OmCIAL PAPER
or THE
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OF
PORTLAND AND VICIN ITI
PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
*
"TBADBB UNION8 ARK THC WULWARKP OF MODERN DEMO GRACIES"—W. C. OLADSTONB
PO RTLAND. OREGON, TH U R S D A Y, FEBRUARY 16, 1911
V o lum e 10 No. 51
AUTOMATIC COMPENSATION BILL IS KILLED ! '
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L
1— ------------------------------------------ I • peni
W ho
Sill-ports
A c t?
the
Com
The employer.
Who O pposes the Compen
satlon Act?
The workman.
What has the em ployer In
y .sted 1 tithe Industry?
His Money.
What has the workman In
vested in the industry.’
H it Life.
What is the em ployer's oli
Com pensation
Jett
in the
„ .. .
W hole N u m b er 576-
HOW MUCH
DOES IT COST?
LIFE OR DOLLAR8-
WHICH 1
p e n s a tio n
r . . „. RAH RftAh UNIONS HAVE
ÏÏ
egislators Wisely Conclude T hat RAILROAD UNIONS HAVE
WON BOILER INSPECTION ‘
the Working Men of Oregon
. .
OFFICIAI. PAPER
OF THE
OREGON STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR
®
How much does It cost som e big
® I corporations to keep a few first
SHALL THE POSTOFFICE
BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY
grade and a host of second grade
aw yers in Salem'' If W Tbutcli-
Stop Sunday work In the p
■ gi ■ Iti.
taking it
® I er. for instan ce, lo ad of the Teh
o f f n e In I 'o i l l a n d
T h a t Is wl,
ip
II w ill maka
• phone monopoly. Is not in Salem
the w o r k t I s w a n t .
It h e n
b
tl 1 h rs to word
• .luring a legislative session for his
For man.) y c .iis II.. m alb'srti.
on Muud,
:tb harder, but
• health.
' and the clerk s Itavi Is . n requit .1 t h e r e i pleut
t graft in thu
•
Frank T G riffith, one o f the
1 to hand out mall on Sundays, e a r n in> )f Hi,.
Organized Labor’s Growing Power been entered Into betw een t h e ( ®
*•> th e lailroadii
«
ailing legal ligh ts of the local
railsnad
b to tle rh o ed s
and
the •
lust a n s t h a t c a n
¡ N o n ecessity for It.
•h
oil sufficiently
in C ongress Proved by Pas
•
ransportatlon
and
light
trust,
Boilerm akers' Intern: tlonnl Union ®
-H o n
A relic of old tim es when (o h i r e a b ' * \ i a 111*11 tin M o n
sage of Life Saving Law.
< oust
needs
receive
som ething
It was this practical amalgan.it- ®
the post m aster knew everybody d a > s
Hi ti’ < < k. tl.«’ postmaster
C
lore than any partner of Joseph
tion am ong the rat'read worker* ®
by their fitst n a m e s a n d m a il g e lo . 1 i
> i hoi
w j|| n o t l a s t
The Abbott bill, to provide for m any req uites, ns it should, that
t
els, the soupist, is accused of
(By Pan-American Press.)
that forced tin agreem ent ou the ® Act?
' t a n te In o n u st ■ am er oti S a tu r d a y lo i» v er
1
• S a m is net broke.
autom atic com pensation (so-called) every dollar of the cost of the
,
‘ceiv
ln
g
for-w
orking
for
progress
To com
commercialize
human
m ercialize
o n c e in t h r e e w e e k s
lie e s ’ i a fiord 1»
< mi’ll enough
W ashington. D. C „ F e ll. 15.— locom otive boiler insp ection bill; I®
for injuries sustained by wage- - injuries be paid by the Industry
• and the people's power. Will the
the m ost Impel tan! provisions of ® life.
T h e c h u r c h e s c o u ld hay i i put to h a n d le the uui
a if I,» it w o rk -
The
adoption
by
the
house
of
the
in
which
they
occur.
earners, was killed in the bou se]
• Oregonian give us an estim a te on
What
Is
the
■
rkinan's
oh
which are as follow s
•
Mop to it years ago. T h e h lu g th e m
tv hi th e week.
• ¡th e value and returns for G riffith’s u
of rep resentatives at Salem y e t - i The Abbott bill made no pro locom otive boiler Inspection hill
A chief inspector and two as- ® jeel ?
m embers are fte<|ueuth in line
Sign tl
el i • ’ ilio n p r in t e d
vision w hatsoever for the placing previously passed by the senate
• services?
terdav by a vote of 33 to 25.
To safeguard human life.
waiting tor their mall «‘Bhei going here. and ma. 01 b l i n g if to thlR
of hazardous ind ustries In cla sse s | Is considered a rem arkable vic slstant chief Inspectoi* are to be ®
•
Then
I
here
Is
such
as
Johnny
Preceding the vote on the m e a s-]
Is the proposed law op
to or com ing from church.
OffiiC
aud if « K « I > i Aiti V ► Igni
by
th em selves,
w ln reb y
they ’ tory by m em oeis of the labor appointed by the president, and. •
• Coffee. ex-Senator Beach, C. E.
ure it w as considered by the
I h e business men could base th-iii tl.«- ¡HlKt. li.IHf« 1 * til be J uh -
would pay their Just |U»rt of the i lobby who h a te w itnessed in the In addition, tin Interstate Com- • tional?
•
l l i i k i i i u n . H a r r i s o n A lle n , C h u r l e s
bouse as a commit tee of
the ■
To the employer— Yes.
put a stop to it a long tun«’ a g o I Hied in s h n tti ng <>tf (he Sunday
Funds w e r e , p a s t the hitter opposition to this m ission are to appoint 5d Inapec- ®
• II Carey and a host of others
whole. The merit», or rather tie-1 protection granted.
To the workman— No.
• to be raised to pay for lo sses by j m easure displayed by the railroad tors who shall have passed • ®
» <>rk It \ou ha\« air*-.»»(y Klgm <|
by renting » box.
0
What
philanthropist
Is
putting
up
merit*, of the hill w ere debated
What Is the object of the
i civil service exam ination q u alify-,®
The mail carrier and the c le r \ a ballo! in lb* h . i i l y Sew* don't
I charging 4 per cent of the salary , corpoi ations.
f
for
their
keep"
How
Is
It
we
hear
for an hour and o half.
>dgll again.
l b«’ 1 « - Miuigf » T
I earned by the w age eat tier, the I Chairman Mann of the Inter ing them as exp. i ts in boiler in- < Coni|>ensutlon Act"
no howling from the ln te ie st ruled like Sunday off as well as the h oi
To supplant the Employers'
R epresen tatives
F ouls,
Clyde,
T h ese lugpectora shall •
carrier and the hank clerk. Sonn »tiling ro do »bat tie 4,111, but
em ployer paying 2 per cent and state and Foreign Com m erce Corn- sp ec'ion
0
country
press
about
the
puy
cum-
Brow nhill,
Carter,
H untington,
reported to the house that la v e the pow .j to declare a lo c o -’ ® Liability Law.
th< sta te and wage earner 1 P*'r ' piltti
• ing from outside the state" What carriers have not had Sunday in h«- ueedtt lo I h » b.n k* <1 up by
N euner,
Peterson
and
Ruak
years un less they hired a in.in (he people.
< Does the Em ployers' 1.1a
I ther< had been a practical agree m otive boiler unfit fot service.
cent each.
pro- 0 is the m atter with ¡1 published list
biltly Law adequalely
•bow ed op the hill In its true
Hut the great good that will
Il vou would rati ♦ I w«uk sei«H
and paid him a full day’s pa> in
It is at cn ce apparent that this ineut h u w e e n the representative*
of
salaries
and
expenses
and
olt
lght.
They pointed out repeated- last provision, with hall the pay- (,j
le d ?
t be w « « k than six v»>t<l
d
a\s
their
place
O
thers
every
other
railroad brotherhoods, boil- ' com e front this new law 1« th at
• J e d s?
y why organized labor w as op- ineuts m ade by the sta te and ^ m a k e r s and ailr ueys for the an engin eer can mi|ke com plaint
Yes.
no alb rwlse m te >•«
Sunday have to be on duty.
satisfied
*
Is the wot k man
jH.Htd to the m easure.
wage-earner, creates an
unjust > r!lu lo a j corporations, as to the as io the dangerous condition of
writ its protection?
The bill w as defended by Bone- privilege for the hazardous busi framing of ib is hill, and as the his locom otive boiler direct to an
brake, Thom pson and McKinney.
Yes.
ness, and exclu d es the higher m easure stood, was acceptable to inspector and obtain im m ediate
YES
When did the em ployer
Ir hl* argument favoring
the
protection for bis life that under «
skilled, well-paid and leas risky them all.
Seven law yers fought E. <».
first
realize
his
duty
to
pro
m easure Thom pson attem pted to
T his sudden com placency on the t h i old company s y s t e n t had to
em ploym ents.
Barger in hia effort« to secure
vide for his injured em
m ake the legislator* believe that
For au exam ple: The payment part of the tallroad corporations be risked or the em ploye .would ®
’he lahe'iiig of convict m ade pr>
NO
the bill would provide a desirable to the sta te on a saw m ill hand
ployes?
lose
Ills
job.
i
•
to a m easure that
they
had
diirtR, out organized labor won
Since November 8, when
form e f autom atic com pensation,
Even
now,
before
the
final
<
at hazardous work receiving »2 25 through several session s of con
I. the Liability Law was adopt
out in «pile of the learned quib-
and read extract* from the Port
per day would be »2 34 per month, gress sm othered with objections enactm ent of t h e ww. it is
hlera. How much do you suppose
NAME . .
land Labor P ress of last mouth
while the payment on a le ss haz and abuse, can only ho attributed 'pot ted by locom otive en gin eers « ed.
the convict m anufacturers’ trust
-
- boilers ari being everyw here
What is the effect of the
show ing that labor was favorable
nam
ely,
the
coin-
that
4DDKKSS
ardous em ploye, say a p lasterei, to one thing,
put up to secure the valuable ser
Em ployers’ Liability l-aw?
to autom atic paym ents for In earning »6 per day, would be
panier’ deadly fear of the work- repaired to m eet the com ing of
vices of (hose law yers? The Ore-
P
rotects
lives
of
workmen.
juries.
»(>.25 per month.
(T he former Ing agr. -ment which has lately the i n s p e c t o r s
Voniun has a good deal to say
Makes recovery sure with
The vote se ttles the question has an earning power of »58.5-1
about the salaries of people who
out resorting to courts.
TH E DALLES B A R B2R S’ UNION
for this session of the legislature
per month, the latter »156 per ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
work for the advancem ent of the
Would the ratio of eontrl
and su stain s organized labor s de
The Garment W orkers will
m onth.) The risk of em ploym ent ♦
bullous in C om pensation Act » Mtate, but nothing about he vari
T. M. I.eaho. secretary of the
m and that the p e o p le s liability
give
their
sixth
annual
hall
of the saw m ill hand is at least ♦
ous lobbies of the special inter-
piovide the defined benefits?
Barners of Portland, local
law , passed last Novem ber by a three to five tim es as great, hut
♦ at C h ristensen's hall, 11th
eM8 in Salem .
were re-
la
st
w
eek
organized
a
union
o
f
,
Over 13 years ago the Fr11tern.1l ItiR in e n , t h e a n n u s i d m
m ajority of over 22,000, be let« sllll the Abbott law m ade no reck
No
one
knows.
♦ and Yam hill. Friday, F eb
his craft at The D alles with every
as the fundam ental law of the oning of th is fact m aking the
Brotherhood of Loi. Ang.-les Join, d fus* tl, limi Ihi F H w iihdrew,
W hat is It based on?
ruary
24,
1911.
♦
HENRY GEORGE ASSOCIATION Ihe M erchants and Manufacture! - J i e f e r t n g ri* r te l*c Id e n tif ie d w ith
shop In town on his lists. W. A.
Theory.
slate, and that no additional laws basis of paym ent, not the actual
♦ A cordial invitation Is e x
he based
Crawford was elected president of
What
should
it
A ssociation. At lhal tim e lit' tl,*' tr i, .-I*- in aliv w .n . s lid c o r -
of this kind be passed until they risk sustained, hut the question
♦ tended to all.
the new organization and F. E.
be thoroughly studied and Itnown only of the w ages of the em ploye.
on?
On Monday even in g the Henry organization was a booster lor ic iiily n o t e n ih i -Id* lig h tin g so
♦
♦
♦
♦
Experience.
C otty secretary. The latter gen
to be equitable to both the sin-
G eorge association m et in the the city, and It was represented m a n y o f I ls m e m b e rs , lo r It •’
The Abbott bill m ade no pro
tlem an
was
recom m ended
as *
Should ih e fund he in su f • J Woret-afcr building and heard F. I by men who did not care In make m a d u p o f m e n o f s m a ll me**
plover and em ploye.
HENRY
GEORGE,
JR-,
vision to fine the h -a r tle ss em
deputy Inspector for lhal district g ficient. how wouid the work
The Abbott hill was a vicious ployer or to reward the man who
li t Ito,is, tid s o t w h o m a r e
E. Coulter speak on the "Work ' a fight on organized labor
to tho board of barber exam iners, < man recover?
m easure and would not have be. n seem ed every safety appliance on
fo He Done.'' A draft of a pro ¡helped men to secure work, and ' m e n
I h l, o ig a n lz a tlo n s u p
'in
presented to the legislature If it his dangerous m achinery. Labor
? 1 1 1
posed state w ide lax m easure was Ihe Fraternal llrolheih ood
•
Corporations
h atin g
valuable 9
had a hearing before any body
read and given out for general scribed »12 a year toward I- b H o u . l a i n e s A F o rs*
rebelled at th lts fact m ore than
1.1
ilo* a b le s t
f '. i n r n i i f
franchises for which they have 4
The above, printed in ex
of n.en who were at all read ou
consideration. It would establish > support.
ether. The workingm an de-
I ’ .i i f e i n 'a ,
a* H s I o slib n.
paid nothing but bribes can easily 4 cellcnt form, was prepared by
the subject of em ployers' liability any
Tim
e
went
on
and
the
M
ami
ihe
sin
gle
lax
In
Oregon.
If
adopt-
sires and dem ands Immunity, not
pay m ore taxes in Oregon w ttbc.’t
President Daly. Joseph Foley
and autom atic com pensation.
e-., and put Ihe big land holders M. begun Io fight worklugm en M G HM alb v It -In state m a
—he does not want com-
and Otto Hat tw ig and clrcn
Anybody bclit^ wronged.
The m easure was based upon Insurance for Injuries that can be
and sp eeid a lo is oil Ihe defensive The Fraternal Hrnlherlmod n ev ii g e l f o i l i r e g e h . and is makin,
luted In Salem and before tin
no previous experience, or scien ce pensatlon
| anon-led Hs sessio n s, and full a .-p o ê la i c a m p a ig n fo r niambep-
with their back to the wall.
among
union
men
and
®.
In
spite
of
the
efforts
of
T.
T.
legislature
just
a
few
hunts
of Injuries or deaths caused 1» prevented.
Mr
Coulter
m
ade
the
strong
I
(,f b u siness Iroiu a rupldly In ship
The vote in the house for and
(hgantzed la
Geer anil other •ha-lteens." Ari
before the «o-ealled Autom atic
paid very I, ö in e n in P o r tla n d
accidents, and created a special
point
lliut
appeals
must
be
m
ade
|
creasing
m
em
bership,
against the Abbott bill w as ns
zona goes on record in support
Coinpeu-aliott A d went to de
privilege for the timber Interests
to the moral sen se, the hearts, of little attention to Its npeniit- n r i n 1,, w h a s n o q u a r r e l with thia
.
of Its “Oregon m odeled’ constit ti
by whom it w as drawn, it would follow s.
feat.
the people. He has p roved .to his The hill was paid annually as a t r a t * " i ' l l V and Ihe Ian Angeles
A yes Abbott. Am brose, Beals,
tiolt tin e t to one
• • • • • • • • • • • •
also benefit a few em ployers con Belknap. Bonebrake. Brooke. Buck-
own satisfaction that m ere fig-j m atter of course. Last |ie< e m b e r , ( n l t u l L a h o r Council endorses
ducting hazardous bu sinesses, such
tires and discussion of exem p tion s ow ing to the strenuous altitude o f , il a s n o ! a n a n t a g o n i s t i c lawly to
llrvunt, Chatten. Church, Cole,
is tunnel and railroad c o n str u c t- 1 1 -y . ..
¿ rav,.8. „..Ills
l i.tillin g trades In N - w York are
------ - the public so much jj„, yy Hnd M. In lighting work w o r k in g n n u i a m i w o m e n .
do not ‘ attract
W hy
does poverty i n c r e a s e a s
likely to have a tussle with tho
Lion, powder m ills, section w o r k ,. us m a .
'MrK, niieyi Miner
as Die pointing out of the wrong
V» «’. J l I) inert as» s?
N. H h o l'in s o ti. th e » d l known
Som e of the Oregon senators
t»c. The average em ployer would ; Mali
. *
'
n,,ids,
Sm ith,
contractors.
of land monopoly.
declared that the sin gle tax was <11 g a lli/ Mon »oiker of Portland,
t , the un scientific ?
........ ,
a m easure to enable the rullr- ails b a s I hm , 1I0I11M th in , x- lo K la m a th ,
erm s of tho o u t.
, I
, *,r-
MUTUAL RESPECT
to escape taxes on their rolling A P«Hh a l L a b o r I in o ri h a s J u s t
Without a sin gle precedent in T i g a r d ■
Bigelow.
inv of the leading countries o f .
N o e .- A id
H.hanan> ,*,„■
slock, and every railroad worker b* • n i ■'k iiii/« il a m i rb»1 ( ’a r iw n -
Speaking of the situation re up there uppluuded and rndo"s< d ters, I «I'.fi i s I m i . »•• » -. Printer«
h, world in autom atic paym ents | Belland, l r
(*h ’ „,ian Clem ens
Noon bave tb d r
garding the Japanese em igration
Or accidents, the hill
I
^0“
^ - : • «'**'
! the sentim ent. Queer, Isn i H. a m i .tlo is »111
question. Ihe (’oust Seam en's Jour ¡that the senators who wmb and d i a l ( -I«« Ologo bus now several
Henry George. Jr., w ill be In
hat half the cost of -he ptot <- < lyd
Johnson, Jon*:.
ranks of organ
nal says:
lib - Hi tl
X
r
1 ^ ' . M sg-n e. Ma P o r t l a n d about the 1»t of March.
I vote hardest tor the big business m u
Ion" he paid by t h e t a x p a y e r « < « ^
'It is well enough to cultivate
I/» .1 la b o i
I li» m o ro the merrier.
He is to address the Idaho legis
lnti'i’esta
ari’
so
afraid
that
the
b* wage-earner.
that Germany j rlner. Miller °I Lln" ’ * ( ,
lature on February 18. Mr. George
Expose U nbelievable C on -: E v e r y postoifice official, from friendly relations with 0111 helgh- people of any county might t a l o *
,t was argued Dial u m
e rm
a n y I , Pierre.
p P e t-iso n . p
((Well. , Rat
U . k--
anner.
Powell.
k ff. ,s the son of that great econom ist Senators Imposed by P ostm aster j 11 itelin ck dowu, is now blam ing bors across the I’m Ifb , hut It
. ‘ tL l a d v e r tis e d
P o s tu m d o p e
I taxes off railroad rolling s t - k
ditions
iFt, l its fund 1» »hl.
sp eak er K . m k ^
must be borne In mind that reu,
Poverty''
ijili l l o r e I m never
aiich Is not ihe case, as G e i- ’ bliaw, snnpsm n—
---------- w hose “ Progress and
General on Departm ent Clerks He man below him for Inelficl- friendship must rest upon mutual and Increase them on the v a c a n t ' n s <’O tte e , aHb<
m n to 10 totut
i, i )
in s u b o rd in a tio n
and
in is
haz made a new epoch in oiviliza-
traet.1 -if loud and half as - * ■ I I a g r a in o f c o if
respect.
The latter condition, In
j of dope
T h e f a k i r s d l l n s (h o
tion, and he it a “chip off the j
in ic * m eni, hut l i e truth of Ihe
P ress )
turn, must rest upon a clear ree- right of w a y '
(h e n
Is absolutely
I s tn if d e d a i»
old bl0C l" '
1 . . k n n e lv a s lv
W a s h in g to n . D
Feb. 16.— ii. i'ii'i Is Ihm the man at the
ogniilon
of the difference betw een
the la» lo call
’ nom.»
h Is ¿1 .!•
Last Novem ber. 1
P
I t i „. u t i sl il. m sud for Bost m aster v.'iv lop, President T a il, sta lle d
Judge
G
lib
,r(,
p
iesid
in
g
j
-
'"
'
the r a ie s
'Io ignore that differ
' It
C o f f e e , till
'be bran, sawdust,
disoigouiz-dinn by dem anding
Republican district in ew
, j (irneral llllebeor k s removal has
cnee, to forego the right io net In the county court ai Kai: a I pi mul di» Il
e-l and iiiolassea
City, Mr. George w ** • lee‘e ^ ‘ sprung from a most unexpected
bowing oi "• I'onolny" w h iiu
ai'eorddigly, is to ciiltlvuti* eon- t'ity, M o. il--lu ri s Dial be I- in , f.iKe still pa
foi coffee with
congress
after
a
straight-out
c
a
m
-
1
ild
s
s
-
ls
l
Ills
cam
paign
for
i o „ Monday th e m eeting o f th e ,
0\ V w a . ’‘r ^ d ,n» X n
■ quarter. nam ely, Ihe senate. Sen-
lem pt. nut respect, wlili Its sequel favor of baying all the county
oil!»» '.e o p l« ’
paign for free trade and the single
b .lio n in 1912 H itchcock has
printing
beai
the
union
label,
and
I alors ( am ble and Crawford of
of enm ity
tax, no dodging and no shifting.
business agen ts of the
11 'lu ll's political m anager; led
that all the m eehanleal w o rk
r8. i South Dakota have been telling
Congressm an George is be-ng
\\ ben no man wauled a fool
-
p,
sillon
has
now
been
lost
Trades cam e to the unanim ous
,rhp
Blllug(.
o
f
battle
had
hardly
colleagu
es
about
ihe
re
which It Is n ecessary lo do should
The sm oki
WHO WE WORK FOR
ceived wherever he goes by the m arkable crisis which w as re
ougb Ihe storm of opposition i
be done by union men. heiause of land in Oregon it was not
(.inclusion that they could do | cleal e d 'away before a big dele-
workingm en a s a friend and a cen tly presented on one imtiortant rftiM I against
Now that mil«
his m ism anage !
In Ids opinion, they represeiU the » 0 1 tb an> thing
pom bu sin ess in Salem than any- , gallon of em ployers and union
A very poor mid ng**d man i workmen who have at I a llie d tin Hons » o u l d luk» <■« r ta lii p a r l i
fighter for liberty.
uj. i t of the adm i.ilst ration's g it id
cam
e
up
from
Fori
land
mail
run
in
their
slid
e
,
when
the
»here else in O regon, and they | fighters cam e up
] of It a n d p a y r o u n d ly (h e p r h o
on a special train. The train was
postal clerks delib erately struck esi political a sset, the postoftlcc. busied in planting ami grafting an highest degree of skill and t'ffl
B attered for grips ¡‘lld collars to delayed, and the legislatu re had
apide tree was rudely Interrupted |
up to two m illio n s a n
H
r
i
d
ing
the
k
hour
law,
opposing
m onni
claim ing
the
conditions
under
cleney.
W ise judge!
at the sta te house.
m u».
which
they w ere Required to e n r y m easure advocated by or by this Interrogation. "Why do
already ' gone and done It.
The special object w as to im- I
labor, , and discharging you plant trees when you cannot
The follow ing are am ong those
work w ere so onerous that it w as ganized
„
Max Burgholzer of Eugene w rites
An am endm ent Is now before
»ress it upon the house of repie-1
The firnt recall on record in
went to Salem to m ake the
beyond human ca p ariiles for them :
ry p osiofflce em ployee who 1 hope to eal the fruit of them?'' to the M inneapolis Co-operation
the
people
of
K
ansas
Blowing
'
H
r
r
a
i
s
e
d
h
i
m
s
e
l
f
u
p
a
n
d
lean-
lentative« th at the workm g people
the' liability law and the
to do the service properly. T h is I.be, .1111« pr-imentni in Ihe work
the Oregon legislature has »b«'ii .Major Aduni of (be little
thaï
women
a
vote
on
all
sta
le
officers.
ivw
liab ility law
sltu stlo n was so well understood , of his union. H itchcock has n t , Ing upon his spude. replied, "Some
fake com pensation
three restrictions placed upon eit> of Eden »»« removed from
It does not provide for a vote in In South Dakota that It resulted las’ stirred up a storm ot pnb- one p,aided l r - - s for me before I had
is and the lak e com pensation defeat of the
lb- blnmed ll lo the wo-
11 since the people have hail the
m onstrosity:
in the passage of resolu tion s by in protest that prom ises fo end • was l-orn and I have eaten the Initial.ve. The legislature bus lost
killed.
In S' UH» Ma 1 »' <Hll gel*
F. H annon. Iron W orkers; O. presidential elections.
They made such an im pression NordEtrum and O.
ih e sla te legislature, asking th e ¡w ill, his rem oval from offlre. l i e I fruit
1 now plant for others that power to call a ennst it nt lonal con
book ttnd blnnif it lo Eve,
H artw ldge,
Ill Seattle D etective nu rn s has
v their presence that Tuesday Painter»; J. U. M Croekwell, E.
tho m emorial of iny gratitude iniiy
»n
s
a
good
tool
to
his
m
aster,
congress
to
Inter*
delegation in
vention, 10 amend eltv charters
shown
som
e
indication
that
vice
tght »he com pensation bill went
frort to better con- .T a ft, tint bring now broken he e x i s t when I aiu dead uiid gone." and to enact taxation laws without
Sm ith, B. J W anhurg and C.
( furnished graft of m agnitude to vene in the
own to defeat by a vote ol 33 K.
will Is* thrown on the scrap heap. Just so wlth Die labor m ovem etit : a referendum vote
Jordan, E lectrical W orkers;
I g i u s as one of
ilitioinj.
A.
we are working for p osterlly, mit
o 25, after a leaflet » as se t up
Cem ent W orkers; A. the benefit of a political gang of
■ a , \ b e v e to e n a b lit
W.
Jenkins,
j which C. W W apl-ensteln, chief
nd placed on every m em b ers
ail
for
ourselvea
todav.
Sm ith, G. H orllg, J.
tlie emergency clause,
B ecause the hostile South Da
esk Tuesday- nigh t, for there Madsen, T
H. F ltz, Longshorv- 1 of police, was head. A Job could
a so li • 'ito u g h .
Every
Maher
and
kola
leglalaiure
iinlered
the
lu
ll
be
given
Burns
In
Porllund
with
rere printers am ong the bunch
COST OF CHEAP LABOR
sle en ia n , R. O. Rec- j
le g i s l a t u r e w ith th o
men;
B.
W.
text
of
six
m
easures
printed
on
f labor m en. and the ex igen cies
H lhbs, C arpenters; ! great advantage to the future of
...U fo
I» a n u n t i l i ! i g t t t ’
tor, George
the ballot, a great d ia l of - l i t I
lemar.ried Im m ediate action,
the m orals of the city.
it
»
0
ililn
( h a v e It.
Foley,
P
lasterers;
W
ill
Daly,
The
sltlkp
of
the
Chicago
gar
d am ol oiei-l leglslallon I* made
Joe
ilp ed to turn 1 ,e trick. It
Printers President Frazier of the
ment workers has eoat tin« manu Where It Is a live Issue The D ie
flrct
civil
ease
In
Oregon
The
facturer»
at
least
»4.000,00(11 ¡'non ballot, how ever. Is 11 I— "I " I f
sill that W ill Daly did som e rom- Brotherhood of Railway- Trainm en.
Pen (is \ 1 vault legislature
he
to he decided by nine out of 12
through thp cancellation of or set, for It Is sm aller Ilian ll"'
using of the language s s
M miikt I r r»gai(l»d hb
has gone on record this
jurors
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Pool 1« ’"nw'
lb* prom-
Actual Head of U. 8. Army De turned bis s.ireastlc batterle» upon ders liecause of the walkout. Ill I ballots 111 many sta tes w b eie th e
The Lion Clothing Company nas
Don’t fall to rtad the aril- ♦ w eek. The lawrjers may find this
addition to th is loss, the inniiu- I people have nothing to say about
Andrew Carnegie:
gi\t ono 1 Mid o f h l« «al-
clares 9chools Teach Children
n-iikes
change
short
with
pceived th is week an Immense
change
cle entitled "Gems front the ♦
w o rk ngiii.in'K h o s p ita l, If
Nul wiibhtandlng Mr. C arnegie's faeturers h s ie seen (housanila of laws.
onsignm ent of new goods, all or-
Oregonian." by W. O. Eggle- ♦ them .
Thai War is Bad.
and h« I k doing it.
cry against our preparation for dollars' worth of m aterial ruined
ered with the Union Isabel. In
ston. ou page 4 of th is Issue. ♦
war. I find him. In a rerent letter 1 by Incom petent strike breakers,
With every piirchnse you make
The Hawthorn«' avenue bridge is
yoking over som e of the new
to ihe German Em peror, em igrai , In one shofie alone 200(1 walst-
j i t r i k f i b a t any tim e
(B y Pan-Am erican Press.
of union labeled m erchandise, you
nearly »40.000 shy of the cost
lock It w as discovered that som e
lila-ing
his
m
ajesty
for
having
|
eoats
were
"botched"
and
the
' l l - \ m e A l» n y tt p r e
W ashington. D. C., Feb. 16.—
not only stren gthen Ihe
u u i" ii
ults had the label In the roat. but
estim ated and the city general
preserved pence am ong the na- s-iperln iind en t of the eompanv m ovem ent, but inn» hk . >our s. 11 <<d.d I
law »•«• « n it» ,o v e r« , AC*
A recent Investigation In the funds w ill have to m ake it ll|>. Making nn open dec'aratlon Of
ot In the pants and vest. They
derided It would bo cheaper to
by l a w b ’KM hl 1 vkebrevk-
lion
s
of
Europe
for
40
years.
compitili
war
against
“
peaceful
school
has
I
n
sp
e
c
t.
If
><
h
>
<-arr>
a
<ai»I
an-I
•ere all picked out aud returned, legislature at Albany, N. Y.,
The bridge Is used by the Bort-
clo se the shop than to pay the
4-1» .«n-l tollo»« d by la w le » « p o lic e
Leonard A. All of you veterans know how
I don't- puridiHH»* label g»>c«l»,
'his schem e to work off the non brot *ht to light the faci that one ' land Railway, Light * Pow er com teachers, MaJ. G e n
Germany lias accom plished thia, if j help it hud.
coni I k .
¡Hie m aking prHenxioii« to s«»m- und lit « i«
nlon stock don't go with this lobbyist, representing half ft doz pany cars to a greater extent than Wood. V. S. A . ha* th is to say
en corporations, absolutely dictat by the public, but It Is not paying In ill** course of a lengthy address hi nil, by Ihe m aintenance of Hal
thing you don't enn.' out. in <>’ ••
Irin .
A sla te com m ission will act as 1 word«, you label )oiir«»df m l- i ”
I 1 *• Union izibor H ospital o t
ed every bill of consequ en ce that I what It is provided by law’ should | just ilellvi-r- d before Ihe D istrict vast arm am ent, naval and land."
a buffer betw een the people and
(
The
war
departm
ent
Is
thor
ex
(?)
a
t
-
!
Com
n.andery
of
the
Loyar
Le-
Humboldt nullity Is more than
wqts passed.
rrlte.
I he paid, thanks «0 Its
laDior
T
em
ple
looked
de-
It can do no'hlng
oughly alarm ed nt Us inability to the rullroad«
The
bolding Its own. notw ithstanding
glon of Honor:
I tottiey. tlie Mayor.
The
■rted Tuesday aiternoon by rea-
.
I "I scarcely know what to say get serviceab le recruits for the the legislature cannot do.
W lfhovt dl«enM'*i«,n. on Febnm »' the strong opposition of Ihe union*
Our
present
Jury
system
puts
a
1 o t th e absence of so m any
priqioaed
city
com
m
ission
Is
lik
e
-,
army anil hence th ese ehargea
! premium upon Ignorance anil pr>
2 the P ersian paillam in i yott'd fighting big lum panies.
A r< port from Herbert Knox ought 10 hi- done with all th ese
1 the b u sin ess agents and offl-
school boarda through the conn that n large majority ot the school w ise sim ply a tax-eating fake The to e n g a g e f b e American fluanclal
m
otes
Injustice,
Ittlestlon.
Jndl-
Sm
ith,
com
m
issioner
of
corpora
o f the various, unions In
xlriady the talk of a national
try which have thrown ali -win- teachers, and m any school boards supporter* of each of th ese men* advisers
T he foreign m inister
lem trying to hold down the I rial corruption and the production tion*. Just made public, show s a Idance of m ilitary e x ercises out niv- openly Influencing the ch il •ires hope that It will serva a»
stated that the contract* foi th e s e Im itative and r< -erenduw is h e a r d
I of more law yers.
rapidly forming tlm b jr trust. The
thing for the people and
;islature.
And a _ pla\
r
Alm ost dren against m llltaiy life
get vices would s p e c ify a mloimum from |*ollilclan, «nil sfatemnon
Southern Pacific alone owns in of their currli'iiluinns.
this country-w ide school in flu e n c e , postpone the com tug of public o f three uad a maximum of five with their ears fo the ground.
wlllinu!
exception
th
ese
teach
ers,
per cent of (he tim ber In the
Sf.
Ixynis
defeated
by
an
over
is ruined m any a
against war and Ils practices, ss- ow nership
Senator Cullom of I—»« s-ig«e«ls »A
year».
northw est. T h e remedy is the one who are exiw cted and PHld to
w ar —
depat
t
rem arked
the morallxer. whelm ing vole the proposed new 1
offfc«ra In th
the e war
-------,
England Is applying lo Ihe lords Instruct th e pupils com m u ted to ■ekt
ment,
does
no«
slop
with
the
Prem
ier
Ktdslon
of
Q
u
een
s|,n
d
chatter
w
liBh
om
itted
direct
Jeg
The fearful dynam ite explosion
' rejoined The dem oralizer,
holdings, taxation of land values, their care, even g o so far a» to I child fuit ba" «n Imm ediate e f - ’ Ausi ralla, h*“ prom ised lhal dur* I st. I xjii I s haa 41 »00 men nml In \ , . » York Is being laid on
w as going to be ruined at all islatlon and provid' d a fake recall exclu sive of Inipro,'em enis.
advise youths against lh< handd
w o m e n In th e o r g a n iz e d »*-a«les,
| som e workingmen, the "bigune’*
provision.
nt prosperity to do It."
ling of rifles."
(■ r e e l mg from under au elaborate
H olding up Germ any’s enorm
ous Rh - a r g « p o r t i o n o f ih e .om m .m lly C .iotlllons for men em ployed ou ihe majority work right hour*
pence*
you
A
n
y
b
o
d
y
«'an
t
e
l
l
y
o
u
b
o
w
The com m ission form of gov-
"Inveatlgatlon."
Infam ous hospital tax has
s t a n d i n g a r m y »« a " m -'d ri
> O il
I
day.
cons*
rilettoli
work.
might
have
succeeded,
after
(hen
against
guns,
war
and
»"Idlers.
J
railway
been
measure," the Major General
source of revenue to many- ernm ent for J oliet III., has
have
failed.
defeated.
doctor with a pull.
Know Best W hat
They W ant
®
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J
SEVEN TO ONE
A FAIR FRATERNITY
TCa
IS HITCHCOCK SLATED
FOR SCRAP HEAP?
BIG BUNCH OF KNOCKERS
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