Portland labor press., July 21, 1913, Page 5, Image 5

Monday, July 21, l e u
PORTLAND LA B(flt PRESS
mies or attack life about it. People
in Portland forget that certain news­
papers fight certain men for the purpose
of submerging issues v ita l to the inter­
Officiai Publlcatlon of tha Central
ests of the masses. People forget that
Xmbor Oouncil of Portland aad Vieta
attacks on Industrial Workers of the
ity, aad tha Oregon Stato Federation
World street speakers may be subter­
of Labor.
fuges to divert the public mind from
• Published every Monday by the Cen­ the real issue— shorter hours aad higher
tral Labor Council of Portland and V i­ wages for the man aad- the w >man
cinity, under the direction of the fol­ whoee struggle fo r existence is almost
unbearable.
lowing Board of Control:
Otle D. Forte. President .Brewery Trades
Let us look the situation in Portland
Arthur C. Raven. Secretary.............
squarely in the face. L et us be cool
......................Allied Printing Trades and see things as they are. Men and
Prank B. Raeublg................. Metal Trades
women should get tired of pickiug sand
W. L. Sullivan................. Building Trades
E. J. Stack............................. Label Trades out of thnir eyes whenever an industrial
question comes up for settlement.
Board meets second Thursday each '
month, at t P. M-. at Labor Proas office. | Some people in Portland are tired of
it now. M ay the numoet increase.
Officers, t i t Ooodnough Building, F ifth I
and Yamhill Streets, Portland. Oregon.
PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
JURISDICTIONAL FU88B8.
Sab su l» Mi a, SLM poo gear in a av aa n
to Ualoaa, 1 osa» pao waefc.
Monday, July 21, 1913
and 64 from 20 to 30 year«. Third dr- mea who waat highways built for »uti-
gree burglary, 2’ 3 for younger period mobiles, seem to think that what the
end 205 for the older; grand larceny in state n««da is a system of highways
the second degree, 184 criminals under paralleling the railways, or going in the
20 years, and 238 from 20 to 30; petit same general directions between g re a t,
larceny, 157 under 90, aad 144 from 20 center« One plan is practical, the other
to 30 years; unlawful entry, 34 under has all the elements of a great dream,
20 years ,and 22 from next 30 yeairs. even to the expense.
The” total shows 940 under 20 convicted
Ohio people want roads over which i
last year, and 1278 from 20 to 30, whgre the farmer can take his produce to mar-
404 offenders from 30 to 40 years were ket. I t is the road from the farmer to
convicted.
the village and the town that is of
The statistics for women prisoners ■ deepest interest co the people, not the
show that two-thirds of the women highway between eities or great ten-
brought to court were under SO years, ters. Ohio people want to make culti-
Convictions for thievery stand highest, vation of the land profitable, a sensible
grand larcenv 18, second degree grand thing to do, and in olfler to do thia they
larceny 55, j i t i t larceny 42. The total
flrrt consider the prdblem of mar-
number of women brought before th e , keting. Over bad roads from the farm
higher criminal courts was 166.
! to the railroad it is nearly impossible
Making averages the usual sentence Tor farmers to haul their produce with-
ini|>osed was five years and six months,
making ♦>.« transportation charge
and the total stnte prison terms amount-1 prohibit!-, j, or a t least large enough to
ed to 3991. A gradual increase since absorb about all the profit in the pro-
1912 is noted. The increase was from duetion of vegetables or fru it which
four years and a half to the present
* * handled quickly and at sea-
average.
«
tonal periods.
___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oregon needs to consider market
CANNERIES AMD STARVATION. ! roade gs well as does Ohio. The sooner
In the trouble between union workers
end the Building Construction Employ­
i ers’ Association of Chicago, the juris­
dictional strike has been given a great
deal of unfavorable publicity. The as­
sociation has issued aad seat broadcast
over the country a statement in which
.
.
.
.
, Oregon gets away
of ople
the
it is'shown that contractors have been 1 _
The
country
was
tremendously;
hft/ # from
ann many
d
grievously wronged and th at worker i shoekad a few month. .g o when , the
o/
laB7 / on
have suffered much unemployment as .Stato o, New York an mv estigatlon of .
0} dwi
in itead £
loitl
well, by these misunderstandings.
conditions in e .n n .rie . showed th at!
u a £aai, " ,
a
! Ä
STILL COOKING CANDY
15 S. & H . S T A M P S
'T'O MEET all demands lor food pro-
A- ducts is our object; a greater desire
for cleanliness in all departments. In
buying our meats, fish, vegetables, gro­
ceries, butter and eggs you will win out.
This coupon with a fifty cent pur­
chase at any one stall will entitle,
you to 15 extra Trading Stamps
Wednesday, July 23, only
The statement follows:
that real primperity cannot
During the last year there have been wom en and children ware driven t o , thiBkiB
Phoaes:
PboMs:
la t i*
aad 'question-
over >44 strikes, all caused by disputes I de.(«rntion in . . effort to earn the f(>now
A TEO UffiR PO» VOUAT.
T
T
l
r
i
to
V
i
h
to
money
making,
thesooner
w
ill
real,
,
among the unions themselves, on build­
Main 1185
a >
' -
« ►
p a r i t y dawn and real de- ’
a >
The school la fundamentally an a > ings in Chicago. In nearly every case of the day and part of the night in th e .
a > Institution erected by society to < > the cause of the trouble wee the merest j Usk. People' who ere not * n tim e n t.l
t u k e root.
a ► do a certain «pacific work— to
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a « exercise a certain opacifie fune- < - triviality, aad organised u b e r was used. marveled at the facts brought out, aadi
a ► tlon In mentolein« the life and a « to forward a selfish Interest of Individ-. some Of the newspapers of the eouatrv | gTEAMOB POLITICAL SITUATION
a > advancing the welfare of society, a ► uals.
The Jabor ministry of the Australian
a ► ITia educational system which < > Labor conditions have been growing, were big enough to give the public a
The O U
a ► does not recognlae that this fact a
birdeeye
view
of
the
eaaneries
where
Commonwealth
has resigned, having had
a. entails upon It an ethical reeoon- a . steadily worse la Chicago until It has bo­ millions of dollars in
"
— j .
dj vj daBdg are a „tfc e r long lease of office. The reeent
a» s ib ilìi/ te derelict and a defual- a,
nne impossible for employers to take
a . ter.—-John Dewey In Union Pria- « ► ty contract work In the hope of eont- mads while the lives e f workers are federal elections proved less favorable
a « clplee In Education.
a ►
crushed out.
eting It without Innumerable strtkea
to the labor party than it bad expected.
J. B. A T O E U O B , Fraprtetor.
During the past year the loss because
d 44♦♦♦4 4 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦v
Portland people could not suppose I t lost its m ajority in the popular
’ these strikes to owners, contreetors th at conditions similar to those in be­
130 MortM S lx U fitn rt.
branch of parliament, although it re­
HOBBES AND CLUBS AMD MEM. and union workingmen runs Into millions
nighted
New
York
could
exist
in
Ore
tained a safe margin of control in the
I t ia unfortunate, to «ay the least, of dollars.
JWnJU(AsctMrrrs
gon. I t ia easy to accuse the ae: jh b o r , M<ate
when j olieemen mounted and w ith elube
And yet union labor has always been
of
being
a
bad
citisen
but
it
is
another
On
tbe
otber
band>
tbe
election,
drive crowds of eitisens li he eattle from employed, aad, ‘until recently, there have
the down-town streets. I t is a b it of been few serious differences bstween the matter to bring the fa u lt home, w*ere | r„ ulted iB, an iBdor^m e n t of the poli-
of tbe ,abor p ,rty and cabiBet, M
advertising that the Boee C ity does not employers and the unions. Almost In­ it belongs. Judging from information j
PhoaM : Maim 5 2 . A 4211
need and a b it of stubbornness on the variably the trouble has been among the whieh has leaked out in Portland since, the propf)iai , submitted to the voter,
unions
themselves.
Jurisdictional the strike of the girls a t the Oregon , witb reference to fiscal and social re­
part of somebody that is uncalled for,
281 firrt Street Ptotlaad, Oregoa
strikes, caused by a question as to what
a t least it is so considered la the minds union should do certain work, have cost packing Company’, plant, New York , onn were earried. Again, the party
canneries
are
not
the
only
industrial
that
««ptured
the
popular
house
has
a
of many respectable eitisens o f P ort­ owners and contractors millions, have
FHOWB MAIM 4161
“ V * C‘ r ' ’“•jo rity of one only. No government OBAS. CATTA, F n » -
land and of Oregon. I t was thought by thrown thousands of workingmen out of
many people th at the day of the rush employment and have been a serious w ith the life blood of the workers. In i caB be formed 0B M sbaky and wank
w ith horses against eitisens exeept dur­ blow to the welfare and growth of Chi­ other words. I f starvstioa haunts g irb , g foBBdatioB aad u ia doubtful whether
and women in Portland while they work the ,, victoriou. ’ ’ lib eral, w ill attempt
ing times of real riot or war, had passed cago.
606-608 Electrio Building
On every day during the post year from early morning to late nt night, to govern. The resignation of the labor
w ith a lot of other abuses which no
there have been strikes on a ll large now is not the time to play eheap poli­ ministry is inevitable, but the liberals FnST -C LA SB fiU V lO M FOFULAK FBICBfi I
clean civilisation can countenance.
buildings; first on one and then on an­ tics and fuss on., the street, bat it is a
■tort Ordatv s fim ls H y
can only form a government fo r the
I t is strange how some men become other, the unions violating their Joint
214 SBOOMl} ST., O«r. SALMOM.
time fo r action th at the lives of inno­ purpose of ordering another general
excited and show power whieh was arbitration agreements with the employ-
OSKAR HUBER, District Manager
cent people who w aat to make an hon election and giving voters a chance to
given them to be used w ith caution and era These strikes were of the kind ab­
est
living
may
be
preserved,
that
the
I
render
a
More
poaitiTe
verdict.
w ith cool judgment. I t is strange th at solutely beyond the employers' control,
The labor party, supported by the
common decency is so soon forgotten, and -while some question of Jurisdiction welfare of the whole people may lie
safeguarded. I t certainly is not a time small fanners, bas stronger hopes of
th at the rights of the non-participant was being wrangled over by the unions
BAT
for schoolboy pyrotechnics ,for ineane success ia new elections than the liberal
are so carelessly trampled under foot, thousands of workmen lay Id le und m il­
lions of dollars ware lost to the work­ quarreling jv e r shadows while the sub­ forces, whose programme is too indefi­
that the good name of the city for peace
men. owners and contractors.
stance is allowed to rot sad bring deso­ nite. But the situation is fu ll of inter­
Corner Couch
and for good government should be so
One single month furnishes an ex­ lation and disaster into the life of the
est. I t makes for compromise and mu­
heedlessly defamed.
ample of the general conditions which community.
tual concessions, or for conservative- Marshall 2296
I f the occurrences of the last few have prevailed for three years. During
; progressive policies.
days in Portland are those of days of that month there were strlkea a ll of
W ET MEM OBGAMX2H
For
peace, what would be the result in thè them Jurisdictional In nature on the fol­
Proficiency gives the happiness of i
J»**-
--
MUNICIPAL BECBEATION8.
case of real rio t! I f horsemen are need lowing large buildings:
Mandel Brothers, Rothschild building, achievement in work well done, but w e '
OTTO OLSEN, Prop.
on the sidewalks to intim idate eitisens
The committee appointed to investi-
Larkin building. Franklin building, But­ do not work merely because we love it.
Delicious
who may be on their own missions of ler Brothers, Chicago Telephone Com­ We want some of the gtood things we i Kate municipal recreation in New York
52SVs Washington Street, Between
peace when there is no riot, what would pany, Children's Memorial Hospital, aee bther. enjoy. W e want gcod things 1 has brought to light several
16th and 17th
be the methods employed in ease of Nicholas Senn High School, Advertisers’ to eat, good things to wear, and other j fact8- 11 h“8 C o v e r e d that New York
Breakfast
trouble when killin g had really oc­ building, Bauer A Black building. Lake recreation besides riding to and from | 18
» >«»♦ «« money to provide
Shore power house.
curred!
work six days a week. We want to look opportunities of which only 5 per cent
I t has been said th at the one seri­
of the population avails itself. The ex­
ABLE WAGE DISCUSSION. .
j prosperous iind not w ait till we dia> pense is needlessly enhanced by reason
ously lacking tra it of the American
before others notice that we ever lived.
citisen and official it steadiness, and in
In the M ay Porum is an article by W s want to enjoy the society of our of the failure of the city to make use
Portland during the last week the truth James Boyle on the legal minimum
kind and realise the joy of being a of schools and armories as recreation
287 XTBBT STBEBT
of the maxim has been brought home. wage. I t is an entertaining and in­
real live ,active unit in the great social centers. As things now are municipal
The lack of steadiness has been urged structive article, expressed in a spirit
recreation
cannot
compete
with
com-
structure of our generation. We want
Mal« 83S4
Mr». Jack O eaueder, Trop.
as the one prime reason fo r m ilitary of candor and sincerity th at makes i t
pretty homes and want to provide them mercialixed recreation.
training of young men— not the killing decidedly pleasant to read. M r. Boyle
BI8M
ABK
RESTAURANT
The
relative
uhpopiilarity
of
munic­
with ail the little , things that make for
of men, as is commonly understood to disagrees with the proposition that the
EATS ALWAYS THE BEST
comfort and add so much to the sum ipal recreation ^he committee explains
be the foundation of b iilitary training. minimum wage is beneficial either - to
1 20» Morriaon Street Between rront »ad First
total of human happiness. We want to in several ways: The system is too
Surely in Portland it has been shown capital or labor.
In fact, from the start our children with natural sur­ rigid, failing to adjust itself to the
Mwla 2» O wl»
th at «tendinea. is a lacking quality, societary standpoint he thinks i t is not
Mala 84B3
roundings and rear them to healthy needs and d^nands of the aeveral com-
not alone on the part of certain politi­ to be desired.
mnnities
and
discournging
individual
1
m aturity. We want them to look as
cal organisation workers but on the
So fa r as its effect upon labor goes nest and swee* as oth<” children and initiative, and there i» “ overnupervi-
part of some men in authority over the he contends th a t it w ill be p rejudicial,
A h a remedy the committee'
have all the advants - of education sion.”
lives and property of the citisene of to higher wages, sir co it w ill tend to ’
and training which othu men ’e children HuggeriR freer Adaptation to local needs 1 John Keich»« a Frit» nethaehar, Trop».
Portland and Oregon.
depress all wages to the minimum point, i receive.
together with a meaaure of local con- i
128 Second Street
Portland, Oregon
Why not get down to earth and deal He shows that the experience in New!
And when the heat enervates the trol. Thus the lommittee apjiear» t o 1
w ith men and women as human beings, Zealand and Australia has not been of body that has worked with mechanieal' i’'ace _ni08t
on bad admin
not as wild animals threatening the life a character to assure its advocates of precision for a vear, we want to g a th e r!i8t^at‘<>,1• To
nonexpert, however,' ’p l.p D
0 D R oof o n m n i’
o f the commonwealth!
its success. I t has apparently worked our loved one» end anawer the call another factor in the unpopularity of
» • ** «>• IM JO U lU I d i l l
w ith some smoothness, but it has n o t1 of nature which beckons us out into municipal recreation w ill at once sug-
Open Day aad Might
BEFUDDLING THE MEAL ISSUE. encountered the adversity of bad times.
the open, where we ean forget our cares gest ite e lf-th e re is still le ft in the H K orth 81xth 8tr#e^ Portlaa^ o
In the excitement of the last few
Wo would commend the article to
and gather new strength from the frag- American people a large residuum of
days in Portland the public mind has both thoee who favor and oppose the
“ “
“
ruaee of wild flowers and rest our weary that spirit of independence for whieh
been entirely diverted from the real is­ minimum wage as a fine exam ple, of
forefathers
were
eelebrated. SU P E R IO R R E ST A U R A N T
eyes on the grassy stretch of a rolling their
sue before the good eitisens of Oregon. candid controversy w ith which one may
A M D LUMOM OOUMEBB
country or perhaps lounge in the sands Looked at from this point of view, the
*
Newspapers have attaacked men in of- disagree without bitterness.
Regular 25c dinner served at luneh
of the seashore and lave in the salty stubborn insistence of the people on:
fiea and men and women on soapboxes,
their right to pay their own way is fa r counter. Ladies’ and gentlemen’s din-
breakers.
KILLING OFF TOUNQ MEN.
but not one of the organs of business,
We are entitled to all of these things from being a discouraging phenomenon. i„g room ¡B connection. Good things
A
terrible
arraignment
of
the
indue-,
big and little , has tried to keep before
and t l i world Molds abundance for all.
to eat and quick service.
the people the .real problem, which must tria l conditions of the country is found When we ask for our own as individuals
EARLY GLOBING 18 OOMIMG.
TRXNCOVC a HALL. f»»oen'tTORS
in
the
report
of
the
D
istrict
Attorney
be settled before the public mind w ill
The merchants throughout the eoun-
we aril scorned as beggars, but through
62 and 621/) Sixth Street
be pacified and real peace w ill return. for New York C ity for the year 1912. our unions our claims are successfully ’ try are realizing more and more that
LIQUORS
I t does not make so much diffe ice I t shows the terrib le'to ll of young men advanced.
! they are the teachers of the great buy- J. E. K elly ’s Family Liquor Store W slaksid's Brswsry, Thlrtssatk aad Baraslds
whieh
is
taken
through
the
system
of
to the people of Oregon whether the
Evsry Keg s f Bssr sad Bvsry B anal of
The worker is just as human as his i ing public, and the erux to the whole
Isapsrtors—Wtolsssli sad BtSall
Bottlsd Bsar Frow Tkls Brswsry Bsars
sheriff does everything he should do, or low wages and speeding up. And, when employer and has all the emotions and I situation lies in co-operation among the
Mala 22; A-22M
28
U s Union Lsksl
neglects some things while he overdoes i t is understood that experts in crime all the capacity for enjoyment as has retail merchants themselves, for each
other partr of his work. I t does not a«y that the real criminal is rarely the man who lives off the industry of store is on the defensive ,and whenever
matter much whether the mayor calls found in the young man, the report is others.
a competitor prolongs his hours of em
on all good people to keep off the rtreets all the more Interesting and worthy of
But before the worker can get out of j ployment the others follow suit. Where
or whether a foul-mouthed orator gets eareful study.
life what is in it for him, he must eon- all adopt the same policy, no one is
The report shows that the D is tric t,
bumped on the head w ith a policeman's
nerve his energy and concentrate h i t , placed at a disadvantage and business,
Attorney's
offleo
disposed
of
4827
cases'
■
club. I t does not m atter much whether
demands through the trade union of his is ' not disturbed. Furthermore, if the j
the rockpile or the North End is the last year, with 3026 convictions and ' craft. I t is the only agency that has : merchants would take steps along this 1
abiding place for half a dosen more or only 321 acquittais.
ever reduced his hours to the |>oint of line there would be lest chance for le g -,
In t^e year 789 married men were
less undesirable' eitisens. B ut it dose
getting a period of recreation out of I ¡elation lim iting working hours,
concur.' every self-respecting citisen of convicted in the courte of General Ses­ every 24 hours; it is the one means of j Early closing is coming— nothing can |
sions
and
the
Criminal
Branch
of
the
Oregon when unbearable industrial con­
getting prompt action on a demand for -stop it.
ditions are allowed to exist in Portland Supreme Court, and 2068 unmarried better wages, and is the only institution !
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and when encouragement is given to men. The records for women defend­ to give him a feeling of security in his
According to Colonel Mulhall, in the ;
ants
show
66
married
women
and
100
)
continue them against the peace and
IKisition because it sets up a definite' State of Indiana alone, there are 3,000
unmarried.
dignity of the city and the state.
standard with a fa ir minimum wags.
manufacturers affiliated with the Na-1
Phon«} MAIN 72, A-1172
While the percentage of unmarried
People seem to have forgotten the
The common ambition of men and the ' tional Manufacturers Association. E s -,
strike of helpless women and girls in a criminals is high in practically every
unnatural burden upon toilers b rin g ' timating that each member contributed
cannery on the East Side. People seem sort o f crime, the report shows that
them together under the banner of 6250 a year, which are the annual dues, |
Nnm«d Shoes are frequently made in Non-Union Factories.
to have forgotten the cries for food suicide is an exception.
trade unionism, to march against the Indiana alone contributed three quar
which went up when girls and women
Three times as many married men '
hordes of privilege and regain what ters of a million dollars annually f b r ;
were ready to accept charity to prevent attempted suicide and were tried for '
they have taken from us.— World, Du­ the purpose of exterminating labor ■
death from starvation. People seem to it in 1912 as unmarried. A comparison
unions.
luth, Minn.
have foigotten that back of the fuss on for the past nine years gives 7670 con-,
ao matter what its name, unlese it bears a
the streets is a condition, not the prob­ ; vidions of married men for all sorts of
The cure for white slavery is to make
plain and readable impression of this UNION
FEAOTIOAL SOAD BUILDING.
lem of driving people like cattle about ] crimes ,und 18,406 convictions of un- j
it commercially unprofitable. Make it
8TAMF.
f
the streets, but the problem of giving married men.
How essentially different is the policy as dangerous for a man to live off the
women and girls a chance to live and to
The rv|>ort indicates that there is a 1 of the state of Ohio in the matter of
All shoes without tLc Union Stamp are al­
earnings
of
a
street
woman
as
to
dyna-
i
be decent in a land of opportunity.
j gradual increase of crime among young road building from the proposed Pacific
ways Non-Union. Do not accept any excuse
People get excited and allow news­ men, the male criminals under the age Highway policy in Oregon! Ohio people | mite a safe. Give him as long a term ,
for
the absence of the Union Stamp.
in
the
poiiitentiary
for
the
former
as
papers to lend them intfi by and for­ | of 30 years having increased in number i realise that highways are usually of
bidden paths. People forget the lesson I from 1700 in 1904 to 2200 in 1912. Dur- j steel, that transportation over them is , for the latter crime, and the traffic in
of the fish which throws off a black i ing the past year many offenders were not ’ he item which makes it impossible women will be wiped out.
liquid with which it muddles the water ! between the years o* 15 and 20. As-j ¿or farmers to handle their produce at
246 Summer Street. Boston, Mass.
T he only w a ite rs ’ org an isatio n In R u s­
and thus it enabled to escape its ene­ | fault charges show 40 under 20 years, | a profit. Oregon enthusiasts, led by city sia Is in Moscow.
JOHM r. TOMM. Prssldsat
CHA8 1> BAIVB. BscrsUry-Trsasiirsr
♦444-444-4-44-4-44-44444>4-4-W -4>
Yamhill Street Public Market A 3344
at First, Second and Yamhill Streets
t
S u n se t C ream ery
C om pany
B U T T E R aad ICE CREAM
RAINIER
THE
BARBER ASPHALT
PAVING COMPANY
Mt.Hood Restaurant
and Loach Cocmter
American Restaurant
If/o /e f O a ts
A
G arage Restaurant
BERT’S
R esta u r a n t
Uttton Oyster House
aad Restaurant
A l b o n B ro s .
M illin g C o m p a n y
G olden
W est
COFFEE
TEA SPICES
BAKING POWDER
EXTRACTS
JUST RIGHT
CL0SSET&DEVE8S
PORTLAND, ORE.
Weinhard’s Beer
The Uvofftte beverage of the laboring
men because of Its health and strength
giving qualities.
HENRY WEINHARD BREWERY
Do Not Boy Any Shoe
Boot and Shoe Workers9 Union