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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1914)
i FRIDAY, OCTOBER Ifi, 1914, PACK TWO HKrr.Nr.K rinKALM, nr.i i .M i. 1 5 E.G.HARLAN EDITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER TUESDAYS .nd FRIDAYS EDITORIAL SECTION " HEPPNER HERALD HARLAN MANAGER SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY $1.50 A PATERNALISTIC MEASURE. There has been a tfreat deal of discussion concerning the Eight-Hour measure which will come up for consideration of the voters in the cominjr election. The idea as we see it is to regulate the hours of labor by the state, some thing which has never been successfully done at any time. The measure flavors of paternalism and gives the worker the idea that he is getting some' thing for nothing. Regulating the ordinary hours of labor is not good for any state to med dle with. The history of the world shows that the working day is being shortened. This has been accomplished without the need of laws, mandates or coerskm but has resulted from economic, forces. The last attempt to regulate the hours of labor and the price of commodities was made in the rule of the Roman ruler, Diocletian. This gentleman came into possession of the throne much in the same way as our friend lluerta in Mexico did. When he entered Rome the cry was the high cost of living, another slogan which has not lost its popularity even unto this day. Diocletian regulated the hours of labor and the wage and also the cost of com modities and attached a penalty of death to those who "cut prices" and to those who work ed for less than the "union scale." Just to give you an idea, manual labor re ceived 10.8 cents a day; bricklayers, masons, wagonmakers, shipbuilders, bakers, 21 cents a day. Teachers were paid so much for each scholar and writers were paid 8.7 11 hundred lines. Ten eggs sold for 1.7: oysters cost 43.5 a hundred ; rye, 45 cents a bushel and oil, 18 to 'W cents a quart. Diocletian's paternalism was not a success, lie did not know how difficult it was to take entire charge of the people; that after he fixed the price he must also take charge of produc tion, distribution and consumption. When thi! workers found that it did not pay to raise barley, eggs and hay, they stopped producing these things for the market. When it did not pay to be a preacher, teacher, bricklayer or n painter, the ambitious tried wnnething else, When life became unbearable at Rome, tin energetic found other places to live. All roads lead to Rome. If you want to know how all such paternalistic schemes work out, read history. I'Voni it one mav learn wisdom. One thing in this measure which looks ques tionable is the fact that no one can work over eignt hours a day if he wants to, unless he works for himself. If a man was a little hard up and wanted to put in ten hours and was able to do it, as most men are, he would be unable 10 worn. 1 ms is something for you to fletcluri.e while you drink your Postum. I here is always the class, however, that com plains about not getting sufficient wages an are also clamoring for shorter hours. Ma .1,;. I . I . 1 iu-. 1. dim iMiicauoii nave made men more ellu unt workers and they render the same set' vice now in nine ami ten hours that fifty year ago required eleven or twelve. All pay is automatic and is based on the ser vice rendered. Any other basis for remunera tarn is unsound and unwise, therefore, not prac ticnble. We are all down on Nature's timcbook for five dollars a day and the only reason that we don't get it is because we give a part of it to .someone elsi- fur in.r ..u 1...... .. .1: our i ll'orts. The modern employer is ready and willing to pay for good service and he pays big sums for big service. The demands of busi ness today require a high standard of etli cuiuy, courtesy, good-cheer, alertness and rapidity. Rut it takes a deal of supervision and management to get this. People have al ways pictured an ideal place where everybody will be on the job. The worker will get there early and slay until things are cleaned up. and so full of zeal for the common good that no supcniMon Mill be requirrd. Each man will l" the things that he w.iuts to do, the things that he can do best and he will do it superbly well. If you want to km.w whether the Ih.ss is on the iob,Koiie on a vacation or a business trip o.-i !) imo any nu.1ine.ss house. Co info .. hotel and find thcclcik playing cards with the uiMoiucrs. or entering into loud and mouthy III L'lmiellt -1 mi, I r.iii ...II I .1 .... Miow mai me ims.i is away, i-.nter a dryg'-ds store and see the clerks throwing paper wads and calling to ,,.. ""other and the fact is patent that the super. I'm 1 inn on 1 he ioh. The lower the intellectual plane the more umiououuiv required. To do away w ith suh i isi-,, is the ultimate aim of .dmation. Every wise parent Is teaching his children to do without him. The px.,1 schtn.1 tea. her is working toa p,.ji,t where his services are no longer needed. The aim of the law is to make all laws unnecessary. So the intent, also, in commercial institutions is moving towards a point where the least possible supervision is required. . The entrance of the state in the matter is a backward step. It takes away the feeling of personal responsibility and gives the worker the idea that someone else will guard his in terests and throw us back to the time of Diocletian and the attempt to conduct modern business on the policies of that age can have only one result, the result which all schemes and systems which flavor of paternalism have experienced. - 0 Hides and Pelts Wanted ...1, Wv.r ivnnts voiir hides, pelts and wool and will pay good prices for , ame. Call on or pnone mm v Ileppner Milling Company s omce any time. 1(R SALE (). I. C. boars. One two-year old, weight 500 lbs., one hve months old ana several umei hb- Ml thoroughbred and registerea siotn. Archie Cox and Frank Lieuallen, Ileppner, uregou. A few more of those 8 day Mara thons at Haylor's. morning s The MAXWELL "25! Lightweight Cheap to run-ask for Demonstration. $750 f . o. b. factory LOST A brown mare, 6 years old - 1 I and weighs about pounus. is marked with a star on the fore-head and with a brand on the left should er C. It., with a Z directly below it. It was last seen about two weeks ago near Parker's Mill. O. E. bright, ot Heppner, is the owner and will give $10 reward for its return. The Jack Rabbit Garage Headquarters for OIL, GASOLINE, and all kinds of AUTO mobile Accessories. Expert Repair Work THE BLESSING OF WORK. A short time ago we heard a well known local party make slighting remarks about a prominent man of our community. The person to whom he referred has made a business suc cess and quite naturally figures his wealth in several figures The one making the remarks has never made a success of anything and has reached the point in life where he is air-tight to new suggestions and in thinking of him, a Thirty-third Degree Hardshell unconsciously comes to our minds. All men who have acheiv ed any prominence or position have had to work. There are some things which you have to do for yourself. Lady Macbeth was troub led with a sickness which no doctor could cure and to the question, "Canst thou not adminis ter to a mind diseased ; pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow?" the honest doctor replied "Therein the patient must minister to her self." In that great essay Self Reliance, Emerson says over and over again, that the source of all that we can receive or have is within our selves. All healthy people are glad to hear this and the wise who are sick accept the fact and bestir themselves to action. Heaven has been pictured as a place where all labor is unknown. Heaven is a goal where everything is provided and much of it. Eter nal rest, ease, luxury, angels for servants and nothing to do, are requisites for happiness and immortality, according to many interpreters of the Bible. A place where there is little work, much to spend, ease and luxury, has seemed to be the suburbs of Paradise. It has been this octrine and the natural pull of inertia that have led people and nations to death. The few who have acquired the work habit, and the very wise few who have foreseen and have un derstood the sure penalty for inaction, have escaped. Not to succeed, but to forever be in the struggle, has saved and kept verile the people who have preserved the race. When Home lost her small farms her decline began, because the people as a whole were not work ing. "He brought many captives to Rome whose ransom did the general coders till," was said of C.esar. Slaves made from unransomed captives did the work for the Romans, and be came the active men of the country. Scented baths, museums, banquets, public corncribs. free soupkitchens, made ruin of the greatest nation of its time. Nourishing food, good clothing, beautiful, artistic and sanitary homes are all wise to have. We should have them, for we are the heirs of the w isdom of all ages. In wisdom we should begin where our parents left off. But we should not decrease our ac tivity, nor lose our virility. We should be an evolving race in strength. We all take olT our hats to the man who steps in and starts something where before there was nothing doing." People who make fortunes or any thing else have not waited for things to turn up, but have gone out and turn ed then tic themselves. And the elinviv of the whole discussion comes in the statement of h fond mother to a schoolteacher a few days np "We send John to school so he won't have to work when he gets out." Stand awnv from :IS. Uiy. NOTICE. Fall and Winter hats will be ready the first week in September. Mrs. U. U. LleLaney, L,exingion, uit. FOR SALE Ford car in run- ning condition. 1913 model and recently overhauled. Will take a team of work horses as part payment. Inquire at Herald office. ' This is a Personal Invitation To the People of Morrow County When in Portland Stop at The Imperial With Phil Metschan, Located on Washington Street at Broadway, formerly 7th St. Right in the Heart of the City. The Imperial Hotel Reasonable Rates Let O. M. Yeager do your carpenter work. The People's Cash Market is making special prices at the present time on bacon and hams. If you need any of these now it the time to take advant age of the reduced prices. It is a good habit to drop into their market ; occasionally, it will mean money in your pocket. SEE HARLAN Before you place the order for that piece of CLASSY JOB PRINTING See O. M. Yeager for estimates on Septic tanks, cement walks and base ments. . PROFESSIONAL COLUMN F. DYE, DENTIST Pemanently located in Odd Fellows building, Rooms 4 and 5. Dr. II. T. ALLISON PHYSICIAN & SURGEONS Office Patterson Drug Store Heppner, - - Oregon Vic Groshen Ice Cold Beer, Either Bottle or Draught, To Quench The Thirst These Hot Summer Days Heppner, Oregon Dr. A .P. CULBERTSON ! PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Second Door North Minor & Co. Store. Ileppner, - - Oregon. Drs. W INNARD & McMUKDO ' Til YSICIANS & SURGEONS Heppner, Oregon Dr. F. N. CHRISTENSON DENTIST Heppner, Oregon Officeg with Drs. Winnard & McMurdo HOUSES FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS-Small Payment Down Stop Paying Rent Money Into Sombody's Pocket. Own Your own Home and be Independent. We invite your Inquiries. BINNS' REAL ESTATE If the EiKlit-Hour measure had been worded to the effect that everyone would he compelled to work vight hours, some of its promoter would move to other parts. The war is irettinjr closer. Representatives of foreign countries have been in nearby coun ties buying horses and mules. Glass roofs nre xpular in Paris, in fact they are almost necessities. Be he ever so hourly, there's 110 liubaild HI your ow n. The real "World Series" is still going on. C. E. WOODSON ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Office in I'alare Hotel. Heppner, Ore. SAM E. VAN V ACTOR ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Heppner, Oregon S. E. NOTSON ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Office in Court Hnue, Heppner, Ore. ELKHORN RESTAURANT Best Meals in the City and at the most reasonable prices Everything neat and clean Short orders served in quick and satisfactory style WELLS & NYS ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW Heppner, . Oregon City Meat Market FRANK HALL, Prop. Retail Butcher Fat Stock Always Wanted at Market Prices. Phone 563 KNAPPENBERd & JOHNSON ATTORNEYS AND COINCELORS AT LAW lone, .... Orrron W. L. SMITH. AUSTR.UTER I Only complete nl of abstract book In .Morrow County. HKITNER. . OREGON FOR H.NE IT-YO-DATE HOMES Se T. ('. DEN N ISLE, ARCIimvr AND CONTRACTOR. I.Ol'IS PEARSON TAILOR J. H. COX CONTRACTOR and BUILDER I'hrnsand Krtimalr Furnixhed for All Kinds of Buildings. Firxt Chi Work Only. I Make a SiHcinlty of and Have Complete Kquipmrnt for House Moving Heppner Garage Ma . - All Kinds of Repair Work Done Quickly Wc are agents for Ford, Overland and Mitchell Automobiles. i dtppiur, Oregon.