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8 TIIE ORFX30X STATESMAN s TlimslUY, FKMirARY 21, 101 CAPITAL, LABOR HOLDING ALOOF; CRISIS MENACES President's Mediation Com mission Finishes Survey of Labor Uniest WAR FANS GRIEVANCES Northwest Lumber Operators ' Blamed for Giving I. rV. . W. Opportunity j WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Ellmin at!onpf profiteering, the eight hour day, lens Inconsistency between "our democratic purposes . In this war aiiioiid and the: conduct of some of these guiding Industry at home, and the recognition of some form of col lective relationship between capital nnd labor aa a prinrjple In a national !Miom:o ock Still '"V Fo trot Army I An Artpv Half Irmd," .-n In Trlnitnf 'amp, jo car. Urtnu-nt," in ivjo 'Army ami Navy aufYr rrom MUtwr a 4, rc- apot on lhlr feat, iry ''Comfort Kit" should ont In mo or mora bo" of All' x.t.KP, tllw anUftU: powder to ihk lno th BhwH. It frewbrna tlm tirt. chliiK amartlna: tvt and hla Mi;.i-r ami rf ft. "Tli I'lattwhurif ?&tnp .Manual advise men In training to rn.ik dully uao i( Ivnitv told j eVtryH-Jitrt, 25c. - ' , I labor policy, are the principal recom mendations o? President llson s mediation cotamIsslon whleh Just has finished a survey of the labor unrest west, of the Mississippi river, which the government considered most .'menacing to successful prosedrtloa vi ibs war. . . ' In return for this, the commission holds, labor .should' "surrender" all practices which tend to restrict tnax Jm.nni efficiency when it is assured if? sound ionditlons and effective means for Ju.it redress of grievances. ! Oil IHrrmte Included. The eormniaMon headed by Secre tary WMsrin or the department , or labor, went west principally to look into the copper strikes in the Arizona district and the I. W. W. activities In the lumber districts of the Pa- l fti nArihvMt. It included' In its investigation, however, the dispute in i the ( i forn a oil fieias, mi threatened strike of Pacific Coast telephone operators, the threatened strike of packing house workers in Chicago, and the street railway trou- blo in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Generally, the commission found that uncorrected specific evils and the absence of a healthy spirit be tween eaoltal and labor, due partly to the evils mentioned and partly to "aa unsound industrial structure" were t. main causes of the indus trial difficulties iarlrfng since the war .bejan. The commission says that "while "sinister Influences and extremist doctrine" have availed themselves of these conditions, they have not created thero. '.'The overwhelming mass of the laboring population Is in no ense disloyal." says the report'. A means of corree:lon suggested by'jtho carse of the unrest Itself, the commission outlines as follows: The elimination to the ut most practical extent of all profit eering during the period of the war is prerequisite to thi best tnoralo in Industry. ''2. Modern large scale Industry - ; Wide awake rnan to handle j Putney Sanitary Anti- .seph'c Window Ventilator. Exclusive territory now available in Washington, California' and a few other f states. X - ' ' ' - ' ': ' ' i , ' , : . m :. , . Libcral'offeri Excellent money making opportunity for real live man. r ; f - Apply at once 385 State street where free demon strations 6f this new invention are now being given. , ' . N. G FREEMAN, Mgr. r has ffectualll4eatroyed tbft person al relation between employer and employethe Jtnowledre and co-op eration that come from personal con taei. "It is therefore no-longer Jos rims to conduct industry with em ployes as individuals. Some form of collective- relationship between man agement rnd men !i indispensable. The recognition of this principle by the government should form an ac cepted part of the labor policy of the option. i 't, I.a w, in business as elsewhere. denends for Its vitality opon steady enforcement. Instead of waltinsr for adjustment after rrievanees come to the surface there is needed the es- tabllfhnjent rJ continuous adminis trative machinery for the disposition of industrial issues and the avoid- j a me of an atmosphere of contention and the waste oJ 1ieturbjnee. "4. The eight-hour day is an rs- tsbfTjhed policy bf the country; ex perience hix proved Justification of the rrincinle also in war times. Pro vision must of course be made for longer hours In case of emergencies. Labor will readily meet this re quirement if its misuse Is guarded against by appropriate overtime pay ments. ; "5. Uniried direction of the labor administration of te United States for the period of the war should bo established. At. present there is an unrelated nnmber f of separate com mittees, boards, agencies, and de partments having fragmentary ind conflicting Jurisdiction over the la bor rrobleros raised br.the war. A single-headed administration Is need ed, with full. power to determine, and establish the necessary admln'stra- tive structure.' "6. When nsso fed labor condl tlone and effective meana for the Just redress of grievanees that may arise, labo in its turn should sur render ail practices which tend to restrict maximum efficiency. Vmorfectexl Kvll lliudci. "7. Uncorrected crllz ntf3 tho greav'Si provocaiivo extremist prop aganda. an1 their correction in lfw.-!f would bo the best : counter-propaganda, . But there U need for more affirmative education. Theie has been too- little publicity of an educa tive fiort in regard to labor'a rela tions to the war. The purpose of the i government and the methods' by which it bT porsulng them should b brought home to the fuller under standing of lalor. i Labor ha most at stake In thJa war, and It will eag erly devote its ail If only It be treat ed with eonfldeiwo and understand ing., subject neither to indulgence "nor nor neglect, "but dealt with as a pnrt of the etlienfship of the state, j At length the commission recordni fts search for the ".real mum" of! the labor unrest and comes to these conclusions: - "TIjo conclusion cannot be escaped that the available man power of the nation, serving as the, Jndustrll arm of war, is not employed to 1ta full capacity nor wisely directed to the enejjtlea of war. "The effective counduct of the war suffern needlessly because of infer. jruptlort of work due to actual or threatened strikes, purposed decrease In efficiency through the strike son the Job, deereaae In efficiency due to KIDNEYS NEVER : CAUSE BACKACHE i j i' . t ... :,t Rub 'pain,s soreness and stiff ness right out with old "St -Jacobs Liniment" Kidneys cause . backache? No! They have no tierves," therefore ran not cause pain, Listen! Your back- acne is caused oy iiimuago, sriaiin or a strain, and the quickest rtjlef Is soothing, penetrating "St. Jac0bi Liniment." Hub It light on the ache r tender shot, and Instantly the pain, . soreness, - stiffness and lame ness disappear!. Don't atay crip pled? - Get a amall holtle of 'St. Jacirbs Liniment" from your drug gist and Umber up. A moment aftr it Is applied (you'll wonder bat be came of the backache, acialica or lumbago pain. "'St. Jacob Lini ment stops any pain at once. It Is harmless and doesn't harm or dls color th akin. Iff Jhe only application to rub cn a weak. lame or painful back, or for lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, theumatlsm, sprains er a strain. labor unrest, and dislocation of the labor supply. War Intensifies Faults, "These ate not new conditions Ir American industry, nor are their causes new. The conditions and their causes have long been familiar and long uncorrected, war has only served to intensify the old derange ments by making greater demand upon industry and by affording the occasion for new dlstntting factor. "Among the causes of unrest, fa miliar jo students of industry, the following stands out with special significance to the industrial needs o: VST i , "Droadly speaking, American In duntrj Jacks a healthy basis of re lationship between management and men. At bottom this Is due to the In sistence of employers upon individ ual dealings: with their fnen. Direct dealings -with employees' organiza-i tlons Is M1! theminoHtv rule in the! unitea mate. In tbe majority of msiances mere is no Jo nt dealiar and In too many instances eroployert arem active opposition to labor Or ganiatiohs. i Thlr failure to equalize the parties In adjustment, of Inevl- tanie industrial contests In the cen tCai cause of our d Iff lenities. There is a commendable spirit throughout i no country! to correct foeclf tf evl's. The lenders In Industry must. go far mer, mey must help to correct the state or mind on the part of labor; tbev mttst elm for the release of nor. mal feelings by enabling labor tp isae us piace as a cooperator in the Industrial enterprise, in a word, a conncJous attempt runet bo madeto generate a new spirit tn induntrv. "Too many labor disturbances are aue to me absences if disinterested processes to which resort may be had lor peaeeruL. settlement. Force be comes too ready an outlet. . We noed continuous administrative machinery '-invit ni"nnrm mpviinnie in in duetry may be ea&ily and quickly dis posed of and not allowed to reach the pressure of explosion, i t ! Capita! And LaJior Apart. "There is a wlespread lack of knowledge on the part of capital, as to labor's feelings and needs and on the part of labor as to problems of management. This Is, due primarily to a lack of collective negotiation as the normal process of Industry. In addition there is but little realiza tion on the part of Industry that the so-called labor problem' demands not only accaalonal attention but contin uous und systematic, responsibility, as the technical of financial asspects of Industry. - -; -, "Certain specific grievanes, when long uncorrected! not only mean defi nite hardships; they serve as symbols j or the attitude or employers and thus arfect the underlying spirit. Hours and wages are, of course, mostly In Issue. On the rhole, irage Increases at asked for .mostly la order to meet the Increased cost of living, and such demands should be met rn the ight of their economis causes. Again, the demand for the eight-hour dayIs na tion wide, for the workers recrard it as expressive of an accepted national' "Repressive dealing wjth manifes tations of abor unrest is the source of much bit terneaa, . t u rns radical load eta Into martvr ant ihn it creases their following, and worst of all. In the minds of workers tends to in-plicate the government as a parti ran in an ecomonic conflict. The pioblem is a delicate one. There Is no doubt, however, that the Bisbee and Jerome deportations, the Everett Inedent; the Little hanging, and simi lar acts of Tlolence against .workers have had a very barmtul effect upon labor both In the United State and In some of the allied countries. Such mciaent, me Little nangrng and siml symptoms rather than ca uaa Th Friday and Saturday Special PEPPEHELL 9-4 Bleached mmim ; '84 Bleached Bur all you can as you probably will not have anoth er opportunity a( th! price; " , FRIDAY AND , SATURDAY ONLY YARD 49c Our prices always the lowest ; GALE (Si' GO. . Commercial and Court Sts., formerly Chicago Store V Phone 1072 ; ! by unimaginative opposition on- the part pf- employers to the correction f " real grievances an opposition based upon academic fear that grant ing: just demands win lead to unjurt demands. "With specific grievances removed I. W. W. has exercised its stroncest deatructlve " propaganda extensively -T? V4 X f 'v j x. - , t . -m,- '....v-w'. -ryi ajfcs away SJSf i I If Gigorge WaGhingtori S Lived in-Sakm : Now r. f :. --)- , - , i'J i ,., mmi t ( ' i - - - . a .1 hold fn those Industries and cnmtnn nitles where employers have most re sisted the trade-union movement and where some form of protest against unjust treatment was Inevitable. . "The derangement of our labor supply is one of th mat vii. n industry. The The shockingly large amount of labor tnrnnror mil ts phenomenon of mlgratdry , labor means an enormous economic waste and Involves an, even greater social cost. These ase evils which flow irom grieveances such as those we have set forth; they are accentuated! oy unconiioiied instability of errt Ployment. Finally, we have failed In tho full use and wise direction of oiir labor supply, falsely called "albor shortage," because we hare Tailed to estabjish a vlgoroiu and competent system of labor distribution. How ever, means and added, resources have been recently provided for a better grappling wth this .problem. ILalior Sot DlaVoyal. i It Is, then, to uncorrected specific evils and the absence of a haithv . Ti'iiii uciwccn capital and labor, due vii vuy to mese evus and cartlw ; to an unsound industrial stracture, that ..r"" "-"ouia iruiustrui diffi culties which we hav . n.riM.ita during the war. Sinister Influences and extremltt doctrine mi vauca Tnemesives of these condi tions; they certainly have not created mem. : , ' "In fact. th nvrwht1ml.. i uv iuvnnE I70r) d I a I Inn l in M umiovai. tierore the war fit. Of con mo rin.i . " -i -IIJT T ' pacinc nopes preached In the Pacific northweet will lose Its strongest advocate. Conn ter propaganda and positive educa tion then have an easy opportunity, to supplant fanatical doctrines." The settlements of all the situa tions taken up previously have been announced. While the commission Investigated the celebrated. Mooney case In San Francisco and has rec ommended that President ' Wilson use his Influence with the Etate of California to get Mooney a new trial tbe case is not touched upon In the summary of the report made public here today. The commission's rec dTnmendatlons on that subject jre rlously had been published. - have tbe full remaining amount 1. cause of war necessity, Attorney General Brown says tVt If the Chamberlain bill does not t : the case will be in lltigatlon.f r years and the counties can expert r returns until it is throush f -courts. He wlll snggest to the coor,- courts of Coos and Doualas cotin-in that they confer with Mr. WilliaTi "Mr. Williams Is disposed to i absolutely fair to the state," said At torney General IJrown, "berauxa h !rew up the Chamberlain bill." He .Would Ceftainly Firid Where He Could Buy HONEST SHOE. VALUES in the' NEWEST STYLES at the -.'LOWEST PRl Xe'Sdh& TJtlZkt W" ','e",y Style and. That He Could ABSOLUTELY DEPEND On Tl.e HONOR and INTEGRITY of Ths Firm. Therefore He Would Cerlainlv RIIY THF bnnTCv Would Certainly BUY of THE BOOTERY SPORT SHOES In Smolcc Eli:, Tan or Black 3 inch Tops, Lace, all sizev $5.00 A Fe w Special Inducements ; LatlUs $6.50 Black Kid, 9 inch top Lace fori. .'.' !$4.05 Ladies $0.D0 'Black Kid, 9 inch top Button for, ...... .$4,93 Ladies' $0,00 Black Kid 8 inch Lace, Military Heels. . .$4.35 Ladies V5P.30 Black Kid Vamps; 8i2 inch Orey Cloth Tops, Plain Toss, Very Dressy. , ... :. i j $5.45 Crowinj Girls, sizes 2y2 to 7 in Gun Metal or Tatent with Leather or Clcth Tops and School Heel, $4.00 to $0.00 ,Val nes at. ......... , !.. .$3.4$ and $2.05 - - - 1 An investigation always proves our statements correct 'ami dady "Your Prices are Wav fJnr !A.J , rfJ ioc. THATS WHY THE BUY At inlentrf A vaIum Men's Dress Shoes, all Toes, $3 35 Mcn s Dr5?s s.h0C3' bcMcr qnality, ; $4,05 Men's Dress Shoes, Fine Grades. $7:25 to $5.35 ''' . i I i. -! . ' Boys' Warranted Shoes, in Li?ht and Heavy at. . . . ...... ' 1 :. . $3.25, $2. 3 "arid $2.70 Misses and Children's Good Wear Shoes at '"Let Live" -Prices. : r . ..... " : 'v . ,,..' . ' ' ' rrv 4 -.1 ...ij-rk ' v. I i p,, 1 " 1 1 1 1 f I 11 - 1 1 j r - , 1n we hear :. n u. r n.irl, th nt,re country, V t V uruons or the citi- J4Cfi -ship labor has adjusted itself to fne new facta revealed hZ h- 1.'..- ir. tw-'.rr1 , BUIIerS and its faith ir,lhJ mJJrla tbe faith of the n.tne exception of.tho 2S2I1C-f"aor 'lh ',nen ln th rm !!Licl i rtet sacrifices- have , V , mt tne lower run of the industrial ladder. . U'ai?- tn.. ea respond last to th n. cl&ss of labor, and their meager re turns are hardl .idMmu frl.. ,w . , --v, au new oi iHi reaspra rniL or l(vln . ... . i fffo ?n. iMr Tn,r standard cf "re. It is UDOn them th. - VtJlt? t0.0 severely. Labor i evoiea to the purpose of the government in th. M.--..;. or mis war ' aa an v . sotlety. Jf labor's enthusiasm Is lea, TfJ Dd M" fe"ngs here and there tepid, we will find the .egplJnittol in some Of tha onuiA.. Ji .vBU. so placed and wMt. i , " war. Too often there i consiatency between ''"HM: Purpose In thia Oar abroad and YhV HlOCratlfi eondMr a ";Ift5 A"?. ths i . . vt buiii or i note Kulding laduatrv at hA,. -Jv.1" .so JL.i ' . "nipnasized by suoh episodes as the nishM ,t I more rltablv rltlm r . a .1 .1 ri-i . " uyaiiy hei;7.. Ployers and ' m w- j iiiuai iiiaitb nsi a iilr-. ir social asserted 7 aithOI".h BUCh lIa,m asserted Jn time of war. fo lon-e as itrofitA.rin. -- vinr rreventert -t full extent that government.! .,"I can prevent it. just ao long wl a sense of nequalHy. diaturb "thT fin rst devotion of-'-tabor'. in he war." ' . hut m unrest n ho ilia elgbt-bour .fav ik. i , uieir unyieiaina Ainoi. " ' '" i"rn 9f t.n..in..-.-i:. .r.V- more in- tuit when the claim or invu re- Is lves. to trades anion organization of aaacavvc a" I KaLI.I'il I frlaBl AAvtwSi 1 1 Thla tinrnmnromlnfncr if,.j ne part of the emnlovera ha. ror them an organlzation.of destruc- llvn rather than - mnt(.n.ii.. .. . . - - .on uliiiv raai- IIsm, nays the rennrt -rii., r '. W.-la filling the vacuum created by the operation. Th rn, vy iaree numbers thromrhnt I, ti. t "orthweat- Membership In the I. W. W. by nn me,.. ueiier in or nnderatnniin A philosophy. To a malortt. r k members It Is a bond or Mm.cki. Recording to the estimates nf rervatlTA students of the phenom. f rry mMt Percent age of the ' ' arc rea11'' understanding ;Vw?rf of B"''vrslve doctrine. Tho I.V.A. n aeekinar maitlt. k tliin5 and by romantic ryomiall ea of relief. The hold of the I v. " . ia nveica instead . of weakened mLUAMS AND BROWN CONFER ? Sub-Committee in Congress Must Be Won Over by Coos and Douglas V Disposal by congress of the Cham- bet lain bill providing for the sale of the Coos bay wagon road erant land. ana me apportionment of money from the sale hinaea on . wKrthor Coos and Donglas counties and At torney General IJrown can mal;ei nffleient showing In favor of the bill to ehangd.th minds ofmcmlitn cf a sub-committee of the comt'ilt'ee on ptiblie lards which has rercrted against the bill. A statement f this effect was made yesterday by Attor ney General Drown after a confer ence with' 8. W: Wllllama of With. ington. V. C, special assistant f th federal attorney a-eneral. Wltttanta drafted the Chamberlain bill. Tlrthe Chamberialnm the rar- prnment would sell the kinds at their actual valne. From th proceeds the government- would pay the Coos iay wagon Koad combanv 12 r.o nn acre for the lands, and covering the i"-f"u ivu 10 1 910. would pay In bacv taxes to Coo. mnnt . or with !enalty and interest. ..; .'2: to no i t la s county 132,463.55, or with penalty and In terest, S 4 2.1 6 2.6 6. Tha m.i. Of the amount -WOUld hm anhnrflnn as follows: 25 per cent to the r..ir,. tios for the school, road and court funds; 2i nor cent to th..t the irreducible school funrt jo cent to the federal reclamation fund. . . 1 1?er cnt t0 th federal gen eral fund. , The strb-commlttee-' tn inn-A.. S vUt !'nt ny apportion ment tO the State and mnnlU. . the company has been paid Its' 2.i0 VliFSu. V1 COBae' have Veen f,mif VLb?CJLt"B mkln! hc ir. gumcnt that, the government ahouid . IVHY TIIKY PAHTKb. "Howold are you?" asked i young man, "boldly. "As old aa I look' answered t' young woman, archly. "Impossible, hrf cried, f ptend'r ? to pay a compliment. And anotl r romance wa flighted ere . Idoomed. Cleveland Tlsln Dcilrr STUMEZ. r4fop indicestkm of Twenty. ;Vt.: . fivel Years ritfln.! J. It. ltandrrahot, M.'D, ot l.trn!v Montana graduat.d 1st 4. aays: i bnd Indlai-atlon or twenty. ftva yt alao ptl.a havt troublr'1 m. t -r i paat thrr'a year a. Ymir KTLMf;!: t atoppad It all." HTl'MKgi:. tha i. Prfacrlptirtn for catar)i of the ach. IndlK'aation. OrDetala. tm brlchloir. nauaaa. na In tui add tn,.n ban rHany frlanda aad lnJorrra tin" lh mcriicl prufaatun. Tbara la HTUMKZK that llrMt and Iminml help that all atnmat-h auffcrara r and apprarata. MTL'MKJJ la for and guarairtead by all drugglats, t a bottle today. IJe Walll GrandSiTrJori.Fc!j.25 A GXIEAT yBHJ HOVELTY The Cartoon Musical Comedy Th Original KATZEilJAMlEO A, Show Full of Pretty Girls KIDS Hans and Frit: A FASHION PLATE cllOHUS GQWNS EXQUISITE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY FOR OLD and YOUNG ALT 23 HOURS OF PLEAGUH SPECIAL PBICE3 - 50c, 75c, $1.00 Seat Sale Opens Friday, Feb. Opera Hotuso Pharmacy I 1.1 ail Orders Now f JflfiC -HtJDTtrr- i -' "ZryZ' TUlC- i HIS HO W INSearel.ii,K for a means to. kcoplhc" children inter-' r Jl l a,Kl f,nac the PIO wa selected a h;fi?Vt bcgInninK wg,to ;he small investment and nigh rate of profit, m " 1 THerefore the Uriife.f Statea Xational Itank. with the ,,C,P i tue Urccon AcrriViilttirai rv.ii.. ' s- WeTnritJ V i t. 1 ?'car0 "nil girb -joined tv nri loaned tlienrtlm niitiAt 4) I.t... at ! Ya an exhibit at the State Fa r. nmi fin .i- a market in case they desired to isell. f. This year we are Agoing to increase the membership to 400. Send in ylur appli cation now ' T7F . SI i -aaa- T I i W a