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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
ANTI-CONsPIRACY LAW VOID.

The Oregon supreme court has
ruled that the Portland anti-con-
spiracy ordinance is unconstitutional.
In setting aside the ordinance,
initiated by the Portland Employers
association, the court said:
IAN agreement not to have deal
ings with person is involved In q
combination of working men, acting
In concert, to quit their employment,
and such action constitutes a strike.
That such is the Interpretation
placed upon the language of the act
by the defendant city, is manifest
upon reading the charging part of
the complaint in this case. The
question is: Can municipality, in
the exercise of its police power, enact
legislation declaring the act Of strik-
ing to be criminal?
ut will not be disputed that every
workman has an absolute right, in
absence of contract. to quit his
employment when he pleases, and
that the employer has the reciprocal
right to discharge workman in like
manner. The fact thatJa number Of
workmen exercise this right in COM
mon cannot, we think. make the act
criminal
"The act of quitting employment
in a body cannot, in itself, involve
any question of public peace, health.
or safety, unless 1t be complicated
with some other problems, as in time
of war, and in such emergency tho
problem is shifted to the state or to
the federal government. In this
particular, then. the ordinance IL NM
reasonable and void a. against. pub
lie policy, as disclosed in legislation
and decisions Of both state and fed
eral courts
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
NEW MINIMUM WAGE FOR WON.
EN- IN OREGON.

Adoption Of new minimum wage
scale for women employees in the mer-
camille and manufacturing firms of
Portland, made necessary by the ever
increasing cost of living will be pro-
posed and discussed by the industrial
welfare commission of Oregon.
According to statistics compiled
from government reports the cost Of
food has advanced 43 per cent during
the past year, making it almost i'm
perative to grant new minimum
wage scale for women.
The present minimum wage scale,
which was adopted by a conference
committee in September, 1916, estab-
fishes minimum weekly scale of
1925 for experienced women in mer-
camille establishments, and 1854 for
experienced women in manufacturing
concerns. For inexperienced, adult
women workers, a minimum weekly
scale of IS for the first four months
is now In effect. For the second four
months the salary is 81, and for the
third four months it is So. After the
first year the employee is classed az
experienced and receives the mini.
mum scale provided for.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
UNIONS AND SECRETARIES.

son. A. F. of L. building, Washington.
state Federation-Charles Perry, Tay-
Olympia Trades COuncil-Fred Hud-
Label Le.Eue-Mrs. S. E. Kohler. 2os
Allied Printing Trades Council-F. L.
Satterlee, 315 East Fourth.
Black P Eike.
Bookbinders-Al Galloway, S15 East
Carpenters and Joiners-C. A. Gloyd
PIP West Third.
Clerks A..cciation = Mrs. Bernice
Cooks and Walters E. c. Fields
Elect r,cisa Wolf. 1901 East
Jonrneymen Barber--Paul Werner
Machinists-C. vanvlack, S54 Frank
lin.
Meat Cutters-S. L. Kaler.
Musicians-Elmer Jones, Postoffice
Painters. Decorators and Paperhang-
er--P. M. Kendrick. 315 Twelfth. :,
Plumbers and eam6tters &C. 8
Ziegler, Hancock street.
Printing Pressmen-H. L. workman
sos Columbia. -.
Shi~~ard LabOrers-C. b. Young, lle
Shinxle Weavers - Morton Bissell
care Olympia Single company.
Shipwrights. Ship Carpenters ant
.Joimers-C D. Adams. secretary. LOT
Ounce street; c. v. Ely. financial sec
rotary; J. A. McCaughan, business
agent, 702 East Fourth.
stage EmplOyes--Al Galloway BE
East Fourth.
steam Enxineers--A. J. Stocks. All
Tenth street.
Transfers and Chaufeurs-Lott NC
Gonigle. 2O5N Franklin.
TynOgra phical UniOn-GeO. l.. Levy
Recorder building.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
OPPOSE DRAFTED LABOR.

Fair working conditions and trust
in the loyalty of the workers will
produce better results than conscrip-
ton of labor, according to Vice Pres
ident Stevens of the federal shipping
board. before senate Investigating
committee.
In reply to queries by Senator
Sherman of Illinois, the federal off,
cial made a clear distinction between
sailors at sea refusing to work and
employees in shipyard refusing to
work. Although refusal to work by
sailors at sea is as rare as white
blackbird, Senator Sherman was as
sured that one case was mutiny and
the other was AN industrial contro-
versy; an exercise of the free-born
right to refuse to work IL man
wants to-"
"You think there is a Distinction
asked Sherman.
Decidedly. The laws of the sea
do not apply to work on land"
Then you would not favor. dur
ing the period Of the war. law to
enforce any kind of coercion against
labor?"
mo; for the reason that the Amer
lean workman will produce more
under free conditions than he will
with bayonet at his back"
why shouldn't congress pass such
a law for the workmen?" urged the
Illinois caveman.
1T would be unenforceable II you
did pass It," was the reply.
Mr.. Stevens said conditions in the
shipyards were improving. His tes-
timony impressed the committee, be-
cause of his acquaintance with work
ers through wage negotiations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
FIGHT OF PACKERS AND EN-.
PLOYEs IN HANDS OF GOV
EMINENT.

a. G e.
Settlement Of differences between
the meat packers and their union en-
ployes will be undertaken by a special
labor commission headed by Secre-
tary Wilson. following submission Of
their case by representatives Of the
men.
Spokesman for the unions pictured
a critical situation in all OF the great
packing centers and asked that the
government interfere and, II neces-
sary, take over the operation Of tho
plants. The president was told that
the packers had repudiated q media
ton agreement to settle questions Of
wages and working conditions. and
were discharging union men In
groups, apparently with the purpose
of bringing on q strike.
II the government takes over the
plants the union men are ready to
guarantee full-handed equipment for
every packing plant, work In contin-
uous shifts ii necessary. and leave all
questions of wages. hours and work
ing conditions to the president or the
person to whom he might delegate
the duty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
OPEN HOUSE AT MEETING Oh
SHIPYARD LABORERS.

Two wrestling contests and two
boxing bouts featured the social ses-
sion given by the Shipyard Laborers'
union in Eagles hall Monday night.
Green and Guyer contested In the
first number on the program, wrest-
ling, Green winning the fall in 10
minutes; Taylor and Boone boxed to
draw; Ward Goodman and Robert
Forbes struggled upon the NIT for 10
minutes, neither winning a fall, and
the Budd brothers closed the athletic
entertainment with boxing = one
minute rounds.
Eagles hall never housed larger
or more enthusiastic audience than
that assembled there Monday night.
called together by announcement of
the social session. An abbreviated
business session was the order, Pres
ident George Wiley turning the
meeting over to the social committee
upon completion of the necessary rou-
tine, and before any visitor had a
chance to shown signs Of restlessness.
The athletic program was received
with evidence of sincere enjoyment.
Cigars were furnished by the commit
tee and were smoked while the merits
of the performers were talkatively
analysed. Enthusiasm in the new de-
parture has resulted in tho orSaniza-
ton Of an athletic club among the
shipyard employees. and the union
will hold a social session 1T least
once month and furnish 2 stage for
the budding champions which the
club Is depended upon to bring to
light.
This union has $500 In its strong
box, according to the report Of the
financial secretary and the unions
auditing committee made 70 the ses-
sion OF January IA.
Business Agent Young spent sew
eral days Of last week in Seattle and
is in the Queen City again this week.
on business connected with scale ad-
justments between government ON
cials and officers of the Northwest
District Council of Shipyard Labor
ers. Young is president OF the dis
trict council.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
TRADES COUNCIL MINUTES.

The Trades Council authorized APP
pointment of committee to promote
the sole of war savings stamps and
decided to move the headquarters
from Socialist hall to the Eagles
hall, the new location to be occupied
at the first meeting in February.
These two resolutions had no partic-
ular connection with each other. The
one action was taken upon the read
ing of communication from Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo, and the
other upon the report of committee
which for some time has been con-
sidering the matter of permanent
location for the Trades Council. 1t
is planned to locates all nnions of the
city in the Eagles hall building.
Credentials of Electrical Workers
were presented by G. w. Grim and
the delegate obligated.
The secretary read the report of
the business agent for the week and
the question OF whether 1t be pos
sible to continue the services of an
agent was postponed for one week.
Delegates to the State Federation
executive and legislative committee
meeting, in Seattle, last Sunday, re-
ported. The report was accepted, the
stipend of the delegates ordered paid,
and the committee discharged.
Plans were suggested for handling
organizing and adjustment work
through a central committee made up
of an agent of each subordinate
union and an agent of the Trades
Council. This was postponed with
the question of continuing business
agent in the field, for one week.
Financial secretary reported 1857
on hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
TAX EXCESS PROFITS.

Secretary McAdoo sends to con-
gress the amazing recommendation
that further taxation measures be
avoided at the session of congress
now beginning and that all of the
huge sum required for carrying on
the war next year be raised by eddi-
tional bond issues. 1t is well to have
responsibility definitely fixed for a
method of war financing that is adj
versely affecting the spirit of the
people to greater extent than all
other adverse factors combined. The
department of labor has Just COM
pleted an industrial survey Of New
York state, and announces its find
ing that q chief cause of industrial
unrest throughout the state Is labor's
feeling that the large employing cor
porations are making huge profits
from the war. This is not merely
labor's fecling-it is the fact. During
the last year the number of million
aires in America increased from H.
ST. to 22.696. During the same ycar
one private fortune reached and
passed the billion-dollar mark. There
are in the United States 1888 per-
sons with fortunes ranging from 49,
100000 to $1,0O0,O00,000, according
to the estimates of the treasury de-
partment.
Perhaps Mr.. McAdoo fears that the
big business community will commit
sabotage. bring on panic, paralyze
the. nations industrial processes, 1t
congress ignores its (and his) demand
that the tax rate on excess war profits
be left at the present maximum of 81
per cent. with sliding scale down
ward, instead of being increased to
the 80 per cent that England takes.
It is fear that reflects on the energy
and courage of Attorney General
Gregory, who has set his face like
flint against sabotage as practiced by
the I. WV. Seriously, 1t m'.kes too
light of the enthusiasm and devotion
of the American people, and of the
power of Mr.. McAdoo's chief. the
president, to mobilize public opinion
against any group who might dare to
withhold capital. machinery or nat
ural resources from the fullest pos
sible usefulness In the promotion of
the national enterprise. And back Of
these agencies is the power to COM
mandeer.-The Public.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
STEAM ENGINEERS WILL MOVE


At the regular meeting Of Steam
Engineers union last evening 1t was
decided to change their meeting place
from Socialist hall to the room In
Eagles hall to be fitted up by the
Trades Council, the change to be eff
fective the first Of February.
An error crept into the report of
newly-elected officials OF the Engi-
neers in last weeks issue. Arthur
0stby was elected and installed as
vice-president instead of c. E. Rose.
as stated.
Routine business was quickly dis
posed Of and then the question box
was taken up and about two hours of
time occupied in pleasant and in
structive discussion Of queries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
PROTEST PIRATICAL PRACTICES
OF REAL ESTATE MEN.

The Seattle Metal Trades Council
has passed resolutions and author
ICED committees to draft letters pro-
testing to the United States shipping
board, members of congress. the pres
ident, and city and state offctals,
against the exorbitant rent increases
in Seattle, as center of war indus
tries, citing numbers of instances In
which rents have been Increased SO
per cent. 1t is charged that the realty
mems association has in many cases
increased the rents without the pre-
vious consent of the owners Them
selves. Some of the owners are OBJ
jecting to the unpatriotic acts OF the
realty mems combine, but are told
that now is the time for property
owners to "get theirs" and that the
realty association Is playing the game
toward that end.
The Metal Trades Council has adj
vised its $4,000 members and their
friends to refuse to pay the rent in
creases above those which already
prevailed in December, and further
advised the citizens to force the realty
sharks to eject them through court
proceedings. 1t is not probable that
the real estate sharks will start thou
sands of ejectment proceedings in the
courts at the same time, yct the indi-
vidual families are promised the full
aid and resources Of the organized
labor movement to back them up In
their fight against the ejectments II
secured against them in the courts.
The Seattlei Central Labor Council
has given the protest of the Metal
Trades Council its Endorsement after
hearing a report of special commit
tee on the housing problem. In the
report the charge Is made that since
August / rents for houses, cottages
and apartments such as are usually
occupied by workingmen had been In
creased not less than As per cent, and
that the committee had proof that
many landlords had since the first Of
the present month sent out notices
of a further increase of rents to be-
come effective February l and March
l. Such increases were absolutely
unjustified by the increase in wages.
the report declared.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
SQUARE ARMY OFFICER.

Major Herman of the regular army
at Coffeyville Kan. declined to act
as strikebreaker against refinery
workers at the Sinclair and National
plants. These concerns refused to
meet a committee of their employees
on strike and howled for troops ito
protect their property" Major Her
man was ordered to make an investi-
cation.
The army officer reported that he
could see no necessity for troops and
that II the employers dealt fairly
with their workers the strike would
soon be settled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
sCHwAB HAD A "TIP."

Last week Charles NJ. Schwab.
millionaire steel magnate, was given
much newspaper publicity when he
said he would put his private rail-
road car in storage during the war
ito conserve coal"
In later editions the same news
papers, in announcing the govern
ment's control of railroads. noted
that Director General Of Railroads
McAdoo would probably put an end
to the numberless private cars that
are being hauled by railroads to
transport one man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
SOME JOB.

1t will require a huge corps OF
assistant censors when the U. s.
places a million men at the fronc =
If the present exercise of discretion
al authority is to be the rule. A let
ter from France. received in Oiym-
pia this week, contained the SEN
tence: "A bunch of niggers fur
nished fine music on the boat" The
censor eliminated ringers"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
THE LOCAL GRIST

that the department will receive in
dorsement of the other trades unions
of the city as the matter is presented
to them officially. This will give to
this page $50 interested readers
citizens who have direct personal
interest in the news of organized
labor which will be published from
week to week.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-25
LOYALTY WEEK ENDORSED.

Endorsement of the national labor
loyalty week. set for February 10 to
16 by the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy has been given
by the American Defense society and
the executive council of the National
Civic Federation. A resolution adopt
ed by the council urges that loyalty
week be made the occasion for all cit
Gems ito attest their appreciation of
the splendid record of American labor
since the war"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
South Amboy Road To Be
Built by Decemb

Plans for one of the most important
road improvements that has been made
in New Jersey since the day of the
automobile were consummated last
week, when, at the suggestion of the
Highways Transport Committee of New
Jersey, composed largely of members Of
the Motor Truck Club of that state.
the United States War Department.
through its ordnance department,
granted an appropriation of $21 900 to
build new road from the southern
end of the Amboy Bridge to Borden
town Avenue, in South Amboy. The
road is to built as a war measure. as
it is absolutely necessary, in order to
continue the motor trucking of supplies
and finished material this winter to
and from the government loading
plants at Morgan station.
The road covers a distance of two
miles, and when it is finished it will
complete a straight stretch of hard
pavement from Newark to the shore
localities of Red Bank, Long Branch
anu |AoOulS dEh. MS StEcLCn, Wnlcn
was of gravel construction and about
the worst piece of thoroughfare in the
state, has been a missing link in New
Jerseys good roads. 1t Will bring about
the elimination of the notorious "Hole
in the Wall" tunnel under the Penn
sylvania Railroad at the entrance to
South Amboy, the private right of way
of the Pennsylvania running parallel
being adopted for the new route in
stead of the old hole road.
The new construction will be tenn
porary for the winter. and will consist
of a bed CT trap rock, with tar
binder for the surface. 1t is to be
completed before December /, to have
1t down before the SHOWS come. Then
as part Of the agreement by which the
War Department: makes the temporary
improvement. the New Jersey State
Highway Commission has agreed to
take it over and make it part of the
state road system and build a perma-
nent road next summer
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Bad Repairing Hurts as
Much as Bad Driving

Motorists who are tired of being
lectured about the harm done to tires
by careless driving will be glad to hear
the blame for premature tire ruin laid
partly on other shoulders.
"While it is true that most of the
tire injuries which come to our atten-
tion have been caused by careless driv-
ing, they have usually been aggravated
by bad repairing" says A. j. PEBBLES,
manager Of the New York Tire Service.
Inc, 1860 Broadway, distributors Of
United States tires.
"A good repair man is as hard to find
as the proverbial snow storm in july.
He must know everything about the com
pleX structure of tires; be interested
enough to study the particular injured
tires brought to him and careful in the
work of repairing.
We have found that former workers
IN tire factories who have learned all
the processes make the best repair men,
they know tires as we'll as the expert
who designed them
The simplest form of injury is a
cut, but even this requires careful re-
pairing. First, the cut must be thor
oughly washed and trimmed Unless
this is done the sand works into the
tire and the friction wears away the
rubber and fabric. When the hole has
been filled with rubber scraps the tire
must be heated so the patch is welded
in with the other structure. Otherwise
the patch would come out and leave a
cavity. Finally, the outside patch must
be trimmed SO that the tire will run
smoothly.
Preparing the thread is important.
not only because it improves the ap-
pearance of the tire, but because it
makes smooth running possible. Bump
ing on tire ruins the inner fabric; the
regular and continuous shock breaks
and tears even the strongest body.
when the tire fabric has been seri
ously injured an entirely new section
must be inserted-that is. about eight
inches of tire must be rebuilt. The re-
pair man must exercise as much care
as the workmcn and inspectors in the
factory where the tire was made.
The most important qualification Of
repair man is the ability to judge when
tire is SO worn that the cost of re-
pairing will not be justified by the ad
ditional mileage obtained. Our men re-
ject as beyond repair very few of the
tires that come TO them"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Magnetos Now Standard for
Multiple Cylinder Engines

The Federal Trade Commission has
granted to the Spltdorf Electrical
Company, of Newark, q license under
certain Bosch patents, about which va
rious conflicting notices have appeared
in the press. With view to making
public a correct statement concerning
the matter, G. W. Curtiss, general man
ager Of the Splitdorf Electrical Com
pany, says:
ut is true that the splitdorf Elec-
trical Company has been granted a
sion to use two United States patents
owned by Robert Bosch, OF Stuttgart,
Germany. do not believe these pat
ents have been used 20 any extent by
the Bosch Magnetic Company, of Spring
field. Mass. The Splitdorf company was
ordered to make use of these patents
by the Secretary of War at the drec-
ton of the President OF the United
States, in connection with magnetos for
war airplane purposes. The patents do
not relate in the remotest degree to
the principle of construction embodied
IN the Dixie magnetic, which is made
under numerous United States and for
e'sn patents owned or operated under
by the Spltdorf Electric Company only.
"Thc Bosch patents in question re-
late merely to details, standard prac-
tlce abroad, which the government au-
thorities wanted for the following rea-
sons: Patent 1030817 relates to a bind
ing post for connecting electric cables.
This is a detail of construction com
monty used abroad and with which Eu-
ropean aviators and mechanics arc ia
miliar. Naturally, by Incorporating
this detail in the Dixie magnetic, cables
on foreign magnetos would then readily
interchange with the American product,
and probably for this reason the Split
dorf Electrical Company was instructed
to use this patent.
There are many other ways OF at
taching cable to d magnetic, and some
OF them. covered by Splitdorf patent
applications pending, may even be
preferable to the one shown in the
patent; but, as this was already being
used ebroad, it was adopted as standard
here.
"Patcnt 1O14s24 relates to an ignition
system, wherein high tension start
ing magnetic is connected to the main
magnetic in such a way that the start
ing magnetic may be operated by hand
IN order to furnish a starting spark
the spark plugs in the usual manner.
From the distributor of the main mag
neto a cable is connected to the start
ing magnetic and when the latter is
rotated by means of the crank. high
tension current will flow into the dis
trlbutor of the main magnetic where
Il is distributed by means of an
auxiliary brush. located behind >the