WILSOf
J IS BLAMED
FOR OUTLAW STR1K
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Failure to Organize Railroad
Wage Board Criticised.
SENATE ORDERS INQUIRY
Action of Switchmen to Be Fully
Investigated With View to Ap
peal to the Public.
OREGON IAN XWS . BUREAU,
Washington, April 9. Accepting the
viewpoint that the outlaw railroad
switchmen's strike is due to th.e
failure of President Wilson to name
the railroad wage board provided for
in the Cummins-Esch railroad bill,
the senate today instructed the senate
interstate ' commerce committee to
make an investigaiion of the "outlaw
railroad strike" now in progress.
The action was tanen on the resolu
tion introduced yesterday by Senator
AlcCormlck of Illinois. Senator Cum
mins will proceed to bring the matter
before his committee at once.
The Investigation is not expected
to yield much in the way of socio
logical Information, but is expected
to provide a forum before which the
matter can be aired and the public
attention centered on the salient fea
tures of this unusual situation.
The purpose of the investigation is
to appeal to the' forum of public
opinion, that intangible jury which
has been" successfully appealed to in
previous labor disputes, like the steel
strike and the coal strike.
Congrreaa' Purpose Shown.
This was the purpose of congress
in providing for the railroad wage
board. There is no compulsion back
of the labor board's decrees. It
merely provides machinery for thresh
ing out controversies, allowing public
sentiment to express itself after it
has been informed.
The theory back of this provision is
that, after all, in disputes between
capital and labor, it is the public
that pays. The public has, therefore
a right to be heard. Without such a
hearing public opinion has no chance
to express itself, since it is unin
formed.
It is believed that if the facts in a
labor dispute are generally and im
sartially made known there will never
be any resort to the drastic method ot
the strike. In such a case the public
is expected to bring to bear Jts ..in
fluence and assert its right to be
Party to the dispute. The wage board
is designed to represent labor, capital
and the public.
Service Hard to Obtain.
The explanation obtained from ad
ministration sources in extenuation
of the failure of the executive to
name the board, and thereby provide
a forum before which disputes can be
heard, is that it. is difficult to secure
men who are willing to live in Chi
cago, where the board must conduct
its hearings. This is no reflection
upon Chicago as a place of residence
the statement merely noting the nat
ural disinclination of people to change
their homes.
The senate decision registers a
realization of the seriousness of the
labor situation. When a well-organized
and highly disciplined body
like the railway organizations in
dulges in a strike not authorized, it is
clear that there is a savor of unrest
throughout the country that might
lead to evil consequences.
The frantic efforts which the labor
leaders are making to call off the
"outlaw" strike shows the keen reali
sation they have of public opinion in
dealing with a labor situation which
so intimately affects the general
public.
Vnrest la Made Clear.
The reports of the speech made by
Heberling. head of the switchmen's
union in Chicago, when he asked the
strikers if they thought they were
greater than the United States gov
ernment, to be answered by a chorus
ot "Yes," is regarded as highly en
lightening so far as the condition of
Unrest is concerned.
Senator McCormiok said today in
the senate that the investigation was
the only way he knew of mobilizing
public opinion to bear on a situation
which would compel the men to go to
work, pending arbitration of theii
grievances.
It was understood from the White
House that the wage board would
be organized soon.
The department of justice was
tailed on the carpet today in connec
tion with the railroad strike by Rep
resentative Cooper of Ohio, a labor
organization man. Mr. Cooper called
up the department and asked why
the Lever act had not been used
"against the "outlaw" strikers. He
called attention to the fact that the
department had not hesitated' to use
the Lever act in connection with the
i-oal strike against a well-organized
body and he could not see why it
could not be used in connection with
the present unorganized strike.
trial and agricultural resources of the
Harbor district, and seeing fresh op
portunities In the opening of the
Queets trading station near here,
Japanese of Puget Sound and Port
land are making every apparent ef
fort to colonize in . these parts... The
local mills make It plain that the la
bor supply can be filled without them.
Logged-off lands here are not using
them. Clam digging is beyond their
employment Ty an ordinance that
calls for American citizenship for
each granted license,
v A delegation of Japanese has just
waited upon C. C. Pinnock and F. A
Leonard, -who head the Queets trad
ing interests. The Nipponese offered
various blandishments to settle in
Queets. They offered to enter the
berry-raising industry with any num-
TII13IOILLG OREGOX1AX. SATURDAY, APRIL" 10, 1920
DAYS LEFT TO REG-
lSTUR!
Totals compiled yesterday
show that Thursday was the
heaviest registration day this
year, with 926 names recorded.
A. normal registration in
. Multnomah -county this year
would be about 100,000. To
reach this goal it .is necessary
for more than 1300 persons to
register dally before the clos
ing of -the books April 20.
Suburban registration offices
will close next Monday.
All persons must register who
have not voted in one of the
past three elections or who have -changed
their address since last
registration. The main regis
tration office is "on the first
floor of the courthouse. Fifth
and Salmon streets. It is open
every week day from 8 A. M. to
9 P. M.
Tvtala An non need Yesterday.
Male. Female. Total.
Republicans 37.904 24.068 61.972
Democrats. 12,184 8.505 20.683 "
Other parties 2,553 1,855 . 4,408
Two Great Specials
for
Saturday
Grand total 87,069
Increase over preceding
day 926
ber of growers and pickers men,
women and children.- And they ex
plained their coming would be an as
set in opening a big truck-raising in-
uuoiry nere. it was, however, ex
plained the local labor supply was
auuuuiint.
CHINESE TAKES BLAME
Celestial Who Xearly Lost Liire in
Fight Exonerates Accused.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 9.
(Special.) Haw Sing, who was
stabbed with a butcher knife in the
King Joy grill here about two months
,ago by Hong Foy, both Chinese, to
day admitted to the county attorney,
W. E. Yates, that he was to blame
for causing Hong Foy to lose ;his
temper and stab him. He assumed
the blame for the fight in which he
almost lost his life, so the case
against Hong Foy was dismissed to
day. -
Haw Sing was taken to the hos
pital and for a time it was feared
he would die. Hong Foy escaped and
after being. in Portland six hours de
cided to return and deliver himself
to the sheriff. He did and later was
released upon bail.
JERSEY HERD; IS SOLD
Trices Tor Stock at Chcbalis Range
From $500 to $1000.
SAPSOP, Wash., April 9. (Special.)
- The Jersey herd of E. L. Brewer,
prominent Chehalis valley dairy and
agricultural farmer, has been sold.
The herd was sold at public auction
the early part of the week.
prices from S00 to 81000 were paid
for the stock. Mr. Brewer will re
jnain in the farming business.
JAPANESE .NOT WANTED
Grays Harbor District OXfersXo
Employment to Orientals.
HOQCIAM. Wash.. April 9.spe
elal). Gazing wistfully at the indus-
POTATO flli LOOMING
CALIFORNIA SUPPLY REPORT
ED SERIOUSLY SHORT.
Indications Also 'Are for tight
Plantings This Spring . and
Scarcity Next Season.-
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. (Spe
cial.) San Francisco and California
are facing a potato famine.
With the potato supply 25 per pent
less than at this time last year, indi
cations today were that there would
be a scarcity-of potatoes the coming
season.
Two reasons have been advanced
for the shortage one that there will
be a light crop: second, that the acre
age planted this year is. far below
that of 1919. . '
State Market Director Daniels, afber
making a survey of the supply in
the state, issued a proclamation to
day urging extreme conservation. Re
tail potato prices, following, an -increase
in the . wholesale market
w ednesday, jumped Thursday to ap
proximately cents a pound.- -
Daniels does not believe that there
will be any price reduction within the
next 30 days. -
Yesterday's survey of' the potato
situation revealed less than . 200,000
sacks of potatoes in the state. Of this
irom z& to SO per cent must
be saved for seed. There are but
-7.000 sacks of potatoes In San Fran
cisco today, compared with 91,500
sacks at this time last year. The
situation in Los Angeles was a
trifle better, there being 55,250 sacks
On hand, as against 55,300 of last year.
At Sacramento there are but 36 000
bags and at Stockton 63,766.
Making the situation more ' critical
is the fact that there was little or no
movement in potatoes this week. Only
1.0 cars arrived from Oregon Re
ports from all points in rh.
States indicate a dearth of spudm.
$403,825 Collected in Taxes.
KALAMA. Wash.. Anril t
cial.) During February anT Mrh
taxes for 1919 amounting to $403,
825.41 were collected in CowHnt
county. The largest payments were
made by the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company, more than 8108.000. and the
iwriiiern -aciric Kailway company
more than 894,000. County Treasurer
L. P. Brown has remitted to the state
treasurer 8S0.294.75, which is 820.000
more than ever before sent in bv thi
county for a month's collection of
state taxes.
S. or H. Green Ktamnw fnr c i.
Holman Fuel Co. Main 333. 560-21
Adv.
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