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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CENTRAL LAHOR COUNCIL OF PORTLAND AND VICINITY PORTLAND LABOR PRESS "TRADES UNIONS ARE THE BULWARKS OF MODERN DEM OCRACIES"-*’. E. GLADSTONE Volume IX Number 37 OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE OREGON STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR J _________________________________ Whole Number 504 PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1909 CONDITIONS IN BAKERS UNION AND NO RIGHT TO CHOKE LABOR CONDITIONS IN ™ ™ RS THE SOUTH THEIR_LABEL NORTH ITALY ™ E PLAN INQUIRY Furnishing of Free Text Books to the Pupils Has Many People Favor Free Speech so Long as It is Singers Receive Two Dollars Per Night in Vaudeville Been Quite Satisfactory Their Speech and Not the Other Fellow’s that Theatres, and Good Painters Find Work on Street The state of Utah adopted a free textbook law In 1902 The cost is Interfered With—Ferrer, the Spanish Martyr. Cars Pays Best—Most Emigrants from Agricul of books per year per pupil was $1.90 Two years later the cost More Powerful for Freedom Dead Than Alive tural Provinces — Southern Italy Not Organized. had been reduced per pupil to 50 Many Boys Treated as Hardened Criminals, but Improvement Is Visible Historical Review, Showing Various Stages in th( Growth of the International Union of that Body In 1907 Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver made a tour of the south, of Workers, Together With a Synopsis of the aud he expressed him self much shocked at the treatment of Juve Development of the Portland Local Union. nile offenders. "The matron of that Jail told me she believed there were several hundred boys By Charles F. Hohmtnn, Editor The Bakers' Journal. By C. E. Wood. that night in Jails In that state To write a historical sketch of our International Union aud not ex By Samuel Gompere. The Oregonian says that those who think d ee thought, free speech under similar conditions. Assum ceed the limit of five huudred word» seem s to be a sheer impossibtl- ing that there were only 20V, It Copyright, 1909. by P S. RIdadale, for Samuel Gonipers.) and a freL. press worth p iese vlng m u s t ,h “ B‘f alla(lt 1 000 boys boys a a year vear *‘y. but knowing that hard working men and women have very little meant that over 1.000 My trip to Italy, from Part» back to Parla. took ip Juat 15 days— UnUed S lateg court In the Delavan Smith . h , hal at least had such experiences ! «Hue to read exhaustive sketches of this kind. I shall endeavor to give September 14 29. During this busy Journey I caught an aviators .„diptpd and tried for criminal libel who, in good fallh believing wnai at least, had ■ glimpse of the rich and aunny land of Italy, saw the leading m in in he plinta criticize. public officials o, others connected with a public and in ten year. 10.000 boys under G»e ‘acta of Interest in as few words as possible. 16 were »o so treated. treated, (in (In mat lhat one | History writers of the American labor movement have Informed us i the various working class serial movements, whether radical or tnod- matter, as the so-called Panama Canal scandal. particular state It mugt be under- , that strikes of unorganized bakers tn the cities of New York and San erule. Interviewed government officials whose duties brlug them into Quite right. Now the next time some lawless and tyrannous police stood ! Crawford Jackson of At- Francisco date back as far as the '60s and '70s of the last century, It contact with the wage-earners, and collected enough books, pamph.ets, suppress by forte a meeting the police do not approve of we shall ex lanta. Ga.. who Is m making In one oi of the of the^New Y o rk S ta te aking a cru- We w e are also i told o i u in m e first ...a . reports o. ,»« ^circulars, etc., on social questions to keep a good reader occupied pect the Oregonian to lead the defence of free thought aud fie e ........... protectories In 1-abor Commissioner, dating back as far as 1741, that a number of sade for juvenll. many a day. , , _ ... zpeech—whether the thought and speech be liked by the Oregonian shows us . pictures of | unorganized bakery workers were prosecuted in the cou ta for «on- the south. —---------- Some of my American correspondents have asked me In what man , . ihoueht boys In stripes on the chain • gang »piracy bccauKv they had dared to demand higher wage». ger I was enjoying my vacation- Others, readers of these letters, have or r not. Ifw “' , • " There is the stumbling many . people favor i n tl bough | mixing wl(h ()f emu- „„„ tiuuiuii.ifc blofck-ao ~ — ------ - with various type» or In the latter pari of the decade 1970 »0 the first attempts to organlxe Fished to know my methods ot collecting Information May 1 In . . speech so long as it Is their thought and thetr speech but , , <)I1P or (wo the bakery worker» were made by the Knights of Labor In various eply to both queries, speak somewhat In detail of my day and a huir l ^ n - c __ h ___________ Instancro myself." ___ eastern cities. New York pretty soon could boast of a very strong i Genoa? My American friend. J. W. Sullivan of New York, and *, But us regards the treatment of organization, which, recognising the necessity of the labor press, rrtved in that beautiful hill skirted seaport at 6t3_u oclock In tae ( ... ,, delinquent», J ...--------. . . at . h ast. 1 1)r(,)ty soon started out with the publication ot a trade and labo? its juvenile doming. After u nothing sacred from Inquiry and discus Ion. I the south apparently 1» undergoing paper, known at that time as "IX-utsch-Araerlkanlsche Baeckerzeltung" S to u t 9 to the hall hall and and headquarters headquarters of the Central laibor Union • " e ' c e 's a r ^ e x t ever at hand to the aid N olU ng so desirable as tr u th _ ,.a ___ __ d truth Is only found by Invest.- | a change of heart. Judge Lindsay The paper was printed In German only. It circulated quite ex ten siv e (Camera de. I avero). A half hour there was U aen up by the assistant religion or creed <>t Institution be pays a warm tribute to the work ly among the German »peaking bakery workers of other cities and. In Secretaries In gathering together some of the local leaders—the secre him In the preparation of hia nation and trial, and if r ^*¿,"¡7/” hRk had 17 " A It nee« fear discussion—but whether it fear °r i the southern women are doing He tact, tl may be said that this organ Itself lead to the later formation taries of the Carpenters and Typographical Unions, secr.taries ot ...a.. ... “ i ? . T h . , „ m o .M. tn » h ,h ., 8,„ , of our International union to which It then was presented and adopted Other bodies, the editor of the local workingmens dally newspaper ** refusee o di»cusslon 1» » pereiitton *nd idolatry, no matter by what , at<,r Robert L Taylor of Tenne» I as the official organ. Then interviews A member of the Italian chamber of deputies, a books which he otherwise could . . * pioneer of more than 20 lawyer repr-i leutlng a working class constituency, was my chief In not have had secured. As a re refusee a ai»cussion i» A number of bakery workers' organizations were established In Mil “ S t ; ‘" . h ^ G ^ m terrogator. The res|Hinses to the inquiries put by him nnd the other sult higher class records have been OlIde: . a Z ea. on’c Urn's said the waukee. Wl».; New Orleans. La.; Cleveland. O ; Indianapolis, bid.; ¡^representative Italians made, as written up by its editor, two columns maintained and greater efficiency Detroit, Mich.; Buffalo. N. Y ; Grand Rapids, Mich.; San Francisco. In next morning s Issue of the workingmen s paper. II Lavoro. The In school work secured. Cal., and Bouton. Mas». ■uestloulng from my side took up nearly the real of the day. "From the financial point of The executive comm ittee of the New York union Uirough the col i « - shown him to be strongly In favor ' A visit then to the department of docks, which in Genoa stands view, there has been a substantial by the few called the republic of the I n ted Idolatry said that God was sacred from discussion, but by q | ( { juven)le and general prison umn» of It» organ (.low the Bakers’ Journal) In the latter part of the ■eparatc from both the municipal and general go v ern m en ts-a unique gain In the furnishing of text year 1995 (»sued an invitation to the above named organizations to ■feature of administration In Italy. I was told. A short visit to the books free of charge to pupils In we have a better God than foiraerly. snd shall by discussion have sii i -rt,fornl and tha, Governor Has- juve- participate in a convention to be held In Pittsburg, pa During ilia, of Oklahoma stands for r juve- itiwm.sbip Moltke. which lay In the harbor, taking off emigrants and 1904, the first year that all the better. We wish every father and mother would teach their ch n il« c o u r t» lu d a e N B F,.agin convention on January 13. 1996, our international union was organ ¿ther passengers to America. A look at a cooperative store. I de- school districts not Included In to believe In their hearts (not to merely say with their Up»)- lift!, 1 « I ’ llIO lV I S of vra the H I V same D aaiiaw - year, j a »»■ , but tour ~ — — — ha« done splendid Juvenile ccmrt <xed. O V J n I1 February 17 week» after Its for- There Is nothing on earth or in heaven sacred frond investigation. •lined making a visit of inspection to the cooperative printing office. cities of the first aud s p ie l J ....... ........... our International union - counted .„ .n iu d Hlr.>uitv n io n s In second Every man has the same right to biJ thought and his speech no mat Has aon niatlon. already 21 21 lin-al local o unions In work In Birmingham, Ala., for 1 already b seen several . in alike. An explanation by our classes operated under the free 1 had nan aireauy c c u . . Ita ly -a — ll ------- - the various states. San Francisco bakers, however, organized as years past, having procured the ■uldes of the cooperative methods of the longshoremen, somewhat textbook law, the cost of book« ter what I think of it, that I have m mine. Authority and force. These are the dark clouds which overshadow appointment of probation officers early as October, 1985. did not come Into our fold until early tn 1897. tr e m b lin g those of our lake port workers. A running conversation to those districts was $104,104.36. to look after the colored children, The years following showed a continued Increase In the number of during I he hours in going from point to point on the trade union and or $1.90 per pupil enrolled, or a beautiful world. many of whom are sent to a farm members as well as local unions. Today our International union »olltlcal orgunlzatl and methods of the working classes of the city, $1.62 per pupil of school age. The Cne more victim has gone to Join the countless host murdered by under the supervision ot the pro coruprisi s a membership of 15,362, divided Into 196 local union» to the evening, on getting back to our hotel, additional packages of cost of books for the year 1905 bationary force. The Birmingham throughout the United States. The treasuries of the international and brinted reports. etc-, were brought. was 57 cents per capita lit the law to protect a government of the jp-ople by a privileged few which women have established an indus local unions combined conla.» approx.uiately a quarter of a million The places of evening amusement In a city having their revelations counties. For the year ending the people wished to change. a s to the ta ste, and Ideas of the classes patronizing them, It Is a June 30, 1906. the cost of text Professor Francisco Ferrer—one of the- Liberals of Spain and one trial school, to which children can dollars. Thirteen national conventions have been held Fince our organiza question whether my visit to one of them was play or work. Genoa books per pupil In the counties of Spain's greatest educators—w as »hot after the farce of a military be sent Instead of. as hitherto, to tion was first organized and at each one of them a decided progress the Jails and penitentiaries. Good at the time of my visit had a very slim list of theatres open, and was 50 cents. In the cities ••rial. He w h s chaiged with lnctttas the Barcelona riots. It Is as It 39 was noticed. On October 1, 1895, our tick and death benefit fund waa these only for variety performances. My guides objected to one mac preaening preaching c constitutional government In a despotic monarchy work has been done in Mobile. established, a voluntary Institution for member» who were willing to cents, In in Salt bait Lake i.aae City v.uy the m e last a niar. o n su iu u u u » i norm u, ■ ■■ •• ............ cents. ------ ---------------, de- Ala., anil In spite of legal entail- »eemed to be possibly a resort for the plain people sayIng It gave year the cost per pupil enrolled j wo,|id he held responsible for a rlot_ugainsi the government, join it. The benefits were at that time $5 weekly sick benefit and Co poor a show as not to be worth visiting. * e w-ent to the beet was 46 cents, while In such coun- n<ed any complicity with the Barcelona riots and there was no proof $10« death benefit. Never since the Inaugura'ton of this fund has It Z as u u m 's a n 'p e ; : an ” che. | ^ m ^ n d ¿ v « 'in hU life gave the mark! It opened at 9 o'clock. The orchest-a seats were been necessary to levy an extra assessm ent for Its maintenance and three lire (60 cents), but a chair in a kennel called a "loge above « -¡ X l ^ ^ r o 1. R e a l l y it prospered so well that four years after Its formation It showed an thTorchestra level cost a lira or two more. Rather a slim attendance U^was approximately 50 cents per ( , , , ^ v i o l e n c e . approximate membership of 500, divided into 36 branches, with a In the costlier parts of the house, but in the rear. In the 30 anil 2 oj era “The difference of cost is largely many by the few Is so comfortable to the few that they resist any a Juven I. :'°»rt treasury of $2699 76. At our Washington convent oq. held n October, I cent seats, the benches were packed, mostly by young men. As a to be found In the better care be change So It always has been and always will be, that killing the New Orleans 1909, It WHS decided to make this beneflclul feature a compulsory on« The reecnt Juvenile court law S whole the audience would be classed tn Europe as bourgeois n stowed on textbooks 111 the schools oppressors by the rebels 1 b "mur«K —till they succeed—F ’lllnv U»o adopted by Kentucky reads: "Tht for all members Joining the organization after January 1. 1909. Tbe of the element which works so long and hard as to render smart look, of the cities, notwithstanding the oppressed by the government Is al*ovs "righteous puuishment.” - sick tienefll was raised to $6 per week for 16 weeks n every year and difficult of attainment. The performance, taken In its e“ “ ™1*« necessity of n more efficient way i L iw Ir. not what governors dicta'e. It truly Is what harmonizes proceedings Involving Hie child the death benef t was ln> reused up to $350. according to the duration shall not be deemed to tie criminal the story of popular show place development In Genoa. Interlarded In for the care of textbooks. The wj(h (hp un,vt,rse and , he hlimMn |Ii, i|ncts. of membership. This change of that beneficial feature has resulted In the dozen numbers on the program were six given by young wornien free textbook .aw as It has been, Prof(J11FO1. Feirer was murdered qui'e a» truly as If an assassin shot proceedings, and the child shall a gieat Ini reuse of the membership of th a fund and naturally Its not be considered a criminal, but soloists, gtrls of about one type, dark-eyed, Jetty haired, short skirted carried out has resulted In >ht Kiuk A| lonit„ . „Ild ,.rofess<)1. Ferre- »he world loses a valuable m an; i as a child In need of aid encour- finance». much bespangled. Each sang half a dozen songs. Not one singer saving of tnousamls of dollars to AlfonHO tbe worid would lose nothing. lagoment On September 1. 1909, the membership numbered 3533 and Its _______ und _ guidance " The law was possessed of a tolerable voice, or of more than ordinary good i ThoSP who condeuin so-called anarchists, socialists and nihilists. applies to males of 17 and under treasury showed $12.940.69 Since January 1, 1909. every applicant lookR or of much know’. uu of the stage business f a qualified singer. the state. who driven to desperation by tyrannies, resort to violence, should re and to fem ales of 19 and under. des rolls of Joining our International union Is compelled to submit to The al.’S they sang were ■ .«monplace and monotonous; but. they were whether the candidates are member lhat the murders and tortu*« of governments are counties«; It states the principle of all Juv< i a physical examination, which determine» applauded. One of them was called out repeatedly. * hy . Those ... . . --------- »... , he Tbu« the public Is assured that none but those of the desperate hidlvidnal f e * After all there is but a shad nlle court laws most correctly and 'acceptable or not who could understand what the words signified knew better than I. be criticism io to which such courts ' healthiest workers are to be found tn the union bakeries. owy distinction between the d‘ capitation of a Charles after veidlct by woien There was no mistake possible in the gestures and glan ce. a Cromwell and the distructlon of gp Alfonso or Nicholas—after ver- ; throughout the country have been ■ our national organlzat on is the proud possessoi of a well-filled i asked one of our guides as to the average salary of these young dirt by >he musses. i most open 1» that they still eon- strike fund, which was Inaugurated by our Buffalo convention in 1892. women The reply was ten lire a ntgh t-ab ou t $2 Talent which on •The truth is that neither the murders by nor of governors are ef- , | nile to , ry (he child as If he The contents of this fund have enabled us to successfully combat our serious cultivation Is not pronounced receives in Europe a ’’‘‘^ •« rb • furtive. Professor Ferrer dead wl!) be more powerful In his dying were a criminal. Warren F. employers, whenever and wherever they tried to force conditions u|a>n com iensatlor. Even that which Is good but not yet famous may wait us which we d d not want. Our union label has bccu lu use ever Emblem of the Machinists words, Ixmg live the new school," than Professor Ferrer living. Spalding, secretary of the Mussn- long for recognition. Only a few nights before, while attending a per formance of "The Pearl Ftsher,” in Naples, an old resident of that l i i i Can w-<vii *««/«» Union Now x-ro Be *»•>«. Had Alfonso and Nicholas m e |itxr ppenhets in the hands of a system; rhusetta Prison Association, has IT» '1 an institution. Their deaths are of An consequence. It Is the system shown, however, that the law re- city said to me: "Here, in the Mercadante, I heard Caruso when he on C a rp e n te rS U te n s ils , VS , , I l 1 i a ^ I I I must die, and he ¿lied by j bombs—It must be slain cently passed In that state grasps sang at a salary of five trancs a night!" An American dealer in fine IIU O I assa-, swssws It aw cannot ..„ -W .„ V — --------- ______ < l- a « The V’U „ system of a class I V11 XXtZrt nitH handpalnted falls, on entering an atelier In Vienna where he was by »a thought. ruh'. svlnua class privilege and exploitation the true principle, his statement always sura of bargains, observed that the finest artist among the of the niasMcw. feels that Its enemy I f thought. So It has always mur being: "The Important difference five painter«, of the force was missing. "Y es,' said the Proprietor dered thinkers. In so doing it has Oways spread wide and immortal between the treatment of children and »••«"« adults Is that the ------ proceedings • he had a chance to better hts condtltons; he has become a tra.n-car teed their thoughts. How cheap Is the bombast of the military officer’s reply to Fer are not criminal; the comp aint Is ' “"orchestral music Is much more common throughout Europe l..an rer s request to be allowed to face the firing squad with open eyes, for being a delinquent child, anil •T ’altors cannot look upon the faces ot soldiers." These theatricals , not forcomnilttlng a crime, theie In America; the theatre, concert hall, and hotel and resrtnirant or orchestra are usually double the size of ours. 1 was told n Paris by o’ the strutting military contrast puinfully with the calm dignity ot ' Is no plea, of course; no convtc- thc brave traitor looking Into eternity. Who are the traitors o f t h e ! ’ion and no sentence. The child an cld-tlme American Journalist, who Is now a real p “rls1“"' V* some of the tlrst violinists of the superb opera or orchestra th eie world'’ A noble band—Socrates, Christ. Cromwell, Washington. (,8u, ladJUdf ed ',*r<e are paid $40 a month, an evidence of the superabundance of talent Francisco Ferrer was in political belief a philosophical anarchist. ’ *'hl|d. an upon a Jul iJ itt. Just a grade or two short of the highest. In England, some of o r Union labeled goods of every .That Is he believed with Thomas Jefferson that the best form of "¿or^ "reftirmallon" may fol tutton for reformation may fol American vaudeville siars. accustomed to their hundreds a week, are kind and uescrtptlon are b ein g . government was ‘.hat which governed least and letft the individual to low.” offered only as much a mo: th. unless they happen to strike the popu handled In large quantities by;th e f-ce«l effort, without any law-crtfted privileges—and co-operation Writing shortly after the pas since March, 1986. It was first Introduced by Individual local unions lar farcy. Then they may have as many as four engagements in Lon- many local firms. The merchant iu voluntary. This is the belief of Herbert Spencer and Tolstoi sage by the Colorado legislature. and later on adopted by our International union as the official em <cn every night. As to Journalists. 1 heard rather pitiful tales of their carries those things which are and ,,f thousands of the te st miudv (if tne worid. But though such im tm eraU on’ ln nearly every country I visaed. There are. of course In 1904. of the law for the crea blem. At preseut there are used tlirougliu.it the United States every profitable to handle. The large ' in,,n m»y not condemn as others do.f he maddened mind which, tion of a separate juvenile court— month a I ttle more than 40,000.000 of union labels of the bakery i few ceelbrated pens on each of the larger dally newspapers, but on of union made goods carried < a iim i, brooding over the tyrannies of the th« governors, seeks relief In killing a )aw d|J{< (Q j udge I.tndsay's per workers, it stands not alone for decent wages and human working The press, as In art. second-rate or average talent abounds In the stock x _____ . t . . . , | a, ^ l > i th a t h o ru in _ . __ t »a. » shows conclusively that t there Is »w (hern—they recognize that _____, such aaaflMlnatlon does more harm than slstent . ,,florts_he conditions, but above all for the clean anil sanitary workshop, for eftorts—he him him self self wrote: wrote: market and consequently runs few automobiles, its tendencies are _ a healthy demand n <1 f< ir i the hu u n io n .ifvxj ■ w J I ...... _ it .............. wl. — .. for union Instwad of slaying the Inatltution—such as the autocracy of "Parents will not be sent to . Jail superior workmanship nnd the best of material. No union oaker will rather to streetcars. , , . . , Russia or the clerical military despotism of Spain, the assassination or severely dealt with unless It be allow'd to he employed In a shop where the germs breeding con Hut—the labor question, dear friends, that Is precisely what I am label. This demand can be greatly In u--ii» the ...e Institution. . . . . Professor . . j ,g a m„st exasperating case We sumption or any other dangerous disease are to he found. The union writing about. In America, our musician« s i e organlzid, for ninety- creased by systematic buvlng on only frightens the majority aud strengthens Ferrer never advocated violence. Hts — teachings • ■ were not so much Bllll|| gl, on the theory that pai bakers demand a clean and snn tary hakesbop, thus Insuring not alone nine hundreths of them their art. they have found ol't' * “ er‘ the part of all trade unionists sa a nnu- MCh.tn) — with the right, li g h t ,' - ..-I*- need .......I help a-,,1 un ionists new school—with I eIUi nnd > ad,ilts nnd wlae wise ¡th eir own lieu...... . . » that ...... ................— - ..................... . — ........... . health, 'out . also of the customer. Any man ............. or woman, chantable commodity subject to competition, wtnen the and full ,,o ]it|va| Hli scientific. He advocated which unchecked ™ would X n d . who understand friends who understand the full frep from chUrch dogmatism and dictation, to examine the truth of direction Just the health of their Ft as much as do no the tue ; anxious anxtous io to protect tne neuiui oi w eir loved luveu cues ones Fliould m i u u i u hesitate uemiaie to work injury to all In the profession * e have a'so » ^ e “ri work 1>bpL Work injury co a it in iiiv „"L'„je are wrought, and the «leaning of the union label. This „ things. To teach Darwinism and nil the truths of modern science, children.” And u rch ase any And he he adds adds that that «¡p a | purchase any bakery goods which do not bear the union label. It Is a tortes. where the precious metals. rnn. effort rdl,.Bs of of their , win be — waned ............ tl,.,, to. enoiv on on their part can be — greatly r.— —- ' . regarotess their effect effect on on reltalous religious superstition. superstition. He He was was the the L -----1— — in i— .......i protection for producer and consumer and a guaranty which cannot be vigorous campaign will be waged organized artists In them need not aspire to become^ streetcar com aided by the I<abor Press calling ChOsen friend of Anatole France, Blbu-c Reclus and the great literary against divekeepers and proprle- appreciated any too much. doctors though, by the way, these worthy workers where organized the attention of purchasers to i and men It goes without saying that through the existence and actlv ty of our in ac|etl,lfl<- b , ,„uinn mi-11 of in Europe r.uiupr. tors of similar places that hurbor have shorter hours and higher pay as compared with «heli’ those firms of the city who deal Some day resurrected Spain win erect a monument on the spot I and corrupt the youth oi the com- International union the conditions under which our members are com tors. The artist workers and the unskilled tollers are equally eliglb.e In union-made goods. This thp to organization and all are protected and benefited. Labor organlza Labor Press will do regularly and | where Ferrer died—and poor little Alfonso and Maura and the gov inanity, remarking. In conclusion, pelled to lalxir have been vastly Improved and the payment of dues ernment. even down to its tawdry tool, the military butcher, will that "we shall make a special ef Into the organization has proved to be an excellent nvestment. Natu tlon has progressed further In America than In Europe, where the systematically. only be remembered to be execrated fort to reHch the causes of crime." rally the non-unloniats have also been benefltted to some extent, but intellectual proletariat is a distinct and unorganized element of so This week the Press desires to ill who have the slightest fa not us much as they would ha e gained had they joined our Interna ciety It Is described to me as being In active rebellion, open or call the attention of all mechanics b - llarlty w.:b Jo ie Lindsay s tional union. But during the paat few months It seem s that an all secret, against society as Inlluenced by the European monarchies. It to the fact that union made tools HELPING THE HATTERS writings will recognize that he around awakening has taken place am |n g the slaves of the akesbop Is plotting against th. standing armies, against the church as united of all kinds ran be had In the At least one local firm assisted the striking hatters of the East In traces the causes of crime Infin and n great numbers they are Joining our organization. Our average with Hie state against hereditary aristocracies, against all the artificial many stores of the city- number or of in Initiations during me the nisi last quanei quarter has per m...,..,, mouth, ._.lh er back barn than man the m e dive »live number itiation s uuring n.i» been ueeu 400 n„i breaking the combine of the bosses io do away with the union label itely , farther obstacles that exalt vested privilege and consequently give the less — 1 -- X- . . — . ■ Z — . a V — I , I . . 11, .i I »4«* AX ai A The Oregon Hardware Company, or the ia n ce hall, and one need ! which . Is certainly a:i encouraging showing Our Intention t to Increase on hats. opportunity to merit to gain recognition. 107 Sixth street, carries an extra . , , .. a „ i „ s i -- .-,1 Several months ago the Lion Clotliln Company, 166 Third street, only study hts 'The Beast und the our membership to 25.000 unt I our next convention In 1911 will eer- In Turin my duties were confined to an Interview with the leaders , large stork of these aril- placed an order for twelve dozen M*-mry hats with a Dastbury. Con Jungle," now running In Every j talnly be realized If the locals throughout the country, and that ot ’ F' 1 desirable 8 of the General Confederation of 1-abor of Italy. It terminated to the large 8 At s p at nectlcut. firm. The order was r e d v d . but the discovery made that body's Magazine, to see that he ' port kind. O ie , ceitalnly not excluded, will do their share in propa- entire satisfaction of both sides. Some misunderstanding as to what cles. can be supplied with the highest ............................................................................... ...... Assuredly Assuredly he he ! gating gating the the principles principles of of our our International International organlzat organisât on on l aud aud try try “ to m- Visit to Italy signified had arisen through my meeting repre grade of tools bearing the label all the hats were without the union label. The Lion Clothing people has delved deep. ____ ______ „ .g I .A > X . ... 444-.4 ,t>4 .B • ‘ • w x a le in a w A lla l v l i n l 1’ ¡It sentatives of the government departments tn Rome and the leaders ol the Machinists' Union, as shown Immediately returned the shipment, together with a strong protest belongs to the modern school of ¡ gather around our banner every worker "making his living" In the criminology, which will eventually bakeshnp. against the discontinuance of the uaiou label. of the labor movement In Southern Italy which Is not in by the above cut. | u conclusion I deem It but appropriate to acqua lit the readers of Yesterday a Press representative was at the Lion Clothing Com extirpate crime b; rooting up Its with that of the north. Some of the newspapers, a so. making wild Mr. Mechanic, help your brother guesses as to what had brought me to Italy, had tried to set up an machinists win “fair" conditions pany's store on Third street when s large order of hats was being causes. Hut this Is a world Strug-¡the Portland lAbor Press with the principles ot our organization, gle that Is only now looming up which claims to be one of the most progressive ones of the country. toiagtnarv tilt between the Confederation of Italy and the I-ederation by buying tools bearing their label. received. They are all union made. It has emphatically declared Its beliefs and re terated them at every Mr. Purchaser, you are entitled to all credit for this good work It above the horizon. of America It seemed a popular belief that America was as much convention that the laboring class must emancipate Itself from all in Is your pei slstent demand for the label that does the business The ' —- — ——---------— agitated over Italian Immigration as Italy Itself. Our uniom. were de enemies, the proprietary clas , that It must organize Lion Clothing people carry everything In men's wear bearing the , There Is no opportunity for fluences , m,.nces of oi its n s eneraie scribed as opposed to Immigration and systematically preventing Ita _ . people to get before the .locally, union label. Whenever making a purchase of any kind of goods de- , working j(>en,iy . nationally and nternationally for the purpose of setting the Ian workmen from Joining American organizations. cltv council In the evening. They | i , <)f , OV)lM i ntz».d labor i . i mand the union label. T I city against the power of organized capital. For To the Turin delegates I could but r. peat tbe fact that unI n. There Is a complaint on the pact of business inen that union men must lose half a day to meet with i ,hus atrugflle an Independent Labor Press Is Indispensable, In general are anxious to organize the foreigner. Many of out and women don't demand the small wears, such as collars, garters, hours of heel-cooling Air thing ' National and International trade unions are apt to exert a powerful skilled trade unions admit a qualified Immigrant as a member on . . Don't . ----- , ,g _ these things ---- - ,.. to Injure organ -' . ln{| llenrp „ upon production, prices, the hours of labor, regulation of ----- --- Is Intended --------- - — m11,i„n. suspenders, etc. over’ Do ------ your A..i, full j duty. Re (bat production of his home union card. The Italian ‘'onferees at ru In ( as /izxz, stew lex Ci.fv:. a thoroughly consistent unionist. E seiy purchase you make meuns the Ized labor Is cooked up In com- apprenticeship Hnd the mpport of thetr members tu all the different toen.selves cited no cases In which Italian unionist.. la d beet, ex direct employment of some person. Do you, in this way, support the mtttees that are as hard to keep phage, O(- i|fs , cluded from American unions. They were also ’ U’’ " ' 111 paid, unsanitary sweat slave! or the house of quality, the union shop? track of as a Jackrabbit .In high • The conflict through which they have naturally to go with the or- statem ent that no tre.ty had been thought of between, our unions sagchm sh. There should be some power o( capitalism lead» them to recognise that all trade and the Italian government or the Southern unions Before t should > of compelling these city step- [ „niong must form one great, powerful body; the sol dnrlty of the In .„ te r Into any negotiation, with o.her «rg? l £ l o n In Italy, th . I. to -------- t— and (erMt of lab<jr u pr„rla|m,,d . , hp work! ;» mutually assist each other. dads meet 1- tn .K the . evening FA b ’ to Cthe Americans Joining the International Beere j and bearin0 their union label. to receive citizens who have som e 8(»>n the fact will be recognized that the entire eyetem of production our , I Na, |, 1Iia| stationary Engl ICARPENTER8' 94ALL. EAST PIN K STR EET AND GRAND A VEN U E. thing to say on Important pro rests upon the very sh< uldera of the laboring class, and if the worket» tarlat. that was a separate question. >et to I e a d I posed ordinances. «lily display their firm «let. rmlnat on »ml exert thetr power, a new annual convention. . n„.mb«rshln of n e.rs will m eet in Rochester, N 1 --------- --------E . - .......--------------- ------ wt»hc'a~a"re the refuge o f ; ......... J " " 'ce. might be easily Intr.xluecd. tN^OFMATION GIVEN CONCERNING UNION .AFFAIRS. Idle a Ä ^ a s ' r o p o r i v . l l ’.v R"‘O“ *“ T“r‘n I tomlHu'.’ m o 1"1 ‘ •:i' «11 and It: millions staude the A rrajcd against the power < f ' the Indolent. C. EOMBERGFR. SECRCTARY. PRONE E 6279. f i nn* i cents In the counties and 39 cents In the cities. This Information has lust been received by the Oregon Federation of of Labor Labor committee committee appoimvu appointed .or for the purpose of investigating the - - .... «• various stale free textbook laws aud to put a law of the kind be fore the voters of Oregon. The Utah report reads : "In 1902 a law was passed by the legislature providing that free textbooks should be furnished to the pupils of the schools In the several counties of the state. On the ’he ■ free I m e whole, w i s u r . the .» « » operation , » - .. .......— of — textbook law h a . been very bem , UNIONLABELED TOOLS ZnUrattioml (REGI&TEBOT» a BUREAU OF BUILDING TRADES a a a a ii za