PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
M on d ay, A p rü 21, 1013
Carl SokUckalMt
Harry M. Haldas
Marquant Restaurant
Harry * Carl
247 Alitar Stria*, Between Second and Third j
Phone Main «472
H. D . M ix
L. J . M itc h e ll
A GOOD P L A C E TO E A T — TRY IT .
M.&M. Waffle and Coffee House
M E A L S 15 C E N T S A N D U P .
63V , N O R T H S I X T H
STR EET.
M od erate P rice«.
M ain 5574.
BOSTON LUNCH
H ig h -C la ss S e r v ic e.
* 64 S I X T H S T R E E T .
ELM ER C . D E A N
C y r u s N o b i e or
M o n tic e llo R y e
'
BOTH PURE
M O N E Y SA V E D
fl Believe me, I am attending to busi
ness, and have the finest line of im
ported and domestic woolens for you
to select your Spring Suit from.
BEST CREAM ERY B U TTE R
70c A N D 75c
Creamery Butter.................................... 85c
Dairy Butter............................................ 65c ,
Ranch Eggs .......................................... 30c
Guaranteed Eggs ................................ 20c
L arge Can M ilk ............................................ 5c
Pull Cream Cheese, lb .......................... 20c
Picnic Ham», lb ................................ 12*/jC
Eastern Sugar-Cured Hams, l b ... .17V,c
Lard Compound, lb ............................. 1 5 c .
; Saturday is Chicken day. Prices
per lb ........................... ’ . . 16c to 20c -
restaurant
1 G ood C loth in g fo r M en and Y o u n g M en
on E a sy W e ek ly or M o n th ly P a y m en ts
Phone Mar,hSLnnchee Put Up Tor Travelers
north bank restaurant
F r u it,
T obacco, C igars
ben wry aba
b oo .
itoln M it"'
an d
G roceries
*3 a hoyt _ btebet
M r. Jack Oansnedar, Prop.
bismark restaurant
eats always the best
209 Morrison Street Between Front and Plret
Meals 29 Canta
Phone Mala 8493
EASTERN
OUTFITTING
COMPANY
W a sh in g to n , a t T e n th
U uton O y ster H o u se
a n d R esta u ra n t
John Bolchon * Frita Bothachor. Props.
128 S econ d S tr e e t
P o rtla n d , O regon
G e n tle m e n :
fl It is my duty to see that you are well
dressed.
264 Y a m h ill S tr e et.
B e s t C offee on th e C oast
187 MOR R IS O N S T R E E T
F i f t y P er C en t o f B la st F u rn ace M e n . W orker* G e t F ou r M illio n D o lla rs In
W. J.V anSchuyver & Co.
LA GRANDE CREAM ERY
Pap's
MANY STEELWORKERS COAL MEN PROFIT
LABORING SEVEN DAYS
BY WAGE ADVANCE
W h e n y o u v is it m em b ers
o f U n io n 3 3 9 , s e e
th a t y o u g e t
UNION RESTAURANTS
“ THE STORE WHERE YOUR
fl Remember, I make every stitch of
every garment right here, upstairs in
my sanitary workshop, by the best
skilled union mechanics I can find.
U Union Label in every garment—$20
to $40.
Open every
10 o'clock.
Saturday evening till
Ray Barkhurst
THE UNION TAILOR.
Corner Sixth and Stark Streets.
RAILROAD WORKERS CONFERENCE PROGRAM
IS OF BROAD SCOPE
MAY LOSE PASSES
S p ea k e r s o f N a tio n a l R e p u ta tio n W ill
CREDIT IS GOOD.”
S U P E R IO R
and lunch counter
Regular 25c dinner served at lunch
counter. Ladies’ and gentlemen’s din
ing room in connection. Good things
to eat and quick service.
TRCNGOVC A HALL. FeOPBIfTORB
62 and 6 2 1/ , S ix th B tr ee t
M arsh all 2296
USE DAMASCUS
OTTO O L S E N , P rop .
522V , W a sh in g to n S tr e e t, B e tw e e n
1 6 th a n d I 7 th
BER TS
R e sta u r a n t
287 F IR S T
STR E E T
M ain » 1 7 , A 4634
The A n h e u s e r
C a fe
an d
M orrison
CREAM
I
D aw ns Creamery Go.
East 1062, B 1430.
430-432 Hawthorne Ave.
J. W. Taylor »
President
lies Phone Tsbor 1118
VT. E. Gray
Secretary
Olsen-Roe Transfer
Company
T ran sfer a n d S to r a g e
S tr e e ts
The B. & B. R estaurant
O pen D a y an d N ig h t
51 N o r th S ix th S tr e e t, P o rtla n d , O regon
SAFES. PIANOS. FUENITUEB * BAOOAOB
MOVED, PACKED AND SHIPPED
Office and Storeroom, 87-99 Front Street,
PORTLAND, OBBOON
Phone, Main S47, Home A 2947
RAINIER PORTLAND GLOVE WORKS
C A F E T E R IA — R E S T A U R A N T
J. E
AVCKISOH, Proprietor.
130 Worth Sixth Street.
(HAS. CATTA, Frop.
Union Made Gloves
Carry the Union Label
Are Strictly First Class
PHONE MAIN 4161
Mt Hood Restaurant
W h o le sa le
R e ta il
a n d L u n ch C ounter
Stark, b etw een 1 2 th and 1 3 th
'XBUT-CLASS SERVICE POPULAE PEICE8
Short Order* * Spoetalty
214 SECOND ST., Cor. SALMON.
Portland, Oregon,
American Restaurant
O il«
D isc u ss S o c io lo g ic a l P ro b lem s a t C on
S to p F ree R id e s on F a r t o f E m p lo y e s !
fe r e n c e C alled to C on sider P la n e i o
If “ F u ll-C re w ” M easu re I s A d o p te d ;
C on serve H um an L ife .
E con om y I s E x c u se G iv e n t h e M en.
MILK
BUTTER
G a r a g e R e sta u r a n t
S econ d
T ra n sp o rta tio n C om p an ies T h r e a ten to
RESTA U R A N T
S A Y AMD W1OMT
35 M<rth T hird S treet,
C o rn e r C ouch
NEUSTADTER BROS.
Plans are being matured for the con-
ference on human life conservation at
Issuance of free transportation to ap Reed College, May 9-11. The program
proximately 8,500,000 persons through
is being prepared and arrangements for
out the United States may be elimin the exhibits are lynng made. Interest
ated by the railroads as a result of the in the work of the conference is being
present agitation iu favor of full-crew manifested throughout the Northwest.
bills in various paits of the country.
The speakers on the program for the
General managers of railroads in Col conference have nearly nil been engaged
orado announced recently that if a full- in sociological and educational work in
crew bill pending in the Legislature of the Northwest, Several speakers from
that state is enacted into law, there Eastern cities have been secured and
will be no more passes furnished to em there may lie several front California.
ployes or members of their families. The speakers and subjects for which
The contention is made that full-crew arrangements have been made are as
legislation is being promoted by the em follows:
ployes, that it tends to increase the op
Professor E. F. Cubberly, Stanford
erating expenses of the companies, that University, Achievements of the Past
in order to meet these increased ex- Decade in School Hygiene; Dr. Eugene
fienses they must make savings iu other
Kelly, Commissioner of Health. Seattle,
directions and that the most feasible Achievements of the State of Wash
way to make them would b» ♦>» curtail ington in the Conservation of Human
free transportation.
Life; Dr. Calvin White, State Health
In commenting on the subject the Officer, Oregon, Recent Legislation
president of one of the large roads said : in Oregon for the Conservation of
“ The effect of full-crew.legislation is Human Life* Dr. Andrew C. Smith,
to make it necessary to employ more Member of the State Board of Health,
men and thereby to increase operating Oregon, Safeguarding the Water Sup
expenses. Such laws, in the opiniou plies of Oregon; Samuel Hill, Good
o f railroad «.Ulcers, are both unneces Ronds; Dr. Stevenson Smith, of the
sary and burdensome. The net revenues University of Washington, the Work
of most railways are not large enough of the Gatzert Foundation for Defee.
to justify increases in expenses in some tive Children; Dr. Merrill of the Juve
directions which are not accompanied nile Court, Seattle, Co-operation of the
by reductions in expenses in other di Juvenile Court, and the Gatzert Founda
rections. The elimination of the issu tion; Dr. Eleanor Rowland, Reed
ance of free transportation to employes College, Psychological Tests for Juve
and their families seems the most feas nile Offenders; Mrs. Millie Trumbull,
ible and satisfactory method of meeting Child Labor in Oregon; George
Thatcher, Member of Portland Vice
the situation.
“ There are 1,700,000 railway em Commission, The Care of Our Delinquent
ployes-in the United 8tates. There are Girls; L. H. Weir, Field Secretary,
about five persons in the avera"» family Playground and Recreation Associa
and, assuming that each em p ire repre tion of Am >rica, Parks Clans and the
sents a family, they represent a total Health of ti ■ City; William F. Wood
of 8,500,000 persons to whom transpor ward of the Woodard & Clarke Com
tation is now freely given. This fig pany, Opening the discussion under
ure represents about 9 per cent of the this topic; Rev. Janies 8. McGaw,
population of the country. As a class National Field Secretary, National
railway employes are very well paid, Reform Association, Pittsburg, The
and therefore do not need free trans World's Christian Citizenship Confer
portation any more than any other class ence in Relation to Human Health;
Professor T. D. Beckwith, / Oregon
of persons. ’ ’
Agricultural College, Topic in same
field; T. B. Wilcox, President of the
L I V E S S A C R IF IC E D TO IN D U S T R Y
Oregim Development League, New
Problems in Human Conservation:
In G erm an y 172,362 P er so n s W ere
the Canal and Immigration; E. O. Sis
K U led In 24 Y ears.
son, Reed College, Conservation of
The number of victims- which are Human Life through Education iu
yearly sacrificed to industry is terri ; Sexual Hygiene and Morals; N. F.
bly high. The reports of trades ami Suleman, Reed College, same field;
professional organizations show that ‘ Mrs. Sarah Evans, Market Master and
the figures increase year by year. The Food Inspector for Portland, Presi
following figures deal with the in dent of Women’s Clubs, Safeguarding
ju r e d hud killeil on the labor battle
Food Supply of the City; Mr. Bruere,
field of Germany:
of the Bureau of Municipal Research,
Killed.
Year.
Injured.
New York, The City Government and
2,716
1886 ............................
10,540
3.270 Public Health.
1887 ............................
17,102
3,692 1
1888 ............................
21,236
P h ila d e lp h ia G irls O rg a n izin g .
5,260 !
1889 ................
31,449
In order to increase wnges, reduce
6,047
1890 ............................ 42,038
6,428 the working hours and improve the gen
1891 ...............
51,209
5,911 eral condition of the many thousands
1892 ............................ 55,654
6,336 of girls engaged in Philadelphia shops
1893 ............................ 62,729
6,361 in making ladies' shirt waists, dresses,
1894 ............................ 69,619
6,448 silk suits and waists, and cutters and
1895 ............................
75/27
7,101 tuckers, a determined campaign has
1896 ............................
86,403
7,416 been started to organize them under
1897 ............................ 92,326
7,984 the banner of the International Iutdip»-
1898 ...............
98,023
8,124 Garment Workers Union.
1899 .......................
106,036
The employes in factories makiug
8,567
1900 ............................ 107,654
8,501 Indies’ shirt waists and dresses were
117,336
1901
7,975 granted for this year a working week
121,284
1902
8,370 of 50 hours, 30 cents an hour, double
129,375
1903
137,673
8,752 , pay for overtime, and good sanitary
1904
8,928 conditions in all factories.
141,121
190;
Next year in these same cities the
9,141
1906 ............................ 139,726
9,815! work week will be reduced to 49 hours,
1907 ............................ 144,703
9,856 and in 1915 to 48 hours.
,008 ............................ 142,965
9.363
1909 .................................. 139,070
in
O reat
A cco rd in g
S h o rt
In d u str y
to
G et
G overn m en t
W ork d ay
No
Report«;
P a y s W h ere
T ried.
In c r e a se d
W ages
an d
C o m p a n ies
M ake
T w ic e
in
A n th r a c ite
T hat
Sum
P rofite a s R e s u lt o f S tr ik e .
Eastern hard coal companies in
Fifteen |>e. ’nt of the employes in
the iron and steel industry as a whole I creased the wages of their employes
and more than 50 per cent of the blast at *he rate of $4,000,000 a year after
furnace workmen work seven days a ; tb
ike of last May and increased
of anthracite to consumers
week, an investigation of the National ♦ he
$13,45o, J, according to a report
Bureau of Labor discloses.
Commissioner Neill has made public bused on an investigation of the Bu
the third volume of the bureau’s inves reau of Labor. Submitted by Secretary
tigation dealing with working eondi Nagel, tho result of an investigation
tions nnd the relations of employers conducted in response to a House reso
and workmen.
bitinn asking for the “ elements of cost
The report states that since 1910, and profit included in the present high
when the main investigation was made price of anthracite. ’
Au average inciYHse of 25 cents a
and when the normal working day for
the majority of steelworkers was 12 ton iu wholesale coal prices was dis
hours long, with practically 30 ,»er cent covered to have been made since the
of the entire force regularly working strike agreement of last May. In spite
seven days a week, a number of steel of the fact that the workers benefited
companies have put into' effect various- about »4,(MX),(MM) in increased wages
plans by which none of their employe« during (lie year, the report adds that
are required or |«ermitted to work more ■ “ the recent increases in prices have
been more thun sullb ient to coin|>ensate
than six days.
fully those companies whose costs of
M a n y O et D a y o f Root
production have increased most rapidly
Between 40 and 5t) per cent of the . during recent years, and increase«l the
employes who formerly worked se v e n profits of those companies, of whom
days a week have been affected by these there are nt least several whose costs
arrangements, but 15 per cent still work of production either decreased or re
every day.
mained stationary during the same pe-
Extensive interviews with the work rind. ’ ’
h
men brought out the fact that in their
W here P rofit* W ar* M ade.
opinion the six day arrangement had
t'oul for domestic use increased a
nut brought them advantages coiumen
surate with the loss of a day’s pay each fraction ove • SI cents a ton, th.it on pea
week. The «lay of enforced rest does coal and the smaller steam sizes, 16
not give them a holiday either on Sun ' cents a ton. These figures w «u based
day or on any other day on which th eir, uu comparison of net receipt* by the
fellow workmen generally are also at operators after the agreement of May
leisure. On any day except Sunday.! last, with their receipts during the same
the workmen say, there is nothing to do ! months, June to September, 1911.
except sleep all day or to go to saloons. , Of the morn than $13,000,000 gained
The proportion of men working 12 by the operators after the strike agree
hours a day has been practically un ment, $10,900,(88) was derived from gen
changed, except fhr two plants which eral increase in prices, and about $8,-
have introduced the eight-hour system. 550,000 from the suspensiou of April
and May discounts, while in addition a
W a g e In c r e a se O u tlin ed .
limited number of o|>erator* are re
Careful estimates of the maximum potte«! to have ‘ ‘ received very large
cost of substituting the eight-hour day sums through the sale of coal premiums
with an increase in hourly rates, so as made possible by the shortage of ship
to give the same daily earnings, show ments,’’ incident to the strike. The
that even if there were no increase in discounts of 40 and 50 cents a ton cus
efficiency the cost of pig iron would be tomary allowed iu April and May on
only 2.6 per cent greater, or 45 cents domestic size coal were suspended dur
jar ton. In finished pro«lucts the cost ing those months in 1912.
would be only 6 |Mir cent greater, or
As a result the operators not only
between $1.70 and $2 per ton.
gaiued by saving this discount, says
The report concludes that a system of the ri;>ort, but in addition purchasers
three shifts of eight hours each is the who we.e unable to secure their usual
only practical substitute for the exist supply in those months were forced to
ing schedule of two shifts of 12 hours. I buy it during June, July or August,
Numerous advantages of the eight-hour , when diaeount. rates were smaller, or
system are pointed out, and it is fur- I iu September and later wheu full cir
ther shown that of the steel plants cular prices are charged.
which have recently adopted the eight
P u b lic F a y * th e BUI
hour day, one had no increase in its cost
The $13,450,(8)0 tho report says, was
of production while, as n result of iu
creased efficiency, the cost of th e , not profit, because out of it came the
other'« products was actually less with cost of the six weeks cessation of work
the eight-hour system than with the by the strikers uud also the increase
12-hour system, in spite of a consider in their wages.
The increase in wages, however, the
able increase in wages.
By working 12 hours a dav, seven report adds, represents a raise of only
«lays a week, only one-third of he blast 8 to 10 cents a ton in the cost of coal
furnace men of the entire steel indus production.
The re[H»rt din's not estimate how
try can possibly earn a maximum of
inueh more the publi- paid for its coal
$7(8) a yeur.
last year than if 1911 rates had con
BURKE
FAVORS
E M P L O Y M E N T . tinued, although it says the increase in
wholesale prices affected retail prices
directly, and that in nil communities
C a n d id a te fo r M u n icip al J u d g e W ould
these -dvances were felt. The retail
P u t U n fo r tu n a te s t o W ork.
increases averaged 25 cents a ton on
Among the things advocated by At stove and 40 to 50 cents on chestnut
torney W. A. Burke, candidate for mu coal.
nicipal judge, are employment for down-
In New York, Philadelphia and Wash
and-out men instead of the rockpile; ington, retail advances “ corresponded
heavier fines for wilful violators in very closely with the advances in the
stead of lectures, ami private trials for circular prices of the operators. ’’ In
some places, however, the advances
were much more pronounced, and the
report cites Springfield, Mass., and
Manchester, N. H., where it was approx
imately $1.50 a ton, and Boston and
New llaven, where it was 50 cents.
The retail dealers, it says, benefited
very unequally from the price advanced.
Whether these increases were reason
able must be determined, the report
adds, for individual communities.
M u n icip a l R ailroad P ay*.
San Francisco's municipal railway is
showing increased profits. In Febru
ary it showed a clear gain of $1,154.35
Manufacturers of
over
January. The record for the time
W. A . B u rk e.
the road has been in o|ieration up to
O pen 5 A . M . t o 12 P . M.
women and children. The idea of giv- ! March 1 shows total receipts of $39,-
“ BOSS OT THE ROAD’’
96V , N o r th T h ird S tr e e t
ing
first chance of city and county j 385.85, with nfternting expenses of $21,-
OVERALLS
work to mdb before the court is an- ; 435.11, leaving a balance of $17,950.74.
Deducing from this latter figure the in
other proposed reform.
In his platform, Mr. Burke says: terest charges and redemption pay
“ There are three general classes of; ments on the part of the roail now in
Sal,»room, Fifth ano Ankeny Street,
persons daily before the Municipal , operation, there remains a net profit
«'onrt. They are men who willfully of about $9,000 over all charges and
F a cto r y , G rand A v e . and E . T a y lo r St.
violate the law, who should be severely expenses. This is surely a good show
punished; the men forced by society to' ing for the new enterprise.
i iolate the law, and they should be
For A
H oney
B u tte r
G o v ern m en t B o n d s for S a le.
given a helping hand. The men who
By
applying before June 2, 1913, de
violate
without
thinking
should
he
le
c
C h eese
E ggs
tured nnd fined according to the seri positors of the Postal Havings system
Delicious
may exchange the whole or a pait of
ousness of the violation.’’
Attorney Burke further declares in their deposits for United Htates rng
his platform that all cases shall be tried istered or coupon bonds in denomina
Breakfast
iu «»[« mi court, ami not in the corridors - tions of $20, $100 and $500, bearing in
terest from July 1, 1913, at the rate of
or on the street.
E. L. FTHEIB
The Burke Club was organized early I 2 1-2 per cent |>er annum, payable
in February to assist Mr. Burke in his j semiannually, and redeemable at the
. YAMHILL SANITARY MARKET
race for the judgeship. W. H. Hitch pleasure of the United States after or »
SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS
is president, and I«ec Warford ia secre year from the date of issue, both prin
A lb o r a B r o a .
tarv of this organization, which nnm- I cipal and interest payable 20 years from
Main 1195
Free Delivery
M illin g C o m p a n y
hers 226 members. The club took over thnt. date in United Htates gold coin.
the exclusive management of the cam
paign, in this respeet being entirely a
L ab or E d ito r I s M ayor.
new plan of campaigning. The member
W. E. M ’Ewen, editor of the Ihiluth
(aasist» 8 l»wrtlin fMurt. Stnrt. »dim a
ship is com|M>sed of men from all walks (Minnesota) Labor World, has been
U niO l CAMPBELL’S AMERICAN BAND
of life, from all classes and all [«»litical elected Mayor of that city and took,
rtSTT
A. CASrsni. C.start.r
M llO ìt*
9BMT A.
C loth ier, H a tte r , O en te' F u rn ish er
parties.
’ office last^reek.
T h e U su a l M ixtu re.
M U S IC 34 t 74th S t
Phset Taker 557
Attorney Burke has lived in Oregon '
U n io n M a8* G o o d , a S p e c ia lty
“ How did old Bankroll get so much
2,140,798 172/62
The mnn who is afraid of doing more
eight years, spending uve years in the
dough 1”
W- Soil AE Brand, of Tobacco at Coot
J. E. K elly’a Family Liquor Store
“ President «if the flour trust, and practice of law in this city. He is a than his share is the last to gain pro
The man who kicks himself gets back
motion.
Importar,— Wholesale and Botali
graduate of the Oregon Law School.
thpv watered the stock.’’
M ain 0094
103-195 F lr e t S tr e e t nt his best friend.
S a n F r a n c is c o
O y ste r H o u se
Violet O ats
T h e M o d e l B u tte r
S to re
RED FRONT
M -la 29; A-2902
354 Morrison Strota
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