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O. K. AIKEN. Editor and Publisher
Published Thursdays at Ontario,
Oregon, and ontored at tho Ontnrlo
post offlco for distribution as 2nd
class mnttor.
SUUSCRIPTIONS, .... Ono Year ll.GO
W1IV .NOT?
Tho biggest problem boforo tho
Amorlcan pcoplo today Is not tho
Longuo of Nations, or tho Oernmn
pea co treaty. It Is not tho forma
tion of a gigantic corporation to care
for tho floating of foreign tonus so
that tho sufforng tuitions of Europe
may flnnnco their reconstruction
operations.
Tho groat overshnddowlng prob
lem t li tit tho genius of tho Amorlcnn
pcoplo must solvo Is that of sav
ing hero In America.
How ciiii that bo doijn? Tlint Is
tho burning question.
It enn not bo clono thru mutual
dlstruKt of cnpltal and labor agree
ments nro not mndo Mint way.
It can not bo dono thru Industrial
strife. Tlint leads to further dis
trust breeds hntrod nnd destroys
proporty.
It can not bo dono by tho domlnl
Hon of olthcr fnclor in tho dlirputo.
It can bo dono by co-oporutlon
basod on mutual trust In specific
ngroomontH mutually arrived nt upon
as fnlr a basis n men con draw thorn.
That scorns n Klmplo progrnm, but
It In not, so It sooms In thoso days of
blckorlngs and conferences whore
ono Kldo or tho other wnnts to rule
or ruin.
It Is most nppnrent that nelthor
labor nor onpltnl trusts tho other.
Toward tho publln thoy nro each as
miming tho familiar nttltudo of "tho
public bo dimmed." It Is high time
that tho public let each of thoso sots
of imlorrnt become nwnro of the
fact that It lm mnda dlfforcnt tir
rnngoments and will not bo damned
by elthor of thorn.
Tho public must malo capital nnd
Inbor ngreo or If Hint can not bo
dono nt lenst mnko thorn obsorvo
tbolr mutunl contrncts. Tlmt's tho
rub. Tho contrncts botwocn capital
nnd Inbor nro uunltornblo contrncts.
Thoy nro binding on capital only
mo It KCOiiiB to tho public, tho tho
wrltor known tlint capltnl too has
boon guilty of brooking labor
ugroomontM.
To accomplish this tho ngroomonts
between oporntorit of various Indus
trie nnd tholr mon or women work
tint should bo mndo n matter of pub
Ho record nnd tho public should bo
mndo a parly tu thoeo ngromcntH with
Hiiltnblo machlnory employed to boo
tlint tho contract Is llvod up to by
uuoh of thorn. Thoro must bo con
noctod thorowlth sovpro ponnltloH for
tho vlnlatlon of contmctH nnd those
Pennine must bo mndo to npply to
labor oh woll ns lo capltnl.
Tho labor loader who signs such n
contract uhould bo ns responsible for
Its fulfilment ns tho employer, tin
til that Is dono thoro Is llttlo use to
talk nrbltrutlon.
Tho miner wants to llvo In com
fort by working only 30 hours per
wcok, 1CC0 hours por year. Ho
wants to out nnd enjoy tho products
of ranchers who work from huh to
sun ovory dny In tho year. That Is
flno Isn't It for tho minor hut how
about tho farmer?
Ilnnnw your Hod Cross Member
ship. No dollar will ovor do grontor
tiorvleo.
If someone done not stop this rock
ing tho boat, It wilt do tho United
Rtutas llttlo good to bo tho greatest
producing nation tho greatest bnuk
Ing nation, tho groatost Industrial
nation In the world. Wo do not tee
tho ndvnntngoa of being the greatest
striking nation In tho unlvorso.
T1IK SLAV I N AMI-HUCA
What good docs It do to kcop
foreigners from voting nt political
elections If they nro to bo given tho
right to voto In labor unions, which
nppcar to bo tho most potent political
power In tho land to dny, before
whom polltlcnns cower, nnd who np
parontly would coerco tho great
American peoplo to bow boforo
them 7
If tho onomlcs of American liberty
In labor unions nnd thoro nro thou
sands such can by their votes die
tato tho policies of those great or
ganizations It Is Hmo to sco that
thoso votes aro American votes nnd
not thoso of Austrian Slavs, Russian
Slavs or tho hetrogcnlous collection
of Southern Europeans who domln
nto, for oxnmplo such nations n tho
Unltod Mlno Workors of America.
John T. White, formor president
of tho Unltod Mlno Workers told tho
wrltor flvo years ngo that 70 per cent
of tho Coal miners of America were
Slavs. Ho nddod tlint n majority
of tho common labor of tho rnllroads
was Slavic, that this was also turo of
tho stool Industry. In other words
tho basic Industries of America aro
built upon Slavic labor.
As yot tho Slav in America, es
pecially In tho coal Holds, do oh not
npproclnto American citlzonshlp his
Idoal and this Ideas of government
nro not thoso of tho Anglo-Saxon
psopto from which frco Amorlcn
rprtinr. Long musrulcd In his homo
land tho Slav comon hero nnd mis
micro liberty for license It Is not
nltogothor his fault. America linn
mndo no, or at best but u fcoblo at
torapt to teach him. Ho has been Ignor
od as n foreigner nnd treated ton
often with contempt .Instead of
uympnthlc guidance
Tho Slnvs who hnvo como to
America woro to a largo degree brot
hero for Industrial exploitation. Thoy
hnvo been herded into conl camps
and Industrial centers whoro living
conditions hnvo been such ns to
breed distrust, dlagunt nnd dmun
gouoryln thulr ranks. Doing un
educated thoy blindly follow tholr
loaders. Mcny of thorn cannot rend
or wrlto even tholr natlvo tongues.
Thoy nro thus tho Idoal material for
tho Hannel-moutliod socialist agitat
or who abounds In such regions'.
This Is oaslly accounted for from
tho fact Hint tho Slav In his natlvo
land was not a miner, ho was not nn
Industrial workman, but was n farm
er or n Hhoppnrd. Tho congested
llfo of tho city under tho gonorally
prevailing conditions Irked him nud
ho oaslly bocomes dlsHntlnfloil.
Ainorca will novor koIvo its In
dustrial problom until It makes of
thoso Slavs, Amorlcnns, imbued with
tho Ideals of tho found or s of this
nntlon. To that end ovory agency
of government, every offort of liberty
loving Amorlcnna who cherish tho
dealro that this nntlon shall not sink
Into chaos such ns Itussla has ox-
porloncod, must bo marshalled
the fray.
MOM: OP THIS WOULD 1IKLP
On Monday Governor Cox of Ohio
suspended Mnyor l'oormnn of Can
ton from his position because ho
failed to do his duty and keep his
oath of office to enforo tho lnws of,
tho Stnto nnd protect llfo and pro
porty from tho rioting strikers there
That Governor Cox nctcd In this
matter Is subject for congratulation.
If thoro wcro more Governors who
hnd tho nervo to remove dcrollct
minor officials thoro would bo a more
healthful respect for law nnd order
In this lnnd of ours.
You will hnvo to hand It to Miles
Polndoxtor, ho Is not trying to pussy
foot his wny Into tho I'resldcntnl
nomination. Wo hnvo never rated
Miles highly, but our admiration
for him grows ns his Btntcmont Is
rend. This bold Lochlnvnr who
comes from tho West to win tho
Whlto Ilottso may glvo courage to
othor aspirants to stand forth and
show tholr colors.
Miles Polndoxtor apparently cares
not for tho actions of a Itepubttcan
convention ho would wrlto his own
platform. In tho mean tlmo It might
bo ndvlsnblo for Miles to get ready
to subscrlbo to tho Republican plat
form, If that Is tho party ho would
roprcsont.
Mnybo Secretary Lnno Is right nnd
nil this strlko talk Is merely hysteria.
If so tho sooner wo get over it tho
hotter.
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JOHN LANDINQ1IAN
DR. A. R.ROBERTS
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Hetweon Ontnrlo Phuriimcy nml
Depot.
Phono 52
Just n llttlo bard luck kopt the
Ontnrlo High School from complete
ly humbling tho haughty crew from
Nam pa Inst Friday. Hut It wan
Bomo bnttlo tho boys but up nud they
should not fool down honrted. It
takes n gumo crow to sttuid nnd fight
uudor tholr goal posts for forty-five
mlnntorf. No ono knows that bottor
than thoso who hnvo played that
groat old gamo of foot ball, Ontario
Is proud of its team, and tho team
dosorvoH that prldo. The boys hnvo
no reason to foot down heartod, wo
should say not. Just think of tho
fun of playing in such n game It
is worth tho effort.
Wliou tho mothers of tho land road
about tho minora asking for a six
hour day fo,r flvo days por wook
thoy must get envious. And it Is no
wonder. Whnt would thoso minors
have dono If tholr mothers had ask
ed for such n schedule? Yes what
would thoy do NOW If their wives
went on a strike for Hint condition
of labor?
tiii: men cross call
Ono of tho organizations which the
war gnvo occasion for gront growth
nnd usofuluoss was tho Amorlcnn
Itcd Cross, It Is truo that It was
not n war born Institution, Hint (s
not u product of tho Into war, but It
was thru this great strugglo that tho
Institution grow to popularity and
strongth.
Tho American Itod Cross Justltlod
Itsolf thru Its service That Is tho
only message that any organization
nood glvo to merit tho approval of
tho Amorlcan peoplo.
Whllo most of the agencies of re
nor which resiutoa from tho war
hnvo served tholr purpose nnd now
rotlro from tho stngo of public act
tivlty with the rowards duo thorn,
tho Hod Cross must go on. The
rollof of warriors Is but ono of Its act
ivities. It Is a blessed agency of
peace ns woll ns of wur.
Tho -lied Cross lnyn Its honllng
hands wherovor sorrow and dlsaMor
eomlnglo. It is tho first nld to In
Juicd communities. No man knows
whoro its sorvlco will bo needed uext.
Tho perfection of organization In
rollof which tho lied Cross attained
should bo continued for tho bonoflt
of futuro sufforors, for thru this
ngonoy wo will nlwnyti know that
what is given for relief will bo ubly
administered.
And then tho war work of tho Red
Cross requires that ult Its bills bo
paid nnd Its war work property clos
ed, Tho Amorlcan peoplo have had
their hand at tho plow far two years
or moro. They nro proud of
our stato'ti record, n record In which
Mainour county, nnd ovo-" com
munity In tho county has an envi
able share Not tho least of that
prldo comes from the work of tho
country's Hod Cross Chapters and
auxiliaries. 'That record will ro
main unsullied, for in the Third An-
nual 1rtll ..fill IfillimiM .,..... ...Ill
.MI .. VMI .,IIUUI VUVl.lt "!! I
stand forth nlid bo counted, as in tho .
past n iuu por cent American community.
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