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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
NORTHWEST REAL ESTATE
ASSOCIATION ELECTS
LIVESEY PRESIDENT

TACOMA. Aug. 27.-tC. PD-Percy
named president OF the Northwest
Real Estate Association at the annual
convention in Paradise Valley. Tho
next convention will be held in Van
couVer. Is. c,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27

Back In office.
Miss Vera Huey, formerly stenog-
rapher in the office a Supt. II. E. In
low. is back for a short time taking
care Of the stenographic work. She
was student at the University Of
Oregon last year and expects to attend
again this year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27

today, September wheat closing at
$1.21. December at S1.22% and May
at S1.25A. Yesterdays closing quota
tions were $1.19&, $1.21A and
$1.24A, respectively.
Following are today'S quotations,
received by Overlook & Cooke, local
brokers:
Wheat
open High Low Close
Sept. S11gh >s1.2112 $11S& s1.21
Dec. 1.al 1.22A 20 1.22%
May 1.24h L26A L2SA 1,25&
Sept. .54as .54a SAX .54%
Dec .549s sass .54 .54%
May .5Sss .5S1s .57ss .5sB
Wheat--Buying by seapoard inter
ests export sales had but little nflu-
ence early in the day, but found reflec-
tion in the market toward the close
when the decline failed to bring out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
!, e% *% = %A . = ~4 .
IA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

= August 26-SO-Water First
. Aid course at City Natatorium.
= Direction of Joseph c, Hedges.
+ September 10-Hermistoh Ex-
= pertinent Station Field Day.
. September 19-24--Northwest
= Grain and Hay Show.
y September 20, 23, 2l--Annual
Pendleton Roundup.
October 7-S--Seventh Annual
= Dairy and Hog Show, at Her
= miston.
. q . 3 Q - NA AA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
Is New En,plose

r. w. Inman, who for the past 10
years has been employed by tffe coyey
Motor Co. in Portland, IS new addi-
ton to the Peterson Brothers Garage.
Mr.. Inman spent the entire time spe-
cializing In Cadillac work and will
work. exclusively on this make Of car
In Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
KiddIcs like show

Kiddics like Show
over 800 children saw the Wolford
Dog and Monkey Show yesterday at
the Alta theatre. The youngsters are
enthusiastic over the performance. A
pleasing feature is the performance
by Tex Bender, cowboy fiddler. The
show continues tonight In conjunc-
ton with the Red Cross life saving
demonstrations the various methods
used in saving
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
Called BY Death

NHITVU IIy- IJVUIH
Mrs ID. E. Cargill and sons, Louis
Careill and Wallace Cargill, accom-
panied BY Mrs. Wallace Cargill. left
today for Nez Perce, idaho, where
they were called by the death of Mrs
CargilPs granddaughter. Florence Car
gill, aged 11.swho died yesterday. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Cargill, who survive their
daughter. Four brothers also survive
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
sNezQs Notes of PendletOn
New Counter Completed.

The new outside cigar counter for
the office Lunch, on Main street, was
finished yesterday, and is an attrac-
tive addition to the store. All the
work was done by local men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
S. A. Sells Ice Cream

The salvation Army will serve Ice
cream and cake at their hall on Alta
street next Saturday from 1880 p. m.
to Z p. M, for the benefit OF their To-
cal relief fund.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
WHEAT
OPTIONS CLOSE, Sl.2l

Wheat shows strong upward trend
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

square meal, but a sum in Galleries,
proteids and 'vitamines. And still the
machinery ground out more efficien-
cy experts of 81 varieties. They
bawled at you from the magazines,
promising to train your memory TO
remember. million useless things
that any sane person is glad to forget.
They could make you such a superb
salesman that you could sell anybody
anything they had no use for.
"A1ld all the while American busi-.
ness was becoming more inefficient.
This is really odd. Is it possible that
there could be anything wrong in the
methods of this multitude Of experts.
80 PINNED with pep, so unhurdened
with any foolish handieaps as wisdom
and experience? Think it over your
self ':,,..,-,, 49,
'While in a train bound west NOT
long ago met the sales manager OF
a large corporation that makes MA
chine tools. He explained that he
was just visiting around the country.
among the firms customers, trying to;
re-establish the quaint, out date re-
Iations of personal acquaintance aud
mutual interest and courtesy, Of whatI
used to be genuine, service. He was:
trying to sell nothing. His president
had come to the conclusion that some.
thing was wrong with. the system of
blue prints and experts ana pep and
punch" .:r.t.. 800. @r-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

Wy employss department. 81 III Amer.
lean Federation " Labor was organ,
lied, strikes were almost chronic. Y
IF, then, these national agreements
have brought about . condition ef
stable peace, they must be I pretty
good thing, the average open minded
citizen win admit. II they secure un-
interrupted transportation, which we
did not have before their advent it
would seem unwise to discard the ma
chinery that brought about peace and
tranquility. In demanding return to
the old condition the railroads are
seeking war and not peace:
Economists for the workers have
presented to the labor board proof that
agreements with workers have contrib
uted actual savings AZ we'll as peace.
They offer figures to prove their con
tention that economical and efficient
management has been lacking, and that
this lack imposes an unnecessary cost
upon the roads Of billion dollars q
year.
It has also been proved that railway
workers are today receiving less for
their labor than other workers engaged
in similar lines Of effort. 70 say that
any man employed in transportation il
getting more than he earns is to utterly
disregard the facts.
The issue is simple and clear cut. 1t
is whether tho railroads are to be per-
mitted to continue methods that enrich
a few insiders and impoverish the
roads. The workers demand that trans.
portation be organized and maintained
with a, conception Of public. service
first and foremost. The managers want
their little CRAFTS and perquisites with
out regard to consequences.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
So-Called deficiency" Has Run to Seed

The doctrine, or curse, or religion
of efficiency, whichever you may pre-
fer to call the d-detestable thing. was
at first .beguiling novelty" writes
Ralph D. Paine, in the MANCHESTER,
N. H., Union.
cit appealed to one as filling long
felt want. It would do away with the
well known American habit Of waste
and helter-skelter, and getting results.
As II by magic, efficiency engineers,
experts and managers sprouted every
where after brief intensive training.
The silly idea that 1t took years to
learn to do anything well was shown
to be obsolete. A correspondence
course showed you how to stroll into
the executive office Of any corpora
ton and reorganize the plant from top
to bottom. All that was required was
a set of text books, d leather case full
Of blue-prints ana a snappy deneanor.
The process was known a. installing
q system with punch behind It. :
1.-THE methods of the blueprint. the
chart analysis. the snappy approach,
and the selling problem affected social
relations like the measles. The
churches fell i'll Of it, the colleges had
symptoms and such parts Of it as
could be made to fit were wished on
helpless babies. Z, Strong men grew
thin and frightened their belts another
notch, because food was no longer a
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
Advertise And Keep At II

reminded Of
white brother
feather
In the declare the white
j. T. ~. -
like putting and expecting
build the
what
makers Of Pears adversed for
few years for them to see that who advertising
systematically.
little a horn
Within week there's who'll
The who advertises by
Is the who's always kicking because it
The 8 on a-hunping every
is the pay
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
FOR A. SALEs TAX.

Certain selfish interests are endeav.
oring to bring abount fundamental
change in our tax laws. They want
congress to substitute indirect taxes
for direct taxes.
If they have their way, the excess
profits tax will be repealed and the
tax OH large incomes will be reduced
while the tax on small incomes and
moderate incomes will remain undis.
turbed, and "sa1es taxi will be
added.
They say they are advocating all
this for the peoples good.
How much do you think you will
benefit by having Rockefeller IS income
tax reduced Is per cent?
How much better Oft do you believe
you will be if every time you make a
purchase Of any, kind you are COM
PEELED TO pay taxf
The people Of tho United States
fought for 20 years to get graduated
income tax.
First the supreme court blocked
them by a vote Of I've to four. Do
you remember that decisione One Of
the justices changed his mind, and his
vote, over night and deprived the
treasury Of billions Of revenuee
Then an amendment to the eonsti.
tuition was forced through and we be.
gan taxing incomes in 1913. .,,
Up to that tims we had raised prac.
tically all our federal revenue from
the tariff and taxes on liquor and to.
baeeo. Since then the bulk Of our
revenue has come from incomes and
excess profits. =.
If the men who pay the income and
excess profits taxes were able to pass
them along to the people do you think
they would be seeking a ch&nges 4
Can you imagine them hiring men to
60 up and down the country champion
ing something which would take dol.
lars OUT Of their pockets and keep dol.
lars, int your pockets .7.. - . d:
Of course, not. = --&&>.: "a
They want Uncle Sam to raise his
revenue through sales tax and in
nunaerabls tariff taxes because they
know that will shift the burden Of
supporting the government from the
shoulders OF the rich to the shoulders
Of the poor and the moderately we'll
TODD. =. =. s>ls :*..S &. i Il IA
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
WORKING IN DULUTH.

In this issue Of The Labor World
will be found the sixth serial of the
story Of "The Labor Spy" in which
reference is made to the methods pur.
sued by the Russell. Detective Agency
Of Chicago to ''get business'' from
the employer, and how its agents At.
tempt to provoke trouble in order to
insure their continuance Of employ.
ment.
The Russell Detective Agency is now
employed by the Builders Exchange
Of Duluth, and probably the Citizens
Alliance, to "detect'' the "secret'
operations Of the building trades union.
which have protested against the wage
reductions the contractors arc attempt.
ing to force upon the workers.
It should be interesting to employ.
ers to read how this company does til
work and how it uses its agents to stir
up trouble among, otherwise peaceful!
and law-abiding workmen.
Any self-respecting employer, after
reading this exposure, should be
ashamed Of himself if he continues to
be a party to the employment of such
a firm. If trouble Of a serious char
acter grows out of the present strained
relations between employers and en-
ployes in the building industry it will
come from the paid spies Of such de.
,tective agencies, and not from the hon
est workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
"NATU1AL' LAWS.

When the worker objects to a reduc~
ton in wages or the farmer complains
because the prices st his products have
fallen, they are assured that certain
"natural" laws are operating in
perfectly natural way and that if they
are patient they will all eventually
reach tnormalcy.''
Apparently these "natural" laws
only affect the producers. The non
producers are above and independent Of
them.
BY way Of illustration:
The four million jobless workers
who are walking the streets Of Ameri-
can cities are probably losing in wages
$500, 100000 or $500, 100000 month.
The farmers have been compelled to
pocket a loss Of between five and ten
billions Of dollars on last years crops.
At the same time the newspapers
tell us that the earnings Of the Stand
ard Oil companies for the first three
months Of this year have broken all
records. Since the parent company was
" dissolveAs'' by the supreme court ten
years ago, because it tiagrantly violated
the antitrust law this group of COM
panies has paid the fortunate stock
holders more than $s00,000,000.
Then the United States Steel Cor
poration comes forward with d state
ment that its net earnings III 1929
amounted to $1o9, 694, 227, an increase
Of 43 per cent over, 1919.
-. There is something fundamentally
wrong with an economic system which
produces such results mad no amount Of
patter about ''normalcy" or "nat-
ural" laws can blind the producer to
that fact.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
"DEsTR0Y TIE uNIoNs!,'

"What shall it profit a man if he
gain the whole world and lose. his
own soul?' This quotation from the
Good Book may not be- literal, but
there is no installing its meaning.
What shall it profit the Eopen shop
pers''-~institutets Of the so-e&lled
" American plan III they destroy the
labor unions and annihilate| tho aspira-
tons Of the wage earners for better
social and economic conditions9
At the present time-not only here
IN Duluth, but throughout the entire
United states-anti-union employers
have sounded the battle cry: "Orx4n-
lied Labor Must Be Dest1oyed!'' One
need 60 no further than to quote the
frank statement Of Eugene g. Grace,
president of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration, who boldly admits that no
steel o. iron will be furnished any
erector unless he guarantees s1eh
steel or iron will not be erected by
union labor.'' - : =
And this is the tEAuaeriean, - the
"open shop" plan By which, ito p1sus:
ible e1ponents have sought to gun Tie
American public into believing thsre
is to be no discrimination between
union. +and non-u1ion: labor. II
o1easizsd labor ssys the union Shop
IL ~ ftal s. opez shop. = 1t isyopsn
e q workers in svsryj, trads ind 81.
dastr ~Ae desire TO join. No mattst
what their past attitude has been, n
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
THE NAVY STEAM BOILER.

The navy department will make no
compromise with the q sincere fools''
who are talking disarmament. When
the Colorado, our newest $4,000 tor
dreadnought, slid into the water az
Gently at Camden, Assistant Secretary
Theodore Roosevelt voiced his view Of
disarmament advocates thus: "Some
Of these people are perfectly sincere
pacifists, some Of them are perfectly
sincere fools, and, incidentally, they
are the same thing.' Next day Presi.
dent Harding told a delegation Of Phil
adelphia Quakers that the United States
could not make naval reductions with.
out the cooperation Of other powers.
These arc no words without deeds.
After session Of the eoudeil Of the
seeretary Of the navy on March 16
Secretary DENLY announced that the
department would ask congress to
adopt the naval appropriation bill as
amended by the senate committee and
killed by Senators Borah and King.
What this means the country does not
realize.
The senate bill adds $100,oOo,o0o to
the $396,00o,o0o carried by the house
bill. II provides for 10000 men in:
stead Of 100000. 1t carries 100000, 900
for the continuation Of tho 1916 pro
gram and adds to it two airplane car,
riers at a cost of SIC, 100000 each. It
makes the initial appropriations 70,
great naval developments in the Pa:
cific, notably new naval base a;
Alameda, which will cost $100,000,Oo0
by the time it is done.
Senator King declares that it will
require billion to complete the 1916
program and another half billion fo1
the necessary. yards and docks. His
| estimate for annual maintenance is at
least $5oo,00o,ooo.
There is a sharp intimation that the
navy is to be concentrated in the Pa.
cific. Not only does this mean further
expense; it. IS 4 definite threat t.
Japan. Naval officers are talking in
their usual nisehievous way of wa,
with that country within three years
The naval policy of the administra
ton is already clear. Nothing but con
gress stands between the people an,
the proposed orgy Of spending which
Will surely culminate in war. Infper
ia1istic business drives, the navy steam
roller steadily forward. Only grsat
popular movement can hurl the drive
from his seat and reverse the machine
There are signs Of such a movement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
OPEN SHOP rrrlnR1ka our

4 The 'open shop'' campaign, being
conducted by large employing INTEREST,"
throughout the country is said TO be
peterins out. Its manifest hypocrisy
is causing some 81 tho organizations
upon which. II: depended for support
to revolt in protest against both its
methods and the end sought to b
gained.
D The board of directors Of ths New
York Merchants Associations, ~ 81
The largest organizations Of It's kind in
The country, recently approved = report
ef its committee on industrial re1a-
tons that condemns tho nsovSIssnt md
:talls upon employers to show . more
Attttuds tswsYdS wo1k.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
SURVEYS AND SuKVBY1.

Coming ksnefAttont are certain u
have fun with this one Oh the score
Of the survey. :szs u
/, The world in general, and this. coun.
try in particular; is suffering from an
acute attack of infiammatory survey
tits. I'll r. :
A story told by. social worker in
New York city illustrates. the point
She was making . tubercular survey
When she finished her QUESTIONABLE In
+ home where every member Of the
family was afflicted, the father said
"What are you going to do for use''
81 am not sent to do anything, only
to make a survey 49,.
"You are the seventh to count US
When are they going to do some
thing?" - ~.
That human cry blows away at q
breath the whole fabric Of the survey.
Fancy surveyor going about among
the victims Of a railway wreck, count
ing how many there are with broker
legs, how many with scalded faces
how many pinned under the debris anG
asking their ages, their Christian
names, and of what diseases thei,
grandfathers died. She would b,
lynched. -. -
That is fair parallel to many o.
the surveys. There has been a fright
full wreck on the through train Of civ
ilization.. The victims are scAttsre,
about in anil stages Of mental an,
physical anguish, and we stop to coun
them. They are suffering. And W
count them.
Sad the day when all the milk O
human kindness shall have curdled t.
Survey Junket.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
At THE CROSS 1oADs9

TAsss Il avery poftent, svety sita, 81
! swiftly approaching ctisis, - the
Affairs 81 organized labor in the United
States. That the impending struggle
will be sharp and severe, labor il frank
enough to admit. A period Of unem-
ployment, Of lowered production ami
Of falling prices has been seissd upon
by labor's foes ne the strategic time
for 4 hand-to-mouth test Of strength.
Tbs Hopen shop' campaign il hardly
academic propaganda. As long as this
condition obtains labor is bound to be
at a disadvantage. 1t cannot utilize
its full strength nor progress as it
should progress. :.''' -
Under existing conditions industrial
peace can be kept in this country only
by an approximate equilibrium Of the
contending forces or the maintenance
of the "balance Of power.' When one
| side grows weak and, a condition Of
unstable equilibrium is brought about
the encroachment Of the other forces
status Of war. That is what seems
to be happening just now. In the fu-
ture industrial peace will be based
upon cooperation, upon common inter-
ests between employer and employe.
The bare fundamentals Of an indus-
trial code have not yet been accepted
by all employers in the United States.
AS long as labor has to fight for the
principle Of collective bargaining it
cannot be said that. the horizon of
new industrial era is observable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09

d shipper must pAy TOR the 4 service,
*aad probably Yaakss ingenuity could
devise syltem 81 which the cost g
tho road Of the ssrvics could b. de-
termined, but American railroad man
agement has not advanced: to that
point. 49, r.. =
1 No better evidence Of that could be
found than another press yarn given to
the newspapers few days ago.
According to this story, ths railroads
have just discovered that the. wage in.
crease granted BY. the U. $. Railroad
Labor Board last July will increase
the roads, payroll by $72o,ooo,ooo, in.
stead Of $62o,0o0, 900, the amount first
estimated. 49, -.
Here is difference Of. $loo, 1000, 900
year in the one item Of wages, and
yet It was not discovered" Tor nine
months, although, according to the same
veracious scribe, the roads have such
perfect system Of accounting that
they can tell the labor cost Of trans.
porting a bale Of hay from New York
to Seattle!
OF course, the story about the one
hundred million increase was as much
Of fake as the yarn about labor costs.
The fact is that the Interstate Com.
merce Commission estimated that the
increase for the month of July, 1920
would be a little less than sixty mil.
lions but the secretary Of the com
mission said it would be "unfair' to
multiply that amount by twelve. in
order to ascertain the cost for a year
! The railroads press agents ignored
the warning and proceeded to do the
very thing that the secretary sale
would be UNFAIR" aud the news
papers. printed the story on the frs!
| page without taking the trouble t.
verify it.
! The reason this method Of handling
the figures was unfair was because in
July, 1920, there were more men en-
ployed on the roads than at any other
time in their history. The roads had
been returned to private ownership
four months before, but Uncle San
was still paying the bills, and the rail
road managers were piling up expenses
at an unprecedented rate.
Between July, 1920, and March
| 1921, according to the railroads. claims
the number of employees was reduced
by 100000.
This meant saving in payroll
charges, according to the railroads, Of
$3.50, 100000.
So, as we have frequently stated:in
"Labor," even if we accept as gospe.
truth the most extravagant estimates
made by the railroads. publicity men
Of the effect Of the wage board ):
award, the total sum disbursed by the
roads on account Of wages is no create,
now than it was prior to July, 1926
"Labor.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
MORE EA1IBoAD PROPAGANDA

AS press agent for the Rockefeller
interests, Ivy Lee. long ago acquired
4 most unenviable reputation. Now
that he has become chief publicity man
for the Association Of Railroad Exeeu.
tives he is setting new records flo,
studied n1endaeity. #s@
One Of his latest performances il
| the issuance Of a bulletin entitled
Railroad Information. It goes to
newspapers, business and professional
men and to great numbers of farmers,
At first it was devoted to astounding
Misrepresentation concerning the
workings Of the national agreements
but recent numbers have purported to
give figures concerning the labor cost
Of transporting certain articles of. COM
neree between given points III III
The following paragraph picked At
random from i pile IT Lees bulletins
lis typical: Il r" .S
'sfOn copper from Anaconda, Mont;
to New York, the rate per hund1ed
pounds IN 1917 was so.75 cents. The
1abor cost alone ct tie present time
in; the movement Of 100 pounds Of
copper from Montana to New York il
IS cents, Or As eents more than the
entire rsts IN 1917. al N /. 4: :
Now, there y not the s1ishtsst foun.
dalton for those figures. No Railroad
In IN assountiag system which win
enabls il 10 tell tie labor cost Of trans-
porting an article : given distance.
Anyone wto doubts 4llst statement has
only to communicate with the Inter
stats Co11Ins rce Commission to asser-
tain tic truth. D. 1.
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