THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH TENTH YEAR. No. 11 EIGHT PAGES OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL, AND B. 0. FEDERATION OF* LABOB VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1918 POLITICAL UNITY: VT0TOB1 PttttD $1.50 PER YEAR IN MS OF Continual Growth of Union Strength In and Around City Interesting News From Active Members of Organized Labor Pressmen The Pressmen had a good meeting, reports Bro. Shannon. Thoy have taken in fivo new members, apprentices, recently, and the union is now drawing up a now scale for job pressmen. Sawyers and Filers Twelve new members were admitted and many applications receivod at a well-attended meeting, nine-hour day at ton hours' pay and Saturday afternoon off hus boon granted by the employers. Plumbers The Plumbers, says Businoss Agent Cowling, adhiitted twelvo new membors at a good mooting. The $6 wage scale for which thoy aro negotiating is expected to be granted without any trouble. m Warehousemen Businoss. agont of Warehousemen reports a good meoting hold at which six now membors woro elected. . Tho direc-»| tors of the Labor Templo have boon in* vited to speak bofore tlj* union at the next meeting. Sheet Metal Workers An incrcaso of 50 eonts por day iB boing asked for by tho Sheet Metal Workers, according to tho presidont. The agreement calls for $5.50 per day, to go into effect on May 1. No troublo is anticipated. Musicians The Musicians had an enthusisatic mooting Sunday at which twolvc now members were admitted, says Business Agont Jamieson. Tho union is planning a big bonefit concert to aid re turned soldiers. Amalgamated Engineers Bro. Hndnwny of tho Amalgamated Engineers reports a good.meeting, with four new members and threo applications. The New Westminster members are asking for 70 cents an hour. All members working. aas Workers Tho Gas Workers' union, says Secretary Martin, is making remarkable progress. Eight now membors wore admitted and threo upplications received at tho lust mooting. A wage scale is boing drawn up. All members working. Upholsterers Organize The second mooting of tho Upholster ors was held Tuesday and final organi nation perfected, T*ho union takes in UpholBterers, trimmers, shaders, mat- trcssmen, carpotmea and wire-weavers. Another meeting will bc hold next Tuesday in Boemjiai. Garment Workers Miss G iitteridgo, president of the Garment Workors, reports two new moinbers'and the starting of an nctive union label campaign. Committees will visit all unions and the shipyards in an endeavor to create a greater demand for union-mndo overalls. Signalmen Signalmen are unorganized and working twelve hours a dny, 365 days in the year, at $75 por month. They have made application to tho G. N. R, officials for a raise of wages from $75 to $05 per month, and reduction of hours tonight hours a day. It is likoly that they will organize with the Mninton- ance-of-wtiymen's union. Marine Firemen and Oilers Business Agont Haley of tho Marine Firemen and Oilers reports seventeen new members in tho past two weeks, Tho union affiliated with the Trades Council this week aftor an interesting talk from Presidont Kelly. Tho union in making grenter progress than was expected of it. All membors are working. Machinists, No. 777 Bro. Boomer of the Machinists reports a good moot tng, with twelve admissions to membership. Tho ladies' auxiliary is in a fair way to bo launched. Favorable action is oxpected at the next -meeting on the election campaign fund. A committoe of three— •T. Sutherland, G. Knowlton and .T. Wnine, wero appointed to look into the matter of Labor (Temple shares, Boilermakers Business Agent Carmichncl says the Boilermakers nre still waiting thc outcome of the shipynrd commission's investigation. Bro. Joe field of Portland wns a visitor to the meeting in connection with the 'Frisco conferonco. Bros. M. A. McBochorn, T, A. Moore and T. Fox were elected to attend the conforonco. Twenty-five now members were admitted.- Steam and Operating Engineers Anothor bat«h of now members wore admitted to the organization of Steam nnd Operating Enginoers at last meeting, says Business Agont Aloscandor. Favorable action Js oxpected on tho oight-hour-day amendment for engineers in tho province, according to reports from members of tho provincial house. A petition for n separate charter for hoisting .engineers is being circulated in the union. Barbers "The Barbers havo boen obliged to get a larger hall in tho Labor Temple, on account of their growth," reports tho president of that organizntion. Two now member's were admitted nnd tfiroo applications received. An nmcndrtierit to tho constitution is boing voted upon, for the purposo of placing nil membors, serving in the army, in good standing and full benefits providing they rejoin tho union within six months after their rqjurn nnd nro in good health,' WHIST DRIVE AND DANOE LABOB TEMPLE TONIGHT To, Be Held Under the Auspices of the Women's Minimum Wtjo League The. Women's Minimum Wage Leag%e is giving a St. Patrick's waist drive and dance tonight (Friday) in the Labor Temple. There are four prizes for the whist drive, and a large num* ber of people are expected. last regular meeting of the amendment was made to the m for membership making e wives of working men. Wbership has grbwn very t has not only a great many i Vancouver, bat a number ^Btminstor and dther places. -mended tho constitution to Evives of workingmen, it is fc; workingmen wai use their &nce to get their wives to ■L nidation. "When the 'Boys' Oome Home" If, as the daily press says, 20,000 returned soldiers are due to return to British Columbia between now and Juno 1, thoro need bo no fear of tho war profit ghouls importing hordes of coolie, labor. That will help somo. ' E Agencies Refuse to Meet the Minimum Wage Demand of Mechanics Auto mechanics in five Vancouver shops aro on strike for an increase in wages. The shops affected aro the For- guson-Higmun Motor Co., Sullivan Taylor Motor Co., Universal Cnr Co., Dixon Motors, Ltd., and tho Gray-Dort Motor Sales Co. All firms in the city with the exception of the Ford agencies signed tho new wago agreement. The union presented a sliding scalo to the Ford agencies asking for 65c per hour for first-class mechanics, 55c for socond- class mechanics and 40c for apprentices. The mon wont out on s|riko Monday and on Wednesday throe of the firms woro ready to capitulate, but had decided at the commencement of the dispute to act in conjunction with the othor Ford agoucies. Yesterday morning a private meeting of tho nbove fijms took place and thoy finally agreed that they would grant 05 cents to first-class mechanics, would pay whatever thoy had a blind to ,presumably 25 cents to 35 cents an hour, to their other help, would not recognize tho union and would only take back whom thoy had a mind to. This ultimatum wus presented to the strikers who forthwith decided to flght it out to a finish. L. A. Dixon, of the Dixon Motor Co., is alleged to be the most aggressive of the firms affected, but tho union men arc of thc opinion that ho cannot hold the other firms to his point of viow and that they will sign up early next week. Tho scab agencies will receivo duo attention from organizod Labor during tho coining wook. Loto Inst night it was roported thrtt Forgo son-Higm on Motor Co. would arrange a settlement with the striking union men, this morning. Dispute Between I.M.B. and Men Expected to Be Decided in a Few Days VICTORIA, March 14.—Tho sittings of the royal commission of Judge Murphy, as chairman; Gordon J. Kolly, presidont of the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver, aa representing the men in thc shipbuilding yards, and J. Tonkin of the Imperial Munitions Board, as represcntatiing the I. M. B, have now commenced to decide as to the dispute over the 10 per cent, raise in wages demanded by the men as a purt of their agreement with the I. M, B. when it agreed to abide by the do- cisimi of thc U. 8. wage adjustment board and apply the wagos set by that bo&fd in the northwest stntes hi British Columbia yards. As already published on several occasions, the men mako the claim that tho 10 per cunt, raise originally grunted as a "war premium" and afterward mnde a permnnent raise, should be applied in British Columbia yards according to thc agreement of it. P. Butchart, representing tho L M. B. On the other hnnd, Mr. Butchart clnims that this 30 per cent, is still to be considered in the nature of a "wnr premium." Tho men did not aak ior this raise during thc time the U, S. adjustment board looked upon it as a "wur premium" but when it wns declared a permanent raise, the shipyard mon of this province required that tho I. M. B. apply it lfere in keeping with their promise to abide by the U. S. adjustment board's decision. It will be recalled that a general strike In ull shipyards was determined upon whon it was finally decided to await a decision of the conciliation board. A long-drawn-out inquiry is not expected, as tho issue appears to be plain, Victoria—Etghtoon hundred farmers residing In tho unorganised districts of tho provinco signed ii petition which was presented to tho Icglsluturu requenting the government tu remit ami abolish the surtax brought Into tow Inst yoar by whioh taxation on lands In unorganised districts was doubled. OF B. C. F. of L. Executive and Railway Brotherhood Act Jointly Well Received and Cabinet Seemed Apxious to Deal With Proposals [By A. B. Wells] (Secretary-treasurer B. C. F. of L.) Following correspondence between railroad brothorhoods and- the executive of the B, C, Federation of Labor, a meeting of tho representatives of these organizations was held on Monday afternoon, whon it was decided that they would jointly Jay tho legislative proposals before the government. On Tuesday morning the deputation mot the governmont, the premier presiding. The Federation was represented by President D, McCallum, Vice-president Mnrcus Martin, Nolson, nnd Secretary- troasurer Wells. The railroad b/otherhoods wero represented by T. L. Bloonler, vice-chairman B. C. Canadian legislative board for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen j T. L. Coughlin, chairman of the Dominion legislative board, and A, E. Solloway, secretary of tho provincial legislative board. The deputation was recoived in a manner which has not been tho case in tho past, and after about a two- hour session, on Tuesday, it wus suggested by the cabinot that there was not sufficient time before tho house sat to conclude tho discussion and that an adjournment tnke place until Wednesday mornimj. This was done, tho sitting boing continued until 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Evory itom was carefully gone into and thoroughly discussed and tho deputation left with thevexprcssion of opinion that they could not have been better received^ or more consideration have been givon them. Discussing tho question of the protection of the longshore workers, Attorney-general Farris expressed himself as being of the opinion that this came within the scope of the Compensation Aot commission and stated "that ho would take the matter up .with tho chairman of that commission. Legislation covering the question of a minimum wago for women was promised by Attornoy-general Farris. Legislation for an oight-hour, bank to -bank, law for metalliferous minors, and for an eight-hour day for all employees around mines, mills, smelters, etc., was also promised. Tho minister ■of mines stated that hrf had intended tto introduce a new act entirely, covering the metalliferous mining industry, but thnt time would not permit thia nnd that tbe amendments nlong tho lines outlined would bo introduced by himself add tho attorney-general Tho question of "company" towns, tho Truck Act and thc Trespass Act were fully gone into with Hon. T. D, Pnttulo, minister of lauds, who pointed out to the deputation that the difficulties in this case wero numerous, but gave overy assurance that tho evils thnt existed were recognized and that, as soon as possible, they would be ro moved. Dr. King.and Dr. McLoan pointed out thnt in connection with sanitary condition**;, etc., in shipyards and industrial operations, that this enmo under the control of tho city authorities, but that in the unorganized districts sani- tury conditions in industry were under tho provincial authority, nnd assured the delegation thnt they were taking steps to soe that, proper sanitary Tcgula* lotions would be maintained, as fnr ns provincial .regulation could -cover .the situation, but that in the -organized districts the remedy rested with tho civic authorities. At tht close of the meeting tho premier thanked thc deputation and promised that while they were very busy and eould not probably introduce all the legislation they would like to, at the present session, thut they would givo the proposals, every consideration. The different ministers promised to lot the fleerctary of the Foderation, from timo to time, know what progress was being made and what action the government would tako, if any, on the propotmls submitted. Meantime, tho executive of the Federation hns boon nsked to supply the government with information covering certain paints in the legislation nsked for. Following is u list of thc proposals submitted: LONGSHOREMEN TIE UP WORK ON WATERFRONT Arrest of Mux Snspaettd of Being a Draft Evador (taunt Trouble Military.authorities arrested a member of the Longshoremen'b union at the docks last Saturday, suspecting him of being a draft evader. The Longshore- men took exception to the aetion and walked off the job, tieing np all work on the waterfront. Shortly afterwards the authorities found out that they had made a mistake and released the man, bnt the Longshoremen, having adjourned to their headquarters to discuss the matter of having their members continually pulled off the job as suspects, decided to continue the strike till Sunday eve* ning to show their objection to such actions of the authorities. At a largely-attended meeting on Sunday the men decided upon a line cf action if tho authorities take any more men off the docks in connection ith the Military Service Act. FEDERAL OAMPAION COMMITTEE TO MEET Will Try to Devise Ways and Means for tbe Clearing of the ' Deficit Tho local federal campaign committee is asked to meet on Tuesday evening, March 19, at a o'clock, iat Labor Temple, to arrango for a whist drive nnd dance, to raise funds to help clear up tho federal election campaign deficit. All mombors are earnestly requested to attend. Notice to Advertisers On and after April fith advertleinK rates ln The Fedsrationlit will bo materially Increased. This ho- cause of Increased cost of production due, ln part, to increased circulation. It. PARM. FBTTIPIEOE. Manager Vancouver. Fob 28,, 1918. . LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS Submitted by tlie Britiah Columbia Itadtra- tton of Labor to the Gonrnnwat of British Columbia Department of Labor • 'I'hi' geparafkui uf thin df-jiartmpal frniu that of th« attorney-Ren oral, and lho -enm- tlon of a separate portfolio for the inihlntnr of Labor, Electoral Beforma Proportional rnpromintatlon, and the Kftajp- ItiK of a) n sit til en ri.*. Amendment*! to thd Provincial Klectiont; Act, to provido for Die use nf thn frnnchine by nil voters, whellier they arc resident iu the conntltnency In which thoy nre registered Or not. To provido fnr at Jonst two monlliR to elapNf, between th; dlKtwlutlon of parliament ana the elect ions. tlmt. 11 i-|n*nnl court of revision be held on the 1st day of the second month following dinNolutioii. To abolish tho present .tyatem of ebctlon deposits. Municipal To abnlJKh the present property qualifications, for Lho -holding of public otters. To provide for tho extension of the franchise, to All bona Me. resld an argumont in favor of a genernl eight-hour duy, for himself us well ns evorybody else. Ho is reported to bo aging fast, he walks with the slow trundle of u duck, and he is becoming hysterical. In the debate on the speech from the throne the other day he quit after about an hour from sheer exhaustion of his vocal powers by reason of aot being in good physical shape. Long hours will "get" Oliver or any other man, for all Thomas A. Edison's Btate* ments thut six hoars' sleep is enough for any man. Edison may sny that but he doesn't sny how long a man may be expected to toil and keep iu good physical condition. NcImui. B. 0j—Mora than 1000 <>f tl»' io.- 000 momben tf tl.-• Brotherhood "f Railroad Triiimni'ii linvn cnltitflt) in tin- iinny nr navy nt ('uiimln .mil tho I'liitt-.l Htntc*. acrorillrijf in ii letter whirii Iibn baon rofiolved in nyi ion from .iHiiirit Murdoch, vlccprrtiid 'lit ut Hu- urtniii/iiliiiii. \>y Alex. HuIIhtIkthI. a Nr-1- v.-n mi J mm! limn BABIES DIED AT A HUNDRED A WEEK An Awful Slaughter of Innocents In Canada Under the Rule of Capitalism Montreal.—Itahloa .lird in Montreal Ini! vciir lit thc nn* .if fine hundri'i] » w ch, ami OVOP HO nor rent, nf thn total tlcnthft In tills city wire infii'i**. iirconllnir tn n itntotnont miiflc tiy Dr. tt'. W. OMinimn,' in nn sddroM tn tin- women of Cirri*t ehurrli rnth -drnt-MHi "Tha Infant Soldiers.*!—Dally Prow. The majority of these babies, no oiibt, died through starvation, while t the same time the factories, ware* ho.i80S und stores are full to the "ver- owing. The rest probnldy died ihrotign lack of modical attendance, be- causo the parents were too poor to provide for such service. Yes, by nil »3CflnJ Jet the prosont master clnss rule! LABOR TEMPLE MEETINGS FOR COMING WEEK SUNDAY. Match 17—Saw Filers Association. MONDAY, March 1«—Machinists No. 720, Boiler Mnkers, Hteain Emrinooni, Eloctrical Workers, Tailors' Executive. TUESDAY, March 19—ButcllOM nnd Meat Sutlers, Bookbinders, Railway Firemen. "WEttNEKDAY, March 20—Metal Trades Council, Teamsters and Chauffeurs, Ennndry Wngon Drivers, Brewery Workers. THUBSDAY, March 21—Trades and Labor Couneil, Maintenance of Wnymen. PBIDAY, March 22—Plumbers, Pile Drivers and Wooden Hridgebuilders, Shipyard Laborers. Mill ond Factory Workers. Warehousemen; Cyoks. Waiters nnd Waitresses. VETERAN M Miserable Wages Paid to a Veteran Turns Him Into Criminal At the request of Calgary Trades and [jihor Council the following communication is boing sent out to all like bodies in the country: "Frank Wilson, u returned veternir, who has beep employed in the Calgary postoffice -for six mouths past, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on Feb. 5, for the theft of threes letters containing 40.75, Wilson is re* Sorted to have not fully recovered from is services overseas. """At the last regnlnr meeting of thu trades council the executive was instructed to ask for yun co-operation in an appeal to the minister of justice to li ti V*- this sentence revoked. "We would also draw your attention to the salaries paid in this department. Wilson received #18,00 per week and is a married man with three of a family. A glance ut the l.alior (inzettc for Jtltt- uury, 1918, will fdiow that lho cost of. living for an average family such 88) his is $19.78 per W*ok (this does not include clothing, medical nt ton tion, dr.iga, etc.). Wo therefore suggest that: Q strong protest be made ngainst the ridiculously low wnges pnid in the civil service, as undoubtedly this was a contributing factor to the downfall of Wilson. Yours fraternally, J, E. Young'. socrotary, Calgary Trndes and Labor Council." PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAY March 15, 1918 Astoria Shoes for Men In Spring Styles At $8.50, $9 and $9.50 Every man will buy a new pair of Boots for spring wear, and there are hundreds of men who will demand "Astorias," for that brand stands for all that is newest and best in footwear of quality. This is to announce the incoming of the spring shipment of the Astoria Shoes—the best shoe made in Canada, and the best shoe value obtainable. Per pair, $8.50, $9.00 and $9.50 MOSp&son'sBauConipans. 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In one letter the writer complained tlmt people in England were going to bc rationed, and that it was all the fault of the working men who wero earning huge wages, and eating enormously, and living extravagantly in in every way. That is news indeed. Thore is one thing sure, no matter how high wages go up food goes up out of all proportion, so that in times of prosperity the worker is worse.off than in ordinary times. Besides, what a strange idea it is that the worker who creates everything is only entitled to the most meagre diet while it is tho privilege of the parasite to gorge. The writer of the letter simply lives to cat and does nothing elso: These aro the people who think a worker should be able to generate energy for liia work without tho aid of food at all, It is what the Germans expect of their prisoners. It is what one man expected of his horse, but whon ho had cut the horse's ration down to ono straw a day the stupid animal died. The writer of the othor letter says: 1 (The chief profiteers here are the workingmen, they have wrung increase after increase of wages from the government, and it is owing to this in great measure that prices are so high.'' That is surely patting tho cart before the horse! He continues: "The increase in tho workers' wages represents one thousand million pounds a year. Ono workman was summoned for ovading tho income tax and his income was over nine hundred pounds a year." a How marvelous that only one workman tried to evado tho income tax when the millionaires have been ovading it with a very fair measuro of success for as long as we can remember. It is cheering to learn that tho workers have wrung increase after increase out of the govornment; we hopo and pray that they may keep on wringing and that they may eventually bo able to keep a fraction of the increase for themselves instead of having to pass it on to the combines that have raised tlie price of everything out of all proportion to the rise in wages. The Tide There will alwaya be some mossback trying to sweep back the tido, but as a speaker, at a suffrage meoting truly remarked: "Time will remove the moss- back from your path, you do not need to worry about him." Present day mossbaeks are wasting their timo and strength trying to sweep back the tido of internationalism, but us it has all tho forces of evolution behind it we have no need to vrorry over their puny efforts. Capitalism is already international. Miss Jane Adams says: Existing commerce has long reached its international stage, but the socialists are making nlmost the sole attempt to preach a morality sufficiently all embracing and international to keep pace with tho material internationalism that has standardized oven tho threads of screws and the size of bolts, so that machines become interchangeable from one country to another. Everything may become international ixcept the workers, and any attempt at internationalism on their part is promptly suppressed if possible. In ull the schools a narrow nationalism is taught. After the Spanish-American war a little schoolgirl was asked: What is truo patriotism f" and sho answered: "Killing Spaniards." In spite of all that internationalism has come, and it has come to sthy and devolop. Evolution has made the whole world as familiar to overy man os his own back-yard. In his morning paper ho may read the nows of all the world. Besides that thc worRers of all nations have been roaming for years over the surfaco of the globe in search of work, liko cariboo roaming in search of pasture, and they care us littlo for an imaginary boundary line as tho cariboo care when they pass from Alaska into Yukon Territory, These peoplo havo cared so little for their own country that they have left it hoping to find better conditions. If they wore not sufficiently enthusiastic for their own country and fiag how is it to be expected that they will show passionate devotion for a new ag? Thoy will bo diligent workers and law-abiding citizens as long as conditions arc endurable, aud when they can no lunger make n living thoy will wander on like the cariboo in search of fresh pasture. What the worker Svants is bread; it is his right; he creates it, but he iloos riot care at all what color tho Hag is that floats abovo tlie wheat field. Things having come to that pass how is it possible to return to a narrow nationalism. Tho workors of ail the world have met and worked together nnd tulkod together. They are not enemies; they arc brothers growing ever more brotherly. In that and tn that alone is the hope of permanent peace, A man may have n passionate longing for the heather ond bog myrtle of his native land without having any love or longing tor its politicians or form of government, for that is quito a different thing. National characteristics aro created by the environment and are often vory iod. The workers from certain countries arc u great acquistion to thoir adopted ountry. It would be foolish to stifle national characteristics; wc should encourage thnt sort of nationalism. Just ns families, hnving all sorts of talents aud characteristics, form one town, and contribute thoir individual efforts fur the civic good, so nations can gather into an internntionnl brotherhood and contribute the best thnt is in ench to the common good. We,cannot put bnck the clock mid return to the time when thero were no railways, and people vegltnted in tlieir native village till they died; and the customary wny to treat a strnnger was to "heave half a brick at him" and call it patriotism. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "Right patriotism consists \n tho delight which 'springs from contributing our peculiar legitimate advantages to the benefit of humanity." William Lloyd Garrison wrote: "My country is the world, toy countryman are all mankind." James Russell Lowell says: "Our truo country is bounded on the north nnd tho south and thc east and the west by justice." Divine Intervention A recent letter from the Old Country Baid the poople there are very pessimistic. Somo of the more religious people think tho only hope lies in divine intervention!—"as no have got c ir- selves into such a muddle that only the Almighty cun get us out of it." During a dreadful storm an old lady askod the captain if there was any danger, and the captain said, "Woll, we must just trust in Providence." "O, dear, doarl" said tho old lady, "Is it as bad as that!" All tho nations aro looking for divine intervention, long ago tho Austrians went on a pilgrimage, but the end is not yet. It reminds one of Mr. Dooloy on the Spanish-American war: "The Spaniards fired tho opening gun whin the Bishop of Cades, a powerful turrcted monitor (old style) attacked us with both for- 'ard guns, and sint a storto of brimstone and hell into us. Thin he was jined by the Bishop of Barsaloona, and tho Bishop of Madrid and the Bishop of Havana, all battleships of the first class, followed by a fleet of cruisers running all the way from a full armored vicar general, to a protected parish priest. To meet them we sint the Bishop of New York, the Bishop of Philadelphia, and the Bishop of Chicago, accompanied by a flying squadron of Methodists, three Presbyterian monitors, a fleet of Baptist submarine destroyers, and a formidable array of UniverBalists and Unitarian torpedo boats, with a few rams. Manotime, tho Bishop of Manila had fired a solid prayer weighing a ton at San Francisco; and a masked battery of Congregation- alists replied, inflicting sovere damage. First one sido prays that the wrath of heaven will descind on tho other, and thin the other sido returns tho compliment, with interest. The Spanish bishop wishos heaven to sink our ships ond destroy our mon, and we hope he'll enjoy the samo great blessing." "What do yo think about it?" askod Mr, Hennessy. "Well," said Mr. Doolcy, "I dinnaw jus' what to think iv it. Me own idee is that war is not so much a matter of prayers as a matter of punchin'; and the only place a prayer book stops a bullot is in the storey books. 'Tis liko what Father Kelly said: 'If ye hear of mo waiting to pray,' ho says, 'any timo there's a call for mo to be in a light,' he says, 'ye may conclude that I've lost mc mind and wont be back in to me parish,' he says. 'Hogan,' he says, 'I'll go into battlo with n prayer book in one hand and « soord in the other, ond if tho work callB for two handB, it's not the soord I'll drop.' 'Don't you believe in prayer!' says Hogan. 'I do," says thc good man, 'but,' he says, 'a healthy person ought to bo ashamed to ask for help in a fight.' " "That's the way I look at it," said Mr. HennesBy. "When 'tis an aven thing in tho prayin', may the best man win.'' The I W. W. A religious paper, sinco deceased, some say poisoned by its own venom, deuounccd tho I. W. W. every time they were short of copy. The truly Christian and charitable iden of that paper was thnt the I. W. W. should bo hunted liko wild beostB over the faco of creation. Quito naturally this awakened considerable interest in the organization, and several people tracked thc I. W, W. to his lair ,to find out why ho had been given such a bnd nnme. It wns said they believed in direct action, but that is not the reason they aro persecuted. Certainly not now that direct action is deified, and crowned, and worshipped oven in the churches. It is the poople who do not believe in direcfcjpction who go to jail now, and the people who bolieve in direct action are decorated. All kinds of direct action is permissnblc now, machine guns, cannon, bombs, poiBon gas, barb wire, Kaffir knobkorrios, Ghurka knives, Arab spears, or any other weapon, savage or odem. And yet they hunt the I. W. W. more diligently than ever. The othor dny a man wns shot at his door because some people thought that nn I. W. W. had come to visit him. Another I. W. W. was lynched. It seems very strange. Sume timo ngo thoro was in The Fed- rationist n list of the things the I. W. W. wanted. It wns very innocent, nny one might have rend it with toleration, or oven amusement, bocnuso the thing they wanted mnst woh n bath. Now, I ask nny fair-minded mnn why should an I. W. W. not be nllowed to hnvo a bath if ho is willing to mnke the experiment? Is it because, like Oliver Twist, he would be sure to ask for moro? The papers tell us thnt the I. W. W. in tho logging camps aro not satisfied with tho privilege of working eight hours n dny, but wnnt sanitary conditions nlso. Tho loggers aro going to burn their verminous blankets and thoy havo tho impudence to ask for hotels and beds, instead of infested shacks and bunks. The employers are naturally aggrieved. Thoy nre as surprised ns Bnnlnm wns when his nss spoke. It is manifestly ridiculous that the I. W. W, hnving been treated like animals, and hunted like animals for so long, should pretend to bo human beings. Thoy hnvo no right to, none whatever, because they are politicnl nonentics. I wont to thoir mooting and told them so, but they would not bo- liove it, yet it is a fact. Every little rancher knows ho will get no road work if he haB no voto; nnd if he has no vote in the municipality he will not get off hifl place nt nil, for his road will bo impasBublo. If you have no vote you simply do not exist ut all, It is not necessary to provide baths nnd hotolB for people who do not exist politically. The chnirmnn of tho I. W. W. meeting snid: "Whnt do you want with votes; a vote is no use; I do not suppose any one in this mooting hnB a vote?—TInve you boys?" There wns a long silonco and then ono of tho men said: "Thoy move us nround too much," There you have it in a nutshell. Those men are first robbed of their vote and then persecuted for not having it. It is like robbing a man of his money and then despising him for being poor —but that is done every day by quite the best people. Direct action is right; it is officially declared to be bo, by both church and stnte. Even Christ could not refrain from taking direct action against the capitalists; we are told ho whipped tho money-changers eut of tho temple. Direct action is always resorted to by those who havo been doprived of citizenship. The suffragettes broke windows, and other thingB because thoy wero refused the legitimate means of expressing their wishes by thoir votes. The suffragettes knew what they wanted and went after it, but the I. W. W. does not know what it is thoy lack, so they preach direct action in seoBon, and out of season. They should insist on being allowod to vote by mail. If tho soldier ovorseas was allowed to voto, thore is no reason for robbing tho worker in tho woods of his voto. Of course, in a way, the I. W. W. is right when he cliams that the vote is no good. We cannot voto for measures, but only for ono party, or the other, and whichever party gots into office, they promptly repudiate their election promises. As far ob-gaining good govornment, and tho passing of good measures, thc voto at present is a feeble tool. But as an instrument for gaining selfish class privilege, like baths for the I. W. W., and army contracts for capitalists, it is invaluable. To tho I. W. W., I would say: Banded together as votorB you would nover be banned as you are now. Your combined voto would bo a club to make tho govornment stand and deliver. Thoy would givo you anything and everything that did not belong to them if only you would not turn them out of office. A party politician cares for nothing but to keep in offico. He would sell you his soul if ho had not lost' it already. Tho capitalists aro so well banded together that everything in sight belongs to them, even the govornment. But the workers of tho world aro moro numerous than tho capitalists, and if they ask for votes and refuse to go where they would bo robbed of them, they would have some chance of getting tho other things they want. Get votes and vote together, and you will got baths, and clean blankets, and a tinder box hotel from which you will bc liable to pass, liko Elijah, in a fiery chariot. Meantimo keep on building railways and walking, and walking nnd walking, and wondering what you built thom for. Keop on cutting timber to build housos while you nro without decent shelter. Keop on just as long as you want to. No ono elso is going into the wilderness to bo the sennegont as long ns you nre willing to do it. And don't ask anyone to do anything for you as long as you are politically non-existent, for you have no way of bringing pressure to bear. And do not talk about direct action any more, for you are not in that clasB at all. You are gontlo dovos compared to tho direct actionistB who are functioning in Europo. The best thing you can do is to got on the voters' list, and join the Federated Labor Party. boing given? Isn't it a fact that it is taking the form of a subscription to the C. P. F. in place of hard cash and by the same token isn 't it taking money out of the fund just as much as if the papers were paid in cold dollars and conts and handing it from the right to the left hand? Expressed in another way, the papers aro being paid for their space, though not through the customary channels, and in view of that, how anyone can assert that they are doing this for tho sake of the C. P. F. or that their patriotism is urging them to be generous, is more than any person possessed of a scintilla of horse- sense can comprehend. • *>-' • But tho great point to remember is that organized Labor is first, last and all tho time against the C. P. F. for the reason that it is a form of charity that is being administered in a way that would make a first- class hobo let himself loose if he wero askod to accept the patronage of that august body whioh doles out the nickels and dines in the manner that has rendered this organization so distasteful to the man in tho stroet. The soldier's wifo does not want charity, nor doos she favor the inquisitorial methods that the officials of the C. P. F. most prefer. If she were asked whether she would tako tho $12.50 a month that is being reluctantly parted with ovory thirty days by the great moguls of tho fund, or whether she preferred to exist on her separation allowance, it'a a dollar to a mill that she would accept the lattor. # • # By the way, who waa the big gun from thc Canadian pension board who arrived in the city recently in a car that would mako Carnegie green with envy? If rumor speaks aright—and sometimes sho does—this palatial car was something in a class by itself. Its fittings wore on the scalo that sent up the prices of eyeglasses. And what was the matter with the linen that his majesty sent to tho laundry? And furthermore, was the linen laundried by Oriontals or by white persons? In the last year or thereabouts—be the same more or less—it is strange but none tho less truo, that Vancouver has been tho mecca of a legion of Ottawa officials from one department or another who have suddenly discovered that the Terminal Oity iB tha douce of a fine place to spend a few weekB. Special cars, special automobilos, the best rooms in the Vancouvor and the Em- presB and so forth ad lib. And all thiB time the man who is earning anything from a ten-spot to thirty dollars per week and has to support a wife and family on a sum that, in value, has only half tho purchasing power it had two years ago, iB delving down into his pockets and wondering in hoaven's namo whon all this toni-foolery is going to end. Can't the federal govornment think of somo other method to got rid of tho public cash. Or have all tho avenues of expeuditure been exhausted ? What 'a the matter with appointing a few hundred colonels moro and giving thom soft snaps to hold down in Canada till the guns cease rumbling and until tho Tommies aro forever nt rest? "A chieh among ye takin notes' [By The Chiell The bonkers of Vancouver have seen fit to rise in thoir wrath and protest in characteristic langunge ugainst the statements mado in the columns of The Federationist last week ns to tho number of dofnulters in tho non-paymont of the Victory Loan instnlments. The statement, so far as that matter was concerned, was mnde only to show thnt there is not that plethora of dollars in Vnncouvor and B. C. that Bome people would have us believo. But sinco the bankers hnvo tnken ndvnntngo of thc occasion to uttev their indignant expostulations against what wna a perfectly aecurato statement, well and good. Thoy havo mode their protcat and they are entitled to all the good thoy cnn get out of that proceeding. But protest or no protest, ther'es no dodging tho fact that there is n Hst of non-pnyers to the lonn thnt would stretch quite n way if the names woro placed in a string. All this by the way. * *, * To come to tile other mattor of thc Pntriotic Fund. Unlike the financinl fraternity, the officials of that organization aro playing poBsum. In plainer language, thoy prefer to treat tho remarks of Tho Foderntionist with contempt. Or is it thnt their defence is so weak that thoy havo not a leg to stand on. But isn't it strange that the drawers of big salaries from a fund thnt is principally mado up of tho contributions by tho working class should become so mute nnd inglorious all of a sudden when a quostion is nt Btnko that is more serious thnn they care to admit? Tho C. P. F. belongs to tho people, but liko a (pod many other things in Vancouver in particular, and in Canada in genoral, tho people have ns littlo to say to it as thoy hnvo to sny to thc government of tho country. Recognizing this, one would imngine thnt tho nforcsnid officinls would roll up their sleeves and come out into the open and either defend tho nttitudo they have taken and the methods that have beon followed in building up a fund that of right should bc administered by the govornment, or elso climb down from their lofty pedestal nnd admit that the wholo thing is a shnto nnd n humbug, n delusion and a snnrc, * • « But there is another phase of thc campaign that has been carried on to rniso the wind. Much haB been mnde of the fact that the daily press haB been donating a considerable amount of free space, to the oxtent of several pages each, to holp boost tho C, P. F. In this connection tho heads of tho big departmental stores who have idonti- ed themselves with this form of oxtor- tion, are in high dudgeon that a. newspaper should havo the temerity to tako oither tho fund or its officinls or anyone connectod with it, to tnsk. Thoir argument is that the papers nre giving the space as n gift to tho fund, nnd flint no money is being pnid for advertising. On tho face of it this sounds flue. But when oho comes to analyze tho relationship of the daily preBs to the O. P. F., ono finds u peculiar, not. to say an extraordinary, stute of iiffnirs. t t • Granted that tho papers nre giving this space. On whnt condition is it A SIDE GLANCE AT A FEW BROBDIGNAGIANS [By Bert Gotldarcl] Charles HugheB—An animated Icicle with a reactionary conscienco, born several centuries too lato. HIb psychological time would havo been whon ho could havo functioned as a high priest and Judge during the Spanish Inquisition. Mental afflnltlos, soul matoa and psychic twins—William Hohonzollern nnd Thoodoro Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers—A Bign-post orectod on the working clnss rond to emancipation, pointing a finger back to ihe dark ages and tho Jungle. The working class can look back at this sign and measure the progress it has mode for forty years. John D. Rockefeller—A twentieth century l>lves, who has followed in tho footBtopa of his eminent prototype during lifo, and will probably land in the same place after death. —Co-operativo News. "No mnn hns a right to more land thnn ho und his can use, and no right to tlint unless ho is using it."—C. W. Woodman, State Labor Commissioner, Austin, Texas. Royal Stove Repair Works Repairs for sll Stoves, Fnrnacei, Ooils, Connection!, etc. New and second-hand stoves bought, sold and exchanged Phone Sey. 6960 1114 Oranvllle Greatest Stock of Furniture in Greater Vancouver Replete in every detail Bastings Furniture Co. Ltd. 41 Hutlngi SttMt Wut What Is Your Vocation? For tho proBpoctor, lumberman, logger, teamster, farmor or rancher, laborer, mechanic or the professional or business mnn—wo are nil working mon—there's a LECKIE SHOE made to suit each of us, and our own particular line of work. Step into your favorite dealer —ask to see the kind of Boot you want. Look for tho name "LECKIE" on it—if it's thore—you nre looking at the best boot for its pur* pose mado in Canada. LECKIE BOOTS aro nude in a Vancouvor factory by Vnncouvor workmon, Tho qunlity goes IN before tho name goos ON—that's a Leckie. -Some- Dainty Silks Specially Priced SILK OEBPE AND OOTTON DE CHINE ThiB is a very desirable material for afternoon and evening wear, as well as for undergarments. It is 36 inches wide ond comes in 25 good shades, as well as black and white. Special ££ values at, yard. OOC FUJI BILES This is a silk that washes well and will give all-round satisfaction for waists, dresses and other wear. It is 30 inches wide, and tho shades include ivory, cream, flesh, rose, saxo, Copenhagen, apricot, maize, poarl and taupe. Special value, por yard $1.25 Saba Bros. ' Limited The Silk Specialists 652 Granville Street THE BEST Shaving Soap in any country Produces a Fine Creamy Lather and Does Not Dry on the Face DEMAND "Witch Hazel" Shaving Soap Stick or Cake Manufactured in British Columbia Empress Coffee IN THE SANITARY PAPER CONTAINER It's winning everywhere. Husbnnds and wives are talking nbout it over thoir coffee cups. They are insisting on the Coffee that conforms to tho government's earnest request to save tin—save it for perishable foods for our fighting men — foods which can only bo preserved in air-tight metal containers. Wo havo discarded tho use of Coffoo cans becauso it was our patriotic duty. Coffee drinkers aro thinking and acting along the same linos. In nddition to that—thoy get tho samo reliable Empress Coffoe at a saving of 10c por lb. Peoplo nro keen thoso days to save, nnd to uso every practical method employed to win this war. And thoy rcalizo that saving metal for tho Allies is ono of the most important—it comes under the "First Aid" class. BUY EMPRESS COFFEE in tho sanitary pnper containor, BAGGAGE Deliverod to and from all trains, boatB, hotels and residences FURNITURE and Piano Moving Phone us day ot night The Great Northern Transfer Co. My. 404414 Ufilon Station COAL Mined on Pacific Coast WOOD McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd. rait. 8800 1620 Main Street THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST omoiAi tint aaxaam at TENTH YEAR. No. 11 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B; C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1918 (In Timmt\ \ 01*7. M-00 ) $1.60 PER YEAR See Dr. Lowe New Teeth .... Good Health .... Long Life THE MAN OR THE WOMAN who has new teeth replaced by Dr. Lowe may be assured that they RESEMBLE NATURALLY PERFECT TEETH DR. LOWE replaces lost or missing teeth with teeth that in many instances will do the work as well and look better than your original teeth. Dr. Lowe's prices, oolite cons___ ate reasonable DR. 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Haatinga 417 ORANVILLE PAINTERS' TOOLS RIDOELY TRIMMER OUTFITS RIDOELY PAINTERS' TOOLS SIMMS' RUBBERSET BRUSHES SHEEPSWOOL SPONGES AND CHAMOIS SKINS Hunter-Henderson Paint Co. 642 Granville Street UNION ^OFFICES This Official Listof Vancouver Allied Printing Offices OAN SUFPLT TOU WITH THE ALLIED PBINTINO TBADES UNION LABEL BAOLKY tt SONS, 161 Haatinga Street......... -J*,T "' BLOOHBEBOER, F. R., B19 Broadway East Fairmont JOB BRAND, W., 629 Pondor Streot Weat Seymour 2676 B C PBINTINO & LITHO. CO., Suiythe and Homer „ Seymour 8238 CLARKE A STUART, 820 Seymour Streot _ Soymour 8 COWAN & BROOKHOUSE. Labor Templo Building Seymour 4400 DUNSMUIR PRINTINO CO., 487 Dunsmuir Street Seymour 1106 EVANS & HASTING8, Arta and Crafts Bldg., Soymour Stroet Seymour 6650 JEFFERY. W. A., 2168 Parkor Street - Highland 1187 KERSHAW, J. A., 589 Howe Street .. ....Seymour 8674 LATTA. R. P., 888 Oore Avonue Seymonr 1080 MAIN PRINTINO CO., 8861 Main Streot Fairmont 1988 MoLEAN il SHOEMAKER, North Vaneonver. N. Vu. 68 NORTH SHORE PRESS, North Vanoouver - N. Van. 10 PACIFIC PRINTERS, World Building Seymour 9592 ROEDDE, O. A., 610 Homor Stroot - Soymour 264 SCANDINAVIAN PUBLISHINO CO., 817 Camblo Street. Soymour 6509 SUN JOB PRESSES, 187 Pender Street Soymour 41 THE TRIBUNE, Homer Stroot Seymour 470 TECHNICAL PRESB, 500 Beatty Stroot -. „ Seymonr 8826 TIMMS, A. H., 289 Fourteenth Avenue Eaat Fairmont 621R WABD, ELLWOOD It POUND, 111 Homer Streot Soymonr 1615 WESTERN SPECIALTY CO., 881 Dunsmuir Street Soymonr 8526 WHITE ti BINDON, 628 Pender Street West Seymonr 1214 Wilt* "Union Labol" on Tonr Oopy wben Ton Sand It to tha FrliUr Sensational Values in Men's Suits $19.75 150 Men's and Young Men's high-grade hand-tailored SUITS in tweeds, worsteds and cheviots, in regular models, belters, pinchbacks, eta- Regular values to $35.00. ery spow their venom and void tlieir jrlioum upon the Rustinn advance guard Ait the working class revolutionary movement, gives unmistukeablc acclaim .t# the supreme satisfaction that comes •to the bourgeois soul at the promised (tarn of events on Russian soil. t t t (■Jtill farther to the oast enters another factor in preparation of the coming tragedy. Another undisguised and openly reactionary and brutal survival of thc feudal age is evidently getting ready to join its cong-Znital twin, tho feudal survival of mid-Europe, in tho crushing of the only menucc that has * yet dangerously raised its threatening presence upou the ruling class horizon. And what a splendid vinta is thus opon- od to thc delighted eyes of all the rulors and robbers of the earth, uutocrats, democrats and hypocritos alike. Between tho Teutonic feudal brute upon the wfBt, and the Oriontal feudal brute upon the east, revolutionary Built may be crushed, while the hypocntica ruling class of other countries, neutral and belligerent alike, look smilingly on with smug complacency, laugh in their sleeves, and in/he name of liborty and -democracy applaud the act. In this ap- j ritause, thoy will bo lustily aided by their , own servile and faithful Blaves who will raise blisters upon their fool throats ■■applauding tho triump'and conBoquent ; perpetration of the rulo, robbory and -torture'that is based upon thoir own vulgar ignorance and dog-like servility. And when it is all over, thc two feudal brethren can recompense themselves for their trouble by dividing the territory conquered. The feudal brother who lirst spilled the beans by opening up the family row and disclosing the skeletons in the family closet, may bo mollified, nnd the family breach healed in snch a manner as to allow the western brethren in the happy family perhaps a little Alsace-Lorraine acreage wherewith to find solace and soothing for the abrasions uud wounds incurred in the unfortunate family quarrel. Peace may possibly rwgn again for a long time, and the faithful slaves; they who patriotically und bravely fought for their 'masters in tho glorious struggle for liberty and democracy and the rights of small nations, shall rccoivo thoir reward. They shall have steady jobs at fair wages, that is if they can get them. They shall enjoy increasingly better conditions of labor, thnt is if nothing lmppons to the contrary, and Mr. Samuel Gompers continues to livo and stand in with the federal administration. But the field for speculation as to the joys to como is too wido and too replete with splendid and mouth-watering possibilities, to be properly exploited within theso poor columns. So wo will let it go ut that. But the dark nnd sinister cloud in the east is daily growing larger, blacker ond more threatening. ABOUT EVERY Labor paper that comes to us is continually harping upon the benefits accruing to the workers through organization, into trade unions. Of courso, the chiof^bene- - fit pointed oat is that IS THERE A , which (jomes to the FLAW IN OUR laborer through in- PHILOSOPHY? creased wages. Great stress is laid upon the power of organized effort to effect sueh advances in wnges, thereby bringing greater comfort to the worker and his depondents. Our astute labor leaders are always harping about the wonderful rise in wages that has boen brought about in tho past, and if one is to swallow it all as tho gospel truth, it would seem as though a veritable millenium of affluence would eventually be arrived at by tho fortunate sons of toil who wero wisb enough to realize dhe possibilities lying behind organizod and persistent action. Much time and space is devoted to a comparison of whntyWO aro led to believe is the rnther enviable condition of lnbor now, after some century or more-of effort and achievement along wage-raising lines, and the ^misornblo conditions that prevailed prior thereto. But in spite of all optimistic views of what has boon accomplished, and the vivid pictures painted of the misery and squalor that wns tho portion of the wage-worker prior to this golden age of labor—an age made golden by high wnges, as alleged by those who profess to bc qualified to speak—there seems to be a fly in the ointment. Something is wrong, either with the argument of our authorities or with oui^poor understanding. * * ♦ Alongside of this optimistic faith in the power of organized effort to raise wages and secure "bettor conditions" of labor, there seems t'o bo an equally persistent pessimism in regard to the actual virtuo of those higher wagos. Nearly every labor publication that comes to us contains asseverations more or less emphatic of the glaring fact, that the wuges of today will not' purchase as much as the wages of five, ten, fifteen and twenty years ago. Whilo the wage now, expressed in dollars and cents, is higher than formerly, it is doctored to be a mattor of appearance only, and not a matter of fact. It is frequently assorted that a dollar will not purchase any more, even if as much, ns 50 cents would have purchused throe or four years ago. And nobody at all familiar with what has occurred would bo so utterly unmindful of the truth as to assort that wages have doubled during that time. It is a well-known fact that even out here in this glorious and usually reputed golden wost a family could live far better upon $75 a month twenty-five years ago, than can now be done upon twico that. At that time the best bacon could be bought at retnil for 10 cents per pound; choice cuts of steak for 12% to lfi cents; bonus from $1 to $2 per hundrod, and everything olse in proportion, not overlooking house rent. Thirty-five years ago $10 per weok in tho eastern and middle states would bring to an average family a better living than $25 per week will here in B. C. at thc present time. Doubtless the same thing was truo of eastern Canada. And in spite of all we do the contrary, matters are going from bad to worse. We might as woll confess the fact, for the -evidence is overwhelming. * * • Opon confession is said to be good for the soul. If we have been led away upon a false scent; if we have been deluded, through ignorance of the facts, to follow ti false trail, far better for us to acknowledge our error, once wc discover it, nnd try to get ourselves up* ii the right road, thnn to persist in' ur folly through a stubborn pride that prevents tin acknowledgement of tho error into which wo 110170 carelessly blundered or weakly allowed ourselves to be led. Too little thought has been given by the rank anil file of Labor to the actual facts surrounding the daily life of those who toil and sweat in industry. Too much lias been left to those whom wo have choson to load us and act for us. And far too often hnvo thoso thus choson been as blind to the aetual facts confronting us and responsible for our miseries, as ourselves. When tho blind lead tho blind we know full well whore both are more than likely lo land. When those who are chosen to lend ,tho wny are thomsolves without chnrt and compass, small wonder that their followers are continually led around in u circle, thus keeping a put hway well and smoothly t rod for tho willing fee of their chosen lenders nnd guidos. And, altogether too frequently thero will Tie more thnn grounds for the suspicion, that perquisites may be thrown to such leadership by interests and persons whose ulterior motives eould suggest no more satisfactory labor leadership and labor policy than a circular ono. * * * As a mattor of fact, the workors of today aro slaves. This includos all who are engaged in the production of wealth, whother thoy bo outright wage workors or farmers and other small-fry property owners, The producors are as truly slaves now as over in previous human history. 'Being such thoy have nothing to say, and cun have nothing to say, ns to whut they shall he allowed to appropriate out of thnt which thoy produce. No combination of producors —however great— has yet heen nblc to do more thnn temporarily disturb the prico or prices which were determined by the ruling class gamo of buying, selling, trading and otherwise getting away with tlio plunder taken from thom. Not oven owning themselves— that is, boing slaves- -bow is it possible for them to have any control whatsoever over the wealth they erlatof It all belongs to the ruling class, for the very simple reason that tho producers themselves, the slaves, belong to that class. Try to dodgo it as wo may, the plain fact of tho matter is that the wealth producers of today are as essentially tho property of the capitalist ruling class of the present us the chattel slaves of ancient Babylon and Egypt were the property of the rulers and masters of thoso times. All thoy create belongs to tho rulers of today, just as all that the ancient slaves created belonged to thoir rulers and owners. There hus been no essential change sinco the building of the pyramids of Egypt. Tho worker is still property. All civilization is predicated upon that fact. And ao long as the workers ro- main property, just so long must they accept tho condition that befits property, and that is Buch treatment as the owners soe fit to administer. And all the combinations of slaves against masters since time began, have availed nothing, and can avail nothing until sueh a combination has for its purposo tho changing of tho status of the workors from that of property to that of free men. Slavery must be abolished by the slaves seizing the reins of power and turning the resources of tho earth nnd the instruments of production from ruling class purposes us at present to tho service of tho only useful portion of human society, tho working class itself. Production for proflt, with its trade, commerce, businoss swindle and all that is implied therein, must go. Until we recognize that lino of action and follow it, thoro will romnin a serious flaw in our labor philosophy. IT HAS BEEN SAID that thore "are none so blind as thoso who will not see." Probably some are born blind, while still others may be made blind by camouflage or by judicious appeals to thoir egotism or AN OSTRICH their self interest. WITH ITS HEAD When tho blind lead IN THE SAND the blind the ditch is more than likely to bo their destination. Tho powor of rulors and masters of men is only mndo safe by keoping thoso over whom rule is exercised aB muoh in tho dark as possible. Thc schemes and machinations of rulers and masters will not long survive tho light of scrutiny and intelligent observation. But in spite of nil efforts put frrth by tho agencies of rulo aud mastery to hold their victims in mental darkness and withhold from thom all knowledge that might weaken the hold of thoir rulers and masters over them, an occasional ray of intelligence breaks through the surrounding gloom and muttorings of discontent aud even rebellion aro often heard. \s long ns this discontent docs not go beyond mere rebellious threats and occasional rebellious outbreaks, there is littlo alarm in tho ruling class cump. But when it begins to take ou a revolutionary tinge it becomes quite another story. The camp of rulo and robbery becomes furiously agitated and drastic measures nro speedily taken to suppress the dangerous and nlurming tendency. * * * Thc average intelligence ovon among slaves has long since reached the point whoro it is no longer possible to main tain Blavery purely by consent of the, slaves themsolves. ChnttoJ slavery was undisguised. It mado no pretence of being anything other than what it really was, the pure and unadulterated onslavoment of the workers by their masters. Feudal serfdom was less opon and brutal. The sorfs actual enslavement was somewhat camouflaged by certain rights and privileges accorded him, which his chattel slave predecessor had not been allowed to enjoy. This camouflage went far towards holding him in peaceful submission to exploitation by his feudal lord and obedient ^to hiB every whim and purpose for several centuries. Thtn feudalism gave way to capitalism with, its so-called "free labor." The camouflage was extended and amplified Thc garb of a theoretical freedom became necessary in order to hold the awakening intelligence of tho slave in check for the purpose of conserving tho interests of his maBter. Being neither confined to thc plantation, as waB thc chattel slave, nor to the barony of his feudal lord ub was the feudal serf, the wage slave, the slavo vof capitalism, became so thoroughly imbued with the virtue of his fancied froedom that thc thought ho had it in fact, instead of merely in theory. The apparent freedom possessed by thc wage slave bears such a close resemblance to real freedom, that the camouflage iB not detected by anything short of n close examination. <|£ is so perfect that its pretence hns not yet 'been discovered by countless millions of slnves. Vast numbers of them are loudly complaining of the hardships imposed upon them by the surrounding conditions and circumstances, without the slightest suspicion that the miseries thut press upon them come, ahd can only come, from ofie source and thnt is, their own enslavement. If thoy will only stop for u moment to think tlie mntter over they will discover* that all of the evils of whioh they complain nre duo solely to the fnct thnt the producers of wealth tie robbed of thftt which they produce. And that is nil there ever was to human slavery, whether it wns undisguised and in 'Jhe raw us iu the olden limes, or cnmoiittaged ami made to appear decent and buna) and ethical and spiritual ml «m|pbliug and dignified nnd uplifting us ut present. arq.im.u h a kick, i all jUh- wii a kick nln The purpose of slavery has always boon that of enabling the masters und owners to live upon ihe plunder taken from the sluves who bring it forth by tlieir labor. It could huve no other purposo, It spells the robbery of labor. The mustors have nlwnys been tho robbers; the slaves tho victims of thnt robbery, And that covers nil the wrong that has over been perpetrated by one man qr Set of meu upon another mnn or set'of men, since "history began. And that is what the entire labor world is kicking agninst how, wherever it has acquired sufficient intelligence to make And there is nothing else in ide world for workers to make about. Whatever rows break out between Individual masters or master classes arise out of tho division of the swng taken from the slaves. All petty quarrels outside of that, such ns buttles over females, or disputes over differing brands or grades of religious supersti- tins, can usually bc settled ■ by fisticuffs, to the eminent satisfaction of the intellectual combatants and greatly to the dolight of the rabble and tho mob. But even such mngnflccnt buttles und commoudnblo scraps are not always entirely motived by considerations altogether apart from tho plundor aforesaid. Even love nnd religion nro not entirely devoid of streaks of material taint, during these glorious days. .* • * With nothing to kick about except slavery, how can the slaves make an intelligent kick if their slavery is so completely camouflaged that they know it not. It stands to reason that they cannot. Unless they know that thoy aro slaves thoy must and will at all times lay their miseries to some wrongful act upon tho part of their individual master or masters. Is that not exactly what the great body of workers iB doing today?.. Is it not equally true of the organized as weU, as the unorganizod? Are tho leaders any wiser than the rank and file? Has Mr. Gompers or any of his typo evkr yet given the slightest indication that they possess any understanding of the position of the workingman in modern society, except that of a free man who has in somo way or other been perhaps treatod unjustly by those who ought not to so treat him? * Have these worthies yet shown themselves possessed of any knowledge of the incontrovertible fact that the woalth producers of today are slaves, and as completely and artistically ruled and plundered us wero ever slaves in all history before? In remaining persistently and stubbornly blind to this very obviousJrnct, this one fundamental truth withwit which thero could bo nothing to kick about, and without tho knowledge of which there can be no intelligent action upon tho part of the slavo class looking to its deliverance from that which tortures and oppresses it, can it truthfully ba said thai theso eminent "labor leaders" possess any greater intelligence than tho-ostrich who burios his head in tho sand in order to oscape his pursuer? DID YOU ever sec the sun rise? Those who have witnessed the performance declare it affords a spectacle of majestic splendor and dazzling brilliance unparalleled in humau experience. As his NO DOUBT THEY lifc-givng beums WILL SEE THE fall athwart the ADVISABILITY earth all nature smiles in a delir ium of joyous abandon. A multitude of her creatures intoxicated with shoei joy burst forth in a perfect blaze of colorful glory, delightful perfume and silvery song in glad welcome to tho lordly ruler of the heavens as ho banishes the chill dark night from his august presence. And right in tho midst of this riotous carnival the landlord's fell footstep is heard at the threshold; the muse hastily departs; the balance of the poetic fantasy must remain unspun. But the sun, tho glorious orb that daily sweeps his majestic path across tho lien vans, is not the only one in existence. He has a nnmesakc right here in Vancouver, that sends its scintillating beams of effulgence daily athwart tho narrow sky of human in telligence, about cock-crow in thc morn ing, and thoso beams possess a virtuo not only profoundly penetrating, but often most mirth-provoking. * * * Some there are who nre so cantankerous as to assert that tho editorial beams of this local luminary are so manifestly dull as to be incapable of penetrating the dark recesses of the human mind and bringing anything in the shape of illumination theroto. That in point of dullness it is in a class by itself. That in this respect it has reached a limit attained by no other and beyond which it is impossible to go. Against this audacious assumption we rise in indignant protest. It is no whit duller than' either of its eve ning contemporaries. And what is still more to the point, it could not be. So that might as well be considered as settled and no further controversy permitted. Of course, when it comes down to spitting venom at tho Bolsheviki, one of its ovoning contemporaries haB it beaten to a very noticeable extent, but for nil around truthfulness in re: gnrd to world happiness; for ti penetrating perspicacity in locating the mental weaknesses, moral poccadil los and ethical lapses of ill-informed, and, of course, misguided workingmen and for profound perspecuity in giving sage advice to the weak and misguided ones for the purpose of saving them from the consequences of their wenk-' nesBea nnd follies, it is fully abreast of tho worst of itB kind, as tho following will unmistakeably show. • *■■'* All the longshoremen along the wnter- front -quit work on Saturday last when 'press gang" camo along and grab' bed ono of their number upon the sua* picion that ho wns evading the preciouB Military Service Act. Thoy remained away from work until the man was not only reloased, but they had nlso had time to thoroughly discuss the situation and decide what course to follow intense of any more ruling-class rough stuff. Tlieir action called forth the following sparkling geta from the local luminary in question: kxe the Vancouver longshoremen aiming erect themselves Into a privileged class— the aristocrats of the Pacific coast I If they woro to tntce thc stand that they ...i> engaged in ii necessary occupation and that therefore they ought not to.ho drafted, Iheir position would tie intelligible and a fair subject for argument. But if thoy undertake to say that they will not permit the law to bo enforced against members nf tlieir union, they may create a situation with which the authorities will be bound to deal firmly. Perhapi the longshoremen might take re- fnge in a plea that Ihey are conscientious objectors, that they are averse to the ghadding of blood or to the inlltctlon of any sort of physical injury upon their fellow man. Much a contention, if advanced, would he givon due consideration by the military tribunals. But, otherwise, tliey will Mirely, upon r.>- fleotion, see the advisability nf being gond iltltona and obeying the law. To serve their 'ountry is u legul us wll as a moral obligation. When bank omployoes are required to go, will longshoremen insist upon remaining behind f Are they prepared to admit that bank clerks are the boltt men! And now there iB no logical reason why the longshoremen should not be heartily and profoundly, nnd emphatically and overwhelmingly ashamed of themselves. After such a grandmotherly talk ns all that, and that, too, coming from such nn indisputably qualified source, they ought to hide thoir (let it be hoped) diminished heads and repent in sackcloth and nshes for havingthiis deflod the law and tho gospel upon the mc/nornblo occasion reforred to. Surely thoy will "upon reflection seo tho advisability of being good citizens and obeying the law," for undoubtedly many of thom will recall hnving received Bimilar well-meant nnd even grandmotherly counsol during thoir schooldays, when they porchanco neglected to sit up straight in their seats and keop their noses properly and sanitarily wiped according to the statutes duly mado and provided by tho school authorities thomBolvoB. But whilo we fool quito sure about it, we shall not be absolutely certain upon this point until the "press gang" has mndo furthor experimentation along tho waterfront nnd in other quarters whoro slm- plo-minded workors most do congregate. We wait patiently for furthor evidence, but In the meantime Bhall keep right on feeling suro. Losing Faith in the Saving Grace of "Liberty Bond" Holdings A Rod in Pickle for "Leaders" Who Do Nothing But Eat Money [By Walter Head] SOUTH WELLINGTON, V. I„ March 12.— Local 872, U. M. W. of A. mot in repd" session last evening. An appeal was road from the Mooney defonce committeo, but In view of the many calls that have been mado on the local treasury, It was thought that $5 was as far as wo would go, It was pointed out that there wu no need to be ashamed of ths mnnllness of the sum, for if every organization affiliated with the great A. F. ot L. subscribed In the samo proportion tho sum of $140,000 would bo realised. A great lot of good could be dono with such a sum, but a greater good could be accomplished if tho aforementioned A. P. of L. had ahout 14 conts worth of militancy. Presumably thore Is no room iu that body for militancy, for Sammy Gompers is still on deck. We also received a hunch of junk from our international executivo board, consisting mainly of pamphlets issued by tmr United Statos government, dealing with war questions. Somo labor organization, acting as distributing agents for the representatives of tlie plutocrats of the glorious land of the fleas and home of the slave, Tho communication that commanded attention was the notification from tho international secretary-treasurer, giving notification of thn passage, tn tho recent convention, of an amendment to tbe constitution colling for an increase of thc por capita tax to 50 cents per month. Io Bay More Bonds This communication raised a holy row, and tho general opinion Is that wo have come to the parting of the ways. Men havo been dropping away for some time past, and this is believod to bo the laBt straw. Many mon hnve pulled out recently, as thoy aro not in favor of sending 25c a month across tho border and lotting a hunch of reactionaries buy Liberty bonds with it. And now that a demand lias boen made for an additional 35c a montl], tho fat is in tlio flre. Oui- membership can not see the need of so muoh money being sent to the international at this time, especially as the policy of the executive hoard is peace with the masters at any price, fhey say "do not ceaso work," dig conl and more, as the old war horso said in Nanalmo a short time ago, in quoting J. 1. White s statement of the enormous amount of coal produced by tlio TJ. M. W. of A., and expressing tho willingness of his orgnnization to produco still more. Kingiey said that enough coal had geon produced each year Out of the gross sales during 19.tS, amounting to $53,000,000, the'Inland SteeF Company of the U. 8. -succeeded in escaping with only the trifling sum of $19,035,066. And' thc federal taxes are still to be pnid, which will probably cut olf another 20 por cent. From this it will be seen that alongside of the strenuous life of tho get-something- for-nothing capitalist, that of the peripatetic wago slave is a ainecurt, a soft snap, and u continual round of ineffable bliss. He is to be indeed envied. A Now York man confesses to having made $12,000 Inst year. He gave his wife n bank cheque duly signed, for the purposo of purchasing sotao clothes for herself. The good dame tilled the check out for $8,000 and skipped to Europe with nnother man. The aggrieved husband nsked a New Tork paper if he will be compelled to pay income tax on the full $12,000. The answer was, yes. It. appears that the $4,000 will come in quite hundly for the purpose. It would have been most embarrassing if the good woman had not thoughtfully waived seizure of the full amount. The organized Labor movement of the U. S. (except tho I. W. W.) is busily and noisily engaged in affirmation 'of Ub loyalty and patriotism. This it iterates and reiterates until one is almost inclined to paraphrase Shakespeare by saying "mcHecffiB it doth protest too much." And at the Bamo time strikes ore advocated and not infrequently indulged in, by the organized Labor bodies, Ae we to be led to consider such acts of rebellion upon tho pnrt of slnves against thoir masters to be convincing evidence of thot patriotism and Ioynl devotion so raucously and repeatedly proclaimed? Even the writers of press dispatches are unable to refrain from dealing with conscript slaves in any other terms than those of cannon fodder and mill feed, as the following doth show. Under date of March 12, we rend that "eight h.indred thousand men, thc so-called 'second draft/ will be the national quotn to be fed into the militnry mill," etc. etc. Note the flne sarcasm of the "so-callod second draft," and thp undisguised contempt fur the human material that Is to bo 'fed into ihe military mill" like pig meat into a sausage machine. It nil, doubtless, arises from the fact that wnr is no longer u mattor of glamor nnd glory, lt has become a mere vulgar factory process just like u 1'iickingtown slaughterhouse business. Just n method of turning pigs Into bank accounts, Are You a Ship Carpenter? If you nre you will bo Interested ■ in tho splendid line of Tools wo linvo pliK}*.*! in atock for your uao iuid couvonioneo. Ship Carpenters' Adzes Ship Carpenters' Mauls Caulking Irons Serving Mallets Rase Knives Btarrett's Tools, ttc. Wo aro specialists in tools for nil trndoB. Wo will hove whnt you cnn't lind olsowhoro. J. A. Flett, Ltd. UNION SHOP TOOLS — PAINTS — HARDWARE 839 HASTINOS WEST, Near Homer Birks' Diamonds for Presentations For a presentation, a fJirka' Diamond ia specially appropriate, because it is a PIEST-GEABB STONE—one that will always be a happy reminder for the years to come. It holds tho old associations just as it holds its value. Tho advantage resulting from our direct buying is shared by our patronB. We welcome your intereBt and inspec- Oeo. E. Trorey, Man, Dir. Granvillo and Georgia Sts. to satisfy the peoplo's neods for tho remainder of their natural lives, and roast them in hell for 85 years after." Now, tho membership of the U. M. W. of is supposed to be around 450,000. Thon tho question arises, what sre thoy going to do with $225,000 a month going into the international treasury, when they are adopting a policy of pacifism on the industrial field, and at thc sumo time giving themselves up, body and soul, to the forces of militarism that at present have the Btrangle hold on tho workers of that land of democracy. Thu only conclusion we have bo far boon able to reach, is that they want to go on buying Liberty bonds indefinitely, or until thoy roach that happy stago when ovory member of the organization will receive sufficient interest from Liborty bonds to keep him, his heirs and assigns forever and ever, amen. When that happy day is reached, tho miners will not havo to work any moro; all they'll need to do is just produce enough coal to pay the intorest on their bonds and everybody will ho happy. Democracy in Labor Movement Fortunately, or unfortunately 'I'm not prepared to say whioh), I have nofer attended an international convention of the U. M. \V. of A., but I have been told that the conventions aro woll attended by paid officials of the international, organizors and such, consequently there are enough smooth talkers to put over such stunts us raising salaries, per capita, etc., and tho beauty of tho systom is that amendments to tho constitution aro mado law in tho convention, and do not have to ho ratified by tho membership. During tho courso of our discussion, it was proved conclusively that any advantages gained by the membership in Canada, Bince tho war, and especially since tho United Statos took a hand, wero gained by virtue of the spirit of solidarity shown by tho men in Canada, and in spite of the opposition of international officials. Learning ths Lesson Wa have received appeals fur assistance from time to time, when said assistance has been rcfusod by tho international-. Tho case at DrumheUcr is a caso in point. It is tho opinion of many of our members that the timo has como for the miners of Canada to make a start in attending to their own affairs. We realize that tho problems of Canada are problems tlmt can not bo fought out hy an executive board in tho United Stales. It may be said that thu U. M. W. of A. spent a large sum of monoy on the Vancouver Island strike. Wo are willing to givo credit for that, but a lesson we learned from that was that it is useless for tho workers to try to buck the capitalist game by saving up enough monoy to lay off work until tho boss is ready to capitulate, especially when a small scctioiLof the workers lay idlo and their broth ors Veep on working. A Problem in Mathematics A little mathematical calculation will show the futility nf the workors trying to tight the robber class upon a financial basis, when we realize that tho workers outnumber the musters, at an extremely conservative estimate, by 1000 to 1, aud wages in goneral represent ono-quartor of tho wealth pfodtfeed. Another quarter of tho wealth production is taken as the rake-off for the plnte; tho rest being used in thc purchase of raw material, upkeep of machinery, otc. Then how in tho name of fortune can tho 1000 over hope to save onough out of thoir 25 por eent. to fight tlio one who has 25 per cont. for himself! Having realized the truth of the foregoing premises, eur mi-niborship have inBtructod the executivo to bring in a recommendation to tho next regulrfr meeting, which Ib going to be advertised as a mass mooting. Prom that mooting our future policy will bo determined. The miners of the Crows NeBt Pass havo manifested groat dissatisfaction with tho antics of the international officials, and possibly n hotter form of organization may be born, which will bo a true form of industrial unionism. Tho hopelessness of reforming tho American Labor movement, as represented by the A. F. of L., must be apparent to a blind man. So what is the noxt best courso to pursue? We well know that in any evolutionary process, an organism which ceas?s to function simply perishes, and tho lord knows the A. F. of Jj., as a social organism, has ceased to function, or did it evor function! So what Ib the use of flying in. the face of the Imnm- table laws of evolution, by bolstering up an institution that is the embodiment of reaction and actB as a buttress for tho whole dirty scheme of capitalist flimflam! Our executive will ho getting together shortly to discuss the situation. Dentistry! Onwni, Bridges ud Fillings made the same shade as yon own natural teeth. Dr. Gordon Campbell Open evenings 7:80 to 8:80. Dental nurse in attendance. OOB. GRAKTXLLB AND BOBSOK STREETS Over Owl Drug Store Pbone Sey. 6238 Our Selling System Quality in Fabrics Style Correct Price the lowest possible consistent with value Two Stores: Society Brand Clothes Rogers Building Fit-Reform Clothing 345 Hastings Street Burberry Coats at both stores J. W. Foster Limited J. Edward 8eari Offlce: Sey. Hit SEARS & PATTON Barriiteri, Solicitors, Conveyancers, Etc. Victoria and VancouTer , Vancouver Offlce: 516-7 Rogera Bldg. VAHOOUVEB, B. O. 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Any person who vlolatos either of the two preceding section or any owner, operator or person In charge of any underground mine who hires, contracts with or causes any person to violate tho two preceding sections shall bo guilty of u misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shnll Tie punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars, nor moro than Fiv Hundred Dollars, or by Imprisonment not more than six month, or both tin.- and imprisonment, i Section fi. That the words "person," operator," "owner" nnd "person in chargo" wherever used iu this act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either Canada or the province of Hritish Coltimbin. Section fl. This act Bhall tnke effect ond bo It) full force from und after ninety dayH next following Us passage and approval. To amend the Metalliferous Mines Act to provide for the using ot time fuses of the Intest and most approved type, In all blasting operations, Such fuses to bc approved by thc minister of mines. To provide for nn eight-hour bank-to-bank regulnlion for nil iiietnllif'rmis miners. To provide for the boxing of all trolley lines, chutes, etc., where contact with the lines Is liable to occur. To provide tlmt all Inspectors shall post a cony of their reports, showing tho number of differ .-nt places inspected, and tho condition found therein, and that tho inspector shall nt nil times bo accompanied by a competent miner during sueh Inspection. The strict enforcement of clause (a) of section 8 of said act. To provide for a maximum work day of I ght hours for all persons employed around mines, mills, smelters and contractors. Ooal Mine Inspectors An amendment to tho Coal Mines Regulation Act, to provide for tho nomination nnd eloction of all mino Inspector by tho organised miners of the provinco, the minors to havo the power to recall any appointments. Company Towns Tho Btrlct enforcemon of the opening of all such towns to ordinary compotitlvo business. Poll Tu The repeal of this tax nt tho earliest poa- Nile moment, ■aa".{LTn* ur^T^™^™** *• .«*«• >*»>."«^ Somebody, Oliver for instance, who by reason of his ago and the size and weight of his hands, ought to spank smart Alox. For ho acted vory much liko a littlo kid when somebody says something to him and he sticks out his tongue. John Keen, the venorablo speaker of tho houBo, mildly called Alex, down about it, but ho 'should have also sent him to bed in the dark without his supper. Howovor, tho treatment suggested for Uncle John to follow would perhaps bo best ? n Alex, 's case—a sound spanking. If he isn't disciplined for such remarks, he will be sticking out his tongue next. Sueh a thing never occurred in a meeting of tho working class whero rules are followed religiously and If a man cannot get the better of an argu ment he does not resort to childish tactics sueh as tho Liberal crowd in the house are using. Also, while on this subject, one recalls the way Uncle John headed off J. H. Hawthornthwaite's eight-hour bill and did qot give him an opportunity to air his views at least, when he no doubt would hayo done much toward convincing the Liberal members and the Conservatives and Whatnots of the good sense of making eight hours a legal day's work in the interest, not only of the workers, bat of the employers as well, who„shouId understand that better work is got from a man who is in good physical trim than from a man who is broken by long hours. The government seems to be showing a decided lack of courage in meeting the only Labor representative in the house. People wondered, after reading the efforts of the government to muzzle the Hawthornthwaite general eight: hour measure, if it feared he would make recruits to tie eight-hour principle. Oalgary, Alta.—A settlement his been reached witb the Rosedale coal minera once more, and it Is reported from Drumheller that the men have returned to work. In New York, women are acting a* street car conductresses and working from 12 to 14 hours a day, says Mrs. Mulhauien Richards, chief of the women's division of tbe labor department. The British co-operative movement—a socially-owned organisation of the common people—Ib probably the greatest employer of labor in the world engaged In legitimate Industry, trade and commerce. January, 1917, it was employing 156,715 workers. Col. F. H. Cunningham, chief inspector of Dominion fisheries, says that the 1»17 British Columbia canned salmon pack amounted tp 1,577,435 cases. This Is 562,870 more thon that of 1916. The bulk of it hss gone to Europe. 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Proprietors - - OEOBOE PRAT 401 Hastings Street West, Corner Homer PATRONIZE B. C. FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS Ota CLUB CAFE —AN ABSOLUTELY UNION HOUSE THROUGH AND THROUGH— 612 PENDER STREET WEST (Two doors eaat of OranviUe) NOW DOING BUSINESS AND A SPLENDID BUSINESS, TOOI ONE OP THE MOST MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE EAMNfJ HOUSE8 IN VANOOUVER ' If you want something different in Servico, nlong with the beBt meal in Vancouver for the priee, give this all-union* eating house a visit. PATRONIZE B. C. FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS ATTRACTIVE DISPLAYS OF T^ew oMillinery> Styles DEVELOPED FOR SPRING T^ESIGNERS have displayed remarkable ingenuity in creating a world of- lJ deft and clever Spring Hats. The models which comprise our new showing are unusual, for their distinctiveness and practicability. The well-groomed woman will delight in reviewing this display. . /THERE ARE HATS HERE FOR SPORTS' WeARt-AFTERNOON WEAR -DRESS WEAR-AND ALL OCCASIONS The newest colorings and shapes in crepe and straw combinations, plain straws, fabric and ribbon hats are represented. WE INVITE TOU Opening Days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 532 GRANVILLE STREET Ca oMJI/inery" ness and unemployment Insurance, with free medical and hospital treatment during sickness; this to npply to dental treatment as woll as ordinary illness. Mothers' Pensions Legislation to provido pensions for moth* ers, who through any causo, are loft without support; to enable them to bring up their children without the necessity of placing them in orphan homes and similar instltu tlons. ThiB legislation should bo based on tho principle, thnt mothers could not bo better employed than In rearing their children in homo surroundings. Restriction of Child Labor Tho restriction of child labor in any form under the age of sixteen years. An Act Respecting Injunctions in Trade Disputes In this uct the expression "trude dis- State Sickness anl Unemployment Insurance Legislation to provide for free state sick- put.'" means any dispute! (1) Botwoori employers and workmen; or (2) Between workmen and workmen," which is connected oltlur directly or indirectly (u) with the omploymont or non-employment or the terms of lho employment, or wltb tlie conditions of labor, of any persons, or wiili tbe refusal by uny person or persons to do or lo perform any particular work rvtcc; ((b) und lbe expression "workmen" means nil persons ordinarily (c) employed in trude or Industry, wliothor or not In the omploymont of the employer with whom ii Irude dispute arises. 2. No retraining order or injunction, whother Interlocutory or 'permanent, shall, in any cuse of a trade dispute, bc issued oi grunted by nny court or judge thereof, te restrain or prohibit any persons, or trade union, whether singly or* in concert (1) From t ■rmiruiting any relation of employment; or (12) From censing to perform any work or lubor; or ^ (It) From recommending, advising or per minding others, by peaceful menns to do or refrain from doing anything mentioned in clauses (1) and (2); or (4) From attending nt or near u\ bouse or plnce where nny such p tsoii to break tho contract of employment or that it is an interference with the trade, business, or employment of somo other porson, or with the right of some olh?r person to dispose of his capital or his labor as ho wills. , Same Clothes For $10 Less --pHE SAME CLOTHES for $10 less—that sums up the advantage of trading in this second-floor store. What other merchants assess you for unnecessary expenses, we've completely eliminated. LI ERE IS A STORE without excessive ground-floor rent, without delivery costs. A store that buys for cash, sells for cash, and operates so economically and effectively as to produce values in suits and overcoats which cannot be equalled elsewhere. Q OME AND SEE our NEW SPRING STYLES. Suits and overcoats with quarter-linings and sleeves of silk, hand-tailored with individual care, from thc finest fabrics in thc land. And here's The Robinson Guarantee If you can duplicate the clothes I sell for $21, elsewhere, for less than $30 or $32, come back and I will refund your money. _JU>4i*mrt4m& STAIRS Clothes Shops Lti • Comer Hastings and Richards Streets (Over World Office) The Largest Exclusive Clothiers In Canada Winnipeg Ottawa Vancouver PAGE SIX THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAY March 15, 1918 Sale of Pure Paints, Linseed Oil, White Lead, Varnishes, Stains and Kalsomines At Wholesale Prices and Less WE RESERVE THE EIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITES TO ANT ONE CUSTOMER OPPORTONITY knocks at every man's door once. Count tile the hest opportunity you will have this year to purchase the aho-re goods. With prices steadily advancing it oehooves every person ■who intends repaperiug or painting to take advantage of this special offering. I-argd stocks and forward '.Lying are the reasons for these special values. Now for three days of the greatest activity. These offerings will earn lt. SPENCEB'S PUKE READY-MIXED PAINTS—Guaranteed to be made from linseed oil and white lead, in cream, light slato and dark slate. Today's value *4.75 gallon. Salo priee J3.68 Today's valuo $2.50 _ gnl. Sale price ..., »1*W Also in shades of dark greens, insido and outside white. Today's value $5.25 gallon. Salo prico .J3-B8 Toduv's vnlue $2.75 % gallon. Salo price »Z.U6 500 GALLONS RAINBOW CREOSOTE SHINGLE STAIN—In shades »-aal?Hns, tl.00 value for 85c 1-gnl. tins, $1.25 value for B6c PUBE LINSEED OIL—Four-gal. tins, raw or boiled, a gallon I1.B6 PORE TURPENTINE—Buy beforo the prico advances. Largo bots. 85c SPENCEB'S BEST FLOOR VARNISH—Highest quality— Ono Ballon $3.26 Half gnl $1.76 Quarts 95c SPENCER'S GLAZOI.AC VARNISH STAIN-It dries overnight. For floors ami furniture in yalnut, dark and light oalf, otc— Hnlf cnllon S1.90 Quart $1.00 Pint 65c "EVERYBODY'S" COLD WATER KALSOMINE—Tho perfect kalBO- mino; nil shades and white. Buy your future requirements; 6-Ib. pack- HABDOIL VABNISH—For interior woodwork. Gnl. $1.75; _ gal $1.00; SPENrCEB°''s GLAZOL ENAMEL FLOOR PAINT—Stands hardest wear; nil shades: .„„„.*.. «i is Half gallon $2*20 Quarts ■»•» SUPERFINE LINOLEUM VARNISH—Highest quality— Ono gallon $3.26 Half gallon $1.76 Quart .95c DAVID SPENCER LIMITED "Bottling Up" NABOB COFFEE IN other words, VACUUM PACKING Nabob Coffee makes all tho difference in the world to your morning cup o' cheer. Tou get more real coffee, therefore more real pleasure. It's worth a trial. Vancouver, B.C. Tba Unpatriotiam of Wealth , Editor B, O. FederationiBt: It never secma to dawn upon onr present-day rulers the great danger of wealth to the future welfare and the future existence of the race, Yet as a matter of biological fact the wealthy class are endangering the Empire. The reason that where families are so well-to-do that all their members have an equal chance of survival and even their weaklings are able to live and marry and propagate, selection is suspended and the degeneration of stock Ib inevitable. Bpeaking of Oreat Britain, Professor Pearce saya: "The accumulation of wealth, that at one end of society makes no test of brains or physique requisite before a man may multiply bis typo, that is the condition of thousands in Oreat Britain today, and must result fn degeneration. Unfortunately the evil does not end there. Whilo the rich are degenerating because of excess of wealth, the poor are degenerating becauso of the lack of it. The rate of infantile mortality, non-selected, is very cxceBBive among the poor." Biology, thorefore, sots the problem of poverty and wealth in a new light. It shows that extreme wealth on one Bide and extreme poverty on the other, are conditions, which besides being very unjust, are almost certain to bring about the downfall of any nation, and even tho final ox termination of tho raco, The rich and their supporters ought to bo denounced as traitors to the nation for what does wealth and poverty bring in its train but war, postilonce, exposure, dis- ease and promaturo death to millions? Some say the world Is overpopulated, and war nnd diseaso and famine are necessary to destroy a portion of the population. Poverty and famine novor yot relieved the stress of population. In Ireland there wero never so many children born as during and following her greatest famine. The social ownership of the means of wealth production will solve the problem of increasing population. Under a proper social ordor all will bo securo in tho opportunity to obtain a comfortable living and tho unnatural increase of the population resulting from material distress, caused by poverty, will cease. The shortened day of labor will give time for the physical and mental development and activity of nil. Tho unnatural incrcaso of tho poorly developed becaus a of overwork will cease and under this new order the whole earth will bc developed along scientific lines. All will bo producers and all will draw from the common stores tho full equivalent of their toil. Thon thero will bo neither failures, Btrikes," lockouts or bankrupts and as there is no crown to the brain of mnn. wo will bo ablo to develop some of tho higher Ideals that eome of our ancient philosophers used to dream of. J. H. HODGKINSON. Nanaimo, B. C, March 12, 1016. fEDERAUOMST 'as to what he thought ahould become of the captured German colonies after the war. This speech was brought up in the house of commons by Ur. Lees Smith, on Feb. 6, inquiring if Gen. Smuts spoke for the war cabinet. Ur. Bonar Law, In replying, stated he (Smuts) apoke for himself, which waB his privilege bo long as ho was understood to be speaking for himself only. Surely If a member of snch an important body as referred to has suoh freedom, and Is not considered disloyal, I can repudiate charges and insinuations made againBt me by members of the G. W. V. A. questioning my loyalty— a charge I challenged at the time, and challenge now, through the public press, both in reference to my action in the recent bye- election, or any other action since being a member of the G. W. V. A. Since returning from France I have tried to re-enlist three different times for active service, and from letters I continually receive from the trenohea, from men I fought with, I believe they (who know me) still believe me to be bb loyal as thoae who charge rae with being disloyal. In conclusion, Ur. Editor, I regret having to writo this, but I bolieve in self-preservation and, If necessary, retaliation —a polioy reluctantly adopted by tho British war cabinet in dealing with the Hun. T. A. BARNARD. (7th Battalion) 1118 Hamilton street, Now Westminster, Maroh 10, 1918. JAS.TH0NSQN&S0NS Limited VANCOUVER B.C. TWIN UNION MADE SHIP CARPENTERS will find the very garment thoy need in our No 15 Ovorall. It is specially designed to stand all the hard, rough wear that you can put it to. It is mado of heavy unbleached duck and is fitted with special pockets. Thore are six nail pockets, a rule pocket and four other pockets. Two straps are provided to hold hammer and hatchot. The nail pockets aro so contrived as to I hang free, when tho wearer bends over, thereby preventing nails or screws from spilling. This garmont hus a bib, is equipped with easily dctachablo elastic suspenders. It is double-stitched throughout, pockets are tackod and buttons uro rivctted. Each garment carries the Twin Bute and tho Union Label. Under Which Flag 7 ^Article from Vanoouver Blighty, Jan, 81|18) Considerable indignation was aroused locally over the action of Comrade Barnard, president of the New Westminster branch of the fi. W. V. A. in his attack on Sergt. Drinnan from an opposition platform the night beforo polling day. It cannot be expected that in nny largo association a perfect unanimity of thought can exist; or that every member will soe eyo to eye with his brother, but it Ib expected that when a common principle is at stake, ahd whon the genoral welfare of tho association is being fought for in public, that Individual members will bo big enough and broad onough to relegate to tho background their own petty likes and dislikes and forget thoir own personal differences of opinion for tho good of the whole, in order that by solidarity, success may bo attained. It is by actions of tho kind in question that our enemies (and wo have a sufficiency of them) will seek to disintegrate us aB n body and prevent by the introduction of factions and disunity, our becoming the most powerful organization in Canada. Tho incident was particularly regrettable by reason of the fact that Barnard's attack was not made ngainst tlio principle of securing returned soldiers' representation in parliament; but upon tho alleged methods practiced by our candidate to assist hiB election'—in other words, being himself n strong political opponent of some of the speakers who campaigned for Drin- nnn, ho did not hesitate to denounce our candidate, lock, stock and barrel. If this sort of thing is to becomo general the opportunities for accomplishing any good for soldier-civilians, and tho dependents of soldiers, as undertaken by the G. W. V. A., will vanish entirely and givo plaoe to n number of disgruntled bodies of men whose personnl nmbitions and proclivities will prevent united action along nny givon lines. Thnt in unity is strength must* bo tho constant watchword of every member of the G. W. V. A. If the alms of our organization are to be realized. The common good can only be achieved by unanimity of purposo and action. DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 301 DOMINION BUILDING CORNER CAUBIE AND HASTINGS STREETS Steps Towards Painless Dentistry fl For those who believe the Jewish tale of the Creation, the first painless surgical operation was performed when Jehovah put Adam into a deep sleep and extracted a rib with which to make his wife. 1} All through the written history of our race, we find accounts of attempts being made to relieve pain through the administration of drugs. Q The ancient Egyptians and other contemporary races frequently used preparations of Indian hemp to induce anaesthesia. <| In the second and third century the Chinese used the same method of inducing sleep to relieve pain. I] The juice of the mandrake, opium, alcohol and other drugs were used for the same purpose in the early and middle ages; in fact, alcohol is now classed as an anaesthetic and a man paralyzed drunk is quite as insensible to pain as if he were under the influence of ether or chloroform. plnme." It seems to me the campaign from the nomination convention to polling day was manipulated by the Tory party machine, and while I have the honor to be a member of the G. W. V. A„ it shall never he used by any political party without my protest. Corp. Paige writes about a common principle being at stake. What principle, may I ask! I claimed, from Mrs. Smith's platform, great and vital principles were at stake, and In opposing her, the first woman candidate in B. C., was a poor way to show appreciation and thanks, for all that women have done— nnd are still doing—for soldiers, returned or away. One plank in Mrs. Smith's platform should appeal to any person having the la- tercsts of women and young girls at heart, viz., a minimum wage. Tho electorB of Vancouver showed by their votes that they support a candidnte pledged to remove, If possible, conditions thnt compel girls to sell their bodies to help sustain life, thereby making the first step—and prostitution. If, as Corp. Palg' says, the G. W. V. A. Is Indignant because we seek to better conditional of those hitherto unable to help themselves, then it must remain indignant. Wo refuse, when Injustice is done, to be muscled 'by nny pnrty, society, clique, etc. We went to France to fight for democracy; now we nre returned wc will still fight for democracy, even if we court the dlnplensure of Corp. Pnlgi, or tho.se he speaks for—If anyl "Under wliich flag" is correct. Although T was at thnt time president of the New Westminster branch of the G. W. V. A., yet I explained at the time, thnt I spoko as a returned soldler-cltiz-n, nnd not as an officer of the G. W. V. A.—n recognised custom with hundreds of precedents. Quite recently (Jan. 28 last) Genernl Smuts, n member of the Imp rial war cabinet, spoke In London Earned Incomes tb. Unearned Incomes Editor B. C. Federationist: The British Labor (socialist) party has ceased to be a hard-working wage-laboring man's party It is now asking all worksrs, with hand or brain, to join its ranks. The ultimate aim of socialists is to augment earned incomes and to abolish unearned incomes. Single-lasers would augment earned Incomes nnd abolish unearned incomes, so far ns theso results cnn be secured, by the abolition of private monopoly of land. Of the fourteen steps which Marx proposed whereby to augment earned incomes nnd nbolish unearned incomes, the first was: Abolition of private property in land (by ths application to publio purposes of all rents from land.) Now, Mr. Editor, if it was wise for all the Allies to send representatives to the Paris conference, why will it not bo well for single-taxers to be represented at the London radical conforonco? Thero aro in tho world millions of voterB who aro tremendously interested in tho land question, but who are not thorough socialists; but it seems■ to me that anyone who wishes to see earned incomes augmented to the highest possible standard; and who also wishes to abolish some unearned incomes, should bs invited to that conference. Also Mr. Editor, why should we not have, cither in Canada or in tho United States, an American conference of all who wish to augment earned incomes (taking the abolition of unearned incomes as a sort of corollary) ¥ There ars many different groups of radicals, all aiming to augment earned incomes. Why not get together? Farmers and wage-workers havo different sectors to guard; but wo ought to have a contral staff to keep ub in touch with each other. Earned Incomes versus unearned incomes Ib the paramount issue—world-wide, world-old. Just now I am a farmor. But I havo been trade unionist. I am both a socialist (Marxian), and a singletaxor (Georgian). I am also a co-operator and an advocate of municipal ownership, and a member of the National Farmers' Nonpartisan League. All these organizations Btand for augmenting earned incomes and for abolishing nt least somo unearned incomes. Co-operators stand for abolishing the un: earned incomes of middlemen—though many co-operators hnve no idea at all as to the importance of the land question. Municipal ownership advocates want to abolish the unearned incomes of owners of municipal franchises. Well, that is good as far as it goes. Singls lexers want to abolish tho unearned incomes of land speculators, which in rent and increase nmounts to some $17,000,000,- 000 in tho United Stntes alone; and the abolition of private monopoly in land would double tho incomes of all workers who aro now getting less than $4 a day. These are big items—and I like to work with single taxers. But I fnll to see how singlo tax will abolish the banking graft; nnd Bome other grafts, so I nm primarily a socialist, for Marx taught the abolition of 'ALL unearned Incomes, When we get to questions of tactics, w* are all split up; several kinds of socialists, limited and unlimited singlo taxers; direct action and political co-operators. But, Mr. Editor, to come back to fundamentals, why can't nil who wish to augment earned incomes (whether from wages or from s?lf-employment, for the two nre closely related)—why can't all who wish to augment earned incomes, and who also wish to abolish (even some) unearned Incomes, got together? Why can't wo have a week's conference, ■very paper and address on some phase of this paramount issue "How to augment (at least some) earned Incomes? or on "How to sbolish (at least some) unearned incomes? Can any ono suggest n more fundamental, all-inclusive statement of our issue? W. H. KAUFMAN. Beilingham, Wash., March 6, 1918. comparatively small portions of theae areas that can and might be cultivated, but, notwithstanding, pnrks and school grounds certainly can not be classed as "unused" but, on the contrary, are serving a very useful purpose, (b) A few daya ago I waa informed by a gentleman, who has reeently been in London, that the great London parks are atill, aa far as he oould see, "uncultivated," and in the aame condition as "before the war." 10. Objection: "Would Interfere with tax sale." Answer: Would not have the slightest offect upon tax sale for the reason, suggested cultivation conscription period would expire November this year, while under usual tax sale conditions impossible for purchaser to obtain possession until one year from date of aale. 11. Objection: "The olty, if it approaches owners of vacant lots, either personally through its representatives, or by mail, will no doubt be able to secure temporary possession of a considerable number." Answer: ThlB is the course that has been followed np to date. It takes a great deal of valuable time, correspondence, eto., and is only partially BuccoBsfuJ, owing to the impossibility of getting in touch with many owners, delay in receiving consent, unreasonable attitude of Bomo owners, etc. Thla is the course which doubtless Bhould Btill be followed in the case of lots 'fenced and improved, bnt In view of the Empire's need and the fact that the planting season Is now at hand, surely It is not an extreme and unreasonable thing to suggest that the "first class of conscripts" In vacant lots shall be areas unfenced, vacant and unused, upon which there are no buildings, and which have been uncultivated during the past two years, and that, the necessary legislative powor shall be immediately asked for and given, which shall appoint some authority empowered to turn theso areas over to any any individual citlsens patriotic enough to undertake to culticate tho same during tho season of 1918. I regret taking up so much of your valuable space, but If a year from now tho situation iB bb serious as all authorities anticipate, It Ib to be hoped that Victoria will not then bo reproached with having permittod many splendid lots to remain unproductive during 1918 owing to lack of initiative in falling to take tho necessary steps to secure tho right to arrange for cultivation of all of thoso unfenced, vacant, unused and neglectod areas. A. E. TODD, Mayor of Victoria. March 6, 1018. Plasterers—J. Williamson, A. Harry. Progressive Home Workers—Cora M. King. Retail Clerks—A, P. Glen. Railway MaU Clerks—No delegates. Railroad Employees—E. Robson, F. Armstrong. Oil Refinery Workers—A. Smith. Street Railway Employees—F. A. Hoover, H. Cottrell, Kermode. Sheet Metal Workera—A, J. Crawford. Sailors—W. Hardy. Shoe Workers—W. Elvin. Stage Employees—No delegatee. Shipyard Laborers—" *" * ■M. Phelps. Steam Engineers—W. A, Alexander, D. Hodges, J. MoDonald, W. L. Vaughan, H. Longley, G. Anderson. Shipwrights—K. McKenzie, R. HcKenile, A. MoAnlnch. Stoam Shovel and Drodgemon—No delegates. Tailors—C. Neilaon. Typos.—W. R. Trotter, G, Bartley. Tllelayers—J. Kavanaugh. Telegraphers—G. L. Gauvreau. Teamsters—F. Poole, B. Showier, W. M. Brown, F. Haslett. Warehousemen—J. Rose, J. Edgar. Total, 107. VANCOUVER UNIONS TRADES AND LABOR COUNOIL—MEETS flrat and third Thursdaya. Executive board: President, G. J, Kelly; vice-president, F. W. Welsh; secretary and business agent, V. B. Midgley; treasurer, F. KnowleB; sergeant-at-arms, J. F. Poole; trustees: J. H. MoVety, W. R. Trotter, A. J. Crawford, F, AfrHoovor. ALLIED PRINTING TRADEB COUNCIL— Meeta aecond Monday in the month. Preeldent, Geo. Bartley; secretary, R. H, Neelanda, P.O. Box 60. BARTENDERS' LOOAL 50. 676—MEETS first Bunday of eaeh month, Labor Temple. President, Frank McCann; flnanolal secretary. Wm. Mottishaw, 610 Holden Bldg., Box 424, Phone Sey. 2672; recording aeoretary, Wm. Mottishaw, P.O. Box 424, Vaneonver, B. O. Australia is sending wheat to Canada and the United States, so that Canada and the United States oan Bhip more wheat to En- rope. Re Oonscription of Vacant Lots Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Recent editorials and letters have appeared in the local pross taking exception to certain suggestions I have made advocating conscription of unused, nnfenosd, vacant lots, for oultvatng purposes. Inasmuch as the urgent necessity of increased food production is bo generally admitted and realized, and inasmuch as similar but much more drastic steps to incrcaso food supply have bosn taken in Great Britain, I nm at a loss to understand why my suggestions havo mot with such serious opposition. Tnking up the different objections that have boen made, I will, with your permission, as briefly as possible, reply to them as follows: 1. Objection: "Mayor's Todd's lot conscription goes too far" and "Evory means should bc exhausted before decision reached to conscript property wholesale." Answer: Schemo does not conscript property "wholesale," but applies only to unfenced, vacant lots, unused, and upon which there are no buildings, and which have bsen uncultivated during the past two years. 2. Objection: "It amounts to confiscation for six months of the year." Answer: (a) If it Ib alright to conscript a man for the duration of tho war, why not a neglected, unused, vacant, unfenced lot until 15th Nov. next? (b) Any plan of conscription of vacant lots, for cultivation purposes, to be successful, must giinrnnte? the cultivator against unreasonable ejection. :f. Objection: "It might be possible to speak of ■ Mayor Todd's scheme if it applied only to land In arroars of taxes, but upon lots upon which the taxes are paid up to date, there are considerations involved which cannot be overlooked." Answer: Imagine a conscript, arguing before an exemption board that he should not be conscripted, basing his argument upon the fact that all his taxes are paid up. Would he be exempted? 4. Objection: "Proposal does not involve rebate of taxes." Answer: Those that voluntarily gave use of their lands last year, frequently fenced, and otherwise Improved, and those that are voluntarily giving use of their lands this year, did not receive, and will not get, any rebate of taxes. 5. Objection: "Owner will b9 unable to sell his land while tn possession of the city." Answer: Majority of purchasers would hardly object to waiting till 16th November to take possession. In few cases where immediate possession Is required, ejection clauses fully cover the situation and the worst that could happen the owner, purchaser or agent making the sale is that between them, they, In preference to waiting till 16th November, might have to pay cultivator reasonable amount of compensation, fixed, by the city council, ih return for whieh compensation they would receive the crop In the ground. 6. Objection: "Cultivation will leave soil of lots in an impoverished condition." Answer; Cultivation will leave soil of lots ln the same condition as cultivation has left, and will leave soil of similar lots voluntarily loaned. (b) Cultivation will improve condition of these long idle lots. 7. Objection: "Owner gets 'no compensation.' " Answer: Why should he? LotB unfenced, vacant and unused certainly are not producing any revenue. 8. Objection: "Only a period of five days' notification before the city taking temporary possession." Answer: Notification of five days Is quite long enough for owners residing in tbe city or adjacent to the city. Absentee owners ef unased, unfenced, vacant lots, upon which thore are no buildings, and uncultivated during the past two years, aro hnrdly likely to An any cultivating no matter how long the time of notification may be. Besides, many of these absentee owners am fn Great Britain or at the front, and will certainly not object to thoir lots being con- scripted, for a few months, for tho purpose of increased food production. 0. Objection: "Every Inch of parks, etc., and particularly school grounds should flrst be cultivated," and it hi suggested that this Ih tho course that has been followed In Great Britain. Answer: Undoubtedly thoro are A Severe Reprimand To W. A. Alexander, Sec. Local No. 620. Dear Sir & Bro. I have received 3 copleB of The B. C. FederationiBt I have read them with amaze. Tho Editorials Beem to mo nnything but reasonable, I cant for a minute subscribe to approval of articles which approve of tho Bolcheviki, disown Debts, and speak so vory dcBrespectfully of the Head of our Empiro as to verge on Disloyalty. In each of the copies which I have read, there is a constant Wail about Wage slaves and Rulors, as 85 por cent, of the Voters of Canada and of the United-States are Wage- EHrnors, I would like to, know who are tho Rulers if not the Workers? If a Government does not do what yon believo Right, why, chango it by your Votes. We must have Public-Opinion with ns if wo aro to Win, and to do so we must bo RcaBonablo nnd Just in all our Actions, Veiling nur Heads off and Mouthing like a lot of Demented beings will not do us any good but Disgust the Public with whom Finally rests nil Results. Anarchical talk and unreasonable demnnds will not gain any Permanent Good for tho Workors of the World, and the sooner that our fellow workers realize this very Vital fact the sooner wo shall succeed in gaining what is needed to make conditions what they should be. . ■ *„ T. A. 8HACDLETON. [Published at writer's request.—Ed. Federationist] . Kamloops, B. O., March 9, 1918. Why They Fear the Bolsheviki Editor B. C. Federationist: Thot hostile attitudo of the capitalist governments of all the European countries towards tho Boisjio- vlki of Russia is, from tho capitalist point of view, very natural. Germany nnd Austria which aro the closest neighbors of Russia, being in fear that tho Bolsheviki movoment would spread over, among their own slaves, are invading Russia with the purposo of destroying the Bolsheviki. , Ths Central Powers, and more particularly Germany, aro also in fear, that tho Bolsho- vlki would stand by tho task, for which they have been put in power by the Russian people.' That is to bring all thu natural resources of tho country under tho common ownership of tho Russian people, which would be a barrier to stop the capitalist in Russia as well as thoso outside, of Russia from exploiting that country for the sake of proflt. ,' ■Somo other capitalist governments ore feeling antagonistic to the Bolshoviki becauso they nullified the loans which wore mado to the Czar's government. But it would bo unjust if tho RuBBian people would havo to pay interest on money loaned to the Csar s government for the purpose of conquest, war profit nnd wholesale murdsr. Besides the Czar's government never asked tho working class, which are the only creators of all the wealth, for their conaont to their loans. Instead thsy plunged that country into a ruinous national debt, for which tho working class would havo to bleed for many yearB to come. The working class ot Russia cannot bo made responsible for a situation which has been forced on their country by an autocratic government. According to ths dally press, the Japanese also are preparing to invade Russia, The alms of Japan are just as imperialistic as those of Germany, in which the downfall of the Bolshoviki is the most important thing. Thero Ib no doubt that the bourgeois of Russia would rather be under Gorman or Japanese supremacy, under which they could maintain the freodom to squeeze profit out of the hide of their Blaves, than to sec the Bolshoviki survive. If it should happen thnt the Bolsheviki be put ont of power, thsro only will bo another proof that socialism cannot bc introduced in a singlo country, that is surroundod by bunch of autocrats. The people that aro in sympathy with the Bolsheviki, havo no reason to bo aggrlsved about their future. If the Bolsheviki Bhould be put out of power it only will bo temporary. However, the time is not very far away when working peopls of overy country will perceive that there Is no grievance among themselves. That the hostility which exists between the workers of different nations is only artificially created by their masters, in ordor to keep them in disunion and Blavery. Thon the workers of every country will join together in the common aim, to abolish a system which has kept them in slavery for many centuries in the past. J. GALITZKT. Hedley, B. C, March 9, 1918, OFFICUL LIST OF DELEGATES AT LAST OOUNOIL MEETING Attendance Boll Prepared by Statistician Fred. Knowles of Central Labor Body I. L. A.—E. Winch, N. Lambert. Bricklayers—W. Pipes, W. Dagnall, F. Vaughn, Barbers—C. Herrltt, 0. Heiso, H. V. Tnff, A. R. Edgar. Bartenders—W. Mottishaw, Bookbinders—No delegatea. Brewery WorkerB—J. Pike. Boiler Makers—T. Fawkes, E, Alston, V. Young, E. Moore, M. McEachern, Bridge and Structural Ironworker!—R, Mass;car. Bakers—No delegates. Blacksmiths—No delegates. Cigar Makers—J. Walters. Civic Employeea—V. R. Mldgley, G. Harrison, J. Logan, J. McFarlane, J. White, S. Cochrane. Cooks and Waiters—A. Graham, W, McKenzle, P. Brisbane. Carpenters, Bro,—G. H. Hardy, G. C. Thom, W. Thomas. Carpenters, Amalg.—J. G. Smith, R. Edmonds, Civic Employees (North Shore)—No dole- gates. Deep Sea Fishermen—R. Kearley. Electrical Workers—W. Murdock, W. A. Trousdale. Garment WorkerB—Miss H. Gutteridge, Flremsn (Civic)—No delegates. Freight Handlers—A, Lilburn, 0. Blunt, J. Davis, A, Gllberthorpe, C. Honcyeett. . I. A, M. 777—F, E. Edney, A. DavldBon, G. Knowlton, I. A. M. 720—R. Voungash, R. Howarth. I. A. M. 182—J. H. McVety, J. BrookB, G. Lyle, A. R. Towlor, W. Hawthorne. Letter Carriers—F. Knowles, J. Dodd, 0. M, Hungerford. Longshoremen—G. Kelly, 8. J. Mlddleton. Lath ers—No delegates. Moving Picture Operators—W, Clayton. Molders—A. Hubert. Meat Cutters—N, Brazewcll, B. W, Lane, T. Anderson. Musicians—A, J. Malscord, J. Denis. Mill WorkerB—G. Campbell, W. Kean, J. Gibbons. Pressmen—E. Vernon, Plumbers—G. Rose, F, W. Welsh, A. Morrell. Pattern Makers—No dolegates. Painters—H. Grand,* R. Stevenson. Press Assistants—No delegatea, Piledrlvers—W. F. Ironsides. SOU-VAN MILK Should be in the home of every man- is IT IN YOTO8? —Phone Fairmont 2624— T.B. CUTHBERTSON & CO. Men's Hatters and Outfitters 630 Granville BUM 610 Haatinga Streot Waat ASS TOUB OHOCEB FOB PRIDE OF ALBERTA, and MOTHER'S FAVORITE FLOUR DWOH MILLED J. PHILLIPS k 00., AfUtI 1828 ___ Plume 6U6 Hon ELECTRIC FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES The Jinrii Electric Co., Ltd. 670 Richard, Street HOTEL ALCAZAR Opposite Labor Temple VAVOOUVEB. B. 0. —Headquartera for Labor Hen— Ratea—75c and (1.00 per day. (2.50 per week and np. Oafe at Reasonable Bates CLELAND-DIBBLE ENGRAVING OOMPANY Limited raOTO ENOBAVBBS — OOMMEKOIAL ABTISTS Pbone Seymour 7169 TUrd Floor, World Bulldlnf VANCOUVER. B. 0. —The only Union -Shop ln Vancouver— PRINTING OOWAN ft BBOOKHOUSE Ltbor Jemple Preu Sey. 4490 ARGUE! WM*S reonoobaceo. 1. Parliament 0. Tnicott PASTIME Pocket Billiard PARLOR —TWELVE HEW TABLES— (Bruawlek-Balke Collender Oo.) —Headquartera (or Onion Men— Onion-made Tobaccos, Cigars ud Cigarettes Only White Help Employed 42 Hastings St. East CENTER & HANNA, Ud. UNDERTAKERS Refined Servioe 1049 GEORGIA STBBBT One Block weat of Court Home. Use of Modern Chapel and Funeral Parlors free to all Patrona. Telephone Sermonr 8485 JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNA* tional Union of America, Looal No. 110— Meets leoond and fonrth Tuoedaye la thi month, Room 206, Labor Temple. Preildent, L. E. Herrltt; eecretary, 8. H. Grant, 1671 Alberni itreet, BRICKLAYERS' AND MAINS', NO.l— MeetB second and foarth Wednesdays, I p.m., Room 807. President, Chas. F. Smith; corresponding iecretary, W. S. Dagnall, Bin 58; financial secretary, W. J, Pipes. . BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS, LOOAL No. 617—110011 every second and fourth Monday evening, 8 p.m., Labor Templo. President, R. W. Hatley; financial seoretary, Q. Thom; recording seoretary, 0. H. Hardy, Room 208, Labor Tomple. Phone Soy. 7496. BREWERY WORKER*1 L. U. NO. 281, I. U. U. B. W. of A.—Meets flrst aad third Wednesdays of eaoh month, Room 802, Labor Temple, 6 p.m. President, F. Oraham; secretary, A. E. Ashcroft, Suite 1, 1788 Fourth avenue west. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America, Vancouver Lodge No. 104—Meeti S^JM** ? P'm- ™idont, -■ Campbell, 220 Second Btreet; iecretary-treasurer, Angus Fraier, 1161 Howe street; busineu agont, J. H. Carmlchael, Roomi 212. Labor Tem-'- [limp, lie. COOKI* WAITEBS AND WAITRESSES, Local 28—Meete overy Friday, 0 p. m., Labor Temple. President, Fred. Harris,* seoretary and business agent, Win. Mackenzie, Room 209, Labor Templo. Office houra, 11 to 12 noon; 2 to 6 p.m. INTERNATIONAL ONION OF STEAM AND Operating Engineers, Loeal No. 620— Meets every Monday, 7:80 p.m., Labor temple. Presidont, J. R. Flynn, 810 Moodle street, Now Westminster: vlee-preBldont, P. Chapman; sooretary-treasurer, W. A. Alexan* dor, Room 216, Labor Tomple. Phone Sey. DEEP SEA FISHERMEN'S ONION OF THE ,»;"Slfil>—UM' "•"J Tueaday, 7 p.m, at 487 Gbre avenue. Russell Kearley, buslneaa agent. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOOAL NO. 218 —Meets in Room 206, Labor Temple, every Monday, 8 p.m. President, D. W. MoDongall, 1162 Powell atreet; recording secretary, John Murdoch, Labor Temple; Snanolal secretary and business ngent, E. H. Morrison, Room 207 Labor Temple. INTERNATIONAL LONOSHOREMEN'S AS* soclation, Local 8862—Office and hall, 80a lender street west. Meets overy Friday, 8 n.m. SecrotsrytreaBurer. F. Chapman; business agent, J. Oordon Kelly. '■ ,\i .h 1O0AL 88-M, AOXILIABT— (Marine Warohouaomen and Freight Handlers). HeadQunrlora, 488 Howe street. Meets Brst and third Wednesday, 8 p.m. Secretary and buslnesa agont, E. Winch? MACHINISTS' NO. 182—MEETS SEOOND and fourth Thuradaya at 8 p.m. Presidont, J. Wallace: recording aeoretary, J. Brooks; flnanclal secretary, J. H. MoVety, Room 211 Labor Temple. Seymonr 7495. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND Butcher Workmen's Onion. No. 048—Meots ?".' *™d thi,i Tuesdays ot eaeh month, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President, B. W. Lane: rocordlng secretary, E. Lotting: financial secretary nnd business agent. T. W. An- derson, Labor Temple. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NOKTH America (Vanconver and vicinity)— Branch meets second and fonrth Mondaya, Room 204. Labor Templo. Preaident, Ray M Deugal, 1928 Orant street; nnanclal aeeretary, J. Lyons, 1548 Venahlea atreet: recording secretary, E. Westmoreland, 3247 Point Orey road. Phone Bayvlew 2979L. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERST LOOAL No. 138—Meeta aecond and fourth Thursdays of each month. Room 808, Labor i!SPn J*-"-!*"**. D* Hnghee; vleepre.l* dent, D. Hughes; flnanolal-aec, L. Amos; recording secretary, 8. Gould, 2149 Georgia stroet east. RETAIL CLERKS' ONION, LOOAL 279— .11 j ft . Ll,b°r Tomplo overy Irst and third Tuesdays. 8:15 p.m. President, Earl P. Cornott, 656 Eleventh avenuo enst; secretary-treasurer, Archibald P. Glen. 1078 Mel- vllle_street. _Phono_Soy. 5846R. SHIPYARD LABORE'RSTFASTENERS AND Riggers, I. L. A., Locnl Union 38A, Series 5—Meets the 2nd nnd 4th Fridays of the month, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President. J. Sully: flnnncial secretary, M. A. Phelps; business aagSnt and corresponding secretary, w. llnrdy. Offlce, Roum 219*220, Labor Temple. BTltkE'l* AND ELECTRIO RAILWAY-^ ployees, Pioneer Division, No. 101—Meets Labor Temple, aeoond and fourth Wedneadaya ol 8 p.m. Presidont, W. H. Cottrell; treasurer, B. S. Cleveland; recording secre* &!*' 'Ai.X' Lo"'*ig. 25»1 Trinity atreet. Phone High. 168R; Inanclal secretary and business agent, Fred. A, Hoover. 2409 Clark drive, office corner Prior and Main atreeta. STMtMIS or Numri 1WWLA TIOKS. COAL aatilig rlghu of the Boasiilal, ia Maalteaa, Saskatchewan ui AlherW, the Yukon Tenittrr, the Kerth-ITeat Tenheries anl in • portion of He Prevlioe tf Brltlih OeliaaMa, may be leased for t tons ef Unity.a. yean renewal fer • farther teres af 11 reara at an annual rental of fl an aere. Net mere than 2,660 aerea will te leased tt tit tpplleaat. Application fer • leaae mnst bt made by tke npllont in person to the Agent tr Bih* JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' ONION OF America, Local No. 178—Meetings held first Monday ln eaeh month, 8 p.m. Preal* dent, A. R, Gntenby; vice-president, W. » "a", recording secretnry, W. W. Hocken, Box 603; flnanclal secretary, T. Wood, P.O. Box 508. ' GENERAir^TErMOTER^^ND^OHAOF? '•»»• , Union, Local No. 665—Moots every Wednesday at 8 p.m. President, W. J. Brown; business ngent. J. F. Poole, 416 Twenty-first avenue east, Phone Fnir. 715R; nnanclal secretary, Bert Showier, 1076 Rob* V!i ■}r,i"'' Eho,le s<>*'* »■"■•• Office. Room 218, Labor Temple. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. No. 226—Meete last Sunday of ench month at 2 p.m. President. R. Marshall; vlee-preBldent, W. H. Jordan; seeretary-trensurer, R. H. Neelanda, Box 66. PROVINCIAL UNIONS B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR—Meots In annual convention tn January. Executive officers, 1Q18-19: President, Duncan MeCullum. Labor Temple, Vancouver; vice-presidents—Vancouvor Island, Walter Head, South Wellington; Victoria, J. Taylor; Prince Rupert, W. E. Thompson; Vancouver, E. Winch, W. B. Trottor; New Westminster, P. Peobles; West Kootenay, Marcos Martin, Nelson; Crows Nest Pass, W. A. Sherman, Fernio. Secretary-treasurer, A. 8. Wells, Box 1586, Victoria, B. C. VIOTOBIA. B. 0. VICTORIA TRADEB AND LABOR Council—Meets flnt aad third Wednesdays, Labor Hall, 1424 Government street, at 8 p.m. President, B. Simmons; vie*- president, T. Dooley, 1278 Denman street; secretary, A. S. Wells, Box 802, Victoria, B.O. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF UNIT-ED Brewery Workmen, Local No. 280—Mead at K. of P. hall, North Park street, on tha second and fourth Thursdays of eaeh month. President, E. Orr; secretary, W. E. Baryan, 2642 Scott itreet, Victoria, B. 0. __V___ RPPBBT. B. 0. Altai af tho dlstriot ta whieh tbe rlghta ap piled far are iltoatod. Ia sirvoyed territory tho land moit be dei- orihed hy sections, or legal sob-dlviiieai of seetlaaa, aad la nnsurveyed territory th* tract applied for ihall be staked out by thr applloaat himself, , , . Eaeh application must be accompanied by a foa af 16 which will bo rofoaded If the rlghu applied for are not available, but aet otherwise. A royalty shall be paid en the ■erehaatable output of tbe mlae at the rate ef Ave seats per ton. *. The penea operating the mine ahall fnr ■isk the Agent with sworn returns aceaaatlng fer the fall quantity ef merchantable coal ■lied and par tb« royalty thereon If lh« eoal sslilig rights are not being operated saeh return ihould be furnished at leant ence a year. , , The lease will Include the eoal sslnln* righti only, rescinded by Chap. 2T af 4f> •eerge T. asoent*d to 12th Jane, 1*14. Per full Information application should b* made te the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Hub- Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORT. Deputy Minister of Interior. N. B.—Unauthorised publication of thin advertisement will not be paid for-—88675. PRINOE RUPERT TRADES AND LABOB Council—MeeU aeoond and fourth Tuei- dayi of each month, In Carpentors' hall. President, S. D. Maedonald; secretary, W. E. Thompson, Box 278, Prinoe Rnpert, B. 0. SOUTH WELLINGTON. V. L LOCAL UNION, NO. 872, U. M. W. of A.- Meets seeond and fourth Sundaya of eaeh month, at 8:80 p.m., Richards Hall. President, Walter Herd; vice-president, Andre* Parker; recording seoretary, Jamei Bateman; financial lecretary, W. Maedonald; treasurer, j. H, Richardson. TRAIL, B. 0. BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND Joiners, Local No. 286—Meeta In Miners' 'Rail, overy Wednesday, 7:80 p.m. President, H. Bell; secretary, Fr#4 CUnaelL F. 9. Drawer B„ Trail*, B. 0. To members of any union In Canada a special rate for Tho Fedorationist of $1 pjryear—If a club of 10 or moro is sent in. Every Union in B.C. "JiyJ* for THB FBDERATIONIST In a body. PAY POR IT MONTHLY, quarterly or yearly, as best suits the wishes of the membership. Submit a motion at next meeting—and advise The Federationlit of the result. FBIDAT .Maroh 15, 1918 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PAGE SEVEN It all comes back— EVERY cent tnat goes to make up the difference in price between a good suit and a poor one is money well spent. If you could see them made, seo how carefully the fabrics are chosen and cut, how minutely the fashions are followed, the high-class quality of the linings, trimmings, etc., you would know why it pays to buy tho best. We invite your inspection. Come and soe how we make our clothes, then you'll know why we make so many suits. LADIES' SPITS from $35,00 up MEN'S SUITS-$80.00 up B.C.Tailoring Co. Union Shop 128 Hastings St. E. Est 1910 PATRONIZE B. C. FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS -LET- BEST ^m^ BUHL STANDARD Royal Standard Flour and Royal Standard Rye .Flour Assist You In Doing Your "Bit" The housewife who uses these two sterling Flours in judicious admixture, say, threo parts of "Rcyal Standard Flour" to one part of "Royal Standard Rye Flour," will be delightod with tho results achieved in her bread-making. Tlie loaves produced will be characterized by a wonderfully satisfying, wholesome flavor, and for real nutritivo qualities thoy cannot be equalled. Patriotic Saving in Flour is beiug mado effective by Bcores of housewivos today, and it is well.to know thut for overy pound of Royal Standard Rye Flour used in your baking, you save a pound of wheat flour—thus making a corresponding gain for the Allies. It seems a comparatively simple saving in itBelf, yet in tho aggregate, whon every family practices such economy, it looms largo in prnctical results. Buy "Royal Standard Flour" and "Royal Standard Rye Flour" nt your favorite grocors, and toBt thoir unified "goodness." Made In Vancouver by Vancouver workmen. Look for the trado-murk, tho "Circle V." on evory sack. PROBLEMS THAI L CONFRONT Many Questions to Be Dealt With in the Years After the War PATRONIZE B. C. FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS Impending Changes'in the Relation of Employer and Employees [By Leslie £, Dennison] TORONTO, Ont., March 9.—A. synopsis of the British National Insuranco Act jiist to hand for 1QH-1916 concludes that the amount of sickness ln Great Britain has steadily decreased since the beginning of the war; that the average physical standard of tho people (notwithstanding the toll of war) ia better, owing to Improved conditions of living, due to better wages. It also contains these significant statements: ' 'Although the people of England are doing vastly more work and, In the wholo, better work per capita than they have ever done before, at least under the factory system of production, the amount of sickness has been steadily reduced from the beginning of the war, the number of days lost from productive efforts has diminished, the product per capita has increased almost unbelievably. Finally, tho Btatoment that the average physical condition of British men, women and children has vastly improved, is confirmed by the most casual observations of tbo people as they are seen day by day. "Tbo annual report on the subject sets forth that from the beginning of the war sickness among both mon and women haB rapidly and steadily decreased. This is particularly true of the women. It is worth while to observe just what has happened. In 1911 the average cost for all women getting the benefits of the fnnd was 5 cents a week. In 1915 it fell to 3 cents, In 1916 to 2 conts, and although the figures for 1917 have not been made up it is certain that tbere has been .another important decrease. In other words, the average sick benefit for women has required only about one-half aa much money as it did In tho first year of tlio war; and thiB ln faoe of the fact that thiB particular class of women, millions of them, in city and country, In the factory and on the farms. In the shipbuilding plants and munition works, are today almost literally doing the work of England. They have been ablo to do the work which the men formerly did and vastly improve their health while doing it." Tho history of the trades union movement Ib roplete with instances where a shortening of hourB of labor and an increase ln wages haB resulted in a betterment of the working classes, both physically and mentally. Tis fact has been studiously ignored by tho "union-busting" clement—happily a minority—among employers, No It Ib cheering to those who have given their timo and energy to the Labor movement, to havo Inducement given (however indirectly) and witness borne to tho soundness of their views, by the conclusions of this great governmental roport. If one wore to draw an imperfect conclusion from tho above, ono would Bay, keep it up, the higher the wages nnd the shorter the hourB, the better for all hands, including the cooki This brings to light, another quostion for the consideration of the workers for tha economic emancipation of Labor: Thero Is a point whoro the upward trend of wages must stop or capital will not embark In an industry whero Its earnings will be out of proportion to Its rlskB. The answer to thiB is that thore should be, in all industries, partnership of capital and Labor. Labor possesses, ln tho great International unions of tho various industries, the organizations, and I believe, tho will, to do its share in the working out of planB for tbe government of each particular industry. Now, it is a well-known faot that only the essentials are going to count for a long time in a great many fields of human endeavor. If labor wore consulted in the proposal to start anothor Industry In any centre whore tho field wns already adequately covered, (and, I boliove, Labor would give a fairly correct answer) ther.1 would undoubtedly be many a business (competitive only, and not needed by the economic requirements of that particular industry in tho proposed locality) which would "die a bornin'." This would release both capital and Labor for an essential industry at some point where it would be needed. Sounds revolutionary, does It not And yet it is only reasonable, if expanded closely, and In relation to the world shortage of labor. One has only to look at the fundamental changes In industry during the-last three years to see-that it U not really as revolutionary aa it looks at flrst glance. It would also tend to stability of employment both of capital and labor. The cost of break-, ing up of establishments and tne redistribu- i tion of both capital and labor would bo largely lessened, for one thing. ' It would also tend to a more equal distribution of manufacturing. The raw materials of tho west would be manufactured (enough for local consumption, anyway) on the spot, Instead of being hauled Mtobb the continent in their raw atate, and then being taken back acrosB the same road for distribution in their manufactured state. The saving In men, motive power an'd oars would release, these for more needed work. Again, population would be more evenly distributed, a distlnot advantage. The factories would give employment to many men, and these, in time, would need retail dealers In all commodities. The rancher, with hia present staples of grain growing and cattle-raising only, would tend to disappear, and In his stead there would be general purposo farmers and market gardeners and fruit growers. Then there is the question of hours of labor. It Is well known by all workers in the organized tradeB, at least, that a shortening of the hours of labor does not tond to curtailment of production. Indeed, the contrary is true. With a shorter workday the worker attends more strictly to his work; his brain does not become fagged by monotony and, oonsequontly, even production Is kopt up, This Is an important item where muoh high-priced machinery is used. Tho numbers of accidents lessens also in a greater degree, (borne out by statistics) the greater number of accidents happen late in the day, whsn the worker is numbed by the monotony of hiB task. And with state accident and hoalth insuranco, this would diminish the drain upon tho taxpayer; as well as the suffering and loss of earning power of the Individual—wblch should also be a concern of tha state. On the question of the shorter workday, I would liko to quote Lord Leverhulmo, of Sunlight soap fame, from a looal paper. Recently I quoted him as saying that all in the Old Country would have to work, the Idle rich as well as tho Idle poor, to repair the ravages of war. He Ib in favor of a six- hour day, giving St. Paul and Omar Khayyam as old-time examples of the bonefits of tho shorter workday. He says that those who oppose the shortening of tho hours, now do so without really examining the question, and are the same old arguments as were used when tho twelve-hour day and ton-hour day were being agitated. He says: "It Ib a simple, Incontrovertible and highly significant fact that both in the United States and Oreat Britain every reduction ln the working hours and every increase in wages haB immediately followed by Increased production at a lower coat, and Increased efficiency of tho workman, who has also enjoyed greater spending powor and fuller op- portunltltes for thrift and enjoyment of lifo. Thero is a world of economic wisdom and truth in the old familiar Baying, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' It is as applicable—perhaps moro applicable —to factories than to schools. What Is tho position of tbe employer in regard to this proposal of a six-hour dayt" said Lord Loverhulme, repeating a question, "A modern faotory is equipped with expensive and elaborate machinery which usually requires constant and careful supervision. Whon In regular ubo it tends, of course, to depreciate and itB upkeop Is an important Item, which must be takon into account when calculating working expenses and cost of production. But suppose an employer whose factory Ib now working only eight hours a day in ono shift were to Introduce ' ifts of six hours each a day—one, )m 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m„ with half an hour break for a meal, and the other from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., with hnlf ah hour for tea— what would bo tho result! His engines and machines would work in tho aggregate 12 hours instead of eight hours a day; but hiB production—mark this point I—would in- crease by at least SO per cent., without, however, anything like a pro rata Increase In the cost of production. As a matter of fact, it has been found in some cases that production has increased under these or somewhat similar conditions by as muoh aB 80 or more per cent! But, even with tho lower percentage of Increase, lt is obvious that tho employer ns woll bb the workman would proflt by the chango. "Let me mention, in passing, that In the interests of health .efficiency and equity tho two shifts would work alternately weok by week in the morning and afternoon. That is to Bay, shift A would work from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. one week and from 1:30 to 8 p.m. the next weok, while shift B would reverse the rotation. Thus, overy alternato wook the members of each shift would have overy afternoon as well as every evening at their disposal. "Side by side by this reform in our work ing hours," Lord Levorhulmo continued, "r reform which I advocate on the ground of HEALTH INSURANCE BY New York State Federation , of Labor Introduces the Measure Big "Jim" Lynch, ex-International Typo. President in Evidence NEW YORK, March 9.—"Health initt- ance is going to oome just as sure as workmen's compensation oame. To as, as wage- earners, there are two courses open. Either we may hold back blindly until a bill la passed which Is disadvantageous and burdensome or we may have a bill so drafted aa to protect and promote the interests of organised labor." Tbis declaration Is made in a comprehensive report on workmen's health Insurance, issued today for general distribution among interested unions, by the committee on health of the New York Btate Federation of Labor, of whioh Commissioner James M. Lynch, of the state Industrial Commission la chairman. The committee's report sets forth in detail the provisions of the health Insurance bill, adopted unanimously by the 200 delegates at the special state convention in Albany, Fob. 8. It appears simultaneously with the introduction of the Federation's bill in the legislature by Senator Courtlandt NIcoll, who says: "The high percentage of physical disability disclosed by the draft examinations Is a calf to prompt action ln furnishing health protection to those who most need It." Labor's Present Opportunity 'We are not going to alt idly by much longer and see our citiiens afflicted by poverty due to sickness," says the report. Re* ferring to the present opportunity and duty of organised labor, the committeo atates: "Already the casualty companies are selling group Insurance tn plants, and a man haa to work tbere a certain number of months in order to be entitled to benefit. If he leaves, he loses his righta. The detrimental effect of such apian is obvious—it tends to tie a man to his job. This Is the time for organized labor to push health insurance through, otherwise the casualty companies will have control of the situation to the extent that we will not be able to control tho wage sale," The Foderation of Labor was in the beginning Inclined to oppose health Insurance legislation, but following careful stury during tho past year, and the favorable voto of local unions throughout the state on the report and bill as finally accepted in revised form by its own special committee, the Federation has now unanimously placed health insurance on Ub immediate legislative programme. The bill which covers sickness of all wage- earners and their dependents, provides cash and completo modical benefits for 26 weeks in a yoar, and offers special maternity bonefits for working mothers and the wives of insured workmon. The actual cost Is to be shared equally by the employers and Insured employees, the maximum Bbare of the workor being about two cents on the dollar of woekly wagos up to $12. Lowor paid workers pay proportionately loss and tho employer moro. General supervision of the syBtem Is vestod by tho bill in tho Stato Industrial commission, as undor workmen's com- Copenhagen Chewing IS THE WORLD'S BEST CHEW 11 COPENHAGEN I Ji," SNUFF :')i L It is manufactured tobacco in its purest form. It has • pleasing flavor. It is tobacco scientifically prepared for man's use. EVERYTHING FOR MEN £35* Ready-to-wear Olothing and Furnishings. Also Suits made to measure, on tho premises. Carhartt's Overalls, and other good makes. Gloves, SOe to 19.50. Shirts of all kinds. Oilskin Suits. Underwear and Socks ot all grades. -GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE WILL DO THE BEST— G. B. KERFOOT 166 HASTINGS STREET EAST PHONE BET. 474 THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE CapltaL... 116,000,000 Bert. . 118,600,000 TEN BBANOHES IN VAHOOUVEB DISTBIOT SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS A savings account will assist you in the patriotic and per- sonal duty of conserving your finances. This Bank allows interest at current rates, and welcomes small as well as large accounts. ponsatlon, with the atate bearing the cost of administration. Fraternal and trade union sickness Insurance la not affected br the proposed act. If yon haven't Joined tha Federated Labor Party, get in touch with Seeretary Trotter, Room 206, Labor Temple, or any of the vice- presidents thranghaut the province. *** The English government haa suppressed two Sinn Fein newspapers in Ireland—tho Kilkenny People and the Factlonlit. GLASGOW,—The Scottish miners, tn ft conference decided by a largo majority against tho government man-power bill. Under the bill more miners would bo called to the army. efficiency, hygiene and numanttariantsm as well as sound economic policy—side by side with it I would place the principlo of copartnership, I believe in raising the economic and Boclal status of the workor, ln Increasing his sense of responsibility by giving bim a direot pecuniary personal interest In tho conduct and output of the factory and in the profits accruing from his work. I much prefer co-partnership to the bonus system. In the former case the worker feols ho Is a partner In the firm and Is receiving his due, some share tbat he has fairly earned as a co-partner by his skill and industry; in the latter the bonus partakes of the cliarac- t*| QQ OPENS TODAY at 10:30 a.m. Heavy Canadian Wool Ribbed Underwear. Begular $1.75 value. Art Selling Out Salo if OC Heavy Flannel Work Shirts. Reg. $3. Selling Out Sale $1.49 1 absolutely $9.98 :lozeu in 49c Selling Out Sale... 35c Garters. Now .Men's Kino Mackinaw Coats—Guaranteed pure wool. Regular .+12 to $14. Now Men's Raincoats — Guaranteed waterproof. Reg. to $20.00. Selling Out Sale $1.25 Shirts—All sizes. About 12 dozen in tliis lot only. While they last. Selling Out Sale Men's Fine Boots—Reg. to $6. An AQ Selling Out Sale «P«£.«/0 50c Police and Firemen Suspenders. Now Boys' Suits—All sizes. Values to $8.00. Selling Out Sale.. Big range of Boys' Suits. Values*/* _\f_ to $12.00. Selling Out Sale «pO*S/U 300 dozen NocktieB. Regular to 75c. Now Boys' Pants—Regular to $1.75. Selling Out Sale $1.25 Medium Weight Underwear. Selling Ont Sale Boys' Shirts— Now Regular 85c. 14c 49c 24c $3.98 6.95 24c 98c 63c Golden, B. 0., Feb. 19. 1918 BILL OF SALE I, Ohas. A. Warren of Golden, B. 0., do hereby sell my entire stock of men's apparel, including Men's clothing, hats, furnishings, boots, shoes, also ladies' wear, dry goods, etc., to the Liberty Store of Vancouver, B. 0., at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds (86 2-3) cents on the dollar of the original invoice cost. Said stock is sold to the parties of the second part clear of all liabilities. (Signed) OHAS. A. WARREN Men's High Top Bonis—All sizes values to $14.00. Selling Out Sale English "Mellon" Shirts—Also Heavy Wool Mackinaws, Reg. io$7. Selling Out Sale Children's Sweaters—Regular $1.00. Now $6.98 # es. Regular $7.98 Pure $3.98 39c ■All sizes; all 285 pairs of Men's Fine Bool.' soyles, Worth $10 to $12. Selling Out Sale Men's Fine Suits—Of beautiful range to choose from; made by Canada's best manufacturers. Values to $27.50. Selling Oui Sale Men's Suits, values to $22.50.■ Selling Out Sale Men's Suits—Neat dark patterns; all sizes. Regular values to $18.00. Selling Out Sale Men's Pino Overcoats—Famous 20th Century branU. Reg. to $30.00. Selling Out Sale $5.85 fill range to 's best manu- $14.85 $12.98 I'llSj all sizes. $8.95 his 20th Cen- $12.98 LOT NO. 11 "Arrow" Collars—About 125 dozen. ara While thoy last, per dozon HUC LOT NO. 12 800 dozen Men's Handkerchiefs. Hog. tm 15c. Now. /C LOT NO. 13 30 dozen Hnrd Hats, including "Stetson" and "Christy." Reg. t0 S5.00. r\n Soiling Out Salo t/OC LOT NO. 11 200 dosen Black Oashmere Sox. Reg. no •10c and 50c. Soiling Out Sale *£ 1 .HtU LOT NO. 16 Ladies' Fine Shoes—Sizes up to iVt only. Values to $12.00. <£n nm Selling Out Sale %p_t.OD LOT NO. 17 200 pairs Children's Shoos. All sizes. **| QA Reg. to $3.50. Selling Out Sale «J> 1 .I/O LOT NO. 18 "Carhartt" Overalls and other good brands. Rog. to $2.25. d»l Aft Soiling Out Sale «p 1 .■*♦«/ LOT NO. 19 Men's Trousers—Fine worsteds and tweeds. All sizes. All colors. Reg. to $7.60. *•> QQ Soiling Out Salo «p*3.«/0 LOT NO. 20 Klgh-grado Sweators—Regular $4.50. An nn Selling Out Bale \J)_i,_,\7 SELLING OUT ^C.A.WARREN STOCK i SHIPPED FROM GOLDEN B C. LIBERTY STORE 319 HASTINGS STREET W PAGE EIGHT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA "FEDERATIONIST MBDAtf. Mareh 15, IMS "Bbj> Right and You'll Buy Less" Peabody's Union-Made Overalls I T IS unnecessary for us to tell you union men anything about the quality of Peabody's Overalls. Their sterling worth is familiar to you all. We carry their line complete in colors of blue* black, white and blue stripe, and owing to our large buying power and "Right Selling Plan/* which eliminates sales, we are able to price these overalls at— per garment LIMITS* - 153 HASTINGS ST.W. VANCOUVER'S UNION-MADE CLOTHES SHOP THE PARIS COMMUNE AND THE BOLSHEVIKI E. T. Kingsley and Ohas, Lestor to Speak at Colonial Theatre Sunday An interesting lecture will be given in the Colonial theatre, Sunday evening, dealing with the Paris Commune and the BoShoviki. Tho subject iB of great interest to the workors and should bo heard by all. E. T. Kingsley and Ohas. Lestor will be the speakers for the evening. The meoting ia free end the platform will be thrown open for questions and discussion . Doors open at 7:30. WINNIPEG—A resolution passed unanimously by tho tradea counoll bearing on the death of David Wells, tbe conscientious objector, In tho Selkirk asylum, brought out some strong expressions of sympathy and disgust at' this tragic incident. Tho dole- gates camo to It froth different angles, pacifists, militarists, socialists, objectors and conscriptionists, but each wanted an inquiry and full publicity. Soe. Tripp, of the Teamsters, said that Wells was a member of that organisation, as straight and clean a man ob Miuy bad. From acquaintance with him the speaker saw no other explanation othor than the man was done to death. Saturday Specials ===== FOR EVERYBODY == No 0. O. D. or Phono Orders Taken on Saturday Except for Members WE DELIVER OBOOEBT SPECIALS Five Roso Flour, 49-lb. sacks .. $2.86 B. C. Sugar, 18-lb. sacks $1.75 B. C. Sugar, 5-lb. cartons 50c Brown Sugar, per lb 9c Baking Powder, "Eggo" 23c Baking Powder, "Magic," 12-oz., for 22c Cow Brand Soda 9c Orango Marmalade, "Empress," 4- lb 60c Jams, Empress, assorted, 4-lb. .. 80c Bogors Syrup, S-lb ... 20c Rogers Syrup, 5-lb tBe Extracts, Empress, assorted, 2-oz. for 22c Extracts, Empress, assorted, 5-oz., for •••■ 38c Extracts, Empress, assorted, 8-oz., for *•* 70c Lard, Griffin's, Mb 33c Crisco, Hi-lb. tins 47c Strictly Fresh Eggs, new laid .. 60c Shnker Salt, 3 for 25c Corn Starch, 1-lb 12c Silver Gldss Starch 13c Lux, largo packages llo lViirline, large packages lie Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 for 25c Cream, 20-oz. tins lie Cream, baby sizo, 4 for 22c Pork and Beans, Clarke, 3 for .. 25c Soap, Royal Crown Naptha, 5 for25c Soap, Royal Crown, laundry, 6 for 25c Soap, Lifo Buoy 6c Soap, Ivory 7c Lye, per tin 9c Eickctt's Blue, 0 for 25c Cocoa, Baker's, %-\b. tins 22c Cocoa,. Cowan's, ^-lb. tins 22c Cocoa, Fry's, *t4*lb. tins 23c H. P. Sauce 21c Tomato Catsup, Blue Label 33c Tomato Catsup, B. C. Home Brand, for 23c Malkin's Best Tea, per lb 46c Empress Tea, per lb 45c Ridgway 's Old Country Tea 63c Malkin's Best Coffee 40c Braid's Best Coffee -..1 42c MEAT SPECIALS ,~ Beef Fancy Oven Roasts, per lb 26c Fancy Pot Roasts, per lb 20c Sirloin Tip Roasts, per lb 28c Best Cut Sirloin Steak, per lb. .. 35c Best Cut Porter Houbo Steak, lb. 36c T-Bone KoastB, per lb 30c Rump Boost, per lb 28c, Rib Boast, per IbT '. 28c Boiling Beef, por lb 17c, Sugar Cured Corn Boof, lb 17c Sugar Cured Boneless Brisket, por Ib. 22c Beef Drippings (our own rendering), per lb 22c Australian Lamb Legs, per lb*. _ 30c Loins, per lb 26c Fivo Rib Fore Quarters, per lb... 22c Pork Fancy Roast Pork, por lb 30c Loins of Pork (half or whole), per lb :.! S8c Loin Pork Chops, per lb 40c . AH Pork Sausage, per lb 30c Fancy Oxford Sausage, per lb. .. 20c Burns' Bacon (half or whole, at per lb _ 42c Swifts' Premium Hams, per lb. .. 38c Siwfts' Promiuln Bacon, lb 47'/2c Whito Lily Ham, per lb S6c White Lily Bacon (half or'whole), per lb 43c Whito Lily Back Bacon (half or wholo), por lb 42c Poultry Foncy Loeal Fowl, per lb 30c Foncy Local Chicken, per lb 85c Delicatessen • Swifts' Premium Boiled Ham, at per lb I.... 66c Veal Loaf, per lb 30c Ham Loaf, per lb. 30c Pressed Corn Beef, por lb 3Bc Jellied Tongue, per I),. ,60c Cold Roast Mutton, per lb 66c Pork Pies, each 6c WE HANDLE NOTHING BUT FIRST QUALITY MEATB Every article in this store will bo sold Saturday, March 16^h (for ono day only) at the abovo prices, boing tho prices at which tho members buy evory day. This is dono to show thc advantages o/ being a momber of tho EMPORIUM CO-OPERATIVE 823 ORANViiii JftRMirf PHONE SEY. 908 For membership see tho London Flnanco Company, 712 Birks Bldg. Soy. 207 1(1$ OF STRATFORD HOTEL M. PLANT, PROP. Corner KEEFER and GORE AVENUES 200 Rooms, Elegantly Furnished. Stoam Heat. Hot and Cold Water. Private Botes. Perfect Sorvico RatcB-fiOc, 75c nnd 81,00 Manslont, Permanent 82.00 per week un. WEEK OF IT Federated Labor Party When attending the next nieeting of yonr looal union sign np a membership blank of the Federated Labor Party. Applications can be had frota most union secretaries and at the office of The Federationist. The Federationist Don't destroy this or any future issue of this paper. Hand it to a neighbor or mail it to a friend. Mark some interesting articles and ask them to subscribe. The influence and circulation can and must be increased. It can be done, with your help. Painters Secretary Gould of the Painters re ports three niembers admitted and sixteen applications received at last meeting. The union is planning on a big smoker to be held some time next month. Geo. Hardy was given tho floor to speak of the F. L. P. and was well received. All members working. Saw Filers' Association A membership campaign has been inaugurated in preparation for a demand for higher pay nnd shorter hours, says the seeretary of the Baw Filers' Association. Two new members were admitted at last meeting. Final action will be taken at noxt Sunday's meeting in regard to a wage agreement. Machinists, No. 182 Machinists Union, No. 382, will tako up for consideration at thoir next meeting the question of raising the dues, says Secrotary McVety.- Members wore requested to got all their lady friends together for tho ladies' auxiliary meeting to bo held April 2. The union made a donation to thc olection campaign fund. Deep Sea Fishermen Business Agent Kearley of the Deep Sea Fishermen'b union reports that all men are working, but fish is scarce and the men are not making very much monoy these days. The new food regulations have not affected thc new wage scale of tho union, but under tho circumstances there would be no fishermen if thoy did. Metal Trades Council Tho secretary of the Motal Trades Council reports a very large meeting at which a jurisdictional dispute between the Electrical Workers and tho Steam and Operating Engineers was aired. The council decided to telegraph Gompors for advico on the matter. The couneil voted $15 to the eloction campaign fund. Sheet Metal Workers Business Agent Boworing of the Sheet Metal Workers, reports two new members and three applications. Tho union is presenting demands upon all city shops for the samo rate of pay as paid in shipyards according to the ruling of the munitions board. A committee from the Labor Templo Co. will be given tho floor at the noxt meoting. All men are working. Mill and Factory Workers Members are coming in all tho time, says Businoss Agont Thomas of jthe Mill and Factory Workers. An extraordinary big meeting wns held Tuesday, at which tho matter of striking for an increase of pay and shorter hours was enthusiastically discussed, but upon tho advico of the officials the union decided to try to got their demands without striking. Allied Trades Council Eloction of officers and routine businoss was all that camo before the Allied Trades Council, says Secretary Neelands of the Typos. The election of officers resulted vs follows:/ President, W. F. Bushhiau, . Bookbinders; vice-president, H. Shannon, Pressmen; secrotary, H. Neelands, Typos.; executivo committee, W. Dorman, Pressmen, J. F. McConnell, Bookbinders, Geo. Bartley, Typos., and E. Homewood, Stereotypers; auditing committee, H. Shannon and C. Homewood. Shoe Repairers Organize Fifteen shoo repairers attended and joined the Slice Eepuirers' union at an organization moeting held Wednesday in Lnbor1 Tehiple. Bros. Midgley, Winch Kavanagh and Elvin assisted in tho organization, with good results. Tho union suggests that organized Labor help lino up the remainder of the shoe repairers by drawing their attention to the next meeting wliich is to be held the first Wednesday in April. An international organizer is expected to be in attendance. Shipyard Laborers The Shipyard Laborers' union is going strong, reports Secretary Phelps. Sixty new members were taken in at the last meeting and all members arc optimistic as to the results of tho commission roport. Tho union endorsed the resolutions of tho Trades and Labor Council regarding the educational act and poll tax. Bro. Hardy gavo an interesting talk on the necessity of joining the Federated Labor Party. Officials of the Labor Temple Co. will ad- dross tho membors at tho next meeting. Cooks, Waiters and Waitresses Business Agent McKenzie of tho Cooks, Waiters and Waitresses reports a number of new membors admitted at the last meeting. There aro still a few places that refuse to hire union help. The union proposes to have members visit all local unions during tho next two weeks, to get their^nctive support in lining up the few remaining oatnig- houaes. A big meeting is expected this (Friday) evening to discuss matters of vital importance to tho union. A danco will be Wd in Dominion hall, Banter Friday, March 2S>. Motormen, Win Billiard dime fhe motormen and conductors of the Street Railway Employees' union won tho billiard gamo last Monday from the B. C. Electric social club in thc-con* test for the Murrin Cup. This gives thc motormen and conductors the cup for Hhe year as they have won two games out of the necessary three played and have won by an aggregate of 113 points. The cup becomes the permanent property, of tbe team who wins the game three years in succession. The niotormon and conductors' toam this yoar wus > composed of Jus. Hamilton, 'captain; A. Chapman, A. V. Lofting, H. Stonton, and Robert Thompson. Refreshments wero supplied at* thc last contest by the social club. street Railway Employees Nemo Goiset As Illustrated Is $4 For average - full figures, of average height. Latest self- reducing straps give firm support and permanently drive away excess flesh. Semi- elastic Nemo Lasti- curve Back improves symmetry and insures ease in any position. Girdle top. Fine white coutil; sizes 21 to 36. Priee--P4.00. —Same aa above but with medium tops. Also $4. 575 Granville "Phone Sey. 3540 oral members on the sick list, some of whom havo been laid up for many months. Ho wishes to draw the attention of the members to tho benefits to bo derived from the medical association, which provides a free doctor and free medicine to sick members and of which Tom Miles is secrotary. Also to the sick benefits of from $3 to $7 per week which the union provides to mem- on the sick list. ' W. H, Cottercll is secretary of the latter and all members are urged to got in touch with tho abovo secretaries so as to bo provided for when tho time comes. Bro. E. Carpenter, who was working it the carbarns prior to his onlistmont with the Canadian Engineers, has returned from the front nfter two years' service. Ho has beon discharged from the army and has been confined in" the hospital since his return, but is now»greatly improved, Piledrivers Tho Pilodrivers had a big meoting at which two new members were admitted and many applications received, ro- ports Secretary Ironsides. A new wage scale has been presonted to the employers and no trouble iB expected ovor its acceptance. Considerable work is in sight on railway construction for legging camps. Following is tho wage scalo which the Piledrivers and Wooden Bridgobuilders, Dorrickmen and Riggers expect to havo in effect by Mjiy 1: Piled riving—foreman, 9# 3-4 cents per hour; boomraan, 75 cents per hour; fireman and crow, 68 3-4 cents per hour. Bridgemen—Foreman, 93 3-4 cents per hour; crew, l»8 3-4 cents per hour. Dorrickmen—Foreman, 93 3-4 cents per hour'; crew, 68 3-4 cents per hour. Rig- gors—Foreman, 93 3-4 cents per hour, when over 50 feet high $1.0(1 1-4 conts per hour; crew, 75 cents per hour, when over 50 feet high 81 1-4 cents per hour. This is 50 cents a day raise or an eight- hour day all round. 1 Amalgamated Carpenters Tho Amalgamated Carpenters held thoir regular meoting Tuesday, March 12. There was standing room only and very little of that. 'Members are fairly well employed, but bo far have failed to recognize any of tho supposed "shortage of labor." The "saving of the Labor Temple" will be discussed at a future meeting. Tho amendments to tho B. 0. F. of Labor were all endorsed. Tho members were unanimous in their decision to take The Federationist in a body. Bro. Holdsworth was placed on the superannuated list, ho having a membership of 36 years in ■ tho Amalgamated. Bro. Holdsworth represents the type of the "old guard," having been through many a hard-fought battle between capital and, Labor, and the members trust that he may long bo spared to enjoy his well-earned superannuation, Bro. G. Richardson was elected to the offico of president, the local deciding to "let George do it" for another term." BIO STRIKES TAKING PLAOE IN ST, LOUIS Eight T&otmand Hen and Women Involved in Demands Upon Employers ST. LOUIS—This city Ib tho scone of extensive labor troubles with tho strike movoment spreading rapidly. Two thousand two hundred workers nro ont Bt the Wagner Electrio Co.'b plant, (100 out nt tho Malinkrodt Chemical plant nnd a nimiinr nmount ot department clorks on Btrike. Six hundred grocery clerks omployed in tii • Kroegor * chain of stores struck for higher wnges und shorter houra. Tlie most important strike In pros- pert is one (lint involves the Legget and Myers Tobacco Co, Five thousand cmployp?s ol thiB Arm have nskod for an incrcaso equalling ;■> per cent, and recognition of thg union, ond if refused they will not go to work on Monday morning. ;e SECRETTREATY OF 1916 As Disclosed by Bolsheviki and Published by N.Y. Evening Post The Soul of Governments as Seen When Stripped of Camouflage The Bussian Imperial government and the Japanese Imperial government, aiming to strengthen the firm friendship betweon them, established through the secret arrangements of July 17-30, 1907; June 21, July 4, 1010, and June 95, July 8, 1912, have agreed to supple* mont the aforesaid secret agreements with the following articles: Article I. Both the high-contracting parties rec* ognir.o that the vital interests of ono and the other of them require tho safeguarding of China from tho political domination of any third powor whatsoever, having hostile designs against Bussia or Japan; and therefore mutually obligate thetasolves, in tho futuro at all times whon circumstnncos demand, to entor Into open-hearted dealings, based on complete trust, in ordor to take necessary measures with tho object of preventing tho possibility of occurrence of said stato of nffairs. - Artido II. In tho event, in consequence of measures takon by mirtnnl consent of Bussia and Japan, on the basis of tho pro- ceding article, a. declaration of war is made by any third power, contemplated by Article I. of this agreemont, against one of the contracting parties, the other party, at the ilrst demand of its ally, must como to its aid. Ench of thc high- contracting pnrties herewith covenants, in the evont such a condition arises, not to conclude penco with tho common enemy, without preliminary con- sont therefor from its ally. ' Article UI. Tho conditions under which each of tho high-contracting parties will lond armed assistance to the othor sido, by virtuo of tho preceding nritclo, as well as tho means by which such assistance shall be accraplished, must be determined in common by the corresponding authorities of ono and the othor contracting parties. Article IV. It is rcquisito to have in viow that neither one nor thc other of tho high- contracting parties must consider itsolf bound by Article II.'of this agreemont to lend armed aid to its ally, unloss it be givon gunrantco by its allies that tho lotter will givc4( assistance corresponding in character to the importance of tho approaching conflict. Article V. Tho present ngreoment shall havo forco from tho timo of itB execution, and shall continuo to bc in force until July 1-14, of tho yonr 1021. In tho event tho other of tho high- contracting parties doos not doom it necessary twelve months prior to thc ond of snid period,'to declare its unwillingness to continuo the prosent agreemont in force, then tho suid ngrco- I WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN I WAS the first tailor in Canada to sign the Increased Wage Scale for the garment workers. I was glad to do it, for the cost of living has increased enormously and I believe in a policy of "live and let live." I am satisfied with a modest profit on each suit, and I want to make a lot of suits. I know that the grasping man frequently overreaches himself. It would be easy for me to raise my prices because the government has stopped the manufactuer of all-wool fabrics, and my stock has almost doubled in value since I bought it. But I have not done so as yet. Your Tom-the-Tailor suit is made by well- paid and well-treated people working under ideal conditions on my own premises. Man's Suits tt BSHin froa $30 Womb's man-tailored Suits from up 632(M1W£LE 314mST/WSW UNION SHOP ment shall continuo in force for a period of ono yoar after the declaration of one of tho contracting parties disclaiming tho said agreement. Article VI. The prosont agreement must remain profoundly secret except to both of the high contracting parties. In witness whorcof tho persons invested with full power by both parties, have signed and affixed' thoir soals to tlio present ngreoment at Petrograd on tho 20th of June-July 3, of the yoar 1910, whioh corresponds in tho Jnpaneso calendar to tho third day of tho seventh mouth of tho fifth yenr of the reign of Tnis. (Signatures) SAZANOFF. MOTONO. Back Prom Victoria J. H. McVoty, chairman of tho Workmen's Compensation committeo of tho B. C. F. of h., roturned yesterday from Victoria, where he spent two days discussing with tho Lnbor representatives and others suggestod amendments to thc Workmen's Componsntion Act* Winnipeg Street Carmen's Union, No. 00, nnd thc Winnipeg Streot Bailway company hnve ronched an understanding on tho question of wnges, whicli nre increased 2 conts nn hour for the first nnd socond year men nnd 3 cents nn hoar for others, with n maximum rate of 39 cents nn hour. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements inserted under this heading nt '2 cents per word pur issue. WANTED—Editor-manager for strictly labor paper. Send particulars of previous experience nnd qualifications, statin*,- salary required, to Ed. Browne, 810 BcccridRe Building, Oalgary, Alberta. 11|12 Sydnoy, N. S.—William Fitzgerald was elected mayor of Sydnoy by a majority of 231 over S. E. Muggah, tho retiring mayor. A feature of the aldennanio contest was the election of Lnbor candidates in four of tho five wards. 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