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4 PORTLAND LABOR PRESS A N ELOQUENT A PPE A L . T H E CH ICAG O F E D E R A T IO N . D isc u ss a t L e n g th th e O rd er o f th e M a d e b y a G e o r g ia S ta te s m a n fo r A m e r ic a n F e d e r a tio n on th e a R e c o g n itio n o f th e R ig h t s Q u e stio n o f T rad e o f C h ild r e n . A u to n o m y . T h e infam ous factory system is pene T he order of th e A m erican F e d e ra tr a tin g th e so u th and th e m o n ster of tion of L abor th a t the c h a rte r of the greed is calin g for ten d e r ch ild ren for C hicago F e d e ra tio n of L abor should be its food, says T h e T obacco W orker. revoked if c e rta in u n ions a re not ex Som e m en, able to see som e of th e h o r pelled before Ju n e 1 was discussed for ro rs w hich will come in th e w ake of th re e hours in executive session a t th e the in d u stria l d evelopm ent of the south, la st m eeting of th e c e n tral body. a re nobly b u t im p o ten tly s triv in g to N early every delegate declared h im so ften th e b ru ta lity of th e com ing era self opposed to th e order of th e A m er by leg isla tio n a g a in s t child labor. ican F e d e ra tio n for th e reason th a t the W h ile the a n ti-c h ild lab o r bill w hich sam e actio n had not been tak e n in re w as defeated, was up for discussion in gard to o th e r c e n tra l bodies th a t w ere th e G eorgia le g isla tu re , Hon. Seaborn v io la tin g th e law s of th e n a tio n a l W rig h t spoke eloquently for its p a ss body. age. H is p e ro ra tio n follow s: The law s of th e A m erican F e d eratio n “ T he s p irit a n im a tin g th e opposition of L abor p ro h ib it th e adm ission of to th is bill is th e s p irit of com m ercial dual and non-affiliated u n ions to c h a r ism . It know s no pity. It chills every tered c e n tra l bodies, says th e U nion g en ero u s th o u g h t and deadens every A dvocate. It was said th a t 90 per cent holy feeling. It m easu res all th in g s — of th e c e n tra l labor bodies in th e m anhood, w om anhood and childhood— U nited S ta te s are v io la tin g th is law, by th e dollar. T he h e a rts and b ra in s and th a t it w as stra n g e th a t C hicago —aye, th e puny w eig h t of c h ild re n — should be chosen th e first victim . It is a re v aluable only as th e y can be coined also declared th a t th e A m erican F e d in to m oney. You lay our little c h ild ren ' e ra tio n w as ab o u t to c h a rte r th e C en a t th e feet of e a ste rn cap ital and say tra l F e d e ra tio n U nion of New Y ork all th is will we give in exchange for City, w hich had a dozen u n ions in its y o u r dollars. m em bership th a t are not recognized. “ I lift the s ta n d a rd of rev o lt today T hese include several K n ig h ts of L abor and in th e nam e of th e so u th denounce assem blies. th e unholy traffic. A le tte r from P re sid e n t G om pers to “ Mr. Speaker, I stood a t th e door of the New Y ork c e n tra l body was read. a hu m b le co ttage shadow ed by th e fac In it. he sta te d th a t a c h a rte r would be to r y ’s m assive w alls. T he m istre ss of issued to t h a t organization. th is hom e w as th e wife of a g a lla n t W h ile th e s e n tim e n t w as practically C on fed erate so ldier. T hey had seen u n an im o u s fo r tra d e autonom y, and b e tte r days. D eath had k in d ly com e to th a t th e A m erican F e d e ra tio n ’s ord er him . and he slept. T he rem o rseless w as u n ju st, it w as finally decided to h a n d of n ecessity had driven th e w id a p p o in t a com m ittee to correspond w ith ow and her ch ild ren out from th e old P re sid e n t G om pers. T he com m ittee hom estead to th e hum ble cottag e. A s w ill also urge all unions n o t affiliated I stood th e g ates of th e fac to ry sw ung w ith t'he A m erican F e d e ra tio n to secure open, and am id a h u n d red c h ild ren hers c h a rte rs th ere fro m . cam e. T hey w ere y o u n g Children. T h e k in d ly w alls of th e n u rse ry should have been aro u n d them . T h ere w as no B IG B R E W E R Y LO CK O UT. sp rin g in th e ir steps, no lig h t in th e ir L ast week it was rep o rted about a eyes, th e ir cheeks w ere w hite, an d I m ovem ent of m ore th a n 1,000 brew ery th o u g h t, s ta n d in g in th e presence of w orkers' in K ulm bach, B av aria, one of th e ch ild ren of th is C o nfederate so ldier, th e beer in d u stry ce n te rs of G erm any, I w ould give every sp in d le and loom in for a s lig h t b e tte rm e n t of th e ir con th e so u th to b rin g back th e lig h t to ditions. H ence a lockout w as in au g u th e ir eyes and see th e roses bloom rate d by th e bosses as th ey im agine a g a in upon th e ir little ch eek s.’’ th a t by th e d isch arg e of th e leaders, or r a th e r the spokesm en of th e d issa t A M ODERN LU X U R Y . isfied ones, th e d issa tisfac tio n itself could be suppressed. All th e ir im a g in T he T u rk ish oath in th e la rg e r cities a tio n s n o tw ith sta n d in g , th e bossies of th e w orld has developed a new in don’t seem to know th a t th e o rg an iz a d u s try for w om an. T h u s far, says th e tio n s of lab o r follow s d irectly the de N ew Y ork P ost, th e re is no nam e fo r it, velopm ent of th e in d u stry on larg e b u t it com es close to w h a t in th e old scales. I t is m erely a Don Q uixote d ay s w as know n as th e tra d e of a bush- fight a g a in s t w indm ills, th e fight of elw om an. T he m odern e d itio n and th e K u lm bach brew ery p rinces a g a in st arlodification, how ever, gives it a n en th e o rg an iz atio n of labor. W hen they tir e ly d iffe re n t c h a ra c te r. I n e first believe th a t th ey could destro y w ith a o n e appeared in New Y ork th is week reign of oppression and violence th e and m ade so successful a deb u t th a t tra d e u n ions and th e justified, even too o th e rs will undo u b ted ly come fo rw ard m odest, dem ands of th e ir wage slaves, in th e n e x t m o n th or tw o. A lady th e n we pity them for th e ir ignorance. v isits a b a th and, a fte r d isro b in g and Should on account of th is fight, th e ex d o n n in g h e r b a th in g tu n ic, h a n d s over p ressio n of th e so lid a rity of th e U nited h e r c lo th in g to th e bushelw om an. Sne S ta te s brew ery w orkers be called upon, d u sts it, re p a irs any w orn or to rn edg th e n our co m rad es in G erm any know ing. s tre n g th e n s or replaces b u tto n s well th a t th ey w ill n o t appeal in vain. an d presses th e different pieces of the —B ra u e r Z eitung. w ard ro b e th a t need th a t kind of w orx. T h en w ith an ato m iz e r sh e sp ra y s it w ith a perfum ed d isin fe c ta n t and hangs T opeka (K an.) T yp o g rap h ical U nion th e a rticle in a h eated room so as to is fighting a bill now before th e leg is expel all m oisture. T he process ta k e s la tu re of th a t s ta te w hich, according to from a h a lf hour to an h o u r and a half, rep o rt, seeks to abolish th e office of w hich is less th a n th e tim e req u ire« s ta te p rin te r and have th e w ork done for a R u ssian , T u rk ish , R om an o r elec in th e s ta te p e n ite n tia ry and o th e r tric bath. T he g a rm e n ts coixie out public in stitu tio n s. T he p assage of n e a t, sp o tless, “ d ressy ” and void of ail such a law w ould be a d e trim e n t to tho germ s. T he cost is m o d erate and to e citizens of K a n sa s em ployed a t tn e sa tisfa c tio n to th e w earer un sp eak ab le. p rin tin g trad e. I t would lessen th e ir T he allied tro o p s h av e looted e v e ry th in g in sig h t in C hna. And it is in ti m ated th a t m issio n aries. G od-fearing m en, were am ong th e m ost a c tiv e of th e looters. W ell, w h a t of it? T he allies a re C h ristia n ; th e C hinese a re h e a th e n . If a C h ristia n c a n ’t rob a h e a th e n , w ho th e deuce Is he going to rob? Som e people a re a lto g e th e r too sq u eam ish .—A rk a n saw T h o m as Cat. D on’t let your union card expire. o p p o rtu n itie s of secu rin g w ork and de p rive th e ir fam ilies of th e re su lts of th e ir labor, all fo r w hat? T h a t con victs and o th e rs of th e ir class m ay not rem a in idle. E v ery organized tra d e in K a n sa s should p ro te st a g a in st tne adoption of a 'm easure of th a t c h a ra c ter, and should m ark its fra m e r for de fea t a t th e n e x t election. L abor does n o t need such m en in th e leg islativ e halls. M ake th e clerk show his card. Something of igierosi ago .. Profit to life Wage Earners .... READ . CAREFULLY .... W h at D old’s H igh-G rade B U T T E R IN E is. How it is ch u rn ed and put up, etc. 1. O ur B U T T E R IN E is m ade of pure cream and “Oleo” oil. ab o u t an equal q u a n tity of each. “ Oleo” oil is th e oil e x tra cte d from choice beef fa t w hich m akes the sam e su b sta n c e w hen chu rn ed w ith cream as th e b u tte r fa t w hich is ex tra c te d from m ilk. 2. E v ery possible p recau tio n is used by th e c h u rn e rs in K a n s a s C ity , th a t m odern science can suggest, to m ake our B U T T E n tix E pure, clean, sw eet, w holesom e, and h e a lth fu l, and e n tirely free from d irt or any im p u rity of any kind. 3. All ou r c h u rn s and o th er u ten sils a re kept th o ro u g h ly cleansed e \ - ery day in th e year by th e use of th e m ost m odern c lean sin g m ethods, th u s p rev e n tin g tn e g a th e rin g of im pure acids w hich are so liable to get in to any b u tte r, if th e u tm o st precau tio n is not used to p rev en t it. B u tte r is a p roduct w hich absorbs m ore im p u ritie s w hen being m ade th a n a n y th in g else we e a t—hence th e im p o rtan ce of these p recau tio n s, and also of th e consum ers u sin g a p ro d u ct m ade by people w ho u n d e rsta n d th e science of th e business in all its branches. 4. E v ery em ploye connected w ith the c h u rn in g , w o rk in g and p u ttin g up of o u r p ro d u ct is req u ired to tak e a th o ro u g h oath every m o rn in g and put on a fresh ly lau n d ered su it of spotless w hite clothes before s ta rtin g to work, and w hen going out of th e B U T T E R IN E room s, m ust, on re tu rn in g , w ash his h an d s and a rm s th o ro u g h ly before s ta r tin g to w ork again. H ence you can read ily see w hy we m ak e th e claim th a t o u r product is th e Clean est and p u re st in th e w orld. 5. It is, to m ak e a long story sh o rt, H ygienically m an u fa ctu red foi food. T h o ro u g h ly w orked according to m odern ideas, hence c o n ta in s no B utyric acid, th e im p u rity th a t causes o rd in a ry b u ^ e r to “ sp o il,” or ro t so quickly, and th e n a tu ra l, as well as th e scientific inference is, th a t if you p u t in to your sto m ach a p ro d u ct co n ta in in g th ese im p u ritie s w hich cause th e o rd in a ry b u tte r to ro t—well, to say the least of it, your h e a lth m ust be in som e m easu re dam aged thereby. Y o u r physician w ill tell you th a t BU T T E R IN E is pure, w holesom e a n d h e a lth fu l. D old’s F in e st and P u re st B U T T E R IN E is sold by th e follow ing well know n and e n te rp ris in g firm s, who w ill be pleased to serve you w ith th is su p erio r product. A. J. FARMER, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Phones, Main 403; Col. 243. Third and Jefferson Sts. You can indorse th e p rin c ip le of rig h t and ju stic e by dealin g w ith A. J. F a rm e r, th e G rocer w ho sta n d s for freedom of co m p etitio n in tra d e and “ defies” m e h ig h -p ric e -m a k in g com bines. PACIFIC MARKET AND GROCERY CO. Phones, Grant 1411; Col. 128. 364 Washington St. E PLURIBUS UNUM CO. (INCORPORATED) Creates New Business Offices 819-820 Chamber of Commerce PORTLAND, OREGON Phone Clay 835 MEMBERSHIP FEE . . . Six Months $1.00; One Year $2.00 W E SAVE YO U M O N EY If you are one of our many members, you know it. If you are not a member, you should be, for by so being you will save money when buying the things you EAT and WEAR and USE. We will issue a FREE Membership Card to all subscribers of the Portland Labor Press. OkSCRIPIlON OF MEMBER E Pluribus Unum Company (Incorporated) . Male PORTLAND OFFICE, 819-820 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Female Slim MEMBERSHIP CARD Medium Stout Young Middle Age NAME Elderly ADDRESS ............................................................................................. 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