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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
BIG MEN NOT WANTED

1t may sound cynical, but it is fact that
the really capable men of the country are
becoming extremely shy of politics and po-
litical jobs. Whenever man who has made
success in life is proposed as a candidate
for either election or appointment, he is i'm
mediately bounced upon by the demagogues
and bounded without mercy.
The situation was sized up some time
ago by Will Rogers, who with his character
istic keen insight said of presidential ap-
pointments:
"Big men won't take them, for they
won't take a chance on a Senate insult. If he
has ever earned more than Senator, he is in
league with big business. If he ever drove
a Standard Oil truck or was bookkeeper in
a Morgan bank he is in league with monop-
olies. If he is rich he is in league with the
devil. But if he has never done anything
and has been financial failure at that, he
will pass the Senate as brother"
While these are the words of humorist,
they are literally true. The United States
Senate has degenerated into body of medi-
OGRE men, who delight in attacking their more
able fellow-citizens who happen to be pro-
posed for high appointive office. Thus DEM
agoguery has supplanted democracy in the
United States Senate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Mr. Coolidge, writing for newspaper syndicate,
observes the educational effects of modern inven-
TONS 'Now all kinds of with people from all
sections circulating all the country Another
important influence is the radio. A third is the
ton picture. These influences have supplemented
the schoohouse in banishing ignorance"
On the other hand these new inventions do not
appear to have increased mental concentration. It
is what the individual thinks in solitude not what
he gazes at in crowd, that makes him worth while.
Milton, Roger Bacon in his blindness in prison,
Bunyan in Jail, Votaire and Mirabeau in the prison
of the Bastille, developed excellent ideas
Life should not be spent with the radio turned
on or the automobile engine "purring" always
According to the police, Chinese tong" men in
New York are learning racketeer methods from the
West Gentlemen of one tong sometimes kill gen.
temen Of another tong, and hitherto each tong has
done it's own killing.
It isn't among modern gangsters and rack
etteers.
They hire somebody, usually youthful cocaine
victim, to do the killing, and put the doomed man
ION the spot" The killer shoots, not knowing the
name Of his victim why he is killed.
Following this excellent idea, New Yorlx's On
Leon Tong hired two young white men to murder
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
(Glenwood Herald)

The governor of Kansas who bitterly opposed
the farm board has been retired by the people of
kansas. His defeat in the recent election may
have been due to this criticism and, again, it may
not 1t Is difficult to account for the way the
electorate votes, any thoughtful citizen knows
In the last presidential election Wisconsin went
to President Hoover though the most prominent is
sue in the campaign was the "wet" and "dry" one.
Yet soon afterwards Wisconsin voted to kill its state
enforcement act. That is only of the cases
that might be cited to show that it is far from
to explain the vote of the people,
It may be true that Governor Reed was retired
because Of his opposition to the farm board. Some
men attack such commissions because they think
that such attacks will catch the public ear and win
votes. Sometimes they mistaken. They may
have reason to think that farmers not satisfied
but when they attack the machinery that exists to
help agriculture the farmer may conclude that they
are fighting the only thing that may help him.
When the public concludes that a man is MAX
ing play to the gallery it is likely to silence him.
Democracy may have its faults but it has strange
FACULTY for sensing sincerity. Unless proves
that he is true to the platform he stands on he is
likely to go down. Governor Reed may have mis-
Judged the sentiment of Kansas farmers and that
may be the reason for his failure to win the nomi-
nation to succeed himself as governor of Kansas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
HOW HARD TIMES START

radio announcer told an old story the other
evening that is worth repeating. Here it is: "A
certain Frenchman had been eating his meals in a
Paris hotel for many years. His evening meal in
variaby consisted Of two sandwiches and two bottles
OF wine The supper was the same year in and year
out, holidays and ALL One evening he cut the order
to one sandwich and one bottle of wine. The wait
ress became alarmed and informed the proprietor
The proprietor hastily interviewed his guest. well"
replied the guest, have just read that we are GO
ing to have hard times little later on. am be-
ginning to cut down right now The proprietor was
impressed. He called his wife. He told her it
would be impossible to make the contemplated inn
provements on his estate His wife called the arch
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
WHEN TIMES WE'RE REALLY HARD
(Brainerd Tribune)

NBralnerd Trbune)
Speaking of hard times recall up near Lake
OF the Woods at the time of the socalled Roosevelt
panic, when cash money was scarce and almost
everything was used for currency. 1t was a great
place for fish, millions Of pounds being sent out each
year to the eastern markets in fact it claimed
many Of the fish had calouses the sides from rub
bling against another, looking for place to
swim. At any rate we recall an instance when a
fisherman came into store to buy some small ar
ticle and threw large jackfish (northern pke) on
the counter to pay for 1t, when the clerk reached
under and threw out couple Of bullheads for
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
WOMEN AND JOBS

Grand Rapids HeraId-ReView
We hear complaint from men these days that
women are taking their jobs It is true. Many
women are at work and many of them are
doing the work of men-and doing it better.
The other side of the story is not always told.
While women may be taking jobs away from men,
think of the jobs that men have taken from woman.
quarter of century ago most of the baking
was done by the women of the home. Now about
80 per cent of the bread used from great bak
cries. The men have taken that job. And the
same thing may be said of canning and scores of
other activities in which women played the
sole part
We well remember that not so many years ago
tina most of the dresses that women wore were made
at home and that in every town there several
milliners. Now men and factories make the clothes
and the hats.
OF course, women are seeking outlets for thei,
time and abilities They should. There should be
10 feeling about the matter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Say, that little lacking up I gave
Mr.. Hoover about the weather did
some good. You know these Re
publicans just get careless that
way. They are so used to running
everything for so long they just
think it will go without them. -
China is having a new war, and
we are having trouble getting into
it. We always have gunboats there,
so If there is any shooting why one
of our boats will be shot at and
that gives us the usual alibi.
But this time it seems we only
had one gunboat and it had to ma
noeuvre around for days before it
could get in the line Of fire.
Now, Mr.. Hoover being a bust
ness man hot x,o,, ha &ol,oo &Lok
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Two hundred Of the
fastest trotters, PAGERS
and runners ever en-
tered at the fair will
compete for the $751;
10000 in purses offered
for the four-day meet.
Tw enty-six of tn 9
Worlds most daring
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
Elrosa

Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Faust and
family, of Fingle, N. D. visited at
the Matt Ley home Monday and
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Fladung
visited relatives at st. Cloud Sat-
urday and Sunday.
The annual picnic held by Rev.
Fa. Leuthner, the trustees Mass
servers and all members of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Senate a n d
House of r e p
resenta t i v e
space in t h e
Capitol build
ing and turns it
into miniature
golf courses.
Would y o u
believe it, there
is $500 of 'en in
the city of Los
Angeles. Then
people a s k
what's the mat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

The Steele County fair will be held next
week. Wouldn't it be good business judg-
ment to send committee to Owatonna to
study at first hand the plan which has been
so splendidly successful for so many years
that it has long since passed the experiment.
al stage?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

OuISloS VI IlC
thermometer re-
ports, there just
amt much in
the newsprint
nowadays. This
heat thing ac-
companied by
drouth has had
everybody pref
ty bad scared
up. G o u r 8 e
there is not
much a m a n
can do when it's
haaf that's both
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Darwin was right.
I though the California papers
were exaggerating, as usual. the
heat in the East but guess the
rascals were right at that.
What has the POOR farmer done
against the Republican administra-
ton that he should deserve all
this?
If it's not the boil weevil, it's the
tariff.
If it's not the cinch bugs, it's
the Federal Reserve.
If it's not relief he needs, why,
it's rain.
But there is one pest that he is
always free from; that's the in
come tax.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

See where one of these young
boy tree sitters has just passed his
300 hours sitting in treetop. There
is a good deal of discussion as to
what to do with a civilization that
produces prodigies like that. Why
wouldn't it be a good idea to take
their ladder away from them and
leave 'em up there?
Pretty near all of us out here in
California during these hard times
are selling our homes, and they
tear 'em down and put in these
premature golf courses. You can't
sell for much, but they give you a
free ticket to play. The jails are
putting 'em in now to get prison
ers' minds off mutiny.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

itect, who, in turn, cancelled his summer vacation
tour to Switzerland. About that time, the guest
beckoned to waitress. Bring me that other sand
witch and bottle of wine' he said have just dis
covered the paper have been reading is two years
DID,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

ering us. We can advise everv-
body to sit in the shade, and avoid
the sun as much as possible. Then
II its rain they need why advise
them to raise crops that don't
need much rain.
There has been a good deal of
trouble out in the Dakotas about
the history that M. Coolidge was
supposed to write on a rock. It
was to run 500 words and give the
history Of America and still not go
into details.
Well the Sculptor didn't like the
history that our Ex-President had
cooked up so he made as we say
in the tight art, (the Movies) why
ne made some re-takes on the
manuscript. It seems that Mr..
Coolidge had with an eye to future
Campaigns given our History from
Republican standpoint. There
had been Democrats engaged in
our history but only in the capacity
Of VILLAINS.
Well, poor Dakota didn't know
what it was all about. all the inter-
est they had in the matter was to
furnish the mountain. They just
wanted something that a tourist
could read or have read to him. In
fact the more controversy the more
would come to read. The Dakotas
just said I'VE got the rock. Print
an Aimee Mcpherson sermon on
it, just so somebody will burn out
his break bands to come and see
It." II they leave the Coolidge ver-
sion there, they should advertise
1t, Come and see the Republican
history Of America in 500 words"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

ter with this country. Nothing
only there is millions got a put
ter" in their hand when they ought
to have a shovel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Half of America is bent over. In
two more generations our children
will grow upwards as far as the
hips, then they will turn off at
right angles and, with their arms
hanging down, we will be right
back where we started from.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

auto pilots will particle
pate in the champion
ship dirt track races,
Aug. 30, Sept. 3 and 6.
Exhibition flights by the
3OO-Mile an hour s'Mys-
terry Ship; refueling
demonstrations; glider
flights; and from four to
eight parachute Jump
ers leaving a plane, are
aviation thrillers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
Says q
WILLIE
ROGERS

Beverly Hills-Well all know Is
Just what I read in the paper. And
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Miss Mary Hanley was put under
peace bonds after being accused of
shaking Mrs. A. G.. Fraser of st.
Paul, Mimi, so hard that all her
good teeth ratified.
In her divorce suit, Mrs. Eleanor
Rohrer of Chicago testified that all
the many pledges her husband
made to her were pie-crust promises
easily broken.
Ada Theal, aged 10, of Noting
ham, Eng, was sentenced to go to
bed every night at 10 o'clock for
three years for stealing to buy
dance dress.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

"The Awakening" the
most stirring fireworks
spectacle in history; Is
Open-air circus acts;
The Evening Horse
show; Morris & Castle
shows, and a host of
other attractions make
up the program.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
Thursday August Fl, 1880

choir at the Herman Vennewitz
cottage at Sank Lake last Sunday,
was greatly enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loranz Haider
were Spring Hill visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Zenzen, Mrs
Jacob Tschiola and Miss Kate
Schrom were Sank Centre callers
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Snyder ant
family, of st. Cloud, visited rela-
tives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stalberger left
for Milwaukee, Wis, Friday where
they will spend a week visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Kohl, and
family, visited at the Peter Kohl
home at Melrose Sunday.
Miss Minnie Hoelker is employed
at the Raveling home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Stang. of Bur-
bank, Mimi, visited at the Math
Bauer home Sunday.
Mike Bayer took truck load of
stock to st. Paul Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
Thrilling
Races
State.
Fair

\ CTION, speed,
IA thrills and maybe
spills - will feature the
race prOgra m of the
Minnesota State Fair
and Northwest Live
stock Show, from Au-
gust 30 to September 6.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

seven enemies Of rival tong. The white youths
told the police. Three Chinese and one Filipino
rested, six guns several hundred rounds of ammuni
ton seized
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
THE WORLD TODAY
by ARTHUR BRISBANE

by ARTHUR BRISBANE
MIR. COOLIDGE SEES HOPE.
CHAMPION FLYER.
SURPRISING BARBARIANS.
MIR. HOOVER WILL WORK.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21

Now, Mr.. Hoover being a bust
ness man, bet you he takes thai
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
CUT LUMBER
WAGE IN MINI,
Speed-Up Filthy Camps
for Woodsnen
by q Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
DULUTH, Minn.-There's only
one way out of slavery for the lum,
Der workers of the Minnesota-Mieh-
igan- Wisconsin woods, and that;
organizing into the Lumber Workers
Industrial Union.
The wages in the lumber camps
are starvation wages. The regular
wage scale averages $50 to $50 q
month. We work from sun up to sur
down. The camps are filthy, bed
ding full of bedbugs and lice. TIL
food served is rotten. ssr
A Wage-Slash Attack. r.,
The bosses are in wage-slashint
attack on the lumber workers
Wages have come from $40-s50, al
the way down to $50 a month. Tn
bosses are laying off the old hands
The type of the workers here il
changing to younger men, Thu
bosses want the slaves younger be
cause they stand greater speed-up
We want the seyen-hour day, six
day week, minimum wage of s4.50;
day, clean camps, clean hunks, ent
Of the contract system, no discrimi
nation, recognition of the industrial
Union. -
Well only get these demands b.
joining the Lumber Workers Indus
trial Union.
MINI. LUMBER WUKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
Get IOMembeys OF.
AUTHORIZATIONS
Fired, GreenviNe!

by Worker Correspondent
As a native of the South I
know its conditions. We South
ern workers work 10-11-12 hours
a day, and our wages are from
$3.50 TO $3.50 a day.
A textile worker making $3.50
4 day used to think he was max
ing good money. But now they
are waking up to the fact that
they are only slaves. But very
slowly.
Many are afraid to join the Ma
tional Textile Union because the
ALL. has pulled so many dirty
tricks that they are afraid to
join any other union, and II the
bosses find out that we are union
men the yfire us right off and
blacklist us.
The way the bosses try to find
out who are union members, they
hire a stool pigeon to join the
union and get the names.
l know that to be true, for in
the Poinsett Mill. in Greenville,
s. c., the boss hired a man for
$3.50 to join the union and get
the names, and in less than
week they fired four of our lead
ers. l knew they were going to
fire me, 50 l quit and didn't give
them . chance.
Comrades there is only one way
to stop this and that is to get 10
new members every time they fire
one, and rsise our N.T.W.U. ban
ners high and trample down the
bosses and the A. F. of L., for its
the bosses pal.
BY q National School Student.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
PROSPERITY A
myth TO METAL
WORKERS. IN OHIO.
Tens of Thousands Laid
Off in Hamilton
(Bu a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
HAMILTON, Ohio.--In some cit
les around here as much as so or
70 per cent of the workers are un-
employed. In Hamilton the situa-
ton of the workers is shown by the
following facts:
The Moesler Bank Safe Co., in
normal times, employs $500. At
present employs no more than 400,
mostly party time.
Harrington Hall Safe Works, in
normal times, employs 30, now
about 100.
Long and Alstatter Machine Tools
Co., in normal times, enI- rs 1000,
now employs less than 200.
SCHILLER and Bennhoffer Woolen
Mills, normally employs $500 work
ers, at present only 700, all part
time.
Hamilton knitting and Silk Mills,
two months ago had over 1000
workers, now only 500.
The Production Plant has re-
duced the number of workers en-
plo. I'D in the last month or 80 from
$500 to 1000 and still continues to
lay off more every day.
The Niles Tool Works has en-
ployed over 1000; now it is prac-
tically closed.
The Hoover Owen Rentchler Tool
Works is down to 200, fornlc-'- had
1900 workers.
Half the $500 workers OF the
Champion Paper Co, only tu weeks
ago were laid off and the wages
Of the rest cut 50'a. The Hamil-
ton unemployed workers see Hoo
ver's talk of increased employuen.
as joke, only let's turn We Joke Oh
the capitalist system.
Hamilton unemployed woskers,
demonstrate on March 6, against
unemployment.
HAMILTON WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
CAL. FARM HANDS
PREPARING FOR
next BIG STRIKE
And Misleaders Had
Better Beware!
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
BRAWLEY, Imperial Valley, Cal
The ranch that we are working or
we get $500 a day wages, out Of
which we must pay all of our ex.
penses. We are covering canta,
loupes.
1t is very hard on the back, legs
and in fact on every part of the
body. The boss wants to make us
work very fast, but we all refuse
to work so hard. The other day
the boss told us he will cut our pay
to S2.S5 per day, We told him we
would not stand for it, that We
would strike; the boss did not cut
our pay.
Also, there are young workers
working with US. The boss tried te
make their wages so cents per da.
less than ours, but we protested and
the young workers now get the same
pay as the adults.
On many other ranches the young
workers are paid less wages than
the adults. Some ranches pay as
low as Is cents n hour for even the
adult workers. This is because they
are not organized. We must all or
ganize in the Agricultural Workers
Industrial League. Only then we
can win higher wages and better iiv-
ing conditions for all of us.
We lost the last strike because
we were not organized, and we did
not have the right leadership; VIZ
were betrayed by the Mexican Mu
tual Aid Association leaders. Lei
US not be betrayed again. Let VI
win over next strike which will take
place during the next cantaloupe
season about next June. We car
win by organizing in the Agricul.
tural Workers Industrial League
and fighting under it's militant lead
ership.-A. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
81 FALL river
NEEDLE WAGE
That's the Weekly Pay;
Bosses Flee New York

(Bg a Worker Correspondent
FALL RIVER, Mass.-The needle
trades manufacturers of all big
cities are forced to go to the small
industrial cities and get cheap
labor.
The recent needle trades strike in
New York has sent many of these
bosses to Fall River and New Bed
ford.
These exploiters, knowing that
unemployed workers in these two
textile cities have opened many
needle trade shops.
Just in Fall River and New Bed
ford there are about 100000 unem-
ployed textile workers.
The young workers are the most
exploited in the needle trades shops
here.
These young workers are receiving
the average pay of 81 to SIS week.
In Fall River today there are
over 20 big shops in the needle
trades with over 5000 workers,
mostly young.
About two months ago 20 young
girls in the sewing shop formed a
group and walked out on strike a
few days but lost the strike be-
cause it did not have any leader
ship.
The TUUL must send out an or
ganizer to Fall River and one to
New Bedford and smash these ex-
plotting needle trades bosses. Fall
River needle trades young workers
are waiting for the answer.--M. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
AN Irotteys'.
They're Humans
Too WilOxganlze
(By q Worker Correspondent
by a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
Recently, we, the messengers
employed by the Western Union
Telegraph Co., were notified that
rates for messages and packages
were reduced and at the same
time were told that there were
1000 boys waiting for our jobs
if we left.
The Western Union. knowing if
we left we would hardly be able
to find a job, so we are forced to
hang on to the rotten job of rum
ming around all day for as little
as So and most Of the time less.
With very big cut on rates
for delivery of messages, there is
no chance that you can make
more than 81 . day.
All around me / hear from
messengers if they could get an
other job they would take it. No
matter how bad the job was.
Well, the thing for "all-day
trotters," as we are called, is to
orr-nize. We you ,g workers
should join the Young Commu-
mist League.
ALL DAY TROTTER."