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PORTLAND
T H E B R O W N M A N 'S B U R D E N
P ile on th e brow n m a n ’s b u rd en ;
And it' ye ro u se h is h a te ,
M eet his o ld -fash io n ed reaso n s
W ith M axim s up to date.
W ith shells and dum dum b u lle ts
A h u n d red tim es m ak e p lain
T he brow n m a n ’s loos m u st ever
Im ply th e w h ite m a n ’s gain.
P ile on th e brow n m a n ’s b u rd en ;
Com pel him to be free;
L et all y o u r m an ifesto es
R eek w ith p h ila n th ro p y ;
And if w irh h e a th e n folly
H e d ares y o u r will d isp u te,
T hen, in th e n a m e of F reedom ,
D on't h e s ita te to shoot.
P ile on th e brow n m a n ’s b u rd en ;
And, if h is c ry be sore,
T h a t su re ly need not irk you,
Y ou’ve d riv e n sla v e s before.
Seize on h is p o rta a n d p a stu re s,
T h e fields his people tra d e ;
Go, m ake from them y o u r living.
And m a ik th em w ith his dead.
P ile on th e brow n m a n ’s b u rd en ;
N or do n o t deem it h ard
If you should e a rn th e ra n c o r
Of th o se ye y e a rn to gu ard ,
T he sc re a m in g of y o u r E a g le
W ill dow n th e v ic tim ’s sob:
Go or th ro u g h fire and sla u g h te r,
T h e re ’s d o lla rs in th e job.
P ile on th e brow n m a n ’s b u rd en ;
A nd th ro u g h th e w orld proclaim
T h a t ye a re F re e d o m ’s agents,
T h e re ’s n o m ore p a y in g gam e.
A nd should y o u r ow n p a st h isto ry
S tra ig h t in y o u r te e th be th ro w n ,
R e to rt th a t independence
Is good for you alone.
P ile on th e b row n m a n ’s burden,
W ith e q u ity h a v e done;
W eak, a n tiq u a te d scru p les
T h e ir sq u eam ish c o u rse h av e ru n ;
A nd, th o u g h ’tis F re e d o m ’s b a n n e r
Y ou’re w a v in g in th e v an,
R eserve fo r hom e co n su m p tio n
T he sa cre d “ R ig h ts of M an.”
— H e n ry L abouchere.
STA NFO RD
U N IV E R S IT Y .
T he follow ing is rep o rted as an in te r ­
view w ith th e la te S e n a to r S tan fo rd ,
a t th e tim e he w as re p re s e n tin g th e
S ta te of C a lifo rn ia in th e U nited S ta te s
S enate. In view of th e k in d e rg a rte n
policv o f th e L eland S ta n fo rd J r. U n i­
v e rsity , in sta lle d by th e com pulsory
re sig n a tio n of P ro fe sso rs H ow ard and
R oss, it is m ig h ty in te re s tin g read in g ,
sa y s O rganized L abor.
“ T h e g re a t a d v a n ta g e to lab o r a ris ­
in g o u t o f co-operative effo rt has been
a p p a re n t to m e for m an y years. F rom
m y e a rlie st a c q u a in ta n c e
w ith th e
science of p o litical econom y, it has
been e v id en t to my m ind th a t ca p ital
w as th e p ro d u c t of lab o r, and th a t,
th erefo re, in its best a n a ly sis, th e re
could be no n a tu ra l conflict betw een
c a p ita l and labor, because th e re could
be no a n ta g o n ism betw een cause and
effect—betw een effort and th e re s u lt
of effort; and since c a p ita l is th e p ro ­
duct of labor, th e re could be n o con­
flict betw een lab o r and its products.
K eeping th is fu n d a m e n ta l p rin cip le in
view , it is obvious t h a t th e seem ing
an ta g o n ism betw een c a p ita l and lab o r
is th e re s u lt of decep tiv e ap p earan ces.
I have a lw a y s been fully persuaded
t h a t th ro u g h co-operation lab o r could
becom e its ow n em ployer. T h e in v e s t­
m en t and e m p lo y m en t of c a p ita l is
dep en d en t e n tire ly upon th e p ro d u ct ot'
th e lab o r em ployed by it.
“ As a t p re s e n t o rganized, th e in d u s­
trie s of th e w orld a re u n d e r th e d ire c ­
tio n of em ployers. A m an m ay pos­
sess in d u stry a n d p ro d u c tiv e cap acity
and sk ill, b u t he m u st first m ake a n
a g re e m e n t w ith an e m p lo y er before he
can m ake these q u a litie s v a lu a b le to
him self. As in te llig en c e h a s increased
and been m o re w idely diffused am ong
m en, g re a te r d isc o n te n t has been ob­
servable, and m en say th e conflict be­
tw een c a p ita l an d la b o r is in te n sify in g ,
w hen t'he re a l tru th is, th a t by th e in ­
LABOR
telligence m en are becom ing m ore
n e a rly capable of co-operation. In a
still h ig h e r s ta te of in tellig en ce th is
prem ium will be e lim in atel a lto g e th e r,
because la b o r can and will becom e its
own em p lo y er th ro u g h co-operative a s ­
sociation.
“C o-operation is m erely an ex ten sio n
to th e in d u s tria l life of o u r people of
o u r g re a t p olitical system of self-gov­
e rn m en t.
T h a t go v ern m en t itse lf is
founded upon the g re a t d o ctrin e of th e
consent of th e governed, and has its
co rn er-sto n e in th e m em orable p rin c i­
ple th a t m en a re endow ed w ith in a lie n ­
ab le rig h ts. T h is p rinciple has a c le a r­
ly defined place in co-operative o rg a n ­
ization. T he rig h t of each individual
in any re la tio n to secure to him self
th e full benefit of h is intelligence, his
capacity, his in d u stry and skill a re
am ong th e in alie n a b le in h e rita n c e s of
h u m a n ity .’
J A P A N E S E IM M I G R A T I O N .
Som e I n v e s tig a tio n as to th e M an ­
n e r i n W h ic h T h e y A r e G e t t in g
I n t o t h e C o u n tr y .
A d isp a tc h from W a sh in g to n , D. C.,
says th a t th e c o m p la in ts in B ritish
C olum bia re g a rd in g th e in cre asin g
im m ig ra tio n of Ja p a n e se cheap labor
lends special in te re s t to th e la te s t fig­
u res on th e su b je c t received by th e
U nited S ta te s T re a su ry D ep artm en t
from th e A m erican im m ig ra tio n offi­
cers sta tio n e d in th a t province. S im i­
la r c o m p la in ts to th o se m ade in B ritish
C olum bia a re being c o n sta n tly heard
from t'he S ta te of W ash in g to n . T he
eifo rts of th e T re a su ry D e p a rtm en t,
how ever, to show th a t Ja p an e se a re be­
ing b ro u g h t in to th e U nited S tates
from th e p ro v in ce u n d e r c o n tra c t as
lab o re rs have n o t been very successful.
The im m ig ra tio n b u reau h a s received
figures sh o w in g th a t the n u m b er of
Ja p a n e se a rriv in g in B ritish C olum bia
in t'he la s t six m o n th s of 1900 w as 2,121
as a g a in s t o n ly 1,719 in th e c o rre sp o n d ­
ing six m o n th s of 1899. As th e ra tio of
in cre ase in th is class of im m ig ra tio n
in to th e U nited S ta te s h a s been ab o u t
the sam e, th e officials here a re in a
good p o sitio n to a p p re c ia te th e s ta te of
feeling in B ritish C olum bia, says th e
In d ep e n d e n t. By m o n th s in th e last
half of 19(10 th e n u m b er of Ja p a n e se
im m ig ra n ts la n d in g in B ritish C olum ­
bia is given a s follow s: Ju ly , 399; A u­
gust, 400; S eptem ber, 555;i October,
290; N ovem ber, 206; and D ecem ber,
200. F o r th e sam e m o n th s th e y ear
before th e n u m b ers w ere respectively
163, 204, 501, 166, 189 and 74. C om m is­
sio n e r-G e n era l P ow derly, of th e im ­
m ig ra tio n b u rea u , re c e n tly said in his
re p o rt co n c ern in g th e im m ig ra tio n of
Ja p a n e se : “ Special in v e stig a tio n by an
officer of th e b u reau fu rn ish e s c o rro b ­
o ra tio n of th e belief th a t th e alien co n ­
tra c t la b o r law s a re being c o n sta n tly
violated, p a rtic u la rly in th e Puget
Sound d istric t. U nless th e exigencies
of th e J a p a n e se g o v ern m en t, now in
need of its subjects, sh a ll av ail to
check th e tide w hich h as set in th ro u g h
th e N o rth w e st Pacific p orts, th e bureau
a p p re h e n d s th a t th e tro u b le a lre a d y r e ­
s u ltin g in N o rth w e ste rn S ta te s will
reach an a c p te sta g e w ith in a sh o rt
tim e.” T he officials of th e J a p a n e se le
g a tio n h e re have s ta rte d an in q u iry
w ith th e hom e g o v e rn m e n t to a sc e rta in
w hy, if it is tru e , th e e m ig ratio n of
J a p a n e s e has increased. T he legation
officials have m ain ta in e d , ev er since
th e first c o m p la in ts w ere m ade som e
m o n th s ago, th a t th e influx of Ja p a n e s e
in B ritish C olum bia and W a sh in g to n
would soon decrease, as it w as said
th a t th e J a p a n e se g o v ern m en t had ta k ­
en m ea su res to accom plish th a t end.
T h e re a re h u n d re d s of w om en in
C h in a w ho k ill th em se lv e s every day
because th e ir lives a re too m ise ra b le to
be borne. In civilized c o u n trie s w ork
is done in a m ore h u m an e way. M en’s
lab o r en d s a t se t of sun, b u t w om en’s
w ork is n e v e r done. T he re s u lt is
know n to everybody. O ur c e m e te rie s
an d asy lu m s a re p re m a tu re ly filled.—
C itizen a n d C ountry.
3
PR ESS
TH E BOYCOTT.
UNITED HATTERS OF NORTH AMERICA
S u g g e s tio n s to T h o se W h o M ay
W a n t to E m p lo y T h is M e a n s o f
B r i n g i n g U n f a i r P e o p le
to T erm s.
T he follow ing su g g estio n s by a cor­
resp o n d e n t to th e M idland M echanic,
m ay be o f service to our rea d e rs:
I w ould su g g est th e follow ing solu­
tio n to the boycott problem :
1st. L et all boycotts indorsed by the
In d u stria l C ouncil sta n d u n til disposed
of.
2nd. L e t th e E x e c u tiv e C om m ittee
ta k e up th e boycotts and push them in
th e o rd er of th e ir in d o rsem en t or se n i­
ority .
3d. H ave each union th a t has a boy­
co tt on list, c o n trib u te le n d o lla rs a
m onth, said sum to be applied to a
special fund w hich sh a ll be u n d e r th e
ju ris d ic tio n of th e E x e c u tiv e C om m it­
tee and to be know n as> th e “ u n fa ir
fu n d ,” an d to be used by th is co m m it­
tee in p u sh in g th e b o ycotts in th e o r­
der of th e ir in d o rsem en t.
4th. N o u n io n sh a ll h a v e a second
boycott indorsed u n til all boycotts on
th e lis t a re settled , and th e E xecutive
C om m ittee sh a ll n o t push a second
bo y co tt for any union w hile a n o th e r
union has a boycott on th e list th a t
has not been settled.
5th. A ny union re fu s in g to pay its
ten d o lla rs m o n th ly sh a ll have its in ­
dorsem en t by th e In d u stria l Council
w ith d ra w n .
6th. A ny union d e sirin g to place a
bo y co tt u n d e r the in d o rse m e n t of th e
In d u s tria l Council m ay do so by p ay ­
ing the ten d o lla rs a m o n th on or a fte r
receiv in g said in d o rsem en t, b u t such
bo y co tt m u st be w ith h eld u n til all
th o se p rev io u sly indorsed a re se ttle d
and disposed of.
T he a d v a n ta g e s of th is m ethod a re:
1st. A ny u n io n t h a t has not in te re st
enough in its w ork to expend th e sum
of ten d o lla rs to push th e boycott
a g a in s t a n y u n fa ir firm w ill, upon re ­
p o rt of its n eglect by th e E xecutive
C om m ittee, have its in d o rse m e n t w ith ­
draw n.
2nd. By th is m eans a c e n tra l fund
w in be c reated u n d e r a c e n tra l a u th o r­
ity to be used fo r th e one and specified
purpose of p u sh in g b o y c o tts and m a k ­
ing it possible to c o n c e n tra te th e pow ­
e r of th e lab o r m ovem ent upon each
and every bo y co tt in its tu rn .
3rd. I t w ould be a ch eap er m ethod
for th e local union, as no union could
push a b o y co tt or do such effective
w ork fo r th e sam e sum as th e E xecu­
tiv e C om m ittee could, w ith a com m on
fund fu rn is h e d by all th e u n io n s h a v ­
in g boycotts, and c o n c en tra te d on one
boycott.
4th. T h e first boycott se ttle d by
th is m eth o d w ould a t once have an
effect on th e re m a in in g ones and be­
fo re th e lis t w as cleared up th e value
of th e bo y co tt as a w eapon w ould be
m a te ria lly en h an ced , w here a t p rese n t
it is of b u t little a p p a re n t value.
THE LABO R PROGRAM M E.
T he lab o r p ro g ram m e for th e T w en ­
tie th c e n tu ry is as follow s: To o rg a n ­
ize th e yet unorg an ized w orkers, to
build up n a tio n a l and in te rn a tio n a l
unions, to z ra k e o u r u n ions m ore effec­
tive, to p ro te c t th e in te re s ts of th e to il­
ers, to pro m o te th e ir w elfare by all
possible m ethods, to safeg u ard every
ste p we have gained. It m ay be tru e
th a t o th e rs by th e ir sy m p a th e tic actio n
m ay aid th e w o rk e rs’ m ovem ent, bur
we re se n t th e prom ises and claim s of
a n y a n d all th a t th e b e tte rm e n t of la ­
bor o r th e a b o litio n of any form of in ­
ju stic e to th e wage e a rn e rs depends
upon a n y o th e r pow er th a n th e fed e r­
a te d lab o r u n io n s of th e c o u n try . A s­
so ciated ca p ital m u st be tr e t by organ,
ized labor. W o rk ers as in d iv id u als a re
to d ay as m uch a t th e m ercy of th e e m ­
plo y in g class as a ru d d erless sh ip in a
te m p e stu o u s sea is a t th e m ercy of th e
w aves.—Sam uel G om pers in New Y ork
W orld.
W o rk in g people alw ay s p atro n ize
th e a d v e rtis e rs in th e L ab o r P re ss in
p referen ce to o th ers.
Buy no h a t w ith o u t th is L abel is sew ed
in the h a t under th e sw eat-b an d , and
a re p erforated on ed g es like a p o sta g e
stam p.
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L IK E IT
BEFORE.
J o h n D ellar w ill s la u g h te r goods a t
p rices th a t you nev er saw before.
R ead th e follow ing p a rtic u la rs : M en’s
su its, heavy c h e v io ts o r w orsteds, re g ­
u la r $10 values, sla u g h te re d a t $6;
m en ’s o v erco ats, $10 an d $12 values,
cu t to $7; boys’ s u its and ov erco ats,
$3 and $4 values, m ark ed dow n to $2;
boys’ shoes, oil g rain , kip o r calf, a t
$1.25; m en ’s an d la d ie s’ shoes, $3
values, go for $2. See th e show w in ­
dow s filled w ith goods re p re se n tin g
th e b ig g est b a rg a in s you ever saw.
J o h n D ellar, c o rn e r of F irs t and Y am ­
hill stre e ts.
Jo in th e union.