The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-06-28
ATTENDED LOYAL lOGGFRS
CONVENTION AT SPOKANE
$50 Delegates Attend-Harmony
and Patriotism Prevailed
Throughout the Meeting.

the loggers' convention at Spokane
by Mr.. L. o. Taylor, Mr.. ]. B. De
Blois, Mr.. Jos. E. Melvin and Mr..
Robt. Hull. The latter reported
harmonious and patriotic gathering.
Over 25,0O0 loggers who have
pledged themselves to Loyalty sup
port the government throughout the
war were present. Col. Bryce P.
Disque, of Portland, head of the
spruce production division of the
United States army, will settle all
problems confronting the Loyal Le-
gion of Loggers by a practically
unanimous decision of the 800 dele
gates present last Saturday.
TIL recommendation of the COM
mite on wages that so cents an
hour be established as the wage
basis with the usual spread for each
line of special skill-covering some
so classes of skilled workers-was
turned down by Col. Disque in his
speech at the close of the convention.
"The question is not a minimum
wage problem" said Colonel Disque.
81 will not have anything to do with
a minimum wage during the war
If these were peace times I would
consider a minimum wage question
paramount, but the problem now is
to serve our country in its time of
need.
Get it into your heads that there
is no camou1age about this thing.
The profiteer is being exposed and
will soon be compelled to hide his
face among a patriotic people, and
this applies to all profiteers, be he a
laboring profiteer or a manufactur-
ing profteer.
ave won't go a step further until
the employers put the same con-
fidence in the spruce division of the
army that you have here this after
noon"
"But make no mistake. The Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lunbermen
is not union and it will not be
made an instrument to accomplish
something that could not be done be-
fore the war. I am a personal friend
of Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
think that America is extremely for
tunate to have such a patriotic man
at the head of the united labor or
ganizations of this country during
so perilous a time. But the state
ment that the eight-hour day was
obtained through the American Fed
Grafton of Labor is not so. l estab-
lished the eight-hour day in the log
ging industry.
"The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen is a federal organiza-
ton to bring labor and employers in
to a fair understanding in the inter-
ests of this government during the
war.
"This is a war in which our
country is needing every dollar for
its part in the conflict and to help
support our allies. There is a limit
to the amount of money that can be
obtained for this war.
"Get yourselves in the frame of
mind to meet your employers half
way. Display to them the spirit
that you have shown here today.
"Give each man who works with
you a reasonable time to become a
member of the loyal legion. If after
fair discussion his patriotism cannot
be appealed to and he refuses to
join you loyal workers, tell him to
beat it. He has no place there
among loyal men in patriotic work"
The resolution, whereby $4,000
lumber workers agree to abide by
the decision of Col. Disque in the
matters of hours of work, wages
and conditions, follows:
"Whereas, we, the duly elected
delegates of $4,000 loggers and lum-
bermen of the Inland Empire dis
trict, all members of the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen,
are assembled in convention in the
city of Spokane on this the 22nd
day of June, 1918, and
Whereas, we feel that the war
program of our government de-
mands every condition tending to
stabalize labor conditions, and
Whereas, we believe the organi-
zation of the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen to be the prop
er agency for control of all labor
conditions, including hours of work,
rates of pay and living conditions in
our industry, be it
Resolved, That we hereby give
pubic expression to our confidence in
the head of the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen, Colonel Brice
p nisnue II 6 A and nledge otir