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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
GIVE THE FARM HORSES EXTRA
CARE IN SPRING

With the unavoidable rush of
spring work made necessary by the
protracted winter weather there is
danger that the farm horse may be
seriously injured by too abrupt a
change from the lease with dignity
of winter stable to long horrs al a
plow, especially in breaking i'm
new collars or using old ones which
do not fit well, according to DR.. w.
T. l.. Taliaferro, specialist iii farm
management for the University of
Maryland. He emphasizes that not
only is it cruel to work a horse I'M
der such conditions but it is poor
economy, as no animal can do full
days work with such handicap.
According to DR.. Taliaferro, while
some collars are too small and may
choke the horse, especially when
pulling up hill, in the majority of
cases the collar is too large and the
pull is not on the shoulders but
against the point which inevitably
makes a sore. For this reason, the
collar should be carefully selected
for the individual horse and should
be subjected to a treatment which
will cause it to conform to the neck
and shoulders, it is stated
Treatment, it is pointed out, con-
sists in soaking the collar in tub
of water until it is softened, after
which it is put ON the horse and
worked until nearly dry. 1t should
then be removed. well creased with
softening oil and hung, by the top,
on peg to dry completely. BY fol-
lowing such a treatment, 1t will be
found that the pull Of the names
causes the soft collar to take the
shape Of the individual horses neck
and shoulders.
In this connection, according to
DR. Taliaferro, it is a good plan to
wash the collars occasionally with
warm water and soap, to remove
dried sweat, and oil them to keep
them Rl!anIs'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
Tariff regulation is one of the ez

Tariff regulation is one of the ex-
elusive powers of the legislative
branch of the government and ask
ing them to give it up is touching
them all on a tender spot. For a
great many years the tariff question
has been the standby Of the two
major parties-Democrats advocat-
ing a low tariff and the Republicans
demanding high one. When other
issues failed they could always fall
back upon the tariff. Now it looks
as II it may become an issue be-
tween a Democrat president and a
Democrat Congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

A resolution urging President
Roosevelt to stop the vast naval ex-
pansion program provided for in the
Vinson bill and to launch immedi-
ately a senatorial investigation for
the profits and sales of munition
companies and their activities to
promote increased ornaments was
sent to the White House by the Wo-
mems International League for
Peace and Freedom. The resolu-
ton was adopted at protest meet
ing held under the auspices of the
League in New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

In line with its policy of trying to
save desirable trees along the high
way. whenever possible, the Della
ware State Highway Department has
moved and transplanted nearly 1000
trees and plants during the year.
All Of these trees saved and re-
planted were thrifty specimens and
most Of them have survived the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

There are thousands of acres of
idle land adjacent to some of our
towns that are not at work helping
pay their share of the taxes. 1t sets
a bad example to the community and
everybody in it, says the American
Tree Association of Washington, d.
G. Then too, idle acres arc often
the home of injurious insect and
plant pests.
Why not put this land to work?
In Europe town forests are at
work producing crop. This crop
holds the hillsides up and the taxes
down. These town forests provide
work in slack times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
approximately s12,ooo,ooo


bonds of the Federal Farm Mortgage
Corporation soon will be distributed
among the creditors of the 400
farmers of Pennsylvania, Delaware
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia who now have pending with
the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
loans for this amount, according to
a statement just made by Chas S.
jackson, president of the bank.
Most of the loans now being made
by the land bank are primarily for
the purpose of refinancing farm
mortgage debts, SO that all but a
small part of this $12,000,000 will
be turned over by the farmer-bor-
rowers to holders of farm mort
cages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
BEGIN WITH THE MEDICINE
CHEST

Spring time-house cleaning
time! To the busy housekeeper
who usually starts in at the attic and
works her way down to the cellar,
driving all signs of dirt and dust be-
fore her, getting the entire place as
spick and span as brushes, brooms,
soap and hot water and tremendous
energy can make it, DR.. Robert l..
Swain, Deputy Food and Drug Com
missioner of the Maryland State De-
partment of health, gives this adj
vice.
Don't overlook your medicine
chest when you do your houseclean-
ing this spring. 1t is quite as inn
portant for that to have general
clearing out as it is for the blankets
to be aired, and the winter clothes
put away where moths and dust
can't get at them.
but don't wait to tackle the
medicine chest until everything else
is finished. BY way of variety
start your housekeeping campaign
this spring, with the family medi-
cine chest Take everything off the
shelves, give them a good sclubbing
with soap and plenty of hot water;
discard the bottles and boxes that
have few doses of this or that in
them, left over from the medicines
used during somebody's illness last
year, or even three or four or five
years ago; and keep only those med
icines or household remedies you
are sure of.
Before you replace your first aid
supplies in the cupboard, take
good look at them to be sure they
are fresh and can be relied upon to
do what is expected of them. You
will understand better what | mean
when | tell you of an experience that
was reported to me recently. A
young business woman holding re-
sponsible secretarial position, hurt
her finger. To avoid possible in
lection she Immediately applied
disinfectant from the supply in the
household medicine chest. But the
chest had not been cleaned out for
nobody knows how long. The dis
infectant had been there so long
that the alcohol in which it was dis
solved, had gradually eyaporated.
The solution had become SO concen-
trated that it produced a deep and
very painful burn-what the doctors
call second degree burn. If you
have ever had burn of that sort,
you know that it means days of suf-
fering and sleepless nights. This
will show you better than anything
could say why it is safer to discard
supplies that are no longer fresh
than it is to keep them fro some
possible use.
'Just a few words more Be sure
the supplies you place or replace in
your medicine chest, are carefully
and clearly labeled so that YOU can
be certain of getting just the right
thing when you need it in a hurry
"And lastly, don't forget to put
the things that are dangerous for
children to handle, out of sight and
where they cannot reach them. AS
matter of fact, it is mighty good
plan to keep all dangerous drugs en-
tirely separate from those in general
use''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

Good news from Washington is to
the effect that plans are GU foot
weheby "frozen" deposits in Ameri-
can banks are to be speedily thawed
out, if tentative plans of the Admin
istration for Fedearl guarantee of
old as we'll as new mortgages are
contaminated, through the National
Emergency Council.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

Can one tell the story of his life
without suppressing some OF it?
But who pray. has right to know
allf
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

A whole generation of men grow
up and pass away without knowing
what their boards look IKE,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

Malice may be something cherish
ed by the just toward those who
nraetiee evil and deserve malice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

Men who embezzle always seem to
be poor judges q safe Investments
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

This is what fires cost the farmers
Of America every year. For
protection against fre-the
quick summonins Of neishbors'
helps telephone is a neeess-
ity. And in the meantime il
sets the best prices in buying
supplies end selling produce.
II flashes fast messages to doc
tor and veterinarian. It keeps
the family in touch with their
neishbors. II you have a teIe-
phone, use II more. II not, don't
be without one another day.
Ask our Business Office and
see how low the rates ere.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31

Il never hear you talk about your
old college days"
"Our class didn't produce anybody
big enough for the rest Of us to brag
about"
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
RABBIT FEATHERS

Little Carol has a pet rabbit and Is
very fond of il. Her daddy went
hunting and brought home a wild
one. In dressing it, he left a little
tuft of fur on the ground. Carol
came running in from play and saw
1t. She said:
"Oh, mummy, you killed my bunny.
"Why, no, Carol, we didn't. Your
bunny is in his cage" mother said.
"You did so; | see some of his few
r on the ground" was the reply
Indianapolis News.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
Rock of Ages

"What Is the mortar board I hear
mentioned so often?" asked the little
girl.
an thy to explain" said Miss
Cayenne, although 1t is a slightly
complicated matter. A mortar board
carried by a builder often has cement
on top and worn by a college pro-
lessor often has concrete under it,
Philander Johnson in the Washing.
ton Star.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31

She-Oh, Jack, that's ten times
this week you've knocked off my
glasses and broken them while kiss
ing me-
He-Never mind, dear. After we're
married I'll be more economical
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
Dinosaslr Egg

Kitchenette-I gave the professor
a large slice of layer cake for his
lunch.
H%umldorcas - We all wondered
where he got the geologic specimen
he was lecturing or Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
Did His Part

An exchange tells Of a speed
maniac who ran head-on into a even
story office building, and, after re-
gaining consciousness, weakly muir
INJURED, Il blew my horn."-Toronto
Globe.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
Listings

"Are you in the Social Register?"
II haven't a~scertained," answered
Miss Cayenne. "Since hard times
struck it's as much as the family can
do to remain in good standing with
the telephone directory"
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31

Clerk-Styptic pencil, sir? Fine
when you cut yourself shaving.
Customer-How is ii on a salary
cut7-Boston Transcript.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31

$50 you want to become my son.
in-law?'
"Er-not exactly. / only wanted
to marry your daughter ."-Dagens
Nyheter.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31

"What Is your occupation?"
ut isn't an occupation, it's a pur-
suit I'm a bill collector"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

tiss, Kelsey and McAllister will be-
tray the steel workers, will do just
exactly what they have been told
to do by the steel bosses and Roose-
welt. The Gary Post-Tribune,
mouthpiece Of the Illinois steel, very
frankly admits that it does not be-
lieve that they will be sufficient in
suppressing the workers because the
workers began to lose confidence
in these takers. by declaring:
Numerous strangers, presumably
steel union sympathizers or agents
of the alleged Communistic Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial
Union, have been in Gary and
elsewhere in the Calumet Steel
region for the last several days"
Yes, the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union was active and
is active in the steel mills in the
Calumet steel region. It is the only
force, together with the growing OPP
position inside Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, that the bosses fear.
They have no fear of Mr.. Green,
Mr. Tighe, CurtiSs, McAllister and
Kelsey. They know that they are
not the ones whom the bosses have
to fear. Even If they would lead
the strike they would lead it for the
purpose of beheading the strike
struggles. The bosses, through their
papers, openly admit that they are
afraid of the real union of the
workers, the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union, because of the
growing sympathy and organiza-
tional consolidation of the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union,
and because Of the ablishing of
united front committees in some
departments which resulted in
bringing about victories for the
workers, as is the case in the In
land Steel in Indiana Harbor where
the clippers, under the leadership
of the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union, as a result of a one
hour strike, won 40 per cent in
crease in wages, Or the workers in
the American Steel FoundrieS in
Indiana Harbor, in presenting their
demands for vacations with pay.
These demands have been granted
although in limited number, and
the union now carries on q fight to
get vacations for all workers.
Because Of this, the bosses and
the leaders Of the Amalgsmsted AS
ISOLATION Of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers brought into the steel re-
gion Caroline Loewe, former Pro-
letarian Party member (maybe she
still Isl, into the region who began
to make "Communistic" speeches.
She began to speak Of the looming
strike struggles. But with all her
revolutionary" speeches, she has
only one objective in view, to stop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

Ramsey discouraging mass picket
ing, sabotaging the general strike
and maneuvering with the N. R. A.
representatives, it is clear that the
general strike would take place only
If the influence of these misleaders
was counteracted and their organ
national grip on the unions broken.
This was prerequisite for the in
clusion of larger masses of workers
in the strike. What did the A, W,
P. leaders do to supply this pre-
requisite? The answer is nothing.
No Criticism of A. r. of L. Chiefs
Even in the June Is issue of Labor
Action, official organ of the A, w.
p, there is no real criticism of the
A. F. of L. leaders and their policy
Of keeping the workers ranks split.
On the contrary, as is always the
case with these elements, the Com
munist Party is accused of splitting
tactics. Why? Because only the
Communists made any effort to ex-
pose and correct the basic weakness
of the Toledo struggle-the sabotage
by the official leaders.
Speaking of the compulsory arbi-
tration agreement, Budenz says.
Had the Central Labor Union
stood by its guns more effectively,
these weaknesses would not have
appeared"
He halls 1t nevertheless. as "an
outstanding victory for the workers. y
If this is so than John L. Lewis
won an outstanding victory for the
miners with his compulsory arbitra-
ton agreement settlement. The
official leaders stood by their guns
but turned them against the
general strikel
THE Central Labor group" Che
means the official leaders-B. d.
was showing hesitancy," says
Budenz. They did not show
hesitancy. They we're firm in their
opposition to the general strike.
Search high and low and this will
be all the criticism" you will find in
labor Action for May LIST, of the
official leadership, except one more
sentence we will mention later.
This is acting positively" with a
vengeance.
Everything would have been all
right in Toledo, according to the
A. w. P. leaders, if it hadn't been
for the Communists. For them
Labor Action has rdicule, denun-
citation or SANDER.
"Kennth Ostheimer, young sec
rotary of the Lucas County Unem-
ployment Council, had got up on
the automobile and said a few
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

evitably become employer instru-
ments for discouraging, narrowing
confusing and betraying mass
struggle for partial demands-union
recognition, wages, hours, better
jobless relief, etc.
The question of the class struggle
itself. against the will of these lead
ers, of the forms and methods of
conducting it, therefore becomes a
practical question for the working
class and their unions. The social
revolution is the only way out of the
crisis created by capitalism. The
choice is between ever larger, more
militant and conscious struggles,
and surrender and still worse
slavery.
1t is obvious, therefore. that
workers have to know what leaders
are honest and devoted and capable,
what leaders are dishonest, cow
ardly, ignorant, and are serving not
the interests of workers, but of their
enemies.
1t is necessary to name the leaders
who are hampering the struggles or
are actually betraying them-and to
tell why they are doing it. If the
fault of some leaders is only that
they are weak, efforts must be made
to strengthen them. If they are
honest and their fault lies only in
being ignorant of the class struggle
and of effective strategy and tactics,
efforts must be made to teach them.
But if they are demagogues. if
they understand class relationships.
II they know revolutionary theory
and tactics but carry out narrow
craft union and separatist line, if
they are corrupt, if they proceed on
the false theory of the identity of
interests of capital and labor, of
employer and employee, they must
be exposed. discredited, their in
fluence must be destroyed and their
organizational control broken.
They must be identified for what
they are-agents of the capitalist
class in the ranks of the labor move
ment. This must be done, of course.
on the basis of their utterances and
acts. Good judgment must be used
in selecting time and place as we'll
as method.
Must Expose and Fight Reforming
Leaders
But to lay down as a guide to
action the dictum that "reformist
leaders expose themselves" is to
become a fstalist and consequently
to adopt do-nothing policy. 1t is
not even sufficient merely 10 expose
the n1isleaders-it Is necessary to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

words about the N. R. A. That was
the chief Communist contribution. .
Even if this were all, it was a
necessary and fundamental con-
tribution-and one that the A. F.
of L. leaders did not make. They
were acting positively"
They (the Communists) seemed
to be buster showing that Thomas
Ramsey, business agent of the
union, was 'sellerOut' than in
directing the fight against Auto
Lite"
Ramsey's Character
Well what was Ramsey? Was he
trying to direct the fight against
Auto-Lite? OF course not He was
busy seeing, with the rest of the
local A. F. of L. leaders and N. r.
A. officials, that the Toledo labor
unions did not strike in sympathy
with the Auto-Lite workers. Work
ers cannot fight with the greatest
effectiveness unless they know who
is who, who is for and who is
against the necessary measures for
victory.
On June l, the Committee of %
had arranged for a parade and
demonstration. Toledo workers ex-
pected that the general strike would
be called at this meeting and 20 900
turned out. The local A. F.. of L.
leaders, including Aubrey, the chair
man Of the meeting, failed to call
the strike. This was open be-
travail. 1t was put over when the
strike movement was at it's height
But BudenS continues to attack
the Communists who according tn
his own statements, were the only
ones who called this BETRAYAL by
It's right name and fixed resporl-
sibility for it. He says: Kenneth
Eggert, representative of the Trade
Union Unity League, in a speech
at Memorial Hall, attacked the
labor union speakers as takers
and misleaders."
What were they2 To ignore the
betrayal was to countenance it and
be party to It'll This is exactly
where the A, w. p Interpretation
OF acting positively" leads. Bu-
denz complains that 1.-THE C. P.
devoted its major energy in calling
off litany of misleaders. It sought
to arouse the suspicifions of the
workers in their own leaders,
These leaders were not working
in the interests Of the strikers and
the labor movement generally. The
chief trouble in Toledo was that
the workers were not sufficiently
suspicious of these leaders.
lZs he continssAA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-23

organize workers to fight off their
deadening and disastrous influence.
The Music formula fits in per-
fectly with the activities such
they can be called-of the self
styled Communist" or revolution
airy" groups outside of the Com
munist Party in the unions and in
the struggles of union members
the recent struggles especially.
The class struggle has furnished
two recent examples of how the
Musteites tactics of letting the re-
formist leaders expose themselves"
works in practice. One example is
Toledo, the other is the struggle of
the steel workers.
The splendid struggle of the
Toledo workers is known thruout
the country. The Auto-Lite work
ers struck for union recognition. a
~ per cent increase in wages. They
got a per cent increase, a compuI-
sorry arbitration agreement, and
recognition of the union through
negotiations to be conducted by
Thomas Ramsey, the business agent
who sabotaged the Auto-Lite strike
and the proposed general strike. and
who after trying to get the strikers
to abandon their militant picket
line, hid behind the National
Guardsmen. The company union
remains. The Auto-Lite workers
were forced back under these con-
ditions because the local A. F. of L.
leaders would not call a general
strike for which q majority of local
union had voted.
The local A. F. Of L. leaders. and
national A. F. of L. representatives.
made a separate settlement for the
electrical workers to prevent their
taking strike action which in all
probability would have precipitated
the general strike and brought VIC
tory to the Toledo movement-to
say nothing Of the stimulating effect
it would have had on the labor
movement of the whole country.
The Committee of % of the Central
Labor Council, set up for the
ostensible purpose of organizing the
general strike, discouraged and dis
organized the general strike. The
wider the mass sentiment for a
general strike become the more
frantically the committee of %
Unanswered to head it off.
The American Workers Party"
says the heroic Budenz, "acted
positively all the time" We shall
soon see what the A. w. p. leaders
mean by acting positively
With the official leaders Ike