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Show TOO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO OREGON Will H. Day, president of tho Central Cen-tral Labor council of Portland, Ore., and vicinity, has sont Gov. William Spry a communication calling to his attention tho evils purported to have beon canoed in the state of Oregon as a result of false employment advertisements adver-tisements in eastern papers, which have taken to the state thousands of men, women and children who aro out of employment and In a destitute condition. con-dition. The communication states that many of the reasons who have ansT wered the advertisements, thinking that they could get big wages for their labors In Oregon are now do- pending upon charity for their existence. exis-tence. Having spe,ht their savings to take themselves and families to Or egon, they find themselves' out of employment em-ployment and unable to got work. The communication contains some statistics, relatlvo to the existing conditions con-ditions in Oregon, and condemns the unscrupulous advertisements of employment em-ployment agencies and certain nlleged real estate firms, which have been Inserting advertisements In eastern papers that wages are high and that there is plenty of work In Oregon. . The communication says that peo--pie should not go to the state unless; they have a knowledge of the existing conditions. - "j . ' |