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C., FRIDAY MGKNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.\n$2.00 PER YEAft\nE\nLogging Camps to Be Run\non Open Shop\nBasis\nWorkers May Adopt Different Tactics to Those\nUsed Heretofore\nThe following article appeared In\nthe Province newspaper, Saturday,\nJanuary 31:\nEffective next Monday the logging campa of British Columbia are\nto be worked on an open-shop ba-\nale. Notices to this effect have been\nluued from the offices of the various operator! to be posted In the\ncamps.\nEvery member of the B. G. Log*\nflng Association, about forty operators in all, has signed the agreement and the notices will be published simultaneously In about flfty-\nalx camps affected.\nThe operators will hire their men\nthrough an employment office conducted by the B. C. Logging Association. There will be no discrimination In the matter of work. Union men and non-union men will\nbe engaged without any question\naa to their affiliations, it Is said, but\nthe campa will be \"open\" with work\nfor all.\nThe following are the chief\nclauses of the notices to be posted\nat the logging camps:\n\"(1) No discrimination whatever\nwill be made against fny man, nor\npermitted to be made, on account\nof his citizenship, his political affiliation, hla religious beliefs or his\naffiliation or non-afflllatlon with any\nlawful organization whatsoever.\n\"(2) The 'open shop' principle Is\nadopted and will be maintained.\nThla means that no discrimination\nwill be shown either by employer\nor employee against any man who\nis capable aad willing to All his\njob.\n\"(8) Suggestions from employees\nwill be welcomed at all times and\nwill receive full consideration, but\nno suggestion or demand originating outside of our own camp will\nbe considered,\n\"(4) Men who do not honor and\nresepct the laws and constituted\nauthority of the Dominion of Canada and the Province of British Columbia and who are not ready to\nuphold such laws and authority at\nall times, are not desired and will\nnot be tolerated ln the camps.\n\"(6) It Is the wish and. expectation of the management to work at\nall times ln perfact harmony and\ngood fellowship with the men, and\nto meet them ln a spirit of equity\nand fairness.\n\"(6) It Is hoped that all employoes will recognize the fairness of\nthe foregoing principles and will\ngive cheerful approval thereto, so\nthat the relations between employer\nand employee will be those of real\nco-workers and result lh accomplishments of which all may feel\nproud, and furthermore will be to\nthe material betterment of all concerned.\"\n*    War Declared\nTo the average worker the above\nclauses do not need much analysis,\nfor they will discover at a glance\nthat war has been declared by the\nlumber barons upon the Lumber\nWorkers' Industrial Union of the\n0. B. U.\nClause 1. States that no discrimination will be shown to members\nof any lawful organization. Members of the L. W. I. U. take this\nstatement with a grain of salt, as\nthey are wise to the hypocrisy of\nthe master class. However, as the\nL. W. I. U. has not as yet been\nproven to be an unlawful organization, in spite of statements made\nto the contrary by Gideon Robertson, minister of labor, and A. J.\n(Continued on page 8)\nProletarian Army Forces\nEvery Opponent to\nRetreat\nLondon.\u2014The capture' by tlio\nBolsheviki of Jojne-Udlnsk, in the\nKansak region, together with fivo\narmoured trains and the entire second Slav Battalion, Is reported In\nan official wireless received from\nMoscow,\nThe report states that after the\ncapture of Nljniedlnsk In the Kon-\naak region by the Bolsheviki, the\nopposing forces were retiring in a\nitate of panic toward the eastward.\nOther dispatches state that an\nentire Polish division In Serbia has\nmutinied and joined the Bolfehe-\nVlsts. General Semenoff's troops\nalso have been reported to have\nJoined the Soviet forces.\nRemnants of General Denlkln's\ntroops, driven from Odessa when\nthat city was captured by Ukrainians, have fled into Rumania, where\nthey were disarmed, the Ukrainian\npress bureau announces ln Vienna.\nPeace was definitely concluded\nMonday between Esthonla and tho\nRussian soviet government.\nThe Bolshevik delegates at Dor-\npat declared that Poland has abandoned her military preparations\nagainst Russia which were to be\nfollowed by simultaneous attacks\nupon Moscow and Petrograd,\ni\nDid you ever try to rustle a sub. ?\nIf not why not?\nAT I ROM\nLabor School Is Filling\nVery Urgent Need of\nYoung People\nNext Sunday evening, Comrade\nTom Richardson, former M. P.\nfor Whitehaven, England, will be\nthe speaker at the Federated Labor Party meeting in the Royal\ntheatre. Since the last time that\nComrade Richardson spoke here,\na number of events of great importance to workers everywhere\nhave taken place, so that an Interesting address can be expected.\nComrade J. Clarke will take the\nchair. After tho address, five-\nminute speeches and questions will\nbe In order. Door\u00a7 open at 7:80\np.m.,  meeting begins at 8.\nThe Labor Party school, which\nbegan its second year 1\u00bb October,\n1919, has been and Is still progressing favorably, both ln attendance and ln Interest. It Is\nsaying the least to say that It is\nperforming a function that no\nother organization is In a position\nor is attempting to do. Ttu fact\nthat the attendance is Increasing,\nslowly perhaps, but nevertheless\nincreasing, Is satisfactory evidence that the school and its objects are finding favor with radically inclined parents. The school\nmeets every Sunday at 2:30 p.\nm.  In O'Brien hall.\nThe Junlon Labor League of\nthis city, an organization of young\npeople over 14 years of age, is\nnow lining up with the Toung\nPeople's Society of Winnipeg, and\nthe National Young Labor League\nof Britain, and Is also communicating with the Toung People's\nClub of the O. B. U. in Prince\nRupert. The object Is to get a\ncommon name for the various\nclubs of tihs kind In Canada, as\nhas been done In Britain, and to\nwork together to extend the\nmovement to other cities. Tonight\n(Friday) the local J. L. L. will\nhold Its educational evening in\nits club rooms at 62 Dufferln\nstreet west. The chief item of\ninterest on their programme for\nthis evening Is a debate on \"Resolved, that Allied intervention fn\nRussia did more good than harm.\"\nEDMONTON BRICKLAYERS\nOO OVER TO O. B. U.\nReturned   Soldier   Elected   Socretary\u2014Construction Unit May\nBe Live Organization\nThe Bricklayers of Edmonton,\nAlta., have broken away from the\nA. F. of L. and formed a unit\nof the O. B. U. A returned soldier, Wm. G. Brookes, has been\nelected secretary and he Intends\nto stick tight to the job of organizing until there is an hundred\nper cent, construction workers*\nunit ln Edmonton.\nBombay, India\u2014At least 200,000\nmill workers are on etrlke In\nBombay, and the mills are entirely stopped. The situation is said\nto be very bad, since the strikers\nare solidly united and show\ndisposition to return to work.\nE\nWinnipeg Veterans Object\nto Justice Metcalfe and\nCrown Counsel\nThe following resolution was\nmoved, seconded and carried\nwithout dissent at a meeting of\nthe ex-Soldiers and Sailors Labor\nParty of Canada, held in the\nScott Memorial Hall, Winnipeg, on\nthe evening of January 22, 1920:\n\"Whereas, two of our members, R. 13. Bray and J. Farnell,\nare on trial charged with seditious conspiracy, and whereas, we,\nrealize that R. B. Russell was not\ngranted a fair trial;\n'Be lt resolved, that this meeting emphatically protest agalnBt\nthe present counsel for the crown\ncontinuing ln that capacity, and\nthat this meeting also protest\nagainst the action of Justico Metcalfe, who prejudiced his right\nto sit in a judicial capacity and\nrender impartial Justico to the\naccused, owing to his charge to\ntho jury, and the effect of such\ncharge had upon the jury In impressing them with the guilt, not\nonly of R. B. Russell, but of the\nother seven who are accused.\"\nCorporal Zaneth, Self-Confessed\nLiar, Gives His \"Evidence\" in the\nTrial of Labor Men at Winnipeg\nSaid He Was an Austrian; Lm\nRifles in Russell Trial\u2014Got\ned Police\u2014Said He Was\nin Russell Trial\u2014Mr.\nAdmits That 'Liar' h\nAbout This\u2014Lied About\nr. W. Card From Mount-\nfolf in Sheep's Clothing\ninar Says, \"Witness\nlis Fourth Name\"\nSpecial to The B. C. Federationist\nWinnipeg, Man., Feb. 5.\u2014While the local press has\nhad little to say as to the Winnipeg trials, unless it\nwas to quote some of Justice Metcalf s remarks that\nwere against the accused, considerable.interest has\nbeen aroused in Winnipeg by examination of crown\nwitnesses. Corporal William Zaneth, of the Royal\nNorth West Mounted Police, who admitted that he\nlied while spying on labor and Socialist activities in\nAlberta and British Columbia, gave evidence on Wednesday and Thursday. While dressed in scarlet coat\nand the breeches with the yellow stripes, he contradicted the evidence he gave at the Russell trial by\nadmitting, on Thursday morning, that he only saw\neighteen, twenty or twenty-five rifles instead of one\nthousand, which he declared he saw, when Joe Knight\ntook him to look at them.\n\"Oh, I must have seen about a thousand,\" Zaneth\nsaid in the Russell trial, according to the official report of his evidence read in cross examination Thursday morning. \"I can't remember,\" he replied when\nasked if he made that statement then; while now he\nsaid only eighteen or twenty rifles were there.\nZaneth declared that he went to Drumheller, Alberta, on September 12,1918, to investigate labor activities around the mines. He worked there and found\ntwo Socialists, three Industrial Workers of the World\nand a few other agitators. He went to Calgary, January 5,1919, and identified himself with the Socialist\nParty of Canada, becoming a member of that organization, and attending all its meetings. He also joined\nthe Federal Labor Union in Calgary and became vice-\npresident of that local. . ,   \u201e  ,\nHe gave the names of Joe Knight, Mrs. Knight, Carl\nBerg, James Marshall, Robert Emery, William Carroll, George Clark, Sangster, and Wm. McQuoid, as.\npersons active in Calgary labor and Socialist circles.\nHe met Russell at the Western Conference, and saw\nGeorge Armstrong there. He stated that he met\nPritchard in Vancouver, March 9,1919, and was m\nlueed to him by Wm. McQuoid, and also saw him\n\\e Western Conference. He heard Johns speak\nalgary. Looking at his reports before him, wit-\nsaid he made them out for Mounted Police offi-\n:s an hour or two after meetings. He said that he\ninstructed by the Socialist Party to sell literature,\najfongst which was the \"Red Flag,\" \"Soviets at\nrk,\" \"liberator.\" He described his attendance at\netitmomic classes, and that it was stated at these\ngatherings that labor was entitled to all it produces,\n\"e declared that the Western Labor Conference\n:ided to appoint a'\"central revolutionary council,\"\n\"that Berg, McGuire and Knight were great lead-\nin Alberta. And that they\u2014the western radicals\nacked the Quebec conference, and the American\nFederation with Reds.\n?He stated that he went to Canmore, April 10,1918,\nto meetings addressed by Alex Susnar and Mrs.\nKtaight, where he distributed literature, and that\ntlfere were only about ten English-speaking people\npresent, the rest being Russians, Italians and Aus\ntrians.\njdross-examined by R. A. Bonnar, K.C, chief counsellor the defense, Zaneth declared: \"I told lies every\ntime I wanted information. I told a string of lies. I\nlied every day. I didh't care whether I carried out my\nobligations or not. Yes, I think Canada needs liars.\nMajor Duffis gave me a parole as an Austrian on instructions of Commissioner Perry of the Mounted\nraice. I then reported to the police once a week so\nthat they would not interfere with me under the Mil-\nitlwy Service Act.\n4 told Tittioni that I was born in Trieste, Austria,\nI got an I. W. W. card from Sergeant Waugh, I put\ntip name on it myself. \"If you want to call me a spy,\nthen I am a spy. I was there as a detective. I gaess\nthat in the Russell case I was a wolf in sheep's cloth-\nifig; I carried an I. W. W. card and one in the S. P. of\nG>, and left application form to join that organization\nwith my officer commanding\u2014Major Spalding.\nUnder cross examination Thursday morning, Zaneth declared he\nis thirty-one years old, and came\nto Canada when he was seventeen,\nand that he speaks Ave or six\nlanguages, Including Slavic languages which he said he learned\nIn this country. Ho said that he\nlived in Piedmont, Italy, sixteen\nyears, although he said ln giving\nhis ovidence on Wednesday night\nhe told the labor men he was\nborn ln Trieste. He was naturalized in Canada and went to the\nUnited States In 1916, and that\nwhen he heard that- the Mounted Police was going overseas, he\ncame back to Canada and\nJoined that body it Regina;\nspent one and a half months at\nWaverley, and then went to Quebec, returning to Regina to be\nexamined for overseas. He said\nthat the doctor found him unlit\nfor overseas duty.\nWouldn't Tell\nHo said that he would not say\nwhere he wrote his reports of the\nCalgary   Western   Labor   Conference    becauso    bf\nPerry's  orders.\nMr. A. J. Andrews, chief counsel for the crown, who represented tho Citizen's Committee during the strike, said there ore special reasons for not telling the\nplace. Zaneth said, \"I had a room\nIn the Colonial Hotel In Calgary,\nbut did not liavo the samo room\nright along.\" He denied that he\ntried to get the boys to break Jail\nopen when Prltchard was arrest-\nand did not show them a revolver.\nHr. Andrews Objects\nMr. Bonnar to witness\u2014\"Many\nof us have thought the Mounted\nPolice a very good body of men.\nAro  any  of  them   now   awaiting\ntrial for perjury?\" Mr. Andrews\nobjected. Justice Metcalfe sustained the objection. In reply to\nfurther questions Zaneth said he\ndid not know Dourasoff and Roth,\nnow awaiting trial at Vancouvor\nfor perjury, in connection with the\nRussian deportation proceedings,\nMr. Andrews\u2014Mr. Bonnar is\nonly endeavoring to carry on in\nthis court as Bray (one of the\ndefendents charged with making\nderogatory remarks about the\nMounted Police) la carrying oh\noutside.\nEntitled to Cull Him a Uur\nJustice Metcalfe\u2014\"I take It you\nknow, Mr. Bonnar, you can't try-\nand get in about the Mounted\nPolice committing perjury.\" Zaneth denied that he was trying to\nget foreigners at Calgary to start\ntrouble there. He said that he\nnever showed any of them a gun,\nor advised them to get them. He\nsaid that he never carried a gun\nln Calgary except when Joe\nKnight spoke ln Calgary. I call\na man who tells lies very often a\nliar. I told lies under Instructions,\nCommissioner, I told lies when the truth did not\n(It.    Seldom   I   found   the   truth,\nWatch Us Grow!\nThere are a few individuals in Vancouver who\nare busy with a little hammer knocking the Federationist. Every knock from these individuals\nis a boost, and the circulation of Labor's own\npaper is still soaring. We have the largest circulation of any Labor paper in Canada. Last\nweek we issued 20,200 papers, no padding in the\nmail list either, and for the past few weeks the\ncirculation has increased from two to five hundred per week, and there is no sign of a let-up\nto the demand for the only Labor paper published in B. C. As an advertising medium it cannot\nbe beat, and it brings the business. To assist the\nFederationist, workers should patronize our advertisers.\nAf IE\nWill Speak on the Industrial Situation Throughout the World\nNext Sunday nlglit the Socialist\nParty of Canada will have as their\nspoaker Charles Lestor, who la admittedly ono of the finest exponents of scientific Socialism on this\ncontinent, and preparations are being made to handle a capacity audience at tho Empress Theatre.\nThe subject of the address will\nbe \"The International Situation,\"\nwhich will afford the speaker an\nopportunity of building up a lecture of great interest and significance. For, indeed, if the repot tr\nIn the press regarding the financial\nImpasse Into which the capitalist\nsystem has drifted, is to be taken\nseriously, then the working class\nwill soon find themselves In a fearful plight, What has happened Is\nthis: The mechanism of our social system is badly out of gear,\non account of (certain definite\ncauses; commerce Is being disrupted, and as night follows day, so\nwill tho wheels of industry cease\nrevolving; and unemployment, thc\nbane and curse of a working man's\nlife, will settle like a plague upon\ntho land. Workers! what are you\ngoing to do about it? Come to the\nEmpress and learn. Doors open at\n7:30. Meeting at 8 p.m. Questions and discussion,        ,\nTo' members of the Socialist Party\nI' had to lie all the time. At\nL'r.iinhdler I told them my name\nwas Alex Blask. If I wah carrying out my instructions I would\n114, I suppose you are entitle! to\ncall me a Uur. I suppose you\nknow a liar will generally swear\nto a lie.\nPritchard Cross-I famines\nCross-examined hy W, A. prltchard, Zaneth declared that Joe\nfiingBter had told him that he\nwas president of the Socialist\nParty local. Prltchard showed\nthat the Socialist Party did not\nhave presidents of its locals.\nZaneth admitted that he had\ntold the court that he carried papera as an Austrian to avoid military police, and Dominion police,\nob a draft evader; yet he was\ntold by Mounted Police \"You're\nnot flt to go overseas;\" but did\nnot receive any certificate of unfitness'\nUnder direct examination by A.\nJ, Andrews, K.C, for the prosecution, on Wednesday evening, Zaneth quoted Dave Rees as calling\nfor support of the Socinlist movement as the government was \"en-\nMANY MEETINGS\nWill   Hold  Meetings  in\nDistricts   Where\nMen Work\nMeetings of the Millworkers\nbranches of the Lumber Workers'\nIndustrial Union of the O. B. U.\nwill be held next week in the following  places:\nNew Westminster, Wednesday,\np.m., Labor Hall, corner 7th\nand.- Royal  Avenue.\nMaillardville and Fraser Mills,\nat Maillardville' Moving Picturo\nTheatre, 8 p.m., Thursday, February 12.\nPort Moody, Orange Hall, 8 p.m.\nFriday, February  18.\nIt Is expected that there will\nbe a record attendance at each\nmeeting. Thc meetings will be\nopen to all mill workers, whether\norjjinlzed or unorganized, therefore all members ahould endeavor\nto get their work mates who are\nnot organized, to attend.\nSchool Teacher Wanted\nA teacher holding a 3rd class\nor better certificate, and possessing a knowledge of the class\nstruggle iu wanted in the school\ndistrict of Radvlile, Sash. Salary. $100 per month; services required April 3. Apply to Ed.\nCrandell,  Radvlile,  Sask.\nDon't forget OUR advertiser*.\ngaging returned soldiers to shoot\nus down like dogs, and that If\nproper support was given, the\nworkers -would win just as they\nhad done in Russia.\" To Pritchard\nZaneth declared that he thought\nthe Reese who went to the International Lahor Conference at\nWashington with the attorney\ngeneral of Manitoba was the sume\nRees who made the above remarks at Calgary.\nKnows Roth\nHe said, I know Roth. He was\nIn Calgary for some time. He did\nthe same kind of work aa I do.\nI don't know if Dourasoff is doing the same work.\nAndrews objected to tho question as to whether Dourasoff was\ntho same man charged with perjury in Vancouver.\nI.ancth said he was at the Calgary convention in the best interests of the country, and that he\nnever heard of the I. W, W. until\nho joined the Mounted Police. He\nsaid that he did not put down all\nthat Prltchard said ln a three-\nminute report, of a two-hour\nspeech In the Alcazar Theatre In\nCalgary at which the Rev. WUI-\nian Irvine wos chairman. He did\nnot remember Prltchard reading\na copy of a letter from Berg,\nread by Senator Robertson, which\nhad words left out, and was so\nInterpreted as to misrepresent\nwhat was In thc letter.\nMr. McMurray, one of the counsel for the defense, brought, out\na declaration from Zaneth to the\neffoct that he resided flrst In\nAmerica\u2014In New York\u2014where he\nworked as a carpenter In a piano\nshop and then moved to Springfield, Muss.\nMr. Justico Metcalfe then said:\n\"I may say I rather like Zaneth\n(Continued on pago 8)\nTwo Big Halls in Labor\nTemple Hired\u2014Admission 25 Cents\nTho concert and danco held by\nthe Women's'. Co-operative Guild\nlast Saturday wag a splendid success although the hall was too\namall to accommodate the big\nturnout, and because of the Insistent demand for another one,\nat an early date the guild has arranged for a bigger and better\none on Saturday, February 14.\nThe two largest halls in the Labor Temple have bcen engaged\nfor the affair and an old-time\nconcert will be held ln hall 401,\nand a dance, consisting of qua-\ndrllls, waltz, fox trot, aeroplane\nglide, tango one step, etc., in hall\n408. Those who don't wish to\ndance can take a hand in a whist\ndrive. Refreshments consisting of\ncoffee, sandwiches and cake will\nalso be served and the whole affair, will only cost 25c.,<\nIf there are any musicians or\nsingers who wish to volunteer\ntheir services for this affair, they\nare requested to turn In their\nnames to Mr. Johnstone at the Coop, store, Phone Sey. 493.\nTickets for a big dance to be\nheld In the Cotillion Hall on Mon-\nday, March 8, are also on sale\nat the store. This Is also being\narranged  by the Women's Guild.\nThe central store Is still making headway and the membership\ncontinues to grow, It now being\n1120. The North' Vancouver\nbranch is being put into shape for\nthe opening.\nThe Women's Co-operative' Auxiliary will meet in room 217, Labor Temple, next Thursday evening at  8  p.m.\nLectures on Economics\nThe lectures on Economics at\nthe Brotherhood House, 233 Abbott Street, on Friday evenings at\n8 p.m. are attracting very large\naudiences. The lecture tonight by\nProfessor Angus of the University\nof British Columbia will be on\n\"Value.\"\nSUGGESTED GENERAL\nSTRIKE NOT ACTED UPON\nWill WaJt (he Verdict of the Appeal to the Privy Council\nBefore Tuking Action\nThe general strike suggested by\nthe convention bf working class organization as a protest against the\nconviction of R. B. Russell has not\nbeen endorsed   by   the   Winnipeg\nCentral Lubor Council and will not\nbe acted upou until such time as\nthe result of the appeal to the privy\ncouncil has been heard from.\nAnother Young One\nJack Anderson, of Prince Rupert, sent a letter to The Federatlonist this week, In which he\nInforms us that he was eight\nyears old whan he obtained his\n\"Workers Liberty Bond\" from J.\nH. Burrough, secretary of the\nLoggers at  Rupert.\nPREMIER MINE\nSIR! UNDER\nB. C. Federation of Labor\nto Meet March 8 at\nVictoria\nThe call for the tenth annual\nconvention of the B. C, Federation\nof Lahor has been issued hy tlie\nsecretary of thut organization this\nweek. The convention will convene at 10 a.m. March 8th, in the\nLabor Hall, Victoria, B. C. Last\nyear's convention should huve\nbeen held In the Capital City, but\nwus, by referendum vote, moved\nto Calgary, ao that the same delegates could attend the Western\nConference without additional expense to thc local unions. It is\nhard to Bay what will bc the attendance at tho convention this\nyear owing to the Btartlng of the\nnow movemont, but It is certain\nthat the annual gathering will Ue\nInteresting, and perhaps a Utile\nmore heated than is usual.\nPrince Rupert Central Labor Council Gets\nBusy\nDefense Committee Literature Will be Cir-\nulated\nThe last regular meeting of\nthe Princo Rupert Central Labor\nCouncil (O, B, U.) convened at\n8 p.m. January 28, Vice-Chalr-\nman Booth presiding in the absence of Chairman Rudderham\nat the convention ln Winnipeg.\nTwenty-eight delegates were present.\nThe minutes of the previous\nmeeting were adopted as read. '\nCorrespondence from the Winnipeg defense committee was\nlaid over for new business. From\nI'etersberg,   Alaska,   filed.\nThe committee . appointed to\nconfer with a similar committee\nfrom the Fisheries Unit on the\nrevision. of their proposed constitution reported that some eliminations and additions had been\nmade to mutual satisfaction. The\nreport had yet to bo submitted\nto the Fisheries Unit. Report\naccepted.\nDefense committee reported\nreceipts for the week of 181.80,\nmaking a total to date of\n82138.50.     Report   accepted.\nA delegation from the atrike at\nthe Premier Mino was prosent\nand Introduced by the assistant\nsecretary. Their report as to conditions confirmed those previously\nsubmitted, but attention was\ndrawn to the advertisement in\nthe local press for men to go to\nthe Premier, which appeared for\nthe first time in that afternoon's\npapers.\nIn company with the assistant\nsecretary they had seen a lawyer\nand placed the case for damages\nin his hands, and would bring\nsuit for the men who went \u00bbp on\nthe strength of the agreement\nmade hy Mr. Harris, which had\nbeen rejected by the manager on\narrival at Stewart. An Interview\nwith the manager had been accomplished by BroB. Callaghan\nand Donovan in Stewart. They\nhad notified him that the men\nwho went up would hold him to\nthe agreement, and expected him\nto put as many of the men who\nhad gone up, to work, as soon\nas possible. The manager had at\nfirst said that since the agreement\nhad been made by Mr, Harris,\nthey would have to Btand by it,\nbut the next morning he had refused to put the strikers back to\nwork, and offered to start the\nmen who had come up with Mr.\nHarris. He contended that ther\u00ab*\nwas no-strike. He had also notified them that if the men who\nhad como up did not go to work,\nhe would sue for the fares advanced.\nTo offset the^fforts of the company to get strike-breakers, dodgers were ordered printed and distributed.\nThc delegation also reported\nthat Del. Wickstrom and Bro. Ni-\ncholls had advanced $491 for the\nstrike fund. The strikers were\nkeeping an itemized account of\nreceipts and expenses. On motion\nit was decided that a settlement\nwith Bros. Wickstrom und Nlch-\nolls be made, when the dispute\nwas settled. The fact that the\nmanager, who was at present In\nPrince Rupert, had met Del.\nWickstrom at the gangway ond\ncaused the production of his naturalization papers to a N. W. M.\nV. caused some comment, inasmuch as it is believed that Mr.\nPitt himself is an \"alien.\" Ah-\nother $50 was voted for the strllu\nfund, the L. W. 1. U. to supply I\n(Continued on page 8)\nADD TO MEMBERS\nTaconm\u2014After deliberating for\n58 hours, the Jury In the enses of\nthe 36 alleged I, W. W. arrested\nhere following the Centralia rioting, returned verdicts of guilty Of\ncriminal syndicalism in ail of the\ncases.\nMore Money Is Needed\nThe Brief in the appeal of the Russell case before the Privy Council is now being prepared.\nThis will cost much money. It has been reported\nin the press that the expenses of the prosecution\nof the labor men in Winnipeg will cost at least\n$100,000. The cost of the appeal to the Privy\nCouncil will be great and the Defense Committee\nis compelled to still ask for money in order to\ncarry on the fight for the liberty of the spokesmen of labor who were arrested because of their\nactivities in the working class movement. Every\ndollar received helps to relieve the committee of\na certain amount of worry as to the financing of\nthe defense. Your mite will be needed, so send it\nalong to A. S. Wells, 405 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B, C.\nOrganization Meeting  a\nSuccess\u2014Want O. B. U.\nLabel on Overalls\nLast night's meeting of the\nGeneral Workers' Unit of the O.\nB. U. was one of the best yet held\nIn tho city since the new organizntion was formed. The hall was\ncomfortably filled and an air of\nearnestness and determination pervaded the meeting. J. G. Smith\naddressed the meeting, which was\nthrown open to all workers between the hours of 8 and i) for\norganization purposes. Quite a\nnumber of applications for membership were made and from all\nindications it would appear that\nthe amalgamation of the different\nunits into tho general workers'\nunit will be a decided factor in\nthe upholding of the O. B. U. In\nVnncouver.\nV. R. Midgley who attended the\nflrst semi-annual convention of the\nO. B. U. in Wlnnipog, roported\nas to the decisions of the convention and urged the members to\ndemand tho O. B. U. label on\noveralls, etc,, as the garment\nworkers of Winnipeg were with\n(ho O. B. U.\nThc secretary, with J. G. Smith,\nivere appointed as a committee to\narrango time and place for a de-\nbnte on thc question of the O. It.\nU. versus the International Trados\nUnions. It is expected that this\ninteresting feature will he staged\nin the very noar future. PAGE TWO\ntwelfth year. No. \u25a0    TSE BRITISH PQLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST    Vancouver, b. a\nFRIDAY..-..-.. .February  \u00ab,  1920\n\"UF STAIRS WE SAVE TOU MONEY'*\nj OUR GIGANTIC\nUtamtOtmO,\nSTARTS SATURDAY\nSEE DAILY PAPERS FRIDAY\nArnold & Quigley\n\"The Store That'i Alwayi Busy\"v\n546 Granville Street\nSLATER'S\nQUALITY      SERVICE      FREE DELIVERY\nGROCERY DEPARTMENT\nFinest Prunes, 3 lbi. for  SSo\nExtra Large Pranef, lb 2Se\nFinest Dried  Peaches,  Ib.   350\nQuaker Corn, tin .\u201e \u201e 20c\nPROVISION DEPARTMENT\nSlator'a  Sliced   Streaky   Bacon,   per\npound -  ....Me\nSlater's  Sliced   Streaky   Bacon,   PW\npound   ......... . 65c\nSALT        SALT        SALT\nSalt ia icarco.   Speolal, flneet Kitchen  Bait, reg. 5 lbs. for 25c.\nSaturday only, OB.\n13 lba. for ....  - **>C\nThli ia fine salt, not coarse.\nSLICED BAOON SPECIAL\nWe will sell 400 lbs.  Slater'a *,\u2022*.*\ngar-cured streaky bacon,    JBa\nsliced, at, per lb **\u00bb*\nNo limit.   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C.\n1890-\n\u25a01920\n30th ANNIVERSARY\nClearance Sale\nMEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS MUST GO\nAll Our Winter Overcoats 20 Fer Oent. Seduction\nMEN'S BUBBEEIZBD COATS\u2014$25, $30 and (32\u2014 Aon mm\nto cleu at ~  9-.-.0 (O\nMEN'S SHIBTS\u2014Colored Shirta, soft and hard ouffs. A]    Am\nBeg. thn to ti.50.  To dear \u2014 _ W1 eHO\nMEN'S SWEATEE COATS\u2014A range at $6 to .7.50.   A A  BA\nTe clear ft,\u2014 epteOU '\nALL BOTS' OVEBCOATS at 10 per cent, discount.\nA Big Seduction os several lines of Boys' Suits\nClubb & Stewart Ltd.\nsot hasWnos street west\nAND 1 SMEIS\nWhat Is Said in the Old\nLand About the New\nDemocracy\nA few weeks ago, Willie Galla-\ncher, active trade unionist and\nSocialist in Scotland, met Mr T.\nB. Morison, K. C, M. P., solicitor\ngeneral, in a debate in the city of\nPerth. The subject of the debate\nwas \"The Soviets.\" After having\nread in the daily press of the so-\ncalled seditious utterances of\nworkers at the Calgary conferenco\nand at the Walker theatre in\nWinnipeg, and which are now being used against the men now\nbeing tried for seditious conspiracy, Mr, . Gallacher's speech\ncomes as a relief, demonstrating\nas It does, the freedom of er\npression that is allowed In th*\nOld Land, and whioh makes Can<\nada appear in the light of recent\nexperiences, as a country whera\nfreedom of speech ts no longer the\nright of the workers. Mr. Gallacher's speech in reply to the Mr,\nMorrison, was in part as follows:\nCondemns to Death\nMr, Morison had said that liberty meant that every Individual\nshould be allowed to carry out\nwhat he or she considered to be\nhiB or her duty, and yet Mr. Morison waa & member of the government which had filled the\nprisons of the country with Christians during the war because they\nsaid \"No.\" Mr. Morison said\nthere won Industrial tyranny In\nRussia because the workers were\nforbidden to strike, and yet the\ngovernment of whloh Mr, Morison\nwas a member had sent him to\nprison for twelve monthi for\nmorely advocating a strike. All\nthat Mr. Morison had said simply damned the system under\nwhich we live today. Mr. Morison further said he wae opposed\nto Sovietism because It denied a\nman the right to live as nature\nhad Intended him. and he knew\nthat in Glasgow, at any rate, mothers and fathers might weep as\nthey watched their ohildren dying, while the medical officer reported to the health committee\nthat the traders were pouring the\nmilk down the drains. Nature\npresumably intended that these\nchildren should live, but the present system condemned them to\ndeath, Mr. Morison had condemned oligarchy, and yet they\nwere living under an oligarchy to.\nday. as had been proved during\nthe railway strike, when the government had to give the financial\noligarchy an additional 1 per oent,\non the floating loan, and for that\nlittle deal the people of the country had to pay another 15,000,000\npounds. Mr. Morison had proved\nby what he had said that he\nknew nothing about the Soviets.\nMr, Morison said everything had\nto be done under the dictatorship\nof the proletariat, but the dictatorship of the proletariat was\nonly a passing phase and not a\nnecessary part of the Soviet sys.\ntem. The dictatorship of the pro.\nletarlat had been established to\ntake possession of the land and\nall the Instruments of production\nfrom the hands of those who held\nthem. The dictatorship of the\nproletariat was a very different\nthing from the Soviet system,\nwhich was building up agriculture and all the other Industries,\nbut the people In this country\nonly heard about the political Soviets whloh were fighting against\nthe ' counter - revolutionaries and\ntheir supporters, the Allied powers. That brought them down\nto the question of what the Soviet system was, but before going\non to that it was necessary to\nunderstand the system under\nwhich they were living.\nConstitutional! \u00bbm\nHli opponent condemned auto*\ncraoy and oligarchy, and said\nthere were millions of contented\nand God-fearing people living under contract of service, but lf they\nlooked up American history they\nwould flnd that there were hundreds of contented and God-fearing people living under contract\nof service, but if they looked up\nAmerican history they would\nfind that there were hundreds\nof contented and God-fearing\nchattel slaves. Under autocracy\nin this country there were millions of the people contented\nand God-fearing, but a section\nof the people \u2014 the merchant\nprinces and rising capitalists\u2014\nhappened to be discontented, and\nthey did not trouble about constitutionalism. They cut off the\nhead of a king (Charles I.), and\nlater on drove another (James\nII.) from the throne. (Applause.)\nThen they brought over William\nof Orange from the continent, and\nin this connection it might be\nmentioned that the predecessor\nof one of Mr. Morlson's well-\nknown colleagues, Mr, Winston\nChurchill, John Churchill, Duke\nof Malborough, who was in command of the king's army, basely\nand treacherously deserted his\nking and went over to William.\n(Laughter and loud applause.)\nThat was constitutionalism, and\nhe challenged his opponent to\ndeny it, or that any man had as\nmuch legal right to the throna as\nGeorge V. Having got rid of\nthe king and grought over one\nof their own capitalist class, the\nlanded aristocracy came to a\nnice little arrangement. The king\nwas given his rights and perro-\ngatlves, the landowners were guaranteed their rights and privileges\ncapitalists owned the industries\nand wero assured the right of\nexploitation, and the tolling mil\nlions had neither property nor\nrights of any kind. When, later\non, they organized and demanded that they too, should be considered, thoy were given Peterloo,\nwhere they were shot down, and\nmany of their leaders were sent\nto prisons and to the hulks ot\nBotany  Bay.\nWho  Controls\nAs the propertied class owned\nand controlled the land and\nmeans of production, they were\nable to build up an army, navy,\nthe church and a powerful syatem of jurisprudence. After having entrenched themselves In that\nimpregnable position, they CSuld\nafford to pose as democrats, and\nextend the franchise to the prop-\nertilesa classes. Who ccuttylled\nthe army and industry our the\npropertied class\u2014the class\" \"\\o\nwhich Mr. Morison belongflRjBTHe\nhad said it was not right-that\nidlers should reap the benefit of\nthe labor of energetic and skilled\nworkers, and had argued that\nthat would happen undeV^the\nSoviet system; but he wastM to\npoint out that he had beeirwlrk-\ning since he was nine years of\nage, was a lifelong teetotaller,\nhad never backed a horsey ihad\nnever developed extravagant*habits of any kind, and yet he had\nnever succeeded In acquiring\nwealth, so obviously some idler\nwas reaping the benefit of his labor. Let them look at the conditions ln Paisley, where 10,000\ngirls toiled and slaved from\nmorning to night, many of\nthem with speadometers attached to, their machines, so that\nthe foreman would know . how\noften the machines stopped.\nNot one ln a hundred of .these\ngirls are entitled.to the right to\nvote. There was no democracy\nthere, and neither was there democracy in any othe irndnstry.\nNeither was there democracy In\nthe army. Who were the field-\nmarshals, the generals, the colonels, and the various other officers\nbut the .representatives of, Mr,\nMorlson's own class, and who are\nthe rank and file but the men\nof the working clsss? \u00a3\u00a3lth\nregard to the church, who\nwere the archbishops, bishops,\netc., but the same old representatives of the same old propertied class, with the result that\nthe church had deserted Christianity generations ago, and did\nnot dare to preach the commun-\nest principles of the Carpenter of\nNazareth.  . |\nOne or two might try to preach\nthese principles, but they usually ended In being turned out of\ntheir churches. It wtl the same\nIn every other walk of life, for\nthe constitution of this country\nwas built up to protect the prop\nerty owners. Undoubtedly there\nmight be a few present that\nnight who happen to have an\nestate in the Highlands, and if\nthat were bo they would prob\nably occasionally invite a few\nfriends for several weeks' grouse\nshooting on the estate. That was\nquite constitutional, but if a.Perth\nshop steward were to invito several shop stewards from Glasgow to come and shoot a few\nrabbits or flsh a salmon or two,\nthat would be quite unconstitutional, and thev.would B|-ojmbiy\nbe clapped Into gaol. He,! was\nnot an intellectual, and $$#! not\nconcerned, about intellectu^ilsm,\nbut he represented a sUftpgJ virile section of the work^g .class\nwhtrh was prepared to fjght to\nthe utmost for their clt^p.,, j Did\nthey suppose that lf the workers\nget a political majority that: the\nlandowners and capitalist^, yrould\ngive up possession of what \u25a0 they\nheld? No; those people,_ would\nflght to the last, and that, was\nwhy that section, of which' he\nspoke, would go on Birching\never onward and upward [ till\nthey won the fight for humanity.\nMorison admitted that the. Workers had grievances fn their Industrial life, and said It wag the\nduty of the Btate to remedy\nthose   grievances.\nThe Powers of tho Stato,\nThe state, however, was composed of tho army, navy, police,\nlaw lourts, and the church, and\nIt was the business of the state\nto maintain order in society in\norder to allow production and\ndistribution to be carried on In\nthe most profitable manner. If\ndisorder did break out, lt was\nthe duty of the state to quell it\nin any manner possible\u2014perhaps\nIt might be by throwing a .sop\nto the workers In the shape of\nan Increase ln wages\u2014by the use\nof policemen's batons, by sending workers to goal for twelve\nmonths or so, or by the use of\nthQ bayonet and the bomb.\nCould Mr. Morison deny that\nthe government, of which he\nwas a member, did not have\na sneaking regard for Sovietism?\nWhen the government of the country was faced by the fact that\nthere was serious unrest, they appointed a commission to enquire\nInto the cause of the unrest.\nWhat had been the result of that\ncommission? It foifnd that the\ntrouble was caused by lack of\ndemocratio control in Industry,\nand it presented a report with a\nscheme that was accepted by the\ngovernment. That schema waa\ncalled the Whitley council Then,\ncould th\u00ab Whitley council not\nquite well bo the Whitely soviet?\nIt had to be remembered,\nhowever, that the Whiteley\ncouncils were an attempt to harmonize the unharmonizable interests of tho workers and their\nmastors, but the fundamental\nprinciple of the Soviets was the\nworkers themselves controlled\ntheir own Industry by electing\ndelegate! to tho local and the\ndistrict soviet, and It, in turn,\nelected delegates to the national\nor All-Russian soviet These were\nthe economio Soviets which would\nrule when the counter-revolutionaries had been dealt with, [and\nit seemed very likely that that\nwas going to happen, judging\nfrom the announcement that njght\non the Evening Times bill, that\nDenikin was in a grave plight. A\ngrave plight was very slgnlfldonf.\nWhen tho counter-revolutionaries\nwere defeated the political soclets\nwould disappear and then there\nwould be no need for a colonial\npolicy or for Imperialism, Kph\u00ab\nproud and virtuous Britishers, denounced the atrocities of the horrible Huns, but yet the same\nproud and vlrtuohs Britisher\njoined hands with the artodlpus\nHuns, and fought side by side, In\norder to crush the Russian revolutionaries. (Mr. T. B. Morison\u2014\"That's not true!\") Yes, sir,\nIt Is true. There ;was Van der\nGoltz, wi^h his horrible Huns,\nand General Ironside, with his\nproud and virtuous Britishers,\nJapanese and negroes. Morlscn\nhad never read anything written\nby a Scottish writer ln support\nof the Bolshevists and tbe Soviets.\nWell, he himself did not have a\nScots' name\u2014(laughter)\u2014-but for\nall that he came on the maternal\nside from the Sutherland! and\nM'Arthurs, who are the most enterprising Bolshevists amongst the\nclans, and he would like to\ninform Mr. Morison that his friend\nwho was on the platform, Mr.\nCampbell,  was  a Scot   who   had\nI\nMachinery Never Lightened the Load of Workers Is Contention\n\"It rather staggers the average\n\u2022Red'\u2014especially the really scientific one. He goes right up in the\nair at once.\" So remarked Comrade E. T. Kingsley at the Royal\non Sunday night; nevertheless he\nreceded not one whit from his\nposition that \"all the machinery\non top of the earth never lightened the burden on the back of\nthe workers or made it possible\nto_ produce a solitary thing with\nless expenditure ot human energy\nthan before the invention waa\nevor thought of.\"\nThe speaker started out with a\nrepudiation of the idea that the\nworker is ever \"paid\" for his\nwork. Master and slave between\nthem consumed all the product\nfrom day to day, as fast as it\nwas produced; there was nothing\nloft to \"pay\" with, except promises, which could never be re-\ndeemed. Commodities In th. mar-\nket yrere sold on credit, resulting\nln a mer, accumulation of stocks,\nbonds, mortgages and similar\npromises to pay. \"That whloh\nKarl Marx called surplus value\nexpresses Itself In figures. 'There\nIs nothing els. but a continued\naccumulation of figures\u2014except\nan accumulation of misery, which\nI think th* Slav* deserves. (Hear,\nhear.)\nTrade and commerce was not\npart of the process of production.\nIt was merely a matter ot keeping account of commodities aa\nthey moved round until they were\nsnuffed out by th* consumer. Th*\nfigures wer* th* tracks left be-\nhind\u2014tracks of good* extorted\nfrom the toll and sweat of the\nworkers and sold In th* market\nfor nothing.\nTh* speaker however, wa* not\none of thos* who expected the\nwhole machinery to be wiped out\nln their tlm*. \"It will not be\nabolished out of hand, but by the\ncomparatively slow process by\nwhich lt ha* grown up.\" A\nmushroom grew ln a night, and\nperished In a night i an oak took\ncenturies to mature, and centuries\nto decay. Th* Roman Empire\nwa* 1600 ytar* lio growing, and\n18 centurle* In dying.\nThe capitalist systom was about\n200 years old. It had reached its\nclimax, and was now In collapse\n\u2014gradually dying. . \"It will perish oft th* face of th*. **rth\neventually, without us lifting a\nfinger against It It may tak* a\nhundred years, or two hundred;\nlt may tak* u long as tt has\ntaken to attain Us growth.\"\nMaohlnery came Into being in\nresponse to the neede of exploiters\nand masters of slaves, and could\nonly serve their ends, forcing an\never-Increasing number of alaves\nfrom the production of essential\nthings Into th* production ot\nthings that only served th* ruling\nclass Interests. \"The city Itself\nIs a ruling class Institution,. and\ncould not exist In a soolsty of\nfre* people.\"\nIn the United States, lt had\nbeen found that ons family engaged In necessary production,\nhad to \"carry\" three others; the\nlatter were kept Just aa busy\nabout thing* not essential ln any\nsense of the word to the comfort\nand welfare of any people,\n\"Can any one suggest a way of\nlightening that burden, except by\ncutting out ruling class service\nand turning to th* production of\nthe essential things of life? If\nthis system were to pass tomorrow\nInto the hands of the proletariat,\nnot a solitary man can be dispensed with If lt Is 'still to be\noperated by th* sons of men.\nEvery on* must remain at his\npout ae a non-essential producer,\nor another take his place.\"\n\"There Is n0 living thing exoept\nman, and such animals ttt man\ncan bend to his will, that does\nnot Individually provide for Itself\n\u2014and not for others. The working man 1* all th* time working\nto feed somebody else, and taking a ohanc* on somebody else\nfeeding him.\" Her* the speaker\nproceeded to laugh the whole\nsystem out of court by a most\nludicrous \"reductlo ad absurdum,\"\nconvulsing his audienoe again and\nagain, and showing a' \"per capita\"\namount of \"transportation\" far\nexceeding th* amount of necessary, thing* that any human being could poasibiy get away with.\nwritten a great deal ln support\nof the Bolshevist* and Soviets,\nand Mr. Campbell was one of the\nlad* who had gone over the top\nand don* hi* bit. Mr. Morison had asked what wer* the\nsafeguard* ot th* soviet system\nagainst oppression of th* Individual and the corruption of state\nomolals? That was Just whore\nthe practicability of the Soviets,\nwith their workers' control, came\nln, for th* delegates to th* local,\ndistrict, and All-Russian Soviets\ncould b* recalled by th* workers\nat any time, which was a great\ndeal mora than th* workers in\nthis country, could do with the\nfellows they put Into national\nJobs. And yet It was the proud\nboast that one British was as good\nas six Germans, and at one\ntlm* a* good aa six Frenchmen.\nHe noted their applause of the\nboast, and he could not understand what they had to cheer for,\nespecially when he could tell them\nthat one little undersized gaffer\nwa* able for 200 Britisher*. And\nwhy was this? Because there\nwa* no democracy where tho\nworker spent th* most of hi* life.\nThey would, therefor*, hav* to\nwork for the soviet* and\nworkshop committees ln order to make Industrial demooraoy possible. They did not want\na colonial polloy or Imperialism,\nthe hell-born spawn of capitalism\nthat had given them four-and-\na-half year* of war. Did they\nwant mor* war? (Cries of\n\"No!\") Did th* women present\nwant to rear up their sons only\nto be sacrificed on the awful altar of Mars? (\"No, nol\") If they\ndid not, then let them abolish\ncapitalism by working from how\nonwards f for th* realization of\nthe soviet system In thla oountry.\n(Loud cheors and round after\nround of sustained applause.)\nLETTERS TO\nED\nAre Still Disunited, and Shall Never\nUnite ir the Leaden Can Help It\nEditor B. C. Federatlonist: Allow me to quote, your note to \"A\nSocialist\" in your issue of January\n23:\n\"The O. B. U. Is an industrial\norganization, and aa suoh cannot\nlink up with any\"poIltical party.\nThe SoclallsLParty and the Federated Labor Party are political\norganizations, and   nothing   will\nbring them together except a unanimity of opinion amongst the\nworkers as to which party best\nrepresents the Interests   of   the\nworking class. When that time\narrives, they will naturally fus*\nand become one organization.\"\nWorkers of the world, separate!\n\u2014there we have lt again, the most\nfatal  of  all  erroneous  prejudices.\n\"An   industrial   organization\u2014cannot link   up   with   any    political\nparty.\"  Father Oompers cajuld not\nput it more tersely. v\nWhy can the O. B. V. not fight on\ntwo fronts while th* Russian Boi\nshevlkl are fighting on twenty?\nIt Is because of there'being too\nmany shining lights somewhere\nwho must always be busy with inventing and caressing some petty\ntheories ot their own, ln order to\nover-shine eaoh other and, Incidentally, to lead th* tolling masses\nto battle amongst themselves ,at\nfirst with \"opinions\u2014unimportant\nfor the most part\u2014and then with\nmachine guns?\nBut for these precious leaders, I\nthink, the O. B, u. could, as suggested by \"A Socialist,\" become\nthe sole working class organization\nfor all practical purposes, for industrial as well as political education and propaganda. In lt both\nvoters and non-voters, Canadians\nand foreigners, could work together, harmoniously and for common\naim*.\nA great movement as.the O.B.U.\nhas become ln the workers' Imagination cannot at length be fed and\nthrive on camp and bunkhouse\nproblem* only. It should point\ntoward mora comprehensive and\nmuch farther reaching objects.\nANOTHER SOCIALIST.\n(Not* by Editor.\u2014With all du*\ndeference to our correspondent, we\ncannot see ln our not*, that whloh\nh* Implies. And to liken us to\nOompers 1* absurd. Not having\nfaith In leaders, and realising that\nthe only thing that keeps th*\nworker divided 1* laok ot understanding, our endeavor -1* to show\nthe workers that whether it be ln\nIndustry or ln politics, their Interests are one. Until that time comes,\nwhen the workers understand thalr\nposition, they will be divided. They\nwill act together on the Industrial\nfield, and separately politically. Our\ncorrespondent ha* not yet realised\nthat only Ideas keep the workers\napart, and not Individuals or leaders. Opinions ar* mor* vital ln\nth* working class struggle than\nare maohtne guns, Until they have\nreached a oommon opinion a* ,to\ntheir position, not even our correspondent could keep th* workers together.)\nMy View* On Labor Movement\nEditor of B. C. Federationtot:\nWith your kind permission, I will\ngive my view* on the Labor\nmovement. First, we should make\nIt known to the world that we\nare not merely seeking to get all\nthut can b* got for th* working\n.class In a selfish sort of way.\nTrue, selfishness Is a virtue, when\ntaking the form of getting what\none Is Justly entitled to, but jus\ntice should be our aim. So, let\nus remind any one who would\naccuse us of selfishness, that lt\nla a physical impossibility that\nany consistent move for social\nand economic justice can be promoted by the capitalist class.\nSecond, th* man of moderate\nmeans ho* nothing to fear trom\nthese economlo changes. By\nkeeping In mind what the average wealth of th* country I* today, he can readily se* that lt\nwould not work & hardship on\nhim. And as a rul* this man I*\nthe honest sort that Is content to\ngive to society reasonable aervloes\nfor what he receive* ln return.\nThe Labor union* and the farmer* should get together\u2014for the\nfarmer Is a laborer. Let us admit th* truth of the argument\nthat union hours would be Impossible on the farm at tlmea\nThe reasonable farmer will also\nadmit that he ha* th* advantage\nof a continuous change of work;\nand at times he hasn't muoh of\nanything to do. It h* were to\nhoe spud* every work day the\nyear round,  he also would want\nunion day. '   .\nNext, lot us considor the Increased activity of th* churche*.\nWhll* wishing to giv* credit\nwhere credit 1* du*, I would Ilk*\nvery muoh the church's answer to\nthis question: Why has not the\nchurch, as a body, stood for social and economio Justice In th*\npast?\nLastly, let me say It I* up to\nthe working class to mak* this\nthe sanest and most progressive\nmovement of Its kind the world\nhas ever seen, One thing that\nshould -receiv* mor* attention\nthan it has lh tha past, Is the\ncause* and prevention ot disease.\nMAONUM  OPUS.\nAvola, B. c, Jan. 29, 1020.\nVole* from East Richmond\nBdltor B. C. Fedorationist: At\nour mooting of th* East Richmond ratepayers recently, on Lulu\nIsland, we wore fortunate in having the presence of tho president\not the Vancouver Co-operative Society, and a director of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association.\nMr. Hubbard spoke of the rap-\nIdly growing membership of the\n\"Co-op.\" now nearly 2000, and of\ntheir efforts to break down every\nmiddleman wall betweon producer and consumer, tie talked of\nbutter that could be sold at 42\ncent* a pound, Imported from\nNew Zealand, and dress good*\nthat could be Imported through\nco-operative channel* from Great\nBritain and sold her* at two-\nthlrda of present prices, He added\nthat trade union ratea of wages\nwere paid to every employee,\nMr. Vanderhoof, a director of\nthe Fraser Valley Milk Producer*\nAssociation, dosorlbed tbe economics It had brought about, ahd\nhow It handled three-fourths of\nall th* milk sold lh Vancouver.\nHe said that of all the big cities\n\"OUB GABMENTS MAKE US FAMOUS\"\nTHE SHOP OF\nLATEST VOGUES\nFamous garments are, above all, the Iat*\nest models of style\u2014that's why the Famous is patronized so largely by ladiea\nwho dress with distinction.\nThe material ln all Famous suits, coat*\ndresses and skirts Is the verjr best obtainable\u2014our garments have acquired \u00bb\nreputation for service and durability.\nLike all well made and high class clothing Famous garments keep their shape,\nbecause they are made right and finished\nwith quality materials.\nA BREATH OF SPRING\nExclusive models for spring wear aro beginning to arrive.   Among thete\nsre some of the most beautiful creations we hsvt* ever shown.   Further ea*\nnouncements in regard to oar spring opening will be wade shortly.\nGarments\nFor Ladies\nWho Dress\nWith Taste\nHASTIHGS ST. W.\nKear Oranvllle\nIn the Dominion, Vancouver has\nthe best and cheapest milk supply* except perhaps In Ottawa,\nwhere the milk Is distributed by a\nprivate company and the farmers\nare  underpaid.\nSome of the speakers at the\nmeeting seemed to think there\nmust be a natural feud between\nVancouver and the Eraser Valley,* between, producer and consumer, farmer and housewife.\nMay we not recognize both as\nseparate wings of the same army?\nTwo trade unions, whloh should\nbelong to one big union* so to\nspeak? If you boast of paying\ntrade union rates of wages, is It\nnot right to be proud of paying\na living profit, a fair price, to the\nfarmer? as paid by his trade\nunion, the United Fruit Growers,\nthe milk producers, poultrymen'..\nassociation or whatever It Is called? Is not a co-operative store\nreally the trade union of the woman with the market basket?\nAre not each and all of these organizations united and finite and\nbound to he fair to eaoh. other,\n\"Each for all and all for each.\"\n. If the misunderstanding reveled\nat our little meeting grows, we\nmay expect agriculturalists to be\nopening retail stores and the Vancouver Co-operative Society will\nbe trying to \"buy direct\" so as to\ncut out the farmers' organizations.\nSuch family quarrels would only\nlead to confusion and waste. Let\nus live and let live.\nI hope, sir, you will forgive a\nfarmer for writing to The Federatlonist. After all the field ts\nnearer the factory and workshop\nthan would appear at first glance.\nYours faithfully,\nTOM  EDWARDS,\nHon. Sec. East Richmond Ratepayers' Association,\nR. R. No. 1, Eburne, B. C,\nJanuary SO,  1920.\nLondon\u2014A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from\nConstantinople soys: \"The Young\nTurks' Red army will, in the near\nfuture, reach Constantinople to\nthrow out the Turkish enemies,\nThe Turkish Bolshevik announce\nthat a holy war against Oreat\nBritain will be undertaken In the\nspring.\"\nThe Hague\u2014The Labor Party\nof Belgium and the Social Democratic Party of Holland have exchanged pledges of mutual aid In\neconomic development and In-protection   from  outside  aggression*.\nWithout danger\nor discomfort\nTHE most advanced dentistry Is\nwithout the danger and discomfort, la soma degree inseparable fnm that even of a few\nyears ago. The torture of the den>\ntal chair ta s thing of the paat,\nmodern methods and a higher skill\nhaving eliminated the groater part\nof all discomfort at the chair. Tha\ndanger of unskilled work lay principally in improperly treated\nteeth, preparatory to fllling asd\ncrowning, and in clumsy bridge*\nwork.\nTha former was the causa of blind\nabscesses at tha ends of tooth\nruts\u2014the source of rheumatism,\nneuritis and a host of painful and\ndangvroua maladies. The latter became tha breeding place of bacteria\nof all kinds, and the more danger-\nens because inaccessible to the\ntoothbrush aad proper cleansing.\nTha latest dental advance\u2014tha\nnew Removable Bridge is entirely\nfree from all these disadvantage.\nIt b Dot necessary to grind down\nand orown teeth, to destroy tha\nanamel or to \"kill the nerve.\"\nAnd it la easily removed by the\npatient himself for cleansing. It Is\nabaolutely sanitary.\nDr. Lowe\nViae Dtatlrtry\nHASTINGS   AND   ABBOTT\nOppoilU WooswtrA's\nrim, a\u00abj. om\nPatronize Federationist advertie-\nera.\nNOTICE\nEx-Alderman Kirk haa\nno connection whatsoever\nwith this Company directly or indirectly, nor hu\nhe ever had any.\nKirk&Co.\nLIMITED\n929 Main Street\nPhones Seymour 1441 aai 468\nGreatest Stock of\nFurniture\nIn Greater Vancouver\nReplete in every detail\nHastingsForatareCo.LtA\n41 HMtiifi itnet Wen\nBB 8UBB TOU OBI\nVAN BROS.\nVHJff TOU ASK rOB\n-CIDER-\nanl Non-alcoholic wiiet ef all\nUNION   MEN'S   ATTENTION\nLabor Power Regenerated\n\u2014at .the\u2014\nMODEL CAFE\nMeals of the Best\u2014Pricei\nSight\nP. Gibb\n57 Cordova St. W.\nNear the Logger,1 HaU\nOLELAND- DIBBLE   ENGRAVING OOMPANT\nIlattet\nPHOTO SNOEAVESS\nCOMMERCIAL A1TISTB\n?hoat Saymour 71*9\nThirl  Floor,  World  Bulldlo,,  Vancouver, B. O.\nA REAl TREAT AWAITING TOU\n_   a will liu.n PAMPHLET, cruand Ml tl M\nfACTS. It Ut* m ihW M. MEXICO.\nI. E. Serf, r, mt* \"Th. WaU\". OeMeed. Cd\nn.\"cn. spiracv against Mexico-i\u201e \u201e.,\u00ab\u00ab\nfern, it ilr.iiht from lb* .hould.r, It im.lU of PETROLEUM to**, inl.i|w. el Ike JESUIT, Ktl the M ~\nler* el ENGLAND end AMERICA.\nll tllMild b* weiullr leUkreMTrAmeriMiiWeA\n^***   ' AUSTIN LEWH\n\u2022ruliijKto nm ewNeinc-dOT roe mom-\natlli fUIUSHIKC CO., \u00abH IblilMk Sti.il OetleU 61\ntt.. IS 00 pet 100, ell eh\u00ab|M preeeH\nEXCERCISE AND   KEEP WELL\nA few minutes a day with a\npair of Dumb Bells, Indian\nClub\u00bb, or a Striking Bag will\nkeep you well. It li to your\nadvantago to keep physically\nflt. Wo have a full stock of\nhealth-giving equipment.\nTISDALL'S LIMITED\nThe Completo Sporting\nOoods Store\n018   HASTINGS   ST.  WJ5ST\nPhono Soy. 152\nNOTHING IS MORE HEALTHFUL\nAfter a day'a labor\nthan a\nBottle of II na r.\nFAU I* PAD FOB BT\nLUMBER WOBKEBS Or\nTBE 0. B. V.\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\nIBIS PAOE IS DBYOTBD TO I\u00bbTBB-|\nESTS OF THE LUMBE1 WOBSIM\nUNIT OF THE 0. B. V.\nTWELFTH YEAR.    No. 6\nEIGHT PAGES\nVANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MOANING, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.\n$2.00 HER YEAR\nNews of the Lumber Workers Industrial Unit of the O.B.U.\n\u25a050,000 in 1920.\nCAMP REPORTS\nMURKAYVIMjE\nWol vcrton Lumbor Company Oamp\nCook house run by contract. For\nchanges on blll-of-fare, you flrst\n\u25a0et meat roasted, then atewed,\nthen made Into a meat pie, and\nAnally served up as hash. The\netyle of serving relishes on table Is\nquite up-to-date, for as the dinlntt\nroom warms up the cork blows out\nof the ketchup and sprays over\nyour food. The other day one of\nthe corks blew out with a report\na little louder than usual owing to\nthe strong fermentation, and tho\ncook, who Is a' woman, becamo\nalarmed and wanted to know lf\nanybody got hurt would they receive compensation. The boys got\nup a petition asking for a new\ncook, and as soon as lt waB hand-\nad ln aome members wero fired for\nbeing agitators. Apparently this\nArm considers that these men\nahould be considered aB seditious\nconspirators and be placed in the\npenitentiary. Maybe the firm will\nrefer the matter to A. J. Andrews\nIn Winnipeg and see if these agitators for better grub cannot be\noharged under the Criminal Con-\neplracy Act.\nWILBORE CHANNEL\nMunn, Kerr A Demars Camp\nGrub good, but other conditions\nneed improving; no proper landing\nfacilities; have to walk out to\noamp on boom sticks. Company\ntrying to speed up crew by having\nbull buoker act in a too officious\nmanner instead of being satisfied\nwith a fair day's work by each\nman. Company seems to think\nthat the men are machines without\nany limit to their speed, but machines will balk when you overcrowd them with work and so will\nhuman beings, aa company has\nfound out. Five buckers and one\nsot ot fallera have already ault on\naccount of this speeding process,\nand unless company changes its\ntactics this camp will get a bad\nreputation.\nSTAVE PALLS, B. C.\nCamp No. t\nGrub rotten; 24 men sleep In\nbunk house 14x26; no bath or dry\nhouBe; wet clothes drip on men\nln top bunks; burn orude oil,\nwhich smokes and smells rank.\nOne bunk houBe on scow filled\nand tipped over. It any worker\ncomplains,   he  Is  branded  a  red\nCOLLECTION   PROM   MCLEOD'S\nCAMP POR OIIASE STRIKERS\nMcKlnley and Johnson, J10.\nContributions of $6 each as follows; Joe Phelbault, Jej^ Wagner,\nHugh MeDougall, J. V. Eokley, W.\nA. Eakley, . Chas. Askins, Geo.\nLowery, B. MacLeod, Joe Sweeney,\nPanlson Ollson, E. AnderBon, Sam\nMoore, J. Jolce, Fred Johnson, A.\nMarshall.\nJack Shnythvlskl, \u00bb2.60.\nContributions of \u00bb2 each os follows: A. G. MacDougall, Geo. La-\npolnt, David Andrews, C. Hill,\nFrank Andrews, H. Perins, Hllmer\nIveraon, Iver Johnson, Pete Yalia-\nmic, Nick DlBordy.\nConrwtlbutlons of *l-00 each, as\nfollows: James Purdy,. W. Gib-\neon, P. Berry, L. Potter, D. A. MacLeod.      _____\nBELMONT\nSurf Inlet-Camp\nConditions rotten; bunk houses\nIn filthy condition; a man needs\na boat to get to toilet; company\noharges the highest price they can\nget for everything they sell at\nthe Btore. The bunch working\nhere needs education, as they\naeem content to put up with any\nconditions so long as they have\na lob.\t\nContributions to Striko Fund\nThe following contributions to\nthe Kimberly . etrlke fund from\nNelson district: J. Shore, \u00bb6; Edgar Peterson, fl; Dan ChlBholm,\n|i; Alfred Bolleau, |6; P. Sylvester, tl; J. Raymond, fl; Wm.\nDeroy, fl; D. A. Macdonald, .5;\nj. B. Gibson,  fl;   \u2014 tt., U.\nREVELSTOKE DISTRICT\nKingston Creek Camp\nReport from this camp states\nthat the management does not try\nto breed Bolshevism. Union men\nare welcome to work ln camp;\nup-to-date ceokhouso, pantry and\nneat house; bunk houses are not\nquite up-to-date, but are a good\ndeal better , than the average\nthrough the district. Electrio\nlights supplied, and place well lit\nup and quite cheerful; cabins are\nnot crowded; try not to exceed\nalx men In each cabin. Company\nle not narrow-minded, and does\nnot object to labor literature being sent to camp.\nFROM KAMLOOPS DISTRICT\n\"What Are Our Provincial Health\nLows\"\nAnd why are they not enforced?\nWhy not enforce tho laws, and\nhave the workers In this dlstlrct\nsatisfied? As any employer knows\nthat a satisfied crew will do their\nwork moro willingly than when\nthey know that they have got to\ncome Into camp and roll Into an\nold bunk where there Is no\nspring or mattresses to rest his\ntired limbs after a hard day's\nwork. And also compelled to\nhang his wet clotheB up around\ntho stove In the same building\nthat he sleeps ln, and knowing\nthat the health laws calls for a\ndry house, and bath house. How\ncan the workers ln thc lumber industry be content with conditions\nthe way they exist ln this district?\nAnd another thing that le very\nbad ln the dlatrlct, Is the water\naupply, whloh le often taken from\nthe river or ereek below the oamp\nafter all the refuse from the\neamp haa been thrown Into the\ncreek. And such water is lots of\ntimes being used to cook with,\nand for the men to drink, and if\nthe men kick, to the Board of\nHealth for the enforcement of\nthe Health Act, there Is nover\nanything done. And often they\nare called Reds, Bolsheviks and\nvarious other names. Now there\nis one way to remedy the inhuman conditions that now exist tn\nthis district, and that l8 to enforce\nthe health laws of this Province.\nCRANBROOK DISTRICT\nThe Cranbrook district held Its\ngeneral meeting on Sunday, January 25, and it was a great success.\nThere wero 22 delegates representing 1050 members ,and 1G0 of the\nrank and file were present.\nThe meeting was called to order\nat 10 a.m. by acting chairman Ar-\nmand Z. Vlau. Armand Z. Vlau\nelected to chair.\nNominations- for secretary-treasurer: J. H. Thompson, nominated\nby Chas. McPhall, seconded by Tom\nGalloway. There were no other\nnominations; J. II, Thompson was\nre-elected.\nNominations for district executive board to consist ot five members. Eight members were nominated as follows: Chaa McPhall,\nArmand Z. Viau, John Corrle, R.\nMcKay, Tom Galloway, 0. J. Dan-\ndeneau, Joseph Langlols, Dave\nCoffey. To be voted on by ballot\nby entire district.       ~\nFinancial report for half year\nending December, 1919, read by\nsecrotary-lreasurer. Accepted as\nread.\nMoved tbat Mrs. J. H. Thompson\nbe placed on the ofllce staff at a\nsalary of f20 per week and that\ntho secretary go out to the camps\nand organize.    Motion carried.\nMoved, that alt names of members ln hospital be posted up in\nball. Amendment, that delegates\nnotify secretary of members Injured ln camps.    Carried.\nMoved, that secretary be given\npower to furnish fruit, tobacco,\netc., to the members in hospital.\nCarried.\nMoved, tbat members of this district be assessed Lo create a fund\nnot to exceed $500 to pay expenses\nto delegates who incur expenses\nwhile on union business.    Carried.\nMoved, that members be assessed the sum of 25 cents per month\nuntil sufficient funds are on linnd.\nMoved, that the above question\nbe voted pn by ballot.    Carried.\nMoved, that the secretary pay\nexpenses to delegates coming to\nofllce on union business.    Carried.\nMoved, that a library be established in union hall.   Carried.\nCommittee appointed to advise\non formation and books as follows: E. R. Pay, Armand Z. Viau,\nO. J. Dandendeau.\nMoved, that employment ofllce\nbe established with secretary in\ncharge and that he notify employers in district. Employment card\nto be given.   Carried.\nReport on convention rend by 13.\nR. Pay.\nMoved, that secretary can furnish supplies in time of need to\nmen on strike.    Carried.\nMeeting adjourned at 5 p.m. till\n7 p.m.\nMeeting called to order at 7\np.m.\nDistrict Camp Conditions\nMoved, that contract boarding\nhouses be done away with. Amendment, that camp committees take\nthis up with their employers.\nAmendment carried.\nMoved, that blankets be done\naway with by 1st of May and employers provide two double blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow slips.\nSheets and slips to be washed\nonce a week and blankets every\nthree months. Employees to pay\n25 .cents per week to defray laundry costs. Amendment, that 50\ncents per. month be paid. Amendment carried.\nMoved, that no bunkhouses'shall\nbe lesB than 18 by 24, nor containing more than six single iron beds,\neach with springs and mattresses.\nMoved, that minimum wage be\n$4.50 low for this district. Carried.\nMoved, that kitchen staff be supplied with sufficient help so that\nthey will not have to work more\nthan eight hours per day. Carried.\nMoved, that employers provide\ncash for railway fare for men quitting (or being fired) to get to town,\nsame to be deducted from pay.\nCarried.\nMotion, that semi-monthly pay\nact be enforced.   Carried.\nMoved, that executive board take\nup question of paymaster at Yahk\nwith Mr. Holmes, or with C. P. n.\nForestry branch (R. J. Pretty) at\nCalgary.\nWe recommend an amendment\nto Section 4 of the Workmen's\nCompensation Board requirements\nfor flrst aid.\nFirst aid: Every employer who\nis situated more than Ave miles\nfrom the office of a medical practitioner and employing one or more\nmen, shall at all times maintain\nIn or about such place of employment, satisfactory means of transportation to carry all injured workmen to the nearest hospital. Carried.\nMoved, that licensed \"first aid\"\nman shall be employed In oamps\nwhere there are 10 to 25 men, and\nan additional one for every 25 mon\nthereafter.    Carried.\nMoved, that clauses 26 and 27 of\ncoaat camp conditions be adopted.\nCarried,\nMotion, that clauses be drafted\nand submitted to the Mountain\nLumbermen's Association for negotiation.   Carried.\nMeeting closed at 10 p.m.\nThe following amounts have\nbeen received to pay expenses ot\ndelegates to convention:\nEmployees at Ross Seek Lumber\nCo., 194.75; O. J. Dandenean, 12;\nStaple Camp, $8.00; J. H. Thompson, $2.25.\nLumber Workera Industrial Union\n\u2014Mall Uncalled for, Feb. S, 1920\nA. Auer, S. G. Anderson, Anton\nAutere,  W.  H.  Anderson.\nPete p. Brandt, Alexis Beau-\ndoln, On Berens, P. Boyllss, G,\nButler.\nArmand Challfoux, Chas, Carlson, Wilferd Camire, Michael\nChisholm, John Cameron, P. Ca-\nhuba,. S.  Carlberg.\nDalton Deacon, P. Dougherty,\nO, George Dean, James S. Davidson,\nG. EnvercopB.\nOtto  Fransen.\nAlex. Gordachuk, Nell Gunning.\nM. E. Hanley, Wm. Hushin, H.\nO. Hendrigsen, Laurl Hill, Eino\nHaapanen, George Hestor, Pete\nHenderson.\n\u2014Johnston, Albert V. Jones, G.\nJ. Johnson.\nBert Kemp, G. R. Kunk, N.\nKllllmnlk, Jos. Kush'ner.\nJock Losky, Samuel Lee, Geo.\nLacoss, James Lindsay.\nBertram  Mills,  Daniel  Mllligan,\nA. H. Mattews, Robert Melberg,\nAthrur Melrose, C. Matchunas, G.\nMoffat,  John  Moshier.       '\nP. McAteor, Dewey McNaugh-\nton. Walt MoDonald.\nSandy Nelson, W. A. Nolen,\nDaniel O'Mera, Alik Olsen, Oscar Oland,\nP. Patterson, J. H. Pllnt, Geo.\nPennler, Mattl Pelto, Roy Porritt,\nJ. Potyandl.\nJohn Relton.\nW. H. Stevens, M. Smelter, Wm.\nShore, Geo. Siduk, A. Steves, L.\nStaonko,\nR. Taulbatt, Ole Tolo, J. Thomp-\nson,  \u2014 Threfall.\nWilfrid Vahlqulst, Francis Vet-\nquoskey, A. Volf.\nFrank Woolsey, Thomas Watson,\nPapers, ete.\nEd.  Clark,  Oscar A. Anderson,\nB. Kemp,  Tom  Timothy.\nDonation received from the\nSummerland Lumber Company\nemployees at Allenby to the\nChase  strike  fund  of $77.73.\nAlso donation from Cranbrook\nto the Chase strike fund of $46\nreceived  at   Kamloops  ofllce.\nNOTICE\nA. Dickson, sawyer, had hl.s leg\nbroken at the Crows Nest Lumber\nCo. camp 2, Skookumchuck, on\nFriday, Jan. 23rd, and Is now In\nthe hospital at  Cranbrook.\nBoom Likely in Lumber Industry\n******\n******\n******\n******\nMen Must Organize to Take Advantage\nFrom all reports coming\nhand It looks aa though there will\nbe a busy time thie coming spring\nand summer ln the lumber in-,\ndustry. According to a statement\nmade by Walter Thorn, preaident\nof the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, the price of\nlumber Is to be advanced, and\nwill not come down for some\ntime.\nIt Is therefore up to the workers ln the lumber Industry to get\norganized, and take advantage\nthe boom by getting the best\nwages and conditions that the\nmarket will Btand.\nThe following clipped from the\nProvince  gives  the  details:\nBig Timber Deal Is Effected\nA deal for a halt billion feet of\ntimber has been concluded by the\nCrows Nest Pass Lumber Company of Wardner, B. C, according to W. Barclay, sales manager,\nwho Is In the city attending the\nconvention of the Western Lumbermen's Association. *\nIn order to handle the contract\nanother mill will be erected at an\nearly date. The timber for thia\ncontract, which Is one of the biggest announced for some time, is\nfor general building trade purposes. The present capacity of\nthe company's plant is thirty million feet. Mr. Barclay stated, and\nwhen the new mill is put up the\ncapacity  will  be  doubled.\nMr. Barclay stated that the outlook for the timber industry le\nmost promising. Demand for\nCanadian timber has Increased tb\nsuch an extent that many mills\nwhich have been Idle are being\nput   Into   commission   again.\nLumber prices are likely to advance and not come down for\nsome time, according to statements made by \u25a0 Walter Thorn,'\nMoose Jaw, president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association. The price paid for lumber'\nin Canada, he said, wtll be the\nAmerican market price, plus ex-c\nchange, and if freight rates are*\nincreased, Canadian buyers ma-\/\nhave to pay a higher prico for\nCanadian lumber than Americans.\nRecord Price for Pine\nA  general advance   ranging all'\nthe way from $5 to $12 or more'\ntofa thousand feet has taken place\nln the Ottawa lumber market\nduring the past few days, and due\nprospects are that prices will\nstill go higher before the spring\nmonths. Early this week, a new\nhigh price record was aet when\nthe manufacturers asked $125 a\nthousand feet for pine, good siding, inch, Inch and one-quarter\nand up. Two-Inch also advanced\n$5  a  thouand  feet.\nDiscovery by government chemists   and   efficiency   engineers,- of\nofj%umerous ways In which waste\nfrom lumber miliar wood working\nfactories and other enterprises ot\na like nature may be used to\nmuch profit, promises to be a boon\nto the lumber industry in this\ncountry. Government experts have\nbeen carrying on timber tests, and\nhavo reached some Interesting\nconclusions. Utilization of waste\nfrom the numerous woods has\nbeen the object of much experimenting. As an example, the\nmanufacture of lath calls for annual production of about 68,000,-\n000 feet, every bit of which is\nnow   made  from waste   timber.\nIn the manufacture \"of chairs\nand chair stock, more than 87,-\n000,000 feet ot waste material ts\nused, and 101,000,000 feet of\nwaste material now goes Into the\nconstruction of woodenware and\nnovelties. The largest Item of\nsaving Ib in boxes and crates, in\nwhich Industry nearly 600,000,000\nfeet of waste lumber Is used. Certain industries have been built up\nln the distillation of hard woods,\nln which 70 per cent, of the hardwood used might be termed waste.\nThe woods mostly used ln this industry are beech, birch and maple, from which wood alcohol,\nacetate of lime, charcoal and hard\nwood tars are made. One of the\n<thihgs to which the government\nexperts are giving special attention is the manufacture of wood\nptllp from wood waste.\n''\u25a0 \"Already a large number of mills\nIn^'the Southern States operate\n.<j|HUlht>st exclusively on waste material, producing the so-called\n\"kraft\" papers. Another means\nof utilizing waste material Is in\nth'e tanning extract industry. Tests\ntohow that the waste from chest'\nnut lumber is as rich in tanning\nas1- the solid wood, and experiments   are   now   being   conducted\nwith a view of utilizing the sawdust, slabs and chips. The Osage\norange Is the source of supply of\na yellow extract which is used to\nproduce a series of yellow and\nbrown eolora used for .dyeing leather, paper, and textiles. The\nwood now being used Is practically waste which comes from Oklahoma and Texas.\nSawdust has constituted one of\nthe great wastes of lumber operations. While a great deal of lt\nIs burned at the mills to furnish\nsteam power for machinery, ln\nmany cases the supply has been\ngreater than the demand. Sawdust\nhaa, to a very small extent, been\nused as a fuel In gas producers,\nbut when so used lt Is necessary to\nmix It with chips to prevent\nbacking.\nIn Los Angeles a - plant Is In\noperation . which mixes sawdust\nwith other ingredients to form a\nfuel briquette which Ib used quite\nextensively. There have been very\nmany other uses found for sawdust, but a very small portion of\nIt goes Into the making of artificial floor covering.\nIt has been the experience of\nthe forest service that each new\nuse found for waste material has\nresulted In the establishment of\nplants to utilize some portion of\nthe great quantity of the waste\nmaterial, and lt Is hoped that In\ndue time some use can be found\nfor every part of the tree, once\nlt is down.\nWANTED\nAny one knowing the present\naddress of Alex. Bothwell, last\nyear working at Jackson Bay,\nplease communicate with Vancouver headquarters.\nIt. Bergman, B325, was fatally\ninjured at Campbell River on Jan.\n27, and died a few hours later in\nthe hospital.\nNOTICE\nAll members desiring to contribute to The Federationist, must\nsend  it  in  through   headquarters.\nParis\u2014Paul Painleve, minister\nof war 'in 1917, \"knew nothing\nwhatever\" about Auutria's offer\nfor a separate peace ln March,\n1917, he declared In a recent Interview. There were only four\npeople that were let into the secret, he said\u2014President Polncare,\nPremier Alexandre Ribot and\nKing George and Lloyd Georgo in\nEngland.\nWhere Is your union button?\nSTATEMENT  SHOWING   AMOUNTS   REMITTED   BV   DELEGATES\nDURING THE PERIOD FROM 1ST OCTOBER, 1010, TO\n31ST DECEMBER, 1910\nGross tunount Deduct           Net amount\nDelegate No.                         of Remittance   Com.   Expenses.    Remitted.\nIll $ 15.00 .... ....        f     15.00\nC. A  2.00 .... .... 2.00\n1831  24.00       .... 24.00\n64  42.00 2.00 .... 40.00\n376  64.25   64.25\n377  29.00            29.00\n370  216.85 .... 4.25 212.60\n1560  97.00 4.00 1.25 91.75\nM. A i  26.00 .... :.... 26.00\n1  48.00       .10 47.90\n15  19.50 1.00 .50 18.00\n185  56.00 .... .... 66.00\n55 i.. 38.00 2.00 .... 86.00\n228  12.00 3.00 .... 9.00\n303  18.00 2.50 .... 15.60\n282  2.00             2.00\n387  226.76 14.00 14.36 198.40\n1651  2.00 ....      2.00\nS. B  4.00 .7.. .... 4.00\n393  136.00 2.00 1.00 133.00\n1674  1.00             1.00\n167  18.00   18.00\n66  67.00 2.60 .... 64.50\n67  6.00 .... .50 6.50\n348  2.00      i      2.00\nC. C  2.00       .... 2.00\n217  18.00 1.50 .... 16.60\n28  20.25       ..I.. 20.25\n386  162.00 10.00 2.40 149.60\n283  22.00 i....' .... 22.00\n281  63.55 2.00       . 61.65\n372  183.13 9.50 2.60 171.13\n323..  163.00 9.00 .... 164.00\n09   80.00       .42 79.58\n1737  63.00 1.50   ' 1.60 60.00\n175  COO .... .... 6.00\n305  119.25 2.60 .26 116.60\n104  83.00 7.00 ,.... 26.00\n1413  22.00 ,.... 1.35 20.66\n1558  3.00 .50 .... 2.50\n$71  29.00 $,.00 .... 26.00\n14  66.20 ..... .20 66.00\n1552  13.00       i.... 13.00\n73  103.09       .09 103,00\n828  38.00 .60 1.00 86.50\n367  6.00 1.60 .... 4.50\n389  30.00      i t.... 80.00\n76  21.00 ....    t  21.00\n30  100.00 .... 2.00 98.00\nH. E. G  300       .... 3.00\n17  27.03 i.... 1.60 25.53\n299  16.00 .60 ;.... 15.60\n1740  24.00   24.00\n46  18.00 2.00 .... 16.00\n26  72.00       ..... \"TI.00\n61  30.55 .... .65 80,00\n62  66.00 8.00 .... 53,00\n291...  54.00 2.00 .... 52.00'\n137  16.00 ......      16.00\n272 .' 66.00 ....       66.00\n888  62.50 4.00 1.50 57.00\nS88  47.00   37.00\n376  112.00 4.50      107.00\n1496 <\u25a0\u25a0 59.00 .... .... 59.00\n1486.  3.00   8.001\n1739  11.00 .... 1.00 10.00'\n60  139.00   139.00\n261..,  54.00 7.50      46.60\n248...  46.00 8.00 .... 48.00\nT. 6. J  24.00 1.60 .... 22.50\n342  88.00 6.50 .... 82.50\n861  2.00    .... 2.00\n1744  17.00 1.00 1.00 16.00\nW. I). J  19.00       .60 18.60\n45  6.00 .60 .... 4.50\n150  29.00   29.00\nA. K  6.00 .60      4.50\n112 i  160.60 9.50 1.00 66.00\n340  8.00       .... 8,00\n118  42.00 6.00 .... 37.00\n\u202246  5.00 .... .... C.00\n316  16.25 .... .... 16.26\n$43  16.00 1.00 .... 14.00\n196  26.00 6.60 .... 20.60\n41  46.00  46.00\n1816  140.00 $.00 2.00 182.00\nIII  12.21 .60' ..... 11.76\n111  20.00 .60 ,.... 19.60\n85  2.00\n144  180.00\n8  2.00\n'    161  3.00\n278  61.00\n298  12.00\n294  89.00\n306  80.00\n331  79.00\n319 44.00\n344  112.03\n1563  30.00\n380  1.00\n1500  6.00\n1747.. \u201e.. 81.00\n1745  22.00\n1836.  4.00\n351...;  6.00\n129  6.00\nD. Mc : 2.00\n231  28,00\n117  67,00\n37  84.00\n88  43.00\n36  114.00\n280  124.00\nD. F. Mc  28.00\n336  185.00\n329  49.00\n1729  86.00\n1495  9.00\n1746  3.00\n98  71.00\n247 i  2.00\n3S2  58.00\n63  92.08\n260  21.76\n1571  10.00\n1834  20.00\n1838  46.00\n268  140.50\n228  8.00\n879..  202.25\n16C4  83.00\n1566  10.00\n203  10.00\n263  163.04\n275  106.00\n214 <  11.00\n346  85.18\n1567  72.00\nM. R  9.00\n1835  24.00\n19  96.00\n\u2022  289  8.00\n102  32.00\n101  110.50\n1494  48.00\n9  72.00\nI             23  7.00\n107  122.00\n74  97.00\n229  35.08\n242 '  106.97\n289  1C.00\n287  58.00\n25  62.05\n373  39.00\n1493  22.00\n1T36  31.00\n1742  2.00\nJ. S  6.90\nSU...  24.00\n6  28.00\n369  46.00\n1572  47.00\n184  78.00\n198  24.00\nW. W. W  73.65\n92  7.00\n386  61.00\n341  28.00\nW. K. W ;  6.00\n327....  4,00\n347  (6.00\n310....  11.00\n1659  83.35\n1826  27.00\nTotal remittances as per\t\nour statement of income\nand expenditure  $8,238.20\nVancouver, B. C,\n24th January, 1920.\n5.00\n7.00\n7.60\n2.00\n7.00\n3.00\n1.60\n.60\n6.70\n2.00\n1.00\n.50\n1.00\n6.00\n.50\n.60\n3.50\n1.50\n4.00\n7,00\n.50\n8.00\n2.00\n.50\n1.00\n16.00\n1.00\n1.60\n4.00\n.50\n1.00\n6.00\nV.00\n1.00\n1.00\n4.00\n8.50\n12.00\n.60\n5.00\n' 6.50\n6.00\n1.00\n1.90\n1.00\n5.00\n11.50\n1.00\n1,00\n1.50\n6.00\n7.00\n.12\n.'.50\n.25\n,66\n.08\n.25\n5.50\n.18\n1.70\n.10\n.15\n1.50\n.60\ni.65\n.ex\n.50\n.50\n3.00\n.67\n2.00\n10.69\n2.00\n175.00\n2.00\n3.00\n52.00\n12.00\n74.80\n78.00\n78.40\n43.00\n104.53\n27.00\n1.00\n6.00\n30.00\n-20.50\n4.00\n6.60\n6.00\n2.00\n28.00\n66.38\n34.00\n43.00\n110.00\n124.00\n27.00\n179.00\n49.00\n36.00\n7.50\n3.00\n70.25\n1.50\n57.44\n92.00\n18.00\n8.50\n20.00\n86.60\n133.32\n7.50\n102.65\n31.00\n9.50\n9.00\n140.66\n106.00\n9.90\n33.50\n72.00\n9.00\n24.00\n91.00\n6.00\n31.00\n106.00\n\u25a0 48.00\n68.00\n6.\n121.00\n90.45\n30.90\n93.97\n16.00\n53.00\n65.05\n33.35\n21.00\n31.00\n2.00\n5.00\n28.40\n28.00\n42.00\n46.43\n73.00\n24.00\n62.16\n7.00\n48.00\n16.31\n4.50\n3.50\n66.50\n11.00\n77.10\n20.00\nCorrespondence\nEditor B. C. i- e-U.-atlonist: At\nthe but. convention of loggers\nthere waa a certain delegate\nwho camo from a fairly large\ncamp, who waa unanimously instructed by a crew of over 70\nmen to take up at thc convention the betterment of the conditions for the dining room and\nkitchen staffs; to shorten the\nday by supplying sufficient help,\nand also to see that flunkies and\nbull cooks should have at least\ntwo days off a month, and a\nminimum wage, which was to\napply to all who came under\nthe camp cookhouse, and have\nsame discussed at the convention,\nfor there would be more cooks\nand flunkies there then to set a\nminimum wage. Now they, the\nL. W. I, U., have a minimum\nwage for working outside of six\ndollars a day, and an eight-hour\nday, so it is about time that\nthe membership of the L. W.\nI. U. were thinking of those who\nhave to work from 12 to 16\nhours a day, for they are collecting dues from them regular\nly, and holler their heads off if\nthey do not belong to the I. W.\nI. U.\nNow how can they expect\ncooks, flunkies and bull cooks to\nkeep on paying dues to that\nunion, and not get any protection or assistance from the membership. They do not realise\nwjmt they have to go through,\nand ln fact they do not care as\nlong as the meal is waiting for\nthem thre# times a day. A lot\nlike to come ln before bed time\nand have a doughnut and a piece\nof pie if the cook is good natur-\ned enough to let them have it,\nand if he doesn't why then he is\na regular crank and a lot of\nother things that I could not\nmention. Now this is true and\na lot of the members of the\nL. W. I. U. know it is for a fact.\nIt is now time that the cooks,\nflunkies and bull cooks were getting together and* bettering themselves, for if we are going to\nwait for help from those we are\nfeeding, we will have to wait.\nThe L. W. I. U has now been\norganized one year, and I will say\nit hae bettered the conditions of\nthe loggers a great deal, because\nthe majority of camps are coming\nthrough with their demands, but\nin the length of the year, the conditions haVe not improved in\nthe cookhouse. It has made it\nharder since they got the six-\nchair tables in. Before lt was a\nlittle easier for the flunkies with\nlong tables ,and easier on the dish\nwasher, but since the short tables\ncame in the flunkies have more\nwalking and more dishes to put\non the tables, but not more help.\nNow a good many flunkies can\nverify this for they know Jt to\nbe afact.\nNow, if the members of the L.\nW. I. U. expect tho cook-house\nstaff to pay dues into their un\nlon, they will have to help to\nprotect th*n a little for I know\nof sevearl cooks and flunkies who\ndo not intend to pay any more\ndues until their conditions\" are\nbettered. So now it is up to the\nmembership of the L, W. I, U.\nto start and help them for they\nhave helped you.\nIn the city the cooks and waiters work 8 hours a day and six\ndays a week and time and a\nhalf for overtime. Now why cannot it be the same in the camps?\nIt can by the whole membership\ngetting together and when they\nstrike for their rights outside to\nalso strike for the rights of those\nworking Inside.\nNow I would like to get the\nviewpoint of others on this matter.\nYours for emancipation,\nI.   H.   ERICKSON,\n867  Hastings St.   E,\nGeneral Items\nPROPAGANDA.  MEETING\nPropaganda meeting, . Sunday,\nFeb. 1, 1820, held at 61 Cordovt\natreet weat, Vancouver,\nThe meeting waa called to ordei\nat 2 p.m. by Fellow Worker Grle-\nder, who stated that a committee\nhad decided to hold ft propaganda\nmeeting to discuss things ln general.\nFellow Worker McKinnon wai\nelected chairman, and Alexander\nsecretary.\nMoved   and    seconded:    \"That .\nthe matter of the Illegality of the\nconvention   be   discussed.\"     Carried.\nThe following amended motion\nwas carried: \"That thla propaganda meeting of approximately\n250 members, go on record ai\nconsidering that the convention\nheld on the 6th, 7th and 8th oi\nJanuary should be declared ille-\nal on the grounds that Fellow\nWorkers McKnlght, Lamont, Cow.\nan and Keane were allowed to be\nseated at convention contrary to\nthe constitution of the L. W. L\nU.\"\nThe matter re declaration ol\nwar by the lumbermen upon the\norganization, was then discussed,\nand the following motion was\ncarried: \"That as many membera\nas possible be recommended to\ntake out credentials as camp\ndelegates.\"\nMeeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.\nThe Fight for Democracy\nHow a returned Canadian sol\ndler was treated by an American\nLumberman in B. C. Hired\nNovember 26, at $5 per day,\nwages were cut on January 8 by\nMr. Hough, then manager for the\nO'Neill, Irvine & Mann Lbr. Co.\nWhen pressed for the reaaon, said\nIf you were a carpenter we could\ngive you $5 a day. (Is there any\ncarpenter so low as to work for\n$5 a day at this time? I can't\nbelieve it.) The returned man\ncontinued to work till fired by\nMr. Hough. When tho reason was\nrequested why he was being <!!\u00ab\u25a0\ncharged, he said no reason. (Just\ndon't want you. that's all.) The\nveteran then asked him If that\nwas tho way that he treated hln\nemployees, also If that was the\nway that ho treated the returned\n.men thut had gone over there to\ndo his fighting for him. No reply\nwas given. A meeting was called\nby the O. B. U. delegate, foreman\nunder which the man was work\nfng was Interviewed, regarding\nwhether this man was satisfactory\nthe reply waB perfectly satisfactory. (Foreman's name Is fete\nHendrickson,)   Committee therl in\nterviewed Mr, Hough, who told\nthem that the work the man wai\nemployed on was let out by contract, so they would not need him\nany more. He was then asked\nwhether it would be possible foi\nhim to put this man back to work\nat some other part of the works.\nHe replied\u2014no, They were going to tet out some more mea\nln a few days. (The next day\nthree men were put to work al\nnoon.) Mr. Hough was then Informed that there was quite a lot\nof feeling In the camp regarding\nthe way this man was being discharged, as he was a returned\nman,, also a married man. He replied he was sorry that the occasion had arisen as it had, that\nhe had to discharge a returned\nman, but under the circumstance!\nlt was unavoidable. He was then\nasked whether it was because hi\nwas the O. B. U. delegate. The\nreply waa \u2014 no \u2014 and the veteran then hit the trail. I wan!\nto appeal to all workers and\nespecially returned men that havs\nnot yet signed up In the O. B. \u25a0\nU. to do so at once, so that auch\nthings as this cannot occur again,\nDo it now, boys. Show -the stufl\nthat took you over the top.\nYours for the Cause,\nDELEGATE 683.\nSalmo, B. C.  (Boulder Creek.)\nThen follows:\nFurther Developments\nLabor papers held up or destroyed since the returned man\nwas flred by the O'Neill, Irvine\n& Mann Lbr. Co, The delegate\nappointed by the members of ths\nO. B, II. had not received any labor papers. He Inquired at tht\ncompany's office whether any papers had come for him and wai\ntold\u2014no. Upon receiving two letters saying that the papers had\nbeen forwarded he became suspicious, so quit work and went to\n\" \"mo Tost Offlce to make enquiries. Was told by the postal\nauthorities two bundles of paper*\nhad been taken from the Post\nOffice by the timekeeper of the\ncamp. Returning to camp to seo\nif he could get same was again\ntold (hat no papers had come.\nDelegute then told them that the\npapers had been delivered to the\ntimekeeper by the post office authorities at Salmo and he wanted to know where they were, Mr.\nMann, the new manager of the\ncompany then asked the delegate what kind of papera they\nwere. He was informed that they\nwere copies of the O. B. U. Bulletin, the Federatlonist and* thl\nClarion labor papers. Mr. Mann\nthen said, \"Who the hell do you\nthink would pack your wobbly\nstuff around for you?\" Delegate\nasked him why they took mall\nmatter from the Salmo Post Office and not deliver same to him\nwhen addressed to him, the dele-\nKate personally. No definite answer was given to this. Mr. Mann\nthen aslted delegato where tha\nmembers of the O. B. U. held\ntheir meetings. He was told In\nthe bunk houses. Mr. Mann then\nsaid that thc O. B. u. would\nhave to build their own hall.-\n(Does Mr. Mann live under the\nimpression that he wtll tell the\nworkers of B. C. when and whero\nthey will hold their meetings? If\nso, the sooner he gets rid of that\nimpression the bettor for his company.)\nMr. Ancre, the woods foreman,\nthen accused the delegate of coming  buck  to camp  to  cause  trouble,   also   of   being   an   agitator,\n(Continued en page 4)\n1319.40        193.77        $7,825.03\nCertified Correct\n(Sgd.)  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WBLLS...\n...Manager\nDJHee:   Ltbor Temple,  400 Dummnlr  Stroet.\nTelephone Seymour 5871\nflubscribtion Hates: United States and Foroign,\n12.50 per year; Canada,  .8.00 per year;, to\n. Uniona subscribing in a body, .1.50 per\nmember per year.\n^^Br\nUnity ot Labor; Ibe Hope or tbe World\nFRIDAY.\na  February   6,   1920\n\u2022\"TIES PRESS DESPATCHES from\n\u25a0*\u2022 Vladivostok on. Tuesday revealed\nsome rather interesting things. The\nfirst thing noticed in'these items was the\nfaet that the Bolsheviki following was\ngrowing in this district,\nPLOWING and that instead of the\nTHE Soviet Government losing\nSANDS adherents,  it  is  gaining\nthem in quarters that\nhave been looked upon as immune from\nthe new form of society that has been\nestablished in Russia. Much more, however, was revealed. We are told that at\nNikolsk the Japanese troops were either\ninsufficient or unwilling to interfere when\nthe Reds took control. Another significant admission was that it would soon\nbecome difficult for Allied officers to remain there. If we had been told that it\nwould have been impossible for Allied\ntroops to remain there, there would have\nbeen nothing very significant in it, except\nthat it would indicate that the Reds were\nthoroughly in control, but taking the two\nstatements that the Japanest troops were\neither insufficient or unwilling to interfere, and that it would be impossible for\nAllied officers to remain there, it would\nappear that the sympathies of the troops\nof the Allied countries were with the new\noi'der. This assumption can be further\nbacked up by the words of many men\nwho have returned from that country who\nwere either with the Canadian or TJ. S.\nexpeditionary forces. It can also be\nborne out by the fact that it was the Bolsheviki troops fraternizing with the German forces on the eastern front during\nthe war that first brought about a breakdown in the morale of the Teutonic forces.\nThus we see that ideas, born of material\nconditions, are stronger than machine\nguns ot other implements of warfare. The\nidea of the Allied countries shutting off\nwhat is termed Bolshevism, which is\nnothing more than Socialism\u2014with capitalistic press atrocity trimmings\u2014from\nthe rest of Europe by a military cordon,\nis nonsensical, for ideas that are formulated out of conditions that.prevail can\ntravel faster than can the shells from\nguns big or little, and force and repression have never killed any ideas but\nthe ones of those that use them. .\n\u00ab        *        a -\nIt is a long way from Vladivostok to\nWinnipeg. It might be assumed that\nthere is nothing that coulchbe put forward that could make it possible to form\nan analogy, but there is no happening on\nthe face of the earth at this date, which\nhas not a significance and from which a\nparallel cannot be drawn by those that\n' study world conditions. Last week Mr.\nA. J. Andrews, K. C, chief counsel for the\nprosecution in the trials of the labor men\n. in Winnipeg, said that \"The Crown would\nurge that this ease was brought down to\ntest the legality of the One Big Union,\nand the general strike in Winnipeg.\" This\nto say the least is letting tlie cat out of\nthe bag. We have been told that the\ncharge was one of seditious conspiracy,\nand an attempt to overthrow the government by force. As a matter of fact the\n0. B.--U. was not in existence when the\ngeneral strike was called.\n* \u2666 \u2022\nBut the idea of the new organization\nwas in the minds of many men. Just as\nthe idea of forming a trade union was in\nthe heads of many men in those early\ndays of trades unionism, when it was illegal to belong to such an organization.\nIn those days repressive forces were used\nto kill this idea. Judging from the statements of Mr. Andrews, similar measures\nare to be taken to kill the new ideas born\nof new conditions in this country, and\nthc question of the legality of the O.B.U.\nis to be determined by the prosecution of\nmen who took a leading part in the\nspreading of the new conception of a\nlabor organization. The Socialist Party\nof Canada has also figured in this trial,\nand very evidently it has been desired to\nimplicate this organization in the realms\nof doubt as to legality. Yet it must be admitted that in the particulars supplied by\nthc prosecution to the defense, in so far\nas to those supposed to be engaged in the\n.seditious conspiracy, those mentioned are\nmen who have taken an active part in the\nindustrial organizations of the country.\nIf it is the intention of the Crown to\nprove these organizations illegal, the\neffort'will fail, the actual organization\nmay be eliminated for a time, but the\nideas will spread. The Socialist propaganda will go on just'as rapidly as before if not with more momentum. The\nidea of a new form of organization will\nalso develop, beeause thc conditions that\nfirst gave birth to the Socialist philoso-\nphy,- and the concepts of a new labor organization, still remain, and will become\nmore and more intensified as a result of\nthe development of capitalism. In Great\nBritain where conditions are not all similar to those in this country, there is an\never stronger desire to co-ordinate the\n'workers by the method of the shop\n'stewards' movement. The idea behind this\nmovement is the bringing togethefcof the\nworkers in certain areas and industries.\nAs capitalism develops we also_ see the\ngrowing strength of the Socialist move;\nment in the old land; in faot in every\ncountry in the world, and all the lawa\npassed, all court decisions given to make j\nSocialist and industrial organizations illegal, will have less effect than did the\nanti-union laws in the early days of\ntrades unionism in Great Britain. They\nwill have less effect than has the Allied\nmilitary and economic operations against\nthe Soviet Governmont of Russia. Force\nand repression, machine guns and prisons,\ncan never stop the growth of ideas that\nare the direct outcome of the\nconditions that prevail. Ideas are\nnot the outcome of the conjuring\nof the brains of any individual, or group\nof individuals, but come from material\nconditions that surround a people. The\nconditions in Canada made it possible for\nthe idea of an 0. B. U. to become feasible.\nThe conditions the world over are the\nreason for the spread of the Socialist\nphilosophy, aud that creed, if it can be\ncalled that, will grow, not because of any\norganizations, but in spite of them.\nVerily the ruling class of the world is\nwasting its time plowing the sands. And\nthe members of the government of this\ncountry should read history and endeavor to retain at least a portion of sanity in their dealings with the working\nclass.\nA CORRESPONDENT has sent ns a\npamphlet entitled 'What Is Agriculture's Future Attitude Towards Organized\nLabor?\" This is a vital question in the\nDominion of Canada, owing to tho fact\nthat it is largely peopled\nTHE FARMER b.v an agricultural pop-\nAND ulation,   the  industrial\nLABOR development as yet be\ning only of a very limited nature.   What industry thero is outside of mining and lumbering is of a very\nmeagre quantity.   In the  pamphlet  in\nquestion the following passage appears;\n\"In our own case, the one with\nwhich we are primarily concerned,\nwe find ourselves compelled to recognize that every farmer through force\nof circumstances is in the broadest\nsense a capitalist as well as a laborer.\nHe is therefore without choice compelled to acknowledge  and uphold\nthe rights of Capital in addition to\nhis aoltnowleging the rights of Labor.\nAnd Labor is in error in its supposition that this somewhat conflicting\nadmission in any way lessens those\ngreat fundamental differences of environment and general  outlook . on\nlife which do at all times control an\nagricultural community.\"\n* * *\nIn dealing with the Russell case, we\nstated that it waa impossible for the\nfarmer, who had no knowledge of industrial conditions, to see things in the\nsame light as do the industrial workers.\nWe recognize that tho farmer, owing to\nthe delusion he has about his ownership\nof land, is liable to place himself in the\nranks of the capitalist. It is also true\nthat there are some farmers who are exploiters of labor, and to that extent they\nare capitalists; but the majority of farmers on the prairies are men who have\nhomesteads, and cannot be classed as\nsuch. The plight of the farmers in this\nprovince can only be realized by those\nthat have had any close acquaintance\nwith them and their conditions, but it can\nnever be said that the capitalistic farmer\npredominates in this part of the country.\nIn many instances their condition is even\nworse than is that of the city worker.\nThere antipathy to any shortening of the\nhours of labor can also be understood\nwhen it is realized that they work from\nsunrise to sunset, and only make a bare\nexistence by the most arduous toil. The\nposition of the farmers as a class, however, is little different to that of the industrial workers. They are exploited by\nthe same system. The wheat or whatever\nthey may produce, is sold on the market,\nand they must sell it in order to live. Now\nthe produce of the fanner, be it wheat,\nbarley or oats, or any other agricultural\nproduct, is nothing more than his labor\npower embodied in his product. The\nprofit in raising wheat is not realized by\nthe man who raises it, but by those who\nin many ways are exploiting the farmer\njust as they are exploiting the industrial\nworkers. Instead of the farmer owning\nhis farm, tho farm owns him. He is paying, in most cases, interest to the implement manufacturers or to the banks. He\nsells his product on the market, not to\nthose who consume, but to those who\neventually deal with it in the world's\nmarket, and turn it over to those engaged\nin the finishing of wheat or other products of the agriculturist. He is in fact\nas much in the hands of the exploiting\nclass as is the industrial worker, only\nthe fact is not quite as plain to lie seen.\nThere is a little more trimming to the\nskinning process, hut the skinning takes\nplace just the same; the most intensive\nexploitation taking place in countries\nwhere the farmer rents his land. That\nthis condition is rapidly coming to bc a\nreal problem on this continent is proven \u25a0\nby the ever-increasing number of farmers\nin the-,D. S. A. and Canada who are renting farms. In addition to that, as the\nmeans of production in the agricultural\nindustry develops, and they are developing with great rapidity\u2014the steam plow\nand the large power tractors and other\nmachine methods of cultivation are but\n\u2022eccnt additions to the methods employed\nin this industry\u2014the small man is being\nground between the lower and nether\nmillstones, and the lot of the small farmer\nand homesteader is becoming more and\nmore difficult, and the misery of this\nsection becomes greater. This is not generally known to. the industrial worker,\nand the attitude of the worker in the eity\ntowards the agriculturist, who imagines\nhjs interests are with the capitalists, and\nvainly places himself in the same category, must be one of tolerance, and more\nand more must be done in the way of\npointing out the nature of modern production, and the class ownership of the\nmeans of life.\nThe farmer^ muat realise that he is only\na cog in the production of farm products.\nHe must realize that social production ia\n.tentuny   a,   IW*\nthe method of present-day society, anil\nthat without transportation, without tl*\nmachinery to grow wheat, he cannot conik\npete with those who have the necessary\nequipment for production on modem and\nnecessary lines. Wheat is not produced\nuntil it is in the hands of the consumer.\nThe farmers of Australia had this point\nbrought forcibly to their attention during\nthe war, and when they had three yeaiu\ncrops on their hands because of the fact\nthat there were no means of taking it tq\nthe market that was,waiting for it. Wheaf\nin a wheat field is useless excopt for the\npurpose of feeding gophers. To realize\nthe value of the product of the farmer,\nit is necessary that a market be found\nfor it, and w-hile it is true the agriculturist\ncan eat a portion of his products, yet in\npresent-day society he cannot obtain\nthose things necessary for his existence,\nand even to produce more wheat, or whatever his product may be, unless he can\ndispose of one year's product, Wore it\nis time for him to begin producing more.\nIf thc farmer is a capitalist, then no one\ncould wish to take away his capital, for\nas a rule all he has is his power to labor,\nand the few implements by which he carries on production, and which he is usually in debt for, and either paying interest to the manufacturers or the banks.\nTime and conditions will make it\npossible for the farmer to understand\nthe system by which he is exploited, and\ntimo and tide wait for no man, and tlfe\nday of understanding'for the farmer is\nnot .far distant. When it arrives there\nwill be no question as to his attitude to\nlalior, for he will realize that he is a part\nof the dispossessed class, and his problem\na class question, with only one solution\u2014\nthe changing of the system.\nT AST WEEK we pointed out the\n\u2022\" danger that was facing this prov-\nince, and country, by the adoption of a\nlabor organization busting policy by the\nemployers in the-lumbering and mining\nindustries. We also point-\nMAY NOT ed out that the policy of\nBE employing    labor    spies\nWORTH IT     would   lead   to   trouble.\nSince our last issue the\npress has contained statements made by\nthe B. C. Loggers' Association, as to the\nadoption of the open-shop .policy in the\nlumber industry. These statements eon-\nfirm our deductions as to the attempts\nthat are contemplated in the labor-disrupting policies that are now being' inaugurated in the province and (country;*' I\nThere has, from time to time, in thc piressl\nappeared tirades of abuse against |>roi\nfessional labor men and labor agita .ow|\nThese men have been accused of all mini}\nner of crimes, and of fomenting lalidi\ntroubles. It is true that labor organjizaj\ntions have at all times had their elected\nrepresentatives, who have been paid, -and\nmore or less permanent officials. The *BS\nployers' organizations have also tjtaii\npaid servants.\n* \u25a0\u25a0\u2022'\u25a0\u25a0\u2022 *\n\u2022i\nOn different occasions we have hae\nreason to call the attention of the public\nto the activities of the paid agitators of\nthe employers' associations. We have had\noccasion to call attention to their underhand methods, and have at the present\ntime every reason to believe that at least\none of these officials is the main spring\nbehind the latest move of the lumber interests. Men are never employed unless\nit Is for the results that they achieve, and\nthose employed by the employing inter\ncsts are no different to those employed\nby any other section of tlie community.\nIn May, M19, we-published a letter sent\nout by Mr. N. G. Neill of the B. C.\nEmployers' Association. This letter was\na confidential document sent tq.all employers of labor. One passage in this\nmissive intimated that a bulletin contain\ning the doings of individuals in labor or\nganizations, and the labor organizations,\nwould be sent to all employers. In other\nwords, that a black list would be established. Ample evidence is -to hand as to\nthe efficacy of this method of dealing with\nprominent labor men, and the latest movement in the employing of labor spies is\nevidently an extension of this blacklisting policy.\n* * #\nWe also have other information as to\nthe activities of employers' associations\nin other than the mining and lumbering\nindustries. Not very long ago a certain\nindustry was faced with trouble, satisfactory agreements were eventually entered\ninto between the men and their employ-\nrs. This was not, however, duo to the assistance of one of the employees of an employers' association, but in spite of his\nopposition and his underhand methods it)\ntrying to prevent a settlement, and his\nefforts to establish the open shop in a\ncalling which has had the closed shop\nprinciple for many years. Not content\nwith this opposition to a settlement vthich\nwas satisfactorily arrived at, this individual is at least not free from suspicion\nof having been actively engaged in a boycott of those employers who first settled\nup with their einployces.\n* \u00bb 9 \u25a0,\nIt is men of this type who today, ftre\nstirring up trouble by their activities in\nattempting to disrupt labor organizations.\nWe have further information that will, be\ndisclosed in due time. In the meantime\nif industrial peace is desired in this pifov-\nince by the people, then it must be^in-\nsisted that the workers shall have a right\nto organize, and to carry on their organization work without the discriminatory methods now evidently beihg adopted. We are at no time anxious for\ntrouble. The labor movement does not\nseek trouble, but as we have aaid before,\nwill not run away from it If forced upon\nit. Industrial peace can never exist where\nthe employers are looking for trouble.\nIt is evident that the lumber interests,\nagitated by the paid agitators of employers associations, are looking for trouble,\nand they may find that it was not worth\nthe priee when they have got it.\nDean Quainton was quite frank at a\nmeeting in connection with the Anglioan\nPremier Mine\nStrike Under Way\n(Continued from page 1)\nsimilar amount in addition to the\nprevious contribution.\nTho request from tho .Winnipeg defence committee for orders for a pamphlet contrasting\nthe attitude of Judge Metcalfe in\nthe Winnipeg strikp cases with\nthat of Justice Cave of England\nln tho case of the Crown v. Burns\nwas considered, and 500 copies\nordered.\nDel. Morse and the sec-treas.\nboth roported that tha fishermen\nwero asking for flags with the O.\nB. U. design for their boats, and\nDol. Morse was authorized to secure quotations.\nThe assistant secretary was instructed to write the city council\nre the dangerous condition of the\nsidewalks In the centre of the\ncity, owing to them being covered with ice for several days past.\nDel. Field, submitted notioe of\nan amendment to the constitution\nof tho council as follows: \"That\nwhere a unit has two or more\nsections, comprising a. member\nship of 200 or more, it shall be\noptional with the unit whether it\npay to the council dues or per\ncapita tax.\"\nDiscussion followed, in which it\nwas contended that the constitution already gavo that power, the\npayment of dues to the council\nbeing merely recommended, and\nthat the proposed amendment was\nin reality no amendment. The\nproposition will bo finally considered at the next meeting of the\ncouncil.\nKINO GEOROE HAS\nPUBLICITY AGENT\nRoyalty Finding It Bard to Remain Popular Idols with\nthe Masses\nThe discount of royalty bas\nteached such a point in England\nthat King George now employs a\npublicity man, an Amerioan by\nthe way, to see that the king\nbusiness gots the proper amount\nof favorable public mention. Perhaps an American with experience\nIn making us love monopolists\nwas particularly fitted for this\ntask. One of this American's\nstunts has been featuring the\nPrince of Wales, and readers will\nrecall his recent trip through\nCanada and America, which made\ngood reading for royalty at homo,\nLondon\u2014As tho result of continued demands from, the two or:\nganizations of municipal workers,\ntho National Union of General\nWorkers and the National Amalgamated Workers Union, an increase of 10 shillings a week has\nbeen grantod municipal employees.\nThe unions are asking for joint\ncontrol, a minimum wage of f 20,\na mlxlmum working week of 40\nhours, and a pension at 55. Fro-\nvisional councils have been established to deal with these demands.\nPatronize Fed. advertisers.\nCORRESPONDENCE\n(Continued from page I)\nand a wobbly. The delegato told\nMr. Ancro that he was not looking for trouble, neithor was he an\nagitator or a wobbly. (Does tho\nexperience that Mr. Ancro had\nwith the wobbly's on the American side also givo him the impression that when tho company\nhold up or destroy mail matter\nbelonging to a delegate of a legitimate organization called the\nO., B. U., allowed by law fo operate ln this province and thftt\nwhen said member makes inquiries regarding some that he 'is\nto ba called an agitator and a\nwobbly. If he is, the sooner lie\ndispels such impressions from his\nbrain tho better for him' and his\ncompany. Tho delegate then informed Mr, Mann and Mr. Ancre\nand the timekeeper that his bundles of papers must havo been destroyed by the company. No answer given to this. Fellow workers in or out of the union, ponder this over; realizo that a concreted effort 'is being made to\ntry and prevent you from having\nan organization of any kind that\nwould Improve your conditions,\nAfter one manager of this company had claimed that ho recognized the union, tbls is a specimen of how the other manager\nis carrying out th'e recognition.\nBoys, rally round, protect your\ndelegates ln sonje way from this\nkind of treatment. Our faith in\nthe O.B. U. Is not Shaken the\nleaat by- such occurrences, but\nmade the stronger.\nSalmo, B. C. (Bouldor Creek),\nNelson. District Delegate.\nSALMO, B. d\nBoulder Creek \/\nSanitary conditions rotten. Bunk\nhouses 16x24, fairly warm tn\nwinter; top and bottom bunks, S\nmen to a bunk house .when camp\nIs full; as usual, men ln top\nbunks suffocate or freeze. Bunk\nhouses never receive scrubbing;\nare in a pretty filthy state at preaent, Grub sometimes fair; sometimes bum,' All cook house staff\nsleep in dining room. One building erected for bath house and\ndrying room, 16x24, no water laid\non, no place to bath, nothing .to\nbath ln. At present used for filing purposes, grinding axes, eta\nBlankets furnished, but as far as\nknown never fumigated or cleaned\nln any way.\nButte, Mont.\u2014Aotion wliich will\nprecipitate the bitterest Labor oon-\ntost in Butte's history, it Is predicted by experienced observers,\nwas taken by members of the\nAssociated Industries and other\nrepresentatives of the exploiting\ninterests of the city when, In\nmass meeting assembled, they\nadopted the schedule of wages\nand the working rules under\nwhich, they declarod, they will\npermit the building craftsmen to\nlabor during the coming year, and\npledged themselves to_ stand by\nthe programme themselves, come\nwhat may, and \"flght to a finish\"\nthe attempt of the unions \"to\ntake away the rights and privileges\"  of the employers.\nDON'T PAY FANCY\nPBIOES FOR DRUGS\nWo \u00a3oIl at Cut Rates\nSPECIALS FOB FBI. AND SAT.\n.25 Snap  ...  n ,18\n1.60 Nujol    _. ,1.13\n.50 Listorine      .\u2022_ 43\n.25 Mecca Ointment    16\n1.50 Scolt's  Emulsion  1.12\n.10 Vaseline   06\n.25 filennun's  Talcum    14\n.50 Pink Pills  33\n.00 California Syrup ol Figs  48\n.35 California Cltrm Croum \u2014 11\n.26 Tia     \u201e .17\n1.50 Fellow's   Syrup   1.14\n.25 Hamilton's Pllla  IT\n1.00 Herpicide     \u00ab\u25a0. : 78\n.40 Box Witch Haael Soap - 26\n.50 Reld'a Paraloa  32\n.25 Nature's Iteniedjr Tabids  16\n.50 Cascarets       -  .34\n.25 Reld'a. Liver Pllla  13\n60 Thormogene    *. \u201e..-.\u2122.' .34\n.25 Aspirin Tablets, 1 doi 10\n8 doa. for  26\n.50 Bay Rum \u2122. .89\n.40 Brook's Baby Barley  83\n.75 Mlchaud's Lilac  _ 39\n.35 Crome   Ek-aya    29\n.60 Mermen's   Shaving   Cream 29\n3.25 Sanagon      2.29\n1.00 Wyoth'a  Sage and Sulphur.. .70\n.25 Boccham's Fills  16\nPricaa Include War Tax\nVaneoaver Drag Co.\nLIMITED\nTHti ORIGINAL OUT BATS DBDO-\nOISTS OF VANCOUVER\n\u2014Stven Stona\u2014\n405 Hastings W  Sey. 19SS\n7 Hastings W Sey. 8632\n168 Halting* S.  .. Sey. 2032\n782 Granville St  Sey. 7018\n1700 Commercial Drive ....High. 288\nQranvllle and Broadway .-.Bay. 2314\nBroadway and Main ........Fair. 4088\nHELLO IS A BRUSQUE WORD\nNO ONE wants to be unnecessarily,\nbrusque in manner, yet tbe use\nof \"Hello\" In answering the\ntelephone gives that impression. Tho\nbettor way is to toll the caller who\nIs talking. When yon announce your\nnamo or the name of your firm or da-\npartment you eliminate the necessity\nof additional enquiry. It facilitates\nyour tolephono service and creates a\nfavorable impression right from tho\nstart.\nB. 0. TELEPHONE OOMPANT.\nOfRPHEUM\n'theatre!?!\nTHE HOME OF GOOD\nVAUDEVILLE\nMatinee  2.30\nEvenings 8.20\nEMPRESS\nPhon* Stymour 2492\nNEXT WEEK\nA Baal Cyelon* af Fun\n\"The Walk Oi\"\nIt played 17 straight weeks la Los\nAngeles ,\n. DON'T MISS THIS ONE\nPANTAGES\n~ IEII WSSK\nA Melodious Spectacle of the South\n\"A HOLIDAY IH DIXIE LAND\"\nU\u2014All-3t\u00abr Entertafciors\u20141_\nOther Ble Features\nBlag np Phono Seymour 8354 tot\nappointment\nDr. W. J. Curry\nDENTIST\nMt* 301 Dominion Balldinf\nVANCOUVEB, B. a\nDQOTJUJQUE!\nocas\nFOR $35.00\n'A man's watoh that is ss good as it looks, and\nthat means a great deal.\nThe case is best gold-filled, with solid gold thumb\npieces and bow, while the movement is our \"Cavendish,\" with patent regulator, Breguet hair-\nspring and compensating balance.        s\nOnly $35 in best gold-filled case, or $75 in solid\n14-kt. gold. Correspondence invited.\nO\u00abo. E. Trorey\nManaging Dir.\njfeP\nOranvillo and\nOeorgia Sts.\nOur Selling System\nQuality in Fabrics\nStyle Correct\nPrice the lowest possible consistent with\nvalue.\nTwo Stores:\nSociety Brand\nClothes\nRogers Building\nFit-Reform\nClothing\n345 Hastings Street\nBurberry Coats\nat  both  stores\nJ. W. Foster\nLimited\nno TOO WANT IO SNIQT LITE\nFollow tht Crowd to tk.\nPatricia Cabaret\nOn. blook east of Eroprei. Theatro\n\u2014AND HEAR\u2014\nMISS LUXIE BOSE. ASA\nSMITH. B. LOVE anl th. BEL\nInterpret th. latett long hlta, aa-\nlisted br The BienM Jan Band\n411 HASTINOS STBEET &\nMusic, I p.m. to X\nCOWAN & BROOKHOUSE\nPBMTEBS,     PUBLISHES*,     STB-\nBEOITFEBS   AND  BOOKBINDEBS\nUnion Officials, writo for price..   W.\nglM SATISFACTION\nDENTISTRY\nThat supremo\ntouoh ot don-\ntaP-iklll that\nmakes the difference.\nCituwisB, BRIDGES AND\nHLLIN0S made t'ji samo\nshade aa your own N.'.j.'DBAL\nTEETH.\nDR. GORDON\nCAMPBELL\nI  Evening! top Appointment I\nDental Num In Attendant |\nORANVULE STE1KT\nOorner of Robson Street\nOver Owl Drag Store\nPhone Seymonr 8931\nINCOBPOEATBD IIH\nBank of Toronto\nAssets over 1100,000,000\nDeposits     79,000,000\nJoint Saving! Account\nA JOINT Savins. Aeeonnt mar ke\nopened at Tha Baak of Toronto\nIn tho nam. of two or moro\nparsons. In these acceaata eitkor\nparty mar alia cheques or deposit\nmoney. For tho different members\nof a family or a Inn a joint aoeonat\nIs often a great convenience, Intereat\nll paid on balances.\nVaneonver Branch:\nOwmu Haitingi ail OemHo Stmts\nBlanches at:\nVictoria.   Herrltt. New Wutnlutu\nUnder th. ansplcea of tko Brotherhood\nHone.\nSunday, I, p.m.   Doors Open\n8:se p.m.\nCentral Men'. Brotherhood\nNATIONAL THEATII\n(Between Abbott and Carrall Street.)\nComo and Rear\nPBINCIFAL W. H. SMITH, D.D., Ph.D.\nof Westminster Hall, oa\n\u2022THE SOIIIi OF I,ABOtt\"\nBVEBTBODT INVITO\nFIRST CHURCH OF\nCHRIST SCIENTIST\n1180 Mergta atreet\nfidnday service, 11 a.m. and 7,10 aaa,\nSunday school immediately f\u00bbU.wfit|\nmorning aervice. Wednesday toatbaealal\nmeeting, 8 p.m. Fre. reading room.\nM1-\u00bb0S   Blrk.   Bldg. \u2122\"\nChurch Forward Movement held laet\nweek. He spoke on the \"White Man's\nBurden\" and the empire building business. In faet, so frank was he, that while\nthe censorship has been removed, the local\npress with a unanimity that is only shown\nin the reports as to Soviet Russia, suppressed his remarks on the subject. In\npart, he said: 'Wherever we go, we go\nto disintegrate and to destroy.\" He then\npointed out that this must be done or ws\nwould not be what we are. We had to\nundermine and destroy the whole social\nand religious systems of the peoples who\nwere there beforo we came; otherwiso the\nBritish Empire would not exist. His argument wai that, having smashed their\ninstitutions to smithereens, it was up to\nus at least to give them our \"Christian\nity.\" He claimed that we had not done\nthis, and so his hearers and their fellow\nchurchmen in Canada, were asked to put\nup $2^500,000 for this and similar purposes.\nOf course there is nothing to be alarmed at in the still falling exchange rate.\nA gathering of the world's \"economists\"\nand financial \"experts\" will \"settle\"\nthings. In the meantime those\u2014nations\nthat are in debt to the U. 8. A. are in the\nposition, that while they may be paying\nsome of their indebtedness, they find\nthat the amount that they have to cough\nup is increasing. Aa their eurreney depreciates, their obligations assume an\nalarming proportion, and instead of their\nposition looking like improving, it is\ngetting worse by every further deollne.\nTruly the systom we now live under is\nthe very personification of anarohy.\nThe situation is one that must cause the\nworkers who understand capitalism to bt\nvery pessimistic as to the near future.\nWith a working class ignorant of the true\nposition, and the danger of a sudden ooU\nlapse of all financial standing, and cone*.\nquent demoralization of industry, conditions may be such as to causo suffering\nand misery such as the human mind cannot conceive of. Should the collapse come\nsuddenly, the task of the workers would\nbe colossal with an ignorant people, and\nthe greater the knowledge of the workers, the less will be the suffering when\ncapitalism of its own rottennew finally\ntumbles into chaos. FBIDAY........February  6,   IBM\n-   TWELFTH YEAR.    No.   6\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST   : vancouveb, a a\nPAGBFltl\nGROCERIES\nAt Money Saving Prices\nA FEW OF OUB SPECIALS FOS ONE WEEK\nCOMMENCING FBIDAY, FEBBUABY 6\nBlue Ribbon Peaches, per\nPktl      210\nDong's Soup, all flavor!,   3\npkts tto\nPurity Flour, 2Mb. sk. $1.06\nBoyal Standard Flour, 24-lb.\nsack |1,65\nOrchard  city Raspberry  or\nStrawberry Jam,    ffb-\n4-lb. tlna  f UC\nKleanbrlte, per pkt. .....13c\nToilet Castllo Soap,  6  cakes\n(or  ...250\nMaybloom Tea, tf lb. pkt. ISO\nFels-Nuptlia Soap, bar.lljio\nGem Lye, 100 per cent, pure,\nper tin  lio\nOxo Cubes, largo tins _ r\\ _.\nfor     ISC\nOxo Cubes, small t_\ntor     OC\nMagic Baking Powder, 12-oz.\ntin 29c\nMagic Baking Powder, 2Va-\nlb. tin      86a\nEggo Baking Powdor, 2',J-lb.\ntin  Tie\nEggo Baking Powder, 12-oz.\ntin 96o\nHolbrook's Custard   Powder,\npkt ldo\nBluo Ribbon Tea,      BC \u2014\nper lb OOC\nEmpress Mince   Meat,   4-lb.\ntin ?So\nEmpress Mine* Meat,   2-lb.\ntin  40o\nEmpress Mince Meat, quart\nglass   ita\nFinest Sago, per lb lie\nFinest Tapioca, per lb. .. 12c\nFinest Concord Sardines, ln\nOlive OU, per tin . ...S4o\nFinest Japan Rice, lb.. .l&yAa\nQuaker Corn, 2s,       | \/\u00bb\nper tin  L OC\nFinest Dollar Prince.. Sardines, tin   \u2014\nFinest    Blue    Mottled    Bar\nSoap, 4-lb. size, bar...a6c\nNabob Baking Powder, guaranteed pure, t_ _\nIS-ol. tin  e_lC\nFinest Spanish Sardines, Pur*\nOlive Oil, pe.- tin   2So\nCream of Wheat, pkt ...SOo\nQuaker Pork and Beans, por\ntin   So\nWild Rose Pastry Flour, Id\nlbs,  74o\nB. ft K. Wheat \u00abA\nFlakes, per pkt. ,,\u00a3UC\nDominion Matches,   900   in\nbox   .....So\nDominion   Matches,   800   In\nbox  aio\nBraid's Beet Tea, per lb..71c\nBraid's Best Coffee, lb...70c\nBroken Jap Rico, lb. 10<_a\nPopping corn, per lb. ..16c\nPurity Rolled Oats,   *%m\ncartons  auOC\nToilet Paper, rolls  \u2014\nMazola Oil    \u2014\nHelms Olive Oil. large \u2014\nHelm*  Olive OU, small..\u2014\nLux, per pkt ISO\nQuaker Peas, 2s,   I'M \u2014\nper tin A. I _ C\nColeman's Mustard, 1-lb. tlna\nfor SOo\nColeman'*    Mustard,    H-lb.\ntins  46o\nColeman's    Mustard,    %-lb.\ntins 26c\nFRUIT DEPARTMENT\nFinest No. 1 Jap Oranges, repacked and guar- ^A_\nanlted, per Cull bolrra\/C\nFine large Juloy Lemons, per\ndoz 26c\nLarge Juicy Oran el, dos. Sle\nExtra    large    thin-ski nned\nOrapefrult, 8 for ISo\nFinest No. 1 Orade ne\nEating Apples, 8 lbt.\u2014t 1 C\nExtra     large     thin-skinned\njuicy Oranges, doz. SOc, OOo\nGET  IT  AT  WOODWARD'S\nPATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS\nFELLOW UNIONISTS\nBe consistent ul demand tbt union Stamp on rom boote snd\nihoei. The following local flnui are fair to Organised Labor and\nue worthy of yonr patronage and support!\nJ. Ltckl. Oo. ltd., 230 OattUa SlfMt\nHarvey Boo* bhop,'51 Cordon St. w.\u2014Custom Making ud lepalri.\nV. J. and.. 10 Water Itnet\u2014Onstom We*_ aad Sepalra.\nMaeUoklaa-iayler Os., 61 Oulm Stmt  Wist-Osioa  Making\naad Sspalta.\nDmnmilr BMt S\u00bb\u00abp, Ml Dunmtr Street\u2014Outea Hiking and\n\u2022.pairs,\nUNION BEPAIR SHOPS\n\"Redtlay\" SkM lapatr Ounaiy. 1047 Onmrtu. street.\nStaadud SkM lepats Skip, 111 Bokeoa Stieat.\nat. B. Tkons, 880 Klogsway.\nWarts Ltd., \"K\" Beet She*, Crduva aal Bastion Strut West.\nH. 0. (pttlilag, 5871 Fraser Strut, Sooth Vancouver.\nO. B. Taw. 14St OoajaierrUl Drlw.\nr. Willi, aVll Kala Stnet\nr. PaaUsa, Hs Broadway But.\nBe progressive, Hr. Sho* Eepalrer, and get In touch with Secretary Tom Cory, MB Vemon Drive. t\n\"The Searchlight\"\nA Labor Paper published in Calgary, Alberta,\nsupporting the 0. B. U. and all progressiva\nLabor policies.\nSIX MONTHS FOB A DOLLAR\nSend along your subscription to \"The Searchlight,\"\nP. 0. Box 1508, Oalgary, Alberta\nThe Royal Bank\nof Canada\nINCOBPOBATED 18\u00ab\u00bb\nCapital Authorized\nCapital Paid-up\n...$ 25,000,000\n...$ 16,000,000\nReserve and Undivided Profits $ 17,000,000\nTotal Assets  $460,000,000\n690 branches in Canada, Newfoundland snd Britiih\nWest Indies.\nAlso branohei in London, England; New York Oity and\nBarcelona, Spain. '\nFourteen branches in Vancouver:\nMain Offlee\u2014Cornor Hustings and Homer Streots.\nCornor Main and Hastings Streets.\nCornor Oranvillo and Bobson Streets.\nCorner Bridgo Streot and Broadway Wost.\nCorner Cordova and Carroll Streets,\nOorner Oranvillo and Davlo Streots,\nCornor Granville and Seventh Avonue West.\n1050 Commorolal Drive.\nCorner Seventeenth Aventie and Main Strait.\n2016 Tew Streot.\nCorner Eighth Avenue and Main Street.\nHudson Streot, Marpole.\nKingswuy Branoh and 25th Avonue Branoh.\nAlso\u2014North Vancouver, New Westminster and 29 other\npoints in British Columbia.\nSPECIAL ATTENTION IS OIVEN TO SAVINOS ACCOUNTS\nOne dollar opens an account on whloh interest is paid half-yearly\nat ourront rates.\nTHOS. PEACOCK,\nManager Vancouver Branch\nA W. PRAZEE, Vanconver,\nSupervisor for B a\nT\nWants to Be First to Line\n* Up Alongside of\nRussia\n(By  the  Federated  Press)\nRome\u2014\"There's no trifling with\nthe Italian people,\" declared E.\nAllesandri, deputy from Vienna,\nin a letter written to Paul Fabre,\neditor ot the Paris Socialist daily,\nLe Poluairo.\nThe Nitti government realizes\/'\nhe said, \"that the ISO deputies In\nthe chamber representing different groups and having no unity\nand no policy, are opposed by a\nsolid block of 168 Unified Social,\nlate, all bent on a programme of\nInsurgent action. The ruling class\nof Italy has been condemned by\na 'historical fatality' and knows It.\n\"Just to give you a little example of t,he enthusiasm that pervades the people\u2014when I went to\ninaugurate a metal union ln Sienna, thousands and thousands of\npeasants had trooped in from the\ncountry around, carrying red flags.\nThs peasants are educated In class\nunions as well as the industrial\nconsciousness by their Socialist\nworkers,\n\"Are they patriotic? Only in the\nsense that they want Italy to be\nfirst in the great battle for liberation of thr proletariat at thr side\nof Russia.\n\"But the capitalists don't know\nhow to  die gracefully^\nTHIRD INTERNATIONAL\nENDORSED IN SPAIN\nGeneral   Unrest  Exists   ia  Spain\nAmong lbe Workers\u2014Labor\nCongress Meets\nMadrid\u2014In the midst of a\nstrike-bound country in which\nlockouts and official violence have\nalternated with demonstrations by\nworkers, the oongress of the General Federation of Labor was held\/\nIt was decided to atiher* to the\nThird (Moscow) International,\n\"pending the organization of a revolutionary syndicalist international,\" A proposed fusion with\nthe General Union was deferred\nuntil certain officials of that body\ndeclared their allegiance to the\nFederation.\nAi the Empress\n\"The. Walk Offs,\" which is one\nof the season's greatest laugh\nshows, will be presented next\nweek wtih the entire Empress\ncompany in the cast, and our patrons will have two and a half\nhours of side-splitting situations,\nwitty Hues and eccentric dharac-\nter. For seventeen straight, weeks\nthis great show kept Los Angeles\nfn one spasm of laughter, anh\nscores of people went Ave and six\ntimes to see It. This will be the\nfirst Canadian production of the\n\"Walk Offs,\" and ln all probability there will be a number of\nroad shows of this remarkable\npiece tour Canada and the United\nStates at 12 prices during the\ncoming season. In writing \"The\nWalk Offs,\" the author knew just\nwhat constituted a real syclone of\ncomedy, and he certainly succeeded In mixing Just the proper elements. We would like to tell you\nthe coon's wonderful speech\nwherein the play gets Hs title, but\nas that 'would rob you of a hearty\nlaugh when you see the play, we\nmust desist. Just remember \"The\nWalk Offs.\" is one of the best\nfun shows written, and you'll\nnever have another opportunity\nof seeing it at 60c prices. Order\nyour  seat  now.\nThe Forwart Movement\nOUR ALLY STILL IN\nMILITARISTIC MOOD\nJapan  Proposes  to Spend  Eighty\nMillion Dollars Annually\non Its Military\nTokio\u2014Japan Ib preparing to\nplay a large militaristic role and\nproposes to put into her war chest\nfor the next 14 yoars at least\n$80,000,000 annually. The out\nlines of this policy are made clear\nin the advance summary of the\nbulget for 1920-21, soon to be\npresented to the Imperial Diet,\nThe government propose? to\nvote 9243,000,000 for the army,\nthe amount to be spread over a\n14-year period, and $431,000,000\nfor the navy, to be met within 8\nyears. Thia means an annual increase of $40,500,000 ln war expenditure.\nBesides this amount, It Is proposed to raise large and indefinite\namounts by borrowing.\nParma, Italy\u2014In spite of their\nvarying tactics, the Socialists, syndicalists and anarchists of Italy\nare not enemies, they are \"passionate adversaries bearing a mutual respect, and never betrayng\nthe working class ln their common battle against an outworn\nsystem,\" declared Georges Mon-\nmousseau, French syndicalist attending the congress of the Italian\nSyndicalist Union here. The union\nnow has 300,000 members marked\nfor their unswerving adherence to\nthe principles of economlo action\nand the Soviet principlo enunciated by the Third (Moscow) International.\nManchester, England\u2014The newly-constituted National Builders,\nLaborers and Construction Workers Society, an amalgamation of\nthe building trades, has started a\n1920 campaign foe-100 per cent,\norganization.\nBallard's Furniture Store\n1084    MAIN    STBEBT\nPhono Seymsor 2187\nWe will  oxchtng* yonr second hind\nfurniture for new.   A square dtftl or\nyour money  bnck.\n(By George T. Stirling)\nThe churches are at least beginning to realize what onlookers have\nfor many years known and pointed\nout, namely, that organized religion\nwas sliding down the slippery slope,\nFor many years preachers and laymen alike have persisted in fooling the\" rank and file of church\nmembers that all wae well. Every\nyear we have had our annual\nchurch gatherings, reports have\nbeen read of the various activities\nof the church, and how everything\nwaa prospering. Ohl so lovely In\nthe Master's vineyard, everything,\nthat Is, except finance, and the pew\nholders guarded aa carefully as\npossible from the knowledge of the\nslashing attacks of science and scientific criticism of the foundations\nof their faith, have been lulled Into\na divine sleep under the soporific\ninuence of psalm singing. But ltt\nlast the momentum oh the slippery\nslide has become so great that it\ncould np longer be hidden from .the\nknowledge of the worshippers, and\neverywhere throughout the country\npreachers are telling the people of\nthe danger, and the urgency of a\nforward movement.\nChurch Haa Changed Its Views\nIt wae hoped when flrst the Forward Movement was mooted, that\nthe primary task of the churches\nwould be to prune out all the dead\nwood which has been cumbering organized religion ever since the\n\"Origin of Species\" started the\nmodern movement of separating\nthe living tissues of truth from the\ndead weight of superstition. It\nwas hoped that the church was\nabout te come out boldly and give\na clear and honest statement of its\nposition regarding its beliefs ln\nHeavent hell, God, inspiration, etc\nAll observers of religious affairs\nwho have followed closely the criticism of modern times are aware\nthat the ohurch has changed Its\nviews on these matters. They are\naware that the old Idea of God as\nan old man ln a temper, sitting\naway oft somewhere in space\nwatching things go, and occasionally dealing out earthquakes, famines, wars, and pestilences to punish the creatures which he kad\nbrought forth, is no longer held by\nwell posted parsons, and no longer\ntaught in our theological seminaries.\nNo Hell Flre\nThey are aware that the belief\nIn hell fires, and the damnation of\nunbaptlsed infants, stewing, and\nsingeing, and burning through all\neternity Is not now held by ladles in\nthe beBt circles, They are aware\nthat the idea of Heaven, as a city\nof golden streets and jasper walls,\nwhere all the countless millions of\nthe faithful shall twang the catgut on the golden harps, singing\nHosanna to the Highest w.lthout\nceasing, has been abandoned by the\nArchbishop of Canterbury and his\nwife. And they are aware that\nthe doctrine of the Plenary Inspiration of the Scriptures (which\nis commonly understood to mean\nby the rank and flle, that the Bible\nwofd for word, from cover to\ncover, Including the index and the\nDedication to King James is the\ninspired word of God), haa long\nsince been abolished by the professors of Greek and Old Testament\nhistory ln our theological colleges.\nThey are also aware that the\nchurch has never discarded these\nviews publicly, but continues to\npretend to tho rank and flle that\nthey are stlllbelleved in.\nKnowing these things, those of\nua who are outside the pale were\nhopeful that the church would get\nl'i-_\n,a sudden Inspiration of honesty\nand give us a clean and well audited account.\nIn the words of Robert Louis\nStevenson:\nIt's a simple thing tbat I demand,\n*! Though humble as can be\u2014\nA statement fair in my Maker's\n,i ;     hand\n,. To a gentleman like me,\nA clean, account writ fair and\nis        Voad\u00ab\n2* And a plain apologee\u2014\nbr deevil a ceevll word to God\nFrom a gentleman like me.\n.Interest In tbe Unwashed\nInstead, however, of such an outspoken declaration of faith, what do\nwe flnd? We flnd all the spiritual\nforces of the church lined up\nln solid array and demanding in no\nuncertain tones whether, for instance, we have a bathroom In the\nhouseT\nOf coune we will readily admit that that very question shows\na tremendous advance from the\ndays of the Ascetic Movement tn\nthe early centuries of Christianity,\nwhen bodily filth was looked upon\nas a token of sanctity, and when\nsuch lunatics as St, Simeon Sty-\nlites stuck themselves on pedastals\nto be slowly staryed and eaten up\nby vermin before the reverential\ngaze of pilgrims. The church Is no\ndoubt aware that vast numbers of\nthe masses have not yet attained\nto the dignity of a private bathroom but are forced to perform\ntheir ablutions (and it certainly is\na performance) in the circumscribed area of a wash tub after\nthe rest of the family have retired.\nAnd In asking this question lt\npossibly wishes to show Its keen\ninterest tn the welfare of the great\nunwashed.     .\nMote Needed\nThose of us, However, who have\nlong since been converted from\nchurchianity to humanitarian ism,\nand whom the church presumably\nwishes to interest and attract, are\nmore anxious to see a sincere and\nhonest statement regarding more\nvital matters.\n\"The basis of all morality,\" says\nSpencer, \"Is to give up pretending\nto believe that for which their ts\nno evidence.\"\nAny Forward Movement of the\nChurch, however, which has aspirations of being somewhat more\nthan the braying of a wild ass in\nthe desert, must stand bareheaded\nbefore Heaven and before humanity;- and discard all those things\nwhich lt has long known have no\nbasis in truth.\n,; further, It must sever its unholy\nalliance with wealth, through\nWhich it has been made the pawn\nof ambitious rulers to grintt the\nfaces of the poor.\nr It must state whether the Sixth\nCommandment Is henceforth to be\njaxpunged from the Decalog or\nfgerely amended.\n'It must state whether It believes\nthat Satan can cast out Satan, that\nviolence can overthrow violence;\nthat war can end war.\nIt must state whether lt believes\nthat standing navies are compati-\nbW with, the teachings of the Man\nof Peace or whether they are the\nstilettos of the fiends of hell.\nIn short, lt must come to the repentance Btool of humanity and\nopenly avow Its allegiance either\nto the worshippers of mammon, or\nthe toilworn and oppressed masses\nof the workers.\ntf it would do thie, lf It would\nmake a clean statement of its so-\nAverage of Fifty Per Cent\nMade By British Cotton Mill Owners\n(By the Federated Press)\nManchester, England\u2014The basis\nof the mounting unrest among the\ncotton mill workeri of England,\nwhich bids fair to end in the i\ntionalization of the tact istry, may\nbe seen in the balance sheets of\nthe companies.\nOn the average, profits made\nduring 1919 amounted to mote\nthan 60 pr.cent. on the share capital. The figures of 180 companies In Lancashire which published their dividends, show that on\na share capital of $37,020,000,\n$14,340,000 was distributed or added to the capital account\u2014a percentage of 88.73. In 24 companies publishing their profits, the\nearnings were almost 81 per oent\nThe remaining 169 companies paid\nIn dividends and bonus calls $13,-\n243,600, or 42.8 per cent.\nSome Indication of the feeling\nof apprehension among the mill\noperators la seen ln the fact that\nof the 180 companies included in\nthis review, no fewer than 81 have\nrecently  changed  hands.\nGlasgow, Scotland \u2014 Plumbers\nemployed In the chemical factories\nhore have gone back to work\nafter the' complete concession of\ntheir terms.\nFRENCH WORKERS TO\nAID SOVIET RUSSIA\nLongshoremen Will Not Allow\nMonitions to Be Shipped\nfrom France\nBordeaux, France\u2014More than\n2000 port workers here hare de.\ndared a ttrike against shipping\nmunitions to be used against Soviet Russia. This Is regarded as\nthe flrst gun In the direot opposl.\ntlon by the workers to the war on\nRussia. It Is hinted that the steel\nworkers may refuse to construct\nmunitions to be used in the war,\nand that the laboring class of\nFrance may follow that of Eng\nland ln threatening to call a general strike to foroe a change of\npolloy.\nThe Secret Service has discovered that In the public library 1*\na volume by Mr. Percy Byssho\nShelley ln which Is a poem entitled, \"The Masque of Anarchy.\"\nA warrant was at once issued for\nMr. Shelley's arrest, but lt was\nafterwards learned that he had\ncheated Justice by having died In\n1822.\nclal faith, and a manly exposition\nof Its beliefs tn the realm of metaphysics it would win the esteem\nof tens of thousands who now stand\naloof. If, on the other hand, lt\npersists In Its shady metaphysics,\nand Its--craven subservience to\nwealth, then the masses can tell\nthe churches, with all ths prophetic power that they can command, that they can see in this\nForward Movement, but another\nstep towards the brink of the\nabyss.\nA Good Weight Worsted\nSweater Coat for $3.75\nIt Is the best value we know of In the tra4\u00ab today aad tt li\na sweater coat we can recommend to any man wS* wants \u2022\nwarm, neat mtlng, hard wearing coet\u2014men trt\u00bb give a cos*\nhard wear will get real satisfaction frofct tM* eo*fc Shawl at\nmilitary collar, tn grey. Mown, slate and maroon. All mm\nEqual to most coats yon will Snd djO   _r_\\\nselling today for $1.71. Speolal at ..............   VeMtltaW\nBarker & Moody's L. Y. P. Runcoet\nIn English rainproof gabardine. This style la a raglan wit*,\nloose skirt and high buttoning collar, lined throughout witk plaMa\nlining ud wind tabs on sleeves. The price for Saturday is net\nas high as the manufacturers are asking today *Oi *J_t\nfor the same coat. Regular itf.n. Saturday... *fmnif&\nDAVID SPENCER, LTD.\nttSii\nRSUNIC\nUNIOJ^TAMF\nJacrory\nNamed Shoes sre frequently mats\n_ Non-nnkm factories\nDO SOT IW AST, SBOt\nNo matter what its name, nnliss\nit bears a plain and readable Impression of this UNION STAMP.\nAU Shois without ttae TO10B STAMP ire alwayi Wonmtm\nDo uot acoept my excuse (er abeence of the Union Map\nBOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION\n216 SUMMEB STBEET, BOSTON, MASS.\nCOLLIS LOVEIiT, Oeaenl FmMmt\u2014OEA8. t. BUSS. Geaml gee.-Trus.\nFresh Out Flowers, round Designs, Wedding Bouquets, pot Plate\nOrnamental and Shade Tree* Seed* Bull* PlortsU' Sundilsf\nBrown Bros. & Co. Ltd.\nFLORISTS ANV N0MERYMHH Y\nS-8TOHES-8\nIS Hastings Stnet But TSS Oranvllle Street\nSeymour 88847* Seymour MIS\nSKYSCRAPER FOR\n0. B. U. TAILORS\nWiU Build 20-Story Office\nBuilding in New York\nCity\nNew York\u2014Success of the Amalgamated^ Clothing Workers In lte\nnegotiations with the employers is\ndue, officials assert, to the fact\nthat all the workera la tue industry are organised lu one union.\nThe Amalgamated Is Independent\nfrom the American Federation of\nLabor, and has abandoned the\ncraft organlutlon system of the\nFederation to form tM flrst complete Industrial organisation In\nAmerica.\nSkilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers are all members of\nthe same union and obtain the\nsame   recognition   from   the em\nployers In the collective bargaining negotiations.\nThe unton hae collective bargaining agreements with employers of 200,000 mea and women\nworkers on men's ready-mad. and\ncustom-made  olothing.\nTha Amalgamated Clothing\nWorkere are entering upon, the\nbiggest co-operative scheme ever\nundertaken ln the country la the\nplan to erect a 20-story offlee aud\nloft building tn New York Olty.\nThe proposed building will be\nheadquarters for the union and\nthe olllce. pt the Amalgamated\nBank. '\nThis union turned over a cheque\nfor 1100,00* to the ateel striken\nduring the recent strlk.,\nCawnport, India\u2014Several thousand mill hands are oa etrlke ta\nCawnpore, aad show ae Intention\nof returning te work. The strike\nstarted with th. Woollen and Bl-\ngia mill! (British-owned) aad\nquickly spread te ether mills la\ntha olty. Th. strikers demand an\nIncrssse In\nWhat about that .spired isb.T\nRave you renewed yet?\nParisMustRaise$10,000inl5Days\nBEGINS SATURDAY MORNING\nPARIS' OWN BRAND OF ALL LEATHER SHOES SACRIFICED AT LESS THAN\nWHOLESALE COST TODAY\nWe bought too many shoes and must realize on them in order\nto meet our bills as they come due. Remember .the difference\nbetween bargain shoes and shoes at a bargain. One means\ncheap shoes bought to sell\u2014the other good sound dependable\nshoes at sacrifice prices.\nCome in and Let Us Show You a Short Cut to Saving\nPerls Brand |9 and 110 Dress tloots;\nevery shape, size and quality \u00a3\u00a3. AC\nin this lot ^. tPOeSIO\n85 pairs of Jt.00 shoes, In brown   and\nblack  calfskin,  with low   leather   and\nrubber heels.   All\nsizes \t\n$5.95\n$5.00\nMen's strong, sturdy   Work   Boots;   all\nsizes ln this lot.   Values\nto   .7.50   \t\nThis lot comprises Bvs lasts, In broad,\nroomy sh.es; black and &ttj Am\nand brown.   Reg. Ill...... V \u2022 \"\u00ab*\n,112.00 Men's Gunmetal, Box  Calf   and\nDuchess Bluchers and Bale.   &m nf\n' Now       Jp\/.iJO\nLadies' Patent Leather   Oxfords,   with\nCuban and Louis heels, Reg. *B QB\nts.00, now.\nA Black Kid Boot, with Louis heals. A\nreal genuine bargain that will appeal te\nany woman's $g#45\ntaste\nMen's Waterproof Chrome Bluchers,\n*halled and sewn aoles; heavy work\nboots.    Regular $8.50, a_n   A fi\n,-how \u201e..$0.40\niii\n-.(Parts Brand, 8-lnch top, heavy Chrome\nltlBoots.   Regular 1900, A\/j Ag\nl,!fow *D.\u00bb0\n12-inch Red Chrome Prospector Boots;\ndouble soles.    Excellent fl>Q AC\nwear     fl\u00bb0.\u00bb0\nBETTER SHOES\nTHERE IS SOMETHING  DIFFERENT\nABOUT PARIS SHOES\u2014THAT\nIS WEAK\nChild's Velour Calf, Button and Lace\nShoes; wearers that any mother will appreciate; sizes 5 to 7 1-1,       dJO O C\nSame as above, 8 to 10 1-8 $2.85\nMisses,' same as above   $.1.65\nGirls' Tan Shoes, heavy solos; good\nquality calfskin uppers, Reg. d*0 QC\nJ5.50; sizes 11 to 2 ipdeOO\nMisses' Willie Elk Walking Boots;\nstrong, serviceable, and wet d* A _ C\nreslsters; 11 to 2 VH'elO\nP. PARIS\n51 Hastings West\nBoot and Shoo\nManufacturer\nand Retailer\nBoys' Strong School Shoes; double sole.,\nsolid chrome tanned uppers; \u00a30 QC\nsizes 1 to 5 1-z  9*Ja<JO\nOrange Stitoh Hoys' Boots; hoavy sole,\nleather counters and caps. &A OA\nRegular to tt.OO  9tTeem\\3\nYouths,' 11 to 13; same quality as above,\nfor    .3.10\nLittle Gent's, as above, 8 to 10 1-8. .11.15\nCHEAPER PRICES\nChlld'a Colored\nTopi;   Claaslo\nmake.   Ref,\n$1.00 -i\n$2.15\n\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0B\n_____ rAUIl OlA\n.TWELFTH  TEAR.    No.   6\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST    vancouveb,\nB. C.\nFRIDAY reoruary  i,\nONE OF THE FINEST TONICS\nGood for Health        \"  Improves the Appetite\nCHEAP PRODUCTION\nEveryone knows tbat cheap goods can only be procured\nby using cbcap materials and employing cheap labor.\nCASCADE BEER\nis produced from the highest grade materials procurable\n\u2014Cascade is a UNION produce from start to finish.\nVANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED\nVancouver Unions\nVANCOUVEB TRADES AMD LABOR\nOOUKOIL\u2014Pretident, V. R. Midgley;\nTtM-preiident, J. litrihtl): secreUry, 3.\nB. Campbell; treuurer, J. Shaw; ler-\n\u25a0MUit-it-\u00bbrmi, E. King; truiteei. W. A.\nBvltebtrd, J. 6. Hereon, J. M. Clark, A.\n3. Wllion. '\t\nALLIED HUNTING TRADES COUN-\neil\u2014MeeU iieond Monday In tht\nmontk. Pruldent, J. P. McConnell; iee-\nWtery, R. H. NecUiidi, P. 0. Box 66. _\nbUlDQ- STRUCTURlt, ORNAMENTAL\n\u2022nd Reinforced Ironworkers, Loctl 97\n^-Meeti leeond and foarth Mondays.\nPresident Jas. Hastingi; financial secretary and treuurer, Roy Uaiiectr, Boom\n818 Labor Temple.\nElectrical workers, local So.\nJia\u2014Meett at 44Q Pender Street\nWatt, mrr Monday, 8 p.m. Presl-\nlut, H. H. Weodaide. 440 Pender W.;\nreeordlng secretary, J. Murdock, 440 Pen-\nist Street Weit; financial secretary and\nImilnsss agent, E. H. Morriion, 440\nPanAer Street West; assistant secretary,\nP,\u00abR. Burrows.\nBtlQINEERS AND HILL WORKEREP\nUnit of tha 0. B. U.\u2014Meetings every\nMonday, 7:30 p.m., Labor Temple. Preildent, F, L. Bunt; secretary-treasurer,\nW. A, Aleiander, Room 2X6, Labor Temple.   Phone, Seymour 8960,\nHOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM-\nployees, Looal C8\u2014Meeti every Ore'.\nWadneiday in the month at 2:80 p.m.\nand every third Wednesday ln the month\nat 9 p.m. President, John Cumming*,\nsecretnry and busineu agent, A. Graham.\nOBce and meeting hall, 614 Pender St.\nW. Phone Sey, 1681. Offlce hours, 8\nt_m. to 6 p.m.\nJHtebnational JEWELRY WORK-\n\u00abra' Union\u2014Meeta 2nd and 4th Fridays, 205 Labor Temple. President, W.\nWilson, 2239 Granville Street; secretary-\ntreasurer, \u00bb. J. Snell, 244\u201428th Ave. E.\nttfMBIR WORKERS' INDUSTRIAL\nUnloa et the One Big Union\u2014Affiliated\nwith I. 0. Federation of Labor and\nVancouvtr Trades and Labor Council\u2014\nAn Industrial onion of all workers In\nlogging and construction camps. Head*\ngutters, 61 Cordova Street West, Van-\n\u2022ouver, B. 0. Phone Sey. 7856. E.\nWinch, secretary-treasurer; legal advisors, Henri. Bird, Macdonald * Co.. Vanoouver, B. C; auditors, Messrs. Buttar\na Chlane, Vanconver, B. C.\nINTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S\nAssociation, Local 38-52\u2014Office and\nhall 804 Pender Street West. Meets flrst\nand third Fridays, 8 p.m. Secretary-\ntreasurer, Thomas Nixon; business agent,\nPoter Sinclair.\nAMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND\nButcher Workmen's Union No. 648\u2014\nMaeta first and third Tuesdays of oach\nmonth. Labor Temple, 6 pjn. President,\nJohn Stark; financial secretary and busl*\nam agent, T. W. Anderson, 687 Homer\nStreet,\nMINK, MILL AND SMELTER WORK-\nora' Unit of tho One Big Union, Metalliferous Minors\u2014Vancouver, B. 0., headquarters, 01 Cordova Street West. All\nworkera engaged in this Industry are\nargfd to loin the Union bofore going on\ntto fob. Don't wait to ba organised, but\norganise youm-lf,\nPattern   makers*   league   of\nNorth America (Vancouver and vicinity)\u2014Branch meets seeond and fourth\nMondays, Room 204 Labor Temple. President, Wm. Hnnter, 818 Tenth Ave, North\nVancouver; financial secretary, E. God-\ndard, 856 Rlebards Street; recording secrotary, J. D. Russell, 028 Commercial\nDrive.    Phone High. 2204R.\nUJIFYARD LABORERS, RIGGERS AND\nFasteners, I.L.A., Local Union 88A,\nSeries 5\u2014Meets the 2nd and 4th Fridays\nof tho month. Labor Temple, 8 p.m.\nPresident, William Maylor; financial secretary and business 'agent, M. Phelps;\ncorresponding aeeretary, W. Lee. Offloe,\nBoom 207 Labor Templr\nIfTRBET AND ELECTRIO RAILWAY\nEmployees, Pioneer Division, No. 101\n\u2014Meets A. 0. P. Hall, Mount Pleasant.\n1st and Ird Mondays at 10.15 a.m. and 7\np.m. Pmldent, R. Rigby; recording\nusretary, P. E. Griffin, 447\u20148th Avenuo\nlast; tnaaorer, F. aldsway; finanoial\neecretary and business agent, W. H. Cot-\ntroll, 4808 Dumfries Street; office corner\nPrior and Mala Sta. Phono Fair. 1604 B.\nTYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 226\u2014\nMeets last Sunday of each month at\n2 p.m. President, W. 8, Thomson; vice-\npresident, C. H. Collier; sec ret ary-treasurer,  R. H. Neelands, Box 66.\nProvincial Unions\nB. C. FEDERATION OP LABOR\u2014Moots\nIn annual convention In January. Excutive officers, 1918-19: President, J,\nKavanagh, Labor Temple, Vancouver;\nvice-presidents\u2014Vancouvor Island: Cumberland, J. Naylor; Victoria, J. Taylor;\nPrince Rupert, Geo. Casey; Vancouver,\nW. H. Cottrell, P. McDonnell; New Westminster, Geo. McMurphy; West Kootenay, Silverton, T. B. Roberts; Crow's\nNest Pass, W. B. Phillips, Fornie, W. A.\nSherman. Secretary-treaiurer, A. 8.\nWells, Labor Temple, 408 Dunsmuir St,\nVancouver, B. C.\nVIOTOBIA, B. 0.\nVICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES\nand Labor Council\u2014Meets first and\nthird Wednesdays, Knights of Pythias\nHall, North Park Street, at 8 pan. President, E. S. Woodsworth; vice-preiident,\nA. C. Pike; secretary-trcasuror. Christian\nSiverts, P. 0. Box 802, Victoria, B. 0.\nPRINOE RUPERT, B. 0.\nPKI.VCK RUPERT CENTRAL LABOR\nCOUNCIL, 0. B. U.\u2014Meets every aecond and fourth Tuesday in the 0. B. U.\nHall, cornor Sixth avenue and Fulton\nstreet, at 8 p.m, \u25a0 Meetings open to al] 0.\nB, U. members. Secretary-treasurer, D.\nS. Cameron. Box 217, Fringe Rupert, B.O.\nPbone 8ej, 281     Day or Night\nNunn, Thomson & Clegg\nTONEEAL DIRECTORS\n691 Homer St.  Vancouver, B. 0.\nAGENTS  WANTED\n\"HEW BEAT WITHOUT OOAL OB\nWOOD\"\nPRICK \u00ab15.00\nAGENCIES   OPEN\n\u00a325 Wost Notro Damo Street. Montreal\nDRUOLESS HEALING\nIf you havo failed to get results elsewhere, try Dr. W. Loo Holder, D.O., the\nWorkers' doctor. Special adjustments,\ndiet, all methods of drugless healing applied. No. 74 Fairfield Bldg., Cor. GranvUle and Pender Streets, Phone Sey. 8588\nBUSINESS CHANCES\nAN ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURE\nlug company wants a capable man\nIn every town to open branch office\nand manage talesmen, $300 to .$1,500\nnecessary. ^Handle own money, should\nmake 15,000 yearly. Prospective sales\nIn every home. Expenses to Montreal\nallowed when you qualify. Sales Manager Walker, 226 West Notre Dame Street,\nMontreal.\nSoaP\nUse Royal Crown Soap\nand Save the Coupon*\nPierce-Clerihse Debate at Victoria\n****** ****** ****** \u00bbr-,-. -*-**.\nCrystal Bolshevism\u2014Cross Questions and Crooked  Answer,\nW there are ever any doubts aB'\nto the real public intarost in the\ncontinuous drama now being enacted in Europe\u2014and elsewhere\u2014\nthey are quickly dissipated by the.\nsimple expedient of offering a\nbribe like the discussion of Bolshevism\u2014the results are embarrassing  in  their magnitude.\nThe Federated Labor party could\neasily have filled the Royal Vlotoria opera house (if they could\nget lt) with the crowds that preempted every seat and aisle in the\nCrystal thoatre long before opening time last Saturday night, and\nwith those who were turned away\nwhen the order to \"close doors\"\nwas regretfully given\u2014even the\nharmless necessary policeman had\nto stand  on several persons' feet.\nA month ago, Mr. TV, B. Pierce,\na well knows Socialist of the F.\nL. P. had made a modest and\nquite tame attempt to explain to\nbewildered newspaper readers why\nhe approved of the Bolshevist\ngovernment  of  Bussia.\nA Mr. Cterihue, alleged to be a\nuniversity graduate and a student\nof economics, made a determined\nattack at the late end of a protracted meeting, followed It up hy\na newspaper criticism of the \"undemocratic\" franchise system of\nthe Soviets, who he asserted were\nbiased and maintained on \"force\"\nand finally challenged Pierce to\ndebate,\nThis was cheerfully accepted,\nand on Saturday evening last, Jan.\n31, Mr, Pierce opened out by displaying a blood-curdling, cartoon,\nwhich was truly a composite picture of the stage \"Bolshevist,\" as\ninvented by the capitalist press,\nand asking his audience if lt resembled  him! *\nHe proceeded to argue that human nature is pretty much the\nsame In Petrograd and Victoria,\nand that the Bussian revolutionists are, of course, human beings,\nand behave precisely as we should\nact undef similar circumstances.\nChairman Ellis, who handled\nthe performers and the good-\nnatured crowd in a masterly manner, had announced at the start\nthat Mr .Pierce would be allowed\nhalf an hour, Mr. Cterihue another, then the Important interval\nfor collection, then 15 minutes\neach, with a short finale by the\nopener; afjer which questions\nwould bo in order, but that no\nInterruptions would, of course, be\npermitted  during the debate.\nAll went better than well, including the collection, amounting\nto f3$.odd, and by no means excluding Comrade Clerihue's contribution to thc strengthening of\nthe popular sympathy with the\nreal working class movement in\nRussia.\nNo Free Press\nMr. Pierce's half-hour was more\nthan taken up by a necessary, lf\nrathor diffusive, depreciation of\nthe conscienceless lying which is\nconfusing if not antagonizing the\naverage newspaper and fiction\nreader\u2014his most damaging answer to this wag his quotation from\nJohn Swinton's address at an American press dinner. Replying to\nthe toast of a \"Free Press,\" and\nspeaking as a professional writer,\nhe declared there was no suo'i\nthing as an independent press anywhere. We are all slaves of the\nmoney power. 'We writers are\nall more or less intellectual prostitutes,\"\nAnd lt Is from this talented\nsource that the moral and mental\ncampaign against Russia proceeds,\nengineered and financed by the\nsame Interests that are conducting\nthe material and military attacks:\nTherefore he would not trouble\nthem by extensive quotations to\nnight, he would content himself\nwith stating admitted facts and\nappealing to their common sense\nand reason. For instance, lt was\nsurely undeniable that something\nhad happened In Russia, something big, something unprecedented ; nothing happens without a\ncause;   what  was the cause? and\nBargains in Abundance\nAt our Pre-Inventory Sale we have abundance of Bargains in Merchan:\ndise that you are in need of. These Specials are below wholesale cost to-.\nday and represent the nearest to pre-war prices you will find in the city.\n'would his friend the enemy explain those causes, and why, the\ndespised \"faction\" still \u25a0utvivpd,\nstill succeeded, still increased in\npopularity, and still defeated its\ninternal and external enemies?'\nHe denied emphatically. the\npress made and easily-repeated lie\nthat the Soviets disfranchise the\nmajority and that they gained\npower by brute foroe and canf only\nmaintain It by terrorism,     \"j  <\u25a0\nHe repeated his reasons ' given\npreviously as to the \"why a' Bolshevist,\" and again challenged his\nopponent to dispose of them, because they value humanity before\ndollars, because they early appreciated the fact that the late war\nwas not for democracy, because\nthey were Internationalists, because they were ready for peace,\nreal peace, but not \"peace at any\nprice,\" because their methods of\nelection were most democratic, be.\ncause they were not scared of\nmaking mistakes, because their\nsystem went to the root of the\ntrouble and found it economic, not\npolitical, and because thsy were\nnot afraid to flght.\nSoviet Laws\nHe quoted, from the laws of the\nSoviet Republic of Russia to show\na few ot the benefits as compared\nwith the pre-Sociallst regime\u2014or\neven with our own enlightened\nland and time; provision of free\nand universal education, entertainment and music, free food for\nschool children, the improved status of women, the nationalizing of\nbanking and of course the land,\nfactories and railways all becoming communal property.\nIncredible sacrifices had been\nmade by Russia in combatting the\nGerman phase , of the capitalist\nenemy, and the \"Allies show their\ngratitude by' encouraging any and\nevery counter-revolution. But all\nsuch are doomed < to failure, and\nhe concluded by reading from the\nDaily Mail of Jan. 20, of the astounding collapse of these mercenary armies at Omsk in Siberia,\nand other -stolen bases; soldiers\nrefusing to flght agafnst the working class government.\nMr. Clerihue possesses a forcible\nseriousness and a well-read, apparently orderld mind, with a\nreadiness of phrase and the familiarity of practised debate, all of\nwhich he made the most of, and\nstarted out with the highly original remark that ihs sympathy\nwas. all with the genuine honest\nworker, whose most virulent \\n-\nemy was this same Bolshe^fsni.\nLoud Cheers      ?* W_\nHis friend Pierce claimed \\.0i be\na Bolshevist; if s0 he must *iedes-\nsaffly be a Marxian Socialist' of\nthe most extreme type. O^pj^sed\non principle to a free press3 prQ to\nuniversal democratic suffrafe'fei jind\na believer in the merciless: Suppression of all who differed' jfrjom\nI'i\u2122     He quoted  extensive^ ind\nhim.\nNote the prices on Specials quoted below:\n$1.50 and $1.65\n75c\nS at cost.\n\u2014JRWEAR\n$1.95\nBOYS' W1NTKR COMBINATIONS to\ndear\nat\t\nBOYS' SHIBTS, worth to $1.50,\nclear at\t\nBOYS' SUMMER UNDERWEAR at cost.\nHEAVY RIBBED WOOL UNDERWEAR\nRegular $3.50.\nClear at\t\nARROW SHIRTS. Regular $2.75, $3.00\nand $3.50. An oyj*\nClear at op__,__D\nMEN'S OVERALLS, Carhartt's, Mogul,\n6. W. G., Twin Bute and Bulldog\u2014   \u2014\nf 1.60 - S1.75 - $1.95 - $2.45\nA LINE OF ARROW, REGAL and PECK\nSHIRTS to clear\nat\t\nMEN'S WORK SHIRTS\nclear at\t\nMEN'S TWEED PANTS,\nall sizes.   Clear\t\nMEN'S CORDUROY AH rt(-\nPANTS, all sizes.  Clear at.. %pDaeieD\n$1.50\n80c\n$4.25\n75c\n$1.45\n2.00 to\nMEN'S CAP SPECIAL.\nClear at \t\nMEN'S CAP SPECIAL.\nClear at \t\nThese caps run in priee from\n$3.00 regular.\nRUBBERIZED   TWEED   RAINCOATS.\n%: : .$21.00\nWINTER OVERCOATS to clear at\u2014\n$17.00 $20.00 $25.00\nThe regular price of this bunch is $25.00\nto $40.00.\nMEN'S TWEED SUITS, in beautiful patterns and wool materials, at a big discount\u2014\nRegular $50.00 Suits\nfor. : :...\nRegular  $45.00  Suit\nfor\t\nRegular  $40.00   Suit   Aon \/\\\/V\nLots of suits hero for the big man at\nabove prices.\nThere is no place in thc city where you can get  values  like  we   offer.   Save\nyonr money\u2014buy from us.\nThe Jonah-Prat Co.\n401 HASTINGS STREET WEST\n$40.00\n$36.00\nmore or less correctly froiH.ihe\nSoviet constitution, from \"Soviets\nat Work,\" from Lenin's speeches,\nand from Soviet decrees, carefully\nobscuring the all-important! fact\nthat these all dealt with special\nphases of the revolution which is\nstill in actual progress, and are\nIn many cases admittedly tempor\nary necessities, rendered inevitable\nuntil the foreign-fed counter-revolution is crushed. ^_\nHe elaborately and successfully\ndemonstrated the fact that ail\nthose unfortunate persons who\nlive on invested \"savings\" or upon\nthe labor power of others, or who\nemploy others for profit, Instead\nof being privileged and rewarded\nas they are here, are deprived of\ntheir vote\u2014and was quite shocked\nwhen the audience enthuslastlcal\nly approved of this. He made the\namusingly Incorrect assertion that\nthe Bolsheviki conducted the elections for the Constituent Assembly in 1910, and then dissolved\nIt; and didn't at all relish being\nreminded later that the allies had\nrepeatedly interfered with elections in Siberia, and had murdered or deported all candidates not\nto  their  liking.\nPierce Replied\nMr. Pierce, on rising again,\ncomplained naturally that his opponent had wandered all round\nthe subject_as badly as he had,\nand made a good point by proving from Mr. Clerihue's own deduction that all the useful people\nwere assured of a vote, that the\ndisfranchised were negligible in\nquantity and* quality, and that\nanyway if a person of either sex\nwanted to vote, they had only to\ngo to work, Mr. Pierce knows\nthe \"freedom of the press\" by bitter experience, and he scored In\ncomparing the censorship here\nand In Kussia. He exposed his\nopponent's Incorreot quoting by\nreading more fully from the Soviet decree re the \"merciless suppression,\" not of mere political\ndlfferers, but of \"counter-revolutionists and things.\"\nMissing Answer\nAnd he again demanded the\nstill missing answer to the vital\nquestion: Why the success of the\nBolshevists? This got Mr. Clerihue, who retorted that the correct\nanswer to the conundrum was\nthat the Bolshevists have failed,\nand failed miserably, ln all' they\nundertook to do. This tickled\nthe audience immensely, but he\nproceeded to prove it by charging\nthe Soviets with setting out to\n\"nationaliste\" the land and I com\npromising by \"Socializing\" it; they\ndemocratized the army and! then\nsuspended the election of officers\nln time of war; they promised'the\nfactories to the workers ,Jiinl\nfound it decreased output and in\ncreased deficits; they nationalized\nrailways and got into billions of\ndebt; they tried to bribe the peasants and their crops all failed\u2014\nand their budget was\u2014paper\nmoney:\nPierce disposer of some of this\ncamouflage\u2014(and some \"questions\" later finished the rest)\u2014\nby correcting his friend on matters of easily ascertainable fact,\nand brought down the house by\nshowing' that this \"paper money'\ncrime must really be quite respectable and sane,, as it I9 the\npatriotic practice of Oreat Brit-\naid, Canada and the United States\nand all the alllees!\nHe   reminded   his   hearers   that\nnature   will   have   her   way   and\n\u25a0ometimees  has to  kill\u2014the  cap-\n.(Contlnued on page 8)\n-SUBSCRIBE 70-\nThe One Big Union\nBulletin\nPublished by the Winnipeg Central Labor Couneil\nBead tlie Stmt ftom tbt Fraliia Metropolis       ,\nSubicription price $2.00 per year; $1.00 for six monthi\nAddress ill communications to\nJ. Houston, Room 1, 530 Main St., Winnipeg, Man.\nCanadian National Railways\n.    DAILY TRAINS\nTo EDMONTON, SASKATOON, WINNIPEG,\n.TORONTO, MONTREAL, ST. JOHN, HALIFAX\nand intermediate pointi\nConnection! tet CENTRAL AND EASTERN STATES\nHIDE MONTH TODES\n6.00 A.M\u2014LEAVE VANCOUVER-9.00 A.M.\nNew Equlpmeat\u2014Choice of Eoutei\nfW further paiHcabn ajplr to TOOBIST  k  TBAVBL  BDBEATT  IM\nHutlnll St., Weit, or QSMXBAL PABSEKMa DEPAETMEKI,\nVancouver, B. 0.\n\" What Shall I Do Then With Jesus, Who Is Called Christ? \"\nPilate's Question\nIs Yours To-day\nTHE Church is not impersonal. It is\na company of individuals, each of\nwhom has expressed determination to\nacknowledge Jesus as Lord and God, to accept His teachings and follow His example.\nThe Active Christians\nThose who persist in the Way find their\nlives radiant with hope. They have an object\nin living. They are not plunged into hopeless misery by bereavement. They develop\ncharacter. They learn contentment. Being themselves\nmen of hope and good-will,\nthey are centres of hope and\ngood-will in the world.\nThe Inactive Christians\nNational Peace\nThank-Offering\ntians as a proof of the inefficiency of the\nChurch, or of the Gospel it. proclaims. If,\ntherefore, all lukewarmness should disappear the critics of Christianity would bi\nconfounded.\nWhere Do You Stand?\nYou are a Christian.   Are you ardent or\nCareless?   Are you whole-hearted or halfhearted?   Do you realize that the Church in\nCanada faces unprecedented responsibilities?\nYou believe that the Gospel\nof Christ is a perfect solvent\nof selfishness and class-hostility.  Will you do your part\nto give it free course?\nNot all continue faithful.\nMany neglect to keep the\nPattern before them. They\ncease to pray. They forego\npublic worship. They become\nonly nominal Christians.\nTheir sympathies are on the side of Right,\nbut they miss the full-orbed peace that comes\nfrom being obedient to the Heavenly vision.\nAiding the Enemy\nApart from their own loss, lukewarm\nChristians do positive harm to the Faith.\nEnemies never cite the lives of notable Chris-\nSimultaneous Every-Person\nCanvass by Each Communion\nFebruary 9 to 14\nA Great Possibility\n\"Righteousness exalteth a\nnation, but sin is the reproach of any people.\" If\nall the Church Members of\nCanada would begin today\nto follow earnestly the principles enunciated by their Divine Master; if\nthey would acknowledge their stewardship in\nfull measure, the name of Canada would ring\naround the world. Therefore, the Question is\nto you:\n\"What shall I do then with Jesus,\nwho is called Christ?!'\nA United Appeal\nFIVE Christian Communions\u2014Anglican, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist\nand Presbyterian\u2014have in Canada ten thousand congregations, over one\nmillion communicants, and represent more than half of the population of\nthe Dominion. Under the stimulus of five great Forward Movements, it is in\nthe power of these people to root out the evils of materialism in Canada, and\nto conserve the spiritual values revealed by the chastisement of War. Are\nyou ready\u201e for active service ?\nThe Decision Is Yours\nET Christianity have a fair trial in your own life.   Make Jesus Christ master\nin your home.   Test the reality of prayer.   It will give your life direction,\npurpose and power.\nYou can help to cure the ills of Canada and the world.   Be prepared to\nserve.   Begin NOW.\nI\nThe United National Campaign\nRepresenting the Simultaneous but Independent Forward Movements\nof the Anglican. Baptist, Congregational, Methodist and\nPresbyterian Communions in Canada. '*\n,^\u201e_  m\t FRIDAY.\n.Tabruarj   I,   Its*\nTWELFTH YEAR.    Ho.   0\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST    vancouvm, a a\nPAGE SEVEN\nSongs Unbidden-\nBY THE PROSPECTOR\nThis volume of poems by a new British Columbia pool\nis meeting with a favorable reception in many quarters.\nThe following ar* brief excorpti from \u00bbom\u00bb of th* reviews;\n\"The Author hat seined aad hell\nIn picturesque language the moodfl\nof the moment aud hla subjects cot*\n\u2022r a vide range. . . Throughout, howover. there !\u25a0 the brondth\nof vision ana freshness of outlook\n. whioh in the prerogative of tho\ndweller in the nutrammeled apacei.\"\n\u2014Victoria Timet.\n\"His nom do plum* It happily\nehosen becauae he la Indeed a prospector relating all he finds in hit\nsearch for tho preelout things of\nearth. His 'Talt of the Moveable\nMine,' Is delicious and tense In hu*\nmor, and ts porhaps the outstanding\npoem In tht tories.''\u2014Vancouver\nFalrplay.\nThe book tlio contains poems on\nsuch diverst subjects as \"Omar\nKhayyam,\"^ '|Tht     Splrilunliit,\"\ntronomy.\" Tht author It a student\nef aoetolotfr *-** hi* sentlmeitt art\nexpressed In TWMt on \"Tht Iu4ut\u00ab\ntritlist,\" \"Liebknecht and Jaaret\"\nMid \"Profftat.\"\u2014Vancouver Sun.\n' 'Tht Prosptotor'i volnmo of\nlyrics loems to bu to takt lta plaoa\namong tho books to bt roekontd\nwith by any person who zetUm\nwhtt It gotag ou In tht Canadian\nliterary world. I shall look for*\nwnrd witb no ordinary curiosity tt\nthe revltwt in the year Twenty*\nTwenty of thla delightful volume.\"\n\u2014Aubrey St. John Mildmay, U.A.\n\"I knoir nothing of ou pott pw\u00bb\n' tonally. But' I do know that ht hat\ncaught the spirit of the beauty *n4\nthe glory of our Weitern Canada\nand embodied It In true and beautiful poetry.\"\u2014\"Nemetii,\" ln D. 0.\nFederationlit.\n\u2014 \"John  Buskin,\"   aud\nFor Sale by yonr local botakseller, or mailed direot on receipt ol\nprice.\nVELVHJT SHEEP BINDING $2.00\nLEATHERETTE BINDING v... 11.60\nVictoria Printing and Publishing Co.\n~ 521 YATES STREET, VICTORIA, B. O.\nHELP ALONG!\nPatronize Federationist Advertisers\nHen Tbey Are, Indexed ror Too -\u25a0\nJU. Union Han, Ont TUi Ont and utra It to Tont Wife\nBanks\nBank of Toronto, Hasting) k Cambie; Vietoria, Merritt and Ntw Weit-\nminstor.\nBoynl Bank ot Canada, 12 Branchei in Vanconver, 29 in B. 0,\nBakeries\nBheliy'\u00ab.....   Phone Fairmont 44\nBicycles\nTiedalls Limited .018 Hastings Street Weit\n3, A. flett i~.~ -..._- ___\u2014Hastingi Street Weit\nPoeket Billiard Parlor,.\nBilliards\nCon Jones (Bruuwiek Pool Rooms)....\nBoots and Shoes\n.42 Hastingi Street East\n-Haitingi Street But\nQoodwia Shoe Co.,\t\nIngledew Shoe Store\t\n\"K\" Boot Shop.-\n...110 Haitingi Street Bart\n..666 Oranvllle Street\nPierre Paris   ...I\t\nWm. Dlek Ltd...\n 319 Hastings Street West\n...64 Hastingi Street West\n...Haitingi Street Bait\nVancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street Weit\nMacLaohlan-Taylor Company 48 Cordova Street West\nCafes\nBank Buffet.................. Corner Halting! and Homer Streets\nModel Cate ...01 Cordova Street West\nMillar * Coe. Ltd..\nChinaware and Toys\n _ 419 Hastings Street Weet\nClothing and Gent's Outfitting\nArnold k Qniglejr.  546 OranvUle Street\nClubb k Stewart.  __ 309313 Hastlngi Street West\nB. O. Outitting Co  _ 842 Hastingi Street West\nWm. Dick Ltd    33-49 Hastings Stroet East\nThoi. Poster * Co, Ltd  514 Oranvllle Street\nJ. W. Fostor k Co., Ltd  345 Hastings Streot West\nJ. N. Harvey Ltd  125 Hastings Wost and Victoria, B. O.\nThe Jonah-Prat Co\u201e   401 Hosting! Street West\nNew Tork Outfitting Co.  143 Hastings Street Weat\nDavid Spenoor Ltd.   ....... Hastingi Street\nW. B. Brumltt       Cordova Street\nThomas & McBain.\nWoodwardi Ltd...\nVictor Clothes Shop...\nD. K. Book .\n Granville Street\n...Hastings and Abbott Streets\n.112 Hastingi West\n  117 Hastlnga Street West\nVancouver Co-operative . \u2022\u2022\u25a041 Pender.Straet West\nCoal\nKirk k Co., Ltd   929 Main St., Soymour 1441 and 465\nMacdonald Marpole Co   . 1001 Main Street\nDairies\nFraser Valloy Dairies  8th Avenue and Yukon Street\nDentists\nSri. Brett Anderson and Douglas Casculman \u2014........602 Hastings Weit\nr. W. J. Curry *-\u2014..\u2014  \u2014301 Dominion Building\nDr. Oordon Campbell....\nDr. H. E. Ha'     \t\nDr. Lowe .\t\nDr. Orady.\t\n Corner Oranvillo.and Bobson Streots\n...19 Hastings Stroot East, Soymour 4042\n Cornor Hastings and Abbott Streets\n Cornor Hastings and Seymour Streets\nDrinks\nBank Buffott\u2014\nBritannia Beer...\nCascade Beer...\nHotol Wost...\nPatricia Cabaret\t\nHob Roy Hotel\t\nTaxi\u2014Soft Drinks-\nVan Bros. .-.\u2014\n...oor Hastings and Homer Stroeti\n...Westminster Brewory Co.\n..Vancouver Breweries Ltd.\n444 Carrall Street\n...411 Hastings Street East\n 07 Cordova Street West\n 409 Dunsmuir Street\n._.......-...Cideri and winei\nVancouver Drug Co...\nDrugs\nDry Goods\n.Any of their six storei\n Hastings Street West\n 41 Fender Street West\nFamous Cloak k Salt Co\t\nVancouver Co-operative >..-..-..\t\nFlorists\nBrown Bros, k Co. Ltd.  .48 Haitinga Halt and 728 OranviUe Street\nFuneral Undertakers\nContei k Hanna Ltd. 1049 Oeorgia, Soymour 2428\nNunn Thoueon * Olegg 531 Homer Street\nHastlngi Fomltar* Co.\u2014\nBallard Furniture Stor.\nFurniture\n...41 Hastings Street West\n..1024 Main Street\nGroceries\nThe Carthagini|n Peace\n******     ******     ******       *******       *******\nThe Economic Consequences of, the Peace\n(By J. M. Koynes)\nFrom the Nation, London '\nFrom special knowledge of the\neconomics ot European life; from\ncloae observation, as an Important\nand trusted official, of the work\nof the Conference of Paris, and\nof the men who dominated It;\nand from an indignant soul, this\nbook has boen composed and dedicated to the \"formation of the\ngenreal opinion of tht future.\" It\nis   femotiunally   written,   In,   pas\nsages where feeling broke bounds\nand Europe presented herself to\nMr. Keynes' mind as a vision of\nall consummated ruin. But , in\nthe main, It Ib a model of careful\nand penetrating analysts. Mr.\nKeynes* training was of Cambridge and the treasury, not of\nthe platform. He knew,, and In\nhis opening chapter appraises\nwith much skill, what wer* the\nmain elements of industrial society before the war, and where\nIts weakness lay. He watched\nthe big four ln the act \u25a0 of tampering with and destroying them.\nHe has recorded his censura ln\nwords as scathing as wers ever\n\u25a0applied- to the governing olass of\nEurope since Byron and Shelley\n(with far less reason) castigated\nCastlereagh. We believo (that\nevery one of them will. bs Justified. Paris was a scene of chicane, In whioh th* lives of millions, and the fata of humanity\nItself,' were gambled with. The\nmoralist may reflect that the\ngamblers recked little more of\nwhat they were doing than did\nthe dicers- beforo the Cross. But\nto watch the process of transforming the morality of the fourteen points into a blasphemous\nmockery of the peoples' hopes\nmust, to an Instructed observer\nlike Mr. Keynes, havo been an\nalmost unendurable ordeal. The\npassion of the aot, as lt was revealed to an acute and sensitive\nintelligence, Is in this bock. So\nalso is its faithful record and\nunsparing condemnation. It Is\nenough to add that Mr. Keynes\nhas said outright what other authorities, like General Smuts, Mr.\nHoover and Lord Robert Cecil\nhave half said, and wholly\nthought.\nThree Meu Did It\nThree men made and ruined ths\n4tim to the finished accomplish-'\nments sf the prime minister.\" .\nClemenceau\nBut Mr. Wilson had a mors dan->\nserous opponent than Mr. JAoyi. j\nOeorge. Clemenceau Is ths subject of the most brilliant portrait\nthat Mr. Keynes has drawn of\ntho personalities Who succeeded\nIn turning Mr. Wilson's evangel\ninto a finished product of political malice. M. Clemenceau won\nbecause he knew what he wanted,\nand was better equipped than\neither of his competitors for getting lt. Sitting at the Council of\nFour, his strong hands cased in\n\"grey suede gloves,\" his eyes\nclosed, his \"face of parchment\"\nset and impassive, \"surveying the\nset and impassive, \"surveying the\nscene wtth a cynical and alniost\nImpish air,\" but missing no\nchance of destroying the president's Idea of peace and substituting his own, M, Clemenceau's\nfigure assumed a robust and pagan grandeur to whloh neither of\nhli rivals could attain:\n__      Politics   of. Bismarck\n\"Bs felt about Franae what\nPericles felt at Athens\u2014unique\nvalue in ker, nothing else matter*\nlug; but Ills theory of politics\nwas Bismarck's, He had one illusion\u2014France; and one disillusion\u2014mankind, Including Frenchmen, and hi* colleagues not least\nHis principles for the peace can\nbe expressed simply. In the first\nplace, he Vas a foremost believer\nin the' view bf German psycho?\nlogy : that the German understands and can understand nothing but intimidation, that he Is\nwithout generosity or remorse. In\nnegotiation, that there is no advantage he will not tak* of you,\nahd no extent to which he will\nnot demean himself for profit,\nthat h* Is without honor, pride\nor mercy Therefore you must\nnever negotiate with a German\nor conciliate him; you must dictate to him. On no other terms\nwill he respect you, or will you\nprevent him from cheating you.\nBut it Is doubtful how far he\nthought these characteristics peculiar te Germany, or whether\nhis candid view of soms other\nnations   was   fundamentally   dif\nferent.      His    philosophy\ntherefore, no place for 'sentlmen-\npeace. They were M. Clemen- tallty* ln international relations',\nceau, Mr, George and Mr. WU- Nations are real things, of\nson. Their points of view werslwhom you love ons and feet\ntotally dissimilar. M. Clemenceau for the rest indifference\u2014or hat*\nthought of France, Mr. Wilson Md- Ths glory of the nation you\nthought of abstraot morality, and l\u00b0vs is a desirable end\u2014but gen-\nMr. George thought of himself, erally to be obtained at yoflf\nBetween the fixed idea of the neighbor's expense. The politics of\nFrench statesman and the no- power are inevitable ,and there JJ\nidea, or the low idea, ef the Bri- nothing very new to learn abottt\ntlsh one,, Mr. WilBon's Blow mind, this war or the end it was fought\npathetic inexperience and incapa- tor, England had destroyed, as fh\ncity to apply his principles to the each preceding century, a trade\nstate of Europe, came to utter rival; a mighty chapter had bee|(\ngrief. French policy breathed its closed in the secular struggle bj-. ^ny woluu yiw\nspirit into the treaty, and then tween the glories of Germany 94,000 millions, or anything like\ncalled on French diplomacy to and of France. Prudenco requir- ft, in, effect, this preposterous\nweave a \"web of sophistry and od some measure of lip servioe\nJesuitical exegesis\" to givo it ex-, to the 'ideals' of foolish Ameri-\npr--sion, 6nd at the same time to cans and hypocritical EngliBh-\npresent a plausible counterfeit of men; but It would bs stupid to\nAmerican idealism. Mr. George believe that there Is much room\nsaw the work being done and In the world as It really Is, for\nhelped to do it, adding a fatal such affairs as ths League of\ntouoh of .hla own.   When all was Nations, or any sense in the prln\n'oversea possessions, and sequestrated the private property of\nGermans ln those places, in Alsace-Lorraine, and ln all countries within Allied jurisdiction. It\nput at the disposal of the Allies\nall German flnanolal rights and\nInterests, both In ths countries of\nher former allies and ln the\nstates and territories whloh have\nbeen formed out of them. It\ngave the reparation commission\npower to put its finger on any\ngreat business or property in\nGermany and to demand Its surrender. Never, aa Mr. Keynes\npoints out, has any previous\ntreaty conducted such on assault\non priwate property, or made so\nbroad a road for Bolshevism.\nOutside her own frontiers, Germany can be stripped of everything she possesses, and inside of\nthem, until an impossiblo indemnity has. been paid to the last\nfarthing, she din truly call nothing her own. The treaty Inflicts on an Empiro built up on\ncoal and iron the loss of about\none-third of her coal supplies,\nwith a heavy drain on ths scanty\nremainder as to leave her with\nan annual supply of only 6\u00bb million tons, a* against ths pre-war\nproduotlon of over 190 million\ntons, and ths loss of over three-\nquarters of hsr Iron ore. It de.\nprives her of all effective control\nover hsr own system of transport; it takes the river system\nof Germany out of German hands\nso that on every international\ncommittee dealing with German\nwaters Germans are placed in a\nolear minority. It Is, says Mr.\nKeynes, as though tho powers of\nCentral. Europe were placed ln a\nmajority on the Thames conservancy or the port of London authority. Finally, lt forces Germany for a period of years to\nconcedt \"most favoerd nation\"\ntreatment to the Allies, while she\nreceives no such reciprocal favor\nIn return.\nLloyd George's Fart\nWhat Is the character of tho\nflnanolal burden laid upon thla\nreduced and impoverished Empire? Mr. Keynes does not discuss lt as a problem in equity so\nmuch ag a question of practicability, All through the debates of\n.Versailles the effeot of ths treaty\n$n the economlo conditions of\nEurope, whloh was the vital matter, was barely considered. The\nworst of all ths sinners against\ncommon sense was Mr. George,\n\u25a0who proposed from his election\nplatform to demand from Germany the whole cost of the war,\nand declared that a oommlttee\n.appointed by direction ot the cabinet, believed that this could be\ndone. Mr. George -will, we hope,\nbe strictly ohallenged in parliament to verify this statement, and\n(_o produce the report of any committee whloh advised that Germany could pay a capital sum of\naccomplished, and the German request t0 be heard against sentence of death had been turned\ndown, Mr. George, says Mr.\nKeynes, tried to reconvert Mr.\nWilson to moderation. Too late;\nthe mesmeric work of five months\nclple of self-determination\ncept as an Ingenious formula for\nrearranging the balanco of power\nin one's own. interests,\nMr. Keynes gives two examples\nof tho president's failure before\nthis powerful man, and ln face of\ncould not be undone in five days, the  Inconstant nlmbleness of  Mr.\nOutfought   and   out-manoeuvred, George.     It  was   notorious  that\nMr.   Wilson   had   forgotten  where Mr.   Wilson  desired   to   leave  the\nhie flrst battle ground lay.    Tho ruined German-Austria the power\nfourteen points had  been written of uniting with Germany,   Yet he\nover   by   the   French   palimpsest, was cajoled by the clause in the\nand all they promised for the re- treaty   whloh   barred   that   union\ndemptlon of the good faith of the on  the ground of Austria's inde-\nAllles   and    for   the   salvage   of pendence,   and  permitted   lt   only\nEurope  had been scored  out  of with the assent of the Council of\nthem.    It proved harder, says Mr. the    League,    against    which    a\nKeynes,   ln caustic  comment,   \"to Fronch veto must always prevail.\nde-bamboozle  him.\"    Central  Eu- And he let himself be persuaded\nrope   had   been   deliberately   con- that expenditure on pensions and\nsigned   to   ruin,   and   henceforth allowances   could   properly   count\nMr. Keynes'  object, as an  expert as damage to Allied civilians dune\ncritic and a man of conscience, *>y German aggression.    He capl-\nwas to quit the scene with honor, tulated,   says   Mr.   Keynes,   to   a\nand    exhibit   the   culprits'    work \"masterpiece of the sophist's art.'\nCal-Van Market...\u2014-\u2122\u2014\u00ab\u2014..-. Hastings Street Opposite Pantages\n\"Slaters\" (three stores)  Hastings, Oranvllle aud Main Streets\nWoodwards .\u00bb.  \u2014-v .......Hastings and Abbott' Streets\nSpencers Ltd    Hastings Street\nVancouver Co-operative -..  41 Pender Street West\nHatters\nBlack and Whits Hat Store:... Cor, Hastings and Abbott Streets\nJewelers\nBirks Ltd, Granville and Georgia Streets\nManufacturers of Foodstuffs\nW. H. Malkin.\u2122\u2014 \u00ab  -.(Malkln'a Beit)\nOveralls and Shirts\n\"Big Horn\" Brand. * -(Turner Beeton A Co., Victoria, B. O.)\nPaints\nPunter-Honderaon Paint Co ~ \u2014\u2014 .MB Granville Street\nPrinters and Engravers\nCowan & Brookhouse ..-.-.- -...-.\u2014.\u00ab..- \u2014.........Xabor Tompia\nelland-Dibble .._ \u00ab ;\"'\u00abT,\u00b0weJ BulJding\nOle:\nAni\nigell Engraving Co.\u2014-.-\nft G. B...\nRailways\n and the.......\n.618 Hastings West\n  0. N. B.\nTom tho Tailor-\nTailors\n 521 Granville St; 318 Heatings W.\nTools\nJ, A. Flott  -\t\nMartin, Finlayson ft Mather. *.*.\t\nTheatres and Movies\nEmpress \u00bb....-   Orpheum  \u201e -.\n.Hastings Street West\nHastings Street Wert\nPantages\nthrough an exposure of the true\ncharacter of the peace at Versailles.\nPresident's Collapse\n\"The collapse of the president,\"\nsaya Mr. Keynes, \"has beena one\nof tht dectslvp moral events of\nhistory. \" Here was a man whose\npersonal influence over Europe\nseemed for a moment to restore\nthe legend of conquering heroism\nand revive Its ancient spell over\nthe minds of men. The influence\nhad been fairly won; the president's words carried balm for\ntho healing of the wounds of the\nwar, and behind them stood America, with her almost virgin\nsword and vast material power.\nWhy, then, did he fall 7 Clearly\nhe was a great gentleman, and\nan honest one. But the fino mask\nof his faco revealed neither the\nprophetic gravity and lntentneas,\nnor the quick pjay of the student\nof affairs. A master of detail\nmight have won through; and a\nman of Inflexible moral purpose,\njoined to great knowledge and\nagility In council. The president\nwas neither. Surrounded by \"subtle and dangerous spoil-binders,\"\nhis ono tactic wag to \"dig his toee\nin\" and expect his supple antagonists to give way. Finesse was\nbeyond him:\nHad No Chancs\n\"What chance (says Mr.\nKeynes) could suoh a man have\nagainst Mr. Lloyd George's unerring, almost medium-like sensibility to overy one immediately\naround him? To see the primo\nminister with six or seven senses\nnot available to ordinary men,\njudging charactor, motive and\nself-conscious Impulse, perceiving\nwhat eaoh was thinking, and\nwhat fiaoh was going to say next,\nand compounding with telepathic\nInstinct tke arguments or appeal\nbest suited to the vanity, meanness, or self-interest of his immediate auditor, was to realize\nthat the poor president would bo\nplaying blind men'a buff with tho\nparty. Never could or never\nhave stepped Into the position a\nmors perfect and predestined vie-\n15YEARSENTENCE\nFOR m il\nAppealed to U. S. Government to Lift Blockade\nFrom Russia\nThe United Statea Supreme\nCourt has spoken, and four young\nideolltss have to pay the price\nwith their lives.\nMollie Stimer, 18, a slip of a\ngirl, is doomed to 15 years' prison.\nJacob Abrams, Samusl Lipman\nand Hyman Lachowsky, none of\nthem moro than a youth, are to\nspend 20 years eaoh behind prison bars.\nTheir only crime consisted ln\nexpressing sympathy with millions of starving woman and children. They were human enough\nto voice their fellow feeling with\nthe famine-stricken workers of\nanother land.\nThey asked that the blockade\nbo lifted from Russia\u2014ths blockado that was killing more human\nbeings every month than were\nsacrificed In half a dozen battles\nof ths great world war.\nThese threo youths and Molllo\nStimer\u2014enthusiasts of the Ideal\nof human brotherhood\u2014had published and distributed a circular\nappealing to the people of America to Induce the government at\nWashington to permit food, modi-\ncants and other necessaries to bo\nsent to tho slok and starving\nmasses of Russia.\nThoy woro  sentenced  about\nyear ago by a New Tork judge,\nand tho supremo court confirmed\ntho sentence.\nHistory will applaud his flght\nagainst these desolating acts, of\nImmorality. How will lt excuse\nhis abandonment of lt? There\nwere alternatives to surrender.\nThe president might have retired\nand shaken the dust of Paris\nfrom off his feet. He might have\nappealed to the civilization whose\nbettor mind he had seen, or he\nmight have openly aought American aid for a long struggle to\nkeep the fourteen points Intact.\nAlas, it was out of his power to\ncombine and wield the forces\nneeded to secure a victory for\n\"Wilsonlsm,\" America herself\nwas not united. Mr. Keynes thinks\nthat the cry of \"pro-German\" might\nat any moment have been raised\nagainst him, and that In that\ncase he must have succumbed.\nHe was hard beset    His thought\nwas great but It waa premature, bable, for Germany to pay an annual aum at post-war prices of\n100 millions for thirty years; that\nshe possesses a total capital cap\naclty of payment of about 2000\n'millions, but that to suggest a\ncapacity of 8000 Is to talk dis-\nfhoneat nonsense. . Summing up\ntlie controversy as a financial ox-\npert, he quotes the protest of\nBrockdorff-Rantzau to the peace\nponference,  that  \"those  who  sign\nand ho himself looked heroic\nforce and. Indomitable mettle td\ncarry It through.\nII.\nMr. Wilson desired a peace df\nJustice; M. Clemenceau intended1\nto grind Qermany to powder,\nHow was the second end accomplished and the flrst brought to\nnought?    By a breach of lnterna-\nthat contract was broken. Tho\nGerman government accepted\npeace on the fourteen points, and\non the later addresses of- the president. On those terms Mr, Wilson himself accepted their acceptance. It Is perhaps onough for\nthe purpose of this review to\nconcentrate on the point which\nMr. Keynea presses to a resistless\nconclusion. The Wllsonlan peace\nprovided <a) for self-determination, (b) for economic equality,\nand (o) for no annexations, no\ncontributions, no punitive damages. What did the resultant\ntreaty Inflict upon thc enemy? It\ndeprived Germany of nearly the\nwhole of her overseas marine. It\nbanished Gorman sovereignty and\ndemand was cut down to a plan\nfor counting - pensions and separation allowances aa damage dono\nto the civilian population of tho\nAllies and their friends, a provision whioh can not on any honest\ninterpretation, be reoonciled either with the fourteen points or\nwith the principles which regulate tke reparation of war damage\nto non-combatants. Mr. Keynea\nmakea tho handsome computaton\nthat we were entitled to preaent\nto the enemy, in consonance with\nour engagements, a total claim of\n2000 millions, and to take this aa\na final settlement. Wiy wag more\nexacted? Partly, aa . Ir. Keynes\nshows, because the French plan\nwas to ruin Germany, and partly\nbecause Mr. George wanted \"ginger\" for his election programme.\nUnder this spur ths national\nclaim of 2000 millions was swollen to the Impossible claim of\n8000 millions, 3000 of whloh wero\nto be paid, either in cash or in\nbonds, by May 1st, 1021. Aa\nGermany Is not likely to pay any\nlarge suma at first, It has been\nprovided that her Indebtedness\nshould go rolling on at compound\ninterest. Mr. Keynes computes\nthat on ths assumption that she\ncan only pay 150 millions ln a\nyear till 1986, she will, at that\ndate, owe us mors than half aa\nmuch again as the original debt\u2014\ntbat Is to soy, 18,000 millions, and\nmust pay 660 millions a year to\ndischarge tho Interest of that sum\nalone. And It she were to discharge the debt ln 48 years from\nthe armistice, she muat pay 780\nmillions a year. In other words,\nshe has engaged herself to hand\nover to ths Allies the whole of\nher surplus production ln perpo\ntulty. Such a policy Mr. Keynes\npronounces to be one of the\n\"most outrageous acts of a cruel\nvictor ln civilized history.\" As\nthe result of a simple and carefully conducted financial argument, which any reader can follow, Mr. Keynes concludes that\nlt would be possible, but not pro-\ntional faith. It Is necessary tjej^he P\u00b0aC6 treaty will sign the\nInsist, with Mr. Keynes, that un*Seath warrant of millions-of Ger-\nder  ths terms of the  armistice, m\"\"  ,,,sm   \u00ab\"\u00bb\u00bb*\u00bb  iS'\"*  -hiMr\u00abn \u2022\u25a0\nthe Allies entered into a contract. - \u25a0   - -\t\nof honor with Germany, and that,,)>uat8 *hswor *\u00b0 these words.\"\nIII.\nThe remainder of Mr. Keynea'\nwork tracea In vivid and energetic\ndiction ths repercussion of thla\ninjury to Central Europe on the\nwholo European system, already\nweakened by the breakdown of He\nInternal transport, the universal\ncorruption of Its currency, and\nthe consequent relaxation of the\npower of produotlon, tondlng lln\nally to ths waste and inefficiency\nof barter. The picture he draws\nla one of moral disintegration no\nli t>n than of rapidly advancing\neoonomlo delay. \"An inefficient,\nunemployed, disorganized Europo\nfaces ua, torn by internnl strife\nand internal  hate, fighting, atarv-\n\"You can not be against the\ncapitalist system,\" says the Metropolitan Magazine, New Tork,\n\"and still be for America; you\ncan not apojoglzo for that system\nor be ashamed of it and atlll bo a\ngood Amorican. Tou can not, Indeed, be a good American, ln the\nsense of being loyal to Amerioan\ntraditions, unless you are proud\nof tho capitalist system.\"\neconomlo  influence  from   all   her ing,   pillaging,   lying.\"     What   Is| ures?\"\ntho remedy? Mr. Keynea puts\nforward a scheme for the revision\nOf the treaty ln harmony with\njustice and with the original\npesos scheme of the victors and\nconsistent with a reasonabel sat'\nisfaction of their claims. Ws will\nmake but one comment on it. We\nbelievo that his plan, or something like it, would, even now,\nreintegrate Europe; but we cannot conceive any existing European government assenting to It.\nM. Clemenceau will, of course,\nhave dlaappaered from the scene\nwithout accomplishing the ruin\nwhich he planned at Versailles,\nand the fortunes of Italy\u2014which\nhas practically waived a German\nindemnity\u2014will be in new hands.\nBut fur Mr. Qeorge this almost\nmortal blow at the civilized economy need never havo been struck.\nThs brief compunction at the\nBight of his own handiwork, of\nWhioh Mr. Keynes 'was a witness,\nsprang from the light soil of impulse, and has since yielded no\nsingle act or motion of amendment. A small man can not\ngrow a great character at need.\nThe leaders of ths Liberal Party\non both wings were compromised\nby the aeoret treatlea, and have\nallowed the treaty to pasa with\nbarely a word of criticism. For\nIts radical reform we must con\ncelve a new statesmanship, answering ln practice to the rise of a\nnew order in society, and a fresh\nseed of spiritual life ln the soul\nof man.\nltw Plan\nGiven such an instrument, and\nthe moral preparation of tho generation that must fashion lt, the\nrevision of tho treaty should bea\nwork of little strain or complication. Mr, Keynes' plan ia for the\nliquidation, not only of the German debt to ths Allies, but of\ntho Allies' debts to each other.\nIn this spirit he would dissolve\nthe reparation committee, with\nits dictatorial powers, and assign\nita duties to a reformed League\nof Nations, including Germany\nand the neutral states. He would\nthen flx tho amount of reparation at 2000 millions, leave Germany to meet her Instalments aa\nshe thought fit, with an appeal\non one Bide or the other to the\njurisdiction of the league; acquit\nstarving Austria of all responsibility; reduce tho Allied option on\nGerman coal to the replacement\not the French losses, and establish a free trado union under the\nauspices of tho League of Nations. Germany would thus be\nrestored to hopo and enterprise;\nbut ths problem of Inter-Allied\nindebtedness would remain. This,\nagain, Mr. Keynes would cancel\naltogether, Great Britain waiving\nher claim to cash payments in\nfavor of Belgium, Serbia and\nFrance, and the United States\ncoming ln as the ohief supporter\nof an International loan of '100,-\n000,000 for the purchase of food\nand raw materials and ths restoration of European currency. To\nthis mission of rescue and hope\nAmerica must needs bs the chief\ncontributor. She would flnd her\nreward In the restoration of hor\nbest market, no less than ln the\nsatisfaction of her political ideals.\nBut Mr, Keynes does not ..disguise\nthe fact that his sahome involves\nan almost complete reversal of\nour penal and retrlbutory attitude towards ths war. Wo can\nkeep our vengeance and our ruin\ntogether, or tn an act of moral\nonorgy, we can cancel them both.\nt \"If we aim deliberately at the\nImpoverishment of Contral Europe, vengeance, I dare predict,\nwll! not limp. Nothing can then\ndelay for very long the (limit civil\nwar between the forces of reaction and tha despairing convul-\nalona of revolution, before which\ntho horrors of the late German\nwar will fade Into nothing, and\nwhioh will destroy, whoever is\nvictor, the civilization and the\nprogress of our generation. Even\nthough the result disappoint us,\nmust ws not bnse our notions on\nbetter expectations, and I believo\nthat the prosperity nnd happl\nness of one country promotes that\nof others, that the Holldarlty of\nman is not a fiction, nnd that\nnations can still afford to treat\nother   nations    as    fellow    creat-\nwork tbt wfllendire-ttewffl ait hm\nto be replaced in a few months or years\u2014\nthat fits, looks and performs as the natural tooth\nequipment did or should\u2014this it the sort of dentistry that\nyou, the patient, sre interested in. And this if \"Grady-'\ngrade\" dentistry\u2014fulfilling all these requirements ani\nunder an absolute guarantee for 10 years. Every pieea\nof \"Grady-grade\" work is so guaranteed\u2014from tht\nsimplest tp the most elaborate\u2014because only the highest\nskill, the most conscientious care and the best materials\ngo with every piece of work. My price schedule is permanent and moderate indeed. \u2022\ns_J^*WB*%_s\nQRnmm\n\u00abUK    Il.lhll.Nlis    WKsi\u2014>-u\u00abi>E\u00ab MOVMOUll\nThe Best Value\nin Footwear\nAT THE-\nBOOT SHOP\n, 319 HASTINGS 5T W\nOUR DOWNSTAIRS SHOE DEPARTMENT\nSALE NOW ON-ALL NEXT WEEK. WALK\nDOWNSTAIRS AND SAVE DOLLARS\nWomen's Boots, small sizes for.\nWomen's American Boots\t\nLeckie's Boys' Boots, 1 to 5 -\u2014\nGirls' Steelite Boots, 11 to 2 __\n..$2.85\n..$6.88\n..$4.96\n-$3.85\nHundreds of Other Big Values\n^SfPI at Special\n^CREDITi Prices and on\nb%firrl^^J Easy Terms\nCO'\n342 Hastings St. W.\nNear Homer  St.    >\nWe never carry over\nstocks.    To   successfully\noarry out our regular policy we are clearing our many lines at sacrifice prices.\nThese prices are only example*\u2014yon an twited to visit\nour store and see the rest for yourself.\nLadies' Suits regularly\nsold at $49.50 to $79.50\nnow $39.50, 849.50,\n$59.50, $65.00.\nLadies' Dresses\u2014many\nlines in all shades and\nstyles.\nAll Greatly Seduced\nLadies' Coats regularly\nsold at 139.50 to $69.50\nnow $29.50, $39.50.\n$49.50, $59.50.\nFull lines of men'i\nclothing at wonderful r*.\nduclions\u2014a'l on the easy\npajment plan.\nEVERYTHING ON CREDIT\n342 HASTINGS WEST Near Homer\n10 Sub. Cards\nOood for oo\u00bb jssr's mtaicripttm ta Th*\nB. O. PtdmtJoabt, will U mftlM to\n\u2022ny address la Oin*<U for |17.I0.\n(Oood anjwhsra oitild* of Vwicoafir\ncity.)  Order Ma today. Bwrtt whan Ml*.\nBUY UNION-MADE SHOES\nMr. Union Man, when you buy shoes look for the Union\nStamp. It is the best assurance that you are getting full\nvalue for your money.\nOur shoes are Union-made by tbo best shoemakers in th*\ncountry.\nQuality considered, our prices are the lowest.\nThe Ingledew Shoe Co.\n666 GRANVILLE STREET\nEqual to Your Luckiest Bake\n365 Days in the Year\nQUANTITY production\u2014quilitjr materials\u2014machinery   hat\nmnae bakor'a bread cheaper and better thaa home made.\nTry it.\nShelly Bros. Ltd.   Phone Fair. 44 PAGE EIGHT\ntwelfth year. no. o   THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST    vancouveb, b. a\n.February  0, 19\nCLAMAN'S STORB  NEWS\nAnnouncing-\niT\\.   _    _)\nSuits\n\u2022for Young Men\n$25\nHowWeDoIt\nWe have eliminated the waste incurred by manufacturers who\ncut all sizes of Suits from standard lengths of Cloth. Young\nMen Suits require less fabric than the Man of forty-four uhest\nmeasurement\u2014why waste the difference? We control a factory in the East. Here, we will make up Young Men's Clothes\nwithout waste. The Clothes will be delivered from the factory\nto yon, eliminating all unnecessary costs. The Suits will have\nthe same.careful tailoring\u2014the same all-wool fabrics\u2014and\nwe'll say you'll pronounce the styles good. The price is $10\nand $15 less than you would pay for Clothes of like quality\nunder other conditions. Come in and see these exceptional\nvalues at $25.00.\nOTHERS AT $30.00 AND $35.00\nIt is important that thc Young Man of today look the part\nof Success. Clothes impressions are great factors in bringing\nor suggesting Success. You are sure of making this impression\nwhen you buy one of these new PREP. SUITS. They have\nthe marks of quality; the surety of styles; the guarantee of\nvalue. They bring out the figure perfectly\u2014give that well-\nformed, erect look. They may be worn with belt or without.\nThy're new and different; snappy from the word \"go.\" The\nfabrics are all wool and your satisfaction is guaranteed.\nTlie Home of\nHart Schaffner & Marx Clothes\nClaman's\nLumber Barons'   $\nHave Declared War\n(Continued from page 1)\nLIMITED\n!9I9,HartSchairnerfcMar*\nHere is our PREP. SUIT SERVICE in a nut-shell! Wc have\nthe styles that make you appear at\nyour best\u2014in all-wool fabrics at\nright prices. You couldn't ask\nmore; we wouldn't want to give\nyou any less.\n153 Hastings West\nCANADA'S LARGEST EXCLUSIVE STORE FOR MEN   AND BOYS\nAndrews, K.C, of Winlnpeg, members are therefore waiting to see\nif the employers will live up to\ntheir statements In Clause 1.\nNo Alarm\nClause 2. Aa a. closed shop has\nnever been established by this organization there Is no alarm among\nthe members over the published\nstatement that \"The open shop\nprinciple is adopted and will be\nmaintained.\" Por If any worker\nhas not sufficient intelligence to\nJoin an organization that is controlled by his own class, which is\nbeing maintained and operated in\norder to mako his nnd other workers' conditions moro tolerable, then\nhis mentality must be impaired,\nand sooner or later the boss would\nrun him out of camp without members jeopardizing their jobs by doing so.\nMen Decide\nClause 3. It has always been the\npolioy of the h, W. I. -U. to have\nmembers in camps decide what\ntheir demands shall be, the officers\nof the organization do not attempt\nto dictate to tho members what\nthey shall demand, they leave thfs\nto the common sense of the members, but as far as suggestions coming In from the outside are concerned, unless the employers place\nthe workers in the logging cumps\ninto solitary confinement it will be\nimpossible for them to stop sugj-\ngestions coming' in from the outside,    ' ;   '\nClause 4. Jf the employers Will\nlive up to' this clause vlt will be a\nbooh, to the loggers, as itjwould\nsave the organization considerable\nexpense and worry'in tryfrig ! to\nhave the laws of B. C. enforced as\nthe health and sanitary laws of this\n.country are continually being broken by the majority of employers in\nthe logging'camps.\nClause 6.. This , clause states\n\"That, the management desires to\nmeet their employees In a spirit\nof equity and fairness.:'. Can this\nbe done under the profit .system ?\nClause 6. Re co-operating .with\nemployees. This Is merely a hypocritical atatement Intended to cover up the real reason for the issu-.\ning of the ultimatum, for every legitimate lumber workers ! knows\nonly too well what conditions jn\nthe camps were previous to. the,\ncoming into being of the L, W. I.\nIT. and they realize that unless tin\/\/\nkeep the organization intact, similar rotten conditions with Jong\nhours of labor and small pay would\nagain be established in the logging\ncamps.\nIt is such hypocritical statements\nthat are- causing the present distrust among human.kind,j but the\nworkers.are getting wise\/and when\nthey hear employers talking\/ about\nco-operating with thoir employees,\nit reminds them of the fable about\nthe lion, lying down with the lamb,\nThe only placo the Jamb could\nlay down that would \u25a0 satisfy the\nlion wouldbe on the inside, and\nmembers of the L. W. I.-U. don't\ndesire to be the lambs,   .\ndesire to act constitutionally and\ngain their ends. \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 ?\"\nWhere There Is a WUl\nThere Is a saying that, \"Where\nthere Ib a will there is a way;\" and\nthere is no doubt that the lumber\nbarons will flnd that the members\nof the ii. W. I. U. have a will and\nalso a way to beat them in the war\nthat they have started, and it may\nnot be long before they are witling\nto call a truce and go back to the\nstatus quo but also, they will\nflnd like those who were responsible for starting the late war, that\nit is impossible to go back. The\nworkers are becoming tired of having the money lords dictate the\nterms of employment and desire to\ntake a hand In the question of dictatorship themselves, and who\nshould have more right than the\nworkers themselves, to say what\nterms and conditions they shall\nwork under.\nMembers In City Not Worrying\nAt the propaganda meeting held\nat Headquarters on Sunday after-\nnoon the members present seemed\nmore concerned over the question\nof four organizers from the East\nbeing allowed to be seated as dele\ngates in the recent convention of\nthe L. W. I. U. .than they were over\nthe declaration of war by the lumber intorests, this would apparently\nindicate that they do not fear the\nmaster class, as they seem more\nconcerned over constitutional technicalities than they ara over the\nclass war.\nIt is to be hoped that the master olass will conform to the constitutional laws of this country as\nwell as the delegates to the convention conformed to the constitution of the L. W. I. U., for If they\ndo, the workerB .will have no one\nto blame for the existing condition\nof things, but themselves.\nOUR WARES WEAR WHERE WEARS WANTED\nTHE PIERCE-CLERIHUE\n,     DEBATE AT VICTORIA\n(Continued from page 6)\nIt Means Wnr.\nIn spite of the hypocritical word'\ning of the ultimatum, no Intelligent worker could mistake its\nmeaning', for it means war between\nthe Lumbermen's Association and\nthe L. ,\\V. I. U. The attacking party\nIs the lumber Interests, it therefore\nfollows that the L. W. I. U. will\nbe the resisting party to the attack; what resistance will be offered by the general membership has\nyet to be seen. It may differ from\nthat formerly adopted by other labor organizations, in so far as calling a general atrike. There Is no\ndoubt that many members may be\ndiscriminated against, but there are\nmany members of the working\nbs being discriminated against\nthese'days that if a general strike\nwas called on account of each case\nof discrimination the workers would\nbe on strike all the time, and then\naccording to the decision of Judge\nMetcalfe, sympathetic strikes are\nillegal, it will therefore be up to\nthe members of the L.-W. I. U. to\ndevise 'ways and means differing\nfrom former tactics adopted by\nother labor organizations if  they\nThe M.T. Loggers1 Boot\nGuaranteed to Hold Caulks and Jlre Thoroughly Watertight\nMacLachlan-Taylor Co.\nSuccessors to H. VOS & SON\n63 CORDOVA STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, B. C.\nNext Door to Loggers' Unit\nPhone Seymour 6fi0\nRepairs Done While You Walt\nGood Raincoats\nat Big Reductions\nGabardines, Paramettas, Rubberized Tweeds\nand Leatherettes, with or without belts; Raglan\nand set-in sleeves.\n25% Reduction\n-SHOP OF-    .\nthos. Foster & Co., Ltd.\n514 Granville Street\nCorp Zaneth Gives\nHis \"Evidence\"\n(Continued from page 1)\nand would like to give him a\nchance. Following which, Zaneth\nsaid that ho went from Spring-\nfield to Calgary to take up farming becauso his grandfather was\nan agriculturist.\" He said he did\nnot wear his uniform when giving evidence in the Russell trial.\n\"I received instructions to put on\nthe uniform when I came to Winnipeg,\" he declared; and, continuing, said, I am still a dotcctive\nln tlie Mounted Police. I won't\nwear the uniform when I go out\nof court If Instructed to take lt\noff. He said, I was never told to\nwear the uniform until I came\ninto court on this occasion. Ho\nadmitted that he sold a great deal\nof literature, and that no arrests\nwere made In Calgary In one and\na half years, and until after the\nWinnipeg strike, and that no arrests had been made in Alberta\nyet.\nUnder examination by Mr. Andrews, witness said he had done\nhis duty, to which Mr. Bonnar interjected: \"Witness himself said\nhis fourth name was Liar.\"\nMr. Andrews\u2014\"He never Ued to\nthe Mounted Police. He could not\nget Information without lying.\"\nJustice Metcalfe\u2014\"He was a\nspy. He was sent out to get information. How would a spy get\nInformation ln Germany or in the\nlines of the enemy, external or ln.\nternal, without lying? He says he\nwas a liar. We all know he was\n:i liar.\"\nHis evidence concluded, Zaneth\nwalked out of court, his spurs\nclinking as he left the room.\nSergeant Major Barber, of the\nJ'lounted Police, now located at\nVancouver, said that he had left\nthere Monday night to give evidence   against   Bray.\nKobert \"Gingor' Snook, elghly-\njiix years old, who has two or\nthree garbage wagons, described\nhow someone pulled nuts oft* wa\ngons during the strike, declaring\nthat he did not belong to a union\nand lhat when he had to join a\nunion to get a living he would\nget out of town.\nVarious Mounted Police officers\nr*nd four newspaper reporters gave\nevidence  as  to   meetings  held   in\nWild Speculation\nthroughout the world is\nforcing food and clothing\nsky-high. Speculators are\nbuying producing establishments one day and\nselling them at a big profit\nthe next. Manufacturers\narc boosting prices and\nmiddlemen are adding to\nthe chaos. In other words\nthe competitive system is\non the rampage.\nIn the meantime, however, the co-operativo\nmovement throughout the\nentire world is making\ngreater strides as the result of this, than ever before. You can add your\nweight to this sane and\ndemocratic movement by\nbecoming a member and\nmaking your purchases at\nthc local store.\nSATURDAY   SPECIALS\nSwift's Premium\" Bacon,\nsliced,   per  lb OOo\nCo-operative Tea, \"The\nBest,\"   per  lb.   ...... BBo\nPacific   Milk,   per  can..l2o\nRoyal City Tomatoes, per\ngallon BOc\nVANCOUVEB\nCO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY\n41 Fender Street Weat\nPhone Sey. 493\nvarious theatres In Winnipeg sev-\nseral months previous to the\nstrike, as well as of the soldier\nriots, and episodes during thc\nstrike. Stenographer Peny of\nFernle gave evidence of notes taken during the Western Labor Conference, and British Columbia\nFederation of Labor and Miners'\nconventions. He identified certain\ndefendants who were prosent.\nVarious documents and correspondence were admitted as evidence, the crown prosecutors reading certain passages, while the\ndefense, . particularly Pritchard,\nfollowed by reading important articles from seized literature which\nIs favorable Jo the defense.\nThe trial of F._ J. Dixon is proceeding at the same time In an\nadjoining court, the same witnesses and the same evidence being put in at both cases.\nVANOOUVER TRADES\nCOUNCIL MEETING\nBrewery   Workers   Affiliate   With\ntho International Trades and\nLabor Council\nCredentials were received from\nthe v Bookbinders and Brewery\nWorkers' Union and the delegates\nseated at the International Trades\nand Labor Council, Thursday evening. The committee from the\nUnited Service Council reported\nthat some of the returned soldiers\ntemporarily employed by the Vancouver post office, had been laid\noff. Bookbinders reported an Increase In wages. Hotel and Restaurant Employees reported progress.. Engineers reported increased\ndemand for engineers. Dairy Employees reported arranging for a\ndance. Machinists Lodge 182 reported the payment of $1100 ln\nstrike benefits to thc local membership by the International. Barbers reported progress In the matter of obtaining shorter hours for\ntheir trade. Brewery Workers reported having a closed shop, and\nthe Bakery Drivers reported splendid progress by the union.\nPresident Welsh waB elected to\nrepresent the council, at the Invitation by the City Council to send\na delegate to a meeting to discuss\nthe subjeot of introducing new\nmethods of taxation,\nitallst system was doomed to\ndeath, and is already dying, but\nmeanwhile, he said, I sometimes\npicture it as a great wall standing' across the valley and shutting\nonV:our way to the promised land.\nNow, someone has made a breach\nin' that wall, and lt le a rather\nragged, nasty jagged hole and we\nare told It was made Irregularly,\nIllegally, unconstitutionally, and\nbecause lt isn't the correct shape\nwe mustn't use it or look through\nlt, but must keep on patiently\nmarching along that wall looking\nfor an orthodox door.\n. Now, friends, through that ragged breach we can got a glimpse\nor* what the new world may be,\nand It is our duty not to waste\ntime as to how or why that hole\nwas made\u2014it la there, and capitalism is that much weaker! It\nIs up to us to see that that hole\nis not closed up! (Continued applause,)\nAnd then the questions! The\nstern and brutal chairman Insisted tha't In common fairness they\nshould be addressed alternately\nto the two speakers\u2014and It was\nso\u2014but he couldn't scare up more\nthun two or three for Pierce!\nThe First was, \"Doean't Mr.\nPierce think that Mr. Clerlhue\ndeserves a vote of thanks for\nboosting Bolshevism?\"\nMr. P. Left It to the Audienoe\nAnother was the old sob-story\nof the man who had saved enough\nto live on without work. Would\nthe soviet system rob him of his\nvote? Mr. Pierce replied with\ntears that he feared it would be\nso until the Individual concerned,\nif young enough, adopted the honest course of working to live.\nMr, Clerihue's questions came\nhot and faBt. Very few were satisfactorily answered. Some were\nevaded; many were ignored. One\nreturned soldier asked him to ex-\nSTOCKTAKING\nSALE\nEND OF THB SEASON CUT PRICES\nConsider your wants and the priees below\u2014call and inspect these great values\u2014select your garmcnt.pay a small\ndeposit and the balance \"pay the easy way!\"\nWOMEN'S SUITS of Blue\nBotany Serge. Up-to-the-\nminute styles, going at\t\nLADIES' COATS \u2014 These\nare neat Tweeds and the better cloths\u2014only\t\nO'COATS\u2014Tweeds\t\nFox' Men\u2014Beavercloth ...$15\n*30g?\n$2o.oo\n..$10\nLadies' and Gent's\nWATERPROOF \u2014 Ridiculously priced at '.\t\n$13.50\nUP\nAn exceedingly choice stock of ladies' dresses\nln serges, silks, etc., latest shades and exclusive designs at prices which will astonish\neveryone\t\n*18\u00a3\u00b0\nDRESS WELL ON EASY TERMS AT THB\nNew York Outfitting Co.\n143\nHastings\nStreet W.\nOpp.\n. Province *-\nOfflco\nTHE\nFAMILY\nCLOTHIERS\nPAY\nTHE\nEASY\nWAY\/\nPhono\nSeymonr\n1361\nOPJ5K\nA CHEDI?\nACCOUNT\nplain why, if the Soviets were nil\nIng by force alone, soldiers sent\nagainst them were continually deserting and others refusing to go\nat all?\nAnswer: He supposed they surrendered to force! Another queried how the working class In\nRussia or any other country could\nreasonably be culled a \"minority?\" The reply was that tlie\nsoviet franchise was limited to a\nvery small minority, excluding all\nsuch as the majority of the audience here tonight!\nQuestions os to Bolshevik candidates being returned ln local\nelections ln Siberia and elsewhere,\neven against threats of allied \"displeasure,\" about the co-operation\nof the Intellectual und other \"academic\" opponents of the Bolsheviki, now working harmoniously\nwith them, for instance Maxim,\nOorky,   Lunarchasky,    Kropotkln,\netc., etc., as to the \"mass terror'\nbeing an inevitable reaction from\nand reply to the brutal white terror organized by the allies; ex-\nplanation of the death-ring around\nRussia, with no declaration ol\nwar, and many others were intelligently and politely put, but\nthe answers were either a flat denial or the old House of Commons' wheeze, \"We have\" no Information.1\"\nStill Mr. Clerlhue did his best,\nand had some friends along with\nhim, and now we hear that another debate iB being staged by\nMr. Pierce as soon as possible;\nsame  old topic!\nWHEN  HUNGRY\nHastings\nStreet\nKast\nCAFE\nliVT  AT THB\nHut-\nStnet\nDM\nNew Store Hours:    8:30 a.m.  to 0 p.m.\nCanadian money,\nCanadian made,\nShould be spent in Canada\nFor Canadian trade.\nSpend your clothing\ndollars for Canadian\ngoods\nGIVE YOUR PATRONAGE WHERE YOUR\nDOLLAR BUYS 100 CENTS WORTH.\nWe offer you Madcd-in-Canada\nclothing\u2014just as good as is made\non the continent\u2014models and\nstyles the equal of any.\nWhen you buy a suit at Dick's\nyou can bet on it that you're getting value\u2014Dick's suits are built\nto fit the lines that are approved\nby men who dress fashionably.\nThe \"largest store for men in the\nWest\"  carries  an  exceptionally\ngreat variety of patterns\nand styles\u2014all in materials\nthat  givo  first-class service.\nThere's a suit here for\nevery man in Vancouver\n\u2014young, old or older\u2014all\nages and all tastes\u2014at\nfrom\n$25 to $75\nSpecial lines for younger\nmen \u2014 first long pants\nsuits at\n$15 to $35\nWM. 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