The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 27, 1920, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREOOX STATESMAN! SUNDAY, JUNE 27. 1020. 5 LABOR NEWS THE PORTENT ! Looking over the proceedings of the Toronto convention, as reported by the Various news agencies, one be comes convinced that the "phnowrhy of the Socialists in a political way. and of the Industrialists in an in dustrial aspect are, in the first case, being damned by faint adoption and in' the second instance losing their odlousness by assimilation Into a "decent" organization. So it has been since Jesus Christ ever of human conscience he may originally have possessed a man who lies and relies upon "business '.s business' In his dealings with his fellow citizens as wage workers, and upon "the survival of the fit test" In his cold contemplation of those who compete for dollars. : In dealing with us as a purveyor, he appeals to our crasser, more sel fish instincts tears down. Instead of building up the structure or citl tenship. He. as a rule, sends our money away from home for us and charges us more for the service than it would cost utfcder the most waste ful co-operative sthenic; and in fare of this palpable fact he lays claim to our rood will on the basis of "home Industry" " equally clear untenable argument. That Is the prevalent. Intimate, concept of the average working man. It is no more constructive than the policies that Incubate the deduction. If our local merchants became two-way-haul distributors, instead of building up the firth wheel of dis tribution, the middleman, the human contact with the local merchant would make Napoleon's observation upon the English ("they are a na tion or shop-keepers' ) inapplicable andr foreign to the thought of work ing men; Otherwise he Is a 'trader" with all the opprobrium attachable 10.000 IIAVK TI5IK RKDtCED j nOSTON. Jun 2. A four-day week schedule for the mills of ibe American Woolen company Is effec tive immediately. Uncertain condi tions throughout the country wss given as the reason for the curtail ment of output. The company em ploys 35,000 operatives In SO mills n New England. New York and Penn sylvania. MANCHESTER. N. II.. June 2. The Amoskeag Manufactures company hat curtailed working time In Its worsted department to a four day week, affecting 3.500 employe. Announcement was made that mer chants were withholding orders be cause of the high price or manufac tured goods. FORMED CXMI HTOIU: CINCINNATI. June 2- The Ma chine Shop Workers Co-operative company, has formed with a capital isation or $2,500. the stock being ever-subecHbed. The company Is composed or organised machinists snd other trade unionists. NET PROFIT OK $ISOO HICKMAN. Ky.. June . Rot Shaw sold 200 pounds or wool suf- rictent to make SO suits of clothing for fCO. with which he tbn wtat out and bought his son a suit. Shaw got 30 cents a pound for his wool. Four pounds of wool are re quired for a salt of clothing, tin that basis the man who Us the See pounds when It Is made ap Into suits or clothing at t a piece, will get 13000. Allowing one-half far labor and materials, the nt profit on the 200 pouodi on -tit to be In the neighborhood of 11.540. WAY AWAY FROM MONTANA IUTTE. Mont.. June 2C Work ers are warned to remain away from this state, as there are a number of disputes Involvtnc several locallllea. E-aloyerr association are tnaktag a sueaaoss flxat to destroy aaioaa. Tnia warning has been I need If " sisi federation or iaor. MIRJSE CAR BURN. COTTAGE GROVE.- Or Jane 2S. A PaQraaa ear carry! f farmers to their heme la Georgia 'was foe a 4 to be afire 'ait before a Southern PacifJe iprui reached here today. A Foatbera Tacit crew titliuUW the flame which were eonflaed to oae end of the car and the paasrager were not greatly disturb, aaay et thera not kaowisg Uat their car was afire. gave His teachings to His executive board, the Twelve Apostles. Anl John Brown, whose only claim to fame was the "incident" at Harper' Ferry, the Sam Oompers of the vnrktnc class of his time, was D) more berated by those who exploited the black man than has been the ' Grand Old. Man" -of the A. F. of L. In more recent times. A lonr as economic theories are fnnncnous and snoradic in their ten dencies, at long as "the strong right arm oi government ana inausiry mlnnM nr nnpnmnlilnlnrl nrinm reoresentative forms in which it has no representation, all la smooth sailing; bat let us complain cr clamor for a say in the co-operative scheme, then we become "radicals". I. W. W.'s or what not that may be a stencn in tne nosirus- or a "menace to republican Institutions" ' according to the viewpoint, or Its lack of the nincompoop who; assumes to stand In the way of progress. Labor, organized labor of course, . has seen many things and borne them uncomplainingly: among thera - the avidity and haste marking de portations, and the immunities that ; have marked the treatment of those ' double-edged exploiters so. un-American as to merit the coining or a new word "profiteers," to politely ex press the pdlum In which they are universally held. The contrasting of the workings of the law have at last, with loath. 11 the. A. P. of L. to ooenlr set up an opposition to men and measures so un-American as to deny its four million producers the rights of inia tion !a matters governmental that their perpetuation as free-men war rants. And in passing, let us re mark to the unthinking that these four million heads of families rep resent a total of twenty million In consuming capacity about ; a sixth nf thA national -nonulation. This on the United States basis of five to. the " family. - The nther born of the dilemma between which the exploiter, the pro fiteer, finds himself. Is the tendency At tVo a v rr t. toward industrial ism industrialism with the sabotage I of the "Wobbly" and capital both left nt Pinlul ti9 .nHntaepd lis with shoddy and substitutes, with price enntrnt. with restriction Of SUPPl? tA demand, and the thousand and, one other noIsesomOneans of mak - Ing profiteering easy and remunera tive, and the I. W. W. has used the uhnt f modern shoe) in its own ways to produce an identical result from ! .... . , - V . M f. . ' me more excusaoie, ocus u.uu atsnHnnlnt TVa Vamcaa lav has forced the American labor movement as during war-timei. to assume the meaian rmnnrf Knt tut "the riaht of emi nent domain" is applied to public , necessities and utilities, not till what - Lincoln termed "hoarded labor" Is fnrrAd haclr Into comDetltive chan nels, will the "dark ages" or rece- linn airain enme to America's work ing class, for as time goes capital . win find itaeif aunoine in the pres ence of the resources and determin ation that won the war. that over- Ihraw Rnrland'ft taxation Without i 1 representation, that has built up ev- ery institution that marks man as a! ; superior animal, mausinai. bochm- JglC.. KUU VUi .o-' " PLAY THE GAME man nreanized labor Cuts dOWU i that commercial tendency, which too often prompts It to Darter us miui im we will have overcome one ! of the greatest obstacles to soccess- TTninna are tinman affairs, and there ta no tan ore money and It -V.-...1 a Ka mn in nronaratine nnion- ; Ism for the organization than there ' a In ratlin? habies. ' . We ean't match dollars with the boss because we have no means i vet i of exploiting him as he does us. That Is plain; and It so. why IK adopt his logic ir "all is grist mat mmea to mr mill." and. by inver-1 sion. all that does not become grist ' to our mill is to be resented as lost to us. . , iTVin't take ourselves too seriously. Don't think that because a thing trlrlnatea outside our meeting halls ' that it ta not of us. or thst because1 It does not contribute to us in terms of money that it is not good. That Is errimlnete. babyish. And let us remember, in the tefms of our own " philosophy. a thing is good by the verr fact that It Is gOOd. It Can An. na tmmenae InlnrV. and TIO DOS-! slble good If we do not Identify ourselves with it. HOME INDUSTRY Labor, though nation wide in Its aspect, is very much interested in iinme Induitrv" nollcies. In its interest It has differentiated, as does the United States government, be- a a tween home industry as appnea io commerce and industry Itself. indnatrv. ta labor, means some thing done, constructed, made. Com merce' means something bought or aold trade, non-constrnctlve In na ture; hence labor is not so much In terested In mercantile ventures as in manufacturing enterprises. uur nroiner-man tuu m miuh the human aspectenters construc tively in manufacture. There is something of his life in home pro ducts, while in those commodities which come from farther afield the neifhborlr feelinr Is about sub merged in the price competition that merchants have inculcated. ' !..- n.AM.tan t f. a hnit at leaat 1UQ U1C1VU.U. w ww . , . lTOkevpcm -as we-wayhaal I venlcle a cltairiDUUve w'aium .-wu i j . t. f ., --s -t e1"pf wnat-1! These Firms Believe in "Live and Let Live". .They Deserve Labor' a Patronage ts-- THE UNIVERSAL CAR. Sales and Service 2 SO No. High St. goosSTear ' Tires land Tubes ACCESSORIES Insist on Genuine Ford Parts Itordsoix FARM TRACTORS Front and State Streets allev Motor Co. Dad's Pool Hall And Soft Drink Parlor Our Permanent Policy -4 workmen's headqiarters Rasement Masonic Ruilding Corner of High and State Streets nr- . it - nwt m dflnd nlan that aaaarea the 1 1 V V I .LB WUI ww m " - W people in every community where we are located Better Service and Lower Prices. To accomplish our aim we have eliminated many ox the expenses that the average one-store-merchant encounters. In Baying We Buy for Cash. We Buy Principally from manufacturers. We Eliminate Middlemen's 1'roflti almost entirely. We Buy only Dependable Merchandise. We Buy In Vast Quantities. We Buy at Lowest Prlcrs, In Selling We Sell at Small Profit. We Sell for Cash Only. We Sell at One Price to Everybody. J. C PENNEY CO. A NATION-WIDE INSTITUTION Store No. 1X2 Children's Wash Dresses Unusually Attractive In Style and Price Cute little dresses for children, 2 to C and the more girlish ones for the older girls 10 to 14 years, modeled from fast color fabrics of qual ity that will stand frequent tubbing LADIES', STORE 46C-474 State Street MEN'S STORE 411 SUte Street There Is No Substitute for Butter Buttercup Butter MADE IN SALEM CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY Our Ideal The Best Only Our Method Co-oferalloa .Jr. O.L Scott P. s. c. Chiropractor The Only Straight Graduate in Salem. A Chiroprac tor removes the cause of Disease and Does Not Use Electricity, Vibrator or Baths. Do not say Impossible. Investigate Hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 309 to 312 U. S. N. Bank Building 1 Phones Office 17 Residence 12 IR TRADE Name of Unlet. retary. A4rM ef lury. Co-Operate With This Store IT WILL PROVE TO OUR MUTUAL BENITO We Buy Only for Cash Sell for Cash Only Yon eliminate tiose heaty expenses of tie credit stores. The Urtest and most complete stock always on Land. Grocer ies, Dry Goods, Shoes, Stilts, Underwear, etc. arwars for less People's Cash Store iAT.ru Tec Cets. Ssi'-s e4 rrs t te tae American Federstloa Vkhor Orro State rt.rtlo ef Labor SJra Tra4s ad Labor Ceuactl Clectrtcsl workers Mstal- Workers Crp4trs ... riatra Track ma Pr ! a lluatciaas riambers Timber Workers ...... Iiarbcrs Strt-cr Ttlaa ........ rtrlckUyrro trlaUra Slacalalals Caaary Workers Ftaak MorrUoa a R. Hartwlg J. X. Gaalard L. J. Stmeral C O. Robert .... Joba Ntrkttaa ... J. N. Caatard .... R. L. Vtovvr J. H Iteoaaa hit O. Marti ... Joba A. Mikri yr4 Ilroa .... r. W. Habbar4 ... T4 Caller j. V. Maasfcewoat C. O. Cray , V Not Arrtltale4 .... McFarlaao Wabtato, XX C rertlaa. Or a. , IJT X. Treat. , til X. Cottaga. , r. r d. i. , lt Cberry Aea. . JITS K. rroot. . ) a Coaa. . Slat maUae OffUo . Weeoalc T ,!. . lilt a HIS - . lis Wllaoav . it X. Coaa. . tt X. TwKlWk. . CIT X. rraat . lilt X. Car lot ts. l4la i Creatoat Vtsit'l Ajsra4 tvae pENTRAL UIGAR STORE CIGARS TOBACCOS SOFT DRINKS PIPES i- ALL LATEST MAGAZINES ARE HERE '- PHONE 74 S KANE & SHAW Proprietors Call For NYAL'S FAMILY REMEDIES For QUICK RESULTS We specialise on the best Toilet Articles and Requisites Crown Drug Co. 51 State Street Telephone 367 SALEM. OREGON Hauser Brothers OUTFITTERS TO SPORTSMEN AND ATHLETES DIXIE BREAD FRESH DAILY Salem Baking Company A GOOD PLACE TO GO To Hare Your Eyes Examined and Classes Made Work Oasrantee4 HARTMAN BROS. CO. JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS SALEM OREGON Welch Electric Co. Ho-. fcUt ArIlaAMsv Werttxii Us? American IWso! Iron. Haes HrIisf A;l&f4 111 S-al iUlIrrvi, l2clrcaJ Hiitsre a s-ee-iall. When Watitief Anjthbf I3etriai Call at .........BaaaaaammnBBnBnBnBnBSBBansSBfasBBBSSSBn fhoaea: glare 311 Cra Itaaee SO C B. Clancey j FLORIST AND DECORATOR i:3 North Libert U rtoae 1CS7 Lloyd E. Rams den Dayton, Columbja and Heavy Service Bicycles JIT Toert St. . PROMPT SERVICE I V I I ' DR. C H. SCHENK phone II S3 Dregless Physida mad Chiropractor Derby Buudlns Phone 3 EAT IT EVERYDAY Weatherly ICECREAM It's Good for You Manufactured In Salem by BUTTERCUP ICE CREAM V CO. as, ' Sweet Cider Any Quantity Made from Select Orcton Apples COMMERCIAL CIDER WORKS 1010 North Commercial Street Opposite Oregon Electric Depot BILLIARDS ICE-COLD DRINKS A 8PECIALTY THE ELECTRIC CIGAR STORE OTTO A. KLETT. Proprietor 471 State street "STAND AKD" and "HEADLIGHT" OVERALLS aad JUMP EES $2.75 and $3.00 per pair LEE UNIONALLS $4.00, $5.00' $5.50 SHIRTS SHOES HATS Q 1 Salem! Men'g and hjCilwl S Youn Men'i Store Court Street at High rhoae ISO WEBB & CLOUGH CO. la LEU. OREOCtf Toneral Diractcn White House .1 Restaurant 3C2 STATE STREET MEALS AT ALL HOURS ROOMS IN CONNECTION HUGHES & TAYLOR Candy Kitchen rRESH CONFECTIONS CIGARS TOBACCO AND SOFT DRINKS 3T1 North Commercial Street Help Home Industry By Daylag Local Prod acts All Klsli fresh. Cared aad Smoh4 MEATS Pare Lard. Saasaea. Etc at Stewlolf Brou ilirket Court aad LIherty Sla Saiem. Ore, ? - " i T ii in ' " ',,,i,',MiMT' - . t.,,-...f..-. - -. - -"