"c289557b-0cda-4db2-9e2f-de2710212c89"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-28"@en . "1915-03-12"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345009/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " [INDUSTEIAL UNITY: fYTBENGTH.\u00C2\u00AB\n[Seventh -ye^T no. 11.\nOFFICIAL PAPER : VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOH COUNCIL AND B.C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB\n.POUTIOAL UNITY: VICTOBYI\nVANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1915.\n(In Vancouver\\n C.trja.00 I\n$1.50 PER YEAR\nW I Pf\nOF &IMLMN\n['Keynote One Union \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Membership Increases But\nUnions Decrease\nICoal Miners Are Steadily\nWinning a Long and\nStubborn Fight\nOF\nGovernmental Authorities\nRefuse to Act and Work- '\ners Stand for It\nEmployers Decide to Ignore\nLaw and Starve Slaves\ninto Submission\n[Special Australian Correspondence.]\nSYDNEY, N. S. W,, Feb. 13.~The\nannual conference of the Australian\n'Workers' union opened at the new labor daily office, Sydney,, January 28th\nlast. There was a large gathering of\ndelegates from all parts of Australia.\nThe representatives of the journal ex-\n'changed fraternal greetings with members of the conference, The president\n_ of the conference, who is also post-\nmmaster-general in the Commonwealth\nparliament, gave a rousing address on\nthe value. and growth of unionism and\nadvocated the boosting of the \"one\n' union'' in the interests of the working\nclass.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 He showed how the industrial move-\n['ment had grown in Australia. In 1861\nthere were 124 unions with a membership of 54,888. Last year there were\n710 unions with a membership of 497,-\n925. Thua the unions have multiplied\nnearly six times, while the membership\nhas multiplied nine times over. Australia led the world in union strength.\nOrganisation Percentage High,\nThe proportion here is 89 unionists\nper 1,000 of population, England comes\nj next with 71, and Germany third with\nJ 65. But there is a growing feeling here\nthat there are too many unions as\n[seperate bodies. It would be far better\nJto have a closer welding together, al-\n[lowing always for the industrial inheres ta of any particular section to be\nJconaerved. The one union question must\nlbe faced, and that very Boon, in view\nof the growing tendency of the other\nside to fight.\nSteps have already been taken to expand the operations of the union.. In\nWest Australia the General Workers'\nunion has come into the Australian\nWorkers' union. It is hoped1 that soon\nthe Australian Workers' union will\nreach the 100,000 membership mark,\nand thtiB absorb one-fifth of the total\nunionists in the entire Commonwealth.\nThere is no reason why the wholo of\nthe unionists here cannot be in one\nunion. The Australian Workers' union\nhas alwayB advocated, this and it is\nthought that the time is now come\nwhen all unions must come in.\nMiner's Btrike Still On\n, The coal strike, over the afternoon\nshift, that has now lasted for nine\nmonths, is stilt on, and likely to continue for some time yet, though it is\nipparent that the coal barons are not\nilighting with the same vigor as of old.\nFormerly they refused to make any concessions to the men at all. Now they\n-vant to make some concession, but the\nnen, seeing thnt they are winning the\nitrike on all points, have refused to\njive way on any point whatever. The\nnen, too, are gaining a great de-il of\nlympnthy from the public, nor are they\nmshed for finances.\nAnother Conference Held,\ni A further conference was held at the\nlend of January, wilm tbe coal barons,\n[but although the owners offered some\nJusoncessions, which they have never\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0lone before, the men refused to accept\nthem. The men have asked that tho\nafternoon shift be abolished at various\ntimes up to 12 months hence, according\nto the development of tbe mines. One\nor two of the mines on Btrike are purely in the development stage yet. They\nwere also willing to work for three\ni months on the afternoon shift without\n[nny extra pay, but after that date, till\n! the shift was done away with, they required extra payment\u00E2\u0080\u00940 cents per ton\nextra on all coal won.\nMine Ownen Stubborn.\n, The proprietors refused to have anything to do with these proposals. \"Very\n,well,\" said the miners' spokesman,\n\"there is nothing more to be said.\nGood day.\" Now the barons did not\nexpect this sudden shutting up of mat-\n, teres. They surely tnought that the\nmen would argue the mater out. So\nwhen tho men wore willing to go, saying that it wns the last time they would\napproach the coal barons, the oonl\n, barons asked tho men to atay a while\ntill they thought the matter over.\nI This wob exceodingy gratifying to\n|the men, who could see that tho barons\n| were giving. The barons came forward\nthen with a counter proposal, offering\n6 cents per ton for pick-won coal and\ni cents for machine won coal, taken\nout on the afternoon shift, in addition\nto present rates. They also asked for\nthree years in which to abolish tbe second shift.\nOwners Important Admission.\nThe men woud not accept this, but\none good thing has come out of the\nconference. The owners of the pits on\nstrike have aeknowedged that tbe\nsecond shift can be done away with by\nfixing a time limit themselves. This is\na fact that they have strenuousy de-\nlied up to this date. They have always\nmid that they would be ruined if the\niecond shift was done away with.\nNow they are willing to do away\nivith it in three years. This it bo much\nvon to the men. Tho men now think\nbey can ask the government to step in\nmd abolish tbo shift, as the owners\n,ave acknowledged they can do with-\n>ut it. -Even the plute press of Syd-\nley, N* S. W., say the owners should\n;ive in to the men now tbat they adult they can do without the seoond\nhift. W. F. A.\n!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Miners Btand Fat\nThe coal miners in West Virginia\ntve decided by an overwhelming veto\nrainst delegating their officials to set-\nb the eleven months' strike through\nie good offices of Secretary of Labor\n'Uson. Officials of tbe United Mine\norkers of America interpret the note\nmean that the men feel their demand\nr a 47-cent. mining rate cannot be\nbmitted to arbitration.\nBOWSER AND McBRIDE WITH\nTHEIR BACKS TO THE WALL\nThe pernicious system of sub-letting\ncontracts Ib not confined to railways, in\nthiB province. It extends to even, government work, and is deliberately used\nns a moans of evading the eight-hour\nday and'the $3 minimum wage. It goes\nfurther. By sub-letting the Taws of the\nprovince are violated and set at defiance. There iB a law on the statutes\nwhich clearly defines mat men Bhall not\nwork, or be permitted to work, underground for more than eight hours out\nof each 24 hours. But it is a matter of\ncommon knowledge that this law is being ignored and no attempt is being\nmade to see that its provisions are enforced.\nNot only are the authorities negligent\nin this respect, but, truth to tell, the\nworkors themselves seem to be scared\nstiff and ready to lay down like oxen\nwhile the boss rubs it in. This beeause\nthe condition of the labor market makes\njobs very uncertain.\nIf there are employers mean and\nsmall enough to take advantage of the\nnecessities created among workingmen,\nas a result of the war and food-grabbing patriots, there should be fight enough and manhood enough left in any\nwage-worker to resent the imposition\nin terms so emphatic that they need\nnot be misunderstood.\nJoint Sewerage Board an Offender.\nIii order to carry out a comprehensive\nschome of sewerage for the territory\ntermed, Greater Vancouver, a Joint sewerage board was recenty named by the\nprovincial government, and1 each of the\nmunicipalities was assessed at a ratio\nagreed upon, to carry out the plans.\nAt the commencement the day labor\nsystem was adopted and a minimum\nwage of (3 enforced. Then followed\nthe old-time contract letting. This in\nturn -was followed by sub-letting, with\nall that that implies.\nNow, it is asserted, that the third\nparties are working two ten-hour shifts\nper day at 20 cents per hour, underground and otherwise, in contravention\nto all the laws of tbe land and1 ordinary\ndecency.\nThe- matter has been drawn to tbe\nattention of the commissioners, but\nthere it ends. Appeal to the government? No use; too busy getting ready\nto cop off working class votes on April\n10th next. The fool-killer Is working\nshort timo and the stupidity of the\nworking class is reflected in many\nmany just such examples as noted\nabove.\nWomen's Olub Dance\nThe Union Women's Social club will\nhold a dance and social evening in Labor Temple next Wednesflay night. A\ngood live programme is prepared, and\nwill well repay those who invest 25\ncents in the price of admission.\nNo Labor Candidate\nNew Westminster Trades end\"L*abor\ncouncil decided last Wednesday night\nby a vote of 12 to 4 against putting a\nlabor candidate in the field at the coming provincial election.\nLongshoreman Stabbed\nEdward Somes, a union longshoreman\nwas stabbed last Wednesday during the\ncourse of an interview between somo of\nthe longshoremen who are on strike and\nsome strikebreakers.\nORIENTALS IN\nHOTELS DISPLACE\nWHITE LABOB\n' 'I have no color prejudice, but\nI think ln this caw and ln the interest of efficient white female labor ln this city the board might\nput a white labor clause In the\ngranting of hotel licenses, so that\nwork being done by Chinese help\nto-day may be done ny white women who are now out of employment. \" In these words Miss Outterldge, appearing on behalf of\nthe Women's Employment\nLeague before the. license commissioners at tht city hall last\nWednesday afternoon, made her\napplication. The board decided\nafter some discussion, to hear the\nhotel point of view at their next\nregular meeting. Miss Outterldge appeared also as did Mr.\nGraham on behalf of the cooks\nand waiters' union. There were,\nshe said, between 400 and 600\nOrientals employed ln the city\nhotels whose places could be satisfactorily filled by white women. Mr. Ireland had told her\nthat there were 18 cooks, six waitresses and SO hotel helps receiving city relief. That meant that\nthe city wae keeping them, In\naddition then were on the hooks\nof the Women's Employment\nLeague 136 women used to general house work and who could\ndo chamber work ln hotels,\nThere were alio cooks and chamber maids, housekeepers and\nwaiters numbering 344, all out of\nemployment and suited for such\nwork aa was being done hy Oriental! and particularly the bedroom work.\nThe parliament of British Columbia was announced u dissolved last Monday. A new one is to he elected. The McBride administration, one-of the most\ninsincere and shameful groups of politicians which have ever been ln control\nof the affairs of the province, ia to-day a thing of the past. It has gone Into\nthe discard. It belongs to the limbo of tilings which are ng mor* because they\nhave more than outlived their use.\nThe arena of British Columbia politics is, for the time being, swept clear of\nthe iniquity which has defiled lt for the last ten years, Those, ten years have\nbeen a decade of brigandage and piracy. The natural resources of the province\nhave been gambled and squandered, Financial sharks, land crooks, and Impostors of every hue and kind, have found a welcome awaiting them at the\nseat of government lu Victoria. Public credit bas been bled I white by McBride to line the pockets of his friendi Mackensle and Mann. Every adventurer who could put up a plausible story, and a sufficiently picturesque appearance to catch the mountebank fancy of McBride has been welcomed with open\narms.\nNow the reaction has come, and the grey dawn of the morning after confronts this political prodigal with the desolation Which ts the natural result\nand outcome of his policy. Men, women and children are starving. Not figuratively starving, but actually wanting bread, notwithstanding their willingness\nto work for lt. Here ln this land of virgin opportunities, with millions of\nacres potentially productive, but actually barren, human beings are reduced to\nthe indignity of the bread line by the wanton mismanagement of the government which has Just relinquished office. And what alternative is it which\noffers? The Liberals ln exchange for the Conservatives? What a. choice!\nWbat have they to suggest as a substitute for the sickening farce whieh has\nmasqueraded under the name of a government Criticism and condemnation\ngalore. But so far as we can see they have not a single constructive proposal\nto offer. Tbey lustily belabor McBride and all bis works, but that does not\nanswer the question of What would the Liberals do? They bave no programme,\nno policy, and for that matter no party nor men big enough to produce unity\nin tbeir divided ranks. The wretched record of the McBride administration has\nbeen a godsend to the Liberals, because criticism of it distracts attention from\nthe fact that nothing is offered in Its place.\nThat Is the situation, despite the fact tbat from end to end of the province\ntbere is a seething revolt against the callous attitude of the late government\ntowards the real suffering of the working people ln every district, Time and\ntime again during the last two years, delegations have visited Victofla armed\nwith absolutely indisputable evidence of the widespread privation which prevailed, and shewing that unless something was done to relieve lt there would\nbe worse to face later on.\nThose prophecies have proved only too true. But the invariable answer\nwas that there was no money to inaugurate any such comprehensive plans as\nthe dire needs of the case called for. But how that the accumulated results of\nmismanagement have forced tbe government to seek a new lease of life before\nfurther revelations make it useless for them to do so, McBride actually says\none of the chief reasons for dissolution Is tbat more millions must be provided\nfor one of the railway corporations which is already gorged with money raised\non the credit of the province.\nThat is characteristic of the policy of the MoBrlde administration from\nstart to finish. Whenever these vampires want more blood, plans are soon made\nto give it them. But when it is a question of bread and bare sustenance for\ncitizens and tbeir families the wail Is made that the time Is not opportune for\nraising money to put any scheme. Into practice.\nIt has reached the point of nauseation. The political fabric of British Columbia is rotten to the core. It needs tbe knife. The only section of th)\nelectorate which has any real plans and policy which lt could put into effect\nif lt had the political power to do bo, ts the organized labor movement. Let lt\nhave a chance.\nWHAT IL BE I\nNEXT MONTH\nWill Humiliation of Bread\nLine Revolt on Day\nof Election\nOpportunity Again Presented to Workers to Make\nEffective Protest\nHELP FOR THE ^\nUNEMPLOYED\nThe Central Employment and\nBelief committee earnestly ' appeals for htelp for over 1,400 unemployed in- id register. The\nmajority of. these are married\nmen with families.\nWbat ia asked: \ - '\n1. Gifts-of money to be used only\nin providing work of a remunerative character.\n2. Work, odd jobs and perman\nent positions. All hinds of\nlabor can. be had at once.\nEmployers, ranchers and con*\ntractors are invited to use the\nbureau, which is free.\n3. Citizens to join the employ-\nment club. Members undertake to Supply so much work\nor its equivalent in caBh\nweekly; an hour's work or 25\ncents; four hours' work or $1,\nand so on.\nCall up Dr. Millar, the bureau\nsuperintendent. -Phone 1637. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nCheques to be sent to Alderman\nPorter at the city hall.\nPARLIAMENTARY\nCOMMITTEE MEETS\nNEXT WEDNESDAY\nAt last meeting of Vancouvtr\nTradea and Labor council It wis\ndecided tbat each trade union organisation would ba asked to send\nthree representatives to the meet-'\nIngs of tbe parliamentary committee, instead of one as heretofore.\nTbe next meeting of the parliamentary committee will be- held\nin tbe Labor Temple on Wednesday evening, March 17th, at 8\no'clock, and every onion should\nsee that lta fiat quota of delegates aro present\nThis because of tho decision\nof the central labor body to place\na full ticket of six candidates In\ntbe field at tbe provincial elections, to bo hole some time next-\nmonth.\nThe sudden announcement of a\ngeneral election will of necessity\nsomewhat change the programme\nof local unionists In tbe matter\nof procedure in nominating candidates, but if every union will\ndo its full duty to their respective membership the difficulty\ncan be easily overcome.\nObstacles ara only created to\nbe overcome.\nLet every union In Vancouver\nbe represented at next Wednesday night's meeting of the parliamentary committee, so that\nfully-considered recommendations can be made to the regular\nmeeting of the Trades and Labor\ncouncil, which meets on tbe following evening, March 18tb. *\nONE STRIKE IN JANUARY.\nSome Wage Increa&eB But Mostly De-'\ncreases.\nThere was one strike reported to the\ndepartment of labor during last Jan-\nuury, and this affected only fourteen\nemployees, nnd was settled within three\nor four days after commencement. Tho\nnumber of strikes carried over from the\nprevious month was four, says the latest issue of the Labor Gazette, A num/\nber of changes in wages were reported\nlast month, a few being increases, but\nmost of them decreases. In reviewing\ntho conditions of labor, mo Gazette\nBtates that agricultural work was for\nthe most part quiet; conditions in the\nAtlantic fisheries were fair; lumbering\noperations generally were fair, tout in\nthe maritime provinces were active. In\na number of lines manufacturing waB\nfairly busy, chiefly those engaged in executing orders for war material and\nindustries engaged in the preparation\nor manufacture of foodstuffs.\nMESSENGERS OO ON STBIKE. j\nReadjustment Results in Payment on a\nMileage Basis.\nThe meBBenger runners of the*local\nC. P. B. offices went on strike during\nthe past week, because of a rearrangement, by the company, in the wage\nschedule. Prior to this week the company had been paying 2Vj cents per\ninside call, and 7 cents for outside calls.\nThe new ruling made it 2 cents for inside and 10 cents for outside calls. On\nMonday the boys mot at Labor Temple\nand arranged for a committee to meet'\na committeo of the company. It was\nlater announced that a settlement had\nbeen reached, with a Blmilar system of\npayment to that prevailing with the\nWestern Union, on a mileage basis.\nThe messengers of the company have\ndecided to organize properly and line\nup with local labor forceB, bo that in\nfuture they will bo In a better position\nto have some Bay governing conditions\nunder which thoy must work.\nTimberworkers Settle Strike.\nThe strike at Port Angeles in which\nmore than a hundred shingle weaver\nmembers of the Timberworkers' International union have been engaged for\n130 days, was settled last week by a\ncompromise, the men accepting the day\nwage scalo instead of the scale for\npiece work, says the Seattle Union\nRecord. While this means a trifling\nreduction in wages, it is in fact a moral\nvictory, aa the union men have been\nattempting to secure a day wage scale\nfor many years.\nMunicipal Ownership.\nNelson, B. C, city council has granted\nfree light to the Trades and Labor\ncouncil of the Kootenay capital. This\nbecause the central labor body discovered that the same courtesy had\nbeen extended to the board* of trade\nduring the past six years, and immediately went after the same privilege.\nThe request was granted.\nNew Temple for Labor\nTho new San Francisco labor temple,\nthe home of the San Francisco Labor\n! council, has been formally opened. The\ni building is one of the most complete\nlabor assembly structures on the continent. Its cost was more than (160,000.\nHarry Bolton, president of tho Seattle labor council and vice-president of\nj the State Federation of Labor, has been\n(elected city councilman of Seattle.\nCULINARY TRADES.\nGeneral Routine Business Occupied Attention of Last Meeting.\nA rather poorly attended meeting of\nLocal 28, Cooks', Waiters' and Waitresses' union, was called to order at\n8:30 p. m., March 5th, in Boom 206,\nLabor Temple, President C. Davis presiding. Outside of routine matters\nthere was very little business transacted, the only interesting feature of a\nrather dull session being a discussion\nas to the attitude of Local 28 on the\nquestion of segregating the culinary\nworkers and the bartenders into two\ninternational unions, a subject which is\nreceiving a good deal of attention\namong the general membership and\none which promises to occupy a very\nlarge place in tho deliberations of the\neighteenth biennial convention of the\nHotel and Restaurant Employees' International League of America, to be\nheld in San Francisco early next June.\nOn being granted the privilege of the\nfloor a representative of The Federationist gave a short address, in which\nhe supplemented tho contents of a circular letter received from the management of that paper, and dealt with at\nthe previous mooting. A regrettable\nfeature Of the past week in union culinary circles was the closing down of\nthe 'Couver Cafe, 40 Hastings street\nwest\u00E2\u0080\u0094a victim of tho general business\ndepression prevailing at this time. The\npassing of the 'Couver removes from\nthe list of union houses one of the all\ntoo few strongholds of Local 28, and,\napart from the unlooked for addition\nto the idle roster of the union, will be\na distinct loss to the organization.\nFARM HELP WAGES.\nDominion Government Figures Show a\nDecline.\nAccording to a government publication just issued, dealing with tho wages\nof farm help, the average wages per\nmonth during the summer, including\nboard, were $35.55 for male and (18.81\nfor female help. For tho year, including board, the average wages were\n$823.80 for males and 4189.35 for fe-\nmales, whilst the average cost of board\nper month works out to (14.27 for\nmales and (11.20 for females, as com\npared with $12.49 and (9.53 in 1910.\nAverage wages per month in 1914 wore\nlowest in Prince Edward Ialand, viz.,\n(24.71 for males and (14.48 for females;\nin Nova Scotia they were (31.20 and\n(14.80, and in New Brunswick (31.93\nand (15, In Quebec the averages were\n(33.5(1 and (15.05, and in Ontario (32.09\nand (10.67. In the western provinces\nthey were for mnlea (39.13 in Manitoba, (40.51 in Saskatchewan and\n(40.26 in Alberta, females receiving\n(22,35 in Manitoba, 922%6 in Saskatchewan and (28.63 in Alberta. The\nhighest wages were paid in British\nColumbia, viz., (47.85 for males and\n(31.18 for females, these averages being substantially loss than in 1910,\nwhen males received (57.40 and females\n(38.\n[By John Day.] I\nVICTORIA, B. C, March 9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\nCentral Employment committee of thiB\ncity is very eager to give publicity to\nthe attached, so will ask The Federatlonist to help them. Some 1,400 unemployed and tho majority married\nmen! Members are requested to supply so much work or its equivalent iB\n25 cents or four hours* work (1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094(2 a\nday for married cen with families!\n6, Canada! .\nI visited the superintendent during\nthe week, and had to practically force\nmy way througa u crowd of eager hungry-looking fellow-citizens, some of\nthem who did not know mo, jealous for\nfear I should supersede tbem, and rob\nthem pf perhaps less than the $2. I\nsaw posted up applications for mechanics. I requested the superintendent to\ninform mc if it was not possible* to allow these men an opportunity to wait\nin the Labor hall, where thoy could hide\ntho shame of boing forced to stand un\nder the public gaze. A telephone call\nwas all that would bo required- Nothing doing! Mr. Super's demand was\nthat his wishes must be considered,\nnamely, every man and woman must\nsign a book, showing that his or her\ncondition warranted this humiliation,\nnnd then stand outside amongst the\ncrowd and take their turn.\nOur financiers in the Old Country\nwould be well pleased To See thiB crowd\nin the supposed land of plenty. The\nbest of our men fighting for their country in France, running the risk of\ndeath; the best of our men fighting for\ntheir wives and children, to get a loaf\nin Victoria or else starvation. If you\nwant to hurry a man don't push him,\nbut kick him, he will get there quicker.\nSure, if kicks won't make a mnn think,\nthen what will? There is ono place that\na man never gets kicked, nnd that is\nthe mistuke. The kicking should be\ndone in tho ballot box. The opportunity is coming quicker tban wns antici-\ned. Now is the time to think!\nThe Price of Goal.\nCoal mining in 1914 cost the lives of\n3,3 men in every 1,000 employed, while\nin the year 1913 the death rate wns\n3.73. This reduction means a saving of\nmore than 300 lives, reports the United\nStates bureau of mines. The number\nof mlnerB killed fo* every 1,000.000\ntons of coal mined in 1914 was 4.81.\nIn the year 1913 there were 4.69 miners\nkilled for every 1,000,000 tons mined.\nGENERAL If If\nALL SHIPPING\nCut in Local Longshore*\nmen's Wages May Result\nin Trouble Spreading\nCoast-wide Strike Would\nTie Up All Shipping at\nCanadian Ports\nMINERS' BENEFIT CONCERT\nBalance Sheet Showing Proceeds and\nTheir Disposition\nThe South Wellington Miners' committee fund report a collection of (54\nfrom the Imperial benefit concert, held\nMarch 7th: Expenditure \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Theatre,\n(23.25; signs, Abbott ft Castleton,\n(4.50; programmes, etc., 25c; balance\nexpenses, met privately\u00E2\u0080\u0094leaving balance of (26, placed in Bank of Montreal, pending satisfactory arrangements\nfor transference to losponsible parties\nat South Wellington. The committee\ndesire to thank the Musicians' union\nand -others concerned with this affair,\nand tho labor movement for services\nrendered on that occasion. On Monday\nevening, March 15th, a concert and\ndance will be held in the Finnish\nhall, corner of Clinton and Pender\nstreets (Hastings east car line), at 8\np. m. Admission 25 cents. The proceeds\nfor the widows and orphans of South\nWellington disaster. The programme\nincludes.; Nelson Shaw, elocutionist;\nMiss Louise Hounsell, contralto;\nMessrs. Crissy and Jean Anderson, violin solo; songs, exhibition dancing, etc.\nSee press announcements.\nMINERS' BENEFIT CONCERT\nHeld Sunday for Bereaved of South\nWellington *\nA benefit concert was given on Sunday night, in tho Imperial theatre, for\nthe widows and children of the victims\nof the South Wellington mine disaster\nA band from the Musicians' Union attended under the direction of Mr. Hunt.\nAir. Edward Bird presided and made an\neloquent appeal. Mr. Edwards spoke\nand \"Felix Penne\" read a poetical\nelegy on the victims and an appeal\nwhich was warmly applauded. Miss\nFrank, Miss Snee, Miss Rose Rosen-\ngard and Mrs. Carson accompanied, and\nMiss Izen, Miss Leah Rosengard, Mr.\nMeyrick and others contributed to an\ninteresting and excellent programme-\nThe collection \"will help some\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\nit is hoped that other concerts to bo\ngiven will be also well attended and\ngenerously supported.\nAid Given by Unions.\nTrades unions on the American continent raised in 1913, (14,139,328. Nearly (9,000,000 were expended In death\nbenefits; only (3,500,000 for strikes.\nThe (1,355,000 used for sick benefitB\nseems relatively small, but not all unions mako such allowances. The Typographical union paid (242,660 in old age\nponsions.\nOrganizing Rifle Factory\nLnbor organizers do not stand much\nshow to get in touch with tho workers\nof tho Ross Rifle company plant in\nQuebec. It is protected by a barbed\nwire foncc, with soldiers on Bentry duty\neverywhere in evidence. Tho works are\ngoing full force every doy and -night\nand organization is a slow process,\nHowever, headway ia being made and a\nnumber of the employees are now in\nline with the International Association\nof Machinists.\nCompetition Too Personal.\nDonald U. McGilllvray, motorman,\n2076 Third avenuo oast, was injured\nono day last weok by n jitnoy while\ngetting off a street oar at Prior and\nMain streets. Mr. McQillivray was\nrolled under the maohlno and Is said\nto have escaped most serious injury by\na miracle. As it was, he was badly\nbrusiod. A doctor was summoned, who\nordered McGilllvray taken to the General Hospital.\nMiners' Relief Committee Formed.\nA committee hns been formed to receive subscriptions for the relief of tho\nwidows and orphans of tho unfortunate\nminers who lost their lives in the South\nWellington disaster on Feb. 9, 1915.\nSubscriptions, however small, will be\nthankfully received and acknowledged\nby N. Wright, treasurer of tho relief\ncommittee, P, O. Box 6, South Wellington, B. C.\nMake War Budget Feed\nMayor Martin of Montreal hns writ-\nton to Premier Borden, proposing thnt\nmunicipalities throug-nout Canndn\nshould be allowed to draw on tho Canadian war budget for whatever money\nthey need to support tho unemployed\nuntil hotter times come to Canada.\nDally People Suspends.\n'Hide Daily People, the newspaper of\nthe Socialist Labor party of America,\nhas been forced to suspend publication\npending the reorganization of plana for\nfinancing it.\nEX-ALD. HEPBURN\nSAYS 13 WAGE IS A\nTHING OF THE PAST\nMr. W. Hepburn, according to\na newspaper report or a meeting held by him in pursuance of\nhis campaign for tbe mayoralty,\nsaid: \"The trouble with some\npeople was tbat they could not\nrealize that the period of the\nthree-dollar-a-d ay wage was gone\nfor ever, and that he believed 30\ncents per hour was enough for\ncivic employees.\" Such a declaration makes very plain what\nworking men must expect from\nMr. Hepburn if he Is elected\nmayor of Vancouver to-morrow.\nBut Just because he says the day\nof the (3 wage is gone, that does\nnot settle the point. If that day\nhas gone it will be more tbe fault\nof the workers themselves tban\nanyone else. As long as they can\ndemand that wage as the result\nof their organization they will\nget lt, and no longer. Mr, Hepburn has a mania for cheese-poring\u00E2\u0080\u0094for it is a mania with him\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nIs well-known to all who followed\nhis career as an alderman. He\nseems to be obsessed with the\nIdea that if a thing is cheap It\nnecessarily follows that everything else about it is satisfactory.\nIt Is to be hoped that all workmen who want to Bee wages go\ndown will vote for him to-morrow.\n\"The general public are not aware\nof the complicated nature of the ship*\nping industry and in order that OUT\nposition may be thoroughly understood\nit iB advisable to review the situation\nfrom May, 1913, when we entered into\nan agreement with the employen, up\nto the present date,\" said John Keen,\npresident of the Paelfle Coast Long*\nshoremen, to The Federatlonist, on\nThursday.\n\"The agreement referred to waa sol\nall tbat was desired by the longshore*\nmen, but was entered into by them il\na spirit of good faith, and we lived up\nto it as long as it was in existence,\nand have since Its expiration been eon*\nducting our business along the lines\nlaid down in it.\nThis agreement, whieh is a public\ndocument, specifically provided that all\ntruekers and pliers should be not alone\nunion men but they should be ordered\nfrom the union hall.\nEmployers Violate Agreement,\n\"At various times and by varioui\nmethods employers, under this agreement, have violated its terms, either by\nresigning from the association to which\nthey, formerly belonged, by legal subterfuge, such as changing the name of\ntheir company or (through the influence they appeared to hold in their aa*\nBociatlon) by openly ignoring it.\n\"On March 1st, without any notification, the employers cut the wages of\na large number of longshoremen, which\ncut, by reason of the nature of our'\nwork, affected all of our members, and\ntaking into consideration the past attitude of the employers, there was nothing for the longshoremen to do but refuse to work.\n\"In accordance with instructions re*\nceived from the Vancouver, B. C, eon*\nventlon, tho district offleen were ne*\ngotiatlng with the employen on the en*\ntire Pacific coast, with a view to se<\ncuring better wages and conditions for\ntbe men. When the war broke out the\nBritish Columbia memben of our association requested the district offleen\nto postpone their activities. Thia re*\nquest was deemed wise and considerate\non account of the effect industrial unrest might have on the helpless men,\nwomen and children of the warring nations.\nMay Order General Tie-up.\nBy the request of tho employen of\nSan Francisco, some of whom are operating out of Vancouver, the district\nofficers were negotiating an agreement\nwith them, which would insure industrial pence for a given length of time,\nwhon they received word that the Vancouver longshoremen 'a wages had been\nreduced from 25 to 30 per cent., they;\nimmediately came to Vancouver, and\nfound tho situation of sufficient importance to warrant them in convening the\nentire executive board of the Pacific\ncoast district, for the purpose of reviewing the situation, and according to\ntelegraphic advices received from members nf tho board I am justified in stating that a strike will be declared\nagainst nil shipping coming from or going to Canadian ports, which will, undoubtedly, lead to a coast-wide action\nagainst all shipping.\n\"In this connection, we wish to point\nout that the majority of foreign shipping happens to be British.\n\"The responsibility of creating this\nsituation, which may yet involve all the\nlongshoremen of the continent, will, undoubtedly, in the minds of fair-minded\"\"\ncitizens, rest on the employers of British Columbia, who will be called to tho\nbar of public opinion, for creating this\nsituation in the time of the nation's\ncrisis.\"\n\"Business is Business as Usual.\"\nThe Labor Leader, Great Britain, under the caution of \"Business is business as Usual,\" states cases of soldiers'\nwives and children being ejected from\ntheir homoB while their husbands aro\nfighting the nation's battles, Bays the\nVoice. \"Tour king and country need\nyou\" slogan does not appeal to some\nlandlords in regard to a- soldier's\nfamily. The contracts for great coatr\nare also qnoted as follows: Material;\n3s. 3d.; wages, 2b. 3%d. The great\ncoat is then Bold to the war office foi\n28s. Women get 3d. for making a pail\nof trousors. It also quotes the Territorial shoe scandal. This evidently\nshows that tho \"patriots\" in Great\nBritain line up well with our own\n\"Proflt Patriotism.\"\nJewish Printers Lead tho Way\nThe Hebrew-American Typographical\nunion of New Tork is still 'way ahead\nof everything elso in the labor organization line in tho country when it comes\nto counting working houn and wages.\nNo. 83 has just signed up a new contract by which its upward of 200 members will recive (30 a week with gradual increase to (34 In 1919, when the\ncontract expires. The men will work\nfour and one-half hours on morning\npapers and six hours on evening papen.\nYears ago, before thoy were organized,\nthe Jewish printers worked lo houn\nper day for (5 per week.\nNon-union Firms Vetoed\nBan Francisco board of supervisors\nhas declined to consider bids for printing from non-union firms, and has approved n proposed charter amendment\nmaking compulsory tho ubo of the union lnbol on all city printing. Thia\namendment will be voted on at tho special election next month, and is intended to mako legal a former resolution of city officials, which has been\ndeclared void by the supreme court on\ntho ground that a union label resolution is in conflict with the competitive\nbidding clause of the city charter. PAGE TWO\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFBUJAT MABOH 12, U1S\nINCOEPOBTED 1855\nMOLSONS\nBank\nCAPITAL and RESERVE\n(8,800,000\n03 Branches In Canada\nA general Banking business transacted. Circular letters of credit.\nBulk money orders.\nSavings Department\nInterest allowed at highest\ncurrent rate\nThe Royal Bank\nof Canada\nINCORPORATED UN\nPaid-up Capital - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 I 11,MO,00\nReurve 12*10,000\nTotal Anete 180,000,000\nWE ALLOW INTEREST ON DEPOSIT* IN OUR\nSAVINGS\nDEPARTMENT\nOne Dollar will optn\ntha account, and your\nbualneaa will ba welcome be It largo or\namall\nTHIRTEEN BRANCHES IN\nVANCOUVEB\nTHE\nINCORPORATED\nIMS\nBANK OF\nTORONTO\nAssets\t\nDeposits.,\n. ..160,000,000\n.141,000.000\nWorkingmen\nIt yon oan save each week\neven a amall amount yoa are Invited to open a Savings Account\nwith The Bank ot Toronto.\nSmall depositors are aa well\ncared tor as large ones. A dollar\nwill start a Savings Account, and\ninterest is added to Savings Balances halt-yearly.\nMS HASTINOS STBBBT WEST\nand\nCorner HMttngi tnd Carrall Sta.\nBritish Columbia\nLAND\nSplendid opportunities ln Mixed\nFarming, Dairying, Stook aad\nTonltry. British Columbia\nOrants Preemptions ot 160 acres\nto Actual Settlers\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFree\nTERMS\u00E2\u0080\u0094Residence on tho land\ntor at leaat three years; improvements to tho extent ot 45 per\nacre; bringing under cultivation\nat leut Ave aent.\nFor further information apply to\nDEPUTY MINISTER OF\n. LANDS, VIOTOBIA, B.O.\nSECRETARY, BUREAU OF\nPBOVINOIAL INFORMATION,\nVIOTOBIA, B.O.\nA paid-up union card entltlas\nCu to all the privileges of th.\nibor Temple Club. Try it\nTHE B. C. FEDERATIONIST\nPubllihed every Friday morning by the\nB. C. Federationitt, Ltd.\nR. Parm Pettipiece Manager\nJ. W. Wilkinson Editor\nOffice: Room 217. Labor Temple\nTel. Exchange Sey. 7495.\nSubscription: 11.50 per year; in Vancouver\nCity, 12.00; to unions subscribing\nin a body, $1.00\nREPRESENT ATVEB\nNew Weitmlmter.. .W. 8. Maiden, Box 984\n1'rinoe Rupert W. E. Denning, Box 581\nVictoria A. S. Weill, Box 1688\nAffiliated with the Western Labor^Press\nAssociation.\n-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094-%\t\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Unity of Labor; the hope of the world.\"\nFBIDAY MAECH 12, 1015\nPBOVINOIAL\nGENERAL .\nELECTION.\nTHE TIME HAB COME which all\norganized labor has been await-\nfor tho past tbree years. A\ngoneral provincial eloction is to take\npluco soon. What is the labor\nmovement going to\ndo about it! Is its\nvoting strength\nagain to be split up,\ndivided, and made\nfutile by being\nsquandered and distributed among the\nold political parties! Or iB it to be\nconcentrated ia aa effort to secure by\npolitical means some at least jf those\nluws which labor has been seeking for\nyears? All possibility of labor legislation being obtained by economic press^\nuro alone, and without 'organized political endeavor, is just so much foolish\ntulk in face of the experience of the\nlast ten years? ,\nt \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAs long as conditions were comparatively good for the working class in\nBritish Columbia, it could afford to\ntread the paths of political dalliance\nby toying with academic demonstrations of the ultimate certainty of its\neconomic emancipation. But confronted with the stern necessity of finding an\nimmediate solution of the problem of\nhow to provide bread and butter for the\nneeds of to-day, it is forced by the sheer\npressure of its circumstances to seek\npractical methods which will accomplish\nthat end. The various trades councils\nthroughout the province have been asking the late government for legislation\nin the interests of the working class for\nyoars with pitiful results.\nt \u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00AB *\nThe B. C. Federation of Labor as the\nprovincial body representing organized\nlabor has now held five annual sessions\nat considerable expense to the movement. After each of those gatherings,\nthe perennial pilgrimage of the pleading proletariat has performed its genuflexions in the executive chamber at\nVictoria. It has \"ever humbly\nprayed\" and tried all the methods\nwhich maudlin mendicity could suggest.\nWith what result? Nothing.\nAnd now, with all this experience as\na guifle what is to be done? There are\nsigns all round that organized labor will\ntake practical measures in its own interest in this election, and providing it\ndecides to do its own work in its own\nway nothing but good can result\nfrom it..\nwish to make\nsuch a matter.\na mistake in regard to\nA1\nPERHAPS\nTHERE IS\nA REASON.\nUSTBALIA BUYS most of its\nprepared lumber from United\nStates, according to the statement of a prominent saw mill company\nofficial of Vancouver. In his opinion,\nthat is a bad thing\nfor British Columbia, and he is desirous of securing governmental help to\npersuade the Australian government to give a preferential tariff to British Columbia exporters. This is nothing that organized labor need assist him in. On the other\nhand it might be more desirable to go\nout of the way to inform the Australian\ngovernment that practically all prepared lumber exported from here is the\nwork of cheap Oriental labor. They\nhave no love for such products in Australia, and it is very likely that is the\nreason they buy mostly from the\nStates, where Oriental labor is not used\nin the business of preparing lumber for\nBale. Here, as is well known, a man\nmight just as well apply for a job on\nthe planet Mars, as expect to get work\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" a lumber mill, unless he ia a Hindoo,\na Chinaman or a Japanese.\nw\nECONOMIC\nDETERMINISM\nAT WORE\nHEN THB WAR STARTED\nthe keynote of the American\npress was neutrality. That\nattitude was not due to any fervent\ndesire to condemn the horrible things\ngoing on in Europe.\nIt aroBe from longheaded business instinct. If no friends\nwere claimed in either camp, It would be\neasier and more profitable to sell goods\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094including munitions of war\u00E2\u0080\u0094to both.\nBig business was in sight and only fools\nwould sacrifice it to moral considerations- Now a blockade has been declared, backed up by threats to sink\nor confiscate all cargoes of whatsoeer\nkind, consigned to any of the countries\nat war.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00AB\nAmerican shippers are wrathy. They\ndid not mind the price of food stuffs\nrising in their own country as the result of their shipments to Europe. But\nnow their dreams of exceptional profit\nare dispelled\u00E2\u0080\u0094or at least seriously disturbed\u00E2\u0080\u0094they apparently would not object to plunging their country into the\nshambles. It is to be hoped that pressure of opinion in America will prevent\nany such disaster. If it does, then the\nAmerican shippers will be found among\nthe most ardent advocates of America\nusing all its influence and efforts to\nbring about peace in Europe. Business\nknows no morals, but it does know Its\nbusiness, i\nPRAISES\nPROM THS\nGOLD BUGS\nTHE FULSOME EULOGIES showered on Lloyd George and the\ncabinet by the bankers at their\nannual meetings Bhould give food for\nthought. That they .should heap\npraise so plentifully\nupon a man whom\nthey have unitedly\ndenounced hitherto\nis proof positive\nof a generous hand\nto help them with the people's money.\nThe action of the government in August last undoubtedly saved the com*\nmercial and banking world, if not from\nruin, from a disorganisation more serious than it actually was. How much\nthis assistance will cost we cannot estimate, but we can be sure that it will\nbe enormous; and the rendering of the\nsame service to the people in need, actually in want, aB a result of the war,\nwould have oost an insignificant sum\ncompared to th^s. Soldiers' pensions,\ndependents' allowances, and alleviation\nof distress needed a strong agltatidn,\nand the increases were only given in a\nniggardly way. The people and their\nneeds are but a secondary matter with\nthe government and the bankers' praise\niH a shameful indictment.\nA Liberal love-feast is propheeied.\nThey will eat each other.\nSouth Vancouver municipal council\nbents any labor convention ever held\nin British Columbia or elsewhere.\nThe capacity of the working class for\nsuffering is one of its least admirable\ntraits. It is a vice it carries to excess.\nThe charge \"Labor is never satis-\nfled\" is the highest compliment that\ncould' be _ paid it. Progress is eternal\ndissatisfaction in practice.\nJoe Martin's climb down of last Saturday, would be sufficiently ignominious to send any man really fit to be\ntrusted with public ofllce into retirement.\nGovernment relief work has been\nstarted this week in the vicinity of\nCumberland, Vancouver island. A provincial election will shortly be held.\nBrrr. Sit down.\nSpecial, constables engaged to patrol\nVancouver water-front during the longshoremen's Btrike nre being paid $2.50\nfor 11 hourB' work, It needs, a very\ndesperate or particularly mean type of\nman to do such a job.\nw\nSOUTH\nWELLINGTON\nRELIEF WORE.\nE HAVE RECEIVED an appeal signed by \"N.\nWright,\" asking us to give\npublicity to the fact that a relief committee in aid of the widows and orphans of the miners\nlost in the South\nWellington disaster\nFebruary 9th last,\nhas been formed to\nsolicit subscriptions,\nMr. Wright's address is P. 0. Box 6,\nSouth Wellington. In publishing this,\nwe would suggest that any such appeals\nshould bear the signatures of the local\nofficers of the miners, also the seal of\ntheir union. The communication we\nhave received carries neither. Moreover, it would seem to ub a desirable\nthing that alt such appeals should come\nfrom one central committee, so that\nthose who are able and wilUng to contribute can bo quite certain about what\nthey are doing.\n\u00C2\u00BB t \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAt last meeting of Vancouver Trades\nand Labor council, a request was made\nthat the council assist in securing a\npermit to hold the benefit concert which\nwas held last Sunday night. The assistance waB gladly and successfully given.\nBut the person who applied for it,\nwhilo unquestionably of good faith and\nperfectly bona-flde, was not known to\nthe council as a representative of the\nminors or their relief committee. For\ntheBe reasons, and to protect both the\nminors and those who are desirous of\nhelping them, we would suggest that\nnil appeals for aid should bear plain\nevidence of having tho sanction of the\nminors, We know the miners, and are\nanxiouB to do all we can to help them\nand thoBO who aro helping them. But\nwe do not know others, and we do not\nBOND BUYING\nTIME\nTour spring dividends can now bo placed at an exceptional advantage.\nA\u00C2\u00BB Fiscal Agentswe oflfor City of Alberni nineteen yoar\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6100 dobontures at a price to yield 7 per cent, not, interest\npayable half yearly. Circular on request.\nCanadian Financiers Trust Company\nHEAD OFFICE 839 HASTINGS ST. W. VANCOUVER. B.C.\n Patrick Donnelly-General Mana-gcn\nLABOR\nVOTE IS\nTHE TEST.\nLIBERALS ARE DIVIDED into\nmany camps in Vancouver. Each\nof the more prominent of them\nhas a following, and each of them is\nanxious to convince the other by proof\nthat he is the most\nimportant factor,\nand the central\npoint round which\nall the rest should\nrally. The test\nwhich is to decide the point is this: The\ngroup, or person, which can prove that\nit or he is able to produce an alliance\nbetween the liberals and organized labor, for the purpose of putting a joint\nticket in the field to contest the six\nseats in Vancouver, will be the winner\nin the contest.\nThat being the situation, it Is not to\nbe wondered that personally, and\nthrough their agents and henchmen,\nthey are moving heaven and earth to\nbring about their object. One argument which is to be used is, that the\nelection has come so suddenly and taken both the liberals and organized labor\nso much by surprise, that neither is\nreally ready for it. And that in consequence it would be a wise thing to join\nforces. It is a really pretty scheme,\nand all in due time, if it appears to offer hope of succeeding, an effort will be\nmade to pull it off. For the present we\nwill let it rest at that. In the meantime, those who do not want to see\nlabor ditched in the moraBs of liberalism will do well to keep their ears to\nthe ground and their eyes peeled.\nWILL IT\nMAEE ANT\nDIFFERENCE'?\nS IT POSSIBLE for politicians to\nto patch up a lasting peace! Or\nIb all tho torture and brutality of\nwar always to end in preparation for\nthe next! Are the sons of men to be\nperiodically butchered, women outraged, the lives of\nchildren blighted,\nand the social works\nof patient labor to\nbe destroyed all for nothing! What\nwill be the gain to mankind when the\nlast cannon has ceased its shrieking,\nand the last man has been cast into Mb\nnamelesB hole in the eartht Will poverty have been banished from the\nworld! Will children cease to be born\nto linger and die from starvation!\na a a a\nWill one in every four of the\ninhabitants of the biggest city in the\nworld still die in a workhouse, a prison,\na hospital, or a lunatic asylum, as they\ndo now! Will men cease to live merely\nto work, and at last gain an equal share\nin tho things which go to make up the\nbeauty and joy of life! Will the rich\nwho now profess it a privilege to stand\nin the Bnme trench as the poor, surrender any of their strangle hold on the\nUveB of tho poor after the war! War\nis called a great leveller, but unless the\nlevelling process is extended to the time\nof peace, there will still be a war on\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe only ono really worth the while of\nthe workers.\nNow that ahe has turned out flighty, he\nuses that fact and tries to make a virtue of necessity. The whole thing is a\nscream of mixed motives.\nMany critics are so constructed that\ntheir critical faculty will not work\nwhile in meeting and the persons criticised are present. But on street corners\nand in back alleys it travels a mile a\nminute.\n i\nThe Austrian minister of education\nhas adopted the British plan of authorizing the employment of school children\nin the fields, In a country like Austria, where conscription prevails, there\nis more excuse for such an iniquitous\nproceeding than in Britain,\nThe capitalist press, which says it\nis always friendly to labor, has published far and wide that Elihu Root,\nan exploiter of labor, was recently\nawarded a Nobel peace prize, but has\nkept singularly silent about the fact\nthat i.enri Ln Fontaine, working class\nmember of the Belgium senate, was\nawarded a similar prize at the same\ntime. Why!\nWhat percentage of the children who\ncome into this world are here because\nthey were really wanted by their parents! If the question is answered honestly, it brings forth the unflattering\nfact that about two thirds of the population of this world was never really\nintended to be here, but came for the\nreason that it could not be prevented.\nLnmbeth workhouse authorities\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLambeth is where the bishop of London has Mb palace and his $15,000 annual salary\u00E2\u0080\u0094decided that in order to\nbring home to the pauper cMldren in\nthe house the gravity of the war and\ntheir responsibilities in connection with\nit, they must forego the annual breakfast egg wMch they usually got at\nChristmas. In Dickens' day Bumble was\na man. Now he Ib an institution.\n\"Two hundred native Hindoos in\ncostume, taken from the lumber camps\nof British Columbia, will take part in\nthe animal section of the parade\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSeattle Sunday Times, last Sunday, describing a street parade to be held in\nLos Angeles next Monday.\n\"News.Ad.\" last Sunday- \"We are\ntrying to get along in this province\nwithout alms-houses, or municipal\nhomes, such as are found in the east.\nThis may not always be possible.\" The\n\"News-Ad.\" evidently believes we\nshall be thoroughly civilized in British\nColumbia some day.\nAt last session of the provincial parliament, provision waa made for the\npayment of a sessional allowance of\n$1,500 to \"the recognized leader of the\nopposition,'' in addition to Ms ordinary\nsalary. This is following the method of\nex-federal Premier Laurler. Just before the close of the last federal parliament similar action was taken. Then\nthe- Laurler administration was defeated. It looked like preparing for the\ndeluge. Is McBride doing the same for\nthe same reason!\nSome advocates of compulsory military service, have a clumsy way of\npointing their arguments, which their\nopponents should be thankful for. Lord\nMethuen, arguing in favor compulsory\ncadet corps, quotes the example of the\nSouth African citizen army thus:\n\"Little did we anticipate that\nwithin three years this force would\nhave scotched a Btrike and quelled\na rebellion.\"\nIf he had only understood his case\nhalf as well as we do, he would have\nleft out the strike part at least.\nNo race on the face of the earth\noccupies such an ironical position as\nthe Jews. Despised and rejected of\nmen. Socially ostracised. Hunted\nfrom country to country till they haye\nnone to call their own, they yet wield\nthrough some of their more prominent\nmon a life and death influence over the\naffairs of mankind. It is they who\nhave the final say in whether war shall\nbe, continue or cease. The \"honor\" of\nnations is tho collateral security of\nthese international pawnbrokers.\nThe cow thnt jumped over the moon\nhad1 nothing on the bum bovine which\njumped on Mr. Price Ellison, the provincial minister of finance. How he\ncould treat a cow with such a nice\nname like that, we cannot understand.\nShe was called Meta Clothilde P.,\nbought by the government for $420, and\nsold to tho portly Price at the price of\n$75. If it had been a father cow instead of a mamma cow, no doubt he\nwould hnve been an old reprobate more\nthan deserving of Mb fate. But to\ntreat a lady so, only adds to tho argument that the age of chivalry is dead.\nThe crowning touch in the farce was\nsupplied by Ellison's answer. After\nBaying that he never saw dear (!)\nMeta before she was sent to his farm,\nhe went on to say that sho turned out\nto be a bad bargain, and for that reason he should not be accused of questionable prnctice in buying her so\ncheaply. The point as we see it iB,\nthat he did not buy the lady becauso\nhe knew sho wns not all she ought to\nbe, but for exactly the opposite reason.\nIn the political world we have the\nsame disintegrating spirit in operation\nwhich runs through our industrial and\ncommercial systems. To suoh an extent\nhas this spirit demoralised our professional politicians that the most base\nmisrepresentation of each other is regarded aB mere clever partisanship, and\ntoo often the most dishonest Ib the most\nhonored. WMle ostensibly they go to\nparliament to make laws for the good\nof the whole people, yet when they get\nthere the great majority of them spend\ntho most of their energies in party\nwrangles and in the interests of financial groups.\nWestminster Trust Co.\nHEAD OFFICE NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.\n3. 3. JONES, Man. Director. J, A. BENNIE, Sec.-Treas.\nACTS AS ASSIGNEES, LIQUIDATORS AND EECEIVEES\nINSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES\nHOUSES, BUNGALOWS, STOBE8 AND MODERN SUITES FOB BENT\nat a Big Seduction\nSafety Deposit Boxes for Beat at $2.60 up\nWills Drawn Free of Charge\nDeposits Accepted and Interest at Four Fer Cent. Allowed\non Dally Balances.\nBUIINMt AUINT DIRECTORY\nVANCOUVER UNIONS\nAsk for Libor Tomplo 'Phono Exchange.\nSoymour .7*495 (union otherwise stated).\nBartendern\u00E2\u0080\u0094Oeo. W. Curnook, Room 208.\nBricklayers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wm. S. Dagnall, Room 215.\nCooki, Walters, Waitresses\u00E2\u0080\u0094- Room 208;\nAndy Graham; phono Ber. 9414,\nElectrical Workors (outside)\u00E2\u0080\u0094-E. H. Morrison, Room 207.\nElect.rieal Workors (Inside)\u00E2\u0080\u0094F.' L. Estinghausen, Room 207.\nEngineers (steam)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 816; B. Prendergaat.\nLaborers\u00E2\u0080\u0094John Sully, Room 220.\nLongshoremen's Association \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Offlce, 145\nAlexander itreet: F. Payne; phont Ber.\n6850.\nMusicians\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. J. Brasfield, Rooms 804-805,\nLafcor Templo,\nStroet Railway Employee!\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fred. A. Hoover;\nphone Sey. 508.\nTypographical\u00E2\u0080\u0094R. H. Neelands, Rooms 212-\n18-14.\nTRAD! UNION DIRECTORY\nReeve Gold of South Vancouver according to newspaper report, describes\nhimself as the \"Chief Magistrate,\nwhose main reason for sitting here is\nthat he iB one of the moat heavily interested property owners in the municipality. '' Such candor is unique. We\nalways thought men in his station occupied their offices and carried out\ntheir duties purely and simply from a\ndesire \"to serve the people.\" This one\niB evidently sometimes na truthful, aB\nhe is eligible to be the big noise in a\ndonnybrook. His brutal honesty is as\nrare as his namesake is in the pockets\nof South Vancouver working men.\nAmerica and Mexico remind ub of a\npolice-sergeant in Leeds, England. He\nhad been on the force many years. A\nrow started one Saturday night In one\nof the slums just after the \"pubs.\"\nclosed and the sergeant waB sent thither\nalong with a \"green\" man who had\njust joined the force. On the way to\nthe front, the older man did not walk\nquickly enough for the enthusiastic tenderfoot, who urged him to get a move\non. The wise one said \"We are going\nquite fast enough. The more they wallop each other before we get there, the\ni they will be able to wallop ub, and\nwe can handle 'em much easier that\nway.\"\n\"It is folly to complain about the\nlack of opportunity so long aa yon vote\nto give the power of employment and\ncredit of the country to those who will\nflnd it profitable to limit opportunity.\nMENTION THE B. 0. FEDERATIONIST\nPHONB SBYMOUB 9086\n^^_^__n__wf^\nTHIS TRUST\nCOMPANY\nperforms Invaluable service to\nthe community, alike Important\nand necessary.\nService Is our keynote, and faithful service ahould be valued and\nappreciated\nBring us your\nFinancial Business\nWe Know How\nDOW FRASER TRUST CO.\nNotary Public\n122 Hastings St. West.\nVancouvtr, and McKay Station,\nBurnaby. B. c.\nCloae at 1 o'clock Saturday.\nAllied Printing Trades Council\u00E2\u0080\u0094R. H. Nee-\nlands, Box 66.\nBarbers\u00E2\u0080\u0094S. H, Grant, 588 Georgia atroot.\nBartenders\u00E2\u0080\u0094Qmu. W. Cuniuoh, ituum\n208, Labor Temple.\nBlacksmiths \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Matoolm Porter, View\nHill P. O.\nBookbinders:\u00E2\u0080\u0094W. H. Cowderoy, 1885 Thirty-\nfourth avenue east.\nHi-ik-itiiaiu-i.- -a. fraser, 1161 Howe St.\nBrewery Workera\u00E2\u0080\u0094Frank Graham, Labor\nTemple.\nBricklayers\u00E2\u0080\u0094William S. Dagnall, Room\n215, Labor Temple.\nBrotherhood of Carpenters Dlstriot Council\u00E2\u0080\u0094F. L. Barratt, Room SOO, Labor Temple.\nCinarmakerB\u00E2\u0080\u0094Care Kurts Cigar Factory, 72\nWater Street.\nCooks, Waiters, Waitresses\u00E2\u0080\u0094Andy Graham,\nRoom 206, Labor Temple.\nElectrical Workers (outside )-~E. H. Morrison, Room 207, Labor Temple.\nElectrical Workeri (inside)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 207; F.\nL. Estinghausen,\nEngineers\u00E2\u0080\u0094E. Prendergast, Boom 816, Labor Temple.\nGranite cutters\u00E2\u0080\u0094Edward Hurry, Columbia Hotel.\nGarment Workera\u00E2\u0080\u0094Labor Temple.\nHorseshoers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Labor Temple.\nLottercarrlers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Robt. Wight, Dlstriot 82.\nLaborers\u00E2\u0080\u0094George Harrison, Room 220, Labor Templo.\nLathers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Victor R. Midgley, Labor Tomplo.\nLocomotive Firemen and Engineers\u00E2\u0080\u00940. Howard, 607 Davie itreet.\nLoco. Engineers\u00E2\u0080\u0094A, E. Solloway, 10SI\nPurine. Tol. Sev. 86711*\nLongshoremen\u00E2\u0080\u0094F. Payne, 10 Powell street.\nMachinists\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. H. McVety, Room 211,\nLabor Temple.\nMusicians\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. J. Brasfleld, Rooms 804-806,\nLabor Temple.\nMarbleworkers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Frank Hall, Janes Road,\nB.C.\nMolders.\nMoving Picture Operators\u00E2\u0080\u0094L, E. Goodman, Labor Temple.\nPainters\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Tram, Room 303, Labor\nTempte.\nPlumbers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 206 1*2, Labor Temple.\nPressmen\u00E2\u0080\u0094P. D. Edward, Labor Temple.\nPlastt-rei-s\u00E2\u0080\u0094John Jamea Cornish, 1808\nEleventh Ave. Eaat.\nPattern Makers\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Campbell, 4869 Argyle Street.\nyuarry Workers\u00E2\u0080\u0094James Hepburn, eara\nColumbia Hotel.\nRailroad Trainmen\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. E. MeCorvllle,\nBox 248.\nRailway Carmen\u00E2\u0080\u0094A, Robb, 420 Nelson\nStreet\nSeamen's Union.\nStructural Iron Workers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 208, Labor\nTemple.\nStonecutters\u00E2\u0080\u0094James Rayburn, P. 0. Box\n1047.\nSheet Metal Workers.\nBtreet Railway Employeea\u00E2\u0080\u0094James E. Griffin,\n166 Twenty-fifth avenue east.\nStereotypers\u00E2\u0080\u0094W. Bayley, care Province,\nCity.\nTelegraphers\u00E2\u0080\u0094E. B. Peppln, Box 482.\nTrades and Labor Counoll\u00E2\u0080\u0094Geo. Bartley,\nRoom 810 Labor Temple.\nTypographical\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. Neelands, Box 66.\nTailora\u00E2\u0080\u0094C. MoDonald, Box 503.\nTheatrical Stag* Employees\u00E2\u0080\u0094Geo. W. Allln,\nBox 711.\nTllelayers and Helpers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Evan Thomas,\nLabor Temple.\nTRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL J\n Meets first and third Thursdays. Exe-,\ncutiye board: Jas. H. McVety. president;\nnarttvJt*Sag]miMn* ^president! G\u00C2\u00BB<\nBartley, general seoretary, 210 Labor\nSEP1? %iw H* Outteriifie, treasurer;\nFred A. Hoover, statistician j sergeant*\n-mriSh Jo&? S^ft A> J\" Crawford, twd?\nKnowles, W. R. Trotter, trustees,\nAU#?D \u00C2\u00A3WNTINO TRADES COUN-4\nCIL.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Moots second Monday In tha\ntary, R. H. Neelands, P. 0. Box 66\nBARTENDERS' LOCAL No.' 676.-OF-\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E floe, Room 208 Labor TemDle Msata\nflrst Sunday of each nmnthTpra.\"^\nF. F. Lav gne; flnanolal secretary, Oe\u00C2\u00A3\nW. Curnock, Room 208, Labor TempleT\nBRICKLAYEBS' AND MASONS', NO. 1\n\u00C2\u00AB \u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00C2\u00AB e\u00C2\u00A3ta evej;yw1\u00C2\u00BBt and 3rd Tuesday,\n8 p.m., i-toutn 307. Preaidftnt lamii\nHaaleti: \u00E2\u0080\u00A2grremo-lag^'SSSSar'y, W\u00E2\u0084\u00A22\nUagnall, Bo; 63; flnanclal seoretary F.\niaitWSi JiT\"\"'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 W* * fW\nBROTHERHOOD OF BOILEH MAKERS\n.nd Iron Ship Builder, ud Helper.\not Auterio., Vanoouror Lode. No. Wl\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMeet. Int and third Monilsrii i n \u00C2\u00AB.\nPresident, t. ButUt7o.es Oo'rSorf %aSi\nsecretary, A. Fraier, 1181 How, .tru't.\nCOOKS, WAITERS AND WAITRESSES\nUnion\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meet. first Friday in eaeh\nmonth, 8:80 p. m., Ubor Tomple. A. Graham, business representative, office: Room\n206, Labor Tsmple. Hour.: 8:30 a. m. to\n10; 2 to 6 p. m. Competent help furnished\non abort notice. PhoneSeymoiir 8.14.\nDISTRICT COUNCIL OF OAgpgNTEM\nmeet, ln room 209, Labor T.mpl., ..\u00C2\u00BB\nond and fourth Thunder of eaoh month. \u00C2\u00AB\nP. ra. Preeldent, G. \u00C2\u00A3 Hardjrj iemUry.\nJVL Barratt; treaiurer, W. T.*TayloT L*\noal No. 217 meet. Unt and third Min-\nnay of eaeh month, and Local 2647 mMta\n\u00C2\u00ABm jnd third Tue.d.y of eaeh month\nELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO. 21S\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meete room 801, Labor Temple, every-\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'S1 8, ?' mV. ,PM-l--\u00C2\u00ABn'. Sam. C.wk.7\n557 Tonipluton Drive: recording secretary\nB. Hogan, Labor Tomple; financial secretary\nand business agent, i. H. Morrison, Room\n207, Labor Temple.\nORGANIZED LABOB COMPANIES.\nLABOR TEMPLE COMPANY, LIMITED\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDirocton: Jas. Brown, president; R, P.\nPettipiece, vlce*presldent; Edward Lothian,\nJames Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson, Oeo. Willi)*, W. J. Nagle, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free.\nManaging director and secretary-treasurer, J.\nH. MeVety, room 211, Labor Temple.\n0. FEDERATIONIST, LIMITED\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\nat call of president, Labor Temple, Vanoouver, B. 0. Directors: James Campbell,\npresident; J. H. MoVety, secretary-treasurer;\nA. Watchman, A. 8. Wells. R. Parm. Pettipiece, manager, 217 Labor Temple. Tele*\nphone: Seymour 7401\nWILLOW HOSPITAL\nFOB\nSICK CHILDREN\nCorner Broadway and Willow\nPhono Fairmont 2165\nHlsi HaU and Miss Worthy,\nGraduate Nurses\nPANTAGES\nUn.quall.il Vaudeville Muni\n. PANTAOES VAUDEVILLE\nTHREE SHOWS DAILY\n2.48, 7.20, 2.18 S.aaon'1 Price.:\nMatin.., 180*1 Evenings, 1!c, Me.\nSYNOPSIS OP COAL MINING REGULATIONS\nCoal mining rlghta of th. Dominion,\ntn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,\ntha Yukon Territory, the Northweat Ter-\nrltorlM and ln a portion of the Province\nof Britlah Columbia, may be leased for\na term of twenty-one yearn at an annual\nrental of fl an aore. Not mon than\n2,680 acrea will be leaaed to one applicant.\nApplication, for lease mult be made by\nthe applicant In person to the Agent or\nSub-Agent of the dlatrlct In which th.\nrlghta applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land must be\ndescribed by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and ln unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be\nstaked by the applicant himself.\nEach application muat be accompanied\nby a fee of IB, which will be refunded If\nthe rights applied for are not avallabl.,\nhut not otherwise, A royalty ahall be\npaid on the merchantable output of th.\nmine at the rate of five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the Agent with sworn returns\naccounting for th. full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rlghta\nare not being operated, auch returns\nshould be furnished at least once a year.\nThe lease will Include the coal mining\nrights only, but the leasee may be permitted to purchase whatever available\nsurface rlghta may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the\nrate of 110 an acre.\nFor full Information application ahould\nbe made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any\nAgent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands.\nW Ht CORY\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN. B.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Unauthorised publication of this\nadvertisement wtll not be paid for\u00E2\u0080\u0094MI80.\nELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO.'\n...iJ2!. ('\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Men)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meete first and\ntlilrtl Mondays of each month. Room 206.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A08 p. m. President, H. R. Van Sickle; recording secretary, J. M. Campbell: busl-\nness agent, F. L. Estinghausen, Room 107.\nHODCARKIERS, BUILDING AND COMMON\nill jLib?;i,r'' \u00C2\u00BBnl0\u00C2\u00B0! \"\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 86\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeta Snt nnd\nthlrd_Friday of each month, Labor Temple.\nPresident, B. C. Appleby, 1410 Pendrlll St.;\nsecretary, Ooorgo \"Harrison; business agent.\nJohn Sully, room 230, Labor Tomple. Alfi\nlaborers invited te meeting.\nMACHINISTS, NO. 182\u00E2\u0080\u0094MEETS SECOND1\ni \u00C2\u00BBt*Va '-\"mh FId*-\" *' 8 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0>* m* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2rasMsnt,\nJ. Mclvor; recording secrotary, J. Brookea*\nfinancial secretary, J. H. McVety.\nMUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE\nUnion, Lycal No. 148, A. F. ot M.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMeets sscond Sunday of eaoh month,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094. n\u00C2\u00BBM. ouuuny oi eacn m\n802 Laber Temple. President. J. BVwrwj\n -\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"-' fi \" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \" r. K /.\n;lce.presidsnt, F. English; secreUry, _. ..\nBrasHold; ^treasurer, w. Fowler. Phon.\nSeymour 7498.\nPLASTERERS' OPERATIVE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. 80 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMeets every first and third Wednesday ln th.\nmonth in room 801, Labor Temple, Presl*\ndent, A. Hurry; vice-president. A. Berentsen;\ncorresponding secretary, Joe Cornish, 1802\nEleventh avenue east; flnanclal secretary,\nGeorge Montgomery; treasurer, Harold Reld)\nPAINTERS'.. PAPBRHANOERS'. AND\nDecorator;', Local 138-Meota every\nThursday, 7.80 p.m. President, H. Oram);\nflnanclal secretary, J. Freckleton, 102!\ncomox Btreet; recording seoretary. H.\nDowding, 622 Howe street. Business\nagent, James Train, Room 803, Labor\nTemple. ' *\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nPATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE Ot\nNORTH AMERICA\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver and\nviolnlty. .Branch meeta 1st and Srd Fridays at Labor Temple, room 205. Robert\nC. Sampson, Pros., 747 Dunlevy Ave.;\nJos. O. Lyon, financial secretary, 1731\nGrant street! .J. Campbell, secordlng see.\nretary, 4888 Argyle street.\nSTEREOTYPERS' AND ELECTROTYP-\n,\u00E2\u0080\u009E .\"S D.n,lon.' No* 8I' \u00C2\u00BB' Vancouver and\nVictoria\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets Becond Wednesday of\neach month, 4 p. m\u00E2\u0080\u009E Labor Temple. President, Chaa. Bayley; recording secretary.\nA. Birnle, co. \"News Advertiser;\"\nSTREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY Eli-i\nPLOTEES, Pioneer MvMoa. NoVtol-\nMeets Laber Temnle Int and third W.dnee*\ndays at 2:80 antf 8 p. m. Prasldsnt, Joe.\nHubble; recording aeeretary, Jaa. I. Grlfln;\nfinancial aeeretary and business agent. Fred.\nA. Hoover, 2400 Clark Drive.\nSTEAM ENGINEERS, INTERNATION-\nal Local 887\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeta every Wednesday\nI p. ra., room 204, Labor Temple. Flnan-\nclal secretary, B. Prendergast, room 111.\nTAILORS' INDUSTRIAL UNION (IN-\nternatlonal). Local No. 178\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meetinga\nheld first Tuesday In eaoh month, 8 p. m.'\nPresident, Miss H. Gutteridge; reoordlng\nsecretary, C. MoDonald, Box 508; financial sec, K. Paterson, P. O. Box 603.\nTYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, MO. IM\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMsets laat Sunday er eaeh month at I\n?\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' Jfre.,ld;.*\"' \"' p* Fsttlplese; vlHpnsl-\naent, W. 8. Mstsssrj secretary-treasurer, B.\nH. Neelanda. P. 0. Box 68.\nPBOVINOIAL UNIONS\nB. 0. FEDERATION OP LABOR\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeta\nIn annual convention in January. Executive offlcors, 1018-16: Preaident, A. Watchman ; vice-presidents\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver, W. F.\nDunn, J. H. McVety; Victoria, B. Simmons;\nNew Westmlnstor, W. Yates; Prince Rupert,\nW. E. Denning; Revelstoke, J. Lyon; District 28, U. 31. W. of A. (Vancouver Island),\nS, Guthrie; District 18, U. M. W. of A.\n{Crow's Neit Valley), A. J. Carter; secretary-treasurer, A. S. Wells, F. 0. box 1588,\nVictoria, B. C.\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.\nNBW WESTMINSTER TRADES AND LABOR Connell-\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets overy aeooad and\nfourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. In Labor ball.\nPresident, H. Knudson; flaanelal aeeretary.\nR. A. Stoney: general \u00E2\u0080\u009E.\nMaiden, P. 0, Box 084. Tbo publlo la Invited to attend.\naeoretary,\nPLUMBERS AND BTEAMFITTER8\" LOCAL'\nNo. 496\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every aeoond and foortfe\nFriday of month in Laoor hall, 7:80 p. m.\nPresident, P. Webster; \u00E2\u0096\u00A0ecretary, A. He*\nLaren. P. 0. Box 950, Now Westminster,\nB. 0.\nVICTORIA, S. C.\nVICTORIA TRADES AND LABOR OOUNOIL\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets flrat and third Wedneaday,\nLabor hall, 781 Johnston atreet, at 8 p, m.\nPresident A. S. Walls: seoretary, Thos, f.\nMathlson, Box 803, Victoria, B, 0.\nKIMBERLEY MINERS' UNION, NO. 100,\nWestern Federation of Minora\u00E2\u0080\u0094MMta\nSunday evenings In Unloa hall, Preaident,\nAlex, Wilson; secretary-treasurer, J. W.\nStewart, Klmberley, B. 0.\nMENTION THE B. 0, FEDERATIONIST I\n_ . Of America <-Q** \u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\"*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n^\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0py\n-Mpapm\nOITIOIAL PAPBB VAUOODVER\nTRADES AHD LABOR COUNCIL\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\nomoiAL ram\ntnoiA\nPIDMATIOM or LAMB\nSEVENTH YEAR. No. 11*\nVANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12,1915.\nSIX PAGES.\nOur Display of Summer\nWash Goods is the Talk\n% of the City\nWe never had iuch a showing u this season.. The variety\nis almost unlimited and the prices are enticing and tempting*\nWise shoppers are purchasing now, while the stock Is complete, instead of waiting till later, when many lines will naturally be broken, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 These several lines are specially worthy\nof notice.. Bead .. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 , .\nWHITE VOILES\u00E2\u0080\u00941 inches at, per yard.. tOc. to 66c.\nORIMPLED WHITE CREPES Yard. 80c.\nWHITE COTTON MARCjUISETTW at \u00C2\u00ABc.\nand '. 88c.\nWHITE SFOTTEP SWISS MUSLINS-Per Yard 30c.\nWHITE OOTTON RATINES-YMd. BBc.\nWHITE POPLINS\u00E2\u0080\u009440 Inches wt\u00C2\u00AB, Yard 60c.\nWHITE PIQUE COEDS At 50c. and 86c.\nSWISS EMBROIDERED VOILES 11.00\nto $r.60\nMATTING WHITE SHIRTINGS \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Per Yard 26c* and 36c.\nWHITE OOTTON OREPE-Yard 60c.\n-WHITE CASHMERE DUCK\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yard 26c.\ntafittdson'sBauCompanjL\niwwMtti nn www i artmlta, ttatitt tanmitutata \\nGRANVILLE AND GEORGIA STREETS\nHAKE THE HOTEL LOTOS TOUR '\nHEADQUARTERS\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\n160\nROOMS V\n100\nWith Oonnect-\nlng\u00C2\u00BBBat\u00C2\u00BBs\nLargest and\nBeat CAPE ln\nthe Olty\nTariff:\nWithout Bath\n$1.00 up\nWith Bath\n$1.60 np\nAbsolutely Tire-Proof\nHOTEL LOTUS\nHoward 3. Shoehan, Manager\nWRITE NOW FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS\nCROWN and BRIDGE WORK\nDr. Brett Anderson, dental expert and specialist ln Crown and Bridge\nwork. Formerly lecturer and demonstrator of Crown and Bridge work,\nCollege of Dentistry, University of 8. O.\nOOLD AND PORCELAIN CROWNS, Each I 6.00 UP\nBRIDGE WORK, per Tooth. 6.00 UP\nPERFECT FITTING PLATES ' 10.00 UP\nAMALGAM FILLINOS 1.00 UP\nENAMEL FILLINOS 2.00 UP\nOOLD FILLINOS. 2.00 UP\nPainless methods. Work guaranteed.\nDr., BRETT ANDERSON\nPhone Seymour 33S1 Offlce: 101 Baok of Ottawa Building\nGreat\nSaciiflcoa \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB being mtdt to clou til fupufluoui Stook\nat tho Storo of\nWm. TURNER\nA TtBit to oar ito\u00C2\u00BB wUl oasily conrinco you wo aro doing thli.\nPRICES now woro ao Low and wo can inpply Anything\nor Everything (or tht homo ln tbo way of Koniehold\nFURNITURE\nParticularly note that Pricei aro Lower thu ever.\nTour opportunity ia NOW1 Save yonr dollara.\nEvery article guaranteed aa xepnaented.\n,wr,. mTin-M-rn 906GRANVILLJ1\nWM TURNER Next*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"-M\u00C2\u00ABk\u00C2\u00AB*^\nEvent\nPhone: SEY* 8746\nBoy's Department\nSUITS THAT WEAR\nMad. with double aeati sad double elbows th.lt an \"built to wear.\" Honest\nmaSrlali and Son.it workmsMhlp ara oamblutd to produce reallj dur.bl. and\nIons lived suits\nTher com. la D.B. and Norfolk atylaa. at prlcea from\n$3.50 Up\nCLUBB & STEWART, Limited\n300-315 HASTINOS STBBBT WEST -fl-one Seymour '02\nThomson\nI * Stationery Co., Ltd.\nM. 3. OA8KELL, Pres.\nStationery Printing and\nBookbinding\n; 326 Hastlngi Street West\nVANCOUVER, B. O.\nOffice Furniture\nLess Than Wholesale\nHastings Furniture Co., Ltd., 41 Hastings St. West\nWe are making a Clearance of\nall present stock of Offlce Furniture.\nOome early and make your\nchoice. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n26% OFF ALL TRUSSES THIS MONTH\nRED STAR DRUG STORE.\n63 Cordova Street West * Vancouver, B. O.\nHfiTITI mrnPNT Ai>\u00C2\u00BBolutely Fireproof. Local and Long-Dlatanco\nnUlJUiKIiUEini phone ln Every RoomXafe In Conneotlon. Rates\nAttractive Rates to Permanent Guests. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n- * ' lie Haatlnis Strset Bast\nSl.00 per day up. _- _\notuaiua A Beatty, Proprietors\nPENDER HOTEL\n618 FMDIB STBBBT WEST\nNew, Modern, Flrt-Ulua\nteam mated, Elootrle Lighted\nTelephone Soymour 1989 -\nj Rates 11.60 per Pay end Up\nMOUNT PLEASANT HEADQUARTERS\nFor Hardware, Stoves and Ranges\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEverything for the Kitohen\nW. R. OWEN & MORRISON\nPhone Fair. 447 2337 Main Street\nTHE JfTNEY BUSSES\n' UNITED-\nMore Than 4500 Running in\nForty American\nTowns v\nLarge Jitney Companies Organized in the Bigger\n, ' Cities\nThere are about 4,500 jitney bAses,\nof every type and description, in opera*\ntion iji the United States to-day.\nIn Spokane they are fighting- for\nstringent regulation of the \"jitney\njohuB,\"'as they are called.\nThree million dollars taken in fares\nfrom the street railway companies will\nbe this year's achievement of the Los\nAngeles jitneys, according to an auto\nexpert on the spot.\nIn San Diego the railways are trying\nto get an injunction out against the jitneys, before they are ruined by them.\nFrom Pueblo, Colo.; Salt Lake City and\nOgden, Utah; Nashvile, Tenn,; Birmingham, Ala., and scores of other points,\ncomplaints^ are arising, from the street\nrailway offices. \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nPerhaps the most ironic situation of\nall, however, is in Toledo, Ohio,\nHere Councilman John Mulholland\nhas introduced an ordinance to collect\nsome $45,000 from the street railway\ncompany as back rental for the use of\nthe streets and to use this Bum for ea*\ntablishing a municipal jitney line to\ncompete with railway company!\nOne of the most novel developments\nof the whole jitney business Ib reported\nfrom New Orleans. \"The jitney is the\npeople's own conveyance.\" thinks Dan\nFoitel, president of the Jitneyville Company. So he has thrown the stock\nbooks open to the public, and passengers are actually buying stock in the\nconcern and paying for it in car fare.\nAnother jitney novelty is reported\nfroin San Francisco, where jitney tunnels \u00E2\u0096\u00A0- under downtown street cornels\nare being planned to eliminate the con*\ngestion.\nThe Monterey and Pacific Orove\nStreet Bailway Company, which has\nbeen operated by the United Railroads\nof San Franseisco, has defaulted its\nbond and is being driven out of business by the jitneys.\nWatching these developments, a\nrepresentative of one of the biggest\nautomobile concerns in the country predicts that the trolley cars will be chased\nf torn the streets in many cities, and the\njitneys too.\n'' Automobile expresses, built expressly for carrying ten fo twenty people\nthrough the city streets, will replace\nthem/' he declares. It is known that\nseveral manufacturers are at work on\nthe idea to-day.\nThe following Items, culled from recent dispatches, give a rough idea of\nthe jitney situation throughout the\nUnited States:\nSalt Lake City\u00E2\u0080\u0094Twenty pay-as-you-\nenter jitney buses, seating ten people\neaoh, have been ordered to-day.\nSan Antonio\u00E2\u0080\u0094There are 100 jitneys\nin regular operation hero. They are\ntremendously popular on Sunday, when\nmore than 200 are running.\nNew Orleans\u00E2\u0080\u0094There will be j.00\ntwenty-passenger buses lh operation\nsoon, .according to officials of the company, who claim they are making $10\na day per car at present.\nKansas City\u00E2\u0080\u0094The jitneys number 200\nnow and are carrying 40,000 passengers a day.\nSpokane, Wash.\u00E2\u0080\u0094There are ninety\njitneys running regularly here, while a\n(50,000 corporation is planning to install fifteen thirty-passenger buses soon.\nPortland, Ore.\u00E2\u0080\u0094America's largest jit*\nney bus company has just been incorporated here. It is a (200.000 concern.\nDenver.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In spite of the efforts of\nprivate interests to nip the jitneys\nin the bud by passing an anti-jitney\nordinance, a company has been formed\nwhich plans to start a jitney service\non regular lines at the rate of 4 cents\na ride if tickets are purchased.\nMilwaukee, Wis.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Within several\ndays 100 jitneys will probably be in\nthe streets- A regular 10-minute service on a three-mile line, in big comfortable buses at a fare of eight tick\nets for a quarter Ib assured before\nspring. '\n, Washington, D. O.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A service of\nabout 200 autobuses will be opened\nMarch 1.\nOthers of the two score large towns\nwhich the jitneys have invaded or soon\nwill have are, Columbus, Cincinnati,\nToledo, Dayton, Akron,.Hamilton, Ohio;\nSpringfield and Peoria, 111.; Terra\nHaute and Indianapolis, Ind.; Omaha,\nNeb.; Jackson and Vickaburg, Miss.;\nAtlanta, 6a.; Louisville, Ky.; Birmingham, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; Des.\nMoines, Iowa.;,St. Joseph, Mo. Scores\nof smaller places report that they have\none, or two buses in operation.\nVictoria \"Moyie \"of Unemployed.\nEditor B. O. Federationist\u00E2\u0080\u0094The enclosed is a photo that was taken lust Friday week morning outside\nthe Central Unemployment and Belief\nBureau. Those displayed in the picture are not by any means the whole of\nthe unemployed in the city. There, are\nmore insido the Bureau and many have\ngiven up as hopeless any possibility of\ngetting a job and consequently they are\nnot in the picture. When one remembers what B. C. politicians say about\nthis being a land of great opportunities, one is inclined, when looking at\n|this photo, to ask \"Where?\" At all\nevents that is the question asked by\nthose in the photo. Morning after\nmorning the same ie repeated. One -is\ninclined to' wish he was in Belgium\nfor there British sympathy is displayed;\nit certainly is not displayed at' honte.\nGreat Britain haB decided to starve the\nGerman people; It looks also as if it\nis not at all particular how its own\nsubjects are starved. It proves that\nBritish justice ia on a par with German\nculture. Trusting that you can find\nroom in The, fed. for the picture.\n'Yours in search of the \"invisible,\nJOHN L. MARTIN.\nVictoria, March 3.\nTroopers' Proper Address..\nPost Office Department,\nOttawa, Ont-, March 1, 1915.\nEditor B. C. Federationist-\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is desirable that the correct method of addressing the troops, as per card herewith, should be given as wide publicity\nTOO MUCH\nEMPHASIS\ncannot be placed on the statement that the\nEdison Diamond Disc\nPhonograph\nexcels beoause it is the product\nof a mastermind in the science\nof acoustics.\nIt was not given to the public\nuntil it had reached a degree\nof perfection to satisfy the high\nideals bf the inventor, Thomas\nA. Edison, who said: \"If music\nis worth anything\u00E2\u0080\u0094and in my\nopinion it is worth much\u00E2\u0080\u0094it is\nworth recording and reproducing\nproperly.\"\nMr. Edison spent 37 years perfecting his New Phonograph,\nWill you give 16 minutes of your\ntime to hear his latest? Come\nto-day.\nTHE\nKent Piano\nCOMPANY LIMITED\n558 GRANVILLE STREET\nB. M. COULTER,\nDeputy Postmaster General\nAddressing of Mail\nIn order to facilitate the handling of\nmail at the front and to insure prompt\ndelivery it ia requested that all mail\nbe addressed1 as follows:\n(a) Rank \u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\n(b) Name\t\n(c) Regimental Number\t\n(d) Company, Squadron, Battery or\nunit , \t\n(e) Battalion\t\n(f) Brigade \".\t\n(g) Firat (or Second) Canadian contingent\t\n(h) British Expeditionary Force\t\nArmy Post Ofllce,\nLONDON, ENGLAND.\nU. M. W. of A. Local Union, No. 2155\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Editor B. C. Federationist: In last\niBsue of your paper an article, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 under\nthe caption of \"War and General\nStrike,\" wns above my signature. I\nwish to say thnt while the article was\nsubmitted for publication through my\nmedium as secretary of this local union\nand my instruction of the press committee, yet I was not the author of the\narticle, credit for sumo being entitled\nto Jas- 8. Robertson.- Please rectify\nthis in the next .sane ot your paper.\nTou might also say that the article of\nthe previous week, on \"Picketing,'\"\nwas from the pen of Geo. Pettigrew.\nWM. WATSON,\nSecretary.\nNanaimo, B. C, March 8, 1915.\n'White\"\nNo Oriental Lumber for\nAustralia.\nEditor B. C. Federationist: I saw in\nthe Daily Province that Mr. Eric W.\nHiamber, of the Hustings saw mill, out'\nlined a scheme whereby British Colum\nbio could capture the Australian lum\nber trade which iB now going to the\nUnited States. And all he is going to\ndo is build ships to carry it there. Now,\nMr. Editor, this gentleman evidently\ndoes not know the spirit of Australian\npeople. Why are \"we\" not getting\nthis trade now? Is it because they had\nno ships to carry the lumber? I say\nno! This is the reason, and one Mr,\nHomber will soon find out when they\ngo for a lumber order from some of tho\ndealers: We do not manufacture the\nlumber WITH WHITE LABOB like\nthey do in the United States. We use\nOrientnls of nil types, and until the\nmills of British Columbia manufacture\nlumber with white labor, Australia will\nkeep on buying lumber in the United\nStntes. I know whereof I speak on be*\nhalf of the government of Australia.\nMARK LUMLY.\nCapitol Hill, March 6, 1015.\nREGULATE THB JITNEYS\nBan W* D. Itahon, President of Street\nRailwaymen.\n\"As to what tho outcome of the present Bystem of jitney bus operation will\nbe Ib another question. The question\nconfronting our people is how to deal\nwith it. In many places they are competing and injuring the service and tho\nwork of our people to a great extent.\nIn my opinion, the only way to deal\nwith them is to insist upon the Btate\nor municipal government properly regulating them. The government haa always assumed the right to regulate the\ncarrying of passengers and hauling of\ngoods whatever the instrument of car*\nriage might be.\"\nFromParm's\nPotato Patch\nTho Rabbit Hill Gazette is Well represented in this vicinity, by a live\ncorrespondent, who lives on the third\nhog's-buck north of Roberts Creek. Inasmuch as Editor Benedictine has\nfailed to remit for some weeks he confidently advises Piirm'a Potato Patch\nPeeler that ho has secured a situation\nwith tho government near Sechelt, and\nis nt present manipulating scenery with\na pick and shovel. Ho says that this\nmay be degrading, but his noted ability,\nto Bee tho foreman first removes a good\ndeal of the disgrace.\nSADDEST FEATURE\nOF WAR IS THE\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 WASTE\nLoss of Human Life and Destruction! of Products\nof Labor\nIf Labor Only Understood It\nCould Easily Put Stop\nto the Iniquity\n/ [By John D. Barry.]\nPerhaps the saddest feature of war\nis the waste, caflsed by wholly unnecessary human anguish, by maiming and\n.by death, by destruction of the products of labor, by loss of economic and\nsocial usefulness. Like so, muoh waste,\nthis kind of waste cftn manifest as\ngain. It will cause many, people to profit during the war, among others, those\nwho provide the necessaries of war, and\nthose who take the pmces of workers\ndrawn into the war. It is notorious\nthat war, even while causing impoverishment to vast numbers of people, ca*1\nseem to make -what we call \"good\ntimes.\" Things hum ih war time.\nThere is excitement in the air, intense\nhuman interest. People lose something\nof the prudence and the moderation\nthatf' characterize them in peace. They\ntend to break away from their selfish\nand limited little groups and they become identified with a larger life, cur*\nously free, from pettiness, It is when\nthe war is over that the truth' is discovered, through the mactions from\nfalse values, from the illusions of,war.\nThen, it is made plain that waste has\nto be paid for and dearly paid for,\ntoo.\nIn war the loss of life Ib not the\nonly human sacrifice... Thei-e is human\nsacrifice in the wanton destruction of\nthe human life that has gone into the\nmaterial things destroyed, the things\nmade by the sweat and the blood of\nlabor. War; is a monstrous joke, with\nlabor as the butt. It might juat as well\nfling to the winds the labor of millions\nof men, extending over a long period,\nand laugh aloud at the sport.\nLabor, unhappily, doesn't understand\nas yet. If it did, it could easily put a\nstop. to this iniquity. For the most\nghastly feature of this joke is that the\nwanton destruction of the products of\nlabor is done by laborers themselves,\nunder the gnidence of masters., After\nserving one group of masters to add to\nthe labor products of the world, they\nserve another group of masters to destroy the labor products of the world.\nIt is to laugh ud to weep at t\nsame time. How can the Great Master\nfeel in looking on at such defiance of\nall the teaching accepted as devine.\nThe behavior of laborers in war is,\nindeed, one of the wonders of living.\nThey will not only destroy their own\nproducts, but they will fight against\nand destroy one another, the members\nof their own class, their- brothors in\nblood and in disinheritance. And they\nwill do this monstrous thing to the applause of the masters; There will be\ngreat soldiers' monuments raised in\nhonor of the dead among them, those\nwho, in trying to kill their brothers\nwere killed1 by their brothers, glorious\nreminders of fratricide.\nBut suppose those laborers were to\nget together as one laborer, and suppose they were to refuse to destroy\nthe products of labor and were to assert the claims of labor, their inalienable right? What'would the masters\nsay then? It is safe to say that the\nmasters .would be scandalized and\nwould say that the laborers were behaving like law-breakers and ought to\nbo punished. They have said exactly\nsuch things and they have felt in this\nway when a comparatively few laborers have gone on a strike. And yet\nthey will organize a strike disturbing\nthe whole world, and, because they\ngive it the name of war, they will\nexpect tho laborers to keep it going\nand to risk giving up their lives for it.\nWar, after all, is essentially a strike.\nBut. it is more impudent and ruthless\nand more destructive and far-reaching\nthan any strike has ever dared to be.\nTho present war is so appalling that\nif it represented the revolt of lnbor\nthe members of tho manter-class, the\nsmall minority, would feel that the\nend of the world was at hand. And\nyet, representing minoroty control, by\nB ridiculous paradox, it justifies itself\nand uses laborers as players in the\ngame, pawnB on the firing line, strikers not in nnme but in fact, strikers\nagainst thoir own, facing deadly foeB\nwithout and being foes of their own\nand controlled by foes. Most of all\nnre they to be pitied, tho laborers in\nthis war.\nC-aggg) $1.60 PER YEAR\nOUR MAY DIRECTORY\nCloses March 13/15\nAll changes Names, Addresses, Advertising, etc., must\nbe in by that date.\nB.C. Telephone Co., Ltd\nTake that Watch to\nAPPLEBY\nwho will tell you what is tho\nmatter, cost and guarantee all\nRepairs. 438 Richards Street.\nm\nlte moli \u00C2\u00A3?obc\nacco.\nDAVID SPENCER, LTD.\nDAVID SPINCIR, LTD.\nPoultry Netting at the Usual Wholesale\nPrices at Spencer's\nWe cirry til sties in itock, ud taU lt onl. In tolls of 80\nyards. 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I ot you nnlet life with tho most Important mon)hors et pair enure hedp.\nAnd my prices sn ao hlihsr thsn ordlnarp dentists.\nDr. HALL\nSTANDARD BANK BUILDING\n ROOM 211 '\nPHONE SEV. 4679\nTHB MODERN DENTIST\nT\u00C2\u00BBA[)r. i'6vj\ MAR*\nBraids\nBest\nCoffee\nOPBK EVEKIWM, 7 te I\nDid You Get Yours\nThis Morning?\nBRAID'S\nBEST\nCOFFEE\nGuaranteed Genuine South Wellington\n Coal mined at South\"WeITington, Van-\ncouver Island, B. C, and Sold by us in Vancouver\nat practically Cost in order to keep our men and\nteams employed.\nBUY\nOOAL. Per Ton.\nLump, screened (6.50\nNut, No. 1 5.60\nNut, No. 2 5.00\nSlack 3.00\nPEASPEOIAI 4.00\nWOOD, Per Load.\nDry coriwood, stove l'gth. (2.75\nInside fir 3,00\nFir bark 8.60\nKiln-dried kindling 3,60 '\nDry 'eordwood, stove length\n (cord) *5*50\nService the best. Satisfaction guaranteed. Competition Defied.\nlit J.Hanbury & Co.*.Ltd S\u00C2\u00A33tm\nNOW is the time to get in early\nSEED POTATOES\nSWEET PEAS\nSpecial Mixture\n2 ozs. 25c\nONION SETS\nExtra Good\n2 lbs for 35c\nAT ALL OUR BRANCHES\nBROWN BROS. & CO., Ltd.\nFLORISTS, SEEDSMEN AND NURSERYMEN\nPhones: Soymour 8258 and 8259\nTHE\nHose & Brooks Co., Ltd.\nWines, Liquors and Cigars\n604 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C.\nT. B. CUTHBERTSON & Oo.\nMon 'b Hatters and Outfitters\nThree Storei\nELECTRIC COFFEE\nPERCOLATORS\nComplete _*\u00C2\u00A3_ r_\u00C2\u00A3\\nWith Cord vJO.-JU\nWithout\nCord\n$4.50\n(Any B. O. Electric Iron or Hotpolnt Household Appliance cord can ho\nused with the percolator.^\nTHIS SPECIAL PRICE PREVAILS ONLY UNTIL MARCH 02 OR UNTIL THE STOOK OF PERCOLATORS ON HAND IS EXHAUSTED.\nThe Percolators may he purchased at the Company's salesrooms or from\na number of dealers In electrical supplies throughout the elty.\nB.C.\nCarrall and Hastings Sts.\nELECTRIC\n1138 Oranvllle St., near Davie.\nj PAGE POUR\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFBIDAY MARCH 12, 1\nSee the Display\nof Allied Army Shoes\nOn exhibit ln the windows of the store of OLUBB ft STEWART, S16\nHastings Street W.\u00E2\u0080\u0094between Hamilton and Homer\u00E2\u0080\u0094is a SHOE DISPLAY of Interest. This exhibit shows:\nREGULATION BRITISH ARMY SHOES\nREGULATION FRENCH ARMY SHOES\nREGULATION BELGIAN ARMY SHOES\nTHESE SHOES HAVE JUST BEEN\nRECEIVED IN VANCOUVER\nSee LECKIE SHOES\nfor use of the armies\nIn this exhibit are LECKIE SHOES\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mode ln British Columbia for\ntho Allied Annies. According to authorities only TWO CANADIAN\nMANUFACTURERS PRODUCED A SHOE TO WITHSTAND ALL THE\nREQUIREMENTS OF THE ARMY. One of thom wis J. LECKIE ft\nCO., LTD., of Vancouver. This is a great tribute to tho LECKIE SHOE.\nThli exhibit aln contains the pair of LECKIE SHOES, of which\nQuartermaster John Macmillan of the Seventh Battalion, First Canadian\nContingent, wrote. Thl Shoos won in daily nw in British Columbia for\nONE YEAR ud it Salisbury Plain for in additional SIX MONTHS.\nTho only repairing was half-soloing. The Shoos still hive many weeks of\nhird use left in thom.\n\"Made in British Columbia\"\nAN EGG SUBSTITUTE FOR\nALL BAKING PURPOSES\nUse it Instead of\nExpensive Eggs.\nPURE AND WHOLESOME\n60c. Tins contain thl equivalent\n, of 6 doi. eggs.\n25c. Tina contain thi univalent\nof 2'/, doi. eggs.\nSPECIAL LARGE TINS FOR\nBAKER'S USE\nSee Our Demonstration\nin the Grocery Department of David Spencer\nLimited.\nCrown Broom Works, Ltd.\n332 FRONT STREET EAST\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nPHONE: FAIRMONT 1148\nManufacturers of the\nMother Goose, Duchess, King, Janitor Special,\nPeerless, Princess, Province) Ladies' Carpet Perfection, Favorite,' Ceiling-\nBroom, Warehouse Brooms\nSUPPORT HOME INDUSTRY\nSey. 3f59\nHourly\nDeliveries\nGENUINE OLD COUNTRY ORAIN-FED\nPork Sausage, Poloneys,\nSaveloys, Collard Heads,\nJellied Hocks and Pure Leaf Lard\nHOME INDUSTRIES\n,\nKEEP YOUR MONEY IN CIRCULATION AT HOME\nTHE MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN GREATER VANCOUVER ARE SPENDING $20,000 PER DAY. FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS ARE ENTITLED TO THE PATRONAGE OF TRADE UNIONISTS AND\nTHEIR FRIENDS AND SYMPATHIZERS. LOOK OVER THE LIST ON THIS PAGE:\nNOVA SCOTIA TO\nPresent Compensation to be\nOverhauled and\nAmended\nSweeping Changes to be\nMade in the Coal\nMines Act\nProposed legislation recently introduced in Nova Seotia includes an\nact respecting the Laws Relating\nto the Liability of Employers to make\nCompensation to their Employees for\nInjuries Received in the Course of their\nEmployment, gives power to the gov-\nernor-in-c ouncil to appoint a commission of three or more members, whose\nduty it shall be to examine into and\nreport as to the laws in force in the\nprovince of-*-Nova Scotia relating to the\nliability of employers to make compensation to their employees for injuries received in the course of their\nemployment; to examine into and report on the societies exempt from the\noperation of Chapter 3, Acts of 1910,\nand the terms and conditions under\nwhich such societies should continue to\nbe so exempted or otherwise, and to\nBubmit to draft bill in accordance with\nsuch report.\nThe societies referred to as exempted\nfrom the operation of the Workmen's\nCompensation Act of 1910 are those existing at certain collieries in the province at. which miners' relief societies\nhave been established, among which\nmay be mentioned the Dominion Coal\ncompany, the Acadia Coal company, the\nInternational Coal Mining company,\nlimited, the Dominion Iron and Steel\ncompany, limited, the Nova Scotia Steel\n_ Coal, company, limited, and the Sydney & Louisburg Railway company,\nlimited.\nOoal Mines Regulation.\nA number of amendments are made\nto the Coal Mines Regulation act of\n1908 and amending acts. That part of\nthe law relating to the establishment of\nboards of examiners for the purpose of\nrecommending certificates of competency to managers, underground managers and1 overmen, is changed by re'\npealing a former section, which required as members of an examining\nboard two mechanical engineers holding first-class certificates of competency, and by the addition of sections\nproviding that no person shall be entitled to a certificate of competency as\na manager, underground manager, or\noverman who is not a British subject of\nthe full age of 21 years, and has not\nhad at least four years' experience underground in a coal mine, one year of\nwhich must have been at the working\nface; that every candidate for a certificate of competency as a manager must\nbe the holder of a certificate of competency as an underground manager,\nand have served one year at a working\nface and one year as an overman or examiner.\nCertified Workmen\nThat part of the original law relating to certificated workmen which provides that no person not employed as a\nminer in a mine previous to the llth\nday of March, 1898, shall be permited\nto cut, mine, bore, blow, sheer, loosen\nor extract coal by hand, machinery,\nor otherwise unless he has been employed in some capicity in a mine for\nthe period of one year and holds a\ncertificate to that effect from a board\nof examiners of workmen, is amended\nby leaving out the word \"sheer\" and\nadding the words, \"And unless he is\naccompanied by some person entitled\nto be given charge of a working face.\"\nThat part of the Act defining who may\nbe given charge of a \"working face\"\nis changed by leaving out a clause\nwhich provided for tnls position being\nfilled by a person who had \"been employed in a mine in some capacity for\na period of one year.\" The present\nlaw provides that na person shall-be\ngiven charge of a \"working face\" in\na mine who does not hold (a) a certificate of service as a miner; or (b) a\ncertificate of competency as a miner\ngranted by a Board of Examiners of\nWorkmen; and that unless such person\nhas been employed in a mine for at\nleast one year as a miner.\nPayment of Wages\nSection 22 of tho original Act dealing with questions of payment of wages\nthe measurement and weighing of mineral, etc., has added to It a section providing that the Commissioner of Public\nWorks and Mines may make rules prescribing the procedure to be observed\nin the appointement by the persons em-\nfiloyed in the mine, of a person to act\nn tbo adjustment of questions arising\nout of payment for wages, or in cases\nwhere they have been unable to agree\nupon the appointment of such a person,\nor have failed to make an appointment.\nDefective Mines\nThat part of section.43 of the original act which deals with defective\nmines and the procedure to be followed,\nand defines the duty of the owner,\nagent or manager of a mine after being\ngiven notice of an inspector to and providing for arbitration of objections put\nforth by any owner, agent, or manager,\nremedy defects complained of, is\namended by the addition of a clause\nwhich provides that .such owner, agent\nor manager neglecting to comply with\nthe provisions of the act shall not only\nbe guilty of an offence, as mentioned\nin the original act, but shall be \"liable\nto a penalty of at least eighty dollars\nfor \"each and every day he fails to comply with the requisition or the notice,\nor with, the award, and the notice and\nthe award shall be deemed to be written notice of the offence.\"\nTimbering.\nRule 31 of section 46, relating to the\nsupport of coal in working places,\nwhich in the original act provided only\nfor the support by sprags or wooden\nprops of coal during the operating of\nholing or under-cutting, is repealed and\na new section substituted, which provides that in every coal mine, unless\notherwise, directed by the inspector,\nthe coal and the roof in every working\nplace, during the operation of boring,\nholing or undercutting Bhall be safely\nsupported by sprags, or wooden props,\nor other support,.and any person failing\nto comply with this provision shall be\nguilty of an.offence against the act,\nand may, in addition to other penalties,\nhave his certificate (if the holder of\none) temporarily suspended or cancelled.\nSections are also added providing\nthat a sufficient supply of timber or\nother material suitable for supports\nshall at all times be kept at suitable\nand convenient places; that it shall be\nthe duty of every underground manager, overman and mine examiner to\nsee that theBe provisions are strictly\ncarried out, and that it shall be the\nduty of the deputy inspector for the\ndistrict to fortowith report to the commissioner the names of all persons holding certificates who are convicted of\nany offence under the provisions of\nthis rnle.\nEmployees to Receive Information Re\nAct.\nSection 51 of the original act, which\nprovided that employees of mines, upon\napplication, and those employed for the\nfirst time, should be provided .with a\ncopy of the aet, iB amended by providing for the supplying to employees of\n\"a prescribed abstract of the act, or\nof such parts of the same as are deemed\nnecessary,'' and a section is added that\ncopies of said abstract shall be supplied\nfree of cnarge to tho owner, agent or\nmanager of any mine who applies for\nthe same.\nSection 58 of the old act is amended\nby changing the penalty provided\nagainst every person other than an\nagent, owner, manager, underground\nmanager or overman guilty of an\noffence against the act, from not less\nthan one nnd not more than eight dollars, as in the old measure, to not less\nthan five, or more than twenty-five\ndollars.\nStationary Engineers.\nA number of changes are made in\nthat part of the act which deals with\nstationary engineers. Where the old\nact provided for the granting of certificates of competency by a board of\nexaminers to stationary engineers, the\nnew act adds the words, '' and provision\nis made for the signing of certificates\nby the commissioner, after being countersigned by some member of the board\nof examiners. The composition, also,\nof the board of examiners le changed\nby including with' the Inspector of\nmines \"not more than four ther qualified persons\" to compose the board1,\nwhereas in the old measure the board\nwas to consist of the inspector of mines\nand '' such persons representing the\nmanagers of mines and the engineers,\nand such qualified persons, not connected with mining as the governor-in-\ncouncil determines.\"\nProvisions in the old act for the establishment of local boardB of examiners and their conduct are repealed in\nthe new measure. The essentials for\nexamination for a certificate or license\nunder the act remain almost the same\nas in the old measure, with the necessary change to cover the inclusion of\nlicenses to firemen. In filling up an application form the old1 measure required\nthe applicant to state the nature of his\nemployment for five years previous to\nthe date of application; the new measure requires the information also, the\nsection which provides for the furnishing of satisfactory certificates as to\nservice, sobriety and general gool\ncharacter, contained the words \"or he\nshall be already the holder of a certificate of competency.\" These wordB\nare dropped in the new measure. A new\nsection is added providing that all applications for examination shall be\nmade to the commissioner of public\nworks and mines at his office in Halifax at least ten days before the date\nfixed for the holding of said examinations.\nThat section of old act relating to\nthe granting of licenses to firemen\nwhich provides that \"every peTson\nwho has served for not less than one\nyear as fireman shall be entitled to receive from the board of examiners a\nlicense aB firemen under the like conditions as to age and character as in\nthe caBe of engineers\" is changed by\nstriking out all words after \"firemen\"\nand substituting the following: \"at a\nsteam boiler, and who satisfies at least\none member of the board of examiners\nafter an oral examination that the applicant has a sufficient knowledge of\nboilers to have charge of them, Bhall,\nupon satisfying the board as to age\nand character, be entitled to receive\nfrom the board of examiners a license\nas a fireman.\"\nThe act also ratifies and confirms\nall certificates of service and of competency nnd of licenses to firemen\ngranted before the coming into force\nof the new measure.\nThe Mines Aot\nThe Mines Act of 1911 Ib amended in\na few particulars, having to do chiefly\nwith questions involving the leasing of\nmineral lands. Amendments are made\ngiving fuller powerB to the government\nto take jossession of mineral lands under lease in order to ensure the payment of royalties, or to maintain mining properties unimpaired and generally as an usset to the province. The\ngovernment's power of lien also is extended to include not only the lease or\nleases and the workings, plant and\nother property in connection therewith,\nbut aslo the areas held by the lessees.\nThe part of the old aot which provides\nGERMAN PAPER ON\nE\nVorwaerts Describes Food\nRegulations in the City\nof Berlin\nForecasts Serious Split in\nthe Social Democratic\nParty\nVorwaerts, tie newspaper of the German social democrats, continues to de*\nmand the fixing of minimum prices for\nfoodstuffs, especially in respect of animals bred for food. It declares that\nthe orders of the government to the\nmunicipalities to purchase and slaughter\nanimals and preserve meat for the\nneeds of their inhabitants has caused\na tremendous rise in prices.\nFor instance, the price of ham has\nrisen in Berlin 100 per cent, sinee July,\nand that of fresh pork over 50 per cent,\nin the same period.\nThe three trades councils of Berlin,\n(Social Democratic, Christian, and Hir-\nch-Duncker) have issued a joint manifesto to the workers of the oity in whioh\nparticulars are given of the government\nregulations with regard to the supply of\nbread. It is stated that eaoh person\nis to be alowed two kilogrammes (about\n4 Mb.) of bread per week, and no more\nthan 'this may be purchased. If flour\nis bought, the amount will be deducted\nfrom the regulation quantity of bread.\nTrades Unlona ud Bread.\nTo maintain order at the bakers'\nshops the trades unions are organizing\na corps of stewards. The manifesto\nalso appeals to the workers to behave\nin an orderly manner when purchasing\nbread, and to submit to tho regulations\nwithout question. The form of the\nloaves to be baked is set out in detail,\nbut, except for small rolls, no maximum\nprice is fixed.\nThe differences in the German social\ndemocratic party continue to develop,\nand it seems probable that there will\nbe a serious split in the ranks in the\nnear future. The action of Bosa Luxembourg and her friends in continuing\nto criticise the party's support of the\ngovernment and the war is bringing\nforth angry denunioations and demands\nfor the expulsion of those who will not\ntoe the party line.\nThe Volkfreund, an influential German socialist newspaper, declares that\nthe time has arrived when the party\nshould not content itself with protests\nagainst Bosa Luxembourg, and those\nwho agree with her, but should repudiate them and drive them outside the\nranks.\nOn the other hand, Eduard Bernstein,\nwho belongs to the right wing of the\nparty, is contending, as \"against Herr\nScheademann, the parliamentary leader\nof the party, that the social democrats\nshould do everything possible to secure\ninternational peace at the earliest opportunity. '\nDemands of Social Democrats\nTorwaerts publishes the following\nresolutions, which the social democratic\nparty'is proposing to bring before the\nBeichstag at the earliest opportunity:\nThat at least $375 worth of furniture shall be left in the posesslon\nof those dependents of those men\nin the army whose go.ods are liable\nto be seized for rent.'\nDuring the period, of the war\nthe enforcement of payment of\ndebts of soldiers and their dependents, incurred for rent and goods\nobtained on the instalment system,\nshall be postponed for two years.\nThe establishment of a better\nsystem of pensions for invalid soldiers and their widows and main-\ntainence for their dependents.\n. The establishment of a proper\nsystem of dealing with unemployment.\nVorwaerta declares that those ques*\ntions are urgent) but does not seem very\nhopeful of obtaining the fulfilment of\nthe demands* Under the German constitution, even if the Beichstag carries\nthe proposals, the government can refuse to carry them out, as it is completely independent of parliamentary\ncontrol,\nUbor to LoTingeUi Politic*\nLos Angeles unionists, who have\nwaged many brilliant municipal campaigns in the paat, have chosen Balph\nL. Crlswell as their candidate for\nmayor in the pending municipal elections. Fred Wheeler, the socialist\ncouncilman, has been renominated.\nfor the reservation as a barrier of a\nspace of ten yards in width immediately within and along each of the boundary lines of the land covered by any\nlease, is amended by the addition of a\nprovision that the inspeotor of mines\nmay, at any time direct that the width\nof the barrier may be increased, and\nmay also direct the reservation of bar'\nriers within the boundary lines cov*\neredjby a lease. Penalty is provided,\nalso, for non-compliance.\nSlight changes are made in the section of the old act relating to the re*\nturnH to be sent to the commissioner.\nIn the old measure it was provided that\nthe return Bhould cover the number of\npersons \"ordinarily\" employed in or\nabout every mine. The amending act\ndrops tho word \"ordinarily,\" and in\naddition to providing that returns may\nbe in the form prescribed by the\nschedule attached to the act provides\nthat returns may be sent in such form\nas the commissioner may prescribe.\n%ma&tk\n-AnrXitHiuArift\nB.C.\nDistillery\nCo., Ltd\nEstablished 1903\n^\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^^tt^t^aaa______aar\u00E2\u0080\u0094rm\u00E2\u0080\u0094m^^m^^^mmm^^mm\nB\u00C2\u00BB G. Special\nRYE\nNine Years in Wood\nUNSURPASSED\nIN QUALITY\nANDFLAVOR\nASK FOR SAMPLE\nBOTTLE AT ANY\nLIQUOR STORE,\nB.C. Whisky\nIs a\nHOME PRODUCT\nAsk for \"B. CSpecial\"\n\"Satisfaction\u00E2\u0080\u0094or Money Back, at Any Grocer's.\"\n' ESTABLISHED 1904.\nB. C. 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MARK DUMOND\nHardware and McOormlck Parm Machinery\n1018 MAIN STREET Writ* for Catalogue and Prices FBIDAY MABCH 12, 1915\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nPAGE FIVE\nAsk for \"NABOB Products\nTEA\nCOFFEE ICINGS\nJELLY POWDEB PUDDINGS\nFLAVOBINO EXTRACTS BAKING POWDER\nAT YOUR GROCER\nGet and use \"NABOB\" everytime\n10c.\n10c.\nPkt.\nAl\_t THE BEST YET A\nRED ARROW\nBISCUIT\nWhen its Biscuits say \"RED ARROW\"\nManufactured by the\nNational Biscuit Co., Ltd.\nManufacturers of Red Arrow and National Biscuits\nHaida Confections\nVANCOUVER - \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 B.C.\n$*JR%\nUSE ONLY\nSHAMROCK\nLEAF\nPURE LARD\nP. Burns & Co., Ltd\nVANCOUVER\nCALGARY\nEDMONTON\nMAKE YOUR ORCHARDS GREATER\nThe British Columbia APPLES ln a world competition \u00C2\u00ABith the btit, hsrs\ntaken the OOLD MEDAL PBIZE.\nTM. inssns thst B. 0. OBOHABDS if deTslopsd nil! lead the world.\nA word to ths wlae is sufficient. _\nWs sn offering FBDIT TEEE atock at exceptionally low war price.. 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Electric\nTelephone: Eburna 13\nBaaidanco: 2838 Birch Strset.\nPhono: Bayrtow 1305 8\nOOes: 424 Birks Building\nPhono: Seymour 7075\nVancouver, B. 0.\nDR.A.McKAYJORDAN\n20 Tears a Specialist\nEyes Examined \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Glasses Pitted\nPerianal consultation Friday ail Saturday\nEighteen thousand patients In B. 0.. thousands of whom previously suffered from\nchronic stomach anl Heart troubles, Back\nanl Haalache, ln Ignorance of the cause.\nDon't Tell Ue Tour Troubles. I'll Hal\nthom.\nBefareace: Manager of this pspsr.\nLines it will pay you to buy\nAll of our pay-roll does to support B. C. families.\nWhen you buy one of these lines you are helping\nB. C. industry.\nBEOOMMEND OUB\nWHITE LILY PURE LARD\nOAK LEAF LARD COMPOUND\nV. P. R. HAMS\nV. P. R. PICNIC HAMS\nV. P. R. BACON BACKS\nV. P. R. BACON\nVancouver-Prince Rupert Meat Co.,\nVANOOUVEB\nVIOTOBIA\nLIMITED\nNBW WESTMINSTEB\nCOQUITLAM\nWhen You Want a\nFirst-Class Beer\n-ONE THAT TOU CAN'T BEAT AT ANT PRICE, IN ANT\n- COUNTRY, OET BEER WITH THIS LABEL ON. POTTS, SIX\nPOR PTJTY CENTS, \"\"\"\nBREWED AND BOTTLED IN VANOOOTER BT\nVANCOUVER BREWERIES, Ltd.\nHOME INDUSTRIES\nOUR HAL SUM\nBASED UPON\nWomen Had No Voice in\nBringing About\nWar\nIs There Any More Community of Interests\nNow?\n[By Hiss Helen Gutteridge.]\nEvery country involved in the present war and every group within the\ncountry claims, with pride, that the result of the common danger to all its\ncitizens has been to unite them lu a\ncommon devotion to their country.\nEach nation is convinced that it is\nlighting in self defence, and each in\nself defence hastens to self destruction\nand all in the name of patriotism and\nlove of country. Thousands of men are\nshooting each other down while the\nagony of the wives and mothers is being soothed by the assurance that their\nloved ones have died a glorious death\nin the heroic performance of their duty\nin defending their country, their women and children from destruction by\nthe enemy.\nWhy? Because our so-called civilization is based upon false economic and\nsocial conceptions.\nA close analysis shows that the assertion \"that under the pressure of a\ncommon danger, and through the fire\nof a common enthusiasm eaeh nation is\nwelded into unity, and that the interests of ther community imply a community of interests/' is an assertion\nonly and not a fact.\nTrue, political parties in the legislatures of the countries involved in the\nwar have agreed to introduce no contentious legislation while the. country\nis in peril, or passing through such a\ntrying period. True, many organizations working for reforms have ceased\ntheir activities for a period) that governments may not be embarrassed at\nsuch a trying time as the present. True\nalso, that huge sums of money have\nbeen donated by citizens to relieve\nthose in need through the war, and\nthat money and labor has been expended by thousands of women who,\nafter the manner of women, have postponed their struggle for the franchise\nbecause the immediate need of creature comforts for the mothers-* sons\ncalled to the front has roused the mothering instinct in all women.\nMaking the Best of It\nAlso because the war is going on and\nwomen have had no voice in the bringing abont of war, they are, as usual,\nmaking the best of a bad situation and\nusing all their efforts to patch np the\nwounded and conserve, where possible,\ntho lives that a reckless mnsculine electorate and parliament, in.the name of\npatriotism, ore willing to sacrifice.\nMuch enthusiasm has been shown over\nthis unity of the people rising as one\nman to protect the common interest,\nwhen it is seen that every contingent\nof men mobilized for active service has\nits full complement almost aB soon as\nthe order of mobilization goes forth.\nWhile not doubting for one moment\nthnt every man loves his country who\nenlists, how many enhst for thnt reason.\nDoes it not soem that, judging by the\nimmediate applications for assistance\nfrom some of the dependents of men\nenlisting, that economic determinism\nhas something to do with iff\nIs there any community of interests,\nwhen capitalists take advantage of the\nwar,to force up the price of commodities and at the same time cut the wages\nof workers because of the hard times f\nIs it a community of interests when,\nas in the old1 country, the mine owners\nforced np the price of coal and ask for\nthe suspension of the \"eight-hour day\"\nbecause of the shortage of labor, when,\nat the same time, they ask the miners\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094many of whom are only working a\nfew days a week\u00E2\u0080\u0094to accept a cut in\nwages 1\nIs it a community of interest, when\nwomen are paid sweated wages for tho\nmaking of soldiers' clothes, by a contractor who is making the most of the\nwar to increase his banking accountf\nThere is no fair-wage clause In the contracts for army work when it is done\nby women.\nIs it a community of interests when\ntho shipping interests, while enjoying\nthrough the war a period of exceptional\nprosperity, cut the wages of longshoremen twonty-flve per cent., relying on\nthe hundreds of unemployed men to\ntake thoir place if any objection is\nmade by the victim?\nIs there a community of Interests between capital and labor at the present\ntime, any more than there was before\nthe war, or will be after the wart How\nmuch will the worker gain after all\nthis talk of a community of interests\nAfter the war is overt\nBetter Off After the War\nSuppose the map of Europe is completely altered, not one foot .more of\nland will come into the possession of\nthe workers now being applauded for\ntheir splendid unity in protecting their\ncountry; not one little bit will it alter\nthe position or condition of those who\npay in blood and tears or heartache\nthe cost of the war, or will it relieve\none bit the result of the war tax, either\ndirect or indirect that will fall upon\nour children \"even unto the third and\nfourth generation.\" .\nWill all the glory and power of added\ncommerce accruing to -the few in the\nnation give to the worker any more\nthan he possessed before the war/ after\nthe war is overt\nWill the acquiring of a few hundred\nmiles of land for the capitalists of the\nwinning side be any compensation to\nthe mothers and wives on each side,\nwhose sons and husbands were slaughtered wholesale!\nEveryone is entitled to their own\nopinion in regard to the war and its\noutcome, and many are hoping that this\nwill be the last war. It may be, and it\nmay not be. If it is it will not be because this side won or that side won in\nthe present struggle.\nIt will be when an enlightened people establish a system of self government that is truly democratic, a system\nthat means the doing away with armaments, the manufacture of which (for\nprofit for the capitalist) has had no\nsmall share in the bringing about the\nwar,*, a system of government which\nmeans the ownership of the means of\nproduction and distribution by the people, for use and not for profit.\nThen there will be no need for Britain or any other nation to be mistress\nof tho seas to protect their commerce.\nThen there will be no need for nations\nto go to war to obtain a foreign market for their surplus production.\nWhen the profit for a few is taken\nout of the scheme of things, no longer\nwill the militarists and jingoists seek\nto implant race hatred in the hearts of\nmen under the name of patriotism.\nThen will the children be taught in\nour schools the shame and horror of\nwar,instead, as now, the gjory of wholesale slaughter, and also the beauties of\ninternationalism instead of \"my country, right or wrong.\"\nHIGH FOOD PEIOES.\nMass Meeting Demands British Government Take Action.\nA big labor demonstration was held\nin Trafalgar square, London, last Sunday, to protest against the prevailing\nhigh prices of food and coal. A resolution was adopted expressing indignation and disappointment at tho government's refusal to take \"effective measures to deal with the alarming increase\nin the cost of food and fuel.\"\nThe resolution demands government\ncontrol of carrying ships, the commandeering of home grown supplies for\naale at the lowest possible price and\nthe fixing of maximum prices for the\nnecessities of life.\nThe meeting called on the government to purchase all available wheat\nfor the use of the people of the country at prices ruling for 80 days before\nthe outbreak of tho war, the loss incurred to be paid out of the national\nrevenues.\nCENTER & HANNA, Ud.\nUNDERTAKERS\nRefined Serrke\n104B GEORGIA STRUT\nOne Blook west of Court House.\nUse of Modern Chapel and\nFuneral Parlors free to all\nPatrons\nTelephone Seymour 2125\ntnta ttf. 221 Day sr Ni|kt\nNunn, Thomson & Clegg\nFUNERAL DIRECTORS\nand EMBALMERS\n520 Mdurdi St. VsMensr, B. C.\nMINBES NOT QUILTY.\nColorado Court Acquits Members of the\n0*. M. of A.\n. The seven coal miners on trial\ncharged with the murder of Luke Terry,\na chaffour, near La Veta, on Nov. 8,\n1918, were declared not guilty in the\nverdict of the jury, returned in the district court last Saturday.\nThe men acquitted, all members of\nthe United Mine Workers of America,\nare Charles Shepherd, Frank Eroupa,\nDaniel Richards, Edward Bichards,\nOharles Bichards, Peter Eich and Marcus Martinolich.\nThe charge upon which the men were\ntried grew out of the killings of Terry\nand Harry Bryan, Walter Whitten and\nB. G. Adams, mine guards, and the\nwounding of W. H. damning, all employees of the Oakdale Coal company,\nwhile automobiling to the Oakdale\nmine from La Veta, during the recent\nColorado eoal mine strike.\nThe Vancouver Milling company has\nent the Longshoremen's wages, on their\ndeck at Victoria 33 per eent. while, at\nthe same time, they have increased the\nprice of all commodities they handle to\nthe consumer. ***\nEASTERN BOOTS RECALLED\nBritish Columbia Soldiers WUl Wear\nVancouver-Made Boots\nNo oastorn boots will be worn by\nany Vancouver or British Columbia\nsoldiers. The consignment of eastern\nfootwear which was to havo been worn\nby the men now being mobilised has\nbeen recalled, it has been announced.\nThe men will be supplied with boots\nmade in a local factory which was paid\nhigh honors by the investigating committee that probed tho boot question of\nthe first contingent. Over 10,000 pairs\nof boots will be manufactured here, it\nis Baid. Vancouver is rapidly becoming\nknown as a manufacturing centre of\nhigh-grade boots. Both tho Russian\nnnd French governments, together with\nthe British war office and Canadian\ngovernment havo all been supplied with\nsamples. *.**!\nLabor Press Is a Strong Weapon.\nBid it ever occur to you that the\nlabor press Is one of the strongest wea*\nEons that the workers can possibly\navef There aro about SOO papers in\nAmerica advocating the organization\nof working men into unions. Did you\never hear of a body of working men\npublishing a paper whose main object\nwas to discourage mon from joining\nthe unloni If not, why notl\nWarning to Worksrs.\nWarning has been issued to workers\nto koep away from the copper country\nin upper Michigan. In spite of advertisements for help printed ln capitalist\nJiapers by employers there are many\ndie men in that region now. Additional\nmen are being attracted there simply\nto keep down wages and enable the\nmlno owners to onforoe their blacklist\nagainst union men.\nHIRED SPIES OF\nInsidious Methods Used to\nBreak Strikes and\nStrikers\nHighly Organized Business\nof the Gunman and\nUnion Spy\nThe terrible scenes which have marked some industrial battres of the United\nStates, have not been the haphazard\noutcome of events, but have come about\nas the result of systematic preparation.\nIt is well-known that there are certain\norganizations which make it a business\nto supply gangs of gun-men and trained\nruffians to break strikes by causing disturbances and lawlessness which are\nthen blamed on the union men on\nstrike, This business is a science, conducted according to rule and method\u00E2\u0080\u0094\njust like any other commercial enterprise. The following letter helps one to\nrealize more clearly how it is done.\n\"The Corporations Auxiliary Company\n\"Chamber of Commerce Building,\n\"Cleveland, 0.,\n\"January Fifteenth,\n\"1915\n\"E.J. Brettell, Gen. Mgr.,\n\"Brettell Brothers\n' - Mingo Junction, Ohio.\n\"Personal and Confidential.\n\"Dear Sir: You, no doubt, are contemplating operating your mines, permitting such of your employees as are\nwilling to return to work, to do so irrespective of the arbitrary position assumed by the leaders of the United\nMine Workers. In order to insure the\nsuccess of this venture you will require\nassistance such as thiB company, is prepared to furniBh, both in the way to\ndiscourage them and in recruiting a sufficient number of workmen to conduct\noperations. You will also of necessity\nhave to keep yourself informed as to\nwhat the attitude of your disloyal employees iB and what steps their so-\ncalled 'leaders' will take to frustrate\nyour plans.\n\"We have handled many strikes and\nhave yet to lose a single one and many\nof these strikes were won without the\nloss of a single guard or the destruction\nof one cent's worth of property. Among\nrecent large strikes of national prominence that we have handled we might\nmention tho Boot and Shoe Workers'\nstrikes in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Furniture Workers1\nstrike in Grand Rapids; the Teamsters\nstrike in Indianapolis, and the Bubber\nWorkers' strike in Akron. The officers\nof our company are men of repute and\nwe have a reputation to sustain which\nwe have built up by doing our work\nthoroughly at tho least possible cost to\nour clients. In handling labor troubles\nwe aim to bring thom to a successful issue as quickly as we can, fully appreciating that it ia amy by our proven\nability to accomplish this that we can\nhope to enjoy the future patronage of\nour clients. Wc aro widely and favorably known not only in this state but\nthroughout the country, numbering among our clients some very prominont\nconl operators who have gone on record\nas saying that our representations are\ntrue in overy particular, this despite\nthe fact that we have gained but little\npublicity, it having always been our\naim and the desire of the people we do\nbusiness with to avoid this.\n\"In conclusion let us say a word regarding our industrial or community\ncontrol service, which comprehends\nplacing men in labor and political organizations with the idea of having\nthem work up to bo leaders, not with\nthe object of writing history after\nsomebody else bas made it but for tbe\npurpose of making history by influencing or dominating that particular organization- This is a big proposition\nbut by no means an experiment with us\nus wo are doing this to-day for some of\nthe largest manufacturers in this country and thero is absolutely no reason\nwiiy, with the support of the coal operators, it cannot be accomplished in\nthe coal industry.\nSafety first\n\"Our methods, as you appreciate,\nhave no placo in correspondence, but if\nyou will write or 'phono us, appointing\na time wben our representative can call\nso that your timo us well as our time-\nboth of which aro valuable\u00E2\u0080\u0094may not\nbo wasted) wo will bo glad to explain\neverything fully to you and know you\nwill bo interested.\n\"Anticipating your early and favorable reply, which carries with it no obligation whatever excepting a candid\ndiscu6sion of a subject that is of vital\nimportance to you, wo remain,\n\"Yours very truly,\nTHE CORPORATION AUXILIARY\n\"By Dan. G. Robs,\n\"District Manager.\"\nPhone: Fairmont 810\nPattersons Chandler\nManufacturers of\nMONUMENTS\nVaults, Curbing, Etc.\nOffice and Works:\nCor. 16th Ave. and Main St.\nBranch Office: 40th A Fraser Avefl.\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\nHARRON BROS.\nFUNERAL DIRECTORS AND\nEMBALMERS\nVancouver\u00E2\u0080\u0094Olllco and Chasol,\n1034 Qranvllle St., l'lionu Soy. 3481.\nNorth Vancouver \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Offlce and\nChapel, 122\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sixth SI. Weat, Phone\n134.\nRENNIES SEEDS\nOUR 1915 CATALOGUE IS FREE\nWrite, Call ot Phone for a Corf TO-DAT\nWm. RENNIE CO.. Ltd\n1138 Homer St Phone Sey 8550. Vancouver, B. C.\nAIM at Toronto, Montreal anl Winnipeg\nJitney Tickets for Sale\nSix for Twenty-five Cents, and will be redeemed for cash\nfrom Jitney operators at the office of\nThe Auto Public Service Co., Limited\nCorner Hastings and Howe Streets -\nAll persons handling; tickets in our office are UN DE R BONO\nRead the \"jitney Press\" on Saturdays. Articles of intense\ninterest to all citizens\n~\nWe Unhesitatingly Recommend\nROYAL CROWN\nSOAP\naa helng the beat SOAP on the market for general household purpoeee.\nPositively the largest aale of any Soap ln Western Canada.\nThere is a Reason Try it and See\nHAMILTON OAEHAKTT\nThe world's largest Overall Manufacturer;\nVANOOUVER, B, 0.\nToronto, Detroit, Liverpool, Dallas, Atlanta\nMr. UNION MAN\nDo you believe ln British Columbia;\nLET us stand together\nMy long years of experience has\nmade Carhartt'\u00C2\u00BB overalls perfection.\nI have opened a factory ln Vancouver\nto supply Brltlih Columbia trade.\nTHE WORK IB DONE EIOHT\nHEBE BY UNION LABOB.\nMB. UNION MAN, If yonr dealer\nwon't supply yon Carhartt's overalls,\nsend me a postal with your waist and\nleg measure, and I will see that you\nget tbem.\nWrite me anyhow for a weekly time\nbook, engineer's time book, or farmer's account book. These are free to\nyou.\nOMDRKERS UNION/\nUNIOIWSrAMP\nNamed Shoe* we frequently made in Non-\nUnion Factories\u00E2\u0080\u0094Do Not Boy Any Shoe\nno matter what Its name, unless It bears a\nplain and readable Impression or this stamp\nAll shoes without the Union Stamp are\nalways Non-Union.\nBOOT A SHOE WORKERS' UNION\n246 Bummer Street, Boston, Maes.\nJ. F. Tobln, Pres. C. L. Blaine, Sec Trees\nJINGLE POT COAL\nUNION MINED AT NANAIMO\nMORE HEAT-LASTS LONGER\nTHIS COAL WILL SAVE YOU MONEY-TRY A TON\nLump, $7.00; Nut, $5 50; Pea, $4.00; Slack, $4.00; Briquettes, $6.00\nWOOD, Choicest Pry Fir, $3.00 per load\nMcNEILL, WELCH & WILSON, Limited\nformerly\nVANOOUVER OOAL COMPANY\nTELEPHONES : SEYMOUR 5408 and 5409\n-> VANCOUVER \u00E2\u0099\u00A6>\nCITY MARKET\nMAIN STREET\nAre held every Tuesday and\nFriday at 10 A. M. If you\nreally wish to reduce the\ncost of living, you can do so\nby attending the AUCTION\nSALES\nAt Market Prices; these are\nthe lowest prices in Vancouver. Stock always fresh\nand in best condition\nAUCTION\nSALES\nPotatoes \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nVegetables\nApples- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nIMa-ur T ai J Are now arriving in large\nll C W \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" LidlU. quantities. You can always\nEGGS\nAll kinds at most reasonable\nprices; in quantities to suit\nall buyers.\nLarge variety winter stock\nat $1.00 and $1.25 per Box\nrely on Eggs which are sold\nas new laid\nAT THE CITY MARKET\nALL RED LINE, LIMITED\nS.S. Selma-S.S. Santa-Maria\nLeaves Johnion'a wharf B.B0 a.m., Mon.,\nWed. and Friday, (or Wlson Creek. Soobolt,\nHall Moon Bay, Redroofo'a, Welcome Pass,\nHardy Ialand, Nelson Island. Pender Harbor,\nStillwater, Myrtlo Point and Powell River;\nreturning tbo following days.\nJohnson's Wharf Sirmosr (230 PAGE SIX.\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFRIDAY MARCH 12, 1911\nHotel Irving Grill Room\n101 Haatinga Street East\nTo tbe hundreds who attended my Grand Opening,\nSaturday, March 6th\nTHANK YOU\nJohn L. Sullivan\nThe same high class service will be maintained at all times\nMusic from 5 to 12\nTo the Lady Readers\nDear Madam:\nIt is with the greatest pleasure\nthat I announce the Opening of\nthe\nClover Leaf Butter Store\nat the corner of Granville and\nNelson streets, on\nSaturday, March 6th\nwas a good success.\nHaving been * connected for a\nnumber of years with the Produce\nand Grocery Business, both\nwholesale and retail, and more\nParticularly catering to the BEST\nUTTER AND EGO Business of\nthie City, I feel that I am in a\nposition to satisfy the most exacting tastes.\nConsidering the high standard\nof goods which I intend to sell,\nand by comparison of prices, you\nwill find them tne equal of any\nin the City.\nHoping to be trusted with at\nleast a portion of your patronage,\nI remain, yours respectfully,\nA. I.. GROUT.\nP. S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Motto of the OLOVER LEAF BUTTER STORE la:\nStudy QUALITY and PRICE,\nSeU for CASH ONLY,\nAnd he CONTENT WITH\nSMALL PROFITS.\nHOW TO STOP WAR\nMust Be Dene hy the United Action\nof the Working Class\nThe only way to secure lasting peace\nis by the united action of the masses\neverywhere to secure the conduct of\nthe relations of states in the open instead of behind elosed doors, and by\ndemocratic control rather than by the\nelosest form of bureaucracy governments have ever evolved. It Ib this\nbureaucracy, this diplomacy, which has\nproved such a tragic failure, and its\naupercession by popular control is a\nmatter of paramount importance in\nwhich all people have a common interest. It is true that in every country there is now a strong national\nsentiment, and a good deal more hatred than we could wish. But all that\nhas been fanned and flogged up by\nthe government and their henchmen,\nthe newspapers. The people nowhere\nwanted war. Their normal sentiment\ntb inhabitants of other lands is that\nwhich found - expression, on Christmas\nday, when German and British soldiers\nmade an unofficial truce when an official one had been denied; when they\n\"swapped\" cigarettes and were photographed together; when our men wrote\nhome that the Germans \"wern't half\na bad lot.\" French and German soldiers did the same, not only talking\nand exchanging smokes, but dancing\ntogether in rings. To these jollifications there was an unexpected sequel,\naccording to the Paris correspondent\nof the Manchester Guardian. The men\nrefused' to fire on one another, and\nhad to be replaced by others. Men\ndb not naturally want to kill other\nmen who happen to have been born\non another patch of the earth's surface. After the dancing the French\nand the Germans appeared to one another as fellow-men. So men who had\nhot met and fraternized were placed\nopposite one another in the trenches,\nand then both sides were faced by, not\nmen, but \"the enemy.\" The stupidity\nof wart\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cotton Factory Times, Man\nChester, England.\nProvincial Election.\nEditor. B. C. Federationist\u00E2\u0080\u0094As the\ntime for a new oloction is drawing near\nund in the past the workers, or the people, have had bo little to choose from\nus regards its representatives; I would\nlike to suggest\u00E2\u0080\u0094if the people (men)\nnre really in earnest and want an improvement and have the common good\nat heart\u00E2\u0080\u0094now is tho time to begin and\ngather together their forces. In the\npnBt the people have had very few of\ntheir own class to choose from. It has\neither been Liberal or Conservative,\npractically the same, as paBt records\nhave proved. Recent electons show\nthat the people want a change. Party-\nism in this twentieth century should\nbe a thing of the past.\nAs a woman, who is interested in the\nwelfare of all the people, I would like\nto suggest that as many candidates as\npossible be nominated by and from the\nworking class, so that the people will\nhave every opportunity to elect their\nown men, if not satisfied with the present state of affairs.\nIn the past the working people have\nnever been represented in the house in\nproportion to their numbers. The people must be more positive and ask themselves if conditions which we are all\nfacing today are good enough. If they\nare, well let all the politicians continue\ntho play. If they are not, put in independent, public, progreBsive-minded\ncandidates up for election, and do it\nnaw.\nThe women should all get busy and\nsee that the men who run for election\nare ready to grant them a full franchise, as women will be the majority\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nafter the war. If we had a just parliament the soldiers' wives, mothers and\nsisters would be allowed to vote for\nthe absente ones. But no, the government is looking after the best way to\nget into office again.\nWhen \"Laurence Irving,\" the actor\nand teacher, was in Vancouver, he\nspoke to a large gathering on suffrage.\nHis opening remarkB were: \"I am not\na politician; I would blush to be one.'\nI think he was right, for surely we\nshould have got beyond that stage. As\nRobert South, the English divine and.\nauthor, says: \"A politician is ready\nto do anything that he apprehends for\nhiH advantage.\" So the people must\nbe honest to themselves, and if we\nwant a thing done, well, as \"Longfol*\nlow\" says, we must do it ourselvese\nand not leave it to others. It Is too\nlate, in this day of evolution, for ono\npart of the human family to ignore the\nother part. The interest of one\nshoufa be the interest of all. I should\nlike to see this question taken up at\nonce bv theh people interested.\n. LOUISA PARR\nVancouver, B. C, March 11, 1916.\nPayments Too Low\nHalf the worker's wages is an adequate proportion for compensation according to a report on the New Jersey\ncompensation law isBued by the American Association of Labor legislation.\nThe report attacks the New Jersey\nsystem for having fixed the basis too\nlow. Under the act the injured worker is entitled to only two weeks' medical attendance with a $50 maximum\nand to 50 per cent of his wages, one\nof the lowost scales in the country.\nBeceht laws tend to fix compensation on a more liberal scale. New\nYork and Ohio started with a 66 2-3\nper cent scale. Massachusetts, after\ntwo years' experience with 60 per\ncent, recognized its inadequacy aad\nraisod it to 66 2-3 per cent, at the\nsame time extending the period of payments. In a dozen states this year\nactive legislative campaigns to establish compensation on a basis of 66-23\nper cent are in progress.\nLabor has the ballot, but doesn't\nknow how to use It.\nIt's a pity that all the fellows who\nknow how to ran a labor paper *\u00C2\u00AB not\nin the business. They wonld get a lot\nof \"experleud/\" aa the Italian pita tt.\nNicholson's Gin\nis perfectly pure and palatable\nIT'S REFRESHING\nAND INVIGORATING\nTRY IT FOR YOUR STOMACH'S SAKE.\nWILL DO YOU GOOD.\nALL RELIABLE DEALERS SELL IT\nWILL TAKE PARI IN\nI MUNICIPAL\nI\nVictoria Convention of Affiliated Unions Will Be\nHeld December 1st\nMany Subjects Discussed at\nLast Meeting of Capital\nCity Central Body\nVICTORIA, B. 0., March 9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Victoria\nTrades and Labor councU held its regular meeting on March 3rd, President\nWells in the chair.\nOrganization Oommlttee Beport\nDelegate Wells reported that the\nmeeting to organize civic employees\nhad been called off on account of a\nmeeting held by the liberals, and the\nmatter was left in the hands of Delegate Day to to arrange for a more suitable night.\nSpecial Committee's Beport\nDelegate Sivertz reported for the\nparliamentary committee, appointed at\nlast meeting. The report was of some\nlength and contained the following recommendations:\n1. That a committee be appointed for\nthe city of Victoria and the municipalities of Oak Bay, Saanich, and Esquimau, for the purpose of assisting and\nplacing names of working people entitled, as householders, to have their\nnames on their respective voters' lists.\n2. That a municipal campaign be\nundertaken in the following manner:\n(a) The Trades and Labor council to\ndecide, as early as convenient, but not\nlater than the first of October, how\nmany candidates shall run, whether for\ncouncil or school board.\n(b) Said decision to constitute a call\nfor nominations, and to be sent to affiliated organizations, with an invitation\nto them to nominate one o* more qualified trades unionists and to have such\nnominations returned to the secretary\nof the council not later than the first of\nNovember. The council also to nominate, if desirable.\n(c) The nominations being thus\nclOBed on the flrst of November, the\nsecretary shall forthwith refer them to\nthe parliamentary committee, which\nshall arrange for a series of public\nmeetings, to be addressed by the several candidates nominated.\n(d) On or before the first of December the parliamentary committee shall\ncall a convention of trades unionists\nfor the purpose of selecting, by ballot,\nthe candidates who shall run as the official ticket.\n3. That the committee be instructed\nto arrange for the holding of public\nmeetings from time to time for the purpose of discussing matters of public importance.\n4. That application be made to the\nproper authorities for commissions, under the Provincial Elections act, to\nfilnce names of voters on the voters'\nists. The commissioners to be recommended by the couneil and to constitute not less than two for the city of\nVictoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt and\nSaanich.\nIn the general discussion of the several delegates it was shown that if the\nworkers were to get a fair share of the\ngood things, it would only be got by\nsuch action. It rested with the workors themselves and instead of the general apathy it needed direct action-\nCivic Employment Bureau.\nDelegate Day reported that Delegate\nWells and himself nnd attended the\nlast meeting held in the city hall and\nthat they were convinced that there\nwere other reasons behind this scheme\nthan alleged1 benefits whioh would help\nthe condition of the workers. It would1\nbe the means of helping unscrupulous\nemployers to further cut down wages\nand would give opportunities for the\nworkers, in their effort to get a meal\nticket, to further compete against\neach other, and conditions, bad as they\nnow aro, would become worse.\nDr. Millar, who ran the slave depot,\nwas determined that unless a man registered his name and placed himself in\nthe already full crowd of hungry work-,\ners no help should1 be or would be given\nto him.\nDelegate Day stated that he had suggested that the labor hall should be\nphoned in case men were required, so\nthnt the men who had respect for themselves should be allowed to respond. By\nthis means the men would still retain\ntheir self-respect. \"Nothing doing/'\nwas the reply of the man in command\nand he was told by the delegate that he\nwas raising a hornet's nest around the\nlabor bureau.\nAfter a lengthy debate it was decided that Delegates Wells and Day attend these meetings and oppose any actions of the committee which would\ntend to degrade the workers. The\nmayor of the city, having Been fit to\nresign his position as enairman, Delegate Watchman moved:\n\"Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094It has come to our notice, by the report of our delegates to\nthe central unemployed committee,\nthnt when men are sent out the wagoB\nto be paid aro not stipulate, and\n\"Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wo renlize that it is in\nthe best interests of the city that all\nlaboring men and women who are engaged in industry should receive a reasonable wage, computable with the high\ncost of living; therefore be it\n\"Resolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thnt the superintendent of the unemployed bureau send out\nno men, women or children unless conditions nre such thnt will assure the\nworkerB a reasonable return for the energy expended, euch wages at all times\nto bo above the amount necessary to\nkeop an Oriental, ns we are of the opinion that unless some protection is given\nthe white workers, that they will have\nto leave the province to the Orientals;\nand thnt our delegates bring this matter up at the next meeting of the central unemployed committee.\"\nThe motion was carried unanimously.\nWhites Should Replace Orientals.\nDelegate Philbrooke brought up the\nquestion relating to the stnrting up of\nthe Puget Sound company, suggesting\nthat the council take some action In the\nmatter of placing white men in the\nplaco of Chinamen. Delogate Watchman moved, and it was duly seconded\nand carried, that\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n'' Whoreas\u00E2\u0080\u0094The provincial government has deemed it fit to place a sum\nof *G0,000 in the interest of developing\nthe timber industry, and\n\"Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Conservative party,\nnow in power and the government of\nthe province, have repeatedly gone on\nrecord as favoring a white British Columbia; therefore be it '\n\" Resolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094That we, the Victoria\nTrades and Labor couneil, respectfully\nrequest the executive of the provincial\ngovernment, when . expending thiB\nmoney, to give due consideration to\nthoso saw mills employing white labor\nonly.\"\nBarbers Thank Organized Labor\nThe delegate from the Barbers' union read correspondence from the attorney-general, and Btated that, on behalf of his local, he wished to thank\nthe Victoria Trades and Labor council\nand the B. C. Federation of Labor for\nthe help and advice given.\nOrganizer Present. *\nOrganizer Clark, of the Painters' local, wns given the floor, and in his remarks stated how pleased he felt to.listen to the many questions brought up\nand the businesB-like way they were\ndoalt with. It wub only by such action\nas was now being taken that trades unions would be successful.\nStage Employees' Stand.\nA communication was rend by tho\ndelegate from the Stage Employees'\nunion, covering thu following motion,\npassed by that body in reply to a motion passed at the last meeting of the\nTrades and Labor council, which read\nas follows:'\n\"That the men who were employed\nin the theatre, controlled by- Mr. Qujig-\nlottia, must return to work in the same\ntheatres in which they were formerly\nemployed before the said theatre will\nbe coiiBidored fair to organized labor.\"\nMoved that the request be concurred\nin, and the letter be filed. Carried.\nChinese-made Brooms.\nA communication from the British\nColumbia Federation of Labor in re\nChinese broom factory in Victoria, was\nread. Moved that the president and\nsecretary get all information and forward same. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nOsborne Lecture.\nCommunication from J. B. Osborne,\nwith reference to giving a lecture at\nVictoria. Moved that the funds would\nnot permit and reply be sent. Carried.\nSchool Board's Wage Out, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nDelegate Simmons reported1 on the action of the school board of Saanich, in\nreducing wages, and Delegate Watchman moved that:\n\" Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094It has come to our notice\nthat the school board of Saanich is\nmaking an endeavor to give their\nschool teachers and employees a living\nwage; and\n\"Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094We realize the education\nof the children should be the concern of\nthe community; therefore be it\n\"Resolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094That we, the delegates\nto the Victoria and District Trades\nand Labor council, appreciate the Btand\ntaken by the Bchool board of Saanich,\nto give the children of the workers the\nbest possible education under the conditions now existing, and be it further\n\" Besolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094That we have a copy of\nthis resolution spread on the minutes,\nand a copy be sent to the chairman of\nthe school board.\"\nOppose Piece Work.\nThe same delegate mentioned the action of the same authorities with refer;\nence to piece work, and it wns duly\nmoved that:\n'' Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094It has come to our notice\nthat the Saanich municipnl council has\ndeemed it advisable to revert to piecework on municipal undertakings, and\n\"Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094The workers have at all\ntimes Btrenuously fought against this\nform of sweated labor; and\n'' Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094The same body has\nshown its callous disregard for the best\ninterests of the white workers of the\nmunicipality in placing a rate of wages\nat $1.50 per day on relief work; and\n\" Whereas\u00E2\u0080\u0094This wage is not sufficient to give the worker the necessities\nof life, or to give any comfort to hia\nwife and family, should he be married,\nunder the present high cost of living;\ntherefore be it\nResolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thnt we respectfully request the said council to seriously consider their action and1 make an endeavor to give a wage for this labor thnt\nwill be such as to onable the white\nworker to exist in the municipality.\"\nThe \"Jitney\" Bus;\nMotion for extension of time called\nfor and granted.\nThe jitney bus came up for discussion, several delegates taking up question for and against; but it was apparent that the delegates were satisfied\nthat the jitney was a menace; that the\ndrivers were, with few exceptions, men\nwho were opposed and had been fighters against trades unionists. An instance was given where a man worked\nas a journeyman in the day time, estimating as foreman and running a jitney at night. All that was asked was\nthat the conditions ahould be equal as\nto those which the street carmen had\nto abide by, and that the street railwaymen should and would have the support of the Trades and Lnbor council.\nAt 11:45 a motion to adjourn was\ncalled; when a moBt interesting and\nlengthy meeting came to a conclusion,\nBevernl good union men having the\npleasure of walking home, after the decision of tho council on jitneys waB\nreached.\nB. O. Vinegar Works.\nAt their factory, Powell street, Vancouver, tho B. C. Vinegar Works have\na capacity of 15,000 gallons per month.\nThey are manufacturers of Vinegar,\nCider and Sauerkraut in bond under Inland Revenue supervision. Their many\nbrands can be obtained at your grocer\non tho \"Sntisfnotion\u00E2\u0080\u0094or money back\"\nbasis. The firm is ennbled to give this\ngunrnntee upon an eleven years reputation. 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