THE? OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND,SUNDAYvMORNING SEPTEMBER : 10?1916. brine about a settlement by concilia tion, it prepare its report and sends It to the government. If. however, they are unable to effect any settle ment, then the board preparep a re port, which ts rtven to the Dubllc. and tie public knows what th trouble Is about, and what. In the opinion of men who have "been appointed to look Into It, appears the right and the fair thing to do. . "Now, as to the workings of the act and its, effect. It has been on the statutes . for over five and a half years six years in March, 1918, next so .that the experiment has run long enough to enable us to see whether there to any virtue In the measure. The Torea of Publicity. "During that time, from the official records, there have been altogether 132 applications for boards under the act. Forty of these had to do with coal mining, fifty-three with rail ways, ten with street railways, three with longshoremen, and the remainder with telegraphers, teamsters, etc. Ac cording to the statistical records, strikes were averted In all but fif teen instances. "The distinction between the Cana dian act and compulsory arbitration is that "under compulsory arbitration you compel the parties, under pains and penalties, to accept the findings of a board and abide by them. Under the Canadian act the compulsion is con fined to the matter of Investigation. Tou restrain the parties from striking or locking out until the Investigation has taken place." Referring to the publicity feature of the Canadian investigation laws, Mr. King described it as being "in some respects more effective as a means of remedy than penalty. "Penalty," he added, "is a last re sort, but a more effective means of bringing about a remedy to a situa tion is to frame it up. If you can, in such a fashion that the light of public opinion rrtay be brought to bear upon It. It Is a curious thing that while men, as individuals, may be mean and contemptible, still collectively and in a group and in the light of day they cannot afford to let their action ap pear In that light." ' If in the course of a hearing before a Canadian board the questions at issue are settled, the settlement is ratified by the board and made bind ing on all parties concerned. South America Is Afraid of 'Trusts' Vhmy Are Interested la the Subject and Tteliere Xadlvldaal Effort America's Best Way la Trade Extension. Buenos Aires, Sept. . (U. P.) South Americans are deeply interested in the suggestion, referred to in dis patches from Washington and New York, that the Sherman law ought not to be enforced against North Ameri can business houses seeking trade on the southern continent. South America is exceedingly fear ful of trusts and especially of North American trusts. The people base their ideas on translations they have read from newspapers in the United States. They believe, literally, the very strong est things they have read concerning the trust evil. It is doubtful if the still uninvaded corner of Belgium would regard a German incursion with any more pleasurable anticipations than South Americans feel at tUe hint that the North American trusts may get a gTip on them. :4 This apprehension of trusts, in fact, is a considerable obstacle In the way of American trades progress her. Consequently this latest suggestion has not been well received. '. -' South American business men ".who think closer pan-American trade re lations would be a good thing express the opinion that the field is so wide open, while the war lasts, that trust, methods are unnecessary at present. Their vjew is that North American firms would do better to gain a foot-', hold by Individual effort, before the European struggle is over, resorting to combinations later If they are com pelled to. w' HIGH IN POSTAL SERVICE y.w,w.i.fc.....v,.,iM.rr. I announcea mrougn one 01 tne govern ment organs, given to the press, and sent broadcast throughout the land. 1 WEAK NEIGHBOR In His Dealings With Mexico Wilson Has Been Moved for Higher Considerations and that report sets out what. In the opinion of the boatf, is the real trou ble a Issue and what. In Its opinion, ought to be done in Justice to prevent a strike or lockout. "There the function of the govern ment ends. There is nothing In the act which compels the acceptance of this particular award. It Is not com pulsory arbitration. It Is simply compulsory investigation. There is no restraint upon the parties. Once , they have had this Inquiry in the i matter of whether a strike or lockout j shall take place, they may do Just as j they please about it. but the act has this feature about it. that if the public Food Speculators Denounced. MUST CLEAN OWN HOUSE Petrograd. Sept. 9. (I. N. 8.) ' , Many papers throughout Russia have united in the demand that the govern ment at last do something to curb and punish the food speculators who are making life miserable for the masses. Strong Oorarnmrot WU1 Coma Only Wben Mexico Herself Can Set Her Affair Itt Order. ib auDjectea to the inconvenience of the cessation of operation In mines, upon railways, or any of the utilities. -fr'-r' PRESIDEN RESISTS PRESSURE WAR Washington. Sept. 9. President Wilson's faith In democracy, and the unselfishness of the United States In International deal: nun have been so strikingly expressed In hi Mexican policy that they may be said to con stitute the greatest contribution which the country has made In many years to the progressive thought of man kind. 'Two considerations have animated the president In the formulation of his Mexican policy and have compelled his adherence In It throughout his administration, namely: The rlrm oonvlcltlon that all na tions, both the weak and the powerful. have the Inviolable rlRht to control their interim! at fair. The belief, established upon the history of the world, that Mexico will never become a peaceful aryl law-abld- Irig neighbor of the imited States yirt she has been permitted to meut of her troubles without outside interference. The Wilson Mexican policy Is in tune with the new statesmanship which will regulate the international affairs of the world when the lessons of the European war have been learned and applied. One of the safeguards which civilization Is sure to set up gainst a recurrence of such a war as is now being waged. Is an instru mentality to protect the sovereign rights of weak nations. Xtatin America Xtooked On. All Latin America looked on intent ly as the United States dealt with Mexico. Suspliclon, which had been engendered by the long years of mis understanding and distrust, preceding Mr. Wilson's administration, made the Mexican policy in the eyes of our neighbors a real test of the sincerity of the friendly protestations the United States was making to all the governments of America. The more fortunate republics of fentral and Pouth America clearly were of the ' r''''' 'r s 1 ''' Ji 2 ggml . John C. Koons, recently nominated by the president as first assist ant postmaster general to succeed Daniel C. Roper. Koons en tered the postal service 20 years ago as a railway mail clerk at a salary of $1000 a year. His rise to his present position has been a series of promotions made in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He is a native of Carroll county, Maryland. ment. Villa's conspiracy to provoke Intervention had fallen short of its goal, but he had brought about a situ ation wherein it was evident that the conviction that they could expect no i l nnea riaies coma noi reiy uy.. arranza a soiaiers, wno weio xtw . better treatment for themselves in less fortunate circumstances than the Vnlted States would mete, out to Mexico. It is Impossible to grasp the vital significance of President Wilson's portcy without a broad knowledge of conditions which had prevailed in Mexico before President Wilson was inaugurated. The Mexican problem in its present form had existed ever since our frontier was extended to the Ttlo clrande. There had been peaceful periods. In which for the most part order had been maintained and Inter national obligations fulfilled, but In termittently there had arisen provoca tive circumstances similar In charac ter to those with which President Wilson has had to deal. The peace ami order which was thus capable of being Interrupted was a superimposed peace and order, and not the normal ex pression of the contentment of a self regulated people. When the people maintained the peace It was because thy were forced to do so, and not because Justice reigned ln the. land. A Larger. Consideration. Thus It was that the history of Mexico, like the history of every as piring people, pressed upon President Wilson's consideration the truth that no. permanent good relations could exist between this great northern re public and the- one immediately vsouth of us until she had been left free to put her house in order, however pain ful that process might be and what ever the demands It might make upon the forbearance of the United States. It should be remembered that al ways in the president's mind there had been reservations as to the extent of the sacrifices which t.he I'nited States government could make in order to avoid armed clashes with one of the offending Mexican factions. The pur pose behind the Vera expedition was much the same a& ftiat In the president's mind later when he ordered General Persbinc to lead an expedi tionary force into northern Mexico to break up the Villista faction which was behind the Columbus raid. In both cases, the president felt himself eminently Justified in utilizing the power of the United States In crush ing the faction of Mexicans who were deliberately and with sinister designs engaged in. the commission of lntoler- , able wrongs against the Vnlted States, i The American forces were not sent Into' Vera Crux to compel a salute to ' the American flag. The purpose of f the expedition was to break the wan- leg power .OI ina uiviaiur nuci maiiu iw bflng his bloody reign to an end, since in no other way would normal Inter national relations be restored. . . Villa, hopeless of making headway against Carranza as things stood, adopted Huerta's policy of attempting to provoke American Intervention. He hoped by arousing their national pride to rally to his standard many of Carranza'a soldiers and to present himself to the ignorant Mexican peo ple in the guise of their would-be savior from a foreign invader. The bandit leader went about his work with deadly earnestness. January 12. 1916 he caused the murder of 17 American citizens near Piedras Ne gras, Mexico. March 9, he personally led a raiding band across the border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, which was guarded by a detachment of American cavalry. The Pursuit of Villa. , The conscience of the American peo ple demanded that the perpetrators of this outrage be given swift punish- number along the international boun dary, to suppress the ' brigands of northern Mexico. The president dealt with this situation in the same firm manner in which he had dealt with tyuerta's offenses against American sovereignty. lie ordered an adeiuate armed force, under General Pershing, to pursue Villa into Mexico and to crush or disperse his lawless bands. ... Pressure for War. There was a powerful pressure for war a terrible war by a well-armed powerful nation against an unarmed, bankrupt people, exhausted by five years of civil strife, but who etUl re tained enough of patriotic feeling to unify them against an invader. It was the old, old question whether the United States should impose a peace on Mexico; whether, for the saike of tho interests of a few of its citizens, it should permanently suppress Mexico's upreachlng toward freedom and self-government. President Wilson contemplating this prospect, said: "No. There will be no glory in such a war." The president thought of war in Europe, of the clear prospect for a pan-American under standing with all our neighbors, the Latin-Americans, and of its message of peace to Europe by an agreement not to intervene in and exploit the little nations of the world. . . . CANADIAN LAW VERY SUCCESSFUL OF WORK AVERTING STRKES Dominion Statute Provides for Boards of Inquiry to Investigate Disputes, i SAN FKAXCISCO IIOTjLS r HOTEL V CTEOflflTl; SAN FRANCISCO Oeanr Street, lust elf Union Square European Pian $1.50 a day op Bceakftt 1 60e Lunch 60c Dinner It. 00 Most Famous Meals in lite Unites State Hew steel and concrete structure. Center of theater, cafe and rstail districts. Oacsrllnes transferring all over city. Take MaoiclDad cr una Mr ti Motor Bus: meats trains and steamers Elopement Plan Is . Spoiled by the Son Boy Had Unpacked Mother's Grips and Delay in Getting Started Gives the Chance to Sheriff. Danville, 111., Sept. 9. Because the son became aware of their plans to elope and unpacked his mother's grips and substituted old rags and gunny sacks for her clothing, William "Win iskl and Mrs. Mary Nicholson, both of Steelton, are in the county Jail here. The couple were arrested by the sher iff Just as they were about to board a train for Pennsylvania. The delay in getting suitable clothing caused the couple to be detained long enough for the sheriff to overtalte tnem. . Many Odd Bequests Of Hotel Managers Contained in Record St Vew York. Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) Copeland Townsend. owner of -Jfr the Hotel Majestic and former at manager of the Palmer house in $ Chicago, has kept a curious rec- ord of unusual requests made by his euests. Here are a few ) 4t cases: ijt A woman in mourning who 4 refused to ride on the elevators & with .ny one else save the operator. ' A man who wanted the same thing for lunch every day in the year and who wanted it on the table at 2 o'clock whether he was there or not. w A woman who wanted all par- . in eels delivered under a wax seal placed there by the hotel. A southerner who always in- slsted on having seven blankets ijt on his bed. Six would not suf- fice. . A man with a family of two boys and a girl who insisted on t 4fc his children having the freedom of the men's writing room for an hour every afternoon. He aid not nave his request granted. ijt 4t A woman who demanded to taste every article of food be- t fore it was fed to her poodle dog. A Spaniard who was afflicted 4t with insomnia and always 1ft wanted a regular bed and one t made on the floor so he could alternate between the two. Hi A stage star who had a bell- $ boy bring her a bouquet - of t flowers each evening at dinner jt which she had purchased her- sen and which bore the name of a fictitious male admirer. (From the New York Time.) If Canada, and not the United States, faced the possibility of a nation-wide railroad strike, the Canadian govern ment would be in a position, under the laws of that country, to compel the submission of the dispute to a legally constituted board of inquiry. President Eliot of Harvard has styled the Canadian compulsory Investigation act "the best piece of legislation ever adopted to promote industrial peace." Because of the recent strike crisis in this country, the Canadian laws are of peculiar Interest. The law is called in Canada "The Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act," and was first enacted by the dominion parlia ment in 1907 and amended in 1910. The law applies to employes "in any mining property, agency of trans portation or communication, public service utility, whether operated by eteam, electricity, or other motive power, steamships, telegraph and tel ephone lines, etc., and is made appli cable to questions in dispute involv ing wages, hours of work, conditions of employment, and, in fact, every pos sible question that might be a matter ol controversy and lead to a strike is taken into consideration. Ex-Labor Minister Explains Law. The Canadian labor laws were the subject of an address delivered in New York city in December, 1912, by W. L. Mackenzie King, former Canadian Min ister of labor. The address was deliv ered at a meeting of the Railway Busi ness association. After referring to the various indus tries to which the act was applicable. Mr. King discussed the obligatory in vestigation feature of the law. "The provisions of the act," he said. "are very simple. The act provides that where a strike or lockout is threatened In any one of these indus tries, before such a strike or lockout can legally take place the parties must refer their differences to a board for settlement. The act provides the ma chinery by which they make this refer ence. Each party, the party about to strike or the party about to lockout. must serve a notice lnrorming the gov ernment mai unless a Doard is ap pointed a strike or lockout will take place; that they have exhausted al! possible means of arriving at a settle ment Detween themselves, and that they ask the government to appoint a board. ine nonce servea on tne govern ment contains a statement of the dif ferences and a copy of that statement is required by tne act to be sent to the other party to the dispute. Then the minister of labor calls upon each of the parties to the dispute to name a member for the board. The men who are applying, or the company that Is applying, in the first instance are called upon to name a member, .and the two chosen In this way meet together and are given an opportunity to agree upon a chairman. "ii tney are ,unaoie to agree upon a chairman within a specified time 'then the minister of labor himself appoints a chairman, or if either party fails to name a member of a board themselves, the minister of labor appoints some one to act in the place of, the party not making the appointment. rowers of the Board, "This board, when it is appointed, has almost the powers of a, court. It nay compel the production of docu ments; it may subpena witnesses; it may take evidence under oath; but its duty is primarily that of a concilia tion board in the first instance; and a board of mediation, and only sec ondarily that of a court. "Once the parties have been brought 1 before the board in this fashion, if the I board, through its good offices, can WE GAB SONS The House Furnishers Ufr Have Moved to Corner Second and Morrison Streets A hearty welcome awaits you at the new location; many pieces of furniture must be closed out at great reduction in prices to make 'room for the Fall samples. 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