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Oregon Voters Can
Abolish Poverty
In This S ta te
P O R T LA N D LABO R PRESS
Mark Petersen For Constable
CAUSES OF NEW YORK STREET ¡right to be secured for them throu
CAR STRIKE
independent organization.
In a public letter addressed to
President Shonts, of the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit ‘ G-mpany,
whose employes are now on striek,
.
,, ,
.
a score of well-known citizens ask:
We want to know the fafcts. Ar
¡the traction companies guilty of a
actual breach of the agreement
August 6, which the men were c
s*ra’ned technically to violate v hr
they became aware of their dam-rr
,,,
. . . . . . , . , . uanber
Was this technical violation subs
quent to and a sequal to the cor
panics’ graver violation of (I
spirit of the agreement?
"Were the men trapped into
minor violation of the agreemeti
which the company has previousl
torn to tatters? Is it true that
ser lance of the right to organiz
was offered the men in the guis
of the ‘brotherhood,’ an organizatio
temporarily effected under the joir
coercion of spy system and philar
thropy? All these facts we feel w
have a right to know not from yoi
nor from any one man personalb
but through an impartial tribunal
arbitration.”
“Is it true that 14,000 workers who
give their lives to this service have
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
B y W illia m S. U ’Ron.
no real voice regarding the condi­
♦ I endorse the People’s Land ♦
tions
under which they work, and
The Oregon State Federation of ♦ and Loan law measure, as writ- ♦
no means of independent, organized
Labor and the Central Labor Coun­ ♦ ten, without reservation or ♦
protest against any conditions which
cil of Portland and vicinity have ♦ qualification. If the workers ♦
their employers have* seen fit to
initiated the People’s Land and ♦ of Oregon, who have the power, ♦
impose? A court of arbitration
would answer this to the satisfac-
Loan law not only to provide public ♦ would adopt this law, it would ♦
♦ furnish the most impresr-ive ex- ♦
tion of the public
revenue, but to abolish the evil ♦ ample of enlightened action for ♦
“Is it true that legalistic intrica­
trinity of land monopoly, unem­ ♦ the whole country that I could ♦
cies were employed to destroy the
♦ possibly imagine. I firmly be- ♦
ployment and landlordism.
contract entered into by the men in
♦
lieve that it would be the first ♦
When this law is adopted it will
good faith? We are told that the
be easy and profitable for any man ♦ practical step teward the aboli- ♦
conditions which have led to the
to get and keep land in Oregon for ♦ tion of involuntary unemploy- ♦
street railway strike are of long
♦ ment and the most direct blow ♦
his own use and occupation.
standing; that the street railway
’♦ will be altogether unprofitable ♦ at the social crime of poverty ♦
employes are paid a lower scale of
♦
which
could
be
delivered.
♦
for any person to own land in Ore­
RAILROAD KEY MEN GAIN.
wages in this city, despite its high
♦
FRANK P. WALSH, ♦
gon for purposes of speculation or
cost
of
living,
than
in
any
other
,
— ■
♦ Chairman of the Industrial Re- ♦
of collecting rent from other per­
large city in America; that the men
President Perham of the Order
♦
lations
Committee.
♦
sons for permission to use and
are compelled to work seven days Railway Telegraphers reports tha
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
occupy his land, separate from rent ,
in the week, 365 days in the year; revised schedules on 16 large line
for the improvements.
that they have no day that they have been secured during the pa:
lords, as a whole, from the gross
call their own, because the traction | quarter. President Perham stat«
The proposed constitutional amend­
product of all the men who work.
schedule necessitates seven days in ¡that the membership is to be cr,r
ment to establish a People's Land
For public revenue the average
the week work, even to approximate gratulated on this record of achievi
and Loan law in this state is in-1
¡family gives at least one-eighth of
a living wage.
ment. The latest gains have bet
tended to provide ample revenue
its working time for state and local
for all public needs; to make the
“It
is
affirmed
that
the
com-
,nade by Baltimore and Ohio rail
taxes.
Including the landlord’s
state freer from land speculators
panies
have,
in
effect,
declared
war
road
telegraphers who have secure
private land rent tax of 100 days,
and landlords, from poverty and
on trade unionism; that they subject an ® per cent ’fcrease. The Unit
and the public state and local tax
unemployment. It would cause wage
the men to the degradation of a ¡States Board of Mediation and C^r
of 37 days’ labor, the average fam­
workers to be eagerly sought for,
spy system; that the men have not riliation assisted in the negotiation!
M.
W.
PETERSON
ily must labor nearly half its work­
as was the case in California in
been
at liberty, according to the
ing time to pay private and public
O rg a n ize d L a b o r’s C a n d id a te f o r S h e riff
It will help wonderfully if youl
the early days of gold mining.
concepts of a free people, to gather
taxes.
My y°u 8aw the ad in the Laba
This proposed law levies- a per­ The full rental value land taxi Union men and women should not has been an active and efficient together to discuss their conditions
manent annual tax on all land, equal proposed by this law will save every forget that at the conlinR election worker for the cause of unionism without fear of dismissal. We are Press.
to the fair rental value, without family the entire amount now paid !thr e wi,‘ be' a constable elected for for many years-
told that fear, coercion and espion­
considering rental value of improve­ for state and local taxes which is ltbe Portland district, and that Mark He is a man who possesses the age form part of the system of
ments. This land rental value is to equal to the farmer’s production for Peterson received the nomination for necessary characteristics for a public union breaking which the company
be reappraised every fifth year. Two-
cast 37 days. Taking all the land tb*s °^*ce, on the Republican ticket, officer, and we should see to it that has employed for years. In proof of
thirds of this revenue is for the ex- * 1 rental values for public taxes will Mark is a member of
TyP°' he ’» elected by an overwhelming this assertion, rule No. 23 of the
penses of state and local govern­ about double the state and local > raPhical and Musician’s Unions and majority
company’s general book of rules is
ments ; one-third is for a state loan revenue, of which every family will
cited: ’Any employe disapproving
fund, for loans to home-makers in get its share in more and better
WHY VOTE FOR WILSON?
himself. Test him out and see. Why of the regulations adopted for his
town and country.
schools, roads and other public serv­
didn’t he soar and go to war with government or not disposed to aid
A loan to one person shall not ice. In addition to that and, far
Germany over the Lusitania affair? in their enforcement, is expected to
By C E. S. Wood.
exceed $1500. The loans shall be more important, there will always
resign or he will be discharged.’
Products — Known as Haynes Brea]
The reason labor should vote for As the Allies desperately hoped he
secured by the improvements and he employment.
Cakes and Pies.
“We
feel
that
we
have
a
right
to
Wilson is the same season, why all would. Because he respected the
shall be made by installments as
It is plain that the effect ef this men, who think human rights higher millions of human lives and home^ insist that a full knowledge of these
the improvements progress, if neces­ increase will be felt by all useful
greater than property rights ' involved. American homes and Ger- conditions should be laid before the U « U . Clark, Pees.
Geo. K . Orton. Mnsj
sary. These loans are without in­ labor, and especially by those hav­ and
should vote for him. The struggle | man homes, and would not from public, which is a partner in the
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terest for the first five years and ing the smaller incomes. Laborers,
false clap trap honor transportation business of New
In Pact. ANYTHING Taa Want
the rate shall not exceed six per clerks, farmers, retail merchants, of history has been the struggle o f ' n°I’ons
human rights against property rights, j plunge us into that terrible con- York. The public owns the streets,
cent per annum for the following 15
renters, mechanics, and all those Kings and aristocracies represented flagratjon to cure a deed already it owns the subways, it advanced
years. The loan fund is available who now get about $750 a year or property
the toiling masses repre done, and which could be better and the credit with which they were
only to persons whose property does less, will find their income increase
pmimim ( 0
more honorably cured by what all built. The conditions under which
sented poverty.
not exceed $2250.
men
work
on
the
transit
lines
are,
to be at least a thousand dollars
So it is today. There have been the world is clamoring for—dis­
Personal property and land im­ for the year’s work when this law
some
small advances in the protec- cussion and judicial decision, not therefore, vitally a matter of public
Telephon« K ala MM
provements are exempt from .tax, is in force.
Yet because he refused to join concern.
except only for local purposes, when B u t o f g re a te r value to th e com - tion of actual life and.bodily liberty, [war-
Latra, Worktns C ar*.
We Csr4
the Allies, Germans are against him “On behalf of the strikers, it is
Unica Water Marked Peser
the levy is initiated by the people m u n ity a t la rg o th e n th e increased but not very much. Property still
affirmed
that
the
companies
appar­
and favor Hughes and Rooseevlt who
of the taxing district and approved p ro d u c tio n , w ill be th e c e rta in ty o f takes the life and liberty of the poor would have done so. Why does he ently admitted the right to organize
M U PIBST S T E E R
neglected
wretch
whenever
it
be­
by a majority of those voting.
e m p lo y m e n t and th e independence
refuse to break with the Allies, in the accepted trade union sense,
The law is complete in detail and an d fre e d o m th a t comes to e v e ry comes afraid of him. The eternal because of detained cargoes and a right which all justice-loving
fight,
human
rights
against
property
self-evecuting, including full defini­ m a n w ith th e k n o w le d g e th a t e m ­
DEMAND OF YOUR
mails? Because continually push­ people agree is an indispensable right
tions of "land improvements” and p lo y m e n t is alw a y s w a itin g fo r him , rights is in this very campaign.
Mr. Wilson stands for human ing his protests to the last limit— of labor, if it is to protect itself, TAILOR
THE LABEL
of "land." If differs from the so- an d th a t he m a y q u it his jo b as
rights
compared to which all this he rests there for future discus­ but that even while ostensibly agree­
called single tax only in this, that a h ire d m an a t a n y tim e to w o r k
talk of blunders in foreign policy is sion and compensation rather than ing to independent organization, the
it does not prohibit income, inherit­ f o r h im s e lf on his o w n lan d .
mere whistling of the wind, which go to war and involve million of companies, through the silent pres­ of the Journeymen Tailors
ance and license taxes.
young men and billions of property sure of intimidation, forced the men Union of America on a
kAs
to
mortgages
on
improved
will die down and be forgotten
Its first effect will be to put out
property,
they
seldom
exceed
the
The reason I am fanatical for ’n a dispute over merchandise, which individually to sign private contracts
of business all land speculators and
value
of
the
improvements.
There­
Wilson
is because I believe he i s i d’’Pute can be settled better by full which, in effect, robbed them of clothing made to measuri
land monopolists, and all landlords
industrial liberty and destroyed every
who collect rent for the use of land, fore the lender’s security will be as for the great common people as ¡discussion and judicial awards. And
good
as
it
is
now.
In
the
case
against
the
privileged
few,
not
be-
¡here
no
question
of
life
is
involved,
separate from rent for improvements.
This will increase the returns to of loans on vacant land the lender i cause of the craft of the politician, ! Why has he been so tolerant with
is a sort of partner with the specu-jbut because the instinct of his very Mexico, adjusting himself patiently
labor and capital and greatly stimu­
lating owner, and must take his iblood is for the masses. For hu- to eacb new situation? Because he
late all business and industry.
chance
with him.
manity rather than property. He is ¡knows under all the horrors and
Adoption of this amendment will
This
law
will
add
industrial
free-
:
intelligently alive to thè fact that brigandage of the revolution is the
insure to every man possession of
dom
to
the
.political
liberty
Ameri­
always
and everywhere the Govern- desPeratc attempt of the poor peons
his land so long as he pays the land
rent tax, which is all that is neces­ cans now have. The good effects ment has been used by the ruling'10 become free men in the land of
cannot be over-,few in their own interest, property their birth, not starving slaves; their
sary to insure the best use of the of such freedom
estimated.
Every
man
will then have interest, and he is desperately try- birth right sold by Diaz and Huerta
land. It will help the wage worker
to make his home; the landless something better than a boarding ing to show that there is no objec- to the H e a r s t s , Guggenheims,
Of course you ar*. Then you should be a reader of the
house or a rented farm to fight for. ¡tion to thrift, industry, brains or any Morgans, Standard Oil and other
farmer and renter to get land for
It
will
take
from
every
hired
man
J
of
the
elements
of
human
endeavor
foreign
and
American
exploiters
of
use and to develop his farm. It will
give every man his choice all his the heart-breaking fear of losing toward wealth; but there is objec-|their native land.
Does not every one of these de­
tion to the great powers of govern
life long between making his own his job.
employment on the land or accepting THE PEOPLE’S LAND AND ment being used for the special c*sions show an instinct for human-
a job to work for wages. There will LOAN LAW WILL MAKE ORE­ benefit of a few privileged ones, *Iy> a sympathy for the under dog?
be more jobs than men. It will take GON A STATE OF FREE MEN, necessarily robbing the great un- So with the Adamson act, which
Through its eolumns you can keep in elose touch with the
for public revenue all that labor and INSTEAD OF A STATE OF MIRE- protected mass of the fair propor- bas aroused such fury in some
activities of tee organized labor movement of the state and
quarters.
Yet
all
Wilson
stood
for
tion
of
wealth
they
have
created
capital in Oregon now pay to a LINGS AND RENTERS WHO DE-
there's sometntng doing all the time that is of interest te
private landlord for the use of the PEND ALTOGETHER ON THE and fairly earned. All men not of was th«»-’ “I will not consider
you,
whether you are a union man, non-union man, employer
earth. Manufacturers and merchants PERMISSION AND SUCCESSFUL J the privileged few or hoping to get arbitration of an eight-hour d a y -
or capitalist.
that
has
passed
into
the
conscience
in
on
the
legalized
loot
should
be
to
will gain by the vast increase of ENTERPRISE OF OTHERS FOR
If you believe in progress, then you believe in the prin­
OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THEIR gether on this great human issue. |° f tbe Nation, and is not subject to
sales and a steady demand.
It is life itself. It affe.ts not only arbitration—and for this point I will
ciples for which this paper stands, and you should be a
How would the adoption of the DAILY BREAD.
subscriber.
those who labor with their hands in not suffer all the wheels of corn-
People’s Land and Loan law, by
mine,
mill
and
shop,
but
the
clerks,
merer
to
stand
still,
the
cattle
to
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taking all land rental values (sepa­
merchants, farmers, doctors, lawyers ; starve on sidings and the crops to
rate from building and other im­
The subscription price Is
provements rents) for state and At the first convention of Massa-¡all arc wage slaves so long as a rot on the ground.” Wages, the
surgeons | plutocratic system of privilege pre effect of eight hour time and over­
$1.00 PER YEAR
local public taxes, affect the men chusetts physicians and
and women who work?. What would ever held in Massachusetts it was vails; just as all were bleeding time, he was willing to arbitrate.
be the effect on production? How decided to urge an amendment to subjects, bled to the point of ex- 'So of the great Federal Reserve
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would it affect mortgages and the workmen’s compensation law haustion by the older and grosser Banking System, the Rural Credit
that would permit injured workers tyrannies of despots and their courts. System, the Tariff Commission. What
loans?
I have followed Mr. Wilson’s really underlies them all? Sympathy
In answering these questions we to select their own doctor. The act
now
provides
that
medical
attend­
career
and I find that at Princeton, f°r tbe under dog. A refusal of
must bear in mind always that all
taxes are paid by products, of labor, ance shall be supplied by the insur­ he was democratic in its larger-legal Privilege — humanity against
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and therefore only the people who ance associations interested. It was sense. He put down aristocratic property.
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work pay taxes. Many people get also decided to take a more active tendencies, divisions into wealthy If Woodrow Wilson i* turned out
Portland, Oregon
part,
as
a
body,
in
legislation
affect-
and poorer circles, and refused great of office by the American people.
tax receipts who do not work, but
Please enter my name as a subscriber to the Labor Prrve
they have some special privilege, ing the health and welfare of the gifts with aristocracy attached to I shall have less hope for the
people,
and
a
committee
them.
As
Governor
of
New
Jersey,
American
people.
It
will
be
as
if
granted by law, which enables them
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he invited in from the outside, ex- Abraham Lincoln had been repudi-
to get for their own use the product appointed for this purpose.
perts who helped him frame the best ated and retired in his campaign for
of other men’s labor.
labor laws and laws for the regu- re-election. But he was not. and
The usual share rent for farms is STAGE EMPLYERS ADVANCE.
(Street and Number)
lation of corporations, then known, that the American people save I
one-fourth to one-half of the crop.
The
International
Alliance
of
and New Jersey from being the themselves from such disgrace, is
The average is not less than one-
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third of the total crop, which means Theatrical Stage Employes has parasite upon corporations—became my hope now.
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that every worer must pay to land­ secured a two years’ contract with the leader in restriction of unjust
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lords of various kinds at least as the large play houses of Philadelphia. privilege.
Grocery and Provision Clerks’
Ute Poetofftce Money Order, Ezpreee Money Order or Cheek
nuch as 100 days’ work, or one-third Conferences made possible recogni­
EVERY TIME WILSON GETS'Union, of Boston. Mass., has pre-
of what the average farmer produces tion of the union and wage increases DOWN OFF A FENCE HE GETS , pared a new agreement which calls
in a year. At least that much iu that totaled in sor-.e instances 40 per DOWN ON THL SIDE OF HU-¡for a minimum wage of $18 a week
value is taen by the different land- cent.
MANITY, regardless of results to ¡and a reduction in hours.
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