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The Commoner.
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DIRECT JjEGISLAXIOK IX
OREGON
South Bend (Ind.) New Era: The
results of direct legislation in Ore
gon at the recent election are just
being made public. The long list of
candidates for office and the great
number of measures to be voted on
made the counting of ballots a slow
process. There were 14 constitu
tional amendments before the people
and in addition 20 or more measures
placed upon the ballot through the
initiative and referendum. Of the
whole lot only about one-thifd were
carried, the most radical and impor
tant of these being the constitutional
amendment granting a franchise to
women. Most of the radical prob
lems were rejected. The single tax
was defeated and so was the amend
ment abolishing the state senate.
The chief sponsor for the radical
problems was Mr. TJ'Ren, who has
been a dominant figure in Ohio poli
tics for the past 15 years. He has
announced that he will be a candi
date for governor two years hence
and that he will press most of the
issues that failed at this election at
that time.
REDUCE THE WAGES OP
THE BOSS
Laurie J. Quinby, writing in that
excellent publication, The Chancel
lor, Omaha, Neb., gives this instruc
tive lewion:
He' is a rather snappy little Irish
chap, and he comes in on errands
every day or so. The other day I
said to him, "How much wages do
you pay Hogan (his employer) every
week?"
"Me pay Hogan? Don't pay Hogan
nothing."
"Oh, I am sure you do," said I.
"How do you make out," said he,
"that I pay Hogan?"
"Well, it is this way," said I. "Do
you know as much about the busi
ness as does Hogan, and are you able
to go ahead every day without his
having to show you every little
thing?"
"Why, of course not," said he.
"I've only been there about six
months, and I'm only sixteen years
old."
"Well," said I, "if you could do
all the things I said, if you could go
about your work every day without
ever being obliged to ask Hogan for
l information, if he did not have to
watch you, if you could just take
hold and push work along like he
does, then what do you suppose you
could earn?"
"Oh, I guess," said he, "that X
could earn about $26 or 527" a
j week."
"Then, my dear boy," said I, "don't
you see that just because you are
no't able to do all these things with
out his standing over you, to direct
you in every little detail of your du
ties, that he is entitled to some
wages from you for all this direc
tion that he must give to you?"
"Well, maybe that's it," said the
youngBter.
"And then, don't you see." said I.
I "Tl'jf fVid TiTfiiroD rmi qra Ttm'Xnrr 4-r
buuv n. n utjco juu u jia; lug tu
him every week, even though you
don't see the cash, equal the dif
ference between the wages you re
ceive and those you would receive if
you were able to do all these
things?"
"I see," said the youngster, and
he did see, for he added: "Then it's
up to me
wages."
"That's
said I.
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