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VOLUME XXV
SECTION TWO
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922,
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 272
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El G01IH6
IN STRIKES
Since "War Strike "Curve'
,, Has I Seen Below Point
Called Normal.
BUSINESS IS
COMING AHEAD
Noted Statistician Claims
Labor Will be Hard to
Deal with in the Future
hut That Everything Will
. Work out All Hitfht.
(Specln! to The ODurver)
WELLES1.EY HILLS, Mass., Aug.
19. In vew of the newspaper space
recently tuken by the coal strike, rail
road stiike, and certain textile strikes,
wp are prone to think that strikes are
very general at the present time.
'Roger W- Habson, however, refutes
this opinion in a statement issued to
day, as follows:
"As a matter of fact, wo have very
few strikes at the present time. Ever
since the war the strike curve has been
belpw the point which was then called
'normal.' The fact that we have had
three strikes of large dimensions
blinds us to this basic troth. Two of
these strikes, the coal strike and the
rail shopmen's strike, arc in indus
tries which have not been deflated, so
fnr as war time wages go. The other
the cotton textile strike, has been par
tially deflated and the trouble is about
going the rest of the distance. The
difficulties in these three industries
are then cases of belated hostilities.
Summer Always Brings Strikes.
"For the most part labor is not
striking, wages are being gradually let
down to lower lev- and the disposi
tion of men is to keep at work. Thero
is always a rise in the strike curve
during the summer- We are having
that rise now. Nevertheless, wo are
not having the number or the wide
distribution of strikes which he had
last year or at any time since 1916.
We will not have a repetition of those
conditions pthis year. Tliu strike
curve is nearer normal than almost
anything ifl.se in industry.
"As to the future, the answer is
to be looked for in conditions. What
made the tremendous wave of strikes
which marked the years 11115 to 1U20 ?
The simple fact that there were more
jobs than men; that the cost of liv
ing was going up; that labor was in
n noaition to force the issue- No such
prospect is in view for the cars right
ahead. Therefore, we need not look
for a repetition of the strike condi
tions of the war days. Those days art
passed. Nevertheless, we are going
to have strikes. There are going to
be a good many of them. They are
going to be called for reasons other
than the ones that backed the strikes
f war time. Then men went on strike
for more pay. They were courageous,
confident, buoyant. They were sure
of success. They were seldom disap
pointed. In the future just ahead,
they are going to strike against wage
cuts, against attempts to rule out the
unions- They ner not going to be as
successful as they were in the war
time strikes.
Labor to lie Sullen.
"In consequence of this the real
oucstion of the next few years is .is
to the frame t-f mind which Labor i.Si8(M, to aend thelr delegates to Po-
to navi:. in vvni ...... "-0
buoyant cunmlcnce 01 me war y-a",i,,.lrv
Labor is now going 10 ue uiicii, iu
sentl'ul, reveniiiful. What they do
not i?ain in on-n victories, they are (jo
ins to be disposed 10 accuuiiman u.v
indirect means. A man who cannot gvt
his pay raised can stall on the job. He
can get the ue.-t of his bo.-s by all
kinds of nasty tricks in the factory. ,
These are sfcrt-sighted policies.'
In the long run they' work to the dis-j
advantage of Labor. Still, they are
the usual recourse of Labor when it
is met by obstacles that do not yield. '
'Hight here is the problem uf the
emplover of the next few years- Hov
shall he meet the new temper of La- (
bor' In my opinion that ugly tem-
per must be met by open dealing, by
setting before Labor the facta under
which business is done and by admit
tinu Lalwr piogressively to a greater!
share in management oi the elements
of the industrial relations which-most
directly concern Labor. That is to
say: the time to develop personnel
departments, set up profit-sharing, or
ganize shop committee and all of the
rest of the things thit belong to this
,.i,.ca i not. when Labor is in the
saddle and holds a gun at the employ-'
cr's head, but when the employer Him
self is in the saddle and is in the posi
tion to dictate terms.
Sees Shortage Coming.
"The employer does not have to take
this reasonable coulee if he dot not
want to. He can u--e these next few
years to pile up trouble for himself
and his successors in days to come. If,
however, the employer is wise, he will
take advantage of his Position to set
up the best kind of machinery, wi'h
which to defend himself and his in
dustry. It is not a question of strikes
in the immediate future. It will be
a question of sabolagc. Sabotage,
however, is worse than strikes. It
demands its own treatment. I
"In view of hwe comlitrcns, inves
tors should give more thought to the
kh nniii, of the companies in
thv tiurchafe securities. A'
examination of corporation earning. i
shows that the labor policy is the
great determining factor between prof
it and loss during normal times, ims
especially applies to various concerns
in the same line of industry. I hey
all pay approximately the same, price
for raw materials; they all have prac
tically the same hours of work, but
one company succeeds and the other
fails. Statistics show that the differ
ence is largely due to their labor and
financial policies. Therefore, conser
vative investors will seek securities of
comoanics which have a broad-mind
ed labor policy, and which companies
are now developing plans which will
be of use when the next period of
prosperity comes. Ice cannot be gath
ered in tho summer, but must be put
up in the winter when it is not needed.
The same principle applies to Ijibor.
Labor troubles are very difficult tJ
settle when they occur. Wise manu
facturers prepare, during such times
as these, Dreventative measures
that! Iabi troubles will not occur
when times are good." ,
General business is holding its own,
according to the index of the Babson-
chart. It shows activity today at
per cent below normal as compared
with 9 per cent last week and miiim
18 per cent a year ago.
Frank JIMer Tells Baker
Commercial Cluh Tfliat
Strahorn lias Said he.
would Build Central Ore
gon Line.
BAKER, Aug. ID. Thore Is a
strong probability of early railroad
building in Central Oregon, according
to Frank Miller, former public ser
vicer commissioner, who was in .the
city Wednesday to address the Cham
ber of Commerce in tne interest or
the commercial organizations of West
ern Oregon and the Southern Pacific.
Mr. Strahorn stated that he recently
met Robert Strahorn, at Bend, who is
ntcrested in railroad building, and
quoted Mr. Strahorn as saying ha
would build the road across the cen
tral uart of the state to Crane, with
connections to Klamath Falls and Bend
and a feeder connecting with Lake
view. Mr. Strahorn also stated, according
to Mr. Miller, that he is confident
there will be sufficient tonnage from
tho territory to bo covered to give a
return of li per cent on the investment
His plan of railroad building will call
for abnroximately 400 miles of track
Mr. Strahorn was building a road
out of Klamath Kails on this prcgram
at the onening of the world war ana
was forced to suspend operations when
ccst of construction began soaring
He has recently resumed work and
now has men laying steel on a part of
the completed grade out from Mam
ath.
VISIT POLAND
WARSAW, July 14. (By Mall).,
The Polish American chamber of
commerce announce-, that in order
to increase trade relations between
the United States and Poland, an
Invitation to visit Toland lias been
extended to various American trade
concerns and financial Institutions.
In answer to, thin invitation. 22
They aro expected to arrive
in the Autumn.
1
AMERICANS ID
Living Room Furniture of Merit
Easy
Terms
Overstuffed Suites aild Davenports in Tapestry,
Velour and Mohair.
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
CHRISTIANIZE
INDUSTRY PLAN
British Churches Unite iu a
Remarkable Survey tof
Conditions Followed by
Conference.
(By Milton Bronner.)
LONDON. Aug. lt Is modern busi
ness Christian?
Do people nowadays confine their
religion to an hour or so on Sunday
and forget it the rest of the week?-
These are Questions ail Christian
churches of Great Britain Catholi
and Protestant will try to answer in
a remarkable conference of citizens
ana experts in April, 1124- A similar
conference may be hold in the United
Mates,
Elaborate Plans.
Questionnaires are being sent out
and elaborate plans are being made
by committees. The tit. Kev. bdmund
A. Knox, Bishop of Manchester, is
president of tho British conference.
'Vhe honorary secretaries arc a Quaker
woman and- an Anglican clergyman.
and council members include Church
of England clergymen, re p res cntu lives
of all evangoiical churches and promi
nent Catholic priests.
"Property and industry" is ths
questionnaire subject expectc to com
mand most serious attention.
"Tho purpose, of industry," says
the council, "is to supply the needs
of the community- In present prac
tice the choice of the consumer, back
ed by ability to purchase, is accepted
as the arbiter of what those needs
are. and causes the appropriate goods
and service to be put on the market.
This choice is considerably influenced,
by the producers who push their own
goods."
To Christianize Industry.
Finally a program is set forth which!
its supporters believe practicable and I
capablo of Christianizing industry.i
and the council asks whether tho:
who answer the questionnaire consid
er tho program Christian in character
and the first step toward a really
Christian society. This is the pro
gram :
l. minimum wage law, witn se
curity for adequate leisure.
'I. Prevention ot casual employ
ment 'and unemployment.
3. Workers' maintenance during
involuntary -unemployment.
4. Abolition of labor of children
under ltf.
G. Publicity for co;;ts and profits
in industry.
6- Taxation to correct inequalities
of dependence of mothers and chil
dren. 7. Administration of monopolies as
public services.
8. No payments to able bodied
adults except for service.
9. Democratic control of industry
by all engaged in it by representa
tion. 10. Prices based on economic costs,
anria! control of credits: labur banks-
The council urges those to whom
the questionnaire is sent to inyeati
trntn and study rather than prejudge
how. fnr- the existing industrial order
jji Christian or un-Chnstian.
FRISCO NEEDS GOOD
THIRD BASEMAN
tar Associated rresfl)
SAN r'KANCISCO, Aug. 1!). Fans
nr wonderini? who will succeed Willie
I Kamm at third base cn the San Fran
cisco baseball team next, year wnen
Knmm goes up to the Chicago Whin
Sox on $70,0(10 deal.
Two White Sox players, ivmic mul
ligan ami Herb McC'iellnn. are licing
mentioned for the post. McClellan K
a utility man for the Chicngo team.
Mulligan nh" short ;i-d thi-H.
SEE OUR WINDOW
f'lSSKH m ll
What the Shopmen's Strike is All About
Off icial , Letters and Resolutions Between President Harding and the Shopcrafts
In order that there may be a clear-!
cr understanding as to iutA what Drin
triples are involved in the shop era flu
strike the following official letter
resolutions art printed bo that the
general public may read and under
stand lor themselves:
The White House,
Washington, O. C,
July 31, (1922.
B. M. Jewell,
President, Hallway Employes De
partment, American KeuVrattioiH
of 1.41 bor, Chicago, III.
I am hereby conveying to you tho
terms of agreement upon which the
Railway Managers and United Shop
Ciait workers are to unite prelimin
ary to calling of the existing strike
First, Railway Manager and work
men aie to agree to recognixe tho val
idity of all decisions' of the 'Railroarl
Labor Board, and to faithfully carry
out such decisions as contemplated by
the law. Second, Tho carriers will
withdraw ml law suit growing out of
the strike, and 'Railroad Labor Board
decisions which have been involved In
tho strike, mav be taken, in- the exer
cise of recognized rights by either par
ty, to the Kau road Labor Board tor
rehearing. Third, All employes now on
strike to be returned to WQrk and to
their former positions with seniority
and other rights unimpaired- The rep
resentatives of the carriers and the,
representatives of the organizations
especially 'agree that there will be no
discrimination by either party against
the employes who did not Rime. i
think it is fair to say that 1 have
changed lha second condition from
the oi Urinal form in which it was dis-
cum cd with you and your associate.
iou win note mat i nave suggest
that appeal's for rehearing may be
taken "in tho exercise of recognized
rights y either party" to the Board
for rehearing. This doe not change
tho substance, but I thought it only
fair to havo tho lit a tern out apply to
either side of tho controversy alikd.
I hono vou nnci your aaaeciatea will
sec fit to express your approval to the
terms submitted. Confirmation fol
lows by mnil.
(signed) WARREN U. 'HARDING.
July 31. 1922,
My Deac Mr. Cuyler:
V nm wrifinrr tn fwnvw ll vnil the
tcrjus of agreement, as I understand
them, upon which the railway manag
ers and united shone raft worker's are
acrree, preliminary ttf calling off
the cxisUnjr strike.
irst Hallway manatrors and work
men arc to atrrco to recomuo mt
validity of all decisions of tho Railroad, .
Labor Board, and to faithfully fa'Ty'fu?
out such decisions as contemplated by,...
the law. "
Second The carriers will withdraw
all law suits frrowinfj out of the strike,' . m
i n:i i i i a .i;t-;uDrKa
which have been Involved in the strike
may be taken, Jn the exennao of rfr-'
cninixed riirhta by either party, too
the Hailroad Labor Board foT Ix-hear-
injT. ' '
Third All employes now on strike
to be returned to work and to their
former positions with seniority and
other rights unimpaired. Tho repre
sentatives, of the carriers and the rep
resentatives of tho organisations es
pecially agree that there will bo no
disci imination by either party against
the empioyes who did or did not strike.
In view of tho things said in our
(lersonal interview, it is hardly necos-
sary for mo to emphasize my belief
in the wisdom of the railway Trianag
en accepting this coirmromiso in or
der to brinir the strike to an end- I
havo made a very full appraisal of all
the embarrassment involved in mak
ing the senniority restoration. It haF
ing the seniority restoration. It ha
ih(. orrlor nf lhlnr" on the day tht
Easy
Terms
strike' begun be restored, and that
employer and workers agree against
discrimination toward either those
who struck or did not strike, will leave
to the managers only the difficult
problem of dealing with the new men
employed. It would be futile for me to
attempt to point the way of most eas
ily solving that difficulty. Thavo on
ly Attempted to appraise the situation
from the larger viewpoint. It stems
to me hat auch a. settlement brings,
first of all. the restoration to normal
operations in transportation for which
the country is calling. In the second
place, it establishes definitely the full
recognition'' of the Hailroad Iabor
Board -by all parties concerned. I have
not specifically stated it in tho terms
of settlement, but, of course, the
abandonment of the contract system,
in accordance with the decision of th
Hoard, is to be expected on the part of
a" railroads. It is wholly unthinkable
that the Railroad I -a bor Hoard can be
made a useful agency ofthe govern
ment in maintaining industrial peace
in tne railway service, unletts employ
era and workers are both prompt and
unquestioning in their acceptance of
itn decisions. I think it i more de
sirable than I know how to express to
have established the unchallenged au
thority of the Kailroad Iabor Hoard,
because we must do those things which
aro necessary to bring about the recog
nition of tmitablo authority to decide
and end such disputes as menace t;he
continuity of transportation.
iou aro at liberty to present the
situation as 1 have outlined it to you,
and I hope you will convoy to the mem-
berH my deep conviction tnat this dis
pute must be brought to an early ter
mination. 1 need hardly add that 1
have reason to believe these terms
will be accepted by the workers. If
there is good reason why the manag
ers can not accept, they will be olilt-
jpated to open direct negotiation., or
assume full responsibility lor the sit
uation. 1
Very truly your.s,
(signed) WAiRRKN G. UAKbING,
Col. T. Hewitt Cuyler,
Chairman, Association of Railway
Executivea,
care, IWhldorf - Astoria Hotel, New
York City, N. Y.
August 3, VJU.
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Your terms of agreement for sett!
ing the present controversies between
th railroad managements and employ
es, as embodied in your telegram un
der date of July ai. 11)22. have been
presented to a meeting of tho general
cotuerenee committee held in Chiigo,
and acted upon as follows:
The representatives of the employes
leel mams elves under obligation t
Bupport every proper effort on the
part of the Government to bring about
or to preserve tne uninterrupted oik.' ra
tion of the transportation industry,
The stubborn refusal of the railway
executives to establish a Board of Ad
justment, as contemplated by law, ii
order to settle efficiently disputes over
rules and working conditions between
the carriers and their employes: the
continued refusal of railways, repre
senting over a quarter of tho mileage
of t lass Une Railroads, to comply
with the decisions of tho Railroad La
bor Hoard aguinst the practice of con
trading out work and shops; the per
sistent campaign to deny to the rail
way employes just and reasonable
wages, to impose upon them unfair!
working conditions and to disintegrate
their organizations; all in cumulative
effect rendered service by a-a.il way
employes under the terms and condi
tions to bo effective July 1. li)21, in
tolerable to over ninety-five ner cent
of these employes, who, thereforo, vot-1
ed to suspend work. !
It is now proposed that they return i
to work, temporarily accepting wagetl
and working conditions which they I
reel to bo unjust with reliance uponi
the following urogram for redress of
grievances. i
"Kirst, railway managers and work-l
men are to agree to recognize the val
idity of alt decisions of the Railroad
Labor Hoard, and to faithfully carry
out such decisions as contempatcd by
the law."
The employes have always taken the
position that as lonir as they contin
ued to render service they should abide
by the rules and working conditions
and accent the wages agreed upon by
proper negotiation, or determined by
tho Labor Hoard after a hearing of a
dispute upon any of .these matters.
They respectfully point nut again that
violations of law and refusals ot com
ply with decisions of the Labor Hoard,
havo been exhibited only by the rail
way managements and that it htA
been universally admitted that the em
ployes, in exercising their right
n;npnil work under nnn-nrcentahlo
the streets :ire covered with, snow aud ics mid
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everybody is clniiiorinir for service, deliveries
are impaired.
Then, tot), there are other contingencies that
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conditions, were neither violating the
law nor the decisions of the Board.
We understand that the recognition
of "the validity of all decisions of the
Railroad Labor Hoard, aa contempatcd
by the law" means, for example, that
in the case of the Pennsylvania Rail
road all employes wili return to work"
under the wages and working condi
tions established in the decisions of
the Labor Hoard and that the sole
tmestion of "validity" pending ib th'j
authority of the Labor Board to de
termine as in decision No. 218, the
method of selecting accredited repre
sentatives of the employes, assuming
that tho railroad has appealed from
the decision of the United States Cir
cuit! Coutt of Appeals, which sus
tained tho action of the Labor Board.
"Second, the carriers will withdraw
all lawsuits growing out of the strike,
and Railroad Labor Hoard decisions
which have been involved in the
stiike may be taken, in the exercise
of recognized rights by cither party,
to the Railroad Labor Board for re- ,
hearing."
Jt is our understanding that the
representatives of the employes, uPtm
seeking a rehearing of the controvert
ed decisions concerning wages and
working conditions, will be afforded
a prompt rehearing and decision by
the Labor Hoard. We assume also
that the practically unanimous action
of tho employes in electing to suspend
work and in continuing this suspension
under ino sanction ot, ana in accord
ance with the laws of, their natioaal
organizations, has ended any captious
questioning as to who aro the proper
ly accredited spokesmen of the vast
majority of railway employes. Wo do-
sire to call attention to the orderly and
disciplined conduct of these empoyes
under difficult conditions, whitii has
demonstrated the indispensable value
of their national organization in aid
of the effective adjustment of contro
versies and the efficient conduct of
the industry.
"Third, all employes now on strike
to be returned to work and to thevr
former Positions with seniority and
other rights unimpaired. The repre
sentatives of the carriers and of tha
organisations csoecially agree that
there will bo no discrimination hy ei
ther party against tho employes who,
did or did not strike."
We are glad to observe that the b.
vious justice of this proposition has
been accepted. It would certainly bo
a wholesale injustice of unparalleled
(Continued on Pago Two)
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