The Canadian fhe Week's News >..R. Men Seek Raise 1 J.L.P. Militant 1 iascism In Australia 3 Vafflc ln Slaves 4 British Labor Notes .... Labor Advocate Wtth Which Is Incorporated THE B.C. FEDERATIONIST hteenth Year, No. 15. RADIAN RAIL] DEMAND 1NCR Special Articles Book Review: _ Another War? 2 The Week at Ottawa _ Soviet Labor Unions ,'Sj. * Music Hath Charms jj**'.* 4 VANCOUVER, B. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 1926 SIX PAGES 5c A COPT WORKERS WAGES Former Officials Are Selected IBy II. A. SPENCE 'HEAL—(PP)—Wage boosts re demanded by the conven- Dlvlslon 4, railway employ- lartment, A. F. ot L, thirty jtice having been filed with iway Association of Canada, nands ot the men Include a t per hour Increase tor all atlons, time and one-half for a worked on Sundays and , a stabilized work week of * 40 hours, and a revision of leral rules. invention had 182 delegates nting 35,000 members ot the in railroads. R. J. Tallon, nt; Prank McKenna, vlce- nt, and Charles Dickie, seo- treasurer, were unanimously ed. The next convention will I In Winnipeg in 1928. Swing this convention con- Is of the system federations ■Canadian Pacific railway and In National railways shop lees were held. Practically lire time of both conventions iken up in discussing shop fees and the administrative if the federations, •y Thornton, president of anadian National Railways, sed the delegates, expressing ctlon with the results of the ratlve plan which had been ce in the main shops of the Inn National railways during J ist two years, and Bald he forward to the time wthen m cotld be extended to all es of the servioe. i co-operative committee, In I report, tound that the rein- p between management and nessee Monkey Trial Set for May the men had shown a decided Improvement and that the effect on organization was shown In a steady Improvement in the membership of the shop crafts unions. The convention went on record for the extension of the plan to all branches of the service. Dealing with the question ot education, the committee recommended that all federated shopmen take advantage of the railroad labor Institute at Brookwood Labor college and that the local lodges give every assistance financially in having their members attend. Alberta Sedioft Seeks Nationalization Canadian Coal Mines Unemployment Situation Still Serious RADICAL TONE MAINTAINED BY ONTARIO SECTION, CUR Government House for Children's Hospital Alberta Lawmakers Ditch 8-Hour Day YORK—The appeal frota Snnessee evolution trim ver- 111 be argued before the Su- Court of Tennessee early In At this hearing the conetl- !lty Of the Tennessee antl-ev- . law will be challenged by tttyeto ot the American CWI1 les Unloh, Which IS support- !i defense. The son ot William jto Bryan, according to a ream Knotvllle, ls meanwhile ng a brief on "Police Pow- be filed with the antl-evolu- lef, contending that the act d be sbstslned as a valid «x- af the police power in con- educatlon. ;e _\ Washbnrn, of Clear- Pla., director-general ot the Broeeder* of America, has lotter of congratulations to l-Dally Olarlon-IadgW," ot JO, FIa„ for the "htrtory mak- aMrable victory fairly and ly won" by MHaHrtppI In i on antl-orolutton bill. BDMONTON, Alta.—The proposed 8-hour day for Alberta has gone up ln smoke. When the matter came up for debate in the Legislative Assembly the government Introduced an amendment, providing for the appointment by the government ot a commission composed of three men to enquire Into the practlbll- Ity of the 8-hour day. and for them to report back to next session ot the legislature. Meantime, Alex. Ross, minister of public works, bas introduced a bill for a 9-hour day and a 54-hour week, with exemptions for certain seasonal occupations, This bill applies to retail store clerks working ln towns with a population of over 5,000. When questioned as to why the proposed law should only apply to large towns the minister replied that lt would be too difficult to enforce it in small towns. A bill calling for a minimum wage for men as well as women Is also under consideration, and is meeting with strenuous objections from the manufacturing interests. EDMONTON, Alta.—Old age pen- health and social insurance to be paid for from the profits of Industry; repeal of the North West Territories Act; and abolition of night work in mines, were among the questions discussed and acted upon by the fourth annual convention of the Alberta Section, Canadian Labor Party, which met here on April 2nd. It was decided that efforts be made to make unemployment the concern of the federal government, and that work be supplied at trade union rates of pay, or full maintenance provided. The convention went on record ns being in favor of immigration being put entirely under federal control, and taken out of the hands of transportation companies. A resolution calling for the abolition of the North West Territories Act, which permits trial without jury, was endorsed, as was also a resolution calling for social, unemployment and accident insurance to be instituted by the federal government and paid for from the profits ot Industry. Nationalization of mines, or the inaugratton of some scheme which would protect the miners during periods of part time employment was accepted. It was decided to recommend that old age pensions be administered by the Dominion government, as provincial administration, as proposed, would debar all migratory workers from receiving benefits. It was also decided to recommend that the maximum qualifying age be sixty yenrs, that the pension rate be $360 per year, that there be no discrimination regarding years of residence or whether the applicant was a British subject, and that no applicant be debarred because he had suffered imprisonment. The Incoming executive were Instructed to appoint three persons for a two year period, or until successes were elected, to carry on research work in finance, industry, economic and social questions, and that the executive set aside ten per cent, of their income to pay for this. An indication of tho state ot employment here may be gathered from a resolution moved by Delegate D. W. Morgan which reads; "That this convention form themselves into a committee and approach the government in a body for immediate assistance for the unemployed." This resolution was amended by the delegates being requested to forwnrd to the provincial*'t'Overnment a statement of the number of unemployed In their district, and that the executive be instructed to take the matter up with the provincial authorities. By SCOTT NEARING LONDON, Ont—(FP)—The Ontario section of the Canadian Labor Party opened Its annual convention in London April 1 with 215 delegates representing 78 working class organizations. These organizations Included 27 trade unions, 18 Communist groups, 16 Jewish labor groups, 10 Lahor Party group) and 7 scattering organizations. Debate centred on two resolutions: one declaring that the Canadian Labor Parly Immediately cancel tbe affiliation ot the Communist party; the other declaring that "the system of capitalism has end- /. L. P. Gets Ready For Summer School PROFIT SHARING TOO CAPITALISTIC *** * * * * * * * * * IS OPINION OF U.S. MANUFACTURERS New Zealand Labor Prospects Bright WELLINGTON, New Zealand — (FP)—Summing up the Labor position in New Zealand, Mr, H. E. Holland, leader of the N. Z. Labor Party, said that the ontlook was healthy. Although the Party lost seats at the last election, lt had greatly Increased Its voting strength. There had been a great forwnrd movement. Fifty thousand had voted for Labor In 1914, and at the last election no less than 185,000 votes were cast for the Labor Party. If the Party had had the money to contest other seats, at least another 20,000 votes tor Labor would have been polled, Labor scored at least one-third ot the votes at the recent elections. Subscribe for the Advocate. [Peonage in New York State Strikers Get Arrested on Suspicion I TOW*—A spectacular rescue ot eight fur workert from a farm | Spring Valley, New Tork, took place recently. A worker tele- ! his son-in-law that he was being prevented by armed guards from f tt farm where an Improvised manufacturing shop was being oper- Ia member of the Strikers' Lawi Committee and two detectives I the farm and rescued this man and seven others who were also leld as prisoners. ; fur strikers were arrested last week, charged with disorderly m. The charge was laid by a manufacturer who claimed the Is shouted at, and threatened him. The officer who mtde the ar- ild he heard no disturbance ahd simply mad* the atrests on tng* There was no evidence that anyone had committed an illegal act, court fined eight of them $10 each, and Imposed a sentence of 16 jail on another, because he had been previously convicted of dls- ■ conduct. pile these sentences are being Imposed on w orkers a gangster wha Mted for throwing a knife at a girl striker was merely fined $2i. p_sg another girl on the chest he was given a suspended sentence. | striker* wbb w»re arrested for picketing «era fined f__ or five b Jill. Tbey wanted to take the Jail sentence but th* Union refuted mil them to mnke this sacrifice. CHICAGO-(FP)-Profit sharing In Industry gives the worker distorted economic ideas and destroys his enthusiasm for hard work, states a communication circulating In Chicago employer circles. It is issued by the National Association of Manufacturers, the nationwide openship organization, and lt Is signed by C. B. Wheeler, chairman of Its employment relations committee. Wheeler ls vice- president of Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., makers of writing paper ln Pittsfield, Mass. Another member of the committee is W. M. Wood ot Decatur, III, "The Initiation of n profit-sharing plan can only spring from a desire to enlist n sustained loyalty on the part of employees," Writes Wheeler In opening his attack on the scheme, from whtch great things were expected after the war In keeping labor quiet and contented. He defines profit sharing as a "plan whereby employees, Including wage earners, regularly fedelYe a predetermined share of profit* as a part of their compensation." It's an awful bad Idea, one gathers from his criticism, beeause It gives the worker the tall end of a notion that you can sometimes get something for nothing, which Is tbe secret of capitalism. As the open shopper neatly puts It: "During a given period the worker may be inspired to the maximum effort ot which he is capable and find that his ahare ot profits Is Uss than for another period during which he la conscious ot less determined effort. A system which produces such a results distorts the worker's thinking and promotes economic fallacies." Another rotten thing sbout proft sharing seems to be that all thl* extra cash is really an Insult to the employee. "It comes to the worker In the nature of a gratuity," Wheeler explains, "which he secretly If not openly resents." The rock bottom market price for bis labor ls what a worker has coming to him plus a margin for speeded production, Improved quality or definite economy, Wheeler tells his fellow openshoppers. Such a wag* policy he respectfully submit* a* "a safer, more constructive and In every way a more scientific method than the method of profit-sharing." nr ., in mt ni lllli I, mn • WEST SUMMERLAND, B. C. — The members of Summerland Local, I. L. P., are having a bee on Thursday to clean up the grounds at the Log Cabin and are making arrangement to hold the first of their summer socials there In May. On April 19th there will be a general discussion on world conditions entitled "Mussolini versus Trotsky"; April 26th will be a business meeting at which plans for the summer school will be discussed and committees appointed, and May 3rd there will be a social at the Log Cabin. Preparations are well in band for the summer school which will be held from August 15-29, nnd Rev. A. E. Smith, M.A., president of the Ontario Section, C. L. P., has signified his willingness to act as director. Full particulars will be issued shortly but an Interesting syllabus Is assured and two weeks of an Ideal holiday spent in beautiful surroundings. The opening of the new Cariboo Highway places the summer school within easy access of Const points and every Laborlte should keep the school in mind when planning his holidays. Australian Miners Prepare To Strike SYDNEY, Australia — (FP) — Trouble ls threatening in the coalmining industry because of the fact that the federal government will not appoint tribunals to deal with the many grievances of the miners. At present there Is but one coal tribunal to deal with all troubles, and as a result many grievances have existed for over two years without a hearing. The miners demanded the appointment of new tribunals threatening to strike lf these were not appointed by the government. The government has refused to make the appointments, and the next move Is With the miner*. ed Its usefulness," snd that tbl party should proceed by "constltff- tlonal, educational and politic*! means to the development of tb* qo-operatlve commOnwd^tfth." The resolution providing for tbt cancelling ot Communist affiliation was lost by a vote of 116 to 57. A noteworthy feature ot this vote wtl that there were but 50 Communlit delegates present, and tbat had they abstained from voting tbe motion would still have been lost. The convention, after a long dir* cussion on the use of constitutional means, adopted a resolution reaffirming the position of the party as outlined in the constitution of the Ontario section. This section of the constitution provides for tkt use of constitutional "or othrt means" necessary to the emancl*- pation of the working class. A resolution was unanimously adopted providing that since "nt permanent peace can be hoped for until the root causes of War, capj*** itallsm and Imperialism, are eliminated," and since the Locarno padt does not In any way remove then causes of war, that therefore "Canada should refuse all responsibility" for tbe results of British foreign policy. In the course of tbt debate It was pointed out that should a war result from the Locarno treaties Canada Would b* drawn into it because Canadian ships and Canadian goods wodll be contraband and would therefor* be subject to seizure. Another unanimous decision of the convention calls for the conversion of the Oovernment Houa* of Ontario Into a ' .spltal for sick chlldren. The Government Hou** Is owned by the province of Ontario and Is used as a residence by the governor of the province, expenses for its upkeep being provided by the province. During 19ft these expenses totalled $47,665. "No one can be governor of thla province who has not at least f 100,- 000 to spend each year that he I* In ofllce," stated the mover*of th* resolution,' "Thot means that onty about 30 or 40 men in the whole province can afford to be governor. These are years of unemployment and hardship. Instead ot using tbl* building to give the rich a little Incitement, we Bhould employ It a* a children's hospital." NEARING COMING TO VANCOUVEIt IN OCTOM.1 Soul I Nearing, who returned te this continent recently, after a tour through Europe which took hira Into all the chief countries including Russia, wlll be In Vancouver In the month of October next. Arrangements are being made for him to remain in this city for about two weeks. Having ample time t* advertise his meetings he should b* assured of a bumper audience. New Lemieux Act for Alberta Labor Queensland Labor In A Heretic Hunt EDMONTON, Alta.-nCompulsory arbitration of labor disputes In certain Industries wilt be the law In this province, If a bin now before th* legislative MMimkly passes. Tbls bill, which I* entitled "An-Act to provide for the Settlement of Labor Disputes," Is almost Identl** cal wltb the federal Lemleux Act, whieh Wa* declared unconstitutional by tke Privy Council. Discussing tbe question, F. M. ChrlBtophers, Labor member for Rocky Mountain Hon**, pointed out that the Lemleux Aet had been chiefly used in Alberta to break strikes at a time when the striker* had almost won. BRISBANE, Queensland — (FP) —At the annual meeting of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party, various delegates to the Conference were excluded because they refused to sign an anti-Communist pledge. The president of the conference (Mr. De- malle) IS explaining the action of the conference, said that the A.L.P. could not countenance "this disturbing and disrupting" element, nor was it prepared to accept the idea of Communist permeation or White-anting. The conference, by an overwhelming majority, decided that all members of tbe Labdr Party MWt slg« an a»tl-Com__n»- Ist pledge. Day and Night Picket Line Bosses Get Rich; Workers Get Slugged 1JAS8AIC, H, 1t-A day and night picket line Is the latest answer of tha F 13.000 striking woollen workers of Passaic to the Increasing polio* violence. The disclosure of the Botany Mills profits for th* fist year I* renewing th* striker*' determination to win their three months' fight for decent wages, Better condition* and union organisation. : The Botany Mills earied a surplus of $1,769,398 in 1«8, or over 1300,000 more thaw tar th* previous year. After distributing fm.000 In dividend* it ha* $311,166 left over for the same purpose. THe ffrrtt lodned $4,000,000 to its European affiliation*. It owns 87 mill* M PolWd; mty; Germany and Czechc-Sldvakla. Twenty per cent, profit In actual Investment Is united Front Committee Organizer Albert WlO-isfS estimate of Botany's gain ot shown by the balance sheet Botany workers Wert getting front $12 to $22 weekly, when they worked. Mill town police ar* covering their badges, or slipping them info their pockets when beating' up' strikers on picket IM**, so that their number* cannot bb taken and complaints tor assault sworn out. Many worktn are suffering front severe lacerations and bruises from police clubs and AIM, wtat1 charged by police on horses or motorcycles. Arrest* ar* Increasing. F»ge Two THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Thursday, April 15th, h, 1926 OPEN FORUM €bttortaI page REVIEWS Address All Lottere and Remittances to the Editor ••• Cbe Canadian tabor Advocate It.oo six mont: $-.1.0 PER TEA 815 llolilrn llulldlne. 16 HhkIIiiioi St. E„ Vancouver, B.C, ■"hoar, Her. JIM i 4 F==4 .*<-== [The Weekly Pageant RUSSIAN EMIGRES held a meeting in Paris recently for the purpose of selecting a new Czar. Tbere were several claimants for jOie vacant job, and for several days the meeting wrested with the vital problem of which scion ot the Romanoff family should be permitted to imagine himself wearing the royal regalia. Neither being willing to give up his claim, the tonference blew up ln smoke. Royalty was never very keen on relinquishing its claim to anything. and it is juBt as well that each one decided to maintain his own rights, because a claim is about as near to the throne as any of them will ever get. * 4 * SHOCKING ..IDEAS as published r in the Farmers' Union page of the "Western Producer" are not nearly so shocking as are some of thc "definitions" published by the same writer. In a recent Issue the author of. "shocking ideas" and -definitions" tolls us that "A shoe •factory ls capital. The directors ot the factory are capitalists. Cash ia what keeps the wheels revolving." If this definition ls correct •ne wonders what part of the productive process Webster's successor assigns to the workers, and why all factories use some kind of powder to keep the machinery in motion? * . - * PROFESSOR ODIUM, whose M . earthly mission appears to be the supplying of British Jews with an Intellectual atmosphere, is stated to have declared recently that "To Interpret the Bible one must have an open heart." In othor words, fa order to comprehend holy writ •ne must submit to a surgical operation and probably take a tour among the angels. Why Pattullo Wants Immigrants A DDRESSING a gathering of women a few days ago at New ■ Westminster, T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, is quoted by the local press as declaring that he could see no reason why three or four hundred thousand immigrants should not be poured into Canada yearly. Doubtless he cannot, Pattullo represents that class which views every worker as a profit producing instrument, and an army of unemployed as a necessary and valuable weapon with which to force down wages, and spread dissention and prejudice in the ranks of the working class by pitting the employed against the unemployed. But Pattullo has also other reasons for desiring an increase of population, He informed his listeners that Canadian railways were built on the assumption of increased population, and that "it was vitally necessary to obtain this increase." Vitally necessary for whom? Why, the railroad companies, of course. They are "the people that matter." Under capitalism railroads, like everything else, exist for the purpose of exploiting workers for a profit, and not for the purpose of serving the needs of the populace. Profit is the prime factor; those who perform useful work are a secondary consideration. There is another factor in this case which Pattullo, for obvious reasons, failed to mention. The government of which he is a part are endeavoring to dispose of the P. G. E. railway, by handing over to the purchaser a huge tract of land. Both land and railway will be valueless except immigrants can be enticed into settling on farms. Profit can not be gathered except workers are set to work, and settlers will provide the necessary freight and passenger traffic to keep a number employed. Then there is also the fact that some of the prospective settlers may possess a few dollars which can be wheedled out of them in roturn for a few acres of stumps, and an empty promise of a rosy future. Pattullo is a valuable accessory to those he represents. Union Directory ALLIED PRINTING TBADES COUNCIL—Meeta. aecond Monday In the ■walk. Prealdeat, J. H. White I ' Moratory, It. H. Neelanda, P.O. Box M. BIKEnV SALESMEN, LOCAL S71— ..Meeta aecond Thurida-r every ■nth In Holden Bonding. Proul- . lent, t. Brlfflitwclli Snanclal aecrc- ' *__T, H. A. Bowron, 701 13th Ave. E. •mc EMPLOYEES' UNION, LOCAL *S—Meeta Irat anil third Frldaya la the month at MS llnitlns**, VV.. at I p.m. John MncRltchlt*. prealdpnt, ' *I«-_th Ave. E.i Geo. Ilnrrl-ion, See. . Trcon.l \V. .1. Scribbcnn, t*.tlnc«B agent. Meet 1st and 3rd Frldaya ' Blhi Haatinga SI. E. : MUSICIAN' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION, Local 145, A. F. ot M. — ' Meeta In G.W.V.A. Hall, Seymour and . Vcadcr Streeta, aecond Sunday nt H a.m. Preaident, E. C. Miller, *B1 Velaon Streetl aeeretary, E. A. JaanlcNon, 091 Nelaon Streetl Inanclal aeeretary, W. E. Willinm*,, 001 Nelson Streetl orgonlaer, F. Fletcher, Wl Nelaon Street. . «BS FEDERATED SEAFARERS' UNION OF CANADA—Headquarter* at Rooma B, 0 and 7, Flack Bonding, 163 Haatinga SIreet W., Toncouver, B.C. Tel. Bey. 3SS8. Pruldent, Robert Thorn| Vloe-Prral- lent, David Glllcaplei See-y-Treaa- aror, Wm. Donaldaon. Victoria Braneh, Room 11, Green Block, Street, Victoria, B.C. Phono TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 226 —Preaident, C. 9. Cnmpbelll vlce- arealdcnt, R. Goutbroi aeeretary- teeaaorer, R. II. Ncelaoda, P.O, Box OS. Meeta laat Snnday of eaeh month nt a p.m. In Holden Bldg., 10 Haatinga St. E. PRINCE RUPERT TYPOGRAPHIC- AL UNION, No. 413—Preaident, 8. B. Maedonald i aecretary-treaaurer, J. M. Campbell, P.O, Box 08*. Meeta laat Thuraday of each month. "Save The Forests" Week UCAVE the forests" is once again on the logging operators' smoke screen agenda, and once again the trumpet- tongued press agents of the lumber corporations are bending to their task of distracting attention from those responsible for burning the forests, and casting the onus upon those who seldom see a forest except at a distance of several miles. In a recent issue of the daily press we were informed that in fifty years sixty per cent, of the standing timber in British Columbia has gone up in smoke, while but five per cent, has been marketed. Because of this we are exhorted to spare no effort to "save our forests from destruction." No person, other than either those who profit by so doing, or those afflicted with a penchant for vandalism, would jeopardize the forests. The latter are usually confined in lunatic asylums, but the former, who are the real incendiaries, are held up to public gaze as living models of how hard work and rigorous frugalty can amass a fortune. Every timber claim that has been logged off in B. C. during the past fifteen years is a veritable fire trap. The ground U covered to a depth of several feet with dead brush and smashed timber, arid in summer this becomes as dry as tinder, requiring only a spark to start a blaze. Almost invariably this spark is supplied by a nearby logging donkey, and in a few minutes the forest is a seething mass of flame. If those who cry so loud to save the forests would direct their energies towards compelling the lumber companies to clear the ground of all slashing, there would be no need for annual "save ths forest" weeks. But this is not likely to take place so long as it remains cheaper for the logging operators to burn the forests than to take adequate fire precautions. If the profit basis of forest fires was destroyed these conflagrations would soon disappear. THE CANADIAN labor Ibbocate With Which U Incorporated ■■■ BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATION I ST rVBLISHED ISVKHY THURSDAY By the Lnbor rub lulling Co, Imlnfii and Editorial Offlco ■tt Holden Bldg., 10 Hub Unit a St. IS. •Ao Canndinn Labor Advocate In a non-met tonal weekly newipaper, glwtug newa off the lamer-labor OMvement In action* •abocrlptlon Itateat United Statea and foreign. *24H) per year) Canndn, »2 per year, fl for alx mon th«| to nnlona anbaerlblnn la ' a bo*iy, Mc per member por month. ■ember of Tho Federated Preaa nnd Thr Brltlak Labor Preaa The Forty-Eight Hour Week •THE latest group to attack the limitation of working hours is • the Pharmaceutical Association of B. C, who are afraid that a recent decision of the Minimum Wage Board may result in preventing drug store clerks from working more than eight hours per day, seven days per week. The Association intends making every effort "to obtain some modification of the Act pertaining to hours." Most persons would think that e'ght hours per day, seven days per week, would satisfy even the most avaricious employer, biit apparently drug store owners in Vancouver have as great a predilection for long hours as have the imperialist exploiters in Asiatic countries. The drug store clerks are tied to their counters all day long, and have no opportunity to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, but apparently this fact is not considered, and if the Board sanctions it, and the employees will stand for it, they will have to work all night as well. What pressure th« store owners may be able to exert upon the powers that be is somewhat problematical, but they are organized and trying, and the clerks would be well advised if they desire to have their side of the question considered, to also organize into a union, and raise their voice in protest. If they fail to do so they are liable to get but scant consideration. ONE hundred and two years ago the British Trade Union movement, banned by law, consisted ot a mere handful of courageous workers, meeting clandestinely In some unfrequented corner. Today it embraces almost five million members, anil is challenging the authority ot what Is probably the most powerful ruling group In the world. One hundred years ago a BrltiBh Labor organizer was as certain of being transported to a penal settlement as an American textile picket Is of helng beat up by an armed thug, but today when a union organizer speaks thrones rattle, and cabinet ministers hasten to stave off impending disaster. But few workers in this country appreciate tlte influence wielded by British Labor, and fewer still understand or are in sympathy with its objective. That a need for this knowledge exists in Canada few real students of tbe Labor movement will deny, because Canada is yoked to Britain by imperial ties, and ln a few weeks the workers of Britain will face one of the most momentous .periods ln their history, and may be driven into fighting for their very existence. Nine months ago the British Trade Union Congress forced the government to subsidize Britain's basic industry in ordor to prevent the Industrial life of the country from being paralyzed hy a strike. The subsidy was a nine months truce, and since then both sides have been preparing for tbe coming conflict. The miners say: "Not a ton of coal shall be moved"; and the capitalists have replied hy organizing their fascisti, tbelr Crusaders, their Organization for the Maintenance of Supplies, as well as several other bodies. The Trade Union Congress, which is the chief-of-staff of the British Labor movement, met at Scarborough shortly after the government had yielded to Ihe miners' demands. Scott Nearing attended that Congress, representing the Federated Press and, since his return to America, has published a booklet describing Its work, and quoting verbatim the opening speech of the president. .; The opening address deals with the activities of the Congress during the past year, its recommendations for the future, its attitude towards lmmerlalism and trade union unity and its determination to shake off the shackles of capitalism. An idea of how British Labor Is swinging towards the left may be gathered from the following closing words of the president's address: "ThoBe who believe that a new order of society ls inevitable . . . . cannot do other than rejoice that at last there are clear Indications of a world movement rising in revolt and determined to shake off the shackles of wage slavery. Just a" our people have passed out of slavedom Into serfdom, and out of serfdom into wagedom, so will they finally pass out of wagedom Into freedom ... It is the duty ot all members of the working class to so solidify their movements that, come when the time may for the last final struggle, we shall be wanting ln neither machinery nor men, to move forward to the destruction of wage slavery, and the construction of a system of society based upon coordinated effort, and world-wide mutual good wJll and understanding." Labor ln Canada could w* .1 take a lesson from this. A synoptic review of the resolutions and speeches on trade union unity and imperialism is given by Nearing, in short, crisp paragraphs. Pealing with the latter Harry Pollitt, boilermakers' delegate, recently incarcerated for two years on a charge of inciting British soldiers to mutiny, said: "It is not a Wembly Umpire we are talking about, but an empire every yard of which ls drenched with the blood of natives or of British soldiers." ■ On -May 1st the coal mining truce expires, and an understanding of this momentous question can be gathered from Nearlng's description of how this question was dealt with hy the Congress, and of how the situation has been aggravated through the Dawes Plan, which the McDonald government helped to put across. This booklet, "British Labor Bids for Power," lacks one thing to complete the picture. Shortly after the Trade Union Congress at Scarborough the British Labor Part'- met at Liverpool. Its tone had none of the militancy evidenced hy Congress, showing that it is departing idiologically from the trade union rock It is based on. Tlie workers organized in the trade union movement, driven by thc Inexorable logic of economic circumstances, have but few words to waste on "empire problems," aud are proceeding to attack the citadel of capitalism. Their problem is not one of empire but ot bread. As Nearing points out, there Is a lesson to lie learned from this Congress, by those wbo think "British Labor is pursuing an evolutionary policy." as it evidenced by the statement of A. A. Purcell, who said: "Tlie land is ours by right. Once wc possessed it. They took It from us. Tiie Industries are ours hy right. Wo created them by our ten little lingers. And wc propose to take them hack. As for paying for them we shall take them lirst and argue about payment afterwards. Wc believe our argument wlll be stronger if we hold the means of subsistence in our hands." There are many valuable lessons for Canadian workers In this booklet.—J. M. C. ("BRITISH LABOR BIDS FOR POWER," By Scott Nearing; ! Social Science Publishers, New York City. Price 15 cents. On sale by the Canadian Labor Advocate). Australian Rulers Rely On Fascists Bj YY. FANCIS AHEBN MELBOURNE!—(FP)—Fascism is steadily gaining headway in Australia. According to statements by its chief organizer, Capt., Hatcher, Its members are all supporters ot the federal government, while the organization Is receiving assistance from the big business elements behind the government. Hatcher ls a government employee. A manifesto recently Issued by Hatcher set out that the fascista are a semi-military body, and Intend to line up on the side of the governmont against "extremists and agitators." That the fascists are in leaguo with the government is made clear ln an article by William Davles, a British newspaper owner, who recently visited Australia, Davles said that while ln Melbourne last October a staunch supporter of the anti-Labor prime minister told him to go right ahead with his anti- Labor legislation and that lf the prime minister wanted any help against the unionB he would have the assistance ef "a large civilian volunteer force." Another Wai By WATCHFUL i TJAVE the Powers not yetl **•*- their fill of war? Are the] yet sufficiently nauseated will reek of blood? Do they stllifl to gaze on the fair earth tl into a field of carnage? 1 Comrades, they are not y ated. They desire more power which was at the boi the last slaughter, and wll it even although lt be ov wrecked bodies of the They have Indeed forgotten t ful misery brought to count!, lions as a result of the lai fest. Power! Powed!! P is their cry. Comrades, will you give y pressors that power which much desire? It rests entlr, you. It is the workers whi and manufacture the inst of destruction. Workers of ail nations la your tools. It ls your sk makes the battleship possi Is the craft of your hands a brains that builds the subi torpedoes, poison gas, ai bombs, aerial torpedoes and other paraphernalia of war. wait until the conflict Is when It ls too late to tui Quit now! In The Dally Provinco 5th we read the followlnj lines: "1926 Naval' Progr ''Revolutionize Stab. Wil "New Deadly Air Torpe Britain"; Big Naval Ex Underway in Italy," and same paper that one hundt ten Bishops of the Episcopal protest the ratification of th anne Treaty with Turkey the latter ls an "avowedlj pentant and anl-Chrlstian ment." These are the Blsl that Christ whose cruolflxl just been commemorated taught "Little children another as I love you." crltes! Comrades, do you think these direful preparations Ing made in your interest! on your life! You will be in the game of war, Just as ways have been in the pas moans will cry out amid fernal din. Your life blot Blowly ooze out through tunic to moisten the soil flesh will be eaten by ra the shells have obliterated of humanity. Your carcass ude an abominable stench, the war comes and the' sounds, remember how th era have been treated In If you want to pass out world in a million slimy f go to war by all means, hi lug what do you expect tj A country's undying gratlt' tin plate medal? A shatterl and gas burned lungs? Let Italist, ln his desire for do hla own dirty work, at home and mind your o lo Workers, let us make a| vow: Never again shall a comrade's blood ln the] of capitalism and Imperial] August Thyssen of Germ Just died, and left a fo] $100,000,000. He didn't trenches in the last whr.l didn't flght for lt. If one | million dollars can be SCOTT NEABING LATEST rttll01It the owner „rlng , , BOOKS NOW 0».SALE should your fifty dollars —- overseas. Workers, usl tpiIE following are some that have brains. Attend to the thini Just come off the press and are are your affairs, but do n| available for our readers at the about things which do t prices quoted. Send in your order cern you. to the Canadian Labor Advocate, ■— -1— wit* your 'omittance. A If APPKOPBIAtfE jTOli British Labor Bids for Power ..15c <****> last been found fori Stopping a War. 15c royalty. . Press dispatch! Russia Turns Bast ...16c that on Holy Thursday th J World Labor Unity 15c Spain washed the feet ol Education In Soviet Russia _ 60c men, and the queen thf Glimpses of the Soviet Republic 15c thirteen women. Here's 1 Oil and the Germs of War 15c feet had not had a bath f J In 1913 the quantity ot British coal exported to Ru__la was 5,988,- 434 tons. The corresponding figure for 1924 was 37,650 tons. British admiralty returl that today there are 271 and commodores employe] and 21 afloat. *"*•", Thursday, April 15th, 1928. I, THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE =*F Page Thre Classified Ads. BATHS The Week at Ottawa I Australian Premier Told he is a Liar by Fascist Leader ToflowiigikOlpi VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS, Pacific Bldg., 744 Hastings St. W. MB_tK—t——MW—— „_,., ';*'*. . MELBOURNE, Australia—(PP)— jsiCYCirs I "> scheme has "This booklet also shows that the i„ the Australian federal parlla- HASKINS B ELLIOTT 800 P«nd_, "°W "een ttt"'ly **" "U8CU880<1- ",tal customs dutie8 c°ll8c">d *>* ment, the prime minister (Mr. HAc.Kli;S %£LH?IF__.'". S_t whil° "»> opposition seemed crltl- this government from the manufac- Bruce) was attacked by Labor C» W Th» liner m-ilme n( hit*v-l << " "*'* " —™ *" •""■'^ ~na nitauiMiu uy wmur on cuv termi. caI on PrinciI)!e there dld not aP" turerH of lmrts oC aH kinds ,w" members for attacking trade unlon- on easy terms, BOOTS <L0UUlNGj~ mt "">' **■•*****'>«*■ ****•*■ *-™° MS-OOO.nOO, so that If that were de- |8m and refuelng to Interfere with H. HARVEY, 58 Cordova St. W«t. w0,"rt '"> ",,ythlnB "Ke BoM op" <1,,ct0<1 (vom the (■■WWO.OOO, which the Fascist organization. Bruce re- __ position from nny one group. In- I have shown to be the extra cost, piied that he had no official knowl- 'pmpirp rAFP 7_ H_«i_*,. ., F "°e" _' aUonge3tl mw°n came we would 8|1" haTe ***'" "PP™* edge ot the Fascisti In Australia, or EMPIRE CAFE, 76 Hastings St. E. frnm the Conservative side, natur- mately J200.000.000 which It has what they stood for. Next day Can- UflBOPRACTOB ally enough from some medical cost us to establish this Industry." tain Hatcher, commander of the DR. D. A. McMILLAN, Palmer Grad- men, who, ln their close contact Mr. Coatc points out that of the Australian Fascisti stated In the __'.' H.s°n» ds!1rLta"wS«enico,!' ?'"".'.* T" ~u T" !°, ™1' <""""11 ***** '" ""' mmry' 8° 1>ub110 »re8s: "J am »8'»-'»"«-l **** 63J Haitingi » wm» ize their needs. The (Inanclal men per cent. Is snld to be owned out- the prime minister should deny opposed on tbe ground that such side Cannda-practlcally all in the knowledge of our organization be- legislation would destroy thrift and U. S. And what of the flnanclal cause I myself made him acquatnt- Granville Street. Phone Sey. 6954. DENTIST O^ lhDRBldY' J' CURRY' 301 Dominio" menu an extra burden of taxation, condition of the Industry? Let the ed with it." Hatcher also said that * . * ' Financial Post of February 12th, it will well known that the Fascisti In answer to n question of mine, HM. state thc facts: Intended to stand behind Bruce ln •*■•<•*■ Information wns given thnt Cnna- "The Ford Motor Company of his campaign against "extremists dlan troops wero sont to Siberia by Cannda wns incorporated In Ontario and agitators." authority of nn oriler-ln-counell of in 1904, nnd re-Incorporated with . TD.. 48 August 12. IMS. The expedition a Dominion chnrter In 1911. It hns cost tho Cnnndinn government ?2,- the exclusive manufacturing aiid 823,900.00. The cost of nil supplies, soiling rights on the Ford autorno- nmmunitlon, elc. (except the Initial bile, the Ford truck and Fordson Issue of personnl equipment and tractor throughout the British Em- ROME—Another step In tho pro- nel) wns borno by the .Imperial Britain and Irelnnd. Its Held of cess of yoking the workors of Italy Bldg. DRUGS RED STAR DRUG STORE, Cordova and Carrall. FLORISTS 1 BROWN BROS. 8 CO. Hastings St. E. GLASS dazing, Silvering, Bevelling |\VESTERN GLASS CO. LTD., 158 _____________________________ Cordova St. W., few doors west of <**0**'*-*g ("*' the Canadian person- plre, with tlie exception of Great Woodward's. Sey. 8687. Whole* " " ' "'- * '-' " ' ' ■■■-■--•■ ■*- —•*■ -- Italian Labor Tied To Class Concord iale and retail window glass. government, which assumed respon- activities Includes Canada, New to the chariot ot Fascism was ac- ' sibillty for same upon shipment from Zealand, Australia, India, British complished here recently, when Vancouver, nnd nny balance remain- South Africa and so on. Originally Mussolini decided to reorganize the HOSPITAL BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY ,,„,,, m, —Grandview Hospital — Medical, 0l1 ■" "•*" ■■"•■'••■• The Imperinl in consideration of $08,500 stock Itniinn Senate on the basis of equal surgical, maternity. 1090 Victoria government nlso pnid nil transport- given to the Ford company they representation from the Fascist Drive. High. 137. ntion charges from port of embark- agreed to extend to thc Canadian unions, which he has established, ntlnn lo Siberia nnd return. The compnny thc prlvllot*' of using all and from the employers, for the HEN'S FDRNISHUIUS _^^^__^_^__^^_____^______,^_^^^^___^__^^_ B BRUMMITT, 18-20 Cordova W •"■'• allowances of the Cnnadlan Iho devices and Improvements of purpose of "bringing about progress Street. MEN'S SUITS |C. D. BRUCE. LTD.. Homer and Hastingi Streets. V. Ts. BRUMMITT, 18-20 Cordova Street. personnel wore borne by Cnnatla. the Amorican company's car with- in nuginentntion of the material The questions still remain: Why out further cost. The capital stock, and moral power of the nation," as should Cnnndn send troops ngninst which amounted to $125,000 ln 1905 the dictator expressed it. our Intc ally without n declaration —half of which went to the Detroit ,-fhe reorganized Senate will be of wnr? Why should Canadians compnny—has, hy the distribution (nVj,ieli int0 two groups: Those been nppointed for life from persons un- conscrlpted for war In France nnd of bonuses to shareholders, Belgium be forced nt the point of Increased to J7.000.000." qualified for membership In the tlie bayonet (I havo Ihe stotement Mr. Conte commented: Fascist unions, and those appointed from cyewlliiossos) to go to Siberia "i wnnt the House to note that for specific terms on recommenda- ottt of earnings, with the exception serve for nine years and must be of the first $125,000." over forty years of nge. MUSIC VIOLINS REPAIRED. Bows Repaired. Columbia records, needles. , , , H __ ^-*......—-----****»**™m***************™*»«**«***™**«*********************************..............................._ Gramophones repaired. Bagpipe lo nsaiat tn0 ennntor-rovolutlonary nil of this capitnl stock has come tion of the unions. The latter wlll reeds and supplies. Will Edmunds forces? *^^^^^^^^mm, _________MMM____ Music Store, 965 Robson St. Sey. . . . 2994, In discussing his motion for a re- OPTICIAN duetion of tho customs t'tirllf on fPITMAN OPTICAL HOUSE, 615 automobiles anil motor trucks, Mr. Hastingi West. Q 0 0__t_ ... MB_le0(1 „m 0_ PAINT AJ(B 8.PLY PANELS Hansard" some very Interesting I GREGORY 8 REID, 117 Hastings statements thnt ought to bc given Street East. Labor Union In Russia tobaccos *r: rar s z. ^*■*■^ --"™ < *-. - ™ m 'MAINLAND CIGAR STORE, 310 clolly in the west; wns not a lux- IV I"?-0 the last three years, ow- Provincial Branches on July 1st, ury, but a necessity. It should then *^ lnS to the rapid economic de- 1925, amounted to 18,193,703 rou- be brought within the reach of all. velopment of the country, the trade hies, of which 10,191,557 roubles But ns matters stand, the common "nlon membership has been con- constituted special funds (educa- people pny nn enormous tribute to stoutly growing. According to the tlonal, strike funds, etcf.) The ntntlstic.nl Information of the U. i S. assets of the Provincial Trades Carrall Street. AUTOMOBILES We have Some Oood Buys In GUARANTEED USED CABS Cash Payment As Low as t_5 PATTISON MOTORS Ltd. Phone Sey. 7405 HUS Gran. St the manufacturers. Let me quote: "Looking over a booklet recently issued by tbe automotive industries of Canada, I find - Stay at the - Hotel Stratford The Place Called Home Center GOBE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phoie Ser. 6131 P. OIOVANDO, JOHN THA 200 Elegantly Furnished Rooms. 60 Rooms with Private Bath Moderate Prices FIRST-CLASS SERVICE sold in Canada 793,519 cars. The wholesale value of these cars ls $699,237,511. To get the retail value of these cars, we must add to S. R. Central Council of Trade Councils, 4,159,828 roubles. __ Unions, trade union membership if one remembers that the con- ,„„ „. .,„.. that from was aB '°!*ows: On April 1st. 1924, tributions to Die various special 1904 they have manufactured and B*822*682; on April 1st, 1925-6, 950,- funds are listed under the head of 484, ond on October 1st, 1925, expenditure, It becomes evident how 7,846,789. During the 18 months strong the position of our trade the trade union membership has in- union movement Is _ - or""i1bjr 2'02*'107 or 34'8 per Although our savings are not that amount one-third, which would cent- The *?rowlh ot 8e-1,,rate *"*<-* very large, altogether a little over bring the total retail value of these unlons wa9 even Breater than tnl8 28,000,000 roubles (the sum ls con- cars to $932,316,618, or an average overage figure. For instance, the s*.leI.ably largel. ,*, one inciudes the value, without excise and sales tax, Unl°" ot Ll""1 a1"1 Por-"" Workers organl,aUoM not reporte(1 ,*-„,_ lt of $1,174. The total extra cost- has Brown ••l,r"«- "«■» "me (in mu8t not be forgotten that scarcely I am assuming here that these cars rom" n«urcs> tmm 297*00,> '° '8°.- two years have passed since the were sold to tho Canadian public 00°* the Builders' Union from 211,- establlBhment o( stable mnmcy, nt nn advance of 35 per cent, over M0 t0 5'6.000, etc. __h„_ durlng the ta9lltIon perlo(1 tho American price—the total extra On April 1st, 1925, 89.3 per cent. any saving wnB entlroly out of the cost of these cars to the consumers of the total number of people work- question. of Canada was »242,000,000. That Ing by hire were organized in trade . Imnortant Industries means an average Increased price unions. The considerable percent- Towages oRussln wot rs to the consumer of these cars ln age ot unorganized workers Is ex- llle wnges ot Ru881an v"-™™ Pass this copy on to your shop- Canada of (305 per cor. This price plained mainly by the influx ot new JJ*™ g "^ Iu,t feV yLi'Tcord* |mate and get him to subscribe to ,|0CB n(,t take into nccount Miles workers, who for the most part Ithe Advocate, tax and excise tax. SICKNESS THE RESULT OF DEFECTIVE TEETH DR. W. J. CURRY, DENTIST OFFICE I 101 DOKINION BUILDING Phone Sej. HM (or Appointment DOCTORS are now recognizing the relationship between diseased teeth and bad health. Overy week or two some physician sends me a patient to have hla teeth attended to. and in the majority of cases tho doctor's suspicions are confirmed, and the health Improves when the Dental needa have been supplied. This Is natural; good blood depends on good digeation, and this In turn depends on mastication. DR. OURRY combines Long Experience with most Up-to. date Methods. Insist On Our Label VANCOUVER CREAMERY BUTTER Guaranteed Finest Quality ing lnbor stntistics, the avorage monthly wngo of workers in largo Industries in U. S. S. R. In 1923-24 economic year (the economic year begins In October) amounted to 07.2 per cent, of pre-war wages; In 1924-25, to 82.5 per cent., and In the last quarter of that year (July- September, 1925), to 96.9 por cent. come from the villages and are employed In Industry for tho flrat time. The trade unions are at present occupied In drawing these new clnsses of workers Into the unions, which no doubt wlll reduce the percentage of unorganized lalior. Fliinnclnl Condition The latest statistical data show ofthe pre.war level( wWle ,„ th08e that the financial conditions of the bl.anchcs of in(lu8try ,„ wh*ch the Trade Unions ln U.S.S.R. hns be- wageg we„ lowB_t be,ore the war come much stronger. theJf ._. now considerably ^oye The Income of the Central Ex- the pre-war level: In the textile ecutive Committees of the Trade Industry, 121.9 per cent1.; ln the Unions during the flrst half of chemical Industry, 120.3 per cent.; 1924 amounted to 2,698,118 roubles |n the leather industry, 121.9 per "t and during the Ilrst half of 1925, cent., etc. to 4,449,392 roubles an increase of T|). „.,„, Wfltafi 6 .5 per cent. The total assets (In- The Cent__. -,_.._„„. Comm|ttce eluding the various special funds) ^M Workers' Union signed of the Central Committees on July ment __,„, _.„. 1st, 1925, amounted to 6,312,294. . „t „„„ „„,,,„„,,,_ cession company "Lena-Goldnelds, The Income of 65 Provincial Lt(; •< Trade Council (there aro 72 alto- Th_ coll_ctlve igtmmmt wn8 gether) for the first half of 1925 m_(le .„ <„. ..„„,_ prol)osed „„ ,„, amounted to 2,070,047 roubles and Un|o __„„ few ,n„,g„mcant the expenditure, 1,888,776 roubles. clmPKeB The Income of 1,079 Provincial The wages nt tho flrst category Branches and District Committees wero j-alsoil 12.2 per cent. The of the Unions (approximately 81 piecework and hourly rates for per cent, of the total number) for those working 8 hours have been the same period amounted to 20,- increased 17.3 per cent, for those 901,997 roubles end the expenditure, working 7 hours, 14.7 per cent, and 20,313,310 roubles. for ti10se working 6 hours, lp.2 The total assets (cash and prop- per cont. erty, not counting buildings) of the (Continued on page Four) By J. S. Woodsworth, M.P. Continuation of a pamphlet, written by J. S. Woodsworth, Labor M.P. for Winnipeg Norlh Centre, which the LABOR ADVOCATE it publishing at a stria btfore issuing it in pamphlet form. WHY I RESIGNED FROM THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY "In the meantime another factor makes my position increasingly difficult. The war has gone on now for four years. As far back as 1906, I had been led to realize something of the horror and futility 'and wickedness of war. When the proposals were being made for Canada to assist in the naval defence of the Empire, I spoke and wrote against such a policy. Since the sudden outbreak of the war there has been little opportunity to protest against our nation and empire participating in the war. However, as the war progressed, I have protested against the curtailment of our liberties which is going on under the pressure of military necessity and the passion of war. "According to my understanding of economics and sociology, the war is the inevitable outcome of the existing social organization with its undemocratic forms of government and competitive system of industry. For me, it is ignorance, or a closed mind, or camouflage, or hypocrisy, to solemnly assert that a murder in Servia or the invasion of Belgium or the glaring injustices and horrible outrages are the cause of the war. "Nor, through the war do I see any way out of our difficulties. The devil of militarism cannot be driven out by the power of militarism without the successful nations themselves becoming militarized. Permanent peace can only come through the development of good-will. There is no redemptive power in physical force. "This brings me to the Christian point of view. For me, the teachings and spirit of Jesus are absolutely irreconciliable with the advocacy of war. Christianity may be an impossible idealism, but so long as I hold it, ever so unworthily, I must refuse, as far as maybe, to participate in or to influence others to participate in war. When the policy of the State—whether that State be nominally Christian or r^t—conflicts with my conception of right and wrong, then I must obey God rather than man. As a minister I must proclaim tb3 truth as it is revealed to me. I am not a pro- German; I am not, I think, lacking in patriotism; I trust that I am not a "slacker," or a coward. I had thought that as a Christian minister I was a messenger of the Prince of Peace. "The vast majority of the ministers and other church leaders seem to see things in an altogether different way. The churches have been turned into very effective recruiting agencies. A minister's success appears to be judged by the number of recruits in his church rather than by the number of converts. The position of the church seems to be summed up in the words of a General Conference Officer:—"We must win the war, nothing else matters," There is little dependence on spiritual forces. The so-called Prussian morality that might makes right, and that the end justifies the means, is preached in its application if not in theory. "Military necessity" is considered to cover a multitude of sins. Relations specifically repudiated by Jesus, is advocated. Private murder, under certain conditions, is lauded. Pacifism is denounced as a vice. Love is tempered by hatred. "Holding the convictions I do, what is my duty under such circumstances? The Christian Guardian, presumably voicing the thought of the church, discusses the case in its issue of May 1st: " 'And if he be a preacher, we presume he may feel that it is cowardly to keep silence, and that truth demands that he testify to what he believes to be the truth. Consistency demands that we recognize this fact.' " 'But in time of war the state has something at stake, and it rightly refuses to allow a peace propaganda to be carried on in its midst. Not only so, but the church has a duty in the matter, and that is to prevent unpatriotic speeches in her pulpits. And if the minister who is a confirmed pacifist has a right to see that he does not use her pulpits nor her authority to damage or defeat the efforts of patriots who are trying to win a righteous war. In every such case the country and the church have a right to insist not only on the absence of seditious or disloyal speech and action, but also on truest patriotic utterances and if a man cannot conscientiously declare himself a potriot he has no business in any such church which prides itself upon its patriotism.' "Apparently the church feels that I do not belong and reluctantly I have been forced to the same conclusion. This decision means a crisis in my life. My associations, my education, my friends, my work, my ambitions have all been connected with the church. After twenty-two years it is hard to go out, not knowing whither I go. In taking this step, I have no sense of disloyalty to the memory of my honored father or the upbringing of my widowed mother. On the other hand, I have a growing sense of fellowship with the (Continued on page Four) Page Four THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Thursday, April 15t_t, 1 With the Marine Workers Conducted by W. H. DONALDSON, Secretary Federated Seafarers of Canada SLAVE TRADE , STILL EXISTS Notes From the Camps Conducted by J. M. CLARKE, Secretary L.W.I.U. of Canada THE committee appointed to take up collections on behalf of Wtoi. Hayes, fireman, employed for some time by the c.G.MJI. Ltd., who met with an acccident aboard the S.S. Canadian Rover some time ago, aa a result of which he lost his eyesight, report that up to Monday, April 12th, they have met with considerable support in the matter of oash and material. The business men ot the city when approached were only too glad to help. Merchants who subscribed clothing, etc., are: Wm, Dick, Ltd.; D. Spencer, Ltd.; C. Claman's Ltdj; J. N. Harvey, Ltd.; Woodworks Ltd.; the Sailors' Home, 500 Alexander St.; Broadway Hotel; Empire Hotel Astoria Beer Parlor and Wilson's Shoe Store. At last meeting of the organization the secretary was instructed to get ln touch with the C. P. R. Coastal Service regarding certain changes for the benefit of seamen employed on the dally runs on the Coast. A resolution was endorsed asking that the Consolidated Whaling Co, supply pillows as well as blankets on their vessels which will be leaving for the whaling grounds next month. * Through recent negotiations with the Marine Engineers' Association and the Canadian Merchants' Service Guild, both organizations have agreed to meet a committee to deal with certain proposals made by the Federated Seafarers' Union. These proposals were mailed to the respective organizations recently. The auditing committee appointed at the meeting consists of Bros. M. J. Craddock, J. McEwen and D, Borland. The committee will hare their report ready for the meeting on Friday, April 16th. Letters have been received from memberB of the organizations hearing the postmarks of Belgium, South Africa and several U. S. pointB. The writers all wish the union an early success, and were glad to hear of the amalgamation of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union with the Federated Seafarers' Union of Canada. Firemen employed on vessels ot the Union Steamship Co. of B. C. are enrolling fairly good, with one or two exceptions, who do not seem to realize that they are preventing other Beamen from Improving their condition. Hospital Notes Oeorge Wlattou is still at the Oeneral Hospital, and may have to undergo another operation soon. George ls having a hard time but is cheerful. Brothers S. J. Bye and Archie Bell have been discharged aB fit from St. Paul's. Several seamen are inmates ot the hospital on Burrard Street. Mull List Atchison T„ Bell A„ Beckett, Crocker L. R„ Coll J., Dryden J. A., Echo F., Farqhar D., Fleming R. J., Fraser J., pale T., Qallacher P., Oallacher Wm., Hannah W. T., Hedin W*. Hamlll B„ McLaren Wm., Mcintosh N„ McQueen J., McLean L., McCann J., Millar H„ Maddl- gan M*. Munro W*. Mahoney J., Manvin D., Pugh A., Rhodes H„ Starr J., Stephens C, Tarratt C. W„ Worrall W. Woollen Mill Spies Get Instructions PASSAIC—(FP)—More proof that the Passaic council ot wool manufacturers and ItB wool council employment bureau hire Industrial spies to operate among the woollen workers, who are now on strike, has been tound by Robert W. Dunn, co-author with Sidney Howard; ot The Labor Spy. An exact copIeB of instructions given labor .iples in Passaic mills has been obtained by Dunn. !"State whether employees work steadily through the day. If not, give the particulars. If they prepare to leave the department before the whistle blows, give the facts. If there Is Ul feeling among the employees toward the company, state why. Olves the names, machine numbers or check numbers and the reasons why they are dissatisfied," the rules state. Passaic woollen mill spies are told that "Americanization," when brewed down, Is nothing more than the ability to speak some English and use common, ordinary everyday horse sense. When a fellow worker spouts a lot of silly propaganda, you should put up a sensible argument based on facts that will make a monkey of the would-be trouble maker. "If there are any employees In your department who are cranks or agitators on the labor question, Bolshevism, socialism, or any other Ism, write up what they have to say, mention their grievances and give details so that we will know as much about lt as you do," reads the spy sheet. CENTRES IN AFRICA AND ASIA MINOR LONDON—Sir Frederick Lugard, chairman ot the commission of experts appointed by the League of Nations two years ago to formulate an international convention for the wiping out of slawery, and a former British governor of Nigeria, reported that the Investigators have discovered that a considerable traffic In slaves still is being carried on in various parts of the world. h This trade centres principally ln Africa and Asia Minor. "The traffic in alaves from Africa to Arabia, chiefly from Abyssinia, is very considerable," he finds. There Is also a regular business in the sale of "attendants," carried on by pilgrims from Nigeria and other parts of Moslem Africa to Mecca and of girls from Java to Malaysia. It Is estimated that in this district alone about 30,000 human beings are annually sold Into slavery. Nearly nil the wretched victims who aro shipped across tho Red Sea Into Arabia come from Southern Abyssinia, where eyewitnesses have reported that whole areas are telng practically denuded of Inhabitants by the depredations of the slave-traders who carry on tlieir evil traffic without visible let or hindrance, in spite of the numerous proclamations of the Ethiopian authorities. The slaves are taken In droves to the sea coast; the port of Tnjura has achieved unenviable notoriety in this connection. In certain sections of Morocco, notably among the Senussl tribesmen who dwell In the Libyan desert, the trade Is also conducted. Two American investigators, Ross and Cramer, have reported horrible CAGAM-'RE> Pa conditions prevailing in Angola, the " Presbyterian Portuguese possession in East more, Africa. In the Rangoon district ot Bjir* CRAWFORII'S CAMP, QUATSINO SOUND CRAWFORD and Fife is running two camps, one cordwood and the other logs. There are 30 men working ln the cordwood camp, all on piecework, and getting $5 per cord nt present, but this wlll be cut to $3.50 as soon as the sap starts to run, and the logs bark easily. No organization here nt all. Board is fair at 11.20 per. There are 35 men working in the logging camp. Falling Is by the bushel. Running two sides. Camp conditions bad. Board same as at the cordwood camp. The B. C, Pulp & Paper Co. (formerly Whalen's) is operating three camps, 9, 14 and 15. Nine Is running two sides, 00 men employed. Wages from $3 up. Board $1.20 and bum nt that. Camp 14 Is running one side, 40 men employed. Board Is the best on the Sound. Working conditions rotten. Camp 15 operating one side, 35 to 40 men employed. The "chuck" could be greatly Improved by "chucking" the cook in the "chuck." Working conditions belter than at 14, hut room for lots of improvement in all tlle camps, 1 Barney McKinnon Is super over all the company camps, and seems to think that he can make the logging camps pay by running short handed, us one man is doing two men's work wherever that ls possible. THE lumber interests are quietly at work pulling every available political string that wlll help to Ilx the minimum wuge at forty cents an hour for tlle lumber workers in the province ot B. C. This is the minimum wage that ls now being paid In the Industry. | Formerly wages ln the woods Increased in the spring, but this year, despite the increased production ot the workers, good markets, and the coming of "prosperity," the minimum wnge for a lumber worker remains below the level of a working wage. All the lumber firms, from the big raliroad concerns down to the humblest haywire outflt, are unanimous in keeping the minimum wage nt forty cents an hour. This Is being done In order to influence tho llnding of the Minimum Wage Bonrd that has heen, for the last few months, wrestling with the— to tbem—problem of what Is a living wage. Tbe lumber interests arc this yenr depending on the Influx of "farmers' from Europe to offset the shortage ot lahor that usually conies at tbls season when men drift out of tlie city with tlle coming of warm weather, for the seasonal upward Iretul of wages. Woll here's hoping, hut when I see the abuse the Infant Eight- Hour Day Act is being subjected to by lho lumber Interests, and reflect upon the death and burial of the Seinl-Monthly Pay Act "I hae ma (loots." MUSIC HATH CHARMS TO SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BREAST .— (FP) — The whose skins are dark, and who choir of Saga- were Imported without having been a strike town In Armstrong Informed of the strike. Tho flrst county north by east of Pittsburgh, morning to work the strike message Is welcoming spring and the early comes with choir's voices. They mah the BrltlBh government has! at morning sunrise. All through the got the entreaty of mothers dls- last taken measures to free sovelol long winter the chorus of 20 sing- possessed from the homes they are thousand girl slaves. In other lo- ers has been assembling ln the now occupying. And the strlke- calitles in India, a slave traffic gcies snow and darkness on the land the breaker will work a few days, on, unmolested by the English. miners' union leased above the sometimes a few weeks, till he la road. The strikebreakers must able to pay his way out and say take this road on their way to the goodby. Then the operator fetches Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal Co.'s In more to go through the same MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "THE PLACE FOR PIPES" Mail Ordera Receive Promt Attention 310 CARRALL STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. RED STAR DRUG STORE "THE MAIL ORDER DRUGGISTS" Wt Hake ■ Special Effort to Get Goods Ont by First Hail Aftor Receipt of Yonr Order Corner Cordova and Carrall Vancouver, B.C. Porto Rican Labor GroanS Under Yoke "line, w**,|c*1 attempting to operate experience. But the company has _____ i on the 1917 scale basis In violation never got enough to work more WASHINGTON—Senator Santiago of the three_*1'ear """tract signed than one of the four mines and that Iglesias, president ot the Free Fed- ,n 1924' on a 1'e,luce,1 ba8'9' eratlon ot Workers of Porto Rico Tlle cnolr ls ma'le "P ot striking One morning last January Btate and secretary of the Pan-American coal d'*-*****6" nnd their wives and police and guards raided the choir Federation ot Labor, has sent to -Stf-WMerfl, with several school line and took a group before the President Coolldge, the bureau of teachers assisting. They began Justice of the peace, who fined them insular affairs and to all members 8|B8||1» t0 the scabs when the Kit- (6 eoch. The union paid the fines of the house and senate nnother "nnlng court Issued an Injunction and the singing appeals go on, plea for federal Investigation of the torb******af: Picketing. They have In union there is strength and misery of Porto Rican wage earn- 8un»" Bc0-*es °' Bcabs awl«r ln •**« ml°**t' ers. He has been pleading ln vain course ot ***" ^-""-nth strike. So why oppose a causo that's for the past ten years tor such an I*st Monday three more carloads right? Investigation. of invaders left town. They , 'The infant mortality ot Porto ^to^ ^SlZZJ LABOR UNIONS IN RUSSIA Rico," he says," by reason of the » **""• t0 watcl1 **** strikebreakers ,ron(|nuP,i f,om m*e Three) lack of milk and excessive poverty, Da88ln8 •*■■•«"•** "taring at *CoM-**wA *">m I""50 T1,ree> is about three times more than that tne 'rozel> road before th<rai* *** •*•* when <U*-cliarglng workers en prevailing ln the United States. cnolr Bang at tn6m: ma8Be ****** are to be 'Mld a conl" Thousands ot children are dying of Oh stranger, why did you come Pensotlon amounting to their month- actual hunger. Economic and so- bere, ly earnings, even if notice was clal conditions reflect a severe ln- And take our homes and bread glvcn- ,n other caBes compensa- dlctment against the American big a»ay; tlon Is paid according to the La- buslnesB colonial policy in the pos- <"> won't you quit your work today, *"" Code <two vee***' W>* The session of the Island. I appeal to And join us now, we pray, you, ln the Interest of humanity, to So begins one of the songs corn- Investigate the wrongs of these P°Be'* by clara Johnson, a public people, confident that you will then school teacher, and Mr. Arthur use your Influence and position ln Coolf' a striker's wife and the Interest of Justice.' singer. The chorus rings on _____ Won't you Joint us? join us? Fresh Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Fot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS ABD NURSERYMEN 3-STORHS—S 48 Hutingi St. E.. Sey. 988-672 665 Granville St., Sty. 9513-1391 151 Haitingi St. W., Seymour 1370 "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" HANCOCK, Mich.—The Farmers' Co-oporatlve Trading Company at their annual membership meeting joined In company will contribute 3 per cent, for educational work, rest homos and nurseries. The company binds Itself to con- choir struct a sufficient number of houses or leasing them when en- Won't you larglng their enterprises. When building new mills (it is proposed In lighting for our rights today; to build copper-smelting works) We're going to win, we know we lhe company Is bound to build will, the universal protest « ,' , against the fascist terror In Italy S° J°ln US n°W| W0 m*' and called for an International The voices peal down the nar- gatherlng to lay plans to combat row road that leads past the sing- fascism. , erB from the company tenements to the mine mouth. VIENNA. — Premier Bratlano, Only a few strikebreakers workers' settlements with clubs, hospitals, houses for co-operative organizations and bath houses, A school for factory apprentices will be maintained at the company's expense. The apprentices will be paid, beginning with the are first category, and those working Subscribe to The Labor Advocate F o EARLESS ls Its flght against the forces of reaction. ORCEFtJL in championing the cause of the workers RATERNAL towards all bona-flde Labor organizations. |CR poller Is to publish Labor news and views, free from factional bias. 12.00 per year. .100 for six months YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE APPRECIATED together with his brother, are plot- brazen. These UBUally come from at the furnaces will be paid by tho ting a dictatorship over Roumania, the farms of Armstrong county, In second category. The vacation of The Adeverul, a Roumanian paper, this part of Pennsylvania there Ib apprentices will be one month, and quotes him as stating that If tbe a wall between the farmer and the those working at the furnaces wlll parliamentary elections defeated Industrial worker. But the im- get six Weeks ■•-eiTtTZlJ"," ^ T PUM Btr"",breal"!r8 are «ulokOT The families of workers who die J_^_.* bV °th" t»Bel"»"'»Bba>»a <" their position. from accldentB are t0 be pal(1, „«. methods." This is especially true of those "FOLLOWING THE GLEAM" (Continued from page Three) Master" and the goodly company of those who, throughout the ages, have endeaveored to 'follow the gleam.' I still feel the call to service, and trust that I may have some share in the work of bringing in the Kingdom." "Yours sincerely, "J. S. WOODSWOTH." sides the Social Insurance benefits, two months' wages. The list ot occupations entitled to special working clothes has been Increased hy 29 occupations. McCUAIG AUCTION ROOMI MELROSE and MAY Auctioneers and Valuators We Specialize in House Sale Before Listing give us a Call 748 Richards Sb Sey. IW Vancouver, B.C. 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Telephone Compl ________ April 15th, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Page Five ©lb Country ILabor fie ws British Clerks May Says Disarmament Consolidate Forces Not Now possible the (act that Turkoy Is |>ackward In Industrial devol- the trade union movement gaining a foothold. r's labor movement dates |lo 1010, at which time Turk- jfreek, Armenian and Jewish fc-H began to gather Into un- Those organized comprise Itobacco and dock workers at Ulnople; ilg plantation work- pyrarna; and miners at Sun- The latter are as yet poor- Unized, and are living ln a fh little short of slavery. Corsica •Yorkers in the silver mines Ilea are learning what they Icompllsh through unions. Irmed a union recently and j notice to their employers ng an eight-hour day and pse In wages. The employ- pod to anything but abject pn, completely Ignored [uest, but got the surprise ' lives when the workers ' went on strike. At the |iree weeks the silver mine capitulated and granted le Increase and eight-hour Britain Y\& conference of labor lo immigration questions is Invoked by the International Tpn of Trade Unions, in on Way 18 to 21. Delete expected from all organ- I affiliated to the Amster- |l Second Internationals, as from other outside labor Restricting immigration to ] quotas, and the migration Jrcil races Into white coun- |e among the subjects on the LONDON—Negotiations for the amalgamation ot Important unions ln the distributive and clerical trades have been resumed,' and a conference of the executives of the unions concerned is to be held early this month for consideration ot the proposed scheme. Unions concerned include the Na- tionad Union of Distributive and Allied Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerk, and the Association of Women ClerkB and Secretaries. Their amalgamation will bring into existence a new organisation with 140,000 members, and It will have the title of the National Union of Distributive, Clerical and Allied Workers. In the earlier negotiations the National Union of Clerks, the Journeyman Butchers' organization, and the Union ot Co-operative Officials were involved, but they have withdrawn. LONDON—"General disarmament is impossible while world-wide International suspicion ;ex!sts," declared Locker-LampBon, under secretary for foreign affairs, in the House ot Commons, in response to a question by Arthur Ponsonby, Laborlte, demanding that the government define its position regarding the forthcoming Geneva disarmament conference, Locker-Lampson's statement created something of a sensation tor lt ls the Ilrst statement from a government spokesman Indicating that the government has little faith ln the possibility ot disarmament at this time. British Children Glut Labor Market I. L. P. Demand Debt Cancellation WHITLEY BAY—Resolutions ln favor of world-wide cancellation ot war debts were passed here by tho Independent, Labor Party Conference, after speakers had bitterly denounced tho United States for Its opposition to cancellation. Soymour Cox, a delegate, urged that Great Britain take steps to cancel the debtB owed to her by European countries, even if unable to Induce the United StiatJ^to reduce the British debt. The majority, however, held this impracticable as long as Great Britain has to pay the United States. LONDON — More than 190,000 British children who had attained lho age of 14 have been released from school and thrown upon the labor market which has little place for them. In the past chlldren were permitted to leave school on attaining the age ot 14. This released them throughout the year and lt was possible tor them to go to work gradually. Under the new system children who become 14 during a school term may not leave school until the end ot that term. This makes so many applicants for jobs at the same time that employers say many of the children must necessarily remain Idle for a considerable time beforc they can go to work. Jubilee Labor Hall Notes Workers Driven Into Charity Class Preservation of pauperism as an essential feature of capitalist society appears as the British conservative government's motive in handling the unemployment problem. Prime Minister Baldwin has adopted the simple device of arbltrally cutting tens of thousands of unemployed off the number officially entitled to unemployment Insurance, forcing them Into the claBB dependent on poor relief, a torm of municipal charity. Official figures tell the story which makes Baldwin's boast that he has cut down unemployment sound rather hollow. They show that in the lirst full year since Conservatives took over the government from Labor 128,618 workerB were squeezed off the unemployed registers and in the same period 252,100 were added to the number of persons in receipt ot poor relief. That women and children figure ln the pauper roster probably accounts for the fact that the increase in this group ls nearly double the reduction in the number officially out of work. The latest government figures show 1,107,110 persons unemployed and 1,324,000 In receipt of poor relief. The Dally Herald shows week by week for tlle last quarter of 1925 how the decline ln the number ot unemployed waB paralleled by a rise in tho number on poor relief. The average number on poor reliof at tiie end ot December for the four years preceding the war war 662,370. Pauperism has nearly doubled since 1914. The figures show nearly all this increase in the populous industriai centres. In London the number in receipt of poor relief has increased trom 102,- 000 in December, 1913, to 226,000 in December, 1926. REMEMBER THESE NAMES THE business houses whose advertisements appear in The Labor Advocate are interested in the welfare of not only their own help, but of workers generally. GIVE THEM YOUB SUPPORT AND GOOD-WILL MEN! MAKE THIS YOUR STORE! Every man that is a friend of Labor will further his interests by buying here. Suits from $14.75 to 937.50 We carry a complete line of men's furnishings; work and dress clothing. Our strong guarantee goes with every sale we make. SATISFACTION OR MONEY BACK. Mail orders receive prompt and careful attention. WRAY & McKEE LTD. 52 Hastings St. West Vancouver, B.C. A NORMAL SPINE MEANS HEALTH Dr. W.F.E. Durrant CHIROPRACTOR Painter Graduate Backache, Sprains, Rheumatism, Stomach and all Internal Troubles. SIXTH FLOOR 015 Dominion Bank Building 307 Hastings St. W. Sey. 1966 Vancouver Turkish Baths Will Cure Your Rheumatism Lumbago, Neuritis or Bad Cold MASSAPE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 Hast. St. W. Phone Sey 2670 H. NEIL Hand Made Loggers' and Seamen'. Boots 125 LONSDALE AVE. NO. VANCOUVER Phone 1181 Australia |)ill to abolish the legislative (a nominee revlslonary Ir in the N. S. W. Parlla- f— been defeated by 47 votes The defeat Was due to Jry in the Labor ranks. The kiremler (Lang) says he will (more appointments to the pr and again launch a bill kg about its abolition this Roumania [lawyers of Roumania are on Just like other workers lave resorted to tills method Brcing their demands when Itctics tailed. A heavy stamp ■laced, by parliament, on all papers, wlll ruin their busi- fhey claim. Law suits will so expensive that disputes settled in other ways, and beprive the lawyers of their lonce the strike. yzecho-Slovakia It censorship of newspapers p. In Slovakia. Many news- ! appear wltb halt their col- Jdeleted by the censors. At- are made to stifle all ex- Ion ot the demand ot the na- minorities In Csecho-Slo- I tor an independent Slovakia. Poland kai statistics published by tho J government give the number ■employed in that country at ■00,000 out of a working popu- | of 900,000. The government Wing unemployed workers f of from 20 cents to $2 per Russia Central Committee of the Business Employees' Union jssigned 100,000 roubles tor the guction of new clubs. The i Ib given with the understand- hat local union organizations double the amount assigned YORK—(PP)—Two studies Ired by Morris Koichln, chief |tlcan for the bureau of roof the coat and suit Indus- how increasing unemployment Jromen'a garment workers. The Ige annual Income ef the work- Jconsenuently fell from $1,675 pib-manufacturlng shops to $1,- and from $2,016 ln Inside shops 1,874. TIIE annual meeting of directors ..and shareholders was held In the Labor Hall on Friday last, at 8 p.m. When the election of ollicers took place Richard Neville was acclaimed president Joseph Jenkins, vice-president; Stanley Bate, secretary, and Alfred Keel, treasurer. The six directors working ln conjunction with flie above officials were all re-elected. Messrs. Sumner, Holmes and Marino were appointed auditors. The treasurer's report, whicli will be published In detail In the Advocate at a later date, was listened to with evident interest. Starting with little funds only one year ago tho ball as It stands Is out of debt, although there ls more work to be done before It Is completed. It was decided to pay $100 towards the purchase price of the land at once. A resolution was carried thanking the Ladles' Auxiliary ot the I. L. P., South West Burnaby Branch, for the valuable assistance rendered towards the building and furnishing of the Labor Hall. Having sufficient funds on hand, It was further decided to go ahead with the building of the kitchen at once, and that construction would start on Saturday, April 17th. A scheme, to be put in offect shortly, wlll bo to iSBiie further shares on the installment plan, enabling thoso comrades who find It difficult to pay in a lump sum to help ln the work at the hall. Messrs. Sumner, Jenkins and Merino volunteered to form a committee to handle this scheme. Tenders for the lumber for tho kitchen were opened, the successful firm being Royal Oak Station, Burnaby. Our president, Mr. Dick Neville, In a few remarks noted the progress that had been made ln the first year of the Jubilee Labor Hall's history, It was the spirit of comradeship and co-operatton that had made the building of the hall possible, that same spirit which would eventually be tho moans of emancipating the workers, Mr. Neville hoped that at the end of this year, we should be able to look back on another year ot work and progress. "600 Brlve" On Saturday night last a 500 drive was held and stated by those prosent to be a great success. Mrs. Neville can certainly make good coffee. Sale of Literature We have now on hand a limited supply of Scott Nearlng's latest looklets: Glimpiies of the Soviet Republic, Russia Turns EaBt, Stopping a War, World Labor Unity, British Labor Bids For Power, Oil and the florins of War. All of the above are valuable to socialists and can be obtained at nny meeting for 15 cents each from Comrade Bate. This week at the various meetings three new subscriptions to Thc Labor Advocate wero booked, and several copies ot the |above hooks sold. Have you any applications for membership to turn in! It short of application cards ask at the Labor' Hall for more. We have plenty on hand. Rhodesian Rulers Pass Military Law CAPETOWN, South Afrlca.—The parliament recently set up ln Southern Rhodesia has passed a bill providing for compulsory military service. The country Is of huge size with a very small and scattered population and was until lately the property ot the British South Africa company. That corporation secured tor Itself and Its officials valuable mineral deposits and tracts of arable land. Upon the establishment of parliamentary government the group In control of the corporation merely became the Conservative party and now enforces Its wlll through the agenoy ot a legislative body. The motive back of the compulsory military law was, of course, not the danger ot a foreign military Invasion nor of a native uprising. It Is that the Rhodesian Railway Workers' Union, the only labor organisation of any Btrength, may be broken by having the conscripts called to the colors. This scheme was flmt worked ln Franoe to break a railway strike tn that eountry. Unity With Russia Pledged By Swales MOSCOW, U.S.81&—The vice- chairman of the general council of the British Trade Union Congress, A. B. Swales, who ls at present ln the North Caucasus for the purpose of convalescence, made a speech ln a Bhop council's meeting In Platlgorsk upon the establishment of international trade union unity in which he welcomed the unity action ot the Russian unions and pointed to the growing influence of the Anglo-Russian unity committee. "The English proletariat watched the development ot the Soviet Union to socialism with great attention. It would always remain true to the slogan, 'Hands oU Soviet Russia!' " Swales declared that he was, it waa true, unofficially in the Soviet Union, but that he would report upon the successes of the Russian working class when he reached home. The meeting gave Swales a great ovation. We got good results from our "HEADLIGHT" advertisement last week. THIS WEEK we offer you HAT Specials UP TO THE MINUTE STYLES TRAVELLERS' SAMPLES Regular $7, $7.50, $8.50, and $10.00 Hats for $6.00 Regular $5, ?6, and $6.50 Hats; Real Bargains at MM They won't last long — Get Yours! W. B. Brummitt 20 CORDOVA ST. VANCOUVER; B-C. Increased Majority For Labor Member EDINBBUROH, Scotland — Opposition to the provisions of the government's mine commission report has Increased the majority of the Labor Party candidate ln the by-election just held for the Both- well division ot Lanarkshire trom 3,277, that obtained by the former Labor member of parliament ln the last general election, to over 6,000 received by Joseph Sullivan, the candidate Just elected. Sullivan Ib an official ot the miners' union. We bought too heavy — are over* stocked — and must get cash. Unloading Sale — of — HIGH GRADE SHOES Have not time to enumerate prices, too busy marking down prices. SALE OPENS TODAY! NEW YORK—(FP)—Modern mo- chanlcal mining methods operating in West Virginia mines are being studied by J. W. Powell, chlet engineer ot Kusbas autonomous Industrial colony, Kemerovo, Siberia. Powell ls a former Wost Virginia mining engineer. U. S. Mine Operators Burn Mexican Co-op. CLEVELAND—(FP) — American mine owners ln Mexico, according to the A^-Anierfcan Co-operative commission, are guilty ot burning down a union miner co-operative store ln rovenge for successful strikes. The Mexican miners had won 3 strikes against the Yankee employers, the last one recolving the support of the federal board ot arbitration. In retaliation the employers fired active union membera, closed one of the pits and then destroyed the miners' co-operative store. STUPENDOUS BARGAINS! Every Shoe in the Store Greatly Reduced—Some as much as a Halt. YOUR CHANCE TO BUY New Spring and Summer Shoes. Don't miss it — DON'T! It means DOLLARS saved for you! SOLID LEATHER FOOTWEAR MEN'S, WOMEN'S, CHILDREN'S Highest Grade Shoes and Oxfords; Men's all solid Leather Work Shoes; Best Wearing Children's Shoes for School or Dress — at prices you will never see again, SEE OUR WINDOWS! Kibler's Shoe Store (THE BEST FOR LESS) 163 Hastings St. E. (Almost Opp. the Library) Page Six THK CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE April 15th,- Kent's Secondhand Store 432 Joyce Road Collingwood East A Large and Interesting Stock Support the Old Established and Old Reliable Firm I'liuiie High. ll»" Ken's Transfer H. S. KENT REMOVALS - BAGGAGE Daily Trips to Vancouver . 3553-29111 Ave. E„ Cor. Joyce St. 0 Coifing wood I. L.P. Notes I I. OCTOBER, 1024, a branch of the creased steadily, but not to the ex- F. h. P. Was formed in Colling- tent that it should have done, as wood. Since that time steady pro- we have in thiB district some bf the gress has been made. During the staunchest friends of the Labor past year our membership bas in- movement not taking part In our '" ' " ' activities. But, we are glad tb say, Greek Pacers Trv "le9e can be re"eu u"°" w,ien "-e TCI' O •! time comes, either at the poll, or In TO Spilt Strikers the time of stress, to give us their ______ assistance. ThiB was proven when X| Victoria Supply 2003 Kingsway < Phone Coll. ini JVVW^/WWWSWWVVVWW^AMrtAWftAAft-'-WWIiVW NEW YORK—(FP)—The old trick of employers attempting to turn one group of workers against another felled completely when the miners of Nova Scotia needed aid. We set to work and sent to their relief tbe sum of $100. The social part of our activities The Col'wood Tailors 412 Joyce Road CLEANING and PRESSING Suits to order First-class work and satisfaction guaranteed. Established 7 years F. PERRY Barber Joyce Road Right at Collingwood Station. I appreciate your Patronage tried by fur manufacturers In the has beei1 a STmt success. During present New York strike of 12,000 "ie past winter we have held a furriers. The Greek National Her- series of wh,8t (lrlTes on 'Friday aid appeal to Greek fur workers to evenings. On Friday last we fin- break with the Jewish unionists and "-led "P w'"* <• soc'a' that was m' settle independently was met by the Joy**"*1 M a"* We had with us Greek strikers demonstrating ln Frank Neelands, M.L.A.; Frank front of the Herald building while Browne, M.L.A., and Dr. Telford, a committee of them asked the edi- Short addresses were given by each, J, tor to print their resolutioh con- also cards, as wtell as music, thanks demnlng the idea.- to Mr. Jock Laundy, Mrs. Coslett Police were called by the Greek an(1 Mi8S Coslett editors and 15 Btrlkers arrested on Meetings aro held on the second disorderly conduct charges. Eleven and fourth Thursdays of each were dismissed by the court and month in the G.W.V.A. Hall, Kings- four held on $25 bail each for later way and Joyce road, hearing. Atlantis, another Greek We have now thrown ln our lot paper, also refused to print the with the newly-formed I. L. P. workers' resolution, expressing ,»»»»»»»»»»»«»»»*»»»»»»'"-mJ their faith ln the union and de- , termination not to breaw away but J to stand solidly with their fellow J workers until all demands are won i and the union ends the strike. Em- ' pros, Greek workers' paper, is run- J nlng the resolution in full. J i t GROCERIES and PROVISIONS WE SELL CHEAPER TAYLOR'S MEAT MARKET Government Inspected Meats Only. We treat you right. City prices and less. You can rely upon everything you buy from us. Phone Coll 124 We Deliver Wilson's Hardware 5715 Joyce Road (Next to Carleton School) Phone: COLL. 519 Our Specialty— RE-BUILT STOVES CROCKERY GARDEN TOOLS PAINTS & OILS STOVES & RAN( —«—« ffff_w_rAV—WffS—WM**tWfA*t*. ST. LOUIS—(FP)—While $15.20 I a week is the least upon which a i working girl can maintain herself, J the average wage of working girls J in Missouri is $12.65. A remedy I would be a minimum wage law for . women. These are the findings ot J Dr. George B. Mangold, St. I_juis { church federation. Standards in I the candy industries are especially , bad, he says. Collingwood ; FUEL SUPPLY ! Collingwood East Station ! Phone: Collingwood 308 | Night: Collingwood 227R3 ; < We can supply your re- j quirements for j COAL and WOOD » —of all kinds, and give < prompt delivery and satis- , faction. , We want you to recom- 5 mend us to your friends as J we know you will' be j satisfied. < HEALTH RESTORED BY NATURAL METHODS Dr. McLeod's System of Treatment Highly Praised by His Patients. A Burnaby woman writes:—"Having suffered for years from a complication of troubles, during which i did not know what it was to be free from headache, and having doctored steadily without relief, I heard i McLeod's Methods and the wonderful results he obtained in treating similar cases. I at once took a cotj treatment, and say without hesitation that I was CURHD and at the end of my course felt like a new ; I highly recommend his treatment and the remarkable application of curative diet that plays an importad in the system he uses."—B.M. (Name and address available in my office). A Vancouver patient states:—"My nervous trouble which defied all other treatment is cured, and I i lutely made over. I feel wonderfully well. Your treatments are not only painless but pleasant and I recommend you to anyone in ill health. I suffered for years. Now I sleep like a child. Your truly, Vancouver, B.C." (Full name and address in my office). Regardless of your condition or what so-called cures you have tried without succq can help you. Consultation Free. Phone for appointment. Coll. 868. I GUARANTEE TO CURE ACNE (Pimples). You need not be disfigured. I have never yet met a i Rheumatism that is incurable. Dr. J. B. McLeod, D.C, D.O. Graduate of Resident College of Drugles,* Healing, and the Nutritional Disorders of Office at Collingwood East Station. Specializing in Treatment of Rheumat^ Children. Residence 2312 Royal Oak |AWA1\\%VB'.W^\\WAVWAVt ASSOCIATED BROKERAGE Walter Qraddon, J.P. Real Estate & Insurance — Notary Public — 401 Joyce Road, Collingwood East Phones— Office: Collingwood 32 Res.: Collingwood 27L CHAMBERS DRUG STORE — Specialty — The Dispensing of Prescriptions — Our Policy — 'One Grade Only and that the Best" Phone Collingwood 34 Collingwood East »——■ J. Coulter Shoe Repair Man 382 Joyce Road Yonu* can rely upon good workmanship and satisfactory work if Coulter does it. — Quick Service —•„ <***» Bring your car to the JOYCE ROAD GARAGE Repairs to all makes of cars by practical workmen only. GASOLINE, OIL and ACCESSORIES 451 Joyce Road Collingwood East Our stock of HIGH CLASS GROCERIES —Is always fresh and we appreciate your trade to the point ot always wanting to win your confidence. We Deliver — Phone Coll. 25 FRASER BROS. 402 Joyce Road Right at Colllngwood Bast Station. Collingwood Garage Phone: COLL. 73 2636 KINGSWl Goodyear Tires Let us test your FORD COILS accurately. SUPPORT YOUR y hn moreaip DISTRICT GARAGE **^SPACE —you can't get better service anywhere! WE AIM TO PLEASE! ,DHAM®M__>***@IfaiIG> BATTERIES CARLETON REALTY O. S. Steenburg, Manager Real Estate — Loans — Insurance I have specialized In thla district for 16 years. I solicit your business and will give it personal and careful attention. 2579 Kingsway Phone Coll. S42 WOODBMDGE'S SHOE STORE 2619 Kingsway Phone Call. 729 LECKIES, CHUMS and NURSERY Boots in Stock. — Shoes at City Prices and Less — WE DO REPAIRS »<..*»n«.M,*.ii.il>,»,>l..,l.„ C. H. WHITE Comer ot Joyce and Kingsway CONFECTIONERY GROCERIES SCHOOL SUPPLIES Try our HOME J_AI>E CHOCOLATES Let us write your— Fire, Life and Car Insurance No other ofllce con give you better service. We are also agents for MUNICIPAL PROPERTY. •nraaau-w FORD REAL, ESTATE - 2618 Kingsway ». — — .*■. — ■. J»»-M_. REAL ESTATE We Specialize in the Collingwood District. INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Reliable Companies — Moderate Rates — Prompt Service COLLINGWOOD REALTY (H. G. Watson) 418 Jtiyce Road (Collingwood East Station) Phone CoH. 258 South Vancouver A. J. ROWE Tailor -H) Kingsway SPECIAL BLUE SBROE SCIT (with extra Trousers) Tailor made. Pit and style guaranteed— 94MO i CLEANING, PRESSING and REPAIRING SALISBURY'S BARBER SHOP Mlt Kingsway, JTeer Joyee I wish ta annonnce that t havt now an extra* chair nad attendant Customers can ba ,assured of quick service. NO waiting. First Clnss Work (iuaranMi NEW AND USED J Sewing Machines ', For quick sale I am offering a I special Singer Cabinet Ma- J ls a real bargain. H J J. Jt. Utffl • IIS Jojce Road J SPENCER'S EMPORIUM Kingsway & David Watch Us Grow! Oor new store will open shortly. Oor motto remains- the same—- "Pair Dealing" A Full Line of Groceries Big Variety ot Confectionery ICE CREAM — DRINKS LUNCHES Courteous Service —4 & LATTA ■ LOANS — INSURANCE Phone: Coll. Phont Coll. m HI Carleton Transfer Co. EXPRESS • BAGGAGE MOVING NANAIMO'WBLLINGTON and BOOTLESS COAL Office and warehouse: 5709 Joyce Road (Near Carleton School) South Vaneoaver ♦»-■■ ■<■ ■,,,*■! *■,,,*■*.„, Royal Groceri J. C. Taylor - ProR 5735 Joyce Road Phone Coll. 19R1 HIOH CLASS OROCE and PROVISIONS — Prompt Delivery . J I I- s'l COLLINGWOOD CONFECTIONER 403 Joyce Road » Please note that we have moved from our old add 416 Joyce Road, to the above. » "•—'■ We mm sell — ROBERTSON BAKERY (PRODUCTS ICE CREAM, CONiPECTIONERY and REFRESHME! i Private Booths 1' We Specialize in— * i HOME MADE CANDIES ' —Just Try Th<
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Title | The Canadian Labor Advocate |
Publisher | Vancouver : the Labor Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1926-04-15 |
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Date Available | 2017-04-03 |
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