m m iP iftX
I aknr P fpcc bor K
I 1 *33 hours
J m B 1?.Olili iXlvvI
*° ni P i ' ues , i ,, n ,, f • a « e '‘
or of years has not proven the wisdom
might Is* adjusted?
The plea of the strike-breaker
that he must work for the support
of his family has no application in
coT~ P U B L ISH E D EVERT MONDAT,
the case whatever, for lie ticceedetl
by the
in maintaining his dc,s-ndcnts before
PORTLAND PED E R A T E D T R A D E !
this opportunity to scab presented
COUNCIL.
itself, and had then* never been the
iifllc«:
Room 4, 147 H Flrat Street
Telephon« Parille HOI.
chance to so bemoan his manhood,
shall we conclude that starvation
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\'o, reader, the argument set up in
behalf of the strike-breaker on the
a d v e r t is in g r a t e s
W ill t>a m ade known on application.
'grounds of American Il l i c i t v is bare-
, faced h viMicrisv and has no adher-
Entered at the Poatofflce at Portend aa ,
. .
e.cond itaee m a tte r .
f en
i l l s outside the low-lived scab and
~ the unaineriean autocrat.
of that policy.
The Boston Packing Co.
Until the school board and the in
structors can demonstrate the ne
cessity for those intolerably frequent
changes in the school hooks, the
parents will 1 m * justified in their vig
orous opposition to such a course.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AND LA
BOR'S STAND AGAINST
ORIENTALS.
T h ird ami Ankeny ¡Streets.
BOSTON
The Beaver
$3.00
LION **
ClothinoCo
Now, the employee may be said
to occupy about a similar position
insofar as equity is concerned.
Should it not be regarded aa a crime
against justice and fair dealings for
•a y wage earner to step into the
ing—other conditions being equal—
20 years ago, left school with a more
complete education than the pupil
of today after an eight years’ course.
This being true, it must be ad
mitted
that the several changes in
position o f • fellow workman who
has temporarily retired from his la- the text books during the last mots
ful in business should go to our leg
islatures. Let us keep thia fact in
minr.”
Well, well! then all that is nec
essary in the qualifications of onr
law makers are education and busi
ness instinct. Is that the sum total
of the Corvallis editor's conception
later.
In conclusion we most respectfully
request that you give this “ unfair”
firm all the publicity you can pos
sibly afford in your va'nsble paper
aid we can assure you that it will
be greatly appreciated by thia cen
tral body. Respectfully,
Ckieage Fad««ation of Labor.
inc.
Phone Main 4 1 4
M RRKG T
F irs t and Burnside S tre et*.
Fall Styles Soft and Stiff Hats
Since the announcement of the
action taken by the Federated
Trades Council at its last meeting,
up are pleased to see that the daily
press has given the incident consid
erable prominence in its columns;
None better made. W atch our
THE VILLAINOUS STRIKE
and we note, too, with ample satis
window if you want the correct
BREAKER.
THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION. faction, the strong public sentiment
style.
What a horrible creature the
A great deal of dissatisfaction is aroused in support of the central
strike-breaker is! Let us consider, being expiessed by the working peo labor body in its unrC *nting fight
for* a moment, the ignominy of the ple in connection with the frequent against the further invasion of the
crime which the strike-breaker is changes in the text books of the Oriental pest.
guilty of and let us see if it be public schools of Portland, and many
The plan of campaign to be in
Guff K uhnP R p’
possible for humanity to produce a complainants have declared their sus augurated against the influx of Asi
Man's and Boy«’ O atIM ar,
more
despicable
and
abhorrent picions that “ something is rotten in atic coolie labor as outlined by the
166-68 Third St., Mohawk Bldg.
wretch than be who could stoop so Denmark" relative to this matter.
mncil is; first, a monster mass
Jow as ty sell his sorditl services
The prevailing question is, “ What meeting to be held in the Armory
to the common enemy of the work can Is* the object ol so frequently hall, or some suitable meeting place, nt' the essentials in decent, equit
ing class that the honest toiler might «■hanging I lit* Isioks in use in our at which the question of Japanese able law making bodies? If this
be held in corjsirate chains through schools? Is the purpose a worthy and Corean exclusion will he tlior- lie so. God pity the poor folk up
out his struggling career.
Just or commendable one?’’ Some of the (Ughly discussed by the most conipc- the valley who are directed by such
imagine a low, greedy cur dealing critics go so far as to insinuate that ent s|>eakers in the country, this to a guide!
blows to the weakly party in a it is a matter of profit to certain he followed by a Pacific Ixibor Con
Does not the editor referred to
fight for life, adding his dastard agencies bundling school supplies, vention for the purpose of unifying realize that the one essential above
assistance to the tyrant master who and a custom practiced by the school action from Aska to Mexico.
all others indispensable in the goo 1
deigns to whip the bleeding slave to board from which disadvantage rath Alaska to Mexico.
legislator is honesty? What guar
still more strenuous feats of lubor, er than advancement invariably ac
antee
are the accomplishments of
In discussing this serious problem,
the unmentionable brute who lacks crues to the pupil with unnecessary Brother Thayer of the Briekleyers’ learning and business tact that the
that smallest spark of manhood which expense to the parent.
union showed very clearly that a de member will legislate in the inter
makes men of souls reach out with
We are somewhat inclined to be termined stand must be taken in est of the whole people? What se
loving hands of brotherly devotion lieve that the position of the class connection with this question, and curity have we in the mere fact of
to snatch the poor and the down of critics above referred to is not our attitude must he unquivoeally his being hook learned and possessed
trodden from the grip ol' penury! altogether untenable, for we fail to tateil before the candidates seeking
the gifts of a Shylock that o u r
What must we say of such an in perceive wherein those almost year places in congress; the gentlemen representative will faithfully work
human creature?
ly changes in the text hook can lie »«iking for our siijijsirt at the com for our interests in the legislative
Is language sufficiently forceful to found necessary or wise insofar as ing political campaign must he male halls if he lack the grandest and
give adequate expression to our feel the interests id’ genuine educational to positively realize the necessity noblest of all human virtues, hon
ings of resentment against so de advancement is concerned.
of training their minds to think as esty and just'ee?
testable a being 1 No, words are
The vilest seounlrels the world
It lias been the exjierience of the labor thinks on this all-absorbing
‘ wanting in power tr convey an am
has
ever seen were educated and
topic
if
they
hope
to
meet
with
the
writer from a long career as an in
ple idea of the meanpesn, the vile-
gifted
in the science of commerce;
approval
of
the
working
man
in
structor in the public school, that a
ness, the intolerable’ character o f
and
the
wisest legislators that his
change of text hooks, especially the their candidacies for high public
the soulless ilespcilcr who would
tory
mentions
were possessed of
office.
reader, retarded the pupil in the
take the position of his fellow-being
This
course
is
practicable,
and
if
hut
scant
hook
learning.
pro|H*r development of that beautiful
and thereby place victory beyond art, good reading. In the changes properly observed, would prove most
Just think again. Mi. Editor, you
the ho|s* of him whose cause is jus
of readers coming under our obser effective, for. it must be conceded, lia\e another guess coming; possibly
tice itself and whose only effective
vation we have not been able to tie- politician seeking election t< vou’ll do better next time.
weapon is the strike.
discern any improvement either in public place is not usually a being
It has been falsely argued by style o f diction or rliaraeter of lit of fixed convictions, and our un
UNFAIR TO LABOR.
the union-haler that the strike erature. Tlx* information contained questionable, unanimous attitude to.
The following strong communica
breaker has a perfect light to take
in the discarded hook never failed wards the yellow intruder would tion is published for the benefit of
the job of the striker on the grounds Io be as valuable to the student as certainly weigh materially in aiding all concerned :
Editor Labor Press: The Chicago
of American freedom and liberty that of the newly adopted one; and in the formation of his opinions on
Federation of Labor calls your at
to work for an honest living where- in our recent change it is quite so vital an issue.
tention to the strike of the Engin-
ever and whenever employment may doubt fill if the general influence of
It is clear to every voter in this eers, Firemen, Wood Workers, Met
be secured. Blit there is a vital the literature of the present book great nation that this question must al Polishers and Metal Workers
point in the premises ignored in
be settled at the ¡Rills anl it be against the Theo. A. Koch Barber
is as beneficent as its predecessor.
Supply Company, which lias been in
this enunciation, that is, the prior
Regarding the other branches hooves the wage-earner to make him progress foi the last two mouths
right of the man who has filled the taught in the graded schools of the self felt when the opportunity ar
with no desertions in the ranks.
position for a long period of faith city, arithmetic, geography, English rives for his doing so.
Everything possible has bc«*n done
ful service and who is now hut await
by
organized labor to settle this
Our
millionaire
trust
magnates
grammar, natural history, algebra,
ing the sett lenient of the questions composilion, hotauv, etc., our knowl would beguile the innocent into be controversy, but we have been un
successful, consequently this firm
il l dispute between himself and the
edge of the sciences has not suffi- lieving that our trade relations with was placed on (lie “ unfair“ list.
employer.
eieutly changed in its seojs* to war China ami Japan must he maintain This firm has joined the Employers'
It must be remembered that in
rant a change in the text books, ed at any cost if we hope to eon- Association to exterminate organized
true economy where justice and right
nnd a little study of the hooks in tine our prosperity, but in the to labor in their factory.
are fully recognized, the worker is
We want no financial assistance.
use at different periods during the tai of their argument in behalf of
Moral support is worth more than
an essential , part of the industry,
past decade will establish the cor Oriental friendship their is not a ten times the amount in the treas
has claims upon the corporation or
rectness id' our contention.
single element of solace for the ury of any union. We have suffi
company in projsirtion to the part
poor toiler who claims America as cient funds to continue this fight
It
is
not
our
purpose
to
argue
he plays in the turning out of the
for two years or more if necessary.
his home.
product and the accumulation of that at no time would certain
A few exploiters may grow rich We intend to light this scab-breed
res be to the advantage of all
profits. The strike has been dem el
ing firm to a finish and have an
from the profits of Asiatic trade, abundance of money to lick Mr.
onstrated to lie the filial recourse of cot ,•■ riled, hut this constant swap
but what advantage is in this for Koch to a frazzle. We will hand
the worker in forcing a lair eon- ping off of the school hook has bo
the w irking man who must compete him the lemon proper. We expect
sidetation of his grievance, the last nne an unbearable nuisance to both
with the dirty, cheap labor of flu* to he injunetionized, hut injunctions
resort to establish his position in teacher and pupil and a shameful
«•lit no ice with us. We will con
coolie from across the Pacific?
anything like security. The progress waste of money to the parent.
tinue this fight, injunction or no in-j
None, whatever, but starvation junction.
It would lead an observant person
of the community depends largely
mil digredation instead.
We will keep your paper posted
on the success of the wage earner, to > «include that the publisher has
Freemen, let such a sentiment of of our progress. Yes, we will even
i
set
ret
grasp
upon
school
hoards,
and the right to strike is as just on
anfogouism against the curse of semi you the injunction as soon as I
his part as the right of the operator that through collusion, the publisher
Orientalism he aroused along our issued by some injunction judge,
of the plant to close down (hi* es and the hoard are enabled to prey
just to show how Mr. Koch will
upon tin* public by forcing upon the western short as will drive terror holler when hit in a soft spot—his
tablishment for business reasons.
to the hearts of those miscreants pocket book. We will continue this
It would not he regarded as legal, parent or guardian a new set of
fight until Mr. Koch gets seasick
much less justifiable, were some oth- text hooks at least hieuniilllv, with who dare to oppose the exelesion
and journeys to Europe for his
agitation.
the
er operator to step into the office
improvement whatever
health. The boys on strike an en
character
of
the
school
work
result
of the firni temporarily closed down,
thusiastic ami eating the best of
HONESTY THE HIGHEST
buns nnd biscuits (union made). Re
assume full charge of the business ing from the change.
QUALIFICATION.
member. money is no object to us.
We have no fear of successful
and start up the plunt. Such con
The editor o f the Corvllis Repub
Wc have plenty for this contest.
duct would be condemned as high contradiction when wc venture the lican displayed very little knowl
Your m« rt.l support is all that we
handed and intolerable injustice, even assertion that the schools arc not edge of the requisites in good legis request.
All supply houses have
if there were ro law on the stat turning out as competent scholars lators when he wrote, “ the very been informed that the Theo. A.
utes protecting the proprietor in bis today as came forth from those sanc brainiest and best educated as well Koch Barber Supply Company is
tuaries of learning 20 years ago; as those who are the most success “ unfair.” Large posters for post
right of ownership.
ing purposes will be mailed you
that a pupil of five years* school
,
Portland, Orofon,
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