THE BRITISH COLU INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNOIL. POLITICAL UNITTs VietOlW THIRTEENTH YEAR. No. 4 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORtiDltd, FEBRUARY 4,1921 $2.50 PER YEAR Ifl Silent Pickets Cause Sensation in Centre of City A J OFF .Vancouver's Unemployed . Adopt Unique Methods of Protest Tag dayi have become almost •a Institution since tht outbreak •f the Great "War. In fact Saturday has become synonymous wtth tagging. Lut Saturday's tag day wm, however, somewhat different lo any previous one. Pedestrians .wore greeted on every street corner by taggers, seeking to secure funds for those starving ln China, ■Alongside of the taggers were pickets appointed by the unemployed of tho city, as a protest against money boing collected for the starving ln China while people were without tho meang of subsistence ln the locality. No tag day ever held tn Vancouvor created so much interest, and In many Instances excitement. Clashes occurred between the supporters of the movement to raise funds for starving Chinese, and the pickets, and more than one minister of the gospel heard a few things stated that they are not accustomed to hear, and in language that left no misunderstanding. The silent pickets delivered their messages to the geenral public by - means of signs, many of which were hung round the necks of men . who wore buttons indicating that they had served overseas. The following are very good samples of the mottoes displayed: "Do they hold tag days ln China, for starving Canadians?" "Keep what you produce, don't starve." "Apes live •n nuts. B. C. slaves live on doughnuts sometimes, 1921." Perhaps the most intelligent one was M follows: "I am a victim of the Present system." There were many others, and Judging by the comments made by the passers by, the sentiments expressed on the placards met with goneral approval. While those responsible for the tag day claim that the results were satisfactory, there oan be no doubt that had not the Unemployed interfered the collection would'have been much larger. The unemployed made lt quite olear that they were not seeking Alms, and when money was offered to some of the pickets, it waa re fused. During the week signs have beon hauled through the streets protesting against the proposal to ■tnd three million bushels of Wheat to China, which was made by the morning paper, and which has been endorsed by some ministers and other saviors of human^ Ity. That the unemployed are becoming restless Is evidenced overy hand, and the happenings last Saturday has not materially as- listed in subduing the unemployed, In fact lt has raised such a feeling of disgust and resentment tn the ranks of the unemployed that will bring a large number of them to a Mate of mind that the message of the Socialist on unemployed questions will bear much fruit. The men realize that while food is ■carce in China that It Is possible for eggs and flour to be exported from that country; and while they are hungry foodstuffs are stored In warehouses In this country and tons shipped overseas. These facts must have a wonderful effect on the minds of those who are willing to work in order that they may live, but are denied access to the means of wealth production beoause the workers have produced too much. Russian Envoy Greeted With Flowers at Dock Says Soviet Government Is More Firmly Established (By tho Federated Preu) Now York.—Tho third floor of t)ho Tower building on Fortieth street ls deserted today, Soon a sign painter wtll erase from the doors the legend, "Russian Soviet Bureau." Out at sea on the Swedish-American liner "Stockholm," Ludwig Martens, representative of the Russian republic in America, and his staff of helpers aro steaming toward Russia. When the gangplanks were lifted, tho last tangible link between Russia and America was broken. But the crowds that defied the dreary rain all morning to do honor t0 Martens and his staff seemed to feel that It waB merely "au re- volr" 'and not "farewell."- Mr. Martens himself said that ho was suro, a representative of Russia would soon be invited back to the United States. Five thousand people gathered at the pier in a demonstration utterly without plan or previous announcement, As Gregory Weln- steln, the ambassador's secretary ] and formerly editor of "Novy Mir,'* and Martens appeared, they were showered with great bunches of red roses. They were literally taken Into the arms of the crowd. The "Internationale," the "Red Flag" and. the "Marseillaise," which had been simmering through the crowd all morning, grew Into a triumphal shout when the Martens party went aboard. 'Ztravstvottye,. Tovarltsht," the Russians called out. The Amerl cans shouted, "Don't worry—wo'll see you soon again!" Forty-two members of the Soviet (Continued on Page 8) .THI AI IE GERMANY CHANGES ITS ARMY STATUS JJUes Force on Germany a Militarism That Is Clipped of Mnoli ol Its Power Germany ls fortunate In that the Bntente has forced her to reduce her army to 96,000 men and 6,000 Officers and also to abolish Its general staff which was such a curse to the country, and the army Is federalized instead of being made Up of separate armies from Bavaria, Baden, Prussia, and the Other states of tho Empire. The army Is forbidden the use of tanks and gas—as all armies ought to be. But best of all, lt Is to be a democratic army, this new German one, _ fOr tt ls to be governed in part by nn army council whose members ■hall be elected from the force lt- . aelf, each rank having representation. Its mission Is to be an advisory council to the new Minister Of Defensor" What a revolution this connotes!—Tho (New York) Nation. Outline of Kavanagh's Address Last Sunday Despite the vuriety of meetings billed for Sunday last, the Socialist Party of Canada's meeting at the Empress theatre was particularly well attended. J. Kavangh was the speaker of the eevnlng, and commenced his address by draw- tug attention to the vuriety of happenings during the last two weeks, culled from our dally press. Lenin haS died two or three times, besides having had^ a "severe row" with Trotsky; the Communists of Italy are being hounded down by the Nationalists; there had been a popular outbreak In Vienna, and In Vancouver, we had had our collection for starving China protested by those who felt we had some starvation to attend to right here. We also have new measures being brought Into being. It was reported a revolver club was being formed ln Vancouver, and the range of the R. N. W. M. P. was to be used, until such time as regular.quarters wei'e se cured. It is now proposed that a permit be taken out for every rifle and revolver, and no person Is to bo permitted to have any other weapon in the shape of firearms, except a shot gun, without a permit for the same. On the face of It, these seem trivial matters. They have lately discovered there ls an unemployment situation In the United States. They also decided to find new ranges for target pracelce. It was naturally to be expected that a good many men would have guns ln countries abounding In game, but now a shotgun ls to be the only permissible weapon. How far does a shotgun carry, and how far does a rifle carry are interesting questions, with a serious unemployment situation ln the picture. In fact, in all the situations mentioned before, all these things go together. You never hear very much\about famines anywhere else when you are working steady—it disturbs your working abilities. When you are suffering from a shortage of food, you have to be shown that you are perfectly well ott ln com. parlson with others. It can not be doubted for one moment that (Continued on pago 8) Third International Causes Break-Up of Famous Movement Bight Wing Makes First Break-—Communist Party Formed Now York—Details have reached here of tho split ln the French Sooialist Party, for 16 year's the pride of the Socialist parties of the world, at the recent congress held In Tours and which resulted ln the formation of a new Communist Party and the secession of the right and left wings. In the adherents to .. the Third International are found Frossat'd, who was the national secretary of the French Socialists, Cachin, editor of the powerful Socialist daily, Humanlte, and the vast majority of the old party. The crumbling of tho Socialist Party seems to have been caused by dissension over a suitable reply to a telegram from Zlnovleff, executive head of the Third International, ln which he describes Jean Longuet, grandson of Karl Marx, for many years one of the leading figures of the International Socialist movement, and his friends composing the Centrist group,, as being the determined agents of the bourgeois influence and as having nothing.In common with the Communist International. in the rejection of a motion to the effect that the congress accept Zlnovleft's message in the sense that It Imposed no expulsion of any membei* of the French Party for acts of the past, and merely concerned measures to be taken to preserve tbe future discipline of the party, the Longuet group of "Reconatruotors" announced that It had decided to secede from the party and that its members were summoned to a private meeting to discuss what steps should be taken. It Is stated that this private con> gr"ess has decided to co-operate with the right wing. Verfeuil and Morizct, two prominent leaders, protested and have rejoined the new Communist Party. Following this line of action Paoli, secretary of the right wing "Committee of' Resistance to Moscow," read a document < tn which his friends declared that the congress, having by its vote ceased to belong to the French Socialist Party, and become the Communist Party, the members of the "Committee of Resistance" seceded formally from the congress and would continue to represent the French Socialist Party in a separate congress. Twenty U. S. Communists Face Long Term of Imprisonment Chicago—Motion for a new trial for the 20 members of tho Communist Labor Party who wero convicted of "conspiracy to overthrow the governmont by force of arms," wai denied by Judge Oscar Hebel in tho superior court hero Frtday. The appeal had been pending since last September. As soon as the decision became known, Attorney! Forrest, Darrow and Cunnea, counsel for the defense, filed a motion for an arrest of Judgment. The charges against the 10 other members of the Communist Party and the 89 members of the I. W. W., who wero arrested in raids conducted here by State's Attorney Hoyne, lt became known, have been' dismissed. B^™ The 20 Labor men for whom an arrest of Judgment has been filed, were, arrested under the Illonola state syndicalism act Toronto, Ont. — Oscar Toko!, premier of Finland during Keren- sky's regime ln Russia, and a leader of a band of political exiles, haa settled on a farm of North Tem- lskamlng, In the wilds of Northern Ontario. Ho la accompanied by 39 fellow exiles, who will form a colony of their own at North Temlsk- amlng, having been sent to Canada and provided with these farms by the British government. I New York. — Nearly 800 shoe workers have voted unanimously to recommend amalgamation to the Children's Shoe Workers' Union and the United Shoe Workers Union. It is expected that the Retail Shoe Salesmen's Union, an independent organization, will bo the next union to Join ln the amalgamation move. Meetings in O.B.U. Hall For the Coming Week 804 PENDER STREET WEST SUNDAY—Irish Self-Determination League. MONDAY—Piledrivers. TUESDAY—Irish Self-Determination League. "WEDNESDAY—General Workers' Unit. THURSDAY-Dance, 9 to 12. TMDAY—Open Forum and Women's Auxiliary. SATURDAY-Dance, 9 to 12. Organized Workers and Farmers Owning Newspapers Boston. — Speaking on "The Future of the American Press," at Ford Hall, Walter W. Liggett, deputy Immigration commissioner of North Dakota, characterized the dally newspapers of America as "the greatest obstncles that lie In the wuy of political progress and economic advancement on the part of the people." He declared that there could be no Genuine democracy in the United States until there were established ln overy large city in the country daily Journals that were "co-operatively owned and democratically directed by groups of organized, workers and fanners." Mr, Liggett said that the dnily papers of the future would be actually newspapers and not merely advertising mediums," nnd strongly emphasized the necessity to have them supported by the subscription price alone, in order to "end the shameful and degrading advertising censorship that has pre- verted the purpose of the modern newspaper and made It a power for evil instead of good." Mr. Liggett then spoke of the cooperatively owned dallies and weeklies which have already been established in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana und Idaho, saying that this co-operative press, which now haB more thun one million readers and which represents en investment of nearly $3,000,000 on the part of 100,000 stockholders, was promoted under the auspices of the Non-Partisan League. "No other development of the farmers' movement In the Wost promises so much permanent good as this beginning of the establishment of a people's press In America," said Mr. Liggett. "These papers have been the beacon (ires that have guarded the economic and political liberties of the peo- pte. They have united the producers and consumers, and pointed out the evils that inflict them alike. As a consequence, Norlh Dakota is the only state tn thc union of which it can be truthfully said that a 'government of the people for the people and by the peojle' exists there." OF Big Event to Be Held in Lester Court on Feb. 14 Garden's Orchestra Will Provide Music for Dances Every effort Is being made by an energetic committee to make tho annual Informal supper and dance of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 28, the best ever provided tn tho city. The affair will be held ln Lester Court, Monday evening, February 14, and will commence at 8 p.m, and continue until 4 a.m. At midnight thc guests will sit down to a supper that only the' members of this particular union know how to prepare. The supper will continue for one hour, after which Garden's famous six-piece orchestra will continue to provide dreamy waltzes and stirring fox trots to those who delight In stepping the light fantastic. The tickets will be limited and will not be sold at the door on the evening of the dance' They will be on sate at all the leading restaurants in the city and also at 'the union headquarters, 441 Seymour street. No expense or effort will be spared to make this a never-to-be-forgotten event and Inasmuch as the tickets are limited, it will be advisable to purchase them at once. Tickets for couple, $3,50; extra lady, $1.50. OV$r Half Million Dollars Involved Against Unit- 1 ed Mine Workers (Byj Paul Hanna, Federated Pross ■ Staff Correspondent) Washington.—Absolute destruction bf the American Federation of Labor, a* at present constituted it threatened by a supreme court decision tn tho ease of Unltod Mine Workers , of America against the Corbnado Coal Company, et al. I* a suit for triple damages against the United Mine Workers, ttio; Coronado Coat Company was awarded $625,000 by the United Stabs circuit .court of appeals, of western Arkansas. The supreme court ls asked by tho miners to set aslty that verdict. . If the verdict ls upheld every dollar In the -treasuries of all the Unions in the United States will be Iii immediate Jeopardy—exposed to attachment by court action whenever any corporation (or individual employer) shall demonstrate that it has been "injured" by organized labor. In. its suit against the United Mine Workers ot America the Coronado and allied corporations make thd y vitally important contention that by seeking to protect the liv- Ing,standard of the miners by or ganizlng non-union miners the of- fleets of the United Mine Workers are /engaged in a conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce, ln violation of tho. anti-trust laws. I. Start Socialist Daily and Open Up Institute of Social Science 1 1 ^Solidarity Shown Among Shipyard Joiners in Many Countries Donations to Slocan Striko Fund The following ls a list of donations to thc Slooan strike fund from Carlson's camp, Nakusp: G. A, Ford, $2; Jack McKinnon, $5; Jas. Mortimer, $5; B. Turenr, $1; Dan Chlsholm, $5; Mike McDonald, $2; A, M. Cavan, $3; J. E. Chrlstensen, $3; Geo. Paul, $5; Earnest M. Grant. $2; W. Javlst. $2; Rod De- war, $3; J. H. Macaulay, $2; E. Walker, $2; K. Swanson, $2; A. L. Andorson, $2; J. P. McDermott, $5; J. Anderson, $1; J. H. Grant, $3; Tony Scalo, $2175; Wm. Coade, $5; Joe DeRose, $2; Chas. Lund- strom, $2; A. H. Fonns, $1; W. H. Moore, $1; Frank Aughlett, $C; Albert St. Jeans, $1; W. M. Uracil, $1; Wm. Cavan, $2; Wm. Ranta, $2. Totul, $80.00. British Ships Limping From Port to Port for Bepairs Manchester.—here Is a touch of irony about the way the bold and bonny ships of Britain are dodg- Ini to defeat the joiners' strike ln British ports by getting essential repairs done in other countries. "I is" said that vain resort has eveti been made to the subterfuge of changing names. The shipyard joiners, who aiV striking agahist the 12s cut ln wages, find themselves splendidly supported by the comrades in distant ->«'« Woudenberg, the International! Woodworkers' secretary, has just sent another Interesting message to tho British Joiners' Society about the Themistocles, which left northern British port for Hamburg because she could not get equipped. Trucking Them Down The German ship joinerr have declared "Nothing doing." Woud- ehborg writes: "I have Just heard from Hamburg that the ThemiiHocles has already left that port again. Presumably endeavor*) will be made to have thc work executed In Holland. I have taken steps to ensure that, if possible, this shall not happen." The letter details steps taken to pr.event French joiners repairing a British ship making for Marseilles, and proceeds, tn regard to another which has gone out from Shields: "I have, furthermore, telegraphed to our comrades In Norway, informing them of the departure of the Huftus for Bergen. The organized workers of Norway will probably be strong enough to prevent the carrying out of this blackleg work." The president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters nnd Joiners of America nlso writes pledging support, wherever possible, to British comrades in the fight against reductions In wage scale. Fed. of Labor Takes Up a Revolutionary Attitude Mexico City—Two events of no small importance to tho working class of Mexico, especially of the Federal district, have Just happened. One Is the establishment of Socialist dally newspaper, La Luca, (The Struggle) in Mexico City. The other is the opening of the Institute of Social Science, modelled after the Rand School, on Calle de Bellsarlo Domlnguez near the building ln which most of the unions of the city have their headquarters. The school ls maintained by the Federation of Syndicates of the Federal district, which Is affiliated with the Mexican Federation of Labor ("Confederaclon Reglnal Obrera Mexicana"), and Is also being aided by the government. Among the subjects to be taught will be Spanish, English, arithmetic, . history, physiology, hygiene, calisthenics, dancing, Socialism, etc. The new paper carries as Its slogan "Periodica Soclallsta; Orga- no del Proletarlado," which hardly needs a translation. Its editor la Juan Rico, a well known Mexican 'Socialist and leader of the Federation of Labor, which Is backing the enterprise. The realization of the two practical enterprises by the Federation Is another evidence of the fact that Mexico's biggest Labor organization, which has until recently, been a conservative organization, has "gone red" without reservations. The rank and file had always been radical fot* the most part. Since the leaders got in line In the last year, the few dissenters have been carried along, too, and today the Federation may properly be called Mexico's One BlgUnlon with as revolutionary a programme as the I. W. W., O. B. U. or W. I. I..U. Chicago.—At the national conference of the Jewish Socialist Federation to be held In Detroit January 29-31, the more Important questions to be discussed will be the relations of the Socialist party and the Communist International, the relation of the federation to the Socialist Party and organization and propaganda problems. Two Large Audiences Get Information First Hand Workers of Vancouver Contribute Liberally to Medical Aid Any member of the working class who takes the slightest Interest In affairs would naturally turn to the columns of his local paper to find out what they had to say about two of the largest meetings held in Vancouver on Sundny laat. He would search 'in vain for any prominent display of the meeting held by Isaac McBride to collect funds for the Medical Relief Committee for Soviet Russia, This little incident may drive home tho fact that the press of the working class ls of great value, especially these days when the suppression of news is of greater Importance to the capitalist press than the news they print. However, Soviet Russia did not fall to receive headline honors in Monday morning', papers in. another way. Do you wonder why? Just think it ovor. The working class of Vanccouver is Interested ln the cause of So viet Russia. When Isaac McBride appeared on the platform of the Empress Theatre on Sunday afternoon there was not a vacant seat in the building, and the speaker was greeted with an enthusiasm that was more than sufficient evidence that all attempts had failed to undermine the feelings of loyalty to the Russian workers in the gallant struggle they have maintained against all their foes for three lbng years. I do not know whether you in Vancouver have had much opportunity ln the last three years to get Information from Russia from any one who has been there, said McBride, In opening his address. Continuing, he said: So far as (Continued on page 6) I ITS SELF-DETERMINATION FOR IRELAND LEAGUE Speaker: Mrs. ROSE HENDERSON PENDER HALL, Cor. Howe and Pender SUNDAY, FEB. 6th, 1921 8:30 V. M. St. Paul.—Refusal to sign a new ngreement calling for a 60-hour week and a 10 per cent, wage reduction has resulted In a lockout of 50 tailors in St. Paul. Incorporated In the agreement, which was submitted by the owners of two shops, were demands for the non union shop and the abolishment of collective bargaining. UNEMPLOYED TO *~a-***~**~a~a*-a~t Soviet Russia W. W. LEFEAUX, who left Moscow recently, will speak in the EMPRESS THEATRE on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AT 3 P.M. ISAAO McBRlDE will, by special arrangement with Die V. L. P., speak under their auspices in the COLUMBIA THEATRE, at 8 p.m., on behalf of the Soviet Russia Medical Relief Fund. h>* ■■*"*■■ l"« ■*»"<■•« "»t*"t "*■■*"*"*"*'* "*"*"*"* ■' ■ " • Workers Without Jobs Are Not Satisfied With ReUef Work Arrangements have been made to hold a mass meeting of the unemployed on Sunday afternoon on the Cambie street grounds. J. Kavanagh and T. O'Connor will address the meeting. AN workers are invited to attend thin meeting. In spite of press reports, tin; situation wilh regard to unemployment ts becoming worse in the city. Whilo it is true thero are a number coming in from outside points, there are inoi'e residents unemployed ut this time than there was a month ago, and from all indications, there is little chanco ot improvement. Whether menus will be taken by the authorities to relieve the situation, remains to be seen, but it is very evident that the two duy per week on relief work is no solution, nnd the men at'0 fur from satisfied that all that could bc done is being undertaken. Maurice Phelps Dead Maurice Phelps, late business agent nnd secretary of the Vancouver Shipyard Laborers' Union, died Inst Saturday from tuberculosis. He was a woll known and active worker In the ranks of organized labor and will be Badly missed by the mnny friends made during his active life. He was burled Monday and leaves u wife to mourn his loss. TROUBLE AT GLACIER Trouble over a wage question has arisen on the tunnel job at Glacier, nml all workers are warned to keep away, from this Job until it is settled. Arbitration proceeding are pending. Late despatches state that a striko hns been called. Sunday Open Forum II, W. Watts will speak ot the Open Forum In the F. L, P. hall, Sunday afternoon nt 8 p.m. Subject, "Direct Action," Wireless telephonic conversation hns^been carried on successfully by the .Soviet between Chita and Moscow, a distance of 2700 miles. Unemployed' Increase and Govt Helps to Cut Wage Standard Labor conditions' in British Columbia show no signs of Improvement. Thc number of unemployed has increased, if anything, and the bread lino grows longer day ...by day. Organized labor, however, appears to be holding Its own, so far as wage-cutting Is concerned. Of course quite a number of mechanics are Idle, but not enough to warrant employers taking advantage of such a condition. It might be said, however, ln this connection, that tho few attempts that have been made at wuge cutting have In many cubcs been done somewhat reluctantly by the em- ployers. Firms that have made the cut have also been aided by the unorganized condition of their employees. The necessity of being a member of a union comes home to quite a number theso days, but of course, only when It Is too late. Yarrows Strike still On The strike at Esquimau In Yarrow's rcpuir shop ts still on. The Boilermakers' Union has been forced to accept the reduction on account of the number of unorganized boilermakers having gone back to work. Tlie Electricians, Moulders and Patternmakers, however, hnve decided to continue the scrap. Wallace's shipbuilding firm In North Vancouver has informed the union that no reduction will take place, except In the case of tho Moulders, There ls no change in the situation with the Patternmakers) who aro striking against a reduction in contract shops. The men are slill as solid as over and there appears to be no likelihood of a'break in thcir ranks. Government Wage Cutting The situation throughout the Dominion of Canada is still very serious. Many factories In the East remain closed. Railroad mechanics have got down to n forty-hour week to avoid shutdowns. Negotiations to prevent the reduction in wages at the Dominion Shipynrds at Toronto, a government plant, have failed, Premier Meighen hav- (Contimied on Page 8) i „«_#,.«..»..,.. ■.. ■..«.. (-. i..«..»-«-1- •-••• a- Steel Trust Sold Material to Allies During the War Had Same Dollar Brand of Patriotism as Allied Capitalists (By John Sims, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin—That 250,000 tons of steel a month were being exported * In 1916 by the German Steel Trust at a time when the general staff', was calling for steel and mor'e steel and that some of this reached French, British and Italian munitions factories are the charges made by Alphons Horten, well- known German engineer and technical member of the Berlin municipal council. He traced the breakdown of the German transportation in the winter of 1916-17 to private leakage. "Don't believe that our manufacturers here have a monopoly of public spirit or of patriotism," he said. "If some, of ua as private citizens had attempted to do in Germany what our coal and steel trusts did " during the war, and now, we would have been court-martlalled. When as director of the ore smelters at Briey, In the occupied area, I called attention to the exaggerated prices In government contracts, and to exports of steek we needed at home, I was nearly forced out and sent to the trenches," he declared. Now he has joined the ranks of Labor and his book, "Socialisation and Reconstruction," is ihe best practical programme which has appeared for Labor control over fundamental Industries in Germany. He has gone through the mining regions warning the workers against the dangers of Herr Stlnnes' project for mild profit- sharing with the workers as a substitute for direct social control. The conclusion Horten has reached Is that the people take less of a chance in themselves exercising control over their resources than In relying on benevolent capitalists to do lt for them, but he would have them move warily. Horten would socialize the coal Industry on business lines. There Is, he says, no. point In socializing coal unless the benefits by using lt to lower prices of iron and steel could be enjoyed. He would take over* only those mines actually producing coal and would bar state- owned mines, as hns been proposed, as he declares they are encrusted with costly and Incompetent of- clals. The need for keeping up produc. tlon Ib fully realized by Horten. To avoid any abrupt turnover therefore he favors partial socialization at flret.- He would take over a good-sized mine-smelter group and retain efficient directors and engineers. ' Efficiency must be the test In mine and factory management Just as general utility be that tn distrubuttng the output, he main* tains.. ESPERANTO CLASS WorkerB are Invited to attend the class for the study of Esperanto (The World Language) which meets every Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. in the Electrical Workert' Union Hall at 440 Pender Street West. ELECTRICAL WORKERS An open meeting of special interest to inside wlremen will be held ln the Union hall, 440 Pender Street West, on Friday evening, February 4, at 8 p.m. AU electrical workers are Invited. LUXEMBERG DIVIDES ON THIRD INTERNATIONALE Twenty-one Voted for 21 Points, But Arc Outvoted — Com- iinuiiK Party Formed Luxemburg—Following the example of the Socinlist organizations of the big countries, the delegates to the convention of the Social Democrallc Parly of this little Grand Duchy, just ended, divided over the question of unconditional limitation with the Third Internationale, and now there Is a Luxemburg Communist Party. While the delegates were In favor of lining up with the Moscow International, only 21 of them voted for unconditional acceptance of the 21 points, the other 97 voting for conditional affiliation. The 21 left the Social Democratic party nd formed tho Communist Party. Clara Zetkln, tho German Communist leader, was present at the convention and made a plea for unconditional affiliation. COLUMBIA THEATRE SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. Isaac McBride WILL SPEAK ON SOVIET RUSSIA UNDER THE AUSPICES OP THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY Collection for Medical Aid for Soviet Itiuwlu thirteenth teak. no. 4 i'HE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER, B. C. FRIDAT. February 4. II Arnold & Quigley s February Clean-Up COMMENCES SATURDAY AFTER-STOCKTAKING VALUES THAT WILL ASTOUND YOU-SEE THE WINDOWS ARNOLD & QUIGLEY 546 GRANVILLE STREET SLATER'S QUALITY SERVICE FREE DELIVERY PROVISIOK DEPABTMENT BUTTERI BUTTER! BUTTEBI Mo. 1 Alberts Creamery Buttar oa Mlt ea Saturday morning from 0 to 11. Begular 60a lb. Special, per lb. ..... '. 660 FBE3H MEAT DEPABTMENT PORK SPECIAL—On Friday and Suitinitty we will pat on sale 200 of our f_Mii_.ua government inspected Pork atiuulilcrn. weighing from 4 to S lbs. Regular SSo lb. SpecU1....251/3e MIDDLE CUTS OF POBK On tale on Friday and Saturday. Our famoua middle cuts oi gov ernment inspected pork. Hegd- lar 40c lb. Special, per lb...36'/aC ROLLED ROAST SPECIAL—Our famous Roiled Beef Roasts. Regular SSe per lb. Special, per lb. ....28'/aC BUTTEBI BUTTEBI BUTTEB We will tell on Saturday morning, from 8 to 11, our famous Alberta Creamory Butter. Regular 3 lbi. for $1.90. Special, 3 lbs 11.75 EARLY MOBNINO SPECIALS Oven Roasts, per lb., from ....IBe Pot Roasts, per lb., from . 17c Rump Roasts, per lb., from 28c Boiling Beef, per lb., from 16c Stew Beef, per lb., from lflc Local lamb Legs Local Lamb, per lb. ......38c Loins Local Lamb, psr lb. 36c Shoulders Local Lamb, lb 25Y_c LARDI LARDI LABDI—Burns' Finest Shamrock Puro Lard on salo oa Saturday morning from 8 to 11. Beg. SSo lb. Special, par lb —24e HAMS! HAMS! HAMS! Slater'a Famous Picnic Hams, weighing from 5 to 10 lba. Reg. BSo lb. Special, por lb,....29ftc 0BOCERY SPECIALS Quaker snd Hamsterley Farm Strawberry Jam, 4 lba. for ....$1.20 Finest Green Peas, 4 lbs. for 266 Finest Jnpaneso Rice, per, lb lOo Finest Slum Rice, 8 lbs. for ....2fio Finest Tomatoes, large Una, tln..l7y2a Finest Peas, per tin « 18fi Finest Quaker Corn, tin 17Vie B. C. Milk. 2 for „ 26c Largo Cartons Boiled Oata — 28c Fineat Kitchen Salt, 3 for 26c Malkin's Best Coffee, per lb. ....56e EOOSI EOOSI EGOS!—Local B. 0. Fresh Eggs oo sale on FfMay and Saturday, per do'sen -._- 72a LABDI LABDI LABDI Burns' Finest Carnation Compound Lard. Regular 25e Ib. Special from 8 a.m. to 12 m. on Saturday, 2 lbs, for 360 BACON t BACON t BACON I—Slater'a famona Sugar Cured Bacon.' Sliced, per lb. .„m 46c, 60c and 6Bo SALMON SPECIAL Finest White Spring Salmon. Reg. 10c tin. Friday and Saturday, A tins tor 26c EXTBA SPECIAL! Slater'a famoua Ayrshire Back Baoon. Bag, 55c lb. On sale on Friday and HatnrdaT. ]b 4fic FOUB Bid STORES 128 Hastings Stmt Bait 1191 Oraavllls Stntt, eonar Davit 830 OranvUlt Street 3280 Main Stmt Phont Seymoar 3269 Phont Stymour 6149 Phont Stymour 809 Phoue Pairmout luo.* A mouth without teeth is like a .slant without machinery It just won't work for you and does you harm. Have me replace those missing teeth with Expression Work—teeth that duplicate nature—re- store the strength and beauty of your original ones. Particularly is facial expression greatly improved 1 specialize in this work—have unusual facilities—loiig experience. The cost ia moderate. TBN-TEAR GUARANTEE > All 0EOWH MO BBIDOEWOBK (Fixed and Remorable) .-iuch u il mud. .nd fitted In my olllce—»r» guftr.nteed for ten yoars. Tbe thorough work and expert methods I em* ploy put yonr henlth on s per* muent foundation of efficient toeth. Dr. BRETT ANDERSON 602 HASTINOS ST. W. Corner Seymour PHONE SEYMOUR 3331 'Office Open Tueaday and Friday Evenings DB. BBETT ANDERSON, formerly member of tbe Faculty of tht College of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Lecturer on Crown and Bridgework, Demonstrator in Platework and Operative Dentistry, Local and Oeneral Anaesthesia. 10 Sub. Cards Oood for ons year's subscription to Tht B. C. Federationist. wll] bt mailed to any address In Canada for 929.30 (Oood anywhere ontsldo of Vancouvtr city.) Order ten today. Remit when sold. UNION MADE The [M.T. Loggers' Boot Mill ordtrt personally attended to Guaranteed to Hold Caulks aud Are Thoroughly Watertight MacLachlan-Taylor Co. Successors to H. VOS & SON 03 COBDOVA STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, B. & Next Door to Loggers' HaU Phone Sermonr SM Repairs Done While Xb& Watt bNE OF THE FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION Everyone knows that cheap gooda can only be procured by using cheap materials and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER is produced from the highest grade materials procurable —Cascade is a UNION produce from start to finish. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED THE MAD EDlTcM (By Nemesis) " *" THERE waa much angry resentment ln Richvllle, that citadel of masculine capitalistic snobbery and feminine sticking-plaster' .sain til ness. There were slaves too In Richvllle, for they are indispensable ln all places at all tfntes on this earth, but they were laughing. Dick Merryfeilow, the laborer, was dead and buried and the Hon. Cadwallon Steepleton, the renowned editor of the capitalistic organ, the Dally Misleader, was in the lunatic asylum and, strange aa- It may seem, there was a connection between these two sad events. Without warning and quite suddenly the shock fell upon Richvllle, which set the noble patricians grinding their false teeth while the slaves were holding their lean sides and displaying their toothless gums in their ribald laughter. The masters and the slaves, as always in Richvllle, were one in thought, for the Hon.. Steopleton had himself proved the fact conclusively to both parties that he was mad. Before I proceed, perhaps a little explanation may prove helpful in gaining a clear grasp of the unique situation that had arisen in Richvllle. The sluves of that city were a very well educated lot. I do not mean, of course, that that they had been, taught Latin and Greek and mathematics and the physical sciences; but they had been admirably, trained ln philosophy and were great philosophers. As you know, there are various kinds of philosophers; he who endeavors to solvo the phenomena of tho universe by demonstrating their cause ls one kind; the wise being who possesses a calm mind under all trials is another; a man well acquainted with the moftl or mental forces and their reactions is another. The slavea of Ricjjville were philosophers of yet another kind, because they had wholeheartedly swallowed and digested the teachings of their masters and looked upon themselves as vessels full of shining light lh consequence, and woe to one of their fellows who dared to differ from them. The mildest of Socialists expounding hla views fn public would have returned to his weeping wife with a thick covering of tar and feathers. They were indeed true patriots and lovers of law and order and the soundest of philosophers. They believed In work, not in the minimum amount to- provide themselves with the necessities and comforts of life, the amount of work that nature insists upon, but In the maximum amount—work as a soul-saver, as an elevating force, the profit-producing work of their masters, and that in spite of their calloused hands, bent backs and twisted limbs. They were noble phflosophera. They even believed in the politicians and in this climax of belief could they mentally have journeyed further into the unrealities of the myths and mummeries of beautiful fairyland? Could they? Success in life to them had only one meaning, the acquisition of enough money to insure them a. place among their masters and which was the only means that would gain them admittance to that Inner sanctuary of snobbery and feeblemindedness, /and they prayed to God for this success and occasionally the prayers of one who had no conscience and no human feeling would be answered or at least he acquired the necessary qualification. Their' favorite journal waa the Dally Misleader, edited by the Hon. Cadwallon Steepleton. From that journal they acquired all their philosophy and morality. It functioned as their Bible, and mentally they surely throve on it, for each edition contained more wisdom and more truth than does the whole of the Bible, so as the years rolled on you can form some idea of the accumulated bulk of their wisdom and of their hoarded truth. It was stupendous. In that great journal they read of the wicked Socialists who wanted to tear up the foundations of their society and spread ruin over a peaceful world, literally basking in the sunshine of happiness and plenty, and they thought of lampposts and tar and feathers and knotted whips and other weapons of the law and order saints. They read of the Bolsheviks, sharp- fanged, bearded ruffians, who debased women and murdered little children and drank the blood of their victims from skulls: beauti ful, touching word . pictures they were and they thanked -God that the great nations held a rod for the red ruffians in the form of the Christian blockade which would starve them and their accursed women and children to skeletons. Yes! God had placed a weapon In the .hands of hia servants, the' Christian nations. Loud hossannas! And the Dally misleads* told them more than that. The reader, having now a psychological grasp of tho subjoct, will more readily understand the peculiar events I am about to relate. The plutocrats of Richvllle were getting restless and the slaves were hungering for their a'ceustomed thunder-and-lightning denunciations of the wicked Socialists and the fiendish Bolsheviks, because Tor three days the Daily Misleader had been strangely silent on these matters. Mystery of mysteries! Then the shock came, and the teeth-grinding of the plutocrats and the laughter of the slaves, On that eventful morning the plutocrats ate as usual till their stomachs were extended to their limits, and sank into their cushioned seats and comfortably crossed their legs*and bawled to their flunkies for the morning paper, They opened it and found In the middle of the front page an article, In a black border un Inch In depth, entitled, "The Death of a Successful Mun." It was the only text on the page. Ah! One of their number gone to heaven! or was it the king?! It woke them up and thoy read the following very wide awake: "We regret to state that yesterday morning Riclftml Merryfeilow, a Inborer living at 37 Mud Streot, in the workmen's quarter of our city, passed peacefully away in tlie presence of his weeping wife and a sympathetic neighbor, u friend of the wife. "It appears that Richard felt fnirlv well in the morning, but on returning home ln the 6} complained of polna roufci heart which he had first felt 'ai lifting and carrying a particularly heavy box in the course of his day's work. He retired to rest oo$ty and in the morning hours his awakened by his groans, that he was very-ill-and her neighbor, who arrive! time to see the deceasrt quietly away. H» was, jfe seventieth year. "His peraonal,And only estate consists of $106.26; 65c Was found in his waistcoat pocket; his ;wife had in her possession $5.80, and the saving bank o^the Royal Bank of Richvllle credits him with $100, and we believe there ..^111... be enough funda forthcoming frohi a burial society to return, hia remains in a modest way, aa befits the exit of a mere workman, tp mother earth. - fi» * f "Richard waa bom sixty-nine yeara ago, and went to work when he was nine, and for sixty years tolled honestly and faithfully for his masters and haa now departed to reap the reward of those labors in a brighter and leu airaUous world: for It Is a glorious fact, as laid down in the teachings of,-our churches, that a life's devotion to earthly masters' work brings surely a well-merited reward In the brighter realms above. It is true that he had to leave his Ufa savings behind, but It matters not, for we can be well assured that a different and less greasy-currency Is in vogue up there beyond the bright, blue sky. .-.' '■"' "We are recording a few of. the. facta of hia Ufa to' prove that though he left ao few sacred dol lara behind him, yet hla life was eminently and In the* truest sense, successful.' "Thia worthy labor«*;foi£;«0 Tears made shoes In tha Workshops of his masters and we can safely put his average earnings down at $3 a-day: and putting the average number of days he tolled at 280 in each year, we .flnd he worked 16.800 days, during, his life and earned $50,400, which was just about enough to keep myself and family ln existence. Now' supposing he earned this $50,401) ln one-third of hla working tlmei, it followa that he must have earned $100,800 for hla maatera, tha profits on which those mastors appropriated for themselves without having performed one day'a labor for them, thua exploiting ^the laborer to the extent of c, ii;2W working days of his life. ■_ iO "Now Richard made bbcto, 'and1 If they sold for $3 a palrp after1 having made one pair thereat of the day he worked for nothing, o¥ rather, for his masters' prtfota. iSf that we see 5,680 \~daysTsi fled his existence; and you havej; justification, Ol ye parasites, side the unrealities of your puny and perishable little statute-, books.'" Thus were the floodgates of wrath opened ln Richvllle. A hastily summoned committee of tha plutocrats rushed in their cushioned automobiles to the offices of the Daily Misleader and they found the Hon. Cadwallon Steepjleton gibbering in his chair, A dqptor was sent for In hot haste; he«was certified Irtsano, which waa lysti- flable to every right- think in gj son who has read his mad and he ls now gibbering all aloha ln the padded room of a lunatic asylum. Can you wonder tha plutocrats of Richvllle rayed and that thie philosophic slaves laughed till their lean ribs rattled and they collapsed through exhaustion? is ffsti- Ing-licr- . uricle. control over tha education of tha children. Today tha teachers are almost as powerless as the parents 2. That the courses should be less mechanical, allowing for Individual aptitudes, and developing Initiative. 3. That "education" ahould help to flt the child for his after life. This involves the opportunity for secucrlng expert practical knowledge and for gaining a real understanding of modern life ahd lta problems. In conclusion, I expressed the hope that here, as In England, the teaohers would themselves get Into closer personal contact with tha pressing problems that so insistently demanded solution. May I suggest to my fellow workers that we have too long overlooked the Importance, .of our schools In molding the views of our children. Among others, the militarists are realizing thla and are using the educational machinery to prepare our boys and girls for the next warI(i Many teachers ara beginning to understand, but their mouths are closed. The organized industrial workers are fighting not only to break their own chains, but also to break the chains of others who hardly realize how closely they are bound. J. 3. WOODSWORTH. January SOth, 1831. SCIENTISTS STARVE AMIDST PLENTY Poverty Only Recompense to Oreat Many French Men of Science Paris — The French newspapers ara making terrible revelations of the poverty in which many of the greateat French savants are forced to live. 1 Madame Curie, the Inventor of radium, has barely funds enough to employ a single assistant ln her famous institution. * The heroic dot$or Infrolt, the latest victim of X-rays, died recently In such poverty that- the municipality had to pay for his funeral., The laboratories of the well-known scientist Branly are falling into ruins. jjj The first woman doctor to practise medicine ln France, Madame Madeleine Bres, has Juat been discovered by the newspapers living In extreme poverty and completely blind at the age of 82. And this Is all tnat the capitalist world has to offer men and women who fall to become exploiters of Labor. Moscow.—Semasko, commissary for public health, who has just re turned from the Crimen, roports that Wrangel left considerable stocks of medicines behind him in the Crimea, which will have great value for the health authorities in Soviet Russia. Only one of the three big warehouses In Sebastopol was burned. It is reported that thts flre was begun by Wrangel troops under order of a British officer. Besides the stores of medicine several ambulances have fallen Into the hands of the Soviet' government. The French budget this year includes 92 pounds ln pensions to retired executioners, out-of-work executioners, and widows and children of executioners. Where a single dollar counts for more than two Friday, the second day pf our First of the Month Opportunity Sale, opens with sensational valvjes io Suits and Coats. SHOULD NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM THEN, TOO, THESE NEW STYLES ,. WILL DELIGHT YOU. 623 HASTINGS STVW. Hear Granvillo Ther* le much doubt, at Washington, m to tha intuition—even the ability—of the British government to pax ita debt to the United Statea. Britain now owes 138,000,- 000,000. Why hold a publlo enquiry Int< the .why and wherefore of th, "High Coat ot Coal" when prlvati ownership (capitalism) stands In the way of eliminating the onl) possible cause? FEBRUARY SALE Wo have drastically REDUCED PRICES throughout the whole storo. Our stock is of real good quality throughout, high grade, stylish and serviceable. It comprises . FURNITURE of every description, ior the parlor, living room, dining room, bediyom, hall or kitchen. It is complete in all respects. Our prices have always been low. At this great snle you will find them so reduced ns' to bc absolutely STARTLING DON'T TAKK OCR WORD. COMB AND INSPECT Home Furniture Co. 416 MAIN Opposite City Hall UNIONISTS-ATTENTION! The B. C FEDERATIONIST . IS NOW IN A POSITION TO EXECUTE ALL KINDS OF PRINTING AT REASONABLE RATES A Hungarian foreign office man, Dr. Jagcrth, is to negotiate with Litvinoff, at Riga, wires a Vienna correspondent, concerning tho condemned Socialist commissaries and on the return of Hungarian offl eers from Soviet Russia. Litvinoff will negotiate only on condition that Hungary is prepared to discuss the liberation of Horthy's thousands of political prisoners. ■ (the Important part ot my speech- not reported, With this, eedless to say, the president of he B. C. Manufacturers Association expressed no agreement. J. I pointed out the fact, familiar jto most of the workers, that the Industrial Revolution had involved 4iot merely a complete change In 'the process of production, but also in all. our social institutions. As the father and later the mother*, had been driven from the home Into the factory, so the child's education had been transferred from the home to the school. In the handicraft days the child had been trained for life. The father In the home workshop passed on to his boy the technical knowledge and best traditions of his craft. So the mothei* with her daughter. Further, ln the home discussions, tho parents were able to Instil their own matured views of life. What is the present situation? The apprentice system is almost a thing of the past. An educational system, designed to lead up to an out-grown university course, has been substituted for the home- training. Education Is standardized, nnd the machinery of education controlled by a cei'tain class. The parent has na, longor any effective control over what his child shall be taught, and thc child has no real preparatoln for his after lifo. Labor believes that the people and the teachers should regain When You Need- Superior Printing AT MODERATE PRICES LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES CARDS INVOICES STATEMENTS CONSTITUTIONS CATALOGUES FOLDERS ANNOUNCEMENTS INVITATIONS PROGRAMMES OR ANT KIND OF PRINTING-GIVE US YOUR ORDER AND.WE WILL GIVE TOU SATISFACTION. TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 5871 The FEDERATIONIST can supply all your Printing needi.. No Job too large or too small. First-class work* manship, good ink and high' grade stock have given our Printers a reputation (or SUPERIOR PRINTING- Union Work a Specialty. Our Prices are right and we deliver when wanted. Mail Orders Promptly Executed B. C. FEDERATIONIST ROOM 1, VICTORIA BLOCK 342 PENDER STREET WEST Oor. Homer and Pender Streets, Vancouver, B. 0. v_ FWdaT....... February 4, 1921 I 1 thirteenth tear. no. 4 THE .BRITISH COLUMBIA. ^FEDERATIONIST vancouve'h, b.c. page three- Lumber Camp and Agricultural Workers' Department of the One Big Uni THIS PAGE IS PAID FOH BY THE LUMBER OAMP AND ACKICCLTUKAL WORKERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ONE BIG UNION. OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN ARfe NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY THB FEDERATIONIST. The Three-Shift System Of the Steel Industry (By Henry Wood Bhelton In the "New York" Nation) ' ' THERE Ib no real obstacle to the steel industry as a whole changing from the two- to the three-shift day. Both economic •nd humanitarian considerations Indicate that this change is inevitable and, on account of present eonditlons, may even now be at hand. It would directly relieve About 150,000 workers now on the twelve-hour day, and afford work for at least 50.000 more who are now unemployed. These statements epitomise the conclusions reached at one of the largest gatherings of engineers ever arranged ln this country—a joint meeting of the Taylor Society, the metropolitan and management sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The occasion waa the presentation and discussion of a] roport on "The Three-Shift System In tho Steel Industry/' prepared by' Horace B., Drury, formerly of the department of economics, Ohio State University, and reoently with tho Induitrlal Relations Division of the Unltod States Shipping Board. Mr. Drury, during three montha of study and field investigation, vllsted about twenty Independent ateel planta already running a three-ihift basis, representing about 40 per cent, of tho Industry. HU general conclusions may bo summarised aa follows: 1. Tho managers of thoae ateel planta which have made tho change aro all glad lt haa been ione. Thoy ore convinced that it tros "good business." Increased alertness of the men, with Improved quality of product, less Waste, and low wear and tear of equipment have been reported; also less. absenteeism and lest carelessness; and a better spirit boo prevailed among the men. In oome coses the output hoi been increased and the costs lowered. 2. The . workers have been so glad to get the shorter hours that thoy have beon willing ao make substantial concesslona ln dally Wagea. I. While In many cases the adoption of the three-shift day may rosult In slightly higher labor coats, this nood not be tho case. Whether labor costs are increased . or not depends primarily on the preparation and skill of the man- agement ln bringing the change about. The extreme cost under tho worst conditions of change might amount to 21 cents per ton Of pig Iron selling for 140. The Increase for open-hearth work might amount to 25 centa per ton. Thus the total Increase ln labor «oat for a steel Ingot would bo not more than 40 centa. -If the entiro •tool Industry—blaat furnaces, steel works, and rolling milla—went on three shifts with no Increase ln efficiency, careful analysis shows that It could not add more than S per cent, to tho total cost of making the flnlahed steel rail, bar, or aheet. As the change would bring Into play many factors making for Increased efficiency, lt is probable that costs ln the long run would actually be lowered. . 4. The experience of those plants which have made tho ohange, together with the present fact of considerable and increasing unemployment tn the steel Industry, makea the Immediate change largely a matter of the will to undertake lt by those directly concerned. Ih the typical American ateel plant more than half of the men ore still employed twelve hours a day. In those continuous operation processes which make up the heart of the steel industry, such as the blast furnace, the open-hearth furnace, and most types of rolling mill, together with the various auxiliary departments necessary to support these processes and make a complete plant, the proportion of twelve-hour workers ls considerably more than half. There are probably 160,000 such twelve-hour workera tn the country. In blastfurnaces plants and often In open- hearth departments these men work seven days a week. Once in two weeks they have 18-hour or 14-hour turns. For a long time It waa supposed ln the steel Industry that no other form of operation would work. Leading ateel manufacturers told the Senate Committee which Investigated the ateel atrlke that the men wanted to work twelve houra a day in order to get twelve houra' pay. It was also said that modern machinery had so lightened labor in tho steel Industry and work was so intermittent that a twelve hours' duty In' volved no physical hardship. Prior to the war there were undoubtedly many men in the steel Industry who desired the twelve- hour day. The typical steel worker has been the newly arrived foreigner, often unmarried, whose greatest desire was to earn a lot of money to send or take back to Europe. Other reaaona for the continuance of the twelve-hour day In this Industry long after other industries as a whole have made the ohange are the shortage of labor during recent years, the shortage of houses, the large size of most of thr planta (making them unwieldy and slow to adopt any radical change), and the general freedom of the Industry from labor unions and the pressure which they are able to exert. Some of these condltlona are rapidly changing, The growth of the eight-hour-day Idea ln Europo means that tho Immigrant to this country will bo leas passive than WEEKLY BULLETIN v Kamloops All district conventions having been held, and the results of same having been presented to the general convention by the delegates ____________________^__ 'from the different districts, who heretofore. As men are being laid | assembled ln Vancouver on Janu- off in the steel Industry the short- age-of-labor argument no longer holds except in Isolated cases, In addition the steel strike played a considerable part ln awakening the desires of the employees and strengthening the movement toward a better organization of the workers. According to Mr, Drury all the evidence indicates that most of the men now feel that twelve hours' work—which, with going and coming, means thirteen hours —cannot give them enough time for home life, let alone education In English or activity in community affairs. It Is hardly open to question that a regular twelve- hour day, not to mention the seven- day week, ls a strain on the health of the worker. He would be better off physically and ln all that depends upon physical welfare with the shorter day of eight hours. Nor can the larger though less tangible question of humanitarian- lam be Ignored. The higher development of the Individual cannot come except by leisure waking hours for education and cultural development. Whon ho has but a scant two houra lh the day for this purpose, we can hardly expect much growth In the Ideals ot American citisenshlp. So far from the point of view of both Individual and national welfare, tho logic of the situation points to the adoption of the shorter day. Tho general drift In other continuous-process industries In the United States Is also having its effect on the mind of the ateel worker. The chemical, glass, coal mining and paper industries' are examples of those In which the shift has already been made or ln which the process Is well under way. No other industry rln America now practices the twelve-hour day to any great extent. The adoption of the eight-hour day oa the universal practice In the ateel Industry Itself ln other countries Is another influence- on our own- workers. England, Franco, Belgium, Oermany, Sweden, Italy, and Spain have all gone over io the three-shift system. How long con we expect the employeea of' this one industry and country alone to acquiesce ln a condition whtch the world has outgrown? To continue lt longer violates the public sense of what ls Just and what la truly American. Camp Reports KAMLOOPS DISTRICT A meeting of the dlatrlct executive board of the Kamloops district Is called for Saturday, February 12, 1921. Any member of this dls* trict having any suggestions oi complaints to make should put them In writing and forward same at once to the secretary ln ordor that they may be dealt wtth at the meeting. W. S. KILNER, Secretary-Treasurer. T1MMINS, ONT. \ At a Regular business meeting of the Timmins Unit of the One Big Union, held In the O. B. U. hall, Timmins, Sunday, Jan. 23, 1921, the following resolutions were passed:, "The secretary be Instructed to notify all job delegates to send ln a financial statement, hts receipt book (for auditing) and a report of his activities at the end of every calendar month." "And further, that delegates should be elected by the members on the job. In caae of delegate leaving the job, another delegate should be Immediately elected, who will take over the retiring delegate's credentials, receipt book, flnanclal statement, monies, etc., and return same to local secretary, with application for credentials, etc., fr himself, signed by the charlman of the meeting at which he waa elected." The question of changing the present dues receipt for the stamp system was brought up tor discussion, and the following Resolution was passed. This unit go on record aa favoring changing the present receipt system for the stamp system, and the secretary be instructed to send a copy of thts resolution to all units tn this district, requesting them to bring lt up for discussion with an object of sending a resolution to the next general convention. While some fellow workers favored the present system, the secre. tary and some of the Job delegates present pointed out the difficulty of keeping a record or checking off delegates who were changing Jobs every few weeks. Thero is no use trying to hide the fact that the receipt book gives an unscrupulous - delegate an op< portunlty t0 get away with funds of the organization. i Tours for the One Btg Union, A. J. MACMILLAN, Secretary. CRANBROOK DISTRICT The recent referendum for election of district officials resulted aa followa: For . secretary-treasurer, Fred Bidder. For executive committee: W. Allen, A. Carlson, D. Bell, A. Vlau. (Signed) JOHN BLAIR, Returning Officer. COAST CONVENTION The credential committee, by a mistake, gave the Port Neville delegates, B. James and O. Gray, as representing 16 members each, Instead of 42, making the correot total of 84. STRIKES ACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS ON THE FIRING LINE Lapan Log Co. Metalliferous Mines- Jackson Bay .Silverton and Sandon (Slocan District) ary 17th, 1921, a short resume and explanation of tlie status of our organization will be In order, so that each members an individual may be able to form an Intelligent opinion in regard to the procedure of the general convention and the results accruing therefrom. A detailed report of thia convention will be sent to all camps from the general, headquarters. The recent general referendum sent out. by the L. C. & A. W. department headquarters resulted In the return of a vote which overwhelmingly supported the action of the Lumber Workers delegates to the Port Arthur convention of the O. B. U. The vote waa two to one ln favor. Practically all districts were unanimous that-the Industrial form of organization ahould be maintained, and the convention therefore set to,work to devise ways and means whereby thts could be accomplished, We. were, however, confronted with serious difficulties because we did not want to repudiate the idea of -the principle of the O. B. U. Now, as ever before, we are ready to support and embrace the induatrlal principles of the O. B. U.,' and we have, from tho "time ot the inception of the O. B. U., to the time of the Port Arthur convention, consistently supported the O. E. B. of the O. B. U., by furnishing money both for the financing of organizing campaigns and educational campaigns. Our expenditures for educational literature In the past exceeded $50,- 000.00. When we afflliated wtth thc O. B. U. tn July, 1919, the essential industrial features of an organization was embodied therein, but the action of the Port Arthur convention after refusing to aeat the lumberworkers' delegatea who demanded to be seated according to rules of an Industrial organization aa they Interpreted the O. B. U. to be, has resulted In the O. B. U. repudiating practically alt Industrial and democratic features and principles formerly embodied therein. The O, B. U. have, by eliminating the words ln the preamble to tho constitution "not according to craft but to Industry" havo gone on record as favoring a "mass or mob organization" which they call a class organization; and such an organization can only function ln the Interest' of the master class as lt tends to perpetuate the chaos already existing among the workers by putting obstacles ln the way of those workers who as-yet have not realized where the flret essential common bond of unity among them exist, namely the job where he or she finds occupation ln a given Industry at a given time. To organize all workers ln a given Industry Is flrst of all essential, before a common bond of unity can be established between the different industries. The O. B. U. has repudiated this principle, therefore they are placing the cart before the horse, and there can be no push to an organization of thie structure. The present O. B. U. as It remains ls a conglomerate mass of nothing ln particular, whose membership has labelled itself O. B. U„ but have forgotten all the principles of a One Btg Union. In other words they have named the "cat a canary," but naming the "cat a canary" does not make the cat sing like the canary. The delegates to the general convention, on arriving at Vancouver were confronted with the information that the coast district had been suspended from the O, B. U. All other districts of our organization have also been notl- ed that they are suspended. All districts have been notified separately, as Independent units of the O. B. U. The G. B. B. of the O. B. U., thereby shows that they have no Intention of dealing with the lumberworkers as an organ tzatton; they have Ignored our general headquarters, which has received no notice of suspension. They have thereby shown us their true color, I.e., that they do not Intend to organize Industrially. They are determined and perfectly satisfied to organize as a conglomerate mass that can be swayed here, there and back and forth by a few would-be working class emancipators nnd orators, who, while they are persistently telling you that the emancipation of the working class is a problem for the working class only, would have you believe that they (the few) have all the brains and would constitute themselves as (Moses) the leader. To all intents and purposes, they have ln the O. B. U. nothing that materially differs from the organization known as the American Federation of Labor*, from which we have taken So much pain to steer clear. Being practically unanimous at the general convention that the Industrial form of organization must be maintained among the lumberworkers, the delegates Bet io work to devise ways whereby this could be accomplished. We realized that It was essential that we should have an organization as efficient as possible, so that we, at all times, would be in a position to put up a militant flght againBt the encroachment of the lumber barons. Flrat of all, we decided that the best way to preserve our Industrial form of organization would be to reorganize as the Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada, figuring that the example set by ub as Industrial unionists would be the best propaganda and education that we could approach the remainder of the present membership of the O. B, U. with. As stated before, wo aro not repudiating the principle of the One Big Union, and as soon as the present O. B. U. ls ready to abide by the principles that the One Big Union stands for, we can again become an Integral part thereof. In thc meantime the convention haa revised the constitution of the L. C. & A. W. department of the O. B. U. to suit tho needs of the Lumber WorkerB Industrial Union of Canada. This constitution as revised will be submitted along with all olher matters pertaining to the organization for a referendum vote of the entire membership and as you will note on receipt of this MN. PAT PROFIT (Indignantly). "There yVtl Deetirt that prove Tm mt Marl) m fat oa I'M viet**"* —Drawn for The Federated Press. referendum that we have model every effort possible to establish and reorganize our organization on the moat democratic principles by making provisions whereby the membership will have full and complete control of all affairs pertaining to the organization. It, therefore, behooves each and every Individual member to put his shoulder to the wheel to make this referendum a success, so that we will be able to atand on our post record as Induatrlal unionists and preserve the admiration that every labor organisation on this continent has held for the Lumberjacks' Organization since the Inception of the B. C. Loggers' Union. Fellow Workers, the above ls a summary of the general convention Just held at Vancouver, and will give the membership of thla district a good Idea of the business transacted there. A referendum ballot will shortly be Issued,' giving the membership the Opportunity of passing their judgment on the proceedings of the convention. It is reasonable to suppose that the membership will vote ln favor of organising aa an Industrial Union, aa that seems to be the only basis on which we can form an efficient organization. The recent break with the general executive board of the O. B. U. aa a result of which we stand suspended from the O. B. U., and the present trade depression have placed the financial and other resources at a very low level, consequently it Ib encumbent on the membership to rally round the union and give It the utmost support. Bemember that the officials of the union do not make the union. It Ib the membership of the union which is the all-important factor and lf our union Is to be a militant and efficient organization, it will have to be made ao by the action of the men on the job. The present time affords great opportunity for the men on the job to spread and solidify the organization and lt was never more .necessary that lt ahould be done than now. The recent and present hard times have been the meana of our losing some of the concessions wrested from the master, and If we are to regain these, it ls essential that we should strengthen our organization to the utmost, bo that we may present a united front to the boss this coming spring. Destructive criticism Inside the organization Is playing the boss' game; constructive effort Is playing your own and your fellow- workers' game. Do not be an unconscious stool pigeon of the mas- tre olass by bucking your own union, but get busy and play your own game more vigorouoly than every. If your card is not paid British Worker Deported ****** ****** ****** ****** G.B. Currie Tells How He Was Used in Canada up, send ln your dues as early as possible and strive by every legitimate means to educate your unorganized follow workers to a full realization of the necessity of organization ln order to successfully carry on the every day flght for better camp conditions and shorter hours of labor. Our organization is entering' on a ; new phase of its existence. It is absolutely essential that It should.have the most vigorous support of .Its members In the immediate future. If this support Is forthcoming, our union will soon be stronger and more effective than every. Fellow workers, lt is up to you. Organize for your own protection. Will the following membera correspond with district offlce: Joe Leroy, H. P. Paradis, C. Petterson, M. Dunn, John Morris, O. Johnson, Thomas Caabury, W. G. Crawford, H. Vrett, J. McWIllIams, M. wards, D. Modink, Oeorge Davis, Charles Larson, Adam Checknon, Robert Macpherson. There are letters for the following members at this office, so please write ln here and have them sent to wherever you are. The names are as followa: Andy Olson, Fred Vogel, Mr. Ben Gleason, A. Morrison, Wm. Malenoir, W. Hawryluk, George Smith, Helmer Edlund, John Olson, J, E. Sullivan, F. Cassidy, Thomas Bourke, L. J, Hoffman. Now, there is one thing that I want to bring before the membership of this organization, and that ls fn hpor In mind that the Grand Pacific Hotel is unfair to organized labor. All workera coming to Kamloops, do not stay at that hotel. There are lots of hotels and rooming houses in Kamloops that do not throw you out ln to the Btreet at the late hour of nine o'clock at night, and you wtth a room in the said hotel at the time of being thrown out.. Now, fellow workers, stand on your own principle and see that you do not play right Into the hands of the class that ts trying to bleed you of your all and then holler , "Police." Now, with a little solidarity, this ought to be easy for the wage worker to do and not inconvenience themselves the least bit. ' A report comes from McLura where the Northern 'Construction Company has a small camp doing a little repair work on their storage bcom, that conditions are very bad now. Now, fellow workers, why not take solid action on n camp of that type. Remember that the laat referendum vote In the Kamloops dis trlct carried unanimously that May 1st is the day to throw away On the llth of January, about 3 o'clock ln the afternoon, two officials of the Immigration department called at the Lumber Workers' office, 196 Henry Avenue, and requested my attendance at the Immigration hall for the purpose of appearing befoer the commissioner of Immigration. Within fifteen minutes after being notified by the officers to appear at the Immigration Hall, the secretary of the Canadian Workers' Defense League had got busy, and furnished me with counsel, and during the whole period that I have been under the attention of the Immigration department, Secretary Law haa had a watchful eyo on tho case. On my arrival there I was subjected to a series of questions by the commissioner oa to tho reasons for my visit to Canada, how I oame here, etc., eto. After thla preliminary hearing, I waa told that I hod violated sub-section 10 of a certain clause of the notorious Immigration Act. A court of Inquiry consisting of the commissioner, acting in the capacity of chairman, and two other gentlemen whose names apd occupations are unknown to me, convened for the purpose of determining my status quo ln the Dominion. The greater part of the examination was conducted along the lines of an' inquiry upon my views and Ideas, about economics and sociological questions. Did I believe ln organised government, or waa I in favor of the overthrow of properly constituted government by force? Did I. advocate class hatred, or preach the doctrines of working-class discontent, etc., etc.? After rather a lengthy session the court adjourned until the following morning, January 12, at 10 o'clock. I was released from the Immigration Hall that evening, at though thoy wanted a bond of $200 to make sure of my appearance ln the morning. I presented myself at the Immigration Hall at the appointed hour the following |vday, and Waa told to come back at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. At 2 o'clock January 12 court again convened. The Inspector from Emerson waa called as a witness, and he being asked if he remembered having ever seen me coming ln on the train from Emerson to Winnipeg, ln the month of June, 1920, stated that he had never seen me before. That he was on duty all during the month of June, and having a great memory for faces, fhe was positively sure that I never was upon any train inspected by him whatsoever. The court then began to question me along lines similar to that adopted on the previous day. I waa then asked how soon I could make by own arrangements to leave the country, and desiring as much time as possible to make my arrangements consistent with the duties which I had taken on hand, I suggested aome time In the middle of February, but I was asked to make them sooner. The court then adjourned to meet again on the 21st of January, and in the meantime, I was allowed until that time to make my own arrangements to "GET." After consultation with my friends, I decided to make my own arrangements for leaving the country. This course allowed me to go wherever I pleased, and I arranged to sail from St. John on January 28th. I came to Canada for the purpose of studying the working-class movement here, and to gather as much information aa possible about the methods of the One Big Union, and to flnd out how the working class was taking to the Idea of a one big organization of wage workers, finally accepting a position as organizer, temporarily, for the Lumber Workers' Department of the One Big Union. I then, according to the immigration authorities' opinion, under the terms of the Immigration Act, ceased to be an non-Immigrant, and became an Immigrant, and undor the act liable to fine and deportation. This, however, Is merely the loop-hole by which the class that I have consistently fought. seek now to get rid of me, for my activities against them. The meeting in the Strand Theatre in the debate with Kohn. in my estimation, wns merely the culmination of a series of careful watchlngs and taking of notes. That part of my speech, which appeared In the Free Press of Monday, January 10, In which I am reported to have said, "I firmly believe that the best Weapon to use Is a club," is a mere twisting of what I actually did say. I said, "that thc best pcr- Buader that I knew ot was a club wielded over the head of the boBS. For God's sake don't use lt. The fear of lt wilt be sufficient to make him give you what you want." This reference to the big club meant the solidarity of labor united ln one big class organization. I came to Canada hating the whole capitalistic system, and I leave the shores of Canada with this hatred embittered. On the eve of my departure for the old world, let me emphasise once more the fact, that the working class haa no country, and this latest act of Canadian capitalistic officialdom substantiates this opinion. We used to believe that a British subject waa free to roam thia glorious pmptre, and that no individual had any right to question how or why he came to be living ln any part of It, but thlnga have changed to suit the conditions of the bankers and the bondholders. To the capitalist class of Canada, entrenched as they are behind their state machino, supported by political twisters, stool pigeons, and semi-military bodies, I have no apologies to make, and I withdraw nothing that I have ever said during the whole period I have been here. If they are wise, they will realise that this policy of Imprisoning, Intimidating, and getting rid of working class speakers and organisers, la a futile one. They cannot atom this tide of 'progress that Is carrying the workers of the world forward to a better and brighter future. They can get rid of individuals, but they cannot destroy Ideas. . My departure for the old country has been made possible by the collections taken up by the Labor Church and several other Winnipeg workers' organizo* tions, the balance being made up by the Defense League. It Is unnecessary for me to stress the fact that I thank these- workers' organizations and Individuals, who contributed to thta fund, for their immediate response to enable me to leave the country. Workers of Canada, organise your forces! Close your ranks! Educate yourselves! . Obtain the poweri Destroy production for proflt! - G. B. CURRIE NOTICE Anyone knowing the preaent address of Fellow Worker C. W. Newman, please communicate with Vancouver headquarters. *-Drawn by Fred Ellis for The Federated Press. the blankets. The vote stands 123 for and 7 against. On and after January 31st, ad dress all letters, and mako all money payable to W. S. Kilncr, Box 812, Kamlops, B. C„ the In going secretary. The new district executive board members from this district arc N. D. McKinnon, John L. McDonald, James Daley and Wm. Foster. And for general executive member from this district, James L. Peterson was elected. Now all members who are In terested In a real Industrial union and a union pnpot' to be published once a week and as stumps will be available in a few days, you Bhould write to this office nnd get your stamps, which arc 2fi cents each. That entitles you to the New workors' paper. So come fellow workers, let us boost for our own paper. JAMES L. PETERSON, Secretary-Treasurer REGULAR MEETING Regular propaganda meeting held at headquarters, Sunday, January 23rd, 1921, at 2 p.m. Fellow Worker John Clark ln the chair. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. Fellow Worker Maher roported for the unemployed and stated that the unemployed committee had no placo to meet and therefore had been unable to do anything. Financial report given ln detail ahowlng; Balance on hand, Jan. (..$1,662.60 Receipts 619.90 THE VAMPIRE AND THB JUGGINS ' "A fool there waa, and he dug a hole, ** Even as you and I; And he slid In the hole on a slippery pole. And worked like the dickens dig* ging coal, Even as you and 1; He struggled away till the work waa done, Even aa you and I, And found when 'twas over he'd dug. a ton, And he pointed proudly to what he hod done, , Even as you an I. "He brought the coal to the light • of day, Even as you and X; , He listened ln earnest and heard the bosa say, I'll give you a scuttle full for your pay, Even aa you and I; And It wasn't the work and It wasn't the sweat that galled the slaving chump, It was digging a ton and getting a lump, Even aa you and I. So what did he do when ■ the *ruth he found, Even as you and I; Why, he went right back to hla hole ln the ground, And atlll dug a ton, and still for, a pound,' Even as you and L And It isn't the rich bug that makes ua mod, 0 And fume and fret and sigh; It's the hopeless idiot that digs that hole, And keeps on voting to dig the coal, For a vampire that don't give a dam for his soul, Even as you and I." LABOR GOVT. $2,182.56 Leas expenditures - 1,384.02 Balance on hand, Jan 20 $ 798.54 Report was received and referred to audit. Moved: That the present com-1 mittee, appointed to meet the unemployed, be discharged, and a new committee elected. Carried. Nominations were called for, fur the new committee, but no one accepted nomination. Moved: That the motion re-appointing a new committee be reconsidered. Carried. Moved: That the present committee be discharged nnd no other committee appointed for the present. Carried. Moved: That the books In the library be put In lhe office and a list of the books to -be hung in the reading room; books to be kept one week, but can he taken out again. Also that If tho books are not returned In a week that the name of the member who got the book be published in the official organ and posted on the blackboard. Carried. Moved: That we recommend to the coast executive that they get Into touch with a'l mnrine transport workers with a view nf coming to a reciprocal agreemont whereby we will bc able to assist one another during strikes. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m. Cranbrook Meml*ern Killed Fellow Worker Adam Sarchuk, C. S. 29, was killed at camp No. 6, Skookumohuek. January 21. 1921. Fellow Worker .T*^mes Frame, C. F. 35, was killed at Kitchener, January 24, 1921, while breaking down skldway. Both of these members Joined the orgnnization at Cranbrook when things wore not looking very plcaBnnt for the organized work- l-'liM Aid. First Aid Instruction Classes will commence "January 4. Thc Compensation Board will arrange classes previous to that dnte if twenty or more will attend. Forces Capitalists to Lift Financial Blockade Against Country Some time ago, ln ordor to try and cripple the activities of the Labor government of Queensland (Australia), the capitalists of that country sent a delegation to warn the money-lenders of England against lending money to the Queensland Labor government It was hoped that by declaring a flnanclal blockade against the country that the Labor government would flnd Itself hampered in the prosecution of Ita work of State Socialism. Hence, when Premier Theodore of Queensland, went to London to raise a $45,000,000 loan, he was refused. But Labor governments In Australia have a way of beating the capitalists at their own game. When he was refused a loan ln London, Premier Theodore Immediately dissolved the parliament of his country, forced the people to a general election, and made it plain that if returned, he would get the money for the purposes of government from the capitalists of that eountry—If not voluntarily, then by compulsion. In other words, he made lt plain that aa they hod tried to bring about a financial blockade to try and cripple the country, and had actually succeeded ln getting the London - Jews to refuse to lend money to Quueensland, they would have to flnd the money themselves. Poetic Justice, surely! The Queensland Labor government, having been re-elected, It has lost no time In putting Its threats Into operation. The flrst bill passed by the government ls one entitled the Loans Subscription BUI, whclh makes lt compulsory on the part of tho capitalists to subscribe to any loan the government wishes to float. The government will decide just how much thc capitalists will put Into the loans, and makes It operative on all capitalists with an annual average Income of over $5000 a year. Those who refuse to pay up for the loans will flnd themselves dcnlt with by the government, and forced to come up to the matk with the money. Thus the wealthy enemies of the Labor government of Queensland, who tried to traduce the government, are going to he mnde to pay pretty severely for their action. This should Leach them a lesson ln the future. Then" again, they are the jokers who howled for compulsion when the war waa on— that Is, compulsion for* soldiers by conscription. That being so, they cnn hardly have any Berlous objection to compulsion being applied to themselves. The study of Esperanto takes place every Wednesdny evening commencing at 8 p.m., at the Union hall, 440 Pender Street West. STATEMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES SHIPPED TO SOVIET RUSSIA- ON ACCOUNT OF THE SOVIET RUSSIA MEDICAL RELIEF COMMITTEE January 1, 1921 Total shipped to November 30, 1920 $48,716.65 Shipped during December, 1920, via Libnu: 2 cases containing 792 bottles each of Antl-Typhold Vaccines @ 50c a bottle $ 792.00 Via S.S. Jackson, consigned to Reval: 49 cases containing 792 bottlo* each of Anti-Typhoid Vaccines @ 50c a bottle 19,404.00 1071 hypodermic syringes (glass barrel and piston, and one gold-tempered needle In glass lined metal ense @ $1.15; 1,000 extra needles 1,552,95 6 cases of different drugs and medical instruments collected by Philadelphia and New York s. R. M. R. Committeos, total weight 1,439 lbs., estimated value 1,200,00 Cartage of supplies 10.00 Insuranco .«. 26.25 Total shipped during December, 192 nml Bander i.r.tc.1. 11 s.m. tod T.IOsp.a. Sunday school Inunedieuly foUoetag morning Berries. Wedn.adar tootU-tald *_**!!—• J. J*...*"* "•a1"* *—** 001-008 Blrko Bids. 0. HOLDEN 0IGAR STAND 18 Hastings St. E. O. B. U. OABD Pttroalie Thoro Who Fitroain Teat THE telephone le a dlreol mosai of communication. Why roply te a «all In snch a manner ss to Ua* pair lta ui.fuln.iel la firing tie namo of yonr firm when answerlag doea not Imply bruiqtienoel. It Is buain.i.llke, true, but there la tile t courtoay behind It thtt la appreciated by the person calling. British Columbia Telephone Company 'HE ONLY „_..uN MADS . OLOVE IN B. O. Wholesale—Retail Best Quality—Right Prloei VANCOUVER OLOVE CO, 223 Carrall Street Sey. 1280 . bb iraa tow on VAN BROS. wh:,*. tou ass ros -CIDER- in! non-alcoholic wliw of an UNION MEN'S ATTENTION FRroAT..,.;„.^,„_.February I. CT21 THIRTEENTH TEAR. No. 4 DRUGLESS HEALING DOWNIE Sanitarium LIMITED Fifteenth Floor Standard Bank—Corner of Haatinge ud Richards Phones: Seymoar 80i| Highland 81341, We have been wrongfully ae- cused of practicing medicine. We do nol. More reasons why we da not given by medical doctor! of International fame, Our miscalled remedies are absolutely Injurious to our patients.—Dr. Jameson, Edinburgh. It Is only because we conceal from our patients our real Intention arid deceive him Into believing we have medical resources, whloh In fact we do not possess, that he take! the medicine at all. —Richard Cabot, M.D., Chief Medical Staff Massachusetts Qeenral Hospital. Same authority: In what per centage of our caaea where our EO per cent, ls Incorrect and in which we are nblo to do nothing but palliate, might not the irregulars do bettor? Who can tell? Why la lt not intelligently tried out? The medical Journals repeatedly admit the failure of drugs, but the ethics of the medical profession forbids the medical doctors acknowledging any merits in a drugless system.—L. W. Edwards, M.D., Omaha, Neb, And Note This Admission! Physicians are not In the clasa that will be permitted to pass final judgment on the practise of the healing art— Herber A. Parkins, M.D. (To be eontinued) PHONE OR WRITE FOR APPOINTMENT What is happening to tha United Statea? Learn the truth by reading: THB. American Empire A stirring, new book on world politics by SCOTT NEARING A|>ix;H i ng— Con vlndnf Priced bo thii yen cu afford 11 Paper: 60 centi; three tea $1.88; fin for 18.00. Oleth, $1.00} three for «2.00; bra for 14.00; til postpaid. Rand Book Styre 7 E. 15th St., New Tork Seattle, Wash.—The Seattle Waterfront Employers' Association Is attempting to put the shop committee plan ln effect in longshore work here. The Longshoremen's Union It resisting, declaring that the men have no say ln the shop committee systom, lt being run wholly In the interests of employers. Always look up the Fed. advertisers before making purchases. OPENS COLLEGE Strikors Take Advantage of Workless Days by Attending New York.—The flrst labor college ever organized by an American labor union for lta membera while on strike or lockout haa been opened here for the benefit of the locked out memberi of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.. Ninety per cent, attendance was the record for the opening of the flrst class. Besides the opening of this unique enterprise, the seventh week of the Amalgamated'! lockout ls marked by the opening of Ave stores and a central warehouse for giving out relief and selling supplies to Its members so that they may take advantage of the wholesale price at which lt buys, - Reviewing the situation of the last seven weeka union officials declare that the present time "flnda tht New Tork manufacturers Isolated and discredited, even In their own National Association of Clothing Manufacturers, (while the Amalgamated Is rolling up lta 11,000,010 relief fund, establishing stores and schools, and maintaining most satisfactory relatione with practically all manufacturer* outside ot tht Ntw Tork market." McBRIDE SPEAKS ON SOVIETTHJSSIA (Continued from page 1) the newspapera have bttn concerned there hu been very little of any kind of good that hae oome out of Soviet Russia. Every crime on the calendar has been attributed to these people ln the past three years—naturalisation of women, neglect of ohildren; a brutal dictatorship of a sjRali minority; red terrors every slit monthi to put down all opposition; elections allowed; freedom of speech) press and assembly suppressed; peasantry opposed to Soviet rult and refute to give up any grain'to the Soviet Oovernment; as a result of the peasant opposition tht people ln the cltlei are starving from day to day; the only thing that holds this republic together ts the small minority, whloh has cornered the whole food supply of tht country, and li thua able tp handle the fighting forces. Some of these statements were made by no less a person than the President of the United States, when he returned from Paris with tht League of Nations document ln his pocket, considered by some the greateit document handed .down ilnce the Sermon on the Mount: The Preildent had alao atated that whilst he had not been ln Russia, he understood the Russian people were the most kindly and innocent people that eoule\ bt found anywhere. America waa anxious to do something for Russia, but thtrt tl ne constituted authority to deal with. "While these statements wert being madt I wai in the Interior of Soviet Russia," MoBrlde stated, "and I waa also ln all the institutions of the country, Including two weeks spent with the Red army." Tho speaker went on to state that while food was scarce, because of the Allied Blockade, the dislocation of transport, etc., there was not a man or woman, unless he or she was in a hospital suffering from! some Illness, got the sugar, eggs, honey, the milk, the butter and the good rya bread, until the wants of every child tn the country were satisfied. (Applause.) Russia has been compelled to submit to an economic blockade by the allied governments, but when the history of this period is written the thing that will atand out as the most criminal action is thts blockade by the enlightened countries of the world. After dealing with the schools and the great fight of the Soviet Oovernment to overcome illiteracy, the speaker contended that they had done two things that atand out beyond anything ever done by any eountry in the history of the world. They have built up a red army that ls a real workers' army that for three years haa stood upon the border lands of Russia and defied the soldiers of all the world to penetrate that country and overthrow the workers' republic. Second, they have brought Into existence and are perfecting methodi for the welfare and oare of the childhood of lhe country that within ten yeara will be a model for the rest of the countries of the world. No * man or woman, whether he or sht ll sympathetic or opposed to-Soviet Russia, can come out and deny tht large measure of success they have obtained under tht most advarst circumstance! ln taking care of the children. Special care ls bestowed on ox- -SUBBBMBB TO- The One Big Union Bulletin " PubMed hy the Winnipeg Central labor Oonneil Read the Newi ftom the Prairie Hetropelli Subiorlptlon price $2,00 per year; $1.00 for ilx month! Address all communication! with respeot to tubs and advts., to HAIlllY WIIACOCKS, Business Manager, Roblln Hottl, Adt- laldt Street, Winnipeg, Man. Communications to Editor ihould bt addressed to 3. HOUSTON, sams addreu. Weatminster Brewery • Rank and Hie of Lower Deck Objecting to . Red Tape Socialist Literature Finding Its Way to the Naval Men Some time ago, owing te tht serloui dlicontent ln the Australian navy amongit the rank and file of tha lower deck—many of the men openly stating thtlr socialistic and tvtn rtvolutlonary principle!—It waa dtcldtd to grant the men's demands for the appoint, ment of committees to watoh thtlr Interest!. Them committee! made many recommendation! to Improve the lob of the naval men. Quitt recently tht mtn objected te- the official red tape prooeas through which their demand! are handled after thty have beta submitted by the adviiory committees. The general prooedure wu te draw up the claims, submit thun to eome official, who ln turn submitted thtm te somebody tin, and ln due count tht men'i demand! were itaiawed te the offlolal head! ot the Australian navy. Tht rank and flit de- il-ed te end all thli red tape hue). new, and put up a blunt demand that hi future thty ht allowed to atate their grievances direot to the Naval Board, or-the minister for the Navy, and that the preu be present at all suth Interview!. Of course luoh a thing ai tht' rank and flle dictating ordera to the admlrala, and that With ntwi- pape. men preient, waa not to bo thought of, and was naturally refund, The Naval Board thinking the advisory committee busineu was a bit too rtvolutlonary to their conservative way of thinking, instantly dissolved the oommlttees. This haa had the effeot of making the men more discontented than ever, and It seems likely that serious trouble will happen In tht near future, unless the Australian Naval Board unbendi ln ita official attitude. lt ia Interesting to note aome of the demand! made by the men's "Soviets," but whloh naturally have not been granted. They ihow the kind of thought running through tht minds of tht Australian naval men. They comprise: 1. That all future officer! be promoted from the rank and flle. 8. That any person suffering from venereal disease bt discharged aiho.e for treatment. I. That active pay be Increased by S 8 and one-third per cent, for all ratings, and that deferred pay be Increased by 100 per cent It is stated that Socialist and Bolshevik literature Is finding It! way amongit the men of the Australian navy, though of course the statement ls officially denied—naturally. pectant mother!, and another significant fact ls the understanding of the men who are suffering today that they themselves do not look to seeing any benefits from the Soviet rule for themselves, but are determined to defend the republic for the future ot the children rather than permit a return of Czarist domination. Tho great majority of the army was made up of ths peasantry— that section that we are told do not want Soviet rulel There are peasants opposed to the Soviet rule, and will be possibly as long as they live, until the ohlldren grow up and realize there has been a change in the order of tht day. The speaker then Illustrated In a way that certainly had his audience listening Intently to the details the Irony of the ever- recurring hopes of the deliverance of the petty bourgeois shopkeepers and speculators by the oft- promised invasions of the deliverers of Russia assisted by the democrats of enlightened civilization. Those .who depended on their roubles and turned up their noses at tho idea of doing useful work discovered their roubles did not last forever, and when finally the evjl day dawned, when they must apply for work ln order to live, what could they do? They said they could do all softs of things, but finally, atter attempting all klnda of sabotage, It was found necessary to put them at the only thing they could do—scavenging. The capitalist press hollered loud and long over this Indignity. The difficulty of conveying by words the passionate idealism and self-sacrifice of the workers of Russia, who for over twp yoars have literally learned how to starve and flght to save the gains of the revolution, the speaker admitted as beyond his ability. They were willing to forego the little everyday comforts we know. If the workers Of America had been- surrounded by an Iron ring ot steol lt Is more than probable that less than three months would be enough to get them asking for their boss. The conditions prevailing ln the hospitals of Moscow and Petrograd wert witnessed by the speaker, and the splendid conduot of the medical men, iinder the most discouraging conditions, and with the laok of the most elementary necessities for the suffering patients, waa an undying honor to the one profession In Russia that had lived up to its Ideals of service to humanity. Forty per cent, of the physicians "have died In the last three years. The conditions of the troops coming ltno the hospitals and the fight to keep down the spread of typhus; tht laok of effort on the part of tho Red Cross to succor the suffering workers; and the shameful response of the great democracies of France and America (boasting of their revolutionary past) to the appeal of tho Russians to bo left alone to detormlne their own form of government, were matterB dealt with ln tho course of McBride's address. The flrst time the workers take possession of a country them Belvgs the only way they can get assistance ls through the channels of oharlty, which ls something the THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancouvbb. b. c. PAGEFlVi FRANCE KICKS I Government Fines Him Instead of Decorating _ Him for His Help Poor old Leon Jouhauxl Ht ollmbed to the top rung In the French Confederation et Labor ai a revolutionary lyndlcallst, denying all wars as capitalist wars and recognizing no auoh thing as a war of dofense; then, at Jaure's grave, on August 4, 1914, he announced hla Intention of volunteering aa a private in the army; a month later, still ln civilian clothes, he fltd to Bordeaux on a government train; all through the war, under special dispensation for civilian duty, he made ipeeohei and fought tht home battle! fer the. successive governments of France; and ilnce the armistice he hai battled un- otatlngly agalnit the Red! ln the rank! ef laber. And now,* when he might bt expecting a decoration and a rosette, hla friend the government turns upon him, Ante him,, ahd orden hli Confederation of Labor dissolved—because oflht railroad itrike laat May, a itrike whloh Jouhaux did hi! but to prtvent Gompers, still smarting from the Supreme Court'! treatment et hli carefully nursed Clayton Aot, must feel In a meed ta collaborate with-Jouhaux In a ditty to be dedloated to laber with a running refrain: Put not your faith In government!. Meanwhile, the 100 local union! which make up the Frtnoh Confederation will continue functioning; and Zlno- vlev, who hai bien working from Moscow to break up Jouhaux's organisation and make way tor a newer, more radical body, must be grinning a bolshevik grin. Jouhaux kept the French unloni from endorsing Moscow laat tummtr; bnt the French Oovernment seem! determined to flght Moscow's battles for lt—Tht (New Tork) Nation. Socialists Must Support Peasant Movements, Says Lenin Found in Onr Mail Bag ****** ****** Growls from Garr L Uu Dear Mr. Editor: "What la your opinion?" Of oourto, you are well aware that "only after a liberal exchange of Ideal art policies of progress decided upon," and that "a- free press can only exist where tht readen are given full partnerahip ln tht control of editorial columns." .Such maxims, coming aa they do from your morning contemporary, would appear to be almost revolutionary. Now, lt yon had laid them down, ont oan Imagine a deeper red hue being givtn te your namt ln the oard Index at headquarters. But, ai ever In oonneotlon with our masters' mouthpleoes, the words are nothing more than so mueh apace fllling. It dou not take muoh of a test to discover thla A friend of mint innocently bit at the halt offered, and forwarded a letter, asking if there ls suoh a thing ai a liberal opinion existent ln the west, and lf tht much vilified "reds" were alone to be the defenders ot Justice, humanity, liberty and liberalism? And, .ai an instance of the strange silence of Liberalism, he quottd the cast of the British' policy ln Ireland being aoctpttd by local Liberals without protest. He doei not know which waa the priok that bunt the oditor't radical bubble; whether lt wai the classifying of "reds" as solitary defenders of Juitlce, etc., or whether It waa thi mention of the Irish question that did lt, but anyway the letter ln question must havo found, an uncalled-for end ln the editorial w. p. b. Alas! in such way are the ideals of youth bruised, and young .cynics created. By the way, Mr. Editor, did you soe the criticism of Proportional Repr, i-entatlon recently published In the correspondence column of the Province. .There are some 22- carat super-polished gems In it, which Bhould not be allowed to pass into oblivion without some notice. For instance: "It (P. R.) is Socialism—red Ruuian Socialism, conceived ln Iniquity, designed to keep the electors from the p^lls so that In another year revolutionaries would be elected on our school board and ln our city counoll, who would uproot our Christian civilization, disfranchise our women, destroy responsible government and establish a Soviot system suoh na was attempted ln Winnipeg only two years ago. If It were not for the admirable tactlcf of Mayor Gray and the support given to him of a strong, patriotic Citizens' League, tbe city of Wlnnipog would havo bcen a blot on the map of our fair Dominion, lf there are dofecta in our systom, let ub correct them, but let us never introduce P. It., which brought bloodshed and riot Into Belgium from 1893 to 18W, and which was denounced- by British state amen as a system of intrigue, violence and faction. Our women, the home- makers of the nation. . . will be the flrst to suffer. We feel sure thoy will send the P. R. syatem to Russia, where it properly belongs." Needleu to state, the latter Is dated Shaughnessy Heights. The writer thereof does not explicitly state that Bolshevik gold put P. R., into effect here, but I gueu that Is to be Inferred. . I presume you don't know of a disused salmon cannery and outfit that is going cheap? It lookt at If the proposed barter scheme ls going to be worth whllt. Tour old pal, OARR L. USS. Htlp the Fed. by helping our advertisers. workers hate, but It la the only way until the blockade ls lifted. An appeal was then made to the audience to subscribe as liberally as possible to the fund for sending medical supplies to Soviet RuBsia, whloh resulted ln the sum of (893.6S being collected at thli meeting. Various questions were answered by the lecturer whilst the collection was being taken. A further meeting was held .In the evening at tho Colonial Theatre, and the total proceeds of the meetings realised about 114,- 000. PEASANTS IN THE I Communism Without Going Through Period of Capitalism (By Paul Hanna, Federated Preu •tall correspondent) Washlngtom—Continuing Itl exclusive report on the July conference ot the Third International at Moscow, the itate department glvea the following text et a very Interesting iptteh by Lenin ooncernlng the outlook tor Communism In "backward" or pre-capitalist coun. trie* Delegates Roy, ef India, and Pak, of Korea, eentended that Communism In Europe would suroly fail unleu the enslaved Orient were flnt liberated. Speaking tor Turkty, however, Dtlegatt Sultan- Zadt Insisted that Communism, established first In the west, muit, through tht Third Inttrnttlonal, aid lh liberating the Orient - It waa then that Lenin took the floor and spoke ae follows: "The fundamental characteristic ot Imperialism lithe dividing up of the' world Into a imall handful of oppreuori and an overwhelming majority of oppressed. At the preient moment ?0 ptr otnt of the entire population of the globe are undtr the yoke of imperialist pow- en. *■'. . . Ai a reault the quution hae oome up whether the Communist International should support the bourgeols-democratlo movements' ln backward countrlu, . . . . Tht bourgeois - democrat.) parties of oppressed nationalities are of varioui kind*, Soml of them - have adopted reformist taettcs. and art adapting themselves to tht political regime existing in a given eountry. Of course we shall not give any eupport to such bodlei. Reformists In tut alwayi oome out againat revolutionary movement! In colonial and seml-eolonlal state* '... . On the other hand. Communists should support the national-revolutionary movement* but only when thue movement! are In fact revolutionary. "The peasantry la usually tht support of suoh national-revolutionary movement* In iuch countries the Communist party la not able to attain suecest unless lt support! the peasants. Here we come to the quution ot what should .be the work of the Communist party ln prs-oapltallat countrlu (for. example, our Turkestan), where one must note a practically complete absence of Industrial proletariat However, a Communist! party even ln tha pre-capitalist country has a wtdt fltld for activity, Inasmuch as you havt in thut backward countries, exploitation of the population by trading capital, and a semi-feudal relationship ln agriculture. "The atrugglt of agricultural workers against landlord exploitation of toilers even in backward countrlu. In suoh countries lt ll quite possible to establish a soviet authority. The experiences of Rusaia and of various Muuelman republics—for example, Turkestan— showi that the soviet movement can be succeuful not only ln proletarian countries', but even ln those oountrles where pre-capltallst relations exist. "In theae countries you experience great difficulty ln organizing Soviets, but- without question it ls possible to arouse an Independent revolutionary consciousness and movoment even ln these countries. The soviet idea Is very simple and can be understood not only by tho proletariat, but also by the broader hnn-prolctarlan masses. . "Hero we come to another Important point, which has aroused rather lively debates ln the committee. Can countrlu with precapitalist relation! ln production pass to Communism without going through the period t.t capitalism?" On this, pol.it, sayi Pt-avda, Lenin note! that if the victorious proletariat, having stato authority in Its hands ln ihe mott developed industrial countries, will come to the assistance of the Orient with all Its organization and state means, thet. the backward countries will be able to attain Communism without passing through the enpltnllst stage of devclop/nent. "One must abandon scientific prejudices that each country must abboluloly peas through capitalist exploitation," concludes Lenin. "The power of Soviets, when there Is a powerful Industrinl uprising on a world seal'1, cun be established ln those countries In which the capitalist development has not at- jtalned any serious proportions." THE STUFF IT Masses Kept in Misery by Reactionary Eco- I nomic Ideas Caret Garrett, a well-known American economist, has some fun with reactionary eoonomlo Ideas now afloat in the country ln the current Issue of the New Republic. "Why ls everybody Ruined V* asks Garrett. And the answer Is, "Because the country ls rich." "How sfiall the country Impoverish itself ln order that the people may prosper ayain?" Is tho second question. And the answer is, "Wo must sell our surplus abroad to people who can not pay." "That Is lending. When tho foreign countrioH pay us back we shall bo truly rich?" Tho answer ls, "No, indeed. We can not afford to let thom pay us back for we would then be worso off ^han over. We already have too much of our own, That is why wo are ruined." "And this," remarks Garrett, "Is WHITE GUARDS Horthy Is StiU Looking for Blood and Terror (By Frederick Kuh, Federated Preu Staff Correspondent) Vienna—Tht Hungarian government hai again announced a ntw campaign to tnd the White Terror and to reetore a modicum of political freedom. Similar promises, emanating from Budapest at regular Interval* have become familiar. But scarcely art theso pledges madt when tht Terror reauerta itself In soma frith, ugly form. Two tventt are pointed out by Magyar reaotlonurlai aa Indicating the sincerity of Horthy*! Intention te usher ln the reign of the law and order: The legal hanging of a whrltt ttrrorlit and the proclamation of an amnesty. Mueh ae ent would with te ai- luine that Hungary ll reverting to unity and that the While Tenor ll te be abolished, feoti which continue te be withheld trom the publlo force one te regard thli lateat campaign ai another colossal hoax. In short, the amnesty ll to ab- lolvt tTom guilt all White Terror- lit! for all their savage orime* Hereafter, ne Hungarian government will legally bt entitled te In- veitlgate or punish the perpetrator! of the Keoskemet and Siofok maisacrei or other notorloui bxu- tall'tlu. A few Soolallsts who hava lerved out their sentences will bt freed. In order that the crimet of Horthy'i Terrorists ihall be permanently whitewashed. Wonder If Bowwr'i mud-illnglng ll to be labelled aa a "Madt ln B. C." product? the ituff that ruiei the world!" "From text-book! ont haa learned that- when man ioIvii the original eoonomlo problem of fllling hli belly with leu than hi! whole labor, ht may begin to aet upon hli environment In an Imaginative manntr to transform It" Qarntt thtn haa aome fun with theu text-book writer! becauat now that wt have a little more than ll necessary to All tht belly, moit of ui are ln danger of not getting enough to All It properly. But thi text-book writer* ai he call! them, an correct All that mankind hai te do ll to eliminate the exploitation system aa to give the worker on tht farm and the worker ln the city the full product of their toll. Bach will then be able to buy ln full what the other produce* And tht more we hav* the better oft we Will be. Stock-Talcing Sale .ladies' Sweater Coat* _ — Men's Sweater Coats, up to $7.50 — Hen's Mackinaw Coats, up to $22.60 Stanfield's Bed Label Underwear — Union Made Overalls — Work Gloves—all kinds — JHilf MM Mto ~tu.ro ....____._-. $ioo One-turf Otf Boys' Department very complete. ," Clubb & Stewart Lti Men's and Boys' Clothiers 2 Stores 309 HASTINGS W. 623 GRANVILLE ST. JABMEBS PUT SCABS INTO BANKfcBS Threaten to Resort lo Bankruptcy Because of High Interest » Charges Helen* Mont—The farmer! ot Eastern Montana are threatening to rtiMt to bankruptcy, tfht present prlct of wheat In the itate will not give the farmera enough to pay intereit on the very largt mort- gagti whloh are held by the bank* Tht banker! art panio-itrlcken. Much ef thi land wai sold at fabulous prioes and thl three yean of drought hai produced., an accumulation of Interest which will makl lt impossible for thi farmer! to ever pay out. Ai a consequence lt they report te bankruptcy the bank* will bt out of luok. FOBTY-FOUB HOUB week is a. a w. Labor Govemmnet Decides to legalise 44-hour Week In the Commonwealth Sydney, N. 8. W.—The commonwealth arbitration court haa dtcldtd that 44 hours li a fair wiek'i work for manual labor In Auttri.lt* Thi New South Wales government haa introduced a bill to legalise the 44-hour week In the building and iron trade* Thli follow! a report made by tht board of trade in that country that shorttr houra should be granted the work- in In theee' Industrie* Stone nueeni are te get 41 bona per week oa aeeonnt ef the rl_k ot dleeaie tram duit Pan the Fedirationw along tat. help get new subscribe!* COAL SAVE MONET by whig Smaller Onto of Ooal Stove $12.50 Ton The dimard for thla ooal le proof of tke quality. Thli If the but HOUSEHOLD OOAIi In Vancouver, bar JiOKB., McNeill, Welch ft Wilson 420 0AMBIEST. ' Phona Sey. «M44 FIRE SALE-i of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Colors aiid Brushes Comprising the $30,000 Salvaged Stook of the IMPERIAL VARNISH & COLOR CO., LIMITED Keniuved from the Bascanent of tbo scene of the tire at the Parka Pender Went, to a Peuder Weet, one Block East. Bear O TU1C CA I V can last only a VEBY SHOBT TIKE. The stock is large bnt iniiJ -1t\a-a- the demaiui __ great and persistent dealers and eountry storekeepers are buying wholesale. We guarantee that none of these goods have been affected by flre or smoke. They are all in h ''h class merchantable condition and onr prices will be foiinc LESS THAN HALF REGULAR ■BRUSHES- AU finest make. Tht stbek li enormous—18 000 of first quality—for oTsry painting purpose. Artists, lifti and show card writers, paintors ud decorators can supply their coming season's wants here aiid now. These ue a few examples of tho prices at which wo are selling: Brant, WaU, S»/i-in. Regular $4,00 Brant, WaU, Mn. Regular 16.10 „ Mikado. Wan, 2VWn. Regular tl.ifi Mikado, Wall 3-ln. Regular $2.76 Mikado, WaU, 3 p.m. President, A. E. Robb; vice- president, C. H. Collier: eecretary-treai- ■rer, R, H. Neelands, Boi 66. STREET AND ELECTWIO RA1LWAT Employees, Pioneer Division, No- 101 —Meets A. 0. P. Ball. Mount Pleasant. let and Srd Mondays at 10.16 a.m. and / p.m. President, H. Bigby; recording secrotary, P. E. Griffin, 447—6th Avenue ■sat; t»Murer, I. aidaway; finanoial secretary and business agent, W. H. Cot* bell, 4808 Dumfries Street; ofllce corner Frlor and Main Ste. Phona Fair. 8804 R. WH. NEW WESTMINSTER BRANCH of tho 0. B. U. meets on the fi.-r.t and El Wednesday of every month. All bers In this district are invited to id. Provincial Unions VICTORIA. B. 0. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES ud Labor Council—Meeti fint and tklrd Wedneadaya, KnlghtJ of Prthlae Hall, North Park Street, «t 8 p.m. Preal- lent, A. C. Pike; vice-r realdent, 0, E, Oepaland; aeoretary-trrssurer, E. B, Woodward, P. 0. Boi 302. Victoria. B.C. stately pile a replica of Gothic, Norman or Grecian architecture? The very soul ot man Is revealed ln Its design; perfect craftsmanship reflects itself ln every angle, every curve. The bejewelled and richly gowned pass through Its stately portals upon their faces clearly sculptured devout worship and adoration; for are they not about to enter Into the presence of their God? The poor, the outcast pass by for they are ungodly. They must not pollute this sanctuary— this bank, with their presence. In most cases a bank Is a flne piece of architecture, as also are cathedrals, court .houses and the residences of the rich. This is progress assuredly, in building up not alone buildings, but foul incentives to progress, and the multitude who dwell in hovels ct'eate both. What does capitalism designate as culture ? Culture Is a word used only in conjunction with the wealthy. One cannot be cultured without possessing that necessary attribute, wealth. Capitalistic culture, however, compares miserably even with primitive culture. The primitive culture of the savage, low and base as it may appeal; at least was not founded upon slav- 'ery. It was unmoral perhaps, but it was not immoral. The savage had not evolved to that stage which would enable him to understand the laws of social relationship as we understand them. He was ig- ndfant, not because of a desire to be so, but because he was a savage, owing to the fact that he could not Invest and use tools. Capitalistic culture, also is based upon Ignorance, not the ignorance of the savage, but the evil desire, through the very knowledge it possesses to propagate certain fundamental knowledge and enlightenment that will create in man just sufflclent power nnd understanding that will enable him to become a "competent" therefore "profitable" toller. Such a culture condemns Itself. The culture of a society can be no higher, no purer1 in Its morals than the lowest strata of that social fabric. Prostitution Is the corner stone of capitalism. Modern convention dictates the mannerisms and ethical standard of the cultured, and culture can be bought at "bo much." The othei* element of this "cultured" aristocracy, the titled, are parasites by Inheritance; truly a noble heritage. This pedigreed professional parasites, what of them ? Coronetted coxcombs—the female of this "species," what function do they perform? They are, or become the professional wife of a professional parasite. Their sire Is ambitious after fame, usually in some "honorable" profession, such as polttlcs or war. These professional wives are the handmaidens, not so much to the man, as to his rank, his position. Their chief duty is to carry out with dignity befitting his social position, their part of the programme such as thc wearing of lavish costumes and dazzling gems at thc various social functions at which they preside. These social Deli- lahs seduce and betray what concept of morality the male of their" caste has left-to him, by the very act of catering to his thrioe lustful vanity that is mistaken for ambition. These cultured ladies usually view the toiler, the common man, In much the same light as the inmates ot a harem look upon the eunuch. Are they nlso the inmates of a harem? The stimulus to progress, time and time again hns been stated to be repression brought to bear upon the so-called delinquents, who were attempting to propagate certain theories from which knowledge could be born in the minds of others. The very fact of these repressive measures being resorted to, but radiates the penetrating ruy of knowledge upon the social structure, laying bare in the clear light of truth a corrupt incentive. Repression, always the weapon of a dying cult, aimed at the vanguard of an approaching new order, will ever, with renewed energy and potency revert upon the heads of the oppressors, and with astounding effectiveness, promotes what one might term the esprit de corps of the new army of revolution. The competitive systom of today harasses and retards social progress, but it does not prevent. Burtis, Galileo and Copernicus, three names chosen ut random, were subjected to vile abuse, treacherous decrees and savage mutilation, for daring to prove the truthfulness of their researches. Milton was cast into goal and persecuted because of his opinions being not coincident with the opinion of his government/ Today is the machine age, the machine age of torture, less humane, but more highly developed, more cultured in its atrociousncBS than even the duys of Nero of Home. The very evolution of capitalistic law, through.the moral impetus given the socinl structure by economic causes, creates and develops these laws along channels that capitalism decrees to be Just and moral, and which by force of' might, creates a sense of fear In tho multitude, that resolves Itself into a Btate of coma or passivity, upon which is bullded a social system, composed, in the main, of a servile crying herd of what today are termed human beings, peaces able and contei t—nay, silenced and subdued rather, for It Is a peace born, not of contentment, but subjection. Change In Justice The Magna Charta contains a passage that reads: "To no man will we sell, deny or delay, right of Justice." The concept of what was termed right or Justice has undergone a change. What ls right and just today will lose all sense of justness or Tightness In a future society. Right and Justice today Is determined by the government, just as will all concepts of what ls right or Just be determined by the powor lhat rules, or the power that administers the law In future systems. The right to utilize a government, which is.vitally essential to social progress has, time and again been denied man. It Is from opinions, the seeds of progress that human society reap enlightenment; and yet, all through history, opinions, new theories, new discoveries, have been curbed by the menacing sword of this blind, arrogant Justice. Where is tho dividing line between sedition and that which is not sedition? The government, tho oowar that Ib, will decide for the multitude. The constitution of a country, if it be seriously menaced by so-called seditious speech, seditious literature; if it be in jeopardy from such causes, conclusively proves its invalidity. Constitution, Ifiws, are made to be destroyed, when they no longer function to the Interests of society as a whole. Capitalistic law evolves in but one direction, whtch but proves the futility of all such legislation, which is but a futile process, a senile attempt to regulate the ever-recurring, the ever-growing contradiction of the present economic Bystem. What is the definition of success? again, In spite of one's self, those two little words, "How Much," inject their pernicious poison Into the thoughts of man. The degree of success is determined by the amount of wealth controlled by the successful one. Andrew Carnegie has been held up before the gaze of millions as being the crowning glory of success. Yes, Andrew was rich man, colossaly rich, therefore colossaly successful. A successful lawyer, a sucessful politi- lan; one might as well say, successful knavery, successful malfeasance. To be sucessful, according to present day concepts, means to attain one's objective. The press, the politicians and other demagogue* we must admit, are successful, for their function Is to cast upon the human brain a false concept of the many and manifold issues of the system. The simplicity of these ink spatttrers—the press, with their journalistic abortions, their inane tongue waggire—the politicians—with their shallow hy pocrlcles they term philosophy and learning, what Impulse' ther* behind their effervescent explosions of virulent cant? Fame. the Incentive—gold, the objective. From which source emanates fpul germs, that with subtle cunning, attach themselves to the brain of the many, from which springs forth ideas that are the fruit of these evil germs. Thoughts thus created are but the thoughts of they who control the sources of learning. The toiler is then led to believe that he himself formulates these opinions and analysis of life, whereas in most cases his brain is replete with the product, the mental excretla of another. Let us now drive the wedge of pitiless analysis under the apparent conceptldn of such activities and peer beneath these said apparent concepts. What do we see? We see all the evil and vile imprints of a slimy, cunning system,. We soe that right does not imply all thut is beneficial towards the welfare of society; we see that patriotism as It Is understood today is all that is evil, we see that charity means avarice ,and we see that all concepts of what Is moral, Is Instead Immoral. All aro laid bare In their shameless nakedness, exposing the sterile breasts of love and truth and the voluptuous breasts of shame and corruption. Tho human race should tear its FRIDAY. February 4, 1921 enslaved brain from Its environment of wages, stocks, bonds and dividend!; from its avaracious profit crazed Idiocies and gaze upon mankind from a humane standpoint Would It not see the evil, senile and extremely ridiculous situation that capitalism has brought about? Verdant pastures upon which flocks of sheep are grazing, prolific fields of corn swaying to the breeze, fathomless forests of timbe" and warehouses bulging with u.\ that means life—all the product of labor and yet amid all this, mankind is hungry, homeless and In rags. The world today is one vast lunatic asylum, and the maddest of its inmates are they who go hungry. . Today the human race Is aimlessly drifting, drifting upon a «ea of apathetic aloofness fi'om all things but money making. The syren sends forth its warning notes to a drifting ship, upon some dangerous reef. Where is the guiding voice, the syren that will send forth its warning voice across the treacherous reef of avaricious desires, upon which ull humanity Is drifting, heedless of the coming crisis that may turn to universal chaos. Dividends, greater dividends, ls the cry from one side of the social chasm, and re-echoed from the other side comes the ever-growing cry, wageB, higher wages. The germs of the ono social organism conflicts with the .germs of the other. Thoy- cannot both exist much longer without an outbreak; for economic forces compel It. Will this prosent system In Its downfall carry with It into the uttermost depths of demoralization all hum- | anity, or will the human race, through an understanding of social forces, maintain Us mentis equilibrium and pilot itself into a saner state of existence? It is_ a question that only the toiler can answer, for he is the power, did he know It. Let the human race set down upon a clean page the opening chapter of a new story, the theme of which, baled upon the mental, moral and material welfare of all humanity, shall arouse in admiration, they who upon this enrth will one day dwell and who will say among themselves: Truly they builded wisely and well. ANTI-LABOR GOVT. USED BLACKLIST Ex NcW South Wain. Government Took Active Part lit Crushing Striko of 1917 Sydney, N. S. W,—An inquiry Into the general strike of 1917 by the Now South Wales Labor gov- erhment reveals that the bosses Federated Labor Party HEADQUARTERS) 148 OORDOVA ST. W. SUNDAY.AT 8 P.M. t MRS. ROSE HENDERSON will speak Collection In Aid ot Party Fundi) to Liquidate Debt on Hull Masquerade Dance and Whist Drive FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Oents 60c Ladies 25c To ItuUc Funds to Ltquidntc Debt on Hall Fancy Breen Optional _.. Hon up In Hundreds Labor government of New South Wales In all probability will order the reinstatement of all men deprived of their Jobs In the railway .... ,. , and street car services of the coun- who were able, by the aidI of the t by ,„. f anti-Labor gbv- nhil TnK.-h*. e*n,,n ,•„,-,■,..., I ... lU.il .).... ^ anti-Labor government of that day, to crush the striko, had a blnck list In operation against the men who went on strike. Evidence tendered at the Inquiry shows that a full list of the men who struck work was compiled and remarks were written alongside the names of certnin of tho men. When the men made application for re-employment they were refused work because of "complaints against them." As a result of the Inquiry, the ernment which crushed the strike. TWO HUNDRED NEW BAILROAD UNIONS Union In Opposition to Brotherhoods Has Many IxmjJs ln V. 8, and CnnatnT Minneapolis.—"More than 200 locals of the United Association of Railway " Employees have been formed ln the United States and Canada in the face of vigorous on- position by the four big brother hoods and the railroad companies,' John Grunau, general chairman ol the organization, said at a meetinj In Moose Hall. Grunau led the so-called "outlaw strike" of switchmen and yardmer last summer. The union of whicli he is the hend was formed a yeai ago, for the purpose, Grunau saya of associating all railroad worken in one union, The National Union of British Fishermen have declared in favoi of a strike to obtain more wages The union has secured the support of dockers and firemen. A Bargain in Ocean Products! taam ■MmawwHiiiM aaaaaatam a*mma**M*amm**mm*>________w ^■■■■■■■^■i^ m . • v\ While they last, any grocer in the City can supply you with Quality Guarantee If for any reason you are not absolutely satisfied with these products, take the unused portion back to your grocer and he will refund your money. uctory e This picture shows it as you'll find it on your grocer's counter, containing one each of the following: 1-lb. oval tin Kippered Herrings 1-lb. oval tin Herrings in Tomato Sauce y2-lb. flat tin Kippered Salmon 1-lb. tall tin Pilchards 1-lb. tall tin Pink Salmon 1-lb. tall tin Fresh Herrings In the City Not more than one to a customer Only a limited number of these packages will be distributed—they are simply to introduce Gosse-Millerd products into the homes of this City. Consider their food values! Table shows protein values—the element which builds tissues, repairs body waste, and maintains the general health of the whole body. Gosse-Millerd's Kippered Salmon Gosse-Millerd's Kippered Herrings Gosse-Millerd's Pink Salmon Gosse-Millerd's Herrings in Tomato Sauce Gosse-Millerd's Fresh Herrings Gosse-Millerd's Pilchards Sirloin Steak Pork Chops ' Eggs Ham It shows our method of opening the cans, and gives several suggestions which others have found useful in the preparation and serving of our produots. Insert this booklet in your favorite Cook Book. Every tin in these Packages is of this season's pack. jjp£ Order from your Grocer NOW! CAUGHT AND PACKED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA OCEAN Products ..February 4, 1111 THIRTEENTH YEAR No. t THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vamocuvto. b. e • r i PAGE SEVEN For Twentj Ye. ri w« bin lund tbU Union SUap fn IM mill •■» VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION CONTRACT OUB STAMP nSOBBS: mufti Oouictln Bug. Intel Poibiai Both Sttikti »nd lockotU DUpatu S ettlod hy Arbitr. lion Study Emmojmont ud SUlltd Wort_anilil» Prompt DollvorlM to Dnlm nd PnbUc Pom e ud Bneean to Wottm ud Employ.™ Proiporlt; of Shoo Hiklnf Oomnultloi Ao lonl anion mon ud womon, wo uk ion to' domud Ibou boulnf «u obon Union Stamp on Sob), Iniolo ot Llninj. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 24* SUMMER STBEET, BOSTON, MASS. (Mils loroly, Oononl Prull.ct Obtrloo L. BUM, Onittl Stc.Tr.u. UNIOt^kfAMP Frosh Out HoweiB, Funeral Designs, Welding Bouquets, Fot Flanti Ornamental anl Shad* Treea, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NraSBBYMBH . 8—STOBES-2 48 Hastinp Strset East 728 OranvUle Street Seymour 988-671 Seymour 9513 Ballard's Furniture Store 1021 MAIN STREET Fhoni Bay. 2137 Vts alwaj* curry in stook • good ■election of dining-room, parlor, kit* clien and bedroom furnlturt, alio linoleum and medium priced carpet squares, rugs, eto. Wa oaa ■•?• job money ai we ara ont of the high rent district. COAL YALE BOOTLESS AND - NANAIMO Kindling Free CANADIAN WOOD AND COAL OOMPANT 1440 C.UANVILLE Sey. 5290 Riga.—Of the ISO delesatea, rep> resenting 97 sections, who attended the convention of the Social Democratic Party of Latvia, only 13 .voted ln favor of the acceptance of the famous 21 pointi of the Moo- cow programme laid down aa neoeaaary for admiaalon to the tlhrd International, The great majority voted to reject these condltlona and to approve the deolaion of the central committee to aend delegates to h*e organizing convention of the Fourth International to be held ln Vienna, beginning February 22, and called by therecent Socialist congress at B.me. . - Chicago.—On the grounds that there has not been and will not be a decrease in the colt of living and materials, the Chicago Building Tradei Council, with which ts affiliated 32 unions, at a meeting here recently voted unanimously to. ward off any contemplated reductions in the present wage, .1.2. an hour. It was decided to insist upon the continuance of ths present acale for the next three years. HELP ALONG! Patronize Federationist Advertisers Hen Tbey An, Indued rot Ton Mr. Cnlon Man, Out This Out aud Olve It to Tour Wife Auctioneers Love & Co 5"0 Seymour Street imr RUSSIAN IMPRESSIONS ****** ****** ****** ****** ;' **$«««. ****** VI.—The Two Reflations (Continued from lust waek) the Communist* hava made ap Immense and rapid advance, alike in the schools .for children, the course' foi* adults; and the more diffused popular propaganda. But as yet only the towns enjoy these advantages to the full, and In the. villages it Is only the younger peasants who have been reached at all, and that chiefly In Central Russia, where there was no civil war. On the whole, ths village tends to in< dependence. It Is helping Itself through the revival of its primitive cottage Industries, and relying less and less on exchange with the towns. In struggling by Inevitably harsh measures against these tendencies, which spell collectively the *uln of urban civilization, the Communists necossarlly make themselves unpopular. They may not provoke any formidable revolt; for even the Cossacks can always be subdued by artillery., Their most anxious military problem ls the simmering brigandage ln the Ukraine, and they have also reason to fear the assassination of their leaders. But they do, by thts incessant battle to reverse the consequences latent in the agararlan revolution, overstrain their own powers of leadership, and diminish by severity the recap tlvlty both ot peasants and work' men for their doctrines. There Is, none the less, a preceptlble wakening of the profit-seeking, gain-seeking mentality of capitalist civilisation,, which was always feeble .lit Russia, intellectuals do bfejin ib enjoy the new opportunities for' disinterested and creative social service. Communist officials are, on the average, moved mainly by. this motive. Even the more advanced peasants, as the group themselves for cultivation or for home Iii^SHia-" tries in co-operative' "ahets/^ire: moving away from ihe old syitem' of individualism and personal gain. Youth is eagerly embracing, .th* hew ideas, at all events in "the towns, and there Is in them an astonishing iKsh to enjoy the new opportunities of culture, especially on Its aesthetic side. Tistltilla Limited- Bicycles .618 Hastings Street West Hastings Street East Billiards Con Jones (Brunswick Pool Booms).. —._ Boots and Shoes Johnston's Big Shoe House 409 Hastings W. Pierre Paris . „_™_™ 64 Hastings Street »Weit MacLachlan-Taylor Company .*; 63 Cordova Street West Cornett Bros. & Clarke 56 Hastings Street West Boot and Shoe Repairing; Pierre Paris 64 Haatings Street West New Method Shoe Repairing 337 Carrall Street Books and Periodicals International Book Shop „. Corner Hastings and Columbia Streets China and Toys Millar & Coo .. 419 Hastings Street West Chiropractors and Drugless Healers Dr. Willard Coates < ....30-32 Burns Bldg., 18 Hastings Street West Downle Sanitarium, Ltd. , -..16th Floor Standard Bank Bldg. Dr. Lee Holder 74 Fairfield Building Dr. H. Walton 310-311 Carter Cotton Bldg, 198 Hastings St. W. Clothing and Men's Outfitting: Arnold & Quigley „ , „ ._. 646 Granville Street CluTnans, Ltd 153 Hastings Street West Clubb & Stowart ™.30B-315 Hastings Street Wert B. C. Outfitting Co. 342 Hastings Streot West B. C. Tailoring Co 342 Hastings East „Wm. Dick Ltd 33-49 Hastings Streot East Thos. Fo3ier & Co., Ltd —, 514 Granville Stroet J. W. Foetor & Co., Ltd 345 Hastings Slroot West J. N. Harvey Ltd 125 Hastings West and Victoria, B. O. C. D. Bruce 401 Hastinga Street Went ..143 Hastings Stroet West ...Cordova Street New York Outfitting Co... W. B. BrumitJ... D. & Book 117 Hastings Stroet West Thomas & McBain ....: .; 656 OranvUle Street Seven Little Tailors 336 Carralt Street Kirk ft Co., Ltd* Coal , .929 Main St., Seymoar 1441. and 465 Dancing Lessons Pender rfall :.Corner of Pender and Howe Streets W. E. Ferris Dancing School ....Cotillion Hall I** Dentists Dr. Brett Anderson - ^602 Hastings West Dr. Gordon Campbell 805 Granville Street Dr. W. J. Curry...».«-- - 301 Dominion Building Britannia Beer. «.«_««*. Cascado Boer. „..._.._-«. Van Bros Drinks Westminster Brewery Co. ..^—Vancouver Breweries Ltd. Ciders nnd wines Drugs Vsncouver Drug Co « Any of their six stores Dry Goods "Famous Cloak ft Suit Co — - 623 Hastings Street Vest Educational Lasallo Extension University 701 Standard Bank Bldg. B, C. School of Pharmacy and Science CIS Pender West Florists ■ Brown Bros, ft Co. Ltd. 48 Hastings East and .728 Granvillo Street Funeral Undertakers Harron Bros 2398 Granville Street Mount Pleasant Undertaking Co 233 Kingsway Nunn and Thomson 531 Homer Street Furniture Hastings Furniture Co. ~~—....■_—.41 Hastings Street West Ballard Furniture Store X.. 1024 Main Street. Home Furniture Company.... 416 Main Street Groceries "Slaters" (three stores) .Hustings, Granville and Main Streets Vancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street West Hatters Calhoun's, Ltd 61 Hastings Street Bast Jewelers O. B. Allan 480 Granville Street Masseurs, Etc. II. F. Eby, B.A., M.B 999 Broadway West Overalls and Shirts •'Big Horn" Brand. (Turnor Beeton ft Co., Vlotoria, B, C.) Printers and Engravers Cowan ft Brookhouse —.——...«— —.Libor Templo caellond-Dibble.-..™-. —».» -..»-^_*. Tower Building Taxi Service , Stanley Steam Taxi Co 334 Abbott atreet Theatres and Movies Empresi Orpheum Pant* ges THB Bolsheviks have. In their Vimtw.il'iti adventure, entirely discarded democraoy as the west understands it. X question if any party could have ridden the storm of the agrarian revolution and the civil wai\ with the ruin caused by the world war aB its scene, without departing widely from the principles and practice of democracy. I think it unlikely that the Constituent Assembly, with, its many - violently hostile groups, co.uld have been welded into a workable governing chamber. A coalition would have been powerless for energetic action., But( let us ask ourselves frankly what we mean by democracy In suoh a country as Russia? One may mean, of course, that certain groups of intellectuals, clever, well-educated and gifted with the power of speech, should somehow use thb machinery of elections ln order to guide the state ln accordance with their own more or less enlightened ideas. That ls not democraoy, though It may respect democratic forms. In quiet and normal times, amid relative prosperity, lf no violent left or right wing groups had undermined the moderates, they might perhaps have managed to rule on their own lines with a show of liberalism. But the convinced democrat must surely mean more than this. Allow what you will for the leadership of tha bettei* educated groups, and the Inspiration of exceptional men, the main lines of your policy must have some affinity with tho mind of the numerous mass. In England the three organized parties may think a little more actively and a little more rigidly than the average elector, but there is ho wide gap, and no sheer contradiction between them and him. His ideas, rather more sharply formulated, are their Ideas. Nothing of this kind ts possible lit Russia, with Its Illiterate peasant mass, living in the Ignorance and the superstttltion of the Middle Ages. If democracy means giving the majority the sort of government which it really wants, that government would have been neither Menshcvik nor Bolshevik, neither Social Revolutionary, not "Cadet,' nor yet Czarist. A genuine peasant programme would , certainly have included peace, ai»j_ that at any price. It would then have demanded not land nationalization, but the divining of the land and peasant ownership, without one' rouble of compensation to the landlords. Its next plank would have been free trude in food, or In other words, the unllmtlcd exploitation of the towns by the peasant profi teei*. It would have resisted passively every sort of centralization, and every effort of the enlightened minority by pressure or. encouragement to raise the standard of cultivation. I doubt If tt wanted much to be done for education, and I am sure lt wanted no hygenic advance. It would have persecuted the Jews, cold-shouldered the intellectuals, and cringed to the ghostly terrorism of the priests, while objecting strongly to their exactions. It would have meant the slow death of the towns and the extinction of civilization. In the.end, It woutd have prepared Russia for colonial exploitation either by thc Germans or the west. That, if the peasants -had had the will or the skill to express their minds, would have been the "demo cratic" policy. th« revolution. The Introduction t even of horse-drawn machinery, lf ' there were enough for it, would Have.the same social effect.. But ^Russia cannot be a Socialist commonwealth while the mass of her population lives by Individualistic ] feasant husbandry. The agrarian revolution has yet to be transformed Into the Communist revolution. The abler leaders understand the problem. clearly, and their schemes seem well fitted to solve it. From a Peasant' Rising to a Com* mun 1st Revolution- " This chapter ln Russian history is puzxllng, I think, both for the friends and the enemies of the Bolsheviks, because few realize the truo character of thetr achievement. They are trying by a heroic exercise of will to turn this spontaneous Russian agrarian devolution into a western Communist revolution. Without the firm leadership of somo group steeped In western ideas, we might havo seen In 1917 a repetition of the traditional Russian peasant risings. PugatchetT aimed In 1773 at creating a peasant empire, and did In fuct slaughter the landlords and divide the land in wide regions of the south. The .Cossacks Remember him to this day, and something of thc sheer destructive ness and cruelty of his movement showed itself at certain stagea of this revolution. The "Socialist" or "Anarchist" brigands of the Ukraine, notably Grigoreiff and Makhano are his modern successors. The Bolshoviks, who ever dreamed when they made theh' stroke, that they could last for more than two monthH, aimed at first only at a tremendous proletarian demonstration, and for half a year or moro were powerless to cope with sabotage In industry. The intellectuals sulked or struck, while tho woritmen sold the metal of the machines, and then went home to their villages. Gradually the agitator evolved Into the constructive statesman; the negative, wrecking "PugatchefE" tendency was repressed, and the more positive creative instinctB of the civilized urban artisan gained the upper, hand. They could trl- umj(h only by a fli^m dictatorship, and H, is essentially a dictatorship of 'the urban proletariat over the backward countryside. The Independence of the Village In one sense tho Bolsheviks arc not in much danger. Soviet rule runs, I should say, less risk of overthrow In the early future than parliamentary democracy in Germany or constitutional monarchy in Italy. On thc other hand, the dictatorship Is still a precarious adventure, because it ls doubtful how far It can achieve Its own constructive alms. The broad fact ls, today, that alone ln Russia tho peasantry lives in comparative comfort and Is woll fed. . Industry is dwindling, and the Induatrlal proletariat lives on half-rations. Save for the few Soviet farms and the still fewer Communal farms, the land has not ln any real sense been socialized. Whatever the law may say, the fact In all essentials Is peasant ownership, qualified by a state monopoly of grain, whicli succeeds ln irritating the peasants without adequately feoding the towns. The educational efforts of France's Implacable Vendetta The immediate future depends, as everyone realizes, mainly on the restoration of peace trade. ' If France, in pursuit of her implacable vendetta, Is allowed to go on, yeaT after year, hiring and equipping fresh enemies to attack Russia, she will inflict incalculable- In- Jury on Its population and may. bring Its struggling civfligation'to' ruin, but I do not believe that she will attain hor end; ThVsufvlval for many months of a TOarist or semi-Tsarist regime, even if a milt- tfliry victory could restore It, Is for me unthinkable.. The peasahte will not pay for the land they enjoy, while the moral inferiority of the self-indulgent whites to the puritan reds would not be altered by a momentary success.' Even a stable Tsnrism could not repay the French debt, however much it might i;eo ognlze it. With Peace, the Real Work WIU Begin ;:' If on the other hand these .-subsidized attacks cease, then for. the flrst time the Communists will have a fair chance of restoring industry. The problem of management is now solved, and the discipline of most factories is as good ns lts can be with half-fed workers. Industry will be demobilized, and what tt produced for the army, cun be used instead to buy food for the workers. With the ample ond punctual rationing of the industrial workers, their output will Increase, and the difficulty of keeping them ln the factories will diminish. The townsmen will be better fed, the countrymen better clothed, and the general increase of comfort wllf allay discontent. As. the armies are'disbanded, the return of the youthful population, which almost alono'tn Russia has,will and ideas, must revive every department of production and education. Tnia year's failure of the crops, especially, if it means a deficiency of Seed, will certainly create an appalling problem. But since food will be short even ln the villages of central RpsT sia, the workman may be lest."ye- luctant to return to the towns,'and thc peasants more willing to listen to good a'lvlce in the matter,of cultivation and co-operation; Lenin's Si helm; for V.U> Hi Unit ion Thc revival of trado will have its dangers for Communism, as well as Its advantages. To import tools of all kinds, from locomotives downwards, will be an unmixed gain. But if Moscow is tempted to ease Its own difficulties by importing manufactured articles which might bo mado in Russia, lt may itself succumb to the worst consequences Of the agrarian revolution. If It allows industry to decay, and relies on imports, it will Iosb In tho end the none too humerous prolet- nrint on which Its rule is based The admission of tho capitalistic concession-holder will make a grave breech ln Communist theory, nnd may also creato now rallying points for. the opposition, more dangerous than the armed camps of tho Whites. The hope'of any really big reorganization of production in Ttu .sia depends on schemes which' oa yet the Communists have lacked the means to develop. They have plans for transferring Industries to districts nearer to the raw materials nnd the coal, They have other schemes for specializing.agricultural production tn accordance ■with climate and soil, which of course presuppose a perfected transport system. Above all there Is Lenin's vision, which he has begun on a amall scnle to realise, of the complete electrification of Russian agriculture, Industry and railways, with peat as Its basis. Peat Is a poor fuel, and the distances are immense, I am not capable of Judging tho technical promise of this scheme. Its political attraction ls clearly, that It would, by a sort of Instantaneous magic, break flown the Individualist agriculture and thc Individualist mentality of tho Russian peasants. Cultivation by electrically driven mnchlnos would moan tho swill end of the primitive two-field holding, and the universal adoption of thb big cooperative or communal farm. On this scheme, or on more modest variants of it, hangs the futuro of -How Much Power Will tlie Communists Surrender? On the political, as on the economic aide, the future of the revolution, depends no less^clearly on Internal and external peace. It wilt go to ruin. Intellectually and morally, unless freedom of discussion, (ud a reasonable license for loyal poitical activities nre soon Introduced. No sane government would allow full nope for agitation against Itself by political adversaries during ciyll war, and so long as the atmosphere of civil war prevails, the dictatorship will continue. There are crave faults on both sides. The Social Revolutionaries assisted Kolchak, and even the lesson of that experience Aid not prevent some of them from transferring their support to Denikin and Wrangel. They retain, moreover, their old" habit of political assassination, cultivated during Tsarist days. The Mensheviks have been much wiser, and Incomparably More loyai^to their own ld&l 'of moderate socialism, but even they confine themselves to protests, complaints and negative criticism. If the Bolsheviks are intolerant and despotic, It Is also true that the opposition has' b&en .neither nelpful nor constructive. In times of danger and suffering, an opposition which would -deserve confidence, must galh. It. by showing positively that the adoption of certain measiires and'''the avoidance of others would lead to results which, all desire. .■With peace and timo the dictatorship may grow milder. Ib has achieved Its negative purpose by destroying the capitalist system. In the task of building up, there Is no longer a valid reason for refusing the co-operation of every group which wllhwbrk loyally for the future of the Socialist state. I doubt, however, whether tho Communist party ia likely to surrender volun tarlly even tho least of its outposts by which it maintains its monopoly fif power. It is true to say of It, tnat Its mind has been formed by a quasi-religious fanaticism. The fevtonlshtng fact is, however, that with this doctrine starting-point, it has none the less, shown Itself tth- der Lenin's leadership so adaptable that Its Russian critics ln ttie other Socialist parties scoff at its compromises. The new system of one man management In Industry, tho high rewards paid to .specialists and the Indispensable kinds of Labor, based in reality on demand, to say nothing of the big concessions offered to foreigners, are all of them expedients which show how little rigidity there'.Is In Lenin's appllca- tion of his doctrines. The Communist party will not be. easily, displaced, nor do I see a party fit to displace it. On the other hand, its present discipline can hardly preserve its unity for ever, for there arp, .sharply divergent tendencies within lt. In the long run, the rapid progress of education in Russia is the guarantee that the form of representative government wlU be- cottio a reality, as the masses gain tu knowledge and experience. A, Glgunllc Effort pf Creation I am closing those articles without an attempt to estimate the general value of the Communist system, as wo may see It In Russia^ Its' forp{ is too. little fixed, Its realization ris yet too sketchy for such a valuation. To judge Communism by its actual achievement In Russia, with an Illiterate and primary population as its human material, n;nd the wreckage of war, clvft;war.arid:blockada for its scene fs .^'Jint no rational man would do, unless he were heated by passion or idiCr, One niight as well judge capitalism by the misery of Poland or the depression of Esthonia. . I will, how-ever, record tlie pergonal . Impression' which these two montha In Russia made upon mc. In ^plte of the physical misery, most of. lt due tp war, In spite of much intolerance and much callousness, both of them habitunl in Rusula, I hud Lhe senso that I wns watching a gigantic effort of creation. The strugglo of this shaping Communist ideal to master its recalcitrant material, was to mo all the-moie Impressive, becuuse I felt beneath the presence of the other tendency, the wrecking, dstructivo mutiny of a Slav peasantry. The positive work of tho revolution, whether ono saw lt In the factory, lho farm of the school, Ih an epic Mulijyli, not only ovor foreign enemies nnd tho armed reaction, luit also over theso darker forces lu tho untaught Russian soil.- K'i«'ilor thore may bo, and poverty, nnd yot] I.thinttf'thnt thla revolution will live to. vindicate Itself in history, as the greatest effort of tho constructive political will, since the French ihll.de an end to feudalism. iA Mjb}iument to thc Human Will w^wtaL democracy is not In itsolf (j^'feroatlvo or architectural princi- ilie. What it does is to keep tho ajb&bw* ln which contemporary fprce% struggle for opportunity. Among these forcos our own olvil- Satlon haa thrown up as yet nono which can compare In efilcacy with the egoistic motive of private gain, In Russia a social principle, has, by violence indeed, and a contemptuous disregard of democracy, tpado for Itself an opportunity, which lt uses with masterful will. It haa broken tho powor of wealth to, control men's lives. It is acting, even when lt coerces them, for the solo good of the musses. It Is malting, oven if It be destined to overthrow, a suporb monumont to tho human will. To ovolvo a victorious army from an invertebrate rabble, to rouse a lazy and apathetic nation, nmlil poverty and suffering, to u task which domnnded an almost Insane courage, to conceive the daring ambition of making a ruling caste out of young unschooled U. S. State Department Smashes Capitalistic Barricade (By Paul Hanna, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Washington—Have the Russian Bolsheviki bribed or bought out tlie United States State department? Has the Third Internationale got Its man planted In the Russian division of our foreign offlce? No matter what the answer Is to those questions, the State department has smashed straight through the capitalist barricade around Russia and presented the Amorican presa with a booklet, printed at government expense,' which contains something like the complete proceedings of the Second Congre.w of the Third Internationale held at Moscow from July 19 to August 7, 1930. Tliis daring piece'uf Communist propaganda Is slightly camouflaged to make tt look like an antl-BoI- shevik document. But from covor to cover of Us 166 pages the reader wade through continuous and crushing Indictments of the economic systom which produced the wot Id war and brought bankruptcy and misery to all the nations of Europe. Scattered through the booklet aro certain paesagea in Italic letters which voice the determination of various orators to curry tlie class w^r around the world and Into all couni.iles, but 99 per cent of the matter lo a pitiless anaTyslB of the shattered old social order and a statement o\ the Con^hiunlst plar. of worid salvation. In its preface to the document, the Russian division of the State department says thai the object aimed at is to prove of the Russian lenders 'that "In their rolo as leaders of the Soviets they attempt to establish: 'normal' relations with governments, while in their role as Communist Revolutionists aud as general managers of the 'General Staff of World Revolution,' they conspire to wreck the same." Then follow the addresses, now ringing with passion, pov cool and scientific, of Lenin, Trotsky, 7-.no*. vlev,. Radek, Bucharin and other Russian spokesmen, together with the sympathetic responses by delegates from Western Europe, Asia and America. Tlrs booklet Is compiled, we are told, from the pages of the Moscow Izvestla and the Petrograd Pravda. Those two Journals of Soviet Russia are said to be very commonly forged and filled with spurious matter by anti-Russian plotters In the Baltic States, but our Stute department evidently believes Its sources are genuine. (** special Interest to American readers are the following passages which are now published broadcast by the State department: ■ "When the American bourgeosle before the eyes of the World suspended constitutional guarantees, when this much-prulaed democracy violated all the principles established by itsolf—by this it determined its own place. . . It is ncccsn^ry to emphasize this much- debated point, and finish once for all with democratic tendencies."— Lenovlev, ln opening address. "And when they tell us that Bolshevism -Is disorder, a scarecrow, we can only smile, for from the statistical data of the Allied Supreme Council we see why the workers cannot live necording to the old standards, Because even if all Bolsheviks should disappear entirely, even in America—recently America sent us 60 Communists (applause)—even rf America should not send 500-but 5,000 Communists —there would still remain the disproportion between prices and wuges, a disproportion which America camiot solve because private property Is sacred (in Russia we have forgotten that), while against this new power of capitnl against these tens of billions collected by the war, nothing can be accomplished. No strikes, no parliamentary struggle, no elections, no reforms, can accomplish anything, because they have this sacred private property. Through private property such debts have accumulated as will subject the entire world to complete slavery."—Lonin, in open ing iiddress, Tf the state department honestly supposed thnt this rare compilation nf Bolshevik propaganda would omboffifis tb? Moscow government, it might have f/rfund its answer in tlie printed text where Lenin says; "recently a Socialist from this same group publish^ another book pestroytn'g the Bolihe$iks. A great mnny hooks lh all the Europoart languages now appear which devour Bolshevism wholo, But the moro ihere are of sucji books, the moi;e rapidly does sympathy for Bolshevism Increase." • Lenin is merriest, however, when he tells the Communist cofigress about Keynes' bonk, ^'The Economic Consequences of the Peace." ■•Keynes advlaos, first of all, to annul all debts. This book, and tho citations from this book appearing In newspapers, are read not only by people wbo have definitely exhausted their brains, but YOU ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCE when you bring your .ho* repair, to ut *We bava th. aottlB- ment and th. experlenc., asst the material ueet la th* vary bMt . procurable. ( ' Tour latlafa.tlon ia thua enured. The New Method Shoe Making and Repairing Co. 337 CARRALL STREET Just OB Hasting* Stmt - Phone R.P.-954 All O.B.U. Help workmen, was In itself an act of audacity to wliich time has no parallel. Beyond the bravery of this strugglo there lies a much vaster design—to change the entire economic structure of this hflf-contl- nent, nnd wtth it tho mind of a race. There are those who believo that initiative, ambition and the creative wilt, aro evoked only by tho hope of personal gain. Hero is initiative, horo Is the will to reshape and create, on a scale to which all our civilization together offors no parallel. Its actual achievement will be hampered by tho original poverty and intellectual immaturity of Russia; it may 13c frustrated by the criminal enmiy of western politicians. I will sum up what I have soon of this tendency tn- one sentence. It Ib, in a land where a feeble and dilatory civilization had touched as yet only a minute minority of a gifted population, u great and heroic attompt. to shorten thc dragging march of time, to bring culiuro to a wholo nation, and to make a co-operative Bociety, where a predatory despotism had prepared the general ruin tn thc act of suicido. Buys Out Plants That ' Are Used Against Union Men When Labor becomes fully conscious of the power given by the capital.already accumulated In the hands of the workeri and uses it, Labor will be ready to take control of Industry ln the United States, -•** make lt function for. the benefit of the many instead of the pro- lit of the few. This suggested solution of the industrial problem Is brought out by Richard Boeckel In.an article, "Labor Turns the Tables," appearing ln the Independent. It Is based on experiments already undertaken by the International Association of Machinists with weapons used hitherto solely In the interest of capitalism. What the machinists have done on a small scale, Mr. Boeckel suggests, the entire Labor movement can do on a large scale, and thus ultimately come into the actual ownership of Industry. The article gives ln detail the strategy of the Machinists In breaking up an "open shop" lockout by the employing interests of Norfolk. With union funds the Machinists bought an overdue mortgage against the Crescent Machine Works, tne leader In the open shop drive, and then by threatening foreclosure the union was able to compel the Crescent officials to call .off the lockout and resume operations as a union shop. However, the crescent and other plants that signed union agreements received ultimatums from the banks that no more credit would be given them until they returned to the "open shop" principle. Here the unton stepped ln, and through its own bank In Washington supplied the necessary credits. Thus these shops, previously under the dictation of the interests controlling the-banks, were brought under control of the union. From this situation Mr. Boeckel develops the fact that the money controlled by capitalistic Interests against the workers is not. their1 own money, but Is for the most part money deposited ln the banks by the workers themselves. By establishing banks of Its own In every Held,' the article suggests, the Labor movement can take away from capital what fn the past has been also by live workmen and pcusants. These wot Iters read what this bourgeois economist snys, namely, that there is no way out except by annulling debts, and therefore—but cursed be the Bolsheviks, usurpers who have annulled debts! It seems to me that such an agitator for Bolshevism as this bourgeois pacifist should have a telegram of greeting -from thts congress of the International. "Comrades, Keynes says, 'If the situation has become absolutely impossible. It means that the victors themsolves have become the weapons of complete disintegration.' Vp see the growth of the unconquerable revolution. Musses of oppressed, exploited, robbed peoplo see clearly that the truth, from whloh tho bourgeoisie must perish, has been deceitfully concealed from thom." Illustrating further the low vitality of world capitalism, Lenin says; "We see this in the case of tho wars against Russia, because these were wars against weak, ruined, oppressed Russia, carried on by the league of rich nations, whose fleet nlone rules over us. But we proved victorious! \yhy? Not because wc were stronger In tbe military «ense—that, of course, Is absurd—but becauso thero was no shade of unity among them; because ono power acted despite another. France wished a strong \usslu, -while England wished Ru»- sia divided up. Knglnnd tried to seize tlio Baku oil, but you know •*•-'•• that ended. "England strove to establish relations with the border states of Russia. .Six montbs ago the British minister, Churchill, counted up a dozon states at war with Russia, which were to capture Petrograd and Moscojv by December, 1319. Wo know what these states were worth, but throughout the world they were considered real stutes. England based her policy pn such u belief. England and America gave thom hundreds of millions* which went to the bottom of the sea! •*" ". . . . The powerful states which aroused a dozen and a half states against us have finally rcnohed thc point (lust July) whore tbey send ugainst us one fctate at a time in order that, ono ut u time, ouch bourgeois robber in turn may learn Its lesson in good behavior from the Red Army." one of IU most effective weapons —control of the credit system. Through this method Labor on control wages and conditions of Labor—but lt must rtsort to direct Investment tn corporation securities to take tho ownership ud tho profits of Industry, Thnt It would ' not bo necessary to buy a majority of all tho corporation stocks bnt only tho stocks of koy enterprise* Is brourht out by tho fact thnt tho Machinists themselves have seat three concerns competing with tho plants they control In Norfolk Into bankruptcy during tho lost few weeks. The article tolls of n plan tho Machinists hnvo for establishing an Investment department to Invest tho savings of tho Union's members In tho stocks of enterprises It wishes to control, nnd of nnother schemo for setting up coihpetnl* enterprises, .co-operatively owned, whero tho stock-purchase method Is Impracticable. The article suggests that a goneral staff directing the investment of tho savings of tho entire Labor movement eould bring the dny when Labor will take completo control ef Industry very near. Thus Labor would flght flre with flre-yot the chargo oould not bo made thnt Labor had resorted to nny methodi that wero not "legal, orderly nnd American." Labor would ho turning the weapons of capital ngainst capitalism. Qenerat Benuvenga of Italy snyn that "Oermany saved the world from Bolshevism!" All that ta needed now ls some nation to save the world from tho present chaotto condition such as bankruptcy, starvation, disease; unemployment prostitution. Insanity, wage, slavery, etc., and then wo shall In all probability be blessed/with tho demooraoy, millions started out to obtain ln m«. After that—well somo pod- , pie will still want Bolshevism and that will be nn international job. ' DANCING LESSONS PRIVATE OB (SUM W. E. Fenn's School COTILLION BALL Phones: Ser. 101—Ser. S058-O Social Dances Monday, Wedneiday ud Saturday. COWAN & BROOKHOUSB PBOraiM. rUBHSHEBVSHMO- TTPBM AOT) BOOKBOrOlM Union Oflcl.lt, writ, lor prlooi. W. !lv. SATISFACTION. On ind ittor >>n. 1, IS 10, n irUl to ioe.ua at use howe n. KIRK'S Guaranteed Coal Means— If our coal is not satin- factory to you, after you have thoroughly tried it out, we will remove what coal is left and charge you nothing for what you have used. Tou to be the sole judge. Kirk & Co. 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Satisfaction or Money Back. CLAMAN'S STORE NEWS Boys' Dept.—Second Floor Men's Overcoats at $19.50 Just a limited number that we don't want to include in our stock-taking. Big, handsome overcoats, too! Priced at this extremely low figure, so they'll clear right away. They should for these are Genuine $45, $50 and $60 Overcoats The favored slip-on Raglans with their loose lines and full skirt; models with set-in sleeves; form- fitting models which suit Young Men; and big, double-breasted Ulsters, belted. All in guaranteed pure wool fabrics. In the wanted colors, including black. All sizes. But the number is limited. They must be cleared. » THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Claman's LIMITED 153 Hastings Street West Canada's Largest Exclusive Store for Men ana Buys HARRINGTON AT THE EMPRESS (Continued from Page 1) thero is famine. Thore Is In thla country, under present conditions, sufficient to allow certain people to '.tve In luxury, although others have to live under* conditions that do not allow them to reproduce their energies In a sane and healthy manner. There la also no doubt as to there being food ln China for those Who have the price to pay for It. Honey does not feed any one where no food Is obtainable, but the money is being sent to China. The Red Cross has been conducting a drive for funds for the sufferer's In Central Europe, the victims of Allied humanltarlanism since 1918. The absorbing passion'for'gold of Allied governments, Britain, France •nd the United States, may yet have the effect of forcing Germany to get rid of her exports to Soviet Russia, thc only government in Europe anxious to get rid of its vast stores of gold for something more useful. The fear of Bolshevism haunts the statesmen of all the great powers, and they are Itching to let loose the White Terror, and the events In ItoJy have shown their, desire to commence Well a regime, but how far it will travel, will be determined by the resistance of the Communists ln Italy. The Hungarian White Terror has been halted, and Soviet Russia did this by applying threats New National Hotel 200 Outsido Rooms Special Rates by the Week Ph. Sey. 7980—1221 GranvUle INSOMNIA Unable to Sleep IS DUE TO SPINAL PRESSURE Dr. W.Lee Holder SPINE SPECIALIST Twelve Years' Experience Hours: Dally, 1-5 Mon., Wed., Fri., 1-8 Sey. 8533 Bay. 4023R. Fairfield Building Corner Granvillo and Tender of reprisals in kind, similar to British tactics in Ireland. The question of direct action in Engianu over the unemployment situation ls being forced upon the trade union executives through the prebs ire of the rank and file, who will act without them if the government falls to handle the task to their satisfaction. The Irish Question Is one which the Bi"tlsh government has neither" the ability nor the knowledge to handle. The reports lhat this situation ij now practically settled is only an Indication of iheir hopes running away beyond their actual knowleJge. They havo more than s-fUcIent troops ithd munition.! In the country ro wipe Ireland off the map, if tbey doslred to do so. The temper of tl-e British peoplo themselves, however, Is a very important factor In t'le' present situation. The oali- bre of the men now being used for the policy in force in Ireland is sufficient .o show Ihey w oitv uiiwuce auy way you Uke. MEN'S SUITS 3'Itl lines In most styles ok-HrliiK nt $23.50 MEN'S O'COATS Smart nnd np-tb- date, clenrlnK fit— $17.50 BOYS' 0'OOATS , Nifty lisle., . elllr.B for $10.50 OIHLS' OOATS AND DRESSES Stylo, like mothor'l, clenrlnK at $8.50 BOTS' SUITS i-lcnrln. at $7.50 LADIES' OOATS Dependnblo fabrics atnl newest styles, Bellini.' Rt $19.50 We Grow While Others Grow 143 HASTINGS ST. W. Sey, 1361 of capitalism? Surely lt la evident that the destitution of the machinery of production is foolish. It Is simply the abolition of the present "relations" of production. Capitalism functions on a basis of pro. flt-malting—a social process with that end In view. To change to a system where "use" Is the end in view, is certainly a radical change In the relations of all to the machinery ..of product.*!. What is to be done? What is necessary? Education! Oi'ganieation! We are compelled to organize' before we know anything, by virtue of the conditions we live under—blindly and unconsciously. We commence to understand that wages and shorter hours are not the sum total of man's activities In the struggle for human freedom,. So long as a class controls, the struggle ls essentially a struggle for power*—the working olass must therefore make Itself the ruling class. To accomplish this, they must seize the forces of the State. It is the conditions that we live under that foster the feelings of revolt', and lt Is the development of this force that will bring about the downfall of capitalism—not simply its mechanical collapse. The conditions of feudalism fanned Into revolt the rising bourleols class, and the downfall of that system of economy was not simply due to Its failure to function—the Result of the actions of those who suffered under Us regime brought that struggle to a crisis. Edlcation develops consciousness, and It ls essential to educate as many members of our class as possible, so they can direct their movements Intelligently, and with as little confusion as possible, and prevent the reforms and reactionaries from side-tracking the workers. How the State functions, tho necessity for the workers understanding this social force clc-firly and getting control of It to use ln thtlr Interests, occupied the attention of Lhe speaker before con. tiding his address hy pointing out thc necessity of having continually to repeat lots of things in propaganda moetings, which can not be avoided in any educational methods, but those who were as well acquainted with these matters as him must al ways bear in mind that what was stale to them, was likely to be novel to the newcomers to these meetings. J. Harrington will be the speaker at thi; Kin press on Sunday evening next. WORKERS ARE Factory and Health Inspectors Fail to Do Their Duty The subject of workers being forced to work in unsanitary places, and food being prepared under unsanitary conditions, was again brought to the attention of the Vancouver (International) Trades and Labor Council by delegates last night. It was pointed out that neither factory nor health Inspectors are carrying out their work in an efficient manner so far as small business enterprises- at least are concerned, and with a view to getting this subject attended to, tha council Instructed the secretary to place the matter before the city health offlce, Al- 4erman Scrlbblns aiid Attorney- Oeneral Farris. Credentials were received and delegate! seated from the Mould- en, Pile Driven, Soft Drink Dispensers, Carpenten, Hotel end Restaurant Employees end Tallon. The Brotherhood ot Hallway Carmen made application fer affiliation. A communication from the Grand Army of United Vetefans asking the couneil te take up the •ubjeot of having (he "Made In B. tV campaign committee lnolude In Its programme a "White Labor ln B. C." also. In replying the oounoil suggested that the O. A. U. V. take the matter up with the Manufacturers' Association. In conneotlon with an Inquiry regarding the proposed Hangar at Jerloho Beaoh, del. Masseca. pointed out that the steel had heen on the ground fo/ many months and that tenders for .the work had not yet been let by the government. President Welsh, reporting as a member of the oommlttee trying to get an Inquiry Into the' high oost of coal said that the authorities do not appear to be enthusiastic ove. an enquiry, and- that It remains for the attorney-general to decide. A metal trades section. ahd a building trades section haa been formed ln oonnectlon with the council. Del. Showier of the Teamsters reported that many union men ask to have goods, delivered from Arms by union men but. fall to look for the button when the man arrives. The Tailors' Union hae been asked to accept a out ln wages and In takinsr the matter up wlta the International, that body baa told the union to resist the out and hnve guaranteed them financial and moral support. The Hotel and Restaurant Employees report that nothing more has been heard regarding the suggestion, of a wage reduction by a few employers. The union will send delegates to the unions ln the city to feel out the sentiment regarding starting a campaign to have all Chinese help abolished ln hotels and restaurants. Carpenters reported ..trade - quiet but no cut in wages and an expected Increase on April 1. Barber's reported many men Idle on account of'floatere coming in from all over the continent apparently on account of the city being advertised os "wet." Moulders reported that the Tally Province report, to the effect that Vancouver Moulders were on Btrtke, ls not true. There Is no strike. Bakery Salesmen reported having secured a closed shop. Boot and Shoe Workers reported having had a new agreement signed on February 1 with no reduction ln wages. A. Farmilo, A. F. of L. organiser addressed the meeting and complimented the council on Its healthful and militant condition and pointed out that organised labor will probably be faced with a vigorous fight In the very near future and urged them to continue to build up each and every organization. prmnsH oovr. has BIO WHtTE OUARD ORGANIZED LABOR HOLDS ITS OWN (Continued from page 1) Ing again accepted the philosophy of Billy Bowser who,-when Attorney-General of B. Ci( said, "laws were made to be obeyed by governments except ln cases of emergencies, but governments could create the emergencies If, necessary," Meighen having decided that tho law which authorizes the labor department to fix fair wage schedules could be Ignored on account of unemployment. Poverty Stricken Oountry Spends Millions on Maintenance of Military Superior, Wis.—Tyomies, the Finnish daily, reoelved the following cablegram from lti Stockholm correspondent: Stockholm.—The .Ways and Means Committee of the Finnish Diet has appropriated twenty million marks for the maintaining of the country's White Guards. The prominent poet Elino Leino ls reported to be working for full amnesty for all political prisoners. Lord Behblnder and three other officers of the Finnish- army have been arreBted for misappropriation of army funds. P. ti, P. NOTES Friday, Feb. 11, whist drive and masquerade dance. Cotillion hall. Roll up In hundreds. Funds wanted for liquidation of debt on hall; fancy dress options. Tickets: Gents, 50c; ladies, 25c. Saturday, Feb. 6—Social and dsincc at headquarters, 148 Cordova street west. Everybody invited. Tuesday, 8 p.m.—Executive meeting at headquarters. Friday, 7:30 — Junior Labor League meet at the house of Mrs, Pierrot, No. 21 Thirteenth avenue west. Roll up, young enthusiastic Laborltes, Sunday, Feb. B—McBride at Columbia, 8 p.m.; Mrs. Rose Henderson at headquarters, 148 Cor*- odva street west, 8 p'.ni. Sunday afternoon, Open Forum at 3 p.m., H. W.^Watts on "Direct Aotlon." ASIA FALLS TO British Troops Are Being Withdrawn from India Turks, Afghans and Persians Make Alliance With Russia (By Paul Hanna, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Washington.—Look up at your map and observe the great land wedge between Europe and India whioh la formed by the territories of Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan. The Hunt southern "apex" of this triangle lies along the open sea between Arabia and India. The Ups ot lte northern flanges are more than 3,0.0 miles apart Within thia vaat region tens of millions ef Mphomedana dwell. For half a century they have been subject te or In constant dread of British Imperialism, Today they are In open, offloloal alliance with the Russian Soviet government. From all their cities, (owns and vllages the Britlah garrisons are Withdrawing and moving towartl the sea. ; What the German Kaiser strove for ln the great war—the land gateway to Asia—has fallen to Communism. Qermany fought with big cannon and conscript legions, and failed. Lenin scattered pamphlets filled with promises of freedom, and he has won. These Turks, Afghans and Persians are not Communists, They have joined Soviet Russia simply because the Russians say to them: "We do not covet yout land nor your wealth. Throw off your op-, pressors and live jrour own Uvea without dictation from abroad." Britain conquered the Eost by giving money and honors to native princes. Soviet Russia has undone British conquests by offering freedom to the Oriental masses, as well as to native rulers who have been gradually shorn of their Independence by the foreign Imperialists. How has this "Communist wedge" between Europe and India affected the Indiana and the British polloy ln Hindustan? Sensational reactions are al.eady reported. A dispatch from Delhi says: "Thirty thousand native soldiers and 2600 British officers will be discharged from the Indian service before the end of March. It Is also believed probable that the British forces ln India will be further reduced by sending home two British cavalry and four British Infantry regiments." This astounding British withdrawal ln India seems to bo a direct consequence of mass agitation against the Intolerable taxation of natives .to support the British occupation. The British viceroy, the British commander-in-chief and the' army council ln London, protested against the withdrawal. But wtth rebellion already on foot ln Northern India, the British cabinet yielded to the demand of native ana non-oflloial members of the Viceroy's Council. The dismay of the Imperialists ls voiced by the London Telegraph In an editorial entitled "Are We Giving Up India?" which contains this bitter passage: "India Is restless and perturbed. A most determined and unscrupulous group of agitators ls working to inflame the public mind and fan discontent Into a roaring nre. It is engaged ln a crusade of sedition, rebellion and racial hate. . . . It does not deny that it will raise a rebellion whenever It thinks It can succeed. And what stands between It. and this alluring prospect? Nothing but two armies, the white and the brown, particularly tho former. .Take that away, or let It drop below safety mark, and Mr. Ghandl and his friends may pass from non-co-operation to active te- volt." Amherstburg. Ont.-Scores of Ca- nadlan draft evaders, largely from the province of Quebec, are eking out a living ln Canada's frozen north under the Impression that the war Is still on, Capt. William G. Goodchllds reported on his return from an eight-year sojourn in the Hudson Bay region. ATI COLUMBIA J. S. Woodsworth Spoke on Unemployment Last Sunday Last Sunday, Comrude Woods- worth dealt with the subject of unemployment In a capable manner, explaining to an Interested audience the cause and cure of the present epidemic. Dividing the periods of say 70 years ago and the present time, the spenker made it quite clear he was dealing with conditions strictly as they aro today, and were at an earlier period in Canada. Seventy years ago a man with grit and determination, could manage to got along In a comfortable- way. He had hot the large combines and trusts to fight. Lands were more accessible, and were not In the hands of speculators. The speaker made great capital out of the suggested exchange of the vast stores of salmon for firewater, and suggested to 'the audienoe they would probably have to start drinking before they could eat. Taking hfs audience a step further, he told how gradually the land had slipped Into the hands of speculators, trusts had arisen, the national resources of the country had beon stolen from the people, until now the wealth ot the Dominion waB in the hands of a few. The one cry of today was markets. Every country ln the world was crying out for markets. The Allies were at disagreements on the policy of reparation from Germany. What was more, lf the indemnity from Germany is paid In goods, it only makes the problem of markets for the Allies a harder one to solve. Turning next to the remedy, the speaker said the only cure was for tbe machinery, lands and natural resources, in fact everything necessary to production and distribution, revert to the people to be used for the benefit of all. For the elimination of production for proflt and the production of use in Its place, the speaker maintained In any case It was the function of the State to maintain every man, woman and ohild that are suffering from lack of employment or funds. At the close of the address, several questions were asked and answered to everybody's satisfaction. The ohalrman, in his opening remarks, stated the ultimate aim of the F. L. P. waB to bring about the downfall of capitalism As speedily as possible. There Is at present a revived Interest ln working class conditions, and the future of the party seems very bright. Mr. Longley rendered two fine solos; Mrs. Longley accompanied on the piano. The audience showed Its appreciation by applause. Isaac McBride will Bpoak on Suilday at the Columbia. Shoo Satisfaction at a Pair Price The Best $5 Boot in Town A goocl,.st.ong, serviceable work boot, all solid, made on a comfortable loot-form last. Brown or Black, $5.00. We Specialize for Men and Boys CORNETT BROS. & CLARKE LIMITED 33 HASTINOS STREET EAST Hamilton, Ont.— Two thousand Niagara Peninsula fruit growers formed a co-operative company to market all their product, which, it Is expected, will total more than Jl,500,000 during the coming season. P. L. P. Concert Another big concert Is to be held in the Federated Labor Party hall on Saturday evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. Quite a lot of new talent has been obtuined for this occasion and party members aljd sympathizers are heartily invited. Admission ls free. After the concert there wtll be a Uttle dancing. **n— Patronise Fed Advertliers. Largest Men's Storo In tlie West The great break in clothing, prices that levels these Young Men's Suits to what they cost on the factory floor. Hundreds of these Suits tre being thrown upon the market at outlet salo prloea—onr newest and largest showing for 1921— THE REGULAR PRICES RANGE FROM »S0 TO $(10 In sizes 34, 85, 86, St TO SELL AT— $14.75, $19.75, $22.75 $24.75, $29.75 "Your Money's Wotth or Your Money Back" Wm. Dick . -* Limited 4547-49 Hastings St. E. Despised the Parasitic and Aristocratic Idler Gang Admiral of the Britlah fleet, Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, firat baron of Kllverstone, Order of Merit, chairman of Inventions board, grand cordon of Legion of Honor, member of the committee of Imperial Defense, was something of a -Socialist. Admiral Fisher died recently, but just before his death, ho sent a letter to the London Times, reactionary Imperialist organ, giving six reasons why the British people should support the Labor Pai'ty. The fourth of thoso was that the people are sick of war and of warmongers. Since his death, the fact of his sympathies for Socialism Is becoming wider known. Being Jokingly accused by the late King Edward of being a Socialist, ho replied: "Well, ilr, I never did believe that all the brains ln the world went with white shirts." It Is woll known that the "barnacle type of British naval officer hated Admiral Fisher for his radical thinking and genius. The Glasgow Forward, Socialist Labor organ, says ln commenting upon his death: 'Many of the Btorles current about Lord Fisher's Socialist sympathies In his later year's—some we know to be true, and some otherwise. "Perhaps the most Interesting story of alt, in this connection, could bo told by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and Mr. Smillie, were thoy ao disposed, but it may be taken for granted that had a Labor Socialist government got Into power ln Fisher's day, he would have promptly offered his services wtlh a view to ensuring that the officer class in the navy, would be prevented from sabotaging th.e new regime. 'He despised the parasitic, inefficient, decorative mouctfard (spy and eavesdropper) with all his soul and he went about in society relating with glee what would happen to all the aristocrat idler gang When the Labor pai'ty took office." AT THEMIS Neither Turkey Nor Armenia Need Help of Paper Diplomats (By the Federated Press) Washington, — There is dismay at the White House and state department over the ridicule which all classes ln Europe have heaped upon the Wilson-Davis statement concerning Russia, Armenia and Turkoy. Beginning with the Colby note of August 10, Europe has either ignored completely every Wilson utterance respecting Russia, or has replied so contemptuously that the itate department dares not make public any of the responses. However, the Davts-Wlison proposal that all the powers give a public pledge to guarantee Russia from attack, in order' that Henry Morganthau may sail to Constantinople and "mediate" in behalf of Armenia has provoked a positive outburst of laughter in Europe. "Are we reading 'The Arabian Nights?' " asks the London Chronicle. Th'e circumstances are that there ar*e neither wars nor massacres In Armenia, whose people, for the flrst ttlme In many centuries, have a government of their own, and a territory much more generous than the Allies, ever offered them. Their government, however", fs a soviet government, under which all religious sects enjoy equal rights. Talaat Pasha, one of the Turkish leaders whose rebel government In alliance with Soviet Russin, has made peace with Armenia and driven the Allies out of nearly the whole of Turkey, says of the Wilson-Davis-Morganthau meddling: "Theft is no longer any conflict between Turkey and Armenia. And if there was Morganthau would be the laat man ln the worid to settle It, The Turkish people have Uttle confidence in his good faith or Impartiality. How President Wilson, after all of Morgerrthau's statements about the Turks, could name him as mediator, even lf mediation were necessary, ls beyond the oom prehension ot every Turk." President Wilson was infoi'med several weeks ago that Morgenthau was persona non grata to the Turks, yet he proceeded with his, fantastic paper .diplomacy as if his own preference would sweep away all opposition. For being alt dressed up with no place to go, Morgenthau has only the president to thank. wsmm Docs China Need Wheat? The Vancouver Dally Sun suggests sending 8,000,000 bushels of wheat to China to relieve the famine. Great Britain has tons of Chinese flour that the people there are unable to eat. This flour was shipped there several months ago and lt is now being forced onto the consumers because of the al' leged scarcity of the usual kind. In fact, the Co-operative Wholesale Society, which has large wheat fields and grain-buying agencies in Canada, was not permitted to handle Its own wheat with whloh lt has always been able to not only supply ln the form of flour' and bread to Its four million members, but to others as well. Protests have been made by this organization time and time again about the interior Chinese flour whloh the government was supplying the people, but no change has been mad*. logical and Inevitable consequcnoe of the policy of the American government towards Soviet Russia, Tho decision of the secretary ot" labor was directed, not against my- jBelf, but specifically against the government whtch I represent. The decision said, In effect, that the Amorican government would not permit any representative of the Soviet government to approach America for the purpose of establishing political or economic relations. "I have no knowledge of the'future plans of the American government, nor can I tell In what direction this policy of Ignoring the existence of the established government of the largest oountry In Europe will lead. I know that the Soviet government Is more firmly established, beyond fear or darrger of foreign or internal assault than It was on the day when'I flrst approached the American government on Its behalf. I know further that the industrial and economic conditions of the world, not excepting America, are suoh that the resumption of normal economic relations with Russia has become nn imperative necessity upon all the nations . ... I can only say that when the American people are prepared to approach this problem, tho government of tho Russian workers and peasants will be ready to meet them in a reasonable and friendly spirit." Where Is tlie Union Button? TAXI SWAN TAXI Central Hotel it CORDOVA ST. E. Phone Sey. 055S Night—Phono High. 4II5X M. 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