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THE OREGON STATESMAN: SUNDAY, AUGUST , 1020. LABOR NEWS THE "mOFlT-VAMP." (By SEF.) A lew days ago a man who has been both "master" and "man" failed to grasp a- deduction to which I had arrived in the course of a con versation, where, as an assumption of Justice, I had (as must all who view the subject Justly and logi cally) gien vrorklngmen first place In economic consideration. He accepted the premise that man and his labor power, can not be actually separated-they are only separable philosophically and took as his secondary proposition the stand that "a business man's busi ness is Just as much a part of him as the working man's Job is of him." It Is Just exactly such erroneous opinions, entertained by both labor and employers of labor, that is the soil of all differences (that arise be tween "capital and labor." ' Com per s has defined labor is "what we are," and capital as "what we have." That will serve to lead the thinker to realize that "capital" and "labor," are entirely distinct from "employee" and "employer." The employer is a working man; so is the employee. The employer usually has or controls capital which he reinvests. ' The employee has no capital invested other than his skill or other capacity to create things or produce stuff properties abso lutely inseparable from him and his The employer collects wages for his labor (It he is on a sound,- fair business basis), profit on his wages and profit and interest on the wages paid the employee, besides interest on his investment in plant and equipment. That, economically, means usury the compounding ' of interest on interest which in the light of Jus tice, ever since the money-lender and the harlot were" relegated outside the temple in biblical times, on up the ages till the "Shylocks" of our time have become subject of state regula tion of a more or less loose nature. And now we have the . same ani mal with a diversion of the same in stincts that have outlawed the "low ' downs" of the financial .world, In the "profit-Tamp," Just now subject of much opprobrium and much less of tidal investigation. To illustrate eoneretely the differ ence between the real status of em ployee and employer 'faboYpoweT ' Is common to both, remember), the employee invests his labor-power in the boss's business, as does the boss also; but the employee has no in terest in the business that his labor- power helps to build op which he can transfer or transmit; the boss, has a property right in it with all the pre rogatives teat atlacn to tne em ployee's home. To say "frugality makes bosses of workmen, is begging the question.' It every man (3,000,000) In the A. F. of L. would save and take out of circulation 25 cents (coin) a week, ln one year $39,000,000 would be withdraw from circulation, the equivalent of $780,000,000 "circu lating medium" on the U. S. basis of 20 credit dollars .(rich men's money) for every "hard dollar" in circulation. The "hard dollar" is the vulgar, r.olsy silver coin (no more gold in circulation) that Jingles so ostenta tiously on the merchant's counter, (the "4-bit" dollar) as the smelly employee drops it. "Promises to lay" It shinplasters. paper money Is the quiet, unassuming inven tion of the bosses' boss, the fin an tier, the banker, the modern "money changer." , , nut, back to our illustration. The bookkeeper's labor powers make tig f ures (which are his) and adds, sub tracts and multiplies them to rep resent accounts (money, which be longs to the boss). The fellow out in the factory, print-shop, or what not, makes the things that the book keeper's figures represent, and ths boss's or other labor-power under his direction, pilots these on the way to the consumers' door the fellow t Wno. Inde them or someone ' else. : the majority ot whom only have their labor power (their life) to of fer for the money the boss collects for them. And it he don't get enough wages he can't buy his own products. See? And If a boss "can't pay" what la oor needs, to maintain j American standards, what his government and our government declares necessary lo tne well-being of this country, he Is a bad American and a poor Business man. as are thoso of the Voy who breaks a window to hear thfe .glass Jingle and In keeping withWtheir destruc tive psychology they -vwould now tear down the standards . of American labor, for they suggest i that the Japi should be sent back a: soon as the land is cleared of iti'l timber soon as the jobs are goW. This last (sending theim back? U explained by the Jap's frugality. He saves, and goes Into business man ufacturing, distribution wnd bank ing for himself. His scheme of co operation can't be beaten,. yen by the most penny-ante schemes of con sumptive Los Angeles. Labor, ot course, first feels the competition of the Cooley. but even tually business becomes "the goat." so there isn't much fear thalthe short-sighted big lumber Intetrsts will put their scheme over. Since reforestation has been made necessary by the government to save the waterways and to provide lum ber for future generations, we need have but little fear that the lumber barons' scheme will materialise to tbe full of their hopes. ButN"eternal vigilance," etc. Lumber Interests, mining, fishing. hunting and trapping, all belong to the same category are essentially destructive. They use up natural ivsources and make no pretext to ''replenish the earth." When fol lowed by Individuals, these are bad enough In effect. God knows; but when under the administration of corporate greed they strike at man himself In their Insatiable avarice, and. by any means, open or covert, that will best suit their purposes, as In this instance, by being parties to a scheme to tear out the very hearthstone of the nation that pro tects them. ' It is this tame characteristic, lack ot public morals, that peoples our penal institutions with men ot lesser parts, hence less dangerous to the body politic. We control the one without effort to reform. We pun ish the individual robber and per sonal murderer. We should protect the other from himself and posterity from his short-sightednets. CAK MKN TRICKKD. Fresno Street car men called off their strike and then called It on when the company Rave notice that some of tbe employes will be paid the old rate. ISO PKIi CENT NOT GOUGING. Spokane A ISO per cent profit is not unlawful, according to a fed eral grand Jury, which has found a department store not guilty of profiteering. The Judge assisted the ujry in arriving at this decision by his ruling that the store has the right to consider present market Values in pricing goods that were bought at a rate lower than the pres ent market prices. MORK FOK 3IK.VS SUITS. NEW, YORK. Tit retailer fig ure on the same profit they are now cettinr. the nricn of mn'a elntnln will Increase ujst IS per cent." aaid lU.tT7 sJLmOB- 'halrman of the i erlcmr. Cloth!. Designers HJTr Jn Interview publUhedht ' local paper. a Woolen company, known aTT rv,'; ,ho,UB a. It mills, operating others on aW time and price. pjd to farmer, w their wool ha. dropped from i . yer 10 10 nd riU.NTKRS iuisk WAGES. Edmonton. Aha. Althourt" it. agreement does not expire until a October, the Typographical naloa hi. negotiated a new wage scale ot lit a week for night work and tit rU day work. iar "DESTRUCTIVE PSYCHOLOGY. Big Interests want Japs millions tot en to. exploit. J , vChortly more than halt a centufy go there 'wag war and devastation in this country because Identical in terests wanteoV aiggersM for the tame purposes. , The lumber business is essentially destructive leaves nothing on the land, robs earth of Its resource for .ends that are primarily as selfish These Firms Believe in "Live and Let Live99.They 0e THE UNIVERSALjCvAR Sales and Service K0 No. High St.. Good-Year Tires and Tubes ACCESSORIES Insist on Genuine Pord Parts Fo rd s o n FARM TRACTORS Front and State Streets Dad's Pool Hall And Soft Drink Parlor 1 WORKMEN'S HEADQUARTERS Basement Masonic Building 4 Corner ot High and State Streets serve Labor's Patronage Our Permanent Policy We operate all our stores on a well defined plan that assures the people In every community where we are located Better Service and Lower Prices. 1 To accomplish our aim we have eliminated many of the expenses that the average one-store-merchant encounters. In Baying We Buy for Cash. We Buy Principally from manufacturers. We Eliminate Middlemen's Profits almost entirely. We Buy only Dependable Merchandise. We Buy In Vast Quantities. We Buy at Lowest Prices. 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. IS 2 Children's Wash Dresses TJnusually Attractive in Style and Price Cute little dresses for children, 2 to; 6 and the more girlish ones for the older girls 10 to 14 years, modeled from fast color fabrics ot qual- . , --:J.: ..ify that will stand frequent tubbing .LADIES STORE 46S-474 State Street MEN'S STORE 416 State Street There Is No Substitute for Batter Buttercup Butter MADE IN SALEM CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY Onr Ideal The Best Only Onr Method Co-operation Co-Operate With This Store IT WILL PROVE TO OUR "MUTUAL" BEKE7IT We Buy Only for Cash Sell for Cash Only Yon eliminate those heavy expenses b I the credit stores. The lamest and most complete stock always on liand. Grocer ies, Dry Goods, ShoesSuits, Underwear, etc. always for less People's Cash Store' Dr. 0. L Scott pep Chiropractor The OnTy Straight Graduate in Salem. A Chiroprac tor remotes the cause of Disease! and Does Not Use Electricity, Vibrator or Baths. Do not say Impossible. Investigate Hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 6 309 to 312 U. S. N. Bank Building I Phones Office 87 Residence S2SR ENTRAL IGAR STORE CIGARS TOBACCOS SOFT DRINKS PIPES LATEST MAGAZINES ARE HERE PHONE lit KANE & SHAW Proprietors DIRECTORY OF SALEM TRADE UNIONS Name ct TJalgo. m Name of Secretary. Address of Secretary. . ; ..... ! i. k. American Ftdtratxt of Labor .. Drccoa State Federation of lbor 4........... Salem Trades and Labor CbuncU ,J...... Electrical worker a Metal Workers Carpenters Painters ., Trackmen Pressmen . Musicians Plumbers .......H.....' Timber Workers ....... Barbers Street-car Mca ........ Bricklayer ........... Printers Machinists Eaflneers Cannery Workers a...... Frank MerrUo Washington. D. C .... Portland. Ore. O. R. Hartwlc 3. N. Ganlard ........ I J. 8imeral C Q. Roberts John Kicketaon J. N. Ganlard ....... R. It. Stover J. E. Hcaaan Iran O. Martin John A. Humphreys.. Fred Peterson ....... P. W. Hubbard Tad Cutler , J. V. Haughawont ... C. O. Gray... . am K. Front . It N. Cottaa-e. . R, F. rx 4. . 140 Cherry Ave. . 1111 N. Front. . CIS & Com. . State Prtntlar Of flee. . Manonle Temple. . 1X15 a Hick. . Ill WlUon. . Ill N. Com. . Ct N. Twentieth. . I7 N. Front. . U N. CapltoL Not Affiliated McFarlane CaD For NYAL'S FAJIILY REMEDIES For QUICK RESULTS We specialise on the best Toilet Articles and Requisites Crown Drug Co. I 332 State Street Telephone 367 SALEM. OREGON Tor Coats. Snlts and Dresses to to the ' . - 44lnMss?J Salem's Greatest Women's Apparel Store Welch Electric Co. . . : Hot Point AppllsAce'WextlniiOTiia Ijanpi . American Beauty Irons, Hughes Heating Appliances, Red Sal Batteries, Electrical Fixtures, a specialty. When Wanting Anything Electrical Call at 373 SUto Stmt Union Shop Hauser Brothers : OUTFITTERS TO SPORTSMEN AND ATHLETES DIXIE BREAD FRESH DAILY Salem Baking Company A GOOD PLACE TO GO To Have Your Eyes Examined and Glasses Made Work Guaranteed HARTMAN BROS. CO. JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS SALEM :: OREGON DR. C H. SCHENK Phone 1183 Drugless Physician and Chiropractor Derby Building Corner Court and High Streets j SALEM. OREGON Phone 963 EAT IT EVERYDAY Weatherly ICECREAM It's Good for Yon Manufactured In Salem by BUTTERCUP ICE CREAM CO. i Sweet Cider Any Quantity Made from Select Oregon Apples COMMERCIAL CIDER WORKS 1010 North Commercial Street , pp08lt Oregon Electric Depot BILLIARDS ICE-COLD DRINKS A SPECIALTY THE ELECTRIC CIGAR STORE OTTO A. KLETT. Proprietor 47 state street "STANDARD" and 44 HEADLIGHT OVERALLS and JUMPERS $2.75 and $3.00 per pair LEE TJNIONALLS Jl.QO, J5.00' $5.50 SHIRTS SHOES HATS QrlW3kJ,e Salem's Men's and UW1C Young Men's Store Phones: Store 3 tl Green House 311 ' C B. Qancey J T FLORIST AND DECORATOR N 123 North Liberty St. Phone 1CS7 Lloyd E. Ramsden Dayton, Columbia and Heavy Service Bicycles 317 Court SL PROMPT 8ERVICE Phone 120 WEBB & CLOUGH CO. Funeral Director! Court Street at High s a i.v.xt nnrr.nv White House Restaurant 3C2 STATE STREET MEALS AT. ALL HOURS , ROOV, tv HUGHES & TAYLOR Candy Kitchen FRESH CONFECTIONS CIGARS TOBACCO AND SOFT DRINKS 271 North Commercial 8treet Help Home Industry By Buying Local Products All Kinds Fresh, Cured and Smoked MEATS Pure Lard, Sausages. Etc at Steosloff Bro. Market Court and liberty Sts.. Salem, Ore. . u