"1503f578-50db-4e43-96f5-d2f72b8d8643"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-28"@en . "1924-09-12"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345423/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST\nINDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH .\nOFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPUBLISHED IN INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS\nSIXTEENTH YEAR. NfcjfsX\n.4 POLITICAL UNITT: VICTORY\nSooUmen Are Knowit tbe World\nOver as Successful Colonizers\u00E2\u0080\u0094 -\nStruggle for Demooraoy\nVERY RADICAL IN POLITICS\nPrior to Oreat War Scotland Had\nHigher Standard of Education\nThan England\nFarewell to the woodlands high covered with snow,\nFarewell to the heaths and green\nvalleys below;\nFarewell to the forests and wild\nhanging woods;\nFarewell to the torrents and loud\npouring floods. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Burns.\n\"W7ITH sorrow, and oftentimes re-\n' sentiment, in their hearts, and,\n' with the foregoing sentiments on tlieir\nUps, succeeding generations of Scotsmen havo watched the fast receding\nshores of their native land grow dim\nand vanish, and have turned with set\nfaces and renewed hopes to a stiange\nand unknown future across the sea.\nIn a collection of Scottish proverbs,\ncompiled by Archbishop Beaton, of\nGlasgow, about the time of the reformation, we flnd the following; \"A\nScotsman and a Newcastle grindstone\ntravel a' the world o'er.\" Which goes\nto prove that at that remote date,\nScotsmen in common with the product\nof tho Northumbrian quarries had become known as extensive travellers;\nand, let us hope, that their, worth had\nbeen recognized as being quite up to\nthe standard of the sandstone.\n1 To determine whence came the Inherent disposition of the Scots to\nrove would be a very wide, although\na very interesting subject; but the intention of this article being to discover\n, a reason for the extensive immigration\nfrom Scotland at the present time\nnarrows the subject very considerably.\nIt is, therefore, sufflclent to say that\nfrom mediaeval times when they wero\nknown over Europe as very seiviee-\nt able men at arms or soldiers of fortune, from their colonizing efforts,\nsuch as the Darien scheme and the\nearly Canadian settlements, to the pre-\naent day, Scotsmen have been known\nthe world over as successful colonl-\n\ zers. There ia scarcely a family in\n. Scotland to-day which cannot speak\nwith pride of some member who has\nmade good in remote parts of tht\nworld.\nPolitically, Scots have always been\nprogressive or advanced in their\nviews, and the advanced wing of the\n, liberal party, better known os the\n\"radicals\" always received most of\ntheir strength from the Scottish constituencies, with the exception of the\ncities and districts under the sway of\n4 the landed aristocracy, Scotland had\nbeen notoriously radical since the\nunion.\nThese sentiments had been aggra-\n\ vnted by the actions of the nobility\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 whose activities wo may have an opportunity of considering at some early\ndate; and the work of Robert Burns,\nwho in Scotland carried out the work\nwhich RouBseau was carrying on in\nFrance, the flrst paving the way for a\ndemocratic Scotland, the latter laying the foundations of the French revolution, *\nPrior to the outbreak of war in\n11914, Scotland had established a very\nfmuch, higher standard of elementary\nleducation than her' southern neigh-\n|bor tn addition to a much more liberal\ncriminal code. Animated by a dosire\nfor knowledge, the workers had established in the evening schools, classes for the study of Industrial history\nand economics, and there was scarce\na district tn the industrial centres\nwhere the I. L. P. had not established\na study class In these subjects.\nParticularly on the Clydeslde where\nIthe casual, on and off, conditions of\nJlabor were the source of endless controversy between the employers and\nhe unions, was this evident; and, In\nyears, this was responsible for a\nfjreat change in the political .outlook.\nThe unions were controlled by\nLvowedly socialistic leaders. Shop\nStewards controlled the workers In\nhe shops to a man; and Jn the Qlus-\nbow forty-hour strike, ln th) early\npays of 1910, was the maiden effort\npf an avowedly revolutionary proletariat. They failed, It Is true, but they\nEvere able to shew their tremendous\nstrength in the face of machine guns\npnd bayonets.\nThe Industrial collapse which followed the cessation of hostilities\ntreated favorable conditions for the\nppread of this revolutionary propagan-\n; and the workman, who remained\nUnconvinced, generally, known by the\nJiame of Henry Dubb, began to realize that a man might be unemployed\nland yet be a perfectly respectable man\nland' also a man who would be willing\nfo work were work procurable.\nTo-day Groat Britain ls at th\u00C2\u00AB beginning of a new era; the country ls\nfairly evenly divided in opinion, Scot-\nIlfind and Wales being overwhelmingly\nlootallst, the cathedral towns of Eng-\nand and tho rural districts being the\n^ainstay of tho orthodox parties, and\nhere Is a growing realization of tho\n(act, that anything may happen,\ni There la, therefore, a steadily &row-\npg exodus to tho colonies\u00E2\u0080\u0094firstly, of\nhe middle class, who havo saved- considerably money and wslh to conserve\nlamo; secondly, of tho artisan class,\nIvho nee a long period of unsettled la-\nior conditions before them, and who\nii consideration of tbeir families are\nislng their savings In establishing\nFOUR PAGES\nVANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTElpER 12,1924\n,\ A Call to Service\n'n the history of the human race have we been more\n_%\u00E2\u0080\u0094 of the assistance of right-thinking men and\nwomen, who feel the call to serve their fellows, than we are\ntoday.\nThe time has come when we cannot afford to longer shirk\nour duty to mankind, if we would prove ourselves worthy\ncitizens of our land. To stand back and allow your fellows\nto strugglo alone with the odds against them is cowardly.\nThings do not happen of themselves. Conditions are not going\nto improve unless we set out deliberately to bring about such\na happy stato.\nThe Federated Labor Party of British Columbia offers you\nan opportunity to join in the fight. It offers you an avenue\nthrough which to express your better self in an endeavor to\nbring about the emancipation of the great mass of humanity,\nCan there be a more worthy service?\nMeetings aro held on the first and third Wednesdays of\neach month at 8 p.m., room 3, 319 Pender Street West. Send\nin your application to join, to this address.\nPOLICY OF LABOR ANNUAL MEETING\nRelation Between Economics and\nPolitics\u00E2\u0080\u0094Imperialism and\nCapitalism\nVAST SOURCES MAN-POWER\nColored Populations Open Up\nTremendous Field for Exploitation by Capitalists\nTVHER.E ls a direct relation between\neconomics and politics. Imperialism is a development of capitalism,\nand the workers may rest assured\nthat any proposals made fn the name\nof imperial unity of an economic ^character are in the Interests of capitalism. The vast sdurces of man-power,\nespecially of the colored population,\nopen up a tremendous field for exploitation. The development of tropical\nmedicine is making equatorial regions\nmore healthy and before long, production, now confined to the temperate\nzones, will be carried on in the tropics. If tho white worker wishes to\nsave himself from the results of mich\ncompetition, he has got to recognize\nthe ononess of the'working clasB, irrespective of color. This Is fundamental lf the socialist Ideal which is ns\nfollows, is to become practical.\n1. The control, leading to the imperial ownership, of the means of\ntranspotation and communications-\nshipping, cables and wireless.\n2. The dovelopment of the public\nworks and utilities of the crown colonies, etc., by capital controlled by an\nimperial economic committete on behalf of the whole empire. No concessions of land should be granted to\nindividuals or corporations.\n3. Where colored populations are\nIn a majority, education, particularly\nfn regard to agriculture, should be\nprovided. The land ahould be preserved for native occupation; and a\ntwo-fold educational system be devised, whereby, on the one hand, they\nshould be encouraged to Increase their\nproductivity; and, on the other, to\nraise their standard of life.\n4. The control of all exports and\nimports between tho various parts of\nthe empire, the only purchaser being\nan Imperial economic committee, or\na purchasing board representative of\nthe whole empire, which shall fix the\nprice for sale, and, lf It be necessary,\nration each area. Wheat and meat\nmight be choson for a commencement.\n5. The encouragement of co-operation, between those engaged in industries not yet developed, on a mass\nproduction or large scale basis. The\nprovision of credit facilities for such.\n6. Population, ln some parts of the\nempire, may tend to trench on the\nmeans of subsistence, There should\nbe, therefore, thought out a policy , or\nfamily migration, with land settlement\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0between the white and colored portions of the empire.\n7. A universal forty-eight hour\nweek and a factory code, based on\nthat which fs best in the empire, to\nbe common In all Industrial districts,\nwhether the labor be white or colored.\n8. Wherever white and colored\nwork side by side at the same wor*,\nthe white rates of pay to prevail,\nIn conclusion lt must be born ln\nmind that the interests of the workera\nare the same the world over. We cannot put a ring fence around ourselves.\nIf we do, we Bhall only promote further antagonisms ln the world. The\nImperialistic ambitions of the Ave\ngrou'ps are leading straight to another\nworld war.\nBurnaby Branch of B. 0. Federated Labor Party Hold Election of Officers\nCOUN. NEVILLE PRESIDENT\nMcKay Branch in Future Known\nas S. W. Burnaby\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monthly\nthemselves in more settled surroundings; and, lastly, the young men, who\nhave become conscious of the rottenness of tho political system nnd tired\nto death of the low standard of living.\nWo know that many of thom aro\ndoomed to disappointment, but let us\nnot be resentful of. their coming for\nthey are bravo men and womon, with\nthe light of a new understanding slicing in their oyes, and with tlio spirit\nof comradeship In thoir hearts. They\nhavo hitched their wagon to a star\nand will slnnd with their Canadian\nbrothers shoulder to shoulder In the\ncoming struggle for truo democracy.\nBURNABY\nAND LABOR\n[By Our Burnaby Correspondent]\n\"W/.ILL Labor. M. L. A. Have to Re-\nJ\u00C2\u00BB sign? Frank Browne of Burnaby Refused Leave of Absence by\nMunicipal Council,\" The above heading appeared ln to-night's Province,\nfollowed by a report of the Burnaby'a\ncouncil decision not\n[By Our Own Correspondent]\nTJURNABY.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The annual meeting of\nthe Burnaby branch of the B. C.\nFederated Labor purty was held at the\nOddfellows' hall, McKay, on Thursday\nlast, September 4, A number of labor\nmen from other parts of Burnaby at\ntended the meeting, and stops are be\nIng taken to organize branches In\nNorth Burnaby, Hastings townsite and\nthe Broadview district. Owing to the\nformation of new branches, the McKay branch will be known in future\nas the S. W. Burnaby branch of the\nB. C. Federated Labor party. Election\nof officers took place and Councillor\nNeville was elected president; J. A.\nJenkins, vice-president; J. Walsh, secretary, and H. Stanley Bate, treasurer.\nThe party will hold their monthly\nmeetings at Oddfellows hall, McKay,\nthe flrst Thursday in each month for\nthe next six months.\nMiss BoncUlcld, M. P. Replies\nA reply has been received from Miss\nMargaret Bondfleld, British labor M.P.,\nby the secretary of the B. C. Federated Labor party, expressing her regrets at being likely unable to address\nnny meeting during her visit. Sho is\ncoming, she explained, to Canada in\ncharge of a government delegation\nwhose main object is to obtain firsthand information regarding the system of child migration from England\nto Canada. The Itlnery of the delegation has not been Anally settled, but\nIt was felt that, with the time at their\ndisposal, It would be quite unlikely\nthat they could visit Vancouver, and\nthat, even if such a visit could be arranged, it would be of such a short\nduration as to preclude any possibility\nof her addressing a meeting. _\n^^^^^^^^^^^^ to alow Mr.\nBrowne leave of absence to attend the\nforthcoming session of the provincial\nlegislature at Victoria.\nOne councillor said.that Mr. Browne\ndid not aak permission of the council\nbefore accepting nomination as a candidate. Did Mr. McLean ask permission? Would Mr. \"McLean have been\ngranted leave of absence had he been\nsuccessful? It would be rather infe'r-\nestlng to have those two questions answered by the Burnaby council. It ls\nsated that another accountant would\nhave_ to be appointed to take Mr.\nBrowne's position during his absence.\nThis statement does hot reflect much\ncredit on the municipal hall staff if\nthere Is no clerk capable of taking\novor another clerk's duties. But is\nthis so, and what happens when other\nmembers of the staff are away on holidays or sick? Why can some members of the staff take three months\nleave of absence to visit the old country and their places lcept open? Nol\nlong ago one official was granted\nthree months leave and full pay for\nthe first two months leave, and yet\nthey refuse Mr. Browne leave without\npay. We know a little about the annual financial statement, which by\nthe way, is not touched until early In\nJanuary. To say the least all the\nabove objections are purely plausible\nexcuses and will not be acceptable to\nthe majority of tax payers and voters\nin Burnaby who returned Mr. Browne\nto represent them. There aro times\nwhen a council can overstep their\nauthority and when they forget that\nthey are the servants of the people\nand not their employers, and It Is the\nhope of the writer that they will reconsider their deceislon at their next\nmeeting and not close their eyes to\nthe writing on the wall or be influenced by parties wishing to h\u00C2\u00BB spiteful\nand playing politics.\nNeither must we forget the wider\nissue of protecting our representatives and seeing that they are properly remunerated and their positions\nmade as seoure as it is. possible, other-\nfse we shall never be able to hold\ngood conscientious men in our ranks.\nIt is up to tbe workers to get behind\nthe men they elect as their representatives. We must see that they are\nwell paid and free to devote their\nlull energies in solving the problems\nwo have to face in our social life in\nthe same way as we pay our medical\nofficers of health, engineers to provide\nus with roads, schoolmasters to teach\nour children, etc., etc., instead of leaving our problems in the hands of politicians to fool with as in the past.\nNotice of Meeting J\nA LL MEMBERS of the Federated Labor Party are requeued\nto be present at the next regular meeting of the party,\nwhich is to be held in room' 3, 319 Fnder Street West, Wednesday evening, September 17,1924, at 8 p.m .\nIt wiU be necessary for the party to make such nomina-*\ntions as it may see fit, for the offices of Aldermen, School\nTrustees, and Park Commissioners, for the coming civic elections. . These nominations will, in turn, bo placed before the\nnext meeting of the Canadian Labor party, with which the\nF. L. P. iB at present affiliated, for their endorsation or otherwise.\nIt is hoped that the members of the party will turn out,\nand'give to these matters the attention that they rightly deserve. If labor is to assumo the responsibility of governing, in\nthe not distant future, then it is up to thoso who have the\ninterests of labor at heart to see to it that proper representatives are chosen to guide the destinies, not only of thcir city\nand province, but of their party, which stands for the emancipation of the masses.\n5c A COPY\nIHE GREAT RIVALS BANKERS CONTROL\nBetween World-Groups Extensive\nCompetition Exists\u00E2\u0080\u0094France\nand United States\nReparations Settlement\nWho Are Real Governors\nof World\nPRODUCTION INCREASES\nGERMANY'S FATE SEALED\nAlthough Britain Enlarges Empire\nWar Practically Destroyed Her\nContinental Markets\nrpHiE British empire alone is not, as\nthe others are to a great extent,\na geogiaphical unit. It may be grouped into (a) the self-governing dominions which are capitalist nations; (b)\npossessions, called dependencies, protectorates and mandated territories,\nsuch as India, Bb; pt, the Sudan, etc;\nand (c) naval stations and strategical\npoints, like Gibraltar, India and\nEgypt are becoming capitalist countries, and the one demands dominion\nself-government,- and the other complete independence. Between these\nworld-groups there is considerable\nrivalry which has not been modified\nby the results of tho war. In fact, it\nhas been said that in entering the war\nto destroy her commercial rival (Ger\nmany) Britain has created two greater rivals in France and America. Although Britain increased her empire,\nthe war has practically destroyed her\ncontinental markets\u00E2\u0080\u0094a serious position to her, as a nation dependent very\nlargely on its export trade. Further,\nthe potential capacity of production of\nthe non-British groups has enormously increased since the war.\nBirth Control Meeting\nA meeting of thoso Interested ln the\nmovement for birth control will be\nheld in the Vancouver Women's building to-night (Friday) ' evening at 8\no'clock. Arrangements will be made\nfor tho forthcoming .conference, to be\nheld during November, at which Mrs.\nMargaret Sanger will be present\nAll interested are welcome.\nMan's obligations do not tend toward the past. We know of nothing\nlhat binds us to what is behind; our\nduty lies ahead.\u00E2\u0080\u0094C. Richet.\nGolf Course to Pny Fair Wukcs\nNegotiations between Reeve Brooks\nand Councillor Hardy of South Vancouver, with the C. P. R. In regard\nto the Insertion of a fair wage clauso\nIn the proposed golf course agreement have been sucessful.\nM INDIA\nPresent-Day Conditions In Thai\nCountiy of Gnat Wealth and\nFearful Poverty\nUNDER THE BRITISH FLAG\nBig Money Interests Always\nStart and Continue and\nEnd War\n[By Worker]\nrpHE RECENT reparations settlement shows very clearly who are\nthe real governors of the world\u00E2\u0080\u0094not\nthose whom we vote into parliament\nor who take up cabinet positions, as\nsomo people think, but the men with\nthe money.\nAmerica was well represented when\nthe conference opened on July 15, and\nalso on the three committees consti-\nA humble slave I despise; a rebellious slave I respect.\u00E2\u0080\u0094-Wendell\nPhillips.\nThe bold idealism of to-day may\nseem mere common sense to-morrow.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. G. Wells.\nDISFRANCHISING THE WORKERS!\nQNE WOULD have thought that our friends, the reactionaries, would have awakened ere\ntlhis to the march of events. Some, it would appear, are still living back in the dark ages.\nWhen the Burnaby Council, on Monday last, refused to give the necessary leave of absence\nto Mi\ Browne, the labor member-elect from that district, to permit his attending the session of\nthe.legislature, they did one thing that will do more to boost labor than anything else they\ncould have done. That is so far .as propaganda is concerned, and the arousing of the people\nto a realization of the depths to which some people will go, to attain their ends.\nThe more serious side of the question is this, however: Are the workers to be deprived\nforcibly of their representation in the legislature? The average worker today is dependent\nupon his being able -to sell his afeilHy to work, in order to obtain his livlihood. Thc remuneration that the,representatives may receive is exceedingly small when one considers the demands that are made upon these people; and, when on.top of all this, the workers' representatives are to be deprived of their means ot* earning their livelihood because they have\nbeen chosen by their fellows to legislate on their behalf, it is a most serious matter.\nNo right-thinking man or woman in this province can afford to let such an action pass\nwithout voicing their protest,- and voicing it in such a manner that there can bc no doubt as\nto where they stand. It is just such actions as this that does more to produce radicalism (so-\ncalled), than anything else. And the irony of the whole thing is that the very people who arc\nso active in producing it| are the severest in its condemnation when it is produced. How\nlittle consistency such minds seem to bc able to show! And they tell us that this is a free\ncountry! And some people rave over the tyranny in Russia! Can one\" imagine any aet\nmoro tyrannical in itis nature than that of the Burnaby Counoil when, as is reported, they\nhave deprived ono of the workers' representatives the right to sit in the house to which he\nhas been chosen, and yet retain the position, which it must bc absolutely necessary for him to\ndo, if he would provide the necessities for his home.\nThus the workors aro disfranchised! It is all logal. So the workers are robbed of their\nrights, whilo living in a land of boasted freedom! This action on tho part of the council is\none that cannot go unchallenged. If thc workers allow sueh to go by without a most, effective\nprotest, then they have little right to expect any of thoir numbers to bear any further burdens\nfor thom. Their fate then, will have to be letft in the hands of their masters, ns of yore.\nTliis is not Mr. Brown's fight. Tt Is one in which every workor must feel it his sacred\nduly, to humanity as a whole, to do \"his bit. Workers arise. Tho challongo has noon given.\nDuty calls.\ntuted. Hughes, the American secretary of state, turned up later, though\nIn an unofficial capacity. It was he\nwho informed MacDonald that American and British bankers could not\naccept the terms arrived at at that\ntime, and suggested a meeting between these bankers and the French\ndelegntes. The next day a mooting\nwns arranged, but nothing could be\nagreed upon, as the bankers were\ntrembling for the safety of their\nmoney.\nOn July 23, the American secretary\nof the treasury Andrew Mellon, turned\nup\u00E2\u0080\u0094unofficially, of courso. By this\ntime the French papers wero demanding that Horrlot abandon hfs undignified posistlon of engaging in a scrap\nwith American citizens, nnd the\nFrench parliament intimated that it\nwould let lho Dawes plnn die rather\nthan accept the terms insisted upon\nby the New York bankers.\nHowever, by August 2, nn agreement was reached; in other words, lhe\nbankers were satisfied and the fate of\nOermany wns sealed. But not of Gormany alone, but of the rest of Europe,\nparticularly of Britain, nnd lt is safe\nto say that there cannot bo prosperity\nfor the working classes for anothor BO\nyears\u00E2\u0080\u0094providing capitalism ls allowed\nto last so much longer. Tho Oerman\npeople; the working classes, are paying the penalty for German's guilt (?)\nand tho British working classes are\npaying for the \"victory.\" And thc\ntragedy Is that the working classes\nhnd really nothing lo do with tho war.\nTho big money Interests always start\nand continue and ond war. They have\nno qonslderation whatever for human\nlife; as (he reparations business shows,\ntheir only concern Is tho safety of\ntheir dollars. The Husso-Jnpnncse\nwar was only stopped because American capitalists began to bc afraid for\ntheir huge loans; the great war could\nhave bcen stopped several limes before tbe armistice, but the financial\nfruits were not quito ripe, and now\nGermany has to bo re-established economically for further exploitation of\nthc working classes.\nUnder such circumstances there Is\nevery excuso for class hatred. Por\nthe conditions under which people\nhave to live, breed that blind reasoning hatred and distrust which often\nexpend themselves ln mere vaporings,\nwhich the master need not fear at all.\nAfter all, our only salvation lies ln an\nunderstanding of tho situation and an\nuncompromising fight against capital-\nIsm; and, Incidentally, against tho\nwars of capitalism*\nSyitem of Forced Labor Badly\nPaid\u00E2\u0080\u0094Attempts Hade to Organise Workeri\nW7K give below extracts from a letter\nof It. N. Chaudhary the secretary\nof a society In India (whose alms are\nmentioned) and who Is at present\nawaiting the result of his trial for sedition.\nf Rajputane and Central India are\ndivided into more than a hundred native states, each ruled by an Indian\nprince, under the suzerainty ot the\nBritish government. The object of\nmy society is to work for the uplift\nof tho masses in these provinces. -\nNinety-five per cent, of the population\nts the agricultural and laboring community. There is practically no education among them, and an exorbitent\nsystem of land revenue, coupled with\nnumerous cases, compels them tu live\ni lives of starvation. They have no poUtlcal rights, i.e., they can neither start\njournals, hold publlo meetings or bind\nthemselves in associations for their\nwell-being. Their greatest disability\nis the system of forced labor which is\neither ill-paid or under-paid. Under\nthis system, which ts veritably modern\nslavery, any official ean compel a\nworker, his'wife or children to do odd\njobs, from carrying burdens to making roads with little or no remuneration. This system works at its highest\nwhen the British officer, who Is styled,\nthe political resident and lives at the\ncourt of each native prince, tours in\nthe native territories. The present\npolitical agent, Mr. Holland, went so\nfar as to tour In several native states\nand sing the praises of the hated system, t\nThe masses of these two provinces,\nas of one-third ot India, are thus being crushed under tho double heel of\nthe Indian autocrat and the British'\nbureaucrat. It Is amid these musses\nand these conditions that my society\nhas to work. . . . Our workers accept\nonly the barest necessities of life, ahd\nhave to renounce all family and\nworldly relatione,.except the service of\nthe toiling poor. Chief among our activities are:\n1. The publication of a weekly vernacular Journal.\n2. Preparation of the masses to refuse to do forced labor and pay excessive land taxes and cesses; to boycott all foreign and mill-made cloth;\nand to give up liquor and opium.\n3. Establishment ol arbitrary\ncourts, village schools, co-oiorativo\nsocieties and village protecfft.il societies, and thc spread of home-spun and\nhand-woven cloth made in the villages,\nThis is a very modest programme,\nand its fulfilment bas been strictly\nconfined to peaceful means throughout. Yet tho nntive princes, moro\noften thnu not, instigated by lho British political officer, have ,,met tho\nmovement with n eruel hand, Tho\nrenson is not far to seek. Tho nutlve\nprince aristocrat has, nevertheless, the\ngerms of ancient Indian culture, and\nchivalrous tradition forbids bim to resort lo brute force ngninst the peaceful and unarmed. But the British\nbureaucrat, steeped in ihe selfishness\nnrn of a capitalist and Imperialist\noutlook, hns no sueh scruples; and ho\nIt Ih that views tlie slightest awaken-\nng of the masses with the greatest\nalarm.\nAs a result, the three years of this\nstrugglo -havo witnessed tho most\ncruel happenings. In two native statos\nthere were one thousand arrests without warrants nnd followed by unspeakable torlure of men. women and\nchildren. In nnother district, a peaceful gathering of women was trampled\nupon with horses and fourteen were\nwounded seriously. Complaints lodged In the Btate courts were disregarded. Village assemblies, schools, cooperative societies, temperance and\nall other activities of these associations have since been suppressed by\nstate proclamation. Many of our\nmembers have been arrostod\u00E2\u0080\u0094Including Mr. Patkik, the president.\nSuch tn brief nre the tragic details\nof humble work for the poor carried\non by my society. Wc are. however,\nready to face greater trials In l!io furtherance of this noble cause. We need\nonly the sympathy nnd help cf our\ncomrades nil tbe world over.\nThe Growth of Empire\nAfter the war of J914-18, It was apparent that tho world wan divided into\nfive groups, namely (1) America, (2)\nBritish empire, (8) Far Bast, (4)\nFranco, and (fi) Middlo Europe and\nFrench Africa. The United States of\nAmerica Hecks to gain control through\nlis finance, leaving to each slate Its\napparant political Independence, nnd,\nconsequently, she Is extendIniJ'hor hold\nover Southern America, lhe West Indies, Cnnnda and Newfoundland. Thc\noil, coal, Iron, and whent of tho two\nlast mentioned are singularly ntlrnct\nTn difficulty alone doos thc iiobll\nHy of great souls prove itself\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSchiller,\nLiabilities of It. 0, Districts and Cities\nThc total debenture debts of B. C.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Itles amount to $71,479,049.91; sundry outstanding debts, $3,475,917.21 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nmalting a grand total of $74,954,967.-\n12.\n13. C. district debenture debts, $24,-\n794.93ii.84; sundry debts, $1,206,134.75\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094grand total, $20,001,071.59.\nGrand total for province. $100,956,-\n038.71. '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nVancouvor City\u00E2\u0080\u0094Debenture dobt,\n$33,106,499.17; sundry debts, $839.-\n898,44\u00E2\u0080\u0094grand total. $33,9.6,397.61.\nThoso liabilities ns of date December 31, 1923.\nHo IH'Imic on Vaccination\nNot receiving tbo nrtiele for thta\nIssue on vaccination from the Humnno\neducation nnd Antkvlvisocton .society,\nlhe ono by tbo Medical association is\nheld ovor. We hopo, however, they\nwill both appear next week, PAGE TWO\nSIXTEENTH YEAR. No. 37 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANeonVBR. B.C.\nBritish Colombia Federationist\nPublished every Friday by\nThe British Columbia Federatlonist\nHiMlnsu and Editorial Ottce, 112B Howe St.\nThe policy of The B. 0. FederationiBt Ifl\nuntrolled by the editorial board of tho Fod-\nrated Labor Party of Britiah Colomhla. _\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Subacriplioa Rate: United States and Foreign, (8.00 per year; Canada, |2.50 per\nyear, $1.50 for alx montha; to Unions sub-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0erlbing In a bedy, 16c per member per\nmonth.\nFRIDAY ..September 12t. 1924\nTHE LOOAL LAIIOH MOVEMENT\nNO institution is more anxious than\nThe Fedorationist to soe the local\nlabor movement become the force for\ngood in this province that It ought to\nbecome, and will become, provided\nthose who have been chosen to. guide\nIt, are true to tho cause of the workers, and are sincerely and honestly\nout to better the lot of the massos. It\nby any chance;', they endeavor to\nmake the labor movement serve as a\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0stepping stone to lead them to loftier\nheights than those thoy have already\nattained, and they disregard the good\nof their fellows In that process, then\ntliey are certain to bring the wrath of\nthe multitude down upon them; and\n\.hat is more important, retard the\nprogress of this great humanitarian\nmovement on its upward trend.\nWe are Inclined to the belief, in fact,\nit has haunted us for some time, that\nfame of the would-be leaders of the\nCanadian Labor party in British Col\ni.mbia, are not, altogether, in the business for the good that they can ao\ntheir fellows, but rather are trying\n: o have it serve as a stepping stone (or\nthemselves, If such an assumption\non our part is true, the future of the\nC. L. P. is far from being rosy. *o\nrive to, not to take from, should be\nthe motto of every man and woman\nwho joins that body. Selfishness is\n.. :st as destructive within the labor\nmovement as It ls within any other\ni.iovement: Its influence is, at all\nt.mes, detrimental.\nThe recent activities of a few of\nthese individuals, whore, instead ol\ntrying to create unity, they have, it\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*. ould appear to us, deliberately set\ncut to create a condition of strife. In-\n; :ead of trying to unite the various\nfactions within the labor movement\nIhey try and create a greater breach.\nTo serve their own ends, that may be\n. 11 well and good, but for the purposes\not furthering the good of the move-\n;.:ont with whose destiny they have\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-en entrusted, the effect is quite the\nreverse.\nThe C. L. P. is an afflliated body,\nca we have pointed out many times.\nAs such, It should not, under any presence, take in individual members. Its\n-v.rength should lio in the fact that it\n.'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'i a co-ordinating body and it should\ni oek to assist, direct, and prevent all\npossible over-lapping of work undertaken by the various affiliated bodies.\n11 is not a new party as so many seem\nto think. The moment it becomes so,\nits influence will be gone. There are\nalways a lot of would-be reformers\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nderelicts from former, and even from\nc :istlng labor parties\u00E2\u0080\u0094who nevei\nh ive, and who, likely never will, un-\ni. -r.stand what labor really stands for,\ncad who are always seeking for some\nplace to hang their hats. Such peo-\n1 1q are no asset to any party.\nWhat labor wants more than anything elBe Is men and women who\nlave studied, and who understand the\ninndamentals for which labor is striving, and who are willing to sacrifice\ni.o small amount of their time and en-\ne gy, without thought of personal\n!.;iln, to further the interests of the\nGreat masses of humnn kind, fio-cali-\necl labor lendors who choose to utilize\ntho labor movement as a stepplng-\nBtone for themselves, rather than trying to make themselves worthy servants of thut cause are, we feol, more\nto be feared a'nd u greater detriment\nlo the movement, than capitalism itself!\nparty has worked most effectively in\nthe past.\nIt is to be hoped that the workers\nwill become fully awakened to the\nseriousness of the situation as it at\npresent exists, and that they will not\nbe misled further into believing that\nthere Is no royal road to their own\nemancipation other than through\ntheir own co-operative efforts. When\nthis two party system arrives let then*\nsee to it that they are solidly arrayed\non the side of labor, which party\natone offers any sane solution to the\ngreat economic chaos which everywhere abounds.\nAs We See It-Why You\nShould Join Labor Party\nINJURING CANADA'S TRADE\nA RECENT editorial, ln one of our\nlocal dallies, devoted considerable\natttentlon to the plea for restriction of\nimmigration, made by J. S. Woods-\nworth in the Ottawa house. It also\nstated that he was followed by two or\nthree 'pink-eyed reformers in the same\nstrain.\nIt ls little to be wondered at that\nthe massos of the people, who do not\ngive these important matters the earnest and Intelligent consideration that\nthoy should, are floundering.\nTo state that Canada's troubles are\nduo to her not having sufflclent population, is so obviously ridiculous that\nno thoughtful man or woman will be\nled astray by such an argument. If\nthe writer of the editorial tn question\nwould only tell us how it Is that the\nUnited States feels it encumbent upon\nher to restrict Immigration, while he\nsees flt to urge this remedy for Canada, it would be most enlightening,\nwe are sure.\nThat such talks, as Mr. Woodsworth\ngave on this Important subject, was injurious to trade, was another argument brought forward. Such uttei\ntwaddle! The English bankers, investors, and their kind, are fairly well\naware of the conditions as thoy exist\nIn Canada to-day. They Know as well\nas we do, that what Mr. Woodsworth\nsaid about Immigration and its relationship to unemployment Is only too\ntrue. Surely tho editor of that article\ndid not-read a quotation, on the front\npage of the Issue containing his gem\nof wisdom. For his edification we will\nrepeat it: \"Opinions alter,** manners\nchange, creeds rise and fall, but the\nmoral laws are written on the tablets\nof eternity. For every false word or\nunrighteous deed, for cruelty and oppression, for lust or vanity, the price\nhas to be paid. Justice and falsehood\nmay be long-lived, but doomsday\ncomes at last.\"\nSo we suggest that the writer of the\neditorial rest ln peace. His ravings we\nfeel, wiU do little harm\u00E2\u0080\u0094for we, too,\nare convinced that justice and truth\nwill ultimately survive, in spite of our\nfriend.\nSome Labor-Day Editions\nThe current issue of the Alberta\nLabor News appeared September 1st\nin the shape of a \"labor annual,'\"\ncomprising 88 pages and cover. It Is\nchock-full of well written articles by\nprominent labor leaders. City merchants wore liberal in their advertising\npatronage. Edmonton workers have\nsomething to feel proud about in its\nreal live progressive labor paper.\nHamilton, Ont, boasts of two labor\npapers, that merit the support of the\nlabor organizations and merchants of\nthat city. Both publications issued\nmammoth Labor-day editions. The\nLabor News appeared with sixteen\npages, printed In red nnd blue, and\ncopiously illustrated, together with\nplenty of appropriate and well-selected articles. The Labor World published eightetten pages, ink being used being photo-brown. The letterpress appertaining to the labor movement was\nall that could be desired. The pages\nof both papers In size are similar to\nThe Federatlonist. The advertising\ncarried in the two labor journals was\nlarge and bulky. Both productions\nbespeak thc magnanimous spirit of\nthe citizens of the Ambitious City.\nTho Detroit Labor News issued a\ntwenty-'page Labor-day edition with\nplonty of good articles befitting the\noccasion. With such a liberal amount\nof advertising appearing in its columns, the News looks like an heir to\nprosperity.\nTHE TWO PARTY SYSTEM\nfl[R HAMAR OREENWOOD, former\n\0 chief secretary for Ireland, arrlv\ni .1 In Canada the other dny. He is re\nPorted to have expressed tho opinion\nthat England bad reached such a pass\nthat the country was ready lo return\nto the two pnrty systom. He apparently ls under no delusion as to\nwhich two parties are to remain, howovor. U will be n case of labor against\nihe rest, he stnted.\nSir Hamer is undoubtedly right.\nThe time has come when the English\nI-eople realize that there Is only room\nfdr two parties, the old reactionaries,\nDie type who want to carry on ns they\nhave always done rogardless of the\notect upon the great mass of human-\n1 ind, and the progressive, radical or\nsocialist element, who Feel that tho\nmasses must receive the just consideration to which they are entitled-lf\n: oclety is to carry on as lt ought.\nThe workers are as aware of the\nenvelopment of such a state, as any\n'..ne, Sir Hamar not excepted. It waB\ni-rophenied thus, during the early\nyears of the labor movement. They\nrealized that the workers would'lake\nMime time to awaken to the fact, that\n.- ny representation, which they were\n.supposed to enjoy through the ranks\nof the old-line parties, was merely\nmake believe. It was a scheme\nv. hereby they could be lulled to rest\nand kept In a condition of servitude\nwith the greatest ease. Getting the\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2orkers pitted against each other by\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .tieing some to join the liberal party\nnnd others to join the conservative\nLETTERS TOR\nI TW ED\n[The opinions and Ideas expressed\nby correspondents are not necessarily\nendorsed by The Federatlonist, and\nno responsibility for the views expressed is accepted by the management]\nTlie litlciiiibnilsi ami the C.L.P.\nEditor B.C. Federntionlst: I hopi\nyour vigorous and trenchant leader\nin this date's Issue (Sept. 5, 1924)\nwill jn far In the direction of pouring oil on the troubted waters In\nthe matter pertaining to an offlcial\npublication of labor In B.C.\nIt Is particularly distressing to\nread tbat \"some individuals ....\nave frankly u hhoyed to see Tho\nFederationist making the headway\n'.hat It is. To put this labor news-\npaper out of business, If they could,\nWould give them more pleasure\nthli n the success \u00C2\u00ABji' the move mon*\nit -wh \" I would ask these disgruntled ones to realize, at this of all'\ntimes, the necessity and duty of\nsinking all small jealousies and\nquibbles and to work for a united\nfront to forward the work before\nua. Your concluding paragraph\nminis up the situation splendidly:\n\"Let us try and be real men and\nwomen . . . ln the great struggle\nthat confronts us.\"\nMay 1 emphasize how Important\ntbat this should be so. We\" must\nnot lose sight of the fact that at\nthis time stronger efforts than ever\nbefore are being made against us;\nevery action and move is being\nwatched and misrepresentations\nand distortions of facts are being\nused to discredit us. In face of this,\nlet us all waive all disgruntles against\n[By Angus Mclnnis]\nf\N MANY occasions when asking\n\" people why they do not take a\nmore active part in the political labor\nmovement, we very often hear this expression: \"I sympathize with the labor\nparty and I always vote labor,\" and\nthen some excuse is made for not joining the party, or for not giving a more\nactive support.\nThe election held In this province\nlast June proved that there are many\npebple who will vote the labor ticket,\nbut for some reason are not prepared\nto take an active part, or to Identify\nthemsolves with the labor movement.\nMany of these are, we know, absolutely out of harmony with the alms and\nmethods of tho old-line parties; many\nwho have come through reading and\nstudy, to the conclusion that a betterment of social conditions is impossible\nwhile the present system of production for proflt continues, yet thoy hesitate to take part with a party which\nthey, If not ln all things, ln many\nthings, agree.\nThe story is told of an old Quake?\nwho, In making a contribution to some\ncause, said in his letter: \"I sympathize\n\u00C2\u00A3100.\" Now, you may not be able to\nsympathize \u00C2\u00A3100, or 100 cents, but you\ncan sympathize, to the extent of giving yourself to the movement. Of\ncourse, the labor movement needs\nmoney to cary on Its work, but If we\nget active workers the money will follow; because any one, who Is interested in the movement and cannot\ngive of his or her time, will give of\ntheir subBtance\u00E2\u0080\u0094If they have it.\nMaybe you do not join the party, because you do not agree with the programme and policy of the. party iu detail. It must be always remembered\nthat the. policy of a party reflects the\nopinions of its members, and Its members being human, they are liable to\nerr both as individuals and collectively. Each individual has then his due\nweight in shaping the aims of the\nparty through the expressing of his\nopinions In the councils of the party.\nThe socialist movement Is more\nthan a class movement. True, it has\nits inception in the class basis of present-day society, but its triumph will\nbring into being a society in which\nthere will be no classes; where the\nwelfare of one will be the welfare of\nall.\nThe struggle is not merely one of\n\"bread and \"butter,\" although outwardly it manifests itself in that way,\nbut a struggle for as full a life, both\nphysically and spiritually, as co-operative effort can give. As long as a\nsinglo Individual is denied a full and'\nfree expression of the best that ls in\nhim, because of oconomic circumstances, so long must the struggle continue. The best and the most that we\ncan give is not too much for tho end\nwe have in viow.\nAsk yourself this question: \"How\ncan I justify my staying out when tho\nparty needs every ounce of support it\ncan get?\"\nHe that is not with us is against us!\nThere is no neutral position in this\nflght. Tho following, which appeared\ntn the New Leader of August 15, puts\nthe case so well that we make no apology for reproducing lt here:\n\"I Have Joined the Labor Party\n\"[By Alfred Zlmmern]\n\"It is some twenty years ago since\nI first came Into contact with the labor\nmovement in the field of education,\nand, in one way or another, I have\nbeen in fairly close touch with it ever\nsince. But lt ls only within the last\nfew days that I have Joined the party,\nand thus dedicated myself to its active support by speech and pen.\n\"There are probably a good many\nwho have been through an experience\nsimilar to mine, and are wondering\nwhether to take the final step. So it\nmay be useful to state the reasons,\nboth for my twenty years' hesitation\nand for my present decision.\n\"My objections to joining were twofold. In the flrst place, I had intellectual scruples about certain economic\nformulas. Perhaps I am an unduly\nscrupulous person, but, when I am\npresented with a formula for signature, whether theological or political,\nmy first Instinct ls to argue. Moreover, I have always been more interested ln social democracy than in collectivism. So it seemed simpler as\nwell as more honest to work for a better society through education nnd on\nnon-Party lines.\n\"In the second place, I was not quite\nsure how far tho labor party was a\ntruly natlonnl party. I was eager, de\nspite the intellectual scruples to\nwhich I have referred, to see a labor\ngovernment administer the affairs of\nGreat Britain; but the party still had\nto win my confidence ln the field of\nforeign and imperial policy.\n\"Why have I changed my attitude?\nFor twenty years I have boen saying,\n'Why should I join? I can work for\nfthe same ideal equally well outside.'\nWhy have I come to feel that the right\nway to put the question is, 'How can\nI justify my staying out, when the\nparty needs every ounce of support It\ncan get?'\n\"My reasons are threefold. In the\nfirst place, I no longer believe that tt\nIs possible 'to work for the same ideal\nequally well outside.' Post-war England is moving so rapidly from Us\nold class-bound basis towards a more\ndemocratic form of society that it is\nextremely difficult for the ordinary\n'non-party' agency, which is in most\ncases rooted in tbe class system, to\nkeep up with the change. Openly or\nsecretly, consciously or unconsciously, most men and women and most\norganizations and institutions side one\nway or the othor. The result Is that\na social democrat liko myself feels\nmuch freer in the labor party than\namong people most of .whom differ\nfrom him on much more fundamental\nissues than the .formulas to which I\nhave referred. In a word, it has be\ncome both simpler and more honest to\njoin. In the second place, tho recorfl\nof the labor party In offlce has com\npletely blown away my theoretical\nBcruples. I remain as disputatious as\never, but I realize that it is what the\nmovement is and does that matters.\nAnd what the party has done and ls\ndoing at home in ever so many ways,\nbut especially in education, not only\nensures It my vote, which it has had\nbefore, but makes me feel that I\nshould be a coward if I did not give It\nmy open support.\"\nFRIDAY September 12, 1924\nSidelights on a Great\nIndustry\nA\nCONDITIONS IN TBE POEEST\nINDUSTEIES EEGULATE\nTHE PROSPERITY OF\nTHE PROVINCE\nLumbermen Furnish Main Clientele of Business Finns and Professional Practitioners\nANTI-WAR DAY\nON Sunday, Sptomber 21st, \"Labor's\n_ j Anti-War Day\" will be celebrated\nall over tlie world. Demonstrations\nof thje workers, joined by other forcos\nwho arc Interested in the abolition of\nwm; will take plaoo. Many Canadian\ncities will participate In tlie worldwide protest against future slaughter.\nTlie woiltors have more interest lu\nsuppressing war than any other class,\nIm-iiusc labor pays tlio penally-\nWomen and children suffer most from\nwnr, and work-folk liavo nothing at\nall to guiin and everything to lose.\nThrough the last great holocaust millionaires wcro made by tlie thousands.\nBut they did not eome from the ranks\nof labor, Tlie workera only reaped\ndeath nnd pain and misery and heartache. Labor ean stop wnr If lt wills\nto do so. This anti-war demonstration is international, not being confined to the allies nor to nny group of\nnations. 'Recognizing tho great common bond of brotherhood, tho world of\nlabor pledges itself to oppose war and\nuphold international j>eaee and goodwill. Tlie heart of tlio workers\nshould go into the anti-war demonstrations.\nBOOK REVIEWS\nTHE PEOPLE'S CORPORATION; by\nKing C. Gillette, author of \"World\nCorporation\" and \"Human Drift\";\n237 pages. Boni and Llveright,\npublishers, New York. Price, $2.\n'\"PHIS BOOK is an exhaustive sketch\nfor the reorganization of the body\npolity into a great corporation, under\nwhich all Industry should be Inter-\nequivalent as lo the property of the\ncommon people.\nA strong indictment is set forth to\ncombat the present competitive systom, In the plan for readjustment,\nthe author goes further In the direction of a practical and logical solution\nthan any other that we know of.\nMr. Gillette's proposals cannot bo\nthrown Into the discard of \"Isms\" as\na quack's cure-all for the defects oi\nour social system. He speaks from 40\nyears' experience, inasmuch as he Is\na successful inventor, organizer and\nexecutive prominent In the world of\nIndustry. In the first chapter, \"Production for Profit,\" concerning the gap\nA WELL-KNOWN B. C. retail merchant remarked recently: \"The\nlumber trade is my business barometer. I regulate my business, by advertising au . the activities of my Bales\ndepartment by the strength or weakness of the lumber market.\"\nAnother prominent Vancouver retail merchant says: \"I cannot say, of\ncourse, how many of my customers\nare actually loggers or lumbermen, or\ntheir wives, or sons or daughters, but\nI do know that If I lost the business\nI do with the people who depend on\nthe lumber industry for their income,\nI would have to shut up shop and\nmove out of British Columbia.\"\nForest Industries Motive Power\nThese two cases go to prove the\ntruth of the statement that the Forest Industries are the motive power\nof this Province's progress.\nOne-fourth of the working population of British Columbia are on the\npayroll of the lumber industry and\nthey, with their families and dependents, must necessarily constitute the\nmain support of the storekeeper in\nour cities, towns and settlements.\nHow many of these, but for the\nbusiness the lumbermen brings them,\nwould also he compelled to \"shut up\"\nshop and move out of British Columbia.\nThis series of articles communicated by tho Timber Industries\n(ouncil of British Columbia.\nbetween the Haves and Have-nots,\nhe concludes\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n'That the evils of the present sociai\nand industrial system are not inherent in man or nature, but are the remit of man's relations to property,\nwhich prevent his harmonious adjustment to natu.'0'ti laws and to other\nmen. He is convinced that out of the\nstrugglo of animal life for food grew\nman's desire to possess property, and\nthe resultant competitive syatem, begetting the struggle between those\nwho possess property nnd exacted a\nproflt for its use, sale, or exchange,\nand those who were forced to sell\ntheir labor in order to live.\"\nA vory large amount of the book ls\ndevoted to an analyses of tho overlapping and useless overhead, etc., m our\npresent industrial system. If a manufacturer would reduce the cost of\nproduction with a machine of say 90\nper cent., then why should not the\npeople of a nation save nine-tenths\nof the pesent labor cost, which is\nequal to a 900 per cent, gain In productive power In legitimate fields\nof labor.\nOut of every dollar spent,\n45 cents '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 goes to non-pro\nducers. Fifty per cent, of productive enorgy is loot through lack of\nco-ordination and co-operation between industries and corporations. A\nvast amount is charged up to the flght\nbetween capital and labor, which capital charges into the cost of operation.\nWar, caused by competition, is chargeable with 25 per cent, of the loss of\nproductive energy In the last ten years.\nAll this Is borne by producers. The\nworld must confess the shameful total\nof 70 per cent, loss of producing\npower. Never, perhaps, has the\nworld so Badly needed change as now.\nThe \"people's corporation\" depends on\nthe co-operation of all classes, and\nunites them, Instead of dividing them.\nThis unique book discusses ln chapters: (1) Production for profit, (2)\nthe producing machine, (8) proflt versus science, (4) wanted\u00E2\u0080\u0094co-ordina-\nThe B. C. Federatlonist, and realize\nwith gratitude what it has dGtie for\nthe cause. What It can do ln the\nfuture depends on the whole-hearted\nsupport of everyone with the worldwide cause of humanity and the\nrights of labor at heart. The\ncause ls not political\u00E2\u0080\u0094-lf ls for\neveryone everywhere.- Labor, ahd\nlabor only, will, In God's good time,\nabolish political boundaries, capital-\nIsm, militarism and poverty. And\nso let us to our task in B, C.\nIn conclusion, I would urge all\nwho subscribe to, or buy occasional\ncopies of your paper, to talk of it\nand interest others In It and Its\nalms..\nFrom a pamphlet, I havo before\nme, recently published by the I. L.\nP., London. Eng\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"The Capitalist\nPress,\" I quote the following, which\nI think ls as good advice to our B.\nC. labor comrades no to our brothers\nIn Britain: \"Suppose each one of the\nfive million trnde unionists said, 'If\ntho paper owned by our unions Is as\ngood as the others, I will give 11\npreference, I won't buy a capitalist\npaper unless I have already bowrlit\nOur own paper.\" J. W. Y. JARVIS.\nVancouver, 5th September, 1924.\nInsist on\n^BeerjM_--t__T\nTlie better beer-\npure\u00E2\u0080\u0094palatable-\nhigh in food\nelements\nAt all Goo't Liquor Stor\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVANCOUVER BREWERIES UMITED\nThli UTtrttMrnut If nt ptblMud or displayed br tta Lfeaor OartfM\nBeer* or by tta Government ot Brltlih OeleaMe.\nStore Opens at a a.m. and\nCloses at 6 p.m.\nif/ere Are Some ofthe Newest\nWoollen Fabrics\nKASHAIB CLOTH, a soft camel hair material suitable for dresses or wraps. Comes 54 inches wide,\nin tan, grey, powder blue, shutter green, navy or\nblack-*-$3.50 a yard.\nSHADOW CHECK SATIN CLOTH for dresses or\nsuits in a 54-inch fabric, in shades of nutria, navy,\nteakwood and also black at $3.95 a yard,\nSMART SCOTCH SUITING in black and white,\nbroken stripes or checks with flakes of color introduced. A splendid fabric for tailored garments;\nfull 58 inches wide\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5.50 a yard.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Drysdale's Woollen Goods Shop, First Floor.\n576 OranviUe Street\nPhone Seymour 8540\ni\ny\nI\ntlon, (6) duplication again, (6) the\npeoples' corporation, (7) labor under\nthe people's corporation, (8) living\nconditions under tlje people's corporation. (9) agriculture under the new\norder, (10) corporation versus competition, (11) brass tacks, (12) the\nauthor makes a motion, (13) the\nfork In the road\u00E2\u0080\u0094one prong leads to\norder, science, co-operation, peace and\nuniversal welfare\u00E2\u0080\u0094the other leads to\nconflict, violence, anarchy, war and\ncollapse.\nIt is a time for calm, scientific enquiry, for constructive planning and\norganization, and then for action.\nWhether the people will submit to the\ncontrol of a national corporation or\nnot, Mr. Gillette, thc author, has done\na great service in his shrewd and none\nthe less ardent presentation of facts,\nto demonstrate how the gross evils of\nour crazy economic system can be terminated.\nBiggest of Film Siiectaclcs Coming\nTlie engagement of D. W. Griffith's\nwonder spectacle \"Way Down East\"\nopens at tbe Orpheum Theatre on\nMonday, for a run of three days,\nBasically \"Way Down East\" is a\nplcturlzatlon of that delightful story\nof New England rural life which\nLottie Blair Parker and Jos. R.\nGrismor, made so familiar upon ihe\nAmerican stage covering a period of\nmore than a decade. By Griffith's\ntreatment it became a new art, vibrant with a life that Is all but too\nfastly passing from view and Infused\nwith realism. Music adds its charm\nto this swelling appeal and the combination spells a now form of expression to every sense that seeks\nthe playhouse for entertainment and\nIllustration.\nIt Is deemed essential to advise\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094SEE THE--\n1 Famous' Window Shows\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAlways Something New.\nYOU can closely follow fashion'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ntrend and get to know the prioes\nof things by keeping yonr eye on\nthe \"Famous\" windows. The prioes\ntoo will show you how to save on the\nthings yon need. Mako a comparison\nwith other stores I\nFamous\nCLOAK and\nSUIT Oo. Ltd.\n8U-623 Hastings Stmt Wut\nBird, Macdonald & Co.\nBABBHTEBS, 8OU0ROM, BTO.\nMI-MS Metropolitan Building\n1S7 Buttofl St. W. TAVOOUVEB. B, 0.\nTettphontl. Seymonr \u00C2\u00AB._\u00C2\u00AB ul 16.7\nthe readers of this paper that \"Way\nDown Bast\" Is going to pock the\ntheatre from the opening presentation and it will be prudent for you\nto make your reservations well In\nadvance.\nPut a one-cent stamp on this paptr\nand mall It to a friend.\nPhone Sermonr 296*1\nDR. W. J. CURRY\nDENTIST\nSUITB 901, DOMINION BOILD IHO\n VANOOPYBB. B. 0.\nIIAVB you over bad a real drink\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" of Pnro Apple Older during the\nlast fow years?\nTo moot tbo desires of msny ellentl,\nwe htve introduced reeently \u00C2\u00BB pore eleir\nsparkling apple eider ln pint bottle.,\neither pure sweet or government regulation 2% herd apple cider. These drinks\nare absolutely pure and free from alt\ncarbonic aoid gas or preservatives of\nany nature. Write or pbone your order\ntoday, Highland 90.\nVAN BROS. LTD.\nOlder Manufacturers\n1066 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B. 0.\nHELP TO REDUCE\nTELEPHONE ERRORS\nprtOMPT acknowledgment of\nthe operator's repititlon of\nthe number being called, ln order that she may know whether\nshe has heard It correctly or\nnot, will reduce mlBtakes and\nimprove the service.\nB. 0. TELEPHONE OOMPANT.\nFIRST CHURCH OF\nCHRIST SCIENTIST\nmo Oeorgia itnet\nSunday cervices, 11 a.m. anl 7U0 p.m.\nSunday school immediately following\nmorning aervice. Wednesday testimonial\nmeeting, 9 p.m. Free reading room.\n001*008 Birks Bldg.\nWHEN IN TOWN STOP AT\nThe Oliver Rooms\nt*H CORDOVA STREET EAST\nEverything Modern\nRates Reasonable\nBANKING SERVICE\n*T\u00C2\u00BBHE UNION BANK OF CANADA, with its chain\n.-1 of branches across Canada, and its foreign connections, oilers complete facilities for taking care\n\" of the banking requirements of its customers, both\nat home and abroad.\nIP\u00C2\u00B0J?__!*NK\nTo Secretaries and\nUnion Officials\nWhen Wanting: Printing of any kind\nSEE US\nWe have specialized in Union Work fpr\nthe last sixteen years. We guarantee satisfaction. Prompt service. Reasonable\nprices.\nCowan Brookhouse, Ltd.\nPRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, STEREOTYPERS\nAND BOOKBINDERS\nPhonM: Sey. 7421 ud Sey. 4480\n1129 HOWE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. FRIDAY September 12, 1\u00C2\u00BB84\nSIXTEENTH TEAR. No.\n\u00C2\u00BB: BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c.\nPAGE THREE\nOor Expenses Are Small\nand So Are Onr Profits\nFor a good Work Boot, oome in sod\nsee ns. Grab's special, 6 to 11 $4.98\nHen's tnd Boys' Boots, just In from\nEngland, at special prices-\nMen's Leather Slippers, cat priee\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E fl.BS\nlien's Underwent\u00E2\u0080\u0094If you want an\naU wool, good reliable underwear,\nwear Viking, just in, in 2-plece or\ncombination. $6*50\nBpeclal, per salt. \u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nPenman's 71 Combination Underwear\nfor Boys and Men. Saturday\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\",\n.....\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E fl.35 and $1.95\nMen's Khaki Coveralls, 84 to 44.\nSaturday ,...* \u00C2\u00BB2.W\nArthur Frith & Ca.\nHen's and Boys' Furnishings\nHats, Boots and Shoes\n2813 MAIN STREET\nBetween 70s and Stb avenues\nPhone, Fairmont 14\nIN DAYS GONE BY\nPeople Judged by What They Do\nRather Than by What\nThey Advise\nPlaygrounds Too Few for Youngsters to Work Off Their\nSuperfluous Energy\nUOW often those ot < i\n1 yoiinger generations.\nMOVING ,\nBaggage, Pianos and Furniture\nSANGSTER TRANSFER 00.\nBey. 4288 224 ABBOTT ST.\nRE CIVIO VOTERS' LIST\nThe City Clerk's Offlce will be open\nfrom 7 to 9 in evenings, September\n10th to 13th both inclusive to receive\napplications to be placed on the\nVoters' List for the current year.\nTenants and Registered Owners of\nproperty not on the Assessment Roll\nmust make application.\nThe last day is Saturady the 13th\nlnat' WM. McQUEEN,\nCity Clerk.\nCity Hall,\nSept. 8, 1924.\nOOAL TENDERS\nTENDERS wanted for 2000 tons Ooal for\nVancouver School Board. Quote prices\n1 aa follows:\nDelivered In Bankers any School of\nVanconver School Bond.\nDouble Screened Lump, per ton, t -\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nSlack \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 - per ton, $\t\nState B. T. U.'r. Ton to bo 2000 lba. and\n, unpolled to School Board as required by Individual orders. Lowest tender not turn*\nsarlly accepted. Tonders ondorsod Voal\nTender,\" to be In hands of Secretary, Van-\ncouver School Board, Monday, 15th Sept.,\n1924' B G. WOLFE-MERTON,\nSocretary School Board.\nOOBPOBATION OP POINT OBBT.\nSEALED TENDERS addressed to the under-\nnlgncd will be recoived by tho Council\nop to 8 o'clock p.m. of Monday, Soplcm-\ni ber 15th inst., for the following:\nExcavating nnd backfilling for water mains\nMarkham St. from 41st to 49th Aves.\nSperling St. from 45th to 49th Avus.\nConstructing Sewors on\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ,,.,,\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3\nMarkham St. from 4lst to 49th Aves.\nSporting St. from 45th to 49th Aves.\nTrafalgar St. from 43rd to 46th Aves.\nPaving Trafalgar St. from 43rd to 45th Aves.\nForms of tender, specifications, and full\ninformation may bo obtained on application\nto tho Municipal Engineer on payment or\ntho sum of $5.00 which will be returned on\nreceipt of a bona fide tender.\nA deposit by certified cheque of ten (10)\nper cent, of tho amount tendered will bo re-\nquired with each tender as security that tho\ntondorer will, if called upon, enter into a\n' contract, and provide the required bond for\nthe performance of the work.\nCanvassing members of the Council ior\nany of thts business will be held to be a dis-\n,0Tho lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted. HENRY pL(m)\nC. M. 0.\nMunicipal Hall, 5851 West Boulevard, Vanoouver, B. C\, September 9, 1924.\n{By E. C. Miller, President Muslclansflow themselves to be .deluded that it Is\nTRAINING OF OHILDREN\nAnti-War Day, 1924\nTHIRD SUNDAY IN\nSEPTEMBER\nVancouver Unions\nALLIED PRINTfNO TRADES COUNCIL\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n, Meets seeond Monday in the month. Pre-\n} aidant, J. R. White; secretary, R, H. Neel-\n[ anda. P. O. Box 66. ___________\n[ FEDERATED LABOB PARTY, Boom Hi-\nfi 19 Pender St. West\u00E2\u0080\u0094Business meetings\nlavery Wednetday evening. A. Maclnnis,\nI chairman; B. H. Morrison, sec-tress.; Oeo.\n|D. Harrison, 1183 Parker Street, Vaneoaver,\nB, 0., corresponding secretary.\n__ Any dlstriot in British Columbia desiring\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 information ra aecuring speakers or tba for-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0nation of loeal branches, kindly commuuieate\nIwlth provincial Seeretary 3. Lyle Telford,\n[694 Birks Bldg., Vancouver, B. 0. Tele-\nIpbons Seymoar 1888, >r faimont 4988.\nI BAKERY SALESMEN, LOOAL 871\u00E2\u0080\u0094Me\u00C2\u00ABts\n1 second Thuraday every month in Holdon\nI Building. Preaident, J. Brightwetl; flnanclal\n[secretary, H. A. Bowron, 939\u00E2\u0080\u0094llth Avenue\nI East.\nis of the\nhave heard\nThat is not the way we used to\ndo lt when we were young.\" It re.\ncalls to mind the advice the young\nhusband was giving his wife about\nmaking pies, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"You should make\nthom liko mother did.\" Exceedingly annoying to say the least.\nWhen the younger generations\nread our histories, stories and legends\nof the past, they very frequently\ncontain references that would make\nour rising generations blush. People\naro judged by what they dov rather\nthan by what they advise others to\ndo. Children are admonished by\nparents for being guilty of certain\nconduct. The ohildren, with minds\nmuch more alert, active, and per\nhaps much more reasonable, take\nthe advice with a \"grain of salt,\"\nfor they see their parents living in\na manner, not quite in keeping with\nthe advice they had given.\nIf we are earnest ln our desire to\nhave our children respect our advice\nand teachings we will so live, that\nthey might by our very example, at.\ntain the ideal we would have them\nreach.\nThe irritation which parents display at the failure of the children\nto attain their ideal is due, we fear,\ntoo often to thetr own failure to live\nos they ought. They are chaffing\nunder their own failure and take it\nout of the children. Hardly fair to\nsay the least!\nThe children of to-day are\nbright, active and alert as were those\nborn in the \"good old days.\" Out in\nthe country, however, they could\nbusy themselves in some * creative\nenterprise, the product of their own\nimagination. They could roam the\nfields, stroll through tho foroods, and\ncommune with nature in a thousand\ndifferent ways. They could develop\nnaturally. It was a privilege that\nfow children enjoy, as they ought,\nto.day.\nTo-day, especially in our cities, the\nchildren are forbidden to do this, or\nthey mustn't do that. The back\nyards in which they play are too\nsmall for them to turn around in\ncomfort, let alone to romp In, as\nhealthy boys and cirls should do.\nThe streets, should be forbidden\nground, owing to the dangerous nature of our traffic in these days.\nPlaygrounds are few and far be.\ntween. For the children to work off\ntheir superfluous energy in the home\ndrives mother to distraction, and\nfather too, If he happens to spend\ntlie dny at home, especially if lie feels\na little grumpy. It would appear that\nthus far, the little tots \"have to\nmake the best of a bad job.\"\nWhen they grow a little older,\nthey aro sent to school. What a\nrelief, Bays the weary mother! But\nthe poor child, what of it? Forced to go to school; forced to learn\na thousand and one useless bits of,\nso-called education; forced to their\nlittle minds subservient to that of\nan lll.natured\u00E2\u0080\u0094or perhaps a good\nnatured\u00E2\u0080\u0094school-marm, who feels\nherself, as does the child, although\nPerhaps unconsciously so, a victim\nof circumstances. The things they\nwould love to do are forbidden them.\nThe things they hate to do, they\nmust do. Is tt any wonder that their\ntittle minds rebel, and that in later\nlife that rebellion takes the form of\nan anti-social attitude towards the\ncommunity in which they livo,\nIf it were alt to a good purpose we\nmight forgive, but it Isn't. Those\nwho are happiest\u00E2\u0080\u0094and after all, true\nhappiness is no mean goal ln life\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nare those who are engaged in doing\nthat which oihey like best. Being\nforced to do something one dislikes\nall one's life, does not make us bett.\nor men or women. It does, however,\nmak us, ftvhat we are wont to turn,\nthe want of a better name, reb-\nUnion]\nTVTOW that the recent controversy\nbetween the Musicians' union and\nthe Famous Players Canadian corporation, Ltd., has ended satisfactorily\nto all concerned, it Is felt that a word\nor two to our fellow workers is necessary in order to correct some erroneous impressions of our demands, when\ncomparisons detrimental to our cause\nmay be made with those of others who\ntoil in the general field of labor.\nThe fact that we were asking for a\nreduction of a working day of six\nhours, to that of five and one-half, except on rehearsal days, when another\ntwo and one-half hours are allowed;\nand we were determined if necessary\nto endure a lock-out of a prolonged\nperiod rather than submit, may cause\na gasp of astonishment to those who\nspend eight or even ten hours a day\nfollowing their vocations. Our demand possibly might seem unjust and\narbitrary, if it were not for the point\nthat it ls generally acknowledged by\nall play and not work. Let them remember that the finished product has\nbeen the result of years of effort, consistent and laborious; that ln addition\nto their performance, there are the rehearsals, private practice and indivL\ndual commitments to an outlay on instruments, often expensive ' which\nagain have to be constantly renewed;\nthen again let lt be noted that the\nphysical and nervous strain which\nthey undergo has a deleterious effect\non their system; and finally due to a\ncapricious public, who are forever\nclamoring for novelties other than\nthe legitimate side of the art, their\noccupation becomes precarious when\nunemployment is the result and by the\nvery nature.of their calling which has\ndemanded so Intensive and so exhaustive an application to their profession\nwhen they are out they are in many\ncases not fit for anything else.\n_ With this brief explanation of our\nprofession to those who may misunderstand our position we hope that\n.. , , ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E ... .. . .any ideas that we are a grasping body\nthose who are familiar with the musi- which ^^ for much and giveB mUe\nMANCEUVRING UNDERSTOOD\nllNTKBNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF\nBoilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 era of America, Local 194\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meetings Irst\nland third Mondays In each month In Holden\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Building. President, P. Willis; secreUry, A.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Fraser. OBce hoars, 9 to 11 e.m. and 8 to 6\nhr\nlOIVIO EMPLOYEES UNION\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets Brat\nI and third Fridays ln each month, at 448\n| Richards Street. President, David CuthlU.\n12863 Albert Street; secretary-treasurer, Geo.\n| Harrison, 1183 Parker Btreet.\nI ENGINEERS \u00E2\u0080\u0094 INTERNATIONAL UNION\nJ. of Steam and Operating, Loesl 882\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nI Meets every Wednesday at 8 p.m., Room\n1 806 Holden Bldg. President, Charles Priee;\nI business agent and financial secreUry, F. U\nI Hunt; Recording secretary, J. T. Venn.\n[ MUSICIANS' MUTUAL \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 PROTECTIVE\nUNION, Loeal 145, A. F. of M.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meets in\nG.W.V.A. Auditorium, 901 Dunsmuir Street,\nsecond Sunday at 10 ajn. Preaident, Harry\nPearson, 991 Nelson Street; secreUry B. A.\nJamleson, 991 Nelson Strsst; financial secretary, W. E. Williams, 991 Nelson Street\norganiser, F. Fletoher, 991 Kelson Street.\nI FEDERATED SEAFARERS' UNION OF B.\n0.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Meeting nights, Int Tuesday and Srd\nFriday of eaeh month at headquarters, 811\nOordova Street Wast. President, D. Gtller\npit; vice-president, John Johnson; sserstary-\ntreaaurer, Wm. Donaldson, address 818 Oor\nleva Straet West. Braneh agent's address:\nOeorge Faulkner, 576 Johnson Street, Vic-\n'torts, B. 0. ______\nIVhE VANCOUVER THEATRICAL FBDEB-\nI ATION\u00E2\u0080\u0094MeeU at 091 Nelson Slrest, at 11\n1a.m. on tha Tuesday pwMdlng tha 1st Bn*\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0day of tha month. President, fcl*Jim*\nlaaa, 991 Nelson St.; Becrettry, 0, H. Wll-\n[Hams. 991 He. aon St j Boslnese Agent, F\nBfletcher, .991 Nelson St.\t\nITTPOGBAPHIOAL UNION, No. 338\u00E2\u0080\u0094mull dent, R. P. Pettlpleet: vlef president. J.\n|M. Bryan; seewUryt\u00C2\u00BBasnrar, B. H. Nae-\n'lands, P. 0, Boi 88. MaeU last Sunday of\neach month at 9 p.m. In Holden Building, 19\nHastings Street East. _\n[\u00E2\u0080\u00A2PRINCE RUPERT TTPOGBAPHIOAL\nII UNION, No. 411-FniMat, &\u00C2\u00A3. MM'\nJ'duull aemurrtreasnrer, J. If. Campbell,\nI p. 0. Box 819. MeaU lut Thnralay of eaeh\nMth.\nfor\nels. It will always be so. If our lives\ncoutd but be lived In such a manner\nas to devotop all the highest and\nnoblest attributes which we possess\nand thus bring to a full fruition all\nthe glorious potentialities which\noach and every one of Uh possesses,\n*o a greater or less degree, this could\nhe, it would be, a glorious paradise.\nAs it is we are In a world, not of\nour own choslng. Our parents have\nbeen forced upon us. Our environments are not 0f our own making,\nThe hereditary characteristics with\nwhich we have been endowed, for\nbetter or for worse, we perhaps, had\nwe the freedom to do it, would glad.\nIy hand them back to the givers,\nfree of all encumbrances. Thus we\nare handlcarped at tho very com\nmencement of the race. And that is\nnot all. Once wo participate\nfind that wo are handicapped\novery aide. Instead of finding that\nthe obtaining of our livllhood is but\nthe means to an end, we are con-\nfronted with this stern reality, that\nfor the most of us, it is taking tho\nreal joy out of living, and that is \"tho\nfact that this earning of a livllhood\nnow turns out to be, through the\nforce of circumstances, which by the\nway are quite unnecessary\u00E2\u0080\u0094to be tho\nend Itself. Suoh is life as it is to.day.\nHowever, there Is a silver lining to\nevery cloud. Th* dny Is not far dls\ntant, many of us feel, when our\nsocial system will be changed, and\nIn such a manner that wo will all be\nenabled to more or less ignore tho\nsordid side of life, that of merely\ncal profession, that on account of the\ncondensed energy and concentration\nwhich a musician must undergo In\ngiving service; his six hours a day\nwithout adequate rest periods, ls\nequal to ten hours of an ordinary occupation, and the five and one-half to\nthat of the eight hours per diem for\nwhich labor is striving for throughout\nthe entire civilised world.\nThe result then, is that unless some\nsteps were taken, the continuance of\nour musicians breaking down under\nthe nervous and exhaustive strain, accompanied often by eye trouble; particularly ln picture theatre orchestras\non account of sustaining sound either\nby string or wind for periods of an\nhour and a quarter, to an hour and a\n.half has contributed largely to making many into mental and physical\nIn the early days of the motion picture no attempt was made by the orchestras to give a close interpretation\nto the action on the screen. A programme of music was discoursed, not\nmuch .different to that of a band or\norchestra playing at a garden party,\nfor the pleasure of their patrons with\nintervals between every number. But\nnowadays, the system has entirely\nchanged. We have now what is called\nsynchronized interpretation, i; e.,\nevery cue or action that takes place\non the screen, must be visualized by\nan exact setting in music; and it must\nbe continuous from orchestra to organ,' and vice versa when relieving\neach other; so it must be realized, to\nexpect orchestras of the type to perform on periods or sessions of playing\nvarying from one hour, to one and a\nhalf hours with a working day similar\nto other trades and crafts, is physically Impossible and beyond all human\nendurance.\nSume capital has been made of tin\nfact, that our players in the flrst class\nhouses are handsomely rewarded with\na salary of ?50 per week. Well, lti\nSan Francisco, Now York, etc., many\nhouses pay $70 and upwards per\nweek; while in symphony work, which\nis far less arduous, though, perhaps in\ndetail more technical, there are some\nwho obtain $100 or more per week.\nHowever, there are other places of\namusement besides first-class houses,\nwhere our musicians perform, and\nsome do not receive much more than\n$25 or $30 per week, out of which tt is\nexpected they must provide for their\nown instruments, unless they are' organists or pianists.\nWhen lt is considered that lt takes\neight yearB to make a moderate player\nand often fifteen years, even after\nhaving the advanntage of studying\nat o college or conservatoire\u00E2\u0080\u0094entailing further fees lor instruction\u00E2\u0080\u0094to\nproduce a first-class player sufflcl\nently skilled so as to render justice\nto the class of music required by a flrst-clasB house;\nthen remember that most ol\nhis early years while gaining experience, his remuneration is a pittance.\nAdd to that, his profession, is very\nprecarious. Often by the whim of the\npublic, he may be thrown out of-employment, on account of some change\nin the Instrumentation due to a passing fancy, such for example as the\npresent craze for Jazz. The salary of\n$50 per week, therefore, Is anything\nbut an exorbitant demand on the theatrical management.\nPossibly If the salaries of the professional musician throughout his\ncareer could be averaged, the sum per\nwoek would in nil probability be below\nmony others, who nre able almost Immediately after their apprenticeship\nhas terminated, to be at their full earning power; and yet there are crafts\nand professions, it must be said without disparagement to them, that require little more than one to five years\ncompared to the musician's eight to\nfifteen years to learn their business.\nUnfortunately this docs not entirely\nsum up our case. It has to be reipem-\nbered that while the time taken\ntrain a musician Is very extensive, he\nor she is still not finished. Ability to\nn player Is never at a standstill. We\nare either going backwards or for\nwards. Woe to the man who thinkB\nhe has learned It all, for ns sure as\nthere Is a sun above us, he will And\nthat ln the Intense competition such\nas exists in our proreBSlon\u00E2\u0080\u0094let It be\nIn all fairness stated, as what does not\nexist elsewhere\u00E2\u0080\u0094that person will be\novertaken, and he will Join the ranks\nof the \"has beens.\" Continual application and study Is necessary not only\nIn order to retnln skill but also to\nretain It ,so that a musician Ih never\nfinished.\nIn conclusion, our friends when they\nattend a concert or a picture theatre,\nand listen,to what Is after all the most\nbeautiful and uplifting art in existence\nnamely, that of music, should not al\ntn return, will be removed; and that\non the contrary, our- cause is deserving of the sympathy of all those who\ntoll for an existence, mental or\nphysical.\nFranco-German Trade Pact Worries Financiers of Qreat\nBritain\nBig Bnsiness Ever on Look-out\nfor Field of Commerce to\nExploit\nWE do not share the worries, regarding this trade-pact, that our\nrelations \"across the pond\" are supposed to be experiencing respecting\nthese affairs. We have other worries\nwhich are more vital to\nwelfare.\nHowever, it is th. \u00E2\u0080\u009Em oW 8tory|\nour own\nOne country\nearning our livllhood, and we will\nthen bo enabled to develop the higher and the nobler tendencln and\npotentialities within us, ns God him\nself, we feel sure, primarily intend\ned that we should.\nit is the\nof money and of war.\nfears that its rival Is going to put\nsomething over on It. That sounds\nvery well, but as a matter of fact\nthe country, or the people should\nnot concern themselves about such\nmatters Such rivalry i8 purely and\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 mply between the the various international trading groups in the\nvarious countries. Occasionally they\nfeel that they a,-e being outwitted-\nor something like that Then they\n\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ing up the question of \"national\nhonor.' or the \"very ltWa blood 0\nour nation \" or a few other such ap.\nPealing phrases. The daily press\nowned and controUed by these'arge\nfinancial interests, either d,\u00E2\u0080\u009Ec\u00C2\u00A3\nor -indirectly, usea its influenced\n\u00C2\u00AB a rule it succeeds-m convincing\nthe common people that their (the\nPeople's) rights are in jeopardy.\nThe big interests of England can\nsee danger ahead for themselves, for\nheyrea,, fu\u00E2\u0080\u009E we\u00E2\u0080\u009E_thoy\nrom experience, that \"big business\"\nknows no flag, it carries on where\nit is found profitable so to do\nwhether it be /with its one time one\nmy or Its most beloved ally. Those\nof us who believed that such bitter\nanimosity existed between the peo-\n23 .* *f-e ^nd Ge\u00E2\u0084\u00A2w wm\nfind it hard to understand any trade\npact between the interests of these\ntwo countries. Those of us, on the\nother hand, who have seen the hias-\nor hand of the big interests at work\nthroughout the past decade, can ena.\nUy understand their manceuvurlng.\nThey are ever on the lookout for\nsome field of commerce or business\nto exploit for their 'personal gain.\nThey care not whose rights they\ntrample underfoot so long ns they\nwin. If it Is necessary for them to\nbring about a war between France\nand England, they would not hesitate so long as they wero not In tho\nfront line.\nSo long as nations aro being controlled hy those whose private interests are diametrically opposod to\nthose of the citizens in general,\nthen we need have little hope of a\nPermanent pence.\" The influnce and\ncontrol, as exercised by the big Interests in Germany, France and\nEngland Is tho one factor that is\nproducing a needlessly hard and nr.\nduous tnsk for lhe statesmen of\nthose various countries. The heads\nof these governments wuuld find\nmuch ground In common, and very\nHttle In dispute if the financial interests were eliminated.\nPremiers MacDonald and Herrlot\nhave, In the opinion of many of s,\nbeen too Inclined of late, to hark-\nen to the call of tho financial barons,\nrather than to the needs of tho peo.\npie. Their task, however, is an\nenormous one, and we must be patient for a time, at least. They are,\nno doubt, having many obstacles\nplaced in their way, of which we\nknow but little. They ore men who\nhave our ovory confidence and we\nfeel that they arc doing their best\nIn face of their difficulties.\nOne thing, they must ever bear In\nmind, howover, Is that every act they\nperform, must have as its ultimate\ngoal, the emancipation of the great\nmass of mankind.\nThoir Interests alone must ultimately predominate. Any govern.\nmont thnt has not such an Ideal, as\nIts flnnal objective must sooner or\nInter pass out of existence, regardless\nof whom may be in control. A labor\ngovornment would be no exception\nif It failed to recognizo this fact,\nWhen the foodstuffs that aro\ngrown, the materials thot are manu-\nFOREIGN HEWS ITEM.\nUnsettled Conditions Prevail in\nDifferent Lands Among the\nWorkeri\nRumania\nAmerican capital has been dealt a\nsharp slap ln the face by the new mining law. The Bucharest government\nwill not lease additional fields until 60\nper cent, of their capital ls in Rumanian hands. It has been estimated\nthat this act amounts to a confiscation\nof foreign property equal to $150,000,-\n000.\nPersia\nThe murder of Imbrie, the American consul last July, was evidently\nthe outcome of more than his\nrash action in trying to take a picture\nof a religiously-excited crowd on their\nholy day. Oil interests were apparently Involved. The influence of Britain and Russia had been exerted to\nsecure advantages and. defeat each\nother's aims, and American forces are\ninvolved In the struggle between the\nSinclair and Standard Oil companies.\nIn spite of criticisms in the press\nagainst the American advisers of the\ngovernment, four more American experts were engaged. - *\nPhilippines\nIndependence was promised the\nFilipinos in 1916 as soon as a stable\ngovernment could be established.\nWhen the United States took over\ngovernment at the end of the nineteenth century, they found a more or\nless deep culture and more than 2000\npublio schools and various institutions\nof higher education. The people have\nprogressed much since that time as\nregards education, public health, administration of Justice, etc, and now\ntheir one wish Js independence. The\nUnited States object to this on the\nground that the Philippines may fall a\nvictim to some great and ambitious\npower; ln other words, they prefer to\nexploit the people themselves. But according to the president of the Philippine senate, the people feel capable of\nlooking after themselves, and ln any\ncase they have a better opinion of the\nrest of the world than has America,\nprobably because they do not happen\nto be a great power.\nEgypt\nPremier MacDonald is in a difficult\nposition. He must realize that Britain\nis breaking her promise to Egypt in\nnot giving her the absolute independence promised for assistance In the\nwar. Independence must surely include evacuation by the British troops\nfrom the whole country, including the\nSuez canal region. On the other hand\nIt is easy to account for capitalist unwillingness to evacuate the country.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Table \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nGramophones\n(As Illustrated)\nWonderful Value at\n$13.75\nWe don't think like value has ever been offered\nbefore. We bought severnl hundreds of them, and it is\nr- - _^_fM only, because we\nE--lii-.i-i;__________S^| bought them in a\ni I large quantity that\n*%\u00C2\u00BB' we can sell them for\nW this low price.\nThe case measures 11 x 12 inches; has a speaking\nfront, concert sound box, nickel front turntable,\nstop, tone arm and regulator. It has a splendid\ntone, and plays all makes of records. Really\nwonderful value at $13.75.\nVANCOUVER, B. 0.\nThe only progress which is really\neffective depends, not upon the boun\nty of nature, but upon the energy\nof man.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Buckle.\nfactured, and the various natural resources of this, and othor lands that\nmay be developed, are utilized\nwholly and solely for the good bf\nmankind rather than being used as\nthey are to.day, to enrich a fow fin\nancial barons, we would have no need\nto fear trade pacts, or any other\nkind of pacts. *\nFOR SALE\nLot'33xl20 feet, on 13th Avenue West, Kitsilano.\nPrice $500\nTerms\u00E2\u0080\u0094$50.00 down, $10.00 per month.\nAPPLY BOX \"C,\" FEDERATIONIST OFFICE,\n1129 HOWE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.\nHere tt is\noivei STAFF\nTHE MASTERPIECE OF BEERMAKING\nThe New. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 PAGE FOUR\nsixteenth year. No. 37 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vAncouyn,\naa\nFRIDAY September 12, 1-2.\nHere's Your\nJ HAVE just received 600\nGrey and Khaki Flannel\nShirts that I am putting on\nthe market for $1.95. These\nShirts were made by an Eastern firm that had too much\ncloth and had to sell.\nSizes 14y_ to 18 (large bodies). You and I both benefit\nat\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$1.95\nSOME SNAP\nW.B.Brummitt\n18-20 Oordova St. West\nLewis Piano\nSpecials\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094SEE IHE NEW-\nSTUDENT MODEL\nBeethoven Piano\nA beautiful toned little Instrument,\nstanding 3 feet 8 1-2 Indies high,\nespecially suitable for apartment\nhouses and small suites, etc. Every\npiano fully guaranteed by tbe makers.'\nSee these before deciding.\n$350.00\nOn Buy Teraa Without Interest.\nLewis Leads! Follow Who Cant\nLEWIS PIANO HOUSE\nLTD.\n1044 GRANVILLE STKEET\nVANCOUVER. B. O.\nBetween he Devil and the Deep Sea\nBritish capitalists are between the\ndevil and the deep sea. The .dominions want to flnd markets for their\nsurplus agricultural products and they,\ntherefore, ask for a preference tariff.,\nIf this Is granted, food prices will rise\nin Britain and the cost of production\ngoes up. On the other hand, the principal oxport to the overseas dominions Is textile machinery. But soon\nthe dominions will ne producing this\nfor themselves. Meanwhile, something like 62 per cent, of Britain's\ntrade is with countries outside the em- <\npire; and, if a preference is given to\ndominion products, reprisals may be\nexpected, and a blow civen to the ex- ,\nport trade, i\nTIMELY TOPICS\nTJIS HOLINESS THE POPE and sev-\niJ\" eral other pillars of the church,\nare taking a remarkable attitude with\nregard to short sleeves and low-\nnecked dresses. We would remlna\nthem that \"modesty is mainly an accidental result of the Invention of\nclothes. Narrow-mindedness never\ngets anyone anywhere.\nLet them obey who know not how j\nto rule.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Shakespeare. , \"\nDR. W. F. E. DURRANT\nCHIROPRACTOR\nPalmer Graduate\nBackache, Sprains, Rheumatism, Stomach and all Internal Troublea.\nSIXTH FLOOR (615)\nDOMINION BANK BUILDING\n207 HASTINGS ST. W.\nPhone, Seymour 19(16\nWe wonder if these reverend gentlemen realize that their objection to\nbare arms and necks gives the show\naway with regard to themselves.\nEither they are guilty of thinking\nthere is something unworthy about\narms and necks and, therefore, in effect, criticize the Creator (and criticism, to them, is surely a heresy) or\nelse they advertise the fact that they\nare evil-minded.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * *\n^According to J. St. Clair King, the\ncleverest and ableBt lawyers in congress have been unable to devise a law\nregulating child labor that can win the\nsanction of the supreme court. For\nyears the employers of child labor\nhave successfully fought legislation affecting the welfare of child laborers.\nThese employers maintain high-priced\nlobbyists for the purpose of influencing legislation in their favor.\n* * *\nA large proportion of America's\nboasted prosperity is obtained through\nchild labor factories, quarries and on\nfarms. There is a good deal of home\nmanufacturing\u00E2\u0080\u0094the making of jewelery, knitted goods and lace, for instance\u00E2\u0080\u0094done by children between five\nand seven.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * *\nWe are told that this is due to the\ngreed of parents who live from the\ntoil of their children. We would like\nto give the devil his duo, and point\nout that the greedy capitalists exploit the children, because their work\nis cheaper in proportion. The parents\nare simply driven to depend on tbeir\nchildren's earnings to some extent, for\nchildren can generally more easily obtain work than adults.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWe don't usually indulge ln swearwords, so we hasten to add that the\nfollowing is not ours, but an extract\nfrom a speech by a clergyman, Lieut-\nColonel Dudley, of New Tork, pastor\nof the Frst Congregational church: \"I\nwould send the God damn pacifists to\nhell.\" This from a churchman con-\nfirms our fears that the church, or\nsome sections thereof, will be the finest recruiting agents In the next war.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWe would not like to offend our\nreaders by printing the adjectives\nDudley used in regard to the working\nclass. The mildest thing he said was\nthis: \"Do you want a dictatorship of\na drove of pigs substituted for a government of decent men?\" Then they\ncondemn us working class folks for\nbeing 'class-conscious! Class consciousness In the form of snobbery is the\nusual attitude of the elect, and they\nonly despise us because we do the toil\nand dirty work for the community.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWe sincerely hope that true Americans are thoroughly ashamed of the\nactivities of the Ku Klux Klan,1'and we\nhope that Canadians will resist every\neffort to form a similar organization\nin Canada. \"Murder, floggings, tar-\nrlngs, burnings are among somo of Its\ngallant exploits.\" And all because\npeople have a different viewpoint.\nTruly, we cannot afford to condemn\ntho Italian Fascisti when the \"land of\nthe free\" has to employ such methods\nto maintain its madhouse kind of\ncapitalism,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* * *\nTwo thousand lots up at the coming\ntax sales in South Vancouver. * That\nsounds as though prosperity Is a long\nway around the corner. Yet they persist in telling us that Vancouver Is In\nfor a great era of prosperity; that\nf business Is picking up, etc., etc. Still,\nwe shouldn't expect anything else. We\nhave the past activities of this crowd\nto guide us and there has never been\nanything very enlightening or encouraging about it.\n\u00C2\u00AB- * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nMacDonald's speech angers \"Pertl-\nnax,\" the French nationalist writer.\nThe speech would surely have been a\nfailure if lt hadn't have done so. Our\nFrench nationalist friends believe\u00E2\u0080\u0094at\nleast they say so\u00E2\u0080\u0094that we cannot have\npeace assured us unless by force. MacDonald believes that we cannot have\npeace with force. There's a difference! The one has been a dismal fa.il-\nur. That we know from experience.\nThe other could not be a greater failure by any chance.\nOUR SYSTEM\nOF EDUCATION\nFresh Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plants,\nOrnamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florets' Sundries\nBrown Brothers & Co. Ltd.\nFLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN s\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A018 Huting. Street East 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094STORES\u00E2\u0080\u00942 655 OranvUle Street\nSey. __8-87a \"SAY IT WITH FLOWER8\" Sey. 9513-1311\nFOR SALE\nLot 66 x 120 feet, corner McDonald and 13th Avenue,\nKitsilano.\nPrice $1,000\nTerms\u00E2\u0080\u0094$50 down, $10.00 per month.\nAPPLY BOX \"D,\" FEDERATIONIST OFFICE,\n1129 HOWE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.\nFOR SALE\nQuarter-Acre Lot on Dow Road, between Victory\nand Trafalgar, Burnaby.\nPrice $400\nTerms\u00E2\u0080\u0094$50.00 down, $10.00 per month.\nThis lot, which has been cleared for building, has a\nmagnificent view overlooking the North Arm.\nAPPLY BOX \"A,\" FEDERATIONIST OFFICE,\n1129 HOWE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.\nApparently some of our Italian\nfriends in America are not kindly disposed towards Mussolini and his fascist! eane. Lieut. Locatelli had his official welcome at New York marred on\naccount of^he strong anti-fascist! feeling running rampant there. Even the\nfascisti are finding that they cannot\nmake this old system function in a\nsatisfactory manner. Well, it cannot\nbe 'done. They are foolish\" wasting\ntheir time trying.\nIn one of our recent Rotarian publications, one of the contributors\nseemed to go a long way out of the\nusual course to praise the young patriots of Italy\u00E2\u0080\u0094the fascist!, if you\nplease\u00E2\u0080\u0094for their valiant services to\ntheir country. Our Rotarian friends\nmust be willing to believe anything,1 if\nthey believe that propaganda. We\nthink they are a little inclined to\nflounder a bit, when lt comes to solving our real social problems. Tbat\nstunt of theirs, \"Prosperity is Just\naround the corner,\" was a wonder.\n* * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\"Jerry\" McGeer stands ready to assist Premier Oliver in the freight rates\nfight. \"Honest\" John need not fear,\nbeing left alone In that struggle, when\nhe so lavishly\u00E2\u0080\u0094at least his government\u00E2\u0080\u0094hands out the cash remunerations for services rendered that has\nbeen done In the past in connection\nwith the freight rates fight. Well,\n\"Jerry,\" It has gotten moulding brass\nbeaten to a standstill, hasn't it,\n* * *\n\"Arrested on charge of attempting\nown life,\" reads a recent headline, in\nour local press. This is a funny world\nisn't it? Driven to desperation by Ill-\nhealth, or worry of -some kind, and\nduring such a period of depression he\ncommits an indiscreet act, now he is\narrested. Yet some large bank or corporation will so conduct their business\nas to ruin thousands of Individuals and\nforce them to the verge of starvation\nand they can get away with it. Get the\npoor devil who Is helpless, and down\nand out seems to be the game. To em-\nharass an already distracted wife,\nmeans nothing.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * * ' *\nIt seems odd not to hear of \"Our\nLloyd George\" receiving wonderful\novations down at Geneva these days.\nWe are sure ha must miss them.\nThere is this to be thankful for, at\nleast, Mr. George, a better man, en-\nJoys that honor, though he is perhaps\nmuch less concerned about these ovations than yourself.\n* * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nOversubscribed! The Dominion of\nCanada offering of $26,000,000 waa\noversubscribed and the books closed\nFriday noon last. Can you blame our\nNew York friends when they can \"feet\na good dollar for 90 cents, while at,\nthe same time draw 4 % per cent, interest on the dollar? Now, we suppose, if we have any , differences j\namong ourselves the Urtited States,\narmy and navy will be called upon to1\npreserve the rights of foreigners. That\nis the usual procedure. That will be a '\nwonderful card for our anti-labor\nforces to play some day. Oh, they\nhave foresight, alright.\nAt the Orpheum\nThe Orpheum circuit's banner European importation of the year, '\"The\nImperial Russian Players,\" an aggre- j\ngation of thirty clever Slav artists,\nheads the new vaudeville bill opening\nnext Thursday. Their offering Is a j\nbizarre and exotic novelty featuring I\nVlasta Maslova, Philip Pelz Sympho-,\nnlc~ Orchestra of 24, and Olga Kazan-;\nRkaya, known In Russia as \"Olga,- the\nNightingale.\" The act comprises the\nfinest fancies in song and dance, these\nentertainers having been former\nprime favorites of ex-Czar Nicholas at'\nthe winter palace of Petrograd. The\nbig orchestra is entirely of stringed instruments, and there Is a also a ilus-\nslan made quartette. This act will assuredly set Vancouver agog. Blackface Eddie Ross, veteran minstrel\nman and a headliner wherever he ap-.\npears, brings his \"African harp\" and\nplays lt as lt should be played. Will\nFox and his company will also present\n\"The Story of a \"Man Who Bought an\nAutomobile,\" a satire which makes for\nclean and clever entertainment, Ze-\nlaya, noted South American pianist\nand master of music, wit and philosophy, Is also an authority on psycho-,\nlogy, new thought, unity and theoso-\nphy; his offering is distinctly novel\nand \"different\" to the ordinary vaudeville turn. Collins and Hart are two\n\"athletes\" of a new order who surprise\ntheir audiences and create riots of\nfun. Les 01.ei.zl are also athletes, but\nof a totally different order. Their\nequilibrist ic ' attainment is thrilling\nand genuine. Downey and Claridge\nhave a now offering which tbey call\n\"Walt and See,\" The usual pictures\ncloso this fino show.\nHad Barnum observed politics\nwith as great an Interest as he observed the circus, bo would havo realized\ntbat tho politician Is more adept in\nihe art'of fooling the people than\nthe cleverest of showmen.\nRend in Your J.nmllt. Orders Now\nPrices for The B. C. Federationist\nordered in bundles: Fifty for ?2, loo\nfor $3.50, 600 for ?10. Mailed to any\naddress.\n[Nemesis]\n1 TT WAS rather confusing to read the\n1 recent controversy on our system of\neducation, confusing because of the\ndiversity of viewpoints from whicb\nthe various interests expressed their\nopinions thereon, and because we have\nno system of education in vogue.\nWe have read of tne dissatisfaction\nin many minds regarding our educational methods; we noticed that the\nbusiness man got up and expressed\nhimself somewhat as follows: \"You\nteach the children many things of no\nvalue to them in after life, In the\ngreat struggle for profits. Teach them\nmore on business lines; it will pay.\nYou are wasting much good money\non them now\u00E2\u0080\u0094a blood-red sin.\"\nUp sprang the parson and exploded:\n\"You are heathens. You' are not Instructing your children in religion;\nyou are starving their souls and depriving them of the chance to make\ngood in the next world, and the\nchurches are suffering on that account.\"\nThen the representative of labor-Intervened and said: \"Your education is\nnot practical enough; fit your children\nfor the workshop nnd give them a\nchance to make good at the benoh in\nthe coming great struggle which is intensifying with each year.\"\nThen up whirled the flaming loyalist: \"Your hjstory books are infamous. They place foreigners of all sorts\non a level with British subjects. Let\nus have new history books and wave,\nwave the flag for ever.\"\nAnd so on and so on; each shouts\nfrom his own little corner, and confusion rages, and will rage for a long\ntime yet.\nWhen I said wc have no educational\nsystem, perhaps I should have mora*\nclearly expressed myself, if I had said,\nour so-called system of education is\na system of instruction merely. If you\nobtain a copy of tbe school law and\nread it carefully, you will find that\nthe school life of the child is divided\ninto certain periods, in each of which\na certain amount of knowledge\u00E2\u0080\u0094so\nmany pages in a reading book, so\nmany rules of arithmetic, etc., etc.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nis outlined to be imparted to forty or\nfifty children by one teacher doing tbe\nset period, and that is about all there\nis to* our so-called system of education now under fire of the critics-\nOur children are treated exactly as\nIf thoy were so many machines, all\ncapable of performing so many footpounds of work in a given time. I am\nconscious that I am employing a poor\nmetaphor here, because we have more\nconsideration for our machines (because we reckon their worth ln dollars, I suppose) than we have for our\nchildren. We recognize the difference\nin capability of our machines, and one\nnever hears of anyone except a manlat\ntalking of cracking stones with a sewing machine.\nBut like 'everything else on this\nearth, our education must be performed at the cheapest rate; and so we find\nour present system In vogue. The\nteacher is appointed at the lowest salary he can accept, and he Is presented\nwith forty or fifty scholars and the\nschool law, and he is expected to treat\nthem all alike\u00E2\u0080\u0094so many facts, in a\ncertain time, to be rammed willy-nilly\ninto each and all of them; and the\nresult Is soul depressing work for the\ninstructor, and as very intense dislike for school in the pupil's mind. It\ncould not be otherwise under the circumstances. If anyone wishes his\nchildren to be educated he must do it\nhimself or they will get no education.\nFor centuries the world's producers\nwere allowed to exist in absolute ignorance, and only when economic reasons forced the employers to give\nthem some form of instruction was\nany form of systematic, public instruction introduced and, of course, it was\nthen made compulsory, and from\nthen till now, that instruction has\nbeen added to nnd regulated, merely\nin response to the needs of the ever-\nintensifying economic struggle for existence of the individuals and the nations.\nThere has been no. attempt to educate, because educated and thinking proletarians are not desired,\nmerely trained ones\u00E2\u0080\u0094trained to do\ntheir masters' work like the trainod\nstage-dogs.\nThere are two qualities possessed\nby man, which have been entirely\noverlooked in the past by our so-called\neducational authorities, which, however, play a great part in our lives and\npossess immense possibilities for the\nrace, if taken in hand and proper!*\ntrained or educated, that is, trained in\na direction which will tend to Increase\nthe happiness and comfort of the race.\nThe qualities I refer to are those of\ninquisltiveness and Imagination. Take\nthe first-mentioned one. It is a noble\nquality and, properly educated, a\ngreat power for progress and devel.\nopment.\nUnder existing conditions, a charge\nof being inquisitive contains a reflection on the conduct and good Judgment of'the person so charged and, ot\ncourse, there Is a wide difference between the man of science spending\nhis whole life seeking to unravel the\nmysteries of nature and the old lady\neagerly panting to discover what form\nof mischief her neighbor ts hatching\nbehind her drawn blinds. One represents the trained and properly directed quality, the other the untrained\nqunlity left to the unfettered Instincts\nof tho primeval savage.\nA truo education thon would consist\nin training the qualities nature has\nImplanted In the child so lhat thoy\nmay be exorcised for the happiness\nof the Individual an\u00C2\u00ABiiai;a\u00C2\u00ABM\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB,\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB* -*tn\ nxtstans.\n-\nTRIAL BUNDLE ORDERS\u00E2\u0080\u0094Twenty-five or more copies, iy_ cents per copy.\nagree on a system of true education by\nwhich each mental quality tho child\npossesses shall bo developed to bene-'\nflt the child and the race. They win\nfind it expensive, of course, as no\nteacher can properly guide and educate the large number of children that\nour present instruction system requires of them; and equally, of course,\nI am sadly aware that the expense\nwill prevent the adoption of any real\nsystem of education, which I fear\nmust wait till the tottering, old proflt\nsystem has cashed-in its last cheque.'\nAnother subject,_whlch might with\nadvantage receive more attention than\nit does at present, Is that of pure logic\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094I mean by that logic, unassociated\nwith any other subject such as mathematics. Man possesses logical qualities, and should be properly educated;\nbut as there is false logic, as well as\ntrue, care and watchful supervision\nwould be necessary ln Its application\nwhen dealing with children.\nLet me illustrate what I mean by\ntwo simple syllogisms:\nFirst\u00E2\u0080\u0094(1) Your masters own the\nearfh. (2) They kindly let you eat,\ndrink and exist In return for your labor. (3) Therefore, it is your simple\nduty to love, honor and obey them\nto the utmost of your nature.\nOn the surface this seems true\nenough; but, more seriously considered, one finds it to be false, because the\npremises are false, and show that logic\nIs not always to be relied upon\u00E2\u0080\u0094unless it be associated with true morality, In a somewhat different form the\nhuman race has been subjected to influences resembling the above for long\ncenturies.\nSecond\u00E2\u0080\u0094(1) Your masters do not\nown the earth, but have unlawfully\ntaken possession of it. (2) By being\nIn possession they are able to enslave\nthe rest of mankind. (3) Therefore,\nthe only hope left to mankind is to retake the earth and work it for the\ngood of all.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Fmally, let us insist that our children be educated in the true morality,\nthat is, ln the observance of the one\ngreat, eternal, moral law, which the\ntruest and greatest of earth's teachers\nreferred to when he spoke of \"The\nLaw.\"\nGive Bread First\nPlace in Your\nDiet <&\nj&\niii VERY task you undertake\u00E2\u0080\u0094mental or manual\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nevery \"lick of work\" you do \"eats up\" energy.\nKeep your furnace fires feoinfc with plenty of good\nfuel-food-BREAD.\nBREAD IS YOUR BEST FOOD\nEAT MORE OF IT\nTHAT hurried mid-day meal\u00E2\u0080\u0094make it a luncheon of delicious\ngolden-crusted Bread with a bowl of creamy rich milk\u00E2\u0080\u0094perfect\nfuel-food for the human dynamo. \u00C2\u00AB\nWhen wars do come, they fall upon the many, the producing class,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0who are the sufferers.\u00E2\u0080\u0094General\nGrant.\nDr. Gallant, Chiropractor, 712 Robson\nCTOVES AND RANGES, both malleable and steel,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* McClary's, Fawcett's, Canada Pride, installed\nfree by experts; satisfaction guaranteed. Cash or\n$2.00 per week.\nCanada Pride Range Company Ltd.\n346 Hastings Street East Sey. 2399\nTHE CHOICE OF THE UNIONS\nCATTO'S\nVERY OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY\nTHOROUGHLY MATURED\u00E2\u0080\u0094ONE OF THB MOST POPULAR\nBRANDS AT THB GOVERNMENT STORES\nOOLD LABEL\n15-YEAR-OLD\nAsk for CATTO'S. For sole at aU Government Liquor Stores\nTUl advertisement la not published or displayed by tbo Liquor Control Botrd ox\nby tbo Government of British Colombia\nHave Your Name on the Civic\nVoters' List\n'7% HE next municipal elections will be upon us again before we realize\n*\"^ the fact. Elections are won by the people whose names are on the\nvoters' list No one should take it for granted that because his or her name\nwas on the Ust last year that he or she should not register again this year.\nThe Municipal act calls for a new list every year, and if names pf electors\nare not on the new list they cannot vote.\nLabor is out to win, ahd it can only succeed when every member does his\nor her bit. Therefore, every one should register their names with the city or\nmunicipal clerk.\nAnyone owning property is entitled to vote for mayor, aldermen and\nmoney by-laws, PROVIDED ALWAYS HIS OR HER NAME IS ON THE\nVOTERS' LIST.\nAnyone who is a bona fide tenant of ,a private house or an apartment\nhouse is entitled to vote for mayor and aldermen, PROVIDED ALWAYS\nHIS OR HER NAME IS ON THE VOTERS' LIST.\nAt the present time, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., in the city\nof Vancouver,' at the city hall, in the city clerk's office, the new list for the\nnext election is being revised. Be SURE AND GET YOUR NAME ON\nTHAT LIST.\nSimilar conditions apply to South Vancouver, Point Grey, North Vancouver and Burnaby municipalities.\nNo matter where you reside you should REGISTER YOUR NAMES\nNOW, and then you will be in a position to register your protest on election\nday.\nWM. DUNN,\nSecretary Greater Vancouver Central Council of the Canadian Labor Party."@en . 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