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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

At special meeting Of the Ev-
erett Trades Building Association last
Sunday forenoon Bro. A. Dieterle
was chosen temporary secretary to
fill the place of Bro. H. W. Watts,
now detained in Seattle by the fed
eral authorities. Bro. Watts was
temporarily filling the position for
Bro. E. P. Marsh, now engaged on
the federal mediation commission.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
RICH OVERSTOCKED WITH ADVICE
TO THE POOR AS TO HOW TO WIN WAR
Published Letter by Amos Pncho Chairman American Committee
on war Fmance-Reprinted and Events)

folly to protest) we have the war
advertising of the American Bankers
Association, which consists of 1000
representatives of important bank
ing houses Not long ago these
gentlemen bought space in daily
papers, and told the poor how to
get on during the war. Their adj
vertisment was headed in great
black type, Good Bless the House
hold that Boils Potatoes With the
Skins On" This, impossible as it
may seem, was not a joke; our
friends, the bankers, were, in their
way, far too patriotic to indulge in
levity. If you doubt it, look up the
files of the New York American for
June ID. With quite an astounding
complacency, these gentlemen, to
most of whom the war has brought
only additional competence, sit back
in their easy chairs and advise the
poor to eat potato skins and crusts,
both for their own good and that
democracy may not perish.
The following are some of their
suggestions to their less fortunate
countrymen:
"There is no more careless,
thoughtless, happy-go-lucky, waste
full, prodigal and responsibility-evad-
ing nature than yours. If your
dear ones starve, if there are black
want and bitter suffering through
out the nation, your big heart will
break with grief.
isn't it better to put your big
muscles at work now-to keep suf-
fering and grief away? There is
no more keen, efficient and produc-
tive mind than yours, once it is
AWAKE and knows it MUST
WORK.
WAKE UP! THINK. ACT! GET
BUSY! PROTECT YOUR OWN -
PROTECT US ALLIE YOU
WANT US ALL TO PROTECT
YOU AND YOURS. Capitalized as
printed in the ADVERTISEMENT
eve must send them (the Allies
millions of tons of food, and we will.
There will be less for you. Wake
up to it. You will have to eat less.
''But you need less. You waste
enough to supply the difference.
Stop it. Every time you have po-
tatoes for dinner you waste enough
in the Feelings to keep a starving
ally alive for day. Stop it, Don't
peel new potatoes, Buy a five-cent
brush and BRUSH the thin skin off,
saving ALL the potato. Boil old po-
tatoes with the skins on. When done
the skins can be peeled off with
out waste.
make bread pudding from your
bread crusts. It's good. We loved
it 20 years ago." ETC., etc.
There is column after column of
this slush to be read by anybody
whose stomach will stand it. And,
after all, there is something to be
gained by reading it; for, whether
the reader goes forth to purchase a
five-cent brush or not, he will at
all events have got glimpse at
our "best peoples" psychology in
war time. l notice, by the way, that
at one of the luncheon clubs fire.
quented by members of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association, they have
not yet reached the five-cent bursh
stage. However, we must give them
credit for doing their bankers bit
On the bill of fare we find marg-
inal note to the effect that, in order
to conserve the nations livestock
supply during the war, baby lamb
and sucking pig will no longer be
served!
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
NEW BOY IN TOWN

A week ago last Sunday, October
%, 1917, there was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Arends, a son,
Henry will have the newcomer
down to the Labor Temple before
long so that he can commence his
affiliation with the trades unions
early in life.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-While rents
are rising in every industrial dis
trict in the United States and dis
possessions in New York City have
increased 20 per cent in single
year, Great Britain has taken dras-
tic action against the landlord who
uses his ownership of land to extort
additional tribute from the poor.
Responding to the demands of
the Labor Party, parliament has
passed an act which outlaws any
and every claim for rents over and
above the amount charged on Aug.
3, 1914. The new law is limited
in it's application to houses renting
up to SITS a year, or approximately
$12 month, which would CORE
spond with living quarters in Amer
lea renting from 500 to $50 month.
Back of the new British act is
the vague recognition that private
land ownership is the least defen-
sible of those licensed privileges that
burden the people.
Here are the terms of the new
British act, summarized for the ben
eft of those capable of obtaining
similar action in this country:
1t applies to Great Britain and
Ireland and will be in force during
the present war and for a period of
six months after. Houses in Lon
don rented up to 35 pounds a year
Obs. lid. per week.; and houses
in other parts of Great Britain
rented up to 26 pounds a year (10s.
per week. come under the provis-
ions of the act. 1t also covers houses
the rentable value of which does not
exceed the amount specified for the
areas named 1t does not apply to
houses where the rent includes
board, attendance or use of furni-
ture.
This fact is clearly pointed out:
Landlords must not charge higher
rent than that paid on August 3,
1914. For example; If the rent
was IS. per week on August 3. 1914,
and is now 6s. Sd. per week, the
tenant can legally refuse to pay
more than IS. per week. If the
house was empty on August 8, 1914.
then the rent must not exceed what
was paid on the last letteing be-
for that date. If the house is new
and was first let after August 3,
1914, the rent must not exceed the
the amount paid by the first ten
ant.
Here is another important piece
of information: Tenants can recover
from the landlord increases of rent
paid after November 25, 1915. If
the rent was raised before the pass
ing of the Amended Act July 10,
1910, the tenant must claim before
January 10, 1918. If the rent was
raised after July 10, 1917, the claim
must be made within six months
after the first payment of the in
creased rent. Tenants who are not
in arrears can therefore deduct in
creases paid since November rs, 1915,
from their next rent payments.
A landlord must not increase the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
STILL OUT AND AND
WILL STAY OUT

The Telephone girls in Seattle,
Tacoma and the Gray's Harbor
country are still out, They will
not accept the findings of Vernon
2. Reed in the San Francisco Con-
ference.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
LABEL LEAGUE MEETING

The Woman's Union Card and
Label League will meet this even
ing at the Labor Temple. All mem
bers and prospective members are
requested to be present as there
will be business of Importance.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

If American women fail to do
their part in this war, it will be their
first failure President Wilson says
the most vital part they can play is
to enroll as members of the Food
Administration and "cheerfully ac-
cept its direction and advice"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

Your plans for dinner, Mrs. House
wife, are just as important in their
way as General Haig's plans for a
night attack. Haig aims to get
the maximum of results with the
minimum of material. He uses
plenty, but he doesn't waste any.
So should you. That's the way you
and Haig will win this war.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
WAS PROBABLY
TURNED DOWN

The finding of the Wage Scale
Adjustment Board was probably re-
jected by the Seattle Metal Trades
Council last night. 1t is not salts
factory to any of the unions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

War has now formally been de-
clared upon food pirates and spe-
culators, and in this war the ranks
of the public will furnish no paci-
fists.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

AS the Romanoffs read the news
from their old home town they must
be glad they are in that second
story flat back in Siberia.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09
RANDOM SHOTS

(Ffrom the Birmingham (Ala.) La
Dor Advocate.)
"Pacifist' is a word whose signifi-
canoe often depends largely on de-
monstrations with the final syllable
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

Mrs. Donna. Stephenson went over
to Seattle Wednesday to join her
husband, who recently secured en-
ployment in one of the shipyards.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

War would not be so hard if only
wise men could be heard, but then if
wise men were running things the
world wouldn't be at war.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

But we must not be impatient with
our friends who are fighting high
war taxes. Let us rather see if
we can understand their point of
view. They argue that war taxes on
incomes and excess profits must be
kept low for the benefit of business.
And | think they are sincere about
it, too. Constantly in the New York
Times we have read communications
from the dignified pen of Mr.. Otto
H. Kahn warning us against high
income taxes. He says business will
skip to Canada if heavily levied
upon in the United States. Here
are his words of warning:
Capital would go into hiding. 1t
might even take wing to other coun-
tries, for instance to the country
at our very door, Canada, where
there is no Federal income tax
at all and hardly any State income
tax"
And again he says:
"There can be little question that,
if our income taxation is fixed at
unduly and unnecessarily high rates,
while Canada has no or only very
moderate income tax, men of enter
prise will seek that country and
there will be large outflow to it
Of capital-a development which can
not be without effect upon our own
prosperity, resources and economic
power"
Now, although do not share Mr..
Kahn's exceedingly low opinion of
the patriotism of American business
men, / do not doubt his own patriot
ism. Notwithstanding the fact that
it is only few years ago since he
proposed to renounce his American
citizenship and become British sub
iject, and even went so far as to get
nominated and actually start run
ming for Pertinent, | do not doubt
Mr.. Kahn's loyalty. But that is
neither here nor there (as, indeed,
one might have remarked of Mr..
Kahn's citizenship at that time).
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

AS another instance of this cur
ious point of view common to wealth
in war time Ga point of view which
assumes that great wealth for the
few and grinding poverty for the
many is the right and inevitable or
der of things, against which it is
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

Enough platinum may be found in
Alaska gold fields to cover war
needs. Every time Alaska is heard
from it is to put emphasis on it
as a good paying investment.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09

Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, Sc.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-09


Mr.. Kahn is earnest, and So no
doubt, is Senator Simmons; but their
minds work along business rather
than human lines; and they cannot
pull themselves out of their old rut
of thought long enough to realize
that a war, in which a million or
two Americans may perish and the
vast majority of the population suf-
fer economic distress, is big human
problem-big enough to even war
rant us in asking business to work
for something short of usurious in
terest; big enough, also, to make
decent business men entirely willing
to do so.
More effectively than any other
prominent member of the business
fraternity, Mr.. Kahn has written
against large war taxes; but there
is in his reasoning (as in that of
many rich men, some of them Sen
ators and Congressmen) always an
isolation from the human values of
the situation. Let us illustrate
Since the war began Mr.. Kahn has
built himself an enormous Fifth av-
enue palace, costing several millions,
and on Long Island he has construct
ed for his use perhaps the most
magnificent country place in Amer
lea, a subject of very just pride to
the architect
Certainly there is nothing wrong
or illegal about building eighteenth
century palaces with $50 rooms and
80 bathrooms. Although the ladies'
auxiliary defense committees might
possibly be justified in sending
notices to the rich asking them not
to build palaces at the same time
that they send bulletins to the poor
telling them not to overeat. But
| do not believe any man could do
this who felt what the war meant
to the people No doubt, it gives
work to thousands, though work I'M
productive of the things we need in
war. Yet the fact that thousands
of school children a few miles away
in New York are unable to maintain
their grades on account of malnutri-
ton, the fact that the cost of living
has gone up 80 per cent. since the
war began, while wages have risen
less than 20 per cent. and the furth-
er fact that a people, already at
tackled by the advance guard of war
misery, must feed themselves while
they fight Germany; these things, |
say, make it evident that one must
have certain degree of detachment
from the realities of the case in
order to choose this as the appro-
pirate moment to fight war taxes on
wealth, and at the same time intro
duce into the United States a scale
of luxurious living unequalled since
pre-revolutionary days in France.
AS another instance of this cur
ious point of view common to wealth
in war time Ga point of view which
assumes that great wealth for the
few and grinding poverty for the
many is the right and inevitable or
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
Ferry Injunction
Case To Be Heard by
Judge Belt Tomorrow

The latest in the ferry war may be
summed up as follows:
The right of Marion county to estab-
lish free ferry will be argued Satur-
day afternoon, April Z, before Judge
Belt at Dallas. This viii not take up
matter Of dissolving or continuing the
injunction of Skinner & Bushnell
against the county of Marion, but will
be an argument on the merits of the
case. skinner & Bushnell will be rep.
resented by Fletcher q Balrack of In
dependence and Marion county by Max
Gehlhar, district attorney. 1t is more
than probable that the case will be
carried to the supreme court as it is
the intention of Marion county to find
out whether it has legal right to run
free ferry, or whether it can be pre-
vented from establishing ferry be-
cause 1t runs in competition to another
ferry and because it has not secured a
license from the Polk county court,
which happens just at present to be
Judge Kirkpatrick.
With Judge Belt will also rest the
decision as to whether Marion county
will be permitted to run the ferry
pending the trial and decision by the
Supreme court regardless of his de-
cision as to whether Marion county
has right to establish a free ferry.
In the contention for an injunction
against the county which stopped the
free ferry, Skinner & Bushnell made
two points: that the free ferry of the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
PRESIDENT OF CUBA
BACKS UNITED STATES
Issues Proclamation Declar.
ing State Of War With
Germany

New York, April 6.-President Mon
oeal Of Cuba has sent a message to the
Cuban congress requesting that a state
of war be declared to exist between
Cuba and Germany, according to a
cable received by the official Cuban
press bureau here this afternoon from
Secretary to President Eusebio S.
Azpiazu.
"The PRESIDENT the cable said.
" bases his request for the taking of so
mOmentous a step on the fact that the
submarine campaign February ] with
the deliberate and avowed intention to
destroy neutral merchant vessels, con-
stitutes violation of all international
law preeidents and most particularly of
the solemn pledges given by the I'm
perial German government to the
United States during the past two
years. President Menocal, however
lays the greatest emphasis on the moral
obligation of Cuba to back up the
United States in its disinterested stand
because of the close ties, political and
economic, existing between the two
countries-but above all because of
our gratitude for the mselfish and
never failing interest shown by the
great republic in aiding Cuba to
achieve and maintain her independ-
ence' ?,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
Thirteen Enlisted
During Past Week

Thirteen men have been enlisted by
Captain Max Gehlhar to fill the ranks
of Company NJ during the past week
Yesterday the company had l2S men
Six men have been sent down to Van
couver direct so that no record of their
enlistment is kept here. Two men were
sent down yesterday, which brought
the number up to 1913 men. The follow
ing are the names of those sent down
during the past week: H. Mckinley,
Ferris Abbott, Floyd White, Edward
Rauch, Wayne Ralston, Victor Brade-
son, Roy Remington, W. w. Kelly.
James G. Ewing, Percy Streyffeler.
Henry b. Lamb, Frank Miller and
Frank Rosebragh.
Practically all the other companies
are filled up to war strength. Com
pany NJ has need of at least % men
to bring it up to requirements. With
the country now in an actual state OF
war, and every effort being made to
bring the national guard up to full
war strength, it is believed the young
men will enlist more readily. That
there viii be splendid opportunities for
advancement for the young men who
enlist now is unquestioned for the boys
who have the training early will be
required to assist in training the thou
sands of others who will be called to
the colors shortly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT
Of the Alley in Block At, City of Saler

Notice is hereby given that the com
mon council deems it expedient so to
do, and hereby declares its purpose and
intention to improve the alley in block
AZ of the city of Salem between the
north line of Ferry street and the
south line of State street at the ex-
'pense of the abutting and adjacent
property by bringing said portion of
said alley to the established grade and
paving the same with a Portland Ce-
'ment Concrete Pavement six inches in
Thickness, in accordance with the plans,
specifications and estimates for the i'm
'provement of said portion of said al
ley adopted by the common council
May ID. 1916, which are now on file
in the office of the city recorder, and
which, for greater certainty and a
more detailed description thereof are
hereby referred to and made a part
hereof.
The common council hereby declares
its purpose and intention to make the
proposed improvement above describ-
ed, by and through the street improve
ment department of the city Of Sa-
lem.
BY order Of the common council.
EARL RACE, City Recorder.
Date of first publication of this no.
tice April 4, 1917. Ala
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
SALARIES INCREASTD

Increases in salaries, of employees at
the Girl s Industrial school were grant.
ed at the regular monthly meeting OF
the state board of control The follow
ing received increases woman gard.
ener from $25 to $40; industrial teach
er from $25 to $35; domestic science
teacher from $25 to $35; bookkeeper
from $40 to $50, and carpenter and
farmer from 500 to $50.
The board also instructed Mrs. Min
ME Darst not to receive any more girls
at the school, and to refuse entrance
to any sent there, on account of the
fact that the last legislature appropri-
ated only enough money for forty girls
and the inmates must be reduced to
that number.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
Company | Goes South
and M Up the Columbia

Company ], of Woodburn, passed
through Salem this morning at about
9:45. They came directly from the Van
couver barracks, and according to
statements from some of the soldiers
they are en- route to points in southern
Oregon. They are travelling in a spe-
cial train.
To the large crowd that had gather
ed at the depot, the entrained soldiers
stated that Company M started this
morning up the Columbia river. The
exact destination is not known. The
Dalles and La Grande were both men
toned.
At least 200 persons were at the de-
pot, many of them with boxes of can
dy, fruit and others favors for special
members of Company M.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
Bishop Summer to Speak
In Willamette Chapel

The collegiate ministry missions con.
ference begins today at Willamette,
with 100 delegates from other Oregon
colleges in attendance.
Main features of this conference will
be the three evening meetings Friday
and Saturday in the chapel, and a Sun
day meeting in one of the city church
es.
Bishop Sumner of the Episcopal
church of Portland, will speak on "The
Challenge of the Sacrificial Callings.
Thirty of the 100 delegates are from
the University of Oregon, 20 from o.
A. c., and about 26 from McMinnville
college.
A conference dinner of all the dele
gates is scheduled at the Spa for 6
o clock tonight. Addresses of welcome
will be made by DR.. Doney and Mayor
Keyes.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
City Officials Accuse
Druggists of Law Evasion

The Capital Drug store and the Emil
Sehaefer Drug store are selling alec
mol to boys under the guise of jamaica
ginger, peppermint and camphor, ac
cording to statements of CITY Recor.
der Race and Chief of Police Coope!
this morning.
In making this statement they assert
they have the evidence in their pos.
session in the shape of bottles with
the labels of the two drug stores on
them. These bottles were taken from
boys hailed into the police station or
various minor charges.
At dance at the armory, recently,
after it was over, IL bottles were pick.
ed up and nine bore the label of the
Capital Drug store. They were six
ounce bottles and were supposed to
contain jamaica ginger or some other
article that is supposed to denaturize
alcohol.
Some of the ginger purchased has
contained as high as S5 per cent alco-
hol and some even as high as 90 peY
cent alcohol. The bottles are sold at
fifty cents. However, the officers are
helpless as the stuff is sold under the
pure food act, which allows the sale of
Jamaica ginger, peppermint, etc.
The only way they can get at the
problem is to have the permit to i'm
port alcohol revoked or further permit
refused by the district attoney
The gang of boys who have been
making depredations about the city
have confessed that they secure alec
hol at these places, and the chief is
Of the opinion that the alcool was the
cause of them getting into trouble.
Both the recorder and the chief are
of the opinion that the sale of liquor
can be stopped only when the citizens
obey the law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
Wireless Plant at
Mt. Hood DESTROYED

Portland, Or, April 6.-Federal of
fieials here admitted today that well
equipped wireless station, carefully
hidden in the woods at the base of MI.
Hood has been discovered and de-
stroyed.
The plant included generator and
high aerials capable Of communicating
in radius Of 5000 miles.
Nobody was arrested. There was no.
body about the plant when it was dis.
covered, presumably by forest rangers.
Announcement of the discovery of
the mysterious wireless station was
made by naval officers who have
jurisdiction over wireless. They re-
fused to say who discovered the plant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
DOUBLE TRAGEDY

Aberdeen, Wash, April 5.-Police of
ficials here today were mystified by
the double tragedy at Ocosto when
Charles Anderson, rancher, shot and
killed his wife and few minutes later
took his own life, leaving no explana-
tion of his act. His 11-year-old son
heard the shots.
Anderson owned a small tract of land
and had recently finished building a
home. He and his wife apparently lived
happily together.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-06
MOUNT LAssEN ERUPTs

Redding, Cal, April 5.-The most
siolent eruption in two years of Mount
Lassen, California S volcano, began
this afternoon at 2:3O. The old crater
resumed its activity, belching volumes
of black smoke to height of one mile