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Page Two PORTLAND LABOR PRESS There is little sympathy for any body who breaks down from the work of minding other people’s business. WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT According to government the price of a steak is less t 1912. But, then, so is the stiak Hy I.E N N A P IT T M A N S T A H L Our Monster Prison Ship A Portland newspaper suggests that union labor should purchase the prison ship Success and make it a standing exhibit at Washington, also remarking: "The cells where the six men of Dorset served three years is the best union lectur we know of.” The suggestion may be pertinent, but why should we use a relic of mis- c arried justice when we have so COOKERY Of the wives and mothers of work- "I be harvest time is with us again ingmen, 37 per cent are forced to do and among the most popular fruits hard work or starve. °f the harvest, is sweet green corn Nearly half the wo'men workers on the ear. There is nothing better eai'n less than « per week. than just plain new corn on the cob Three or mo»“ persons occupy every with plenty of good butter. After sleeping room i i 37 per cent of the big dish of steaming corn is workers’ homes. brought on, fa th e r and Willie recog- Nearly 20 per cent of school child- nize a true con.radsh.p with a buttery - are tmderf^l a^muiermiurishecL - l e from ear to ear. straight from women were passed by Kansas. A NEW LAWS FOR WOMEN ADOPTED IN MANY STATES bill providing for minimum wage for --------- women in Michigan was killed in Equal suffrage and other legisla committee. tion affecting women figured prom New Mexico passed an act increas inently this year in the discussions ing the property rights of the Wife, of many of the state legislatures. and Wyoming, in this particular, The legislatures of seven states placed wife und husbam1 on an equal adopted resolutions whereby a con- footing New Jersey authorized the stitutional amendment giving women appointment of women policemen. equal suffrage rights with men will Qiegon forbade discrimination be- bp submjtted t0 tlle people at the fall tween male and female public school e|ectjons pjther thig ()r * e e m a le and fen,al p u b l.c h j o l Timeg Thpy _ pay n .n t of salaries, MI MM I'M WAGE LAW DECLARED | \ \ Judge Paul Little has dm Arkansas minimum wag« women unconstitutional. J. B. Crowe, a laundry pr, " aH f,,un<1 PUilty in u ju.-ti,, of v.olatmg the act and on ’rcu*' cwurt* Judge I held the,e ,our intention accused: bill signed by ( Hays was not the same I, many present-day examples so many One-twelfth of those who die in • setts, New Jersey, New York and ______________ by the legislature; that the I, nude truths, which show the need of New York are buried in the potters’ There are other delicious ways of Pennsylvania in 1915; Iowa. South BRUTALITY OF LONG HOURS illegal because it imposed a . labor organizations? field. serving the corn in which it is first Dakota and West Virginia in 1916. A restaurant keeper in Cheyenne, upon an employe as well a The rich man knows a thousand Absolute necessity forces 66 per scraped from the cob. With a sharp Tennessee adopted a similar resolu- Wyo.. has” attacked*^ the validity of ployer; that the bill is i„ reasons for labor organizations, and cent all children to leave grammar knife score each row of grains. Then tion, but it must also be passed by the women’s 56-hour law, passed by section two, urtiele two, <,f t the poor man is begging to wake up school before graduating. with a «lull knife or the back of a the next legislature before it can be tbe last legislature. In defending constitution; that the bill to the fact that, alone, he is a help- The average laborer is out of a job knife, press out the creamy pulp. submitted to the voters. So did Ar- tbe-!?w tbe State Leader says “The man or woman who is coin- d*ct **tb tbe fourteenth am, t less bit of machinery in the hands one-third of his time. Corn Chowder: Add one pin; of kansa^, but the resolution was inef- polled to work excessive long hours of the federal constitution, of his employer, if he is fortunate Average wage-earning fathers is water to one pint of peeled tomatoes fective because of a provision of the is brutalized and incapable of enjoy- State officials announce • , the caae to (h enough to have an employer. $¡>00 annually. an,i stew, slowly, for thirty minutes; state constitution, which forbids more ing any except the coarsest ami most a The Manley report of the United Iwo-thirds of male adult workers add two cupfuls corn pulp and two than three constitutional amendments degrading pleasures, while the worker who has not exhausted all vitality court. States Industrial Commission in re- earn less than $15 per week. cupfuls potatoes, which have been to be submitted at one election and and energy by the over-exertion in- The law was passed b\ gard to conditions of labor and in- There are 44 families with in- cooked a few minutes. Simmer until three had already been filed with the stinctively makes a better use of legislature, and was ¡nt« r dustry shows conditions which appal comes equal to the earnings of 100,- the corn and potatoes are cooked, secretary of state. leisure time, and looks to pleasures ... i . i i • and amusements that are on a higher * s of lair and stagger the laborer an«l mark ®®0 c- working ... _ _ men. . . ... . . Thicken , , „ with , 1 wo , If , vel . . tablespoon- ( alifornia adopted a resolution de- plane and have a tendency to still guard the health and estaiil the present period as progressive in > pe tent of the wealth of fuls of flour, blended in butter to a daring that woman suffrage in that further elevate them along the moral imum wage for females in that the old prisop ship with its few tbe nation is owned by 2 per cent o f paste, ami boil a few moments, state had been an unqualified success. scale. Wherever shorter working of Arkansas.” cells and one to 15 years’ sentences, the people. one-fourth pound of fat salt In eleven states woman sulfrage hours have been introduced license A fifty-four hour week is replaced and by ambition for self-im- has given place to a prison ship of a Sixty live p«r <ent own less than .pork> or bacon, until well tried out,. measures met defeat — Connecticut, provement this ambition reacts vided for, and all femali million fold greater magnitude, where •' P*r cent of the wealth. add two onions and one large s\ cel Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, on the entire organization of the six months’ practical exp, the terms of sentence are for life. Why buy a small prison ship, when pepper, chopped fine, and fry. Stir New Mexico, North Carolina, North worker most favorably, inclining him any line of industry or lab,, Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Ver- to ,bT, and beco,?e 8 btt\er 1c iti.ze"/ be paid not less than $1.; One-third of the laborers of Am- we have one of our own of so many, this into the thickened chowder, ¡> and therefore raises the standard of erica are poverty-stricken. many times greater magnitude? serve hot. The tomatoes may be nont’ the community as well as of the in- Under six months’ experien, I’ensions for mothers came up for dividual, of not less than $1 a »lay , i omitted, if preferred, and one pint consideration in 18 states. In eight— “Shorter hours of labor for both paid. of milk used in their place. LOYALTY IN VACATION SEASON Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New- mc? ,and wo,n<‘n «• tb£ only Protection The law gave a commi.-. THE GARDEN Corn Oysters: Season one cupful H hjre Npw York Oklahoma ^oernty can possibly have against the This is the dull season in business . . . ___________ »• - ...uL „ r i riHniPsn,re> iorK, uKianorca, brutalizing and devitalizing of hu- power to reduce rates if circles. Large numbers are at the I °. ’ P“ P ?b., 6 teaapoontul Tennessee and Wyoming—legislation inanity; and, no matter what the oc- mission should find after lieaches, mountains and re- IV ..'¡J- sort« fo r th e v « ,» tio n i« t« various T h e lare-er 1 he pansy is surely the most pop- of salt and one-half teaspoonful ol fo r tb is purposp w a s enacted for the cupation may be, long working hours! . , ‘ ’ sort, foi the vacationists. T he larger j f a|] tb pretty spring flowers paprika, and stir in three well-beaten f . vtr arc a menace to the health of the s tbat d low‘ r nnni places of business, fee this vacation: thp sn Z tL v eggs Add flour to make a good a , individual and therefore a menace to of wages is adequate to .pp , time as well as the smaller ones. 'c r y ear y in the spring they torn- eggs- Add flour to make a go,..I glnia the measures were killed. In sodety Thp ,ightest work becomes woman or minor female w This is a time when you should n o t|,nence blooming and hundreds of batter. It is will to guage the amount tbe re«t the present laws were most exhausting when carried on for . »„ patronize the unfair store. Let the baskets and boxes of these sweet- of flour use<1 by testing a spoonful amended or amplified. an excessive length of time.” * K • oeiupauon, ti dustry the necessary cost [»roper person, firm or ^corporation, whose j fared heartease are seen on the °f the batter in the hot fat before The new Kansas statute fixes the NO ECZEMA IN UNION-MADE living.” only interest in the working class is Drop by spoonfuls in maximum longer hours, greater product, less eets and ,n the markets. They K grant to needy mothers at BREAD pay, greater slavery anti that you command a good price, too, so the hot butter and fry a delicious brown, ^ 5 a month to be paid at the dis- PARCEL POST LIMIT E \ I - DEI) .. , . . Each trade union has laws for gov- should then add to their gains by pat-!amateur gardner who wishes to plant1 Serve with cucumbers, sliced very cretion of county commissions, lhe eminent of its members, peculiar to ronizing them, ft el the weight of the 1 borders or make solid beds of pansies thin- ‘Iressed with French dressing The postoffice department New Hampshire law limits payment its particular branch of labor. For “^ e s" " orgT n^riabor^ bsiruction- finds tbe price ° f .voung plants, when Com Muffins: Mix one cupful of $J() * (nonth for * ()ppendent insunce ,the bakers’ union require ex- *_ dered l that n a the l P ™ . post P«»' parcel limit ists need your patronage during the ! Pur<'hased by the hundreds, amounts torn pup, one a < spoon u m e ,., mother having one child under 16 amination of its members atTrequent extended from ^2 inches reque nirtli butter, one of salt and one of sugar intervals to guard against skin dis- and girth combined to 81 n dull season as they nee»l it at no other Ito no little sum. years and $5 for each a,1<"Uona eases. Clothing worn in the bake shop length and girth combined time of the year. Be loyal to your- «u., , and one-half cupful milk. Sift The legislature appropriated must be kept perfectly clean; uten- v,.;ii 4 . . Th. self, to your toilers, to your home, i . . , , . ° e Ch " cupful flour and one teaspoonful bak- child. '.7.' $16,000 for the first two years of the sils must be sterilized, hands and body permit the shipi, your loved ones and to your future august is the best time to sow the ._______, . ___j___ 4 ^lee ^r°m all infectious diseases, practically all the standard .-i znl welfare and happiness by not aiding pansy seeds. |j»ter sowings may be ing pow’der and gradually stir it into law’s operation H ‘ When yon eat bakery goods made by crates used in the commerc. them in their efforts to accumulate i made throughout September. These the corn mixture, adding lastly one The New York statute applies to union bakers you can feel that no change of berries and fruits well-beaten egg. Pour into hot muf wealth at your expense. m • , , , Annfh».- ,• i n . You may think of making only a ‘ . KR w , K1Te ear'y anil late fin pans, about two-thirds full, and widows with a child or children under more cleanly foodstuff is made. All 16. who will be allowed approxi-> Prod^ s of the union bakery aro - small purchase, but a loaf of brea»1, a sprmg-blooming plants, while the . . . . ..'handled or even touched by human oi one cent the postmn • paper of pins, purchased at an unfair ■ later summer-blooming plants may be bake until brown. -, . . mately the same amount as it would |lan(is as little as possible, and all the mailing office may give th, place of business may seem nothing, 180Wn in ear, , tj Lilia Beans; Cover two cupfuls cost the state to support them. The machinery is thoroughly sterilized der of an ordinary parcel o f but your presence even adds influence | with cold water and soak Montana law applies to mothers with Machinery is immune from eczema, , .. , ... to others to enter these places and Early raised plants may I k * Lima beans ’ * — morning put them children under 14 and whose hus- f"r example and a union baker with J ass 8 > perhaps purchase in larger amounts, wintered over directly* in the open, over night. Next J sufficient water '«ezema would be pensioned by his dee takes effect September 1. thereby driving a nail in the scaffold with a ,ittle she,ter of ]eaves in a saucepan, add sufficient water bands are tonrm confined to a a scale state insii insti- brothers until cured. m;. He would not be heinir erected fo r v o u r ex ecu tio n . « » v b «,« - . oantis are eo io “Love your enem ies” but love this brush, but if it is possible, the u se!to cover> a Piece of fresh fat pork, tution or for other reasons are not allowed by his union to work. particular brand of enemies at a of cold frames is much more a»lvis-1two diced stalks of celery, salt to supporting them; the Nevada law to IJUY only union-made bakery goods DAMASCUS MILK distance. A spaniel licks the hand able. There is room in almost every taste- and cook f.or one hour- Then widows only. In Oklahoma both wi.l- , an' . J no* ¿akerri° , are8 caused b v & the that beats it. Be not a spaniel.. d ty bftck yard for co,d frame add one large onion, sliced and fried Ows and mothers whose husbands are jnsi8tence of the bakers’ union upon Awarded Highest Prize AN EXPERIMENT WITH MOLES Early in the spring when the plants a *ifcht brown in two tablespoonfuls not supporting them are eligible t o ; sanitary, clean conditions in the shops. . * » regon " ______ are removed the frame may be used | of buttey or ,ard> and four medium the benefits oi the law, the compen- pnR n v MP, n V p c n n i r u i t h at Do moles work in your lawn or gar- for lettuce and radishes or for the s*zed sliced carrots. Simmer for sation being $10 a month for one “ ‘ _____ ‘ ‘ : den? If so, you probably find them starting of annual plants. The best tbree bours- child under 14 and $5 a month for *phe result of high wages is shown Panama-Pacific International a pest. That fresh pile of dirt every natural soil for pansies is a medium Cream Prune Pie: Stew one pound eacb additional. The Wyoming law ljn a report by the Ford Automobile Exposition morning is surely exasperating. I loam. Sow the seids in an open, of prunes.' Press through a colander, is similar. The law in Tennessee I cf)rnpany that employes have bank IT STAYS SWEET IN HOT tried everything I was told and every- well cultivated bed, the top soil being adding just enough junice to moisten applies in counties of 50,000 popula-1 deposits totaling $3,046,301, life in- WEATHER tion or more and having juvenile surance totaling $6,493,700, and the thing I could find printed to rid law*n made fine by careful raking. Sow well. To each cupful of the pulp bought on fon. and garden of moles or gophers, which thinly in rows four to six inches add one cupful of rich cream, the courts. The act was not made man- va]ue of homes At your grocers or delivered I us ever they were, all to no avail. aphrt, or broadcast over the bed. , beaten yolks of four eggs, and one- datory. Sixteen is the age limit and tract> $8i867io#9. H is clain»e«l that They worked around traps; gaso- Cover the seeds not more than a ' third of a cupful of sugar. Line ?1(L andA5 thr C0mP™8atiO,n; Wa,Sh' the livl"S standard of foreigners has Damascus Creamery line seemed to add to their speed— quarter of an inch deep. pie plate with pastry; partly bake, ington . passed a bill making her been raised nearly to that of Amer Call up East 32 Hi they dug faster and deeper; they weather is dry. water regu- tben b'l wltb *be prune mixture and mothers’ pension provisions somewhat icans. seemed to fatten on poisoned grain — |ariy ¡n tbe evening or late after-1 b“ke in a steady oven. Cover with a less liberal. Labor laws for women were at least the piles of earth were larger, noon After the seedlings have made ' meringue, return to the oven and enacted in Kansas, Maine, Massa- leading one to suppose the holes were thejr firgt pajr of trup ,eavcs trang. i «lowly brown. chusetts, and Wyoming. Maine wrote larger; poisoned vegetables were ig- plant then, to thp C(jld frames gct Apple Timbales: Six fine-flavored mio ¡n*o ber statutes a a ntty-iour-hours-a- fifty-four-hours-a- turning water into the runs »u , , ner statutes good; rolling the lawn fre- thT lwo 'nches apart in rows three appies, two tablespoonfuls of su gar,,week law for both women and boys BEN F. GREENE and HARRY FISCHER quently was hard work but accom- ni f " ° nC table8Poonful water’ butter tbe under 16 working in mills, factories plished nothing so far as the moles ^vine he re » a" egg, two eggs, one cupful and iaundries. Massachusetts legis- Solicits your were concerned. S'vmg .he remaining ones plenty o f , of breadcrumbs, one-half cupful milk )ated to prohibit the working of Finally I put a omall piece of cy- r° ° m ,level°P' ¡or cream, grated lemon rind and nut- women and children overtime for the High Class Book and anide mixture (cyanide potassium) cboose a cloudy day to transplant; meg to taste. Cook the apples, sugar, i purpose of making up for the time Commercial Job Work in each run, and the results were al- th<1 scedlinK8 a8 they will become es- water and lemon rind to a pulp; stir iost on a legal holiday. Wyoming most magical. Whether the pests tabl,sbefl much quicker. If the sun in the butter while hot; when cool enacted for her working women an Phones: Main 178 Second and Stark Street' were killed by the gas which forms is directly on them shade the plants add the well-beaten eggs, the bread- eight-hour »lay; and both maximum when cyanide is exposed to dampness, for two or three day®' Leave them crumbs and nutmeg. Mix and divide . hour and minimum wage laws fo r , whether they were driven away by uncovere»l until heavy frosts arrive, into buttered tins and bake for the deadly fUmes, or whether they ^be Pansy should nr /er be coddled, twenty minutes in a moderate oven, would have left anyway, I cannot say; Cold fra,ne8 are not absolutely neces- Serve with whipped cream, hard however, I can but attribute the rid- 8ary in this clima'e, but if they are ¡sauce or butter sauce. dance to the cyanide of potassium and n°t used it is best to make the beds Ranana CuRtard: Cream one table- should they reappear, most certainly on ,be 8OUth 81,,e of a waI1 or build- spoonfu| butter, with three-quarters will again try the experiment. I give ,n*- cupful sugar; add the yolks of two these facts to readers of the Labor In the spring when the plants * re ,eggg( two mashed bananas, one heap- Press for just what they are worth, in bud, the size of the flowers can ¡ng tablespoonful flour and one cupful but if troubled with moles or gophers be greatly improved by the appli- ,.0|d water or cream. Put into a pie- would advise trying this method. The cation of liquid cow munure. or blood <.rust and bake. Beat up the whites expense is small, as a piece of cyanide nieul cultivated in around the roots, of the eggs, then beat in two table- the size of a hazelnut is sufficient for • taking rare that the latter does not spoonfuls sugar. Place this inaringuc each run. come in direct contact with th ejon on the top of the pie and brown roots. During mild weather re lightly. Why is it that some girls are move all brush or litter as its pres Bordeaux Sauce: Slice one quart spoken of as being black-haired, while ’ ence may cause the plants to damp of green onions and one red pepper, others are referred to as red-headed? off. then a»ld one-half teaspoonful of all spice, one-half teaspoonful of turmer ic, one tablespoonful of celery seed, two tablespoonfuls of celery salt, one cupful of sugar and one quart of! Egg yolks will keep for days with If the hot water bottle leaks, sub vinegar. Boil slowly for twenty min out drying, if they are put in a cup stitute hot salt instead of hot water, utes. Seal in jars or bottles. and covered with cold water fastening as usual. The bag, wrapped Apple Roll: Put two cupfuls of in a towel, will hold heat for several water into a dripping pan; add one ! Fresh cedar perches in the hen hours. cupful of sugar and four tablespoon house will keep chickens free from Clothes pins will not split if they fuls of butter, then cook to a thin lice. If perches of the c«*»lar itself are thrown into the hot boiling water syrup. Meanwhile make a rich bis cannot be obtained, paint the ones for a few moments. cuit dough, roll it out one-quarter used with cedar oil. If too much salt has been put into inch thick, cover with sliced rooking Flies dislike the perfume of the soup, add slices of raw potato and re apples, sprinkle over with sugar, then ml'jnonette. They will not say near move them after they have boiled a roll and place in the pan of syrup. if a spray or bouquet of the flower is few momenta. They will have taken Bake in a hot oven until ready, and in the room. up a part of the salt. serve with cream. Schwab Printing Company Printing The controversy between .the Central Labor Council and LOG CABIN BAKING CO. has been adjusted satisfactorily to both sides. Things W orth Knowing You may eat and enjoy, the same as you did before The best bread ever made TIP-TOP and HOLSUM
