THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDUSTRIAL TJNITT: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL. POLITICAL UNITT: VICTORY THIRTEENTH YEAR. No. 3 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28,1921 $2.50 PER YEAR B.C. WAGE CUTTING First Attempts Have Not Met With Approval Employees likely to Be Great Many Increases Before Year Has Passed Th« employers of B. C. have been somewhat afleoUd with tho Alienee whloh ha* broken out In many parts of this continent to reduce wave*. But the flnt assault la not meeting with the success WUhed for In many Instances, Ifany employers have rushed Into tta scheme without giving a great deal of thought to lt, with the result that the employees havo, ln many cases, been able to show the bosses the fallacy of such a move and thus prevented what might kave been serious disturbances' ln the province. One of the recent attempts was made during the lockout of the printers, when at ihe alleged suggestion ot the Manufacturers' Association, a out of $S.fiO per week was made to the men. The men laughed at the suggestion and the bosses reverted to thetr former attitude and later agreed to what will ba an increase In wages. The shipbuilding Arm ot Coughlans thought the time opportune •nd posted notices ot a reduction, hut after a conference with offl (Continued on page T) UNORGANIZED WORKERS OET BIO WAOE OUT American Saw Mill Workers Are Boing Forced Into Bad Working Conditions Seattle, Wash, — Unorganized workers are faring badly at the hands of sawmill owners. The Bolcom-Canal Lumber Company haB made a wage out of 87 __ per cent. Men are putting ln 12 hours at the plant at straight time pay now, whereas last summer they got time and a half pay for anything over eight hours, The mill Is being run overtime to till orderti, despite the claims made that a wage cut Is neseasary because there Is practically no business. New Organization in U. S. Holdisi Its First Convention Philadelphia—After giving approval to Ireland's struggle for freedom and adopting the shop •Uward's system ln Its entirety, the first convention of the Amalgamated Metal Workers has adjourned, deciding to oall a national •onference of all bodies ln the industry at some time in the future. Following is a resume ot the various actions taken by the convention: The Berne International was condemned for its betrayal of the caube ot Labor. It was deolded to affiliate with Revolutionary organizations for the organization of a revolutionary industrial international. The workers were called upon to use all means at their disposal to foroe the government to recognise Russia, The release of all ctass, war and political prisoners was demanded. It was planned to communicate with the Italian Metal Workers in order to learn their organization methods. Organizers were assigned to work among Spanish, Italian and female workers. The constitution adopted by the eonvention now goes before the membership tn a referendum. National officers will be elected later. Senators of United States Say Britain Wants to Avoid Payment Finances Needed for the Military Conquest of Many Countries (By Laurence Todd) Feedrated Press Correspondent Washington.—Light upon the British attempt to avoid payment of interest and principal due the United States on the $4,000,000,000 debt of the British Oovernment to our Treasury, U sought in resolutions offered in the Senate by Walsh of Massachusetts and La- Follette ot Wisconsin. Thla light is needed because special agent of Lloyd Oeorge Is coming over with a plan for " funding" or otherwise putting off the fatal day of payment of real money in return for the real money and real food and clothing and other goods which the United States Government delivered u the British. The Senate progressives want to know whether Lloyd George is conserving his financial resources Tor the military inquest of Ireland. India, Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia and other countries' at our expense. They want further to know whether the British armies are to be strengthened, and wars are to be fought under British encouragement, because of the ease with which the American government foregoes collection of the funds It needs to meet its own current deficit. IN GT. BRITAIN J. AT I EMPRESS O'Connor Dealt With Historic Forces Last Week huge Last Sunday evening crowd turned up at the Empress theatre to hear Tom O'Connor, present the case for the Socialist Party. Lack of space prevents a detailed report of the address, but in the time allowed him, O'Connor, ln his Inimitable style, dealt with the historic movement of the human race, emphasizing and proving that the growth and development of economic forces within society must bring capitalism to an end. The questions sent up at the close of the address, were dealt with ln a verV ablo manner, and a splendid night's work was accomplished. Jack Kavanagh will eptak next Sunday. Cochrane, Ont—The plant of the Mattagaml Pulp & Paper Company at Smooth Rock Falls has closed. Situation Appears Hopeless in Spite of Introduction of Palliatives London—There are now admittedly 544,000 names on tho registered lists of unemployed here, and these represent only a proportion of those out of work. It ts estl mated by the Labor Party that at loast 1,000,000 men and women are now workless tn Great Britain. The government's new plans for meeting thc unemployed crisis arc described by Labor speakers as mere palliatives. The best of these Is the decision to grant unemployment benefit without enforcing the condition of the four continuous weoks' qualifying period of employment in an Insured trade. This measure apples only to wot'kers on the "live register, and was operative only until the end of December, 1920, The government further proposes to grant a sum not exceeding £3,- 000,000 In all—a third of the price of a new battleship—to assist local authorities ln carrying out work schemes, A system of dilution, involving the employment of ex-service men, also has been presented to tho Building Trades Union by the government. Meanwhile, Labor demands far more drastic measures: Maintenance for every one who ls out of work, with allowances for dependents; a new foreign policy Involving constructive attempts to rehabilitate Kurope and restore ti*ade and peace; and the organization of Industry In such a way that, ln times when work Is slack, the workers shall not suffer. All this could be done to some extent under capitalism, but only a complete change of the oconomic system can, of course, ensure the abolition of crises Uke the present one, Labor leaders point out. A. F. of L. Will aold an Emergency Conference Next Month U. S. Labor to Show Fight Against Encroachment of Capital (By Lwrence Todd, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Washington.—By calling an emergency conference of the executives of the 109 national and international unions now afflliated in the American Federation of Labor, to meet here February 23 to consider the "open shop" drive, the killing of the Clayton Act and the threatened dlsemployment of, further millions of wage workers, Sam Gompers has thrown wide open the question es to the future policy of the Federation. The progressive forces will flght for a new programme—they now ssy. Centered in the group of organizations represented in the railroad industry, this element stands for public ownership and democratic operation of, the basic Industries on which the general economic life of the country is depend ent. They favor trade with Soviet Russia. They oppose militarism. They oppose espionage and sedition laws. They demand tho restoration of all civil liberties and the release of all political prisoners. They want the A. F. of L, to join the Amsterdam International, the International Federation of Trade Unionists. They want to act in concert with the British Labor Party In meeting the crises ot unemployment, disarmament, liberation of oppressed natlona-llties, restoration.of peace ln Europe and Asia, and the early beginning of a big programme of so clal control of industry in the in terest of the workers in Industry and the muss of tho consumers of the products of industry. These principles will form the basis of division betweon the Old Guard—which resists them—and the progressive bloc, at the February conference. The conference wtll be no cut- and-drled affair, and there will be no endorsement of any reactinriaiy programme, whether offered by Sa'muel Gompera or anyone olaa, said Timothy Healy, presldc'it of the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and recent fraternal delegate to tho British Trade Union Congress, discussing the situation. Reactionary ideas must be dropped by the Aiiierican labor movoment. We are facing a terrible and critical condition, In which the workers will tolerate no hesitation In the safeguarding of their rights from attack from either thc business interests or from poUical reaction. The rank and flle are going to bo heard." It Is apparent that the conference has been called both in response to the demand voice1! hy President Johnston o£ the Machinists Immediately after the November election, on behalf of tho progressives, and because the Gompers following hns become anx'oiis, since thc Supreme Court wiped out their Magna Charta—the Clayton Act—to get a new sanction 'rom the unions in preparation for the struggle against the progressives which must take place ln the Denver convention In June. It ls poasi ble that the issuance of the cal' was influenced by tho fact that Johnston Invited himself to "visit the Pan-American Labor Congress at Mexico City, which the executive council of the A. F. of L, had Subject Will Be Unemployment, Its Cause and Cure bita Rose Henderson spoke to a big crowd laat Sunday. In her opening remarks ahe Instances how on a visit to a museum In Germany aha noticed tha great growth ot the brains ot a man or woman when shown skulls dating hack several hundred years ago, up to the present age showing how new evolution will go on. This waa used to further explain the meaning of revolution* viz, to go round. Mrs. Henderson then outlined the various stages of society under which we have lived and how each various stage gave place to i other, and so on up to the present capitalistic system. The audience waa reminded that in the days of slavery when a master purchased a slave vhe was only too pleased to give that particular Blave every care and attention as he would cost money to replace. The difference between the slavery of that period and today being In the former the slave was purchased and taken care of. Now the slaves offer themselves ln groups for sale and at a price which will not assure a reasonable condition of existence. Next naklng up the subject uf sabotage she illustrated how the master class had alwaya used thto weapon in the adulteration of foods, etc., and also In the matter of production, locking out tho workers whenever they found a profit could not be made on the goods manufactured. How could you expect workmen to remain "moral" when such examples were thrust upon them. A fervent appeal was mado for Ireland to be granted her full and freo independence. It being quite evident that today she is being held down by armed forces against the will of the people and what is more' against the will ot the workers.1 Russia was also spoken of, and; the speaker asked for Russia to' be given a fall* trial and allowed' to develop her resources and organize the country on whatever basis of form, of government the' people desired. Next Sunday, 8 p.m., Comrado J. S. Woodsworth will speak. Subject, "Unemployment, Ita Cauae and Cure." Chairman, Walter Batt. Come early to secure a seat. Hundreds turned away last week. Peterborough, Ont. — "I believe this government is the creature of certain big schemes now floating lh the air and that it ta a positive dan. ger to Canada," J. H. Burnham, a hide-bound Conservative, who re- atgned his seat ln the House of Commons following his declaration that the present parliament S elected merely to carry Canada through the war period, says In an eloction manifesto. FAILURES ARE ONI INCREASE Men Cannot Keep Up Desired Na : tional Prosperity (By Scott Nearing, Federated Press Staff Writer) Tha newspapers have had very little to aay about business failures during the paat few weeks. When thp 27th North Dakota bank closed its doors, there was less comment than when the first one went to th$ wall, and that comment was *' cted against the Non-partisan Instead of reporting fall- a the papers have printed rosy dictions by Judge Gary, James under and other flnanclal lead- 'allures have occurred none the and the number haa been mounting rapidly. During the flrst months of 1020, the business failures averaged 500 per month (ttnuary, 510; February, 441; Search, 581; April, 481; May, 455; June, 672.) After that the lncreaae beftan. There were 698 failures ln July; 683 In August; 861 ln September; 802 In Ootober; 802 in December. The failures, ln December were therefore twice those of October and Nov. and three times the number reported for the early months 0f the year. Furthermore, tMb failures for the last week of December (470) were almost equal to' the monthly average for the flrst half of the year. Of course, these failures were mainly among small business men. Thus, during the week ending December 16, ot the 414 failures, 810, or three-fourths, were reported by Arms which had a capital of less than 15000; 54 were reported by businesses with 15000 to $20,000 capital, and only 10 (less than 3 per cent.) lnolved firms with $100,- 000 or more of capital. The business depression Is mounting—surely and rapdlly. The "small fry" Is caught flrst. Later, as. the depression becomes more severe, the larger businesses will be Involved, until the whole econ omlo fabric Is in tho grip of "hard times." Unemployment will become rampant; the poor (the families of the unemployed workerB) will suffer Indescribable hardship; the rich will grow a little richer; gradually the surplus will be absorbed and again capitalism will resume Its solemn course of pros pertty, panic and liquidation. Thla same condtilon ot affairs applies equally, as well to Canada and the rest of. the world. IN (Continued on Page 8) IE IN |.«l.fr.tll|.l|..>..t..fr.t..>H>»l»t..t-«».^^ Meetings in O.B.U. Hall For the Coming Week 804 FENDER BTREET WEST SUNDAY—Irish Self-Determination League, MONDAY—Piledrivers. THURSDAY—Plasterers* Helpers and Dance, 9 to 12. SATURDAY—Danc«, 9 to 12. "p.'i'.w*1" Big Strike Movement Ties Up Many Industrial Pursuits Buenos Ayres—The National Socialist Congress of Argentina, meeting at Bahla Blanca, tbted unanimously to cable Lenin their wishes for his complete success. By a vote of 6018 to 3656, they decided against affiliation with the Third International, The growing radicalism of Labor ln Argentina has played a prominent part ln the serlos of strikes, particularly In shipping, which havu brokon out since the collapse of the revolutionary strike of Jan., 1019. At present 450 vessels are tied up in the various ports of tho nation, the Maritime Federation of Workera having refused the concessions offered by the shipowners. Automobiles or taxi cabs havo Jjoen rare sights upon the streets of this city during the past two weeks, due to the strike of 3000 chauffeurs in Bymputhy with the striking employees of the West India Oil Co. The strikers will allow nothing to be moved In any way connected with the oil Industry, with the result that tho entiro nation is faced with a gasoline famine. _ The unrest of Labor ia fust spreading Into the rural districts, In some of which troops have been called out to suppress the striking ranch hands. The workers on the large sheep ranches ln Santa Cruz territory have Joined the strike movement. Ontario United Farmers Sec. Warns Against Military Ideas London, Ont.—"We were told that the last war was to end all wara, but militarism now Ib rampant in Canada and Its is infesting the schools and homes," J. J. Morrison, secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario, declared in a speech at Willow Grove, Middlesex county. "We are told that we must be prepared to insure peace. Look at Germany. What did preparedness do for her? The poople of Germany were misled by the same arguments that are now being used hore. "The humble German citizen did not want war any moro than you do. You knew them here before the war, and they were good citlsens.. The German people were ruled by war lords who told them to prepare. They listened to the militarists and what was the result? Millions of people slaughtered and the country wrecked. "Thirty years ago Colonel Denison, now Toronto's magistrate, was going up and down the country preaching the doctrine of preparedness for an Invasion from the United States. Ho wanted forts built along the International boundary and war vessels on the Great Lakes. He didn't succeed. If he had succeeded Canada and the United States would have clashed long before this. When your neighbor begins to arm himself, you, too, arm, ln self-defense. If you train a professional soldier class they will want war. They will want promotion. They will want honor, Tho only way they can get It will be by war. It's not popular to say these things, but if we do not suppress this militaristic movement, which Is now In full swing, the same thing will happen to us aa happened ln Germany." South Vancouver F. L. P. The South Vancouver branch of the F. L. P. will hold an organization meeting in the G. A. U. V. Hal), 40th Avenue and Victoria Road, on Friday, February 4, at 8 ftnn. Speakers will be announced later. Come and bring your fiWds. MANY MINERS Of Government Offers Them $3.50 a Day to Work on the Roads John McMillan, secretary of the Mordcn (Vancouver Island) miners, forwards the following reso< lution to the Federationist, which resulted from a meeting held in Richards hall, South Wellington, last Sunday. The meeting was composed of unemployed miners ahd others who are out of work in the Nanaimo district, and was called because of criticism levelled at the unemployed for accepting work oh the roads at government relief 3'iy of $3.r»o per day. The resolu- on reads: i "Whereas, thc Provincial government ls setting a'dangerous precedent in paying $3.CO per day for relief work on roads; and, whereas, this amount Is altogether Inadequate to keep a family on; and whereas, lt will be used as a precedent by private employers to reduce wages, and is unfair to other government employees who are now receiving a minimum of 14.25 per day. • ' "Therefore, be lt resolved, that this mass meeting of unemployed, assembled in Richards hall, South Wellington, Sunday, Jan. 16, 1921, strongly protest to the Provincial government for such action as set fprth in preamble herewith attached." "And be It further resolved, that we declare such wagea at this time to be unfair. ; "And, be It further resolved, that the secretary of this meeting be Instructed to communicate with tjie various mine committees of Nanaimo and district, asking that they take up a collection to support the uncmploped ln their stand against the government's wage of 18.50 per day." Further action of unemployed will largely depend upon support received. Independents and Communists Unite With 700- 000 Members Farmers and Machinists Uning Up With the New Movement (By the Federated Press) Berlin.—Despite predictions by old-time trade unionists, baaed upon the failure of tha Communists to get control of the powerful Metal Workers' Union In Greater Berlin at the recent election of a local directorate, that the new Communist .party's chances of winning the support of the unions on a large acale ' are not very bright, It li a fact that aa a result ot the recent fusion ot the Independent Socialists with the Communist Party the new Communist Party has approximately 700,000 memberi. This is as large as the party in Russia. Leaders of the United Communist Party are greatly cheered by the results of a recent election In Chemnitz where the Communists oast 17,180 votes and won eight seats in the Municipal Council. Theae gains are attributed to the fact that Communist agitators from Hanau, the Prussian city captured by the Communists some time ago, laid much stress upon the practical reforms put through in their city. Among the accomplishments of the Hanau Communist aldermen are the cutting of the gas rate for persons with incomes of less than 18,000 marks a year; free meals for school children, paid for by a 5 per cent, tax on persona with incomes of morg than 30,000 marks; the drastic execution of housing regulations compelling house owners to limit themselves to three or four rooms and let the others to working class families; the fur nlshlng of free funerals to persons with less than 18,000 mark incomes; the establishing of a welfare bureau for infants and nursing mothers, as well as creches, where mothers and children receive milk and food gratis, and the abolition of religious instruction In the schools. Paul Levy, an old supporter of Liebknecht and now one of the leaders in the Communist Party, gives as the reasons for this strengthening of the adherents to thc Third International In Germany the dissatisfaction of the proletariat with the present political and economic system, unemployment and the disintegration of the methods of production. Speaking of the recruits which the Communist Party ts getting, Levy showa how they are coming now out of the ranks of the new poor. "The farm hands and Bmall farmers are coming over to us," he says. "Foor the first time In history there has been a revolutionary movement on the estates in North Germany. Alongside these farmera ts an army ot functionaries, pensioners and skilled workmen who imagined till now they stood firm soil. It la among these that the Communists are finding much of their moral and intellectual support." The new German Communist Party recently formed by the Left Independents and Communists will be led by Clara Zetkln, Paul Levy and Daumlg, all members of the Reichstag. Robert Williams of the English Transport Workers, who attended the conference, (Continued on page 8) NORWAY LABOB SPLITS ON INTEBNATIONAL Formation of a New Party Planned As a Reeult of Division ln tbe Ranks Chrlstlanla—The Labor Party of Norway has split on the question of affiliation with the Communist International. Two hundred delegates to the congress, In session here, walked out and decided to form a new party. Tha: others definitely affiliated with the Communists. ' S The dissenting 200 are preparing tha formation of a new part.,, to which mott of the Labor leaders ln parliament will belong, It' li Bald. Patronize Federatlonist advertisers and tell them why you do so. OF L HAVE THE Plan to Continue Debate Until Three Members Are Released Will Have Eighteen Days To Serve Before Winnipeg.—Tho Free Preis Evening Bulletin states: "A blockade of the business of tho legislature until Labor members Imprisoned on charges of seditious conspiracy are released, ls planned by the Labor group lu the Provincial House, according to Information obtained at the Parliament Buildings. The Labor members plan to continue the debato on the speech from the throno until William Ivens, Oeorge Armstrong and John Queen are paroled, so that they will be given an opportunity to reply to the throne message and to take their part in the buslnesj of the session. "The term of imprisonment imposed on the Labor members does not expire until April 6, but a number of days will be taken oK for good conduct, making March 1 as the probable date for the release. Thc session opens Feb. 10." Teamsters Now Agreement The Vnncouver local of the Oeneral Teamsters and Chauffeurs Association will take up thc question of the renewal of Its agreement with the employers, which expires March 27. All members aro requested to attend. Will Oppose Any Attempt to Change Economic Regime Commander of Japanese Forces Reveals True Objects of Japan (By Philip Salter, Fedorated Preaa Stall Correspondent) Peking—General Oi, commander ot the Japanese troops in Siberia, has Informed the Vladlostok government—or as much of a government as Japan permits Vladivostok to have—that It will not permit any step looking toward the Institution of a Communist form of government In the Eastern Siberian province. Thereby he reveals much aa to what has actuated all the great powers ln their polloy toward Russia. Japan drops suddenly the pretense of self-defence, the need of keeping the Russian Soviet forces out of Manchuria and Korea and, thereby, Japan. It .drops the pretense of defending the helpless Russian peasants against the "red tyr'ants" ln the cause of the sacred rights of self-determination. It atates Its objects nakedly—to prevent any modification of the present economic regime or any experiment that might by example undermine that regime ln Japan. (Continued on page 7) INSIDE ATTACK ING TO LEFT SELF-DETERMINATION FOE IRELAND LEAGUE Speaker: Mr. TOM RICHARDSON PENDER HALL, Cor. Howe and Pender SUNDAY, Jan. SOth, 1921 8:80 t. M. ^■■■■•^■■ane-.^ft"*'!"!"*-*-*"*"* ■«'■»-«'■>'e'^4'" '"* * Hawthornthwaite Invited to Attend Ladysmith Meeting Knocking. Soviet Russia seems to be a favorable Mistime of some erstwhile Socialists, among whom J. H. Hawthornthwalte can be placed. Only recently In Victoria whilo addressing a meeting of war veterans J. H. H. hnd the opportunity and took it, of denouncing tho new order In Russia, and stated, if preaa reports be true, that Lenin and Trotsky had admitted that they had failed. First hand knowledge is, however, essenlinl In order to understand any situation, and there are men who have been In Russia since the revolution and Isaac McBride, who is representing the Soviet Russia medical relief fund committee, has been there In recent times, and Blnco the revolution, and will speak at a good number of meetings on the coaat within the na*t few weeks, Arrangements have been made for him to speak at Gould's hall, Ladysmith, on February 3, and an Invitation has been made to Mr. Hawthornthwalte to attend, when ho will havo an opportunity of hearing flrst-hand Information on the conditions ln Soviet Russia, and to compare his statements as to what has taken place in that country, with thc remarks of Mr. McBride. Machinists Union Officials Say Detectives Have Secret Instructions (By Laurence Todd, Federated Press Stuff CorteBpoiident) Washington—Secret instructions Issued to detectives and stool-pigeons Inside the Labor movoment by detective agencies, to "break up all unions by May 31," have been disclosed to the International' Association of Machinists, Oeneral Secretary-treasurer Davison told the Federated Press. This nation-wide plot to break up unions from the Inside was one of the elements ln the general plan of campaign of the "open Bhop" and "American plan" enthusiasts. Considerable sumB have been spent on the ottempt to carry It through to success. "At their present rate of progress," said Davison, "the employers who put money into this plan will not draw a dividend from It in 1921. On the con ."ry, they are driving all elements of the Labor movement, within and outside ths A. F, of L. Into a feeling of solidarity and an intensity of determination they have not had in years." Toronto, Ont.—Two rooms in ths parliament buildings are being fll- ted up for the use of Ernest Drury, Farmer-Labor premier of Ontario, who wants to sleep near his work, Aa MINES ARE Labor Forces Are Being Unified Since the Strike (By the Federated Press) Berlin, Dec. 30—(By Mail). Two outstanding features of the aftermath of the partial general strike called In the Cxecho-Slovak Republic by the Left Wing of the .Socialist Party and the Communists following the fatal clash in Prague on Doc. 9, when the Right Wing of the Czech Socialist Purty regained possession of the party's central offlce, with the help of the police, arc the tendency toward the unification of the Laboi' forces on the one hand and the move toward establishing a reactionary White Guard on the other. The Rude Pravo, organ of the Left Wing of the Czech Socialist Party, reports a meeting held in Prague on Dec. 20, attended by 1G6 members of the executive committees of 41 Czech trade unions, at which a decided trend toward the Left was revealed. Upon motion of M. Pucovsky, it was decided to order the parliamentary club of the Right Wing ond to join tlio club of trade union deputies ri-- poliU^ HS 'in lnaePOndent For th. I,.,, iuh tnuinh, U,« »»..!.,- Operators Could Not Work With Unfair Labor The O. B. U. miners in the Slocan district have a clear field now after their long strike. AH the mines that triod to operate under unfair conditions have closed down. That the Czech societies, known as the Sokols, are to be armed for the purpose of "protecting national ideas" is the statement made in local papers. At the next meeting of the executive committee ot the Sokols plans for auch action are to bs worked out, presumably with the consent of the government authorities, who are said to be not over confident of tho uttltudo of the regular troops in case 0f future strike disturbances. It ls stated that the armed Sokols cun be used to try out the militia system promised for the future by President Masaryk. tors of the Noble Five mlae have been trying to operate wilh men from the prairie, and during that time have kept tbe hospital full to capacity, In fact the hospital has had to have extra help ln order to bc able to take cure of the injured men. Tho owners ot the NoMo Five have been advertising through the dally press about their up-to-date bunkhouse, and tliey claim tlmt It cost thom $10,000 but still what they call an up-io-dale bunkhuUt.ti Is 120 cu';;c tout under tbe requirements of tho IhuHj. regulai*jtt acl of tills pr "Vlnce. IWJGl1 DJCWftXHE The La.n.'l'y Worker* have contributed the sum of $109.04 to tht defense fund. M"*"t"»"»"t"<»l"t«>'«"«">»*»<"|i'.'»<'l) Public Meetings Actual Conditions in Soviet Russia » ISAAC McBRIDE Journalist and Lecturer, recently returned from Soviot Russia, will apeak Vancouver, Sunday next, January 80lli, Kmpress Theatre, 3 p.m. Vancouver. Sundny next, January UOtli, Colonial Theatre, 8 p.m. New M'cslniliwtor, Monday, January :tlsi. Opera House, 8 p.m. Victoria, Tuesday, February 1st, 8 p.m. >■■«■.!■■»■■ 4*a*tm \GETWO thirteenth year. no. » tHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER, B. C. 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AMVAYS THnEATENlrfB-^OliTBji PALLING As It Was Not in the Beginning! »**>.** ****** ****** ****** A Chapter on the Relationship of the Sexes A LETTER appeared In tho Dally News of August 13th last, by Misa Jane Burr, de scribed as "the young: American noveftet and poet." It concerned the relationship of the sexes, and evoked considerable interest and a number of replies. Miss Burrfl,oon(3emns . marriago without qualification,.and calls for a new relationship of the sexes. "All women are sick .to death of marriage. Our mothers are sick of it and their mothers were ber fore them. In an interview on the same subject, the Daily News quotes her.as saying: "I have no use for marriage. What I want is romance—and marriage Just knocks that on the head." Dame Clara Butt in the snme correspondence declares: "Marriage is a free institution which has been ruined by the laws being too one-sidfed." The burden of Miss Burr's other critics ls that all marriages are not failures, that none need be, ln fact, would young people study the physical Implications of marriage, the care of children, and the exercise of mutual tolerance and consideration. It will be seen that Miss Burr and her critics equally make the mistake of viewing matrimonial relationships as isolated from other social relations, and capable of being treated without reference to them. To those who have adopted the materialistic conception of history it is apparent that niarriage Is a social institution which, like all others—tho structure of the law, the established church, social amusements, and so on—reflects material conditions. Every fundamental change in the organization of the production of wealth revolutionizes the institutions qf social life, so that they correctly represent the new relationships between members of the community. Marriage relations under modern capitalism are very different to those which existed during the period of chattel slavery, and different again from those of tribal communism. It ls therefore, well that anyone who finds undesirable features in present-day marriage should - consider how far they arise from the nature of marriage in goneral, and therefore would he common to all forms of the family, and how far they are peculiar to the special form which marriage takes at this point of ItB development. It Is self-evident, for example, that In any continued and lntlmote human' intercourse, much tolerance Is necessary to. secure harmony; indeed, we may say that happiness In co-operation is in proportion to the common willingness to subordinate Individual well-being to that of the group—whether the group be of two or two millions. Common sense dictates, likewise, a clear understanding of thoso physical functions which He to some extent within the,control of the human will, that of generation among the most, important; and tho greatest "possible efficiency* in all wont whilcliMy^ desire to do Well, the care of 'children being such work in the eyes of most men and women. Such requirements of married Ufe, therefore, are common to all forms of the family in all ages; and their absence mars alike the household of tho Australian aborigine and the cultured European. Not Common Feature Miss Burr's charge against the institution of marriago, however, points Immediately to a feature not common to all stages of development. Her complaint is that present-day marriage is a bond not to be severed at will—that Inability to support herself and the necessity of caring for her children make a wife dependent upon her husband; and he, similarly, because she Is his wife and the mother of his children, is bound to support her. "We'vo got to quit working the men on that threadbare business of being the mothers of their children. We've got to quit working the men at all. We've got to be trained to Jobs, and we've got to learn how to be cast aside." It is true Miss Burr confuses her argument by exaggerated and ambiguous phrases. That "all women are sick to death of marriage," for Instance, is obviously incorrect, and gives her opponents an excuse for paying no attention to her , main argument. '* • ,"- Again, she says: "If only men will permit us to print the truth about life Instead of keeping that knowledge within their sacre.d- clr cles we women might be able to promise them a Square " dfe^l/1 iii future." But she does not' defli^' what she means' by "the.'^trutn; about life." What is th'is,'Rno\^: ledgs of which, men havo the,m6n- opoly, and, by implication, ^uo not allow women to print? AiiS'hojv do they provent it? 'm' " •>•-.-■■-. "nr.,-sin Miss Burr's condemnation^.. q£ marriage rests, on . ecfj&omh; grounds, as we have seen, and of the force of economic prpssui;© both sexes are equally coi^izanjt. Besides, she demands: "Is itj^fp- ty to push our boys and gjrlp;!i>ff, into something that we know •bq?, forehand has made us wretched?"; So, after all, It appears that, one sex Is not so much better acquainted with "the truth about Ufe" (whatever it. may be) ,Jhan the other. Woman Dependent on Man For all that her mai.i charge,-as stated above is definite, and obviously It is applicable only to" "a" systom where the married woman is dependent on her husband. That is to say, where card of the household and the bearing of children are not a concern of society as a wljole, but the private business bf the male head of each family. Plainly, too, It is an evil that will only vanish when the vital functions of maternity and housewifery again become a public service-1- when not the monogamous family, but the individual human being, is the economic unit of society. The scope of our enquiry,' the'n, must be this: Out of what system of production did the family as we know it arise, and" what' is Its logical future development? Bet us briefly glance at"' ;fh¥ origin and growth of the hliman' family, a« made known by'the research of many scientists. In this direction one name stands, preeminent—that of Lewis Morgan, Miss Burr's countryman. By a different road he arrived at the same result as Marx—the "formulation of the theory that the foremost dynamic factor in history 'is the reproduction of the materialistic requirements of life. During1 the 43 years since his main work was published further investigation has but confirmed his principle findings. When Women Uulril According to Morgan, during the period of savagery, when property consisted of the simplest of articles, and none owned accumulations of wealth which they might wish thoir children to inherit, group marriage existed. Thhj.wt^s itself a development frorji ' an earlier condition of unrestricted sexual intercourse within the tribe, and constituted every woman yjfjtli- In the group the wife of ^very man, and vice versa. At itg.ear- lieat appearance the groups, werp very broad; as one set of relatives after another was excluded Jrorp sexual intercourse, they narrowed. Obviously in such groups only, female lineage could be traced;- therefore women, as the acknowledged parents of children, .were held In high respect. When, the continued narrowing of marriage, groups resulted in the pairing~.fanally within the communal houses hold, the women still, ruled there. But with the rearing of herds and keeping of slaves during barbarism, came the accumulation of private property in the tools of production, which, acccordlng to the division of labor, and consequently of property, belonged to the man. This ownership gave the husband the superior position in the household, but according to the traditional custom, his wealth was inherited, not by his children (for he was not acknowledged Iheir parent) but by certain of his relatives on his mother's side. Thereforo in widely different nations and times, so soon aa the means of production became private property in the hands of men, was the "maternal law" over thrown. The wife became the bearer of her husband's children, the superintendent of his slaves. Nominally either party could atill dissolve the marriage at pleasure, but actually, of course, the woman was bound to the man who held the food and instruments for producing food. In the mona'gamous family which next developed, and which amons the Greeks attained its severest form, even this nominal freedom of the wife disappeared. The marriage wjis made permanent, and the wife bound to chastity by severest penalties—evert under pain of death. Not so the husband. Bq had the right to demand thp surrender qf his female slavos, and intercourse with prostitutes was b.v no means condemned. "Supremacy of the man in the family, and generation of children that could be his offspring alone and were destined to be the heirs of his woalth —these were openly avowed by tho Greeks to b,e th'e sole object*! of monogamy." (Engels. "Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State," j). 79.) - >. • Family Economic Unit We flee, then, that with the posing of tribal communism .ml the development of. private pr,>p«.riy in. the means of life, the monogamous family became the economic unit of society. "In the ancient communistic household, comprising many' married couples and their children, the administration entrusted to women was Just as muoh a public function, a socially necessary Industry, as the procuring of food by men/' (Engels. "Origin of the Family," p. 89.) In the transition to monogamy-this social character of women's^work disappeared. Hers became a private service within the unit—the monogamous family. It was no longer the business of society, but of the husband, to supply her with the necessaries of life; and this dependence bound her to hfm more effectually than legal ties, though these,. as we well know, speedily came iptp existence. ; Appearing on the threshold of civilization, and boing the form of the family generally corresponding to .it, monogamy has endured through feudalism, with legal changes conforming flrst to ieudul, then to capitalist, ideology. And its character of being monogamy only for women, stamped upon it by the practico of "enjoying" young female-slaves, persists also to the present day- This by no means signifies that chastity among men is unknown, but sitnply that It is not'necessary to the form, and that sexual irregularities aro Judged more leniently In a man than in a woman. The nominal denunciation of prostitution by the present-day ruling class is mainly confined to the women who practice it, and seldom touches the men, who employ it. This shows by how much Dante Burr's remark, quoted above, misses the truth. The "one-sided laws" of which she complains are not the cause of the subjection of married women, on the contrary, the economic conditions which involved that degradation created a sex relationship which found Its expression in "one-sided laws." We have pursued our enquiry so far with respect to conditions during married life, nnd it may perhaps have been.ossumed that Ih the, actual coming together of young people there has usually ibeen a freedom of choice which was a kind of guarantee of marital ^happiness. Unfortunately, the factB _o not confirm this assumption. In the stage of the pairing family (where separation began for the first time to be difficult of accomplishment), the Carriage was arranged by the mothers of the bride and bridegroom, without their consent and often without their knowledge. In the succeeding patriarchal family, the agreement was between the fathers, and with usually quite other alms than the happiness of the betrothed. So in monogamy, during the middle ages, marriage contracts were arranged in th* Interest of the house or realm, to which Individual preference had to bow- Such submission was regarded as the duty of young people. Feudalism passing away, capitalist ideas required that both contracting parties should be free, and theoretically gave to both .women and men the right of choice. Tet It Is well known that in practice nmr- COMMUNIST MAKES OBJECTION TO I. W. W. United States Delegato Says They Should Not Be Admitted to Communists Berlin—At a reeent meeting of tbo Oerman Communist Party* Hottner, an unofficial delegate of the party from the United States, contested the admission of the X. W. W. into the ranks. He objected on the" grounds that the L W. W.'s, along with the Syndicalists, form a body without a head. As proof of the unripeness of the I. W. W. he chai'ged that members of that body had loaded munitions at Philadelphia for General Wrangel. "The American I. W. W.'s are opposed to terrorism tion and reject the Russian methods as not adapted to American needs," Hottner said and therefore advised against the admission of the I. W. W.'s into the Third International. Wher* ts your Union button? rlages of choice In the ruling class are the exception. In capitalist countries where a portion of the parental wealth ls legally assured to the children, the consent of parents to a marriage must be ob talned; and In capitalist countries where consent ls not necessary, the children may be disinherited. Individual preference here has little more opportunity to assert itself than under any previous social system; and if, as often happens, the match is an ill-sorted one, and one partner wishes to dissolve It, the dependence of the woman forbids it, and consolation has to be sought, If at all, outside the marriage tie. These are the results of the sub- action of women, to the ruling class of our day. What of the proletarians)* At flrst glance they appear happier, in that they have greater freedom of choice—the parents of young workers having nothing to gain by the marriage—and because most industries are now open to women, with the result that they can leave their husbands, and sup port themselves, if necessary, as do the men, by selling their labor power to the capitalists. But immediately on the appearance of children the position is changed. The working-class mother who wishes to tend her own children has no alternative but to remain dependent on her husband. We have now arrived at the con dltion against which Miss Burr re- bels. .She sees only one remedy— the professional mother, who will care-for the- children of working women in order to leave them free to enter the labor market; and naturally drafts' inVpn'sstoned protest from women who want to' "mother" their children themselves. She sees only one remedy becnuso she assumes the indefinite continuance of the capitalist system, within which, we have seen, a woman cannot be a wife and mother and remain free. Not Immutable But this system Is not immutable. Like those out of which it grew, it will break down so soon as the possibility of a more highly developed form of production has developed within it. The new form will be the collective organization of production—realized by transforming the privately - owned means of life into common property, which process will abolish the subjection of women to men, as it will abolish the subjection of employed to employer. With the disappearance of the conditions which made the mona- gamous unit—private property and inheritance—it will cease to function as such, and the unit will again be what it was under primitive communism-—the individual human being. The freedom and equality of that early society will bo restored, but In the stead of the tribe will stand the world-wldo community; the simple social tasks which satisfied the few needs of early mankind wilt have been replaced by a complex system of industry, competent to provide the manifold necessities and luxuries of modern life. No man holding the power to starve another, no man can then bind his fellows to be his industrial slaves, nor a \voman to be his domestic slave. In the Socialist Commonwealth, where the products of all labor will Jie the common wealth, the work of a wife and mother will be as highly valued as the work' of a ploughman or a goldsmith. Tho making of a strong and beautiful citizen will be as important as the making of a strong and beautiful ship. Her service will be a social service, rewarded by society. Thus will the New Relationship which Miss Burr so desires be realized. Only voluntarily will a woman surrender herself; with no thought but of happiness ln the union will a man tuke her. If the union prove unhappy either will be free to dissolve it, for neither is dependent upon, nor responsible for, the other in the material sense. If we are honest we shall frankly grant hero, that not all men and women are temporamen- .tally disposed to lifelong constancy. Sunijo love sinceroly and ardently fqr a period only, and when thut,.period has passed, separation is natural and reasonable. Such pain as a separation causes to the partner who may * be more constant, though keen, is not worse than would bo felt by the other in remaining. On the other hand, the sordid oases which now embitter the domestic life of the proletarians will be absent, leaving much less room for disillusionment and mutual 'im- patience. True constancy (as distinct from its present-day apology where a union endures under force of necessity) will probably be usual. Like other social Institutions— the law, no longer used to protect exploiters; education, no more directed to the purpose of producing docile and ccapable wage slaves? art, dependent never again upon the scant appreciation of poor men with minds blunted by ignorance and toll, and rich men with heads full of rubber, oil, or soap— marriage will Veflect the free and comradely relations of economlo life. Love, which io degrading conditions is a weakly thing, will then grow radiant alnd strong, and marriago no longer fall Uke a curtain on romance.—Socialist Standard. Women watch for them Every bargain announced in our great January Sale haa been snapped up immediately. 1 Suits and Coats—new models in all materials, styles ana colors-^are being cleared at one-half the original prices. An unusual bargain is waiting for you every morning. FROM MAKER TO WEARER 623 HASTINGS ST. W Sear Granville GERMANY IDS BACK AUSTRIA No Prospects of Real Revolution Until Germany Takes Lead v (By Helen Augur, Federated Press (Staff Correspondent) New York.—"Germany holds the key to revolution in Austria and Italy, Neither country can hope to bring a Communist government into powor until. Ijommunism is effected In Germa-.y." It Is with this principle in mind that the present situation ln Austria must be observed, according to Savel Zlmand of the New York Bureau of Industrial Research, who recently has roturned from several months in Europe. Humors in the current dispatches that January 20 will see a bona-ftde revolution in Austria precipitated by the technical trades should be Bet down as equally unsound with the accompanying rumors that the allies will attempt to dismember Austria and divide her among themselves, said Zlmand. The most significant development in recent weeks Is the intensifying of the demand for fusion with Germany, In tho opinion of Zlmand, this union Is necessary both for the industrial revival of Austria,, and for the fulfillment of her revolutionary desires. "Austria today ls a bankrupt country without a receiver," said Zlmand. "Mortgaged, starved and disintegrated, there is no Internal group which could save the country. You can make a revolution ln a half-starved country, but not tn one that is completely starved. Austria today lives not partly, but wholly upon the charity of the Americans and the entente. If a proletarian revolution were attempted, that slender chartty would be withdrawn and the country choked ln the Iron ring of allied rule. The industrial prostration of Austria, due primarily to tho lack of coal, Is reflected in the political Held, said Zlmand. "Politically, Austria Is a swinging pendulum," he said. "The Christian SocIullstB Increased their voting power in the national assembly in the lost election from 90 to 97, and the Socialist vote decreased from 97 to 90. The country remained as before. Small parties make up the other third of the assembly. The Communists so far are weak numerically. The Socialists are unusually well-unifled but are hopelessly bound by the country's industrial position. "And yet there is genuine revolutionary spirit in the workers. When the International Federation of Trade Unions this summer ordered a blockade of all war supplies bound for Poland, Austrian labor bore the brunt and gave to the world a spectacle of magnificent devotion. Night after nlgfct the workers paced the railroad platforms to see that nothing got through to harm Russia. The blockade worked both ways. Food coming through Bohemia and Hungary was stopped by starving workers, in the fear that munitions might slip through." Austrian labor had gone fairly far ln the socialization of industry before the present crisis, Zlmand said. Considerable progress had been made in socializing medicine, clothing manufacture, motor bus UneB and motion pictures. Scouting the idea that Austria can be divided, zfihand said: "Whatever happens, we may be sure that Austria will keep her identity and follow Germany's lead in respect to Russia. Italy would begin a revolution today of Germany's iron and coal were available to her. Austria merged with Germany, has hope of a revolution. The men who hold the fates of these three countries in their hands today are the German trade-unionists, who have far more power than the political parties, as 14,000,000 of them demonstrated in the putting down of the Kapp counterrevolution. With Carl Leglen dead, and a more radical leader almost certain to replace him, the prospect of a powerful movement toward revolution in Central Europe Is clear." 1 Stockholm—A report from Moscow says that M, Yemkhanolf has been chosen commissar of Trade and Transportation In the Soviet government In place of Leonid Krassln, whose prolonged absence in London has made lt Impossible for him to attend to his duties in Russia. Yemkhanof ls a veteran Socialist, active ln the movement since 1908, and a railroad inspector under the old Russian government who began as a day laborer* in the railroad shops at Perm. AUSTRALIA DEPORTS NEW GUINEA GERMANS Large Landowners Covet the land Held by Lifelong German Resident* (By W. Francis Ahern, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Sydney, N. S. W.~By an ordinance recently promulgated by Jthe Australian Commonwealth govertt- ment, all property belonging to German nationals In New Guinea, Is to be compulsorlly sequestered. A body known as the "Expropriation Board" Is given power to valu- ate and sell the property of these people and compel them to clear out of the country. A sinister aspect is seen In the faot that the personnel of the board are persons who covet the farms and ranches of the New Guinea Germans, being either large landowners themselves or Interested In companies desiring to grab the ex-German territories. Philadelphia—The 625 textile manufacturing concerns ln Philadelphia made net profits of $500,- 000,000 in the five-year period ending Jan. 1, 1920, while the average wagQs paid to the workers in the mills was but $411 a yeai* In 1915 and $943 a year In 1919, according to an investigation made by tha Labor Bureau, Inc., of New York* for the Philadelphia District Council of the United Textile Workers. DRUGLESS HEALING DOWNIE Sanitarium LIMITED Fifteenth Floor Standard Bnnk—Corner of Haatings and Kiclmrds Phones: Seymour 60S; Highland 2134L We have been wrongfully accused of practicing medicine. We do not, More reasons why we do not given by medical doctors of International fame. "Physicians have hurried thousands to their grave*," Alonzo Clark, M.D. (N. Y. College Phys. & Surg.) "An army of victims are rushed to their graves by Incompetent, pretending doe- tors," Dr. Wagner, M.D., Penn. (Modical Society). "We have multiplied disease and Increased fatalities," Benjamin Rush, M.D. "Cures are beyond doctors," J. H. Tilden, M.D. As for diagnosing, how does thts strike you. Our doctor said one of our employeos had a case of grippe; another doctor siild "Typhoid Fever," and that lt was a hopeless case. It was hopeless—the employee died.—New Yortc Evening Journal. "Consumption ts caused by Peruvian bark," Dr. Stab!,. M.D. "Peruvian, bark Is an effectual cure for consumption," Dr. Martin, M.D. "Vinegar Is a flne preventive for consumption/' Dr. Galen, M.D, "Consumption ls caused by young people taking vinegar to prevent obesity," Dr. Dessault, M.D. "Foxglove Is a specific for consumption," Dr. Beddloes, M.D. "Foxglove is more injurious in consumption than beneficial/* Dr. Pan, M.D. (To be continued.) Plwne or write for appointment Teacher of Practical Drugless Healing ,.i THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancopveh. __ PAliE THREE Uuui January 28, 1921 THIRTEENTH TEAR. Bt.. . j.ajj* a*mtm*» uvmvm^— ~ , . Lumber Camp and Agricultural Workers' Department of the One Big Union - - •- ™-™„ nnuiraitinn no the mm MO UNION. OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN ARE NOT NECESSARIM ENDORSED BY THE FEDERATIONIST. THIS PAGE IS PAID »X.lt-Bl* THE LCTIBER OAMP AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ONE BIO UNION. OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN ARE NOT What Is This Shop Steward's Movement? [By the mandate of the council of stewards which, as already stat ed, is composed of all the stewards from all the shops and jobs of that industry in the district, and every decision to come from the rank and file direct from the jobs. The movement will travel further ahead and link up all industries in the district, thus forming the central district .council of all the industries. (See figure 3.) This council would be composed of two members of, the committee of each district council of the said district. It will become necessary to step out still further and form a national council .of each industry. This council should be composed of two members elected by the committee of each district council of the said industries. (See figure 4.) The movement is full of possibilities and the next step would probably be the establishment of a national couneil of ill industries. (See figure 5.) , This could be further extended to be an international council of the workers of the world. It will bo seen by these indications, that the rank and file are always consulted; they are the real and ultimate masters of the scheme and must be the deciding factor. The control of the movement being vested in the rank and file, quick action is expedited and cuts out tlie foremen to eridure'many injustices and simpiv|bureaucratic domination too frequently prevalent in many o«- what. The workers are sick of waiting and, «rt7\<& Spmf d ^ autonomy "**&»* throughout: .. ,___ ._ ii. ____ _,.„ f„„?„..a„ | the whole of the rank and file movement. The election of officers for the various councils of the many industries is of such a character that no person will receive a payment for his services exceeding the standard rate of the trade or grade of the persons elected to carry out the mandate of the rank and file. This, be it observed, is very important. Let us wipe out the middle class idea of raising men and women above the rest of their fellow workers. Let us all rise together; this is imperative. Otherwise-there will be created a caste of meal-ticket-artists, who eventually lose the workers' Disnucr COUNCIL OP an* onb nanism. AH t- Suwm* Int. At th. H« W.A. *l M. 4 Tom Walsh, Secretary, National Federation of Shop Stewards (Building Industry) England] WHAT is this Shop Stewards' Movement? This question is often asked by those -who realize the terrible mess in Which thc workers find themselves today. The Shop-Stewards' Movement is thc organization of the rank and file in thc factories, shops, works, and on the jobs, for these are the places where the workers receive their miserable pittance which enables them to exist, with just a sufficiency of strength to continue in the production of profits for the capitalist class. It is quite obvious that the power of the workers is in the •hops and on the jobs, and not in Parliament, or even in their union branch. Few workers are found in either place " Take for instance, any shop, works, or job. The workers there may be members of any number of unions, and are again 'divided into a number of branches; about 30 per cent, of the members of a branch will attend and only a small proportion from any one job. These workers have grievances lying at the place where they are employed; the old method of attempting to have their grievances removed has been to report the matter to their respective societies. But owing to the antiquated and cumbersome machinery of many societies, it has been the custom " ' * ' ' " * -—,-- W«it. Wait for «_p_________________________________ we taking action themselves in the shops, works, factories, •nd on the jobs. A number of workers may report a grievance to their respective branches and will received sympathy from some quarters, as many of the members of all branches of all sooieties have fought hard for labor and are much devoted to the best interests of the workers. Still, one of the stumbling blocks to action, is that everybody is bound and virtually buried in constitutionalism of a pre-historio oharaoter. The rule book may be referred to, and turning to rale 44, page 4,444, it may be found that the said Sievanee does not come 'within the meaning of the act, and e unfortunate workers are driven back to the job where the grievance exists. The workers are beginning to realize Where their power lies. It is not difficult to understand the hopeless state of the workers while they use the out-of-date machinery in an attempt to free themselves. The workers, in spite of being members of a union, are divided, sub-divided and scattered to the lour winds immediately they attempt any independent aetion •way from the factory, works, shop, or job. Thc men and women on the various jobs will find on investigation that their Interests are oommon in spite of being divided by crafts. They associate with each other daily, but they seldom, or never at •11 meet at their branches, it being impossible for them to do io as there are so many unions, so many branches, ond thc workers may reside miles apart and yet all from the same •hop or job and while at thc factory, works, shop or job, they not only belong to one branch, but for all practical purposes, they are members of the one big union of the, workers on the Job. The unfortunate part is that the working class have been in the habit of sending out their thinking, just as some people do their washing. This is foolish, for it leads to the position that those to whom the thinking is given become masters and dictators and often meet in conference and fix up agreements and laws that few agree with, except thc master class. It should be the mission of the workers themselves to do their own thinking and cease passing pious resolutions but to take action, for that is the thing that counts. The workers cannot appeal to-reason, as there is none. The workers themselves it iB who will have to act, for they •re the poople who feel the unjust conditions arising on the Jobs, and that is where the trouble is, and where the workers will have to take organized action. The mission of the Shop-Steward' Movement is to consolidate the forces of the rank and file where they are, in the factories, workshops, and on the jobs. . It must be admitted, that while some of the capitalist class b»vc improved their machinery of exploitation, thc workers' organizations have retained the old methods and continue their use long after they have become all but obsolete. The rank and flle are slowly but surely becoming conscious of this fact and quite' a new spirit is spreading over the whole world. Tliis spirit is not for a paltry increase of wages, but for the absolute abolition of the present system of robbery, the sweeping •way of capitalism, and the establishment of a people's commonwealth I It now becomes evident that the Shop-Stewards' Movement il out for something greater than the continuation of the present hum-drum life. The movement, in thc first place, aims at the control of thc factories, works, shops, and jobs, as a means to an end. The movement seems to suggest thc following structure that every factory, works, shop and job shall elect a committee on the job, consisting, say, of one steward from each trade, grade, or department of the job, and a steward having been elected by each of the above grades, these stewards become the workers' committee for that job. They will elect their own chairman and secretary and such other officers as the job may apparently demand. (See Figure 1) Ske » M. CENTRAI. DIimiKT COUHCIl. OP AU. INDllSTmEfL WOUtaS' COMMUTE?- j^o ■ _.!*»<< II" CommlUre ot cut OUtUt Condi tma***iSt*.nihOnlt,t*nm,ertk^ttmiBt> «(caclilndu.br- "~ mmrm.ft— Morriion. Nominations (or chairman being called for, Fellow Worker Campbell was elected by acclamation. Moved that the minute, of district convention be accepted aa re$d. . Carried. " The secretary submitted report covering period Dec. 1 to date, which was as follows: Since submitting my report to the district convention, on the 12th ult., considerable progress has been made along the lines of reorganizing the district. Fellow Worker Hansen (who's report I have) visited most alt the camps from here to Smlthers, with the result that delegates have been elected ln all camps, and the workers . stimulated to more energetic action. Since that time, however, some of tha most active delegates have left those camps, which all points to the difficulty of establishing an. affective organisation In. an Industry auch aa lie flnd in this district. The success, that Fellow Warkei* Hansen tnet on this trip prompted me to have him take in the Clarke mill campa, P- G. E., to which point he left for on Friday laat. There are about 100 men In those camps, and my reports from there are auch that I believe an organiser could do good work among them. The reports from the east end df the district ara not good, either (rom a union standpoint, or (rom the "lob" point. Several small camps ara operating with a (ew men, but none that are class-conscious enough to let this ofllce know that they exist It will be Imperative to send a "Moses" to lead them, providing we can get the organisation committed to a policy that will enable us to do that. On Dec. SI, we had 557 members point of view, and see most things through the masters' spectacles. Should the movement desire the removal of any person from Office, it should accomplish this object quiekly, and not by the long, drawn-out process usually surrounded by some forms of officialism and red tape, but would proceed by the simple process of a notice of motion, and a majority vote at the following council meeting. In this manner, it would be doing away with the old reactionary manner of waiting from one to seven years, before any such step could be taken. The matter contained in this article is not designed with the intention of being arbitrary, It is, essentially, an answer to the question, and at the same time it is pointing ont the direction in which the movement is travelling. The assistance of a blacksmith has not been called in to make an iron hand, nor to take the measurement for a mailed fist. The one object of thc movement is the emancipation of the wage-slave, and the construction of the necessary machinery to help accomplish the task in view. Thc time has arrived for the rank and file to determine their own destiny, and to get together as a class-movement, thus sweeping away all things whieh are obstructions in the path of progress, and thus with a stupendous effort bring into being thc possibilities of a new society, in which bakers will not be called upon to make bread for profit, but for the people to eat; and tailors will not be required to make clothing for dummy figures in a show window, but for human beings; and builders will not be expected to put np mansions for others and alums for themselves; where child, mother, the lame, the aged and infirm will receive the necssary care and attention and allowed ease and comfort, and those who are able and refuse a helping hand to produce all that is necessary for the welfare of sll will be denied thc right to eat I Having accomplished this task, let us try and forget the horrible past, pay strict attention to the present, and also give the future our careful consideration. ' Let us have a new calendar, commence a new epoch, starting once again with the year one, and May the first our New Year's day! ijMfcM ! 1:1.1! i "" 1 iiiitliHiii This committee will not be executive, but will be established _Jo administer and act on the mandate as agreed necessary by the workers on the job; they will take "mass" action and never act seotionally. It requires no outside interference with its own affairs. It may possibly require assistance from other Jobs of the same industry, and probably from other industries Organized on similar lines. It will be up to the various shops and jobs to frame its own Standing orders. The committee referred to will be one of many of the same industry in the same district, and to solidify, further, that industry of that district, all thc stewards from all the other jobs will constitute the district council of that industry. (See Figure 2.) This council will elect a chairman and secretary, and, also, a committee, say, consisting of one from each grade of that industry. This committee will be administrative and carry out STRIKES ACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS ON THE FIRING LINE Lapan Log Co. .Jackson Bay Metalliferous Mines. Silverton and Sandon (Slocan District) | several weeks to get the camp op- Camp Reports WASA-WASA LUMBER CO. Howard Jordan Outfit It Is roported that Jordan's outfit, who some time ago had trouble with their crew, la trying to operate again under the name of the Wasa Lumber Company, Thla may have the effect of misleading some into the belief that lt is a new outfit, but a very short experience on thc job soon wises them up to the real facts. When the old crew quit a sawyer stayed on the Job and worked nearly four months without being ablo to Ket a settlement. When he did get his time slip there.was $31 deducted for some missing tongs which the man is supposed to have swallowed or otherwise made away with. But as lt is doubtful if he would know what tongs are, let alone have any use for them, It hardly appears logical that he Is responsible for their loss. At any rate he has put the lawyers on the Job for hts full wages. Men are warned to apply to the district office for information concerning the standing of an employer and thc condition of his camp before going to a new job. This particular camp has been reported to the health authorities, NOR. CONSTRUCTION OAMP MoMurpliy When the new men who had Juat arrived from Edmonton asked Walking Boss Gorman where they were to sleep, aa there was no space available except on the floor, he replied "there will be plenty of empty bunks in the morning," And there were, but more than he expected—or wanted. Pour or five known O. B. U. men were doomed to feel the axe, but lt happened that other workera knew what these men and their organization wero trying to accomplish for the workers In tho camps and mills, so when the axe fell, other workers decided to stand by those discriminated against and practise a little solidarity. If raising hell Is the qualification necessary to make good boss, Gorman can certainly deliver the goods, but unfortunately—or otherwise—It usually takes •rating along what an ordinary Individual would call efficient and productive lines after he haa been on the rampage. No doubt, however, there Is enough graft available ln the conduct of the work to permit plenty of inefficiency among the bosses without too seriously affecting profits. In fact past experience of construction work ln this province Is that the greater the inefficiency the greater the proflt. We have not yet heard of uny revolution having been effected In this respeot. The bust up was sure good for organization and a few more such experiences will make the workers solid for the organization, During the strike last November ther« were a few skunks who scabbed, and this locality ls not a good place for aulmuls of this type to be around. George Fitch was one of them, He worked around Stillwater in the summer of 1919. He hns again headed for the Coast. R. Wyatt and red-headed Slim McNeil headed for Ermine, Alberta. Albrecht brothers made for Spruce Grove, Alberta, and Mr, and Mrs, Casey near Athabusca Landing, If any of these come your way, remember your record. KAMLOOPS DISTRICT Result of district referendum was as follows. For District Secretary-treasurer W. 8. Kilmer (elected) 123 J. F. Johnson 67 For Central Executive Board J. L. Peterson (elected) 128 F. Knowles 62 For District Executive N. D. McKinnon (elected) 161 John L. MoDonald (elected).... 160 Wm. Foster (elected) 137 James Daley (elected) 122 D. B. McDonald 112 On the question of combining Kamloops-Merrltt and Penticton into one district: Tes, 178; no, 10. On the question of setting May 1, 1921, as the date to throw away blankets, and any worker* packing blankets after that date shall be recognized as a scab: Yes, 181; 7. in good standing tn the district, but of a total membership on flle ot 2261. From Dec. 12 to date we have taken ln 67 members. Else- ■where ln this Issue you will flnd {flnanclal statement for December. By resolution adopted at district convention, you are authorized to appoint auditing committee to check'the books, which committee pan Inquire into all receipts and expenditures, and report their findings to this meeting. I would also recommend that you appoint a committee of three tellers, to examine and count the ballots cast on the/ referendum for the election of delegates to the general convention. Moved that secretary's report be accepted, and again brought up under1 new business. Carried. Organiser Hansen's report was then read. Moved: That report be accepted. Carried. Report by Del. Mutch of meeting held at Smlthers, was read by the secretary. Moved: that report be laid on the table. Carried, The report of Edmonton district convention was read. Moved; That report be accepted and flled, A letter from the secretary of the Canadian Workers Defense League was feud by the secretary, After considerable discussion on this matter, the concensus of opinion seemed to be that, while the workers were willing to rally to the assistance of their prosecuted fellow workers, with flnanclal aid, as they demonstrated ln the recent past, that the building up of a trust fund, to be doled out to capitalistic lawyer's, was unnecessary, and poor administration of the workers' resources. The more effective policy was held to be, that of directing all available resources towards extending a solid working class organisation, through which more pressure could be brought to bear on the powers taht are ar- .rayed aganlst workers. Moved: That we take no action on this matter. Carried. A letter from Editor Lawson, of the Searchlight, was read by the secrotary, in which he stated that he was endeavoring to start a Labor news stand at Edmonton, In connection with the Searchlight, through which the members of the O. B. II. could obtain working class literature from a world-wide source, but flnanclal difficulties made It hard to get a start, he therefore wished to know lf tho workers of the P. G. E. district would come to his assistance, In thc way of financing an advance i.ider Moved: That the secretary circularize all camps In the district, soliciting advance orders of literature from Editor Lawson, Carried. The next order of business being the nominating of auditing committee, Fellow Workers McNett, Campbell and Rowe were nominated. * Moved: That nominations cease. Carried. Nominations for tellers, Fellow Workors Williams, Pearson and Westenholm. Moved: That nominations cease. Carried. Discussion on the reference ln the district secretary's report, to i.nmp conditions, was again brought up: under unfinished business, and the conclusion arrived at, that insofar as this district was concerned, It wits imperative that If possible a travelling delegate bc kept on the road permanently, ns It seemed that no action could be expected from the majority of the rank and flle. Under tho heading of new business, the following resolution was unanimously adopted, and the secretary instructed to ask the camps for their endorsatlon on it: Whereas, it has been brought to the notice of thts office that some of the camps ate endeavoring lo lengthen the hours of labor, and In view of the economlo chaos, that exists ln the induatrlal life of this Province, and the world at large, with tha consequent result that many of our fellow workers are not able to, secure a master to whom they can aell enough energy to sustain their* bodies; therefore be it resolved, that this meeting go emphatically on record that all camps ln the district be restricted to the 8-hour day. Carried, No, 2: Under the'heading of good and welfare,. It waa moved: That this meeting go on record that each camp elect an educational committee, whose function will be to Inquire into the class of literature needed in their camps, and also to promote discussion on the social, and economic problems with which the workers are confronted. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 6 p.m. to reconvene, when committees were ready to report. Meeting reconvened at 9 p.m., when the committees brought In the following reports: We, the undersigned auditors, who were appointed at a re* gular business meeting of the P. G, dlstriot of the L. C. A A. W. department of the O. B. U„ beg to aubmit tha following, report: We have examined tbe receipts and expenditures for period July 12 to December 31, 1920, and flnd the same correct ln detail, each re- celpt being accounted for, and each Item of expenditure authorised. Bank balance on Dec, 31, Is $241.87. (Signed) '.-_t'-:| m WM. ROWE, JAS. McNETT, ROBERT CAMPBEELL, Auditors. Tellers' Report: We, the tellers who were appointed at a regular business meeting of the P. G. district of the L. C. ft A. W. department of tbe O. B. U., to examine and count the ballots eaat for the election of delegates to the general convention, beg to report thrt the following Is a true summary of the total votes cast for each candidate: Hansen, 182; Morrison, 192; Llss, B 4. In accordance with the foregoing statement, we declare Fellow Workers Morrison and Hansen duly elected to represent the Prince George district at the general convention of the L. C. ft A. W. department of the O. B. U., to be held at Vancouver on January 17, 1921. (Signed) R. J. WILLIAMS, C. R. B. WESTENHOLM, JAMBS PIERSON, Tellers. Moved: That committee reports be accepted, and committees discharged. Carried. It being found necessary to appoint a' secretary, pro tem, Fallow Workera Williams and Rowe were placed ln nomination. The vote resulted ln a tie, whereupon the chair decided In favor of Fellow Worker Williams. Meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. C. F. MORRISON, District Secretary. THE LEAGUE IN BEING GENERAL CONVENTION The general convention closed on Friday after being ln session for five days. The last two days ware devoted mainly to defining future policy upon which lines the organisation will operate during tha coming year, and also ln passing proposed amendments to the constitution which, with all other actions of the convention will be submitted to referendum vote. Several important proposals were made which will call for seri- oui consideration on the part of tho membership. In addition to the proposal to withdraw from the O. B. U. and form an Independent Industrial organization throughout the entire ' lt Is also proposed that (By H. N. Brailsford) OPTIMISM la the rarest form -of folly ln these post-war days. If there are people who cling with pathetic hope to the League of Nations as the victors made It, it Is not because they Are dazzled by its composition or Its achievements. Their obstinate hope ls really only an expression of the profound sense that some international organization of the world is necessary. Tho case for that is stronger than lt was before the war. It Is not upon triumph, but on failure, that this aspiration for a working league Is based. The "two camps" which divided us in 1914, are still ranged againBt each other, but one of them ls now a slum inhabited by unclassed and proletarian nations. The causes of strife are deeper. Then tt was the passion for gain under the Imperialist rivalry which drew great powers into armed conflict. Today It Is the sheer hunger for bread, the literal struggle for existence, which make of Central Europe and of Russia the predestined adversaries of the victors. Planning tbe Next War We know now that civilization Itself has been Imperilled over two- thirds of a contlnnent by a cruel war and a worse peace. As the Victors overhaul their armaments, apply themselves to the study of chemical warfare, and debate the possibility of the amphibious warship, we can guess how much of the mercies, the amenities, nay, even the necessities of life, will survive the next shock. It Is small wonder that millions of men and women try to believe In the League. The desire to survive ls natural. Nor is the alternative visible. Will yon trust an alliance? The entente with France ceased Long ago to be cordial, and. a patriot, wounded by the daily barbs of the French Press, might turn for consolation to the comparative courtesy of our late enemies. The Second International Is a dying clique. The Third lacks nothing In vitality, but It stands for an armed doctrine, and Its triumph would be possible only after a shock which would tear at the foundations, not merely of the capitalist system, but of civilisation Itself. One would like to believe that the League may assert Itself. Signs of Life. In one sense the Assembly at Geneva has done something for optimism. It ts only by courtesy that one can call It a representative body, for the delegates were nominated by Governments and not by Parliaments. Unless one reckons Mr. Barnes, the Belgian Senator Lafontaine and Mr. Branting are the only representatives of Socialist parties, and both belong to the Extreme Right. Germany, Russia and the-United States are absent. Tet thiB semi-representative Assembly has evolved a certain corporate consciousness. Tendencies, one might even say groups, have been developed, which represent ideas and policies, Independent of the calculation and wire-pulling of Foreign Offices. So far as one can gather from the dull and meagre reportB, this Assembly did not tn the least resemble a diplomatic conference, where everything goes by chaffering, and all the results are attained behind the scenes. It has sentiments, and even a sort of conscience to which speakers can appeal. It has developed a rather decided opposition to the Council, an opposition which one may per- Industry, _ . ,_.. „_.. . . .11 nominees for offlce must be ol- aonlfy by the clash of personality of iron ore, the subject is delicate. The scandal of the Council's Inaction in the Russo-Poiish war provoked a debate, but the motion- was 'talked out." Nor does it seem likely that tha other scandal, In which France and Belgium are the offenders, will be more firmly handled. They have broken the Covenant by concluding a secret military treaty and refusing to transmit lt to the League for registration and publication. Then apparently, the matter will end. It remains to' be seen whether anything will be done to assert tha control of the League over the 'mandates" which the victors have assigned to themselves without even the pretence of consulting it, or over the question of disarmament, but the probability of any action is small. The League Is going to conduct a plebiscite for Vllna. The Issue li simple. Does the population of this city and its "corridor," with its mixed Jewish, White Russian, Lithuanian and Polish elements, desire to belong to Lithuania or to Poland? It can settle the mattei by voting, and the mixed force oi Swedes, Spaniards, Danes and the rest which Is to guarantee crdei can have no prepossessions. But will the League expel the raiding force of Poles under General Zell- gowskl, which broke an armistice to rush this territory? The mixed force Is much too small, tf the Polet resist, and one fears that the League does not even contemplate their expulsion. In that case the plebiscite will be merely organised terrorism under international sanction. If America Comes In, Apologists for this first negative sitting of the League's Assembly tell us that it Is marking time until America comes In. Unfortunately, the Fresldent-Elect has been chosen on a platform of abstention from the League, Senator Harding is ready to enter, not this League, but some new 'Association," whloh hli experts will devise. The plan of Senator Knox, who is said to be the most probable Secretary of State, li already known. It ls a return to the machinery of The Hague. All that had a potentiality of authority ln this League will be discarded. The Association will have neither an Assembly to legislate, nor a Council to act for it It will have one organ only, a legal Tribunal. The uses of a good international Court are not to be despised, but they meet none of the world's needs for an international government. A Court oan deal only, with those usually minor issues which are Justiciable, Issues which ln the modern world are never the true cause of wars. It cannot legislate; lt cannot force the revision of Treaties; it could deal with none of the broad economic problems ol civilisation. The Treaties of Despair. If this is the accepted American policy (and it has long been the cherished doctrine of the more Conservative Republicans), then the League has nothing to hope from American participation. If she comeB In, it will banish from lt lta function with its name. There was just one reason for hoping that the League might survive. It might one day have found courage to.re- vlse the Treaties which doom half Europe to despair. That no Hague Tribunal could ever do. Without America the League dare do nothing. With her it could do nothing.—Daily Herald. 3 rect from the job ln camp or mill. No official Is to hold offlce for longer than one year. The secretary-treasurer not to be a member of the executive. The nominees for secretary-treasurer who will be submitted to referendum vote are J. M. Clarke, H. P. Hanson, W. Reld. It Is proposed to confine organization work during the coming year to those districts already organised so as to get them Into as strong a condition as possible. It was recommended that where possible they should combine. Kamloops and Merritt have already de elded to do this; also The Pas and Winnipeg. Subjoct to the approval of the membership the per capita from districts to headquarters will in future bs 2B cents. Thia will entitle them to an official paper of their own choosing. In future no official who accepts nomination to any assembly or parliament of the existing regime ran continue to hold office In the organization. The proposed amendments arc now in the hands of the printer and will bo'issued to the membership in the course of a few days, shout log delegates hold impromptu, convention Immediately following the close of the general convention, the delegates from the short log districts got together and held an Impromp tu convention to discuss matters of special Interest to the workers ln that particular branch of thc Industry. They recommend that every j branch issue a weekly bulletin to their members In camp, and that copies bo exchanged between all branches so as to keep fuully acquainted with what Is transpiring In the various localities. That all branches carry on extensive propaganda to establish an eight-hour day. This to be particularly emphasized In the weekly bulletins and also In the official organs, with a view to concerted action, If necessary, That all branches take united action to foree employers to abolish double tier bunks by June 1, 1921. That all branches carry on an active cdcatlonnl campaign against picec-work, and all class-conscious workers be urged to discontinue working by this method. between Lord Robert Cecil and Mr. Balfour. Sltirked Issues. Unfortunately, It Is hard to believe that these signs of vitality and good will can lead to any result whatever. The bigger questions before the Assembly have been shirked or shelved, Amendments of the Covenant and Constitution are postponed for a year, though none of the neutrals had any share ln framing this defective document. The admission of Germany is likewise postponed for a year, Nor has the Assembly dared even to deliberate on the economic needs of Central Europe, Slgnor Tittonl raised the economic problem In Its most fundamental form when he revived the Labor Party's proposal for the international rationing of raw materials. He secured no support, and obviously, while we thrive by exploiting the Continent's need of coal, and France enjoys her superfluity BAVARIA WANTS DR. LEVIEN EXTRADITED But Even the Clerical Government of Austria Refuses tlio Demand Munich—The reactionary Bavarian government seems rather miffed over the refuse!^, of the Clerical government of Austria to extradite Dr. Max Levlen, the Communist leader, who Bought refuge in Austria following the overthrow of the Soviet government of Bavaria In the spring of 1919. Despite the release of Dr. Levlen ln Vienna, the Bavarian authorities continue to keep a price upon his head, although it is genernlly conceded that the 80,000 marks offered for his capture will hardly induce anyone to attempt to spirit him over the border. (At present exchange rates a mark Is worth only about 1 1-2 cents.) FIRST AID Tho Work men's Compensatoin Board will commence new classes of Instruction In first aid work at thcir offices on Pender street, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 7:45 p.m. There are some who hnvo taken previous courses, who have expressed a wish to again attend the classes. In the past this hns not been possible, owing to limited accommodation, and the size of the classes. This has been remedied, nnd those desiring to attend should be present on Tuesday. PLAIN QUESTIONS PRINCE GEORGE DISTRICT Minutes of business meeting held at district headquarters, Jan. 9th, 1921. Meeting called to order by See. FliM Aid. First Aid Instruction Classes will commence January 4. The Compensation Board wll) arrange class- es previous to that date If twenty lor more will attend. Information wanted concerning Joe Wigmnn, previously working around SwanBon's Bay. Notify headquarters, Put a one-cent stamp on this paper and mall It to a friend. Owing to the large percentage of camps and mills of the lumber industry being temporarily closed a result of thc general slump In Industrial activities there Ib not the usual amount of Job news and camp reports coming to hand to require the full uso of this page for their publication. Consequently for the time being the available space will be used for articles of general interest to tho working class movement as ft whole, Instead of being used exclusively for lumber workers' affairs as has been the case for the pnst year. NOTIOE Members of Princo George district take notice that the regular business meeting of this district win take place at district headquarters, Third avenue, Prince George, on thc second Sunday of each month, until further notice. O gods of the system, exploiters of men, Oppressors of nations by sword nnd the pen. We cease from our labors, we pause at our task, As seekers of knowledge, theso questions wc ask: Why arc our laws, the ones obeyed, framed for the masters' sake Why greed Is given power to grab, and unearned tribute take? Why wealth and privilege hand in hand should all life's blessings share? While he wbo lives by honest work must find the cupboard bare? Why in a laud where plenty bides, should famine raise its head Why prison bars await the man who dares his mind to speak? Why wnrs are fought in freedom's name, when freedom scarce Is known? Have millions died to coin n phrase that cannot stand alone? When patriotism freed a slave, and kindly tell us how, A laurel wreath Is made to fit some noble butcher's brow? Who has sown the seeds of hate, who spurns the rights that plead, And who shnll hear the voice Ignored mock ln their hour of need? •—R, L, Rlngland. WANTED Information of the whereabouts of M. G. McCoffen. Rochester, N. Y.—Means to combat the "open shop" campaign and the movement to unite the vnrious Independent labor organizations into one big union are being dlscUBB- ed by the Executive Board of the United Shoo AVorkors which ts holding a week's session hero. thirteenth YEAB. no. » THE BRITISH COLOMBIA FEDERATIONIST .yANcopvEB, a a FRIDAT....."... ........January It, laat RUE B.C. FEDERATIONIST ' fcublieh. 4 erery Fridkj morning hy The B. 0, I, Federationitt, Limited a. a wblia. ..Hunger .Ofllcei Room 1, Victoria Block, 342 Pender ;, Street Weat Telephone Beymour 6871 Bubseribtion Bates: United States and Foreign, , 13.00 per year; Canada, J2.B0 per year, M.60 ; for aix months; to Unions subscribing In a body, 1. e per member per month. Unity of Labor: Tbe Bope of tbe World FRIDAY.. ..January 28, 1921 JUDGING from the statements that have appeared in tho press during the week, there is something radically wrong in the state of the city schools^ Overcrowding and bad ventilation are evidently two of the PROPERTY worst features of the AND THB situation. It has been OHILD reported that children become sick, and stomach troubles triije from the children being compelled to sit for long hours in badly ventilated schools. So'far as Vancouver is concerned there is nothing new in this state of affairs, but the only people who can remedy these conditions are those who have the righfr to vote on money by-laws, and these individuals have repeatedly refused to allow the money to be expended to provide for greater and better school facilities. Property says no, and the workers' children are the sufferers, for it must be understood that in the case of the children of the wealthy they are not compelled to attend the public schools, but have other places of education provided for them. * » * Education has always been In the hands of the ruling class. In fact the arts and sciences have been built up and developed on the back of slave labor. The education of tho workers only became a matter of concern' to the ruling class when it was demonstrated that an educated slave could be a better producer than an uneducated and ignorant one. Out of this grew the free education movement. This movement was not, however, welcomed by all sections of thc ruling class. There was much opposition by the short-sighted employers of labor, but the times demanded slaves who could read and write and who had an elementary knowledge of mathematics, and free education was instituted. 'As the capitalism developed and new discoveries were made in the realms of science, technical education was widely advocated, and those nations that gave consideration to the producing of highly skilled workers became very powerful in the industrial world. The ma- \ terial interests of the ruling class determined that technical schools should be established. w » » Like all petty bourgeoise communities Vancouver is subjected to the rule of small minds. Beactionary in every detail, even in line with the interests of those that benefit most by the education of the .prospective producer of profits. Grasping thc nickel and unable to sec the dollar. Too cheap to pay for what they are to receive, and too narrow to even see their own interests. * * * It has been said that comparisons arc odious. This may be perfectly true, but in spite of that we desire to contrast the attitude of Vancouver's property owners with the educational authorities of "benighted" Soviet: Bussia. There the best buildings are taken for the education of children. New methods are being adopted which place capitalistic educational methods in a bad light. Technical and agricultural sub- • jects are the rule in every district, while the minds of the children are being developed by the regular educational methods, and by many new ones; each child is being taught those things which will make them producers. Nothing is too good for the children within the limits of the resourcc.1 of the country, wliich have naturally been curtailed by the tactics of the allies, yet what there is the children are not denied. But the Bussians have lost a large amount of the old ideas. Property docs not rule, the needs of the people are the first consideration, and consequently there is no trouble about paying for the education of the children. The workers have made possible the strides that have been made in thc scientific world. But their children arc denied the benefits which should rightly be theirs, because of thc class ownership of the means of wealth production, which must of necessity include the educational facilities. Vancouver property owners have given another example of how little they value tho lives of thc children by their refusal to provide proper facilities to carry on educational work, so that the children may be made efficient and productive workers, and by this neglect endangering the health and lives of the youngsters. Such are capitalistic methods, and only with the end of the Bystem will the neglect of the rising generation be abolished, OH, what a commotion I Someone has figured it out that the poople are being compelled to pay too much for coal. Accusations of profiteering are heard on every hand. It is thc subject of discussion on street cars, in A restaurants, and in every OOAL place where people con- QUESTION gregate. An investigation has been demanded. Politicians, ministers, business men, and workers are loud in thcir demand for some relief from the high coal prices. Of course the miners are blamed for it all by the coal operators, and the retailers evidently do not know who is to blame, and while eaoh has his own particular viewpoint as to who is responsible for the high cost of fuel, confusion reigns supreme. Coal, like all other commodities, is sold at its value, supply and demand being the regulating factor. When we say coal is sold at its value, we do not mean that in any given district it may not be selling at above its value, but ooal, like all other commodities, is produced for a world's market, and local conditions may have an effect on the price in any given locality. Things which must be taken into account are: What competition is there in the area? What outside competition is there? And how effective is it! For instance, coal produced in Fernie may be sold in that district at less than coal produced in Nanaimo may bc sold in Vancouver, or even in tho city in which it is produced, but the coal produced in Fernie is not a very effective competitor to that produced in Nanaimo, when Vancouver and even Nanaimo are the marts for it, owing to the oost of transportation, consequently all effective competitors should be taken into consideration when the price of ooal in Vancouver is discussed, and which hat evidently been overlooked by the people demanding an investigation. Where competition is not in evidence the coal operators will get all the traffic will bear. They will only sell at a price that will exclude effective competition from outside sources, and those that are at this time protesting against the price of coal, whether they be workers or employers of labor, at all times follow this rule of action. # * * The amusing part of the situation is the concern displayed by the workejs as to whether it is possible to reduce the price of coal. It is particularly amusing when the fact that the supposed decrease in the cost of living is being used on every hand by the employers as an excuse for a decrease in wages. Workers aid in getting the prico of coal reduced, the employers also assist, the "mutual interests" must be evident to anyone. The manufacturing interests are concerned in cutting down the cost of production. The reducing of the price of coal will do something towards it, but when the price of coal, which is one of the necessities of life and naturally figures in the cost of living, is reduced, there is still a further chance of reducing the cost of production, by the ' further cutting of wages. Labor, power is a commodity, sold by the workers, who receive in exchange for that which they sell, its cost of reproduction. Therefore the workers receive that^ which is necessary in order that they may reproduce thcir labor power, and under these conditions the prices of commodities is none of their business. High prices, high money wages; low prices, low money wages. The only thing that should concern the workers is the fact that when they sell thcir labor power they are exploited by the employing class. Thc product of their toil is not theirs; because of the fact that as wage slaves they have sold all they possess to a class that owns the means of wealth production. There is coal in abundance. Canned salmon is stored away in warehouses. Foodstuffs of all descriptions, along with clothing, and the materials necessary for the building of shelter are produced in abundance, but there is no market for them; hence the cessation of production. The necessities of life are produced by the workers. But they cannot enjoy the fruits of their toil because of the class ownership of'the means of wealth production. We can imagine the price of coal being thc concern of manufacturers who are endeavoring to compete with manufacturers in other countries that have cheaper means of production, but cannot see where the price of coal affects the slave, who is compelled to sell his labor power, the price of which is determined by the cost of commodities. What does concern him, however, is the bringing to an end the system of exploitation under which he suffers unemployment, disease and misery, while the employing class enjoy the benefits of his labor. All his troubles are the result of the present system of society, and if prices fall to zero, his wagos will follow suit. Even the miners that produce the coal are slated for a reduction of 40 cents per day in their wages as a result of the fall in the cost of living, and if that is not sufficient evidence to demonstrate to the workers that the cost of living determines the price of their labor power, and that prices of commodities arc none of their business, they are hopeless. THE MORNING POST, published in Great Britain, is much concerned over the trade agreement entered into by the British Government with Soviet Bussia, and attempts to prove that there is no trade WortMnv- A QUESTION ing. After taking'this OF position the Post states MORALS that recognition of So viet Bussia is immoral. Every opponent of Soviet Eussia takes the position that the Boviet regime is maintained in power by force. They use this as an argument against the recognition of the new order in Bussia, at all times failing to note that every government on earth is maintained in power by armed, forces. In fact, they could not govern did they not have the power to do so, and all the moral laws and ethics that could be brought forward would never keep them in power when the people decido that a change is necessary, unless thnt armed force is present. Might is right. That is the moral law of tho present system, and if there arc doubting Thomases still in existence, they cnn soon learn that this is true by attempting to place their moral concepts against thc powers of the modern state. * » * Under the rule of capital, it is looked upon as sedition to oppose the ruling powers. In Soviet Russin thc Bolsheviki nlso consider that those that oppose thc present regime are traitors. The ruling class of all other countries which are of necessity capitalistic, view with approval the efforts of the Bussian traitors who oppose the present ruling faetion. Thus do we see that morals and jethical outlooks are changed by the conditions that prevail. Naturally, to the capitalistic ruling class, the Soviet regime appears immoral. It is not based on the same property concepts that prevail in capitalistic countries, and as the material basis of society is the cause, and determines the moral viewpoints that are generally accepted, then those that oppose the present property basis of morality must naturally be looked upon as immoral, by those whose interests are bound up in the present system. * * * In the event of any section of the people rising in revolt against the dictates of the ruling class of capitalistic countries, armed forcos are immediately brought into activity. Imprisonment, and all those,devices of terrorism are brought into play. The firing squad is also found very handy, and if the op. position be only one of words, or passive resistance, the gaol is found a convenient faetor in subduing the rising of the people. This is moral. It is ethical in every capitalistic country, but highly immoral in Soviet Bussia. It was ever thus with ruling classes. The only morals or ethics that they knew or could oon- ceive of, were those tenets that would fit in with the material interests of the members of the ruling class of any given period. Was it not ordained by :God that men should be slaves? Did hot the church uphold chattel slavery, juiftil the material conditions prevailing made it essential that man should be ho longer the personal property of any individual, and a hew form of slavery instituted? # * » ' ... The same can be said of feudalism. Wage slavery has also been endorse! and supported by all the "moral" forces in society. But conditions have changed. A new concept of what is moral has taken root in the minds of the world's workers. While it may not be as yet universal, it is a growing force. Soviet Bussia has deelared that it is immoral to hold men in wage slafery. In order that the desire of the Russian people may be made a reality, the Soviet'Government has used force both against the enemy within and without its borders. The capitalists have used force to prevent tho establishing of a new order in Russia.. If force is used, however, there iB only one way to combat it, and that is by force. The capitalistic ruling class' cqh-i siders it moral to put down its enemies by the sword, but it would appeal that: it all depends on whose ox is being gored whether forceful methods of suppressing the enemy are moral or, not.: Judging by the way the world's ruling, class has acted during the last fewyears it would appear to us that the'^nly moral outlook that the members of that class have, is one that is determined by whether, they can advance their, material interests, and all else matters not. Possibly if the imperialistic nations bent on the destruction of Soviet Bussia were to cease their activities, the Bol- shevki might be ablo to give an example of how a country can bo run without the • force of arms. The moral concept then might change considerably; in the meantime morals are all a matter of who has the power. Judging from the Post's comment, the moral aspect of recognizing Soviet Russia would be much changed if there wcro lots of trade. Such are capitalistic morals and ethics. The local press on Thursday carried a story of two brothers in Germany whose crime record is unique. The crimes with which they have been charged range from picking pockets to murder. When the presiding judge asked them to tell their life story, Emil, one of the two brothers, who, according to press reports, appears to be above the average in intelligence, with much eloquence and complacency gave the following account of his life: He told of his mother, who, he said, drove him out when he was seven years old, unbrcakfasted, on cold winter mornings before school to carry newspapers for a drunken father who compelled him to commit all kinds of crimes when he was hardly ten. Later his foster-mother, appointed by law, made him assist , young girls to escape from asylums that sho might sell them to houses of vice. So this boy grew old in crime beforc his years. If out of 32 years he has spent only 14 years in prison it is because ho prison could hold him. He nearly always escaped. Bl '. "Now your honor," Emil oon-.; eluded, "who is to blame more, those : who created the circumstances ill' which I grew up, or myself person- ! ally?" _ ,. The audience which crowded the i courtroom to suffocation sided noisily with the prisoner and cared little $>r.' the judge's threat to clear the hall. Indeed at one time it seemed that the strong guard of soldiers would have hard work to keep the tremendous crowd outside from rushing the courthouse. •'<> • Behind the treatment that these'two boys received in their early days, lay conditions that compelled their parents to engage in crime. Drunkenness, which is supposed to be the cause of much crime, is itself the outcome of the conditions that prevail. Exploitation or robbery is the basis of the present system of society, and under those conditions that make it profitable for men and women to engage in crime either by robbery or other means of getting a living, thc system and not the individual, as stated by the victim of circumstances in Germany, indioated to the judge who was trying him for "his" crimes. Oil Association Splits With Mexican Company (By Arthur Thomson) Tha Mexican Eagla OU Co, hu severed relations with the Aasocia- tton of Oil Producers In Mexico, controlled principally by tbe Do- heny Interests, One report has it that the Mexican Eagle was expelled, while the company says It withdrew voluntarily. The Mexican Eagle and the Guffy interests hava obeyed the oil laws of Mexico Instead of raising a hulabaloo like the Doheny crowd. For this they have raised the Ire of Doh$ny's propagandists. Those who think that all Is well with Mexico, and that.all danger of Intervention has passed, had better take a glance at the oil journals of the United States. Tou are liable to get a rude shock. Doheny'a propagandists ln particular afe working overtime. Here ls a little bit of news from Washington appearing ln a California otl weekly Deo. 30: "Facts tending to show that the new regime in Mexico Is as near like Its predecessor as six Is like a half dozen have been laid before the State department by a party of oil men, headed by B. L. Doheny, Including M. L. Bequa, Dr. Van Manning and Frederick R. Kellogg. They did not protest against anything Mexico had done, Their mission was to acquaint the State department officials with new developments." And the report goes on to "show up"-the de la Huerta administration and. Its extension of certain of the Carranza decrees and makes thd following statement: "Indications' are getting stronger all the time that de la Huerta's confidential man, Fesqulerti, came to Washington for no other purpose than to work out some scheme to get the United States to keep its hands I CAPITALISTS Master Class Resort to Plot Rumors to Build Up Military Force (By Paul Hanna, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Washington—"Merely the advertising preamble to a big Increase in the state constabulary, or Black Cossacks, of Pennsylvania," ls the way James H. Maurer comments on the rumor that Philadelphia's armies of unemployed men are plotting to blow up fnctories there. ftfaurtr, who ls president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, is in Washington as a member of the commission on conditions in Ireland. In his statement to your correspondent on the Philadelphia bomb tale, he said: "There are from 60,000 to 80,- 000 textile workers atone now out of Jobs in Philadelphia. That condition creates a great deal of misery and justifiable discontent But the story that these miserable victims of modern industry are planning to dynamite factories strikes me as a malicious fabrication by those who are responsible for the unemployment and suffering. "I recall, also, that every time lt has been planned to enlarge the force of constabulary tbe poople have been treated to a newspaper campaign of so-callod radical plots and terrorism which never materialized. "Two years ago sentiment in Pennsylvania favored the abolition of the whole force, and there were enough hostile votes in the Legislature to abolish lt. Then came the mysterious transmission of infernal machines through the malls and the explosion of alleged anarchist bombs ln various parts of the country. "The Pennsylvania reactionaries quickly set the stage at Harrisburg to enlarge the constabulary. A large number of these troops were thrown about the capital building. The governor's chambers were heavily and ostentatiously guarded. All persons, including, mombers of tho Legislature, were searched for bombs if they approached the cap- Itol with parcels in their hands. "Simple-minded member's of the body grew pale with fear for their own lives, and began to clamor for a greater constabulary. So a bill was rushed through which increased the force and raised the pay of every one connected with it. "Then the stago decorations wei'e taken down. Troopers were removed from the capltol grounds. The governor's chambers were nffaln approachable by any one. Nobody was searched for bombs nny more. Tlie trick had been tut'ned and all talk of anarchy subsided." off while the Carranza confiscation polloy was being carried out, Tou see, the dally kept preu Is feeding the people one thing while the press of the American big business man ls feeding its readers something ' altogether different That Is high olass insidious propaganda. The trouble with the Doheny crowd -is, they went into Mexico when Diaz ruled and acquired control of their oil properties under laws which were framed for plunderers and exploiters, and now that the bold bad Mexicans have framed new laws with their 1917 Constitution, Dohetoy is fighting mad, since he can't have things all his own way, Doheny is an Imperialist, and as such can't see the Mexican peoples vlewponit, Several oil men, heads of big companies doing business ln Mexico, have said that thest Imperialistic pirates have done things in Mexico with an utter disregard of the Mexican people. The Doheny Interests are still the biggest thing ln the Mexican oil field, and the most troublesome. And, of «ourse, as such, they hate to have companies like the Mexican Eagle side In with the Mexican government. When de la Huerta's administration gave concessions to the Mexican Eagle, the Doheny interests got quite "riled up," and probably the spilt with the oil association and the Mexican Eagle was the result of these concessions. Recently the oil propagandists have vented their ire on the Mexican Review, published in Washington, D. C, because lt showed up these propagandists. A recent issue of one of the Doheny oil propaganda sheets demands that the flrst thing Obregon should dols to suppress the Review, since it ls controlled by the Mexican government, the writer says, so as to show his sincerity of purpose. Tou see, great minds run everywhere in the same channel—if any one dares to disagree with you, why, simplicity itself—suppress hlml Dissolution of General Federation of Labor Is Ordered Paris—The French court, which has been hearing cases against officials of the General Confederation of Labor on charges of infringement of the law prohibiting unions from playing a political part, has ordered the dissolution of the federation. At the same time fines of 100 francs each were Imposed upon Leon Jouhaux, president of the Federation, and four other offlclsls of the organization. The chief charge against the Federation was that It had political aims. Proof of this was considered to be found in the participation of the Federation In the railroad strike in May, 1920. In the midst of the strike, which It was feared might precipitate drastic changes ln the economlo and political structure of France, tho cabinet instructed the minister of justice to seek dissolution of the Federation. Berlin—The mining union of Lorraine has voted by a largo majority to affiliate with the International and the Oerman, Slovak and Magyar Socialists of the "Left," who, until now had been separated have decided, on the advice of the International, to Join the International Czeoho-Slovak Socialist Party. > EMPRESS Phone Seymonr 8408 NEXT WEEK "On Trial" Featuring Bay B, Collins and Margaret Marriott PANTAGES Nut Wuk MME. BBDINI And Bu Be. utijul Horn. Otber Bit features Low-priced coal will no doubt be a great boon to the slaves that have no jobs. How Is This for Low Prices? I will aell you Stanfield's Bed Label at, per ault $5.00 Blue Label at $6.00 Blaok Label at $7.00 I have tke troofle. Thla la not a oatob ad. ,i Men'a Heavy Orer Work Shirta, high and regular collar $1.75 Men'a Blue Chambray Shirts for tl.OO i Mackinaw Coats $10.00 Men'a Heavy Pants, all wool, at I „ W.00 Men'a Fine Shirts I1.M Men'a Striped Overalls, with bib, at 11.50 Blankets at prloea that wtll satisfy anyone. 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Coma and ih ail *• -aU to hay I We're t*-*- t# ihow yoa round, HOME Furniture Co. 416 MAIN Opposite City Hall Toronto Workers Hear the Truth for Once The Amalgamated Garment Workers of Toronto have started a series of lectures, and opened these by Inviting Prof. Scott Nearing to give them a lecture on "Industrial Democracy." It ls to be regretted that the workers were not alive to the fact that In absenting themselves, they were depriving themselves of a real intellectual feast, but lt ii safe to say that the bulk of them are more interested In paying homage to William of Orange than anything else, unless lt is hunting for a job, whloh does not exist. . In opening his lecture, the professor stated that the word "Democracy" haa been so travestied, that lt waa not recognisable any longer with Ita true meaning, and that to him Industrial democracy meant the ownership of the shops and factories by the worken in the Interest of the workeri. At the present time, the working olass were bereft of the tool! of produotlon, whereaa even In what were known aa the dark ages, the artl< san. possessed his toola, and was always, at least able ta ereate tot his own needs,' He went on to ahow how we had built up vast empires, but they had all been failures, because they were not based on supplying the needa of humanity, but all had grown up on the exploitation of a slave class. He showed the analogy between the ancient empires and the British Empire, which he stated, was the greatest that the world had ever known sinoe the Boman Empire. Why did that vast Boman civilization fall, he asked, and then explained that the Idea of greatuss was ln acquiring vast teri-ltonr/and subjecting the people and compelling them to pay tribute to Rome. They took from them "all that the market would bear," without breaking, or In other words, extracted from them everything except what was actually necessary to keep them alive, to contniue to be further exploited. The Roman Empire had enormous wealth and unlimited power", but lt fell and was followed by a period of agricultural life, aa the people were forced back to the land, ln order to live. Thue many of the advances made during the period of Its growth and decay were lost, and a terrible reaction set ln, which was known as the Dark Agos. Capitalism had built up an enormous civilization, but what did we see today? In Central Europe, the large cities are being deserted, and the people are taking up their abode in the country, as the only means of existence. Capitalism had failed dismally, and was collapsing. Dealing with the world war, he showed the mockery of the various war propaganda, and dealt at length on the "war to end war" cry, which had been so thoroughly believed at the time; but who believes that there will not be an other wai" now? They are prepar Ing with greater speed and with more expenditure in tho United States, England and Japan In 1911 than they were In 1918. The paat war had cost ua ten million lives as a direct result of another fifteen million hnd diod slnoe from starvation, epidemics, eto. Yet the next war would be more colossal, and demand greater losses. In Reference to the causes of war, he showed how for many years there had been a close alliance between Germany and Great Britain, so much so that our rulers were of German extraction, and therefore there existed close hereditary ties; France, on the other hand, had always been antagonistic to Great Britain, and , Russia under the Czar, was an enemy nation not so yery long ago, when we faced them ln combat ln the Crimea. Hence the strange alliance of France, Russia and Great Britain had to be accouted fol". This being due to the necessary expansion of Germany, and their attempt to reach the Eaat by the Bagdad railway, and the possibilities of the success of such a scheme. The development of new countries waa described as countries being very rich in natural resources, with a very small or no at"my and navy, hence the need of their development, which was another namo for foreign capitalists seizing everything that was worth having, seeing that the natives did the work for them, and returning to them a mere subsistence. The Spanish- American war was alao outlined. The Spanish atrocities towards the natives, and the need of a great and noble people rescuing them from the oppression of thc foroign yoke, were the accepted reasons, but when analyzed, we found that Cuba had great sugar plantations, which were very essential to the United States; that oil and other valuable products which the States required, were to be found ln the Philippines; hence the great love for the people waa expressed ln getting control of their vast wealth. Upon the necessity of the workers taking control and producing for use Instead of for proflt, he stated, that last summer he had spent several montha In Europe. There he found that all the workers were agreed that thli system must be abolished. There was ne difference of opinion upon that, the only difference being the best and most expeditious method of accomplishing lt. In Europe now, there were those who stood solidly behind the third Internationale, and the group who wero talking of forming a fourth Internationale which he folt sure would come Into being this spring. In France he found the workers all advocating the abolition of capitalism, although their rulers were the most Imperialistic ln the world at the present time. In Germany, tho feeling was the same, and ln the opinion of many with whom he had conversed on this matter, (mon who had taken great pains to get the real truth of the situation), II was generally thought that this spring would see revolutionary action from many of the smaller European countries, tn which Germany may also take a part. Asked about the United States, he stater FAGB FtVt I CHURCH Ecclastics Show Their Position on the Irish Incentives to Progress Under Capitalism (Continued from December 31) (By T. F. M.) , ^ Wagedom is the underwriter of poverty. Poverty has eaat lta mantle about, not alone tha human body, but tha entire lhental processes ot mankind.: It haa dragged down into the uttermost depths of degradation and despair, through' laok of the natural fuel to the human body, all concepts of morality; for to1 undermine the body by starvation la but to arouse and aggravate that animalistic trait of lt.an that la but covered by a thin veneer* of what Is termed civilization. To temporarily nourish the starving by donating charity, petty alms remlnda one of a cat playing with a mouse, a tiger playing with Its prey. To donate alma to the poor is to give nourishment to an evil disease, for poverty la a disease, the foulest moral disease possible, borti and cherished by the foulist Incentive. The poor ara not subject ln relation to human so-titrable labor; what do we And? We rlety. Haeckel aays, as tn animal flnd that they In thousands have society so does the law of the "aur- been foreed by economlo necessity vlval ot the fittest" function in to resort ta the only vocation left human soolety. Tha Dai*wlnlan theory aa to whloh be the fittest ln animal society la baaed upon what ls termed natural selection," whloh law cannot function In human society, for there la no biological variation among human beings; neither ls man dominated aa ln animal soolety by environment, for man having transformed his environment to hla own uses ls enabled to annul tha "dictatorship" of natural environment Is lt not Illogical to suppose that the law of the "fittest" as It functions In animal soolety should ad- 'ust Itself ln human society? Shall tha swift In human society prey upon the slow, tha strong upon tha weak, and tha crafty upon tha un-, wary? In human soolety the fittest are not necessarily the strong, any more than they ara the weak. It la a different species to the rich, thr owing to something outside ot difference ls not, In his mental moral or physical construction ot the Individual. It Is In the economio construction of society;! it la ln the Immoral vileness of the entire social system. Therefore the poor* are but a reflex of the whole of society that reflects a condemnation upon all humanity. Those altruistic beings who ln all good faith, perhapa donate to the poverty- stricken are but rendering temporary aid, which but Inflames the cankerous boil of starvation. According to capitalistic law, or justice or whatever they may desire to term lt, a. being who possesses no monoy Is not entitled to live; and here Is a paradox with which society is grossly redundant; yet, lf this starving wretch attempts to end his or hei* miserable existence they are subject to arrest Summed up, the law decrees lt a crime to live and It also decrees lt a crime to die; for ls It not a fact that vagrancy or pauperism Is punishable by Imprisonment, either ln a jail or poorhouse? A poorhouse la not imprisonment some may Insist Let us go into this poorhouse, this workhouse—this charitable institution and see for ourselves. These guests, or rather Inmates, as they are termed, endure a humdrum, demoralizing existence. Toung and old, crippled and dull- witted, all paupers, herded like sheep—but wait. Christmas arrives. Oh, what joy Is theirs, for does not this humanitarian system, grant them, these beings that ate no longer manly or womanly on thts day of days, a more lavish supply of life's necessities. Those unwanted creatures, homeless, spiritless, helpless, yet hopeful for three hundred and sixty-four days, look forward to this day, Christmaa Day, much as a ti*uo Christian would lodk for the coming of the Redeemer. Yes, truly such an Institution la moral— from an Immoral point of view. Struggle Natural Charles Darwin through hla scientific analysis of the development of organic nature, lias given to mankind invaluable data ln relation to the vai'ious forms of Ufa In animal society he tells us that the struggle for exlstanoa ls struggle that ls natural and i avoidable. It ta a struggle ln which the fittest always survive. Varl ous theorlea are advanced upon thla that lt waa very difficult to say what would happen there. For the past Ave yeara, the workera had been doing well, 1. e., they had been getting the workers share regularly, and a Uttle surplus that the psychology of many across the line was that by being industrious and saving, they would be able to attain to the height of Rockefeller. During the war period, a stent number gathered together every possible cent and started some form of business or Industry, feeling that at last they had struck the high road to success. The results wei'e Just now being felt. The panic had struck them so hard that at the present time thoy were dazed. Meanwhile, the big fellows were swallowing them up, much to tho gain of the latter. What would happen aa a result he could not toll. Business failures had Increased considerably during the last month. Moat ot those affected being men with smalt capital. natural causes that determine who shall be the fittest It la owing to the possession of wealth. Tha two little words "How Muoh" enter onoe again Into the discussion, they cannot be eliminated, they have a subtle manner of Inserting themsel- es Into all questions ln which present soolety Indulges Itself. Where the only food available are the leaves upon the trees, the giraffe, as Darwin states, with the long neck would be the fittest. In capitalist society tho long neck resolves itself Into a long bank account In a state of society baaed upon tha social ownership of the means of life, man would bend down the tree upon which hangs the fruit of social production, enabling all who perform their social obligations, to survive. There would be no long-necked, for there would be no rich; there would be no short-necked for there would be no poor. The very science that treats ot the "survival of the fittest" In its adaptation to human society, should be sufficient evidence, even to tho most skeptical of the corrupt Issues of capitalism. Man has, we must admit, harnessed the forces of nature, but haa he conquered them? In the faoe of all dogmatic utterances to the contrary, man has, Instead of utilizing these forces for the benefit of all; brought about, through foul Incentives a more despicable and servile state of society, creating of the earth's tollers a multitude of servitors who bow down before these forces they have harnesp»J, Under a system of Bociety that caters to the requirements of all, would not such a state eventually wipe out that parasitic element, the hangers-on, the remnants of capitalism, who would doubtless be existent, scattered aparsely through the new social order? Would they not be the unfitted, an unflttest that would formulate and prove the moral standard of the new society. Capitalism as It evolved, created new and numerous complications to sucfi an extent, that In one decade the entire fabrlo of society experienced an upheaval. The female of the species, during the war (ttself being one of the milestones along the road of progress capitalistic) threw aalde the prewar cloak of feminism and usurpf ed man's .place In Industry, which faet Itself forced a charge In the moral status of woman. No longer waa she looked upon merely as a prospective bride, a mother-to-be, a chattel for man to do with as he willed. Tha war transformed all this, aa lt transformed the oodea of what previously waa moral and lawful. t It encouraged young womanhood to become a co-partner in one of the vilest conspiracies of history. Inducing them to become "war brides," a conspiracy directed against the unbortt child; It also Instructed them In Innumerable trades and callings, all such, being countenanced by the church and state In the name of patriotism and duty. Tlio Fittest At the cessation of this bloody war for peace, after these war- brides had discarded their widows' weeds, nfter they had brought Into the world a child whose father waa long since cold and stark beneath the soil, after these thousands oj patriotic women tollers had been cast upon the scrap heap of unde- to them; a vooatlon that la woeful* ly Increasing—prostitution. Thus the Darwinian hypothesis of the "Attest" proves luelf In human society, tha Attest apparently being the woman of such calibre. Therefore taking thla aa x baala In wur analysis as to tha future of capitalistic soolety, one wouid naturally assumo that the predominant element would ba a race of dehumanized and bestial degenerates whose ohlef funotlon would be to precipitate upon all society the venemoua blood-red fang of harlotry, leaving In Its wake a lasting —aye, and truly boftttlng monument to the most atrocious system the world has aver aeen. Prostitution haa been termed tha social evil; it la mora than that; it Is a sooial necessity, forced upon soolety through economlo necessity, a necessity that Is essential to the growth of capitalism. Another profession that haa received a vitalizing Impulse under capitalism, ls war. It ls tha moral elevating and ennobling calling that exists, that Is, according to those peaceable Individuals who atay at home to make profits out of war stocks. Greater strides have been made along the path of progress during the last decade, In all thlnga relating to war, than all other enterprises combined. The militarists, that element whose sole profession Is tactics; who study maps and direct tha activtiiea of the various armies, look upon war much aa a chess player will look upon a game of oheas. It ls a game, and the majority of participants are pawns. The fatherless children whoae lawful and moral protector deserted them, whose lust to kill, ln the name of duty, was greater than his paternal instinct, ara the result of a dastardly dogma that encourage" such in lta appeal to what ls termed "humanity." To do one's duty aa i soldier, Is to shirk one's duty as a father. To become an efficient butcher, one must kill animals. To become an efficient aoldier, one must follow that calling; one must kill men, and by ao doing one's sense of duty Is "exalted." Thus society has created and placed upon a pinnacle of fame such beings, who are proudly pointed out as being all that ls manly and noble, creating an incentive in the young mind to also becomo "manly and noble." ^How droll, yet sad, to hear the cockney waif, the outcast, singing "Rule Brltannta," while — listen closely at hts. vitals; his belly Is whining for food. With exultant swelling of breaat, this starveling sings of the noble traditions of his race, ln a voice quivering with fervent fanaticism; patriotism it ls misnamed. The crossing-sweeper tights for the privilege of a muddy crossing, the homeless for the privilege of a vacant benrfh, and the hungry for a greater hunger; such ls the reward given these starving beings who were once proud sol diers, by a system whose ethical standard Is valued at so much—at par, and whoae oulture Is measured by the amount of toll they do not perform. ' Booted ln Commerce The Incentive for war ls rooted la' commerce. Foreign markets, trade routes, territorial expansion; these are the objectives aimed at; tho outcome of auoh avaricious desires being war, "glorious war.' The only glorious victory Is a victory of man's finer feelings, over his baser animal passions and madness, whloh thrive upon lust and Ignorance, A vlotory of one nation over another means that Mars has, conjointly with Moloch and Mammon, been victorious, and that blood lust has robed Kso.f ln false raiment and aeduoed the mind of the people. Suoh cataclysms as the "Oreat War" are based upon corrupted Incentive, which array alt the demoniacal evils in man agalnBt his better nature, and with his reeking lust for blood-honor and glory, sweep through this fair earth desecrating all that Is to the best Interests ot human progress. War develops and fertilizes every known evil, lt promulgates hatred, ln tho name of patriotism, lt creates an over Increasing v'cious desire to kill, and It ereatM a foul concept of what meant duty tn the brain A large .number of people, even In working clasa ranks, are ot the opinion that the Sinn Fein movement ln Ireland is merely' a s tarlan squabble, and that religion haa a great Influence on the movement. In faot some are ot the opinion that the Roman Catholic Church la responsible for the Irish movement to break from British rule. While It may be true that at one time the church played a part ln the Sinn Fein movement, aa an organization, aad pay even hava been responsible for a lot of thlnga that have transpired, the following taken from the Literary Digest will give some Idea aa to how much tho church la ln sympathy with the movement at this time: The unequivocal denunciation of Sinn Fein by the pflmate ot All Ireland, Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, plaoes the Catholio Church ln opposition te the movement aa far u the Irish hierarchy are concerned, but Irish Catholio papers tell us that at leaat one bishop and not a few priests, especially in the southwest, are enthusiastic supporters of the slogan, "For ourselves alone." The Cardinal's rebuke to Mr. de Vetera and his followers^ waa made in a pastoral ordering prayers for peace throughout hla diocese, and we quote lt from the Dublin Tree- man's Journal. It does not mention Sinn Fein by name, but rune: "Whether due to the demoralization ot the world by war, or to a fate hanging over unhappy Ireland, blasting her hopea when they seem to brighten, an agitation Is spreading here which Is Ill-considered and Utopian, and can not fall to entail suffering, disorganization and danger, to the end of dlaaater, defeat and collapse, and all In pursuit of a dream no sober man ean hope to ue realized, namely, the establishment of an Irish Republic, either by an appeal to the potentates of Europe at the peaoe conference, or hurling an unarmed people agalnat an Empire of Ave million under arms—a thing whloh would be ridiculous If lt were not so mischievous and fraught with such danger to an ardent, generous and patrlotla people." The Irish Catholio, the leading Catholio paper In Dublin, haa taken a strong antl-Slnn Fein stand and ls very angry with those priests who have lent lt the support of their countenance, "It la abundantly clear," lt says, "that Mr. de Valera does not want our priests to exercise any moderating Influence upon the secret counsel* of hts movement" which, lt avers, "la designed to drag Catholio Ireland at the heels ot the unholy Continental revolutionaries." The Irtah Catholio lets loose the vials of IU wrath upon the priests that attended the Sinn Fein convention, and says: "We emphatically protest against the combined lunacy and traitor- ism which would enroll Ireland among the enemies of the Empire and make our people the catapaws of a new German Lutheran conquest and confiscation of tho soil of our country. As regards the few priests who attended, we can only say that they must hava a peculiar regard for their peraonal dignity If they are satisfied with the treatment accorded them. Only two— we except of course, poor Father O'FIanagan, who waa elected a vice-president—were elected members of the council, and these two were the veteran Father Matt Ryan, who has alwaya been an enthusiast In every oause he ever espoused, and Jfather Wall. Both these reverent and worthy priests received fewer votes than the Countess Marklvlca or Dr. Kathleen Lynn." In a scries of detailed articles on the Irish situation, the London Dally Telegraph tells us that aa an organization the church ln Ireland ts not behind any political party. It even hints that the hierarchy Is pursuing an opportunist policy: "The Influence of the Catholio clergy ln Ireland ls as much of a hindrance aa a help to any political settlement. Ecclesiastical Inaction, continued,for months, hae seriously undermined the authority of the hierarchy. The recent pronouncement by Cardinal Logue has come too late. The Irish people have become convinced that the Roman Catholic Church Is t ■ "January Clearance Sale Ladies' Sweater Coats.. .au Mo* to aim Men's Sweater Coats, up to $7.50, to dear at ?4.00 Men's Mackinaw Coats, up to $22^0, to elear....f 12.75 Men's Overcoats, from .Htlf Prio* to 28% OS Men's Suits, all lines . Mfi Ott Clubb & Stewart Ltd. Men's and Boys' Clothiers 2 Stores 309 HASTINGS W. 623 GRANVILLE ST. waiting Hill to ttt whloh It th. winning aid* tnd to declare Itself In It. rapport. Thoy aro not wholly wrong. For many reason., chiefly of a matorial nature, tho IrUh hierarchy would nftor groat- ly by tho adoption of any polloy eppoaod to tho political tempor of th. pooplo.^ Onoa or twico tho at tampt hu been mado to donounoo a particular form of opposition to Castle government, but It haa novor needed. "Tho Cardinal's pronouncement wu mado a. aolomnly u wu de. manded by the dlro atiMta to whloh tha Influence of hla Church la reduced. The practical aniwer to lt wu tho presence of tho carriage of hla archleplacopal brothor of Dublin In tho multltudlnoua procea. .Ion of Sinn Fein protest whloh followed Atht tt hit grave a fnr woek. ago. Greatly u tho hierarchy dislike, tha Idea of Sinn Fein, It fear, even moro tho possibility af being out of sympathy with lta flock, and a continuance of Uu electoral successes of tho Republican party will hava tha aSast of modifying tha hostility of tha priest, toward tha new movoment Many writer, profess to believe that this li not tha ease, but la the activo circle, of MA,life It U recognised that tho Influence of tha Catholio Cuhrch In Irish political matters la for tho tlma almost sua- ponded. It will not bo for long, but this mott Important uset of govornmont hu unfortunately failed us at tha critical moment'* of the peaceful artisan, that war Is truly a noble calling, thue proving the Arm grip upon the moral Intellect of this being who looks with sadness upon he who cannot see eye to eye with him. Buch Invidious concepts prevent even the faintest ray of truth to pierce tho Inky blackness of their blighted Intellect. War to some, may appear as a blessing sent down by a Divine Providence to show ue the error of our ways, but the fact remains, we do not have to explore the Celestial region to discover the lnoentlvo for war, any mora than wa need journey to the abode of Satan to seek a preventative. It may be asserted that force will always be necessary to progress, meaning brute force, foroe of arma Suoh brains that possess such animalistic viewpoints are themselves derogatory to progress. Fores will bs necessary, force of Intellect, foroe of conscience; call It what you will; but force of arma never yet accomplished anything that redounded to the betterment of tha entire human race. To develop the brain of man and then to blow their heads oft In battle, appear, to be the highest Ideal of present day socioty. Honorable war? Dishonorable peace? Can there be such a condition? Through the Inventive genius of man, great strides have been made ln modern Industry. He tore the metal from the bosom of mother oarth and fashioned lt Into marvellous and Ingenious maohlnes; thus enabling him to perform Herculean feata. Tha steam engine, made possible what previously could never be ac compllshed. Mkn, however, In stead of becoming the master of these maohlnes, hu become their slave. (Continued next week) Montreal, Que.—"Unless th. at' vio authorities do aomethlng aulot- ly, and do It wall, a vary serious break may ooour In tho orowdad rank, ot tha unemployed," Barnard Rose, of th* Cltissns' Unemployment committeo, saya Ottawa, Ont — Canada', prlso* population feu increased mora thaa 10 par east sine* tha caseation ot hostilities la th* world war, *» oordlng to return, compll.d by tmf penitentiary branoh *f tt* department of Justice. Th* >pr*ad tt crime among young mra, parti* larly •( robbery with firearms, B alarming; _^ X-RAYS Locate IDs —Atrma- Vancouver X-Ray Institute .it staisaid ajms______a Hamilton, Ont. — Foreign-born workara ara being displaced oa governmont bridge construction ly Britlsh-born, following Instructions from F. O. Biggs, minister of publlo work. In Ontario'. Farmer-Li- bor government At a result many Russians ara preparing to laav. for thoir homaa ln Russia. by Xataral Ibtheia. Bears, 0 te • erealaia by epp.lalm.ai. Taaeoavar X*lay aa. 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BOOK Correct Clothes PAGE SIX thifweenth yeab. no. 3 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c 8AVE MONET by using n PEERLESS COAL gf Lump $14 Ton ' Stove $13 Ton ' We recommend a -mixture of half Lump and half Stove at 813.50 Ton. This is the best HOUSEHOLD GOAL In Vanoouver, bar NONE. Great Northern Transfer Co. , 420 CAMBIE ST. Phone Sey. 404-6-6 fEDEPAHOMST THE ONLY i/moll MADE OLOVE IN B. 0. Wholesale—Retail Best Quality—Right Prices VANCOUVER GLOVE CO. IIS Carrall Street. gey. USO DANCING LESSONS PHIVATK OR CLASS W. E. Fenn's School COTILLION HALL Phones: Ser. 101—Sey. 3058-O Social Dances Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. OOWAN & BROOKHOUSE PBDTTEHS, PUBLISHERS, 8TBBZO- TTPEB8 AUD BOOKB1NDBBS Union Oflcltli, write for pricei. We ■Ire SATISFACTION. Oa aai etUt Jaa. l, 1*20, we will be Ucftttd at 1129 HOWE ST. ' Toronto, Ont—Registration of men applying at the city relief bureau for meal tickets Is steadily Increasing. Vaneoaver Unions VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—Pmldent, J. M. Clarke; Vtw-preiidtnt, R. W. Hatlejr; iecretary J 0. Smith; treuurer, A. S. Wells; •erg eant-at-ftrmi, E. Home; t runtf es, Carr, Vinrublen, Sleverwrlght and Midg- lay. Heats Srd Wednesday each month la tha Peader Hall, corner of Pender and Bow* strwte. Phone Sey. 291 ALLltD PBINTINO TRADES COUN- cll— Uiets second Monday In tbe Math. President, J. P. McConnell: see- ftUry, R. H. Neelands. P. 0. Boi 66. ekNERAl. WORKERS' UNIT OP THE 0. B. U.—President, R. W. Hatley; aeeretary, J. G. Smith. Meets 1st Wad- aesday In each month In Pender Hall, •or. of Pender and Howe streets. Phone Say. 291, . Hotel and restaurant eh- ployeu, Local 21—Meets miy aecond Wednesday In the month at 2:80 p.m. aid erary fourth Wednesday In the month at 1:80 pm. President, John Cnmmlnie, Montury and bualneaa agent, A. Graham. Oflee and meeting hall, 441 Seymonr St. W. Phone Sey. lflSl. Office hours, S aja. to 6 p.m. South Vancouver Unemployment Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Unemployment Is steadily growing worse in Vancouver; one meets men who have been out of work for three or four months. The ratepayers have turned down the money bylaws, and thc vest of the wonderful programme of development, etc., has turned out to be 90 per cent, pure bunk, as usual. On top of this, comes the Joyful news that wages have to be cut. Vancouver Sun says, Jan. 14, 1921, Metal Trades Council orders cut of 10 pei' cent, in wages, effective Monday next.; Coughlans' orders cut from 10 to 30 per cent. In wages, effective at once. This in spite of the Btatement by H. H. Stevens, M. P., that these vessels wore to be started to relieve the unemployment situation, and wages paid according to government contract. The one thousand are not to be employed, according to the men working there, and 200 or more are to bc laid off. According to Mr. Gompers, Labor is not a commodity; also several of our local Labor leaders, tell ua from time to time that capital and Labor are co-operating very nicely. They are, with the mounted police in the offlng to pre serve law and order. Fellow workers, whose fault is this? What have you done to improve the miserable conditions under which you live? Have you supported the Federationist? If one-half of the workers in Vancouver had spent $10 to make The Federatlonist a daily, we would have a daily paper today which would be of inestimable value at this time to Labor's cause. Did you build up a powerful organization to present a united front to your masters in troubled times? If yOu could speak one hundred thousand strong, your wages would not bc bo liable to such cuts as they are getting. No, you did none of these things; you.were too busy co-operating; too busy knocking those men who tried to tell you the truth; buying Victory Bonds, "winning the war," making the world safe foi* democracy; now you walk the streets in the rain or hang on to your job in fear and trembling. Workers, wake up; quit chasing rainbows; get down and study, find out the cnuse of all this. This is a wonderful world, full of life and all those things that make life worth while f»r you. By studying the reason for your present condition, you will And the remedy and apply It and end for all time this degradation and mesery you go through every so often. There are classes in this city second to none, studying your affairs, your conditions. Were you ever seen attending any of them? I)o you allow youi* masters to teach you through the daily press, your concepts of economics, of history, of sociology, of Socialism, of Labor's struggles against capital- Ism? Would you expect a banker to write an article against the banking system, or a prosperous merchant to advocate the doing away with retail stores? If you get your ideas Worn the daily press or magazines, you are doing just that. Workers of the world, awake, arm yourselves with knowledge; let the torch of truth and enlighten ment shine in every corner. Be men, and be free, or live in ignorance and darkness and slavery. It's up to you, and you alone. SYDNEY JACKSON. South Vancouver, B. C, talned on an empty stomach. Re necessary changes, I did say that the workers of Canada were not desirous of being forced to adopt the Russian method of securing them; neither did we think It necessary that-we should be forced to do so, but pointed out the Russian people had no other alternative and attempted to draw a parallel from conditions existing In France and Britain at the time bf the revolution to show that the action of the workers would be determined almost entirely by that of the employers, and finished by stat Ing that in any even tho workers would never consent to go back tb pre-war conditions, but would do mand something better. In conclusion it Is a great disappointment to me to find the paper which should be looking for every opportunity to give me encouragement and support, not doing this, but, on the contrary, tailing the first chance without even an attempt to get the facts to do the very opposite. Yours truly, W. J. SCRIBBENS. Reactionary Labor Man Tickles Ears of Society Ladies Woman in Audience Calls J. P. Holland a Traitor A Criticism Editor B. C. Federationist: In the issue of Jan. 21, you say Socialists have no constructive proposals to offer. Apparently you admit they have a destructive policy; that appears to be true enough of a certain brand of Socialists of the little down-and-out crazy element. I was mate with one, on S. L. P. in the hospital over 20 years ago. He wished to see Vancouver burn to the ground. I wish to say here thnt the Social Democratic Party of Vancouver did have constructive policy, but the con- structlonless element mixed In with them, and broke them up. But I fail to see any improvement over the old S.d S. D. P..in nny way. To advocate the taking over and making public ownership and De mocratic management of our ex change system of railways, mines and marine, etc., is surely progressive, not destructive. It would not be good sense for any human animal to destroy their shelter wilfully, before they had anothor ready to go into. When we take everything Into .consideration, the origin tif the human race their environment ln such a chaotic world/with IU extreme heat and cold, floodB and droughts, we should be very thankful fm' the progress we arc making. Yours for a constructive policy, ALEXANDER YOUNG. 1607 Fourth Ave. West, Vancouver, B. C, January 25, 1921. (Note by Editor: Our reader might Tvell read again our remarks with respoct to constructive effort, he would then find that we never suggested that wealth should be destroyed, but that capitalism must be wiped out before constructive efforts will be of any avail. Our correspondent has not evidently grasped our meaning, which is entirely different to that which he Imagines we intended to convey. Only idiots would destroy the things thnt are necessary for human existence, and that is the function of the present ruling class, not of Socialists.) (By Nemesis) [Note:—Undoubtedly the facts I am about to relate will cause much discussion ln the scientific world now that there Is a lull in the racking of the big brains to produce engines of wholesale slaughter and burning gases, employed to put the illoglcally discontented proletarians of the earth out of their miseries: but I must ask the. editor not to give any of these great patriots my private address as I feel I have done all I can do in the stating of the bare facts of the ense and I may add I have no scientific theory to acccount for them, but strongly lean to the opinion of the used tribe-father of whom more anon.] tN*fcRNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AwoeUtlon, Local 01-62—Offlee and UU. 1S2 Cordova St. W. Meeta flrst aad third Fridays. 0 p.m. Becretary- rtnrer, F. Chapman; bnalneaa agent, Riehards. jfrflERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORK- era' Union—Meeta 2nd and 4th Mondaya. President, J. E. Dawson, 1645 Tew $t., Kitsllano; aeeretary, E. T. Kelly, 1160 Huting! St. E.; recording secretary, !>. Holdsworth, 686—llth St. W., North Taacouvcfr. LUMBER, CAMP * AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Dept, of the O. B. U.— An Industrial union of all workers In log■ gag and construction camps. Coast Die- let and Oeneral Headquarters, 61 Cor dova 8t. W., Vanoouver, B. C. Phone Sey. TIS6. t. Winch, general secretary treasurer; legal advisers. Messrs, Bird, Macdonald k Co., Vancouver. B. Ci auditors, Messrs. Buttar * Chiene, Vancou- yer, B. 0. Pattern makers* league op North America (Vancouver and vicinity)— Branch meets second and fourth Mondaya, 810 Pender St. W. President, Wm. Hunter, 818 Tenth Ave., North Vancouver; financial secretary, E. Goddard. 166 Richards Straet; recording secretary, J. D. Russell, Booth Rd., McKay P. O., Burnab) B. C ■■ Children's Suicides O. B. U. UNIT PILE DRIVERS, WOOD- en Bridgemen, Derrlckmen and Rltcgers of Vancouver and vicinity. Meets every Monday, 8 p-m., in O. B. U. Hall. 804 Fender St. W. Pre&ldent, T. L. Hewitt; inanclal secretary and business agent, E. Borne. Phoae, Beymour 2C). ffPOORAPHIOAL UNION No. 228 Meets last Sunday of etch month at I p.m. President, A. E. Robb; vice- president, 0. H. Collier; aecretarytreaa- Ter, R. H. Neelands. Bor 66. frntKET AHD ELECTRIC RAILWAY Employees, Pioneer Dlvlsiin, No- 101 —Meeta A. O. V. Hall, Mount Pleasant Iat and Srd Mondays at 10.lt am. and i p.m. Pnaldent, R. Rigby, recording Ecrotary, P. E. OrMa, 4*7—«th Avenua iat; treuurer, F. (sidaway: *S«elal secretary and buelnesa agent, W. H. Cot troll, 4808 Dumfries Street; otflee corner Frtor and Mala Sts. Phone Fair. 660* R Unemployment Wave Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Labor unions, unemployed; and in fact all organizations who are affected by this present unemployment wave thnt is sweeping this prosperous" Canada, could take leaf from Labor's book in' the Old Country, and use it with benefit in this country. Here, in thia part of the British Empire, wherein conditions are looked upon by thc worker in the old land as far in advunce of his lot here; where there is but a mere fraction of the popluatlon of the British Isles; what do we find? We And that the unemployed are apparently willing to accept any treatment meted out to them, accepting with a servile thankfulness the despicable dole such us they are at present receiving. In the old country the unemployed are demanding unemployment wages; while in tbis country .the unemployed are craving for, and receiving charity, tn the form of tickets, with which they advertise to the public their degradating condition. They say "a worm will turn," apparently we are something lower than a worm. According to the Province, the national executive of the Labor Party passed a resolution to be submitted to the government asking that forty shillinnH per week' be paid to each man and twenty- five shillings to each woman, with additional allowances for dependents. Has there been a similar resolution even mentioned In this country? T. F. Af. (By Anise, Federated Press Staff Writer.) Journeymen tailors' union of America, Local No. 178—Meetings held irst Monday ln eaoh month, 8 p.m. Presidont, A, R. Oatenby; vice-president, D. lawson; recording secretary, C McDonald, P. 0. Box 60S; financial secretary, T. Templeton, P. O. Boi 503. THE HW WESTMINSTER BRANOH of the 0. B. U, meets on the first and third Wednesday of every month. All members ln this district ara Invited te attend. C Provincial Unions ] VIOTOBIA. B. 0. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES ud Labor Conncil—Meets flrst and 81rd Wedneadaya, Knlghu of tjtUaa all, North Park Street, st 8 p.m. President, A. C. Pike; vico-presldent, C E. Copeland; secretary-treasurer, E. H. Woodward, P. 0. Bp« 802, Victoria, B.C pbikoe rupert, b. 0. __ Prince rupebt trades and la- bor Counoll—Meets aecond and fourtt Tnasdays of each month, In Carpentera* Hall, Trepidant, B. D, McDonald j viot- arwldnt, A. Ellis: secretary. Oeo. Wad- dell, Box 278, Prince lapert, B. 0. Alderman Scrlhbcns Explalna Editor B. C Federationist; Sir- Re your editorial of the 20th inst. ln regard to my remarks at the mayor's luncheon, I am of the opln ion that you should have taKfti ateps to verify the report of same before undertaking to write an editorial. You have constantly crltl cised the other papers for printing biased and unfair reports, and also JuBt as constantly pointed out to your readers that they Bhould accept nothing they print aa true, yet you yourself accepted a report without any attempt to check same, when all you had to do to find ont the truth was to telephone me or any one else that was present, in regard to my contradicting report. I never aaw it until I read It in (he "Fed." and you will admit I lost no time then. Now, ln regard to what I did say re unemployment, I pointed out. that this was a social disease; that In Canada there was no need for it to exiBt If the workers wefe given free access to the natural resources of the country; that an unemp'oyed man waB an economic waste; also that the people deteriorated physl cally, mentally and morally ae a result of unemployment, and that a moral code could not be main- It Is reported By the Snve-a-Life League That over 200 children In the U. S. A. Committed SUICIDE In the past six months. Ifs many MORE, they say, Than any year before 88 boys, And 137 girls, Alt neatly tabulated An you soe, With sex and age And METHODS Averaged up! The average ago of boya Is sixteen years; Thc average age of GIRLS Is fifteen only; The girls take POISON, The boys use^a GUN— And there were fifty MORE In there six months Than were reported For thc year before! THUS Are they all laid out In chilling type, Yet every one Of nil those CASES Was a young, young SOUL That should have bcen happy With marbles or ball Or dolls; That should have bcen roaming The woods and the waters Exulting In the sunlight and the STORM; That should have bcen thrilled with the NEWNESS OF LIFE, Not HICK Of a life OUTWORN! And 1 looked to see WHAT the report Recommended To stop these children's deaths. HOW would they try To make life seem WORTH living,— Would they give the fathers More wages, Or more TIME at homa With their children; Would they give the mothers Better training; HOW Would they settle the queitlon? And I read: "These terrible facts Urgently call For strictly enforced LAWS To SUPPRESS the sale Of ail POISONS And FIREARMS!" Somehow It seemed A rather mean trick JUST to take away The guns and poisons, JUST to block tho way OUT of living, When lt ought to be so easy To make CHILDREN WANT to live! (By Helen Augur, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) New York—In a ballroom hung with crystal lamps the National Civic Federatoin has opened a re crultlng station for war against So- viet Russia. Five hundred recruits answered the call of the Federation to come and be' filled again with hatred against Russia and the ideals she is trying to work out. Unlike the hungry recruits who are sneaking into the army because there are no jobs, no beds, no food, and no hope waiting elsewhere, the ladles and gentlemen who strolled or waddled into the ballroom at the Astor came because they had nothing else to occupy the afternoon. Ralph Easley, chairman of the executive council of the Federation, and self-appointed bulwark of the existing system against trade unionism, new idoas or education, found tt easy to amuse his audience Ho gave them a satisfying list of speakers, beginning with William C. Redflold, former secretary of commerce, and ending with James P. Holland, president of the State Federation of Labor, who was never known to make an inappropriate remark in such a gathering. In spite of the Federation literature which the audience had been receiving for yours, and the newspapers which tliry doubtless read dally, It was still possible to elicit warm applause by the simple device of calling Soviet Russia "a band of brigands," "rapers," "counterfeiters," "cutthroats" and "receivers of stolen goods." A high moral tone was lent the gathering by the presence of Em- meline Pankhurst, veteran suffix gist of England. ' The audienoe had heard it whispered that she hi*d been sent to America by Lloyd George to help recruit a nejw In*- ternatlonal army to be thrown against Soviet Russia in the spring. She used hor time in urging the women, now that they hnv/e the vote, and especially since they have leisure "due to the men," to onljst In tho r.rray (igalnst Russia and thc Ideas of Lnbor, and "save this Christian civilisation." ., , ,- Redfield flattered his audience by telling them a little story which ho believed had never beep (old outside the walls of the administration. He was reminded of it, he said, by the amount (if platinum Jewelry which the ladies wero wearing. "During thc war," he snid, "we were greatly ln need of platinum in this country. In fact, we were so put to it that wc had to send several agents to RuBsia disguised as Red Cross officers. One of them managed to escape with 100,000 ounces. They got safely across Europe ond home, where we quickly relieved them of their precious metal." Immediately thereafter he aald in a furious tone. 'Those dishonorable thieves in Russia nre sending thcir agents across Europe, with messages to the I. W. W. and the Communists ln this country. Some of them I am glad to Bay, were caught and Bhot in Europe." Conde B. Pallen,, chairman of the department of Study of Revo lutlonary Movements, then rose to Instruct his audienco in the rudi ments of revolutionary philosophy. "The SovleU' said he, "means Wmc nh Langataffe, Ont—Lanistaffe public school, founded 110 years afo aa one of the flrat educational Institutions built by public funds, has one man and two women on < achool board, The women hold : official position* the disintegration of our western civilisation. Marx and Engle openly declared that bourgeois moral ■standards meant nothing to them. 'Property is theft,' says Marx and Engels. Lenin and Trotsky are true to this rule. family is the root if private ppnp- "Marx and Engels say that the erty. Therefore the Bolsheviks have abolished the family. Filthy rapers!" "The hope of killing Bolshevism is through the Russian peasant." And then, in a burst of candor, "If we recognize Russia, we might as well throw up our hands and. surrender." Throughout the discussion there were uneasy and Indignant references to two groups—the business men who want to trade with Rub- sia, and the trade union men who want Jobs on contracts from Russia. There was also reference to Ludwig Martens, with tenrifylng mention of the proximity.of his trade bureau to the comfortable ball room. Then James P. Holland mounted the platform. He, an officer of the Civic Federation aud likewise of the A. F. of L., waB empowered,to speak for Labor. .Ai,. Charming the polite ear* of his audience with a near-proletarian manner of speech, Holland said: "I want to say that circulars are going around saying that organized Labor wants trade with Russia. Well, the people that wants trado with Russia were opposed lo this government during the war,, They want a government here Ilka Russia. If they don't like this great free government, let them go back, etc. The best thing for you people to do is to atop feeding tea In your parlors to the long-haired fellows and the short-haired women, the Parior-BolshevlkB. It's these long- hairs and short-hairs that ara trying to upset our government. Stop the parlor parties, and you won't have any trouble. "I want to say that organized Labor doesn't want to recognize Soviet Russia, At the last meeting of the Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York, the fellows absolutely voted down any and all propositions to recognize Soviet Ruuia." Baok in the room a woman rose. "You're a traitor to Labor," she -?id. "The Counoll voted fer trade vlth Russia." Hoars, hisses. Holland, still oen- using the Issue tot the comfort of E all know that atavism means a recurrence of some physical, moral or1 mental stute once possessed by the remote ancestors of an organism but which has disappeared in the process of evolution; and ns under our beneficent social system the human race has grown so physically, morally and mentally perfect a case of atavism occurring in a human being Is generally regarded as disastrous to tht: individual concerned. And sometimes it is, but that depends. There is no word as far ai 1 know to express the opposite of atavism that is a throwing forward of any individual to some distant, future poriod in the history of his race; although we occasionally hear of men who are said to be born before their, time; but that is said only in cases of men who have dared to question tho established and recognized morality of their masters in vogue at U.q t!me, which aa you know Is very wrong and has been termed blasphemous or seditious and very properly, of course, has heavy penalties attaching to It. J am about to put on reiord a cose of the opposite of uta. uni, of an anticipation, ns it were, of our cultured altruistic life In lho dim and hitherto unrecorded past. About 10,000 years before Christ, when,.I am led to believe, Vancouver waa yet among the wonderful things in the womb of the Cosmic scheme and the Lions stood lu their pristine majesty much as thoy do today, there lived a race of primitive people in onc of the vaiteyi which discharges Its waters on the m rth shore of our inlet. This tribe of people 1l»od the s'u plest and rudest of llvoi., Their diet consisted of the flesh -if wild animals, to catch which they often had to mako long Journeys, and of the wild fruits which grew in the forests around. In winter they wrappod themselves in the furs of animals; in summer they clothed themselves more scantily, almost as scantily indeed as our modem ballroom belles, In a coarse material which the women plaited from the fibres of forest plants. Their habitations were mere huts constructed with thc branches of trees, the crevices beinjx filled ln with clay. The products of the cha-ie and the stores of wild fruits were brought in and distributed equally among ull, as were all the things they produced and used ln their simple! primitive lives. Often they felt the keen pangs of hunger when for &'. me reason their hunters failed to bring back a sufficiency of food, and they often shivered in the seasons when the skins were scarce. Except for occasional deaths, and accidents to individual members of thetr tribe, and now and again an unusually fierce storm of wind or rain or periods of excessive heat or cold, their llvoi ran on tn an uneventful and monotonous channel and they wero con* tented. But an event was to occur whicli threw their simple lives into an uproar of angry resentment, the tradition of which was passed down from generation to generation till the tribe itself ceased to exist. One bright cold day in winter some fifty of the tribo were assembled in a large log hut-which stood in the centre of the village. The season was severe and skina were scarce, but they were discussing one of their number whose vagaries had drawn the attention of his fellows to himself, a circumstance not altogether unknown in our own bright day of big business and contentment, The chief, an imposing figure, sat on a rough seat of boughs and the others squatted ln a large circle around him. It appears that one of their number for a long time previously had been acting in a very unconventional manner. He had absented himself for weeks and months at a time, appearing only at intervals to beg food and skins, although he was a noted hunter of the tribe and for a long time he had contributed nothing to the general fund. Soon a silence as of expectancy fell upon the group amid which tha chief rose and held up his hand as a young bravo of the trib'e quickly entered and approached him. "Spoak, brother," Baid the chief, as the young man stood silently before him. I have seen the lair ln whloh our brother hides, for I didst follow In his steps as thou didst command." 'Lead us thither," said the chief. The young man left the hut, followed by the chief and the others. In single file, grave and silent, they his wealthy friends, bellowed to friends placed according to his praotioe among the audienoe. "Steve Kelly, delegate from the Allied Printing Trades Couneil, did we or did we not vote to recognize Soviet Russia?" "We did not," said his friend In a loud voice. The formula waa thrice repeated. The answer came loud and defiant, The audience breathed again. A moment later Holland shouldered his way down the aisle, his day's work fer Lnbor over. Ladles rose as he passed and pressed his hand as they would press the hand of a policeman wbo had s»ved their lap-dog from death under a limousine. The oonvention turned to p resolutions calling en the Republican administration te resist the cry of business men and Labor for trade wltb the Republic ol Ruseia. followed. He led them along winding forest trails, acroBs boulder-strewn wastes, through deep ravines, upwards always, till, after the sun had well passed its zenith, he turned Into a narrow valley along which he picked his way among huge rocks till he came to where a group of stunted firs hid the face of a perpendicular rock some fifty feet above them. He stopped and pointed tb it, saying simply, "It is there." Silently they climbed up the steep ascent and, passing through the firs, found themselves at the entrance of a cave. The chief entered first, followed by the others. They stood for some time in mute astonish* ment at what they saw. The place might have been some piles of skins, comprising many hundreds; on the other many bodies of animals, some of which were in a high state of decomposition. At the far end there was also a large store of nuts and soft fruits piled ln one heterogenous mass aa If they had been thrown there as they were collected. Against one of the heaps of furs reclined the member of the tribe they had come to flnd, and he was regarding them with a look of apprehension. The chief broke the silence, "Bind him," And he was soon securely tied up with thongs. Late in the afternoon of the next day the party re-entered the village with their prisoner, and all the furs they had found in the cave they heaped up Into one big pile and.soon the whole tribe had gathered to the scene. The chief after commanding silence, briefly related the events as they had occurred, and fierce cries of "Kill him," arose when he hud finished. A sharp order was given and the cowering wretch was tied to a near-by tree. Undoubtedly the execution would have been sharp and sudden had not an unexpected Interruption occurred. A great cry of "astonishment went up aa a bent and feeble figure, supported by two women, came upon the scene. It was the tribe-father. The women led him to the chief, who bowed low before him. He was Indescribably decrepit and bent almost double. His skin was aB wrinkled as a dried prune and almost aa dark, and his eyes were sunk very deep In his hoad. He was wrapped ln several skins. His age was said to be 3000 moons, or over 200 years, as we should express it. The oldest men of the tribe, aa children, remembered him much aa he was then, and they regarded him as the founder and father of the tribe. The astonishment was supreme for the tribe-father had not been seen outside his tent for a decade or more. A deep silence of respect and awe fell for some moments upon them, which was broken by the feeble yet quite audible voice of the tribe-father himself. Not the slightest sound or movement was made as they listened to his words. "O! great chief, your tribe- father has made an effort to come to your council for the flrst time since many moons for the occasion demands it. The great Bpirit imparts his secrets to the aged, whose inner vision is keener than those in whom the hot blood runs. Many times has the great spirit whispered into mine aged ears and many things have been made clear to mine eyes. The life of man is but as the snowflake that falls upon the running stream. It disappears into the darkness of time's swift river and is, as if it had never been. A curtain falls over the past; the present moment is but dimly lit and the future looms black before us. Yet to the aged Inner eyes of the tribe-father muoh is revealed 1 say to you Ol Chief, stay the hands of your angry braves ere they cleave the skull of our unfortunate brother who surely haa gravely sinned against you. He is a darkened vessel. Some spirit bf evil has clouded that which con tains the light within him and he Is not as his brothers are. Otherwise O ohlef, would he gather together more of the things we need than he can ever consume and pile them up away from his bellows who need them, seeing that our lives are but as passing shadows in their duration? In the darkness of his soul he has surely sinned against you but lt is surely the darkness which has caused it. The inward light has failed him and he Is an outcast among his fellows. But, O ohlef there is no punishment in killing. Death Is merely the dropping of the curtain; the end of man's sorrows and the passing of his tribulations. It is rest. He must be punished. Drive him, from his habitation; eaat him out from all communion with hia fellows for hts darkness may pass to others and cloud their vision. Cast him forth now for his insane greed and selfishness has rendered him unfit tosdwell among you." Here Ahe aged tribe-father paused and with an effort straightened himself up and raising one shrivelled hand above his head continued: "The light within me makes clear to me the future. I see many things and muoh sorrow, t see a great white people whose numbers are as the leaves of the forest, and who travel for many moons over the deep waters to procure the skins and the fruits of the earth; and lo! many of them are filled with our brothers' darkness for they pile up their possessions ln heaps too big for them to conaume even lf they had many lives to live, while their brothers and their brothers' ohlldren wither and die for tbe want of them. They hear not the children's cries neither do they hear the angry mutterlnge of their brothers. They pass their fleeting lives as did our afflicted brother and darkness envelopes them. They have no Inner vision for they see only and seek only the material things around them and are concerned merely with the grosser sensations of the flash. For then life has no deeper meaning; they are as the beasts of the forest. The sun rises and circles through tbe sky, but to them lt has no significance; ibe night enfolds them, but ther feel not Its solace. Tbey Defies Western Powers in Making Friends With Siberian Govt (By Philip Salter, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Peking—The prospects of China's recognizing the reconstituted Siber Ian government increase steadily W. W. Yen, foreign minister, open ly advocates such action. So do most of the other members of the cabinet. The French government has protested but unofficial negotiations continue nevertheless. I, L. Yourln, head of the Siberian Mission to China, which has been here for some months patiently waiting for an opening, has sent a formal communication to the Chinese government laying down a basis for the resumption of relations. In It he formally asserts the willingness of the Siberian government to re-examine the treaties existing between Russia and China and redress China's recognized grievances. Czarist Bussia, lt will be remembered, ' compelled China to sign treaties yielding territory, economle privileges, concessions and sovereign rlghta. "All privileges which contain no element of reciprocity must be eliminated from those treaties,"' says Ur. Yourln's note. It ls the are dead In the darkness of their obsession. , , Lot I aee the black storm clouds which gather thickly around them and woe shall be their portion. The tribe-father haB spoken." The women led him away through the crowd, who bowed their heads reverently as he passed. Then they untied their prisoner and in scathing words the chief ad. dressed him and with blows they drove him from their midst to live his Ufe as he deserved—an outcast from humanity. FRIDAY..... January 28, 1921 western power haa talked to China in that way. And the Chinese are impressed. Moreover, the Chinese fail to see why they should not at leaBt negotiate, in spite of the unfriendly attitude of the other powers toward such negotiations. China's exports to Russia before the war equalled $76,000,000, chiefly to Siberia. And diplomatically, with Japan stretching forward into Siberia and into that whole region that must' re* main dubious until the relations between China and the new Russia are settled, it is a vital matter to China. The other powers, all bu( one of whom — America — wei'e themselves plunderers, demur. In the meantime China has flatly defied the western powers on the Issue raised by her withdrawal of recognition from the Czarist minister nnd her taking over of Russian concessions in Hankow, Tientsin and Harbin. The powers protested China's action, the whole diplomatic corps uniting. The rest of the matter appears to be extra-terrltorialty, the right of the foreign powers to establish their own courts in China through their consulates. By withdrawing recognition from Russian consulates China of course, for the time at least, cancels the Russian right of extra-terrltorlality. It ls against this that the powers have protested principally, But as the Chinese have answered that, that is a matter which concerns Russia and China alone. So far as the rights of other nationals ln the former Russian concessions are concerned, China promises to observe them. The signlflcant fact ls that with all the vaunted friendship for China, the powers Jump as one to prevent China from getting back what ahe lost through others' aggression, and do so as Csarlet Russia's defenders. Whether they would do so had the anti-Imperialist Siberian government or the Moscow government been in charge of the legation and consulates In China is another question. 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VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED fRIDAT January 2), U21 thirteenth ybab. no. « THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vanoouver, a e • PAGE SEVEN CREDIT Your Promise to Pay Is Good Enough for Us. Our 7th Annual Clearance Sale IS NOW IN FULL SWING 0_Z down nnd $3 per week T** takM any men'a or ladles' suit priced up to 140. orderly, Industrious and honest. > Pttrhapa It wouldn't be a bad'thing, If they should come here and-clean things up for us." That was before the period of defeat, nnd it shows the Russian apathy, the lack of confidence, the absence of any sense that one's country la one's own. Tho Inevitable Revolution With the winter of 1916-1917, the economlo collapse had set in. Transport was already breaking down, and as the railways fallod to carry food to the towns, that aoml- starvation began, which has continued over since. Nor was it patiently borne. The speculators rioted ln luxury, arjd in the gray dawn the weary workmen in the bread queues saw the insolence of the rich returning from their balls. The blockade (at this stage a German blockade) was already doing Its work, atid nails, screws, saws and farmers' tools were becoming scarce, dear and even unobtainable. Industry was disorganized, becnuse the cry of "all for the war" had converted It to munition work with a recklessness which other belligerents, with greater resources, avoided. The ruin which has made Petrograd a city of the dead, luid already gone far, for If had ceased to be a port, and Us normal supplies of sea-borne ooal and cotton were cut off. Tha downward rush of the rouble on the exchange had set In* while the mark was still a valuable coin. When to these material conditions were added the shame of defeat, the demoralization of the army, and the sickening scandal of tha court, revolution and even social revolution became Inevitable. Everything in history, the reader may retort, Is inevitable; but let ua, for argument's sake, vary the accidental factors. If the Allies had not driven Russia Into the disastrous offensive of July, If Kerensky had been a stronger, or Lenin a more scrupulous man, were sooial revolution and civil war really."Inevitable?" I think they were, and I believe that they were latent in the agrarian position, apart altogether from the folly of the Allies, tbe weakness of Kerensky, and the violence of Lenin, The peasant masses were bent on owning the land, and enlarging, their .miserable holdings, They had shown this clearly In 1905, and under Kerensky they had already begun in some places to drive unpopular landlords out. AU the parties of the left .were pledged to tha immediate nationalization of the land, and all of them refused even to consider the question of compensation for the owners. / Tho Figlit for the Land I often wonder whether Allied statesmen, aoldlera and edit on who conspire ln Paris and London with Social Revolutionaries, and talk of Mensheviks as respectable moderates, realize that neither of these parties had in their programs their speeches .their preaa or their drafts of legislation, a whit mora respect for the sanctity of private property, at all events in land,' than the Bolsheviks themselves, Indeed the agrarian law whloh they enforced, had actually been drafted by the Sooial Revolutionary Centre leader, Victor Tcher- noff, and was rapidly passed by the Constituent' Assembly during ' Its few houra of life. Now In Russia the only property which matters much. Is land, and to dlsposses the landlord class uncompensated was ln Itself to make a revolution. If Lenin had behaved with the utmost constitutional propriety, . Rusaia would none the less have been by the early months of 1918 in the full tide of agrarian revolution. But, at least, the reader may object, violence would have been avoided. Violence also was inevitable. The Kolchaks and the Wi'angels, be It remembered, were very much alive at this date. The first of them, Kornlloff, had preceded Lenin ln his attempt at a coup d' etat. Conceive the incidents that must have followed the sudden application of this sweeping law ln an anarchic country— and Russia was much more disorderly, much less policed under Kerensky, than it ls today. There would have been the same jacquerie, and the same flight of a desperate, penniless landed class to the towns. Would Kolchak, who dissolved the remains of the Constituent Assembly In Siberia, and shot several of its members, have hesitated to do as much ln Russia? The dispossessed aristocracy would have fought Kerensky as gladly aa It fought Lentn. It did not flght for democracy.- It fought for land, "Granted so much," the 'reader may go on, "but at least Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries would not have laid their hands on Russian Industry, as the Bolsheviks did, and the present economic ruin would have been avoided." Even that « doubtful, for in the cities the workmon had created their factory committees, and were struggling for control, long before the October revolution. The Mensheviks accept in principle the doctrine of the proletarian dictatorship, I fail to see how any professedly Socialist Party could nationalize land, and still treat private property in factories as sacred. On that issue the Social Revolutionaries, the biggest party in" the Assembly, would probably have split, ns thoy have since done, Into three Irreconcilable factions, the left virtually Communist, and the right practically Liberal. But once mure, the decay of industry was a fatal consequence of the agrarian policy., The most obvious and grievous cause of the breakdown in Russia today ls the shortage of labor, even more than the lack of fuel or raw materials. Mobilization for the civil and Polish win's Is partly to blame, but the chief cause of it ls that the Industrial workmen huve gone home to their villages. Why? The usual answer is that only ln the villages is there plenty of food. That la only part of the truth, and lt Is a consequence of a more important fact. The other half of the answer is that the Russian industrial worker is not by choice, or ancestry, or long habit a townsman. He prefers village life. He never relinquished his claim to the patch of land on which he had failed to live. The moment that the revolution promised him an enlarged holding on which he could live, he began to quit his slums and his barrack dwellings, to return to the land. Russian industry had existed on the basis of the penury of village life. It was the exactions of landlord and tax-gatherer1 and the scarcity of land which drove tho surplus peasant population Into the towns. The factory was bound to feel tho effects of the revolution in the village, If no one had talked "Dictatorship," If no onc had expropriated the factory ownors, the main economic phenomena of today would still have been apparent. There would have boen the same diminished output from the towns, and the same reulctance of the peasants to give something for nothing. Freed from their tribute to the towns, or'to tho class which gravitates to the towns, they would have been no less reluctant to sell good food for bad paper. Exactly the same phenomenon may be studied ln Central Europe. The surplus food would have gone abroad, and tho Russian towns would have found their condition of semi-famine only aggravated. Russia would have become a colony exporting food and raw ma- trials, and Importing from the west tho things which its industry could no longer produce. Russian Industry was Always an artificial creation, fenced by high tariffs, located in the moat absurd places far from tbe sources of fuel and materials, and suiMvlng only because the landless peasantry gave \t nb( Inexhaustible supply of cheap labor. The agrarian' revolution struck at its roots. Early Communist Advantages Thla strange chapter of the Russian Revolution, as lt unfolds itself to mt, Is than ths story of an inevitable agrarian upheaval, with a no less Inevitable civil war and the decline of lndustfr as its sequela. My firm belief Is that under Communist rule the anarchy and suffering of this transition period have been combated, ln aome res- peots with relative success, by the Communists, where every other party would have failed. True, they challenged the hostility of the Allies and the whole capitalist world mot's recklessly than any other party would have done. On the other hand* after meeting aome of the leaders ot the other parties, I flnd myself wholly unable to imagine their survival even for a few months, under* half the dangers and the miseries which the Communists have surmounted during three years. The Menshevlk leaders, whose party was never large and never touched the peasants, ara men of obvious sincerity and noble If somewhat passive courage, able theorists, and shrewd if negative critics, but they seemed to me to lack entirely the daemonic will, the driving foroe, and the constructive power of their rivals. The Social Revolutionaries were, In their early and ■ mors admirable phase, sentimentalists and Idealists with a dreamy Socialistic nationalism, and a queer Slav trick of idealizing the peasant; as they gained power and popularity they were swamped by an opportunist element, and their big party lost Its unity. It waa not merely the strong and reokless will, and the firm discipline of the Communists which gave them their advantage. They had the better strategic position. |-They had the majority (as the Constituent Assembly election proved) in the two capitals, in the northern armies and in north and Central Russia generally. The Concentrated Industrial population followed them. They controlled, ln short, the centres of power, and the vital routes of communication, ahd wiien lt came to civil war, they tittuld tight on "Internal lines." The SAclal- Revolutionaries, apart from their (disunion, and their poor leadership, had to rely on a peasant following scattered In the villages, which'they could not mobilize, and their Main strength lay ln the outlying provinces of the Empire, remote from each other and the centra. "The Communlata, then, were alone able to hold the centre, and'from this base, they have gradually recovered the fringes bf AfariatiL' N . A Genuine Proletarian Army Their main advantage, however, in grappling with the economic problem, lay in the fact that they are, in spite of the good education and even gentle birth of a few of their leaders, a genuine proletar- ian party, as the others are not. They are doing things today which no Czar and certainly no Kerensky dare even have conceived. They have Introduced the principle of Labor conscription ln order to drag' the skilled workmen out of the villages, and to keep them ln the factories. They even, ln some munition factories Impose some hours of compulsory overtime. They deal drastically with strikes, pay by piece rates and make the life of the lazy workman a bur den to him. It is an unamlable task. It can be defended only aa a means of social self-preservation ln the direst of extremities. It' Is the action of a ship's captain on a wreck, who draws his revolver to control the crew. It ls possible for the Bolsheviks to do it, only because their title to bo the party of the workera is unquestionable. It could not be done only because the Bolsheviks have visibly abolished all the privileges of the rich, and won the gratitude of the workers by such measures as their housing policy. Theae emergency remedies are not Communism. They are harsh expedients designed, to cope with a hideous crisis, which only a party of working men could possibly have Imposed upon the mass of working men. (To be continued next week) Uncensored Report Is Sent Ont by Leading Socialist (By the Federated Press) Rome, Dec. 20—(By Main- Considerable light is shed upon the recent censored strike reports from Portugal by the .following letter from Senor Texelra, a leader of the Left Wing of the Socialist Party of Portugal, printed In 1'Avanti; "In the Portuguese Republic, which haa fallen Into the hands bf such a reactionary government that we look baok with regret to the monarchy, there are so many strikes every day that lt Is Impossible for me to send telegraphic reports. Furthermore, that Is prevented by the censor. These strikes are the logical result of the rise in the cost of living, whtch has assumed fearful proportion! and forces the working claas constantly to demand wage Increases. As neither the government nor the employers raise wages willingly, the struggle Is on all the time. "At first ths seamen's strike tied up traffic ln. our ports for a few days; then the state railroad men went out, and are atlll out The government occupied all the stations with troops and the servioe was carried on by soldlerts,. Unfortunately, the government's opposition caused many of the strikers to lose the necessary moral strength. It is true that the railroad men of the Companla Portu- guesa went out In solidarity with the government employees, but the government took strenuous action and, although the Socialist Party did everything .possible to strengthen the powers of resistance of the workers, the sympathetic strike failed. Work was resumed and a new unfavorable labor contract had to be signed. "The political situation is also very grave; no ministry can last long because of the miserable economic condition of the country, which ls now realpng the results of Its participation ln the world war. It ls rumored that the president of the Republic Intends to form a general 'concentration* cabfc"] net from all political groups, Including the Socialists. The Socialists, however, don't wish to enter the new ministry, but they are ready to support it ;lf.be composed of democratic elements and will put through serious reforms in favor of the wording claaa." Readers of the censored reports emanating from Lisbon during the strike wave of October and November will remember how the Portuguese-authorities tried to attribute nearly all tho trouble to Bolshevist agltatorB and monarchist sympathizers, disregarding the real economlo reasons for the workers' unrost. Senor Texelra's statement on the increase In the cost of living is backed up by a report fr'om J. L. Pinkerton, United Statea vice consul tn Lisbon, made publlo In Washington a few days ago In which lt waa pointed out that the price of foodstuffs In October was 866, compared with an Index figure of 100 In 1914, while fuel had risen to 180S, and clothing to 848. Japan WiU Not Have the Soviets (Cofittnued~from page 1) It has been in the Par East that the relations between the big powers and Russia and the motivations of those relations havo stood out In' clearest outline from tho first. As early as the Kolchak fiasco this was true. It was to fight the ao-called hordes of German and Austrian prisoners marching eastward to aolze the Pacific coast and establishing submarine bases that the Allies intervened. But the chief activities of the Intervention of the whole Kolchak episode wob th« suppression of all aspiration— and the aspirants—to economic and social reorganization ln Russia. Since then lt has been put for- .vard as justification for the various Interventions in Russia, Western as1 well as Japanese, that Russia threatened other countries with propaganda to overthrow their governments; that It threatened them with violence and invasion and thai lt ruled without the consent of the Russian people. But when lt comes to the test it is Japan that shows its hand clearly, and the hand also of the other powers. It does not want any form of economic organization, in Russia Itself different from what It knows. Therein Ilea the fundamental difference between Russia and Japan and probably also between the western powers and Russia. As a corollary of this policy Japan also lias notified thc Vladivostok government that it will not npprove Vladivostok's adhesion to the Chita governmont, that la to suy. a lAlfled Siberia. General 1 TURNCOAT Don't Forget to bring yoar Shoe Repairs to The New Method Shoe Making and Repairing Co. 337 CARRALL STREET and get satisfaction Phone R.F.-954 AB O.B.U. Help B. C. Wage Catting Not Making Headway (Continued from Page 1) French Prime Minister Has Played Many Parts in French Politics Arlstlde Briand 1s the Lloyd Qeorge of French politics. He ls thoroughly and ably opportunist, wilUng to drop his past beliefs and forget his former utterances to meet the parliamentary majority of the moment, a brilliant orator, and a skilful negotiator. His appointment as successor of the negligible Leyguea as Prime Minister of France means nothing ns regards French policy. Ho will be able to make fiery speeches eating Germany alive In the Chamber, and then follow England's lead ln a policy of amicable compromise. He was tha apostle of the general striko as the working class's best weapon in his younger days; yot it was he who, as Prime Minister ln 1910, flrst called the rallwaymen into tho army as a means of defeating a strike. Unlike his fellow- apostate from Socialism, Millerand, ho haa managed to continue his friendship with tlie leaders of ths Left; yet his cabinet contains some of tho bitterest jingoes in France. Polncare may yet carry his campaign for the use of the mailed fist to victory, but lf Briand bcos the wind blowing In that direction, he may trim his sails to meet the gale and be flrat In any port.—The (American) Nation. Sunday Open Forum Mrs, Rose Hendei'son will speak at the Opon Forum at 148 Cordova street west, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Subject: "The Phenomena of Capitalism." Questions and discussion Invited. Where Is the Union Button? Takayunanaghl, of the Japanese general staff, says quits bluntly in hla communication that that would weaken Japan's privileged position ln Siberia, especially in the maritime province, of which Vladivostok is the capital. Te says that "under these circumstances (the adhesion of Vladivostok to the Siberian government) somo regettn- ble results are liable to arlae for which the Japanese army will not hold itself responsible." By way of roply the Vladivostok Assembly voted two days later to recognize the Chita government as the government ot Siberia and to placo Itself under Chita's orders. It Is now Japan's next move. But Binco the ond of the Polish war, and the Wrangel adventure and the consequent freeing of Russia's forces, tho Japanese have boon a little less aggresitVO and u little nmrn rmiliiMis In Hl!.er.P- olals of Us tradss Involved; the firm has agreed not to put the cut Into effect. Wallace Wants to Oat Wallace shipyard Is going to try its hand at slashing wages next week, a notice having been posted to the effect that moulders' wages will bs reduced ten per cent next Wednesday. This eut Is to be vigorously opposed by the union and there is every prospect of obtaining ths full support of svery other craft Ths Vulcan Iron Works haa also announced a out of 10 per eent to go Into effect Monday, but there Is not much prospect of getting away with lt The supbject ls now undsr discussion between the parties Involved. Building Trades Stand Pal The building contractors of the city have also been* In conference with the unions and have agreed not to make any eut hi wagea, unless the men themselves force tt oa them by working for less ln order to get a job. The Carpenters' Union, one of the strongest Involved, ha» not been able to discover any of its men cutting wages; hence there ls svery prospect of the present wage scale remaining in effect until tho now agreement is signed, which, lt Is expected, will call for an increase. Victoria Strike 8U11 On The strike in opposition te the wage out at Yarrows' repair shops at Esquimau is still in effect and the men are putting up a good scrap. From present Indications there ls every prospect of the Arm withdrawing Its proposition of a cut of SO centa a day. Tailors Seeking Ont Tailors of Vancouvor aro attempting to negotiate a reduction of $8 and more a week ln wages tb their employees. Conferences are being held on the subject and tbe union ia determined to oppose tho cut. It is claimed by the men that the cut would not cauae a reduction ln the cost to ths consumer, and that ths cost of cloth to the Arms is the real cause for high prices and the resultant slack trade. The Hotel and Restaurant Bmployoes' Union hear of rumors that lt will bs asked to aooept a cut but tha union has such an array of facts and figures regarding the employers' business that the few bosses who are pressing for the cut will easily be routed. Pattern Makers Still Ont The- pattern makers of six shops ln Vancouver, Involving nine employees, are still resisting the attempted cut of 10 per cent and are being backed up and instructed by ths head ofllce of the International. The men have aaked for a conference with the bosses, but so far they have been refused. Ths union will, ln all probability, take up the question of pulling Its membership out of the rest of the shops ln ths olty. < Miners Threatened ! Employees of the Western Fuel Company of Nanalmo are threat* eued with a nut of about 40 cents a day, whioh iu supposed to bs the reduction tn the coat of living. This announcement may to met by a Joyous cry from the consumer, but when we hear of protests liom the miners of the United States about the cheap coal which ts being aold in that country from Vancouver Island mines, and when we know that large quantities of Alberta coal la being sold ln Vancouver, produced by miners receiving the same wages, there is certainly room for deep thought on the part of the consumer ln backing up wuge reducing schemes which only beneflt the boss. The remaining tradea In Vancouver and the province are expecting a broadside from the boss should any of these cuts become effective with other organizations. Quite a numbor of organizations, however, are preparing new agreements, a number of which expire during March and April. In moat cases tho consensus of opinion seems to be that an Increase should be aaked for, not only because there la little hope of any further reduction in the coat of living from the 1919 prlcea, but also because It Ib considered that an offensive Is of greater value to the organization than a defensive. The low wage now being paid for relief work ls not considered to be dangeroua to future wage scales for that class of work, because while there ls a lot of newspaper talk about prices falling, It Is a well- known fact among economists that the benefits derived by a fall In the cost of raw material (whloh has actually taken place) Is not necessarily passed on to the consumer, Inasmuch aa there la an army of middlemen always looking for more profits. NANAIMO AND LADYSMITH ; laaao MoBride. medical reliof representative from Ifoecow, wttl speak la Nanalmo, Wednesday. T. A. Barnard, who ls now la Nanalmo, is hustling subscriptions for The Federatlonist la - aad' around that community. Saturday ovoning, whist drive, held in the rooms, 141 Cordova Street Weat Cal-Van Ths Popular Floater Market Honotr—Ooorteej—Quality Il Our Motto PubUQ Bade, (or Yonr Via 17 Independent MeratawU Under On Root Ions Typioal Saturday Fries! Stall 1—Qven Eossts, per lb. , Mo Stall* 2 and 3—Shoulder Lamb, lb -...-Me Stalls 4 and 5—Ribs and Rum pa of Beet lb.-30o Stall 6—€ompound Lard, lb -20e Stall 7—Legs Pork, per lb. .. .. Mo Stall 8-Fr csh Soles, 2 lbs. for Ma Stalls 9 and 26-10 lbs. eaeh of Carrota, Potatoes, Turnips and Beets, 40 lbs. in all .fl.00 Stalls 11 and 25—T-Bone ' or Sirloin Roast, lb...80e Stalls 12 and 23-8 lba. choice Alberta Butter for $1.60 Stalls 14 and 21—2 lbs. White Beans IBo Stalls 17 and 18-Our noted Bread, 3 for 25c Stalls 27 and 23—Smoked Spring Salmon, 3 lbs. for 40« Stalls 30 and 33—6-lb. sk. Rolled Oats Ma Stalls 34 and 35—Peanut Caady, lb .20c Stall 36—New Laid Eggs, per dos 72c All Owe Vaat Cal-Vw Opposite Punlttge. 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TISDALLS LIMITED The Complete Sporting (lootta Store 618 HASTINGS ST. W. PHONE SEYMOUR 8159 PAGE EIGHT thirteenth year, no. » THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. FRIDAY January 28, 1921 1921 Price CLAMAN'S STORE NEWS Boys' Dept.—Seoond Floor Announcement Sale I—^——————■——^—.— ■IIISS. 11^ English Gabardine Overcoats Reduced from $45 to $29.50 This is a real raincoat winter if ever there was one. And these English Gabardine Baincoats are just the coats for the weather. Light, warm aud roomy. Thoroughly tailored in genuine flne English gabardine, the closely woven pure wool fabric that turns rain and wind. Cut ln trench styles with or without belt. Silk yoke and sleeve lining. Big turn-up collars and deep pockets. Wide lapels. Beg. $45. Sale price... IHE HOME OF $29.50 Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Claman's LIMITS 153 Hastings Street West LIMITED Canada's Largest Exclusive Store for Men and Boys SAYS TRADE WILL BE Vanderlip States U. S. to Trade With Soviet Russia (By the Federated Press) New Tork—That normal trade relations between Russia and the United States will be restored within tbe period of a few months Is the confidently expressed opinion Cf Washington B, Vanderlip, who recently returned -to this country With large concessions from the Soviet government, and Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, representative of the Soviet Republic, ln a correspondence which has passed between these two men. The approaching deportation of Martens ordered by the department of Labor, ls the occasion of Vanderllp's letter to Martens, ln which he expresses the belief that Russia's expectation of trade resumption in the near future Is justified. The correspondence also makes Wear* that Vanderllp's negotiations With the Soviet govornment In Moscow are not affected by the de- New National Hotel 200 Outside Rooms Special Rates by the Week Ph. Sey. 78SO—1221 Granville Eat Your Way to Health Dr. W.Lee Holder Hydro-Therapy, Diet rtio Hours: Dally, 1-5 Mon., Wed., Frl., 1-3 Sey. 8B33 Bay. 402SK. Fairfield Building Corner Granville and Fender parture of Martens. Martens states In this regard: "The arrangements negotiated by you in Moscow are not affected by the Instructions I have received to cancel all the outstanding contracts negotiated by my bureau, The present circumstances obviously prevent the fulfilling of those contracts. Your arrangements with the authorities in Moscow remain unaffected by those Instructions and are a matter for action by those authorities." The present policy of non-intei*- course with Russia, Vanderlip, In his letter, declares to be based wholly upon Ignorance and hysteria brought about by malicious and untruthful propaganda. "Thts in no way represents the sound judgment of the American people. We have long traditions of friendship with Russia, and those traditions, Interrupted for the flrst time by the present mistaken policy, will soon be resumed to the benefit and satisfaction of the peoples of both countries." The fiscal agency for financing purchases which Vanderlip had proposed establishing in this country on behalf of the Soviet government cannot go through because of the liquidations of the Soviet bureau, Martens points out. "It Is plain enough that a fiscal agency of the nature contemplated—which has to do only with the financing of purchases and not with the actual purchasing—must t.epcnd, not only upon the resumption of trade relations, but also upon the presence in this country of a properly accredited purchasing bureau authorized to let contracts and in* spect und pass upon goods purchased. With the liquidation of the bureau no other agency remains to fulfill that function." This is the only respect In which Vanderllp's planB are affected by Martens' departure, Martens said. Detroit, Mich.—Labor organizations are resisting efforts to reduce wages. Electrical Worker's Union No. 68 (Inside men) voted 829 to 3 against acceptance of a cut from $1,25 to $1 an hour which the Detroit branch of the National Electrical Contractors Association proposed. Union sheet metal workers are on strike against foui* shops which endeavored to reduce wages from $1.25 to $1 an hour. Brussels—Some time this month J. Ramsay Macdonald and Harry Gosling will undertake a European tour In the Interest of the Second International, according to informal on from London, just received by Camilc Huysman*. secretary of the International's Secretariat. The offices of the International will be transferred to London within a few weeks. USE YOUR CREDIT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAVINGS DURING THE GLOBING DAYS OF OUB JANUARY SALE Men's, Women's and Children's Better Quality Clothing REDUCED 25% to 50% BUY NOW-PAY LATER Clothe the Whole Family by the Aid of Our Easy Payment Plan. . I.XT11A SPECIAL HEN'S iui>mi:iu/,i:i> tweed OOATS, In various style.; guanuitMiI waterproof .. OVER. $16.50 148 HASTINGS ST. W. mswswsswswsmmm Sey. 1361 Evidence Discovered Connecting: Ten in Pay of Akron, O.—Evidence giving the chapter and verse of the traitorous actlyltles of. tne men prominent In Laboi* organizations here has put them to flight and an expose of the methods resorted to by employers to break the unions has demonstrated to organised Labor that corporations and private employers stop at nothing to Impose their will upon the workers. The Corporations' Auxiliary Co. of Cleveland, Ib the concern employing "under cover" men, which has figured most prominently in the reports of the various unions which succeeded In bringing these nefarious dealings to light, and which the Akron Herald has published. The men tn most cases made written confessions to their Respective unions. The monthly salary paid by the Corporations' Auxiliary averaged $110 a month and about $10 a month expenses was allowed. For this remuneration these hirelings reported what happened in the shops in which they were employed and the activities of the unions. S. L, Newman, business ugent of the Machinists Union, in discussing the practices of these "friends" of Labor who by their underhanded methods seek to disrupt the unions, declured that they are conservative or radical as the situation demands. In some cases they headed demands for increased wageB to gain the confidence of their fellow workers. Also interesting Is Newman's explanation of how the employer Is often blackjacked Into coming to terms with these agencies. If conditions in a particular industry are not such as warrant the employment of spies tho agencies send their operatives Into a plant and false, and sometimes true, reports of the business find their way into the hands of a competitor*. The employer then soon becomes convinced of the necessity of coming to terms with the agency to protect his own Interests and to discover how information is leaking out. The names of the ten who fled and the unions which they entered as "bona flde" unionists while they were in the pay of employers agencies follow: William J. George, member of the Akron Brlcklnycrs Union, mem- het of thc arbitration board of bricklayers, and treasurer of tho Akron Central Labor Union; C. L. Oiisklns, member of Carpenters' Union No. 212, organizer for vho'\ American Federation of < **. treasurer and chairman of t>- ie of the Akron 'Central Labor u'" ! Floyd M. Burdlck, vice-president and business agent of the Steamfltters Union and secretary of thc Building Tradaa Council; Herb Hazard, member of the executive board eud-a trustee of tlio Machinists Union; H. D. Squires, president of the Carpenters Union and delegate to tho Central Labor Union; Peter Christlson, member of the Akron Street Car Union; Michael Alkens, recording secretary of the Moulders Union; Leo Rlese, member of the executive board of the Machinists Union, delegate to the Workers Co-operative Society of Akron, and an I. W. W.; Frank R. Mooro, member of the Machinists Union; and George E. Clough, member of the Machinists Union, delegate to the Akron Central Labor Union, momber of the Nonpartisan Political Campaign committee and seeretary-trensurer of the Akron Plumb Plan League. BURNABY P. L. P. RALLY Tbe Burnaby branch of tho P. L. P, has arranged for a grand rally to be held in tho Oddfellows hall, McKay, on Tuesday, February the IhI. commencing at 7 p.m. There will be dancing and refreshments will be served. Mr. Harry Neelands, M.L.A., and R. P. Pettipiece and W. R. Trotter will deliver short addresses. All members of the party and friends are urgtftl to attend. A collection will be taken to defray expenses. STUDYCLASS Study of Biology and Human Evolution to Be Held "The greatest study of man is man." Beginning on Monday evening, January 31, at 8 o'clock, in the F. L. P. hall, 148 Cordova Btreet west, a course of study In Biology and Human Evolution will be taken up. Truth ls stranger than fiction, and the study of ourselves and of our descent from the brute forms of life, Is the most Interesting, inspiring and important of all subjects. The great secrets of life are to the vast majority of mankind, a closed book, and through this ignorance alone, man ls enslaved. But how could the oommon herd be taught that king and clown, master and slave, saint and sinner, savage and ape, reptiles, flah and worms all shared alike a common pedigree? Tbe "Flaming Sword" Truly the masters of men have displayed wisdom In guarding with the '"flaming sword" of temporal and spiritual power, the road leading to the tree of knowledge, lest we eat of Its fruit and "our eyes be opened and we be as gods, knowing good from evil?11 Today our race stands at the parting of the ways, and only through our understanding where we stand, and through knowing of the long agonizing road we have travelled, the burdens we have borne, and are bearing, can we become conscious factors ln our further evolution upward to light and power and happiness. At these classes the great discoveries and deductions of men like Darwin, Morgan, Hackel and Marx will be presented in a way that all can understand. Tlie Gencfcls of Life The forming of the earth, the Genesis of Hfs, the development of all life from the simple cell, will be discussed. Illustrations from discoveries of "missing links," between the ape and man, and the great revelations of embryology and biogenesis will be shown, some of the ancient causes of our recent lapses into blood lust and savagery, and of the "crime wave" of today will be advanced. The real origin of our fights ahd fears, our loves and hates, our ghosts and gods, will be accounted for by thia study of biology and primitive man. Scientific Thought The first lesson will be on "The Scientific Method of Thought," the warfare of science with religion, the universal sequence of cause and effect, and the fallacy of ''frer will, Step by step the great events of human history will be taken up, The class struggle and other principals of Marxian Socialism will be outlined. The final lessons will be devoted to the present crisis of capitalism the establishment of the Russian Soviet Republic, and the great lesson and demonstration that the workers of Russia are now affording the people of the world. Questions and discussions will be part of each lesson. If you are satisfied with the theological and "creation" theory, and have no place for evolution and modern science; if you are satisfied that our present economic system Is the best we can have, and If you do not want your minds disturbed, then do not come. If you are really Interested, you are invited, and admission Is free. We will begin Monday evening, January 31, at 8 o'clock, in tho F. L. P. hall. P I Junior Labor League Put Up Novel Programme Last Saturday The members of the Junior Labor League scored a complete success lost Saturday evening in what was, for them, somewhat of a new line, when they staged a Camp Flre concert In the F. L. P. hall. Every effort, apparently, was spared to get a proper setting for the stage, with its scenery and lighting effects presented a very realistic camp. The programme which was very well received, presented In two scenes, consisted of Jokes, humorous recitations, duets, solos and choruses, around the fire. It suffered only ln being a little too short, but this, lt was explained, was due to some turns, and unfortunately they were instrumental, being unable to take part. After the programme was concluded, the dance was started. Some of'the dancers being ln their camping attire, and the large stage with the camp scene at one end of the hall, created an atmosphere that made one forget the wintry weather outside. Those who contributed the various Items on the programme were: Comrades Miss B. Rees, Miss M. Fish, Miss E, Charlton and Comrades L. Corse, E. Pierrot, J. Richardson, E. Trotter, D. Charlton and N. Bennett. There were some others on the stage, who with those mentioned above, sang several choruses. Comrade E. Trotter made a few remarks as to the activities of J. L, L„ and the prospects that this year would see a bigger and better camp for the young people of the Labor movement. An appeal was made for members, and lt waa stated that those who wished to be initiated at the next meeting on February 4, should attend the business meeting on January 28, (tonight) at the club rooms, 52 Dufferln street west. About ten or a dozen names have been submitted for Initiation on February 4. Communist Idea Spreads in Germany (Continued from page 1) which was held here, says that all the Communists believe Germany must eventually go "Red." They look forward confidentially, he declares, to a proletarian dictatorship on a much higher level of industrial organization, however, than was possible In Russia ln 1917. He states that as the salaried classes are worse off than the manual workers they will accordingly acquiesce ln any revolutionary tendencies which will tend to repudiate the Indemnity liabilities. Scbastopol Soviet ls raising a sunken Dreadnought from the bottom of the harbor. WOMEN'S LABOR LEAGUE OF NEW WESTMINSTEB Education Propaganda for Women Is Being Promulgated By Newly-formed League The Woman's Labor League of New Westminster, was organized about a month, and Its activity is educational, along political, Industrial and social problems, or anything pertaining to the betterment of human ■ society. The meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of each month, public gatherings are held in the Labor Temple. Mrs. Henderson has given two very interesting lectures, the flrst was from Maeterlinck's drama, "The Blue Bird, Social Messages of the Times." The second one was from Ibsens' drama "The Dolls House, or the Revolt of Women." The third one also will be from Ibsen's drama, Little Iloff, or the right pf the child to be well born. This lecture will be on the Srd of February in the Labor Temple. The officers of this league are Mrs. T. A. Barnard, president; Miss James, vice-president; Mp. England, treasurer; Mrs. Stein, secretary. U. S. Legislator Introduces Bill to Stop Spying in Unions (By John Nicholas Beffel, Feder- . ated Press Correspondent) Boston, Mass.—Ten to twenty years in prison will be the penalty for the placing of spies or agents provocateur inside of Labor organizations, If a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature by Representative George P. Webster of Boxford becomes law. Webster's action ln filing the bill was largely impelled by an exhaustive report on industrial espionage lately made by the social ethics department of Harvard University, under the direction of Dr. Richard Cabot. That report states that 200 detective agencies ln the United States are receiving Income for espionage among working class organizations. There are 3000 typewritten pages in that report, which lays bare countless Instances of spying and the inciting of direct action to wreck Labor unions or to bring them Into disrepute. One outstanding example of the wreckers' work In New England was the planting of dynamite by employers' agents during the Lawrence atrike of 1912. "Varioui detective agencies of this kind represent themselves as 'Industrial harmonizers,' says Representative Webster. "That, of course, Is camouflage, since their actual puurpose ls to disrupt organized Labor and to make fat fees for doing it." The industrial espionage bill will be backed, lt ls said, by the State organization of the American Federation of Labor, and by the Boston Central Labor Union. Under this measure, any person licensed, as a private detective or employed to act as such, who advises or Incites any person to commit violence or to Inflict any unlawful injury npon persons or property, shall be punished by a prison sentence of not more than 20 nor less than 10 years; and persons arrested and held for trial for such acts er incitement shall not be admitted to ball. Similar penalties would be provided for any person who authorizes or directs any employee to commit such acts; and in addition would be liable fer double damages for all Injuries to persons or property Inflicted pursuant to such authorization or advice. When tho bill comes up for hearing, it is understood that Dr. Cabot will be summoned to 'testify concerning Industrial espionage agencies and employers who utilize them. 11 LOST Sydney, N. S.—Incomplete returns from the United Mine Work ers election indicate the re-election of Robert Baxter over George Bag- nail as president of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick district, with William Delaney's victory over George Hayes for the vice-presidency even more pronounced. Port Arthur, Ont.—All the book paper wanted by Ontario's depart ment of education for tlio next 21 years will come from thc Provln clal Paper Mills' pulp limit of 120, 000 square miles, the Farmer-Labor government insisting on this clause being Inserted tn the contract. New York.—The Russian Sovlef| Bureau here received a cable from George Chtcherin, commissar for foreign affairs of the Soviet repub- He, emphatically denying rumors recently published ln the capitalist press regarding the alleged mobilization of tho Soviet army. Hamilton, Ont.—One thousand members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America rejected an employers' proposal reducing wages $6 and $7 a week to speed up production. London manufacturers have withdrawn a proposal for a wage cut. Hand the Fed. to your shopmate when vou are through with It. Largest Men's Store in the West —other men realized what you'll find, too— That DICK'S Manufacturer's Outlet Sale prices are a marvel of value—a live-wire opportunity —hundreds of men are jumping at them. Suits for Young Men at prices that take the wind from all competitive sales —in sizes 34 to 38—all styles—in a magnificent choice of materials. It's doubtful whether such Suits could be manufactured at these prices. "YOUB MONEY'S WOBTH OH YOUB MONEY BACK" Wm. DICK , ' Limited 45-47-49 Hastings St. East Another Catastrophe as Result of Profit System Investigation of the sinking of the Princess Sophia, held In Seattle, brought out the following facts which are taken from the Seattle Union Record. It might be also noted that no news of this cose has been" published In the local press, due no doubt to the dicta' torship of the C. P. R. Hearings In the case of the Princess Sophia, lost In 1918 with 370 persons, reached a climax last Friday when Capt. C. D. Neroutos, marine superintendent of the Canadian pacific Railroad, admitted that the conduct of Captain Locke, master of the Sophia, was unwise. The defense in the suit brought to limit liability showed that the Sophia was running full speed In a blinding snowstorm when she struck. Vanderbllt reef, leaving Skagway at 10:10 p.m. on the 23rd of October, and struck on the rock at 2 p.m.; which makes three hours and fifty minutes, while the normal time should have been more-than five hours. Under a severe cross examination Captain Neroutos further admitted that no direction had been given to the salvage boat to flnd the log book, while they were ordered to have at any cost 600 pounds of gold which were in the chart room, Tlio defense claims that Uie Canadian Paelfle Company advertised making Alaska trips ln the shortest time, and that captains were instructed to go as fast ab possible. 1 Among witnesses called Thursday afternoon wus" Lewis Hallet Johnston, agent for the company In Skngway. Under cross-examination, he admitted-the knowledge of six cases of sickness among the crew of the Sophia, but dented that he knew that lt was Spanish influenza. He further admitted that he' did not advise the passengers of the cases. According to his testimony, tlie Sophia was overcrowded, many passengers, who were possessors of first-class tickets helng accommodated ln the so-called second-class, which, In reality, waa a kind of steerage. The other witnesses called were W. J. Cullum, Canadian steamship Inspector, and James McOowan, superintendent of marine engineers In the employ of the company. Shoe Satisfaction at a Fair Price The Best $5 Boot in Town A good, strong, serviceable work boot, all solid, made on a comfortablo foot-form last. Brown or Black, $5.00. We Specialize for Men and Boys CORNETT BROS. & CLARKE LIMITED 83 HASTINGS STREET EAST Says His Deportation Is Only a Small Inci- London—It is not only Sinn Fein meetings that are raided by the military in Ireland. A letter from a branoh secretary, ln Ireland to the headquarters here of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners says: "Please excuse delay, as lt Is difficult to hold a meeting. The military sweep down on us whenever they flnd a meeting going on, They make us hold our hands up with fixed bayonets till they search us and examine our books." When through with this paper, pass it oo ' (By the Federated Press) New York, Jan 22.—Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, deported representative of the Bussian Soviet Republic In the United States, in leaving this country today, has given to the Federated Press the following exclusive statement to the American Labor press: "I regret that I cannot send a word of personal greeting and appreciation to each of the many editors, correspondents and other coworkers of the Labor press of America, who are.giving such staunch support to the cause of the Russian workers and peasants. With many of these journaliBt-comradcs I have formed warm friendships during my stay in America, and I have seen evidence of the fine work of many others, personally unknown to me. "In the name of the workers and peasants of revolutionary Russia I send grateful greetings to the working class press of America.- I shall be able to tell the Russian comrades that the battle against prejudice and falsehood ls carried forward ln America in strong hands. My own departure and the circumstances which compel the Soviet government to cease for the moment all efforts to establish normal economlo relations between the peoples of Russia and America are but small Incidents ln the inevitable course of the working class struggle throughout the world. We are not discouraged by these Incidents, which servo only to emphasize the fundamental character of our cause. 'As I am about to leave this country, I hear the voice of the people In all vocations throughout America grow more and more insistent that the Russian workers and peasants shall be allowed' peace and freedom to devote their energies to constructive work. In spite of censorship nnd oppression the message of the Russian revqlu- j tion has been carried to the American people In the columns of the working class press. The true voice of thc American people responds sympathetically to that message." Says Reactionary Idea Must Be Dropped (Continued from page 1) New York—The People's Educational Camp Society, formed last December by students and friends of the Rand' School of Social Science, has purchased 2100 acres in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania with the intentions of converting the plot Into a summer colony, , Moscow—The Cotnmtsarlat for Public Health has notified all the factories of Moscow, Petrograd, Jaroslavl, Kostroma und Ivunovo- Wosnescnsk that they may submit names of workers who are ln need of convalescent holidays in the Crimea. In January 6000 will be sent and ln March 25,000. Old Grouch says: Some folks want to have unions Incorporate' strikes outlawed nnd collective bargaining abolished. Perhaps they might allow the workers to organize pink teas and games of tag. planned to enliven by speeches from its most anti-progressive members. A last-minute invitation was given the Machinists' executive, after he had announced that he would go anyway. It happens that the machinists tn eastern Mexico, strongly organised and long enjoying the eight-hour day* are ln friendly touch with the machinists here. Mr. Oompers* strategy against Johnston's group has not been disclosed. There are rumors that he ■ will, In February, seek to turn the tables by advocating an extremely "direct" sort of tactics In the ln- : dustrial field. It is further hinted i that he may even give up the National Civic Federation, and sum- i mon, the labor movement to defy ' all of its critics, whether In industry, finance, politics or leisure life, i On the other hand, men near to ' his counsels have indicated that labor nannot afford to fight, this year; that the thing to- do is to , "lie low," and wait for the Hard- | ing administration to be kind and j protecting toward it. The progressives, and especially the railroad workers, who seek to build an alliance of all the liberal forces of the country against all the reactionaries, will not accept | any but an aggressive policy. Milwaukee—Locked out journeymen tailors here have voted to establish a co-operative union shop J and a committee of three was ap- j pointed to make preliminary ar- , range ments. "There are 300 union j tailors, men and women, among I those locked out, and they have ■ stood firm for their principles since , the recent break with the employers," said Business Agent William j Baumann. Be sure to notify the post offlee s soon as you change your address. DANCING Wi Teach Beginner. waltz —In- FOX _ ONE TBOT O LESSONS Oil... Tuesday tnd Thursday Commencing 6:30 O. B. V. HALL Oor How. and Poador 817 891 Reduced Rate, (or Ladle. STEP H. 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