fv THE INDUSTRIAL UNITT: STRENGTH OFFICIAL PAKjiE: V*sfe<3UVEB TRADES AND '* ff >&/ X FEDERATIONIST LABOB CO UNCIL, AND B. C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB POLITICAb UNITT: VICTOBI " YA#^UVER^B. G, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4,1918 TENTH YEAR. No. 1 SIX PAGES (*«5!S3r) $1-60 PER YEAR j Her Minimum Wage Plank Is Interesting But Will She Get Support? ; Working Women Urged to Attend Meetings of Minimum Wage League It is interesting to noto that the first plank in the platform of Mrs. Ralph Smith, independent candidate for the Oming bye-elect ion, is that of supporting legislation for a minimum wage for women. But while interesting, it is not at all surprising, Mrs. Ralph Smith, as one of the foremost and energetic ^workers for woman auffrnge during tbo pnBt twenty years in the provinco of British Columbin, during that time urged the need for tho enfranchisement of women as a means to one such end as minimum-wage legislation and one would naturally expect that ns a candidato for tho legislature, sucn would be the case, . i As a matter of fact almost thc whole li of the platform is such ns wns advocated by suffragiBts during the long campaign for thoir rigitts of citizenahip. There is, however, need for conaidera- tion in regard to being in favor of any kind of legislation as an individual, nnd the enactment of such logiB- lation by the party in power, the governmont. It is quite a number of yearB now since women seeking logislntion peculiar to tho needs of women, realized Eithat the power of tho voto was noccs- "sary before success would follow on tho heels of "most humbly graying" for isuch, almost at thc same time they realized that tho fact that an individual member of parliament was poweriess to obtain the enactment of any legislation unless the government waB at the back of such a member in the matter. Thia being bo, tho offorts of the womon from then on were centered on obtaining tho plonk of woman suffrage in the platforms of all political parties, and endeavoring by education of public opinion to bring sufficient pressure to bear upon the governmont, no matter of which pnrty tho govornment might be composed. Thereforo, while perhaps tho party syatem has many evils, -nevertheless, while such system prevails, it is obso: lutely necessary that thc effort of nny group of people any sex or -clasB to obtain specific legislation be centered upon the education of public opinion Rwith a view to bringing pressure to "bear upon the govornment. Such being the ease, and it must be Iconaidored it is so, while Mrs. Ralph ISmith may be, and no doubt is, absolutely sincere in her stand upon thc ■question of miuimum-wngo legislation, ■Has an independent candidate, nnd even Jwhile stating that sho will uphold the ■governmont on all other questions as Sne of the party, is only pledging hor- lelf, and not the government, so far as ■ninimum wnge is concerned, when elected, will not bo in n position to Remand tbnt the leg.'jlative assembly <ass minim urn-wage legislation. ' i It will be well for thoBe wbo nre [n favor of wage-earning, self-support Hag women receiving a living wnge, to jhink the matter ovor before being fulled into a falao security, by think- ig that tho election m one member Io tho legjslntive assembly pledged to upport minimum-wage legislation, will .ring it about. Thoae who are indeed interested in fhe matter would do won to attend iw of the meetings of tho Minimum rngo League, This orgnnizaiion meets |he firat and third Fridays of the month the Labor Tomplo, and hns. already iode plans to approach tho govern lent seeking thc introduction and nactment of a measure along similar Ines to acts now in force in many of [ie States and in Australia. The administration of the minimum [nge in most states is in the hnnds of commission, consisting of n represen- .tive of the employing class, oras ren- senting tho workers, and a cnam;itm Iho is supposed.to be unbiased. This >mmission has tho fixing of wnges in Main specific industries, and usually [)os so only after an exhaustive enquiry ito the cost of living in tho particular reality. Bo far, the results in such places _iero the acts arc in forco bave been •od, on the whole, mid even if not 'rfect, a beginning has been made and 'tilts cnn bc rectified as the people ncerned seo the need and have suffi i*|t initiative to look after their own ■eats, nnd not expect tho ruling llAto do their thinking and leglslat f^ for thom. 1918 GREETINGS [he Uppermost Wish In His Mind Is for Success of Labor (Business Agent W. F. Ironsides of local Structural Iron Workers ion has received a unique "Season's ■ce tings" card. It is dutod from San tentin, Cal, and signed by ''J. J. jNamara." It reads: 'That 1018 may bring happiness und )sperity to tho entire membership of onl No. 150, und that all may be id with renewed vigor to cope with many problems that are pressing solution, ia the sincere wish of tMcNamarn, if guilty at all, wns only few years ahead of hii time. .What [is doing* t ue for now*" in Making' ccs of thousand! of others, being Jijucteff^nf tmm, oft** rtore tfftpW lis scale.. |( This Subject If: s Discussed at Last flg sting of Metal k ides -The fact that <:i tt n cannery com-, panics have let co « eta for .cannery launches to Orienting Vas discussed at the regular mcot'^ of the Metal Trndes Council Wednesday night and serious objection to it was registered. Affiliated unions reported progress on the subject. This is a question which will bc thoroughly inquired into and information obtained aa to the circum- atanceB undor which Oriontal labor bo- cured auch work. It was also reported that several of the smaller iron works had not como up with the new wnge scale on December 1 and theso are to be interviewed on thc subject. 1 Members of Local 76, P. S. and P. M. W. Elect Their Officers POWELL RIVER, B. C, Doc. 28.— At lust meeting of Local 70, Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. W. James; vice-president, R. J. Drumniond; recording secretnry and treasurer, W. B. Marquette; financial secrotary, W. J. Cro- nerj guide, H. Hottenj guard, F. Beaton Guard. Things are moving along here very nicely, nil contributory conditions being takon into • consideration. As trade unionists, wo do not enjoy all thc advantages wliich obtain in tho larger industrinl centres, but at that there is a lot of camps in this province which might emulate the example of Powell River workmen with benefit to themselves. We ure hoping to be represented at the coming convention of tho B. C, Federation of Labor, so that our delegates may return with now ideas, as a result of meeting so many of tho old- time and trained students of the movement throughout the province. Wo nre receiving our Federattonists o. k. nnd your readers may expect to hear from us from time to time. ?D££? FREIGHT HANDLERSIU.S. GOVERNMENT E I Meeting WUl Be Held to Determine Whether They Will Accept Award F Harry Harris,"*an Old-Time Unionist of Vancouver, Passed Away Next Meeting of Local Will Be One of Much Importance Business Agent Fred. A Hoover received a telegram from Toronto on Wednesday, announcing tho death of H. W. Harris, after a lingering illness of more thnn two yenrs, "Harry" Harris, ns. he wns familiarly known in Vancouver, was initiated as a member of Pioneer Division, No. 101, in April of 11)08, and served as recording secrotary from July 1, 1000, to June 30. 1011, and wns an active participant in the local Labor movement generally. His demise will be regretted uot only by the members of the Street Railwny Employees' union, but by n lnrge circle of trade unionists in British Columbia. The officers of Pioneer Division have, on behalf of the membership, wired messages of condolcnco to the surviving widow, who had nursed and remained with tho deceased from the com- hienecmont of bis illness in Vancouver. R. M. Viney, executive member for North Vancouver, is due for a throe weeks' visit to the hospital, commencing Snnday, when he will undergo nn operation. Reports from Pittsburg, Pa., where an effort iff beiitg made by the traction company to replace mon with women on the Btreet car service, show that tho wages pnid are so low that thc old-time malo employees will not remain and are '!voluntarily" leaving to uccopt more congenial employment, where the working conditions and pay aro more in lino with old h. c of 1. conditions. Fence the patriotic cry of the company for '' conductoroBBess.'' A Pittsburg newspaper says: "The Pittsburg Railway company's attempt to exploit women by offering them positions as conductors has fallen as flat as the proverbial pancake, saya tho National Labor Journal. Thero have been fow applicants for the position of "con- ductorcsacB," and' they have been mainly of thc giddy, notoriety-seeking type of femininity, who think it "just too cute for anything" to have tbeir pictures in tho newspapers, says this publication." Business Agent McGrath of the' Street Cur Men's union of Pittsburg, says the company there pays tho lowest wages of any trnctlon company in Amorica, and last month 135 mon left tho company's employ. At tho next meeting of the local, a committee is to be nppointed to revise tho bylaws. Thia will be an important meeting, and a strong committee is de- fired. The bylawa. have flot bbaa re- «M for fttKim"yW, ind There will be majyr imwrtaniajkagei feAlti .the different conditions under wale!) (he men are working today. ■■' Minority Report Disagrees on the Question of Wage Decision The C, P. R. yesterday put into effect the new time schedule for freight handlers aB laid down in tho report of tho majority, of the arbitration board, and dated tho increased wages as awarded by the majority roport back to December 7. The Freight Handlers' union will meet at the Labor Temple on Monday and decide whother they will accept tho majority award. The minority report of Victo'r R. Midgloy, the men's representative on the board, is published herewith in full, and takes issue with the hiajority on tho question of wages. Tho minority report follows: While ugroeing with the mnjority of the board that tho demand of tho men for a reduction of hourB for the yard office and shed staff is justified, and agreeing that overtime should-bo paid for at the rate of time and one-half, I nm unable to agree with them as to the rates of pay. "The majority concede in their roport that 'they muBt in settling a rato of wago regard the wage-earner's family os consisting of himself, a wife and three children, that being the standard of the Labor department,' and they fix the rato of pay for the shed Btaff at 36 and 37 cents per hour. This will give the men on the basis of a nine-hour day a weekly wage of $19.44 and $19.98 respectively. "The Labor Gazette for the montb of November, 1917, gives the 'cost per weok of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting nnd rent,' which shows, thnt for a family of five, the (iverage cost throughout Canada for food, fuel, light and rent is $18.82 per week. A table is also given for the ['average cost.of staple foods by provinces,' showing the average eost of staple foods in the province of British Columbia to be higher than in any other province in Canada. The rate of pay fixed by the majority of the board us a (' reasonable living wage" only leaves a balance over and above thc cost of food, fuel, light and rent of sixty-two cents and one dollar and sixteen cents, respectively, to provide for all the other commodities required to maintain tho wage-earner and his family in the necessities of life. "I consider the demand of the men for a minimum of forty cents per hour to be reasonable nnd justified by the present cost of living. "With reference to thc clerical staff, while the company refused td participate in thc investigation when the bearings were taking place, after the case hud been closed nnd the bourd was considering the evidence, the company through its representative on the board, presented a schedule showing nn increased rate of pay for the clerical stuff, the revised rates giving most of the staff an incrense of about fivo dollars per month, while some did not receive any increase. "Together with othor increases tbat have boon granted in the interim this totals approximately fifteen per cent, increase over the 1914 payroll, ond tbis I do not consider sufficient to moor the increased cost of living, which is fully double the percentage of increase granted. "Whilo agreeing with the other members of tho board that 'there nre obvious difficulties for n board of this character to attempt to udjust differen- tations in rates of pay for different positions of this kind' stul it tne rates in effect in 1914 for the office staff were fair and equitable, then the incrense granted should be equal to tho increased cost of living, which is, according to tho figures of the Lnbor Gazette, for a typical family, over thirty por cent, during that time. "The majority report, in pointing out that tho minimum rate fixed for men on a monthly wugo is lower than that awarded to men working by the hour, mentions certain benefits that monthly wngo men enjoy which iu the opinion of the majority, offsets the lower rato of pay us compared with the hourly men. "These benefits consist of two weeks' vacation with pay, old-age pension nnd the prospect of advancement. However, none of these benefits make easier the difficulties of tho wage-earner who is awarded in the majority report $78 or $80 per montb to provide bis family with the necessities of life, "Two weeks vacation a year is au important fnctor in maintaining the efficiency of the worker and therefore works out to the advantage of the employer, while the prospect of obtaining a pension in twenty or twoiny-flvo yearB' time, is not of mucn unit fort or assistance to tho worker who finds it difficult to obtain tho bare necessities of life in the immediate present, and tho advancement to higher-paid positions is, of course, contingent upon such vacancies as may occur after long years of servico and satisfactory per formance of dutios." PAINTERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR Organliation Is in Oood Condition and * OptimiBtlc for 1918 A» (lie result of the annual election of officers held by tho Brotherhood of Paintors, Decorators and Pnporhangcrs, D. Hushes will bo at tho head of affairs during 1918. For flaanelal secretary tho loul oleetod L. Amos of Burnaby and as recording secretary, G. Q. Oould. The fprmor officers wore H. Pith, G«>Vl» H. W«ton ipd D. Tamon. ion <ras efprwwd that it was Miter than iho yetr /ust dosed. :■;,- '■-■■- x"-\ '■'■'• Unlike Federal Government at Ottawa U. S. Seeks Aid of Unions So marked, is the difference between the manner in which the United States government treats organized Labor, ns compared with the attitude assumed by thc federal authority at Ottawa, that it Ib a cause of continual comment. Tho Ottawa government trioB.in every manner possible to disregard officials of uni >ns und, apparently, would desire very much that organized Labor did not exist. In tho United States tho government, in tho ovent that it desires skilled labor, goes to the headquarters of such mechanics—their union. Tho following letter from William H. Johnston, president of the International Association'o'f Machinists, says volumes regarding the attitudo of thc civil service commission of tho United States: "To business agents and organizers: Arrangements have been mnde whereby the U. S. Civil Servico commission furnishes our office with a copy of requests for machinists from thc different navy yeards and arsenals, asking that we co-operate with them in securing the required number of machinists to meet the demands of tho government." Prosidont Johnston inclosed a long list of positions which thc government desired to fill from tho ranks of organized Labor, recognizing that the membership of thc orgnnized locals contain tho most skilled labor in the particular branches which they represent. Nominations Jan. IV and Election Day on Jan. 24 Campaign Committee Will Take No Chances on Acclamation LADYSMITH, V. I., Jan. 3—(Speciul to Tho Federationist)—The long-delay ed bye-election in this riding has at last been announced', and after the 24th inst., Jas. H. Hawthornthwaite will re present tho workers of Newcastlo riding. Nominations take placo on the 17th. There is no certainty aB yot whother Hawthornthwaite will bo op> posed or not by either of tho old parties, but it is not unlikely. Hawthornthwaite 's committee is alroady working overtime. If there is a contest ut all, thc campaign will bc opened in earnest after the 17th, when officers of the U. M. \V. of A. and other unionists of Van couver will ussist in the election of Hawthornthwaite. TYPO. UNION Good Attendance and Much Important Business Transacted About ono hundred and thirty members of Vancouver Typographical union turned out to the regular monthly meeting held Sunday last. All the officers were present, and in their places. It was decided to send one delegate to tho Northwestern Typographical Conference convention to bo held nt Portland, Ore., on Jan. 21. H. L. Corey and Secretary Neelands nre the delegates oleetod, and In all probability one of these will attend the session. II. C. Benson wns named to represent No. 22G at the meeting to bo held On Monday, Jun. 14, iu Labor Temple, to consider amendments to the Workmen's Compensntion act, with a view to obtaining a flat rate of compensation instead of the present percentage-of- cnniings bnsis. W. R. Trotter received the endorsation of the meeting as candidate for alderman in wnrd three in tho civic election to bo held next woek. A strong working-committee composed of J. E. Wilton, H. L. Corey, J. Rankin, G. Peebles and R. P. Pettipiece, consented to act, and are now hard at work in Mr. Trotter's behalf. Mr, J. G. McKay is a recent arrival from Edmonton, and R. C. Fleming, A. McLean and D. Wood left for acrosB the line. McVety Withdraws in Favor of Gordon J. Kelly of Longshoremen NEWS STANDS The Federationlit li on ial« tn Vanoouver at tbe following news etindi: UNIVERSAL NEWS STAND. 184 Halting! Street Eut P. O. NEWS STANDS. Foot Granville Street PANAMA PACIFIC NEWS STANDS, Corner Baitings and Columbia McFADDEN NEWSTAND, . 412 Richards Street f„CuB; Mi OTAHD, ■ /'' *•».' Oojfi Cirr»ll'Und Haitian Street THODirS M1WH »A*t>. '' "" - Oor, Itlctaardt and Hutlngi Kelly and George Hardy Nominated for President -—Other Nominations Preliminary nominations for officers of the Trudes and Labor council who will diroctthat body's affairs for the ensuing torm wero made last night and Gordon J. Kelly of tho Longshoremen, and George H. Hardy of the Carpentera, were placed in nomination. Further nominations will be made und the election held next meeting. J. H. McVoty, a delegate to the council for the past fifteen years and now serving his tenth term ns president of that body, was also placed in nomination but said he would withdraw in favor of Del. Kolly. He referred to the fact that he" had been very continuously at the head of the council, and ihe would willingly continue to servo in somo other capacity. As well as tho names placed in nomination for the presidency, other nominations wore made as follows: Vice-president—W. H. Cottrell, Street Railwaymen*- Hunt, Engineers; Winch, Longshoremen's Auxiliary; Towler, Machinists. Secretary and business agent—Victor R. Midgley; G. H. Hardy, Carpenters. Secretary-treasurer—Knowles. Letter Carriers. Scrgennt-nt-arms—Harrison, Civic Em ployees; Pool, Teamsters and Chauffeurs. Trustees (four to bc elected)—McVety, Machinists; Crawford, Sheet Motal Workors; Macdonald, Carpenters; Hoover, Street Railwaymen; Winch, I. L. A.; Marshall, Boiler Makers; Showier, Teamsters and Chauffeurs; Smith, Carpenters. The executive committee's recommendation that an application of D. W. F. Macdonald, candidate for alderman'in ward three, for support of the council, be filed, was adopted. Tho call of the B. C. F. of L. for a convention on Jan. 28 was read. The following delegates wero elected to represent the council at. the eonvention of the B. C, F. of L.: President McVoty and Business Agont Midgley. Notice of thc annual meeting of the Labor Temple Company on Jan. 15 nnd tbo financial report wero read. The recommendation of tho executive committee was concurred in, A communication from President Mc Vety to the attorney-gene'rnl seeking n meoting with the provincial government to discuss the subject ot wny no action bud been tuken to open tho closed towns such ns Britannin and Anyox, was read, Efforts to make a date with the government on this subject havo thus fnr failed. Thc recommendation of tbe executive committee thnt the Proportional Representation league be censored for not notifying the trndes council when it withdrew its P.R. petition, wns not conejrrod in. An auditing committee of three, ns follows, was elected to audit tlie Trades and Labor council books: Dels. Lofting, Showier and Grand. Business Agent Midgley reported that returns on the general strike referendum were coming in slowly. The business agent reported that an extensive strike by Batchers and Meat Cutters waB in effect in Seattle and P. Burns & Co. had denied they were send ing cooked meats from this city to re lieve the situation there. Good progress was reported by tlie various delegates on behalf of their unions. The council endorsed the efforts of tho Machinists and Boiler Makers to get the city to pay tho scale as paid i by 05 per cent, df tho motal;trades. A motion by Del. Helena Gutteridge that thc socretary write to the school bonrd nnd urge equal pay for equal work, was passed nnd efforts will bc made' to organize iho touchers into lubor union. The subject of the council supporting Wt H. Trotter ns alderman for wnrd three wus brought Up, und G. II. Hardy moved timt the council favor Trotter. Del. Showier drew attention to the fnct that Mr. Trotter was supporting Mnyor McBenth, who wns iu favor of stool pigeons, whicli was taken to indicate thnt Trotter also favored sucb tactics. Several delegntcs were of tho opinion that as Mr. Trotter was a good union man, he should have the council's Blip* port. A motion in support of Mr. Trotter wus curried. The following delegntcs were obligated: I. L, A. Auxiliary—W. J. Gillespie, N. Lambert, C. Steon, C, Whittnker, J. H. Whyte, H. Wigman, E. Winch; Letter Carriers—Fred Knowles, D. J. McCarthy, R. Wight, N. Barlow, J. J. Dodd; Plasterers—A Henry, .1. Williamson; Street Railwaymen—F. C. Hoover, W. H. Cottrell, J. Hubble, R. Clark, A. V. Lofting, E. T. Kermode, J. Price; Cignr Mnkers—A. P. Tiet- zen, W. R, Smith, F. Swartz, J. Walters; Musicians—A. J. Malncord, E. .1. Dennis; Paintors—H, Grand, R. Stevenson, W. Holme, J. Wilson; Pilo Drivers—T, Enright, E. Carlson, E. Hawkes, E. Home; TeamBters nnd Chauffeurs—P. Haslett, W. Burgess. Victoria Unions Give Their Promise of Being Well Represented VICTORIA, Jan'. 3.—A good deal of interest in being manifested by Capital City trade unionists ih tho 1916 convontion of tho B. O. Federation of Labor, to convene at Vancouver on Jan. 28. At last night's meeting of tho control labor body, Delegates Peel and Dakers were elected to lupresent the council. Victoria Typo, union has again withdrawn from the Trades and Labor council, evidently because tho majority of the delegates differ with its delegates' point of view politically, but allegedly because the council was opposed to conscription. Practically every member of the Typo, union being a politician himself, it is only natural that in the aggregate "they should be opposed to the introduction of "politics iu the union." ? Vancouver Business Agents Threaten to Organize a Union of Their Own Speaking of agitators 'n everything: The Federationist Labor Templo representative, in making his usual rounds yesterday noted an animated discussion going on in the first-floor corridors. He hastened to tbe scene, in anxious nn- ticipation of n "story." Closer scrutiny, however, revealed u number of well-known business agents discussing tho advisability of forming a union of themselves. This with a view to asking for a reduction in- working hourB from 16 to 14, with one night at home per weok, and most ontragcous of all, an increnso in pay. It wus even hinted that if The Fed. would agree to the demands tho jurisdiction of the new organization might bc extended to Labor-paper editors, with certain restrictions. Under the circumstances this family journal of the fireBide is heartily in favor of the movement, even though every last business ngent in tho Labor Temple loses his job the moment such an absurdity is suggested in any of tlie local unions. Question Will Be Put Up to Local Unionists Next Month Several Members of Clerical Staff Receive Their Dismissal All Active Members of the Newly-Organized Retail Clerks' Local Whether through design or otherwise, the fact remains thut tho four of five clerks discharged at Spencer's departmental store are active members of thc Retail Clerks' local, ami the mutter is to be looked into with a view to ascertaining just where the management of this well-known stun* stands with regard 'o orgnnized lnbor. One of the discharged clerks had been in the cm- ploy of th|0 store for tho pnst seven yours. Prom reports rocelvod, llie reason glvoi) by tho management for letting these- men on! was that it wns necessary j In reduce the clerical staff. Anothor report mus to the effect that objection was taken to clerka displaying tlieir union button. Chris Spencer, lii'iul of the linn in this city, roturned to Vancouvor only a fow days ngo, and tlie matter of tlio ilis churgo Of the clerks inul oilier questions as regards organ)iidd lnbor. will be taken up direct with him. Mr. Spencer lias always been considered a very fnir man in his doalings with the employees of this big store. It is thought the discharge of tho men is through somo misunderstanding somewhere. <».■ TEAMSTERS ADOPT MONTHLY BUTTON AU Members of Labor Movement Are Asked to Demand Button Be Shown One of the most attractive union buttons in the city, and one which will be easily recognized, is tho monthly button of tho Teamsters & Chauffeurs, It is nbout the size of u half-dollar, and tho officers of the local ask othor members of the orgnnized labor movement to demand that those making deliveries to thoir homes display this button. Nor Is B. C. Rain Wet I Oh yes, it fs cold; but it's a dry cold, you don't feci it, you know.—Winnipeg Voice. " Election of Officers On Tuesday, Jan. 8, thc Butchers & Meat Cutters will elect new officers. Other business of importance will also come before the meeting. At presont there nre 2,'I5 members of the local, all in good standing. Sign More Cafes Secretary Mackenzie of the Cooks. Waiters & Waitresses, reports tho local is in healthy condition, the entire membership being employed. Two Inoro houses were signed up during thc week. The most important enfos of the city aro now employing union holp, MacLeod's cafe is still on tbe unfair list. Uncle Sam's Freedom of the Press NOME, Alaska, Dec. 31.—Earl Rogers, editor of tho Nome Industrial Worker, and the Ave members of the editorial bourd of the publication which it owned by the Miners' union, were Arrested yesterday on a chargo of publishing seditious articles in tho Worker. Rogers formerly lived in Scatllo and Taeoma.—Daily Province, Dec. 31, Shareholders Will Hold an Important Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15 A?TKB a compulsory marking- time period of some two years the directors of Vancouver Labor Temple Co., Ltd., have decided to make a move, deeming the time opportune and thc redemption of the Labor Tqmple from the hands of the receiver possible.. Wartime conditions had made sueh inroads into the ranks of local organized Labor that an earlier move was thought by the directors to be inexpedient. But the situation at present is such that some definite programme seems possible. With this object in, view a meeting of the directors was called for last Monday evening. Every resident director was present, including Joseph Byron, Fred. A. Hoover, Street Railway Employees; Jas. Campbell, Carpenters; Geo. Wilby, Typos.; H. H. Free, Electricians; Miss Helena Gutteridge, TailorBj J, H. McVety, Machinists, secretary; R. P. Pettipiece, Trades and Labor Council, present. Fred. T. Blumberg, Engineers, is away on active service; Wm. j. Nagle, Painters, is now a resident of Taeoma, and J. W. Wilkinson has resigned. Discuss Auditors' Beport After a thorough discussion of the auditors' report and the situation generally, it was decided by the directors to call a shareholders' meeting for Tuesday evening, Jan. 15. Meantime Secretary-treasurer He- > Vety was instructed to visit Beattle for the purpose of finding out. how ths trade unionists tbere arranged to assess every member 41 per month each for the purpose of raising money with which to build a ne-,- labor temple, and. also to seek such other information as might assist tho directors in mnking recommendations to the coming shareholders ' meeting. Directors to Meet Agsin Jan. 18 ,-•■'" . »2*0.^|mt4M&£ffiU^«seet < again p^tor day evetJMJm* Ig, wkut, tb. report of tM'tsmfipy wifrbe eonlitfernf and one or two recommendations to the shareholders' meeting framed for presentation. Suggest Levying an Assessment The opinion haB been expressed by at least some of thc present directors that a referendum should be submitted to the members of orgnnized Labor, putting the case up to them squarely sad fairly und asking for a straight assessment of $1 per month from each member of every affiliated' union, for a period of three months. This would raise in tho neighborhood of *25,Q00, nn ample amount to liquidate the outstanding delinquencies of the company and place it in a position to pay its own way thereafter. Opportune Tims for Action Because of the rapid increase in membership of the local trade union movement during tho post yenr, due in large mensure to the new shipbuilding and kindred industries, coupled with the general increase ia Greater Vancouvor payrolls during the same period, the reven.ie of the Labor Tomplo has been almost doubled. In fact, it is reaching a point where it cun bc made self- sustaining, if the morhbors of organized Labor would consent to the levying of an assessment for a short time of n nominal amount each, tho shares to bo allotted to either tne individuals or to the unions, as each may decide. The nbiount rinsed in this manner would, after all the necessary precautions for the protection of the new shareholders had, boon tnken, be used to pay off out- stunding tuxes, nrroarages in intcroBt, due to the fulling off in revenue duo to wnr conditions. United uction anil u little "pep" on the part of the incoming directorate, combined with the backing of the membership, will put tho Lnbor Templo whore it belongs—the undisputed property of Vancouvor trade unionists, At nny rate :i definite stop towards that end will lie made during the next two months. The membership will hnve to decide for themselves what they intend to do ubqut it. LAYS SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE MAYOR Disorderly House Alleged to Have Been Running Two Tears A serious chargo against Mayor McBeath was placed beforo the Central Ratepayers' association on Wednesday night, by A. M. Gibson, who alleged thnt ho laid a complaint before the mayor regarding the management of tho Stanley rooms ou Pender and Burrard, which wns being run ns a disorderly house. Mr. Gibson said tho mayor told him there wus not sufficient ovidenco ngninst thc place to warrnnt police action. Gibson, howover, caused a successful civil action ngninst tho place and succeeded, by tbo evidence of detectives, thnt it was a disorderly place, In recovering monoy ho had paid to purchase the place, thinking it was a respectable house. Tho detectives' evidence showed.that they had repeatedly raided the place. Yet it was not closed *jp. "I claim," said Mr. Gibson, "the mayor has beort remiss in his duty in not seeing that the place wns closed up, and in allowing it to go on for two years." PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PBIDAY... ..January i, 191 1B. C. fibUibad every Friday morning by tho B. 0. FedfnUoniflt, Limited ft. Parm. Pettipiece Manager ment of human slavery. It cannot exist except in connection therewith. It is purely traffic in the plunder taken from slaves. The slaves must bo held in enforced produetion in ordor to provide tho wherewith to trade. No part of tho world lives by trude. The slave part of it dies by inches in order to keep it going. Even masters themselveB do not livo by it, although it affords them means of disposing of that part of tho plunder taken from thoir slaves, which they cannot themselves consume. That is whut they trade on. That is what they soil in tho world market ior just what they ga-vo the slaves for produc REPRESENTATIVES j ing it, and that is nothing. It all goes gew Weitminoter w. Yates, Box 1021 oat on credit, and is never paid for, for Prtoce Rupert 8. D. Macdonald, Box 268 \ tbe very simple reason that there is jLWells, Box 1638 | m,vcr unything to pay with except pro mises, and that is tbo sort of payment that nover squares any indebtedness. Tho accumulation of this debt—and that iB all there is to the accumulation of woalth wo hear so much nbout— merely fuactions as a means of enabling tbe holding class to maintain their grip upon tbe wealth producing class—tbe Offlce: Labor Temple, 405 Dunsmuir St. TeL Exchange Seymour 7495 After 6 p.m.: Soy. 7497K Befceeriptlon: $1.50 per year; fn Vancouver City, $2.00; to anions subscribing in a body, $1.00. Vlotoria., "Unltj of Labor: tbe Hope of tbe World" FRIDAY Jununry 4, 1018 rpHK FEDERATIONIST la8 not | Zm^A keep Sri, 12m oZntZ JL been altogether satisfied with the j at the grindstone of clnss rule ond ra- „, !' T""^'","1 m?de °y »»• pl«o. And now we hnve it officially, Zritv ' "C",°!"1 "."'0rS hieh in »"■ that it. is for the noble purpose of per tlionty, in regard to the purely nltruis* | pehmting tho sort of democrncy that tic motives and lofty expresses itself in trade and tho strug* purposes animating Ric for markets, that wc are wagiag thei belligerents, upon | glorious war upon the bloodv Holds of either side in thc Europe. Well, nt nnv rate, it removes MARINO THE WOULD BATE FOB TBADB. . ■ . , . g"-at blood ond mur der feat being pulled off by a world 's ruling class and strictly in accord with tho morals and othics of thc ruling class code. So numerous uro thc professions of material disintercdncss and so loudly and frequently is it proclaimed j and protested, that no more unworthy purposo is responsible for the slaughter Ikon 4*1,..! -C j 1. .. 1 ... i . . ". the necessity of swallowing any moro piffle about it being thc war for moral, ethical and spiritual uplift. And that's some comfort, at least. THE YEARLY COST or DEMOCRACY. gather all data relating to thc subject, from, the greatest democrncy on earth, the United Stntes of*" Amorica. In so doing, one cnn make no mistake, for it is well known that not only is that country, by its own WHEN IT COMES down to thc mntter of sizing up democracy for the purpose of ascertaining the real meaning of the term, as it is Utt of the race, that The Federationist | commonly uaod> \* « q<"{j» /"P" *° feels that the spokesmen, apologistsand "" " interpreters of ruling class purpose, do, at timos, appear to '' protest too much." The more frequently and vociferously they "protest," tho stronger becomes the suspicion, that there may boroasons not altogether altruistic an'd spiritual, that possibly are not entirely i , _■ . • without influence in prompting the bias-1''0" , ,0"' the, £reatost democracy on tors of slaves in the belligoFent coun- f^1' bu,t U lms freoly offercd itfio!f tries to contribute those slaves with a immolation upon the altar of sacri- fovieh recklessness to the noble cause (ke' "l ordor thut the worId maf **> they have at heart. And to feel that T''■ 8fu° ?r S.* _*}._? .°f dcmocra!l>, this brutal massacre of human beines « ,1S tho breoth °,f, ,fo !" thc n08tnIs •- *-"-•"- __i....ii i -, P of that great republic. By thus going to the fountain head of pure democrncy for our information in regard to that cult or philosophy of lifo, we shall make no mistake. Wc will get the facts nnd having got tbem, ought to be able to arrive at correct conclusions. * * * During thc recent "drive" for the sale of "Liberty Bonds," the colum Of tho daily, weekly and monthly press wore used profusely for the purpose of setting forth the desirability of the aforesaid bonds, as an investment. Strong appeals were mnde, especially to those of limited moans, to loosen the purse strings of their fortunes and get in on tho ground floor of easy money the gctting-in was good. Of is being relentlessly pursued, not for the lofty purposo of the moral, ethical and spiritual uplift of mankind, but for some purpose that is quito the opposite, that is, in fact, low, vulgar and grossly material, is to suffer such a depression of spirits that all fuith in the words of rulers and their stntcsmeu will eventually bo lost and the poor pessimistic mortal bo loft to the tender mercies of his own poor reasoning faculties for guidance to the truth and the light. * * «. The Federationist has fought against the growing suspicion that the loud professions of devotion to democracy and human liberty, continually fulling from the lips of tho politicians and spokesmen of the ruling class, possess a hollow nnd brassy Bound. But it confesses itsolf compelled to now give up the fight. Wc surrender. And thot which has forced the surrender conies to us through official channels. Being official wo dnro not refuse to nccept it, for by so doing wc would most certainly bo open to the just accusation of being both seditions and pro-Gorman. H«Q4e wo .accept the dose, hoi us bolus. Here It is. r iet all hither v, henceforth uu VThe otoa tho foreij wag iM the iv?... firat ii in nf fonilpi.'iw department of i ... ^'Prom the beginning of the time ot our entrance into it," continues Mr. Caller, "tho business of thc American manufacturer and exporter wan to mako the most of aew opportunities in tho markets of nonbelligerent countries, to tnke wise and need- ful atepa In preparation of trade after the war, snd to sell munitions and supplies to tho belligerent!. Change in Perspective "These were legitimate activities. They were vital to tho industrial life of the nation, Bnt when we entered the war tbe perspective changed. Trade with our war associates assumed a new, a different, a much greater significance In oar eyes. It became primarily a means of winning the wur rather than of winning profits. It became a link between the greatest storehouse in the world aad the European nations with whom wo had eaat onr lot in the world struggle. "Onr attitude toward the markets in nonbelligerent countries has also changed aB a matter of course. Trade with them must now be conducted with a careful and patriotic deference to the successful prosecution of the war. Preparations that we make to bold oar place In those markets and to expand oar opporunities must be made for the time being with strict reference to policies whtch govern our political relations. However, it la confidently expected that our trade witb Soath America, the Par East, South Africa, and with Australia will not be too seriously Interfered with, and that we may reap in the future the benefits of having cultivated those markets so assiduously and intelligent-. iiny such weakness up to date. Ir daring the past few years. "Important as it is that we hold our own, * * * fStftf-. Srtf Am S^" I ♦250,000,000,000 of wealth in a conn- :Jr»mVUreoI,'^'rw0.r',l!ffi".!y."<' "l** ■* 110.0nn*000 ■w°""'< I™'!"10"" # | about ^2500 per person or $12,500 per , ' , T . . , , Ifamilv. An income of $50,000,000,000 Now that is official. It ib taken from pQr wou,d moan $m p(,r p(ir80n or *'Tho Official Bulletin," of Wednesday, | $2250 per family. That is it would December 19, 1917. Thc Bulletin is monn as horo stated, if such woalth and of tho' iiK-omr wns equally distributed among 1 the people of that country. But when it is realized thnt it is solely the work while course this advertising was paid for, no doubt ut liberal rates, and that probably accounts for the carrying of such matter even by labor and alleged socialist papers, without any attempt upon thoir part to draw a moral or adorn a tale from the copious fund of enlightening information often carried by it. It sometimes doth appenr that Labor and socinlist papers arc quite as dense and lacking in perspicuity, us arc t he si atosmon, politicians, financiers, spellbinders nnd press of capitalism. It docs, for &> fact. * . * # No longer ngo than last November, §i1u'n> appeared in thc columns of a front Lnbor journal of thc United tates, the official organ of ono of the largest bodies of organized slavos on this continent, what was evidently a paid boost for "Liberty Bonds," which contained amongst other exceedingly rich stuff, the following: "The United States faces thc common foe with a conservatively estimated wealth of $250,000,000,000 and an annual income of $50,000,000,000 to back up the fight for the freodom and liberty of the world." Now it would almost seem as though the veriest dub who bad loitered around tbe labor movement long enough to have copped off tho exceedingly fnt job of presiding over the edttorinl sanctum of n great Labor journal, might have been able to draw a few conclusions from such a statement of wealth and income, thnt might have been of some slight value to its readers, especially in view of the fact thnt it is a safe bet that thc aforesaid readers do not average a yearly incomo of $500 per year, and have to work like hell to get even that. But if thc editor of tho aforesaid g. 1. j. was able to draw any such conclusions he has not disclosed under which such a financial stunt as that is made possible. Also what the world is to be mado safe for in the event of the triumph of that democracy. And a little work with a lead pencil will disclose what that sort of domocracy costs tho patriotic and docilo slave of capitalist industry per annum, in the greatest of republics, in tbis glorious age when autocracy is recoiving its death thrust and "freedom and liberty" aro conquering the earth. But whatover it costs it is, no doubt, cheap enough to satisfy the soul of the slave who is still too stupid to recognize his slavery and has just intelligence onough to be a patriot, both in industry and at the cannon's mouth. And the tribe of sucb still numbers millions. published by the government United States, nt Washington, D. C. It. t_ ■ „\,Jv„,„.l *, is issued daily, except Sunday. It is tht) official voico of tho "World's greatest Democracy." From the very bo- ginning of the war, "thc business of tho American manufacturer and exporter woo to make the most of now opportunities in thc markets of non-belligerent countries, to tako wiso and needful steps in preparation for trade nftor the war, and to soil munitions and supplies to the bolligeront." And "important as it is that wo hold our own advantage in theso nnd other markots, wo must not lose sight of tho fact that all such advantages arc likely to disappear if wo do not como out of thc war victoriously." Good Btuff that. A plain statement of fact, ond a fact that can be grasped, by any one who possesses n grain of understanding of tho animating principles and motives of the ruling Class world, oither as thoy exist now or evor did exist nt any stage of its history. It is just a cold, sordid, brutal bit of business in tbe great scheme of trimming slavos out of tbat which they produce nnd disposing of the plunder In a manner that is profitably satisfactory to thc rulers and masters. The feeding of millions of slaves into the shambles of death and mutilation, is but a passing incident. It may seem, to weak-stomached folk, like nn unpleasant and perhaps quite disgusting pro- cess, but to the real democrat of the ruling class type it is just as legitimate a part of tbo process of coining slaves into profit, to sot those slnves to butchering themselves in order to acquire the market requisite to carry out tho scheme, as it would bo to apply manure to a field to increase its fertility. * • * *' ing class—the slaves of capital—tbnt Constitutes the "wealth" that is mens* ,irod by tho fabulous figures given by i nur authority, nnd that nil of the "incomo" referred to is produced solely by those enslaved workers, it becomes i a mystery why capitalist spokesmen can bo so blind to tbe significance of the figures given, and bo intensely stupid as to publish them brondcast throughout thc Innd. It is also a mystery bow any oditorial pundit possessed nf thc necessary mental equipment to prompt him to hoist an umbrolla whon out in a rainstorm, could havo Btioh significant figures staring him in tho face from his own editorial pages, without evon a hint of their significance penetrating his occiput. # * * Tho slaves of any given country arc worth 250 billion dollars, because they can produce a revenue of 50 billions. And that is all there is to the fabulous tale of woalth thnt is told, cither for tbe purpose of tickling the ears of the members of the plundorbund, or for thot of borrowing nickels from the impecunious slaves themselves. As tho slaves that constitute thc "wealth" that masters brng about, and that produce the "income" that causes their very mouths to water, cannot number moro than one-third of the totnl population, it may bo readily seen, from thc figures given, what exceedingly great value is attached to the hide and carcase of the modern slave. And wben wc remember that, thc nvernge wage of thi slave in tho United Stntes is less than $500 por year, and thc "income" produced by them amounts to $50,000,000, And wbat is trade, anyway? It is j ood, we ought to bo nblc to upproeiatr unthinkable except as an accompani- thc virtuo of thc brand of democracy THB RELATIONSHIP existing between the capitalist and thc wage- worker today is exactly that wliich has always prevailed between thc master and the slave, since the institution of slavery WHY NOT raised its hideous GALL A head among the SPADE A 8PADE780U8 of mon. Tho change of outward garb, from chattel to serf, from serf to wage-earner, has not altered the osscn- tinl character and purpose of slavery. The slave has always toiled for his master and has never received any greater consideration, if as great, as tho master has given bis horse or his dog. Thc slavo hus never been accorded tho treatment duo a man, for tho simple reason thnt it is impossible. A slave is not a man. Ho must bc stripped of the attributes of manhood in order to make him a slave. His condi tion of slavery is the complete denial of all manhood. His'status in the society of which he is a pnrt, is not and ennnot bo the status of a man, for a slave is property and manhood is not an attribute of property. Tho only purposo and function of property is to bring comfort, ir,. the shape of sustenance or revenue to its owner, without the expenditure of energy upon hi: part It becomes purely a moans of getting food, clothing, and other crca ture comfort for "nothing. Thc chief atrlbute of manhood is thut of being self-sustaining. Man feeds, clothes and otherwise materially provides for himself. He neither provides for others, nor allows others to provide for him. Neither masters nor slaves are men. Creatures they arc, to bo sure, but by virtuo of the fact that the former lives upon the later and thc latter furnishes the sustenance for both, puts thom in a category of thoir own, and outside the pale of all other living things. They become creatures that arc outlawed by tho code of living that is universally acknowledged und followed by all other animals. There is no other family of living things'that has mndo such nn inglorious failure of living as this human family. For the Inst ton thousand years, nt least, its life has been a continual hell upon earth. With the poison of slavery ia its veins this great human family lias been in one continual orgy and nightmare of crime, vice, corruption, vulgarity, obscenity, slaughter, devastation, bloated wealth on one band nnd squalid poverty on tho otber, until this hideous crime of slnvery has culminated in a horror that threatens to be thc suicide of the entire civilization that is builded upon such absurd and stupendous folly. The facts are all plainly before us. Tf we hnvo eyes with which to sec und enrs with which to hear we cannot well escape these facts, nor misinterpret their moaning. For instance, wc cannot get away frota tbe fact of human slavery. That it truly exists todny, ns it ever did nt any timo in humnn history before, thundered in our ears by every wail of poverty and distress thnt arises from "warrens of the poor;" by tho ribald jest and the "drunken laughter of obscene and vulgar wealth; by the factory nimble and the smelter fumes; nnd last but by no means least, by the roar of cannon and tho rattle of musketry upon the deadly field of battle, and by the groans and shrieks of tho mangled nnd dying. Does this come from any thing but human slavery? Could such horror and such vulgarity, such misery and ngony, be traced to any other source? Is not every vice, crime, horror, sin, misery nnd1 wickedness, and against which all that is good and worthy in hitman society cries out in abhorrence and protest, traceable directly to human slavery, the foul mother of all the lesser evils and noxious ills that afflict mankind? It will require but a cursory exam ination of the facts to lead us to these conclusions. An examination of tho facts can load us nowhere else. And if such should prove to be tho case, thea why should we mince matters? Why should we not call a spade a spade? Why should wc refer to the slave aifc anything else but a slavo? Why should'we'pretend that ho is a mnn when thc fact is that ho is nothing but proporty; nothing but a convenience to be used by its owner as he may see fit? Why cnll the master n capitalist, or a foremost citizen? Why not call him a slave owner and be dono with it? Why should we be so mealy-mouthed as to bc forever prattling, about "democracy," and "liborty" and "justice," in the face of the facts thnt absolutely preclude and deny all of these bontitudes und dVenmed-about fantasies? If we know anything at all we must realize that none of theso beautiful dreams can possibly come true so long aB tho humnn family is divided into the two disgusting, vulgar, and criminal gangs of masters and slaves. In thc face of such a situation there can be neither decency or seemly conduct. There can be only those evils and the unseemly behavior that slavery breeds. And that is what we arc getting now so copiously nnd gloriously upon thc bloody fields of Europe, thut cauldron of hell into which the rulers and statesmen (?) of this slavo world nppcnr to be resolved lo wash out their slave civilization in its own bloody bath. Let us call slavery slavery, masters masters, slavos slavos, and a spailo a spade. What's the ue of boing mealy-niouthed nbout it? Let us no longer bo hypocritesl THE LONDON Daily Mail is, no doubt, a great journal. It hns a far greater circulation tban The Federatlonist and is much more widely quoted. Presumably its editorial sanctum is ndorned with HOW tho keenest intel- OERMANYISTO loots that good BE PUNISHED Northcliffe money can purchase, and 'hat probably accounts for tho ponder- ■us profundity of its editorial pronouncements. Of course whnt these ^reat journals say in all solemnity, ihould not be impudently scoffed at by ibald upstarts whoso lack of intelloc- uni qualifications render them unable o properly appreciute thc gems of thought that are freely vouchsafed hem through these journalistic chan nels. But somo of these upstarts do scoff and frequently evon raucously jeer at the attempts mado by high-salaried editorial pundits, to cover up their lack of perspicacity, by a profuse indulgence in ponderous pronouncements, usually about something of which thoy know nothing. And Btill much of that which has been really intended by the editorial manufacturer to pass muster as wisdom, turns out to bo rare hutoor, onco it is subjected to the X-ray of close analysis. * # * Thc Daily Mail is quoted, quito gleefully, by tho prostitute pross of this end of the world, as being heartily in favor of placing a "fifty-years' boycott" upon German trade and shipping, by the Allies. Acording to the Mail this would mean "a sentence of commercial ruin and annihilation that would shatter every vestige of Gorman finance, shipping and manufactures." Now would not tbat be snd?* Woll, the editorial pundit that penned it evidently intended it fn bo a veritable humdinger of a wallop. A sort of a solar plexus tbat would cause thc German people to immediately cry, "Kumer- adel Kamcrnde!" nnd beg for mercy. But the more wc look at it the more it appears to bc a message of hopo to thc Gorman people, rather than a threat of evil and a menace of ill-intent. Perhaps it might be the vory bost thing that could possibly bo dono for the Germnn people, if such a throat wero renlly transformed into nn actual fact. * # * In the (irst place no people cun justify their occupancy of any territory in which they cannot food, clothe, shelter and otherwise innke themsolvos comfortable. And all of these things the German people can quite easily do within their own territory, if their enslavement and robbery by their ruling clnss is brought, to an end. The commercial structure of Germany, which the Mail would'see destroyed by a boycott upon the pnrt of the Allies, is nothing but the capitalist structure of infamy that hns been builded upon the enslavement and torture of tho German working people. Neither the Germans nor any other pooplo live by trade and cota- merce. These are adjuncts to tho game of human slavery. They come out of it. They are a part of it. For onc part of the world (the Allies) to destroy the superstructure of capitalist slavery in Germany, by the measures proposed or nny other, only means that thc German peoplo will be forced to chuck their overlords bag and baggage, and so organize thoir productive powors and resources as to admit of their feeding, clothing and otherwise providing for themselves,' without longer being compelled to surrender the weulth they produce, to build up the commerce nnd trad of a brutal and worthless ruling class. And the people of Germany or any other land can provide themselves with many titaes the comforts tbey now enjoy and do it in less than half thc timo now required, once thoy have sense onough to throw their ruling class off their backs, on thoir own account, or a boycott upon thc part of othor countries kills tho worthless struct uro of commerce, finance nnd trnde. * * * And another thing tbat might bc worth mentioning is that there would no longer be the necessity of frequent indulgence in sucb glorious and uplifting spectacles of blood and slaughter as that with which the capitalist world is now being regaled. Once tbe robbery of slaves is ended and the structure of world magnificence in trade, finance, commerce, govornment and such ruling class splurge, has been swept from the boards, a civilization that is at least based upon decency may be give a chanco to express itself.' And for that renson Tho Federationist is also in favor of a rigorous boycott against not only thc trade nnd commerco of Germany but of all the rest of the world as well. But we prefer that the boycott be declared'by the slaves of all countries alike. We know full well that the ruling clnss.of the world will not. knowingly destroy its own procious right to rule and rob. If tbe Daily Mail had a grain of horse sense it would know better than to advise any one section of that delectable class to knife any other section, either by boycott or otherwise. Thc capitalist censorship of the press is evidently directed, nt present, into wrong channels. and spectacular reactionary ass in the land, from Roosevelt down to Gompers and his "intellectual" socialist colleagues— Spargo, Stokes, Walling, and the mighty Charles Edward .Russell. Also fatty Taft. Hyland, the Tammany candidate, was classified by the Mit- chollitos, as being in "league with the kaiser." Bennett was tbe straight republican candidate. Thc reason why the result of the soldiers' vote has not been heralded throughout tho world by the capitalist press iB not clear, unless it bo for the very laudable purpose of keeping thc cheering news from the '' kaisor,'' In driblets here and there bits of information leak past the beneficent censorship established by our owners and masters over us in ordor that we may not, oither wilfully and .maliciously or inadvertently and carlessly, give military and naval information to tho enomy. Now and again a word comes through throwing n littlo light upon what is going on in countries with which wo are not at war, in regard to matters that our bcnovolent censorship hns evidently been determined to keep us in ignorance of, doubtless for our own good. Last August or September thero was troublo on in Spain. Tho consnrship wns immediately tightonod and no details of the trouble wero allowed to come through. It now leaks out thnt one of the incidents of that particular time was tho organization, by Socialist Deputies, of 1500 striking workmon who invaded tho parliament, laid down their demands in regard to hours of labor and the wage increase required, I and then stood grimly by and refused to allow any taombor to leavo the house until the bill legalizing theso concessions was duly passed, signed, sealed I and dcliverod to the master builders and the public works department. Tho Spanish soldiors can no longor bo relied upon by tho capitalists to hold thc industrial slaves in subjection. Thc Fedorationist has frequently suggested thnt death by starvation will be the portion of half of the so-called civilized world if this glorious European war is to continue anothor throe yoars. Forty thousand tons of oats and corn havo just been released by the United States authorities for shipment to the starving people of Finland. Tho Finns havo been forced face to face with starvation owing to the fact that $12,000,000 worth of grain which hnd been bought in Russia and paid for, had beon seized' by tho starving Russian peoplo, bofore the trains reacliod tho Finnish border. And the grain thus released to save the starving FinnB, is almost as bndly needed by tho people of France, England and the othor countries of Europe that are actively engaged in tho glorious struggle Another three years of ruling-class statesmanship and wisdom, and working-clasB ignorance and ox-like servility, and wholo nations will be depopulated by thc hand of starvation. And the ono comfort is that tho conscienceless and brutal ruling class of both sides to the miserable controversy will perish along with their docile and stupid slaves. Thc robbers and tbo robbed, the rulers und the ruled, will go down together. And it is eminently fitting that it should bo so, Neither a master nor a slnvo can bc properly classed as "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." They arc nuisances, both. A poculiar situation is said to have arisen in Britain in regard to theological students. Thc Archbishop of York (dear, useful man) says that for yoars to come after the war, thc clergy will have to be recruited from the army. Why not fill the pulpits entirely with those who have been crippled and maimed in this eminently christian struggle? And ns an especially firing tribute to the virtue of theological establishment, the Archbishoprics might be reserved for those returned warriors who have I been gassed. j It has been suggested that the star- J vation threatening thc population of I Finland has been brought nbout by the ! fact of the country's industries having \ boen turned exclusively to the production of war munitions for the Russian govornment, payment being taade in worthless paper roubles. There may bo something in thut, but does it not look ns though thnt which made the Russian paper rouble worthless will also result in developing the same virtue in tho paper currency of nil other countries? Too many promises to pay inevitably lands the promisor in bankruptcy. See tho point? Sure thing. In thc United States, up to Dec. 13, thero had been ginned during thc yoar 1917, 10,142,858 bales of cotton. Just what tho total crop for the year will be is not yet stntod. Tho amount ginned—as given above—is equivalent to about 45 pounds for each mnn, woman and child in thc republic. In viow of this it would not appear to be unreasonable to expect that each and every one of thom should at loast have the second shirt to their backs. But it ia a safe bot that these expectations will not be met, in tho caso of many millions of them. The requirements of trado, commerco and profits will attend to that. It should never bo forgotten that cotton, liko everything else, is not produced for use, but for sale. That Ib the only wny that proflt can bo realized under this glorious capitalist regime. Word has at last como through by slow freight tbat the soldiers' vote in thc recent Now York city olection, wns ns follows: Total voto cast, 28,889; for Mitchell, 6,228; for Hylan, 15,772; for Hillquit (socialist), 3,717, and for Bennett, 3,222. Mitchell was the "win- thc-wa by all tion, press The financial skies are evidently brightening. The beneficent benms of prosperity appear to lie penetrating even unto the dark places, that were formerly illuminated by tho rays of sweet charity alone. At least it looks that way hero in Vancouver. Saturday, Doc. 15, was sot aside as a tag- day for tho benefit of impecunious army chaplnins whom both the state and divino providence bad apparently loft in a shorn and shivering condition. And let it be proclaimed from the housetops, let it be emblazoned upon thc outer wall, let it bo heralded throughout the earth, that there has not beon a singlo tagdny held in this great metropolis since. .With thc rescue of itapecunious nrmy parsons from thc grim clutch of tho penury that, no doubt, '' cribbed, cabined and coil- fned" their noble rage against thc devil; abbrcviatel their power to for- fend thc wilos and wickedness of his Hun counterpart upon earth; emasculated their efforts to frustrate, by prayer, the knavish tricks of the enemies ARNOLD & QUIGLEY JANUARY Clearance $60,000 Stock of Men's High- grade Clothes and Furnishings to be sold at Extraordinary Reductions Many lines of Shirts, Underwear, Gloves, Soz, Sweater Coats, Hate, etc., selling at less than wholesale prices, See Friday morning papers for full particulars. Sale Starts Saturday Arnold & Quigley 546 GraaviU* §t Birks' Diamond Engagement Rings at $25, $30, $35, $40, $45, $50 and up Owing to special facilities in buying, tho elimination of middlemen's profits, and our guarantee that they are the highest qaality procurable, there is no greater value in Canada today than ia found in BIRKS' DIAMONDS. Lot us show you our fine range of Diamond Rings. HENRY BIRKS & SONS LIMITED Geo. B. Trorey, MftivDir, aranville Street of their king, and must hhvo lessened their zoal in doaling out solace and soporifics to tho tender lambs ontruBted to thoir loving care, it seeniB that the last poor, harried victim of poverty has boon placod upon tbo rock of safety and the chnrity-mongors aro out of a job. No moro tagdays; no more buttonholing and shameless soliciting upon tho streets. That is a much nearer approach to an ideal heaven, than ever Tho Fedorationist oxpectod to soe realized in Vancouver, But, como to think of it, thoro aro othor Saturdays to follow ond tho celebration of the passing of Btreot-boggary had better bo postponed until wo arc sure as to tho pasB- ing. LABOR TEMPLE MEETINGS FOR COMING WEEK SUNDAY, Jan. G—Moving Picture Oporators, Bartenders, Saw Filers Association. MONDAY, Jan. 7—Machinists No. 720, Boiler Mnkers, Steam Engineers, Electrical Workors, Tailors, Stroot Railwaymen's Executive, IT. B. Carpenters No. 617. TUESDAY, Jan. 8—Pressmen, Barbers, Butchers and. Meat Cutters, Amal. 'Carpenters, Machinists No. 777. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9—Street Raihvaymon, Metal Trades Council, Sterootypors, Teams- and ChnufTcurs, Cigar MakorB. THURSDAY, Jan. 10—Painters, Shoot Metal Workers, Shipwrights and Calukors, Machinists No. 182. FRIDAY, Jan. 11— Warehousemen, Machinists' Joint Meeting, Mill and Factory Workors, Shipyard Laborers, Plumbers, Pile Drivers and Wooden Bridgebuildors. New and second-hand stoves bought, sold and exchanged. 1114 GRANVILLE STREET NO ISOLATION WHEN YOU HAVE IHE TELEPHONE Winter weather doos not inenn thnt you have no interconrKe with friends. Tlio t deplume is rich I nt hand to ennhle you tu tulk with them ot nny time. Whether they live noar or far dis- timet- does not count. It is as eaay to telephone 100 miles as it is 1 mile. Telephoning is simply tnlking—you know how easy thnt is! Whonovor you think of your friends —telephone. B. O. TELEPHONE OOMPANT, LTD CENTER & HANNA, Ud. UNDERTAKERS Refined Service 1049 OEOBOIA STBEET One Block west of Court Houae. Uae of Modern Chapel and Funeral Parlors free to all Patrons. 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C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4,1918 (Bi Taaewncx Otty. 00-00 I $1.50 PER YEAR NEW TEETH ... GOOD HEALTH ... LONG LIFE There is no sense in going around feeling seedy beeause of poor or missing teeth and the ailments which are caused on that account. New Teeth Will Brace You Up Dr. Lowe replaces lost or missing teeth with teeth that in many instances will do the work as well and look better than your original teeth. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE DR. LOWE TODAY Dr. Lowe's prices, valuo considered, are reasonable. DR. LOWE, Dentist Opposite Woodward's Big Store 108 Hastings St. W. (Oor. Abbott) Phone Sey. 5444 This Poplin is high- grade but low-priced This is thc old pre-war quality, and wo arc still selling it at the old price. It comes in shades of nigger, wine, navy Russian, Copenhagen, rose, pink, pearl, battleship grey, reseda, green, tan, emerald, black and white; it is 36 inches wide, and is worth to $1.75 a yard. Al Aft Our special *P 1 .tTO SABA BROS., Limited THE SILK SPECIALISTS 668 OBANVILLE STBEET The hat yon want, the color you like, the size you need = YOU'IX flnd it niiy time you call ut BIOHARDSON A POTTS—the storo thut covers the entire HAT Hold. THE NKWE8T IN SOFT PELTS —THE SMARTEST -'LOOKING *•' DERBIES 83.00 to $8.00 EVEItTUINd THAT'S BEST IN CAPS* 11.00 to 88.60 Richardson & Potts Ltd. 417 OranviUe St. Near Oor. Hsstings January Sale We are placing on sale many odd lines in Clothing, Hats, Shirts, etc. Many lines in our Boys' Department at greatly reduced prices. Watch our ads. in the daily press,' and our windows. CLUBB & STEWART LTD. 309 to 315 HASTINGS STREET WEST CO-OPERATE AND SAVE MONEY The Emporium Co., Limited 614 Bower Bldg. Phone Sey. 3223 543 GranvUle Street Vancouver, B. C. 10 Sub. Cards Good for oae jreir'a anbioriptton to The B. O. Federationitt, will be mailed to tny ad- dreik In Canada for 910. (Oood anywhere outalde of Vaneonver elty.) Order ten today. Remit when aold. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S BEST COAL For your kitchen—Wellington Nut Kitchen, furnace and grate—Wellington Lump For Your Furnace Comox Lump — Comox Nut — Comox'Pea (Try our Vet Ooal for your underfeed furnace) JQMIlhii li* macdonaid-Marpole Co. Phone •S-tumour aio INCIDENTS OF THE LATE BATTLE IN Hughes Makes a Raid on the Queensland State "Hansard" Crooked Propaganda and Brute Force Failed to Carry Conscription [By W. Francis Ahorn] SYDNEY, N. S. VV., Dec. 3.—(8pecTal to Tho Federationist.)—I urn Bunding you thia in ordor to throw a littlo -light upon tho bitterest campaign evor fought in Australia, We, on the auti-conscrip- tionist sido, wor-e hopelessly gagged uud threatened with dire pains aud penalties if we put full steam ahoad in tho matter. It is really a wonder that wo succeeded iu escaping the strong hand of tho law until the light was ended. The lust' referendum campaign was bad enough, inasmuch as it thoroughly arojsed tho passions of the people, but it was nothing to this light. I have never seen the people so thoroughly aroused, and that probably accounts for tho defeat of the scheme by such a handsome majority.. We were all rather pessimistic as to the result, for wo fully realized that we, were up against it good and proper. We wore prevented from putting the case properly to tho poople, for reasons that I am not permitted to stato here. The very questions that were asked the and distributed throughbut Brisbane— for tho first time in Australia. Then the Queensland government posted polico on the premises and defied the Hughes military to take aetion. Up till tbe time of writing tbe matter remains at that—a deadlock having been reached. Of course the old constitutionalists—even though they are con- scriptionistH—could not bo brought round to 'suypporting Hughes in this action, because thoy realize that, abovo all, statos have some rights which should remain inviolate. It is not too much to say that the uction of Hughos in this matter lost the conscriptionist sido thousands of votes, and it may bo that this latest blunder of Hughes lost t'ti«m tho conscription fight. For one thing (owing to the fact t that Byan is a Boman Catholic) it swung the entire Boman Catholic voto iu bohind the anti-conscription side. Thon again the Sinn Fein movement is mnking marvellous headway, from whut I can hoar from various people, and being led by a brilliant Archbishop, also swung in bohind tho anti- conscriptionists. Ryu it, of Queensland, who has now become the big man of Australia on our sido, is drawing adhoronts to his side by tho thousands. The night following the seizure of the state "Hansard" in Brisbane—I am assured in a fiross wire I have just received—tho argest mooting over held in Queensland attended to hear Byan and ho received an ovation the like of which has never boen known in Australia before. Contrast this with Hughes, who after addrossing a meeting, had to escape by tho back door of the hall protected by police, while his car was sent round to tho front door in order to sidetrack attention. Hughes was forced to make it plain to the people that if the conscription proposals were defeated, he would resign and go out ol oftiee and hand the administration over to the Labor Party —"to lose the war," as he put it to the peoplo in order to swing thoir votes to conscription and savo his hide. And this much is certain, that if he does aB he promised, A'uBtralia Will be well rid peoplo were an outrage and an insult -; <■ (i. - . ., , „„i 8, Lr intol^e. Usad of bein J » * P,°''?'»___f ™"'l_£ Z uaked if they wero in favor of conscription, they were asked if they were "iu favor of reinforcing the Australian forces abroad under the government's proposals or not!" Atpmoetings instead of the people being asked whether they were in favor of conscription or nyt, Buch questions as these were asked: "Hands up all in favor of sending help to the boya in the trenches," and "Hands up all those in favor of letting the boys die in the trenches.". Every low-down and dirty trick was resorted to iu order gain the desired end. To combat the efforts of the conscriptionists, we published snocial issues of the Labor papers here. The Australian Worker run throe editions weekly instead of one as before the fight. Othor states also had effective publicity bureaus at work. It required the biggest effort we had over put up in order to win, and now that we have beaten conscription for the aeoond time, and far more emphatically than we boat it on tbe first occasion, we feel that Australia has much to be thankful for. .Regulations had been issued promising severe pains and penalties to uny one telling .even one lie or making a single false statement. Even if a writer "or speaker made a statement believing it in accord wMk tha faot, he was to come under this ban. • Authority was givon td entbr and seize presses printing any newspaper publishinfl*such statements, and other equally'drastic and arbitrary lawB were in effect. <tft was difficult to realize that wo were living in democratic Australia whon we found such autocratic and barbarous restrictions placed in our way. But towards the ond of November, things came to a head in the stae of Queensland. This is the only state in Australia at tho present time with a Labor governmont. Following on the harsh censorship, the pretaaior of Queensland, T. f. Byan, moved a motion of protest in the Queensland state parliament against the federal .government 'unduly censoring a speech mado by him at a public meeting. A vigorous dobato took placo over it. It appears that in turn the censors gave orders that Byau's speech waB not to bo allowed publicity in the Quoenslnnd Hansard, but the Queensland governmont printer refused to take notice of this. Whou tho Hansard was run off and roady for distribution, tho military descended on the govornment printing office in Brisbane nnd seized all copies, That was on November 26 last. Immediately this was done, tho Queensland govorninont eallod u cabinet meeting, and decided that tho information should be communicated to tho poople, and so n gazette extraordinary was published -j_t SEMI-READY SUITS are tlie Expert Testomony of careful Tailoring—England and Canada contribute the cloth—expert specialized tailoring the garment— and there is no greed for ofit in the price in the pocket. . THOMAS & McBAIN BELIEVESTHEWARIS Military Officer Refuses to Longer Take Part in the Struggle turpitude has caused more aching heartfl and sorry homes than the. antics of any othor petty despot that Australia has oven known. Just as I nm closing this dispatch, word ronchos me that at Warwick (Queensland) Hughes was attempting to address a meeting from the railway ear, wfien a large mob caused a riot, in which Hughos was physically assaulted. The Queensland polico oiirbeing called to take the men in charge who assaulted Hughes, rofuBed point blank to do so, stating that they took no orders from him and only recognized the law and nuthority of tho state of Queensland. Evontually Hughes escaped in the truifl to New So,ith Wales, with a litle shedding of blood for his country. The whole countryside was thrown into a fever of oxcitemont, portentious, evidently, of the big things that were to happen at the polls later on. During these Btirring times the premier of Queensland,? T. J. Byan, fearing personal attack by Hughes' orderB, was heavily guarded by his own police. There are many interesting things happening in connection with tho great atrugglo of a world democracy againat the pitiful remnant of autocracy that still Burvivos in mid-Europe. Yes, indeed. Declares It Is Now a War of Aggression and Conquest British "Hansard," (July 30) states that Corporal Lees Smith, M.P., called tho attention of parliament to the case of Second Lieutenant Sasscon, of the Boyal Welsh Fusiliers, a young man who has served in France and been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and haB had recognition of his commanding officer for distinguished servico 'in the field. He has now decided that ho can no longer fight in the present war and has forwarded the following letter to his commanding officer: ' 'I am waking thia atatement aa in act of wilful defiance uf military authority, because I believe that tbe war in boing duUbotatciy. prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that 1 am acting on behalf of uoldieru. I believo that this war, upon which I entered at a war of defence and liberation, hu now become a war of aggression aad conquest. I believe thri. the purposes for whioh I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should' have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, bad this been done, tbe objects which actuated us would now be attained by negotiation. I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolonging those Bufferings for ends whioh I believe to be evil and unjust. I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed. On' behalf of those who are suffering now, I make this protest agalnat the deception which has been practised upon them; also I believe that It may help to destroy the callous complacence with which the majority of those at home regard the continuance of agonies which they do not sharp and which they have not sufficient Imagination to realise. Mr. Macpherson, in replying to Corporal Lees Smith, appeared to think the young man is suffering from shell shock as certain medical boards appear to have sent him to hospital; but those who know him appear to think he is quite as sane and in aB good health now as over he was.—Maorilnnd Worker. Ladyware's January Sale of Suits and Coats The sensation of the New Year. Every Coat and Suit cut down to a profit-disappearing point. Here's an example J!f Ladyware price-cutting:— $50 to $75 Ladies'Coat Your Choice $42.50 Handsome High-class Garments in Velours, Pom Pom Cloths, Bolivian etc. Other lines reduced in proportion. Opp. Drysdale's WHY THE CHURCH EXISTS THOSE In Their Unchangeability Lies "Safety First" for Rulers [By Ellis 0. Jones] Blessed iB that optimistic couservu- tivo who believes that American human naturo and German human nature and British human nature aro different from Bussian human nature aud other humun natures; for any ono su believing cun still retain a blissful equanimity umid tho world chaos and the revolutionary manifestations that confront the close observer on every hand. Jn ordor that the capitalists and tho autocrats and tho militarists of thc different countries may view thu future with serenity they must bolievo that tho people of their respective countries will not react to tho same stimuli that actuated those revolutionary children of tho lato czar. They must assume that Americans und Germans and British and the rest will onduro forever without coinpluint the oppressions of the monopolists who havo obtained control of tho necessaries of life and exact outrageous proilts; that they will uevcr roach tho limit of endurance in the suppression of froo speech and free pros.-*; that thoy will always look with favor jpon tho oncrouchments of autocracy, provided it happens to bo in thoir own respective countries; that they will novor rebol ugniust the hollow swaggering pretentions of the militarists who nover brought anything into tho world but misory uud1 destruction; that thoy will novor porceivo thnt tho land-owning and cupitulist class, instead of being helpful in forwarding tho world's progress, aro really parasitical hindrances, dogs in the industrial manger, living from tho toil of the workors. It must bo very comforting to any American capitalist and politician wbo can believe that tho respectable, well- behaved masses will go on forever submitting to the deception and the bri* gundage that are being practiced upon them so completely and bo diligently, that their respect for the capitalist system and for capitalist "law and order" and for capitalist traditions is so deep- seated that nothing oould possibly induce them to abrogate those conventions no mattor how abjoct their political and economic condition may becomo. So believing, lot us ''carry on." Belying implicitly on tho meekness of tho American commonality, lot ub koep right on raising railroad rates, raising prices on ull commodities, nupprossing all freodom of thought and expression, spending unraonsured quantities of our natural resources nnd tho product of our toil for purposes of destruction; talking food n'id other commodities which aro sorely needed to feed and clothe worthy mon and women at homo ,d sending thom abroad. So boliev- i signs,**!-*] por- nt\,w the so- kf {■ this coun- ■^*__L [By Rev. Charles Stelale] John Flske, who was neither a churchman nor a theologian hut one of the foremost scientific investigators, said of religion: "Nono can deny that it is the largest and most ubiquitous fact connected with the existence uf mankind upon the earth. Man is incurably religious and his religion expresses itsolf lu many ways. This, in a moasuro, accounts for the variety of religious denominations. But rollgion is life. It is not iiiuriufacturod by priests and ministurs; It is born in the hearts of men. Lifo produces organisms. There is no life' anywhoro without organisation. The inorganic Js the lifeless. Hume men say: "I believe in religion but 1 don't believe in the church." You cannot have roal religion without organization; not necessarily the form of organization which we find in the church today, but some kind of organization must result from- religion. True religion is a social foroe, No man can ho religious alone. There must bo relationship to Qod and to man. The church is man's expression of his religious life and instincts. It Ib the organization which he has formed to permit him to servo bost; for truo religion means service. It should nevor be forgotten, in a discussion with regard to the church, tbat man's greatest nood is spiritual and that the church is the organisation which has been created to satisfy this neod. This, of itsolf, justifies the existence of the church. But the success of tho church Is no indicated by Its great woalth, its onormous membership, its splendid form of worship; for, after all, religion cannot be an end in itself. The church, in order to make good, must direct religion bo that it will bo of social value. It is tho business of the church to save not itself but the world. ODE TO THE ONION Ot procious globo. Ot pearl of price, 01 quite incomparable flavor, Thore Is no need to ask me twice When I inhale your gracious savor. Let tradesmen swell their awful bills, Unless thoy bid uie do without you, Whom I so worship that It flills My oyos with tears to think about you. —London Evening Nows. try unless wo can chango human naturo. We in ust chango tho American human naturo to mako it like tho Hussion human naturo, but that oan nover be. Almost any editor or mngazino writer knows thnt. EMPRESS COFFEE but it's the samo roliablo Coffoe only it is put up in a sanitary, doublo-Hnod, weather-proof bag, Mislead of a tin container. Wo nro suving tho tin for tho Allies and tho extra ten cents it costs is a saving to you—honce 40 cents Ib. instoud of 50 conts. Ask your grocer to grind it for you, and if Empross Coffoo inn't satisfactory ho will give you Bnck your money. At All 1.Hiding Grocers Many heavy doctor's and hospital bills can be saved by having a supply of household drugs aud standard remedied in your Jiouse. —with these preparations handy—ready for immediate use day or night—you oan take prompt action in ease of illness or injury. And a little attention when the first symptom develops often goes as far as expert attention later on. See us. We oarry a full line of drugs and proprietary medicines, and offer them at the lowest pricei. Vancouver • Drug Co. The Original Cut Rate Druggists MAIN STOBB. 405 Hutlngs St. W. Phones Bay. 1966 ti 1966 BRANOH STORES: 7 Hustings Street West Seymour S6S2 j* 782 OranviUe Street Seymour 7013 _. 2714 OranviUe Street Bay. 2314 A 17440 412 Main Street Soymour 8SS2 1700 Commercial Drive High. 8S6 ft ,v;s.')0 Mall Order Department for out-of-town customers. Samo prises and servico a. our over our counter. Address 407 Hastings Street West. COMFORT SHOES FOR MEN No man can do his work well in shoes that "hurt." Our Comfort Shoes will work wonders for your foot troubles. Easy foot-form lasts, made from soft, pliable leathers that "wear." The Ingledew Shoe Co. 666 ORANVILLE STREET Getting Cheaper Every Day Yes, the street-car ride is cheaper. The Nickel has shrunk in value with the increase in prices. The prices of food, olothing, fuel, etc., have increased 60% in the last few years. The price of the street-car ride has remained unchanged. Can you name a single other commodity that has not advanced in price? At the same time, the cost oi the streetcar ride has been going up. Materials used in street-car service have gone up since 1914 78 per Cent The nickel no longer pays for your streetcar ride. You are getting the street-car ride below cost. OSCS^ectHc 'W PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PBIDAY.. ..January 4, 1918 JANUARY CLEARANCE —SALE= 300 PAIRS MEN'S $8.00 to $10.00 SAMPLE BOOTS, $6.96 A grand chance for men who take 0\_, 7 anil 1% sizes to caeapi. paying the war-time price of shoes. These Shoes come up to your most sanguine expectations. They ure high grade; all made with genuine Uoodyear welted soIob, with uppers of the very bust selected stock, modelled ou the newest lasts. Lathers include gunmetal, vici, patent uud tan calfskin. This is thc best acjf of samples we have hud und nq_ man who takes the sizes mentioned should miss this opportunity. Regular $8.00 to $10 values. Sale prico $5.95 .MEN'S BAINCOATS $8.75, REGULAR $15.00 TO $17.60 A rare opportunity to get a good, serviceable Kuincoat at a barguin. We guarantee every eoat in tfcis offering tu give complete satisfaction. They uro fall length euats in tlie popular groy twoed finish; two patterns. Sizes 30 to 40. Sale price $8.75 MEN'S $2.00 AND $2.50 HATS FOR $1.65 A rounding up of surplus -hon und broken lines from oui1 rcgulur stocks. Hats of ull styles nnd colors in this eolluelioii. All tlie up-to- date shapes are represented. A rare choico fur uny man to get a bargain. Sizes 0 5-H to 7%. WATSON, MUNSINO AND PENMAN'S COMBINATIONS AT SAVING PRICES A collection of odd sizes uf these three well-sponsored makes, including all sizes and weights in union wools, pure wools and silk and wool mixture, grey and white. Prices ranging from $1.50 to $5.00 a suit, und every suit a bargain at the marked price. MEN'S WORE SHIRTS AT 86c These are in heavy ehumbray and English Oxfords in a big assortment of stripes. All durable, well-mude garments, cut over generous put terns. Moat stores usk $1.00 or more for gurnieuts of eqnu) merit. Nabob! fCOFFJBBN" 1 CANADA'S BEST COFFEE V '93 ABOB Coffee is packed by the vacuum process, which keeps in all its' fragrance, freshness and flavor. There is no other coffee quite se good. DR. W. J. CURRY "—> *. 301 DOMINION BUILDING • CORNER CAMBIE AND HASTINOS STRERT8 KINO UF SETMOUB 2354 FOB APPOINTMENT SEE LOMAS for Small Farm Lands and Suburban Homes As aa old-time resident of Bxtmiby be knows values and every inch of the district. Agent Equitnble Fire and Marine Inaurance Company A. LOMAS NOTARY PUBLIO Baal Estate, Conveyancing, Insurance, Appraiser, Estates Managed I have the best exclusive listings in Burnaby. Oood buys for cash, in lots, houses and acreage. All olose to car line. Phone Ool. MX -JUBILEE, B. 0. P.O. Box 7 itSXMr - 'fEDEMIlONIST Canadian Northern Railway TRANSCONTINENTAL THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PABSENOER FARES ra. EASTERN DESTINATIONS ' MODERN EQUIPMENT—COURTEOUS ATTENDANTS- TRAVEL COMFORT CONSULT OUR NEAREST AOENT OR WRITE DISTBIOT FA8SEN0EB AOENT, 60S HASTINOS W., VANCOUVEB Telephone Seymour 8488 Demand the Best Cascade Beer Peerless Beer it Alexandra Stout Canada Cream Stout All the above brands are tpewed and bottled by anion workmen. THE PURE ESSENCE OF BARLEY AND HO?S Bottled at the Brewery by Vancouver Breweries, Limited ■ •*•■■,•( ■ Letter to Peter Pickup Editor li. 0. Fodcrallonlst and Mr. Poler Pickup: I enjoyed all your lottor excopt the early Victorian, .slum at lln- ond about potti- coats. You have no roason to blamo petticoats for thu result of tho election unloss you have jiint not the habit of making woman tho Hcapogoat. Ramember the old lady who onjuyed tho earthquake ho much because it wan tho first thing in twenty years that her husband did not blame her for. And I have mot husbands who would havo blamed their wives for that too just on general principles. Since the days of Eve, who was not overburdened with skirts, men are always shielding themselves behind some petticoat, like the Uermaus in this war putting women and children in front of their soldiors. Thoy get the liltbit when they are small and cling to thoir mothers' skirts, and thoy novor outgrow it. lt was not petticoats that won the election, it was cat's paws carefully selected. The women who could bo made to vote Unionist wore given thu vote, and the other women who might he doubtful weru given no chanco to express themselves at all, yet you' describe tbem all by the sweeping term petticoats. 1 du not blame the women who wore made cat's paws of. Those who have relatives at tho front are driven nearly insane with grief and anxiety, and when they were told that a vote for the Unionist wujdri help their boys, and a VOto ngainst Would mean their death, of course Ihey took no chances. They were Blatlipudod* as it was well-known they would bo, To take advantage »f thom in that way was, as The Fedorationist would say, "as easy as taking candy from a rickety kid," and just as despicable. Vou say petticoats and aprons. What aprons'! Bishops, aprons or butchers') or bakers or barbers or bartenders) It seems all tho aprons wero well represented In the election. Once more tbo sovereign people has spoken, nnd thu voice of the people is the voice of Ood I 'Pile women did not confuse tho issuos in tbis election any moro than the mon do who havo voted so long. I heard a man say that if Laurler got in there would bo no more English spuken, but wo would all speafc French ana German. In that case he should hnve voted for Laurier as it would be a much easier and cheaper way of acquiring languages than the old method. Anothor man said Laurler nevor dared take any step with- out asking tbe pope's permission first. ■*- Al tho timo of the suffrage referendum, n man came to town to vote against it. Ho said naturo-meant woman to ho weak aud lean on man. Tho man should be master and drive the woman on a tight rein, like he did >a horse, because it gave the woman confidence-* just like It did the horse to feel n firm hnnd on the rein. Ho said ho was shocked to aeo girls playing games in the schoolyards just like boys and growing atrong contrary to the laws of nature. He said It was this abnormal strength developed hy the women that was responsible for the outbreak of infantile pa+alysls in New York. Thnt outbreak of diseaso was the protest of outraged nature. He finished by saying he was not married (which was very evident), but if ho were, lie would keep his wife in her place I That man had voted for years, but he considered that womon were not fit to voto. I never mot a woman elector quite so confused as that, did you! Also it seems to me if the working men s wives and families voted wrong in this election the working man is to blame for not explaining things to thom. And, by the byo, where was the working man at election time! Are there any working mon In B. O.t No mnt ter I Whatever goes wrong it Is always in ordor td« blame the woman, as did that dishonest gardener, our forefather Adani, who, of course, was not to blame for whnt could you expect of a man who had no grandfather! There were some early Victorian customs which wo might have retained with advantage, but cheap sneers at women is not one of them. Dear Peter, had you not a mother; nearly everyono had! And as to petticoats, Chinese women and Turkish women wear trousers, and white women wear overalls and knickors, while Highlanders and Greeks, and tho Roman soldierB also fought In petticoats. As to the near beer to which yon refer so feelingly. It is'deadly. Sevoral people have died from attempting to drink enough to collect out the amount of alcohol they were used to, and before they were satisfied they became water-logged and sank. Ninon de L'Enclos said her Bonp intoxicated her. A cup of good strong soup is quite a stimulant, or would he if one could got beef to make it of. A war-time recipe for a delicate bullion is a cup of hot water with some celery in It. Ab a delicacy, It Is all that thoy claim and more, hut I doubt if even Ninon could have got much enthusiasm out of it. , . I hope that during tho storms of th© coming year you may flnd some petticoats to clhig to. o-ven if tt is only the "skirts of chance." Yours truly, SALLY p0RTH_ Wool Over Eyes of Psalm-singers Editor B. C. Federationist: It Ib doubtful If in the history of the city thoro has been such universal gambling going on os at pre- - -nd „., .. , ... Mayor McBeath, who, as executive head of the city, and the "commander-in-chief" of the polico department, will be charged with permitting this, furthermore, probably never before In this city's history has the 'town buen so largely infested with women and their male companions as at present, and all during the two years' regime of Mayor McBeath. Howover, in the face of this, thoro are a lot of people, just ot present givhig thoir, support to tlie mayor for his third term campaign, whose eyes are covered with wool or who deliberately refuse to see what an unbiased eye can seo half closed. But Mayor McBeath is not lacking In nerve. He has tho otVrontery to tell tho peoplo that 'various mysterious forces of the underworld are "after" him. One's friends ure never "after" him in the sense which* the mayor desirus to convey. Tho underworld is gutting by with litttlu molestation, and js spreading all over the city. So far as there hns been any evidence tho city, undor the administration of .Mayor McBoath, lias made no effort lo clean up tlie underworld. These nre facts which any of tho element backing the mayor's campaign know full well, or, if they do not know it, they ought to got out and acquaint themselves with the fads for their own good and the good of the city. A few weeks agoi Rov, A, E. Cooke, a local preacher, took a sightseeing .tour on his own book, and preached a sermon which some of bis pious brethren no doubt were willing to boliove was a pipe-dream. Rev. Mr, Cooke found gambling running nlmost wldoopen, and gamblers unmolested. Nor did they appear to fear molestation, Thc only trouble with Rov. Mr. Cooke's journey was it' did not go deep enough, or he would have uncovered a whole lut more startling Information for his congregation, many members of wliich no doubt nro inclined to believe the buncombe published iu the daily press by Mayor McBenth who would appear in the light of a saintly person much abused. The prohibitionists, too, might be interested to know that under the administration of the mnn who clnims to have tbeir endorsation, but who has only the endorsement of the executive of the prohibitionists, a drink or whiskey is not at all as hard to get in this city ns many, who do uot attempt to ascertain the facts, mny believe. WARD V RATEPAYER. T. B. CUTHBERTSON ft 00. Men's Hatters and Outfitters 630 Granville Street 619 Hastings Street West SHOP AT SLATER'S Not-a-Seed Retains, It lie Sunmald Raisins, 2 lbs „ 250 Orange and Lemon Peel, It) 36c Shelled Almonds, It) B00 Shelled Walnuts, !b - 65o Dessocated Cocnenut, Tb 800 Larue Prunes, Ib ISo Canadian Cheese, in. SOo Mlnee Meat, 2 lbs. for 25c Finest No. 1 Alberta Butter, 2 lbs. for 05e Alberta Special Butter. 8 lba. $1.46 Finest Pure lard, 2 lbs. for SSo Slater's Tea, Ib SOo OBDEBS DELIVERED TO AIX PARIS 131 Hastings Bt. East Bey. 3269 830 Of anville St. Bey. 868 3814 Main Strset. Fair. 1683 THE BEST Shaving Soap in any country Produces a Fine dreamy Latter and Does Not Dry on the Face DEMAND "Witch Hazel" Shaving Soap Stick or Cake Manufactured In British Colombia Reply to Peter Pickup Editor B. C?Federationist: I notice In the Dec. 21 Issue of the Fed. a letter from some individual who, In spite .of sundry cracks over the head (presumably by British, not Gorman, policemen) and "forty years fighting," takes the position that the war must be "won" and who has "sweated body and brain for 'the cause.' " It would scfcu that the issues of the dny are not looked* at by this gentleman through work ing-class spectacles. A comrade of Eni- iiillfne Pankhurst, Mrs. Despard—and on speaking tonus with Oeo. Wyndham, seems more likely to have bourgeoiso tendencies (ban proletarian, This js bourne out by the rabid hatred of toryism shown in the titles, a peculiar trait of a member.of the "Great Liberal Party"—a party, by the way, that (ought, tooth and nail,^gainst every act that has been introduced in tho British parliament aiming at restricting Industrial exploitation. The Federationist is a working-man's paper, so P.#. evidently thinks that the ideas expressed In his letter have* educational valuo to the workers. I fear he is mistaken, not so> much because it is so naively contradictory, but becauso not one single point ia taken up from the working-class basis. "British democracy" and "British liberty" are referred to lu the lotter as though they wore somo kind of chewing-gum—as though they wore something tangible. What ore tho facts! Take Mr. Pickup's reference to the attempted murder of "British democracy" by Charles 1., for instance. Wero the workers interests involved! Did Cromwell and his Ironsides have for their slogan, "Better conditions for the toilers," or .was it protestantism—with the economic need of the manufacturers^as a base) The latter most assuredly. And apropos of Cromwell's lovo of liberty and democracy—tho Germans have nothing on the English when the Irish atro- elties are remembered. All this' "sacred right" piffle about voting, certainly sooms out of placo in a liberal's letter. Thoir "great men," Bright, Cobden nnd Forster, refused household suffrage in tho boroughs, soon after the repeal of the corn laws and loft it for the tinted lories to accomplish. Of course, from the working-class viewpoint, all this -noise of "sacred right" turns out to he merely a question of expediency, nicely weighed up by the economlo Interests that control the state at the time. Mr, Asquith admitted that Alien referring to woman suffrage. He stated that he had no objection to it, but was unable "to introduce it because it was inexpedient at that time. Since'the votes of women, who' now dominate, numerically, In industry, will be needed to prevent pro- soldier legislation after the war, "votes for women" Is . becoming expedient. Sacred rlghtt BobiiI j Sections of the working cluss are given the vote when their masters need those votes to 'return them. When any section of that class may be expected to vote in its own interest, wbat is more natural than that it should be disfranchised! And to cap it, towards the end of the letter, Mr. Pickup states that he "would have applauded him (Borden) to the echo had he and his party played th* tyrant" and . . . made everybody give all, Bftne democracy I Neither Tory nor Liberal has ever raised a finger against the slavery of the working class. Nor will thoy. As parties representing different sections of the ruling cUbs it Is hopeless to expect any effort ou thoir part to ^abolish wago slavery. No ruling class has-ever yet voluntarily got off the bucks of its subject ones. And is thero any foolish enough to think they ever will! Fortunately tho ruling classes of Europe and) America have boen compollod to adopt policies which are a direct negation of all that paper talk about democracy, freedom, otc.; the working class is being compelled to realize that It is a slavo class and this must result in an effort sooner or later to free Itself. In an effort of that kind the workers are working in their own Interest; by attempting to break tho chains of their slavery, they strike right at the root of their troubles, but to listen to tho punk that froths from liberals merely keeps them in that condition of stupidity wliich has so far enabled our masters to palm off slavery under tho gulso of freodom. I hopo future ovonts will make Peter pickup some class ideas. Yoiini for tho revolution, AMBROSE TREE. Longshoremen's Union, Pender street, Vancouver, Dec. EB, 1917. , Street Railway Advertisements or Truth In Advertising Editor 11. 0. Federatlonist: Sad to relate, It was ruining—also It waB New Year's eve, ns having finished my daily duties I awaited the coming of a street car.to take ine to my humble domicile in Vancouver's choicest residential suburb, commonly Known as South Vancouver. Two or throe "Frnsers" had already passed—chock full of humanity— when 1 espied another coming nnd, being dos- perate, I wns able to squeeze in between a member of the fair sex and a rather pompous individual, seemingly of tho masculine persuasion, who belched forth fumes from the stub of a Christmas cigac. "Beautiful weather!" volunteered the gentleman. I agreed; feeling thnt If I differed tho conversation would be lengthened and that as my friend talked with the "cigar", betweon his teeth, he wight Inflict some more of the poisonous gases <«hich emanate)} from his partly burnt cigar. We hnd by now reached the "Junction." where good travellers were fain—In the happy dnys—to "quaff a glass" (even two betimes) according to the generosity of thc conductor who punched their transfer. Visions had I of a foaming tankard wherewith I might drown somo of tho perfume that the pompous gentleman had ao kindly bestowed upon me, No such luck, howover, the hostelry had heen converted into a junk store'— the conductor gave two rings nnd we proceeded on our joyride still jammed tight on tho renr pint form. Owing to a sudden jolt tho lady to tho front of mo was forced rathor close to my person, and as she possessed, some beautiful plumage on her headgear, I was permitted to receive a large portion of partridge feather in my right eye. Should tho lady in question read this, please accept my host thanks as possibly sho did not catch the full meaning of my remarks at the time. Noaring Twenty-fifth avenuo somfl paBBcn- gers decided that, ns tho conductor would soon be collecting another fare, they would mnke n graceful exit. I was permitted to ro- mnin as I had parted with a settler's ticket on entering. (When the fares advance I hopo to have the "pleasure of lenvj the front 4 the car. But what Is this I see! Half-way along the row of advertisements is a picture of one of the medical fraternity, giving a prescription over the phone, recommending "Bon-Opto" for the eyes. My right eye immediately regained ita jull visionary powers—no doubt at the happy prospects in store—and also brought to my notice the fact tha* the doctor prescribing "Bon-Opto" wbb himself wearing glasses I A not uncommon thing for a doctor to do—that is prescribing "done" to euro that with which he is himself afflicted. Having recovered, I mado'tny *x»y to the vacant, seat, but another interesting card caught my gnze right opposite. It was an advertisement of the Vancouver Gas company and on the left of the card was the figure of a man—possibly a likeness of the goneral manager of the concern—who knows. By the appearanco of his low forehead one can imagine a person not over-endowed with Intelligence and, by his rather extended waistline, a person that does not over exort himself In order to procure his daily "sustenance. This is the doctrine wliich he expounds or words to tbat offect: "Conserve tho coal for our national needs. Gas must do the work." I femomber that the fumes which tho pompous individual had so generously distributed were derived from his elgar and it struck me that coal gas would probably bo obtained from coal. Why then should tho Gas company insult tho intelligence of the public by suggesting that gas be burnt so that coal may bo conserved, when coal has to ho used to manufacture gas! They soil you the gas and thon sell you tho by-product (coke), which costs you as much por ton as coal. Oh no I tho Gas company aro neither patriots nor philanthropists; by using gas you do not directly nor indirectly conserve the coal for national needs, but you do help to line the pockets of the Gas company, Q. E, D. Vancouver, .Ian. 3, 1918. Memorandum, History, Resume, In Menioriaut „ Editor B, 0, Federatlonist: Going back to tho Yukon (Klondike) election of 1002, tbe manner- in whloh Clifford Sifton not only elected his apologist, Hon. Jus. H. Robb, as flrst M.P. for the Yukon, but also prevented any protest <tf investigation into how that election was brought about, is interesting, not to say enlightening. Remoinber that the opponent of Mr. Ross in that election had only one plank In his platform, that if elected he would impeach Clifford Sifton, alleged Liberal minister of tho fntorior, for malfeasance in office. Clifford naturally didn't want that done; ho prefers dealing with public questions and his record as tho Winnipeg Free Press sees fit to deal with such. The orders to tho R. N. W. M. P. and lesser heelers in that memorable election which eusily established n high-water mark for cost of electing one M. P. In Canada was to stop at nothing. Go the. limit. Elect Ross. At Millerand Glacier iioll there were 48 names ou Hie list which was the outside number of actual voters. Ron.- got 100 Votes und Clarke Itl. At Cariboo Crossing there were 21 voters In the list; Clarke got 17 of thoso bnt Ross got 131. Some eleotlon! They owe over $80,000 yet and their names to this duy are the tabs. No wonder W. W. Ji. Mclntu-H said the defending of such Liberals was not enBy at $10,000 a year and pickings. He knew—becauso he tried it. The law then was that,an election must he protested within 40 days of the election. But to protest an election It is an axiom that some one must be elected and the way a man Is elected is for the returning officer to actually declare him elected. So that if the returning officer should set tho day for such declaration more than 40 days after the actual voting, the protest could not be entered within tho 40 daya because' there was no one elected yet., If you waited till the declaration you *jmld bo too lato under the aot. Irony of fate when Bob Ellbeck, the sheriff and returning officer, set his declaration 62 days after tho voting, wo found ont tnat wo were estopped, and no protest could stand up. ThU was proved by the fact that Congdon (Liberal) protestod Thompson (Conservative) in the second Yukon election and the supremo court threw tho protest out on this point as a preliminary objection. Application of the Tnkon Legend Has the entire Dominion been Slftonlsed, just as Joe Clarke was rubbed of the Yukon election in 1002! Our election day was Dec. 17, 1917. The soldierB' vote Is over at or about the same time. No count, however, of that vote till a month after.. I do not think the declaration of any M.P.'a election can take place within the 40 days of election. If not there ean bo no more protest of any eleotlon in Canada now th-nn there was possible a protest of tho Ross- Slfton thievery of 1902. The samo crooked enumerators, open repeating, notorious plugging, that went on in Yukon, wns even exceeded at this election. The crooks worked so openly here' that they must have felt they were Immune from prosecution or even investigation. The same master hand concocted both legalised robberies. , Before going any further with denunciation of theso crookB, or even going any further with tho be-a-good-loser policy of some, would It not be well MP find out ff we actually had any eleotiot at all worthy of the name. Find out if the dice were not loaded moro than has yet been published. Find out. if Clifford Ofton's biggest and best deal was not also hitrmoNt brazen and barefaced robbery. * That this outrage to democracy (for which they fight!) needed only the silence of the press to make it look pretty would account for the immense sums of money, piles of influence and pressure brought to Northcliffe- Siftonize tho free press of Canada, and make It unanimously ns possible, a la the Free Press of Winnipeg. This is-only ono phase of the alleged election of Dec. 17, pulled off so adroitly before the strictly English colony of Australia told the European diplomats just how far they were going with compulsory military sorvico. With this one shadow of the deal exposed or even debated, the peoplo might yet watte up. . • Brazenly tho John Wesley (Flavelles, Allisons and Clifford Siftons) and reverend gentlemen who draw salaries for keeping that great name before the public, want a "union" government in Alberta. Union men in municipal office. No man llge R. A! Rigg, of Winnipeg, back in tbe provlnical' house of Manitoba. They certainly have gall and nerve, have these bold buccaneers of modern Canada. But tbo ship is waterlogged. It matters not what loot has been put aboard, the jig is up. Tho frenzied financiers of Canada's profiteering brigade are going down, down nnd without even one life-preserver such as self-respect, and "thank God," as G. P. Graham (another Methodist) says, "they nre going to tnke a nice bunch of counterfeit sky-pilots with them, unwept, unhonored and unsung." For democracyl (In spite of tho fnto ao far meted out to ono Henri Bourassa and fearless uf Clifford of Brandon.) For Canada! J. 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As u man who knows what tlu* keeping of teoth in proper condition moans to general health, comfort and appearance, I can toll you thut you could mako but few bettor resolutions. Start tho year right by calling ou mo and allowing mc to ox* limine your teoth and advise you. If .your tooth need attention I will toll you. It's bettor to bo told thnt way than to wait und lot your teoth toll you in thoir way—whon it. is often too late. . Dr. Brett Anderson Grown and Bridge Specialist 602 Haatinga Street Weat, Oor. Seymour Offlce Closes Daily at 6 p.m. X-Bay films taken if neces* \ury; 10*yaar guarantees PHONE BET. SS31 Examinations mad pbone appolntmetti. Examinations made oa VIOTOBIA, B. 0.: 618 View Street. Phone, 1269. Greenhouses and Nursery, Esquimau Road. Phone 219. HAMMOND, F ti.s Greenhouaea and Nursery on C. P. B. Phone Ham mond 17. Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. 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Prices from $42.50 to $85.00. on eaiy payments U desired. HASKINS It ELLIOTT "Tbe Pioneer Bicycle Store " SU Howe St. t_ Hsstings St W. ASE TOUB OBOOEB FOB PRIDE OF ALBERTA, and MOTHER'S FAVORITE FLOUR UNION MILLED X, 3. PHILLIPS * CO., Agents V.»ne 6415 1MB Hamilton PRINTING OOWAN tl BBOOKHOUSB Lahor Temple Pteas Sex. MM OLELANDDIBBLE ENGRAVING COMPANY Limited PHOTO ENOBAVEB8 — COMMERCIAL ABTISTS Pbone Seymour 718» ■*■•, - - Third Floor, World BniMlaJ VAKfOofrvBR, B. O.^__ —The only Union Shop in Van"~^ i: T Barrabas in Jerusalem 2000 Years Ago and Borden in Canada in 1917 And the Hand of Starvation Clutches at the Throat of Civilization [By Goo. P. Stirling] Mr. Borden's govornmont has nguin got hold of what thoy call tho "rudder of government," but which in, in reality, ns Carlyle says, tho "spigot of taxation." Most of the people whn wore allowed to voto, voted for the governmont. This doea not moan that tho majority of tho peoplo of Canada aro in favor of Mr. Borden nnd conscription. If Mr. Borden had thought bo tho War-Times election act would not havo boen born. Tho refusal to tako a referondum on tho question of conscription, and the enactment of tho above-mentioned Franchise act are conclusive evidence, to all thoao who do not look at things through party spectacles but with tho naked eyo, that Mr. Borden has stolon tho election. Ih is also the rock upon which which the Unionist government is destined to bo shattered to fragments by tho relentless waves of public indignation. The day of kaiserism is fast drawing to a close. Tho establisment of a government by defrauding tho pooplo at the ballot box mny bo a clover game, whon the people of the world are boing aroused to slay autocracy. Nero fiddled whilst Eome burned. And whilst the grim spectre of starvation is casting its clammy hand over tho world, Mr. Bordon plays at politics. "Victory," says Lloyd George, "is a question of tonnage." And Mr. Borden would send him cs a holiday gift 100,000 slaves. Europe is on tho verge of starvation. The groat mass of thc people nro apparently oblivious of the fact that 100 millions of nien cannot bo taken away for three years from the production of food without causing a famine. A few economists can see it. A few statesmen fear it. But the mnjority of thc people act as though they bolioved that Some Comment Called Forth By Events of the Passing Show ========== [By J. B.] ■ Some of the Facts, Fallacies and Falsehoods of These Glorious Days As Seen Through Woman's Eyes Victory Bonds Making an appeal for thc purchase of Victory Bonds, Rev. Dr. O'Boyle said: "No sacrifice is too great to bo rightly demanded of the citizen in time of war. Prom thoso who fight, lifo is asked; what then may not fairly be asked of tho rest! The state can take our sons; it can, therefore, tnko our money!" "Our sons" is merely a figure of speech. Most of tho people who talk so glibly of giving thoir sons are not personally concerned in tho mattor at nil. But Dr. O'Boyle has stnted our case for ub: Whon lifo is asked of some what may fnirly be asked of the restt" Oonscription of woalth, niost certainly, and also conscription of their services 'beginning to be tired of carrying the weight of every .war on their shoulders, already bowed under the yoke of the parasite, that throttling "old plan of the Bea." When a working man is conscripted his wealth is conscripted as well as his life. It consist of his labor power, just his limbs and the strength to use them. That is all the provision he has for himself and those dependent upon him. A very precarious investment at the beBt of times. Of courso we are told that the government will take care of the man's dependents and of himself if he comes back. As a mattor of fact it does not and we know it doos not, at least in any adequate way. We know all about it because wo for the nation in nny way that they I havo beon thoro bofor-e. aro able to serve. 11 This is not the flrst war although it Labor doos ask conscription of is thc worst that has evor happen- woalth. Thc workors think it would " ' " " ' ' " bo only fair because their woalth has been conscripted nlrendy, and they aro flour and sugar were produced in gro- cory establishments. It is not yot too late to avert a disaster, but if a fow moro weeks of war nre allowed to pass, a few more 100,000 tons of food sont to tho bottom of the deep blue sea, n few moro 100,000 men taken from thc production of food and sont over to Europe, with the tools of destruction and death strapped upon their haunches, then neither gods nor devils can avert it. Two thousand years ago the mob in the streets of Jerusalem voted for Barrabas. Thoro wbb hardly a dissenting voice. Thc priests and thc loaders of tho people "swept the country," bo to speak, and the "peace on earth, good will to men" campaign was nip- pod in the bud. Next to tho disgusting and malicious act of the Germans in provoking war, one would imagine that the most perfidious act today is to attempt to provoke peace. Nevertheless hunger will provoke poace in spite of tho vigilance of censors. Soldiers cannot fight on short rations. "Victory," says Lloyd Georgo, "is a question of tonnage." Meanwhile Mr. Borden will send 100,- 000 mon. But we shall wait and see. SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING IFOR ****** ****** ****** ****** A CHANCE TO ELECT A LABOR CANDIDATE ON MONDAY lUnder the auspices of Proportional Kopriv sentation League] FEDERATIONIST readers who may havo developed the Idea that lt Is Impossible under the existing system to elect a Lauor man to any public office, have an opportunity to try out a now system, under different rules. On the "P, R." Model Election Ballot, printed herewith, are included a number of Laborites. James Simpson, P. M. Draper and J. G. Watters. The election is, of course, fictitious, but you aro asked to take sufficient interest in the contest to cut out the ballot and send it In as directed. Readers of The Fedorationist will probably give their first preferences to these Labor men and these, as one can express as many choices as they please, your fourth and fifth choice, etc., may go up to any other candidates yon wirh to seo elected. Seriously, this newspaper olection should OUT AROUND demonstrate that under Proportional Representation, a Labor constituency like Vancouvor could secure Lahor representation. 1-Yderatlonittt lady readers will possibly feel disposed to favor their own sex and give one of their choices to Mrs. Nolllo McClung, who has been prominently Identified with the Prohibition movement, and who Is an author of note. Other names which may recoive consideration nre those of Sir Robert Falconer, president of Toronto University, Dr. James W. Robertson, the "father" of manual training and agricultural education in Canada, Prof. Adam Shortt, late civil service commissioner of Cnnada, Dr. J. A. Macdonald, for many years editor of the Globe and an orator of note, and Ralph Connor, author, millionaire and chnplain. The rest of the candidates are politicians to whom no introduction is necessary. BORDER LINE MODEL ELECTION BALLOT PAPER YOU ARE INVITED TO VOTE This election is supposed to be held in tko city of Vancouver to elect eight aldermen to. take the place of the present City Council. It Ib assumed that the candii dates mentioned below have been nominated, and arc contesting this election. VOTE ACCORDING TO THESE DIRECTIONS Vote by placing tho figure "1" in the square opposite tho name of your flrst choice; the figure "2" in the square opposite the name of your second choice; the figure "il" opposite your third choico and bo on. You may thus express as many choices as you please. NOTE: The ballot will .ho valid if only tho figure "1" is marked, but voters are idvised to number in the order of their preferences tho names of all the candidates whom they would desire to see eleotod. The ballot will be spoiled if the figure "1" is placed opposite the name of more than one candidate. ed, and the aftermath will also be tho wont. Mako no mistake, I. B. Pacifists If tho papers have for once reported correctly thon Mr. Duncan Kerr refuses to bo conscripted because he does not wish to be shot. Wo havo a vivid recollection of having been informed that women must not vote because they could not flght. Now -/omen are fighting and being shot, not only as army nurses but evon in the ranks. And tho men who made all this horror possible are not satisfied to take their share of it. It is no use one man going up against the military machino unless he goes as tho suffragettes and the Sinn Fein prisoners went, willing to give their lives for their principles. Willing to be shot or starved, or dono to death in any way, so tho causo might win. I. B. Wages Was any explanation over given to tho dear lady who was so indignant at the working men for asking more wages than tho dollar and ten contB that "our splendid mon" get in the trenches There aro some working men who would not mind having a $1.10 a day for pocket money if the government paid for their board and clothes and kopt thoir families. Their wives don't allow them as much as that, these war times. I. B. That Election A wave of hot air left over by the election met a blizzard approaching from the east, and instead of a snowstorm we had a storm of ico for four days and nights. Every day the ice on the trees got thicker and thickor, two inches the flrst day, and increasing every day, and ending at laat in long, thick icicles, Day and night there was the roar and crash of falling tress and breaking crystal. All the flexible trees were bent with their tops on the ground. Fruit trees were smashed. Fir trees had their branches bent down near the trunk and thon frozen stiff and solid till they stood like tall, Blender cones instead of having spreading branches. The orchards are all gone, bnt the outlook is better—I wiBh I could say as much for the result of the election. The wires aro smashed and no cars running, so if you don't get this in time you will know the reason I, B. Those Votes Have the Australian soldiers who voted in the trenches against conscription been shot as traitors, and if not, why not! If a Canadian who voted against conscription is a traitor and a pro-German; and if an American anti•conscriptionist is tarred and feathorcd, what is an Australian anti-conBcriptionistf Is he decorated with a double cross for fighting for democracy on two fronts at oncef Please explain t Out-Pru8slaning the Pruseians Years ngo in Germany a Scotch school-girl saw some men with ribbon streamers on their hats, and they were acting very queerly. She asked a German officer about it and he said they were the conscripts who had just been called up, and they wore allowed to got very drunk in an effort to drown their sorrow, But we brought in prohibition firBt and thon called out the conscripts and handed them a glass of near-beer, or non-tox. At ths Orpheum Direct from tho eaBt, where It created ft tremendous sensation, "You," said hy critics to be ono of the most brilliant satires on modern life soen on the vaudeville stage this season, Ib coming to the Orpheum next Monday, headed by Bessie Rempel and a notable cast of players. *** Some Claims Made for "P. E." The objects of the "P.R." movement ire expressed by the Canadian P. R. Society, of which the late Earl Oroy, ex-governor- genera], was honorary president, to be as follows: 1. To reproduce the opinion of tho electors in public bodies in their true proportions. 2. To secure that tho majority of the electors shall rule and that all considerable minorities shall bo heard. 3. To give electors a wider freedom in the choice of representatives. 4. To give representatives greater Independence from the financial and other pressure of small sections of constituents. 5. To onBure to parties representation by their ablest and most trusted members. Royal Standard The "Money-Back" Flour Great Rising Power * $ More Loaves to the Sack Milled in Vancouver A Flour that Is Always Uniform The Undisputed Leadership of Royal Standard Flour is duo to ita outstanding QUALITY. When you purchase "BOTAL 8TANDABD" from your grocor you get the fullest valuo for your tnoney. YOU secure a Flour made from the choicest wheat in the world. You get a Flour unmatched in PUBITY, WHOLESOMENESS and all the requisites that go to make a PERFECT BREAD-MAKING FLOUB. OBDEB a Back today. Bake with it according to your own favorite recipe, and note the results. Look for the trademark, the "Circle V." TWENTY-FIVE TEAB8 AGO Trades ud Labor Ooandl. Friday, January 6, 1893 Vancouver Trados and Labor council held a special meeting in Union hall, President Clarence B. Monck presiding, for the purpose of taking action in the civic elections: Andy Scoullar ondorBed as aldermanic candidate for ward one; John McDowell and Chas. Queen for ward two: Aid. Franklin and G. Hobson for ward four; Wm. Towler for ward five. Wm. Brown endorsed as mayoralty candi* date. The election committeo comprised E. Cosgrove, W. D. Johnstone, Geo. Gogon, Dan O'Dwyor, Geo. Pollay. Union Made HATS MADE TO FIT YOUB HEAD $3.50 and $4.00 HONE TO EQUAL THEM SELLERS & DAVIS Hat Manufacturers 341 ABBOTT STBEET VANOOUVER, B. O. (Bet. Hastings and Cordova Sta.) Mark Ordor of Preferences in Squares below Name of Candidates BORDEN, Sir Robert I*. BURY, Sir Qoorgo CARVELL, Krnak. CONNOR. Ralph. OURRIE, Ooncral Sir Arthur W. ODL.UM, Goneral Victor W. DRAPER, P. M. FII.EDINO, W. S. FALCONER, Bir Robert HUGHES, Sir Sam LAURIER, Sir Wilfrid MACDONALD, Dr. J. A. MoCLUNG, Mrs. Nellie. MACKENZIE, Sir William. ROBERTSON, Dr. James W., C.M.O. SHORTT, Prof. Adam. SIMPSON, Junes. WATTERS, J. O. 1 1 WRITE, Sir Thomas. for MAYOR This ballot paper should he filled aud posted as early as possible and not lattr thu ______________________■_ ______ __ _%_a. __ ^iJSTt. gEfcW *>**■*_**-. ****** amtt MMM. tomtm . •■ X-'mam mTatm atiirtam .. —the man who believes in a "square deal" for every citizen. —the man who has consistently and vigorously fought, as an Alderman, for the citizens' interests. —the man who is heart and soul in the movement for the advancement of Vancouver's industrial life. —the man whose public record and business career promises a Clean, Progressive, Efficient and Economical city government for 1918. SUPPORT GALE WORK FOR GALE VOTE FOR GALE Hear Aid. Gale at the Labor Temple, Saturday, January 5th, at 8 p. m. <h'iu -.'I. *m_____mmmm [Adtl.l KX- >___$_. PAGE SIX THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAT. January t, 1818 Do You Need a Raincoat? We Are Selling Our Raincoats at 1-4 Off NOTE THE SAVINGS: $25 Coats for $18.75 $22 Coats for $16.50 $20 Coats for $15.00 • $15 Coats for $11.50 $12 Coats for $9.00 SHOP OF Thos. Foster & Co. Limited 514 GRANVILLE STREET FEDERATIONIST CAMPAIGN FUND ""•**fii& fl- O. Federation of Labor I. Btlll In need of funds to cover ozpemcK, both in connection w"n ihfl political campaign juat closed and also to prnptim fo;* hy-el^ctions in B. 0. in Hm nc^r future. For this reason The Fcderaiipu.-st ba« deoidoft" t0 rt.-o]i»n its Campaign Wur!) r .'-"' T?oaT* lo tili the workers, who can, to "do i*;.*ir bft' iy giving tit thsy can towards tP.fs important fund. Out out tha above; fill In 7^, mim„ and parent and the ottount yi'/re willing to contribute to Uw nmpalgn fe^ 0f the B. C! Federation of Labor, uid fiin-i,™*™ enclosure toX. Parm. .-ftng&ct, lalwr Temple, Vancouver, B, O. The t.n, vh «1" «" ■f,:i'?wk'il»e(J-,f0in #0'ek to week and forwarded to the B. 0. F. of L. *■.--■■)■ r.:r io '':,' llsl11 ln.,",?Ctlrirjg the eleotlon of Ltbor representation. ACKNOWIEDCUIEKTS A Vancouvtr Wage-worker $ 2.00 J Richard Davey, Nanaimo 1.00 W. V. flerulj/, Phceni*. B. O. -. 1.00 7 F. L, T. Dunroe, Port OlemenlB, Q. 0.' . Vanaimr) (' irupuftfi' Oomniltlee, per 1 2 00 J. Hodgklnson i 12.25 | SOU-VAN MILK Should be in the home of every man- is IT IN YOURS? —Phone Fairmont 2624— Greatest Stock of Furniture in Greater Vancouver Replete in every detail 41 Hutlngi Stmt Wilt BAGGAGE Delivered to and from all trains, boata, hotels and residences FURNITURE and Piano Moving Phone u day or night The Great Northern Transfer Co. Bay. (KW-5-8 Union Station WOOD Por tale br McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd. Pair. 8800 1820 Mftln State* To Federationist Subscribers: Please remember tbat no litter acknowledgment of subscriptions or renewals are made. The address label on your paper carries tbe date to which your subscription la paid. If, after forwarding monies to this offloe, the correct change ln your label date li not made, notify us at once. When you have a kick to make regarding delivery, or otherwise, kindly aend lt to this offlee—not lo the other fellow. Thus you will get matters adjusted, and we'll all be bappy. B.C. Federationist B. FABH. FETTIPIIOB, Itasatw. Labor Temple, Vancouver, B, 0. [Advertisement] MAYOR McBEATH Intelligent Representation of working-class interests continued by re-electing Mayor McBeath While representing the whole city his ear has always been, open to suggestions from Labor organizations. J. F. NOBLE, Campaign Manager. upon in Rainbows of Hope in World Made Drunk With Loot and Magnificence Flashes of Sanity From the Bedlam of Capitalist Civilization No dojbt a great many persons were vory much surprised whon, in 1914, this civilization of ours suddonly went out of its bend and run nmuck in such a spoctucular and evon glorious man ner, upon tho fields of Europe, And yet to the studoitf of history, who had gono deeper into its lessons than that of a moro surface skimmer, there was nothing surprising about it. Tlio particular outbreak of viciousiioss referred to, docs not in any manner differ from tho thousand and one attacks of vertigo of similar import, that ruling-class civilization haB Buffered in tho past, with the single exception of being perhaps tho most violent and exhausting of thc wholo bloody lot, The term, vertigo, is used advisedly, for let it bo known thut the word is defined as meaning "giddiness; Jizzincss; a swim ming* of the head." It is a "common symptom of excessive or defective supply of blood to the brain, and also of derangement of the digestive organs,"" Whenever nations Buffer an execssivo or defective supply of blood (plunder taken from their slavos) or a derangement of their digestive organs (which means their trade, commerce, territorial jurisdiction, national pride and dignity, etc., ad libitum ad nauBeam) they suffer from an attack of vertigo, that cannot be relieved without moro or less copious blooding at the nose, ns it were. This last attack is a severe ono. The bleeding at the nose has been going on now for three and a half years. Perhaps it may be noticed that most of the blood hns been furnished, however, by that section of tho various nation involved,, whom the redoubtablo Mr. Doo- ley addressed when he quoted' to thehi the memorable words of Marx, "workers of all countries, unite; you have nothing to lose but your brains, and ye never had any." But it is some vertigo. The First Flash of Sanity About the first notable flash of sanity out of the murk and gloom of this ruling-class ebullition of insane fury, was the Russian revolution. The workingmen and peasants of a huge empire, the entire history of which had beon nothing but an 'unending tale of horror and brutality perpetrated upon them and thoir ancestors, rose againat their rulers and 'stripped them of the power for further rule and mischief. That it w»p unmtatnkably a flash of snnity is evidenced by tho fact that those workers carried out their purposo, that of breaking the rule and' feasting off tho yoke of f.iieir tyrants, rfglit in tho face of thai holocaust of war that had rendered practically all of the workers of the rest of the world as insane and drunk with the smell of blood aB their masters. And out of the turmoil that quite naturally accompanied and followed tho revolution, and it is but fair to admit that even that turmoil was liko unto tho calm of a heaven-sent penco in comparison to the normal conditions of Russian existence prior thereto, there has been slowly but surely unfolding a new order of things, that ib tearing at tho heart-strings of the rulers and robbers of all other lands and rendering their nights sleeplesB through fear of boing sent to follow in the footBtepa of tho brutal Czar, by their own slaves who are rapidly imbibing the now gospel of labor and discerning the rainbow of promise and hope that is being envisaged upon tbe lnbor firmament. Under the Southern Cross Another flash of sanity cornea to us from the land of tho Southern Cross. The Australian turndown of the ancient and hoary old schemo of conscription, the laBt and crowning infamy in the ruling-clasa Pandora's box of vicious crimes, at the recent attempt for tho second time to fasten tho damnable thing upon them, carries with it a message of hopo and cheer to tho sane and revolutionary workers of Russia and of other lands whoro they possibly exist. Wherever tho spirit of revolt againBt tho tyrannies nnd brutalities of class rulo oxists, and wherever it breaks forth into open defiance of the oppressors and tyrants of the enrth, there is evidence of that sanity that may yet be the means of calling; a halt upon the world-suicide thnt is now in progress, nnd rescue civilization from its threatened self-destruction. Bolsheviki Spectre Sobering Them Up The Bolsheviki proposals for a peace tn bo mnde by the workers of the various countries involved in the wnr, nnd its manifest disposition to repudiato German or nny other pence offers cal-, eulated to porpotunto the regime of the ruling class, is having its effect, not only upon tho workers of othor lands, but upon the ruling clnss generally. Evidence of this is to be seen in the increasing disposition upon the part of tho agents of the rulers to adopt a more sympathetic attitude towards contemplated peace proposals. The stand taken by the Labor congress at London recently declared for "universal enforcement of a national minimum wage; democratic control of industry; a revolution in national finance, nnd the surplus wealth for the common good." While these demands nro by no means violently rbroluiioiiaiy, «hey nre at lenst indicative of the general trend of thought in the coawirvativo and slow-thinking part of tne labor world. And ono ennnot follow tho current news dispatches without realizing that even these Bomewhat mild pronouncements by British labor are having a decided influencj hi toning down thd blustering and pompous "knockout blow" policy of tho half-insane statesmen ft) who nro BuppoBcd (by themselves) to be guiding the ship of Btate. It is particularly noticeable that their blustering attitude haB been considerably modified since the pronouncements of the Trade Union conference. Thero is mofih that is slowly leaking past the careful nnd, no doubt, well-intentioned censorship that our self-appointed overlords have sot up for tho good of onr immortal souls, that goes to show that the leaven of sanity is at work among v' ■ r '.'■'■ ATTEND THE January Sah -OF- Fine Mudin Undergarments Today Exceptional Values Are Presented /|N 575 Granville "Phone Sey. 3540 the working people of ot loast all of tho big nations mixed up in this brutal sti-aggle. That the rulers of all countries are awake to this is clearly shown by the terror that is inspired within thehi by thc spoctve thnt hns boen conjured forth by the Bolsheviki in its dealings with czars* landlords, financial magnates and othet ruling-class truck and their precious paraphernalia. Those rulers can see tho hand of a sone and determined proletariat reaching for their throats, just its thc hond of tho revolutionary \vorko*rs of Russia reached for the throats of ;their czar and his coterie of vulgar tjjrants. Were it not for that hand withjits threatoned grip of grim rotributioni looming ominously in the foreground, they would still bo slavering nt tho jafcs for moro blood and gore, instoad of becoming amenable to tho advances of! sanity and peace. Tnko all around and the signs and portents upon tho social horizon are at present reassuring. PARM'S PURPOSELY PENNED PARAGRAPHS fl What is most nodded in Cannda just now is a few dividepdless days. Then there would be less njcod for tag days. fl "Is there any oso waging a war for liberty if every liberty wo hnvo muBt bo abolished jn order to wngo war?" _ To thoso who have shall be given— those who have nothing shnll be pinched for having it andf jailed for having nothing elec.—St/louis Labor. _ With a scapogoat ns convenient ns the European war on hand, thoro is no reason why anybody ahould blame his friends for anything.—Tho Masses. 1_ Conscription of Opinion—The war on democracy, conducted by those who am supposed to bo conducting a war for democrncy, is proceeding apace. Some systems, like vegetation, contnin within themselves thc germs of their own destruction. fl Recont daily papera contnin nn intimation that thc system of forcibly deporting conscientious objectors to England "has been abandoned in favor of imprisonment, since the British authorities have no wish to bo troubled with men who will not'fight." [ The real profiteers in Canada, who Iso own or control the big percentage of the daily press, aro now blaming tho farmer for tho high cost of living. The thing which is wrecking the farm-, or's mind, however, Ib figuring out what becomes of the difference between what reccivos for his product and what he knows tho consumer pays for it. | Come to think of it, perhaps the ighcat tribute Premier Borden could have paid Labor in Canada was to ignore it. At any rate it makes it easier to assume that the policies of organized Labor in Canada are not so acceptable to the employing and profiteering interests us ia thc case in Sammy Oompers' domain. fl Concurrent with tne first roundup yesterday of tho Press' Gang the daily prcBS announces that the fruit-growers will need at least 2000 Chinese imported into B. C. to pick fruit next summer. It is suggested, (oof that employers bo given an opportunity of exploiting the labol? of interned aliens. Tho pnytriots are nbt satisfied' wim grinding tho soldiers' dependents into profit. As the conscripts leave industry Chinese, women and aliens must be compelled to fill tlie fMftnclei. And 0FIAUN.Z. Medical Man Accomplishes Remarkable Lowering of Death Rate (By W. Francis Ahern)' SYDNEY, N.S.W., Dec. 3-(Spccial to the Fed.)—Over 20 yeara ago,-n doctor in lunacy—Dr. F. Trilby King— tok up, us u hobby, tho study of schemes for promoting tho hoalth of women and children. Tho improvement in the resid.il birth rate of New Zoaland has its beginning in tho hobby tak.cn up by Dr. King. That ho has now been officially invited to London to establish maternity homes on tho principle adopted in 'New Zealand is positive proof of.the good work ho"has been doing iu the Dominion in the Pacific. Iu 1007, ut Iub suggestion, tho Society for the Health of Women and Children was inaugurated at Dunedin, N. Z,( and soon extended a health mission amongst thu mothers and bnbes. Although the infant death-rnto in New Zealand was onc of the most fnvorablo in the world, the founder of this new society camo to the conclusion thnt it was still too high, and held thnt a diffusion of knowledge among the women and a recognition of infant requirements and maternal duties would save to thc community one life a day, and correspondingly increase tho strength and vitality of the rising generation. Botwoon 1900 and 1907, the nverago death-rate among children under one year of age in the New Zealand towns was about eight per cent. For thc live years following the establishing of Dr. King's society it fell to fl% por cent. By 1013 it foil to 5 per cent., and for the next year it had fallen exactly hnlf of what it wns in 1900-07. In 1912, tho Now Zealand minister of public hoalth, seeing the good work done by Dr. King, decided thnt the work .should bc extended and arranged so thnt Dr. King should be released from his other duties as lunacy surgeon, aad take up an extensive tour of New Zealand with the object of settling permanent organizations in every placo visited. A bantl of trained nurses was organized fo work the various districts. Presently'maternity homes were endowed and subsidized by tho New Zealand government until thore were five of these in the dominion, The Karl- tnnc hospitnl has taken its place among the recognized teaching institutions of tho university, for there, in addition to the treatment of mothers and babies, tho doctors attending post-graduate courses are given the opportunity of visiting hospitals and investigating the methods pursued, and girl students taking their domestic seienco course nt thc university receive practicnl training in the caro and feeding of infants at) the hospital. All milk used is prepared at thc hospital, thc nurses becoming acquainted with every detail of the modification and grading of milk to suit individual babies. Ono of Dr. King's pet planks is the system of caloric estimates in infant feeding, us a preventntivo of mere Blip- shod guessing, when determining and grnding ahead the progressive food allowance for any baby. Knowing the avorage caloric need for weight and nge of tho normal infant, and knowing thnt the average thin, ill-nourished ailing baby fails to gain regularly and sat- Are you prepared for the usual January cold snap? YOU should be sure and be prepared by getting an Overcoat, before the usual January cold weather arrives. Here wc can show you a grent range to choose from at, under "Our Right Selling Plan," unusually low prices: $18, $20. $25, $27.50, $30, $35 and $50 Copyright Ihrt ScWfwr It Mua UMITCD * 153 HASTINGS ST.W. THE ORIGINAL UNION CLOTHING STOBE isfactorily in weight until he is taking from 30 to 4.0 per cent, in oxccbs of this, the doctors nre ablo to convey to tho nurses without difficulty what Ihey want thom to do. Tho trained nurse con work out all the requirements in a few minutes from details given her by tho doctor. Tho precise amount of food to be taken daily by ench baby is ascertained by moans of a "residue bottle" for each cradle by deducting what is contained in tho bottle at the end of tho day from the specified allowance, And in tho case of ailing nurslings, the babies are regularly weighed, before and nfter suckling, to ascertain precisely what supplemontnry amount of nourishment ahould be given. There is a special method of bed-making, to prevent chilling at theso mator- nity homes, which are built rather on the plan of opou-uir phthisis hospitals. It is equivalent to providing sleeping bags, and ia particularly beneficial to babies, which can be kept warm and comfortable with much lighter and much less hampering bed-clothes than would otherwiso bo needed. Dr. King has pronounced patent foods, night-feeding, and "dummies" taboo. Perhaps the most surprising of tho "threo prohibitions is that of night feeding, which the nvernge person De- liovoa to be an indispensable discomfort of having babies. Babies are fed only six times a day, and after four months only five times a day, and infants accustomed to breaking the monotony of tho dark hours by being fed nre quickly broken of tho habit once they enter the New Zealand maternity hospitals. Warehousemen Change Date Heroufter the Warehousemen _ local will meet overy Friday evening at the Labor Templo. Tho local now numbers 142 members, and is tanking excellent progress. Copenhagen Chewing IS THE WORLD'S BEST CHEW "COPENHAGEN-! ii/' SNUFF •'V; It ii manufactured tobacco in its purest form. It has a flavor. pleasing It is tobacco scientifically prei , red for man's use. leave industry 1 aliens muit be Suits and Overcoats —the kind that are often talked at>out—but not often seen. They're here in the best of styles, qualities and patterns that the leading manufacturers afford. BOUGHT RIGHT SOLD RIGHT AT $18 to $35 under our usual guarantee—your money's worth or your money back AW-mmMwmi 33i«e4?49 H/utinqs St Eajt. .■w^im./!■ .feifii * ■ \ * *; 1 'J 33 and 47:49 HAgUNg&^Agr. ri, " ■ ,-:'- ■■ ■' ,i.**il '.!SI*.**» .»(. . » ;i*«!i !0? <■ . .**!'*. *1 ..*. _ -;.„*:•»,' >.l;ii „"Mki *p ,.0 .s ,;ml[ I' > i ■MI)i«iil|lifr;WIW») •||iV»T|))Hll)it||l'll1iil|ti i .i i)iij"jf"'' ■il»l. .Ii; .' '< ii ",!■ nmef* ' . J * ■■'■ V
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Title | The British Columbia Federationist |
Publisher | Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited |
Date Issued | 1918-01-04 |
Geographic Location | Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925). |
Identifier | BC_Federationist_1918_01_04 |
Series | BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2017-03-28 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0345214 |
Latitude | 49.261111 |
Longitude | -123.113889 |
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