THP BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTBIAL UNITmSsTBENGTH. 4@» "™* " ~.-~™ ™ EIGHTH YEAIa No. 21 «.! OFFICIAL PAPEB : VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOB COUNCIL AND B.C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB 'VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, MAY 26,1916 POLITICAL CNltt: VIOTOBTI s Ex-Vancouver Typo. Writes Interestingly of Events in the "Cent Belt" Labor Men of Toronto Are trongly Opposed to Conscription §tr (By L. E. D.) TORONTO, MAY 20.—The next event" in provincial labor activities is tho fourteenth annual convention of the Labor Educational Association of Ontario, winch will convene in Berlin, Ont., olf Wednesday, May 24. Special invitations have boen sent out to all central and Labor bodies throughout the province to send delegates to this convention, ns questions of vital interest to Labor, particularly at this epoch-making time, will be brought up for discussion. Among the delegates who,will bo present will be Dr. Hugh StevenBon, tho labor mayor of tho city of London, Ont. Dr. Stevenson hus taken a particular interest in tho work of thi) Labor Educational Association. An Educational Body. Tho name oft this organization explains its purpose and the reason for its existence. It exercises no authority or power over itB affiliated organizations, so far as tho individual work and purposes of thoso organizations are concerned. It is simply what it professes to be, a purely.educational body along labor linos. It meots nually to discuss such subjects as may be of the greatest importance to Labor, in view of future action us to Dominion or provincial legislation directly affecting tho interests of Labor. Hence, at the coining convontion, the reasonB why Labor at this timo moro than at any previous stage in its history, should b £0tfe£ NABOB COFFEE Next time you drink a cup of NABOB note its beautiful clear color—Its delightfully stimulating aroma—its delicious taste— Note bow it stirs up a jaded appetite into a man's-size desire to eat—and eat heartily— and enjoy Ufe. You shove back your chair with a feeling that Nabob is good to the last drop— Your Grocer Has It Howe Sound Trip Bouts leaving Union Dock Daily nt 9:15 a. in. Sundays at 10:30 a. in., calling at Bowon Island, Britannia Minos, Mill Creek and Squamlsh. Returning nt 7 p. m. Sunday Special, $1 Round Trip Terminal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Seymour 6330 W. R. OWEN Malleable Ranges, Shelf and Heavy Hardware; screen doors and windows. 2337 MAIN ST. Phone: Fair. 447 1. B. CUTHBERTSON & Oo. Men 'a Hatters and Outfitters Three Storei Established 1004 VINEGAR PICKLING Wo operate our own distillery at New Westminster, where our grains (our raw product) for Vinegar making are prepared with great care from the beBt solectod grains thnt monoy can buy. Don't forget when ordering from your grocer to ask for the B. O. article. B.C. Vinegar Works 1365 POWELL STBEET, VANCOUVER, B. O. Telephone High. 286 BREWERY WORKERS, L. U. No. 281, I. D U. 13. W. of A.—Meets first And third lion* joy ot each montb, Room 302, Labor Tomplo n ";'"'„prSlld".?'. A* By*"*; secrotary, Chns'. *-** Austin, 7112 Seventh nvonuo oast ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOOAL NO. JM moots room 206. Labor Temple every , ,«°od,,i 8 p.!"' Pr««'*l™'. r>. W. MeDonnlL 1162 Powell atreet: recording aoeretarr, S'~ •."]'?• \*°™ T"»P'»! «nanelal aeore* ■KLni. b.M!nMl, I'M, E. H. Morrison. Room 207, Labor Temple. '•"■a^ATIpKALlisaiSoMMBH'8 AS* ni.«„S.0SWAL»l9l 8862* °"«. Aaioclatlon boll, 10 Powell atreet. Meeta every Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Thomaa Nlion, aeeretar/. MACHINISTS. NO. 182—MEETS SEOOND t iu"? '™"a "iM*1-* «' 8 P***** President, J. Mclvor; recording eecretary, J, Brookes; flnanclal secretary, J. H. MoVety. MILK WAGON DRIVERS' UNION, No. 96— Meets second ond fourth Thursdaya, Labor SSVySj P*ni, President, George Anderson, iiiSn o ,*'*W'"''J «*™<.t; Phono Fairmont 1720*0. Secretary, Stanley Tiller, 312 Elgb* teenth street west; phone Fairmont 763L AS GOOD AS GOLD Is Gold's best recommendation AS GOOD AS ROYAL CROWN Is Soap's best recommendation Accept no substitute for any Boyal Crown products SAVE ALL BOYAL OBOWN COUPONS AND WBAFPEBS THEY ABE VALUABLE The Royal Crown Soaps Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. (We keep British Columbia clean) VANCOUVER UNIONS TRADES AND LABOR COUNOIL—MEETS firat and third Thursdaya. Executive hoard: James H. McVety, president; R. P. Pettipiece, vice-president; Helena Gut* toridge, general aeeretary, 210 Lahor Tomple; Fred Knowles, treasurer; W. H. Cotterill. statistician; sergeant-at-arms, John Sully; A. .1. Crawford, Jos. Campbell, J. Brooka, true* teea. * ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL — Meets socood Monday In the month. President, J, McKinnon; sercotary, R. H. .Neelands, P. 0. Box 60. BARTENDERS' LOOAL No. 676.—OOlce Room 208 Labor Temple. Meets firat Sunday of each month. Preaident, Jamea Uainphell; financial secrotary, H. Davis, Bex '?*■! Phona, Soy. 4752; recording aocrBtary, Win. Mottlsbaw. Globe Hotel, Main Btreet JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNATION- al Union of America, Local No. 120— Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in tho month, room 206, Lubor Temple. President, L. E. 1 lorritt! socretary, S. H. Grant, 004 Georgia BRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS', NO. 1 —Meets overy 1st and 3rd Tunnrtav 8 p-m., Room 307, President H. P. Wand; corresponding socretary, W. S. Dagnall, Box 63; nnanclal secretary, W. J. Pipei; bualneas agent, W. S. Dagnall, Room 216. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron Ship Builders and Holpora of America, Vancouver Lodge No. 194—Meets Ilrst and third Mondays, 8 p.m. President, A. Campbell, 78 Seventeenth avenuo weat: secretary, A. Fraser, 1161 Howe Btreet. D^E.P,JP? FISHERMENS UNION OF THE PACIFIC—Moots at 437 Hore avenuo overy TucBday, 7 p.m. Russell Kearley, bualneaa agent. _L M0VS2 PICTURE MACHINE OPERA- ...i t .YP'„M' °*—Me°t> 8r"' Sunday of eaoh month, Room 204, Labor Temple. aSSW*, S' F' "oOartnoy; Business Agent. E. J. Huttlemayer; Financial and Corresponding Socretary, H. C. Roddan P. 0. tins 345, PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH AMKRICA—Vancouver nnd vicinity— ■ ranch moots second and fourth Mondays, Room 20o, Lnbor Tomplo. President, Ray MoDougall. 601 Seventh nvcuue west; tnin- col secrotary, J. Campbell, 4809 Argyle VJSS'L1™"'''"!. aeoretary. E. Westmoreland, ™1**_L0W street: piiini,* Bayviow 2098L. I'K,!mn^(?.,1'1.,ESSlll!X'S •"»■-«■ (VAN^ COUVER), No. 09—Meets second Toes- oSon ■&'"" Ro("" 2M* President, W. Bell ---ll tine street; secretary-treasurer, B Waterman, 1167 Georgia street; recording secretary, w. Shannon, 1730-28th avenue S™Wf^r^ECTlt.° RAILWAY"™* PLOYEES, Pioneer Division, No. 101- Moota Labor Temple, second and fourth Wed* u" Of America COPYRIGHT &TRAPE HARK REGISTERED 1903 Vote against prohibition I Demand personal liberty in chousing what you will drink. Ask for this Label when purchasing Beer, Alo or Porter, sb a guarantee that it Ib Union Mado. This Is our Label The Provincial Prohibition Referendum Places a Premium on the Sending of Money Out of British Columbia for Products Now Manufactured Here. Ssc. 57. Olause 2: " Nothing in this Act shall he construed to Interfere with the right of any person to import FROM WITHOUT THE PROVINOE liquor for honafide use in his private dwelling house." Tho meaning of the nbovo clause is thnt tho man who has money at his command may secure all the liquor ho desires for his private use by sending out of the provinco for it. IB SUCH AN ACT FAIR FOR THE INDUSTRIES OF THB PROVINCE AND THE WORKMEN NOW EMPLOYED IN THESE ESTABLISHMENTS'? PBIDAY, MAY 26,1916 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA1 FEDERATIONIST Drink Cascade the Home Brew GOOD MALT and HOPS, good intelligent brewing and clean, sanitary bottling make "The Beer Without a Peer" Open a bottle and see it sparkle. It is full of life and health-giving properties. THE BREWING of CASCADE BEER is the means of distributing thousands of dollars every month to union workmen. THE PRINCIPLE OF TEMPERANCE is good—be temperate ip all things. CASCADE is the temperate man's ideal beverage. A FOOD AND DRINK IN ONE FOR SALE AT ALL DEALERS PINTS, $1.00 per dozen. QUARTS, $2.00 per dozen. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LTD. .« ^sa^JfOl* BREWED i»yV HOTEL &FM"tV /A y^BREtHtW* VANCOU!/**.***' ' "The Temperate Man's Drink" PHOENIX BEER Brewed from the finest Malt and Hops, and, incidentally, furnishes a living to some forty odd brewery workers. MANUFACTURED BY THE Victoria Phoenix Brewing Company, Limited On sale at all Liquor Stores in VANCOUVER and VICTORIA TEMPERANCE ia good for all mon; total abstinence is a matter of expediency for some men. The total abstainer has no more right to compel the temperate man to abstain by force of law, than the temperate man has to compel tho abstainer to drink what' he neither likes or chooses by forco of law. Beer is the temperate man's drink; it's a food. Ask your dealer for our brands. BRITANNIA, PALE OR PREMIER WESTMINSTER BREWERY LIMITED A. E. SUCKLING & CO. LTD. VANCOUVER DISTRIBUTORS ASK FOR B. C. Special RYE Whisky Nine Years in Wood UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY AND FLAVOR Established 1903 IN REALM OF PEACE PLENTY Labor Is in Rebellious Mood Throughout the Great Republic PAGE THREE Miserable Labor Conditions Responsible for the Outbreaks THE UNITED STATES of America is, at thc present time at peace with all tho rest of the world. The only rift in the lute is the small matter of the punitive expedition now in Mexico in quest of the oliisivo Villa. Lest any reader should bo led away with thc notion that the Great Republic is not the land of plenty, we beg leave to mention that the iucomc of all the people of that country, for the year of 1914, according to Basil M. Manly, an American investigator, amounted to forty-six billions of dollars. Presumably no one will doubt that the yoar 1915 was equally prolific, if not moro so. At present there is everything to warrant that 1916 will prove fully as good. Now forty-six billions of dollars, divided among one hundred million people, would amount to the tidy little Bum of $4(50 for each person. At the average of live to each family, this should mean ii family income of $2300. Any country, therefore, that affords such generous returns as that for producers of wealth, may justly bo termed a lnnd of plenty. But whether those figures arc correct or not, of ono thing we may be certain, and that is, that in no country of tho earth is it possible to produce such an enormous volume of wealth with the samo expenditure of human labor, as in the United States. At leaBt it is not yet equalled in any other land. Unrest and Brutality. As to the condition of the working people, the producers of wealth of that country, however, there is much to indicate that something \s radically wrong with tho nationul arrangement of things. Never was industrial unrest more pronounced and widespread, than at present. Never was tho temper of tho workers more threatening to tho interests of the ruling class. This unrest, this disposition to open rebellion against employers and musters, is not confined to any one section of the industrial field. There are outbreaks occurring all along the line. In and around the city of Pittsburg, Pa., the heart of the iron and steel industry, the situation has become very acute. The strike of tho employees of the Westinghouse company's plant at East Pittsburg was speedily followed by those of other concerns, until the entire forco of tho various Westinghouse plants and others aggregating over 100. 000 workers, were out. A largo number of concerns wore affected, all through the Pittsburg district nnd thousands of workers besides those actually involved wero drnwn into closer and more active sympathy with tlieir fellows who were thus struggling against the common enemy. It is almost needless to state that the usual high-handed and brutal methods were resorted to by the masters, in order to cope with tlie situation, for that is always a foregone conclusion. Ia fact there is no other course the masters can pursue. Tho Homestead tactics of 1892, were repented. The Steel ('orporation, recognizing that the men in its Edgar Thompson works, a. Carnegie branch at Brad dock, were going out, at once proceeded to import Coal and Iron Guards from Gary, Ind. On May 2, theso armed guards, tlmgs, special policemen and (ietectivofl poured volley after volley from riot guns and repeating rifles into the ranks of the strikers and sympathizers—men, women nnd children—killing three, fatally wounding three others nnd seriously wounding from forty to sixty more. Following this open violence, tho legal machinery of the courts was colled into activity to put tho wrong persons in jail. Many of tho more prominent of the lenders of these rebels against capitalist extortion, wero thrown into jail and kept there without bond nnd without trial. But why recount the proceedings! They are familiar to nil who have followed tho history of Labor's experience in its struggle with its capitalist overlords, in tho "land of the free and the home of the brave,'' since tho star spanglod trade mark of American products and trade was first flung to tho breeze. Home Life of Worker, Some of the immediate reasons for tho Pittsburg outbreak may bo found in the conditions disclosed through an inquiry recently conducted under thc direction of thc secretary of the Christian Social Service Union of thc 500 Protestant churches of the Pittsburg district. Just why this particular aggregation of pious effort saw lit to make the investigation, or what it proposes to do nbout tlio interesting conditions uncovered thereby, we have no means of knowing. Ono thing, howover, wo may rest assured will never be nttempted by this, or any other Belf-appoinlod social saviors of the working class, and that is tho overthrow of the baneful syflt'em of property and exploitation that makes such conditions not only possible, but inevitable. According to a report of the findings of the "Union" in question, and which has reached this offico through tho courtesy of the Committee of Industrial Relations, Washington, D. C, there is a portion of the city of Pittsburg, comprising .57 of a square mile, which is known as "the Strip." It lies in tho very heart ot the city, and may quito properly bo termed a residential district of the working class. No Pittsburg millionaires dwoll therein. A little more thnn one-half of the "Strip" is occupied by great industrial plants. The balance iB exclusively residential. Within tho loss thnn one-fourth square milo loft for dwellings for tho workers, the investigation founoTmore thnn 15,- 000 persons living. In ono half-block wore found 43 industrial "homes," of which 32 kept boarders. In 32 houses, containing 177 rooms, thore were 110. members of the several families, and 174 men boarders—a total of 384 persons in 177 rooms. Eight families, each family living in threo roomB and keeping boarders, averugod two persons to a room. From January 1 to Sept. 15, 1915, tho average rate of wages paid to the men living in that hnlf-block was $10.40 nor week, but as they wore given employment but four-ninthB of the time, the average pay receivod by them was $4.66 per week. These are But Bnmples of the conditions surrounding millions of the workers in that land of plenty, even during times of peace, under the glorious regime of capital and its scheme of exploitation and world trado. The only difference in conditions for fhose workers during these war times is that they now have a little more steady employment. Their misery may be a trifle less acute, for the time being, but they have no assurance of being able to retain even that slight advantage, It may be swept away at anjr moment through the vicissitudes of capitalist production and trade. That the workers still have enough spirit left in them to revolt is one of the most cheering signs of the times; Chins Must Be Spiked, May that spirit persist and grow stronger ench day, and may the workers becomo so imbued with class instinct and class solidarity, as to direct their efforts to th'e end of ousting their capitalist rulers from the control of industry and thus break the bonds that now fetter thc hosts of Labor to such brutal exploitation and shameful conditions of life. That is a task requiring a wider scope of activity and a more intelligent line of action than merely occasional outbreaks of blind rebellion against industrial tyranny and oppression. It calls for uncompromising and sustained attack upon the very buttress and bulwark of ruling class power nnd privilege. It demands uncompromising and unceasing warfare along partisan lines of working clasa interests, for the complete conquest of government and the spiking of its guns that are now so remorselessly used for the purpose of perpetuating the enslavement of Labor and the crucifixion of the world's toilers upon the Calvary of profit nnd trade. Its legislative, judicial nnd executive machinery, backed by the soldier with his bnyonpt and the policeman with hiB club, constitutes the artillery in question, and which must be spiked before there can be peace and plenty for thoy who produce the wealth of the world, either in the United States or elsewhere. Until then, struggle and misery, and agony and travail will continuo to be the portion of the workers, in times of alleged peace aa well as in times of war. If is useless to cry out for peace, in the midst of a regime of slavery. Slavery renders peace impossible. Let us never forget that our class is an enslaved class, and must so continue as long as the means of production remain as capital and tho toilers as wage workers. BETUBNS TO FXBST LOVE "Billy" Mac Adams Again Bucking the Fortunes and Misfortunes of Mining. Many old-time Kootenaians will remember Wm. Mac Adams. So, too, do many of his Vancouver friends in the printorial, newspaper and Labor world. "Billy" is now interested in the butterfly life of the mystic mining camp —this time in the copper fields of the northern country, east of Prince Rupert. *ere's what Editor W. B. Wilcox of the Trail Nows has to say of him: " 'Billy' MacAdams in yearB agone conducted the lively weekly called the Paystrcak at Sandon, when that Slocan metropolis waB a booming burg. He was a fearless writer, hitting right and left and permitting the chips to fall where they might—and it got him into jail once for contempt of court. Later he migrated to Edmonton, and was the chief 'push' for a daily called The Capital, for several years, till the wnr put tho final touch to what was left after the collapse of the realty boom, Now, at last, 'Billy' is tho promoter and manager of a real mine in upper British Columbia, and one would bo safe in making a wager that ho will make more in n couple of years mining than he would all his life as a bloated newspaper proprietor. For, be it known to the uninitiated, that a newspaperman's Ufe iB far—vory far—from being one continuous round of beer and skittles." Help the Barbers' Union, Of all callings, probably none is subjected to such unfair competition as the barbers are forced to meet, Fake "barber colleges" in many cities do tonsorial work free, in ordor to "teach" the trade to prospective barbers, Then there are innumerable five and ten-cent shops conducted by Asiatics. Within recent years "lady barbers" havo invaded the field, attracting to their "parlors" many silly patronB, both young and old. There iB only ono way in which practical help may do rendered: Patronize no barber shop that does not employ union barbers. Look for tho shop card. "To a man life is a banquet at which women nre the flowers, kiBses the wine and work the solid food; to a woman love is the wholo feast, and when that is finished there is nothing left but tne black coffee of regret and the sweet liqueur of memory." WE EMPLOY UNION LABOR ONLY LET THE Hillcrest Dairy supply you with pure, fresh Milk—Ours is a Sanitary Dairy—not sanitary in name only—having every modern facility for handling milk. All bottles and utensils are thoroughly sterilized before being used. The milk comes from the famous Fraser River Valley. PHONE YOUR ORDERS TO FAIRMONT 1934 TEe Hillcrest Dairy 131 FIFTEENTH AVE. WEST Union Delivered Milk for Union Men The Best on the Market 1 -\\%fr\l\mm\ Miners Leckie Boots arc made for hrad work—any kind—nny- where— In the mine—on the farm— in the woods—over the hills—there's a Leckie Boot to meet the condi tions. Every known condition that puts footwear to a severe test has been met in the Leckie Boot. Men and Boys about town will be glad to know also that thc Leckie Street Shoes carry the same Leckie standnrd of vnlue, only of course aro modelled for city use. At All Shoe Dealers Madtjn British Columbia Named Shoes are frequently made in Non- Union Factories—Do Not Bay Any Shoe no matter what its name, unless it bears a plain and readable impression of this stamp. All shoes without the Union Stamp are always Non-Union. BOOT ft SHOE WOBKERS' UNION 240 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. J. F. Tobin, Pres. C. L. Blaine, Sec.-Treas. PITHER & LEISER, LTD. WHOLESALE WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS VANCOUVER VICTORIA, B.C. RBPRRSENTINO- , 0, H. Mumm & Oo., Champagne "Johnny Walker," Kilmarnock Whiiky Old Smuggler Whisky Whyte & Maekay, Whisky William Teacher & Sons, Highland Cream Whiiky White Book, Lithia Water Dog's Head, Bass and Guinness Oaraegies Swedish Porter Lemp's Beer Q. Preller & Co.'s Clarets, Sauternei and Burgan- dies, etc., etc. Milk Users! ARE YOU STILL SUPPORTING A NON-UNION DAIRY? OUR DELIVERY SYSTEM COVERS ALL TERRITORY SOUTH OF FALSE CREEK, WEST OF BRIDGE, TO THE FRASER RIVER SOU-VAN MILK Fairmont 2624 Fairmont 2624 BeaC0IISfi e 1 d III What about Hot Water Hygienic Dairy Office: 905 Twenty-fourth Avenue East Tel. Fairmont 1697 Ring us up and we'll tell you all about it. Or watch for our drivers. "BIG HORN" BRAND UNION MADE! WHY NOT WEAR THE BEST ON THE MARKET? SHIRTS, OVERALLS, MACKINAWS TENTS,'ETC., ETC. \ GIVE YOURSELF SATISFACTION ANO A BRITISH COLUMBIAN: INDUSTRY YOUR PATRONAGE BY USING THIS SUPERIOR BRAND Chinese- made Skirts ^Overalls MUST GOf iRNBRAND^^ BUTTING AHEAD.; SOLO BV AU THE LEADING STORES Turner, Beeton a Co., Ltd. Victoria,'B. Cy " WHOLESALERS ANO M.NUr.CTVAEAS , when your furnace lays up for the summer? D A Gas Water Heater is the only solution □ Don't fret; Summer WILL come. It never failed to come yet and you'll want to have hot water just the same as in winter for washing and other things. Carrall and Hastings Phone Seymour 1138 Granville Near Davie 5000 PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBipAY, MAY 86, 1916 Shirts For Men 98c7 Values to $3.50 to Sell for —the greatest shirt sale ever inaugurated in this city. They are samples- no two alike, but include almost every kind of shirt for men, made negligee {j&£*\styles—sport styles, etc., £/etc, and every shirt well made, and in perfect condition—all sizes. Special for 98c MOhrButlson'sBauCompanj). m J mcMwuTcn tern hmbcrt t aitaaiSot. it-wii continue.!* \ ^_F Granville and Georgia Streets The Most Popular Moving Picture House in Vincouver REX THEATRE 25 Hastings St. West, near Carrall Street First Vancouver Bun of AU "Triangle" Pictures. "Triangle" Pictures Are tlie World's Best Films. MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY MAT 29, 30, 31 Jordan is a Hard Road Fatty and the Broadway Stars THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JUNE 1. 2, 3 Martyrs of the Alamo Her Painted Hero Entire change of programme for latter part of the week. ADMISSION Matineo (to 6 p.m.) 10c Children (all the timo) 5r Evenings IBo Boxes (all the time) 25c THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Capital $15,000,000 Best 113,500,000 Main Ofllce: Oorner Hastings and Granville Streeta, Vancouver OITT BRANCHES LOCATION ALMA ROAD Cor. Fourth Avenue ind Alma Rotd COMMERCIAL DRIVE Cor. First Avenue and Commercial Drlva EAST END Cor. Pender and Main Streets FAIRVIEW Cor. Sixth Avenue and Qranvllle Street HASTINGS and CAMBIE Cor. Hastings and Cambie Streets KITSILANO Cor. Fourth Avenue and Yew Street MOUNT PLEABANT Cor. Eighth Avenue and Main Street POWELL STREET Cor. Victoria Drive and Powell Street SOUTH HILL Cor. Forty-fourth Avenue and Fraier Road Also North Vancouver Branch, Oorner Lonsdale Avenue and Esplanade UNION IS STRENGTH \W*H&. I When you recognize this aa a fnct you will boost for the products of home industries by cutting out the imported article Start right now by using Shamrock Brand BUTTER, EGGS, LARD BACON, HAM and SAUSAGE Tho only government-inspected plant in 8. O. "NORTH BY WEST IN THE SUNLIGHT" FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TBANSPOBTATION BY UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD. Camps are now open for commerce and pleasure Our regular sailings touek at nil ports and camps up the const. To Logging Camps and Canneries During each week we go into every logging camp and cannery up the B. C. coast. Captains always willing to oblige by calling any small ports for passengers and freight, on being signalled. Special Week-end Trips On and after June 1 special week-end and season rates to popular resorts will be in effect Phone or call for particulars. HEAD OFFICES and WHARF: UNION DOCK Foot of Oarrall Btreet. Take Oar to Columbia Avenue. Phone Sey. 306 WL ELECTION OF OFFICERS LAST National Holiday Results in a Very Small Vote Being Cast Installation of New Officers to Take Place at Next Sunday's Meeting Owing to the foot thut tlio Onto foi holding election of local und interna tional officers of the Typographical union fell on Wednesday, May 21, Em pire Day, only a small proportion of tin Vancouvor membership turned out tq vote. A majority of the members took advantage of tho holiday and wero either out of town or with their families visiting the mnny pleasure resorts adjacent to thc city. ln the election of locul officers, Mr. VI. II. Youhill defeated Mr. H. C. Benson in tho contest for presidency—Mr. Youhill receiving 4!l voles and Mr. Benson 32, ' Mr. \V. E. Trotter wns elected vice-president by neclnmntion, as wai nlso Sccretnry-trensurer B, H. Neelands, who sucooeds/himself in that position. Out of a list.of ten candidates for the executive committee, of which fivo wero to be elected, Messrs. \V. S. Armstrong, B. Fleming, J. Munro, ,T. J. Thompson und W. H. Jordan wore tho successful ones, und out of the same number of cundidntC8 for delegates to the Trades nnd Lnbor council, of which six were to bo elected, Messrs. W. It. Trotter, W. S. Armstrong, H. C. Benson, Geo. Bartley, W. H. Youhill nnd H. L. Corey were selected. Vice-President Metzger und Mr. W. R. Trotter were chosen ns delegntcs to tho Internntionnl Typographical union convention, to bo held, nt Baltimore this yenr, nnd Messrs. H. h. Coroy nnd W. Ii. Trottor ns dolegates to tho Northwestern Typographical conference. The following offices wero nil filled by acclamation, viz., nudit committee, Messrs. 51. B. Archibald, M. D. Buchnn- nn nnd J. E. Wilton; conciliation committee, Messrs. H. C. Benson nnd B. P. Pettipiece; trustees, Messrs. H. O. Bon* son, W. B. Trotter nnd Ueo. Wjlby; reading dork, Mr'. J. E. Wilton; ser* gonat-iit-nrms, Mr. C. H. Prosko; delegntcs to Allied Printing Trndes council, Messrs. Geo. Bartley, E. C. Hartson and E. H. Ncelnnds; delegates to Trades and Lnbor Congress of Cnnndn, Messrs. H. C. Benson nnd W. B. Trotter, und sick committee, Messrs. W. 8. Armstrong, F. W. Fowler, W. H. Jordan, W. C. Metz- gor and A. Pelky. .For internntionnl officers, President Marsden G. Scott, Vice-President Walter W. Barrett nnd Agent Union Printers' Home Joe M, Johnson were reelected by acclamation. Tho result of voting for other officers wns us follows: For secretary-treasurer, present incumbent J. W. Hnys, (10 votes, W. E. Merritt, 20; delegntcs to Amerienn Fedora* tion of Labor, Mr. Hugh Stevenson, 7ti votes, Mr. Max S. Hayes 44, Mr. H. W. Bennett 37, Mr. Frank Morrison 3U, Mr. T. W. McCulIough 2(1 und Mr. U. B. Pit* tinger, 12; delegates to Trndes nnd Lnbor Congress of Cnnndn, Mr. W. E. Trotter 70 votes, Mr. Samuel Hnddcn 10 and Mr. James Drury 1; trustees Union Printers' Home, Mr. Michael Powoll, 77 votes, Mr. Thomas McCaffrey, 40, Mr. Malcolm A. Knock, 18, Mr. Jeromo V. O'Hara IB, Mr. William Mounce 14 and Mr. T. T. Nock 11. Out of u field of thirty-four candidntes for I. T. U. auditors, of which threo were to be elected, Mr. George A. Tracy, 43 votes, Mr. Fred Barker, 31) and Alfred O. Phillips 27, were the ones selected by Vnncouvor union. Tho nowly-clceted officers of No. 22(1 will bc installed at the regular monthly moetifig to be held on Sundny next, May 28. B. H. N. STREET RAILWAYMEN Double Misfortune Visits Popular Member of Pioneer Division. Thero seonm to bo some truth in tho statement that troubles como in a bunch, Bro. Dun Robb hud the misfortune a short time ugo to full sick nnd for four months was unable to earn a cent, and now, to pile on the agony, his home wns burnt, down n few days ago. it is not known just how badly this latest misfortune will effect Bro. Rees, but it is certain that the boys of Pioneer Division will rnlly to bis ab- sistuncc. The dairies that are unfair to the Milk Wagon Drivers' Union are certainly acting up to their reputation. Wo have direct evidence that theso unfair firms are using contemptible methods to obtain former customers. The Standard dairy is using its men (?) as tools to inform thc consumers that tho trouble is settled and thut the men are buck to work again. Wc have seen tIiih statement in writing and it can be produced at any time. However, our business agent is wutching pretty close and will soon put a stop to such .low- down work. Never mind what you are told about, this strike being settled, such is aot the case. ihe B, C. Federationist certainly came in for a lot of favorable comment when it attacked thc sugar combine. But what nbout the city coun cilf They made a pretonsc of doing something when the price of bread wus raised. But tlio prico of sugar doos not seem to interest them. Maybe they arc too busy fighting over tho reduction of the wages of the men who huve grown old in tho service of the city. Business Agent F. A. Hoover has been busy for severul duys working on tho voters' list. Bro. Uoover reports good results and has succeeded in getting tho names of many of our members back in tho Hst. Brothers, it is now up to you to Bfio that your name is kept on the list. Don't forget when you change your address next timo to send a notlco. While Conductor Lynch cannot ordinarily bo classed ns a star-gazer, he got caught in tho act n fow nights" ago. Jovial .1 nines was backing up his car at the terminus and managed to get tho trolley ropo around his nock. Whon tho trolley loft the wiro Bro. Lynch was lifted off his feet sovernl feet, but hns recovered fully from his near Lynch-ing ndventure. Bro. Hugh Kennedy wns somewhat pcoved on May 24 nt having to work These Are "Middy Waist" Days And you will find that we have provided ample assortments of the very best styles for your choosing. For instance: An attractive middy waist of fine white drill, made with short sleeves, breast pocket and1 neat sailor collar, with Copenhagen or navy blue braid trimming at $1.00. jt # j* All good models in plain white, striped or with colored trim m i n g s and straight or Norfolk designs. A splendid assortment. Six different styles in middy waists al $1.25 each. Jl jt -Js Many other lines of middy waists at $1.75, $1.85 $2.26 and up. i& ustnn 575 GRANVILLE STBEET tho run allotted to him. Ho says his run was changed so that he hardly recognized it. Full particulars of this particular outrage can bc had by applying to Bro. Kennedy. J. E. G. PERCY WHITWORTH A pioneer printer in tho person of Percy Whitworth passed away nt St. Paul's Hospital on Thursday, May 18, 1916, at fi:30 a. m. Tho deceased had been ailing for a few weeks with pleurisy, but his most intimntcs did not realize how sick he really was, and tho- news of his demise came as a shock to his many friends and acquaintances. The late Mr. Whitworth arrived in this city with his parents in 1884. Ho served a compositor on the Herald, News and Advertiser before Vancouver's baptismal fire, end wns one of tho firo heroes of 188(i. When tho Evening World was launched by the late John C. McLagan, Percy joined the stnff. In May, 1889, ' he left for Seattle, and held "cases" on tho Post-Intelligencer .mi tho great lire occurred iu that city thnt year. Since his youthful experiences he had travelled extensively in tho western and const states, working nt one time on the Chicago Inter- Ocean, and beat me one of the most widely und favorably-known printers in the West. llo recently arrived here from Port Angeles, where he had been employed on tho Herald of that city. Mr. Whitworth was n charter member of the local printers' union and was n pioneer delegate to the Trades nnd Labor Council. Of a retiring disposition nnd generous to n fault, he made friends of nil whom he beenme acquainted with. Ho always nnmed Vancouver as his home town. Ho leaves to mourn his loss two brothers ond three siBters, namely, William, engineer of the Nortli Vancouver ferries; Ernest, of tho Seattle Times; Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. G. Buscombe, both of Vnncouver, and Mrs. D. MucmUlan of Calgary. Deceased was a native of Wales and was nbout 45 years of age. Tho funeral was held under the auspices of Typographical Union, No. 22(>, on Saturday last, and was lnrge- ly attended." Rev. IL 'G. King, of St. Paul's Anglican Church, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hughes, conducted the funeral services nt the chapel and tho grave. Tho pall-benrers wore John Bohle, W. S. Armstrong, R. P. Pettipiece, F. W. Fowler, W. K. Shivlock and Georgo Bartley. Interment took place in the family plot nt Mountain Viow cemetery. PLEASANT WEEK-END TRIPS Union Steamship Oo. Announces Its Special Summer Rates. This week the Union Steamship Co. announces, elsewhere in The Fod., special week-end trip rates to the most populor summer resorts along tho Pacific coast. The backward weather of tho past few months has made it possiblo to moro appreciate the present ideal summer climate, and theBe short excursion trips will bo taken full advantage of by mnny. Tho low rates mnko it possible for hundreds of trade unionists and their fricndB to take an outing in tho "soft snlt-sea breezes of the briny Pnciflc." A man's memory proves that' it is much easier to forgot whnt to remember than to remember what to forget, HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Vancouver—Offlce and Chanel, 10J4 Granville Sl„ rhone Sey. MSB. North Vancouver — Office and Chapel, 122—Sixth St. West, Phone 184. BREWERY WORKERS' APPEAL TO Feel That the Brewing Industry Should Be Exempted Serious Matter to Add 500 More Unemployed to Local List pOR SIX YEARS to my knowledge * the question of inducing maiiufnc- turers to locate here has been more or less ii live issue. We all know the results, or lack of them. Notwithstanding that fact, the prohibitionist; would destroy ono of the principal industries of thc community, the brewing industry. Lot us look at this matter ns union mon nnd wngo earners. Compare the wages paid by the Vancouver Bretfery and all tho other broweries in British Columbia with any other industry in the same territory. The employees arc organized 100 per cent., which makes for Btubility of working arrangements. Tho average wngo works out at n fraction over $20 por week. Compare that with tho much lauded lumber mill industry, in which 80 por cent, of the labor employed is of oriental extraction, nnd the avorage wago is something under $1.50 per 10-hour day. If by your action on election day you force on the street nnd into an already overcrowded labor market somo 5000 well-paid workors engaged in this and allied industries, to competo for your job, thereby tootling to lower your present scale of wages, you must accept full responsibility for your action. Thc men in tho brewing industry do not ro- qulre to offer nny apology for their vocation or tho1 beverngo they manufacture. They know thnt beer, ns it is manufactured in British Columbia, is not only a very harmless stimulant, but also one of the oldest, best and cheapest of tonics. Then ngnin prohibition is clnss legislation. The.moniod man who haB liis wine cellar always well stocked, will not suffer any inconvenience. It is the working man who hns only got n few cfents to spend nnd who should not be depfivod of any luxury ho may havo access to with .the limited means nt his disposal. Personally, I do not think tho nverago prohibitionist; hns paid much attention to tho sale of beer. Ho hns confined his activities almost wholly to rum, gin, whisky and other spirituous liquor. But should prohibition como into force next week, we would find that tho DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID SPENCER, LTD. I Men Who Want STRAW HATS Will Find Plenty of Them at Spencer's FINE ENGLISH STRAWS.—A light weight EngliBh sennit straw in a lino bright braid, self conforming sweat bands, silk trimmings and outside bunds. Extra good vnlno at ?1.76, 2.00 and $2.60 SPLIT STRAWS—Split straws nre light in weight nnti -s'oor well. Wo show two popular shapes. Prices J1.75 and 52.00 SPECIAL BOATER $1.26—Thia is un English sennit and a spociol value at our price. Nicely'trimmed, Russia leather sweats and black silk bands. Price $1.26 SOFT STRAWS—Por the mun'who docs not liko tho boater or hard shaped hut we have throe good shupes in soft straws; a height of crown und width of brim to suit all. Prices 66c, 76c, $1,00 GARDEN STRAWS—Wide brim plain straws for garden or country ....wear. Prices 20c. ond 26c. MEN '8 LINEN HATS 50c.—Theso nro made in the regulation jmnuniu shape, nicely trimmed. Colors tan, grey and green 50c. David Spencer Limited I DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID SPENCER, LTO. salo. of whisky, etc., would go on as merrily as ovor. (See Seattle) Owing to its bulk, and that there being not enough of monoy in it, tho salo> of bocr would bo practically Btoppcd. According to latest official rcportB from tho United Stntos, tho production of wins- koy increased 1V_ minion gallons for tho year ending Juno 30th last, notwithstanding tho fact that seven stntes hove gono dry sinco July, 1915, whilo for tho samo period, tho sale of beer decreased 1% million barrels. Now, surely in face of this official evidence you can not pretend to believe that prohibition really doos prohibit. It is a popular error thnt a largo number of peoplo that you can mako a man refrain from drinking by legislation. I appenl to you to use your vote, irrespective of pnrty, to prosorvo for tho men in the brewing and allied industries the right to follow the vocation they hnve spent tho best part of their lives iu. R. N. MYLES, First vice-president B. C. Workers' Equal Rights Association. President Marsh at Spokane. E. P. Marsh, president of tho Washington State Federation of Labor, was a visitor at the regular meeting of Spokane central council, last Monday evening. He arrived there from Walla Walla, and will spend some time visiting unions in behnlf of the Initiative campaign now under wny. "'Tho wages of sin aro always promptly.paid,' snys a philosopher; but, dear mo, sometimes a womnn has an awfully hard timo collecting them." CENTER & HANNA, Ud. UNDERTAKERS Refined Service 10« GEORGIA STREET One Blook weit ot Court Hoiua, Uie of Modern Chapel and Funeral Parlors free to all Patrons Telephone Seymour 2426 AROUE! .jCtoNJONES <3elu> frednoobaao. Maple fp Leaf Dairy Dealers in high-grade Milk and Cream produced from tuberculin-tested herds and Pasteurized in the best-equipped dairy on the Pacific Coast. This milk is never touched by humanhands, and has stood the test in all bacteriological examinations as a safe milk at all times for children. 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