Oregon labor press., September 04, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
Pag* Fosr
Oregon Xabor flbress
O f f ic ia l P u b lic a tio n o f th e C e n t r a l L a b o r C o u n c il
V ic in it y , a n d th e O ra g o n S t a te F e d e r a tio n o f L a b o r .
of
P o r t la n d
and
W h at A b o u t It?
comer on the ivory market ?
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Shall we dig up to the Associated >
Charities ?
U kee^them £ •
Or, if we are not in the digging-
Just let ’em alone.
up class, shall we wait until we have
That’s all the landlord w. •
to go to the Associated Charities for
Office, Room 302 Oregonian Building, corner Sixth and Alder Street«,
WHAT WILL WE 3 0 WITH THE I clear back to his bald spot to admit help?
Portland, Oregon.
UNEMPLOYED IN
PORTLAND it.
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TRICKS OF LAW SH<i\»\
THIS WINTER?
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Or shall we really make up our
If we could deny it, we could all minds that there is a way out, and
A Philadelphia judge ha,
Subscription, >1.00 per year in advance
Here we are, with September skies J°?n th$ Chamber of Commerce, and that we are going to find it, even if all
Advertising ’■ates furnished on application
an „w
award U
of I >5500 to E,|u
__________ blue above us, and a bountiful har- *,hooP ,l “P * 1,h the chorus that is we have to put some of our fine old St(>..kf.r u.. wuu
vest being gathered in, and we want to u tin g that everything is all right fortunes on the junk heap in doing atotKer, who was s struck by
C. M. RYNERSON, Editor and Manager
to know how we can keep people w.’tb on,‘ 8id« . ° f ,th$.ir face, and it?
car. crushing his le K so bad
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to be amputated.
Entered at the Post Office, at Portland, Oregon, as second-class mail matter her fertj|e valleys, and timber-laden the unemployed?” with the other.
Or shall we call in Billy Sunday?) Stocker’s mistake
the ju,j
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hills, and rivers teeming with fish.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1915
If v e really want to do some- « the federal liability law It
Land monopoly, the thing that * ♦
We want to know how to keep
makes unjust distribution of 4 ♦
...» court say.^ ,, t!l\
t proved, the
mothers from weeping this winter in
wealth, that makes wages low.«' hat been provided by the Cen- * ..
nr (v„ , '
Portland because their babies are
gon
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tral
Labor
Council
of
Portland,
O’
the
en*lne
or the , f»*>Kht car "
• and men cheap, has
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crying with hunger.
• solidly Ml its grip.
♦ * u*th its People’» Land and Loan « him was engaged in intei-t;
♦ cerce, therefore th«- daini
We want to know how to keep • • t > « « « •» <*• <e « « « « ■» « ♦ « ♦ « ‘ < Measure.
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THE OREGON LABOR PRESS
have been filed under th<
fathers from walking the streets in
Oregon is u blocked game to the
despair, looking for work so that they man wh() wantg
work
Here’s what it says about the land, Pennslyvania.
can feed their loved ones.
and your right to it:
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Readers of the Labor Press will notice a slight
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The land is practically inaccesible
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We want to know how we can keep to the man who wants to go on it « « « « ■ « « « «
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change in the name of the paper this week.
girls from going on the town.
and make a home for himself and ♦
Each man is entitled to as ♦
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his family.
« much land as he needs for his «
This is the only Labor paper published in the state « „ . d i,,™
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becoming thieves
* home and hia livinK, whhout «
F I F T H n O O H , U HICUO .M a a
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and thugs.
I ts shut off as completely as « pAying any man for leave t o «
of Oregon and it has been the intention since the re­ I'neniDlovnient is an accepted fact though
and |abor
,abor on
on the ja
,and
t
O ur
j
-, ¿ there
ü ¿ were a Chinese wall a < . jive
Hve an<j
Portland'the 'mighty^ metrofwHs
bu,lt ar"und ^ e r y acre
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a
embraie
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organization
of the t paper
in 1910 to change the name as of
>n a great young state.
A c c u r a ;• m
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This is a- recognition of the prin­
making . a m-
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it appears this issue, but for various reasons it was not We admit t it, —
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ciple that God gave the land to thi
¡nation-.
like we admit cancer, •
You don't need to be a farmer, •
done.
und tuberculosis, and Harry Thaw, • without any farm, to feel the ♦ people.
G ia s • Tt.at
und the employers’ association, and ♦ need of land.
positiv.
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Not to a few of the people—the
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We want the members of labor organizations outside nth<‘r diseases. ___
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the . Failings, the Ladds.
fects
,
of Portland to feel that the Labor Press is represen- They are here, and so there must You need bread und meat, and ^ °rhetts, the Couches, and all the rest
Eair |,
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. be a reason for them.
a gua
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and meat are produced by the w"° are taking, in rent, more ard
tative of THEIR interests as well as of the interests of No use denying — facts. And so we bread
more each year of the wealth we all
satisfa ' ,
labor of men applied to land.
produce by our labor on the land.
O U R E V E R irilA Y B P t . I
the unions in Portland. There are quite a number of don’t deny unemployment.
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By J O H N BUM P
WHEELER OFTICAl (ft
F lat
lenaaa.
in
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to all the people—Tom, Dick ai>ect«cl« mnuntingb,
the union men outside of Portland receiving the paper One of our city fathers is holding engineer, or a stenographer, you must and But Harry,
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the butcher, the baker and ter m ounting* .......................
Toric len*ea, lame mount-
and we are led to believe the number will, in the near
ha^TidZithV^ubj^t,thtryk eat. . .. ...
t
f the jitney-driver.
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future, be materially increased.
ing to find out what do about iL must come from upland"**' ° ea And here is the way that the WE WILL TREAT YOI > UKl.l
People’s I>and and Loan measure \
Don’t tell me that there is plenty purposes to get the land back to the
We thought Labor Day would be an appropriate moVen
‘ c°nditi°n
time to make the change and so we greet you today as The men who are out of work will, of land for those who want land. people:
Business ( ollt ie
the Oregon
Labor Press.
*ork for le?8 tha"
woul<1 if; There’s plenty of land, all right, i ¡T PURPOSES TO TAX IT TO 90 I Link's
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there were plenty of jobs.
"The School of
But have you tried to get any of it i£??,,i-p E N T OF ITS RENTAL
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Portland * Beat Rualneac
There is no change of management; no change of And not onl- ^ . men who are lately?
School.
Book keeping. Shorthand, T>
policy; only an attempt to give the paper a little wider 0UL of v work, and their families.
That is, we, the people, will take i and Penmanship taught » >
mi». vAnJnvf, o
men who have jobs
Eighty-live per cent of the <* for public uses, 90 per cent of every!
teachers.
SCOpe and ? desire to give our leaders a better papei and their families feel the gnawing ¡aruf ¡n Multnomah county in in «■.dollar that is now paid for rent in Fall Term Opened Wedn»M]., Sep.
tember 1, 1915.
than we iu.ve in the past. We can do this with the •»
of < the
wolf of poverty-
'* bru8h and
^eid at «¡Oregon.
New Classes w ill atart next
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$ < < > .< $ > « « « « « ♦ « « « « « < * « « I Í an « Vefape ^ ice 8U high .th^ v° u t !
roll Now.
Call, write, or telephone for I
active assistance
of
the
union
men
and
women
of
the
The
"inevitable
''tendency
of
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ineyiiame lenaency oi
«> raised orckids af o do/fiir aptec«, « | ourselves for good roads if we did ?
Catalog.
o t a t o and
a n d we
w o believe
K o lio v o w
ill get
orof your
izm iv help
h o ln to
fn a greater
o rv -o a t-o i- *
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more men
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zt#zv>rta>« z and
vwazf /> turnips.
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potatoes
state
we o w will
low than jobs is to make « ; « • ■ let « alone
A . T . L IN K , Gen Mgr
1 And we’ll take the 90 per whether
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the land is used or not.
degree in the future than we have in the past, because « « ♦ ♦ ♦ « * ♦ « ♦ _ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦
Tilford Bldg.
Portland ()rtg -
And just a word to the business
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We expect tO give yOU a paper that Will merit yOUr SUp- The problem is to make more jobs man right here:
T.he landlord can t say “I m getting
than men.
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no income from this land or this lot.
port.
You can’t sell anything to brush
r
Of
We’ll say, we’ll tax it for 90 per
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if you are a member of
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We want to thank you for your loyal support in the the employers’ association, you view an< stumP8- ______
cent of what it would bring if it
Suppose every acre of tillable land were offered for lent in the open
past and to urge upon you that you redouble your ef- ■'suth a cond)tlon with alarm
‘
Orchestra
in Multnomah county were tilled, market.
forts in the interest of the greatest movement for the h e id ^ w h /n e e d ^ ^ b t o i v / T ^ n - what*would'happen?
or
What would happen?
uplift
of
mankind
that
the
world
has
ever
known—the
dition where there are more jobs than
Suppose you had a customer in
Band
THE LANDLORD WOULD LET
-y .
men, with perhaps a few jobs look- place of every stump?
GO.
Union Labor movement.
¡ng for men, must seem about as
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Suppose, instead of dodging begging
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as you can ever ex-
| Vwlisist ud Nasica I Dirwt^
He isn’t famous for hanging onto
Authonties
are agreed
that one of £ the very best near
peCt to to heaven
get, without shuffling off committees, that want you to dig up
for this or that boosting game, or for anything that doesn’t pay.
At Liberty for All Classes «f
ways to advance the cause of unionism is through loyal this mortal coiL___
charity, you had your store crowded
Engagements
He’d sell or rent for what he could
with customers?
support of the labor paper. In no other paper can you WHAT is to be done ?
get.
Violin Tuition at Students' Own
Residence
you think that you would have
And land would be cheap, right j
get true statements as to labor disputes or economic heitreinw>oi?i«5,d,oik Oreg^and'aii to Do
Address: Hotel Congress
proclaim a “new hat day” to get away,
questions. This has been proven so man> times in the over the country, admitting that people to buy new hats?
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there mu,t be starvation and crime,
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past that it seems ridiculous to repeat it. The solution Simplv because unemployment is an « «
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We all need new bats- We <•>
Qr anyOne e[8e u,flo ,a nou,
H IG H G R A D E
of the difficulty is entire dependence in the labor paper
thaan tmene?aU8e there are
C O N F E C T IO N S
« know it. You don t have' to tell ?
paying rent for a ¿5 by 100, or a
xtbe ° ld
50 by 100 lot, to get a home of «
for these facts.
not> wj,at are we going to do t y°ur V.n,CK xJ?hr
« straw lid, that he bought at a « <$> ymlr own, without paying rent
A resolution to do your part the coming year is one about it?
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« sale last summer, is
passe.
« < to anyone.
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The
report
of
the
Industrial
Re­
of the best Labor Day resolutions you can make.
lations commission, signed by Chair­
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JEFFERY’i
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If he and a lot of other dubs like
Of course, a great many of us
man Frank P. Walsh and three other him had the necessary two bones to
might
hate to do this.
members, says:
buy a new chapeau, you could not
WHY NOT REPUDIATE WAR DEBT
we wouldn.t take ,an<J
« « « « « « « « « « ,« « « « « « « keep us out of the store with a club. They
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The unemployment situation ♦
You could not.
if we «ould get it.
Henry George, in Social Problems, says: “If a man *
ad^in^eslha7eliebeen «
Of course, we can’t make jobs fo r 1. Incidentallythe man who is look-
were to come to me and say, ‘Here is a note which your «
«* the removal of two « this winter, nor perhaps next winter. | ln£ f° r your job and mine might go
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out and plant spuds.
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prime cauee.e—unjust distribu- &
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great grandfather gave my great grandfather, and which « tion of wealth and monopoliza- « We can’t make business good over ;
night.
Some of the landlord’s sons, now
you will oblige me by paying,’ I would laugh at him and :£
land and natural re‘ t
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. ¡joyriding over our expensive bond-
And all the boosting you or the built highways, might even have to
tell him if he wanted to collect his note he had better hunt « « * « * « « « « « * * *■** * * Chamber
of Commerce can do will g0
WOrk.
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up the man who gave it; that I had nothing to do with But
bas tbi810 do with Orc’ count about as much as—
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gon, with Portland?
You don’t like the picture?
Well,
about
as
much
good
as
it
!
my great grandfather’s promises. Why should not fu- „ J
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has done so far.
All right.
ture generations feel the same way about war debts which job, or you and the job you haven’t What’s the answer?
Keep right on digging up.
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they are asked to pay, and why should the people of to-,got 7
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ARE WE
day not feel the same about it? Why should not every land monopoly ^ n O regon ,AS STAIRS ?
war debt be repudiated?”
Yea. Your
John blushC8 Shall we
ALL SOLID BONE UP­
This is a free country.
There’s nothing to compel anyone
admit that we have a I to better his condition.
W A T E R ICES
IC E
«R EAM
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1SS-71 Morriaon Strert
Fortfctr th , H , om Industry M.x.m.ni
by bavins thia Label appear on y >»i
.Tinted matter. I t stnda for ,oo<l wort-
■nanabip. fa ir wagea and the upboildini
a f the city
Allied
P rin tin g
Trade,
•f
Council
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Typosraphical Union
Web Preasmen’a Union
F - ln t ln * Preasmen'a Union
F-eea Aaeiatanta' Union
Stereotyper«' and Electrotyper»
Bookbinders' Union
Bindery Women's Union
Mailers' Union
Pbotoensravara' Union
FAIR and STAMPEDE
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