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
®
®
J
SEVEN TO ONE
A FAIR FRATERNITY
TCa
IS HITCHCOCK SLATED
FOR SCRAP HEAP?
BIG BUNCH OF KNOCKERS
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