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Pm OREGON LABOR PRESS Oregon Xabor ftrese UNION label Owned and controlled by Organised Labor. C. M. RYNERSON, Editor and Manager Entered at the Poet Office, at Portland, Oregon, as eecond-claas mail matter Office, Room 302 Oregonian Building, corner Sixth and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon. Official Publication of tbo Central Labor Council of Portland and /icinity, and the Oregon State Federation of Labor. Subscription, >1.00 per year in advance Advertising rates furnished on application International Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers it Local No. 67 SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916 G U 8 JE N K IN S . Secret*: v Rooiu 206-207 Goodnough B .bi Phone M arsh all 2390 REASONABLE, LOGICAL ARGUMENTS FAVOR STATE PR IN TIN G TEXTBOOKS. For Re-Election - —— The state publication of the elementary sehonl books is one of the most im portant subjects engaging the atten tion of Oregonians at this time. Commercial bodies, up yrig ht In te rn a tio n a l N ew » Service Parent-Teaeher associations, the (¡ranges, the Unions, A W ATERFALL PULLS A FREIGHT TRAIN OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Legislators and the citizenship generally are becoming . , . , . , . ... „ „ . „ „ v The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway ha* expended twenty million dollars in developing a water power lilOre and wore interested in t ills p l<lll IO l s a v in g 111 J J anj producing an electric system for the operation of 440 miles of railroad through the Rocky Mountains, for the school patrons, simplifying the work of the t e a c h - - -------- church. The young clergym an, how ere, giving more work for Oregon workmen. I V f r « S r T i r A Q ever, may take h e a rt. He is not the Two states are operating plants tor printing text- v -A k J U i l l V a l l L / W l v a first p reach er to get “ra ttle d ” in the pulpit. It is on record th a t a min- 1 books. California is the more notable as an j example, as Well. Ink at ihot now ! ( >i ¡ste r o j S eattle becam e so confused xv -I this -'lr s - O 'Sullivan? It is? its plant has been established for years and the expert-^ was tQlll on the floor below that niver tuk it thot way whin o ther as to refer to the miraculous cure ence of that state has been most varied and profusely you lived in this tenem ent ami i leddies loike you in n de uplift bizi- ! , he .<duff and (lemb>. man A U t_ supposed th a t you, were ness asked me ten to n n es as m any te r pointed out the errori w h ere commented upon. After years of political strife and naturally Mrs. O’Sullivan when you came to 1 quistions as—Ink out for <le sharp upon he corrected him self by add bickering, the printing plant of that state has made good, ¡th e door Now'. Mrs. O’Sullivan. I. tu rn in de stairs, m a’am. Aisy, aisy, ing, h a stily : “I m ade a m istake, despite its detractors and critics. The savings last year . Society ;• w orker for the Home Charity ' m a 'a m ; not so fast or yeez m oight b re th re n . I should have said the and also for the U nited U p - 1 get a fall an tlun o th e r leddies 'demh and d u f f m an.” Then, seeing to the people of that state, over the retail prices charged lift League, and just ro w 1 am also ■ loike *me w ouldn't have de hinifit th at things w ere still w rong, he bv the book publishers for the same texts, amounted to helping to take a religious census, av your upliftin , ma am. Sites w int, rlished to his own rescue by s h o u t-1 idout p u ttin ’ a n n y fin g over on jing; ..j n1eal) the ‘¿embed d u ffj ¡H onory over $250,000.00. With the same ratio o f saving that 1 c - m e m .p ie .s e O’Sullivan th thot o t H onory man. Max M errvm au. California has effected, Oregon would have spent don’t, It's for you to say about ¡knows of!" ¡“Judge." $70,000.00 less for textbooks last year than she did. Kan th o t.” A young woman in the South set several things from a date for her m arriage to a ficti sas has established its plant hut recently and, on account one She of removed MARY A N TIN TO LECTURE. the four ehairs in her room tious bridegroom . Still, the b rid e for of the state being under contract with publishers for and offered it to the caller who groom never cuts much of a figure “A m ericanization as a N ational anyway. many of their texts, only a small percentage of the hooks said sweetly, “T hanks. Just w ait until I get P ro ject” is to lie the topic o f Mary are now printed in the new plant. The savings made for my pencil and notebook and some A ntin's lecture at the Little T h eatre Patronize Labor Pjess Advertisers.5 the five months ending December 1, 1915, were over bUnk, from my hand-hag. accurate W e want W ednesday night. T here is probably a s ' 1,0 onc in t ’1e ^ " ‘‘ed S tates so $30,000.00. The percentage of saving is approximately our statistics to he as lank s 1 will C apable of handling such a subject. , . « i possible. H ere is a bl; Did Right Before; Will Do the same as the present experience of California and f.„ out firs. You art. nlarric(1 , She is a Russion im m igrant h e r Right Again with increased production the percentage of saving will believe, as I have been told that self and has made a great study of the im m igration problem. H er naturally increase. Prom the experience of these "Prom ised Land,” and “Those W ho RE-ELECT states Oregon, if state printing of texts is adopted, will "M oike, I’haw t is de name av Knock At O ur G ate” are fam iliar to all who are interested in the most save at least 40 per cent on the texts she is using, which your own husband if ycez happen to vital problem s of our country. will amount to $60,000.00 to $70,000,00 a year. V m .ham i? His name is Oliver. T ickets for her lecture inav be se- In addition to the actual saving of thousands of Now yot.r first nam e, Mrs. O’Sulli cured at Gills’, M eier X F rank's dollars, there must be taken into consideration the fact I v a n ? ” ¡Book D epartm ent, o id s, W ortm an that all the money paid out for labor and some of the! wby hr,, « . i , ------- ------------ Republican Candidate For materials used in manufacture will be kept within the Ruth. And your a g e ? ” BADLY RATTLED. state of Oregon, helping to build up the state and improv- “F orty-sivin come the tinth av . STATE ing industrial conditions, not alone at the capital city, siptimber. An' how ouid may yeez | E veryone -hut the new curate REPRESENTATIVE seems to enjoy it when he nervously ' but at the paper-making centers. be..?,” „ ,, r ,.c ,, . , Prior to the 1913 session of the Legislature the State | thaf- you7 oryg’^ f ^ . J . ^ ' ^ ’matt'eV ' Sid his mC° Rrei\a t'° n Esau Lower Taxes; Fewer Laws Printer made a voluntary report. This report contained We wil)_ - 1,1 h,s m essage tor a W rth of pot g h t.” T h a t is w hat happened the the following figures: ‘‘Gross total for the entire six “If it was a guest} Oi had to make • o o tjjer Sunday night in a P ortland (P a id Adv. by J . P. L ink, 274 6th >r vears, 1907 to 1913, $230,442.23; average per year, $38^- O'd say yeez would never see forty- 407.04; work performed in 1911, $43,382.90; work per- ¡[oive again Y ou’re young to , be formed in 1912 (incomplete), $40,244.59. These figures i ..Why represent the moneys paid the State Printer for the OI k yOl)-- but we will let it pass. Do you he performed as printer, and do not include the items i w ork aw ay from home a n y ? ” of paper stock, ruling, binding and making of cuts. i “<>« do not an' in thot respict < The total expenses for 1915 are as follows: Offiee|“ ™ th a t you arc aw ay from home and plant payrolls, expenses and depreciation, $24,035.94: n’ now. Is it because your outside __ _____ press work, _ $87.00; lithographing, _ __ $400.00; cuts, ¡llusbaIK Hid boozes?” $214.85; total expenses, $24,737.79. Compared with the “C ertainly not. madam ami— ” cost of the 1912 work, $40,244.59, this is a distinct saving j » “Oi’ve had leddies loike you ask to the people of $15,506.80, and, with 1914, a saving < » f does O’Sullivan booze an o i f o t Tone Quality a n d Volume 2597.33 The amount of paper stock purchased in 1915 j ™ » / ? in me < 1 ™ * ™ « .h o , koind $12597. Equal, by Actual Test, to Any is $11906.29, : coinjn. from l’hw at is was $1_ , which was „ greater than a halt of tilt * ,........... . you. ........... „ your Regular $200 Model of materials for 1911-12, and the cost of ruling and bind- otilil m an’s job? An' wild yeez moind ing was $9.030.72, which was within $3,500.00 as much as tellin' me how much a week he was expended for the same item in 1911-12. It stands to k *-» s ? trim interested know Brings all the great artists, all the reason that greater demands are being made on the print- , y r n, <)o anny ,.m choicest music into vour home at once ing office than ever before in its history. 1 he amount ot wurruk an- bow mucb do tb(). get stock necessary has increased, and the cost of binding an' do yeez hake your own bread or INCLUDES EVERY has also increased. Yet under state ownership the state buy it off the bakeshop. an do yeez $55.20 now a n ' thin THING has cut its printing expenses nearly in half. / vcr ,ouch dhrop do yeez----- " < a refill investigation into the affairs ot the l a i g e i See here, madam. I wan, you to A beautiful new G rafnola complete hook publishing houses reveals the fact that many d<» not know- th a t----- ” —w ith the new tone sh u tte r con print or bind a single book. The subject matter is edned "An' do veez know that there is Thos. M. SHERIFF Plowden Stott OUR BIGGEST OFFER YET A TALKING MACHINE! of the state three sets of profits derived from as many thot tay a n ’ coffee isn’t good for transactions — the printers’, the publishers’ and the y-'"- baby an ’ , h o t - d o yeez take a • |v .» 1 hath iv'ry day. m a’am ? A n’ do ycez ’ ... . . ,, , . j * n i attin d Sunday school a n ’ choorch? The prevailing contracts on the adopted textbooks “T here's a lot m ore Oi’m in teristed expire in 1919-1920. In order to give ample time for to know, same as yeez are so in preparations necessary to change to state publications, teristed in me own affairs. Are you the next Legislature, to convene in 1917, should mak<* p u ttin ’ anny m oney it. de savin’s such changes as will carry out the general policy of hav hank, a n ’ do your husband ca rry iug the texts printed by the state. Failure to do so would■¡•^j(,X ; 1Idc,hca"roak an."dro necessarily throw the entire matter over for six years you goinjf ma’am ? I t’s insultin' Oi more or run the risk of confusing and handicapping the ------ .. public school system. To purchase additional equipment SOCIALIST LECTURE. ♦ and install it; to choose a set of textbooks and print ♦ them; to arrange for their distribution, are all matters ♦ ------ * i Streif will speak on ♦ ! involving immense detail and requiring abundance of * ♦ “W Albert all S treet and Mexico” at ♦ i time to perfect. Careful business methods require that Arion Hall, Second and O ak * this ui gent demand for state-printed texts be given as ♦ Streets, Sunday, April 23d, at ♦ early consideration as possible that essentials may be ♦ 8 P. M. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ worked out prudently and economically. trol and 16 selections of best vocal and in stru m en tal a r t i s t s , 1000 assorted n e e d l e s and all aeees- sories. Now only . . . . $55.20 Bi c as $4 cash. Then pay us us the balance on confidential terms as most convenient to you tllm $1 now means so much of education, entertainment and real enjoyment. O u ild in f Dreadway at Aidée JL Eilers Bldg., Broadway a t Alder P ortland’s Most Complete Musical Service