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P 9 EASTERN CLACKAM ao NEWS Four Eastern Clackamas News Entered at the postoffice in Estacada, Oregon, as second-class mail. Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. G IBBS Editor and Manager. S u b sc r ip t io n ')ne year Six months . . - K ates . - - $1.50 .75 Thursday, August 28, 1919 A Friendly Warning Never has labor been so highly de veloped and organized as at present. Beginning with independent units in certain trades, unionism has spread to all industries and even the pro fessions. The various unions are last becoming amalgamated and af filiated, so that there is the prospect soon of a vast national organization, which can and will act as one. This is to be viewed with some misgivings, for such a combination represents an almost unlimited power for good and evil in commercial and industrial spheres. • So far this organization of labor has been viewed with sympathy by the general public, as it was recog nized that this union was for the purpose of bettering the condition of the laboring man. There is no gain saying that capitalism in the past was grasping, and treated its em ployees unjustly and selfishly. it paid the lowest wages for the longest hours that it could exact, and re sented all attempts, to reduce the one and raise the other, until compelled so to do. As long as labor was weak and oppressed, it had the support of the public. The constitution affirms that a man has certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness. The demands made by unionized labor for better wages, better hours and better op portunities to improve life and en joy it, were just and right and re ceived tile sanction of all thinking persons. But a change lias now been made, labor is no longer weak and op pressed. It has become strong, as sertive and dictatorial. Instead of being kept submissive, it now lays down tei'ms and conditions, which are often arbitrary in the extreme, and also unjust. Labor is falling in to the same error as did capital, viz: the selfish, unjust use of power. The social organism is such, that none liveth to himself alone, and every action of the individual is correlated to the whole. This principle is not seen as a rule, until individual action becomes group action with wider and farther reaching scope and effect. Then the result becomes more appar ent and pronounced. But group action is only the amplification of in dividual action, and if tht* operation of the former is seen to be detrimen tal. i t ’ would be the same if it were only that of an individual The chief weapon of organized la bor Is the strike. But like all other weapons, offensive and defensive, the right to use it is not absolute. That is. it must be wielded justly, wisely and unselfishly, with a due regard to the rights nnd safety all parties in volved. For a dispute between em ployer a ( t ii| lov. e. e*-pt ill n pub lic utilities, is rot confined to these two, but includes all those who will be affected by the strike, and the in terests of this third element are us ually uneonsidered. Hence a strike may involve a greater wrong than the one It wa.- purposed to redress. (Jen- erally however, this third element is willing to endure inconvenience and loss to help out those who have a valid grievance, bur there is a limit to its patience. When strikes be come t o o it uncut and no disposition shown to arbitrate the dispute, and especially when strikes are ordered because of some far remote gri v- ance. and the business or whole com munities j.s thrown out of gear, then the general public will rise up and take action, to protect itself from op position. As one who is friendly to labor and wishes to see it enjoy the highest welfare, for on this depends im measurably the welfare of the whole country, we issue this warning that the right to strike involves great moral responsibility, and if used un justly, selfishly and tyrannically, it will prove suicidal. Because history clearly demonstrates this, that tyr anny digs its own grave and in the long run will be overthrown. It mat ters not whether in the persons of kings, emperors, czars, dictators, au tocrats, capitalists or labor unionists. As soon as any one ^ssumes the posi tion of a superman he is preparing himself for a violent fall. There is a sentence in an old book which should be read, marked, learned and inward ly digested, which declares emphati cally, that “ Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” H ere Endeth Our First Year j With this issue of the N e w s we complete our first year as edi tor. During this period we have learned a great deal in valuable experience, while financially we have done as well as might be expected under the circumstan ces. As to the quality of the paper the verdict lies with our readers. While we have done our best, we admit it is not what we hoped to make it. But until the subscription list is materially increased, we will not be justi fied in going to the extra #x- * pense of enlarging the paper. To do*so will involve many and costly changes, such as a new and bigger press, and that would mean enlarged office space with increased rentals. The cost of everything in the printing line continues to soar, so expendi tures must be closely watched. We wish to express our thanks for the kindly appreciation our journalistic efforts have received and especially to our advertisers without whose patronage it would be impossible to continue publication. We look forward with a good deal of confidence, feeling assured that Estacada has a bright future before it. — Odd Fellows Building FALL GOODS Have arrived. Come in and visit our store and see what we have.j , There is still plenty of Summer Underwear in stock, such as B. V. 1). S. Porous Knit " and ladies Comfy Cut union suits. T R Y US AND WE LL MAKEGOOD WITH YOU. —Always fair and constantly alert to our opportunity! to be of service to you." J. K. Ely & Son Odd Fellows Building ESTACADA. - OREGON w ________ - -------- Thursday, August 28. 1919 15 Boxes of Tomatoes and 30 Boxes of Peaches Sold in One Week If you didn’t get in in time for peaches or melons this week, come in next week. T h e increased demand may force the price of peaches up. We sold peaches at a dollar per box; we may sell at 90c. Cheer up, look happy and smile. If you can’t smile whistle, if it hurts you to whistle call in the doctor. Remember the Artisans’ Labor Day Picnic. “ THE BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD FOR YOU.” M e Willis & M e Willis GROCERS «ja* h . V ***' Vi/.-*» s. t o Y e i a ? 53* zzT/3 ¿L e G ood 'zz': . i n foolish to put up with an ordinary chew, wT■ :i i": doesn't cost any more to gei reoí tobacco ratihfacticn. E v c , y cay tro re men dis ci, vr..’ that a little chew of ic :.i gcod to b acco la«t 3 1 and gives them real cciih o in .s n t. h a c re ’s nothing like it. ■L Y K S R ì ^ à L T R A C C O C H E W ut up in L j j s.'ylcj r.îhhôA C U V Í3 a chcrt-cut tobacco W-B CUT i: a Jong fine-cut tnnaceo FESSÉS 9 qwaÿprJ y ô’rVGfty BE A LEADER A w ise a n d trea t le ad er lifts his u hole c o m m unity a n d m a y lift an entire n a t i o n * —E ly An immense problem in reconstruction confronts the present generation. 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