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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1919)
TllSItti. I>»< IMBEIt KI. I IK”. GRANT« PAM DAILY <X>1 IUER PAGE TWO way und to further promise to con aider no legislation except the ratlfl cation of the proposed woman's suf frage amendment to the conatltutlot A. £ VOORHIBS. Pub. and Propr of the United tSatea. At that linn ■ntared al pcatoffne. Granta Paa». Ora., aa second class mall matter. there was no "emergency'“ In work ADVERTISING RATES man's compensation or In any othei Display apace, per inch................... fOc direction that Olcott could dlsKrn Leeal-peraonal column, per line..10c | Hut the women kept hot on his (rail Readers, per line.............................. 5c They wanted Oregon to be in line foi DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year .16.00 ratification of the amendment, and By mall or carrier, per month .60 (hex now consider that they havi WEEKLY COURIER won a victory even though the act By mall, par year..................... „ »2.00 Ing governor puts their cause waj down to lhe bottom of the list in tell MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Ing the legislators why they hav, The Associated Press ia exclusively entitled to the use for republication ‘ been called There Is no more “'em Quality) and Sanice of all news dispatches credited to It . ergem y” in the matter of workmen'i or all otherwise credited In thia paper and also the local news pub compensation today than t here w. T liebed herein. 30 days ago: no more than there w All right* of republication of spe ’ and that of the men actually in con that are responsible. The public cial dispatches herein are ateo re- a year ago. though God knows th trol of the strike was, and has re- synumthtzes with union labor.- scale is plenty low for the num who mained, pitifully inadequate. when union labor makes it imssible. TVBBDAY, DECEMBER 1«, Itti». is crippled In Industry with the pres It has been the same with the coal Why do great labor organisations en ent ascending scale of living cost, strike. Here was a case where it trust their fortunes to foolish and in ♦♦♦♦♦♦ I and any further relief that can be ♦ was particularly desirable to have competent leadership? OREGON WEATHER 1 given will be In a proper cause. ♦ ♦ the facte presented fully and clearly. There Is a general feeling through Tonight and Wednesday rain ♦ THE SI’M IA I. HKHNION ♦ in west portion with snow in the ♦ Vet the strike leaders made no effort out the state, however, that the com- Oregon's acting governor has I ♦ eastern section. Warmer in the ♦ to enlighten the public. Such data pensation law has been accepted only called a apecial session of the legis ♦ as were needed for any ordinary cit interior. Southerly winds, ns a subterfuge for the real purpose ♦ reaching gale strength along ♦ izen or public official to form a trust lature to convene on the 12th day of of the calling of the session. It Is A worthy opinion about the merits of January, and there is much specula ♦ the north coast. e the l>ellef that the women won their the strike had tn be supplied from tion as to the why and the where campaign but that Olcott would | government sources, or from the sta- fore of the call. Only 30 days ago acknowledge the fact und sought LABOR LEADERSHIP I tistical files of newspapers and of the executive would not agree to the other reason for the call The Saturday Evening Post calls I citizens particularly interested in calling of a session unless the mem attention to a salient fact about the I such matters. bers of both brancdies of the legisla steel strike that must have beeu ture would promise to pay their own In both strikes the case of noted in the early days of the strike, workmen has been very poorly by anyone who followed it carefully, sented by the men they chose to rei>- It is the ignorance shown by the resent them. Inexcusable as both «Continued from Page One» strike leaders on matters that they strikes were, there can be no doubt the law. It is necessarily •were expected to know as a matter of that the strikers would have suffered functory and ineligible aliens are course. bound to slip through because of our less in public estimation if their lead "Did they know figures about the ers had know their business and re wrong methods“ New York has the 'biggest immi ■wages in the steel industry? They cognized the need of making a full, gration station in the country, he, did not—and said so. Did they know honest presentation of the facts to said, the others jieing at Boston. Bal facte about the actual hours the men the general public. timore. Philadelphia. New Orleans. | worked in the steel industry? They Union labor Is getting some hard San Francisco and Seattle. Wash. did not. Did they know what per knocks just now. It is the leaders Norfolk Va.. and Galveston. Tex., are ports of entry with Insjiectlon of centage of employes—if any—were ficers but are not classed as "sta being physically crushed by over- tions" like Ellis Island and the rest. •work as they freely claimed? It is comparatively easy to shill out did not. the mentally and physically defective ‘‘On tltb other hand, they knew when they come In at these bfg ports, Christmas Candies said Congressman Stegel, Ibut the big and talked at length about a variety problem is to prevent the entrance of things which were dark and sonor in boxes of undesirable aliens over our north generate heat in ous in the telling, but which proved ern and southern borders. the hnnuu «y«t«mi Christmas Cards on investigation either to be not so The house committee. Mr Siegel or to have nothing whatever to do said, will recommend the establish- FIXE FOR THIS (OLII SNAP Toilet Sets I ment of the naturalization court so •with their case that federal and other judges, whose • These men did not know their II kind« Toilet Preparations [time is taken up with hearing hun- own buslnesi from their own stand- ill prices. j dreds of civil and criminal cases, may Their point,” concludes the Post, Stationery 'I be relieved of a task of immense im- SATIN FINISH testimony before congress proved i portance to the country's welfare but Complete line [ which, by the very nature of things that. at present, is generally slighted from 23 varieties mixed It was the same with the public sheer judicial necessity in tMFlb. «caled raus statements issued by the strike lead Tjast year. .Mr. Siegel saio. ers. They gave nothing fbut vague government realized a net profit R um - h HI A Gilbert's generalities—no facts and figures from naturalization fees of »450.000 UNADVERTISED and the profit to date since the he line of box candie« whereby the public could determine ginning of the Immigration se rv ice for itself the status of the steel men I has been »10,000,000. Such a court, and the justice of their complaints. it was said, could expedite hearing Samuel Gompers eventually came to and "undesirables” Instead of being the rescue with a few figures that released on their own recognizance or paroled in the custody of their gave some light on the subject; but lawyers, could be ordered deported even his presentation was ineffective. within 30 days. A naturalization court. presided over by federal judges similar to the circuit court of appeals and where it would not be known »who was to administer the oath of allegiance, declared (Mr. Siege), would lend dig IF nity and force to one of the most sacred obligations imposed upon the AT THE alien nnd start him right on the road to patriotism and good citizenship. Did You Send That Box of Apples .75 KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Horning’s Candies Homing’s Shack You’ll Dance You Never DancedBefore WHEN YOV HEAR National Drug Store Opera House Jazzensation OF PORTLAND, OREGON BEST ‘ MOMENTS MUSICAI DANCING FREE FROM H IN) U Tour under personal direction of Mr. McOormick Really a Cut Price. Charles had just been vaccinated, and as a reward for Ills bravery the doctor cave him a ijunrter. "Thank you for the quarter." said Charles, winking back Ills tears, "but it was worth a dollar.” Arsenic In Coat. A QI INTUITE O f ' o REGOVS 10c to Everybody Then 10c the Dance ^is welcome as the morning toast and as Jiiendly COMING C. C. McCormick’s ADMISSION 1 FORDS at Bargain Prices C. L. Hobart Company Poisoning by arsenic In coni, Intel? announced to flic French Acndeiny of Sciences by Charles Rlchet, seems to i be of «ouïe» luit frequent occurence. A serious outbreak of so-culled pitch diwii'-e occurred nt a briquette fac tor}', mid the symptoms In ninny of the employees included cutaneous can cer. which proved fatal In some cases. <'lietiilcnl analysis showed that ar senic wiik contained In the pitch used. It was also found in dusfof the fac tory. In tlie hair of the workers and even in the blood of nearly nil. clearly «bowing flint the men were being poisoned. This arsenic must hnve been derived from the coni supplying the pitch, Certain kinds of coal hnve been known to contain arsenical pyrites In considerable amount, and Investigation brings to notice other workers In coal products who have similar symptôme, such a« tar distillers, rond asphaltera, makers of tarred paper and maker* of lampblack. 1 It S ä A good oil heater filled with Pearl Oil give* agreeable com fort. At the touch of a match there is friendly warmth. No smoke, no odor, no dust, no dirt. It is convenient—easy to carry about, and economical — oil is consumed only when heat ia needed—no waste. ■ 1 Pearl Oil is refined and re refined by our special process which makes it clean burning. For sale in bulk by dealer* everywhere—the same high- quality kerosene a* the Pearl Oil sold in five-gallon can*. There is a saving by buying in bulk. Order by name — Pearl OU. We recommend Perfection OU Beaters. PEARL OIL (KF.ROSE.NB I HEAT AND LIGHT standard oil company C. D. 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