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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
SOUTH AMERICANS ARE
COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

| SANTIAGO. April la. Pl-The
South American countries will be COM
mercial clients of the United States so
/ long as they are not able to avail them
selves of more advantageous markets,
says the newspaper Ultimas Noticias in
an editorial in which it asserts Ameri-
can goods Ordinarily are of inferior
quality"
The paper says the war permitted
| the United States TO enter into COM
mercial relations with the South AM
orleans who "by force of necessity
were obliged to accept Americas
strange system ,diametrically opposed
to those that had been used by the
great producing nations of the old
world" 1t is well known. the paper
declares, that the methods employed
by the North American exporter differ
notably from those followed by the
exporters Of Great Britain and above
all by Germany.
THE American goods apart from
beineI ordinarily of inferior quality
are costly the paper adds, "and in
addition the goods are badly packed.
This results in heavy losses More
over. the Americans do not coneede
credit and if they do concede credit it
is on terms little acceptable"
Replying to the newspapers charges
of inferiority in American merchan-
disc, writer in the newspaper FL Mer-
curio. signing himself Chilean NOR
chant says "If American goods are
consumed hy I50. 100000 Americans
and Canadians fact by nearly half
the population of the uniyerse-are
you not able to be assured that Am
erican merchandise should be good
enough for we South Americans
Answering the newspapers asser-
tlon that American export methods
are entirely different from those em-
ployed by the Europeans. the Chill
can merchant" says there are two rea-
sons for this: first, because the Euro
peans have demonstrated that their
system of selling has not proven bene-
ficial since "it only has facilitated fic-
ticious businesses without foundations
resulting largely in heavy losses
through bad arrangements or bank
ruptcies;', and secondly, because the
Europeans are not able today to ex-
tend long term credits through lack
of means. The Chilean merchant
thinks the period of long term credits
has passed never to return, and con-
tinues.
What occurred here In Chile before
the world war? A foreigner would ar
rive and set up a business with, say,
20, 900 pesos. He then received visits
from the statesmen of European firms
who would deliver him merchandise.
At the end Of two years he would have
a credit with these houses for more
than 200 900 pesos. At the end Of an
other year he had declared bankruptcy
accidental or fraudulent-thuso occa-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
MOTION
PICURE NEWS
AT, TonAH


Owen Moore and The Chicken in
the Case. That VIII ho ihe comedy
combination on view nt the Alta thea
irc Tor todaf 20 Mr and Mrs screen
Fan, N you have SMILES ,o smile, pre-
parc 10 smile them then.
In hia latest sclznick picurc Mr
Moore has been provided with another
~ hls weu-knopn and exclusive type
~ screen characters. aud ii is prophe-
shed that his role 30 steve rerkius
wlll be long rcmcmhrred ae the fun-
ulea thing Ne has ever done.
The story. Wy Victor Hecrumn, IS
straight comedy vcreine into farce. ana
the hero Is young man who tries to
delnde his aunt. rhn IS also his finan'
cial guardian. into believing he has
married and settled down, whereas he
Is merely snelc and irving To get
enough money io settle np. To carry
out the deception he enlists the sid OF
his pal. Percy Jones, from whom he
ptrsuades the loan" ~ his newly ac-
quired wife. What happens from thea
on il better described IN action than
In words. and the action. and there Is
lots Of Il. will he found in this most
hilarious screen comedy
Victor Hccrman. in addition 90 heins
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
ARCADE TO-DAY
THEY LAUGH THEN CRY
AND THEN LAUGH AGAIN
At Nt'W CHAPLIN FIlA

They langhed and cried,
Then cried aud iaughcdl
And LETT the theatre with every
emotion from hysterical gales OF
laughter 90 the stuffed sobs of sym
pathy completely exhausted,
That was the experience 5f the audi
cnce ut the arcade Theatre last night
who went to the opening Of Charlie
Chaplin's new film, The Kid" widely
advertised as First Nationals six reels
~ joy. six reels OF joy tells hut halt
ef it. for while the comedian has never
been SO mirth-provoking in any pre-
vious production. the story which is
unfolded contains more real hesS'
throhs than many a picture that has
aunt un regulations for emotional ac-
tgesses
Charlie is himself. but he has in
jccted himself into a story of hear
interest that has seldom been eaualled
The synopsis Of 1t sounds rather trit,
Tor IL starts with the abandonment ol
her baby by the Woman who has beer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01

wronged. Charlie finds the baby and
raises him to hoyhood. The typica'
Chaplinesque methods of raising the
Kid are responsible for a good part of
the humor with which the piece
abounds, while his pitiable whimsical
procedure to gain the child's love
dampened many an eye. The dramatic
climax OF the film comes with Chap
Inns losing fight. and the Kids despair
when the law separates them. but this
is followed so closely by bit Of COM
edy which, perhaps. Is the best Of the
piece. in which Charlie rescues him
fter a chase over roof tops, that peo-
pie laughed the Jumps right out Of
their throats.
II you love comedy you cannot af-
ford to miss seeing The Kid and II
you enjoy being held enthralled in the
grip of pathos there is a treat await
ing after you get into the theatre where
il is showing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
ADJUSTMENTS
GRTFFITTs BAD SCAR
AND HOW 1T HAPPENED

d. w. Griffith bears on his check
today a scar that will probably never
disappear. 1t is the result of his brav-
cry in saving from death in the ice
choked White River of Vermont, an
assistant who was in imminent danger
of being washed down the stream in a
sudden flood It was during the takinS
of Way Down East" that the incident
occurred and Griffith himself was so
badly injured that he had TO suspend
eli operations for several days while
he lay in a farm house under the care
OF a surgeon. His right leg was ripped
open and both cheeks were badly cut
when he fell on the ice. However
he saved the man.
Way Down East has the most
thrilling ice scene ever presented be-
fore crowd of spectators. Indeed, 1t
il certain that no scene before shown
is as realistic as is that VIXEN Anna
Moore Gillian Gish) is rescued from
an ice floe by David Bartlett (Richara
Bartheimessl on the brink of a fall.
I A moment later the floe dashes over
the brink and crashes below. The ef-
feet is overpowering.
of course, such a scene could not
be rehearsed, but the participants
could be properly instructed before
hand. And it was Griffith himself
who did the instructing. Not only
that, but he also tried nearly every
thing before ne would let his actors
risk their lives He would personally
test each bit of ice that was to be used
by the actors as a resting place and
so great was the confidence of each
player in the director that there was
never a moments hesitancy in taking
chances, once ne was satisfied that he
could permit the scene to be photo
graphed.
Way Down East" under personal
presentation Of D. w. Griffith will open
three days engagement at the Alta
Theatre starting Tuesday April 5th at
Sis and will be shown twice daily
thereafter during the engagement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
"BrLnEr WILL LEAD PARADE

LOS ANGELES, cal, April LA.
P.)-"Bullet,' a veteran fire depart
ment horse. with 20 years service to
his credit. will lead a downtown parade
to be held here soon to mark the pass
ing of the remaining horse-drawn
equipment in the Los Angeles fire de-
partment.
Plans. for the parade were made re-
Gently when the fire commission decid-
ed to motorize the entire department.
At present there are thirty six horses
remaining in the service.
Bullet will wear a collar of flow
ers in the parade.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01

The anth0r ~ the story, Is also the d.
rector 0f the picture, and Il is claimed
that "Thc Chicken m the Case will
isiace him in The front ranks ~ comedy
producers.
In addition To the star the cast con-
Iains the names of Katherine Perry,
Teddy Sampson. Vivian ogden. Edga'
Nelson and Walter Walker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01

Victor Herman. in addition 20 hein'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01

sioning heavy losses to the European
creditors"
The merchant adds that Americans
always have extended credit to serious
firms that respect their obligations ana
90 business on solid basis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01
Don't try to fox trot on corn tortured
feet Get rid OF your coTns. IL you

have never seen q corn ticitled to death,
Just apply fesy drops OF "Gets-It, to
yours Then watch that corn die
peacefully az II IL had gone to sleep.
Soon It Is nothing hut ioOse piece Of
dead skin that you can lift right of
with your fingers.
Get after them now. Your druggist
has "Gets-It." Costs but o trifle-or
nothing at all IL IL fails. Mid. by +.
Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
Sold in Pendleton By Taiiman & Co.
and Economy Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-01

Elderly People Need This
In Medicine Chest
To relieve ehrcMe constipation, always
keep bottle Of Dr.. calaweli's
Syrup Pspsin handy.

NEARLY all people as they advance
IN Ia aQe suffer from chronic constlpa-
ton. Marry, however are indifferent to
the laxative they use, ON the theory that
they are all alike" That is a great
mistake.
Dir. Clldwelrs Syrup Pepsin, for eX'
ample, is mild, gentle liquid laxative,
and il does not lose its effect with re-
peated use. II so trains the bowel
muscles that in time medicines Of all
kinds can be dispensed with.
A sixtv-cent bottle cf Dr. Caldwelrs
Syrup Pepsin will last many months.
TIE prescription was written thirty
years ago by DIR. W. B, Caldwell, n we'll
known family doctor, who is himself
now in his Send year and can APP
preciate what chronic constipation
must mean TO elderly people; how it
brings ON headaches. colds, loss OF APP
petite and sleep, heaviness and a
general dull feeling.
Every home that has an elderly man
or woman should be provided with a
bottle Of DR., Caldwells Syrup Pepsin.
Eight million bottles were bought at
drug sto@es last year. It is a truly
wonderful Constipation remedy.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
Building Industries
Are Facing Big Strike
(By Federated Press)

New York-The Allied Building
Metal Industries--organized here last
fall with the assistance Of the Ma
tional Erectors' Association and COM
posed of the Employers Association
of Architectural Iron Workers, the
Association of Bronze and Iron Mas
ters and the Wire Manufacturers As
scciation-is facing a strike Of the
5000 employees in the industry. The
employees organization, the Inside
J,ln Workers of New York, have
voted unanimously to strike rather
thar accept a 10 per cent wage cut
announced Dy the bosses orpanlzotior
Notices Of the wage reductio have
been posted in $50 plants here, in
cI lding those Cf the Employers AS
eociatiCn Of Architectural Ir)l Wolk-
cis. whose president, F. G. So. ken
reitcr, testified two months age BE-
fore the .l lkwcod committee thar me
association charged $140 for the work
of one fnisher and helper for which it
paid about So Likewise the nolCcs
Of SIMILAR T;et reductions nave beer
;n~tcd in the shops of the As9,,Iafior
Of I:ron7c and iron Masters, Lhe hca,
of which admitted that his organiza-
.1on made Ike exorbitant pro IS on
the labor Of it's workers.
If the Ike becomes gel:'ll, a>
p sent CT ditions indicate, t will tie
u: the tuilupg industry of the city,
according 70 Abe Rosenthal, s-cretarl
Of the INSIDE l. onworkers' Un,,,. ] be
reductions Would cut the wages of
journcymen ucn fnishers an! bronze
fttecs from e.. a week to 81, and o.
jo jolrneymen : ca and bronze workers,
known as helpers, from S33 to $40
a We.k.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
Ford Not Worried By
Bushes Depression

Henry Ford is not worrying over the
industrial depression. He rambles
merrily along making little Fords and
paying his bills. Last month his
factories turned out $4,000 cars at a
profit of $189.16 to the car. His ag-
gregate profits amounted to $18,000,-
900, current bills were all paid and
$6,00O,000 were put to surplus ac-
count At the same time he reduced
the price to the ultimate consumer
$25 per car. Neither did he cut wages
of his employees. No manufacturer
ever before did the volume of business
or reaped the profit of Henry Ford,
and yet he is not the subject of ad-
verse criticism. The reason is that
he deals honestly with everybody,
even those who ride in his cars. The
Ford is sold in every country where
money circulates. Perhaps Mr.. Ford
owes his phenomenal success to hav-
ing kept out of the clutches of Wall
Street.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
American Legion
is VIEWED WITH DISTRUST BY
ORGANIZED LABOR
Chambers of Commerce, Employers
Associations and Big Business
Generally Very Friendly to
Soldier Organization
(By Federated Press)

New York-The use of the Ameri-
can Legion to establish policies and
laws which mock the rights of free
conscience, free speech and free as
sembly; attempts to manipulate the
schools, to do lip-service to labor
while covertly attacking it from be-
hind, to hamstring and terrorize the
alien, to obtain a prohibitve tariff
against the importation of foreign
ideas that might "spill the fat that
the privileged classes of America
have for so years been frying out of
the immigrant and working men and
women" are charged against the
Legion by Arthur Warner in the con-
cluding installment of his series of
articles on that organization in the
Nation" fo July 20. Mr.. Warner
summarizes the lawless and practical
ly unrestrained activities of the
Legion against almost every mani
festation of liberalism and radical
ism, however legitimate and proper.
In respect to it's pretended friendship
to conservative" labor he says:
"When one considers that at least
9 out of 10 of the men modified by
this country for the European war be-
longed to what is commonly called the
working class there must be some
thing wrong with an organization
among them that is regarded either
with yelled distrust or downright
hostility by the rank and file of or
ganized labor"
He points out that although Samuel
Gompers in the spring of 1920 gave
the Legion his rsement-although
he was careful to explain he was
speaking only in his personal capacity
the Legion's interference against
labor unions in countless strikes has
provided abundant reason for labor's
distrust. "The converse of labor's
distrust and hostility toward the
Legion" Mr.. Warner continues, "is
found in the tenderness and affection
felt for it by chambers of commerce,
employers associations and big busi-
ness generally
The Legion has officially sponsored
if not actually initiated, the article
declares, the vicious and unnecessary
"anti-sedition" and criminal syndical-
ism" legislation which has been
pressed before numerous state legis-
latures, usually against the opposition
of organized labor.
Concluding, the article calls atten-
tion to the fact that while the Legion
probably never included more than
one in six of the former service men,
it now can claim hardly one in eight
of such persons. "It contains an un-
due proportion of former officers.
Mr.. Warner writes, "and these men
nold most of the Offices in and control
the policy of the organization"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
R. R. Shopmen Refuse
To Accept Wage Cut
(By Federated Press)

Roseville, Cal.-The Roseville Fed
GRAFTON Of Railway Shopmen, consist
ing of carmen, boilermakers, sheet
metal workers, blacksmiths and cleo
tricians in the Southern Pacific yards
of this town, near Sacramento, have
served notice that they will not obey
new rules posted by the company,
extending the work day at straight
pay from eight to ten hours. They
state that after July 29 they will re-
fuse to work more than eight hours
day unles overtime is given for all
time over eight hours, and if any one
of them should be dismissed for this
refusal they will consider the action
dismissal of all of them and will
quit in q body.
The local brotherhoods of the rail-
way shop crafts have not followed the
shopmen in this action for the present,
pending the decision of negotiations
now on in Chicago as to the right of
the Southern Pacific to post notices
such as this without conference with
it's employees.
Meanwhile the brotherhoods are
voting, with heavy majorities, for fed
Grafton of the 16 brotherhoods into
cooperative amalgamation of all rail
road crafts and against acceptance of
the 1919 per cent reduction in wages
ordered by the company. Voting on
the latter question, however is being
held up very largely until the labor
board decides whether or not the
Southern Pacific was within its rights
in posting the wage cut notice in the
first place.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
Workingmen DepOrted
By American Legion
(By Federated Press)

Tulare, S. D-The deportations of
workers by organized bands of mem
bers of the American Legion continue.
Forty-four persons were herded to-
gether here and marched II miles to
Redfield, S. D., under guard of the
Legion and then ordered to keep on
going. The deportees claim that two
of their number are missing and foul
play by the mob is feared. One of the
missing men is named John Matson.
He and his companion were forcibly
separated from the rest of the de-
portees.
A mob of Legionaires surrounded the
section of town in which the workers
live and inspected all the men who
had not yet found jobs in the harvest
fields. The Legionaires claimed that
many of the men were members and
organizers of the |. w. w., carrying
on what was termed mammoth or
ganization drive.
The authorities gave every assist
ance to the Legionaires in their day.
light deportation. No arrests of mem
bers of the mob were contemplated,
officials said.
"Men who refuse to work for $3.50
day have no business in this town."
said one citizen.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
The Formula of In
efficiency

The latest scheme concocted by
railway managers to get money from
the government treasury is more
brazen, if that be possible, than pre-
vious attempts to loot that badly used
institution. 1t has been given the
highsounding and impressive term of
formula of ineffcicncy," but in plain
English it is downright, unredeemed
theft.
If the deal goes through the rail
roads will secure $1,500,000,O00 for
which they have not the least SEM
blance Of claim. If it fails, the man.
ayers will be forced to get down to
work in an effort to make honestly
the money needed to carry on trans
portation.
1t is not surprising that the Rail
road Administration is astounded at
the audacity of the so-called formula
Of ineffciency.' 1t is based on claims
which for the most part are entirely
aside from the demands recognized by
Congress when it passed the Cum
mins-Esch bill. it IS something that
the railroads overlooked when they
were putting into that discredited law
every item they believed Congress
would grant them. Having gotten by
statute about everything that was not
,o;lo1 tho hoUn
trumped up a lot of worthless claims
and are pressing for their payment
with diligence and industry that
would, if applied to the proper func-
tions of the railroad, assist materially
in untangling the mess in which they
kavc been placed by their wildcat
managers and manipulators.
Nobody seems to understand exact
ly what the formula of inefficiency"
implies. 1t seems to be based on the
theory that during Federal operation
of the railroads the workers were less
efficient than before, charge that
has been often and emphatically re-
futed. The government has agreed
to expend for maintenance as much
as the railroads expended during the
three year test period and as much
more as is represented by the in
creased cost of materials and labor.
So much is provided in the contract
between the government and the
roads.
Director General Davis declares
that payment of any sum above this
amount would be indefensible.
1t is inconceivable that any in
dividual in the government, or any
government bureau, would counten-
ance for one moment the position
that has been taken by the Associa-
ton of Railroad Executives. The ap-
proval of any part of the unjust, un-.
lawful and extortionate demands
made upon the government is en-
phatically not in consonance with
proper regard for the public welfare.
To permit the carriers to steal thous-
ands of millions of dollars, over and
above the very generous treatment
already accorded them, would un-
doubtedly be the last straw that would
break the public's patience.-Labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
The Yellow Peril
CHINEE" is WANTED
IN HAWAII
Breach in Exclusion Wall Advocated
by President Harding, Sugar
Planters and Big Banking
Interests
(By Federated Press)

Washington-Cheap Chinese labor,
indentured and bonded to be shipped
back to China after it's period of Toll
is done, may soon be provided for the
sugar planters in Hawaii to break the
trade union spirit developed among
the Japanese plantation laborers
there.
Senator Dillingham;, of the Senate
immigration committee, and Dele
gate kalaniaonaole of Hawaii have
introduced a joint resolution, which
already has been favorably reported
in the House, giving to the secretary
Of labor authority to admit to Hawaii
"such aliens otherwise inadmissable
as he may deem necessary to meet
the existing emergency" whenever
the president shall declare an emer-
gency to exist in labor shortage either
in general or in any particular class
or classes of workers in the territory.
This deliberate breach in the ex-
clusion wall, aimed to admit enough
coolies to destroy union standards of
wages and hours of labor established
by the strikes of the japanese union
lists in the islands, is apparently the
official policy of the Harding admin
instration. 1t is advocated by Hard
ing's recent appointee to the gov
ernorship of the territory. 1t is an
admitted step toward reducing the
standard of living for the mass of
wage workers in Hawaii.
In due time the Senate will have a
chance to discuss this kind of swell
fare" legislation, and to ask some
embarrassing questions of Mr.. Hard
ing.
Protests against House Joint Reso-
luton 82-the Chinese measure-are
already pouring in. The sinister
warning to labor on the mainland is
evidently Delng neafd.
Nevertheless, Dillingham's COM
mittee proposes to hold hearings on
the scheme with the purpose of shap-
ing it up for passage at this session
of Congress.
The sugar planters want it and the
bankers want the sugar planters to
have it. The fact that the American
Federation of Labor and the japanese
and other trade unions involved are
making an outcry against the de-
grading influence of indentured
coolies, held and guarded like crimi-
nails or slaves until the unions are
broken, does not disturb the plans of
the administration at all.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
Unemployment Grows

Albany, N. Y.-The state depart
ment of labor reports no halt in The
decline cf industrial activity. Unem-
ployment increased 2 per cent from
May to June, accoring to reports from
1,54O representative factories. The
total unemployment decline during
the last IS months amounts to % per
cent. Since March, 1920, unemploy-
ment in the metal industries has in
creased 44 per cent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-07-29
State Owned Shop Forces Reduction

Sidney, N. S. W.-The New South
Wales Labor government has opened
its first state-owned butcher shop.
An immediate reduction in the price
of meat, ranging from 25 to so per
cent, followed The state plans to
open shops in every large center
around Sydney and force private
sellers to give cheap meat to the
public. -