Other illustrations of sabotage may be of interest to the reader. The following one is taken from the Chicago "Syndicalist," February 15, 1913:
"A few drops of sulphuric acid placed on top of a pile of woolen or cotton goods never stops going down. "Two decks of cards in a grain separator cover the screen and cause the grain to vanish out of the blower. "A piece of iron dropped in a crucible full of glass will eat through it. Crucibles are made of graphite and cost $40. "A handful of salt in paint will allow a good-looking job for a day or two, but when dry will fall off in sheets. "Maclay Hoyne, Chicago's district attorney, is analyzing a spontaneous fire powder that allows the user to be miles away when it breaks forth. "Castor oil capsules dissolved in varnish destroy the ability of the latter to dry. The job must be washed down and started all over again. "The suffragettes of England have significantly notified their opponents that a fire in every shire was the way the word was flashed in days gone by."
Pages 40 to 48 of "The New Unionism," by Tridon, furnish us with some more barbarous examples of sabotage: