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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Established 1878
PabUwlwrt every Tmwday by
THE ASHLAND I'lUXTINU COMPANY (Incorporated)
crlR. Greer..
Editor
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER.
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rates.
The Tidings tins a greater circulation In Ashland and Its trade territory
than all other Jackson county papers combined.
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflce as second-class mall matter.
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FACTS ON TUlXiS
'liAlSOK TROUBLE."
It Is Indeed unfortunate when It
becomes necessary to publish one's
private affairs In order to correct
erroneous Impressions made by a
competitive publication and to over
come the wrongly stated contentions
of discharged employes. '
However, as the last Issue of the
Ashland Record printed a long ar
ticle purporting to give facts In re
lation to changes that have been re
cently made In The Tiding mechan
ical department, which trtlcle re
flects on the good faith of the Ash
land Printing Company, we deem It
our duty, In self defense, to pub
lish the true facts of the controversy.
The Ashland Tidings has never
been a union office. It has been an
open office, discriminating neither
for or against union or non-union
printers. It has always adhered to
the union scale of wages and prac
ticed the eight hour working day.
On October 2nd, when the contro
Tersy with the men arose there was
employed In The Tidings mechanical
department two union men and one
non-union.
About the middle of August Mr.
Greer Informed Mr. Young, then the
foreman of the Tidings, that because
of the high cost of everything that
went Into the production of the paper
It would be necessary, on the first
of October, for Mr. Greer to go to
work In the mechanical department
end to be foreman of the office.
On September first, Mr. Greer no
tified Mr. Young, the foreman, that
the Ashland Printing Company had
deal on with Mr. N. B. Reynolds
for the sale of stock In the company
and that If the deal went thru Mr.
Reynolds would act as linotype op
erator in The Tidings mechanical de
partment after October first.
In these transactions consideration
was neither given to the union or
non-union aspect of the situation.
On October first Mr. Reynolds
closed his deal and the foreman was
notified that the change contemplat
ed in the mechanical department
wonld take place Wednesday morn
ing. There was nothing unusual In
the matter except that the employ
ment of Mr. Greer and Mr. Reynolds
In the mechanical department would
necessitate the laying oft of the force
then at work, and make a much
needed saving in the payroll of the
office.
Mr. Greer and Mr. Reynolds are
both past draft age and In view of
the uncertainties of labor occasioned
by the draft it was deemed expedi
ent to so shape the affairs of the of
fice that in case the draft should
call the then mechanical force the
paper would not be put out of busi
ness. The change was simply a move to
make certain the continuous publi
cation of the Tidings and curtail ex
penses to a point where the Income
would meet It, and was not a move
against organized labor. In making
the change the non-union as well as
the union printers were laid off.
When the union men were laid off
they at onoe circulated the report
that the Tidings office had enforced
a "lock out" on the members of the
union.
A representative of the union came
from Portland and Mr. Greer tried
to explain the situation to him say
ing that the Tidings In the future
would not discriminate against union
men and that when It needed extra
help the employment would be made,
as In the past, without discrimina
tion either for or against the appli
cant on account of his membership,
or non-membership In a union.
The Tidings Is now In need of an
extra mani andj should either Mr.
Young or Mr. Mllllken apply for the
place It Is open to them.
This offer was made them on Mon
day and they refused to work unless
they were given assurance of steady
employment, which was Impossible
under the circumstances.
They also questioned! the good
faith In the employment of Mr. Rey
nolds saying that they did not be
lieve he had bought stock In the
paper. In this regard we have only
to say that as the matter has been
dragged Into public print the books
of the Ashland Printing Company
are open to the inspection of the
union, or any others Interested as to
the stockholders of the company.
IN ECLIPSE.
Occasionally our metropolitan
newspapers make casual mention of
the deaths of French deputies on
the western front. There were two
more in the first week of September.
The Items are generally In some
obscure corner of the back pages,
and consUt of six or eight line para
graphs. In French papers they get
more space, but not much. Deputies
shouldering rifles are numerous, and
to become Illustrious each must ac
quit himself illustriously In battle.
It is not easy to shine pre-eminently
when so many do their best.
Yet it Is unfair to say that the
French belittle the functions of a
legislator. Circumstances have com
bined to cause a readjustment of
values. They have ruled that an av
erage man with a bayonet Is more
Important than an average deputy,
congressman or parliamentarian.
Many who have answered the 45
year draft call should find a deep
contentment herein. There are those
who do not hope to attain even the
dignity of a congressman, and yet
feel that experience has given them
executive capacity and aptitude In
specialized lines of endeavor which
would be wasted In . the trenches.
But If they have the supreme quality
of physical soundness, and do not
Include In their makeup something
peculiarly necessary to military or
Industrial establishment here at
home, they are likely to find them
selves In training camps.
They will be In good company.
The elected representatives of the
French people measure up to the
standards of eloquence and politi
cal sagacity maintained in American
and English legislative bodies, but
rhetoric and electioneering dexterity
are surprisingly easy to dispense with
when wars are to be won. Many
gifts of mind are at present subordi
nate in Importance to strong limbs
and sound digestions.
At this season the hay fever vic
tim ceases to be aesthetic. He can
aee no beauty whatever In golden-rod.
CHILI) POWER.
The nation Is asked this year to
make a special effort to save Its
children. How to feed them, to pro
tect them from disease and accident,
how to save their lives and their
physical strength Is going to be a
matter of much concern on the part
of the government and all its agen
cles. But there Is a waste of child
power with which no bureau has yet
busied Itself. That Is the waste
which occurs when a child Is not
taught to keep his energies under
his mental and spiritual control.
The frankness of a child's display
of emotion, when the emotion Is a
pleasant one, Is generally appealing
to adults. They play upon the child's
open delight In good things to eat,
In love for romping and excitement,
for their own gratification. And then,
when the child grows up gluttonous,
self-indulgent or nervous to the point
of hysteria, they blankly won
der why It has happened.
"A child has a right to be happy
while It Is young," they say. This
Is true. And so do people have a
right to be happy when they are
grown. But happiness does not con
sist In an unchecked gratification of
the Benses, It consists In such con
trol of the powers that they may be
given their fullest use. It consists
In being master of one's forces in
stead of being the slave of them.
The child who Is always at one
emotional extreme or another Is not
a happy child. It Is the well-balanced
child who enjoys his child joys
to the full because he has first per
formed his child duties, who Is re
ally happy. It Is the child who eats
what Is good for him and goes to bed
at the proper time, whether he wants
to or not, who Is the happy child.
And It Is this well-balanced child,
who has learned to recognize the
stern but kindly face of duty as soon
as he can talk, who Is a responsible
member of the family, entitled to Its
privileges because he fulfills his baby
responsibilities, who develops his
great powers Instead of wasting
them, who becomes a useful citizen
Instead of a futile one.
Every Piece of Meat From the
East Side
. Market
la a Good Piece.
That's the only kind we handle.
Wholesale and Retail."'
FISH ON FRIDAYS.
OYSTERS AND CRABS IN SEASON.
James Barrett, Prop. Phone 188.
HIGH COST OP LIVING JUMPS,
Old High Cost of living has so
Jumped during the past twelve
months that mere existence has be
come a sort of luxury.
Your groceryman tells you he
simply has to charge the price asked;
the clothier Informs you that the
same suits he sold for $20, tre now
$40 and $50 each, and a bargain at
that; your milkman strikes you off
the list In a hurry if you dare demur
to $3.75 per quart a month; your
wife's winter coat will be close to
the $60 mark, and her shoes will be
a bargain at $14.50. As to your
winter's wood pile the least said
the better.
Such are the fruits of war, and
such are the burdens to bo bcrna by
the great army of the secondary defense.
It's a great life If you don't
weaken.
But what would your groceryman
say If you asked hlra to knock off
his profits In these troublesome
times? What would happen If you
Informed your shoeman, your milk
man, your dry goods man, and the
rest of the bunch, that they would
have to let you have the good? at a
reduced price? Would these gentle
men politely accede to your request?
They would not. Bankruptcy would
follow If they did.
You couldn't expect It you would
not ask It! These are not the good
old days of old. Costs have gone up
on everything, and qulta naturally
too,
In view of the general condition of
affairs It Is a rather astounding bit
of legislation that Sam Jackson, ed
Itor of the Portland Journal would
foist onto the statute books this fall
It is astounding to the person unac
qualnted with the facts, but to those
who understand the motives under
lying the proposed, measure, Mr
Jackson's scheme Is petty, diabolical
ly dirty, and as malicious as any
piece of legislation that was ever
framed to be "put over" on the cltl
zens of Oregon
You have your home paper, you
believe In It, and you realize that Its
Influence as a community builder is
big. Do you know, also, that a man
high In the affairs of the nation bos
recently stated that the First. Sec
ond, Third and Fourth Liberty loans
would never have been possible with
out the generous support of the press
of Oregon and of the nation? Do
you know, too, that not one cent of
advertising was appropriated by tfcs
government to help the prcs nake
the loan a success,
But to return to Jackson's mnll-
clous measure. Ho and some Port
land attorney have decided that the
legal advertising rate, which pro
vldes that publishers shall not be
paid a greater sum than five cents
per line, Is altogether too high to
suit his Imperial taste. He therefore
has prepared an Initiative petition
and wants the voters of Oregon to
lower the rate, In accordance with
his wishes.
This Is Millionaire Jackson's way
of "getting even" with the press of
Oregon. He has been unable to dic
tate to the thinking editors of the
state who have steadily refused to
be whipped Into line to support
Jackson's single tax and other cam
paigns waged by the Journal. He
has chosen to carry out his nefarious
plan a time when probably ninety
per cent of the papers of the state
are struggling to keep the wolf from
the door, that they may "carry-on"
In their Important mission of help
Ing Uncle Sam's war activities. It
Is a scheme quite worthy of Jackson
and a really clever way to cut the
throats of the country editors. Bring
his advertising rates down below
cost and you can run him out of the
field! Isn't it a commendable work
for a millionaire publisher to be en
gaged in?
Unfortunately for Jackson the
voters are onto his little game. They
believe In their own communities,
they believe in their home papers,
and they are generous enough to ad
mit that the newspaper men of the
state have a God-given right tj live
In Oregon, In spite of Editor Jack
son's personal wishes In the matter
HOYS WILL RETURN BETTER
MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
"Write, write, write. If you don'!
remember another word I have said
tonight, remember this one word
and write to your boys," said "Prl
vate Peet," who Is touring the north
western states, at a lecture given In
Spokane recently.
"Private Peet," as he Is widely
known over this country, the author
of "Private Peet" and his exnerlenc
es on the firing line, who went with
the first Canadian regiment overseas
and after two years of service was
honorably discharged because of
wounds.
He characterized as one of the
most damnable lies Invented by Hu
propaganda the statement that the
British put the Canadians In the
front and didn't do their full share
of the fighting. He said: "When
I went overseas I was more pro-German
than I was pro-English. I hated
the type of Englishman we saw in
western Canada worse than a rattle
snake. But If ever a man tells you
the English haven't done their share
I want you to .tell that man he is i
damned liar.
"For every Canadian, Irishman
When Time Presses
VOU WILL afrpreciats navud on Land a few cans of c
reaJy-to-serv tasty meats, vegetables ai soups.
All they require is winning through they've been eooLacL
With them yoa can prepare a dainty yet substantial meal in
a few minutes.
Let us send you a supply of our eanned goods. In taste
and appearance they are so Lie die cLoioe, fresh goods that you
probably could not tell the dafTarenoe if you vrar to main
side by side comparison.
Good and Prices Will Satisfy Yon.
V
Bank ith
fh Chimo, Clock,"
There's No
Time Limit
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It's never too late to open a bank
account but It Is ALWAYS TOO
EARLY to stop adding to one. Does
either of these conditions fit YOL'R
case?
If you have an account at the First
National, keep building it up. If
you haven't one, STAliT IT NOW.
I
hJknrstNattotiat flank
Scotchman and Australian killed In
this war, all put together, there have
been eight Englishmen that have giv
en their lives.
"Don't worry about the splrltuul
side of your boy's life over there.
Your boy will come back to you a
bigger and better man spiritually
and mentally and morally. See to It
that you measure up to his standard.
Slackers are not only the men who
try to keep out of army service. The
man In your midst here tonight who
subscribes to a Liberty bond for $100
when he could just as well take a
$1000 Is a slacker, of the most con
temptible type."
"I am not going to say much about
France. No real roan can talk about
France for long without wanting to
cry. I was waiting in a railway
station when a woman and a young
boy entered. She must have been a
wonder when she was young. I would
have been glad to have claimed her
as Mrs. Peet as she was. They did
not look very cheerful but pretty
soon she said something and the boy
smiled and laughed and until the
train came when she bade him good
bye, they were as cheerful and hap
py as could be. When the boy was
out of sight, however, she collapsed i
I
completely and when she came out
of her faint she cried as if her heart
would break.
"1 asked the attendant what was
the matter with a woman who first
laughed, tln fainted, ;then cried.
He told me that before the war she
had lived with her husband and four
children In a fine chateau on a hill,
which he pointed out. She lost first
her husband and then one by one,
three of her children. The young
boy was her last and she would not
let him carry the memory of a heart
breaking farewell but repressed her
mother's feelings till he had gone.
As for herself, she now lived In a
poor part of the town and worked
by the day at the docks.
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SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
EVERYWHERE?
Wiiy FISHER'S .
BLEND Flour?
The Government has advanced the
price of Oregon and Washington
Wheats, fc
To meel this advance Manufacturers of Oregonand
Washington Wheal flours have increased their pri
ces, nntil there is little if any difference between
the price of Oregon and Washington Wheal Flours
and thai of FISHER'S BLEND.
The superior quality of FISHER'S BLEND as com
pared with other flours Is absolutely the same now
as before.
Jusl as In pre-war times FISHER'S BLEND Is
made of the cholcesl Eastern Hard wheat and choic
est Washington Bluestem.
It it was economy in pre-war
times to pay more for FISHFR'S
BLEND than for other flours,
certainly it is greater economy
now to buy it at practically
the same price for which oth
er flours sell.
FISHER'S BLEND is the ideal flour to use
with Wheat Substitutes. These substitutes
lack a balanced gluten. They require mixture
with a strong wheat flour.
FISHER'S BLEND is a strong wheat flour.
FISHER'S SUBSTITUTES, including Fish
er s Corn Flour Fisher's Milo Maize Flour,
Fisher s Barley Flour and Fisher's Corn Meal
work perfectly with FISHER'S BLEND Flour
because the same painstaking care is used in
the manufacture ofthe one as in the manufac
tuse of the other.
S1T STITUTES are manufactured
in "America's Finest Flouring Mills"
FISHER FLOURING MILLS
COMPANY
SEATTLE, U. S. A.
"United State. Food Administration License No. G-48173"
Plaa Grocery Telephone 78