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1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917. PAGE FOUR LJ ORAtfDE EVENING OBSERVER. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER I An TnHpnpnrtanfc NewsDater. . Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. jT) MEYERS . H.B.LEITER CLARKE LEITER I President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered nt the Posteffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second- class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand. Portland ; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of ;i United Press Associations. The. Observer carrier boys ars Instructed to put the paper on tfit porches. I the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gettatf the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are ollowing instruc tions. Phone Main 37 before T:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by pecial messenger if the carrier has missed you, SUBSCRIPT By Carrier. ' Daily, single copy .-.,,... 5c Daily per week 16e Daily, per month 65c, Daily, par six months in advance.$3-&0 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By Halt Daily, by mail per year, In ad rance M-00 ON RATES. Daily, by mail per six months in ndvanee $2.50 Daily, by mail for three months in advance $1.25 Daily, by mail per month 45 The Saturday Evening Observer per year in advance $1.50 Weckly-Observor-Star per year in advance l.bu WHY BRITISH LABOR SUPPORTS THE WAR Introductory Note: Mr. J. A. Seddon is one of the best known and most influential of British labor leaders. He has served as President of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants a union which he helped to orgnnire as Chnirman of the Parlimentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, and as President of the Trades Union Congress. This last office is the supreme honor organized British labor can bestow. From 1906 to 1910 he was Labor Member of Parliament for the Newton Division of Lancashire. . . , , At the outbreak of war, in August, 1914, Mr. Seddon promptly and unhesitatingly took up the national cause. He has since done notable ser ' vice. Previously he had been an outspoken opponent of militarism in any form. ' In the following he shows how the same fundamental principles which once made him a pacifist love of liberty, love of justice and a desire for the well-being of mankind today make him, and the overwhelming mass of British workers, stern supporters of war. BY J. A. SEDDON. ' Before the outbreak of the Great War, organized British labor was wholly pacifist. We were opposed taniilitarisin in every shape and form. We fought the increase of arm aments'; We did our best to allay anything which might be likely to promote the growth of the fighting spirit among our people. We looked to see the spirit of infer- ' national friendship spread till all nations were united in worldpeace. , ..." ' :J .We believed that.ihe .burden of war falls most heavily on tfie .worker, TJvg. Trades Union Congress, the Parlia ment of British Labor, representing close on three millions of organized toilers," had not so much as a trace of a mili tarist party in it This was as true of the last annual gath ering of the Congress before the outbreak of war, as it was of any Congress for years before. Jt was true of the I'ar Hainentary Committee of the Congress, its executive and administrative bodv. I can speak on that point with some authority, for I was Chairman of the Parliamentary Com mittee. The Congress was anti-war. My colleagues on 'the Committee were anti-war, I was anti-war. J Today British labor whole-heartedly supports the war against Germany. My same colleagues who before Aug rjfit, 1914, were teaching peace are now working to the ut- 'most of their power to help in the great fight. In ovder to help on the war and to bring victory, our trades unions . have sacrificed, for the time, many jealously guarded rights, which we and our fathers had won only after long struggles. v Men who led the oampaign for short hours of work are now themselves working long hours on war tasks. The trades unions have permitted the dilution of labor, the introduction of women and semi-skilled men in what were sojely skilled men's tasks. Many trades union regula tions have been wiped out for the time by the trades un t ioons themselves. The unions have passed self-denying weam met ,'" Copyrighr Halt Sctuffutr Sc Marx Advance Showing of Hart Schaffner & Marx CLOTHES FOR FALL We have just unpacked our first shipment of new fall clothing from Hart Schaffner & Marx and are putting them on display now. Many new styles and colors have arrived Some with belted backs and others plain. Some have the belts all the way around, and some just across the back;. others have the belt across the back, entering under the coat at the . side and button at the front inside. "; See our window display of . these suits and then come in and let us show you the rest of them. ' '' ' : We count it a pleasure to show you these suits at any time. ' i-1 " Supporting' the Government This is a time for every cimen to support the United States Government and many are doing so at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves. We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys tem established by the Government to give greater financial stability and strength to the member banks and protection to their depositors. You can give your support to this great Govern ment enterprise and also obtain its protection for . your money by becoming one of our depositors. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank i ordinances against strikes. Disputes that once would have made fifty thousand men lay down toois in an nour are now endured until opportunity comes 10 get mem put, rignt. (To Be Continued.) -. ",'"'' 7. OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH. Two billion dollars is a tremendous sum of money. Yet the American people have loaned their government that much and have barely touched their resources. The money was raised so easily it only seemed to show the tremend ous financial strength of the country. It is not one-tenth of our bank deposits. It is less than one-eighth of our bank loans for one year. It was less than one-half of our national savings for 1916 and only five per cent of our national income for that year according to estimates. Not only is this first Liberty Loan Bond issue of two billion dollars much larger than the initial loans of any of the other nations engaged in the war but it was raised in much less time with much less effort and was subscribed to bv a vastlv greater number of individuals ; this too when ' danger was far from us and the nation in a calm frame of mind. The coming second issue of Libertv Loan Bonds, with the great mass of the people of the country much better educated as to government bond issues and government finances in general, it is reasonable to suppose, will be dis posed of with even greater success than the initial issue. The over-subscription to the initial issue of over a bil lion dollars augurs well for the success of the next loan. There are several million more investors in government bonds in America than there were a month ago. Then there were some three hundred thousand holders of United 'States bonds: now there are over four million. And the thrill of the thought of our soldiers in France will rally the people to the nation's call. O . . AN ARGUMENT, FOR CENSORSHIP. I Hie x it's fiiuueu uic Mini mtr ;iiiai of additional troops in England, and the United Press Associations did not. It was obvious that the request of the war department should have been granted. The As sociated Press had aereed not to publish such news. The Associated Press will brine on compulsorv censorship. when it would be more to the credit of the patriotic news papers of the country if they did voluntarily what, they will be compelled to do under a censorship, i.-: - . n ' i v The .war seems to. be going ahead and being just as well contracted, as if we were running it ourselves.' The organization of a company of Home Guards is ample proof of the loyalty of our citizens and also of their common sense and their determination to have law and order prevail in this community. .' ' -O : It is with regret that we bid farewell tonight tG,com pany M and our own boys of the Hospital Unit. - We are proud of both organizations of splendid, patriotic, young: men. ..... O The Wing, Fin and Fleetfoot Club are going out to catch fish in a few days. They have prizes for the ones, who catch the biggest fish but we notice none for the one who tells the biggest fish story. ' - O Let us be thankful for our climate, for our cool delight ful nights. - WHY- It 'I The Business Man and The Banker should encourage and The Farmer should practice Diversified Farming (By Kenneth Gilbert. These articles ara reprinted from the "Business Chronicle" of Seattle, Wash., by permission of the publisher. They ap peared in serior form in that publication, Feb. 24 to April 21. 1917. A codv V - 1 1 I J J : T 1 T-. r. . r ' may oe uau aoun:mg me union rcmc system.) ... Farming Has Become a Real Business. It is not more than two generations afro that a farmer's wife would take) the wool produced by her sheep, and would card and spin it into serviceable clothes. Her husband hauled his grain to a grist-mill to have it ground into flour. Practically all of their immediate wants wero supplied directly by the farm. There was little money used, or to be seen. What little money came to hand was secreted in the house, or buried in the back yard. Banks wera generally under suspicion. It is unnecessary to say that a different situation is to bo found in tho rural districts today. There are very few farmers' wives who card and spin woo Grist-mills are dwindling in number. The farmer is too busy pro ducing crops to haul his grist to mill. He prefers paying- the middle-man's profit and buying back his flour. Nor does he, if he is sane, burv hid money in the back yard. It is invested in farms, live stock, bonds, etc. Farming has become a real business, conducted along modem business lines. That is, successful fanning is thus conducted. There are still a few of the old school who, possessed of an almost Oriental respect for the way and metho-ls of their ancestors, refuse to try new ways, or methods,' or profit by the experiences of the more daring of tholr brethren, This class usually escapes financial disaster only through being prmiriounly, frugal. The) farmers who own high-priced cars and show farms, and who are effusively greeted by those with whom they have regular business dealings, distinctly belong to another class. Farming, today, is indeed a busings. It is the modern, business man side of present day farmers the alert, wide-awake aggressiveness that -seeks after new and better methods that is making over agriculture after a new and more comprehensive pattern. Snocess will come to the tmbusiness-lik farmer no wore than to the unbusinesslike businesa taas, ;-.
