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7. 8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1914. LABOR LEADERS SAY THEY ARE OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION IDEA -' , l ; Loog Hours and Overwork blamed tor intemperance . in Industrial Centers, I MANY INSTANCES CITED Workers Bo Hot H4 Protection of , ' ' la Opn Statement. FUaming lonft hour, overwork and. conHenutnt netve exhaustion for the , prevalence of intemperance in the in dustrial centers, a uliitement declaring opposition to Btale-wido. prohibition has just been iHMird by a group of i men prominently IrU-nUtMed with the . labor movement. The names affixed are those of individuals in their prl- , vate ca parity and do not represent any of the labor organizations as such. I The htatement follows: . the undersigned, arc oppond to Btate-wlde prohibition for the lulluw Inir reasons: . Uecause experience has shown thai wherever prohibition has been in ef fect It has merely changed the traf fic Into another channel without re ducing the consumption of liquor. In the organised labor movement we have living proof of the fact that us tlin conditions of the worker are im proved by shorter hours, increased wages, more leisure for mental Im provement, that the character of the t worker improves correspondingly, lie becomes temperate by choice. j We are constrained to speak of this I because the I'rohibitlonists are. par-; ticularlv at this time. concerning themselves with the poor "working. .n.n.niinf in cure hv law an evil result caused by long hours, low; tiOns of servitude. Dru&kenaeaa rollows Poverty. I The investigation in the anthracite coal strike, shows men resorting to stimulants from utter weariness. In, n,.ikuk.m kui.i & iron Works the inauguration of the "Taylor Kys- . teni' under the guise or emciency caused .l-r0 . men to do the work of t;00: thus 4jo were thrown out of work to increase tho profits and for f no other reason. The result of this "business effi ciency" is to drive the employe to the use of alcoholic stimulants from ahecr enervation. It is suggested by the "committee of 100" that the employers of labor are for prohibition, ostensibly for the benefit of their employes. Have the employers shown that they are fit to exercise such authority over their em ployes? Have they shown such great soil, itudo lor the health and welfare of their employes, when they have subordinated all else to profit? . The worker of this country are something more than subjects for ex periments, nor do they need the "pro tection" of benevolent moral cru saders, who but touch the .problem superficially. Drunkenness and its Attendant misery, follows in the wake of poverty and destitution, and Is more often the result of hopelessness of the worker whose life and energy is ground Into profit by the "business machine" and no constitutional amend ment to prohibit the sale of liquor will n-ileve the situation for the rea son that It does not deal with causes. Fewer laws of a fundamenal na ture that win I ree me loners irom the fear of want, that will instill self reliance and permit him to build char acter for himself is the better way. The statement is signed by: J. D. M. Crockwell. ::108 Sixty-second street S. K. ; K. .1. -Stack. Hillsdale. II. K. D. i; A. W. Jones. 1144 Kern avenue: H. Kitzgerald, 741 East 1'orty-second street N. ; ". M. Kynerson. Iu29 East Thirtv-second street N.; Phillip ft. Pollock, 16- Second street: (J. W. Stanley, O. A. Sandel, 347 Hall street; Kugene K. Smith, 20 Twelfth street; H. O. Rector, !7Ti Gladstone avenue; Harry W. Hillibush. XUl Kast ..Eleventh street; William MacKeii'zie. 875 East Ninth street N. ; Carl V. Caufield, 779 Marshall street: Arthur R. Burns, 4tX Rodney avenue; J. I... Lertwtdge. f. 00 ijrnnd avenue; Krank Hannon, a"'.''. First street.; I." T. Lemmon, tS 1 1 Klftv-third avenue S. K, ; Spence Wort man. 7Sj East Main; C. It. Merrill, 141:; Hurrage street; B. W. Hleeman, 1V.t Vincent avenue; S. ('lark, 97 Morris street; M. B. Coade. 14H1 Kil ltngsworth avenue; M. J. Clemmons, ' 44! Sixty-fourth street S. E. ; Ed. lloscnl)crg. isti Twentieth street. Optional Routes Are Given by S. P. By Paying Tew Cents Extra, Travelers May Go to Destination By Circuit ous Bout Instead of Direct. Travelers in the Willamette valley now have the privilege of using half 'a dozen optional routes over Southern Pacific lines. The only difference from the former regime will be the assessment of a small "arbitrary" or extra fare in cases where indirect routes involve a detour and consequent longer Journey. ,Knm Portland to Eugene or points beyond, tickets may be purchased as lorinerly, at the regular rates, though for 5 cents extra the traveler may go oy way or independence and Mon roe; for 40 cents extra, he .may go via -Moans, uorvallls and the P., H. &. E. ; and for Ja cents extra, he may go via .Salem, Gerllnger, Corvallia and the P.. E. & E. doing to Albany or pointa beyond. me traveler may, oy paying 50 cents to the conductor, go via Whiteson. Uerlinger and tsalem; If he is goln lo. Dallas or beyond, by paying 10 cents extra ne may go via Amity and ijcmnger, i Tickets to Whiteson or McMinnville via wernnger and Amity, will cost 5 ; tents extra. Benefit Expected to Be Big Social Event Erwn Will Be Under Auspices of I Woman's Catholic Leag-ue; Promi nent People Ate Purchaeinr Boxes.' Plans are polng merrily for the big) """" i)ciunimin e to De given aion-1 uay nignt oy f lorence Roberts and the Baker Theatre comnunv in unv. cr.,r under the auspices of the Wo-" mans catholic league. The show is expcciea to oe a big social event and poxes are neing sold for parties. J I WBrien and J. K Shea are among those who have .ilrenriv unhu..rik.,.i r boxes and pthers ure planning to en tertain parties. . ,i Between the acts musical numbers .will be iriven bv 1r If,, r., ... - -a vuuioeif Keed, Mrs. Jane Burns Albers and John Claire 'Montelth. Miss Mayme ..Helen Flynn will be accompanist Among those who are working for the success of the benefit are Mrs. John wanning, jura. Andrew C. Smith and Mrs. J. C Costfllo. The proceeds will be used in furtherance of the nplendld i wi ueiug accomplished by the league. The Evening Telegram, the "Dry" Committee of One Hun dred's organ of abuse, declares that some of the names signed to a certain "Declaration of Principles" opposed to STATE -WIDE PROHIBITION are FORGED. To the Committee of One Hundred: Here Is a New Challenge If the name of a single man is Forged or Not Signed or Authorized by the In dividual Concerned the organization signing this advertisement will donate One Hundred Dollars to any Charitable organization for Each Name So Forged AVE You Have Not! That is not the Prohibition Method. Such a squirming, wiggling, crawling and backing up has never been seen in Portland. You tell us that you are Checking the Names. Your Challenge Reads: (This is a literal copy of the Dry Committee's Challenge.) "So we challenge the wet interests of Oregon to produce a 'commit tee of one hundred' sympathetic supporters who are ready, to stand out in the open in support of a wet state, and as soon as the names are fur nished we shall publish them in every paper in Portland, parallel with the names of members of this body, and leave the people to draw their own inferences." Here Is the Hole Through Which the Committee of One Hundred Is Trying to Wi The "dry" Committee of One Hundred (or less) glibly ex plains that in another paragraph in their now FAMOUS CHAL LENGE was a sentence to the effect that the ONE HUNDRED OREGONIANS whose names were printed by this organization should "sponsor" certain quotations not contained in the challenge. WE NOW ASK THE FAIR-MINDED MEN AND WOMEN OF OREGON TO BE THE JUDGE OF THIS "CHEAP WIGGLE." What issue really confronts the people of Oregon ? Is it the accuracy of a quotation or of some statistics, or is it the PROSPERITY OF OREGON? Don't Forget We call your attention to the significant fact that the men whose lives and work make them mpst, competent to judge what is best for Oregon Portland's Chamber of Commerce turned down prohibition by a vote of 470 'to 1 1 1, or over four to one. That organization knows what will help and what will hurt Ore gon. There is a challenge which the Dry Committee of One Hun dred has been very careful to ignore. IN CONCLUSION i We ask the sober judgment of fair-minded men and women You Backed Down From Your Former Ch See How Many Hundred Dollars You YOU MA the"4 to 19? Chamber off Commerce Vot Pa AfT"m,n sut BMWVAM0ctl0B Oreroa; Now let the Dry Committee of One Hundred back down from its Nasty Insinuations contained in their Paid Advertisements or. Prove That Any Name Has Been Forged. The "Dry Committee of One Hundred" (or less) challenged the anti-prohibition forces to produce the names of One Hundred Oregonians (presumably of prominence) opposing prohibition. We gave them, not one hundred, but several hundred names under this caption: To the Committee of lOO (or less): Don't dodge this direct answer. Either back down from your challenge, or make good. As a matter of fact, you are not asking One Man of the Nearly 400 names furnished you whether he favors or is Opposed to Pro hibition, but whether he is "Sponsor for Some Quotation or Statistics." Here Is Your Wiggle ; You fail to make good your own challenge. I In your answer you dodge the issue, after receiving a solar plexus? ; reply to your own challenge. I You answer us by saying: The Committee of One Hundred did; not ask for a number of Portland taxpayers who are opposed to the dry movement. That would be silly we know that there are plenty1 of them. - si Do Not Be Misled The issue is PROHIBITION against HOME RULE. No amount of dodging, squirming or wiggling can change it.. The NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED(not merelyONE HUNDRED) substantial business men who signed a "Declaration of Princi ples" OPPOSING STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION are being wheedled, cajoled and threatened, in every conceivable manner, in an attempt to induce them, through fear of loss of business or "job," or through some other contemptible force or pressure, to repudiate or discredit their signatures. of Oregon as to whether or not we met the challenge fairly and squarely. Notwithstanding the "fake" promise of the Dry Commit tee the lists have not been published by them we have met the issues and the cries of forgery, sponsoring quotations and their whinings and snarlings indicate clearly that some one has been soundly whipped. The Dry Committee's advertisement is now headed, "The Brewers Are Desperate." The. so-called desperation has at least not yet driven them to crawling in the holes of cheap evasion and subtle trickery. allenge, You Would Not Publish the List, Now Claim for the Names You P. O. Dscksbacb President, Woresttr Block, PortHnA, 4 Say Are Not Bona Fide Or.) s it ; ft