MEDFORD MAU-i TRTBPNK, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. .SEPTEMBER 14, 1916
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HUMANITY FIRST
I X his a(;c,rptaiicp s)((;f:h president Vilsoii said:
xiu woi-Kiiigmcn or vnm'i:a nave wen given a vor-
ltaiiio cin.-iiir-ipiitioii, by the legal recognition or a man's
labor as a part of his life, and not a mere marketable coin
mod ity; by exempting labor organizations from processes
of Hie courts which treated tluir members like fractional
parte of mobs and not like accessible and responsible indi
viduals." , j , . . .. i , ,
What has been done by the administration to justify
this assertion?
Four measures have been enacted into law that vitally
effect the status of the toiler, all of them beneficially, ail
of them improving the conditions of the mass of humanity.
The measures are: The Clayton law, the seaman's law, the
child labor law and the trainmen's eight-hour law. Jn
addition, the department of labor has been organized with
J.'. i.1 . 1 ' .
a seai in vue caoinet.
The Clayton law declared that labor was not a coininod
ity. It is no longer a crime for laboring men to organize to
Hotter tiieir condition. Ihey can no longer be enjoined or
indicted and imprisoned for organization. The abuse of
government by injunction has been curtailed.
i lie si-ciiriarfs law abolished feudal serfdom upon Amer
ican ships on the high seas. It was the occasion of wide
spread agitation. It was declared that it would drive the
American flag off the seas, Chambers of commerce and
business organizations petitioned for its repeal. It inter-
icrcd wirn the prol its ot shipowners. If these profits were
lepenuent upon Old Ulory's being the symbol of slavery
upon the sea it would be just as well to haul the flac down.
Hut the seaman's law has not driven the flair from the sens.
Indeed, American shipping has grown as never before.
J he child labor law was iorced through by the "dicta
tion" of the president. His insistance only compelled its
passage. It prohibits interstate shipments of products in
which children are employed .in the manufacture. It in
terferes with greed ,but it protects the, future of humanity.
J lie railroad eight-hour law, so roundly denounced bv
Candidate Hughes, not only averted a calamitous strike,
hut provides bel ter tram service as well as benefitting em
ployes. A few years ago trainmen were on duty for thirty,
lorty, tilty and even sixty horn's on a stretch not for
li'iciency, but to increase the profits of the greedy finan
ciers who controlled the systems. Senator La Fa lette.
after a hard battle, secured the passage of a law limiting
train service to sixteen Hours a day. The same opposition
appeared. It was declared it would bankrupt the railroads,
who had to pay dividends on watered securities. But it
diclnot. The eight-hour day, like the sixteen-hour dav. will
force better management by the railroads. They will have
to cover JUU miles in eight hours instead ot ten hours, as
at present. They can do it at no greater cost, and give
ueuer puuno service, winch is what tney exist for.
Other acts of the administration beneficial to labor are:
The law requiring an eight-hour day in contract work for
the government; eight-hour day for all government work
ers;, eight-hour law applying to women in the District of
Columbia; the eight-hour, provision for postoffice clerks
and carriers; the eight-hour provision applicable to civil
ians engaged in the manufacture of .ordnance and powder
for the government; the eight-hour provision as to mining
or an coai to oe usea ny tne navy; tue provisions for the
protection of miners in the Alaska coal-leasing law; the
organization ot the mine rescue work of the bureau of
mines; the "phossy jaw" legislation to protect workers in
match lactones from poisoning by phosphorus; the ap
pointment of the "Walsh industrial relations commission
and the printing and circulation of its valuable report; in
creased appropriations for the children's bureau; and the
federal workman's compensation act.
The organization of a department of labor came after
fifty years of agitation by organized labor. Twelve presi
dents and twenty-four congresses came and went before
the appeal of labor was heard. But with President Wilson,
a secretary of labor came into the cabinet, as head of the
department of labor. It promotes mediation in labor dis
putes, probes industrial conditions, finds jobs for the job
less anil lias opened public lands to the workless.
The labor legislative record of the Wilson administra
tion, while highly displeasing to the malefactors of great
wealth and greedy captains of industry, is one the com
mon people may well be proud of.
The prosperity of a nation is the prosperity of the
masses, not of the classes, and the I'li-st heed of govurn
nients should be humanity not special interests.
OKOHOB PUTNAM, Editor.
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EM-TEES
i. Export Aijvlct!
: JiuIkc Why did you Btrlke this
man?
Prisoner lie called mo a liar, your
honor!
Judge That no excuse.
Prisoner Woll, JuiIko, It was my
first experience. What dues your
honor do In Hiich cases?
see
'Self Evident
The eminent lecturer had Just fin
ished his two hours' talk and he was
walking hack to the hotel with one
of the committeemen
"Do you think (he eoile heard me
distinctly " asked tho lecturer ear
nestly. "Some ot 'cm did," said the bored
committeeman as ha stifled a yawn,
"for 1 saw 'eni get up and go out"
see
That's Different, Too '
"Senator Flubdub looks stupid to
me. Dbesn'fctoppear to know whether
be is going or coming."
"lie iu not so sleepy ns bo looks.
Ask him about his mileage and you'll
find he can tell you exactly what be
Is entitled to, going or coining."
'''"''
The truth about some public fig
ures is never known until thoy ac
quire a monument and then It is sel
dom found on the monument.
e e e
Too many of our coming young
moil start with u handicap.
e s
There's no hope for the mini who In
' a hypocrite even with himself.
A Wifely Come-lmck
"1 Intended to call Urldgot to bring
a fresh bucket of water," remarked
tho professor's wlfo.
"You doubtless mean a bucket of
fresh water," corrected the professor.
"I wish you iWould pay some atten
tion to your rhetoric; your mistakes
are curious."
A few momonts later the profes
sor said: iMy dear, that picturo would
chow to hotter advantage if you were
to bang it over the clock."
"Ah," sho replied qulotly, "you
doubtless moau it 1 were to hang it
above the clock. It 1 wcro to bang
It over tho clock we couldn't toll tho
time"
Lovo may not be a disease, but It Is
frequently of a rash nature.
He Knew
were homeward-hound
from
They
church. !
"According to tho minister's ser
mon this morning," said Mrs. Enpeck,
"there Is to bo no marrying or giving
In man-luge In heavon. Do you believe
that?"
"Well, I bavo no reason to douht
It," answered Knpeck. "Thero must
be Borne way to distinguish the other
place."
OSWALD WEST TO
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT
At tho Prcsbytorlun church Thurs
day ovenlug at eight o'clock Kx-tlov-ernor
Oswald West will apeak on
"Oregon lloally Dry." '
Tho several churches of tho city
will Join in this gathering. The
Ministerial Association of the city
earnestly requests the people to hear
Ex-Oovornor West on this most im
portant nn it timely topic.
Dr. Kolllns announces that the
Methodist church will omit tho usual
prayer meeting and Urges a full at
tendance at the West meeting.
Wltb Meiiford trade Is Modfurcl made
'ELL-
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package'
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
SPEED OF FRENCH
AS
Porcelain Making Is New Industry
(The . Kuropcan war hrnmjlit a
slmiini: in the lulled States of many
ninnut'at'turvs which hitherto had hreu
import I'd. Amerit'iniH immediately
set to work to remedy tho laek with
striking1 sueeess. TIum is the sevond
of a series of articles showing that
"Amerien ean." Kditnr.)
Itv I'MiKDKtiU'K M. KKK11Y.
.WASHINGTON. Sept. IX Two
years ago nohmly in Amerien thought
that it was possible to innniil'aetitre
jHMtrhiui in the CniU'd States from
Auicrit-nn elays.
Knland, ijennany and France have
nlwayw suppIitHl the etavs from which
porcelain and other fine clay prod
nets and crucibles have been made in
this country.
Today, Secretary of Commerce
Kedlicld is very proud of samples of
porcelain vases made in his nwn de
partment, which etpial anything from
1'ie finest porcelain manufacturing es
tablishments abroad.
When the Kumpeat, war restricted
JOHN A. PERL
UNDERTAKER
liily AnMMant
J S. II KTI,KTT
I'houe M. I)n ml 47-J-a
Automobile Hearse Service.
Ambulance Service, Coroner.
imports of clay from abroad, the
I'niled Slates bureau of stiiiulurils
nt its Pittsburg laboratory undertook
a series of experiments with Ameri
can clay to see if it eoiild produce the
fine Kla.e which ilistinuuislios the im
ported product. This Blu7.e is pro
duced bv bnrniiijr the clay.
The experiment of the bureau were
entirely successful, nn,l American
iimnul'uelurers were advised of the
results, and of the fact that American
clay could be obtained which, with
slight treatment, could be made equal
In any of the imported clays.
Many of these are found in the
south and are now bciui; produced for
commercial use.
Today i'uere are two establishments
PARIS, Sept. 14. The speed of the
Frenoh advance In Tuesday's battle
on the Bomme front took the Germans
completely by surprise, according to
description of the fighting given
by an eye witness. He said:
"The attack began at 12:30 p. m
In perfect order. The officers had
difficulty in holding their men, some
ot whom started even before the as
pointed time. In a few minutes the
first objective was carried and at
12:33 the news arrived that the Ber
Ilngot trench was already occupied
Then Information came In fast of
other gains aud tbe observers saw
a stream of surrendering Germans
running toward the French lines,
"Many ot the Germans who sur-
rendeied were hit by the curtain
fire of their own artillery. Most
of tbcm were troops who bad recent
ly arrived frq,m the Verdun front. The
prisoners declared that though they
expected the attack tbe rapidity with
which it was delivered took them by
surprise. They Bald that when they
started to come out from their shel
ters they found the French troops al
ready In the trenches.
The Germans seem to have silt-
merod very heavy losses from the
preliminary bombardment alone.
captain said his company lost more
than halt its effectives during the
bombardment. The co-ordination be
tween artillery and infantry was per
fect, thanks to the aviators. One
aviator located a German battery and
gave the range to the French artillery
with satisfactory results.
"Hy three o'clock part of a brigade
of light Infantry had reached the Be
thune-St. Quentln road before Bouch-
avesnes. The attack on Bouchavesnes
began at 4:30. Half an hour later
a Bengal light blazed up from th
center of the village as a signal that
the French troops had entered the
place and at 8 o'clock its capture was
reported. This brings our advance on
this front Blnce July to a depth of ten
kilometers."
DUNN, LOUDEN
LEAD TICKETS IN
I jiPli! f
CHICAGO. Sept. 14. With Cook
BERNE, Switzerland, Sept! 14.
Wireless dispatches from Budapest
announce that n compromise has been
reached between Premier Tiszn nnd
the leaders of the opposition. The
premier lias conKehted not to adjourn
parliament beloro the end of the
mouth, nnd tile " opposition lenders
have agreed not to criticise the mili
tary authorities, but only the admin
istration nnd its foreign policies.
Count Julius Andrassy, former
premier and lender of the opposition,
precipitated n crisis in the Hnngnrinn
parliament on August 24, when he
announced that he would no longer
respect the political truce effected at
the outbreak of the war and would
resume criticism of the government.
unking the best type ot chemical
porcelain from these American ma
terials, and others are expected to
tollow in their footsteps.
.Samples of this American-made
imreeluin ware are already beginning
to find their way to market, and n
new American industry on n perma
nent scale has become nn neconiplish-
ed fact.
p rumb!es Is the
&VVi Durum "C "Vj
ffff wheat food,
Wi made by the v
1 I Kellogg Toasted
r f Corn Flake Co. 1 s
Nojk took for this rt'1f'llf'(tttff
QnL 'V signature M viltLliTTrff
VK WILL NOW HKI'KAT OUt Sl'ECl.U, XO. 1.
PKAlt OU( 1IAH1) VOK SALK.
Ten acres near Phoenix. 4H miles from .MedTord. good graveled
road to Pacific highway, cither north or east corner tract, beautiful
view of teh valley, 1 miles from Pacific highway, five acres pears, six,
years old. one acre .Newtowns, good free soil, all fenced, bouse, hen
house and well. For immediate sale 1S00. Title perfect and cl-?ar.
Good terms. v . f
If there Is a Ix-tter hny In tho valley we want yon to come nnd fell
us alHiol it nnd we will loner our price.
HURD LAND & INVESTMENT CO.
II Jackson t'ouiily Honk Itiillilinir, Medford, ( retro n
Sept. 14. With Coo!
county complete and returns In today
from 1887 ot the 8973 down state
precincts, Governor E. F. Dunne and
former Congressman Frank O. Low
den appear as tbe candidates respec
tively of the democrats and republi
cans for the, governorship au4 one of
tbe hardest fought campaign In Illi
nois history Is predicted,. ,
Each ot the veteran campaigners
begins the gubernatorial contest wlfh
a plurality of about 100,000 votes to
inspire enthusiasm.
Governor Dunne defeated his chief
opponent, William B. Brlnton, pf
Dixon, a manufacturer, by 60,000 In
Cook county, in spite ot the tact that
Iirlnton was Roger Sullivan's caqdl-
rtqte. Colonel Lowden won In Ccok
county by 30,000 and down state by
twive tnht plurality.
William Lorlmer, ousted United
States senator, who tried for the re
publican nomination from the sixth,
nis oiu. congressional district, con
ceded defeat early today when Ar
thur W. Fulton emerged with a plu
rality of 1,000 from districts which
Lorlmer had thought his.
Less than 14 per cent of the reg
istered women voters In Chicago bal
loted, the small vote beine attributed
to the limited number of offices on
whlcli they may vote. Democratic
women cast about 22,000 votes and
republican about 10,000.
WOMANNOMINATED
AS
SEATTLE, Wn.; Sept. 14. Mrs.
Frances C. Axtell, who wob nominat
ed for congress in the second Wash
ington district on the democratic and
progressive tickets, was a member of
the legislature of 1913, being the on
ly republican representative from
Whatco mcounty. Her campaign for
the legislature was managed by Mrs.
Ella Hlgginson, the poet and novel
ist. Mrs. Axtell Is fifty years old. the
wife of a practicing physician of Bell-
ingham. She is a graduate ot De-
Healthy Motherhood
Means i
A Healthy Baby:
The foundation of a
perfect baby Is its
mother's health dur
ing the months pre
ceding expectancy,
and nothing can take
the place of "Mother's
Friend' In au tiring her of
pleasant and comfortable
condition, and assisting
nature In Its work during
tills period. "Mother1
Friend" hat helped thou
sands through this trying
ordeal In perfect safety.
"Mother's Friend" Is ao
external remedy easily ap
plied. Oct It at any dru
gist
A free book on Mother
hood will be sent all ex
pectant mothers. It Is a
valuable and Interesting
book you sbould have.
Send for. one. Address
Tho Brad field Regulator!
Co '
tit Lamar Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga.
pauw university with degrees of bach
elor ot philosophy and master of arts,
and has two daughter. , ;
Theot of the congresjlpnal dlsr
trlct in 1911 was: Republican. '2,'-
651; democrat 15,032; progressive,
14,394; socialist 10,099; prohibition,
2898., I : , 1 , . i .
Thq r publican nqmlnje If jUng
ley H. Hadley, the lucumfent
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M'--'i
T
UDDGE MOTHERS
MOTOR CAR
' ti-
Ask some friend who has
gone to the front to teli you
the general opinion of the
car in army circles
The ttory of its creditable perform
ance In government service is some
thing we would like you to hear from
authoritative sources
It wlil pay yon to visit iu and examine this u'
The gasoline consumption Is unusu
ally low. The tire mileage
j u , ( unnsualy high.
The price of the Touring Car ov
Roadster complete Is f 785
(f. o. b. Detroit)
BERNARD MOTOR CO.
, v Medford, Oregon .
OPPOSITE S." P. PASSENGER DEPOT
Merchants, Notice
In accordance with vote of directors, it is requested
that all stores close at noon, Friday?Sept. 15, Ash.
land day at the fair.
MEDFORD MERCHANTS ASSN.
i By Earl C. Gaddis, Pres.
By John H. Carkin, Sec.
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Don't forget the style show every evening in the
Davis-Vawter building and the Merchant's booths
on the second floor.
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