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|Jnx‘tkutît 2£abnr Volume XV. Number 6____________________ Portland, Oregon, May 24, 1915 Whole Number 798 BIG BUSINESS FIGHTING TO DISCREDIT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC UTILITIES Keep Children Away School Books Should From The Alhambra Be P rinted In S tate I In* tig h t ag ain st m eters and more p artieu larlv the a tta c k of the O regonian on C om m issioner Dalv has devel oped into a general cam paign against municipal ow ner ship with the big public corporations of the city pulling the strin g s o f th e ir jo u rn a listic puppet. F o r y ears th e O regonian ami its big buisness friends A. \V. L aw ren ce an d L. E. G o t- 1 special co m m ittee to in v e stig a te th e" schall. m em b ers of Salem T y p o -j feasib ility of th is plan an d secure have been advocating a flat rate system of w aste and g ra p h ic a l Union. a p p e a re d b efo re th e as 1,1111 h support for it as p o ssib le; . , . C e n tra l L abor Council la st F rid a y th a t a *>» a 'l unions, g ran g e s, civic U X tf« VagUllCC. l l o t SO lHUCll becaUSt* o t t lie Saving tllCV b eh a lf of a re so lu tio n l,r*!a,ll'*‘ll" " ; : co m m ercial bodies. | w o u l d m a k e ill W att*!* bills a t t i l e C X p ellS e o f tilt' l i t t l e ............ .. and tin c itiz e n s h ip in te r e s te d in . 1 ««ecu ''* " * * " - l'ass,< 11 • a lessening tax es and im proving th e eoU SU lllt*!' a s hecU U SC t h e y d e s i r e d t o S W a illp t i l t “ Wlltt*!' Some tim e ago, to r reasons th a t were good and su f ficient, the M usicians’ M utual A ssociation and the Mov- m P ictu re O p e ra to rs’ I ’nion placed the A lham bra Theatre, at East E ortv-ninth and H aw thorne avenue, on rln unfair list. ad v o c a tin g th a t th e te x t w elfar ot. o \ ,X ls r ,usn i,,r « h i s t 'v o rk B u r e a u i n d e b t ’ i n This action was taken onlv a fte r . everv effo rt had lent >ks u nion t h a t t h e y m i g h t p o i n t to a n o t h e r for the public schools o f Ore- th is ih't'U math* to a d ju st the dittieiiltv with tin* m anager, gon in* p rin te d in th e sta te , fo r the g en e ral w e lfa re of th e citi- m unicipal p lan t “ fa ilu re .” F o llo w in g is th e c o m p lete te x t o f zen s and th e im p ro v e m en t of co ndi- T ., . , . . 4 „ , . . . . x l. . . x: « • • . . wIp. absolutclv refused to deal with them. . . . . Hie re s o lu tio n : liotrs in th e p rin tin g tra d e s an d III. ( L it HS t i l e Hlltl-metCl’ cam paign IS Concerned tllC 1 he th e a tre is located in a d istrict th a t is principally "Whereas, the te x t books used in o th e r m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u strie s re- O regonian has not advanced a single arg u m en t to com ■pulated by w orking men »,„1 women, ami the m anager .......... ....... .......... . ‘ he a rra y of fa rts am i fig u res published in o th er loeal leelillg the effect of the refusal of the people to pat- G ram m ar, inclusive, a re p u blished in It . the in te n tio n to c a n y on a p ap C l'S ill SUppOl’t of Mr. D a lv ’s assertio n s Tile moril- • «-Ila,.*«-*. «-1. . . . i • it o th e r s ta te s ; th a t in 1914 th e re w ere cam p aig n of ed u c a tio n diiritnr th e • > * r n iiiz e 1 • t 1 a tic . * till tlicic uie sonic people in the over ¿00000 such hoo k s sold in th is next tu o >ears. and to ask th e le g - 1 p a p e r has co n ten ted itself w ith recourse to ridicule icighborliood who evidently do not know the tru e con- s,a,c at a cost ,o ,,lc citizens of isiatur. 1917 to enact laws that and abuse and plain lies It is d ifficu lt to see how sueh Jiti<»ns th a t exist «md in oidei to reach them th e unions of th is cost is due to th e cu m b er- int< <iuct tactics can convince anvonc in fact C om m issioner Dalv sending out the following notice: som e an d ex p en siv e m e th o d s ..» plac- "We have p aper m ade in O reg o n .” | l a s , , o t i n v o l v e d IlilU S e lf i l l t l U V OllC - s i d e d discussion --T 1 . .. 1 ... .... n ig th e se n e c e ssa ry b o o k s ,n th e , said L au ren c e, "a n d can tu rn ont . , , • 1,1 "•<«<» Ul»< USSlOll W orking Men and W omen: K eep y o u r children h an d s o f tin* p u p ils; an y kind of books w an ted , i am w ith the paper, hut has occasionally w ritte n letters to wav from the A lham bra T heatre, a t F o rtv -llillth and "Whereas a g e n e ra l policy o f su re « . h a v e co m p ete n t w rite rs a n d : ,-¿,11 a tten tio n to some of t h e m o s t f l n r f i n t n iiu i-o i,..,. • W U T IV V r'hT T V l! rp/x 7 ° " ° " ° a n ' 1 ‘‘f cou p led w it h t ea ch , r . ,n O reg o n w ho can get up H 'S O IIH OI r ill m o s t t l . l g l a i l t m i S r e p i e - iaW tilO H le. I EA< Il 1 I1EM W IllL K lO U N h IO th e m o v em en t to keep O reg o n , b o o k s b e tte r a d a p te d tt o u r needs SCUtatlOllS. U'END THEIR NICKELS AND DIMES WHERE X X S i ? ‘- '" « m h s .s i,D a ly the Bureau ..f Water IVING W A G ES A R E S P E N T . T hey will he in the <" these texts by th e s ta te t h r o u g h . nia was m edium s now in ex iste n ce th a t such i less th a n ield for work them selves in a few v e a rs.” p u b licatio n an d d istrib u tio n w ould p ro p o cd 1'alters Vote Not To Pay Judgment .„ p p iv iu g school books a t1 W orks has saved in th«» past two veal's bv economical halt th e tr u s t prices. T he • • 4. x* > . k „ * * * m easu re w as re fe rre d t o ' 1 idniinistration, close to $200,000. C om m issioner Daly Daly stim u la te th e lite r a r y p ro d u c tio n o f . th e leg islativ e co m m ittee, . . . prom ises by the curbing of w aste w ith m eters th e se te x ts, th e se cu rin g of hooks It ex p lain ed th a t 11 th ese su itab le fo r O reg o n c h ild re n to de- books w ere p rin te d in th e sta te it h u n d r e d s o f t h o u s a n d s UlOl'C. rive k n o w led g e from , an d g re a tly ! w ould m e a n th a t $350.000 w ould re -i N o w tin - iiovvoi-u Iw .liin .l ♦ - ___ 1 xi add to th e m a n u fa c tu rin g g ro w th of m ain lu r e an n u a lly in ste a d of going , • n a m e ly , tile to save the* s ta te ; th e re be it to som e o th e r sta te , and th a t it "R eso lv ed , by C ap ital T y p o g r a p h - 1 w ould furnish stead y em ploym ent to t h , . ical I nion N'o. 210. th a t wt* in d o rse j SO to 100 men. Utility com panies ill which II. L . P itto fk , O W ller o f O r p .n .I ii- iti m u l liiu ...... 1....... ; i . . • x x j <lll( 11S IK IKtS, «lit IK H VI l \ i n t e r e s t e d , such a m ovem ent an d lend it o u r I T he m a tte r was re fe rre d to th e See the Hieiiaeillg shadow of a m unicipal lig h t p lailt wllicll \ |„ l»„i1. 1...., ,1.. „ j , . Ib e U n ited H a tte rs of N o rth hers a ffec ted by said ju d g m e n t, and e n c o u ra g e m e n t; th a t we ap p o in t a , ‘ execu tiv e co m m ittee. -Mr. Daly has already prououueed feasible and the acqui inerica. in co n v e n tio n in N ew Y ork 'R esolved, fu rth e r, th a t th e o ffic ers sition of which he has alread y recom m ended to th e C itv itv, voted S a tu rd a y not to raise a an d d ire c to rs of th is o rg a n iz a tio n lie Tn4 to sa tisfy th e $2K5.(MM) judg- and are h ere b y a u th o riz e d an d d i Council. ll 11! affirm ed by th e U n ited S ta te s r e d e d to appeal to th e A m eric an iipreme C o u rt, to L oew e & Co., b at F e d e ra tio n of L ab o r an d to la b o r ( lose observers have noted th a t the O reg o n ian ’s ,'intifacturers of D anbury, Conn., and o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n s fo r a s sist- A M a s t e r f u f l T r ib u t e b y S e n a to r R o b e rt M . L a F o lle tt e , in L a F o l hostility tow ard Mr. Daly became evident im m ediatelv g.iin-t m em bers of th e H a tte r 's ance an d c o n trib u tio n s to th e said l e t t e ’s M a g a z in e . "ion. funds fo r th e p u rp o ses a fo re sa id .’ " following the publication of his first annual rep o rt. In Ihi h a tte r s voted, how ever, to In p rea m b les to th e re so lu tio n , th e ¡use a fund fo r th e relief of th e in- h a tte r s a s s e rt th a t it w as not k now n ® ne n io rn 'DK >» D ecem ber. 1909, eyes, he told me th e sto ry of the- t h i s h , ‘ < a I1 < d a tte n tio n to w ater pow er th a t m ig h t be ii¡duals w hose hom es and b a n k ac- until th e decision of th e S u p rem e '¡ ,e re cam e in to my o ftic e in th e ailo r's w rongs. He >aid little o f 'developed for a m unicipal light p lan t, and asked fo r a ■lints have been a tta c h e d to sa tisfy C ourt in th is case, w h e th e r th e S h e r- a p ito l building, a tall. bony, slig h tly him self, ex cep tin g as I d rew him on ap p ro p riatio n w ith which to em ploy a h y d rau lic judgm ent. T h is d e te rm in a tio n man law w as in te n d ed to ap p ly to > ,ooln ‘<l mail, w ith a face* b esp ea k - to -| *ak of th e long, long struggle sum i- eoict d in th e follow ing rcstdu- lab o r o rg a n iz a tio n s an d th e d efe n d - su p e rio r in te llig e n c e an d lo fty of which lie tt a ' th e beg in n in g , an d engineer to investigate a num ber of w ater pow er sites "ii adopted in ex ecu tiv e se s s io n : an ts, "th o u g h held legally w ro n g in c h a ra c te r. It w as A ndrew F u ru se th . is now finally tilt* end. He spok I’lit U n ited H a tte rs o f N orth the opinion of th is o rg a n iz a tio n , He w an te d to in te re s t me in th e "* th a stro n g S can d in av ian accent, in the vicinity of the B ull R un w atershed. inerica, deny th e s ta te m e n t of D. w ere gu ilty of no m oral w ro n g .” cau se of th e A m erican sailo r. He ' ,,lt w ith re m a rk a b le facility of ex- Several editorials sh o rtly th e re a fte r w arned the city Loewc ft* Co., and tilt* a tto rn e y s T he p rea m b les also set fo rth th a t "'¡is a sa ilo r him self, he said, and he I 'i f " i o n . force an d d isc rim in a tio n p lan ts and r the* A n ti-B o y c o tt S ociety th a t it w as re a so n a b le an d p ro p e r th a t w an te d to "lie free*.” I did not know H knew th e m a ritim e law of ag ain st m unicipal ow nership of lighting o rg an iz atio n lias a g re e d w ith th e h a tte r s ' o rg a n iz a tio n should re- w h at he m ean t. I q u estio n e d linn. c o u n try ; the* social co n d itio n , w ithin a Tew weeks the O regonian was launched forth in livone to pay th e ju d g m e n t in th is lieve in so fa r as po ssib le tile d istre ss S u rely th e re w ere no slaves u n d er Hie wage level, th e econom ic life of and h ereby d ec la re s it to be* ou r of th e m em bers affe c te d by th e ju d g - ‘ he A m erican flag. Bondsm cti th e re e v e n se a-fa rin g n atio n . lie was Tull career ag ain st Mr. Daly and his policies. iirpose not to apply any of the* nient an d m ake c o m fo rta b le tlte ir de- w ere—but L incoln ch a n g ed all th a t. of bis subject H is mind To sum m arize: C om m issioner D aly has in less th a n imb of th e o rg a n iz a tio n or an y d in in g y ea rs. A nd it had been w ritte n in th e w o rk td w ith th e p recisio n of a Cor- ’ *1' we may receiv e for th e relief T he actio n ta k e n by th e h a tte r s am en d ed C o n s titu tio n . “ Y es," he h- engine. Hi* w as logical, rugged, two vears saved the B ureau of W ater W orks som ething our m em bers to th e paym ent o r cam e at th e close of th e sixth a n n u a l said, "but not for th e sailor. All t e r 'i q u ain t, and fervid w ith cou- like $2<MI,IMM) in expenses, and has a t the sam e tim e re -i i c t i o i i of th is ju d g m e n t. c o n v e n tio n and w as in a n sw e r to an o th e r m en are free. But w hen th e d c t i o t i . ¡'■tit this o rg a n iz a tio n pledges its open le tte r signed hv D. E. I.oew e am e n d m e n ts w ere fram ed . they l'" in in N orw ay, th e call of th e duced w ater rates 20 p er cent, th u s benefiting every "stance to th e m em ber» a ffe c te d ft Co., published A pril 22. in n e w s - 1 p assed us by. T h e sa ilo r w as for- *' *• ' lll,e to him as a l.ol of sixteen, dom estic w ater user. -aid ju d g m e n t an d reso lv es fu r- pap ers c irc u la tin g in D an b u ry an d g o tte n .” H i « to o il upon th e cliffs and looked ' that an a ssessm en t of one p e r vicinty. In th is le tte r, it w as said I ask ed him to tell me ab o u t it " I ” ” 1 Hie in fin ite. I hi life of lie contem plates fu rth e r economies in a d m in istra nun on the d o lla r of tile* w eekly th a t fo re clo su re actio n a g a in st p ro p - S ittin g on th e ed g e of th e c 'la ir his - 'd o r. like tin* ocean, mti t lie nigs of the* m em bers of th is or- e rty ot th e d e fe n d a n ts had been de- body th ru s t fo rw a r I. a g re a t soul l,,< * f r e l ' He felt its tnysteri- tion in order to reduce still fu rth e r the w ater rates an 1 izition. on and a f te r Ju ly 1, In* laved in o rd e r to give th e U n ited sp e ak in g th ro u g h his face, th e set ,” 1' ' I ' d . He w ould In a "free sea- lie ask s for perm ission to purchase m eters in large lots a* same* is h ere b y assessed and H a tte rs an o p p o rtu n ity to avoid p ro - p u rp o se nt’ his life s h in i n ' in his 'C o n tin u e d on p a g e 4.) so th a t b e tter prices m ay be secured. to lie co lle c te d as o th e r assess- ceedings ag ain st in d iv id u al hom es are co llec te d and th e m oney should it so desire. It w as added Big business is alarm ed ; it sees in this progressive L - e th e re fro m shall c o n s titu te a th a t unless th a t o rg a n iz a tio n at its I " b e used and em ployed by th e I ap p ro a c h in g conve n tio n should make* and economical a d m in istratio n of a m unicipal w ater I'icers of th is o rg a n iz a tio n in such provision to fulfill its alleged w rit- p la n t a n opening wedge to r the o p eratio n of a m unicipal ■unier as th e y may deem best fo r ten covenant to pay tile* ju d g m en t, relict an d b en e fit of said it em - fo re clo su re would follow. light paint. Hence C om m issioner Dalv m ust he elim i ANDREW FURUSETH nated at any cost. W age earn ers and small home owners doll t be deceived as to the big issue behind the m e te r ordinanet— the Tight of the m ulti-m illionaire lighting tru st to control the Tat business w rested bv means of e.xoi b ita n t ra te s fro m the little fellow Top m any years “ Remember Ludlow” day i t i i i i g . May 27, in th e ' hall of the Public l.il irary re will be* held a m e etin g to voice '<st ag ain st the* co n v ictio n of R. Law son of m u rd e r in coil- " n with th e C o lo rad o strik e . sp eak ers of the* evening will ■)r ‘ H. C hapm an. \V. J. S m ith. • h ili,, a ,,,| RUg Cnc p; sm ith . rh,* conviction of L aw son h a , HD I the* lab o rin g m en of the* !r' to a re a liz a tio n of w hat or cap ital will do in its elf ort fii'lt the unions. dig of tile tria l and c o lie i c t i o i i ■on in th e W yo m in g L abor ncss of c h a ra c te r o f Jo h n L aw son. on the* e vidence* of as scurvy a gang oi p e rju re d pim ps and m acq u ereau x .is ever w ere allow ed to p o llu te tile air of a so-called co u rt of justice, "It goes w ithout say in g th a t this conviction will nev er stand. It will appealed and if n ec essary c *r- rl,''l •" Hi«* h ighest c o u rts in th e laud. O ne th in g it has ta u g h t ns and th a t is th a t th e tim e b a , com e w hen th e situ a tio n m ust be h an d led w ithout kid glove*' T h e c h a ra c te rs of tile men behind tile* p erse cu tio n m ust be th o ro u g h ly ex p o sed .” All union m en and w om en, th e ir f rie n d ' and sy m p a th iz ers, a re u rged h Jo h n R. R a m se y says : to a tte n d the m eetin g T h u rsd a y ’ I • '" -c a lle d co n v ictio n of Jo h n t e ening. "ti w hich w as so successful!) m the I rin id a d c o u rt house BARBERS HAVE SHORTER "day by Je sse N o rth c u tt and HOURS. ' fie of d isre p u ta b le citizen s •< su rp rise to ev ery o n e w ho Ilit* B a rb e r’s U nion of O ttaw a, ''b e d th ese pro ceed in g s. W< O n tario , has secured th e passage* oi ■ have r e a so n to know th at a cite ordinance* d o s in g b a rb e r shops ''¿ lit cobl-blood *d w i c k e d at ID o'clock S a tu rd a y n ig h ts and m the a d m in istra tio n of ju stice , n ig h ts p rec ed in g holidays. T h e b ar- Glinn la' C ounty has no equal. I hers first secured th e ap p ro v a l of a w" h esitated to believe th a t m a jo rity of th e ir em p lo y ers. T he woubl a tte m p t to con v ict i jo in t m ovem ent puts a Mop to m id- th e well k now n ttpriuht* 1 ni^ht labor. Consumers' League Secretary To Speak „ . . . . I .... M „ .*„ .......... lie ate,»tee s m th e ( oiiM itticn,' Le ague of O r, g „„ u tlie fo llo w in g open in e rtin g s Reed ( ollege. H 40 y m s ,,,.,,,., . ,„ 1 «Iren «.I th e R. public ( e n tra l L ib-I rarv . Room A. H I.» I’. M S u b ject, "C ourt - and C onsum er." M r, K elley is a u th o r of S .iq tr L t lu e . i! ANDREW FURUSETH lia n is I h ro u g h l.r g i« la ti« > n ." and M o d e r n In d u stry in R elatio n to th e F am ily. H ealth , E lucatioti. M o ra lity " She is an a n ti «rity on »oei.tl and econom ic su b je c ts an d a sp e ak e r of n a tio n a l re p u ta tio n . , >.f T h e .American M agazine M rs. K«lle> M r,. Kell« a g ra lv at« of C«ir- , v . „ k i„ g In IK92 »1,,* became.* a reel,I, nt „ H ull H ouse, at. J Mins A d d a n is 'b is „ ,rs of the* e a rlv «lav« *.t it, « i j t . X 'U k r “ :; th e sp irit .if tliis fellow r e s id e n t vein w as sp ecial a g e n t fo r the B ureau of L abor s ta tis tic s of Illinois in a n Hi'«•’lig a tio n o f th e needle trail« , in tin * »« n e in e n ts in C hicago m IH9? » a s a g e n t in c h a rg e ot the C hicago d iv isio n of t|,e in v estig atim i of the siim i’ of g re a t c iti« , tur the D epart nient o f L alio r at W ash in g to n , and L h ie f iu s p e e to r of 1’ ictories oi II H noi, fro tn 189.1 to IN97 Ille se « e r i vc.tr« m « h i i l i V ie , ,; ' • ’u i l l l l l l l e . l , «I» 1 ’n g r I I