D Portland Labor Press ( OFFICIAL PAPER STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR OFFICIAL PAPER ^FEDERATED TRADES COUNCIL T R A D E U E IO E S A R E T H E B U L W A R K S O F M O D E R E D E M O C R A C IE S — W. E . (J L A D S T O R E . SEA PROTECTION FREE Srom CARE is th e m a n w h o h a s a n a d e q u a te E n d o w m e n t P o lic y i n t h e [ equitable Bill to Promote American Seamanship. life , ‘ Strongest in the World.” Call or writ» for Information. L Samuel. Manager. MS Oregonian . Building. Portland. Orego“ SHIPOWNERS MUST SHOW HAND H otw i thetanding that tka S Q U IT A B L B Is »he atronggat la Ik« world, rates are ao higher than other oompanlaa. 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W e sell at L IV IN G PRICES, LATEST STYLES and RELIABLE M A N U FA C T U R ER S.^-- = = = • S The Measure Is Designed to Give the Pacifie Ucean Back to the White Race. R ep resen tativ e E dw ard J. Liver- nash has introduced in con g ress a bill to prevent the em ploym ent of Chinese upon A m erican vessels. T he m easure is presented at the request of the In tern atio n al S ailo rs’ U nion, and is designed to give the Pacific O cean back to th e w hite race. F o reig n vessels th a t em ploy Chi nese at low wage rates have an ad-' v antage w hich will be overcom e if th is bill becom es a law, by reason of a subsidy equal to the difference in wages paid to A siatic and w hite sea men. D uring the Chinese exclusion de b ates tw o years ago, sim ilar provis ion failed, and an am endm ent to the ship subsidy bill was proposed w ith out result. T h e objection m ade was th a t ves sels under the Am erican flag with w hite tre w s w ould be com pelled to com pete at a disadvantage w ith fo r eign vessels m anned by Chinese, w hose w age rate is o n e-th ird th at of Caucasians. T he L ivernash bill car rying a com pensation subsidy brings the shipow ners face to face w ith the proposition of w hether they prefer Chinese to w hite seam en, o th e r con ditions being equal.1’ F ollow ing is the full text of the bill: A bill to prohibit the em ploym ent, aboard vessels holding A m erican reg ister of Chinese persons n ot en title d to adm ission to the U nited States. Be it enacted by the senate and house of rep resen tativ es o f the U nited S tates of A m erica in congress assem bled. th a t from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlaw ful for any vessel holding an A m erican re g ister to have or to em ploy in its crew any Chinese p ersons not en titled to adm ission to the U nited S tates or into the p o rtio n of the te rrito ry of the U nited S tates to w hich such vessel plies, and any violation of th is p ro vision shall be punishable by a fine n o t exceeding $2 000, but said pen alty shall n ot accrue in the case of an y such vessel w hich shall suffer the loss of a p o rtio n of her crew by rea son of d istress or stress of w eather in any foreign jurisdiction o r p o rt, and shall be com pelled th ereb y to em ploy Chinese seam en to com plete h er com plem ent c i officers and men. Provided, th at to relieve from said p enalty in such cases it shall be show n to the satisfaction of the ap p ro p riate officer of th e U nited S tates th a t in such foreign jurisdiction or p o rt no seam en o th e r than Chinese w ere o b tainable and th a t every such Chinese seam an w as discharged from th e ser vice of such vessel im m ediately on the arrival there of the tran sp o rt w here seam en o th e r than Chinese could be obtained and th at, if dis charged at an y p ort under the ju ris diction of the U nited S tates, no Chi nese seam an was perm itted to de p art from such vessel, but th a t such Chinese seam an was fo rth w ith tra n s p o rted as a passenger on such vessel at the expense th ereo f to a foreign p o rt and th a t no such Chinesef*srx- man did re-en ter the service of such vessel afte r such discharge. Section 2—T h at any vessel holding A m erican reg istry and d irectly and reg u larly com peting for freight and p assen g er traffic with any vessel or vessels holding foreign reg istry and reg u larly em ploying Chinese seam en as a m a jo rity o r m ore th an a m a jo rity o f crew, shall, for a voyage from and to a p o rt of the U nited S tates, be paid out of any m oneys in th e tre a su ry of th e U nited S tates n o t otherw ise app ro p riated a sum equal to th e difference betw een the w ages usually paid to her seam en and the ru lin g w ages w hich w ould have been paid for corresp o n d in g service by C hinese seam en, said sum to be com puted by the ap p ro p riate officer of the U n ited States. Section a—T h a t “the ap p ro p riate officer of the U nited S tates,” w ithin th e m eaning of th is act, is th at officer who is appointed for the designated service by the secretary of com m erce and labor of the U nited States. Section 4—T h a t when the officer designated by the said secretary of com m erce and labor to m ake the co m putation m entioned in section 3 shall have m ade such com putation the aw ard shall be final and not subject to review by th e judicial branch of the governm ent of the U nited S tates: Provided th at an appeal from said aw ard m ay be m ade on behalf of the vessel concerned, or by any officer of the departm ent of com m erce and la b o r on behalf of the U nited S tates to the said secretary of com m erce and la b o r w ithin n in ety days after the said aw ard. Section 5—T h at the said secretary of com m erce and labor shall fix th e tim e and m anner of paym ents h ere under, prescribe the vouchers, which form s of accounts and verifications upon w hich such paym ents shall be com puted and m ade and shall p re scribe w hatev er regulations m ay be necessary to ca rry into effect the pro visions of th is act. Section 6— T his act shall take effect sixty days afte r its passage. LABOR PAPERS NECESSARY. Only Real Agency for Dissemination of the Doctrine. A w ord as to th e absolute necessity of labor p apers m ay not be deem ed in ap p ro p riate at this tim e, says the C hattan o o g a (T en n .) L ab o r M onitor. ft is universally adm itted th a t im provem ent in th e condition of the m asses can be accom plished only by the developm ent of intelligence and th o u g h t in the ranks of labor. T he causes th a t prevent w orking men from sh arin g fairly in the wealth th ey produce m ust be studied and th o ro u g h ly understo o d before there can be anv p erm an en t im provem ent in the condition of those w ho toil. It m ust be seen at a glance th a t a new spaper, published from week to week, discussing labor questions of cu rren t in terest, from th e standpoint of a w o rk er and a seasoned union m an. of one of th e oldest and best I«,; ns in th e land, m ust necessarily be of the g rea test possible advantage to the cause of labor. Such a p aper n ot only dissem inates know ledge of the proper ch aracter, b ut stim u lates w orkers to th o u g h t and activ ity in th e ir own behalf. T he daily press, with the rarest of exceptions, can n o t be depended on to ren d er p ro p er service to the w o rk ers in the w ay of educating them up to th e ir rig h ts or even to tell the tru th w here th e in te rests of capital are involved. D aily new spapers are alw ays owned and co n tro lled by men who, if not alw ays in sy m p ath y with capital and its m ethods, are at least fearful of offending it, and, th erefo re, c jn n o t be expected to furnish inform ation or arg u m en ts in defense of labor and its rights. It is the policy of the daily new spa pers to side w ith the w ealthy and pow erful, o p enly o r covertly, in every co n test in w hich labor engages in d e fense of its rig h ts o r for the b e tte r m ent of its conditions, and to always be careful th a t it subserves the in te re sts of capital and not labor. Tt is not n ecessary to enlarge on the point or to cite exam ples to prove the co rrectn ess of o u r assertion. E very in tellig en t union m an know s th is as well as we do. All this m ig h t be changed and will be changed w henever labor so wills it. Tt is o nly n ecessary fo r lab o r to learn to stand by its friends as staunchly as th e co rp o ratio n s stand by theirs. T h a t’s all. But until th a t day com es th e re will exist a necessity for distinctively la b o r papers. W o rk in g men have tw o w ays of su p p o rtin g th e ir labor p aper—by su b scribing for it them selves and by p a t ro nizing those busfness and p ro fes sional m en w ho use its advertising colum ns. T h ere can be n o th in g m ore vital to y o u r best in te rest no d uty th a t is m ore incum bent on you, th an th at you p ro tect, fo ster and sustain it. Four thousand shale miners in Scotland have been locked out. They refused to arbitrate in a dispute over higher wages. Beady for BusinesH. The Federated Trades Laundry ia now running and ready for busi ness. Your patronage is solicited. Address, Corner Quimby and 17th Streets. Phone, Main 1406. No. 2 8 tal rights. T h a t m an or p arty th a t stands for th is eight-hour law will go dow n to defeat. Civilized society will not perm it socialism to o v erth ro w gov ern m en t.” P resident G om pers, replying to A t to rn ey D av en p o rt’s asp eratio n upon union men and th eir rep resen tatives, shot harsh w ords straig h t at his op ponent. “ Mr. D avenport tells you th a t we are all socialists, law -breakers and rio te rs,” Mr. G om pers rem arked. “ Such as he created th e socialists. L et nie inform th is com m ittee th a t the A m erican F ederation of L abor has repeatedly and overw helm ingly Hearst and Gompers la k e Vig frow ned down socialism w ithin th e orous Reply to Corpora organization, which now has a m em tion Counsel. bership of over 2,0 00,0 00 w orkingm en and women. “W e com e' here and give our cre dentials. You know w ho we rep re T h e hearing before the house com sent, b ut he appears as th e spokes m ittee on labor last week was in te r man of secret com binations. H e ac estin g and instructive. cuses us of crim es and violence and R epresentative W illiam Randolph union men sit here and are com pelled H e a rst and Samuel G om pers, p resi to listen. W e are never first w ith dent of the A m erican F ed eratio n of incrim ination, but we m ust and do re L abor, effectively replied to criticism sent. W e are called ‘b lath ersk ites’ of the m ovem ent to b rin g about the and o th e r ep ith ets.” eight-hour w orking day in g o v ern “ Mr. D avenport did not apply those m ent contracts. term s to you p ersonally,” in terru p ted A ttorney David D avenport, of I Com m itteem an H ughes. B ridgeport, rep resen tin g w hat he “ I w ant no im m unity th a t is n o t referred to as "secret o rg an izatio n s” given to my friends and associates,” antagonistic to organized labor, vio i continued Mr. G om pers. “ D avenport lently condem ned all labor unions and . cannot disassociate organized labor declared th at th e sh o rter w orkday I from crim e, yet it is know n to every m ovem ent is the culm ination of so , --tudent th at w here organized labor is cialistic tendency in organized labor. stro n g est, th e re is the g rea test in- He asserted frequently and unequivo ' dustrial peace. cally th a t the eig h t-h o u r day, if m ade • “ D avenport does not tell you who general, m eant serious injury, if not i his principals are; he rep resen ts se- absolutely ruin, to all business in te r i cret organization. H is opposition to ests. D avenport declared th at it was i this bill is only incidental. W h e r im possible successfully to conduct ever an y thing is being done to lighten large business concerns w here the the burden upon m ankind, to p ro tec t w orkday is lim ited to eight h o u rs; the w eak and raise the stan d ard of th a t industrial conditions are sim ilar A m erican life there you will find such to m ilitary conditions, and an y th in g men as D avenport in opposition. H e that tends to m odify these relations sneeringly and sarcastically refers to and lim it the co n tro l of the direct- o u r sentim ental desire for m ore leis “ N ot as a law yer,” said Represen- ure th a t we may m ake our hom es ing mind insures disaster, b etter, read m ore books and visit tative H earst, “but as an em ployer, m ore parks. H e calls th a t the ty I should like to ask you in w hat way ranny of labor. It m akes it ty ran n y you th in k any essential liberty of ac to w ant the o p p o rtu n ity to make our tion of the em ployer is d estro y ed by lives and hom es b rig h ter ” labor o rg an izatio n .” "M r. D avenport tells you th at he “T h e fundam ental relatio n s of em has devoted tw o years to stu dying ployer and em ployee a re ch anged,” the labor question. W e set against L aw yer D avenport answ ered, “and that o u r entire lives. He speaks of the eight-hour day is one of the re L et sults w hich tend to b rin g the finan inquiries at industrial centers. me suggest th at his inquiries were cial and social d isaster.” “All of m y people w ork on the m ade w here la b o r is unorganized. eight-hour schedule,” Mr. H earst said, T he record here refutes the sta te "and none of these relatio n s are m ent made at form er hearings con cern in g the B ethlehem steel w ork modified.” “ It is v oluntary th en ,” D avenport ers.” "A nd the answ er th e re to —" in te r replied. “A nything which w eakens rupted Mr. M cGam m on. the rep re the em ployer's co n tro l o r . disturbs o f C ram ps shipyard. sentative fundam ental relatio n s is bound to "D o you m ean to infer th at I am bring failure. Some one m ust be the boss. If you can n o t conduct your not telling the tru th ? " asked Mr. business m ore th an eight hours a day G om pers. "T h ere you go, alw ays w ith a chip you are helpless.” “My new spapers run tw enty-four on your sh o u ld er,” the law yer re hours daily,” Mr. H e a rst resum ed, plied. “ I intend no asp eratio n .” “No, but you intended a denial to "but individuals w ork only eight hours. I find no difficulty in co n d u ct ap p ear in the record. I know Judge ing my new spapers and sta rtin g new M cGam m on very well, much b etter than he thinks. H e is like the m em ones on the sh o rt day basis.” ber of congress w ho alw ays bobs up "Y ou are fo rtu n a te ,” said Mr. D a venport. “ My inform ation is th a t to get into the reco rd ,” said Mr. these changes in in d u strial econom ics, G om pers. FICHT ON THE BILL Capital Attacks the Eight Hour Measure. ORGANIZED LABOR IS ARRAIGNED when the em ployer loses control, b rin g failure. If you are in th e con trol of these labor associations, you are not free.” "F u ndam ental relatio n s are not changed,” said Mr. H ea rst, “and the associations do n o t in terfere w ith proper and legitim ate co n tro l of men. I have all the co n tro l necessary for the conduct of m y b usiness.” A tto rn ey D avenport d ropped this feature of the question and took up the legal phases of the bill under consideration, m ain tain in g that the m easure was loosely fram ed, indefi nite as to its o bject and im posed u n necessary burdens. R epresentatives H u g h es, Gobel and G ilbert discussed th e question of the phraseology and co n stitu tio n ality w ith the attorney. In the course of his arg u m en t A t to rn ey D avenport often referred slightingly and sarcastically to re p resen tativ es of organized labor and spoke of them as “b la th ersk ites" and inciters of offenses ag ain st the laws. H e assured the com m ittee th a t he had spent tw o years as th e agent of a secret association in v estig atin g the industrial conditions of A m erica and had found th at n eith er em ployers nor em ployes w anted sh o rte r w orking days. “T his labor m ovem ent is a great social disease w hich is d estro y in g the vitals of in d u stry ,” he declared. “All or nearly all th e leaders are socialists, and th e y are preaching doctrin es w hich paralyze fundam en TO ORGANIZED LABOR. T h e M usicians' A ssociation of P o rt land, local No. 99, A. F. of M., w ish to call the atten tio n of m em bers of affiliated unions and th eir friends to the fact th at very few of the am use m ent reso rts in the N orth End of the city em ploy union m usicians. T he reason for this discrim ination is b e cause they can get the o th er kind a few bits cheaper. W e call the a tte n tion of union men to the fact th at the m usicians label (house card) will h ereafter be displayed in all houses em ploying union m usicians. If you d o n ’t see the label, we ask you to govern yourselves accordingly. T H E M U S IC IA N S ' M U T U A L AS S O C IA T IO N . Local 99, A. F. of M. TEAMDRIVERS’ SOCIAL. T he reg u lar m o nthly social and dance conducted by the m em bers of No. 162 and th eir ladies was repeated last T u esd ay evening. T he union m eeting was th erefo re of sh o rt d u ra tion early in the evening. T h ere was an unusual large crow d and ev ery body had a good tim e. T h ese socials are becom ing m ore popular all the tim e and gives life to the o rg an iz a tion. T he dance continued until a late hour, and all w ent hom e an tici p atin g with pleasure the next one. W hatever you tray, examine it to eee It M ara the union label. I f it M * eux