THE CAMA0IAM ABOR With Which Is Incorporated THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST lteenth Year. No. 5 A** VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1926 , a*\ K Eight Pages, -V 5c A COPY id Burns Gets Two Year *ierm In Jail ight to Picket in Danger ***** ****** «*««*« ****** ore Funds Are Urgently Needed (_*GARY.—Two years in the "rince Albert penitentiary was sentence meted out to Lewis onad, better known in work- class circles as "Kid Burns," Justice McCarthy, the trial ie charge, which arose out of coal miners strike at Drum,- Br last summer, was "watch- *and besetting," and "assault . Intent to do grlevious bodily rt" Burns was denied a jury on the grounds that a certain Iquated law, dating back prior confederation, stipulated that ult cases in the North West •ltories should be tried by a ;e only. Cecil Terris, a youth 19 years, who was charged g with Burns, was given a sen- e of six months in the Leth- ge jail. An appeal is being red ln both cases, fter the judge pronounced sen- e Burns told the court that: tave taken the trial and as far fou are yourself concerned I getting exactly what I expected i a capitalistic court." When judge stated that under the •inctal act the law did not pro- for, a jury trial, Burns reed: "That is the British jus- we have been told so much lit. When a worker stands out lhe interests of his class that Jl he can expect." timber Renners, the boy was shot In the back Ing the strike by provincial be, was also found guilty of (tchlng and besetting" and was $25. The latter case in- pes the right to picket, and Vidlng funds can be secured, probably be carried to the reme Court of Canada, leantime funds are urgently fSed to carry on the fight on alf of these men, as well as other cases yet to be tried. Crows Nest Miners have had fevere -period of unemployment By, and in addition have had to it several strikes in an effort prevent their wages from being to the bone. The men who have been jailed were among the most active fighters in the district, and the bosses are hopeful that with them out of the way they will be able to slash the miners wages still further. Fujids in aid of these men are being raised by the Canadian Labor Defense League. That organization haB done nobly in this case, but much more is needed. The rifht arm of Labor is a strong press. Add power to this arm by subscribing to THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE. Woodsworth Raps Meighen ****** ****** ****** ****** Echoes of Winnipeg General Strike 0a ITTAWA.—The efforts of Mr. Meighen to pose as a champion of the Nova Scotia miners was somewhat badly shattered by the two Labor members of the House (Woodsworth and Heaps) when the starving condition of the miners was discussed in parliament recently. Speaking on how the Liberals sent troops into Nova Scotia to quell the strike there last year, and the efforts of Meighen to make capital of it Mr. Heaps said AED. ANGUS McINNES he had not forgotten how he Labor Alderman for Ward 7 who has (Meighen) had sent troops into been instrumental in bringing about __. , ,,__,. - , ., tho present water pipe enquiry Winnipeg in 1919, and how these Labor Alderman Disturbs Equanimity Of Civic Officials by Pipe Enquiry "yANCOUVER'S Labor alderman (Aid. Mclnnis) has created a stir in civic circles during the past week by the enquiry which he has been instrumental ln bringing about, as to the condition of certain water pipes purchased by the City of Vancouver from the Vancouver Engineering Works. Alderman Mclnnis filed with the City Council replies he had received from the pipe inspectors, to questions he had submitted then asking about the condition of the pipe. One inspector stated that in his opinion the pipe was up to PAINTERS MAY EXPEL REDS SEATTLE— (FP)—W. H. Jones, business agent and M. Hansen, vice-president of the Seattle painters' union will be placed on trial as members of the Workers Party of America, a Communist organization, and as such not ellgble to hold membership in the Brotherhood of Painters. Some months ago Hansen was unseated as delegate to the Central Labor Council on this ground. His local immediately re-elected him but he was denied a seat. ilberta Miners Need Your Aid ^MMUNICATIONS reaching the offlce of the LABOR ADVOCATE J indicate that funds are urgently needed to nssist thc Drumheller |ers who are on trial as a result of their activities during the Rtriko summer. Several of these working class fighters have already tried, and a number of them have heen found guilty and sen- i to jail. Other cases have yet to oome up. I Notable among those who have been sentenced is Kid Burns, who [-been sent.to the Prince Albert penitentiary for two years. This king class stalwart Is married and has several children depending jitm. prior to the strike he had been actively discriminated against, had been refused work ln the mines because of hts Labor Itics. Another is that of Lambert Renners, who although shot Ihe baek by the police was found guilty and sentenced to a fine Vas. This last case carries with it the right of picketing during a ke, and can not be allowed to be let pass. The sentence is a jiaco at every organized worker ln this country. Appeals are being entered on behalf of these men, and money urgently needed. Some 97000 ls required to carry on the fight. fa fight of the miners ls the fight of the entire Labor movement) of i country. To assist ln this work the LABOR ADVOCATE is opening a fund these cases, and we appeal to all readers of our paper who are fa financial position to contribute to do so. Do the best you possibly No amount is too large, none too small. Address nil communi- [ilons, and make all remittances payable to: THE CANADIAN M* ADVOCATE, 1120 Howe Street, Vancouver, B. C. specifications, while the other answered the opposite. To the observer attending the enquiry the most notable feature appears to'be the efforts of Mr. McCrossan, corporation counsel, to act as prosecuting attorney for the city engineer. In fact the entire City Hall hierarchy appears to be defending pipe. Such at least is the impression created on the outside observer. Mr. McFarlane, junior pipe inspector, told the Council that in his opinion the manufacture of the pipe was defective in several particulars. In certain cases six out of ten holes In the scarfing of the pipes did not match; some rivets were not concentric; caulking had been done under pressure tests; he had observed some rust on pipes and an acid solution had not been applied to remove this; and that the first 4,800 feet of pipe was defective when sent out into the field. Early in the enquiry an effort was made by Mr. Griffin, counsel for the contractor on pipe construction, to make the witness, McFarlane, name the men in tho shops who had criticized thc pipe. This the witness refused to do. pointing out . that it would be breaking faith with the men. When one keeps in mind the notorious open-shop firm making the pipe, one can imagine what would happen to those workmen who dared to criticize it, that is providing the company could get to know their names. Present indications are that the matter will get an ample coat of whitewash, but the ratepayers of Vancouver, who are the real purchasers of the pipe, can rest assured that no enquiry would have been held, and nothing would have been heard of defective pipe if it had not been for the activities of the Labor alderman. It Is solely through his efforts that this matter has been brought to public attention. ( Vetoes Old Age Pension OLYMPIA, Wash.—(FP)—Gov. Hartley, wealthy lumberman has vetoed the Washington old age pension bill and the bill for a woman's industrial home and clinic for scientific attenton to delinquent and diseased women offenders. SEATTLE — (FP)—More than 25,000 workers are out of jobs by reason of the closing down of lumber camps In the Puget Sound section, according to the U. S. department of labor. troops' had shot down men, women and children on the streets. This was too much for Meighen, and when his turn came to speak he made the assertion that "no request was made to send outside troops into Winnipeg, and that the government, as regards troops from outside in relation to that disturbance, took no action whatsoever." Mr. Woodsworth: "M&y I ask under whose authority did the troops act?" Mr. Meighen: "We are speaking of sending troops in. That was the assertion of the colleague of my hon. friend." Mr. Woodsworth: "May I ask again under whose authority did the troops act, and under whose authority did the Mounted Police act?" Mr. Meighen: "I will come to that In a moment. . . . There were troops in Winnipeg at that time; there were some troops in the garrison battalion .... there were also some few at the depot squadron of the Port Garry Horse. But because of the disturbance at that time there was a force of approximately 3,000 voluntarily enlisted citizens in that city." Mr. Woodsworth: "May I ask under whose direction that voluntary force was mobollzed?" Mr. Meighen: "There was no mobolization. They enlisted voluntarily for the protection of their own city." Mr. Woodsworth: "May I ask my right hon. friend if he will deny that they enlisted under the ur gent solicitation of officers directly responsible to, this government?" Mr. Meighen: "I do not know on whose solicitation they enlisted. .. . " Dealing with the same question in his speech Mr. Woodsworth said: "It may be true that no troops were taken into Winnipeg from outside, although a very large number of troops were there; it (Continued on Page 6) Highlights on This Week's News CANADIAN Kid Burns Jailed I Woodsworth Baps Meighen 1 Lahor Alderman Causes Stir _ 1 AMERICAN Textile Workers On Strike 2 Fiendish Atrocities in North Carolina 2 This Year's Swag...- 4 BRITISH Tory Rule In Britain 7 Canadian Conditions Aired 7 Sailors' Wives Discuss Striko 7 FOREIGN Jap Farmers and Workers Unite 2 Indian Mothers Drug Babies _... 8 Class Justice in Germany - 8 C. L. P. Razzes King Government LAST meeting of thc Greater Vancouver Centrnl Council of the Canadian Lnbor Party decided lo givo the Immigrntion schemes of thc Liberal government a little publicity In a direction other thnn thnt desired hy the railway companies and political heelers In Ottawa. The meeting endorsed the following resolution, whieh was sponsored by the Communist delegates: Whereas: In overy province In Canada there nro today thousands of wage workers unable to secure employment, whilst in the farming provinces thousands of farmers arc helng forced to abandon their farms and seek employment In the cities because of crop failures and mortgage indebtedness, ns ls evidenced hy the fact that in 1025, in the Province of Alberta, seven million acres of farm lands, or onc and one-half million acres more thnn the total area under cultivation ln that province that year, wero sold at tax sales; and Whereas: Canadian government nnd railway agents nve carrying on nn intensive campaign In Great Britain for more immigrants to Canndn, deluding British workers with misleading propaganda; and are even going to the extent of conducting correspondence courses from London on how to farm on thc Canadian prniries; therefore he It Resolved: That, this meeting of the Greater Vancouver Central CouncU of tho Canadian Labor Party condemns the action of the Canadian government, and demands that this campaign cense Im. mediately; and bc it further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution he forwarded to Premier King; the two Labor mouthers In the Federal parliament; the "Daily Herald," London, Englund; thc "Sundny Worker," London, England; nnd the "Forward," Glasgow, Scotland. Page Two W^W) TEE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, February 5, ll Building Trades to Dr. W. J. Curry Lectures Seek Five-Day Week On Russia Today Five Thousand Textile Workers CLASSIFIED A Battle For Increase In Wages (By ART SHIELDS, Federated Press) The Vancouver building trades intend that the. building contractors shall not have all the plums of Industry to themselves this summer. It was reported at last meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council that efforts will be made by the building trades to secure a five day week. The.Carpenters' Union has voted unanimously in favor of it, and a referendum is being taken of all members affiliated to the Carpenters' Distrct Councl. The Bricklayers have had a five day week for some considerable timet. A total of some 4,000 men are involved. The electrical Workers and the Machinists reported having, sent donations to assist the anthracite strikers. The Painters reported that they were looking forward to a busy season, and that an organization campaign was underway, also that a whist drive and dance would be held in the Cotillion Hall on February 18th. The Musicians Union reported having trouble with the Empress Theatre on account of the management reducing the number of stage hands stipulated in the agreement. The Council decided in favor of amalgamating the Labor Statesman and the Labor Advocate, and arrangements towards this end will be proceeded with at an early date. Dr. W. J. Curry Is conducting a series of lectures on Russia Today, using as a text book the report of the British Trade Union delegation. These lectures are being held at 666 Homer Street, each Tuesday evening at 8 p.m, A generous' portion of each meeting is devoted to a general discussion, and replies to questions. Lantern illustrations on the screen, and the singing of Labor and popular songs are a feature ofl each meeting. W. W. Lefeaux at the Royal on Sunday Next "Right and Left Wings" is the subject on which W. W. Lefeaux will speak at the C. L. P. Open Forum In the Royal Theatre on Sunday night next. The meeting commences at 8 p.m., doors open at 7:30. _ The subject is a large one, and one which affords numerous opportunities for a come back by both "wings," providing their legs will carry them on the platform. This meeting should prove very Interesting. CLEVELAND — (FP) — Sixty- thousand Americans died in 1925 of starvation, Edward M. East of Harvard told a shocked audience of sleek Cleveland business women. He advised birth control to raise the material level of the American people. DASSAIC, N.J.—Botany Woolen Mills that rises like a prison over many acres of this Jersey town is shut down by a strike of more than five thousand workers for the restoration of the 10-percent, wage cut of last sumfrner and the reinstatement of a discharged committeeman. This is the biggest of the manjr revolts that have occurred in the textile industry since the general wage deflations of the last year and the enthusiasm the strikers are showing augers well for its staying power. "We won't go to work no more, We won't go to work no more, Until we get our ten-per-cent. We won't go to work no more." __ sang the strikers as they marched in a half-mile-long parade round and round the Phoenix mill, a branch of the Botany interest- that had not yet come out. Girls of flapper age, blowing horns, were there by the hundreds, and they encircled the mill about and about like the marchers of old blowing horns about the walls of Jericho. And as Jericho fell so did the Phoenix, the workers pouring out on strike, seven hundred more recruits. There were Americans, Hungarians, Bohemians, Poles, Slavonians, Italians, Russians—so a reporter thought till he asked a young Czech what nationalities were there: "None," was the answer; "No nationalities, we are all workers." Keen young men are running the strike committee. Gustav Daek representatives of the finishers, says Colonel Charles Johnson, vice president of the corporation, trie,} to bribe him to desert his fellows. The bait was a long-term contract Job at $100 a week in the finishing room of the American Woolen Co. in Lawrence, Mass. The Colonel's offer indicated a close understanding between the Botany and the Woolen "Trust" interests, though the Passaic manufacturers have always denied the link. The offer, says Daek, came several days before the strike. Johnson called him to the offlce and there, with two other executives, gave him an hour and a half selling talk to butter his bread at the expense of his fellows. The argument ran like this, says Daek: "Those fellows axe a lot of foreigners' and you'll get nothing with them. Stay with the company. We are the real friends of the workers. We love them. We are their fathers and mothers If we cut wages it is for their sake, to get more work for them .... All this led up to the suggestion that the committeeman take the Lawrence job, filling In the length of time for which he wanted the contract to run." Fiendish Atrocities Inflicted Upon North Carolina Convicts (By ART SHIELDS, Federated Press) jyEW YORK—(FP)—The mo3t fusal to work, or other infraction sensational story of brutality of tlio rules laid down by such to convict workers yet told in IS26 superintendent for the governing comes from North Carolina where of tho chain gang, by whipping Supt. N. C. Cranford of the Stanley such prisoner or prisoners with a County Convict system, in charge single ply strap, striking him not of prison labor on the roads, has more than twenty licks, ln such been Indicted for the murder of manner as not to inflict serious two Negro prisoners. Such meager damage on the body of the pris- attention was given this in the cap- oner or prisoners. "This order," italist press that the Federated says the investigating committee, Press obtained the official report "was made In compliance with of the North Carolina state board Chapter 330, Public-Local Laws of charities investigating commit- 1923." Boss Ditches Company Japanese Farmer and Union That Hesitated City Workers Unite tee on whose evidence the indictments were based. G. D. Troutman, chairman of the road commission, told an In- The report shows such horrible vestigator of the Charities Board conditions that the assertion is that he was satisfied as long as safe that part at least of the hard the men received the same, treat- surface highway system North -ment as the mules. Both he and Carolina motor clubs boast of was County Attorney W. E. Smith built with blood. said "the only way to appeal to The two Negroes were beateh A nigger ls through his hide." with a hickory stick and the Convict laborers are either stick was throats of Subscribe to the Advocate. Refuses to Murder and Gets Arrested rammed down the worked directly under county su- each till the blood pervlsion or farmed out to road came, their deaths occurring soon contractors. The contractors get after. county prisoners for as little as Another Negro done to death 50° a day-depending on the is Henry Wooten, who was drag- Prlce fixe« ** the commissioners, ged by his chains behind a truck, s'ate Prisoners, at last reports, then stoned by the boss and flog- fetcn *2 a day- ged almost daily till he died in several weeks. The skin over ankles, legs and buttock were burst with flogging. These murders were incidents in a series of hundreds of beatings, the report shows. Affidavits tell of men strung up by the wrists, of a Ne- gT. LOUIS—(FP)—"After what gro hung by the heels over joists i endured and learned 'over there,' for two hours; of Cranford stick- j wouldn't wear the uniform ing his knife Into men's sides and again. What fools men are to over their eyes and of innumer- kill people for money." This was able beatings. Victor Saff, 30, a laborer, conver- North Carolina laws expressing- sing with a St. Louis army rely authorize the lashing of road cruiting officer. He was promptly gang prisoners. Thus that com- haled before Police Judge Roscan, monwealth must bear Its share where he was compelled to kiss of the responsibility. the American flag. The St. Louis The convict superintendent was" Post-Dispatch remarks, "It Is dif- glven written authorization by the ficult to imagine what would have Stanley county road commission- happend to this 'dangerous* la- ers to apply "reasonable corpor- borer had he been caught reading al punishing for disobedience, re- article 1 t>f the bill of rights!" (BY ART SHIELDS) NEW YORK—(FP)—A company union that failed because it did not cut wages deeply enough to suit the boss! It took the worker's shirt but the boss wanted his skin too. It happened in the south where even company unionism was not conservative enough for the employer. The story Is laid In the fifteen of the biggest stocking concern in the country, the Durham Hosiery Co. at Durham, N.C. The tale of the rise and fall of the Durham "plan of co-operation" is told in the Story of Durham, a $3 clothbound book, financed by the Durham chamber of commerce and published from the press of Duke university, the institution that got the $40,000,000 endowment of Tobacco Duke last year. This company union was for whites only. The plants having Negro workers were left out. It started in 1919 and died in 1921.. In 1921 the management asked for a big wage reduction. The union agreed to 25 per cent. And here the company union fell. The management ordered a 42 per cent, cut, over the company's head and the plan of co-operation collapsed, The rest of the story ls given— not in the book—by the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, affiliated with the United Textile Workers' Union. In 1921, the union says, only small reductions were made by the northern mills and the latter were still paying twice what the Durham firm paid before the cut. Finally the Durham workers saw the need of a real union, and last summer the Marvin Carr plant of Durham Hosiery, its biggest plant where full fashioned hosiery is made, was shut down by a strike for union recognition. The workers had been averaging only $20 a week and they were amazed at union strike relief of $16 a week. The strike was won but the company violated its agreement and another strike Is now in effect. Send in your subscription today. NBW YORK—(FP)—The labor demands of the Farmer-Labor Party of Japan—organized December 1, at a convention of thirty- four labor organizations—give an idea of the rights the Japanese workers have not got.- Lewis Gannett, writing from Osaka for The Nation, tells of the birth of the movement and its platform. The Peasant's union was the leading affiliated body and others were the stewards, the pottery workers, the mechanics, the miners, the Tokio streetcar workers and government workers and others. The right to organize and strike heads the labor planks. Others include the right to collective bargaining, tho 44-hour week and 8- hour day; the 6-hour day with 33 hours weekly for miners and the 6-hour day with 30 hours for workers under 18; abolition of night work and underground work for b„oys under 16 and for women; a minimum wage law; equal pay regardless of sex, race or age for similar work; abolition of contract labor; the apprentice system; health and accident insurance; state subsidies for unemployed; control of employment agencies by labor unions; revision of factory, mine and seamen's laws. Unrestricted suffrage for al) over 20—mon and women—Is demanded; a , share in farm management for tenant farmers; state support of aged and pregnant women; abolition of anti-labor education in primary schools and extension of free primary education is called for. These demands did not suit the Japanese government. Dissolution of the party was ordered, three hours after, its birth. Police had already searched every ope entering the convention* hall and 200 policemen attended the sessions. The demands of the party —as incorporated ln the platform --■had been greatly modified before final adoption but this did not halt government opposition. The Japanese Federation of Labor, following a right and left wing split, did not officially endorse the new party, unions taking such action directly, BARRISTERS Bird, Bird & Lefeaux, 401 polltan Bldg.' BATHS Vancouver Turkish <* Baths, P| Bldg., 744 Halting* St W. BICYCLES BASKINS A ELLIOTT, 100 Strut W. Th* brat maku tf V_ on easy termi. BOOTS AND SHOES Arthur Frith & Co., 2813 Maif BOOTS (LOGGING) H. Harvey, 68 Cordova St. C-\FE Empire Cafe, 76 Hastings St.j chiropractor Db. d. a. hcmillan, pa Graduate. Open daily and ev 683 Hastings Street West, eor. ville Street. Phone Sey. 6954. DENTIST Dr. W. J. Curry, S01 Domlij Bldg. DRUGS Red Star Drug Store, Cor. dova and Carrall. FLORISTS Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd., 41 tings St E. GLASS glazing, silvering, bevelll western gla88 oo. ltd., Cordova St. W., few doom wei' Woodward's. Sey. 8687. Wholesale, retail window glass. HOSPITAL BETTER BE SAFE THAN SOBRl Grandvlew Hoipltal—Medical, id teal, maternity. 1090 Victoria Db High. MT. MEN'S FURNISHINGS W. B. Brummitt, 18-20 Cord! Street. Arthur Frith & Co., 2313 Main. MEN'S SUITS C. D. Bruce Ltd., Homer and . Ings Streets. W- B. Brummitt, 18-20 Cord| Street. MUSIC XriOLINS ADJUSTED, VOICED, _. V paired, by expert. Will Idanj 965 Robson St. Sey. 20(4. OPTICIAN Pitman Optical House, 615 Ings West. PAINT AND 8-PLY PANEL* Gregory & Reid, 117 Hasty Street East. TOBACCOS Mainland Cigar Store, 310 Carf Street. FOR SALE CITY OP VANCOUVER Tenders for Fire Equipme TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED nd 12 o'clock Tuesday, February for the purchase of three horae-dn Waterouse-fire engines and other eg; ment, which can le examined byl plying at my of/Ice. Tender for whole or any part thereof can be mitted. Terms cash, JAMES STUART, Purchasing Agen City of Vancouver, February 8, """ NONE BUT WHITE HE] EMPLOYED AND '■ \WOODi NONE BUT WHITE HEI . EMPLOYED lay, February 5, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE *wzm Page Three - - POLITICS - - \&c Peace Meet to Lssemble at Honolulu W. FRANCIS AHERN) iLBOURNE, Australia.— -Steps are being taken by federal Executive of the Aus- [n Labor Party to convene a pacific Conference, to be held pnolulu in the third week in |mber, 1926. The object of Conference is to promote a understanding among the bordering on- the Pacific, |cting Its future peace. general secretary of the htive (Mr. D. McNamara) is [sending out invitations to all rnized industrial organizations ke countries bordering on the flic, as well as other organiza- interested in the question eace, asking them to appoint gates, also to submit propos- Lo be placed on the agenda kiscussion. It is expected that esentatlves will be appointed the industrial organizations Ithe United States, Canda, [a, J%pan, India, Honolulu other countries adjacent pto. Among other bodies from lt is proposed to send dele- Is the institute of Pacific |ions, which held a similar erence in the middle of 1925; Peru Sends Thousands To Vote in Plebiscite --INDUSTRY-- Indian Mothers Drug Class Justice Felt Babies to Get to Work By German Workers ARICA, Chile,—A rather unusual feature, to say the least, of the plebiscite to be held in the Tacna-Arica district to determine whether the region shall belong to Chile or to Peru, ls the wholesale importation of Peruvians, said to be natives of the territory, into the region ln order to vote that it shall belong to Peru. Claude E. Guant, an American, formerly attached to the. U. S. consular service, has the contract from the Peruvian government for operating the commissariat at great camps where Imported Peruvians are to be sheltered while voting ln the plebiscite. Agents of Peru have been ln New Tork contracting for supplies for the large camps, one of which is expected to house a possible 6,000 voters. RUSSIA A conferenece of representatives of Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Esthonia and France, is being held ln Moscow, to discuss the establishment of direct passenger and freight service between the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts via the U. S. S. R. The railway distance from Tokyo to Berlin is 14,000 kilometers, and if the plan goes' through it will be the longest direct railway connection in the world. [man Fascist Paper ikes Last Appearance J3RLIN—The German news- |r "Volkische Kurier," which Ithe organ of General Luden- t, has made its last appear- |ls paper has supported an ex- nationalist policy, which is jly allied to fascism, and its re is a sign of the decline of bndorffsf fascist-monarchist ement. J a last editorial the "Kurier" Its that its extinction is only (beginning of the collapse of , nationalist press generally, [to bad economic conditions Ithe consequent rise of the lers' parties and press. Population Increasing Very Rapidly in Japan TOKYO.—Since the last census, five years ago, the population has (increased 764,000 annually ln Japan proper, Including South Saghallen and Formosa, but excluding Korea. This increase is due to the increasing * birth rate and not immigration, the government service announces. The total population is now 59,736,704, according to the governemnt census. When Korea with its 18,- 000,000 ls added, it brings the population in the Nippon empire to 80,000,000. In 1024, according to the official statistics, there were 1,988,520 births ln Japan proper—one every fifteen seconds. There were approximately 1,200,000 deaths that year—the living gaining on the dying by one every six minutes. ESTHONIA The trial of the Pernov trade union leaders, who were arrested in 1924, has ended with Jan Pik- kur being sentenced to eight years, Laas to six years, and the others to four years at hard labor. Among other counts, the prisoners were accused of "anti-state" propaganda in the trade unions, and of participation in the December insurrection. BOMBAY, India.—At a meeting of the Bombay Municipal corporation it was brought out that many working women drug their babies with opium before going to work, so that the babes will be quiet. The report of the medical relief committee on this matter was adopted, but no steps will be taken to eradicate this evil as the council declares that any legislation along the line of prevention "would be premature" and would be' "resented as unnecessary interference with a prevailing practice that would deprive them of the opportunity of earning bread." No attempts are made to see to it that the heads of the family are able to earn enough so that working class mothers would not have to work and drug their babes to keep, quiet while they are away. German Labor Suffers Under Democrat Rule ITALY Italians living abroad who make utterances or commit acts considered harmful to the welfare of Italy will be liable to punishment by the mother country, it was made clear with the announcement that the king would sign the bill covering this subject. The senate passed the bill by a vote of 101 to 6. »,'-* *\ BERLIN.—In the short period from November 1 to December 5 of the past year German class justice sentenced fifty-three workers to a total of 47 years hard labor and 28 years of prison. Apart from that 7,000 marks in fines were handed out. New proceedings were started against 87 revolutionary workers, most of whom are in prison. Accusations are raised for the possession of prohibited literature, high treason, distribution of seditious literature, taking away of a facist flag, resistance against the state power, rebellion, collection of money for the Red Front Fighters' Union, blasphemy (that in the 20th century!) and infringement of the notorious law for the protection of the republic. The worker Kokken of Neu- kolin near Berlin ls accused of unlawfully pretending to occupy an official position, because he acted in the role of- a police officer in a proletarian theatrical performance. SWITZERLAND The Socialist Party pf Switzerland has emerged from the elections to the National Assembly, which have just taken- place, with great success. With 49 (instead) of 43) deputies it registers the strongest gain of all parties and has become the second strongest group in the National Assembly. BERLIN.—A typical case of German class justice is reported from Weimar, Thuringia, A worker named Ffannstiel had been sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment for Insulting the reichs- wehr. In place of serving his sentence he was permitted to pay a fine of 200 marks. The worker died before he could pay the fine. The money was then demanded from his wife who had no income and whose only posession was furniture her husband had left. The police demanded this. The wife tried to save her last bit of property by asking to serve the sentence* in prison. The court, however, refused to allow that and the property was taken away from this working woman, on behalf of the people! lth African Bosses ! Enact Color Bar Bill JPB TOWN, South Africa.— • assembly here passed the treading of the government's bar bill by a vote of 54 to (The government's color bar lor the Union of South Africa Ides industrial seregation, Ithe gradual extinction of the junentary franchise now held tie natives. industrial segregation es would' limit the natives Krtain unskilled work in in- |les and would not allow to become skilled workers, Filipino Masons Seek Freedom for Islands Stay at the )TEL STRATFORD |The Plaoe Called Home oner GORE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phone Sey. 8121 [GIOVANDO, JOHN THA |00 Elegantly Furnished Rooms. I Rooms with Private Bath Moderate Prices IRST-CLASS SERVICE MANILA.—At a mass meeting here the Filipino members of the lodge of masons passed a resolution ln favor of independence for the Phlllippine Islands. The organization, it was announced, will send a large delegation to the United States to preach the doctrine of independence to fellow masons. Following the passing of the independence resolution, the American members of the masons withdrew from the meeting. The resolution, which was sponsored and passed by the Filipino members, did not meet with the approoal of the Americans, lt was announced. i IRELAND President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State Republic was forced v leave a meeting at Rathmines under police protection owing to the hostility of his auditors. During the speech which the Irish leader was unable to finish, he was subjected to severe heckling. Alaskans Threaten to Secede from U. S. JAPAN In Bioto, Japan, over thirty students of the juridical faculty have been arrested allegedly on account of participation in the socialist movement. All arrested are members of the society for the study of social sciences. HAMMOND, La^—(FP)— Labor agents will be sent to El Paso, Texas, for Mexican labor to harvest the spring strawberry crop as the Mexicans will accept less wages than the Negroes and poor whites. Governor Henry Fuqua, elected by the help of union labor, "could see nothing detrimental in the plan." NORWAY The reports from the country's official employment agencies as of October 15, 1925, show a large increase in the number of unemployed, and indicate that the number at present is twice as large as at the same time last year. ANCHORAGE, Alaska.—Dissatisfaction with the refusal of congress to enlarge the powers of the territory of Alaska has resulted in a' possible movement of secession from the United States by Alaskans, it has been reported here. This movement, which was begun through the medium of an- cnymous letters, was at first treated as a joke but according to the latest reports it has gained considerable headway. Those who sponsor the movement ask that the United States relinquish Alaska and territorial waters and withdraw all future governmental expenditures. The secessionists advocate a government similar to that of Denmark with the provisio that a president must be the ruler. Esthonian Peasants Framed by Fascists REVAL, Esthonia.—The trial of a group of peasants accused "of expressing their readiness" to aid insurgents has ended in prison terms at hard labor for the peasants. The trial is a result of prevarications by the local fascists and secret service agents, who appeared at the trial as witnesses. The accused were sentenced to three to four years' at hard labor. Simultaneously the case of the peasant Reinson living on the outskirts of Reval Was investigated. He was accused of "that ln December last he was seen near his cottage with a stranger." Due to the* fact that the prisoner has relatives who participated in the December insurrection, the secret service agents testified that "this stranger was no other than the rebel, for whom they were looking" The sentenced Reinson to three years at hard labor. SPAIN A royal decree of the Presidency of the Military Directory, dated November 3, 1925, grants a further but temporary subsidy to the Spanish coal-mining industry. Advertisers are helping us. Reciprocate by buying from them, and tell them you saw lt ln the Advocate. Ont Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries .rown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 8—STOBES-S lBMtln|S St. But, Isy. tll-678 465 OranvlU* Itreet Sey. M1S-1S91 itl Button Street Weet. Bey. 1370 "SAT XT WITH IXOWBM" CHILE The Antofagasta-.Bollvia Railway company has settled salary differences with its employes by granting increases ranging from 25 to 35 per cent, of the present salaries. NEW YORK—(FP)—New York Central railroad refuses to grant railway shopcrafts demands for wage increases. The union workers asked 6 cents an hour more pay and time and a half on Sundays and holidays. World United Front Of Potash Magnates NEW YORK — (PF) — French and German potash mining interests have united to control the world market and assist each other in strikes. Le Cornel, an Alsatian magnate gives the international anti-labor program away in an interview with Isaac Ma> cos,*:on, in the Saturday Evening Post, as folllows: "One value of the pact must be emphasized. It lies in insurance against labor troubles. If the German potash workers go on strike, there will always be the French supply to fall back on and thus there cannot be a potash shortage." Chinese "Aid Society" Helps Wounded Victims SHANGHAI.—The "Aid Society," recently organized in Shanghai, is more and more increasing Its field of activity. At the conference of eighty delegates held in Shanghai, about fifty labor organizations were represented. The trade union organs, especially the Council of Trade Unions in Shanghai, has most actively participated ln the work of the "Aid Society." The "Aid Society" already embraces 3,000 individual members, and in the near future and enrollment of from two to five thousand and more is expected. Already a few hundred prisoners and their families have received aid. The wounded victims of the imperialist slaughter ln China are being taken care of. The "Aid Society" has likewise instituted a most energetic educational campaign, having published up to the present time over 100,- 000 copies of mass literature. Pass this copy to your shopmate and get him to subscribe. SAN FRANCISCO — (FP) — Blaming the Industrial Association, the Molders' Union has ended the armistice of'two months and the strike of union molders against the openshop plan in San Francisco will continue. The union claims the association has tried to oust union molders from stove foundries as well as from casting shops. _■___ \__\_\ Page Four THS CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Friday, Febriiai-y S,i OPEN FORUM fedlkritd fatcp, QUESTION BOX, Address All Letters and Remittances to the Editor 3Hp. Catraftfatt ffiairor Aitowafr 1120 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Phone Sey. 2132 $2 A YEAR $1 SIX MONTHS :: Capitalism- :: Weekly Pageant Rally to the Aid of the Miners* THE recent conviction and sentencing of Kid Burns and Lam- 1 i. T> - - .» • ■* ■ Last Year's Swag bert Renners is of more than passing interest to the work- DROFITS, profits and mbre pro ..._,,_,, , , ,,„ ■*■ fit* ■ttlelttU A*., tt,u et~«~»sU o Jlse n.*r I'nntiHd 'lit*,.. «*„*.—. s-- PRE crown jewels of Rus- ing elass of Canada. The severe sentence given the former x sia have hud a particularly is not a matter for doleful headshaking, and Dseudo-nhil- i ..,,......._...,,..,.,■ Asnnpiallv dur- _.■ i"- _._ ,. i#bcuuu j[iuu- wun corporation statements ror »»»'»««i™ •"»«""« "» £ T^ST^^Si" 0S°PhlCal UtteranCeS regarding the wrongs of the working 1925 which belle the claim that appeal to its members to. ing the past few years, xiiey »»-. o 8 hmir'a n»v Tho Am»i»on Clothing Union Seel Aid for Coal Stf i| NEW YORK — (FP) — Tl ands of dollars are expects fits. Edch day the financial P°ur ln for rellef o£ anth^ sebtions df the press are filled mlne strikers in response t with corporation statements for Amalgamated Clothing Wo] (By Leland Olds, Federated Press) been sold several hundred times, class. The $25.00 fine imposed on the latter means something ?Qr°f maf ns are mowing. " ££" 0™o 'SU^SJSLi Revolutions have been fomented m0re than can be expressed in money terms Both case. It P7 "8 are narrow' nothine S£t£TV«1 SI _. ._,_. ,„«.«.<!« aa weU as Boi- » , ." "wuey terms, iiottl cases short of excess war profits will tribution, to the steel strlkel ir^sLTdi^ ifevery are *extrem« ^tance to the Canadian Labor move- of the world, -"lent, because both constitute a direct body blow-calculated 1919. The call to the 141 satisfy the voracious profiteers. nook and corner of the worm. 1 —uDC utnu ouusuiura-a direct DOdy blow calculated U" S' Steel ,S jUSt 0Ut wlth its ft**'* .c,othl"er workers to- even Lenln when he was alive, KjA bUrnS peoo'd m the La°°r movement is that of a daunt- months °f "^B. This brings the "The struggle of the coal was alleged'to be casting covetous less fighter, whose courageous stand on behalf of his class has year's vtom o£ Gary's trust t0 ers ls the struggle ot the minds saturated -»vitli a desire for tne Mar and natred of the mme Owners. For almost two war 8ave the steel barons an un- ident Sidney Hillman. "The wealth could conceive has been years he has been denied employment, the operators hODmff <™?led owwrt,unitjr to rook era' organization has done laid at the door of those who were to starve him into submission. BeinK unsuccessful in thif ?,?„?" ***?? Vl TT ^ *° bring abo,ut a ftlen in. lit to have charge of the i . ..,.*. "«"«"• Jjciug uubuccessiui in IMS, have been exceeded only twice-in But every proposal which prd TZlT But sad to relate a few he 1S nOW bein8 &ot "d of by other means. He is not being the corporation's history. ed the integrity of the unioni jailed beeause he is a worker, nor because he is a tr*.-.* The 192? p_*ofIt means a re" 'ie-iected by the employers.' nnin-niat W !._„.,.,.__. V. • I _, • • turii of *l2-82 a sliare 0n the man blames anthracite operl imionist, but because he is a trade unionist who fights on *580,ooo,ooo common stock. This for employing "every devicl behalf of his class against the forces of reaction. -common stock oHginaiiy repre- lobbying to km* the projected; gems. But sad to months ago the jewels wore "discovered" carefully locked up in Moscow. Trotsky hadn't even got away with one for a stick pin. * * » T^ROM PLOUGHS to pearls ls a long jump, but nevertheless a relationship exists between the use ■RpnnprB' noon ii „,... .«_,....-. __ • ■ . . . serited no real investment. Its val- quiry into the industry prop1 Kemiers case_is one involving permission to picket. We uetoday is entirely due to the re- by Governor Pinchot to the the word "permission" advisedly, because capitalism investment df exorbitant profits ih nsyivania legislature, permits the workers no "rights" except those they take' I>revlous year!' two. ™° }»^* ™™*T^. ^ the,conviction of Renners the alleged right of Can- Bethlehem steel's 1925 profit Patronize our advertisers. * . , 1= ._ ti.„f .up fi0i. ,. — a"-* "S"» ■***■ van- neuuenem nieeis lvnts prom IhiriLn^ coning them in- adian workers to Picket a ^ruck job has vanished iH smoke. a~ted to mm-M*. Thii, is oilo^hs, harrows and tractors. What ate we of the working class going to. do about it? an "Sf«? S*«E ,5'!!0'000 F„r the first time in author pa. Shall it belaid that we sat idly by and allowed those-in STJ2J! fZtot .SmS JTSSISSTproSd^ the forefront of the fight to be railroaded to the peni- ^^^^^d^:R,r* UNION DIRECTOR] ALLIED PBINTINO TRADES COI _. *-—Mttti sieond Monday In tht theTatesTste^'is^r; -^M tentiary, and one of the few privileges we formerly had to StL^.*ZS?jSf^ S^ W.IT-'™*™ than its predecessor*—which, of be taken away without even voicing a protest? Zs"irrieirhlS^ ^ ^.^ ™™« *» **■■■&** movement can take being used to foment revolution part in this fight in some way. Funds can be raised to ap- are about to be exchanged for peal the verdict, aiid to take care of the dependents of our ■ i, _._._ 1_*_ ___ l_ni\lnf1l1'Elt1_G I It _ * FEDERATED LABOR PARTY- 111, IIS P«nd« St. W«lt. Btf mettingi ltt and 8rd Wtdniidsy Infi. R. H. Nielandi, Ohtlrmtn; Morriion, Seo.*Tr»n.; Angni Maa the money the public pays for their products. The return per share on common stock is reckoned at $5.30. But this understates the return on 8544 Prino* Edwsrd' Streit, Vine American farming Implements. In -ml11.isnnpiq Mm'A„ mi, 2 ^r^uVu,D ui „u, original investment. In 1917 Beth- B'Si7^".XBdingBXUKiumbl American tan ng ^^ ^. ^ imprisoned comrades. The powers that be can be flooded lehem steei declared a 200 per urm/ in_ormi.tioh » Mcttrmr opt «We jewels may pass into the with resolutions of protest, and the general populace can ctent stock diV,dena t0 bover UD iy *-_-_*-* w^hCp»b^cl.l,', bands oe New Yortt society dam-.s ))e shakm ^ of ^ indiff and ma(Je aware ^TST SSTUt «*S ^rT£tl&^%i nothing is said about th.-n «,!,, ^^^ rf ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^.^ ^ ^ ^.^ JJ*^ J*^^ ^ gfc, Bay^w»»0. be dbne, and in which we can all take a part. ital stock- *h® ^lotitB 6t ^ m..u iico'ntt ThnnW ototj -wt««i.«„„ .an/. j- trr.-T.ss . .- three years 1916-1918 totaled In Holdra Building. Pruidsnt, J. 1 Workers of the Canadian West: Rally to the aid of your three tiLs the par value of the 7**d®&£&S'?>a capital stock in 1916. OIVIO EMPLOYEES' UNION, Reckoned on the original in- 28—MeeU fint tnd third Vrldi vestment the 1925 profit means a * ^BlL"5RHtT-t&] _^^__^___ ________^^^__^ return of nearly 16 per cent. No Chtrlei St.; tecMtary-trt»iM»r, wonder Charlie Schwab booms op- Harriion, "M -Parker St. was never a strong point among the gentlemen who *imism. P*™}0}**1*' mutual protec UNION, Looal 145, A. W. of 1 Mooti ln O.W.V.A. Hill, Siymoaj P»ndir_ Struti, leeond _ Sandey nothing blood spattered, • • « rvNE of the signs ot Babbitlsm is the knack of converting pleasure, scientific research, or what not Into boosting for one's home town. Tho real Babbitt never misses an oportunlty of doing this. When the recent radio test week was on the Dally Province boasts I OGIC persecuted comrades! Importing Men to Starve that onc of the things broadcasted ***** follow politics for a living, and this is especially true IZJtXT^lZ TLZ «* *l ^Tfied real-estate vendors and police court touts who hold the fort at Ottawa. Replying io a question in the House of Commons rcard- pROMOTERSwhoekeoutapre- *j advertisement aPPearing in Briti8h Papera t0°the --- ,- - - «— v, __-_„«., * carious existence by offering ettect that immigrants Coming into Canada were guaranteed available for dividends on the »t Roomi 6, « and T, Flsek Bi r,mT»ln„mQ«+ ♦_._. ~.„:„.^_ ._• j ■__, ,~, ~ JlOODOOOftft -.nnltnl Htnnlr Th)« If* _nt**l**\ .BiT**t .V" .T*n•0UT, per was that "Vancouver da's Gateway". What a gem for Sinclair Lewis to chew over! * » » Educating the public to an in- oreased us. of bananas Is in a &~j£$*2j&£ » & class with steel as a producer of ttl Nelion itreet; finsnolid ieed W. E. WiUiimi, ttl Nelion itre^ profits. Fruit Co 218,015 For 1926 the United reports a profit of $26,- Of this $22,646,880 was geniier, P. Plet'oher. 891 Nelion THE FED ERATED 8EAFA_| UNION OF CANADA—Headqd stock. This Tel. Soy. 1891. Preildent, Robert ' employment to those who win pur- employment, the minister of immigration (Chas Stewart. ,100'000'000 ^tai niin«n n share In their business ap- .... A .•>„. ., _,„., „ ' exceeds the 1924 profit by more Vioe-Preiident, David OlUeiple; , CX«1Z IL on evi. days. tated that «» railway companies guarantee employment than $6,00*1,000 and gives the B3fl« g"^ A sliort time nl?o the victim had U> lor "Ve years, and that the immigrants were to be placed owners $22.64 a share. But taking street, Vlotoris, B.O. Phone nor into account ,the 100 per cent. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. stock dividend of 1921 it appears Preildent, R. P. Pettipiece; Tie] that the profit really is over 45 «£*- E°; |; *££$ g£*B| cough up at least several hundred on farms. One wonders whether the C. P. R. is going to ^S SPiSS bT'S e»Pl°y *em on farms, or has Thornton gone into the poul- these business gentlemen havo dc try business to help make the C. N. R. pay? generated to Mm level of the fit- Stewart also informed his questioner that a number of the teen cent f *««u£ V^ "^ immigrants are to be sent to the Maritime provinces, vertlsement in the tiaiiy press r per cent, on the stockholders' investment. United Fruit handles 62 per cent, of the bananas imported in reads: "Young man wanted for manufacturing business; $40 required." A whole factory for forty "plunks". Verily tho halt is getting bigger, and the fish smaller. Meets lest Sanday of Mok montk p.m. in Holden Building, 16 Heitli PRINOE RUPERT TYPOQRAPIj UNION. No. 411—Preildent, Meedoneld; iioroUry-troiinrer, - -- - 669. Hoot] The Royal Commission which recently investigated the* to the country, its 1926 total be- gKXS* do-Amon"' Nova Scotia coal industry recommended among other things :!ng ,';,",B" ^"-f^l ^tth ,'t8 ' ., , ,, ..,,,, 6 huge holdings in South America that one thousand miners should be permantly discharged, it is one of the big factors in the Things at present are topsy-turvy. Men build palatial houses, and themselves, live ln shanties. Oompies Directory of Hate CLEVELAND—(FP) —William Frew Long, boss of Cleveland's THE CANADIAN xBahnr Kbvm Wtth WMch It Incorporated THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FBI TIOMIST PUBLISHED EVERT PRIDJl By tho Labor Pntlithlng Od Bnalneu and Editorial Offiel 1129 Howo St. as the demand for coal was insufficient to keep them all development of the American Em working. A week ago the members of the House of Com- :plre' mons put in a whole day discussing "the acute distress existing among the coal miners of Nova Scotia." The chief They fact brought out in the discussion was that hundreds of create costly fabrics and costumes, families were ^ a state of destitution because no work was* ,0Pensh°P crew, is compilling a list and wear slop-made fustian. They .... ... ..... , of "nationally known persons ob- produce tho finest of viands and available. Meantime, Canadian emigration Statistics show noxlous t0 me... The flrst three The CansdUn Lsbor Advocate It foods, and others enjoy them. The that hundreds of families are trying to leave the Maritime candidates are: Jane Addams, Paul B*Ct^JSfftb^^£m;nfTto^ system is assess «.« ^jo^ p.,ovinces &r the stateg because of memvhymeat Blanshard and Harry F. Ward. ~~; g= ^^ ] SeL inZend't'.18 '"Sane- What are these men and women being brought into Canada CLEVBLAND_ (FP)_,,he »ir,N2iV'i^«f . for? To starve? Apparantly that is the only answer. If more stuPid people are the easier ES'^.,!^ bod7, 16° P"l The right arm of Labor Is a sufficient employment can not be obtained for those already they are influenced by advertising Member Tho Federated Preu and strong press. Add power te^hte here ^ gituation ig not ukel tQ be imgianA by bringing ill t0 buy tn,ngs they don,t Want and _ Brituh Labor Prew arm by subscribing to THE CAN- " •* job ,don.t „( _^_-________«r_. ADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE. "">!«• ■ -• ■-- CiaB_fflSa«D« need," the Cleveland Advertising Club was told. Way, February 5, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE The Week at Ottawa Profit Lust Murders 9 Bituminous Miners Building Trades Whack Textile Bosses' Thugs J. S. WOODSWORTH, M.P.) IEMBERSHIP in the House of Commons involves more sac- ce for those resident in the than for those in the east, stern men reckon on being tty from home for five or six a In the year. This means ph extra expense, much dlfiicul- provldlng for the needs of wives and children, and in (litlon, a very serious break in [lness of professional arrange- nts. Many of the eastern mentis can fit in their parliamentary Lies without seriously dlsarrang- their home or business life, ey can leave the House Friday jmlng and spend the week-end home returning perhaps late Monday evening. If there is extra business to be attended ' they can probably arrange to ke an extra day away. In this |>y, they spend in reality only out half the time in the capital. ' the arrangements of the House, i order to suit the convenience the easterners, little important Isiness is done on Friday or on pnday. Th6 westerners, unable ► get away, must more or less krk time during these days, and I addition are tied to Ottawa dur- the numerous holidays, which [lebec members consider should ..kept by parliament. MISS MacPhail in Toronto Df course, many of the west- aers take advantage of the week- ds to visit outside points. Last fek, Miss Macjphail and I had Baking engagements in Toronto i the Woman's International (ague for Peace and Freedom. 3s Macphall gave a strong ad- ess from which we give a few tracts: ['Many of ils have to house-clean minds. And when we do it Jot of the pictures will have to \ changed." I'Our task today is to free youth pm the prejudices and hatreds heavier burdens upon the Canadian National and hence upon the people at large. Advantage was taken of the discussion by the Progressives to urge protection as the only remedy. Again the whole NEW TORK—(FP)—Following the death of 91 miners—65 of them Negroes—in the terrible dust explosion of the Degnan-*MeCon- nell mine in Okla., the American engineering standards committee informed the public that (By ART Federated question arises as to the morality thirds of all fatal accidents in the of taxing the whole people in the bituminous coal industry are pre- interests of one particular section, ventable lf well established safety In this particular case there is the methods are employed, added objection, that the protec- Of dust explosions the engineers tion .would apparently be in the said: "Sufficient investigation and interests of a great corporation experimentation has shown that with no guarantee whatever that the employes would be materially benefitted. *•»*..«.:,., A "Progressive Caucus The Progressives are introducing all sorts of innovations. One morning this week they Invited the Labor members to join them in their caucus room to meet with the members from the maritime provinces to hear from them an account of their rights and wrongs. It was rather curious to find both Liberal and Conservative westerners sitting side by side to present their common case. The discussion cut right across party lines, and in the course of an hour and a half there was more real sense talked than usually is heard in days in the House Itsolf. Where men are not talking for publication or talking as a means of carrying on party warfare, It is astonishing how quickly they can get down to business—Surely a rather sad commentary on Parliament itself when men must leave the Chamber and go into a private room in order to find ont from each other what they are really thinking and devize some practical measures of meeting the real needs which all must recognize. A gathering of this kind N©W Yoi'k WoiUeil Seek is very significant as showing the new spirit which has begun to show itself, and which, if developed, may make great changes in the public life of Canada, catastrophies due to coal mine explosions can be prevented by the simple expedient of spreading rock dust thickly enough to cause an incipient coal dust explosion to die out rather than to travel through the atmosphere." The publicity given this authoritative statement is causing New York union men who have been closely following the coal situation to ask of the Oklahoma catastrophe, 'Was It murder?" Are the lives of nonunion miners so cheap that na precautions need be taken? No precautions had apparently been taken. A telegram to the president of the United Mine Workers from McAlester, Okla., read at the anthracite scale committee meeting in Hazleton, Pa., said the use of green, inexperienced men was responsible for the disaster. The green, inexperienced men had been brought into the Held in the operator movement for the open shop and the 1917 scale. In this general Oklahoma movement injunctions were freely used and a sheriff went so far as to forbid strikers from holding prayer meetings. SHIELDS, ^^^^^ Press) PASSAIC, N.J.—Heavy handed union painters and plumbers of Passaic turned the tables on a bunch of gangsters who rushed two into Amalgamated Clothing Workers' headquarters to beat up Organizer Wertheimer and an associate. The building tradesmen, who were meeting in another hall in the same building, rushed into the fray and aent the gangsters out on their ears, very much the worse for wear, say observers. The Passaic labor movement has gotten behind the Amalgamated well. After the police had rounded up a group of pickets and1 Police Judge Davidson had sentenced four with*the warning that "Labor Agitators will not be tolerated in Passaic," a committee ot building trades men waited on Chief Friescal and said that would, not do at all. And a group of rank and file carpenters went on the picket line. Priescal took the tip and pickets for the time being are not being molested by the police and after a thug attacked a picket Judge Davidson, with an ear to the political wind, took a turn about and sentenced him to thirty days. H. NEIL Hand Made Loggers' and Seamen's Boots 13E LONSDALE AVENUE NORTH VANCOUVEB Pbone 1181 AUTOMOBILES We Have Soma Good Bays lu GUARANTEED USED OAKS MC Cash Paymenta As Low As *ft(iO PATTISON MOTORS Ltd. Phone Sey. 7405 136 6 OranviUe St. Vancouver Turkish Baths Will Core Your Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis or Bail OolA MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 741 Hastlngi St. W. Phone Sey. 2070 SPEED! ■THE voice currents used •*• in long-distance telephoning travel from 8,000 to 178,000 miles per second. B. C. Telephone Company GREENVILLE, Miss.—(FP)— Because J. E. Banskin engaged Negro help from a neighboring plantation at an advance of a few dollars a week a justice of peace assessed a fine of $50 and costs. Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BABEISTEES, SOLICITORS, ETO. 401-408 Metropolitan Building 837 Hastings St, W., Vancouver, B.O. Telephones: Seymour 6666 and 6667 48-Hour Work Week 1 age." "Three great bodies are saying ring things about these matters abor, Farmers and the Church- put them in that order know- I do «o." [tense—who in ^^^^^^^ we to be defended against: [ixico, Cuba, the Eskimos?" "Cadets! Who in this audience I coward enough to get up and he wants to train a 14-year-old to defend him?" "You can't pour children Into educational mold—education hst be molded for the children." f'How many parents ever read * * » The Line Up As the debate goes on there is little change manifested in the general situation. The question of the possibilites of co-operative government is still rather proble- 'Fburteen millions for national matlcal. The Progressives and La- heaven's name bor men seem quite determined that under existing circumstances it would be buite impossible to form any sort of a coalition government. • They are attempting, however, to secure some co-operation in a legislative programme. Of course, parties cannot be altogether overlooked. Those who have sat in the House for over four years cannot but realize how public school text books? Just frequently the Liberals have fail- it once!" • ei to live up to their promises. Children like us to tell them Then at the present' time, undoubt- Juat now we are being told that truth—the school books don't edly the government is very weak. we ought to have a strong govel*„_ it." A glance at the government ment, The two-party system is * ' * benches shows the Prime Min- bullt up on the idea that it ig not The Nova Scotia Miners ister's seat empty and a number of safe t0 trust one group o£ men |The regular 6rder of the debate empty benches beside it. Mr. but that there must be a _trong the address* was inferrutped Motherwell and Mr. King have not 0ppOSiUon to hold the government .- .„_ „!,„„,„ „„„„„itv fnr nnv *,. che(jk A str(mg govel.nmenti such as the Conservatives now desire, would be a protectionist government, and apparently one that could flout the will of the great masses of the common people. The weaker is perhaps more amendable to public opinion. The course which lies ahead even during the present session is by no means clear. It is easy to lay down general principles—Ev- NEW YORK— (b'f)—New York women workers are decidedly in favor of a 4S-houi- week law being passed and are indignant that any working woman coudd be induced to appear in AlDany or, in Wasiiington against protective legislation for women workers. Led by Mabel Leslie of the Women's Trade Union league, an active lobby of working women will remain in Aloaiiy uunng the legislative __oSiuu to secure the uiu s passage. Uovei'nor Al Smii-li included the measure in tne Labor programme announced in his annual message to the legislature. haps doubtful experiment of cooperation with the group which under the pressure of circumstances is willing to co-operate. The Party System SHOES You Can Always Do Better at Robinson & Warren Limited 1087 GRANVILLE STREET (Directly Opposite Standard Furniture Ooy.) 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Behind them are a num- [estlons partisan considerations Jided to becloud the real Issues. >wever, it was clearly brought t that the miners were still in almost desperate position, and ttt no real relief was in sight, is a changed attitude on the \:t ot the government, Mr. Stew ber of French Canadian members who during the past four years have shown anything but Progressive tendencies. The Conservative Side But what is the alternative. Look down the Conservative Sickness, The Result of Defective Teeth Dr. W. J. CURRY, Dentist OFFICE: 301 DOMINION BUILDING Phone Sey. 2354 for Appointment T"\OCTORS are now recognizing the relationship between dis- •*"' eased teeth and bad health. Every week or two some physician sends me a patient to have his teoth attondod to, and in tho majority of coses tho doctor's suspicions aro confirmed, and tho health improves when tho Dental needs have beon supplied. , ,. This is natural; good blood depends on good digestion, turn depends on mastication. .,.-*.. *t ,s\ a. Dr. Curry combines Long Experience with most Up*to*Pnto Metnoaa. and this in _ w. v..v ox.- benches! Undoubtedly, there is making the announcemetn that much greater administrative abil- el*y gr0up and every section of Federal Government was pre- Ity In evidence, but as one of the every group may easily quote these ed to assist in helping the min- Progressives remarked: "When I This ls in decided contrast look at these men I feel afraid." m the position which the gov- There Is "Bob" Rogers and Ben_ nment took up a year ago. The immediate question general principles in justification of its action but it is not easy to apply general principles to con- nett and Edwards and Flemming crete situations. All we can say is was and Hanson and Foster and Cahan that the members of the Independ- llth regard to the placing of a —some with records and some ad- |rge order for coal by the Can- mlttedly representing the big in- !lan National Railways in order terests—All uniting with those It give special relief. It was con- about 'ihem in the demand for f.dered by some that Besco was higher protection. aking advantage of the situation Under these circumstances it extort a higher price than seems as If the only course is to ture of our present parliamentary aould be paid and thus throw attempt the very delicate and per- Institutions. ent groups are endeavoring to do their utmost to steer their way through a very difficult channel. If their craft strikes a rock the fault may not He in their lack of skill so much as in the very na- INSIST ON OUR LABEL Vancouver Creamery Butter GUARANTEED FINEST QUALITY Page Six THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, February 5, 192 With the Marine Workers (Conducted by W. II. Donaldson, Secretary Federated Seafarers of Canada.) Notes From the Camps SEAMEN'S ACTIVITIES rvURING the past year efforts •*-"^ were made to combine the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union of Canada, with the Federated Seafarers' Union of Canada, ahd although there seemed to be no advance made in that direction by either body many seamen who are not organized insisted that the negotiations continue and failing an understanding, that a ballot of ail members on board the ships be taken and have figures to present instead of "letters." with the opinion of the seamen in general. The publicity given by "Advocate" of negotiations between the unions was a great help in getting the seamen to speak their minds on this, all important question. The majority of sailors are of the opinion that the amalgamation of the N. S. F. U. of Canada and the F. S. U. of Canada, can still be hrought to a head, and there is every likelihood of the organizations blending to maintain and better the lot of the seamen, which is rapidly becoming worse through no fault of the efforts of the organized. The unorganized and the unemployed must learn that It is to their interests, that they should be organized, in order to improve their conditions.* The Federated Seafarers' seem to be getting a better hold on the seamen of B. C. The step taken by the Federated Seafarers to spread to the eastern ports of Canada is gaining popularity by the members and many have come to the headquarters with donations to finance the matter of opening a branch at either Montreal or St. Johns in the east. During the past year many seafarers have been visited at the hospitals in Vancouver, Victoria, and New Westminster or where it was possible to get to those that were unfortunate to have to go to the hospitals. 281 visits were paid to St. Paul's Hospital and 112 visits to the General, 22 visits were made to the Jubilee Hospital at Victoria, and 8 visits to the St. Joseph at Victoria, 8 visits were made to St. Mary's Hospital at New Westminster. The total Empire Cafe QUALITY COURTESY REASONABLE 76 Hastings East HAROLD DEQG and BOB KHAUSE Lata 54th Batt. ind 72nd Bttt. amount of disbursements to members and seafarers from ships not registered In Canada, was well over two hundred dollars, as well as private donations to members who were particular friends of some members who were in hospital. Several members have passed away. The late Bro. J. Brennan who was verp popular died last February after an illness lasting close on fourteen months. The late Bro. H. Benrodt, died as a result of an accident. The late Benny, as he wa's called by his many friends, was hurt aboard the S. S. Griffco of the Coastwise Steamship and Barge company. The third member to pass away was Bro. Tom Bauldie who died in October of last year. He was one of the pioneers of the Marine Firemen and Oilers' Union of British Columbia (which later developed into the Federated Seafarers' Union of Canada) and used to crack many jokes with the younger element regarding his experiences all over the world not forgetting to let them know at times that he had been twenty-five years around the ports of British Columbia. The late Tom Bauldie was quite an en thusiast in various sports, and related many yarns which held the sporting fraternity round headquarters spell-bound. Still another member passed away In the person of Bro.* James- Scott, who after making a trip on one of the deep sea vessels was sent to St. Paul's hospital, where he seemed to get better for a while and was discharged as convalescent, but had to be readmitted a few weeks after in a worse condition than he was previously. He was removed to Essondale Hospital on July 5, 1925, and died in that institution on September 28th. The organization was not notified until his mother sent a letter in November. It seemed rather strange that the officials at Essondale should not acquaint the organization of the death as enquiries had been made repeatedly regarding his progress. Many members were greatly surprised and could hardly believe that "Jamie" had passed away and expressed their sympathies to the relatives. The work of the organization in matters pertaining to the legal part, were carried out very successfully by Mr. J. Pitcairn Hogg, who was successful ln winning every case that was taken up by the organization in the interest of the Seafarers, the largest of which was the "Campbell" case. The amount spent In legal work was high. Pamphlets were issued during the year explaining the work of the organization, with great success, until the "Advocate" allowed a few columns devoted to "Marine Woodsworth Raps Meighen (Continued from page 1) is true that they were called out; it is true that the Royal Canalian ALTHOUGH lumber priees have working in the camps disagree Northwest Counted Police, acting not yet reached that pinnacle any way with such an arrai under the direct control of the Do- which, the lumber companies ment. If they did they w minion government, were' there; would like, yet "the first half of complain in some way. it is true that the officers were this year will see an advance in Never since 1920, the year] very active at that time in en; production exceeding that of any which more was done by listing citizens, and ln generally °f Us predecessors." That is.how Lumber Workers Union to ell carrying forward operations; it is the "British Columbia Lumlber- up the camps in B. C. than true that there was shooting on man," official mouthpiece of the ever been done before or si: the streets. There were two deaths Timber Industries Council of B. has there existed such oppoi and about a hundred casualties c- sums up the outlook in their ltles to improve living and wi .... It is true that a member of market report ln the current is- ing conditions in the camps the government, the Hon. Gideon aue. to raise the wages of the Robertson, was at that time ln The lumber operators to the employed therein. The export Winnipeg with very considerable south of the line are endeavoring ket is the ln the best condii authority. It is true that an agent to curtail production in order to for years and the demand from the Department of Justice, keep up prices, and this is ex- home comsumptlon is gait Mr. A. J. Andrews, appeared to Pected to react beneficially to the ground rapidly; have a great deal of authority at lumber interests on this side. During the past year all that time. In fact he and Hon. The Mountain lumbermen are organized workers on the B, Gideon Robertson practically es- expecting a "fair volume of bus- coaBt have improved their e tabllshed themselves as dictators iness- • • • and a better price." nomi0 position, but not so in the Royal Alexandra Hotel. Lumber stocks on the prairies are men working in the camps, These things are true. ... It is *-ow* an<i large orders are expect- though they required it mi true that legislation was rushed •* ttoxa- •*•*•_ area, while locally than anyone else. However, through this House in the course Increased building activity ls ex- rate 0f wages paid does not of a very short time which had Pected to Increase the demand to pena Up0n the wages one the effect of taking away from some considerable extent. neea( j,ut upon what ah orgt British-bom citizens the right of Taking it all in all it appears ized effort Is made to take, trial by jury. ... I would say that the lumber corporations are the men employed in the elt' further that when we tried to get expecting to reap a bigger har- organized their forces and w very definite evidence with regard vest this year than they have after what they wanted, and tl to certain proceedings we found done for some time. The market got it. documgnts missing from the files conditions are favorable, and no The same thing can be d in the department here." one who knows anything of the by the men who work in Dealing with the deportation subject would gainsay that'from camps if they will only try. T! law Mr. Woodsworth pointed out the operator's point of view la- have done it before and they can that although the law in question Dor conditions can scarcely be it again, but they must first had been enacted by the Conser- equalled. The conditions being all drop their petty prejudii vatives the Liberals had kept it here the companies intend mak- and consolidate their forces, on the statute books. ing hay while the sun shines. It takes two to make a bargain, Workers" conducted by W. H. D. an to the casual observer it Two -hundred and fifty-one W°"ld "I.6™ that P6rfeCt harmony members joined the organization "^ betWeen ulumber comPanies during the past year. Eleven and th° ™? **? ^mpl^' fB°'h members transferred from the N *re UnUed ln beUevinS that the S. F. U. of Canada. One member J^w T™t0™ **oald ™eW° from the LRU. of A. and* mem- the hlghe8t p08slble rate of bers from Federated seamen's un ion of Australasia. One member from the Fedorated Seamen's union of New Zealand. profit. True, there are some who doubtless will take exception to such a statement, but facts cannot be overlooked and all the facts Indicate that the men work- Many men who had the mis- ing Jn the woods have no obJec. fortune to fall by the wayside tlon t0 Aoing al, the work and the were ably assisted by the organ- oompanle8 taking all the cream, tzation to make recovery, ,and 0ne ^ on,y Judge that a thing over one hundred fares were ad- exi8ts ,f it ^jf^ itself ln vanned to members to get to other some wayj and there are „ot out. ports in B. C. to join vessels. Many ward Indlcation8 that the men were allowed substatial sums of , '___ Who Ii BILL HUNGERFOBDtl Ask Any Lsbor Han. STANFORD ROOMS 868 SETMOUB STBEBT Housekeeping and Transient Central—Tumi Moderate Under New Management "BUI" Hungerford and M. Otm* bridge, Propi. Patronize our advertisers. cash to prepare for going to sea, . most of which was returned. Relations with most of the shipping companies were strained in particular cases where the seamen were not getting what they were entitled to, -in many cases the of* Uses Moscow Bogey On American Women MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "The Place for Pipes" Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention 810 OARRALL STREET VANOOUVER, B.O. Red Star Drug Store "The Maa Order Druggists" We Mak* a Special Effort to Get Goods Out by First Mall After Receipt of Tour Order Corner Oordova and Oarrall Vanoouver, B.0. (By LAURENCE TODD) WASHINGTON— (FP)—In ficers were to blame; in other splte of lts determination to stick cases the officers were extraord- to a constructive line, the second Inarily good. The best companies nationa' industrial conference of to deal with, whenever there was Women. summoned to Washington a grievance to adjust during the by the women's bureau of the de- past year, were the C.P.R., the Partm*nt of labor, seethed with Kingsley Navigation Company, indignation when James Edger- the Consolidated Whaling Corpor- ton' President of the National As- ation and the Coastwise Steamship *>ciation of Manufacturers, deft Barge Company. We might "vered a sneering speech in which mention in connection with the h'e warned the delegates against last named company, that the aU Protective lawa for women and man who was dismissed from the ohildren in industry. His remarks "Griffco," a few weeks ago, was were o£ the vulgar type which be- not a member of the Federated oame Popular in platform attacks Seafarers' Union at the time. We °n socialists and communists dur- feel sure that if he had been we ln& and a£ter the world war. might have been able to get the Edgerton is a textile manufac- matter adjusted. "Enquirer" turer from Tennessee. He boasted kindly note that no letters were his patriotism, asserted that work sent from this organization in con- ln his mills is opened daily with nectlon with the same case, as it Prayer, and described the child was beyond our jurisdiction owing labor amendment as being the to the fact that he was not a mem- tirst ot a series of steps of "po- ber of the Federated Seafarers* Wtlca.1 and moral interbreeding Union, and the organization that with-the poisonous communism he Is a member of did not ask and-socialism of Europe," and as our co-operation on the matter. a Process of nationalization of Correspondents to this column children, directed by Mme. Kolon- should sign their name as "En- tai of Moscow, qulrer" Is not sufficient. We have When he ended his remarks, copies of all letters sent from Edgerton hastily left the building. Headquarters, which are at the ' ~ disposal of all paid up members. Subscribe to the Advocate. Letters have been received from '—rr-.— J. Goodwin, G. Goodlet, Joe Butt, NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—War- A. Caldwell, DUnc. McKenzie and Hngton House, an institution for W. B. Lander. the down-and-outs, shows that 26,- ■*"' 000 homeless men and boys re- Say you saw lt advertised in the ceived aid from it during 1926, an "Advocate". increase of 30 per cent, over 1924. BRUCE'Sl SUIT SALE Big reductions, splendid] values. Regular prices! $22.50 to $42.50, now—] $15 to $37.6! C. D. BRUC1 Limited Oor. Homer and Hastings 8t.<| VANCOUVER, B.O. The Original ' HARVEY Logging Boot HAND-MADE BOOTS for LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS and PROSPECTORS Quick Borrlot fer Bopiln All Work OauMtMd ip.eUl Atttntlon to Hall Ord*_r_| H. Harvey Eitabluhtt la Tumvir ta HIT ' M OORDOVA STREET W. I ■M* mmamm Hday, February 5, 1926 THE CANADIAN LABOB ADVOCATE Page Seven ritish Right Wing Dislikes Left Wing LONDON. — Considerable hub- ' has been raised by the propo- |made by the Sunday Worker the left wingers inside the Ir party should come together la more definite understanding the objectives of the left wing I to accomplish those objectives lln the labor party. It pro- Id these left wingers should be fed on the basis of: (1) World Ie union. (2) National trade In unity. (3) Solidarity with Tressed colonials. (4) More Itancy in the labor party. (5) -defense against fascism, ^nsbury's Labor Weekly laun- ' a long -and bitter, and rather ^.Ued-for attack upon the Sun- Worker proposal, dwelling evident vindictiveness upon [part played by the Com'mun- lln the labor party. It expres- Ifear and anger at the Com- hlst "nucleus" and their at- pt to get the reactionary Liv- ftol decisions excluding them the labor party, changed. VANOOUVBB HARBOTJB COMMISSIONERS Sailor's Wives Discuss Merits of Last Strike Tory Rule in Britain British Workers Hear LONDON—A mass meeting was held at Canning Town recently of the wives of seamen who participated in the recent unofficial strike. Of Canadian Conditions The meeting was under the au- spice* of the National Sailors' and (By British Labor Press Service) That Brltlsh workers ar* not Firemen's Union, assisted by Flora Government apolo- Labor Rule Tory Rule being led away with" the lying ?_rLum,mond' wh,°.ls leader of a 1924 T ONDON. gists have made much of what they call an "improvement" ia"uary ' l\ February 79 in the unemployment situation March 78 during the last year. The im- April 73 provement is more apparent than May 71 real, and the facts totally refute June 69 the impression which the govern- July 70 ment's defenders try to create, August 71 that during its year of office the September 72 government has dealt successful- October .'. 76 ly with the unemployment pro- November 80 blem. December ' 81 Before the government took ofllce at the beginning of November, the total number of un* 1925 .... 80 .... 80 .... 79 .... 75 .... 73 .... 72 .... 72 .... 73" .... 74 .... 76 .... 76 .... 77 When one recalls the predlc* tlons of dire disaster that were propaganda of Canadian immigra- notorious anti-Labor organization, tion agents is evidenced by the and A-^nes Bowerman, the Tory following item taken from the La- ex-su«ragette. bor Press Service sent out out to The idea was that the wives Labor^ papers by the Trade Union should protest against the recent Congress and the British Labor strike and the coming of the Aus-' Party: trallan Labor leader, Tom Walsh, Emigrants can now get Into to thls oountry. Canada by "assisted" passage, for The attendance was all that £3, or alternatively, if they don't could have been desired; but these really want the money, they can women, who had so loyally sup- pitch it into the fire,and thus save ported their- men in the strike, themselves a good deal of time, came not to support Havelock Wil- misery and disillusionment. son, but to protest with all their Here is a cutting from the Ham- might against the interference of IOE TO CONTRACTORS [OBETB BTO.DING FOB GRAIN DRYER--No. 2 ELEVATOR AMD TENDERS marked "Con- terete Dryer Blildlng for No. 2 ktor" covering labor and materl- Is required lor the construction of increte building to house Grain Dry- . Plant adjoining Vancouver Har- **•* Commissioner's No. 2 Elevator,* ■Louver, B. C-, and addressed to the frsigned, will he received at the _ of the Vancouver Harbour Com- •oners, 525 Seymour Street, until ■'clock noon, Tuesday, February Oth, Ens, Specifications, Form of Tender ■Form of Contract may be obtained le office of tho Chief Engineer, 525 [our Street, on and after 12 o'clock | Friday, February 6th, 1026. J deposit of twenty-five dollars loo) will be required which will lefunded upon return of same or ring the consideration ot tendon ted by the Board. Iiders shall be accompanied by an ■ted cheque equal to ten per oent. I) of the tender. Th© accepted Ee of the succesful tenderer will be lied on substitution of a bond sat- lory to the Commissioners for V-flve per cent. (25%) of tho ht of the contract. Fair Wage Clause will b« inserted le contract. Vest, or any tender, not necessar- {..opted. w D nA-nn. Secretary. jrnary 3rd, 1026. (HFOBATION OF POINT ORET jjOUBT OP REVISION blCE is hereby given that the iourt of Revision to revise tho lament Roll for the year 1926 as ■red by the Assessor will commence Ittlngs at the Municipal Hall, Kcr- ■e, B. 0., on Monday, February B6, at 7.80 p.m. HENRY FLOYD, O.M.O. Itlclpal Hall, Jan. 27, 1026. birds of passage, Is attracting capacity crowds this week. (Note the smooth facetiousness not want his "comfortable" readers to take the thing too much to heart.) » The unfortunates who cannot made regarding the effects of al- ilton Spectator, a Canadian capit- Tory women and reactionary unemployed workers registered at 'owing Labor to manage the na- allst sheet <and thus not at aI1 ion Ieaders lnt0 the affairs of class a-^Jo^-A-2--^aihl tlon'. affairs these comparisons "kely to .paint the picture in any conscious working men and. wo- the unemployment exchanges was strikin_. Thev more sombre hue than It can men. nearly one and a quarter mil- are sumcientiy smiting. tney ,..„. -*—*„- lions;' the actual figures at the are all the more impressive when **»-™* £ ^r ^Lf^il' *" M'SS Bowerman: "The end of October 1924 were 1 - "is recalled how the Tories pro- 8on' M'P" by Mr' Rionard Riley, men are dismal Jimmies and want 247 000 In November' 1925 the Phesied an Immediate revival of of the International Association of helping." Pandemonium then total waa 1,227,000. Throughout trade and a recovery of produc- Ma<*'nJ£= ' „ ^nea- on° woman shouting, the twelve months in which the tive industry if they secured a ™e baaement ot Centraj ,police ..How wouM you nke to keep ^ government has held offlce unem- majority at the polls. They ob- station, winter paradise for the C0nsumptlV6 kl(laies on £5 a ployment has been uniformly at talned the majority, but the pro a higher level than in the pre- Phecles remain unfulfilled. vlous year. The monthly totals More unemployment, lower Qf ^"j*" paaaage"""the*TdTtor""dpes move oondemnln*? the leaders for (taken from the official Gazette wages, higher cost of living— „„f „„.„, hl_ ,.'„nmfnrtaMo„ „„„*_ calling a strike, "leaving the woof the Ministry of. Labor) are as these are the direct consequences follows: of Tory rule as it affects the ■jj-24 1925 working classes. When 'other Jan. 1,359,000 Jan. *,287,000 consequences are taken into ac- ob™ work^" the "hoboes" and "the Feb. 1,192,000 Feb. 1,287,000 °ount, such as the increase of aown.and_outera, unable to with: Mar. 1,095,000 Mar. 049,000 taxation borne by the working gtand the rlgoroug blasts that ened to eject a male steward who April 1,087,000 April 1,251,000 People, the ruthless closing down sweep the doorways these nights> remonstrated with them. May 1,057,000 May 1,253,000 of dockyards, the attempt to are „n,ng up wlth great regulai.Uy In splte of the dlsorder whlch June 1,049,000 June 1,368,000 economize on education, and the ,ately Lagt year ,oca, restau. retenedj Captaln Dftvieg of the July 1,089,000 July 1,262,000 sleight-of-hand tricks the govern- rateurg supl,ed the boyg with goup ga„org, and Plremen.s Un)on wag Aug. 1,191,000 Aug. 1,418,000 m** has practiced upon the in- and bread ,n the evenlngi but no heard to refer to HaveIock w„. Sept. 1,242,000 Sept. 1,401,000 s«red workers, it ls obvious that phllanthropigt has come fol*ward son as a man "who had been cru- Oct. 1,247,000 Oct. 1,295,000 the working-class.electorate made with suoh an of£er thls year. How- cified by Inches." This statement Nov. 1,233.000 Nov. 1,227,000* *^A *argain_when it placed Mr. eve_. nQ on0 hag gone hungry yct. wag greeted wlth a gtorm of ' Last night the remains of a sump- groans, and the chorus of "Tell tuous banquet served ln the Inde- me the old. old story." pendent Order of Oddfellows' tem- in an effort to get the resolution pie was brought to the station and carried, the clause relatins to Tom divided equally amongst the Walsh was deleted. Tt was then crowd. announned as carried, amid gener- Mr. Richard Riley, who, inci- ai protest. The partv on the platform was month?" , Mrs. Drummond attempted to men and children to starve," also protesting against Tom Walsh coming to this country. Women shouted protests from all parts of the hall, and threat- Baldwin in offlce, Baldwin Requires an Introduction to Truth ._ CORPORATION OF THB IOT OF SOUTH VANCOUVER JlOE IS HEREBT GIVEN that Ie Court of Revision to revise the Iment Roll for the year 1926 will Knee Its sittings at the Municipal I South Vancouver, B. 0„ on Mon- |the 8th day of February, 1926, *' WM. T. RILEY, Comptroller. Iilclpal Hall, Smith Vancouver, B.C. ^January 28, 1026 OUT OF VANCOUVER tairt of Revision. l_ NOTICE that the Assessment 111 of all rateable property In the fcf Vancouver, which will form Ills of municipal taxation for the 1.926, has been returned to me Isuance of the provisions of the Imver Incorporation Act, 1621," ■at the same may be inspected I offices of the Assessment Cornier, City Hall, Vancouver, be- (the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and |m each day, and that the first fe of the Court of Revision to re- Dualize and correct the same, will K on Friday, February 26th, 1926, J o'clock in the forenoon, in the fl Chamber, at the City Hall, ■ Street, Vanoouver. ■the said meeting all complaints I. the assessment ss made by the lor, which shall have been re* I by me at least seven clear days (to the date of the said meeting, heard. WltlilAM McQUEEN, City Clerk. 3_.11, Vanconver, B.C., 15th, 1926. In other words, whilst the Labor government was ln offlce unemployment steadily decreased, until the very end of It's career, and the exact opposite has been the case with the Baldwin gov- LONDON.—When Kr. Baldwin ernment. Only in the very last made thg followlng angWer m the dentally, served his apprenticeship month for which the official fi- Houge of Commong on December as a machinist ln West Ham at then aenin hpartilv booed as the gures are available, namely No- 9| he mllut have forgotten tempor. the time when Mr. Will Thorne women left the hall in a bodv. vember, was the total below the ar,ly that ft few weekg agQ he first won hls geat ln parliament, __________________ highest recorded in the previous choge .*Truth ln politics" as the declares in a conveying letter that year, and the highest in that gubject of hlg iecture to the stu- the city will not give relief work year (January, 1924) was inflated dentg of one of the untvergltlea. to married men unless they have by the effects of the railway dis- He wag asked: iived ln the city for twelve months, PUte. _ Wou,d my Rt Hon fr,end gay and will do nothing at all for Another striking illustration of whether there lg any truth ln the s'nele men. the ill-effects of Tory administra- suggestion that we are going to be ~ tion as compared with even a bound to the protection of Irak HygypQoJ Unionists minority Labor government's ac- for another twenty-five years after * . . r U IT '* tivlties is afforded by the statis- the present treaty comes to an IHSISI On LlWOT Unity tics relating to wage changes dur«- end? Ing the last eleven months. Fi- And he answered: LONDON—Arising out of the gures published in the Gazette No, I should say that that shares report on the Labor Party Con- ehow that between January-No- the fate of most suggestions— ference given to the Liverpool vember, 1925, the aggregate de- there is very little truth in it. Trades and Labor Council, the creases in weekly wages much In view of this announcement vice-president of the council who exceeded the increases recorded two or three days later, that "we was \n the chair, said that it was in the period. Thus, while 850,- are undertaking a further twenty- the intention of the executive com- NOTIOE TO CONTRACTORS 000 working people received In- five years' mandate," no comment mittee of the council to bring creases totalling £-79,000, there is necessary. were 858,000 whose Wages were reduced by a total of £157,000. In 1924, on the other hand, • there were net increases of moro _ ... , ,_ , . ~, than £580,000 in the weekly British Machine shops wages of 2,850,000 workpeople Busy on Soviet Orders and reductions of less than £64,- 000 in the wages of 500,000 workpeople. The disadvantages, from the CTTV OT VAVCOTIVT.lt TENDERS POR DRUGS IT-HE UNDHlRSTGNKn will receive X tn«d.**B nn Its 32 n'pTnrk Pnfnr. dnv. the *>OII* ilnv nf Pnhrnnrv Ifl'ffi. fnr thp snm>'v nf dvntrs fnr thn (l*ff**-*/'nf cHv (tenartmen**; frr nn<* \-eflr. Fn***ms nf tortrlpr ean l)e --btn'ti^fl nt mv office. Worked pi-enne ■nnvnl**'** tn thr. dty nf Venennver tn the sniii nf $100 tn nc* enmp-iny tender. JAT.fT***; KTrTAl-IT. PnrehfiRtnu' Arrnl Oitv nf Vnncouver, Fehnmrv 3 1096 VANfnnVTl-p, KAfBOTJB COMMTSSTOWEBS "pressure to bear" upon affiliated EI*EOTJ_t(.at, tnstat.t.attow fob bodies not to elect as delegates ATTTOMATTO SPRtnkt.br Patronize our advertisers. members of the Communist Party. SYSTEM NO. 3 ELEVATOR This attitude was immediately OEALED TH.NT.1.I.S. marked Klectricnl , ., .. _ _,_.'_ _, ,, , wJ Instnllntinn for Sprlnklar System, Nn. 3 Blevntnr." covering the supply* ini? nnd instnllimr nf e'ecfricnl etptlp* LONDON — The "Financial Times" of January 7 reports that "as a result of the substantial or- working-class point of view, of ders received some time ago from having a Tory government in of- Russia there is now much less fice is illustrated further by the short time being worked in Lan- figures relating to cost of living, cashlre textile machinery shops At the beginning of 1924, When than formerly; and when the full Labor entered offlce, the cost of effect of those orders is felt with- maintaining unchanged the pre- in the next few weeks it is ex- war standard of living in the pected that full time will be re- working-class home was 77 per sorted to." cent, above the level of July, Other British industries would 1914. It fell month by month be in an equally flourishing con- ^-^o'on"^ ~oPos~e any until it reached 69 in. June and dition If only credit facilities had July, 1924, the lowest point it been given to the Bussian del- reached since early ln 1917. Un- egation who were here a few ,_.at,on der Tory rule, however, cost of months ago prepared to place living has been uniformly higher, orders for over _,1{S,000,00.} worth The figures ares ef British goods. challenged, and the following res olution was moved: "Having heard the report of the '.ont ■>'"■ wi'.'in*-' nececsary t„ 0pnn.te 6 t , , r, '"■" l"""''* ■*■'• compromor nnd wnter proceedings of the Liverpool Con- henter ip connection with Sprinkler Sys- ference of the Labor Party, this ■■'■', '" Workhonie nf Vnncmivcv Hat* __, ... . n, _,_. TT„t«n "0"r Onrniissinncr***' Klevntnr Nn. 3, council affirms that Trade Union ,nn( ot v.vnon D_,v. VanconT„) „ c; branches affiliated to this body will he received *,t the Office nf the Vancouver Knrhonr Cnmmissinners, have absolute freedom In the se- Tork_h)re mmj_g .,_ ^^ ^^ lection of their representatives to vnnc«tivor. M C. nnt'l 12 o'clock noon, this Trades Council and Labor T":R'1n,1;* Mmarv oth, WSJ. „ Specifications, Perm nf Contraot nnd Party. Pnrm of Tender mny he nhtnined nt the A long discussion took place on office of the Assistant Secretary nt the *fV.<= ^onlntlnn an*. It wns nflsised ■■ lihr""' address upon depnsit nf Ten rjol- this resolution and it was p.isscti ,nrs ($1Q) w)||(,. ^(]] h_ Tf,rnm..(. _._.. nn return nf snme. or following consideration nf tenders hy the Hoard. Tnnders shnll .he ncenmpnnied hy nn nccepted cheoue etpinl tn ten per cent. (10-ft) nf tho tender. The accepted cheque nf the succesful tenderer will he rc-cased nn substitution nf n hnnd sat- isfactory to the Oommlssloncrs for twenty-five per eent. (2..%) nf tlie nni'-iint of the contract. A Fnir Wi»i Clnuse will he inserted in tho contract. Lowest nr any tender, not neoossar* ily accepted. W. D. HAnvre. Fobrunry Srd, 1920. Becrotary, by an overwhelming majority. The discussion disclosed the almost unanimous feeling of resentment of the Industrial element of the council who expressed their attempt to further penalize such members inside their industrial or- Patronize our advertisers, I .mm Page Eight THE CANADIAN LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, February 5, 192 Readers of Tlie Labor Advocate are invited to send in letters for publication in our "Open Forum." This is a "free for all." No communications ■will be censored so long as writers refrain from indulging In personalities. Letters should not exceed 260 words. The management of The Advocate assumes no responsibility for opinions expressed in this space. THE EDITOR HAS AN ARGUMENT ■n-DITOR Labor Advocate:—I •^ have just read your reply to • my letter, and it appears to me you have not quite kept to the letter ln detail. Firstly, you say "it is not more work the worker requires but more rest, rest not only from his labors but also rest from worries over his economic position." Now I do not think I gave the impression that it was more work the worker wanted, but I did mean that those who have no work and are willing to do almost anything, should be given work with a living wage. True, I agree that the worker should have more ros; from worries over his economic position. In fact I say that until every worker gets paid a- suitable wage to keep himself nnd those dependent on him, in a comfortable manner, not until then will his worries cease; and when that end is achieved he will be able to turn out his work much better than when he is worrying over his domestic matters, and thinking all the time how to meet this bill and that one. Shortening Hours I do not agree with shortening the hours of labor. An eight- hour day with four on Saturday is just enough at any job and not too much. I say increase wages by all means, but if the hours are shorter the average worker would be miserable. He would not know what to do with his time. Tes, I agree that working for wages under the present system is no good. Give the worker an interest in every Inch he turns out and he will be a happier and better man at his job. You say "Why patch up a rotten vessel?" I reply because you have neither the material nor money to make a new one. Patch the old one and get a few more trips out of her! By then times will have altered so as to have an entirely different and new model. In other words you are wanting Communism, the present rule of Russia, in a country that is»hardly socialized as yet.. More Unity Needed The workers are not organized, they have no real unity, and the capitalists are in force everywhere. What does the "Chink" or "Jap" care of trade unionism? Nothing, all ho wants is his work and bread, and if he does not get It and has to starve he will revert to his natural state of civilization and "knife" some one for money. No, the day will be long before Canada is ruled as Russia is, and meanwhile according to your version we must wait and probably die In misery before thnt "Day of Common Sense" arrives. What I am in favor of is to stop clamoring for the man in the moon, and think what is the best way to get to him! Why just organize the workers of tho country; form a local Labor Party In every town ln the Dominion; get the prairies included; and work in a true, straight, upright manner in teaching the people in what manner they can get rid of present day methods, which are beggaring the worker, and m'aklng millionaires of tho capitalist. Organize a united front and by that another step towards the coveted rule—Communism. R.W.N. Our Reply In his first letter R.W.N, suggested abolishing such govei-n- eral, Lieutenant-Governors, etc., nnd use the monies thus saved to build up industry, thereby relieving unemployment. In pur reply we endeavored to show that so loftg as society remained on a wage labor basis It was of little moment to" the working class how the ruling class divided up amongst themselves the fruits of our Industry. It is true we refrained from going Into a number of details which, probably, it would have been wise to touch upon. Before reverting back to the original point at issue we shall deal with certain issues raised in R.W.N.'s present communlcalton. R.W.N. says the workers "should" receive "a living wage" sufficient to keep him in a "comfortable manner." We agree. He should receive that and miuch more, but the very competitive nature of our social system compels the owners of industry to try and make the workers produce more for an ever decreasing remuneration in real wages. That is an economic fact that cannot be legislated out of business, but can only be overcome by a powerful trade union organization, and even then It can be only improved —not removed. j, A Living Wage R.W.N. fails to state what he defines as a "living wage," and that is> vital, because on that depends the rate of wages paid the worker. What may constitute a living wage to one person would be starvation to another. What is comfort to one may be an intolerable hardship to his next door neighbour. Whnt We Didn't Get Our friend ls not in favor of decreasing hours, but admits the wages system is "no good." Are we to assume that the workers should keep on working whether or npt there exists a need for their product? In the year 1907, ln the U. S. the working class on an average received exactly 17 per cent, of the total values they produced, the other 83 per cent, went to the capitalists in the shape of surplus values. In the same year the rate of exploitation was lowest in Spain, where the workers received 49 per cent, of what they produced. In all other countries the rate of exploitation fluctuated between these two points. (Vide Increased Production," by G. Dagger.) It is nonsense to say that the worker would not know what to do with, his spare time, and that if given more leisure he would be miserable. At least he could not use lt more purposelessly than the leisure class of today does. Among other things he would have an opportunity to develop his aesthetic tastes, something present day society denies him. The tastes of the average normal worker does not run to debauchtry, and the few who do are driven into it by economic circumstances and environment. The Material Is Here The material certainly exists here, as it exists in all capitalist developed countries,, for building a new social order, but it is in the hands of the few, from whom it must be wrested by the workers. Money—the circulating measure of value, and medium of exchange —cuts little ice in such a problem. When the expropriators are expropriated their medium of exchange will be taken over by the workers and will be used in accordance with the needs of the times. Communism does not exist in Russia, in that R.W.N, errs. True, they are proceeding in that direction, but they do not have communism there yet. They do have worker's control, however, and are using every effort towards building a communist society, ment positions as Governor-Gen- Social Production We are not clear what our friend means by "socialized." Social production certainly does exist in this country just as it exists in every country where large scale industry obtains. In the words of Engels we have social production and Individual appropriation. On this point much might be said but space forbids. Why the attack on the Chinese and Japs? Present indications lead one to the conclusion that "knifing" Is the peculiar attribute of the white race. Take for Instance hold-ups, or the last European war. When did the Oriental ever exhibit such murderous propensities as were displayed in Europe from 1914 to 1918? We Must Fight The Editor of this jornal had no intention of conveying the idea that "we must wait and probably die in misery before that 'Day of Common Sense' arrives." The existing order must be attacked at every vulnerable point, and everything done to Improve the condition of the worker. Use anything, non-contributory old age pengions, health insurance, increase of compensation to the injured, pensions for widowed mothers and fatherless children, yes, if it will help, even dethrone useless political figureheads, anything, we repeat, that will tend to improve the lot of those who toil. We bar no holds. Social conditions do not of themselves produce social change. Man is the active agent through which social changes must be wrought. While he remains passive no change is possible. But let us refrain for wasting our efforts to change things that ultimately can not react beneficially to our class. That is important. Wasted effort is tragic in the superalative degree, and frequently it is only by an Intensive study of human society and" social relationships that we can determine what constitutes necessary effort and what constitutes wasted effort. It ls for that reason We welcome criticisms-such as that offered by our good ^friend, R.W.N. In thrashing out these questions the writer will learn, we will learn, and our readers will get the bene-v fit of the discussion. We hope R.W.N, keeps up the good work. EDITOR LABOR ADVOCATE. Editor Labor Advocate: I am glad that the two Labor papers have come to terms, and will amalgamate at last, for one jgood Labor paper is enough in B. C. Each Business Agent of every union local could aid the reporter by sending in a copy of the meetings of each local. Labor news for Labor men; no advertising for the ruling class. Well done at last! Tou see the Star; the Sun; the Province have come to an understanding. They could not all live here, so they put the Morning Sun out of the road. The name of the new Labor paper should also be changed to "Labor United". P. DONOHUE. Evolution Theory is Outlawed in Texas AUSTIN, Texas.—Approximately 20 pages of Truman J. Moon's "Biology for Beginners" for students in the elementary schools has been deleted by the school board as unfit for children to read. The parts expunged deal with the evolution theory of Darwin. Typical paragraph that has been expunged follows: "With an egotism which is en***" tirely unwarranted, we are accustomed to speak of 'man and animals,' whereas we ought to say men and other animals, for. certainly man is an animal just as truly as the' beast of the field." Any referenec that tends to show that man evolved from a lower an- mal is expunged and teachers will not be permitted to teach anything tn the schools contrary to the bible. Razor Wielding Boss Goes Into Bankruptcy CHICAGO. —Razor-wielding openshop employers seeking to conduct a department store have been forced by persistent union picketing to sublet their premises to other firms. The employers are the Ossey Brothers who not only fought the Retail Clerks' Union with injunctions that led tb jail sentences for the strikers but sent union business agent Harry Win- nick to the hospital with razor slashes on his face and neck. Judge Denis Sullivan took advantage of the Ossey strike to declare the 1925 Illinois injunction limitation act unconstitutional. Organized labor of the state will push the appeal from his decision regardless of the withdrawal of the employers from .business. 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