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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council <^f|j|^> - Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Partf No. 69âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., August 14th, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY British Empire Labor Conference in England Labor Men From All Part* of the Empire Confer on Subjects J_ Concerning the Worket^^^AIir^rLasW Is to Benefit the Toilers of All Nations. BRITISH Labor reached another milestone recently, when the ^gx-Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, welcomed to the Motherland a party of Labor delegates, who had come from many corners of the Empire to meet in conference. , The occasion was the opening, in the Inter-Parliamentary â¦Association Rooms, at the House of Commons, of the British Commonwealth'Labor Conferenceâthe first gathering of its kind in the history of the movement. â¢ j Mr. MacDonald expressed himself in clear-cut terms on the subject of Preference. "What we hav.e to do," he said, "iSrto devise means by.which Preferences are given for the benefit of the whole community." He suggested that the only way was by large.wholesale purchases by committees under Government control. Representatives were.present -from X: Ireland (north and Free State), Australia, British Guiana, Canada, India, Newfoundland, Palestine and South Africa, in addition to many British ex-Ministers and members of Parliament. ; IPese , included â MrrF.O. Roberts, Col. J. C. Wedgwood, Mr. R; J. Davies, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. A. A. Purcell, Mr. G. Lansbury, Mr. R. Smillie, Mr. B. Spoor and Mr. J. Maxton. ,.. The delegates, among whom were- several men of non-European races, had assembled to hammer out such problems as: . Inter-Dominion emigration; Geneva Protocol; International labor legislation,- Inter-Dominion trade relations; Conditions of Indian labour in the British Colonies; _;â¢, Industrial legislation and labour protection in the mandated territories, r i ft was announced, however, that ty deliberations would be conducted â¢m private, and that the Press would â¢ be excluded from the sessions after the opening speeches by the several chairmen. Tuesday's chairman will be Mr. H. W. Sampson, a South African repre- ' sentative. Wednesday, Mr. A. B. Swales will preside; and on Thursday, 1 another Dominion visitor, Mr. J. Simpson, from Canada, will occupy 1 the chair. Messrs. A. A. Purcell and C. T. Cramp will preside at Friday's ' and Saturday's sessions. Beyond Party Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in his address of welcome,, expressed himself in strong terms on the subject of â¢ Preference. __-_ '_. "What we have to do,' he declared, . "is to devise some means by which preference, whatever form they may . take, are given for the benefit of. the , whole community. a "I can see no way ont ot that difficulty except by large whole, sale purchases by committees under Government control." "In this matter of bulk purchases ' the Dominion Governments must be willing to come into the scheme, and ' .our Government must do the same." . The. questioriJJjf -preference, Mr. MacDonald went on to, say, had, hi 4his .country, becotas-pureXy-ir Patty "issae; " â -,Hf«s#a!SB'^dea«4hstthe'Union .Jack was "a sort of trade mark to be used in every great national, imperial or international matter, to enable ' certain sections to trade who perhaps w*fld not trade but for the propaganda associated with the Union Jack. "Thin is not good enough for " Labour, which does not want merely -to. use the Empire to 'benefit certain sections of capital. Our conception of Empire io very much wider, deeper, and higher than that. The foundi- â â . tion of successful co-operation between different peoples living under different conditions is the power to be sympathetic so that WHAT OUR READERS . WANT TO KNOW Why the Crescent Ice Cream Co. are permitted to work their girls from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Exhibition and only pay them. 26c an hour? a â¦***â , When the government is going to compel;the logging operators to clear up the slashings and thereby reduce the number of forest fires? * * *."» Why so much talk about a Federal Election when the present term does not expire till-1927? * * * * Why British war mongers are spending another three hundred million dollars on naval construction? * * * * If it isn't about tipie the workers woke up and put an end to the capitalist system with its fears and war mania, its unemployment and poverty, and its ever present uncertainty of a peaceful and plentiful existence? we can understand each other's point of view." "Fudge and Humbug" In that way, goodyjjrojjjjssjd under fine Xab^wr contitibns^--in such a way that the production maintained a high standard of working-class body and mind and soulâshould be hand led so that the whole of the countries co-operating would benefit as a community, and not merely in capitalist sections. "This is a problem which has to-be worked out, and which I hope will very soon be worked out,' he added. Earlier in his speech Mr. MacDonald had remarked that there seemed to be an assumption in this country that the Tory Partyâthe Party of reaction-âwas the only Party that cared anything â about the Empire. This was all fudge and humbug. As a matter of fact, the first Party that took any keen interest in the Empireâhe used the expression in the sense of the co-operative unity of nations, and coming nationsâwas the Labour Party. They saw that the Labour Movement in the Empire, and the whole development of Imperial life was of the utmost importance, and that this development should be studied on the spot by men actively engaged in political life in this country. Long before either the Tories or the Liberals ever dreamt of. ' doing anything except talking of tbe Empire for political pur- , poses, the Labour Party was .studying the Empire for the purpose of creating a unified movement. A Profound Mistake . Tbe more the Labour Party built up a democratic state not only in the sense of political liberty, but in the sense of industrial and economic powerâthe more their Party pursued that policy, the more successful it became. After referring to the Geneva Protocol, Mr. MacDonald said their experience in foreign affairs would make the Labour Party very unwilling to take any further responsibilities if they could avoid them. "The idea that we are going to be the policemen, of the'world and put pur, ngse^j^;;QtteBEapeo^asg";Sffeira isa profound mistake, and the sooner we iret back .to limited.responsibility TtffirWHffFTto the self-development' of peoples, the better it will be for the Dominions and for'this country," he said, 'in conclusion. The debate was opened by Mr. Tom Johnson, of Ireland, who pointed out that the time had come when the constituent, countries of the Empire should consider exactly what should be their position in'the event of Great Britain becoming involved in another war, the Irish view being that they should not be committed to entering a war against their will Injurious to Both Mr. Chaman Lull, of the Indian Legislative Assembly, said that their (Continued on Page 8) Why marines and police we're, detailed to guard the U. S. Treasury when the Klu Klux Klan paraded in Washington? to govern" seeing that there are now 1,243,500 registered unemployed in Great Britain, or 225,500 more than one year ago when labor was in office? . * * * * If the Nova Scotia miners will finally get -a favorable settlement through the medium of the Rhodes government and the proposed investigation? Our readers seem doubtful. â â¢***. How many thirsty customers the beer parlorsâthat were non-unionâ lost while failing to display the union card? * * » * Why these same ber parlors sent out S. O. S. calls to union headquarters when The Labor Statesmen placed them in the unfair list? If it hurt, we meant it to hurt. * * ere Why poorly paid Hastings Street department store girls are docked when some shop-lifters sneaks away with a portable article? * * * * When some store keepers are going to use a little paint on their store â fronts tb hrighten the places up? ***'*. If it was "good policy" for the "Star" to publish the names of the streets "where disorderly houses are, so that most of the younger generation can get acquainted with the ocr cupants? Amalgamated Transport Workers in Convention Gigantic Anjalgamation Movement Taking ShapeâIf Sacrifice* Must Be Made Then Those Who Can Afford to Make Them Should Be Compelled to Do So. SCARBOROUGHâRepresenting a membership'of 400,000, some 320 delegates and officials assembled here for the first biennial delegate conference of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Mr, Harry Gosling, M.P., in his presidential address, said that this meeting of the first biennial delegate conference of the union was ap important event in the hisfory of the Trade Union Movement, for it marked the successful launching of one of the greatest schemes of amalgamation so far achieved. They had combined forces and pooled funds because their experience had. shown that .sectional organization did not deliver the goods. He did not think they nad reached Major General Hughes, Superintendent of Federal Penitentiaries, tells us that the average cost of ar- resing, trying, and taking a prisoner to the prison gates, is $1,200, and his or her average cost to the taxpayer on liberation amounted to $2,- 800. >'-. It is illegal to' boycott, hut the following are on the UNFAIR Iffl ^ TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Canada Hotel _ ,..^v^Jk.yenae Theati*ara»Â«~-- , Dreamland Theatre v Cedar Cbttafe Theatre â , ^Princess Theatre Progress Theatre : Heights Theatre ' ; ' Esplanade Tea Rooms the final stage; in fact, there was no finality; their amalgamation might lead to other federations, such as the alliance with the miners, railwaymen and others, These federations might, ia, thei»-ptorn-.<}ead'''rt',^Iir~l;reater Amalgamations. The ultimate outcome would be that every member of the Trade Union Movement would become under an obligation to every other member of the Movement. There was one drawback that he felt they would overcome in timeâ they had not yet a complete merging of the membership into one compact body, in spite of their machinery. The development of a social spirit was very desirable, and although such a spirit was rising here and thereâ largely through the convalescent homeâthey had a long way to go yet. Fit to Govern? It was well to emphasise, Mr. Gosling continued, that their opponents appraised their strength to the last ounce they could pull. This generally, meant that the workers could exact by "negotiation as much as they were likely to get-^ so long, of course, as they'were satisfied their opponents were negotiating. When that was not so, strike action might be necessary. "One way to ensure," he declared, "that your opponents do negotiate the whole way, is to have the force behind you always ready for the greater effort." Reviewing the political situation, Mr. Gosling said that both by its action and its inaction the present Government deserved-the strongest condemnation. In the meantime unemployment continued to grow. During the time of the Labour Government unemployment declined. Since it left office unemployment had increased, and the present Government appeared to be helpless to deal with the situation. "Well might we ask," said Mr. Gosling, " 'Is Capitalism fit to govern?' " Cards on the Table Proceeding, Mr. Gosling said the employers were calling public attention to the yariouaconditiona of.-em* ployment-whiefi^ftey' declared were irksome in business and retarded the LABOR CANDIDATES CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Greater Vancouver Central Council Burrard ..'. J. Sidaway Vancouver Centre W. W. Lefeaux South Vancouver ...Alfred Hurry organisation of trade to meet postwar requirements. They were told on all hands that the solution of their ^eseiit, pfoli*-' JJ^a»iis±y^,iaCTUii^'br':theiiTOrk^ ers of their present standards, low -as they were. He recalled that the Premier prayed for peace and asked both sides to put all their cards- on the table. Assuming the invitation to a round- table conference was accepted, how would the employers come to it? The workers clearly would be expected to put on the table all their agreements, documents that represented the total of Trade Unionism's effort throughout its history, and which were, in fact, the workers' wealthâand all they possessed.. Their Bank Accounts Consequently they had a right to ask the capitalists to put on the table their banking accounts, their stocks and shares, their rents and royalties, their town and country houses, their yachts, and so an, as representing their wealth. In that way only could they get a complete review of industry and secure that its wealth , was fairly apportioned, and if sacrifices were necessary that the sacrifices were borne fairly by all.. (Hear, hear). WAGES INCREASED $2S PER WEEK BY THEATRICAL MEN â¢he International Alliance, of Theatrical Stage Employess and Moving Picture Operators has a new wage scale signed by the International Theatrical Association fojf travelling members, to go into effect September 6th. The contract covers the various trades and is a flat increase of ten dollars a week making the minimum wage $75 per week and the maiTmi^m. wage $85 per week. M^n working on production contracts will receive an increase of $25 per week making the minimum wage $95 a week and the maximum wage $105 per week. : The agreement expires Sept. 1927. This is an indication of what an 100 per cent, organized union can do, -Tbe.Theatrical pvodTxcsmrsrS^birgb^: Tng to get all the cream that is going to that trade; E --jMiJaiiSa^S'tSiSSSS-^fM BtwKaajCEB-*â¢ THE NEW RELIGION ,__â â¢; The popes ajid preachers and kings are goneâthe-altars and the thrones are mingled with the dustâthe aristocracy of land and cloud, have perished from the earth and air. A new religion sheds its'glory on mankind. It is the gospel of this worldâthe religion of body, heart and brainâ. the evangel of health and joy. I see a world at peace, where labour reaps its true reward, a world without prisons, without workhouses, without asylums-for the insane, a world on which the gibbet's shadow does not fall; a world where the poor girr, trying to win bread with the needle, the needle, that has been called "the asp for the breast of the poor," is not driven to the desperate choice of crime or death, of suicide or shame.. I see a world- without the beggar's outstretched palm, the miser's heartless, stony stare, the piteous wail of want, the pallid face of crime, the livid lips of lies, the crueleyes qf Scorn. I see a race without disease of flesh or brain, shapely and fair, the married harmony of form and use; and as I look life I lengthens; fear dies, joy deepens, love intensifies. The world is free. IThis shall be. . ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. Union Made Unequalled for Strength and t Comfort Work Shoes Christie & Stump, Ltd. 51 W. CORDOVA'ST. Factory and Tannery, 278 Weit First Streot UillllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIUinillllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIUIIIHIlillllllllllllllllllillllllH I Morrow Ice Co. Limited I AND 1 The Alberta Coal and Wood Co. 1 3 â â¢ We stock the Best Nanaimo-Wellington Coal E ' only,- and will guarantee it the Best Coal sold in ~ Vancouver. We employ only white help and pay 5 Union wages. § (SIGNED) WM. MORROW I Seymour 8020, 8021, 8022 § iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTi WILL THERE BE WAR OVER CHINA By 3. T. WALTON NEWBOLD, M.A., in Glasgow "Forward" Although, as yet, there has, been nothing said regarding the relations of the British and Russian Governments in the central regions of Asia, where, from Persia in the West to Mongolia in the East, one or other of them has spheres of influence or special interests largely undefined, we can take it that, if trouble should develop between the two, their respective claims within these areas would come up for consideration. Central Asia is a kind of No Man's Land, over which the two empires glower at each other. Britain's Empire Expands East, and west, north-east and north-west, south-east and southwest, in every direction from India, the British merchants have pushed out their trading -activities, leading inevitably to the occupation of outposts like Hong Kong and Koweit, like Burma and Baluchistan, like Borneo and Irak. The entire Indian Ocean and all the seas opening out of it have become, along almost the entire coast â line of East Africa and South Asia, the property of Britain or of states, such as Italy and Portugal, fhat are normally the allies or eventhe adherents of this couhtry. Up the Bed Sea, and into the Mediterranean and down the Archipelago to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, the paramount interests of British merchants and shipowners in the safety of the seas has led to the extensions of the British Empire. BEST FOR THE UNION HOME, PICNIC OR SOCIAL RAMSAY'S CANDIES AND CAKES NONE BETTER. BUY IN BULK AND SAVE MONEY. MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. " p Sfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuf | An Achievement in Engine Building THIS CRANKSHAFT, made at home, is years ahead of the procession fqr the reason that its counter-weights and oil'feed rings are cut from solid steel instead of the usual bolted construction. . . , Bolts are subject to a weakening influence, technically termed fatigue, which is caused by strain and vibration. For this reason, it is impossible to predict the life of a bolt, and it is customary to replace connecting rod and other important bolts at regular intervals to prevent possible disaster. But in the case of the balance weights, replacements of bolts is very difficult, and when they break the entire engine is usually a wreck.. Consequently we have eliminated the bolts. - â¢ __ a' The new engines are now on exhijbitipn at our plant, and we.ane pleased to show them at #,ny, time. As the factory runs day aandnight, ''no" "'appointment is necessar-y. B.C. an Limited 250 TERMINAL AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. ^â IllllllllllinillllltllllllfllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllHilllllllllllflllHIIIIIIIIfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIi^ Southwards, the British Empire has no farther to extend, since there is no more likelihood to-day than at any time in the last 112 years that this country will take over the colonial possessions of the Dutch. Check in China North-eastwards, by arrangement with the French and the Japanese, who would be given leave to compensate themselves at China's expense, were it not for the veto of the United States, Britain would probably extend her empire to include a third or a quarter of that nation's territory. That such has been Britain's eventual intent has long been apparent. She might not actually have run up the Flag and annexed the provinces betweenthe Canton and Yangtse rivers, but she meant to make of them spheres of influence wherein only her nationals would be able to build railways, construct harbours, work minerals, and develop the natural resources. . That objective of national and imperial policy can now no longer -be realised unless the Americans and the Japanese will be so kind as mutually to eliminate each other in advance of Britain making a final and enduring settlement. â¢p Singapore and Forty Cruisers If iOe true that Lord Birkenhead and his committee, representative doubtless "of the now definitely predominant Eastern school, have set their minds upon the construction in six years time,âi.e., to be ready in eight yearsâof forty cruisers of 10,- 000 tons each, we may take it that Britain has big plans not only to hold but to extend her interests in the South and East of Asia. Singapore and forty cruisers may well prove to be the programme upon Which the British imperalists intend to-mslC^BuT let there be TiO'tnisi Jato-^beutiiV'SiBeap^Mr«MMi^foFt^' cruisers mean a war besides which the last war to end war would seem a very small affair. â For Singapore and forty cruisers are to be built with the very definite aim, understood already in China and Japan, of providing a base and five squadrons of commerce destroyers with which to hold up the supply of rice from Burma, Bengal, Siam and French Indo-China to the hundreds of millions of China and Japan.' These two countries no longer export rice. They need every year to import more and more of it. ThiB, the British capitalists fully understand and apreciate. The richest capitalist in the British. Empire, significantly enough, is the greatest merchant shipper in the Ar- accan rice trade of Lower Burmaâ Sir J. R. Ellermaii. There is money to be made, there are millions to be minted by holding the teeming populations of China and Japan to ransom for rice. That is the issue eventually at stake in the Far East. Japan and Russia .Our masters intend to keep control of China and to bring pressure to bear upon Japan by withholding the supply of food of which, every year, they stand in greater need of importing from the hot and damp lands about Singapore and the ports «gress from which it command.. At present, however, there seems to be more of menace in the conflict of interests between Japan and Russia on the north-east and Britain and Russia to the south-west of China. The alternative food supply, alike of China and Japan, to rice from the tropics to the south, is maize, wheat, andthe soya bean from the temperate zone to the north. In Manchuria and in Mongolia are vast tracts suitable for raising enormous crops or for rearing sheep and cattle. If Soviet Russia and China, can conserve.and develop them in com- _ mon then they will ihave between â <5p â â¢Q(iis?--u&- -vichi aai&x&a&iki, 4«aaip. «oii. "~ tributory alike to .their industries and their food supply. : If Japan Tonquers. them she will greatly strengthen her position vis-a- vis not-only Russia and China, but also, and what is more important, the Unit«4sStates.. 'â -â--- Therp is great mineral wealth also in North China. â¢ .,- r- Japari: Wants coal and frSn, Wants hides and wool, wants soya beans, maize, and. timber. :â¢";â The United States has no more intention than has Soviet Russia that Japan should:âthough Britain might be quite agreeable, talte over Manchuria, Mongolia, and North China. America and China . The crisis in China may find Brit ain and Japan brought nearer together than they have at any time been in the Far East for many a year. But the t>pponent they find to their plans for exerting pressure upon their would-be victim is not so much Soviet Russia as capitalist America. It was in the schools and colleges of the United States missionary societies and universities rather than in those comic-opera propagandist colleges of the "Eastern University" and Tashkent kept up by the Communist International that the ieaders of the Chinese Nationalist-Movement learned their lesson. Karakhan is brilliant and capable, amongst the ablest of the Soviet's , diplomats. -He 'knows the problems of the Far East. Many of the most intelligent of the propagandists of ' the,Communist International and if the diplomats of the Soviet Foreign , Officeâthey interchange roles at more or less regular intervalsâhave been giving their time' and thought to the Chinese Question. But China's revolt is, notwithstanding, an affair in which it is the sympathy and the encouragment rather â than the agitation "and active participation of Bolshevik agents that has ' most influence. â ".-« Britain may blame the'Bolsheviks, l but her statesmen know that it is the Americans who are standing at i China's side, giving her constant sup^ port, moral, diplomatic," and, shouJ' \nneed arise, military. i In Turkestan, which lies bey< I Afghanistan, and in Persia and in.' I menia, which are betwen Irak â¢ j I Soviet Russia, we may at any t»! learn of risings and of frontier it cidents occasioned by British agenfc, ' on the one side or Communist agitators on the other. ', Intrigues: International and , Otherwise , ' ,.;.. .â .wp-.'ipp-p'^.'.'.'p.'^p'.iv'Y. """'"""'" , ; . â Britain is building a new.strategic,. > railway in the North-West Indian foot-hills adjacent to Afghanistan. â¢ Russia is improving road and railway communication in the cotton-growing â¢â belt about the river Oxus in Turkestan. ' On either hand . are " corruptible J tribesmen. On either side .are fanatical hill-folk. It may be etiquette for Austen Chamberlain and Lord Birkenhead to disown some of the queer customers one meets in Soviet' . Russia, and for Chicherin blandly to, deny all cognisance of that collection ' , of curios from all parts of Central M Asia, whom I met at a place outsid'/ I of Moscow two years ago. ,<S*I But that agents and spies are am ing both sides is so obvious that 13 but a diplomate would troubl jf deny it. *"»â¢ For some months we have â '«â¢.,« asked by all the gradations of " .eft t Wing" elements, from ruddy red in \nKing Street to pale pink in Flee* - Street, to believe that the BritisI I Foreign Office is preparing for *-i combined offensive against Soviet- Russia. "WolfI Wolf!" r There may be something in it, although the^source is Communist, and ' suspiciously ebbs and flows with the efforts for "Unity," the "Unite ' Front," and other familiar manoe / vres which every cry of "Wot J Wolf!" is calculated to assist. The. 1. may be something in it. Our present rulers seem ship! T enough to commit any act of nations, * suicide and imperial felo-de-se in a paroxysm of class terror. V Yet that they should deliberately court trouble and invite risings from â¢â¢ one end of the East to the other , â seems hardly credible. That Austen Chamberlain, Lord Birkenhead, Winston Churchill, and Lord Balfour should risk blowing the pound sterling to pieces, wrecking what is left of trade, deeply disturbing this country, and generally making a bonfire of the Empire just to burn down Moscow to the greater They Sang What They Felt- No one who was in Palestine' or â¢ Egypt will forget the Egyptian Labour Corps' song. Whewi dusk came > and their da j's work! was over,'they -i would swing across the purpled des- ,,¥', ert to their camp, Wuegowned, sing- Mg; hahd-ln-Mnd, iike astring of Children. Their song was always the ! s§me. Its queer Wistful tones, never varied: "Earn. Layla, Kam Yon." i (How many night, how many daysâ till this weary work be done?) was , what they sang.^-C. Henry Warren, in the "New Leader.". â V m LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB. i August 13th, 192S THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory ^KSS" *»"»â¢* «"« 3-ehor councilâ ^efifent, R. H. Neelanila, M.L.A.; fpTtf£l'£tSrSF?/' Per°y R-Bengough. â¢KB**® Ho'don Bldg., 18 Hastings ffS1' âP,?,one Say. "«Â». Meets ln JSS2r^IalI.at 8 "m- on °>e «r»t and third Tuesdays In month. Automobile lodge 703, I. A. of X, â Meets every first .and Third Vednes- ?,?yJ,nT.the HoWen Bldg. President, X" ¥?â SaSue. 3«9 41st Ave. W.J sea, wâ R. Hobday. 1728. 2nd Ave. E. Beverage Dispensers Vnloa Ho. 678 meets first Sunday In month at 2:00 P., m-i at 441 Seymour St. President, W. H. Clancy. 1117 E. 10th Ave. Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Han- ofln, 2376 W. 6th Ave. Office: 441' Seymour St. Phones: Sey. 12fr and Bay. 1866-R. BoHermalcej-s and Helpers, local 194 â Meets first and third Mondays In the month at Holden Building. President, 1*. C. Campbell; Secretary, A. Fraser, 5079 Ross St. Phone, Fraser 601Y. â olldlng Trade* Council, Vanoonverâ Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Holden Building. President, J. Flynn. Secretary-treasurer. W. Watt Bakor3' Loc.-il 4C8, Journeymen, ot AmericaâMeets flrst and third Saturdays 8t 7 p.m. President, J Mlrtle, 2740 Pr. Edward St.; sec., T. Rigby, 37 Broadway West, Phone Fair. 6882R. Lathers, Wood, wire ana MotM, International Vnlon. &oo*I 207 â Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays ln month, at room 299 Holden Bldg. President, V. R. Midgeley, 3761 Keefer St. E.; secretary, J. G. Finlayson. 2635 12th Ave. W., Phone Bay. 4942R. KMblnlst local 183âPresident, E. B. McLean, 463 6th Ave. W. Secretary, S. A. Boardman, 8888 Parker St. Meets second and fourth Friday at 8 p.m. in Room HI Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East. -. Machinist local USâPresident, Thos. Bills, 1863 Burrard St. Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays in month. Heat Cutters and Batcher Workmen; AmalgamatedâMeets first and third Tuesday In Holden Bldg. President, W. R. Walter, 762 Hamilton St.; Sec, W. L. McGregor, 1751 38th Ave., E. M.ntal Hospital Attendants" Federal Union No. 36âMeets at Essondale 1st Thursday In month. President, J. A. Gibson, 312 4th St., New Westminster; - rec. sec; Will Mackie, Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale. Bakery Salesmen, local 371 â Moots second Thursday every month. Holdon ' Bldg., 16 Hastings H. President, A. Wylie, 4336 Elgin Street; financial secretary. H. A. Bowron, 761, 13th Ave. E., Phone Fair. 107X. Barbers', Journeyman International Union of AmoricaâLocal 120. Vancouver, . -. B. C, meets second and fourth Tues- V, days In each month ln Room 310 T1 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bttat. President, Fred Dawe; fln. secretary, A. ' ,, im. Jennl, 728 Hastings Street West; "W,i>ec. sec, Bert Deprey. ft : â f jokblndors looal So. 108, Xnt. Brotber- as. hoodâMeets second Tuesday In month ,. Sv4 Holden Bldg. President, F. Milne, 636 Drake St; secretary, A. H. Hos- tins: 118 52nd Ave. W> Boot and Shoe Workers Union, Ho. Hosts in the Holden Building on tho flrst Wednesday of each month. President, J. Turner, 1919 54th Ave. E.; fln- sec, J. Griffiths, 3622 McGltl St. Brioklayers', Masons' and TUe Setters' Int. Union Ho.' 1âMeets second, III .,.,,â.teu*th.-WÂ»<SÂ»es«Â»ar In-thuf'H'oWen' Bldg. Resident G. E. Halliday; Secrstarr, W. S. Dagnall. 1244 10th Ave. B. Phone Fair. 846 R. Carpenters and Joiners, Amalgamated Society of,âVancouver 1st Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President, W. Taylor; Sec. F. Prosser; business agent, J. McKlnley. Headquarters, room 35, 163 Hastings St. W. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, local 453âPresident, R. W. Hatley; recording secretary, W. Page; business agent Wm. Dunn. Office, , Room 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, looal Ho. 1S89 â Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays In Room JrS" Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fin. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec Sec, B. Holden, 1710 6th Ave. W., Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-R. BUlk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, looal 464âMeets second. and fourth Friday In Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. Business agent, Birt Showier, 1115 Robson St Koldsrs Union local 381âInternational of North Americaâmeets first and third Fridays fn month In room 313 Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, Sam Wilson, 1728 Yew St Corresponding representative, J. PInkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. THE DOLDRUMS By J. HARRINGTON In the "Western Clarion" Motion Pictures Projectionist's Union, looal 348 of I.A.T.SJB. to M.P.M.C.â Meets at 991 Nelson St on flrst Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster, 1161 Granville St.; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 346. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Mnslolaws Mutual Protective Union looal 148, A. F. of MVâMeets at the G. W. V. A. Audltorlum,_second_Sunday So far as chronology goes it's about twenty years since I first met the "Western Clarion," but at many other angles it might well be a century. From the prophetic preaching of capital's collapse and exhorting to the revolution, we have passed through and beyond back to a period, void and empty of any revolutionary outlook. From a calculating survey of capital precariously tottering to its timely end, we would turn to the rising tide of proletarian anger, and envision the end of man's enslavement by man. The metaphor might be varied, but always there appeared a more or less emphatic notion that the revolution was at hand. Not a few attempts were made to figure out just what year we might expect it to arrive. And in which country. And the material upon which the computations were made was discussed seriously, though, as with the Christian end of the world, immediate'preparation was hardly required, certainly not expected. We were an optimistic crowd those days. We predicted stirring times for the future, but we never in our wildest moments predicted the amazing development which th.e_ future revealed., JTimes were good too." That is, jobs were plentiful. The West was being "developed;" towns grew up overnight, as it were, and you could refuse a polite request to go to work almost any day. Not a very fruitful field for the growth of a gospel of discontent, according to some, but it did prove mighty fruitful. The "Western Clarion" was launched just as this development started, and it cut deep into a swelter of moral sentiment regarding justice, rights, brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God; it ridiculed our-moral pretentions and revealed the nature of pur mo: spi^S^wgf^^l wavead a^ â â - studied by many more. You could not enter a bunkhouse without see- Jamleson, 991 Nelson Street; financial secretary, W. B. Williams, 991 Nelson Street; organiser, F. Fletcher, 991 Nelson Street Painters, Decorators and Paporliangers looal 138âMeets seoond and fourth Thursdays at 319 Pendor St. W. Business agent Robt S. Stevenson. Office, room 204 819 Pender St., W. Phono Sey. 3609. PUe Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Book , BuUders looal Ho. 3404âMeets every Friday night at 8 p.m. In 113 Hastings St W. James Thomson, secretary, P. O. Box 820. y Hall Employeos' Association meets r arst Wednesday of each month at 145 ,lastlngs St. Wâ at 8 p.m. President, th" "â¢ H' Lewthwalte; business agent and ' .. 1 Measurer, W. J. Seribbins, 3208 Pen- ,«er St., E.; Secretary, H. A. Black, , ".WO Yale St. 3 Civic Employees' Union, looal 88 .(,) Meets flrst and third Fridays ln the _ month at 145 Hastings W., at 8 p.m. , r President. R. K. Brown,' U52'r Charles '- St; secretary-treasurer, George Hariri son, 1182 Parker St. Dominion Express Bmployess, looal Ho. 10, Brotherhood ofâMeets first Friday and first Tuesday alternating each month In Room 810 Holden.Building. President, G. M. Payton, 4136 Sophia St. 1 Sec-Treas. H. C. Haines, 1919 Klngsway. Msotrlool Worksri, looal 318, International BrotherhoodâMeets every Monday at 8 p.m. m Room No. (, 819 Pen- Jer Street West President D. W. McDougal, 910 Hasting* Street Bast; JUBlnosB agent B. H Morrison. Office, 319 Pender Street West BnglneersâInternational Union â (. and Operating looal 844âMeets every Thursday at II p.m., Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, R, Finley; business agent and financial secretary, F. S. Hunt; recording secretary, Herbert McSavaney. - " â Engineers, steam and Operating, Int. looal 883âMeets flrst and third Wednesday at 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden Bldg. President, Charles Price; rec. secretary, J. T. Venn; financial secretary Frank L. Hunt Office, 806 Holden Bldg. Flro fighters', Ho. 18, International Association ofâMeets ever J month at call of president President, Nell Macdonald, No. '3 FlretHÂ»ll;.iflnairet«l spaiattias3aoiAÂ»°^FSHi!Br No. t Fire Moorlazws' Union, Mb. WIS;--u-.-ft" of C. & 3. pt A.,- meets 1st and 3rd p. Thursdays Jii: 310 HoUen Eldr» aft :i - p,m. President, Joliii Soderman; Fin. Sec A. Reld; Red Sec .W. Johnston, 1866 16th Ave. W. , ' â¢ , ' Hotel and Bsstatamnt Employees Union, looal 38â<441 Seymour Stroet. Meets first and third Wednesday at I p.m. Second and fourth Wednesdays at â¢ p.m. - President, G. Coleman; business agent, Hint) Wood. Phone Seymour 125. Plastorers, local 89âInternational Association of Operative, meets first Wednesday In month at Holden Bldg. President, WI Strickland, 289-46th Ave. E. Secretary, M. Galway, 1161- 59th Ave. E. Phone Fras. 604-R2. Plasterer's laborers' Ho. 80S International. Meets third Friday In month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips, 1574, 2nd Ave. W.; Rec. Sec, H. J. Oliver, 163, 23rd Ave. B. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Ho. 170, International Asso. ofâMeets every 2nd and 4th Friday In the Holden Bldg. President, Bert Stlnchcombe, 1899 Ogden Ave.; secretary and business agent, W. Watt, 806 Holden Bldg. World Revolution. And, accordingly the owners of the earth commenced to look to their fences. The outcome of this survey brought restrictions to many forms of freedom sacred and inviolable heretofore. It was treason to quote the word of God, sing the "Marsellaise," or recite the Declaration of Independence. There also came a gradual loss of appetite for the prophets of the Revolutoin. And we turned eagerly to the actors in the Revolution. After some hectic years the great reaction set in. The day of the philosopher, the thinker, had passed indeed, the day for action had come, but, alas for the rarity of good luck and good guidance in matters favor able to our class, action was fitful and futile mostly and, finally, we called it a day and rested. But 'there we were,' where were we? From every corner of the earth came the same sad tidings, reaction rampant. Well, we hsd" not exhibited the proper zeal, nor manifested the true spirit of the Revolution, and we had suffered accordingly! Support fell away, and we became a sott of suspended animation in working class life, good old has-beens, having served a good purpose in the past, but no longer "en rapport," as it were. But the fate which overtook us, alas, fast overhauled the more sanguine, and today we all flap our empty sails side by side in the doldrums. So the "Western Clarion" has to go. No paper can exist without advertising, much less a working-class paper, very much less one such as the "Clarion." Still, the work of the p#st twenty years or so can hardly be accounted lost. We have had a large and earnest audience, never noted for modesty or silence, and it may be said of the 'Western Clarion' though it never appear again:- U .i^ib^dr-ttruira ~m^jt.,litteth^»Wi^.helpful Unheard it speaketh louder than the storm." Printing Pressmsn and Assistants, local No. 69âMeets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. ln Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. B. President, Harry F. Longle'y, 303 8th St., â¢ North Van.; seoretary, Frank H, Humphrey, P. O. Box 894, 4038 Victoria Dr. Railway Carmen of America, lodge No. 68âMeets first and third Friday in month at Cotillon Hall, Granville and Davie Streets. President, A. S. Ross, 6873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vuliamy, 2215 16th Ave. W. Street and Hlsotrlo Hallway Employees, Pioneer Division Ho. 101âMeets K. P. Hal), Eighth and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 am. and 7 p.m. President F. A. Hoover, 2409 Clarke Drive; rec. secretary, F. E. Griffin, 447 6th Ave. HasU treasurer, H. W. Speed; financial secretary and business agent, Angus Maclnnes, 3544 Pr. Edward St. Officer corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2160L. â haet Metal Worker,],' Amalgamated, local Union Ho. 380âMeets second and fourth Thursday In month ln Holdon Bldg.. 16 Hastings St B. President, N. C. Smith, 4425 Inroan Ave,; fin. sec, B. J. WanJ}m.-*3* â *Bth'-*ve:' .,,*'p^ora-«SnCTr Adhton, â 4603 'Spruce Street, Burnaby. . . Tailors', Journeymen Union o! America, looal Mg. 178âMeetings held- tlrwl- Thursday ln each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday oJU*very "-*fflSnth In Labor Hall. ^President A. R. Gatenby; secretary. -C. McDonald, P.O. Box 603. Executive meets- third Thursday of every month. . Bron Workers, looal 97, Sat. Asso. of Bridge to Structural â Meets every Monday, Room 804 Holden Bldg., at I p.m. Prosldent, P. Lauret; Secretary, James Dunn, Box 302 City: Phone High. 4334L, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, .Stablemen and Helpers, local 486âMeets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, F. Grantham, 1030 Robson St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 619 Hamilton St; recording secretary, R. Reynolds, 1790 '3rd Ave. B. ing someone reading, reading a book dealing with some phase of Marxian philosophy, nor attend a union meeting without hearing it discussed; but if it made Arm friends it also made bitter enemies, and these meetings, once in a while, ended in a free- for-all. The drastic departure from orthodox thinking, the veal of its protagonists being matched only by -that of its opponents, made this unavoidable, but the Marxists were united and so invariably victorious. However, the apple was soon thrown. The I.W.W. appeared, and shortly we were engaged in civil war. The relative merits of political and industrial actions engaged our activities, at first as to which was more important, later as to which was entirely useless and utter folly. The battle was indecisive, and under various names industrial action held the field in many places and in many was held up to scorn and ridicule by the workers militant. If this struggle did nothing else it exercised the wits of the workers, induced them to dig up an old pencil stub and set down their thoughts. They soon discovered this could not be done effectively without some study. The well of wisdom required printing. And so from casual pamphlet reading many were led to the standard and authoritative works, the general demand for which enabled Kerr & Co. to publish them at a profit. This demand increased up to and slightly beyond the epochal event which shook the contemptuous bourgeois world out of their complacency. The Bolshevik revolution announced to all and sundry, sneering plug and leering plute, that the proletarian revolution was not just so much hot air.. That it was not only set down in the works of Marx but was incontestably worked out by the conditions, of life. ^S|jifcithjBr.e«-'Wa> -were like flsfi~oW^i¥*wfter, gasping for normalcy. The advent of Christ in an. Adventist convention would as- to'nish less^_.-;â .. .-,..-' 4-Z-ri At firsiFwe refused to believe the glad;ty^sj;"unl^.4;can jfaatMnj? fist into his side." But after some sullen moods had passed we acceptetf the revelation, refurbished our-prayer wheels, and tuned in on our laud speaker. SSme to the "right" some to the "left," some to the "centre," each shouting his battle cry. When the meaning of Russia had been grasped, every little flare spelled The Vanoouvesp ThaMttriosJ Federationâ Meets at 191 Nelson Street at 11 a.m. on the Tuesday preceding the flrat Sunday of the month. President, E. A. JamlesBri; secretary, G. W. Al- lln; business agent, Lochley Clark, 991 Nelson St. - Australia Places Its Destiny in Labor Hands At least the people of Australia have come to realise that the controlling hand of Capital is no longer expedient to the progress of their country. At the recent parliamentary elections for the state of New South Wales, the majority of voters showed their appreciation of Labor's last "term by again placing a majority of Labor Candidates in power. Already the common-sense viewpoint of the only practical leadership is making itself prominent, and the .amass of unemployed is rapidly diminishing. The minimum basic wage for the worker has ben increased and business, which under the control of Capitalism, -was becoming stagnant, once again flourishes. This, in itself, is simple proof of the fact that labor Control is decidedly more beneficial to the welfare and progress of a country, than the grasping, strangling hand of Capitalism. For it is certain that only with complete Labor control, can such things be accomplished. Australia, with its Labor organisation and Unions, has progressed more rapidly during the last few years-than Canada, where the slave-driving capitalist holds too much.sway. Australian cities are growing more rapidly; Sydney, the largest city, has become almost twice as large as-Montreal, Canada's largest metropolis. Manufactories are more self-suporting, all classes of machinery and merchandise and even British war-ships are being built by Australian workmen. â This remarkable growth of a country so y°ungafij4pteiJaa._ e»(^y^wrT<rtncfr'e^oom of the working-man and his participation in the government of his country. ' So it will be,, that when Cahadiaris follow the- ^ttmvpl*-of-their, ^ttstrafc ian cousips, Canada will progress and besides becoming a "Working-man's Paradise,' will rival'the U. S. A, rf â¢ CORDQNBANNERMAN.. William Braidwood, D.C.,Ph.C Isabella J. Braidwood, D.C.Ph.C, Llcenitd by Stall Board, Wash. Chiropractors, Nerve Specialists Evcninp' Appointmints, Highland 1643-L Sey. 1838 716-7 Standard Bk. Bldg. Kerr. 8113 From 8 p.m. By Appointment lady Attendant X-Bay Service â ey. 1968 W. F. E. DURRANT SOCTOK OV CHimOVKaVOXXO Palmer Graduate 814-is ooinmoN Btrxisnra Office Say. 8031 Ben. Xorr. 338X3 Dr. Elmo Marshall Graduate National College. Chicago CHIROPRACTOR 603-3 HOLDEN BUHSHpTO 16 HASTINGS STREET, B. Palmer X-Sorvlco (3 Tear Course) Graduate Bertha LLWintermute D.C., Ph.C. CHIR0PRAGTOR-SPIN0GRAPHER Sey. 1607 Nights, Bar. 3164 403 DOMINION BUILDING doubfa4f»Ej[-j OWN YOUR HOME, THE EASY WAY! See Us About Reliable REAL ESTATE LOANS AND ADVICE BROKERAGE Allan & Boultbee Ltd. 574 SEYMOUR STREET Phone Soymonr 8837 T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Directors and Embalmera New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phone Fair. 3 Typographical Vnlon, Vo. 838âPresident, C. S. Oampbell; vice-president, R. Gouthro;. Secretary-treasurer^ HV H. Neelands, P.O. Box «Â«. Meets last Sunday of each month at 8 p.m., in Holden Building, 18 Hastings St. B. In a North Country Hospital A young man smashed up in a pit accident. Lying bandaged, partly soothed by morphia. Knows he will be a cripple for life. His lips move as his wife. bends over him. She strains her ears to hear what may be his last words to her. "In myâwaistcoatâpocketrâ'.two cigarette picturesâfor theânipper." â"Lansbury's Labour Weekly." DEAFNESS NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH CAN BE CURED The New Continental Iletuedy called "LARMALENE" (Regd.) Is a staple harmless home-treatment which absolutely cures deafness, noises In tbe bead, etc No expensive appliances needed, for thit new Ointment Instantly operates upon tb* affected parts with complete and permanent success. Scores of wonderful cures reported. RELIABLE TESTIMONY Mrs. R. Crowe of Whllehorse Road, Croydon, writes:â"I am pleased to tell you that tbe small tin of ointment you sent ne at . Vent nor has proved a complete tmccosv tills ire ceased. The action of new remedy must be very remarhable, for 1 have been troubled with these complaint* for nearly ten years, and have bad soae of tbe very, best medical advice, together with otlm eipetislve ear-instruments; a|l;j&:no:pu*j»ii^ 'I'liSrofflrsiy'liâ¢ ieiy grateful I an, for my life has undergone. an - entire change." Try one box to-day, which can be forwarded to 'nny address, on receipt of money' wrier for |1.00. . -, Write NOW toi-r Tbe Manager, â¢LARMALtfNB" Co.. , Deal, Kent. England. There is nothing better at any price. If you think business H bWT^vist count the automobiles going by your door. THE LABOR STATESMAN August 14th, 1925 The Labor Statesman ap'ubllHheil every Friday, Hldsw Vancouver, at 816 Holden B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Press Committee: J. Sidaway, St Rall- Atrl^I.'' -of' âX Scr">bin8, Civic Em- MP?6*8! W. Dunn, Carpenters; V. B. JSteif,LaTthemr?: P' B' Bengough 'f£i wi-?! Ji, 7i>on>Pson, Pile Drivers and Wooden Brldgemen. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. Subscription Bates:âCanada J2.00 per yjar, »1.00 for six months. United Slates and forefgn. $3.00 per year. To unions subscribing m a Sody. Kg per member per month. Moae Seymour ISM. Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 14th, 1925 MONEY AND COMMODITIES Originally money was a means of exchanging commodities more conveniently than by. barter. Its purpose was to enable the individual to obtain that which he required in exchange for that which he had. Fundamentally it was a means. Now it is an end. The be-all and end-all of production. "Formerly money was desired as a means of obtaining commodities. Today commodities are desired in the first instance as a means of obtaining money, sojt seems. Not an article would be produced if the owner of the means of production could not see his way to obtaining 'money therefore, and, at that, more money than'he lays out in its production. Money-^-commoditiesâmoney, is the rotation of the capitalists' zodiac. The demand ,for an .article, its beauty,' its utility, the fact that without money millions would starveâall these are matters of secondary moment, merely factors that make the commodity maj-ket^ble .fgj... money.-. Money"1b" the godof, t"he capitalist, and of their slaves.""For it they will sell their lives below and pawn their hopes of paradise. So, after all, it is only fit and proper that it should be all a hallucination. That commodities should, in the last analysis, be the all-important element. It is not money the slave craves, but commodities! the wherewithal to fill-his stomach, to hide his nakedness, to shelter him, to jfeed all his appetites or desires, or as many of them as may be. liie money he has but for a brief space. Even before he receives it, it is no longer his. While its quantity looms large or less in his eye, its quantity matters nothing. What count are the quantities it will buy. Those con- - stitute his wages, not the dollars and dimes. ' To the capitalists likewise, it is not the money which is of import, but the commodities 'which that money will command. The wealth of the billionaire may be expressed or estimated in dollars, but it consists in purchaseable labor power. It will command the labor pow«!r of a suffi- eent number oi slaves to produce surplus value to the extent of the average rate of profit upon a billion dollars. To express the wealth of the capitalist class in concrete and visible, form would be impossible in currency of any description. It would be possible only by marshalling the ranks of labor and parading/their thews and sinews before tljte observer. Without the producing power of labor millionaires would be unknown. ..Labor applied to the natural re- sources.-o'f the earth produces all , weaJtK But labor takes a back seat. . . Labor produces all the machinery U3.0V the greater production of com- -moditie8 and then pays to go to an exhibition to view the machinery and the products. That is all labor gets out of it except a dollar or two to buy back some of the commodities ft produces,âW. bably worked for miserable wages in stores and factories and offices, and either chosen or been betrayed into the present life and prefer it to the indigency of store life. They will now be scattered among the hotels and rooming houses and solicit on the streets, where they will have to pay for that privilege or land in the cells. There are all kinds of conditions under which these women are allowed to carry on their trade. If they have a "man" allegedly supporting them, but in reality living on their takings, they are permitted to keep hoiise but are visited occasionally by a raiding party. If however, these women decline the help (?) of a pimp they are hounded by the morality squad, showing very plainly that there are more people living on the earnings of these women, than was the case with her when some business man lived off of her earnings in some store or office. She is now selling the only other commodity she has to sell other than labor power. Can she be any worse than the mental prostitute and the man who publishes and sells the poisonous news that appears in our daily newspaper?' Is she any worse than the man who sells or adulterates the food products found in our stores? Could she be any worse than the' child slaver or the store magnate who pays six dollars a week to his girl slaves? If she is an evil, as is alleged, she is not so much so as the evil of the present system of wealth productionâwith its poverty, misery, murders, wars and other curses that grip the human family at -the present time.âW. A GREAT HISTORICAL EVENT PROSTITUTION " Supporters and upholders of the closing up of disorderly-houses in the city of Vancouver. The. "Star" opens the campaign by' stating that these houses flourish in close proximity to the police station, so the police are immediately, .told off to raid the places and close them until the publicity dies down. In the meantime ) where are "these women to go? They will still carry on their profession be- â cause they have no other desirable means of livliho'od. They have pror Most people who talk loudly about Empire have an axe to grind. They may be politicians who believe they can get votes by it. They may be business men who think of profits to be made. They may be professional boosters who secure a good living by their performances on the Imperial drum. â¢. Others there are who have a sentimental attachment, to the idea of Empire, a mystic enthusiasm for the spread, .of,, .this,; Btit}s$k-£aae,r.ew&ying: m)£j^,exM&whBi»^iter:spAts, golf- clubs, afternoon tea and a profound conviction that the British way of doing everything is the only right way. But, speaking generally, Imperialists are people whose interests lie that way. Proof of this is suplied by the small amount of interest taken by capitalist newspapers in the first British Commonwealth Labour Conference. This is a vastly interesting historical event. Never before have there come together from all parts of the British Realm representatives of the toass of the People, of the multitudes of workers who bear on their backs the burden of its support. When the Conference met in Lon- ,don there mingled with and were gladly welcomed by Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, English, Scottish, and Irish; delegates from India. For the-'first time East and West meet-'in the persons of men and women chosen tb speak for those who toil. It was a great occasion; itwiiriead, we are convinced, to far-breaching, great results. â rp-^Z' In his, opening address Mr. Ramsay MacDonald effectively ridiculed thp-'pretension of the Imperialists that they alone care anything about the Empire. He went on tp show how empty that pretension is by referring to a plan formulated by Labour which -would do a great deal more to-promote co-operation within the Commonwealth than anything Tories or Liberals have ever proposed. If Preferences for Commonwealth produce are to be made acceptable, they must confer some advantage on people in this country. They must not be merely subsidies to private growers and traders overseas, which is what the Tories would allow them to be. By a genuine co-operative system, such as Mr. Wise outlined before the Food Commission,, of which Mr. Thomas Johnston, M.P., has made himself the advocate in the House of Commons, it would be possible for Britain, to buy huge quantjtjesJjL ;<PJijk,J?wa^vf,i»H^ from combinations of ^growers, suqh as already exist in Western Canada and Australia, and . would' soon be formed elsewhere. ' '.'.',. The Iirtperfiflists are against this because it is Socialism^.' That gives the measure of their desire for-a closer Commonwealth bond! They think first of private interests; Labour has no object but the interest of the People everywhere. The Conference will help to make this Difference clear.âDaily Herald. Chinese Students Issue Strike. Bulletin â New York (F.P.)âA fighting piece bf labor journalism is the Shanghai Crisis which has crossed the water with its first two issues. The Shanghai Crisis is pubyshed in Chinese and English editions, by the students of Tsing Hua College at Peking, in the interests of the strike, and the contents of the paper show that these lads are real up and at 'em scrappers. The June 10th and June 14th issues to hand tell the story of the early days of the great struggle and the story of the atrocities of the British troops is Illustrated by a loose leaf picture of the corpses of five of the martyrs calculated to stir the blood of readers to more intense re- sistence. Shooting down of the strikers was. a cold blooded massacre without any -Warning, the Chinese could understand, the paper shows. Inspector Everson, of the police, is quoted as testifying before the British Assessor that he sounded his orders to disperse and his commands to fire, in English âa form of speech the Chinese crowd could not understand. Explaining that tho fight is not against foreigners in general, â¢ but only against the British and Japanese, who are responsible for the Shanghai case, a declaration of the Tsing Hua College Students' Council sets forth the students' policies, in part, as follows: "That^strike, boycott and'non-cooperation be directed and exercised against the British and Japanese only; "That sympathetic strikes should be encouraged throughout China as an expression of indignation against the British and Japanese; "That the variousfactions in China should put away" their individual differences and join in a common fight for justice ahd humanity; "That- a financial drive be carried on at once to aid the sufferers And strikers in Shanghai; "That an effective publicity campaign be held to right the misleading panfPitrntfc1Wi^ngnews!tapers;^Tr^~ "Aggressive, statements pledging support to the movement are printed from the students of Peking University, Nankai University and other schools, showing that the Chinese students are as different as night is from day from some of the rah, rah reactionaries of western campuses. Meaning is given to the attack on "truth-twisting" newspapers in a,- warm editorial in the June 10th issue headed, Reuter vs. Truth. Of this huge Press Association, which is to Europe and the Far East what the Associated Press is $0- America, the Shanghai Crisis^ says: "The most terrible instrument of perverting teuth is the Reuter News Agency, an integral part of British imperialism and an indespensible aid otjbe British foreign office. It re- jptSrts in full one-sided versions of Police Inspector Everson, an English officer, who was most directly responsible for the killing of.May 30th, without saying a word about the manifestoes of the Chinese, not even the officially recorded testimony of the students at the inquest. "Itijiractically controls the. transmission of news from China to most parts of the world. Therefore, the reading public abroad, particularly Englishmen in England, will have no opportunity to learn the truth of the Shanghai Massacre Superior Dentistry-Cut-Rate Prices 193 HASTINGS ST. E., COR. MAIN (Opp. Library) BEST DENTISTRY MONEY CAN BUY, THAT SAVES YOUâ Platesâ99.00 and np. Extractionsâ60 cents and np. Nerve Removedâ§1.00. Poroelaln Crownsâ34.50 and up. Repair Platesâ81.00 and np, Sold Crownsâ94.50 and np. Biiilgoworkâ§4.50 and np. Cement Fillingsâ60 cents. Silver rulingsâBO cents and np. Enamel Filling'sâ91.00 and np. IB YE ASS GUARANTEE IN WRITING PHONE SEYMOUR 1020 .OPEN TILLâ9 VM. DR. W. E. WESSELS, B.A., D.D.S. DANCING PICNICING BELCARRA PARK The popular picnic grounds of the North Arm. Celebrated Criterion Orchestra RETURN FARE, 70 CENTS Boats leave Gore Ave. Wharf Dally 10 a.m.; Saturdays and Sundays p II). a.m. and 2<.p.m. SPECIAL DANCE BOAT SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M., RETURNING. TO VANCOUVER AT 11:40 P.M. HARBOR NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED t TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 6163 UNION STEAMSHIPS ... ENJOY A GLOBIOUS DAY'S OUTING BOWEN ISLAND ONE HOUR'S SAIL ON THE POPULAR S.S. "LADY ALEXANDER" FROM UNION DOCK Every Week-day, 9* a.m. Saturdaysâ9 a.m., 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sundaysâ10 a.m. and 2 p.m. FARE, 11.25 RETURN SPECIAL, $1.00 RETURN iSat.-Mon. a.m.) Phone Sey. 306 for Further Information HAROLD/tfROWN, General Manager. Aittf the perver- sion of truth will seem truth to them because it is Reuter's perversion." Gossip From the Crow The mines are still working about half time; men are, still being laid off and to. all appearances the coal companies ai* lyying to keep the working forces down to the minimum and in that way manage to keep the mines running two or three days a week. REIfSTiRmUG STOKE PThe Mail Order Druggists" We Hoke a Special Effort to Got Goods Ont by First Hail After Reoelpt /S of Your Osdsr. CORNER CORDOVA AND CARRALL VANCOUVER, B. O. *..,' FOR YOUR PICNICS USE ONLY PRODUCTS OF CROSS to CO. '.'Whistle," Glng-or Ales, Lomonaaoo, Orssta Blanoa, Strawberry, Little Juice, Cherry Cider, Grape Smash, Root Beer, Saxsaparilla, sto. AT ALL SOFT DRINK STANDS. PHONE US POR WHOLESALE ORDERS FOR EXCURSIONS CROSS" & CO. ..**» 38-38 Fourth Ave. East. The Hillcrest Collieries still refuses to employ any of the men who were discriminated against some time ago. Not only are these men being refused work by other coal companies but by other industries also and are, in some case, frankly told the reason why. We heard a contract miner this week asking the president of the local union (Mine Workers Union of Canada, Communist) to take up a grievance with the mine management. ijj.i^muijt4j^»^.,»lii«i..rf"Jiv*i'.^'?iiiir paid according to contract and the president told bin) that he (the president) had been to the company's office regarding the matter. complained of jind the company, would do him (the miner) justice. We are, aware that this particular company has "recently made very large additions (including the Mine Workers Union) to their plant, but it was the' first time we had heard of them adding "Justice" to their already extensive equipment. Talking of the loss of working conditions in the mines, we came across an official of a local union (Mine Workers Union of Canada) one day last week. 1 He was busy bucking coal down a chute for which he got no remuneration whatever. This individual is a "pillar" man and is on« of those good union men who stand on the street corner and abuse the district officials because of the loss of wages and working conditions. We hear he is aspiring to be a district official .himself, in the new organi- zation.-f-Alberta Labor News. NOT WHAT HE MEANT "This check is doubtless all right," said the merchant, politely, "but have you anything about you by which you could be identified?" The pretty young thing faltered: "I have a mole on my left knee." . .aU.-;a''.P D.S.O, Graduate of International College ,' btr ChlrOiira'otlo.; Spondylotherapy , CHIROPRACTOR Established 1913' '"' Dr., Abram's System of Electrlo Treatment. Suite 302 Westminster Bldg. NEW WESTMINSTER Open EvenlngB NEW WESTMINSTER CENTRAL CAFE Opposite tbe B. 0. Electric Depot OPEN DAY AMD NIGHT Ideal for Residents and Tourists. The only utterly efficient uplifters ' are those who work on prices. * » * * .. ' Bobbed hair is for young girls and girls'who thought they'd lpok young' when they bobbed it Main St. South of 18th J. C COLVIN Plamblng Heating Gnsfittlns Estimates Cheerfully Given. 4178 Main Street Phones: Fair. 3071 Res., Fair. 2375* 30 Yean' Experience ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store .3917 Main at 23rd - Faiy, S£54_j_ f&tWt&E& fii'C^rSFnte^mnwf eys cut,( Saw sharpened,; Baby Buggy Tires repaired. Agerib â for ;.:". "Red Bird" Bicycles, JiAWN MOWERS SHARPENED KIRK HAM'S GROCERTERIA No. 22 Our goods are always fresh. Our prices the lowest. Give, us a trial and< be convinced. 3320 Main St. Phone Fai.. 3300 August 14th, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN Mt. Pleasant Buy Your Lamps, Radio - AIR) BIECTRICAI, SUPPLIES *som the fraotioal Stare City Electric Co. FAIR! 4865 MAIN AT 8th Mevatxe Day ana Might Bell Plumbing & Heating Company 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Res, Phone Bay; I098X Fair. 2593 A. HILKER & SON w£FnshinJDly, Goods and Fa>":y Work. Goods.Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. How U.S. Competition Paralizes Local Trade Farm and Fruit Products froro Four States Flood Vancouver, While Farmers Are in Actual WantâProces- . â '..... sions of Freight.Cars Flock in. A PROCESSION of freight cars came from the States to Vancouver this week, laden with farm .and fruit products consigned to Water Street middlemen, and, coincident with this anomaly, farmers of the Fraser Valley passed resolutions- asking for stronger support and local patronage. This week's consignment of fruit and other products from the United Sta.tes was, by all accounts, rather larger than ever, while orders placed with the same consignors in Yankland indicate further injustice to the farmers, to^trade and labor, and toothings generally in Vancouver. Why is this, and who is to blame? ,, Can nothing be ddne toward ef- Phones: Fair. 58 Rea.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. 1 AMBULANCE SERVICE , COR. OF MAIN AND KINQSWAV V When You Can Buy For Less Why Pay More Greb Work Boots, 6 to 11, Special $4.95 Boy's Brown Running Shoes, 1 ' lo 5 '. $1.2S Men's Oxford Outing Shoes ....$1.45 Men's Khaki Pants, $1.70 and $2.25 .Men's Caribou Brand Cottonade p P"*u ,. $1.95 ' »r 6f»Â« - -. , 25c 5 pairs for ....^; ; gSc Muleskin Gloves, 35c; 3 pairs $1.00 Arthur Frith & Co. Men'* and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Phone: Fair, u 2S13 Main St, Between 7th and (th Mrs. Bands: "Does your husband eonfide his business troubles to you?" Mrs. Hands: "Yes, indeedâevery ,time I buy anything." Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER , BAKFRY FOR HEALTH STRENGTH ANDBEAUTY ' Eat Our Brown Bread . Also Our White, Raisin and Nut Bread Try our Whole Wheat Rolls, 20c a dozen. 3728 Hastings E. Phone: High,. 1309 H. A. HILL GROCERIES, FRUITS, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED Wi* Hastings St E. Phone High. 1640 Hirst's Electric HOUSES ; WIRED FBOM â "' .J.Sest^^^^0-.^PÂ«lMS^; â¢â "' Old or'Ijf.iW..p ',Z... ,T,iimp3 lindki - Electrical Supplies 4003 HASTINGS B. Ol.IHS.16ia W. DICKINSON MEAT MARKET '.3724 Hastings Street East My Motto: ONE QUALITY ONLYâTHE BEST facing a condition of apathy and dry rot that is a crying reproach to our civic bodies and so-called civic.boosters who are paid fat salaries to do something for the people? Bankers are not supposed to divulge secrets affecting amounts deposited by their patrons. This is banking ethics and is probably as it should be. But one well known banker informed the Labor, Statesman this week that here is a Condition that presents a grave problem today. In substance he'said: Vast Sums Leaving Town "It is amazing and disquieting to realize that vast sums are increasing in volume in payment to distant fruit men and farmers, and others, who are competing with Our own unfor-. tunate orchadists and farmers who are barely able to "get by" these days. The banker knows better than anyone else how hard things are now with the farmers of the Fraser Valley. The banks cannot possibly meet the requests for loans that are actually needed, for purposes of carrying on, the farms. .Som^faj'm,si;a.r.ean't "eVie'h raise enough^ money" tb pay their helpr,4«^'':i«,W,''SS6'd"*SWd -othfer- wise carry on, yet hundreds of thousands of dollars are leaving weekly to pay American fruit growers and farmers who aTe flooding Vancouver with their products. This is serious and affects labor as it affects other conditions in Vancouver and this district. I don't know where it will end." " Imported From Four U. S. States A casual walk along Water Street will prove, this. You will see mountainous piles of fruit crates bearing the brands of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California, with very little from the agricultural hinterland of B. C. A few cases of fruit here and there from Summerland, or maybe the Okanagon, and then more, and still more, crates by the hundreds from States across the line. How it Affects Labor This may seem, at first, a problem that hardly affects labor here, and one might wonder what this has to1 do with a labor paper. But a little reflection will prove that it has a lot to do With labor. Any sort of competition that deprives the local market of the sale of local products is a serious menace to labor. So long as Vancouver is flooded with American products, in preference to the B. C. products,' there will be trade stagnation, money stringency the holding up of work that would otherwise mean..Bj«re«Â»we*kf'.and^'the.'paTai lyzing of distributive capital that.is needed for community progress. Can Nothing Be Done? Can nothing be done about this? Is there no loyal body of civic boosters on the job here? Can't the mayor, council and Board of Trade think up some way of getting around this grave condition? Edmonton Farmers and CLP. Choose Candidate George Latham, president, of the Canadian Labor Party, was the popular choice of the combined forces of the East Edmonton U.F.A. and the (Edmonton Central Council of the C.L.P. to contest the East Edmonton Federal Constituency under the Far- mer-Lpbor banner, at a convention held in the Memorial Hall on Friday. Mr. Latham secured a clear majority over the three other candidates, his vote being 237, A. Farmilo, 110; Rice Sheppard, 80," and W. H,. Walker 31. Just as soon as the first count was announced, Mr. Walker suggested that the nomination be made unanimous and hearty cheers greeted the announcement of Mr. Latham's election. Mr. Latham in the course of a short address declared that he was very optimistic as to the. outcome at the next federal-election and had every confidence of being elected in East Edmonton. Wm. Irvine, M.P., who was present at the convention, emphasized the need of Labor representatives at Ottawa. Mr. Christie, fraternal delegate from the U.F.A. branch of the riding, assured the convention that Mr. Latham would receive the unstinted support of his fellow members. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS HAVE 145 LABOR. UNIONS There are registered in the Bureau of Labor 145 labor unions in the Philippine Islands with a membership of 89,402, including 87,402 men and 2000 women. These figures do no~t include mutual benefit societies, of S^-SllJrJlfi'fii^pi^'J^^ ship of 731437. Manila leads in the number of labor unions, a total of .76"; or more than half of the total number in the Entire archipelago, having their headquarters here, while the membership of the Manila unions numbers 62,775 or approximately two-thirds of the total membership iri the islands. Mrs. Kate Andrews, of New York, aged 64, was arrested for speeding. These modern girls are certainly terrible/ v Labor to Launch Moving Picture Film The moving picture being produced for the organization and publicity campaign of the American Federation of Labor and the Union Label Trades department will be the most elaborate of its kind ever conceived. Nothing of the kind has ever been attempted by any labor movement in the world. It will be a surprise to even its most ardent well-wishers. The high *spots in the evolution of labor from slavery thousands of years .ago to the present time will be depicted in such true colors that it cannot help to cause a startling sensation to the people of the country. The contract with the company that will make the picture has been signed and work upon it will begin immediately in Chicago. A full description of all the scenes will not be published until after the picture is completed. Every scene will be shown td the labor officials as" it is made and, if necessary, changes will be suggested to make it more enlighte.n- ing and convincing. ; The object is to have the picture true to life in every respect. Where necessary changes should be made the scenes will be reproduced. The picture will be made as perfect as possible. Great interest is -being taken in the campaign of organization and publicity which is to be carried on: Many' letters have been received by Secretary Manning asking fo'r information. ' ' , Those who have not written him should do so in order that he can select the various cities in which, the picjiires will be first cxhibitcdjand 4hsdflotu*i»Mgi«Qa«Â«Â».. A Tough 'Un Old Scotswoman: "The last steak I got frae ye I could hae soled my boots with." Butcher: "And why did ye no dae it?" Woman: "So I wid if I could hae got the nails tae gang through it."â "South Side Standard." Glasgow. , LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB. 95c SHOES VXCI MXBâOTHER BARGAINS LIKE THIS. SAMPLE SHOE STORJ 37 HASTINOS STREET WEST REAL BEER FEB HNI MAKE it yourself at'home with our Peerless Yeast . and other Peerless ingredients. Don't experiment. Follow our recipe and use only Peerless Products. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back.- Investigate. Evening appointments, PEERLEESS YEAST CO. OF B. C, LIMITED 525 BURRARD STREET, PHONE SEYMOUR 952 Perfectly Fitted $ 5 "IT^E offer the services of expeft experience "gained in three of the world's leading clinics. Free consultation. Convenient terms, if desired. Diagnosis without drugs. Most up- to-date and best equipped optical establishment on coast. " Glasses BIRD EYE SERVICE SERVICE BUILDING Evenings by Appointment BOBBOIT AT GRANVILLE ST. Phone Soi 8955 EMERGENCIES â jditotiAG&ibiArsltiM* , ,, I.'., ;â .'. , j-.-j,,.-!-.'-'â â 'â 'â â â¢â â¢r,'*^'""-''- WHEN a crisis conies and someone at a distance must be reached quickly, the long-distance telephone will prove its worth. British Columbia Telephone Company FREE PANTS! With every Suit we give- an extra pair of Trousers. Values Up to $35.00 for $19.50 Finest Styles and Quality Wearables for Men and Boys. M. J. PHILLIPS 671 COLUMBIA STREET NEW WESTMINSTER -' STRONG TEA "What a lot o' cases, of people be- in' poisoned through eatin' tinned food there's been lately, Mrs. 'Opkins. Makes you nervous, dolit' it?" "Aye," said Mrs. Hopkins, shaking her head. "I wouldn't touch the stuff. My poor 'usband always said it was drinkin' tea out of a tin cup when 'e was in the army what give 'im delirium trimins!" The Vancouver Hotel Football Club, winners of the Brunswick Cup in 1923, the Championship Shield in 1924, and the Iroquois Cup in 1925, has organized for the new season. Even mosquitoes don't seem to us td have the punch they used to. THE BETTER 'OLE 915 Main Street -;â¢{-. WATER NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that Champion & White Ltd., whose address Is 1083 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C., will apply for a license to take and ubc sixteen cublo feet a second'of water out of McNalr Creek and tributaries, which flows eastward nnd drains Into Howe Sound about one mile south of Port Mellon (In D.L. 1618). The water will be diverted from the stream at a point about one mile from tho mouth, which ia about one- half mile westerly from the S, E. corner of Lot 2866, and will be used for hydraulicing purpose upon the land described as District Lot 1182, registered plan No. 1970, at Vancouver Land Rogistry Office. This notice was posted on the ground on the 10th day of August, 1925. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to the "Water Act," 1914. will bo filed on the office of the Water Recorder at Vancouver. Objections to tho application may be filed- with said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria,. B.C., within thirty days after tho first appearance of this notice In a local, newspaper. The date of the first puhllcuniftn. of ...thW' notice Is -Augtisf aa;Aa>v-...M.-.»Â«!»3ww"«P-*"IM*7aPPâ¢Jrt*P1' ' '""--"p CHAMPION ffi "WHITE LTD. By E. 13. Hermoii, âAgent. DR. C. W. SUTHERLAND , --,-â ' D.P.S., L.D.S., D.P.C. : , DENTAL SURGEON SUCCESS B oar 'TORT" nt l*e* Westminster, but Hie people here must make It so. Boost io . .home city. The people of today demand up-to-date methods in all lines of buslncss- . professional and otherwise. ; Special Reduced Prices In Plates, Crowns and Filling during July and Augliat, CALL AND MAKE APPOINTMENT 309-10 Westminster Trust Building, Columbia. Sta'oot. Now Westminster Take Elevator to Third Floop THE LABOR STATESMAN August 13th, 1925 mmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NOW O0EN! Every modern convenience installed at cost of 120,000. Union workmanship. 30 employees Proprietors formerly with Strand, Central and Golden Gate Cafes. Reasonable prices. Perfect Qualities. « THE BOSTON CAFE 534 PENDER STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C/ WHITE LUNCH LIMITED Five Places to Eat. Granville StreetâNos. 439 and 806. ' Hastings StreetâNos. 128 East, 124 West and 439 West Satisfaction Guaranteed. â POPULAR PRICES TABLES FOR LADIES REST ROOMS FOR LADIES NEVER CLOSED 21 CORDOVA STREET, WEST. STANLEY HOTEL Now open under new management. Refurnished throughout. Hot and cold water. 'Phones in bedrooms. Bp-to-date comforts. An Ideal hotel for all! LICENSED HEPBESHMENT fAILOE HEBE I. TaylorâProprietorsâH. Watson Phone Soy. 4410 MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER u.i.Mfli-rj^'/A'bft^:-;^^^!"*-1"111â¢'"-1 '.'.Vva-â ',.'-..',, ,.r.r,,>i'â¢â. ""IT IS IUSeXL'Tow" BOYCOTT But this will inform our readers that the CASCADE BEER AND U. B. C. BEER is manufactured in non-union breweries. This advertisement is not displayed, by the Liquor Control Board or the Government of British Columbia. An elderly bishop, a bachelor, found his maid had been using his private bath. He proceeded to scold her,.and concluding said: "What distresses me most, Mary, is that you have done this behind my back." This advertisement recently appeared in the town newspaper: "The ladies of the Plum Creek Church have discarded clothes ef all kinds. Call at 44 North Plum Street and inspect them."âThe Brown Bull. Sir Andrew Takes Off the Lid The lid that sealed up the war poison of Canadian War Lords is taken off; by Sir Andrew MacPhail and Canadians turn sick as they meet tiie stench of corruption practiced by politicians, profiteers of the meanest type. Sir Andrew MacPhail has just completed his first volume of ,the Canadian official history of the war. And the first volumeâin the language of the streetâis a ringer. It is a sensation that is calculated tp live in the minds of every man and woman, in this generation, to his and her dying day. The historyâand Sir Andrew MacPhail is the official historianâis to cover the entire experience of the Canadian Expeditionary' Force at home, iii England and in active' service on the field of battleâor the history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada in England and France. j. In one paragraph Sir Andrew saw "Canada was strong in men only. Equipment was almost wholly lacking. Contractors appeared on the scene. ^ Without, patterns, without supervision or direction, they poured into Quebec supplies that had no relation to the hard conditions of war .... Wagons were-assembled that might do very well on, the illimitable prairie. They were of all possible types, so that each maker and every town might have a chance to profit by public funds; but there was not a road in Europe Wide enough to allow them to turn." What a' ghastly picture of political patronage, petty profit hunting, sectional greed and a brutal forgetful- ness of the tremendous fact that the finest young men of Canada poured out their lives in defence of their country, while a hungry pack of small' and big profiteers, at homo,. trafficked in the blood and death of the flower of Canadian manhood. wâ f,f,the .MacPhaiL charges .'ate true â-and there is no valid reason to believe they are tiet trueâthe whole dismal story is not calculated to increase public confidence in governments, either as to their good judgment in conscripting men to the colors, or in their ability to equip the conscripts for the inevitable struggle on the field of battle. MacPhail's first volume on the real war story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force is just one more proof of that supreme folly, that by the trappings of war and by memorials of bronze and stone we may still continue to glorify and deify the grim destinies of war. The aftermath of war: the impartial history of war: the rugged, naked facts of war, all go to show, that any nation, in the future, that by suggestion, in anyway, seeks to rekindle the hell fires of 1914, that nation should be dealt with as a nation afflicted with lunacy and madness, and such a nation should be confined in the solitary place of the earth, until the light of reason dawns on its benighted soul. âThe (Halifax) Citizen. One City One System TRANSPORTATIONALLY speaking Vancouver city, South Vancouver, Point Grey, Burnaby) and North Vancouver are all one. The same is true regarding New Westminster and its suburbs, ' <As one may. live in aone amuHitfpality and work in the city and thus know no dividing line, so transportation supplied by the B. C. â â .?tedt.fe?PMf':Wu'ni?'PÂ«lr . aaa:,vi«Â«tj,'a± .a^ 'â The sole purpose of the B.C.- Electric railway system is to carry peopleâas quickly, Cheaply and safely as possible. .. Tht best possible service-«S the whole, irrespective of sectional clamor, is the principle or. which we endeavor to serve. .... " HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER* B.C. VMlWeWW^^ German Co-ops. Boycott U. S. Packing Trust New York.âGerman co-operators have started a boycott against Swift and Armour* Chicago meat packers.' . In a letter to the Co-operative league of this city, the secretary of the powerful Berlin'co-operative society says: S~ . "We ..reKiemher having seen in the German press that both companies ace enemies of the young American co-operative movement arid avail themselves of every opportunity to harm this movement." "The big packers of the United States own 87 per cent of the large stockyards and 90 per cent of the refrigerator cars. They are most strategically located to smash every farmers' livestock marketing association, if.they dare," officials of the Co-operative league say. .-,'.."Since,.thepackers.are nowrtry'mg tbA set aside the packers' consent decree, forbidding, them to go into unrelated-business, we may ,yet a find these bigtiriterests'cohtrfllhngtheiife of agricultural America." â¢ The decree as accepted, by. the packers and Attorney General Daughi" erty. At that time the latter declared living costs would be reduced. Since then the packers have repudiated the agreement. From the tree of-useless knowledge we learn that a ring on the hand is worth two on the phone. ."».».*»'. - â¢â¢ " A radio bug tells that he tuned in on the ice box and got Bologna. Invention Fever Grips Russian Workers By ANNA LOUISE STRONG MOSCOW. â Stimulated by the new Russian patent law, which gives the individual worker a better chance to repay a reward from his invention than anywhere else in the world, all sorts of technical improvements are appearing in the Soviet Union. Whereas in America an invention made by a worker in a factory belongs to the factory, and application for its patent is made in the name of the factory, in Russia tbe individual workman who devises something new and useful is fully protected. While America charges ?15 for the original application, and larger sums for other fees cofinected with the patent, in Russia patenting is free. Only when the inventor begins to make a profit from his invention must he pw a tax. Until that'time-, the.jvorking oyer of his ideas are considered, a public^ service. * Many Inventor's Societies There are inventor's societies in all large cities. The inventions made by workers at the present stage are chiefly minor labor-saving and material-saving devices. But already a new brake, superior to the Westing- house, is being manufactured in Russia. It wjis the invention of a railway worker. The more complicated inventions so far are niade by the technical scientific institutes in which the best engineers and scientists of the land are Working in the service.of government industry. This is one of the three departmentsjiow under the general management of Leon Trotsky. Ludwig Martens, remembered in America as soviet representative there, continues to be in the active management of this work. A new way of making bricks has been invented in these institutesâa purely chemical way which dispenses with baking and is likely to make brick houses cost about one-third,,o| Jtei£, pteSbfit'""cost'."'"""A1" n'evTIKSrm' of electric mo Cor has been developed which does not need a rheostat, saving about 15 per cent of the cost of motors . These are made in government plants. Effects of Revolution While Russia is technically extremely backward in a sense which the American, used from boyhood to automobiles and mechanical devices, pan hardly appreciate, she still has a treriiendous energy among her workers, released by the revolution. Every time I visit a factory I feel this. In spite of the fact that revolutionary enthusiasm, as far as demonstrations and parades go, is subsiding into habit, expressing itself on national holidaysâyet down in the factories there is an increase of released energy. Old women are eagerly learning to read and write; younger and more intelligent workers, who learned reading and writing" only a year ago, are pressing into technical night schools. Centering around every factory are dozens of clubs and classes and organizations for every variety of social and technical purpose. All this fermenting life has produced notable results in the improvement of workers' conditions. Seymour 3168 Always Opca Empire Cafe and Grill (Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEQQ BOQ KRAUSB Late 54th Batt. 76 Hastings St E, Late 72nd Batt. Vancouver, B.C. The Price of Prestige The French Moroccan war is a miserable affair. France is drafting Negro boys from her other African possessions and peasant boys from her own villages and some of the workers from her cities to fight the sons of the desert in a cruel and exhausting warâfor what? For the preservation, we are told, of the empire, which will be imperiled if French "prestige" is weakened by defeat at the hands of the Riff tribesmen. It is the old, cruel reason for so many colonial wars. It isn't good enough to cause honest French lads to kill and be killed under the African sun. Abd-el-Krim is a iriah of considerable education and much abiHtx.^ift .thgâTO hisE bwiir tribes. He "has already, defeated Spain' and .made, astonishing progress against France, .ge ist_ae- cordimj to^pprty wilKrig $> offer -th'e most reasonable terms of peace. There is more r.eal â¢ prestige for France in meeting these terms than, in her state of near-bankruptcy, wasting ftioneyâto say nothing of lives âin a war as little honorable to her BS WdS'the Boer war to England."â Seattle Union Record. Morris Lunch BOB MOORE, Prop. Quality Eats Reasonable Prices For Working Men and Women 830 DUNSMUIR STREET '(Half Block Bast of Granville) WINTERS HOTEL â¢A real hotel home for workingmen. Every comfort: modern conveniences; cafe; 100 rooms. PROVINCIAL PABSOB MCENSE 205 Abbott St. Phone Say. 3473-0 JAMES CONNOLLY, Prop. The Plain Van's Hotel â Evory Modern Convenience HOTEL EUROPE Ucensed Beverage Parlor 43 Powell Street Vanoonver WIVES IN INDUSTRY ,'â¢ DOUBLED IN 30 YEARS WASHINGTON, D. CâMore wo- .,' men are working than a generation agd and twice as many married wo- -, men, the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor reports in a bulletin entitled "Facts ' about Working^Women." The study which consists of .statistics and gra- ' phic representations, is based on cen-r sus figures and investigations of the ' <.W,o«ftnJ%iBureau«.'-'.'p-...-«'-.«.~'....---:.- â¢ â â¢ 'â â â â -..-'â¢> â "Facts about Working VfomeTt rer ', veals 'thaf.23 out of every 100 women and girls over 15 years of age ' are working for wages or salaries out of the'home. Back in 1890, only 19 out of every 100 were working. The , difference in flat figures is more impressive. In 1890 some three and i threequarter million women and girls over 10 were at work. In 1920, the, number had reached eight and a quarter millions. And if all the farmers buy Henry; Ford's airplanes, stealing watermelons will become very, very dan-' gerous business indeed. TRY US FOR JOB PRINTING New Westminster's Leading Hotels And We Daren't Print it I "My husband is plain-spoken; he calls a spade a spade.\n"So is mine. I won't say what he calls the lawn-mower." ^â^Sirming- ham Town Crier.'.' The Savoy 2SS2 Hotel and Cafe and A. E. Kellington Cleanliness 660 Columbia Street Open at 6 a.m., closes 1 a.m. WINDSOR HOTEL Centrally LocatedâGood Rooms Popular Rates Columbia and Begbie Street Phone 209 CENTRAL HOTEL Opposite the B. C..E. Rly. Depot Comfortable Rooms, 75c Up 762 Columbia' St. Phone 1462 Comfortable Family Hotel â¢ Reasonable Rates 718 Columbia St.. Phone 377 HOLBROOK HOTEL â Good Rooms, 75c Up Special Rates for Permanent Guests 633 Front St. Phone 330 / »==5!3B August 13th,. 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN A Big: Assortment of CUT FLOWERS POT FLOWERS SEEDS PUNTS BULBS Brown Brothers & Go., Limited FLORISTS ABB NURSERYMEN iâSTORESâ4 48 Hastings St. B. . Ssy. 988-873 865 Granville St. - Sey. 1S1 Bastings St. W. - Bey. 1370 1047 Georgia St. W. - "SAT IT WITH FLOWERS" 9513-1391 Sey. 7418 Double the Pleasure of Your Outing RENT A KODAK! We also have a big supply of Cameras for sale at all prices. Enlargements a specialty. Art supplies,, etc. . ,- CAMERA AND ARTS LTD. 610 GRANVILLE STREET SEYMOUR 4845 COLONIAL THEATRE DUNSMUIH. ANJ> GBANVILIiE ' PREMIER FILM ATTRACTIONS Three Variety Programmes from Cream of Local Performers Moderate Prices Continuous, 11 to 11 CONTINUOUS POLICY-NOON-'TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND FEATURE PICTURES BRIGHTEST - 3 - THEATRES REX ALWATS SNAPPY PROGRAM Oool Cosy STRAND VANCOUVER'S HOUSE Cool :: Ventilated GLOBE WED. NIGHTS 10 Casta Prises for Cream of Vancouver's Variety Talent nr HOUSE FURNISHINGS HONEST VALUES â CONSIDERATE CREDIT R H. STEWART CO. LTD. 3434 MAIN ST. â PAtR. 2513 The Red Flag an Historical Emblem By F. W. Moore Many people imagine that a red flag is emblematic of war, strife, sedition and anarchy, but â never was there a greater mistake than that. Bed, above all else, is emblematic of peace, of brotherhood, of the common red blood of the races; and, of course, in conformity with these ideals it typifies a future international government in which will be embodied liberty, happiness and prosperity. The red flag always did, typify fraternity. There is abundance of proof that the emblem, and all that it stands for, were quite familiar to members of workmen's organizations of the Ancient world. Sun Worship We may take it for granted that the delight of primitive man in the flamboyant,' would naturally be greatly enhanced by the fact, that his favorite colour was in evidence at the rising and setting of the great orb of light in which he imagined he saw the awful presence of god. "It is supposed," says Osborne Ward, (the only author that will be quoted for the remainder of this article) that one of the first objects of primitive man's worship, was the sun. As this wondrous being, always believed to be alive and rational, immense in bulk, exquisite in beauty, radiant with heat and life, rose out of the sea and skimmed over their heads, he shed forth his crimson flames upon their labour, and his colour was likened to the fluid that coursed in their veins." , But the sun was not the only deity: supervising the growth of the crops were Minerva and Ceres, and quite naturally the colours of ,these two patrons of labour were also red. (Page .4.27 noteâOsborne Ward's, 'Ancient Lowly'). That is why, "we ftHtr Sffiong' the organizations which sho9»""etther of these divinities as their patron, the same emblematic colours that they were known to prefer." " ,. '"-.' Scarlet, Emblems Qfffrage 448 (ibid) there is a long list of towns and trade unions that were known to have flourished in the time of Constantino, the Great, 312 A.D., and to have ben in possession of the scarlet banner as an emblem of their industrial mode of life. "At Clermont Ferrand," for instance, "the joiners had a red plane, and the marble-cutters other similar red objects for a device, while at Brionde, shoe-makers, tavern keepers, tanners, glove-makers, furriers and cobblers, had each flaming red devices. The banner of the painters of Montaigut was entirely of a blazing red . . . the hatters, saddlers, tinners, butchers and tavern-keepers of" Issoire had a great red ring like the sun's corona." These are- only a few of those quoted in "The Ancient Lowly," yet the whole list in the book contains only a small percentage of those that might be citedâ"The immense field in Europe is scarcely entered upon," page 449. UIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII<£ I . - . .' i I PREVENT I FOREST FIRES I E = =IT PAYS ''.TiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil "*WeMPloYment INSURANCE" REFUSED TO UNION BOYS LONDON.'âSir ArthurJSteel-Mait- vIand, the British minister of labor, has refused unemployment insurance ^benefit to a number of youths who declined to sign an agreement that , they wmild not join a trade union, p The youths were offered work as â¢junior apprentices by a ship-huild- 'ing firm and were asked to sign indentures containing a provision that »fchey -must not join a union. The boys refused to sign. Whereupon their employment benefit was 6 stopped. An appeal was taken to the umpire, who decided that the condition in the indenture ' prohibiting trade'union membership was riot unfair or tinfust.' The' niihisl&r"of labor approved the umpire's decision./ The current issue of the journal of the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades' Association declares that apprentice indentures in Manchester include a clause-prohibiting a youth from joining a trade union until within six months of the termination of his apprenticeship. Peace and Brotherhood Taking everything into account it can hardly be denied that the red flag is preeminently an emblem of peace, standing for love, service, and international brotherhood; and concerning these principles our mission is to show that owing to the continued development of machinery and consequent overproduction for an ever-dwindling market their final acceptance on a world-wide scale is mathematically inevitable. In the meantime it behoves us to accept the conditions which circumstances have imposed, and to endure with kindly toleration the existence of modern national banners always remembering that these are but the products of yesterday and the ephemeral substitutes of to-day in comparison with the suggestive red flamma' adopted from the beams of tho mighty sun- ^^a^fcppr8hdstoi^«iSS-!-lna«e8rmo^* em .flags may; he,rigai4«i,ia^::bttiifelil: wMcb. the eternal rad.£larania standst in the Trelattfth bf scion. â "' Let us fertilize the soil at the root and be cfcntent with the buds until our efforts have made it possible for them to assume the colour of their dam, which: â ''â ',. "Waved above our infant might When all ahead seemed dark as night. It witnessed many a deed and vow We will not change its colour now." That "Honest" Million By JOHN M. WORK No; I am not going to iell you how to do it. I am going to tell you that you can't. The only way to acquire a million is to get what belongs to others. â¢ A financial magazine that comes to my hand attempts to show that one can make a million honestly. It departs from the manner in which millions are usually made and states an imaginary case where an inventor of a new' chemical process is supposed to receive royalties amounting to $1,000,000 while. the consumers save several times that amount because of the new process. Disregarding the fact that inventors as a rule are poorly paid, even this example of an imaginary inven- ter who gets a million will not hold water. An inventor is entitled to be well paid,' but he is not entitled to be smothered with wealth. In making the invention his is not the only mind that enters into the study and progress and discovery that have preceded, throughout all past time. This knowledge belojigs to nobody in particular. It is the common store. He uses it. Without' it, he could not have made his invention at all. He only adds a tiny bit to the knowledge already in existence. He should be well paid, for original thought is valuable and should be encouraged. But to pay him a million dollars is to pay him entirely out of proportion to the service he renders to society. It is also to squelch, rather than encourage original thought on his part âfor with an unearned million with which to disport himself, the chances are that he will never have another original, thought in his life. â However, it is significant that our financial magazine had to Conjure up an imaginary and exceptional instance like this, ill its effort to prove that a million can be made honestly. Why did it pot take up the usual metbod'»p^'^.inaking. a''pmiHioH'"'atrav'' argue on that basis? A million is ordinarily made by speculation, by investment, by the manipulation of stocks and bonds, mortgages, real estate, grain futures. It takes a lot of hardihood, indeed, for anyone to hold that the mere manipulator earns nis income. It is in fact wholly unearned. Interest, dividends, rent, ahd the proceeds of manipulation constitute legalized robbery. The recipient may be a fine fellow. I am not blaming him individually, for he only avails himself of the accepted methods. I blame the capitalist system, which is based on legalized robbery. No, there is no way in which one can make a million honestly. One can get a million only by getting it from others. He may inherit it, or he may get the earnings of living peVsons. In either case though legally entitled to it, he is not morally entitled to it, since he did not earn it. Certainly if he were*v«y young, or old, or otherwise incapacitated from earning his living, I would not grudge him a reasonable part' tif it. But not a million. And much less a hundred million or a billion. We must have a social system which will encourage honest work, not degenerating parasitismâa system based on useful service, not on legalized robbery. The Socialists are working for such a system.â New York Leader. UNION G. W. G. MADE Carpenters'Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Men's Furnishings 144 CORDOVA STREET WEST Io. !ti.ui.."..'. T\nRONIZEl) Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET ITâ AND NOTHING ELSE. It Is Rich in Nourishmentâ DELICIOUS Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST Suite 301 Dominion Building Vancouver. B.C. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastinga West Room 31 ^BOWELL&^W FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 66 6th St., New Westminster Phone 993 Phenei Seymour 1790 Hartle Bros., Ltd. TAILORS sea iukoui street (Opposite Hudson's Bay) Hey, diddle, diddle, . , I've got a new riddle; Now don't think Pm drunk on moon: I often get silly, act daffodilly, Oh, when does a tablespoon? Dibble: "What was the greatest war song ever written?" Dabble: "Here comes the bride 1" » » * * Many girls wisely curb their taste for green onions until after marriage. EXPECT HARD WINTER Apparently Hamilton Trades and Labor Council expect a lot of unemployment during the coming winter. They have already organized a Relief Committee to prepare to meet the situation. 3The officers chosen were: A, Black well, chairman; W. Burr, vice-chairman; secretary, J. Johnson; treasurer, W. Burr. All the members of the Committee will undertake investigation work and report to the Committee from time to time. .-. Merritt Mines, Ltd. One of the G PXBST ALL (N.P.L.) >aatcst mines in the |clng. ATION OP lOo Doscrlptlvo Circular Free on Boqnost. THOMAS KING CO. STANDARD BANK BUILDING VANCOUVER taJLJajUuinihatiiig.. to. quota repenliastatement,, made, by Genera; Hughes that in one of our penitentiaries having 197 inmates 164 had previously Tieendetained ln our so- called reformatories. Just think! 164 of these men and women were sup^ posed to have been cured and reformed, and yet they come back to prey on their fellow citizens and, become again a charge on the public exchequer. Out of that total of 197, only 33 had learned crime as adults. Does not that point to one weak spot in our system of moral reformation? THE GENDER OF A RAILWAY ENGINE? What gender is a railway engine? We refer to a ship as "she,' an automobile is always "she." A "Japanese lady," writing to the "San Francisco Snipping Register," claims that locomotives are also "called 'she' for many hecauses." "They wear a jacket with yokes, pins, hangars, straps, shields, stays. They have an apron, also a lap. They have not only shoes, but have pumps. Also hose and drag train (passenger and freight) behind. They attract men with puffs and mufflers, and â¢when draft, too stromwietticoat.«oea, Vjj? " Thiralso attracts.â¢ "~ " "Sometimes they foam and refuse *^>*'^tw.Bi#'SÂ«eSm^^ be switched. They need guiding^it always requires A man manages-. They require men to feed them. When abuse is given, they quickly makes scrap. â ' "They are steadied when coupled up, but my cousin say they hell of expense, Is not enough reason?" â¢ LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEdtT PRINTING JOB. It has been carefully estimated by those who are Conversant with hard' ware manufacture that-not less than 3,000 highly skilled mechanics have been "laid off" from Ontario concerns engaged in the manufacture of builders' hardware alone by the British Preferential Tariff. 2iiiiiiii/miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuniiiiiimimii^ UNION NOTES 1 PROPERTY iw I **hw*'-' â â¢â¢â¢aaailiiiijj PROPERTY IN f HASTINGS IS "' MOVING . . . v a auU Machinists Lodge 692 has signed up 19 new membere and endorsed resolution for the five day week. * * * » New 4-room bungalow; very s attractive design; fine lot;* 5 block from school and car; 5 well built; on easy terms. j*. â . ...«.. Evidence of a great awakening * * * * among the transport and allied work- The Upholsterers Union is taking ers of Great Britain is contained in up the question of affiliating, with the the reports presented to the biennial Trades Council. conference of the Tr»n°â* Oreshiyt" *â *-- ' "°J. Mir $3400 Organizer Henry. Loos of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters is expected in Vancouver by Sept. 1. He will remain here organizing for a few weeks. New 5-room bungalow; good â garden; block from car. For £ a really nice home, see this. â On easy terms. ~ $4000 New 4-room bungalow; very 5 large rooms; on Vancouver 5 Heights; three blocks from s car. On easy terms!" $2900 § | Pemberton & Sons I a Established 1887 I ....... .spuria presented to the biennia conference of the Transport and General Workers' Union, held at Scarborough. This big amalgamation was formed at a difficult time for trade unions âthree and a half, years agoâbut, as the general secretary, Mr. Ernest * * * * .') Bevin, points out in the union jour- Stanley Hague has been appointed nal, the organisation has "a record business agent of the Automobile of work and achievement which may 1 Mechanics and has been doing good well be looked back upon with pride." work during the last week. Twenty- The union had- a big uphill fight eight new members signed up. in 1922 and 1923, but during last _ * * * jt year jjs membership increased by no Mental Hospital Attendants held less- than 65,287, making a total of very successful meeting last Thurs-: 327,560âan advance of 25 per cent, day week. Harry Neelands, M.L.A., in 12 monthsl and P. B. Bengough attended and The reports also contain striking dealt with many questions concern- proof of the. value of the union. . ing the 'men's working conditions. Members received in strike, acci- * * * * dent, sickness and other benefits and - Engineers 844 reports few slack in compensation secured, no less than wrist pins but no boilers busted since £376,363. Jn three w- - - " the last slight gain in membership. «â¢'>"» All men receiving scale, * * * * »Â»o 0OWB ST, jg fllMIIMIIIIIIIIIIWIÂ»lllllllllflllllllllllll£ POR A DArS OUTING m V * * Plumbers and Steamfitters Union reports members fairly well employed considering the few water pipes that were frozen up during the week. * * » * s ight y over £2°{ « M^Pounds! , « m.c. uevin, to tne fact that the general con- ' ~ * â¢ tribution is 28s. a year, and we have Thirty-two more members were had to carry the whole of the admin- signed up by the United Brotherhood, jstration in addition, it is a really re- of Carpenters last Monday night."1 markable achievement. The Canada HnW '- "â 00 TO gimpraTxi: Horseshoe Bay) Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Via North Vanoonver City Ferries) TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS OB SUNDAYS ABB BOLIDATS : 'Leave North Vancouver for. all stations 8:40 a.m. and then thirty minutes past each hour,until 8:30 p.m. Return from Whyteclint 9:36 a.m. and 26 minutes past each hour until 9:25 p.m. Purchase Tickets at Perry Wharf sod S33 GRANVILLE STREET RETURN FABBS FROM VANCOUVER: Adults Children 70c 40c . .a nearly ,â uo-yuarters of a million pounds, J slightly over £2 a member, has been returned. Millions in Wages "Having regard," writes Mr. Bevin, 'to the fact that the general contribution is 28s. a year, and we have had to carry the whole of the jstration in addition, it is a re ., ,c- . â â...,. markable achievement. * * * * "Then, too, in spite of the fndus- The Canada Hotel is the only beer trial slump, we succeeded, as a result parlor that is left on the Unfair list, of settlements effected in the year. Cascade and U. B. C. Beer is still be- 1924, in obtaining over 4M million ing made in non-union breweries. ' pounds per annum to our members in **'â¢** advances of wages, to say nothing of The Boston Cafe with a union crew the gains in overtime payments, bet- has been doing a capacity business tered conditions; and so on." since it opened. * * * * The Moving Picture Operators BRITISH EMPIRE LABOR â £,££,' Uniorf still pickets tbe Heights , â..CONFERENCE TN ENGLAND Theatre and is meeting witfe'SplewTi'd /r.ââf;â.,â,i -j..â¢ t>âââ 11 success although th? management (Continued from Page 1) 1 still manages to keep the place open claim was for a full measure of self- from the proceeds of his other busi- determination, and he pointed out ness Culley's Dye Works. A boy- that the economic exploitation <tal cott banner has been placed on the India by British capitalists was as in- Princess- Theatre this week. jurious to the workers in Britain as ', to those in India. o â¢ is , /v â¢ â You really cannot afford to be without a Hoover. "No servant is half sc willing, or will accept such small wages as the Hoover. â¢ - THE HOOVER CLEANSâSWEEPSâAND BEATS your carpets at the cost of a few cents per day, and in its slack moments will do such odd jobs as: thoroughly clean and purify your mattress, upholstered furniture, walls, etc. A deposit of $6.25 puts a Hoover in your home,' and the balance is easy. a Socialists Gain 80 Seats in France WRESTLING ARENA TOMORROW SATURDAY EVENING August 15th -.. m> i j ante Results of the triennial elections for the Councils-General of the Department of France, held on Sunday, show another victors *---â " â«Â« i-u tne WOl «.,.i us to those in India. British manufacturers had £1,000,- 000,000 invested in'India, and were taking their cotton, steel and jute : machinery over there, where they ! could undercut British labour by employing native workers at six rupees a week. Mr. H. W. Sampson, of the South trican Legi8lativeAsRÂ»mhi« â¢-" C3 ARE ACKNOWLEDGED 8 BMTI.-I6 BLADES "S'4. ^ <ii, six rupee ... â. me ue- a weefc> ,.. .Mxient of France, held on Sunday, ,Mr- H- W: Sampson, of the South show another victory for the Left African LegislativexAssembly, utter- Bloc, ed a warning against the danger of Statistics recently received here attaching too much importance to the related to 1,251 seats, in respect of question of constitutional relations, 171 of which a fresh election will tbâ¢e exclusion of the .»Â»â¢â « â â¢â¢- 'have to take place, savs *â¢>â > â '-- '*"' 2 B .. ^.,-ojl seats, in respect of 171 of which a fresh election will 'have to take place, says the Exchange. The gains and losses are as follow: Radical-Socialists, 78 gains, 26 losses; Socialists, 23 gains, 4 losses; Republican-Socialists, 9 gains,"7 losses; Republican-Radicals, 29 gains, 22 lossesâ-- ââ "â â¢"â *' ' B , jp-vepuDlican-Radicals, 29 gains, their p ..,.â, 22 lossesâa net total of 80 seats of ^ar. gained by the Left. There was a growing demand on Tho r> - e part of the peonies <i* 'â 'â â â """ .-**i.p.?a?.l$ STANLEY ZBYSZKO European Champion" vs. LEO, L'HEUREUX ^ . Canadian Champion Best two falls out of three to , a finish. Purse $500 ' GOOD PRELIMS Prices â Rush, $1.26; Unreserved, $1.75; Boxes and Tickets on sale at Spaldings, 424 Hastings_.$,,. NOTARY PUBLIC PR. BENGOUGH Secretary Tradps.and LaborCouncil Boom 80S, 18 Hantlng-B Street Hast ' Phones: Seyl 7946-6279 .. ... wc event ,â ,,,, ine i,eft. ' .- â¢ There was a growing demand on The Conservatives and Modorate the Part of the peoples of the Do- Republicans have lost altogether 61 minions to have more autonomy in -seats,_ and the Communists four. all directions. The councils^ correspond in some No Racial Superiority measure to the British County Coun- ,,; â rr ..... cils, but on this occasion the elections Miss M. Heagney of. Australia, have been fought on political lines, ""ade it quite clear that the "White rather than on local questions. Australia' 'policy of the Australian They therefore form an expression Labour Party w,as not founded on of political feeling which is of espec- a"y feeh.n? °* r5claI superiority, but ial interest at this time, after the arose originally from the practice of recent splitting of the Parliamentary importing black slave labour that Left Bloc over the Budget. ,' prevailed 30 years ago. v SO f«" â '' - - -V HMO , ui constitutional relations, to the exclusion of the more important consideration of improving social and economic conditions. Mr. 3. Simpson, of Canada, re- â¢<â â :**';,.-.'**â â . marked that the people of that Do- â TkTf~iifrT T"TkTT/~1 minion, like those of Ireland, were I IV r<. fV I Irk I J It also greatly concerned as to what I A.vM-J 17 l/l*i7M their position would be in the event | of war. Tlie best Beaters for Cream, Eggs, Mayonnaise, etc., ever manufactured, and we carry all three sizes. W. CSTEARMAN The People's Hardware Merchant , 613 GRANVILLE STREET PHONE SEY. 5940 Bring this advertisement with you/i and set a rebate of 10c on each beater. CUSTOMERS The phenomenal growth of dor bnslnsss Is dns to tho high standard or quality, excellent service and saving prloes. Now enstoiners ore amazed at the tremendons saving resulting- from doaling at any one of onr twelve stores. Satisfy yourself as ' to oar claim. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS quid Petrolatum, 16 oz...|0,37 .SO n-' »-'J" (Support Urged for Union Shoe Workers I , j.ax*MJ J0.75 Liquid Petrolatum, 16 oz.-l .20 Camphor, 1 oz. cakes, 3 for .15 Welch's Grape juice, 4 for .60 McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets _.p ; j_ .60 Castor Oil (finest Italian) 8 oz. _..: 1. .50 .Dr. Reld's Lemon Cleans- ; ing Cream _ .10 Palm Olive Soap, 4 tor .... 1.00 Dr. Reld's Guaranteed Hair Tonic ....... _ .75 Paris Green, per lb. .... .25 Hamilton's Pills, 6 for .38 .86 â..^.kj .60 Dr.' Reld's Pyorrhea Mouth Wash .._...... _ .15 Dutch Drops, 4 for .. ,26 Dr. Hold's Foo't Ease .....?._. .35 Peenamlnt (the chewing gum laxative, .. .... .10 Lemon Soap, 6 for ... .... . .25 Dr. Reld's Corn Remover... .60 Medallion Vanishing or Cold Cream .25 Vinolia Shaving Sticks . .20 Hydrogen Peroxide, 4 oz.. .25 Chloride of Lime p.oetaaaasfioe _ -v**.v»i Street, W. The following stores handle Christie's work shoes for men and school boots for bdys: ; Hudson's Bay Co. "Arthur Frith, 2313 Main St.' Both the above firms advertise in the Labor Statesman. . Spencers, Clapp's, A. Si-Cox, Wm. Dick* J. W. Fox, Kerrisdale Shoe ^ iiee peoples â, an nuso- hitely free bond. -..India would have ,to be made a1 participating partner in the Commonwealth. . . Mr. N. M. Joshi, of the Indian Legislative Assembly, 'emphasised the manner in which Indian economic conditions reacted to the detriment of economic conditions in other parts of the world. a :<Tâ â P''-*.-p-''p .A United Ireland "p^Ba^f^ifor years the Irish people. had been so engrossed in Home Rule that they had forgotten everything else. ,'.â â â â â â .:â ' i.â â â¢. It was significant that Ireland was representel by a united delegation at that conference, and he honed it would not1 be long before Catholic and Protestant were walking shoulder to shoulder undivided by the Issues .that had divided them in the past. This concluded the debate, and tbe further consideration of the question raised by Mr. Tom Johnson was remitted to a committee consisting of Mr. Ggprge Lansbury and Colonel 3. Wedgwood (Great Britain), Mr; Tomj Johnson (Ireland), Mr. J. MacDon-j aid (Canada), Miss Heagney (Australia), Mr. N. M. Joshi (India), Mr. Bengurion (Palestine), and Mr. H. W. Sampson (South Africa) INTERIVATJPNAL.MEETING ' Eighteen countries were represented by. over 60 delegates at a reception by the British No More.War Re- sisters' International, at Holborn Hall London. . The war resisters' movement, said' Mr. : George Lansbury, M.P., was small, but earnest. If they really be^ lieved that war was a crime against humanity they must do all they could to oppose armaments and'to hinder any Government that went to war. Mr. Fenner Brockway, the newly elected ajahairman of the War Resisters' International, said he thought he could say that if the policies which the Government was pursuing led to war with China and with Russia the whole Labour Movement would resist it _.
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