Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29

quently, and when they go out In
'.pqbEcH they appear better dressed
and more prosperous. In other
words, the home life has become
more ideal since Feb. 1917.
According to the management Of
the savings departments of Port
lands splendid banks. the growth OF
new accounts In those departments
was marvellous. Men who had never
saved a, dollar, or created a reserve,
made deposits with great regularity.
And the examples of the parents in
this particular have been followed
by the working soma and daughters.
Oregons wonderful record in the sub
scriptions to the various Liberty
Loans. can in large degree be at
tributed to the fact that her laboring
classes had bank accounts to draw
upon when the government called for
aid.
No state in the Union has done bet
ter in war work than has Oregon.
Her wonderful record of production
in her shipyards. and in her forests,
in her wooden mills. in her iron works,
in her wheat fields and in every
line of endeavor has been increased
because. in addition to the remark
able loyalty Of her people. whiskey
has not befuddled or incapacitated
her workers. They have been able
to give their effort fully: they have
not left their work to visit the sa-
loon and have returned to their fami-
lies at night sober and ready for an
i he
Any Employer VIII Testify
Any large or small employer of lab
or will testify to the beneficial results
of prohibition in Oregon. We will
take the record of the Portland dis
trict in shipbuilding for an illustra-
ton. No other district in the United
States has equalled the Portland dis
trict record up to this time. and in
Washington, another dry state, SINH
lar. wonderful results have been at
tanned in the construction of ships,
both steel and wood.
Perhaps no greater testimonial to
the cause of prohibition and it's eff
fects on the shipbuilding industry of
the country, could be had than that
Of Secretary of the Navy Daniels
who in testifying before the Senate
committee on agriculture, declared:
I'm the yards great improvement
was wrought by the introduction of
prohibition Many protested, par
ticularly at Mare Island. There are
some who are opposed today. But
Island yard destroyer was recent
ly completed in record time.
The workers in the shipyards are rs
patriotic as men in the Army nr
Navy, and they are quite as ready
to make any sacrifices needed to
win the war. Prohibition was op-
posed in the navy by large nuns
Der OF officers who feared its effec:
on the men. but there are mighty
few today who would go back to the
old order of things"
Shipbuilding has been Portlands
chief industry since the entry of the
United States in the great world war.
Sober and Industrious workmen have
met the demands Of the government
for 'ships and more ships" and they
have performed their labors better
because Of prohibition. Any ship
builder will confirm this statement.
The history of shipbulding in Port
land for the past 80 months is one of
remarkable achievement. Almost
unknown as a shipbuilding center in
1916, the city today occupies a pre-
emiIfent position as producer of
both wood and steel vessels. Shortly
after war was declared a few scat
tering contracts We're placed with
Portland constructors. So splendid
was the Portland record that more
and more contra cts became available
with the results that today four i'm
! mense plants are building steel YES
sells, while in the district. II yards
are building ships of wood.
Freedom from Accidents
Even a cursory examination of the
| figures will indicate the enormous
/ work being done in the Portland
! shipbuilding district to help the gov
eminent bridge the Atlantic 1t is
a tribute to the efficiency of the men
employed in that single branch of
war work 1t j. another proof that
! stimulants are not required to speed
up workmen. 1t is doubtful if the
| shipbuilders could hold together
their present splendid organizations
! of workers if the state of Oregon
were wet" There is also another
nection; it applies not only to ship
/ building, but to all lines of industry,
and that is the remarkable freedom
| from accidents which obtains in all
the large industrial plants of the