day. December >1. l t l l .
OPI I;N CO-OPERATIVE HAT SHOP.
DEI ENDS ORGANIZED LABOR.
. rs Celebrate Establishment of Their Los Angeles Prtather Utters Plain Truths on
*°n'
Own Productive Enterprise.
\ f w Y ork .—The opening of the first c<>-
hat store in this country, a pro-
*
c ciiterpises founded along co-o|x*ru-
UCll'*
I j , w a s celebrated recently by the ('o-
i ve i
#ratjvc’ league a t the factory, 41 Fast
street. H undreds of trade iinion-
° ¡inilKjcialists visited the shop during the
;ill,| fongratulated themselves on the
accomplished by the organization.
plough the co-operative movement is still
its infancy, the organization has alreaiiy
,.,H.|cd in opening a hat shop at 44 East
Am street, and a hat store, which is sell-
‘([¿iirixluct m anufactured by the organ-
is located a t 159 Delancey street.
? league has already declared a dividend
the consumers, which am ounted to $626,
dividends will be declared every three
jiths.
Picre are thirteen men employed in the hnt
tore, excepting the office force, and the
DIP' hiticry can tu rn out 150 dozen of hats a
It. Plans are now being m ade to open
inthei r hat store on the E ast Side and one
^Harlem, as the dem and for co-operative
kt« is tiecoming greater every day. The
.jjuc took the shop over from a private con-
mi. known as the Union H a tte rs’ Co-opera-
.11, a shop run by a group of workers who
¡ought they were running the shop along co
gnitive lines, b u t in reality on the same
JC>s as any other private enterprise.
The Co-operative League has four branch-
¡i.onc in Harlem, another in The Bronx, one
oi. the East Side, and the fourth on the West
ide. Plans are now being made to open a
ml defwt on the W est Side, as it is claimed
Ithat the organization can buy a carload of
Ifliiil. which will cost not more than $4 a ton,
ihcrcas the consumers are now paying SI2
Lj $13 a ton, w hich is underweight and un-
K»rnieasure.
STRIKING SHOP FEDERATION.
The Shop Federation men are putting up
a Ixtbi front in Portland. Monday was pay
mv at the company shops of the tr.’nsjxirta-
jon trust and th irty strikebreakers quit,
he I Hisses are weary.
The imported thugs from Chicago skylark
ml do as they please. Their wages are 5(X)
er cent too high. The oil-flinger is told to
p his scheme out of use. I t makes too
auch trouble, and next tim e there might be
lime bad results in court.
Trains are coming into Portland 24 hours
itc with “fa st” mail.
They are coming
ito the city without steam , simply running
own-hill as best they can when the ex
acted and disabled engine gets to the point
there the grade changes. I t will lx* a blue
Christmas for the strikers, but the stockhold-
iare a little blue, too.
The officials of the road sent a delegation
f workmen last Friday, headed by an attor-
»v, to make a protest before the city execu
tive loard against a reduction in the num ber
ii special policemen on duty a t the shops.
It was much like staging a theatrical pro-
hi’tion, for the attorney, after making a
lumber of contradictory statem ents, called
in each workman to say his little part. The
¡act th at the railroad company resorted to
¡this farce is one of the encouraging signs.
Pa*« « * •
PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
SIMPLIFY THE LAW.
Local People and Incidents
Here, There and Everywhere
th M Samara Case.
The only way to get rid of technicalities
and hair-splitting by courts is to sweep them
out by amending the organic law so as to
provide for the simplest a r J most direct form
of court procedure. No judge should be al
lowed to decide any law as to its constitu
tionality. Juries should lx* drawn by abso
lute fhance from the entire body of citizens.
The state and the defense should be entitled
to drop out two or three each, and a three-
fourths jury should decide the m atter, with
no ap’x'als unless corruption was shown on
the part of some of the court participants.
This would put lawyers to piling cordwood
and reduce expenses of governm ent.
The Plasterers’ Union will bo represented
A local collector of customs has, within the
Rev. C. M. Carter, pastor of the First Bap at the State Federation of Labor bv R. A. last few days, arrested 25 captains of oyster
fist Church, L is Angeles, had the following Willison and Thomas Brink.
dredging Ixiats in the Chesapeake B a / for
to say in the course of a sermon delivered
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violating the navigation laws and m istreat
last week:
The River St ea ml mat m en’s Union is ru n -' ing their crews. The charge against these
“Sometimes men are condemned just be- thng along smoothly. Business Agent “Ja ck ” i captains was withholding sufficient ftxxj from
cause of the folly ot their sympathizers. Or- Hoffman says the union is making a slow, their crews tuid not m aintaining proper ac
ganized labor is just as righteous us is organ- s,eadv gain in membership. At this tim e 1 commodations for them on board the vessels.
¡zed capital, and capita’ is self-organized.
.v‘‘ar s,,*ne of the Ixiats are tied up for
Organized laltor has had much to l>ear from varioiw reasons.
i The Garment Workers of Galesburg, III.,
have received ati increase in pay of 20 j>er
the foolishness of it friends, hut organized
Business Agent Crazier, o f the Cement ! cent. The organization was established only
laltor is right.
“ I he one who today loudly condemns or Finishers, has resigned and is succeeded bvl alxiut a month ago.
ganized labor because some organized work- i H. W. Hillil tush. The latte r is an energetic
ers have been wicked and foolish is u n ju st! worker, who will undoubtedly make good,
A threatened strike on the M. & M. Rail
John S. W alker, candidate for the presi
way at Indianapolis, Ind., had the effect of dency of the United Mine Workers, support-
and wicked. The great mass of men who i ,
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toil with their hands are as honest and as pa-
The Washington State Federation of Ixi- securing agreements for all crafts in the me , ed Mr. Mitchell’s charge th a t the last conven-
triotic as the men who do not. In fact, in **°r
a t Spokane on the same date the chanical departm ents on the system.
: tion was packed. He said $10,000 had been
the day of judgm ent, when all men m ust an-1 (,reK<’» Federation convenes at The Dalles,
put up by coal operators to bring into the
It is reported th at the Foresters’ Courier, convention delegates with fraudulent cre
swer to the law, six days shalt thou labor,
In his talk before the Central Lalxir Coun- a m onthly magazine published in Pittsburg, dentials, for the purpose of driving Mr.
they may stand far higher.
•Men must not be carried into the ranks ‘‘‘1 last Friday, Mr. Neilan stated his investi- and devoted to the fraternal order m ention Mitchell out of the union.
of persecutors of the |x«nplc who toil today gation of working conditions among women ed, ap|>eared this month with the Typo
by the clamor ot organized selfishness. The in Portland showed th at organized garm ent graphical Union label. The publication was
great m ajority of the toilers today are no workers were receiving an average wage of inaugurated last May, and up to this month
If you need a man to do work of
more responsible for the McNamaras than SI.85 for eight hours’ work, while unorgan has not borne the union label.
any
Kind, send word to the Shop
ized
laundry
workers
were
working
nine
and
were the early disciples for a Judas Iscariot."
Federation, Room 500 Labor Tem
ten hours for S I.15 per day. He expressed
The Retail Clerks’ International Protec
ple, fifth floor, 270>$ Alder street.
his firm conviction th at, contrary io common tive Association has jtaid out in sick and fu
A MAN’S BURDEN.
belief, industrial peace reig.’eo m industries i neral benefits since organization a total of
■ th at are strongly organized.
$156,657.85.
(Bv the Rev. Charles Stelzle.)
Nearly every man believes that his task is
Toltey Smith, who has been spending two ;
MEDFORD SOCIALISTS.
the most difficult. He has lx«en thinking it
J. L. Walton
J. A. Dunn
mont
hs on his ranch near San Francisco, was |
ever since he can remember. Even when he
in Portland for alxmt a week, leaving again j The Socialists of Medford are out with a
was a child, his problems—which now make
him smile as he thinks of them —were just as on last Monday. He spent the time here, brave little paper, a stout little platform and
real and just as im portant as those which looking after property interests, and made it a hot little ticket. They are demanding
to municipal ownership of public utilities, pro
trouble him today. But in all probability , his ’ mission
uss 0,1 to {mint out what he declared w
he pines for the job which he left long ago, j ,x‘ tb,e
of woman £ uffra< £ To.’7 portional representation, abolition of con
Ix -c x o s e h is n re s e
n n x itin n s,>nn,s s till
ix'cause his present jxtsition
menis still more w >'8 »hat under woman suffrage the society tract lalxtr, free employment bureau, better
irksome and monotonous; it presents so dam« s spirit the wives away to pink teas sanitary condition of jail and abolition of
U tt
many more difficulties than those which he while the husband is a t work and th a t the street working of prisoners without pay, free
arguments
of
the
husband
go
for
naught.
public m arket, eight-hour day, referendum
left lx«hind him.
of public franchises, etd. The election is
364 Morrisini Street
Sometimes, all this is only too true. Most
The attention of those interested in co-op January 9th.
of us have an unreasoning faculty for getting
eration is called to the Protzman-Campbell
It is to lx* hoped th a t some of their de
ourselves into all kinds of trouble because of
Shoe CO. An effort is now lx*ing made by mands are placed before the jxx>ple in the
our impatience, and principally lx>cause we
union men active in the concern to increase form of initiative measures, as m any do not
Under New M anagem ent
haven’t the nerve to stand up to the task
the numlter of shreholders. '1 he shares are see their way to support candidates who will
which brings with it strain and stress. But
$5 each and the owner is entitled to valuable support measures of a progressive nature.
really, most of the discomfort and unhappi
benefits in addition to w hatever dividends This lack of appreciation of the initiative is
Flrst-Claas Sanitary Shop Conducted
ness which comes to us in our present dis
may be declared on shares. Those who lx»- one o f the peculiar traits of the Socialists in i
Under Fair Condition«
tress, because of the comparison that we
lieve in the co-operative movement now have Oregon. They were the first to demand it, j
due to the
r make
t tk with
\ former
V, experiences, is uu«
UK an opportunity to secure an interest in an in - 1
fact th a t we have forgotten the p.t from stitl t on forniwl on these fines and incident- and apparently the last to make use of it.
which , we
N “ture
ature is a I'h.'sinnii
physician j. . . . . ¡j
. . . furthering
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. . were
.
i dug.
j U^ ‘ ^
the „ sale of union-made
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has now |
th a t heals the old woundc, and so crowds o u r . . -
*
knocked
out legislation by the Social Demo- ;
lives with new ex,x«riences th a t often even
crats
of
Milwaukee
and has practically veto
the scar is covered over with healthy thought
W. H. Addis has been contributing som e'
and occupation, so th a t out of the former valuable articles on horticulture and g ard en -' ed many different progressive features sought
Suspender Seta, $1.00 Values a t 68c
things there emerges a man better equipped ing to the Journal. He is far better inform- i to be placed in operation for the benefit of
for the duties of life. She does this in the ed on these subjects than the Agricultural the people. The constitution of Wisconsin Fancy Suspenders, Garters and Arm
natural world. The convulsion th a t rent College professors, and if he had a d ip lo m a , prevents the people ruling themselyes, and it Bands to match. Each set in a fancy
the face of Mother Fart h is soon covered with from the institution could be drawing down ] takes two successive Legislatures to subm it
an am endm ent. It would Ixi 1918 before the folding holiday box, made of ey.celh nt
a beautiful green which challenges adm ira
a
big
salary.
people could yank such judges as afflict and quality materials and shown in many
tion. She does it in the physical world.
ride and spur the people of Wisconsin from pretty patterns and in all colors, espe
J.
W.
Parting,
a
member
of
Plum
bers’
!
To heal the wound by "first intention” is the
their
seats. The thing for the progressives cially desirable for gift purposes; regu
physican’s aim, whenever th a t is possible, Union No. 51, was killed by a falling tim ber
and producers of all classes is to unite for the lar $1 sets now on sale a t ........................68c
because nature herself supplies the best re while working on the new JJpm an, Wolfe & i
referendum, initiative and recall, and to al>-
storatives.
Co. building, (at a little after 1 o ’clock W ed -! jure all parties and all other issues until se
Fortunate is it th a t we are not compelled nesdav afternoon, Decemlx»r 20.
cured, nailed down and the nails clinched.
to forever carry all the burdens of the past.
Dunn&Walton
Barber Shop
R. S . H A Y N E R
Keal Estate
New ones will come, but somehow they dis
Archie Curran, of Multnomah T yjxigraph-' In Milwaukee the raise in taxation has not
lodge the old, or, they will drive away the ical Union, a recent arrival ir the city from
In su r a n ts«
V «an>
In v e stm e n t»
N o ta r y P tib llc
mist and make them appear in their true Minneajxilis. whose death occurred last I been as great under the Socialists as it was
under the Democratic and Republican ad 0 0 5 L e b e r T » n » s l « . 9 7 0 1 A l O e r S t r e e t
light—stepping stones instead of stumbling
week, was buried on Friday last.
m inistrations. The old p arty managers is
A 0119
blocks. And such are the present difficul
sued bonds to pay running expenses, and the
ties by which wc are now lieset. The hope
A bunch of political skates are thinking to new’ p arty stopjied th a t. Population and H . J . r a r t t l a o n
J e b n A . J e fT e r y
th a t burns
is
in
ourns eternal
eierna. in the
u .e heart
n e a n of
o. man
.. . a n xs
j >f
r(.(.al, (>nterprise by
SENATOR GAYLORD COMING.
simply a prophecy of the future b fe -w h e n
S o lu tio n s to recall him. Maguire property values have increased, but the av- ! J e ffr e y a n d P arR iaon
f
from (h(l
rp(.ftll , erage expenses have decreased. If given
LAWYER!
Winfield R. Gaylord, the {Socialist Senator the full fruition of our earthly sorrows w.ll be ;
power to assess the big tax-dodgers the d e - .
, 1 7,
,
H em e T e le e b o n e A 4 0 0 1
from Wisconsin, will make his initial appear revealed. When, as we look back upon the
crease would be still greater. This is with
5 0 4 - 5 L a b o r T e m e le B n llO ln g
iah
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ance before the Portland public under the i past, we shall smile a t the trials of life, as we .
held and a great outcry of m isrepresentation
y o u r t b a n d A lO e r S tr e e t»
now
smilingly
pity
the
child
whose
burdens
j
Thp
h
g
.
R
thp
(Hfferent
membere
I
auspices of the Socialist P arty, Branch Four,
P o r tla n d , O r e g o n
made.
Pjtv c5uncil, if any. should be accepted ■
Thursday evening, December 28th, a t 8 seem as great as our own the burdens of a
1 w-th
anj promptly turned over to the
o'clock, when he will deliver an address at full-grown man.
the Gypsy Sm ith Auditorium, Eighteenth
Salvation Army.
RAILROAD HOSPWAL GRAFT.
and Taylor streets. There will be seats for j
ten thousand jxople. A small admission
The Christinas number of the Lents
r a v e n r 1.
It is said th a t the kindly and generous Beaver State Herald is a credit to any paper
r a v n » m tsi
fee of ten cents will be charged. Also a f°w
B O O U V 9.
Southern Pacific charges full fare for its in in Oregon. Many of the homes of organized
reserved seats a t twenty-five cents.
Do Boot. DO OUnkera. K ittle arb.
Diamond Coal %akM tko bro*d tk » t Mother
jured,
crippled
and
killed
sent
to
the
hos
D elivered a t you r address In P o rtla n d ,
Senator Gaylord was formerly pastor of a
nalM*«
laboring men are in Lents.
w
ith
in
the o ne-m ile circle, a t thia p rice, or
BroUa *ho atoak th a t Father take»—
prominent Milwaukee church, which he re pital. and it pays it o ut of the hospital fund
w ith in the tw o -m lle c irc le a t 17 p e r ton, th ta
MU the w hile with a aauie—
w
eek
only.
T W O TONS TO BA C H C U STO M
graft
that
it
will
not
perm
it
its
employees
to
igned to lecture for Socialism. He holds
The members of People’s Charter Commi-
And eaya, “Bjr «oah . If r d known thia before
ER.
W e w ill not reserve any o f th ia coal
the honor of being the first Socialist State have anything to say aixiut, nor does it ren tee have lalxired long and earnestly to pre
I w ould not have sw ore
fo r anyone, excep tin g orders accom panied by
(he cash o r check.
r d burn coal no more.
nator ever elected in the United States, der any account of the funds to them , the sent a good charter. Some of the ablest
Diam
ond
C
<a‘.
Coal
Co.,
C
ity
,
public
or
anybody
but
itself.
nd a pioneer in the Socialist movement, ,
counsel in the state has served without pay,
De ,r ’ .ri . H a v e ueed the D iam o nd Creet Coal fo r aome tim e and fin d It en .re ly aa tie -
aving assisted Victor Berger and others in 1 I t is also asserted th a t its pensions paid and given time and knowledge worth thous-
fac to ry
f p e c t to use It c o n tin u a lly . Sincerely,
J. A. L B A 8 .
with so much flourish to its :qr( 1. employees ands of dollars, with no hope of credit or re-
aking a Socialist city oi Milwaukee.
Senator Gaylord has the reputation of lx»- are taken out of this hospiti b nd
6 ' ward. The arch is missing in their creation,
ing one of the most eloquent speakers in the graft is levied on every man working for the however, and without jxiwerof the people to :
315 B a ilw a y Bnohaage B onding. Fhone MarehaU M74. Fortland, Ore.
company in any capacity, and ruthlessly sul>- prevent a minority electing the governing
1 nited States.
tracted from his wages in the sum of one dol body of the city, thlxwt cbarter will fail to
EXPFRT ENDORSES SHORT CHARTER. lar per month. Even if the man works but support the pressure resting on it.
three days the graft is levied, although he can
C. G. Hoag, of Philadelphia, is now travel receive no benefits w hatever from it one min
STAY OUT OF MINE.
ing in Europe investigating forms of munici ute after being discharged or quitting.
In addition to rapid growth of the ex
pal and other improvements. He writes to
F. M. Gill, in the Grange Bulletin, says:
penses
and physicians and a lot of side grafts
U E. 8. Wood from Luasanne, Switzerland:
“ We fanners m ust stand together solidly
‘‘A copy of your ‘short ch arter,’ as pul - the money still accumulates and the pensions against the so-called Good Roads Aasocia-
lished in T he P ortland L abor P ress re- are taken out of it to help the toning down of
rently. has been sent to me. I eongratutate
1« paid out ot it after the hrat of January. » ;
‘ have ua build. They
fnu and your associates on this greut achieve
Then why not buy them from the store th a t is helping
'ih
e
S
t
h
e
r
n
Pacific
could
d
e
a
r
up
.th
«
e
I
would,
have
u
.
h
w
h
l^ J c u ^ U u lg « » * . f t;
ment. You have made a charter that is far ,
you in your fight for better conditions. The store where
better in its essentials, in my opinion, than alleeationa, hut prefer» t o hang onto the ho.- t h
e
J
w „
h ,'hc muek ,,nd
*ny charter now in use in America.
every union man can feel a t home and where you will
pital graft, ant) to ignore its employees in our children
,
• ,
¡)V Tt)PV
p hfarrnprs un. ; 'i„ t of chumps who
“In an article published in T he P ortland their demand for representation on the hos-1 ™ ^ t*hC
confer a favor upon the management by asking for shoes
U uor P ress of Ocfc)lx*r 5th I advocated a
pital
b
o
a
r
d
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_____
haven’t
sense
enough
to
solve
their
own
road
fharter on ju st the same lines, except th a t I
bearing
nmhlpms
more we right
8poke for the Hare instead of the proxy sys-
SION IIP RESTAURANT.
¡¡"
„ ¡tlT o u r Thcv
i l have
affairs no than
have to to med-
tell
kni of proportional representation.’’
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! them how to build their street« in their cities
Secretary Henderson, of the \V alters, has
farmfir who gives them n cordial in-
AMATEURS IMPOSED UPON.
signed up the Puritan R estaurant, located at
. '
, v ¡n (,,eir own backyard and
i 8ta v out of mine.”
c Moving Picture Operators, after sev- 4 9 0 ^ W ashington street.
Under a new arrangem ent, Henderson has
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I’onferences, have failed to induce the
been
assigned
to
the
work
of
business
agent,
1
rietor of the Savoy Theatre to run a
Arizona votes so as to be adm itted to the
: house. This concern is a training in addition to the duties of secretary and Union and repeals the recall section obnox
Lfor am ateurs, hnd m any ire induced treasurer He certainly has his hands full.
ious to Dictator Taft.
Next spring th a t
Plans are being fait! for the fourth annual iudicit ’ recall, made as tight and strong as a
rv fo r the opportunity of learning the
iess. The results are th at the student ball of the organization, which will be given whaler’s barrel, will lx« made a p art of the
EU G EN E C. PROTZMAN, Manager
i'cs only a sm attering of instruction and some tim e in February.
constitution again, and thereby dem onstrate ,
‘ Ixith tim e and money. The theatre is
The head of the telephuuefn.ct th in k , one t h . t T u f t » » »
d u e .™ t rank „
146 Fifth Street
Between Morrison and Alder
cd on Sixth street near the Union Depot phone enough. It is, and two phones are an , high as his reputation tor a j i ^ t
fs unionists are urged to see that tins
r . mnbell has the best assort-
¡rns secure its patronage from am ateurs. imposition on us all. The State of Oregon ,
should own the phones and then one phone
1 ; o ^ X n - m i d e shoes in the city. Al-
ent glad _____
, ,,(A
„ r fnpt
Portland operate its own street ear would lx* in every residence, and office, a n d ; ¡ m
ways
to make
your
feet glad.
a t one-fourth the present cost, too.
wi a three-cent fare. Why not?
Coal a t $6.50 a Ton
Diamond Crest Coal Company
Do You Need Shoes ?
T H IS
R A LABEL
PROTZMAN-CAMPBELL SHOE CO.
F