Oregon labor press., September 04, 1915, Page 6, Image 6

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PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
report urges “the enactment of an
inheritance tax so graded that while
making generous provisions for the
support of dependents ami the educa-
the rasM > r . . t h w
tion of minor children, it jhall leave
wt0> «
„ . „ „ a , , U rrat
no large accumulation of wealth to
,h.
, . w..
pass- into hands which had no share
flK 'l
flO N Ob REPORT Ob BASIL M. MANLY, DIRECTOR OF will in a few years pass by right of in its production. The report sug-
2 s 3 -S
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RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION, CONTAINING FINDINGS OF inheritance to the contrtl" of heirs
he
Bal*
i S i s i f SIS s is
gests that a limit of one million dol-
lutaraat
I * 2 nM ?
I \<T AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STAFF. Report in full or to trustees who act a- their ‘vice lars be fixed on the amount that shall
Your Union Card it sufficient
•rs" as®
i pted and ordered printed by resolution of Commission. Adopted by regents.’ They are frequei 'v styled pass to the heirs. It recommends * o 2
e rente for you lo buy your own
28 FOt R Per cent ( T3.| Sl«2. ¡S«I3 )•!.204
i , urnissioners Frank P. Walsh, John B. 1-ennon, James O’Connell and by our newspapers ’monarchs of in- that the revenue from this tax be re-
8t, per annnm Com- IM I 32« ! so e I 2 MS
or
your wife’s» sml on credit
I (io ! pounded twice a 2IM SSO 101« I 8,177.
Austin B. Garretson.
dustry,’ and indeed occupy within our served by the Federal Government 3 00 i year. Janaarv I SSA
.IJO l 332S. 10.384
10(12.1 3262 I S070.I3S.SS«
» 00 and lai* I.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER JOHN R. COMMONS, adopted in full by republic u position almost exactly f ° r three principal purposes:
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/«•
Commissioner Florence J. Harriman, and in part by Commissioners analogous to that of feudal lords.
L The extension of education.
• 1 O PENS AN ACCOUNT
ZAg e/Zjr.
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Aishton, Ballard and Weinstock.
"These heirs, owners only by virtue
2. The development of other im-
( Established IS Years)
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%| .«•(> SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF' COMMISSIONERS AISHTON,
of the, accident of birth, control the portant social services which should
IttLLARD AND WEINSTOCK, representing the employers.
livelihoods and have the power to properly be performed by the nation
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dictate the happiness of more human I which are discussed in detail else-
SECOND AND WASHINGTON STREETS
( auses of Unrest
of the social scale; what is at the beings than populated England in the where.
«•« W ashington Street, a l Tenth
middle
ages.
Their
principalities,
it
Development
in
co-operation
A Csnaervatlve
Open Saturday
The report finds that the causes of other?
Evenings « ta S
of Custodian
¡niu.-ti.al unrest “group themselves
“Massed in millions, at the other ■« true, are scattered and, through the with states and municipalities
¡,|ii.est without exception under four end ° f the social scale, are fortunes medium of stock-ownership, shared great constructive works, such as
siz<“ never before dreamt of,
I,art with others; but they are road building, irrigation and refores-
ma n sources which include all t h e iof a
„thei* These four are:
whose very owners do not know the- none the leaB real. In fact- such tation> which would materially in-
la what they all any
Unjust distribution
of wealth
extent- nor without the aid of an mattered, invisible industrial prin- crease the efficiency and welfare of
1
— - . ,
- cipalities are a greater menace to the the nation.
ami income.
««
“There is no legislation,” says the
Unemployment and denial of tbelr incomes.
Incapable of being welfare of the nation, than would be
SHIRTS
equal
power
consolidated
into
num-
report,
“which could be passed by
opportunity to earn a living.
RPent in “"V '‘‘K'timate manner, ¿hese
Denial of justice in the crea- f ° rtunP8 are burdens, which can only erous petty kingdoms in different Congress, the immediate and ultimate
Out - of - town
in the adjudication anti in the b"..««uapdered. hoarded, put into so- f art8 «' <he country- They_ might
* h^ b
ne«>i>ie can ha*»
called ‘benefactions,’ which for the ,ben b<“ visualized and guarded utary or would more greatly assist
their plate and
administration of law.
* MnnufK'turori of
bridgeware
fin­
4 Denial of the right and appor- moat Part constitute a menace to the against,—now their influence invis­ in tempering the existing spirit of
ished in one day
unre.-t."
ibly
permeates
and
controls
every
If
nereaaary.
effective organizu
organiza-J s*a^e ’. or Pu^ back into the industrial
tunity to
to' ’ form
lorm effective
“BOSS OF THE ROAD”
A n
abaohito
,
.
machine to pile up ever-increasing phase of life and industry.
Denial of Opportunity
tions.”
su a r a n ta a .
“ ‘The king can do no wrong’ not
OVERALLS
mountains of gold.
backed
by
?H
D is c u s s in g unemployment and de­
Unjust Distribution
only because he is above the law,
DB. W. A. W ISE.
years
In
Port­
nial of opportunity to earn a living
Rewards
Only
For
Service
Praa. an« Mrr.
Piscussing the first of these causes,
but because every function is either
land.
as the second principal cause of in­
the report summarizes evidence show-
"Io many cases, no doubt, these performed or responsibility assumed
dustrial unrest, the report makes the
Salesroom, Fifth and Ankeny Streets
ing that 44 fam ilies possess aggre- huge fortunes have come in whole by his ministers and agents. Sim-
gate incomes totaling at the least or in part, as the rich reward of ex- ilarly, our Rockefellers, Morgans, following recommendations:
O B « H ..n :
“Certain measures for dealing with Factory, Grand Ave. and E. Taylor I
fifty million per year, while between ceptional service. None would deny Fricks, Vanderbilts and Astors can
I A B . to 7 F. M.
SuaBay. • te 1
these conditions which are discussed
om-fourth and one-third of male or envy him who has performed such do no industrial wrong because all
M aia M3»
workers in factories and mines, 18 service the richest of rewards, al- effective action and direct responsi-
ln 1 f rePart ^ee< t o v|W
F a llía s BMa„ TMr« a a« Waafciactoa S is.
BOWMAN
shifted from
them „ to —
the . " 1 , or^
P artlaa«. O r.
years of age and over, earn less than though one may question the ideals bility is ---------
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,
. . .
, exepp-
x,
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v
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vigor, , hut it may
be
confidently
pre-
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110.00 per week, and only about one- of a nation which rewards excop- executive officials who manage Am-
BROTHERS
dieted that the unemployment situ-
trnth earn more than $20 per week, tional service only by burdensome erican industry.
' ation will not be appreciably relieved
Inequality . in the distribution of fortunes. But such reward can be
Quotes Rockefeller
until great advances have been made
UNION MADE
,
wealth and income is set forth as claimed as a right only by those who
‘The similitude, indeed, runs even to
in the removal of the two prime
follows:
have performed service, not by those mental attitude and phase. Com-
Clothing, Furnishing Goods
cause.— unjust distribution of wealth
“First, with regard to the a<Hlt wbo tbrouKb relationship or mere pare these two statements:
and. monopolization of land and
Hats, Shoes, Etc.
Steel Cut
workmen, the fathers and potential Par“ iti«m chance to be designate«! as
“John D. Rockefeller, J r . - ‘My ap-
natural resources.
No Chaff
fathers, from whose earning
ac- heir8‘
preciation of the conditions surround-
“T he most direct methods of ileal-
cording to the ‘American stai dard’, , "!x'Ral r,Kht‘ of coun* ‘ the-v have in« wage-earners and my sympathy
¡neuualitv of w e a l t h
14 and 16 N. 3d S. E. Cor. Burnside
the K iin n n rt o f t h e f a m i l v i«
o he b>’ virtue of the law of inheritance, w ith.everv endeavor to better these
*
,be inequality
f
a Hi,
I iv J
which. however. runs counter to the conditions are a ^ t r o n g as those of hav’
b ~ " briefly dla‘ “8-<*
«kabZB^Br « «f Z Ameriian
in'nwiz.nn so ciety ,. I..«..
•!><« renort With
considered
in
"Between one-fourth and one-third tayk^i«»
wbolt theory
any>man. »
the
resnect elsewhere
to the I ind
Why Pay
f a c t o r i e s a n d »»‘I which was adopted, with import-I
“ Louis AVI.—‘There is none but 1 e 1 L " ith resP 1
the • ’
More?
of male workers in iacior.es
variationii from thr EngHiih |aw\ vou an<l *ne that has the people’s question, however, the following basic
D A M A S C U S M ILK
nines 18 years of age and over earn:
e a r t’ (’ll
less than $10 per week; from two- without
without any
any conception
conception of
or its
its ulti-
ulti- interest
interest at
at h
heart.'
(‘Il n’y
n’y a a que
que suggestions are submitted:
Made in
“ 1. \ igorous and unrelenting pro­
A w a rd ed H ig h e s t P r iz e
Oregon
third« to three-fourths earn less than mate re8ult8 and “PPa^ntly with the vous et moi qui aimions le people.’)
The ‘fam ilies’ of these /industrial secution to regain all land, water
In Oregon
$15, and only ubout one-tenth earn idea that it would prevent exactly
B
princes
are always well established Pow<r and mineral rights secured
the
condition
which
has
arisen.
CLOSSET
more than $20 a week. This does not
at
and are knit togethêr not only by fro' 1 the Government by fraud,
ft
take into consideration lost working
Inheritance Law Condemned.
commercial alliances, but by a net
“2 A «eneral r<>vi8ion of our land
Panama-Pacific International
time for any cause.
DEVERS
“In effect the American law of in- work of inter-marriages which assure law ' 80 as to
t0 al> future ,and
Exposition
“Next are the women, the most heritance is as efficient for the es- harmonious action whenever their Kra"ts thc d<x’trine of ‘superior use,
portentmmly growing ‘actor in the tablishment and
maintenance of
IT STAYS SWEET IN HOT
ol water
as in n tne
the case of
wnter rignts
rights in
iabor force, whose wages are im- fam ilies as the English law, which common interest is threatened.
WE THER
California,
and
provision
for
for-1
“Effective action by Congress is
MADE
PORTLAND
portant, not only for their own sup- jja8 bulwarked the Britsh aristocracy-
feit.re in case of actual non-use.
port or us the supplement of the through the centuries. Every year required, therefore, not only to read- In its simplest form the doctrine of At your grocers or delivered by us
on a basis commensurate in
m.ager earnings of their fathers and indeed, sees this tendency increase,
D a m a scu s C ream ery
some
measure to the service per­ ‘superior use’ implies merely- that at
husbands, but because through the ap the cr ation of ’estates in trust’
the time of making the lease the
formed,
the
existing
inequalities
in
Call up East 3240
force of competition in a rapidly ex- secures the ends which mignt be more
«• .
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purpose for which the land will be
lending field, they thi-eaten the whole simp|y reached, if there were no pro- he d,stnbuU0"
wealth and income,
but also to check the growth of an used must be tsyken into consideration,
basis of the wage scale, From two- hibition of ‘entail,
hereditary
aristocracy, which is not and the use which is of greatest
DEMAND OF YOUR
thirds to three-fourths of women
“According to the income tax re- on,y for,'igrl t0 every conception of 8O‘ ial value sha11 be given P™‘f‘‘renct-
workers in factories, stores, laun- turns for ten months of 1914, there
THE LABEL
"3. The forcing of all unused land TAILOR
«lies, and .n industrial occupations ,are in the United gtateg 159g fortuneg American Government, but menacing into use by making the tax on non­
to
the
welfare
of
the
people
and
the
generally, work at wages of less than yielding an income of ?100,000 per
productive the same as on productive
$8 a week. Approximately one-fifth year or QVer ,»racticB„ v ali of the8e existence of the nation as a democ­ land of the same kind, and exempting
earn less than $4 and nearly one-half fortuncs are 8O inve8ted and hedged racy. -
“The objects to be attained in all improvements.
earn less than $6 a week.
about wjth re8trktion8 upon expen.
Manufacture«
“TF..? unemployed have aptly been
making this..readjustnu nt are: to re­
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Plight of the Underpaid
diture that they are, to all intents duce the swollen, unearned fortune: called ‘the shifting sands beneath the»
COLUMBIA " MILLING CO.
“Six dollars a week—what does it and purposes, perpetuities,
of those who have a superfluity; to Stabi-’ Surely tbere is no condition
Eaat Saran« an« W aahlntton Strada
raise
the
underpaid
masses
to
a
level
wbich
more
immediately
demands
the
mean to many ?
Three theatre
“An analysis of fifty of the largest
tickets, gasoline for the week, or the American fortunes shows that nearly of decent and comf ortabie Iiving; attention of Congress than that of o f t h e J o u r n e y m e n T a i l o r s ’
Lra M. Clark, Pre«.
Gao. M. Orton. Mn«rr.
price of a dinner for two; a pair of ba'^ have already passed to the con- and at
same time to accomplish unemployment, which is annually JJjjjQ jj
A m erica On all
LKTTBBBEADS.
BNVELOPES
—1 of heirs or to trustees (their
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I s Fact. ANYTHING Tea W ant
a basis which will, in some drivin* « hundreds
of. .<—...—
thousands
of
. .
shoes, three pairs of gloves or the trol
cost of an evening at bridge. To the v’ce reKents), and that the remainder measurCi approximate the just stand- otherwise productive citizens into clothing made to measure.
girl it means that every penny must wil‘ Pa8S to the contro1 of heirs with’ ard of income proportional to serv- Poverty- and bitter despair, sapping
the
very ' basis
be counted, every normal desire stifled in 20 years uP°n tbe deaths of the
'
' of ' our national effi­
MULINOMrt WJIMIM, (n
founders.’ Already, indeed, these
ciency,
and
germinating
the seed« of
and each basic necessity of life barely ‘Sunders.’
Inheritance Tax a Remedy
FOR THIS WEEK— 14 Post Cards
satisfied by the sacrifice of some tbese founders have almost without
As a emedy for the unequal dis­ revolution.”
retouched and one large cabinet
from
active
ser-
TakphotM Main 2*00
other necessity. If more food must ex<‘ePt*on retii-e«l
tribution of wealth and income, the
print in Folder, 7x11, all for $1.00.
( T o tie r u u t i i n , e il. >
Carry
he had than is given with 1 5 ’cent vice- leavin* the management osten-
Proofs shown from negative before
Laws, W arklas Carta.
Wa
Cnton W ater Marke« Papar
fir hing.
dinners, it must be bought with what sibl>' to their heirs, but actually to
«8H FIRST STREET
should go
go for
for clothes;
clothes; if there is executive officials upon salary.
H o f s t e a t e r S tu d io
need for a new waist to replace the
Some Striking Figures
I«5'/t Third Street
chi one at which the forewoman has
Edward Holman, President
Between Morrison and Yamhill Sts.
•We have, according to the income
W alter J. Haiman, Secretary
BEN F. GREENE and HARRY FISCHER
danced reproachfully, or at which tax returns, 44 families with in-
the girls have giggled, there can be coine8 of $1,000.000 or more, whose
TELEPHONES: M AIN MT; A 1111
Solicits your
no lunches for a week, and dinners members perform little or no useful
E M IL T H IE L H O R N
must cost five cents less each day. service, but whose aggregate in­
Pupil of Sevcik. Teacher of Violin.'
Book and
High C lass
THE EDWARD HOLMAN
Always too the room must be paid comes, totalling at the least fifty
Thirty Years’ International Experi­
UNDERTAKING CO.
ence.
fffc07
Fliedner
Bldg.,
10th
and
Job
Work
Commercial
for, and back of it lies the certainty millions per year, are equivalent to
Washington.
that with slack seasons will come lay- the earnings of 100,000 wage earn-
Funeral Directors and Embalmero
Phone« Marshall 162D
Second and Stark Streets
Phones: Main 178
offs and discharges. If the breaking er8, at the average rate of $500.
Point has come, and she must have
“Between the two extremes of
some amusement, where can it come superfluity and poverty- is the large
23C-222 THIRD STREET, COR. SALMON
MEVES RESTAURANT
from? Surely not out of six dollars middle class, farmers, manufacturers,
Ijidy A m i «tant
SeaUnir Capacity 260
a weelf-
merchants, professional inen, skilled
N. E. earn er Sixth an« Waahlnuton St*.
The Hob of Portland
“Last of all are the children, for artisans, and salaried officials whose
Orcheetra Noon and Evening
»hose petty addition to the stream of incomes are more or less adequate
Today and Tomorrow
Portland'* Meet Po»nt«r Reetaarant
production the nation is paying a ¡for their legitimate needs and de-
calls for
h«avy toll in ignorance, deformity sires, and who are rewarde«! more
DURABILITY
of body oi* mind, and premature old or less exactly in proportion to ser-
and
Economy in
aPo. After all, does it matter much vice. They have problems to meet
THE BOLLS WALL PAPER CO.
Why not spend your evenings so th a t when the opportunit.v
Street Paving
Wholesale and Retail
*h«t they are paid, for all experience 1 in adjusting expenses to income, but
comes you are ready to grasp it. Call on Mr. W alker and
has shown that In the end the father’s the pinch of want and hunger is not
B u rla p s, L in cru sta , E tc.
SECURE THE BEST
plan your w inter’s work or check th e subject you wish to
*ages are reduced by about the felt, nor is there the deadening, de-
203 Second (N ear Taylor)
studv and mail. We will send full information.
Boost for
Phone Main «00
amount that the children earn. This vitalizing effect of superfluous, ur-
PORTLAND.
OREGON
B
I
T
U L IT H IC
B ook k eep in g
P itm a n S h o rth a n d
*’ the so-called ‘family wage,’ and earned wealth.
•
dif-
“
From
top
to
im
of
society,
” iamination of the wages in
G reg g S h o rth a n d
A rith m etic
brent industries corroborates the however, in all grades of incomes are
Phone«: Office Main KJ24. Re* Main »76«
KINDORF BROS.
A ccou n tin g
D icta tio n (A n y S y ste m )
theory that in those industries, such an innumerable number of parasites
DR. R. S. DE ARMONI)
as textiles, where women and child- of every conceivable type. They per-
L ette r W ritin g
T y p e w ritin g
Fresh and Salt Meats, Sausage«,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
r('n ''an be largely utilized, the wage' form no useful, service, but drain off
Fish and Poultry
B an k in g
P en m a n sh ip
'’ alle Promptly Attended. Day or N l«ht
men are extremely low.
from the income of the producers a
120
Grand
Avenue
Near Morrieoei
21«
NORTHWEST
BUILDING
E n glish
R apid C alcu lation
“The competitive effect of the em- sum whose total cannot be estimated.
Sixth and Waahincton
Phone East «12
P'oyment of women and children upon
“ Besides the economic significance
Special Classes in Advanced Typewriting preparing for the
the wage8 of men, can scarcely be of these great inequalities of wealth
C~
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Gold Medal, Efficiency and Civil Service Teats
Offira Houre: 10-12. l-«:«0
Main S124
Phones Main 5700
f‘Ver« stimated.
.... ajiaiviy Surely
it l.t it
nni’i is hard and income, there is a social aspect
Enrolling Day, Wednesday, Sept. 1, for Day & Night School
Sundays by Appointment
'rough to be forced to put childre^fcvh hich equally merits the attention of
P E O P L E ’S M A R K E T
DR. EUGENE ISDELL
*" work, without having to see theTCongress.
throCo
It has been shown that
*a$es of men held down by their the great fortunes of those who have
and Grocery
Dentist
Fourth «»4 Yaahill Sts.. P w II sm ). Orryou
"f ploy ment.
profited by the enormous expansion of
>01-102 NORTHWEST BUILDING
Sixth nnd Waahincton
FIRST AND TAYLOR
'his is the condition at one end i American industry have already or
HOW SAVINGS GROW
Abstract of Report of the United States
Industrial Relations Commission
H IB E R N IA SA V IN G S B A N K
A t t e n t io n !
Union Men!
EASTERN OUTFITTING CO.
“Didn’t Hurt «[Bit”
NEUSTÄDTER BROS.
W ise D ental C o.
Golden West Coffee
4 0 c lb.
b
White
Mountain
S p e c ia l O ffer
Schwab Printing Company
Printing
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