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OREG ON LABO R PRESS
A SIGNIFICANT VOTE.
Oregon Xabov iPvcee
THE NEW HOME OF UNION-MADE CLOTHES
C. M. RYNERSON, Editor and Manager
At the recent election Oregon and California voted
Office, Room 302 Oregonian Building, corner Sixth and Alder Streeta, <»H propositions to take the entire rental Value of land
Portland, Oregon.
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lor public use, and to abolish all taxes on labor and its
Entered at the Boat Office, at Portland. Oregon, as aecond-claan mail inattei p r o d u c t s .
T h i s WHS the first tillK* that tilt* Complete
Owned and controlled by Organiteli Labor.
Ilenrv George proposal was submitted to the voters of
All broken lines tn en ’» new Fall and
O ffic ia l P u b lic a tio n of the C e n tra l L a b o r Council of P o rtla n d and any state, although votes have been taken on measures
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inter Suits and O vercoats now radically
more or less approximating thereto. The result is thus
reduced
for quick clearance.
Subscription, $1.00 per year in advance
ably commented on by William Marion Keedv in his
Advertising rates furnished on application
Magazine, Reedy’s Mirror:
$25.00 Suits and Overcoats
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“ One-fourth of the popular vote in Oregon was in
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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1916
favor of a straight-out Single-tax proposition submitted
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as an amendment to the state constitution. There are
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A CONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
some Single-taxers who think that the reform does not
eome fast enough. When
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Recently the suggestion has been made that there t;ix means, what a revolution its application will bring
many a ttra c tiv e bargains. Come early
should be an impartial committee of citizens to act as ¿‘bout, what a vast power is opposed to its principle, the
and see what appeals to you.
mediators in industrial disputes which arise in this city, t’1,”
inertia there is to overcome, the progress of
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¡the cause is miraculous. Consider how long was the
The first suggestion came from the Evening Telegram fight to end chattel slavery. Yet it is only thirty-seven
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and was to the ettect that a committee should be named ¡years since the publication of “ Progress and Poverty,”
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to act in the present controversy between the ship builders by Henry George. And now the program advanced in
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and their employes.
that book is a vital issue in every civilized country in the
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Thursday the Journal in its leading editorial sug-' W°rldT an?!?Ue that
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disputes would be a good thing and while they did not chattel slavery thirtv-f-V ears later, but there was a«d-
suggest the appointment of a committee at this time to tation against slave
ji.g before the day of William
act in the present dispute they said that were such a com­ Lloyd Garrison. The land question goes back to Moses
mittee in existence it would undoubtedly render valuable and before his time. The engrossing and forestalling of
land was recognized as an evil from the beginning of-his­
service at this time.
tory. Henry George found the remedy. The evil grows.
\\ ith the general idea of a mediation and conciliation The demand for the application of the remedy grows
board or committee the Labor Press, as well as the labor more insistent. The Single-tax is a proposal of world
movement of this city, is in hearty accord.
politics. Its champions have profoundly modified all
economic
thought and their activities have resulted in a
There undoubtedly would be objection on the part of
the workers to the appointment of a committee such a, tendency everywhere to take taxes off production and
suggested, at this time to handle the present controversy. heap them upon privilege. Single-taxers have been
prominent in every movement for the amelioration ofj
We wish to cail attention to the fact that the identical economic
conditions by taking from the batteners upon
men who are now bewailing die fact that the ship building industry their ill-gotten gains. The deposit of intelligent
industry is to be tied up are responsible for the fact that thought in Ohio as a result of the activities of Tom John­
there is not now in existence a committee such as sug­ son, Single-taxer swung that state into the Democratic
gested by the papers. The president of the Chamber of column only a few days ago. The 260,000 votes for a
Commerce and his close associates, particularly the execu­ Single-tax amendment in California carried with them
of votes that gave that state to Wilson.
tive board of the Chamber of Commerce, permitted thousands
Single-tax goes marching on. And the news of its march
Thomas McCusker, representing
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Associa- in California and Oregon,
of the
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Thousands of Dollars Worth of Fine Furniture at Bargain Prices
tion, to wreck the Joint Conciliation Board formed by the of a President whose thought has a decided Single-tax
y « > r « o f r o n s lK t e n t g r o w t h a n d u n in t e r r u p t e d p r o g re s n an th e
le a d in g f u r n i t u r e s to r e o f P u r .la n d h a s b r o u g h t u s to a c lim a x f i t l v ex
Chamber of Commerce and the Central Labor Council, tinge must have touched to joy the last days and hours
A n n iv e r s a r y S a l e - a n e id to m e
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because it interfered with the business of the Employers’ of Henry George, Jr., who died at the age of fifty-five,
a week ago, after a life gloriously spent in furthering the
Association.
There ought to be such a board. And the idea of cause his father gave to the world. It is tin* doctrine
of Henry George that has given the world the conception!
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mediation and conciliation should not he confused with of ‘justice with a heart in it.’ ‘Progress and Poverty’
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arbitration.
is the hook that is doing more to change things in
America than did ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ It is m ,rc thor­
You may not he aware of the fact, hut this state is oughly changing the world at large than did Rousseau’s
just about on its last legs. There’s no telling just what writings. In the brief spaee of thirty-seven years the
THE STO RE THAT SAVES
will happen if we don’t have a constitutional convention Single-tax has got the world fairly started towards the
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and gi\c the men who really know how a chance to give acceptance of the triumphant demonstration of ‘Progress
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us a real constitution. W e’ve known for sonic time that and Poverty’ that the land belongs to all the people.
there was something the matter, hut of course we never Tile abolition of involuntary poverty is the objective of
dreamed that the trouble all lay in tin* constitution of civilization. With poverty will go vice and crime. In
the state. There are only a very, very few people in their place will come plenty and culture and tin* graces
the state who are qualified to say just what should and of life for all. All other programs than the Single-tax
should not he in the constitution, and they are willing arc vague and cloudy. The Single-tax is definite, con­ O UR S E C R E T OF SUCCESS
to undertake the job if the people will let them. They’re crete. It is the only way to permanent social better-1
Our foundation was laid by a conscien­
going to ask for the job. According to these wise men ment. And the world is moving in that way.”
tious, hard-working man, striving to render
the initiative and referendum laws need to be fixed, and
honest service at a reasonable price. Less
In view of the action of Mayor Albee in the case of
there are a lot of other things that should be attended
than twenty years ago M r. Staples ran the
to at once in order to make this country attractive to Civil Service Commissioner ( ’aldwell. no one was much
store wi.hout assistance. Now we employ
the bunch of pirates who live off the sweat of other surprised at his action in shearing Commissioner Daly '
more than twenty honest, cheerful pains­
people’s brows.
of the major portion of his duties. Mr. (’aldwell had!
taking young men and women, ready to
cater to your wants.
a mind of his own and he used it, The mayor couldn’t
see the use of having a civil service commissioner who
OREGON’S FLAX INDUSTRY.
wouldn’t do as he was told to do, and he fired him and STAPLES, the Jeweler Optician
In the Salem Statesman, Dec. 25, E. J. Hansctt, man­ put one on the job that would do as he was told. Com­
266 MORRISON STREET
ager of the Oregon Flax Fiber Company, discusses the missioner Daly has a habit of doing his own thinking,
question of the state selling flax seed to Belfast, Ireland, and acting accordingly. His actions run counter to the
firms. Mr. Hansett seems verv much concerned over wishes of his honor, and so lie put the skids under Dalv.
the future of the flax industry of this state and in a Who’s boss around here, anyhow?
letter to the Statesman, over his own signature, makes
Wanted—Anyone knowing the whereabouts of B. S.
use of the following remarkable language:
Josslvn,
or M. C. (Slabwood) Banfield, to communicate
“In Oregon we should have a flax mill in every little
town along the Southern Pacific and in the Winter give with Thomas McCusker at once. Suitable reward will
employment to those poor men walking about like hoboes he paid for these individuals or any others who will come!
¡ley’llb be glad
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a few dollars to tin* rescue of Thomas. Tom’s bosses have put the
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a week, and the result is the population at the prison muzzle on him and I k * is desperate,
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crowded.”
If th- success ot the flax industry of this state depends ’ Portland police officers are playing into tin* hands
for its existence on the carrying out of the program out- ’J the 1. W. W. If there is anything these people do
lined in the above quoted paragraph, then the sooner l<»ve it is to attract the attention of the police,
it dies the better off the people of the state will be.
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And, incidentally, nr$ man who holds such ideas is fit
The annual scramble for a feed at the public crib is on.
to head any industrial enterprise. It is just such men'=-
that make hoboes.
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And now the school hoard of District No. 1 wants ( ‘Kar Mak<rs' Union and m a r i ­ ab o u t to close up th e ir salo o n s, th e
to amend the teachers’ tenure of office law. Want to ¡factur; rs of Ncw Havcn' Conn- h-vc, little
„ , old h o ttie will have to tra v e l
make
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hoard, or son.? of them at least, do not approve of anvland 52 pcr
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that make them free and independent. Tlicv want to hcliL?’e<! 12 ,*.2 .cen‘* prr d th o 100
cig ars, o f th e local la b o r m o vem ent, th e
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ahlc tu use tin* teachers whenever it comes election time,
and tlicv want to reward their friends and chastise those
N E A R E S T O A SIS 1500 M IL E S.
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who oppose them, and the teachers’ tenure of office law
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interferes with their program.
What’s the use of
a school director if a fellow can’t do the little' tii'iii<*<g'h,
lie wants to
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