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»patronize advertisers who used columns of
j friendly pap *rs, defeated.
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Brother Ledwidge reported on the prog-
„ •_r xc zi
•!
„ ress °f the Hflfairs of the city free einplov-
n r l j h v P r J ieT°Hninl
°“Hed to ment bureau. On motion a committee
The
d?nt T n ilh n g e r" 8 P- »»• consisting of Rector. Jordan and Madsen
Sum /
*
y
Wfls aM-nn>.-d
interview the Mavor in
The following credentials were read and X u r n r e a T C° ndUCt ° '
empl°y’
delegates obligated and seated: Hoisting
Bills were audited and warrants ordered
Engineers, E. II. Crandall; Painters, Wm.
drawn for the following : Pacific Station-
Schwannecke.
cry & Printing Co., $2.25; Oliver Agency,
The minutes of the previous meeting $2; Schwab Printing Co., $1.50.
were read and approved.
Building trades reporte«! work improv­
The following communications were dis­ ing in their lim W aterfront locals re­
posed of: From California Federation of ported everything quiet with them. Print­
Labor, to Labor Press for publication; ing trades reported business good. Label
State Executive Board, secretary
structed to invite the Governor to' meet
n‘et
TuM<’a>’ evening ami re-
with the Council next Friday evening; P, X 1 pr° gre88 ° n n,wt,ers
to
resolutions from Shop Federation filed-
iv ’
.
• , ,
W orld’s Work, referred to new business- t -N " I ? 1? 8
receive,! from the exec-
Tobacco W orkers’ International, referred
n8n‘ J"*'* a,,ve <•«>»*»««ttees. Organ-
to Labor Press for publication ; resolutions i al éd for nei± PVidlv’’T 0' “ ♦
commendatory of the city administration tl',. , ,
. J ; e' en,nP «» ' :•*<’ >»>
and condemning the Realty Board of thia
’ " " " ° ff,Ce’
city, introduced by Brother Maguire, were I Special committee on resolution de­
adopted and ordered sent to the press for nouncing B oy Scout movement reported a
short resolution which was adopted us
publication; resolution asking for the ap­ read.
pointment of a committee to devise ways
Whereas, Recent exploitation of the Boy
and means for advising working people to
Scout Movement has brought forth much
discussion as to the principles underly­
ing the establishment of such organiza­
Hotel ani Rntarst Esigei« ¡merrat»:a»
¡
tions throughout the country, and
Whereas, The principal motive is to
Brjnsi- Krnflca tejpa d taro,
teach your g men and boys the arts of
AMERICAN FEOCHATÌON OF LAOOR.
warfare, ’.-ilitary obedience and suggest
to them li-’e.s of submission to the capital­
ists, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Central Labor Coun­
cil o f Portland and vicinity that we heart-
You
to Rat
lly conden,n
the establishment
so-called
IUU Will
n o io Be
e Wise
n ise W
fid ia at i These
m ese n Places
a c es militarv
organizations
which of have
for
Minutes of Central Council
Just Like You Want It
T h a t ’s th e w ay we propose to fit y o u w hen you com e in t„
select th a t new S p rin g S u it.
y o u w an t a U n io n M ade S u it and y o u ’re s u re to g e t it if
y o u com e here.
You Will
They’ll Be
RIGHT!
a t once recognize th e d e sirab le fe a tu re s of th e se handsom
new S p rin g M odels, an d w ill readily a g ree w ith us th at
th e re are none b e tte r a t th e price th a n o u r
L io n
S p e c ia l
M ade
Lion Special Shoes, $4.00
The Beaver Hat, $3.00
U n io n
C iO O
S u its a t
LION
CLOTHING CO.
G U S K U H N , P r o p r ie to r
166 TO 17# THIRD ST.
their purpose the training of the young
for the militia or the regular army, hav-
REQUEST IS REFUSED.
He says the investment of these funds
ing in view the recruiting to defend the
.
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in
first class loans.
MARQUAM RESTAURANT
property rights of the landed interests,
Desiring to have as complete a report
Applications for loans arc referred
big business and the government-created
Bakeries—Royal Bakery & Confection ot the trial of Bert Hicks appear in the the state land hoar«! to its attorney i., tl
Harry & Carl.
monopolies.
papers as possible the Machinists’ Union county where the land mav be lo.-n't,-,
ery Co.
I !
Whereas, The
Portland
Realty
Board
of
Seattle sent out the billowing letter, his report as to the value'and title o f 1 II
247 Alder St., bet. Second and Third.
..
,
.
Itni
le n d e r s — A il sa
lo o n s that do not dis-
Bartenders—All
saloons
has. by resolution, condemned the ....... nt plnv
Uni„„ Rflr Cfird
which is here printed and the reply of land, and character of the applicant, i- -
Phone Main 8478.
isfactory, the loan is grunted. All . \
S t
i ° r 7 H,nndI1on t,."> B a l i n g Trades—Stone & Webster, one of the editors:
rights of free speech and assemblage in Xilti(),l(ll Iee Co T n Wilcox and „ hjg
penses must he paid hv the borrower. T
February 27, 1912.
public places and further threatened the nrn.i,l(.ta
s
w o(
t v
\r
C. IL Blethen. Editor-in-Chief, The prosperity of the farmers of O re g o n , a-
recall of the said city administration tin- P™
" V
i ' e*7> " atr " & Mar-
the care exercised in making loans, is «•■
Times, Seattle, Washington:
less it uses force to suppress the hungry. p 'S l h and
Co., druggists,
deneed
by the fact that not one farm
Clisan Hotel and Restaurant
Washington,
Considine
Mar-
Dear Sir—Within the next few days the
unemployed men and women who nr« ket.
now
under
foreclosure, although tin- ’
I. D. W A T S O N . P r o p .
murder trial of Bert Ilieks. a manufac-
.
struggling to chnnge the conditions which
Carpenters—Rothchild
Bros.
turer
at
Portland,
against
Wortman,
ma-
r(,,l”
ires
any
loan over two years dm- t
S i x t h a n d C l i s a n S t r e e ts
force on them low wages, long hours and
Cigarmakers—United Cigar Stores and ebinist, the man who was killed, will come he foreclosed.
lives of poverty and degradation, there­
all eigarb that do not bear the Union Label. up for final settlement. I have been re-
No Ioans afe ,natle for Iess than $-■'•"
fore be it
Electrical
Workers—Morrison
Electri-
quested
by
this
lodge
to
ask
you
to
give
more
than $5.000. The total number
The B. & B. R estaurant
Resolved. By the Central Labor Coun­
cal Co., J. C. English Co.
a full detailed account of this trial. Let the «ehool fund loans is 3,623, the averngt
cil
of
Portland
and
vicinity
that
we
com­
Open Day and Night.
Metal Trades—Portland Artificial Ice the public see— on the front page of your
each being $1,400. A very large -.11111
mend the city administration for its ac­
51 North Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon.
tion in protecting the common people in Co., Bell, Wildman & Co., Portland Sheet I paper, when a capitalist is convicted. At ber are of $500 and less. When making
their rights of free speech and public Metal Works, Enterprise B’.cwing Agen- the time of the McNamara trial, which loans, the state hoard selects all o f th ­
ey, Willamette Iron & Steel Works, all e.-isr is not cleared up yet by any means, applications of $1,000 and less to be pass,-I
assemblage, and be it further
Resolved,
That
we
most
forcibly
con-
maphine shops not working an 8-hour the columns of the daily papers were fu’l on first- The preference is given to tl,.-
1 T M .I C T L Y H O M E C O O K I N G
demn the members of the realty board <*a-v -
of these accounts, but whefi the capital- smallest applications, and the loan ,u--
N o th in « F a n c y b u t Good and P le n ty
who are guilty of fraudulently advertising L. ^ eat Cutters—Frank L. Smith M eat, ists commit their crimes, such as the break- made so as to distribute them equitably
DOPPLER’S RESTAURANT
cheap lands to Eastern suckers to sell Co., and all markets not displaying ing down of the mines and fires like that throughout the state. When money is in
them land at $2.000 an acre which thev >inion card.
of the Triangle Shop at New York, the re- demand, the hoard sells its school bonds,
Phone M a in 8570
£ l x t H JFt.
B e t . O a k <Xb P i n a
had purchased for $250 per acre.
Molders—Pacific Stove & Range Co., ports were very meager and the blame and loans the money on farms.
is never definitely settled on any one. But
The law provides that these funds si nil
Under unfinished business the Council stoves handled by Calef Bros.^
Musicians—A orke band. A orke Musi let Labor commit an act a hundred times he loaned on mortgages on grazing bind
H> G H H A M
W I L E Y H A M took up the motion to appropriate $100
Telephone A 392 5
for organization purposes. Motion to «•al Repair House anil J. Neubauer, gro­ smaller and Labor is convicted by the in Eastern Oregon and farm lands for n -i
papers the next day. We hope to see a exceeding one-third their value Such >-
postpone indefinitely was defeated. The cer; Geo. II. Parsons and orchestra.
Painters—Williams
&
Blied,
Sheehy
little
less partiality and less one-sidedness. curities do not depreciate, and can always
motion to appropriate was carried.
Bros.,
John
Blied
and
all
shops
that
em­
Hoping
that you will give this matter a produce enough to pay the interest. X -
On motion the executive committee was
thought, I am
loans are made on timber lands, city I«»ts
instructed to prepare data and informa­ ploy non-union men.
A ll K in d * o t
1 8 7 Fourth Street tion in reply to the communication from
L u n c h e * at A ll H o u r *
Printing Trades—Saturday Evening
or other speculative property.
Yours for the truth,
Post, Independent Printing Co.
The proceeds of the sales of school and
R. LOEWE.
the W orld’s Work.
Plumbers—J. F. Shea and all firms Recording Secretary Hope Lodge, No. 79, other lands, forfeitures and gifts to 11n­
Motion
was
offered
that
the
secretary
P a p ’s R e s t a u r a n t
state, and certain fines, are the sout-'-«'
I. A. of M.
correspond with Governor West request­ not employing union mechanics.
J . W . W A N N E R . P roprietor
from
which these funds obtain their rev­
Stationary
Engineers—Portland,
Crys­
ing information relative to the next meet­
enue.
The principal is made irr«-din-ible
Open Day and Night
ing of the state executive board. Amend- tal Ice Co., Liberty Coal & Ice Co., Inde-
TIMES PRINTING COMPANY,
Phone M a in 1668
the interest only being used. The report
ment offered that a committee of two be Pe"^?nt Ice & Coal Co.
187 Morriion Sheet Morrison Street Bridge Approach
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 28, 1912.
of the state school superintendent shows
Appointed to eonfer with the state exeeu-
Tailors All custom tailor firms that
Mr.
R.
Loewe.
Rec. Sec. Hope Lodge, No. that during the past thirty-eight years tin
tive hoard relative to the incorporating <>aanot supply the label
79, I. A. M.
Teamsters—Clay S. Morse, Allen & Lewis.
total interest received from this fund by
of an eight-hour clause in contracts for
Sir—Your letter of February 27tli, re­ the common schools exceeds $5,000,000. tin-
Brewery
Trades
Section—Spring
Valiev
state work. Amendment anu motion were
garding the Hicks-Wortinan murder ease sum last year being $320.272.
duly carried. Mitguire and Pollock were Wine Co.
lias been received and placed on file.
RESTAURANT
Under the law, the interest on hand
appointed as the committee.
We regret that we do not agree with August 1st of each year is divided amonu'
John Gamble Proprietor
Following are the receipts for the week:
STEADY!STEADY!
your statements of fact contained in the the counties in proportion to the number
Hoisting Engineers, $1.50; Steamfitters.
remainder of your communication.
of children of school age. Eighty-fiv«1
70 cents; Tailors. $4.95; Plumbers, $4.05;
By the Rev. Charles Stelzle.
We further regret that our news policy per cent of it must be used to pay teach­
The enemies of organized labor feel that does not permit us to follow the various
Typographical, $9; Sheet Metal Workers,
ers’ salaries.
$3.95; Longshoremen No. 5, $3; Long- they’ve pulled off a big stunt which will suggestions you advance.
The Wigwam R estaurant
shoremen No, 6, $6; Electricians No. 125, cripple the movement for a long time to
C. B. BLETHEN.
Labor wants good roads, hut not gi­
$7.53.
come. But nothing ever permanently in­
II. D . W aterm an, Proprietor
Managing Editor. gantic public race tracks paid for by tin-
jured
a
cause
that
was
just,
nor
a
move­
Council adjourned for one week.
233 F irs t Street
Phone Main 6796
farmers.
ment that truly expressed i t : The labor
ARTHUR W. LAWRENCE,
Open Day and N ig h t
movement
cannot
be
retarded
because
it
is
OREGON
LOANS
MONEY
ON
FARMS.
Secretary.
based upon righteousness and justice.
To the trades unionists I would frankly
Phone Mankall 831
Lunches Put Up for Travelers
By Edward P. E. Troy.
STARVES THE INVENTORS.
say—don’t lose heart at a temporary
check. The church has often passed T t S T ”1’ " ^ 7 the11Ieafd^ shiP
W ' S‘
North Bank R estaurant
»hrmmi,
. it
i. I Bpn. was before all of the states in re- Solicit» Your Printing
Thomas
A.
Edison:
“
The
worst
thing
through
similar
periods,
hut
each
time
2<15\ Stark Street
B C N R lV a R A A C O .
about 1912 is the number of hoggish men came out purer and stronger. In the storing to the people the control of their
Fruit, Tobacco, Cigars and Groceries it will have to tolerate- -men. I mean, who main, the labor movement is on the right government by the initiative, referendum
are so greedy that they’ll starve an in- track—don’t allow any one to persuade and recall. Now that the shadow of the
432 HOYT STREET
ventor so hard he can’t work. T hat’s , you to the contrary. If leaders occasion- money power is being cast over the coun­
again aia>
may ' the
the nation
to Oregon
Oregon
just what we suffer from now. The in- ally prove untrue.'and if enemies malign try, aPa,n
nation look
look to
Phone Main 8493
Meals 25 Cents
ventor’s can’t produce. Why, there is no and slander, taking advantage of the ^°r a wa-v / ° 'iecomp Irpe from that dan-
no end—to the tilings downfall of a few, remember tbe men in
an< oorriipt force.
Union Oyster House and Restaurant end—absolutely
that 1912 could produce to make life the ranks who have sacrificed and suffered
;
th e beginning nt organized gov-
JOHN KK-HEN 4 FRITZ ROTHHACHER. Preprwtor*
^isier and better and happier. But the for the cause which has meant so much ern’nen* ,n Oregon the state has been a
d e n tistry ou th e P acific Count 1« e xceutrd here.
W e b a re b u ilt u p ou r rep utation on it . Y on < an
128 Second Street
Portland, Oregon
inventors can’t produce. They’re starved to them. For after all. this is a people’s sonrce r" ’n
(armers could obtain
depend on q v a l ty and cannot ge t b ettor paiitb -a
down. The men that handle their •' .en- movement—it is made up of the mass of Inon‘‘-V- ^*ie aet ot ongress « reating the
w ork anyw here, n o m atter how m u ch you pay.
lW e fla iR h plate nod
11ions starve them. T hat’s why the greedy humble toilers who have come to their territory became effective in 1S49. ' The
I bridge worh fo r ont-
I o f . town patron« in
territorial
statutes
of
J
a
n
n
a
r;.
1856.
pro­
m en are the y ear’s worst light. T hat’s present position because of a bitter ex-
Ion® day I f denired.
IPainlpao ®itra<tion
vide that the treasurer shoulil loan school
why 1912 won’t do anything near^what perienee.
I free when plate« or
I bridge work la order.
R e sta u r a n t
and
other
funds
on
mortgages.
The
jour­
|o d . Conaultat.un ire«.
ii might be able to do in producing things
Stand by the gnus. The battle for the
P. A . P K T K K S O N , P ro p rie to r
iMolarOrownt $ 5 . 0 0
for the w orld’s good.
people and by the people lias just begun. nal of the Senate of 1864 shows the total
122k Bridge T©«tb4. 0 0
Quick Service and Reasonable Prices
“ What should we do this year? Jack Do not allow anybody to befog you. nor sum in the funds was $23.986; by 1910 it
■ Gold filliegt
1 00
IS O M o r r l « o n S t r e e t
up the man who produces—the man who to make cloudy the real issue. Organized had increased to $6,351.349, all of which
I Enamel Tillings 1 . 0 0
I Silver Filling»
.5 0
works. That is, support the man and make labor is rooted and grounded in a great was invested in farm mortgages at 6 per
■ Good Rubber
_
I
»«<.«»
5 .0 0
his job easier. 1 tell you there is some- principle—the principle of democracy and cent interest, school bonds and land cer­
tificates. except $55.965 cash on mind.
I Beit Red Rubber _
thing wrong—deeply, sadly, fundamental- justice for all.
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7 .5 0
PETER H AKSEN. P roprirlor
For
the
same
year,
tbe
total
paid-up
M . W. A. Wifi, PinitfvTMR« Maaeeee Painleee Extr’tion . 5 0
ly wrong—with our social system when so
It must be judged not by its worst mem-
capital
of
tbe
155
banks
reporting
to
the
>1 TUM UTUlwne BI tllTUUN
■■■▼ MBTHODS
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
many greedy men ride the backs of the hers nor by its greatest mistakes. Tthasa
AH w o r k f u l l y g u a r a n te e d fo r f if t e e n year«.
state
was but $7.751,025.
State
Bank Ex-
men
who
are
producers.
The
men
whose
right
to
demand
that
its
real
significance
.
.
.
,
,
.
,
112 T H I R D S T R E E T
me. j
opinions of lill 1 I thought best of were the niusf be judged by its highest hopes ami am,,1(‘r ”
Aright says that tbe county
Painless
Dentists
/
men
who
can
produce.”
aspirations,
and
by
its
strongest
eliarae-
t’an*
ia
encourage
the
state
loans,
as
very
P ra n k C *n *n rd e r
F re d liu e n g
Faflliit Building. Third *ntf W uhlnftsn PORTLANO, ORB
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ters
few loans are made by banks on farm
0 (0 , ( n n : * A. M . to • r . M. I u t > p , l t o l
H E ID E L B E R G
.
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lands. They regard them as a help, by
We are laying foundations for lords of
reason of the new capital put in circula­
R e s ta u r a n t a n d O y s t e r H o u s e t e same inhuman kind as exist in Eng- Equal suffrage
is coming nt us with tion in their neighborhoods, and that the
O p rn D ay and N ig h t
land, but we give them different titles, two clubs. It may be enacted by Con-: borrowers are substantial members
f
P riv a ie Room« for Ladies and P aiu ilie s .
AIa 11«la riii, lord, or trust all sit on the
giess, ami it mav com«' by state votes of their communities, whose industry in tbe
232 Yamhill Street
baeks of the workers.
the people
development of the country is thus aided.
Harry M. Holden.
Carl Schlickeiaer.
W A T S O N ’S
T H E B A Y C ITY
R ESTA U R A N T
New Grand Central
90 North Third Street
Schwab Printing Co.
THEVERYBEST
POPULAR
Willamette Restaurant
Wise Dental Co.,