Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-04
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
in whose circulation sualaV'u ~ -
Audix Bureau Of Calculations.
A DISLOYAL STRIKE

Up to this time Portland has escaped any serious iaDoI
troubles this year. but if the strike IN the spyaro peu
for 10 o'clock Friday materlazes she VIII nave heF s
There are five shipbuiding firms that VIII oe alieceu
al oroooed in building steel ships The strike is called 10
enforce the granting of the employees demana iof ge
wages shorter hours and better working condtons; Inc
employers take the ground that they caioC an ~. b
mands Of the men for the that the government mas
taken over the plants and the demands OF the men can
only be acted upon with the consent OF the
IF this statement is true then the strike IS not only Ioo
but disova It is useless to try to make anyone 90 Ve
impossible thing and the employees should take INTO con
cideration the facts and act accordingly they are I'M
dernad or the hours are too long, the government VIII
correct both conditions if given time Inc same can Us
said of working conditions. ,,t+ is
One fact stands out far above all Others and that is
that no man has right to put his personal a1lars aoo
tho needs of the government We are engaged IN war
greater than this country ever before raced anu we @
e win the working conditions will be far worse tnan
thev are now The hours will be longer, ana WoThlils
conditions will never be improved lndeeo snotnu u
unwilingless Of any to aid IN winning Ihe wal aus aus
its loss then it may well be doubted IL uhoeT Che n
aoe labor will even be permitted to strike Ihe salety
Of the country is at stake and the liberty OF each anu
every of its citizens those who are working III Lle i snip
aTjs no less than Others We do not know anyCng as
- +ho merits of the demands of the men; but no maCei
how oeritorios they should be relegated TO tne pacA
ground at least temporarily Inc greaV ee ~ C y; ;ts
try is ships and anyone who delays the 80 NV
ors to get them neither nor less nah all ehg,y
IF the nation The 1000 who purpose STRIKING heAC
dav could do nothing that would so please tne hasel @
When they strike they are doing s9metng M @ 10 do traor
comfort an enemy of the country and TINS IS not
o a. ~ ahor in America is the best treated
os on5 Se paid % Of any country and should think
twice before doing anything to destroy these condlIos
The man who does not do all he can ana wnerever ne
can toward holding up the hands Oh Vile goVellcn' 10
80 ,h Of Stacker as the man who lodges service IN
tbe ranks In some respects he is for while he is
not called on as is the drafted man to give ms NE II
necessary, he lodges the less dangerous auy
This country has come that stage where every man Is
ioono at the war with the sole view of what personal
cain he can make from it then the war useless ana @ Te
quicker we go out of existence as nation the better Int
% as nnTnosed at Portland is matter that IS not
+ tb business of the employer and the men, but one
between the men and the rest of the nation 1t goes
even further than that for it is strike OF the men as
worlmen against themselves as integral parts OF Ce
whole neope 1t is strike of the against the citizen
n nm TO these men to think seriously before they meas
nre the situation from their own individual viewpoint
rather than from their position citizens who as every
other citizen owes a solemn duty to the nauon