THE OREGON - DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1918.
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LOYAL LOGGERS
DISCUSS FUTURE
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Delegates Meet Here to Plan for
Continuing Jof fWork During
Times of Peace.
GENERAL' DISQUE SPEAKS
Advises Close; Cooperation of
r .Capital and Labor as Essential
' to Mutual Welfare.
(Ooetiaatd TnmTM Om)
fact that each la necessary to tha other
and that prosperity for on must mean
prosperity for the other.-.
The vote on the continuance of the
loyal lerlon was scheduled for this aft
ernoon and predictions were made that
only a small minority would oppose lta
permanent organization. '
- Musical numbers were renderld ably
by the First Provisional Regiment band.
Brigadier Oeneral Brlce P. Dlsque,
commander of the spruce production
division, credited to the cooperation be
tween -employers i and employes which
has existed through the medium of the
Loyal Legion, much of the success which
has attended the northwest's patriotic
lumber production for airplanes and
ships. :
"fe hav traveled together through
the past momentous year," he said,
"without a single. Interruption or labor
difficulty, largely bees use of. the won
derful spirit of helpfulness which has
prevailed both among employers and
employe. The value of this assistance
to your government can never be esti
mated. It has rendered possible the
ships to move our troops and supplies
to the battle front as well as a 1500
per cent Increase In the production of
aircraft lumber. j
"A year ago our enemies had a su
periority of airplanes on the west front
America and her allies had six ma
chines lii the air to their one when the
armistice was signed. Our own American
airmen, have had produced for their use
a total of 11,600 airplanes and at the
time of signing the armistice we were
producing for them over 8000 a month.
The have made good our promise that
we would produce the best In the world
by gowning almost four German ma
chines for every one of ours downed by .
the Germans. - Tour part in making all
this possible has been a' definite one,
one which your government clearly ree
ognlse and appreciates and one which
you end your posterity may always
think of with pride." . : ; ;
Oeneral Dlsque made, however, some
comments On the relations of employers
and employes which were of startling
nature.
" ".The time has 1 come," he averred,
"when the business men of this country
must think In terms of he laboring man
and the labortngaft) must think In
terms of the buninsinan ; when each
must strive to imagine, himself in the
other's place ; when cooperation and net
conflict should be the watchword. . The
opportunity to lead the lumber -industry
ef the Pacific Northwest to the perma
nent establishment of industrial peace is
yours ; I have called; yon here to register
your decision. 4 , ; .. -
"Are the interests of these human be
ings with labor to sell and with capital
to employ necessarily antagonistic or
necessarily mutual? Must the advance
of one retard the progress Of the other?
Should their attitude toward each other
b that of enemies or of partners? The
answer one makes to these, fundamental
questions must constitute the basis for
any consideration of the relationship of
labor and capital." ! '
raise 7f eUoss Held
"My burden has hot been light during
the past year, but I have taken time to
study most carefully the great variety of
labor organizations that exist today In
all parts of the world. All of these or
ganisations set forth as their mission the
betterment of conditions for the laboring
man ; many of them claim tsyprbvlde for
cooperative betterment of employer and
employe, and a tew of them are accom
plishing their purpose. i .
"I have noted with rerret. however.
that a majority of labor . organizations
are founded upon class distinctions, too
many act upon the principles that 'might
is right' and that labor Is the natural
enemy of the employer and must secure
its rights through forcc-
"Such labor organizations become as
autocratic and tyrannical as some or
ganisations of capital have shown them
selves to be, whenever they have suf
ficient power. I find that all such labor
organizations are Inspired and led by
men who are neither workers nor man
agers; men who are further separated
from the real labor problems of Industry
than the big business managers who axe
already too far separated from their
employes.
i Some Leaders, Ate Wrong
"Laboring men ordinarily are not ex
perienced in business affairs and natur
ally delegate their power to those of
their number who are quick wttted, keen
and aggressive. These . delegates soon
become paid professionals and settle
down as perpetual champions of labor
in the war against the employer. - All
men are ambitious to be successful and
some labor officials measure their suc
cess by the number of fights they can
stir up with employers. Unfortunately
laboring men themselves in many" in
stances have encouraged this type of of
ficial and to hold his salaried 'Job he
feels that he must produce his quota of
sp-o&lled victories over employers. -
I "Not all tabor officials are of this
type. On the contrary I have met in tny
office some representatives of organ
ised labor during the past year, who
were ; broad g&ugedV patriotic 'citizens,
actuated by a sincere' and Intelligent de
sire to play fair and square and in all
instances where I bad problems-, with
them they cooperated in a splendid
manner.
. lta flayers of Xasy Types
"It has also been my privilege dur
ing the past year to took Into organisa
tions iOf managers. Here also I nave
found -an kinds, some with good rec
ti ves and some with bad. - The majority
of them have no thought of improvement
Of the laboring man's condition, very lit
tle consideration Is given cooperation
with labor; and too seldom Is it acknowl
edged that labor Is the most necessary
thing ' about their business. 1 have
ound operators who baa no conception
f their duty to humanity ana others
ho will go bankrupt trying to ooddle
boring men. j ;
"Some employers still think a man's
bor is a chattel to be bargained for.
They think they can succeed by permit
ting foremen to curse their men; In
fact by totally disregarding the funda
mental fact that their relations are hu
man and to succeed they must act along
humane lines. X have found operators
who will squeeze down on the old and
trusted employe often because that em
ploye has become burdened with a fam
ily arid is helpless to change about, and
sometimes they, wilt take advantage of
the very loyalty and confidence of an
employe by withholding a fair; wage Just
because they can. f
Most Employers Hamas
"Bufethe great majority of employers
are human; they are fair and want to
play square. The one thins; they sel
dom get Is the real viewpoint and condi
tion of the employe. It is the lack of
understanding again and they will never
get it wlthoutfrequent open talks with
thelr men. .
I "Industrial peace will never come so
long as either employer or employe "be
lieves that he Is being deprived of
rights honestly belonging to him.
f "Arbitration and conciliation should
be applied to all departments ef a busi
ness wherever there is a conflict of In
terest Patience and self, con
trol are' essential. I hive "found
that disputes once settled, even If one
side loses, are seldom causes of trouble,
jit is the unsettled disputes that are dan
gerous." " .
I Mast Have Interest
General Dlsque said he found both as
an army officer, as warden of the
Michigan penitentiary and as head of
the spruce production organization that
men .will do more because of interest In
their work and their confidence ' in a
Bquare deal than they will do under
compulsion. He described the following
as the beneficial results of the Loyal
p Uninterrupted operation of the plants
i.IPRQVED METHODS
CUT COSt OF ROAD
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County Roadmaster Reports Road
Machinery Lowers. Cost of
Resurfacing 50 Per Cent.
New road machinery and Improved
methods have tMa year cut the cost of
resurfacing the macadam roads In
Multnomah county more than W per
cent according to William A. Eatchel,
county roadmaster and surveyor.
The county commissioners, accom
panied by Mr. Satchel, made an inspec
tion this week of road work recently
completed and that now under way.
Their trip Included the recently com
pleted resurfacing of Eighty-second
street and the Section Line road. Work
of resurfacing Millard avenue is now
In progress.
' "As nearly as 1 can determine." said
Mr. Eatchel "the cost of resurfacing
the county's macadam roads has here
tofore been about 1260. During the past
year we have reduced this to about (100
a mile, our chief means tor effecting
this economy has been by the purchase
of new, machinery. Tr-e county has In
vested In new road machinery during
the last rear $12,000. - This equipment
has already paid for -Itself. In other
words. the county has completed its
road program for the year and has. In
addition, paid in full for the new ma
chinery."
It is the plan of the county road de
partment, Mr. Eatchel says, to com
plete the resurfacing of the macadam
roads in the .county during the coming
year. This Is done by scarifying; the
surfaces, regradine, applying crushed
rock and surfacing with gravel,: which
is rolled and bound into a compact sur
face. Under the old method only about
three blocks could be resurfaced a day.
but with the new machinery a half mile
of new surfacing is completed ! in the
same time.
The contemplated improvements for
the coming year embrace most of the
Tnac&dam roads Iocseft in the southern
ana western portions or the county.
periencee from late events, which .will
give it its force and enforcement." '
It was nubile ontnion. and (tot armies
and navies that won the war ever Oct
many, Levis declared., ;V i . ;
He said his fears were prompted by
confidence that the, league would awe
eeea ana not mat it would ran. no
hastened . to make dear by this be
meant that when a dispute fend bee
settled In America's favor "a claim from
other countries of a reciprocity based
a demands which may run wholly con
trary to some of the fixed cardinal prin
ciples of the government might exact
so much that if yielded to could weaken
the future link with the future years.
however much it strengthened the pres
ent." If denied, he said, the' United
Slates Would be placed In the position
where bad faith or hypocrisy could be
charged , against the nation that - in
augurated the league of nations idea.
: Japeette Iisae ; Predicted '
Senator Lewis foresaw the possibility
that Japan would prevail upon Great
Britain and France to- demand that the
United State remove Its bar against
Asiatics : as a reward for its services
to the war.
"If these European allies decline they
become the victim- of Japan's statural
discrimination in trade and her oppo-
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and increased production.
"Improved working and living conditions.
"Frequent and close- contact between
employers and employes.
Elimination of grievances as a dis
turbing factor. 1
Good will developed to a high degree.
The creation of a community spirit.
A substantial step forward toward the
brotherhood of man.
Makes Recommendations -The
extension of the loyal legion, he
suggested, might include committees
on cooperation and conciliation safety
and accidents, health and housing, rec
reation and education; health, accident
and old age Insurance, hospital care of
I Sick and wounded, cooperative stores of
loggers clothing and supplies; occupa
tion and development of logged-over
I land, Americanization and education of
newcomers from foreign lands, employ
ment offices, and provision for a mini
mum Wage throughout the Industry
Which will Insure comfortable, Irving
for the worker ana a sutncient surplus
to nrovtde against sickness and old age.
Oeneral Casque spoke doubtfully of
maintaining war wages If -demand 4oea
nof warrant. As a farewell, for Gener
el Dlsque expects to leave within three
or four months,' he concluded :
Advises Golden Bale : -
"We have played a big game and we
have won. We fought for the right of
all men to pursue happiness on this
earth in their own way. Our way In
America Is clearly defined and the best
on earth ; it is for us to preserve it
and the duty In this connection Is both
Individual and collective. You are go
ing to face many problems In the future
of your industry ; you ana you alone
must solve them. Are you going to do
it through .separate and antagonistic
organizations or through one organiza
tion big enough for employer and em
ploye, based upon mutual . respect', ana
confidence and guided by the greatest
rule of the human conscience, There
fore all things whatsoever ye would that
men shsjuld do to you, do ye also unto
them.'"
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SHOULDER ARMS"
of the friction and the settlement of the
disputes composed upon the basis of the
religion for justice among civilized
nations and the virtue for humanity of
a Christian people."
Senator Lewis said that to the presi
dent going abroad he would give "the
Lord s. special command to Moses":
"Observe that which I command, thee
this day behold I drive out before thee
the Amorite and the Canaanlte, the
Hitite and the Jehuite. "Take heed to
I this, lest thou make a covenant with- the
Inhabitants of the land whither thou
goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst I
of thee." - .
Fores VAll Spell Fellers
The speech created a sensation. It had
beeen previously announced and care
fully prepared. Practically the entire
I Senate was on hand to hear the Illinois
senator, assuming that he would speak
with the authority of the president.
There has been the greatest desire at 1
the capitol to learn what are the presi
dent's views On the composition and the
duties of the international league of
which he Is chief sponsor.
Senator Lewis stated emphatically
that there was no Idea on the part of
those hi eh In authority that the decrees
of the league of nations should be en
forced by international armies and in
ternational navies. . 4
"As to the question of enforcing these
judgments by army and navy, let It I
now be announced that no judgment
that is to be enforced by army or navy ;
will, ever be enforced' he asserted.
"Whenever armies are to be called in
and war is to follow, this is an an
nouncement that the tribunal has failed
and the purpose of It has fallen,"
Public opinion must be. the great sus-
i talnlng force of the International tri-
I bunal of the future. Senator Lewis
lid. If a decree so transparently un
just that It ought not to be enforced.
should be rendered, he believed no coun-
! try .would allow Us forces to attempt to i
I enforce It. -.'r . r""-!
j Fablle Opinio Greatest Weapon
"Public opinion would not tolerate
such." he said. "It it Is a Judgment
that ought to be enforced it Is the public
i opinion of the day. enlightened by ex-
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sition to these nations longer holding
Spheres in Aalatlo lands."-he said. , "It
they consent and prevail successfully
on us, they will exact of Japan and ner
associates to command of us the taking
down of th bars of obstruction to Eu
rope in South and Central America-
called the Monroe doctrine. From all
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