wm^wmm P^ll^?,|P^?r!?TT^^v: rpr% ^iJsi-*f B? A. JL <"! * ■*li*J"1 " % %;*■£„ ,*,ne:w f* '" t x^Aw^^^^^mt^^^^^^mf^^^^^^BB^ * . -.« .•■'■' *-" '•< -t ,4, - ^ V.*^-ft&(WM; '*..*-' -,-V - < . 2 ^a.. ;-s» * - - ■• ;j'W«i •■ , 1 .■■.-..- ' . . ' -V - , .•„'..■! i-i'* HT* >- Al ■«.'»vJnfea 'ji > I*".* Jl: ' -'i: ***-*'.'r- - ■ - »-, ■ - j** ' - v.- DEPA^TME^T O^E BIG UNION w >r 918 * Ti *' ^ T* *\J> ' «. ty* f ' -„' tit, , i i * i*. ' rift"**} v>P?i A. .ci- ^'-J" . -■' . *■• i * .F^R^IIE, B. G^KDOUST'^'Igia. onuses ■-"'-'I *t.^t*>. *>■ *£ ,-AV*. •+ \i* t. ........ hAi-l.'t^Omim. fitr tl (The Associate* ^ ^•Bpasa)lHRte'.aeii$nl industtrts*!'yh; -^mnts^tio, ■haur*,to1 have ■i'mivt'*?.'. (j"»j * er nt'Om p: , tlLlpolnt wBish meO|oeai*U|» ■pr.- ',|*tf Is ooiulderM OTgmea<<te##h .^_,^tBt>a«S?5'bnt-st*i«r. aee [it:<he vpAks ororgudmd lain a', . " . " .V.^Vv "mttHon Lancasl*er cotton LvjSJjre-re Idle tor more than ttwnaand 'Ytnlehlre i*OiijM^ke|fiiij W^-'-W tent regards thelpolice atsdangaroui ^ngptti , r The Rovei a c^t&tesfotifie*la&tf.c Tte. home, s^etarf>v 'E. Sho'rtt, > bas declared mitt tbe anvenuaent.is firm aad will consld-Sir no cotnprt>mlse or y^eld .to Une ^Uc»men's.demands to save -the statue of an ordtaaVy labor union.*f *...' *; '\ '•■' - ' i ■ • > •Mii.'A'Ji.d2s W.">'V-"K* 4,-y *'■'**;'■-, i--«W i*.-*.-. -■ ' i _ _|ttelaliioe-:Jttl|' . bsgre decided' to stitte . ted now Uie>LondonW tAott.4b.fo'on their. B^eond .' "*—J»»W-J\ » «■ * ' "■" ■ v«' ' " V'.*i: o^j] .'«*Bdpo^iSPwr^t^l'e, ftyotton", br the triple ■WP&E* owners' and ^S-Tlieee powerful _ i floret «all<H to de- Jdbey'lfcaU nas the wea. l-Sgte* to;At4o en. <jL ^ ■i^mAK-s- $A'-:l-..*< ■ >* ->■/ No *.. Printed By Union Labwr ,l 'i *»-'-" l I - V75^ tf ^i. Policy Committee, of District 18, iu session here^Kas decided to^or- ganise *tho £>istrio% into the One Big Union u^nder'the title of Dis- triot'No. 1, Mining Department ot Ori^^Big Uniph.' The B,owdJn- structttlfthe District o0icers% r«^ ■Direct actlon^by <(be workers is de^ nounced byo»nyi,6ub|ilc men,ae anatt tempt <to ueurpii^etpowers^ot pariia- wl_»„1OT .uc. goneiwtck on %k pledgee^to labqrrr*; John Hodge, termer mlnlatter ot.ten- eiouft sail tn pfrflamengtonlffht^'It I00U sa Wm *>pgrdrchlrik a'^n- cl*l electlotu- .,?V *i..*i • ..^ * - ®L*.-^ .- '''■;■>•. *& "'* Uvnmier LktydOeorge's tamoiiej>6l- Jcyr,of Compromise, en low uucpeeetttl, appears to have reached tbe breaking point and certainly le'undergoing Us severest teet. Nojwoner ts Mae. eruption cleared aoXiupi a new one breaks amsoo,- aiw^BmeiiO'- **» ^^fel*I*3r ln tbe toiMpral commons,.John.Hodge and William Thorne are preacljlng re* etralnt and .pjrtlence .While ipf cojtetruotlon fronftte wariie Tieliuf>arr ranged.and are i sralr^ittwi wong&jt ..».«-..-,„. ,_.,., meb^at Gr^tffl *alfi|rVuro;fW^pai^^ le,?-.* ^Bt org^tkize, the< local* into the' new -gahization. #>,^. /' ; ; ThelDiwc&r ^t^fOpe^tions haa beepndlifieia.: of'thV change amLhg1^Wolf^r #t^ene^ o^gan- ''l^n j*> ep|o^inj) a^wwfe agwe- " Qper- ^en^mth^tb^^te^ Coal ator8#ABsoc2atio^'" International officials of the if. M:,W. of A^hav^ieciddd to .make a Jour of AftJMatrit^ and address meetings wja^'vie^ to perouadf ing the lo<&ls io retain their con- nection witli ^American organ- tymU9i^ed*a.^j..Al.ii maactSltA-ttft ed.-At'Chinook tjiey bad be liick and pjitained ati atulience of. Beven.^No^)gTam hoe been pub- ~" 'j^.'thear proposed ■<v>- -*««*,. r. ****<-r*. y Ok-1. -' ' -y 1 M. •'- Indianapolis 1 thai ,-tbe that Pre^d^WpirlBtopheai. Secretary-Treasurer iB&wne and otteie are out of a Job. Wfhey stated tliat they.have full autMrity to act, and that it will practlovly mean & jeofc ganteation, ot the d-Wtrlot of the min*- ers who desire fo-TOHc under thei'btaQ. ner of the U, M. W»f A, t •■'"* •* Alternatlve^rovided -~ v They stated thsOhe imternaitlonal had no depire to,tame itself upon the miners of Gphaqa, mk the mln*ers will be given the^ppoiOnity of. r^alnlng their, fnpm^rphlp; Irfitlie U. M. W. A. at an early date, ^Mvjding th^y.were willing txfjjjarryou^te'lawB, and that the' International' all in-its power to bringing .about b~ "Then -ihe' prei mlnet*' in this ,qut of^offl-pe?" asked, "the inte WA discuaa the issues" in^ e, Mwm preagmje v "Absolutely .01^ Mr. Ballantyne, authortty to speal %Hed'VM4i»e ,Wg " '1 s - ' The rep&sSn when tbey-aske^ pbos- what unie te^'«^felx fl«nifej membenthip • cw^f WotV willing to do let the minora la ' condtaoe*. officials of the aro;absolMte|7 >ai .1,1 'they bte¥''«i n-behalf of'thfe r^k«A^srlca at' 'Defiant '\ ^mentioned that tdenteGhrto beloupF^i r the ti&W&Ws |tii#„iOn»1Slg^ttt": " '- -AT. 'r. f*. via . " 1' ' i\l1* ,'>.» ilblUon til mem-- llne^orkiqrs of t^iwr dt*lorgaa> Sonal repmenta^ it >t- ft , .,, i'^mL, ,*-.>^t-1M#f1 rtiatlqW^wfllfpf cTjjfl, arfnjority of tho deilera llttv•- ing liad lftt^c stocks on hand., Somo of them, however/ aro beginning to h«i low, and the/johnston Storage & Oa?EaJ?e. Company announced to*lay 'thai theyv^oul4" have to shut ott on locafj(3eliy,eiW. ^ This, com WJ,ny; however, anticipates that the shortage will only bp temporary, and that no serious failure of coal supply will occur this winter, because of the fat-i that there will bo plenty of men seeking employment- wbo.will willlde'ly ^ork ih the mines, union, or no union. "; ' . " , T* '/f, ' Lott and. Company report thatthey have plenty of coal yet on hariil ekcej^t for; the Bankhead. senii5aaU»rac|te,t>' Wblob>thei«J||a^^:eii«y^ my-. . ..Wt anticipate that tlie condition %||Ionly be Wmporary—that Vthq tialMrs always seem to pull off hVgfe^j^.4htt', *ta?.otthe fo$l&om#^$Mi- i. 9»,ippad3ppufc i^-te.r~£ 4":^ *■-.%&/' W.&..Q-Tbom-w, ^.tfo T-h©'niw;,»^d, ancl; Cartage Ctampa-nv.* took *KWm jjLotoujfitipm: of fttie •sltiiatfgn; -Saftf Thomas said thatthere wwJ'|ulte »4ot ofAcoal ia,stbt«jgji(?tn the dtyiMie, present time, .^ti^ak ^he;^ppjy w«w When asked what steps •* had been taken as far as reorganisation was concerned, the Irttern&t/ional repreeenta- Si?-, f^1^ *liat ttoy had 'orwarded tbio following circular to all locals ln the district: . ., 4 .-*-'•* Officials Clrculsiy ,<^u i* *, To the officers and memMw'of ftfr local unions ofthe tJnJtedmffioWorlt* ew of America:— • ,; *#' Greetines:-^- ' • '7, "^ , The International -executive "board PCIW8, Indiana, July 10,,1&19,<© take .t^moeting threwteimbers of:tterlraard W informed of-tbe-aotion taken by ""Vi-S.lselative to a referendum vote 2BSt,kwi B)ace OR*he WBstlon^of ip had " ^ftPteferoTiwi#»rW^ ffSm^teW" wcqtt^a^owid s^*!a^i*^''toJ^aMr *•**»"« W™». ««*,fit*8ommle«lon titers fuU p6wer to act «a their Judg- m ™^Po^V^eco€W!»ard, the •bmtlt^A Mr.: CfcristoiShjers and tite* W/TS^M*? oT Pbtrlot No. assaEsraSM card |o t-te Aomn ran-* ^ S?^j ^^»%!Mil>silfe.fJroaath' wnrjtor-tfc atoi i:k sque "iBfti &U Coal Fai|fe;Is ;§ i*. 1 July 31 —Immediate po' '■J 'J I eev aotk« in acoordanoe witb obvanbb •*, '-' .v>'f 1 •^ *•* jf1'1 ** ^ tionisiirged by?tboCaiadlaS talljJMF war board in conneoUon-wlth tedtVfi> tert supply4ot coal fo^^ipanada.* • -^Ilte,iiapeiidiQR'Bbor*t|ge ls real, Ilk Mtousi^iooiuiot,' te'ewitgwt-edK sild invofllctal of ^''(Bw way war boemttbie niornln*^'., **--,-' , fWa are satisfied on tbat point aajh ite raOweO* ot^kaadw ^aro'^jfiBmap-: eev a * here. Aumors tbat ttm coal. ffl" xaots. .S* -i .-'I--*;" ^W.'jjisT ''■■*,'•'-" ■»'■', ,..,'^ Reefna, Jaly St.—Hon. -q^A. mtog bas Megraphed Hon.O. p. ertson that tba coal strikes .In berU._hive causW kaertomUh^U J 5tfflrt ' age of coel ahdttot-un] 'S&t'rt .» Tt-s-s'--, * : - -^i'^5l # ?'tto';^aiaain^wi v>*s -4 Playlet Only Once Performed I'JtKSKNT- uiari; SCENE—Office of District 18; Calgary, -i'resid^nt 1*. M. rhrfstoplitfi-s, So*.'ty.-Trwis. 1-ldw. jind \ i v-1 rvn. Alox. M •! jr^.m. Jrowuo Ww**fflraE^eftSW ^..^j.^..,.- „ ^ Christophers and " Secretary BroWne have, aa can well be understood, had too busy a time to prepare an extensive, exclusive report ior Tho .District Ledger and the comrrtisBlon from Indianapolis have not sought to use these columns for the conveyance of any spedal Information to the rank and file. In another column will be found a dramatic presentation of what took place when the commission sent by present strike ,<ttie fh\ernatlOMl rep^ resentatlves stated ihat if the locals decided to remain wittf- the International tbnt the latter would do all In its power to affect a settlement of the etrlke which has been iu exigence now since Slay 24. It is the intention* of -the International representatives to remain in •Caltyary until matters in D'.sfric-' 18 havo beon/ readjusted. The Picks for Them ,-Xelthor President ChrlE-tophors nor Fe-cretar.V'TrenBurer Kd. Hrowuo np *y; iftCtflflMf mogthig aim cut only aliout a nionthr Tmdf, 1*»4't * Company-report, * lint they Imve a xupply <jf coal on hand Niifllcieut to fill orders now eoitiiiig i«, liut that no Nliijiiu«»nln of eoal 'mv nr- riving in tluMity, (Calgary Herald July 29) Formal demand has been made by iho International representatives of Ledger that tho rank work«r» throughout the t-nko ; riiainiuin Ititlhtutync—■" Well, ir»*ntlcnu'ii, thm-commitu^ ih here trt invcNti^titc the cojKlltiotift in Hiis distrii't." Ohristophcra—We shall answer any quest ions you may ask to the aPl>rovo of tl>« «•»"«! »k tteat of o«r ahililv." ! ^1' "T"* mu\ , ,,, , . *■**■.-*„.* * i »»y this in full kuowMKo (rrothichiff some papers) * Did thw oflice,,Uat ,u, lhe 0,^^ We hewwJthqttote1 tbe laat ta lines ofcartlelie 14, section 2, of tbm International constilutlon.- aha which' reads «»follows: , S "Any member aicceptlng membership n the industrial Worker* of tho World, the Working class Union, or any othor dual orgaiileatlon not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, shall be expelled from membership in the ITiiitnd Mine Workera of America• and no members of anv siu>li organization Khali be permittod fo wm ,.,.„ ^ his evidence reads lh paft''iii' followjn- Sefgt wahgh told of a',rottv*rs»tlo£ with pdward Browne, Ca|gai7 when a copy of tho AYettorn Labor News braring a circular chirt of tho soviet governm<nt rrtiched Calsary, Holding tho patter in hit* hnnde Browne called Wauffh to 1i!h Hid.;, witness testified, and ntlil: 'Thi» Is tbo aim of tho Ono Illg Onion, tho hovIoi?. fopin of Kovenunent, ns we nro going to l-riv-o it.- Sergt. Waugh then gave u Bhort hts- h-tw {iieinliiTNhlp'iti «mr union unlo«B 1 ,or>' uf ,h»» On* lll-g Utwion, which had thoy furfHt th(»ir me.mberi*th*!p In the jilH <»»e*Ptlon at n mine workers' con- dual orgaiiizntloii inimedlat.e|y upon vea,ion- Thoso were rhjnfly UusHlanu Micurlng inemlMirHhip in the 1'niteill<,ll(' ^'wtrluim led 1»* nrltish, Hcot*b AII110 Wmrkers of Ameri01." i ,ri**b uiul ltallft«H, ho wild. Clcilrmau llallatityi 1- I'owlriliuki any of its funis to tho 0. B. ll?" Christophers- *Ahfolutfly. no." Cliairmnii 11« I In *• t >■ r-^-j—'* | see from « paper Hint 1 h.ive irt Po»-1 plate. " i ™»«» irom ™ ««^»r or iun otnoo in ! „„s(„w rormerlv- wnbln' ib*- UirMl*-* 1 jtlclatw, all the lnternaHlonnl oflictalsl -We will be out to light them for'1"" •«<!«« Ira-v-JH building .Tuesday ;ij„„ f„ ni,.-P,;n s„ iv *,hmm lavi- th" land all ;he ami pig«»iw und white-1 all we are worth." .dilpiwl in 8ecw !""r";"f,; ££1)**-nJr»lu*tBT\i' f)J,""r<"»i *>* «»< «--*vrHig th. r «,«».«<.- n JHverod ieW|le..thM. roaibtaed for^ >\?* »«*■•■ "W" aro "ol UM 1,lU^ SSkSt^^TiJn h«X"^ ■ ^*?h ^ r V* W^' <,,!,, * 111 V * 111* HCnn^U Mimna.M .»**- ii muiii iium mnl It ' |i'||i' *U'\ r Iff Iff Hlf -h 11^ S\ it I '}l wita^ui.^, hum^n,,,,., i,i.».\;z*::zx':,:t;vs:%^^ «7Ai^tAr:sA,.isse !aKfti»l«t Int< rational ulllliatron n» at.* Ttxt of Letter ; to t;«!,.. i».h,iii«k- of ihi< opportunity jprosent consthuted, It would not. only! The lotter that wa* »t<>nt fo ih.. late will rnttrv »<„ (f.nmiL*--j(in »t \h,. „...,„*., . (Calgary Herald. July 29.1 ;u« better for the miner* of this dl»-1official* of the dliUritu by the interna- «Iiov>. miirns. CMtairinHll Iwllanfvtte--<Hi«n«|!i a lelteri "Did Mr. Irvine rend* *,., .. .•■-,- 'trict, but tho«e throughoir ('anada to tional mprt «'n'at|v..ti n»tt<l: i ?!;.• Ik. -rrationai ini.,*, sn ?n,}, »,; Distru't In of the „„,,.u„ ,i„,iw „„.« Mn<w ' "Wi* , an the -fomnilKHlnii appointed - tf.ix off.-r, ilm-n tio' «n»it it nml rhristojdicr«--"TI'P» t»i»n<»y was eoutriWeil from various laeiils1 and sent through this offlco." j long-drawn-out utrtke of the mlnern In »h:« •1',-'.r'e', tiiel ulm> thf action thai h'« bmn prnviifli hy I'r nldent f'hrlf- tuph r* and fMher ottlflotn of thi- min im In n't allegnl Minn:*.! !• I»ti'.ili a**, fnnn lin^nis'imgl ntfllininn. A* the rixtili of 'l «-lr Itxi-ilrl. ■» 'te- ■ * 'r* t S'hrt 1, •»>—'«, h'-tti'iv",! pre-MeM of iho l*r*"#«**I Mine Work ■».- r **m«rt,-■ I>n Vi)rti1«*. nl h«"id ill. f.ilifii v !(• 1 I'd. .I'll- •„•'! Will. 1 M. \'«-' ..i.t..n .( 1 W.-din 1 .ill H|» • .lm- \**-<»Mli- Inti, ,..-,>.<■ n' !!■ i'Ml ' • ■ ,il I ll< I' j I this letter to you!" (Jlknstophcn*— ' Ves. at least ono very similar." Bwwnto—"y«i, In'ine read Wist letter hate a copy on flic." Ohainnaii Hallanlvti^~MWhy did you > Cliri*li»pli«r»*~'*VVlMi Khottld we hav through the window f" Dslrymple—"Dnn't yon know the International (VmMittttiori!" Christopherw-~*ll*rwtty well." Ihilrywtple—(Havetrelv) "Why ditl yon not tell your member* thst was rontrary to tl■*• e-onHl(tutionf" Clirislophera *'I ln>)<i!V*o lhat lh« tnHiilierw of mv distri't utider- sl«nd the pntmion* of Ih* eon«tttit»ion," t'hsirman ll«llantynfr»-(l»m,luHnir eopy of Hrenlur H«n».t l.v the ^^upMJ^w^Suort.S'Vu t •"»hwV ,rt ,h" pUU " poliry eooimitUe, tyj»««*l um i»«|«»r of Fernie I*.».(»n*tiion " - - - .'..'■ .•-..•. * this in a very sedate mnnmrK '* Was thii wttt fnnn vtmr ofH**y* Chrktophers <,rw." Clwiretaw lUlhtitlyiiif—"Mr, Bruwue, ym &"U\\ u* autl'm-r Ifme th#r» II |f - ,15.1 tm» wo« V* Hwsroe™-" Vo *W 1 «H«l w«* " fTtslrwnn I*nl!ntt1vTie * Trnifu*'*" ;i i13"n"'",' hum «'. t\ p PedertHwnihft 1 "Thl* m>.»»*ii»ir «liiKHir» tbnt y**M "l«d V^'imr m*w-* "■*> .i»**ii"*i ed to the arnWont* report." "Th** it im|#t»i** vriO-s-ont mv w«i«'ii* " 'nslfymple—fVery KH-atfrfy) "Mr. Ttrownn*. «U von »«i|» *.it'".M.rs the O B. IT. f" Bwwni—"I do: I am a very slrotif •npr>«»rt'*of the f* !! f* " Dairywpl*v-~j In a vevy !.*>u.| voji-p, iMiiniin^ 1«»* Hn^-r »i tin-wt... phers) "Do yon. as pnatMitirt of this JDistriet mnport. Ibe 0 I' *f *" ^'wm*"'" ?o-" l.'hnsl*op,(ierH--''lfhr«wi» hi in his O.H.I'. earti} "Ijivilt n* t»<it " n„f.'n<w, '.w J-*,, a.—,*,, Dslvwnple -"Mstr V,* t*tht*r wie«o*»er-» of *fi*» mmm't*.-.! ,* ii,*« €'*#& f* HrrWopheiw -"Vr*. tisl'e * pMntv* *f il." Dalryntple • fftt a s^III louder \am*\ "tet in mi!" Dslryn>|»lc—fOnintr thfwweli the iloorwav mini* liw fii*-**" nt 1$oV»onn\ * * Il« mi mmtmrl tke fl. B. Iff" Mt^«g»»--,iftwt thing.'* (%rts*opher»-~"Don't ft** away mad. Jw\v*. Tome Iwek lo «e«- n-* T.11.IU1.. wa. ->. . ^ , paddle their own canoe. "•* . "« m* ctonninniioii appoime<i ni.w on.-r, mu-h tm' \u«iit it iiim). r,-.toeil 11 niidi .Mine uorRars or America hant' T)l ri,tl,v „n n ciin^tlini rt*t to what'hv the ftiterns-tlonnt Kvenflvn Hunpf »hn' i» ;- foi-ctnr 0 >.>t' n» ,, <h ,,,*,t '»»»! in j» vli-u- nf '-tic f;t.* t rh»t " cull of their vjiics, ifii thi- ijuit-llon of ui(lor»!iig tlm o. ll l*. nti.I new-ring i-oniii-oilnn.i nl'h (h- h:ti'mti»'onnl i.r n-maliilng f.ntliful to xtyt Intornatlon- iring "! h<Hl* of lbi-* number, more than •*. mt <•< is: it.- , ,;.), j,aw. V|(U.4| tn favor of a M-venvHw of eoniii ftjons uith the liiternatloiial. Ke|>r«>npnt«tlY«<:< t.f th« l«nirri;«t|«-.mif nre in tin; (>{;>• at thi* pri'M'-tti t'in**. U-thhrldRc; . I>. Thatehuk. Canmorf; od Min • \Vorn*>-n of Vim-nia, v.*. fm.- !«> n-* l.tu- ir <*„ >. 11 ,«r<- Mn-lci.tn.- |? laek Kt'itt, Wayne: A. Huimar, Uril*'. *'» ln< tt, >o« tha: «»« tm** in'**- thurici- 'h- ri-ijmi!-.- i,t *\„t .iii .h..*-. iha' srd A. Hanson. Kdimmion. of ih< Mftair^of the fnlnd Mtn.-Wor* »h.> mi-.-.-r. .0 -hi i..rr,- r. .»r in-ti 'Whnt aliont yonr»elve*»T* th«» pr<« ft* In thU ti-rrt<»r\ \V«< dftonnd th^ ' • '>-ir mim.h, i!nn iti lm, r;.,iii-,i t| 'idi^t niel »i«"n-'ary wnr<' «»^«*il b> the *«• *•♦• rh'*»i iinm>'ihat«- |Hr»».«*i|,»ti m • mn'i n-|l jifitn-t v* ii»«-ntt»-r ■,; -h! M-n-.p-ipenn.in '■" prnpenv, tnelmllns tn»ok», Trunin i.<M »> fu-n- c u*.. \ti (•» lM,,,,, .l/ti„ ■ \X'** ,\r,i eir«'|Mir««l tw «w to tlw» AU* uful ftMU>V.4<hni may ho mi >our^h«rt#«.'. *e liillii' •wiiil-l hi \" Iii ' ' "Mill ' 1 liiiirTi.te *!,.■ 'I,,' ,* 'I- if l.ll -,. if III" ,*. J ■'• ill-t'-(l ,» ,f, •' n V ;.i„| im ,„ 1 mi.-nl. r. (| ii.( ..!'.' 11 till' ind nn*. itino t'ir r»- .-li-rt on,' j-md mh«I rt«iH' ih<« latter: "ue *»!>* not afraid, and If **««h nffii »h.i n 1 r * «■ ••,!.-< "1 'h" mif't u • '.111 "I ""' 1 ' lit- rends d«ir«- i»t*'«- l«-**l t*. no-ut-wr .i «iu«i * •■ ■ *•', 1 i ,„ *>'tiiiHt | <i,Mi(iiin<<- hi* m-nibi'r-h'p ♦'nrt «'l 11 t'i X'.,, er-' 'i"'J <■! ' 1 *■ ' ■'■, lris:»' >tl I ril»i» tlnnd np fn favor of dtml onmnlrnvion W'** wntiH advi*" tha" rfUtrtc* (hurter , , t , ...^ « •„ » -. ..-rn *vtl*tt**' .tri* ni* t'l'il. » H.-i'i-IMltf 1 '•• *tt>*\ . I\|»U nplt.-"Kama*l IMUamrne, 8»mnl ih> •-( o i";» -A.I lUt • * IHil.i.*^ ,1 * * 1/mi .i 1 11 ;»i uul-.- ,a«'u'.' nn <-<ii n,;iv ht*. h«<!d in 1 Oi I'ii-i,-.! 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Entrenchment "Holy Family" Took Action To Make Positibns Secure In the closing hours of the Atl-antic Qity convention the "Holy Family" of the American Federation of Labor became apprehensive of the security of their future position and decided to entrench themselves. There has been a strong tendency inside of the A. F. of L. to modernize the organization. Many workers have eome to realize that the obsolete plan of craft organization is but -the reflex of era ft production and should pass<a\vay with the passing of craft production. They liave come to understand that any organization that proposes to pro- teet the w6rkers in modern industry must be formed upon an industrial basis as a reflection of industrial production. Further, as the development of the capitalist system has given a political character to strikes, by the more frcquout and sudden use of the political weapons against the strikers, wage slaves have come to appreciate Uie value of calling a strike of the whole community. These tendencies towards industrial organization and the general strike menace the security o£ the position of-the dueseaters in the American Federation of Labor and they have taken steps to stop it. The Constitution of the Federation has been amended to make it illegal for any organization or members of the organization to advocate a general strike or industrial organization without the consent of the General Executive Board of the. American Federation of-Labor. Everyone knows how much chance there is for the Executive Board to approve of that kind of'agitation. There is an old saying tlmt if a calf is given enough rope it will hang itself. It is quite certain that lhe A. F. of L. is getting enough rope. The question of its hanging rests with the workers. Workers S- Unite ... * LOGGERS and CAMP WORKERS THIS MEANS YOU JOIN THE B. C. LOGGERS UNION 61 CORDOVA ST. W., VANCOUVER, B, C. DO IT NOW ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION FOR ALL CAMP WORKERS Loggers of the Interior Oountry Take Notice The Loggers of the Coast Districts have formed an organization known as the B; C. Loggers' Union, industrial in its scope, comprising all workers in theTiSmiieFitrdustTy7irad~eon- struction camps, affiliated with the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor. ¥■■■ AVe invite all Loggers in the interior to join hands with us in a united effort to better our conditions, which can only .be] done in thi^manner.** v% * ^j Organizers are now on the road and will pay you a visit in the near future. So get ready! For further information communicate with 2. Winch, secretary-treasurer, 61 Cordova St. W. VANCOUVER. B. C. PHONE SEYMOUR 785G TRADES UNIONISTS OF CANADA STOP1 READ! THINK! WHAT IS THE USE OF INCREASED WAGES If the Manufacturer, Wholesaler, and Retailer are to add to the increased wage cost, their usual percentage of profit, and compel you to buy back the commodities you produce with with three scales of excess-Profit added? Protect Wage Values by organizing Cooperative distribution and ulti mately Co-operative production of the merchandise for which your wages are exchanged. FERNIE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LTD. Incorporated 1907 Workers Control of Industry Capitalism Uncrupulously Desperate In Efforts To Crush Russian Workers Emm v f% w § Hole Agent lor Ibt fas* ior «, Lethbridge Brewery Products w There is a counter-revolutionary magazine, Struggling Russia, (which is financed by American banks with Russian money), carrying on a very large campaign of advertising against the Workmen's and Peas-amis' Republic of Russia. This magazine insists that Bolshevism is "the central world problem." The conscous capitalist press? is now stressing this aspect of Bolshevism. They now recognize that it is not a problem of pro-German agents, of mass murder, of chaos in Russia; nor simply a Russian problem—it is the central world problem of Socialism against Capitalism, The determining factor in international events is not that Germany havS been crushed, or that a number of small nations have emerged to ''independence," or that the world is being divided territorially and financially.* The determining factor is that out of all this, out of the war and the collapse of Capitalism, has emerged .the definite proletarian struggle for Socialism. This struggle for Socirfjism is no longer a theory isolated in action; it is\jiow a fact of life itsfelf, .the most vital problem for Capitalism and the proletariat. In meeting the problem, Capitalism is fighting for it* very existence. And it is unscrupulous in its use of methods. The workers of Russia initiated this world struggle for Socialism; and so international Capitalism, represented by the allies, concentrates its attacks upon the workers of Russia as the resolute defenders of the interests of the workers of the world. Starvation, counter-revolutionary plots, assassination, invasion and terror,—all these are means used in a desperate struggle to crush Socialist Russia. The apologists of Capitalism try 'to complicate the problem. They, try to make it difficult for the workers to understand. But the problem is very simple. It is not a problem of democracy, or of communizing women, or pf mass murder, or of any of the lies spread so feverishly by the bourgeois press and other agents of Capitalism. The crux of the "Russian problem" is simply this: workers' control of industry. •• -^ Let us for a moment consider t'he purpose of thn'Soviet Government: The political power of Capitalism (and its ally, the nobility) has been crushed. The workers have conquered political power. The workers are using this power to crush the industrial power of the cap-, italists,—giving the land to the peasants end the factories to the workers. A capitalist republic (such has prevails in our ewn country) recognizes the "rights" of capital as supreme the whole social system is based upon the supremacy of capital. The Soviet Republic, which, is a republic of the masses of the people, recognizes the rights of the workers alone. The basis of the Soviet Republic is workers' control ot* industry,—Industrial democracy. Slowly, painfully, in spite of starvation and alien invasion, the Russian masses are crushing the power ol e-apitai7^reeing^hr-worke-T*s^r«m capital, and constructing a new society of communist labor and fraternity, of workers' control of industry, in whicfy labor shall work for the peace and happinfess of -the people, *%nd not ior the profit of the -capitalists. ' .",'*" ! a i t 'i The Russian revolutionary masses are introducing Socialism. This fact is against the interests of Capitalism, since hi Socialism proves a success in Russia the workers of the world will struggle for a similar objective. Capitalism, accordingly, mobilizes against tho Socialist workers of Russia in oivier to crush the workers of the world. "What is Capitalism ? It ia a social system bused upon, private property, upon the private ownership of industry by the capitalists. The workers are deprived of industrial proporty; tliey must secure a job in order to live, and theso jobs are dispensed by the capitalist owners of industry. The owner of industry is out to make profits; he employ* the workers simply in order thait they shall produce profits for him. Tho wages of tho workers do not represent all the values firo- dueed by tlieir labor; the employers appropriate part of these values, a surplus value over and above tiie value represented in the wages, whieh becomes the profit of the capitalist elass. In other words, the workers are robbed of a portion of the fruits of their labor,«*out of which booty the capitalists acquire wealth and power. Capitalist industry, moreover, is an autocracy. Starthig with the Hiuall employer, up to the great masters of finance, the capitalist class absolutely control* industry. This autocratic control of industry culminates in the absolute control of the iiulustiul life of the imtiou-und of the world—cxercis- ed by finance-capital, by the great batiks and industrial monopolists, hy an insignificant minority of the people. The wortora have no say Sn tho management of industry under this industrial autocracy. They have no vote in thc management of proilvwtlon, or in tlw disposal of the (roods they produce. They must accept Hie dwmion* of tin) industrial autocrats. They may ease their loudagc a bit hew and there by means of union*; but this slight advantage is offset by the increasing power and tyranny of capital. lrnder this system, the workers do not work to live, they live tn work. They live to produce wealth and power and pleasure for the masters of industry. « This industrial autocracy of capital control* the government. It controls the press. It control* tho schools. It controls because these industrial autwrote have thc wealth, ami wealth under Capitalism means power. This industrial autocracy is able to puschss* thc services of a mercenary army of intellectuals, educators, politician* and ionnmliits, whose task it is to u««-civ« Uu* motmea and promote th« *upr«iit«ey «»f Capitalism. Democracy in govwiiiwnt Woi»* a fraud under a system where industrial autocracy prevail*. Om ofthe industrial automiey of Cnpitsimm -coine* the misery ami M.pprM*imi nt the workers, war* and nil thc evilaihat afflict hum. thii nt thw aval ran <lev«-lnp* thc class struggle of 0v«.Htm*)W Canitslisin. technical staff, which is supreme withihn the factory. "Where the capitalist owner has not been eliminated (in many cases he-is temporarily retained as a manager) he is subject absolutely, in all his actions, to tihe/control of the Factory Committee, which regulates the purchase arid sale of products, factory conditions, wages, hours,'etc. But one factojfy is riot independent of any other faetory,—production is a complicated pi*ocess that requires centralized management. The various factory committees in a particular locality, accordingly, elect representatives to a Lower Workmen's Council of Control, which regulates the relations of factory to factory in a particular district. These various Councils of Control are centralized into'All-Russian. Superior Council of Control, which unifies factory production iii all the eountry. The central organ of ndustrial control & the Supreme Council of National Economy, which unifies the Workmen's Organs of. Control, the peasants' committees ofmianagement, and it-he Soviet Government. In this way are unified production, distribution, wages and conditions of labor. This is the basis of industrial democracy, of workers' control of industry. All these eomimittees and councils of control are elected from -the bottom up, by the workers, "who are industrial citizens and use the industrial vote to control the management of producton. It is on the basis of this workers' control of industry—ihe end of capitalist industrial autocracy and the profit-power of the capitalists— that the workers and peasants of Russia are constructing a new society. The "central woiM problem of Bolshevism," accordingly, is a simple workmen's proposition. It is within the comprehension of every man and woman who works for a living in shop, mill or mine; easily comprehended, in spite of the distortions of a mercenary press. The "central world pj'oblem of Bolshevism" means simply the determination of the proletariat to' crush the industrial autocracy of capitalism and introduce the industrial democracy of Socialism,-—workers' control of industry. v The Soviet Government itself, which is of a political character while elected industrially by the workers in the factories and the peasants in the fields, is a temporary affair. It serves two purposes: (1) to crush the political power and the resistance of the capitalists, Russian or alien; and (2) to develop the conditions for the construction of a new industrial government, When the introduction of Soeialasm in Russia (and the world) is completed, then the Soviet Government, the dictatorship of the proletariat, will disappear.having accomplished its purpose; then ihe only government wliich will remain'(which is; not a government in the old'sense)'will be the industrial administration comprised in the management and regulation of production of the workers. This final "government" is now bemig constructed by the Soviet Republic, through the Factory Committees, tlie Workmen's Councils of Control and the Supreme Council! of National Economy. It is a simple proposition,, this workers' control of industry; but it means tlie end of Capitalism, predatory, reactionary, brutal, represented by the Allies, is determined to crush the Soviet Republic. This means to crush everywhere the developing proletarian movement for workers' control of industry.—which alone ean bring peace, liberty and happiness to the workers. Capitalism means oppression,,misery and degradation for the workers. The democracy of Capitalism (limited to politics) is a fraud jnoans-for-t-fio^ nnprgssinn-oLilic-workgra. Capitalism and its deino- How to Attain Old Age. Sir George Reld's golden rule for- the attainment of old age Is worth a'# place in tlie Office Window as^a cor-" rectlve to all war valetudinarians: *'I, have aimed at health and happiness, and when confronted by a formidable i obstacle I have first tried to knoc^ U ■**. over; failing this, to get round it; If ' not, then under it; and if all these maneuvers failed I have been content to lie down in its grateful shade,' lauding it as s beautiful, blessing^in disguise."—London Chronicle. ■> •**', Dense Philippine Forests. Tou may cut sn entrance into a Philippine lowland forest and so dense and^ high ls the overgrowth that you feel as though you might be in a vast cathedral with only subdued rays of light entering here and there through window psties of heavily stained glass. The sun is completely obscured and it Is Impossible to tell the points of the compass. A twilight gloom pervades everything and It is useless to even Itupss the time of day, - ■i (J How They Breathe Under lee. The ability of a leaver to refrain under water for a long time Is really not so strange a problem as It looks. When a lake or pond Is frozen over a beaver will coine to tjie under surface of the ice to expel breath, se that it forms a wide flat bubble. Ths sir coming in contact with the ice.and water is purified, and the Mayer breathes It again. , This operation he can repent several times. The otter and (muskrat do the same thing. craey means want, unemployment, starvation wagol, oppression for the workers; and wealth, ease, and luxuryfor the captalists. Industrial democracy, workers* conlpl of industry, moans tlie world for the wnkere, peace, liberty, happiness. •* Russian Accusation Workers* and Peasants' GovernmentJAsk For Investigation of An AtrociFy Wc reproduce tho following from a Budapest paper, a copy of which was recently received in this country: ' A charge that iho British military executed without trial 26 Bol. shevik prisoners who were on their way to confinement in India is contained in a wireless message, sent out by thc Soviet government at Moscow, picked up by the steamer Franklin. Thc wireless does not Climatic Changes Due to Man, Tracing the climatic records of' South Africa, J. M. Sim has reached the conclusion that the rainfall bnn not only diminished in the laat cen- tury but has changed in character front soft soaking rains to torrential thunderstorms. Human influences—the destruction of forests and the ruining of the grass veld by burning—are believed to have been chiefly responsibly, for the changes. * . V *" •»%■*■**# A. -<-i Had Had His Fling. *,, Ted's mother has given bim as- allowance of\ ten cents a week', but the has tried to encourage him to save some of it as a matter of training. Last Saturday she asked him low much he had left. Be looked rather chagrined at flrst and then finally coa- . fessed that he had spent It all. JBUs mother appeared sorrowful, until Ted added With enthusiasm:' "But, say, I sure have lived like s princ^for opce/L jMdtneeeL-WJMtiL, Ws frequently find men of culture who tales pride Is their art or their telenet but who1 have no feeling lor morality, or religion and,? art rsthsr proud of tht fact. Is It not rsthsr an evidence thst thtlr culturt Is falling to rslse tht possibilities of experience to their highest power}—Minneapolis Journal. v Called ftr Rett . My brother wss telling his UttU dsughttr a story sad at tht sstnt time wu trying to get htr to sleep, which was a hard thing to do. Bt wu ttU- Isg tht story of Bip Vsa Winkle. He was saying, "And bt wslktd and walked snd wslktd—" "0, don't walk se much," chined In tht UtUt glrl.-Chl- csgo Trlbunt. Tweeds Copied Frem Nature. Ideas for the colors in tht bttt Scotch tweeds art found In tht bed of tht River Gerry, la tht pan of KUUe> erenkle. Granite, porphyry ahd Jasper art found thtrt in rich reds, grays aat greens, baatattfulljr mottled snd mixed state where the exeeutions took place, beyond indicating an indefinite j ** te^t contrasted colors. area near tiie Caspian Sea. The message also indicates ihat the prison-! ' '" ers wero not shot by British soldiew, but by trans-Oaspian counter- j ^ i^jg^JhTsmounfof'attal nttd revolutionaries acting under orders from British officers. The message t la Bra Omimob Hungarian Uvtag to piekwl up by the Franklin is given here for the first time: "News leaked out not long, ago tlmt a number of Kussian revolutionary emissaries wlio 'had beon captured were being departed to India by train: The train that carried them was brought to a lonely snot of the desert and the escort appointed by the British military authorities and the trans-Caspian counter-revolutionaries executod tho orders giveu thom. Tiicy shot their prisoners, 26 persons in all, and buried their dead tictims in the sand. Thia atrocious and cowardly deed being committed, the British military authorities carefully tried to conceal it. General Thomson having requested Chaykin, of tht Russian Soviet Government, to communicate to him the evidence upon vrtiich his statement was baaed. Chaykin ttcmanded that the security of the witnesses should bc guaranteed and that a mixed commission ahmild inv«rti*»4e the crime, the impartiality of the investigation being thus secured, 1!owev*i\ General Thomooii rejected these just demands, dearly showing lhat lh*- ml$ *h>.'itr of tht British author Oansda hss patented eat, the ehlif features M wlUch Us basket to be lowered bf ropes rrofa a bracket fas- ttntd to i window fnuae. Aneleats Male trteha U Last la the British mnswa are brieke taken front tht bmWfnit tn Waeveh and Babylon, which ahow oo slgna ef decay er disintegration, although the sadenu did not bum or bake then, Nt tmt tbtm in tbe eon. ean, but ttott% Oemaa experiaaattrs have tooot that etplottoM caa he ceased it gns weits by sparks rrom teltpheaea, al* though nethlag ef the Wad hu kaewn te occur. U|-^u| 0 -a^t^L^^Om^Omm U^^fcAMl^^ ktechanlsm In s llghtheme that \ nmtite tight sstemUoally swttchte ities w«* lo take rvvenge upon those who hsd di*H<wed t« th«« world j so a »#w lamp awl mm it latefeeee their criminal dwxl. But th-e tnitti Mnn now known, no *t*mtegem!|V||M4> w "^^ can conceal it any mnr* nr save thi» ptr|H'lrttt«»r* **t this iiriioiUy from! - ■»■■. -*m ..*»—- M»1l«'( the pnolcta- j public shame. I "Thc British <Jovt«rnmeiit. wli«»»f rxjirwunitsunr)* «».n*i *•« *>**%** An * ntulrntti iu Ibis 1<rrib1e Mtv*1em, thi> Hwtet UcpnbHe of Kn»*»y\y^^\ ^ nlw„Ht worki-rn' nnd t»**a«»n<*' fwmment t»»r the st»- 0^ tlentmi nt th«» l*ri»iiii**p«l Issml of working' n**.*-* H#^it Whiitca«te l*ri.v* In *he Trade r*r,*r*etw nw art fWW WP h WfV I ■mlM Pf*i\ tcrrni'r thst »* riwully * nc*H*MHsry »«»t of nu>tf>defcns«i' riWTHWS1 Top'Notrh Vrttm I'sid for Bottl*-* J B PICE, "Tht Bottle King ' Tite Alberts Hotel Blairmor-f. AlbrrU mMmmmmm^m^m^tmwmMKmmmmm WL.mMi&kwssm&^xt'*'"*" r- *-■• .-..*.-xi&rvxixx* 'MSLwamaLW * V Yon Want tbe BEST tn Meat' V\\mt or Call on Tht M^t Man * 1 ., . . ru • n»» i i a tvt^intr Ann* * «H*ftguml and mogniflnl it by *almmiyi this same British Govern- ,f ,,h tt1|M tv^vf-rnnftd «t.f ><*»vi-i'i lluwiu is a working <*ias«i am IrtiV/iiUA ox an »n«*>« tm class cmancipaiiou. gtkvrrnmcut.' Tlw rapitnlUU arc exclndMt tnm psrtidpation in torn, crovcniinciit. since the dn«s inlircst* of the capitalists compel them to! wawlly nmnlcr **t *M*iw\m* |»ri*«icni vthm* only erini? was that e\idoit the workers; and lhe Soviet'Government is a government of (they remained fsillifnl u* th«ir |xipular workers' nnd peasant*' gov- Wkot torn Oswat Ott* Although the Butt easel la etJp IB wag. ii t**itmw* uw sweatee -/.iV.iW J.V.%'.U!,J,",1 J(. lwlltjj Xji H40) JUivUJ'^r IjBQO miles. kUktk» •>-» tttt*. * ** |.-.*»,A,|. , lf-ll,-*. Tee Qeaereua. Tlw tCMtU* with tb* fellow whs hor* rewt iiwnmm m max *• aatna te i ot tt te tvwytoe he i Optlmlslle Theughi ftettag ot ebama at what M H Ble SMSBsmrewsat tf vtwm BENSON 1*. ,'*, - ;. Frtah tad Cured Meats, Fith, Poultry, Bclivcry l*r "v[*t )'r Vu.*nt MA f*,tuf, ...'Til. Blairmore. Mb*tt» •" "1»mX~k3XT"A*"Ai BuUer, Bgp, Ete. •.•S <*<t,ll'<' t.t AS! ,\.r *..,\ Yi-'t-.t*.* S»S »">«»»*«TWTj'r;»i»— - '!f-f-i'^x*f^W "*** ™**®t;*W%*t%*iie*lt*e. th* worker*. Where a capitalist aovcrnment nscs ils power sgauwt | ^^^ ,he writers and for thc eaptalisis, the Soviet government uses it. j ^ ^.^ (im(>nmmi ^^ ^ m my MUf m% m rmt*wt*e s*aAtit**i the -i'Jiinl.'thsl* and i"t toe vi-nf-M-if*. ... ■- ■ T."fri "r 'X^Xfi oitvernmetil is to brc*k the power of thc j the part of thc Kn^tan *.vi*t timnixmmi, iW loiter ton Imug mp*, ^^ 'c«nitthsta an»l develop llw cundilious f»r lh,' intn.dnHii>n of Hft'-tst-■ "Wr t.f *»**n *-*,wn*.Y,t*- t*i,*\ ,**-***.\**-*!.. Tko BtUuIi iwuvt^iy uf4':atc Here U a nu*n.i tuuwi (tint n U* *• * •■ having called the Rnsstan Satin Government n.tmlerv-^ in iu Hfw iSfJS * *y **?, *** **»** <» if****** k « .« * m , m ... IwfWWWw Wm UHWH' KiflRMNHl tttHt Wm IIMI ... . „. i.». . i- (i- „-, , tt,^*.jfl t*mi ,,'*'«"1 -*«»•««?»«• »fi«*t *s world fif mt-mt% rx-rrr hmt^ mnn w'M 'nmbem of am mmti-tm u^jL^^ s4,*M-i.«l,»ii« ilk tlw t u'orv of Marx ond th^praeiKiM»» SuvM'l llMiSsta,: ... mmmm** -»»•• m*mma m an esyiuM. h* aeac tee* .' ;.,,/;, ,. " .,L ,,L thk «wk ♦ imm ** wW "^llw rmi «*»***»"> ; "* "wtw»w» ** *»» mntome ht i,)t-;i!i*> u.i.-i.i-r*. tttitilr,,! nt xfiitvtt.lr}. Il-<»w nm** mw w**tti j *, t^ ■M,ttKIII> g^, ^ .^ mm ^^^ u, ,..**.;. .*i-'.*u IUuAj., lis r.t" 'h--» rin- pnt m th* *i*nim\ of the i "TV Rttesian >*nm tiovemmrnt prttlmn httot* th»* isitoringiMMt. 'he tmt agate. Jammed em ef wnHim. Th* «v*tem of coniwd »tsrt« at the bottom, with thc worker*, j ******* **r lfc* *',M'M •«*»»»* tt* 4»uicfi« tU**l *.f tlw Itrilish .*atlw>r- iJJj^J*^**^"* taww t«l m- m* »;ih o l«.^uvr.lH- tUir. ur »HditicLi.f. nr cgpitalUts. Kvery ran.. M* ««l *W^I. .y ,U«y U ih** rl.ss.e-nsd.uu w»rkm uf Hveat; ffVT^J!t!5^ it tS i..n- eie,-u n V»*1t*n> VmrntxltlH*. tmm amon* tht* worker* sn.l Ihf• Bri**!* *h* WrS" mi tml m *** m** of h«mt "* ™* l**** «*» <*l-*m*m. At notw b* *w*A tke am* «vdal trntt, !«•!• tf the ssylw* ten mtfmoto. ttm 'tmm *% ■m THE DISTRICT" LEDGER, FER-NIE, B. C, AUGUST 1, 1919. Exit Indianapolis Control. Tins issne of.The District Ledger appears ia the interests of and | under the.coptrol of District No. 1 Mining Department, One Hig Union. Instructions arrived this morning from the Board which lias had charge.of this paper under the old title of. Distriot 18, U; M. W. " ' It is ."the doty, of an editor to take instructions from his superior officers and we "liave lak-en ones and to.the best of our ability will ttse The District Ledger to express what it believes to be the -wishes ofj the rank and file of the workers. Had we received the order t<>-| "cany on" under thc old banner find the oBd name we. should have done so but ouly with the provision that The Distri'et Ledger wonld not be used fo the One Big Union idea, The stand taken by the Presi: dent, Vice-President, Secretary^ Treastrrer, Board Members and Policy committee men elected by this District is highly gratifying to the.present editor of this papi There were moments when i feared'they might wealten in view of the triple alliance of. forces against them; the operators,-th IfoyenHn-ents and the Indianapoli officials. Buf *hey bave not weakened. "We are confident'that the) rank and file of the workers District No. 1 will give overwhelming support to their honest and isnragepns l PROBLEM US PATRIOTISM ■^"While the international organ- ing of labor is commendable, international organization such as obtains in the United Mine Work- era of America wiill bear close, watching : and'.-demands careful: study by those who have the best interests of Cfcnada at heart. II is especially incumbent upon Canadians, and .particularly upon that section of Canadians which. prides | itself ">n loyalty to Great Britain to look carefully into the origin, 'the developement and the workings of .the U. M. W. of A. It would be- ridiculous to claini that the United Mine "Workers "o£ | America has been barren of aceom- plilshment and more ridiculous .to assert that. its officials .have - all been coinqpt. . Out of the ranks of that organization have come many men who are now, and who will continue to be, a power in labor ■movement. "While-acknowledging these disputable facts, it is ailso to be admitted that far too -many men: have attained power in the U. M. -W. o£ A. only t*> "cash, in" that] power, for positions of emolument. An-d this is tree, and. will continue to betrue. of practically every labor organization founded alleged "identity, of interests" of capital and A history ean be written of the tl. M. "W; of A. (in faet has already been written) showing what that organization has accomplished through the struggle and sacrifices °f a loyal membership. "With sueh a history thure can be no disputed At the same time there is a history of the -JI- M- "W. of A. wliich 'has never been written "and which never will be written. The only men who conld reveal ihaj. j story in its completeness have, their lips closed. The organized operators of ithe United States have . carried on negotiations with the - high officials of the U. IL AV. of A. partlyin writing, and for record, and partly -sub, rosa and protected by "gentlemen's agreements." The operators,have.always-held the. winning nand and have succeeded in-keeping in the United States a miners' organization of ! the minimum of value so far as the yfage workers were concerned. For the proof of this assertion we ean quote from'.- the 'highest official source of "the: organisation itself. In ' The United Mine Workers' •Journal, of July 15, 1019, »n pagu 12, column three,pt iin article by Robert II. Harlin, wlio.as "atfttis- tician of,tbe United Mine Worltem of America recently t°iired Europe on official business for the union," we find the/following: 'Tlio mine workers of America produce, tbo cheapest.eoal in the world. " • 'The American miner receives jor his labor a smaller percentage of thcwealth .heproduces.than docs the minor oF Groat Britnih and Continental Europe." * • The mining m dustryiit-tlre United State's .has been so. -overdeveloped tlimt its fidl-time productive enpaeity is almost double the consuming capacity of the markets that it now supplies. It has required skillful generalship on the part of the operators of tho United States to attain til lave, been used here and there with the effect of putting small operators out of business .and at- times making seeming gains for. the workers. In the meantime the real power of the c°al barons held the strings and the "big uns'" waxed fat'and more powerful. The coming of-the war prevented an outbreak among the miners, for the rank and file were becoming restless and resentful at having to work linger hours for less pay than miners in Continental j Europe. The stimulus bf war production eased the situation. At the same time it. increased -Bhe possibilities of production. War ended. The United States operators wanted..extended markets. They sent their own delegates abroad and the United Mine Workers sent theirs to look for these markets. Our readers familiar with the successful effort' to capture some df-the British kets and will recall the jubilant j article in a recent issue' of the Mine Workers Journal claiming that the United States was about] to -capture coal markets in the Mediterrannean. Nova Scotia'n miners have ened to.the faet that Pennsylvania coal is flooding Eastern Canada andthateven on Canadian government railways West Virginia coal is being used. The market-hungry Operators of tlie United States, where coal is pro'ducedmore cheaply than in any other part of the world, believe that Cbmada is their "natural" market and in that belief they are supported by the U. M..W. of A. officials'at Indianapolis. Not satisfied with "the big markets of Tomato, London, Guelph, Brantf°rd, Montreal, Quebec and other i em cities into which they are pouring.'hundreds of thousands t?ns of ePals they, are making strenuous.bids westward and ever westward. Winnipeg is an almost exclusive American market and the freight department of the C. P. R. is joyous over the splendid coal freight bookings they have already made and are making everv day for practically every .... and town e,ast °f the Rocky mountains, thus, giving busines3 ■r the returning grain cars. _ And in the. meantime it is announced that Great Britain is, in* order to relieve' the threatened and already present, unemployment, to give free transportation to hundreds of returned \ British soldiers wh° want to seek positions Canada. Reconstruction com- ttees are at work atl over Cana- . Labor bureaus are increasing „ number and the government refuses to "give passports to'f^reign- ■s who are willing t° leave this ■untry and return to the land their birth. ■ Now we come to the local phi of the situation, the position which the miners of S°uth Eastern| British Columbia and Alberta find themselves. They are told by the government and they are told by the coal operators of Canada that bey can only work under the Indianapolis officials. Three men have been sent frOm the United States ■ho have, according to their own. jwords, "fuH power to aet as their judgement may dictate" in re-' gard to affairs in this district. | "" will not here question the -s of these men as individ-; ua'lls. They are officials of an organization regarding the inner! workings of whitfh and the '' gen-; tlewen's agreements" of which they are kept in the dark. They are but pawns in the big game and have been chosen as" a camouflage for the real-situation. One man in Western Canada couM-teil moreabout She situation _.. it exists and as it'was brought about than any o^eof the commission, that man is Plrcsircnt of the Western Coal Operators' AsBocia- tion, W. R. Wilson. Mr. WilsQn is the general manager of the Crows' Kept Pass Coal Compauy, the control . of. which is in tlio toaiicls t\F American financiers Mr. Wilson i", as we have repeai- odly said-, an ablo man and is Uose in touch witli tlie 'higher ups. He ia a party to the big suheme nian- ipuliitttt. neross the-bonier and, deny it as ho will, with all the: vehemence and show of sincerity ho "can muster 'he -jahot get away from t'he real facts. It was through Jlr. Wilson * engineering",. to uao 'us own nrd. ihat tlie' strike in District a Mils*brought about. His actions were sufficiently eamouliagcd to nab'c him to indignantly repudiate an\ auch nttititt We have said that Mr. Wilson ivis a com1>any controlled by big Altiuuau finance lo tlie at 'c man is ho lnotts "Mi W« and who knows that patno tism e-uults from hit. etert poie ■ould be unthinkable that he would play a pari against Britain against Canadaa or that he wonldbe a willingparticipant in nipiilations iti the.inter they want to be in one industrial - cent, union of all workers^ free from the' manipulations of the Gompenzed U. S. political machine. He has' made-himself believe that he doing:gi:patriotic duty in fighting* those who would overthrow Gom-' perism for Mr. Wilson will be a patriot to the last breach. |.. .The big financiers of *;he United States.consider that they have Can ada by fee throat—and they have. They feel .that they just about own Canada—and they do.. They work in -mysterious ways, and they select for their tools men of the' highest standing.' In using Mr.-' Wilson they realize not only his ability but they are aware that be has a long and splendid record of patriotism and that 'he would be one of the last men .to be suspeeted of doing anything detrimental to the best-interests of Canada. Why are those who control the high-grade fuels. Under such -conditions good: business has dictated to the United I States operators that they niusti get hold of the Canadian supply.' They have, in securing the Crows Nest Pa^p Coal Company property alone taken two hundred thousand acres of' more valuable deposits; than the Saturday. Evening Post _shows are worth $700 an acre,, in other words, in this comer of British Columbia alone, the Americans have secured property worth ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BILLIONS OP DOLLARS. Is it any wonder that they resort to any means to hold that property? Is it any wonder thnt tne? will use Sir. Wilson and tiie Cnited Mine Worker* nf America in an effort to sapi'ie3s honest exponents of tho labor problem? Is: it any wonder that-they have secured control of the daily press, of coal intcrests-of the United States theeovernments, of every possible aud who, incidentally, as we 'have; shown, control the United Mine! Workers of America who, according to their own official statistician, produce eoal for less wages ''than.the miners of Great Britain and C'ontnenta1 Europe; why,. _ ask, are these men dabbling in Can adian affairs! There are two reasons, one markets; the other is coaL lands. "- An -illuminating article appears in The Saturday Evening Post, of I July 19.1919, by Floyd Parsons on I '.'Coal Yesterday and Tomorrow." He shows that official investigation! has revealed a condition in thej Unite*! States wherein ''coal tha! sold -ten years ago for $50.00 ai l.rin noo i netted the owners royalties of six to ten cents a.tou are now leased on a roya'ty basis of thirty cents a ton." While there is an enormous re- rve of bituminous coal in the United States '-'less than five per i-eapon with whieh to fight the | One Big Union idea that profiteering should be dispensed with absolutely? The Americans who have secured control of this vast natural resource in British Collnmbia would, of themselves, be able to pay the two thousand dollars to every sol- diet who risked his life and endured privations and sufferings indescribable.to save these lands How much will they give! In the foregoing we have but touched on the edges of a great scheme of the master financiers. We have not conjectured but have stated facts.- We believe we have shown the great reason behind thi anxiety of the Western Coal Operators association to retain the United Mine Workers of America in Canada. It will depend upon the common sens-e and the real patriotism of Canadian workers whether of not that organization! willr,------ ' In Sunny Italy The situation in Italy looks promising fiom the proletarian point of view. The trouble-that has arisen over the high price of food stnfts does not necessarily mean a revolution. Nevertheless, there is the chance of if developing into a revolutionary movement. The strength of-the Italian movement is testified to in their ability to establish a dictatorship of .the price of food. A taste of power is apt to eneourage | the workers to establish a political dictatorship of the proletariat. . The Italian Socialist movement has long been one of the best ii Europe and the work that they have done in the past is.about to bear fruit. Italy will probably be the nest to assume ite place among the proletarian powers. One of the most encouraging bits of news that we have received is that on July 11th ithe Seaman's Federation prevented the steamer Cablens, liondon to Vladivostok, from leaving the port of Naples because it was carrying eighty eases of munitions destined for Allied contingents fighting the Bollshevik forces. of evohibion from the old to the new, the constructive destruction of the revolutionary period. To .those who are semi-revolutionists it would be -well to think these things over. Then they will not-resort to the foolish arguments which we, Finns, once sought consolation. When our bourgeoisie complained of the disorder of the Russian involution, we consoled onr- The World Revolution Electoral Program Deserted Even In England By Revolutionary Proletariat From the Finnish Communist Paper." Viesti, "published. atStockholm Translated by O. W. Oksanen.) To -those for whom a revolution is nothing more than an attrao- ive seenic exlu'bition, the stage of the world revolution lias offered rery little of interest within the past few weeks. While to those who seo in a revolution nothing bnt disorder and riot, calamity ahd distruc- ion, the past few weeks have caused endless weeping iuhI lamcntaition rhese two extremes are I'videnre of the change which is Iif coming apparent iu those countries where revolutinn is in action—the-elmum from the boiirgPoi.s Po the proletarian lvvoltitiim The decorative scenic exhibitions are missiui;—the mimicntim spell and glamour of liourgcois revolution, if it can !.•■ dijniitled I'y Iln t of i< \f.iutimi, has come to an end. Destruction.and disorder conliiutc—tin; ival revolutionist* win suppressed by the old Hytitcm, !m\< n'imu i now nblc to destroy and crush Hint u in* Tlie ■revolution in nrt ion is dismdn tn I < PAGE THREE selves by thinking that it arose oat of conditions peculiar -to Russia alone,/lue to the lack ofRusian organizing ability. When the Germans, the masters of technique and organization, create a revolution, there] will be no disorder, we reasoned. And there was nooe, any more than there was in Russia. The same conditions existed, indeed no other conditions are possible. Organizing ability has little signiiiance; in the countries where the revolutionary masses have greater ability the new order will be established in shorter time, provided the counterrevolutionary forc^ are not disproportionately- stronger. The above illustrates the evolutionary stage in Eastern, Central and parts of Southern Europe. The proletarian revolution is gressing in all these parts. In the Balkans, the Baltie States and Poland it is rapidly being moulded for action. In Austria and Germany it is shaping itself and waiting the opportunity to present its formulated plans, to replace the fantastic with the realistic. A glance at th* situation will reveal the struggling proletariat facing victorious Imperialism. The former still disorganized, as yet scarcely sensing international unity and groping for an affective form of international alliance. ' From the crushed imperialists of the defeated nations, the proletariat has inherited nothing but ruins, ashes and hunger. On the other hand the victorious impsrialists, the war! lords of the world, have a firm international alliance, fortified by| complex conditions. From an economic standpoint the victorious imperialists are in a much stronger position. Though there is destruction and ruin in their teritories, yet they control areas having abundance of food. Between the two forces a conflict, which will determine the outcome of the world revolution, is inevitable. Is it possible that the proletariat will conquer? When Gorman Imperialism fell, all the conservative elements felt certain' that millions of Entente soldiers would be led against the revolutionary proletariat ofthe different nations. Even the revolutionists everywhere feared that this would be so, though they were confident that the restdt would be the revolutionizing of Ententi armies. Before this transformation eould occur, however, they feared that much.injury and suffering wonld be the portion of the re^ tionary proletariat. But English Imperialism has at its disposal many more clever statesmen than Germany. The Germans rushed their armies into Fin- id, the Baltic States. Ukraine and Poland, and because of their shortsightedness, in this maner hastened €Se approach of their own destruction. English Imperialism expects to avoid this mistake. It would be ridiculous to maintain that England eould not accomplish much harm with her armies wherever she pleased; but it wonld be bad diplomacy and she therefore desists. The Englisn diplomats can exercise self denial when victory requires it and they hav0 the ability to judge the outcome of the future with more or less accuracy: two qualities that the German lords lacked completely. - The imperialistic statesmen of England seem to see clearly that they are standing on the top of a volcano. They seem to be somewhat uncertain as to their ability to prevent an eruption and they are working, first to prevent the outbreak and second to delay it as long as possible. And this Ls where their prudence is evident. English industry has been eatirely organized on a war basis. Now it must be changed to suit the requirements of peace. The interval caused by the transition has caused much dissatisfaction. Discharged soldiers swell ithe ramks of the unemployed. Charitable donations are insufficient to relieve ithe distress. But, it will be asked, has not there been sufficient time to establish industry on a peace baas! Most certainly, but there are other difficulties in the way. Raw materials must be obtained, and markets must be found for the surplus product. It would be possible to confiscate the raw maiterial from the vanquished nations, Germany and Russia. But what about the markets?- It will be asked, does not the proletariat need products? True, but they are so exhausted economically that they will not- be a good market for England for many years to come. The other entente nations. France and Italy will in all probability not make good markets for England cither, as they are faced with thc -same problem 01 changing their industries from a war to a peace basis, and in order to ■oid disturbances caused by unemployment they also must product a large scale. If each ofthe entente nations is successful in making this change, then each wil! bc- compelled to seek markets outside the ■ntente group. The result of this surplus production and capitalist ;ompetifion will" be new antagonisms between the nations of the ■ntente. Here is cause for more wars—and for revolution. Thc English statesmen suspect somethi *y are proceeding very carefully, slep h ig of this sort, tl English diplomacy has been very rfuecessful historically. It. elites nt boast if it calls itself unconquerable, but even it has met its master i the proletariat of the world revolution. ,.? Today a political victory i.s a Pyrrhic victory. Tbe revolutionary proletariat even in England has deserted its electoral program. Then- the tide of the general strike rises'higher and. higher each week; the rtli of the revolutionary passion. We hear it murmur like the of the distant sea. It is the murmur of revolution, as yet incoherent. The lords, imperialist statesmen, may for a short time eon- e this incoherence. Imt it will not be for long. Thc millions of the F.nglish workers marT-h on towards revolution. Wm., Robson Fainting IHTERIOE AND EXTERIOR by the day 3 BAKES AVE. MONUMENTS Kootenay Granite and Monumental Co, Ltd. P. O. Box 865 Nelion, B. C. The only Monumental Worki In tha Kootenays H. OBTLDKD Solicitor for District 18, U. M. W. of A. MacDonald Block Lethbridge, Alta. ■01J M3JSLLrBS MVNII1J H T 8 Y HOP BIS OF • UND ACT AMENDMENT will operaie a-, furf-ellurfl. Tltta ■I be obtained on thesn clalnu la hun s years, wiib Improvements rf ■=r acre. Including 5 a*™ cls&ref -emptlon. [f-h«.r«- njnnction with hi* ™™>«it» mS ^Si" RE.EMPTORS' FREE OR ANTS ACT. The scope of thia Aot la *nl*m<l ta iclude all nenoiu Joining aod aentu (Ui Hia Maleaty-1 Forces. Ths tiSS tthln which the hnin nr derlaeea st a Ue und« thia Act lsmSMnde5rrroia ! formerly, until one rear after UM - ,™!l«ae,lia0iaoI* BI*"at *?f' ™" QWNSITE PROPERTY ALLOTMENT -d orji-isabta to dlrlde tba 1*2 " ilotment, on allotmant SbS< onHKlo-oJS s Crown baa a»r*el^ nected. The daelalon 3 Lands In respect ts ttt* proportionate aUotnwSi .me for maltlur apnUeb- Ulotinenta la Tlmfod to ?"tiili St A£Kj*W>ll«- anda of Un Crown aaS Daputr lilnlati Ch.R. NADBN. '"wswfirY a - So the world revohitio u readv. comrades' -. towards the Html stroke. Are FERNIE LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, NO. 31 Will meet regalarlr •rerr Tuesday •rea- VIbIUds members cordial])- welcome. UUARD AGAINST FIRE. rf ul tha of i oiiitio It I 111> nife-Ht on olution. i iponent of thc i-.-volnfi. m (.omparison with th. th tlmt ouli i mnt s\-ti In t!n> same manii-ur Ihe ilisoul to thoso who ideali-^p tin- ixilitn tetirhiii-gs anil systi'iii of the oh! o|.| it volution is disorderly and ik'struptiw tlu; revolution npputis po^blopiototion and at tlu. 'of tlu big «>il opeiators ot the< That win.h th, Imm^o.s be x ii ■tame time ktcp tin it ages °f th*, L mU d St itt-. But fait-* 'annol i.tolmmn in its rod si/nih.ami js t jnej, less than in Europe be dospntLtl Tli i<* playng thut pennimnt wnu m pait it i*, thi tump;, m. f To accomplish this ohictt it lie jpait and he ' nov- it It i-, tin. (|](i presM(1 sc, k .„„,,, thioiiKh i-tti.lntmu tame neLMsart to hat. tlu mini his con*, n me tumbled him fui i, ' mum amount of fnrti.m uith tin l.ttH luitt.rt ukpth he has put;««« "^ 'S. , , , , , workers and Tolm MiUhtll nn, i\ qiueto on.thit mon.tor bt mak , * Lie « «Wli th, .ttoh.Um.s.s n,p»e I ■ndaablt am nt in tie inmimizmjt ing limistll tulit tc tint hi ishght f stwti d nnd th. mw om <r it. cl Duiint? ll ot that friction Mitchell hns. had ing he Bolsheviki bt helping th, f i^hmuit ot tlu nttt utltr inl.rtak o,, ui ibleani-eessors lhe rink and hie \imiiuins H< is Hstoimd.d nt (ll!( 1]mf,s inil ^stll(, Jll( j,, k „, u,ft,it th. havo alttavs been iifbioied thit t^e nndacitv ot ui.lumn m,o. .> uins.de.ubb .-..nil tt tliet1 M W of \ \vus putting up da lining that th, » * - ' ^ a big faght and local sdunmsiies tlu Indianapolis i I d Mn i.»t.lisor.!,i tth. i tired i 1 that What ■the hoiirgw r-A'sw. srzmm*^ •mm 1!^: -•:»■ mmmtthmtmttmttm PAGE FOUR THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FER-NIE, B. C, AUGUST 1, 1919. t Si ~f*\ 1/ / FERNIE NEWS BIRTHS Ogg—At fernie General lHospital oa 29th July to Air. and .Mrs. Thomas Ogg, a son. Campbell-HAt Fernie, July 29 to Mr. Mrs. Alex. Campbell a son. Alvin Perkins, th© well known piano tuner, will be ta Pernie in a few days. Financial Statement of Dominion Day Sports —All members are requested: to attend thle "-Special General Meeting of the G. W. V. A., at the Club Rooms, Penile, B, C, on Sunday, 3rd August, ait 2.45 p. m. -shiarp. Business important *# ■$t< %■■ ft —What ia the Greatest Thing in Life? Get the answer at the Grana Friday and Saturday, —Tons of raspberries -have been picked during the past two weeks in the Ticini-ty of Olson and pickers are 8till busy. The dry weather has retarded the growth of the fruit but up in the gorges, where there is more shade and ..moisture, some fine berries •ra being obtained. —Don't miss the D. W. Griffith's latest and up-to-the-minute masterpiece at the Grand Priday and Saturday. —iW-e have been asked to state that there la absolutely no truth In the rumor that J. R. Wallace, editor of the Fernie Free Press, -has been asked to act in an advisory capacity to the Industrial Commission which is making a study of labor conditions. n RECEIPTS Subscriptions Returns frdm gate Sale of programmes Games Entries to events Grandstand Dance at door tickets sold REFRESHMENTS' Lemonade Mrs. Barber Refreshments Mrs. Duthie let* Cream 'Mrs. T. Beck Fruit Mrs. Suddaby 301.75 49.50 $530.00 Glfl.55 14.75 3.00 87.75 17.05 351.25 123.85 121.04 100.40 (5(5.53 i'U.T2 —A. tfacttdil, barrister, left for Ottawa on Thursday evening to atend Una Liberal convention as a delegate trom thia riding. Mr. Macneil, himself a Nora Scotian, is not altogether decided which -Bluenose he prefers for leader, Fielding or Mackenzie, but is confident that the great premier-producing prortoce will have to be depended upon for a man of the necessary calibre and qualifications. $2075.(57 Special! PIANO TUNING Special! Mr. Geo Gagnon, Mason As RiscK Piano Tuner, will be in Fernie in a few days. , ;' . Leave your tuning.orders with M. A. KASTNER, Mason & Risch Agent, Fernie, - B. C FIVE ROOM HOUSE on two lots «n block 47, only $1,000.00 i SIX ROOM HOUSE, electric light, water, on south half of lit ll.block 32 $1,150.00, terms. TWO ACRES OP LAND, partly cultivated, with large seven room house, outbuildings, and stable which will hold car of feed and 27 head of cattle, in West Fernie, a snap at $1,100.00 —Ask for the Free Pass for Eddie Polo in ihe ".Bull's Eye," kids. Coal Creek is to have a big celebration on August 9th, The creek is always an important'faictor in the success of any undertaking in Fernie and it is to be expected that Fernie folks will pay them back in their own coin. DISBURSEMENTS Prizes Fixing grounds Dnnco Advertising Parade (Flags) Ticket takers 511.50 73.55 75.74 03,55 50.05 10.00 Refreshments, Royal Candy Co., 1.50 Net Returns 1229.78 $2075.67 —A. D. Oampbell, of The Distriot Ledger staff, who ia particularly well known among the athletically inclined called up Manager Spence of the Old Tlm-ere base ball club on Tuesday morning and informed Mm that a new pitcher had arrived and was ready tor an engagement. Investigation by Mr. Spence showed tha* the new arrival was too light for the job—seven pounds. Campbell is being congratulated. Motihar ahd child are both doing well. —The Grand Theaitre was crowded to dts full capacity on Tuesday evening, the attraction being Harvey's Greater 'Minstrels, a company of unusual merit. The company travel in their own private car and are favor- ren, cariied ■ HI*, lm-nttm all m-.-nm <-tl*«*<. !*»*.■!«-. *.>._ m. , « A meeting of tho committee was held in Mr Herchuit-r's office on July 31st., 1910, Mr. E. K. Stewart, chairman. Moved by Mr. Claridge, seconded by H. D. Wilson, that secretary's report showing a net profit of $1229.78 be accepted, carried. Moved by Mayor Uphill, seconded by Mr. Herchmer, tliat the financial statement he handed to The District Ledger arid Free Press for publication carried. Moved by Mr.Herciiiner.-seconded by Mr. Claridge, that the committee thank all workers who assisted in the celebration, particularly the ladies of the I.O.D.E., carried. Moved by F. C. Lawe, seconded by M. A. Kastner, that this fund shall be known its the "Fernie Recreation and Athletic Fund," and that the monies of such fund shall be .used for the construction of a swimming tank, and other permanent recreations for child- —The fact that Montana copper miners have been given a dollar a day increase and that an advance in .the ■Montana coal scale (which is higher than the late District 18 scale) is assured snakes the miners in Fernie, Michel and Corbin confident!, in expecting a substancial increase in the old rate to better enable them to meet the ever-climbing cost of living. During the past few weeks every settlement of labor trouble all over Canada, has carried with it an increase and it is not at all likely that District No. 1 of the Mining Department of the One Big Union will be any exception. It certainly will not be an exception if the men maintain the splendid solidarity they have shown. The United Church Rev. C E. Batzold, Pastor J. Whitehouse, Or gran lst Services, Sunday, August 3 1919 11.30 a.m. "The Indwelling Christ*4 7.30p.m. An Open Door 12.15 p.m. Sabbath School ACordia.1 Invitation to All lltflBJlilC^jKfflPy l"1T1!MnHTfcflKl7JV:,Ul*H*U-JflrnHinm*U*U]>'^ 'FvfcK DWELLING, on McPherson Avenue, in good location, $1,300.00 RANCH with large house, and five acres of land, parti v cleared and fenced, about two miles north of Fernie, terms. INSURANCE;-- We..write,-Fire, Life, Accident, Health and Automobile Insurance: Special Monthly Payment on Accident & Sickness Policy for lhe Working-man THE B. WINNETT INSURANCE AGENCIES, Bank of Hamilton Bldg. Pernie, B.C. ably known all over ithe American continent. Their performance was <ilean and mamy ot the individual performers itank high in the theatrical worl*! The Wg attraction at the Grand tonight and Itor three Saturday performances will 4>6jD^V^Gria4th%HK3B?^Heusipl<^aRr 4<The Greatest Thing In Life." T-At a meeting of the above club held on July 28tb, the following wert elected officials of the club for the coming season: Hon. Pirn Mr. W.R. Wllsoii; Vice Presidents. Messrs. Sherwood Herchmer, A. Watson, G. A. Bonnallie, A I. Fisher.dtev. Batzold, Dr. Bonnell, Dr. Garner, Major G. G. Moffatit, Mayor T. Uphill, It. W. Wood. President. Mr, Rhodes; Vice Pres, Ban Smith; Secty.-Treas. Charles P. Hestekh; Executive CommittecMessrs W. iLahcaster, A. Gorrie, R. Sherwood and G, Sawyer. The balls, bats, wick eta, guards and othor materials for the game have arrived and amiaige- ments are to bo made at onco for tjie first practice games. —Tlie I). W, Griffith's production Is pcettively a first-rim picture. Don't miss it- Moved by Mr. Herchmer, seconded by Mr. Corrie, that a copy of these minutes be placed with the trustees and the bank, curried. Moved and seconded, that we do ad. journ, 'earned. 0. T. Spence, Secretarv The following contributors to the fund gave assurance to the committee and made possible tlie splendid cele- bnatton: John Podbielancik $15.00 • A.-Waldo ■ 15.00 *H. Johnston 10.00 J. D Quail 10.00 G. tfossof! 10.00 G. (P. Johnson 10.00 A. M. Owen 5.00 Fernie Hotel 20 Ort S. Hetwhemor 10.00 W. F. Muirhead &Co 10.00 L. Carosella " 5.00 Northern Hotel 20.00 Pernio ..Motor Car Co., IO.'.hi Kennedy & Mangan 10.00 N, B Suddaby 10,00 ■Homo Ifcink of Canada 5,00 CiUiadimi Hank of Commerce 5.00 FIRE FIGHI.MC To The District Ledger: I notice in your laat issue a letter from Colemau signed "Timber Wolf," who apparently Is peeved ahout some of our men getting a government job to sara, as he defines it, "corporation timber limits." Hei also takes a parting polce a-fc our labor leaxiers. Now if "Timber Wolf" was present at the mass meeting of the Carbondale and Coleman locals held on iMonday, July 21st, he will remember that it was decided by a large majority to allow our mea the privilege of going to work in the lumber camps, railway sections, etc., which we had previously debarred our men from doing. We find ourselves idle two months and no settlement in sight, or any support'forthcoming and needy case's to grapple with, and theirefore we granted them permission rather than see them going to the mine alongside those1 other few skunks which are branded "scab," and the name will everlastingly remain with Ithem aa a family token. However the urgent call came for fire fighters and about fifty of our men voluntered realizing at the -sain*. fciir.-e the conscription law regarding fire. They gleefidly left Coleman depot on Tuesday, July 22 and up to the present time are siMll on the job with an exceptionally good cook. fcnw we all fcnow that, it is not a RETURNED SOLDIERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP BADDELEY & SILVERWOOD We are prepared to take shoe repairs of all kinds and guarantee the best results. Give us a |rial. Satisfaction guaranteed. Look for the red boot The Treaty of Versailles Turns Over The Leaf For Revolutionary Period of "Storm and Attack" By 6. Ohicherin, Russian Sotiet Comtnigsar for Foreign Affaire. The Versailles peace treaty signifies not peace but a further continuation of war. It creates a condition that can produce notking else than a continuation of the war. Besides, thia ib the purpose of the framers of the treaty, namely, tb make the war conditions lasting in order to be in better position to combat the working class movement. The present de facto oligarchy keeps itself in power by inciting the workers of different countries against one another, ft, is obvious that the capitalist governments formulated such a peace as signifies a continuation of war. It is a war in 60 far as it drives certain workera into conflict with others; it is a peace in so for as, by the continuation of bloodshed, it does not kindle revolutions. Thus, in the last analysis, calculates the oligarchy. Whether their calculations arc correct—that .js_anQthaLQuestion1 ORPHEUM THE HOME OF GOOD PICTURES Saturday Matinee 2.30. Saturday Nights First Show at 7 mmmmi^^mmmmm^^m^mmmmmmmmmm--w.^mmm-wmmtmeam--a--mmmmwmattmi^ it 7 ■-'*.- Friday and Saturday, August 1 and 2 MARGARITA FISHER in "Mollie of the Follies"-* 5 part Comedy-Drama Eddie Poloin"Tlie Lure of tbe Circtas"chapt. 8 CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "The Chsinipion"-two reels Monday and Tuesday, August 4 and 5 HEDDA NOVA in "By The World r©r«ot"-5 part Vitagraph "The Woman ia the Wet»"-episode 14 One Reel Comedy Wednesday and Thursday, August 6 and 7 EDMUND BREESE in "The Master Croolc" The Picture of a Thousand Thrills A "First National" Attraction COMING ThedaBara in "Du Barry" . Charlie Chaplin in "Sunnyside" V One instrument of the unbroken warfare seems tobe the League of j Nations, which, under the Treaty of Versailles, implies a continuation of the coalition, not, a peace organization for whose foundation * Imperialism is clearly not fitted. But even this coalation can not exist j for long; on the first contact with reality it will, of itself, fall to pieces.! Tho only purpose of the League of Nations is to serve as aj demagogic cover under which is hidden the continued coalition of the j Entente powers against their German rivals. Tho League of* Nations! used to be a demagogic moans to work np the patriotism of the masses! ---"rroKlfJ-n-nl Newman am! Secretary j Uttlo, of Mm* KIk Valloy M'.tl .W.tni j Agricultural Aa.sociiUion, wen: hi For-i nlo thiH woe-lc on J>iislncns in connec-1 (Jon wish lh« bi»r fair to lm hold on! Labor Day. The I'risto List book* an* i now bt'lnK printed by Tke nistrictj lA*Agt*r and will lm rciidy tor c'rciiln- Mon net wH'k. They en bn bud on \ applirn tims to tho Mcrcuiry. The Am- j uncial ion in jiartiruluri,1 thankful ior; th« cordial nuppori Ihoy Sinvc n-*c(*!vod | from thf btiHiti«'M nu-ii of Michul. Natal j and FVntfi4, A liploudid »*t-l*fr*f|«>n ofj priz*?H hat 1mm bocuhhI anni th" cxhi* bit-ioii pr*oiui»«K to bit llu1 lliicst y*tl. h«ld, In uiHltion to tb*' tshlbltion thoro wilt to a lino prorram nt *ptirti,' a great *li*<.nra\m\ bicycle |wra<lw and , in th» •>v»;n,ittK a niaw|tt«>radi! ball, — The comlilnatlan t<»uni of miif r«'«.i ri)i> ■!•*('! fir" llld wltfil )» tn r,.,i**,..H*i;l VJkmrn Hr;il«h Columbia at th*' bin! conUt-t itt Nanaimo on Uibor l>av in; ftt-Atll :? in fti'l'- j»»r..'| jt:h--'* Th«-r \ hnv*i lK'«« In titrln tralnlns thrr»it«h- •mi' tie pas-t iM-t*k and thlf* training j ha« I* an wat- '.:.t--\ by a *k<hmI number of i h|HMiti< -ttrK. *',t*-i*i im.i't*.-»t i» feiiown »i j th» wortt of the »-!t,m and ihi«r« im nwry eonfldt iw>' Uuit at h'sus', «n«* of th« tropM'« w"l •'•» brought bark to 1-Wnb' T1m> <iibb>« apjwrutttit i« what haw to«tn i|irl<to<l upon for u«< in tin- <»*IH.-t *l*.:.**• Jiinl ji.iI itiitn ii* in foil- dilion *»tiv»Ml¥ for th« imuif*liat»' *»*n twniK t'i' a <t>til«».t but w'.H >-oiitlfiy»> with it. pr,«*:;«<*■- "'• t,» •»,.:.«■ r t* m- work St pr«tv:ri'<i-tini! ^atisfftetortly to nil tnttr* rtwil. <'}t|it:i*ni« !l,sr,(*»ck :t»td Iln«if>tfi nr* Ht"**rntintnl *m iiiscti'tuti ir.g thi- l-WM.r •.; '»-. 'Sf. ■. .u.d ,nr !»■* I«K wrll ■•upiior*-<l oy tiK-.r »««i-o«'!ai>"*. Central Hotel 20.00 Kind Hotel 20.00 Waldorf Hoted 20.00 1'. IluriiH &Co. 20.00 Trite*!'. Wood t'o, :so.oo Fort Stifle llrewlii).' Co, ."0.00 i'rows Nflsvi TratlltiK Co. 20 00 W. A. Intrratn HUM) i-Vnilo (ijiraKo 20.00 Qiu.'1'ti* J16U-1 20.00 I,.'two *l'iK|ji*r 1 ".<»'» W. it. Wilson 20.t»o ,1. I,. C.ntpe Uxittt Itoyal Hotol lo.oo I). Citra ."..00 !• Vk-oM'i '.'"' 1>. tlmh . .".no <',. ii. Moffatt iiM-i Co, 11. Thomson -"."i» J low l-'oon r.00 M. A lloriRan „ .'..OO ,1. Wilson "'00 A, W. IllcasdoJl :..oo l Wood t l»n.ltn*i ', oo ,lo«, Alnilo '•«»<) Cash .Mont M:trlt«t •-.<"» M \ K't-'nor *'ft0 Carncr -ftAioiolHtliw r..oo Mrdxan l»niK&llook Storo i>M Wm Burton 2.0O IJ.toury.Iladdad Co, ;:.»«' Tio I o, |t. j;, wjjili to than'*, tho fol Th" M !•' A Iwwn F«'rni*« i Ua*.iti ■{ tt. t a,,.-- rar wblt-li is rji M ri i'wriv v,.*rv if*o In-* nil -Conl Cn..''»i i.-t now ..I.r*- ■ \* •■ ';'i«' p-A*-^':'.»*■ f •r:i'i'd bv i«o ntoii and July. CM!': !• HurtiM, t tnm: i'mwV Xot*t Trad- (hk i'a, i «-ni'o nl li-tnonw and I ham; THItojk-Wood Co, Mmm: »ho it-*i**f' Co, 2 hamc; Mr. l>t«-kon. k:iidil*!»{ v.i.ni, ttVi tliu-.' u'i(. - *ii rak".«, l>:i. Hii».*r, fiitt'"-: *i W, V. A, for dlih.x, .*.,- Th" tvrnio Ch«iit?mua lo b" hol.J ■\ii!. i«i i*. io • > Kill «»r»""i-ii' t U'.*-,**r or crfiinno' 'h.-in i'vcn tho .xdllont „n.. «.f Um i,f'-.,r It I* h«po«i \hi*rti will j,,. ,,,-, .*.,.(,ue.tiioot iiuiruukiii" toi >.- ub hlK'i «1*ih«! iittr.toiifiiin, Ttoko'*H fim ).<• !, ot fri..", c Ci- r ni' 'Iio l'<illo« lm-- !t Itrwat. tl* K. Imrnh*. *»* K. »Hidlnv*li.i, pleasing sight to see wives and children surrounded witb Are, half terrified, awaiting to be huddled into box cars to be taken to safeltiy. These were the conditions that prevailed in our neighboring town not .many dayis ago wneu the call went forth to Fernie which gallantly responded in ithe nick of time to save the town of 'Michel from goins up in smoke. I don't believe ttooae Fernie men hesitated to consider the question of hour*, or wages or even saving corporation itimber limits and much credit renects on the Mayor of, , , , . , .. . , . 4 ., t. ... .. ,; Pernie for his alertness and prompt'already ceased to believe the stones told them for such a long time, and action which accomplished good re-1 in tjle Kntcnto nations; but conditions have chnngetl. The mob has| suits. In my opinion the same applies r ... , ,' .., A. . , , , x . , •• to (the men out there, nghfcing the Ures j all that demagogy on the League of Nations is already somewhat stole.: i!?1!!!*. very prevalent throughout j ,m eonvineed that it will not delay for one moment the rapidly! tihis district It also shows their do-1 , •■ ' I termination to etay away from the; spreading revolutionary movement in the Entente countries, mitu^ until a satisfactory setiament; , jtoja,.* tluM'on* fact of a continuing existence of a military! is reached which ought to be in the, , , , ', ,.,, . , 9.. -n * * ! i mar future by the howls that are com-' coalation shows that thj» conditions created at Versa tiles nre buta new I lng from the cast for coal. 80 Hiay j fom ((f nr«,Ioii(jr«t ion of the war; it shows that the old world is not in a 1 I with Uie lircs, boys, until the snow j ' • -...», * ... .1 1. 'comes You have a good roof and > position to solve eilher ihe contradictions formed by it, or the problems imioA grub and the beauty of it ts •. , . , jt t.Kta|,|jH|,t^ for HS(.jf, „„d that the inonieiit has orrivwl for. thej ! you arc not doing another mans Job: ...... . . j who is out to butter his working con- j new society to take -the legacy which it alone is 111 a posit ion to manage., ' ;!ur°comS ^ffioirilK^"If i ^ '«' ^^ *™"™™*<!l ^ «%* "^ »^^ l» ^ul1i";w I iUui scallywags wo have around here, i'the rule of the oligarchy. I'liiversnl imlitary obligation prepared the 1 j I'^man' li."™^ '^ JOHNSTON. I »'»>"'«"• l'"1' rov..lul i.m. Tl.e workers lined Il.e annu put into their hand. ; 1 ' ' .'.'._ '.. j.."„ '.'.. "....'* ! to fhreaten their masters. Therefore the oligarchy is obliged to turn 1 m + 4>O>mm.mmmm*0>+ ♦♦! to the system of voluntary service und. instead of the national militia,: there are organized bands of White Guards:. ■' This progrnm of «lisai'tii)intent is also a new demoiiMtratiun that tlie Treaty of N'crsaillcH i« hurryinjr to reconcile not only national but class antagonism*. Germany brought, to Mich financial exhaust ion that the German peoplo even if they worked day and night, could not rceov- or from tliis condition. M to the other aspects of economic life, Germany is made entirely unahlo to pull itself out of the condition into svltivh it is put, Ml this lends city to th" rv.-ult that the autumn- ism of interests iu the international field will tak* on a most lingering, •.harp and seiioiis character. j Lorraine and the Snrre Basin coiwtitutc a prize of war.and through j I this acipiwitton the French hope to gaiM u large stake for their own '• pocket. The working eintw han nothing to gain on tht*, but it k a faet. j on tho contrary, that Frctich capital ia afraid of the revolutionary j traditions of the French workers, and therefore frequently uliow* the inclination of fattening itself on a foreign labor market. J In the department of Mcurthe and Mmelle, French -capital hm i not to deal with the French working ■clan**, but with a motley tmms ot! FRIDAY and SATURDAY D.W. GRIFFITHS' Latest Production "The Greatest Thing in Life" ► BLAIRMORE NOTES ♦ * m The Minors ure ."till holidaying horo Houdini AND EPISODE FIVE Houdini The Ponce very peaceful. celebration bore was PRICES EVENINGS MATINEE Adults 35 and 25 Adults 25 Children 10 Children 10 mmmemtttttttttmtttmtt-mm At u S|ieelit! meeting of lllalrmoro i ,„",t rnf.in vo "ii;'! r m u- or \ holil on Weilncsday July ftfUh H»l!». the following reritdutlon wa* pasttetl ].-,)iii) t'libm jf.i.s,- .i io:.' uf cuiifldcnct In Officer* elerf.e.} by thin Dbitricl Htimoly, President I', M. ChrtBtophcri, Vlco l'n»«itli»ia A. MchVKHii, ami Hecrotary-TrettMiror Kit. Urowne, and In- It further resolved, we etnlor»c lovthiK for iho (lonialmiH and IHp for "heir hcIIoiih, ro !h<« One Bin t'nSon. ho Micivm of the liwithti on the Ik! of - Lend mo .\otir fUhin-R Heonnf, Wot ? Tho*." iinxlou* to ncrtiro .1. 8. W.«Hl.H**'orih 4.1" Vuneouvi-r -.,» ,, »,(n-a'..- <>r „i *moi-Mnr« tjnrinf \Mtrn«t. «h.>iil<l writ., at once to Htony Mountain. VVbuttt*'** cure Hon, (;b|«»'on ypmmBtmmmmmmmwaMS Midsummer Clearance Sale Is Still On Mrs* S« Todd LADIE8' PUBNI8HER Fernie British OolnaMft *****. , e'ttntl h, manv u ■ht* i"-i It «<» io'ij * .*..*t.|>>n* thr.;»if*tt 'ii'»i-» i*i whom havr JoJiji.*. -.off. A. hav». h:-f-n 'old thai* th>* "vtli ri« be wantiil ' !*• »f. .p;* for '»fi»' m-.uth. t»cr <h*n. '■ " '•* ' I'----- - ' *" " '•■ "' •" t*tw» Hnrthi*rtiwMt ot Mnitwav tra-nnit'ti nnd the ma'* >-r i* '•» b«» it* ■•■» up a-t *• tm*ctH*1 Jf in t'rant.rook, Tie- mifitnitn in xa.'.'t to (.*>• |.l';f*!>' ',:. "• mJ-U'iki s:*tt oiii> -f t.lev rall«a.i i.-iiV.h uKreeun nt bat wf tli*: !.»■*< re»ff*r(li«n< r.«jl*.i>>» mi rarr>* t,e on ihf» bu«nt<-' - i*h> '••- af»** »!'»- tnir with tmt't runt* m:*n tn ?!i«- h"o«l •-n-t of st -nun ' 11:-' • '*''er ;■ ••■ ■ -■"..-i f**x by «nr tn*'-tn»." n»ft'*'«r:.e*'l nn* tit il* .... .. 4 i*. '''.', ' Hit*:, l:i,\f I*-It l"fl'.:i.- .,'i * * if U ni ,i nt*tb*r Job. ,„i. I' »• K«*in<'(lv •<»* M»"|lo !'*<...»«», .Mr-. Ml*.', *U..*-■'.» i*. Mtl-tti. * liMi.iJI-S'*. Mf H.^.' Min Vnrma IV»M«I««. tl Ktr* Mntlntt, t'. J. Orwr. • f .11 ... .f ,'lm.ti 1.9*4 t% tttanhVit 01 i i u*t*9,*»*t .it,* ill *le line. mor** '*. r Mil! tl.,,. - This ,.;. h,*< y»>*T lit lluli,II lli Jt «a« notictd •i.i Muy i'lt';. :i' il. lime, and la fix riptvurm-f ,* i«,t" ru.iiio .i Inad here In HJnSr- «» o'clock, I'M , I ill fU.iUtiK, foroi-irn worker* h»v»» left lhe *. *,,*»>* I', - ,»,.■.« »* .*,*!»* --. I***w,fn oimtry m«v be Kitting ttnd««*:r' workers nf iilUortu «f niitioitaUti**^. Tho French capitali*t* thuit| f''iii.^tl.t ,i '.'..<'.. .'.im ...lo'ltSuit ;»!«) f-llVi J».v» iii.ui 5»«-fo««: rokuii v»iih , iio- I'nt'minii H-.t-k.-r nml their rn»«<l»itinfii«r.v ii»cliiiiit?"M«. * In p-ncVal. what ivlmn" alVimaiHcw h Jiot in a pn*iJio» to liriiitf \ a dinliluot .<! .|inel ; it mily iirivc« llli" Witl'kor*. into tlie alivel. Tliit* j Miil'mni tn'iitc of th<« .Mlie.1 jnnvcrs ftinn over n tich* leaf itt history * for inankiiit!: a r«'vohitio«ar.v iH-riml «f "uttmn ami strike." ] Seasonable Millinery in tht Latert 8tylei from the Great Faihion Center* g Coat*, Cape*, Suite, Oowm, Dreiwe, Whitewear, Hoeiery, ftiey Work Materi&li, etc. Special attention to Mail Orders. t/i-H -Mkw'th, tnnnortv mr Onnrr"! Untikcn Attkwfth, whn has had tnor« > • tl A' t 'ov. ff -tl |0I :*{ Insebrill tellill lttfttO?<ll tO . en t\eitiif«<|ay, and pl».V-«l the *. I..*.?, on their own Rrotind*; ; ' ', ;n !':c. nr of lilalrmorc Dr. W. H. Pickering Dentiit it. i! lii-tii.-t l..i !),.,1 *....5lli.-|*** '.,*, '.\m.iM > I'.»e* l\\ t'p-'ib-n' T«!f Ik prosxwimt lo «'*!im.Tv.i"*< *?».- i,*t,-r-.-•■%% ilomlnionw from the COtllHih nf 'ho l«(*:!«l|C «f Nu'.f-ltl'. ^am •Somp'-rv. Jint Wi A, V of I,, t*i" "t'ox'toi xr^fMi,,'.. h .'.eji^itid'nK of the !1r!».*h ti-. »»id.'*.' ..t. ,| *i H.-tl I. >t»l r< lei* t.t -at ' n? 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'»-. ,i.. it...Hin^ n.* wn* fun noHtiin m it*'„ •* mul .« tn.- Atinio-Vrciicn tr»'.it>. belief thai ;ht*y only had lu iiunto hard j trado union*, hot tt^ti thov had be- whWh tha* b<*co*m«i law. «rmnah lo wwlv* Ifcclr il«mnnd« \ -I,,',-- 'n«;r ,-:',i' .V, '■'.. !/::• r:i .'-U-.it !t '<**>»'i •: .1, fu.'y 1! ,^!'!i*::ij,fi Cr*',!' ^itM u»« buUumU-.** piu*** »»l' iU« h-a- , ___ h. .Tt' . nj-ptfod in flmuiiiajf ralda oa the Uriiai'.'i* klt.g ban tri t mi royml an^at u«m." t».-.>-^^- .... ..J- .>... „..„ people to the pent* twaty wtth tjermany -nm taxpay«r» at* footing thtt Indi- f °*w% omonr mm earn nree M tut toy -With thew i- i* not a t*-f»R«Je he- theft* *i!1 be m *pr»»etiiaw»«lo« nf. pgf» bill* l*n»i« the ndu-nira" atrlli-e, all J -IW* wa«i»er tnwn rich and poor." tse cnttttunmf. p«tco nti'll three of the alffwt powcra the wwkera thrown out of employment' -*—— It ta open br«aatw«»K« a*a*n*t tlw» hate ratifteil th» paet, Tbla tne «'«n- throarh the eoal shiWtaf* aw wttlaff N# | jantaraeh HOO fnr rHb fcrbi 1 . and tnake * *, ,*■:•>*' * ont aarc*nicnt- SUMMER WOOD Another of o«r ro«*«f»ert ;rom .'I'll- -iT.-t hit* t».'"'5i mlrt>«sit*»-*tl it* V«r.*''»n vt-r. 1 'corti'd he Serjeant f'nm', of ;ft« tl v W Vt t* chanre npknown: luri In r*lw**it. II* *'.«« • -Ra*«la« b* Mr". <*arrv on • fif*w1Hre«l ***nn wrtreram-rirt ha* atl#*| Itntala; <),-*» •'nntmb^y*^ Me," wfcWb la th#! mmmanlty. They are .. ,...._. „ ,..„ *- ,, - ... .... „„.,„r,..,.„ „„.., „..„„ ™ ™, tin** rtetermimd tlyit th<«e prlvtlene* to delay until thn Canadian parlhnwnt ?*** nt mm with famlllea amoaitta toi MitrtiZr mr*** **am m enai bm otfn ahall won m warn* iO*tttmt%«*. 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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : [publisher not identified] |
Date Issued | 1919-08-01 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1919_08_01 |
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Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0309048 |
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