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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
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t . -m,- '....v-w'. -ryi ajfcs away SJSf
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If Gigorge WaGhingtori
S Lived in-Sakm :
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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
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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 '
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