THE MORNING OREGONIAX. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1917.
ANTI-TRUST LAW IS
HELD UNWORKABLE
Government Urges Elimina
tion of Competition During
War, Business Men Hear.
LABOR UNREST EXPLAINED
Secretary " Wilson Asserts Profits
Miould Be Regulated w There
Would Be Xo Swag to Divide
Between Capital and Labor."
ATLANTIC CITY, X. J. Sept. 20. A
vigorous denunciation of the operation
of the Sherman anti-trust act as ham
pering the efforts of business men to
aid the Government in prosecution of
the war was made by Alba B. Johnson,
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
"Works, before the war convention here
f American business men today.
"If there is any one thine this war
lias demonstrated," he said, "it is the
principle of the Sherman act will not
fctand the strain of war. The moment
the stress of war comes to the Nation
we see this temple to a false god over
turned. The Government " itself is
eliminating competition and has real
ized that business must be conducted
on a basis of reasonable profit. The
only way to reach a basis is by con
ferences among: producers."
f he bill pending in Congress to per
mit combination in export trade should
be passed immediately, Mr. Johnson de
clared, that American industry may act
in concert in furthering the country a
foreign commerce."
Unpatriotic business men seeking ex
cessive profits were blamed for the
tpirit of unrest among labor by Secre
tary of Labor XV ilson, who spoke be
fore the labor section of the convention.
"Labor hs befn restless," he said,
"because the word has gone forth that
the iron and steel men are making 200
to 400 per cent and that shipping, min
Insr and the other reat industries are
jetting excessive returns. This feeling
on the part of labor has been justified.
In my investigation of the coal indus
try in the East it was shown that op
erators in some instances extorted ?5
and $6 for coal that cost them $1.50.
"1 have told labor this is no time to
Insist on recognition of their unions,
nor to force changes in labor stand
ards, but this programme endangers
the future liberty of the people. I now
toll you American business men it is
no time to inbist on profiteering, as
many have been doing. You shou Id
welcome price-fixing because it means
a. logical standard of pay for labor.
Let labor and yourselves find a com
mon ground that Is acceptable, if not
satisfactory, to insure the greatest
amount of production at the least cost
in cash and labor. There should b
no swag to divide between capital and
labor."
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
MRS. MATT IK M. SLEETH RE
ELECTED W. C. T. V. HEAD.
Luncheon Served at Meeting of County
Organisation and Various
Addresses Heard
The election of officers was an im
portant feature of yesterday morning's
session of the XV. C. T. IT. Mrs. Mattie
M. Sleeth was re-elected president of
the county organization. Other officers
elected were : Vice-president, Mrs.
Carrie Pratt; treasurer, Mrs. Ada Jolley;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ernest
Richardson; recording secretary, Mrs.
Mildred Hanson. Mrs. George Honey,
of Gresham, was eleted delegate-at-large
to the state convention, to be
held in Albany, October 3 to G.
At noon luncheon was served under
the direction of Mrs. Hattie "Wilson.
The afternoon session was opened with
memorial services conducted by Mrs.
A. Donaldson. Mrs. Lola Baldwin, head
of the woman's police department, gave
a talk about the various lines of work
which are opening for young girls at
this time.
Mrs. Jennie Kemp made an address
on "Patriotism Applied." She told of
the many ways in which a woman may
chow her patriotism in home work as
well as outside lines of work. Mrs.
Lucia Additon presented a report of
work done durin g the year and made
an address on "Food Conservation."
The session closed with the adoption
of resolutions which were presented
by Sirs. M. L. T. Hidden.
MILL WATCHMAN SLUGGED
Men Who Say They Are I. W. W Rob
Guard at Wheeler Plant.
WHEELER. Or., Sept, 20. (Special.)
Highwaymen early this morning
eandbagged and robbed James watkins,
night watchman at the Schiffman lum
ber mill. At 12 o'clock the watchman
discovered three men loitering about
the furnace-room and ordered them off
. the premises.
When they were questioned they said
they were I. XV. XV. agitators from Asto
ria and that they would return today
and the mill would be shut down. They
then left.
An hour and a half later "Watchman
"Watkins was found by the watchman
from the neighboring shingle mill, un
conscious. On regaining consciousness
"Watkins said he heard a movement
about the mill and started to investi
gate when he was struck down, in
the darkness.
OREGON COWS WIN PRIZES
Top Price of $300 Paid for Ctah
Kamboulllct Ram.
VORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 10.
(Special.) Clifford Hold, of JIcMinn
ville. Or., won mjst of the prizes In the
Jersey class at the Washington Stat
fair today, also the Jersey Club's cup
for the best registered merit cow.
The Middledale farm, of Oregon, took
All awards in Guernseys, without com
petition. The first day of registered ram sales
amounted to J30.000. Stanley Coffin
raid top price of $300 for a Utah Ham
louilIet. A Hampshire offered by C. C.
Beers, of Oregon, brought $150.
PIONEER DIES AT BAKER
Francis W. Thompson Passes Away
After Long; Ilhicss.
BAKER. Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.)
Francis tV. Thompson, aged 78 years,
pioneer Baker County miner, freighter
' If r-4
"The Best $15 and $18 Clothes
Are Sold at Ben Selling's"
There's many a man in Oregon who has used that expression and
justly so, for here are suits and overcoats at $15 and $18 that simply
cannot be excelled.
Men, think of any model that's made, any
size that's required, any fabric that's good
then come here and you will find it.
One Entire Floor of $15 and $18 Suits and Overcoats
"The Best in the West"
Entire Third Floor Elevator Service
Brewer
Hats
$3
Morrison Street at Fourth
Dunlap
Hats
$5
and rancher, died here this afternoon
after an extended illness. Mr. Thomp
son went to California in 1840 from
Maine. He was engaged In mining in
California for five years and then spent
a few years in Canyon City, Grant
County. Ho came to Baker in 1868 and
lived here ever since. Mr. Thompson is
survived by his wife and eight children.
Flan of Investigation Adopted.
WASHTNOTON. Sept. 20. A system
of investigating: coal producers claims
that CJovernment-flxed fuel prices are
too low to allow profitable operation,
has been worked out between Dr. H. A.
Oarfleld, th i fuel administrator, and the
Federal Trale Commission.
Cattle Consigned to Portland.
BAKER, Or., Kept. 20. (Special.)
Shipments of stock from Baker today
included 300 head of cattle to Portland,
ron?iffnerl by V. .T. Frsser. They came
from the John Day Valley and were
sold here by H. 11. Trowbridge.
1'ruit Is Abundant.
"BAKER. Or., Sept. 20. (Special.)
Using their advantage of an enormous
fruit crop, the people of Kagle and Pine
Valleys are eating fruit in place of
meat and other foods that figure in
making the high cost of living higher.
Thus far the frosts have done no dam
age either in Pine or "Ragle Valley
' (Llf A Panorama of j
Telephone Activity
A birdseye view of this country today would show a panorama
of countless military and industrial activities.
Here the smoke of a thousand stacks obscures the view of
arsenal, steel and iron works and innumerable factories.
There the sun's rays flash upon thousands of glittering bayonets
and rise and set on many new and strange looking cities the
mobilization camps of the Armies of the Republic, or gild the wings
of swift aeroplanes gliding to and fro in birdlike flight over broad
aviation fields.
The National Capitol would be seen, from which all these
vast enterprises are directed and co-ordinated, with hundreds of
telephone lines radiating from it to all parts of the country, and
linking it to each military and industrial center.
A veritable maze of other telephone pole lines, covering the
whole country with a network of wires, would be visible, connecting
city, town, camp, fortification, navy-yards, military headquarters,
coast-guard stations and lighthouses.
Everywhere busy groups of telephone workers would be dis
closed erecting poles and stringing wires to meet new and extraor
dinary demand for service.
All this telephone activity is but a part of the vast work the Bell
System is doing.
Notwithstanding the scarcity of material and labor, our con
struction programme for the year is the largest in the company's
history. Yet it will require the conservation of every resource to
keep pace with the constantly increasing demands for service.
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