"c289557b-0cda-4db2-9e2f-de2710212c89"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-28"@en . "1914-07-31"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345068/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATI\nINDUSTRIAL T 5 : STRENGTH.\n= j \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nSIXTH Y &i. No. 173.\nOFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOR.\n. VANCOUVER, H, P., FRIDAY, JULY 31,1914.\nSIX PAGES\nTO M\nJontroller James Simpson\nWill Attend Convention\nat Vienna\nElected as Canada's First\nRepresentative by Clear\nMajority\nReaders ot the Federatlonist will\nbe pleased to learn that James Simpson, olty controller of Toronto, Ont,\nhas, as the result ot a referendum\nrote of the various locals of the sooial democratlo party of Canada recently taken, been elected Canadian\nrepresentative to the International\nSocialist congress, which will be\nheld ln Vienna, Austria, from August\n21st to the 29th, This will be the\nfirst time that Canada has been re-\nJAMES SIMPSON\nlember of Toronto Board of Control.\nElected to attend socialist congress in\nVienna August 21st to 39th.\nresented, and wtll convey some Idea\nf the growth of the working class\nlov&ment throughout the Dominion,\nIhe popularity of the controller Is\ntteated by the fact that while the\nate was taken ln every province\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2om the Atlantic to the Paelfle ocean,\n^ had a dear majority over the com-\nned votes of all the other candidates,\nhlch included Parker Williams, M.\nP., Ladysmlth, B. C; Austin B.\noKela, Sointula, B. C; F. H. Sanger, Stouffvllle, Ont., and Thos. Balls,\nondon, Ont.\nThe great convention will be at-\nnded by representatives of the\nDrklng class from every civilised\ntuntry on every continent ln the\norld. Eight delegates will be proof from the United States, lnclud-\ng such renowned men of national\n>te as Vlotor Berger, Emil Seldel,\nlarles Edward Russell and Morris\nllliiult. Among a large delegation\nom Oreat Britain, Ramsay Mac-\nonald, S. Webb and Keir Hardle,\n111 be ln evidence.\nMany Important questions will be\np for discussion, among others:\n[\u00E2\u0096\u00A0he cost of living,\" and \"Imperial-\nm and arbitration.\" While the dele-\nateB will be hard at work, no efforts\nill be spared by the comrades in\nie capital of Austria to minister to\nlelr comfort, and a great garden\narty Is to be held In their honor,\nhlch will be participated in by a\nirklngman's choir, consisting of\nore than 1,500 singers, . Shortly\ntfter the opening of the congress an\njtunense procession will be held\ntrough the main streets of the city,\nneetlng in the oity hall place.\n'While the congress Is in session\nhe delegates will Jose but little time,\nver bearing ln mind that they are\nhere as representatives of the work-\nng class. Expenses will be kept\ntown to the lowest possible mini-\nturn. When the congress has con-\niuded Its business, excursions will\ne held to different points of Interest,\nmong them being Included a trip\nown the beautiful Danube. It may\n0 taken at the Individual expense\nf the delegates themselveB, and not\nt that of the party.\nr Reports at hand go to show that\n{lis will be Incomparably the largest\npelallst congress that has ever been\neld. Not only will there be a far\ntore numerous attendance of dele-\nales, but many countries will, like\nanada, be represented for the flrst\nlOne-significant fact In conneotlon\n111 be the large number of men who\nUI take part ln the deliberations who\nive been elected to the various par-\nintents and legislatures in their re-\nleotlve countries, so tbat lt may\nill be said that the after effects\nthis great gathering can hardly be\ntlmated,\nLABOR CLAUSE\n'\nlerted In the Contract for tht Old\npeople's Home\nthe city counoll at its last meeting\nsided to have Inserted ln the con-\nct with Messrs. Campbell ft WUkle,\nitractors for the Old People's\nne ln ward seven, a olaiue corn-\nling the contractors to secure\nat unskilled labor they require\nm the applicants for work at the\nhall, who are residents, taxpay-\nand British subjects. The const has not been signed by Mayor\ntter, he withholding his signature\n11 the council had expressed Its\nlion. The suggestion was made\nhis worship.\nThe Men Ask the Assistance\nof Organised\nLabor\nThat They May Achieve the\nRight to Have an\nOrganisation\nThe striking miners on Vanoouver\nIsland are making an appeal to organised labor of British Columbia for\nassistance so that they oan achieve\nthe right to have an organisation and\nthereby be able to enforce- the laws\ntbat govern the conditions of their\nemployment and enjoy other advantages that .flow from organisation.\nIt will be to the advantage of organised labor to have the facts of the\nstrike on the Island briefly reviewed so that they can learn the\nsignificance of that struggle and\nwhat a defeat of the miners will ultimately mean to themselves.\nThe cause of the strike was a desire to protect their gas committees,\nwhich, in the last analysis, means\nthe protection of their lives; this\nbroadened out to a demand for a recognition of their union. For theae\nperfectly just and reasonable de\nmands the miners have been striking\nfor 22 and 16 months respectively.\nThey have shown a spirit of determination that has not been excelled\nin this country, Nowhere has labor\ndisplayed a finer sense of solidarity.\nManfully and heroically have they\nstruggled for a fair measure of justice. Tet though their demands are\nfair and moderate they have been\nmet by absolute despotism and brutal treatment The strikers were\nImprisoned on the slightest pretext-\nrefused ball\u00E2\u0080\u0094kept ln the hell holes\not British Columbia for three months\nwithout a trial. Men whose moral\nstanding will rank as high as any ln\nthe community were given long terms\nof imprisonment Why? Presumably because they were leaders\nof the union. At the request of the\ncompanies strikers and their families\nbave been evicted from their homes.\nThey have had to bear all manner of\ninsults from strike-breakers and\nspeolal police, and If they retaliated\nthey were thrust into prison with\nRussian severity. None know but\nthose engaged ln tlie struggle the\nhardships and suffering the strikers\nhave had to undergo. And, all for\nwhat? To protect their own lives\nwhilst following a dangerous employment and tfie right to organize\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe right to try and keep the jewel\nof liberty shining In this country.\nIn this struggle the government\nhas frankly and openly taken the\nside of the coal companies. Their\npower and Influence, ln the form of\nspeolal police and militia haB been on\nthe side of the coal barons. Their\nso-called justice of the courts has\nmocked us. Laws have been violated\nby the companies and all Is well with\nthe government. The strikers have\nasked for a publlo Inquiry Into the\nworkings of the Coal Mines Regulation act and It has been refused. The\nstrikers claim that not one half of the\nmen at present engaged at strikebreaking can qualify for a miner's\ncertificate of competency, before an\nImpartial board of examiners. During\nthis strike certificates of competency\nhave been given to all sorts and conditions of men. They bave been\nhanded out in a wholesale manner to\nChinamen, Japs and southern Europeans, whom we venture to suggest\nare not conversant with the English\nlanguage.\nThe coal operators have scoured\nthe continent for strike-breakers.\nShipments have been brought from\nthe States, Calgary, Edmonton and\nOreat Britain. The men brought ln\nwere of one voloe In declaring that\nthey knew nothing of the existence\nof a strike. This despite the Deception of Workmen act, saying that\nworkers going to a strike district\nmust know the true conditions. The\ngovernment has never prosecuted the\ncompanies for violation of the law,\nIn faot, lt appears as If they were\naided by the government. However,\nthe struggle Is still on. Tbe miners\nup to the present have been unable\nto enforce their demands. The combined efforts of government and capital are too strong for them. They\nnow appeal to organised labor for assistance. The miners feel that organised labor should have a voloe' ln\nBaying whether the miners shall go\nback to work defeated or not Organized labor should have a Bay beoause they will be up against the\nsame conditions If they should be engaged In a strike. What other union\ncan stand against the combined efforts of capital and the government?\nNone. United we can. In unity\nthere Is strength, and lt Is more true\nof class action than craft action. In\norder that the labor movement shall\nexist and perform its Inherent functions It must solidify its ranks. It is\ndoing this all over the world, It\nmust do the same tn British Columbia\nif lt wants to live. It must do bo, for\nIts own protection. What Ib happening to the Vancouver Island miners will happen to any other section\nof the workers, under similar conditions, if we do not get together. The\ngreat argument against the general\nstrike is the violation of agreements.\nIt Is a peculiar feature bf the workers to respect agreements, and- If\nthe oompanles lived up to them as\nthe workers do we might respect\nthem; At the present time lt is a\nnotorious fact that the various companies only live up to the agree-\nWORKMEN'S\nCOMPENSATION\n[By Jas; H. MoVety]\nOf all the laws on the statute books, probably the least understood by the\nworkers engaged in industry are those dealing with payment for injuries received in the course of their employment. But a small percentage take the\nslightest interest in the subject until they are seriously or permanently disabled and confronted with the possibility of having to stand on a street corner and sell pencils or newspapers to eke out an existence.\nGenerally Recognised\nOne thing is, however, very generally known, and that is the extremely\npoor Compensation act in force in jhe province of British Columbia/ With\nthat knowledge, the British Columbia Federation of Labor has for years been\nagitating for improvements in the legislation that would place the workers\nin this province who are injured in, at least, as favorable a position as those\nof many other countries. So far, their efforts have not resulted in any actual\nresults, except that the labor commission, through the evidence submitted by\nofficers of the-federation, has made a recommendation to the provincial government favoring compensation legislation along new and progressive lines.\nSpecial Committee\nWith a view to following up this report and also with a desire to emulate\nthe excellent example recently set by the Ontario unionists, the federation\nhas appointed^ special committee to, carry on an agitation and educational\ncampaign for a better Compensation act for the province of British Columbia.\nTo accomplish this, it is necessary that the workers of the province\nconvince the government that a mew act is really wanted, and that the\nworkers know what they desire the jtet to cover, so that when the legislature\nmeets, there will be no conflict, of opi*{rion among the various organizations,\nand particularly among those crafts from which the largest percentage of\ncripples are produced.' In this and succeeding issues it is proposed to deal\nwith the various laws under which damages and compensation are now col-,\nlectable and to compare B. C. laws with those of other provinces, states and\ncountries. A comparison wilj also b<3 made of the B. C. act with the new\nlegislation just enacted in the province of Ontario.\nCommon Law\nPrior to 1880 the only way in which an injured workman could recover\ndamages was by recourse to the common law, the law made by judges' decisions in cases where no legislative enactments existed. Under these old\nlaws, or high court decisions, it was, and is still, possible to sue for unstated\ndamages, provided it can be shown that the injury was due entirely to the\nnegligence of the employer, and that, the worker is in no way responsible for\nthe injury. In the year 1837 the exchequer court of England, in the case of\nPriestly vs. Fowler, held that because a fellow servant of the plaintiff was\npartially responsible for the accident, the employer was not liable for damages. This decision virtually established the \"negligence of fellow servants\"\ndefence, although it was not until 1858 that this view was taken by the\nhouse of lords in a case appesileH'ftbih' the Scottish courts; The far reaching\neffect of this decision will be appreciated, when it is understood that a railway\nman cannot recover under the common law, if the employer is able to show\nthat a fellow employee, maybe an operator two hundred miles away, whom\nthe injured railwayman has never seen, was negligent, and thereby contributed to the accident causing the injury. The same line of reasoning applies in\nall common law actions and present day industrial methods, with an increased\nuse of machinery, has greatly reduced the number of cases where fellow-\nworkmen do not, in some form or another, through the instructions of foremen or otherwise, contribute to the cause of industrial accidents.\nWorkers Demand Change\nIn 1876 the government of Great Britain, in response to the clamor of\nthe workers in industry, and as a political expedient, appointed a select committee of seventeen to investigate and draw an act that would enable the\nworkers to get around the fellow-servant defence always pleaded by the employers in common law actions, Four years later, in 1880, the house of commons passed the first Employers'Liability act, in which employers were\nmade liable for defective ways, works, machinery, plant, buildings, stages,\nscaffolding or other erections for the use of the employer. They were also\nmade responsible for negligence of their supervisors or foremen and for the\nnegligence of other workmen proceeding under the instruction of a foreman.\nWhile this legislation improved the status of the injured worker, he still was\nunable to recover if the injury was a result of an accident, or if he contributed, by his own negligence, to the accident by which he was injured.\nNeither could he succeed if he knew the machinery or workings were defective and did not report the defective condition to the employer or his foreman\". The act also fixed a maximum amount of damages recoverable under\nits provisions. This legislation was copied in the various dominions of\nthe British Empire, the British Columbia government passing similar legislation in 1891.\nIts Use Limited\nFrom the foregoing it will be seen that the negligence of the employer\nmust be established beyond peradventure to succeed. The act has therefore\nbeen limited in its usefulness to cases where the defective machinery could\nbe produced, or where witnesses could be secured to testify as to its condition. In mining accidents all the witnesses are invariably destroyed and the\nrelatives of the deceased are unable to succeed under this legislation because\nof being compelled to rely on the pious opinions of experts who are usually,\nfor a price, as available to one side as the other. The miners are, therefore,\ncompelled to depend entirely on workmen's compensation acts which are\nbased on an entirely different principle to either of the two methods already\ndescribed. The writer will deal with that phase of the situation in a later\nissue. /\nIL1RYT0\nI MAD\nSTRIKE\nMediation and Conciliation\nBoard WUl Sit at\nChicago\nFifty-five Thousand Men\nand Ninety-eight Lines\n- Involved\nHundreds of Idle Men \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLaborers Organise \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPoliticians'Visit\nWorking-class Representatives to Oo to Victoria\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Plenty of Rain\nments ln parts. However, agreements should not stand ln the way\nof progress. If It Ib a question of\nhumanity or agreements, let lt be\nhumanity. In this case lt is. Loyalty to the employers or loyalty to\nthe workers. Which shall it be? Men,\nwomen and children on Vancouver\nIsland appeal to you. To whom else\ncan they go, If not to their brothers\nand slaters of the working class.\nThey ask for your assistance ln this\ntime of need confident that with your\nhelp they can yet win a victory for\norganized labor. What are you going\nto do to help them? It Is now your\nquestion to decide for the welfare of\nthe men, women and children on\nVancouver Island and ultimately the\nwelfare ot yourselves and wives and\nohlldren. -C. P.\nElliott Klrkpatrick, of Fernle, Is ln\ntown on a visit to hla brother Ernie,\nwho runs a linotype on the Sunset\nBANCROFT HAS GONE EAST\nVisited Olympia and Interviewed\nCompensation Act Officials\nFred, Bancroft, vice-president of\nthe Trades and Labor congress of\nCanada,' left Vancouver last Monday\non his way east. Since his work ln\nthis locality, he has been at Olympia\nto gain first hand Information regarding the work of administering the\nWorkmen's Compensation act in\nWashington state. He reports having been received with every courtesy by the commissioners who have\ncharge of the administration of the\naot, and that he has bsen -Ne to secure much advice and data which\nwill be valuable In conectlon with the\nnew Workmen's Compensation act of\nOntario, On his way east he will\nvisit Revelstoke, Nelson and points\nln the Crow's Nest Pass, and speaking\nat Fernle next Sunday.\nMONEY VOTED\nFive Hundred Dollars to Aid Two\nFamilies In Fire Losses\nOn recommendation of Aid Hepburn, chairman of the civic finance\noommlttee, the city council has voted\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6600 In two sums of $300 and |200 to\ntwo of the families In the southern\nportion of Hastings townsite who lost\ntheir homes and effects recently by\nfire. Aid. Woodslde, who supported\nthe proposition, said he held that the\ncity was partly responsible because\nof the lack of Are protection in that\nportion of his ward.\nThe United States board of mediation and conciliation announces It\nhas accepted the invitation of the\nrailroads to attempt mediation of the\npending etrlke of 65,000 employees on\nthe lines running west of Chicago and\nPort Arthur, says a Washington, D.O.,\ndespatch. The request of the railroads for mediation came ln the form\nof a telegram a tew days ago from A.\nW. Trenholm, chairman of the railroad managers, representing ninety-\neight railroads of the west. The\nmembers ot the board are: Judge\nMartin A. Knapp, Judge William L.\nChambers and Dr. O. W. W. Hanger.\nIt is said thst the plan of the board\nprovides for separate conferences\nwith the railroads and employes. The\nboard will centre its efforts on trying\nto\" find a common ground of agreement for the two factions, and if thoy\nfail ln this, it will recommend that\nthe dispute be submitted to arbitration.\n\"The board will go to Chicago with\nan entirely unbiased mind, said Dr.\nHanger. \"Wis have read little or nothing ahout the impending strike. In\norder to keep our minds free from\nprejudice, as we anticipated we might\nbe called into IL\"\nThe Brotherhoods of Englneera and\nFiremen have made publlo a pamphlet In which is presented their side\nof the controversy, and ln which they\ncharge the railroad managements\nwith terminating existing schedules\nfor the flrst time In railway wage negotiations. This point Is brought out\nas follows:\nMen's Statement\n\"In October of 1913, committees representing all locomotive englneera,\nfiremen and hostlers on western railroads presented a request to thenr\nrespective managements for an increase In wages and Improved working conditions, accompanying such request with the usual notice, required\nby existing schedules, that within\nthirty days the schedules would be\nopened for these revisions.\n\"Immediately the railroad managements served noUce on the engine-\nmen's committees that all existing\nschedules would be terminated within\nthirty days, thus, for the first time in\nthe history of railway wage negotiations, taking from railway employees\nschedules that had required more\nthan thirty years, ln many Instances,\nto build up,\n\"The railroads then proposed that a\n'service period' be substituted for the\nmileage basis of pay, a basis long ln\neffect on practically all railroads.\nNegotiations between committees representing the railroads and the enginemen culminated ln both of theee\ncommittees submitting revised propositions, the railroads insisting upon\na modified form of their 'service\nperiod' and the enginemen Insisting\nupon retaining the mileage basis of\npay and allowance for extra work as\nIn the past,\n\"Upon submitting the matter to tbe\nengineers, firemen and hostlers employed on western railroads lt was\nlearned tbat by an almost unanimous\nvote the proposition of the managers\nwas rejected and a atrlke approved.\"\nLater\u00E2\u0080\u0094The railroad engine-men absolutely refuse to arbitrate for tbe\nreasons that when awards have been\nagreed to in the paat they have been\nflagrantly violated by the companies\nWith regard to said past awards of\narbitrators the award of firemen could\nnot be diminished, but notwithstanding this fact, It was applied in such a\nmanner by many railroads that the\npay of firemen was materially reduced, A number of railroads also\nadopted a method of evading payment\nof the rates granted to \"hostlers\" by\nchanging the titles of such employees\nto \"watchmen,\" \"engine prepalrers,\n\"foremen,\" \"assistant foremen,\" etc,\nand, although then duties, which consist of the care and handling of engines engines at roundhouses and\nterminals, have not been changed,\nmany of these employees have not received the increases to which they\nwere entitled. To be specific, the\nrates of pay granted by the award to\n\"hostlers\" have not been applied on\nthe following railroads to all \"hostlers\" employed thereon: Baltimore &\nOhio: Bessemer & Lake Erie; Boston\nft Maine; Central Railroad of New\nJersey: Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Erie\nRailroad; Lake Erie & Western; Long\nIsland railroad; Monongahela; New\nVork Central A Hudson River; New\nYork, Philadelphia & Norfolk; Pennsylvania Lines(east), Toledo A Ohio\nCentral and several other railroads\n[Speolal Correspondence]\nPRINCE RUPERT' B. C. July \u00C2\u00AB.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThings aro pretty slow In this nil\nestate sharks' paradise, nearly everyone now realisea that muskeg and\nrocks are hard to digest. Then an\nseveral hundred Idle men in town,\nand the outlook for the near future '\nIs gloomy indeed, but, as than it \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nsilver lining in every cloud, (tie man-\nben ot the working class will not\ngive way to despair.\nApropos of thla state ot affairs a\nmeeting was held recently, under tha\nauspices of the Trades and Labor\ncouncil for the purpose ot organising the general laboren in tha olty,\nwith the result that over twenty memben were enrolled. Another meeting waa held later, with District Organiser J. O'Brien In tha chair, when\nit was decided to keep the charter\nopen a little longer, after which offlcen were elected, namely: D. Dunlop,\npresident and W. H. Derry, seoretary. More memben were enrolled\nand lt Is to be hoped that aro long\nall the laboren In the olty-will be\nlined up showing a united front to\nthe, employen.\n\"Dick\" MoBrlde's right and left\nbowen visited Rupert the otter day\nand they told the people all about tha\nbeautiful scenery, the fertile valleys,\nand other natural resources of th* Interior (no doubt as seen through (ha\nhate of cigar smoke from tha windows of an observation car). Of\ncourse, they did'nt sea any boi ean\nover crowded with men working for\nthe O. T. P. nor eat any ot ths rotten grub supplied In the camps.\nWhen one la full of something\nstronger than grape juice and smoking a good cigar at someone else's\nexpense everything looks rosy, In\nfact, \"Billy\" Bow-Wowser and hla\nstde-klcker peddled about tha rankest\nkind of slush heard at a public gathering hen, and \"that la going aome.\"\nIt they are fair samples ot \"the\npeople's representatives,\" the working class memben who will go to\nVlotoria after next election wtll sura\nhave a picnic.\nHistory la repeating Itself hero\nrain having fallen for twenty-four\ndays and nights, the indications aro\nall for the other sixteen. One ot\nthe dallies is out with an editorial\nadvocating compulsory swimming lessons, but those who are classed aa\nold-timers merely smile, having already developed webbed feet.\nMr. and Mra. Thomaa Crombie, and\nson Alfred, returned today from Bow\nen island, where they had been enjoying a vacation. Tom Is looking\nwell and fit, and Is ready to take up\nagain his duties sb recording secretary of the Cooks' and Waiters'\nunion.\nW. T. KERR DEAD\nFatal Accident on Georgia-\nHarris Viaduct\nA aecond fatality occured on the\nGeorgia-Harris street viaduct on Saturday, the unfortunate victim being\nW. T. Kerr, carpenter, 1003 Richards\nstreet, who died later at the general\nhospital. He was trying to swing a\nbeam on a pivot when the huge\ntimber fell, striking him on the head\nand hurling him fifty feet to the*\nground. His head was crushed by the\nImpact and he passed away without\nrecovering consciousness. The body\nwas taken to the undertaking parlon\nof Nunn, Thomson ft Clegg where\nan Inquest was held, the verdict\nbeing accidental death. The deceased\nwas resident In this city four yean\nand was well and favorably known to\nthe members of his craft He was a\nyoung man, 28 yeara of age and unmarried. A brother, J. M. Kerr, of\nTaeoma, Wash., member of the Electrical Workers union, arrived on Sunday and will accompany the body to\nthat city for Interment.\nIt's a Olrl\nFred. Knowles, the popular letter\ncarrier and trustee of the TradeB and\nLabor council, is quite jubilant these\nbright summer days. It's a baby girl\narrived last Friday. Mother\nwho\nand child doing well,\ntlons, old boy.\nCongratula-\nCarpentera Elect Officers\nThe officers for the ensuing year of\nU. B, of Carpentera local union, No.\n617, are president, Q. H, Hardy; vice-\npresident, W. Foxcroft; recording secretary, Chas, Scott, 209 Labor Temple; financial secretary, Oeorge Snell,\n309 Labor Temple; treasurer, A,\nPaine; conductor, Austen Mlnott;\nwarden, Ernest Jacobs. The regular\nmeetings of the looal union are held\nevery flrst and third Monday ln snch\nmonth.\nJ. J. TAYLOR AND\n8AM GUTHRIE MAY\nSOON BE RELEASED\nPresident R. Foster; of the\nIsland miners, has received a\nletter from Attorney-general\nBowser stating that he hae officially recommended the federal minister of justice to parole\nJ. J. Taylor and 8am Outhrle,\nthe release to take place August 14,1914. Theae two officers\nof the mine-workers were aentenoed by Judge Howay to two\nyeara' Imprisonment te date\nfrom Auguet 18, 1913. . They\nwere charged with participation In the dlaturbancea at\nLadysmlth, which without\ndoubt might have been far\nmore serious than they actually\nwere, had It not been for the\nrestraining Influence of Taylor\nand Outhrle, who both hurried\nto the acene of tha dlaturbanea,\nand exhorted their fellow mine\nworkere to refrain from any\nacta In violation of the law. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPAGE TWO\nTHR BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFRIDAY ... 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Thla haa eatabllah-\nad confidence with the public In ua, and for that reaaon alone wa ara euo-\neoeaful, and we Intend to continue aa we are doing now.\nMount Pleasant Undertaking Co.\nCor. Eighth Ave. and Main Street Phone Fairmont 188\nCommodious Chapel Free to All Patrons\nFormerly Center A Hanna'a Branoh\nA. C. Miller, Proa. P. H. Qrote, Manager\nOKANAGAN FRUIT\nMl ARRIVE\nOld Potatoes Offered and\nNew Ones gelling at\nHigh Figure\nVancouver Heights Grocery\n3640 HASTINGS STREET EAST\nTHE POST OFFICE STORE\nBeat of everything at loweat prlcea.\nGroceries, Hams, Bacon, Garden Seeds, Freah Fruit and Vegetables, Tea Rose Tea, Reld & Millar's Sausages and Head Cheeae.\nEvery morning we receive a (shipment of berries from McDonald's Ranch on Keats Island. They are delicious.\nTelephone your orders. Our delight Is to serve you.\nW. R. McMURRAY\nPHONE HIGHLAND 5B5L\nAmong the most noted consignments on the market this week was\na good supply of peach plums, beautifully packed, from Sardis. The poultry section waa rather short and\nOkanagan fruit waa conspicuous by\nits absence. Many Vancouver people,\nln tbelr loyalty to Britlah Columbia\nproduce, have waited on their supply\nof apricots and peaches from the\nOkanagan district, and for their, bene\nfit it should be stated that these will\narrive in due course as arrangements\nare being made to have them brought\nto the coast In car lots, in this Way reducing the present heavy charges,\nApples Were ln good supply.\nDuchess, well packed and graded,\nmade $1.50 per box, while transpar-\nents made from 81 to 11.30 per box,\naccording to quality and pack. Peach\nplums in four-basket cratea made $1\nper crate. Preserving cherries from\nDuncan, Vancouver Island, were very\nflne and as these were packed In 24-\npound crates they were sold rapidly\nat 11.50 each.\nTomatoes In Demand\nBlackberries and raspberries were\non the market and made\u00E2\u0080\u0094blackberries (1 and raspberries 81.50 per\ncrate. Tomatoes are arriving ln large\nquantities from Mayne island, Gobble\nHill and Okanagan. The demand Is\ngood, and prices fairly satisfactory.\nYesterday's prices were: hothouse\nNo, 1, f2.60; No. 2, 82; outdoor No.\n1, 81,60; No. 2, 81.20. Peaches made\n81.25 per box, and apricots 81.10 per\ncrate.\nIn the poultry line, broilers brought\nti to |5 per dozen; ducks, 45c each;\nhens, 88 to 812 per dosen; new-laid\neggs maintained last week's price of\n32c. per dosen.\nPotatoes are still7 difficult to sell\nat attractive prices. Some very flne\nlots from Abbotsford and Ladner\nwere offered, but were not cleared\nat 81.25 per Back. Old potatoes are\nstill being offered, but are practically\nunsaleable.\nVegetable Qo Quick\nSome particularly nice vegetables\nwere on sale yesterday and it la\nsatisfactory to report that they were\ncleared at the following prices-\nCabbages, l^e per lb.; carrots, 81.40\nper sack; beets, 11.20 per sack; wax\nbeans, 2c per lb.\nOld hay made 811 and 812 per ton,\nwhile new hay Is selling at 816 to 816\nper ton.\nAn auction sale for the disposal\nof horses, rigs, harness and cattle has\nbeen Introduced. These sales will be\nheld every Tuesday at 10 a. m., and\nshould provide an excellent medium\nof exchange.\nWILL GO TO' AUSTRALIA\nH. J. McEwen and W. Foxcroft Are\nLeaving the City\nH. J. McBwen and W. Foxcroft,\nboth well-known and active members\nof the carpenters' union, are leaving\nWednesday for Australia. Like hundreds of others, they can see that\na workman's prospects for the coming\nwinter In Vancouver are worse than\nfor many yeara, especially ln the\nbuilding trade. Mr. McEwen, for the\npast six months has been tbe business\nagent for the carpenters. He took up\nthe position when the two carpentera'\nunions amalgamated, and was re-elected a few weeks ago. He handed his\nresignation In to the district council of\ncarpenters a week ago, and lt goes\nInto effect tonight. During the time\nhe haB been agent'for the carpenters,\nhe has done good work for them ln\nface of conditions which are of the\nworst from an organizing point of\nview.\nW. Foxcroft, In leaving, retires from\nthe district council of carpenters, of\nwhich he was the flrst president after\nthe amalgamation took place. He haa\nalso held the ofllce of president of\nthe Trades and Labor council, which\nposition he occupied at the time the\ncarpenters withdrew from that body.\nIn company with H. J. McEwen, he\nwill be remembered as one of the\nmost sincere and active, members of\nthe Miners' Liberation league and In\nthe efforts of that body to secure the\nrelease of the victims of the McBride-\nBowser misgovernment.\nBoth these workers will be a distinct loss to the local movement, and\nwhile regretting tbat conditions force\nthem to seek fresh fields and pastures new, The Federationist wishes\nthem better fortune in the new land\nto which they are going.\nOF\nIN\nFAI\nProvisions Have Advanced\nfrom Twenty to Forty\nper, cent.\nWorkingmen Are Warned\nto Keep Away From\nthe North\nIN COLORADO\nMiners Wilt Take Political\nAction\n[Special Correspondence]\nDENVER, Colo., July 28\u00E2\u0080\u0094The convention of the Colorado State Federation of Labor convenes in Pueblo on\n(August 17th. It Is certain that plans\nwill be formulated there looking to\nconcerted political action at the election this fall. For years the workers\nof Colorado have been at the mercy\nof corporation-owned state officials.\nThe lesson of the Colorado coal Btrike\nwill never be forgotten by the laboring people. The massacre of Ludlow\nhas so Indelibly Impressed on their\nminds (he necessity of drastic action\nbeing taken at the polls that they will\nonly support candidates pledged to\nthe hilt in their cause.\nFrom both Fairbanks and Dawson\nstories come by every boat of hundreds of idle men ln both places who\nare unable to secure work and who\nare without means for taking them\nselves outside, says the Whltehorae\nStar. A Fairbanks man said in\nWhiteborse a few daya ago that 800\nmen are Idle in the former city, where\nthe price of all kinds of provisions\nadvanced from 20 to 40 per cent, im\nmediately after the transportation\ncombine in the early spring. At the\nsame time the merchants shut down\non credit, $5 being the limit to any\nman not working.\nThree men arrived at Whltehorae\nfrom Dawson this week who walked\nthere from Skagway some weeks ago\nand after reaching Dawson they\nclaimed to have walked 300 miles\nover the various mining creeks in\nvain attempt to flnd work. Then they\nwalked to Skagway, happy ln the\nthought that they Btlll had sufficient\nmoney to pay for steerage passage to\nthe outside.\nThese conditions are mentioned as\na warning to working men to keep\naway from the north until such time\nas there Ib a change for the better.\nThe change Ib bound to come within\nthe next few years, by which time\nthe country will be strewn with the\nbones of starved men If they continue to flock into It while economic\nconditions remain as they are at present.\nLAND OF DYKES\nThe Dally Working Time of the Carpentera In Holland\nAccording to a statement drawn by\nthe Dutch carpenters' union, the dally\nworking time of the carpenters in\nHolland Is nine and a half hours In\none section of the union with 4,000\njourneymen, ten hours ln nine places\nwith 4,020 journeymen, ten and a halt\nhours ln fourteen places with 3,920\njourneymen, eleven hours ln thirty-\none places with 3,347 journeymen,\neleven and a half hours ln twenty-\nfour places with 1,456 journeymen\nand twelve hours ln more than twenty-one places with 470 journeymen. Of\nthese 171313 journeymen ln 100 places\n5,605 belong to the unton, and 3,285\nto other organizations.\nSPOKANE CONTRACTORS\nDrop Their Fight Agalnat the Eight-\nHour Law\nThe contractors of Spokane, Wash.,\nhave decided to drop their flght\nagainst the eight-hour law, as applied\nto publlo' work. This, changed attitude of the contractors was caused\nby a ruling of the attorney general,\nwho has held the law constitutional.\nThe act provides that no laborers on\npublic work shall put ln more than\neight hours a day except In cases of\nemergency, and prescribes a fine or\nthe forfeiture of the contract as the\npenalty.\nH. J. McEWEN\nWho le leaving for Australia next Wednesday.\nPORT ARTHUR BARBERS\nForm a Union\u00E2\u0080\u0094Will Result In No\nChange of Hours or Prlcee\nRecently a local union was organized by the Port Arthur barbers\nand afflliated with tho Journeymen\nBarbers' International Union of\nAmerica. The organization starts\nout with a membership ot 24 and will\nnot affect the publlo tn any way as already union hours and rates are ln\nvogue, The officers are: President\nHarry Qregsby; vice-president, W. E.\nGllmore; secretary-treasurer, J. T.\nLeslie,\nPlan to Divide Work\nCleveland painters' local la planning to take up with employers a proposition which, it Is claimed, would\nresult in more equal division of work\namong members during the four dull\nmonths\u00E2\u0080\u0094November, December, January and February, The men would\nwork six hours a day, five days a\nweek, during these months, being\npaid at the regular hourly rate.\nTrouble Averted\nThreatened trouble at the Ottawa\nCar company's shops of Ottawa, Ont,\nhas been averted as a result of conferences between that concern and Its\nmachinists. The firm has signed an\nagreement wltb local 412 of the International Association of Machinists.\nMINARD'S LINIMENT CURES\nBURNS, ETC.\nWarnings Agalnat Fire\nOwing to indications at the weather\noffice pointing to another period of\ndry weather with high temperatures,\nthe chief forester haa sent emergency\ninstructions to all deputy Are wardens directing attention to the necessity of Increased alertness. Officials\nIn charge of the forest Are protection\nservice are Inclined to the opinion\nthat the next ten days will be the\ncrucial period of the year, and fire\nwardens have been cautioned to concentrate strong forces at any outbreak.\nW. FOXCROFT\nFormer President of Vancouver Trades\nand Labor counoll, who sails for Aus.\ntralla next week.\nNorthern Paper Sold\nThe Prince Rupert Dally News, liberal, owned by a local corporation,\nhas been purohaaed by F. G. Dawson\not that city,\nVANCOUVER\nCity Market\nMAIN STREET\nPRESERVING CHERRIES ARE NOW\nARRIVING IN LARGE QUANTITIES,\nALSO RASPBERRIES, BLACK AND\nRED CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRIES,\nTOMATOES, RHUBARB, NEW LAID\nEGGS, DAIRY BUTTER, NEW AND\nOLD POTATOES.\nAuction Sales Every Tuesday and Friday\nOUR SALESMEN ARE At YOUR SERVICE\nDAILY FROM 7 AM. TILL 6 P.M.\nSATURDAY IS OUR SPECIAL PRODUCERS' DAY\nJOHN McMILLAN, Manager\nNamed Shoei are frequently made in Non-\nUnion Factoriei\u00E2\u0080\u0094Oo Not Buy Any Sho*\nno matter what lta name, unleaa lt bean a\nplain and readable Impression or this stamp.\nAll ahoea without the Union Stamp ara\nalwaya Non-Union.\nBOOT 41 SHOE WORKERS' UNION\n146 Summer Street, Boston, Masa,\nJ. F. Tobln, Pres. O. L. Blaine, Seo.-Treaa.\nBrown Bros. & Co. Ltd.\nFlorists and Nursery Men\nTHRU STORM IN VANCOUVER\nN Haatinga at. Phone toy. M 401 Gnnilk It\nnt Oranvllle tt. Phene toy. Nil\nPhene tey. IflT\nVICTOWA ITORB, 111 VHW IT.\nMat Ave. and Main tt\nPhono Fairmont IN.\nORMNHOU81S\nVictoria, a. C.\nHammond, ..O.\nLong Dletanoo Phone IT\nTen Acre Farms at $30 Per Acre\nPayable $8.00 Down and $5.00 Per Month, Without Interest\nOpen meadow land situated In the fertile Bella Coola Dlatrlct, on\nriver and lake and eloae to two new railroads. Wagon road, telegraph\naad telephone lines to property. Rich toll, splendid climate. Bape-\nelalljr adapted tor mixed tanning, chicken or hog ranching. Call or\nwrite tor full partlculara before all traeta ara aold.\nJ. I. Eakin & Co.\nsoa bomu ainaur\nM Seating* Street Seat\nTAVOOvras, a. o.\nWithout obligation, plsaae mall ma\nparticulars of your ten-acre farina.\nName _\t\nAddresa .\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u009E . ..\nEVERY UNION MAN IN \"VANCOUVER SHOULD PATRONIZE\nLABOR TEMPLE CLUB AND POOL ROOM\nWork of \"Agltatora\"\nTwo recent occurrences are recommended to the consideration of those\nwho are addicted to blaming \"agitators\" for inciting labor troubles, In\nthe Toronto bricklayers trouble and\nalso In the hydro linemen's difficulty\nln Hamilton, Ont., International officers did their utmost to prevent a\nstoppage of work. This Is the usual\nprocedure, notwithstanding the claptrap frequently heard about \"outside\ninfluence\" being responsible for labor\ndisputes.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hamilton Herald,\nNew Idea for Labor Day\nThe Central Labor union of Wilmington, Del., has submitted a proposal to Its affiliated locals to have\nthe business men join with them ln a\nLabor Day parade. The matter was\nbrought before the unionists in a letter from the Chamber of Commerce.\nThe locals are voting on the proposition.\nHave No Protection\nLaborera In the locomotive shops of\nthe Canadian Pacific railroad at London, Ont, have had their wages reduced, The organized workers are\nshowing their shop mates that the\ncompany overlooked those who were\nmembers of trade unions.\nJ. W. Hayes, secretary-treasurer of\nthe International Typographical\nunion, says that the referendum system of election of officers was adopted by that body In 1896, and has\nproved quite satisfactory to the\nmembers of tbe International Typographical union.\nT\nttMAKESTHEMUNUIN-^^\nPHONE\nSeymour\n9288\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E^\"\u00C2\u00AB,A.\u00C2\u00BB. ,\u00E2\u0080\u009En..r. _\nWESTERN CANADA LIQUOR CO.\nLEE R. BARKLEY, Agent\n137 WATER STREET OPnCIAL PAfgR VANCOUVER\nTRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\nOFFICIAL PATER IMlmCOL\nmOUPEDatATMNOPLAM*\nSIXTH YEAR. No. 173.\nvancouyee; b. p., Friday, july 31,1911\nSIX PAGES\nLook at These Single Breasted\nSUITS\nFOR\n*12!\nYou never saw the like of\nthem for value in all your\nlife. They are manufactured from pure wool, imported tweeds, in shades\nof grey, lovat and brown.\nEach suit is custom tailored and guaranteed to\nretain its shape Makes an excellent suit for best\nor business wear. All sizes. Actual values to $25.\nSpecial to readers of The Federationist for ;\n$12.50\nBRING THIS AO. WITH YOU\nM Oii^Budsoii'sBaufompanji. M\nGEORGIA AND GRANVILLE STREETS\nREMOVAL SALE\nUntil AUGUST 1st\nLANG SALES CO.\nWill give a discount of 25% on all union-made clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.\nNEW ADDRESS:, 624 MAIN\nOLD ADDRESS: 626 MAIN\nJ. LECKIE CO., LIMITED\nSHOE\nMANUFACTURERS\nWa manufacture every kind of\nwork ihoe, and specialize in lines\n'or miners, railroad construction,\nntging, etc\nVANCOUVER - - B.C.\nFamily Shoe Store\n823 Granville Street\nGREAT SALE OF BOOTS AND\nSHOES NOW ON\nMan's Shoes, Regular $6.00 for $3.95\nMen's Shoes, Regular $6.00, for.... $3.45\nMen's Shoes, Regular $4.50, for... $2.95\n8KB THE WINDOWS\nFRANK NEWTON\nTHE STATE OF TRADE\nTypos Will Hold Their\nAnnual Picnic In\nAugust\nCommittee Appointed\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\nGeneral Strike Voted\nAgainst\n.Vancouver Typographical union,\nNo. 226, held Its regular monthly\nmeeting last Sunday afternoon In\nLabor Temple, there being a large\nturnout ot members. Vice-president W, 8. Metzgar occupied the\nchair ln the absence ot President\nR. p. Pettlplece] who Is at present in\nthe east, and will attend the Providence, R. I\u00E2\u0080\u009E convention ot the I, T. U.\nto be held next week. It was decided to hold the annual picnic about\nthe middle ot lAugust and the follow\n>.ing committee waa struck to make\narrangements therefor: Messrs J,\nBOhle, B. Trumper, A. Pelky, W.\nJones and W. Floyd.\nRegarding the referendum of the\nproposed general strike in this province, the vote was cast unanimously\nagainst the proposition.\nOne application for membership\nwaB received and one Initiation took\nplace,\nThree travelling cards were accepted, namely: C. S. Young, Calgary; Wm. P. O'Leary, Seattle, and\nO. R. Beer, Denver, Col.\nState of trade reported dull.\nA. R. Hoerle, an old-time member, has returned from Colorado\nSprings, Col., where he has been recuperating his health at the printers'\nhome for the past seven months. He\nis now lit as ever.\nE. Brockman, member of the union,\nwent to the general hospital on Monday, where he will undergo a, serious operation.\nFollowing Items were gleaned from\nthe monthly trade bulletin of the\nNorthwest Typographical conference:\nHarry Martin and wife, ot Walla\nWalla, were visitors at Seattle last\nweek, Mr,. Martin Is president of\nNo. 388.\nThe secretary, Philo Howard, of the\nconference visited Centralla, Wash.,\nPortland, Wpodburn, Salem, Albany,\nCorvalls, Eugene, Medford, Roseburg,\nCoqullle, Marshfleld, Drain and Cottage Grove, Ore., taking up organization and other conference matters.\nHe has reason to believe that three\nnew locals will be organized ln Oregon in a few weeks.\nBeilingham.\u00E2\u0080\u0094State ot trade rotten\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094that's all. More members out of\nwork by several than local situation\nwarrants.\nBoise.\u00E2\u0080\u0094All offices In city are union,\nand at present seem to be on a pretty\nsolid financial basis, aB the \"ghost\nwalks\" regularly. Plenty of substitute printers; 47 members,\nEverett.\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of trade fair; work\nhas improved since last report,, and\nthings are brighter. Plenty of subs\nhere at present.\nOlympia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Work poor.\nSeattle.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Conditions about the same\nas last report, plenty idle.\nSpokane.\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of trade slow ln\nbcth job and news lines. Last monthly report of newspapers Is as follows: Operators, 24 regulars, 15 substitutes; floor men, 31 regulars, 20\n\"subB.\"\nTaeoma.\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of trade poor; plenty to do the work. Strike situation\nabout the same,\nVictoria\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of ti'ade dull, with\n20 members out of work. The trouble\nwhich has existed between thia union\nand the firm of Sweeny & McConnell\nfor the past Ave months has been\nsatisfactorily adjusted.\nWalla Walla.\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of trade fair.\nNo members out of work. President,\nHarry Martin; vice-president, Charles\nW. Liggett; secretary, Clarence W.\nLiggett.\nFOREIGNERS ARE PEONS\nEmployed In the Coal and Iron Indue-\ntries of the Maritime Provinces\nForeigners employed In the coal,\nIron and steel Industries of the maritime provinces are held ln a state of\nactual peonage, la > the report of Organizer Leon Worthall, of the Journeymen Barbers' International union,\nwho haa returned to Toronto, Ont,\nfront a trip through tbe eastern section ot Canada. The unionist saya\nwagea paid W tha corporations In\ncontrol ia pitifully email, the employees being largely composed of foreign-\nera Imported direot from Europe and\nthe majority if whom cannot speak\nthe English language. MoBt of them,\nsays Worthall, are herded ln miserable shacks that are not worthy of\nthe name of habitations.\nQuit Work\nJoseph Tlnsley, the oldest active\nmember of Hamilton, Ont., Typographical union, gave up his position\non the Herald laat week.\nCENTER & HANNA, Ud\nUNDERTAKERS\nRefined Service\n1049 GEORGIA STREET\nOne Blook weat ot Court House.\nUse of Modern Chapel and\nFuneral Parlors free to all\nPatrons\nHARRON BROS.\nFUNIRAL DIRECTOR* AND\nIMBALMIBS\nVancounr\u00E2\u0080\u0094Offlce and Chapel,\n1M4 Oranvllle SL, Phona Say. till.\nNorth Vanoouver \u00E2\u0080\u0094Offlee and\nohaptl, IM gsoond St. a. Phone\nIpwUlU.si\nWh/ilt Whtat Brill\nChows Family Broad\nWedding aad Birthday Cakss.\nWe VttValea float.\nBELYEA'S BAKERY\nALL KINDS OF\nCAKES, PASTRY AND\nCONFECTIONERY\nHot Drink* and Lunohu\nAll Ooods rr.it Dally.\nvotstr.no*.\nSober,by Act of Parliament\nEditor Federatlonist: One Is likely\nto fret the Impression (rightly or\nwrongly) while reading the editorial In\nyour issue of July 10th that those reformers who are striving to abolish the\nliquor traffic are useless reformers. If\nmy conception Is right then I have to admit I cannot agree with you. In one\nplace you say the main factors responsible for immoderate use of alcohol are\nIgnorance, poverty and overwork. Then\na few lines further down you say the\nworkers do not stand in need of any\nspeolal laws to make them sober; they\n(the workers) compare more favorably\nthan other sections of the community,\nIf they were only as Intelligent a body\nas they are sober thoy would remove the\nchief causes of the drink evil, such aa\npoverty and its attendant circumstances.\nNow, Mr, Editor, 1 do not see how you\nharmonize such statements as these. If\nthere are those who take alcohol more\nthan working people then It is not\nthrough poverty or over-work, for as\nfar as I know all the poverty is with the\nworking class. I believe, sir, the liquor\ntraffic is one ot the worst economic factors ln the world to-day as well as all\nother evils associated with and part of\nit. Mr, Turn Richardson, socialist M.P.\nfor Whitehaven, England, Bald ln a\nspeech at uflddlesborougli on June 13th\nlast that some people believed poverty\nwas the cause of drinking, others that\n'drinking caused poverty, but he believed\nneither was right. Vet he believed the\nliquor traffic was one of the greatest\nobstacles in the way of social reform,\ntherefore one of tho greatest enemies of\nthe proletariat today, and the only way\nto rid the country of It was by prohibition. 'These sentiments were, endorsed\nat the same meeting by Philip Snowden,\nM.P. I think you will agree with me\nthat they are tne opinions of practically\nall the socialist anu labor M.P.'s in the\nold country. You' further state, Mr.\nEditor, | experience proves where Increased restriction has been put on the\nsale of alcohol, consumption of It has\nnever decreased and that police rcporis\nare to the effect, that the law Is eluded\nby purchasing l,lquor in larger quantities\nman before ihu saloons wero closed, and\nin consequence there was more home\ndrinking, or, in other words, restriction\ndoes not restrict and prohibition does\nnot prohibit, .Evidently my information\nmust be from another source, fur it Ib\nexactly opposite. Wlce any other business men. those at tlie head of the liquor\nbusiness are ever ready to do those\nthings that will help expand their business, but so far I navo never heard of\nany of them agitating to \"abolish the\nbar\" or give us proliloitlon or any other\nrestrictive measures and one would Imagine if restricting increased thetr business It ,would be good policy on their\npart to advocate restriction, \"If not,\nthen .Why not?\"\nAn interesting table of police statistics\nfor the city ot Liverpool is given in a\nbook by John Burns, M.P., \"Labor and\nDrink.\" ln miM there were 7474 arrests\nfor drunkenness on tile days of the weeks\nas follows;\nSaturday (pay day) ',, 2317\nSunday (hours of sale restricted) liiff-\nMonday im\nTuesday 870\nWednesday 815\nThursday 738\nFriday 796\nSaturday Is pay-day with the highest\nnumber of arrests, and Sunday, whun\nthere is restriction, there are (tlie lowest\nnumber of arrests, followed again on\nMonday with ihe second highest number.\nAnd quite recently in Liverpool during\nthe transport workers' strike, the saloons\nwere closed und arrests for crime of\nevery kind fell UG per cent, to rise Immediately they were opened again.' If,\nas you say, restriction does not restrict,\nhow do you account for the above? In\nLiverpool from 1890 to 1901, 486 licensed\nhouses disappeared and arrests dropped\nfrom 16,042 in jsuu to 7,474 In 1904, although the population increased In that\ntime by 151,62a, Take again Watorford,\nIn Ireland, with one saloon to every 78\npersons, and Hattersea (London) with\none saloon to every CG0 persons. The\narrests in Watorford for drunkenness are\n63 per 1000, and ln Hattersea five for\nevery 1000. M, Vandervelde, leader of\nthe socialists in Helgium, is one of the\nworld's leading prohibitionists, while tho\nGerman social democrats have recently\npassed a resolution to the effect that prohibition Is the only solution to tho liquor\nproblem, and this after the Gothenburg\nsystem has been tried and failed. I eould\ngo on, but, Mr. Editor, I will not encroach further on your time apd space,\nbut will close by quoting from the government blue book (Great Britain) the\nwages paid out fur each \u00C2\u00A3100 value produced;\nCoal mining 65%\nPock work 35%\nShip building 41%\nTramway 32%\nRailway 32%\nAgriculture 28%\nCotton manuraeiurlng 28%\nWaterworks 26%\nCanals 26%\nGasworks .,.,.,,. 25',;,\nIron and ntt'i-1 works 24%\nClothing mu mi fact u ring 23%\nLinen manufacturing 22%\nWoolen manufacturing 22%\nBrewing and Distilling 8%\nyours truly,\nT. A. BARNARD.\n118 Hamilton street,\nNew Westminster, B. c\nTHE EARLY CLOSING\nBY-LAW PASSES\n1/\nAldermen Decide Continuing in Force the New\nRegulations\nAid. Hepburn's- Motion\nCarries by Eight Votes\nto Seven\nBy a vote of eight to seven the recently enacted early closing by-law\nwas confirmed at the regular meeting\nol the city counoll held last Monday\nnight In the city hall. It will continue effective until suoh times aa the\ncouncil can be prevailed upon to amend lt to exempt certain businesses\nor the by-law repealed. 'A number of\nrepresentatives of grocery stores\nworts present and opposed It, while\nthe members of the Retail Merchants-'\nassociation declared that they represented 90 per cent of the grocery\nbusiness done in the oity, and were all\nin favor of early closing. Aid. Klrk-\npatrlck maintained that the by-law\ntook away a man's privilege, and\ngave notice of an amendment, Aid,\nMcBeath wanted a petition presented\nshowing that 75 per cent, of the\ngrocers wanted early closing.\nAid. Hepburn moved.tbat the bylaw atand, whioh motion was carried.\nThose who voted for the motion\nwere:\nYeas\u00E2\u0080\u0094Aid. Woodslde,' Hamilton,\nJames, Ramsay, Hepburn, Enrlght,\nEvans and Cottrell\u00E2\u0080\u00948.\nNays\u00E2\u0080\u0094Aid. MoBeath, Crowe, White,\nTrimble, Rogers, Kirkpatrick and\nHoskln,\nPitt Meadows Oil\nIt must be sffld of the Pitt Meadows\nOil Wells, limited, that they mean\nbusiness when It comes to drilling for\noil. If they aro not successful lt will\nnot lie for lack of hard work and material. Several hundred people have\nvisited the well at Pitt Meadows and\ncame away convinced that It Is at\nleast a good prospect, A small amount\nof oil and gas came up In the nailer.\nThe new casing has arrived and is being placed in position to make the\nwell dry. Shares are now selling at\n75 cents; formerly they were 50 cents.\nMore Miners Put on Unfair List\nSouth Wellington local union U. M.\nW, of A., local 872, has placed\nthe following on their unfair list:\nB, Minororla, A, Marulute, Jas.\nAigner, S, Algner, (boy) Thos. Johnstone all of whom are miners, and W.\nC, Brown, blacksmith. The boy, 8.\nAlgner, was forced by his father, M,\nAlgner, to go to work.\nBakers to Organise\nA Toronto, Ont, despatch says that\nGeneral Organizer Walsh, of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International union, reports success In\nhis efforts to Interest bakers in the\ntrade union movement. Members of\nthe Independent union are now agreeing that It would be to their Interest\nto Join the bona fide organization.\n-. T. KINGSLEY\nOn the \"Battle of Coal Harbor\"\nK. T. Kingsley, the local socialist\nlecturer, uddressed a large audlenco\nln the Empress theatre on Sunday\nnight, hlB subject being the \"Battle\nof Coal Harbor.\" Speaking from a\nsocialist viewpoint, he took the occasion to ridicule the manner In\nwblch the \"battle\" was won, and declared that a deliberate effort was\nmade to Incite the populaee to violence against tlie Hindus on the\nKomagata Maru and also against the\nshore Hindus. In this effort the\nnewspapers did their share. That the\nattempt failed was due to the fact,\nIn, bis qptnlou, that the worklngman\nwas.no longer disposed to excitement,\nand incitement to commit acts of violence. Referring to the midnight attack on the steamer when the Invaders aboard the Sea Lion were repulsed, Mr. Kingsley ln describing the\nIncident said that the police force,\ntire chief, militia and Immigration officials, and others, together wtth a\nmember of parliament, put out after\nmidnight to attack the defenseless\nboat. \"I have no use for those who\nwork after midnight,\" he Bald. \"They\nremind me,\" he continued, \"of burglars, porch climbers, chicken thieves,\netc, The Hindus resented this midnight attack and the naval forces\nwere defeated. Then tha land forces\nand the Canadian navy Joined forces\nand the Hindus threw up their hands,\nIt thus took the combined land and\nsea forces to overcome 350 unarmed\nand harmless men. Such action on\nthe part of the officials made a joke\not the government. The latter could\nnot repel the few Hindus without\nworldwide excitement. Tbe Hindus\nwere men of spirit but they made one\nmistake.' They should have come to\nthis country as the forefathers of the\npeople here now did\u00E2\u0080\u0094with guns, Mr.\nKingsley expressed the hope that as\na result of the affair British rule ln\nIndia would be swept away and India\nheld for tile Indians. He criticized the\nrecent affair by reviewing the events\nthat led up to tho \"battle.\" He\nclaimed that tho treatment meted out\nto the Hindus was anything luit just,\nThey had brought a cargo of coal\nwith them which they desired to recoup themselves for the outlay they\nhud been put to, over (50,000, they\nhad been prevented from doing so\nond from taking back with them a\ncargo. 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C, Shrader\nSUBSCRIPTION\n81,60 per year; In Vancouver city, 82.00; to unions\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0-- $1.00\nsubscribing tn a body,\nREPRESENTATIVES\nNew Westminster - - - - H, Gibb, Box 834\nPrince Rupert - - , - W. E. Denning, Box 631\nVictoria- - - - - - A. S. Wells, Box 1638\nAffiliated with Western Labor Press Association\n\"Unity of Labor; the Hope of the World.\"\nFRIDAY JULY 31, 1914.\nPOLITICIANS WHO KNOW their\nbusiness, never miss a chance of improving the shining hour. Wherefore cometh\nMr. H. H. Stevens, M.P., to the conservative\nassociation last Friday evening. Full to the\nbrim with his experiences on\nu u' ,Tc\u00E2\u0080\u009Er.\u00C2\u00BB the firing line at the battle of\n?\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABlu.T 'Burrard Inlet, and doubtless\nI?\u00E2\u0080\u009EI,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E feeling that the party picnic,\nPOT BOILING which ^ ,et for 'fa \u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\nrow, might have had to be\npostponed on account of the terrible conflict, he\ntook advantage of that moment of great national peril to point out to the assembled patriots\nthat\nThe Komagata Maru has shown in striking manner that this coast is not adequately defenced. It is time the people of the\ncountry woke tip to this fact. Canada\nmust rise to the necessity and take her\nproper place in imperial defence.\nJust by the way, we always thought that by\nthe term \"imperialism\" politicians meant the\nwhole of the British empire,' and as that seems\ncorrect, what Mr Stevens really meant was, that\nhe hoped one part of the empire would realize\nthat the day might come when it would need to\ndefend itself from another part. Nothing is\nquite so funny in its way as a serious politician\ntrying to make politics look serious. Still, perhaps we should be duly thankful for the gratuitous amusement furnished us. However, that\naside.'\n* \u00C2\u00BB # *\nWhat Mr. Stevens was really trying to do\nwas, to play his part in the agitation to keep\nalive the proposal of the federal.government to\nspend $30,000,000 on naval armaments. The\nscheme is not dead, and it has only been laid\naside until the next wave of \"prosperity\"\ncomes along.- The international armament\ntrust is too wary and tenacious to drop any of\nits possibilities, as long as there is the slightest\nchance of realizing on them. Stevens may be\nquite serious, in his way, but he has never\nlived close enough to Whitehall to know where\nthe heart of the cancer lies. But recent investigation into the affairs and ramifications of the\narmament gang ought to convince him, or any\nman, that it is a proposition deserving the denunciation and exposure of all who are placed\nin such a position that they can speak to the\npublic, and have their utterances listened to and\nspoken about The plan of the armament gang\nto get Canadian money is only one part of its\nworld-wide conspiracy to scare the nations into\narming to the teeth, to defend themselves\nagainst the imaginary aggresiveness of each\nother. The particular group handling the Canadian end of the game is in England. Their\nfriends^ and shareholders in their companies, are\nmembers of the house of commons, and the permanent officials and ex-officials of the war office\nand admiralty, and others in position to use\npolitical power or other influence to secure\norders for armaments.\n* * * *\nThe British part of the ring is composed of\na few of the big firms in the trade. Messrs.\nVickers, Ltd., have works at Barrow, Sheffield\nand Birmingham, in. England. They have a\nyard at Placentia del las Armas, in Spain, one\nat Spezia, in Italy. They have two places on\nthe Volga in Russia, and are part owners of\nthe Whitehead torpedo factory at Fiume, in\nAustria-Hungary. They have a yard in South\nAmerica, and, by way of getting ready, for that\n$30,000,000, have put down a plant in Montreal, so that, John Brown tt Company, who\nare establishing one of the biggest ship-building\nplants in the, world, in New Brunswick, shall\nnot be overcrowded. The share lists of Messrs.\nVickers show that the shareholders live in Italy,\nJapan, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Australia,\nChina, Spain and Chili. The firms in the ring\nare Vicken-Armstrong, John Brown, Cammell-\nLaird, Beardsmore's, etc., with a whole host of\nsubsidiary concerns all inter-woven with each\nother in one vast web. For instance, John\nBrown & Company, besides their works at Sheffield, have a very big yard at Clydebank. They\nhold seven-eighths of the shares of Thomas\nFirth & Sons, and half the shares of the Coventry Ordnance Works. Messrs. Beardmore\nnot only own a big shipbuilding plant, but also\nhalf the shares in Whitehead & Company, the\ntorpedo firm. A dozen or more firms have\nobviously been established for the purpose of\nhandling some part of the business more satisfactorily, but examination shows that some of\nthe directors are on all the companies.\nThere was a time when the British aristocracy despised \"trade\" and all its works. But\nthe rapid evolution of industry, eoupled with\nthe commercial convenience of the limited liability company, has changed that. Moreover,\nuntil very recent years, a minister financially interested in a company about to handle a government contract, either left the company or the\ngovernment. Nowadays they seek to get into\nboth, for the avowed object of exploiting public\noffice for private advantage. The trustee for\nthe debenture holders in Vickers is Lord Sand-\nhunt, who now occupies the office of lord\nchamberlain in the royal household, and who\nby virtue of that office must be a peer and a\nmember of the government. The Right Honorable Stuart Wortley, member for the Hallam\ndivision of Sheffield, rose in the houie of commons a little while ago to object to orders for\narmor-plate going abroad. His right honor-\nableness is a debenture holder of Vickers and\na debenture trustee of Cammel, Laird & Company. A particularly choice patriot is Sir J.\nC. Rickett, member for Osgoldcross division\nof'Yorkshire, and recently elected honorary\npresident of the Free Church Council, He holds\n3200 shares in John Brown & Company, and\n2100 shares in Cammel-Laird s. Another\nSheffield member, for the Eccleshall division, is\nMr. S. Roberts. He is a shareholder in John\nBrown's, a director of Cammel-Laird's, debenture trustee of the Fairfield company, and a\nshareholder in the Coventry ordnance works. He\nfigures in every \"bigger navy\" Abate, with a\npersistency, which speaks volumes for his penny-\nwise patriotism. Lord Aberconway is a director of Palmers', and so is the liberal member\nfor the Bosworth division of Leicestershire, Mr.\nH. D. McLaren. Sir C. Swann, member for\nthe northern division of Manchester, is a shareholder in Cammel-Laird's.\n*F *P *fi V\nOne of the most powerful of these combinations is what is known as the Harvey trust,\nWhich was formed a few years ago, and which\nrepresents the most up-to-date and complete\nform of capitalist organization the world has\never seen. Its internationalism is complete. It\nwas formed for the purpose of working certain\nrights in the manufacture of armor plate, and it\ncombined together the interests in Britain of\nVickers-Armstrong's, Beardmore's, ' John\nBrown's, Fairfield, Cammell-Laird's, the Projectile Company, Palmer's, and Hadfields-Cov-\nentry, and of half a dozen of the leading firms\nin the United States, of firms in France, Italy\nand Germany (Krupps). The directors were representatives of Beardmore's, John Brown's,\nVickers-Armstrong's, Cammell-Laird's, the\nFrench Steel Company, Schneider's, and others.\nAmong the list of the shareholders appear the\nnames of the postmaster-general and the colonial\nsecretary. So the game goes on. These precious\npatriots and imperialists play politics and\nbecome ministers and state officials for the purpose of drumming orders for their warlike wares.\nLord Welby, when permanent secretary for the\ntreasury department, might well say:\nWe are in the hands of an organization\nof thieves, swindlers! They are politicians,\nmanufacturers of armaments, and all of\nthem are anxious for unlimited expenditure; alt go on inventing scares to terrify\nthe public and to terrify the ministers of\nthe crown.\nIt is this same gang which is pulling the\nwires at Ottawa, and who use politicians like\nMcBride and Stevens as their advertising and\nadvance agents. McBride, a typical political\nproduct of the western back block, goes to\nLondon, and is taken by the admiralty officials\nto see a big naval review at Spithead. Despite\nall that passes for consummate polish here, they\nare past masters at the game and can see the\nstraws in his hair. What passes fpr brains and\nshredness here, is measured for what it really\nis, over there, and he proves a valuable addition\nto the colonial department of their business. But\nif the common people have any common sense,\nthey should be able to see through the scheme,\nand realize the way in which their lives and\ndestinies are manipulated, under the name of\nimperialism, like so many pieces on a chess\n.board. It may be demonstrable by economic\nformulae that the working class does not pay\nthe money. But it does pay in lives and misery,\nand until the workers are aroused internationally\nto what this means to them and their movement\nthe armament trust will flourish.\nTHE NEW NATURALIZATION\nlaw, which goes into effect throughout\nthe dominion on January 1st, 1915, is\nwell deserving of the interest and scrutiny oi\nthe working class. Under the old law, any\nalien who wished to become\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E. a naturalized British citizen,\n.T MORE Wa\u00C2\u00BB reqUired t0 *'aVe three\nIT MORE K, prevj0U8 residence in\nDIFFICULT Canadai His applica,ion\nhad to be signed by two\ncitizens testifying to the truth ot his ckim, before a commissioner of oaths, and he also had\nto observe a number of'minor formalities. Under\nthe new law an applicant must have lived in\nsome part of the British dominions for the\nfive years previous to the date of his application.\nOne year of that five must have been spent in\nCanada. The persons acting as sponsors for\nhim will have to appear, with him, before the\njudge who deals with the application. These\npersons may be questioned at length by the\njudge, who may also examine the applicant\nto such length and detail regarding British institutions as his discretion may deem desirable.\nIn the United States, an alien desiring to be\nnaturalized, must declare on oath his intention\nto become a citizen of the United States. Two\nyears afterwards, he must declare on oath his\nintention to support the constitution of the\nUnited States and renounce allegiance to every\nforeign power. He must prove residence in\nthe United States for five yean, and in the\nstate where his application is made, for one\nyear. When he appears before the judge, he\nis questioned as to the form, of government and\nthe methods of its election. This part of his\nexamination is capable of so much stretching\nthat he is practically in the hands of the judge,\nwho can, if he pleases, make the matter so difficult for the applicant, that he has but a very\npoor chance of getting through. The official\nreasons given for making it difficult for aliens to\nacquire full constitutional rights both in the\nUnited States and Canada is, that the authorities want to make sure that the aspirant will\nmake a good citizen, according to their definition of the term \"good.\" We confess to a\nlarge measure of scepticism in respect to most\nof the official reasons given for laws made by\ncapitalist legislators. And the case of the naturalization laws is no exception.\n* * * *\nWe suspect that obstacles are introduced not\nfor the purpose of securing better types of citizens, but with the object of preventing thousands\u00E2\u0080\u0094who would make as good citizens as\nthose who make the law.anyway\u00E2\u0080\u0094from ever becoming citizens at all. The members of the\nfederal parliament, and of the house of congress, represent the capitalist element in both\ncountries. They are in ppssession of the natural\nresources, but before they can be of any use\nto them, they must have workers to transform\nthem by their labor, into commodities capable\nof being sold in the world's market. To obtain that labor, immigration is encouraged. But\nwhile the capitalist owners of industry welcome the working class of Europe as workers,\nthey do not want to give them any political\npower which they might possibly use to regulate\nthe terms and conditions under which their\nlabor is employed. That power can only be\nobtained through the possession of (ull civil\nrights which, in turn, cannot be obtained except\nthrough naturalization. Hence the reason for\nmaking that process a difficult and tedious one.\nHence also, is perhaps the reason why a strong\nmovement of the I. W. W. kind is found in\nolder and settled portions of the eastern states.\nThousands of workers there are absolutely deprived of the opportunity to have and use the\nvote. The result is that they are forced to use\nthe only remaining weapon they have, to improve their lot. That is, the strike, at such rare\ntimes as the labor market is favorable. The\nnaturalization law makes such men Ishmaels\nand outcasts, Little wonder they feel every\nman's hand is against them\u00E2\u0080\u0094and act accord-\nROSA LUXEMBURG is one of the\nforemost women fighters in the European\nlabor and socialist movements. At the\npresent moment she is the centre of an intensely\ndramatic struggle which will have a far-reaching effect for the German\nworking class. In one of her\nspeeches she declared that\nDILEMMA\nOF THE\n..... en -.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 youths, forced to become\nMAILED FIST Mm by fa conlct!p, ,aw\nof that country, were subjected to gross ill-treatment, and that tragedies\nwere every day being enacted in German barracks. The authorities at once charged her\nwith libel and doubtless counted on an easy\nvictory. But the defence was more than the\nwar minister bargained for. Over a thousand\nwitnesses were secured whose evidence covered\nno less than 30,000 cases of barrack brutality\nwhich was to be submitted to the court. It\nwas clear from the start that, even if .a conviction could be secured by using a \"packed\"\njury, such evidence would have an effect on the\npublic mind which would more than outweigh\nthe satisfaction the authorities could get from\nwinning the case. So little wonder the action\nwas suspended or postponed by the attorney-\ngeneral to give the government a chance to devise a way of backing down without any apparent show of defeat.\n* * * *\nThe fact is, the authorities had hoped by the\ntrial, to strike a fatal blow at the labor couse.\nThey have not forgotten the recent rebuke administered by the socialists to the bumptious\nWilhelm when they refused to rise in his honor\nat the close of the last session of the Reichstag.\nThey realized then that to prosecute 70 elected\nrepresentatives for alleged disrespect for the\ncrown, would only mean to make martyrs of\nthem, and add stimulus to their movement. So\nthe minister of justice made the sagacious decision that they were protected by the privileges enjoyed by members. Still there are more\nways than one of \"getting\" a troublesome person in Germany\u00E2\u0080\u0094just as there are in British\nColumbia. So another plan has been adopted:\ni \u00C2\u00BB * \u00C2\u00BB *\nAt the last conference of the social democrats of Berlin, a resolution by Rosa Luxemburg was passed, declaring thar only a general\nstrike could secure equal voting rights in\nPrussia, urging such a course to force the concession from the authorities. A prosecution\nhas been started against her, and those who supported her. There is no law forbidding a general strike, but the one invoked for this particular purpose says \"A general strike is only possible by breach of contract. Breach of contract is a contravention of a legal principle.\nTherefore this is an incitement to disobey the\nlaw.\" It sounds an' absurd argument, and high\ncourt of Germany lias previously opposed it,\nand demanded at least that the incitement must\nbe a direct breach of an existing working agreement. It serves to \"show the titanic struggle\nwhich is being waged by the workers of Germany against the legacy of the iron chancellor.\nHE WHO HAS NO ENEMIES is the\nman who js no good to himself or anyone else. He agrees with everybody and\neverything. If you ask his opinion on a subject he finds out your view of it, and then\nagrees with you. He talks\nHAS NO BODY bul never says anything! con-\nTn mru nod \"fluently, none have a chance\nu Ji .??,eto take exception to what he\nSOUL TO SAVE !ay! H(, j, _ j^ng mi\na say-nothing. His idea of\nlife is just simply to eat, breathe and sleep, until\nhis anatomical machinery wears out and then\ndie. The man who has enemies is the man who\ndoes things\u00E2\u0080\u0094who makes things happen; who\nbrings things to pass; a big cog in the wheel of\nprogress. He has plans and strives to put them\ninto execution. If he meets with opposition and\nobstacles, so much the better\u00E2\u0080\u0094the greater the\nobstacles the greater become his efforts and\ndetermination to succeed. He thinks things\nand has the nerve and manhood to express his\nthoughts, not stopping to inquire who it does or\ndoes not suit.\nWHEN FARM LABORERS in* England can te' roused to go on strike as\nthey are doing now, it means their condition is so bad that it cannot be made worse.\nAges of soil slavery have made them as a\nclass as stolid and as bovine\nFARM as tne very cow< t*wy \u00E2\u0096\u00A0eni*''\n, ._\u00E2\u0080\u009E_-_. Yet, curiously enough, it was\n\u00C2\u00ABmJL \"\"O \u00C2\u00B0f \"\"\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB Wh\u00C2\u00B0 fo1\"\nSTRIKE ^ lowe(j fa (jjlrt jn j,, fiercMt\nplaces in the early days of\ntrade union struggles. Away back in 1834\nhalf a dozen of them formed a union to raise\nMt wages to a little more than $1.75 a week,\nand for that they were* sentenced to transportation for seven years. Then again, later, the\nagricultural laborers are seen to the front with\nJoseph Arch as their spokesman. Arch\ncarried the agitation all through England and\nby the end of 1872, there were 100,000 agricultural laborers organized there. Persistent\nand bitter hostility of farmers, landowners and\ncountry magistrates broke the organization. The\nisolation, too, of the rural worker is against organization. Where men or women are employed in large masses, side by side, a sense of\nfellowship and social feeling arises which make\nassociation after the day's work is over, seem\nvery natural. With the farm worker it is\ndifferent. Little of his work is done in company with others. Fear of dismissal and eviction from his cottage act as a deterrent, and\nthe very fact that he has stayed with that work\nwhile so many of his kind have emigrated or\ngone to the towns, proves that he has a strong\nliking for the country side which he will tolerate much for rather than leave.\nSays Ottawa Evening Citizen, speaking of\nthe Hindoos on the Komagata Maru, \"It is\ndoubtful if they were ever very anxious to\nland.\" Well, our contemporary may know.\nBut there are one or two policemen with broken\nheads and slashed jaws round Vancouver, who\nhave their opinion also.\nSome men have wives; others are only\nmarried.\nOne might be \"good\" if there were any encouragement\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\nThe essential part of regret is the crystallized\nexpression of the day after.\nMost \"good' people seem to be prigs\u00E2\u0080\u0094or\nsadly lacking in experience.\nIt does no harm to hit the bottom occasionally\u00E2\u0080\u0094you learn what is there.\nMatrimony is a conspiracy of two, sanctioned\nby each, to hide the dissillusionment of both.\nEvery fool who has something to say, which\nthe world has not patience to listen to, thinks\nhe has a heaven-sent mission to write a book.\nA play which can survive the gallery, can\nsurvive the critics, even though \"the tired business man\" fills the stalls with sleeping stupidity.\nIf a man wants a wife now-a-daya, he puts\non a boiled shirt, Formerly he went out early\nin the morning with an empty saddle horse and\na club.\nThe socialist movement is composed of an\nintelligent minority who mistake their own enthusiasm for the growing class-consciousness of\nthe workers,\nYou never know how far you can fall until\nyou have let go a few times.' Oo not consider\nyourself a saint until you have experienced the\npleasure of being a sinner. It is not quite certain which you would decide to be.\nPreachers, professors, and others who nose\naround in mouldy ruins and musty records, do\na lot of worrying about Adam and others who\nhave been a long time dead and are likely to\nstay dead. But they have no time or attention\nfor the rotten conditions under which men,\nwomen and children must work and live today.\nThe District Ledger, of Fernie, confers upon\nus the signal honor of reproducing our account\nof the proceedings of the recent convention of\nthe B. C. Federation of Labor, in its entirety,\nnot even excluding proofreader's errors. Beyond\nthat, our esteemed contemporary omitted to\nmention the source from which its article was\ndrawn. Twould be a shame for us to blossom\nquite unseen.\nThe French senate has been warned by M.\nViviani, the premier, that the state workers have\nbeen promised the Saturday half-holiday in the\nEnglish fashion; and he added that there might\nbe \"grievous, disappointment\" if this promise be\nbroken. However, the finance committee has\njust refused to vote the necessary sum for this\nreform. There are some fools who ask for\nrevolutions.\nThe. realization of socialism resolves itself\ninto the question of whether the result can be\nmore rapidly attained by working on men or\ninstitutions; Men, when they enter the world,\nhave an innate conservatism which inclines them\nto accept what is, as what should be. To the\nsocialist, every un-class-conscious mind is a.\npiece of mental masonry wheh has to be demolished before the new conception can find\na place.\nIf the home rule squabble does nothing else\nit has produced some useful things worth remembering. Hit majesty King George the\nFifth\u00E2\u0080\u0094husband of the other four fifths\u00E2\u0080\u0094says\n\"the cry of civil war is on the lips of the most\nresponsible and sober-minded of my people.\"\nPeople who raise an army to tell George's\nparliament to go to hell, are- \"responsible and\nsober-minded.\" If aome fellow persuades half\na thousand workless, weaponless men to\nparade their condition through, the street, they\nwill get their heads split as dangerous characters. But an aristocrat, who raises 10,000 religious bigots into a .frenzy of ignorance is responsible and sober-minded. We wonder\nwhat this funny little talking machine will call\nthe miners' officials next year if a general strike\nof miners seems likely. He must have slipped\nout of sight of the four fifths for a minute,\notherwise he would not have been* allowed to\ngo around talking that way.\nFor a precious piece of political peddling,\nwatch the old court house site. It belongs to\nthe provincial government When requested a.\nwhile ago to give it to the city as a rest park,\nMcBride could not see his way to do it owing\nto the fact that it was \"the property of the\nwhole of the people of the province.\" The\npark commissioners have been given permission\nto grade it and sow grass to make it fit to look\nand lie upon. By the time the grass is ready\nnext year, a provincial election will be in sight.\nThen McBride will use'the site to buy votes\nwith, by giving it to the city. \"Up to now he\nhas held office by giving the province away to\noutsiders. Now he is going to try a change\nby giving a bit of it to those who are already\nsupposed to own it. Moreover he will do it as\nthough it were a piece of private benovolence on\nhis part, knowing full well that the fools he has\nto deal with will let him get away with such a\npiece of amusing impudence.\nMr. H. H. Stevens, M.P., is a politician,\nand, therefore, entitled to contradict his own\nsayings pretty frequently. But it is not often\nhe turns a somersault quite so quickly as last\nFriday. First he said lie would stop at nothing to preserve Canada from the Hindoos. A\nfew minutes afterwards, touching on the new\nnaturalization law, he babbled about \"the\ngreat brotherhood that exists under the British\nflag.\" India is under the British flag. Those\nHindoos were born under the British flag.\nSome of them have fought for the British flag.\nBut where did the brotherhood come in for the\nHindoos*1 With such a recent illustration of\nthe fact that this \"brotherhood\" is the veriest\nflapdoodle, even Stevens might have given the\nmob credit for enough memory -to last two\ndays. The empire is not run for brotherhood,\nbut for business. If Stevens has not been at\nOttawa long enough to know that, he had\nbetter spend the better part of next session peeling his eyes and ears, and reading the history of\nthe honorable body of which'he is such a promising member. Tut I If only Gurdit could get\nat himl\nPHONE SEYMOUR\n$\n*%SCM\nevery fortune 'to Its-source :\nand you will find there someone\nsaving money. Putting it out\nat interest: Making the interest earn more money. . You\ncan't get away from the fact'\nthat most of the men who yoty\nknow are successful did not\nwatt for things to happen. They\nwent out and made them hap-i\npen, A savings account with .\nus will help you command opportunities.\nDOW FRASER TRUST CO.\n817.881 Cambie Straet; 2818 Main\nStreet, (between 7th and 8th Aves.)\nVsncouvsr, and McKay Station,\nBurnaby, B.C.\nClose at 1 o'clock Saturday.\nCity Auction ud Commission Co.\nCash paid for houses and suites\nof furniture or Auction arranfed.\nSatlifaetlon tuarantead, prompt\nsettlements,\nARTHUR I. BETCHLIY\nSmyths and Oranvllle Streeta\nAuctlonsar Sey SOT\nPhone Your Printing Order\n to \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\t\nSEYMOUR 4490\nStrike On\nMINERS KEEP AWAY\nHP HE strike is still on at the\n* Queen Mine and Silver\nDollar, at Sheep Creek, B. 0.\nAll working men urged to stay\naway until the strike is settled\nOrder Ymir Miners' Union\nFURNITURE\nBy all means come and see our\nsplendid large new stock of furniture, \"Everything but the\ngirl\" for your new home.\nGET OUR PRICES AND\nTERMS\nHastings Furniture Co.\nLimited\n(1 HASTINGS STREET WEST\nA. W. Woodard\nMgr. CANADA NATIONAL\nFIRE INSURANCE CO.\nPhone Seymour 3837\nRosen' Buildlns 470 Cnnvilie Street\nPATENTS\nTrade Marks, Designs, Copyrights.\nFITHIRSTONHAUOH A OO.\nThe Old Istabllshtd Htm of\nFATSNT ATTORNEYS\n1IBI Rogers Bldg., Qranvllle Strsst\nCity. 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JULY Dl, 1914.\nTHB BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nPAGBfftl\nDECIDE TO ATTEND\nThe Mid-Summer\nClearance Sale\nTO-DAY\nThe values that we are now offering will appeal\nstrongly to every womian who desires to\nand effect great saving.\nRead our announcements in the daily papers\n575 Granville St Vancouver, B. C.\nPhone Seymour 3540\nStore Houra SSO to I p.m.\nSaturdays Included\nEDWARD LIPSETT\nFISHING SUPPLIES\nMANUFACTURER OF\nTENT5 xk\n. FLAGS 5AIL5\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB ORE SACS\nDTTDN DUCK ALLWEICHT5'\u00C2\u00BBWIDTHS\nARTHUR JAMES' FI5H HDDK5. ETC\nT\"\u00C2\u00ABnr l'uv)\ mark\nBraids\nBest\nCoffee\nThis Morning?\nBRAID'S\nBEST\nCOFFEE\nWM TURNER\n906 Granville St\nNext to the Market\n-DEALER IN-\nNew and second-hand China, Crockery, Furniture,\nHardware and Stoves. Furniture moving and shipping. Telephone us when you have furniture for\nsale. Highest prices paid.\nTELEPHONE SEYMOUR 3745\nUNDERWEAR\nMEN'S BALBHIQQAN UNDERWEAR\nI At SOo. and 76o. per garment.\nBRITANNIA\nj Light Woollen Underwear\u00E2\u0080\u0094Juat right for this warm weather\nLIOHT WEIOHT UNION SUITS\nFrom $1.00 per Suit up. '\nB. V. D. UNDERWEAR\nWith Short Sleeves and Knee Length Drawers, 7!c. per garment.\nCLUBB & STEWART, Ltd.\nTel. Sey. ltt\nS9S-S1S HASTINOS STREET W.\nBREWED AND BOTTLED IN VANCOUVER BY\nVANCOUVER BREWERIES Limited\nPLIGHT\nunsanitary, the families practically\nliving and existing ln the work rooms.\nThe department haa already closed a\nnumber of such places. Other caaea\nwill be brought into court and their\n.proprietors fined. The Industrial\nBanner points to this as proof that\nagitation counts, and says the anti-\nsweat shop campaign carried on by\nthe Journeymen Tailors' union is\nbringing results.\nQuotes Ottawa Despatch re\nDismissal of 1,000 Postal\nIndustrial Conditions All\nOver the Dominion in a\nTerrible Way\nMajor J. Thompson, Ontario Immigration agent tor the Britlah Isles,\nhaa been. devoting hia attention to\nScotland for the past two yeara. In\nan Interview with the Ottawa Citlsen\na tew days ago he Bays:\n\"We are getting the best class of\nImmigrants from Scotland we ever\ngot, and the outlook is aa favorable\nas lt ever was ln Ontario, Last year\nthere were 160,000 Immigrants left\nScotland out of a population of something over four million, and of these\nthe greater number came to Canada\nand 45,000 to Ontario. This year the\nnumber of immigrants will fall off to\ngome extent and approximate something like 24,000 for the busy months\nof the Immigration season.\nDundee Paper's' Story\n\"The falling off ln immigration Is\ndue to the discouraging reports of\nconditions ln Canada regarding the\nunemployed,\" said the major, as he\nproduced a clipping from the Dundee\nAdvertiser. In this paper, under big\nheadlines, these oondlttona are announced as facts:\n\"All over the Dominion oi Canada\nunemployment Is deplorable,\n\"In Toronto from 15,000 to 20,000\npeople are walking the streets idle,\n\"Thousands of men are out of work\nIn every city throughout the dominion.\n\"Dismissals during the past few\nmonths ln various branches ot Industry total thousands.\"\nThe paper, pats Canada on the baok\nsb the most popular of all the overseas dominions, yet it tells of the\nvanished hopea of the Scottish lads\nand lasses who gave way to despair\nand longing for bonnie Scotland: The\nartlole'proceeds aa follows:\nLabor's Lament\n\"A prominent labor official In Canada addressed a gathering ln Montreal and struck a gloomy note. He\nstated that the conditions ln the Industrial world all over Canada were\nln a terrible way at present. During\nthe laat few months he had covered\nthe territory from coast to coaat and\nthe conditions were so deplorable\nthat he believed there would be a repetition ot the great financial disaster\nof 1893.\n\"Thousands of men are out of employment ln all our cities, and many\nof them are in a state of starvation\nthat la a disgrace to this country of\nsuoh splendid natural resources.\nU despatch from Ottawa regarding\nthis does not dispel the gloom. Something like 10,000 employees of the\npost office\u00E2\u0080\u0094deputy postmasters, letter\noarrlers, messengers, etc.\u00E2\u0080\u0094have been\ndismissed during the past three\nmonths.\"\nMr. Thompson states that the formation ot the union among the farm\nlaborera under which they get a halt\nday a week and increased the wages\ncompared with a few years ago to\ndouble what they then received, have\nheen elements in keeping many of the\nfarm laborers at home tn Scotland,\nALLIED PRINTING TRADES COON-\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 9.IL\u00E2\u0080\u0094tf*u \">d Monday In month.\nPreaident, Oeo. Mowat: secretary, F. B.\nFleming. P.O. Bo\u00C2\u00BB SS\nMINARD'S LINIMENT RELIEVES\nNEURALGIA.\nPROVINCIAL UNIONS\nB. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMeets ln annual convention ln January. Executive officers; 1914-16: President, A. Watchman; vice-presidents, W.\nF. Dunn, Jas. H. McVety, O. H. .Fraaer,\nJ. W. Gray, H. Knudson, J. J. Taylor, B.\nSimmons, Seoretary-treasurer, A. S.\nWells. Box 153ft-Victoria, B.C,\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.\nNBW WESTMINSTER TRADES AND\nLabor Counoll\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every second\nand fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. In Labor\nHall. Preaident. D. 8. Cameron; flnanolal\nsecretary, H. Olbb; general eecretary, W.\nB. Maiden, P, O. Box 114. The publlo la\nInvited to attend.\nPLUMBERS' AND STEAMFTTTERS Local 4SB\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every seoond and\nfourth Friday of month In Labor Hall,\n7.80 p. m. Preaident, D. Webster: seoreUry, A. McLaren. P. O. Box 988, New\nWestminster, B, C,\nBARTENDERS' LOCAL W-MEBTSIN\nLabor Temple, New Westmlnater,\ncorner Seventh stret and Royal avenue,\nevery eecond Sunday of each month, at\n1.80 p. m. President, F. S. Hunt; seoretary, F. W. Jameson. Visiting brothers\nInvited.\nVICTORIA, B. C.\nVICTORIA TRADES AND LA BOM\nCouncil\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets flrst and third Wed-\nneeday, Labor Hall, 731 Johnston street,\nat 8 p. m. President, George Dykeman;\nlecretary, Thos. F. Mathlson, box 801,\nVlotoria, B.C.\nMINERS' UNIONS\nKIMBERLET MINERS' UNION, No. 100,\nWestern Federation ot Miners\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meete\nSunday evenings In Union Hsll. Preeldent, Alex. Wilson; secretary-treasurer,\nM. P. Vllleneuve, Klmberley, B, C.\nLADYSMITH MINERS' UNION, LOCAL\nNo. 8888, U. M. W. of A.-Meets Wed.\nnesday, Union Hall, 7 p.m. President,\nSam Guthrie; secretary, Duncan MoKen-\nsle, Ladysmlth, B.C.\nNANAIMO LOCAL UNION U. M. W. ol\nA.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every Monday at 7.80 p. m.\nIn the Athletlo Club, Chapel street Ar-\nthur Jordan, Box 410, Nanalmo, B.C.\nCUMBERLAND LOCAL UNION, No.\n28S9, U. M. W. or A.-Meets every\nSunday 7 p.m. ln U, H. W. of A. hall.\nPresident, Jos. Naylor; secretary, James\nSmith, Box M, Cumberland, B.C.\nTRAIL MILL AND SMELTERMEN'S\nUnion, No. 105, W. F. of M.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\nevery Monday at 7.30 p. m. President,\nJames Delgarns; secretary, P. J, Bolam,\nBox 26, Trail, B. C.\nSANDON MINERS' UNION, No. II,\nWestern Federation of Miners\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\nevery Saturday ln the Miners' Unton\nhall. Address all communications to the\nSecreUry, Drawer \"K.,\" Sandon, B.C.\nBUSINESS AOENT DIRECTORY\nBLAMES PIECE WORK\nFor the Inferiority of Washington\nShingles as Compared\nwith B. C.\nThe Timber Workers' union ot Seattle, *WaBh\u00E2\u0080\u009E has answered the claim\nof employers that wages muat be reduced to meet competition with Britlah Columbia mills by declaring that:\n\"The Inferiority of the Washington\nshingle Ib due to the substitution of\nthe piece work for the day system\nln the Washington mills, and under\nthe piece work system the men are\npitted against each other and every\npossible effort made to force them to\nthe highest degree of speed. Quality necessarily has been sacrificed to\nquantity.\"\nNEW LABOR TEMPLE\nOpened at Beilingham, Wash. Ten-\nThousand-Dollar Structure\nThe new labor temple of Beilingham, Wash., haa been opened and\nlocal trade unions are now meeting\nin a home of their own. The structure, which cost $10,000, Is two\natoreya high, built of wood, with an\nartistic Btucco finish front. The first\nfloor Is mostly taken up with a big\nassembly hall, ln which 600 people\noan be seated. On the second floor\nare three halls for use of the unions.\nThere la a speolal big room for the\nWomen's Union Label league, with a\nspacious kitchen, from which banquets are expected to be served.\n\"HELLO\" GIRLS\nMinimum Wage Nine Dollara for\nForty-four Houra\nThe Minimum Wage commission ot\nthe state of Washington has adopted\na rate of td for a week of 44 hours\nas the minimum for telephone girls\nthroughout the state, except ln small\nexohanges. Thla la the fourth mint-\nmum wage adopted by the commt-\nslon, the others being $10 a week for\nmercantile workers. $8.90 for factory workerB and $9 for laundry and\ndye workers.\nTORONTO SWEAT SHOPS\nHealth Department Has Closed Number Such Places\nThe Toronto department has reported the existence of unsanitary\nsweatshops In that city and has\nordered a i number of them to be\nclosed up. In many of the shops where\nclothing Is made up, some ot them are\nmere hovels, overcrowded and very\nAsk for Labor Temple 'Phone Exchange,\nSeymour 7498 (unless otherwise stated).\nBartendere\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 208; Geo. W. Curnock.\nB. C. Fedarationtat\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 117; R. P.\nPettlplece.\nBridge and Structural Iron Workers\u00E2\u0080\u0094W.\nL. Yule, Room 801.\nBrotherhood of Carpenters\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 100;\nHugh McEwen.\nBricklayers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 211; Wm. s. Dagnall.\nBarbara\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 801; C. F. Burkhart;\nphone Sey. 1771.\nHod Carrlere, Builders and Commoa Laborers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 220: John Sully.\nCooke, Walters, Waitresses\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room III;\nW. E. Walker; TeL Seymour 1414,\nElectrical Workers (outside)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room\n207; W. F. Dunn.\nElectrical Workers (inside)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 117;\nF. L. Estinghausen.\nEngineers (Steam)-Room 216; L. Dawson.\nLabor Temple Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 111; 3. H.\nMcVety.\nLongshoremen's Association \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Office.\n148 Alexander street; H. Hannlng; tel.:\nSeymour 6869.\nMoving Picture Operators\u00E2\u0080\u00940. R. Hamilton, Room 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Sey.\nMusicians\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. J. Brasfleld, rooms 11-10,\nWilliams Building, 418 Qranvllle Street\nSeymour 2530.\nPlasterers\u00E2\u0080\u0094Joe Hampton; Tel, Sey-\n, mour.1514.\nStreet Railway Employees\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fred. A.\nHoover; Seymour 608.\nTradee and Labor Council\u00E2\u0080\u0094Room 810;\nGeo. Bartley.\nTypographical\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rooms 118, 211, 114;\nR. H. Neelanda.\nVANCOUVER UNIONS\nTRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL -\nMeeU first and third Thursdays.\nExecutive board: W. E. Walker, president: J. H. McVety, vice-president: Geo.\nBartley, general secreUry, 110 Labor\nTemple; Miss H. Gutteridge,. treasurer;\nMiss P. Brisbane, sutistlolan: sergeant-\nat-arms, John Sully: G. Curnook, F.\nKnowles, W. R. Trotter, trustees.\t\nLABOR TEMPLE COMPANY, LTD.-\nDirectors: Fred A. Hoover, J. H.\nMeVety, Jamea Brown, Edward Lothlaa,\nJames Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson, R P.\nT'.ttlplere, John McMillan, Murdock McKensle, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free. Managing director, J. H. McVety, Room 211.\nBAKERS' AND CONFECTIONERS LO\n> fcMW CAL No. 41\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets see-\n't eiAsa II ond *\"d fourth Satur-\nOwWwS daye, 7.30 p.m. Preeldent.\n\"*-*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *\u00E2\u0084\u00A2a H. G. Leeworthy; corresponding eecretary, R. t.\nAdams; business agent, 3.\nliluuk, Uoum as, Labor\nTemple.\nBARBERS' LOCAL No. 120 \u00E2\u0080\u0094MBBTS\n\u00C2\u00AB m\"eS2,d,Jan? /\"ST\"1.. Thuredays, 1.80\n& \"V, 5*!ldel,t' J- w- Owen; recorder, ft\nI- gOTlltieecretary-buslnees agent, C.\nL..?.**\"!^', Rf\u00C2\u00B0m .*<\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 I*borTremple.\nHours: 11 to 1; 5 to 7 p. m.\t\nBARTENDERS' LOCAL No. I7I.-OF-\nn^.'j8' ?<\"'\"> *M Labor Temple. MeeU\nSf\"' Sunday of each month. President,\nF. F. Lavlgne; flnanclal secretary, Geo.\nW. Curnock, Room 801, Ubor Temple.\nBRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS', NO. 1\n. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0~Mef.t\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"ery.l't and Srd Tuesday,\nL.Ei\"l'J Rmm *9_ President, Jamea\nHaelett; corresponding secretary, w. g\nDagnall, Box 63; flnanclal oecreury, \u00C2\u00BB.\n\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Brown; business agent, W. s. Dag.\nnail, Room 215,\nBOOKBINDERS' t, LOCAL UNION No.\n105-Meeu third Tuesday In every\nmonth, In room Ml, Labor Temple. Pres?\nn\u00E2\u0084\u00A2*\"..E'...J' M\"n..,| vloe-preeltffnt. Wm.\nBushman; aeeretary, George Mowat\nHaselwood hotel, S44 Hastings Steet E.\nA9\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\u00C2\u00BBr^asurer, H. Perry, mo Tenth\nBROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS\n\u00C2\u00ABr Et\u00E2\u0080\u0094EPJ*1' Builders, and Holpere\nof America, Vancouver Lodge No. isi-\nSS,*A ar\".*'l!S. \u00C2\u00AB&\"* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2ionkays, I p. m.\nPreaident F. Barclay, HI Cordova Bast.\naecreury. A. Fraaer. 1161 HowVairiit\nCOOKS, WAITERSI ANI1 WAITRESSES\ngontb, 8:80 p.m\u00E2\u0080\u009E Labor Temple. W. jc.\nnSSSfim'fV repreaenuuva. Offlce.\nRoom Ml, Ubor Temple. Hours: I a.m.\nto 10.80; l p.m. to uo'and I p.m. to S.M\nE'.1?.' \"-oW**\"\"\"' help furnlahed on short\nnotice, pnone Bey. 1414.\nDISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS\nmeets second and fourth Thursday of\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2aoh month, I p. m. Secretary, J. Bit-\nSf\"', \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" Hornby etreet; business agent,\n!\".' ?\u00C2\u00B0d ,'blrd Monday of eaoh month,\nSS'-i'\"*1. lMl meeU \"n\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2n<1 third\nTuesday of eaoh month\nELECTRICAL WORKERB, LOCAL NO.\nIll\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets Room 101 every Monday\nI p. m. President, Dave Fink; vtce-preel-\nS,\",,'mM- Sander; recording aecreury,\nRoy Elgar, Labor Temple: flnanclal eecretary and business agent W. F. Dunn.\nRoom 107, Labor Temple,\nELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO.\n....J2!. (Inaldo Men)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeta flrst and\nthird Mondays of each month.. Room 105,\n1 p. m. President, H. R. Van Blckle; recording secretary, J. M. Campbell; business agent, F. L. Estinghausen, Room 207\n\"\"SSSSRSHK\" INTERNATIONAL\nASSOCIATION, No. ISxiS-Mecla\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2yery Friday evening, 141 Alexander\nstreet, President, J. Mahone; SecreUry,\nH, Hannlng.\nMACHINISTS, NO. Ill\u00E2\u0080\u0094MBBTS BBC-\nond and fourth Fridays, I p. m\nPresident A. R. Towler; recording secreUry, J. Brookes; flnanclal secreUry, J, H.\nMeVety.\nMOVING PICTURE OPERATORS, Local 348 I.A.T.S.E.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every second Sunday of each month. Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President H. C. Roddan; secretary-treasurer, L. E. Goodman; recording secreUry, A. O. Hansen; business agent G. R. Hamilton. Office,\nRoom 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Bey. 3046\nMUSICIANS' ' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE\nUnion, Local No. 145, A. F. of M.-\nMesu seoond Sunday of each month,\nrooms 19-80, Williams Building, 418 Granville street President J. Bowyer; vice-\npresident, F. English; secreUry, H. J.\nBrasfleld; treasurer, W. Fowler.\nOPERATIVE PLASTERERS' INTER-\nNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. 10-\nMeeu flrst and third Wednesday, O'Brien\nHaU, I p.m. President, O. Dean; corresponding secretary, F. Sumpter; flnanclal\naeoretary, D. Scott; treaaurer, I. Tyson;\nbusiness agent, Joe Hampton. Phone\nSey. 1514.\nPAINTERS',. PAPERHANGERS'. AND\nDecorators', Looal 131\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets every\nThureday, 7.80 p.m. President H. Grand;\nflnanolal secretary, J. Freckleton, 1021\nComox street; recording secretary, R\nDowding, 182 Howe street. Business\nagent, James Train, Room 103, Labor\nTemple.\t\nPATTERN MAKERS' .LEAGUE .OF\n. NORTH AMERICA.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver and\nvicinity. Branch meeU 1st and Srd Fridays at Labor Temple, room 105. Robert\nC. Sampson, Pres., 747 Dunlevy Ave.;\nJos. G. Lyon, flnanclal secretary, 1721\nGrant street; J. Campbell, according sec-\nreury, 4869 Argyle street.\nSTEREOTYPERS' AND ELECTROTYPE\nera' Union, No. 88, of Vanccuver and\nVictoria\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets second Wednesday of\neach month, 4 p. m\u00E2\u0080\u009E Labor Temple, President, Chaa, Bayley; recording secreUry.\nA. Birnle, co. \"News Advertiser.\"\nSTREET AND ELBCTRIC RAILWAY\nEmployees, Pioneer Division No. 101\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeeU Labor Temple, second fourth\nWedneadaya at I p.m., and flrat and\nthird Wednesdays, 8 p. m. President\nAdam Taylor; recording secretary. Albert\nV. Lofting, 2511 Trinity street; flnanclal\nsecretary, Fred. A. Hoover, 2409 Clark\nDrive.\nSTEAM ENGINEERS, INTERNATION-\nal Local 897\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeeU every Wednesday\nI p. m\u00E2\u0080\u009E room 104, Labor Temple. Finan-\nclal secretary, B. Prendergaat, room 116.\nTAILORS' INDUSTRIAL UNION UN-\nternatlonal), Local No. 171\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeting!\nheld flrst Tueaday in each month, I p. m\nPresident, H. Nordlund; recording secretary, C. McDonald, Box 603; flnanolal\nsecretary, L. Wakley, P, O, Box'603.\nTHEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES,\nLocal No. 118\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets seoond Sunday\nof each month at Room 294, Labor Tem*\npie. President, H, Spears; recording see*\nretary, Geo. W. Allln, P.O. Box 711, Vancouver.\nTYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. Ill-\nMeets last Sunday eaoh month, 1\np.m. President, R. P. Pettlplece; vice-\npresident, W, S. Metsger, seoretary.\ntreasurer, R. H. Neelanda. P. o. Box 61.\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 BELL IT\nWestminster Trust Company\nffaidisv asjooo/mojoo.\nflnbserlM, OOOlfiOOM\nWe bave MONEY TO LOAN on improved property.\nBatatas managed for out-of-town and elty clients. Payments collected snd forwarded or Invested. We aet as agents only for tk*\npurchase and sals of real estate..\nDepoalta accepted snd interest at t% allowed on dally balance.\nSAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT\nHead Offlce:\nColumbia and Begbie Strsst, Nsw Westminster,\njr. I. Itate, Naaaflaf Director\n. *. A. Snail, SMteUry-Treannr.\nTHE S. BO WELL COMPANY\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0aooeeeore to Oo\u00C2\u00BBu\u00C2\u00BB a mamma, IM.\n, FUNERAL DIRECTORS\nNEW WESTMINSTER. B. C\nMen who earn thslr Uvln\u00C2\u00BB \"by\nthe sweat of the brow\" need soms-\nthins to keep thslr bodies supplied\nwith moisture. A little hear during the day Is a real necessity with\nthe worklngman.\nWINEWEISER\nBEER\nla popular with all classes.\nAsk yonr dealer, or phono 751*\nWESTMINSTER BREWERY, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C\nPHONE No. L-7S\nA. E. SUCKLING * CO, VANCOUVER DISTRIBUTERS\nUNION HATS AND OVERALLS at\nJ. E. BROWN & CO.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2IS COLUMBIA STREET\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.\nTHE POPULAR PRICED, EUROPEAN PLAN\nHOTEL RITZ\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nFORT ST., AT DOUGLAS\nRATES 75c, $1.00, $1.26, $1.60, $2.00\n0. J. LOVEJOY, MOR. FREE AUTO BUB\nBE TRUE TO YOURSELVES\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0V SMOKINQ THS OLD RELIABLE\nKurtz's \"Pioneer\" Cigars\nYOU HELP YOUR FELLOW UNION MEN AND BESIDES, VOU BET\nTHE VERY BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY\nKomagata\nMaru!\nWE DON'T WANT\nANY MORE\nASIATICS\nWe want only good loyal citlsens who believe in buying goods made\nIn British Columbia. Our products are\nBAPCO PURE PAINT\nBAPCO OIL SHINGLE\nSTAIN\nBAPCO PURE COPPER PAINT\nBAPCO KALSOMINE\nBAPCO WHITE LEAD\nBAPCO VARNISHES\nand they are all guaranteed\nMADE BY\nBRITISH AMERICA PAINT\nCOMPANY, Limited\nVictoria Vancouver Calgary\nEdmonton PAGE SIX\nTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST.\nFRIDAY JULY 81, IM\nWHAT CUSTOMERS SAY OF\nBUCK\nBRAND\n-J?\nSciuamish, B. C, June 10th, 1914.\nMessrs. Win. J. McMaster & Sons, Ltd.,'\nVancouver, B. C.\nGentlemen: I had a client ln today, ]UBt returned from a trip to\nPort George. He was wearing one of your \"Surveyor's Suits\" which\nI sold to him just before he went away. He expressed his great satis-\nte tion In the comfort and wearing qualities of this Bult, and placed\nan order with me for another.\nI thought you would be pleased to hear thla, as it was solely on\nthe recommendation of your traveller that I was persuaded to take\nthis line up,\n Yours truly,\n\" ~ (Signed) ROBT. McKENZIB.\nFrom R. McKenzle & Co.,\nMen's Outfitters,\nSquamlsh, B. C.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E(Copy)\nWM. J. MoMABTBR ft SONB, LTD:\nW. B. THOMAS, Manager Director.\nNew West Manufacturing Co., Ltd.\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nFURNACES, STOVES \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 RANGES\nATTENTION, UNION MENI\nThese stoves are made by union men, ln a union factory and\nunder union condltlona.\nRemember also, these are the only union-made stoves ln Vanoouver.\nBe consistent. Insist upon our goods! Handled by all stores In\ntbe city.\n2102\u00E2\u0080\u0094llth Avenue West VANCOUVER, B. 0.\nPHONE: BAYVIEW 248\n26% OFF ALL TRUSSES THIS MONTH\nBED STAR DRUG STORE.\n53 Cordova Street West Vanoouver, B. 0.\nBASEBALL\nVancouver vs. Taeoma\nAugust 3,4, 5, 6\nWEEK DAYS. 4:00 p.m. SATURDAY. 3:00 p.m.\nSYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING BSQU-\nLATIONS\nCoal mlnluf rights of the Dominion,\nIn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,\nthe Yukon Territory, tbe Northweat Territories and In a portion of tha Province\nof British Columbia, may be leaaed (or\na term sf twenty-one years at an annual\nrental of 11 an aore. Not more than\n1,610 acres will be leased to one applicant,\nApplications for leaee must be made by\nthe applicant In person to the Asent or\nSub-Agent of the dlstriot In whloh the\nrlghta applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land muat be\ndescribed by aeotlons, or legal subdivisions of sections, and In unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be\nstaked by the applicant himself,\nEaeh application must be accompanied\nby a fee of II, which will be refunded If\nthe rlghta applied for are not available,\nbut not otherwise. A royalty shall be\npaid on the merchantable output of the\nmine at the rate of Ave cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the Agent with sworn returns\naeeauntlng for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights\nare not being operated, suoh returns\nshould be furnished at leaat once a year.\nThe lease will Include the coal mlnlns\nrlghta only, but tha lessee may be permitted to purohase 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,\nii* u CORi\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN. B,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Unauthorised publication of thli\nadvertisement will not be paid for-30190\nGO with the BU.NC.HT0 THE\nBRUNSWICK POOL ROOMS\nIN AUSTRALIA UNION\nAnnounce That They Will\nNot Work With Non-\nUnionists\nOfficials Busy Issuing Union\nCards to the New\nMembers\n[Speolal Australian Correspondence]\nSYDNEY, N.S.W., July 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Last\nengineers, members of the Amalgamated Englneera' union, determined\nthat the time had oome when they\nwould refuse to work with non-unionists. It waa thought that some\ntrouble would come, especially as the\nunionists had given notice to their\nemployers to that effect. A strike ln\ntbls Industry at the present time\nwould do much harm to the employers, and would weaken their case ln\nthe forthcoming elections, ln whloh\nthe question of preference to unionists ia to be the big question. At any\nrate It seems as If the trouble Is now\novercome. A meeting of tho union\nwas held the other day, and lt waa\ndecided to appoint organisers, to go\nthrough the 40 odd works employing\nnonunion labor and approach the\nmen with a view of asking them to\nJoin tbe union. This haa been highly\nsuccessful. Nearly every non-unionist\nhas paid hia entry fee and come into\nthe union. For several days paat officials have been busy Issuing union\ncards to the new membera. It Ib\nthought that the trouble Is now over,\nas the union expects to be ln the\nhappy position in a day or two to announce that every man In the trade\nIs unionist The next move now Is\nthe amalgamation of the union with\nthe Iron Trades Federation. Several\nmeetings have been held, and now\nthat the engineers are a strong Industrial body lt ia thought the amalgamation will be brought about.\nSteadily but surely we are linking\nup every union ln Australia, into one\ngrand federation.\nVOTES FOR WOMEN\nBy MBS. X A. CLARKE\nBerry Bros.\nAgents (oi\nCLEVELAND\nCYCLES\nThs Bicycle with ths Reputation\nFull Has of accessories\nRepairs promptly executed\nGROCERS' PICNIC\nLocal Association Holds Its Annual\nOuting at Bowen Islsnd\nThe Vancouver retail grocery\nstores were cloned on Wednesday, the\ncause being the annual picnic of the\nRetail Orocen' association, which\nwas held at Bowen Island and was\nlargely attended by the grocers, their\nfamilies and friends. The accommodations provided by ths Terminal\nSteam Navigation company were\nsuch as to satisfy the most exsettng\non occasions of this kind. There\nwaa plenty of music and dancing,\nfield and aquatic sports and a baby\nshow. After spending the day ln\nthorough picnic style all returned to\nthe elty tired yet well-pleased with\nthe day's outing.\nDeath of John Smith\nJohn Smith, 80 years old, a resident\nof Vancouver heights, died suddenly\nTuesday afternoon at the home of\nhis daughter, Mrs. J. A. Fulton, 257\nSixth atreet east, North Vancouver,\nwhere be was visiting. Mr. Smith,\nwho was the father-in-law of John A.\nFulton, ex-presldent of the Typographical union and alao ex-secretary\nof the Trades and Labor oouncll, and\nJohn A. Fraser, M, M, P., of Quesnel,\ncame west from Dominion City, Man.,\nand formerly lived at Paisley, Scotland. The funeral took plaoe on\nThursday, afternoon from the Fulton\nhome, a large attendance being present.\nSells Scientific Stuff\nHenry Slbble of Vsncouver, B, 0\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nwbo has probably aold more socialist\nliterature, almost, than any other man\nIn America, was sn Angeles visitor\non Thursday. The beauty of lt Is thst\nmoat ot the stuff he sella Is on- the\nscientific order. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Port Angeles\n(Wash.) Free Press.\nMINARD'S LINIMENT\nCURES DANDRUFF\n635 HASTINGS ST. EAST\nPhone Highland 89S\nrteeeSej. 221\nFUNERAL DIRECTORS\naad EMBALMERS\n520 Mcksrfa St. Vaaceaver, t. C.\nCOTTON'S WEEKLY \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Bast\nSocialist propaganda papsr In\nCanada. Price CO csnts per\nyear; la clubs of tour, 21 cents\nfor 40 weeks.\nAddress, COWANSVJLLB, P.Q.\nTake that Watch to Appleby, SOS\nrenter West, Cor. Pender and\nRichards, for nigh-class watch,\nclock and Jewellery repairs. All\ncleaning and mainsprings Jobs\nguaranteed for 12 months.\nDOLL HOSPITAL\nBring your broken Dollies and get\nthem made like new\nDOLL HOSPITAL\nKttUR * COI I2S Hasten St. W.\nIf you are one\nwho doesn't know\nthe wonders of the Blue Amberol\nplayed on an Edison Cylinder\nPhonograph. Let us ihow you\nwhat you are missing. We've\nbeen in business a long time, Mr.\nReader. No one knows the\ntalking machine line better than\nwe do. We've watched the\nEdison develop until to-day we\nunhesitatingly claim it to be the\nmost perfect on the market today. You'll not lose anything\nby hearing it. We'll arrange\nterms to suit\nTHE\nKENT\nPIANO CO. Ltd.\nSS8 GRANVILLE ST.\nEND MINERS' SHE\nThe regular public meeting of the\nMount Pleasant Suffrage leage was\nheld ln A. O. F. hall, corner of Main\nstreet and Tenth avenue, on Friday\nevening, July 24th.\nThe speaker having been chosen for\nthat evening, the programme of the\nevening was carried out by calling\nupon the various members to make\nshort speeches, the result being a\nvery enjoyable evening for all,\nMrs. Parr spoke of an incident that\nhad occurred that day which clearly\nshowed how unprotected women\nreally are and how an organized body\nof women could use their Influence\nto help their aex. When women got\nthe vote there would be opportunity\nfor broader action.\nMrs. Robertson thought that the\nqualifications for the municipal vote\nshould be extended. She said a great\nmany people objected to women talking politics. Pure politics is nothing\nmore than the use ot the vote, and if\nwomen vote they will have to understand political questions- and there\nwas no reason why women ahould\nnot talk on the vote, We get nothing\nwithout the vote.\nThe speaker thought we would advance our work by more social Intercourse, and suggested that the league\ntake up more social work.\nIn regard to the Hindoo question\nthe speaker thought this a question\nthat all women should understand.\nWe were Christians, and should hold\nall men as our brothers; on the other\nband the Hindoo waa so different\nfrom us in education and religion\nthat lt would be hard to tolerate this\nbranch of the human family in our\nown midst\nMrs. Clark spoke on the duty of\nmembers. Not only should they attend and assist In the meetings, hut\nto be vigilant at all tlmea and In all\nplaces; to see that no opportunity is\nlost to awaken interest ln this great\ncause. She also declared that no\nvote should rest on a property qualification. Man might need the vote\nto protect his property, but mothers\nneeded the vote to protect her children\u00E2\u0080\u0094a possession of greater value\nthan property. The working, girl\nneeded the vote to protect her in the\nlabor market\u00E2\u0080\u0094In regard to wages,\nsanitary condltlona, etc.\nAb to the 'Hindoo question, lt is an\neconomic \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 question. Probably the\nohlef objection to the Hindoo Is that\nhis manner of living la so crude tbat\nhe could live on far less, than the\nmore clvillied races, therefore will\nwork for leas and thus jeopardize the\nopportunity of our own men getting\nwork It Is to the interest of all'\nwomen to try to understand these\nvital questions so that when tbey\nget the vote ln the near future they\nwill know how to use It. All things\noome through the vote. If we want\npure food or morality we have to\nlegislate to get it.\nMrs. Wm. Taylor spoke for a tew\nminutes. She thought we should\npractice speaking and ever be ready\nto defend our cause. She thought\nthat women had just as much right\nto help make the laws under which\nthey lived as men had,\nMiss Brooks said that If we went\nout and got arrested the people might\nwake up and realise we had a movement on. She also aald that men\nseemed to think that women would\nrule as their husbands did or for the\nbest looking candidate, but she felt\nquite sure thst they would not.\nMiss Pen-In said that women had a\nvery great responsibility and needed\ntbe vote to back them up. In canvassing for votes for women she had always found the men very nice and\nreasonable.\nMrs. Page spoke on the necessity\nof reaching the people and said tbat\nas a woman in business she found\nthe men friendly to the cause, but the\nmen seemed to think that the women\nwere not doing enough to further the\nmovement. A great many of them\nthought tf the women would speak on\nthe streets lt would help.\nSome of the speakers made their\nmaiden speeches and from all Indications there ahould be no laok of\nspeakers on behalf of woman suffrage.\nNext Mealing\nThe next regular meeting of ths\nMount Plessant Suffrage league will\nbe held the seoond Friday evening ln\nAugust (the 14th), in the A. O, F.\nhall, corner Main street snd Tenth\nsvenue.\nExecutive Melting\nAn executive meeting of the Mount\nPleaaant league waa held st the home\nof Mrs. Parr, M6 Fifth avenue east,\non Wednesday afternoon, July 22nd,\nTbe following heads of committees\nwere appointed: Lawa, Mrs, Robert\neon; Entertainment, airs. Darlington;\nRefreshment, Airs, Butty; Membership, Mrs. shllvock; Reception, Mrs.\nWm. Taylor; Literature, Miss Brooks;\nConvasslng, Mlsa Psrrln; Public\nMeetings, Mrs. Parr.\nAfter the bualneaa of the meeting\nwaa finished tea was aerved and a\nvery pleasant hour was spent In discussing the questions of the day,\nIN\n6\nIN SOI\nSmaller Mine Owners Signing Up with the United\nMine Workers\n\"Situation Never in Better\nShape,\" says John R.\nLawson\n[Special Correspondence]\nDENVER, Colo., July 28.\u00E2\u0080\u0094With the\nsigning up of more independent\nmines throughout the state, the Btrlking coal miners are beginning to see\nthe early and successful culmination\nof one of the most bitter struggles ln\nthe labor movement \"The strike waa\nnever ln better shape,\" aald John R.\nLawson, International board member\nof the United Mine WJorkers. \"Operators ln every section of the state,\nafter employing scab labor since last\nSeptember, are beginning to realize\nfully that they cannot hope to obtain\nthe same work,from these derelicts\nas from the experienced coal miners\nwho worked for them for many years\nbefore the strike. Where the mines\nhave been completely shut down the\noperators have been convinced of the\ngreater efficiency of the union coal\nminers by the state mine Inspector's\nreport, which shows that union mines\nhave produced more thau three times\nas much coal proportionately as\nmines which refused to sign up. The\nfact that the smaller mine owners are\nsigning up with the union offers a\nBtrlking forecast In my opinion. Heretofore, the large operators have brow\nbeaten these small owners ln every\nway possible to keep them from employing union men. The signing up\nof these mines now would seem to\nIndicate that their no longer fear the\nformer strength of these large owners or that the Independents are thoroughly convinced that,the time is\nnot for distant when. Rockefeller and\nhis Colorado representatives will recognize the United Mine WorkerB of\nAmerica.\"\nParis Worksrs Want No War\nA mass meeting of ths workers of\nParis, to protest against that country\ngoing to war In the pruent European\njumble, waa prohibited by the government laat Wednesday, Cordons of\npolice aurrounded the hall to prevent\nthe meeting, and In the fierce scrimmage whloh enaued SCO were arrested.\nMay Coat Chief His Job\nWots, agitated by Imported atrlke\nbreakers at St John, N, B. last week,\ncaused |25,ooo worth of damage.\nChief of police Clark ts being \"Invest!\ngated\" aa the result ot lt, and ta likely to lose his job for being so willing\nto assist the itreet oar oompany In\nthe efforts to bring discredit on the\nstriking carmen.\nPersonal Newa\nW. E. Walker, of the culinary\ncrafts, reports the signing up of the\nDelmonlco cafe, 704 Hobson street\nwith the cooks and waiters.\nThos. B, Kean, a former member of\nthe executive committee of the Typographical unton In this city, was among the new arrivals this week.\nT. Nalsmith, member of the Amalgamated {Society ot Carpenters' and\nJoiners, of Sydney, N. S. W\u00E2\u0080\u009E accompanied by his wife, have arrived from\nthat oity, and will locate here for\nthree months on account of Mrs. Nat-\nsmith's poor health. They will return\nto Auustralla In the autumn.\nA New Grand-dad\nC. F. Burkhart of the Barbers'\nunion, Is alwaya smiling, but since\nWednesday he's wearing a smile that\nwon't wash oft. Reason why\u00E2\u0080\u0094he's a\nvery, very, proud grand-dad. His\ndaughter-in-law, Mrs. Beatrice Burkhart, of ShuBwap, presented his son\nCarl with a bumping nine-pound boy\non July 29, and the nurse says he just\nlooks like his grand-dad. The happy\nevent occurred at the residence of\nMrs. J. Richards (sister), Twenty-\nsecond avenue, South Vancouver.\nBoth mother and baby are doing well.\nMathew Concfrey, an employee of\nB. C. Electric Railway company, who\nhas been laid up in the general hospital for the past four weeks with\nkidney trouble has been discharged\naa being cured from that Institution\nand will soon be able to resume his\nduties.\nNsw Compensation Act for B, C.\nIn a letter to Mr. J. H. McVety this\nweek, Premier MoBrlde states that\nthe government contemplates bringing ln a new Workmen'a Compensation act as the result of the report of\nthe recent labor commission.\nCeased Publication\nThe Nanalmo Dally Labor Telegram haa ceased publication. It is\nrumored that the liberals will take\nover the plant and publish a semi-\nweekly paper.\nMINARD'S LINIMENT POR SALE\nEVERYWHERE.\nFractured Leg\nFrank Hall, a atovedore employed\nat the C. P. R, wharf and living on\nCordova street, was taken to ths\ngeneral hospital yesterday afternoon\nsuffering from a fractured leg. A\nbale of merchandise fell on htm.\nMr. and Mrs. E. J, Burns of the\nElwha are enjoying a visit from their\nson, Ernest Burns and wlfa of Vanoouver, B.C.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Port Angelas (Wash.)\nFree Press.\n$400.00 in Cash\nGiven Away\nTO THB ONE WHO DRAWS\nTHB LUCKY NUMBER\n1 Chance for Erery $5 Purchase\nMade ia Either of Onr Sterei\n\"WHAT CAN I GET POR |25\"\nYou may.have an Imported En-\nKllHh Wonted Suit, or\nAn Imported Irish Homespun\nBult, or\nAn Imported Scotch Tweed Suit,\nor\nAn Imported English Cheviot\nSuit or\nA Genulno Imported Blue Serge\nSuit.\nAnd you will get\u00E2\u0080\u0094no matter\nwhich kind or suit you seleot\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\n(Inent tailoring, the most perfect\nfining KnrmentK, and the soundest\nvalues In all Canada.\nThis Is what you will get for\n|20 when you buy your suit here,\nFIT REFORM\nWARDROBES\n311 HASTINGS ST. sad ROGERS\nILDG., CKANVIUE ST.\nPermanent Investment\nnot\nPassing Speculation\nAfter a period of yeara, rational interest returns on your\npermanent Investments wilt leave you In a better position than\nthe uncertain returns of ah equal period of speculation.\nIt Is an astounding fact that the most careful and experienced\nspeculators make only about 6 per cent, over a long period of .\nyears. This Is totally Inadequate to the inherent perils of all\nspeculation. Amongst permanent Investments, B. C. Municipal Bonds stand high. We nave exclusive control of reliable\nIssues that yield up to T per cent, without any of the perils of\npassing speculation,\nCanadian Financiers Trust Company\nHEAD OFFICE 839 HASTINGS ST. VV. VANCOUVER, B.C.\nPatrick Donnelly-General Mnnatfer\nFINAL REDUCTION\nFashion-Graft\nCLOTHES\nAny Suit up to and including $22.00\nfor\n$15\n.00\nOver $22.00 and up to $30.00 for\n.00\n$18\nALL LONELY SUITS\n$12\n.00\nEach\nFor just one more week you may buy Fashion-Craft\nClothes\u00E2\u0080\u0094Always Worth 100 cents on the dollar\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nat the above prices.\nThos. Foster & Co., Ltd.\n514 GRANVILLE STREET\nKeep the Children Healthy\nby sandlnf them out In th. treth air thsa. flnt day,. There's nothing batter for kMPInf them .zeroised than wheeled goods. i\nOur stook ot WHEELBARROWS, AUTOMOBILES, EXPRESS WAOONS,\nPERAMBULATORS, IRISH MAILS, ROWINO WAOONS, VBLOCIPJBDES,\nSIDEWALK SULKIES, la easily the flnett and moat eomprahanalro la th.\nolty and th. prloea are right.\nThomson Stationery Co.. Ltd.\nMS HASTINOS STRUT WIST VANCOUVSH, ., O.\nBIST IN THI WIST ISTABLItHID\nEMPLOYMENT WANTED\n-BY-\nA Big Healthy, Hearty, Happy Able-bodied Three-\npound Package of\nRoya Crown\nWASHING\nPOWDER\nCOMPETENT TO DO ALL KINDS OF CLEANING: WASHING DISHES A SPECIALTY; NEAT, PLEASANT AND OF\nGOOD CHARACTER; CAN REFER TO EVERYBODY WHO\nKNOWS ME. WILL NOT \"SLEEP IN,\" CHEW GUM OR\n\"TALK BACK.\" WAGES NO OBJECT. I WANT A PLACE IN\nYOUR HAPPY HOME. MEET ME AT THE GROCERY\nSTORE."@en . "Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. 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