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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY .10, 1912.
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HOT QUESTIONS
Judge Lowell, Also Candidate
, Would Know Where Mer
chant Stands on Senatorial
, Issues;' Has He Felt Pulse?
rendlston. Or.. Fob. 10. Hon. Ben
Relllnr. Candidate for United States
Senator, Dear Sir: My friend over the
tat have called my attention to your
circular letters Inviting encouragement
In your candidacy for senator, and so
long as they were confined to your own
glorification, and Just criticism of J,
- - bourne. Jr.. I had nothing to say; but
' since some of your reoent communl
. cations assume to excuse your csndldacy
. upon the around that you are my friend,
and that you would not enter the contest
except for Information which you claim
to possess that I cannot be nominated.
- ' I hare something to say, and some In-
"lulrles to propound to you not as an m
dividual, but as a candidate for publio
office.
My Information is to ths effect that
you probably cannot be nominated, and
that ths only result of your candidacy
, at this time will be the possible renom-
: I nation of Bourne an outcome which
' I agree with you would be most unfor
' tunate for both state and nation.
. Pats Some Questions. ,
' Ton are classed as a millionaire, and
, as such are in touch, of course, with the
Interests, so-called, especially with their
representatives In Portland, and I beg
to inaulre If It is not a fact that be
hind your proposed candidacy are
rayed the following; forces:
(1) The always reactionary ne
j. paper, the Oregonian.
(I) Theodore Wilcox with his great
milling and warehouse Interests.
!) Charles H. Carey, W. D. Fenton
and W. W. Cotton, with their allied
- railroad Interests.
t) A. L. Hills and the vast bank.
In Interests for which be speaks.
la It not from these souces whence
comes your boasted Information that I
cannot win the Republican nomination
, for the federal senate? Or does it natur-
' ally arise In your mind because I am a
poor man and you a rich man, and be
causa all my life has been spent among
the common herd, of which I am a part,
: and for whose welfare I have always
! stood f
- "Have Ton rslt Publio Pulse?"
Have you been outside Multnomah
county to get In touch with the people
With the average man upon the farm,
and In the workshop, and on the rail
roads, whose vote counts as much, for
' Instance, as that of our mutual friend.
; E. B. Piper, of the Oregonian, or that
of any one of the aristocracy of wealth
and position, whose support I am willing
to concede to be yours at this time
. Have you been anywhere, except In
a few offices and clubs of your own
city, to feel the public pulse?
. - If not, what right have you to assert
In deliberately written letters that you
possess any such Information as you
claim, and at the same time assert that
you are my friend?
You, as an intelligent man, well know
that If you and other Portland politl-
i clans had rallied behind me three months
, ago. Instead of endeavoring to find
torn Multnomah man to support. Bourne
would now be out of the running. If
tie wins you and your friends must
assume the responsibility. You will
finally learn that Portland Is not all
of Oregon.
' Possible Holes In Armor.
You praclalm your matchless political
strength. Has it occurred to you that
there are possible holes in your armor?
I am Informed by a gentleman who was
present that you are one of the men
chiefly responsible for the defeat in
the last legislature of Senator Dim
ick's meritorious measure looking to
the improvement of hours and conditions
' for mill operatives at Oregon City. Is
that the truth?
- I do not know, and do not desire to
do you an Injustice. Are not you, with
Mr. U'Ren and other members of the
People's Power league, responsible for
that unfortunate and mistaken amend
ment to the state constitution which
makes It possible for a few dreamers
to confront the land owners of our
counties with the menace of the single
.tax? Where do you stand on that ques
tion? Are you in favor of the Idea, or
opposed to it, or on the fence? Did
not your league lend to the amendment
Its moral support, and was not its real
purpose so safely disguised that voters
Aid not realise Us significance?
Opposes Single Tax.
I am opposed to the single tsx, as
amounting to substantial confiscation of
property. What are your opinions upon
ths momentous national problems of the
hour? I have published mine, and pro
mulgated my platform, that the people
might know and discuss the same. You
will find that men are thinking of other
things besides Statement No. 1. All of
vs now support that statement It is
ths taw of the state.
If you want to enter this contest, it
is a free fight. Do not delay. Come out
In the open. We will then go before
the electors, end they can determine
which one of us stands for tho inter
est of all the people. Your postage
stamps will be wasted. In Sunday's
-Oregonian you published 46 replies out
of sn alleged 1500, and of course you
selected those most favorable. Of the
At there were about 21 clearly favorable
to' you, while the others were simply
opposed to Bourne. My information is
that I can defeat him. Are you sure
that he Is not indirectly working you
row to divide the field in his Interest?
Respectfully,
STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
Social View o f Labor Question
The) Supreme Importance of Efficiency and Fair Pay la Not That Em-
plover Demands One and Employe the Other It Is That in This
Way Only Can a -Worthy Race of Men and Women Be Built Up
and Maintained.
By Lincoln Steffens.
These articles are leading up te
criticism of labor, which may look, to
a blind partisan, like an exposure. And
It Is necessary to say thta now, In ad
vanoe, because so much has been made,
both by my editors and myself, of ray
hops to present labors point of view
Not mine.
My point of view is not that of labor.
Nor is It the business man, nor the poll
tioian's. I am not a partisan, and never
have been, either In politics or finance.
I have tried as a reporter to keep In
mind always the common Interest of
society as a whole and to see in poll
tics and In business what made for and
what against the common, human good
So now in labor, I am for those acts
and tendencies which seem to make for
the good of humanity; not of the work
Ing people only that's the nsrrow labor
view), but of all the people. And I
am against an mat lacor aoes wnion
seems to hurt society; not business
(thnt the narrow business view); but
the human community as a whole.
For example: The reasoning of a part
of labor that efficiency would increase
the profits of the employer more than
the wages of the workers, therefore
skimp, seems to me to be not only
false, but funds mentally wrong. It is
anti-social. Even If the premises were
true and argument sound; even if skimp
ing did reduce profits and earns not at
all out of the wage worker and the con
Burner; even then It would be wrong.
from the social point of view. Anr
thing that hindered or set back the de
velopment of efficiency In the workers
would be bad, because labor Is so large
a part of society that a spirit of skimp
ing or habits of inefficiency might tend
to produce a loose, weak society, sn in
effective breed of men, a careless,
skimping race.
Always Beaobing for More.
So with questions of wages, hours,
and the other conditions of work, and
the methods of improving them. Labor
warts higher wages, as we have seen,
Drlmarllv. for the same reason that
most men wsnt more of snythlng sin-
ply to have more, and more, and more.
Capital, so to speak, opposes this want
of labor. Instinctively, and for practr
cally the same reason because capital
wants more and more and more, and,
so, fearing that. If labor got more
wages, capital would get less proms.
the employer end employe clash and are
forever fighting somewhere. It Is their
flgghtlng which, at present. Interests
the public; a strike Is an Inconvenience
and a disturbance of the peace.
But that isn't the reason we outsiders
should take the part we do take In the
conflict between capital and labor. May
be fighting is good. Any one who, like
Colonel Roosevelt, believes that peace.
except In the fighting attitude of pre
paredness, tends to produce a race of
mollycoddles, snd that war is a form of
murder that Is not murder, but manly
exercise all the colonels should applaud
strikes, mobs snd all sucl disturbances
of the peace. They tend to democratize
fighting, to spread the warlike spirit
among the people and develop "the man
behind ths" colonel.
This may be right. I don't think so,
but It's too early In our inquiry to
come cut against anybody or anything,
even the soldiers and the war policy of
direct action. We want to know what
we want. 'first We should have some
sense of what society Is or might be
driving at. And, since society is all of
us, it should be for the welfare of all
men, women and children the race.
Bow ths View Changes.
That's the social point of view. Take
It for a moment, and see how, as from
mountain top, the view changes. The
Importance of labor's effort to get high
er, ever htgher wages, becomes obvious.
You see that the wage workers are a
very large part of society, and that the
future of the race depends In startling
measure upon the men, women and chil
dren that work In the mills, mines and
hops. Business is important, too. It
is not, ss business men so commonly
think of it it Is not an end In itself. It
is a means to an end. And that end Is
not profits alone; profits are only the
wages paid to the leaders of society who
carry cn business for us.
In other words, business Is not merely
business. Business is the machinery
which produces, prepares for our use
and distributes the things society needs
to live. And that's why business should
be kept going industriously, efficiently,
t -
at peace. And that's one reason why
strikes and fighting, skimping and In
efficiency are bad, from the social point
of view. Not because these things an
noy or hurt or help the capitalist and
the employer, but because they injure
society, which, I repeat, la all men and
all women and all children.
And that's why low wages are bad,
and long hours, and Imperfect sanita
tion, and child labor and all the other
evils of Industrial labor. Not because
these evils hurt labor; not because soma
working men hunger and .some women
starve; not because some girls become
prostitutes and many children are so
exhausted by early work that they grow
up to be bums, drunkards -end cripples.
That's the sentimental view of labor
which corresponds to ths personal view
of business. It counts; it counts with
me; and It should count, of course, with
everybody; an unsympathetic race would
not be a great race. It would be de
ficient In art, literature and music. But
the sentimental view Is not the view to
be taken in these articles. I think it
Is pitful to see men and women work
too long for too little; I think it la hell
to have any part of the human race over
worked and underfed. But ths point ef
view I take as a reporter Is simply that
such evils are bad because labor Is so
large a part of society that the suf
ferings of the workers cannot help but
Injure the race, and their well-being
will make for the well-being of society.
Underpaid and Overworked.
Apply this, now, to our typical strike,
that of the laundry workers in New
York. Men and women, boys and girls.
they were underpaid and overworked
three days of the week. In some steam
laundries which are unsanitary and at
some machines which. It is said, injure
the worker for life. We needn't be
sentimental about them, because; from
their own account, ths life In the laun
dries had a good deal of fun in It, es
pecially for the young people. But I
noticed that ths grown-ups were pale,
thin, rather weak, and more or less ail
ing. They were not good stock. And
there are. gome 40,000 of them; In the
next generation their descendants may
be 80,000 or 100,000. Soms of their
children may be listless, weak, good-for-
nothings of the kind we say "don't de
serve any more than they get, which
may be charity or even the Jail.
The condition of the laundry work
ers, then, should be bettered, for the
good of society. But society pays no
heed. You and I leave the laundry
buslners to the laundry people, and thi-y
don't know how to solve the social
problem In their trade. The employers,
unorganized and In close competition,
couldn't raise wages. And, of course,
the employes, also in competition, and
not only with one another but with the
people out of work In New York, who
pressed for Jobs the laundry workers
Were helpless until they organized.
TSs and Abuse of Unions.
Now the business men who own tho
laundries objected to the unions; of
course they did. Unions' are organized
to use force; to compel higher wages; I
and, sure as the world, once organized. 1
the union will abuse its power. Not
nly the laundrymen, we all know thai.
And the abuse by labor of its organized
power is an evil, as we shall see. But
think we can learn to distinguish be
tween the good and the evil uses of
unions. Whether we can or no, how
ever, unless society Is ready tand able
to, protect the race Interest In that part
of society which washes and irons our
clothes; If we leave it to the laundry
workers themselves to solve Ihclr own
problems, we must see that the organi
zation of the laundry workers' union Is
right, from the social point of view.
Bad from the business man's point of
view, because it will Interfere with his
liberty and hurt his business by stopping
It, if necessiry, to enforce demands, the
laundry union may seem bad to the
laundry workers also, from their point
of view, and for the same reason. Most
of the laundry workers didn't belong to
the union, and don't now; and they op
pose ths strike; and they would prefer
now to go back to work. The union
leaders have to send strikers out as
pickets to persuade the would-be scabs
to bacrlflce their immediate. Individual
Interest to the welfare of the laundry
workers as a whole. This is bad, too;
there really should be some other way
to make the conditions of that part of
the community right. But, taking hu
man nature and facts as they are, we
1 can v see that unless ths laundry work
ers ere organized In numbers ; great
I enough to oontrol the labor of the laun
dries as the proprietors control the ma
chinery and the trade, the employers
and the employes cannot come together
snd belter the conditions of the trade.
Therefore ths union, the strike, and the
picketing of the laundry workers are
necessary from the soolal point ef
view, .i mP:
DIVORCES OUTNUMBER
MARRIAGES IN JANUARY
Marriages and divorces Increased last
month over the corresponding month in
1911. The Increase In divorces Is much
greater than the Increase In marriages,
These notes are shown by ths monthly
report of County Clerk Fields, wherein
It is set out that the county issued 286
marriage licenses last January against
246 the previous year, and 62 divorce
decrees against 86 In 1911.
The total receipts of the clerk's of
fice amounted to 18093. The total ex
penses amounted to $5(21, which leaves
a total profit to the county for $2272.
There were 16 nonsupport cases
handled in the county court during the
month. There were 29 Insane persons
committed to Institutions. Men to the
number of IS were admitted to citizenship.
N BENTON COUNTY
Plans Are Forming for
; Display by School
Children.
ROADS OF SCOTLAND
THEME OF DISCUSSION
fBpwfal t Tbt Journal.) ""'
Corvallls, Or., Feb. 10. An enthusias
tic gopd roads meeting was held last
night at Commercial rlub rooms. Pro
fessor John Fulton talked on ths roads
of Scotland, he being a native of that
country. He told not only what Is
needed In ths way of roads but ex
plained In detail how they should be
constructed. The Orange and highway
road bills also the Johnson road bill,
presented to ths legislature five years
ago, were discussed by earnest advo
cates of the respective bills.
Corvallls, , Or.. Feb. 10. At a date
to be set as soon as plans are well
under way Benton county will have
an Industrialschool fair. The probable
time of ths fair Is In the latter part
of August or the first of September.
A committee consisting of R. D. Het
sel, chairman, M. fl. Woodcock, R. W.
Kirk. A. J. Johnson, H. L. Mack, C. A.
Dobell, Mrs. Tbomas Callahan and Dr.
J.. R. N. Bell, has been appointed to
raise funds and arrange details for ths
coming fair.
The members of this committee have
been assured that If they will rstse
$750 in the. county outside of Corvallls
the executive commission of the Ben
ton county-promotion 'fund wilL-con-tribute
a like amount, making $1500,
When this has been done the citizens
of Corvallls will contribute an equal
amount, with the understanding that
the amount shall be .used for prizes.
Benton county held Its first Industrial
school fair five , years ago, and It was
so great a success that another was
held the following year. Owing to the
fact that the committees in charge
failed to call for exhibits until It was
too late, the fair was postponed In
1909. Since that time Industrial school
fairs have been held In a number of
counties of the state with great suc
cess, and Benton county has determined
to reestablish the annual Industrial
school fair.
The exhibits of the previous fairs j
were taken to 61 em and placed In ths
Benton county exhibit, where they ma
terially helped to win for Benton county
first prise for the best general exhibit
of agricultural products.
It Is very probable that ths pure bred
livestock men of the county will ar
range for a stock show to be held at
Corvallls at the same time as tbe In
dustrial school fair.' r;:ii-'i ;' ifsi
Chicago Raises Teachers' Payf
, (United Pres Uiacd Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 10. The salaries of (500
school teachers today have been ordered
Increased by the Chicago board ef edu
cation, fc't J Vv , ' "'
tha Building Trades Council, in the
matter of preventing ths unemployed
of other cities coming here under the
Impression that there is plenty of work
In San , Francisco. ; Cameron II. King
was named vice-president of the Joint
committee, , - ' ,.
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San - Franolsoo, Feb. Id. -The San
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to appoint a committee of one from
eaoh affiliated union to aot In con
junction with a "like committee from
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committee of the city council yesterday.
The estimate calls for bids on two new
"types of pavement., Five pavlns sur
faces In all are specified. The lowest
estimate Is that for gravel bltullthle, a
new pavement The estimate for this Is
the lowest submitted, Ihe amount being
9150.344. Ths estimate for sspnaltlc
roncrete. another ., new pavement, is
tlC.lS8.
The district to b paved comprises
portions of 11 streets In the Brooklyn
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all run considerably hlfher than those
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You generally expect to include in your eastern trip a number of
the bier cities in the middle west. It is desirable to be ticketed
via a railroad that reaches the greatest number of such points.
Burlington trains run between
Minneapolis St. Paul and Chicago
Minneapolis St Paul and St. Louis
Billings Denver and Omaha
Billings Kansas City and St Louis
Denver' Omaha and Chicago
Denver St Joseph and St. Louis
Denver and Kansas City
Kansas City and St. Lauis
Kansas City and Chicago
Omaha and Kansas City
Omaha and Chicago
Omaha and St Louis
Through tickets via Billings are honored over the direct line or via Denver
to the East. The folder will show how a through ticket over the Burlington
will include many of these cities.
The initial agent or the undersigned will be tlad to
point out the stopover and diverse route privileges
possible to holders of Burlington tickets.
R. W. FOSTER, Commercial Agent.
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