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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1947)
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE BABSON DISCUSSES LABOR JULY 25, 1947 BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE Stonily W. Netherton, Publisher Published Friday of each week by the °iorveer Publishing Co., ot Beaverton. Oregon. Entered as second-class mat ter at the postoffice, Beaverton, Ore gon Pavabla la Advaaca .......................... S 2 .0 0 Subscription One Y mar GLOUCESTKH. Mass., Ju ly 25— I am down here to m y old hom e tow n which has been tied up by strikes of the Fish H and lers. Everyone has been arguing about the rights and responsibil ities of the o ther fellow. Discus sion, usually leads to a fair con clusion; b u t I hate to see people get mad, especially w hile en gaged in a great celebration cf St. P eter and C h rist’s Teachings th a t LOVE FOR ONE ANOTH ER is the only answ er. Reasons fo r Strikes • t u b 0 « E ii$ n * ii This strike, like others, has in cluded a dem and for m ore hioney. T here are various ways to get m ore money, nam ely through hourly pay increases, paid holidays, m ore overtim e pay, etc. In m y talk s w ith strik ers everyw here, how ever, I find th at the basic struggle now is over the question w hether th e Union or the ow ners are to ru n the business. The strik e rs tak e me around to the stores, and show me the increased retail prices and I cannot help being sym pathetic w ith them for w anting m ore money. Resides, these peo ple, as a rule, have several to feed and clothe; w hile we and o th er stockholders usually have only sm all families. B ut w hen it com es to letting them dictate the business policies, I am for th e owners. The em ployers, ten y ears ago. paid these F ish H andlers 60 cents per hour. Now they are perfectly w illing to pay practic ally double this o r $1.15 per hour; bu t they cannot afford to pay $1.60 per hour. In m any in stances, two or th ree m em bers of the fam ily are w orking which gives an excellent fam ily income to the Fish H andlers. The em ployers insist and I am su re they are right, th at if fu rth er pay rises are granted, the retail price of fish m u st be increased. As the retail price of fish since 1940 has already doubled in most stores, they question w heth er people will e a t so m uch fish if prices are fu rth e r increased. We all know th a t w hen the bar bers raise the price of haircuts, their custom ers go a few days longer between h aircu ts and the b a rte rs are no b etter off in the end. Something About Fish There are tw o large F ish Un ions here. One is m ade up of the fishermen who go on the A braham Lincoln won m any high seas and catch th e fish. arg u m en ts th ro u g h sheer force They do not receive »rdinary of logic. Once having failed to wages, but ra th e r a sh are of the m ake a stubborn opponent see catch. Conditions v ary w ith dif th e erro r of his reasoning, L in ferent ports, b u t usually about coln said, “Well, let’s see. How 40 per cent of th e catch goes to m any legs has a cow?” the vessel owners, and about 60 per cent is divided am ongst the “F o u r of course," came the ready answ er. crew and skipper, w ith a spe “T h a t’s rig h t,-’ said Lincoln. cial extra bonus to the sk ipper “Now suppose we call th e cow’s which bonus comes o u t of the owners. Some expenses are paid tail a leg ,how m any legs would th e cow have?” by the crew and o th e r exj>enses “W hy fiv e, of course.” by the owners. T hus, th e F ish “Now th a t’s w here you’re erm en are really on a “piece w rong”, said Lincoln. "Sim ply w ork” basis. M oreover, it is calling a cow’s tall a leg doesn’t hard work and they are subject m ake it a leg." to 24 hour call. When fish comes to th e w harf, it is sold through public auc tion so as to he fair to b oth the fisherm en and th e boat owners. After It has te e n purchased, the vessel delivers it to th e firm which is to c u t off the heads, ^ C u r r u ju l f a t skin it and fillet it. T his w ork is done by th e F ish H andlers, the one who have been on a strike. They stan d in long row s by benches and th e fish come to them on telts. T hey w ork very T he tim e to leh ab ilitate such quickly and w ith m uch care so areas as the Tillam ook b u rn is as to get o ut all th e bones. They before th e problem becomes so prepare it for m arket. g re a t as to require legislative ac What Consumers W ant tion. It will tak e th e services of » C a tu re n t From letters com ing to me hundreds of m en an d y ears of from all parts of th e co untry, it R E S E R V A T I O N S Br.OM concentrated effort to b rin g the is evident th at consum ers w ant H I IK D U S ó - II area back into production. Five fish; also that if the price should seconds of one m en’s tim e m ight be reduced, th ey would buy OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 10 have prevented th is disaster. m uch more fish. Hence, they K eep Oregon green. wish the Fish H an d lers would agree to piecework and be w ill ing to be paid according to w hat they produce ns are the See Us For Fisherm en who catch the fish. The slow w orkers m ight then J. I. CASE F A R M EQ U IPM EN T & PARTS get only 85 cents per h o u r | while the fast w o rk ers m ight Also For Service and Repair get $1.50 an hour. T his would be fair to all people and espe cially to the cosum ers, who read this column. E very wage w o rk er should rem em ber th a t if his g ro u p alone could raise w ages w ith o nly the 1717 S. E. Third Ave. Portland 14, Ore, price of his product going up. this w ould be fine. B ut th e PHONE LA. 2546 w orkers in all o th e r groups are sure to follow causing the prices of ev e ry th in g to go up m ore and none w ould be b e tte r off in the end. H ence w e m u st finally J 4 . I V . - M e r r i l l , B S„ M. S.( D. O choose betw een piecew ork on a fair basis, o r else w ait for d ep res Osteopathic sion and unem ploym ent to bring PH Y SIC IA N A N D SURGEON us to o u r senses. I see no half w ay answ er. Only as we all un ite General Practice Including O bstetrics and S urgery to increase production and low Office Hours; 1 p. m. to fl p. m. Dally E xcept Sundays e r prices will we have m ore in food, clothing and sh elter. T his «8 P F A F F L K K O AD — T I G A K D applies to every in d u stry and F l i n t R o a d N o rth of S a f e w a y f o o d S to r e B e tw e e n ev e ry city. h i u t ÿ ¿ / ^ f i l i m i 7tetuh£i CHICKEN .n S T fA K DIMNESS Oregonians Practice Christianity Says Visitor T his com m unity seen through the eyes of those who have ju s t come h ere tak es on new value. Those w ho have lived here for years and have come to take this land fo r g ra n te d should hear some of th e com m ents made by those who h ave chosen this spot over th e land of th eir b irth as the ideal place to live. Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Vander Boegh, Sr., o f ' W ilm ington, 111., and Mr. H ow ard S. Norton, fa th er of Mrs. V ander Boegh of Joliet, III., are high in their praise of Oregon and p articularly the Bea verton com m unity. Mr. and Mrs. Vander Boegh have lived for a num ber of years in Oakridge, Tenn., w here the big bom bs w ere made. T hey describe th is p art of Tennessee as “b eau tifu l co u n try with beau tiful m ountains, at least th ey call th em m ountains.” H ow ever in sp ite of this when they cam e to P o rtland last M arch to visit Mr. V ander Boegh’s sis te r th e y fell so in love w ith Ore gon th e y planned to come out here to live. T hey arriv e d in P ortland last m onth and sta rte d looking around for a place to live. They w ere show n dozens of houses in P o rt land and th e surrounding tow ns b u t could find none they wanted. Then th e y w ere brought o u t to B eaverton to look at the Paulson houses and fell in lfive with them . In fact they looked at the house a t noon, and bought it at th ree o’clock th a t afternoon and m oved in th e n e x t day. Mr. N orton, w ho is a retired stock b ro k er from Joliet, 111., came o u t to v isit his daughter. He is v ery m uch im pressed w ith th is c o u n try and the i>eople in it. He th in k s “th a t you people are v ery cordial. I had heard of this w estern h o sp itality and it is tru e, y o u r a ttitu d e is very different from th e people in the east. You are very friendly. People around here practice C h ristianity. They try to live th e ir lives as they should. I like th e treatm en t w e’ve had since w e got here. T h at is had since we got here. I like th e scenery you have. It is God made. It m u st be the a rt ists paradise. W h at wonderful scenes th ey w ould have to paint. Your lum ber in d u stry is won derful an d v ery d ifferen t from th a t in th e east . . . and your cool evenings and nights. You can ’t t e a t th em .” Mr. N orton w as v ery m uch im pressed w ith o u r potatoes th at could stay in th e ground all win te r afid still be alive. And he was p artic u la rly im pressed with o u r roses. Mr. N orton is a rose ex p ert having had a garden of 3,000 roses of 300 v arieties as his hob by. F o r y ea rs he has given lec tu re s on gardens, gardening and p articu larly on roses. H e arrived in P o rtlan d a t an ideal time, ju s t in tim e for th e rose show this June. He tells of h is trip w est by tra in and states th a t he w ouldn’t give m uch for th e d ry d esert states. H e cam e by w ay of Cali fornia b u t w as unim pressed by th e d ry brow n color of th e land there. H ow ever, as he woke at K lam ath Falls, Ore., he began to see th e green co u n try side “which got b e tte r and b e tte r as he came n o rth u n til he reached P o rtland and th e Rose F estiv al parade. He w ould like to come here to settle b u t h as too m any ties and too m an y of his fam ily to leave Illinois. H e is w ondering if he could convince all of them th at th ey should come o u t here to live. H e plans at least to bu y a car in th e east and d riv e out again in th e fall. He th in k s th is is a “y oung m an ’s country, w here the fu tu re is great.” SALES SERVICE P o w e r Lawn Mowers. C lo th e s Line P o les. Garden Tractors. Peet .M o n a . 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