"5dc750e6-4570-4a6e-8f61-2c8d865f226e"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-07-26"@en . "1914-12-26"@en . "The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/disledfer/items/1.0309031/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " i\u00C2\u00BB*^S\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00C2\u00A5'\nIndustrial Unity Is Strength\nThe Official Organ of ^Distr ict No. 18, U. M. W. of A.\nPolitical Unity Is Victory\nNo 18, Vol. vm.\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., DECEMBER 26,1914\n&\"\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00C2\u00AB*5\u00C2\u00BB\ntSSS\n'Hi\nif\n-.A,\n1-4\nD-4S\nIt-\n - i\nF6p a Happy\nCandidate for Mayoralty Honor\nPeace Claims Her Victims\nAs Well as War\nAnother Cave-in Casualty\nPete Anderson Injured\nFor Ue laat few weeks we have,\nunfortunately had to report ntf less\nthaa nine deaths in this District, and\nof thia number Coal Creek has been\n.responsible for three, and all of them\ncaused by cares. True, it is not suggested .that the management is responsible for these accidents, but it must\nbe admitted that caves have been pretty regular at Ooal Creek during the\npast year; although many- hav* not\nbeen fatal. Still, there is evidently\na; little weakness somewhere, ahd it\nis to be hoped that the mine Inspectors\nwill thoroughly investigate this recent\ncase and If some means can be devised to*-minimize tiie dangers arising\nfrom.eaves, then let same be adopted\nregardless of ooBt and inconvenience.\n,. The latest -fatality occurred on -Monday, afternoon, in No. i East'Mine, the\nvictim .feeing Ray Vanmecklin, who\n. -was suffocated When caught under a\ncave of roof coal in No, 4 Right of tbe\ndence is takenbetore a coroner's jury\nsome conclusion may be arrived at.\nDirectly the alarm was raised there\nwas 'no lack of volunteers, who ventured under the falling roof and cleared\naway the debris to extricate the un-\nfortunate man, while iby the time this\nwas accomplished the pulmotor was\non the scene. ThlB instrument iwas\nimmediately applied and every effort\nto resuscitate made, but without avail,\nand after some time the doctor pronounced life extinct. The rescue'party\nwere loath to leave lhe man. until\nevery thing possible had been done,\nand an additional .pulmotor was requisitioned from the Government Rescue Station at 'Pernie.\nTiie horse which was hauling the\ntrip driven by deceased was recovered\nfrom under the cave uninjured.\nDeceased . bad been a resident of\nFernie for some time, was twenty-\nfour year^ of _age_^d_marriid\u00C2\u00BB_^_\nDistrict known as tiie Bast pips in the\nabove mine.\nDeceased was engaged in driving\nwhen the accident hapepned, but his\nregular oocopatlon was digging.. The\nchange of occupations 'was necessitated when earlier in Ute ehlft Che rope\nri*M,iWt\u00C2\u00A3ttitefo*;'lik*--i8lbTod 4o.f\nthe -extent of having his foot badly\ncrushed by n runaway car. The extent of this lujury necessitated his removal to the hospital and a driver by\nthe name of .'Mulligan assumed Corri-\ngam's duties. In this manner Vanmecklin became a driver in tlie place\nof Mulligan. Very shortly after the\nchange bad been effected Vanmecklin\nwas caught under the cave with a trip,\nthe cause of which Is not at present\nhave gone to New York for consulta- j\ntion with you, and considering the\nprobable public criticism of my presence at your office at the time\nwhen it would have been generally\nknown that the answers to the Pre-\n. sident's (proposal was being prepared, I think lt very fortunate that we\n. have been able to make reply direct\nfrom Deliver, with the public fully\ninformed ai to my presence here.\n(Signed) J. P. WeUtorn.\"\nTlie Lee above referred to is Ivy Led-\nbetter Lee. He is the personal employee of Mr. Rockefeller as admitted\nby Mr. Welborn in his testimony, this\nadmission having been forced from the\nreluctant lips of Mr, Welborn on the\nwitness stand, after first positively refusing to answer, and then begging\nfor time to consult counsel as to his\nlegal rights in the matter, and finally\nreceiving permission to d.\u00C2\u00BB so from\nhis eastern employers.\nIf you require further proof, Mr.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2President, as to the sole responsibility\ncf .Mr. Rockefeller, allow me to point\nto the testimony of Mr. Welborn to\nthe effect that, immediately after leaving your presence, at the time submission of this letter In the early part\nof September, he reported directly to\nJohn D. Rockefeller, sr\u00E2\u0080\u009E at .Tarrytown,\nN. Y., in company with John D. Rockefeller, jr., W. I* Mackenzie King, of\nthe Dominion of Canada\u00E2\u0080\u0094also on the\npergonal staff of ;Mr. Rockefeller\u00E2\u0080\u0094and\nMr.' Ivy Lee, -who acted as go-between\nfor .Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Welborn\nTHOMAS UPHILL\nWILL RUN FOR MAYOR\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Having beon requested by\na number of 'the citizens of\nFernie to offer myself as candidate for tl\e mayoralty, I\ntake pleasure | in stating tb.it\nif elected wlljl do as 1 have\ndone In the cipacity of alderman\u00E2\u0080\u0094 i. e.,-put forth my best\neffort to servp the public.\nTITjXMAS UPHILL\nPEt-tNIE-COAt CREliK SAND\nGIVE SUNDAY CONCERTI\nOn December 4th, within about one\nhundred yards of where Vanmecklin\nmet bis death, a similar accident occurred when P. Catenaro. and T. Myers\nwere killed.\n\" Inquest 'Will be held December 30th.\n- In addition to tbe uocldentr reported above, an Italian had hU wriet\nbroken by slipping an J falling across\nIta rail, on Monday last\nIn-tte-preparaironar tBnater to you,\nTHE ClVIC^ ELECTIONS\nSeveral new names will appear on\nthe list of candidates seeking municipal honors this year, included H. E.\nBarnes, manager of the Co-operative\nStore, -and, possibjr a gentleman prominent In labor circles. Mr. Barnes\nhas been -a resident of this town for\nsome years and 'from his business\ntraining, tact audibility should prove\na welcome addition to the council.\nWith T. Uphill irflihe executive chair\nand several men wlio have a thoroughly practical busjpess knowledge to\nsupport htm, the& is no reason why\nthe affairs of tills city should not be\nas ably managed aa heretofore. Possibly some may fhpt regard this as\na compliment, bujt in fairness to tbe\nlate' oounrtl, it ihnst be stated that\nihtty havo hn-an Jirotty Jvi.au; tp.^-^*;;'\nThe above band entertained a goodly\ncrowd in the Grand Theatre on Sun\nday night -and showed marked advancement in their execution of several fine .pieces. The baud on Sunday's\nexhibition has Improved remarkably,\ntbe rhythm and technique being as\nnear perfect as anything heard in this\ntown. The bandsmen and their in\nsiructor are to b,\u00C2\u00BB congratulated upou\nthe improvement an J i!! they improve\nat the same rate there -will.be no\nquestion about the right to participate\nin any grants that the city may have\nto make. Mesdames Percy and 'Mitchell were the stars of. the evening, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nand both were recalled, the latter giving for an encore \"Starlight.\" Both\nladles possess voices of remarkable\nrange und the beautiful clear enunciation makes it a pleasure to listen to\nthem. Clear, and distinct, with just\nsufficient recitative gesticulation to\nemphasize Uie poety of her songs, Mrs.1\nMitchell is a singer tbat is not often\nheard outside of the professional or\ntraincl Sanger's -world.\nWe trust the band will favor with\nanother concert in the near future.\nConservatives Celebrate\nWith a Big Smoker\nPeter Anderson. Scotchman, working ln B. North at Coal Creek, was\nbrought down by a opeelal train, Wednesday afternoon, having received Injuries to tbe upper part of his right leg\nby becoming entangled ln a rope\nwhilst in the discharge of his ordln-\nevident, although later, when evl- ary duties.\nJ. R. Lawson's Statement\nBefore Federal Commission\nDBNVKIl, Col, Doc. IC. IOH-I\nhave ponding against .ne tn the courts\nof Colorado nineteen specific criminal\ncharge*, ranging from conspiracy in\nrwtralnt of trade, to murder in the\nfirst degree, tbt including anon and\nassault to kill, and I am as innocent\nof any -crime agalnat the laws of my\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Ute or nation aa any individual sitting upon (fell bench listening to me\nhere today.\nDeep down In tbt heart* of my per\naecutors, tboy know that I an guilty\nof no crlma, unless It lw thnt I am a\ncoal miner, having been honored by\nmr fallow workmen In selecting me to\nrepresent them on the International\nKteeoUve Hoard of the United Ulna\nWorkera of America.\nThe records of the State and Federal courts of tho nation boar witness\nto tho power of John 0, Rockefeller to\ndeetray tho property, character, and\nertrn tho Uvea of thos* who oppose\nhim lo hia mad parson of wealth.\nFOr theae reasons, by th*\u00C2\u00BB ad vie* of\nmr eoonell, mr. Horace V. Hawkins,\nwho In now engaged In the trial of a\nr-mo at Caaou City, 1 mu\u00C2\u00BBt decline to\nanswer, any question a wliaijowvur\nbMriag open tho Incident! leading ap\nut-, \u00C2\u00ABm oaring to\u00C2\u00AB mnn* in uk tiootft-)\n+ .-J, V\.*ii i',*i*ia, t*iii*t\u00C2\u00AB4,it ii *m mt i\nalmorn wieh lo folly aad (rteiy tkt ao.\n11mm thle wtmooto, hnnravat, wflirh\nI laelro to communicate to PwrnWetrt\nWilson through'the medium of (bit\nJ. F. Welborn, Mr. Rockefeller's agent\nIn Colorado.\nWhen you, II r. President, submitted your suggestion for a settlement of\nthis industrial conflict, which has\nagitated our utato and baa awalwued\nthe conscience of the nation, every\ncltlien In tho land, -save Mr. Rockefeller alone, construed It aa a command\nfrom th* bead of the nutlcty. The\nreply came, ostensibly from Denver,\nbut aa now fully exposed before thit\nCommission, wan In reality from tt\nIlroadwey, No* York. I quote from\nthe letter of Starr i. Murphy, the personal representative of John D. Rockefeller, nr., and Ute reply from Sir. J.\nP. Welborn, aa showing tho trick that\nwat ployed opon yoo by 'Mr. Rockefeller, and the deception wblch tboy\npractised upon the American peopl*,\nviz:\nas revealed by the correspondence\nquoted above.\nIn view of tbe fact that you bave\nappointed Mr. Seth Low of New York\nat the head of a conciliation board, I\nwould respectfully esk you to suggest\nthat Mr. Low call upon John I). Rocke\nfelelrr te.,' in \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -person;\"' ait the earliest\nopportunity and urge upon him the ac\neeptauce of your suggestion to bring\nabout industrial peace In Colorado.\nIn common with countless millions\nof my fellow citizens, I recognize the\nfact that perhaps no other president\nIn tho history of our country has been\ncalled upon to Intervene in so many\ndifficult and delicate situations\nthroughout tbli country and the world,\nlooking toward tbe happiness and welfare of mankind. If your suggestion\nis not accepted by Mr. Rockefeller\nwhen presented by Mr. Low, this master of millions will be but the second\nt-eison lu the lite of your odratolmtra-\ntion wbo has spurned your kindly of-\nflees in tbe cause of peace and ,'nsilcc\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094the other being General Vlrtorlntto\nHuerta, late Dictator of Mexico, present whereabouts unknown.\nThe testimony given before this\nCommission last week by Mr. Welborn places the Issue squarely before\nthe world:\nIs John D, Rockefeller greater tban\nthe Government? Is he higher tban\nthe law?\ning several very useful refornji to our\ncity. True, there are still several\nmatters tbat they might have given\na little more attention, but If they\nhad succeeded In pleasing ail, then\nall that wonIdv be necessary for th**\nratepayers wou\d Jje to canonize them,\n| ylace tham .la -^tfcrwfts. anA \u00C2\u00BBrean\na rich harvest by exposing them as\nmunicipal prodigies or saints.\nPEW IDLE IN UNITED KINGDOM\npercentage of unemployment In the\ncountry on December 4 iwas 3.61, as\nLONDON, Dec. 21.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The latest sta\ntistlcs reiati-n-g to tbe insured trades\niSL4J\u00C2\u00BBa_JIllha4_KI*n\u00C2\u00BB^n*mj^b'\u00C2\u00BB.lluth*t_l*sj4^16-JJ-4sat\u00E2\u0080\u0094 *\u00C2\u00B1\u00C2\u00BBt Ss-a\u00E2\u0080\u0094s-nrf b4-\u00C2\u00AB tHnmlSi,\nOn Friday evening a smoking concert, held under the auspices of the\nlocal Conservative Association in Victoria Hall, was very well patronized.\nThe same set of-officers for 1915 was\nelected as had fulfilled the position\nduring 1914. The following were elected as members'of the Executive Committee: If. K. names, B. C. Bonnel!,\nS. Dragon, R. Dudley, S. Graham, S.\nHerchmer, \y. J. Morrison, G. V.\nMoses, A. Rlzzuto, A. B. Trites, J. K.\nWallace and S. F. Wallace.\nShortly after 9 o'clock, ihe chairman (R. Reading) in a neat little\nspeech stated tho principal object ot\nthe gathering, which was to welcome\nas guests W. 0. Bowser and W. It.\nRoss. He thereupon called for the\nfirst number on the program, \"Tho\nHunting Scene,\" and Carries' Orchestra responded to the entire satisfuc\ntion of the audience.\nThe next item was a speech by the\nHon. W. R. Ross, who after thanking\nthe out-of-town visitors, informed his\nhearers that he was not out campaigning as the government did not purpose going to the country until March,\nfriend had come to discuss the Issues\n| of the day. Furthermore, that any\nagainst 3.94 a month previous, and J\n4.is at the same time a year ago.\nAmong the uninsured trades also\nthere Is a decrease in the number of\nunemployed men and women.\nCOMMUNICATED\nwa^^TT7^^.^\"^,4'^iv^wi:-c. i5\u00C2\u00A35s.\nshift, ana at present their wage..is\nmore than double wbat it was then.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0My object in referring to thl* Is to\n(-.ill attention to the difference between\na trade union leader In Great Britain\nand an official who has to fight for bis\nofficial life annually ln Canada. The\nformer can, formulate a scheme which\nliis experience tells bim will benefit\nhis members, and although It may-\ntake a few years to perfect ami carry\nout the, scheme, yet he is continuously\neducating and leading his men up va\nIt. The other official dare not give a\nlead least it might make him unpopu\ntar lu Uie estimation of aome local or\nIi'rt'.vldual who would go for liis scalp,\nHence, when the union gets Into rut\nit must stick tbere.\nAgain, would the memberelilo ot\nTo the Editor, District Ledger-\nDear 8ir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094It may Interest \"tnbe\nmade, the advantages end, disadvantages duly noted eo tbat when tbe\nnew R. C. Workmen's Compensation\nAct -became law a year hence lt would\nbe as nearly perfect as human Ingenuity could make it. He explained the\ndifficulties to tbe encountered in dealing with questions of tbls character:\nthe capitalist lind bis views and so .\ndid the worker, but the purpose would\nbe to make as fair as possible to both\nparties. However, there was ene fact\nthat this bill would provide for, and\ntliat was a larger amount of compensation would be allowed for partial or\ntotnl disablement than heretofore.\nThe new legislation would also be\nthe granting of the bi-montiily iwy.\nThe problem that wilt not down\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nunemployment\u00E2\u0080\u0094was then discussed.\nTlio speaker said tiuit ane of the purposes of the present trip was to loorn\nfrom imiyors, councils and other provincial and civic 'authorities the exact stato existing in die various local-\nit la^J^Obat-wbesM^'r-io-wiHnrtaw*-\nties -culd not eve with the situation,\nand there was any pending public\nwork to be done the- government\nwould allow tin- city u> undertake tbe\nproject whereby some relief\" could be\nobtained.\nAt tbe conclusion of Mr. Bowser's\naddress W, U Phillips, rreeideot of\nDbttrlct- ^-requested, tbaf. a delegation of miner* lie given au %udient,-e,\nthis being granted tho grievances connected with the bi-monthly and tbe\nGas Inspection Committees wore ven-\ntilatod and a promise given that the\nfirst named would positively be in\neffect nt au early date, whilst tbo second would be given every conslder\u00C2\u00ABi-\nHon and nn honest effort made to\nreach ,x satisfactory adjustment\nSpeeches concluded, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 gong and other numbero were part of the -program,\none of tbo most enjoyable of which\nwas a four-round boxing contest between KM UurtiH of Spokane and Hilly\nSmith, of Pernio, rr-mitllng In a draw.\nfaken looking to a remedy of the ex.\nJstlng\"(l\u00C2\u00AB'fIcIcj\u00C2\u00BB*cJo\u00C2\u00BB, and to thin end a\nnlon of the legislature steps would be,J Shortly after midnight, to the strain*\nof \"Auld Lang Hyne,' tho gathering\nbroke up.\nSTOCKTON LABOR WAR\nwhen tbe Blast Furnace Men's Association came into existence, Mr. Walls\nwaa elected local secretary for tbe\nClarence Ironworks, Mlddlesborongb,\nwhile on the same day tbe writer wss\nelected local secretary for tbe South\nHank Ironworks in the same district,\nFive years later, whon tbe union became strong enough to extend Its uie-\nlulnt-s*. Mr. Walls was sent to tbe\nIS tNDK!) w*nl fount to or\u00C2\u00BBm'*\u00C2\u00AB> tb* bfont fur*\n| naremen of Cumberland and Lanca-\nman 6? years of age, witb 33 years\nservice to his account? Kotblng doing! And if we look facts in the face,\neeeiqg that Bro. W. h Phillip* ts the\nfeunh president tn three jear*. it\nrims u long way to prove that experience ls a disqualification for a lc-uier.\nOf < curse, I bave no Idea what the re\nsuit of the late election i\u00C2\u00AB. md | dure\nnot hatard tbcae remarks previous to\nI'V\" .^^'t'.b**' itm.a''\"'-- t'-;-\u00C2\u00BBjttcm of the first ywir's work.\nI held e brief for mm** of the >,i i offi\nCHILD MORTALITY\nAVERAGE IS HIGH\nH'AHHI.V\u00C2\u00ABTON\ !)..-. 21. T|,e mi-\neoitd annual report of the chlldr-en\"*\nbureau of the department of labor\ndeiM\nmon who rame oat on his advice, were) sent, and It was that mcetlna under\n4i.t*mt*4 *i !?\u00C2\u00AB- *t>A ot htm mown*. *f-tti|ii prm14*m*y ot J. 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M M v\nWalk. iMW*\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBr th*u. a*-** -# i^Llir 1 *** *\"\"' \"\"* *\"\"* \"*\"*\"\" *-*l\u00C2\u00BB'*~.i *\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*>* %*tt**-*. \u00C2\u00ABd in ri-fe, .un\nMl ma m\u00C2\u00BBih *t\u00C2\u00ABbi\u00C2\u00BBg to mmA tb*\n.'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.* .i.,S,9\u00E2\u0080\u009E i,n.'T tM. , btji-ifljaj, \a\nar* r*oo*>nt*4 to b* tmam.t 4m\nr*\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00ABiiM\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB i\u00C2\u00BB t*H\"K\u00C2\u00BBW,\n'\u00E2\u0099\u00A6aiT \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBr\u00C2\u00BBte tloar-d \u00E2\u0080\u009Et\n-HetMwt Trtm-***-\nw.\n'f^M\n.01 for a\n.wife and two children living in the\nLondon district, of $4.mi if they live ii\nany other part of Great Britain, the\nsum is hardly sufficient to be regarded\nas an economic compensation. It\nwould seem that every immediate material consideration is ignored by these\nmillions in the field.\nQuarrels Among Workers\nKven here In 'America, far from ihe\ntheatre of war, British and French\nand Slavic and German workers -clash\nover the issues of the war. Their eco-\nstates it unquestionably influences and\nsome it may absolutely dictate. No\nphilosopher, however, bas yet delimited its boundaries. True, there are\nnot many persons who indulge in so\nall-inclusive a claim for the \"dominance of the economic motive; yet often\nit is a fair inference from tbe unguarded utterances of even the\nthoughtful.\nThe Economic Condition\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0A more complex matter is reached\n.when we come to deal with the economic environment. What does it include? Do tfe mean merely the \"prevailing mode of production and distribution. If so, it will do well enough\nfor some .purposes; but it is wholly insufficient when we deal with motives\nand states of mind. Germany is a\ncapitalist nation, in which the industries engage a large part of the occupied population. Belgium is another.\nHoth the prevailing mode and the specific methods of production in the two\ncountries are the same. German wage\nearners are now devastating 'Belgium,\nkiling or driving off its inhabitants,\nthe proof chat \"in the last instance\n(it) always works itself out?\" It can\nhardly be (pretended that \"economic\nnecessity,\" in its more obvious sense,\nworks itself'out\u00E2\u0080\u0094that is, proceeds or\ndrives to a favorable' issue\u00E2\u0080\u0094in the case\nof the average individual. Does it, in\nthe main, in .the case of the average\nfamily, social '\u00C2\u00A3roup or antiou? The\neconomic necessity of a people at once\nprolific in ibirths and productive in\nindustry is for territorial expansion;\nand yet by superior weapons and military training its enemies may restrain\nit within its borders.\nDoes the saying apply to an economic system? The\" economic necessity\" of feudalism may be said to have\nplayed itself out, but hardly, in the\nKngels meaning, to have \"worked itself out.\" Does it apply, then, to the\nrace as a whole? Possibly, jf we knew\njust what the term meant to its user,\nwe might find its greater or less application to the race as a whole; but to\nmost persons it will mean no. more\nili.iii an assertion which assumes the\n' whole question at issue; that what\n| happens must have happened from\nLocal Union Directory, Dist. 18,U.M.W.A\nr^\nftilled to formulate it, there is no won-; Unit\nder lhat the followers have failed to\nunderstand it. Certainly. Simkhovitch\nis right' in saying that it is \".the crud-\nest and most unfinished doctrine in\nthe field of social philosophy.\" Most\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2persons, moreover, in speaking or\nthinking of economic determinism,\nfail utterly to discriminate between\ntwo very different things: first, the\nVeonomle condition or environment;\nand, second, the economic impulse\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe conscious or subconscious desire\nfor material gain. Yot without the\nkeeping of this distinction constantly\nin mind the theory becomes a fantastic\nabsurdity.\nDoubtless to some persons this statement may seem trite and unneces-\ndestroying its wealth and leaving it a:ccollomlc inevltablenoaa.\nhowling paste. What is there of dlf-; Jhe \u00E2\u0080\u009E of Reactio\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nfcence in the economic environment Moreover> we need ,to be MW more\nof the two peoples to prompt this bar-1 ,|ennltel>. the degree> ln s,)ecinc ln.\nbarons destruction? | stances, of this reaction of instltu-\nQualifications of the Theory , (jons> jfleals and stales of culture upon\nlt would be hard for any one to s:ty.; sllsht and merely- modifying, or may\nAnd, indeed, the better way would be ! jt be sometimes reconstructive or revo-\niiot to try. Engels, who lived on > lutionary?\ntwelve years after the death of Marx.; one may, for Instance, conceive ot\nsaw from time to time sufficient rea-; Socialism coming less by inherent de-\nsons for iiualifylng, elaborating his j fects in the mechanism of capitalism,\n<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2oiice.pt of the economic condition.; than by a change in men's minds not\n\"Itace is itself an economic, factor,\" he j dictated by economic pressure. Men\nwrote a year before his death. Me; may, it is possible to argue, be per-\ncouceded, moreover, that after all, it is !\nnot the economic condition, but \"eco- -\nnomie necessity,\" wblch is the basic |\ncause of human phenomena, \"lt is'\nnot that the economic situation,\" lie!\nGLADSTONE LOCAL\nNo. 2314\nHeet first and third Fridays,\nMiners' Hall, Fernie; seconrt and\nfourth Fridays, Club Hall, Coal\nCieek. Sick Benefit attached.-\u00E2\u0080\u0094T.\nUphill, Sec, Fernie, B. C.\nMICHEL LOCAL\nNo. 2334\nMeet every Sunday afternoon\nat 2 o'clock ln Crahan's HaU.\nSick Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nR^Beard, secretary.\nCOLEMAN LOCAL\nNo. 2633\nMeet every alternate Sunday at\n2.30 p.m. in the Open*. House,.\nColoman.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Johnstone, Sec\nPASSBURG LOCAL\nNo. 2352\nMeet everyN second and fourth\nSunday of each month at 2 p.m.\nin Slovak Hall. Sick Benefit Society attached.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thos. G. Harries,\nSec, Passburg, Alta.\nr\nhi-? otiur \":iins compensate him. Uul\nin *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;, -:iyiu^ he is onlv further refu:inr\nllu < OMiiiinm-c- <>'.' the economic ni-\n'.i.ilse. He means that he willingly\nt>\ci.:niges the possibility of material\njiilMinci'inent, of economic security,\nlor a moral or emotional satisfaction.\nWe have similar Instances in scientific research, often in government\nservice and in the co-operative movements of many lands.. .Men willingly\ngive over the chance of winning m-i'e\nrial rewards in order to devote then-\nselves to a social ideal. Only in some\nremote and metaphysical sense, if at\nall. can it be said that economic impulse is a determinant of their chief\nactivities.\nmay belong to the s:une unions, they\nmay have employment under like con.\ndilions in the same \"shops. 13ut impulses pronijit them\u00E2\u0080\u0094often in defiance of economic good\u00E2\u0080\u0094to wage more\nor less open warfare with one another.\nTiie newspapers have reported quarrels, fights, sometimes murderous assaults. They may he prompted by race\nor language or nationality, or the Lord\nknows what: bul they are not based\non the economic impulse.\nIt is thus idle to say that the economic impulse determines our actions.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0It is even less permissable to/&ay that\nit determines our thoughts, our ideals,\ncur ethical standards. Some of our\nactions and some of our psychological\na\u00C2\u00AE\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00AEs\nW'\n&IK***\nfi.\n\u00C2\u00A5\nI\nChristmas Eve, Dec. 24\nAt the\nGrand Theatre\nKID BURNS\nOF\nWINNIPEG\nsuaded or reasoned, against their material interests, into- changing their\nnotions or legality into the belief that\nconsiderations of common welfare\nmust take precedence over considera-\nwrote, \"is the cause, in the sense of j tions of property,^ They may be per-\nbeing the only active agent, and that j suaded to alter their religious notions\neverything else is only a passing re: j into a broad concept of human brother\nsuit, it is, on the contrary, a case or j hood. And thus, cumulative changes\nimiiu-al action on the basis of the eco- j in the moral attitude or a people, the\nnomie necessity, which in the last j present mode of production may be\ninstance always works itself out.\" i wholly changed. Such a reaction of\nThough political, legal, philosophical the ethical upon the economic would\nreligious, literary and artistic develop-; be revolutionary,\nmeats rest upon the economic basis. Sacrifice foe an Ideal\nlie declared, they react not only upon ' 01' course, the dogmatic reply to this\none another but upon their basis. i supposition is that it is preposterous\nMore Light Needed I and impossible. The economic governs\n.This helps some, but it is not en-] the ethical; no group ignores its ma-\nough. In particular, the term '^'eco-1 terlal interests; men change their\nnomie necessity\" is too vague an ab-!standards and ideals when their Instruction to guide us. How much orlterests change\u00E2\u0080\u0094and that ls all there Ss\nbow little does ic mean; and where is! to it. Hut the reply, though positive\n ' land definite, is unconvincing. Iadi-\n__, .... ivlduals do indubitably change their\n[moral standards in defiance of their\n'economic interests\u00E2\u0080\u0094 else there would\nliavi>_hfiPJl_nn_liaiil_Sl>iir-ai-_i]n_Qn-a_.iif_\n, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094* \u00E2\u0084\u00A2-\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0&\u00E2\u0080\u0094*,\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0v.**'-\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094-w*.-\nI thousands of other wealthy men in the\n! Socialist party, Families ignore their\n1 material interest when they sacrifice\n: their last possession in defense of one\nI of their number accused of crime.\nj Social groups\u00E2\u0080\u0094If only \u00C2\u00BB, tfit> mom ilwtrln\u00C2\u00BBlri|'\n!(Ifclnr\u00C2\u00ABUoni\u00C2\u00AB of tbe predamlmttlriit or!\n| Iho exrluiilvff Influence of tbe \u00C2\u00ABeo-|\nncmlc condition, i\nl Tho Factor of Raeo i\n: Thru, too, Knju\"!\u00C2\u00BB' liii'luaiuii of rui'i;'\nnn in vconomlr fat tor no broodotm'\n! tin- htrni vcoiiomlc\" n\u00C2\u00BB to nmk* It\n, niettn pretty ram b anything on\u00C2\u00AB> \njlloii of \"iMmntiik'\" *!i.|di, ' luclini*** j\nieverything thin \u00E2\u0080\u00A2!jjipts\u00C2\u00BB to -wintawj\nI***** ttHttFifuc*** \u00C2\u00BBwk ntro'-wMriiy ro-t\ns*tal iH*parhl-f\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB hav* b**\u00C2\u00BB nonpt 'ntof\n'tbo \u00E2\u0080\u00A2!\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2! b\u00C2\u00AB-i!\u00C2\u00BB. In -wry ^tirtticn i.f-f\n\u00C2\u00ABf#.l\u00C2\u00BBl5|t th* a,:*- tb* muttW of ****\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nl*lnitAimt bl: n!;1 K.'d Thi- i,:,iUtm.\\n|that aro raei.iii* th* moat homogmtH\nmr* nr*. i* -t \u00C2\u00BBirfn t'u* mi*t nnltml-\njln detent--.p or ntfir race and of tbo;\n'^t-ttfit \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Vr'f \u00E2\u0080\u009E;,*,;, ,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;.*_, # t;.,*.\nJmeruutUtifif,,*:*, <*\u00C2\u00AB nUl-mtHmtttln\nand tb* a?i'i-fft\u00C2\u00BBvi**r*tn#iitjiit*\u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00ABgw\u00C2\u00BBp;\nR\u00C2\u00ABton\u00C2\u00BBml\u00C2\u00AB>i font* thoir p-iMtofiat*\ni-eeovtotfottK \"ft a-prlng to arm*, wbll**\nJ <* \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00AB.! \nJ. F, MACDONALD, Managor\nVIOTORIA AVf\u00E2\u0080\u009E -t- H- flMNII \u00E2\u0080\u00A2. O\nI\nItwtattwwa* -aai Warn* ******\n-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Mti-A SHI\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., DECEMBER 26,1914\nAMpfA'k\n' 7 -\u00C2\u00BB * 1*'\nPAGE THREE\n\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' i\nImpulses and Actions\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"fli\n(Comtlnaed front l*asre Two)\nfr\nagain with, toague and. pen\u00E2\u0080\u0094and\nsometimes with fists qr -weapons.\nDemand for Racial. Autonomy\n. 'Moreover, every sociologist who\nspeculates on the settlement of this\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 war and the avoidance of further\nwars declares that the nations must\nbe reconstructed on racial lines.\nSchleswig must go.back to Denmark,\nAlsace and Lorraine must be given\nback to Prance, or at least neutralized; Trentino must be given to Italy;\nPoland must be reunited and made\nindependent or autonomous; Servia\nmust haye the Austrian Serb provinces; 'Bulgaria and Roumania must\nhave their peoples in other lands restored to them.\nIt is nothing in disproof of the validity of these suggestions to reply\nthat the United States, with a vast\ncongeries of races within her borders, manages to get along fairly\nwell. For if the United States were\nto declare war tomorrow in favor\neither of Germany or the allies, her\nracial problem would all at once be-\n' come more acute even than that of\nAustria. Verily, race is a gigantic\nfactor. But to call it merely aa economic factor is to obscure the whole\nsubject.\nCauses of the War\nThe Great War has been ascribed\nto every conceivable cause and to a\nblending, in greater or less degree,\nof all of these causes. Economic, political, racial, dynastic, as well as\nYour\nGood Health\nvill le li'fit pfm'rvt-d by\na Ivfcirt'-briukfaKt glass of\ny.i-oi* \"Fruit Salt,\" which\nc o n t ii iii s llu- whiahlc\ncluninN of rip? fruit in\nplraaart. aj;iwsi1ile form,\nAi-n as u toni\" on the\n.lii or. Ktvpt tlie blood\n,tx>l, clear, hoaltliy.\nl3Lu\nFRUIT\npurely idealistic motives, have been\nadvanced in explanation. The Germans want merely to be let alone, say\nDernburg and .Mach, for a peaceful\nracial and natioanl development. They\nfound themselves menaced on their\neastern and western frontiers .by jealous enemies and they took up arras\nin defense. The Austrians, says Baron\nHengeLmuller, wanted peace, but Servia coveted their territory and\nprompted the assassination of their\nC.-own Prince, ?!\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 so nothim? was left\nItit warfare, yiio English, sajs Well\",\nChesterton, U:-.j.uett and a hundred\notliers, wanted peace, (but the violation ot Belgian neutrality shocked the\nmoral sense of the nation and compelled a resort to arms. The French,\nsays Clemenceau, desired nothing so\nmuch as peace, but Germany's constant nagging and threats of war\nfinally brought matters to a crisis.\nRussia, too, it seems, was pacific in\nthought and word, but could not tolerate ithe threat of destruction of inoffensive Servia. So they are all fighting, destroying billions of dollars\nworth of property and the far more\nvaluable lives of millions of workers,\nas well as laying upon the survivors\nthe awful blight of privation and misery for years to come.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2But of the relative strength and importance of the various influences that\ntogether prompted this frightful horror, writings by men who have rendered verdicts, where is to be found a\nsingle attempt to measure judiciously\nthe interaction of causes? In some\nwritings one finds the economic factors almost completely ignored, while\nin others the racial or national factors are treated as nonexistent and\nillusory. The economic interpretation\nof history, which to thousands of us\nhave come to seem so sure a guide\nfor explaining ^the .phenomena of\nevents, has failed to give a satisfac\ntory light. In some instances it is\ndismissed, in some instances it is absurdly used to exclude the most obvious and fundamental facts regarding lhe struggle. In uo case that\nhas come to my attention has it been\nused to give a discriminating judgment on the relative strength of the'\ncause this catastrophe, and of their\ninteraction with one another.\nThe Personal Obligation\nObviously, for one who has sometimes -written upon the economic in\nperpretatlon oPEistory, theduty is\nnot to -point out the failure of others',\nbut to advance some definite analysis\nof his own. 1 must, however, confess\nmyself to be among that small and\nreticent factions of the public too appalled by the immensity of the European horror, and too aware of the\nshook and wrench it has given to all\nour social theories, to have so far\nventured upon a statement of its\ncauses.\nThat tbe frenzied militarism of a\nsection of the ruling class of Germany, along with the egotism of the\nGerman ruler, has been the proximate\nand immediate cause of the war, I\nbelieve, will be the verdict of history. But back of that are a number of more fundamental causes that\nneed examining and Weighing and\ncomparing. Even a military autocrat\ncannot enforce his will without a favorable environment, and it is hard to\nsee how a Napoleon would amount to\nmuch in. a community of Quakers or\nDoukhobors. So that when we say\nthat a certain thing is an immediate\ncause we are saying no more than\nthat it is the last (and sometimes the\nleast) in a long chain of causes.\nThe Need of Restatement\nMy purpose here is thus not to compete with others in a \u00E2\u0080\u00A2judgment on the\nmotives and conditions that brought\nabout the war, but to point out the\nfailure of economic determinism,! as\nnow formulated, to gtve us a sure\nlight on tbe problems we wish to\nsolve or to have solved for us. As we\nall know, Engels conceded that both\nhe and '.Marx had overemphasized it.\n\"We had,\" he wrote late in life, \"to\nemphasize against our opponents this\nvain tenet of ours .which was denied,\nand there was not always time, iplace\nor opportunity to give the other principles their due.\"\nUnfortunately, the qualifications he\nmade in its earlier expression, though\nrendering the theory more reasonable or plausible, hardly rendered it\nmore explicit In the greatest crisis\nof history it fails us as an interpreter\nof a mighty drama. In our too dog-\niflatic dependence upon it ; we have\noverlooked or minimized some of the\nprime impulses and motives of action.\nWe need for the theory an entir\u00C2\u00AB\nrestatement. We need it so defined\nthat it will take into account the Influence of factors which many of us\nhave ignored. We need that the\ncharacter and degree of those influences shall be weighed and compared.\nThe theory as a whole may be found\nquite as sound at the core as any ot\nus have ever supposed it. But it will\nbe made of far greater use and value\nby lopping off its excrescences and defining it in terms that bring it into\ncloses accord with the observed facts\nof life.\nThe Secret of a\nCity's Prosperity\nFred Girton, Wyoming Typographical\nUnion No. 184\nOne dime spent witb the merchants\nof your home town does more real\nbenefit to your city's prosperity than\na dollar sent elsewhere for'purchases.\nThe secret lies in the fact that the\ndime tends to . create something for\nyour up-building while the dollar takes\naway.\nIf the business men of your community were to realize the economic\nvalue to themselves and to the cities\nwhere thqy^are in businss of each dol\nlar they send away for something\nwhich can ibe procured in their own\ncommunities it is doubtful if tlie practice would continue.\n-The so-called small cities and towns\nhave to contend with a great, if not the\ngreatest, problem in the form of mail\norder houses taking away the money\nof citizens that should rightly be\nspent across the counters of home\nmerchants.\nThe solution of the problem, 1. e.,\nthe doing away of the nefarious mail\norder business, lies in educating the\npublic to a realization of the fact that\njust as good a grade of merchandise\ncan be procured in home, towns as can\nbe catalogued into the homes by the\npa reels host route.\nAnd if the public can be^brougnt to\nknow that money spent in their own\nlocalities buys just as good, if not better for the money, a quality of merchandise than that sent away for* if\nthe public can be taught the fundamental truth that, in the prosperity of\ntheir local business institutions lies\nile secret of a good town; if the public\ncan realize simply percentage figures\nthey ft-Jl solve the problem of why\ntheir own city, w.l'ch is .ust as srood as\n:nuch-v.nd-such a iowi r,nd has beter\ni.-ii;:*ai endowments 'n geogrvh-cul\ntransportation' and tiriti* facilities, ia\nnot as prosperous and the merchants\nare not as busy as those in such-and-\nsuch a town.\nNow, probably those citizens of such-^j\nand-such a town have come to know\nthat, by spending their money, which\nthey have earned in their own city\nwith their own business institutions,\nthey have solved, the riddle of local\ncivic and economic'success.\nincrease in pay roll. The proprietor\nor solicitor then starts out over the\ncity, in person or by mail, to inform\nall in need of printing thai he is here,\nequipped and ready to deliver to your\nneeds all that you may require in the\nline of printing.\nFigures are suomitlcu to you upon\n500 letter heads, a circular or a catalogue. You discover by a process of\nsubmitting your needs to different\nprinters throughout a radius of many\nmiles that so-and-so in such-and-such a\ntown will print your catalogue for ten\nper cent cheaper figure. And you let\nthe work go out of town.\nNow. how much of that money which\nyou have sent out of ihelejty in which\nyou are making a livelihood will come\nback across your counter in the form\nof purchases. Suppose the work does\ncost ten per cent more\u00E2\u0080\u0094it does not\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nbut suppose it does?\nDo not you yourself lose part of\nyour income when you help build up\nthe pay rolls of outside towns and\nstates and let your own take care of\nitself as best it may?\nWhen you lower the standard of\nlocal earning power you are lowering\nthe chances of your own business success. Tlie merchant does not exist\n ex-',\npenditure of money tor home goods\nthe secret of success lies for the commonwealth.\nThe people should realize that, when\nI they send their good dollars earned\nwithin the city where they have itwilC \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ntlieir homes ami factories, to outsida\nj concerns they are deliberately robbing\nI themselves and hurting all those who 1\nliave the best interests of the home\ntown at heart.\nAnd all state needs, all county\nneeds, all city and town needs, should-\nand could be supplied by those who\nmake it possible for their well being.\nYour success, your city's success,\nand your state's success -will all swing\na tune to the \"I'atronize-Home-Iiidus-\ntry\" movement. -\nGet on the band wagon.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wyoming\nLabor Journal.\n--m\n,?*Mt n\n-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0IS fl\nShiloh\nquickly stop* coughs, cunt colli, and healt\nthe throat and lunn. ;: .'! 2a cent*.\nTake, for Instance, the printing\nbusiness,\nA concern comes to your city, invests money in the purchase of a printing plant, and brings to your city an\nYou do not wish\nalum in your food\nYou desire to avoid it. Dr. Price's Cream Baking\nPowder contains no alum or lime phosphate. Its\nuse is therefore a safeguard against objectionable\nmineral salts which are left in the biscuit and cake\nwhen made with inferior powders.\nChemists have shown that a large percentage of\nthe chemicals of which alum baking powders are\nmade remains in the food in the form of Glauber's\nSalt, hydrate of aluminum and other impurities.\nRead the label on the can. Reject a baking powder\nunless the label shows cream of tartar. Buy and use\nDrPrices\n^ CREAM\nBaking Powder\nMade from Cream of Tartar\nNo Alum\nr\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\\nf?\n<\\nIf\nThe District Ledger\nAs an Advertising Medium is Without Equal in the Crow's Nest Pass\natarwtmmmtmmttmammmttmmtmmwtm\nIt reaches Earner and Spender* It appeals to them because ii\nsupports their cause. The workers own the paper and control its\nPolicy. All advertising of a questionable nature is barred from its\ncolumns. Advertisers do not have to pay compliments, but we quote\nthe following received from a very large firm in New Jersey, U. S-\nWe have looked through your paper with considerable care and interest We might take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the service as rendered so far. We would also add that it is one of the cleanest weeklies that we\nhave run across in some time.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\"' Mt\u00E2\u0080\u0094m niir\"-*-- - \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\n\"*\"\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\"'* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nliJl__. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**.'.. *vrtffl*fa.. l-*9...**~,^*mm~ ,J*MalaMMM*M\u00C2\u00BB * --\u00C2\u00BB-i*W*:. -m,****.*-^* -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *\n- :-.-yt\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BBc\"-w-*\u00C2\u00BB;^ft*5\nP-^^^p^-T-x$&$ffjsg-T .\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*. ;<^^^^^^-':-|k.;;K^-\u00C2\u00AB1\n'-iM\nPAGE FOUR.\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FEBNIE, B.C., DECEMBER 26,1914\nfrfr\nSSICST\nS '!\nthe I'niiee of I'eat'o!\nAnd another prayer will \u00C2\u00BBil*o go up il will In\nprayer of count less little lot* kneeling ai then' moth-1\nt*r s knee, praying thut their diid-im\" iua> Im\nsaved and returned to Ihem safelvr prayiiitf thstl '\n-their paiviits will lie pi i s>'i vd from harm. Oh!.\nthe ma nu Pact 111*61*8 and employers. The members\nof the Typographical Union immediately applied for\npermission to hold their jobs down for nix and thus\nhelp the newspaper proprietors preserve their independence. The president o'f the Typographical\n1'nion immediately wired hack that headquarters\nwould pay every printer in full themselves. Thus\nthe newspapers, or part of them, were hept intact i\nand the little scheme immediately began to crack-\nup; from that day on it looked blue, and was blue.\nSo long as the newspaper men could get their papers printed for nothing they did not mind a great\ndeal, and as the antis could not possibly get printers\nto type their dope, they were compelled to relinquish one of their strongest tricks. The war\nhas now been settled, and we hope that the same\ngood sense that has been displayed in settling the\ntrouble will prevail on the board that is appointed to\nhandle all disputes.\nThe tradesmen in rhe California city were compelled to eome to reason so soon as thc worked M.sed\nhis wits to defeat them, and they realized that, tiie\npapers that had been denied their advertising could\napproach outside/Tirms and persuade the worker\nto nurchase__their commodities throngli_mail_order\nsome undesirable competitor out- bf business.\nThreats, extortion, blackmail and finally bomb explosions Avere Jhe .modus operandi in every ease.\nIn a few eases, to he sure, these employes worked\nfor themselves.\nThese poor little tradesmen, of course eould not afford to purchase the entire militia of the State or\nenter into negotiations with such enormous industrial concerns as the Baldwin-Pelts Agency. They\nare not to be blamed if they are not Rockefellers.\nThey did the best they eould, and were trying to\nemulate Standard Oil. on a small scale.\nliut their endeavors i*eceive little popular sympathy. There is now a ery going up for the \"exter-\nmiriation of the gunmen.\" It was always so. The\nsmall capitalist, or would-be capitalist, always has\nthe diee loaded against, him. Nobody,,loves him.\nIle is not allowed to employ on a small scale the\nsame means which his greater brethren use with impunity on a large scale. For, as the Scriptures\nsaith, \"To him that hath shall be given, unci from\nhim who has not, shall be taken away, even that\nwhich he hath.\"\nTlie law is decidedly against the small business\nman iu this matter, and as usual he is not getting a\nsquare deal.\nNevertheless, it will be a difficult, not to say impossible, job to deprive him altogether of the humble' services of his irregular bashi-bazouks. Business i.s business, and you cannot destroy competition, and the humble gunmen hrmeslf is but. one\nform of that glorious principle which always brings\nout the best that i.s in us, and after it has been\nbrought out, as in the case of Standard Oil, can be\nturned against the other employes.\nThose people who talk so glibly of \"exterminating the gunmen\" forget that competition is the life\nof trade.\u00E2\u0080\u0094New York Call.\nSELLING GERMAN GOODS IN PARIS\nPARIS\u00E2\u0080\u0094The government tobacco monopoly,has\nin a sense reused Prance to continue as ? purveyor\nof goods \":dade in Germany,\" notwithstanding the\nsentiment against the use of any goods except those\nmade at home or iu allied or neutral countries. At\nthe outbreak of the war large stocks of J&erman\ncigarettes were on hand, and it appears that French\nneed, or possibly limit, demands their sale and eon-\nsumption. -\nResolutions have been adopted asking public prosecutors to compel thc sequestration of all commercial,establishments owned 'by Germans or Austrians\nthat are continuing business under disguises.\nThe Socialist often speaks about \"Economic Determinism,\" and if you do not know what that\nmeans the, above should serve as an enlightener.\nAll the racial animosity engendered by the fight; all\nthe idealism ahout true patriotism is not forceful\nenough to upset the Socialist epntention that ethics\nare a second condition where material interests i-^re\njeopardized.\nAVhat a queer lot of people inhabit this earth?\nAVith the larger portion of the world scrapping over\na bone (Commerce) and many of those not in the\nmilitary camps wondering whore they are going to\ngot a meal, we shall soon bq treated to a lot of\n\"bathos\" about \"Peace on earth, good will toward\nmen\" by the same individuals who are offering up\ninvocations to the Deity to \"Give Victory unto our\narms\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Consistency, thou art a jewel!\nHAD ECZEMA 20 YEARS\nCured b> Zum-ituk ,.-**'\nUr. Joseph JoHnson, 584 Broome St.,\nHew York, writes:*-\ \" Oyer twenty \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nyears ago eczema appeared on my ..\nhands and face. I went to a doctor.,\nbut his treatment afforded only temporary relief. Finding medical attention and treatment of little avail I\ncommenced to try first one and then\nanother of the so-called remedies ;\nwhich wero recommended, but for over\ntwenty years 1 suffered from this painful, humiliating disease., During thia\ntimo I spent hundreds Of dollars and.\nall I got was temporary relief. At last\nZam-Buk was suggested to me; i de<\ncided to give it a triM, but did not\n-..xpect a cure.\n\"The first few applications proved\nthis remedy entirely different to the\nscores of preparations I .had used in\nvain. Perseverance with Zam-Buk and\nZam-Buk Soap, 1 am more than glad to\nsay, has effected a complete cure.\n\" Zam-Buk is beyond all question a\nmarvellous preparation and I most\nheartily, recommend it tp all sufferers\nfrom eczema.\"\nThink of it, suffering day tn .and\nday out for twenty years! Tit-ife of\nthe grip th'.s disease must have had\non the entiro sys\u00C2\u00BBp\"i ! ThinV of the\nhealing power of 7.1'\"-Buk W>i-:h, do-\n-lite the long-statuiins nature of the\ndisease, effeetpd a cure! How much\nTore easily and r\"0\"o quickly the euro\ncould ham 1>ern effrcteil hr\u00C2\u00BB.d Zam-Buk\nbeen applied at the outset!\nIf v\u00C2\u00BB'i puffer fro'i any skin diseasa\nor injury, piles, ulcer, abscess, rhen-\nr'?tt=im or s^'nlcn. take this ln'son to\nlir.-rt Try Zam-Buk flrtt and give lt\na f..!r trial.\nft oil dr*-\"-\"'-*--*! and stores, or po,:t-\nri'd trt\"*\ 7'\",*-,liik Co.. Toronto '-V,\nbr.-- n f,,v Ji.55. Zam-Buk Soap. 2.\">c.\ntaV\"t. f>(\u00C2\u00BBti'l lc. sta^-p, this nd. and\npaiia o* r.-)-r>pr. r*n\u00C2\u00BBt ivp. ^\\\ mall you\nfree sample of Zam-Buk.\nhouses. Without the press this might have been\naccomplished, but it would not have been so successful. Jt i.s another instance of what the producing\nclass ean accomplish if they will but combine intelligently lo defeat their common enemy. Some day\nthe worker wiil realize what he possesses; how eoni-i\npletely the other fellow is in his power, but to accomplish any thing he must first of all have an intelligent grasp of his power and how to use it. Internal abuse and strife will accomplish nothing;\nit must be an intelligent disciplining of the worker\nin. direct'Opposition* to' the cunning and capital of\nthe master class.\n:ll\nFor Sale or Trade Cheap\nDavid Starr .Jordau makes the statement: \"We\nwho are outside of Europe may be most thankful\nthat we were born in it republic where no man is\nmade a soldier against his will.\" Evidently this\nlearned gentleman does not know that this assertion\nis flatly contradicted by the Dick Military Hill,\nwhose conditions an* such that each und every American citizen must, under certain conditiona. don\ni' uniform and go forth to fight a foe with whom hu\nhas no grievance. National egoism should not blind\nus to facts,\nThe following is from \"Press Citfttiiigs' A Topical Sketch,': performed at the Itoyal Court Theatre,\nLondon, .Inly III It. 1!HKI. written by Bernard Shnw:\nMitcheiier: \"That won't do for me. Don't he\nweak-kneed, HalHquith.v You know perfectly well\nthat the real government of this country is and al-\n. \iil',i.*i Ullht In. llli: JiuU'U.;,a:.j'. ui' ll.l. iii,tui.> \l} il.i\n; i-lnss(\"\u00C2\u00BB*. You know that democracy is damned mm-\n; >i iim-, it ttt i lhat no da** elands ic** ot it tiiiiu the\nj working class. You know that we are already dis\ni cn\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABimr the step's that will h.-tve tn be taken if the\niitlltitry should ever b<> fn'-c to Fee*' with the |\u00C2\u00BBossi-\nJ bility of a Labor majority in I'jii'liittnent. Vou\nknow that in lhat t-iiH*. we should tltsfniiu-liNc the\nmolt, -mil it they liuiiic a I'll**, shoot (lieut iloWtt,\nYon knov Hint if we tie-til public opinion to sup.\n* port us. w<- fMti <*e! ;tiiy qiuititity of ii toiiiiufiU-lure.!\nin our papers by poor devils of jonrtuiliiU \u00C2\u00AB-|io will\nAA7At >r.\u00E2\u0080\u009EUAXy,i AA'A.^.\"\nFor flM'thrr pull ii lliili* ie I bf eohditinto. of lhe\n1 ,Vt of Cotj\u00C2\u00ABo!it|j)!ioji.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094When a Lady\nbuys Perfume\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094She chooses it with as much discrimination as she does her gowns and hats.\nIt must be distinctive in character\u00E2\u0080\u0094it must breathe\nrefinement\u00E2\u0080\u0094and it must be of strictly high quality.\nCorson's Toilet Requisites fill all these requirements,\nwhether in Perfumes, Toilet Waters, Face Creams,\nor Talcs.\nThey are composed of the most expen-\nsive materials, carefully compounded by\nskilled chemists.\norgan\n(perfumesSffiletfiegaisites\nCorwo'i \"IDEAL ORCHID\" and Cwtoa'i \"POMANDER\" Iln* of\nFnfun*. ToOrt Water, Tkkwn Po-mbr, tte., mit particular faroritM.\nAik jow faffill ttt 10c iimpl* el tit OrcW tin. 1\nSOVERF.IOM PERFUMES LIMITED . . TORONTO, ONT.\n(Etxhtitaty tmgagMliH tl* maaafartma ttfPerfnmn end 7WM Rtgaiiit**)\nThree fully equipped Meat Markets\nOne each at Blairmore, Pincher Creek and\nMcLeod. Will sell the markets complete\nwith tfye lease, or the fixtures. Terms arranged to suit the purchaser. Apply] to\nThe 41 MARKET Co.\nFERNIE \"\u00E2\u0080\u0094^ H:\u00E2\u0080\u0094~r-^\u00E2\u0080\u0094BTOT\nIB\n.1 Ifaiiisnv Mai'doii.-ild bus \u00C2\u00BBoiii. to lhe fr\nnot.\nSpecial Sale\nBoy's Suits\nUoys' .Suits, irood quality serstc; regular ^\.\"ai\t\nHoys Tweed Sun*; rejiubir #4.OU ,\t\nLadies' Top Skirts, good make. nuiKe from -fl.fl-i) to,\nhnriicit' up-to-date Overcoats, nt Hnlf price.\nCome in and See our Prices\nof\n13.50\n$3.26\n$450\nDon't min Santa Gla.ni' Fiih Pond which will be here on\nOhrittmai Eve\nIWK Shoi-tt nod Uitbbi\nbe wild \u00C2\u00ABt Mint.-\n*'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*. for I! n, Wotue'i anil -t'luMreu vi-Hi\nA\u00C2\u00AB F\u00C2\u00AB HADDAD\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^mi^^w *^hp w -mm*wmm*tmmwKm*^BBiw mmmmm ntmttttt WKtttw\nTHE QUALITY STORE OUARANTBBS QUALITY, PRICES\nAND GOODS\nCHRISTMAS CHEER\n\u00C2\u00BBIt\n$1.20 for $1j\nBetter than Beer\n3 PORK PIES 25c, 1 CAKE SHORTBREAD 20c\n1 XMAS CAKE 50c, 6 RASPBERRYPUFFS 25c\nAnd not near so dear\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ztcsaaaawttaBsmmimammBmommi^mmomommmmmm\nOne Dollar Special Ticket\nAT\nRatcliffs Bakery\nPellat Avenue\nFERNIE, B. 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Ttn-Vth Mffttfybuhl,n*i1v*hhtflttMtitt\na&Sa mM tUlttMm mmX&KBbmto*. m*& mw*m-m*t^t ^^u^^^jb^ *m* LjuJI m^i^m^^m tt\nmmtmjtotamtmmtm, t*wwtaqgnKaa*mmanaa.jm.^ii\nj far fi.i).\ni\u00C2\u00ABf?o;j>\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 fi\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A21'iii'iofi hiiiiirt'iily.\nI\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0i it.*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00C2\u00AB'!i:ioii in \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 not\nl> !\nillsO:\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n'U*\n,1\nI\n,'K* \"'\"t.-.-.i-\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0:r'\^'\"y' V';\u00C2\u00B0\"\nit; *\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0080\u00A2{\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*- J.*<2V\n.*. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'<<)\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00C2\u00A3\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., DECEMBER 26,1914\nlj.:j\nPAGE FIVE\n*\nof The District Camps\n>\n\u00C2\u00AB\n!*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\u00C2\u00BB\nl-R\n\>\nfi\nll\n0\u00C2\u00BB\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 - ' \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 COAL CREEK NOTES \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 - . \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nSiu-ce our last issue.notices were\nposted tbat the mines would resume\ndouble sbif t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2The general meeting of club members was held on Sunday afternoon\nin tne Club Hall, President IM cFegan in\nthe chair. Minutes of previous meeting were read and passed and balance\nsheet thoroughly discussed. Nominations for officers took place, and all\npositions, with exception of president\nand secretary were contested. Balloting for officers takes place Sunday\nnext, after which an adjourned meet*\ning will be held.\nhe local 'branch of Trites Wood's\nstore up heTe is replete with everything seasonable. On New Year's Day\ntho youngster's will receive their usual donation of candy, etc. The storo\nwill -be closed Saturday, Dec. 26.\nIt is evident that the feed given to\nhorses in this enlightened suburb is\nfar in excess of that provided at\nFernie. rrhe other dny we notice a\n\"horse in such a hurry to get back here\nthat ho waited neither for cutter nor\nmaster.\nWe Tegret to report that as a result\nof the accident which befell Harry\n\"France last (week, the doctors deem\nit necessary to amputate some of the\ntoes of the injured foot.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The. children of the Methodist\nChurch are' anticipating a heavenly\ntime on the 23rd. Arrangements are\nbeing made upon a most elaborave\nscale.\nThe arrangements for the New\nYear's Day concert to be held in the\nMethodist Church is going apace.\nPopular prices, popular artists and the\nbeBt of refreshments. Come in thousands!\nThe local \"Moose,\" as usual, were\non hand to install and entertain at\nthe smoker on Monday last.\nTlie local Conservative Association\n(in whose company were several alleged \"faithful\") journeyed to Fernie\nto \"drink\" In the words of wisdom\nthat the \"Legislative Hills\" poured\nforth on Friday evening last. . Why\nthese functions do not start earlier\nand thus give the \"faithful\" an opportunity of getting a right-ful share\nof the wisdom, is beyond our comprehension.\nThe (Board of Management of the\nclub intend to run a whist drive on\nthe evpriing of 26th, to start prompt\n-at 0.30 p.m. Rn tries close at 6 p.m.\nMr. John T. Dixon has laken a trip\nto Fort William on receipt of the news\nof his sister's death.\nA cave in No. ii1' slope delayed the\noutput somewhat on Tuesday morning.\nNo Matter How Well\nYou Feel\nYour appetite is bound to feel the need of something exceptionally tasty antjl good at this particular season, and\nbeing careful ahout the meat you fancy is an important factor.\nGovernment Inspected\nMeats\nK?pt fresh and clean until served ou the table is something\nhigh grade meat that our prioes are high.\n\"QUALITY OUR HOBBY\"\nThe 41 Market Co.\n(Miss Townsend, one of our school\nteachers, is very busy these days instructing the children in the art of\ncarol singing. We await \"de-warble-\nments.\"\nSanta has \"aerographed\" that his\nwhereabouts Christmas Day morning\nwill .be in the vicinity of Coal Creek\nClub, although he does not hope to\nbe visible until 11 a.m. The juvenile\nelement will take note. Yoa bet!\nFrom now on all applications for\nrelief must bc made to the committees\nfor the respective districts as follows:\nSlav Town and Riverside Avenue:\n-Mesdames Stoadley, Dixon and Hugall.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Morrissey Cottages: Mesdames Poxon\nand Reid. Coyote Street, Mesdames\nWortliington and Miard. Welsh Oamp\nand French Camp, Mrs. Dave Martin.\nIt Is earnestly hoped all will govern\nthemselves accordingly..\nAmong the nlany Christmas festivities billed for this town Is a social\ndance to be held in the Club Hall on\nDecember 25th. Dancing commences\nat 9 p.m. prompt. Refreshments will\nbe served, while tbe Percy Orchestra\nwill discourse sweet strains. Popular\nprices! Ladies free, but will be expected to provide the eats.\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 BELLEVUE NOTES \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nThe regular meeting of Local 431\nconvened as usual with tho president\nin the chair, supported by a fairly\ngood crowd. The minutes of the pre.\nvious meeting having been read and\nadopted without comment, correspondence was the next Item, which included a communication from International informing us it would be impossible to exonerate our members\nwno are engaged in thc European conflict. '\nA communication was received from\nLocal 1058 who desired our co-operation in their efforts to obtain a more\nequitable agreement with the local\ndoc-tor. The communication was tallied until our next meeting as it was\nimpossible to give it the attention ;t\nundoubtedly deserves owing to troubles of our own.\ndent Phillip's communicate with Pre-\ns.dent White to find out if the International arei; iprepared, \"as they have\nat all times stated,\" to make the operators live, up to the agreements in\nexistence. Also that District.IS Executive Board communicate with the\nMinister of Labor and inform him that\nwe resent the Department of Mines'\naction, in drafting legislation of the\nnattiro of the two orders-iu-councll\nwhich went into effect on December\nlst without previously notifying us of\ntheir intentions to .give us a chance\nto adjust our prices, which is the\nmost important to us,, as sellers of\n\"Labor Power.\"\nThe trial ol sonn> of tho residents\nof the Riverside District, who have\nbuilt themselves shacks on Government land took plai-e today, Tuesday.\nThe men were defended by Mr. Ostlund. The result of the trial was Unit\nthey were ordered to pay the law costs\nand given to understand that no further proceedings would be instituted\nuntil the month of May, 1915.\nA miner was charged and convicted\nof having placed more than the maximum amount (1 pound) of powder in\na shot hole. He pleaded guilty and\nwas fined $n.00 and costs, $8.50 in all.\n.lames Rurke defended the accuse!\nAn Executive Board meeting U being held at the Frank Sanatorium today (Tuesday) to discuss the Bello-\nvue powder question.\nA fire started in A. I. Blais' store\non Monday, hut thanks to prompt\nthrough the present system. It would\nbenefit nobody and injure nobody but\nthe ipetty middle class exploiters who\nnow rob the farmers.\nIt is now high time for the Socialist party of America to begin serious\ndiscussion of an agricultural program.\nLt is useless for us to invoke the aid\nof Isaiah, Herbert Spencer, 'Dlackstone\nor other philosophers or prophets. It\nIs a question for the Socialists of the\nTwentieth Century to decide and it\nmust be decided from a practical and\nscientific standpoint.\nWe can do very little it may be true\nto force the evolution of agriculture\nalong soL-iul Hues. Hut it is equally\nfutile to try to revise the Democrats'\nproposition of smashing' the trusts and\napply it to the land question. What\nwe have got to do is to propose a\nmeans of stopping thc exploitation of\nthe farmer, and lo do this we must\nfind where the greatest exploitation\ncomes in.\nWe think that a study of this year's\ni-roji markets will convince those who\nhave not already come to that conclusion that the farmer is first and most,\ngrievously exploited iu the markets;\nand that this is a national question\nand can only ;\u00C2\u00ABe hettled by the i-anm\nprocess of soci.i'izatioii that w'S't settle\ntlie question of the labor market. Then\nand only then can the uncertaii -.j if\ndemand be eliminated and thc cert-sin-\nty of price equal to the real value of\nthe farmer's product be introduced.\nOf course there are dozens of re\n. _\u00E2\u0080\u009E , ,. ..* writ.* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2J t,\J j'l \S11JJJV j \u00E2\u0080\u0094-*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2**- - \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB V M**MW\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBJ **LT\u00C2\u00BB\nlocation very little damage was dono.! tornm, that would help the farmer,\nA verdict of accidental death was\nreturned in connection with the fatality that occurred here the other week.\nIt was recommended that a quicker\nmethod of communication be established between the mines and the\nhospital.\nAGRICULTURE IS AN ENSLAVED\nINDUSTRY\nJ\u00C2\u00AB. Xat L. Hardy\nMany of our pet contentions for\n(propaganda purposes have been uprooted during the past three months.\nWe have been shown not ouly Ohe ne-\nTheiPIt committee reported having I cessity for 8traighi thinkinK ,but the\ndmLe=j<^dis&hl\u00C2\u00ABUuia^\nthe WALDORF\nMrs. S. Jennings, Prop.\nL. A. Mills, Manager\nExcellent Cuisine \u00E2\u0080\u0094 American and\nEuropean Plan \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Electric Light \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHot & Cold Water\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sample Rooms\nPhones\u00E2\u0080\u0094Special Rates by the month\nEuropean Plan Room Rates\n60c. awl Upwards *\nAmerican Plan Rates\n$2.00 per ftaj\nsuper. -The main entry In No . 2\nMine, which Is the travelling road for\na large proportion of men, was in anything but good shape owing to large\nrocks, timber and water coming down\nthe chutes in certain parts. This the\nsuper promised to remedy us soon as\npossible, also that he would take steps\nat once to present the powder from\ngetting frozen. It was also promised,\nowing to the number of petty thefts\nthat are constantly taking place, that\nthe wnshhouse will have all entrances\nlocked, excepting the one which (s\nalways under lhe supervision of the\nwashhouse man.\nThe washhotisn will, of course, be\nopen for the men when going and coming off -shift.\nASK FOR\nFIVE ROSESJLOUR\nThe WMs Best\ncampaigns\nNowhere is this more true than in\nthe agricultural districts where the\nstock in trade of many Socialists (?)\nagitators < lias been it rather loose\nstatement of tbe Single Tux position\non the land question. This fall's cotton situation has thoroughly discredited this panacea and shown that the\nonly remedy that can relieve the farmer is the socialization of the dom In- j sing\nanf national industries.\nAgriculture Is un enslaved industry.\nIt Is not only the working farmer that\nis a slave of the landowner but the\nland owner and the land itself Is the\nslave of the well wganiRed financial\nand commercial Interests which control tho manufacture and transportation of the nation, and this year the\nlandowner- even the large planter\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nand possibly there might be some mea\nsures of laud taxation that, would be\na temporary relief. Surely the educational facilities ot the rural districts\ncould be improved and the isolation\nand drudgery of country life relieved\nby -;ui introduction Pilous Socialistic\nlines of some of the accessories of\ncivilized life.\nBut the important message for the\nSocialist to carry to the farmer is that\nthe Socialists would first return for\nvalue produced and would next socialize his market and assure him the\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ti-txiiuum \"vtvrn for value in educed\nand would next socialize his mothods\nof production and assure him of the\nmaximum efficiency in riroducing und-\n^LCMdUlonst^jsJil\u00C2\u00A3h_ai\u00C2\u00AB_iia*douhtedi\nthe methods of our largest or richest\nIndustries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094American Socialist.\nFERNIE METHODIST CHURCH\nOwing to a continuance of the pre\nnont prosperity, it has become neees-,. . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . ..\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,. .u \", '\u00E2\u0080\u009E. ,.,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\n' . '. t \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 i . i s Just a\u00C2\u00BB helplens as the tenant nml\nnary that some support be given toi\nthose who are without a job, and]\nwhilst our whmiuer in in anything;\nhut a prosperous condition, n com-j\nmittpo will set out Tuesday to issue I\nrelief to thone who aro entitled to It, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\V<> hUi had the pleasure of listen- i\nlliu to Predednt Phillip*, who gave a1\nnummary of his experiences since as-j\nsinning office, chimh lally with r\u00C2\u00A9fi\u00C2\u00BBr-\nt'tu-e to our present method of arbitration, which If It had not so much *\nThe Annual Christmas tree entertainment will be given on Friday even*\nat T.iio. An excellent cantata will be\nrendered, entitled, \"The New Suntn\nClaus.\" Come and hear the children\nChildren belonging to the\nscliool will be admitted free. Adults\nU.'i cents, t'liildren, not members of\nUie Sunday scliool, 10 cents.\nOn .Sunday evening there will lie a\nspecial Christmas' service of song\ncalled \"Glimpses of llethlehein.\" This\nincludes eleven selections, together\n\\ ith solos, and will make a muH-\ncal treat that all are Invited to enjoy,\nMr, W, Dicken .will give a short address on \"HeflcHHions of Christmas\ntide.\"\n\"We want you, Hoy Scouts, for\nbraver things than wnr. We want to\nmake men of you, strong, kind, alert,\nvi\u00C2\u00ABiiniii,s, liflptiil men, useful to your*\n! \u00C2\u00BBr.\nThey are not ijiilte so near the star\nvatlon point It Is true; but.ihey re\nnot for the same reason that the wage\nworker that owned! his home or hud a\nhaul; account Js uoi unite so near-the -\t\nbreadline as hi* more unfortunate tel- j nelvcx, io your iit\u00C2\u00BBigh!io!% to your\nlow*. They have no more economic i country and to the world. For thc\npower merely a little surplus to Hy world (ofluy I* one great nation, and\nupon. i u hater*r helps or hart* one part of It\nWhen the cotton panic spread terror j aids or Injures all. 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'\nf.e.1 iit\u00C2\u00AB-v wHI h\u00C2\u00BBVf ttt he r>wired hut'' '*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2''\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Itt-fi-r. Tfi\Menti:\u00C2\u00AB't. \u00C2\u00ABV*< t'rr |\nilulr rnnoT.il without th* remmit ot\tt'*- u >m *\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 >'ft',r \u00C2\u00ABrojihl\u00C2\u00AB mou\u00C2\u00BBt.|\nthe dominant nptulwt rtau wouhl. \u00E2\u0080\u009Et, K\Ut m l% vali Yo\u00C2\u00AB rin mnt\npi*, r-i'-Hpi* *l.nn **i%**tt.,.\n,\u00E2\u0080\u009E.,,..,,,, ,\n\u00C2\u00BB,!! !,..,.*\u00C2\u00BB **,..<\nmmm | ,..!\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 oui'! miike\ni\u00C2\u00BB,!.ii>, Ht,\n- * Vt: ,'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 '.'.**',\nMr,. I. HOIS\nMntemitf Here* f.*1, Dtitu* Av*.\nPm*i*. \u00C2\u00BB.' C. Pt'tm iff\n^ \"FRUIT\nSALT\"\nm\n*w\nArm You Billious ?\nWHEN \u00C2\u00ABubject to biliousness. \u00C2\u00ABi. '* fur \t\n|{.-\u00C2\u00AB| ('iM,tSi.iti- l*n-l;|i-v, H .'/ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'...!\u00E2\u0080\u00A2!.-. ,*.,\nMntfii- H.il*a\u00C2\u00BBitf' l*<\u00C2\u00BBw..iti.*- *\u00C2\u00ABi ilir-*** j.t*|.\u00C2\u00ABt-\u00C2\u00BB ,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 n\u00C2\u00BB%i tfon. 1 !>>r S,itttrTi*:\\nPage SIX\nTHE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., DECEMBER 26,1914\n\u00C2\u00A5-\nThe German\nSocialists Think Now\nTroelstr-^ Has Interview with Bern.\n- stein ana Haase\nI*'\nBy Adrian Peter Troelstra, Leader of\nthe Dutch Socialist Party\nFor the moment it is Impossible to\nget to know the opinion of the German\n1 Socialist rank and file about the war\nand the tactics pursued by the German Social Democratic Party,-,but it Is\nobvious that tl* majority of them approved, the action of the 'Parliamentary\ngroup on August -1 in supporting the\nWar Budget, indeed, that that action\nwas largely due to the conviction held\nby Socialists that it was necessary to\nmaintain the national dignity av.d independence of Germany in the (:v-*i of\nRussian moblization.\nSocialist Feeling Changing\nHowever, the question uow arises\nwhether, the further course of the war,\nthe sacrifices of money and men which\nhave already been made, the sacrifices\nof money and men which will still be\nrequired, and the more complete knowledge of the events which led to the\nwar\u00E2\u0080\u0094whether these influences will not\nalter the sentiment of the party.\nI am positive that many of the leaders of the German Social Democracy\nwould welcome such a change, but\nwith this qualification\u00E2\u0080\u0094no member of\nthe i>arty wishes to see Germany defeated. At the most, they wish the\nwar to be indecisive, so as to leave no\nnation crushed, und, above all, so that\nthe power of Tsarism in Russia itself\nmay be sensibly hurt by the war.\nReaders of sonic of the German Socialist newspapers will know, however,\nthat in some circles within the Party\nthe influence of German Imperialism is\nmnking itself felt, an influence which\nexpresses itself in au extremely inimical feeling towards Britain.\nI rejoice' to declare that the Executive-Committee of the German Social\nDemocratic Party cautiously apposes\nall Chauvinistic (Jingoistic) utteranc\nes, and considers it to be its duty to\nprevent the national sentiment which\nhas revealed Itself In the party from\ndegenerating into the \"nationalism\" of\nthe bourgeois parties.\nBernstein on Britain's Action\n1 deem this anii-Brltlsli current in\nour party in Germany to be so dangerous that I took particular pains to obtain the fullest possible information\nwherever I went concerning the relations between Germany and Britain.\n1 asked I'M ward Bernstein, with whom\nI passed some interesting hours, what\nhn thought of the attitude adopted toward Britain hy some German Socialists.- He answered thus:\nIn German Social Democratic circles'\nstrong differences exist as to the mo-\nmen i and Parliament to take Russia's\nside, instead of remaining neutral in\nthe Uusso-Austrian conflict. A number of our members think it was Britain's determination to keep the domination of the seas and to -be freed from\ntroublesome German competition\u00E2\u0080\u0094or\nat least to impair that competition\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwhich caused her to take the Russian\nand French side. They hold 'Britain\nmore or less responsible for the present war, and the weakening of her\nstrong position in the world Is to\ntliem one of the principal objects io\nbe achieved by the war.\nI consider these ideas to be wrong.\nBritain has not got the exclusive dominion of tlie seas at present, nor will\nshe have it in the future. Even were\ntlie German Fleet to be totally crushed, which is, however, out of the question, ihis event would only cause a\ndifferent division of sea-power, it\nwould not cause Britain's extraordinary demands at sea by means of the\ndevelopment of international law.\nAnd this we can do, for already a\ngreat number of these claims have\n'been gradually set aside in this manner, and even in Britain there is a\nstrong current of opinion favorable to\nrelinquishing others as antiquated.\nIn the same way the Idea of getting\nrid of German competition by war has\nish industries. Germany is not the\nonly, nor the most dangerous competitor of Britain in the markets of the\nworld.,\n- Since the beginning of the century\nBritain's foreign \"trade has increased\nmore than that of Germany in proportion to her population. In my opinion, the fact that Britain has taken\nthe side of Russia is due to the grouping of the European Powers in a Triple\nAlliance and a Triple Entente, and\nshould be appreciated as such. We\nSocialists have foreseen the danger ot\nthat division of power, and we aspire\nto replace it by a tjnited States of\nEurope. Even during the present war\nwe ought not to lose sight of that aim.\nFor ourselves (the Dutch Socialists)\nand other Socialist parties outside Germany, it is all-important to obtain an\nexplicit explanation of the conduct, of\ntho Social Democratic Group in tbe\nReichstag on Augusts. In one of my\narticles in ,llet Volk I raised the question whether the . German Socialists\nwould not have acted better by abstain from the vote instead of voting\nin favor of the War Budget.\nI learned tha this suggestion was\nseriously discussed in the party, but\nthe advocates and the opponents of\nvoting for the Budget agreed, almost\nwithout exception, that a party repre-\nsentlng a third of the population could\nready been entered was accompanied\nby the acknowledgment that an injustice had ibeen done which would be\nrepaired. This communication, according to the reports,-caused a great\ncommotion in the Reichstag. The\nagreement between the different parties that\u00E2\u0080\u0094in order to impress foreign\ncountries\u00E2\u0080\u0094no discussion should take\nplace, had led to Herr Haase's speech\nand the party's declaration having\nbeen worded beforehand. What subsequently occurred in the Reichstag\nhas most decidedly proved that there\nwas a grea deal to be said against such\na preliminary agreement. , ,\nAfter this sitting of Parliament the\nPress was placed under a military\ncensorship, no -public meetings were\npossible, and no further meeting cf\nthe Reichstag was held; and-, furthermore, Germany was involved in such\na heavy struggle that internal differences were suppressed and the expression of criticism or opposition prevented. But if in this respect no sucb\nprotest as we had the right to expect\nfrom the German Social Democratic\nParty was made, the question what\nour party in Germany will do to 3om-\nbnt the Influences which already manifest themselves in many German circles against the proposal that Belgium\nshould be finally evacuated and hf>r\nindependence and Integrity restored is\n.\nnot abstain from voting ou so vital an of more practical importance. What\ntives which led the British govern-1 been rejected in the majority of Brit-\n!\u00C2\u00A7ri\nPUT LOTS OK,\nGRAHH'\nr'\u00C2\u00BB.\n>\nThis illustrates but one of the many uses to\nwhich Zam-Buk, the great herbal balm, is daily put.\nAccidents will happen, especially where there are\nchildren. Mothers should never be without Zam-Buk. Zam-Buk\nis the best \"First Aid.\" Its strong antiseptic properties kill al{\ngerms, preventing blood-poisoning and inflammation. Its rich,\nherbal essences quickly ease pain and build up new healthy\ntissue. ' Zam-Buk is entirely different fromall other ointments.\nIt Is purely herbal and contains no poisonous coloring matter.\nTake no substitute. See the name on every box before paying,\nZAM-BUK HEALED SEVERE CUT\nMrs. J. \u00C2\u00A3. Bierwirth of Carnduff, Sask., writes: \"My little son cut the\nend off his finger. As it was such a severe cut, I was going to take him to a\ndoctor, but in the meantime to ease the pain, I applied some Zam-Buk.\nThis stopped the blecdipg and gave him such relief that\nhe ceased cryinff and seemed quite at ease. I therefore Zim-Biiic \u00C2\u00ABoU kr \u00C2\u00BBu\n, decided toseeif Zam Buk would heal the wound. Next *\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 S^/tEEmI\n| 'day 1 replaced the dressing, and continued to do so each 5-Oc bor. \" . '_\t\nday, using nothing but Zam-Buk. Complete cure\nresulted.\" ^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^i\nFREE!\nSend IMt rctfoi; I\nfame of p\u00C2\u00ABpn anile\n>.|mp lot tttt trial (\nb.-t. Address 7.*m-\nl.ukCo., Toionto.\nmaamnen\nYOUR HOME NEEDS IT!\nissue. A small Parliamentary group\nit. was suggested to me, could, do such\na thing, but not a party so strong as\nthe German Social Democratic Party.\nIt was for this reason the idea was rejected.\nGerman Socialists and Belgium\nl.also discussed with leading German Socialists the attitude of the party\ntowards Belgium. I was assured that\nIn ihe committees of the Reichstag our\nparty lias always demanded that the\nneutrality of small nations should be\nrespected. \"Then how came it,\" I ask-\nml, \"that on August i the Parliamentary Party did not protest against the\nviolation of Belgian neutrality?\" The\nanswer of Herr Haase, the chairman\nof tlie Parliamentary group, was as\nfollows:\n\"The declaration of our party had\nbeen agreed upon beforehand at a\nparty meeting and had been communicated to the chairman of the Reichstag\nbefore the Party knew anything of the\nviolation of Belgium's neutrality.\nWhenever the occasion has presented\nitself, the party has pronounced itself\nwith all possible decision in favor of\nthe upholding of the neutrality treaties.\"\nFrom a study of German newspapers\nI found that only after August 4 had\nTn*^uMimtuOT\u00E2\u0084\u00A2to\u00E2\u0080\u0094Beigftinr\"aBa\"-th6\nevents which followed upon it been\nmentioned in the press. ' Foreign papers and news from abroad were at that\ntimo suppressed as much as possible.\niThe declaration of the Imperial Chancellor that Belgium hrfd probably al\nI heard in bourgeoise, and even In\nLiberal, circles fills me with fear for\nthe future for the small but heroic Bel-\nglan nation, for which wo feel so much\nsympathy. Antwerp attracts Ger\nman Imperialism like a magnet. What\nIf Germany be victorious, will be the\nfate of Belgium?\nI asked Herr Haase wbat German\nSocialists thityk of tlie .proposal that\nBelgium should be partially or totally\nannexed by Germany. And his answer was:\n\"German Social Democracy, is adverse to every annexation, on democratic principles as well as in the interests of Germany herself. In its\ndeclaration on August 4 the Parliamentary group stated this point of\nview, and ever since then the representative organs of the party have repeatedly expressed themselves in that\nsense.\"\nWhat of the Atrocities?\nI also considered it well to ask the\nleading member of our 'Party in Germany if the Party will do its best to\nmaintain Its honor and that of the\nGerman nation by demanding a full,\nimpartial inquiry Into the reported\natrocities committed in Belgium.\nHaase repjlied:\n\"Bach of the belligerent Po,wers has\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Eccusea^teTidverraTii'sot^Tnnninnair\nway of fighting and of violation of tho\nlaws of war. I consider it necemry,\nwhen once the war Is over and tho\nfacts can he objectively established,\nthat an impartial International committee should Inquire into the trut!v\nof these assertions, in the interests of\nhistory, to secure justice for those\nwho have been unjustly accused,' and\nto condemn those who have been\nguilty.\nAnd, finally, as I am convinced that\nthe war has taken the people and the\nSocialist parties of all countries by\nsurprise, I have heen asking myself\nwhether we shall allow ourselves to\nhe seized unawares by the peace as\nwell. The maner in which we shall\nmake our influence felt' in this matter\nis a secondary -question. But \"especially in a cguntry like Germany every\nvoice that is disagreeable to the Government is hushed. How long shall\nthis last? And if the military powers\ncontinue to suppress freedom oi\nspeech, will German Socialists have\nthe firm will and the courage to niaue\ntheir voice heard ._ nevertheless, to\nshowTier power and to use it so that\nno peace treaty may be enforced upon\nit that violates the rights and olaims\nand integrity of other nations, that is\ntn contradiction to her wishes? iTrue,\nthe party in Germany, ls still in the\nminority, but it is a powerful party,\nand one which bears an enormous responsibility towards the International\nSocialist movement and towards humanity.\nSocialists and Peace Proposals\n.. So I put this question to Herr\nHaase: \"When the time for peace negotiations comet?, can the Socialists of\nGermany leave them in the hands of\nthe Government -and of the diplomats?\" And he answered: \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe people must exert a decisive influence Sn the peace negotiations. The J\nWHOLE FAMILY\n; OSES \u00C2\u00BB\n\"Frult-a-ttYBs\" Keeps YoutgAnd QI4\nla Splendid\n* i\nSocialist working class must not allow\nitself to be excluded.\nLet us hope that the disappointment\nthat undoubtedly has been felt in many\ncircles by the conduct of the German\nSocialists at the outbreak of the war,\nand which has ibeen due, to a great extent, to its having over-rated its internal power when faced by an overwhelming world-event such as this war\nlet us hope that disappointment will\nbe redeemed, if possible, by the conduct of the 'Party as regards the peace\nand the conditions on which it will\nbe concluded, The whole of the International working class movement\nwill then have to develop its full forces\nand to speak its dfecisiYe word, But\nabove all, the German Social Democracy will bear an enormous responsibility.\u00E2\u0080\u0094American Socialist.\n*tath cr omo. crrr or Toledo, /\nLucas Countv. (-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nFrank S, Cwtxir makez oath that ha U srala\noartner of tlie firm ot F. }. Chen-icy tc Co.. doing\ni bualneai! In tbe City ot Toledo. County aad.SUM\natoreaald, and tbat aald (Inn will pay tlw turn of\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0TSK HUNDRED DOLLARS tor each and em?\n***\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ot Catakiii tbat cannot bo cured oy tbe uaa (4\nBlIlliMlMl m\u00C2\u00BBp.\ni. W. HAMMOND ESQ.\nScotland, Ont., Aug. 25th. 1013\n\"Fruit-a-tives\" are the . only pill\nmanufactured, to my way of thinking.\nThey work completely, no griping\nwhatever, and one is plenty for any\nordinary person at a dose. My: wife\nwasa martyr to Constipation. We tried,\neverything on the calendar without\nsatisfaction, and spent large snqts of\nmoney until we happened on \"Fruit-\na-tives\", I cannot say too much in\ntheir favor.\nWe have used them in the family for\nabout two years and we would not use\nanything else as long as we can get\n' \"Fruit-a-tives\".\nTheir action is mild, and no distress\nat all. I have recommended them to\nmany other people, and our whole\nfamily uses them\".\n, J. W. HAMMOND.\nThose who have been cured by \"Fruit-\na-tives\" are proud and happy to tell a\nsick or ailing friend about these wonderful tablets made from fruit juices.\n50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c.\nAt all dealers or sent on receipt of price\nby Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.\nFRANK J. CHENEY.\nSwon> to betore me and fubsrrlbfd In uy preaent*.\nthii '.\n1\nix\nSl-\nli\n!'-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nS. P. Oplinger, member of the\nCooks', Walters' and Bartenders' Union made a short address welcoming\nthe delegates and asking their co-operation by patronizing Union restaurants and bars.\nVice-President Hayes made a short\naddress stating that the purpose of\nthe calling of this convention would be\nexplained by the International Executive Committee after the credential\ncommittee had made their report so j\nas to be sure that every man present\nwas a proper delegate from his loca)\nunion.\nMeeting adjourned io meet at fl a.m.,\nTuesday.\nSecond Day\u00E2\u0080\u0094Morning Session\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Meeting called to order by 'Chair-\n| man John 'McLennan.\n1 Delegate Gilbert, Local .Union 2409\nMoved and seconded that the report of. the committee be accepted.\nVice-President Hayes made a leng:\nthy address explaining the position of\nthe International Executive (Board and\nrecommending that the Convention\nadopt the report and stating that the\nInternational would take care of the\nmen who were black listed and who\nwer unable to secure employment.\nDelegate Nigro, made an address\nasking what definite assurance of assistance the International wiil make to\nthe men who will be put in a position\nwhere they cannot secure employment\nand states that the report of the committee did not touch on the subject of\nPage SEVEN\nsecure employment.\nVice-President Hayes explained that\nthe International Organization would\nassist all who are black listed and ir\nit so prc-en, after they have made r.n\nhonest effort to secure work, to the\nbest of the ability of the organization.\nBoard Member Lawson addressed\nthe Convention in regards to some\nstatements that had been made nnd\nquestions that tyid been asked by vari\nous delegates.\n-Air. Fairley, member of the uic-dia-\nticn committee appointed by President\nV-Tilson, 'was ipresent ai:d addrasse 1 the\ndelegates in regard to the strik-? situation in Colorado.\nVice-President Hayes again assured\nths delegates of the support of the international organization and commended the mine workers of Colorado for\nthe splendid fight they have made.\nQuestion was then called for on the\nthey undertook a little investigation on\ntlieir own account, and they might do\nworse than.start in and investigate a\nfew chambers of\" commerce business\nmen's associations and a few of those\ninstitutions which are called churches.\nA real investigation of the latter is\nvery advisable indeed, as the certain\ninterests have undoubtedly taunted\nthem to a degree that needs full investigation and exposure to the light\nof day. We have done a little in this\nline, and know ministers today who\nare paid to preach the doctrine of\nmammon, paid by operators in exactly\nthe same coin as the pay to mine\nguards and attorneys.\nlt lias been discussed over and over\nag.iin by all sorts of people as to whether martial law ever existed during\nthe coal strike. The governor didn't\nknow and Colonel iHoughton's opinion\nwas so involved in indistinct utterances and legal technicality that whe-\noriginal motion and vote was taken\nwhich resulted in the adoption of the] ther the elusive martial law was in ex-\nreport of tlie policy committee. I istence or not, or ever did exist at all\nDelegate Smith made a motion to,\nwhat whs to be1 done with the people J extend a vote of appreciation to the jam Linderfelt sat down\nin the tent colonies. International District Officers for what! ness\nVice-President Hayes replied staling the>' hnVP do\"* ''or \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB Mine Workers\nthat tlie International would take careiof District 15. Convention then ad-\nof the people in the tents, especiallyj J\u00C2\u00B0\"\u00E2\u0084\u00A2ed sine die.\nthe women and children and that the j\nInternational \"would render them all j STARTLING TESTIMONY IN COLO-\nthe assistance within their power. j RADO COAL STRIKE INQUIRY\nDelegate Nigro, stated that the re- ~ ~\nport of the Policy Committee was not! \",hu Ir Rani8;l\"\ndefinite enough to suit him and he\nI The Interstate Commission on liidus-\nwanted them to state clearly just what, trja,\nthey were willing to do for the people.\n\"Mother\" Jones made it lengthy address, advising the men to adopt the\nreport of the committee.--- j\nDelegate McDonald, stated that ifj\nthe International was able to pay |\nbenefits that none of the men would]\nbe willing to call off the strike, and j\nthat lie did not believe that the conv\nHelntions now sitting in Denver\nWire treated to some .startling .nl- ,<1JIS ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\ndeuce. Sheriff Karr innocently stated n^., front\nthat he had :'.2C deputies, and he didn't\nknow who paid them, but he \"thought\"\nthat the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company did, and he knew the Colorado\nFuel and Iron Company armed thoia.\n(Seneral Chase complained that Jesse\nmission appointed by the President!\nj Northcutt, the Colorado Fuel and Iron\n\\T*. Ara Paariu fn C-t-rrafrh \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB^'-\"\u00C2\u00BBo \u00C2\u00AB.u.i--u iu u.^cl u^ vii.tu- port, ihan for that reason, as it would1\n* Vou- m anfuL of lumber not I\u00E2\u0084\u00A2**\" *\u00C2\u00A3*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 , ,. , ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E f \u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00BB be\u00C2\u00BB- -'.ression and would\nfound just as we represented. Ther. \u00C2\u00B0lrelegate C;llbfe*' ^ iL'n ou f;m \"h\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 that'he miI1*rs of c\u00C2\u00B0lorad\u00C2\u00B0 *\u00C2\u00AB\"\n\u00C2\u00BB v\u00C2\u00BB-..\u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u009Eo i\u00C2\u00BB makes report of the Credentials Com-j willing to have peace even though thev\n.8 no hocus pocus id i ... \u00E2\u0080\u009E , , , . , , . ... . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nj mittee. Regularly moved and second-, lost a good deal. He also stated .that\nThis Lumber Business jed that the Union H010 makes a cor- he was a member of the committee\nWhen you vraat spruce we do nol l rection of Report stating that Delegate who drew up the report and that lie\nlend you hemlock. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 When you huyjs,oan is fro.m Local UnI(M1 301C willingly signed the same.\nfirst-class lumber we don't slip in \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 j Dogate ..McDonald. Local Union' ' Delegate Morton, stated that he was .\nlot of culls. Those who buy once from ! 1388> makes a motion that everyone op|losed t0 the calling off of the strike; w'\"'t '\"\"rtial law was. and how it ouhl\nus always come again. Those who;w]lo iB not a regU]ar delegate of the; on these terms and that the men would\ni Company's attorney, bothered him for\ni the first two weeks after he got to\n; tlie strike field, telling him what he\n' ought to do. And Captain Van C'se\ncould not say what took place at his j\ninquiry'into the Ludlow massacre, 'ne-'\ncause he' had taken an oath not to say\n:iii\thing about it. Major (we beg his\n, pardon) Colonel Boimhton, president\netrlke off on the terms in the re-jof t||p ..m|litar>. mirr an(1 attorney to\nthe .Metal Mine Owners' Assosiafnm.\nin spite of what he got told the last\ntin>e lie attended a sitting of the s*;t;vip\nI con n;!ttpe, bobbed up again and pro-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0reeded to tell the commission (.nudity\nwhli !t v.ere men who were coDsrP.ntiwi\n, I-'v.yer.s of ropnto before this flannel-\nj mo.i.ii piece of gall wore long pants),\nwas in grave doubt, until one Lieuten-\nIn the wit-\nseat and read his own military\nrecord and then told us that he (Linderfelt) declared martial law himself.!\nIn 'loirs: this he overstepped the boundary of prudence, as If ever Major or\nColonel llouijliioii hears of it, he will\ncause trouble. Ile will brook uo competition from a junior officer. He\nami he oiil> is entitled to sinnd on that\npinnacle of gall which lie lias erected\nfor his own srlf. and if this Linderfelt di;! really declare martini law as\n1 he says lie would certainly be entitled\nseat on the pinnacle.\n* The miners will do well to -quit worrying about militia men and gunmen\nand such like, and -get ready for other\ntilings. The President's commission\non conditions and grievances will soon\nhe with us. and we should have our\nevidences all ready for them.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wyoming Labor Journal.\ncommissions.\nExecutive Board. /Member Lawson ,\nmade a lengthy address telling the!\nmen that it wns necessary for the in-'\nternational to call off the strike be-;\ncause of the lack of funds, but they\nwould rather liave had the men call J\nthe\n\"(Isf, and not-he declared, and hew\nhave not yet made our acquaintance j\nMine Workers be excluded from thejlo^i' what benefits they had had be*\nI it could he declared and not. exist. \\\\nire taking chances they wouldn't en-j niiiii in'atb*\Zv*ntinT\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 Vnm rZ A for,, ti-e strtke\"wa'a\.a'i'ieri ^.Ih'^tZ.' (i\u00C2\u00B0\"i'1 \"ot '\"^JLgigntdtgi of his erl\ncounter if they bought their lumber j fcutlve session. Delegate Kerr, Localj\nlere.\nKENNEDY & MANGAN\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Dealers In \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLumber. Lath, Shingles, Sash and\nDoors. SPECIALTIES\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mouldings,\nTurnings, Brackets, and Detail Work\nOFFICE AND YARD\u00E2\u0080\u0094McPherson ave.\nOpposite Q. N. Depot. P.O. Box 22,\nPhone 23.\nKING'S HOTEL\ni Union 81, seconded the motion. Mo-\nj lion carried, and all persons who were\n{not entitled to a seat in the <-onven-\nj tion, with the exception of members of\n! the iMine Workers, wero requested to\ni leave the room.\nVice-Presideut Hayes states that .n\n; committee of five have been apolnted\n'by the National Executive Board to re-\nI present them iu making the report to\nI tlie convention assembled nnd reads\n; report wliich Ih signed by ail tlie Na-\nitlonol Executive Officers and Hoard\nkMemberiv nnd recommends the appoint of a policy committee to consider\nsame.\nDelegate Vasquez makes a motion\nweeks pay day, their own checkweighman, etc.\nSecretary Doyle, stated that he was\nin favor of the adoption of the report\nof thc committee and stated that members of the organization should be.informed as to the financial condition of\nthe International. He stated that up\nNovember 28th there had heen\n]TieTiTtrT)tfioFTiuiii Oi.it he con ten -led\nthat if lie had been in West Virginia\n1 hn could liave; straightened anything\nlout, and that when he was in uniform\n! he was martial law and any one who\n, dared to question this fact was guilty\nto\nor treason and subject to be arrested\nand.,executed by Lieuipuant Linderfel'.\nAnd that Linderfelt \"undoubtedly dr!\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 break the stock of his gnu over Louis\nR718.C7H.SI spent by the lnternatlon-|TII|I|H. ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,,. ,mt ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E, for \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E nm ,.B\nal to assist the Colorado strikers. i was ,, 80l(\u00E2\u0080\u009EeJ. ,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,, R seillhl)\u00E2\u0080\u009Ea\u00E2\u0080\u009E .llld -u\nDelegate Jones moved that the con- W;(J. .,)1(J,' j,\u00E2\u0080\u009E|j,v -\nvention adjourn m Cl .. o'clock In the, 'Thp wl)ol\u00E2\u0080\u009E'^^^ 0, 0V|llpnpp ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009Er(1\nmorning. j wfls \u00E2\u0080\u009E,,,, nlckeiiing exposure of filthy\niX'let.ste.Slmuiion nskH 'or lhe Ucor, roll,,ll|H,M \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E of f01\u00E2\u0080\u009E dteRrace ,0 th!g\nfo\" a few minutes, and wa.-i.allowed .\nfivo uiinutes by the chair. lie stated tnnt he was sorry lha. -\u00C2\u00BBe strike\n, \u00E2\u0080\u0094Made of the highest quality\ntalc money can buy\u00E2\u0080\u0094milled\nto infinite smoothness,' and\n then_fierfume.d__wUh the\ngenuine \"Corson\" perfumes.\nIdeal Orchid\n'OrSOfl S Pomander\nViolet\nDon't buy clicap, infrrior talcs,\nco*rwl> millrd and ih\u00C2\u00AB.ply\nn-i-ntrj, whfn bv atkinK tor\nCORSON'S you i-an ^tl lltelmt.\nAsk your Druggist\nyttMhy 39\nIMIVI'HIK.M mnSti l!M1TKl>,TO\u00C2\u00ABONTO\nDirectory of Fraternal\nSocieties\nINDEPENDENT ORDER\nOF ODD FELLOWS\nMeets every Wednesday\nevening at 8 o'clock In K. P.\nHall.\nNoble Grand, J. T. Puokey.\nSecretary, J. B. Mciklejobn.\nESTHER REBEKAH\nLODGE NO. 20\nmeets first and third\nThursdays in month, at 8 p.\nm., in K. P. Hall.\nA. MINTON, N. G.\nS. TOWNSBND, R. Sec.\nANCIENT ORDER OF\nFORESTERS\nMeet at Aiello'g Hull second and third Mondays in\neach month.\nJohn M. Woods, Secretary.\nFernie, Box 657.\nKNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS\nMeet every Tuesday at 7.30\np.m. In their own Hall, Victoria Avenue.\nC. C. T. Ratcliffe.\nK. ot S\u00E2\u0080\u009E D. J. Black.\nM. of F\u00E2\u0080\u009E Jas. Madison.\nLOYAL ORDER OF\nMOOSE\nMeets every Monday at\n7:^0 p. m., in K. of P. Hall.\nDictator. F. H. Newnham.\nSecretary, G. Moses.\nHO Howland,Ave.\nLOYAL TRUE BLUE ASSOCIATION\nLady Terrace Lodge, No.\nmeets lu the K. P. Hall\nTJ.X,\nsecond and fourtji Friday of\neach mouth at 8 p. m.\n.MHS. J. I1HOOKS, W. iM.\nW. orr, Secretary.\nLOYAL ORANGEMEN\nTerrace I^odKO 1713. Meet\nat the K. P. Hall first and ^\nthird Friday evening of each 0\nmonth at 7.30. Visiting brethren cordially invited.\nIt. UUIOH-TON, W. M.\nJ. SHILLING, Rec. Sec.\nimti*ili*t\'t*ip*\Tii\XriV.rt^^\nBeware of Ointments for Catarrh\nThat Contain Mercury\nthat the report of the National Bxe-jwas called off In this maiiur. us it!\nwas hard on the men, and stated tint;\nhe hoped that they would become bet-'\nicutlve Hoard be placed in the hands\n!of the policy committee and that this\ni committee be glveu au opportunity to\nmeet before the afternoon session ho\nI tliey could make thetr report,\nj Question was raised as to whether j pan of the men went back to work In\nDINING ROOM IN CONNKtTION ithe committee should be appointed by I the umall mlnoi* tliey made, the chane\nBttt- tuippliwl with the best Wines\nLiquor* nnd Cigtu*\ncountry. All wo can hope is that such\nt'iimimbln practices will never again be\ntolerated, in this state.\nWe want to blot that dark era ail'*.\nallay t!ie bitterness that j: has .'.iiitii'il.\n*,. ond the hist way for atudi uw. as\nter organized so that if they went on| N.orth(,trtti (!ov(, nn,| jiouuhton tc ns.\nstrike in the future they would be j ^ ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E U))) ,,,otI|||(r out ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E Iu ,.,,(,\u00E2\u0080\u009E ut\nable to win. lie nlso stated that when j ,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E,,,, ^ roSKlbll,; The mol.(( ,.,,e (,u.\nj\u00C2\u00ABiistliiK coiiducl of Hiii'h men as they\niaru paraded before the public, the\nit* the .liKtjncc. Niii\".\nthe tstrilti. trouble lies at\nW MILLS.\n[the chair or be regularly elected by jes of winning very few, ar they lost!\nI tin* delegate*, After some dlAcusMiouj the symptitlij of the public when \"'e ],',\"!\"\" *'\njit was moved, und tteeondml that tlioiiuihlie wan well supplied with coal.!.'!\".'\ \"\n1 till T llllOl'\n.... , *j and only\nPrip | committee b\u00C2\u00AB electrd by the delegate*, j und the only way tq win was to keen j.\"\" ' '\"\"\" ' !h'v w,''!\" i,clU!>t,!'' *<>!\u00C2\u00BB'\nMotion carried. After seventeen do-all the mluen fhnii working. if \"\"\" \u00C2\u00B0\"ly r\"!' th(,: \"\u00C2\u00BBaterial rcwurl\nP. Carosella\nWholesale Liquor Dealer\n! legates lind been nominated, it was! Kxwwlv-e Hoard Member Wilk!:i-\n'-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 they could net for tlr.'iuselves. 'folk\nv.wmmmMm%wmmsxssmn\nAnd If the biiflness concerns of the\nhome town have not what you want,\nthey can get It.\nai nirrpury will -snMy il.-i.truy ll\u00C2\u00BB> *un\u00C2\u00BBi' tit kicpII\nuud cuuiiil.t,*!.. tK'rmiKc li.i- \u00C2\u00ABhul;* srcli'tu Hhru\ni-iilerlin; it tlimiivli tin- uiiiii\u00C2\u00ABi\u00C2\u00BB >t.irfncr\u00C2\u00BB. fiacli\nii.UiIih \u00C2\u00BBlin I'TPWriii-\nlinns fr.*m ri.|iut\u00C2\u00BBbli- | ti.\u00C2\u00BB>>Ii-Ihiii>. ji\u00C2\u00AB the daiAHKi\n'.lii'V will ilu ls tiu iu'A tu .:>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 niail }\"U fan [*)\u00C2\u00BB-\n>Uif.v Uirlvi' Iri.ui ih.iii- llull'it C'utarrh Cun>.\nlKinmfu'tiiri'l Vy I\". J. flutii'y t. lu.. Ti.li'du, li.,\n1-oiitnSiiH ki iwn-nry. i nil 1- token lutirnaliy,\nn'tliig iltifrtly in \"ii tli\" Win il nn! iruni>H\u00C2\u00AB mir\nfan-* t.f tin. f)-Kti.|\u00C2\u00AB. In liiiylim Uaiiv r\u00C2\u00ABt\u00C2\u00AB-rli\nClin** I-i- mn- Jim p-t On- ir.-:iulir>. II 1* tal i-H\nlit>'li>al!.r \u00C2\u00BBiu| iiimli. In Tuli'il-i, oliiii. 1'/ V. 1,\nI'ld-n.y tt IM. Ti'\u00C2\u00ABt|n\u00C2\u00BB tiluli V.\nKnlit hy liiiin*!''\". I\"r!i'. 7.1p. |\u00C2\u00BBr t.-Mli',\nT-jIv HjU'x Ciiully l'?\i fur UNC3. 36 CLNT*\nDry (loods. Orocerles, Roots and\nHbom. Oents' fHirulabtnn*\nBAKER\nBRANCH AT\nAVENUE\nHOSMER, B.C,\nFemie-Fort Steele'\nBrewing Co., Ltd.\nBoor\nand\nPortor\nBotllad Goods a Specialty\nmoved and seconded that the former | hoii took the floor snd stated that the'?-1' \"Kll!'u\"'y' T\"r'l*\u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00BB\">ver h\u00C2\u00BBs\nbeen iti (iBictor of any stripe, iTei-il\nor color'who for iwrcmmrv\nmotion lu- ri'scluded and thnt t'.iej luteriintlonal I0x\u00C2\u00ABjcuttve Hoard wen'\niCiitilrmnn appoint nevem delegates t-o! very sorry that they had to call off the\nind as members of thn committee *aji-]\u00C2\u00BBtr!!;e, but that the finances of the or-\nJ pointing one from each strike district.; ifanlxailon could not stand the strain\nj and he al\u00C2\u00ABo slated lhat the men oni\nMtrike in ih* st;it<- of Ohio had recelv-.\nfit no lifttefitN for three month* Mffer\n| the strike was * tilled, und had received j\n, n very kiiiiiII ntnouni of relief durliiRl\nl the eiithi nioiith\u00C2\u00AB they had been out.'\n| The litteniHtlonu! had not deserted the i\n.Colorado miner* but would provide fo''\njtliem to the be\u00C2\u00BBt of their ability.\n: Convention udjonnie.i until T \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB p.m.\ni Second Osy\u00E2\u0080\u0094Svtnlrg Session\n) The d!*ru**lon\" on tin* motion btt-\n\toxo the cniiventhMi to niifpt lhe r<-\ni{ri'-\u00C2\u00BBd !\nsprplmeiif. j\nMotion carried,\nt'oiiveuilon Hdjoitmeil.\nAfternoon Session\u00E2\u0080\u0094Second Day\nMeeting called to order nt 2,1.' p.m.\nOelegjite llichard llonald, \u00C2\u00ABecretary\nor the Policy (Committee, niadn report\nof the coumilttei' rccotiiiiifnilltiK that\nthe strike be called off iu accordance\nj witli tho recommendation of the inter-\njtintionnl KsiM'iitlvn Hoard, and thut the\nmill who are btarkllated be helped liy\nthe orcnnixatlnn. They nlso r\u00C2\u00AB'co\u00C2\u00ABi.\nmciidi'd Hut the dWtrl*H\u00C2\u00AB lie kept the\nI\nList of Locals District 18\nNo, Nam* See and P. 0. Mnttm\nUl Whit*-Ash Mine. Wm. Standi. Taber, Alia.\nm Uaakfttad Jt* m heaney, iJanktiead, Alta.\n4\u00C2\u00BBt iMMv*r ^ re**. 4. u*ti\u00C2\u00BBjy!trni\u00C2\u00BB, mniKS ^meo, tm I'mtasr, AHa,\n431 iMtwtiie ...James l l/\u00C2\u00BB<\u00C2\u00BBM\u00C2\u00BBr1\u00C2\u00AB(re Colllerle*... .fmiJt Harr!w\u00C2\u00ABham. f'oslhnrsl Atia.\nJ\u00C2\u00BB^i M*id* ticaf T, ti. Harrka, PMmtwjf. AH*.\nTXXi Mtrbel Rlehard Heard, yUdbti, B. C,\nIX.1 Vmtibnnt *,.,T, 0. Ham**. Pnmbott, Ait*.\ntic Tnber A. I'sttarton. Tufcer. Alu.\ntrtn, iieommown. CaaaM>re...Mu ItMcAer, tteottnown. CuMere. AMa.\n(..)->; iimeaa Mint* Hoary MeKenu. Sortngg. via RMkf Monat.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Mi Howrt, anmrm.\n*\u00C2\u00BBnie mh.they sre at Ute present tiniejt\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2(! o*rRflri!/-.itii;!\nID off on l\u00C2\u00BBecembtr Ift'h. (rHIef'to those tn,\n< Mi \u00E2\u0096\u00A0Hiiliiii.il' nil ill T \u00E2\u0096\u00A0- mi --Ml. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 niifiriii-- i-i-i'n - Tl i ill\nliinird '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the Mirloiii\" didetT'te^.\nTin' ildi'uduil tt'i.i ilincuSHfiJ :\i fi'iilii-\nleftist li by Delemte Hldel!, \u00C2\u00AB\n!*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2, !t -m;tX,. Suiti* .*..'k. d U .in !<*>\\nAA.:* v >\n,0. v^uliVi\n|- - - \u00E2\u0080\u0094 m.~.-r , -. ....-^. *..\nllout* in reviJinf** i >\u00C2\u00BB an anmfantf.\n1 bete k not ihn 1***4 I'trnft el \u00C2\u00BBny ill\nf,j etmt ot tmptof* t \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB in i>ny \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2***, al ifattnm\nh eiuiiwlir in a\u00C2\u00AB*..nl -w.ih N\u00C2\u00AB-j\u00C2\u00BB#. .\nHoe'n \"ftutt b*\t\" conuint lH* wImm*\nMnstitiimi* \u00C2\u00ABf rii \u00C2\u00BBt duit in \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 |\u00C2\u00BBoil*Me, agreeable\nnett *tmnt* L**m, \u00C2\u00BBn\u00C2\u00ABJ ia \u00C2\u00BBn \u00C2\u00BB**rv rtmpt^t n*\nbsnaktt *\u00C2\u00BB llu Juan ui iU* Imi* Iiuin i*bnk\nb fo tAttnbw-i.\nZtiU ttt mil lit* ).i..~., -i but.it* ..\u00E2\u0080\u00A2illlisK off of Hip \u00C2\u00ABtr!k\u00C2\u00AB' will, wi\u00C2\u00AB|\n1 lioiu\u00C2\u00AB, ui'irlt .\u00C2\u00BB new *ri ;u:;i um- vvhU-U,\nwl!| bri>i\u00C2\u00AB prosspiTity to nil. and when;;\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBim< ol im' Kimd, '.vfil iiicuiiim pfo-j\n!\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 who have tii'eii *n vnt\v Kencrtria{\n111 tll\u00C2\u00BB!i-(llho HiH.it, .t.iutlt tin.-* il.ii lli.li-j\nirn, hiivi- tinn* to look around to liu-i;\ntte*' pit*\u00C2\u00BBturi\"\u00C2\u00AB fur tlit'ir I;. i;\u00C2\u00BB>v*\"l\"i'' t \u00E2\u0080\u00A2!\ntulit, we ikiitiUl *nw\*.'*i that lln'y Inti:\nnv\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABr tlnir own attitudi' und iMiint.r\ni\u00C2\u00BBvi'v lir- c-'iitr-.t r<'\u00C2\u00BBiirl it\u00C2\u00ABji* ,.*\u00C2\u00BB:i:in> fiifiii k'lons not hi nit >\n..it ,:',, -ti'.Hiiii \u00C2\u00AB-\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u009Eil iiiiUuiis, aim uiriH' \u00C2\u00BBo *\ni -tlllw il*.l|* nfi',:*. ; rt- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<*'\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2* *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\",- <\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ni tii'lB'-iMfHtiK *t*\u00C2\u00BBti\u00C2\u00AB and mttni'tv mint.'\n#(l a irrm in the pHi'intHir-v l\u00C2\u00ABn'f '\nj it loottiini to hear suth \u00C2\u00AB one as him t\ni.ialiiig .iiuiii tin murdrroita coal mtn*.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2t-r ftrikinm an 1 disnurhitut ltidu*lH.il j\n,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E,,,*!\u00C2\u00BB.in,.., -\n1 We ranild alvc a H'ore nf ItiKtaaiai'\n; i\n\ot u like *-hir\u00C2\u00BBei\u00C2\u00AB-r ai:d t-a*e iilwaj*'\nI belli'Vil tltit if nn' Colorado under-j\n* took a .nal 'ioiim- < ;<..ti!iii*E and fc\u00C2\u00ABl rid ,\n\ot th* M-'ilU danaeroa* aifitatofs thit:\nJ union Ww vtmll i\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB t\u00C2\u00BB'\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB many ol'-,\n{',** in- ,t.', *, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00C2\u00BB* '.. * ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\"'>a>'i O\"\ni*\u00C2\u00ABme tir'ni* \u00C2\u00AB.'%!i\u00C2\u00AB :;\ni mi-* itii'-a -Mniiiii-\"*\nfhnrelH * a mill ij*.**\nII ih*> nm a,* in td*'\n; whltr praying.\n! -Toa! miners Uavt-\nI \u00C2\u00AB,4\" b) ..ilnutit fit-r,\n, 9**,., * ,,\u00C2\u00BB .\u00C2\u00BBm4 \u00C2\u00BBi\u00C2\u00BBm\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB>*\ntill p\u00C2\u00AB'\".h.i' ai'Ki**-\nA merchant ia a Canadian city once made a discovery. He had purchased some goods that did\nnot turn out as he thought they would. Instead\nnf nf!\u00C2\u00AB*prti\u00C2\u00AB*in-rj \"Ennrmmn Ban'/iin*\" h* \u00C2\u00ABtmply\nBEtd, \"I bought them to sell ot $10.00. but they arc\nnot worth it; in fact I cannot recommend them at\nall, but you will find them worth $4.00.\" Me sold\nthem all and made some new customers, wh\u00C2\u00BB\nwere convinced of his sincerity.\nNothin'; new about it. Truth is as old as the\nhills and he tiimply told the truth He discovered\nthat honesty in the be^t\"policy, and fortunately\nvery many advertisers are making the same discovery.\n''**\ni\n*m\u00C2\u00AB*v.'\n_***- i -W******\nPMH\u00C2\u00BBivm******\"**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i !\u00E2\u0080\u00A2**%.\ni \u00C2\u00AB... a*-. \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBk ij^ j|\n*** **4\u00C2\u00AB^\u00C2\u00BB** tUkw'l 9tl.IWti9t99.nl\ntbf\nnnk* ol ih#.\n.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ii'i torn*\nfe* %;n, rfvil\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2> w<*'***\ni* ,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2;; \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2JtiVt-Htr^-tt-\n>',im itnii.tr i.i-\n.i.4.i>\u00C2\u00BB, a,,*i ititie\nH'\u00C2\u00BB abaut ilr\u00C2\u00BBf\nGreat Northern Railway\nim ol't'i riiiy; \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB|\u00C2\u00BBi'i.'tii!,tv ,\u00C2\u00BBl'.i'.n. !;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 r.aiuti ln|> t'.\u00C2\u00BBr\u00C2\u00BB'\u00C2\u00BB t'r\u00C2\u00AB*>\u00C2\u00BBt\nK*'n\u00C2\u00BBii\u00C2\u00BB '<\u00C2\u00BB %ft'inu tii\u00C2\u00AB- ll-imi.i\ >\u00C2\u00AB>iiMtit.\nTickets for steam ship to all European points ean bo\nsecured it depot. \t\nf-|ir|\u00C2\u00BBrt rnnW(#r.\u00C2\u00BB{f>Mt ,\u00C2\u00BB ttettnarl fnr t't*! 9* Wt**f\nYoa wiil e*\u00C2\u00BBy>y ail the tnmtort of most modern railroad equipment. Court onus and effi\u00C2\u00AB '\u00C2\u00AB*hi impioyii will m\u00C2\u00BBk\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB yonr trip\npleasant.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00ABt\u00C2\u00BBrt puretiaslnf sttsms^ip\ntirhttt, lei ut talk It ever,\nll,\nfor fi. nt.er inferm-ation npitiy to\nJ. E. COLE, Agent\nlot4fl FERNIE,BC Ptt.\u00C2\u00BB. l\u00C2\u00ABt Shoe\nDept.\nWe havo a great varioty of ladies ancl children's\nFelt Slippers, in all colors and styles to choose from.\nWe are putting out a special bargain table of\nLadies' Slippers in till styles, for a week-end special\nat the low priee of $1.00 pair.\nThese comprise Felt, Cloth, Leather and Moccasin\nstyles. All new and up to date goods.\nWe have a full line of Ladies' Moccasins and\nSnow Shoes. Smaller sizes in Snow Shoes for boys\nand girls.\nLadies' and boys' Hockey Boots with Skates attached.\nAVe carry a large variety of spring and Hockey\n^ifirteHiHadies^hildren^and^oys^\t\nXmas Suggestions in\nFootwear\nMen's fur-lined Slippers at $2.75 and $3.00\nMen's wool-lined Slippers at ... .$1.75 and $2.00\nMen's J Mack and Tan Opera Leather Slippers,\nfrom $1.75 to $3.00\nMen's Ulack and Tan Elasticsido Slippers,\nfrom $2.26 to $3 CO\nMen's All-wool Slippers,. with leather-covered\nsoles, from 35c. to 2.00\nJaeger wool-lined, brown leather Slippers, $3.50\nMen's black and brown Hockey Boots, from $3.00\nto $5.00. ' ,\nMen's Hockoy Hoots with Skates attached; a\ngood, strong and serviceable outfit at $8.00\nMen's\"Hookey Skates, from $1.25 to $5.00\nMen's Spring Skates, at 75c.\nMen's Hockey Sticks, from ... .25o, to 90o each\nMen's Snow Shoes, from $4.00 to $7.00\nThis Store Will be Closed All Day Saturday, December 26th, 1914\nOn New Years' Day the usual Candy Bags\nwill be distributed to the Children\nChristmas Specials\nin Groceries\nKiley'a Totf.*. p\u00C2\u00AB-r lb 35\nMixed Nuts,.'. lbs 1.00\nMixed Candy, 2 lbs JJ\nMixed Creams. 2 P>\u00C2\u00AB 35\nMixed Chocolate Creams, per lb jot\nMoir'* Fam-y *riiu\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABUie l'i nam*, pit lb .50\nFerny Jioxe* Chocolates, per box .25c. to$3.00\nfr'amy Tabic Fig*, per lb 15c. 20c. and 25c\n(1ftl \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\t\n%**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* % t\u00C2\u00BB,.': }} \",.*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 of \l\ yer\nV, aud'n. fled f'tirwni .1i\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABjr. 1 lb. glass\n2.00\n.25\n2.00\n40\n25\n.25\n.30\n.16\n,25\n.25\n.00\n1.00\n.30\nIM\n.35\n.26\nWc tm have onr wtial wt\u00C2\u00AB sttoctid stock\nof Christmas poultry. Mew wilt below. Bet\nUS Delete pitwiiig ytt**. vitmx* tlm*******\nOot Flowers and Want* will alio \*i onjte.\nplay In ow grocery department on the 23rd\nand 3' \" \"\n124th of December.\nTOYLAND\n(Second Floor)\nEXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN TEDDY BEARS\nThese wre extra strong, well-stuffed and jointed,\nand they GROWL.\nRegular .$2.50 value for $1.75\nRegular $2.00 value for .$1.50\nRegular $1.75 value for '. $1.35\nRegular $150 value for $1.25\n\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 DOLLS \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPretty Dolls, well dressed,\nvery strongly jointed and\ngo to sleep. Regular $1.2.').\nXmas special 95c.\nSUN-BONNET SUE\nThe cutest little doll you\never saw. It is nicely dressed and has unbreakable\nhead. Special $1.00\nKandy Kid Junior\nGirls \u00E2\u0080\u0094 In street dress,\nwith lawn underwear, imitation shoes and stockings.\nTOYLAND\nA list of Toys that will delight the little ones\nand every item reduced in price for Christmas\nweek. - *,\nA collection of toys that cannot be seen in any\nother store in town, while the prices will compare\nfavorably witli the big catalogue houses.\n.Steam Engines, Hnxfi&_J*QjL\nPaints, Noah's Arks. Drums,\nTrains or Trucks, Drawing\nSlates, \Guns and Swords,\nHorns, Cannons, Christinas\nStockings, Building Blocks,\nToy Dishes, Doll's Carriages,\nChristmas Tree Decorations,\nMusical Toys. Modelits, Games\nof all kinds, Magic Lanterns,\nTool Sets, Toy Horses and\nWagons, Toy Furniture, Play\nSuits (Tndian and Cowboy)\nToy Watches, Toy Washing\nsets, Storekeeper sets, Toy\nTrunks, Child's Chairs. ,\nUseful Christmas Gifts in our Men's\nand Boys' Department\nIn the Men's Department you will find many gift sr^ -Boy's Sweat \u00E2\u0080\u00A2tr Coats $1.75\nsuggestions of interest. Sensible things that are ap- 8fcA) Mocha Gloves $1.C0\npredated by men. -JkbL. Wool Mitts 25\nSilk Mufflers, in new designs ^PlPik Leat,,ei' Mitti *3B\nlieautiful Neckwear in Fancy Boxes \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 HraSffiFjJW Hoys'two-piece Uloomer Suits, at\nSilk Suspenders in fancy Iioxph l\"yeW^W spwdal price Saturday $4.50\nMn\u00C2\u00AB.j^7W\u00C2\u00AB\"l Caahnwa Sox (iMf Boys'Flannel Shirts, with lounge\n^''ttita-uffktad. /GU \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00C2\u00AB\" Saturday at... $1.00\nInitialed Handkerchiefs in Linen and Silk IT \\ MOTFLHH, SPSOIAL\nSilk Arnihntnlh iu fancy boxes Uj \ \\ nvMammm \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\nFur Collar* in Beaver, Marmot, Mink-rat \u00C2\u00A3r UM Men's All-wool Muffler-chest and\nMociia Ulnviw\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00ABiiik, fur ur wool lined q w \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB** proi\u00C2\u00ABeloi\u00C2\u00BB*} regular values up <\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\nFitted Suit Cases. Telescopes. X* 75c- Christmas week 50c.\nSpecial Wednesday Night & Thursday Sale\nRubber Toys\nincluding Dolls, Hattles, and\nAuutuhof all hinds\ni PRICE\nBOOKS\n*\nv.,*,* Hmtkn nt 25c,\nIttmty Books at 50c.\nDolls and Animals\nDressed Dolls and Pur Animals\nin gr^at variety will lw told at\nJ PRICE\nAll cur Regular 60c, 7Sc, and SSc Boohs for Boys and Girls to go at 0Oc\nAll our Regular 40c and 50c boohs for Boys and Girls to go at Met\nReady - to-Wear Dept.\nXmas Suggestions\nThis is the year when people are selecting UBoful\nand practical gifts. Why not a set of. furs, blouse,\nkimona, or sweater?\n25 p, o, off\ni a k\n\ ' / ** ,. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n^mA0k\nGirls Annual\nat $1.50\nA whole jear'i Issue of CHTJMfl,\nnicely bound, for $1.50\nBoysAnnual\nat $1.50\nMunson s Children's Story Book large Size $1*00\ns\nWe have in stock some beautiful pieces of fvlr\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n lllink. Jjlai-lr ff>Y niftJAslrin eahln aw/1 nt\in-.e* all\nwith 25 jier cent off the Tegular price.\nBlouses\nA full line of ladies' silk and crepe de choiu*\nblouses in all sliadea. Made in the latest stylus.\nSizes: 34 to 42. Prices from $2.45 to ?8 50\nWimonts\nLadies' Kimonas in floral design blanket doth}\nsomo in eiderdown and others in French doliiine.\nBeautifully trimmed with satin bands. In all sizes.\nPrices from $3.50 to $10.00\nSweaters\nLadies' Sweaters in all colors, with high or roll\ncollars; in fancy or plain mannish weave. Sizes:\n36 to 44. Price* from $2.25 to $10.00\n.,._\u00E2\u0080\u009E Dainty Hanflkeroliicfs\ny vi *^V Ma,{0 a most ,w^ul\n.. *5^Sk ai,(1 \u00C2\u00BBoc\u00C2\u00ABl*\u00C2\u00ABWo *\u00C2\u00ABft for\n* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\" ' '\"if;.]^^^k showing the boet and\n!^^V|^i^Pl8r\u00C2\u00BB0>t awortmeiit' of\n\ \u00C2\u00B0-5i^jdr Handkerchiefs over\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0fd^jjr shown in this city. They\ncome iu Hemstitched\nand lace-edge, anil are\nprettily embroidered.\nThroe llandkerchicfa in a dainty gift boxjlscc\nedge nnd embroidered. Special, per box ... .$1.00\nA special line, hemstitched, linen lawn, embroidered in ono corner. Christinas week only 2 for25c.\nSix Handkerchiefs in pretty box; hemstitched\nand embroidered in one corner. Pure Irish Uttw.\nPer box fl,25\nOne big lot of Ladiea1 Linen Handkerchief*. Hem.\nstitehed, laee-edgc and embroidered. fyQpl-.il\nI\"'\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .85o eaoh, or S for $1.00\nLadies* Silk Searvts\nIn an extra heavy quality, 46 inches long, nrith\nfringed ends. Come in pink, sky, white, \u00C2\u00ABliam.\npagne, ete. Special ........ ,..,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.,.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2...\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,.,. $115\n35 Per Cent Off Leather Goods\nThis special offer includes onr extensive stock of\nladies and gents dressing owes, travelling companions, brush and comb mtn, manic uro xcU (in ebony.\nFrench ivory and Silver),\nChristmas week Special 2fi p.e. Discount\nAt Half Price\nAll our gnat stock of Brasiwafe ln the nmsst\nEitUrns will bo sold Otmiitnu wttk at HALF\nRI-Oll\nOnr immmiHt stoek nf \u00C2\u00ABb>iarhs am* \u00C2\u00ABn diwplii? In\nilantware Department, Make ymr boy happy\nwith one of theae health-giving toys.\nCutlery, Klvtrwars, Out OUn and OWm\nin on wtw*i*\et ttiln ttnrint* r%r!e<*m\u00C2\u00ABt w/.i.-i- ty,, , *\nfail to visit otir hardware deosrlnent l>efor\u00C2\u00BByoii\ndeeide what to liny. The girt snggmiions aro to\nnunieroiis here yon will be wire to mo nomtthing\nyou want.\nThe Store of\nQuality\n1\nTRITES-WOOD COMPANY, Ltd.\nBRANCHES AT FERNIE, MICHEL, NATAL AND COAL CREEK\nMoney Sav*\ning Pricei\nt'Kr \u00E2\u0096\u00A0;\n* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n. |\nI,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;\\\nr>.\ni\n:. fi\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 <\n['.\n*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * i\n-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 I\n' \"n\nII-'\n: i\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2, i\n' T\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i\n,1\n*\nm\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nt\nA\nt *\ne*\n\"-\"'-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\n^mam\ni H&iiti&I^UtU,**^* _i \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n* ' fti"@en . "Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger

Frequency: Weekly"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Fernie (B.C.)"@en . "Fernie"@en . "District_Ledger_1914_12_26"@en . "10.14288/1.0309031"@en . "English"@en . "49.504167"@en . "-115.062778"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Fernie, B.C. : F.H Newnham"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The District Ledger"@en . "Text"@en .