MONDAY, JULY 31,, 1916,,.
AGE FOUR
LA GRANDE EVENING ' OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
, Entered in ' the ' Postofllce at Ijl
.- Grande, Oregon, us second class
matter. ,
; cleaning machine. But it takes a
White Wing to do the comers and the
lamp posts.
: WHAT OTHERS SAY.
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" Colonel Roosevelt seems to be do
ing his hating more quietly than he
j was a while buck. Ohio Mate
During: 40 years of Republican rule
no shark ever invaded New York wa
ters, Down with Wihon. Brooklyn
Eagle., , . . .. ,
Maybe those smart sharks followed
the German submarine over in the ex
pectation of another Lusitania in-
' Advertising rates on application. All
cfrov for diRDlav advertising must
'v. reach the office the day before the Icident. Boston Transcript.
. ad appears. - - - ' '
' Events have so shaped themselves
ABSSERaRmn"on'slxthn8Stet ! as Perkins's checkbook
' tho status of a private institution.
-Washington Star. .
WAR AND PROSPERITY.
There is abroad in '.his country of
ours a widespread idea that it is,
from a selfish point of view, a splen
did thing for this country that the
nations of Europe are rapidly reduc
ing each otlher to a state of national
' poverty and economic impotehcy, that,
in short, their ill wind blows us no
little good. This, ws believe, is a
mistake.
The idea is based on the false as
sumption that there in a limited
amount of wealth in the worl(J that
what one wins another must lose. The
same idea is back of the loose talk
about great fortunes ir. this country
and the supposed tendency of wealth
to accumulate in a few hands; that
the money of a J. D. Rockefeller or an
Andrew Carnegie was taken from the
laboring man or the small dealer.
Such, of course, Is not a fact, So
long as tho money is kept in circula
tion, is reinvested as fast as it is ac
cumulated, it brings a - proportionate
amount of wealth to the working
classes. Rockefeller's money was not
taken from other men, but created by
applied effort. If it 1iad not been
created there would have been propor
tionately less for the workingmen and
the men in between.
So it is with nations. Each is de
pendent upon the others, in varying
degrees, for its prosperity. So inter
related is the world of business that
cycles of trade inflation and deflation
are general, allowing for small local
conditions. When the present ab
normal conditions lisappcar tills
country will be depondent for its con
tinued prosperity upon tho spending
power of the people of the greut na
tions, . which in the i; long . run de
pends upon the -., prosperity of
these same people. A thriving
Germany, England, Frunce and Rus
sia means a pros'-Afrous United States!
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months by a great strike before they
secured the eight-hour day. Of
course, now tlhe public is glad that
they were inconvenienced, for it was
their sacrifice that thus helped to
make this a better country to live in.
The printers, bricklayers, carpen
turs, and all the rest of them secured
an eight-hour day through long and
repeated strikes, but who of you now
regrets your inconvenience? All
mothers of liberty and human rights
have suffered labor pains.
If the railroads may judge of the
future by experiences of the past,
they perhaps feel safe in submitting
the present eight-hour question to an
arbitration board. The railroads have
already secured the co-operation of
all Chambers of Commerce and other
employers associations in their pro
posal that railway employes be now
forced to submit their eight-hour
proposition to arbitration.
In the last Western arbitration lo
comotive hostlers, who have always
been required to work 12 hours every
. . ,., , , . . . ,. day in the year, asked for a 10-hour
It is likely that Thomas Mott Os- day nn(, the arbitrttjon board decided
borne is the only man who has had tmlt tncy should continue to work 12
cause to regard a second term at Sing hours. iBut, in fairness to the board,
Sing with satisfaction. Now York it should be said that it was not be
World. ' licved by anyone that hostlers could
support their families in decency on
It's difficult to believe that u person 25 cents per hour unless they did work
brave enough to visit Coney 'Island 12 hours per day.
on a Sunday would be kept out of the After ,havinf J used r?ace ,a
surf for fear of a men sharkBos- 1J! 10;hour lt uld
x -t. ,. be radical to expect another arbitra-
ton Transcript. Um board to re(Juce tnMe
, hostlers to an eight-hour day. What
The present prosperity is tompor- courts are ever radcai?
ary, says Mr. Hughes. Probably he An(1 aside from this, railway em
is right. We can't expect tho Demo- pioyes have lost faith in the justice of
crats to keep the upper hand forever, arbitration boards'. They , believe ar-
Charleston News and. Courier. bitration justice is as fickle as chance.
Long before gambling with dice
Farmers are patriotic, but sending was prohibited by law, it was not con
sidered profitable to go against load
ed dice. Polite people would have
nothing to do with Buch . unfair
methods.
Arbitration is a gambling game,
even when the dice are not loaded.
With the rules of tho game observed
in every detail, it is a tifty-hfty
We nave a Lomplete JUne or
NEW HOUSE DRESSES
AND NO PRETTIER NOR MORE PRACTICAL' STYLES WILL ti$J'"
FOUND ELSEWjIER, YOU LL AGREE; AND SURELY NO EASIER
PRICING WAS EVER PLACED UPON SUCH DAINTY GARMENTS
THAN THESE WE ARE SHOWING. ' , . , v
Priced at $1.25 to $3.50
THERE ARE MANY NEW IDEAS DEVELOPED IN THESE NEW v : i
LINES OF HOUSE DRESSES AND ALL DESIRABLE. GOOD PAT- ,
' ' TERN ED GINGHAMS, CHAM BRAYS, AND PERCALES, IN NUMER
OUS HAPPY COLOR COMBINATIONS ARE SHOWN. GOOD PRAC- j ;
T1CAL MODELS THAT WILL APPEAL TO ALL WOMEN FOR MORN- . .
ING WEAR IN THE HOME. S1ZEES FROM 34 TQ 46. . ...
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More New Coilars Here
for Women, 25c and 50c
Charming Styles the kind most
stores ask 65c and 75c. All the new
styles Large Quaker, Puritan
Spanish, and Cape effects, besides
many newr small shapes all priced
'. ..25c and 50c
. Newest Hand Bags
Priced at $1.25
The newest styles and shapes of
Pin Seal Leather all handsomely
lined and with fancy knob fasten
ed -fitted inside with mirror, coin
purse, and! powder puff. Priced
: 'j: $1.25
Many other handsome Hand Bags
priced at $1.00 to $5.00
their boys as militiamen on a wild
goose chase to Mexico right in har
vesting time is not likely to make
many farm votes for Mr. Wilson.
Kunsas City Journal.
With two ex-presidents actively
supporting him, Mr. Hughes, in the dhance with the usual percentage to
event ol nis election, may
find Hie the house.
question "What shall we do with our
ex-pn-esidents?" extremely trouble
some. New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Let us hope that the German dyes
.brought over in the Dentschland will
increase the hemogoblin content in the
pale face of George Washington as it
appears on the two-cent postage- djd nt understand
stamp. Chicago Daily News.
Railway employes once thought
that decision depended almost entire'
ly on tne evidence tnat tney were
able to present and in blissful de.
lusion took upon themselves credit for
every arbitration victory the rail
roads angrily protesting that they
had been jobbed in the appointment of
the neutral arbitrators; that they
the question;"
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and the reverse holds equally true
So it is that every lessening of the
immediate and ultimato spending
power of the people of Europe Is a
blow at our future prosperity. Tem
porarily, the fact that they are en
gaged in war is ,a benefit to us but
we shall pay dollar for dollar for it
in the future.
St.: Louis has a vacuum street
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THE FORUM
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ARBITRATION A
CHANCE
vuivws rue urvitxx
HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH SHOULD SAVE MONEY.
WHAT'S THE GOOD FOR ONE TOTSAVE AND THE OTHER
TO SPEND.
JUST ASK YOURSELF TODAYi "WHO GETS THE MONEY
1 EARN?" DO I GET IT OR DOES'SOMEBODY EuSE GET IT?
IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING IT CUT HIM OFF. YOU
EARNED YOUR MONEY) IT BELONGS TO YOU. KEEP IT.
BE A CAREFUL MAN AND BANK YOUR MONEY.
BANK WITH US
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La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred J. H. anes, President; C. C. Penington, Vic President; F. L.
M.y.rs, Cuihier; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Cahlr. ,
' DIRECTORS '
Fred 3. Holmes, J. G. Bnodgrase, J. P. Conley, C. C, Peningtco, H.
& Broraton, F. L. Merer, A. BlokUcd, A. T. BIO, H. E. Ooolidr.
that this award proved their "lack of
' knowledge of the subject."
lhe four leading batsmen of base- And then it was discovered that
ball come from Georgia, Virginia, most of the awards began to ga
South Carolina and Texas. The era against the employes, regardless of
of reconstruction is evidently over. lne evidence. In cases where ,the
The carpetbaggers have given way to ust,ce of tne,ir contention was most
the three-baggers for good.-Ncw "rent to them,"J "here the pre-
v . ., B R . ponderance of evidence was believed
,to be on their side, they lost decision
after decision,
t! ' n an en'neers' arbitration they
y found the neutral arbitrator to be a
V retired rnilrnnil nftnmnv nfTUntaA
t. T J j witl1 ol1 aKe' ,)a, digestion and acute
V r i V prejudice to such an extent that he
GAME OF 'I'd not attempt to conceal his an
tipathy to the engineers. The rail-
roads' representative in this arbitra-
Cun' you call to mind a single in- l'on wos so much fairer than the neu
stance in which workers at any trade tKl' arbitrator thnt he conceded more
have secured , the eight-hour day t',an he so-called neutral arbitrator
through arbitration ? wanted to give.
,The mine workers were forced to Jn an arbitration of matters con
inconvenience tho public for many coming conductors and trainmen ex-
uiiii-e iKiiuers, or lame hucks, ren
dered a decision that made the vic
tims say, as though i'ney meant it,
Mever again.
In the last arbitration of wages and
working conditions of western engi
neers, firemen and hostlers the board
was dominnted by a man who, as di
rector or trustee, was directly con
cerned in the result of the award.
Aside from many millions of dollars
of other railroad holdings, much of
which would be alfected by the award,
he was director of a trust company
that owned one bldck of approximate
ly $12,500,000 of first mortgage
bonds of one of the railroads, pnrties
to the arbitration. When his railway
financial connections were discovered
and official protest made against his
; continuance on tho board, the em
ployes were officially advised that
whilo it had not been known that he
was thus connected, a "knowledge of
thnt fact would have been favorable
rather than otherwise to his appoint
ment' and that "nothing has been
brought to our knowledge sinco his
appointment as an arbitrator which in
our opinion disqualifies him as an ar
bitrator." But, ignoring past experiences, let
us presume that there is an arbitra
tion of this present eight-hour de
mand of railway employes and thnt in
picking the jury every effort is made
to appoint neutrnls entirely free of
prejudices. Insuch an event, it is but
tossing pennies to decide the question.
If tho mental attitude of the men ap
pointed is favorable to railway em
ployes at the time of their appoint
ment it is a two to-one chance that
the employes will win. If the neu
trals' past environment has been such
thnt it would require much evidence
to convince them of tho justice of the
men's demands, no eight-hour day will
be awarded. If the president of tho
American Federation of Labor is se
lected as a neutral arbitrator, he will
with perfect honesty and sincerity
award railroad men Lhe eight-hour
day. If a president, director or nn at
torney of some great Employing cor
poration is appointed, with just os
much honesty of purpose, he will deny
the eight-hour day. If someono is ap
pointed who, presumal'y, has no men-1
The Satisfactory
Hose for Men
. "Interwoven" Hose is guar
anteed. Scores of men will
have no other kind made of
the best yarns, dyed with the
best German dye the same
good hose it has always been
with no rise in price as most
all things have done.
"Interwoven" Hose, of . light
weight cotton in all styles
with a fine finish that won't-'
wash out, pair ....... ..25c
"Interwoven" Hose of Fibre
Silk, pair 35c 3 for . .$1.00
"Interwoven" Pure Silk Hose
pair 50c
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tal bias, it will be nothing more
Workers.
or I Small Woman Defies Road
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less Lnaii uetung ou wie icu uniunc
the black. 1 Mrs. Kilty Goss, a wee bit of a
Whv has not the suggestion been ! woman, faced a crew of road work-
jmade that the entire matter be setters with a shot gun when they started
tied by "pulling straws" and thus re- cutting trees anu orusn ai ner nome
lieve everybody of the other? 'near Hood River. Tho road workers
BROTHERHOOD COMMITTEE. uocuiea to leave tne place.
Tramps Fight Shy of Albany.
Chief of Police John-Catlin has a.
list of farmers and others who are ins
need of hands and this he shows to
the "weary willies" who are looking
for hand-outs. The result is tihat
tramps are fighting shy of Albany.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
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o Money for Improved Farm Loans
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