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FEDERATIOF^ •uteenth Tear.v No. 49 VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 4, 19// *> Eight Pages. 5c A COPY inter Organizations onsider Amalgamation ASKATOON. — Present lndlca- s portend that an amalgama- of the Saskatchewan Grain wers1 Association and the Far- is' Union of Canada will be ef-' ed ln the not distant future, uite a number of conferences t been held ln this province ntly, which were attended by hbers of both organizations, . all of these meetings have ressed themselves, as being in tr* of the plan. *. is anticipated that the ques- I* will come before the Grain -wers' convention, which meets Saskatoon in January, he prevalent Idea ls that the is for membership In the new y should be bona tide farm- ' and that all future members Eild be admitted by ballot. in- the question of whether it aid be a national or' provincial iy; it Ib felt that the best pro- ure would be provincial bodies the various provinces, with a bnal council on which each irlnce would have representa- this council to consist of dnclal educational farmers' mizations only. Royal Commission Heaiw> Reveal Abominable Conditions In Nova Scotia perialists Degrade South African Natives .IETORIA, South Africa.—The oria Town Council has decided P>ntinue the enforcement of the ltw compelling natives to walk he roads and not on the paver then the council first passed ,,-egulation, the secretary of Na- \Affairs pointed out that there I* likely to be a* larger number |_ad deaths lf natives were nof v«d on the pavements and the [jell might find Itself faced with ha for damages for injury or I-of life. he council is persisting in its fey- TJALIFAX, Nova Scotia—Entire families living away below the poverty line, children denied an education because they had insufficient clothing to attend school, on every hand distress and an insufficiency of the needs of life are among the pictures drawn by tbe miners who are giving evidenoe before the Boyal Commission now enquiring Into the coal mining industry of Nova Scotia, like a cat guarding its prey, Roy Wolvin, managing director of the British. Empire Steel Corporation, attends the sessions daily quizzing each witness, in hopes that by a-twist of words he will he able to bamboozle the miners. So far his success has been nil. Regarding wage reductions it was shown that in many cases the miner's earnings have been cut by more than one half. One witness stated that he had worked in the mines since he was eleven years of age, that he had worked, only four shifts since the strike, and that he found it impossible to -get sufficient' food for his family of four children. Another ^witness stated that he "had"'averaged two and a half Bhifts per week foi* the past six months, while It cost at least' from'$36 to $40 per week to maintain a family. A third witness testified that his dally wage Exploitation of Women In British Workhouses iviction of Negro Killer Sets Record (By Federated Press.) 3W ORLEANS.—For th*© first in the history of the courts dew Orleans a whdte man-Kas -found guilty of the murder li Negro. Southerners stand \_t at' the jury that dared such a verdict. Ibout a year ago Frank De |ha, a white blacksmith entered set-car near the naval station several companions after a ft out. In a rear seat wtere two Leful Negro citizens, on their I to work, De Rocha, remark- i'that he felt "like killing a ble rt-'-t—W*ar thii« -morning," |. af;•Reiver and fired- polpt ti • Joseph- Baptlste was killed - fltst*^ Miot,* Ernest,- the eft-tigged the: white, man not Sdet;;*gain, 'when De Rocha again at Ernest* who died a j-htmwilater. f.fe^tftte's attorney asked -Tor a tlon Without -capital ■ punish- it- - Effort* at* beftig made to l-'4atf--*ca;itsrf:41i6^(jase to'-the \*etarr to* prevent a .pre- ent that It Is-unsafeifOr a white i to kill a Negro in the south. LONDON. — Inhuman explanation of women in the workhouses of Great Britain were allaged recently by a Poor Law Official in a statement to the "Dally Herald." He declares that the evil ls not confined to a single* establishment but appears to be general. "Many of the women," he said, "are excellent workers. They start work at ahout 7 a-m. and go on until 7 p.m., with breaks of about 20 minutes each for breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. "Large numbers of them have children. They came In at first to the Infirmary. Where they could not prove the parentage of the children, these girls, as they mostly are, were detained. "The Iron discipline preyed on their minds to the extent that It was possible to certify them as imbeciles. When that Is done they are ln for life. "They have little' time to see their children. Indeed, I know children who would not recognize their mothers, although living in the same building." He urged'that proper conditions of work should be* introduced and the] work be paid for, adding that if the Poor Law system cannot offer better Conditions than at present, lt should be abolished. was $3.25, and that the miners were worried by the merchants to whom they . owed money and by their wives and children who wanted more food. _ His children had been unable to attend school for weeks. One* miner stated that he knew nothing about coal markets, but if the oompany was unable to pay the miners a living wage the mines should be nationalized. When an- othe- witness advocated nationalization Wolvin asked hini whether he thought the miners had ability to run the mines, to which the witness replied that it had been his Quebec Section C.L.P. Expels the Communists MONTREAL.—Following the example set by the. capitalist class all over Europe, the Quebec section of the Canadian Labor Party, at Its convention held ih the city of Quebec recently, decided to declare war oh the Commmunists by expelling all branches of that Party. The resolution for expulsion emanated from the Railway Carmen, and met with strong opposition, It was pointed out that the constitution of the section stipulated that all proposed changes In the constitution must be presented two months before the convention, and must go before all affiliated bodies. However, those who desired expulsion were not concerned with what the constitution contained, and as they were in the majority the resolution to expel carried 38 ln favor to 30 opposed. A number of other resolutions we're dealt with by the convention, including nationalization, of public utilities; abolition of child labor; opposition to militarism Iti schools; non-contributory sickness and unemployment insurancej old age pensions; opposition to Fascist movements; favoring an all- embracing International of Labor as proposed by the British and Russian Workers, and letters oi congratulation to the British Labor party on Its success, and to the workers of Winnipeg for electing Heaps and Woodsworth. experience that when the miners ceased work the mines ceased to run, .Several parsons gave evidence, among whom was the Rev. McAvoy who stated he had Hved in several industrial communities, but that conditions in Glace Bay were the worst he had ever seen. Dr. Sullivan, medical oficer of health for Glace Bay, stated that the death rate in that district this year was 110 per 1;000 persons, as compared wih 27 per 1;000 for the whole of Canada. Larger houses, sewers, toilets, and baths were a £e,w of the elementary needs of the miners. When Jim McLachlan took the stand every phase of the miner's struggle was brought out, and Jim gave Roy Wolvin a trouncing that worthy will not forget in a hurry. Asked as to why he was no longer editing the Maritime Labor Herald, Jim replied: "Because my plant burned down." "When?" was the next query, to which McLachlan retorted: "About 24 hours after the 'Halifax Herald' had quoted Roy Wolvin as saying he was 'out to do his dirtiest'." Asked whether he thought th'e owners of Besco should be compensated, Jim replied: "Not a red cent. The miners have put their blood Into that coal, it's theirs. "Step On It!" Says Mail Order House Judge Decrees Miners' Union To Be Illegal (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON.—Have a federal judge in West Virginia declare unions illegal; that puts them down and out! This is the principle laid down by Ned McLean's Washington Post in a front-page alarm story to the effect that the United Mine Workers of America have been outlawed by a ruling of judge McCllntic, the most active federal Injunction judge In the soft coal state. The article claims that government officials feel this decision ties their hands from any intervention in the anthra-cite strike. President Coolidge, cannily declines to comment, beyond suggesting ^hat the decision may be reversed on appeal. McCllntic rules that the U. M. W. A. has been a violator of the antitrust law from the very beginning, and any dealings with the union by public officials are illegal acts. Frank Morrison, secertary of the American Federation of Labor, treated the* Idea as absurd. He said that federal judges in West Virginia had been enjoying labor unions there since 1897. Soviet Metal Workers Aid Chinese Strikers Pass this copy to your shopmat* and get him to subscribe. Highlights on Thi* Week's News CHICAGO.—"Sixty hours and step on it!" This threatening warning to the girls employed -at Sears-Roebuck mall order house is printed on blackboards In large letters as the bosses' means of speeding-up the help. For "sixty hours and step on it," the girls are paid the miserable sum of $18 per week, with bis chances of getting laid off after the Christmas rush if they haven't "stepped on it" enough. Over 2,000 workers are laid off each year after the holidays. Fears of being laid off keep the workers in a frenzied rush to obey the bosses' orders. Employment offices are packed dally with work- seekers, standing around for hours anxious to fill a vacancy if some worker falls to keep up the pace. Despite the frequent changes of help, however, the bosses are bitterly hated, for it doesn't tako .a worker long to catch on to their methods of exploitation. Some day. they will learij enough to become organized. '..*. MOSCOW, U. 8. S. tl.—At its seventh annual convention, the Union of Russian Metal Workers— highest paid among the organized workers in this country—voted $12,500 for the benefit of the strikers in Shanghai and .Hongkong. They adopted a resolution declaring their solidarity with the workers of Japan and China . ln the struggle against "international imperialism." Among those extending greetings from other countries was William Z. Foster, who spoke on behalf of the United States. >on*t forget! Mention the Ad- ate when buying, (By Federated Press.) " SAN FRANCISCO.—Municipal railway platform men of San Francisco are asking for a straight raise of $1 a day. The fare may have to be raised to 6c to meet the rest. San Francisco is one of the few cities with a 5c fare, Ford Extracts Charity Canadian vow Dole From His Workers Tragic OKnditions in Nova Scotia:... 1 "• Farmers Consider Amalgamation 1 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Eighteen Quebec C.L.P. Expels Communists.... 1 hundred workers at the Ford plant AMERICAN here were forced to contribute one Judge Outlaws tT.M.W. of A 1 day.R futl w^es to the community Governor Asked to Break Strike 2 chir1ty fun(J ,n.thelr annU9, Mve_ Laundry Workers Menaced 5 ,... , ,*;-,. , Although most of the workers are _ _. , ^EITI™ ■ ' .absolutely opposed to the/principle Womon Exploited in Workhouses 1 . ... ... . u-._|. .. ... ,. „ ' . . . , ,,,, _ of capitalist c charity, thev had to The New Industrial Alliance 7 A Million-Member Union 7. donate or to lose th?ir jobs. foreign Tne on,v cllolce tn6y hao- was Austrian Polico Aids White Guards 3 ftR to whether thev should pav the Brai.ll Imports Scabs , 3 *B*-**0 all at once or at the rate of Pea Pictures of 8oyi<*t Ufe.....,..,..,,,... a BO cents a week, Company Can't Replace Striking Telegraphers (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON. — Members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers are conducting so effective a strike on the Atlantic Coast line that the company is advertising for strikebreakers to save Its traffic. The Washington Daily News (Scripps) publishes this advertisement: Telegraph Operators—Wanted at once for Florida railroad service, experienced telegraph operators. Good pay, transportation furnished. Permanent If qualified. Apply Room 1037, Raleigh Hotel, Washington, or by wire, at once. Reports at railroad labor headquarters in Washington show that the company is suffering beicause qualified telegraphers have not responded to its appeal. Movement of trains has become Wghly dangerous since the experienced men have taken their stand for an adequate wage. COLUMBUS, O.—Miners officials in Ohio are negotiating wage ratea for men' operating new loading machines. ' The' machine fake's the place of a gang of men with shovels. Unions In-Illinois have won a number of fights on attempted wage cutting through machinery, Page Two THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, December 4,1925 l. v International Club Governor Asked To Addressed By Gobar Break Miners' Strike Labor's Candidates Launch Campaign ■Labor's candidates in the moini- cipal elections are away to a fying start it was reported at last meeting of the GfeaVter Vancouver Cen-~ tral Council of the Canadian Labor Party. Campaign literature is being got out, and will be mailed to the voters. Owing to absence from the City on the business of his Union, Delegate Hoovef, president of the Council, tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and the vacancy will be filled at next regular meeting. South Vancouver Labor Party sent ln a communication asking that Delegate W. H. Cottrell, municipal candidate for South Vancouver, be changed from first on the list to that of fourth in order to change places with A. MacDonald, present Councillor. Delegate Cottrell agreed to the proposal, which was concurred in. Mr. Knight, of the Citizens Committee, attended the meeting and outlined the proposed' municipal hydro electric project. He was informed that the Council was in favor of municipal ownership of all public utilities. The Secretary was instructed to write to the I. L. P. in Winnipeg thanking them for the, services of J. S. Woodsworth, M. P. on his recent visit to the Coast. Communist Party To Start Study Class The Vancouver branch of the Communist Party of Canada will start its winter class on Sunday, December 6th, at 3 p.m. The textbook to be used will be "The Theory and practice of Leninism," by I. Stalin, and the course will include the nature of class society, the materialist conception of history, the economics of capitalist production, and the theory and practice of Leninism. The class will be conducted in the party headquarters, 666 Homer street. The class will be open to all workers whether members of the Communist Party or otherwise. All students of the working class movement who desire to extend their knowledge and understanding of the revolutionary movement are cordially Invited 'to attend. On Saturday evening, December 5th, the party will hold a. dance in the Clinton Hall, cor. of Pender and Clinton streets. All workers who desire to spend an enjoyable evening are requested to come along and bring their friends. Admission charges are: Ladies, 25c; men, BOc. No Alliance With the Liberals, Council Told That there will be no alliance between the Labor Party in Great Britain and the Liberal Party, was the opinion expressed by Mr. H. H. Waddington, of the National Union of Journalists from Great Britain, at last meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Counoil. Labor in the Old Land he said was making splendid progress, and would have nothing to do with Lloyd George at any price. He expressed disappointment with the conditions he found in Montreal, but stated It got better the further West he got. The Council went on record agajn endorsing the proposed Policemen and Firemen's Pension Scheme. The Secretary reported that the jewelry workers employed by Henry Birks and O. B. Allen were 100 per cent, organized; that the Fishermen's Union was making good progress, and that it was hoped to have the Marine Engineers affiliated to the Council at an early date. A motion to protest agaiinst legalizing the Lemieux Act in this provinoe was laid over until next meeting of the Council. C. L. P. Open Forum The speaker at the Canadian Labor Party's Open Forum on Sunday night next will be Professor H. H. Soward, who Willi speak on "Main Currents in Post-War Europe". J. Rankin will act as chairman. The speaker on Sunday, December 13th will be Miss Anna Louise Strong (Anise) who has just returned from Russia*. The subject of Miss Strong's lecture will be announced next week. The meetings are held in the Royal Theatre, and commence at 8 p. m. Patronize our advertisers. Labor's Choir Th'e* Labor Choir being organized by the Canadian Labor Party will hold their weekly meeting on Thursday night next in thej Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. The Chodr is being organized by Mr. Bartlett and the conductor is Mr. Jones. All those having musical abilities desiring to take part in this phase of Labor activity are invited to do so. Chile Kicks Against Nitrate Trust Pool ARICA, Chile.—The Chilean government has instructed its representative on the Tacna-Arica "plebiscitary" commission to withdraw as a protest against the actions of General "Blafek Jack" Pershing, who is in the d'sPuted territory with a number of American "blue Jackets" to ""maintain" law and order for the nitrate interests of the United States. Thft protest of the Chilean government comes after the refusal of Pershing to carry out his promise of promulgating an election law which Would govern the 'plebiscite." The Chileans demand that the conditions of the "plebiscite," whtch is to "decide" whether Chile or Peru gain the deputed territory be announced at an early date, in order that preparations can be made for the "plebiscite." (By Federated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO."I am sick and unable to find'' employment and have deWided to end my misery. The state compensation insurance should take care of my funeral as they discharged' me when I was disabled." Leaving this note to the coroner, A. T. Matthews, a world war hfero, took poison and died. Send ln your subscription today, TpHE International Club of Van- \. couver held its first general meeting on Saturday, the 28th of November at 1 p.m., ait the Ambassador cafe, when over a hundred members and guests were present, The: Constitution .of the Club, which had been drawn up at a meeting of the Provisional Board, was adopted, and it was decided to hold the next general meeting on the 19th of December at the same place and to have as speaker, Mi-. Cheng, whose subject would be, "China, Past and Present". After the business formalities, Mr Jatrinda C. Goho (Mr. Gorbar) addressed the gathering on the subject of 'India". He gave an interesting account of Ancient India, in regard to Its political system, particularly during the Asoka dynasty. The caste system whteh had its origin several hundred yiears before the birth of Christ, was, at first, simply a division of labor; no inferiority was recognized. But the system had degenerated, and' a fifth caste—the untouchables—had evolved from the intermixing of Indian aborigines and the Illiterates of the fourth casts. As far as the religions of India were concerned, the speaker emphasized the. fact that they were simply not understood by the average Western mind. It had to be remembered that, just as there Is a vast amount of symbolism in Western religions, so there is in the religions of the East. Mr. Goho spoke at some length on the problems with which India is confronted today. On the whole, the conquerors of India had made no great attempt to solve these difficulties; indeed, in many ways, India had deteriorated with the coming of the European. First, the caste system' has to be altered, and the "untouchables" have to be uplifted. Then a degree of unity between Hindus and Mohammedans has to be attained in India, just as in the western world, similar rivalries between religious groups have to be outgrown. India is also aiming at mass education; not necessarily mass schooling, so much as education in its highest form where Individual freedom and development are thei keynotes. The position of women in India has to be raised, for as elsewhere, there Is a great deal of exploitation. India seeks to remedy this by practical education and a greater degree of self-assertion. The native Indian ls also agitating for reform in connection with the marriageable age of girls; lt Is desirable that this be raised. The speaker made a fair-minded comparison between western and eastern ideals; the former appear too material, the latter to unprac- tlcable. He emphasized the fact that each race hats some particular contribution towards international progress, and pointed out that internationalism Is inevitable. It is impossible for the races to continue to be xclusive, Hoiwever, he added, the east does not desire -to adopt western civilization ln Its entirety; what is right and bene- (By Art Shields, Federated Press) NEW YORK.—Governor Rin- chot's key position in the anthracite strike is brought out in the demands of the enemies of the union that he call a special session of the Pennsylvania legislature for the purpose of repealing the, miners' certificate law. This statute disqualifies any one from doing skilled work of a regular anthracite miner who has not served two years as a helper in the same field. The law wflB passed as a safety measure, but it serves the secondary purpose of saving the hard coal men from outside scabs, as long as it is enforced. Hence the drive against the law, The propaganda for repeal was begun by John Hays Hammond, chairman of the U. S. Coal Commission at a Civic Federation meeting in New Tork earlier in the strike and has heen carried on by the Wall Street Journal, most outspoken organ for Big Money. Repeal the law to break the strike, is the demand. Hammond . has been breaking strikes for more than a generation. And using Plnkertons to send workers to the penitentiary. He tells of such exploits in the February 1925 issue of Scribbners* Magazine in an article entitled "Strong Men of the Wild West." The "strong man" he lauds most ls Charles A. Siringo, a Pinkerton detective and gunman he employed against the Western Federation of Miners in the Coeur d'Alene strike of 1892, when Hammond was president of the huge Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine, still the largest silver-lead producer in the World. He tells how his Pinkerton went to work at Gem, Idaho, became recording secretary of the union, mailing regular reports against his fellows to the Mine Owners' Assocflation. How the union suspected Siringo and the diek barely escaped with his life. Siringo continued his stoollng under difficulties, one one occasion using a note book under a sidewalk-while a miners' posse was looking for him. Later he took part ln the armed war between the company's riflemen—armed strikebreakers Hammond had Imported —and the unionists, and at the trial of several jinion leaders his testimony sent them to the penitentiary. (By Federated Press.) UTICA, N T.—Twelve hundred workers from the Utica Steam & Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills have called off a strike scheduled to compel a return to the old wage scale. Action is deferred till Mayor Hilmore makes good or fails on an arbitration offer. The workers struck earlier in the year, returning on a cut while an investigation was made. Don't forget! Mention the Advocate when buying. flclal for one race, would be the reverse for another. Each wants to develops along Its own lines, aided by the sympathy, understanding and tolerance of the rest. CLASSIFIED ADS. BARRISTERS Bird, Bird & Lefeaux, 401 Metro*] politan Bldg. BATHS Vancouver Turkish Baths, Paciflj Bldg., 744 Hastings Sf. W. BICYCLES HASKINS *:- ELLIOTT, 800 Pende^ Street W. The beat makes of bieyelei on elty termi. BOOTS AND SHOES Arthur Frith & Co., 2313 Main St, BOOTS (LOGGING) H. Harvey, 58 Cordova St. W. C\FE Empire Cafe, 76 Hastings St. B.1 chiropractor Dr. d. a. McMillan, palmes Graduate. Open dally tnd eten-] ings. 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TOBACCOS Mainland Cigar Store, 310 Carrai] Street. , TRUSSES C. E. Heard, 959 Robson Street. TOLEDO, O.—Tom Devine, SoJ oialist candidate for mayor of Ti ledo polled 10,794 votes. Bruce Smith, Workers party candidate fo: vice-mayor, received 4,832 votei Both lost. Geo. McCuaig AUCTIONEER tnd APPRAISER Phone Sey. 1070 748 Richards Street. Vtneonver, B.0/ Don't forget! Mention the Advocate when buying. THE MINING CLASSES OF THE British Columbia Chamber of Mines Are Now in Progress, 80 Students Having. Enrolled The Mining Lectures will commence on Friday, December llth, when Mr. J. D. Galloway, Provincial Mineralogist, will give an address on "The Mining Industry of B.C,'' illustrated with Lantern Slides. The Lecture will be held in the Board of Trade Hall, commencing.at 8 p.m.. ADMISSION FREE EVERYONE INVTTED * \ . The Chair will be taken by Alderman Frank E. Woodside. ■WBPHffS^-SSBff, NONE BUT WHITE HELJ EMPLOYED NONE BUT WHITE HELI EMPLOYED ______ Friday, December 4,1925 : Ll ■■ ' - ■ ! i THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Three 1 r - - POLITICS - - . -*■ i Vienna Police Assist French Try To Start Russian White Guards Holy War in Syria VIENNA.—A congress or Rus- BEIRUT, Syria.—Frenoh tonperl- lan counter-revolutionists took allam not satisfied with the.mas- Lace here recently in which 108 sacre of thousands of natives in legates participated and decided the Musselman section of Damascus i form a so-called national people's has now instigated a religious war iague. It must be stated that the in Syria. The French are handing ustrian government gave volun- out arms to the christians in the irily the right of asylum for some territory that wa# mandate^ to ays to these counter-revolutionists France by the League of Nations 'hile Is less tolerant with regard and are sending military officers revolutionary workers. to different settlements spreading The. Vienna police pretends to faJr->r tales of brutalities committed liave known nothing 'about this *>? th« Druses, fongreps. It ls peculiar that it al- The French in many villages have ays knows very well about Com- spread the story that in an attack bcuriists and revolutionary fugitives on a number of villages, the Syrian lio come to Austria. The social- tribesmen hatve killed off all the femocratic member of the workers' Christian men and raped their wo- Belegation which recently visited men, in an attempt to arouse Russia intended to report his ex- many of those who are pot in favor periences to an Austrian workers' of the present French rule to unite nesting. He was stopped at the with the imperialists on the basis vontier and refused permigsion to of a religious war. Inter Austria. : Sympathy Gag Fails To Bring Home the Bacon --INDUSTRY-- Jap Textile Workers Brazil Bosses Import Strike For Wage Raise Cheap Japanese Scabs The Chinese student Then-Shi bas expelled during the month of feptemiber because he had comimit- . the crime of speaking In a aum- of meetings in favor of the bhlnese workers who are suppressed by international imperialism. The list of the expelled workers In Austria is very long. All this Ihows that the Austrian government and its police are following lhe dictates of the capitalist states, |o persecute by all means the revo- utlonary movoment and to offer protection and asylum to the Ger- an fascist leader Russbach and lie Russian white guards. prepares For Fascist "Revolt" in Hungary (By Federated Press.) CHICAGO. — Promises, expressions of sympathy, concessions that they had justice of their side and the accompanying varieties of stringing 'em along will satisfy for a time in place of wagft boosts but as a permanent proposition the 600 members of the city of Chicago's engineering staff find them devoid of both nourishment and comfort. After waiting since July. 1 for the city council to make good on mayor Dover's promise of a .rush, wage raise ordinance these white-collar workers gathered, at the! Hotel Sherman (recently taken off organ- BUDAPEST, Hungary. — Arch- jzed labor's unfair list) and pro- uke Albrecht of Austria is con- tested angrily. They had started fnulng his organization of fascists a spectacular 3-day strike in the Hungary, with the intention of entire municipal engineering sys- pcoming the Mussolini of Hun- tem on June 30'but the wily mayor j-,ry. The Budapest press points and his cabinet vouchsafed fullest «t that when the Italian fascist sympathy and the engineers had Benito Mussolini, spoke of trooped back to their blueprints Ither countries turning to fascism after i0BS 0j one aay'8 pay. liat he had in mind Hungary. ! Archduke Albrecht has been in lie good graces of the Italian fas- Labor Writer KSpS st and is engaged to be married Dictator MuSSOlilli the youngest daughter of the talian king, Victor Emmanuel, if Federated Press) (e succeeds in becoming the dicta- (By Federated Press.) V ot Hungary. NEW YORK,—How Benito Mus- i The suporters of "King" Otto solini, fascist dictator of Italy, was lie son of Empress Zita—and a humbled by a labor newspaperman apsburg, are worried as this plan and his friends at the Locarno con- tlie archduke may interfere with ference is told by Brent Dow Allin- |ielr plans of putting their "king" son, an eyewitness, who has reck on the throne. turned from Europe. Archduke Albrecht held a con- Benito is a publicity hound and ksrence recently at Mondsee in hei was having a bad time at the fyrol with a number of the heads conference because the scores of |f former kingdoms to discuss a European journalists there were INDIA Out of every 1000 infants born ln India. 667 died in one year before they were 12 months old. In Bombay, according to the British Medical Officer for Health, 98 per cent, of the Infants are drugged with opium by their mothers before the latter go out dn the. morning to the factories. This is done so that the children will not be able to cry for food during their absence. . Th« average family wage is $4.20 per week. Sometimes the miners go down the pits for 36 hourB at a stretch with the wives and children, and they are allowed to do It. SWEDEN In the June issue of the "Soclala Meddelanden," the Department on Social Affairs publishes the result! of its Inquiry Into wages for th< year 1924. The Inquiry covered about 3000 different concerns, scattered over the country, which employed a total of 236,000 workers. The average, wage per worker "per year in 1924 was 2300 kronen, which shows an advance of 111 per cent, on the figure for 1913. TOKIO, Japan.—Five thousand Japanese textile workers walked out at the Kawasaki textile, mills demanding higher wages and more consideration from the bosses. A number of strikers have been arrested following a demonstration in which they carried banners protesting against tne inhuman conditions they are subjected to. The textile workers of Jjapan are growing more restless and the gdvernment fears that the walkout of these five thousand Japanese workers may be followed by strikes in other textile; mills. The average Japanese worker is forced to work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for a small wage In the cotton mills and were is but. little organization to protect them from the bosses, who beat the workers if they do not work fast enough. AUSTRIA Doctors as well as soldiers are Included in the trade union field in Austria. When a general strike of state employes was threatened recently, the soldiers union declared its solidarity in case of a strike and announced that it would refuse to do any scab work. Now the hospital doctors union is announcing that it will call a strike if the government puts through the working rules it has ln view. ITALY By a vote of 158 to 15 the Italian senate approved .the commercial treaty between the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the Italian government. Heads of various manufacturing combines have been visiting the Soviet legation's headquarters here in an attempt to get some Soviet Russia's trade. Long-term credits have been offered by a number of these combines. cist couip in central Europe. Stay at the HOTEL STRATFORD Tha Place Called Home Corner GORE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phone Sey. -8121 P. GIOVANDO, JOHN THA 100 Elegantly Furnished Rooms. IS Rooms with Private Bath Moderate Prlcee FIRST-CLASS SERVICE giving him the icy treatment as a protest against his persecution of the press in Italy. Coming out of the conference roomi one day he found himself in the midst of the newspapermen with not a single Interviewer coming forward. His eye espied the flaming red beard of George Slocombe, the correspondent of the London Dally Herald, labor dally, and he, stepped up to him, rasping out: "How's Communism?" "I do not know," said Slocomibe haughtily, "I am not a Communist.', "Then I am mistaken," began Mussolini. "That often happens with you, signor Mussolini," broke In a Dutch journalist and Mussolini retreated. MEXICO Toxts received by the Mexican news bureau ln Washington show that the Calles labor government has signed an agreement with its creditors, surrendering Its .51% ownership in the Mexican national railways, and will hanl them over to private operation on January 1, 1926. The creditors give up their mortgage of $250,000,000, and the government loses control of management. Soviets Seize Ships Used By White Guards BUCHAREST, Rounmhia. — A number of ships that were stolen from the Soviets and used by the counter-revolutionists against the Union of Socialists Soviet Republics have disappeared and their disappearance has been explained by saying that Russian sailors have signed up with a ship and then after.the ship was under sail, mutinied and forced the ship into Soviet ports. The Petr Vellky, one of the ships used by the Russian white guards under Wrangel against the Soviets, waa recently sold -by Wrangel to a Greek armament concern and after being rechristened the Emmos was sent to Costanza. At the mouth of the Bosphorus, eight Russian members of the crew, who had joined at Costanza, forced the captain an-d navagatlon officers to change their course and sail into the port at Sebastopol. When the ship reached Sebastopol it was returned to the Soviet government. Another ship, the Theophani, which had also been stolen by Wrangel and used against the Soviets also disappeared In a mysterious manner and it is claimed that the crew rebelled and forced the ship to change its course and dock at Sebastopol where the Soviet authorities claimed the ship. SAO PAULO, Brazil,—Until recently Brazil has been able to get all the immigrants she wanted from foreign countries—especially European—by the old methods of false representation, lies and deception. As nowadays much more publicity is given to the actual state of affairs In Brazil, it is no longer so easy to get Immigrants in this way. Urged on by the employers, the Brazilian government is now trying new means to draw foreign workers into the country. The authorities of Sao Jaulo particularly aES-plolng all they can to promote! state subsidized immigration. They have, for instance, concluded an agreement with the Japanese government for the supply of a certain number of workers per year. The first of these contingents, destined for the coffee plantations, arrived at the end of September. The Japanese government officer in charge stated that "the men have been carefully selected, and are free from all taint of socialism." Ten more contingents are expected before the end of 1925. But before very long—as experience has shown —the inhuman working conditions on the plantations will undoubtedly result in these Japanese immigrants turning away to try their luck in the industrial centres. And there, by accepting lower wages, they will force down the standard of the resident workers. JAPAN A split occurred in April In the Japanese Federation of Labor which ended Jn the expulsion of 26 local unions dominated by Communists. The expelled unions dispute, the right of the Federation to clear them out, and have constituted a separate organization at Osaka. Machine and Speedup Causes Unemployment CLEVELAND, O.—That the advance of machinery and the speed up systems are putting workers in the unemployed army while working those remaining on the job at life-wrecking speed, is shown by the testimony of employers of pon-union shops ln this city. Seven hundred men in a nut and bolt factory * are doing as much work as 1,250 men did in 1920. Other bosses report the same trend. Wages, however, are about the same or less than five years ago. Military Dictatorship Crushes Spanish Labor The Spanish workers are suffering not only from the persecution of'the military dictatorship, but from the economic effects of a severe industrial crisis. The employers are taking full advantage of iboth to attack both wages and hour standards. Unemployment is severe and increasing. In the rural districts conditions are even worse than in the towns. The agricultural laborer works 15 hours a day for a terribly low wage. In order to force wages even lower some of the big Andalusian farmers have declared publicly that they will only employ women, and so pitiable are conditions that men are dressing in women's clothes to get work. The Labor Movement is in fragments. The unions which were affiliated to the General Confederation of Labor have been dissolved. Only the "Free Unions" and those affiliated to the General Union of Workers can function. But the. "Free Unions" are controlled by the employers, ano* the "General Union of Labor" has little following in Catalonia and Ciscaya, the two chief industrial districts. In Catalonia the bulk of the workers are Syndicalists; in Vis- caya, Communists. Their Unions are dissolved and their leaders in prison. Pass this copy to your shopmate and get him to subscribe. Fresh Ont Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries . Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN "»•■*,. -*, 8—STORES—8 tl Hutton St. Esst, Ssy. 911-672 066 OrsnrUls SttMt Ssy. 9B1S-13I1 161 HMtlnfi Street Welt Sey. 1870 "SAT IT WITB nOWBBI" RUSSIA Radio receivers are to be installed in all rural districts of the province .according to a decision of the Moscow Soviet. The apparatus is to be set up either at the village Soviet or at the reading- rooms. Radio ln Russia is a mon-. opoly of the government, used for education and not for profit, BRITAIN •Great Britain is not contemplating any reduction in its naval construction programme, first lord of the admiralty, Bridgeman, announced in the house of commons. Patronize our advertisers. THE CHOICE OF THE UNIONS CATTQfS VERY OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY THOROUGHLY.MATURED—ONE*OF THE MOST POPULAR BRANDS7" AT THE GOVERNMENT STORES OOLD LABEL 15-YEAR-OLD Ask for CATTO'S. For sale at all Government Liquor Stores This sdvorttiemeat ii not published or displayed by tbs Liquor Control Board or by the Oovernment ot British Oolnmbia Page Pour THE CANADIAN LABOfe ADVOCATE Friday,! December 4,192! OPEN FORUM &<UkrU& Tfo^ QUESTION BOX Address All Letters a,nd Remittances to the Editor 1129 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone Sey. 2132 II A YEAR fl SIX MONTHS :; Capitalism's :: Weekly Pageant The . Hydro-Electric Scheme _ Our Open Forum FFOBTS are being made to have Vancouver's incoming City Council endorse a municipal-owned hydro-electric The Edltor' Labor Advocate: of the autumn social season, a j dieval wedding between Ma Paget and the son of Earl whose secret diplomacy helped ; pare the world war. Press told of discarding convent)^ •jhe bolsheviks have made plant. The group who are sponsoring the plan prove in their as ^n°graTenl?Vthtfncongru- weddlng garments infavo'.of' •*• another assault upon private literature, by comparative figures, that electric light and ous, ~ - - ■ • dleval costumes ot BOld hT' This time it is the hired p0Wer can _e SUpp]ie^ a*t a mu<i- cheaper figure than that our worship of the conventional. ^t^ewsta! of gold gfodWof ment they Have singled out for at- ----- - ,-----. -----o ~ *---.-, —_ — - -,, -__-*_-* pr^entlal aa tW. porton of the J^^'^-^. ^^ either side. Such superfluity! wealth was flaunted in * the* ft Some of it we recognize in , ,„,, „„,, „„-._ ™i„_.* __*,,/, property. This time it is the Mreu ,. .* . . , , ,.. ,, ... .... .-. _ _.. __.._._ °f red and green velvet rtud; mei^naiics ol the Fieiieh g^em- ^ Vancouver, "and that the Share- Mu<* wf, J""" ,«* thi* ma*.*e roys'of 7earls"acro^ the bri r . o > .- providential, as this portion of the tack, by sending a cyclone, which holders of the B.C. Electric, which IS a Subsidiary body OI ridiculous often merges into the although lasting but thirty seconds the British Empire Trust Oompany, are reaping a handsome pathetic. E£_t_ 21K3_2 ***• **» *« i—i -■»p*. wtiTSSrs, IT »*-i'» ^>'«»«°»> ed 67 airplanes, tore down the bar- Labor's attitude towards the project is, Of course, ob- minster, the memberB of whioh are workers- racks of the Foreign legion and y. N ^ d L fe . ^ munieipal ownership all W-worklng, earnest women ^J^^^^l caused a property damage of 470 i •** . . \ f *■? h hrf t form, the back-bone of "sh upper ""** "e wnlcl1 a million francs, besides klUlng three of all public utilities, but lt also favors the pubbc ownership ^ aS,uf6"the W;hoie band un. servative critic of English lift and wounding 17. So far we have of all Other things required by men collectively, and that derwent the throes of a long two- not heard whether Briand contein- jj.ese undertakings should not be operated by a Select few days mental labor and a child was BoScX^'iSSS for the benefit of bondholders, but that it should be con- rVV^/ ^fT h0Pe t0 liolsne.iKs are now aiuea wiui uk. , ,.,.,. the tired and despairing farmer. weather mam it is probable he will trolled by representatives 01 the WOrkmg class in tne inter- This, imposing child, sponsored blaming the Labr party for deet! not <•#• ^ ests Of those Who toil. Wte WOUld With equal cheerfulness by many "whereases'" as if a law- inS the whole nation what is american'aiLJen _re chief endor*e a municipal-owned dairy, bakery or clothing factory, JJ^J^^iifi; TTZZ^S'ZX, among those engaged in civil- Providing lt was conducted in OUr interests. pathetically.culling on the Govern- Press? «ea«re, and pleasurel scribes as frivolous and cont ible. He says: "The fashion today is to oondfl the Labor party: and when : J\ izlng the Riffs by dropping bombs it of moral responsibility would as if one spoke of esthetics h\ pigsty." Whether any water rights are available for this scheme ment to appoint two men, one to thf lowe8t conceivable Hindisi on them A writer in t^ daily ^ ^ j. fc ^ m(,h fc ^ j ^ ^ ^ teach the poor farmer how to.^f1^££ °Z.3 press tells of these men, from "the ' ■■_ _ ' . grade his products, the other to *»ttmB .BBIlu™"" *"* «""-=vi land of tlie free, and the home of tageous from a business point of View to grab lt. Sources Of show hlm how t0 market them. what lt loves ls dresslnS* up e*i tlie brave," bombing undefended water power, although numerous in this province, are like Thus It seems probable, if our !ng' danclngi ■eeastlne-. BamMj viUages, killing women and chil- CQal minin rf htg and timber claims ^^ entirely owned Government be composed of Solo- *JiainB a" VamP "*' ° SPm dren, blowing up a hospital and . . • .. mons the wh0ie of the serious murdering aeo, and d.ws a vivid by private individuals and corporations. No charge can be __^ Qef ^^j ^ ,^ay bes picture of cliildren "wandering brought against either past Or present legislators in Victoria solved and a rural millenium com- tearfuiiy tiu-o»gh the nuns of tlieir jor failure to generously dispose of our vaunted natural re- mence to reign. <.™"eSw!! h!!fv n'nthfnir th'pJ'd'nv« sources to private speculators. But then, election funds must Yet t(> me u looks «• w these us. we near notning uitse uujs ■ r x- ,,,... . ., .. dear ladies are patiently and in come from somewhere, and that is a prime consideration. A,l,inu*,-7 !L!1 Vhl k.,km.. ' r . dustnously pricking the bubbles alUEd PIUKTINO TIUDBS If the municipal ownership of ail eiectric power plant can arising from the fetid swamp and —Mooti seeond -Monday in tk»-i in any way divert the flow of wealth from the coffers of neglecting the festering cause at ggMff ^"o.^.'h,?'""^ the bottom of their troubles. Truly ■ "they know not what they do." I wish, through your column, * about "protection of small nations". One wonders what the daily press would be saying if Riff airmen were bombing New York, and blowing up Wan street.. That of private corporations into the pockets of members of the work- course, is different. ^ cjagSj we strongiy support it, but it must be operated for UNION DIRECTOR! W/ORKERS iu British Columbia FEDERATED LABOR PARTY—B 111, 118 Ponder Bt. Weit. Bui meeting! lit snd Srd Wedneidiy our benefit, and not for the-purpose of paying interest to recommend to them the six articles uSnison; s'eo.-Tre*i_i.!' AnIiIT Mi* 1 * * * * ° 1-... TtK.. M_.__.1I l_.1__t_.__ J _a_.__.il.__ VCU Tl-I-.. 1K_1-.__._I at._m.nt -Tnn.-, to w by Mr. Stirling, published under the 86** Prinoe Edwird Streot, VimoB will he proud to learn that bondholders, who are concerned only with lining their own title of "Mind Your Own Business" ftfc.0X_3^__SEft more of the products of their labor pockets, we shipped overseas than can he gouged front the workers of any other provinee in Canada. This pleasant piece of news wus related recently in the Legislature by thc gentleman who guards the front entry to British Columbia's treasure chest—the minister of finance, who tells us that v $231 for each in«„. woman, ami atteudin ft t conference were not imbued with a desire to child in the province, was exported ,.._" «/.'*,* , , • *.-. d'iring the last fiscal year. Mean- D1~*ld up a mass party of Canadian workers, embracing all time the daily press amd other shades of Labor political thought, but rather the creation of "public spirited" institutions are another sect to^eonform to their particular faith. The Canadian Labor Party came into being Jor the purpose of unifying the political movement of the workers, and to enable them to act, in the parliamentary arena at least, as a unit. To expel some particular group because their opinions irrt" Any diitriot in Brltlih Oolnmb Let them act on the knowledge ilrlng Information ro inuring _ and advice they will find theirln, « tmSSwU ^"vmSSSTSl and the dawn of hope may truly tirj- J. Lyle Telford, 884 Birki appear on the horizon of their u2%ng*'9g££i,. WuF"" ** hopes and lives. They will learn „. „'„„. „.. __,„-„ ' .-_,..— BAKEBT SALESMEN, -LOCAL - Meeti leeond Thuridiy OTery Breaking the United Front . ' therein that their two supermen 'FHE decision of the Quebec Section of the Canadian Labor would be helpless to 'divert the ^^X^'-e^*_L4 1 t> . ■ , i ,, u i. a' ix! "n fate of the box of apples or bush- Ton,W«l 18th At" EmJ: - Party to expel all branches of the Communist Party ei of wheat so truthfully and gra- aiues totaling within their jurisdiction proves that the majority of delegates phicaiiy described by the veracious and far-seeing author. NEMESIS. collecting nickels to provide the children of those who produce this wealth with a feed at Christinas. During tlie rest of tlie year they can starve. Frivolities (By Leland Olds.) ^HE moral bankruptcy of the CIVIC EMPLOYEES' UNI0H, 28—Meeti first and third Frldijj the month st 145 Hutlngi W., p.m. Preaident, R. K. Brown, Oharlei St.; lecretiry-treuurir, G Harriion, 1182 Parker St. _ MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PHOTIC UNION, Looal 145, A. t. ti Meeti in O.W.V.A. Hall, Sovmoi Pendir Stroota, leoond Sanday a^ a.m. Preildent, E. 0. Millor, Ml} ■on itreet; iecretary, X. A 3m DS1 Nelion itreet; flnanelal W. E. Wllllami, »»1 NeUon I ginlier, V. Fletehor, Ml Nalion. pENEILVL BOOTH of the Sulva- THE FED KB ATED SEAFA UNION OF OANADA—Hoadt at Roomi (, • and 1, Mart Ba ltt Halting! Street W., ~ Hon An capitalist upper class comes do not happen to coincide with that of the majority is to clearly to light in England Nero my, whose organiza- defeat the very purpose of the C.L.P., and to break up what ^Tlm^Z^TltTe v-^S-\-ti^Sg] _£S_ff35S&E: f6W -a11 reSUltS Canadian Lab01> haS S° far aChieVed - BrltishToniS SSLS t £ SSE^tfi &***?* of tlie working class, ls trying nn- forming a united front. of their class as against the united face of an industrial crisis that may Btreet, Viotorla, B.O. Phono ltOI, other "stunt" to increase the flow front of our rulers. What a contrast in political maneuvering change the oours6 * m*w it re- ^Si^^v. tSS2&ta?%»4 tt." H. Neelandi,' P.O. ' BoxJ Meeti lut Snnday of eaeh montk I p.m. ln Holdon Bnlldlng.lt Halting PRINOE RUPERT TTP00RAPB ,SLrrrrr;r,,,foris ^^ *this ^ * ^™ *» ^^ ^ ^ **^ SL^^sStip^ sx »?° Into lug thc monieddass In Britain Unit Columbia lumbermen at last provincial election, When they when the Bastile fell before a it costs thehi but £i6 to ship u boy canvassed the three capitalist parties for an opportunity to hungry Paris mob. „.„._. tn Australia while If thev keen him • "v ' _ _• _* _*L i i • j Z __u • For every member wllth the will „u?I0Ni No- *}»*~>?***Uaa*, StmSSiSXK "ll ''IT!***"" f *»«> l™*« »d"^ 0n their to rule our increasing social ehaos, 8S*',rS?Sr,S living it costs thein £S0 i>cr year tl<Jkct. The lumbermen acted as a class; Quebec acted as a sect, this class exhibits scores who care Thnnday of eaeh month, to keep him ln jail. Doubtless the The Canadian Labor Party is as yet in its infancy. Its on*y for the opportunity for satis- economic argument win be more ideological influence is weak, and its numerical strength small. T^Za^ J^ZZt tlLslf^ potent than thc humane one. „• ■■..-.. ,, , ' i , , . .7 » ,, the boredom of a life of leisure, bo tar it.has not awakened even a modest minority of the when a 9-month truce hatj just 1 000 is tlie sum thc lumbe -men maSS °f Canadian workers to the need for regarding political saved England from a general 'of B. camming to invest in questions from a working class viewpoint. That the over- ^1^^ XhlSJ tho "rising generation". They do- whelming majority Still adhere to the palsied slogans of last ynion congress was resolving to nated this sum recently for the ,century jg evidenced by the vote cast at last election. prepare for more effective united 1 ■ The entire Labor movement of this country is beset with ajotion for clofr u™on *** ^us' sian workers, for a break with im Moeta THE CANADIAN wnh Which Ii Incorporated * IHE BBITISH COLUMBIA PEDB TIOMIBT PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY] By the Lalior Pnb-Uhlng Oo. Buiineu . nd Editorial Offico 1129 Howe St. schisms, sectarian dbctorines and racial prejudice. It con- p^s^ThenLuveTrep^Uons u-i^S^-^-%Ml^^i tains all the political Creeds of Old Etirope, with those of were going forward for pos<_ible of the farmer-labor movement ln I North America added on, and an action such as this can only direct actlon on both sides, when satacription Rate.: united suje. i,„ s.1 jus _ _, _-n _. .i * i • _i s. x_ j js the press was Cull ,of alarms about ""»■"• »f:°-_ w.■'—*_. v»»»«-». have the effect of still further weakening the shattered forces Comniunist appeals t0 the army>_ The right arm of Labor Is a of Canadian Labor and transforming the C.L.P. from a mass what were the wealthy members strong press. Add power to, tMs party of the working dass t(>, a select sect, intent upon sat- of society thinking about? arm by subscribing to THE CA*.- „„m^.0i myJt-n„ u * • l- i Tney were thrilling at the pros- adian labor advocate. A ^^E personal ambition* by entering parliament. pect ot the firiA lmDortant 6V6nt erection of a maternity hospital in Vancouver. In a few years they will require tlie youngsters in their business, but are unwilling to pay their employees a wage sufficient to marry on. per year, $1 for six monthi; to nn| subscribing in a body, ISo per ber per month. Member Tho Federated Praia and*' British: Labor Praia ^'•^tfi^niitfiii iy,De^mber 4,1925 ■j—pa - = THfr OABADUN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Eive m WM DONOT ; WANT TJIE KLAN j- (By Prances Wills.) 3AUSE It has.what it calls a Radical mission, by which it fis .that it is out to breed race SLAVE-BUNTING FOR FACTORY GIRLS IN JAPXN Laundry Workers Are Menaced By Combine (By -Esther Lowell, Federated Press) NEW YORK.—Make way for more mergers! The laundry industry to the fore I Laundry work- "T EGALIZED slave-bunting for "^factory girls" is one of the two great evils enlightened women pd and race prejudice, the very of Jvfm ^ tightlng. .pr09tltuUon Jfastations of that ignorance lg the oth6ri aocordlng to Harry ers, watch your employers ^and get Emerson Wildes, profesor of eteo- nomics and sociology, Keio University, Tokio. "Nearly 30,000 scouts range through the rural districts, seeking recruits to supply the annual In- vould prefer to conceal. ii. [.BECAUSE it organizes under •cloak of Christianity, thereby ^ing its ignorance of Ghnistlan- Whioh Is supposed to be above ^or colon ECAUSE lt preaches practical crement of 300,000 girls needed in istlanlty under a jungle system ')r other people—and itself prac- textile mills and other industries," organized! * Brokers speotollaing in laundry securities are predicting the trust. The laundry Industry haa increased its business from $270 million in 1920 to $500 million for this year and at the same rate will increase to one billion dollars by Wildes asserts." "Nominally these 1930, announces Bonner, Brooks & the vilest atrocities. We girls cannot be forced to telbor more Co., brokers of Importance in Wall jce, therefore, that the Klan is sly seeWing the best advertis- [medlume. ECAUSE it believes in the pres- Maw and order, when everyone than eleven hours daily, but the street. The brokers call the laun- labtfr laws are so full of exceptions dry industry "the public utility of that 'in case of unavoidable nec.s* the industrial world," pointing out sity' the working day may be pro its steadiness, non-se-aeonal char- longed to 13 or 14 hours, and the aoter, and predicting a great future thinks at all, belleveis in some- two compulsory holidaiys a monih for bigger laundry corporations. ig better. BECAUSE it believes in the re- nsibility AND the privileges df average Canadian, when over may be withdrawn without pro v.'dlon for anv later restoration. '•Twelve-yeic-olds who have finished elementary schools may be / per ceq.t of the people know regularly employed, while children other responsibility save that o* as young as ten can ibe engaged if king both ends meet and of mak- 'extraorllnary need arises.' The one dollar go the length of factory laws do not apply at all to and as for privileges, they are* *n>' factory usirg less than 15 workers, nor in any case to Industries involving artificial flower ifined mostly to tricksters, ga_m- rs and bandits in high places. BECAUSE it believes in the Can- Ian Free Public School System. They quote a statement that 75% of New York city's laundry work is handled "by large corporately owned concerns" and mention that "a Supreme Court-decision in the State of Louisiana has ruled that laundry combinations do not come within the scope of the Sherman Act." Laundry mergers have developed only within the last 15 years, the making, paper boxes, embroaderies Ibrokers state. They claim that and laces, goods made of bamboo, about 40 cents.out of every dollar the first place, it is not a FREE rattan, straw or wicker, bakeries, reoelved by laundries la paid out in item, since every worker pays for schooling the children receive, 1 much more that they don't re- ve; and he does this directly and tlreotly by piling.up profits (for cigarette factories, wearing apparel wages, including those of laundry and non-white phosphorous wagon drivers as well bb those en- matches. Unions Forbidden "The Mitsubishi steamships, iera). In the aecond place, re-'banks and engineering firms, a self- acting the .school'system Itself, refer to the notice of the In- llble Empire, the outward and |ible facts of the case, including »'recent repqrfc., BECAUSE we do not believe the ?,n can do anything to arrest the |fwth of the "dope" traffic; even power of organized religion ants for nothing. And we would pise the high and mighty mem- to knock their heads against pe walls, rather than pretend to erfere with the kings of finance, International Bankers of the brld, who are responsible for the ape" system. ■BECAUSE the Klan is inconsis- nt; it spreads one doctrine in country, and an entirely dif- j-ent doctriinft in another. BECAUSE ,lt bases its appeal on i weaknesses, vanities, prejudices ignorance ot humanity, and erefore, it is the enemy of pro- styled god, and the Mitsui industries comprise the Tokio old guard, which governs the empire of japan," declares Wildes. "Every avenue of escape from unbearable industrial conditions is closed by legal barricades. Legally, the forming of a Union is forbidden, so that the empire is a nest of cultural associations which do not have the right to pay strike benefits, even if the scanty dues of twenty sen a month were able to supply a fund." Poorly Organized. gaged in washing, ironing, mangling, packing. They pound out that laundry mergers can eliminate much Oif thiB payment ,of wages by ending duplication of delivery routes. The drivers, of course, can find something else to do. After remarking in a letter -accompanying their pamphlet on the laundry industry that "the rapid growth and expansion in this field will undoubtedly lead to new financing of a number of consolidations and mergers of Individual interests," the brokers say "we consider that such financing will be very attractive" and Invite participation— if you have the money. Meanwhile The Jap-. General Federation of to*™*™ workers, although they find that big laundries are. more likely to have modern plants instead of dark, damp and filthy old houses or • Labor', headed by Bunji. Suzuki, after a dozen years of precarious existence has a membership of less than 280,000 out of perhaps 4,000,- lofte. are subject to many industrial (By Federated Press.) IAKRON, O.—The Qoodrlch-Flre- pne-Goodyear rubber monopoly is [ing a war of extermination inst Akron union labor. Prtnt- |g concerns, building contractors other employers having rela- ons with the rubber kings are 'reed to agree to employ only non- rilon help. 000 wage-earning men, Wildes states. Only 7500 women workers are organized, "though seven times as 'many are employed In coaling operations alone, many of them: underground as In pre-Viotorlan England, or bunkering ships in Nagasaki, Mojl and Shlmonesekl harbors, where photography Is prohibited by law." The Japan Federation of Labor "is now perfecting plans for a Farmer-Labor Party in conjunction with the Nippon Nomin Kumlai, or Tenant Farmers' League, which represents some 4,000,000 terribly exploited tenant farmer households."—Australian Worker. health hazards. Laundry workers face the most advanced anti-union technique used by their employers to prevent the organization of the workers; The laundry workers, especially the many woman workers, make low wages for long hours of hard work. VOTE FOB Residence. 3544 Prlnee Edward Street, Phone Fair. 2150 L CANDIDATE FOR ALDERMAN for Ward 8 TIE STANDS for Public Oivnersbip of public utilities, •tl Day Labor versus contract, work for the unem- Dloyed at the union rate of wages, the Building of Homes for the Workers. He is in favor of Old-Age Pensions, and all British residents having the right to vote at the age of 21. • Mr. Mclnnes was on the Vancouver School Board for a yean and haa had considerable executive experlenoe. This space donated by supporters of Mr, Mclnnis, British Negro Mobbed In Land of the Free Dr. S. J. B. Collins, a Negro physician of Farmville, N. C, who was .severely beaten by a groiip of men who he states wore K. K. K. regalia, ls planning to sue members of the mob for damages, and is being assisted by the British Vice Consul at Wilmington, N. C, who has protested, the affair to the state and local authorities. The Civil Liberties Union has also taken up the ease with Governor "McLean and Mayor Malvin Horton of Fann- ville. Dr. Collins, a Jamaican Negro .physician was taken from his automobile on the night of September 28th, and whipped. His assailants ordered him to leave town. Instead of doing so, he appealed to Mayor Horton and to Governor McLean. Governor McLean referred him to Solicitor Jesse Davis* of New Berh, who ls now inuestlgating the case. Although Dr. Collins still livep in FaPmvllle he has since been undisturbed. 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SEAMEN'S ACTIVITIES A VERY interesting meeting of the Federated Seafarers' Union of Canada was held at the headquarters of the organization, 163 Hastings street west, on Tuesday, December 1st, when the following officers were appointed: President, J. Eddy (acclamation); vice-president, J. Lawson (acclamation); secretary-treasurer, Wm. Donaldson (acclamation); patrolman, Wm. Morgan (acclamation). This is the first election at which all positions have gone by acclamation. The secretary enters on a sixth successive term by acclamation, and the patrolman is entering on his third annual experience of lining up the unorganized. The Finance Committee is composed of Brothers J. Williams, Thomas Scott and the secretary- treasurer. A committee of five members have been appointed to go into the matter of amalgamation with the National Sailors' & Firemen's UniO|(i of Canada. The committee met on Wednesday, December 2 and drew up a list of proposals that will be published in the Labor Advocate next week. Brother Terry's case of a return of the fare paid by him from Anyox to Vancouver, B.C., was taken up with Mr. Wuthernow of the Coastwise Steamship & Barge Company when he was here, and the matter is to be referred to the head office in Seattle. Another member who had stopped paying his dues without taking a retiring card, aflid let his book go quite a lot behind, applied for reinstatement, but was refused by a majority vote of the meeting. The committee appointed to look into the matter of new membership books and receipts reported having completed their work, and tljeir suggestion for receipt books and assessments were approved of, later on in the meeting. The next membership book, constitution and by-laws will be leather-bound and will allow for five years' membership dues. Empire Cafe QUALITY COURTESY REASONABLE 76 Hastings East HAROLD DEGO- and BOB KRAU8E Ute Beth Batt. and 72nd Batt. Another resolution was passed after hearing Brother Terry's case explained by Brother Terry himself, that a letter be sent to Mr. Cameron, who represents the Coastwise Steamship & Barge Company at Anyon, in connection with same. The next business meeting of the organization will be held on Friday, December 18th, at 8 p.m. sharp. Brother Robert Clyde was the lucky winner of a carton of cigarettes donated by Brother Thean to be drawn' for at the meeting. Some time ago a report of the actions of the boatswain of the S.S. Canadian Pioneer for his uncalled-for actions to the A.B.'s and, deck boys aboard that ship, was anything but fair. He is the type of man wanted by the C.G. M.M. Ltd. It seems that, although he had beep acting very dirty towards the men, there were some of them he had due respect for, and while at the port of London, ashore with other members of the crew, he, being a bulky kind of a fellow, tried his hand on one of the smallest sailormen on the ship. The bully met his Waterloo easily, and on the way back to Vancouver got very friendly with the man, or rather youngster, that licked him; but when the ship reached Vancouver a complaint was put in against the little fellow for giving the bulldozing boatswain a licking while away from the ship. The victor ls penalized to the extent of being deprived of employment meantime on the ships, according to the ruling of the employment shark of the C.G.M.M. Ltd. The engineers and mates of the vessels are compelled to take whatever dubs this employment agent sends them, whether they are practical mejp or not. We do not know the man who was game enough to teach a bully a lesson that was much needed, but lie certainly deserves credit. Roberts is the boatswain's name. A sailor named A. McLean, on the S.S'. Canadian Coaster, lost his life the other day at San Francisco while working over the side of the ship. According to the report of an eyewitness, if a lifebelt had been handy there was ,a possibility of saving the man's life, but to provide work for the able seamen all the lifebelts had been painted, and there was not one handy to throw to. the man, who drowned after making vain efforts to keep afloat. A fender was thrown overboard, but the man was unable to get hold of lt. A boat was lowered after the man was drowned. We wo*nder when boat drill was last practiced aboard the S.S. Canadian Coaster, one of our Canadian government ships, as one of the MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "The Place for Pipes" Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention 810 OARRALL STRSET VANOOUVER, B.O. American Sailors Get Their Wages Slashed (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK.—"This is a fine ship your company is getting from the government," said a newspaperman to the young quartermaster who was taking a party over a 21,- 000 ton liner on the South American run just turned over to the Munson line by the U S. shipping board. , j "Yes," the sailor answered, "but not so fine for us any more. My wtages drop $10 a month and every other member of the crew is cut at the same time," •- Thousands of sailors on the high seas and the lakes are having their wages deflated an avenage of 15 per cent, by the transfer of private registry of the shipping board boats. Working conditions fall with the wag>as. Deck and engine- room forces are reduced, maiding the pace stiffer for those who remain. The LaFollette seamen's act is enforced even worse than before. The open shop continues. Both private and government boats are nonunion. The ship we visited was unloading goatskins and coffee from South America.; and is one of a set of four turned over to the Munson line for $4,104,000. Robert Dollar, the shipping magnate noted in sailor circles for his bum chuck and low wages, is also faring generously from Uncle Sam. Earlier in the year Dollar got several ships, maimed after former U. S chief executives, and several smaller ships. Today he is negotiating for five more boats of 12,000 tons eaeh, now chartered from the shipping hoard by the American- Oriental Line. Dollar offers the government $1000 a, month rent for each of these boats, or about 8c a ton a month, with eventual right Of purchase for $600,000 apiece. The boats run to Yokohaima, Kobe and other ports in the oriental trlade which Americans mean to capture with the South American trade. If Dollar gets these -boats it ls expected that he will give preference wherever possible to oriental labor, for such has been, hlis policy elsewhere. wage earners of the C-G.M.M. Ltd. calls them. Hospital Notes . Brother James Scoular is still at St. Paul's Hospital and doing nicely, as they say at the hospital. Brother H. Hensby was discharged on Monday last, and Brother Dad Gllmartin is rapidly improving at the General Hospital. According to reports from St. Paul's Hospital, several members of the crew of the S.S. Wairuna of the Canadian Australian Line are there. The men's names are: McPhall, Ovenden, Stow, Howard, Townsend, Hurley, Larsen and RSynolds. A visit from one of the officials of the Federated Seafarers' Union of Canada will be paid to see the men while they are iji the hospital. We are publishing names so that any seafaring man who is acquainted with them can see them. The visiting hours at St. Paul's Hospital are from 2 to 4 ln the afternoon and from 7 to 8:30 ^ln the evening dally. Notes From the Campi INTERIOR LUMBERMEN GET JUMP! ■TUIE lumbermen in the interior of Of course the lumbermen j -1 British Columbia are becom-_concerned over the incr ing alarmed. This time it is notflmuch as they are over "findj| declining lumber prices, prospec-lployment" for the woods tive strikes, or labor agitators thatlftha interior. What these ; is causing the trouble. They are paid ls of no moment. Gd afraid that Major Burde's mini- a job is what counts, mum wage law will be passed by We are further ini'orme the legislature. "with business slack, and Of course they inform us that plus of labor from the prair* they are not afraid of the 40 cents Ing employment, by paying', an hour wage, because "that is be- under the proposed min low the average of wagea in the logging operator, for inj lumber industry in the interior. . . might be able to undertake! The opposition of the lumbermen tlcns he otherwise would nl . . .(is). . . on general grounds, gage in, or might extendi! that restrictions respecting wages scale, thus increasing the aj will have a tendency to keep out of employment." outside capital that otherwise Nothing could be franked might be available for developing this statement, which mean this country." if they can get an overflowl However, after relieving them- *bor from the prairie province selves of this "general objection" will cut wages down to the ■ they proceed to inl'onm us that ing point, also, of course, fcj "One effect of the legislation, if {purpose of keeping the w| enacted, would be to mak© it more working. Work, that is th difficult for the less competent, saving elixir. Verily, the prd Including learners, to obtain em- wage bill threatens to wrecq ployment." Obviously there are a empire, number of men receiving less than Why the lumbermen' the forty cents per hour, in spite worry about the proiposed 14 of the assurance that it Is below tion is somewhat strange, the average wage. are very ably well represent • the Legislature, and Honest! Sawmill Wnrkers Get ls not Ukely t0 do anythln*? &awmm wor*ers i*ex lcal to the lmnber lnterestSi _ Under $900' Annually it be to pass some ham-strung islation like the Eight Hour ' Red Star Drag Store "The Mail Order Druggists" We Hake a Special Effort to Get Goods Out by Flnt HAU After Receipt of Tour Order Oorner Oordova and OarraU Vanoouver, B.0. The mail list at headquarters since the last issue of The Advocate: | H. Beckett T. Bolahd, A. Cox, M. Flynn, T. Haiuhah, R. I-Iorn, C. Henderson, J. Kissock, N. Jones, A. Knox, J. Maekay, Rv Matthews, J. McDonald, Allan Ogden, J. Starr, J. Stovey, S. Warren; Wm.' Worrell F. Welsh. Also a letter that has-been returned to "George." This letter was sent to Wm. Haywood at ah address in Montreal. The letter has been returned from the dead letter office and will be returned there lf not claimed ln seven days. (By Leland Olds.) The hypocrisy of the attempt to justify high lumber prices on the pretext of high wages in the industry is exposed in a U. S. department of labor survey of wiages aijd hours in sawmills throughout the country. Thp average wage of sawmill laborers, about 60% of all the'employees, is $17.77 a week. This means Less than $900 if they can get a full year's work. It is approximately 10% below 1919 and only 71% aibovei lyl3. Lumping all sawmill workers together, hourly earnings in 1925 are 78% above pre-war While full-time weekly earnings are only 68% above that le^el,. due to some reduction in hours. The advance since 1913 falls considerably short both of wage "advance in other occupations and of the increase in living costs. From 1923 to 1925 sawmill wages fell. The average hours per week; earnings per hour and earnings per wee,k of common lajbor in sawmills of 16 lumber producing states in 1925 were: Per Per Saw Mill Labor Hours Hour Week Alabama 60.4 20.1c $12,14 Arkansas 60.3 26.1 15.14 California 66.4 44.8 25.27 Florida 60.0 24.2 14.52 Georgia 60.2 18.8 11.32 Louisiana 60.7 " 24.3 14.76 Maine 57.4 31.5 18.08 Minnesota 60.2 35.8 21.62 Mississippi 59.7 24.0 14.33 North Carolina 60.2 21.3 12.82 Oregon 48.0 48.6 23.38 South Carolina 60.6 17.3 10.48 Tennessee 57.9 26.3 15.23 Texas 60.3 25.9 15.62 Virginia 69.9 24.6 14.75 Washington .... 48.1 47.8 22.98 Wisconsin J59.4 34,9 20.73 In spite of materially shorter hours,* common labor in the mills gets about twice as much for a week's work in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon .and Washington as in the Carolhias, Georgia and Alabama. The $l6.48 earnings in South Carolina mean less than $500, a year compared with $1.'00 for a full year's work in California or Oregon. Those figures cover. 60%. Of the jobs in lumber' .mill's..throughout' the country. The number of skilled workers in the industry is small. At' ike top are the hea3 sawyers whose hourly earnings range from 6»'..:* cents an hour in Pennsylvania to $1.14 ln Washington with an average oi 17 cent» Who Is BILL HUNGt.IU.OD Ask Any Lsbor Msn. STANFORD ROOMS 868 SETMOUB STBEBT Housekeeping and Trenilenfl Central—Termi Moderate Under New Management "Bill" Hnngerford and M. bridge, Props. Send In your subscription BRUCE'! SUIT SALE Big reductions, splend values. Begular pricj $22.50 to $42.50, now-J $15 to $37.6J C. D. BRUCJ Limited Oor. Homer and Hastings I VANOOUVER, B.O. The Original HARVEY Logging Bool HAND-MADE BOOTS for LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS and ''; ... PROSPECTORS .. quick Herriee for . Bepairs All Work Guaranteed ' •fecial Attention to Mall Ordei HI Harvey liteMUkod in Taieeare? ia lift M OORDOVA STREET W, *—— -r-.W^*" December 4,1925 THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Page Seven ^c Facts Revealed .Government Report ,)ON.—No less than 1,618,- (ions received Poor Law re- Bngland and Wales during Inonths. figures, according to) a taper Issued recently by the pient, reveal the amount of and misery that exists to- one remembers the bax- [irown in the way of thoge Poor Law assistance, the \ reveal the tragedy that is tn in hundreds of thousands bs. telief was paid to 1,800,166, fan increase of 250,000 coim- ylth the previous year. (report admits that no less 10,400,000 was paid in out- |to "persons ordinarily em- f in some regular occupation, their dependants." This [that wages are so low that >iorlties have to render as* fe. re the war, ln 1913-14, poor jkost less than £15,000,000, to- has leaped up' to almost 0,000. * meang that the condition of I orkers has grown rapidly .yet the ruling class are sur- pwhy the workers are becom- ®Uii' Coutttr^ labor Newa The New Industrial Alliance jmese Imperialists Fail To Secure Loan INDON.—The Japanese dele- which was sent here hy the In government to negotiate a por the finance department, |ma!ble to get a loan here exit rates of interest and at 1 terms that the delegation ^not accept them without rais- , great protest in Japan. } finance department has remade large appropratlons liaval construction purposes fcr military use against the op- Ion of the agrarian bloc which Ided money for rice growing, ft' feels that a loan at a high of interest will seriously em- It ln Japan if it attempts to fcuch in England. iples of British Justice in Action STDON—A Norfolk man charg- Jth stealing 5s. worth of apples fan orchard has been senten- two months' hard labor. feedford widow with five chil-. I is undergoing a sentence of nonth's hard labor for steal- kd. worth of apples and a ►r Fascists armed with revol- who made off with a Daily Id van containing 8,000 copies Is paper, and abandoned the fed van in the street, received fatherly words of mild ad- Ition from the authorities. |OBATKW OP THE DTSTBICT OP SOUTH VANCOUVEB (British Laibor Press Service.) j ONDON.—Representatives of all the Unions concerned in the creation of the new Industrial Alliance met in London last week to consider amendments to the first draft of the constitution put forward by the Amalgamated Engineering Union, the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation and the "National Union of Railwaymen. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Ernest Bevin issued an official statement to the effect that these amendments were considered and a final draft arrived at whioh will be considered by the unions concerned. Following^ the submission of the draft constitution to the members these Unions will-again meet in conference and those bodies that are in a position definitely to join the new Alliance will take steps to launch it. From the official report no information can be gleaned concerning the fate of the several amendment It may be recalled, however, that the A. E. U. amendment proposed to make it clear that Unions called upon to render financial assistance in accordance with clause 12 of the draft constitution, shall not be required to make payments from funds that they are not themselves entitled to use for strike or dispute purposes. The amendment of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, it is understood, was designed to improve the clause defining the objects of the new Alliance, with the object of emphasizing its defensive character. « Issues Raised In the amendments •of the N. U. R. have apparently given rise to differences of opinion , between the constituent Unions which may weaken the action of the new Alliance, though they do not ne'cessarily pi-event the scheme being carried through to completion. The N. U. R. amendments were two: (1) an amendment to clause 2, making It a condition of membership that the Unions catering for employes in the several industries represented shall prepare schemes for fusion wherever possible, and where this cannot be done to arrange for periodical joint meetings to secure a unified policy; (2) an amendment to clause 6, re quiring the executive of the Alliance when it takes charge of the conduct of any dispute to* "work in conjunction with the Union or Unions involved." Following the discussion of these proposals, the importance of which is obvious, the N. U. R. representatives withdrew from the conference last week to consider their position. Subsequently it was announced that the executive of the N. U. R. had decided the Union could not be a party to the Alliance. It appears that the amendment, requiring the Unions to seek where- ever possible to frame schemes of fusion within the several industries represented, was rejected by the conference. To this the N. U. R. attaches much importance. It is well known that the effort to secure the amalgamation of the rallwaymen's organizations has not borne fruit owing to tha more or less unconcealed differences between the N. U. R. and the foot- platemen's union, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. The N. U. R. executive was instructed by its annual delegate meeting at Southport in July to seek to unite the rallwaymen's organizations; but the conference of the Alliance apparently took the view that this question of inter- union relations raised in the N. U. R. amendment did not come within its scope, and the amendment was not accepted. Whilst the defection of the N. U. R. undoubtedly introduces an element of weakness and possible discord which map prove of serious consequence if and when the Alliance seeks to act, it does not follow that the new body cannot complete its organization and prepare to function. The organizations concerned with the creation of the Alliance comprise the Unions covering all forms of transport (railway, docks, waterways, road, sea and air), engineering, shipbuilding, iron and steel production and distribution—among them the footplatemen's union, controlling the main body of engine-drivers and firemen, which has demonstrated its power of holding up the railway service. —H. T. Labor Congress Again Aids Indian Strikers LONDON.—At a recent meeting the general council of the British Trade Union Congress decided to vote two hundred fifty pounds for the Bombay cotton Strikers. This is additional to the one hundred pounds already voted. The India office ls to be requested to agree to an inquiry into Indian textile wages and conditions. The general council protested against the trial by court martial of Hungarian trade unionists who have been arrested, and demanded an open trial. It is also proposed to go more fully Into the question of the Hungarian White Terror. At the request of the International Federation of Trade" Unions a conference between the executive of that body and the general council has been arranged to meet in London pn December 1. This meeting will consider the problem of, the relations of the I.F. T.U. with the Russian Trade Unions, with the promotion of international unity in view. Britain's Unemployed Army Still Growing . LONDON.—The unemployment situation continues to grow worse —as may be seen from the following quarterly figures of unemployment. (These figures are the averages of the monthly figures pufo*- lished in the Labor Gazette): 1924: January-March, 10.8 per cent.; April-June, 9.5 per cent.; July-September, 10.4 per cent.; October-December, 11 per cent.; 1925: January-March, 11.5 per cent.; April- June, 11.5 per cent.; July-September, 12.1 per cent, During July, August and September unemployment has been increasing in a number of the important industries: shipbuilding, the boot and shoe trade, steel melting, pig iron manufacture, pottery, iron ore mining, marine engineering. Hindu Textile Slaves Need Help in Strike (By Federated Press) LONDON.—An urgent appeal for funds to help the Hindu textile strikers has ibeen issued by the British Trades Union congress, which has already sent $1500 on its own behalf These; 153,000 Bombay strikers, facing a cut of 11%% in wages which range from $2 to $3 a week, are dependent on the solidarity of their fellow workers ln other countries, Apart altogether from humanitarian reasons, European textile workers know "that they must help the Hindu textile workers if they are to safeguard their own standards, for the competition of sweated Asiatic labor has already hit them. .The largest contribution from European labor has been that of the Russian textile union which sent $5000. The Amsterdam International Federation of Trade. Unions has opened a special relief fund. The strike began Sept. 15 with the walkout of 13,000 workers and spread rapidly and now 153,000 are involved. The laSrt telegrarai from India* states "the workers are feeling the pinch . of starvation." Many have been evicted from the chawls (tenements rented from the millowners) and thousands of them are still waiting for wages due as far back ab August. A big mllgra- tipn from the city back to thie land le reported from Bombay, and 50% of the strikers are reported to have left, most of them former peasants. A trade union delegation elected by the jute and flalx workers of Dundee, Scotland, Has gone to India to investigate. The Dundee workers are especially hit by the competition from the sweated labor of India. Locarno Peace Pact; . Eulogy and Exposure A Million Member Union lunicipal Voters' List blOE is hereby given that the Bourt of Revision of the Municipal ■_' List will alt on the tO'h day Member next, at 10 o'clock in the Aon. for the purpose of correcting [■wising the said Voters' List. I list closes on the 80th day of |iber, 1925, at 6 p.m., and copies same will be posted on (he door Oonneil Chamber, Municipal Hall, le 5th day of December, 1926. WM. T. RILEY. Municipal Clerk. Iilcipal Hall, Nov. 26th, 1925. VANOOUVBB HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS PLICATIONS, addressed to the nn- Berslmed, for the poiltlon of As* ;;.t Harhour Master, -will he received > December 15th next, at the of* of Vancouver Harbour Oommls- [jrs Yorkshire Building, W.ly applicants holding certificates as 1* er of foreign-going . ships will be I'dered. T-e following particulars are essen- ¥ln making application, vis.: J.rti(lcates, copies of testimonials, filete reoord of sea service, age, na- )\Hty and war service, * - W. D. HABVIE, Seoretary. [ovember 27th, 1926. (By Federated Press) T ONDON—A single union with ■k over 1,000.000 members from many different trades and industries is forecast hy Ernest Bevtn, secretary Transport &. General Workers union, when amalgamation now proceeding or under discussion take effect. Such a union would result from the amalgamation of the Nationnl Union of General & Municipal workers and the Workers union with Bevin's union. Following on the decision of the National Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanic & Electrical workers to amalgamate, a possible amalgamation of the Electrical Trades union with Bevin's is under discussion by the two executives. Further aimlagamations seem to be ln the air. The Industrial Alliance, of whose provisional committee Bevin is also the secretary, has experienced a setback in the withdrawal of the National Union of RSllwaymen but is ready to be definitely launched early next year. The final draft of the alliance constitution has been approved by the executives of the unions concerned, with the exception of the National Union of Rallwaymen, and the alliance will be launched as soon as thte draft has been submitted to the membership and the changes necessary in the constitutions of the individual urilons have been made. The reason for the. withdrawal of the N. U. R. is th'at its proposed amendments have been rejected. The chief of these was that unions in the same industry should prepare schemes for fusion, and where this is not practicable hold periodical meetings to secure a united policy. The N. U. R„ whlich is an approach to an industrial union, wished to give the alliance a definitely industrial unionist basis, while the other unions have decided that unity on the whole industrial field is a more immediate necessity than unity by industry. The organisation of factory and general workers, a field which is practically untouched in America,* has brought new problems in Europe. The great bulk of the organized workers' are not craftsmen; and industrial-unionism Was- long been a guiding principle and the Issue now Is industrial unionism or one-big-unionism. The factory and general workers have not been organized by industrial unions but by general workers unions-*--in England the National Union of Transport & General workers, and the Workers union, operating on the one big union principle and SYMPATHETIC STRIKE LONDON.-—About two hundred tin-plate workers who struck work ln sympathy with a fitter who, it was alleged, was dismissed in an arbitrary manner, resumed work when, after negotiations, the management agreed to reinstate the man. organizing any and every worker regardless of craft or industry. This has led to overlapping, and organizational rivalries found expression alt the Scarborough congress when the General Workers union called for One Big Union, declaring that industrial unionism was not enough, while some industrial unionists opposed, considering that the embryo O. B. U.'s (the general workers union) poach on industrial union preserves. LONDON—Mr. Oudegeeet, Secretary of the International Federation of Trade Unions, has just pronounced a remarkable eulogy of the Pact. In the current number of th© official I. F. T. U. "Press Report" he says: "The adoption of the Pact at Locarno lays the first stone of the building of a new world. . . The work of Locai'no is one of the .most important steps towards the creation of a United States of Europe. . . . Locarno means the beginning of a new era, the era for which the Labor Movement has always striven." In* a recent speech Mr. Ormsby- Gore, the Colonial Under-Secretary, observed that the Pact "had drawn together the Westei-n Powers of Europe In defence of Western civilization. . . agaiinst the most sinister force that has ever arisen In European history (I.e., the Soviet Reipublic). Locarno means the detachment of Germany from Russia, so far as the present German government is concerned, and the throwing in of Germany's lot with her Western neighbors." Say you saw it advertised In the "Advocate". THE WET WEATHER IS HERE-COME IN AND GET YOUR RUBBERS Reliable Footwear AT PRICES YOU DON'T MIND PAYING "THE BEST FOR LESS." Every Pair a Bargain—All Made of Solid Leather Children's Slippers clearing at... $1.45 and $1.95 Ladies' Sample Shoes, regular to $7, for...:....,. $2.95 Boys' School Shoes : $2.45 and $2.85 Men's Work Boots (tha famous "Skookum") $3.95 and $4.95 Men's Dress Boots, up to $10 values, for. $4.95 KIBLER'S SHOETERIA (The Best for Less) 163 HASTINGS ST. E. (Almost Opposite the Library) Page Eight THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Fridaj.,,December 4ril? Pen Pictures of Soviet life (By SCOTT NEARING-Federated Press) Leisure To Read MOSCOW—Workers in the Soviet employer ln Pennsylvania would travel to Harrisburg). There the employer met representatives of .__, ... what would be, in the United Despite the immense difficulties gtateS(. the mte Federatlon of they have been compelled to over- -^j,,,,. _" come during the last five years tlvities at the university. The basis of this entire student organization, With Its central officers ttyid subcommittee activities are the trade unions to which practically all of the students belong. - When these young men and -THB 40-week organization drive (By Carl Haessler, Editor Feder ated Press.) Union are finding time to read* shorter hours and better wop conditions." ' While he touches on sto01-pl| honeycombing ln the A. F.' authoH**! by the American t*nfon8 lncludivg miners,-maj women graduate and enter on their trades they are. already fam- _..,,. . T u .,,.., ... iliar with labor union activities. ^derttion °* **bot at «■ Atlantib ^is and printers, and in the They have heen union members "<*f co"v6"tio" ^ "T to* "■ W; and the Communist party! *nt1n ll"n n <1>I AHJ4.A. ***** flt'V. __>_.__ _■_*___#-■ ____! •«-«■»_,_ ...» *. m t... ---lit- .*. _ jM they have turned* their • attention more arid more to books. During 1920, the books published ln the soviet republic numbered 3,260. For the first half of 1925 the number Is 20,771, These fig- First .they settled the .classification. Taking the wage * of a farm Worker as a basis, they established categories for carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, drivers ";""""' •*-*****""■". '"_"** ..j.w ■ .v , __'__., tl06 unionism at the same and the other workers. Once this vouchted for by the Society <***™*- to ■toed, the carpenter ures are for Cultural Relations which states that the average number of pages in books was 70 in 1922 and 107 ln 1924. During 1924 the average edition per book was 8, 632. Most of the books published at total the present time In the Soviet Re- -fund' or mason to be employed will be paid at the wage fixed in the contract. Next, the employer in this case agreed to pay 1% per cent, of the payroll into a "cultural to be used by the union in classes and clubs for years, and their cards are W&ke ahord* of fl««*av« of Drl- Principle concern is with the simply transferred trom the mil- vat° detef™ aB*nci**' eaeer *° m«ls he was charged with orgl versity union to the local union f"tente" tne, ""P10*"* ana dra,n in». He shows that the Mail them of their surplus cash_ An in- Service, with headquarters itl „ no-cent resolution by the Illinois sas City, was employed by the 1 State Federation of Labor faivor- bury Washburn-Crosby and ing organization of bank clerks had mills in Minneapolis. At one I the immedta/te effect of placing on H 1921, this agency actually ( the desk of every Chicago bank ex- a decrepit local Of Splelman's ni eoutlve an offer hy the Plnkertons ai.vo, because, as the Pillsil a to help meet the menace. Every rresident wrote to the dete<T Lalbor-Forward movement has as head, "a weak organization of] with which they wish to affiliate. Soviet, students learn and prac- time that they learn their trades. The Russian Crowd MOSCOW—I have just seen remarkable performance. Frunze the Red Army Chief is its byproduct the noisome activity iyp6 is better than a dlsorgaiif dead. A memorial service is be- of the undercover men. one, and a reorganization later < ing held. Thte majteg The Stool Pigeon But the employers were selij The Big Theatre is packed. The and thei 0pen shop Movement per. satisfied. Like all detective agen public appear in paper covers. All organizing are* printed in the state or the co- among the workers. Since the Red Square is full of people, sthhd- Qn(mt readlng, It ls ft ^^ of 240 in iabor work, the Marshall fed operative printing plants. They schools in this district are over- ing out in the storm to hear the pafrea by Jean E Splelmani orga:a. to the boss at high prices sell at very low prices (from 3c crowded, the employer agreed to loud speakers from the theatre: ,zer ,n jmnn^oHs and other mill- failed to deliver the gooda A up for the smaller books and pam- provide adequate educational fa- All the leading lights are on the ing ce,ntre8 for thie In0 Unlon o( l0wup operative had to report} phlets), within reach of the aver- clitles for the-children; of all of frUatform, speaking. Kalenlln led Unlted Brewery) Piour Cerea, & the agency chlpf: "The trouble age pocketbook. his workers. off When he got up there, were a Soft ]■„.,„,,. worke(r8. Thought copy- is this, who ever had this w New books cover every phase of In addition the employer agreed few scattering handclaps, ImWie- rig.hted ln 1928 and therefore open before faked their reports science, art, literature. Most of to pay part of the wages of the dlaltely silenced hy the crowd. te oonsiderable revision, its central Crosby (The Minneapolis miller' them deal with problems confront local union secretary and to .pro- Twice after that there were a themffi. the widespread Infiltration suspicious of agencies.' ing the republic.^ There are im- vide him with free transportation few handclaps and both times the of prlvate deteotlves ,nt0 ,abor OT_ i„ view of the pious reformat "" "'" " ""'" "" """ " whenever he wished to visit the crowd restored order immediately. ganlzatlong( probably remains un- of a number of radicals In Mh! workers on their Jobs. Then they let loose an orchestra topeachla'ble with its page on page apoiis Spielman would probably The Soviet Union is ruled by ~0M of the flnest l ever *^Ba-ri- 0f reprinting and facsimile repro- lftft the extremely interesting the government and the trade un- And the oUchestra spoke for the du*ctjlon of private detective correb- tory of the progressive insurgei ,„,. nh«,rv Tn i.rtrp fortnrip, th«*« lons' The *?°vern">ent safeguards crowd, it was a real performance pondence with employers and the of the Minneapolis-Trades &.La| t™ °™ZX.„ ".. :!Irl"i I.. T* the Political Interests of the work- ami when lt was over the crowd department of Justice, always assembly which looms, large* ers. The unions safeguard their felt a8 well satisfied as though lt gainst the worker, vard the end of his book. economic Interests. - had applauded. Splelman's preface indicates th|at The Stool Pigeon and thc 0| The Russian crowd practices he belong8 tQ what m&y ^ ^^ 6,*np Movement, by Jean E. Spl self discipline more effectively than the oM guard of ,a1jor ,.f(ltoIaldota ,,Wn; American PUWIsnliig ' vnonnm T**,**1 m"i 6Ver SGen' €XCePt b«t that does not delude Mm aa to Minneapolis. MOSCOW*—Students in the *** England, high schools of the Soviet repub- And the English crowd is far more boisterous and rowdy than the Russian. mense numbers'of books on social science Book stores have been opened throughout the republic. No factory is without its reading room Red Corners are numbered by the score. I visited one factory in which where there were more than B0. These reading.rooms are kept warm and well lighted, and during the noon hour, and before and after work they are crowded with readers. Workers in the Soviet Union have time to read. The 8-hour day and the 6-day week are quite generally enforced. In one industrial city that I visited where the stores stay open on Sunday to ajccomodbte peasants, they are closed tight on Wednesday. Wh,fen cajne it was raining and snowing. I had to tramp around all day and needed a pair of rubbers. But there Unions Grip Colleges lie are generally organized lp labor unions. There are some higher schools, such as the Higher Workers Schools (Rabfacs) to which only union men and women are admitted. In the technical colleges and universities stu- Wledn^day dents not ln trade unlon8 are a minority. x Membership is determined by the course the student takes. A Russian Delegation Buys Blooded Sheep (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON—Sen. Borah, Invited by the official magazine of the Ramibulllet and Merino dheep Joins the health workers; a stu- breed6rs national association to at- dent of mechnacial engineering tend a banquet in Chicago Dec. 2 Joins the metal workers. Each to representatives of Russian trade student member pays 1% of his °reanizations and -Russian agricul- lncome to the union. In many tural experiment stations, now In cases the uniqn is providing him this country, has congratuJated the with his entire income. (Still he sheep men on their atOtude. pays back his one per cent. (Ad- This *banquet is occasioned by the ult workers in the shops and auccess of a Russian mission which wage agreement or Collective m*r*e° Pay two per cent, of their PU-rchhised $260,000 of blooded rams agreement, as it ls called. This income to the union.) and ewes of the Ramlbuillet and agreement is negotiated between Among the students in many of Merin0 breeds and shlpPed thelm a representative of the employer the higher educational institutions for Junproyement - of the breed of for whom the worker proposes to of the Soviet Republic the basic aheep ln tha Sov,et rePubHcs* As work. As almost all workers be- unit of organization is the union. muon as-fMOfl apiece was paid*for in the agricultural university at 8Mne of the animals. Moscow, with its 3,000 students, Sheep experts frolm the U. S. de- except for about 300 peasant lads Partment of agriculture assisted who have iio union affiliation the Soviet officials in locating the the entire student body ls organ- best ot the large flocks of blooded ized in 6 unions; food workers; she&p *n the west. The Soviets coinstructlon workers sugar work- promise to come back next year ers; metal workers; miners, and f or a larger purchase,. This year's farm and forest workers. These bw was the largest in the history groups hold mass meetings at of the American industry for breed- least once in six months. At these ing purposes. anti-red inedtemmts, when made by the agencies. "The agitators and 'radicals," he says, "Interpreted in the language of the open shopper, are those striving for higher wages, Ths right awn of Labor is] strsng press. Xii power to t| al-m by subscribing to THB CA ADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE. was not a store in the town that student who studies medicine could sell them till Thursday. I was uncomfortable, but the hundreds of store-workers were getting their free day. Wage Agreements MOSCOW—Each worker in the Soviet Union is protected by a long to unions, this system of collective bargaining covers the field of employers and employees. Frequently the employers is the state or a state trust. The representative of the workers bargains with the state as lt bargains with any other employer. American workers might be interested in a collective agreement drawn up this week between an employer and a representative of meetings each union group elects the workers. The employer was its officers and delegates who el- compelled to travel to the capital ect an executive committee of 11 of the district (very much as an that has charge of all student ac- An Increase in Wages. Russian Workers Get Our Sale Prices Will Save You Money Men's Solid. Leather Work Men's Fine Cotton Dress Sox, Boots; sale. $3.45 tan or blaok...... 19c Greb Worlt Boots, tan or Men's Wide Web Garters 19c blaok, .■••.-..•■■■■ **WB Men.g Grey Wool Work Men s 1st quality Rubbers, $1 Socks 23c Children's Knee Gum Boots, ,, , —] 'JI'"'" '""" . , sizes 6 to 10%._. $1,76 K£* W" , 7^ .<*m1"*! Men's Elastic Side Leather Handkerchiefs...,. 2 for Wc Slipper $2.35 Special Priees on Oil Clod-tog Men's Military Grey Work Oil Hat* for men or boys" 95c Shirts .....1 96c -Boys' Olive Rain Coats $2.95 Arthur Frith & Co. Men's and Boys' Fm-nlshtngs, Hats, Boots and Shoes 2313 MAIN STBEET, Between 7th and 8th Avenues Phone Fair. 14 MOSCOW.—-In consequence of the - general- betterment of the economic situation - of the Soviet Union, wages in almoBtailbranch*- es of industry will be • Increased by from 10 to '20 per-cent: "This Will comelnto-force?with"the<iww collective -agreements which are at present belfng-nsgotiaUd.-To.day the collective agreement of the.-w-b-flfcTOrh-srs *m*ie****—*—rt- aa lnc»a«ev'<>f lSAipwttsent.. In*-ancW' an*vih*s*«rwta_Mitr of-.theTtbnild-> lng-woritiM* an -—team of IB: per eetit. ' (.LEVEEANW^Ht*!** carjwwtocs •leetriel*n»-andpropertym*_r have heem advanced*-f_»i_->"J64' to" tVtrtor a 7-day week as the result iSf a new union contract. Assistants will get»W,76, Own Your Owi and POWER And Save 815 YORKSHIRE BUILDING Phone Sey. 2619
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