Portland labor press., December 21, 1911, Page 5, Image 5

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P f i f H - J f i n f l J t f l h f l t * P r P R H dividend» were not committed for »lie bene- rigging in behalf of predatory interests may
A </» I t u i l U I J U U U I A f C o o
oj capital ’*» true interests and prosperity, proceed without interruption.
Pebltsbed a ra ry Th orad ar s , tbe C entral Latior Onoacll
Three thousand dollars given aw,
but for the benefit of the stockholders and
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o t Purl land and v ic in ity aodee tha d treat loo of tbe follow
men and women o f energy. \ ’o ex.„
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In f Board of Control:
K I
It,‘d o r . provident, repreeeut
other
lawless
manipulators
of
gr
t
indus-
TO
PROMOTE
CHRISTMAS
FEELING.
• 'tic,,
In c B nlldlnc Trades OooncUi A W . Laurence. a ac re terf,
necessary. Straight business. ( 'tun and
representing P O n tln f Tradea C e a n rll. Wan. Maekanale. rep tries,
la this country men cannot succeed
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resenting M e tal Tradea (o o e c ll; W 11. riis c e ra ld . repre
The burning question with the working see. B. Z„ No. 374 West Park ami ) «till -
It is a land of peace! Another little bank broke in time to hand
renting Label Tradea (1oua*''l; M. 1C Nolan, r,‘preventlug by the strong arm.
W a te r Front Connell; O. 1) Porta, representing Brewer?
inquisition
people
of this country is the high cost (if liv- hill Street, Portland, Oregon.
Tradea Counell. Pnard tneeta flra t and third Mood aye at and public opinion, and not of the bludgeon, out a package of hardship ant
the Labor Preea office. Labor Tem ple, at S p. m.
eutlatt and club in the hands of imported upon a few hundred |x»or men and women in mg. The wage-earners have from time to
Possibly the dejxisitors may get time secured advances in salary, but within a
Tu comply with the 54-hour 1aw for ;,¡|¡
»Vo. A. ManihHil, M a iia fln x Kriltor. Office« th ird floor thugs to beat down the protests of honest Portland.
Labor Tem pi«. tT O ^ A lder «tract. Portland. O refoo.
back 75 cents on the dollar. Possibly they i few months they again realized that the price and factories which was passed by the M „
workingmen and women.
"Organized employers, manufacturers’ as­ may have shoved off on them some wildcat of necessities was advancing out of all pro-1 ehusetts State Legislature, and which ¿4, '
RahM-rlptloa. SI la aamaoce per yaar; to noloea. o m
M a t per * M k .
into effect on January 1 next, the irfiiT'.' ?
sociations, employers’ associations, of what- stock for the balance. All this is as unnec-i portion to the price of labor.
cut wue, van gam minions oi aunerenis ov essary as highway robbery in daylight; as
Inquiry, conducted by lioth groups of pri- Lawrence are planning changes to
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■ h ’ ered at tbe paMoMIce a t C orti and, Oregon, aa aae-
rrn
•a d c U m tb «|1 B i t tar.
the process of jieace-; they can lose all their foolish to [lermit as to license jiorch climbers.; vate citizens and federal committees, has re- with the lawr
There can lie a bank guarantee law passed vealed the faet that the producer shares in a
prestige by the process of intimidation.
O trte la l patuiratloo for tbo i ' m i ra l Labor Caoaell of
e o r tlio d tod r lr lo l t r •a d tbe Orazoa Stato C rdaratloa o f The employers of Portland must preserve by the people. Why should not the other very small part in this increase in price. The I
Labor.
the peace.”
banks cash those de,iosits and call on a state values have become inflated through the use 1
l When the Journal and other newspajiers guarantee fund? The hanks do not like a of fancy packages, short weights and greater
Thunday, December 21, 2AU
i will take to lecturing the employers of lalxir guarantee. The jxsiple do not like the pres- profits to the non-producing element—the
for their known and admitted violence, thug- ent condition. This little hank was not in purchasing agent, the wholesaler, the job-
) igery, spiriting away of witnesses, imports-I the bankers* union, and 2.200 depositors are I xt , etc.—but the gr. ‘test added burden the
tion of lawless characters, etc., into Portland out nearly $180,000. Financier» are not eon-I consumer is called upon to bear is that of
¡the
organized workers of this Aity will lie- eemed, but the Merry Christmas celebra- advertising.
CHRISTMAS.
lieve its sincerity.
, tions ot many a working man and woman
And to advertising can be traced in some
Christmas has come again with its happy' For distance, 11 man recently Ixildly col- and child will suffer lx*eause of this little eases 50 jx>r cent of.the advanced price of the
festivities and outpouring of good-will and ^cted a can °f °*1 an‘I
an(f announced failure that looms np so big with despair to commodity. As soon as an article has lie-
evidences of love and affection
All the civ- h*8 intention to others of throwing it on pass- the needy.
I come "standardized” through advertising,
ilized world is celebrating the advent on ers"by> some of whom were women, in order
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for which the consumer has paid, the size of
earth of the Man of Sorrow, a workingman a
gPt at one 8triker- Thiw caae was con* i
WEST TO EAST.
¡the package is frequently reduced, the sale
failure in life from every material stand- i^one^ by the emPh yers, witnesses terror-j
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| price raised, and very often an a.bitrary sale
ixiint, a teacher of peace, a lover of the chil- *xet^» 8en^ out
*hc state, and the accused,
The attack» on Governor West for telling ! price is dictated bv the manufacturer or job-
dren of men, the advocate of justice but not '»though known to lx* guilty, had to lie ac- people in the East something alxiut Oregon’s her at which that certain article must lie
the sword; who preached to the poor, who flu*tted. This man is still employed, and is .nitiative, referendum, recall, direct primary sold.
Then the consumer is paying an extortion­
scorned the rich, who cursed the money- 8t*h gloating over his anarchy.
and Statement No. 1, are absurd. There
changers, who suffered in prison, who faced . Men arrested w*th arms concealed, boast- j things are not polities. They are horse ate price for a very small quantity of “guar­ D ruggists, Fourth & Washington
a packed and cowardly court and who was *ng arR* threatening peaceful citizens, have sense, and have advertised Oregon to a lar anteed” commodity and the quantity be­
put to death by the most ignominious pro- *Jeen turned loose by the grossest form of greater extent and at far less cost than all comes continually less as the volume of ad­
cess known nineteen centuries ago.
mock trials.
the boom and boost literature ever sent out vertising increases. The consumer pays any
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i price for the "guaranteed” article rather than
The glad tidings of great joy that has
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by the
Chamber of Commerce.
If this and similar institutions throughout make investigation for himself and compel
cheered the lowly al, these centuries since • A tax on the implements of agriculture is
has been all that men were brothers of a com- not*ce
the farmer that we want him to be Oregon would send out with their pictures j competition by comparison,
And the public becomes a party to this
of trees, fruit andnatural an ’unnatural re-
mon Father, and that the bounties of Nature 88 out-of-datc
possible
method
of throttling competition - when it
were His gifts to all men. Jesus of Nazareth
(the public) demands articles of a particular
preached equality, liberty, peace, love, hope,
S i x t h a n d W a s h in g t o n
advertised brand and fails or refuses to in­
progress.
vestigate
the
merits
and
compare
the
quality
The way has been long, the milestones are
of like goods sold in bulk.
marked with the blood of innocents. The
Tl e American people are paying a million
A ll Products Marked
nations of the earth and their peoples have
dollars
yearly
for
pasteboard
boxes
and
ad­
wandered far from the path; hut slowly the
vertising matter and tin cans with fancy
rea’ fundamental truths taught by the Naz-
labels!
arene are lieing partly applied, realized, some
But knowledge of the reason for this con­
what lived up to.
dition is of little value to the consumer unless
We are today taking up collections to give
a remedy can be suggested that will afford
the hungry thousands of Portland one meal a
relief. The remedy, which has proven a
year—a Christmas dinner. How long the
sure cure for this ill by groups of citizens in
dawning of the day when all shall sit at the
other countries, is being proposed in the City
Father’s table and partake of the bounties
of Portland for the first time.
thereof, with none of the proud ones to make
A number of Portland citizens, actuated
them afraid, with none of the forestallers to
by humanitarian motives, men who have
crowd them away? "Thy kingdom come,
won the respect and confidence of the com­
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heav­
munity, are now proposing to the working
en.”
people of the city a plan of co-operation and
When the avowed followers of the Carpen­
collective purchasing that has been ti e salva­
ter of Gallilee learn to repeat this prayer with
tion of the toiling masses in other countries.
due emphasis and true faith, there will not tie
It is proposed to form this organization, to be
any need for charity on the public streets to
known as the Mutualist Association, of which
feed children once a year. There will be
any citizen of Portland is eligible to become
some inquiry as to the cause of destitution
a stockholder. Stock in the association to
and the causes of hunger in the midst of
be of the par value of $25 per share, and no
plenty, disemployed by thousands amid the
person can hold more than one share. Divi­
bounties of a generous Father.
dends or rebates to be declared at stated
Christmas has come, with its mockeries,
periods. The plan outlined is tentative, as j
its extravagances, its fake charity, its sense­
it is desired to give the widest latitude to the
less rush, its luxurous presents to those who
society to construct and adopt its own con-'
have no need- for anything, its imitation
stitution and plan of government.
brotherhood, its c n r ’ties, its tortures of the
The association is to be regularly incor-'
workers in shops and stores, its doles to tho
porated and its offieers-bonded to secure the
financial affairs of the enterprise, and its con­
duct will be co-operative in all that, the word
Union men and women buying and
lany a little heart will throb with pleasure
impleis.
Its
chief
advantage
will
be
that
of
liecause of a Christmas gift; but many a
eating this bread are helping the
collective buying, and it is planned to buy
heart will be dull with pain because of the in­
all
staple
wares
and
merchandise
direct
from
Employers’ Association to lower
justice of man to man, because the spirit, the
the manufacturers and producers in carload
true Christmas spirit, has not yet been fully
wages and lengthen hours.
quantities, thereby cutting out all middle­
manifest in the course of the nations and t he
men’s
profits.
Goods
in
packages
and
wide-
peoples of th earth.
y advertised brands will be talxioed as far
possible, and experienced buyers will make
THE OTHER WAY ROUND.
selections according to the quality of the
Another Way to Raize Wayes
loods in bulk, thereby in a great measure re-
The Journal of this city, in common with
ieving the consumer of the burden of adver-
other newspapers, has read several lectures
id well-wooded : tising special brands of goods,
TAFT* EXPLANATION.
on organized labor recently to the effect that
sources,
a
brief,
tru
thful
statement of the "Oregon $ a y ” of making
h '« contemplated to district the city and
ail accusations against organized labor are
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of making '
laws
and
public
servants,
there
wouldj
be
establish
distributing stores at strategic
true, and it assumes that there is no violence
Mr. Taft handles in a very gingerly man-
Bar, 1S7 Sixth.
during strikes anywhere except,that com-i ner, (as well he might), the heavily loaded some sense displayed that is now lacking, i lx,1.nt8 which will minimize the element of Lotus
Hofbrau Bar, 1M Sixth.
Governor West is not reported as saying! deliveries, and it is estimated that six great
mitted by union pickets and union men.
questions alxiut his Supreme Court appoint-
Louvre Bar. Fourth and Alder.
Suppose this daily paper, read by thous- nients asked him by William J. Brvan. His much along these lines, but what he did say , stores, economically arid scientifically* con
Perkins Hotel Bar, Fifth and Washington.
was to the point; and the railroad bunch th a t. ducted, can minister satisfactorily to 25,000 Northern Bar, Geo. Schultz, Prop., Fifth and
ands of union.workingmen in this city, in- answer I»:
Washington.
vestigate and report upon the violence com-
“ I have spared no effort to secure for the does not like it can lump it. West has more; to 30,000 families.
Quelle Bar, Sixth and Stark.
“ 18 further planned to lease or purchase The
ihitted by imported thugs and gunmen, many j Supreme Court and other courts the liest friends in Oregon now than he had the day of
U n io n men should n o t p atro n ize these uniair
of them ex-convicts of the most degraded j men I could get, with the full appreciation election, and the kind of knocking and the i tra<;t« of fertile land and employ our idle men, bars.
type? Employers have deliberately prefer- that the Federal Courts and especially the source of the knocking is making him more' under skuIful superintendents, to till it on
red to pay out excessive wage« to such cattle Supreme Court, constitute the chief bul wark friends right along. He is making some mis- , mtensified and diversified lines. Also to de-
in human shape. The lower courts have re­ oi the institution of civil lilierty created by takes, and will make some more, no doubt; ' . °P a gigantic milk and creamery depot,
,
but the critics vho fling mud and darts at greeted and controlled entirely by the asso-
fused to convict men when arrested for carry­ the constitution.”
F a ir bars in the v ic in ity o f the unfair bars
ing concealed weapons, juries being packed j Stripped of its buncombe, this answer sim- liim are not in the confidence nor esteem of' ciation along cq-operative lines, the product
of which would lie guaranteed by the asso- are:
and witness^ .being spirited away through I ply means that he preferred a pro-trust the people by several degrees of latitude.
! ciation.
the connivance of the i employer».
Democrat like Justice V"
C ran e, Geo. M ., 326 A ld er.
iVhite to an anti-trust
C h an d le r Bar, Seventh and W ashington
The city council has adopted a resolution
If it had not been for the workingmen’s Republican like Justice Harlan. "The civil I
REAL COST; FAIR PROFITS.
authorizing the mayor to appoint a commit­ S tu tt & H o w la n d , S ix th and W ashington
vote» there would now lie hundreds of men liberty created by the constitution” is only
W - W . , 106J4 Sixth.
in the county jail, held there for spite for a euphemistic term for the distortion by the
Physical valuation should be the basis of tee of citizens to look after the affairs ot the
T h e O ly m p ia n , 309 W as h in g to n
association
ia
its
formative
period.
This
standing on the street and talking about a Federal Courts of the Fourteenth Amenu- regulation of rates on railroads. What, is
T h e M asco t, Seventh and W ashington
K e lly , John E., 354 M o rriso n .
»trike, or for merely informing a man that ment and other sections of the Constitution the road worth? What did it cost, all graft plan was adopted in order to safeguard the
E lliso n & Savage, 48 M o rriso n .
there was a strike in answer to an inquiry into a prohibition of legislation that inter- and contracting companies’ profits excluded# interests of the people until the association
M a r z e tti & K n ep p er, 286 Y a m h ill.
can
be
regularly
incorporated
and
its
officers
by him. Convictions in such cases being 1 feres with predatory practices of privileged What would it cost to duplicate or reproduce
lle , F o u rth and Y a m h ill.
bonded. The appointment of this commit­ T I.o u g rn h C a abin,
impossible because of the fairness of the av ' monopolies. Gingerly as he has handled it now?
B illy W in te rs , Prop.. 167 Third
tee,
it
is
expected,
will
lie
announced
very
eragc man.
; Mr. Bryan’s questions, President Taft is un-
These facts ascertained, public interest
A lis k y , 267 M o rris o n .
B ism ark, 147ki T h ird .
Where workingmen arc not as powerful in »ble to escape confessing that his judicial a|i- and development of the country would be re­ shortly, when an active canvass of the city
P an th eo n , 130 T h ird .
the possession of a ballot as in Portland, ¡ jxiintments were made in order that thimble- served by restricting the charges of the pub­ will begin.
G u lle y , James, 246 Y a m h ill.
The greatest interest has lxx?n aroused in
oung girls by scores have been beaten,
lic-serving corporations to reasonable profits
T h e B ach elo r, 143 T h ird .
this enterprise and a number are becoming
icked, stamped upon, their hair torn from
on the actual capital invested.
T h e Y a le , 164 A id er.
A A ~A
I_ a i t
1 »•
Taft and his e xperts may quibble and halt, I irnPat-ient at the delay, but the public may
their heads and flung in jail with the lowest}
T h e F u lto n , F o u rth and A ld er.
A ld e r H o te l Bar, F o u rth and A ld er
creature» of their sex for the "crime” of tell­
and justify the rule of "all the traffic will rest arMU^e<,. tnat !he Plan wil1
forward as
B la zie r & B a rre tt, 122 F o u rth .
bear,” but either strict regulation along i8P«*illy a« 18 conskstent with safety to the in-
ing alxiut premeditated murder on the part . . . ,
E ld e r, C. D ., F o u rth and W ash ing to n
of their recent employers.
Life insurance premium* paid to outside eom- these lines must be provided or the people feasts of all.
E ato n , H a r r y R., 110 F o u rth .
Take a part i f it« editorial in Tuesday’s P®",'®" are “ drain on ^ is state and indirect will wijic out the whole crew of trust pirates . 1 ortinent to this plan is an item appearing
T h e R eal M c C o y , 105 F o u rth .
iswe and turn it around a little. When it dra n on every dtisen.
N a tio n a l W in e Co., 295 Stark.
off the face of the earth and proceed to ad- | in 1 *"ven,nK Telegram of December 18th,
A tk in s , T ic e , 95 S ixth .
can publish matters so changed the workers |
minister
through
direct
uplilic
ownership
a
to*
,^’r:
..
_
CIVE TOUR UPE INSlîMANCS TO
T ille y , J. A ., T h ir d and A ld er.
will have more faith in its protestations of
score of more of vital industries connected T Indianapolis, Dec. 18.—Mayor Samuel
M y e rs & P a rb e rry , 253 M o rriso n .
friendship for organized lalxir.
with transportation production and distribu- Lcwis bhank s personally conducted sales of
tion.
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potatoes and turkey at cut prices have re-
"The Employers’ Association should not ¡
further permit itself to suffer from boss rule.
We are assured that trusting lawmaking to ' ^
‘ rc
™ assoc‘,ition
I t should not permit its machinery and its
the people will result in demagogues running 1
’
1 W " ur on the m" '
policies to lx; directed by irre»]xinsililes and
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unprincipled leadership. The demagogues Tk a _. P
„ and spoliation by the majority. If law- v
> t* sant 8 ares of stock m a W age- _
*rfLA
is left
frw. it results in tv- L
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I»« S t r a i g h t
who counsel employers to violence and the The Only Company Exclusively Oregon
crooks who lead them into disregard of good
rcnny and spoil.tio» by the few. Between
“w"he“re"the n S S e ' e Z ' W h is k e y
order are no more the friends of the Em- i
THIS la BEST FOR YOU and BEST
two
evil»,
we
can
choose
the
least.
The
op.
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ployere’ Association that the cheap (or dear)
for all OTHER Oregonians.
ponents of tho initiative and referendum tiwr„i ... i; 8 V-s
l, ie ,’r?<,K’er-
rr«g.r
politician is the friend of the people. The
make out no case against them that they do
¿ 2 ' " ' ^ ‘n? 2 hA
CfJob^
prof L . . E q u a l t O / f a y
Ofcr
Carbitt
BM
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Fifth
aU
SU.
P
t
laid
crimes of the coal mine owners of Illinois in
,„.ke
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g„von,-
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sacrificing the lives of hundreds of men for A U cíík,^«% "«A M u^uAÍMU^tClí ^ U ; Br*r,r mc’nt'without’them
1 bor Union.’
PORTLAND CITIZENS URGE
CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Unfair
/
Unfair
Unfair
Woodard,
Clarke & Co.
T. B. Wilcox
Building
Portland
Flouring Mills
UNFAIR
ROYAL
BREAD
Made by
Non-Union Men
f
UNFAIR
BARS
F A IR B A R 5
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Give “ Oregon Made” Preference
N ic k ’s P la c ^
5c
A
Drink
215 F ir s t S ir e