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NATION MUST HAVE INDUSTRIAL
PEACE.
In his address to the American Fed
eration of. Labor President Wilson
made this significant statement:
"If we are true friends of freedom,
we will eee that the power of this
country and the producing activity of
the country shall be raised to the high
est degree and nobody should be al
lowed to aland in the way."
Further on In his address, the Presi
dent interpreted his statement He
said:
"Nobody must interrupt the progress
of our energy if Interruption can be
avoided without invasion of freedom.
Nobody has the right to stop the pro
cesses of labor unless all processes
of counsel have atopped."
The addressing himself directly to
the delegates in the convention, the
president gave further interpretation
of his meaning as follows:
: ;i might as well say right here that
I am not talking to you (labor men)
alone. You do some things to stop the
forces of labor. But there are others
who do the same thing." j
A further interpretation was given (
by the president when he said: j
"A settlement is hard to avoid when
parties are brought face to face. We
must insist In every instance the par
ties must come into each other's pres
ence." It is a formal request from the pres
ident to employers to come into the
presence of their workers and for
workers to come into the presence of
their employers so they may take coun
sel together.
It means that the employers of
America are expected for the period of
the war to meet their men. to negoti
ate with them when necessary, and
to use every endeavor to promote in
dustrial peace, and that strikes are a
form of industrial militarism to be
avoided.
CHANGES IN BASEBALL.
The baseball world Is feeling the
strain of the war situation. It is pre
dicted that the magnates of the vari
ous leagues will make Important
changes when they hold their winter
meetings. Suggestions of shorter sea
sons are prominent also curtailment
of the number of players each team
can carry, elimination of expensive
training camp trips, etc.
Baseball like many other features
of American We, has got along in an
extravagant way. The major leagues
Btart early in spring and keep at it
well into the fall. It Is a mystery
how they can make these long seasons
pay. If a team falls a little behind, it
will draw no more of a crowd In a big
city than some crack local team will
draw in a small town. It It looks like
rain or the wind is cold the crowd will
drop way down.
The fans demand the best of talent,
and competition is so keen that the
teams pay enormous prices for favor
ite players. It Is a very difficult bus
iness proposition now to run a ball
team. The American public has be
come, -jo critical, and if a player
makes a few excusable errors the fans
curse the team and won't attend the
games.
As a consequence, many towns that
used to run semi-professional teams
can't finance them now, and there is
no baseball except what is played by
shop teams and high schools.
It would seem good business judg
ment for the big leagues to concen
trate to a shorter season. People
could bet just as much sport by at-,
tending these frequently during ths
shorter season, and the cost would be j
less. In the smal ltowns a good artl- j
cle of baseball can be had for a short
season whenever the fans get to the
point that they will support such a
team es the town can afford, and not
expect a bunch of major leaguers.
BETTER FIRE INSPECTION.
Alarmed at the friehtful 'vaste of
property in fire-., many communities I
are taking ho! 1 of fire prevention
with much enthusiasm. It is work
that Is needed in Oregon City. Most
of our fires have been lu the prevent
able class.
Columbia, Mo., a town of 10,000 pe
pie, lost $177,000 worth of property in
one year's fires. Stirred to action by
tills serious depletion of their resourc
es, they started a fire prevention cam
paign. Buildings were thoroughly ex
amined, rubbish removed and educa
tional work conducted. Next year the
lire loss was reduced to 120,001), and
the next year to 12,000.
In one way Insurance is a misfor
tune. People feel that as they can
protect themselves from serious loss,
therefore they do not need to take
pains aganist fire. The result is that
everyone is careless. If we don't pay
insurance ourselves, we pay costs of
doing business in which insurance is
a sizable item.
In communities that take, this up in
earnest, no perfunctory examination
is made. The inspector complains of
rubbish accumulation, talks to .house
wives about careless use of gasoline,
' rebukes householders for allowing
chimneys to get filled up with soot
and for using flues that are defective.
Overheated stoves and furnaces are
a fruitful source of fires. Many peo
ple dispose of rubbish by burning it
in the house at this time of year. The
smokepipe may have rotted out in
summer, allowing sparks and flame to
go onto the woodwork. The first kind
ling of the fall fires Is a time that
firemen dread. It costs but little to
educate public sentiment, and it saves
a great deal Unfortunately there are
some people who won't remove hazard
ous conditions unless actually prosecuted.
Every Friday.
Editor and Publisher.
Postofficti a econdlass matter.
FIRST WEEKS IN THE AIMY.
As the soldiers return home for
short visits or see their friends at the
camps, they are telling a mighty inter
esting story of their first weeks of
training. It Isa revelation to many
; men who formerly were used to home
comforts.
The first days seems pretty rough
to many of them. Their mothers or
wives had fixed un comforts for their
j clothing and toilet They were not
allowed to keep many of them. It is
the principle of the new army that
all the men are to be equipped alike.
It is not wished that some have luxur
ies not enjoyed by others.
When a man has been used to home
cooking, comfortable or luxurious
rooms, and many little conveniences,
it goes a bit hard to come down to the
bare necessities of army living.
Then they had to march and march
and go through laborious and harden
ing exercises, their muscles ached all
over, and their feet burned. But grad
ually they got the contagious enthus
iasm of the fellows around them. Then
they began to feel ashamed because
they got fatigued so easily. Day by
day the fresh air and hearty eating
braced them up and they felt able to
perform stunts that would have pros
trated them six weeks before. Fellows
that used to drink regularly learned
the advantage of temperance. Lazy
men are finding out the benefits of
active exercise. Indoor workers now
know what a tonic the open air Is.
When parents and friends come
around to visit they hardly know the
boy. He has a clearer eye, a more
erect carriage, a firmer step. If he
had too much flesh it is gone. There
is no doubt that army life is working
wonders for the boys, and it will make
them able to endure hardships that
they could never have stood before.
OUR RUDDERLESS SHIPPING
BOARD.
The Shipping Board was established
by law In September, 1916. Its mem
bers were not selected, however, un
til well along Into the winter of 1917.
Several -months were next spent in
the development and the pacification
of the Denman-Goethals controversy;
and now comes news of another shake
up In the personnel of the board. From
the outset of the war the one thing
that has been dinned into American
ears has been the cry for ships. As
Lloyd George long ago expressed it,
the Allies, to win the war, must have
"Ships, ships, and then more ships."
It is to the credit of American enter
prise that we have made a fine re
sponse to this cry but it has not been
made through the medium of the Ship
ping Board. It has been through the
activities of private shipyards, which
have been speeded up in the face of
tremendous obstacles due to labor
troubles, to transportation troubles,
to the increasing cost of materials, and
to a dozen other items of difficulty.
The Shipping Board, with hundreds
of millions at Its disposal has been
able apparently, to produce nothing
but delay and dissension. The newest
alignment as announced from Wash
ington promises great things but
Washington is in the habit of promis
ing great things. What is needed is
a little more performance.
NO VACANCY FOR T. R.
Apparently Col. Roosevelt isn't
wanted any place In our war against
Gen'ny. His offer to raise a volun
teer division to go to France at a time
when there was great need of some
act that would encourage the French
nation, was rejected. He was not
wanted on the firing line, and he has
been invited to take no part In the
preparations at home. Even the sug
gestion that he be made a member of j
the delegation to the Allied confer
ence was apparently displeasing to the
administration. What bhould we do
with our ex-presidents. Ignore them?
SPUDS GALORE.
The Official Bulletin of Nov. 9 con
tains the information that the Ameri
can potato crop of 1917 will amount to
"153,000,000,000 bushels." Assuming
that somebody "elaborated" the fig
ures by adding threa ciphers, and that
the quantity should be in millions in
stead of billions, still the total Indi
cates that there will be an adequate
supply of this common food. There Is
every reason to believe that the con
servation movement can be helped by
eating potatoes liberally and saving on
some other foods.
TEASING TUMULTY.
Someone has been peddling the
ridiculous btory that Joseph P. Tumul
ty, Secretary to the President, has
been found to be a spy and has been
confined in a military prison. Mr.
Tumulty is righteously and rightly In
dignant; and the secret service is try
ing to find out who started the story.
It will probably remain one of those
things which Lord Dundreary used to
classify as such that "no feller can
find out."
WITHOUT ENCOUI AGEMENT.
The Navy league, from which Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels refused to
receive any more donations, is sup
plying from 10,000 to 15,000 articles
per week to the soldiers and sailors.
These are sweaters, mufflers, wrist
lets, socks, etc. It would be interest
ing to Bee what the League would be
able to do if it had the encouragement
of the Secretary of the Navy.
DAD DIDN'T GO OUT.
fly John Wesley.
My dad ho eats at Hotel Me Swan,
And you ought to hear him Carry-on;
And ma Is gettlug mtgljty sore,
'Cause dad don't eat at home no more.
There Is ham and eggs and hot cakes,
too,
1 And now and then a chicken stew;
1 Ties and cakes, all kinds of moat,
1 And what Is moreall you cau eat.
Now dad is rather tall and thin,
j Hut now he's getting a double chin.
He eats so much pie ana steals,
That when he walks hta cheeks they
shake.
No wonder the boys groan and guy
And hiss like geese when dad goes by.
But I've come to think the biggest rub
Is because Mr. Mack don't buy their
grub.
Now dad he rather begins to quake.
He's afraid the strike is going to
break;
Then there will be an awful squeal
When he comes home to get his meal.
JUDGE D1MI
FORY. M. C. A.
One of the most successful enter
tainments ever given at the Mount
Pleasant schoolhouse was on Wednes
day evening of this week, when the
ParenUTeacher association, assisted
by the students of the Mount Pleasant
school gave a basket social. The af
fair was tor the benefit of the Y. M. C.
A. During the evening Rev. W. T.
Milllien, of this city, gave an appro
priate address as to what the T. M. C.
A. was accomplishing in the camps of
our soldiers. Grant B. Dimick. who
has won a reputation throughout
Clackamas county as the most succes
tul auctioneer of baskets, was ap
pointed for that position for the even
ing. The way that Judge Dimick sold
these baskets would make the old
time auctioneer "sit up and take no
tice." Many a young man was made
to part with his money for the good
of the cause. With his "sing song"
spiel, and his numerous and witty
rhymes he not only brought forth the
silver dollars but laughter as veil. He
kept the audience in good humor un
til their money was gone, and then
well it was for a good cause, and no
one regretted in spending the money
for these baskets. One of the highest
prices brought for the baskets was
$5.50. This was in the case of com
petition of two young men, whose
"lady friends" are considered among
the best cooks of Mount Pleasant, and
they knew these basket contained
many delicious things. When the
$5.50 was bidden, they both thought it
time to stop. By this time Judge was
almost out of breath 'with his spieling,
and he was puffing like a steam engine
and was glad to pass the basket over
to the winner of the prize.
The proceeds of the sale amounted
to $40.10, and will be turned over to
the Y. M. C. A. fund.
Miss Gladys McDowell favored the
audience with a vocal selection.
Refreshments were served during
the evening.
The teachers, Mrs. W. A. Barnum,
Miss Thompson, Miss Anna Erickson,
composed the committee in giving the
entertainment
The decorations of the room were
of flags and chrysanthemums.
Ei
A. A. Shields, who is connected
with the Hub Barber shop on Sixth
and Main streets, has played the part
of the good samaritan, and his kind
act towards the relief of pigeons has
been highly commended by the mem
bers of the Clackamas County Humane
society. Three weeks ago Mr. Shields
was passing along Main street near
the corner of L. Adams department
store, when he spied a helpless pigeon
lying In the street with both legs
broken, and half starved. The injured
bird had fallen from the top of the
building, which has been the roosting
place and headquarters for several
hundred pigeons. The bird was picked
up and carried to the barber shop,
where it was given attention. The
broken legs were set In splints. The
bird has been making its home at the
rear of the barber shop since picked
up on the street. It has been given its
regular meals, and always knew Just
when the "feeding time" had arrived.
The bird would fly on Shields' shoul
ders as he approached it. On Wed
nesday, the bird having recovered the
use of its legs, the good samaritan de
cided to let "Helen" go her way and
Join her feathered flock, so she was
taken to Main street, and placed on
the sidewalk. She glanced at one side
of the street and then the other, and
even skyward, but the clouds looked
heavy, the atmosphere somewhat pen
etrating, and the absence of the feath
ered flock to which she belonged be
fore being injured, and she immediate
ly returned to the interior of the bar
ber shop as fast as her little legs
would take her. She has refused now
to leave the shop, and he has about de
cided to adopt Helen and take her to
his home at Bolton.
J. E. Morgan, whose store is located
on Seventh street near the Southern
Pacific depot, has also done his "bit"
toward feeding these birds. Mr. Mor
gan stated that since entering busi
ness at this location which was three
years ago, the number of these birds
have been doubled, and are now about
300 calling at his store each morning
to feed on the wheat that is thrown
by him each morninig. The birds
congregate in front of his store at 10
o'clock each morning waiting for their
dally meal.
'Fifty Years aJW-WMW '
hfty Years An mmmm
Taker From Oregon City Enttrprlte,
November 23, 1367.
Last Note of Menabr The London
Times editorially comment on the
last note of Mcnahra. and declares
the abolition of the Pope's temporal
power is essential to the preservation
of peace and culls Italy's ultimatum
citizenship.
French Troop The French troop
Are preparing to ro Into winter quar
ters at Civlta Vocchta. General Dun
nes Is appointed to succeed Marshal
McMahon as governor-general of Al
geria. Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius
Is In a terrific state of eruption. The
surrounding earth has n tremendous
motion and lava is pouring out of the
sides of the mountain from new cra
ters. Lincoln Estate Judge Davis, ad
ministrator of Lincoln's estate has
made a final settlement After paying
all debts there remains ft 10,000, one
third of which goes to Mrs. Lincoln.
Iron Work Stop The great Iron
works at Blaenan, In the South Wales
district, are stopped, and 9.000 per
sona are said to be thrown out of em
ployment. Suffrage Defeated The Republi
cans of Minnesota have conceded the
defeat of the suffrase amendment by
a close vote. The remote counties
gave Immensely hirse majorities
against the amendment.
Almost A Fire On Monday evening
at' about 6 o'clock, the alarm of fire
was raised, and people rushed en
masse. with buskets, to the scene of
the conflagration. Dr. Barclay' res
idence. Fortunately it was only a
chimney on fire, and no damage was
done.
Catting at Oswego On Wednesday
last, the Iron works at Oswego tried
the plan of Casting from the furnace,
which was successful. It was proven
beyond a doubt, by this effort, that
all kinds of hollow-ware, stoves, etc,
as well as machinery, may be made
in Oswego from the blast furnace '
equally as well as from the Cupola
of Portland works.
French Troop Previous to the de
parture of the French troops from
Rome, the Pope received the staff of
ficers at the Vatican and addressed
them in a feeling manner, expressing
gratitude to France and the Ktiieror
for deliverance of the Holy See. He
was grieved that Italy harbors an
archists against Rome. The banners
were inscribed with rapine and de
vastation. The valor of the Pontltl
clal troops, which so successfully de
fended the soil of the church and of
the French army, are crowned with
splendid honors. The Pope concluded
by saying he had the consolation of
receiving the sincere expressions of
Catholic sympathy from all purt of
the world. He.then gave the Apostolic
blessing to the armies and people and
Emperor of France.
I PRO-GERMAN AGITATORS ACTIVE jj
Hood River Correspondent Deplores the
Work of Secret Agents.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Nov. 21. (Edi
tor of the Enterprise.) I wa at the
Lyle boat landing Saturday when I
overheard the words "something
wrong," and observed a rather nervous
appearing man In a plain brown suit
conversing with a man who was obvi
ously a German and pleased with the
expostulations of his garrulous friend.
It soon became evident that the
nervous man was making strenuous
efforts to expose what be termed graft
to the German, who smiled at a sneer
ing remark about commlsslonel offic
ers and their salaries, "while we can
stay here and work." The man In
brown, said he had been in the Philip
pines and had been "wounded here,
and here, and here," pointing to his
stomach, arm, and face. "The rich
man's son gets a pension. I cannot
although I have tried several times."
Speaking of owners of mills and
yards making applications for labor
through a board of transportation, he
said: "You can ship from Chicago,
say for ten balls, or say you can ship
from New York for ten balls. Two
balls are collected by the railroad
magnate and divided equally, we will
say, between the magnate and his
agent without regard to distance." He
continued, showing conclusively that
It was to the advantage of the mag
nate and his agent to furnish unreli
able, and incompetent workmen, as
the greater the number of this class
sent traveling abouTT the better for
the magnate, the agent and the rail
road company. The latter receiving
of course the greatest benefit.
I listened for suggestions to correct,
or even alleviate this evil. None
came. The man seemed rather to be
gloating his Imagination upon condi
tions that offered enormous opportun
ity to the furtherance of some project
under consideration; the advantage of
travel probably, and the deception
practiced. At least this was my con
clusion and I will leave the proof of
its substantiation to your Judgment in
relating the fact that the man acknow
ledged in a lower tone (to the Ger
man) that he had been sent some
where (I could not hear the word) and
-was offered ten dollars per day. His
tone was too slow to be distinctly aud
ible during this part of the conversa
tion, but I heard him say distinctly a
moment later, "I did not want the
work." The German seemed greatly
pleased,
I was positively aware by this time
that there certainly Is- something
wrong, or this man would not be stand
ing, unhandcuffed on the. dock at Lyle,
making sneering remarks about Amer
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FORECASTS ELECTION
OREGON CITY, Nov. 23 (Editor
of, the Enterprise!--With your per
mission I would like to answer Mrs.
Brown' criticism of the union and
their followers. No offense Is meant
to Mrs. Brown, but In my opinion she
has been sadly misinformed. She says
the definition In the dictionary for
scab is a callous over an old gore.
I can give her a tew definition not
found in the dictionary:
1. A scab Is a traitor to hi follow
men.
3. A scab Is a man who can not
withstand the flattery of McBaln and
eats out of hi hand on the hotel de
Swan.
A real man Is never a scab.
Mr. Brown say years ago unions
were unknown, a they are now. Tho
tiny of the civil war, price were
high, and labor cheap.
Now that we have tho unions to
help us, perhaps labor and price will
compare a little better. In fact they
would have been bettor oft If there
had been a few union In those day.
In reference to the $6 a day men, they
think ot some one beside themselves.
They try to see the f 2.90 per day men
get, a square deal. One of America'
most noted writer say respect comes
before love. And will you tell me
how a woman can love her husbnnd,
when she knows he Is looked upon as
a scab by his fellow working-man.
As far as Hartwlg's concerned he la
a member ot the draft board, also ot
the state mediation and conciliation
board. Mrs. Brown refer to Mr. Hart
wig as an agitator. It' no disgrace to
agitate for better working condition.
Christ was an agitator.
As tar as the women picketing on
the bridge, this fight concern the wo
men. They ought to be Interested.
Also the government ask u to help
win the war across the sea. We In
tend to help win this little fight tor
democracy at home.
These union men are respectable
American citizen and do not require
state deputies to keep them in order.
This I a disgrace to the homeowner
and citizen of Oregon City.
There' an election coming oft by
and by and the vt.er will remember.
MRS. C. SINCLAIR.
ENLISTED MEN
MUST NOT WEAR
SMART LEGGINS
CAMP LEWIS. American Lake, Wn.,
Nov. 26. Enlisted men of all grade
have been prohibited from wearing
loather legging and spiral puttee In
an order Issued here. Many enlisted
men in the medical corps and some ot
the other branches of the service have
worn leather leggings and spiral put
tees, and It wa found difficult to dis
tinguish them from officer, by re
cruits, and the order was the result
ican officers; declaring without prov
ing injustice ot pension assignments,
and gloating upon the deception in
labor navigation, which I believe he
gave evidence of being himself a part
The good natured looking German
could tell you more about it than I
can If it were his pleasure to do so.
I do not mean to convoy a reproach
upon German American citizens. Or
dinarily the German element Is too in
telligent to be unappreclative ot Amer
ican advantages; nor abusive to Amer
ican privileges. The German by birth,
with relatives In Germany bears a
heavy burden. He needs our support
and sympathy, that we may work to
gether In correcting existing evils, by
means of united efforts in the evolut
lng processes of democracy; and not
the rault finding demoralizing Influ
ence of a traveling demagogue.
Something Is wrong when such agi
tators can be transferred from place
to place, with little or no expense to
themselves, under pretense of accept
ing positions, which they immediately
turn down, and go about their Infam
ous business of unprincipled agita
tion. Their actual motive for travel
obviously being that of scattering dis
content and sedition in easy soil,
where It may develop Into demoraliza
tion of American citizenship.
What can be done with this trouble
some element? Any loyal citlzon
would be ashamed to suggest per
mitting it with guns to defend Ameri
can honor. Even if there were the
sllghtese danger of willing compli
ance, our fighting forces must not, if
preventable, be poluted by the odious
efforvencence of the ghastly carcass
of disloyalty. .
Yes, there is something wrong, and
there will be something wrong until
certain characters are properly appre
hended, and these men given free
transportation to free institutions,
where clean food, clean beds and last
but not least, good wholesome litera
ture Is provided. Manual labor might
stimulate tardy brains to a sense of
moral obligation; and solitude might
create reflections of privileges vio
lated, truth perverted and liberty Just
ly forfeited.
if there is graft in lahor transpor
tation, men who are worthy of the
name are ready to propose means of
prohibiting it, if possible, and are not
found going about the country exultr
lng over it to German sympathizers, It
is evident something should be done
before America approaches even a
semblance of Russian demoralization.
MINNIE J. VONDERAHE.
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Opponent of County Agent Plan Says
Grange Heads Express His Sentiments
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OREGON CITY, Nov. 23. (Editor
of the Enterprise.)--Inclosed please
find clipping from tho National Grange
Monthly, published at Springfield.
Mass. It probably represent the
thought ot more real farmer than any
other publication in the United State.
It I edited by Oliver Wllaon, master
ot the National grunge, Peoria, III.;
F. C. Atkeson, Buffalo, W. Va.; John
C. Ketchum, Hastings, Mich.
"Time to Speak," I an editorial.
"What the Farmer Noed" is from
Secretary John A. McSparran, chair
man ot the legislative committee ot
the national grange.
These two clipping exactly express
my sentiments ami all I have been
trying to do In this county la "To Prick
the Bubble.". . A. J. LEWIS.
TIME TO SPEAK.
Surely It U time tor the organised
farmer ot the land to give utterance
to their protest against the further
handing out ot advice, from every
class and profession under the sun,
which they are expected to respectful
ly receive and then faithfully follow.
The farmer ha borne a good deal In
his day and ha all tho time tried to
keep silent and smiling, but It I a
question how much longer he can
island it. It wa bad enough to be
Ignored and then kicked; but It' Infi
nitely worse to be petted and coddled.
U there no middle ground on which
the farmer can stand, deemed ot
enough Importance In the economlo
life ot the nation to be accorded treat
ment of consideration and respect, yoi
In a position of sufficient dignity and
Independence so that every clui and
profession under the canopy shall not
presume a self-appointed license to
alvlse and Instruct him a to hi job?
It would seem a It this year ot extra
ordinary sires and need would have
wrought different condition that have
existed, yet thing seem to be getting
worse Instead ot better.
Witness the stirring word ot truth
recently uttered before a congres
sional hearing by Secretary McSpar
ran ot the legislative commute of the
National grange, and get In a sentence
or two of the gist of the whole mat
ter: 'The farmer of the United
States are getting sick and tired ot
being served out education whenever
we come to congress or to a state leg
islature for Justice and for an equal
show before the law. We do not feel
at this time that It 1 a wise thing to
litter up the Industry ot this country
with a lt ot highly-paid supervisor
and people standing over us and tell
ing us what to do. We do not ask
class legislation. We do not want the
government to make pet of us."
There Is the whote situation, told In
a nutshell, and It expresses the most
serious condition, for the formers of
the United States, that could possibly
be cronted, at a time when every en
ergy ot the land should be behind the
farmer, pushing him helpfully for
ward. Instead of everybody piling on
his back and bearing him down.
In no more effective way can the
St. Louis session ot the National
grange serve tho real farmer of the
land and the whole world as well
than by a cleaneut ringing declara
tion of the farmer's true pqsltlon In
the structure ot this nation at the
SHANDY CHARGES
Crown-Willamette
Criticizes Attitude
OREGON CITV. Or., Nov. 24. (Edi
tor of the Enterprise) In Thursday's
Enterprise, I seo'a tcleirruii signed
by Roy Ott, and others, stating, to the
Governor "There has been no viola
tion of the laws," and condemning the
sending of special police protection
to Oregon City, and that the citizens
feel It a disgrace to the city, to have
these men sent here, etc., etc.
Now I am a citizen and the dis
grace I and many others feel Is, that
there was need of this being done,
No violating of laws? Is It lawful to
bore holes In a man's boat, smash
the windows In a man's houso, throw
rocks at law-abiding mon as they go
to and from their work? If this Is
lawful, then I would ask, is it luwful
to work? One would almost think
not. If not, then is it luwful to live?
Without the one, how can the other
be?
In those terrible times every one
should work, and try to . establish
peace, and harmony, not strife and
discord. Please tell me, what made
Oregon City? Not fruit raising or ag
riculture we all know. Evory one
knows it was the mills. Of course
the Willamette fails supplied the de
sired power, but did it not take capi
tal to harness that power so that it
could be put to use to give employ
ment to the people of our fair city.
Who has helped to make the skilled
laborer of these paper mills? Did
they hire the skilled man from the
east, turning away our boys because
they were not experienced? No. They
put our boys right from school to work,
helping them to climb, even if he did
make, break and waste dollars and
dollars of paper, until by experience
he was a skilled man drawing from!
J5 to $0 per day and even higher j
wages yet.
Now, those men are out, they say I
more wages, and Sunday. Many of!
these same men I have heard ask to
be permitted to work Sunday. Why
do they pretend they are fighting for;
Sunday? It is the recognition of the
union they are after. What has the 1
union done for our little contented
peace-loving city? Brought it to a
condition of unrest and turmoil. I was j
brought up to bolleve I lived in a free
country, but Is It freedom when a man j
present time, its well a In It plana
for the future, At (he session last
year a "proclamation" was Issaed, de
signed to correct the Impression, rap
idly becoming current, (hat every
farmer wu Retting rich and that the
high cost ot living wa traceable to
the farmer's door. There inom to
be a call this year for another "proa
1 amatlon," likewise forceful and with
out mincing words, that shall declare
to the world that the American farmer
I tired of being patted on the back a
a good fellow and then refuted a
squaro deal lu hi effort to conduct
his business a other business la con
ducted; that ho need no mora
"supervision" and long to got rid ot
much that ha already been saddled
upon him; and that there It grave
doubt how long he will go on conserv
ing and saving, under a continuance
ot a pulley of government coddling and
bossing (hat Is wasteful and needles
beyond expression, beside being posi
tively sickening to every olt respect
ing tiller or the soil.
Here I one ot the directions In
which tho National grange must make
Itself toll, In behalf ot the real farm
er ot America, It It I to continue to
retain their confidence and their sup
port. Apparently (he time ha come
to speak and to speak plainly. lis
not the great grange organisation th
courage to prick the bubble?
WHAT THE FARMERS NEED.
It wa a straight from the shoulder
talk that Bocretary John A. McSparran
gave to a congressional committee on
the occasion of recent appearance, ,
at one of It hearings, but there wa
a world ot truth In what he said.
Without question tho overwhelming
sentiment of tho granges and the
farmer everywhere will give a hearty
"Amen" to Mr. McSparran' courage
ous declaration. Hero I the gist of
what ho said;
"I want to say for tbo intelligent
farmer of the United State, that wo
are getting sick and tired of being
served out education whenever we
come to Congres or a legislature for
Justice and for an equal show before
the law. Tho farmers can grow stuff
and can attend to their own business,
and they very largely know how, There
may be certain section where that
la not true, but a a rale there Is
somebody in every section who knows
the business of farming and the peo
ple of hi Immediate neighborhood
have more confidence In hlra than
anybody the government at Washing
ton or the government In tho capital
of the several states can send Into that
community; and we afe getting a lit-
I tie restive under this Infernal Informa
tion business. Wo have been swamp
ed with Information and wo have been
ruined by lack of adequate legislation
to give us a fair chance on tho mar
kets of the world and In the general
social status of the world with regard
to taxation ami all those affair.
Therefore I want to call you atten
tion to the fact that we do not feel at
this time that It Is a wise thing to Ut
ter up the Industry of this country
with a lot of highly patd supervisors
and people standing over u and tell
ing us what to do. We do not ask for
class legislation. Wo do not want tho
government to make pet of us."
LAW VIOLATION
Papennill Employe
of Striking Workmen
cannot work when he chooses to earn
the support for his family. Men who
are sacrificing five or six dollar a
day, are going toTortland and other
places to work tor three-fifty a day.
Call It principle! Is It principle?
After the company has made the man
capable of earning fancy wages, to
try to throw a blockade on the com
pany that gave him a chance, just
simply because this company cannot
see fit to recognize some little trifling
organization they have Joined. Does
the union ever pay these men tholr
wages to support their families? No.
Talk about corporations, capitalists,
etc. Who can run the big concerns,
which supply the pay rolls, which take
care ot the multitudes, not such men
as are at the head of the Oregon City
union. Evidently not. They cannot
even attond to their own business. If '
they can and the conditions at these
local mills (where they have been
glad to accept employment so' many
years), do not suit them, why do they
not go where it does suit them, and
let the man alone, who Is satisfied.
There are plenty of them who are.
I have been over considerable of
this grand U. S. A. and have been em
ployed by a great many concerns and
have as yet to find any company that
treat their men any better than the
Crown-Willamette.
It the men had really had any griev
ance It would have been different. Men
are tree moral agents to work where
they please. So why not let the C.-W.
P. Co, run its business as it seos fit.
It is tholrs. It is their money which is
Invested, not the union's.
A striker sells his birthright, his
country, his family and his friends,
for the unfulfilled promises of the
union. O, excuse me boys, did I hear
any of you say the union had paid
your grocery bills and cared for your
families; don't bolleve I did.
The union has passed out cards say
ing, "Esau was a traitor to hlmsolf,
Judas Isearlot was a traitor to his
God. Benedict Arnold was a traitor
to his country," which is all true, but
I would like to add a striker Is a trait
or to his God, his family, his country
and, his employer as well as himself.
A real true man would not be a strik
er. H, A. SHANDY.