Faga Two
PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
Portland Xabor prese
le tte r s from the People
THE JOYOUS JITNEY
Wa Deveiop and Print rilm e —54-Monr Barvico, Kodaks. Krowniee?O ran'
and Promo Camaras.
i The fo llo w in g "poem " is taken fro m
i the 1'renno Lab or New s. In an apology
| fo r p ub lish in g It the editor said he
knew th e th in g was no good fro m a
Room 223 Lumber Exchange Building, corner Second and 'Stark n o r ™ “ ?’ l - i ^ : “ w ^ C W . 1
lite r a ry atandpolnt, but Juat the same
Portland Oregon.
¡le tte r to the lutbor Pre«» dated ¿larch It contained some good horse sense )
6 re la tive to D r. Hinson contains cer- , ....
,
e muss—
tain statem ents and im p lic atio n s which J 'V h a t's 8 * th
h,‘
C. M . R Y N E R S O N , E d ito r and M anager
la t e deserving o f analysis and e xam ine- "
” ,b * ru ""—
tlon In order th a t It m ay be as< er- I .
. “ *K»ut a Jitney buss;
I Just a fle e tin g , p ro fit-e a tin g .
at the Post Office, at Portland, Oregon, as second-class mail matter , tamed whether they be tru e o r *not
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F ir s t o f a ll, D r. H inson was viciously Rookie«», trackle»», but com peting—-
J itn e y bua.
attacked fo r preaching one o f the ca rd i
nal doctrines o f C h ris tia n ity , the R e s u r | A vand alizin g, scandalizing,
rection
In spite o f the fa c t th a t this ‘•W e -n e v e r-m a k e -'e m -s ta n d > a llz in g
J itn e y bua.
great tru th has been believed fo r n in e
i»
teen hundred years by a la rg e and In W h a t m ak .s the tra n a lt company cusa
J itn e y bua.
tellig e n t portion o f h u m an ity m any o f
whom have been and are fu lly the And go to me a llz in g thus—
equal In te lle c tu a lly o f M r. li a r see, the " P « ir people, look ,n to the facta,
la tte r coarsely re fers to the m e n ta lity W e cannot pay yo u r tow n a tax,
o f a c u ltu re d C h ris tia n scho lar who W 1th a ll these Jitneys ta k in g cracks
A t our p ro fits — m akin g loss
upholds th is tru th as "m onkey In te lli
gence."
O f w hat once wan g a in .”
ttin g ■ r~~
peeved and
One o f th e surest signs o f a e u lti- i 'T h e com pany's
- - - g - e .......«
cross
vated m ind Is ,ts readiness to concede .
cro" B
Its own lim ita tio n s , and to recognize
cars have q u it a -p a y in ’ ).
the fa c t th a t a th in g la not necessarily
Ho
’■«‘ '■vice’s g- o w in g wuss,
untrue because th a t mind cannot under-
‘‘ach n ln >ble Jitney bus
stand it.
T his sign Is conspicuous by “ 1 akes Its tu rn at h au lin g us;
Its
Barzee's
r
It« absence fro m M r. B
a rx e e a le tte r.
I ! And we henr ,h la “ d re fra in :
T in k le , tin k le , lit t le car
W ill he v e n tu re to assert th a t he
N ow we know not w here you are.
understands
fo r exam ple, the recent
earthquake in Ita ly ? C e rta in ly not Anil I Once you r clanging, saucy bell,
Said. "Step quick, o r go to h e ll.”
y e t he accepts It as a fa c t, presum ably,
Hut you’re much p o lite r now,
fo r It has been auth en ticated by tru s t-
w o rth y witneKgee.
And m ore fin ie you w ill a llo w ;
I or the J itn e y ’s changed our tune__
I t 1» an established p rin c ip le o f law
And y o u r num ber too—
th a t when the v e ra c ity o f a witness
has been established, a presum ption is 1 Cars do not come as soon
As
they used to do.
a t once raised in fa v o r o f otheV state-
f a r a p a rt
ments fro m the same source.
Conse- Now they
ir*«*y come so ra
quently, when we have the w ord o f the I 7 bat tbe nlm b,e Jitneys dart
"tru e and f a ith fu l w itness,” the Lord
ahead’ and catch th e ir prey—
H lm s e lf, th a t th e resu rrection s o f the' I " hl,,'c ,b e ' r v ic tim s quick aw ay.
"Just and u n ju s t” w ill occur, th e candid ‘ And th * he« lta tln g ,
mind la led to the conclusion th a t the A g g ra v a ,in * - u nd u la tin g car
w ord o f H im who was the T ru th and N e ver K* t8 lt8 v lc ,ln i’ -
whq "cannot lie ,” is to be relied upon__ M *r e ly sees them fro m a fa r
and the believing heart says “Amen I A8 ,b e y rld*
come. L ord Jesus.”
; si<le by "Ids
M r. Harzee also, by im p lic a tio n takes ' W h ''n ,h e ’ “ tie Jitneys g lid e
Dr. Hinson to task fo r not preach m e 1 p a!ld dow n> through the town,
social reform s, such as b e tte r w orking And ,bey w l” not be denied,
conditions, b etter wages, s h o rte r hours I
)Y hat wil1 haPP«,1? W e should w o rry
etc.
’ i
* f they tak e us in a h u rry .
^ o lu a t’ e r how w o rth y these thing«
11 not ^oln w l,h e l , h er fac tio n —
ay be and are. Dr. H in so n r ia h tlv ¿ ,ney bu" or c ,ty »ruction.
Published every Monday by the Central Labor Council of Portland and
Vicini«y-____________________________________________ ________________ A n a w ers M r. B . r w . .
Office,
Streets,
Entered
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Huntley Drug Compan>
Stores a t
Portland, Oregon City, Canby and Hubbard
Eastman Kodaks
Our caudles are made daily in our own f?e.tery. Pure cream carau
50c per lb. We serve delicious light lu-ihes at our fountain.
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1915
dqaarters for Bquibb'a Chemicals, W aterm an and Conklin Fountain p , n
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
• CAM M A K E A
DAYS R U N
T h e re ’s a lot of fuss being raised ju s t now over a
certain school election th a t is to be held in P o rtla n d some
tim e nex t Ju n e . W e a re not sufficiently on th e inside
to know w hat all th e row is about, b u t to a m an up a
tree it looks like i t was a case of th e O regonian, th e F m -
p lo y ers’ A ssociation and the p ean u t politicians try in g th e
‘ ‘ come-back ’ ’ gam e
T his com bination controlled school a ffa irs in th is
d istric t fo r m any y ears.. You know the school board
handles a lot of m oney; th ey buy considerable real e sta te ;
the building operations which they control ru n s in to th e
h u n dreds of thousands of dollars each y e a r an d a lto
g e th e r it m akes a desirable d ep artm e n t of public a c tiv
ities fo r a bunch of political p a ra sites to control.
Several candidates a re busy now w ith p e titio n s th a t
a re being circulated in which th e sig n er is pledged to
su p p o rt th e p a rty nam ed in th e p etition.
W e wish to w arn o u r read ers n o t to sign these peti-I may •* alld are' 'urrthHinoone right*’ ’ *"ey bu" °r
tions ju s t yet. T h e re ’s p le n ty of tim e, so l e t ’s w ait and iKave perhaP8 mcidenuiIiy.htforp,tSehren-1 lf a J*tney
see who the candidates a re going to be.
1 i _ -°n
he
^ Bus should
hou,d. h it
— p~achea
preaches the
the «"■*'
gospel of
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me
As It's com ing up to g it me
I can't sue It.
Il* I do
_ Means alm o st n othin g to It.
F o r the bus Is shy on w ealth.
Jesus C h ris t, w hich Is not a propaganda
o i 8Ocial reform .
.
¿ T H E A U T O M O B IL I8 T
,f yym sh ,th e children i fo
r t u h u c e |hu
^ n. , ^ ^
u i
hum an s la v e ry was a t Its w orst
Meii
public schools. I hey should be an d a re in te re ste d in th p r?M£l and dled 1188 ra,a ,n th® gaiieys iiior th<! bU8 ,s ahv °n wealth,
personnel or th e board th a t d irects th e a ffa irs o f t h p ,ndu8‘rlai injustice were notorious — i.m the goat No °n« win pay me
schools. I t is ex trem ely probable th a t should Dr. Som m er
bU8 sh°u’d
become a candidate fo r re-election he will receive th e
activ e su p p o rt o f organized labor.
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m u e arid ■
Pruning a diseased tree, he
s v m m
1,p A lto g e th e r there a re o nlyP between '« nV«ee Pa ,ro n " °n W ednesday.
I t is
toco and 5000 men employed or îh » ! * th,?Ugn‘ n " c o ,lrt* 8y - T he tea is served
THE PUBLIC
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u m u u j UTILITIES
r a u T l E S E BILL.
operations. Which are being carr Z j
on X
f ' ° a r 8 ft a r tb «‘ " la t|-
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I t le s ready show, set i w swl short shred so that yoa woa’t hare
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r ° " T «—th. Oriadiag aa ordiaary saadiad Sohaoso
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J lt w i lt .
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machinists strike settled .
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S O U n io n S q u a re , N o w V<
(¡BUYFROMBEAtER QRSEIWloySTAMPSTOtt?]
A tte n tio n !
Union Men I
Your Union Card is sufficient
reference for you Io buy your own
or your w ife’s suit on credit.
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m um ties m ay act jo in tly in effecting public i m p r o v e | - ^ " ........... - " w i n . stated, th e p re v a ilin g
ra te would n a tu ra lly be baaed on the
m enta and acquiring and o p eratin g works, th e effecting ®rs.
wages received by the organized w ork
Thus. Hancock charged, the c ,Z
and carrying on of which b y such cities or com m unities o tra n,y c to rs „ violated
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the law
by pavim r
only |n a day.
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construction
rJ.®8Ln of
“ « ^ » t ’lde of such im provem ents o r w orks, ¡?eO
vrekn« ^ Z ,
a"d
o r the cost thereof, or by reason of th e fact th a t said im- n u e _________
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provem ents or works are of common benefit to a series
ask court to decide
of cities or com m unities.”
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I t w as a good bill b u t i t w ont th e ro u te o f m any an- .'■"""■""’'"•■‘i ' í " .
o th er good bu,. T here is considerable ta lk of tak in g up
th e proposition through the initiative. I f th is should b e ' through occupational disease« *The
done th ere is little doubt b u t th a t it would pass by a larg e S X Í m Ü M . „sCT t ” io: ¡"
m ajority. I t is a hill th a t th e big in te re sts d o n ’t w ant
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a n d th a t alone is sufficient to com m end it to the common wai.
appro
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NEUSTADTER BROS
Manufacturar» of
“ BO 88 OF THE RO AD”
OVERALLS
m e H te i f
Balasroon, Fifth and Ankeny Streets
Factory, Grand Ave. and E. Taylor
EASTERN 0UTFITTIN6 CO.
«05 Washington Street, at Tenth
M ADE
I e— - «bout . ShippiTO Bill
IN
F O B fL A N ]
GAMBRINUS
White
Our Beer Mever Falle to Pleeee
Mountaii
GAMBBINUS BOCK BEER
ON SALE
Gambrinus
Brewing Company
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Manufactured
1140
Portland'. Favorita Beer
fiy
COLUMBIA
MILLING
CO
Baat Beoond and Market Bbrets
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W E Y M A N -B R U T O N C O M P A N Y
W E GIVE 8. & H.
CkAJVA w i l l
<»v«~d »a »uh m
One small chew takes the place o f two big
chews o f the old kind.
, J , J I w £ » ï " i . i " . . ',ï.
Section 32 of th e bill clearly sta te s the pu rp o se » f
m
’’••• ■«» ‘r?’ *°
N o tire b o w t h a r e lt b ria e s o a t th e rtoh M b m m t r e u la " R U h t-C e t."
M iln 40
A bill th a t if enacted into law would do m uch to w ard I
loosening the g rip of th e m oneyed in te re sts of th is countrv :
n ,Pu
' W#S
e B i” N ° ' 21> intrf>du« 'd by S e n - Î M 'Î K “ " r . 1
GOOD J U D B E }
E S , a S m a ll c h e w o f “ R ig h t -
C u t ” s a t is f ie s . I t ’s th e R e a l
T obacco C hew .
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THE
Take ■ very small chew—less than one-quarter the
old size. I t w ill be more satisfying then a mouthful
of ordinary tobacco. Just nibble on it until you find
the strength chew that suite you. Tuck it ewsy.
Then let it rest. «See how easily and evenly the real
tobacco taste comet, how it satisfies without grinding, how
much less you have to epit, how few chews you take to
be tobeooo satisfied. That’s why it is Ttu Rsn/ rsfiecm
Claw. That’s why it costs less in the end.
a trem endous business la s t w eek w ith
B la «che R in g , and w ill have to h ire a
few able bodied men to c a rt the coin
a w a >’ a i ‘ cr today when th e people
Iearn w hat a b u lly and a ll-a ro u n d good
! Bhow opened there Sunday.
F o u r stars are fea tu re d and the b a l
ance o f th e ,s h o w Is good »nough to be
O rganized labor is n o t opposed to th e b u d d in g o f ¡ S . ' S ”,
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good roads fo r com m ercial purposes, b u t we a re opposed™ tch£i,poor u do not 8ay ,he
to th e building of scenic highw ays, a t lea st u n til we h a v e ! k n^n'X is a '^ X , ' £ X u r <£ ‘ T el1’
p len ty of good ro ad s fo r th e purpose of lessening th e c o s t!
of b ringing farm produce to th e cities.
I r 8 1:" and- "Wbo8° t r u s t e d in t £
The Columbia H ighw ay is a scenic road, b u ilt fo r i Of the Gospel win* recogmz^'tht Ptrutli
pleasure seeking au to ists, w ith th e m oney o f th e m en an d > 2 7 » .
„ torm
women who a re too p o o r to own an autom obile.
R an y considerable p o rtio n of th e proposed »
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000 e bond # issue is to be used
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i a c m i r t th
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a highw
hinrV i„-n«r
J » ...I Tabor
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w o rk e r fo r p riv a te gain
facing
ay organized
to i Plolts the
oL"?0."' 88 a f a l , h * f l tn lh ia te r o f
¿ h lo h
V ’ preache« only the things
oppose it.
w hich the L ord com m anded; and when
F u rth e rm o re if th e w ork is to be done u n d e r th e M r. Harzee applies such choice words
as m onkey In te llig e n c e " and " th a t old
direction of Jo h n B. Yeon organized labor is very likely
.. tO. . 8 fl,n <la n jen tal d o c trin e o f
C h ris tia n ity , he Is re a lly Im pedchlng
th~uWOrd
o f Jea,,a C h ris t H im s e lf.
to oppose th e bonds. M r. Yeon has shown by his p a s t
M r w . ^ " Ue
tbu 8 d ra w n between
H r
a" d H e who »Pake as never
activities in handling public m oney th a t he is u n fit to
n " ’’a
W i l not tak e the th in k
have control of th e w ork. H e is th e so rt of m an who ing man long to decide w hich to believe. placed In the same class, w ith one ex
ception, and th a t act Is much better
musician .
would spend th e ta x p a y e rs ’ m oney to h ire th e cheapest
than the o rd in a ry .
John H y a m s and L e ila M c In ty re es
labor procurable. H e boasts of th e fa c t th a t he believes
tablished them selves as v a u d e v ille f a
N.
Y.
CARPENTERS
v o rites as e asily as they did when they
*2.50 p e r day is enough fo r an y m an. H e cares noth in g
w ere p la y in g w ith th e hlg road shows
and the people liked them .
Same re
a t all fo r th e sta n d a rd of living of th e w orkers. H e
m arks fo r B o nita, th e big beauty, and
OUT ON STRIKE h«,r
p artn e r, d im in u tiv e L e w H t^ r n I t
doesn’t care w h eth er th ey can educate th e ir children, o r
would take o f f the edge o f things to
3000 w orkers, most o f them te ll w h at th e y do. o r how they do It
w h eth er they have decent homes, or w h eth er th e y have f i About
o T T ' . r r i , calle*' ° u t on 8 tr » « > but you can bet you r la s t nickel th a t
fro m the B roo klyn subw ay construe- i t Is e n te rta in in g .
sufficient food or clothing; nothing m a tte rs so long as
I t is th
kind ” o * f —
a «.«vw
show m
th e
a t , maxes
makes
n Jobs by the U n ite d Brotherhood o f
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< arp enters and Joiners o f A m erica l a » t ! 8
a? y good-natured,
° ° d -n a tured. gives a ---------
woman a
a » m
man
he gets his.
e e rfu l ,ylew
view o o t f 11,8
life and
a n t ’ „ »arts
i . . . . the
,n
* . e* k' T l’ e °Pl.v demand o f the men is !
tu rn in g som ersaults on the law n.
The w orking m en and women a re going to vote a t p«“ i t h ; m p r* /a l,,n K ra ,e ° f Wa^ be kid«
A new and com m endable fe a tu re was
A lm o st a t e v e ry section o f the sub- ?he’’,r e l^ .t ‘ he ° . rp i’ eum la8t * * • * . when
th a t bond election.
w ay the s trik e caused a com plete H e [ ‘ be, . m ana« ’,m‘‘n t »>egan se rv in g tea to
W IT H
The r ig h t b le n d of rich, sappy to
bacco—seasoned and sweetened just
enough.
That’s why it gives you the tobacco
comfort and solace that you like so well.
la id his
T he w orking people, organized an d unorganized, i X
be ax a t the roots. "E x ce p t a ;
born again he cannot see the
AT THE ORPHEUM
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ad a b e tte r frien d in an y public office th a n D rX v --*
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ld u a l reg eneration , and not social’ re
fo rm a tio n , lg th e gospel o f Jesus C hrist
Sommer.
I t looks lik e John W . Consldlne knew
tt
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I “ r-
a p p a re n tly makes th e com- e x a c tly w h a t he was doing when he
grabbed
the big th e a tre a t B roadw ay
H e has given us a sq u are deal and t h a t ’s all we ever «¿"s
thynk„1unt*watrdatc i:up^:
and S ta rk streets, turned it In to vaude-
Cki a n v r
I stances.
W e re th is a rg u m e n t sound
ask o f any m an.
------- — " — » “ ■■■win sound, v illc ®nd unionized the place.
H e did
0 “ la exitect to fin d p e rfe c t hap-
i " d u nly e ra a l content In the
classes o f society, w hereas the
,ca8,ual o to e n rer has noticed th a t
vos
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frO m beln* the caee- H i-
..k .'uC.
e' 8canda>’ . Im m o ra lity , etc..
„ .i_ .a2 tendanJ nHaary, a re com-
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EXULTS
Bdward Holman. Praald.ut
Walter 9. Holman, Secretary
TBLBPHONBI: MAIN 507; A 1811
V lo lo t O a ts
For a
GREEN TRADING 8TAM P8
THE EDWARD HOLMAN
UXDEBTAKIHG CO.
With All Cash Purchases.
Funeral Directors and Embalmer
Columbia Hardware Co.
230-222 THIBD STBEBT, (JOB. SALMO!
104 Fourth Street.
Rady A ulitaci
Delicious
Breakfast
ALBERS BRO8.
MILLING COMPANY
J. E. K elly ’a Fam ily Liquor Store
Im p o rte rs — W holeoal and R e tail
M a in 21. A 2802
264 M orrison Rt.
the Morne Xadnatry Move-
bL baTla 5 t»*1" Dabel appear on
your printed mattar. It stands for
Kt°r4 - ° r*“ “ ab‘P. rood OttJuMhip’
fair w ages end the upbuilding of the
city.
bowman
brothers
Allied Printing Trades Council Oom-
posed of
’Typographical Union
P -i-T fi, , T«B*rao"'« Union
P rin tin g Pressmen's Union
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Press A ssistan ts' Union
i tereotypera' and U le c tro ty p e r.' Union
Bookbinder«' Union
B in d ery W om en's Union
M a ile rs ' Union
Photoengravers' Union
U N IO N M A D E
Clothing, Furnishing Goods
Hats, Shoes, Etc.
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