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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1923)
THE W E S ' Friday, July 13, 1923 AMERI CAN AN INDUSTRIAL Portland to Seaside AND HOW FT TOURIST GUIDE Leaving Portland get an early morning start. First stop at Hurlhigton, H. K. Hadley'a Htoro, where cun bo secured a new stt)»ply of guu ami olla for Uic ear. Also while waiting, the other members of the auto party can get »oft drink», cookie« and other «up- plie« for lunch. SC A P P O SE " Next town Si-apiKiose. Information from here latef.) ST. HELENS Next i« Nt. Helens. .Inst a turn off the Highway to the right toward theToWti»ite and you will find E, H. Flagg, editor, who can give any information desired. DEER ISLA N D Next i» Deer Island. (Information later.) G O BLE ~— - Next is Oohle, approaching whieh yoti will find eouie to a gantge where any service desired may be stx'tlrod. A R A IN IE R HALFW AX Ncarly halfway between Rainier and (Jhitskanie you will find a »tore on your right that is nil right.' If you have time for the kiddies to exercise a little while, hero is the place to stop.’ You can entertain yourself with small purchases while waiting for a fresh start. v C L A T SK A N IE » If evening catches you here, be sure nud call in ut the Peoples Theatre«»— ----- ------ ------------------- r Westport is next, the mill town of the \Vcsti>ort Lumber fV>. Watch to sec if a ball game is in prog ress. It would he worth watching. A> W A U N A (3 M iles) Wanna, one mile off the Highway. Knappn is a milt; from the Highway, but fts you near the cross roads you will come to the Columbia Pa- villiou, where refreshments and* telephone service, local or long distance, may be secured. SVENSEN Svenuen is a half mile tiff the Highway, hut at the intersectioirof the County and State Highways is a «tor#. x A S T O R IA (12 M iles) WARRENTON (8 Miles) I . Stop at Burnett’s opposite the Depot. (Other places to be listed later.) • SEASIDE (12 M iles) * effect ea It tied «Win* November and December before St made It. We immediately called our working force together h*tin Thla time we told them that wfcta we preaented the profit-alierlhg »f«|oelllon there waa ‘only a little M n lh l of them, and It „ „ ^ * to #pprosi. . . Hot breed dally et 4 P. M. la natrici Onr work can be ¿apandad mpqn Blue Stem Health Bread Co. COn. N IN T H and O A K — T W O « T O R U — CON. IIO K T M Cerner Freni and Mayrtsen Sta. Phene Mgtn ESSI COUCH P O R TL A N D , O M IO O N AMES GROCERY GROCERIES - R R A M « FRUIT« T M UTARLI* 8766 E n g lu n d & 144« K. Cilena SL H enderson T A IL O R S C«r* W A R mataly whet eéeSone waa producing CRESTON OARAGE WM„. j,ut that al.ee our work.ng Ui fore* had IncrMaad to over 490. and w* were producing a little better thaw 3. E. Corner Sixth and Pine Portland, Ore. a suit of doth«« every two mlnnte*. and especially On account of the un- «teto- aetUod condition of tho woolen and textile markets. «1 that tlma. It waa » • • $ !• $ N e w S p r in g G o o d s a t I*« not possible tor to tell with any W # are qow stocked techad w with ith a ^ M o ^ a ts line OfWeai Roams ■ Sad • degree of accuracy what «acta one was C loths M e. to 54c pte yard—See oar Lin-Weave# tai floe' e tt e ■ ? producing sack #e*k, or what the R ae.: « n t TIM R B. __________ - . _ joes. 4* lachee «M e and fwntoed IBS Une*, price 19« to P ortland. Orsgow par yard—W* pay all poeta**—Otro ue * trial order. coat of a garment would be before It was made. Wa ngRa laid before tha«* MORGAN DRY GOODS STORE When* SEItwead MM the profit-sharing basis of arriving at a Just wage, and told them that w* Anew of no other way to solve the problem. This Uni they voted unanl- moualy to adopt t*H system. Mg Strike la Qn Mow RfrM n Is Made At tho lime we made thla deal Ike By the plan prmeoted to them the big atrlke of clothing worker* of Cln- profits ware to be divided among them rtnnatl wwe going on. Aa thero urare on the M ali araftrte* earned. (Wide many other clothing factorlea In the each year. I did tot know, nor had I 11« • lo t building wtb aa. the entire ball- thought, of say dher basis of divi at the • . ding waa enrrounded by pickets dbr- sion. and 1 think probably no other 1 Ing thla period. The ftrat week of bails bad occurred to tbe employes 1 the atrtke our help were literally forc- when they accepted thla one. But i ed to fight their way through the pic when they got back out Into the work want* you to see the new spring ket llnea; after the flrat week, for rooms. the Oolden kule began to work eome reaeon not explained to aa. onr. In thalr minds. Imagine my toellngs help were practically nnmoleated and when a few days later the following Street Sido were even treated with courtesy by petition wks laid to my desk: lb* pickets. R e a lisin g that T h * A. Nnah C om p a n y te Portland, Oregon u sin g e v e r y e ffo rt la he truly Just e n d The first of July.t Itlt, we moved ■tenim-rallc. a and reepalng that In m a k in g Into our new quarter^ which con th e final adJuaUMto o f w a g es on the p r o fit-s h a r in g h o s t s » v sry hirg# s h a re of •JC. TH0RK8EK C. THORE8EH C. THORRSRW C. tained about seven times the floor th is final p o yro sn t. as a t preeent Intend ed. ld g o t o th«W m aking b ig w a g es, space that we had occupied In the a n d w h ou ea rtily agreeing w ith tha m a n a g e * Power Building. The strike In the m en t that It la n o T j...t that th e H o n s sh a re o f th s p rofits should g o t o a n y l a - I market had not been officially declar d ivid u a l o r sm all to u ip o f Individuate, ( r. th e understood* an o f-.w h o m a re I ed off. We called our little group d w ra w in g a w esh ty wage o f o v e r alsty , of Workers together and talked over d olla rs, d ■ o - h e re b y petition rtifion tr th e -------- m anage- - Mint C om p any to d e m ent o f T h e A. with them the condition of hnte and trib u te th e w o r k « » s h a ré re o f p ro n te , . A large agaortaent to select strlfa In the market and told them w h ich la t o he dIMmatted* J uly 1. IM *. on th s Itasi» o f tim e worked Instead o f on from and capable salesmen to that we -had borrowed $ 60 . 00 « to make kelp yon. * tlrla move, had.jdpne ao on account of our ronfdence In them, end that on account of condition* In the markeT Ing w ith th s t e n t o f o u r C om p a n y THR in* su re tht» will ho a p p re cia te d b we did not want to run general adver Ihs help. (S igned by IT p e rso n s.) tisement» for help (o fill our new fac What Petition Meant , tory. We asked them to bring In Let me Impress on your minds Just their friends and train them to do the US t ilth A t»«* what that petition meant In our fac aame work that they were doing, and Clothier* HaherS setter» Tallare tory. The skilled labor, like the In Increasing our working force 600 per cent end our production over 1000 cutters and rff-pressers who were PHONE SELLWOOD 1069 per cent we never hand a tingle ad making from $76.90 to $90.00 per affected by thet atrlke than we were week, signed a petition that their vertisement. when the laborers went-on a.non-yrc-j poorest paid fellow-worker should re Proctam Golden Rale ductlva strike, because in applying th «• V ^ ' * . , • • 'j ceive the seme dividend that they did. When we flrat called our people to In onr place we have some old ladies Oolden Rule, dealing Justly wth the gether anil talked over the coaditln who are past the age of learning to public, we had won their confidence in A R E YOU BUYING YOU R MILK AND CREAM In tlie Industry and proclaimed the rnn machines er doing skilled opera- the same way we had won the confi FROM THE RIGHT D A IRY? our employes. Oolden Rule ea our governing law, we dons, whom we keep to help them dence (To Be Continued Next Issue) had a picture of a profit-sharing sys feel that they tore tome degree of in tem of paying wages, which we sub dependence In life Besides these Raw. and Pasteurised mitted to that little gronp. Their there are the beginners who on ac MILK AND CREAM confidence In tha management was count of their lack of experience are such that tbay said they did not want not ^ drawing largo wage* If the (Dedicated to my Beloved Grandson, that system, as they would rather We deliver to both the dividend had been made aa originally David F.ngene Leeke) have their pay each week, and were East end West Sides Intended the highly paid workers By e . L. LOCKE i willing to leave U to the manage would have gotten six or seven times Grandad: tell me What’s lugi light ment to rigure out what could be paid at much as these old ladies and the Shining so bright on yonder hill, In a weekly wage. During the In beginners who really needed it. Scattering the gloom of night. , crease of production and on account When the dividend waa made in ac Far-reaching, flashing, never still? of the wonderful loyalty shown by cordance with this petition every one ■>ur workers we made' several in who put In the full1 alx months re That, my son. Is the FIERY CROSS, 926 Tacoma Ave. creases in wages during 1919.. Each ■ ceived $91.80 si hla share of the divi Fair emblem of the KU KLUX KLAN. Increase was based oh a certain In dend. or a little over $2.60 for each- Ite flames must purge the papal droaa crease In production which had been W E SOLICIT BOTH W HOLESALE AND RETAIL week's work. If you could have seen From every hamlet in our land. prevously announced to them. the faces of the old ladles and kegin- Marvelous Net Profit ner* when they rseelved the amount, Grandad, tell me: what la this dross.) When we took our Inventory at the perhaps more nftuey than some of Which loyal men are ont to fight? end of 1919 we found that in spite of tnem ever had In their life, you woula Is It anything like “ heathen" Joss these Increases In wages and the have known that th* highly paid mem The Chinese burn when In a fright? enormous expense of moving and set bers of the grtop were duty rewarded ting up our entUrc plant, we had mad< for their Christian act No, my eon. papal dross Is worse a net profit of $41.000 on an invest Hpw (• • U tlT ik Works, Than aught the Chinese ever knew. ment of $60,000. The actual condi Now let ns study for a moment tbe For years It was onr nation's curse; tion at that time was that we were question of the Increasing volume of It sears and ollghta the whole world paying bigger wages, selling our prod business during this period of stagna - through. uct for lea* money and making a tion and price cutting. When we de- by order of Pope Pius X. Is a booklet of $4 'pages which gives the^ greater priXIt than any of our asso- elded to make the Oolden Rule our But since the FieJfe Croat waa raised. reader a clearer understanding'of tbe attitude of the Roman Catholic , i ’ ¡elates n business. governing law It wee Impressed upon Flashing Its light throughout the land'. Church than any like publication ever put out. Price-.............. .... 19c A» soon a» our Inventory was com overy mind thst doing to others as we We've got the papal agentp eraxed. pleted and the figures verified wo Im- would he done by. did not simply "Extract from the Moral Theology of Ute Saint Alpbonta* Marin De. For light-of truth they cannot stand. ! mediately went before our worker* mean employer and employe, but Lignin," an expose of the questions naked by priests in tho auricular j with them. We felt greatly chagrln- meant aach customer on our books as Grandad, when I'm a grown np man. confession. Price ----------- —---------——•— —— -------------------25« i or!, because It !■ our belief that thla well: It meant that every garment We I’ll work and nave to get the “ Un," * *l , ■ ' * ' ?*M | la an unjustifiable profit to make from sold must be of a standard that we So you can Join the Ku Klux Klan, "Popery ns It Was and aa It Is," by William Hogan. Although born •the labor of othera; we frankly told would he willing to accept, and sold Then I know they'll let ME in. In Ireland and educated and ordained to the priesthood, no one who our worker* so; that thla statement at a price that We would be willing must go to the government and.« large to pay If wc wore In the customer's reads this book can deny that William Hogan was Intensely American. • All right, my son, we'll shake on that, share-of thle mftney be paid In Income place: It meant that w* all saw be or than he wrote a forceful arraignment of Romanism. Price----- 26c Tho' years must pass before you oen and exerts profit tax, and we Imme hind each order a fellow human being ;.C - / - v As a grown up man. go to the bat diately put Into effect another In whom we wanted to deal with as we "The Horrible Fate of Vlltor Lamar" (200 copies left). Price----- 10c And knock a homer for the Klan. crease In wages In our factory. .This wttuld want to be dealt with, ft waa increase ranged from 10 to 20 per an honest effort at applying the Gold TheTaly KAII,SPLITTER (fence 5 cents) will arrive to Portland j Stitt. I may live to see the day* cent. in Rule that fixed our prices during When you, my boy. w(ll be a man; about July 6 and will be on sale on the street, or writ* Confer With Worker* the 1919 and earls 1990 orgy hfeh And If I do. I'll surety pray Now. cofulder this fact: at the end prices and r*-ofltoeMng. That we can Join the Ku Klux Klan. The long suffering public waa con- of February, 192«. we attain went Into Kokomo Klan, Realm of Indiana, lx our coat of manufacturing fo f the mlous of Utesc Meta, and white others actively aiding a drive for the purpose were losing (he confidence of the pub months of January and fehrudry And Box 46. in la n d . Phone TADor 1667 found It had not coat ua quite ah much lic we were gainl«* n. so that when of securing a fund of $160.000 for the per aut to manufacture during thosa the time came that tka public went on iqrecUon of a Protestant hospital In two months with this new increase in a non-buying strllM ure warn no more that city. DírríucH m J. H. Rankin Co. Bungalow Market In Yamhill Public Market N. E. Corner Second and Taahfl S u its, I O v e r c o a ts , THOEESRtS H a ts, F u rn ish in gs J. H. Rankin Co. aj M IL K T h e F iery C ross “MAKING AMERICA CATHOLIC” ¿ \ ■> Follow the trail. You cannot go wrong since the fire. Stop at Thiel Brothers at 535 Exchange for any in- fonntaion desired. Jf one of Thiel Brothers cannot tell you, then no one can. ’ no Patent White W IL L S B U R G D A IR Y KNAPPA * Wa tue rJ W E S T P O R T (lO M iles) .... * MAURO TIRE ft REPAIR CO. HEALTH BREAD The Particular Market forfxrtkabr People Next is Rainier, where tin* first garage you come to is ready to serve. This is an ideal place for .lunch. This is also the crossing place by ferry to Kelso. Barber shop sendee while waiting. Inquire for R. II. Tower’« place. On leaving Rainier out on the Highway on ytmr right is a confectionery store to get supplies for your needs. Eighteen miles to next town. * -wr;' Wr at that lima occupied a hail floor In what la known aa tha Power Bull«* Inc In Cincinnati, a buldng largely oc cupied by v plolhlng manufacturer«, from the day that we decided on thla . policy both our production and vol- ■ i eat a. n l k n a l n a u a Im e n t i I K ( N C r o t l a n urne of bualneee beami to tncreaae. On. block front *• we. large wholeaale whlekey an«f dlatlll- Ing company, occupying a bulldlu* of el* atorlae and a baaament. On ac count of condition« that you will nil understand, they were anxious to dls- pose of thalr last« and give posses- •Ion Inly 1. t ill. We want to our banker, and gat» thorn an onUlna of our condition, and of the opportunity wo had to get thla building. eaUmaUng that It would ne- caeeilate a loan of $60.000 to make the move and equip the new building to take care of our busloeaa. The banker« agreed to give ue the credit and we took on the new propoaltlon. Whela Wheal COORTIAR C U F IC I RATEO« Acting in Harmony with G od’ s Law A ldsys Produce« Miracle«, and Here'« P roof o f II, for tht Especial Benefit o f Hard-Headed Business Men • and A ll W orking People. (Continuisi from last week) B U R LIN G TO N CLE ENED « 4 - em Mine Stem 1M fa r Caaf , After a look at the ocean call in and rest yourself while watching a picture at the Peoples Theatre, where you will lx* met by Ocorgc Caldwell, the genial proprietor. Of RAY BELLAMY, Distributor