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Pa»e three OREGON LABOR PRESS bio Factory Inspector For Georgia will be no adequate enforce- ' urged by the Department of latbor, ,,f the Georgia labor law for at I the labor unions and other friends of another year The Governor 'child labor reform to include it in the lea»1 . ,.,-t called the legislature in ex- program for the extraordinary ses a rj hes.-ion but there is no sion. “This is one of the occasions when . , nf the bill to provide a far- I gpactar among the six subjects we realize more strongly than I,;, .gislative action. At present the ever that a federal child labor law o n e r of Commerce and La- ¡is the most important goal in the L , .harged with the enforcement campaign against child labor,” said ... child labor law in addition to Dr. A. J. McKelway, the National | ollection, collation and dissem- Child Labor Committee’s secretary I of information and statistics for the Southern States who has just I „„ rning labor in its relation to returned from Atlanta. “For years I g|, 1!; location, capacity and output we have fought to improve the child I . ! s and factories; quantity of labor law in Georgia and last year ,’crial used by them annually; we did succeed in raising the age Lcation and horsepower of valuable limit from 12 to 14, with the exemp water powers,” etc., etc., for which tion for poverty raised from 10 to 12 he is provided with two office years. But now the state refuses to provide for the enforcement even of I a-.-■ nts. „• bill providing for an assistant that mild law. If we had a ' federal ,ry inspector to enforce the child law we would not have to wait /or ibor law was favorably reported by the Georgia legislature to take ac both House and Senate committees at tion. The law could be enforced by the :i.-t session and the Governor was federal inspectors.” ' gain legislative victories today will hold them only so long as they main tain their political strength, and to- morrow may see their power wane Ruth St. Denis, the Oriental dancer and an opposing influence repeal pre- and her clever assistant, Ted Shawn, vious legislation. “Of course this does not hold good with laws that greatly benefit the general public, but it does apply to legislation that benefits more directly only one class of people, even where the indirect benefit extends to many others.” HOW SAVINGS GROW A tte n tio n ! la arder ta lUuatret* th* rapid arawtb at eavlna* with 4 par cent eeapeaud Internet ■ 44 »4. we bare prepared the faUewln< taklet I i íá ; 25 60 1 00 2 00 « 00 •* Rat* of Interest flS g 3 J Î 3 * § 3*3 kSs FOUR Par cent 1 73.1 «142.1 «403 per a n n u m C o m 140. 324. SOS 2V3 , 040 101«. pounded twice a year. January 1 404 : 1301 13228 1402.1 3242 18070 and Julv 1. •1 Your Union Card it sufficient reference for you Io buy your own II3 W 2.688 4,177. I0.I or your w ife’s suit on credit. S 9 » t t f u a l / t f i l t l i t l it) orana an » itj. aoootot (Eetsbllebed IS Teere) m tH h C ttf if fttir tf HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK EASTERN OUTFimMS CO. SECOND AND A Ueueerratlve Cae tedian WASHINGTON STREETS M i Week lag tee Street, at Tenth Opea Satardar Evening*, • la ( : 44 Edward Helmaa. PreUdent Walter J. H aluaa, Secretary Didn't Hart a Bit la what «bar all ear TELEPHONES: MAIN M7: A l i l i THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAKING CO. Out - o f ■ town people can have their plate and hrldgework fln- lehed la on* dap If neceemry A n abaolute Funeral Directors and Embalmera 224-X2X THIRD STREET, COR. SALMON Lady Auietant Where to Get Union Jitneys I RUTH ST. DENIS The Jitney Drivers announce that they have a membership of nearly five KINDORF BROS. World Famous Dancer at the Heilig huuired and fifty. They have about 450 jitneys in daily operation and about Theatre, Oct. 21, 22 and 23. Fresh and Salt Meats. Sausages, lift', hire machines. They have divided on the lines as follows: Fish and Poultry No. of who are to appear at the Heilig The Line cars Where to get them. 110 Grand A ra n a * Near Morrieon atre, Broadway at Taylor Street, for Pbee* Eaat «IX Alberta .............................................. 45............................ 3rd and Washington three nights, starting Thursday, Oc- i V ikimont .............................................. 50........ .’ ............................. 6th and Alder tober 21st, with a popular Saturday Division ............................................ 45........................................2nd and Alder Hawthorne ........................................ 35........................................2nd and Alder matinee, will be welcome news to the MEVES RESTAURANT Mississippi ........................................ 45................... Broadway and Washington Sentina Capacity 280 many friends and admirers of these South Portland ...................... •.........40...............................3rd and Washington N. E. Center Sixth and Waehlaaten St*. popular artists. A much larger com wr,i ....... 50...............................2nd and Washington The Hub af Portland pany with complete new scenic equip Williams ............................................ 30............................... 3rd and Washington Orrheetr* Noon and Evening Ea.-t Ankeny .................................... 10.................................. 3rd and Morrison ment, costumes and an ensemble of Pertlaad'e Meet Pepular Reetaarant Morrison (Ice Rink) ...................... 20.................................. 3rd and Morrison CAROLINA WHITE pretty dancing girls, together with Gresham ............................................ 15.......................................... 1st and Alder Multnomah ........................................ 3 ...................................... 6th and Taylor Late Prime D o r m of Phalidelphia an entire new repertoire of dance and Chicago Opera Co. at the Or- plays and divertissements are prom- .6th and Taylor Tigard ................................................ 3. 16............................ 2nd and Washington heum Next Week. , ised this season. Vancouver .............. 3 ......................................6th and Taylor W’eat Portland . . . . BOWMAN 'sham.. 6'.......................................2nd and Alder Fairview, Troutdal" 3 ........................................2nd and Alder BROTHERS Lents, Big Bus. . 3 . ....................................2nd and Stark Linn ton, Big B u s.,. 3 ..............................5tl^ and Washington Rose City, Big Bus. 5 ................ Broadway and Washington St. Johns, Big Bus. UNION MADE When you get a jitney* be sure the car has a Union card on it. There are a few cars operating, the drivers of which have not yet become mem bers of the union. Ask the driver for a book of six-For-A-Quarter tickets. • - • At the last regular meeting of the union 92 new members were initi- ;ited. Union Men! Labor Press Circulation Talk No. 8 Clothing, Furnishing Goods Hats, Shoes, Etc. By the Circulator g u a ra n te e , DR. W. A. WIRE. Pre*. and Mgr. bneked bp IS year* In Port- W ise Dental Co. • A. to T » . ThM • ■ M a y s 8 to 1 and Waablagtea Ma. Ora. THE BOLLS WALL PAPER CO. Whsleeale aad Retell Burlaps, Lincrusta, Etc. 20S Second (Near Taylor I PORTLAND. OREGON Packard Shoes 13.50 a Pair Repair Price* Men'* Role* and Heeia. Leather *r Rubber ..................................................... |1.M Men'* Sola* .......................... u Man'* Haela. Leather or Rubber . . . . .88 Ladle*’ Sole* and Haela, Leather or Rubber ..................................................... .7« Ladiee’ Sole* ...................................................M Ladle*' Heel*. L ea th er.................................. XI Heeia. Rubber.....................................1« ad Heeia........................ Tie a» 14 and 16 N. Su S. E. Cor. Burnside Co-Operative S hoe Store Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Bill, tw o loving wives were they IM Seeend. Neer Waehlaaten reason 'F or tim ber strikes “We do not wish to decry the im- ‘° f un*on men who each worked hard to draw his union« -------- portance of unions trying to secure pay—and they were friends from girlhood days and some« Named Shoes are frequently made in Non-Union Factories Members of the International au of the labor legislation possible,” d o .,.. ______ j , l xi Union o f T im b e r Workers, on strike says the Union Labor Bulletin, Little tl"les went together—down town to spend the fam ily coin DO NOT BUY ANY SHOES in Washington and pther Northwest- Roeg, Ark., “but we do warn them when it Was S U n n y W e a t h e r — SO Mrs. Jim Called Mrs. Bill no m atter what its name, untoas it b ean UNIc"’ "~' *mPre8,*on °f this ern states to resist wage reductions against fa c in g too much dependence one morning On the phone—she Said “I’m at ft neighbor’s ION B 8TAMP. and non-union shop conditions, will upon reform by law and too little . » . . . . . . . . ...... ... s All shoes without the Union Stamp are house for w e have got the Home**—“W hy N ellie dear,” be interested in this statement from upon organization, always Non-Union. Do not accept any excuse for the absence of the Union the weekly bulletin of the National “It is as true today as ever, ‘that cried Mrs. Bill, “that phone it is Unfair—yOU better have it Stamp. City Bank, 56 Wall street, New those who live by the sword shall die _♦ _ _ _ _ T ___♦» ____ i . l .« . ■■ . York: by the sword Those who seek and U ken out’ at once 1 dec,are — and then they talked BOOT AND SHOE about the kids, at last agreed to meet— that afternoon at “The lumber business is suffering _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WORKERS* UNION from having been overestimated. The half past one, their shopping to complete. 246 Summer Street. Boaton, Mass. future value of timber was over EMPRESS HAS John F. Tobin, President Chas. L. Baine, Secretary-Treaaurer They m et as per appointment, Mrs. Jim she hailed a discounted. ^It may be worth the WONDERFUL BILL values put upon it to owners who; car—she said “W e’ll take this down town Bess, to walk it S A F E T Y F I R S T —W h e n in P o r t la n d atop at can carry it long enough, but it has is too fa r”—but Mrs. Bill she stood quite still—and as she not been worth those values to own winked an eye—she answered, “No, w e’ll take a Jit and ers who are obliged to sell to meet current interest payments, and there! there’s good reason why—you see the Jits have union men, And be Safe as well as Comfortable are enough of the latter to spoil the Good Rooms only 50c and 75c per Day just like your man and mine,—a driving them so I prefer lumber maiket for everybody. The Steam Heat. Electric UcM e. Hot aad Cold Water In , vtrf people who have been prudent and to spend w ith these my dime.” Free Phone and Bath. Wa Alai ta Pleaac the Paklie. Give Va a Trial are entirely able to tak e, care of The day w as warm, each lady fair w hen in the down themselves have to suffer along with 1 0 0 ^ .1 0 2 .1 9 4 F I R S T S T R 8 K T town section—began to figure where to go to get an iced 1>a,ton Hotel . Frenk DMton PrMident Two block« eooth Morrieaa St. those directly responsible, and the Mra. Cora Fieh. Manaaer whole country is affected, in a meas-. confection—Soon Mrs. Jim she spied a sign and said, “Let’s ure, by the depressed state of this Main «47 A XX47 go in here”—said Mrs. Bill, “N ot on your life, for listen industry. OLSEN-ROE TRANSFER COMPANY "Then, again, the greatest evil that Nellie, dear—that place is serv ng Townsend cream and Furniture Movera, Packers and General Transferring has crept into the lumber industry Vegetarian cakes—One’s unfair io the engineer, and scabs has been the bonding of timber and Fireproof Storage Warehouse the other bakes.” saw mill properties, and the cus-| OBce and Warehouse: FIFTEENTH AND HOYT STREETS ternary overcapitalization. The next thing on the list to buy was drugs to take out “Usually before a mill with bonds home—So up the street our ladies fair began to look zees bankrupt it sacrifices its stump- R v ely n D are. and roam—Said Mrs. Jim “let’s go in here,” said Mrs. Bill, j a?e to meet its interest and sinking: . \ g r e a t \a u d e v |t | e b ill o l »even ‘GREATER OREGON” _____ _________________ HOTEL DAYTON fund charges, and this stumpage is generally what is termed ‘the best Egging chance.’ This sacrificing of -tumpagt at any price to meet the merest and sinking fund charges has deen, and is, the unsolvable problem; confronting those who are interested in the rehabilitation of this great in dustry, or ‘necessary drives,’ and it - difficult for any association of lumbermen to talk reason with a lumbering enterprise which is fight- ing for its life.” The fact that the fool-killer neg lects his business contributes much to the safety of most of us. SURETY BONDS. _____ National and international un- ions, state and central bodies, anil local unions of international o'ganizations affiliated to the American Federation of Labor can secure, without any delay, through the American Federa- tion of Labor, surety bonds for their officers, for $500 and up- ward, at the rate of 50 cents per $100. Address all coinmunica- lions to Frank Morrison, secre- tary, Washington, D. C. ’ 4- ♦ <s> ♦ «■ *■ ♦ ♦ s> ♦> ♦ <* • * •’ '• * '* *• * ♦ • • >' ' 4 3» h is o -c la s s attraft-tioriH w i l l be p r e se nted a t th e E m p re s s T h e a t e r fo r one w e e k , b e g in n in g S u n d a y m a t in ee. O c to b e r 17. T h e V in a s A r t M o dels, w o rld 's p e r fe c t p o seu rs, w i l l b e th e h e a d lin e a t t r a c t io n a n d w ill be o f e x c e p tio n a l in te r e s t to a ll classes, i l lu s t r a t in g fa m o u s p a in t in g s w it h ^ liv in g a r t m o d e ls. M r. V in a in te r v ie w e d on th e s u b je c t, lu in ts t h a t E u ro p e a n m o d e ls, es p e c ia lly F r e n c h an d It a lia n , a re th e be st, h a v in g a g ra c e an d a b a n d o n ■ idite c h a r m in g to a p ic tu re . S uch p ic tu re s as th e A n g e la s . N y m p h s . L io n s B rid e an d P o la r S t a r a re s h o w n in th is a t t r a c t io n . O f sp ecia l u t e ie s t to A m e ric a n nud t n e m w ill be th e a r t is t 's l l l u s t r a t l r n o f hat i ta b le e v e n t o f A m e ric a n h is to r y . 'T h e B ir t h o f th e A m e ric a n F la g in tr o d u c in g B e tt y Floss, w h o w a s c o m m is s io n e d by G e o rg e W a s h in g to n an d th e f ir s t C o n g re s s to c r e a te a f la g s y m b o lic o f th ■ th ir t e e n o r lg in a l s ta te » . T h e O rp h e u s C om edy F o u r " th a t d i f f e r e n t q u a r te t ." w ill he a n o th e r f e a t u r e .. A b ig ad ded T e a tu re a t t r a c t io n Is T h e Z e g u n o ff T r o u p e o f s ix R u s s ia ., d a n c e rs an d in s tr u m e n t a lis ts , w h o co m e d ire c t fr o m th e N e w Y o r k H ip p o d ro m e T w o w e ll- k n o w n v a u d e v illia n s . O. H a r r is E ld o n an d B essie C lif t o n , w i l l p re s e n t t h e ir n o v e l p r o te a n o n ied y « k e tc h , " H ia A w fu l N ig h tm a r e .'' D u r in g th e a c tio n o f th is p la y le t M is» C lif t o n a p p e a rs in f iv e d i f f e r - »1 t c h a r a c te rs . T h e a c t is bo u n d to be one o f th e b ig h its o f th e h ill. B a k e r , an d J a n s. T h e M e lo d y Boys. .» Ill o f fe r a c la s s y In s tr u m e n t a l a c t. b o th boys a p p e a r in g In n ifty co s tu m e A n o v e lty a t t r a c t io n w i l l be th e C a b a re t D o g s, w h o p re s e n t a n u m b e r o f r e m a r k a b le tr ic k s , f in is h in g w it h a r io t o f fu n on th e r e v o lv in g ta b le . B ille d as v a u d e v ille 's ) « < te s t s in g e r, E v e ly n D a re , a l>rettv an d g if t e d s o p ra n o , w i l l r e n d e r a n u m b e r o f p o p u la r so n g h i t * . __lin e* , a e tx ir «ualnn>*nt. e n “Nell, hark!—you can’t go in that place my love, that’s run la rg e d aroanda, a a d maa> a>Mltfona to Ita C a ea ltr.th e tla lv e r e ltr o f O reaon w ill be< ln Ita by W oodward-Clarke.” fo r tie th rear, Tweadav, S ep tem b er 14, I S IS . S p ecial t r a la lk a la C em teerce. J e e r a a lla m . A r eh ltec ta re , L aw , M ed icin e, T ea eh la s . L ib ra So drugs they pu chased in a store that was to labor j ry W ork, M uele. P h retaal T r a ln la * an d F in e A rte. L arva and etron v d e p a r tm en ts e f L ib er- *1 K duoatloa. fair—Then started out to window shop with quite a know XAbrarr e f m e re th an AS.OOO volum e*, tfclr- t e e e b u lld ln c » f u l l , eq u ip p e d , tw o ep len d ld ing air—Said Mrs. Jim, “let’s look in here at things we may I a , maatelum*. T u itio n F ree. D o rm ltorle* for uien aad for desire,”—but Mrs. Bill refused to go, her eyes were filled w om en , B apeneee L ow est. W rite fo r fr ee catalov*. add r em in e It c a la i rur with ire,—“That’s Lipm an-W olfe’s and it’s unfair and if I > UNIVERSITY OF OREGON went in there—and Billy dear he found it out, he’d surely j RITOKNK. OKKOON rave and sw ear.” And so it went the whole P. M. with Mrs. Jim and Bill— We Carry Fire and Burglar Insurance for Protection of Our Customers one knew just where to spend her coin the other she knew BROADWAY DYE WORKS nil — And going home that afternoon, to Nell said her Hay* * Hay*. Preprietere friend Bess—“It’s plain to me that you don’t read the) GRAND AVR. AND 8CRUTLBR STREETS Prompt and Careful Attention Given to Express Orders worker’s Labor P ress—You should my dear and then Phone East 625 PORTLAND, OREGON you’ll know when spending hubby’s dough— the stores that hire union men and into them you’ll go.” The moral of this tale o f mine should plain appear to you—you .shouldn’t blame poor Mrs. Jim but hubby fond and true— You see friend Jim a thoughtless man, just let BEN F. GREENE and HARRY FISCHER his w ifey guess—while Bill took pains to see that Bess, she Solicits your read the Labor Press— And so I pray that you’ll wake up H igh C lass Book and and see that we can sendeth— the Labor Press to workers’ Commercial Job Work homes, so long the lesson endeth. Phones: Main 178 P. S.—The Ad Man says the Lion Store is a good het— Second and Stark Streets ask for the man— Manager Rankin. ' Schwab Printing Company Printing I !