The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, December 27, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 38

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Newspaper Page Text. rrtrr- crvn iv nPTfinYT "V. PnRTT.AVn. DKCK31BEK Zi. r BILLS ADVOCATED BY UNION LADOR At Least Three Measures to Be Offered in Legislature Next Month. WORK CONVICTS ON ROADS Proposed Act Contemplates Ending PrlTate Employment by Contract. Employers' Liability Law and Eight-Hour Day Urged. At least three measures of legisla tion will be proposed at the coming session of the Legislature by organized labor. They are an employers' lia bility law, a measure providing a gen eral eight-hour workday and a law that will put an end to the employ ment of convicts in competition with union labor. The bill for the employ ers liability law has been prepared and the two other bills are being drafted. The different measures will be consid ered at a meeting of the executive board of the State Federation of La bor, which will be held some time this week. These three measures have been Indorsed and will be supported by the Stete Grange. The trades unionists and the Grange have appointed legis lative committees which will have, charge of the proposed bills In the Legislature. The text of the employers" liability Mil has been published. In a general way it proposes that owners of prop erty and buildings shall be held di rectly responsible In suits brought for the injury or death of an employe. An effort will be made to extend the provisions of the eight-hour law to apply to all classes of workmen. Such a regulation of hours of labor is now entorced as against state and county employes. The organized labor forces, however, will direct their hardest fight against the working of convicts In competition with union men. They will ask that the contract be terminated between the state and the Loewenberg & Going Company. Under this arrangement the contracting company operates a stove foundry at the state penitentiary In f-alem, the state furnishing convicts at about 35 cents a day. The product of the foundry is sold in tne market In competition with stoves manufactured by union labor. In lieu of this manner of employing convicts, the labor people will propose iti their bill that the pris oners be employed in the construction of roads throughout the state. Says Contract Is Vnfair. "The contract that exists between the state and the Loewenberg & Going Company is most unfair, not only to labor unions, but to the state Itself." said C. H. Gram, president of the State Federation of Labor, yesterday. "The truth of it is that the state Installed Its stove foundry, equipped it with ma chinery, clothes and feeds the convict laborers and even pays for the guards that are necessary". After doing all this, the state contracts the labor of the convicts to the stove company for about 35 cents a day, or scarcely enough to feed them. "The result Is that the Loewenberg A Going Company manufactures and places In the market, under those con ditions, stoves that enter into compe tition with stoves manufactured by union labor, which costs probably $3.50 a day. Tnis company has had a con tract for operating the stove plant at the -Oregon penitentiary with convict labor for several years, and it is an outrage not only to other manufactur ers but to union men that the agree ment between the state and that com pany rhould longer be continued." While the bill has not been com pleted, the committee probably will In clude a provision for employing these convicts building roads in different parts of the state. A small appropria tion may be suggested In the bill that an experiment may be conducted to show the. feasibility of building roads on the basis proposed by the labor peo ple. Their plan Is to erect stockades in such localities as roads are to be constructed. It is argued that the prisoners could successfully b detained In the stockades at night and directed In their work bv day with a reasonable number of guards. Aid for Discharged Convicts. At the same time the labor people may decide to propose still another change In the practice of dealing with convicts when they are discharged from the penitentiary after serving their sentences. Upon completing his term under the present system, a convict is provided with a suit of clothes and $5 in cash. This Is not a sufficient stake, argue th traiies unionists, to be of any substantial assistance to the ex prlsoner who really desires to reform. They may decide to Include In their bill a provision giving prisoners the privi lege of continuing in the employ of the state In roadbulldlng work for from 30 to 60 days following the com pletion of their sentences, at a per diem of 11.60. This would give them sufficient iunds to get started right and avoid bad associations, if they were so disposed, is the argument of the representatives of labor organizations. A WORD ABOUT VOLTAIRE His Influence Criticised From the ICeligious Point of View. PORTLAND. Dee. 16. (To the Editor.) Poor "old Voltaire, been in hell a hun dred years." And yet. it must be ad mitted that Voltaire had a keen sense of personal rectitude. vivacity of tempera ment, intellectual shrewdness, with quick susceptibility of beauty. The rock on which Voltaire wrecked all was religion. This he thought was a superfluity and a nuisance, to be. got rid of root and branch, the sooner the better. He looked round on "the pestilent Jungle of superstition," as he termed It, and resolved to clear the earth of it for ever. With bold and skillful hand he set his torch to that jungle, which for a time blazed all over Europe, o the exhilara tion of the man who set it. In due time this flame, whose heat so greatly comforted the heart of this man, filled to bursting with pride, and cot a few other bad admixtures was gone. The Jungle had to some extent been consumed but with It had disappeared vast fields of verdure which soon were turned into pestilent-breeding ewamps of greater evil than the Jungle. Much greater. It ex tended Itself everywhere over Europe, but especially over Germany and France. Hera faith and hope were withered and with them .whatever belonged to the finer nature of men. dto conflagration started by Voltaire was Indeed dreadful. TVhere beautiful trees hitherto bloomed and brought forth their goodly fruits were found only bar renness and desolation. Nor is this mere "preacher talk." Goethe, with alarm, dis covered himself in the midst of this deso lation, rising out of it after years of struggle, In mature life. Carlyle, who made Voltaire and his work a life-long study, declares it. Neither of these men was partial to the clergy, who, as a class, assailed Voltaire. When the conflagra tion lighted by the most adroit character the race lias produced, had burned its wav, the life of man was circumscribed to a few mourning earthly years of daily drudgery: his live senses were the only source of things to be desired. Unhappllv, such feelings are by no means Infrequent with ourselves in this day. It is a matter of observation that the influence of Voltaire cast upon the two nations specified, still presses with incubus force, as It does more or less over the whole of Europe. He worked with the highest personages of his time, in circles of authority and reputation from whence his Influence easily perco lated down through the humbler walks of life. , T For a generation Germany and France, each in its own way, has felt that the first of nil moral problems Is how to .. . - i - . . ,1 '..1.1 linjin im cast olT tne ougniinfs i"" -h - - common people by the man who played with potentates and kings, to amuse him self, and whose evil genius 'JE Hash Business Passes Through Slump Tm Much Chriiun Mokes the Festive "Blwnlt Shooter" Develop a Sad and Melancholy Face. ffu WANT some breaded veal cutlets, I some shoestring potatoes, some stewed tomatoes, a cup of coffee and some grape-fruit," said the thin man, as tie sat down at Sadie's table in his favorite restaurant Friday night. "Lord bless you," said Sadie, a large and enthusiastic grin spreading over her features, "it does me good to hear your order. Everybody who has been in here today has ordered toast and coffee and hasn't eaten that. There must have been an awful lot of Christ mas dinner eaten yesterday. Honest, the hash business has been 'on the hog' today, and the boss Is that crazy he don't know what to do. Here he's ordered a swell layout for today, and it will all have to be made over into entrees. All our regular customers went away Christmas, and we girls didn't get no tips, and now today everybody's got a R-E-M-O-R-S-E headache and ents toast as if it hurt "em. My Gawd, we waitress ladies sure do have a hard time." The thin man pulled out a handful of change. "Help yourself, dear," he said. "I had to work yesterday. Here s hopin- you have better luck next year. And you might give me some celery, too." DINNER MENUS FOR THE WEEK BT LILIAN TINGLE. ' Tuesday. Klsh Chowder Corned Beef Boiled Potatoes Carrot and Turnip Cubes Cabbage Relish. Lettuce Salad French Dressing Apple Charlotte Coffee Wednesday. Barley Crystal Soup Klsh Croquette BraiMrf Tongue Mashed Potatoes peas (canned) in Brown Sauce. Apple and Celery Salad Orange Pudding Coffee Thursday. Cream of Celery Rou Boiled Steak French Potatoes Baked or Fried Bananas Chicory Salad Chocolate Pudding Coffee Friday. Bean Soup (Mexican) Baked Filets of Halibut Sauce Matelote Potato Balls Risotto Malanese I.emon Jelly With Mixed Fruits Coffee Saturday. Rice-Tomato Soul." Beef Olives Steed Potatoes Moulrt'd Cauliflower. Brittany Stylo Cress and Celery Salad Cranberry Tarts Coffee Sunday. Cream of Cauliflower Soup Anchovy Aigrettes Roast Veal. Stuffed. Brown Gravy Spiced Peaches Mashed Potatoes Creamed Leeks Orange Salad Frozen Chestnut Pudding Coffee Monday. Brown Onion Sous Veal and Ham Hunters' Pie Shrimp Salad Fig Short Cake With Cream Coffee FRANCE SEES NO DANGER Recent Disturbances Not Ixroked Vpon as Serious. PARIS. Dec. 26. The entire press of Paris, with the exception of such re actionary newspapers as I. Libre Parole and IAction Francalse, con sider the attack mae yesterday In the streets of Paris on President Fallleres by an unemployed waiter named Mat tis, a fantastic act without political importance. "If the cause of the Bourbons and the Bonapartists were not as dead as a doornail, such pitiful exhibitions of Impotent fury would completely dis credit them," voices the general opin ion. Nevertheless, some of the Republican organs express the opinion that the Government should do something to put an end to the campaign being con ducted persistently by a small group of militant royalists, aided by clerical organizations, with the object of keep ing public opinion Inflated. The recent disorders at the Academy of Medicine, while originating from genuine dissatisfaction with the new system of examination, are attributed largely to these same royalists and cleri cal agitations, which some time ago brought about the retirement of Pro fessor Thalamas, whose offense con sisted In writing a history of Joan d'Arc to prove that the stories of her divine inspirations were mere legends devoid of any historic foundation. RENT A PIANO NOW. We rent pianos for a day, week or month. No charge for cartage If you keep the piano six months. Rates $3, $4. 15, 16. etc, a month, ac cording to value of piano desired. All rental paid, less reasonable interest for money Invested, allowed In case of eventual purchase. In town or out, write, phone or call Eilers Piano House, 353 Washington street. Ex change 23 or A 2350. . Air Navigation to Be Taught. BERLIN, Dec. 28. Special.) The government is considering the establish ment of professional chairs for motor airship navigation at several of the tech nical high schools. The University of Goettlngen Is espe cially singled out, as it possesses one of the largest physical Institutes. TRIM CLAWS OF ANTI-TRUST LAW Sherman Act Should Be Re pealed, Says President of Cornell. DR. SCHURMAN IS IN CITY Speaks at Commercial Club and Is Guest of University Club at Din ner Discusses Vital Polit ical Issues of Today. Amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law to the extent that it shall apply only to monopolistic combinations is essential to the further industrial growth and pros perity of the country according to Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell University, who Is spending two days in Portland. Dr. Schurman reached Portland yesterday from San Francisco and leaves tonight for Puget Sound points. After attending the "Washington y Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, Presi dent of Cornell University. State Teachers' Association at Spokane, the noted educator goes direct to Ithaca, N. Y., to attend the annual convention of the National Association of American Universities, of which he is an ex-president. Following an automobile tour of the city yesterday, the guest of H. L. Powers and Wells Gilbert, of the Cornell Alumni Association, the distinguished educator was entertained at lunciieon at the Com mercial Club. The luncheon was at tended by the following prominent busi ness and professional men of this city: C. TV. Hodson, president of the Com mercial Club: C. F. Swigert, president of the Chamber of Commerce: H. L. Powers, "Wells Gilbert, E. L. Thompson. Dr. J. AYhltcomb Brougher, William M. Ladd, Herman Wittenberg and Frank Rigler, Superintendent of public schools. It was at the conclusion of the luncheon that Dr. Schurman delivered a Bhort ad dress in which he urged the necessity for amending the anti-trust law. "There has taken place a change for the better in the methods of conducting business during the Inst few years," said Dr. Schurman. "This was perhaps not as much needed here in the West as it was in the East. But there has been a marked change In the business and politi cal morality of the country a condition that has been contributed to largely by two or three men prominent In National life. Charles E. Hughes, who has been re-elected Governor of New York, inaugu rated a new period of business morality when he . conducted .his searching In vestigation of the Insurance companies. Roosevelt followed this up with larger and more Important duties Just as fear lessly discharged. Solons Bad Business Men, "But the period of. agitation for this reform is pretty well over. We may now reasonably expect an expansion of business on safe and prudent lines without serious Interference from the Legislature or from politicians. Poli ticians are the worst men In the world to carry on any business. Business prospers In proportion as it is let alone by Legislatures and politicians, but the Interference of the last few years has been necessary to a higher standard of morality in business and fair play. There Is In sight a greater expansion of business than the coun try has ever witnessed. Taft, as the successor of Roosevelt, is a man well trained In the law, having great so briety of judgment. For these rea sons he Is regarded a safe man to whom the business Interests of the country may be confided. Should Avoid Oppression. "But there is a reform needed, and which I consider is indispensable to the business Interests of the country. It Is not tariff revision, either, although I firmly believe in tariff reform down ward. This needed reform, to my mind. Is an amendment to the Sherman anti trust law to the end that Its provi sions shall apply only to monopolistic combinations that prove oppressive to the people. The trouble has been that the business capacity of Americans lias Increased more rapidly than their moral sense 'has developed. But the time has arrived when a higher standard of mo rality Is being applied in the business world. "In Its present form the Sherman anti-trust law is directly opposed to combinations In the business or indus trial world. The law does not except from Its operation those combinations that prove of benefit to the people without proving oppressive. Combina tion is the economic law of today. The public does not care whether it buys from such a combination or not so long as the conditions under which that combination exists are not op pressive and rivals have an equal chance. This law should be so amended as to restrict its applica tion to those combinations that exercise monopolistic oppression." In concluding his remarks Dr. Schur man spoke in a complimentary vein of Portland and the advantageous posi tion this city occupies with respect to the Pacific Northwest. "Portland certainly occupies a highly advantageous position," said he. "Its position between the mountains and the ocean at the confluence of two great rivers, is truly a strategic one. Ore gon is one of the great, prosperous and growing states of the Union, and it Is impossible to forecast the possible de velopment of this section that another OTTOTC M EIGfflT-STATES.- 1 Wfe M DNGT N 1 ; v THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO. 1 i D na E g o n Every Piano Marked in Plain Figures Every Buyer Assured of a Square Deal , No -schemes. No fake sales. No deceptions. rv place no piano on trial and then hound you until you buy it. I You are assured of always gettinp; a bright, new piano here, and not one polished up, that some, one has used berore. J We have no expense for a retail store. That alone saves us over $1000.00 ! per month. 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On a previous occasion the lecturer had made some disparaging remarks on Joan of Arc, and it was on account of the sacrilegious observations that the attack was made upon him yes terday. The students afterwards demon strated round the statue of Joan of Arc. STRANGE CASE OF TOURIST Traveler Found In Railway Car With Throat Cut. LONDON, Dec. 26. (Special. A strange mystery of the London and North-Western Railway Is being Investigated by Scotland-yard and the railway police. A young man named William Ewart Brett was found on Tuesday night in a car riage of the London and orth-Westem Railway outside Bedford with his tnroat cut. He was taken to the Bedford Gen eral Hospital where he now lies in a ser ious condition. He has made a statement in which lie tells a remarkable story. 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