The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 21, 1917, Section One, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JAXUAET 21, 1917. "OPEN SHOnOPIC OF DEBATE AT CLUB M EMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF OREGON RETAIL HARD WARE AND IMPLEMENT DEALERS' ASSOCIATION, WHICH MEETS HERE WEDNESDAY. mbmSBbhhmBbbbnbbmhbmbnbbk Hid SS mm ea a Ed BCi KS0 B H I Bi; m rrn n EH BN mm ai BB mm Neither the Extremely High Prices of the Present Time Nor the Scarcity of Good Leathers CanPrevent the C. H. Baker C. F. Swigert Says Unorgan ized Labor Has Progressed . More Than Organized. arai a mm B El EUGENE E. SMITH OPPOSES 13 Qe r -L r O J o - AT) f J -W Shoe A. G. La I) be Charges That Willam ette Strike Was Called by Union Leaders, Though Workers Were Not Dissatisfied. Open shop versus closed or union shop was discussed at the luncheon of the Civic League at noon yesterday at the Multnomah Hotel, with C. F. Swigert defending the open shop and citing lo cal conditions to UDhold his position, and Eugene E. Smith, head of the Cen tral Labor Council, supporting the union shop. "Divided authority In the closed shop Is one of the most Berious objections to it in practice," said Mr. Swigert. "The employer who Is trying to handle his business in such a way as to make a living and keep up his payroll can not have his control over his working force divided and given over partly to a labor organizer, who is not Identified with the shop and Is not familiar with the particular conditions in that shop." Mr. Swigert pointed out that of 34, 100,000 laborers In the United States only 2.227.000 are organized, and In sisted that the 81.844.000 or mora un organized laborers have an equal right to labor, free from the restrictions which organized labor, representing only about 7 per cent of all labor, tries to Impose upon conditions of indus trial employment. Union Principle Criticised. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, representing one of the most efficient and high-salaried lines of In dustry in the country, he pointed out as run on the open-shop principle, and declared that if other labor organiza tions would devote the same energy to developing efficiency among their men as they do trying to control their em ployment through closed shop, regard less of efficiency, there would be but little trouble in the future between the employer and the employe. "Organization has done little for the laboring men in the metal trades in Portland in the past 35 years." he said. "On December 1 the shipyards went on an eight-hour basis voluntarily, but in the past 35 years the wages of men In the metal trades have remained practically the same. All of this time they have paid dues to their unions and have been on strikes periodically without doing more than to hamper their own progress toward .better con ditions. In the meantime unorganized labor In the Bame period of years, which has allowed Itself to develop on a competitive basis under the law of supply and demand, has doubled and In some cases trebled its wages. Agitator Is Assailed. "The employers feel that one of the principal causes of the difficulties be tween employer and workman is the professional laboring man from out vide, who comes in and foments the strikes. If the unions would have Ignored the outside agitator and de voted their energy to building up ef ficiency In their ranks in these years past wages would have been higher for them, unquestionably, today." As an Indication that the open shop does not impair the wage scale, Mr. Swigert presented comparative tables of wages in the Willamette Iron & iteel Company plant, which Is open hop, and the plants of other cities on the Coast where the union or closed shop prevails. The table shows. In practically every case, a higher maxi mum and minimum wage and a higher average wage In every craft in the open-shop plant. Eugene Smith denied that strikes are called by officers on the outside, but said that they are voted by the men. and only after other methods of gain ing the points demanded have failed. . As to development of the unions with an open-shop system, he declared that there could be no development with out a recognition of the union by the employers. He said that in one of the shipbuilding plants where the union was recognized the strike has been settled already under an agreement to open-shop conditions, while in the plant that has refused to recognize the unions the strike continues. "Employers are to blame for the de velopment of the closed-shop Idea, be cause In earlier days of the organiza tion they formed the habit of discharg ing the men who joined unions, and it became necessary for the unions to take some steps to protect the men who Joined in the continuance of their Jobs. "The strike, the picket and the boy- CHILDREN HATE PILLS, CALOMEL AND CASTOR OIL Give Fruit Laxative When Cross, Bilious, Feverish or Constipated. "California Syrup of Figs" Can't Harm Tender Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother insisted on mtnr oil. calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children It's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physio simply don't realize what they io. The children's revolt Is well founded. Their tender little "lnsldea" are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take It; that It never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor row. Ask your druggist for a BO-cent bot tle of "California Syrup of Pigs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it Is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Re fuse any other kind with contempt.' Ad.v, ' Jr. I " - t ' t ' 4 - I 7Via )d cott are labor's unavoidable retaliation against the lockout, the spy system and the blacklist used by the employer. We do not deny the right of a la borer to work when and where he can and Is willing, except when his exer cise of that right is Inimical to the welfare of his fellows and tends to destroy the fair standards of living, which Is also the right of every man. When the individual laborer's right to work violates this right of the mass of laboring men we believe that It should be restricted. "It is in the strikes of unorganized laboring men and not of organized men that the violence occurs. Leaders Are Accused. A. G. Labbe Insisted that the strike In the Willamette Iron & Steel Works was called by the salaried leaders oi the labor union and not by the men, and declared that he could present. If necessary, ample proof from the men themselves that they were satisfied and did not want the strike. "The open shop has guaranteed in dustrial peace to Portland In the main, while in San Francisco the continual agitation of the labor unions and San Francisco Is recognized as a closed shop town have cut down the manu factures fully 60 per cent in the past 10 years." Mr. Smith, In - his address, asserted that one of the members of the Em ployers' Association had written a let ter recently in which be said that the demands of organized labor ought to be answered with the rifle. Mr. Swigert, in his reply, called upon Mr. Smith to name the man, saying that the association would be Indebted to him if he could give them the name of a man who would dare make such an utterance. Mr. Smith did not reply. COLLEGE TESTS ON BILL REED STUDENTS READY FOR EN TIRE WEEK OF EXAMINATIONS. HARDWARE 111 DUE Sessions of Retail Dealers' As sociation This Week. a a BB KB BB BB 13 HO BB B3 BB BB BB Ha BB BB BB BB BB BB BB a BB BB BB urn mm mm BB BB BB BB BB BB mm mm mm LONG PROGRAMME BILLED Honor Principle In Vogue and Warning Given That Any Violations Will Be Made Public. Reed College students are facing a whole week of "Judgment daya." for tomorrow their regular semester-end examinations commence andi they will continue until Saturday. In anticipation of the examination. Ambrose Brownell, president of the student council, called an assembly ot the entire student body last Thursday and explained the honor principle un der which examinations are held. Although there have been violations of the honor principle in the past. President Brownell holds that It has been a success. There have been enough students who, besides adhering to the principle themselves, have also been willing to report cases or those wno did not, and the student council has always taken drastic measures to pun ish such offenses. Mr. Brownell announced that In the future the council would not only punish such offenses but in addition to this that the names and actions or or fenders would be made public Dr. Foster also spoke on the proposl tion of student government and the honor principle. He said' that student government had been more successful at Reed than even the administration had expected. Rosebnrg to Hear Portland Man. ROSEBTJRG. Or, Jan. 20. (Special.) At the annual get-together meeting of the merchants and business men of Douglas County to be held here next Tuesday night. B. K. Knapp, manager of the Portland Association of Credit Men. will be one of the principal speak ers, other persons wno win aenver brief addresses are Dr. A. C. Seely, president of the Commercial Club; Dr. C. H. Bailey, of EWrer Creek; A. C. Marsters and J. H. Both, of Roseburg. The adresses will be followed by an Informal smoker Reformatory Sentence Given. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Chester Branson pleaded guilty this morning before Judge Reynolds to a crime against a 15-year-old girl at Randle. lie was sentenced to the State Reformatory at Monroe for a period not to exceed three years. Alleged Bad-Check Man Jailed. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Alfred Franz, of Athena, Is in the Umatilla County Jail on a charge of passing a number of bad checks. The checks are said to have been Issued upon an Athena bank and It Is reported that 25 or more checks were Issued to merchants In Athena and in Pendleton. Brown kid vamp, button, Cham toa&ne tot, welt sole, leather LXV heel. Simi lar patternin blackvamp with gray, white, ivory or cham pagne top $7JiO Reduced to ' As in previous years, our Clearance Sale is the Value-Giving Sale of Port land. This year of high prices brings more and more people to the Baker Stores the home of the biggest shoe value for the least money. It will pay you to take advantage of these prices. Men and women who know good shoe value and appreciate it will welcome these high-class shoes at such materially re duced prices. $40 to $6.00 Values a mm mm Dark gray kid vamp, button, with light gray kid top, me dium weight McKay sole, leather LXV heel, $7, Reduced to ma mm E3 ff IW. JAl 1 Y) If r?J BB BB BB BB BB Men's Shoes in all styles and leathers reduced as low as $3J5. Several complete lines of Nettleton Shoes are included in our. sale prices. Sole Agent for Nettleton Shoes mm mm 380 Washington Street 308 Washington Street Largest Retailer of Shoes West of Chicago 270 Washington Street 270 Morrison Street BB HBBBBB mil KB BB BBBBBBHBHBBBBBBHBBHBBBBHBBBRBHnBHB ' E 5 H B B H B B B BB fl D BB BH B BH B R R H B H B B H B BR BKHBHflaHHBBHHBBHBBBBHslHHHHBBHHHBBHBBBBBftBaB Convention Opens Wednesday and Business AVill Be Interspersed With Social Activities Ending With Annual Banquet. A large number of hardware men from all parts of the state are expected to attend the 11th annual convention of the Oregon Retail Hardware 'and Implement Dealers' Association, which opens its three-day session at the Ho tel Imperial next Wednesday. All phases of the business are to come up for discussion during the ses slon, a number of specialties having been engaged to deal with special prob lems and conditions that are of current importance. Beside the business meet ings, a number of social activities are to take place during the stay of the hardware men here, the most Import ant being the banquet which will ter minate the session. The programme which has been ar ranged is as follows: Wednesday, Jan uary 24. 10 A. M. to 12 A. M.. regis tration; 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.. president's annual address, report of secretary: address, "Improvement of Retail Credits," E. M. Underwood: "How to Improve Retail Profits." W. O. Mun- sell; "The Future of the Retail Bus! ness." Edward Newbegin; "Can the Retail Hardware and Implement Busi ness Be Made Profitable?" W. O. Hud- dleson. Thursday, January 25. 10 A. M.. ex ecutive session; 2 P. M.. "How Shall We Meet the Advanced Cost of Goods?" E. E. Lucas: "The Retail Implement Business From My Point of View." Lot L. Pearce; "Better Days' Profits." Ed win A. Walton, adveitising manager for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company: "Trade Acceptance," T. D. Honeyman.' Friday, January 28. 1:80 P. M ex ecutive session; 7 P. banquet at the Multnomah Hotel. Among the officers and dlreators of the association are a number of men well known throughout the state. Those who have held office on the ex ecutive committee during the past year are as roiiows: ueorge T. Baldwin. Klamath Falls: Charles R. Archerd. Salem, chairman; W. A Huddleson. North Powder; N. A. Bonn. The Dalles; A. E. Franz. Hood River; William D. Haven, McMinnville; F. E. Chambers, Eugene; A. F. Stearns. Oakland; A. C Hubbard, Medford, and George H. Hyatt. Enterprise. GUARD HORSES ASKED 4 ANIMALS REQXJISTIONET FROM GOVERNMENT WITHOUT COST. for each 10 horsea The caretakers must be members of the mounted serv ice. The stables, it Is planned, will be constructed at an early date by the state at a small cost. WORKER INSTITUTE TODAY Session Will Be in Millard-Avenue Presbyterian Church. A workers' Institute of the Sunday School Association. District No. 9, Mult nomah County, will be held today In Millard-Avenue Presbyterian Church. Among the prominent speakers will be Rev. Charles A Phipps. general secre tary of the State Sunday School Asso ciation, and J- F. Ewing. educational di rector First Presbyterian Church. Following is the programme: 8 P. M., opening; 3:10. the Home De partment. Mies J. H. Goljabek: 3:30. the Cradle Roll. M!a Olive Clark; 8:50. open dlscuaalon led by Prealdent Bradford: 4:20, announcements, offering. Invitation for next Institute: 4:30, reeeaa; 4:40, singing; and special music: 4:50. address. Rev. Charles A Phipps: 6:30. adjournment. Evening 7. Young Peoples devotional service: 7:30. The Relation of Young Peo to the Sunday School. Professor J. V. Ewlnjr: 8. muslo; 8:05. Teacher Training, New and Old. Rev. J. D. Sprlngston. PITTSBURG DINNER IS SET Pennsylvania Club Plans Affair for Next Month. The next dinner of the Pennsylvania Club will be held next month to cele brate the founding of Fort Pitt, or what Is now the city of Pittsburg. The Pittsburg contingent of the club will have charge of the affair, and expects to create some "smoke." Pitts burg products will be one of the fea tures of the dinner, which will be Adjmtaat-General White Desires to Bring Them Back Front Border Whrn Troops Return. Government horses for the Oregon cavalry and field artillery now on the border were requested yesterday at the Instance of Adjutant-General White, these horses to be brought from the border by the troops when they re turn. Arrangements are also being made by the Adjutant-General for suitable quarters for the two organiza tions and their horsea .After completing these arrangements and completing the hearing on finances before the ways and means committee of the Legislature it Is understood that General White will return to duty in command of the cavalry at Calexlco. Sixty-four horses are asked for from the Government. Half this number is for the battery and half for the troop, to be used for the weekly drills, being sufficient to mount a platoon of cav alry or a section of field artillery. Under current Federal regulations the horses would cost the state noth ing. The Governmnet also provides for their feed and pays for one caretaker OLD FOLKS NED "CASCARETS" FOR LIVER, BOWELS Salts. Calomel. Pills Act On Bowels Like Pepper Acta in Nostrils. Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious, Sick, Headachy and Con rimted. Most oa people must give to the bowels some regular help, else they suffer from constipation. The condition Is perfectly natural. It Is Just as oat ural as It is for old people to walk slowly. For age is never so active youth. The muscles are less elastic And the bowels are muscles. So all old people need, Cascareta One might as well refuse to aid weak eyes with glasses as to neglect this gentle aid to weak bowels. The bowels must be kept active. This is important, at all ages, but never so much as at fifty. Age is not a time for harsh physics. Youth may occasional!; whip the bow els into activity. But a lasb can't bo used every day. What the bowels of the old need Is a gentle and natural tonic. that can be constantly used with' out harm The only such tonio Is Cas careta, and they cost only 10 cents per box atany drug store. -Aav presided over by Charles J. Schnabel as toastmaster. Arrangements are being made by which Mayor-Armstrong will exchange felicitations by long-distance telephone from his office in the City Hall In Pittsburg with the banqueters here. Each member will be allowed to bring one guest. It Is proposed to make It a stag affair. The officers of the club are J. A. Currey. president, and Linn L. Relst. secretary. posed of in the courts there, according to Grant Clayton, who returned here this morning from Portland. Mrs. Tomlinson was . sister of Mrs. Clay ton and lived on a ranch near Dillard prior to her removal to Portland IS years ago. Tomlinson Boy Going to Roseburg. ROSEBURG, or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Little Stanley Tomlinson. who was I brutally assaulted In Portland recently i methods, and to satisfy the demands by William Ormand. will be brought I made upon the faculty members to to Roseburg ss soon as the case Is dls-l give talks In various Oregon towns. Normal Plans Extension Service. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Mon mouth. Jan. 30 (Special.) The Ore gon Normal School is considering the establishment of an extension depart ment to care for numerous Inquiries that have been made during the past two years on scnool management and jaSBSaw"M"fJSsaw ff rM rtvsan sag IsstsS s Cssm rj1ee cfteeirs ro " rwt trwrrro STATU WAS OtfAftTMlNV AND FO STATl CITY ANO OTHUl HOSPITALS TTJt ITS VALUt MUNOLD Of PHYSICIANS. SUKGION1 CCMTBTS ANO VtHS lANSi MEN PROMINtKT M our branch or thi WtDlCAL sof tSSIOS paABC 0TC THUJ IXTTCKS ZS ss oua P5ajobt Do You Realize the Benefits and Delights of a Proper Morning Toilette? Try These Special Suggestions. A FEW moments spent each morning In the proper care or the moutn. tnroat ana nasal nassae-ea will go far toward making the entire day more pleasant and more worth while. It will not only make you more comfortable, but it will lend a feeling of exhilaration and protect you from all manner of germ contagion, such as colds and grippe, as well as the more dangerous contagious diseases. Trv these suggestions for even two or three mornings, and you will find them so beneficial and pleasant that you will surely wish to con tinue. When you first arise, go Into the bathroom and bathe, as Is your usualcustom. Then cleanse your teeth with Benetol Tooth Cream. This is tne only tootn cream in tne woria mat is reaiiy your morning When you use Benetol as mouth wash and gargle, we would strongly urge that you swallow a part or It. This win steri lize the stomach and bowels, prevent stomach trouble, cure dyspepsia, indigestion, gas on the stomach and ulceration of the stomach. In fact, the more you use Benetol products. . the more you will value them as being far superior to any others. One trial of Benetol Ointment will convince you that nothing has ever equalled this prepa ration as a tonic for the skin. It Is an absolute physical impossibility for a man to contract Barber's Itch" or any other contagious skin disease ii ne uses ment "Benetol" or "Benetol Olnt- antlseptic and germicidal (others claim to be. but they cannot show any real germicidal strength). Now put from 12 to 20 drops of Benetol In a glass and fill it with hot water. With this, rinse f our mouth and gargle your throat. Drink what s left down to a small quantity. Dilute this still further by about 4 to 1. With this, either use a nasal douche or snuffle It up, your nose to clear out all the accumulated phlegm and ca tarrhal inflammation. Try these suggestions rinse your mouth trgle and swallow "Benetol." You will feel antiseptically clean ick to the old way. frarg so clean so sterilized so that you will never go bac Full directions for the use of these articles packed in every carton. CATJTIONi Always insist that your druggist supply you with Benetol in the original red cartons. , All Druggists Sell All Benetol Products and Recommend Them as the Best for the Purposes for Which They are Advised. Manufactured Only by THE BENETOL CO., Benetol B!dg., Minneapolis, Minn.