1 *** 1/ ���' - ��� i B^07 ��� ' ' J'S' ��� ��� THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST and Union Label Bulletin. ISSUED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL, IN THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR. ^ / I ���a y9M ��� 'IS m .a Volume III, No. 11. VANCOUVER, B. C, NOV., 1908. 81.00 Per Tear. 1 a'V \ 1 WP Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 1, 1908. The regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held this evening ln Labor Hall. Vice-President Aicken presided. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The following credentials were received: Bartenders, H. Davis; Cooks and Walters. B. Harlam vice E. Holman; Tailors, W. A. Mclnnes. Communications from the Attorney- General and Socialist Party were read and referred to new business. The following accounts were ordered paid: MacNell ft Bird, $11.02; White ft Bindon, |3.75; Gordon, express, 50c. Del. Kernighan was appointed on the Hospital Committee vice Del. Aicken, resigned. Del. Craig was appointed on the Organisation Committee. Parliamentary Committee���Reported that they had taken up the matter of Japanese workingmen on the block paving. This committee will meet on Friday ln future. The committee appointed to meet the management of the Bijou theatre will report at a future meeting. a Reports from Unions. Tailors���Trade half dead and alive. Machinists���Negotiations are on for settlement of C. P. R. strike. Men are .till firm. Settlement ln sight. Cooks snd Waiters���Business not flourishing. The Winnipeg is now on the fair list. Delegates announced that they could not do much without the assistance of other unions and Urged member, to patronise card houses.- ;j Bartenders���Still fighting the Dou- gall House. . \ The communication from the Sort Party urging the Council to a meeting at which all the cantos in the field for the Dominion ton would be Invited to speak waa accepted. A committee composed of Ley. Payne and Kernighan were appointed to make tbe necessary arrangements. Tne communication from tbe Attor- leral re Urn duties ot coroner, received and filed and toe secretary instructed to write tne former The following delegates were appointed to represent the Council at the meeting of the certificate holders of Labor Hall: Messrs. Cowan, Burns, Sayer, Fenton and Ley. It was announced that the Leather Workers would have delegates ln attendance at next meeting. The question of Improved car-fenders for street cars was referred to the Parliamentary Committee. The Secretary was instructed to write to the City Comptroller asking as to what prices the city paid for lumber. He was also instructed to write the same official In Seattle and ask the same question. Del. Duncanson called attention to reports of a previous meeting that had appeared in the press. Receipts, $149.50; disbursements, $85.27. asking for a copy of the regulations granted, governing coroners. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 15, 1908. The regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held this evening, Vice-President Aicken in the chair, Minutes of the , previous meeting were read and confirmed. The following credentials were received: Cigarmakers, W. Jardine vice R. Pursehouse; Commercial Telegraphers, Idus W. Shields vice A. I. Morgan; Leather Workers, W. T. Ward. The new delegates present were obligated. Communications were read as follows: From Board of Railway Commissioners. New Business. From Gold Dollar Cafe. New Business. From City Comptroller re price city pays for lumber. Go to Parllamentry ^Shmittee. From New Westminster Trades and Labor Council re holding Labor Day ta that city next year. Filed for reference. From Attorney-General'. Office containing copy of Coroner's Act. Go to Parliamentary Committee. From Secretary Anti-Tuberculosis Society re Fair Wage clause. Filed. From Socialist Party- re putting up notice board ta Labor Hall. Request and Joiners re conditions of Labor Hall. Referred to Executive Committee. From Secretary C. P. R. Federated Trades, thanking this Council for the use of Labor Hall during the recent strike. Filed. The committee composed of Dels. Craig and Ley appointed to assist the Moving Picture Operators ln the adjustment of matters with the B'jou Theatre reported that they had had a successful Interview. Committee discharged with thanks. Del. Kernighan reported from th*- committee that was appointed at the previous meeting to arrange for a joint meeting of all the candidates in the present Dominion contest. Tho Opera House had been secured and all arrangements made. Secretary H. Cowan was appointed chairman. Vice-President Aicken reported on behalf of the Children's Protective Society. In the case of the boy Loach he had been released on ticket-of- leave. In regard to the use of the school grounds for children out ot school hours good progress was being made. Reports of Unions. Cooks and Walters���Winnipeg Cafe complained that they had great difficulty in competing with the Chinese restaurants ta that neighborhood as white men patronised them ln large numbers. The Vancouver Is still unfair. The Arlington Is an open house. Machinists���The committee at Winnipeg had called the 'strike off on their own initiative. Hons. Campbell and Rogers of the Manitoba Provincial Government were instrumental ta bringing about a settlement. The other brotherhoods did not lend much encouragement. Montreal and Vancouver were the only potato where the reinstatements were unsatisfactory. Considerable discussion ensued upon this report Dealing with the communication from the Cold Dollar Cafe a committee composed of Dels. Perkins, Sayer and Craig was appointed to look Into the matter. A committee composed of Messrs. Thompson, Cowan and Kernighan waa appointed to deal with the com- A communication from R. B. Alty ..king for permission to address the public meeting on Monday night. Secretary was Instructed to Inform that gentleman that only the four candidates would be allowed to speak. Under good and welfare Dels. Ley, Payne and others discussed the better use of this order of business. Del. Payne read some letters re the employment of Asiatics on city work. This was referred to the Bridge Committee. Receipts, $174.90; disbursements, $58.61. The following accounts were ordered paid: Redemption of share of Wm. Elchelberger, $2.50; A. A. H. Stuart, sawing 21 cords of wood, $20; splitting and piling same, $16; Trades Unionist, $3.00; London Grocery, 45c; McTag- gart ft Moscrop, $5.15; Electric Light, $8.91; Province, 60c. Congress .nd Lemieux Bill. Resolution No. 16 to repeal the Lemieux Act was considered and the following amendment submitted: Moved ln amendment by Delegate. Simpson and Draper, 'That the trade. Immediately affected by the Lemieux Act, and which are affiliated with the Congress, be requested to submit to the executive council of the Congress the necessary amendments to make the bill effective, from the working class standpoint, and that the Congress executive be Instructed to obtain these amendments to the act, and that ta the event of the Government refusing to grant these amendments, a referendum on the advisability of re* pealing the act be submitted to the trade, affected by the act, and that the Congress pledge Itself to abide by the result of that vote." The amendment was debated by Vice-President Simpson, Delegates Studholme, Fisher, President Verville, Draper, Sherman, Todd, York, Patter* son snd Joy, and the question being called for, the amendment was declared carried, on a division, shown by . standing vote. ^ , According to toe annual report of the secretory of the Trade. Congress of Canada, there are 46 tradea coun- municatlon from the Board of Railway; ells In Canada, affiliated with rnngiW Commissioner.. representing 150,000 workmen. ���U m :.-3 1 ��� -'jm ��� ��� 'TB t *.)$___ "��� sm m '��� * .! 1 ' ������'���*** >���'���'��� ''v!9n '' a ' 1 "' a sV^"apt' ��� 4'-'*''iir �����"'������- . '*vvjp_,'- �����"> ��� ���' Whan Patronizing Our Advertizers Don't Forget to Mention the Trades.Unionist X ������> SfWrnr 1 THI ������ C. TIIAOIt UNIONIST, VANCOUVtn, ���RITISH COLUMSIA. By Insisting Upon Purchasing Union Stamp Shoes You help better Shoemaking conditions. You get better Shoes for the money. Yon help your own Labor Position. You abolish Child Labor. Do not he misled By Retailers who say : "This shoe does not bear the stamp, but is made under Union Conditions." This is Fai.se.���No shoe is Union made unless it bears the Union Stamp. BewT UNO SMC WORKERS' UNION, 246 Sumner St, Boston, Matt. John F. Tobin, Pres. Chas. L- Baine, Sec.-Treas. TRADES AND LABOR CONGRES8 OF CANADA. Office of Secretary-Treasurer, P. O. Drawer 515 Ottawa. Ontario. October 19, 1908. To the Organized Labor Movement of Canada. Dear Fellow Unionists:���At the recent convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in Halifax, the best thought and attention of the delegates was given to the immigration question snd tbe report of Mr. W. It. Trotter, the special commissioner to the United Kingdom to lecture on the Labor situation In Canada, was the Important feature of the first day's session. The presence of Colonel Lamb and Colonel Howell, representing the Salvation Army, also afforded an opportunity to discuss the operations of that organisation in the immigration business snd every advantage waa taken by the delegates to emphasise the injustice done the wsge worker, in Canada by the indiscriminate selection of immigrants by steamship companies and immigration agencies; and the Iniquity of the bonuslng system perpetuated under government auspices. The action of the congress impressed the Salvation Army wii��� the seriousness of the situation and assurance was given the delegatea by Colonel Howell that the Army would discontinue chartering steamers to bring Immigrants to Canada and would exercise the greatest cue to the selection of prospective Canadian citizens to the future. WWIMIIwl arSSW VBrASrSaS Vfl aHaaa Opposite Orphenm Theatre CIGARS, CIGARETTES, TOBACCOS aad PIPES 1 m * A. Oiaaesn, Prop. Itm raniiB mm ���amotmvur $$******$$��� The congress went on record as favoring the discontinuance of the bonuslng of the steamship companies and the Immigration agencies,- but decided that it was imperative at this time to continue the agitation ln the United Kingdom against the shipping of cargoes of human freight to Canada to overstock the labor market and to lower the standard of living of those already employed here. With tnis end in view It was the unanimous opinion of the delegates that the executive council should make another appeal to the trades unions of Canada to contribute a sum equal to ten cents per member in their organizations to finance the sending of Mr. Trotter to the United Kingdom to continue the work he so successfully began during the latter part of 1907 and the early part of 1908. Mr. Trotters report to the congress, giving a thorough account of his work, was a tribute to his zeal in the Interests of the wage workers of Canada, and every dollar spent in sustaining his efforts proved a wise Investment for the congress. We would therefore urge upon all trades unions, affiliated and unaffiliated with the Congress, to forward their contributions to the secretary and thus make it possible to place Mr. Trotter in the field not later than the early part of November. No union should fall to contribute on the basis of ten cents per member. Thousands of Immigrants have been warned by Mr. Trotter about the misrepresentations of the Manufacturers' Associations and other organizations and been persuaded to remain in the Old Country ln preference to coming to Canada to flood the labor market. Thousands more can be reached during the coming winter and the responsibility of carrying on this important work rests upon the organized workmen of Canada. Newspaper, wellding a powerful Influence in the United Kingdom acknowledge the Importance of the work done by Mr. Trotter to reducing the emigration from the Old Country, and hla reappearance in the leaning industrial centres ot Great Britain and Ireland will prove a serious blow to the agencie. that make It their business to misrepresent labor conditions to Canada. We have .very reason to believe that these agencies will continue their work to the detriment of the Canadian wage earners and the hearty co-operation of your organisation Is solicited for the Congress In their effort to finance Mr. Trotter's trip to the United Kingdom. Take this matter up Immediately and communicate the action of your organization to the Secretary as early as possible. Fraternally yours, ALPHONSE VERVILLE, M.P. President. JAMES SIMPSON, Vice-President. P. M. DRAPER, Secretary-Treasurer. Postal and express money orders payable to P. M. Draper. Do not send cash or stamps. Address: P.O. Box 515, Ottawa, Ont. BIRThPANGS OF NEW CIVILIZATION. Workers of Australia, Canada and of the World Being Taught Their Lesson in School of Experience. The organized workers of Australia are getting plenty of . "government ownership" ��� without working class ownership of the government. A recent railway strike there has demonstrated that all the powers of state are used to beat the ex-employes Into submission���just as they were in Canada a few weeks ago, under corporate ownership. Says an Australian exchange: One result of the trouble will Inevitably be, sooner or later, a federal organization of the trade unions with thq avowed object of securing trade unionist majorities in the federal and state parliaments, and enabling a Socialist republic to be proclaimed. One has only to peruse the columns of the various labor journals published in the commonwealth to note the energetic manner ln which Australian Socialists are preparing for me future. In one of these, issued at Brisbane, ��� la published a leading article headed "Soldiers All." In which Australian worker, ere exhorted to take advantage of the national defence movement, by enrolling themselves as mem* bers of the military forces, la order that when the time comes they "may use their guns to secure their ends against employers." Here sre s few extracts; It is not only the foreign enemy against whom we need to protect ourselves. There la the enemy to our own household. We have to take care that when the supreme hour arrives our constitution be not abolished by military proclamation, and a defenceless people, ripe for the true self-government thst Is known aa 8ocl.ll��m. beaten back Into a baser servitude at tbe bayonet point Every man must be a soldier for the same reason that every man la a voter. Polit lea. power is 'to our hands. Back It up with the military power aad we are supreme in Australia. The path is then open before us. Nothing can stay our course. The brutal methods of repression resorted to by the people's enemies ln the past, and In our own day, wlU no longer be possible. It Is not for the defence of capitalistic property and Institution that we advocate an armed citizenry. We would not fire s pop gun to save them. It Is for the defence of the cooperative commonwealth we see clearly ahead of us. The gun must be ready st home. If needs be, to second the resolution carried at the ballot box���"THAT Thai PEOrLE DO NOW TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR OWN." These are no Idle words. They represent the latest development of the Socialist element which is permeating the ranks of Australian labor. The South Australian and Queensland premiers, who lately visited England, no more represent the Australian labor movement than did Madame Roland and the Girondtos the republic of Robespierre snd Marat ���_____��_-���...___-���_-_____--���_-___������.������-������--������--���---���------ M" Ask Your Grocer for Jersey Cream Yeast Cakes and take no other. They are the .Best Made. Ebery Package Guaranteed. t 1 ��� .���'-���-������ V . a ��� ' ^WVl!!^^^}f\ff^^7,!'���^ ��� ��� THI I. C. TRADES UNIONIST. VANCOUVER, BRITISH OOLUMBlA. Patronize THE SPROTT-SHAW BUSINESS INSTITUTE 886 Hastings St., Vancouver. If you wish a first-class course ip Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Penmanship, Gregg Shorthand, Pitman Short hand. Touch Typewriting, Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Telegraphy. Instruction Individual Teachers all Specialists R. J. SPROTT, B. A., Principal H. A. SCRIVEN, B.A., Vice President. J. It. CUNNINGHAM. Sec Labor Loses in the Count. The figures given out so far from Nanalmo constituency are as follows: Smith Shep. Hawth. Esquimau 523 91 65 Ganges 26 53 8 Colwood 25 21 6 Duncan 80 142 22 Cobble Hill 7 18 19 Cowlchan Station ..14 29 15 So. Salt Spring 16 11 23 Chemainus 21 28 9 Crofton 4 15 5 North Pender 19 8 4 Nanalmo 350 250 641 Ladysmlth ' 129 116 187 South Saanich 44 50 13 Boleskin 75 74 17 Metchosln 38 3 0 Oak Bay 49 52 9 Royal Oak 45 45 3 Port Renfrew 5 3 0 Sooke 31 6 3 East Sooke 3 6 2 Otter Point 7 5 2 Sidney 100 64 4 Shawnlgan Lake 6 2 0 Cedar Hill 40 52 9 Parson's Bridge 2 11 6 Northfleld 15 9 78 So. Wellington 2 0 17 Extension If 27 25 Cedar District 9 13 33 Cowichan Lake 5 3 0 Totals 1,427 1,229 1.225 M\:p . IfeV-f- t ft**-. $1.50 per day and up Special Rates by the week American Plan ���5 Outside Blight, Airy Rooms Free Buss Steam Heated Clarendon Hotel HARTNEY * McDADE, Props. - ��� ' ��� ��� - i * . ���; B>B>aHM.��M��BBB��l b. a Result st Calgary. McCarthy, Conservative 5,091 Stewart, Liberal 3,348 Sherman, Socialist 743 The Protest Vote at Winnipeg. About two thousand ballots (1998) were cast in Winnipeg last month for the Socialist Party candidate, J. D. Houston. Rightly interpreted the masters, the ruling class, may consider themselves served with notice from twelve per cent, of the population there, that their right to rule and rob is challenged. Another Use for Soldiers. E. T. Kfngsley, at a public meeting after election day, ln the city hall, declared that Mr. Hawthornthwaite's defeat in Nanaimo was due to soldiers who were allowed under the election act to vote on declaration, wi'li ut being on the voters' lists. Industrialists Vote Socialist. Speaking of the election in High River riding, Alberta, the Lethbridge Herald says: "Taking the Pass as a whole, that is from Luudbreck to the British Columbia boundary, Harrington, the Socialist candidate, had a very substantial majority." A Minority Member. 'In the recent local federal election, the total vote polled was 11,140. The official figures now stand as follows: Cowan 4,621 Mclnnes 3,039 Martin 2,120 Klngsley 1,194 Rejected ballots '... 72 Spoiled ballots 94 "BILL" DAVIDSON Gives Workers Some Good, Sound Logic and Points the Way to Industrial Freedom. W. Davidson, ex-M.P.P., of Sandon, in Slocan riding, is the candidate of the Socialist party for the Federal House in Kootenay, one of the "deferred" constituencies in British Columbia. His political opponents are A. S. Ooodene, Conservative, and Smith Curtis, Liberal. Speaking before a big meeting at Revelstoke last week, Bro. Davidson (a district executive officer of the W. F. of M.) is reported by the Mail- Herald as follows: All governments, either Liberal or Conservative, hold the weak ln subjection to the strong. He pointed out that capital gave back to the worker just enough to live on, and all over that was profit, or something for nothing. It was robbery, but s legalized robbery. He reviewed the feudal system as being similar to toe wage slavery of today, and aa thla industrial economy suits capitalist, welt, they will pro tect it, be they Liberal or Conserve- tlve. The workers of Canada want the full value of their labor, and the Socialists have an economic program outlined, and to get it in force the workers must secure the reins of power. Capital is represented by Liberals and Conservatives, and the workers by Socialists. He showed how the workers who vote for capitalist governments make it bad for themselves, and said that mudslinging was all these parties had to fight or campaign with, and neither party have any real Issues. He pointed out that at election time the candidates, both Liberal and Conservative, professed to be the friends of the workers and how they were really double-faced in order to get votes, promised the worklngman everything and then gave him nothing. He showed how Curtis and Goodeve have both pretended to be the friend o' the workers, but really they were no such thing, and tried to please them in order to get votes. The workers are led away by these self-styled leaders, he said, and explained that their emancipation depended on the workers themselves. He said that the graft talk of both political parties was only a scheme to impress the people with their respective honest dealings. He pointed out that there was no difference as far as the out-of-work classes were concerned, between a clean or corrupt government, therefore graft talk should have little interest for the worker. Both parties, he said, were responsible for Oriental immigration, but each tried to put the blame on the other, and the "exclusion" policy was only a scheme to get votes. In referring to better terms, he said that better terms for labor would be for the workers to get the full product of their labor, but party better terms was only a sham issue. He descried against deferred elections and said they were unnecessary, as people would vote for what they R. Bauer Phone 1816. Eagle Sign WORKS Neat. Reasonable and Quick 63 Cordova St. West wanted, no matter when voting took place. He asked if the means of life to exploit labor out of products be used for a few only or for the general prosperity of man. He said that collective ownership would do away with the exploiting system and showed how the last twelve years of so-called prosperity was not prosperity for the worklngman who never had the full value of his labor. He showed that people were starving in the face of plenty, and labor would always starve while being robbed of Its products. He affirmed that the working classes were never represented in Parliament in a true light, and that neither Liberal or Conservatives have any solutions for the evils against the workers. He explained that the Socialists alone have the solution for the unemployed, and said that mines and factories were worthless without labor, and yet the workers were In many cases begging. Depression would not come if labor got the full value of Its toil. If the workers, he said, were satisfied to be subjected to produce wealth for their masters, they can show It by voting for either Liberals or Conservatives. If not, then they should vote Socialism; and if they made a strong enough protest against wage slavery and urge that the full value of their labor be given back to them���then Socialism would be supreme. While it may be true that woman 1. the weaker vessel, there Is no doubt that man Is the oftener broke. SAY, MOTHER ? a��� ibb. ��� ��� ��� ��� ������ ������ b ib. . i ��������� .. a . .., .iBiaBBBB���BB^aB���a. Look at them there Terminus Cigars. I allers buy Terminus Cigars made by ���A. SCHNOtER & SONS, at 52 Water Street, and keep my money in Vancouver, and they are Union made by Vancouver Union Cigarmakers. i . ��� ������� .,���*i - '���������TfStB *:.���' -i .,;,.',"' ���> il �����) THE B. a TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1 m Grind Our Own Lenses We have Work Room Fitted Up With the "Best Optical Grinding Plant in the West Eyes Tested Free ARMSTRONG BROS. Jeweler, snd Opticians. 000 Hastings St. W. Railwayman's Politicsl Awakening. Montreal, Que., Sept. 1st, 1908. All Canadian Railroad Men: ��� Greeting:���The undersigned have been conferring together ln regard to the prospects for satisfactory legislation ln behalf of the railroad men of Canada, and have unanimously arrived at the conclusion that ln order to bring our conditions properly before Parliament from time to time, and to be able to protect and promote fair and equitable legislation in behalf of the railroad employees and labor In general, a number of practical railroad men must necessarily be elected to Parliament. We have therefore decided to submit our views to those concerned, with the hope that they will be adopted and acted upon at once. We believe that other labor men will be pleased to co-operate in a movement of this kind. Our conclusions are briefly: 1. The railroad employees of Canada have among themselves a great number of men who are citizens of the highest type, fully competent to grapple with the problems of the government of the people In general, and a fair share of consideration in matters of legislation for railroad men In particular. - 2. That despite the large number of men of our class throughout the country, their high standard of citizenship, their usefulness to the country, snd their fidelity to duty at all times snd under all conditions, they have not had the sympathetic ear of 'Parliament as fully as their merit de- I fawi." 8 0?ster fitay Kestaurant FOR OYSTERS IN SEASON Cor. of Carrsll A Cordova Sts. " Y, ��� _ , '���' P. L. Cancmlten, Tela 798 Proprietor ��� ������ mnWn inn. - ' serves. In view of these conditions it becomes a duty we owe to ourselves, and to each other, to secure the election to Parliament of some of our number, so that we may have a watchful eye and a courageous voice in Parliament, instead of having to depend upon the solicitations of rep^unta- tlves from the outside. 3. It is the belief of the under- .signed that if railroad men will accept nominations, a number can be elected throughout the Dominion. Particularly is this true in all electoral districts which include terminals where large numbers of railroad men are located, such as St. Thomas, London, West Toronto, East York, Montreal, Quebec, Fort William, Ken- ora, Winnipeg, Brandon, Calgary, and many others. Candidates would receive the united support of railroad employees In general, as well as other organized labor, if they would pledge themselves to strictly Independent platforms, and keep strictly out of all political parties. If they will do this, the undersigned will do all In their power as independent private citizens to assist in their election; but it must be strictly understood that the undersigned will not lend themselves to any partisan politics. We have no other wish, and no other end to serve than the best interests of the railroad men of Canada. 4. If those who receive this communication feel Interested In the matter, we would recommend that they confer with as many of the leading railroad men ln all classes of the service ss possible, ln their neighborhood, calling together a mass meeting for the purpose of considering the project, and, if adopted, to make nominations. Should there be more than one nominee, the one receiving the largest vote to stand, and all others withdraw snd all pledge themselves to support the one so chosen. Permit none but bona fide railroad employees to attend such meetings. 5. RAILROAD MEN SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENTERING INTO A CONTEST WHERE THERE 18 ALREADY A LABOR CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD, bat on the contrary, lend such candidate their support as far as consistent, mid on the other hand, the undersigned will solicit the support of labor ln general ln behalf of any railroad man who enters the field. Respectfully submitted, ASH KENNEDY. 234 Balmoral St., Winnipeg, Man. S. N. BERRY, 53 Beatrice St., Toronto, Ont. E. A. BALL, 61 Park Ave., Brantford, Ont. J AS. MURDOCK, 49 Melbourne Ave., Toronto, Ont. D. CAMPBELL, 264 Rusholme Rd., Toronto, Ont. J. SOMERVILLE, Box 1100, Moose Jaw, Sask. A. R. MOW ATT, McAdam, N.B. BELL HARDY, 624 Elizabeth St. E., Calgary, Alta. THE LIST 18 GROWING. Unions Affiliated With Trades and Labor Congress, From Headquarters. 1.- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. 2.���Journeymen Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters. 3.���Journeymen Tailors. 4.���International Typo graphical Union. 5.���International Union United Brewery Workmen. 6.���International Brotherhood of Leather Workers on Horse Goods. 7.���International Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Employees. 8.���International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 9.���International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. 10.���International Assn. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. 11.���B a k e r y and Confectionery Workers International Union. 12.���National Brotherhood of Operative Potters. 13.���Iron Moulders Union of America. 14.���International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union. 15.���Pattern Makers League of North America. 16.���Stove Mounters and Steel Range Workers' International. 17.���Glass Bottle Blowers' Association. \ New York Typographical Union No. 6. New York, October 1st, ,1908. Brother Unionists:���For three years Typographical Union No. 6 has been trying to unionize the composing room of the Butterlck Publishing Company, which concern on November 24th, 1905, locked out Its union compositors for allegiance to their obligation as union men. When concilia- Th* Clarence Hotel Strictly Union Hoi John Hector, Prop. Cor. Pender and Seymour, VANCOUVER, B. O. tory overtures by our officer, were refused by that company, our union Inaugurated a campaign of education and publicity with such telling effect that the Butterlck Company 1. now attempting to prove that twenty-seven of our members are criminal, tor placing the truth, and nothing but the truth, before the public. As a result of Big 6's exploitation��� within the law���of the unfairness of Butterlck methods, the friends of organized labor, exercising the constitutional right of Individuals to buy from whom they please, are placing their patronage with those who evince . disposition to treat with more fairness an organization possessing an unblemished record for business integrity. We ask, Brother Unionists, that you aid us by giving your membership and their friends the truth concerning the attitude of the pattern trust toward organized labor generally and Typographical Union No. 6 ln particular. TELL THE PUBLIC THE FACTS. THEY WILL DO THE REST. Yours fraternally, JAMES TOLE, President EXPRES8ED IN DOLLARS. Indication of Wonderful Growth of Labor Congress in Csnsds. Summary of the receipts snd disbursement, of the Trade, snd Labor Congress for the past ten years, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1906, 1907 and 1908: Year. Receipts. Expenditure. Balance. 1899 ....$ 611.71 $ 647.96 I 63.76 1900 .... 828.45 618.79 209.66 1901 1,009.88 908.00 101.88 1902 .... 2.342.41 1,795.67 546.84 1903 .... 3,858.34 3,363:38 494.96 1904 .... 3,747.96 3,846.29 401.67 1905 .... 4,700.29 4,001.36 698.91 1906 .... 6.747.40 3,970.08 1.774.68 1907 .... 7,474.79 6,670.26 904.68 1908 .... 8,906.44 7,442.09 1.464.85 f % . ��� ��*VvA\V^ ^ -'Cm 0^^ .AVi'X BEST IN B.C." t V C* rv *\ IS ��� I ��� ��� ' When Patronizing Our Advertizers Don? Forget to M Trades Unionist ., fipww ��� ...-._������ rsvs^pp ^r^TT^^ij^ff W; ��� I THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE Horseshoe Hotel F. McELROY, Proprietor Nicely furnished rooms and flr.t-cl.ss dining room ln connection. Cor. Hatting* snd Oolnmbla Phone 622 Vancouver, B. C. WONT QO IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Reply of Vancouver Street Railwayman to th. "Elect our-enemieaand- defeat-our friends" political circular issued by Pres. Samuel Gompers: Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 21st, 1908. Mr. Samuel Oompers, President A. F. of L., Washington, D. C: Dear Sir and Brother,���Your communication of August 1st, 1908, re political action having been duly considered by Division 101, A. A. of S. ft B. R. E. of A., we are empowered to make you the following reply: While your advocacy of the Democratic party does not affect us so directly as it does our brother members In the United States, indirectly It does affect us as due-paying member, of the A. F. of L., and we find it Incumbent upon us to manifest our unqualified disapproval of your action. We ask you, Brother President, that It is we, the members of organised labor who pay your salary and that we pay It for you to serve our Interests and ours alone, and we distinctly resent your using the position we have conferred upon you to forward the interests of any political party whatever, unless instructed by us so to do. We would further have you remember that you are our servant to do our bidding and not our master to instruct us. To quote your own words, "It is expected that every man in this crisis shall do his duty." We urge that you apply this to your own actions. You may reply that in advocating the support of the Democratic party you are acting in the best Interests, but the facts flatly contradict this contention, for it is notorious that in no part of the United States are the conditions of labor more miserable, nowhere Is organized labor weaker, nowhere is child labor in its worst form, more prevalent as ln the South, the stronghold of Democracy. There your Democratic party has practically undisputed sway, and we find all the powers of government, the legislature, the judiciary, the militia and the police used against labor even more unmercifully than in the Republican states. As in point, we would attract your attention to the manner ln which all the powers of the state, of the press, and of the pulpit are being used against organized labor at the present time in Alabama, a state that is in the hands of the Democratic party from top to bottom. Those things cannot possibly be un* ��� Be Consistent Wear Union Labeled Shoes m ss We carry the most complete stock of Union Labelled footwear in the West���all moderately priced. :\ Sole Agents for the Crawford Shoes for men. fit #l|0s> #101? GRANVILLE ST. . . i ' . ' fmmAmMmiOlHaAVmMMm^ A��� ~. ���.mt^M^m *i* . fl.l known to you, Bro. Oompers, and yet you represent this party as friendly to organised labor. Bro. Oompers, It Is not advice that Is due from you to us, but an explanation of your actions. You call our attention to the alleged labor measures incorporated in the Democratic platform, but whatever we may have done in the past, wo have now passed the stage where we put our trust in the platform pledges of office-seeking politicians, or expect employers to legislate ln favor of their employees. In your circular letter you tell us that "whenever a man decries snd discourages the efforts of the workers to unite and use political action, scan his motives." Will you tell us, Bro. President, what your motives are in doing these very things until quite recently? You urge us to stand faithfully to our friends, and to defeat our enemies, but we have never found the Democrats any more than the Republicans to be any friends of organized labor. You urge us to scan every candidate's record and study his platform; why, then, do you preserve such silence as to the platform of the Socialist party, which declares unequivocally for labor and labor alone? If there Is any virtue in platforms, then surely their platform is not to be Ignored whether it be approved or not. Signed, J. FLETCHER, President. W. W. BURROUGH. Rec. Secy. Overheard in Vancouver. "I wish I knew where I was going to die," plaintively philosophized a curbstoner. "I'm a damnslte more interested ln where I'm going te live," Interjected a job seeker. The workers of Canada have again sanctioned the rule of the employing class���with their votes. They should be satisfied with what the masters give them. And that the latter will thoroughly rub It In is the wish of ye editor. Congress Executive and Immigration. At the August meeting of Vancouver Trades and Labor Council the following resolution was passed: "That Delegate Pettipiece be Instructed to ask the Congress for a full explanation of what the executive did regarding the Asiatic question referred to them by the Winnipeg convention." Extract from Congress proceedings: "Delegate Pettipiece, Vancouver, asked what position the executive council maintained on Asiatic Immigration, when they interviewed the Dominion cabinet? In reply, the executive council stated they had pressed the Government to ask the Imperial Parliament to abrogate the treaty now existing between Great Britain and Japan, but without PHONE 1266. Fsnoy Groceries and Provisions. S. T. WALLACE FURNITURE ' Carpets, Linoleums, Curtains, Blinds, Stoves, Go-carts, Baby Buggies, etc. 10 per cent, off for cash on Furniture. 700-702 Westminster Avenue. Harris Street. VANCOUVER, B. C. Uncivilized Civilization. "As I understand it," said the heathen, "you propose to civilise me." "Exactly so." "You mean to get me out of the habits of idleness and teach me to work?" "That Is the idea." "And then lead me to simplify my methods and invent things to make my work lighter?" "Yes." "And next I will become ambitious to get rich so I may retire and won't have to work at all?" "Naturally." "Well, what's the use of taking such a round-about way of getting Just where I am? I don't have to work now."���Exchange. A Trades Council for Revelstoke. Revelstoke, B. C, Sept. 18th, 1908. T. & L. C. Editor, Vancouver, B. C: Dear Sir,���Will you please favor me with a copy of the bylaws of the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver. We are organizing a council ln this town, and, the majority of the members being new to the work, would greatly appreciate any information or advice you will give. Yours truly, PHIL PARKER. Secretary. Voted for on October 26th. The Conservative party stands for capitalism and the exploitation of the workers. The Liberal party stands for capitalism and the exploitation of the workers. , "Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other." W. B. BRUMMITT Union Hats, Glomes Overalls of All Kinds 20 Cordova Street Vancouver, B. 0. ���'.-.>'���.���:.��� > 0 Our Advertizers ppn't Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist. a ���' -sl m ��� ., !k1 . a ������ i> ! ��� .V'.: I . iplpwpfpp, ��� THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Royal Bank Of Canada Capital 9 3,000,000 Reserve Fund .. 4,300,000 Total Assets 46,400,000 Five Branches ln Vancouver. Seventeen Branches in British Columbia. Savings Bank Departments At all Branches up-to-date; No delays���Prompt attention to the Smallest of Accounts. CIGARMAKERS' UNION NO. 357. Interest Paid 4 Times Each Year. A. F. of L. Convention. The twenty-eighth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will be held at Denver, Colorado, beginning at ten o'clock Monday morning, November 9, 1908, and will continue in session from day to day until the business of the convention has been completed. P. M. Draper will be the fraternal delegate from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The union label, symbolizing as it does the conditions which the union Itself Is established to secure and maintain, is proof that these condition, obtain ln the making of the article upon which It appears. Firm names, brands, trademarks and other device, by which products are advertised may lose their original significance through changes in the fortune. of those who own them. The union label, being owned by the union and subject exclusively to It. control, represent, the same thing, always; namely, fair wages and hours, clean work- shoos and xood workmanship. *mBBBBBBBB^BBBBBJ BBBBBBBBBB. ' SJ_P^r, *��Ba BBff ^BBBB.��BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBV^B7VA When buying a cigar, do you ask for a union made cigar? Do you also look for the union label on the box, regardless of what the cigar dealer or bartenders tell you? If a dealer can sell you a cheap scab cigar that costs him 3V4 cents for 10 cents Instead of a union made Havana cigar that costs him 6% cents, don't blame him. He tries to make all he possibly can. They will also try and sell you a union made 5 cent cigar for 10 cents to turn you against the label, so they can peddle their scab goods. Don't let them fool you. Vancouver union cigar manufacturers turn out as good if not better cigars that retail at 10 cents than you can find anywhere on the American continent, but you will have to call for them, for some of the dealers hate to part with them and would sooner sell you some of their scab goods If you give them a chance. J. C. UEIJSER, Secretary. C. P. R. STRIKE IS OFF. Men Presented a Solid Front and Stood with Unbroken Ranks. This Struggle Heralds the Formation of a Gigantic Federation of All American Railway Organizations. The great strike of the federated mechanics on the C. P. R. is now a matter of history, and the men who dropped their tools and qui;, work over two months ago in defence of a principle are to be congratulated on the splendid battle they put up. In spite of the false statements of the C. P. R. management and the misrepresentation of most of the great daily papers, the strikers had very few desertions from their ranks, and all the way across the continent, from Vancouver to Halifax, they presented a solid, confident and united front. Up to the moment when the orders wero received to return to work, the men had no doubt whatever of a complete victory. It therefore came as a great surprise to learn that the first award of the Board of Investigation had been accepted. Lack of financial means is given as the reason for terminating the battle. Engineers and trainmen were, if possible, more taken by surprise at the settlement than the strikers, for they all claim that It was only a matter of a short time when It wpuld be almost impossible to keep things moving any longer. Not a day was passing without collisions occurring on some section of the road. Right here ln the vicinity of London five collisions in less than a week, all caused by defective breaks, was a demonstration of the inability of the company to get competent men to replace the strikers. The record one day, just ss the strike wss ended, wss . collision at Woodstock and another at Gait. Thn shops everywhere were filling up with dead engines and several were lying in the ditch without any attempt to remove them. Seventeen cars of grain was the total haulage for a whole week from Winnipeg on the C. P. R., and they were ditched along Lake Superior; while the Canadian Northern, during the same period, carried thousands of bushels to Montreal. Right here in London, despite false statements of officials, only one man deserted during the nine weeks' contest. Information from all parts of tho system show that the strikers were prepared to fight in spite of the settlement. As regards lack of finances, we are satisfied that a strong appeal to the Canadian labor organizations would have resulted in the collection of many thousands of dollars every month. It is stated that none of the strikers are to be discriminated against because of their part in tho strike, but assurances from the C. P. R. don't go for much. The time has come for the formation of a great federation of all railway unions in America. The trainmen could have prevented this battle by merely showing their hands and putting themselves behind the allied mechanics. That would have settled the whole matter at once. If It had not been for the award of the Board creating two grades in the boilermakers, thus practically reducing the wages of seventy per cent, of that craft, it is probable there would have been no strike. The machinists and other crafts honored themselves by standing solid for their fellow unionists. With the advent of good times the men will doubtless insist upon even better terms than they went out for. We regret that if lack of finances caused this battle to be called off, a strong appeal was not made to Canadian labor, which we believe would have risen equal to the occasion. However, at this junction, it would not be wise to advance criticism as to the outcome, and the reasons which led to the termination of the contest, that we can attend to more intelligently in our next issue. The situation must be faced as it actually exists. It has been a victory for the com- An Ea- Pull * Suspenders ue the \nost comfortable sus- penders becauae the principle at their back adjusts itself to every bend of the body. Every pair guaranteed. Look for ������President" on the buckles. Trin.snir._gn can- not rust. Made heavy or light, wide or narrow. T pany and there is no disguising the fact. We are not in a position to congratulate the trainmen on their stand in this controversy. The time has clearly gone by when one section of labor's army can remain neutral when the enemy Is making an attack. If the fruits of this strike drive that fact home and the result is the formation of a great railway federation of labor unions, then the sacrifices made will not have been in vain. The time has come to get together and stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of labor rights. We say all honor to the boys who have stood nobly together and showed the stuff they are made of. Hats off to them.���Industrial Banner. Why, bless your heart! of course you arefree! You can prove It by the alarm clock ln the morning and the whistle at noon. You do not have to obey the summons of either���surp not. You control that part of it yourself. But the boss handles the pay envelopes ���that's the rub.���Wage Slave. CLOTHING We are showing the very Latest Novelties In Men's, Boy.' and Children's clothing. We carry the largest stock ln the Province for your inspection and the PRICES ARE RIGHT. Union made Overalls snd Jumpers always kept in stock. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Telephone 702. CUIBB & STEWART 309 to 315 Hastings St. I 1 I ��� M '��������� i ng Don't Fernet to Mention tho Trades Unionist. IIK.,; ��� ��� : �� *W***}*^^ . V Yi: THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. * V. ��': \ David Spencer (VANCOUVER) Limited. Our aim is to carry a stock of all kinds of good Dry Goods, Women's Ready - to - Wear Garments, Millinery, Men's Furnishings and House Furnishings to suit the laboring man. We realize that through the medium of fair prices and best goods our business has been established���and that will be our policy to the end. DAVID SPENCER (VANCOUVER) LIMITED. LET'8 HELP 0UR8ELVE3. COMPENSATION. Central Bodies Should Assist Congress In Ita Work. The executive committee of the Trades and Labor Congress of Can- ad. Introduced and the delegates adopted a recommendation at the Hall- fax convention which should be acted upon by every central body ln Canada. It reads: "We recommend that central labor bodies appoint or elect Immigration committees to gather Information and collect statistics bearing upon the Immigration problem, with a view to reporting from time to time Its effe'-j upon labor conditions generally, and recommending such action as they consider necessary to protect the best interests of the wage earners of Canada." W. R. Trotter sailed for England on October 16th and will "get on the job" at once. Wm. Klrkland���Phone 2114 tsh* Terminal Transfer Co. HMO��� AND DRAYS ; y. Y : ;������ 808 Water St. *' Tslsphones 1653 and 1014 .����� ��� ��� ������������*>. By Rudyard Kipling. We have fed you all for a thousand years, And you hail us still unfed, Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth But marks the worker's dead. We have yielded our best to give you rest, And you lie on a crimson wool; For^ If blood be the price of all your wealth, Good God, we ha' paid it in full. There's never a mine blown skyward now But we're burled alive for you; There's never a wreck drifts shore ward now But we are its ghastly crew. Go reckon our dead by the forges red, And the factories where we spin; If blood be the price of your accursed wealth, Good God, we ha' paid It in full. We have fed you all for a thousand years, For that was our doom, you know. From the days when you chained us ln your fields To the strike of a week ago Tou ha* eaten our lives and our babe, and wive., And we're told it's your legal .hare, But If blood be the price ot your lawful wealth. Good God, we ha' bought it fair. Printer.' Strike Cost $4,513, 970. The cost to the members of the International Typographical Union to secure the eight-hour day from the opening of the contest up to May 31st, 1908, was 14,513,970.64, and this amount does not include local funds or money derived from local assessments that have been expended in the eJghthour fight. It is estimated, however, that such expenditures aggregated $350,000 during' the three years. This 1b a grand total of $4,863,970.64. And yet the money was well spent. as nearly 60,000 members are working under much better conditions than formerly and have some time to spend with their families. A Tragedy of Capital. Head of Firm (to old bookkeeper) ���Henry, you've worked for us for thirty years, and during that time you have been faithful and your work has been satisfactory. But you are now so old that we must replace you with a younger man. We are very grateful to you, Henry, and, of course, will do the right thing. Have you saved? Henry���I couldn't, sir, with my large family. "As I thought! Then I want to say to you that we shall be only too glad to keep you on for a month or so at a reduced salary until you can place yourself elsewhere." M. Langtry Satisfaction or Money Refunded Up-to-Date Tailor Largest Stock of Imported Good. in Vancouver Suits Made to Order $20 Up V.- 322 Hastings St. W. Vsncouver, B. C. Greenwood Typographical Union No. 358. In your report to the International Union I notice you have Grand Forks in good standing. This isn't correct. We have no members there whatever, all having been suspended for over a year, and both offices are now "rat." We have used every means ln our power and there is little likelihood of the men there ever squaring up. The label is being boosted strongly and they are loosing work thereby, but this does not seem to work. Please correct this in your next report. Any information I can furnish you will be cheerfully done. Fraternally yours, FRED. W. AUVAOHE. Trials and Tribulations. Man comes Into this world without knowing it and goes out against his will, and the trip between the beginning and the ending Is exceedingly rocky. The rule of contract Is one of the trip. When he is little, the big girls kiss him; when he is big, the little girls kiss him. If he is poor, then he is a poor manager, and if he Is rich he is dishonest. If he needs credit, he can't get It, and If he Is prosperous, everybody wants~-^fo~ do him a favor. The road ls^nir^cy^but the man wants to travel In It, and after all, there is a good deal of satisfaction to be gotten out of it, especially If we are willing to give one another a show.���Easton Journal. Every union worklngman would laugh at the idea of admitting the bosses to membership in the union, to say nothing of making them union officers. Yet many a union workman sees nothing Incongruous ln his voting for capitalists to make and execute the laws of the nation, even st s time when he is on strike or locked out and the bosses are using the law against him. investigate and buy your clothes from the store that handles union-made clothes. We carry labels on all our goods. Sole Agents tor PEABODY'S RAILROAD KING OVER- ALLS AND SARGENT GLOVES SoHnston, Kerfoot % do. 125 and 127 Hastings St W :,.,,:..,.���, to Mention the Trades Unionist. ��� ��� i S$% mmamam IfSSSSSSSSS THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. "" s^jWPPS. 1 m ��� The Trades Unionist Issued by the Vancouver Trades -and Labor Council. mmavmaam********** ������ w��w ��������������� ������m*w-���������-��*-������ -�� ***mmm***~m ���*��������������������� Published first week in every month. Subscription Price, $100 per annum: 35 cents to unions subscribing ln a body. Mailing list, news and correspondence columns In charge of Press Committee, R. P. Pettipiece, chairman, elected by the Central Body. Address all correspondence, communications, remittances for subscriptions, and exchanges to R. P. Pettipiece, 2138 Westminster Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. Advertising patronage ln charge of 8. J. Gothard. Advertising rates will be supplied upon application. P. O. Drawer 1239. Telephone 2258. The Trades Unionist is Issued promptly the first week of each month. It alms to furnish the latest and most authoritative Information on all matters relating to the Labor movement. Contributions are solicited from correspondents, elected by their respective unions, to whom they must be held responsible for contents. VANCOUVER, B.C., NOV., 1909. ANNOUNCEMENT. A circular issued to trades unionists some months ago said: "The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council has assumed control of the B. C. Trades Unionist, and Union Label Bulletin, a 24-page monthly publication, voicing the news and views of the organized labor movement In Western Canada. A temporary arrangement has been made by the Trades Council, whereby S. J. Gothard pays all expenses of publication in return for revenue from the display advertising space. The Council, however, owns the mailing list, and absolutely controls the editorial and new. columns, these now being ln charge of R. P. Pettipiece, of the Typographical Union. IT 18 THE INTENTION OF TNE COUNCIL, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE, TO ASSUME 80LE OWNERSHIP ' AND CONTROL." A special meeting of the Council was held last week ln Labor Hall to consider the advisability of the Council assuming more complete control of its advertising columns. After considerable discussion on the part of a representative meeting, final consideration of the question was laid over tin Not. 6th. Th. result of the Council's deliberation. wiU be made known next issue. Ssmuel Gompers hss' been Jarred from his non political hitching post, and the extremity into which the rolling political high seas have thrown him seems to have effected his head. "Victory lies only with one of the great parties," says Pres. Gompers. "A vote for the Socialist or independent party is one lost to the Democratic candidate." "TAFT AID SOCIETIES" are the Socialist and Independent parties, according to Mr. Gompers in bis Federatlonist. Such an exhibition of colossal, wilful and deliberate falsehood is enough to sicken all that is decent within the ranks of the A. F. of L. Gompers has overshot the mark and brought discredit upon the organization he represents. A few more "victories" of the Gompers political type should show the members of organized labor where they are heading in. Let us be charitable enough to call it "an error in judgment" on the part of a man who should know better, pending a real remedy by the rank and file throughout the American continent. UNITY WHEN THERE 18 NO UNITY ' Tho salmon pack of British Columbia this year will total 343,608 cases, as against 314,074 last year. There was an increase everywhere except at Rivers Inlet, where there was a falling off of 13,544 casts. The biggest pack was made on the Skeena river. All the profits of this bountiful natural resource accrued to the B. C. Packers' Association, the men who OWN the oieans of production. The law-makers who made this possible were elected by the wage earners of British Columbia. We get what we vote for. Evidently the trades unionists ot Lethbridge, Alta., do not intend to be bound by the political policy of the Congress in Alberta, as set forth by a convention held in Calgary on Dec. 15, last. Another "independent" local convention is to be held, so that the bitter experience of British Columbia may be repeated. If the lesson must be learned by experience, then let the school be attended. But "what fools we mortals be." Ralph Smith knows better than to accept a cabinet position. That would mean another election; also Smiths defeat. To repeat the tactics of Oct. 26 would mean open revolt by the wage-workers ln Nanalmo constituency. Forewarned Is forearmed. Dead men and soldiers can only be used to turn tbe thrick once. The worker will never be given Justice; he must take it. When labor learn, to be good to itself It will not need to ssk help from its "friends." There is little likelihood of any Immediate tangible results from the recent visit of Kler Hardie to eastern Canada. The Eastern delegates at the recent convention of the Trades and Labor Congress at Halifax who were loudest In their declamations for unity will be the very ones to make unity Impossible. The delegate who moved the resolution of "unity" has a political record that changes with the moon. And the very members of organized labor ln the East who squawk the most vociferously against Socialism, are the ones who know the least about it, and want to know less. Their pretentions to Hardie was the rankest hypocrlcy. The West knows this by experience. Kier Hardie has assumed that the "labor" party In the East was genuine, when, as a matter of fact, It is composed for the most part of old party office-seeking politicians whose chief ambition is to secure a good, fat govern ment job for themselves���after which their activities in the "labor" movement cease. With such a composition, dubbed a "labor" party, there will be no exuberant desire to meet the Socialists ln convention or any place else. While that insincere portion of the Eastern delegation gave Keir Hardie the glad hand and Jollied the genial old soul along, they had no more Intention of "getting together" than so many Kill- kenny cats. Before there can be any political "unity" between the West and the East there must be something in the East to unite with. There is no principle underlying the political somersaults which have been sprung here and there throughout the cent belt. Many of the "leaders" of the labor movement back East are not students of economics and sociology, and when Frank Sherman termed some of them "fossils," he was not so far astray. There la still a ray of hope for the East, inasmuch as the Socialist party is forging ahead, especially ln Ontario. So far as the West is concerned��� well, the Socialist party Is here; what does the East propose to do about It? The workers of the West have good reason to know what can be expected from the East; the rank and file of the West unloaded a bunch just like them some twelve years ago; replaced them with men stirred to action by real living Issues; snd have become a factor In the political life of the West���snd sre delivering the goods. In the East, too, the rank and file' must get on the job themselves snd inaugurate s general house-cleaning. Nothing but treachery can be expected from the major portion Of the present Eastern representatives in the Congress conventions. Experience���hitter aad long ���has tsught the West what Keir Hardie TRADES UNION DIRECTORY ��� Officer.���Where they meet, when they meet Secretaries are requested to notify Press Committee of change of Officer, and Addresses. Union Card, inserted for H. per month. GOUMCIX.���Meets 1st and 3rd Thuw- day Iii Labor Hall. Pres.. It. Perm Pettipiece; Vlce-Pres., J. A. Aicken; Qen. Sec. H. Cowan, Labor Hall; Sec.- Treaa.. A. It. Burns, Labor Hall; Statistic Ian. H. Sellars; Sergent-at- arma, S. Kernighan; Trustees, W. W Sayer, J. J. Corcoran, P. W. Dowler. VICTOBIA TSADS8 ABTO LA.OS OOUB03X���Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month. Officers: Wm. Mo* Kay, Pres. Box 507; W. H. Gibson, Vice-Prea., 2664 Douglas St; L. 81- verta, Secy., Box 102: A. A. Argyle. Treaa., Box 302: A. Herbey, Sergent. at-arma, Chamber* St. Executive Committee: Proa. McKay, Secy. 81* verts, J. Fraser, W. II. Gibson, J. Dugall. i .������������������� COOKS' WAITMS' AMD WARIM* BBS', LOCAL I8-Mfels every Friday night at 8:30 o'clock Chas. Davis. Secretary and Business Agent. Ill Hastings St. K. Hall for rent suitable for socials, dances and societies. IHTSBlf ATIONAL BSOTSSSIOOD BLBCTBXCAL WO.XESD, LOC UMIOBT HO. .15���Meets 2nd and )H HO. .15���Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, Labor Hall, 8 p.m. H. W. Abercromble, Pres., 143 Gore ave: Geo. Jenkins. Rec.-Sec, Epworth, P.O., B. C: H. H. Free, Fin.-Sec.. 2210 Westminster ave. TAIOOVTia TJiriOBT MO. ...���Meets in Labor Hall last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. Pres., H W. Hunt; Vlce-Pres.. R. P. Pettipiece: Sec.-Treas., H. C. Benson, box 66. (Hours at headquarters, Labor Hall, 4 to 6 p.m. Monday: 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Executive committee: J. G. Quinn, J. W. Ellis, J. G. Hunt, W. Jeffry. WOOD, WISE AMD METAL 1 XaATMBBB', LOCAL .07���Meets Snd and 4 th Wednesday. Labor Hall. Homer St; C. H. Lewis, Pres.; Frank Mahoney, Sec., 814 Cordova St W. rn.mM.rn, a* MLmO WOIIIBI' UMIOM, LOCAL. MO. 10S���Pres.. J. A. Scott; Sec., W. Roberts. Meets Labor Hall, 2nd and 4 th Thursday at 8:00 p.m. each month. ABTEMD-EBB' LEAGUE MO. .76���Meets Labor Hall. Every 1st and 3rd Sunday at 8 p.m. and 7:80 p.m. Pres. C. J. Ryan; Fin- Sec, Geo. W. Curnock, P.O. Box 424, Phone 638. VAMCOuVmBB coumoll, buxldh tbadbb depabtmbbt, a.t. ot l. ���Meets every Monday night room 8, Ingleside Rooms, 318 Cambie St. Frank Little, Pres., 520 Richards St.; J. J. Corcoran, Sec.-Treas., P.O. Box Geo. Williams, Secy, 641 Robson St; 600 Union Girds $1 per Month. has yet to lesrn of Canada (east of Port Arthur). I What the future has ln store most depend upon the ran. and file, spurred to action along correct lines hy sheer- force of conditions. The worker, never do the right thing until they have to. The Weat has had to do the right thing���politically. The East WILL have to. Pending that time, there is not much to hope for In the matter of ���j "UNITY." i. -mfi . . ' . mk Our Advertizers Don't Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist. " - -.a.,-,?.' ������������ -jag ���_, ��� .. , ���:���' * ��� -TfrrT���T ��� :rrr ���,. ��� i I THC B. C. TRADES UNIONIST. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. I t*e*mm0*4M0**4moW4f**A*4 \ A Genuine Label The President of the Trades and Labor Council vjsited us last month and inspected our Ready-to- Wear Pants. We are the only merchants in this \ city who carry these lines of goods, and : President Pettipiece found our Pants with the genuine label on. A full line of Label Hats ���drop in and see our stock. Wray & Dick ! i ! 21 Hastings St. W. ��#S>####��#����#####��S>S)��SbS-��. I I I CONGRESS POLITICAL POLICY ����� : As Set Forth in Pronouncement of Executive Committee's Report. Having discharged our duty as a congress ln delegating to the provincial executive committees the power to call conventions to take political action, your executive council desires to state the position of the Congress on political policy. It Is neither desirable v nor wise to commit a purely 'legislative body such as the Congress to the endorsatlon of any particular political party. Legislative advantages must be obtained from parties ln power and It should be the object of thi. Congress to use both friend and foe ln the obtaining of any concession for labor. It is also desirable that the floor of the Congress conventions should remain an open forum for .11 delegates of different political faith, d so long as differences of opinion it titer, should be no disposition to arbitrarily fore, the acceptance of sny particular policy. The political organisation of the worker, most be carried on independent of the work of tne Congress sad the education of M9}AnJy&?\ ""*.��� ^T"* ""S-a IW awaaaaaB- those who toil to the proper use of their political power 1b the mission of the working class political parties. The Congress will be glad to see the workers thoroughly represented In Parliament and feel confident that a greater measure of success would attend our efforts if those who constitute this body had direct representation In the Federal and Provincial Parliaments. We would recommend a careful study of the platforms of the existing political parties, but more particularly their performances, with a view to casting an Intelligent vote foY a minority party that is right rather than a majority party that Is wrong, if an intelligent understanding of the workers' interests prompts such action. Pres. Oompers on Congress. At the Boston Convention, President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, in dealing with the movement ln Canada said: "The trade union movement In Canada is keeping pace with the movement in the United States and other parts of the American continent. Of course legislatively our fellow trade unionists of Canada must have an absolutely free hand, unimpaired by interference from us of any character. We should give, as we gladly receive, suggestions and advice that may benefit each other legislatively. Any attempt on the part of either to Interfere with the legislative policy that the other may believe advantageous would impair the influence and effectiveness of all." The above quotation demonstrates that President Gompers thoroughly understands the aims and objects ��f our Congress and the position it must continue to occupy. The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada is co-equal with the British Trades Union Congress and the American Federation of Labor. It is to the Canadian organized wage earners what the British Trades Union Congress and the American Federation of Labor is to the organized workers of the British Isles and the United States, a sovereign and supreme body within the confines of Its own territory, the Dominion of Canada, for legislative purposes. EUGENE V. DEB8. By Ben Hanford. Debs. Big. Big body. Big brain. Great heart. Lion heart. Indomitable courage. Unconquerable love of his fellow msn. Spirit and heart of the working class. Spirit of freedom and heart of love. An eye that sees. A brain that' comprehends. Intelligent. Educated. Graduated from the common school of the class struggle. Given hi. bachelor', degree by President George M. Pullman snd the federal army. Given his doctor', degree by Judge. Wood and Grosscup after post -graduate work In the university of Woodstock jail. Ever since enshrined in the hearts of the working class. Debs. Always ln the front rank of the battle. A sword arm that has never been lowered. Debs and the working class. Besting their cross and wearing their crown of thorns. Debs. Face to the light. Often mistaken���for a day. Losing the path in the darkness. Bsck ln the highroad with the first ray of dawn. Always face to the light. Often licked. Never defeated. Debs. Heart that beats for the working class. Hesd that plans for the working class. Hand thai builds for the working class. Arm that fights for the working clsss. That Is Debs. Heart of the Lion Webs. FAMILY BUTCHERS WbalMak A titaH *H*ott * **** tl ill *MmX .. SHIPPING IS OUR SPECIALTY 136 Cordova SL Tel. 684 VANCOUVER, B. C. Cranbrook Tppographical Union, No. 540. Cranbrook. B. C, Sept. 1st, 1908. R. P. Pettipiece, Vancouver, B. C.: ��� Dear Sir,���I received today a check for $500 from headquarters, and hasten to Inform you thereof. It Is a handsome donation, and 1 am sure will be a very material help, and thankfully received by our members ln Fernie, who are certainly "roughing it" just now. Yours fraternally, LEO. P. 8ULLIVAN. Tne prospective merger of the Steel Trust Into the Standard Oil System Is just what Is to be expected as a part of the normal development of the capitalist system. The ownership of the two already overlap to a considerable extent; and the hold of the Standard Oil group within the Steel Trust Is growing stronger .11 the time. No law can prevent the merger from going on, under one form or another, bo long as the law recognizes the right of capitalist property. But the masses of the people, whenever they mske up their minds to It, can complete the process by merging the whole trustified system of industry into a popular trust of national dimensions, owned and controlled by the whole people, and run for the benefit of all. And they will do It.���Dally Socialist. The Truth Blurted Out. "Yes," said Mr. Dustin Stax, "1 have succeeded in life and by the hardest kind of work." "You'don't look as If you had much personal experience with hard work." "Of course not. I hired it done."��� Washington Star. First Little Girl���Your papa and mamma are not real parents. They adopted you. Second Little Girl���Well, that makes it all the more satisfactory. My parents picked me out and yours had to take you just as you came.���Chicago News. Gloats Over Labor's Defeat. Says the Victoria Times, the owner of which is one of the defeated Laui- ler ministers, Hon. W. Templeton: "Still it can be said, and with satisfaction, that no Socialist has ever been elected to the Parliament of Canada." Better do all their gloating and croaking NOW. The hosts of labor ln Canada will yet vote for themselves. And when they do, the result can be recorded "with satisfaction"���to the workers. Buy union-labeled products. No matter what the article, demand the union label. Larger Su *k of Men's $15 Suits To pick From in the City We sre now showing the largest and beat assorted Stock of $15 Suit, for men in the City. Every garment is made under sanitary conditions, in clean, well-lighted workrooms, by drilled tailors. DesBrisay Brand Suits represent the very pick of the clothing world. The patterns ue new, the styles absolutely correct, the tailoring first clsss snd the prices low These $16 suits are the best value ever offered in thi. city. Come in snd Me them. The DesBrisay Wardrobe 613 Granville Street When patronizing Our Advertizers pert Fomt-tft Mention the Trades Unionist _. ; Yk-Y.2' ������ - .."���'������������*-. mmmma**=s-== ��� 1 ��� ��� ��� -'���":"''��� ^'^'^ g 10 THI B. & TRADES UNIONIST. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Executive Committee for the Province of Msnltoba. W. J. Bartlett, vice-president���290 Rletta St., Winnipeg, Man. W. N. Goodwin���451 Young St., Winnipeg, Man. W. H. McKinnon���472 Logan Ave., Winnipeg, Man. T. P. Robbins���Room 17, Plafson Blk., James St., Winnipeg, Man. Executive Officers of Congress, 1908- 1909. President, Alphonse Verville, M.P.��� 2026 Sangulnet Street, Montreal, P. Q. Vice-president, James Simpson 349 Brunswick Ave., Toronto, Ont. Secretary-treasurer, P. M. P.O. Box B15, Ottawa, Ont. Draper��� Executive Committee for the Province of Ontario. J. H. Barnett, vice-president���19 Rolyet St., Toronto, Ont. Eugene Cadleux���387 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, Ont. W. J. Bancroft���132 Arthur St., Toronto, Ont. C. C. Hahn���160 Benton St., Berlin, Ont. Executive Committee for the Province of British Columbia. R. P. Pettipiece, vice-president��� 2138 Westminster Ave., Vancouver, B. C. Christian Slvertz���Box 302, Victoria, B. C. R. A. Stoney���Columbian Omet>. New Westminster, B. C. Wm. H. Gibson���2646 Douglas St., Victoria, B. C. Executive Committee for the Province of Quebec. Gustave Francq, vice-president���165 Bleury St., Montreal, Que. Louis Beuloln���Labor Temple, St. Dominique St., Montreal, Que. O. Proulx���326 Letourneau St., Montreal, Que. Thomas Fisher���359 Dorion St., East End, Montreal, Que. Executive Committee for the Province of Alberta. F. H. Sherman, vice-president���Box 145, Tabor, Alta. Geo. Howell���Box 1221, Calgary, Alta. John Harrison���Box 1243, Calgary, Alta. Tho.. E. James���Norwood, Edmon* ton, Alta. Executive Committee for the Province of New Brunswick. C. W. Bleakney, vice-president���Box 723, Moncton, N. B. W. J. Neeve���Dulterln Terrace, West, End, St. John, N. B. F. O. Gardner���20 Caledonia St., Moncton, N. B. M. J. Kelly���37 Water St., St. John, N. B. Executive Committee tor the Province of Saskatchewan. Hugh Peat, vice-president���Box 39, Reglna, Sask. James Somerville���Box 1100, Moose Jaw, Sask. T. M. Molloy���Box 39, Reglna, Sask. Executive Committee for the Province ot Nova Scotia. John T. Joy, vice-president���47 Upper Water St., Halifax, N. S. J. R. Martin���Box 396, Sydney, N. B. G. W. Murray���Box 582, Truro, N. S. C. W. Nelson���Box 492, Halifax, N. S. . Suits or Overcoats $15 Made-to-order, made-to-flt, made- to-measure, made-to-satlsfy. Union men should wear Union Made Clothe., If they want the best. Our Clothe, sre right Our prices sre right. Leave your measure with us. The HI* Union Tallnm ��� wens*. Aaarnxm mm*mrs��m ��� �� ��� 588 Wasflng�� St P. O. Box 1868 Telephone 1404 Pacific Coast Pipe Company, Ltd., Vancouver, 3. C Manufacturer, of Water Pipe Systems of Water Works Installed for Domestic Supply. Power Development, Irrigation Plans. Estimates Furnished A. local Industry using local m terlal and employing white labor ���> exclusively. Executive Committee for the Province of Prince Edward Island. Geo. Carson, vice-president���Milton Station, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Provincial executive to be chosen by the executive council. Fraternal Delegate to the American Federation ot Labor. P. M. Draper���112 Florence St., Ottawa, Ont. CAPITALISM TRIUMPHANT, Canadian Workers Have Again dorsed Their Slavery. En- In former days the slave was compelled to labor for the benefit of other, by virtue of brute force exerted by the strong arm ot his master reinforced by law, In these days the slave Is called . free man, and Is compelled to labor for the benefit ot other, by virtue ot his master's law enforced own* ershlp of the tool, of production and his own necessity to live. Give to one man the right to own and control the mean, of another's existence and he Is as truly that other's master as though he stood over him with whip and gun and hunted him with bloodhounds If he attempted to escape, although the other may be called as free as his master. It is the result of the exercise of the power of man over man that constitutes the essence of slavery, not the manner ln which the power may be exercised, and the laborer of today Is as truly a slave as was his prototype in ancient and feudal times. Capitalism is the latest, best and most perfected form of mastership. The capitalist has merely stepped Into the shoes of the ancient slaveholder and feudal baron.���Eugene V. Debs. Where Labor la Robbed. Labor Is robbed where labor 1. employed, and, directly, nowhere else. Labor Is robbed In the pay envelope, and the hand that reaches the pay envelope to him, and no other, directly, Is In his pocket. Labor cannot be robbed ln the prices It Is compelled to pay for th. commodities which it consumes. For the good and sufficient reason that th. cost of living determine, wages. Wages always hover about the cost of subsistence. If provisions and clothing .re dear, wages must go up to meet the Increased cost of living, since th. laborer must live before he can work. If the employer gets hi. profit., h. must see to It somehow that hi. wag. slave is In working condition, Just as the farmer must see to It that hi. horses must have hay and stabling If he Is to have the benefit of their labor. The cost ot hay Is of no particular concern to the horses. In an accommodated sense, labor en be "robbed" in the quality of th. goods consumed, by mean, of fraud and adulteration but not in the price. ���Wage Slave. "It ain't never no use puttln' up yer umbrell' till it rains!" Thirty Days. Judge���Have you anything to offer to the court before sentence Is passed? Prisoner���No, Judge. I had .10, but my lawyer took that. It Is about time tor th. rank and file of the unions to wake up and to realize that only when labor supports tho same principles la politics that It does In tho shop and factory will politic, cease to dlsruut th. union.. ���b""b^^b"bTS^F "btbTb* TbTSbTbTb-YS ,^mmg*^ . "bT*bTb"^S bbb*bTMbT^^b*bTbTbb'V ��� Patronlzino Our Advertizers Don't Fonjet to Mention ���wp?R!PJ!Ppp^ PIP! PHWBS1K ������ i 1 i ��� ���T THE B. C: TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA* 11 We cater particularly to your Clothing and Furnishing Wants *9$i$hop dc Chambers MALE ATTIRE 408 Westminster Ave. "UNITY" A8 A HABIT IN ENGLAND St. Vincent, Minn., Oct. 11, 1908. Editor Trades Unionist: Keir Hardie, following the fashion set by sundry British labor politicians, globe-trotting at the expense of capitalist newspapers, has again delivered himself of an anathema against the Canadian Socialist movement. It Is ln the control, he says, of "the impossibilist element which has to be downed everywhere." If there Is any place on earth where the lmposslblllsm so deprecated by Hardie is "downed" it is in the " 'Appy lsnd of Hengland" In the labor movement of which nation Hardie is one of the foremost leaders, and inasmuch as "a tree Is known by its fruits," we would reasonably expect to see a forward harmonious movement as a re sult of this downing;' that is, if we were fools enough to be misled by the labor, even trade union, Christian, even free trade, even any old thing but irapcsslbilist type of Socialist like Hardie and his ilk. 1 am weekly In receipt of two old country Socialist papers, "Forward" and the London "Clarion," and there is never an Issue but what is half full of "scraps" between these harmonious "compromisers" who are unlike the Canadian Socialists, completely free from "this dogmatic and blighting creed of withering materialism." lu the last issue of the London Clarion keeping faith with capitalist Liberals there Is the Labor party executive in refusing to endorse Edward Hartley in Newcastle, who, mark you, is as immune from the suspicion of being an impossibilist as Hardie himself. The reason for which action, as alleged by the "Clarion" writer, is that in double constituencies the Liberals and Socialist, even l>abor, etc., candidates have arranged to saw off. Hartley, by running at the request of the, local I. L. P., S. D. F., Clarion scouts and the numerous other organizations that go to make up the highly harmonious labor movement that Hardie thinks Canada needs so bad, has seriously imperiled this holy alliance of alleged Socialist leaders and Liberal capitalists; hence Hartley must te downed, too. And this Is tbe working out of "modern Social- ��� Gordon Drysdale, Ltd. Dry Goods, Millinery, Women's ^ Ready-to-wear and House furnishings. The store^Hiose chief study is the correct apparel for women. This fall finds us better prepared in every way to meet the requirements of our patrons, with new and complete stocks of dependable merchandise at reasonable prices. We are ready to serve you and serve you well. We solicit a share of your kind patronage and guarantee you the highest quality of merchandise for your money. 75 Granville St, Vancouver, B. C. - : - ���. * r w CHRISTIAN Uses this label And Union men will yet good Union Clothes and good sertrice from him. No other place Christian ^Peterson i 834 Pender St. Opposite Orpheum ism," which, Hardie says, Canadian Socialists know nothing of! Here's hoping they may long remain in ignorance of this Newcastle brand at any rate. What is this term "lmposslblllsm, anyway,"that tails so glibly from the lips of Hardie and his type? Will any of those "active Socialists". Hardie refers to, who are repelled by this dreadful thing, kindly explain? As one who has had this epithet fired at him times without number, and without���as is customary���any illuminating definition, I am naturally curious to know. Reasoning It out by comparing a known "Impossibilist" with a gentleman known not to be such, I have reached this conclusion. An Impossibilist Is a Socialist who, knowing that In Socialism alone lies the only hope of the workers, refuses to preach anything else and refuses to stultify himself by saying so in one speech and saying some thing very different ln another, and as a consequence is disliked by "practical" labor men. A non-impossibilist can do both of these things and becomes very popular, a great labor leader, etc., etc. An Impossibilist, knowing that reforms where they do tempt one section of the workers Invariably do so at the expense of the others, says so; and as a consequence gets further cas- tlgatlon from the practical labor politician whose stock-in-trade is reform. The Impossibilist is, however, reminded that there are reforms which, if enforced, would make matters more tolerable for the workers, but knowing the nature of the class ln control, he won't work for these reforms nor recommend them because If they were put upon the statute book there would he nothing *o them; hut the non-impossibilist belrig of a practical turn of mind, spend, a quarter of a century and untold energy ln getting an old- age pension 'at an age when most working people are dead, and an Unemployed Bill on the statute hook that might as well be off for all the unemployed would know about lt�� The impossibilist, being a very unpractical fellow, foolishly reasons thus: As the workers get their eyea open to the working of the present systom and the source of the strength o. tho capitalist���the political power��� they proceed to arouse their fellows to wrest the control of public power out of their masters' hands. The more revolutionary the attitude of the workers ��.ae more sops are thrown to them, just for instance as a man ln a desert, pursued by wolves, often delays pursuit by throwing his clothes to save his skin. If the wolves are wise they don't waste time chewing Indigestible rubbers���they press on for the good meat. The non-impossibilist dallies by tho wayside. But the non-impossibilist says, 'ihese arguments are all right, but you fellows don't get elected, and by the goddess of place-hunting you spoil our chances, too!" Aye, there's the rub! Cet elected! Make Socialists If you can, but get elected! Never mind if you prolong the period; the fool workers must stew and sweat and suffer chasing up the blind alleys of reform Into which you lead them. Never mind If thereby you play Into the hands of the astute capitalists. Yon will reach the dizzy eminence of a great la box leader; the masses will demonstrate about you and enthuse over you even If they go straight from your meeting after listening to your speech on reforms to vote the master class the legal right to rule and rob for another season. Also If yon can The ZBEST m - -m Forget to the Trades Unionist. V. tO a a Mm ..' %��*��.: ��� I. ��� ��� m ��� .'�����:.! \:��t$ ' Wfppp^ppwp? THE B. C; TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 11 We cater particularly to your Clothing and Furnishing Wants ffiishop dt Chambers MALE ATTIRE 408 Westminster Ave. "UNITY" A8 A HABIT IN ENGLAND St. Vincent. Minn.. Oct. 11, 1908. Editor Trades Unionist: Keir Hardie, following the fashion set by aundry British labor politicians, globe-trotting at the expense of capitalist newspapers, has again delivered himself of an anathema against ihe Canadian Socialist movement. It is in the control, he says, of "the Impossibilist element which has to be downed everywhere." If there Is any place on earth where the lmposslblllsm so deprecated by Hardie Is "downed" It is in the " Appy land of Hengland" in the labor movement of which nation Hardie is one of the foremost leaders, and inasmuch as "a tree Is known by its fruits," we would reasonably expect to see a forward harmonious movement as a re sult of this downing; that is. If we were fools enough to be misled by the labor, even trade union. Christian, even free trade, even any old thing but impcssibilist type of Socialist like Hardie and his ilk. I am weekly In receipt of two old country Socialist papers, "Forward'' and the London "Clarion," and there is never an Issue but what Is half full of "scraps'' between these harmonious "compromisers" who are unlike the Canadian Socialists, completely free from "this dogmatic and blighting creed of withering materialism." In the last issue of the London Clarion keeping faith with capitalist Liberals there Is the Labor party executive In refusing to endorse Edward Hartley in Newcastle, who, mark you. Is as Immune from the suspicion of being an imjmssibilist as Hardie himself. The reason for which action, as alleged by the "Clarion" writer, is that in double constituencies the Liberals and Socialist, even I-abor, etc., candidates have arranged to saw off. Hartley, by running at the request of the local I. L. P.. S. D. F., Clarion scouts and the numerous other organizations that go to make up the highly harmonious labor movement that Hardie thinks Canada needs so bad, has seriously imperiled this holy alliance of alleged Socialist leaders and Liberal capitalists; hence Hartley must te downed, too. And this Is the working out of "modern Social- Gordon Drysdale, Ltd. Dry Goods, Millinery, Women's Ready-to-wear and House furnishings. The store whose chief study is the correct apparel for women. This fall finds us better prepared in every way to meet the requirements of our patrons, with new and complete stocks of dependable merchandise at reasonable prices. We are ready to serve you and serve yon well. We solicit a share of your kind patronage and guarantee you the highest quality of merchandise for your money. 575 Granville St, Vancouver, B. C. ^^^^^^ r CHRISTIAN PETERSON ���) ses this label And Union men will yet good Union Clothes and good service from him. No other place I Christian ^Peterson 834 Pender St. Opposite Orpheum ism," which, Hardie says, Canadian Socialists know nothing of! Here's hoping they may long remain ln ignorance of this Newcastle brand at any rate. What is this term "impossibilism, anyway, that (alls so glibly from the .. lips of Hardie and his type? Will any of those "active Socialists". Hardie refers to, who are repelled by this dreadful thing, kindly explain? As one who has had this epLhet flred at him times without number, and without���as Is customary���any Illuminating definition, I am naturally curious to know. Reasoning it out by comparing a known "impossibilist" with a gentleman known not to be such, I have reached this conclusion. An impossibilist is a Socialist who, knowing that in Socialism alone lies the only hope of the workers, refuses to preach anything else and refuses to stultify himself by saying so In one speech and saying some thing very different in another, and as a consequence is disliked by "practical" labor men. A non-impossibilist can do both of these things and becomes very popular, a great labor leader, etc., etc. An Impossibilist, knowing that reforms where they do tempt one section of the workers invariably Jo so at the expense of the others, says so; and as a consequence gets further cas- tigation from the practical labor politician whose stock-in-trade is reform. The impossibilist is, however, reminded that there are reforms which, if enforced, would make matters more tolerable for the workers, but knowing the nature of the class in control, he won't work for these reforms nor recommend them because If they were put upon the statute book there would be nothing *p them; but the non-impossibilist being of a practical turn of mind, spends a quarter of a century and untold energy ln getting an old- age pension at an age when most working people are dead, and an Unemployed Bill on the statute hook that might as well he off for all the unemployed would know about tt. The impossibilist, being a very unpractical fellow, foolishly reasons thus: As the workers get their eyes open to the working ot the present system and the source of the strength o. the capitalist���the political power��� they proceed to arouse their fellows to wrest the control of public power out of their masters' hands. The more revolutionary the attitude of the workers ..ir more sops are thrown to them, just for instance as a man in a desert, pursued by wolves, often delays pursuit by throwing his clothes to save his skin. If the wolves are wise they don't waste time chewing indigestible rubbers���they press on for the good meat. The non-impossibilist dallies by the wayside. But the non impossibilist says, "ihese arguments are ail right, but you fellows don't get elected, and by the goddess of place-hunting you spoil our chances, too!" Aye, there's the rub! Get elected! Make Socialists if you can, but get elected! Never mind if you prolong the period; the fool workers must stew and sweat and suffer chasing up the blind alleys of reform into which you lead them. Never mind if thereby you play into the hands of the astute capitalists. Ton will reach the dizzy eminence of a great labor leader; the masses will demonstrate about you and enthuse over you even If they go straight from your meeting after listening to your speech on reforms to vote the master class the legal right to rule and rob for another season. Also if yon can ' ��������� - Don't Forgot to Nation tho Trades Unionist. ���.YYYYY'YYcr^e^Y^i -���?-- ss Kf*:- is THE B. C. TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. W^f r .* ���. i *vi ��� I ��� ��� !>yv- sk: The Big Cash Grocers Headquarters for Groceries ' Only the best goods kept in stock Lowest Prices Save Jmoney by buying your groceries at Edgett's The H.A Edgett Co., Ltd. 153-156 Hastings St Telephone Exchange 187 write interesting copy wherein you denounce the impossibilist Socialist who Is foolish enough to be a Social- 1st and nothing else, the Dally Lyre may also finance a trip around the world for you. so you can help to make ss big a mess of the labor movement abroad as you have succeeded ln doing nt home to the great delight of its middle-class readers. Of course, tnis siting up of me impossibilist snd tne wiseacre who is not so, is no doubt one of the "crudities that Marx and Engels so roundly trounced.". Tin passing strange that Hardie should refer to Marx and Engels as authorities at all, seeing he has repudiated on more than one occasion their main propositions ln which are embodied the doctrine of the class struggle and the materialist interprets- The Bine Label is on the *V��ryBesT "Vancr. Bcfe" Cigars Havana hand-made C1 gars. ~" \ Ask tor then nt nil bars and ei^ar stores. Mad�� by x*. 14 Cordava W. J tion of history; but in a sense the reason is not far to seek. This class straggle, when it reaches a certain stage, plays the very devil with the political ambitions of reformers, because It unites those wage workers whose position in human society is such that no reform of capitalism can benefit them and who have Intelligence enough to see that the object for which those workers unite Is not to dicker about the price at which they will sell themselves for given periods when their masters need them to work. They know that this price is fixed by conditions outside of themselves and circumstances over which they have no control. If the C. P. R. machinists had listened more to tho Socialist impossibilist and less to the "get something now trade union reformer" they would not have made such asses of themselves during the last nine weeks. They would have spent some of the money they lost in wages to dispute with their masters this fall their title of ownership to that railway property that the working class created and alone give value to. Methlnks If they had done that and spent the same energy they squandered ln bucking an overstocked labor market, in matching an empty stomach against a bank vault, they would have caused such a flutter amongst the dovecotes of capitalism that the capitalists themselves would have set about reforming their system to the very limit, and that whether they elected their man or not. Incidentally they would have Inspired other workers to follow suit, and, by the wsy, It Is not yet too late. Never mind your compromising, place-hunting trade union leaders. If you knew ss much as an owl you would refuse to vote for a man who was a Socialist only when not seeking office and was afraid to label himself so when he was up for election. Wherever you see a Socialist candidate this fall who Is "impossibilist" enough to make his campaign on this issue alone, vis., the dispossession of the capitalist owners of our national industries snd the vesting of the title of ownership in the state, with the elected representatives of the workers who operate i nose Industries In control of that state, vote and work for his election. Leave the compromisers at home. If he will compromise to get elected, he will sell you out to stay elected. In conclusion I would ask those who read Hardie's anathema to re-read it and note where his sympathies really lie. Note the severity and contempt with which he handles his brother Socialists, who, at the worst, are merely using unwise methods of propaganda. And in contrast, note his references to the "delightful experience" he had interviewing The wealthy man who had worked his way up from poverty to affluence," and who was so "sincere," although the "unconscious humor" of his "noetic" declarations made Hurdle smile, etc., etc. Go to. >.�� Hardie. Get beck to ancient St. Padmore's Cigar Store ���. ��� ap^-ji '��� Where everything a Smoker Wants Can be Mlnjp 1 �� 9 llTilllP Union Cigars a Specialty nil*- I Bt ��, fllUfllTC, Had. Stephens and have a cup of tea with King Ed and the rest of the "me, too" Socialists. Canadian Socialism is much too "modern" for you or any other British labor leader to catch up with. JOHN T. MORTIMER. Though a lawyer Is denned as "a learned .entleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps It for himself," this by no means detracts from his value as a candidate for silly wage-plugs to support at election time. Unemployment Is not an accidental or Incidental feature of the capitalist system. It Is an essential part of that Bystem���one of Its Inevitable results and one of the necessary conditions to capitalist prosperity. Capitalism cannot exist without throwing men out of employment. And capitalists could not prosper if the unemployed should disappear from the field. Under capitalist production the workers, both rural and urban, are slaves. The products of their labor belong to the capitalists. All they get out of the game, at the best, la a miserable living. That is all a slave is entitled to anyhow. The newspaper plays ln the world of ideas a part analogous to that of a great ready-made clothing establishment in the world of material things. Just as garments, boots and hats are turned out ln tens of thousands of uniformly repeated copies for the nameless crowd, so the press Is an Industry for manufacturing opinions all complete at the average measure of the brains for which it works.���Rene Gerard in "Hibbert Journal." "The real causes of the trouble la India are the hunger of the common people and the hauteur of the foreign ruler."���N. MacNlcol. in tha "Contemporary Review." Keep up ihe agitation tor the union shop card ln all barber shops. If the union card is not displayed, go where It can be found. The Auckland Employers Association at Its recent convention passed a resolution calling upon, the Liberal and Tory parties to combine in order to combat the rising tide of Socialism. The resolution declared there was no difference of principle between these parties, and, therefore, no logical -reason why they should not combine. This is a good sign and portent of the day soon to come when these two old political woodchucks will be driven into the same hole. It will greatly simplify matters ss the Socialist movement will have but one hole to plug in order to put an end to their depre- Don't wait until next election before Put ln your application right now before you forget it 360 Water St. W. 421 Cordova St. W. 1.������������SMBi Headquarters for a special line of Underwear, Pants snd Union Label Overalls, Smocks, Shirts, Gloves, etc. ��� Wilson & ond -i ���. - . ��� *���: t- m -. -Y.ii Our Advertizers Don't Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist RfTPtBibftT the Place ammmmm���wmw���a^mm ffl . ii ... m ��� all ��� a ���!��������� ����� ... w>����t��an - m.mmt . . ��� �� ��� T*P* ........ s* MrfjU .iS3 _1_ . ��� . UJSM<*�� -\�� lY^i*****) ^mm**m P?IP^P^pp|^| m THE B. C. TRADES U N ION MT, VANCOUVER, BRITI8H COLUMBIA. It Union Men Patronize the Bismarck Cafe 106 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. Everything strictly first-class. Prices moderate. Always open. First-class music in attendance. All Union Help HARD TIMES GOOD FOR THE BIG CAPITALISTS ���j Hard times are not without their compensation to the capitalist class. A writer ln the New York "Times" of October 14th advises the election of Mr. Bryan on the ground that it would prolong the Industrial depression and that this would be a good thing for the "respectable classes." Peihaps he meant to be sarcastic; but "there's many a true word spoken ln jest." At any rate, the "Sun" on the same day had an article in one of the pages devoted to news of special interest to business men, under the Interesting title, "Panic and Impetus to Labor." The article Is founded upon the annual report of W. W. Flnley, president of the Southern Railway, and shows that the company has profited largely hy the presence of a vast army of the or unemployed. Largo numbers of employes were discharged, the wages of . the remainder were reduced, and they did not dare to resist the reduction because they knew there were plenty of mn to take their places. What Is more, - tho employes who were retained were compelled to work harder and faster than ever before, because the fear of discharge kept every one of them hustling to the limit of his powers to please the boss. To use President Haley's exact words: "There Is no douht that more work and better work tt obtained on the track and In the shop for a dollar today than ln the period of pressure of heavy business and competitive demand for labor." "Competition Is the life of trade"��� tor those who do not compete. It Is the Interest of the capitalists to have Thousands Wear NOT YOU? ��� a one-sided competition maintained��� competition among workingmen for permission to earn a living by their labor���because It makes the working- men drive themselves at their tasks, makes them work harder and produce more wealth for their employers ln return for less wages themselves. For this reason, among others, a periodic return of hard times Is welcomed by the great capitalists. It wipes out the savings which a part of the more fortunate workingmen have been able to accumulate during the preceding period of prosperity, and reduces them to the general level of propertyless proletarians, men with nothing but their dally wages to depend on to keep body and soul together. It enables the employers to scale down wages, which forces down the standard of living and, In the course of a few yeras of depression, accustoms the working people to poorer food, poorer clothing and poorer housing than they have before enjoyed, so that low wages become normal among them. It makes It possible for the employers to establish the open shop and revoke the workers that many of them leave their unions and put themselves individually at the mercy of the capitalists. There is another reason why the periodic return of hard times is good for the great capitalists. It drives to the wall a certain proportion of their smaller competitors, sweeping their little accumulations of capital Into the coffers of the big magnates and casting the small business men themselves down Into the ranks of the working class to compete for jobs, and thus minimize competition among the hirers of labor and sellers of goods at the same time that it intensifies competition among the sellers of labor- power and purchasers of products. Yes, from every point of view, a severe Industrial depression coming every few years after a period of so- called prosperity is positively beneficial to the large capitalists. It Increases their power over the productive forces of the nation and, while It may somewhat reduce their profits for a little while, It Increases their opportunity to concentrate future profits in their own hands. And the great capitalists will not have to complain of the lack of periodic hard times so long as they succeed in keeping the masses of the voters divided, fighting each other for the privilege of putting the political and judicial power Into the hands of Republican supporters of capitalism or Democratic, supporters of capitalism, to keep uo the system which means alternately good conditions and better conditions for the great capitalists and alternately bad conditions and worse conditions for the workers themselves.���-New Tork Evening Call. Every argument that Is now being offered against free food for hungry children was once advanced against free education for Ignorant children. MODERN MACHINERY. Let me name a few of our great Inventions snd what they are accomplishing, and you explain why the laboring man does not benefit by them: One man and two boys do the work of 1, 100 spinners. One cotton printing machine and one man do the work ot 1,500 men. One horseshoe machine does the work of 300 men. A nail machine does the work of 1,200 men. A modern sawmill takes the place of 800 men. One man by machinery does the work of 1,100 ln making pottery. In loading and unloading ships hy machinery ln Toledo, or any dock, 2,000 men are displaced. Mr. Owens of Toledo Invented a machine which it la claimed will do the work of 50 men in making bottles. A needle machine turns out 260 needles per minute. Sheets of tin are fed into one end of a machine and at the other end complete tin cans are dropped out at the rate of 38,000 per day. One child can operate the machine. A bread making.machine will mould 20,000 loaves per day. Three men with machinery turn out 250 tons of steel billets in eight-hours. These are but a few of the many inventions, and about the same increase exists ln all branches of production. These figures are taken from the census reports and can be verified. The late Mr. Gladstone tells us that, by the aid of newly Invented machinery, our capacity to -manufacture Is doubled every seven years. Do the wages of the workers double every seven years. Now my dear reader, will you explain WHY It is thst with all this marvelous machinery of production, our wonderful means of distribution our Increased knowledge ln the arts and sciences, we sill have in this free America, millions of people ln abject poverty? It Is because there are not only ln America, hut in all countries, two classes ot people. ONE CLASS that OWNS all the machinery, does no work, snd yet receives all the good things. The OTHER CLASS makes all the machinery, does all the work, and has nothing but a living. THE rich who own all the tools and- other means of production, upon which the worker depends for a living, OWN THE MAN. The man is finding that out to-day. ���Men and Mules. Factory inspectors that do not Inspect, and "fair" wage officers that do not secure for the workers fslr wages, seem to abound In plenty In eastern Canada and the middle west At Lethbridge, Canada, with a population of 4,000 there ere about 1,000 members of trades unions. DISSOiUTU l^> SALE Our entire stock at reduced prices. In order to enable a part" ner, Mr. D. K. Book, to withdraw from the firm, we must raise a considerable amount of money this month. To do so we hsve reduced prices on all lines. See list of cut prices on Suits, Overcoats, Underwear and all Men's Furnishings. \\ 8romttg 6t OO. 605 Hastings Street West V. J Pertinent Pointer by Pres. Sherman. 'The electors should remember that If they can be bought (with promises), they also can be sold." ���Frank H. Sherman. How can man grow rich except on the spoils of another8' labor? His boasted prudence and economy, what is It but the most skilful availing himself of their necessities, most resolutely closing up his heart against their cries to him for help?���Fronde. Even the capitalist press Is now compelled to acknowledge that the un* employed problem looms up lsrger than ever before and that conditions during the coming winter will tax the strength of the soup house and charity peddler to the limit. It's one thing to secure labor legislation; it's another to have it enforced. This because labor has no majorities In the houses of legislation. What the workers of the world need Is a UNIVERSAL Federation of Labor. Nothing less can fulfil the destiny of labor. Choice Cut Flowers, Pot Plants, Palms, Flower Pots. Flower Seeds, Lawn Grass Seed, Vegetable Seeds. Faaeral Detigis a Specialty Greenhouse Phone A3131 Store-59 Hastings St E. Phone 688 v ��� When Patronizing Our Advertizers Don't Forget to Mention the " I I ; , >',' n 14 ' THI I. a TRADIt UNIONIST, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ��� ';'- ,^*'\ We have a long arm when it comes to the shirt question and we have reached over the whole market, examined all the reliable makes and selected what seemed the best. WE WOULD LIKE YOUR OPINION Long armed men will be glad to know here are shirts with plenty of cloth in the sleeves. 1.25, 1.50, 1 75, 200 JI*. ��. jCees & Co. The Cash Clothiers FLACK BLOCK GRAYSON SUSPENDED FROM BRITISH HOUSE The extraordinary scenes of disorder in which Mr. Victor Grayson figured took place on Thursday and Friday. At the close of questions on Thursday, Mr. Grayson said, "I rise to move that this House do immediately adjourn to consider a matter of urgent public importance, namely, the question of unemployment."���The Speaker reminded Mr. Grayson that his motion was out of order.���Mr. Grayson: Under these circumstances I feel that the crises of unemployment is so great (people are starving at this moment in the streets) that we must ignore these rules. (Loud laughter and cries of "Order.") ���The Speaker said he was afraid the House was bound by the rules It had Itself made.���Mr. Grayson: Then I must personally refuse to be bound by such rules. (Loud cries ot "Order," which were angrily renewed when the honorable member declined to resume his seat while tbe Speaker was standing.)���Mr. Orayson raised his voice above the uproar which prevailed, and shouted: "It Is all very well to cry, 'Order,' you who are well fed. id cries of "Sit down/') Mr. declined to sit down, and con- to discuss with the Sneaker the ruling.���The Speaker: Order, ! have given the honorable member with, I think, every courtesy ���(loud cheers)���an explanation of the circumstances which prevent him raising the question at the present moment. I have pointed out that another occasion may arise, and I suggest that he should wait until that day arrives. (Cheers.)���Mr. Grayson: Yea. but In the Intermediate period people are starving. (There was great disorder, loud cries of "Order," and reiterated Injunctions to sit down proceeding from all quarters.)���Amidst uproar the Speaker called upon Mr. Grayson to withdraw.���Mr. Grayson: If you send your machinery of force to remove me I am willing to withdraw.��� The Speaker: If the honorable member will not withdraw of his own accord, I must ask the sergeant-at-arms to remove him. (Loud cheers.)���Mr. Grayson: I am willing to leave, because I feel degraded���(uproar���I have the unemployed mandate behind me. They are asking for some urgent legislation, and have been goaded Into disorder. I absolutely refuse to be bullied Into silence.���Speaker: Ser- geant-at-Arms, will you kindly remove the honorable member?���Mr. Grayson: I leave the House with pleasure.��� Turning to his fellow-Labor members, Mr. Grayson said: Traitors to their class, who refuse to stand by their class. (Loud laughter.)���The sergeant-at-arms advanced towards Mr. Grayson, who immediately left his seat and proceeded to leave the House. He halted at the bar, and, once again facing the Sneaker and glancing down both sides of the House, shouted: "I leave this House with the greatest pleasure." (Loud cries of "Order!") "A House of Murderers." Mr. Grayson again figured in an egregrlous exhibition In the House on Friday, when the committee stage of the Licensing Bill was resumed. Immediately after the division on an amendment Mr. Grayson rose and said he wished to call attention to the fact that there were thousands of people dying ln the street whilst they were trifling with this bill. (Loud cries of "Order.") "Personally," retorted the honorable member, "I refuse to give order. I am only one In this House, but I defy it to silence me."���The chairman: Order! Order! ��� Mr. Grayson: I will not give order. I have a large mandate behind me and I positively refuse to allow this House to proceed a moment longer whilst I am in it. (Uproar.) Shouting above the din the honorable member accused the House of callous Indifference, and defiantly refused to give order. There was then a repetition of tbe argument in which Mr. Grayson had engaged the previous day with the Speaker.���The Chairman: The honorable member has refused to obey my Instructions to sit down, and I now ask him to withdraw from the House. (Cheers.)��� Mr. Orayson: I refuse to withdraw voluntarily until the House has shown some inclination to attend to this urgent question.���The Chairman: Then, Mr. Victor Orayson, I name yon for disobeying the order of the Chair. (Cheers.)���Mr. Grayson: Sir, you cerinot> shame me. (Loud laughter.) I Will obstruct the procedure of this House/as long as it refuses to attend to tbw question. (Great uproar.)���The sitting was thereupon suspended, and the Speaker sent for. Meanwhile a scene of disorder prevailed, Mr. Grayson endeavoring to address tbe members, who shouted him down. Upon the arrival of the Speaker the Prime Minister moved that Mr. Grayson be suspended.���The motion was promptly carried.���Mr. Grayson (slowly making hla way to the door): Well, sir, I leave the House with pleasure.��� The Speaker: The honorable member is not entitled to address the House after he has been suspended.���Mr. Grayson: I leave the House feeling that I gain dignity by doing so. (Laughter.) I hope other honorable members will leave It, too. It is a house of murderers. (Cries of "Oh," and "Order.")���The honorable member passed through the doors and left the House.���l.ondon Paper. DEMAND THIS LABEL i TRADES-fi^COUNCHL h| On All Printed Matter. OFFERED F. H. SHERMAN A 8EN ATORSHIP. Says A. B. Thomas, in the Cam- rose Mail: We have asserted that the Liberal Government Is getting desperate, and the Liberals say they are not. Now we will prove that we ane right. If the Liberal Government are not desperate, why then did the Hon. Mr Frank Oliver write to Mr. Sherman, the Socialist candidate in Calgary, to the effect that he, Frank Oliver, would see that Mr. Frank Sherman got a senatorship if he would step out of the contest in Calgary, and thus give the Liberal nominee a better chance to be elected. Now, these facts we are stating, and Mr. Frank Oliver and the Liberal party and their papers can deny this all they like, and it is up to us to prove the statement we make, we are prepared to do this. Our address is the same old stand. And not only Is the Minister of the Interior so wrought up and excited and driven to desperate means to counteract the great popular wsve that Is sweeping over Canada, but Lo and Behold! our old friend, Charlie Cross, the attorney general for the province of Alberta, he likewise writes Mr. Frank Sherman, offering him anything if he will only step down and out and leave the field so that their pet nominee, Dr. Stewart, can have some chance possibly of getting the better over the present popular mem- ber, M. 8. McCarthy. But this is not all. Our dear old friend from Medicine Hat, the Hon. Mr. Flnlay, the Minister of Agriculture who judges cattle, pigs and horses, he who measures the size of agricultural products, and tests the pureness of home-made butter, and home-grown eggs, at the numerous country fairs ���this well paid servant of the people takes pen in hand and writes on Government paper to the same Frank Sherman, urging him with all the eloquence possible, and says he thinks he sees the oven ing of a wondrous career In the Government employ, If he, Mr. Sherman, would only accept It. But even this is not all. Would you believe it. The premier of Alberta, the Hon. M r. Rutherford, likewise goes out of his way to urge Mr. Frank Sherman to please consider the rash step that he is taking and for the sake of the Grand Old Liberal, which has done so very much for the labor people and the Socialists. Kindly step aside. TO HOUSEKEEPERS 4JIf you would like to spend less time in your kitchen and woodshed, and have much more time for outdoor life, recreation and pleasure, look into the question of doing your cooking with a Gas Range. Telephone your address to our office and we will send a man to measure your premises and give you an estimate of cost of installing the gac pipes, Vancouver Gas Company, Limited. Patronizing Our Advertizers Don9! Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist ; 1 ,' ���**->"-'";���-���-���: **���"�����*** ��_ y'iy'fe1;"*.'-^-. 11'- i,i i'n'i WwWjiijjM _ ' ��� " PSPRBflWwa^?" ��� . T THI ��� C. TRADM UNIONIST, VANCOUVIR, ���RITiaH COLUMilA. U WORK OF CONGRESS IN WESTERN CANADA Organizer Pettipiece's Report to the Twenty-fourth Annual Convention of the Trades and Labor Congress ot Canada, Held at Halifax. To the officers and members ot the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada: Gentlemen: In presenting my report of the year's work for the Congress, I feel It unnecessary to enter Into details. This because I have kept your executive committee fully Informed from time to time of my work; and carried out their Instructions. . .Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 7, '07.���While here en route from International Typographical Union headquarters at Indianapolis to Ottawa I visited the headquarters of the Internatlonl Union of the United Brewery Workmen and after placing the position of the Congress before the executive board, Secretary Kemper mailed a cheque for $200 to Sec. P. M. Draper as a contribution to our organization fund. In partial return for this I Initiated the organization of a large Brewerymen's (Unlon at Calgary; endeavored to start the Edmonton Trades Council on the same task there; ad have a small branch organized in Vancouver which will come out all right ln time. Calgary, Alta., Nov. 14-15-16. '07.��� Attended as the Congress' fraternal delegate, the annual convention of the Canadian Society of Equity, a farm- ' era' organization. Initiated the passage of several resolutions endorsing "demand for Union Label products. Discovered that the farmers' representatives have very hazy notions as to the work and mission of the Congress. Explained the function and position of our national legislative body and its desired relationship with the working farmers' organizations. What the ultimate results will be rests largely with the farmers themselves. Let 11bridge. Alta., Dec. 10-11-12. 07 ���Attended annual convention of Dis- Page Sells Tailored X. L. CLOTHES *} For men there are n o better clothes made ��� they are well put together, well trimmed and guaranteed to hold their shape ���Clothes thst are above the ordinary in quality and below the ordinary in price. X.L.Suits$t5to $30 mk ��� 2l/m. Page Clothier aad Furnisher 156 and 158 Cordova St. trlct 18, United Mine Workera of America. Pres. Sherman arranged for my reception on the floor, where I presented the alms and objects of the Congress and asked the miners to consider the question of affiliation. With the splendid assistance of the District officers and the keen grasp of the Congress* Importance by the coal- diggers' delegates, the convention unanimously concurred In a motion to affiliate, the District Board to pay the per capita en bloc. That the United Mine Workers will not only be a financial factor ln the future of the Congress, but take steps to be represented by delegates ln our annual conventions now seems certain, I returned from the Canadian North-west In December. '07. During the evenings of the winter months In Vancouver I Initiated and attended correspondence, and endeavored to keep ln touch with the "live ones" In the labor movement west of Port Arthur. New Westminster, B. C, Jan. 15, '08. ���At the Instance of R. A. Stoney of the recently-organized Typographical Union, a unionist who Is always ready and willing to do things, I first assisted the seven vigorous trade organizations of the Royal City to form a Trades Council, and as an evidence of Its present and future usefulness, a delegate to Halifax was one of Its first demonstrations. It has a bunch of good committees, and the work of organization is being pushed ahead with enthusiasm. We can look for results at New Westminster. Victoria. B. C, July 14, '08.���Under Instructions from executive I visited the Capital City for the purpose of creating more Congress sentiment among unionists and urging the necessity of representation at the Halifax convention, though it meant a return trip across the continent. Thanks to the efforts and co-operation of the Trades and Labor Council, two delegates will be present at the '08 convention. The receipt of instructions from Sec. Draper to cover all the territory between Victoria and Port Arthur ln five weeks' time In .he interests of the Congress and organized labor was somewhat of a jolt���when one realizes the 'magnificent distances'���and as the executive board applied the spurs I must needs get "on the bit." Feeling that It was impossible to do thorough "organizing" work In the time allotted I planned a schedule of mass meetings, under the auspices of the central bodies en route, and endeavored to make the work and mission of the Congress known to the workers throughout Western Canada. Owing to the big C. P. R. strike having been forced upon the allied mechanics but a few days before I left Vancouver (Aug. 13) the mind of all organized labor was In a ferment and therefore susceptible to agitation along correct lines, a fact which materially assisted in making all the meetings a success from Labor's standpoint. Revelstoke, B. C, Aug. 14, '08.��� Had a bumper meting, which resulted In a renewed determination to revive their Trades Council. Nearly all railroad organizations here. Itossluml. B. C, Aug. 16, '08.���No public meeting, but visited big W. F. of M.'s union in session, and brought about a better understanding between the Congress and this militant band of Labor's bravest champions. Cranbrook, B. C, Aug. 18, '08.���Met the C. P. R. strikers' executive and tried to renew Interest In the re-or- ganlzatlon of a Trades Council, defunct. Results uncertain. Ferule. B. C, Aug. 19, '08.���The town was ln ashes, but the district officers of the United Min* Workers were Working like beavers to .assist their membership ln every way possible. Had it not been for the terrible fire at least two delegates from Fernie. would have represented the coal-diggers at Halifax. Though the entire population was living in tents and temporary shacks, the spirit of unionism and optimism still predominated, and all hands were engaged In building anew. Splendid assistance was poured in by organized labor to their unfortunate brothers; the International Typographical Union also rising to the occasion by voting Its Fernie local $500. As soon as the town is rebuilt there is no question but Its Trades Council will be revived, and heard from next year. Michel, B. C, Aug. 19. '08.���Addressed a mass meeting of the unions here thjs evening, and at least one delegate will attend the convention. Found a noble lot of men at work ln Michel, a distinctive ' wage-earners' town ln the middle of the mountain region. Coleman, Alta., Aug. 20. '08.���Held meeting here ln Miners' hall; poorly advertised but fairly well attended. Was promised a delegate. Coal miners' camp. Lcthbridgc, Alta., Aug. 21. '08.��� Had a bumper meeting, bubbling over with enthusiasm and will result in better things for Labor. A strong feeling prevails here in favor of Independent political action. Fine lot of boys; willing to do the right thing, but, like too many other towns, too prone to wait for an "outsider" to do the Job for them���Instead of wading in and helping themselves. Calgary, Alta., Aug. 22-23. '08.��� Addressed a crowded public meeting on 22nd and also the regular Trades Council meeting on 28rd. Interested unionists���a live aggregation���ln the Congress, and at least two delegates will represent at Halifax. On Dec. 15, '07, a provincial convention was held here, called by the Congress' Alberta executive, and after one day's deliberation agreed to "accept the Socialist Party as our own." And In conformity with this resolution political organization work throughout Alberta was actively begun. Calgary workers will have a candidate of their own ln the coming federal elections. The printers and other trades are pushing an energetic label campaign. ��� The organization committee of the central body is alive to its duty. Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 25. '08.��� Though advised by wire from Edmon- ��� ton, at Calgary, that no delegates would be sent to the Congress convention at Halifax���and therefore no meeting had been arranged by the Trades Council for me, I visited the northern Capital City anyway. Arranged , a meeting, which could not be termed a howling success. Like the coon, Edmonton unionists had assumed the role of "please go 'way and let us sleep." But ln spite of unfavorable local conditions and apathy on the part of organized labor I look for something better during the coming year. An organizer should be kept ln Edmonton and vicinity for at least three months to do himself or the movement justice. Medicine Hat, Alta., Aug. 28, '08.��� Held a rattling good meeting here and much Interest in Congress work was manifested; but owing to the big strike, in which most of component parts of organized labor were involved, there will be no delegate. Hope to organize typos, here next visit. Moose Jaw, Sask., Aug. 30, '08.��� Addressed an interested and representative number of unionists; and a delegate was promised though local ,. preparations for a field Labor Day celebration was demanding much attention. And the strike situation somewhat crippled the central body treasury. Reglna Sask., Sept. 1-2, '08.���A mixing of dates somewhat militated against better results ln Saskatchewan's Capital City; but had a good meeting and a delegate seemed cer tain. The function of our Congress was at least better understood by Reglna unionists and hereafter we can look upon them as an Integral part of the International labor movement. There are several good live workera In Reglna���and the necessity of some better defined line of political action is recognized as necessary before Labor can com* into its own. The Labor Realm is doing good work for the movement in the prairie West Brandon, Man., Sept. 4. '08.���A bumper meeting here and many misconceptions of the Congress' work were put right. A Trades Council that stays on the Job flourishes, but it Is remarkable In one respect���there are no Typographical delegates In It, as yet. A strong feeling ln favor of Independent political action prevails and I look for something more concrete In the very near future. An agitation for a labor paper and a union print shop promises to become a reality. Brandon Is making progress from Labor's viewpoint. Winnipeg, Man.. Sept. 6-7-8-9-10, '08.���Visited unions In session at Labor Temple; participated In C. P. R. strikers' big morning meetings; Interested the Streetrallwaymen's Union sufficient to send a delegate, and did all one could hope to do for the Congress In the time at my disposal. The 'Peg Trades Council will be represented at Halifax by three delegates. Industrial conditions were such that it was well nigh impossible for unions to finance their responsibilities and do their duty to the Congress convention. The Manitoba capital needs the services of an organizer for at least two or three months a year. The Voice is ably assisting us In our work and deserves much more support than It receives. Some plan to make it more useful to organized labor throughout all Canada should be devised and carried out. Fort William, Ont., Sept. 11, '08,��� Addressed a fine meeting here, arranged by the central body; also met the C. P. R. strikers at their 10 o'clock meeting. A delegate was provided for. The possibilities for the development of a militant and solidified organized labor movement in this locality are A. 1. An organize!*���that works at it���could assist to good advantage, If It were only possible. A sincere desire for political action along correct lines is also evident and only needs fostering. Port Arthur, Ont., Sept. 12, '08.��� Good meeting here with results. Am satisfied the Lake towns are to take their place in making the Congress what it should be. But, like Fort William, the work of local central bodies could be materially augmented were the services of an organizer available for a period of systematic work. Here, too, the necessity of political action by the workers themselves, is agitating the minds of unionists. From the Lake towns I proceeded to Halifax, via Toronto and Montreal, as the delegate of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. I appreciate the efforts made by members of central bodies en route to make my mission a success; an endeavor to deserve it Is. the wish of yours, R. P. PETTIPIECE. The electors of Canada decided not to change the name of the government. Perhaps they felt Instinctively that a change ln name would not change Its nature. Demand This Label On All Printed Matter ; When Patronizing Our Advertizers Don't Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist. . ; m^mmmmmmmm-m ^^��� ^T maAmmmaamm ��� *n ^P^^n^^T^f^W^^,^^^ ... ��� , T5P 1�� THI B. C TRADES UNIONIST, VANCOUVIR, BRITISH COLUMBIA. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Officers, Committees, Delegates���Who They Are, When They Meet, and Their Addresses. I *&-��� * Bfi..".' a B7 * ' OFFICERS OF TRADES AND LAHOIt COUNCIL. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays In Labor Hall at 8 p. m. President. R. P. Pettipiece.2138 Westminster Av. Phone 2507. Vice-President. J. A. Aicken 346 Barnard General Secretary. Harry Cowan 880 Homer St. Secretary-Treasurer. A. R. Burns Labor Hall Statistician. H. Sellars 1790 Albert St. (Phone B1965.) Sergeant-At-Arnis. 8. Kernighan....820 Twelfth Ave. E. Executive Committee. Above officers and W. W. Sayer, 847 Homer; P. W. Dowler, 2428 Scott; J. Geo. W. Williams 541 Robson St. Executive meets evening preceding Trades and Labor Council meeting ln Labor Hall, at 8 p. m. Organization Committee. J. A. Aiken 346 Barnard J. H. Ley 569 Hornby R Craig 116 Georgia Parliamentary Committee. P. W. Bowler 2848 Scott W. 8ayer 847 Homer E. C. Knight 1333 Keefer F. Heays 1836 Triumph St. Q. Payne 159 Lansdowne Ave. A. j? enton 557 Grove Ave. 8. Thompson 346 Barnard E. W. King 695 Cambie J. H. Ley 669 Hornby Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Labor Hall. DELEGATES TO TRADES COUNCIL Bricklayers and Masons. W. W. Sayer 687 Homer St. C. Clayton 1286 Hornby w. E. Gordon Geo. Rothney 911 Richards J. Campbell Brotherhood of Carpenters. S. Kernighan . .820 Twelfth Ave. E. P. W. Dowler -2428 Scott St. R. J. McRae 242 Dufferln St. B. J. W. Schurman 2830 Cornwall G. W. Williams 541 Robson Hy. Deris Waverley Hotel Jas. Edwards. Agent Hotel Quinte G. W. Cumnock Qulnto Hotel H. Leyfleld. Glasgow Hotel BookMadet*. jL Mowatt ....... .*%��� Dnnlevy St. ' . ��� ��� . ��� Barbers. C. E. Hewitt Grotto, Granville St. Cuss. Lear Atlantic J. E. Cameron, Metropole Barber Shop Geo. Debalt ...��������� Builders' Laborers. H. Sellars 1790 Albert St. G. Psyne 159 Lansdowne Ave. (Phone A1214.) John Sully 1885 Eighth Ave. W. R. A. Stalker 976 Hastings E. R. Forrest 309 Westminster Ave. Street Railway Employees. S. Thompson 346 Barnard J Briggs Builders' Laborers day. J. A. Aicken 346 Barnard St. F. A. Hoover. .513 Westminster Ave. G. Lenpesty 232 Lansdowne Ave. No. 1 Branch Amalgamated Carpenters���Alternate Tuesday. Alternate Tues- -Every Building Trades Alliance. Structural Iron Workers. A. Foote P.O. Box 1196 Stone Cutters. J. Batoinan Epworth, P. O. W. Mills 648 Granville St. Typographical. R. P. Pettipiece. .2138 Westm'r. Ave. �� 8m,tn A. R. Burns Labor Hall Duncunson 629 Westminster Av. T. A. Brewery Workers. Bell 228, 9th Ave. E. Cigarmakers. A. Blee Mainland Cigar Factory R. Craig 116 Georgia St. W. Jardine... .Mainland Cigar Factory Civic Employees. R. Morrison 320 Georgia J. Clarke 1009 Burrard E. W. King 695 Cambie Cooks and Waiters. H. Harder .150 Hastings .St C. Davis 150 Hastings E. A. J. Arnason 150 Hastings E. J. H. Perkins 150 Hastings E. H. J. Forshee 150 Hastings E. Commercial Telegraphers. H. Phillips P.O. Box 432 J. W. Shields J- Percy J. C. Wilton Evans & Hastings H. Cowan 880 Homer St. H. Neelands Q03 Thurlow St. Tailors. J. H. Ley. 569 Hornby F. Perry A. Paterson Leather Workers���First Thursday. Electric Picture Operators- Tuesday morning. Quarrymen���First Wednesday. Barbers���First and third Wednesday. Bricklayers and Masons���First and Third Wednesdays. Plasterers���First and Third Wednesday. Stereotypers���Second Wednesday. Lathers���Second and Fourth Wednesday. United Bro. Carpenters���Second and fourtto Wednesday. Electrical Wire Workera���No. 2t3 meets 2nd. and 4th. Tuesdays. No. 621 meets 2nd. and 4th. Wednesdays. W. A. Mclnnls 790 Oranvlhe Garment Workers. Mrs. Walker..W.J. McMaster & Son Nicholson ....Scotland Woolen Mills Blacksmiths. T. Hanafln 326 Hastings E. B. Watts J. Outhett 250 1-2 Barnard Boilermakers. Frank Heays 1836 Triumph St. Angus Fraser 1157 Howe St. Theatrical Stage Employees. A. N. Harrington 401 Harris St. Electrical Wire Workers. E. C. Knight 1333 Keefer St. M. Harger Hotel Delmonlco Geo. Jenkins Epworth P O. Electric Picture Operators. Trades and Labor Council���First and third Thursday. Pile Drlvers-MM-Flrst and third Thursday. Garment Workers���Second Thursday. Cigar Workers���Second Thursday. Laundry Workers ��� Second and Fourth Thursdays. Tailors���Fourth Thursday. Parliamentary Committee ��� Second and fourth Thursdays. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers ���First and third Fridays. Pressmen���First Friday. Civic Employees���Second and fourth Fridays. Pattern Makers���Third Friday. A Bard Granite Cutters���Third Friday. Iron Moulders���Fourth Friday. Iron Moulders. UNIONS MEETING AT LABOR HALL AND DATE OF MEETING. Letter Carriers���Second Saturday. Bakers���Second and fourth Saturdays. John Base. t HlldehraBrt Bartenders���First Sunday afternoon and third Sunday evening. Commercial Telegraphers ��� Second Sunday morning. Theatrical Stage Employees���Second Sunday afternoon. Typographical���Last Sunday. M. B. Curtis 891 Princess St. Leather Workers. W. G. Ward 209 Prior Laundry Workers. W. Roberts Cascade Laundry J. 8cott Pioneer Laundry Mrs. Powell Pioneer Laundry Machinists. J .H. McVety . .1744 Ninth Ave. W. S. W. C. Coen 848 Seymour G. Matteson 832 Helmcken St. A. Fenton 557 Grove St A. Beasley 564 Sixth Ave. E. Musicians. T. Turner Printing Pressmen. G. Johnson UNIONS THAT DO NOT MEET AT LABOR HALL. I. McWhlnnle 628 Princess St A. H. Cleary 80$ Drake Boilermakers���First and third Monday. Bro. Railway Carmen���First and third Monday. Sheet Metal Workers���First and third Monday. Allied Printing Trades-Council���Second Monday. Blacksmiths ��� Second and fourth Monday. Machinists���Second and fourth Monday. Stonecutters (Soft) ��� Second and fourth Tuesday. Bookbinders��� First Tuesday. Federal Union No. 23���-Third Tuesday. Maintenance of Waymen ��� Third Tuesday. Our Don't Forget to Mention the Trades Unionist. Painters���Plumbers' Hall, 313 Cambie St. Every Tuesday. Plumbers���313 Cambie St. Every Wednesday. Cooks, Walters and Waitresses���150 Hastings St. E. Every Friday. Street Railway Employees���Odd Fellows' Hall, Second and Fourth Wednesdays. Musicians���Corner Robson and Granville, Second Sunday. No. 2 Branch Amalgamated Car* penters���Meets alternate Mondays at 652 Granville. a No. 3 Branch Amalgamated Carpenters���Meets alternate Mondays at corner of Seventh avenue end Granville St ��� - ���!-llilL.'.'.'...gg
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Title | The B.C. Trades Unionist |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Trades and Labor Council |
Date Issued | 1908-11-01 |
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Language | English |
Notes | Titled 'The Trades Unionist' from January 1908 through April 1908; titled 'The B.C. Trades Unionist' from May 1908 thereafter. |
Identifier | The_Trades_Unionist_1908-11-01 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-03-09 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0309349 |
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