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“M e e t U s o n T h e M id w a y ”
T h e E v e n t o f t h e T im e s
Something te Remember up to
Great Street Fair and Carnival
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the date of your Heart Failure
The Streets of Cairo
The Oriental Theatre
Occupying Many Solid Blocks, taking in
an Entire Street from Curb to Curb . . .
The German Village
The Dancing Girls
Portland, Oregon, September 4 to 15, 1900
U n d er the auspices o f the P ortland E lks. Surpassing in M agnitude and G randeur, a n y th in g o f th e kind ever
attem p ted on th e Pacific Coast. T he great parade of th e E lk s and o th er orders. T h e Ita lia n p ark a n d fountain.
T h e m agnificent triu m p h a l arch and grand M idway filled with w onderful attractions. M ining, M ercantile, A gricul
tu re H o rticu ltu re an d o th er in d u strial e x h ib its. T h e W om en’s P avilion, designed by wom en, b uilt by women and
decorated by wom en for th e ex h ib it of w om en’s ind u strial work. T he G rain Palace, b u ilt o f O regon an d W ashing
ton g rain s and grasses. Music, G ayety and F un. N ight tu rn e d into day. Lowest rail and w ater rates ever given
to Porflaud from all p a rts of th e Pacific N orthw est.
An Arabian Pageant
Crowning the Queen
Rex, King of the Carnival Attended
p e rso n a l q u estio n , no sid e issu e, can
h id e t h a t q u estio n . It is n o t solved
by any o r all o u r little ind iv id u al a t
(C o n tin u ed from P ag e 2.)
te m p ts . C h a rity is n o th in g b u t a rec-
o g n izatio n of th is problem . I t is n o t
sla v e s be ju stified in sa y in g : “ W e do
a s te p to w a rd its solution. O ur e v a n
W EEKLY
R E P O R T OF
L A B O R ’S
n o t c a re to h e a r w h a t you h a v e to
g elism ig n o re s o r e v a d e s it. O ur
L O C A L P A R L IA M E N T .
say c o n c e rn in g ou r sin s. W e h a v e no
c h u rc h e s, fo r th e m o st p a rt, lik e th e
u se fo r y our e x h o rta tio n s. W e w ill
p rie s ts and L e v ite s of long ago, p a ss
n o t lis te n to your fru itle s s w ords. W e
it by on th e o th e r side. I do n o t say
O rg a n ize d L a b o r is B ecom ing a P ow er
w a n t o u r freedom . U n til w e h a v e t h a t
t h a t it c a n be s e ttle d in fo rty -eig h t
w e a re n o t m en a t all. W e a re so m e
in T h is C ity — A ffilia tio n W ith th e
h o u rs. B ut it c a n be solved in m uch
th in g le ss th a n m en and w om en. T h e re
F e d e ra te d T ra d e s A s s e m b ly H elps
tim e th a n th o se people th in k w ho m a
is no use ta lk in g m o ra ls o r relig io n
te r ia l in te r e s t do n o t m ak e th e m in
In d iv id u a l U n io n s.
to us. G ive us fre e d o m .” Of co u rse,
a n y p a rtic u la r h u rry a b o u t it.
To
th e sla v e s w ould n o t be in te llig e n t
th e c h u rc h m ay th e w ords of M ordecai
enough a s a ru le to sa y th a t. B ut
T he m eetin g w a s called to o rd er
be m o st fittin g ly a p p lie d :
“ W ho
th o se w ho did h a v e in te llig e n c e w ould
p ro m p tly a t 8 o'clock, w ith P re sid e n t
k n o w e th w h e th e r th o u a r t n o t com e to
say th a t, and it w ould be u n a n s w e r th e kingdom fo r such a tim e as th is ? ”
B u sh m a n in th e ch air. T h e re w as
able.
“ s ta n d in g room on ly .” b u t t h a t did
To th e c h u rc h , too, a re th o se w ords of
T h e m em b ers of th e w o rk in g c la ss
M ordecai a p p lic a b le :
“ If th o u a lto n o t d e te r th e d e le g a te s p re s e n t from
to day, o r a t le a s t som e of th em , a re
ta k in g a lively in te re s t in th e p ro
g e th e r h o ld e st th y p eace a t th is tim e,
m ore in te llig e n t th a n th o se slav es.
ceedings of th e evening.
th e n sh a ll re lie f a n d d e liv e ra n c e a ris e
And th is is e x a ctly w h a t th e y h a v e
T h e e x e cu tiv e com m ittee is
now
fro m a n o th e r place, b u t th o u an d th y
th o u g h t, w h e th e r it w ould be w h a t
looking
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F a t h e r ’s h o u se sh a ll p e ris h .”
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th e y h a v e said o r not. A nd th is is th e
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ts
of
fa ilu re of th e c h u rc h to d e a l w ith th e
re a s o n w hy th e y h av e found so little
th e A ssem bly.
g r e a te s t and m o st v ital q u e stio n t h a t
T h e L a b o r D ay com m ittee rep o rted
u se fo r o u r c h u rc h e s. O ur m e ssa g e to
e v e r re s te d upon th e so u ls of m en
th
a t it secu red C o rd ra y ’s th e a te r fo r
th em h a s ig nored th e one problem
c a n h a v e b u t one re s u lt. It c a n n o t
th e L a b o r D a y m ass m eeting. T h e
w hich com es first. W e h a v e a ssu m e d
d e fe a t, th o u g h it m ay delay, th e e n d s
co m m ittee w as in stru c te d to h ire an
v ery o fte n t h a t th e ro ad to th e ir
of ju stic e . B u t it will prove th e u tte r
o rc h e s tra fo r th e evening.
e m a n c ip a tio n lies in th e d ire c tio n of
d e s tru c tio n of th e c h u rc h t h a t r e
T h e booth com m ittee rep o rted th a t
p e rso n a l re g e n e ra tio n . B u t w e o u g h t
fu ses. It will ta k e aw ay from it a ll
it a rra n g e d fo r th e erection of a booth
to know t h a t a s in th e c a se of th e
th a t m ak e s it w o rth w hile to m a in ta in
a
t th e s tre e t fair,
w here o rg an ized
n eg ro sla v e s it w as w ell n ig h idle to
its e x iste n ce . P e rh a p s th e c h u rc h t h a t
la b o r w ill h a v e a n o p p o rtu n ity to “ a d
ta lk of re g e n e ra tio n so long a s th e y
d a re s to a p p ro a c h and d eal fra n k ly
v e rtise ” its cause. V arious tra d e s
w ere k e p t in sla v e ry , so it is idle now
an d
fe a rle s s ly w ith th e in d u stria l
unions h a v e prom ised to a d v e rtise
to ta lk of such a th in g in th e c a se of
q u e stio n will p e rish .
P e rh a p s th e
th e ir label, a n d lab o r lite ra tu re w ill
th e c o rre sp o n d in g econom ic c la s s of
golden s c e p te r will n o t be held o u t to
be d istrib u te d .
so ciety to day. If th e sla v e h ad been
t h a t in stitu tio n . I am q u ite confident
It w a s decided by m otion t h a t a
in te llig e n t, he w ould h a v e know n th a t
i t w ill n o t be. B ut th e m an o r th e
u nion m an be em ployed to a tte n d to
he w as b u t fo rg in g th e c h a in s of h is
in s titu tio n w hich se es n o th in g in b e th e booth d u rin g th e fair.
sla v e ry a ll th e s tro n g e r, th e m ore
h a lf of w hich it is w illing to sa y : “ I
A co m m u n icatio n w as received from
fa ith fu l h e se rv e d th e in te r e s ts of hU
w ill go, and if I p e rish , I p e ris h ,” h a s
th e p a in te rs ’ union, s ta tin g th a t Mr.
m a s te r. F o r h is m a s te r could sa y to
it n o t in its pow er to lif t th is w orld
J u sto u , of th e J a v a re s ta u ra n t, has
all th e w o rld :
“S ee how c o n te n te d
a h a ir ’s b re a d th n e a re r to th e en d s
s e ttle d his late d isp u te to th e s a tis
my c la v e s a re . See how fa ith fu lly
of rig h te o u sn e ss. T h e re a re som e
fac tio n o f th e union. H is n am e w as
th ey s e rv e m e. T h ey do n o t w a n t to
th in g s w o rse th a n d e a th . T h e re a re a
o rd ered to be rem oved from th e “ u n
be fre e .”
g r e a t m any th in g s t h a t a re fa r m ore
fa ir ” list.
T h e re is no w ay in w hich th e c h u rc h
fa ta l to all t h a t m en h a v e a rig h t to
Bro. B arry , from T y p o g rap h ical
can ta k e such a long s te p to w a rd th e
hold d e a r th a n fa ilu re in a rig h te o u s
Union, w a s ap p o in ted m arsh a l of th e
fu lfillm en t of its re a l fu n c tio n s a s by
c a u se . T riu m p h in a c a u se w hich is
la b o r division of th e ca rn iv al p a ra d e .
p u ttin g its e lf
in th e p lace of th e
H e w a s em pow ered to call on th e v a
triv ia l and w o rth le ss is one of them .
w o rk in g class. T h is is th e “G olden
rious unions fo r volunteers.
It w as n o t th e financially su c ce ssfu l
r u le ” fo r th e ch u rc h to d ay . I t m u st
T h e follow ing resolution w as in tro
c h u rc h in th e first c e n tu ry w hich th e
see th in g s from th e p o in t of view of
duced
by Bro. M organ, of th e Mill-
w rite r of th e book of R ev e latio n con
th o se w hose c o n d itio n is n o t ju s t. To
w o rk e rs' Union, an d on m otion, u n a n
sid e re d th e m o st su ccessfu l. It w as
say th e le a s t, it m u st p u t its e lf in th e
im ously adopted:
th e ch u rc h w hich w as b lesse d w ith
place of th e v a s t m a jo rity of people.
Resolved. T h a t th e sev eral tra d e s
vision fo r th e d e m a n d s of its ow n
It is no p a rt of th e b u sin e ss of th e
unions
h av in g d e leg ates in th is A s
lim e and place. It is only th e e x is t
c h u rc h to a ssu m e t h a t co n d itio n s, as
sem
bly
be. an d th ey h ereb y are. re
en ce a n d th e co n scio u sn e ss of som e
th ey e x ist, a re a ll rig h t. It is r a t h c a u se th a t is noble a n d ben eficien t,
q u e ste d to use a ll honorable m eans
e r its b u sin e ss to know t h a t th e p ro b t h a t h a s pow er to m ak e h u m an life
w ith in th e ir pow er to p ro cu re s u b
a b ilitie s a re all on th e o th e r side.
ric h and sw e e t and stro n g .— T h e So sc rib e rs for. an d o th erw ise prom ote
It m u st know th a t th is is a w orld of
th e a d v a n c e m e n t o f “T he P o rtla n d
cial Forum .
chfyige a n d it m u st se e th e re a l n eed
L ab o r P re s s ”—th e new la b o r p a p e r
of th e c h a n g es th a t a re to be m ade,
j
u s t s ta rte d h ere in our city, a n d re
A few y e a rs m ore of th e re ig n of
cen
tly endorsed a s th e official o rg an
and give its aid in th e ir a c co m p lish
tru s ts , and th e m iddle c la s s will be
m ent.
forced in to th e ra n k s of w age-w ork of th is A ssem bly: an d be it
R esolved, T h a t th e said se v e ra l d el
In conclusion I h av e ju s t th is w ord
e rs. T h is is no m ere sp e cu la tio n , b u t
e
g
a te s h a v in g s e a ts in th is body as
to say. W e a re facin g a s itu a tio n t o
th e logical o u tco m e of c a p ita listic
a
fo
re sa id be, a n d th ey hereb y are, in
day w hich m en of b o th c la se s a re
“e x p a n sio n .”
s
tru
c te d to co m m u n icate th e foregoing
a w a re of. T he p ro b lem s of o u r tim e
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re q u e s t to th e ir resp e c tiv e u n io n s a n d
do n o t re q u ire a m icroscope in o rd e r
in g th e p a p e r p lea se n o tify th is of u rg e upon th em e a rly actio n in con
to be discovered. T h e su p re m e one
fo rm ity th e re to .”
fice.
now, a s ev er, is th a t of ju stic e . No
F U N C T IO N S
OF
A
CHURCH.
MEETING OF
THE ASSEMBLY
by his Magnificent Court
T h e reso lu tio n p assed a t th e last
m eetin g to boycott th e circu s w a s re
scinded.
On m otion, th e c h a ir ap p o in ted Bro.
F r a n k Thom pson, from th e P a in te rs '
U nion, to call the L a b o r D ay m eetin g
to order.
S everal o th e r m a tte r s of g r e a t im
p o rta n c e w ere discu ssed an d disposed
of.
On m otion, it w a s decided to call
fo r v o lu n te e rs to a c t a s u sh ers fo r the
L ab o r D ay m eeting.
T h e m eetin g th en ad jo u rn e d .
S U B S C R IP T IO N
RATES.
T h e P o rtla n d L a b o r P re s s h a s a
g u a ra n te e d c irc u la tio n am o n g th e
tra d e u n io n ists of th is city , m o st of the
la rg e s t a n d in flu e n tial lab o r o rg a n iz a
tio n s h a v in g su b scrib ed for th e e n tire
m em b ersh ip . It is e n d o rse d by th e
P o rtla n d F e d e ra te d T ra d e s A sse m
bly, w hich body h a s also a d o p te d it
as its official paper.
U n ions th a t a re m em b ers of th is
A sso c ia tio n and d e sire to su b scrib e
fo r th e ir e n tire m em b ersh ip , th e su b
sc rip tio n p ric e is $1.00 p er y e a r for
e a ch m em ber.
F o r u n io n s th a t a re n o t m em b ers
of th is A sso ciatio n , b u t w ish to su b
sc rib e fo r th e ir e n tire m em b ersh ip ,
th e su b sc rip tio n p ric e is $1.25 p e r
y e a r fo r e a c h m em ber.
S ingle su b sc rip tio n s, $1.50 p e r y ear.
T h e su b sc rip tio n p ric e h a s b een
placed a t a low figure so a s to b rin g
th e P o rtla n d L ab o r P re s s w ith in th e
re a c h of ev e ry w age-w orker a n d io
co v er th e ex p en se of p u b lic a tio n in
a c c o rd a n c e w ith union ru le s a n d re g u
latio n s. No “p a te n t in sid e s ” a re used,
and, w ith th e ex cep tio n of s ta n d in g a n
n o u n c e m e n ts, ev e ry o th e r lin e b rin g s
th e la te s t new s an d to p ic s of in te r e s t
to w age-w orkers in g en eral, a n d o r
ganized la b o r in p a rtic u la r.
August io, 1900.
This is to certify that we
indorse THE
PORTLAND
LABOR PRESS and adopt it
as our official paper.
PORTLAND FEDERATED
TRADES ASSEMBLY.
(Signed and
sealed)
J . A. B U SH M A N ,
President.
A. A. B A IL E Y ,
Secretary.
T h e a d v e rtis e rs in th e P o rtla n d
L ab o r P r e s s a re e n title d to th e p a tro n
ag e of its frie n d s.
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