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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-11-21
TRADE SUBJECT Of
WILSON MESSAGE

Washington. Nov. 21.---A call to
American business to meet unprece-
dented trade conditions after the war
is to be the keynote of President VIII
sons message to congress Tuesday,
December 5. The president is com
pleting the message today and expects
soon to have II In the hands Of the
printer.
The president discussed the mes
sage with members of his cabinet to-
day. Regardless Of the avowed op-
position of labor to proposals for
strike settlement by legislation. II is
known the presidents suggestions to
the next congress on the question OF
prevention OF industrial disputes will
be practically the same as those pro-
posed to the last congress when the
railroad strike was threatened.
The biggest fight will be waged
against that provision which makes
illegal strikes and walkouts pending
full public hearings Of both sides.
The president believes the coun-
try's industries can do maximum
amount Of work only when there Is a
minimum Of Industrial unrest. His
message is expected to emphasize this
In an appeal to employer and employe
for more cooperation. more conf
dence OF each in the other, and less
tendency to class feeling.
In this connection he has formu-
lated plans for rendering practically
impossible strikes Of all kinds. He
will urge completion Of program
similar to that proposed in his last
message to handle such situations as
the recent threatened strike OF the
railroad brotherhoods.
Believing the railroad problem as
important domestic issue as con-
fronts the country, President Wilson
will urge congress to give the most
careful consideration to possible
legislation which will aid the trans
portation systems to expand and i'm
prove to meet the additional stress
under which they will be placed at
the close OF the war.
Abroad also the foundations must
be laid for the coming trade upheaval,
the president believes. He will urge
congress to act Immediately upon a
measure along the lines OF the Webb
bill. which would have permitted
American exporters to organize with
out fear of antitrust law action.
In addition to these, the presidents Is
message will urge action upon differ
ent measures mentioned In his mes
sage OF year ago and which are
still on the list Of the administrations
unfinished business" They are ex-
pected to include:
Conservation laws, legislation for
rendering full political justice to the
people Of Porto Rico, a corrupt prae-
tices act, federal aid and stimulation
to industrial and vocational educa-
tion like that given in the field OF
agricultural industry, and possibly
laws giving federal agents more ef-
fective weapons to use in dealing
with conspiracies against the neu-
trality OF the government.
The president also probably will
urge continuation OF preparedness
for peace" by continuation OF a pro.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-11-21
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland. Nov, 81 Today's mar
ket quotations were
Wheat Club. Las, blncstem,
l.5s.
Prime steers, 7,30; fancy cows.
5.T5a6. best calves. T.
Spring lambs. 0.
Butter---city creamery. 40; coun-
try. 80.
Eggs--Selected local extras. so.
Hens. ls: broilers. i6Gti7. geeue.
IL.
Copper. 30.
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OREGON WEATHER

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= northwest portion: warmer to-
= night; southeasterly winds.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-11-21

gressive program of national defense.
including material additions 70 the
navy.
In his recent pleas for the union
OF nations to prevent further wars,
the president has pointed out that II
America Is to play her part In en-
forcing this peace she must have the
necessary means.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
EGYPTIAN DARKNESS
IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

There is a lesson i'm the following
item to the United States as we'll as
TO Egypt:
The Assouan dam and other irriga-
tion works in Egypt have cost about
S53.0O0000. but the increase in the
value Of land in middle and lower
Egypt and the Fayoum provinces has
been from s955, 100000 to $4,000 OO,-
900 The total rent of this land has
risen from s82.O00,OOO to 100000 900.
So the increase in ground rent for
one year would have paid more than
double the entire cost Of the dam and
other irrigation works. But the Egyp-
tian government was not wise enough
to appropriate it for such a purpose.
Instead it followed the American
method of issuing bonds to run for
many years, and permitting private
landowners to appropriate the in
creased values
1t is not necessary to go to Egypt
for examples of that sort of thing.
New York City issued bonds to build
a subway which has increased land
values in the upper end Of the city
more than enough to pay for itself. |
But private landowners are getting
he benefit. And New York City is
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
TRADES
COUNCIL
n E w S

Last Wednesdays meeting was a
most interesting one, and it was close
TO eleven o'clock before the Council
adjourned. The delegates to the State
Federation of Labor convention made
their respective reports, and Attorney
R. J. Faussett addressed the Council
on the present status of the electric
light rate contest between the people
and the Stone-Webster Interests. He
proposed a plan for fighting against
the eXOrbitant rates charged for cleo
trio light service which would seem.
on the face Of it, to offer a method of
successfully curling the greed of this
gigantic public service monopoly. The
council has the matter under consid-
Grafton
Credentials We're received from the
re-orsanized ShingIeweavers' Union
for Robt H. Mills as delegate from
that organization to the Trades Coun-
ell.
bfOlner j. r. Mcdonald was seated
as a delegate from the Plumbers
Union
The name OF Olaf Nelson was or
dered stricken from the Unfair List;
and the names OF carpenters Ole Sa-
Their and Joe Erickson added thereto.
A communication from the Hatters'
Union stated that the report sent
broadcast to the effect that enough
money had already been subscribed
to cover the fine imposed by the U.
S. supreme court was false. Let the
good work 20 on
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
An Authoritative Statement Regarding
Organized Labor and Asiatics
In California

fronted with the serious problem
which, for the time being, is held in
allegiance by the "Gentleman's Agree.
ment" existing between the United
States and Japan.
| think that the State Federation of
Labor has been trapped into false
position. 1t is something that cannot
now be undone. With unlimited Jap
anese immigration which hangs on a
thread, the fate of our workers in
shop and field would be ultimate ex-
tinction.
| trust you will do what you can to
correct the false impression that has
gone abroad-that the workers of CAL
fornia are Indifferent to this matter
and are yielding, under one guise or
another, to the insidious campaign,
which may, if successful, be Califor-
MAS undoing
Yours very truly,
(Signed) JAMES D. PHELAN.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND
FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY.

Carl Engstrand, and Carl Engstrand
as Executor of the Estate of Tekla
Maria Alhsen, Plaintiff, vs. Gus S.
Torngren, Defendant
Summons
The State of Washington to the said
Gus S. Torngren, Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days after the date
of the first publication of this sum-
mons, to-wit: within sixty days after
the 4th day of February, 1916, and
defend the above-entitled action in
the above-entitled Court, and answer
the complaint of the Plaintiff, and
serve copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorney for the Plain
tiff at his office below stated; and in
case of your failure so to do, judg-
ment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the com
plant, which has been filed with the
Clerk of said Court.
The object of this action is to de-
clare forfeited a certain real estate
contract executed by Tekla
Maria Alhsen as seller to the Defen-
dant Gus S. Torngren as purchaser
for the following described land stu
ate in Snohomish County, State Of
Washington, to-wit: the South Half
OF the Northeast Quarter of the South
east Quarter of Section Four, and Lot
Seven of Section Three, all in Town
ship Thirty, North of Range Six, East
w. NJ, and to quiet the title to said
land in the Plaintiff herein.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Postoffice and office address: %
Fobes Bldg, Everett, Wash.
81
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11

ministered punishment to an abnor-
NAL boy, instead of taking his abnor-
mality into consideration and striv-
ing to change it. The doctrine of
punishment in spirit of vengeance,
instead of protection of society from
crime, was never better exemplified
than by the way Massachusetts has
dealt with this human example of ma
lures perversions. Perhaps we need
such cases as this to make us realize
how cruel and unjust is our system
of vengeance in the name of the pro-
lection of society. They hold the
mirror up to our faces and let us see
ourselves as we are.-From the St.
Louis Star
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
ct. A. LUCAS,
&C. w. MCDONALD,
"THOS. ELLIS,
A MASSACHUSETTS TRAGEDY

Jesse Pomeroy, the Boston boy MUIR
derer who as youth was sentenced
to solitary confinement for life, has
just been permitted by the governors
council to break the solitude he has
endured for thirty-five years. And
still we pretend to be human in the
United States. This boy was abnor-
NAL, absolutely unmoral-not immor-
al-and immature He committed a
horrible crime, as a result of his lack
Of possession of a sense of humanity
and morality. He was, in that re-
spect, a victim of imperfect develop
ment.
Society had to be protected against
him. But what sort of protection did
the good people of Massachusetts give
themselves against this undeveloped,
abnormal boy? Did they try to cure
him and develop him? Did they do
anything at all to show that they
realized that he was not normal? Not
at all They sentenced him to soil
tary confinement for life, and have
carried out the sentence for thirty
five years. And still we claim to be
civilized Still the people of Massa-
chusetts boast of their superior cul-
ture and advanced development Of a
high type of the genus homo.
Massachusetts should hang her !
head In shame. She has cruelty ad-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
UNITED STATES SENATE

UNITED STATES SENATE
San Francisco, Oct. IA, 1915.
Mr.. Paul Scharrenberg,
Secretary, California State FEEDER
alton of Labor,
My Dear Sir:
I beg to call your attention to the
bad moral effect produced by the ad-
mission of Japanese into the council
of the State Federation of Labor, and
the reception, according to news
papers, given to members of the State
Federation of Labor in or near Santa
Rosa by the Japanese agriculturists.
I wish to respectfully call your at
tention to the fact that anything which
weakens the hands of your represen-
tatives in Washington, weakens the
cause in which we are all concerned
the prevention of the displacement
of the white population of California
by the Japanese. We have no exclu
sion law against the Japanese, nor
any treaty which prevents them from
coming. Our safety depends absolute
~ upon the will of their Emperor,
Who has seen fit, by reason of the
opposition in this country, to volun-
tarily keep them from coming here.
If, by these several manifestations, it
may appear that our working men are
not sincere in their opposition, and
have been won over to the Brother
hood of Man" sentimentality, skillful-
ly preached by Japanese proponents
and carried on in various forms by
the Japanese propaganda in this coun-
try, then Washington may be con-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
HEALTH INSURANCE
LEGISLATION NEEDED

That the need of adopting health
insurance to protect the workers
against incapacity due to sickness has
been demonstrated by experience with
wOrkmen's compensation is the opin,
ion expressed by John Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America
chairman of the New York State In.
dustrial Commission, on the occasion
Of the Introduction of a health insur.
ance bill into the Albany legislature
The bill which has been drafted by
the American Association for Labor
Legislation provides medical and sur
gical care and appliances for the sick
worker with sick benefit during in
capacity at two-thirds of the workers
wages and a small funeral benefit.
The bill at Albany is in the care of
Senator Ogden L. Mills, an independ-
ent Republican.
On the introduction of the bill John
Mitchell issued the following state
ment:
"In my judgment the time is not
far distant when system of health
insurance will be devised by the legis-
latures of the various states and by
the federal government which will
meet the needs of our present social
life"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
BARON ASTOR

In making William Waldorf AstOr
baron, King George has unconscious
ly and unintentionally helped the
cause of economic education in the
United States. For some reason
Americans can more easily see the in
justice of tribute levied upon them by
an English baron, living abroad, than
tribute levied by an American citizen
living at home. Ground rent paid to
Baron Aston in England is as great a
drain-no more and no less-than the
same rent when paid to Mr.. William
Waldorf Astor, American citizens of
New York City.
Americans should have seen the in
justice of paying their neighbor citi-
zen Astor rent for the privilege of
living and working in the land of their
birth But it is such a common thing
for Americans to pay tribute that way
that many of them do not realize its
injustice 1t became somewhat easier
for some of them to see it when Astor
took up a residence abroad, although
the principle of paying money to an
American abroad is no different than
paying it to one at home. If he has
performed a service equal in value to
what he gets, then there is nothing
wrong in paying it to him, no matter
where he may live If he has not per
formed a service, then he is no more
entitled to it when living in New
York than when living in England.
1t became even easier for Ameri-
cans to see that Astor was not morally
entitled to tribute from New York
City when he became an English sub
ject. And now that he has been Off
cially recognized as a member of the
aristocracy, it will be still easier to
show his former fellow citizens that
land values created by the American
people, rightfully belong to them and
not to an English baron. And when
they see this they will begin to see
that the injustice does not consist in
paying to anyone, aristocrat or COM
moner, foreigner or American, money
that he has not earned.
If more of Americas predatory citi-
zens would acquire titles of the for
eign nobility the work Of economic
emancipation would be greatly facili-
lated
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
State of Washington, County of Sno-
homish. SIS.

State Of Washington, County of Sno-
homish. S.
Sheriff's Sale
BY virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued out of the Honorable Superior
Court of Snohomish County, on the
18th day of January, 1916, by the
Clerk thereof, in the case of Holland
Washington Mortgage Company, a
corporation, Plaintiff, versus E. J.
Kennedy, Mamie A. Kennedy, his
wife; Bessie Sedgwick, Edwin w.
Moore; Ralpr c. Bell, Trustee; First
National Bank of Everett, a corpora
ton; S. K. Painter, Lena R. Painter,
his wife; and Citizens Bank e Trust
Co, corporation, Defendants; No.
1887, and to me as Sheriff, directed
and delivered.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
will proceed to sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash,
within the hours prescribed by law
for Sheriffs sales, to-wit: at ten
O'Clock am. on the 4th day of March,
AID. 1916, before the Court House
door of said Snohomish County, in
the State of Washington, all of the
right, title and interest of the said
Defendants above named in and to
the following described property, sit
uated in Snohomish County, State of
Washington, to4wit: Lots One %,
Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), and
Five (5), Block Three (3), Fuckers
Park Addition to the City of Everett,
being a part of Lot Two (2), Section
Thirty 900, Township Twenty-Five
CPD, North of Range Five 60 East
w. NJ Also, the vacated portion of
Thirty-fourth Street which attaches
to said Lot One % above mentioned
by reason of said vacation of a por-
ton of Thirty-fourth Street, levied on
as the property of said Defendants
above named to satisfy a judgment
amounting to Forty-six Hundred Eigh-
ty-five and 22/100 Dollars and costs
of suit, in favor of Plaintiff.
Dated this 1st day of February. 1916.
DONALD McRAE, Sheriff.
By j. L. Allen, Deputy.
ROBT. F. BOOTH,
Seattle, Wash,
Attorney for Plaintiff. St
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-02-11
CALIFORNIA STATE FEREDATION
OF LABOR
San Francisco, Oct. Is, 1915

San Francisco, Oct. Is, 1915
Hon j. D. Phelan, U. s. Senator,
Phelan Bldg,
San Francisco, Calf
My Dear Senator:
Your favor of the 14th instant came
duly to hand.
I carefully note what you say about
1.-The admission of Japanese into the
Council of the State Federation of La.
Dor" etc.
1t is evident, Senator, that you are
not in possession of all the facts per
tanning to the admission of the two
Japanese, otherwise you would not
make the statement that "the State
Federation of Labor has been trapped
into a false position"
Let me call your attention to the
records, and in particular to that part
of the report of our Committee on Gre
dentials which reads as follows:
There have been submitted to the
Committee on Credentials two creden-
tails for fraternal delegates from the
Laborers Frinedly Society of Toxic,
Japan, namely, B. Suzuki and S. Yos-
himatsu.
Your committee has given careful
consideration to the question of seat
ing these men. 1t has been said thai
the Laborers' Frinedly Society is no
a bona fide trades union. 1t has also
been alleged that these two men are
not representing the working people
Of Japan, but are rather agents of the
Japanese government in a well-plan
ned campaign to weaken our immigra
ton laws, etc.
Your committee, however, has moi
been furnished with any evidence tc
substantiate the allegations referred
to. In fact no protest of any kind has
been lodged with the Secretary of the
Federation or with the committee
We therefore recommend that both be
seated without vote
1--WE have arrived at this conclusion
% because the seating of these dele
gates in no way affects our attitude
or modifies our demand for the ex-
clusion of all Asiatic laborers from
our shores. (2) Because we believe
it is in accordance with the spirit of
International Unionism and to our
own advantage to aid and encourage
the working people in Japan to or
ganize and better their conditions.
(Signed)
ct. A. LUCAS,
&c. w. MCDONALD,
"THOS. ELLIS,
Committee on Credentials.
"The report of the committee was
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San Francisco, Jan. 81, 10

San Francisco, Jan. 81, 1916
| To the Labor Press of America.
During the past year two Japanese
coming direct from their native lant
and bearing credentials from the La
borers' Friendly Sosiety of Toxic, were
cordially received and extended every
courtesy by the labor organizations
of California. These two Japanese
came to America in order to learn
something about our working-class
movement, our methods of organiza-
ton, and if possible, to use the knowl.
edge thus acquired to improve the
condition of the working people in
Japan.
Unfortunately, a serious misappre-
hension seems to have arisen in GER
tain quarters upon the motives which
prompted California tradeunionists to
welcome the Japanese delegates and
to permit them to sit in the meetings
of our councils and declarations, and
fully crafty their thirst for knowl
edge.
The correspondence which is at
tached hereto makes it entirely clear
that kindness and courtesy toward
our visitors should not be construed
to mean a weakening in Labor's de-
mand for the exclusion of all Asiatic
laborers from our shores. The eXecu-
tive council of the California state
of labor has therefore de-
cided to give general publicity to said
so that the organized
workers of our country may be placed
in a position to refute all misleading
statements with reference to this
phase of Asiatic exclusion.
Kindly give this matter every pos
sible publicity and thus help to re-
move any erroneous impression that
may have been created in the minds
of our fellow workers and others.
Fraternally,
d. p. HAGGERTY,
President
P. SCHARRENBERG,
Secretary-T Treasurer
California State Federation of Labor
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lCOHCuTTeU IN.
Again, let me direct you to tn,
adoption of the following resolution
at the very gathering which had beer
addressed by one of these Japanes,
fraternal delegates:
Whereas, Asiatic immigration ant
the resultant competition has fol
many years past been a menace tC
the industrial welfare of our people
especially in California and the Pacific
Coast States; and
Whereas, Because of this menace
it is the duty of our people to refrain
from patronizing or employing Asia
TICS in any manney, as we'll as to de.
mand extension of the provisions of
the Chinese Exclusion law so as to
bar all Asiatics; and
Whereas, The Anti-Jap Laundry
League, composed of Steam Laundry
Workers Union No. 26 and Laundry
Drivers Union No. 256 of San Fran
cisco, has for many years sought strict
Asiatic Exclusion Legislation as we'll
as well as opposed Asiatic competi-
ton; and
Whereas, The California State Fed
Grafton of Labor has at all times per-
sistently fought Asiatic immigration
and competition; therefore be it
Resolved That the California State
Federation of Labor in regular con-
vention assembled again extends to
the Anti-Jap Laundry League its NOR
al support and endorsement; and be
it further
Resolved, That the California State
Federation of Labor again records it.
self as opposed to the patronizing or
employing of Asiatics in any manner;
and in favor of an extension to the
Chinese Exclusion law so as to bar all
Asiatics."
No, Senator, we have not modified
our views upon the Japanese menace.
We fully realize the danger of the So
called "Gentlemen's Agreement and
we are anxious to have enacted an
exclusion law which will effectively
and permanently bar these little
brown men from our shores.
Our objection to the Japanese in
California is not, as you so we'll know,
based upon trivial or sentimental rea-
sons. We object to them for eco
nomic reasons, we know Californians
cannot compete with them and main
tain an American standard of living.
And we have been in hopes that our
kind treatment of the two delegates
from Japan, and our own efforts to
have them understand fully and I'M
equivocally that we have no griev-
ance against the Japanese as long as
they remain in Japan, might have a
tendency to bring about a better I'M
derstanding between the wage work |
ers of Japan and the wage workers of
America If we have failed in this |
honest endeavor it will be no fault of
ours. We have at least tried.
I deeply regret to hear from you
that the impression has gone abroad /
that the workers of California are
to this matter and are
yielding" to Japanese Establishment. !
If such impression has gone abroad,
despite the plain recorded facts, I
shall do whatever possible to have it
corrected. Any suggestions along
.hese lines will be appreciated.
Thanking you for the personal in
crest shown in subject matter of
such vital interest to all workers of
)ur state and nation, remain,
Very truly yours,
(Signed) PAUL SCHARRENBERG,
Sec.-Treas. California State Fedora
ton of Labor.
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JOHN RUSKIN'S ANTI-WAR
MEASURE

Let every lady in the upper classes
of civilized Europe simply vow that
while any cruel war proceeds she
will wear black-a mute's black
with no jewel, no ornament, no ex-
cuse for, or evasion into prettiness-
tell you again no war would last
a week"