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PA 013 THREE
BATTLE AGAINS
I
8 HOUR DAY IS
AGE OLD
I
Every Movement for Common Good
Is Fought as If. It Were Villain
ous Plot to Poison Us In Our Beds,
Says Russell Always Same Per
centage of Cavemen Throw Fits.
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THE FIRST AND ONLY HOBO COLLEGE
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Jtv CI1AS. KDWAliH Rl'SSKI.U
WASHINGTON', )ve. m. It is u
very Htrane fact that every move
ment Tor the common tfood in fought
ns lierct'ly nK if it
were n low, villain
ous plot to poison
11s all in our beds;
always lias horn so
fought, and pi'ohah
iy always will ho.
Still straniiLT : is
the. fact that such a
movement is always
fought with about
I be same weapons.
in every p tie ra
tion there is hIivayk
about tlie same percentage of eave
ntcn that throws fits all over the
phii-e at tlte suggestion of anything)
new. ()l enuiM' voit cant blame
Iheai for that. Nature made them
that way, just as she. made Hie mole
and (lie tadpole, ,the ehim and the
hibernating bear, the ship: and the
standpatter, each itfler its own kind.
As fa'-it as (lie cavemen are driven
oyt of a trench on any proposition
they dij; another just like it two miles
to the rear and then say, "When is
this spirit of rowdyism to stop?
One humlrcil years iiro piactieally
all nrli-;ms, laborers and factory
hands in the I'nited States worked
fourteen hours n day, Fourteen
hours constituted the standard day's
work everywhere.
That is to .say, men nroso and fell
upon their work and toiled until they
were ready to drop and fell into bed
until it was time to fall upon work
nirnin, and this was all I he life they
knew.
Today I was pawing around in
some records of those .urand old times
jind eame'upon the fact that in 180fi.
or 310 years no, the shipwrights and
caulkers of N'ew York becnine some
what tired of this delightful program
and most respectfully and humbly
petitioned that they ntilil have a day
of less than fourteen hours.
Then all their kind, indulgent em
ployers came together with much in
dignation and denounced this revolu
tionary and outrageous proceeding;.
They denounced it upon grounds of
public interest and welfai'c, not on
grounds of their own interest. They
said it was tyrannical and threatened
to destroy business and crjpple indus
try. Also, i was needless, dangerous
and revolutionary. U' you doubt this
because it sounds so much like things
yon have heard in this blessed ago, I
will quote you a sentence or two
from the resolutions these gentlemen
unanimously adopted:
''Such a condonation (of workers)
lias n direct tendency to put their
business (the employers') into other
hands or to seriously injure it hy re
ducing1 ship owners to repair their
vessels elsewhere rather than to sub
mit to the inconveniences, delays; and
vexations to which they would be ex
posed when they can obtain labor
only at such limes and on such con
ditions as the folly and caprice of a
few iotnneynieii mechanics may dic
tate." So the nu n that had made this ex
travagant demand were discharged
and blacklisted, and.the ood old rule
of fourteen hours a day was pre
served. !ut observe that in IllOH lh? pro
posal wa made to reduce the work
in? day from ten hours to eight, and
the National Association of Manufac
turers put forth a manifesto against
it that was framed in almost these
identical words. In' ninety-seven
years neither the language nor the
arguments of the long working day
had undergone a particle of change.
Yet in the course of Unity years of
agitation, strikes and appeals, fol
lowing 1 S0(i, men of this order of
mind were driven back from the four-teen-hour
trench to the twelve, and
there they stuck for another thirty
years or more.
Any attempt tn get them out of this
was jecarded as saerileL'ious and un
constitutional. In ISpt President
Van Muren was pilloried as n demn
Eoguc, a foe of business and ,n low
person beeau-e lie proclaimed ten
hours as the normal working day in
all jir-en:tU and imvv yards. The in
dicuntion his revolut ionnry step
aioiisoj helped to dig his political
grave. The idea of the president of
tlte Vnilcd States Wins dictated to
by labor organization-!
At the rhise of the civil war, twelve
hours was the general rule for artU
11 us and in fuctvries. Wendell i'hil-,
fcI 4'4$ stiff -t-V'V : f t -6
ST - 44- - Pmpt4$
&4 XYw
Kli-st mill Oulv IioIki rolli'o in tin-
country, l)liutKmilii'l for the firm
tlmo Iiv DnrlHHoiiKh, -Mull Trllnmi 's
spcoLil pluitoKmiilH-r.
This colli'KO in loiutod In Chlcun
anil 1h for liolincs anil unmilocil
men oxiiuslvoly. At lop, Mls.s .laiv
O'Rnilly teuchinK cln in Hniilit.li:
below. Micliiiol Walsh, BU)erintunilt!i:t
UstPuiiiK to the pica of an uppli-in'.
for admission to the ooIIpko.
lips was (lt'iiiinnccil as n ili'pnivoil
I'liininnl, a st'ouniliol and a public en
emy biM'nusp hi' attackod it. lie or
ganized 11 ten-hour league to make
war on the twelve-hour dnv, and was
never aiierwarii juriven.
lint he and the vest shnvly drove
the industrial slandnatters lm:'k I'roin
the twelve-hour treneh into (he
eleven-hour treneh and then from the
eleven-hour Ireneh into I he leu-hour
treneh.
Kilty-one years have one h" sinee
Wendell 1'hillips and the rest hesiin
to Ijouihard the twelve-hour tienehes,
are strut-j;lint; for an cifflit -hour day.
Meantime, although very few of us
seem U know it, Ihe eihl-hour day
is not only an established, but has l,e
eomc an aneient institution in other
parts of the earth. For so many
years il has been the law in Australia
and Xew Zealand Unit when inhabi
tants of those eoantiies'ean be made
to understand that it really is an is
sue here, they look upon us with pity
as they 'look ufion the I'ntaf-nnians
anil ruefrnns and other
peoples.
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iMAHOcjAL FARM (Continued From Pago One.)
LOAN ASSOCIATION
fORMED IN CHY
The me.etiiip of farmers of Med
ford and vieinity held at the library
building last Satunlay was well nl
tended. After the plan of the or
ganization of farm 'loan nssoeiafious
and "the amortization' tiibles'Aei'i1 ex-
lmekward plained anil illustrated on the hlaek
I hoard bv rrofessor V. (". lieiiner of!
.Meantime, also, it is not for the ' Talent, the aneetin.y eleeted K. II.
sake of the workers alone Unit pro- j Prem h ehairman and K. II. Ilnrd sei
itressiye men advoeale Ihe eiirht -hour retnrv.
day, but for the sake of even-body. .'. II. Ilurd read I lie articles of as
. Iieeause, 0 Great and Mighty Ones, , soeintiou to be adopledjmd signed by
the way thiiiL-s are going now in this, all wishing to join and explained the
world, the safely of your fm tune, t responsibility of members and the
01 your lamuy nun 01 your own pre-; territorv that might be ineluded. A
without eomment had taken all the
action that was to be expeetetl from
the l uiled Slates lor some time to
come, unless there was some uul'or
seen development in world affairs.
The secrecy with which the prepara
tion of the notes and their dispatch
were surrounded was complete and
nothing was known about them until
they were well on their way to the
belligerent capitals.
For Ijtimuo of Nations.
The definite proposal of the Tinted
States for u 'league of nations to
insure pence uiul justice throughout
the world,'' is interpreted as a step
which, it' carried through, would mean
the abandonment ef the theory -of
''splendid isolation" which Washing
ton bequeathed to the country. Sig
nificance is attached to the fact that
the president uses the word "insure"
rather than "enforce," as indicating
that ho has not committed himself to
any one program to accomplish that
end, but that he is open to whatever
suggestions may seem best to the
other world nations.
Repented efforts have been made
to enlist the American government in
some sort of international agreement
involving responsibility, bat always
the answer has been that the United
States would slaud alone.
DOLLS INVADE WORLD
(Continued From rage One.)
by Counl Von licinslorff, the
man ambassador:
"Now I am perfectly convinced
thirt there will be a conference."
Uespite the fact that President
Wilson's notes slate specifically and
unreservedly that he "is not propos
ing peace;- he is not even offering
mediation," they are regarded here
as of such n nature as will compel all
belligerents ti': make more of a reply
than a mere acknowledgment of re
ceipt. flritish embassy officials made no
effort to comical their'surprise at the
president's action. They were not
alone, however, for all nl ficial Wash
ington hud been led by officials to
believe that the president in trans
in it I inir Ihe fiei'man pence proposals
cious sell, will probably come to de
pend upftn the physical well-being
and mental alertness of the workers
of this country, who in case of an in
vasion, for instance, must necessarily
be Ihe bulwark of its defense.
Loi-g working hours in modern fac
tory conditions utterly rob the work
ers of physical stamina and mental
capacity.
How about thai ?
BRITISH REPLY TO
GERMANY BY XMAS
LONDON, Dec. 21. There Is a
strong probability that Croat Bri
tain's reply to the Ciermau peace pro
posal might be made before Christ
mas. This was the opinion in well
informed government circles today,
where it is also believed the reply will
bo brief and will likely follow the
lines of Mr. Lloyd-George's maiden
speech os prime minister insofar us it
will leave the door open for Germany
to make concrete proposals.
Great Ilrltain's official reply to
Germany, as prominent officials pre
ferred to term It, will be despatched
simultaneously with that of her
allies. Kver sinco the German note
was handed to the foreign office by
the American amhassador it has been
the subject of discussions libtweon
Premier Lloyd-George and his cabinet
council, which meets dally. The note
general discussion of the benefits
and territory to be included was had.
-The following committee was ap
pointed to recommend the territory
to be included: C. V. Cunimiiigs, II.
E. Kreutzer and C. A. Myers. ' It was
voted to invite the farmers of Ross
Lane to join the Medford associa
tion. The number of directors to be
elected was fixed at nine. The name
voted was the Rogue River National
Farm Loan association. The total
number signed at the meeting was
twelve, for .fl'-'.JOO. The secretary,
K. II. Hard, has the articles of asso
ciation for all who wish to join at his
office, and the charter li.-l will be
kept open for a lime at least.
The meeting adjourned to meet on
Wednesday, December 27, al 1 ::I0
p. m. in the library building, Medford,
when the ipieslinn of tcrritoi-y to be
ineluded and election of a board of
nine director-' v.'ill lie voied upon.
to
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Qiuch Vfuy 1
and Crou)
An f:cHi j.t, E U'x;j'
5mh- ltcmt-
lvt fx
v ai Ji;iv. a pewrc conh or i.iie.-t
'hl n.-( (.zji(.aiii; i.l vit;i rtircat.-.", t:.ro;ii
tlckli-, iuLir.-cn'a.-4. or tiicn-nH hnni .in
and the nature of the reply also have ! ,,','t TtCuS want''VnVk
been discussed with Great Ilrltain's ' ;-lt jn-t try this .,a.-ant lUrj
anivo ami ,i. is milieu mill incie uii-
vcrsations have progressed so rapidly
that preliminary drafts have already
been made.
Jt would, therefore not be surpris
ing If the allies replies were ready
by the end of the week. Especially,
It is said would this be true of the
ease of Great Ilrltain's note, which
the prime minister is declared to he
anxious to despatch without delay.
XKW YORK, Pec. 21. Declaring
that the republican party lacks a
leader, Charles D. Ililles. former
chairman of the national committee, 1
urged at a meeting of the republican
club here last night that a conference
of men prominent in the parly conn-:
cils to be held in Washington within I
a few months to plan for the next !
presidential camjialgn. I
nunv ciih r-iH'-dv. Any line-
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I'liicx (. ll i-i i, In worth i. I'o fir t, lis into
1 pint ! I'll ! - i.ii.I till tin. I, ,ti i- ii:,
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See the stors labeiE carried by the
Medford Printing Co., If you are In
a hurry.
Nearly $:),0(I0,I)II0 worth of Ameri
can dolls wero Hindu this year, ac
cording to Louis Amberg, one of the
biggest American doll manufacturers,
and president of the American Doll
Manufacturers' association.
Kent Over the World.
"These American dolls are going
into every corner of the world," snid
Amberg. "Only the other day wo had
an order for dolls cabled all the way
from Java. Into the heart of the
Ilimnlnyas, into the Kast Indies, into
Russia, Spain, Denmark, Central
America, Africa, Ihe American dolls
nre going.
"A year ago our South American
doll trade aniounled to only $Jl),()00.
This year it has jumped to $'.200,000.
"Practically every country on
earth is buying American dolls this
Ohristmus, except France and Great
liritain, which prohibit the importa
tion of dolls.
"Yet the Amerienu doll industry is
small yet compared to its future pos
sibilities. There lire only fifty-two
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
wllh 'MITATi 'AlU'MCATIONH. n lln-y oniinot
ri'U'-h llm ai'Ut of tlm illinium', cmnrrli a liluoit
i,r cuiiiituutli'iiiil iIImimb,'. uml In iKili'r lo rinv tt
juu iiiuNt tiiku intoi'iinl ri'luuilk'H, llnll'a I'Hturrb
euro I tokril ltiti'rimllr, nuij uctn illn'i'lly ui'iiii
11)11 blood mid uiikiiiis Mil rf iieefc. UuU'h I'lilnrrll
t urn in not a iiiiii'k ini'illi-liii'. It wm in
Krrlticil liy oii uf llii ticHt I'liyldiitm In tltlH
mmniry fur ycui-H uml In n ri'gillnr iiri-ncrlptinii.
It In voiiiiiiihi'iI i,f I lie iH'Nt limlrn known, coin
blni'il ivllli lliti l-Ht blo'iil imrllloi-H. uetlntr itl-ri'i-tty
ou Un, iiiui'tnin xiirfiiri'tt. Tln ixTfi'i-t
r'iiiit)lniill"ll of I he livo liiRrpillrnt Is wlnit pro-ilii'-es
mK'ti womlorrnl I'l-milln In vilrlng vutnrib.
Ui-iul for toitlnn nhila, frci',
P. J. rlinXHV CO.. TroliH., Tolmlo, 0.
SuM by PrueKMlii, rrlri, 7.V.
Tuke llnir Fumlly I'llln for ronstlnatlon.
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Li
AN ALWAYS
ACCEPTABLE GIFT
We are fully prepared for a big
Christmas business. In all departments
von will find beautiful and suitable gifts,
but in none will you find anything that
will give you more satisfaction in the'
purchase, or your friends more pleasure
in receiving, than in our big line of
REINFORCED
SILK HOSIERY
Here is a truly sensible gift reinforced silk
hosiery with a rich, lustrous sheen in its beauty of
pure Japan silk, smooth and wrinkleless in fit, and
sturdy in reinforcement where the w.ar comes
Black Cat! wn-
I Black Cat Hosiery comes in many beautiful
shades, all fast colors, and at prices more reason
able than might be expected when their ' high
quality is considered.
C M. KIDD & CO.
concerns making dolls in this coun
try, tiiwl 1 doubt if Ihe total cuiital
invested in the industry is over
$,'1110,(100.
"We can't hope to hen! (icniinnv
out in the biiftiucs.s for a while yet, for
the Germans have centuries of exper
ience in doll making. Moreover, they
have an ample supply urf bi-,Mite clay
and we have none in America. Japan
is developing a big bisipie dull indus
try. Hut the unbreakable doll, with
its lovable, lifelike features, is al
most exclusively an American prod
uct." It took one Aew York maiiufae
turer three years to develop this type
of realistic doll. A famous sculptor
was employed to design il.
, (hie Xew York concern now iiianu
f net tires 10,000 distinct types of
dolls.
You will soon
find that the
sweetness
and flavor of
K r u m b I e s
Is evident
more and
more, as you
chew It.
10c Ppp
Look for
this ainnatur
All Wheal
Have decided to quit business
in the City of Medford; there
fore offer at slaughter prices
every dollar's worth of
Jewelry Silverware
Cut Glass
in my well selected stock
at 126 E. Main
J. W. DIAMOND
Have a few Rare Bargains in Diamonds
W
Jtltlkr I ires
"Miller"
Geared to
the Road
Tires
Try a "Miller"
this time;
as good as
they look
Roberts Bros.
Riverside Garage
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
A new cor In appearance, with largo radiator
and unclosed fan; streamline hood; crown feu
ilers, front and rear; all black rinlsb a niliflity
baudso'ine car and yet the canio reliable I'ord.
Bliupllclty, strength and economy. Tbo cver-ln-ereaslnt!
dcmaml for I'ord enrn Is mainly duo to
the depenilalile, practical service Riven by tbo
car in use. In every lino of human activity, and
the further fact that It Is a pleasure care in tho
hroadeiit sense. It la "work anil play" combined
in one ear. It Is a better car than ever before,
and Kord Service i8 as universal ns the car. Tour.
Inn Car :li!0; liun'nbout $3I"; Counlct S.or;
Town Car $r,!i."; Sedan $1115 t. o. b. Detroit.
Kasy tering. :
C. E. GATES