THE CAMABIAM With Which Is Incorporated THE B. C. Bf SRATIONIST (Seventeenth Year. No. 45 ■ VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY MORNING, _ JV. 6, 1925 Eight Pages. 5c A COPY Professor Hokum's Korner Kanadian Klowns' Konclave ■THAT band ol half-wits, the Ku Klux Klan, who have been so successful in terrorizing several districts in the Southern States, are establishing a Canadian headquarters in Vancouver. A iveck ago the editor of The LABOR ADVOCATE received the following communication, written on the official Klan stationery: "1800 Matthews Ave. W., "Editor Labor Advocate: Vancouver, B.O, "Sir—Friday, October 29th, 1925, being the FEARFUL DAY of the WEIRD WEEK, of the DREADFUL MONTH, ^of the year of the KLAN ONE, Kanadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, an informal reception will be held at the IMPERIAL PALACE, 1690 Matthews Avenue, West, at 8 p.m. ALL GENII, DRAGONS, HYDRAS, GREAT TITANS, and FURIES, GIANTS, EXALTED OYOLOPE, and TERRORS, will be present .to meet under the kindly light of the FIERY CROSS which will illuminate the KLAVERN. "You are personally invited to attend. Upon presentation of this letter at the door, the holder will be conducted to the AULIK of the IMPERIAL KLAZIK, who will be glad to give details as to the objects, Ideals and purposes of the Kanadian Knights of the Ku'Klux Klan. "Dome in the executive chambers of HIS EXCELLENCY, the IMPERIAL KLAZIK, in the IMPERIAL PALACE, in the IMPERIAL CITY of Vancouver, Prov- ince ot British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, on the day and date above written. "By His Excellency, "If. L. POWELL, "IMPERIAL., KLAZIK, INVISIBLE EMPIRE, "KANADIAN KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN." Was Darwin right? King Government and Railways Plot to Bring in More Immigrants •THAT Mackenzie Ki,ng and his the co-ordination of activities to function early in 1986. The cohorts are plotting with the abroad, having in mind the stim- company will be associated with ■'„'■>_ , „ , - ulation of the movement to Can- important British steamship inter- railroad companies to flood Con- a(Ja Qf clas_es especlally adapted ests foP the transportation of farm ada with immigrants, at a time t0 work on the land when there is insufficient employment* for those already here, is evidenced by the following excerpt from the "Railway Trainman." This item reads: "Immigration to Canada, from "The Hudson's Bay Company, laborers and settlers. "Hqn. James J. • Davis, U.S. seo- ,*, , . . . , retary of labor, when recently in which has been so prominently ,, . , .. . . , , H * Montreal, gave it as his opinion identified with Canada's past in that ln fi-pty 0r seventy- the old fur trading days, and five years Canada would have fifty which still maintains fur trading or seventy-five millions of people, posts in Canada's Par North and Hon. Mr. Robb, Minister of Fi- the British Isles in particular, has hew-fashioned departmental stores nance, and formerly Minister of been the subject of numerous con- ln Canada's western cities, Is also Immigration and Colonization, ferences of the prime minister to take measures to promote im- who spoke at the same luncheon and other members of his cabinet migration and land settlement in at which Mr. Davis was present, with Sir Henry Thornton of the Canada. A subsidiary company pointed put that immigrants did C.N.R. and E. W. Beatty of the has been formed, to be kpbwn as well In Canada, and cited the C.P.R. »The railway executives Hudson's Bay Company Overseas cases of Premier John Oliver of have been urging strongly a more Settlemenjjn_td., and while prelim- British Columbia, Premier Green- intensive campaign for, .the pro- inary ai-Jpngements are expected field of Alberta, and Premier Dun. motion of immigration and ar- to take a little time, it is likely ning of Alberta, all of whom had rangements are betng made for that the organization ytlii begin come to Canada as immigrants." ,, leneral Strike Ties Up Chile JUENOS AIRES, Argentine. general strike for 24 hours as -A-'but the military dictators conspired to defeat any choice by protest against the fraudulent 'hePe°P'e. among whom the or- ... r ganized unionists are a decisive tection engineered by the miii- factor. Under the aatounding ex_ ary dictatorship which acts as a cuse that "disorder" might result tool of WaU Street imperialism if elections were held in the us- ecently tied up the city of San- ual manner sanctified by all the ln Chile, while 20,000 work- normal rules of "democracy," they Michael Vassilyevitch Frunse REVOLUTIONARY ferment al- clubs that were part and parcel ways brings to the surface ot a11 the revolutionary parties. men and figures who, but for WhUe rtua-v^E at the university, thmw nnlltirai n»Kn*,.,*t* •__ he *-olnea the Social Democratic these political up*eava!s, would party and actively idenftfled him- pass into the obscurity from self with the Bolshevik faction of which they came without note or that organization. From then on Comment. The Russian revolu- till his death he was one of its tion has beon particularly fruitful foremost members. in this respect, more so than tlio He was arrested on several oc- revolutlons in England and France, casions by the Tsar's police, eith- To this category belongs Michael or escaping or beirtf released. On Vassilyevitch Fru*nse, People's one occasion he was sentenced to Commlsar for Naval and Military death for armed resistance to the Affairs and Chairman of the Mill- Police, but the sentence was com- tary Revolutionary Council, who muted to hard labor. Under var- has just died in Russia. His fu- 'ous names, as i—t- organizer or neial took place in Moscow, where newspaper editor, he carried on his body will be laid beside his revolutionary work that was to .1 s' wnnn«wnBTO *t t> leader' Lenin' in a grave by tne aid ln bringing about the* down- u. o. wuu__6.wuK_._i, M. r. Kremllni that Holy of Ho]lies once falI of the Romanoff8 and the JS. WOODSWORTH, M. P., for sacred to the Little Fathers of the defection of the Russian armies * Winnipeg North Centre, will Russian people. in the Great War. address a public meeting, under Frunse was a young man ln During the unsettled period be- the auspices of the Canadian La- years, being born in Tui-kestan in tween February a,nd October, in the Royal Theatre 1885, the son of a Moldavian 1917* Frunse occupied various re- {<n ln mass meeting demonstra- decreed that, although there ed tlieir refusal to recognize the should be an election, all parties bor Party, _______._____________________^ lection as valid and demanded must agree on one candidate, and on the night of November 15th. peasant. Like many more young sponsible positions in White Rus- annullmeint. Censorship in they obligingly furnished one of Mr. Woodsworth will arrive in Russians suffering under the op- sia* mostly in a military capacity, Vancouver on the 10th, and will pressive conditions of life in and* on the outbreak of the Bol- leave again for ..the East on the Tsarist Russia, he became a revo- sbevik revolution, he, as chief of 16th. All those who desire to get lutionary while still a schoolboy, the military revolutionary com- a "close up" of the politicians in joining one of the self-education mittee of White Russia, came to tille prevents truthful details their choice, Emlllano Figueroa- trom being sent by usual tele- Larralne. rams. (Continued on Page 2) The military dictatorship braz- < I inly sets aside the popular will plloc« p 1 *• if the people, and every effort to KUSSian iteVOlUtlOIl ispress mass discontent is sup- Celebration Saturday iressed with martial law, which iot long ago sent a dozen loyal _. ,. . . ■' _,„,,, , . . , The Vancouver branches of the nd fine working class leaders of „„„„„„, . „ , „ „ __ »*.,_ x __, , xt i _ ,L Communist Party of Canada will he Nitrate Miners' Union to the jiorrible prison exile on the bleak, celebrate the Eight anniversary of the Proletarian Revolution in Rus- Iocky and storm-swept islands of ,,,.-,, , „ „ * , _ ... .. sia in the Clinton Hall, corner of 'erra del Fuego, at the southernmost extremity of the continent. This military dictatorship Ignor- Id the civil government to such n extent that its functioning was ..possible, the case of the Nitrate finers' Union leaders being ah ample, in which, although ac- aitted of charges brought against Hem: in'the civil courts by the wl^niat 9* W^.^K'! action at Ottawa should make it a point to be present. The Labor Party speaker on Sunday evening next will be Dr. W. J. Curry, who was the Labor candidate for Vancouver North In the recent federal election. Dr. Curry will speak on "The Social Revolution". C.L.P. Preparing For The Civic Elections The Grenter Vancouver Central Council of the Canadian Labor Party is getting ready for the ap- Meeting commences at 8 proachlng civic elections. A meet- Clinton and Pender Streets, on Saturday, November 7th. Commencing at 8 p.m. there will be short addresses in English, Finnish, and Ukrainian, with a concert programme including the Finnish Orchestra, and the Ukrainian choir. The speeches and concert p. m. in the Royal Theatre. Highlights on This Week's News Ing of the council will bo held on Wednesday, November llth, nt 8 p.m., at which Labor's candidates will be nominated. At last meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council the the Red Army began the manoeu"- following were recommended^ for ers that resuited in the destruction of Admiral Koltchak's arm- the aid of his fellow Bolsheviks In Moscow with all the forces under his command, playing a great part in the struggles that led to the establishment of tho Soviet povernment. As n Red commander, Frunse proved himself a,n able str,'.te"i.-n. The four armies under his direction executed the successful flanking movement that started the retreat of Koltchak's forces. He was appointed to the command of the whole eastern front ln June, 1919, and immediately |itrate, mine owners, they were Szed by the military, given a ft.lo.1; "trial" by court martial, Ud sent to the island prison,' commence, and continue until midnight. All those who desire to participate in. celebrating this the great- nomination: For aldermen in Vancouver City: R. P. Pettipiece, A. Mclnnis and W. J. Seribbins. For Parks Board: W. Deptford and A. V. lioft^g. For South Vancouver: J. G. Smith, A. McDonald, _ _ Dawes PUn Hits Farmery. 2 ^.^j^-?*w^Ll"fk*J'>^km. For Wrangel into hiding In London. 1 " * " For this work he was presented with a sword of honor and a CANADIAN Page Canadian Clowns Cackle 1 Government Aids Railways 1 Woodsworth to Speak in Vanconver 1 AMERICAN les. Later, in 1920, he took charge of the operations against Wrangel i,n Southern Russia, and succeeded in liquidating the counter-revolution there by driving portrait of Karl Marx. He was |t Ji u'nd^tood her* that this est event in modern history should iS^^WatT^xiaS^ .8 Burnaby: H. Engberg Affair had CoiWid«r(lblt to do With mak» •■- a Point to be present. Ad- Despoiling U. S. .Forests 8 ■ lhe resignation from office of the «'»(<* charge will be, men 50 3BmsH &T« H^^OT ^ dedd' Tresident* of the "Ropublic" of cents and ladies 25 cents. .. , „ f „ ed to ask R. H. Neelands, M.L.A. SnfcfWBKr w2-. . — KrA'dv^inrr^:::::::::::::: ? *£ pr*»';f «* mmo. to wounded three ttaeB .„ these 0P- youW no longor share respopsl- . The right arm of Labor is a foreign nii«tin- ,7\1 legl?Iature the "rations, a,p unique experience for iSPfor th. conduot of affairs, -strong press. Add power to this Gene„* strlk, ,„ ™ . Zr IhelTf !W " m°dern *enera1' 0n two occa- _ Thta ■ resignation naturally re- arm by subscribing to THE CAN- &n W^I&SfeSS* 1 S*$ S9 T '"^'Vf6'1 be" slons he »«■ presented with ths limited in a call for an election, ADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE German Workers Get Coolie Wages 3 „„.„., nlS unlon activities and Order of the Red Banner, tho ' ' . Bommwtan Gpyt, Arrets Peasants.... 8 affiliations, (Continusd on pags ?) Page Two- TBE CANADIAN^ LABOR ADVOCATE -■' ,'! J' ' I.' I ..SH| || ||n iM,. Friday, November. 6, 3,925 ■ ■' Dawes* Plan Hits American ^tSi^e/ Farmera via German Tariffs ."•5JL*""- (By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press.) (By Esther* Lowell; Federated _ Press.) Common Labor in U.S. Averages 38 Cents An Hour, Uncle Sam Says (By Leland Olds) The unjust basis on which wages-: CLASSIFIED ADS. BARRISTERS Bird, Bird & Lefeaux, 401 Metro-**] polltan Bldg. v BATHS HOW the Dawes plan will hit Dawes plan must cut down its ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—All the throughout American industry rest Vancouver Turkish Baths, Pacifl* tv.« i„„i™„ t»-m** t**hn«,n imports and increase its export's, elements for. revolution exist ln is revealed in U, S. department of Bldg., 744 Hartings St. W. me American rarmer is snown __ ^^ & market for it8 manufac- England in case the miner- de- agriculture figures on wages of in an analysis of the new German tured pr0s(luct8 ln the united: "sands are refused, A. A. Purcell, common labor throughout tha BICYCLES tariff by H. L. Deimel, assistant states lt wants to perBuade the British fraternal delegate to the country since 1916. The figures HstrfefW Th.E^°IL.Tf b!«d!sl chief, division of foreign tariffs, Unlted states to cut the high tar. 46th American Federation of La- show how wages of unorganized Jn^issx t«mi. ™wa»»Rwy«J»i U. S. department of commerce. ia which now imposes a barrier. bor convention, told The Feder- labor are determined by supply and i Deimel says "the change to be en- when the bargaining starts Ger- ated Press before his departure demand without reference to the BOOTS AND SHOES countered by our foodstuffs trades many*s concessions to help the for Mexico. But whether there needs of these workers and their Arthur Frith & Co., 2818 Main Si] with Germany will consist of a American farmer find a market w111 De revolution depends upon families. number of increases over existing w,n be beL]mcei by American the report of the coal commis- The average rate for common rates, coupled with the appllca- conces8i0ns which will bring the sion- labor, taking the country as a tion of duties to many articles Amerlcan factory worker face to There are three answers the whole today, is 88 cents an hour. 0\FE which have been entering free of face wlth severe competition. The government commission may give This has been the yearly average Etaiplre Cafe, 76 Hastings St duty for ten years." ngW Qerman tariff emphasizes the miners' union, Purcell sees, for the last 3 years although there CHIROPODIST Germany has been forced to that. American producers on the The worst is to ask for more time( has been considerable variation tothY SOFFEE WITH SORB IBM this tariff change by the repara- farmg and in the factories owe The second is a partial grant, from month to month as the sur- WHannah Lund, 024 Birki Bldf., tions payments. The German the Dawes plan anything but which would help for a while and plus looking for employment varied •LB,t»n' ™urf' **•*•■**• by appoint worker must consume less and gratitude "—'•* *— ~ "'-* ■"•-* '- ~*~- "" "" J-™- T-* ••"' '— y' produce more. Germany must secure an export surplus where at present the balance is the other WeSt Virginia Jury way. The new tariff will force German workers to consume home products, reduce their consumption, or both. The duties provided for • rye, wheat, barley, oats, malt, cattle, Is Split On Frameup (By Federated Press.) FAIRMONT, W.Va.--A fresh incident illustrating the taut labor would be a victory. But in case up or down. It means $3.04 for the inquiry results in a flat re- an 8-hour day or $3.80 for a 10- fusal, PurceU refuses to predict hour day. Under the best possible what may come. circumstances working 10 hours a Underlying Causes ?ay every '&$ day ,n the yfar' * B the common laborer in the United "There are all the elements for states cannot make j1(2oo. revolution/' he replied to a direot Taking uncertainties of,employ- question. "On the one hand there ment into acount the average an- BOOTS (LOGGING) H.. Harvey, *t Cordova St. W. sheep hogs flour sugar' molas- situation,was the trial at Fairmont are the more stable unions of nual earnings of unskilled workers, sLakdTe'sh meats became e - of Milan Kerwasky. a union miner, rallwaymen and building trades the real index of the condition of meats "tame er ™.i«~ -~-t-n ,.*.,* maintained the working class,'falls considerab- CmROPRACTOR Dr. d. a. McMillan, palmii Graduate. Open _llj and • ings. Dawson Blk., eor. Hattinge Main. Phone Sey, 895-1. KA_.___MO-WB____D.OTO_r COAL LESLIE OOAL OO'Y Ltd. Phone Sey. 7187 DENTIST Dr. W. J. Curry, 801 Dominion] Bldg. DRUGS feotive September 1, and most He was cnar«ed by the operators ™ker> who have m^mju u» «-»;"»k--™. ^con™* other duties October 1, although with blowing up a railroad com- £**■» sfe\but wh° kn™ y "nder *1'000' Probably under certain reductions will be allowed ^ »-idge at Wood's Run by £*« «"> ?£** "^"T »' ^ t until July 31 1926 The new dynamiting. theirs will follow. There is the Wages of common labor vary duties directly' affect' the market After beinS °ut flve hours the ever-growing army of unemploy- wldeiy> touching a low of 25 cents Red Star Drug, Store, Cor. Cor- for this year's crops ■Jur*-/ fa»ed to agree, and were dis- ed- and of course the,miners will an hour in the south and a high of doya and Carrall. The importance io American charged. Prosecuting Attorney ^e n° su<* den<al ot th*ir **' 62 cents on the Pacific coast. FLO-T-VB farmers appears when we note Ogden charged that the United na8. The wartime demand for labor, Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd;, 48 Has-' that in 1924 Germany bought Mine Workers alone could be in- T«e semi-official O.M.S. (Or-# coupled with the operation of sun- tings St. B. from the United States 308,541,- terested in destroying the bridge, ganization for the Maintenance of dry government wage boards aim-. ~ 000 lbs. of lard, 934,780,000 lbs. Tne miners retort that many Supplies) ls really a second line ing to stabilize the labor market GLASS company guards, who had been defense,. PurceU believes, due to by lip service to the living wage, GLAZING, SILVERING, BEVELLING of wheat, barley and rye; 364, 800,000 lbs. of flour, and 125, 581,000 lbs. of dried fruit, to men tion a few leading articles affect- laid off, were all taken back after government fear that the; army lifted the average wage of common W7B-STEBN GLASS CO. LTD., Mi the dynamiting. Their past records and -navy won't remain loyal, labor 145 per cent, above 1915. The v^odwd™. ^e^iUs*,"?! WhofeeSV* * make them the most likely crimi- There was a terrific uproar when return to normalcy left unorgani?- retail window clau. ed. The new duttes on these four nals- a cut ln Bay waB threatened for ed common labor a commodity ~~ items alone would add about $20,- Kerwasky will have to go to trial lower deck navy men and the with rapidly diminishing demand. _._.,___ JF??!™S,._ oftM 000,000 to their cost to the Ger- again. government was forced to baoH In 2 years the average wage fell B Grandvlew H^L^todiert, man people. The Kerwasky case is* only one down. ,b - 85 per cent. leal, maternity. 1080 Vietoria'Bri' These duties, particularly those of hundreds against union men Britain More Democratic - Increases since 1922 have nnlv Hlgh- 1,T-. on agricultural products, are also during the past 18 months—rang- The Brjtish "j^eg Union Con- Partiaily restored the wages of LADIES WEAR expected to serve as a basis for ing from charges of murder and ^^ ^ demo_ common labor and the average ls Famous Cloak & Suit Co., II bargaining. The German govern- assault to destruction of property. 8tlH ____ per oent, below 192o. The Hastings West, ment in negotiating trade treaties Hundreds more are expected. Up- cratic to_ Purcell than any organ- average varleg from **4 per cent Hudsons Bay Coy,, Granville St, will offer concessions to secure to the present, convictions have Nation he has^ seen in America be,ow the k in New E , d t „™,,0 m™-«nrDOT«r,-_ lower duties on the articles which been rare, and in many cases grand so far. British worn^i: workers 44 per c(mt be,ow ,n West a"™"™™™, it exports. Germany ^der the Juries have refused to indict, re- are better organized than-Amer- North Central similarly, street garding the evidence as too flimsy. ^_-^S^°^^^^ with the average 90 per cent above Arthur Frith & Co.. 2813 Main I 1915, we find New England 135 Negro Workers Affected QENERAL stbike By Segregation Fights serves. Married women particu larly respond to unionization in per cent, above prewar while the MEN'S SUITS •TTW* m> Mm** B"gland' The. I",ners, a"d **}? West North Central states average C. D. Bruce Ltd., Homer and Hast. ilJSO ur UniiiJS wives, many of. them in Puroell's ,„ „._,„„_ ,oW ,„ „„,„ .„ ' ~ for common labor ls only 40 per (By Federated Press) NEW YORK.—Whether Negroes have the right to defend their (Continued from Page 1) parliamentary constituency, in the Labor party together. The British labor movement is cent above prewar. As the election day neared, the looking to the colonies and do- homes against white mob violence military dictators called out the minions of the British Empire ls Involved in the case of Dr. O. H. troops and declared martial law, with more Interest than ever, ao- Sweet and 10 other Detroit Negroes which remained until they had, as cording to Purcell. The Trades whom Clarence Darrow has been they thought; counted Salas out Union Congress selected a corn- engaged to defend by the National and Larraine ifli, as president of mittee to get more information Association for the Advancement the "republic." about India and China, partlcu- of Colored People. Arthur Gar- The Chilean labor unions de- larly their developing labor move- field Hays, American Civil Liber- manded that the obviously fraud- ments. The donation of 8500 ties council from New Tork, a ulent election be annulled, and to which British labor sept to the white Detroit attorney and a demonstrate their hostility to the Indian railway strikers is being colored lawyer who handled the regime of imperialist puppets, used, after the strike ended, for case from the beginning constitute tney called a 24-hour strike. organization, work, Purcell re- the full defense staff. The Negroes u intensified as the day ad- ports. He repeatedly refers to are charged with murder in con- vanced, all ordinary manual la- the Internationalism of capital, nection with defending Dr. Sweet's bor refusing to begin their day's which produces more and more in WEAR- home from white mob violence. In Denver, Colo., three "improvement associations" are circulating petitions to have all property owners sign that they will not sell labor. Shortly past noo,n the hotel servants, the much despised "crlados," "mozos," and all, walked out, leaving the tourists, North American imperialist business agents, and all else, to shift for the country of cheapest labor. property to Negroes. Separate themselves, while the street cars schools for Negroes and legal segregation are also proposed. On MICHAEL VASSILYEVITCH FRUNSE (Continued from page 1) SHOES They-are made of first quality leathers on comfortable good fitting lasts. He was vice-chairman of the Council and busses were suddenly stopped h*„*»„ T-i,„rt m v «sm„«i and 8hops and stores closed tnelr only military decoration in the Staten Island, N. T., Samuel doorB ftt the orderfj of th(J unlong ' ,- * Browne, a letter carrier, has been who made known th(J penaMy for Soviet Republic, repeatedly threatened with death If non-observance. Street clashes He was vlee" he does not sell his house. Backed wlth the military have brought Revolutionary Military by the N.A.A.C.P. Browne is suing .numerous casualties. But no ac- from APr11. ,ast year- tlu hlB nom- at ' „ ^aM a. -. a white neighbor who has been in- curate reports of the number nation as chairman in January of ** ail leading onoe MOreS. dieted for participation in disorders wounded or killed have come tnls year- He waSi however, vir- at Browne's house. Browne's wife through. tual commander of the Red Army ls a public school teacher. a great crowd of 20,000 or more s,nce Trotsky's illness of eighteen Such cases are Increasing, especi- gathered ln the public square. months ago. Lacking the roman- ally in northern cities where there where speakers voiced the pent- tlc •*S,amor that attaches to Trot- has been a steady heavy influx of Up discontent of the masses with sky's name, he had a better Negro workers. Living conditions demands for annullment of the landing with the old guard in of these Negro workers are often election, "vivas" for Salas, and tne Communist Party, having frightful ln every way because of denunciation of the military for been a Bolshevik practically slnoe the extreme crowding. Attempts to "delivering the country Into the the formation of the faction, carry segregation into the school hands of the money klfligs of Wall ~~ — ' system accompany residential seg- Street.". Great excitement exists, The right arm of Labor is a rogation, as in Philadelphia, where which the military, as usual, an- strong press. Add power to this For wark vr dress J. LECKIE CO. Ill ings Streets. W. B. Brummitt, 18-20 Cordovl Street. ■ , _ MUSIC \ 7IOLINS ADJUSTED, VOICED, V paired, by expert. WIU Idmiad 965 Rob-on St. Bey. 8084. OPTICIAN Pitman Optical House, 616 Hast*-J Ings West. . PAINT AND 8-PLY PAJTELS Gregory & Reld, 117 Hasting^ Street East. RANGES AND STOVES Canada Pride Range Co., 846 Ha Ings Street Bast. TOBACCOS Mainland Cigar Store, 810 CarralJ Street, TRUSSES C. E. Heard, 959 Robson Street. NONE BUT WHITE HEI EMPLOYED Limited COAL AND WOOD segregation ln both respects Is a nounces it will meet with martial arm by subscribing to THE CAN- fact, though npt legalized. law. ADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE. Geo. McCuaig AUOTIOM-BB and APPBAXSBB Phont Bey. 1070 746 Biohardi Btreet. Vaneonver, B.O. NONE BUT WHITE EMPLOYED p« ■ I ■■„■ JMday, November 6, 1925 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Three =??F. [French Communists Roumanian Government Launch Labor Bank Arrests More Peasants German Labor Restive Machinery On Farms Under Coolie Slavery Displacing Workera (By Federated Press) PARIS—The latest in labor banks is the Workers and Peasants ■bank founded in Paris by the [French Communist party. It has capital of 8,000,000 francs (1 franc, 5c) and Ib to be used solely lor financing labor organizations p,nd enterprises, "The Workers and Peasants bank," says l'Humanlte, Official Communist daily, "will rentier useful service in aiding labor organizations, co-operatives, labor fcemples etc., to bring about the Kommunist regime which will put hr end to capitalist disorder and anarchy/'" "The word 'bank'," says Marcel achin, Communist leader, "usually evokes the idea of super-exploitation, speculation, Indirect, theft; and the use made by capitalist [rankers of the money entrusted td them thoroughly justifies this evil reputation." He bases his plea for support of the new labor bank on an exposition of the stranglehold over enterprise which the control it credit gives to the capitalists. region Is Busy With General Draft Plans (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON—The universal iraft of the man-power and material resources and industrial organizations of the United States, In time of inational emergency, ls proposed in a bill which the American legion, through its nation- 111 legislative committee, announ- lt will offer in congress in eoember. "The bill gives to the president fie authority to take.the.necessary ieps to stabilize prices of commod- " the legion says. "It will draft |to the service of the United ates all persons between the age 21 and 30 or such other limits may be fixed, without exception ^"account of industrial occupation, nd will proclaim the material re- burces and industrial organiza- Ibns of the country under government control "during the period of emergency." KISHENEV, Bessarabia. —The Bratianu government, which ls now in power in Roumania defending the interests of the Roumanian Btiyars, not satisfied with the peasant victims that it has qn trial at Kishenev, has now arrested 82 more peasants, who are arrested on one of the mpst peculiar charges that has ever been used by any power to arrest individuals unfavorable to its viewpoint and methods. The 82 peasants whom the court wanted to arrest yet did not have sufficient evidence to prove that they were in the oountry- at the time of the Tatarbounar uprising, have been arrested upon the following charges. 1. In Kishenev manifestoes had been distributed ih which the population Is asked to protect the accused on trial, ahd this manifesto could only have been written by the 82 peasants who are now arrested. 2. The 82 accused did not have sufficient means to maintain themselves and had to depend' upon others of doubtful reputations for maintenance. 3. The health of the accused is endangered by diseases which are spreading through Kishenev. In the prison, the health of the prisoners will be well taken oare of. | Dobrescu, chairman Qf the Roumanian lawyers, objected to these arrests, as did the other lawyers present. The court immediately ordered the arrest of the accused 82, making no pretense of thorough deliberation. NORWAY At the end of 1923 the Norwegian National Federation of -Trade Unions comprised 31 hational Unions and one local Union. The total membership of 85,699. At the end of 1924 there were 29 national Unions ahd one local Trade Union, the number of branches was 1911 and the membership 92,769, thus making an increase in membership of 7141 or 8.3 per cent. In accordance with the decision of the last Trade Union Congress the Unions are being reorganized from a craft to an Industrial basis. The 23 different Trade Union papers published during the year had a total circulation of 89,603. INDIA three persons have been killed and many injured, including seventeen policemon, in a riot after a religious procession in the village of Uttungi, near Bellary. During the procession two different factions of Llngayats clashed, with British police intervening on bOhalf of the attackers. Some 1,000 villagers then attacked the police with stones and other missiles for their brutal behavior. The police replied with buckshot. ('AVE OF STRIKES HITS AUSTRIA pVIENNA— (F P)—A wave of |rij_es involving 30,000 workers as hit Austria. Most of the strikes are metal workers, but further rlkes or lockout are anticipated, lie ballot of the federal employees, feio number $94,000, showed a Icord vote and a majority of 92.- l/o in favor of a strike. The hotel [orkers and the food workers genially have started agitation for [age increases. Stay at tha HOTEL STRATFORD The Place Called Home Oorner GORE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phono Sey. «iai r P. GIOVANDO, JOHN THA 200 Elegantly Furnished Rooms. \ 10 Rooms with Private Bath Moderate Prices FIRST-CLASS SERVICE Police Create Panic And Kill Fifty-four LONDON. — Fifty-four persons were killed and forty-three injured at Tanta, Egypt, where a great religious fair was being held, attended by about- 1,000,000 persons, when mounted police created a panic in their attempt to clear a passageway for the automobile of the minister of pious foundations. The natives, thinking that the mounted police had come to break up the religious demonstration, as is often the case, were thrown into a panic. All ra*p for the bridge which was nearby in order to escape what they considered an attempt on the part of the police to take tlieir lives. The weight jf the thousands that had rushed onto the bridge caused the bridge to snap, throwing hundreds Into the water, where many were drowned. Some were trampled to death. CZECHO-SLOVAKIA The chairman of the CzechO-Slo- vaklan workers' delegation to Soviet Russia, Gottlieb Kmeht, declared in an interview that the j6iirney to the Soviet Union was undertaken with a view' to bringing pressure to bear upon the Czech government to recognize the Soviet government de jure. .A further object of the delegation is to establish a- united front of all workers internationally. FRANCE * The agitation of the French Communists against the imperialist war in Morocco has brought severe reprisals from the government. 113 members of the Communist party have been sentenced to 68 years imprisonment and fines amounting to 38,400 francs so far. (By Len De Caux) (By Federated Press.) BERLIN—That Geranin labor ls not submitting to coolie conditions without a protest' is indicated by a survey of the labor field. There is no dramatic mass protest to compare with the united front achieved by British labor, no national strikes or threats of strikes, but if we examine the situation Industry by industry we find an Increasing volume of local and sectional unrest. In Berlin the whole transportation system may be tied up if die wage demands of the transport workers are not granted, ahd the gas, water and electricity workers are threatening action if their demand for. a 2%c an hour raise is not granted. In the mining industry in lower Silesia the employers have given notice to 31,000 miners, in an attempt to sabotage the arbitration award of a 7 per cent, raise ln wages. The miners of the Ruhr, who Were refused a raise so as not to interfere with Chancellor Luther's attempts to lower prices, haVe renewed their demand for a 15 per cent, raise. Recently Central Germany registered a threat to take action against an award which legalizes the 12-hour day. Disputes in other industries include the lockout of 80,000 glass workers in Bradenburg and Silesia a lockout of 10,000 building workers threatened in Westphalia, and a lockout of metal workers in Hohenlimburg. Serious discontent is felt among the longshoremen who have been compelled to submit to the 64-hour week; and on the railroads the union is renewing its wage demands as the advertised reduction ln living costs has not taken place, Unemployment in Germany is oh the increase. The number of registered unemployed, in receipt of relief is now 251,000, Labor saving machinery has been displacing farm workers at a rapid rate in the last generation. A study of power on farms by C. D. Kinsman, agricultural engineer attached to the U. S. department of agricultural, shows that about 19,000,000 more workers would be required on the present farms if only the tool power of 1850 were available. These millions have been turned into the great pool of undifferentiated labor from which the employing class draws Its working forces. Agriculture in the United States now uses practically as much primary power as all manufacturing and central station plants combined. KihSman estimates the amount of power used annually on farms' as close to 16,000,000,000 horse power hours. The cost of this power under 1924 conditions is about $3,000,000,000. RUSSIA The people's commissariat of labor and national inspection issued a new decree fixing the working day for all servants of menial Work in the state offices at six and a half hours a day with an internal of half an hour for dinner. Bishops Table Request To Decry "Radicalism" NEW ORLEANS;—Bishops of the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, refused to consider a petition signed by 169 persons in 22 dioceses asking that the convention take action against the spreading of radicalism in the church. The petition called for specific action against the league for Industrial democracy, formerly the intercollegiate socialist league, the American civil liberties union,' the fellowship of reconciliation and the fellowship of youth for peace. JAPAN _. Formation of a strong clerical party that would participate in the coming elections at which more than 9,000,000 ne>w voters will ballot, ls reported to be supported by priests of the Nlchiren sect, a militant Buddhist group. DENMARK So pressing is the problem of unemployment in Danish cities that the combined municipalities have applied to New York banking interests for a loan to allow public works to relieve the jobless. Rail Telegraphers In Fight For Wage Raise WASHINGTON —Reports received by rail labor officials in Washington from division points along the Atlantic Coast Line indicate (hat the strike, of the 1,200 members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers on that road, begun Oct. 19, is effective. From Richmond to the tip of Florida traffic has been crippled. The issue is a demand made by the men last February for an increase in wages of 7 cents an hour, together with a two weeks' annual vacation with pay. The U. S. rail labor board rejected both demands, and then tried to avert the strike by an inquiry into possible adjustment of individual wage inequalities. This inquiry has now beefli abandoned. The Atlantic Coast Line Is advertising for agents, telegraph operators and signal towermen to take "permanent positions." Scab Herder Candidate For Mayor of New York (By Federated Press) NEW YORK—The longshoremen's chapter ln the strikebreaking record of Frank D. Waterman, millionaire fountain pen candidate of the Republicans, came to light in the closing days of the New York mayoralty campaign. The facts, set forth by Norman Thomas, Socialist Party nominee, show that soon after Waterman broke a strike of pen grinders and rubber turners in his own factory he went further'afield and served with the businessmen's war on the coastwise longshoremen's strike of 1920. Waterman tells of the Merchant's Association's sucess against the dockers in a selling letter asking a business man to unite with them. The letter, which has fallen into the hands of Thomas, says in part: "The trades and industries look to the Association to take leadership in Important matters, because lt has demonstrated he results it can achieve for the common good. The defeat of the so-called $200,- 000,000 'Ramapo Grab,' the breaking of the longshoremen's strike, which had tied up the commerce of the port of New York, and the defeat of radical state and federal legislation unfair and harmful to business * Interests, are notable instances." BRITAIN 500,000 tons of Russian grain have been ordered by the Anglo- Russian Exportation Co., on behalf of the British Co-operative Wholesale society. 100 ships from London will transport the grain. Fnsh Chrt Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 8—STORES—8 Hartlnn St. Bart, Sey. 888-672 68S Oraaville Btreet Sey. 1618-1811 151 Haetihfe Street Weit Sey. 1870 "BAT IT WITH FLOW-US" MOSCOW.—Five hundred thousand tons of Russian grain have been ordered by the Anglo-Russian Exportation Co. on behalf of the British Co-operative Wholesale society. One hundred ships from London will transport the grai*n. Send In Your Subscription Today. Beigian Miners May Strike For Pay Raise BRUSSELS.—The Belgian coal miners threaten a general strike next Monday if the government does not grant by that time the demand lt has so far refused—a wage raise of only five per cent, to cover the far greater increase in the cost of living. The government gives the same excuse that is given by all mine operators in all countries—foreign competition. It proposes to buy 50,000 tons a month of Belgium coal for the state railways as a relief measure, as heretofore the railways have been using reparations coal provided by the German miners enslaved under the Dawes plan. Jewelers Offer Gunmen $1,000 For Each Murder (By Federated Press.y CHICAGO—It will net you $1,- 000 to choke or club or shoot a man to death but only $260 lf you Inform the police and he is convicted under circumstances that are laid down by the Chicago Jewelers' Association. The jewelers will "pay the sum of $1,000 in cash to any peace officer or to any employee or agent of any jeweler in Cook county, 111., who shall kill any person robbing or attempting to rob said Jeweler, provided however, that such killing shall be necessary and justified under the laws of the state a^id take place while said peace officer or employee or agent of said jeweler is resisting the robbery of said Jeweler's store or stock of merchandise or effecting the arrest of such robber or is attempting to prevent the escape of such robber. "A cash reward of $250 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone participating ln a robbery with a gun, or attempted robbery with a gun of any regular established Jeweler in Cook county." page Four THIS CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, Nbvetab'er'' 6;; 1-935 OPEN FORUM fedlkrUd T^ft^e QUESTION BOX Address All Letters and Remittances to the Editor H\\t (Eanafctan ffiafoir Afctmrafr 1129 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone Sey. 2132 $2 A YEAR $1 SIX MONTHS :: Capitalism's :: Weekly Pageant \VT 3. BLACK, director of colon- 'ization and agriculture for tlie C. N. R., i. e. for' the Canadian government, lms arrived back in Canada witli the tidings that the big crops on the prairies tliis year is going to ensure a large influx of immigrants next year. Apparently this Black gentleman while in Britain failed to mention that prairie farmers consider themselves lucky if they get one good crop in every three. But Black gets paid for failing to mention essentials. If he did lie would soon be hunting another boss. However, to compensate for this lie tells us that added interest is being taken In tlie correspondence courses that are being conducted In Britain on Canadian farming. Presumably this will include such vital topics as "How to pay off the mortgage," and "How to avoid being fleeced by the implement companies," A N Ontario magistrate is reported to have burned with righteous indignation when tlie allegation was brought to hfs attention that Armenians, residing in Canada, bought and sold tlieir women folk. What truth nniy bc in the tale we know not, but there is no greater need to got wrnthy over the matter than there is at a system where women sell themselves to marriage every day to the highest bidder, in order to "get someone to support* them". What useful social function does tlio wife of the "upper classes" perform? How does lt happen that when n rich woman marries her chauffeur the event is heralded across tlie country in the front page of our daily papers? * * * r\R. MIRIAM VAN WATERS has taken the stump in favor of modernizing heaven. The lady has serious objections to the antiquated harp, and proposes supplying Peter or whoever looks after the musical arrangement.., with a consignment of brand new saxophones, and changing the celestial tunes from thnt of the 100th Psalm to th/ lato- cst selection of Ameriean jazz. This should serve to show whati can be done by an enterprising Yankee when she gets busy on the job. However, the estimable lady had bettpr wait a little. Perhaps her peregrinations may lead in the opposite direction. * * * A FEW DAYS AGO we read a press dispatch to the effect that the American people were becoming * more law abiding. Now comes tlie tidings that in New York City the streets are going to bc patrolled with arnioured cars "equipped as fighting arsenals, with radio sets, machine guns, tear bombs, nnd rifles". Tills should be a good indication that pence reigns supreme. Of course if those cursed reds got control crime would be rampant, and law and order disappear. ■Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.—Gibbon. This is what industrialism (Capitalism) has done to our mechanics; it has made them parts of some machine, instead of ingenious handy men.—Dean Inge. Peace and.:friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue It.—Thqmas Jefferson. The Witch Dance on High Olympus yANCOUVEK'S EEPUTATION for sanity is about to be shattered. The Exalted Order of American Morons— the Ku Klux Klan—are establishing a "Kanadian" headquarters here, and loeal wiseacres, of the asinine genii, wearing such euphonious titles as Grand Kleagle, Imperial Klazik, or Exalted Cyclop, will be afforded an opportunity of raising the cultural level of the "submerged tenth" by perambulating the streets, their dropsical carcasses encased in a nightgown and their beetling brows in a diaper. The glamor of feudalistic titles has not yet passed away. It still bedevils the minds of ten-year-old boys, and their intellectual compatriots, who have grown only in years and stature, as can be evidenced by the avalanche of gibberish emanating from 1690 Matthews Avenue, and reproduced on the front page of this paper. Had that cenotaph to imbecility been written by an adventurous-minded schoolboy he would have died before admitting the authorship, but this gang of mountebanks, who shout about the "love of Christ" and "White Supremacy," send out their mental vomit with all the solemnity of an appeal court judge. In passing, it may be noted that this idiotic cackle comes from that seat of exemplary wisdom—Shanghnessy Heights. None but the denizens of that High Olympus could sink to such depths of mental incompetence. Certainly no working man could afford to take such chances with his reputation for sanity. However, in spite of this libel on the moron family, the daily press will doubtless still have the effrontery to hold these addleheads up to public gaze as paragons of profundity. Not content with exposing their own moonstruck condition, they pounce upon their anthropomorphic god, drag him into the mess, and proceed to serenade hinr'for having made them imbeciles. It would be small wonder if our guardians of public rectitude got "hot under the collar ".when they read the following gem from the "Proclamation" of the "Hooded Kleagles": "We, the order of the Kanadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, most humbly and reverently acknowledge the majesty and supremacy of Almighty God, and do acknowledge His goodness and graciousness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Conscious of the glorious heritages which have come-down through the ages to us who are of the Anglo-Saxon race, and appreciative of the proud positions we hold among the nations of the world through the right which has been obtained jor our noble land by the blood of her people, the unquestioned freedom and supremacy which fought and conquered." It certainly is marvelous to think on the "Divine Plan" developing through countless eons for the sole purpose of hatching out this Anglo-Saxon menagerie on Shaughnessy Heights. But spirit-rappers, and other dealers in "spooks" and necromancy, b-etter look to their laurels. They are faced with a new and formidable foe, who threatens to completely exterminate the ordinary sorcerer. Here is another scintillating jewel, unearthed on Shaughnessy Heights during the "Weird Week": "I am a searchlight on a lofty tower. I run my relentless eye to and fro throughout the land; my piercing glance penetrates thc brooding places of iniquity. I plant mine ears in the whispering corridors of crime. Wherever men furtively gather together, there am I, an austere and Invisible presence. I am the Eecording Angel's Proxy." Verily, Gabriel's helper appears to have been imbibing a particularly vile brand of "squirrel whisky." There is no blend produced in the hills and dales of Scotland capable of producing such fork-tailed visions. It is most fortunate, indeed, that the Provincial Legislature is now in session. The House will be able to vote the necessary money for enlarging the mental hospital at Esson- dale, and thus we may yet be deluged with "Work and Prosperity" from an unexpected quarter. Not only will additional buildings be required for housing Gabriel's aides, but an extra guard will be required to herd them. The only sign of sanity, visible to the naked eye, in the entire proceedings is the news that all applications to join must be accompanied by a ten-dollar bill. (By LELAND OLDS.) TF you pick the right ones, control of 1,000 corporations means control of just about half of the country's corporate profits. Yet these 1,000 are about % of 1% of the total corporation reporting to the commissioner of internal revenue in 1923. This is the story of concentrated profiteering by the big trusts, told by figures in Statistics of Income for 1923 issued by the commissioner. The figures show a group of 168 corporations with combined net income, after all possible deductions to escape the tax, of $2,294,954,330. The entire 398,933 corporations reporting showed a total of $8,321,- 529,134. Thus less than l|20th of 1% of all the corporations took 27y3% of all the profits. The 1,026 largest corporations representing 14 of 1% of the total number took $3,990,671,042 in profits or 48% of the total. And 2,115 corporations or just over % of 1% of the total number took $4,743,- 524,129 or ever 57% of all the profits. If we include the upper 1% of all the corporations we are dealing with about-two thirds of the total profits. With some 400,000 corporations the country is turning over the bulk of its profits to about 4,000 of the total number. The concentration of profits dTf- fers in the industries. In agriculture and related industries 1 out of every 9,360 corporations listed got $38,735,391 or 42% of the $92,- 201,206 jirofits reported and 4 corporations got $46,101,431 or an even half of the total. In mining and quarrying 199 out of 18,509 corporations got $197,296,828 or about 70% of the $283,66',648 combined profits. In the transportation and public utility group 45 out of 21,118 corporations got $706,835,314 or 56% of the total $1,257,409,896, while 177 or less than 1% got $978,687,276 or 78% of the total. Among the 85,199 manufacturing corporations 98 received $1,- 354,733,166 or about 32% of the $4,271,899,449 total while 598 get $2,324,860,70'of about. 55% of the total. In the manufacturing of food products less than 1% of the corporations got 66y%% or two thirds of all the profits. In strikes and their products 1.7% of all the corporations got 56% of the profits. In rubber products 2% of the corporations got 74% of the profits. In chemicals and oils 1% of the corporations got 67% of the profits. ductive workers must put in fron one to two years to qualify. The department found that 11 plants which had adopted vacatiojj policies for production workers ha had abandoned them either be cause profits were too small or bs cause the plant had been unionize and the employer thought workeij who demanded overtime pay wel not entitled to vacations or becausl the employer thought the employee] did not apreciate the privilege. On the other hand those empoiy ers who expressed satisfaction witlj vacation policies said that vaca tions reduce labor turnover, lessen absenteeism, make employees mor1 c mtertted or Increase co-operatio_| and production. RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS GROT MOSCOW.—Newspaper circuls tion in Russia shows a marked increase. Total circulation is ove\ 2,000,000 copies. Isvestia, officia soviet government daily, has th widest circulation, 500,000 copies] Pravda, Communist party dailyl comes a close •seco.nd with 420,1 000. There are 500 periodical^ 430 in Russian and 70 in othe| languages. UNION DIRECTORY (By Leland Olds) NOW that the vacation season is about over, how about yours? Have you had your twoo weeks weeks fishing trip—with pay? The New York state department of labor figures the chances are 9 to lthat you had your vacation with pay if you are an .office worker but 6 to 1 that you didn't if you engaged in actually producing the goods. Out of 1,500 plants Investigated the department found 1,360 or 91 % with vacation policies for office workers, 1,021 or 68% with vacation policies for foremen but only 270 or 18% with such policies for their productive workers. Where a majority of the office workers receive two weeks vacation the productive workers receive only one week. And where a large proportion of the office workers qualify for vacations after 6 months, pro- ALLIED PRINTINO TBADES COUNOI. —MeeU second Mondiy in th* mont! President, J. R. Whito; Morotsry, R. " Neelanda. P. O. Boi S6, FEDERATED LABOR PARTY—Rool 111, 118 Pondor St. Woit. Builnss] mooting! lit snd 3rd Wsdnesday ovoj ingi, R. H. Neilandi, Chairman; X. B Morriion, • Soo.-Traai.; Angus MaoInnH 8644 Prinoo Edward Stroot, Vanoouvfl B.C., Gorraspondlng Soorotsry, Any district in British Columbia 41 string information ro itourlng speaker or tho formation of local branohos, kla It eommunioato with Provlnolal Bool tary J. Lylo Tolford, 634 Birki Bid] Vancouvor, B.O. Tolophon* SoymoT 1888, or Bayvlow 6620. BAKERY SALESMEN, LOOAL Sfl- Mooti iooond Thuraday svsry moi' In Holdon Building. Proiidont, J. Bri! woll; financial socretary, H. A Bo| ron, 781 18th Ato. Eait. CIVIC EMPLOYEES' UNION, LOOA 28—Meets first and third Fridays J tho month at 146 Bastings W., at J p.m. President, R. K. Brown, 25 Charles St.; secretary-treaanrsr, Oool| Harmon, 1182 Parker St. Jm ENGINEERS —TUE INTERNATIONA UNION OP STEAM AND OPERATIF —Local 112—Moots ovory Wodnosd at 8 p.m., Room 80S, Holdon BuildM Prosidont, Charlss Prloo; businoss ago] and finanoial sserstary, P. L. Hut; cording socrotary, J. T. Vang, MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECT: UNION, Looal 145, A P. of M Meots in O.W.Y.A. Hall, Soymonr Pondor Streets, seoond Sunday at a.m. Presidont, E. O. Miller, 091 M son streot; secrotary, E. A. Jsmlsi S01 Nolson street; finanoial Moral W. E. Williams, ttl Nslson atroot; (.anlssr, P. Fletcher. Ml Nolson stri THE PED ERATED 8EAPARE1 UNION OP CANADA—Headquart at Rooms C, 8 and T, Flaok Baildil 188 Hastings Strsst W„ Vansouvsr. BJ Tsl. Ssy. 8601. Prssldsnt, Robsrt The* Vloo-Presldsnt, David Olllsspla; Baal Trsasnrsr, Wm. H. Donaldson. Vletes Branch, Room 11, Orosn Blook, Br~ Btroot, Vlotoria, B.O. Phona 1*06. TYPOORAPHIOAL UNION, No. 188 Prssldont, R. P. Pottlplooo; vias-prij ident, O, P. Campbell; sserstary-•> uror, R. H. Noslands, P.O. Baz Meots last Sunday of oaoh month at] p.m. In Holdon Building, 16 Hastings f PRINOE RUPERT TYPOGRAPHIC*! UNION No. 418—Presidont, B. Macdonald; sserstary-troasuror, J. _ Campbell, P.O. Box 688. Moota 1| Thursday of oach month. THE CANADIAN ffiabor Afcttoratj With Which Is Incorporated THE BBITISH COLUMBIA FEDEB TIONIST PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By the Labor Publishing Oo. Business and. Editorial Of ties 1129 Howe Bt. Tho Canadian Labor Advocate is a nd factional weekly newspaper, giving nej of the farmer-labor movement In aetllf Subscription Rates: United States af foreign, $2.60 per year;. Canada, per year, $1 for six months; to unit* subscribing in a body, 16o per mea ber per month. Member Tho Federated Press and Britiih Labor Preis lidayy November*6, 1925 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Rve )ur Open Forum Lessons from the Election dors of The Labor Advocate ste flted to send in letters for publica- _ itf our "Opon Forum." This is 'free for all." No communications be censored so long as writer! ain from indulging la personali- Lotters should not exceed 260 ■rds. The management of The Ad- ate assumes no responsibility for lions expressed in this space. (By W. J. Curry) must have workers, and the "Stn- rT_- conspiracy on the part of ews °f War" necessary for tbis the capitalist press, and noli- wo^k• _*,-, ,., It is safe to say that over 95 per- ticians regarding Labor candidates oent o( QUr population earn theJr in the late election is a tactical ad- uVlng through ,abor and u ^ &]&Q mission that the arguments of La- true that the bu]k of the_e work. ntor Labor Advocate: 'vs a pioneer in the Labor move ers have never read a Labor paper, or heard an intelligent discussion bor cannot be met by those representing the rulers of Canada. For instance, Tuesday's "Prov- 0tthe great problems of life, which luce" stated tbat the standing of 0ur philosophy Includes, t of the Pacific Coast, may I NorUi Shore Candidates gave Hon- 0ur polltical oampaign" shoula e a few lines in your paper to aghy 4226, and Morden 3611. No be perpetual from this time on> Se, what I for one consider, a reference was made to the Labor The municlpal contest has begun, - important suggestion to our candidates, who polled 1350 votes, The polltloal .confUBi(ni at Ottawa Jld-be Labor members of par aent, of the "Co-operative Com [nwealth," "Industrial Republic,' 'Soviet Republic" variety. will mean a short, and troubled or over one-sixth of those cast. The North Shore candidate held career for whichever wing of cap- 8 meetings, and undertook the task italism holds the reins. Hard times but a month before election day. and local issues will probably bring here is, to my mind, too strong Hls whole oampaign £und wouid a provlnoiai election next year, so tendency on the part of these not have paid one day,s phot0gra. we must aI1 get buBy_ Kdidates to confuse the ultimate hi or prosperity display seen ir. yp to the nresent this contin- th the immediate, in their desire th. Ppovin„a nr thB Sun and oaid P Present this contin- **** tu* tir,*i *nli n*taMi«v,nA_ <„ the Province« °r tne Sun* anQ Pala ent has been a land of promise see the final goal established in £or b the corporatlons represented and of comDaratlve DrosDeritv It s country in their life-time. Now bv thes. newaDaDBrs and D0ilti. , ° comparative prosperity. It 11. not for a minute doubting *? newsPaPers and »°m Is populated mainly by men who - - -- wans. - broke away from the shackles of Vote Seducing the Old World, and these men pos- On Tuesday an employee of the sess the individualistic spirit to an Capilano Timber Co., told me that exceptional degree, and this fact around the bunk-houses on the millitates against our Labor move- 29th, free whiskey, and free rides ment. lem to find among those who to the Polu was the oraer of the The Co-operatives mprise their audiences a desire day> and wor<i carae last week from The great co.operatives, the miliar something here and now, a Britannia, that the miners up there tant arms of lndUstrial, and poli- fidge of some sort to cross over were being regailed with "eats," t[cai acti0n so prominent in Europe from the hell that we are in and "smokes" as means of seducing votes for the Liberal Party. Our Labor candidates, hot be- fesent government, for instance, ing professional politicians do not ves of industry and commerce, we, (here they are allowing agents to use these methods. We know there of Canada are an inseparable part orsuade people in thousands to is no short cut to peace and pros- of the social organism. The fin- perity through tariff walls, and ancial, and industrial crisis now be- freight rates. The candidate for ginning will be felt here as else- leir sincerity, and fully endorsing [eir ultimate object' (which after is only the "universal brother- pod of man," that all the dream- of all the ages have more or bs dreamed of and advocated) I f the heaven we are after. lThe immigration policy of the are here absent, and yet through the bonds of international capitalism, through the arteries and ner- bme to Canada to share the un- barable poverty of the unemploy ed or only partially- employed, who North Vancouver,* through his where. Canada must find markets for are based on "cash to buy," at a profit to the owning, and exploit ive already here. They are guar- Manifesto laid bare the facts of nteeing these new comers six the great class struggle between the products of Labor, and yet ^onths work at once to get them exploited, and exploiter, the cause markets today do not mean needs, and only remedy for unemploy- *the power to oon8Ume| but they ment, and poverty amidst plenty, Ky, and yet those who are here and and the facts regarding the world- Tin speak (he language are being wide revolt against oppression, and ed class_ It out to make room for these suffering which now haunts the lew Canadians". , < world's rulers with the fears that i!Io the man or woman with a they may, ere long, meet the same Jteady • job," or an "assured ln- fate which befell the despots of pme," the Co-operative Common- czarist Russia. The Manifesto balth may be a beautiful picture dream about, but to a man or In the constituency of Vancouver Advocate were distributed through the mail. These contained the La- What provision, have we for the impending crisis, what power even to secure a dole for the armies of unemployed which our cities will contain this winter? These are serious problems. The Future Will we have, as Jack Lcndon predicted, the Iron Heel of a ruthless plutocracy for generations on the neck of prostrate labor, or will iling under the brave flag of the j„^" swinton pnee editor "of" the the workers of this continenttnrow liL. P., that fortified positions are „New york ,nmea„_ This _howed off their sluggishness, andi a sys- fever shattered with air bubbles. that jom.nalists are but the "jump- tem whioh has already outlived lts In conclusion, if the C. L, P. fails jacks„ of rich men behind the historic mission, and which must j take notice of this suggestion scenes> they ftre intelleotual pros. be replaced by production for use, iiother Labor party, with a defin- u „ and u ^ Ue probable and the rule of the workers, if we ,e constructive policy, will be in thftt thU manl£est0 spoiled some are to avert social disaster? tie field to, take its place, and car- bftl,otg tol. Labor) but atter all sup. The Labor Movement is indeed all before it, before next elec- port based upon underBtanding can backward here, but this is also the ion. The C. L. P. must declare alone give permanent strength to land o£ sudden changes, and rapid toman out of work and funds the Nonh 4BU0 coples ot- the i^bor Toposition is one of "coffee ans," its equivalent. ,1, therefore, earnestly suggest to b0* ^ani£est0 in which was pub- lur Labor organizations, who are ,ished the ),amous contession oi Eself on Canada's Immigration pol cy, etc., or cease to function in the Political arena. Sincerely, J. N. BOULT. the Labor movement. The Franchise We must remember that parliamentary action has its limitations. motions. Abundance of machinery for the production of all the comforts, and luxuries of life is al ready here, and is being operated by the hand of labor, only fhe Polish Prisons Kept . In Filthy Condition The machinery of democracy has change . 0WnerBhlp from the IdIe been granted to the masses, not in para8ltic^ciaBS to the producing the interests of freedom, but rather ola_a ,s essentiali t0 bring prospef. to perpetuate the enslavement of ity and happIne8s t0 all. the working class, through false is- sues, and sham battles so conspic WARSAW.—In connection with uou_ durJng the ,ast £ew weeks nf j0j.g gcarce an(J pfty _-*. tmnivAM «-_■**><_ !_•___ it.*? nnllHml •*■* lie hunger strike of political the ^mp^g,, Irlsoners going on in the Prison If the Holy Cross, the Polish sec- The franchise was granted by the exploiting class, and by this Poor in New Zealand lon International Red Aid com- class ,t8 power may be annulled aa jiunicates almost incredible particulars concerning the prison bglme. i When questioned about condl- (By Federated Press) it was in Italy, and other parts of WELLINGTON, New Zealand- Europe, when it threatened the Throughout New Zealand there is rights of the rulers. discontent among the wage work- in the great majority of polling ers, organized and unorganized, ons in the prison, the prison booths we had no aorutlneerS| the This is due to bad conditions of _.iyS_.°,i_l_!^_.f__7_" 6 old parties have them because they employment and low wages. The do not trust, one another, and who minimum wage, just increased by can say their agents are always 2 cents per hour, now ls $19.36, fair ln their handling of working- $20.24, and $21.12 for a 44, 46, and flowing statement: "In the prison 60 per cent, of lie prisoners are tuberculous, 30 rortha7pa1ieen£ ont',"STS fss ballot, or that postmasters 48-hour week. lilk are ordered. The prisoners have Pron>Pt|y> and honestly clr- Recently the New Zealand Alli- culated Labor literature which ance of Labor demanded a higher would be antagonistic to the feder- basic wage, but the government re doomed to certatyi destruc- The following description of the al government which furnishes refused to apoint a commission, [•rison of the Holy Cross was re- tnese i°ba1 |ently published In the bourgeois Warsaw Courier contending that a higher basic wage was not workable. Since arbitration seems to have failed them Wbat We Lack This campaign has shown us how "Even birds do not stop there. lacklng we are tn men, and money the New Zealand workers are de- ne can see around the prison neCeB8ary for this work, and in votlng more attentlon t0 organize.- othing but black crows." comparison with what our oppon- tIon on industrial lines. ents possess, and no matter how Say you saw it advertised in the fertile ls the soil, or how irresist- Pass this copy to your shopmate lUEAL MONEY SAVERS Greb Work Boot, tan or black, with or without toecap, $4.95 Men's 5-Eyelet Lace Gum Boots, per pair $3,96 Children's Knee Gum Boots, sises 5 to 10% $1.96 Men's first quality Rubbers $1.16 Viking Underwear for Hen—Two piece or combination suit $6.50 Men's Irish Serge Pants, S pockets, belt loops, cuff bottom; special $2.95 Flannelette Blankets, white or grey, 52x72 $1.90, 64x74 $2.26 72x86 $2.76 Arthur Frith & Co. 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RODSON at ORANVILLE Entrance 680 Robson St. Phone Sey. 8855 "Advocate". able are the facts we present, we and get him to subscribe. Here We Are Again This time with Weatheral Coats, 45 inches long, belted; grey and fawn $10.00 Mackfjnaw Coats $6.95 Men's Heavy Tweed Pants; pair $1.95 Khaki Coveralls , $2.95 Stanfield's Underwear, heavy; at $1.75 Dlue Rib-Overalls $1.45 Men's Overcoats from $12.00 Khaki Pants $1.65 Carss' Henvy Tweed Pants; pair $6.75 Suits up from $15.00 W. B. BRUMMITT 18-20 OORDOVA STREET WEST Page Six THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE ■BI Friday, November §, With the Marine Workers (Conducted by W. H. Donaldson, Secretary Federated Seafarers of Canada.) American Fleet Bullies China SEAMEN'S ACTIVITIES (By Leland Olds.) W7HAT signs of the storms which W will mark the crisis of the present age of exploitation and presage its collapse? One is the Laurence Todd, Federated foreign privileges in China but "" """ " press) withdrawal of American and ot WASHINGTON—That American foreign forces from China navtfl vessels constituted 13 out of Chinese waters, the fleet of 20 ships of foreign "Whereas," he says, -'th? du ,„„..„„ T _,._,* _,_.„* . __ . ,,, _ ■ ... r-~~-*~ .■*■—.. *>.*.— .„ „_.w powers that intimidated the Chin- ing of British owned tea into 1 gROTHER James scott, fireman seafaring men at Victoria will not gradual ate6lnbHffIg of wbute. ese In Shanghai after the massacre ton harbor res. Ited in the; i. and oiler passed away at Es- take chances on the S S. Canadian gathering machinery in the guise of students by British police there pendence of r..*e United tSates, sondale Hospital on Monday, Sep- Seigneur. This is the ship that 0f debt collection. This will mean last May. and that American-naval dumping of British own,! opi tember 28th. The late Brother had so many changes last trip ow- a ^eater cono<mtratlon of the enliated men „e 8tlllon .,„*„„ int0 the river at Canton remilj Scott was an active member of the ing to bad conditions and was later country.g Bpelldlng power ln the serving as.police in Shanghai, is set In the subjection of China to w< Federated Seafarer's Union, .both exposed in the Labor Advocate, hands of an arrogant upper olaB8 £orth ,_. ft ,^ recelved ,.y prefll. ern powerS) through a serleg and corresponding Increase of de- dent Coolidge from Dr. Harry F. treaties forced upon her, tak. pendent workers whose honorable Ward, national chairman of tho away major portions of her employment-has been stolen, leaving their subsistence subject to the parasitical interests of the masters. at sea and ashore. The last ship under the heading "Starvation at he was on, according to our records Sea." Evidently the exposure has was the "Canadian Importer," from done some good, which he went to St. Pauls Hospl- _*_-__________________ tal, and was afterwards transfer*: Members are advised to keep red to Essondale Hospital on-July away from the S. S. Baychlmo, the 3rd. His death came as a great Arctic hunger ship, as the chief Thls slmuitoneoU8 proces re. surprise to the many friends that engineer is poking for men Who gultl from ^ determlnatlon of knew him, in the organization and will take the ship to England with- elsewhere. We have just received out having their fare paid back to a letter from his mother at Al- Vancouver. This vessel while in bany, New York, who feels the the regions of the Arctic, had some loss of her son who always remem- narrow escapes. The men suffered' bered her at all times. His mother, great hardships in the way of food asks the membership to try and etc, aboard this packet. We do help her in her hor of distress. The S. S. Canadian Inventor paid off on the same day as the S. S. Canadian Ranger, and the crew state that there is lots of room for improvement on her. They think that there should be an allowance for overtime, instead of as at present. The men further state that not think that the Hudson's Bay Company gave orders to stlnfthe men of food. According to reports the captain was to blame. He is used to what is usually called by seafaring men, "Lime Juice Ships." Letters have been received from Bro. Harry Terry and other members regarding conditions aboard "the captain of the vessel was not the Coasting vessels. The matter of the "pard Case Type," another °' &mnZ * a«y ott -"<>r the quar- one who has a heart for the feel- termasters is to betaken up short- ings of his crew ly witn the shipping companies of -' B. C. American Committee for Justice to vi*t) sovereign rights. China. Dr. Ward has recently re- "The Unite,! States through ' turned from a year spent in the merchants, manufactures, ba: Orient, during which he lectured ers ,aiid missionaries has part under Y. M. C. A. and oth«r reii- pated in and profited by the gious auspices in the cities of cal unequal treaties upholdi China. He is a member of the them by guns and bayonets. faculty of U_,lon Theological Sem- "in the Shanghai strike folio inary, New York, and secretary of ing the shooting of unarmed stu, It the Methodist Federation for Social ents by foreign police, May 30, 19 " Service. we suplied 13 out of 20 warshi On behalf of his committee, to maintain the policy of contr v hlch has bu. n organized by men and taxation of Chinese by fo and women active in educational, elgners without representatlo religious, labor, Journali3Ci._. iner- Our marines were quartered on national rela.oins and other work. Chinese university and high echo Dr. Ward explains that their pur- arbitrarily closed by foreign ordei pose is the securing for China of a and our naval forces are still just settlement ot her demands for shore serving as police at Shanghai freedom from the domination of "In the circumstances, we may 1 any moment by the work of _ _ . _ , consul or the act of a naval off petition for American goods in Machinery IS Forcing cer or a marine be engaged in ws American capital to lay tribute on the world is hidden in an analysis of the debt-funding problem by Morgan's Guaranty Trust Co. says: "The payment of foreign debts must inevitably be largely made by the export of goods from the debtor countries. This injects into the domestic markets of the creditor country foreign competition. Moreover, the extensive loaning of American funds to other nations for the purpose of economic readjustment and the stimulation of produotlon means Increased com* both domestic and foreign markets. That there must be hardships won Individual industries ln this process of debt payment and readjustment ls clear." Will Hit Wage Earner This hardship' will fall chiefly upon the wage earner in loss of A: letter from the S. S. Canadian Winner at 'San Francisco atates We would llke those members that there is no complaints so far. of the Canadian Merchant Service We will wait until the end of the Gul,d who are taking *•>« Place °*t employment and pressure to ac* voyage before clapping ourselves ab,e seamen on some of the vessels .oept reduced standards. The bank managing director of the Farmers' on the back. Some men are very sailing from B. C. ports to remem- iow not 8how this, but describes National Council believes. Addressing the Civic Club of New York Farmers Into Unions with china without any authori^ .. tion by Congress. Unless this sll uation is changed the hlstorll friendship that China has for Ui because of our past policy ls bounj to be transformed Into enmity." . (By Federated Press) NEW YORK—Farm workers' labor unions, not farm producers' co-operatives, are the trend which agricultural organization will take in the future, Benjamin C. Marsh easily satisfied and the same men ber that they are not acting in the debt payment as a process in on the other Jiand can do a lot to Interests of the men on deck by whWh the *foreign governments improve the conditions on board tho vessels if they would only speak their minds. > Another letter was received from the S. S. Canadian Seigneur from one of the crew who waq rather afraid to let the officials aboard know he was writing a letter to the Union. This letter stated that so far on the Seigneur the condi* refusing to support the organized deprive their peoples Of purchas- labor movement ln the department ing pow?r by taxation and trans- they are working in. Several mem- fer lt t0 the ,v, s. government, bers of that organization are in this which passes it on to its people organization, and there are quite a either by reducing taxes or by few more who are not. A letter repay^g the internal debt, is to be sent to the Canadian Mer- Th„ 8 ,8 n ^ chant Service Guild about this mat- proposal8 for reduc,ng tttes aim ter which is very serious. ,arge,y at spM,ng ^ lnoom?_ of the rich while the bulk of pay- Marsh said: "The next decade will probably see 65% or more of farmers tenants or hired men, many of them working on large farms. Many of them will thus have lost any equity they may have had in their small holdings and probably will secure the best returns for their work If organized, not as competing producers, but as hired men at Amerl- Who Is BILL HUNGERFORD I Ask Any Labor Man. STANFORD ROOMS «68 SEYMOUR STBBBT Housekeeping Snd Transient Central—Torms Moderate Under New Management "BUI" Hnngerford aa* M. 0s_s- brtdge, Props. According to report from the ments on the internal debt go to can wages. Such mergers as the tions are very good, although they hospitals Jamie Scoular and Taffy the same investing class. Instead Armour-Morris, Bakery and Milk might get worse before the return Evans are getting along nicely. of increasing the purchasing There are quite a few "First Trip- "~ ' * power of the American people, pers," three of whom were picked Members are requested to attend enabling them to buy the foreign up at Victoria. The experienced the next business meeting of the products poured in to pay the Empire Cafe QUALITY COURTESY REASONABLE 76 Hastings East HAROLD DEOO and BOB KRAUSE Ute 54th Batt sad 7tnt Batt. organization which will be held on debts apd still to provide a mar- Tuesday, November 10th. Impor- ket for American products, this tant business will be dealt with in- process only increases the invest- cluding election of office bearers ing power of the upper class, for 1926. Barring the uncertainties of a new world war, with the debtor Mall List at Headquarters: nations allied to end the tribute, Combines, render the work of farmers' co-operatives much more difficult." Not only the worker who stays on the farm^ but the city worker also, will be greatly affected by the coming years of the agricultural revolution, says Marsh. The enormous gain in agricultural productivity through the use of tractors and other improved farm ma- Bell, A.; Gale, T.; George, .Mr.; this will end in a small Imperial chinery reduces the number need- Henderson, C; HannahJ.-, Hynes, clique riding on a tribute-paying ed to till the soil and throws the A; Hodson, J.; Jones, W.; Kisslck, world proletariat But before that surplus on the city's industrial em- J.; Knox, A.; McLeod, M.; McDonald, J.; Maskell, J.; Maekay, J.; Osborne, W.; Pugh, A. E.; Worral, Wm.; Worrel, J.; Warren, S. Advertisers are helping us. Reciprocate by buying from them, and tell them you saw lt ln the Advocate. is completely realized decay wilV ployment market. Marsh predicts that within five years not one person in five, over ten, will be left on the farms, a vast reduction from the proportions of the 1910 census that gave one person in three to PoiSOn Gas For MobS agriculture. He quoted the state- ment Of Ethelbert Stewart, U. S. have eaten away the roots of the system. U.S. General Endorses MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "The Place for Pipes" Kail Orden Receive Prompt Attention 810 OARRALL STREET VANOOUVER, B.0. Red Star Drag Store "The Mail Order Druggists" We Mak* • Speolal Effort to Get Goods Out by Pint Mall Aftor Receipt of Yonr Order Corner Oordova and Oarrall Vanoouver, B.0. (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON—Let every police force and sheriff and national guard foroe adopt tear gas, as the chemical warfare service in the army has done, and mobs will no longer be a danger in this country. * So says Gen. Amos Fries, chief of the chemical warfare service. Fries ls much disturbed by a magazine article by W. G. Shepherd, dealing with a circular issued by the service under the name Provisional Instructions for the Control of Mobs by Chemical Warfare. This document was issued ln 1921 and revised ln 1922. It ls now out of print, but the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who said that if agriculture throughout the United States were as efficient as In Illinois 4,619,372 persons could be released from that Industry, The effect this emigration* from the farms will have on the city workers standards Is one of the big problems he will have to face urges Marsh. SUIT SALE Big reductions, splendid values. Regular prices $22.50 to $42.50, now— $15 to $37.65 C. D. BRUCE Cor. Homer and Hastings St. VANCOUVER, H.O. LABOR INSURANCE WASHINGTON—(F P) — Company insurance of employees, says the Union Co-operative Insurance Co., started under the Electrical Workers and other international regulations lt contained are found unions tends to take the place of in the book of instructions for wage increases, ties the 'worker to officers in the army.. one employer because he forfeits The general believes Shepherd b*« insurance when he changes; has been getting information from the Communists, since . a Communist daily published the fact that tear gas was sent to the Mingo, W. Va„ coal field during a strike some yeara ago. jobs. and it swells the company's till because the cost of labor {turnover is reduced. .* - Don't forget! Mention the Advocate when buying.. The Original HARVEY Logging Boot HAND-MADE BOOTS for i LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS uid PROSPECTORS amsk Strvies for Bspilri AU Work Owiwttsd SfsoM AMtsMoa te MsU Ordsrs H. Harvey IitaMlifcti bi Vsueirar ia ISS* M OORDOVA STREET W. -**-****-*************n**m*** sdajfi.November 6, 1925 THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Page Seven . 'Ll Ull [Scarborough aiid Liverpool &»*■**< i^bor Advawang (By MAX BEER.) " [Max Beer, who spent twenty years in Britain studying the development of the Labor movement, is the author of the classic work bn the "History of British Socialism,'! and. is the foremost living authority on the history of British labor. The following article on the Trades Congress meet at Scarborough, and the Labor Party conference at Liverpool, is hailed by the British Labor press as the most penetrating analysis that has appeared on the subject.] E proceedings and resolutions of liberal trade unionism. They the economio- structure of Great of the 57th Trades Union Cop- formea- tne Parliamentary Com- Britain and the world at large. '"' mittee of the Trades Union Con- The1 ideas of the leaders of the gress, the political organ of or- Labor party are now getting as ganized Labor and the guardians antiquated as those of the Par- of working class liberalism. liamentary Committee were in the When in the 'eighties of the 'eighties. Hence Scarborough, e main features—first, the ia8t ce(ntury, under the stress of which is destined to do for the ception of Labor as a class en- industrial depression and Social renewed Labor movement what led ln a contest for a higher Democratic propaganda, organized Belfast and Norwloh did for the of social life against a de- i^bor got restless and demanded thep rising soeial democratic ng civilisation represented by tne participation in International movement thirty years ago. ■ossessing class which is visibly Labor Congresses, the Parllamen- ..... ,_■...* g faith in everything but ta^C^t^. -Ittg&ftgU British Labor CMrfS - at Scarborough marked the best point yet reached by post- fcrtist Labor in Great Britain. Siey were characterized by e; secondly, economic think- to keep the British working class as against political scheming within national and liberal bounds. Socialists Excluded parliamentary maneuvering tdly, a strong feeling of inter- lional solidarity of Labor. Tour American Cities (By Federated Press.) • ,. ,. . . , . , In 1887 the Parliamentary Com- DETROIT—The tours of Albert |t would however be a mistake m,ttee were fina„y elle4 t0 A. purce], vice-chairman British assume that Scarborough rep- accede fe the demand o£ the Trades Un, cong and Ar_ trade unions, but still managed thur Henderson, secretary British to impose restrictions which were Labor 'party, are educating Amer- intepded to exclude the delegates 'can workers as to the divergent of German Socialists, who at that directions of the two organiza- ith most of the delegates, time enjoyed in Great Britain the tions, the industrial and political thorough was a manifestation same reputation as Russian Boi- arms of English laber. oble emotions, high ideas, and shevism now. Henderson in his talks on The j worth striving and working Meanwhile, the fight against the Coming and Going of the First since in their realization lay Broadhursts and Woods and the Labor Government talks of "mor- surest guarantee for the final, whole Parliamentary Committee al law*" "Justice," "co-operation," ancipatlon of their class. Scar- went on apace and it was" led by "Peace". In his Detroit speech ■ough was an anticipation rath- Keir Hardle, the S.D.F./ and the ne ursed American workers to than a realization. But there leaders of the New ' Unionism form a labor party. Purcell talks be no doubt that earlier or (Tom Mann and Ben Tillett), who oi worla unity of the worksrs ler the British masses will ac- finally succeeded in carrying So- ai***;amst the capitalist class, t and will act in the spirit of cialist resolutions at the Trades Henderson estimated the pub- General Council of the 67th Union Congresses of Belfast (1893) 1,oation ot the forged Zinoviev pnted the deliberate and set Opinion of the great majority fthe organized working class. arborough—An Anticipation ades Union Congress. Vs to the duration of time in and Norwich (1894). note cost the British Labor Party 30 of the 40 seats it lost in the K . ,_ ^, rr,, „ .,. Increase in Britain Keir Hardle Kicked Ont _____ The Trades Union Congress at LONDON.-Unemployment was Cardiff, 1895, excluded Keir Har- sUU on the Increase ln Great ks to tne duration or time in Belfast ajnd Norwich were then :" :"°. „ t V "" llch the new spirit will- gain as sensational affairs as Scarbor- 19*4 ele*™' ' ,? ~° ^! idominanoe and will control the ough now. The old liberal lead- "°'6' *hlCn Ram<Say M,f°D°f!ld Jivities of the working class, ers were as terrified as the social acoephsd as senuinj, with bitter filing Positive can be said, fo* democratic leaders have been ter- *Wrca8!B' ■■■■ ■ ■ will depend on the progres- rifled by Scarborough. And they decay, of British industrial were determined to have their re- Unemployment On the on the kno.wledge and zeal venge. tact of the Left Wing and nmunist leadership, and on the Knslty and success of the fight inst the Labor party managers, ,.,,,, , -•-- — ~.~... ,, together with the whols *,e- T°m Mann and the T/ades Britain at the end of August, and ltallst press, felt their position Councils, just as the Liverpool was especially marked in coal laced by Scarborough and Conference excluded the Commu- mlnlngi textlle manufacturlng ^ nist8, tinplate milling. On September And what was the result? 12th the official figures showed Did Cardiff succeed i*n restor- 1,418,000 persons out of work, as M*tn*„ nt M-m-i. t„i. . tw ,ng the authority ot liberalism compared with 1,191,000 on the h story of British Labor that and the ln£luence of Broadhurst, same date a year ago. HilinBBaAi. ail-tit mnnlf/inf-nflnna -»*qj»*. Sam Woods and the Parliament- The figures are taken from the ary Committee? English unemployment Insurance Not in the least. The excluded department, which now calculates Hardle and Tom Mann were fi- *hat -12-5 per cent, of the regular nally victorious. Four years after working population of the country Cardiff, at the Plymouth Con- ** out of employment. tht refuge in Liverpool. A Lesson: From History It was not for the first time in J witnessed such manifestations reactions. Experience has taught us that British Working class gener- progresses in the following tmer: Comprehensive altera- jis In the economic basis of .,,„„,_, Lt Britain and gradually their gress' 1897-' the -foundation of the lex in the unrest and dlssatls- ^ab°r party„*" 'ajd. in which Xown Councillors Get ,' ion of the . working class, lereupon propagandists, try to plain to the masses the cause cure, they spread: new ideas, fich, when aided by corres- nding industrial conditions, gain Ificient force to push Labor yard on the road to a higher ii. Sixty Days in Prison GLASGOW—A sentence of lm- J. Ramsay MacDonald, and later on Arthur Henderson, took the place of Sam Woods and Broadhurst. The difference is indeed not great, but still some progress prisonment has been passed at has been made. Greenock on two town councillors The Push From Below -for speeches delivered at a Com- For the last hundred years it munIst meeting. was always the trade union which Tne two men—Councillors Hin- Vs a rule the ground gained in gave birth to new ideas and ere- shelwood, of Gourook, and Council- first assault is soon contested ated the forces whioh transla* lor QIHies, of Port Glasgow—who [the Labor leaders and organ- the Ideas into practice. The two appeared in the Sheriff Court, were tions attached somehow to the trade union years from 1832 t convicted of having attempted. Wests of the old order, and 1834 produced more Ideas than wnen addressing a Communist (re is a setback. But the con- the whole Chartist movement from meeting at Greenock on September goes on and always ends with 1836 to 1866? Belfast and Nor- *3. to induce members of the police victory of the pew spirit. wich were anticipations of ideas force to: Broadhurst to MacDonald which quickened the trade uffiion Commit a breach of discipline, |n this way, British Labor movement to new life. They were Go on strike. , „ , ved from liberalism to social first asi*aults, rushing forward to Use their batons against their -aooracy, or from Broadhurst to sain new ground They were superior officers, and, IcDonald and in this* way it is thrown baok at Cardiff, and their Organize themselves as a Work- Ithe point of progressing from captalns w«re banlshe°* DUt«not era Defence, Corps. Ipty* social democratic oratory to for ,on*' *he clalms De8sed out Thw ware: each, santenced to «0 class* cojisQjpus- activity of at Belfast and Norwich weregrad- day> imprlspnmept. and fined £10 K'a "Communist M«ilfes.to." "" " " " "' (By Tom Richardson.) TN THE hope that my impressions 1 of the British Labor and Socialist Movement may be of interest to the workers ln British Columbia, the following notes .have been written. Since my return to England over fifteen months, ago I have addressed "over 400 meetings, Including the General Election of 1924, and some bye-elections prior to and since the General Election. My itinerary has covered a wide area— North, South, East and West of England, and also South Wales. It has been a great joy and inspiration to meet large numbers of old comrades and friends and to make a happy acquaintance with many young arid new comrades wherever I went. Woman and Labor Among the many important features of the Movement in the Old Land I would give priority to the magnificent vitality of the Women's Section of the Labor Movement, and also the tremendous activities of the Junior Sections of the Labor Party-and the I. L. P. in particular. As illustrating the former I will give you two examples. On the day of our arrival in London I received a letter from my old I. L. P. branch at Usworth, my home district, inviting my wife and I to a^ "welcome-home". I accepted and' agreed to take a series of meetings ln my native county of Durham. During that visit I was asked by the Women's Section of the Spennymoor Divisional Labor Party to address thjeir ordinary monthly meeting, on a Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m., at the mining village of Esh. I only received the invitation the day before and gladly accepted same, having in mind my early experiences in the pioneer days, when lt was difficult to get a chairman to preside at a Socialist Meeting—a difficulty I .experienced on more than one occasion. What a change I found— when I arrived at the Co-operative Hall there were 86 women delegates present and a few visitors, most of them miner's wives. Some of the delegates had come a distance of 20 miles. The business was conducted in a very efficient manner, and I had a good time, and came away feeling inspired and, I hope, not unduly proud, that I had along with a few others in the early and dark days, sown the seed of Socialism. A feature of the meeting that was very pleasing to me and suggestive of much, was that there were present on the platform a Primitive Methodist Minister and his wife, both active members of the Party; They were shortly leaving the district 'and going to new fields of service in Northumberland and the women of the division made that the occasion of presenting to them suitable presents in recognition of the valuable services they had rendered to the Cause of Labor and Socialism. At the close a splendid tea was provided of which 102 people partook. Women's Annual Gala Three months later the Women's Section of the-whole county held their Annual Gala ln the ancient city of Durham. Twenty-thousand women marched in the procession with upward of 100 banners. The press reported that the procession was over a mile long. In many parts of the country (especially ln the mining counties) similar conditions obtain. Young Worken Active The young folk of both sexes in many parts of the country have their own distinctive organisations and conduct active propaganda at the Btreet corners, in the market places and public halls. ' Study classes are systematically formed for the study of Industrial History, Economics and Politics in general. There is centered in this Movement (with confidence) much hope as to the future. Amalgamation Industrially there has been, and is still proceeding, a process of amalgamation of various sections of the Trades Union Movement, supplemented by a growing disposition on the part of some of the larger Trades Unions to unite for purposes of" defence against the designs of the Capitalist class- to further reduce the standard of the life of the workers (as witnessed ln the recent mining crisis.) Much yet remains to be accomplished in this direction but the growing movement in that direction is substantial and will continue to grow. A big drive for a 100% membership in several industries is being steadily pressed forward.' Liverpool Conference Of the political Labor and Socialist Movement I am in no doubt as to its growing strength. I was present at the Liverpool Conference as a visitor for three days. The three outstanding facts of the Conference, to my mind, were: 1. The ascending of J. Ramsay MacDonald as the big mind and outstanding personality - of the Movement. 2. The affirmation and insistence of the Socialist faith. 3. The unmistakable resolve of the British Labor Movement to reject the philosophy and policy of the Third International. . The Movement is in a healthy condition and is going forward with great purpose to win the confidence of the electors to the principles of Socialism. Canadian Workers, Line Upl The workers of Canada can, and must line up industrially and politically, and by consultation and co-operation with the Movement in Britain, make their contribution towards a great international working class movement and win for the people of all lands social justice, economic freedom and security—that ls Socialism. So this is the paper you have been wanting? Prove It by supporting lt with your subscription and those of your neighbors and friends. TENDERS WANTED for School Stationery Supplies for 1926. Apply School Board Office for specifications. Tenders closo Monday, 30th Novemher, 1925. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. G. WOLFE-MERTON, Business Manager, Vancouver School Board. ually worked. (in- default of. payment, a. further, Phe forty years from about 1880 The part of the Parliamentary 30 days' imprisonment). 19J50 -witHMsed the overthrow Gdltomittee* was transferred- to- the ^n appeal was- indicated. *-:.-;. Jiier^l tra^fl.unionism awl the L^or Representation <^mmttte« *, —..^..-, an^-trtvimRh otf-AOfllai. rejtprm amt the" to^ the Labor party, ■» NEW ORLBAN»^(* Pi)^-J»hn* iniputop. or:'. spjsM temp-* ,», _. ,t6![ «, ^__\__T''D** »*«* 6Si W»«: ha* o*«iK*t«dv l^v'MhvSSh-,: *:. * .:: ^'.T-?^*0vfl*2!^"ttJ,>lll,1 m^m^'^ ******«««> Ienir.._Br_MjihBr_!t. ajid Sam (McDonald and-Hen<J«*oii*)v fw the--past ten* years commlttied loads, not to mention the Fen- Antiquated Leaders suicide by shooting,'because with cks, Shiptons, Pickards, &o„ The last few years, however, his small wage he could not satisfy Ire the classical representatives have produced deep alterations in creditors. SOLID LEATHER SHOES At Prices You Can Afford to Pay MEM, WOMEN AND OHILDREN EVERlf PAIR IS A BARGAIN—SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK Children's Slippers clearing at...................... $1.45 and $1.95 Ladies' Sample Shoes, regular to $7, for $2.95 Boys' School SUpes ,..,...„.» $2.« an* $2.95 Men's Worji Boots (the lampu* "Skookum-).......... *3.95 and $4.95 Men's Dress Boots, up to. $10 value* ;for......,^_........„ v„ $4.95 KIBLERS SHOETERIA (th* Best for Leas)* ~, ■ 163 HASTINOS ST. E. (Almost Opposite the Library) Page Eight THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Friday, November 6, 19 Cannot Eat Equipment Montreal Union Bringj Says Union Delegate Garment Boss to - .(By Stuart Chase) ... :■:■*-. ■■•.-;■* •.**.-:-.■••■-.•.-;.■»■:■;- ;':,.: ■..;:■■■_■-.- , [The following article, describing how the forests of the United States ar-e being despoiled in order to enhance the wealth of a handful of lumbermen, is as true of Canada as it is of the U. S. Capitalism is interested in immediate profits only. The following story is copied from Justice.] WHEN the Pilgrims landed on out a vast forest reserve, has dem- burned over 56,000,000 acres of landed on Plymouth Rock onstrated the practicability of the land, destroying $86,000,000 worth there were 800 000 000 acres of otner method, that of timber cul- of timber, while the damage to the virgin forest land in the area sub- ture' Tt oonslsts m keeping the an- nitrogenous humus of the soil was sequently to be known as the Un- nual growth on a Par with the an- probably even greater. Besides ited States of America. Today there nual cut—so that the supply ls per- destroying timber, soil, animal life, remains 138,000 000 acres of vlr- petuaIly safeguarded. Mr.Benton and often buildings—forest firest gin forest. In addition there are MaoKaye- late ot the United States have ruined great areas for recrea- today 114^000,000 acres in second Forest Servlce* has worked out a tion purposes. Methods for con- growth, saw lumber size- 136 000 - plan (or a forest valley with a per- trolling fires are known, but are 000 acres in second growth cord- manent tow at its center where the not widely applied because the idea wood size; and 1,000 000 acres of sun-ounding hillsides are cut at a has always been that our forests original forest land on which noth- rate wWch allows tne new growth were inexhaustible. Let 'em burn! ing is growing. The total remain- always to make good the cutting As a corollary to timber mining ing stand of timber is estimated: losses- By the tinle the lumber and the fire which, like Nemesis, Saw timber, 485 billion cubic workei's have worked around to follows, the slopes of the hills feet; Cordwood, 261 billion cubic the starting P°lnt- the second above the rivers are gutted, the feet Total 74*3 billion cubic feet. growtn is larse enough for another watershed refuses to hold its water Meanwhile the present rate of cuttIns operation.' Meanwhile, from and streams swollen by waste, cutting Is: Saw timebr 11.6 billion tbe numan P°Int of view, the forest sweep down to waste and destroy cubic feet; Cordwood, 10.8 billion workers have permanent homes the farmer's fields below. In fire cubic feet Total 22.4 billion cubic and tne opportunity life in the and flood, as well as in timber de- fee!, town and the problem of the home- struction the pioneer takes his toll. _ . .. _ less, wifeless lumberjack Is solved The outstanding problem of the p g ie res s —together with an everlasting sup- lumber industry is to replace the In addition to the drain of cut- piy of timber. But timber cul- timber mining with timber cuture ting there is a forest loss due to ture finds little sympathy among and to conserve and husband this fire and decay of 2.4 billion cubic the pioneering companies which priceless natural resource, feet per year. Dividing the annual haVe the lumber business in hand. The WaKe Eamer drain into the total stand of 746 With their brothers in oil and coal -.. „ ... T , . .nn nlin billion cubic feet, it is evident, if and natural gas, they have only ^ liVel,h°i°d/ ™\ 6°°' *° there were no growth, that at the time to inquire as they move on wage earners is dependent on the end of 30 years the forests of Am- to the next location: What has pos- ^7' aCCOrdlng t0 C6nSUS °laS" erica would be gone. Then annual terity done for us? sitication. growth is about 6 billion cubic feet __ ... . Wage at the present time—less than one- e wastage Earners Proprietors fourth of the annual drain. As Hand in hand with tne enormous 1914 614,548 38,966 the stand diminishes under this 4 wastage in the forest, has gone on 1919 610,346 36,627 to 1 assault, th© offset of annual equal wastage in the utilization of 1921 474,875 14,837 growth becomes increasingly less, forest products. Of the total an- 1923 638,094 12,341 It would require a computation in nual cut, Mr. Arthur D. Little es- What a business depression can the higher mathematics to deter- timates a waste ratio of 65 per do to jobs is wel shown by the 1921 mine the future life of our forests cent.—not all of which is preven- figures—aloss of 135,000 compar- when drain is diminished by ible, however. In the yellow pine ei with 1919. Interesting and sig- growth and applied against the belt the values of rosinr turpentine, nificant is the decline in propriet- present stand, but it is to be doub- alcohol, pine oil, tar, charcol and ors from 39,0-00 In 1914 to 12,000 ted if the 30 years would lengthen paper stock thrown away is three in 1923.. This means large scale to 40 were the calculations made, times the value of the lumber sold, units, more **ind bigger corpora- "The central fact is that we are Enough yellow pine is lost in mil- tions, a possible tendency toward using our lumber four times as fas ung methods or left to rot on the monopoly. It also can mean—and as it grows and the end of three ground to make double the paper let us hope that it does—a certain centuries of abundance is now in tonnage in the United tSates' amount of waste elimination by sight." With these words the Unit- Meanwhile pulpwood for paper virtue of better planning in large ed States Forest Service sums up making is imported from Norway, units, the situation In its 1924 report on loaded onto freight cars and ship- Starvation Wages Wood Waste Prevention. If we ped 1,000 miles Inland. since 19i4, average working continue to cut and destroy as we ,*.„,„ «„„ tv,„._h, rr.__._i ' have been cutting and destroying, °my One-Fourth Used hours per week have declined from in something over' a generation Not more than one board foot of 53 to 49; while weekly earnings there will be no forests left in Am- lumber appears for every four feet nave risen from $12 to $23. The erica. cut in the woods. Two of the four index number for skilled workers Cut Over Land are left in the forest, or fed into average weekly earnings has risen The Forest Service estimates that tne saw mlu burner or are lost in from 10° in 1914 t0 21° ln 1924; over 300,000,000 acres of the cut- seasoning before the stage of rough while that for unskilled workers over land is unsuitable for farm- seasoned lumber is reached. The has risen from 100 to only 170- ing, and is not producing healthy third foot ""sappers in manufac- again proving the disadvantage of second growth because of the reck- turlng-' Hlcko-T handle makers the unskilled workers in bargain- less methods used in the original use but two tona of ,umber and lng P°wer- Average hourly earn- exploitation. Thero are 81,000,000 se,ls 40° pounds of han<Hes. In ings for July, 1925, are reported by acres—or 10 per cent of the or- many furniture factories, unskilled the National Industrial Conference iginal stand-so devastated by fire labor and inadequate supervision Board as follows: and soil erosion that nothing of n«t only 80 per cent of the lum" Lumber Average value ls growing upon them or is ber reeeived. The circular saw is and Mill All ever likely to grow This ruined U8ed because it is quicker, but it Work Industries area Is equal to the combined for- leaves about three tlmes as much Male—unskilled ..$.367 $.470 est lands of Prance, Germany, Bel- sawdust on the ground as the band Male—skilled 592 .636' glum, Holland, Denmark, Swltzer- saw. Into the hands of eager The ]umber industry is thus de- land, Spain and Portugal. straphangers goes 2,000 acres of oldedly below the average hourly Exploitation Methods f°''eSt eVery y6ar for eaCh a"d eV" earning of all industries combined, ' ery large New York newspaper. If th ln beIng much greater in Injhe lumber Industry, there thls demand could be fed from slab the ^ of the unskilled than in are, broadly speaking, two general wood_now thrown away-many the oase of the skuled worker methods of forest exploitation. For thousands of acres of standing tim- _____ the first, a member of the Forest ber cou]d be saved—saved, with Service has coined the term "tim- knowa fol. an uUlmate use of an Butcher Horthy Heard ber mining"; for the second "tim- even more rewarding nature. A u„__i____i. IjWnt Ama.i._ ber culture." Timber mining is the Sunday ed*tlon ot ^e New York FrOtCSt FTOm America method of the pioneer, and to date Time_ takes u acres of woodland, — it has been the almost universal * „,„.„, _„a -/,ry,,„ofl WASHINGTON —Protests from , .*. _ _ _i_ That these wastes are admitted . , .... _,<_.„ a — practice in America. Cut out the . .. , . .*..*. ..... American liberals and from Am- * ,. , , . by the lumber industry itself is ev- . „ . .... „ *,. cream, make no provision for sec- ' •' • ,,» • ■•*••-,. . -± . _ erlcans of Hungarian birth or de- ond growth, and leave the slash to denced by 'he (act,that ^T^ "cent, against the threatened burn as jolly good riddance. What *on' uSec,r,e-tary °f t,heA Na"!? wholesale execution or lmprison- If a few towns are wiped out, a few Lumber Manufacturer's Association ment of aUeged plotterg agalnBt lives lost, the soil burned until it to,d,a Congressional committee re- ^ Horthy dlotatoMhlp ln Hun. becomes forever impotent-haven't cent y tbat the countrvy1 ls now gary, have made an Impression we millions of virgin acres still un- wastln* 7°"7lI v^t w BudapeBt' Th,S is lttdlCatM touched..--.That is the philosophy ^^ ° „^'f S,^ ^if ^ the anxious attitude* of- lega- of the pioneer, the waster,..the pro- "mtber. Htfflzation logging, manu- ^ off,cte,fti. wh0. r8fUBe to dis- digal. In the early years of Am- facture and* distribution. * , CUM*. the* situation., They appear erican development, perhaps it was The riw Toll astonished that thie arrest andl re- the only practicable philosophy. Lumbering methods have played ported torture of flromtoent. radf But now with only a generation to into the hands of forest fires— icals and socialists in. Hungary go it becomes one of the most men- magnificently. In the five yesrs should become known in the Unit- aclng and vicious philosophies Im- from 1916 to 1920, there were 160,- ed States and should lead to pub- aglnable. Europe, Europe, With- 000 reported forest fires whloh lio discussion. (By Federated Press)- '* NEW TO'Rfc**—Talk'about hazardous occupations,- that of the- New York street cleaners -is one of the worst, with 10 killed last year and 1,844, or one out of four; Injured. A dangerous job and a hard job, but a job. on which depends the lives of multitudes that might be swept away by the disease epidemics that are thwarted by the sanitation work of the street cleaners. But Mayor Hylan and his Board of Estimates didn't realize all this apparently till the street cleaners' union put the matter to them strongly through Abraham Kasoff, president, joint council of Unionized Street Cleaners. Kasoff, pres- senting his members' demands for more pay, gave the casualty figures and then added bitterly: "There is something dramatic about a policeman and fireman being killed or injured, but when a "white wing" is crushed by a truck or kicked by a horse the public doesn't care." At first Hylan didn't get this or didn't want to, for he interjected: "Aren't you satisfied with the new and modern equipment we have provided?" But Kasoff brought the subject right back to the demands: "Now your honor," he replied, "the equipment is all right so far as it goes, but we can't eat the equipment." A $100 annual increase was voted for. the street sweepers. ... (By Federated Press) ..J • MONTREAL.—TKe eiivironj 'of .the Workers In the cloff trades of Montreal has greatlsl - proved in the last two -decades! cording' to Nathan Gordon, a f yer, who for two years has as arbitrator in all kinds of putes between the Clothing M4 facturers' Association of Monti and the Amalgamated Clot| Workers of America. For ths eight years these two organizafj have been experimenting with ' ten agreements providing prompt investigation of compla and grievances, and the result| been that problems that once ated constant friction have pf tically disappeared. The majority of employers in 1 trade now realize that it ls policy to study the workers' pj of view and that their bushT problems are dependent on pollJ which tend to promote the welif of their, worksrs. With substanl wage increases, an immense provement in working conditlj and increasing regularization I employment, Montreal is manuf turlng a much greater proportl of the clothing consumed in Ci ada than ln the old sweats!) days. British Sailors Still Striking in Australia SYDNEY, Australia. — There is no change in the strike of British seamen in Australian ports. A conference between the shipowners and the seamen's strike committee September 23 failed. The seamen on strike refuse to consider any proposal unless the shipowners agree to no victimization, immediate release of imprisoned strikers, payment at old rates for the period of the strike, payment of the old rate prior to the reduction of $5 per month, ujntil* their return to home ports In the United Kingdom. On September 15 nearly 60 vessels were tied up in Australian ports. The idle tonnage totals 481,883, while 5,000 seamen are on strike. Thirteen vessels with a tonnage of 102,644 are tied up in New Zealand ports. The Australian agents of the Shipping Combine have had about 1,000 seame*n sent to jail for short terms of imprisonment, but in some cases the men have been harshly dealt with. . The Australian unionists are feeding the strikers. In most' cases the men have been lodged in the homes of unionists, while the remainder are quartered in union halls. Australian unionists have subscribed large relief, funds. Telegraphers' Union Is Organizing Drij| (Federated Press.) CHICAGO.—A drive for $10 000 launched by the Commerc; Telegraphers' Union of America under way in an effort to orgij ize the Western Union and Postal Telegraph, in accordaj with instructions of the 13th r.| ular convention recently held'; Chicago. The Commercial Telegraph^ Union now has a membership| over 4,100. Corporations havJ contracts with the union incir the United Press, the tyiternatl al News Service and the Univer| Press in the United States, Canadian Press, the Canadian clfic Railroad, the Canadian tional Telegraph and the MartJ Wireless in Canada; The abolition' of the Canadi vice-preside|pcy, done to oust Pj F. Schnur, an active member the Socialist Labor party, fr*! office in the union, Presidij Johnson admits was unfair' view of the excellent trade nti_ work done by the Canadian cialist members and officers the union. According to the prjj ident, the telegraphers are yet ripe for Socialist and Col munlst tactics, and the pledge! the union to abide by regul craft-unionism must be observe] Russian Army Reduced Under Soviet Regime MOSCOW—The Red army numbers 562,000 men, according to official figures, compared with a standing army of 1,350,000 under the czar's regime. Russia, with a population of over 130,000,000, has an army that is smaller by 183,- 000 mein than that of France, whose population is only 39,000,- 000. The Red army is also smaller by 17,000 than the combined armies of the border states, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and' Roumania, whose combined population is 50,000,000. - BALTIMORE—(F P)— Reports at strike headquarters of the Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen, in Baltimore, for .the Western Maryland Railway- dispute, show that traffic at main points on tha road is badly crippled, The strike began Oct. IB, Textile Workers Wage Battle for 44-Hour We^ PATERSON, N.J.—A joint dr for the 8-hour day and 44-hd week is being staged by the tj textile unions of. Paterson, Associated Silk Workers, indepej dent, and the United Tex Workers' union, A. F. of L. success of one joint meeting, dressed both by Thomas F. Mahqn of the United and by Fr| Hoelscher, Paterson secretary ; the Associated, led to the nouncement of a larger one Carpenters' Hall. This is the first time ln m_l years that Informal co-operatf between the rival Independent 1 federation unionism of the s| capital has been carried far. The alliance ls made easl because the two unions have thl strength In different crafts. Tl Associated is stronger among tj weavers. The United ls a fact! of some importance among loo fixers,' warpers, twisters, deaig ere, and other specialized eraftl Pass this copy to your shopma and get him to subscribe, .
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