The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-05-05

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mcnt offered In California. from
which source It. was necessary for us
to secure the other so per cont oi
our crew. and tho boards findins Is
in every particular calculated to take
care Of the expressions OF this 20
per cent, and leaves us to secure the
other so per cent upon basis which
" know Is absolutely impracticablc
aud impossible.
Again quoting from tho report;
The board comedies that occa.
sions' may arise In any industry
| where strict adhcrcucc TO an cight-
hour day becomes ut once imprac'
tical and an injustice alike to both
employer and cmployc. Extra or
overtime as II Is usually termed.
may be necessity and In this
event entered into with duo regard
for the increased relative compcn'
sation or penalty which should fol.
low the cxtra hour or hours OF
service. usually time ana one
half"
The laws OF the state OF Oregon
designate ten hours as working day,
but the ruling Of the board would
seek to preclude US from working the
lawful hours should We desire. We
believe We arc perfectly within our
rights In Offering the employment for
any part Of the working day legally
authorized by our state. II certain
employees desire less hourf they are
certainly free to seek and secure that
employment. But We deny that the
board or the employees have tho risht
70 try and prevent employees who
would be glad 10 work the longer
hours from working for US.
Again quoting from the report;
"it rcsiises that local conditions
may arise Ia different callings
wherein the general interests OF
the state may we'll BE- regarded as
secondary. Il cannot. howsvcr.
subscribe to the ccntcntion that an
inAustry 40 vital to our material
intercsts which has established.
first ss q war necessity and later
retained a. an enlightened step In
economic progress. . basic working
day OF e,eht.hours should now bc-
cause OF local conditions undo
work which has ENGAGED the sym.
pathetic attitude OF capital and
labor alike"
In analysing the above findings.
the hoard has made an error In stat
ing that the change 10 an cisht.hour
day Is absolutely essential to produce
an efficient and profitable working
basis. whereas quantities OF evidences
were furnished showing over So per
cen, OF tho entire lumber produced
throughout the nation is produced
upon q ten-houf day. and II IL also
therefore not q local proposition. II
Is further q known fact among lum'
Der operators that those plants who
under the force Of compnlsion have
been operating eight hours In Ore.
gon. Washington and Idaho. are not
making money and In each and every
one OF these states. some are bcins
forced to forsake the eight-hour day
under the stress OF present condt
tions. which are radically changed
from thoss In effect at the time the
eight-hour day was adopted.
II 10 also a fact that only 90 per-
cent OF the mills In the klamath dis
trict and probably less than half OF
the men engaged have ever operated
on loss than nine or ten hour day.
and It Is further true that iu the tex
tile industries. In the construction OF
water power plants and In other In
dustrial engasemen,s st the present
time. the tendency is TO lensthen the
day. and we do not concur In the
opinion OF the board that q majority
OF the in1.striai leaders within our
state and nation believe In the prac-
ticsbiiity OF the eight-hour day under
present conditions. We arc rather In
clined to believe that the opposite
would be more nearly correct.
Again quoting from the report:
"Ie tho syigsncies Of war made
possible an eight.hour day with
decreased efficiency. why change In
days Of pesce?"
The board evidently lays consider.
able stress on the proposition that
during the period Of the war the ium-
Der industry In oregon snd Washing.
tom was able TO operate profitabiy. /.