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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
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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
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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
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„ „ . „ „ 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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__ $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----- ”
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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
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hath iv'ry day. m a’am ? A n’ do ycez
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, . 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.
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and install it; to choose a set of textbooks and print ♦
them; to arrange for their distribution, are all matters ♦
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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.
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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