Portland labor press., January 13, 1910, Page 4, Image 4

PO R T L A N D
fWTTt ADA Y. JANUARY 1». 1*10
PORTLAND UNIONS
PROSPERING
LABOR
up by the Typographical Union.
Hi this loapaci the firm stood side
by aide with the B uttertck Coro
pany, of New York, which baa
lately acquired Everybody s m ags
zine.
Nearly all the o th er publisher.
in the country have signed the B U IL D IN G
TRADES
I APART­
| agreem ents presented to them by
M E N T O F A. F. O F L. A N ­
organt..'«d lalior, but the W arner
N O U N C E S “ * IT S
D E C IS IO N ^
i Company still held out. It waged
j long battles In the courts against
i the union, finally proving a vic­
The local Building T rades Coun­
tim of Its own greed.
cil has bee., Informed by the
1 "B R IC K S
W IT H O U T
S T R A W .” building trad es dep artm en t of the
A. F. of L. of rulings m ade by
Dr. W. H. Foulkes. at th e Pros- the departm ent.
The
Sheet
M etal
W orkers'
byterlau Church, last Sunday, gave
a serm on entitled, "B ricks W ithout Union Is given the rig h t "of man
| ufacturlng and erecting all m etal
Organized labor of P ortland Is. hours. and as a resu lt a bill of Si raw.” P haro rcc.nlr J the pro­ door and trim ." T he C arpenter«’
duction
of
bricks
from
he
Chosen
prospering and m aking a g reat ,45 was presented and paid by the
Union has claim ed this work h ere­
» W » « » fu r n ls l‘..g the .aw tofore In some localities.
growth. George H. F arrar, secre- council. Now nearly all the work ]
is
dune
evenings
or
be,
ween
4:30
m»
"
'rU
I'
Gr«“
'
eon.rne.cU
l
organ
la ry tre a su re r
of the
Building
The Bridge ami S tructural Iron
T iades Council, made a general and 6 p. m , thereby doing mure I *z«,lona are doing the aann thing | W orkers are "conceded full and
*“d " 4 tr' , .„m
p iete ju
n saiciiu n over
review of local conditions In his business in one week than the old "“ J* l“ >" r
■oinplete
jurisdiction
over >■»
the ■«
fab-
Hence j
>»<- » '« • <'
h .a|i(
.)lavlllK of
,
annual report rendered at th e last board did in six m onihs
the advancem ent of the count’ll.
n f'K 'd .a lh e i t h a n i e d m . .1 I
(
¡,,^1 (n rellltore#
m eeting of th e council.
pp ache,
seller said
sHid he
he was
whs ,“ " ■.*“ " •'"*
.
‘
"A nother im portant move ou the
1 The
1''- !-<•
concrete and cem ent constiuctlon
The report In p art reads:
' Worthy C hairm an and Brother part of the council was the getting satisfied that organised labor was work. The Metal L athers claimed
D elegates: I tak e g reat pleasure together of the several buslnea, i coming into Its own.
I he w ork heretofore.
T he Marble W orkers have been
In subm itting to you my third an- agents at a staled day They, too,
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aw arded Jurisdiction in ihe In stal­
nual report, giving a brief history have accom plished g reat results
lation of "slate tread s on s ta ll-
of the council during the past year. exem plifying th e old saying, ’yon
At th eir recen t election the ways " This work lias been claim
"The tw elve m onths Just past can break one stick very easily
have been a rem arkable year in but put a num ber In a bundle, or Photo-Engravers I uioit elect d tae ed by ihe iron W orkers.
presim i.l, L.
The D illsburg agreem ent of F eb
more than one instance, and at the 'union," and th e r e s u lt Is far ,Ilf-, loll«»wing officers:
O lio; vlee-pr< sid'-nl, Hubert ruarv 13. 1909. betw een the In te r­
rate the council is now progressing feren t.’ Hence the coming together p
It will not he many dayH before of all th e business agents with ■ deyer; secretary, A. h. Purdy, national Association of Plum bers
ireasu r r, Edward Arnie.son. dele­ and F itters and the United Asso-
our beautiful city will be a "closed one united effort upon a man. flint
or corporation Is generally sue gates to Allied P ru n in g « 1 adef’ j elation of Plum bers and F itters
town," to uae a union term .
ti.u n cil, Robert Beyer, !.. M. h. . |,as m-en approved and m ade a law
“One year ago, and before, we cessful.
tUt* d epartm ent, a fter the two
"During the past year th e coun bert; delegata lu l enirai L a b o r<
were doing business hy a so-called
Council,
It.
M.
Saint,
"
o
s
e
Olii
y.
;
organisations
failed to come to an
cil
was
driven
from
home
by
fire.
’ board of governors," one g o v ern o r,
from each local affiliated
T h eir ■ an<l has bePn “ wandl n 'r ub ,o a A com m ute« w as appointed to
1 ag reem en t at a Joint m eeting held
rang.- for q u arters in the new
in Chicago on D ecem ber 4. 1909
duties were to settle all disputes few days ago. Through one of the
most noble union acts by a staunch be. tem ple.
, The agreem ent referrred to re-
union brother, a schem e was per­
, quires all I A- and V. A. locals
fected by less than half a dozen
; ,o work under ihe directions of a
brothers of d ifferen t crafts, and
¡joint bonid, when there Is a lo-
1 cal of .a c h association in one city.
of equal fortitude and union p ro
gresslveness. whereby a labor tern-
A. D. Cridge. ,
And am ong oilier requirem ents
pie was planned 111 embryo.' What I "
a r' to have Gypsy Sm ith I" (n eith er association Is perm itted to
was the resu lt? Before th e nec-s-i conduct re. .v .1 se rv i,. s next lull organise o. issue new c h a rte rs
sary ararngeni. .its could he per- ts Ihe cam paign «11 be i .ii.:<*t>-- 'n r i d t i w in ii the other is or
fueled for the different locals tile at th e Milne lime llieie w:ll b. , ■- unlzed.
hoard ot d irectors was swamped i lots of Inlcrcstlug u;q o tunitl. s '.
with applications for hall and office 1 spend an evening will.out golu
SUSPENDER M AKERS.
space. More roolti has since been | ,a r or paying much.
looked fur on the two upper floors.
How easy It seem s to nt and
By careful selection the Oregon to me to sit a t a ger-fnp
and soon all may ho accommo­
'bine
dated. m aking one grand labor Ian bus obtained a.i nlm ust iiuuiil Hid m ake ail ap. u u. a dregs!
headquarters, w here each and all .nous endorsem ent of I In- asse.n Have you tried tu w rk on a elec-
may have a home, and w here th eir lily scheme from 97 1 2 per c nt rical sewing m achine in a su. -
of old-line politicians T hese sta te s
(av!ory» y 0 ou have only to
business cun be a!tended to.
"The past year has been a pros­ men are liv ln ; inf.sing lin k s,b e - ;ol|(,h , o u r foot to t he tread le and
perous one as to business. Nearly tween the old g rafters and tie I ..» ay it buzzes, pulling it.e tljy
Some ' l (
()f |,.a th , r a fter it su fast
all the locals have been
busy. ull-slaluivd clilzens.
Some of then, were sh o rt of men them are ns .« lltieally d-ad as an hai y< u t,uu hal(lly g... p your
) i aud upon It. Your thfrtad nnapp;
to handle the work and had to Egyptian mummy.
V-
send out of town for help. Wifh
liw
ihe hot in--die runs through your
The passing of ih e vehicle tax finger; you pull the leath er lioin
one o r I wo exceptions the locals
have Increased In m em bership. | after the people had voted it down , )h(? m a,
and finally you re-
GEO. H. FARRAR,
S ecretary-T reasurer P ortland liulld Then again. Ihe ‘conditions' the was an lusnlt to the whu.e r iy ,11Hnjbei
take your foot from the
different locals have gone out lor Ihe council th at passed It and the
„
nd , , u s(
you raay
lng T rades Council.
l.ave been obtained both hy the ru vor who signed It de»> rve r I nurse your sm arting finger, but
■ th at lntaniy alone, but they
mid handle all business of the united effort of each Individual ca.
I you look at your work in despair.
council. M eeting only when the mem ber and p ie aid of the splen­ «•ii, .„ve Io earn th eir recall s<"
Ih e stitching Is zigzag, .m l tu e
oral
tim
es
over
before
they
get
It.
occasion required—some tim es once did business m ethods of the
' niece ci leath er is sp cllel.’ Many
They
apparently
Intend
to
earn
i<
a m onth or perhaps in three council.
girls work a long tim e nl one r,i
"L ast, b u t not least, a wise once or twice more, a t least.
m onths.
.¡leg- noisy, hustling m achines.
"Now how Is it? Those "gover­ move hy organiz. d labor was the
A city entirely at the m ercy ot Dying to get control ot it, and nt
nors," ar
e called them , n o w are creation of a cen tral body,' com­
last give up th e attem pt. hop»,ess
knuwn by a different title, namely posed of delegates from all the ' a city council and a m ayor has al of learning the trad ■ P erhaps III
different
'sections
of
Industry.'
i
sorts
of
grafts,
of
which
ihe
col-
the “exécutive board," and Instead
Is quite as w l l for them , h-jw evv",
of m eeting once In awhile, now making a higher co u rt to reso rt t o 1 lapsed w ater main g raft was a th a t they cannot learn it, lor te e
m eet regularly every T hursday ev­ in case the d ifferen t sections can • sam ple, placed upon ll. Rut foi continual high speed and th e cP ,-c
ening. and have business to attend not come to some agreeable set- the lurking fear ef a recall, with g ltcntlon required by the Utile
to, too, a t each m eeting. The old tlem ent by them selves. Then the the certain ty of th e initiativ e in . leces of m aterial, Is very trying,
thp future to restore to tin peeph
board of governors did business whole com bined body of un on
ju st w ater rates, o u r city council indeed, to a wom an's liervra.
as a com m ittee of the whole. Now people are behind th e loca' in
and m ayor would have p erpetrated w orkeis at th is tr a d ' experience
different com m ittees of the board trouble.
nervous breakdow ns. In various
do the work, thereby curtailing ex-! "F inancially the council has the g raft on us.
ways Ihe trad e union is an a'd '</
penses to the council. I rem em ber done well, m eeting all Its obliga-
In non
The problem before Hie s ta te s ­ :he suspender malt *rs.
on one occasion the old board was tions w ith prom ptness and dis
union shops Ihe piece raic.v « r.
caked for duty during b usiness patch."_____________________ ______ men in W ashington this w intar frequently cut. S eventeen d o lla r»
is how to bo am tn d tin an ti-tru st
law so na to prevent i'uilher a n ­ n week for ihe heavy leath r "red-
noyance to the tru sts ami a t _'.h ■ I is" upoears to bo con. Idcred by
| s: me tim e apply It to labor 01 som e em ployers too g reat a wage
gnnixatlonfl. The problem is com- for a girl. For the non-union gli
plicated by th e n ecessity of su the rate is cut, or else the amount
ii« may earn a «lay is lim ited to
wording the change« as to no.
make It app aren t to the people *1. It is lni|M)Ssihle d o prectice
until after next N ov-niber fo rte s: this cu ttin g In a union factory
where the label of the American
it m ight have some effect on to
Federation of latbor is used. Tue
elections.
inion has done nmc.h good work In
The questlo nof purchasing goods , from no firm th a t cannot furnish
The speeches and prcc°edings raising the w ages and In Im prov­
this
label
in
th
eir
clothing.
bearing the union label is one of
of the Oregon Federation of L a­ ing th e san itary conditions where
very much im portance to all trade
bor. in its seventh annual conven­ they hail been led tv. the standerd.
SHORT HISTORY.
unionists and to all men and
The T ailors' Uni n of Portland tion, are of deeper int -rest to Ih i
women who a re favorable to a
NEEDS NO PROTECTION.
people of th is com m onwealth than
living wage and decent industrial was orgunizde D ecem ber 12. 1835. any session of th e legislature foi '
Progressed
io
.89!.
when
an
un
conditions. Every trad e unionist,
(Salem Capitol Journal.!
.... lime. W hat ihe
F<«1 [
which
w hether m an or woman, and the wise strik e was called,
Some of the ring-tailed, striped
oration has done along mndam eii
failed
on
account
of
non
support
family of every trad e unionist,
lal lines will yield m ute benefit I and streaked m achine pollilcians
should purchase no goods w ithout fmm the national union and local to tile neanle wh.’n enacted b y tn r e worried lest th e O r a n « get
the label that can be had with a fumla tied up In th e banks, and
after seven w eeks' duration finally the sovereigns of Oregon than ¡ Into political disfavor.
br.ion label thereon.
Many subordinate G ranpes are
whole libraries ol laWB »uch as
It the trade unionists and their lost.
the
average
legislature
p
i p J- protesting ag ainst the poqaised as­
The
c
h
a
rte
r
was
held
hy
a
few
E m ilies In North A m erica that are
sembly of the R epublican p arty to
now in the union would adhere m em bers of local 74. An independ­ irates.
nam e th e next S tate ticket.
e
n
t
union
w
asalso
started
,
w
lych
Btrictly to this, very few factories
The
S tale political machine
A part of the city h as been sold
or flnpis
lri»i could do business w ithout lasted until th e reorgan teat Ion of
which has Its headquarters at E li-
tnipliB'ing union labor. The p ur­ the union In April, 1901. Into which io a new m aster, and delivery ha.-. gent "for revenue only" Is alarm til
chasing |i«iwer of the trad e union­ Ihe lndpeendent union finally was | been given. T he new m ast r is
for the Grange.
is t and his family is som ethiug brought by the 13 c h arter mem bers. > a brunch of a New York tyndl
Some anonymous blatherskite,
The
m
em
bership
grew
to
about
L
a
te
.
With
Its
franchise
and
enormous. The millions into which
v ho cannot think of politics out
170.
which
has
a
t
tim
es
dwindled
about
>3.000.000
worth
of
w
a
ll
r
e
d
It would run. no man can tell, and
¡stock It will have th e pleasure side of Ihe function of additional
It all concentrated U|ion the pui down to 150.
The prices were very low,—$S nil d d l- h t of co lltctln g from two offices and tax":-, w arns the
chase of union label goods, would
make it p ra e tb a lly Impossible l<> and $7—which was gradually raised | to live tim es the value uf the gas i Grange mil to meddle with iiohLcs.
¡until In 190« it was >9.
In th e j ¡t furnishes. To th a ' extent it
Let the rlng-streakod and striped
sell those w llnuui a iabc..
The lo u rn e v irtn tailors have
a , spring of 1907 »10 was secured, j
bought a portlou of th e people cattle th at drink a t Jacob's well ol
lin iiii
label and have ' a l for
a : which th e bosses re tire d to pay | of o u r city us effectually as If it pi lltlcal Inspiration in Portland
num ber of w a rs. P resen t Journey-1
,hp fa)1- «n 'lcr the tlnanclal * bad secured ch attel slaves suffl- , borrow no trouble for the G range
-i re T a llin s' ' l idon o i Au.crh i l’reM,(’n ' wh,<-'l> alm ost brought on d e n t to retu rn from
th eir earn-1
It can take care of itself, and
w - organized in 1SS3 an 1 h.T nnd “ »trike- By a m ajority vote the in^„ over and above th eir keep needs no p rotector established to
e continued . vb fence ev o- since ! union agreed to go back to the $150,000 a year. How
many work guide It in tin- perilous quicksand
At Its beginning there war* nine Previous bill on a w ritten a g re e -, ¡„gmen will It tak e to save th a t i of Ofegon politics.
ment from the M erchant T ailo rs’ K ,nl ln a y P ar? The an sw er will
It. Is today the g reatest powei
¡era! unions, no.v approach:» - I'd).
T ie label was adopted in D>31- Exchange to pay the present bill ,lC , hP num ber uf slaves th e New for good clean legislation and pur.-
York syndicate, which Is probably political m ethods th ere is ln the
Fu.' some ye tea It bad -Pi: little when lim es proved b etter.
A demand was made In th e a nieniber of the S tandard O il' S tale,
u c, lu t rece.i !.' its us« ban been
of 19"3. which the bosses f!.mlly now has In Portland
m aterially
extended and is now spring
mu
, i i»u, cxicimv,,
rejected, and An Ihe strength of
A L IV E L Y S U B U R B .
probably ns generally used by
J
.
„ f 't h e ag reem ent a strik e was called J
A rleta Is a part of P ortland now.
T H E L A N D F A M IN E .
our m em bers as is the label or,
"
_
.
,
j which yasled .or lo u r weeks and
but It stll keeps up the Mount
any other trad e
1 finally was settled ln full victory
values Scott News, whch is a local paper
All over Oregon land
Custom m ade clothing bearing
inclinations
fur the loral.
have increased with g reat rapidity ‘ with some sensible
the Journeym en T ailors’ label can
In the last year.
The wave of The News says that g reat devel
be Appended upon to he well made
W E R N E R C O M P A N K BRO KE.
land-seekers has absorbed practl- opm ents are to be carried out all
and under sanitary conditions and
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¡rally all th e free land in the along th e line, and this once coun
to he of a quality th a t it is rep re­
Cleveland, O.. Jan. 10.—Because jjn -,tP(i sta te s. It is tu rn in g back try town Is to be citified with
sented Io have.
If tried to right trad e unionism and on itself like a rising tide and police, letter-carriers, fire com
The local union ln Portland for
streetc ar
some yt ars now has been quite stay th e progress of organized la- a j, ,,p and down the Pacific slope pany, sidew alks, new
bor. th e W erner Company, a >3.- tbe values of lands a re rising lines and all sorts of uptodats-
strong. P rior to that It hail many
ups and downs, som etim es stron,, (UiO.OOf scab ” publishing house of T here Is an artificial land fam ine ness. All thia m eans p reater prop
Akron, O.. h is been throw n Into impending. T he developm ents of erty values and m ore booatlng of
and again very weak. But It has
a receivership, carrying with it In i com m unities are m aking real vab prices for lots In a section th a t
now a hold upon the tailors of
this ehy th at Is apparen tly to last the crash the South Cleveland UPs, and th e monopoly of land Is If In some parts of Oregon would
Banking Company, one of th e m aking speculat’"« values.
be a big city by Itself.
»«•: m anently. Our loral union Is
_
strongest of C leveland's su b rrb an
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MG'arhed to Ihe Journeym en Tall
It Is said th at ln Latlow valley.
o r-' Union of America, w ithout j banks, with »1.600.000 savings d e -! T he labor m ovem ent was not
local union ! to s its ’ The bank h as filed a deed formed m erely for th e purpose of latk e county, th ere a re still some
« :eh, of onircp. u<
c f a ssig n m e n t
getting more wages and sh o rter fine sagebrush hom estead» to be
ran have a label to use. We i
The W ernen Company, one o f hours
f h e purpose of th e labor tak en up The dry farm ing far
R)e eiiully «all m e atten tio n of the th e larg est publishers In th e coun- m ovem ent Is to secure a
b etter m ere sav this Is about the last
people who w ear good clothes In try was one of th e b itter oppo- standard of living and to m ake of It in th a t » e « '“ » of th « •«•»*
Portland to our label, a cut of sents of th e eight-hour strik e of the lives of men women and chib (Soon th ere will not be a qu arter
w’ T Irh ,h e Is m h;
herew
and ^ ' ^ b t o d e r a . to addition to th e dren happier ~ d b rlg h te r.- J o h n seetton capable of keeping a g o .,
Z n ith n p published,
:= n g
X
•alt
u: n a i e «-h.thi.ig to pu. base ctt.ig-.l" for b e tte r co n d itio n , put Mitchell.
1'H
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PR ESS
JURISDICTION
DISPUTES
OUR ANNUAL
Suit and
Overcoat
Sale
Report of Secretary - Treasurer of
the Building Trades Council Shows
Encouraging Condition in This City
is lining much to keep thing
beginning
to
find out
$
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hum m ing at T he Lion
«luring the usually quiet January.
that
1 he public is
E A F)\ E R I IS E
r.\< r s ONLY,” and know that when we say $30
SHORT SHIFTS
CUSTOM TAILORS LABEL
FT/«
Suits for $21.85, they are sure to find the Suits and
not excuses when they come here.
TH ESE PRICES PREVAIL DURING JANUARY
$35.00 and $40.00 Suits, reduced to ............ $26.85
$30.00 Suits, reduced t o ........... ........................ $21.85
$35.00 Suits and Overcoats,
$20.00 Suits and Overcoats,
$15.00 Suits and Overcoats,
This means Union-Label
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Home of the Union Label
SPECIAL
Not enough union men seen to
« know about our I n io u M ad e Dress
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«¡loves, lust to boost ’em along we
will sell all this week our regular
lines all new' $2.00 I moil Label
Gloves a t ................................. $1.50
166- 168- 170 Third Street
reduced to . . . . $18.65
reduced to . . . . $14.85
reduced to . . . . $11.85
Suits and Overcoats
CONVENTION
SPECIAL
Just to let the out-of-tow n dele­
gates to the Convention know what
good Neckwear can he had in P o rt­
land with the label, we will sell this
week all of our $1.50 U nion-Label
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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