Portland labor press., December 21, 1914, Image 1

Volume XIV.
Number 37
Portland, Oregon, December 21, 1914
Whole Number 776
C e n tr a l C o u n c il W ill A id
T h e U n e m p lo y e d M e m b e r s
Here's Story of the
Public Auditorium
V u lito riu m reveals th e fo llo w in g :
,)n June 5, 1911, th e people voted
' 4 f ' S n r n f ' ” aJ °r “ y a >>ond
.„ o f $o00.000 fo r the purpose o f
.adding a p u b lic a u d ito riu m .
lune
1911 M a y o r Sim on ap-
La|b° r C ounc,‘ 5 ° n i- |t h e organized.
The va rio u s re lie f
u nem ploym ent su b m itte d com m ittees o f the c ity fro m d iffe r ­
ii ,v Dee 1 8 ? 'K
T " * i- n - ‘-'«t c ivic bodies m u s t'b e looked to
lion's 11 ,0 . ' .
7 ,o t,le,
fo r im m ediate re lie f o f th e unorgan
< rin il,
r ’
" * ’ r C|l t y ’ 3 50 C° V" izcd , o r tb e r c , ic i o f ’ he organized
since
st t
" , ‘ VS. ° f. 1 ,e co " » " ' ‘ tee th is C o u n cil lo o ks to and demands
c o m .v i n ? 7
,,lt' l,ld ln fi v,s,ts to o f “ s a ffilia te d unions and th e ir i „ -
,
1,1 c l,y . ‘ «'»»ussioners.
d iv id u a l m em bers w h o may be so
•• • *
m s tiiil tio l? ‘ b1,Z‘' ,,| ,nS a,’ d c h a n ta b le ' f u n a t e as to be em ployed. O rgan
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,Ce" “ rged tO prO_ ized la b o r m us‘ ta k " « r e o f its ow n
A fte r the present council abolished vid
w o rk am i civic o rg a n iza tio n s
The une m p lo ym e n t c o m m itte e has
1
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iv m c u m ,n n ic c nas
the
old
A u d ito riu m
C om m ission I.
it-a , I , is
r r
CndOri e PraC’ ,h e le f ° fo " llo
° * w in in « g Plan
lie lie
f f under
plan fo fo r r re re
under
M a y o r A lbee placed the m a tte r in
tic a i plans to re lie ve une m p lo ym e n t, was
the hands o f W. L. B rew ester, Com-
he recom m endations o f th e com -
H e a d q u a rte rs
fo r
unem ployed
m issio n e r o f P ublic A ffa irs
Mr
B r e ^ m id e V Z a i M " [ p o r t e d
f t Ì « ^ ■ e ^ t X
“
„ „ t e l the fo llo w in g men as mem- the m a tte r to the com m issioners on
r s o f t h e A n d ,to r,u rn C om m ission :I)e e e m l> e r 27, ,913. and was given
\ \ . I). F e n to n . J. R. W e a th e rb e e , H pt m i ssion to appoint an a d v is o ry
(Imne, T. B. W ilc o x and P h il M e t- <oard to fu rth e r in v e s tig a te the sub-
- ban. Jr.
JCCt.
Angus, 9, 1911. the M a rk e t block
J his board, c o n s is tin g o f C om inis-
i is selected as a site fo r the a udi-
i< nt r B rtw s te r, J. B. K e rr, I". C.
,rinni.
E. F. L a w re n ce was ap- K napp H. M. H a lle r and C ontm is-
ointed as p ro fe s s io n a l a d v is o r fo r -lo n e r B ig e lo w , were c o n fro n te d w ith
■iie a rc h ite c tu ra l c o m p e titio n .
the fact th a t tin plans w ere made
October 30, 1911, the ju r y o f aw ard
fo r a b u ild in g to cover a b lo ck and a
i- chosen, c o n s is tin g o f W illis
h a lf and th a t
th e re w o u ld
not
1’oP. ,f San F ra n c is c o ; K ir k C. C u t­
be s u ffic ie n t m oney re a lize d fro m
ler, of Spokane, and E. F. Law rence the bond issue to purchase th e ad-
P ortland.
it 19th and W a s h in g to n stre'ets n r'o -'! e r ‘ r r° n t l>k>Ck’ a " d th e n 3 n u m '
\ided a d d itio n a l m onev m n i,I t ’J „
7
f I’ ro Pc rty ow ners, some o f
sed.
The com m ission asked the" « h° t °Jv.ned P ro p e rty a b u ttin g the
in i.t/e
or,
Stay Away From
Great Falls, Mont.
T he U n ite d B ro th e rh o o d o f C ar- change, but an e m p lo ye rs' associa-
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pe n te rs an,>
and Jo in e rs No. 28,..
28o. o f tio n , as its m em bership
is composed
., r ‘‘at . a s' M o n t., has sent out the o f m erchants, m a n u fa ctu re rs, b u ild -
fo llo w in g w a rn in g to anyone w h o in g -m a te ria l
dealers,
re a l
estate
inav have been tem pted to go to sharks and sh yste r law yers
G reat F a lls :
n
_ /
...» . . . .
4 .
I ne B u ild e rs
Exchange a few
' f 'n . tra d csn ,e "
and w o rk - weeks ago issued an u ltim a tu m th a t
recom mends th a t funds be raised to
n ir J L
r t .
•
•
} a k ‘" care o f members o f a f f i l i a w i . ’i the U b S ^ m p k ^ r k T e T
m tn ot a ll kin d s are being lu re d to the ca rp e n te rs ' wages w o u ld be cut
l.re a t Falls, by new spaper a d ve rtise - f if t y (50) cents per day and about
,o c a l' w ho are in need.
W e be- ta b lish cd .
• «---------r> in papers ns«
e per cent o f the m em bership o f
nients appearing
a ll o ver liv
five
l,evc tb a ‘ the la b o r m ovem ent owes
Cots and b e dding w
th
a
t
much
tn
it
,
i
f
e
o ca u m B
g w u l be in s ta lle d
.
c o u n try , w h ich state th a t th is Local U n io n N o. ¿86 accepted* the
th a t m u d i ♦/-*
l - J __ i .
..
.
c o m m m iitv t ln t ^ n ’ ' n<J,Ccd tO. the fo r th o sc w b o have no o th e r place c" > ls sh o rt o f la b o r and th a t fab- cut in wages, and th is num ber o f
co m m u n ity,
th a t no , mem
bers o f o u r to s sleen.
ulous wages are b 1,e e u in i g g p paid
and w o rk , men -« „p lie d a ll the carpenTers re
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. í dí í ' — ° <• . , « « a « i - r i . c - . v a a r k t ia . s r r w
w in
ill tie
be placed
placed in "* *” I - '
i,,,,,,,.
q ...........
tiire d to do the w u o rn
rk in
th a t i m
th e
.
" l l l f h " ” ' s‘ be borne th is W in - charge who, aided by the co m m itte e i d i a t l l >
te r by the c o m m u n ity ............. . .......' p » j* .g e w „o , a.oeq oy tn e co m m itte e ,
l,l“ " ’ ’ " e .r a rr iv a l in th is , m em bers o f the B u ild e rs ' Exchange
<>r bv ihe .................... y '
I w . ill . . . keeP ‘ he
.
*
q u a rte rs clean and 1 l> ’
have under w ay at th is tim e , and
' . un io n man in the c ity m ust ' o rth rly .
'T h e s e a d ve rtise m en ts are lies, w h ich is being ra p id ly fin ish e d
r i a i i z e m a t it is a d u ty w h ich c a n -:
1 ht' c a re ta k e r w ill be p rovided c rim in a l lies, c irc u la te d fo r the sole
The to ta l u n n n n i »1 h . i i l t i .
" u t o ? w l 7 k L i n ^ X StarH ye ay mmenn U w in
tiCkC,S
" h°
,l>‘*r ' ' " - <;f
th is s tru c t,o n th a t is ,o be done here-
• ,
• .
1»
.
m oi
c
a c e to the m an w ho has a jo b .
It is estim a te d by th e co m m itte e be com pelled to sell th e ir " la b , , 7 - ! 0 ^ 1 " m 'exceed ^ ( 'w o o ' "i'n^wages "or
f you have been to o busy to give th a t fro m 100 to 200 un io n men w ill when w o rk can be fo u n d . - a t a p rice a ll b u ild in g tradesm en re q u ire d
tin .
subject serious c o n s id e ra tio n ,, d a ily avail them selves o f th is re lie f, lo w e r th a n the p re v a ilin g ra te - and com plete it
Q
*
lin k it over now .
-
j Rent, w a te r, lig h t, heat, telephone, scales o f wages w h ich org a n ize d
• ri. .
’
.
. . . .
I m “ " ,ec‘. ' n,K o f the c o m m itte e and in cid e n ta ls w ill cost $150 per la h o r has s tru g g le d fo r years to I . r .(, . * , ?
•
‘ hyusand b u ild in g
!u'ld at the L a b o r T em ple last S at- m o n th .
¡o b ta in .
a Itsm e n m th is c ity at the p re s­
l l r day a d e fin ite plan o f a c tio n was
E qu ip m en t w ill cost about $300. i “ T he e m p lo y e r- o f th is c itv a re t b ' t " " c' „ a.nd ,h c K r*'a‘ " 'a jo r it y o f
, " m ' *
•
e ra e tin r g a u
n
and t „ i * l l k , 2 h
„ . . “ . ' .‘ .V,
■ r' u, . .. ..
“ I
¡ ti,
E f, " ? r 1 i,
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m b° d ' ' d h ic h ,h , - ' -----------------
• abor
* » as ” ,s necessary
" ' “ « • « y to
w f ( i i t , , . o o p p
n der
^ th
,h e c name
name an,
. , reat
ere to secure e m p lo ym e n t d u rin g
7 ? m S ? ' / f | r ? |," " r J ,U'
a " aU< a °r ‘,U'n w .' ill
mW-|ng,
3F 7 te r ' w
w h ich . th e place up the c o m m ' itte e expects I o f . th . e “ G
F a lls B u ild e rs ' F.x-
,he M ock wa ‘ d e d i c a t e d ^ “ ,’,
7
" *n a d ; d ‘ ° ,he var,ous UI’ io ^ : : to l.ave donated b y o th e r unem - change, w h ich is no, a b u ild e r- ex- the present w in te r.
"Spread th e facts co n ta in e d in th is
f,’
7
dcd,ca,ed to ,h e c ity T o A ll L o ca l U n io n s o f P o rtla n d and ! ,,loy< d lln ,o n ,ncn w h o m ay a fte r-
le tte r to all b u ild in g tradesm en in
spe, ? [ lc Pu rP°»e, nam ely, fo r
V ic in ity - G r e e tin g s :
a rd - —
........
. e p riv ile g e s o f .,
i w
w ards
e n jo
y th
the
y o u r c ity and v ic in ity , th a t none
ket and couhl‘‘ n m “ ^ d ’ 1^
1 V ’ " Cc" tra I L a b o r C o iin c il a‘ ¡ts ! p,ac<’
o th e r nurnose
d °r
T.CRU,ar m e e tin g in s tru c te d its
11,1
T in -o
co m m m m iu
itte
e e e nas
ha.- a a rra
rra n n g g e ed
d w w ith
ith *
♦ w hom yon m ay be able to reach w ill
co m m itte e on u n e m p lo ym e n t to ta ke
. 1 a l,or T em ple A sso cia tio n to re- ♦ BELGIANS W O N ’T COM E.
♦ In c o m , v ic tim s o f the B u ild e rs ’ E x ­
T h e purpose.
c a s e i- „ „ „ •
,i,., c
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| change cam paign to flo o d G reat F alls
eme la k e im m e d ia te steps to a ffo rd re - , i ceivv supplies,
c lo th in g , food and
C o u rt
Tb. I
f i
i ¡supreme
--.
r » in _
1
i P f f
f to
» In »
»s« . ployed
. 1
J
. i
•
r i h i u i t tio
in n
A l ll l such ..1.
< u rt
11» b rie fs have been com-
lie
the
unem
and
needy
o tlR r ( c ' i o i t n l l trib
n c s . A
should ♦
A fte r b e in g in San F ra n cisco ♦ 'w it h an a rm y o f h u n g ry and jobless
pleted and tile d re c e n tly and it w ill members o f org a n ize d la b o r
be b ro u g h t to th e L a b o r T em ple ♦ fiv e days. A lfre d M o llito r , a ♦ w o rk e rs .”
k C s 's a y '’ s o m e tim e " ind 7 h ^ ° f H r Wel1'
T ’’ e unem P '°y m e n t c o m m itte e was '
' ‘" " ' J i " . to th I re p re se n ta tive ♦ Brussels banker, says B elgian ♦
,
?
,
th
fu tu re -
appointed b y th is C ouncil fo r tw o
L
B u ild in g
T rades
C ouncil ♦ fa rm e rs w ill not q u it th e ir home ♦ I EL E C T R IC IA N S R A ISE WAGES.
fa rm s and come to C a lifo rn ia .♦ '
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. 11 sccn,s ?° >e Ju ' t a n o th e r one o f p u rp o s e s : F irs t, to devise w ays and ° ?C'
.
fo r th a t ♦
E le c tric a l w
o rk e rs
San MU.go>
D ieuo
, , 7 ; ee' “ !nRl-' ‘» « v o 'd a M e tangtes means to a lle v ia te the c o n d itio n o f .
»ce d ing assist- ♦ In g iv in g his reasons
...........................
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.. in OUI1
a ssprfim t M
Wf r.
»• M o llito r speaks
« ♦ I | z~
’.. i i. have raised
• . wages fro
. m $4 B to •
and
d , ‘*>s
to w h ich p u b lic o ffic ia ls union men and those dependent a " C* sbou‘ d aPPly
e ir local . ▼ assertion,
Cal.,
a" . (1‘T
‘ >'S ,n
>»t"
‘ ' T to th
....................
Cr I* t H ’ 11, * n t Is %
• S'- ...
. i
• o m ay be in need be- ■ tlflliill se,
C p c rro
e o and receive creden-
_ I
s * t* ry
i* tv p 1 la in ly :
* 0* s C
•
♦ V ve
rV. " u " i . . - V t r * i . » tO d ° ,o ’? e‘ . I.
b in
"P nn them
wh
r.c ‘ to ary
$4.50 per day to ta ke e ffe c t M a rch
hat the b u ild in g ,s
i- not b u ilt does
n e m p lo y m e n t; . and, second
'» San F ra n cisco and ♦ 1 n ext. T h is increase applies to in ­
I »at
d o es cause
c a u se o f u
imemtsIrttMTiAn,
--------- 1 tia ls and b rin g same to o u r te lie f * ♦
e «
« y , ;n
a.. e
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tates . .««,e.s
a lo t o a f ♦ lo t o f
m itte
ittee,
w lo
h o s 'e . w
ill . . „ ig
do
v e ry th in
in g the U n ite ■ d - S .........
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side ..ii emeu. A ll c o n tra c to rs have
resolution was adopted p ro v id in g fo r n o t seem to be th e fa u lt o f any one to suggest and help p ro m o te such Com
in
p
a
rtic
u
la
r,
y
e
t
every
one
know
s
measures
as
w
ill
a
,ure
to
the
w
o
rk
Pos'
:,'
,c
relieve
the
c
o
n
d
itio
n
.
A
ll
people
a
cco
stin
g me in
the ♦ agreed to recognize the union, and
the sale o f $.300,000 o f bonds.
f ““ * ~
' : - g me fo r m o n e y ♦ e m ploy o n ly m em bers o f th a t o rg a n i­
th a t * had a p riv a te ----------------------
concern sta rte d ’ ers m ore steady and ‘ re m u n e ra tive S7 h aid g ! '1cn w,in bc s‘ r ^ ‘ b" p r i- J ♦ streets,
a skin
A p ril 4, 1913, bids on bonds opened
to
b
u
il
1
th
e
b
u
ild
in
g
in
June,
1911,
e
m
p
lo
ym
e
n
t
in
the
fu
tu
re
.
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and
w
o
rk
,
and 1 th in k th a t i f ♦ za tio n .
vate
and
w
ill
not
be
given
as
c
h
a
rity
*
and rejected. H ig h e s t bid, 91.
the c o lo n iz a tio n co m m itte e th a t ♦
L a b o r u n f o r tu n a te ly is d iv id e d in 1
tI'"" w hich every u n io n m an
A p ril 10, 1913, a u d ito r d ire cte d to th e ' y ' would h av e b een c o lle c tin g re n t
o ffe rin g land and w o rk to ♦
it fo r some tim e pas,.-
tw o classes—the unorganized and
advertise $200,000 o f bonds fo r sale.
W Y O M IN G IN L IN E .
(Continued on Pago 8.)
♦ the B elgians w ould fin d some- ♦
April 23, bids fo r bonds were
♦ th in g fo r th e ir ow n unem ployed ♦
U n o ffic ia l re tu rn s show th a t the
opened and reje cte d .
H ighest bid.
W H Y D O N ’T S A N T A C L A U S C O M E T O O U R H O U S E ?
♦ to do here, th e y w o u ld be d o in g ♦
«7.78.
c o n s titu tio n a l u m cn d in cn t, p ro v id in g
♦ m ore good. I f th e y have fa rm ♦
fo r vvorkm en's com pensation, in W y ­
\ o fu r th e r m eetings o f the co m ­
♦ laud ami w o rk they' should give ♦
mission w ere held.
om ing. has c a rrie d by a vote o f 3,208.
♦ it to th e ir ow n people fir s t ."
♦
Ihe com m ission was abolished by
!+
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bt’bt' ved ‘ Hi’ o ffic ia l re tu rn s w ill
♦
* »°* b r i»g about a s u ffic ie n t change
the present c o u n cil A u g u st 27, 1913
J he plans and s p e c ific a tio n s were
received fro m th e a rc h ite c t in A u ­
gust. 1913.
Ihe c ity c h a rte r had to be am end­
ed -u as to p e rm it the va ca tio n o f
d.irket stre e t and th is accounts fo r
he fact th a t n o th in g was done in
1912. .
99
Bonds o f th e par value o f $35,000
"ere sold on D ecem ber 1. 1913 fo r
'32.329.50.
in 1911 ,he A u d ito riu m C oinm is
-inn b o rro w e d fro m
the general
fund of th e c ity $7.500. The e n tire
am ount w a- used, most o f it being
„■ini out as pr.ze a w a rd - to r pla n -
C to o u n ih cil
.o h a ™
™ e n W 7 .
»
rte .,™
n ro
ro an
i,lin
inent
to th e
e c c h
a rte
r r p
v v id
in g n fo
r
,n a d d itio n a l $.350,000 bond ¡-sue.
Tlie am endm ent was submitt,-«I to
Ihv voters and defeated
Dec. 5. 1911. a c o m m itte e asked fo r
the e rection o f th e a u d ito riu m on
c:.i..
the East Side.
A * ------,
re s o lu tio n was
adopted a u th o riz in g the sale o f the
bonds.
January 22. 1913, a c o n tra c t
entered in to betw een th e P u b lic
A uditorium C om m ission and the a r-
chi,rets, J. H . F rie d lä n d e r and A I)
Seymour. T h e site was fo rm a lly
idopted and in clu d e d b lo c k 132 and
n o rth h a lf o f b lo c k 133. w ith
.ervening s tre e t. M a rk e t stre e t. A .
a
a
To What Extent
A m i Responsible?
AGREE
TO bURY HATCHET
f.? -,
J
D M L o rn ,se n . whose o f f i c i a l tu b
•mardian o f the destinies o f the
'„tiib ia R ive r F ish e rm e n 's U nion
A -to ria . was in the city las,
t In ir-ila y and F rid a y in attendance
1 m eeting o f th e S tate I i- li t'o m -
t'-K 'ii anti re p re s e n ta tiv e - o f all
' com m ercial fis h in g i n t e r i - t - ot
''-trie , No. 1 w h ich in c lu d e - the
' 'huiibia riv e r.
A- a re su lt o f t h e m e e t in g it t-
'•‘ „I ,h a , th e p ro s p e c t- are b rig h te r
' 'r th e e lim in a tio n o f the bi annual
’
d'ble am ong the co m m e rcia l fis h -
“ c interests o f th e -la te .
' ' p ra c tic a lly u n a n im o u - consent
was decided by th e fis h in g in te r-
' represented, w ith the beam ing
proval o f th e com m ission, that no
"t- w ould be made by any fac-
1 at the co m in g session to change
'•I'tiiig fis h in g law s, -o fa r as the
"l intbia riv e r is concerned. If th is
f tiiie n t is adhered to it w ill mean
1 e lim in a tio n o f a vast ile a l o f
'b lin g th a t h e re to fo re ha- held
- '-la tio n hack im m e a su ra b ly, ert
great i ll fe e lin g and resulted
" „s a tis fa c to ry laws.
ASK
HALF
OFF
SATURDAYS.
T h is c a rto o n , d e p ic tin g m is e ry a n d a n g u is h such as o n ly th e fa m ilie s
a p p e a re d in th e M o r n in g O re g o n ia n M o n d a y , D e c e m b e r 14.
H e re
■„nicipal
e m p lo ye -
.it
D u lu th ,
have p e titio n e d the city com -
'toners fo r a S a tu rd a y h a lf hol-
’¡tirin g th e e n tire year
The
" is fo r a S a tu rd a y h a lf hol-
1 'to rn M a y 1 ,o Septem ber 1
o f th e p o o r a n d d e s titu te
a re som e o f th e reaso n s w h y :
Long
hou rs o f la b o r .— L o w w <ges.
In s u ff ic ie n t foo d an d c lo th in g .
U n c e r ta in ty o f e m p lo y m e n t.
C h ild la b o r. L a c k o f p r n te c tio n a g a in s t p r o f it - m a d e m p lo y e rs .
T h e tru s ts , w h ic h a re p e r m itte d by la w to c o n tr o l th e n ec e s s itie s o f life .
T h e m o n o p o ly o f th e la n d by th e fe w .
T h e “ s y s te m " w h ic h gives to th e fe w th e c o n tr o l o f th e o p p o r tu n ity to w o r k
know ,
I t ’s odd, isn’t it, that with the advent of Christinas
the heart of mankind warms and glows with the spirit
brotherly love, all because two thousand years ago
there lived one who {,reached to mortals the doctrine of
humanity.
It s still more odd that after the conscience has been
qmehsd bv a few days or a fortnight of right living that
we should so easily forget.
esir alter year society, because so organized, has
its problem of suffering and destitution. Year after
year society discharges its social obligations bv giving
in the spirit of the “ Nazarem,” a little to make suffer­
ing less acute, grief less poignant, poverty less unbear-
<iblc.
Every member of society is more or less responsible
tor the condition of society wherein the few are wasting
the wealth of the world and the many are in want and
penury. Every member of society who lives to be of
service is bigger and better because of rendering service.
< harity at Yuletide, or at any other time, is whole­
some and commendable, and is more wholesome and more
commendable because of the spirit that is kindled in man.
lint the spirit should live throughout the year Men
should be actuated by justice 365 days in the vear. Then
there Would he no need for charity upon the anniversarv
ol the birth of Christ.
Let every man ask himself this question: "To what
(xtent am I responsible?” Answer it in justice, then
shoulder the responsibility and a very few year.- would
pass until commercialism would lose its stranglehold on
civilization and poverty would be reduced to the
minimum.
Then, indeed, will we have “ Peace on earth, ^ood
\\ill t >..nrd men.”