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I) " '. . THE' OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. FERRUARY 10. 1921 CIM KM MEEUHK ALL Smashing of Labor Unions Grave Situation Says Qrtncovolt ; PITTSBURGH. Feu. IS Lieu tenant Colonel Theodore Roose Tclt of New York ami Congress woman Alice Robertson of Okla homa, addressed almost 1000 per rons on the occasion of th" 4 0th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Tress club here tonight. Colonel Roosevelt declared that cf all the problems facing the world today the economic prob lem overshadows the rest. "That appalling manifestation of past misrule, ."bolshevlsm is primarily an unsolved economic struggle, but It is not the only mischievous economic movement that is abroad in the land." he said. "There is another, which Is almost as bad. It has as its aim the smashing of labor unions. I n 11 n inn a am niaftniia v a right and necessary part of our scheme of relationship. The working people need unions to protect and express themselves. They, have done a great good in the country. Those who advo cate their destruction are doing an un-American, short-sighted and mischievous work. Opponents of tha unions urge that they have at timet been represented by crooked men. I admit it. Have cot, however, business interests at times done wrong, and have not thev also h-en at time ren- resented by crooked men?" Colonel Roosevelt said that while great progress had been made for the betterment of work ing men and women in this coun try that further steps must be taken. "Insofar as DOSsible we must work toward a condition where every one engaged in business have some direct interest In the success of that business. Ve will have to work toward a condition where. In the broad sense, a term yon can speak of employer and employe as on a partnership basis. When we approach such a condition then our economic problems will be in a large part' solved.' be held here beginning next Mon day. Approximately 3UU, dele gates were expected and all sec tions of the Pacific slope will be i-presented. The Daughters of the covenant, auxiliary of the Ii'nai B'rith also will meet here for its district con tention at the same time. A num ber of entertainment features have been arranged for the visi tors by the local executive conir mittee Z. Swett, Hen Selling. Isaac Swett. Rabbi Jonah 15. Wise. J. Shemanskt, Alex K. Miller, A. j Rosenstein, Alex Weinstein, II. V. Rubin. ?ig Lipman, Nathan Weiu stein and L. N. Weinbaum. u. ns THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN Al POSTPONED1 . f , March 1 Granted As Date For National Agreement Arguments R. R. REFUSES ANY CONCILIATION (Continued from page 1.) DELEGATES ARIUVr: faramers and stock raisers who are brought into competition with the railways for labor. "6. That under normal condi tions the adjustment of these dif ferences cannot be made the sub ject of national conferences as that implies by its very nature a violation of the differing needs of the railroads and the territories they serve. "7. That any insolence 'jy lead ers of railway labor organ. zations that their claims to recognition Shall be admitted in violation of the foregoing principles can only result in precipitating a clear-cut Issue between the public condi tions essential to efficient and eco nomical railroad operation and the allied interests of railway em ployes in standard and uniform wages and working conditions re gardless of the differ.ng needs of the various railroads and of the widely differing character, needs and resources of the various parts of the country which they serve." Concerning future action on the part of the executives, .the con mitee report simply advised them that the decision of the labor board in regard to rates of pay. for un&kilied labor "relegates the ini tiation of union upon this matter to individual railways and their own employes. Former Salem Physician Dies in Venita Oklahoma PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 18. Delegates were arriving here to night for the 48th annual conven tion of the Independent Order of B'Nal B'rith for district No. 4 to Dr. H. E. McCaffrey, 38 years old, died at Vsnita. Oklahoma, on Monday, February 14. ; The deceased was for five months a physician at the state hospital here in 1918 and 1919. During the world war -he served as a first lieutenant in the medi cal corps and was stationed at r on - Kiiey. Kan. He was a member of the American legion. The funeral services will be held hers Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Catholic church and interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery. Rigdon & Son have charge of the remains. SPECIAL NEW PIANOS $395 Up Players and used pianos reduced - in proportion " JA7.IALL171AU 121 S. Commercial Phone 1659 Opposite Journal Office - CIIICACO. Fe;. IS. The rail-; way labor board today postponed i until Manh 1 further hearings oer the national agreements and als: granted the request of II. M. Jewell, representing the em ployes, that he he granted until j March 1 to prepare rebuttal evi- deuce. j Thf hoard announced, how ever, in the meantime it reserved the tight to issue further orders jr direct ions. On March 1 the board. will take up evidence presented by the fol lowing organizations in the order named: ' The brotherhood of i mainte nance of way employes. The clerks. Firen;n and oilers. Signal men. F. S. Grable,. president of th maintenance of way employes' or ganization, petitioned the board for a statement explaining to rail way workers that pay reductions cannot li? forced on them until new rates have been established by law. Strife between seven Indepen dent railroad employes organiza tion? and th3 union brotherhoods broke out again today before the board, in charges by the Inde pendents of attempts to control labor representation before the board. Speaking for the independents. 'J. L. Eldridge. vice president of the railroad yardmasters of Am erica, said the collective bargain ing proposal presented by the unions to the board yesterday was another attempt to obtain recognition that the unions were the only representatives of the employed. flH.FAl ONE'KIMP' FATE. Ub SfcHT ME YOU ' Yo PMY The l,EftPirit. -POUT' puw . The. vawpire To be n Noyic 5MOvx ' EM MOW To KT. E MEEK - l V s L -r, mm ' J X p ctow A-k .1 . i U . -SD' TV :! ti ; in mm t km 1 OF CALLED Perilous Condition of Agri culture Is To Be Considered WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 A call for u mass meeting here on April 20, was issued today to members of the national farmers' union by its president. Charles S. Barrett, who declared he was prompted by "the perilous condi tion of agriculture." "This is the time," the call sa:d. "when the farmers, like other In terests should in the most force ful manner compatible with re spect we always should have for authority .impress upon the gov ernment," the need of legislative measures in behalf of "the noble calling of agriculture." "A new administration Is about to assume command in Washing ton." it continued. "It takes con trol in a time of great national stress, when deflation, largely ar tificial, has accomplished the tem porary ruin of thousands of our farmers and permanent ruin off thousands of others. Interests taking to "control the food, the clothing, the trans portation system and the distri bution of the nation's commodi ties," were declared to be "well entrenched," in Washington and Mr. Ilarrett averted that the far mers would "be? able to Impress upon congress that we are a real power, with real interests to pro tect." "It is evident that the packers ill not help us," the call con tinued. "Come to Washington and show the authorities here that you have the will and the power to obtain those rights which as citizens of the United States you are entitled to." RAILWAY TRACTS I DIVERTED TO LAKE Dublin Outrage Discovered Before Any Mishap j Occurs t OF W. I IK ATS STANFORD. SEATTLE. Fem. IK. Wash ington university's superior bas ket chootins triumphed over Stanford university in their con ference basketball game here to night when the Sundodgers ran up a score of 2H to 25 against the southerners. Washington took an early l?ad in the first half and tbat period ended with the score 15 to H in favor of the local uni versity. .Stanford came back strongly in the second half but was unable to overcome Wash ington's advantage. DURLIN. Feb. 18. I, u offi cially announced that the tracks of a railway line In County Dob. gal on Wednesday were diverted from the permanent way to' raa Into a lake between Casbelnager and Gweedore. The oatrage wi discovered, however, before a mi, hap occurred. Today's official review Aft ta report of outrages In the lut week afford grounds for satisfac tion. The greatly reduced ana be r of casualties to crown fore, it adds, leads to the opinion that the recent lawless activities havt reached the maximum and tha ar rest and seizures being mad dai ly should result In a sensible Im provement In the s.tuation short Read The Classified Ads. due to additional duties under grain inspection act. S. 11. 377, committee on county and state officers Relating to salaries of Lane county officers. HOUSE BILLS I The following bills were intro duced in the house Feb 18: H. H. 364. by committee on roads and highways Amending section 4816. Oregon laws, relat ing to a license tax on gasoline, distillate, liberty fuel and other volatile and inflammable liquids for motor vehicles. H. IJ. 363. by committee on roads and highways Authorizing the issuance and retirement of $7,000,000 in bonds for highway construction. ! SENATE BILLS 1 . ; ' ' The following bills were Intro duced in the senate yesterday: S. B. 372, senate committee on roads and highways Empower ing the state board of control to sell thort term highway bonds, and providing that bonds sold by the board shall bear interest fixed by the board but not more than 6 per cent, amending the present law which makes 4 per cent the maximum. S. H. 373. senate committee on roads and highways Authorizing state highway commission to sell short term bonds, applying the $10,000,000 act of 1920 session as well as 4o new Issues that may be authorized. The following bills were Intro duced in the senate yesterday: S. B. 372. senate roads com mittee Relating to sale of bonds by board of control for highway work. S. B. 373. senate roads rnmmtt. j tee Authorizing state board of tcniroi to issue snort terra bonds. S. B. 374. senate judiciarv com mittee Establishing liability of abstractors. S. B. 375. Staples Relating to destruction cf weeds and weed seed. S. B. 376, senate committee on railroads and utilities Trovid Irg $S0rt additional compensation for public service commissioners METTE grounds that such legislation was an insult to the women of the state. Theatre Manager Objects To Steffens Speaking DEALERS MEET RERE 68 Employers and Salesmen Hear Superintendent of Plant Talk : SELL IT TO THE I : FARMERS No matter what it is, from a threshing machine hnri r row f oaper of pint. The farmer is the best buyer. J THE GREAT WESTERN FARM PAPER Published in Salem, Oregon, will place your advertisement in the hands of 20, 000 farmers and they read it , Bargain Column ads cost only 3 csnts a word, or IVi cents a word for four or more insertions. V ;''; Try It . . " " i Statesman Building, Salem, Oregon Read The Pacific Homestead, Weekly, Jl a year. YouH find it well worth while. Sixty-eight Ford Tolks sat down to a banquet in the Y. W. C. A. dining room last evening, begin ning at 7 o'clock and running for three or four hours. These 68 peo ple were the Ford dealers and their salesmen to whom the Valleyi Motor company people In Salem were hosts, from the following' cities: Independence, Dallas, Mc Minnville. Albany, Corvallis, Woodburn. Alt. Angel, Silverton, Stayton. Canby. Falls City, Leba non. Scio and Eugene. They were surely a live looking bunch, and they came to talk shop ind to listen to Frank IIaddas( the general superintendent of th8 River Kogue plant of the Ford people. This is the new $20,000, 000 plant of the Ford company In Detroit, where are the blast fur naces, the coke ovens, the body plant, and the tractor plant. Mr. Haddas is one of the big men in the Ford organization. The other principal speaker was S. A. Stellwagen, head of the Portland branch of tue Ford com pany, taking in all of Oregon and five counties in Washington. ' The Outlook Is OootL It was stated by Air. Haddas and Air. Stellwagen that there are now over twice as many prospects on file for the sale of Fords and Fordsons as there were at this time last year And this holds true almost all over the United States So that there is bound to be a shortage of cars and tractors be fore long, because, after the shut down of the Ford factories, it will take some time for a stage of full production again; which may be visioned when it is stated that there are 60.000 employes at the Ford factories. They explained the reason for the shut-down, saying that Air.' Ford was determined to reduce prices, and he could not safely do so without the reduction in prices of raw materials. The raw ma terials people could not be brought to terms without a complete shut- ! down. . As the Ford organization j takes as much raw materials as all the other factories in the country combined, one may see the effect of the shut-down on the raw ma terials men. Mr. Stellwagen predicted that full factory production will be kept up indefinitely after things get limbered up at the factories. This meant 4000 Ford cars and 1000 Fordsoa tractors a day be fore the shut down; but it will mean an increase in the future, with new plants. and machinery. Both Mr. Haddas and Air. Stell wagen asserted that there would have to be full production at the lactones in order to maintain present prices of cars and trao tors. Many questions were asked and answered, and it was a most in teresting and enjoyable meeting. Air. Stellwagen has held such meetings in Salem before, and he Is recognized as one of the ablest men in all the great Ford organization. TtOSEBURG. Ore., Feb. 18. The management of a theatre here today cancelled the reservation of the house for an address by Lin coln Steffens next Alonday night. This action followed the arraign ment of Steffens in resolutions by Umpqua post of the American le gion, who also urged the mayor to deny him the right to hold any meeting in Hoseburg. Mayor Ham ilton stated late today tbat he had placed the whole matter in the hands of the city attorney and chief of police and while no order prohibiting such speaking here would be issued, if anying of a se ditious nature developed the offi cers would handle the situation. WAGE DItOP CONSIDERED PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 18, Vote on a proposed wage drop of 12 1-2 per cent in the building trades of Portland has been taken by union carpenters of Portland it was announced today. Result of the ballot will not be announced until Alonday. Other unions affiliated with the building trades have held or will hold meetings before Alonday to vote on the proposition. Repre-1 sentatives of the various organiza tions will meet in the ball of the building trades council Alonday night ,when the result of the va rious ballots will be made known. NOTICE TO THE The Mercer Electric Co., 211 South High Street are sole dis tributors of the America Electric Cleaners, model B Wise-MdCIung Manufacturing Company, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Any statements to the contrary are misrepresentations and are known to be false. The price of this cleaner is established and can not be sold for less. When it becomes necessary to stoop to such base and unclean methods to obtain business it must certainly hurt. We want all persons to whom the America has been offered at $45.00 to know that they are being imposed on and that they must for their own protection see that they get what is represented. Watch for developments Signed G. A. MERCER Marriage Examination Bill P?.ssed by House Senate bill No. 174. prepared by Dr. Owens Adair and introduced in the senate by Senator Smith providing for examination of ali appl. cants for marriage licenses for mental as well as physical weaknesses, passed I he house yes terday afternoon by an almost unanimous vote. The bill also Provides conditions on which II cense may be issued to the phyal cally and mentally subnormal Similar objections were raised i iv vbill l.hat w,re ra,8e a like bill, of which Dr. Owens Adair was author, and wh ch was intro duced in the house near the flrat of the session by Airs. Kinney. The previous bill was defeated ta the P Last Two Days of Our Tremendous : G 1 sl r-.a- wr siy TODAY and MONDAY Only two more days of real value gmng in Men's Clothing,. Shoes, Domestics, Dress Goods and Groceries SnOn IF. a vl V Tnrla v ant ont mss our tremendous KJiiyp jL-'c"1J' 1 Oaay cut in prices throughout the whole store COME SHOP HERE. rougnout Sale SATURDAY OFFER EL Bars White Wonder Soap oJ One pkg Lighthouse Washpowder for with J3.00 purchase in Dry Goods and $5.00 purchase in Groceries, on Saturday only. 15 ic SHOP WHERE THE CROWDS BUY" Ask For Our Premium Coupons Fre Hot Coffee Saturday MAZOLA Demonstration Still On 1