City limits of OsaIis. Same was
ordered filed.
The meeting adjourned.
J. IF. Cooper,
City Clerk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
PAGE THREE

Miss Evelyn Erickson returned
to her home in this city Friday eve
ming from Palisade, where she is
teaching. 1t became necessary to
close the school until after the
Holidays on account of sickness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Seed Corn May Need
Some Attention Now

Seed corn sorted during the fall
in open sheds, in porches, or in
empty buildings often fails to dry
out rapidly because of moisture in
the air, and therein lies real dang
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
THE MISSES JEANETTE Dahl

THE MISSES JANETTE Dahl
lem and Lillian Hanson entertain
ed at dinner and bridge Monday
evening. A bountiful $50 dinner
was served at the home of Miss
Dahlem, followed by an evening of
bridge at Miss Hanson's home. The
affair was in keeping with the
Christmas spirit and gifts were
presented to guests by the hos
tesses. Bridge was played at three
tables.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Social Events

THE DEGREE OFF HONOR
Lodge met at the home of Mrs.
Frank Koterba Thursday after
noon, Dec. Is. There was a good
attendance with a very interesting
meeting. Election of officers for
the coming year 1929 was as fol-
lows:
Past President-Helen Rasmus-
sen.
President-Zena Vail.
First Vice Pres.-Loretta Ma
higan.
Second Vice Pres OliveFloyd.
Usher-Mary Ives.
Financial Secretary Catherine
Clark.
Inner Watch-Mae Carpenter.
Outer Watch-Nettie Koterba.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20

THERE WILL BE A MEET
ing of the A. o. U. w. lodge Sat-
urday evening, Dec. %, at 500
o'clock, for the election of officers.
All members are requested to be
present.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
IN MEMORIAM

(McGuire). In loving memory of
our dear mother who passed away
Dec. %, 1927.
A loving mother, true and kind;
A beautiful memory left behind;
Love and respected, one of the best
Entered into eternal rest.
Inserted by her son and daugh-
tiers. Adv pd.
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Remember the Christmas pro-
gram and doll social in the l. M.
Miller school, 21s miles south
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20

THE MESDAMES L. L. KELLS
and V. C. Wedge were hostesses
to the Coreopsis society of the Con-
gregational church on Thursday af-
ternoon of last week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20

east of West Union on Friday eve
ming Dec. FL. Girls please bring
dolls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
Death of Chang TSO Lin

Chang Lin started out simple chief OF an armed
band of thieves cut-throa living by the petty gains OF
acng villages stealing cattle and ootng shops But Chang
To Lin learned the way the larger opportunities OF the trade
of bandry Imperialism has better use for Perish
ngs Jores Hndenbgs and Chang Tso Lns than to let them
waste their talents stealing chickens.
Chang Lin the bandit became Chang Tso Lin the war
or the cuhroat the cver the ooter became the
savior Of China from Communism the payroll of more than
one imperialist foreign poweE
The revolutionary masses of China will rejoice that this
murderer is dead the of China must not think that
the passing defeated general out of the picture will great
" affect the situation There still the genemenbandits,
Messrs Chang Kashek Flu Tsoy and other exnaonaists
who rule pge murder the Chinese people for the pay OF
the imperialst foreigners
Chinese and peasants with the support of nterna-
tona working class must strengthen their iron bataons
and must build up the influence and leadership of their Commu
mist Parythese being the only of driving the mperiasts
and their hired bandit generals into the sea.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
RailrO d Workers Decrease

in March, compared with 1,730,661 in
March 1927 and 1,816,479 in March
1928. Railroad workers have been re-
duced 104,254 or percent in the last
year and 190,072 or more than 10 per-
cent in the last five years.
During March the railroads paid
$237 1884 1S in wages, compared with
$249, $500 in March 1927 and $685.
447764 in March 1923. In the course
of five years speedup tactics have re-
duced the spending power of railroad
workers as a group $17813,646 or
about 7 percent.
AS result Of the speeding up the
railroads reduced the average number
Of freight carmen from 91,604 in 1924
to 80,026 in 1927 in spite of consid-
cradle increase in traffic. This is
typical throughout the industry, par
ticularly in shop work More produc-
ton with fewer workers is the rule
in railroading as in manufacture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22

The railroads reported fewer work
ers in every department in March
than they had on their payrolls in
March, 1927, according to the month
" wage statistics of the Interstate
commerce commission Every de-
partment of railroad work also showed
a reduction compared with a year
ago in the average number of hours
per working day.
March marks the regular annual
expansion of railroad working forces,
particularly in the maintenance Of
way department. This year the car
riers took on 1906 additional men,
Of whom 1860 were maintenance of
way workers. The only other impor-
tant increase over February was 1856
train and engine service workers add
ed to the payrolls.
The commission reports 1,626,407
workers employed by class l railroads
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
Speak Easy, Mr.. Mack
n E. Mack, democratic national committeeman Of Buff

Norman Mack democratic national committeeman of Buff
falo, talked too much.
He said
Province of instance Millions
dollars been that province by American people
I3ncipally liquor people of Michigan Ohio
~ a great of their time
provinces absolutely criminal for this country to lose
of to foreign nations simply because
believes that if desires certain
that has the right to determine
that content
Of this picture of the mind of large
section of the smaller business the democratic party
That's Just trouble Mack ought to know BETTER just before
party convention which be measured by the
skill used in lying to the
Mack is repudated" by Al Smiths campaign manager for
telling the world in outright plain English what Al Smith is
limiting his prospective followers in the lower layers OF the
capitalist class of the latter against prohibition for
exactly that Mack gave but in this capitalist society
antprohbton views must be handled the speak-eas pan
just as prohibition whisky is handled
But whatever impression Smith is booteggng around to
his election would end to the which
official gunner and grafang bureaucracy of Vosteads
are enjoying that Smith, elected will do just exactly
the thing in regard to prohibition that Hoover would
Smiths personal views cut little ice for this mghba His
political actions would be precisely those actions dictated by his
masters big business and banking interests of the country
who also Hoovers masters.
Big employers and consequently the dominant stratum of
the ruling for prohibition because aids them the
exploitation of labor Capital wants to control the personal lives
the workers that they will be efficient slaves.
AL Smith wants votes so speaks for the petty business
class but he will do what big capital wants him to do when it
to acts
The working should course, fight against alcoholism
But intelligent workers cannot support the attempts of capital
upon them greater control their lives
and certainly attempt govern their actions during the
outside the slavepens Of the BOSSES The workers
fight against the maintenance of the pratica of
spies gunner graers and petty rans which constitutes the
prohibition enforcement of government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22


of Stewart on the front page as
though it were news.
The apt attention which the Brit
ish House of Commons pays to getting
food supply for the millions of un-
employed is indicated by its keen in
terest in the debate on the new Pray
er Book. The evangelical position on
the proposed changes is that they
encourage alteration of the conse-
Grated bread" What the jobless are
worrying about is, where they can get
some.
Philadelphia was described yester-
day as 'workingman's paradise" by
William H. Taylor. This Judge of
heavenly conditions for workingmen
is President of the Philadelphia Elec-
trio company.
Golfers and other proletarian read
ers of the Milwaukee Leader, Victor
Berger's socialist paper, should get
real thrill out of this editorial para
graph "You no longer hear vocal
sympathy for the horny-handed,
Golfers don't need any sympathy"
Slight lack of confidence in the
American workers ability to resist
Communist ideas is indicated by the
Providence Journal which ends up
5O0-word editorial on the Workers
(Communist) Party with the sentence,
''The Workers Party will do well if
it polls as many votes as it did in
1924. 1t does not deserve to do even
as well as that for it is based on the
attempted transfer of Russian revo-
lutiOnary ideas to this side of the
world where there ought to be no con-
genial soil for them"
Working class organizations should
not fail to snap up the bargain ad-
vertised in the following note from
the Kiwanis Magazine: "The Inter
national Committee on Kiwanis edu-
cation has prepared a splendid set Of
slides of the activities of Kiwanis.
Accompanying them is an interesting
and informative lecture. Slides and
lectures are obtainable without cost
except postage from Chicago and re-
turn"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22

tent great struggle of the miners.
| (Applause.)
The present great task of our Par
ty is to organize the millions of I'M
organized workers and lead them in
struggle against the employers and
the state. With ever larger num-
bers of unskilled and semi-skilled
workers developing more militant
moods, under the pressure of wage
cuts, speed-up, etc., the possibilities
for mass organization and mass
struggles become brighter. In the
strikes of the workers in the coal,
textile, needle, shoe and other indus
tries during the recent period, our
Party has played a central role. No
| big strikes take place now in the
United States without the Commu-
nists taking a decisive part. But in
the still bigger struggles not far
ahead our Party will have to play an
even more decisive role.
The organization of the morgan
lied, the unification of the great
masses of unorganized exploited work
ers, is our basic task in the industrial
work and we must further that task
with all our forces. Some may ask
why it is that during a political cam
paign we talk about organizing the
unorganized. This is because our
Party is not merely a Party of vote
getters. 1t is revolutionary Party
of struggle. 1t organizes the work.
ers for the fight on every front. 1t
is especially in the election campaign
when we have the ear of many thou
sands of workers that we must drive
home to them the fundamental ne
cessity of building great mass organ
izations in the industries.
More than ever it becomes neces-
sary for us to take the lead in the
formation of new unions in the in
dustries. The old unions have been
wiped out of many industries and
have become hopelessly decrepit in
many more. The reactionary leaders
will not organize the unorganized.
This is the task of the left wing. We
must not limit ourselves to the old
unions. We must be the champions.
the leaders in the formation of new
unions among the unorganized indus
tries. Here we must place the great
emphasis of our efforts to organize
the unorganized.
But does this mean that we shall
desert the old trade unions? By no
means. The Communists will never
surrender the control of 100000 or
ganized workers to the reactionarv
leadership of the A. F. of L.. zap
plause.) We will fight to save, to
build up, and to revolutionize all
those trade unions which possess a
mass character and real vitality. We
will give active support to the TUEL
and to all kinds of left opposition
movements in these organizations
aiming to revolutionize them.
The present situation teaches us
this: the old trade unionism is going.
American imperialism with its mo-
nopolized, highly mechanical indus
try, mass production, speed-up sys-
TEN, company unionism, open shop
drive and ruthless use of state pow
Ter, is too much for traditional craft
unionism. The old unionism is being
crushed and liquidated. A new and
more revolutionary unionsm is being
born. 1t will be industrial in form
i and founded principally on the semi
skilled and unskilled in the trustified
industries. 1t is basic task of our
Party to lead in the foundation of
this new unionism.
ITO Be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
Continued From Previous Issue.)
THE CRISIS IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT.

In this situation the reactionary
trade union leaders have proved them
selves absolutely incapable of organ
izing and leading the masses. They
refuse to fight the bosses. Their aim
is to become the industrial drivers of
the bosses, to speed up the workers.
Their aim is to company-unionize the
trade unions of the United States, and
to become the. personnel managers of
the employers. Under the leadership
of this reactionary bureaucracy the
trade union movement of the United
States, built by seventy years of Bit
ter struggles by the workers, is being
gradually destroyed.
Now it is not too much to say that
under the combined efforts Of the en-
ployers' offensive and the leaders
treachery, the American trade union
movement is in "a death crisis. 1t is
in danger of being either wiped out
completely or so deeply degenerated
in the direction of company unionism
as to be of no value to the workers.
Loss of members, loss of militancy,
loss of control in strategic industries,
restriction of the unions to skilled
workers-this is the experience Of the
American trade union movement.
With it's Anticipated structure, craft
policies and reactionary leaders, the
trade union movement is unable to
stand in the face of the great open
shop attack by trustified capital. The
craft union movement, hopelessly an
tiquated, is slated for destruction.
Reactionary Labor Leaders.
AS the trade union movement goes
more deeply into the crisis we find
that the trade union leaders turn more
and more to the right. The latest
example of this policy, fatal to the
development of organization amongst
the workers, fatal to successful de-
tense of the workers standards of
living, was the surrender of the Street
Garments Union to the Mitten Plan of
Philadelphia. Here was a direct
amalgamation of trade unionism and
company unionism. Such is the pro-
gram of the American Federation of
Labor and the conservative indepen-
dent unions. 1t is the ideal of the
misleaders Of labor. This is their
fondest desire--to bring about an
agreement with the capitalists so
that the trade union leaders can turn
the trade unions into company unions
and use them as instruments for the
exploitation Of the workers. Then,
although the interests Of the workers
would be sacrificed, the group inter
ests of the labor bureaucracy would
be conserved.
In Coal Industry.
Another example of policy which |
may briefly cite to indicate the gen.
eral tendency of the labor leaders to
the right, is what is taken place in
the coal industry. John L. Lewis has
several points in his program. One
was that instead of militant cam
paign to organize the unorganized
miners in West Virginia, he demand
ed the removal Of the railroad rate
discrimination in favor of the West
Virginia mines against the mines in
the. Pittsburgh district. This, he de-
clafed would win the strike and solve
the unions problems. But now this
rate discrimination has been abolished
and who have been the gainers-the
Pittsburgh Coal Company and the
other big coal companies in the Pitts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
Oh. Mama. anho is he2"

'Oh, Mama, q0ho is he?"
"Thafs En-Koiser Wilhelm Of
Germany. He's prisoner at Doom"
"Weu, aohat's he doing 10ith the
meat chopper?"
"That's an ace"
ooh does he haze to chop 10ood for
a EiUing?"
"No. For publicity. The govern-
ne1at pays has expenses. He qoas just
voted million for female entertain
ers."
"Why is he a prisoner?"
"He lost the aoar so the other cep-
itaLists said he started it."
"Djd he"
"No. They all started together Eks
q train of cars"
"Wel, aohy does he look so per-
pIe1ed"
cts the first time he's had an ore
n, his hand"
Interest of the American Legion IND
enlightenment is seen in the fact that,
the Springfield, Mass, post is giving
free subs to the legion monthly to
ministers, judges, clubs and fraternal
organizations.
Self-hypnotism Of some American
editors is shown by this sentence
from an ad for the Scripps-Howard
newspapers carried in New York
magazine: "Their editors listen to no
commands" The real ruler of thu
press, however, is suggested by the
last word of the sentence which fol-
lowed: "And their readers form what
is perhaps the most closely-knit and
responsive body of buyers available
to the advertiser"
1t is difficult to tell whether Cal
Coolidge's movement is progression
or retrogression. He has just been
elected honorary president of tho
senior class at Amherst college. II
this keeps up he will soon be monitor
in school for boys and little later
someone will hand him bottle with
a rubber nipple.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
.HANdOuTS.
GEMS OF LEARNING

The newspapers put the acquittal
of Stewart on the front page as
though it were news.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Automobile Dollar" Doubled Since 1920.
President of Motor Company Asserts

The purchasing power of the dollar
has increased from ~ 70 ~ cents sinee
lils peTio1 of It's greatest depression ia
1920. THE AautonloDile dollar" how
eYer. ~ q. ~ Williams. automobile
company president. points out, ilas more
fiaan cotIDleo during that time and Is
growing stronger every DAY.
Not only are Automobile prices act
slsslY aoSeF than they were e3gi1t year.
ego" says Ar Williams. but values
have increased ~ such 4 point that
eonp2 glsons are almost Y1oiculo3s. T'igp
purchaser ~ q car tcosy receives iu
Rery1ee alone st Least three times Ff
iplch az he Cd in the year just follow
inR the war.
"E8Dong0DlAe manufacturers realize
that their keeUest competition ls not 70
ngacn with each other b9lt with manu-
isntureFs " other merchandise such a&
radio sets, phofoersphs. period tHni-
t5fe ard pianos Musical instruments
sg2o beautiful ilo9se furnishings tend u
keeE tile purchaser ~ home, while tF4e
Automobile summons him outdoors. But
If he buys q suburban home, 81 ~
sslany c1ty~cpelleTs are dong, he viii
need an automobile anyway W get
around To.
80 perhaps tilese various groups of
nerchaIdise are not sucj9 bitter rivals,
after sll, but are working together 10
provide the American citizen witt,
Injuries and conVeniences such ss were
nndresmed ~ even by the millionaire
of the last generation II ig True, more
over. thai q tsEte u luxury DegetE 81
appetite for luxury. One must i've up
" his peTioG furniture his suburban
home and his Dlotor esT and m0si IL
Us fortunately, seem bo be doing II.
Economists tell ns that our weekly
3neoBas today iE sis4 900 00g more than
IL, would have been II the dollar had
Evening star., 1928-04-01

remained where IL was In 1920. This
increase alone represents a tremendous
purchasing power, enough 10 buy APP
pToziHately third Of all the automo-
Diles registered In the United States.
But impressive as this increase of
our purchasing power may be, our oTe
and one-half billion weekly income Is
growing larger all the time. especially
with 80 many married women going
into business 10 supplement the hug-
bands pay envelope, And while the
automobile has long ago oDtgrown the
luxury class and has become a necessity.
IL is bidding constantly for larger
share of the American dollar
For many reasons H. is one Of the
best buys in the market Cost prices
have been sharply reduced by the in
cesssnt war on ineffieiency and waste
While a car during the process OF ak~
sembIing once Travelled ~ far az three
miles around the factory, IL now travels
less than 90 feet,
"Automotiye science, engaging the
best brains IN America, has advanced
amazingly, and the salon features Df
yesterday are embodied in the mod
eTateIy priced car OF today. Designers
sud body builders have kept pace with
the engineers, with the result that the
1923 car IL not only a marvel ~ speed
and power, but of grace, beauty and
luxury aE well
Evening star., 1928-04-01
COMPTON TO HEAD
ROAD BUILDERS
Richmond Official viii Be
Installed at Meeting
Here May II.

Col. r. Keith Compton of Richmond
will become president Of the American
Road Builders Association at the an
nual meeting of the organization to be
held here on May IL.
Col. Compton was elected during the
convention OF the association held in
Cleveland during January. More than
$4,000 persons attended the convention.
He will succeed Charles M. Babcock,
chairman OF the Minnesota State High
way Commission, whose term expires.
The American Road Builders Associ-
alton Is one of the largest good roads
organizations in the world embracing
virtually every phase Of road construc-
tion maintenance and operation. It
has f1ve divisions In which its members
are classified according TO their official
capacity.
Two new divisions are IN the process
Of formation. and when completed will
add 10 the rosters of the association all
OF the leading city officials of the
United States, and road building Of
fcials, engineers and contractors of the
Central and South American nations.
Col. Compton Is director of public
works OF Richmond. He served as an
officer In the World War and has since
gained national reputation for his en-
cheering accomplishments. He will
take ONCE at the road builders ban
quet, TO be held In Washington the eve
ming of Nav II