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Fate T«* PORTLAND LABOR PRES8 The Voice of the Common People #P¿ ° J** U N IO N T A IL O R S A H yronim us A F. U ansneder Monday, April 21. 1913 Phones : M 2987 A 2987 The JHisky Cafe MERCHANTS LUNCH 11 A. M-—8 » . W. feK dUruMl«,» of »ny guMlion of »orisi or politic»! ■ ¿ u a h u L ^ r ï ï 7 « î “ • " J ? f u. ï ' ‘ o rre .p u n d e n t» « i l Il i pie»»« p i r s u »»oíd _____ p«r ■(inaliti»» « r i i » on on« »id» of the pa p e r in ly - sign tru e nein« I* ie »- desired « ---------» (hai *» -. I ( f I it n»m » be n o t p rin te d , pie»»« »o » tel» . L 1 e - * tte • — r« w — ith — ou ■ t -------- nam e « i l l not be published. 367 M O E P IS O P S T R E E T Crawfish la Season H a r v e y & W o r l e y R a« tim e P ía n o p ia y ¡n K playing positively taught 1 Piano rilavino- 10 to 20 lessons. Success g.asanieed'' Underneath Musicians ’ Headquarters, Write or call for free booklet Christensen’s School of Popular Mu. ( 246 ALDER STREET. 201 Goodnougb bldg Phones Marshall 2592, A 3038. - — - — — - - A First-Class Union Bar. PORTLAND, Or., April J5.-Editor, tein on the ground that general edu Labur Pre««.—The tendencies of all cation of the people would destroy their that ha« gone before in «octal evolution usefulness, and disqualify them from Regular $3.00 Value 412 Washington Street, near Tenth (Union Shop) malte« for «ocialiam. Slowly, yet »urely, being “ just c< p i n i o n people.’’ The pre does civilization emerge from each suc vailing notion was, that only the well ceeding decade with nobler thoughts, to-do should be < ilurated and prepared Good Work and Honest Dealings grander visi .ns, greater achievements to manage the affairs of government. and a finer „use of justice. The in Today education has become compul- 214 Alder Street, bet. Second and dividual, a« an individual, roust con ; »ory, and we are well on the way to Third, Portland Oregon tinue to give way to the collective unit, i the supplying of free text books, and called society, until the future individ even food and clothing to our school ué' interest« are di«solved in the com .children. Society has begun to learn Suita 825 and Up mon welfare When that condition is that each child is an asset to be devel Tailors to Men arrived at we will have emerged from oped to its greatest degree of utility, 287’/ , Wash. St. Phone Main 8133 savagery into that society, now termed ' and that for every neglected and un by political economists as socialism. educated child society must answer to This will mean for the first time in ! itself. Beginning Tuesday, April 1st human history, a real civilization. - ■ The chief obstacle to the fuller de I In our «avage state the universal busi velopment of the coli five idea is, that S u its, C o a ts a n d D re sse s, v a lu e s to $27.50, a t ness of all tribes was warfare; conquest the old savage instinct of individual This, in our modern business and conquering. This was invariably i ity. $ 1 5 .7 5 the function of tribal government. The I world, means the ability to extract SUITS $ 3 5 .0 0 A N D UP individual did not conduct invasion or profits, to acquire that acumen to suc I Tailors to Women 100 S p r in g C o a ts, v a lu e s to $18.00, a t defense, as an individual. As we have cessfully come into possession of some gradually advanced in the civilizing thing produced or possessed by another, 711-712 713 Rothchild Bldg. $ 7 .8 5 a n d $ 9 .8 5 procesa, we have acquired governmnetal 1 by means of trade or barter. That old function of various social needs, prom cominercia instinct has become so fhur inent among which are our postal, high (Highly iinpi inted in us that we regard $35.00 S u its , sp e c ia l a t way and school systems. Their pro «peculating or trading in commodities posals were vigorously attacked, just as with more dignified importance than the proposal of socialism has been, and I their production. This practice has be Well that is just what we are pre continues to be. They were looked ii|K»n come so general that we are seeing its as innovations that were dangerous to effects in the increasing difficulty of a pared to do, get one of these slips from Come in and look them over—it will be worth while personal liberty, unjust and impractic great mass of humanity to acquire any yo ir waiter, present it at our store able. The proposition to carry a letter thing like a decent and respectable ex when you order your suit and we will across the country for two cents, to istence in a country with boundless re allow you $2.50 discount. Men's suits |ieople who had uo conception of organ sources and teeming with wealth. The to order 125.00. Ladies’ shits to order, ized society, seemed altogether im|»os- matter of tariff on commodities will not »35.00. sible, and the advocate was looked ujMin meet this difficulty; for just so long as as a wild-eyed agitator, much the same we adhere to the rule of producing and UNIQUE TAILORING CO. 415 Washington Street as the average («erson of today looks distributing commodities on a gambling 309 STARK ST., BET 6TH AND 6TH Union Tailors. upon the proposition of carrying a pas basis instead of for social use. just so senger across the country for a dollar long will these difficulties remain with M. or to of actual expense. P. CKABTREE, The well-to-date and many of the Chairman Press Committee, Branch 2, clergy opposed the public-school sys- T A IL O R S Socialist Party of Portland, Or. Second Floor Dekum Bldg., Third St., between Washington and Alder Phone Main 2966 TA ILO R S $ 2 .0 0 K E N SH A W H A T S $ 2 .0 0 EJwood Wiles EXTRA EXTRA SPE C IA L CONTRACTOR Huffman & Grant United Tailors What would you say if we handed you $2.50 in money ELMGREN & LOUIS $ 2 2 .5 0 B T B B B T P A T IV O . C O VC BETE W O E l C EM EN T I I D 1 T À I .X I P h o a s M ata 641 Lee 11. Clerk, Fr.« Q*o. M. Orton, M r Home Phone A l l 13 r LETTERHEADS. ENVELOPE« In Pact, ANYTHING You Want MaltDomah Printing Co. BY LAWS. WORKING CARDS Wr CARRY UNION WATER MARKED PATER 82% FRONT STREET. E M IL . T H I E L H O R N Pupil of Seveik. Teacher of Violin Thin» Y ,ar* JfW ntational Experience. 325 FlieJ ner Building, W»«hington and Tenth Streep Phon«»: A-4160; llarihaU 1629. J. F. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant n t t h »ad Montgomery Street». Phone Main 9 BEST OF ALL Union Made Shoes , White Mountain Flour B u y f o r y o u r f a m i l y a n d y o u r s e lf C H O E S t h a t a r e a ll U N I O N M A D E , h a n d le d b y U N IO N ' M E N in t h e o n ly s t o r e o w n e d • a n d c o n t r o l l e d b y T r a d e s U n io n s Richard W. Bryan BOSS OF ALL Made <Kk S O N Standard Cloak & Suit Co. The movemen t a U» i tional educa directly for productive employment in tion in this cot itry is now in full any of these useful occupations, instead swing. Six states already have more of sending them out with little or no or less complete systems of vocational training for the real work they are Cleaning and Pressing training, and a number of oth ers are going to do. 208 Mor'rtaon 8L, Bet, fron t and Pirn considering legislation to introduce into Experience has already been suffi the public school« work that will fit cient V indicate in what kind of schools Telephone Tabor 2384 boy« and girls more directly for earn this vocational training can be given. ing a living. In order to aid in the The circular cites a number of types movement the National Society for the of schools, among them the following: Promotion of Industrial Education has The all-day vocational schools, where UNION TAILOR issued a brief, explicit statement of the pupils can spend at least one year what it considers the main principles in all-day attendance; the part time 6538 Foster Road that should underlie the proposed legis schools, where boys and girls regularly lation, and the United States Bureau of employed may come fyr a few hours Education, while not giving official each week; the evening schools in in indorsement to the program as a whole, dustry or agriculture, for persons over is sending copies of the pamphlets to 16 years of age who work during the those who apply for it. day, and similar evening schools for What are the essentials if a state classes in household arts. system of practical education 1 The It is significant that the six states society’s circular endeavors to answer that have already set up systems of THE PLACE this question. In a few short technical vocational education—Massachusetts, paragraphs it sums up certain of the New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, fundamental policies of vocational edu Wisconsin and Indiana—have long had cation as this society sees it. It urges excellent schools. The newer education state aid to the I o ^ a I communities. It which they are introducing is not in recognizes four fields of vocational tended to replace the old, but to sup 12 6 SECOND STREET training as the kind the state uoght to plement it; to give training for a spe furnish IK boys and girls; industrial cific employment in addition to the e d u c a f.j for workers in the trades regular schooling. and industries and in the household; Under the present system vocational agricultural education for the farmers; education frequently helps the era- commercial education for clerks, sales ployera who are thus able to get their Phone, Marshall 1544 men, etc., and “ household arts educa pick of young skilled workers at low tion’’ for non-wage-earning occupations wages. Still a complete education also There A r e None Better connected with the home. In other helps the worker^.. It makes them bet words, the state ought to make it pos ter equipped to participate in the man sible for children to receive in the pub agement and ofieration of the co-o|>era lic schools instruction that will fit them tive commonwealth. If yon are particular about your DRUO8 AND MEDICINES Attorney MINE OPERATORS BAVE LIVES cue and first-aid methods. Fifty-eight Let me be your Druggist. and Counselor at Law per cent of all industrial accidents are Organisation Begins Systematic Effort sho /n by statistics to be due to neg A lb e r t B e r n i to Prevent Accidents. ligence, . arelessness or lack o f ' know 4 0 9 Oregonian Building Portland, Oregon 229 Washington Street, near Second As the result of h conference which ledge of employers or employes, as whs held under the auspices of the : The Journal of the American Medical United States Bureau of Mines last Association points out the vital neces September, the American Mine Hafety | sity of learning everything possible Association has been organized, with about the causes and means of prevent headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pa. I t s ' ing these accidents must be evident members include the leading coal and to every man concerned in mining. To metal mine operators, mining engineers the o;>erator it spells business sueeess and mine safety engineers of the coun- i or failure; to the miner, life or the try. Its purpose is the conservation of physical ability to work and support the life and health of the miner and a family, a reduction in property loss due to Big Companies Make Profit. explosions or fires in mines. It will —IS— attempt to place before the miners The report shows that the coal com standard methbds to be used in rescue panies affected by the Supreme Court work and in first aid to the injured. decision of last December had until The work of the Bureau of Mines in then a still further advantage, in that reducing the uumber of deaths in the their contracts with independent com The New Model No. 5 Royal comes to you with the uncon mines has led to the adoption of many panics, by which they secured domestic ditional guarantee that it will do highest grade work for a longer different types of rescue apparatus, and coal at 65 f>er cent of tidewater prices, time at less upkeep expense that machines usually listed at 33 1/3 also to the use of many different meth were not disturbed when the price of ods of resnsritation and first aid to the coal was increased in June. While the per cent, higher in price. injured. Hundreds oi mines within the so-called independent (qierators paid THIS GUARANTEE IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO EVERY last three or four years have been their miners the same incre tse in wages equipped with rescue Apparatus, rescue as the larger coal companies, they got NEW MODEL ROYAL JUST AS YOU SEE IT IN , corps and first aid corps. Many of the only 65 per cen of the price raise, THE ILLUSTRATION inen, in emergencies, have developed while 35 jier cent of it, or 8.75 cents a their own ways of doing things. The ton, went to the big companies. Back of this guarantee are the resources and experiences of one of the largest and most organizers of this association feel that As to the anthracite mine workers, important typewriter manufacturing concerns in the world. Do you think we would dare the most efficient methods and appar the report says that they benefited by make such a guarantee if we did not know that the Royal has the simplicity and durability atus in actual use should be found and the strike agreement of May 20 last not to outclass any other machine! recommended to the mining industry for only by an average increase of 5.« per general use. There were 2,719 persons cent in their wages, -‘ but through the killed in the coa, mines of the United concession of certain working condi THE MASTER MODEL States during the year 1911, and 9,106 tions which were considered of import-1 One Typewriter with the Combined Advantages/>f Several! seriously and 22,228 slightly injured. ance, although they cannot be meas The New No 5 Royal (latest model of any typewriter on the market) has two-color rib Nearly an equal number of men were I ured in terms of money; an additional injured in metal mines and quarries. ! item of importance to the miners being hon, tabular, back-spacer and all the worth-while features of the highest priced machine« yet sell» for only $75, everything included. K P machines— Mine operators now realize that, it the partial recognition of their organ is more expensive to restore wrecked ization, both in the negotiations and in mines, more costly to- fight damage the form in wfiich the agreement was ILLUSTRATED BOOK FREE suits through the courts, and less prof- I signed. ’ ’ 32'p* “ ' , R o i ” ll0 ‘'k '' “ ■,d g e * itable to pay regulated liability charges ! or even workmen's com|>eii»ation, than Her Needs. it is to bear the cost involved in re H e— S h e has e v e r y th in g she needs ducing these charges by means of dim to m ake her happy. inishing the number of accidents and ¡'hi - But it 's th e th in g s she does the duration of the resulting disability 364 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. not need th a t a w om an n eed s to m ake Branches and Agencies The World Over by the adoption of improved safety, re» her happy.— IP, Chester T im es. Union F IN L E Y Progreulvc The Vaine of Vocational Education I. E. Norgard & Co, TAILORS 108S-10S» » . o n Bldg A sk Your G rocer For It THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY 605-608 Electric Building * * ** ! OSKAR HUBER, District Manager The C o-O perative Shoe Store O v e r a lls H. J. PARKISON Ii£ ROYAL STA N D A R D TYPEWRITER GUARANTEED! ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY HOW SAVINGS GROW In order to Ulnstrata th« rapid growth of savings with 4 por eont compounded lntersit added, wo have prepared the following table Bate of Intereet t 25 -2 o 5 g t ¡3 2 g 3 3 C 4 5 * = 3§ 3 * g 3*5 fr S iW « FO U R Per cent t 73. $4O3.i$1.294 .50 per annum Com 146. Í162. 324. 8OÖ.I 2.68* 1.00 pounded t Alee a 293. «60. 2 00 year. January I 585. 1301. 1614.1 5,177 3228.110,361 8 00 land Jnty I. 1462. 3252 8070.125.88* »I OPENS AM ACCOUNT (Eetabliehed 18 Tear») HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK, SECOND AND WASHINGTON A Conservative Custodian STREETS Open Saturday Evening», 6 to 8 Today and Tomorrow calls for DURABILITY and ECONOMY in Street Paving. Secure the BEST. Boost for BITULITHIC Union Made Clothes For Union Men Suit or Overcoat $15 Made to Order DUNDEE WOOLEN MILLS 363 WASHINGTON STREET SCHWAB PRINTING CO. ß»u Creva«, Pmidmi Sehfit» Yaer frutti.« 2454 STAIK STREET
