"1503f578-50db-4e43-96f5-d2f72b8d8643"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-28"@en . "1923-10-19"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345354/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " TT\nm\ncr....\n/-,.\nRIJISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\n)USTBJATj UNITY: Si^'^JH\nOfficial Organ Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (International)\n.4 POLITICAL BNITY-: VICTORY\nHFTEENTH YEAR. No;$>\nFOUR PAGES\nVANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1923\n$2.50 PER YEAR\nior to I. Ii. A. Vancouver Working Conditions for Longshoremen Deplorable\nREVIEW OF SITUATION\n|cab Is Most Approbrious Term\nOne Working Man Can\nApply to Another\nf [Longshoremen's Strike Bulletin]\nQRIOH to the orgunlzatlon of the\nI. h. A. in Vancouver conditions\nthe waiterfront were deplorable.\nJiklng tho question of wuges, every\nirt on tho Puget Sound paid higher\nages than Vancouver. Vancouver\nI that time paid thirty-live cents per\nl)Ur day-time and forty cents per\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0>ur overtime. Ten hours was eom-\nlited as day-time. Seattle and Tallin u were paying 40 cents per hour\nliy-tiine and fifty cents per hour\nTortime;Portland and Han Francisco\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ere paying fifty cents per hour jlay-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0mo and seventy-ilve cents per hour\nirtime. Of course when the em-\n|oyer tells you that he Is now pay-\nas much as uny other port, he\ns not tell you that for years he\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0nd considerably less.\nJ The conditions under which men\nforked were oven worse than thc\n|ages paid. Men swarmed the docks\n.till hours of the day and night,\na ship was expected at two or\nroe o'clock iu tho morning men\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0re kept hanging around the docks\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0iring the night hours without any\nKsuranee of boing hired and If they\nleceeded in getting a job Ihey got\nIthing whatever for hanging around.\nI the ship did not get in as expected\nley wore dismissed with a curt \"All\n1,'ht! Call round at seven o'clock in\nnorning, fellows.\"\nMethod <>r Hiring Men\n[The method of hiring men would\nline the ire of any self-respecting\nfin\u00E2\u0080\u0094of any man with red blood in\nviens. The straw-boss would get\nli tbe deck of a vessel, pick out his\nIvorlte first, and if he bad not se-\nIred enough, yell out, \"Hey! You\n(Hows that have got hooks, stick 'em\n1 (To those who do not understand,\nrefers to the cargo hooks carried\nlongshoremen.)\nfThe !. L. A. have succeeded in\nLunging all this. Regular hours\nIr engaging men have be-?n Instituted\nnd If a man is not hired at one of\nIpse times he knows that he Is free\ntbo next picking hour, We have\nleceeded lu having all men hired\nIr night work at five p.m. and not\n|uideri)ig all night along ihe dock\nthe rain. If tbe employers win\nlis strike and force the Open Shop\n|i the Vancouver waterfront there\nno doubt they will again try to\nl-ttiluie the conditions prevalent prior\n1912.\nI Already an Inkling of their intention\n1 evident. Some of the men who\nLve been foolish enough to be de-\n[yed down to tho water front start-\nI work at eight a.m., worked until\nla thirty a.m. the following morn-\nIt; and wero required to get up nt\nI a.m. to start work the same day.\nVln reported that one man had al-\nVdy worked thirty-eight hours\n|hout sleep.\nKuril Struggle for Years\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 you want these conditions to\n|jvail on the Vancouver waterfront?\nIll the health and manhood of Van\nliver be unllfted by such conditions?\npevernl years of bard strugle were\npessary to eliminate the conditions\nemployers are again attempting\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0put into operation. Slowly wo sue-\nfded and we do not intend to have\nfruits of those early struggles\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0en away.\nfo the business man we would\nlut out that eleven hundred men,\nliniment residents wilh their fnm-\nmen wh\nhim!\nontinue to do so in the future, aro\n[ontoned. Men recruited at tbis\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 drifters. Tbey do not intend\njnuke their home here. They never\nWould It not be to your in-\nIjstH to see the longshoremen win?\nj think 11 would.\nlo those who may bave In mind\nplacing longshoremen: think twice\nthen think again. After the em-\nker has used you he will have no\n|tber use for you and will kick\nout at the first opportunity. He\nIs not care for the odium that will\nlach to you in ihe future\u00E2\u0080\u0094an odium\nft does not only attach Itself to\nbut also to your children. A\nMl Is thc most approbrlnutf term\n\ working man can apply to another,\nlis looked upon like a scab on the\nBy something rotten, disgusting,\n1 that It cannot apply to you.\n* EEARY LECTURES\nOn Saturday Nights\u00E2\u0080\u0094Will Commence\nTo-Morrow at tt P.M.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Held\nln Carnegie Library\nLiterary lectures on ' Saturday\nnights at Carnegie library will be resumed beginning to-morrow (Saturday), October 20. These lectures\nhave been carried on each winter for\nthe past seven years. Canadian subjects will preponderate In the programme for this Beason, The librarian, R. W, Douglas, wilt give the flrst\nlecture, when his topic will be \"David\nDouglas\u00E2\u0080\u0094Botanist and 'Explorer.\"\nOther lectures will Include one on\nFrancis Parkman, historian* of early\nCanada, nnd another will be on General Sir William Butler, author of\n\"The Oreat Lone Land.\" Speakers\nwill deal \"also with such British writers as Rupert Brooks, Robert Her-\nrlck and Stephen Phillips. The lectures are open to tbe public.\nIll EMPLOYEES MEET\nThirty-five New Members Sign\nRoll\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sick and Death Fund\nUnfair Concern\nTbo Milk Salesmen and Dairy Em-\nplpyees, local union, No 464, took\nanother step forward last Friday\nnight, when they held an open mass\nmooting ol\" those engaged in tbe dairy\nindustry. The large ball at the Labor\ntemplo was crowded to capacity, and\nbefore the closo of the meeting 33 new\nmembers were signed up. This now\nmakes thlo local tbe largest one of\nits kind hi Canada. A sick beneflt\nfor all members was adopted, and after January 1st all members will be\nentitled to a sick benefit of $10 a\nweek. The death benefit was also\nsubstantially increased 1 per cent.\nAll readers of tho Federationist nre\nasked to remember tbnt Steve's dairy,\nMr. Nelson, proprietor, is still on the\nunfair list of. the Central Trades\ncouncil. This man Nelson openly\nboasts that he will lire any of his men\nthat join a union. We have not yet\nseen the daily press suggesting that\nthe mounties should be used to give\nhis employees protection agninst their\nboa's. It depends whose corns are\ngetting pinched. More anon about\nthis concern. The Milk Salesmen's\nunion is very interested In the (level\nopment of our city nnd whilst \v<\nhave such employers to contend with\nIt 'mnkes development naturally slow.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Com.\nWM. F. DUNN TO SPEAK\nMeeting Next Sunday Under the\nAuspices of Trade Union\nEducational League\nOn Sunday, October 21st, at 8 p.m.,\nVancouver trade unionists will have\nan opportunity to hear Wm. F. Dunne\neditor of the Butte Bulletin and prominent lubor leader. Ho will address a\nmeeting in thc Columbia theatre un\nder tho auspices of the Trade Union\nEducational league, commencing at 8\np.m. The trade union movement hai\npassed through many changes, both\nin structure and outlook. In fact, lt\nIs tho product of a long historl\ngrowth, covering a period of over a\ncentury and a quarter. During that\nlime it has had many ups and downs,\nat times being almost swept out of existence, but always arising anew und\nbuilding up again, strengthened by tbe\noxeprlenoQ of the past, The men who\nhave devoted their lives, and given\nof their knowledge nnd experience to\nintroduce new Ideas and methods Into the trade union movement have\nalways been assailed by the employers\nas men who were dungct ous to the\nwelfare of mankind, However, In\nspite of these attacks the trade union\nmovement bas progressed. The lat-\nnen who hnve spent all their j est movement to strengthen and solid-\nis in the city, and who expect |fy tbe organIzations of labor is the\nTrade Union Educational league.\nThis movement which was launched\nonly a little over a year ago, has already met with tremendous success,\nbut like all former, progressive movements H has also met With bitter h\u00C2\u00BBn-\ntlllty from the employers, who have\nput forward evory effort lo destroy\nit. This they have boen unable to do\nbecause this new movement is in line\nwith the general development of the\nforces of produetion. The Trnde\nUnion Educational league has for its\nobject the amalgamation nf kindred\nunions, so that the working class\nmay be In a better position to withstand the attacks of the employers.\nMr, Dunne, who ls ,a renowned orator, will explain tho aims nnd policies of the league, und all trado unionists, whether they agree with the\nspeaker or not, should endeavor to be\npresent nnd hoar a full explanation\nof what the lengue stands for, It Is\nnot advisable to take second hand\nexplanations, or the pet notions of\nsome individual, Come and hear this\nnew; movement explained by one of its\nforemost exponents. The subject of\nMr. Dunne's address will be \"Amalgamation or Annihilation,\" The date\nand place, Columbia Theatre, October\n21st, at 8 p.m.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Com.\nMunicipal Hydro-electric Scheme\nDiscussed and Endorsed\nby Oounoil\nLONGSHOREMEN S STRIKE\nLabor Candidates\n|he labor parties of Cnlgary und\nnonton will nominate candidates\nJ the next civic, elections. Cnlgary\n|he past has refrained from putting\nmayoralty candidate on the\n|inds that If he were successful'\n, would be the special target for\n[iblame of all and sundry, and tho\nne under present elrcumstnnces\nfiot worth the candle.\" In both\nthe proportional represen'.a-\ni method of voting Is now in forco.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0nomployment Is due to the poverty\nAhe working classes, and nothing\nIre, says J, Wheat.ey, M. P.\nOvertime for Laborers\u00E2\u0080\u0094A Civic\nOoal Yard\u00E2\u0080\u0094State of Trade-\nOther Business\nA LENGTHY session of the Trades\nand Labor council was held on\nTuesday night when some forty odd\ndelegates, also several visitors were\npresent. President Harry Neelands,\nM.L.A., presided, and Secretary Bengough was at. his table. A resolution\nendorsing the longshoremen's strike\non motion was tnbled until the executive had discussed the situation with\nthe representatives of the I.L.A.\nAnothor outstanding feature of tbe\nproceedings deliberated on were the\nproposed hydro-electric sites now before the city council\nFollowing new delegates presented\ncredentials, were obligated and took\ntheir seats: Electrical Workers, No.\n213\u00E2\u0080\u0094B, A. Baker; Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, J. Brown; Painters, No. 13S W. Harris; Steam and\nOperating Engineers, No. 844, Ernest\nMcCallum.\nLaboi' Representation\nA. S. Wells, socretary Vancouver\ncommittee, wrote that a meeting of\nthat body will be held on Friday,\nOct. 20, in Labor hall. This, in view\nof an early provincial political struggle\nwhieh is expected to take place shortly after adjournment of the next session of tbe provincial legislature.\nThere is necessity of a united front\non the part of workers. The council\nwas asked to send delegates, whicb\nwas agreed to, and Delegate Dodson,\nPage and Hunt (Painters) were appointed.\nSecretary Trades and Labor o\ngross of Canada wrote asking support\nfor the official journal. Filed.\nKypt-i't.*;\nHall committed were considering\nthe matter of obtaining new premises,\nThe proposed new quarters would be\nIn the- Holden block, Hasting*- street'\nenst, and wouid take up an area of\napproximately 1750 square feet. On\nmotion, the executive were given power In (he matter.\nBuilding trades committee reported\nhaving waited on the contractors of\nthe Second Narrows bridge, who said\nthe usual wages, being as little as\npossible, wuuld be paid. Tbe company declined to say when work would\nbe started. Report received as one\nof progress,\nDelegate Brooks, chairman of the\nentertainment committee of the Into\ncongress convention, said ull accounts\nwere paid, and asked that the committee be relieved of any further duties. Committee was thanked for its\nservices and discharged,\nHour.! for Laborers\nDelegate Dunn, chairman of tbe\nBuilding trades committee, reported\nthat he had interviewed Fnirwage\nOfficer Harrison regarding overtime\nrates for laborers employed on the\ngovernment dock and grain elevator.\nHe had received a letter from Mr.\nHarrison which stated in effect that\nlaborers had no place In the category of other trades. Delegate Dunn\nvisited the fair-wage officer again to\nfind out whether overtime rates were\nnol paid on other building jobs wben\nit wns learned that thei'e wns no such\nthing us a legal eight-hour day for\nlaborers In British Columbia. Delegate Hardy snid this Information was\nincorrect. The report was received\nand further enquiries will be instltu**,\ntod its to overt!trio pay for unskilled\nworkmen, li being stated that a notice\nwas posted al tho Grand Trunk dock\ntint overtIpio rules were: Time nnd a\nhalf from 0 to 12 p.m., double time\nfrom 12 to G a.m. and on Sundays nnd\nholidays.\nSecretary B e n g o u g h reported\nthat the Harbor board would meet\nFriday morning in conference over\nproposed Second Narrows bridge, and\nrequested delegates concerned to attend.\nA. R of I*. Convention\nDelegnte Pettipiece reported at\nlength attending the A. F. of L. convention at Portland. He said nn outstanding feature of the session were\nEXODUS OF FARMERS\nDeparting In Considerable Numbers\nfor Locations ln Southern\nQuebec\nAdvices from Montreal state that\nfarmers of Temiscouata and Kamour-\naska counties, having been adversely\naffected by the farming season this\nyear, nre departing ln considerable\nproportions for locations In southern\nQuebec. It is reported, however, that\ntheir exodus to the United States has\nstoped.\nA IK RECORD\nMore Deaths Due to Late War\nThan All Others Together\nSince Napoleon\nGreatest of England's Present Industries Began in 1348\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVaried Associations\nTHE ROMANCE OF COSSALL\nNow Arrival\nC. McDonald, delegate of the tnilors\nto the Trades and Labor council, Is nil\nsmiles these days, It's a hew. girl\nwho arrived Thursday. All well.\nCongratulations, Mae.\nGiven Distinction as First Place\nin Nottinghamshire Where\nCoal Was Mined\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"THERE can be few villages In Nottinghamshire, or any other county,\nsays the Nottingham Guardian, that\ncan claim such varied associations of\ninterest as are recorded lo tbe credit\nof Cossull. As its inhabitants and\nvisitors were reminded by F. II. Lancashire in opening a village fete, to\nCossall must be assigned the distinction of being the flrst piece in Nottinghamshire where coals were mined\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094the beginning of the, greatest of the\ncounty's present industries. The\nchief confirmation of this claim is tin.\nentry in the \"Records of the Borough\nof Nottingham\" of the transler of the\nhalf-share of a coal mine at Cossall\non June 2(i, 1348. This transfer of\nthe \"half part of a mino of sea-coal\nnnd culms, with appurtances in the\ntown and in the fields of Cossall,\" wn\u00C2\u00BB\nmade by William de Smalley, or Stanley, to Richard Stotur, and It confirmed indentures previously made\n\"between Richard de Wllloughby,\nKnight, tbe prior and convent of New-\nstead in Sherwood, William de Cossall,\nrector of the church of Sibston, Joan,\nwife of William, son of Adam de Cossall, and Robert, son of the aforesaid\nJoan, on the one part, nnd Robert\nPlomer, of Cossnll, and John Shepherd, of the sume. and others workers\nof the said mine, on tbe other part.\nCossnll wus also an old home of the\nIllustrious family of Wllloughby; of\nwhom memorials remain in the parish\nchurch dating so far back as early In\nthe 14th century, and it was a Wllloughby who endowed the village\nalmshouses. An Interesting feature\nof tbe church fs the oak reredos.\nwhich was the work of the village\nwood-carving class. Of more popular\nappeal Is the association or Cossan\nwith Shaw, the Ilfeguardsman, who is\nsaid to have slain ten Frenchmen with\nhis own hand at Waterloo before ho\nsuccumbed to his wounds. This hero\nwns Immortalized by Sir Walter Scott:\n\"Nor 'mongst her humbler son-\nshall Shaw e'er die,\nImmortal deeds defy mortality.\"\nIn Cossall churchyard the Immor\ntal Shaw Is commemorated In a fine\nmarble monument, Inscribed also lo\nRichard Wnptingtou. of tho Life\nGuards, nnd Thomas Wheatley, of th\n21st Life Dragoons. The place-name\nof Cossall occurs In the Domesday\nBook as \"Cotetshale.\" the heath or\nvalley or Cotta. About the year 1200\nlt appears in the Wollaton manuscripts\nus Connie, and by 1302 It had como to\nbe Cossale, from which it is an easy\ntransition to Its present form.\nRISE IN LIVING COSTS\nGradually Increase Without Corn'\nponding Advance in Wages\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAuthorities Should Interfere\nSTATISTICS OF GREAT WAR\nCombined Losses of All Belligerents Were 11,115,000 Officers and Men\n[Labor Press Service]\nLondon, Oct. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094If the inhabitants\nof Glasgow, Cardiff, Nottingham and\nNorwich were wiped out the resultant\nloss would about equal the wastage\nof British lives during the war.\nIt is obviously impossible to give\nan entirely accurate return of the\nnumber of deaths caused by the war.\nThe most reliable statistics have been\ncollated by the Carnegie Endowment\nfor International Peace, and the results are given in a book, \"Losses of\nLife Caused by War.\"\nProfessor Dumas, of Lausanne, sur-\nand Mr. Vedal-Peterson, a Danish\nveys the losses from 1756 to 1013,\nstatistical expert, deals with the losses\nfrom 1014 to 1919.\nRuinous Record\nOne conclusion reached is that\nmore deaths were due to the World\nWar than to all the preceding wars\nsince Napoleonic days.\nFrom figures supplied by Le Drap-\nenubleu we extract tbe following relating to tbe numbers who were killed or died of disease:\nTotal\nRussia 3.000,000\nOermany 2,400,000\nFrance 1,885,000\nGreat Britain & Ireland 1,18*1,000\nAustla-Hungary 1,000,000\nItaly Gl5,000\nTurkey 810.000\nRumania 189,000\nSerbia and Montenegro 150,000\nBulgaria 130,000\nBelgium G3.000\nRussia lost 1,300,000 from disease,\nwhile the losses of Germany from\nsimilar causes were 400,000; c\nFrnnce, 500,000; Grent Britain, 250\n000.\nThe combined losses of all thc\nbelligerents were 11,115,000, accord\nIng to Le Drupeuu bleu, Col. Loon\nard P. Ayrcs, in \"The War with Ger\nmany,\", puts (he total losses at 7,485,\n000.\nIf we take the monn of the two\nestimates the total of the fatalities\namong combatants was in the region\nof 9,000,000.\nTurning to our own country,\nfind thnt up to July 13, 1919, the total loss of life among British soldleri\nwas 724,407. From August 4, 1914\nto May 31, 1919, thc Navy sustained\n41,732 fatal casualities. Dr. Stevenson, of the Genernl Register Office,\nputs the mercantile marine deaths at\n14,661.\nExcluding the missing nnd orison\ners, and 1,260 killed b.v air nnd sea\nbombardment, the total number of\nBritish lives lost wns 780,800.\nTt mny help to an understanding\nof these figures if it Is recalled that\nthe population ol Manchester\nabout 730,000. nnd of Liverpool about\n803,000.\nHere are the figures of tbe Brit\nIsh losses of life In the\nprlnclpn\nt beat res of war:\nFrance \t\nGl 6,5*2\nDardanelles \t\n81,035\nSalonica \t\n9,714\nEgypt \t\n18,588\nEast Africa \t\n11,078\nIt is a speculation of some Interest\nwhethor Mr. Winston Churchill wll\ndeal with the Dardanelles\nCatalltltee\n(the number wounded wns\n73,381) Ii\nbis forthcoming volume of\nvar remln\n\"A Working Man's\nThe necessaries of life 1\nually advanced wlthou\ntng advance In wages,\nmost Impossible for :i\non say $100 per mon\nway, which is more ih\ning men arc receiving\nor 10 hour day. 'I\nand all other necest\nWife-\nwrites:\nave been gracl-\na correspond-\nNow ii Is al-\nInmlly to live\nb nnd pny its\nn mnny work-\n; nnw for a 0 %\nxes arc trebled\nties are corres\npondingly high. I think It Is about\ntime the authorities put a stop to\nthis rise in prices, instead of spending thousands of dollars to advertise\nthe city lo tourists, who, however desirable, are not tbe people who keep\nthe stores busy all Ihe year round und\nbuild up the place. Is it not better\nthe speeches of the British delegates'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 to keep our own citizens here by mak-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094Robinson, Walker nnd Hodges. All! Ing Vancouver n city whore a man can\nthe ollicers were re-elected and ex-\nphtined tbe excellent idea of the\nmachine and the wny It works. Thore\nhad not been much progress made\nby ihe A, F. of L, since 1910 when\nhe nttended tbe convention at St.\nLouis. Delegnte Dunne who was a\ngood clean progressive fellow hnd\nbeon ousted from the convention for\nhis radicalism. The anti-red pencil-\nlum came back with force. The example set b.v tbe British dolegates\nas regards political action was the\nproper one to follow. All the real\nwork of the convention was done in\ncommittee, Delegate Pettlplece visited fhe Portland labor temple, which\nwas six stories and cost $375,000. Report adopted.\nHydro-Elcetrln Sehenie\nDelogate Pettlplece reporting fof\ndolegates, himself Included, who had\n(Continued on page 4)\nlive, rather than driv\u00C2\u00AB\nMinds of tho best cltlK\nStales and then sper\nadvertising this place\nmuny of whom come\ncont and eventunlly 1\nto the city?\nsp many thou-\nms nwny to the\n(1 thousands in\nto outsider;!,\nhere without a\n('(\u00E2\u0080\u00A2(imp a charge\nDANISH EMIGRATION\nFarm Exports Will Visit Cnnndn\nTo Obtain Information on\nThis Question\nIt Is officially announced at Copenhagen that two Danish farming experts, at the Invitation of the Cnnndinn\ngovernment and the Cnnadian Pacific\nRnilwny company, and with tho approval of the Danish governmont are\nto make a Journey to Canada with the\nobject of obtaining information as to\nthe possibilities for Danish emigration to Canada.\ni Iscences.\nNo data exists for compiling an es\nllmatc of lhe qualitative I OSS 'if life\ndm- in ibe Impaired physique of\ncombatants,\nMnny civilians died from wor causes,\nHr. I-Iarald Wostergnad, Professor of\nPolitieal Science ut Copenhagen University, estimates ibe excess mortality during tbe war period in Italy at\n600,000; in England, 250,000; In\nFrance, 250,000; in Germnny, 700,000.\nTbe foregoing figures do nol include\nibe deaths from the influonwi epidemic which mny, or mny not, have\nbeen caused by the war.\nLost Little Ones\nThese losses, however, are small\ncompared with the reductions In the\nbirth-rate duo to the absence of so\nmany men from home. Professor\nWestorgaard estimates that 600,000\nmore children would huve been born\nIn (treat Britain if no wnr had tuken\nnlace; l.ooo.ooo more in Franco;\n1.300,00 in Italy, 2,000,000 in Ger.\nmany; 2,900,000 In Austria; grand total I'or five countries, 14.100,000.\nSo far ns can be Ascertained the\napproximate wastage of British life\n'luring the war was as follows:\nCombatants 780,ooo\nCivilians 250,000\nUnborn Childrnc ooo.oon\nUNION WITH REDS\nAvowed by Workere Party\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. P. of\nL. Rapped for Expulsion\nof Dunne\nA recent Chicago despatch states\nthat a statement Issued by the central\nexecutive committee of the Workers'\nParty of America declared that William F. Dunne, who was expelled from\nthe American Federation of Labor\nconvention at Portland, waa put out\n\"because he Is a communist\u00E2\u0080\u0094because\nof his political principles,\" After\ndeclaring that \"Oompers, Lewis and\ncompany are for private ownership\nof Industry and adequate return on\ninvestments and that Gompers and\nhis machine are the agents of the employers In the trade unions,\" the statement declared \"the workers' party\ndoes not deny Its fraternal affiliation\nwith the communist Internationale.\nIt ls proud of lt.\"\nV.C.\nMI\nSays Great Britain Is No Longer\nAfraid of Labor Party-\nVisits Vancouver\nThe sanity that labor ls showing In\nits politicnl activities in Great Britain\nhas removed from the mind of its opponents that rear of tho consequences\nof labor government Hint hus formerly existed, snys Mr. W. C. Itoblnson,\nM.P. Tor Elland division of the west\nriding of Yorkshire, who is in tho city\nwith Mrs. Robinson. They left England on August 11, Mr. Bobinson being a labor delegate to the A.F. of L.\nconvontion that hns just closed In\nPortland. New York, Buffalo, Toronto. Chicago and several other cities\nwere visited oa the way west. Portland being reached the day bofore\nthe convention opened. , Friday Mr.\nBobinson arrived In Vancouver, where\nhe was met by Aid. R. P. Pettipiece.\nwho nlso took tbe visitor out for a\ndrive around the city. Leaving on thb\nCanadian National, Mi-. Robinson\nreached Winnipeg on Tuesday morning, and at thc request of Mayor S. J.\nFarmer of that city, will stay for a fow\ndays and take part in the federal by-\nelection In the Interest of tbe Labor\ncandidate.\nSince the inaaguration of the New\nSouth Wales State-owned coal mine\nthere has not been one day's stopage\ndue-to twmble between the manage'\nment and tbe miners.\nWhat Collapse of Mark Actually\nMeans to Individual Worker\nin Germany\nI Labor Pross Service]\nLondon, Oct. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094What tbe collapse\nof the murk actually means to the in\ndividual worker In Germany is polg\nnuntly \ evealed ln a letter received\nby Dr. Tollbuch, principal of tho\nWorkers' college at Dusseldorf, who\nis In England on a short visit. The\nwritor, a woman member of the Metnl Workers' union, says: \"A wn rehouse mnnuger of our co-opemlivt\nsociety has become Insane quite .recently. He eo.ints money. 4 count\"\nnnd counts und counts lo millions c\nmillion:.. Another co-operative mana\nger has '-hot himself. The rood sboi\nare quite empty. Women and chil\ndren stand In long fjues nil through\nthe dttV\u00E2\u0080\u0094for nothing.\"\nThere Is a message of warning to\nill workers of this country in a pa.\nsage dealing witb the economic perils\nof tbr international situation. \"I\nremember bow afraid und desporate\neveryone was wben tbr- message of\nthe bnd harvest and famine in Bussia\nwas roiolvod. However, sueh a thing\nwas only possible, .-air! some, In a\neountry without or almosl without\nTHE ONE BIG UNION\nIdea Flew like F_re on Diy Grass\nOver Oreat Britain, Europe\nand America\nFLAN DIDN'T STAND TEST\nSuch Organiiation Hurt of Neces\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ity Come Into Sharp Con-\nflict with the State .\n[By Andrew Furuseth, President of\nthe International Seamen's union\nof America j\n'THE GENERAL situation along the\nPac _'c Coast taken together with\nwhat apears to be a rather widespread sentiment ln favor of some kind\namalgamation into one big union\nseem to require that this panacea\nshould be looked Into with at care.\nThe one big union is the child of\nthe so-called bourgeois\u00E2\u0080\u0094Iheir estate\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094or to'-V-i'l.inuu based upon bu .ir.e--s,\ntrade and commerce. The very first\naction of tho state goneral when called\ntogether at the beginning' of tho\nFrench revolution was to create the\none big union by the ropeni of all the\nlaws which permitted the existence\nand which gave to the guilds the\notatus, which they theu occupied.\nThere were to be no voluntary associations with voluntary self given laws.\nIt mattered not If such associations were based upon blood, land or\nskill\u00E2\u0080\u0094they wero to be abolished.\nThere was to be onc big union of all\nthe poople. It was found, however,\nthat ln Ihis great brotherhood all the\nplums fell to the most cunning, the\nmost far-sighted nnd strong. Tho\nplain toller got all tbe hardship with\na crust; while the leaders of the new\nbrotherhood obtained all or practically\nall the so-called good things.\nHumanitarians, such as Robert\nOwon, tried to organize tbe tollers\nInto one big union of tho tollers. Tbe\nidea flew like firo in dry grass over\nGreat Britain and Europe and then\nhad its reflex lu the United States under tlie name of the American Labor\nUnion. There wuh a. fervent belief,\nthen as now, that mass and bulk Is\nstrength, hence the one big union.\nPlan Didn't Ktniul Test\nIt wns found, however, that there\nwore Inherent difTerences of Interest\namong the workers and- tn the test\nof the daily struggle for existonce the\nono big union disintegrated, leaving\na memory and no more. Voluntary\nassociations based upon common craft\nskill or upon common interest In and\nknowledge of a railing were being\nquietly organized.\nThen ramc the Chartist movement\nIn Kngland with Its cry of one big\nunion. Of course It wns mainly political and went to pieces when tbe\ncorn laws were passed and the disintegrating group interests came to the\nsurface. Tho American Labor Union\nwent Into politics wilh Its hopes nnd\naspirations, but was badly beoten nnd\ndisintegrated under ibe group spirit,\nThen we had Ihe third attempt In\nGroat Britain to use the advantageous\nposition of Ihe higher skilled to lift\n(ho lesser skilled up Into un equal\nsocial well-being with the higher\nskill.',i. The English trade unions\nassisted ln the organisations of ihe\nInternational Workmen's Association.\nII. too, went like fire In thc dry grass\nbut nnnlly extinguished Itself. The\nforce behind the movement\u00E2\u0080\u0094the trade\nunions\u00E2\u0080\u0094found themselves swamped.\nstripped or their usefulness, nml quit.\nThe on.. I.lg union hnd lalle.l again\nan.] for the same reason.\nHVo in Hi.. Unltod States the sec-\nmi.I allcinpl was Hi,. IClilgllls i.f l.:i.\nj !>\"'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 li bad n run like n shooting\nslur. Ii .li.'.I .mi like ii .hunting\nstar, because li undertook l.. lift nil\nib.- working population through a\nI mass movomonj oslonslbly Industrial;\nbul in fad political. Ii, was trying to\nI I.iillil n new soclly wliliin thc old.\nrallw\nGuru\nNow\nWilli\nII\nhi\nilng\n.01\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0illiislil!\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 '.I\nill-\n: thai Un\nml III,\nlh\nliirlli\nwould bi\nnlil I...\ni.n wltb\nIdler .\nmil\nprosperous\nnils nn n mil.\nprohonslblo mi\ne ihe black misery which\noM. [orcod down lu the\nof the capitalist system.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 iilitriex.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0r \t\nto thou\nTotnl 1,1130.0110\nThis totnl, as stilled, Is alinul equul\nlo Ihe ('(Unbilled populntion of Glasgow, Cnrdlff. Nottingham and Norwich.\nReligions \u00C2\u00A3 .. Denomination\nTo whnt religious denomination du\nvou belong? Answering this quostion\non his census paper nn Australian\nwrote: \"\u00C2\u00A3 a. d.\"\nWho Is tilt) Goat?\nA goal lu- br saya: \"A lady bonghl\na pair (if kid shoes and paid 115.76\nfor lliem. On lbe same day and In\nIbe same way I bail n liumlio. of kill\nhides for sale and gnl in cents each\nfnr thom.\" Ii look 116 lild-sklns lo\nbuj nm- pair (ii shoes, am! nt leust\n100 pairs of shoes could have boon\nmado from the lit skins fot Whloh\nHu- In- ler receives the prico of .lie\np.ili- nf slii.es. Whoro did lb.- othor\nkid-skins go boforo tbey wore sold as\nsliiies'.' It's it mighty rough road raw\nmaterial has lo travel before the <-; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough,\nOffice: 808, 819 Pender St. West. Phone Sey.\n7*105. Meets in Lubor Hall at 8 p.m. on\nthe first and third Tuesdays in month.\nALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMeets second Monday in the tnonth. President, J. R. Whito; secretary, R. H. NVel*\nands. P. 0. Roi 06.\t\nI FEDERATED LABOR PARTY, Ufa OOR-\nd*iv(t Street West\u00E2\u0080\u0094Business meetings\n. evory Wednesday evening. A. Maclnnis,\nchairman; E, H. Morrison, aec-troas.; Oeo.\nD. Harrison, 1182 Parker Street, Vancouver,\nB. C, corresponding secretary.\nAny district in British Columbia desiring\n[ Information re securing speakers or the for*\nf -nation of local branches, kindly communicate\nwith provincial Secretary J, Lyle Telford,\n524 Birks Bldg,, Vancouver, B. 0. Td.\"\n\ phone Seymour 1392, or Fairmont 4tf33.\t\nBAKERY SALESMEN, LOCAL 871\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\nsocond Thursday evory month, 819 Ponder\n1 Stroet West. Prosidont, J. Brightwell;\nI financial secretary, II. A, Bowron, 929\u00E2\u0080\u0094llth\n, Ave. East- \t\n| JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNATION-\nAU Unlet! of America\u00E2\u0080\u0094Local 120, Van*\ncouver, B. C, meets second aud fourth Tuck*\n, days In fault month iu Room 313\u00E2\u0080\u0094319 Pon*\nder Streot West. President, C. E. Herrett,\nI 71 Hastings Streot East; secretary, A. R.\n. Jnni, 320 Caintiio Street. Shop phone, Sey.\n1 2702, Residenco phone, Doug. 217lit.\n| INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OP\nBoilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America, Local 16-1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meetings first\nand third Mondays lu each month. President, P. Willis; secrotary, A. Fraser, Office;\nRoom 3.03\u00E2\u0080\u0094319 Pender Street West. Office\nf hours. 9 to 11 hid, and 8 to 5 p.tn.\t\nBRICKLAYERS AND MASONS\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ir you need\nbricklayers or mnsnns for boiler works,\n\u00E2\u0080\u009Etc, or marble setters, phone Bricklayers'\n\ Union, Labor Templo.\t\nI UNITED BROTHERHOOD OP CARPENTERS and Joiners, Local 452-\u00E2\u0080\u0094President,\n. R. W. Hatley; recording secrotary, w. Page;\nj business agent, Wm. Dunn. Ofllce: Room\n304\u00E2\u0080\u0094319 Pender Streot West. Meets second\n, and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., Room 5, 819\n| Pender Street West.\t\nJ CIVIO EMPLOYEES UNION\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeti first\nfcnd third Fridays in each month, nt 14fl Cov-\nI dova Street West. President, David Cuthlll,\n2852 Albert Street; secretary-treasurer, Oeo.\nI Harrison, 1182 Parker Street.\t\nfrgggj^\nCOFFEE\n\"In the Flavor Sealing Tin\"\nClever folk are dangerous: martyrs and heroes independable. I\nwant simple folk and simple minds\nto apply common sense to the art of\ngovernment. The British Labor party\nhas taken thut line, says Ernest Bevln.\nENGINEERS \u00E2\u0080\u0094 INTERNATIONAL UNION\nI Steam and Operating, Local 844\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\nevery Thursday at 8 p.m., Room 807 Labor\n1 Temple. President, J. Flynn; business agont\nand financial secretary, F. S. Hunt; recording\nsecretary, P. Hodgos.\nCITY FIREFIGHTERS UNION NO. 18\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nProsldent, Neil MacDonald, No. 1 Firehall;\nsecretary, 0. A. Watson, No. 8 Firehall.\nGENERAL LABORERS UNION\u00E2\u0080\u0094MEETS\nevery first and third Monday In room 312\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n819 Pender Street West. President, J. R.\nHawthorne; financial seoretary, A. Padgham,\nJoyce Road Post Oftee, Vancouver, B, C.;\nrecording seoretary, G. Tether, 2249\u00E2\u0080\u00944\u00C2\u00A3.th\ni Ave. East, Vancouver, B. 0-\t\n(HOTEL AND RESTAURANT Employees\n' Union, Local 28\u00E2\u0080\u0094141 Beymour Street.\nMtets first and third Wednesdays at 2:80\np.m. Second and fourth Wednesdays at\n8:30 p.m. Executive board meets every\nTueiday at 8 p.m. President, W. A. Colmar\njustness agent, A. Graham, Phone Seymour\n'itlBl.\t\n| MACHINISTS LOCAL 162\u00E2\u0080\u0094President, Leo\nGeorge; secretary, J, G. Keefe; business\n(agent, P. R. Bengough. Office: 309, 819\nPender Stroet West. Meets in Room 313\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n.UD Pondor Stroot West, on first and third\nThursdays In month.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 MACHINISTS LOCAL 092\u00E2\u0080\u0094President, Ed.\nDawson; secretary, R. Hirst; business\n[agent, P. R. Bengough. Offlce: 309\u00E2\u0080\u0094316\nVendor Street West. Mistts In Room 3\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n319 Pmtder Straet West, on second and 4th\nTiU'Btlqyfi In month,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB*f\u00C2\u00AB._\u00C2\u00AB!_ \ ClR'CJI&.yAtlDEVIUF'.,\nLAST SHOW SATUEDAY\nOF OHRKEKT _________ MU\n1-lK Show lilt or tlio Season\nSTAETINO WED. OOT. 2_\nMatinees, Thura. Frl. and Sat.\nTowa and d'Hortyn\nDOISON\nLORRAINE and MIKTO\nMILLER and MACK\nOWEN McGIVENEY\nTRIXIE FRIQANZA\n BAT HPOH-iS\t\nAn Added attraction\n\"THE WAGER\"\nA delightful after-pieco in which all\nthe artistes unite for a real funfp.it.\n WAIT FOB IT\t\nAttractive Pictures Concert Orchestra\nALWAYS AT POPULAR PRIOES\nBOOK \"SEASON\" SEATS\nBox Office, Seymour 852\n[The opinions and Ideas expressed\nby correspondents are not necessarily\nendorsed by The Federatlonist, and\nno responsibility for the views expressed ls accepted by the management,]\nA Correction\n[Note\u00E2\u0080\u0094The attention of The Federationist has been called to two mlsrep\nresentatlons in a letter in last week's\nissue by James Forbes, namely; (1)\nThe sailor's union of the Pacific gullt>\nof deserting their comrades in the\nflght (seafarers' strike); (2) the S.\nU. P. weakened and voted to go back\nat the old and unspeakable conditions. These arc not the facts of\ntho case. While The Federationist is\nnot \"responsible for the views expressed by Ha correspondents, at the same\ntime, it is morally bound not to print\nstuff that serves no good purpose and\nIs hurtful to those who are not to\nblame. The Federatlonist will not\nknowingly publish anything but facts\nand these without exaggeration\nEditor Federatlonlstl.\nStandard i7.it tlon\nEditor B. C. Federatlonist: The\naverage salaried man or wage worker\nto-day is neither slave nor serf. He\nis neither tied to tho soil nor ls he\ntho property of the owner; he is a\nfree man. Dissatisfied with one employer, he may Belect another. This\nmeasure of freedom is, of course, more\napparent than real. The worker Is\ncompelled to sell for wages the only\nthing he hns for sale, his power to\nwork. Compelled thus to sell what\ncannot be separated from him, he literally soils himself. He has becomo\na marketable commodity. Like all\nother commodities, it is subject to the\nlaw of supply and demand. Taking\nall these facts Into consideration, can\none help but agree with Dr. Eliot\nwhen he says that the ideal of education is \"the utmost possible variety\nof individual attainment\"? Obviously\nthis ideal cannot be reached If our\neducation is to bo so standardized that\nIt must of necesssity confine our\nknowledge to anything but a general\nunderstanding or what is to bo required In after life. What is true of\nthe student is true of the worker. In\norder properly to market his commodity he must have a broad, general\nknowledge of business, and this one\ncannot liave if he has beon trained\naccording to the methods of standard-'\nizatlon. L. M. S.\nVancouver, B.C., Oct, 17, 1923.\nThe following restaurants employ\nUNION HELP\nI .MUSICIAN f. -MUTUAL i'KOTECTIVE\nUNION, Local 145, A. F, of M.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets at\ntMuose Hnll, Humor Street, Becond Sunday,\nat 19 a.m. Preaident. Ernest C. Miller, 891\nNtdiion Street; secretary, Edwurd Jainloson,\n(891 Nelson Street; flnanc\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ....\nWilliams, OBI Nolxon Street; organizer, P.\nFletcher, 991 Nelson Street. \nBROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECORA*\nTORS and Paporhangors of America, Local\n136. Vaneouvor\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeotB 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 148 Cordova Streot Wast. Phone,\n3oy, 8610. Businesa Agent, H. D. Collard,\nW.\nE,\nRestaurants employing Whito Cook-.,\nWalters or Waitresses:\nHoy's Lunch, Granville St.\ndim's Care, Granville St.\nOrpheum Cafe, Granville .St.\nLodge Cure, Seymour St.\nPender Care, Pender St. VV.\nMoonlight Cafo, Hastings St,\ni Broadway Care, Hastings St.\n1StSlirWiwftaw\u00E2\u0084\u00A2w'BlI Victoria Cafe, Main St.\n\" ' Palace Cale, Cordova St.\n.Morris Lunch, Dunsmuir St.\nMartinique Cafe, Granville St.\nLore's Cafe, Granville St.\nStandard Cafe, Seymour St.\nGood Kais Cal'e, Ponder St. W.\n(.nui'Iity's Waffle House, Cambie St.\nUmpire Care, Hastings St, E.\nGolden Gate Cal'e, Hastings St. E.\nKing's Cafe, Carrall St.\nOuk's Cafe, Abbott Streot.\nOnly Oyster House, Hastings St W.\nBusy Bee, Cordova St.\nThese Restaurants employ white lie'p\nIn tlie front only:\nAt me Cafe, Granville St,\nWonder Lunch, Carrall St,\nGranville Ltineli, Granville St.\nSi. Regis Cafe, Dunsmuir St.\nAll Vancouver Hotel waiters belong to the\nUnion.\nA 1 ethers have nn agreement to hire Union\nhelp, and believo In the open Khnji; they are\nnot entitled'to patronage from Union memberB,\nDON'T GIVE IT TO THEM\nJPILB DRIVERS, BRIDOE, WHARF AND\nDock Builders, Local No. 2404\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeetR at\n12 Hastings Street West every Friday, at 6\nJas. TI.umi.son, flnanclal aeeretary.\n(\u00E2\u0080\u00A2SAILORS' UNION OP THE PACIFIC, 1115\nCordova St. Weat, P. 0. Box 671. Phone\nf[t*y. 6703. Meetings every Monday at 7:30\nJ. Pearson, buainess agent.\nFederated seafarers' union of b.\nC\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeting nights, flrst Tueiday and 8rd\nFriday of rach month at headquarters, HIS\nCordova Street West. President, D. Ollles*\nbit*; vice-president, John Johnson; secretary\ntreasurer, Wm. Donaldson, address 318 Cor\nflova Street West. Branch agent's address:\nWorrall, 576 Johnson Street, Victoria,\n\u00C2\u00A3__5:\t\nSTREET AND ELECTRIO RAILWAY EM-\nployees, Plonoer Division, No, 101\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets\n!K. P. Hall, Eighth and Kingsway, 1st and\n3rd Mondays nt 10: IS a.m. and 7 p.m. Pro-\n(ident, F. A. Hoover, 2400 Clarke Drive;\nrecording secretary, F. E. Griffin, 447\u00E2\u0080\u00946th\nAve, Esst.; treasurer, A F. Andrew; financial secretary and business agent, W. H. Col-\ntroll, 166\u00E2\u0080\u009417th Ave. W. Offlce, oorner Prior\nand Main Streets. Phone Fairmont 4S04Y\nJOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION 5f\n| America, Local No. 178\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meetings held\nHntt Monday in en eh month, 8 p.m. Prenl-\npent, A, R. Oatnnby: vice-prealdent. Mrs.\npolk; recording secretary, C. McDonald, P,\n, Bos 603: financial secretary, P. McNeish.!\n, 0. Box SOB, ;\nirVPFrOR-VPHlOAl. UNION, No. 226\u00E2\u0080\u0094PreBl- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ndent, R. P. Pl-ttlpiecB* vlcc-pro_Ident 3,\\nMl, Bryan; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Nee* I\nlands, P. 0. B.s 60. Meets last Sunday of i\ntAch month at 2 p.m. in Labor Hall, SIS I\n\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ender Street West- '\nhlK VANCOUVER THEATRICAL FEDER-'!\nATION\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meots at 091 NeKon Stnet, at 11 ;\ni.m. on the Tuesday preceding the 1st Sun-!\nhay of the month. Preaident, E. A. ,!amie-\n991 Nelsnn St.: Secretary. C. H. Wil-;\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tniiiH. 091 N.'iaon St; Business <\ limit, F. .\nflotcher, 991 Nelson Pt. '\nWORKERS' PARTY OF CANADA\u00E2\u0080\u0094-305 %\n_ Pender Street West, Business meetings\nfcvery 1st and 8rd Wednesday every month.\nhi. Oarpendale, corresponding secretary; (1.\nTPether, financial aocrotary; J, Halliday,\nprnnch organiter. j\nI'Ki\i i'. KUPKST TTPOORAPHTCAI.\nUVTON. No. 419\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Proald-nt. 8. D. Mac\nIdonald, leeretary-treasnrer, J. M. Campbell,\nTO THE MEMBERS OF\nLABOB\nORGANIZATIONS\nBoost for\nThe Fed.\nOUH CIRCULATION IS\nINCREASING\nGET ANOTHER\nHEW SUBSCRIBER\n. 0. Box 869.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0month.\n'Ue\u00C2\u00ABu laet Thnrsday of mkIi\nEsperanto Language\nEditor B, C. Federatlonist: In this\nday of more or less distress among\nthe peoples of the whole world, any\nmovement whieh purposes a better\nfeeling of peace and brotherhood between all nations and races, deserves\ngood will and support from the lover\nof peace and truth. Not so long ago\nthe greatly increased activity of those\nadvocating the common world Ian'\ngunge, Esperanto, came to my notice\nBeing Interested in anything which\nhas practical value in promoting better relations nmong nations and at the\nsame time having great value in other\nways besides, I quickly learned that\nEsperanto is not a fantastic chimera,\nbut is a verile, living language, advocated aggressively and used fluently\nby hundreds of thousands, perhaps\nmillions, of people. I learned further\nthat this movement has doubled its\nnumber of supporters since the end of\nthe world war. I learned the surprising fact that one can learh It\nwithin aa many months as It takes\nyears to learn national languages,\nwhich ls explained by its purely logical construction with only lfi rules\nof grammer, a purely phonetic pronunciation which a child can master within fifteen minutes of instruct-1\nion, and a most marvellous system of\nword-building by affixes upon a relatively few root forms. It confers\ngreat educational benefit as woll as\npleasure to anyone, youn.? or old, who\nlearns it. It is gaining great head\nway In the international language of\nthe new wonder, the wireless telephone. It will soon be as commonly\nknown and of as great value to the\nworld as the wireless itself.wlth which\nIt Is so closely connected-as a world\nfraternization farce. Countries of\nEurope, South America (especially\nBrazil), and of the Orient, In spite\nof great economic obstacle!! are advancing tho cauae of this unique and\nbeautiful language with rapidly Increasing force. One can travel everywhere and find warm friends if one\nspeaks Esperanto. Tens of thous-i\nands of every nation are exchanging correspondence in it, a feature\navailable to the student after Just a\nfew hours study.\nAny of your readers who are interested further are Invited to write\n\"The International Christian Esperanto Service League. Box 223. City\nHull Station, New York City.\" If\nanyone interested In organizing or in\njoining a local class for study of Es\nperahto, I would be glad to-help, and\nI Invite such to write me (give name\nand address). If il is impossible for\nyou to help organize a local class or\ngroup for study, leave out the last\nline. But you are urged to at least\nhelp get such tt class or group started,\nwhether you continue with it or no*.\nJ. .r.\nVancouver, B. C\u00E2\u0080\u009E Oct. 12, 1923.\nconvinced there is nothing that anyone can say at this time that will convince them. I will, however, ask your\nindulgence to put two or three questions that will perhaps do more to\nmake the matter clearer to the people\nthan any long columns of statistics\ncould do. In one of my recent letters\nwhich had been printed in practically\nevery leading newspaper ln Canada, I\nasked this question: \"Is there a man\nor woman in the whole dominion of\nCanada who will say that it would not\nbe better for the country to have our\npulpwood manufactured at home\nthereby leaving $50 iu the country for\nevery cord of wood cut, Instead of\nhaving it exported and leaving only\nthe $8 to $15 per cord which is now\nbeing obtained?\". Despite the very\nwide publicity given to this question,\nno one has yet undertaken to answer\nit. I will now further ask: \"Is there\na man or woman ln Canada who Is\nsatisfied with living and business conditions as they now exist, and what Is\nbeing done by the provincial or dominion authorities to bring about any\nimprovement?\" The next question\nnaturally suggested is: \"How can such\na change be brought about?\" My reply is that such an improvement can\nbe brought about by Increasing the\nnumber of our industries thereby giving employment to a larger population\nand creating better markets for agricultural industry as well, which is of\ngreater importance now than ever\nsince the United States has placed an\nembargo on our farm products, cattle,\nflsh, etc. The next question is; \"How\ncan we secure these additional industries?\" The answer to this is that\nthey can be secured in no easier,\nquicker or less expensive way than by\nthe very simple process of the government at Ottawa passing an ordor-\nIn-council to prohibit the export of\nunmanufactured wood from Canada. I\npersonally know of at least three pulp\nmills that would be built in one of\nour provinces if such an embargo was\nput into effect and other pulpwood\nprovinces would doubtless fare as well.\nThis would lead not only to still other\npulp mills being built, but also to the\nestablishment of additional industries\nwhich would necessarily follow in\ntlieir wake. Competition for the purchase of pulpwood under these circumstances would become so keen\namong the home mills that such wood\nwould advance In value and not decrease as some of the American interests are trying to make the farmers\nbelieve. If there Is n farmer in Canada who really believes that such an\nembargo would not add to the value\nand demand for his timber land and\nhis wood, then that man Is lacking in\nthe acumen that should characterize\nthe average Canadian farmer. When\nCanada is still called a \"young coun-1\ntry,\" it reminds me of the man who I\nraises a colt and begins by calling it\nthe colt,\" and the animal continues\nto be called \"the colt\" as long as it\nlives. Canada has been settled just as\nlong as has the United States. The\nUnited Slates hns a population of one|\nhundred and twenty million people,\nwhile Canada has less than nine million. We have been largely export-\nera of raw materials which they havo\nmanufactured and growii rich on.\nAmericans are today operating nearly\nfifty pulp and paper mills In the\nUnited States, with a daily capacity\nof one hundred tons newsprint each,\nwholly on Canadian raw wood. We\nsupply the United States with the most\nprecious of all raw materials. We are\nused as a dumping ground for their\nsurplus manufactured goods, coal and\nother surplus products, and have an\nembargo placed by them against our\nfnrrn products, cattle, fish, and In faot;\neverything that we would really like\nto export. Verily, \"Yes, we have no\nbrains today.\" If the people of Canada are satisfied with present business\nand living conditions, and do not want\nany change for the better, then there\nis nothing more to lie said, but unless\nmy hearing has become defective, and\nmy eyesight Ih falling, this is very far\nfrom being the situation.\nPRANK .T. D. BAHNJUM.\nMontreal, Oct. 12, 1928.\nOrpheum, The Place for a Hearty\nLa ii jih\nComedy is again the big feature en\nihis week's Orpheum bill which opened Wednesday night and closes Saturday night. William Seahury and\nliis company of five handsome young\nwomen In a clever dancing act, called \"Privollc,\" are providing a high\nclass excellent turn, Then thero Is\nRoger Imhol' and Co., who drive away\ndull care with their act \"In A Pott\nHouse.\" Kcnnoy and Hollis, \"The\nTwo Dociors\" have a clever satire on\nmedicine which draws laugh i galore.\nJoe Towle Is a comedian who does\nthings in his own peculiar and inimitable way, A cowboy romance is ihej\nforte of Will and Gladys Ahern. The1\nKlown Revue, with Plootz bro!hers!\nand sister Is a novelty turn entirely\nnew nnd well worth seeing. The threo\ndancers have many novel tricks. The;\nMcSoverelgns who are master Dl.a-\nbolo players present n scientific performance. Attractive pictures n nd\nsplendid musical selections by the\noriginal Orpheum orchestra oomn'e'o\nthis bill which la exceptionally pleading.\n[By L. L. Dickinson]\n/THE ARCHITECT who conceives the\nsky-scraper must flrst consider the\nfoundation on which the superstructure shall rest; digging deep and removing all surface obstacles are absolutely necessary.\nIn planning the structure of peace,\na monumental pile erected to ten\nmillion slain would not suffice. A shining cenotaph whose dome would pierce\ntbe valuted sky would be of no avail\nIf the basic principles of peace wero\nlacking. Poace, to be permanent,\nmust be universal.\nThe problem is an international one.\nThe principlo that \"they should take\nwho have the power, and they should\nkeep who can,\" must be superseded\nby the nobler, grander spirit of cooperation.\nThat society as at present organizod, rests on a false basis, ts becoming\nmore and more apparent to those who\nthink. The failures of the past to establish poace have been due largely\nto fundamental defects. To romove\nthese defects so that the \"dove of\npeace\" may return and abide, is the\nproblem which now presents itself.\nThe problem is difficult because up to\nthe present time our education has\nalways been that no radical chango\nshould take place in those principles\non which society rests. But whether\nwe will it or not, the transition period\nin history has come. In picturing\nthis change of conditiona which has\nbecome imminent, the imaginative\nones vision a Titanic revolution with\nits attendant horrors and bloodshed.\nIt Is, of course, possible thnt such a\ncataclysm may take place, but it is\nnot absolutely necessary that it\nshould.\nAfter it is too late we discover that\nmost of the troubles in history, taken\nat an enrly stage of their inception,\nhad been capable of peaceful solution,\nTake for instance the American war\nof emancipation. Tho fundamental\ncause of the bloody struggle between\nthe North and the South was the profits of the slave business. Previous\nto the election of Abraham Lincoln\nas chief executive of the nation, there\nis a possibility thnt war might have\nbeen averted if public sentiment had\nheen sufficiently educated, if tho slave\nowners had been compensated, if the\nSouth could have got its perspective\nright, but it is not ours to reuson of\nthe wisdom of tlie methods employed\nin bringing about so groat an emancipation. What is important to note ia\nthat the South seemed unable to realize the gravity of tho situation.\nAftor the British nation had freed\ntheir slaves by purchase, after more\nthan thirty years of educative propaganda, the tragedy of war occurred.\nAdvocates of freedom had exhausted\ntheir eloquence In vain, public sentiment refused to be educated until the\nbugle sounded.\nIn the course of human events we\nbave come to another crisis In history\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094a crisis foretold by Lincoln himself\nwhon he said with prophetic vision:\n\"I seo in the future something more\ndisastrous than war itaelf, something;\nthat threatens to shake the Institu- >\ntlons of the republic to their foundations, in the accumulation of wealth\ninto a few hands and the growth of\ncombines and monopolies,\"\nMore than half a century has passed\nsince these words were uttered. We\nof this generation live nt the time of\nthe fulfilment of the prophecy. Capitalism has developed; It has grown\nlike the green bay tree; it has now\nbecome the dread octopus of society\nwhose tentacles encompass the globe.\nIt liea at tlie root of all evil\u00E2\u0080\u0094has slain\nits millions; it Is responsible on the\none hand for thousands of millionaires', it is accountable on tho olher\nhand for the present world chaos\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nfor the unemployment, for tbe poverty and degradation of the masses.\nPeace without bloodshed Is always\ndesirable, but there can be no poaco'\nuntil tlie fundamental cause of strife\nIs removed. If society would avoid |\ntbe bloody revolution, it must take |\nheed from history. \"Once\nPAGE THREE\n$5.00 Down\n-PUTS FAMOUS NEW-\nHoover Suction\nSweeper in Your\nHome\nIP YOU ACT PROMPTLY\nThis exceptional offer is for a limited\ntime only. We're doing it to give every\nwoman in Vancouver and vicinity a chance\nto own the finest and most practical electrical cleaner ever made.\nThis special offer is on the latest model\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094the famous new Hoover with the 10 revolutionary features\u00E2\u0080\u0094the fastest selling\nelectric cleaner ever made.\nYou've always wanted an electric cleaner\nlike this\u00E2\u0080\u0094now's your chance. Phone today\nfor a demonstration. Seymour 1670.\nHudson's Bay Company\nVANCOUVEB, B. 0.\nto get their prospective right Is very\nrenl. A change in perspective mean;\na great deal. It means the reorgani\nssatloh of society on the basis o\njustice. It means the passing of two\nsystems (or two in one)\u00E2\u0080\u0094the proflt\nsystem and the wage syatem. It\nmeans an equitable readjustment of\ntho matorial things of life so that all\nmay become shareholders in what\nthe world produces. Society must\nnow address Itself to peaceful reconstructive work along those lines.\nLet the press and the pui\npit remomber how their divided counsel wrought confusion on the slnvory\nquestion. Fall into line and cense\nbuilding peace air-castles without\nfoundation. A completo change must\ntake place in at least a part of the\nschool curriculum. \"International\npatriotism and universal brotherhood\"\nmust be taught as the subjects of\nparamount importance. While tho\nchild's mind is at an impressionable\ni, lot ua cease to fill lt with narrow,\nconservative, -national prejudice.\nTho solid foundation for peace is\njustice and equity. The method of\ncompletion for world's trade, whereby\none nation flourishes by tho destruction of another, has wrought chaos.\nThe system of production for proflt,\nwhereby the speculators and gamblers\ngrow rich whilst he producer grows\npoor, must change for the system of\nproduction for use.\nTheae are the fundamentals on\nwhich society must build tt) rear tho\npermanent structure of peace. Then\nshall the poet's dream be realized:\n\"When the war-drum throbs no longer\nAnd the battle-flag is furled\nIn the parliament of man.\nThe Federation of the World.\"\nATTENDANCE IN CHIKOPRAOTIO\nCLINIC GROWS\nSome men imagine that n union\ncomes out of the sky, and that It Is\nmade to order. This is a fallacy\nwhich only active participation in\nevBry! union affairs can destroy. Why not\nTwo Evenings Added tn Allow All to\nGot Benefit\nDr. Gorosh, who opened a free chiropractic clinic over two months ago\nfor the benefit of those unable to pay\nfor skilled chiropractic and drugless\ntreatment, reports that he gave 520\nfree treatments during the last two\nmonths. He displays In his office a\nnumber of letters received from grateful patients who have heen restored\nto health and useful activity through\nhis treatment. Of particular interest\nis the letter from Mr. Henry Hobday,\n185 Commercial drive, city. Mr Hobday has suffered from asthmatic\nbronchitis for the last seven years,\nand to use his own words, thought\nthat life was not worth living. He\nhas had the best medical treatment\nwithout benefit. After one week's\ntreatment by Dr. Gorosh he was able\nto go hack to work and now reports\nthat he feels as good and healthy as\nnever beforc in his life.\nThe otflco of Dr. Gorosh is In the\nDominion building, rooms DOI! a,nd\n003. The free clinic hours are from\n9 to 10 every morning except Sunday, nnd Monday and Thursday evenings from G to 7.30. Regular office\nhours arc from 10 to 12 and 2 to\n5.80. Appointments can be had by\ncalling Sey. 4371.\nVou miiy wish io help Tlie Foderntionist. You ean do so by renewing\nyour subscription promptly and sending In tho suliNeriptloii of your friend\nor neighbor.\nman and nation comes tin- moment to\npie lib*.\" Just as the South once had\nthoir opportunity, si* opportunity\n'mocks at the dour of the world today,\nand demands tho peaceful solution o\\nan inte national problem. Will wo\nheed the demand ? Will we discern\nthe handwriting on the wall Inscribed\nthere by tbe goddess of Justice anil\nliberty?\nHeroic times call for heroic measures. To avoid impending disaster\npublic opinion must be educated along\nradical lines.\nTbe danger that tbe Big Interests\nwho stand bnck of the governments\nof the world, and their political\nsattelites who follow after, will faU\nbe an nctlve member, instead of\nknocker.\nAfter-Eating Distress\nAnd all forms of itunuch trouble, auch \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nftfti, jiains, ami. tour, burning stoiuftch are\nall relieved in two mlnutui by taking\nJO-TO\nJo To \u00E2\u0096\u00A0old by all Druggist*.\nT\nA\nI\nL\nO\nR\nS\nTO PARTICULAR MEN\nSTORRY & McPHERSON\nUpstairs at 653 ORANVULE STREET\nKEEPS LABOR TO CONTRACT\nKmbnnvo on Hard Times\nEditor B. C. Federationist: So much\nluable space has already been given\nUp by the press of Canada to the cause\nof forest conservation that I ahall refrain from attempting to answer the\ncolumns of specious and facetious\ntatements that bave recently appeared In pome newspapers in opposition\nto tho proposed embargo on the exportation of unmanufactured wood.\nTheie so-called arguments have been :\ntvm-werod time and'a!gajn In the press. ,\u00C2\u00BB,,. \u00E2\u0080\u009E nnM \u00E2\u0080\u009E._,. ,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E,,, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ...\n,. _. , 'V . _,_.\".' Pu* a one-ctnt stamp on thin paper\nIf their authors have not already been Md mal, ,t to a fr|end<\nPremier Mussolini Says Compulsion j\nWill He Used\u00E2\u0080\u0094More Hall\nMen lo (io\nPremier Mussolini, receiving the\npresident of the Federation of Labor,\nLudovico d'Arnj-Otia, said tho govc n\nment would insist upon application of\nthe compulsory labor contracts be-!\ntween employers and their men, but !\nwould not Interfere in the internal |\nWorking syndicates of any party, saya\na lute cable despatch from Rome.;\nSigner Mussolini said tbat In order.'\nto make the railways a paying pro-!\nposition mnny moro thousands of rail\nWorkers would have to be dismissed. I\nWe like to see your money stay in B. C.\nand\nWe like to see you get the best for your money.\n\"Do Yourself a Favor\"\n-ASK FOR-\nBEER\n\"CAN'T BE BEAT\" PAGE FOUR\nfifteenth year. no. 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, act\nFRIDAY October 19, 1923\nCooler Weather Makes\nOne Think of Warmer\nClothing\nOur Stanfield's Underwear,\nat $3.50 suit is good.\nStanfield's grey Underwear,\nat $3.50 is good value.\nMen's Khaki Top Shirts,\nwoollen, $3.00; high collar.\nRaintest clothing-\nShirts $6.00\nPants $5.00\nGrey Shirts, Military Shirts,\n$1.25.\nWork Pants, heavy tweed,\n$4.50.\nSolid Leather Shoes, 6-inch\ntop, $4.50.\nDayfoot's Special, 6-inch,\n$7.50.\nBlankets, from $2.50 pair.\nMen's Overcoats, $12.00.\nRain Coats, from $8.50.\nHeadlight Overalls, for railway men, $6.00 suit.\nW.B.Brummitt\n412 HASTINOS STREET WEST\n18 and 20 OORDOVA STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. 0.\nLabor Mayor in Devonshire\nCouncillor F. T. Upton, a sorting\nclerk and telegraphist, is to be tho\nnew mayor of Bidcford. Ho is the\nfounder of tho BideCord Trades and\nLabor council.\nWhy buy an inferior product when you obtain\nBEST at the same price?\nCOAL\nWE EMPLOY WHITE LABOR\u00E2\u0080\u0094THINK IT OVER\nPHONE SEYMOUR 2988\nCanadian National Railways\nTRAVEL TO THE EAST ON\nThe Continental Limited\n9.50 P. M.-FROM VANCOUVER-9.50 P. M.\nTHE SCENIC ROUTE THROUGH THE ROCKIES\nCOURTEOUS ATTENDANTS - - PAST SERVICE\nBoat Schedule\nMONDAY and THURSDAY\n12.00 MIDNIGHT\nTO PRINCE RUPERT\u00E2\u0080\u0094Connecting with trains for'the East.\nFor Iii-ormatlon ami Reservations Apply\nTOURIST AND TRAVEL BUREAU\u00E2\u0080\u0094527 GRANVILLE STREET\nWHIST DRIVES\nGET YOUR OFFICIAL PROGRESSIVE\nWHIST SCORE CARDS, (16 or 25 games),\nONE DOLLAR ($1.00) A HUNDRED, AT\nCowan Brookhouse, Ltd.\n1129 HOWE STREET Phones: Sey. 7421, 4490\nFive Hundred Score Tablets, 20c each\nCourt Whist Cards, 15c per dozen; $1.25 per 100\nJoin Countries in which Monarchs\nAre Now Relegated to the\nLumber List\nALFONSO NOW SUBALTERN\nSafely Tucked Away Under Tutelage of Nine Generals\u00E2\u0080\u0094It\nMight Be Worse\n[Labor Press Service]\nT ONDON, Oct. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Whatever else\nthe Spanish revolution may achieve\nin the course of its development it\nhas certainly succeeded in adding\nSpain to the lint of countriea in which\nRoyalty\u00E2\u0080\u0094as spelt with an initial letter\u00E2\u0080\u0094is definitely regulated to the lumber list. Alfonso of Spain now joins\nGeorge of Greece and Humbert of\nItaly in a kind of caged exile, loaded\nwith more than the indignities and\nlightened with less than the freedoms\nwhich belong to the estate of monarchs who less equivocally placed,\nhave made their \"get-away\" while\nthe road was clear and the going\ngood. The professions of \"loyalty to\nthe king\" which figured so largely in\nthe early manifestos of the Spanish\nrebels wre so plainly perfunctory that\neven Alfonso, not ordinarily the\nbrightest of souls, was not for a moment so far deluded by tbe flattery\nof the phraseology as to put thom\nto a practical test. After a moment's\nhesitation\u00E2\u0080\u0094a mere Bourbon mannerism\u00E2\u0080\u0094he fell into tho role assigned to\nhim, nnd is now safely tucked away\nunder thc tutelage of nine generals.\nIn effect, Alfonso ceases to be a king\nand becomes a subaltern. It might\nhave been worse, no doubt. 11\nmight have become a prisoner, lik\nGeorge of Greece, a flunkey, like Humbert of Italy, or an antique, like the\nonce quite prominent Kaiser \"Bill\nCURRY'S FIRST LECTURE\nSubject Being \"The Warfare of\nScience with Religion and The\nGods ot Antiquity\"\nThe speaker showed ttyit belief in\nspiritual being lias been, and still is\nthe basis of all religion, and therefore, there must be a conflict between\nthis pre-scientiflc interpretation of\nman, and his environment, based on\nspirit creators, and dispensers of\ngood and evil, and the modern con\nccpts of science, based on the, uni\nform ity of natural law and the un\ncreatability and indestructability of\nmatter und force. Many pictures\nrepresenting tbe ancient concepts of\nspiritual rulers and holy trinities of\nantiquity wore shown on the screen,\nand it is quite evident that Judaism\nand Christianity were composed o\u00C2\u00A3\ndiverse elements taken from older\nmythologies. Various pictures of\nancient Dieties were Bliown, some of\nwhich were taken from Well's \"Outline of History,\" and they proved conclusively that these ancient priests\nand artists made their gods ln their\nown image, except when occasionally\nthey used certain beasts to represent certain features and powers\nwhich they desired their dieties lo\npossess. For instance, some gods of\nancient Persia had the face of man\nthe body of a lion, and the wings of\nan eagle, to indicate strength and\nability to navigate the air. Many\nquestions and some discussion made\nthis first meeting of the course very\ninteresting and several evenings will\nstill be devoted to the eonict between\n\"Science and Superstition.\"\nThis coming Friday, Oct. 10, the\nspeaker will deal with \"The Genlsls nf\nReligion,\" Herbert Spencer's oelebra\nted \"Ghost Theory of the Origin of\nMan's Belief in Spirits,\" will be presented, and Grant Allan's famous\nwork, \"The Evolution of the Idea of\nGod,\" will be referred to.\nTrades and Labor\n(Continued from Page 1)\nSHIPPERS BLAMED\nSHIPPING SUSPENDED\nResult oi' Disagreement nt Vein Crii/e\nBetween shipping Company\nand Their Meu\nAdvices from Salina Cruz, .Mexico,\nsays that Salina Cruz shipping agents\nof the Mexican Statos Line stale that\nas a result of a disagreement between\nIheir company and the Firemen's\nunion of Vera Cruz, shipping service\nbetween San Frniu-lsco and the west\ncoast of Mexico nnd Centra! America\nhas been suspended until October 31.\nThere are in India today about 26,-\n000,000 Hindu widows, forbidden hy\niheir religion to remarry.\nPatronize FVt1prnfinnl.it nde\u00C2\u00ABrH\u00C2\u00AB<\nrpHIS month is our 13th\n1 anniversary. This buainess\nwas started Friday, 21st of\nOctober, 1910.\nGenuine Grob Work Boot for\nMen. with or without tou cap.\nfi to ll. Special S-.tlfl\nMen's Knee Gum Hoots; 8 to 11,\nnt $1.15\nMen's Union-made Railroad\nShirts 91.05 and SU.-\"\"\nMen's Tweed Pants, from Sit up\nStantlold's Rod Label Underwear, 2-plocc and combination, per suit iM,.\".)\nArthur Frith & Co.\nMen's and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, Boots and Shoes\na:.'S MAIN' STREET\n, (Between 7th Md 8th Arenucs)\nPhotic Fnirmont 48.19\nattended a meoting of representatives\nfrom different organizations on Tuesday night called by Mayor Tlsdall to\ndiscuss tbe report of Engineer Kerry\nregarding the proposed hydro-electric\nscheme, a summary of which is that\nexaminations have been made of\nfollowing rivers: Eagle, Squamlsh (below canyon), Cheakamus, Green, Pitt,\nLillooet, Harrison, Fraser (below Lytton), Thompso (below Savonas),\nChehalis and Chlllawack. Water\npower possibilities of great importance-\nmay be obtained by diverting the waters of Chllco lake Into Southgate\nriver. Upper Squamlsh Into Jervia\ninlet, and Cayuse creek from Duffy\nlake Into Cedar creek.\nReports for private interests were\nmade on Indian, Bridge and Eagle\nrivers.\nA total of over 5,000,000 horse-'pow-\ner can bo obtained from rivers near\nVancouver, The most attractive of\nthese Is the Cheakamus, into which\nit Is proposed to divert the headquarters of Green river. This will\nJustify installation of machinery to\ngive a peak load of about 1,000,000\nhorse-power. Greater water-powers\ncan be developed on the Fraser river.\n' The peak load demand of Toronto\nIn 1921 was about 110,000 horse-power, in 1902 it was about 150,000. At\nWinnipeg in 1922 It was about 90,000.\nPower on Cheakamus river cun be delivered In Vancouver at less cost than\neither Toronto or Winnipeg. Tn 1921\nToronto paid thc Hydro-electric commission for Ontario SIS.54 per horsepower year. In 1922 It cost Winnipeg $lti per horse-power year for\n50,000 horse-power peak load; this\nfigure is likoly to be reduced as supply\nincreases.\nAs Kt Costs\nThe initial cost of generating and\ntransmitting 36,000 horsd-powor\nfrom the Cheakamus river to a terminal station near Vancouver would\nbo about $12 per horse-power year,\nWinnipeg and Toronto consumers\npay about 2^ cents per kilowatt hour\nfor house-lighting. The introduction\nof such rates in Vancouver would be\na reduction for domestic consumers,\nas against a base rate of 5 cents per\nk. w. hour of roughly $400,000 per\nannum, with a reduction of possibly\nhalf as much again for stores or\nother commercial lighting. No reference Is made here to rates for power\nconsumers, for sucb rates are frequently established by direct negotiation.\nThe results achieved at Toronto\nand Winnipeg have bcen due to tho\npublic ownership system, and there\nis nothing tn Canadian experience to\nIndicate that such results would be\nsecured by any other method.\nThe cost of developing and transmitting 35,000 horse-power from\nStoney creek, near Daisy lake, on the\nCheakamus river, to Vancouver has\nbeen estimated nt about $3,000,000.\nReserve Wator-power sites\nRecommendations; (1) That the\nprovincial governmont be requested *o\nmake provision in all futuro water-\npower leases prohibiting exportation\nof hydro-electrical power generated\nwithin reasonable transmission distance from Vancouver to the United\nStates. (2) Reserve for Vancouver all\nwater-power sites on Cheakamus river, its tributaries, 'especially Stoney\ncreek. (3) Keservo for Vancouver\nstorage rights on takes Gurlbulai,\nDaisy, Cheakamus, Alta, Nlta and\nGreen, and on See river meadows.\nAid. Pettipiece further explained\nthat Ex-ald. McRae, two years ago\nhad advocated this work, and when\nbe retired he (Pettipiece) had fathered the Idea. The city council by\nunanimous vote decided to procure\nthe services of Engineer Kerry, who\nwas one of the best authorities In\nAmerica on waterpowcrs. The preliminaries to be dono before actual\nwork could be started would cost\nmaybe $150,000. Every employee\nwould be paid the proper rate of\nwages, In less than two years after\nInstallation of the system the cili-\n;.ens would save from $350,000 to\n$400,000.\nDelegate Bartlett said thai the\ntrades council should support this\nproposition, and should creato public\nopinion along these lines. If successful, it means cheaper light and cheaper power. This brought Winnipeg lo\ntho front and caused manufacturers\nto open up Industries.\nAnother delegato said thai similar\nconditions applied to Toronto. After\nseveral delogates had spoken along\nthose Hues a resolution was carried\nunanimously endorsing the proposed\nhydro-electric scheme, and ihe elty\ncouncil will be advised to that effect.\nOther B-tisliiCsa\nOn motion the socretary was Instructed to write the federnl minister\nof labor regarding a fair wage clause\nfor laborers on Second Narrows\nbridge,\nDeloguto Showier reporting for\nMilk Salesmen said the Stevens dairy\nwns unfair to union labor.\nPainters reported that thoy bad\nbad fine meeting\" of late. Tbe International president and olher officers had visited Vancouver returning\neastward from San Francisco. Atd.\nAlmond's house was being painted\nby laborers.\nDelegate Graham of Hotel and Restaurant employees said business was\nquiet. Several men w#re out of work,\novlntr in a great measure to members\nor unions patronizing scab housos In\npreference to bona flde union restaurants, He asked that delega'e-i and\nothers Patronize union places. A Its)\nof fair hotels and restaurants wouP'\nhe published In The Federatlonist.\nTechnical School\nDelegate Machinists, 192, asked the\ncouncil to urge the provincial board\nof education and local school board\nto give rebate of clnss foes to apprcn-\nLongshoremen Charge Shipping\nFederation Has Caused All\nthe Trouble\nDAILY PRESS CONDEMNED\nNewspapers Guilty of Misleading\nPublic and Unfairness\nin Beports\n[Longshoremen's Strike Bulletin]\nrpHB DAILY press of Vancouver is\nA deeply concerned with the tie-up\nin this port, and the consequent stagnation of business. Where they do\nnot directly state they almost Invariably imply that the responsibility for\nthe dislocation of the business of this\nport lies at the door of the Longshoremen; that it is the duty of the\nLongshoremen as good citizens of the\nProvinco to make every concession,\nno matter at what cost to restore the\nnormal conditions of the port.\nFrom the statement of the negotiations between tlie employers nnd the\nmen covering a period of five weeks\nIs clearly shown that tbe representatives of the T. L. A. did everything\npossible to avoid an open rupture.\nThe policy of continual delays adoptod by tho Shipping Federation manifested no great anxiety concerning the\nfuture harmonious relations in this\nport, knowing as they did that the\nagreement expired on October 6th,\nAl the last mass meeting of the\nmembers of the I. I.. A. tV proposals\npresented to the employers provided\nfor the immediate restoration of the\nlive cent bonus per hour formerly\npaid on lumber, the Inclusion of\ntruckers In the ten cent, bonus now\npnid for the loading of sacked wheat,\nand the Inclusion in the agreement\nuf the wages to be paid checkers.\nThe further points in dispute, tbe\nprincipal of which was the increase of\nthe base wage of ten cents por hour\nfoj* day work and fifteen cents for\nnight work, the mass mooting agreed\nlo continue to negotiate, without\nstoppage of work, for n further period of thirty days.\nVet when the committee nl' tbe\nShipping Foderuiion mel the 1. L. A.\nrepresentatives at tbe final meeting\nIhey wore unable to kIvo any assurance that any onc of these.moderate\nconcessions would be granted.\nOnly a statement of willingness\nto continue tbo policy of postponement which in tivo weeks had failed\nto yield nny material concessions to\ntho men.\nIt is for the public to judge, in\nview of tho expirotion of the agreement between the employers and the\nmen, if Ihe actions of lbe Shipping\nFederation have been dictated by a\ndesire to continue tlie harmonious\nrelntions in this port.\nNote thnt while tbe time limit for\nthe acceptance of the men's demands\nexpired on Monday at live p.m., the\nBruce Overcoats\nARE GOOD\nGET ONE\n$25 $29^ $34=\n50\nLOW PRICES, QUICK SALES\nC. D. BRUCE\nCorner Homer and Hastings Streets\nHand Made Chrome\nWork Boots\n(ANY HEIGHT)\nFor LINEMEN, TEAMSTERS, ALL OUTDOOR\nWORKERS\nA strong, substantial outdoor Boot, made from black chronic\nwith doublo vamp nnd soles; all solid leather throughout\u00E2\u0080\u0094a\nroal Wet Weather Boot.\n6-inch, $6.00, 8-inch, $8,00, 10-inch, $10,\n12-inch, $13.00, 14-inch, $14.00\nBOYS' HAND-MADE OIL TAN BOOTS\nSpecially made of No. .1 quality oil tan leather, wilh reiirforced\npocket counter and back stay; 10-guago out sole, solid leather\nheel. Will outwear two pairs of ordinary boots\u00E2\u0080\u0094.11-131/),\n$5.00; 1-4%, $5.50 j 5-51/a, $6.50.\nPierre Paris\n51 Hastings West\ntices attending night technical school.\nAgreed to.\nTailors reported they were getting\nalong fairly good.\nRailway carmen said 100 men were\nlaid ott.\nSteam and Operating Engineers\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\nstruggling nlong. A greater per cent,\nof men out of work.\nLongshoremen's Strike\nDelegate I*. Floyd moved a lengthy\nresolution to the effect mar the Trades\nand Labor council extend its fullest\nsupport to the waterfront workers\nin thoir present difficulties. As tbe\nIntei-national Longshoremen's association was not represented on the council and bad not asked its support a\nlengthy discussion took place as le\nthe propriety of taking action.\nFinally a motion to lay the resolu-\ntioil on tile (able until the executive\nhad discussed tbe mutter with the\nofficers of the I. L. A. was curried,\nthe vote being 27 to 10.\nChairman McDonald of lbe Union\nLabel committee snld the next whist\ndrive and dance would be held on\nFriday night in Alexandra hall.\nC-llf.ifH'l* Con)\nDelegate Bartlett asked If Aid. Pettipiece would explain bis cheaper coal\nscheme. Replying Aid. Pettlplece\nsaid It was one of merit. The law\ndid mil prevent the city buying coal\nbut It prevented purchasing n mine.\nThe coal from Vancouver Island now\neost $l_!.[i0. It used to be $7.Ii0. The\ndifference being Inicrest on $10,000,000\nworth of mining stock, Anthracite\neoal could be brought from Smithers.\nFreight would bo $0. Lehigh valley\nunihrn.'lie cost In Vancouver $11!!. The\nproposition was being Investigate 1\nand if satisfactory a city coal yard\nwould ').* Inaugurated.\nM. .1. .Slllinsky (Cleveland, O.i and\nG. Sodm-berg (Chicago), delegates\nfrom the Tailors' union of America\nto the Portland eonvention of tho A.\nV. of L. were visitors and delivered\nHhort addresses on the labor movement tn general and tho tailoring\ntrade In parilcular.\nAdjournment at 10.40 p.m.\nemployers delayed their meeting with\ntho men's representatives till four\np.m.\nIn view of these facts, what anxiety have the employers shown to safeguard tho business interests of the\ncommunity? !s it possible that the\nShipping Federation desired to continue these fruitless meetings until\nthey found themselves strong enough\nto force a lock-out in order to arbit-\narily dictate thoir own terms to their\nemployees.\nCelebration of the Mill Anniversary\nof the Proletariat Revolution\nBest $2.50\nGLASSES OM EARTH\nOOMPLETE WITH\nOUB SCIENTIFIC\nEXAMINATIONS\nain-.ii>* not pmcrlbi-tl iuiIiuh nli*\nnolutoly ncccimnrjr. K* am in flt inn*\nmnde by graduate Ky-.idi.til Special-\nlata. SntUftcilnn ituflmnlo.d\nW\u00C2\u00AB grind our own ImWi. l-eatM\nduplicated by mail.\nPITMAN\nOptical House\n.Formwfy Br wn Optical Houop)\nBe iuru of lhe address--Above\nWoolworth'n Btore, nnar\nOisnvllK\nSnlte 36, Davis Chambsrs.\n618 HASTINGS STBBBT WEST\n______ flW 1071\t\nOn the 7th of .November, six years\nngo, the Hussian \vorkers rose in full\ntide of revolution, swept aside tbe\npolitical Institutions that hnd kept\n,them In bondage for a thousand years\nand took their destiny into tlieir own\nhands. Six years of the fiercest struggle ever Imposed upon a people, of\nwar and Invasion, ni famine and pestilence; six years tbat tested tlie spirit\nof proletarian genius, that developed\ntbe inherent characteristics that prove\nthe workers tbe only class now capable\nof saving society from utter annihilation. Soviet Russia of the workers\nis tlio only country to-day that shows\na steady and undeniable Improvement\nof the conditions consequent to the\nworld war. While nil others arc\nwallowing in tlie financial and industrial mire, the social and oconomic\nlife of the soviet countries acquires\ngreater stability every day. This\nevent will be celebrated by the Workers' Parly who will hold a dance on\nNovember 3rd in the Clinton ball.\nSee The Federatlonist next week for\nfull particulars.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Com.\nUNEMPLOYMENT AT CADIZ j\nDepressed Conditions In ship Itiiildlnsa\nund Fishing Industries Very j\nSerious\nAdvices from Cadiz, Spain, are thatj\nunemployment there has reached as\nserious state, due to the extremely'\ndepressed condition-- in the ship build-]\ntng and fishing industries. To add\nto this unfavorable condition, over\nl_,,ri00 farm laborers took part in the'\ndemonstration at Jerez de la Front-\nera In connection with the strike in\nthnt vicinity.\nGermnn Pupils\nTlie school system of the little,\nWestphalian town of Oolde, near Minister, Germany, has been placed almost entirely upon a butter barle:\nbasis. Pupils pay their high school\nfees in fats and grain which in turi^\nare \"spent\" for school malntenanci\npurposes. Childern from Oclde ar.\nassessed a pound (if butter monthly\nwhile pupils from the country district,\nmoy pay either In butter or barley, 4(\npounds of barley a month.\nPatronize Federatlonist advertisers\nIOGGERS\u00E2\u0080\u0094If you want to cart\n4 three squares during tho wlnteif\ncome to Saddle View lian'ch, Jacksoi\nPay. B. C.\nSTOMACH SUFFERING\nIf by magic when\nJO-TO\nin iim'iI. \u00C2\u00BB G.\u00C2\u00BBmui_ sum.\nS,.,. IIHH-\u00C2\u00AB-_ \"NA'V IT WITH FI,0\V___tS\" Bey. I>_I\u00E2\u0080\u009E.I_UI\nUNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY of B.C. Ltd.\nFourteen Passenger and Freight Steamers at your service.\nCalling at all Northern IJ. C. Conn: Points, Lumber and Mining Gimps,\nCanneries und I*nl;\u00C2\u00BB and Paper Mills,\nPRINCE RUPERT. ANYOX and STEWART\nFor further particulars apply:\nHEAD OFFICES: UNION DOCK, Ft. 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