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PORTLAND LABOR PRRSS, PORTLAND, OREGON AGAINST PRISON MADE GOODS THE LEE “ Jim, is not strictly labor legisla tion.” Mr. Hunt said, “ though it is House Committee Reports Favorably for labor. The outside m anufacturer who is forced to compete with prison on Such Bill. a rtie b s is just as much interested a s, T h e B e a t £ 3 .0 0 H a t m a d e . R a i n P r o o f , C r a v a n e tte d , U n io n m a d e Discussion of prison contract labor labor. Iiiiaiise the contractor w hop by the House Committee on Labor on sells the penitentiary goods can a n d ' April 5 finally resulted in favorably does undersell the m a rk e t.” reporting a bill prohibiting the pur When the bill under considérât ion chase by the United States Govern had lai n ordered favorably reported, ment of convict-made goods. One li^r. Hearst suggested that the lim it member, Goebel of Ohio, dissented. hill providing that any S tate may ; Representatives Hearst, Hunt, Mc prohibit the sale o f prison-made goods | Call, Gardner and Connor insisted from any S tate within its borders I— that the rights of free labor, men who be taken nn and reported. The com- H support families, should be considered m ittce made the H unt hill the special | paramount to convict labor. order tor next Thursday, when it will ■ Mr. Goebel op|>osed the legislation be considered and disposed of. on what he termed humanitarian grounds, contending that prisoners CONVENTION OF TEACHERS. ■a Tlie National Educational Associa should not be idle; that they should produce something to pay lor their tion will hold its annual convention in San Francisco from .Inly 7 *o 14 cf own support. this year. The people of San Fran “ You seem to be agitated over con cisco and, in fact, the people of the vict labor,” said Mr. Hearst when .dr. whole Pacific Coast are preparing a Goebel had finished. “ We hear much welcome anil reception to the teachers about protecting labor from cheap foreign competition; why not protect the equal of which has never been given to any organization. labor from cheap convict lab o r!” The educational value of these Mr. McCall declared that it is an meetings is well known and those in intolerable system that puts prison latxir in competition with free men, terested in education throughout the and Mr. Connor, commenting on Mr. State am anxious to have Oregon Goebel’s position, said it resolved it teachers participate, first, because it self into a question whether the con will be many years before another vict or the free man should have a job. National Educational Association will “ And the prison contract system,” be so accessible and, second, because interjected Mr. Hearst, “ makes it an our standing, educationally, will be advantage to be a convict so far as judged largely bv the attendance of Oregon teachers at this convention. actual employment is concerned.” The railroad and steamboat lines Representative Hunt of Missouri, have granted very liberal rates and discussing the whole question of em the local committee at San Francisco ployment of labor in prisons and the disposition of their product, earnestly gives assurance that there will be no insisted that it is time the States advance in the regular rates at hotels, ceased constructing and maintaining rooming-houses and restaurants in manufactories for the sole benefit of San Francisco during the convention sharp, cunning contractors. He said week. Any data or information in any way the existing system not only injured relating to the meeting can be ob the wage scale, deprived free men of op|K)rtunity to maintain their families, tained by addressing the California but prison-made goods break prices in Committee, N. E. A., No. 25 New the market and manufacturers are Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal., or d. IL Ackerman, Salem, Ore. consequently injured. B e a t U n io n M ad e S h o e s in t h e M a r k e t $ 3 .0 0 to $ 5 .0 0 W ELCH, The Am erican C lothier m m 221-223 Morrison Street, Corner First IF NOT RIGHT WELCH MAKES IT RIGHT 3 “Mt. Hood” Shirts and Overalls : made : “A Little Better Than Seems Necessary” FLEISGHNER. MAYER & GO. MAKERS eoti JOINT STATE SENATOR Multnomah and Clackamas Counties VOTE FOR A. T. LEWIS Republican Candidate for COUNTY JUDGE JO H N B C B L U N D Proprietor PRINTERS 125 F IR 8 T 8 T R E E T BLANK BOOK MAKERS Mr. Lewis solicits the votes of his friends at the Bot. Washington nnd Aider LITHOGRAPHERS f ir s t Pledged to Statement No. i Republican Candidate Candida for the Nomination of The Popular Saloon »U R R LII GLASS & PRUDHOMME GO. ix a -ix s GEORGE M. ORTON Primary Election April aoth. P O R T L A N D , OBBOON B t . P o r t la n d , o n b s o r In the practice of law he has largely represented Mechanics, Material Men and Labor ers, in lien suits, in the Circuit Courts of this state. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR UNION If nominated and elected he agrees to devote all his MEAT C O ’S time and attention to the duties of the office. Famous Sugar Cured Hama, B reak fast Bacon and Pure K ettle Ben* dered l^eaf Lard. AU our Meata, Both Fresh and Cured are Govern ment Inspected. : : : : : : : : CORNER FOURTH AND CLISAN STS. TUEPHOME 8 3 3 » H illin m i m PORTLAND, H 1 1 m u m n im ORE. i i h 11111111>»♦» • HOUSEWIVES IF THE SACK LOOKS LIKE THIS YOU ARE GETTING * • • Robert L. Stevens ITS THE VERY BEST AND ITS MADE IN OREGON Candidate for Republican nomination Portland Flouring Mills Co. ; ' ' n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' • 11 l,l~1 M -M -W “ i-++*'i LEE M. CLARK, P resident GEO. M. ORTON. M anager »111 '-»- n 1 u i n n i n SHERIFF Efficient, Economical, Impartial Businesn Administration r PHONE M A IN 705 MULTNOMAH PRINTING CO WE PRINT C O N S T IT U T IO N S . W° *v e L O I» E S • OARDS, LETTE R H E A D S . E N V E LO P E S . IN FA O T A N Y T H IN G YOU MAY W ANT 80X FRONT STREET CORNER FRONT ANO OAK REMEMBER THESE UNION MEN. Republican. Geo. M. Orton—For Joint Senator. William Wanner—Representative. A. II. Sandström—Representative. Geo. Tilden—County Commissioner. John L. Day—Constable, West Side. Democrat. E. A. Oessell—Representative. F. C. King—Representative. CHARLES A. JOHNS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR From Conviotion and Principle star Js w ith President Roosevelt on the Labor Question.
