"6c681df1-b569-498d-bc17-4a24a6d1d64a"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-28"@en . "1915-05-14"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345038/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " *****\n**m*am\\nTHFi BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\nINDUSTRIAL U \u00C2\u00A3 . : STRENGTH. 4gaa, OFFICIAL PAPER : VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR .^^fcTOLi\u00E2\u0084\u00A2^ DMTY^VICTOTY I\nSEVENTTt, .EAR. No 20. VANCOUVER, B.C.. FRIDAY. MAY 14.1915. [/kaa1; ^liim..\nVANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 14,1915.\nCOMPlMI\nMr. A. S. Mathews, Insur-\nManager,\nance\nTrades Council\nVancouver Unionists Hear\n-Arguments Opposing\nthe Bill\nAt last week's meeting of Vancouver\nTrades and Labor council, Mr. A. S.\nMatthew, manager of the Guardian\nCasualty and Guaranty company, addressed'the delegates on the subject of\nworkmen's compensation. His speech\nis hero given verbatim:\nMr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I appreciate very much the opportunity\ngiven me of addressing you here tonight on a subject of suoh vital importance to the people of this province\nas the question of state compensation\ninsurance, having particular reference\nto the bill which was laid on the table\nat the last session of the legislature,\nPurely a Business question.\nAt the outset I should like to make\none point perfectly clear and that is\nthat I come before you to-night in no\npolitical guise whatsoever. I donotwant\nto say anything at all in regard to\neither the Liberal, Conservative, Labor\nor Socialist party. As a matter of faot\nI am in the same position that Mark\nTwain was when asked to give his\nopinion on the question of eternal pun*\nishment. \"I cannot give you my\nopinion on that question,\" he replied.\n\"I have friends in both places.\" I do\nnot want to criticise any political party\nat all. This question of Btate insurance\nis purely a business question apart altogether from politics. I really think\nit should be taken out of the arena of\npolitics and discussed in a business way,\nfrom a hard, common-sense, business\nstandpoint.\nAttorney-General Bowser's BUI,\nI suppose you have all seen the bill\nwhich the Attorney-General laid on the\ntable and I suppose that you are all\nmore or less familiar with its. provi-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ions. The flrst provision which I shall\nieal with, and by far tlie most important to my mind, is the establishment of\ncompulsory state insurance. I do not\nwant at this meeting to endeavor to\ndistinguish between tie merits of so-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0inlism or collectivism and individualism\n.n any way. It may be that in tho forward march- of civilization* the state\nwn with advantage play a more ini*\nportent part in our national life. But\n[ ask you, gentlemen, to look at the\npolitical parties in the Dominion of\nJanada or the United States as they\nire to-day. Look at the graft that Is\njojng on. Look at the political im-\nrarity, the intrigue, the party manoeuvres, the poltical machines and the po-\nitical cheap jacks and debris lumber-\nng the state departments. I ask you\n:o tell me if you think that to add a\nlew, complicated and scientific de; art*\nnent to the government at the present\nfine would work in your Interest. There\ns not a single man amongst you, who,\nteeping in mind the situation as it ac-\nuafly exists, could conscientiously say\nhat any new department added to the\nitate would work to tho advantage of\ntny body except the political party in\n>ower and the swarm of bread and\nratter politicians who would dad a ha*\nen of reBt and remuneration in this\nlew department.\nBill Mado for Offlce-Holdtrt.\nI have read this bill over and over\n.gain and I have come to the conclu-\nion that it ia really nothing but a\nill to create an armj of officeholders,\nfou know that when a candidate stands\nor election he haa a large number of\nollowers. Some of mem devote their\nime to his interests. Borne help him\nrith their influence and money., These\neople are not giving their time, their\nafiuence and their money for nothing,\n-hey are doing it with an ulterior mo*\nive ond you all know what that mo*\nivo is. If that candidate is elected\ne is obligated to flnd jobs for these\neople. Up to the present time he has\not been able to satisfy them all. ThiB\ndditional department will create new\nosltlons for an army of these people,\nhot Ib not going to redound to the in*\nsrest of tho workers or any other body\nxcept the politicians.\nCompensation at M*rcy of Politics.\nAs a matter of fact, this state insur*\nnee scneme is merely a precarious do*\nice to avoid the difficulties and per*\nlexities of adjusting private rights be*\nweer. employers and employoes by\n-nsigning tho whole matter of com*\nensation to a political machine with\nower to assosa employera indefinitely\nnd to pay out the money thereby ob*\nlined as political exigencies demand,\nancy a highly scientific and tech*\nical department Buch as a depart*\nent to adjudicate upon industrial ac-\ndents being administered by a bunch\n! party hackB and political adven-\nirersi Gentlemen, It Is unthinkable,\nnd even if tho various govornment detriments wero much more efficiently\nanoged than they are now, there\nould still loom out another groat ob*\n\u00C2\u00ABtion in the form of that costly \"red-\nipe,\" which experience haB shown to\n3 inseparable from all state depart*\ncnts.\nRemoves Common aaw Eights.\nAnother Important point in connec*\non with this bill (apart altogether\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0om the state's incompetence to handle\nich a measure) is that it takes away\nio worker's most precious heritage\nid that is his right of having his in-\ntries and his compensation adjudicated\nwn and assessed by a Jury of his own\nlers. This bill would absolutely and\nir ever take away his common law\nmedy. Let me explain. If a work*\ngman at the present time gets hurt\nirough the negligence of bis employe:]\n: has what we call a remedy at com-\non law, Common law is a law that\nib grown up or haa Deen' created for\ne equal protection of all clltiens. In\nher words if I negligently injure my\nlighbor he con claim an amount of\n(Continued on page S)\nM'BBIDE\u00E2\u0080\u0094RAILROADER.\nHow Ho Befriended Hi* Friends ln the\nPalmy Days.\nTho cost bf building the Columbia &\nWestern railroad from Robson to Mid*\nway was $35,000 a mtfe, and represents\nwhat may be termed a difficult section\nof road building, a groat deal of rock\nwork and heavy tunnelling being encountered during its construction. Being built in the days.of hand labor, the\ncost waB neceBsarily greater than it\nwould be to-day with the' employment\nof labor-saving devices and the steam\nshovel. The cost of building on prairie\nor level land has been put down by\nthose who have made a study of the\nmatter at a fraction under $10,000 per\nmile. A fair average cost of mileage\nin this province ia given at $85,000 per\nmile.\nThe railway schemes of Premier McBride, pledge the government to about\n745 miles of road building at $35,000\nper mile, a total of $10,075,000. .\nA free right-of-way, free materials\nduring construction, a grant of 1,280\nacres of land at any divisional point\nwhen called for, and an additional 040\nacres of land for each and every town-\nsite laid out by the companies interested, practically blankets the crown\nlands along the route traversed by these\nlines, which are free from taxation until\n1926. It is safe to say that the values\ncreated here will be worth to these companies fully four times the money grant\npledged in guaranteeing the bonds, and\nwill float as collateral to $130,000,000\nof subscribed stock.\nAUSTRALIA WANTS\nNo Timber Manufactured\nby Oriental Labor Will\nbe Admitted\nTYPOS. WILL TOTE.\nElection of Delegates to Los Angeles\nConvention, Wednetday, Hay 86.\nTho members of Typo, union, No. 226,\nwill elect two delegates to the Los Angeles convention of the I.T.U., to be\nheld in August, on Wednesday, May 26.\nSecretary' Neelands will act as poll\nclerk. The three candidates are Messrs.\nH. C. Benson, B. F. Pettipiece and F.\nFowler.\nAt the same time and place the membership' will vote on the following proposition, submitted by the eiecutive\ncouncil:\nShall the executive council of the\nInternational Typographical Union be\nauthorized to expend such sums of money from the general fund of the organization ub may be necessary to continue\nthe conduct of the business of the International, such as payment for services of employees and representatives,\nstrike benefits and special assistance\nwhen necessary, officers' and organizers' expenses, printing, publicity campaigns, convention expenses, as provided in the constitution, by-laws, general laws, convention laws, Typogrnphin\nAmalgamation and the agreement\ncreating the International Allied Printing Trades Association as printed in the\nbook of laws?\"\nCommonwealth Deals With\nU. S. A. Because of\nWhite Labor\nA PARSON AND \"WAR BABIES.\"\nSays thty ara due to Freedom of Wage-\nEarning \"Flappers.\"\nDiscussing the question of the \"war\nbabies,'' the Rev. Leonard Sykea, a\nWesleyan minister, of Hull, England\nsaid at a recent meeting: \"The present day excited \"flapper-\" was the\nadded element to disaster on the excitement of war. The excited \"flapper\"\nwas a phenomenon of which insufficient\naccount had in the past been taken. The\n\"flapper\" was a wage-earning girl who\nclaimed a freedom from home restrictions unknown to her mother and grandmother. The difficulty of dealing with\nthe problem was that in many cases the\nman was unknown.\nHe considered in some way or other\nthe State must take the responsibility\nto some extent for tne war babies.\nThese young mothers were, in the sight\nof man,'' Boiled goods,\" to be approached lightly and cast off as lightly; but\nthese young women who erred in excitement must be followed, very tenderly,\nand protected by the Church, loved back\nto respectability, and not trampled\ndown. He advocated mixed clubs for\nboys and girls, as it was the unknown\nabout the opposite sex which led to disaster. \"\n0TEZ1 OYEZI OTEZt\nLongshoremen's Smoker to Take Place\nNext Tuesday Night.\nThe Longshoremen of Vancouver will\nhold their annual smoking concert in\nthe Labor Temple next Tuesday evening, commencing at 7:30. An excellent\nvocal program has bees prepared, in addition to which refreshments will be provided on the lavish scale for which the\nlongshoremen are so justly celebrated.\nAll who have the faculty to appreciate\na real good time will be well ndvised\nto invest the 50 cents which is the price\nof admission. It is guaranteed, signed,\nsealed and settled that there will not\nbe one dull moment from start to finish.\nNo Work at Oreenwood;\nThe secretary of the Oreenwood Miners ' union, William Lakewood, writes\nto say that mining in that district iB\nby no means booming, ond to warn miners against coming from other places\nsearching for work at Greenwood. His\nletter is prompted not by pessimism but\nby a desire to raise no falBC hopes\namong outside men without work.\nThe union secretary states that the\nBritish Columbia Copper 'Company's\nmines and smelter there have not turned a wheel since last August, neither\nhas any other mine except the Jewel,\nwhich employs about 30' men.\nMiners Relieved from Local Dues,\nThe executive of District No. 18 of\nthe United Mine Workers of America,\nCrow's NeBt Valley, owing to continued\ndepressed conditions and the prevalent\nunemployment among the mining community, have decided to absolve the\nmembers of tho district, which embraces\nBritish Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Canada, from the payment of local\ndues until the end of July, but advise\nthpoffieinlB of the various locals to collect from those in a position to pay and\nutilize the amount received to relieve\nany who are ln distress.\nBig Death Benefits.\nThe Amalgamated Association of\nStreet Railway employees paid in 1014\nin death benefit claimn due to heirs of\n430 members the amount of #189,703.\nThe payments averaged (441.37, as compared with $451 in 1013 and (445 in\n1912.\nDraper Elected Praaldant.\nP. M. Draper, secretary-treasurer of\nthe Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, has been elected president of the\nOttawa typos *>y acclamation,\n[Special Australian correspondence.]\n. .Readers of the B. C. Federationist\nwill recollect that in March last Vancouver Trades and Labor council communicated, with the prime ministers of\nAustralia and New South Wales, also\nwith the Trades and Labor councils of\nSydney and Melbourne, and with the\nSydney Bulletin, apprising them that\nmost of the finished lumber exported\nfrom British Columbia Ib the product of\nOriental labor. This action was taken\nas the result of an announcement that\nBritish Columbia manufacturers were\nabout to seek a preferential tariff from\nthe Australian government. This course\nwas urged by a Mr. Hamber, of Vancouver. Our special correspondent in\nAustralia, Mr. W. F. Ahern, Bends this\nweek some pointed comment upon the\nforegoing mater, as follows:\n\"I fear Mr. Hamber does not know\nvery much of the political br economic\nwelfare of Australia, neither does he\nunderstand the spirit of Australians.\nWhatever else you may blame Australia for, let me assure your readers that\nAustralians are intensely patriotic to\ntheir own country. To better explain\nwhat I mean I shall have to digress\nsomewhat from the matter under discussion.\nWhat \"White Australia\" Means.\n\"White Australia\" is not a by-word\nor a catch phrase among the people\nhere\u00E2\u0080\u0094it ie a doctrine that time has propounded till to-day we flnd it part and\nparcel of the living and religion of our\nland. It stands as a plank in every political platform\u00E2\u0080\u0094be it either labor-socialist, liberal or tory. It is preached\nby the leaders of economic thought\u00E2\u0080\u0094\njt is proclaimed from the pulpit of our\nchurches. Thousands daily offer up the\nprayer, \"Ood keep Australia white.\"\nWe have every reason to believe in a\nwhite Australia, for our position in the\nsouthern world, surrounded as we are\nby colored races, is critical at all times.\nWe have cast-iron alien laws, and1 these\nlaws are Continually strengthened and\nreaffirmed by legislators. This alien\nlaw refers more to the Oriental than to\nany other race. The politician who\nwould dare ask for a relaxation of this\nlaw that prohibits the entry of an alien\ninto our* country might as well buy a\nshootiag-iron and retire to a vacant\nallotment, and make his peace with his\ngods.\nSays Orientals are Different.\nIn Australia we have developed the\nview that there is a vast difference be*\ntween the habits, standards of living,\nand all the social, moral* and other\nconsiderations which go to make up the\nfabric of life in the Asiatic race as\ncompared with those of our own land.\nThe difference is so marked and affects\nub in such a way that we will have\nnothing to do with colored races. We\ndo not wont to live \".cheek by jowl\nwith people of low standards or low\nideals,\" as Sir Ian Hamilton once said\nin Australia, nor do we wish to deal\nwith such people either.\nLaw is Rigid.\nIt may be that you -will think this is\napart from the question in dispute, I\nadmit this, but I have used this illustration to show you how we view the\nmatter of living or dealing with a\ncolored race. We have some Orientals\nin Australia, it is true, those who came\nhere prior to the introduction of the\nalien laws, but we prohibit the entry of\nany others. Do you know that even if\na ship Comes to Australia with an alien\ncrew, the captain has to enter into a\nbond of (500 dollars per head of colored\ncrew, as a guarantee that none will\nleave the ship and escape to the mainland,\nAustralia Will Want to Know.\nMr. Hamber says he has a schemo\non hand whereby he will capture the\nAustralian lumber trade, and it iB very\nlikely to stay there. He forgets one\nthing that might interfere with his\ntrade. Evidently he does not know\nthat before Australia will admit his\nlumber, our federal government will require to learn where it is milled, by\nwhat kind of labor it is milled\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwhether it is by white labor, or by\nChinese, or Jap, or coolie labor, If Mr.\nHamber can give the Australian government assuranco that he will mill his\nlumber with white labor, and satisfies\nour American trade agent to that effect,\nthen he might have a show of getting\nsome of his timber into Australia. At\nleast ho.will get to tho next barrier\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe customs tariff wall. But if he cm-\nELECTRICAL WORKERS\nAGREEMENT WITH\nB.C.E.B. ,6 EXPIRE.\nThe outside electrical workera\nof the B.C. Electric Railway Oompany who ara mambera of local\nunions in Vancouver, New Westminster and Victoria, havo an\nagreement with the company\nwhich waa signed np in 1912.\nThat agreement contains a clause\ncalling on either party wishing to\nchange or terminate it, to give\nninety days' notice to the other\nof such wish. The B.C. Eltctrlc\nRailway Oompany gave notice to\nthe electrical workers that lt\nwished to terminate tho agreement on June soth. The notice\nwu given April 1st, Nothing\nwu done ln tha matter until yesterday, whan * small deputation,\nconsisting of District Vice-president W, Dunn, and Business-agent\nMorrison, waited on General-manager Kidd of tha company. In\nanswer to thalr query as to what\naction tha company proposed to\ntake respecting . future relations\nwith their organisation Mr, Kidd\nsaid, that in two weeks the company would have a schedule of\nwages and working conditions to\noffer to the electrical workers.\nMr. Kidd added that until that\ntime he did not care to discuss\nthe matter.\n10\nIE PLACES OF\n1\nIE 1ST\nVancouver Unions Will Select Provincial Ticket\nby Referendum\nExecutive Will Submit Ballots to Membership on\nJune 1st\nploys Orientals or other alien labor in\nhis lumber industry then his scheme of\ncapturing our trade falls to the ground.\n1 Will Apprise Government,\nIf the matter is pursued further, I\nwill welcome any information on the\nsubject. I shall then make it my business to lay the matter before the federal government of Australia and anticipate any arrangement that may bo\nmade by a British Columbia capitalist\nto import lumber milled with Oriental\nlabor into Australia.\nWhy Australia Deals With U. S.\nIf Mr. Hamber wishes to know why\nwe get lumber from U. S. A. here in\npreference to his product it is because\nthe U. S. A. mills employ white labor\nand have satisfied our trade agents on\nthat score.' That is why he cannot get\nan opening here\u00E2\u0080\u0094that Ib why he will\nnever be able to capture our lumber\ntrado.\nWe aro a White Australia. We believe in dealing with white men who\nemploy white labor. The days are past\nwhen we would traffic in industries that\nemploy colored labor to inflate shareholders* dividends. Unless Mr. Hamber\ncan assure Australians that he -employs\nwhite labor and pays wnito men's\nwages, he nor his timber are wanted in\nAustralia. W. F. AHERN.\nSome fifty unions, affiliated with\nVancouver Trades and Labor council,\nare taking advantage of the opportunity given by the central labor body to\nparticipate in selecting a ticket from\ntheir membership to represent them at\nthe forthcoming provincial election.\nThe subject came up for discussion at\nlast meeting, as the result of a notice\nof motion tendered by--Del. Cassldy, of\nthe Stonecutters' union. It was finally\ndecided to submit the following self-\nexplanatory circular to the membership,\nit being also arranged that if the elections were hurriedly called in the meantime that the present ticket would\nstand:\n\"At the regular bi-monthily meeting\nof the Vancouver Trades and Labor\ncouncil held May (ith in the Labor Temple, it was decided that the original\nplan of nominating parliamentary candidates for the coming provincial election by referendum of the membership\nof local unions be returned to.\n\"Postponement of the election making this course possible, unions are hereby , respectfully requested to again\nnominate six candidates for the City of\nVancouver riding, ana one for each of\nthe ridings of South Vancouver and\nRichmond, said nominations to be made\nand in the hands of the secretary of\nthis council not later than June 1st.\n\"The proposition as submitted to the\nunions last February for consideration\nwas as follows:\n\" 'In order to secure the best standard bearers for tho wonting people, it\nhas been decided to ask each union to\nnominate candidates. You may choose\nthem from any union in the city, provided, of course, that they are British\nsubjects and are on the voters' list.\nCare should bo taken to nominate only\nthe best men the movement has produced and the full number should not\nbe nominated for the purpose of fllling\nthe list.\n\"'When all the nominations have\nbeen made it is proposed to hold a\nseries of mass meetings and give tho\nprospective candidates an opportunity\nof snowing thoir ability. Afterwards\nthe names of the nominees will be submitted to the unions to select, by referendum vote, tho six candidates for the\nCity of Vnrn'\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBver riding and ono each\nfor the ridi!..,,.. of 3outh Vancouver and\nRichmond.' \"\nInasmuch as June 1st will not bo\nlong slipping round overy union is\nurgod to lose no timo in complying\nwith tho requirements of the above\ncircular.\nBallots Issued -rune 1st,\nAs Boon as the nominations aro closed\non Juno 1st, the executive committeo\nhas been authorized and instructed to\nat onco prepare ballots and submit\nthem to the membership. These\nreturnable on Juno 15th.\nOnions Are Federating.\nAt the American Federation of Labor oxecutive council meeting last week\nPresident Oompers announced that the\nreferendum vote of the Cigar Makers'\nInternational union and the Stogie\nMakers' league was favorable to an\namalgamation of these organizations.\nTho Amalgamated Glass Workors has\namalgamated with the Brotherhood of\nPainters. The executive council decided that American Federation of Labor\nofficials shall continue efforts to secure\na bums for amalgamation between the\nsheet metal workers and the stove\nmounters' international unions.\nPettigrew Returns to Old Country.\nGeo. Pettigrew, ex-international\nboard member for District 28, United\nMine Workers of America, Nanaimo,\nleft last week, accompanied by - Mrs.\nPettigrow and family, for his old homo\nin Scotland.\nIn the old time children were whipped up. Later they were dragged up.\nThen they wero brought up. Now we\nlet thom grow up. Education by assault and battery iB unfashionable.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBolton Hall, in Life.\nLiberal Sluggers of Women\nNow Urge Forming a '\n\"Roll of Honor\"\nOnce Bitten Twice Shy, the\nWomen Say Equal Pay\nfor Equal Work\n[By Miss Helena Outterldge.]\nA circular issued by the British\nBoard of Trade calling upon \"women\nwilling and able to work, to enter their\nnames upon a new Register of Women\nfor War Service,\" has at last forced\nupon the understanding of the British\npublic the fact that women are people\nwhen there Ib need for their services.\nCensus of Women Workers.\nThe object of the registration , is\nstated to be \"to find out what reserve\nforce of woman' labor, trained or untrained, can be available if required,\nto meet both the present and future\nneeds of national industry during the\nwar.\" Surely a very inconsistent\nthing for the Liberal British government to sanction I -\nIn view of the fact that for the last\nten years the women of Britain have\nbeen offering their services to the nation and been refused on the grounds\nthat women were \"sub-human\" and\nmoreover belonged to a protected class\nwhom war did not concern, it is not only\ncurious, but very suspicious.\nCircumstances Alter Cases\u00E2\u0080\u0094and Woman\nThe verses by Laurence Houseman\nare certainly coming true, in times of\ntimes of peace when woman asks permission to help it is; \"Woman this,\nand woman that, and woman keep your\nplace.\" But in times of war it is\nchanged somewhat and the \"woman\nkeep your place,\" becomes \"Help us\nof your charity to try and save the\nrace.\" .\nSuffragists Not Being Fooled.\nBritish suffragists were naturally\nsuspicious of this sudden discovery by\nthe government of the existence of women and an understanding of their varied capacities outside the home, stating\nso in unmistakable term and calling\nloudly for safeguards for women's industrial position.\nThe whole question of women's labor\nis far too big and complex to be settled\nin a wholesale fashion by the issue of a\nscrap of paper from a government department, about which no woman had\nbeen consulted. . ^ .'v_\nMiss Evelyn Sharp, a wellknownwrit-\ner and suffragist addressing a meeting\non the question stated: \"There were\nalready 50,000 or so women out of work\nin England, and that the dangers to\nan unfranchised cIobb of this vague\nappeal for woman's labor were excessive; the most stringent safe-guards being necessary to protect the interests\nof both the women themselves and the\nmen whom they would displace.\"\nHow The Preu Views It.\nThe attitude of the British press is\ntruly significant of the general awakening to the value of women's services\nto tho nation, the Manchester Guardian\na govornment organ says: \"When women have achieved the industrial status\nwhich is their due there can be no shred\nof a reason for continuing to debar\nthem from the political.\"\nThe Daily Sketch very definitely\nsays: \"If the women of Britain will\nhelp the country now, the country will\nhelp them. In Finland the women won\nthe vote by the ungrudging sacrifices\nthey made for tho country. Our women can do the same,\"\nVery nice! But the suffragist of today does not fall so easily as did her\nf oremother 's- '' ministering angel,\"\" Saviour of the race\" and a pedestal after\nthe work is done, Is no longer accepted\nin return for services rendered. The\nfear of being labelled \"unwomanly\"\nand selfish for refusing to be an exploited ministering angel has passed away.\nThat \"Roll of Honor.\"\nAn official of the British Board of\nTrade iB quoted as saying: \"The desire\nib to form a Roll of ffonor of women\nwho are ready to give their services to\nthe nation\" also \"women aro needed\nto take the place of men, more especi\nally so in the manufacture of enrtridge\ncases, shell cases and army clothing,\nsetting him free to jt*n tho army, without endangering the production of supplies thnt ore as necessnry to win tho\nwar ns nre men.\"\nEqual Pay would be Better.\nSuffrngists ond women trado unionists, among* the latter Miss Mary Mc-\nArthur, realizing tho menance of t\n\"Roll of Honor\" to tho working worn\nen arc endeavoring to avert disaster by\ndemanding equal pay for equal work,\nthat whero a woman replaces a man,\nsetting him free to join tho nrmy, sho\nshnll receive tho same rato of pay that\nhe would have received.\nHow necessary this demand is, to protect the interests of both the working woman and the man who is replaced\nby a woman.\n\"Sassiety\" Wants Work.\nFirst there is the immediate difficulty\nof the well to do women, who, through\npatriotic, zeal nnU a longing for activo\nexpression of such zeal will be tho first\nto inscribe their names upon the \"Roll\nof Honor\" and in their dosire to sorvo\ntheir country on nny terms, will work\nfor a nominal or pocket money wage,\nso lowering tne standard of wages and\ninvolving in ruin many women dependent on their cnrningB. J\nWithout restrictions of a stringent\nnature, the fifty thousand women quoted above as being out of employment,\nwill become five hundred thousand in a\nvery Bhort time.\nAfter the War, Wbat Then?\nAnother difficulty is the complications\nHiiro to arise when at last tho war is\nover and thousands of men return,\ncither to find themselves unemployed or\nto throw women out of tho work to\nwhich they have become accustomed.\nA memorandum drawn up by the\nBritish government and Lnbor representatives contains nothing for tho pro-\n,yl CUT, 12.00n\n$1.50 PER YEAR\ntaction of women, in only one clause\nare they mentioned and then in mott\nambigoue terms:\nThe relaxion of existing demarcation restrictions or admission of\nsemiskilled or female labor shall\n. not affect adversely the rates ens*\n* tomarily paid for the job. In eases\nwhere men who ordinarily do the\nwork are adversely affected thereby, the necessary readjustments\nshall be made so that they can\nmaintain their previous earnings.\nSuch a clause is only too capable of\ninterpretation that a woman may receive lower wages than a man during\nhis absence but on Us. return his wages\nshall rise to the old standard, and no\ndoubt a court of law would so rule.\nGovernment Worst Sweater.\nIn view- of the fact that the British\ngovernnftnt is itself the worst of sweaters, very little protection to the women\nin industry will eome from that quarter.\nWomen working on a government subcontract for Khaki and other thiead,\nnre paid seven or tight shillings ((1.78\nor $2.15) a week for tltvtn or twelve\nhours work per day.\nThere is one thing sure however, and\nthat is, the suffragist women are fully\nawakened and it will not be their fault\nif the \"Soil of Honor\" becomes another term for the exploitation of women.\nCIC ON 1\nBRITAIN WANTS MECHANICS.\nAdvertisements Show Many Opening*\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nProblem la How to Oat Ther*.\nA large number of machinists\u00E2\u0080\u0094fitters\nas they are termed in England-\u00E2\u0080\u0094and\nothers, are out of work in Canada, particularly in the west. Much talk has\nbeen going the rounds about government assistance being given to aid\nsome of those unemployed here to get\nto England, but nothing has been, done\nso far. That' there are ample opportunities over there ia apparent from the\nfollowing advertisements selected from\nthe Citizen, the British labor paper:\nBelsise Motors, I,td., Clayton, Manchester, have vacancies for capstan and\nturret operators, drillers and strikers.\nGovernment work.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 #\nFoundrymen wanted at once\u00E2\u0080\u0094Machine\nmoulders, furnaeemen, laborers, fet-\ntlers, and castings inspectors for\nlarge motor works in Midlands. No\ndispute. Only steady, competent men\nneed apply. Standard wages plus\nshop bonus and war bonus. Railway\nfares refunded to men engaged who\nprove satisfactory. Apply, stating\nnge, experience, and present employers, to Box 481, Daily Citizen, \"\nFleet Street, London, E. C.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\nMechanics Wanted\u00E2\u0080\u0094Turners, drillers,\nmillers, 'grinders, inspectors, markers-\noff, borers and bullard operators.\nBtate age, wages, and full particulars\nof experience, whether willing to\nwork day or nights, to Machine Department, The Daimler Company, Ltd.\nCoventry.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nMechanics and Fitters Wanted\u00E2\u0080\u0094Apply\nRead, Holliday & sons, Ltd., Hudders-\nfleld.\nt * *\nSand Moulders (two), good, immediately\u00E2\u0080\u0094Francis Morton & Co., Ltd., Oars-\nton, Liverpool.\naaa\nSkilled Mechanics, who will receive\nbeBt rates, time-and-a-qunrter over\ntime, double-time Sunday labor, bonus\non output, also war bonus. To men\nengaged, traveling expenses paid.\nMen required include tool room fitters\nand turners, experienced in guages,\ntups, dies, jigs, fixtures, otc. Also\nmen for Lucas borers, cutter grinders,\ncapstan hands, drillers, millers, and\nturret operators for Jones and Lam-\nson machines. Constant work guaranteed to suitable men. Apply Machine Dept., The Austin Motor Co.,\nLtd., Northfleld, Birmingham.\n* * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nA first-clnsB lathe hand to design and\ncreate large sets of capstan and milling tools for Important Motor Accessory Patent; permanency. Apply E.\nShowell & Sons, Ltd.,StlrcMey, Birmingham.\n* * a\nWanted, for machine tool work, planers,\nshaper, miller, and horizontal borer;\nrate 40s. fid. for 53 hours and overtime and bonus. Apply Selson Engineering Company, Ltd., St. George'a\nRoad, Coventry.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00C2\u00AB \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWanted, acetylene welders, also tinplate\nworkers; must be first-class men;\ngood wages. Porter & Company, Lincoln.\nA Potpouri of Punches Pleasant, Pleading and\nPertinent\nThe Sceptical Scarificator\nSendi a Shower of\nScintillation\nWe hear a great deal abont \"trot-\ndom\" these days, especially the \"frtt-\nQOm *** tt\e* tofllLubi 1*..* U.l'._ \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 _;\nof tke workers; but, when analysed, a \"free worker\" is merely a\nwage-slave whose owner has been freed\nfrom caring for him or her when sick\nor unemployed.\nOne difference between the market\nconditions of the capitalist and tht\nworker it that the capitalist can stud\nslow returns and small profits, the\"\nworker must have quick returns. .\nWhen Bogus Toll Out, Etc.\nFrench and German financiers ara ea-\njoying a Uttle professional jealousy\nover their respective metnods of \"\u00C2\u00ABiS-\ning ends meet.\" Dr. Heffelrich, secretary of the German Imperial treasury,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ays that \"French financial pellcTeS\nsista of turning paper into paper, with\na great disffySfYrt.\" tfhmiutt\nFrenchman, M. Bibot, replied that\n\"German flnanea is an exchange It\npaper for paper, a process encouraged\nby recourse to the penal eode,\" A plain\ncase of the kettle calling \"black fie?\"\no the pot. 'If this war coniSSe. \"ih\nfew\" \",.]iMe 4o le\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB Meta-\nside history of financial methods When\nrogue, fall \u00E2\u0080\u009Ent, the truth ZZXaSs\nConcerning Compensation.\nTRADE UNION 8TBENGTH.\nMore Than Fourteen Million Workers\nArt Organlied.\nCommissioner Lynch of tbe New\nYork department of labor reports that\nthero aro in tho world 14,113,011 trade\nunion mombers, an increnso of 1,100,-\n007 in a year. The larger memberships\naro:\nGreat Britain and Ireland .. 3,098,769\nOcrmnny 3,213,580\nUnited States 2,004,701\nFranco 1,027,057\nItaly 971,007\nAustria 532,\nAustralia 433,224\nThe biggeBt American unions nro connected with transportation, 007,845.\nNext come building nnd stone working,\n543,400, nnd milieu and quarries, 523,\n300.\nAmerican unions ruined in 1913 $14,-\n139,328. Nearly $9,000,000 wore expended in death bencfitB; only $3,500,-\n000 for strikes. The #1,355,000 used\nfor sick benefits flecms relatively small,\nbut not nil unions mako such nllow*\nnneefl. Tho Typogrnphical union paid\n$242,050 in old nge pensions.\nNames nnfnmiliar here occur in\nforeign classiOcntion\u00E2\u0080\u0094Czech unionfl in\nAustria, rivnl Socialist and Christian\nunionfl in Belgium nnd Germany, Hirsch-\nDunckir unions in tho latter country.\nIn Holland the Christian unionfl nro\ndivided into Protestant nnd Catholic.\nBritish unions spond $19,000,000 n\nyear\u00E2\u0080\u0094onc-third for strikes-\u00E2\u0080\u0094and hnve\n$5,000,000 in accumulated funds.\n\"Freedom\" of Germany.\nFor daring to suggest that tho Social Democracy of Germany and its\nallies take the initiative in peace overtures, Kdmmrd Bernstein, prominent\nsocialist of thnt country, hns boon accused in nn official document of incit*\nng soldiers to revolt nnd of high treas*\n>n. Information to this effect in contained in the French socialist daily,\nl'Humnaito.\nTrue glory consists in so living as to\nmake tho world happier and bettor for\nyour living.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pliny,\nInLLe1\"'0.0 \u00C2\u00AB'*'/*\"*\"\" \u00C2\u00B0' \"\"\"W\nm^ml\"8& th\u00C2\u00B0n \u00C2\u00BBS*\nwhole, .industrial accidents enrt^L!\nw. h\u00C2\u00AB. 2\"?. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\"**' -n v~\u00C2\u00BB* \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBt\u00C2\u00BB\nlooking after that Compeneafion law?\nro\u00C2\u00BBumaybeth,next..gi.,h.n;ja\n. Win, far Culture or Cash?\n*' \u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Fronch, financial intertttt\naa^K licU\u00C2\u00BBK\" the GeSta\n?-f\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB *_ A'-*' the Franeo-PrusSS\nSn- th5 S0\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\" \"M* *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -f-roneTone\nbillion doll.,, indemnity for th, pri\"\nll. iSuft !\u00C2\u00B0 pay ,his \"'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0naity, and\nJ\"n with\"\"\"' ?\" \"\"\"\"* kStS-fcHB\nJ ears, with, as yet, no reduction in the\nest. Still many believe that wars a\u00C2\u00BB\nmadeJorcuHure, and other S.'S\n# # \u00C2\u00BB\nthnn fn\u00C2\u00B00iJin re^oIt \" in*8Ditely wiser\nBtltz of Untmployment.\nThe Canadian government has recently equipped several of the military\nr^r^^^^towithScS\nchassis, on whioh is mounted a machine\ngun of rifle caliber for riot serrio\" Ttt\nmachine can travel 40 miles an hour\nand is good for 75 miles on ono tank'\nfull of gasoline. The gun can fire ISO\nshots per minute, has an effective range\nof two and a half miles, can be operated\nwhile the motor cycle is in motion, and\nis so designed that, after the first shot\n'\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00C2\u00BB .1 \u \u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\"-toft flrine \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"! oji-ction\nof the shells is performed automatically\nby the force of the powder gases, as\nlong as the trigger is pressed. As the\ncapitalistic eloment in this country do\nnot indulge in the luxury of rioting,'\nthe natural assumption is that this\nrather effective little toy is provided\nfor the sole benefit of any obstreperous\nmembers of the working class. Still the\nCanadian writers grumble thnt the government does not look nftor thoir interests I\nMore Food Up; Lost Goes Down.\nThere was a steady fall in the wholesale and retail prices of food throughout tho greator part of the world frm\n1877 to 1900. From then on, there hns\nbeen a gradual rise, and still rising.\nHigh prices tend to inereoflo production\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094and to limit consumption. This looks\nlike a strong pull in both directions\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwith the likelihood of a break some-\nwhore, w. M. C.\nCONGRESS COMMITTEE\nTo Meet at 7 O'clock Ntxt Wednesday\nEvening in Labor Templo.\nA short mooting of tho central labor\nbody Trades and Labor Congress of\nCanada convention committeo took\nplace on Wednesday ovoning, with\nChairman Pettipioco, Secretory Brooks\nand other members present. Tho badgo\nsub-committoo waa authorized to ordor\n300 badges. The accommodation subcommittee reported that tho Hotol Irving was the only all-union hotol which\nthey eould recommend as convention\nhendqunrtern. Tho committeo will moot\nnext Wednesday ovoning at 7 o'clock\nin Hoom 217, one hour prior to,tho parliamentary commitoo.\nComing for Machinists.\nWord hns been rcceivod at Ottawa\nthat a representative of the British governmont ia coming to Canada to engage\nmachinists to work on tho manufacture\nof ammunition. Thoro are many unemployed machinists in the west.\nJ. B. Osborne at Ftrnlt.\n.T. B. Osborne, tho \"blind orator\"\ngavo an addross in tho socialist hall\nat Fernio last Sunday.\nThough I havo been trained a soldier\nnnd participated In many battles, thero\nnever was a time whon in my opinion,\nsome way could not bo found of preventing the drnwing of the sword.\u00E2\u0080\u0094U.\nS. Grant. PAGE TWO\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFBIDAY MAT 14, 1815\nINCOBPOBTED 1865\nMOLSONS\nBank\nCAPITAL aad BESEBVE\nW,800,000\n93 Branches ln Canada\nA general banking buslneas transacted. Circular letters of credit.\nBank money orders.\nSavings Department\nInterest allowed at highest\n. current rata\nTlie Royal Bank\nof Canada\nINCORPORATED UM\nPaid-up Capital <\n\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Mrv\u00C2\u00BB\t\nTotal Attttt - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n. |11,WO,00\n12,600,000\n110,000,000\nWE ALLOW INTEREST ON DE-\nPOEIT8 IN OUR\nSAVINGS\nDEPARTMENT\nOnt Dollar will open\ntht account, and your\nbutlntaa will bt welcome bt It Urge or\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2mall\nTHIRTEEN BBANOHEB IN\nVANCOUVEB\nYour Banking\nAffairs\nTht Bank of Toronto offers to\nall business people the advantage\nof lta mott complete and modern\nbanking service. Many years of\nexperience in Canadian Banking,\nlarge resources, ample banking\nfacilities, carefully chosen connection!, and tho service of efficient and accurate officers are\ntome of the advantages gained\nby traneacting your banking affairs with this Institution.\nPaid-up Capital I5.ooo.ooo\nBtstrrtd Fundi .\u00C2\u00BBe,S07,272\nConn Hastings ud Camblt Sts.\nBritish Columbia\nLAND\nSplendid opportunities In Jl\u00E2\u0080\u0094oi\nFanning, Dairying, Stock and\nrotiltry. British Columbia\nOrants Pro-tmptlone of IM acres\nto Actual Bettlert\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFree\nTEBM8\u00E2\u0080\u0094Besldenoe on tht land\nfor at ltatt thrtt years; Improve-\nments to tht txttnt of (5 ptr\ntore; bringing under cultivation\nat least five aorta.\nFor further Information apply to\ndepot**- unmix* OF\nLANDS, VIOTOBIA, B.O.\ngEOBETABT, BUBBAU OB\nPBOVINOIAL INFOBMATION,\nyrjOxpiOA, Bid.\nA paid-up union card \t\nyou to all the prtvlle/ee of the\nLabor Ttmplt Club. Try IL\nTO. C. FMT1IST\nPubliihed every Friday morning by the\nB. C. Federationlit, Ltd.\nR. Firb Pettlplece Manner\nJ. W. WUUnMD Editor\nOfflce: Room 217. Labor Ttmplt\nTel. Exchange Sey. 7495.\nSubscription: $1.50 per year; In Vancouver\nCity, $2.00; tb unions subscribing\nln a body, $1.00\nREPRESENTATVES\nW. G. Barker Advertising Manager\nNew Westminster.. .W. B. Maiden, Box 084\nPrince Rupert W. E. Denning, Box 681\nVictoria A. 8. Wells. Box 1888\nAffiliated with tbe Western Labor Press\nAssociation.\n'Unity of Labor; the hope of the world.\"\nRE\nIS THEBE\nA BRICK IN\nTHE BOQUET?\nFRIDAY MAY 14, 1915\n4\nEDUCTION OP FABES on its\ncity lines by the B, C. Electric\nRailway company contains\npossible significance which does not\nfigure prominently in the official announcement by General Manager Kidd.\nThe wage scale and\nworking agreement\nbetween the company and the street\nrailwaymen expires June 30th next,\nEither party desiring to change the\nterms of that document is required to\ngive 30 days' notice to the other. Now;\nthe only certain thing in thiB world\nthe uncertainty of everything, but it\nlooks to us as though the company has\nlowered fares as much to put itself in\nthe good graces of the public in case\nit has decided to make an attempt to\nlower the wages of its employees, as\nfor any other reuon. The jitneys are\nalready waning in popularity, and regulation will regulate many of them off\nthe streets for lack of profit from working them. Reduction ot street car fares\nwill conduce to making the position of\nthe jitney more difficult, and with\nmemories of the past two years fresh\nin mind it looks very much as though\nthe company would like to play its\ngrand slam. If we are mistaken we are\nglad. If we are right we are glad also,\nin a way. For in any cobo it is not for\nUS to wait until the bump comes and\nthen cry \"Look outl\" Neither are we\ngoing to pretend because this matter of\nwages has not yet been officially mentioned, that we think the company has\nforgotten it. We have the best of reasons for believing that right at this\nmoment it Ib one of the livest matters\nreceiving the consideration of the officials both here and in London.\nA VEBY\nLEARNED\nFROFE880R\nLBERT BUSHNELL HABT, a\nvery learned American, asks\nthe world in general and nobody in particular whether tbe war will\ncauBe the death of \"democracy and\nrule by the people,\"\nand leave the\naffairs of the nations in the hands\nof diplomats and\nmilitarists. - His\nquestion implies that before the war he\nbelieves matters were not controlled by\nthe element he fears. Well if \"democracy and rule by the people\" brought\nthe world to the place where it is just\nnow, for heaven's sake let us have\nsome of the other stuff as quick as it\ncan be got. In conclusion, and without\ntaking up more of your time, as we\nknow you have a lot of business to do,\nwe might mention that Albert Bushnell\nHart is a professor at Harvard University. Serve him right.\nistie.of the immortal Reverend Stiggins\nand the tin tabernacle. By what right\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nexcept the right of benighted and arrogant stupidity\u00E2\u0080\u0094has any aggregation\nof parsons to call itself \"moral leaders of the people\"? Anyone not knowing better might think that morality,\ninstead of having the most varied and\nrelative meanings, began and ended in\nthe theological ruts in which these\nwould-be mentors were trained. But\neven accepting the term \"moral\"\nthe senBe in which they use it, they\nare not the \"leaders of the pepple.\nAnd there is where a good deal of the\ntrouble arises. The people are not following them in the bad old-fashioned\nway which their bovine ancestors took\nfor piety. Their themes are too vapid\nih most cases for minds capable of activity worth calling intelligence.\nTheir doctrines are too narrow and col-\norlesB, and bear too little relation to\nthe blood-red facts of daily life as lived\nby the mass of humans, for them to\nhave the real grip they would like on\nthe socinl conscience of the present\ngeneration.\n\u00C2\u00AB # * #\nAb to making \"known the truth regardless of consequences\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094why, there\nis not one parson out of the whole of\nthe \"cloth,\" who has learned Ms\ntrade properly, who dare get up and\ntell his flock even that much of the\ntruth about it which he knows, much\nless a good deal more which he suspects.\nThe stupidest of them\u00E2\u0080\u0094which means the\nhonest ones\u00E2\u0080\u0094only believe what they\ncan swallow, and try to forget the rest,\nThe cleverest and most learned of them\nsalve the situation over by the comforting theory that their trade is a\nvery necessary one to keep the \"ignorant masses\" from, running amok and\ncarrying the present-day social order\nalong with them. This is more common\nknowledge now than it used to be, with\nthe result that everywhere the cry of\nthe empty church is heard, and the dull\ninsolence which passed for clerical\nausterity, has had to give place to more\nsensational methods of securing a collection. So par&ons dabble in politics\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ndespite the fact thatthey are not legally\neligible to become legislators-^and they\ntry to mix morals in with it too, although -goodness knows what morals\nhave got to do with politics. Still,\nhowever they may account for that,\nthere is no reason why they ahould be\nallowed to get away scot free with\nsuch tt piece of supercillious impudence\nas that quoted from their pamphlet.\nNA\nNANAIMO GETS\nIT OOMINO\nAND GOING.\nTHE BAMPHLET published hy tht\nMinisterial union; and entitled,\nTie Crisis in B.C., makes very\ninteresting reading, especially that part\nof it which consists\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E, o\u00C2\u00A3 the revelations\nPOLITICS . . .. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 .\nbased on the re*\nPABSONS searches ofMr.M.B.\nAND MORALS Cotsworth. But for\nsome reason or\nanother, he felt constrained to submit\nhiB clever indictment of the government\nto an organization of clergymen, for\ntheir endorsement and approval. Being\ninvited to put their fingers into the\npie, they do so, in a \"Foreword.\" Contained therein is one of tho choicest\npieces of ecclesiastical impudence which\nwe have come across in many moons. It\nsays:\nAs moral leaders of the people of\nthis province we aro in duty bound\nto make known the truth regardless of consequences,\nit is a jewel. Change \"moral\" into\n'political,\" and It would Bound like\na typical piece of tho ornamental verbiage which has led the electors of tho\nprovince to mistake Premier McBride\nfor a statesman for the past ten years.\n.'\".\"..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'..\nIt is typical of the non-conformist\nconscience, that it Bhould presume in its\nnarrowness to set up its code as tho\nmost suitable ond desirable for tho people at large to follow'. It is character-\nSTABILITY\nthe Essential Requirement\nof the Experienced Investor\nConservative investors seeking safety and a good return will\nflnd tho B.C. Municipal Bonds we handle to be a safe and\nprofitable investment.\nAb Fiscal Agents wo offer today, City of Salmon Arm debentures at a price to yield 7% per cent, net, interest payable\nhalf yearly.\nCircular on request.\nCanadian Financiers Trust comi^ny\nHEAD OFFICE 839 HASTINGS ST W. VANCOUVER., B.C.\nPatrick Donnelly-General Manager\nANAIMO IS MIXED up pretty\nbadly these days between its\npurse and its patriotism over\nthe Lusitania horror. The Western\nFuel company has about one hundred\nAustrlans employed\nin its mines there.\nLast week-end a\ndeputation of business men approached M. T. E. Stock;\nett, the manager of the mines to request\nhim to discharge his Austrlans, as a\nprotest against the Lusitania outrage.\nOn Monday last, Mr. A. E. Planta,\nmayor of -Nanaimo, issued an appeal\nin the Free Press asking cltizenB not to\ncause anti-German disturbances such as\nhad taken place in Victoria the previous Saturday night. ,\n* a a a\nAlso on Monday last, the soldiers in\nNanaimo were confined to barracks,\napparently to prevent them emulating\ntjieir fellows iu Victoria. The upshot\nof it all is, that the mines of the Western Fuel company were closed down at\nthe beginning of this week, for\nweek or two in tho hopo that the whole\nthing will blow over. The Austrlans\nemployed there are strike-breakers\nbrought into the mines to assist in defeating the miners during their late\nstrike. In that capacity they have proved very useful tools of the company\nwhich doubtless does not care a rap\nwhere they come from'as long as they\nare profitable slaves.\n\u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00AB * *\nThe whole business is a comedy of\nmixed motives. When the strike was\non the mine owners continually assured\nthe public their prime reason for fighting the miners was for the good of the\nminers. They wanted them to be delivered from the yoke of \"foreign\"\nagitators and enjoy the rights of free-\nborn British subjects. That, despite\nthe fact that the Western Fuel company\nis a \"foreign\" concern with headquarters in San Francisco where it supplied\nNanaimo coal to the German cruiser\nLoipsig last August.\nt \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAb to the petty business men of Nanaimo, they were almost to a man\nagainst the miners, and viewed the\nbringing of Austrian strike-breakers\ninto Nanaimo with approval. Their deputation to Mr. .Stockett was not really\nso much because they object to the nationality of the AustrianB, as because\nowing to the latter having most of the\njobs, the British born miners cannot\nget work. Dozens of them are leaving\nNanaimo for Australia and Britain because they have been starved out.\nMany of them are obliged to leave\nbehind them debts in Nanalmo. For\nthat reason the merchants do not want\nthem to go, and are now in favor of\nthe Austrinns being let out. The whole\nthing is a scream.\nO'\nTHE rUTITRE\nOF ORIENTALS\nEXCLUSION.\nEIENTAL EXCLUSION is a proposition which white races may\nnot always be able to handle\nwith acts of parliament and resolutions.\nThis applies particularly to such a race\n* as the Japanese,\nwhose development\nin the art of \"making things stick\"\nby the same methods which white nations have used for that purpose in\ntimes past, is one of the most significant factors which has made its appearance during the last ten years in international relations. That country does\nnot show any signs of being willing to\nbe despised in the future as it has been\nin the past.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009EJL # | # \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe main objections put forward\nagainst Japanese immigration by the\nwhite races are difference of color, of\nsocial customs, willingness to work\ncheaper than white men and thus lower\nthe standard of living and so on. All\nof which may be true. But the point\niB that the Japanese are rapidly building up a naval and military fighting\nmachine. They are not doing that for\nthe fun of the thing. They are doing it\nto make the.world sit up and take notice of them and their aspirations.\nThey have been taught the lessons they\nare now beginning to apply by some\nof the nations against whom they may\neventually apply them.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00AB t \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThis aspect of the * question- is one\nwhich the labor movement has not as\nyet considered very much, for the reason that as a possible contingency it\nhas not hitherto loomed, up very large.\nThe labor movement stands pledged to\nthe policy of international disarnment.\nThe Japanese government does not.\nThe Japanese ruling class as represented! in affiairs of government is master of\nJapan. The labor movement there is\npractically non-existent, and the workers exercise but little influence over\nthat section of the Japanese nation\nwhich is becoming imbued with ideas\nof furthering the influence of their\ncountry in the future, by military force.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * \u00C2\u00AB\nThe entire question resolves itself\ninto this. If the time ever comes when\nthe Japanese government announces\nits intention of resisting edicts of Japanese exclusion by armed force, what\nwill be the correct attitude of organized labor? The query applies more\nparticularly to the situation in the\nUnited States while it has a general\nbearing on the whole question of Oriental exclusion in all white countries,\nELBERT\nHUBBARD\nDECEASED\nA lawyer in court this week referred\nto him aB Sam Hughes. The judge said\nit was Major General Samuel Hughes.\nThe Lethbridge Herald Bays Sam Shoes.\nWe speak as those less wise, but what\nwe would like to know is who the\t\nis right ? These are parlous times and\nit is often most important that one\nBhould be able to speak \"by the card.*'\nP. S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094That quotation is from Hamlet,\nin case anybody should ask. We want\nto do all we can to get matters put\nright before the hot weather comes.\nELBERT HUBBARD is numbered\namong those drowned in the\nLusitania disaster. As the editor of \"The Philistine\" he was known\nfrom one end of America to the other\nas a unique writer\nand publicist. His\nwork, in the very\nnature of it was\nmore journalism\nthan literature.\nWhat he was personally it is for those\nwho knew him thus to say. From a\npublic standpoint he was flrst and last\nan advertiser. He was firmly persuaded that any man in America who had\nability which would exchange for the\ncash nexus requisite to make life more\nmaterially enjoyable for its owner, was\na fool to hide his light under a bushel\nor bury his talent in the sand.\n' He was clever; very clever; but not\ngreat. And if he set any store by the\nsomewhat doubtful value of posthumous fame, he certainly did not let it\ninterfere with a very practical appreciation of the value of a dollar; Like\nOmar he believed in taking the cash in\nhand, nor heeding the brave music of\nthe distant drum. His peculiar talent\nlay in a remarkable ability to combine\nthe purely practical and the essentially\nartistic, in such felicitous fashion as to\nmake the result distinctly useful to himself, and not altogether unpleasant to\nothers. Insofar; his work often bordered* dangerously near to that of the\ncharlatan; but there was a certain\namount of substantial grounding to it,\nwhich just saved it from that fate. If\nhis last wish was in consonance with\nhis past life and methods, it waB most\nlikely one that he would live to tell\nhis experiences to his readers. He would\nregret having to sacrifice the best\n\"copy\" that ever came to his hand.\nFEDERATIONIST WILL\nRECEIVE FUNDS FOR\nELECTION CAMPAIGN\nThe B.C. Federatlonist is authorised by Vancouver Trades\nand Labor councU to appeal for\nand acknowledge contributions to\nthe fund for financing the provincial election campaign of the\ncouncil. Now is the time to send\nthat subscription along. Don't\nleave all these things until the\nlast minute. Do it Now. Every\ncontribution will be acknowledged\nno -matter how large or small\nDon't be shy about it If you are\nnot able to make it a $10.00 bill\nIt will be just as welcome whatever it is. The last time the\nFederationist issued an appeal it\nwas for the women and children\nof Vancouver Island miners a\nyear ago last Christmas.\" Somewhere round about $7,000 was\ncollected then. Only one-seventh\nof that\u00E2\u0080\u0094$1,000\u00E2\u0080\u0094rs needed this\ntime, and surely the object is\nworth striving for. This is a job\nwhich the workers bave got to do\nfor themselveB if lt Is to be done\nat all. So send along your contributions NOW.\nWestminster Trust Co.\nHEAD OFFICE\nJ. J. JONES. Man. Director.\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.\nJ. A. RENNIE. Sec.-Treas.\nACTS AS ASSIGNEES, LIQUIDATORS AND RECEIVERS\nINSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES\nHOUSES, BUNGALOWS, STORES AND MODERN SUITES FOR RENT\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 at a Big Reduction %$\nSafety Deposit Boxes for Rent at $2.60 up\nWills Drawn Free of Oharge\nDeposits Accepted anil Interest at Four Per Cent. Allowed\non Daily Balances. \u00C2\u00BB\nThe working class is forced, nine-\ntenths of its time, to look out on the\nworld and life through the punch holes\nin its meal ticket. Little wonder its\nperspective is often out of gear.\nThe individual who first discovered\nthat people in the mass can be persuaded to take politics seriously was a\nseer. A seer is a person who can see\nthings which most people only look at.\nAfter reading Mr. Cotsworth 'a pamphlet \"The Crisis in B. C,\" it is easier\nto understand the frantic desiro displayed by the Liberals during the past\nfew years to get into political office.\nSuch a riot of boodle as is disclosed\nmust have made the heart of many an\n\"honest Grit\" drop tears of blood in\nenvy. No wonder they want the\nganized workers to give them a leg into\nthe trough. To taste the Blush would be\nHeaven. Only to be able to sniff it\nfrom afar must be\u00E2\u0080\u0094most annoying, '\nCranbrook Herald in a flne burst of\nvirtue says:\nIt is time British Columbia\nadopted the regulations similar to\nthose of California preventing\nstocks and shares being offered to\nthe public in worthless flotations.\nEvidently the Herald is not in favor\nof the \"Business as Usual\" slogan.\nWhat would British Columbia do if her\nleading industry were to be hampered\nin that fashion f It would be acting in\nrestraint of trade. We cannot agree\nwith such unpatriotic proposals.\nPROGRESSIVE\nPARE\nBOARD\nprotest from\nVANCOUVER PARK BOARD laBt\nWednesday, in a small way,\ngave recognition to a big principle. As part of its policy of administration, it is proposed to establish a\nrefreshment stand\nat Kitsilano beach,\nto be owned and controlled by the board.\nThis proposal\nbrought forth a\n9 private interests\nwhich felt they should be permitted to\nmonopolize the refreshment business on\nthe beach. The policy of the board\nwaB vigorously upheld by Commissioner\nOwen, the chairman\u00E2\u0080\u0094as those who\nknow his views fully expected. But\nthe surprise was Commissioner Roger*,\nfrom whose past expressions of opinion\nwo should have expected opposition.\nHowever, he said:\nThat there had been too big a\ndisposition in Vancouver to pay re- ,\ngard to private interests instead of\nlooking at it from the public's\npoint of view.\nThe matter under consideration was\nonly of trivial importance, but the principle involved is very far reaching\nand might be applied to many of the\npublic services of the city with benefit\nto the citizens in general.\nAlmoBt overybody talks, but very\nfew say anything.\nAmerican newspapers are practically\nunanimous in their condemnation of the\nsinking of the Lusitania by a German\nsubmarine. Most of them lay particular\nstress on the fact that hundreds of the\nvictims were helpless women and children. Just over a year ago, the state\nmilitia of Colorado, assisted by the\nhired gunmen of the Rockefeller interests, slaughtered women and children\nof striking miners at Ludlow. Twenty\nof them were roasted alive and smothered in a hole. Very few of these same\nnewspapers had a word of condemnation for that massacre. But so far aB\nwe can see there is little diffedence in\nprinciple between the action o the\nbutchers of Ludlow and those responsible for the sinking of the Lusitania.\nPerhaps the different attitude of the\nAmerican press at the time is due to\nthe fact that some of the American victims of the Lusitania horror were well-\nto-do people, while the victims of Ludlow were chiefly \"foreign scum.\"\nWith a boon companion and \"B. O.\nSpecial'11 gladness envelopeth the heart,\nand monotony taketh wings. ***\nReformers.\nThe tendency of the present age is\nto produce a crop of reformer-reforming .reformers. The reforming instinct\nis so firmly imbedded in some natures\nand the futility of universal reforming\nis becoming so apparant that, sooner\nthan most of us expect, megalomania\nwill flnd no outlet other than reforming reformers. And, of course, the next\nstep will be reforming the reformer of\nreformers, which will eventuate in making all reformers like the big fleas that\nare preyed upon by smaller fleas, which,\nin turn, have still smaller fleas to bite\n'em, and so on ad infinitum.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Life.\nThe alcoholic beverage has at last\nreached its highest stage. Drink \"B.\nC. Special,\" made in British Columbia.\nUbor Temple\nBuilding\nPhone Sey. 4490\nprinters of The Pep.\nPhone: Seymour 8250\nSupplies tnd Bepairs of AU Kind*\nM. SOOVILL\nBIOYOLES\n* Barley-Davidson Motorcycles\n1018 Fender Stnet West\nVancouver, B. O.\nT.B. CUTHBERTSON -SOo.\nMen's Hatters and Outfitters\nThree Stores\nRed\nSeal\nManufacturing Co.\nr loo* oil\nSweeping Compound.\n619 Georgia Street\nVancouver\nPhooe Soymour 3086\nStrauss\nHat\nWorks\nLatin Hato Cleaned, dyed, reieared or\n. btekydtatathe latett.tvlM.\nALL WORK GUARANTEED\n135 Hastings W., Vancouver\nPhones: Seymour 8258 and 82(9\nTHE\nHose & Brooks Co., Ltd.\nWines, Liquors wl Cigars\n501 Main Street, Vanoouver, B.C.\nVANCOUVER UMIONS\n*\u00E2\u0080\u0094__ AND LABOR COUNCU, -\nF* L. bUaghausn, vloe-preildent; flw.J\n'\" \" \u00C2\u00BB\"\nBaril.v TaBBS-\"- vioe-prealdent, _..-.,\nnSSSL'. i8!\u00C2\u00B0eral \"oretaw, MO LaborT\nthSP*! u\" H- Ql\u00C2\u00ABterl(fie, treasurer;\n\"red a. Hoover, statistician* aifimntL\n___*n__%^&7\&-%\nBARTENDERS- LOCAL No. Wl-ogJ\nfloe, Room 208 Labor Temnli, aSSI\nw pJ&SP-S- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB aeoretary, oJo,\nW. Curnook, Room M8. Labor T.mnl.'\nBBICKLAJilhs' AMI) MASONS' Mu I\na n \u00E2\u0084\u00A2Me?,,B evwr '\" and !rd iWsdiv\n8 P.m., Room 807. President iISKl\n{\"\u00C2\u00BB*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00C2\u00BB 65; Snanolal seoretary.' P\nHBU-fHERHOOJ- Of BOILEB MAgMM\n_ 4tlfrri_*&_fri**&%\n\u00C2\u00ABr..r,t! \"\"\"**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ^ W\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB *\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00AB\n___ALm^ST^L'o'X^\nSYNOPSIS OP COAL MINING MOU\nLATIONS\nCoal mlnlni rtihte of tbe Dominion,\nIn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,\nthe Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portion of th. Provlnc.\not British Columbia, may be leaaed tor\na term of twenty-one years at an annual\nS'.ntal ot 81 an acre. Not more than\nSU aorta will ba leaaed to one appll\ncant. \u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nApplications for leas, muat ba made by\nthe applicant In person to th. Ai.nt or\nSub-Agent of tha dlstriot In which th.\nriihta applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory tha land muat be\ndescribed by sections, or lefal subdivisions of sections, and In unsurveyod territory th. tract applied for ahall be\nstaked by th. applicant himself.\nEaeh application muat be accompanied\nby a fee of 15, whloh will bo refunded If\ntho rights applied for aro not available,\nbut not otherwise. A royalty shall 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 Asent with sworn returna\naccounting for tha full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights\nare not being operated, such returns\nshould lie furnished at least once a year.\nThe lease will Include the coal mining\nrlghta ohly, hut the lessee may be permitted to purohaae whatever available\nsurface rights may bo considered necessary for the working ef the mine at the\nrate of 810 an acre.\nFor full Information application should\nbe made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any\nAgent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Landa\n_ \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 :;; w. h. cort,\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN. Ii.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Unauthorized publication of this\nadvertisement will not be mid for\u00E2\u0080\u0094nosno\nOBOANIZED LABOB COMPANIES.\nLABOR TEMI-LE COMPANY, LIMITED\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDlreotor.: Jas. Brown, preildent; B. P.\nPettlpleoe. vice-president; Edward Lothian,\nJams. Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson, Oeo. WU*\nby, W. J. N.gle, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free.\nManaging dlreotor and secretary-treasurer, J*\nH. MoVety, room 211, Labor Temple.\nB. C. FEDERATIONIST. LIMITED\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeeU\nat call of president, Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. O. Director.: Jam.. Campbell,\npreildent; J. H. MoVety, seoretarytreaanrer;\nA. Watchman, A. S. Weill. R. Farm. Petti-\npleoe, manager, 217 Labor Temple. Tele*\nphone; Seymonr 740t. '\nPHONE: SEYMOTO 9086\nThe Man who doesn't put by a bit\nfrom hi. wages for himself eaoh pay\nday ha. bnt himself to blame if hla\nold age la .pent ln poverty.\nWE PAY\ni PEE CENT ON DEPOSITS\nOBBDIIED MONTHLY\nReference\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dunn'., Braditreeti, or\nany Financial Houae of repute In\nVanoouver.\nDOW FRASER\nTrust Company\n122 Hastings St. West.\nVancouver, and McKay Station,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0urnaby, I.e.\nv?'?..*\u00C2\u00AB,1,.,t prohibition I Demand per\ntonal liberty In choosing what you will drink.\nAik for this Label when puroheilng Bear,\nAle or Porter, as a guarantee that lt I. Un-\nion Hade. This Is Our Label\nUIBTBICT OOTOOIL OF OABPENTKgi\ni._W*mf&,\n\u00E2\u0084\u00A2i vB*W\u00C2\u00A3,! \"\"\"urer, W. T. Tarlor S\nELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO 218\n207, Ubor Tempi;: ***' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\"*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB. -***\u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00B0*\u00C2\u00BB I\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\".Vy-^Stii! WJpMRB, LOOAL NO'.1\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094:...T:- '\"\"gnauB-an. Koom aw,\nHODOARKIEBB. BUILDIl^ANDCOMMoS)\n3_0___^i_^i-^is^\\nJ-LA8TERER8' OPERATIVE\u00E2\u0080\u0094INTrHK.'\nTIOHAL ASSOOTATTOif N.NTf?N\u00C2\u00B1\nS!S *7\"T *nt ,nd H**, Wednesday In the\n?\u00C2\u00B0n.'h.'\"\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0084\u00A2om ttt, Labor Temple. President, A. Hurry; vlee-prealdent, A. BerentMn;\nEl.S.WJ*\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\"'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 J\"' Oornl.\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 mil\nolSv.7\"*\" \u00C2\u00AB\"\"!' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\"\"\u00C2\u00BB\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2retary;\nOeorge Montgomery; tnu^ HlM|d j^lt,\nPAINTERS-,. PAPERHANOERS' AtllV\n--a\J__\u00C2\u00A3_J_V_-\u00C2\u00A3&\nrecording Veor.tary,*\"RT\ntv!K* 5,re\"- Business\nTrain, Room 808, Labot,\nu.huimu seer\nComox atreet,\nDowding. 838\nagent, Jan\nTemple.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2i\u00C2\u00ABi\u00C2\u00A3u!r i> AMERICA.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver and\noayi at Labor Temple, room 208. H Nlriiil\n^V&lVrkyM',. -=*S 1\nBT\"pLn\u00E2\u0084\u00A2!S IfHWWO BAILWAY EM*\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E B^OJEfJ, Ploa.er BMaloa, No. 101^,\nMeeta Labor Temple, ucondhandI fourth Wril\nJ\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABJ>ja \u00C2\u00AB 2:ao and 8 p. m. Preildent 3m%\n\u00E2\u0084\u00A2..WTw;S,\u00C2\u00A3l,*?l, *\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\"\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0! -taanclal see*!\n_____%?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' F\"4 A- Hm'\u00C2\u00BB'3\n^*rJJflyj,NB,SH?' INTBRNATION-\ns n m'C.C.\nNEW WESTMINSTER TRADES AND LA-\n- -?\u00C2\u00B0.S Oounoil\u00E2\u0080\u0094M\u00C2\u00BBU every second aad\nfourth' Wednesday at 8 p. m. la Labor hall, i\nPreildent, 0. Cropley; flnanolal secretary,'\nR. A. Stoney; general secretary, W. E.\nMaiden. P. I.*uO\nMEN'S HATS in New York and\nBritish makes, of sennet and split\nstraws, with high tapering crowna\nand narrow brims, together with\nthe more conservative styles,\ntrimmed with best quality silk\ncord ribbons. Prices\nENGLISH SENNET STBAW\nHATS in pineapple weave, with\nblack silk bands, butterfly bow,\nleather sweats, 3 inch crown and\n2 inch brim 0t% AA\nPriCe %Pmama\afU\nMEN'S PANAMA HATS in the\n' newest and most popular shapes,\nbought direot from the makers,\nand blocked to suit our patrons.\nThe best values to be had any*\nwhere. Prices\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$3.50 to $5.00 $5.00 to $12.50\nM^b^son'sBauConipanj). \\n\_ . ^) maaamma uta mam t wgaiftff itomi mhhwimih j\nGRANVILLE AND GEORGIA STREETS\nHOTEL ST. REGIS\nH. TOLFORD FITZSIMMONS, Manager\nGreater Vancouver's\nNewest Hotel\nEuropean Plan\nRATES:\n$1.00 per Day and Up\nSeymour & dunsmuir Sts. Vancouver\nOne Block from Labor Temple\nCANADIAN\nSTANDARD PLOUR IS THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD\nOGILVIE'S\nROYAL HOUSEHOLD\nis\nCANADA'S BEST FLOUR\nTRY IT\nUNION MEN\nUNION ** OFFICES\nThis Official List Of Allied Printing Offices\nOAK SUPPLY TOO WITH TBS ALLIED PBndlNO TBADES ONION LABEL\nBAGLEI* SONS. 151 Halting. Strait Seymour 810\nBLOCHBEROER, F. R., SIS Brosdwijr Isat Fairmont 203\nBRAND A PERRY, one Pender Stmt, West Strmoor a\u00C2\u00BB78\nBURRARD PUBLISHINO CO. 711 Sermon. 9.ml 8./moor S6SO\nCHINOOK PRINTING CO., 4801 Mile 8tr..t F.fmont 1874\nCLARKE A STUART, 820 Seymour Street .Seraumr 8\nCOMMERCIAL TRINTINO A rUBLISHINO CO.. ..World Bolldln,. Soy. 4M0-87\nCOWAN A BROOKHOUSE, Ubor Temple Bolldln\u00C2\u00AB. Seviour 4400\nDUNSMUIR PRINTINO C(5, 487 DuMkulr Street. ......Seraour 1108\nSUSiJ\u00E2\u0080\u0094U^SSSSi.^i\" *** \u00C2\u00A3\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>\u00C2\u00AB \u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00C2\u00AB St ...Seymour 5850\nORANDVIEW PRINTERS. 144S Comm.rel.r Hlthlud 741L\nJEWELL IS. L. 841 Pender St Seymour 1444\nfJHSHAW, J. A., 58\u00C2\u00BB How. St Soymour 8674\nLATTA. 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Forty-fourth Avenue and Fraeer Road\nAlio North Vancouver Branch, Corner Lonsdale Avenue and Esplanade\nBe sure and place your TEA order to-day with\nyour Grocer for\nTETLEY'S\n=TEAS=\n40, 50, 60 cents per pound\nHOTEL REGENT Absolutely Fireproof. Local and Long-uiBiuiice\nnUlEili IUJUDH1 phono In Every Roora.Cnfo In Connection. Ratea\n11.00 per day up. Attractive F \u00E2\u0080\u0094 *\t\nOotUniham A Be.tty. Proprietors\n _ Ivory\n1.00 per day up. Attractive Rates to Permanent Guests.\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.\nEVERYMAN'S LIBRARY\nTba most Important, tbo suit wonderful and too Moat popular library snt\nl.itud. Seven hundred volume. Is select Ileal.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0WD rom list\nTHOMSON STATIONERY CO., LIMITED\nHaskell Book A Stationery 0o.. 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MeVety, Secretary Beaver\nLodgo, I; A. o M., Ho. 183.\nIt would be difficult to determine just\nw-at part of tho standing of the\nInternational Association of Machinists is due to thie work of 1>,\nDouglas Wilson, editor of the Machinist 's J ournal, wnose death at the age of\n55, has just been announced by the officers of that organisation.\nBorn in Scotland, his early life, after\ncompleting his apprenticeship, was\nspent as a sea-going engineer, in which\ncapacity he visited every country in the\nworld, acquiring a wide knowledge of\nthe folk lore and customs of the various\nnations and particularly those of Asia,\nafterwards supplementing this with extensive studies, which enabled him,\nwhen elected to the position of editor\nto produce a journal that dealt not only\nwith trade arfairs, past, present and\nfuture, but with every phase of the\nworking class movement in every part\nof the globe, a policy that brought him\ninto frequent conflict with that section\nof tbe mebmership which seems to receive its inspiration from one of the\nolder religious organizations to flght\nevery movement that has any of the\nelements of real progress. All.efforts\nwere, however, unsuccessful and he was\nreturned at each referendum election\nwith increasing majorities, even though\nfor the past live or six years he has\nbeen both paralyzed and blind and has\nhad to depend for his knowledge of\ncurrent events upon a faithful wife and\ndaughter, who enabled him to maintain\nthe Journal at such a high standard\nthat it is greatly sought after among\nmany outside the actual ranks of the\nmachinists.\nHis works have proven that \"the pen\nis mighter than the sword,\" .and' he\noccupied the unique positionkof never\nhaving prostituted his pen in behalf of\na. cause in which he did not believe.\nMen Evolved Women's Extreme Dress.\nWhen women spun, wove, cut out,\nand made their own raiment, it invariably had a full covering effect. Where\nwomen cut out and made in the bush\nthe effect is the some.\nAnd not all, or even nearly all, because of want of skill; because for\nthirty cents any women in the bush\ncan get a tight skirt, or other pattern,\nand cut and make from it just as well\nas the scantiy covered, undisguised,\nhome dressmaker in the town! \u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\nEach makes as well, or as ill, as the\nother, using the same patterns,, needlea,\ncotton, material, and machine.\nBut when man invaded the spinning\nroom, took on the weaving, worked\nwith scissors and se-ntng-machine, took\nthe chief place behind the muslin and\nlaces' counter, edited fashion journals\nand became designer and tailor-in-chief\n'to woman's dress, little by little the\n\"hiding\" character of dress went, and\nthe revealing, even when draped or\nfolded, took its place.\nEither drink good whiskey or be a\nteetotaler. Ask for \"B.O. Special\" and\navoid the necessity of swearing off. ***\nBASEBALL\n(Northwestern League, 1915)\nVancouver\nvs.\nSeattle\nMay 17, 18,\n19,20,21 and 22\nWAB AND MINER'S LAMPS.\nHigh Resistance Glass Used Oame From\nGermany and Austria.\nThat the present war has involved a\nvery embarrassing situation for the\ncoal industry in Great Britain is asserted in the Kevue Wcieiitilique (Paris,\nMarch G.) Says this paper:\n\"The English mines are now lacking\nin the high-resistance glass with which\nBafety-lamps are provided. Formerly\nthese were imported from Germany and\nAustria, where, the flourishing glass industry was able to furnish a supply of\nthe first quality. Of course this importation is now impossible, and there is\nan active search, in Great Britain, for\nthe means of supplying its place within\nthat country itself. It seems that up\nto the present time only one English\nconcern has succeeded in turning out\nglasB that can stand the severe tests\nimposed by the government. So it-fls\npossible that the stock of foreign glass\nthat will satisfy the demand may be\nexhausted before a sufficient quantity\ncan be niade in the United Kingdom.\nThe authorities are in an embarrassing\nsituation; either they must relax the severity of their teBts, despite the fact\nthat the strength of the glass Ib an important factor in the safety of the\nminers; or part of the collerles must\nshut down. Of course, for the time being, the former course has ben adopetd;\nand the Home Secretary has made a decision authorizing tho provisional use\nfor safety lamps of glass that has not\npassed the usual tests. It is to be considered sufficient that the lamps have\nbeen made in accordance with the general specifications regarding dimensions,\netc. . . . Manifestly, for the time\nbeing, the mines will be less safe, for\nconsiderable research will be necessary\nbefore protective glass can be obtained\nof such strength as that made in Germany or Austria.\"\nTHB TELEPHONE\nThe Advance agent of\nCOMPOST AND OONVEOTENOE\nFonni a cloier union of Home, Bail'\nnets and Frlendi\nFOB A LIMITED TIME\nBiiBineiB or Residential Telephone!\nwill be installed upon payment of\n$0.00 Rental In Advance\nFor particular! call Seymour 6070\nContract Department\nB. O. TELEPHONE COMPANY,\nLOOTED\nTYPO. DELEGATES\nWill Be Anxious to Prove Up on Brilliant Advance Notice.\nDelegates to the Los Angeles convention of the I. T. U., in August next, are\ngiven a pen sketch by#Elmer E. Dun-\nlap in the May Journal, which in itself\nis an inspiration:\n\"California\u00E2\u0080\u0094the land of sunshine\nand flowers, mountains, valleys, beaches\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094is the joy spot of _ the world. Nowhere else are there such pictures of\nsea and sky and plain and mountain,\nsuch bright sunshine and tempering\nbreezes, such fragrant foilnge, sucb\nbrilliant colors in bush and tree. Sweltering heat or biting cold are unknown;\nand to California sunstroke is a mythical name; frost bite is heard of no more\nthan a polar bear. Conjure up a memory of a most perfect May day, when\nsunshine, soft airs aad the fragrance of\nthe buds and smiling nature combine to\nmake the heart glad, multiply it by\nthirty-one, the number of days of the\nmonth, and the result is the climate of\nCalifornia in August, when the great\nInternational Typographical union will\nhold its greatest convention in the\ngreatest city of the greatest country on\nearth. Other'things leave you, but the\ncharm of California abides; other\nthings change, but it remains the same\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094balmy airs, summer seas, the restless\nsurf, garlanded crags, leaping cascades,\nplumy palms, remote mountain summits,\nwoodland solitudes, the perfume of\nflowers. Good Dame Nature gave California, and especially southern California, a climate close to perfection, and\ngave to the land such features as would\nmake not alone a happy home for man,\nbut, as well, a pleasure ground. The\ndoor of Los Angeles will be open in August to the union printers of the world\nand their families, and over it all will\nbe placed the word* \"Bienvenida\"\n(welcome). You will be given a cordial\ngreeting on the western summer shores\nof the Golden State, and nowhere else\nmay be found such a new lease of life\nas in a few weeks spent under California 'a smiling skies.''\nECONOMICS AND DRUGS.\nProminent Journal Says Dope Fiends\nDue to Economic Causes.\nWhatever reBults may follow the new\nfederal law against the sale of habit-\nforming drugs there is one class of its\nadvocates which is doomed to disappointment. That is the class composed\nof those who think tnat it will reduce\ncrime. Because a large percentage of\ncriminals are drug users these good people believe that crime will be lessened\nby stopping the sale of drugs. They\nare mistaking effect for cause. Existing\neconomic conditions do not provide\nenough opportunities for all to earn an\nhonest living, however desirous all may\nbe to avoid crime. Drug users, being\nless desirable as employees than others,\nore naturally among the excluded onea\nwho are driven to crime. Then again,\nthe nervous strain of a criminal life\nmay easily drive to ubo of drugs those\nnot addicted to the habit on entering\nit. To cure all victims of the drug habit will be a great service to humanity,\nbut it should not be pushed as \"just\nns good\" substitute for removal of economic causes of crime.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Public.\nIN ODD MOMENTS\ndell\nednv3obacco.\nHOYT'S\n10 Cent Cakes\n\"ALWAYS FRESH\"\nASK YOUR GROCER\nPANTAGES\nUnequalled Vaudeville Meana\nPANTAGES VAUDEVILLE\nTHREE SHOWS DAILY '\n2.40, 7.20, 9.15 Season's Prices:\nMatinee, 16c; Evenings, Ho., IBo.\nTake that Watch to\nAPPLEBY\nwho will tell you what is the\nmatter, cost and guarantee all\nBepairs. 438 Bichards Street.\nMAY DAY IN TOBONTO.\nThere were no frills on the observance of May Day in Toronto. As wob\nthe case last year, there was no attempt to hold a parade or have any\noutside demonstration whatever.\nA meeting of the non-English speaking workers was held in the Labor Temple in the afternoon, which was addressed by several speakers in their own\nlanguage.\nIn the evening a well-attended meeting, composed largely of socialists and\ntrades unionists, was held in the Association Hall, corner of Yongo and\nMcGill streets. It partook of an educational chnrnctcr, and proved to be a\nmost satisfactory one, not only as regards the programme, but from the fact\nthat the audience was a far larger one\nthan last year.\nMechanics for England.\nMr. Acland in the British House of\nCommons April 27th said the government had been in communication witu\nthe dominion governments on the question of the importation of suitable labor for the production of munitions of\nwar. If suitable labor was found arrangements would be made ns to transport. The government wished to get\nas good Bupplics of munitions of war\nfrom the dominions as possible.\nThey praiBC \"the Son of Mon\" and\nslaughter the sons of men.\n\"Things Cooked as You Like Them\"\nE. B. Perry P. L. Wood\nGOOD EATS CAFE\n110 Cordova Street, Wut. 3 blocks cast of C. P. B. Station.\nVANCOUVEB, B.C.\nTake home one of our Chicken Loaves\u00E2\u0080\u0094half 75c, whole $1.50.\nTrays delivered to all parts of tho city at any hour.\nOPEN ALL NIGHT. Phone Seymour 3316.\nmat ministerial pamphlet was presumably issued for the purpose of inviting sympathy for the persons and\nfirms who have acquired enormous areas\nof B. C. lands, and who now wish they\nhadn't. The administration is also\nshown to be in an' unfortunate position.\nIt will in all likelihood be voted against\nby large numbers of people who are\nshocked by the alienation of the public\ndomain to speculators. It will also likely lose the support of the speculators\nfor the same reason.\nt \u00C2\u00AB #\nJohn B. Lawson, of the United Mine\nWorkers, who was prominent in the recent Colorado troubles, has been convicted of \"murder in the firat degree\"\nand sentenced to life imprisonment.\nThis course was rendered necessary as\nLawson was missed by all of the Bockefeller contingent who fired at him.\nThese rude Germans\u00E2\u0080\u0094they think of\nthe worst killing methods first.\nTaking a leaf from the German book,\ncertain Victoria citizens evidently regard naturalization papers ob mere\n\"scraps of paper.\"\nCrime, the Lusitania horror undoubtedly is. Nevertheless, in view of the\nmagnitude of the real crime, it is a\nmere incident. The war itself is the\ngigantic crime of all the centuries. Nor\ncan we be quite sure as to whom the\ncriminals really nre. Diplomats do not,\nand, from the nature of their business,\ncannot take ordinary people into their\nconfidence. *\n\u00C2\u00BB # *\nTrue patriots are those whose hearts\nand souls are fired with enthusiasm in\nthe cause of their country's peaceful\nprogress and the promotion of its people's welfare. It should be the duty\nof every patriot, to whatever country\nhe may be devoted, to rest never content until the secret machinations of\ngreat warring interests are laid bare.\nPassionate hatred is the unhealthy emotion which enables international intriguers to further their disastrous ends.\nTruth stimulates reason and allays\npassion. May truth eventually prevail.\nThe Wall treet Journal observes that\nthe jitneys have been unable to gain\na foothold in cities having a good street\ncar service. It seems to be up to the\nB. C. Electric.\n\u00C2\u00AB *\nEnthusiasts who apply all their energies to the promotion of a cause, are\ninvariably accused of self-interest. ThiB\nchills enthusiasm and dampens ardor,\nand cauBes- self-interest eventually to\ndominate.\nAcquire the true British Columbia\nspirit. Make \"B. C. Special\" your\nfavorite liquifier. That is, try It once,\nAnyone who considers the end of life\nmust come to a grave conclusion.\nEdgetts\nThe Store of Plenty.\n118 Hastings St. West\nSensational Bargain\nFancy New Laid Eggs\non sale at 4 doz. $1.00\nPBESH LOCAL BHUBABB\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ni lbs 16c.\nEDGEWOOD CBEAMEEY\nBUTTEE\u00E2\u0080\u0094the finest fresh\nbutter, 3 lbs for fl.00\nHIGHLAND POTATOE&-\nEitra quality, per sack... ,90c\nAPPLES\u00E2\u0080\u0094SPECIAL SNAP\nChice Apples for eating and\ncooking, On sale, per box 11.15\nBAYLIS HOBSEBADISH\nKETCHUP, 35c. bottles\nfor 20c.\nPBESH SODA BISCUITS\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n2-lb tins Special Wednesday\nand Thursday, 2 tins .... 46c\nGINGEB SNAPS, fresh Slbs 26c\nEDGETT'S CEYLON TEA\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n40c value for 26c\nEDGETT'S MOCHA AND\nJAVA COFFEE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Freah\nGround, 40c value for 26c\nSPECIAL VALUE IN FBESH\n8TEAWBEBEIES\nPhone Orden Bodied*\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sey. 6808\nStore Open 7 a.m. 7 p.m. Sits. 11\nMall orders .tipped Sty received.\nPhone: Fairmont 110\nPatterson & Chandler\n4\nManufacturer! of\nMONUMENTS\nVault*, Curbing, Etc.\nOffice and Works:\nCor. 16th Ave. and Main St.\nBranch Offlce: -loth A Fraeer Avea.\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\nP....S.**. 221\nDarerHlikt\nFUNERAL DIRECTORS\nand EMBALMERS\n520 Richards St. VaacMvar, B. C.\nCENTER &HANNA, Ltd.\nUNDERTAKERS\nRefined Service\n104* QEORQIA STREET\nOne Block weet of Court House.\nUse of Modern Chapel and\nFuneral Parlors free to all\nPatrona\nTelephone Seymour 2425\nHARRON BROS.\nFUNERAL DIRECTORI AND\nEMBALMERS\n..Sl5.cou,SR-^9,0'Ltllna. Chapel,\n10!4 Oranvllle St., Phone gey. lilt.\nNorth Vanoouver \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Offloe nd\nChapel, US-Sixth Bt. Weet. Phone\nDAVIO 8RENCER, LTD.\nDAVID SPENCER, LTD-\nSPENCER'S FOR MEN'S\nSUMMER UNDERWER\nAT 50c. we have a superior two-thread balbriggan in all the\nnormal sizes up to 44 shirts and 42 drawers; also in short\nstout sizes up to 50.\nA great favorite with some men Ib the white mesh. It is here\nin all sizes at SOo. Also the porous kind of underwear at\n50c. in all sizes to 44.\nAll the above are made with both knee and ankle length\ndrawers, with and without sleeves.\nBALBBIGGAN COMBINATIONS, in three qualities, at\n$1.00, $1.25 and 41.50 a suit.\nMESH COMBINATIONS\u00E2\u0080\u0094Short and long sleeves, in ankle\nlength styles, at $1.00 a suit.\nPOBOUS COMBINATIONS in same etyle, in natural and\nwhite, at $1.00 a suit.\nWHITE MADBAS COMBINATIONS, athletic style, with\nopen leg, knee length and sleeveless, is sizes to 46, at\n$1.00 suit.\nBABBIQGAN COMBINATIONS, in three qualities, at $1.00\nwell made and neatly finished, \"(his is underwear that\ngives a surprising amount of wear for a small outlay.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Main Floor, East Wing.\nDavid Spencer Limited\nDAVID SPENCER, LTD.\nDAVID SPENCER, LTD.\nHotel Irving Grill Room\n101 Hastings Street East\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094as the only all-union hotel of its kind in Vancouver, has been designated as\nOFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS for UNION MEN\nThe Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars sold at\nbuffet, with courteous Union mixologists to serve\nyou.\nJOHN L SULLIVAN, Proprietor.\nPhone: Seymour!\nThe DELMONICO\nJust i whisper off Granville, 704 Robson Street\nUNION SHOP\nVANCOUVER'S LEADING CAFE\nHarry Beckner. 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