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Newspaper Page TextV THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SJ. .1SC3, 18 SOME CflPTMUS OF INDUSTRY; AT By Stephen & Wis. ! APTA1NB of Industry" -- to on early les now current uhraae la title, which haa 1 - :-v- been appropriate! by, or re served for, the heads of the great Indus trial tabllehmenta of the land, railroad magnates, truat promoters, mine ex- . plaltera. The recent conference of the National Civic Federation wee the meet- : In place of a number of the lnduatrlul leader of the nation. Including Belmont. Carnegie, Jpgalls, Moore. Another and it less striking type of h captain of Industry wajaiat hand In the person of such men as John MitcWl and Samuel Oompers. captains of inaumry in a very real sense, commanders of the-armies of , the tollers the mightiest armies In the World. . , i ''- ' . As a distinguished participant fn the conference observed: To bring together In fair and friendly dlscusnlon on one -pltform such employers of labor aa Belmont and Carnegie nnd such repre sentatives of the employed as Mitchell and Compere Is in Itself no Inconsider able achievement for the' federation." The value of the achievement would be lessened. If such coming together meant temporary accommodation of opinions, with the Inevitably resultant reaction, i While H Is hard to gauge the measure . of open-mlndedneas in a man or in- a group of men. It was obvious that the leaders on either aide were above hedg ing and trimming forpurposes of show. They may not have been sufficiently elastic In their mental operations, but It u m .vld.nt that (nnvlfl Inna waiiM wot be surrendered for the sake of harmony. Courtesy did not degenerate Into flab blneas, nor conciliation into invertebrate sent. , i : " ' . .' - . ,. "p Meets Under Happy Auipices..: The conference gathered under ais plces of happiest augury. On the pre ceding 'day tha- Norwegian parliament liad voiced the conviction of the world In crowning Theodore ' Roosevelt ' the peacemaker with the Nobel -prise. . And President Roosevelt nnd made the char acteristic announcement tbat the award to him unaer the terms of the Nobel prlM-would.be devoted to the further ance of Industrial, peace.. Thus had the president seen fit to renew his (approval f the cause In which the federation was engaged.. The la urea ted peacemaker of tha world, .hud . thus united with the federation In proclaiming that It la not enough that nation shall - not - lift jip word against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; .that peace hath not .awntj-jf until In the avArld nf trttl 1 I ia t Is-a hull have been done. - . w ; To . the. end that . such justice be-established, the. federation la striving.. Tha National Civic . Federation- Is the fere- rlousneas of the proceedings, the educa tional value of. the . discussion . to r the listeners, though the leaders seem un bending; tha hospitality of tha platform to every member of opinion, moved one to gratitude to William T. Stead, to whose suggestion on the occasion of the Chicago world's fair the foundation of tha Chicago Civio Federation was said to have been due. .'''; Injunction and Despotism. The first session of th conference re solved around "Government by -Injunc tion. W hen allusion waa made to "Government by Injunction" by one of Its paid apologists a a "catch phrase, a labor leader at my aide Indulged In the otto, voce-witticism: ."Yes, that's the trouble with it; It catches too much." A vkhfktfAnt Vt i than tifnNim at- tack on government by injunction was made by General Counsel Spelling of the American Federation of Labor, who pointed oat mat tne promiscuous grant' Ing by the courts of Injunctions against strikers may ultimately bring about a government by despotism without 11ml tatlon or restraint.. Judicial csarlsm was.no less odious to the freemen of a democracy than executive, or leglsla- s?Ar frit Hiivnaft XeAta in WsUrt . n 4 at we - skavw Mai a V was SKSStat ' ' Disease. I. -COSTS sTOTaOVO TO TSIT. The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us the early days when, our mothers and grandmothers gave as our dally- dose of -sulphur and ' molasses very spring and fall. . It -waa the universal spring and. fall "blood purifier," tonic and cure-all, and, Bind you, this ' old-fashioned remedy was not without merit.- j ' - The Idea. waa good, but the. remedy waa cruds and unpalatable, and a -large uantlty had to be taken to get. any ffect - ' .A ' :''.,'.. T - Nowadays we get all the beneficial effects of sulphur- In. a palatable, con centrated form, so that a single grain Is far more effective that- a tablespoon ful of the crude sulphur. ; In recent years research and experi ment have proven that the beat sulphur for medicinal use la that obtained from Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and sold In 4rng stores nnder the nam of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. They are small choco late coated pellets and contain the ao tlve medicinal principle of sulphur In a highly concentrated, effective form. ' Few people are aware ot the Value of this form of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily .vigor and health; ulpbur acts directly on the liver and excretory organs and purifies and en riches tha blood by the prompt ellmln- ttoa of waste material. - - Our grandmother knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and n laMa tovf inrlti anil fall htit t4 crudity and Impurity of ordinary flow er of sulphur were often worst Jhsn the disease, and cannot compare with tha modern concentrsted preparations of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium Wafer Is- andoubtedly the best and most widely used, r - - They are the natural antidote for liver and kidney trouble and cur con stipation and purify the blood In a way that often surprises patient and physi cian alike. . n lr. R. H. Wllkins, while experiment ing with sulphnr remedies, soon found that tha sulphur front Calcium waa su pcrior to any other form. He ssys: yor-IIvar,' kidney, and blood troubles, empeclally .when resulting from consti pation or malaria, I have been sur prised at the reults obtained from gtuart's Calcium Wafers. In patlenta suffering from boils and pimples and even oeep-wwiva nrnuncitl, nsv re pealedly seen them dry up and dis appear In four or five days, leaving the skin c!ar and smooth. .Although Stu art's Calcium Wafer Is a proprietary article and sold by druggists and for t.iat reason tabooed by msny physician, et I know of nothing so safe and relia ble for . constipation, liver and kidney troubles and especially In all. forms of kin diseases aa this remedy. At any rate people who are tired of fills, cathartics and so-called blooS purifiers" will find in Stuart's Calolunj Wafers, a far safer, mors palatable aid effective preparation. Jend yeur name and address today for a free trial package and set for tain-self. ,i , , r a. Slaart C. 17 Stuart Bldf, Mar shal;, MiCh. ,. ,. , v .. , ; h, Rabbi. Stephen S. Wise. tlve Csesarlsm. In answer to the presl dent's statement In bis last annual mes saga to congress that the Injunotlonls a "peculiarly- adequate Instrument for the prevention of crime," he urged that the. suppression of crime and the pres ervation of peace be left to the police authorities and the criminal courts. The speaker warned his hearers against the of-frpeated usurpation of authority by judgea In the Issnonce of Injunction. The Judge who, under the term of tb injunction. Issues writs or decrees which are. the equivalent of special legislation sets himself above the law. The danger to property rtghta. concluded counsel for the American Federation or LADor, which may Inhere In an antl-lnjunction law, la not comparable to the peril, to the rights of men, which waits upon the exercise of the right to Issue Injunc tions against strikers. Mitchell on .Personal Freedom. 'Walter Drew, commissioner of the National Iron Erectors' association, ar- gaed In support Of government by in junction unconvlnclngly, because he spoke as If he himself were unconvinced. He held that the injunction ia an Indis pensable weapon in the hands of law and order, as against Intimidation, co ercion and, malice, and that to deny to the courta the right to Issue wrlta of injunction la to leave the state without civil, or criminal remedy in times of emergency. Cutting his way through the labyrinth of legal argumentation, John Mitchell went to the heart -of the question with refreshing directness In his opening sen tence: "Government by Injunction Jeop ardises the security and freedom of the American workman." With earnestness that was almost solemnity, Mitchell de clared that government by Injunction is not a matter of administrative theory or legal precedent, but a matter of work and life for the American toiler. He railed attention to the fust-waning con fldence of the massess in the Integrity and Impartiality of the federal judiciary, and said quietly but firmly: "If a court were to issue an injunction which I be lieved to be usurpatory of my constitu tional rights as a cltisen of the Vnlted Stales I would not hesitate for one mo ment to violate U." ,' ; v " The child Labor Crime. 1 . " The afternoon of- the first day found a large gathering eagerly awaiting the promised rray Between tne repreaenta- tlves of the national child labor com mittee, on the one hand . and Penniyl vanla coal 'operators and - southern cot ton mill owners on the other. As one listened to two Irreconcilable- versions of the facts of 'child Inbor, one hsd almost thought that - both parties In Interest had heeded Mark Twain's ad vice to . Rudyard Kipling "First get your facts, get your facts; then twist them any way you please." And what supple, pliable, accommo dating' statistics, and how they veered from side to side of the argument, as the speakers In 'condemnation and con donation of child labor In mill and mine alternated! I never before quite so well understood , Disraeli's threefold classification of lies, namely, lies, lies and statistics. One thing wss glesn- able from the discussion, however dis putable the facts. The employers of child labor are keenly, exquisitely sen sltlve, tney ought to be, to public opinion and public criticism, and the afternoon's exhibition of such sensitive nesa pointed to a weapon which it is both the right ahd the duty of the antl chlld labor forces to wield. It was sought to conceal such sensitiveness by the assumption of a erai-noncbulant, semi-flippant manner, but none could be deceived. ' At times tha flippancy became Insolent as in the case of a coal operator, who referred to the frequently careless handling of dynamite and stee drills by. the miners, with the result of two- or' more funerals. Equelly flip pant were, I regret to note, the re marks of two physicians from the coal region from whose' highly relevant re marks on infant mortality and old age figures in the anthracite coal district it was nstural to infer that the work of the boy coal breaker was the most healthful, profitable and enjoyable oc cupation in the land.' The Child Should Play. Her again a word of- John Mitchell clarified and Illuminated the discussion. With the sledge-hammer blow of an old, practiced miner.- he pulverised the sophistry of the coat mine operator, who had declared mat many or tne ae cldenta which befall the boy In the breakers are due to -"the taking of desperate chances 'to get ' rich, and the love of play." .: '. i "Whoever got rich la a coal mine, asked Mitchell, "however 'desperate the chancea which ha took T , And , as for playing," be added, ."boys ought to play. I took chances .when I was a boy, and I played In the. coal breakers. Iet the boy nave his cnance to play De- fore he goes down Into the mine." Prior to the attempted whitewashing of the coal mines a rather difficult task-vtn the matter of child labor. Sec retaries Lindsay and Lovejoy had given a summary of the figures bearing on child labor. According to carefully and conservatively compiled statistics, there s re In this country about 1 10.000 chil dren under 14 years la gainful occupa tion other than agricultural and thla I the appalling phase --the number ii rapidly Increasing. " Eliminate the child. cried Dr. Lindsay, from the range of industrial competition. Tne Beverldge Parson bill, since Indorsed by the president, wss. warmly commended on the ground that through nationalising and anti-child labor restrictions. It tends to equalise and standardise Industrial conditions throughout the land. Tht Road to Socialism. Child labor will In time multiply the armies ef discontent and rightly so. To those who look with terror on the trend toward oclsllsm, he brought horn that the continuance of child labor is one of thi direct sat svenuxs of . ap proach thereto. . , CLOSE RMIGE Tor my part I could not help regret ting that ''socialism"' and the 'future safety of the republic'' had not. been left alone, nor wishing that thefperll and wrong to the child worker of today had been emphasised more . and more. I looked for tha ereat word, when later In the" evening our fcllow-Oregontan Kdwln Markham, arose. But the poet was very prosy and dull and uncompell Ing. ' The thought of the child as a bit of social machinery, rather than a human entity, colored the defense of the child, labor system by southern mill owners. One of the cotton goods manufacturers referred to the great Increase In wages during the last five year In the cotton mill of the south from 60 to 10 per cent, he gravely and proudly stated. But questioning brought out the fact that the Increase of the dally wage Of the adult worker had been from G cents to fl a day, and the highest from to cents to 11.26 a day. Vigilance be hooves , the Manufacturers . association and all' glorlfiera of unorganised trades and the open shop. The high wage here spoken of la paid to the worker in a section of the land which Is not troubled by labor organisations trade unions, strike.. These things are perilous to the security and perpetuity of aa un limited plutocracy. . , The Unhappy Corporations. - - One. of the reasons alleged for the employment vOf little children . in the mills was the Insistence of the family heads that the entire family be em ployed. Poor, tyrannised corporations, powerless to resist the demands of the workers! Such usurpation of rights should not be suffered any longer. The government should Intervene to protect the timid, shrinking, in more ways than one, mill owners from encroachment of their sovereign rights at the hands of Ihelr subjects. - - - - - ' The outcome of the child-labor dis cussion is to be the appointment of a commission made up of the representa tives of such organisations as the Na tional Conference of Charities and Cor rections, the National Educational asso ciation and the National Municipal league. The labors of this commission, after thorough Investigation, should be conclusive In the establlshmsnt of the facta, whatsoever the fact may be. Meeting of .Titans... . The discussion of the Income and In heritance tax led to a rare encounter of giants. At the head of the forces In opposition to these measures stood William D. Guthrie, who made the argu ment which led the United States su preme court, about 10- years ago, to declare the Income tax law unconstitu tional. , A f oeman worthy of any man's steel, save the steel king's! At close range. Carnegie seemed not so much- a captain of men as a captain of the mind. What almpliclty, what - reasonableness what terseness and . effectiveness in presentation, as be made clear the right of the government to Impose an Inheri tance tax upon fortunes which human association made It possible to secure and governmental administration made It possible to retain! , '"It should be the object of lawmakers to derive from every cltisen taxation for the eupport of government in pro portion to bis ability to pay.. That is the true- equality." .... - ; "Socialism" . and "radicalism were 1 the cries that greeted President Roose velt's proposals to tne same effect In hla message of. a fortnight before. No one. will accuse Carnegie of being a socialist or" a radical, and - yet Roose velt's presentation of the caae waa tame ' compared with the vigorous plea of An drew Carnegie for the repressive taxa tion of vast fortunes. .- The Community a Partner. VI am not in favor of touching the bee when It is making the honey. Let the bee work. But when he pasae away, the silent partner, the community that - made that wealth, should receive its dividend a large proportion. Wealth ia based upon the ocmmunlty. I am in favor of a heavy graduated tax, because it belongs to the -community .'that made most of the money, and they should come In and get their dites. - "The miser millionaire class should give up to the state a very large pro portion of the wealth 'It has accumu lated, for which the community Is re sponsible, and for which the miser mil lionaire la Indebted to the community." There was something of moral In sight, more of patriotism, most of con structive statesmanship Is the old Iron master's remarkable address. Melville Ingalls. head of the Big Four railroad, gave, a careful analysis of the Income tax. which i be considered "the best and fairest tax that can be levied a tax for the purpose of mak ing wealth pay Its share of the burdens of the people." He favored a prohibi tion by law of sny effort -to create a trust by will and testament, by requir ing equal and immediate division among heir of all estates. In order to prevent 'a continuance of the old law or, entail under another form,"' ; Referable to the People. The burden of Mr. Guthrie's argu ment that congress has no right to levy taxes for the purpose of social r- strl button of wealth and that an Income tax Is comparable to the method of the savage who hews down the tree IS or der to get Its fruit, was supplemented by an admission, which, viewing its source, I of considerable moment. . It was good to hear an old-time Ham 11 ton lan republican say that the whole question of taxation Is referable to the people, Whicn in a aemocracy is ever the court of last resort. . The constitu tion of the United States, which pro hibit the Imposition of a direct tai unless in proportion to the census or enumeration Is -easily and quickly amendable It but 'the people will. And. he added, better snd dlrecter far to amend the constitution through the ex "7T' Humphreys' Seventy Setcn Cures Colds and At Drortiats, cent r Bulled. Humuarora' Hnmra. Medicine Co.. Cat.' Wll- Utm asd Juki streets, ew. rs. mum ercise of he people's wilt.' to nave, as It ware, a national referendum on the question,' than to shift, the burden to the courta v ' - a. . His warning against the perils which Inhere In an inheritance tax will hardly affright the Americas people, namely, that it penalize the accumulation of property as if burden ' and , penalty were ' Interchangeable . terms and Is bound to lead to extravagance, of which It may without exaggeration be said that we arejiavlng some few and vague Intimation even prior to the advent of an Income or inheritance tax. But hi challenge to the democracy, "This Is your question, and not the courts'," the American people ought to have alike the courage asd the wisdom to accept. . , ' 2 '- O .V... -J..J T ... C .-II.. L . At the evening eeMng which lookn tne lorm or 'tnrr"""" t "j restive 1 Doara, were neara tne reports of tlve departments; of conciliation and welfare. Beth - Vow, former mayor of New "York and former president of Col umbia university, one of the most use ful cltlxons of the Republican party. gave an Inkling of the work dona be hind tn. scenes. The recent strike of the employes of the Electrio Trans portation company. In the oourse of which some heads had been broken, was ended by the conciliation - department. Mr. Low ' told : of a threatened tie up of the ' street car syatem of a middle-west city, which it had been given to him to avert through telephonic communication from his country home wU.i Philadelphia and Detroit. This conflict was forestalled, as he happily put It, through bringing into play the currents of human sympathy and love. Upon leaving the meeting place of the federation I aaw the towers and para pets of a regimental armory across the street. - I had looked within upon the new order and the new way. Bohold, In the armory a survival of the old or der and the old way. Archbishop Ire land held that the National Civio fed eration rested upon the Christian teach ings of love and charity. A Jewish minister at the same session that the federation waa pillared upon the teach ing of the Hebrew -phopheta, "Justice, Justice, shalt thou pursuer' Whether the Christian or the Jewish teacher waa nearer right matter lea than does the truth, that the National Civio federation I an embodying In some part of the vision of the poet: "Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new; That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do. For I dipt Into the future. ar as hu man eye could see. - Saw the vision of the world and all the wonders that would be; Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle flags were furled. In the parliament of man, the federa tion of the world." PORTLAND GIRL BECOMES - DRAMATIC SUCCESS. Miss Anna E. Phillips Is Now Playing With Columbia Conv edy Company. Miss Anna E. Phillips Is a Portland girl who Is meeting with success on tha stage. She Is playing with the Colum bia Comedy company, now In Belllng- ham. Washington, and the notices given her for her stage appearance, winning, Miss Anna E. Phillips, Portland Girl . on Washington Stage. V personality and excellent acting are flat tering. Miss Phillips received her early dramatic training from W. M. Rasmus of the Western academy. She Is also an excellent musician and haa studied the violin under Joseph Steblngers. Miss Phillips is only 17 years old snd her artistic gilts and attractive appearance are said to ssaurs her a promising fu ture. - ...,.',. ; . SUIT FOR FAILURE TO ' DELIVER A MESSAGE (flleclal Diapatrfe to The Journal.) Balem, Or., Dec, 2. Basil II. Wag ner, at one time a clerk In the land omen department' . under, the Odell regime, has through hla attorney, H. J. Bigger, commenced an - action for damages against -tha Western Union Telegraph company In 'department No. 1 of the Marlon county circuit court The amount of damages asked is I ISO for alleged -negligence and carelessness In the delivery of a telegram... Wagner alleges that he contracted for a position aa salesman in a general mer rhandlse concern at Juneau, Alaska, through a friend, Fred 8. Williams, at a salary of 1100 per month; that on My 28 Williams sent a telegram to him In this city from Juneau sdvlslng him ef the contract; that the telegraph com pany failed to deliver the message, but Instead wired that he (Wagner) was In South Dakota,' thus causing htm finan cial Injury. - Milton X astern Star Xastalatloa. (Spatial Olapatrft U The loeraal.i . --, Milton, Or, Dec. 21. The following officers have been, Installed by the Mil ton Eaatern Star-lodge: Matron, Mrs, James Romlne; associate matron, Bertie Elam; worthy patron, Oeorge Church; chaplain, Mrs. Romlne; treasurer, Mrs. I.mda Thomaa; aecretsry. Mm. Frank Phelps;' conductress, Mrs. Adah Tal liert; associate conductress. Miss Iola Van Vranken; warden, - Mrs. Wilder sentinel, Ii. I 'Fraster. . -'A j! For Particulars ; 1 See Our Ad 5 on .Page 4 : : ; x"", f . . 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