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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo outlines subscription price and contact details for ads and notices. It states special rules for condolence resolutions and paid notices, and notes free use for beneficial community movements with full advertising rates applied to commercial promotions.
Friday October 31 1919 Leavenworth Echo transfers ownership to H S Rearick O A Lee and W G Schannach from Cooperstown North Dakota along with the printing plant and goodwill The farewell reception in Cooperstown honors the departing Rearick Lee and Schannach with speeches music and a luncheon and the new publishers pledge better service in Leavenworth including community support and gratitude from local officials and the mayor The Griggs County Sentinel Courier notes the journalists experience and ties to Cooperstown and Griggs County and promises a formal announcement next week
The writer argues President Wilson has weakened respect for law by promoting impractical theories and misleading people. They claim orderly government relies on law and that encouraging unsupported ideas undermines institutions.
An editorial argues for adopting a budget system in the United States praising its efficiency and noting England's long use. It accuses some Congress members of looting the treasury to favor local constituents while claiming the reform would reduce waste and protect taxpayers.
The paper will reflect a new editor’s personality in news and expression. Some readers will welcome the change while others may miss the retiring editor’s style.
Public Library demands return of all borrowed books by Saturday November 8 or pay replacement price. Library Committee issues instruction.
The piece argues skilled workers justify higher wages than unskilled kin, noting James J. Hill built wealth from talent and energy and that progress relies on pay aligned with merit. It contrasts pride in skill with envy and cites the lure of status over functional work.
Mr Gompers defines capital as property including a table and commodities in the room and argues that anyone with savings home or tools is a capitalist. He contrasts wage earners who thrift and invest with I W W adherents who seek to abolish property rights and undermine unions. He notes the potential for workers to rise to employers and warns Bolshevik revolution would strip rights.
Judge Gary argues organized capital is restrained by law and must honor contracts while organized labor seeks collective bargaining without accepting the principle. He notes strikes void contracts, causing private and public harm, and frames labor as refusing to be responsible.
The piece argues labor groups in the United States and Great Britain show antagonism toward employers and the public, rejecting duties they must respect. It contends that firms insisting on an open shop will find supporters as long as labor unions maintain this stance, per the New York World.
Statements urge productive citizens to maximize output and condemn idleness. They warn profiteering as a fatal threat and oppose output restrictions. Hughes argues workers benefit from higher production and gain a larger share, while limiting production harms labor.
Jacob Margolis an attorney for the I W W of Pittsburgh tells the Isber committee investigating the steel strike that Bolshevists and Russian industrial workers helped spark the walkout while Lenine and Trotsky influence fuels Soviet ambitions in America. The debate centers on deportation actions and collective bargaining with unions viewed as potentially influenced by foreign agitators as Judge Gary hesitates over steel industry unionism.
The article argues unions betray contracts and favor open shop fairness for employers and workers. It notes faith in labor bargains waning and urges justice through open shop practices. Also reports a W C T U meeting on October 24 with plans to greet state organizer Mrs. Lottie Hannon and county officers in November.
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