WORLD-WIDE LABOR NEWS With JThich Is Incorporated THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST Seventeenth Year. No. 28 VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1925 Eight Pages 5c A COPY Vancouver Workers Demand Hands Economic Invasion Of Canada by United States Grows Apace [By Scott Nearing] (Federated Press Staff Corr.) Economic invasion of Canada by United States investors continues year after year. The Financial Post Survey (Toronto) for 1925, credits Great Britain with $1,860,- 000,000 of Canadian investments in 1918 and $1,996,000,000 in 1923, an increase of about 7 per cent. At the same time United States investments In Canada jumped from $417,000,000 in 1918 to $2,- 478,000,000 in 1923, a gain of 500 per cent. John Bull Losing Out British Investments were 77 per cent of total outside investments in 1918 and 42 per cent ln 1923. United States investments were 17 per cent in 161-8*and 52 por cent, in 1923. One significant item is the sale of Canadian bonds. In 1913, $277,- 500,000 of Canadian bonds were sold In Great Britain, $50,700,000 In the United States, and $45,600,- 000 were sold in Canada. Bond sales for 1924 show $336,800,000 sold in Canada; $239,500,000 in the United States, and $3,600,000 in Great Britain. (Monetary Times, Jan. 9, 1925). Rapidly and surely the economic invasion continues. Inevitably, in its wake, must go an ultimate shift of political power. Trades Council Flays Imperialist Exploitation GREETINGS EXTENDED TO STRIKING CHINESE IMPERIALISM CHINA IN •TVHERE are 240,000 textile A workers in China; only 8 per cent are organized. There are 200,000 metal workers in China; only 10 per cent, are organized. There are 200,000 miners ln China; only 2 per eent. are organized There are 200,000 railway and transport workers in China; only 64 per cent, are organized. There are 180,000 chemical workers in China; only 12 per cent, are organized. About 1,500,000 industrial workers ln all, of whom 180, 000 are organized. WAGES IN CHINA South China Per Week Skilled Workers $2.50 to $6.25 Unskilled Workers .... 1.25 to .2.50 Central China Per Week Skilled Cotton Operatives $2.00 to $3.75 Unskilled Cotton Operatives .75 to 1.50 Women and Children get from 60 to 00 per cent, of men's wages. T>¥ UNANIMOUS VOTE the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, at its last meeting, passed a resolution calling for the lm*- medlate withdrawal of foreign warships from China; indemnity for the families of those killed and injured, and the punishment of those responsible for firing on unarmed Chinese. The resolution reads: "Whereas: The interests of all members of the working class, in their struggles against the master class, are identical, whether they be fought out in the highly industrialized countries of Europe and America or in the backward Oriental countries where capitalism is only beginning to show its tangs; and "Whereas: The industrialization of China has reached that stage of modern civilization where 250,- 000 textile workers ln Shanghai have been compelled to strike against the miserable and degrading conditions of life imposed upon them by the owners of the cotton mills, all of which are foreign owned,. nine-tenths . being British and Japanese; the de- ■ imands of the workers being such as any body of workers, in no matter what country, must support, as, for instance—reduction of hours of labor, present hours being 12 to 13 1-2, seven days per week; increase of wages, the average wage now paid being under the subsistence level; and "Whereas: In the interests of the mill owners, police and marines, under the control and direction of British officials, have shot down unarmed strikers and sympathizers to the number of over a hundred, and wounded hundreds more, rifle and machine gun fire being kept up for six days, during which time not one white man or woman was included in the casualty lists, proving the peaceful character of the workers' activities, notwithstanding the lying propaganda of the capitalist poison-gas press; and "Whereas: The British trade union movement has declared against any continued imperialistic aggression against me Chinese people; therefore "Be It Resolved: That this Vancouver Trades and. Labor Council only ♦ demands that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada issue a pronouncement against any interference by the Canadian government in the internal affairs of the Chinese people in the interests of groups of foreign concessionaires and imperialist robbers, who are mercilessly draining the life blood of the Chinese workers; and "Be It Further Resolved: That the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council extends fraternal greetings to the workers of China, and support them in their demands, formulated since "the murderous attacks by the British hireling thugs, as follows: "(1) Immediate cessation of the use of armed force against Chinese civilians. "(2) Punishment or inose responsible for firing on unarmed workers and students. "(3) Indemnity for the families of the killed and injured. "(4) immediate withdrawal of foreign troops and warships. "(5) Revision of the treaties granting concessions and immunities to alien powers in the treaty ports." Vancouver Chinese Explain the Causes Of Trouble in China HI Hi | I I | | | | I | I I Deposed Aristocrats Now Scab For C.P.R. When the "EmpresS' of Asia" arrives here from the Orient she will have as her crew some 300 Russian bluebloods, who, driven out of the Russian Workers' Republic, were glad of an opportunity to scab upon the striking Chinese workers in Hong-Kong. These ex-members of the'decadent Russian bureaucracy sought refuge in China, and while in that country managed to eke out an existence by acting as foreign spies, police pimps, runners for brothel houses, and other occupations ln keeping with their parasitical training. STEEL WORKERS SLAVE SEVEN HAYS PER WEEK WASHINGTON. — Fifty-two per cent, of the workers in the open- hearth furnace department of the steel trust plants worked 1 days a week, last year, according to a government report, while an additional 32 per cent, worked 7 days one week and 6 days the next. This is more 7-day work than was done in any previous year. In the blast furnace department, 80 per cent, worked 7 days a week, as against 58 per cent in 1914. The right arm of Labor is a strong press. Add power to this arm by subscribing to THE CANADIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE. CARPENTERS STAGE JOINT PICNIC July 25th will be a public holiday for all carpenters in the City of Vancouver. On that date local carpenters will stage a joint picnic at Bowen Island, and no union carpenters will be at work. So this is the paper you have been wanting? Prove it by supporting it with your subscription and those of your neighbors and friends. Highlights on This Week's News CANADIAN— Page Vancouver Trades Council Says "Hand Off China" 1 Russian Nobility Scab for Canadian Corporation '. 1 Canada Invaded-by U.S. Capital.... 1 BRITISH— Irish Workers Starving 5 BritiBh Officer Murders Strikers.... 7 British TradeB Congress Congratulates Chinese 7 FOREIGN— Ilmperialism in China 1 New Zealand Workers Unite 8 AMERICAN— Monster K.K.K. Parade in Washington ~ 8 Mine Workers in Educational Drive 5 Labor Battles in U. S. in 1925 6 Boston Building T nionists in Fight 6 Trade Schools Fetter Minimum Wage Board That "trade schools," which purport to give women and girls a technical training, militates against the successful operation of the B.c; Minimum Wage Board, is the charge made by officers of that body in their annual report. Girls are frequently mulcted of fees ranging from $75 to $100, and often receive either no training at all, or else something that is useless. The court rules that people who pay for a training and receive no wages are not employees, and therefore do not come within the scope of the act. OIL PRODUCTION AT BAKU BOOMS UNDER ' SOVIET GOVERNMENT MOSCOW.—Five years have already elapsed qince the oil wells of Baku wero nationalized after the victory of the proletarian dictatorship in Azerbaidjan. During these five years the process of oil getting has very much developed. The technical equipment has been partly renewed by American machines, and electric power has been introduced. Society has just two mortal enemies—the man who will not speak his mind and the man who tries to close the mouths of those who do not think as he does.— T. L. M'Cready. TDRUTAL TREATMENT and starvation wages paid Chinese workers by foreign exploiters are the principal causes of the present trouble in the Orient, according to information in the possession of the leaders of the Chinese Benevolent Association in Vancouver. The present trounle. began in Tsingtao, a province adjacent to Shanghai, in the cotton mills owned by Japanese and run by Japanese foremen, the Vancouver Chinamen say. These mills employed child labor ranging from 6 to 12 years. They toiled twelve hours per day, receiving only an occasional holiday, and no Sundays off, for the starvation pittance of $3.00 per month in Shanghai money.. These conditions were admitted to be correct by a committee that investigated the conditions in the Shanghai mills, and the mill owners had half the committee. Together with these long hours and low wages, the Japanese bosses had the right to Inflict corporal punishment upon both children and adults. Whenever the children wanted to play they were beaten~ip by the overseers, and a Chinese parent having the same feelings as any other parent, resented this brutality. The workers at Tsingtao came out on strike and were out for some time, but nothing was done until the mills at Shanghai struck in sympathy. A parade was held, the police "butted in," and one striker was killed. The students at Shanghai then lent their aid to the strikers and a larger parade was held, but was met with a hail of bullets from Indian po- (Continued on page 2) WHY CHINESE FIGHT ACCORDING to official *~ Chinese statistics tlie following rotes of wuges exist ut Shanghai. Textile, tobacco, and shipbuilding arc the principal industries. Textile Workers Per Day Men, skilled 20c.to.36c Women, skilled.... 18c to 36c Children 15c to 28c Mcn, unskilled .... 20c to 25c Women, unskilled 18c to 25c Engineers 00c to 80c Carpenters 42c to SOc Blacksmiths 00c to 00c Coolies 25c to 30c Tobacco Workers 25c to 44c Railwaymen Per Week Porters $2.75 Signalmen 2.75 Locomotive Engineers.. 6.25 Locomotlvo Firemen.... 2.50 »hii|ii>'|»ihii>ii|ihii|i>i|iii iii |.i.i m iimn Page Two THE CANADIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, July 10; lffi A Page for the Man on the Land Crop Prospects On the Prairie SWIFT CURRENT.—No doubt the progress of the crop on the prairies will be of interest to numerous residents on the coast. Tiie reasons, of course, will vary greatly. Some who reside by the sea in preference to the sloughs and mosquitoes are waiting for their tenauts to uyli'.er their portions to the elevators so that they might have their miuda at rest and not be troubled with the thought of returning to the wonderful chores. But the interest of our own friend3 up there will chiefly be that they will be able to secure berths on the Pullman, to be here on time to stook, and that they will be hardened sufficiently to manipulate the fork by threshing time. Well, I can bring comfort to all at this date. But it is like the fly-pads—only effective so long as moist. Crops have grown very quickly these last two weeks, and there are better prospects over a wider territory than for several years. But a crop is never sure until it is in the pool; and Pool and Co-opei-aiive Marketing sums up tiie activities of the farmers. Several things contrributed to the* apathy of the farmers here in Saskatchewan in the recent provincial elections, but their, growing faith in economic rather than in political organizations to solvS their problems was the main reason, and it is good for farmers to follow this road for a time, as it will give them more understanding of industrial organizations and make for a better understanding of labor difficulties. Russian Farmers Get a Luxurious Hotel in Moscow From Gov't fNotes and Comment of Interest To Farmers Farm Machinery Trust Has Ally in U. S. Gov't (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON.—Farmers have been denied relief from exactions of the agricultural machinery monopoly in eastern territory, by a formal decision of the Humph- rey-Hunt-Vah Fleet majority in the federal trade commission to dismiss the commission's complaint against the combine. Commissioners Nugent and Thompson dissented, us usual, from this scrapping of the commission's work. The complaint charged conspiracy in price-fixing and eliminating competition of non- memuer dealers, and also charged that the combine tried to cut off the supply of implements and equipment to farmers' co-operative associations in the Atlantic seaboard states. PIGS AND EDUCATION CLEVELAND.—Figs and children share in the advantages of education in many parts of southern Ohio, according to educators in summer conference in Cleveland. The pigs wallow In pens under the schooihouse. One schoolmaster with experience in the Philippines declared that many rural Ohio schools rank far below the Filipino Institutions. By CARL BRANNIN (Federated Press Correspondent.) MOSCOW. — The peasants of Moscow province have a center in the capital devoted exclusively to their welfare. Heretofore they have come to the central House of the Peasants for free legal advice, for technical and agricultural information, for meals and lodging, but with the opening of their own place the central house will devote itself to the peasants of the nation, and the new house will specialize for this province. A Former Palace The House of the Moscow Peasants was formerly an expensive hotel and restaurant known as the Hermitage Olivier. When a few speculators were making a lot of money this was a popular place and there was much expensive hilarity in the garden-cafe and in the sumptuous rooms. With the suppression of this class of privateers by the government, the place became available for the tillers of the soil. The Opening Ceremony The formal opening was marked by speeches by representatives of the co-operatives, the teachers, the industrial workers, peasant societies of the province and the International Union of Peasants. There were dramatic productions by the Young Communist League, scenes from peasant life rich in color and grace, by a group of worker actors, and peasant songs and dances by village folk. Many Exhibits With the thoroughness characterizing the House of the Peas-.. ants, there are permanent exhibits of latest agricultural machinery, tested seeds and grasses, bulletins, charts and diagrams on sanitation and disease prevention both to man and beast, and all conceivable data relating to a more enjoyable and abundant life. There is a large reading room and library equipped with radio, victrola and piano, also a movie screen. Free Service Eor Delegates A dining hall serves meals. The hotel has accommodation for 350 peasants. The rates range from 15 cents to $1.25 per night. Special delegations to congresses or on business relating to their village Soviets have free accommodations and make this house their headquarters while in Moscow. In the Soviet Union there are 344 such peasant centers and new ones are being established from time to time. MORE COAL MINES OLOSE NEW YORK.—More than 6,000 coal diggers of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., are unemployed through the total closing of the company's mines in central Pennsylvania, A. K. Morris, vice-president and general manager admitted. Unemployment in central Pennsylvania, District No. 2, United Mine Workers, has brought great suffering to the workers. The recently concluded treaty between Canada and Australia is causing considerable comment, favorable and otherwise. The Ottawa government claims that Canada has driven a good bargain and that B.C. stands to gain by the treaty. The Farm and Home, however,' bewails the adoption of the treaty, and states that it is a serious blow to us farmers, because canned fruit Is to be admitted for half a cent per pound duty, canned vegetables free, and butter at one cent per pound. This, says the Farm and Home, presents an alarming prospect for the dairymen. But this paper failed to mention that it is not tariffs that put mortgages on our farms, but the way Big Business manipulates markets against us. The tariff question is the bogey used by both old political parties to fool us and take our attention away from the real issues. ♦ » * It is a marvel that we farmers have been able to continue in bus* iness since the B.C. government ceased publishing the Agricultural Journal. The farmers' part of this publication is now devoted to news of the Women's Institute. The old political parties sure play up to our womenfolk, but it is not so easy to fool the farm women as it used to be. » * » Farming interests in this province receive but scant attention from the government at Victoria. The Advisory Board of the Farmers' Institute passes reams of resolutions, which are presented to the agricultural committee of the House, but that is as far as they get. The trouble is that we farmers are not organized strong enough. To obtain results we must become a force strong enough to strike a hard blow at those who oppose us. We must organize and join hands with labor, so that we can understand one another's problems and fight together. Individually man is a weak being, but strong in union with others.—Herder. Farmers Get 23 Per (Cent. 0|, Value Produced A studkJust issued by the Port of New .York Authority reveals that of .5.09 paid for a box of fine Oregtf^ apples in Oregon, the farmer receives pnly $1.19, or 23 per cent!)'.'loiit-*'. tile packed box. Forty-seven cents out of the dollar paid for apples goes to marketing costs after, they reach the city. Thhi is true also of other vegetables and fruits. It costs 42 cents to transport a sack of potatoes 1120 miles from Michigan to New York, against 62 cents to take lt 15 miles frorn N«w York terminal to the.retailer.]Much the same story may doubtless be told of other cities. Textile Production In Workers' Republic Shows Steady Growth (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK.—Russia's textile production is now 75 per cent, of pre-war production, Alex. Gum- berg, manager! of the All-Russian Textile Syndicate, states in giving his report, of Russian purchases of American cottoh during the past year. A total of 243,698 bales of the 1924-25 American cotton crop has been purchased by the All- Russian Textile Syndicate ror Russian cotton mills. Of the 1923-24 crop the Russian mills took 189,145 bales. 25 Steamers Chartered The value of this year's purchases amounts to $36,340,000 ci. f. Murmansk, the port on the Arctic Sea to which all cotton shipments of the syndicate are made. Twehty-'frye steamers, mostly under Scandinavian flags, have been chartered for transporting the cotton. ..The-.last five steamers sail during. July. .. Cotton production is about twice as much this year as the pievlous year in Russia, Gumberg states.'0About ,70 per cent, of Russia's 'cotton imports are from the United States, the remaining 30 percent, coming from Egypt, China and Other countries. American purchases are financed through Chase National Bank and Erjuitable^iftist Company of New York. Capital stock of the syndicate, a NeV Vork corporation, is .l.f'OO.OOo',''fully paid in cash. VANCOUVER cmftESE EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF TROUBLE IN CHINA (Continued from page 1) Send in Your Subscription Today. CORPORATION OF POINT OREY Water Department MOTICE is hereby given that the time for sprinkling lawns, gardens, etc., is restricted to between the hours of 5 and 7 in the morning and 7 and 9 in the evening. ""; J. A. PATON, Reeve. Fresh Ont Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding .Bouquets, Pot Plants, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds,* Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd. 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The Chinese Benevolent Association in Vancouver has sent letters of protest to Premier Baldwin and Foriign Secretary Chamberlain in Britain,' and also to Premier King at Ottawa. • * * Latest reports in the daily press state that a special Shanghai investigating committee has I placed the blame for the trouble* in China upon the shoulders of the British chief of police at' Shanghai, the police officer who i ordered the firing upon the demonstrators, and the American chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. The Daily Telegraph is quoted as declaring: "The British government can n/ longer tolerate the comedy of this commission to go on." LONG-DISTANCE IS CHEAPEST AT NIGHT MEW night rates ..a r e ' now in force for long- distance conversations between 8.30 p.m. and 7 a.m. B. 0. Telephone Oompany DEAFNESS NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH Can Be Relieved The new Continental Remedy called "LARMALENE" (Regd.) 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Addreu orders to Manager "LARMALENE" Co., Deal, Kent, England. - VENT FOREST ORES = IT PAYS — _lWm July 10,1925 THE CANADIAN FABMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Page Three --POLITICS* Federated Labor Party Notes The Southwest Burnaby branch of the party has made a start with the building of their hall at Jubilee. The concrete foundation was .laid last Saturday. The building of the hall ls financed by voluntary contributions, and the building is being done with voluntary labor. Work will proceed each Saturday afternoon. Members or friends of the party willing to help may get to the hall by taking the Central Park-Westminster I cars to Jubilee .station. If you cannot help with your labor, a financial contribution is always ln order. This hall is being built for the good of the Labor Movement. Come in and do your bit Says Industry Saved By Municipal Power During Coal Strike (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK.—The struggle for 'public ownership ln America is the general subject of the June conference of the League for Industrial Democracy convening at i Camp Tamiment, Penn. That government ownership and democratic control of the nation's railroads would eliminate enormous wastes now found under competitive conditions, would reduce rates to the consumer, improve Ubor conditions and tend to develop a more effective democracy, are among the contentions of i Harry W. Laidler, director of the 1 league, at the conference. Saved the Country James Simpson, vice-president i of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, is outlining to the , conference the growth of public ■ownership in Canada. The national railways, Ontario hydroelectric system and various municipally owned public utilities are I discussed ln his address. "It was [the foresight of the people of ['Ontario in developing this system Lwhich saved the industries of the "province during the coal strike," Simpson says of the Ontario project. He claims that, "while profit ls not the objective in municipal ownership, the overwhelming number of services are operated at a profit." A fighting labor press can't be | built by wishing. Send in your ksub today* Stay at the HOTEL STRATFORD Tlie Place Called Home Corner GORE AVE. and KEEFER STREET Phone Sey. 6121 P. GIOVANDO, JOHN THA 200 Elegantly Furnished Rooms. 60 Rooms with Private Bath Moderate Prices FIRST-CLASS SERVICE Monster Parade of K.K.K. To Be Staged In Washington, D. C. By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Cor.) WASHINGTON.—As 'sin'\ offset to the parade of theHfllj' Name Society in Washington, last summer, when Cardinal O'Connell of Boston arranged that President Coolidge should address' the assemblage and thereby ~%\n campaign favor where' he 'seemed to need it, the Ku-Klux-Klan' has secured a permit to show ofl on Pennsylvania avenue on August 8. Promise is made.fey klan official., that 200,000 of their followers, in regalia but unmasked,'■ will' take part. They are to.turn;pff at the treasury corner and hold a mass meeting at the Washington monument. Thus far no scheme for burning a fiery crdss ori that vantage point has been disclosed. National headquarters of the klan, nominally remaining in Atlanta, appear actually to be located in the Southern building ln Washington. The,re Dr." Evans, the imperial wizard, has his office, and there the big and little politicians who have taken this shortcut to influence are to be found, consulting the chluf and promoting the usual palace plots for elimination of men nearer the throne than themselves. How many members of the now House and Senate are pledged to take orders from Evans, who used to be an advertising dentis. in Texas,' and is now an Interstate political boss, will never be known. White Terror Rampant In the Balkan States LONDON.—A French barrister who has just returned from ' Bucharest gives the following picture of the courts of justice there, where a number of Rumanian Communists are being .tried for vague offences, which .nevertheless carry the penalty of-death: "The hall ls filled '^th stretchers, on which lie the prisoners. Few of them are able to stand, many of them are unable to move. It is quite evident that they have been tortured in prison. They have also gone on hunger strike as a protest against theTtrial', for they were arrested a -yiftar ago and are being tried under a law which was passed since that time. They are not allowed a defence. Two barristers from other countries who asked to be allowed to defend the prisoners * were arrested and obliged to leave the ,e.Qun- try." Among the prisoners afe "the whole of the executive committee of the Communist party of Rumania. .'.'.., ON STRIKE FOR FOUR YEARS CHICAGO.—Southern organizers of the American Negro Labor Congress report that the Amalgamated Tin and Steel Unlon.'Local 17, has been on strike for four years. They keep themselves cheered by saying the first hundred years are the hardest. It Is this determination that makes for strong healthy movements. QTOVES AND RANGES, both maUeableand ** Steel, McClary's, Fawcett's, Canada's Pride, installed free by experts; satisfaction guaranteed. Cash or $2.00 per week. Canada Pride Range Company Linft^d 346 Hastings Street East Sey. 2asT DOVER --INDUSTRY- - INTERNATIONAL In only two countries were there more persons unemployed per 1,- 000 population than in the. United States, according to statistics presented ln the Industrial New Survey for March 9, of the National Industrial Conference Board, an oranizatlon of employers' associations. According to these figures the unemployed per 1,000 of the population in the United States numbered 19.9; in Austria, 20; in Great Britain, 25. The lowest ratio was reported for Finland, .5 per 1000. For Germany the figure is 7.2; France, 3.0; Italy, 3.3; Poland, 5.7; Sweden, 2.8; Switzerland, 2.4; Norway, 7.5; Australia, 5.6; Belgium, 2.3; Canada, 1.1; Czechoslovakia, 5.3; Denmark, 8.3; Hungary, 3.2; Netherlands, 9.2; and Russia, 13.6. ARGENTINE It is not generally known that one of the most active and diversified co-operative movements is that of Argentine. The good wont began there in 1884. Between 1913 and 1922 membership in the societies doubled, reaching a total of 105,007, and at the same time the capital of thc consumers' societies increased fourfold, mounting to ....600,000. Especially in the rural districts of Argentina do the co-operative so cieties engage in a groat multiplicity of activities. Some, for instance, not only sell food-stuffs, clothing and machinery, but also collect their members produce to sell in the towns, and undertake agricultural insurance as well. JAPAN The total Trade Union membership of Japan is now about 140,- 000, distributed over some 160 unions, the most important federation of these being, as is well known, the General Federation of Labor of Japan. According to the figures publishesd by the Bureau of Social Affairs in May, 1923, the total number of workers in factories and workshops was at that date 1,618,243,'of whom 898,202 were women. The most important trade groups were the following: Miners, 311,864; railwaymen, 166,- 157; seamen, 100,000; military and naval arsenal workers, 57,770. WHITE GUARD STATES The White Terror is in full blast throughout the nations on the western border of Soviet Russia. In Esthonia there have been wholesale arrests, imprisoning and shooting of the Communists, while in Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Rou- manal, Servla and Bulgaria known Communists are being executed ln quick time. All idea of fair trials ls out of the question; it is sufficient that those arrested are known to be Communists. HONG KONG The censorship of all dispatches Is most complete. The world is not to be told, if the censors of the British government can prevent, that the olty of Hong Kong is completely paralyzed by a general strike, the. like of which has never been seen in this city before. A limping effort "has been made to run some of the tram cars, manned by British and Portuguese scabs. Not a Chinese will touch hand to work for any foreign interest. The highor man of today is not worrying about his sins at all, still less about their punishment; his mission, if he is good for anything, ls to be up and doing.—Sir Oliver Lodge. NEW ZEALAND WORKERS HOLD UNITY MEETING By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Press Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, New Zealand.— The open conference convened by the New Zealand Alliance of Labor to bring about unity and amalgamation among the several working class groups in New Zealand took place at Wellington on April 11 and was attended by delegates representing all unions and federations throughout the country. The conference was unanimous in the opinion that the industrial workers of New Zealand should establish one national industrial organization which would determine the policy of the organized wage workers of New Zealand. It was pointed out that the men on the Job were demanding unity and were determined that it should be established. The Decisions After a lengthy discussion, the conference arrived at the following decisions: (1) That a group of miscellaneous departments shall be embodied ln the constitution of the Alliance of Labor, such group to embrace the Trades and Labor councils of New Zealand. (2) That the group department of the Trades and Labor councils be allowed representation locally on the industrial district councils and nationally on the national industrial council of the N. Z. Alliance of Labor according to its affiliated membership. On Class Lines (3) The Trades and Labor councils shall be responsible for all affiliation fees to the Alliance of Labor, similar to other departments. ('4) The Trades, and Labor councils to render the N. Z. Alliance of Labor every assistance to organize the unions and associations affiliated to these councils on the lines of class and industry in order that such workers may be grouped into their respective Industrial departments a; laid down in the method of organization of the N. Z. Alliance of Labor. (5) The Alliance of Labor to accept in affiliation national federations of unions as units of industrial departments. Brutal Repression Of German Workers BERLIN.—In the first months of the year 1925, ln the "freest republic of the world," 273 trials against 1455 workers took place. Of these 1110 workers were sentenced to 966 years and nine months of prison and three to death. These sentences were divided as follows: To death, three persons; hard labor, 231 years and one month; jail, 507 years and six months; fortress, 228 year* and two months; fines, 71,171 gold marks. Australian Postal Workers Amalgamate SYDNEY.—The application of the Australian Letter Carriers' Association to change its name to the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen, Sorters and Letter Carriers' Union of Australia has been granted by the Federal Deputy Registrar. The application for change of name was the outcome of the Letter Carriers' Association entering into amalgamation with the Postal Sorters' Union and the Postal Linesmen's Union, the members cf the three organizations having endorsed tbe proposal. The neoesary arrangements in connection with the amalgamation are now almost . omplefed, and the amalgamated Union will be fully functioning at a very oarly date. 1 Per Cent, of Plants Employ 32 Per Cent. Of American Workers That over 93 per cent., of the factories In the United States employ less than a hundred workers apiece, and that only 1 per cent. of industrial establishments employ 500 or more workers in then- plants, is indicated by a tabulation of the figures of the 1920 census, just msde by the National Industrial Conference Board. The same figures show, however, that the 1 per cent, of plants employing 500 or more workers each, have together on their pay rolls over 32 per cent of all Industrial workers. They also show that less than 4 per cent, of all the Industrial establishments ln the country turned out more than half of all the manufacutred : products, which have a total value of $43,653,282,- 833. The figures merely illustrate to what a great extent the large industrial corporations, though very small in number, can exercise control over industry. BICYCLES On Easy Terms Victor SpociBl $45.00 Overland, C.C.M $45.00 Perfection, C.C.M $50.00 C.C.M. Sport Model $55.00 Hyslop, Canadinn $55.00 Raleigh, finest $70.00 Terms: $15.00. Cash, balance only $2.50 weekly HASKINS & ELLIOTT 800 Pender Street West Help us by mentioning the Advocate. THE CHOICE OF THE UNIONS CATTO'S VERY OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY THOROUGHLY MATURED—ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BRANDS AT THE GOVERNMENT STORES OOLD LABEL 15-YEAR-OT.D Aak (or CATTO'S. For sale at all Government I .mor Stores Tbii advertisement ia not published or displayed "iy tbe '.iquoi Control Board or by th* Government, of Brlti. i Oolnr *1U 1 Page Four THE CANADIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, July 10, 1925 - WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT - Foreign Imperialists' Brutal Exploitation Of Chinese Children A commission appointed by the administration at Shanghai, China, to investigate tho conditions of child labor, recently reported that there are 4600 boys and 18,- 000 girls under 12 years of ago in the 275 factories investigated in Shanghai. Of the remainder, 44,000 are men and boys above 12 years of age, and 106,000 are women and girls above 12 years of age. The children are accepted in the factories when they are six years of age. In 38 of the largest cotton industries 7500 children under 12 and 61,000 women are employed. In the silk industry nearly 50 per cent, of the children employed are under 12 years of age. The conditions of work are very severe. The factory hands, including women and children, work over twelve hours a day. Women and children do night work as well as the men. Starvation Wages Paid To Girls By the 15- Cent Stores Canadian Women, Awake! CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Big divi- dands for owners and the lowest wages paid women in any industry are high spots in the 1924 record of the Woolworth and Kresge chain stores. Operated at variance with nearly every principle of cooperation, these chains are lem- entable examples of profit-seeking individualism in its worst aspects. While the lucky possessors of Woolworth stock were collecting $31.80 on every $100 share, women employed in the 5 and 10 cents stores of Ohio were trying to exist on a $10.55 wage. The Cleveland Associated Charities declares, a girl cannot live on less than $17 a week unless she depends on her family or other means for charitable help. The Woolworth 1924 dividend, high as it is, 'Was less than the 1923 melon while the Krsege profit was $40.66 for every $100 share. Against this is the record of 80 per cent, of chain store woTrien employees receiving le,ss than $12 a week. [By Rose Henderson] rvo live or not to live, is the ques- tion facing the women of the world today, and this fact in all its baldness, while in a lesser degree than in Europe, is having its effect on the working class women of Canada. Unemployment and economic pressure has already left its mark is gradually penetrating the homes on the women of Nova Scotia, and of the masses in every city and town in the Dominion. Ends Won't Meet The working man's wife—even those in the protected trades—are finding it harder than ever to "make ends meet." sThe conditions of life for her family are sinking well helow pre-war standards. Ther-sfSis less for medicine, education, and recreation. There is nothing to put away for a "rainy day," and little to hope for in the future. These facts are compelling women to organizo and consider the question of economics and politics as never before. Women's Organizations Politics and economics hold a real significance for them, and are being linked to life in all its realities. Hence In almost every city and town of any size throughout the Dominion there is being formed groups of women anxious to study and organize on entirely new lines. There are already expressing themselves through such organizations as Women's Labor Leagues, Social, and Economic Councils, Employed Girls Coun- PROFESSOR ADVOCATES MORE PLAY FOR CHILDREN Eighty-eight out of every 100 children brought before juvenile court officials in Omaha live one- half mile or more from the nearest playground, according to a study by Professor T. E. Sullen- ger of the University of Omaha. Omaha's Juvenile delinquency rate for 1922-1923 was 3.1 per cent., compared with 1920 rates of 3,8 for Washington, D.C, 2.4 for Boston, and 1.2 for Buffalo. The professor recommends more playgrounds as a remedy for juvenile delinquency. +cils, Educational, Peace and Birth Control Leagues, as well as farmer's wives and daughters organizations of every kind. A Coming Force These organizations are but ln their Infancy, having grown up and become active within the last two years, But already give promise of a vital force much needed in the labor movement of Canada The women at the head of and composing these organizations while neither Socialists or Comun- nists are nevertheless far in advance of many of the old type of trade unionists, inasmuch as they are showing themselves not content with merely passing resolutions and discussing ways of obtaining a little higher wage, shorter hours and a few moral reforms. The problems of "War," "Poverty," "Sickness," "Education," "Child Labor," "Slum Life," "Umemploy- ment," "Crime," and "Prostitution," they proclaim at their conventions are the problems inherent in the social structure, and can be left no longer to men to solve alone, but must be solved by men and women working co-operatively. Towar A\ Education! The ignorance of th© working class, particularly the backwardness of the mother, is the greatest enemy of Labor's progress today, therefore, the woman are recognizing that their chief concern is to educate themselves and their children to find the cause of their miseries, and become an intelligent force in the political and economic issues facing the welfare of their families. It is said that "when woman speaks thy world must answer." The future at least is hers to mould to her desires. [By Jane MacNutt] At this time of the year when fruit is plentiful and comparatively cheap, the thrifty housekeeper will take advantage of the occasion (providing always that sho has the means) to preserve n variety of fru!ts for the winter serson. The recipe given below will do for strawberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, apricots, prunes or plums. Select fruit of good quality, wash hy putting fruit In* strainer and placing under water tap. Have your jars or sealers absolutely clean. Pack fruit ln jars till full: make a syrup with sugar and wnter; 2 pints sugar to 3 pints of water, and dissolve without boiling. Then fill jars with the syrup until they are full and covering all the fruit; seal tight and place in holler with water enough to reach about two-thirds the height of the Jars. Boll hard for ahout twenty minutes. The hard fruits may require a little longer time to boll. Place thin pieces of wood on thp bottom of your holler otherwise the heat may break your sealers. When you take the jars out of the boiler stand them upside down for twenty four hours tbis will show if Jars are tightly senled. All lars that show a leak will have to he resealed and thoroughly heated again. Fruit put up ln this way will look well, taste good, and keep well. It will also be free from the deleterious preservatives which is to be found in the commercial article which is put up solely with an eye to profit. Here are two excellent recipes submitted by Mrs. WooBsWorth one Is for Oat Cakes and the other for scones. Ont Cakes 2 cups oatmeal. V_ cup flour. Vs. teaspoon baking powder. V_ teaspoon salt. % cup shortening (ham-frying Is best) melted In about Vi cup boiling water. Stir with knife. TTs? lots of meal on bake-board. Rub plenty of meal in on the top; go round edge with thumb; very hot oven. Scones 2 cups flour. % teaspoon baking soda. 1% teaspoons cream tartar. A little salt. 4 teaspoons sugar. % size of an egg of lard. Put all except sugar and lard through sifted, then stir ln sugar and lard. Do not touch afterwards with the hands. Use a knife to stir sweet milk into the mlture, until very soft. Turn once on hake- board and roll once each way; cut into scones; bake ten minutes In very hot oven. There Is no country m which the whole annual produce is employed in maintaining the industrious. The Idle everywhere consume a great part of it; and according to the different, proportions in which it is annually divided between these two different orders of people, its ordinary or average value must either annually increase or diminish, or continue the same from one year to another.—Adam Smith. Japanese Women's Guild Advocates Co-operation Mrs. Klyoko OhtanI, President of the Women's Guild of the Co-op* erative Movement of Japan, has Issued a manifesto to the women of her country. The following are extracts from her manifesto: On Verge of Crisis "We all realize, with much ap prehension, that Japan today is on the verge of an economic crisis, No patchwork policies, such as raising the import duties, or the Govornment regulation of prices of commodities, can avail to root out the economic evil. Production may be forever developed, hut lt is of no use unless there be a radical change of mind on our part regarding consumption. We women of Japan regret to own that we have not hitherto organized any systematic, direct movement to grapple with the essential problems of life. The task of establishing Consumers' Economics with a view to a better and saner life rests on the shoulders of us women. Confronting the present national crisis, we feel how Important lt Is for us women, especially housewives, to do what we can to realize economic stability." Exhibition Organized As a beginning, the Guild Is organizing an exhibition, which Mil be the first thing of Its kind in Japan. The international aspects of the movement will be emphasized In this exhibit. "The feeling that we are one in Co-operation," the President writes to the International Women's office, "women of the West and East united for the same great cause as torch-bearers and marching on to the same goai,, fills us with hope ahd faith." Advertisers are helping us. Reciprocate by buying from them, and tell them you saw lt In the Advocate, . Vancouver Turkish Baths Will Cure Tour Bbaumatlam, lumbago, N.uritis or Bad Oold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 711 Hutingi St. W. Phono Soy. 2070 JULY SALE AT "FAMOUS" LADIES! Ton can pick up aome wonderful bargains now at the "Patnous"—beautiful summer dresses, smart new coata, suits, hosiery, sweaters, etc. Bnt you will have to hurry I Stocks are rapidly running ont. Why not make a point of visiting this great sale TOMORROW! Famous _^Z_. 819-623 Haatlngi Street W«lt $10.92 Per Ton, Delivered Nanaimo-Wellington WASHED NUT COAL Leslie Coal Co. Ltd. 944 Beach Ave. Sey. 7137 PATRONIZE OUR SUPPORTERS A STEP toward Solidarity and Freedom is when the workers ■^•support their Press and the supporters of the great Cause of Labor. Dr. W. J. CURRY, Dentist well known to many readers of The Farmer-Labor Advocate, in order to meet competition and low wages, has decided to s reduce his charges for Dental Work to a figure within the rainge of all. OFFICE: 301 DOMINION BUILDING Phone Sey. 2354 for Appointment :-: TAKE A x "Hudson's Bay Point" Blanket With You To Camp VOU'LL find it most useful, and worth two or three 1 of other makes. The "POINT" BLANKET is made by special process, exclusively for the H.B.C., and is obtainable only in H.B. stores and posts. It is all wool, through and through, with a camel hair finish that is damp-resisting and a service quality that stands the-hardest kind of wear. Beware of imitations; other makers are making a point blanket, but the "H.B. POINT" BLANKET has stood the service test for more than a generation. Only genuine when it has "THE SEAL OP QUALITY" label on it. Shown in fast colors of green, scarlet, white striped, grey and khaki, at the following prices. Unparalleled for miners, lumbermen, surveyors, campers, etc., and suitable for dressing gowns, auto rugs, couch throws, etc. Point Grey 3 $10.50 31/2 $12.50 4 $15.00 Point Green 3 $12.50 31/2 $15.00 4 _..„.„.. $17.50 Khaki Scarlet $12.50 $15.00 $17.50 $12.50 $15.00 $17.50 White Striped $14.00 $19.50 $19.50 tWUMHUtg ■*• MAY l«TO jl ***K1 VANCOUVER lay, July 10, 1925 THE OSNSDIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Page Five rRADES COUNCIL ACTIVITIES pat the strike of boilermakers Vallace Shipyards, North Van- ■er, was progressing favorably, [that the company had asked ■a conference, with the men |ing firm to their original de- of 82 cents per hour, was |gist of the Boilermakers' re- at the last meeting of the bouver Trades Council. Cle company had been trans- ^ng strikebreakers across from city in launches, but. the j-.ers had learned the point of farkation and had persuaded . strikebreakers to leave the lie Stonemasons reported that Imen working on the entrance gtanley Park were being paid $6.00 per day, while the 3ard wage was $9.00. The Idlng Trades Council was ask- Ito take the matter up with [Parks Board. P*ie Shingle Weavers reported they were gaining in . mem- khip and winning improved Mine Workers Hand Out Education With a Punch In Illinois (By Federated Press) WAUKEGAN, 111.—Worker education with teeth ln it and directed against the employing class Is what the miners of southern Illinois are getting from the education department set up by the Taylorville sub- district. Tom Tippett, originator and director of the experiment for the past year told the 3rd annual Inter-collegiate Forum at Wauke- gan the basis of the work that has been improving the time and sharpening the minds of the many unemployed miners and of local officials. "Fight the Boss" "We teach," Tippett told the collegians, "that the fundamental business of labor is to flght the boss and ultimately run him out. Our education is based on the class struggle. Our miners are' not interested in learning how to eat soup. What they want to know is ■king conditions. how to ** the S0UP' We don>t >retary P. R. Bengough was care to help °u,r students t0 cllmb cted to represent the council [the coming sessions of tne les Congress of Canada at Ot- tominations of officers for the six months were made. Elec- wlll take place at the next Itlng. The nominees were: [sident, B. H. Neelands, M.L.A.; etary, P. R. Bengough; treas- F. L. Hunt; sergeant-at- Is, Mrs. Dolk; vice-president, Jonald, Flynn, Seribbins and vler; trustees, Seribbins, Dept- Wyatt, McDonald, Flynn; hstician, McDonald. lisdiction Fight Begets Injunction (By Federated Press) CEVELAND.—This city was ted to something unique in la .injunctions when a judge re tied the entire Cleveland huild- ftrades council and all building Its from striking. The Building pies Employers Assn. got the in* fctlon on the ground that juris- Bpnal dispute was about to re- j'ln a general strike tying up 000,000 construction. Two lo- fof Building Laborers, both re- Jlzed by the International but one affiliated with local and k central bodies, are at the root Jthe trouble. The recognized |>n is seeking to bar members i unrecognized union from un- fcobs. out of the working class. We want them learn to help put the owning class out of business." Seven Classes Going The Taylorville miners education department, which is affiliated with the Workers' Education Bureau, ls supported by the subdistrict union and hy 'grants from |the American Fund for Public Service. The work is organized into 7 classes at convenient p'oints in the area covered. The director rides the circuit every week, conducting the classes or introducing the outside lecturer who Is a monthly feature. oiety will be changed from Its when we make the form of bery called profit impossible by fig Labor full and free access {the means of fructification— to raw material.*—WHllatm Hs. [Notice to Contractors |LED TENDERS, addressed to Alex, graham, Esq., Secretary Board of pi Trustees of South Vanconver. 1 Main street. Sonth Vanconver, will pcelved np to the honr of 5 p.m. Iday, July 18th, 1925, for the erec- Tmd completion of two wood frame fes to the John Oliver High School lhe MacKenslo School. |ns and specifications may be seen office of the undersigned. trustees do not hind themselves kept the lowest or any tender. Iders mnst he made out on tho feet's typewritten form and en- with a marked cheque eqnal to Jier cent, of the amonnt of tender. .MAN & OULLERNE. Architects, 525 Seymonr Street, Vancouver, B.O. JERS FOR 2200 SCHOOL LOOKERS ■JDERS wanted for manufac- Iture and supply of 2,200 wood- Jschool lockers, per plan and liflcation obtainable at School Id Office. Jjwest or any tender not neces* ly accepted. Tender to he in 3s of undersigned hy 5 p.m., 15th, 1925. B. G. WOLFE-MERTON, I Sec. Vancouver School Board. Explode Capitalist "Bnnk" There are over 200 students enrolled and many ttn.es that number come to the public monthly lectures. That the purpose of the experiment is producing results is shown, Tippett told the Forum delegates, in the 4th of July orations the classes wrote as part of their work. Instead of the florid spread- eagle superpatrlotic bunk served by politicians on the national anniversary, the pervading sentiment in the miners' essays was that the Declaration of Independence is a "campaign promise that has never heen carried out," as one coal- digger put it. Irish Famine Victims Suffer Excruciating Pangs of Starvation (By W.I.R. Press Service.) DUBLIN. — A very extensive campaign is being waged ln America and elsewhere by the Free State propagandists to induce tourists to visit this country in the summer. Ireland is boosted in every way, and the scenery and hotel accommodation, according to the propagandists, is second to none in any country in the world, but they are particularly painstaking in their efforts to conceal the real state of affairs here, and of course no mention of the extreme poverty all over the country; and the state of real famine which actually exists all along the western seaboard, is made. Many Families Starving The following are a lew excerpts from letters which are received daily at the Workers' International Relief office in Dublin: "Many families are on the verge of starvation here, and are simply living on black tea and dry bread. Potatoes would be very necessary just now. The turf is as dry today as It was in January. The number of cases of fever are increasing, also there are cases of consumption. The doctor has prescribed cod liver oil again. Do you think you could supply a little of this? I trust you will do your best, and let me have some potatoes. Life is very hard here for the poor folk. Until the end of last month the Free State authorities were supplying bread and cocoa in the school, but this is all ended. "The wretched and starving children would be extremely grateful for bread and margarine if funds do not permit the luxury of cocoa. Waste Hurts Profit, But Unemployment Is Part of Capitalism (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK.—"Waste of human labor is a serious handicap in the struggle for the world's markets," says Lawrence W. Wallace, executive secretary American Engineering Council. Wallace directed Hoovers assay of waste. "Authorities agree that the world is on the eve of the most aggressive struggle for world markets ever experienced." Extend Machinery The only way to offset the loss of cheap labor due to Immigration restrictions here "and to maintain the standard of wages paid in the United States is to extend the use of machinery and eliminate the waste of human labor due to accidents, illness and the intermittent operation of industry," Wallace declares. He says Europe probably leads America In industrial research and that the Industrial world will be startled at some of the discoveries Germany will soon put In effect. Mass Production Supreme Intermittent operation of industry, meaning that workers In many basic industries are idle 3o per cent, to 40 per cent, of the working days of the year, is wholly unjustified and unnecessary," according to recent studies of the department of commerce, American Engineering Council and other groups, says Wallace. He asserts that mass production is supreme in America and can never be practiced in other countries as here. SAVE YOUR EYES If Tbey Trouble Ton, Sn Va BEST $2.50 GLASSES On Earth Everything for the EYE and EAR And Always the Best in Quality. Pitman Optical House (Over Woolworth's—next to - Famona) 615 HASTINGS STREET W. Seymour 1071 Geo. McCuaig AUCTIONEER Mid APPRAISER Phone Sey. 1070 748 Richards Stnet, Vanconver, B.C. Go Slow Methods Are Adopted By French Street Railway Men PARIS.—Go slow sabotage on busses and street cars became widespread in Paris recently. It has been applied as reprisal because of the . discharge of strikers who participated in radical May Day demonstrations. Drivers and motormen increased the time for their trips 50 per cent, and sometimes doubled the scheduled time by moving slowly, giving all other traffic the right of way and overemphasizing all traffic regulations. The slowing down of traffic is costing Paris 100,000 francs daily. The operating company declares only a sixth of the lines are manned by radical workers, but that many drivers are afraid to make their usual speed. Other radical organizations are* causing the Government trouble, and the Minister of Commerce announced recently he would not have anything more to do with the radical federation of postal telegraph and telephone employees, which has a membership of 30,000. This decision was made because the organization has distributed anti-national publications demanding ■*. evacuation of Morocco and violently attacking the Government. One poster issued, called members of the Government "assassins" because of the Moroccan campaign. RUPTURE Specialist ln Trasses for Men, Women, Children and Infants C. E. HEARD Phone Sey. 3820 959 Robson Street, Vanconver, B.O. 23 Tears Established in Vancouver UNION DIRECTORY ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL —Meets second Monday in the month. President, J. R. White; seeretary, R. H. Neelands. P. O. Box 66. Try to Hide Poverty "No words of mine can express to you how much appreciated your kindness was with the poor semi-starving peasants. I had to turn scores away without anything for them. Their sad, sorrowful tales of poverty is heartrending. Poor creatures! Poor creatures! They try to conceal their extreme state of misery to the last. I have visited little thatched cottages where families live to the number of ten and twelve, huddled together in a place unfit for human beings to dwell in." Funds Urgently Needed Fortunately the Workers' International Relief has, through its efforts, been able to relieve hundreds of families in Mayo and Donegal by supplying food and clothing, and also seed corn and seed potatoes, in order to try and prevent a recurrence of the same famine conditions next year, and are at present providing for the school children in at least two of the schools in Mayo. We are not doing nearly as much as we would like, but are doing all we can as funds permit, and have certainly brought a little hope and comfort to many families in Mayo and Donegal. Half the cost of a trip to America would keep a number of families in comparative comfort for a considerable time, and we respectfully suggest that at least some of the money squandered in advertising the beautiful scenery and wonderful hotel accommodation be spent in saving the lives of the innocent victims* of natural calamity and. government incapacity. Belgium Had Many Successful Strikes During Year 1924 A report of the Central Association of the Belgian building, furnishing and other industries for 1924 points to the success of the campaign against the use of white lead and of the struggle against the attack on the eight-hour working day. The report concludes with an Interesting survey of the strikes in Belgium during last year. According to the association, there were 117 in all, of which 67 were terminated with complete success, 12 were a partial success, 22 suffered a check, nine ceased after the displacement of certain men, and seven were either inconclusive or still in progress at the end of the year. There were a.bout 100 threatened strikes which did not materialize. In strike pay the association paid out about £22,000, and in "enforced idleness" from other causes nearly £22,000. The association organized 72 conferences, which attracted 16,- 500 people. Unions Take Note Trades Unions are invited to make use of this page. Send in .reports of your union activities arid keep those who are absent in touch with what is happening. If people make a lion of a man, he quickly becomes an ass. FEDERATED LABOR PARTY—Room 111, 319 Pender St. West. Business meetings 1st and Srd Wednesday evenings. R. H. Neelands, Chairman; E. H. Morrison, Sec-Trees.; Angus Maclnnia, 3544 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver, B.C., Corresponding Secretary. Any district In British Columbia desiring information re securing speakers or the formation of local branches, kindly communicate with Provincial Secretary J. Lyle Telford, 524 Birks Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Telephone Soymour 1382, or Bayview 5520. BAKERY SALESMEN, LOCAL 871 Meets second Thursday every month in Holden Building. President, J. Bright- well; financial secretary, H. A. Bow- ron, 929 llth Avenue East. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION—Meets first and third Fridays in each month at 445 Richards street. President, David Cuthlll, 2852 Albert street; secretary- treasurer, Geo. Harrison, 1182 Parker street. ENGINEERS — THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM AND OPERATING —Local 882—Meets evory Wednesday at 8 p.m., Room 806, Holden Building. President, Charles Price; bnsiness agent and financial secretary, F. L. Hunt; recording secretary, J. T. Venn, Many Industries in California Disregard The Eight-Hour Law WASHINGTON.—An increase of 31.8 per cent, in the number of complaints filed with the California Bureau of Labor Statistics against violations of the women's eight- hour law is reported for the past two fiscal years as compared with the total for the years 1921 and 1922. The total rose from 870 to 1147, according to data furnished the women's bureau of the U. S. department of labor. Most frequent violations were complained of in these Industries, in order: restaurants, hotels, apartment houses and boarding houses, retail stores, hospitals and sanitariums, factories and shops, candy and confectionery establishments. MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION, Local 145, A. F. of M — Meets ln Cotillion Hall, corner of Davie and Granville streets, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, E. A. Jamieson, 991 Nelson street; secretary, J. W. Allen, 091 Nelson street; financial secretary, W. E. Williams, 991 Nelson street; or- pi-nlaer, F. Fletcher, 991 NelBon street. THE FED ERATED SEAFARERS' UNION OF CANADA—Headquarters at Rooms 5, 6 and 7, Flack Building, 163 Hastings Street W., Vancouver, B.C. Tel. Soy. 3698. President, Robert Thom; Vice-President; David Gillespie; Sec'y Treasurer, Wm. H. Donaldson. Victoria Branch, Room 11, Green Block, Broad Street, Victoria, B.C. Phone 1908. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNTON, No. 226— President. R. P. Pettipiece; vice-president, C. F. Campbell; secretary-tress- nrcr, R. H. Neelands. P.O. Box 66. Meets Inst Sunday of ench month at 2 p.m. in Holden Building. 16 Hastings E. PRTNCE RUPERT TVPOGRAPHTCAT, UNION. No. 413—President, S; D Macdonnld; secretary-treasurer, J. M. Campbell, P.O. Box 689. Meets last Thnrclnv of ench month. THE CANADIAN! 3Farmpr-Habar Abtroratr With Which Is Incorporated THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By tho Labor Publishing Co. Buslnesi and Editorial Office, 1129 Howo St. The Canadian Farmer-Labor Advocate Is a non-factlona! weekly newspaper, giving news of: the farmer-labor movement ., in action... Subscription Rates; United Statea and foreign, $2.50 per year; Canada, $2 per year, (1 for six months; to union» subscribing In a body, 16c per member per month. Member The Federated Presl and Th* Britlah Labor Press Page Six THE CANADIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Friday July 10, 19a OUR ECONOMIC SURVEY LABOR'S BATTLES IN U. S. DURING 1924 ♦strikes and lockouts ware, distribut- [By Leland Olds] A DECREASE of 18 per cent in the number of strikes ana lockouts in 1924 as compared with 1923 and of 12 per cent, in the number of Workers Involved in such disputes reflects the uncertainty as to the future course of business which pervades both sides of the industrial struggle. Fac;d with a world situation indicating the progressive inability of capital to give oldtime prosperity with full employment both employers and unions appear willing to maintain some sort of industrial truce. The 1,227 strikes reported to the U. S. department of labor In 1924 is the smallest number In any year on record except 1922. Measured by the number of workors involved in disputes, strike activity in 1924 was below that in any previous year. The department's record shows 1919 as the year of greatest strike activity with 4,160,348 workers involved. In 1924 the number was 654,453 which compares w-.th 744,- 948 in 1923, 1,608,321 in 1-122 and 1,099,247 in 1921. The following figures for 1919, 1923 and 1924 show how the ed among the industries No. of strikes in 1919 Building trades .. 473 Clothing 322 Furniture 35 Iron and Steel .... 76 Leather 27 Lumber 46 Metal trades 581 Mining 176 Paper man 47 Printing & Pub... 71 Shipbuilding 109 Meat packing 74 Stone 13 Textile 237 Tobacco 58 Transportation .. 191 Coal miners led the number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts ln 1924 with a total of 280,585. Clothing workers followed with 166,651. More strikes in 1924 ended favorably to the workers than to the employers. The department's tabulation shows 280 in favor of the bosses, 334 in favor of the employees, 135 compromised, 45 referred to arbitration and the remainder result not reported. 1923. .1924 206 267 357 223 12 34 10 7 17 4 19 6 111 57 159 177 16 6 19 12 6 1 11 14 15 15 134 79 16 12 30 18 CHINESE SAILORS ISSUE APPEAL Shanghai.—The Chinese Sailors' Union has issued' an appeal declaring: "Our lives are subjected to the Whim of the imperialist bandits. We do not fear to meet our deaths in a voluntary struggle for the freedom of China. We can no longer tolerate the shooting down of Chinese with the bullets of civilized barbarians, and we appeal to the whole people to join in the struggle for freedom." With the Marine Workers] (Conducted by W. H. Donaldson, Secretary Federated Seafarers] of Canada.) SEAMEN'S ACTIVITIES Reports from Rose Harbort Considerable activity in tj pREWS of deep sea and ^ Coastal vessels are invited to send news Items of conditions, etc., to the organization at 163 Hastings St. West, as arrangements have been made with THE CANADIAN FARMER- LABOR ADVOCATE to publish news items concerning the work of the marine workers from ports of British Columbia. .The paper is acting in the interests of all workers, on or off the job. If yon are not organized do not forget that yonr help ls needed to get better conditions for the seafarers throughout Canada. Ousted Plutocracy Sooner Starve Than Work For a Living LONDON.—Mr. Percy Alden, who recently returned to London from an extended tour in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia, stated that there are over a million Russians in Europe, 200,000 of whom are still unemployed and unsettled. Qermany has 600,- 000, France 400,000, Rumania 80,- 000, and Poland 70,000. It is, however, in China that the Russian refugee problem ls at its worst. There are 70,000 in Manchuria, and nearly all of them are in a destitute condition. Santiago Iglesias Appointed President of Pan-American F. of L. —■A— BRUCE SUIT IS A OOOD SUIT We pay special attention to fitting our suits and so give satisfaction td our customers. —Prices— $25 to $40 C. D. BRUCE Limited Cor. Homer and Hastings St. VANCOUVER, B.C. The Original HARVEY Logging Boot HAND-MADE BOOTS for LOGGERS, MINERS, CRUISERS and PROSPECTORS Quick Service for Bepairs AU Work Guaranteed Special Attention to Mill Ordere H. Harvey Established in Vanconver in 1897 58 CORDOVA STREET W. (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON.—Santiago Iglesias, veteran president of the Free Federation of Workers in Porto Rico, and Socialist leader and member of the territorial senate, has been chosen as secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, and took office in Washington on July 1. Thereby he relieves President Green of immediate responsibility for keeping alive the federation in which the organized workers of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, Nicaragua and other Latin-American countries have joined to promote the growth of the labor movement in this hemisphere along trade union lines. An Old Agitator Iglesias, since the day when he landed in Cuba from Spain, nearly 40 years ago, and started getting into Spanish colonial jails for stirring up labor unrest in the Spanish West Indies, has known all about Mexican labor condi tions. He has come from his post in Porto Rico to put his know! edge at Green's service, and to enable Green to take a part in the Mexican dispute*. He will be at hand for discussion of Porto Rican affairs before the committees of Congress next winter, and will be an authoritative witness on the needs of the Virgin Islanders for self-government and the bitterness of sentiment in Haiti against the American military occupation and forced acceptance of, loans, Missionaries Claim Shooting of Chinese Strikers Unnecessary SHANGHAI.—The trial has begun here against the seventeen Chinese students arrested by the foreign police. The court is a mixed one under the chairmanship of the American representative. The inspector of the foreign police, Everson, who gave the order to fire, stated in evidence that he had received instruction only to fire in case of necessity, but should shooting take place then he was to shoot to kill. A British missionary who gave evidence, declared that the shooting was unnecessary, but the American missfonarles Anderson and Klyn, declared that the demonstrators only blocked the streets, offered no resistance and could have been peacefully managed. They state further that the police fired without occasion and without warning over a hundred shots. whaling stations, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, are that each of the "whalers" at that station have been successful in getting a catch of 20 whales each, to date, and although the weather has not been favorable much larger catches are expected. Seamen on the whalers are paid a $3.00 bonus on each whale, in addition to a monthly wage of $50.00, which Indicates that unless better catches are made, seamen will be on the losing end ln comparison with existing Coastal wages. A delegate is working ln the interests of the organization, and the members at Rose Harbor, ln the person of Brither Herb. Doyle, of the whaler "White." membership has taken place sin the beginning of the prese] month. Changes have taken pla ln several ships sailing from tri port, including the America steamship "Aldridge". Many mej bership buttons have been sold | members. The button was desig ed by the president of the Unioj Brother R. Thom, who ls one ' the first members that was til means of forming the Federate Seafarers Union. The button done ln blue enamel and goll showing the propellor, and steerilf wheel, with letters In gold repr^j sentlng the Federated Seafarer] Union of Canada. The buttons afl retailed to members at a cost 36 cents each. A viBit was paid last Friday to the S. S. "Imperial," S. S. "Mina Brea," and S.. S. "Calgarolite," of the Imperial OU Co., at loco, B. C. The conditions on these vessels are not up to the standard of B. C. coasting vessels. Negotiations are ln progress with the Imperial Oil Co., with a view of having the articles of the "Mina Brea" and the "Carolite"- changed to B. C. articles instead of East Coast articles. The. East Coast articles consist of lower wages, and living conditions that exist on the Wetet Coast. All other tai-kerS'pay much larger wages than Is paid by the Imperial Oil Co. It is only a society of equals which can choose the life it will live.—William Morris. All the grand sources of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort.—J. S. Mill. Strike in China Is Spreading Rapidly The total number of workers on strike In China has reached 1,000,- 000. In Shanghai alone there are 280,000 workers on strike, and the strike there is almost general. The anti-Imperialist movement is spreading all over the country. Mass demonstrations and protest meetings are reported from many different points. In South China, particularly at Canton, excitement reigns. At Peking, about 2,000 speakers and students address mass meetings dally. Deputations are steadily pouring Into the capital from the provinces to express their protest at the foreign legations. The intellectuals have joined the movement. Since the arrival of the S. S. "Canadian Inventor" of the C. G. M. M. Ltd., many of the crew have complained of the action of the engineers and* mates working the men overtime with no pay and a scanty supply of food. This company in particular does not seem to realize that feeding the crews of their vessels, instead of starving them, would get better results. These ships in comparison with vessels operated by private concerns on the Coast are a veritable disgrace. The crew of the S. S. "Prlncej Beatrice" had reason to compls! of the action of the chief stewa on the vessel, who acted in an uri civil manner when the men wAntcl an adjustment of a minor cor plaint. The management are iJ vestigating the matter. The C. R. has always been very courteoj and attentive to any complain) that have been made by the crey of their vessels. Quite a few men bers have joined the Union fro C. P. R. ships. There are quite J few more that should be in til ranks of the only active organizJ tion in Canada, on behalf of Sei| men. HOSPITAL NOTES So this is the paper you have been wanting? Prove it by supporting It with your subscription and those of your neighbors and friends. DOES YOUR WATCH GIVE SATISFACTION? IP NOT, SEND IT TO FRED. KALTENBACH S05 OARRALL STREET QT RAINIER HOTEL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER •Waltham, Hamilton and Illinois Watches Kept in Stock UNDER SPECIAL GUARANTEE Mr. J. B. Campbell, Vancouver Shipping Master, has returned from a trip to the East, and reports that he was in touch with the Deputy Minister of Marine, regarding the signing on of vessels in Vancouver, and discharging the crews at ports in Eastern Canada. The Minister told Mr. Campbell that he would take the matter up with Mr. Teakle, manager of the C. G. M. M., Ltd., which ls like a mouse seeking the good will of a cat. The Seafarers Union of Canada has protested against the unfairness of crews being signed on in Vancouver, and discharged at Eastern ports. Frequently the men are given a chance to re-engage at less wages than they hired for at Vancouver. Brother Tom Bauldie is improl Ing at the General Hospital; brota er Jamie Scott, late of the "Can! dlan Importer," has been dischar J ed from St. Pauls Hospital. A recent letter from the men's Union of Australasia dcfi-J itcly states that members of tlj Federated Seafarers' Union of CrjJ ada are allowed transfer privilegl providing they submit themselves f the rules which govern the men bers of the Australian Union. Send in Tour Subscription Todti Empire Cafe QUALITY COURTESY REASONABLE 76 Hastings East HAROLD DEGG and BOB KKAUSE Late 54th Batt. and 72nd Batt. ! MAINLAND CIGAR STORE "The Place for Pipes" Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention 310 OARRALL STREET VANOOUVER, B.O. Red Star Drag Store] "The Mail Order Druggists" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Out by First Mall After Receipt of Tour Order Corner Oordova and Oarrall Vanoouver, B.O. riday, July 16, 1925 the Canadian farmer-labor advocate Page Seven Congratulations Sent [By British Congress To Chinese Strikers CiONDON—-The following cable- has been sent by the Gen- al Council of the British Trades Won Congress to the Chinese prkers' committee at Pekin: ["General Council of British |s_des Union Congress heartily ngratulates Chinese workers on bir determination to fight in- tnational capitalism to secure (proved industrial conditions, Id expresses its abhorrence at appalling industrial conditions bposed in Chinese factories. ("General Council is confident tat united stand Chinese work- fs are making will result ln firm fcablishment of militant indus- lal organization in China and Ell do much to build up a pow- Iful body of unity between east- In and western trade unionism.' JThe message was signed by A. Swales, chairman, and Walter Rtrine, assistant secretary. eft Wing Demands Recall ol the British Consul From China ILONDON.—The ■ following reso- |tions were passed at the monthly petings of the Birmingham Lett Labor Group: Hi.) We demand the withdrawal Dd punishment of the British Miaul at Shanghai, and of all who |tve been concerned in the mur s of Chinese workers; the grant of an indemnity for the mur fere.d; the return of the stolen Incessions to China; and the with jawal of all troops and warships pm China. 1(2.) We also protest against the Ition of the British Broadcasting jmpany in broadcasting capitalist opaganda in connection with the strike of Chinese workers at [anghai. i RESIST MORE HOURS LONDON.—Representatives of Engineering Unions meet on ne 18 to discuss the reply re ed on June 2 from the employ who repeated their refusal to tot a wage increase unless the tions consented to longer hours , a modification of wage rates. TENDERS FOR LAMPS ENDERS wanted for supply ol $1200 I worth ot Electric Lamps, to be sup- Id to Vancouver School Board Stock fa in case lots as required. Quote les as follows: ] Watt Nitros, %-frosted, etched V. S.B. ' Watt Tungstens, plain. ! Watt Tungstens, plain. J Watt Tungstens, plain, lenders in sealed envelopes, endorsed Anders for l_\mps," to be in ds of the secretary by 5 p.m. Mon- 3rd August, 1926. B. G. WOLFE-MERTON, Secretary School Board. OOAL TENDERS ENDERS wanted,. 2000 tons Vancou- Iver Island Goal, for Vancouver tol Board. Quote prices as follows, tfered in bunkers, any school of Van- [er School Board: Double screened lump, per ton. O,_ok, per ton. ler to state B.T.U.'s of Ooal on. Ton to be 2000 lbs., and Uied to Sohool Board as required by fiduai orders. Iwest tender not necessarily accept- *i Tenders, in sealed envelopes, en- bd "COAL TENDERS," to be in Is of the secretary by 5 p.m. Mon- "3rd August, 1825. B. G. WOLFE-MERTON, Secretary School Board. (§ih tamiru Sabor Jfaros CLASSIFIED ADS. BRITISH MINERS ARE? CRUCIFIED By A. J. COOK (Secretary Miners' Federation of Great Britain.) One hundred and seventy thousand miners are today unemployed, while there are thousands who are under notice and who will shortly be Idle. Thousands more are only working three or four days a week, and almost daily pits are being closed down. Thousands of young men of 17 and 18 years of age have never yet had an opportunity to work, because they had to leave school when they reached 14 years of age, only to be flung on the industrial scrap heap. Durham and Wales are the two worst districts. Demoralization and desolation iB spreading through the colliery villages. In Durham thousands of men havu been refused unemployment pay. The miner wants work, but under private ownership he is denied the right to live as a decent human citizen. The time has come for action, for deeds and not,words., ,. * Let there be called immediately a special Trades Union Congress to thrash out the. whole question and to decide upon an, immediate line of action. Direct action must be the order of the day. The government is adding insult to injury, and the home secretary is abusing and insulting us. The master and the government have refused to help solve the problem—wealth and luxury are still flaunted before our eyes. Our class is suffering acutely. Let us act together to end it once and for all, not in the dim future, but now! British Millionaires Ditch Liberal Play (British Labor Press Service) LONDON.— The Liberal mach ine managers are finding no little difficulty in getting together their much vaunted Million Found Fund, That does not surprise us, since we could never understand the grounds for their pretended op timism. In the past the millionaires pro vided the bulk of what was needed but that was in the days when there was a sporting chance of the Liberal Party getting hold of the reins of power and of the millionaires receiving some anxiously desired return for their financial aid. Appeal To Rank and File Today they realize that it would be a very bad Investment, and they have tied a few more knots in the strings of their well-filled purses. It would be too much like pouring good money down the drain! Accordingly the Party Managers have appealed to the rank and file. The "rank and file" must be very proud of the new dignity which is to be thrust upon them. Hitherto they have merely been called upon to vote. Now they are also to be called upon to pay. Mention the Advocate and dealer will know you. WARNING! City of Vancouver—Water Works Dept. Notice Is Hereby Given That the Lawn Sprinkling Hours Are: 15 to 7 a. m. aiid 7 to 9 p. m. |As provided by By-law 987 of the Olty of Vanoouver, and no person Is Lpermitted to sprinkle' or use water upon gardens, lawns or grounds [except during such hours. I Any person guilty of an infraction ol the said By-law is liable to a fine (not exceeding one hundred dollars. 1 WILLIAM McQUEEN, Olty Clerk. l» » iisiiiiiemisinneinn ■M-'ieniitigiiim e*t*e> [Gems From the British Labor Press ♦"Shoot To Kill," British Officer Ordered at Shanghai ANOTHER parrot, brothers! He is Dr. F. J. Waldo, coroner, city of London, who, considering the case of a man who committed suicide because he was out of work, remarked: "A very unusual man. It is the exception to find such men in these days ,when so many people don't like work and take the dole." Has the doctor in his corpse-inquest business ever run across a duke or a prince of the royal house who committed suicide because he was out of work. And wouldn't it be nice If that million-and-a-quarter unemployed had the decency all to throw themselves in front of a train, or swing themselves to a rafter. It would make it so much easier for our politicians."—Forward. • * * If there is a set of unhappy, poverty-stricken devils for whom you are expected to weep your eyes out at the moment lt is the coal-owners; but nevertheless Frederick Cleeves, lately of Cleeves Western Valleys Collieries, left £160,490. Now, may we have a little sum in the rule of three. If a coal owner who didn't howk (dig) any coal could make £160.- 490, how much should a man who howks and fills two tons a day for life be able to leave? Ask your bright youngster to set the sum to his teacher.—Forward. • * * We knew it; we knew It! The Bolsheviks are responsible for the trouble amongst the workers in Shanghai! Excessive work and low wages? Not at all; bless you, the Chinese like it! A decent house and proper rood to eae, with enough clothes to wear? Rubbish! The Chinese wouldn't thank you for them. It's the Bolshies! By the way, what or who the devil caused all the trouble amongst the workers before the Bolsheviks were Invented?—Forward. • * * In the British Weekly we learn that "the quest of humanity is a double one. It is a quest after the ideal life. It is also a quest after the secret of the universe." Incldently, at the moment, It is (1) a question after ham and eggs once in a while for breakfast, and (2) a quest after the coppers that are necessary to pay for them.—Forward. • » • The Tennessee State Textbook Commission has unanimously adopted a textbook on biology which declares that "no animali resembling the human species can be considered a source and origin of humans." This deepens the mystery of the 100 per cent. Am erican.—British Labor Press Service. • * • With reference to the alleged plot to blow up King Alfonzo with an electric bomb ln a. railway tunnel, it now appears that there was no plot and no bomb. Apart from this, the accounts or the incident given in the press are more or less accurate.—Sunday Worker. • * * "Nowadays germs and parasites lead a dog's life," said Mr. Neville Chamberlain at a Guildhall banquet. These Tories are always complaining.—Town Crier. • • • A fireprooflng faotory in Ohio has been burned down. This would have raised a laugh lf it has occurred anywhere but in America. — British Labor Press Service. LONDON.—From a manifesto issued by the Professors of the National University of Peking on June 9, relating to the Shanghai tragedy, we learn the true facts, namely, that "strikes of Chinese workers demanding the increase of wages had been going on for some time in the Japanese cotton factories at Tsingtao and Shanghai, and a striker was shot and killed by the Japanese without any justifiable cause. The Protest "Against this brutal act some Chinese students, who were merely young boys and girls, paraded as a manifestation of protest in the streets of Shanghai on May 30 last. They were armed with nothing more than pamphlets and" handbills. "The police of the International Settlement, who are practically under the complete control of Brit* ish officials, and Consul, not only saw fit to prohibit the demonstra* tion but also arrested a number of the students taking part in it, Ask Release of Prisoners "Then the rest of the students went to the police station demand ing the release of their fellow students. The police ordered the former to disperse." "As they refused to go a British police inspector ordered, 'shoot to kill'. Six of the boys were killed on the spot and over forty were seriously wounded. ..This did not, however, prevent the defenceless students from repeating their dein* onstratlon so the firing of rifles and machine guns continued by Ute British controlled police for at least six days. "The exact number of casualties is still unascertainable, but most reports show that at least 70 were killed and 300 wounded. They are all Chinese and not a single British or any other national appears on the casualty list. "Would any right-minded people regard these boys and girls as rioters and treat them with bullets and rounds of machine guns? Could their manifestation be reasonably interpreted as 'anti-foreign,' or 'bolshevised,' as some foreign- owned news agencies suggested?" Pass this copy on to your shop- mate and get him to subscribe. British Unionists Discuss Formation Of a New Alliance By LEN DE CAUX (Federated Press Correspondent.) LONDON.—Over 3,000,000 organized workers were represented at the June i conference called by the British miners' federation to discuss a new alliance to replace the triple alliance which broke down in 1921. The conference, composed of the executives of eight organizations comprising railwaymen, miners, transport workers, machinists and shipyard workers, unanimously voted that "the furtherance of this movement could be best served by the appointment of a committee' and "that each group of industries appoint two representatives to serve on that committee, their names to be submitted to Mr. Cook" (miners' secretary). Capitalist Press Jubilant The capitalist press hailed the decision with great glee as a defeat for Cook and other ardent advocates of an alliance. Tbe National Minority Movement regards the decision as a serious setback to the workers' struggle. The Dally Herald, on the other hand, sees in the conference decision another step towards the united front and states that ways BARRISTERS Bird, Bird & Lefeaux; 401 -Metropolitan Bldg. BATHS Vancouver Turkish Baths, Pacific Bldg., 744 Hastings St. W. BICYCLES ... Haskins & Elliott, 800 Pender W- BOOTS (LOGGING) H. Harvey, 68 Cordova St. W. C1FE Empire Cafe, 76 Hastings St. E. COAL Leslie Coal Co. Ltd., 944 Beach Ave., Sey. 7137. DENTIST Dr. W. J. Curry, 301 Dominion Bldg. DRUGS Red Star Drug Store, Cor. Cordova and Carrall. FLORISTS Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd., 48 Has- tlngs St. E. , HOTEL Hotel Stratford, Gore Ave. and Keefer. LADIES WEAR Famous Cloak & Suit Co., 619 Hastings West. Hudsons Bay Coy., Granville St. MEN'S FURNISHINGS W. B. Brummitt, 18-20 Cordova Street. Arthur Frith & Co., 2313 Main St. MEN'S SUITS C. D. Bruco Ltd., Homer and Hastings Streets. W. B. Bruimmitt, 18-20 Cordova Street. OPTICIAN Pitman Optical House, 615 Hastings West. PAINTS ETC. Gregory & Reld, 117 Hastings Street East. RANGES AND STOVES Canada Pride Range Co., 346 Hastings Street East. TOBACCOS Mainland Cigar Store, 310 Carrall Street. TRUSSES C. E. Heard, 969 Robson Street. WATCHMAKER Fred Kaltenbach, 305 Carrall St. Tenders for Tubular Boiler TENDERS invited for the. construction and supply of one 48"xl2" return tubular boiler. Apply school Board Office for specification. Tenders to be in the hands of undersigned by 5 p.m. July 15th, 1925. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. G. WOLFE-MERTON, Secretary Vancouver School Board. and means for the new alliance "are now to be considered in a hopeful spirit." A. J. Cook, writing in the Sunday Worker, states that the "situation remains very serious," and appeals to the rank and file to make special efforts. TAILORS GET INCREASE LONDON.—Trade Board rates for the ready-made wholesale tailoring trade have been revised, involving an increase of Id. an hour for men and %d. an hour for women. The rates become operative on June 18. For a Day's Outing ao to Horseshoe Bay Pacific Great Eastern Ry. (Via No. Vancouver Oity Ferries) TRAINS BUN AS FOLLOWS ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS Leave North Vancouver for all stations 8:10 a.m. and then thirty minutes past each hour until 8:80 p.m. Return from Whyteclift 9:25 a.m. and 26 minutes past each hour until 9:25 p.m. Furchass Tickets at Ferry Wharf and 533 Oranvllle Street Return Fares From Vanconver: Adults 70c; Children 40c For Further Information Telephone North Van. 300 Seymour 9331 Page Eight THE CANADIAN FARMER-LABOR ADVOCATE Friday, July 10, 19_| I OPEN FORUM f&dJJ&rUd *~faqi QUESTION BOX Address All Letters apd Remittances to the Editor ®1jp fflattatatt Jarmer-ffiab-or Afcmirafr 1129 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. *2 A TEAR U SIX MONTHS :: Capitalism's :: Weekly Pageant If men would but live up to reason's rules, They would not bow and scrape to wealthy fools. —Lucretius, 95-52 B. C. •T-HE MONKEY SHOW has open- -*- ed in Dayton Tennessee, and a dozen good men and true, who couldn't tell whether the law of biogenesis is the latest type of harrow or the latest brand of jazz, are going; to decide upon a question which numerous scientists have spent a lifetime studying during the past century and a quarter. If any proof were required of capitalisms inane stupidity it can certainly be found ln Dayton. » » • TTNDER THIS SYSTEM aU things **^ are commercialized, and Dayton's lunacy exposition is no exception to the rule. "Hot dogs" figure prominently In the display, while one enterprising firm of Babbitts have Installed radio broadcasters in the court house, grabbed the school playgrounds, fitted it up with seats, put in loud speakers, and those who wish to hear "man versus monkey, as seen by a moron," can do so by paying an entrance fee. * • » TpVEN "GOD'S TEMPLE," a Pres- •'-' byterlan church, regarded by most christians as being immune from commercial attacks, was made the subject of a real estate deal when some christian gentleman, who refused to admit any kinship with "lower animals," tried to rent it for a dance hall and cabaret. This was indignantly refused by the stalwart elders of tlie church; they wanted to use it themselves for a restaurant, where meals would be dished up at 75 cents per head. * * • nnHE MOORS, because they were ■*■ considered Infidels, suffered violent attacks from Roman Catholic adherents during the days when that church dominated the then "civilized world". Now they are getting the grace of God instilled into their hearts by high explosives. The daily press informs us that 800 of them were slaughtered recently when christian Frenchemen dumped 3,00 pounds of bombs among 2,000 Riffs. This act being committed ln the Interests of trade was, of course, sanctified. * * * DOISON GAS, we were told a few * years ago, was the particular weapon of the fiendish Hun. None but those who happened to be born ln tlie same country as King George's grandfather would ever think of using such a diabolical tiling. Now we find a prominent citizen of "peace loving France," advocating that it be used against the Riffs. And why not? Poison gas factories aro idle, and thc present demand for It is small. Using it would "increase prosperity by putting money into circulation." VAST RICHES will flow Into the pockets of Vancouver residents according to thc "Sun" lf someone will supply us with a chair making emporium. This is all that Is required to bring a pay envelope Into 560 homes, increase the population by 2,000, and put $730,000 per year into circulation. "My kingdom for a chair factory," sailh King Babbitt. Unemployment and cabinet making cannot both exist in the some locality. "He who would be free himself m ust strike the blow."—Byron, A N0THER WAR OP IMPERIALIST AGGRESSION, which threatens to involve all the great capitalist powers, is looming near. Britain is preparing to rush troops to Tangier to prevent Spanish soldiers from occupying the "international zone" in whieh that town is situated, and refuses to allow any power to "establish itself on the Straits of Gibraltar." Austen Chamberlain, backed by that sabre-rattling jingo, Winston Churchill, refuses to promise that troops will not bei sent until parliament sanctions it. Thus once again capital declares that in matters of major importance it rules without, parliament. To the master class of Great Britain the slaughter of millions of British and colonial troops is of little moment when compared to safeguarding trade routes to the Far East, for the export of shoddy cotton and Sunlight soap. Workers' lives are cheap, but trade spells profits. Besides, the Mediterranean must be kept open for the passage of war vessels to the scene of the next capitalist shambles—the Orient. *»##*» T0HN BULL'S STATUS IN CHINA is becoming precarious. J When British troops landed at Canton, China threatened Japan with a devastating boycott of all Japanese goods if aid was given to Britain. The Japanese imperialists, desiring to have China for their own exploitation, seized this opportunity of unofficially informing China that they would unite with her should Britain wage a war of aggression upon the Chinese nation. The United States imperialists, while taking the precaution to have warships on the scene, adopted a conciliatory attitude, hoping thereby to win preferential treatment from the Chinese, Britain has been shoved into the position of aggressor. Her traditional hypocritical mantle— "the champion of small nations"—has been torn from her shoulders, exposing the naked, gleaming sword of capitalist piracy. The result is that Chamberlain and his cohorts have been informed in the British parliament that "Britain's diplomatic failure in China is the worst in her history, since they allowed themselves to become the catspaw of others," while "America, with a singular adroitness, seems to have escaped all obloquy." In other words, Uncle Sam has shoved John Bull into the position he used to shove other nations. • ***•» •THE BOLSHEVIKS, of course, are blamed for all the ■ trouble. This is necessary, because the needs of capitalism demands that should another war develop it be used as a pretext for attempting the overthrow of workers' rule in Russia. Another forged letter, similar to the one used during' the last British general election, has made its appearance. The Imperialist police in Shanghai claim to have seized a letter written by the Communist party of Russia, authorizing the bearer to foment strikes in South China. What use such a document would be to its bearer is not clear, but British capital required such a missive in its efforts to overthrow Soviet rule, so it had to be manufactured, because Russia must be made the dumping .ground for British iron and steel, and British imperialism needs the Baku oil fields. But British patience is proverbial, and Britain, through her jingoistic government, states that she is willing to overlook even thiB affront in the interest of British trade and commerce. jVTEXT WAR, into which we are being dragged by the imperialistic designs of our rulers, will be the greatest carnage in history. Dr. Woker, analytical chemist of Berne University, states that: "Aeroplanes controlled entirely by wireless, carrying poison gas bombs, twelve of which will suffice to destroy every vestige of animal and vegetable life" in cities like Paris and Berlin, will invest the next war with a frightfulness against which civilization will have no defence. These gases will destroy the organs of respiration and cause blindness, madness, the tortures of suffocation, and finally death." This is what we are being dragged into because capitalism requires markets in which to dispose of labor's surplus products, and because we lack the initiative and audacity to kick into oblivion the most ruthless, useless and degenerate band of plunderers that every preyed upon those who toil. Railroads Use More Bosses, Lay Off More Productive Labor By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Service.) More high-paid officials and fewer productive workers is the economy practiced by railroad owners if interstate commerce commission wage statistics for March tell the truth. The report shows that the number of wage earners employed by the railroads fell of 37,993, or more than 2 per cent, compared with the previous year. The number of executives, officials and high salaried staff members increased by 203, or more than 1 per cent; The railroad required 410,824 fewer hours work per day from productive workers in March, 1925, than in March, 1924. But they paid for 1798 more hours each day of time of officials. • Heavy Layoffs in Shops Seasonal increases totaling 8684 workers in the maintenance of way forces between February and March were more than counterbalanced by heavy layoffs in the shops and the train and engine service forces. The shopmen were reduced by 6208 to a point 13,822 below March, 1924, while the number of train and engine men fell off 7523 to a level 13,867 below the previous year. These decreases in number employed mean corresponding cuts in the total wages paid these groups. Compared with March, 1924, the railroads this year paid $1,439,- 887 less to shopmen and $1,680,- 380 less to train and engine service employees. The time has now come to organize, rebuild, and renew Labor Press, and give it grea power than it ever had before] fight the battles of the work against the crushing and corru Ing powers of capitalist Imperil ism which now rules with ruthll sway and strides in iron-shod bo| over the prostrate liberties of people.— Eugene Debs. After AU, It Is Price That Talks Men's Solid Leather Oxfords, new! toes, tan or black; $5.50 val-" ues lor 14.601 Boys' Brown Running Shoes,! crepe soles; sizes 1 to 6, $1,501 Women's Whito HIgh-Toppedl Boots, high heel, sizes 2 1-2 t«J 7; to clear 60ol Men's Khaki Coveralls, $2.40,] $2,95 and $3.26 Men's Khaki Pants, $1.70, $2.26 Men's White Duck Pants, $2.25 Arthur Frith& CoJ Man's and Boys' Purnlshtngii Hats, Boots and Shoes 2S13 MAIN STBEET Between 7th and 8th Avenues) Phone Fair. 14 Patronize Our Advertisers. Selfishness and Hatred know frontiers; Brotherhood knows them not.—Lamartlne. Pass this copy to your shop- mate and get him to subscribe. Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BABEISTEES, 80LICIT0BS, EX0. 401-108 Metropolitan Building 837 Hastings St. W., Vanconver, B.O. Telephones; Seymonr 6666 and 6667 WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED! SUPPLY OF 3-Ply PANELS Fir or Lamatco We Sell Direct to BUILDERS or in Small Quantities We Deliver anywhere and at your con*] venience. We can also sui ply you the right PAINT VARNISH OB STAIN SEE OUR SAMPLES Gregory &Rei< Paint Co. Sey. 4636 117 Hastings] We Have to Vacate ------UWmU-Wm \e---meea\\\---—WWa^a\eea\a-\\ ,^tmm^ ^^^^■■■■.^■^^■•^■1.1'..™ and must sell our stock this month. The stoel is all new merchandise . MEN'S SUITS $19.50 for $13.10 POPLIN TIBS $1.00 for 15c HATS, 75c COMBINATION OVERALLS, $3.00 for $2.45 STETSON HATS $9.00 for $6.40 CAPS, 50c IfK-PiSSSSKT' Many of the above goods will be higher thi| Fall—Hats, for instance, will be up $1.50. W. B. BRUMMIT 412 HASTINGS STREET WEST IHE FIXTURES GO TOO
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Title | The Canadian Farmer-Labor Advocate |
Publisher | Vancouver : the Labor Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1925-07-10 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2017-04-03 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0344629 |
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