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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Bring Down Weathercock
From French Church Steeble

dition that whenever the peak of the
cathedral had boen reached by stee-
plejack, the cock Gle Cog Gaulois)
could be brought down and passed
from door to door as means of ex-
acting tips from home owners, and
they did it. AS this is the birds first
descent in 120 years, the custom has
not been overdone.
Twice in recent history an audaci-
Gus alpinist has succeeded in climbing
up the spiny surface of the spire as
far as the rooster, without the aid of
ropes or scaffolding. In June, 1871,
an innocent-looking young man OBJ
tanned permission to climb the wind
ing steps leading to the bell tower.
He dashed upward and passed through
an opening on the highest platform
before the startled sexton could catch
his breath. Climbing like an ape from
crockett to crockett, he finally reached
the huge ball of copper which caps the
masonry. By heroic and almost sui
cidal effort, the climber got over this
ball. Once OF top of the ball the rest
was easy. He performed few gym
nastics to the awestruck witnesses be-
low, and then boldly unfastened the
weathercock, strapped it on his back
and crawled down to face the irate
sexton. By this time all the popula-
ton of Senlis was a gaping. horror
stuck gallery including. unfortunately
for the intrepid climber. the bailiff
who promptly clapped him in Jail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
DARn1L :
nnFACl)
TEN EXCUSES" FOR
HOLDING UP SCRUB
Costly Boarders Arouse Ire
of Economist.

By C. r. ARNOLD. Rural Economist. Agri-
cultural Extension Service. Ohio State
University.-WNU Service.
Moratoriums may come and go, yet
there never can be moratorium on
the feed consumed by inefficient, I'M
profitable cows. Such animals, how
ever, have certain excuses for exist
ing at the expense of the farmer. Al
though / believe the scrub cow runs
up costly board bills without making
adequate returns, think the lazy
farmers reason for keeping her
might be listed something as follows:
1. She consumes lot of cheap feed
so that 1 need not haul it to market.
2. She reduces my taxes, as her
value Is low.
8. If she dies I do not lose velS
much.
4. 1t takes very. little time to milk
her.
5. She is dry a large part of the
year and doesn't require any care.
6. She never yields much milk and
does just about as well on corn and
fodder as she does on balanced ra-
lions.
7. It makes little difference whether
or not l milk her on Sunday.
8. am never pestered by neighbors
who want to buy her.
9. She keeps down the surplus of
dairy products and in this way is no
small economic force in the agricul-
ture Of the nation.
10. I never have to sit up nights
worrying what to do with all the
money I get from my cream check.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
National Consciousness |
Rapidly Developing.

Washington.-New Turkey has just
celebrated it's ninth birthday anniver-
sary at Ankara (Angora), the capital
on the Asia Minor plateau which su-
perseded intrigue-infested Constanti-
nople, long the capital of the old
regime. A bulletin from the National
Geographic society outlines some of
the forces that have been shaping the
new republic.
after nine years of strenuous re-
forms, the Turkish republic, because
Of worldwide depression. has a
breathing spell in which to take
stock" says the bulletin. "The apathy
Of it's enemies and neighbors enabled
it to escape partition. Fatalism. COM
bined with the paucity of desires by
the Turkish peasant, has been con-
slant drag on progress.
"Great strides have been made in
among the variety Of peoples who are
combined under the government of the
Ghazi (the Conqueror). The first great
step was -he freeing of the country of
it's enemies, military operation
through which the Ghazi, Mustapha
Renal Pasha, gained political leader
ship. A complete separation from the
Ottoman dynasty and the Caliphate,
leading to democratic forms of gov
eminent and segregation of religion
and government, was another impor-
tant step.
"The country Is wide. the popula-
ton scanty, the state of education and
literacy low, communications made
quate These factors have added to
native inertia against which Tur-
keys leaders have labored with strik-
ing results.
Turned to Western Ways.
"The fez was abolished in order to
prepare the Turk, through western
dress. to ally himself with western
thought. The visor of the cap, which
became the popular head covering,
could be reversed so that the forehead
could touch the floor in prayer; but
nonetheless a sharp cut was made
with the past. The veil was not abol-
ished, but those who abandoned it
were favored.
"Another milestone was the adoption
OF the Latin alphabet. The old Arabic
alphabet was loosely related in thought
with the Koran. With the advent of
New Turkish the Turkish republic
moved closer to all nations using the
Latin alphabet, but severed strong
bond with religious forms. Not only
had Turkeys alphabet been that of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

government had started, but steel
bands and better roads are slowly
binding the country regions together.
For centuries, a great trade route by
way of Trebizond (Trabzon) and Err
zurum reached from Persia to the
Black sea. Commerce along that his
toric highway had declined. but
through an improvement in the road
bed, commerce is again to be lured
back to it's historic channel between
h ghlands and sea. between caravan
and caravel.
"The Turk formerly was averse to-
participation in trade or commerce,
and many professions were in the
hands of foreign residents, But many.
trades and professions are now re-.
stricted to Turks, and from barber and
waiter to tailor and stock broker, the
Turk is being encouraged to look to-
his own people for aid.
"The state has taken over many in
dustries not only because of lack
of individual initiative but also from
a desire to train the people in new
pursuits.
"The United States occupies pc
culiar place among Turkeys chief GUS
toners, since we spend three times as
much for Turkish tobacco. figs and
mohair as Turkey spends for Ameri-
can products. New industries are be-
ing fostered in the republic and the
visitor with a taste for foreign foods
is finding life harder or more expen-
sive Turkish foods, candies, timed
preserves, and even sugar and choco-
late are supplanting world-famous
brands.
worldwide depression, slowing the
material change, has not only forced
Turkey to foster home industries and
bar importations from the West, but
has also given the Turk time to ap-
praise the changes of the last decade"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Silage in the Ration

How much silage a COW should be
fed each day during the winter de-
ponds on the weight of the animal. A
cow will consume about three pounds
of silage to each 100 pounds live
weight. In addition to this feed. each
animal should have all the legume hay
she will consume with a grain ration
based on the amount of milk produced.
Equal parts Of ground limestone and
steamed bone meal should also be fed
at the rate of two pounds to each 100
pounds of the concentrate ration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Housewives Earn
Cash Outside Home

Washington.-Of the American
women responsible for the care of
homes and families, 1873 per cent
had gainful employment In addi-
ton to their household tasks, the
fifteenth census disclosed. accord
ing to information made available
by the Department of Commerce.
There were 2S.405.294 families in
the United States in 1880 reported
as having "homemakers." and of
these, S.923.516, or one In every
seven, had the homemakers gain
fully occupied. Work at home ac-
counted for 1914 per cent of the
total so occupied and work away
from home for S0.4 per cent.
A small number did not specify
the place of employment. Hired
housekeepers were not counted as
homemakers.
The largest proportion of home
makers with outside work. 24.4 per
cent of the total gainfully occupied.
were in the classification of "serv-
ants and mattresses"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
New England Farmers
Tax Load Is Heaviest

Washington.-New England farmers
carry $50 per cent heavier tax bur-
den on their acreage than they did
prior to the World war. according to
the federal bureau of agriculture eco
nomics.
survey of 1900 farm in that area
showed an increase of approximately
that amount over the 17-year period
from 1913 to 1890. or from Al cents to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Yearling Heifer's Ration

A good grain mixture for yearling
dairy heifers consists of three parts,
by weight, of corn meal, one part
part wheat bran, and one part ground
oats. This mixture. however, should
be used with a good legume hay or a
hay in which the legume predomi-
mates. The amount to be fed depends
upon the condition of the animal, but
from two to three pounds day is usu-
ally sufficient where roughage Is fed
TO the animals in what may be con-
sidered liberal quantity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Abyssinia Planning to
Put an End to Slavery

Adds Ababa, Abyssinia.-The task
of Fastening the freedom of Abys-
sinia's slaves has begun.
In accordance with a promise made
some months ago to free every slave
in this ancient empire, Halle Silasse
is now giving his personal attention
to the movements to stamp out all
slavery throughout the country.
The department will be headed by
an Abyssinian noble who will have
the help of British adviser and
council of great chiefs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Judge Finds Two Sheets,
One Bath a Week Enough

Springfield. Ga. = Judge 81. b.
Strange of the Superior court of the
Ogeechee Circuit is picturesque
character with original views which
he does not hesitate to express from
the bench. He had been visited by a
representative of an organization
seeking reforms in Georgia prisons.
This man." said the court. has
what he calls some advanced ideas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Daring Stone Masons Profit by
Ancient Tradition.

New York.-American human flies"
who today find it hard to make money
out of their exploits may borrow an
idea from the French. The weather
cock which tops the Cathedral of Sen
lis, France, which maintained its
perch despite, eight German projectiles
which hit the spire in 1914, was recent
ly brought down from its perch to fill
the pockets of the men who climbed
to it, writes Samuel Chamberlain in
American Architect.
Four stone masons who were re-
pairing the tower remembered the ira
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

S1.O2 an acre. The rise was most
marked in Connecticut. where the
S161 tax two years ago was POP per
cent higher than that before the war
Massachusetts paid the highest aver
age tax in 1880. SLIP per acre, or lao
per cent above 1913 levels
Results of the New England survey
correspond closely with those of an
earlier study of the north central re-
gion. Tax increases in that group of
states ranged from 40 per cent in
the eastern district to Isl per cent
in the western. The bureau plans to
continue the survey and eventually
to cover the entire country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
May Wedding Superstition

The superstition that May is an
unlucky month for weddings comes
from the Romans Their month of
May contained two important festiv-
als-Bona Dea, the feast of the god
dess of Chastity; and Lemuralia, the
celebration of the dead. Marriage at
that time, then, was certain TO be Ill
omened. for 1t was an offence against
the goddess. and, secondly. an affront
to the dead to introduce gaieties into
a period of mourning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

in the management of prisoners. He
thinks they should battle every night
and that the linen on their beds
should be changed about three times
a week. It's all nonsense. convict
is no better than the judge of this
court. who bathes only once a week,
and changes the linen on his bed
once during the same period of time"
The grand jury did not approve the
suggested reforms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Purpose


The present day world is calling In
many and various ways for men of
purpose. We want men with high and
lofty ideals, men who will consecrate
themselves to the fulfilment of those
aims and ideals, and who will put self
and self-aggrandisement on one side,
and live for the uplifting of their fell
lows. that they may be rescued from
oppression and wrong, that opportuni-
ties and facilities may be given them
to rise above environments. and to de-
velop in the highest the best sense
those moral and intellectual faculties
with which they are endowed. Men
with such purposes are truly the great
est and noblest of men.-W. 7. Huddy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
An Honest Mind

There needs no truth of servants,
or pomp, or equipage, to make good
our passage to heaven; but the graces
of an honest mind will serve us upon
the way, and make US happy at our
journeys end.-Seneca.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Grub-Because l want to be pious
and upright, but I'm doomed to lead
q butterfly existencei
Harmony

Every thought that Is not In har.
mony with the law of love must sure
~ be expiated with much suffering By
the thinker.-C. B. Newcombe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Cyclist Uses Umbrella

A Bavarian cycnst protects himself
from rain or sun with an umbrella
which is clamped to his bicycle In such
a way that it can be adjusted at va
rious angles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
Early Matches

A century ago, the original phos.
phorus matches were sold In boxes Of
80 at trifle over one cent a match.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
EASY TO FIND OUT

Mother-Do you know, dear, what
your husband really is worth?
Daughter-If 1 don't, all I have to
do is buy a new dress or hat to find
out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

She-When I marry, want to be-
come some mans pet.
He-A wife is liable to become catty
under those circumstances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
Boston Dress Shop Bosses
Rush Pleas for Settlement

forces of the dress and cloakmakers,
regardless of political opinion or
union aifiliation TO build one strike
committee, one picket line and one
strike and to authorize rank and file
settlements,
The International officials are do
ing their best in a thuggish attempt
to smash a settlement gained by
hard struggle of the workers in the
Binder Brothers shop, The shop was
settled by the Needle Trades Work
ers Industrial Union.
The skirtmakers have called q
mass meeting today in the Associa-
ton building TO take up important
points of the strike. The meeting
will be held at l pm. AL through
out Sunday the strikers will canvass
from house to house to collect funds
to support the strike relief fund. All
strikers and sympathizers Of the
strike should come out Sunday and
help to raise the much-needed strike
and relief fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
MINOR SPEAKS AT
MOONEY BANQUET

On Sunday, March 9Th. at 7 p. M,
a farewell banquet for Mrs. Mary
Mooney will be held at Irving Plaza,
18th st. and Irving Place.
Among the speakers at this fare
well banquet to Mother Mooney will
be Robt. Minor, who was the first
to come to the assistance Of Tom
Mooney at the time he was arrested
and when the Socialist Party secre-
tary of the state of California was
sending letters to the branches OF
the Socialist Party telling them that
no Socialist can have anything to do
with the Mooney case.
1t was Minor who fought the lead
ership Of the Socialist Party and
succeeded In laying the foundation OF
a worldwide movement to bring
about he release of Tom Mooney
A program Of entertainment has
been arranged including Edith Siegel
proletarian dancer, who will dance
the Third Degree" and who will
give another dance, BLACK and
White"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
3 MORE HOUSES
WIN RENT STRIKE

NEW YORK, N. Y. - Three more
houses won rent strike victories to-
day. Sixty tenants in the houses at
25O5, isis Olinville Avenue forced the
landlord to settle after a one day
strike. Before the strike the house
committee presented their demands
to the landlord who tried to split the
workers by Offering rent reductions
TO one part Of the tenants. The work
ers refused this settlement and the
landlord told the workers to get the
he'll out" after an argument ensued.
The workers then declared the strike
the next day after a meeting Of all
the tenants. Before "a hours were
passed the landlord was looking for
the committee to settle.
A militant demonstration In front
Of 760 E. 1920 Street forced the land
lord to grant the demands of the
tenants on rent strike there, where
three weeks Of negotiations had nc
effect. The workers demanded rent
reductions, recognition of the house
committee and no evictic1s. The
landlord stubbornly refuse for three
weeks The demonstration made him
settle in hurry. The strike was led
by the Unemployed Council whose
correct and militant leadership has
led to many victories in a number
Of strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03

ture Of the A. F. Of L. sell-out and
urged the workers inside the Interna-
tional union to take the struggle In
their own hands to join with the
United Front and to establish one
picket line and one strike for union
conditions.
Foster pointed out that the Schles-
niger agreement meant more unem.
ployment for the dresSmakers. The
reorganization clause in the agree
ment, said Foster, was designed to
diSenlploy masses of workers. The
firing and hiring under this agree
ment is turned completely over to
the bosses. The workers have no
say, whatsoever.
Members of the International took
the floor in the discussion and ex-
posed the Sell-out. All the workers
present enthusiastically endorsed the
program of the United Front Strike
Committee. Pledges for stronger
picketing and more determined sup
port of the strike came from all parts
Of the hall
Among the entertainments held
throughout the city in support Of the
dress strike is a meeting and dance
which will be held at the strike head
quarters, $50 Sixth Ave, Saturday
night. Admission is free. Everyone
is invited TO come and have good
evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
Building Workers
To Meet March 5

The Building and Construction
Workers Industrial League viii hold
membership meeting on Saturday,
March S, 1882, at 2 pm, at Irving
Plaza, 18TH st. and Irving Place.
An important step in preparations
fof strike struggle against the wage
cut OF 25 to 40 per cent, recently
announced by the Building Trades
Employers Association, will be dis
cusSed
Despite all pretenses to the con-
trary the officialdom of the A. F. Of
L. unions in the building industry
are actively helping the bosses to put
into effect thise wage-cut. The rank
and file are in many cases acting
against the wage-cut, in spite of their
neacherous leadership.
Every member of the Building and
Construction Workers Industrial
League is expected to attend this
meeting, in order to participate to
the fullest extent in the important
task which faces us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
WILL HOLD OPEN
HEARING NBR0NX
Councils Challenge
Boro President

The Lower and Southern Boulevard
Bronx Unemployed Councils are
calling an Open Hearing at the
Home Relief Bureau in P. S. 81, In
tervale and Freeman st. Borough
President Bruekner and Mrs. Porter,
head Of the Home Relief Bureau
have been challenged to appear
These officials will have to answer
why they do not give relief to the
starving families and why President
Bruckner let's the police terrorize
the tenants striking against high
rents.
The police terror In the Bronx Is
getting holder every day. A young
worker who Is very active in the
Unemployed Council was picked up
by the police Sunday afternoon and
taken to the station house. He was
asked why an American boy like he,
mixes with the Reds and sells their
paper. The cops also wanted to know
If he gets paid for selling the papers.
The comrade asked, What is the
matter with the Reds, they are nice
people, aren't they?" The captain
answered, Keep away from the Reds
when we get them in here we beat
the hell out of them" The Unem-
ployed Council forced the workers
release.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03
HITS STAND OF
IRISH WORLD"
Unite Against Bosses,
Says Irish Worker
New York.

L
Daily Worker:
An editorial which appeared in the
Irish World" New York City, OF
February 81, under the heading "Slur
Answered. deserves at least few
words of comment.
1t is strange that the Irish
World" which suffered at the hands
of the Cosgrave terrorists the same
fate as the Workers Voice" OF Du-
bin, should in the parlance of the
underworld turn rat If the Irish
World" should be re-instated In IRE
land by the magic of De Valera and
the Workers Voice" remain under
the ban, what then2 AS a matter OF
fact we should all demand that the
Irish World" champion the right of
free speech and freedom of the
press.
I will pass over the rotten record
of the Irish World" But / should
like to ask through the Daily Worker
why the Irish World" would not
print Sweetman's letter of Corey
County, Wesford, Ireland. Perhaps
the letter too strongly exposed strong
false propaganda.
The Irish World" says in the edi-
torial that "the soil of Ireland is not
such as to favor Communism" I
wonder what soil. IT'S there, begor-
ra, I'm puzzled. Is 1t the Bog of
Allen, where they cut the turf, or
parts of my own County Meath,
where there were miles between the
houses, or some swamps In the west
where the wild geese fought with the
small holders for bathing and fish
ing privileges?
Let the "Irish World" which calls
itself an industrial llberator, and all
militant Irishnen enlist in the work
ers side Of the class war.
Member of Irish Workers
Republican Alliance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-03

Harold McChacllen, OF the Siberian
Arctic Expedition; Gene Lamb,
Photo Scientific Expedition TO Tibet;
James L. Clark, Museum of Natural
History African Expedition; Lieut.
Commander J. r. Stenhouse, I'M
rerisl Trans Antarctic Expedition;
Laurence M. Gould, Byrd Antarctic
trip, and Harold Noice, Tariano In
dian Expedition to Northwestern
Brazil. These travellers brought back
much unusual motion picture ma
terial, which was woven into this
film. Almost an entire year was
spent i'll editing and dialoguing this
motion picture, which tock several
years to photograph.
This is the last day Of the Russian
talkie, Road to Life" The Soviet
film broke all-tiine Cameo records,
remaining for over five weeks.