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Labor sman Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District !es and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Pag -&# No. 80-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., October 30th Barrister Urges Trade . Union Organization "thaw a line oh the map from â¢Bristol to London. South of that line there, is not a single constituency <fceld by tabor. And yet we must win another 200 seats if we are to .Jiave the Workers' Government returned at the next Election. The Jiey to the solution is Southern England." :' " ' ' '." So writes Mr. Frank P. Rowe, â¢prospective tabor candidate- for tlie Camborne Division of Cornwall,' re- tterring to recent discussions on organizing the rural vote. â¢ v-. "In the Welsh coalfields, ih York- shire, and Durham, and on the Clyde .are Witnessed every week great Labor demonstrations, and a host of _smaller meetings. Speakers with _nationjl_xeputations_are repeatedly speaking in these Labor strongholds. ' "Contrast this with the position as it exists in the southwestern counties. â¢During the last"18 months there has only been one meeting in the County cpf Cornwall, addressed by a member of the late Labor Ministry, and none 'addressed by any prominent national trade union leader. 1 "Cornwall- and Devon are typical of the southwest They are predom- 'inently working-class counties, and (contain,between them several constituencies that ca'hrbepwphattfiSileirt election if only it is. .realized that our pleaders can- ass&t the v movement ", much..more by .speaking to meetings 'of, say, 2,000 people at Exeter, Plymouth, Truro, Camborne and Pen- â zanze, than in addressing a Durham miners' gala crowd of 10,000." Not by Political Means Mr, D. F. Brnndit, barrister-at- â law,' late" Labor candidate for the j 'Abingdon Division of Berkshire, writes that it is a mistake to assume ' that the villages will 'be won by political means. â¢ The Labor party, he Observes, has been built up out of the trade unions, â¢ which were forced by the logic of I events-to-adopt a Socialist-policy.:.â , "Keir Hardie succeeded because he understood this; Hyndman, who tried ,to force the pace, failed. ^'The mental evolution of the _ slower moving, but no less intelligent, 'countryside must follow the same course:â "(1) Trade Unionism bringing a sense of unity and breaking down <5ear. - "(2) Socialism, because without it trade .union ideals cannot be renlizi " â¢ â ' "Non-unionist labor may cheer a Labor speech, but it cannot be relied â¢ on to vote; it can be bulled by farmers and scared by 'Red plots.' < "Therefore what we need to* do is two-fold: (1) Nationally to heal the .disastrous breach between the N. IT. A. W. and the Workers' Union; (2) .locally to get into every village and preach Trade Unionism. f "The T. U. Congress has got hold of the right end of the stick."âThe Daily Herald. LD TIME DANCES TO BE FEATURED AT. NEXT DANCE , There was a good crowd at the regular dance of the Vancouver .Centre Labor Party on Saturday evening in the Belvedere Court. Refreshments were served, the sandwiches being made out of Dr. Middle- ton's Blue Ribbon Bread and a supply of assorted cookies from the same firm. The dance music was appreciated and enjoyed by everybody. At the next .dance, which" will -be held Saturday, November" the' 14th, the committee intend to introduce some of the old tinie dances, Tell your friends and note tbtrtJatss ""* 35c and 25c. British Trade Unionism m Scarborough FIVE CENTS PER COPY By J. RAMSAY MacDONALD (At Scarborough, in early Seplem- a ramshackle shanty, the Tory Party, bar, the British Trade Union Congress, en account of which appears in Scott Noaring's article elsewhere, adopted a resolution advocating world-wide unity of the trade-union movemont, including the Russian unions; another denouncing British imperialism as a form of capitalist exploitation; and a third advocating the formation of shop committees in nit British work-shops.* A resolution giving power to the general council of the congress to call a strike in 'all trades was defeated. The session, however, marked a distinct surge" ttr the -leftâamongâthe British trade unions. "Emperor" Cook of the miners declared that "the trade-union congress is the parliament of the future." The trade-union action, together with recent criticisms of party action or inaction by George Lansbury and others, led many to expect the Labor Party congress at Liverpool in the closing days of September to register a similar radical trend, but its first act-.âto affirm by a 9-to-l vote {he: exclusion «f Communists from the British Labor- Partyâ seemed tb indicate that the moderates led by ex-Premier MacDonald were still in firm control.) London, September 21. The words of political personages are studied too often, in these days not that-they may be understood but that they may, be twisted for political propaganda, and in this country at the moment that is particularly true of Liberal critics of the Labor Party. American readers have hertofore, to be very guarded in their acceptance of Liberal writers who take Labor speeches as their texts. The comments on the transactinns_jif^ the Scarborough Trade Union Congress make me write these sentences. The Scarborough meeting was held at a time when the peculiar truce in the coal trade, and the means by which it was secured, gave a special importance to what is known as "direct action," to the numerically small but active section that finds inspiration and funds from Moscow and to those who, under pressure of the distress that is prevalent and the difficulty of devising immediate remedies for it, feel the necessity of relieving themselves by demonstrations and crying out. y The nerve.? of many of our people are on edge. One section is as sensitive as a man with the gout, sees red everywhere, and is sure that a combination of Jews, Bolshevists, Socialists are plotting the rape of persons and the destruction of the state. When I was at Stockport taking part in the by-election this week, I, was left in no doubt of the exis-' tence of these (imorous people. Many of them: art rationally with us but emotionally on the point of stampede, torn in their faith, seeking refuge in What they know to be' but obeying the most primitive of herd instincts like the untrained soldier who cannot help ducking his head at the whiz of a, bullet. Among them Scarborough had done execution. Both Liberals and Conservatives ''boohed'*- incessantly to make .a - "stampede against Red Ruin, and Mr. Baldwin in his letter, to the electors deplored the fact thai a Liberal candidate was dividing forces that ought to be united in repelling the common unconstitutional enemy. Our Tory Party with its Irish record is a constitutional bulwark to. be joked about rather than relied upon, but ihe-popnlar-jmnd-wlien-iUtiirbeiLJs- irrational and gregarious. In spite oi all this we pulled off' Stockport with far greater decisivesness than appears in the face of the figures. It was touch and go, howevej-, at one time, owing to Scarborough, and during the "next year many things will happen to raise again and again this troublesome question of the limitations of the political method in democratic progress. Students- of this problem will do well to keep their eye. i upon immediate developments here. ';'--,*-' Writing to "The Nation" for August 26th, on the;, specific question of the patched-up peace in the' coal trade, I drew attention to the impetus it had given to industrial action as opposed to political, and "The Nation" in the following week made some critical comments raising issues which in actual practice-we are facing here every month. The position of the Labor Party has been that the political and industrial methods are not separate and exclu- six but are complementary and 'should be co-ordinated into a policy with a conscious social aim and purpose, and that, the constructive conceptions of socialism caifbe carricbT out with greatest security, stability,' and benefit by political action. The test bf that philosophy undoubtedly comes in times like these when two evils are playing havoc with people's minds. The first is the subversion of democratic political methods by unscrupulous party agents charged at any cost to produce party victories, by stunt newspapers, by wealth and social influence used to rouse emotions of fear and so snatch decF sions at a general election which in no way represent the normal mind of the electorate. A panic is created for a few days, the. election day being included; a majority is given which may determine for four or five years what opinions and interests are to rule the country; and the public speedily find, like Moses in "The Vicar of Wakefield," that they have been outrageously sp'bofed. This, unfortunately, is no fancy picture. Furthermore, once the Government is elected, hidden and private influences grip and mold its policy almost hour by hour, The other.difficulty is that the economic and political problems which beset this country owing to the war are unusually difficult and may well baffle the wisest and ablest of men. In "The Nation's" comment, reference was made to "a wistful odor of eighteenth-century political philosophy" as the explanation why some of us still believe in political methods as the way of social change. That begs everything. As a matter of fact, the L a b or constitutionalists (hateful word) can claim to be distinguished from their Moscow opponents, and from all who more Or less belong to that school, not by the musty odors they sniff but by the' hard facts they see. Always keeping in mind that our-poHcy-is-devised-on-t'ne assumption that there is a place and function for industrial action in democracy, the real issue is between us and two well-defined coteries who have little in common except that they regard themselves as minority movements. The first is the camp which, moved deeply by the ills of socicy and holding to an expectation that if certain reorganization were to take place these ills would be removed, find it irksome, or dull or im- posstbl«H!0-devise Ways-and-means of transformation. To these, â¢ patient (which to me means honest) work updn the details of transformationâ the work which consists in doing the maximum of good day by day, led by the belief that a partial change if made as a stage in an evolutionary system will lead to further progressive changesâcannot command the allegiance of public opinion or keep up the fighting spirit of a party. They have a poor conception of the public intelligence. They remain in the propaganda stage and, on parliamentary committees and the public platform, made exactly the same speeches, which are semi-religious testijnjMiiesâagainst thingsâasâthoy^ AustraliaâClearsâ are, expressive of general ideas to *MWMÂ«ua vreaia which they are -unable to give a practical content. Their method, when they are driven to confess to it, is that if we get opinion against" the existing order there will be no difficulty in setting up a better one. With these one can have little patience, Heads that are at one moment lifted up into the heavens and the next buried snugly in the sand are not of nujcijlseJitJliajjajrkJhatJles-beforo us. The other section, far more realistic and far bolder in the way they face the facts, take the simple communist view that force must be the midwife of progress, that political power must be seized by some coup and cannot be won through the ballot box. There are also floating margins that toy with all the positions. Such are the movements within the progressive tides in British life today. Is it possible to rescue from these eddies any truth at all and fix it as a guiding post in the stream? I believe it is. I believe it is vain to expect from industrial action much of a reconstructive character; its char- (Continued on Page 4.) Mill Workers'Strike Ends. Wages Raised ABERDEENâStriking -mill workers who have been but four weeks' were beginning to return to work today, following a stetlement of the controversy which is declared to be at least a. partial victory for the workers. The Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle Company mill resumed oper- ations.this morning, andJthe.Schafer^ Brothers -mill is to reopen"tonight.'"' The two Donovan mills and the Schafer Brothers mill No. 4 are to start -wjjrk' again Monday morning. At a mass meeting held yesterday afternoon representatives, of 1,300 striking men voted to accept an offer of $3.75 a day minimum wage, which w&s the original demand made by the men when they walked out a month_ago. Theâvote-was-267-in_- favor of accepting the offer, and 65 against the proposition. This demand had been raised by the strikers to a demand for a' flat inerease of 60 cents" a -day. A-large number of the workmen, -however, were receiving only $3.25 a day when the strike was called. James Phillips, an Aberdeen attorney, spokesman for the civic committee, brought about the settlement after several conferences With the mill, operatem. :a,-JJ-iider,.-,titlnsa.of jhe settlement/Phillips arranged, the operators of each mill, are to meet a committee of their employees to maka further wage adjustments in the immediate future, and every striker is to be taken bfick without discrimination as to his activities' during:;-the lockout. ."- Considerable dissatisfaction over the settlement exists among some of the meh, and it was predicted by Jack Roberts, secretary of the strike committee,, that a large number of the strikers would refuse to return to workâSeattle Union Record, 23 Ootober, 1925. Deck for Election THEATRE STILL UNFAIR The a management of the Dream- bnd Theatre on Main. Street,-South iTmncouver,, which is on the unfair list of the Trades and Labor Council, pas changed.the name to the Province Theatre. The place, however, Still unfair. The new Windsor Theatre which "wiH be opened at 25th rid Main by Mr. Langer, about oyember 16th, will be one hundred per cent, union. , " ' CARPENTERS INITIATE EIGHT NEW MEMBERS Carpenters local, 462, U. B. of Carpenters, held' their regular meeting last Monday evening, when eight new members were initiated. .'The C. P. ft/pier job was again On the docket and tbe question will be taken up at â _. the Building .Trades Council and the AumiSriOii'fTFaae^i'aiS Labor Council. * Trade in the City quietened down considerably Of late. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS A call has been issued by the Greater Vancouver Central Council of the, Canadian Labor Party for nominations for municipal candidates at a meeting to be held in the Holden Building Wednesday, November 11th, at "8 p.m. ' A desirable neighborhood isa place where the rents are too darned high' SYDNEY, AustraliaâA sensation was caused in the New South Wales parliament when an anti-labor politician named A. D. Kay, who had fallen out with his friends, exposed a plot being engineered on,the eve of the last state election^ May 30 when Labor swept tho polls. -â¢-â Kay. said two men in the employ of the anti-Labor, forces' were to burn a British flag, and then swear that Laborites bad done it. At a big meeting of protest the blame for burning the flag, was to be charged against the Labor party. Kay said that the timely exposure of the plot.by Labor, men prevented it being carried out. Negotiations are being carried on by Secretary Bengough with the breweries for a new agreement on behalf of the Brewery Workers' Union. «, SOUTH VANCOUVER LABOR PARTY The regular social and dance will be held in the I. O. O. F. Hall, 30th and Main Street, on Saturday, October 31st The concert will commence at So'clock. Dancing from nine to twelve. Our campaign manager, J. Rankin, -.will occupy the. «jsh*m*and will give a resume Of activities and its results. An open welconje is extended to all -who cart to joifus in these social gatherings. Ladies, will please bring the usual cake or sandwiches. Coffee, tea, etc., provided. Collection ;.to defray expenses, will be taken at the door. Tim Hanofin of the Beverage Dispensers Union, reports that the Pender Hotel, at 612 Pender Street West, is now* 100 per cent union in the beer parlor. MELBORUNE, Australia, Oct. 26. âGroup government, the power of organized labor and other outstanding issues are at stake in the present election campaign in the Commonwealth of Australia. Town and countryside throughout the several states of the Commonwealth resound with-the .political-battle-in-oneâofâ the warmest campaigns in the history of Australia. * The standing of tho parties upon the dissolution of the House of Representatives was as follows: Nationalist Coalition, 41; Labor, 29; Liberals, 4-; Independent, 1. Total, 75. I For a year past, government has been carried on by a coalition ofitbe Nationalists, headed by Rt. Hon. Stanley M. Bruce, Premier, and the Country Party, Jed. by Rt. Hon. Earle Page, Commonwealth treasurer.. The , present political fight is practically between Labor and this Nationalist Coalition. The Labor party is making a big effort to overthrow the Coalition government. Hon. E. G. Theodore, former Premier of Queensland, who resigned his premiership in order to contest a federal seat in the present election, is in the fight, along with the Labor leader, Matthew Charlton, who represents the constituency of - Hunter, New South Wales, in the House of Representatives, and they are regarded as a strong team. . Mrv Theodore is. looked upon by many peopl eas a coming leader of the â Labor',Wrtrir^ri3mTiiWwMf#BÂ°E and a possible coming Premier of Australia. Gobar to Speak at Royal Sunday Next Sunday night at 8 o'clock in the Royal Theatre, Jatrinda Gobar, well-known Hindoo wrestler, will speak on economic and social problems in India. The meeting is one of the regular winter schedule arranged by the C.-L. Pi â r* .'HBT'L-ABO R STATESMAN October 30th, 1925 Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY FOR HEALTH STRENGTH AND BEAUTY Eat Our Brown Bread Also Our White, Raisin and Nut Bread Try our Whole Wheat Bolls, , 20c a dozen. *7« Hastings E, Phone: High. 1309 H. A. HELL GROCERIES, FRUITS, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED »1B Hastings St & Phone High. lUt W. DICKINSON MEAT MARKET 3724 Hastings Street East My Motto: ONE QUALITY ONLYâTHE BBST Hirst's Electric nxonuoA* contkaotob Lamps â Fixtures â -pupplles Wc lis Complete and Dependable House Wiring OlM 1611V 4003 Hastings E. ' Iwmlni shortly to Larger Premises at «B9 HASTJKGS ST. f. THE TRAQEDY OF WASTE By STdWABT CHASE to The New Republic. "Mother" Jones' Autobiography The "Autobiography of Mother Jones," written by "Mother" Mary Jones, for forty years a front-rank battler for labor, particularly the mine workers, is off the press. The boolc is a drama written by her in rounding out the ninety-fourth year of her life, during most of which time she has folded arms of love around suffering' ones â and gave them a Klimpse of heaven through clouds of greed. It is a remarkable book by a remarkable woman; a woman who was not only the counsellor of the weak and meek and lowly and downtrodden, but also of leaders of the nation since Cleveland's days. It is an epic of labor's struggle against the "commercial pirates," as she called big business, who would enslave men and women who work for wages. "Mother" Jones, for nearly half her life she has given, unstintingly, the riches of her great soul to suffering humanity. No strike of any consequence in a .half century has ben "complete without "Mother" Jones' presence. She i was in the center of all activities, urging men on when they appeared to be wavering, exhorting them to remain steadfast to, their cause. With the men of one craft on strike, she would go. among men of other crafts, gathering financial support for those out of work. Families of strikers were visited by "Mother" Jones and inspired with new hope when privation stared them in the face. She obtained work often for such members of their families as were able to contribute their strength to the support of the others. The introduction to the book was written by Clarence Darrow, the noted Chicago criminal lawyer.â From Bricklayer^ Masons and Plasterers Journal." â ' (Continued from last week) If every drop of the annualfrain- fall could be converted into electrical energy, the total would just about equal the present consumption of energy derived from coal in the United States. Obviously only a fraction of the rainfall can be so con" verted through the power of falling. water in streams, and thus we have to face the plain fact that "white coal"âwater-powerâcan never act as a complete substitute for coal energy. What water-power can do is to diminish the annual amount of coal heeded, and thus lengthen the life, and help to preserve the by-products, of the coal beds. Nature has favored this country, in that "regions distant from sources of coal are all bountifully favored with â ' water- power." This "balanced occurrence" is susceptible to the working out of great economies in the production and distribution of energy. Scarcely 16 percent of the water- power readily available has been developed to date and; only 7 percent of that available, if storage reservoirs were introduced. From 80 to 90 percent of the Tiorse-powOr to be freely taken from falling streams thus runs to waste. Why? Because it haa been cheaper to skim the cream from.coal and oil, with- their relatively smaller capital cost per unit^of horse-power. Water-power may be introduced at isolated points into the industrial system to some advantage, but the great potentiality, of the savings to be made from it are only realized through the coordinated planning of super-power systems where coal is locked in with water-power. "Giant-power" is one of the bravest and most exhilarating glimpses of Utopia which engineers and scientists have ever drawn. It not.only saves coal and oil; it electrifies the railroads; lightens the traffic burden, abolishes smoke and soot and grime, runs cheap power to the farm and the country town, makesâa3 Ford makesâfor industrial decentralization, for less congestion in the cities,-for more life and vigor in the country. One's eye follows the sweep of the great high voltage lines as they charge the hill and dip to the valley âstraight and true and infinitely powerfulâand for an instant one glimpses the end of meanness, poverty, disorder; a world set free! The potential horse-power to be readily derived from water in the whole United States is 60,000,000 and, as we have seen, only about 15 percentâor some 10,000,000âhave ben developed to date. Every additional horse-power saves ten tons of coal, and releases $100 worth of coal- carrying railroad equipment. Mr. F. T. Baum in his Super-Power Atlas has proposed that the country be divided into twelve super-power districts, connected by 220,000 volt transmission lines, power to be drawn from water and coal jointly on the balanced load basisâcoal converted into energy at great central stations as near the mine as possible. He estimated that such a system would save 200,000,000 tons of coal a year; take 25 percent of all traffic from the railroads; rid the country of smoke; and release not less than .500,000 men from the mines, railroads, and other industries to function in more directly productive pursuits. Initially," of course, the labor so saved would have to go. largely into building the dams and the transmission lines for the new system. In the end it would all be pure gain. Under the spur of private initiative, hopes such as these tend t< a material addition might be made to this figure, but saving such addition as a margin,of safety, it would appear that, in terms of the natural resource alone, the. annual bill of loss is i some 750,000.000 tons. And to this we must add the tremendous tonnage of unreclaimed by-productsâAmmonium sulphate, gas, tar, dyestuffs and chemicals. Is it to be wondered that Mr. Hoover has termed coal the "worst-functioning industry in the, country"? - Petroleum, like coal, possesses a hideously wasteful technique for getting the product out of the ground, but unlike coal, its utilization, once it gets to the pipe line is, broadly speaking, reasonably efficient. From the pipe line on, standardization has set in, the pioneer has beeij barred, and the Standard Oil Company and its allies take charge, of the job; There are wastes due to preventible evaporation, and wastes in securing a high gasoline content in refining, but as compared with by-product wastes in coal these losses sink into insignificance.. What petroleum gains in this field, however, is quite gorgeously made up for in- winning oil from the ground. For every ton of coal produced, another ton is needlessly left in the mine; for every barrel of oil produced three barrels or more are left underground,âor wasted in well operation. The engineer has worked out the technique for wasteless oil production, but beyond a few selected, companies nobody pays any attention to him. "With the aid^of geological methods, the development of petroleum fields may be changed from a gambling venture to an exact science. Instead of representing the most uncertain Venture in the world, oil production can now be made as definitely an engineering project as the mining offti clay bank." Petroleum collects.in great underground pools. Over the top of the pools gathers gas-âValuable gas for two reasons: it has in it many pf the properties of the oil itself; and only by its pressure downward on the surface of the pool may all the oil in the pool be pumper! and driven above ground. Now the pool and the gas over it form a geological unit To be efficiently exploited it must be treated as a unit. One enginering control should govern it," allowing only enough wellsâreasonably spacedâto give the most effective outlet for the oil. Care must be taken to save the gas below in order to help the oil upstairs. Gushers must be resolutely choked; sepage and water infiltration must be guarded against; in brief, the known technical arts applied, and the job done aright. In this Way it is possible for nearly all the oil in the pool to reach the pipe lineâand in no other way is it possible. No such procedure takes place under the American'plan. A'strike is Main St. South of 18th J.CJC0LV1N Plnmbrng Heating 'Oasftttat Estimates Cheerfully * Given. 4119 Main Street Phones: Pair. 3911 Res., Pair. 2J7IR 30 Yejift'-Experience â ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store 3917 Main at 23rd . Fair. 8994 Specialist in Bicvele frame repairs Keys cut, Saw sharpened, Baby Boggy Tires repaired!. Agenti fo» "Red Bird" Bicycles. SKATE GRINDING or group of capitalists has the resources to engineer the project. It is the sort of thing which .only the whole communityâthe functional societyâ may attempt. It has been so attempted in Ontario, and it has, worked. Super-power'in Ontario cuts energy cost.to about one quarter the private company rate. â â â¢â â â¢; Apart from by-prO^ucts, What is the approximate waste in tons of oWal miriedaper year? * We haw-been assured that for every ton taken out of the "Shaft another ton is left un- .IT IS ILLEGAL TO BOYCOTT But Thi» Will Inform Our Readers That the ROYAL DAIRY MILK â â 'â¢ IS. â Unfair to Organized Labor 4! Distinctive and Different Individual Training by Experts for a Limited Number of Students., For Appointment Telephone Seymour 5076 (Ask for Miss Margaret Jones} The Vancouver Hairdressing Academy HASTINGS AND RICHARDS VANCOUVER, B . Entrance 422 Bloharfls Street, Vancouver, ».C - « CHORES 99 IN every household there are certain routine matters to be .dealt with each month. The modern tendency is to make these "chores" as light as possible in order to give more time for other things. Paying the telephone bill'by mail is a stejj_in this direction. British Columbia Telephone Company capita thrown awayâor over 16,000,- 000,000 barrels. If this 16,000,000,- 000 barrels were still underground, instead of a 13 years' future supply (more or less), we should be assured of a^ least a 50 years' supply. Natural gas is the hiBtory of oil over again. (To be continued). made, land is staked out, lots-are *Jal-Hfederatien«-4n-New7-^eBlaTul7 Love's Cafe. bought, and 'feverish drilling . commences. There may be ten times as many wells as the pool can efficiently support, and the wells may be placed with no consideration for efficient exploitation. Gas is not controlled; seepage is not controlled; incoming water is not controlled; gushers-pare not controlledânothing is controlled but the property lines around the lots. The owner drills as many wells as he can', as fast as he can, and preferably along the next owner's boundary line,, in order to ,get the lion's share of the pool's activity. Thus the pioneer, with his stark individualism and his property' laws ^rAU-iSH as T" ^sife 000,000 tons are taken out in the year, it follows that 1300,000,000 tons are annually lost in the underground workings. Of the 600,000,000 taken out, ineffective utilization .wastes at least half. Gilbert and Pogue, for instance, have assured' us that the energy content could be .doubled. From, which it follows that 250,000,- 000 tons more is wasted by .reason of bad methods above ground. Granting Mr. Baum's super-power zones, units, has succeeded in throwing away three barrels of oil out of f Our. While the engineer, who handles geological units with geological laws, could save tne whole four barrels. As a result of our methods, about half the underground supply of petroleum in America is gone,forever, and.the balance, at present.rates of demand, is estimated to last only froni 18 to 20 years. ''â '.' ; The total iyMite/of the pioneer to the speculative production of oil will run at least three times the oil pro- reclaimable below ground. If 600;i.fed A°'fca T-he *otel QntPut has been &4 barrels for every man, wo-- man and child in the country today. Three times this is 162 barrels per Fusion of Labor Unions Mr. Robert Semple, who has been appointed temporary organizer for the Alliance of Labor, is at present in Auckland. In a conversation with a Star, reporter, Mr. Semple stated that his mission in Auckland was to endeavor' to bring together all the unions into one national organization. *.'. '.'â â â At present there were two indus- namely, the Trades Council and the Alliance of Labor. In April of this year, the Alliance of Labor convened an open conference which was held in Wellington, representing some 50,- 000 organized workers. At that conference the constitution of the Alliance of-Labor was amended and provisions were made,to enable all industrial unions to affiliate through the Trades and Labor Councils and for the purpose of giving effect to these decisions he was present at work amongst the unions. "I feel quite confident that the rank and file throughout the Dominion are anxious for the one federation," said Mr. Semple. "We live in the age of combination. The natural wealth of, not only New Zealand, but every country in the world, is controlled by national and international combinations and is governed by comparatively few peo pie. It is little use for the opponents of Labor to endeavor, in anyway to prevent the , consolidation of; the Labor movement, both industrially and, politically. The creation of such an organization is not for law-' less or destructive purposes, but for the purpose of securing a fuller and' happier life for those that compose it, and to prevent unjust exploitation,, cruelties or wrongs ,of any kind being imposed upon its members. Such, organization can only play its part in the peace of the nation, in so far that it has the right of representation' at the annual conference of the League of Nations."âNew Zealand' News. UNION CAFEf | Granville Street. l Cafe. ' Cafe: Food Shop Commodore Cafe. ' Orpheum Cafe. Dunsmuir Street. Standard Cafe. Morris Lunch. Seymour Street Ambassador Cafe. Pender Street Good Eats Cafe, Pender St. Central Cafe. Boston Cafe. Olympic Cafe. Hastings Street Strand Cafe. Empire Cafe. Broadway Cafe. - Golden Gate Cafe. Abbott Street Oaks Cafe. Cordova Street - Wonder Cafe. Kings Cafe. Gourleys Waffle House. Borgman's Cafe, Cambie Street. - Close to Province Bldg, "The Mail Order Druggists" WÂ« Mrt. » Special Effort to Got Goods Ont by First Kail After Beoelpt â â ,',',, Of Tour Order. :~ OOBWM COKDOVA AMD OAMMAX.X, VANCOUVER, B. O. BEST FOR THE UNION HOME, PICNIC OR SOCIAL â /.RAMSAY'S CANDIES AND CAKES NONE BETTER. BUY IN BULK AND SAVE MONflY. MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBJA. October 30ft, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN Traded Union Directory T<""°oovs* Trades and Labor OcmaeOâ £f«Â«Â»nt, H. H. Neolanda, M.L.A. ; sonontl secretary. Percy R. Bengough.. Office, 808 Holder. Bldg, is Hasting.1 ftjt Phone Say. 14*5. Meet* In SlS2rJ1,,I.*t'* P"*- °» th« flrat an* third Tuesdays In month. Antomobll. XMtge 708, 1. 1. ot K _ Meeta every seoond and fourth Tues- W. R. Hobday, 1728 2nd, Ave. I,; bus!-- "?JÂ» ?8ent, G. 8, Hague, 807 Holden- Bids'. I < Beverage Dispensers Union Wo. 879-^ meets first Sunday iri month at 8:00 &-"?» 5.V Ul Soymour St. President, W. H. Clancy, 1117 B. 10th Ave. Secretary and Business Agent, Ta J, Han. ofln, 2376 W. 6th Ave. Office: 441 Seymour St Phones: Sey. 126 and Bay. 1658-R, ,-â -;.-, illermakers and Helpers, looal 194 â Meets flrst and third Mondays In the â ^T (Month at Holden Building. President, .9- Campbell | Secretary, A. Fraset ;. 078 Rosa St. Phone, Fraser 601T. :2«Â»_* "^notuna Iron Workers, toeal | 7, Int. Asso.âMeets every Monday, Room 804 Holden Bldg,, at 8 p.m. President, James F. Bums; Seoretary, £am«a â Dunn, Box 302 ..Crty; Phone Building Trades Council, Yanoouverâ Jf«?ts second and fourth Tuesday .In Holden Building-. President, J, Flyan. Secretary-treasurer, W; Watt. Batara- looal 468, Journeymen, of Ant- â¢HoaâMeets flrat-and third Saturdays at 7 p.m. President, H. Hall; sec, â¢R,?te:J," Broadway West, Phone Fair. 6882H. .. shira»*ery Salesmen, Looal an â Meets Are W »oond Thursday every month. Holden 'W (I dK-. 18 Hastings B. President, A. =mo1llf"f' «Â»Â«â»"#>â¢ Street; financial smalleiairetnry. H. A. Bowron, 744 16th " ntion? 'â¢ H-. Phone Fair. 3681X. .ers', Journeyman Internatioaal TJa- t» of Amerloaâ.Local 1J0, Vanoonver, p. Câ meets^eoond and fourth Tuos- ?'J|W I?, each month in Room 810 Labor Hall, 18 Hastings Haist President, Fred Dawe; fln. secretary, A. --R.-Jannl,- 728 Hastings Street West; rec. "sec.,1 Bert Denrev..'..- Bookbinders looal Ma. 105, Int. BrotSer- . noodâMeets seoond Tuesday la s&ontfc 804 Holden Bldg. p/SiSSK. K.'ffiK? 636 Drake St.; seoretary, A. H -~ tlns. 118 62nd Ave. W. Boot aad Shoe Workers Union, Wo, Mtâ Meets ln the Holden Building on the flrst Wednesday of each month. President, J. Turner, 1819 64th Ave. B.,-.«JÂ»- secâ J. Griffiths, 8622 MoOlU St, BiJcWayers', Masons' sad Tile teeteem- Int. Union Me. 1âMeeU seaoad sat fourth Wednesday in the Holden Bldg. President G. B. HalUday; Secretary, W. S' â¢JS8^*11' 134* »Â«Â» *** M Phone Fair. 846 R. , Carpenters and Joiners, Amalgamated Soolety of,âVancouver 1st Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President, W. Taylor: Seo. F. Prosser; business agent, J. McKinley. Headquarters, room 86, 163 Bastings at W, Carpenters and Joiners, United Brother- goo* of. looal 4BSâPresident, RTW. Hatley; recording secretary, W. Page; business Agent, Wm. Dunn. Offloe, Room 808 Labor Hal|, 16 Hastlngsi Bast Meets second arid fourth Mondays, g p.m. ty ??!} P0"!0'*"' Association meets - rat Wednesday of each month at 146 ^stings St.. w.. at 8 p.m. President. ^H. Lowthwalte; business agent and surer, W. J. Seribbins, 8208 Pen- St,i B.; Seoretary, H. A. Black, _ Tale St. .vlo Employees' Wnlon, Xooal 38 â Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 146 Hastings Wâ at 8 p.m. President, R. K. Brown; *62'r Charles St.;,secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St. ' Oomlnlon Express Employees, looal Wo. 16, Brotherhood ofâMeets flrat Friday and .$rBt Tuesday alternating each month In Room 810 Holden Building. President G. M. Payton, 4136 Sophia St.; 8eo.-Treas. H. C. Haines, 1818 Klngsway. «onal BrotherhoodâMeats every Mon- . OT at « P-m. Iri Room Mo. 6, 819 Pan. # der Street West President, D. W. MoDougal, 910 Hastings Street Bast; *t ?WSes^»Â«int' a £ «orriaon. Ottlee] ^ 818 Pender Street West > fit* Bnglnser*âlaternpatlonal Union I end Operating looal 844âMeets ever/ Sfuâ¢**? atj p-m;, Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, R. Finley; business agent and financial secretary, F. 8, ' SuSt; recording seoretary, Herbert HoSavaney. « Snglnoers, Steam and Operating, Int. looal 882âMoots every Wednesday . at 8 p.m. in room 806 Holden Bldg. President. W. Hulbert: vice-pres., A. . Russell; business agent and flnanolaj , seo,, W.p X Irwin; rec. sec.. W: L, Alnger. Offloe, 806, Holden Bldg. lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, looal 207 â Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays In month, at room 299 Holden Bldg. President, Frank Julian, 7694 Ontario; Secretary, Bert Jenkins, CO 46th Ave. B. lithographers Union, Bo. 44 â Meeta third Wednesday in month in Room 804 Holden Bldg. President, C. Addle, 217 23rd Ave. E, Phone Fair. 3»68T; secretary, 120 10th Ave. B., Phone Fair. 289X. ' / Maealalst local IMâ-President, B. B. McLean, 463 «th Ave. W. Secretary, a A. Boardman, 8811 Parker St Meets second and fourth Friday at I p.m. in Room 313 Labor Hall, li Hastings Bast. J?hOB. Maohtalst looal 893âPresldeni Sills, 1362 Burrard St. Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bast Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In month. Meat Cutters sad Bntoher i Workmen, AmalgamatedâMeets flrat and third Tuesday Iri Holden Bldg. President, W. R. Walter, 768 Hamilton St; Sec,, W. L. McGregor, 1761 88th I - Mental Hospital Attendants Union Wo. 36âMeets at Essondale asm- Thursday In month. President J. A. Gibson, 312 4th St. New Westminster: reo. sec, Will Mackie, Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale. Sr* Mill and Faotory Workers' Union, looal Wo. 1699 â Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays in Room 313 Holden -Bldg. President Allan Graham; Fin. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec, Sec. B. Holden, 1710 6th Ave. Wâ Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-R. Milk Wagoa Drivers aad Hairy Employees, looal 464âMeets socond and : fourth Friday ln Labor HalL 16 Hastings Bt B Business agent, Birt Showier, 1116 Robson St Molders Union looal 381âInternational of Worth America,âmeets. first and third Fridays in month in room SIS Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, Sam Wilson, 1728 Tew St, Corresponding representative, J. Pinkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. â¢ Motion Pioturee Frojootionist's Union, local 348 Of I.A.T.S.E. to M.P.M.O.â Meets at 991 Nejson St. on flrst Sunday in each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster, 1181 Granville St.; Secretary,' Geo. Gerrard, Box 346. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. . Musicians. Mutual Protective Union looal 148, A. P. of M.âMeets at the G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday »t 10a.m. President Ernest C Miller. 191 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamleson, 991 Nolson Street; financial seoretary, W. B. Williams, 991 Nelson .Street; organiser, F, Fletcher, 991 Nelson Street. Painters, Deoorators aad Paperfaaagers looal 188âMeets seoond and fourth Thursdays at 819 Pender St. W. Business agent Robt S. Stevenson. Office, room 204 319 Pender St, W. Phone Sey. 3609. HI* Drivers, Bridge, wharf aad Book Builders looal Wo. 0404âMeeU every Friday night at 8 p.m. la 112 Hastinga St W. James Thomson, seoretary, P. O. Bex 310. Plasterers, looal 89âInternational Association of Operative, meets first Wednesday ln month at Holden Bldg. President, W. Strickland, 289-460) Ave. E. Seoretary, H. Galway, 1161- 69th Ave, B, Phone Fras. 604-R2, Plastsrer's laborers' Wo. 8061 International. Meets third Friday ln month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips, 1674, 2nd Ave. W.; Rec. Sec, F. Talt, 289 47th Ave. Eâ phone Fraser 696L. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Bo, ITO, 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. Railway Carmen of imesdea. lode* Bo. 88âMeets first and third Friday la month at Cotillon Ball, Granville arid Davie Streets. President, A. S. Ross, 6873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamf. 2215 15th Ave. W. Street and Bleotiio Railway Employees, Pioneer Division Wo. 101âMeets K. P. 'Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, F. X Hoover, 2409 Clarke Drive;, rec. seoretary, F. E. Griffin, 447 6th Ave. Bast; treasurer; H. W. Speed; financial seoretary and business agent Angus Maclnnes, 3644 Pr. Edward St. Office: corner Prior and , Main streets. Photle Fairmont 3160L. â best Metal Workers, Amalgamated, local Union Wo. 080âMeets second and fourth Thursday ln month in Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings St B. President N. C. Smith', 4426 Inman Ave,; fln. sec, B. J. Wafdrop, 426 16th Ave. B.; cor. see., A. P. Ashton,. 4608 Spruce Street* Burnaby. , ''"» Fighters, BO. IB, International Association ofâMeets every month at f call'of president. President,''J. Anderson, No, 2 Fire Hall; financial secretary, C. A. Watson-, No. I Fire Hall. llFloorlayors' tTnion, No. 1876, TJ.B.. of C. ft J. of A., meeta 1st and 3rd Thursdays In 810 Holders Bldg., at 8 g.m. Prealdent, B. C Woodward; Fln. Sec, A. Bold; Rec. Sea., W. D. Wilson. 1261 Howa St. /'-,â â -. â¢â â â 'â ' total arid Beartaontat MmjUoyees ftrmioa, looal 88â441 Seymour Street. Meets Seoond Wednesdays at 3 p.m) and last Wednesday at 9 p.m. President, G. Coleman; business agent, Harry wood, Phone Seymour 126, Shingle' Weavers, local ' 17813âMeets second- Tuesday In month. In Room No. 2, Labor 'Temple, New Westminster, and 4th Sunday, 7 p.m,, ln Room 213 Holden Bldg,, Vancouver,- Presi- ' rlent.J.N. Chute; sec, W. H. Matthew, .Joyce,Rd. P.O. ...--a- .- *â¢ LABOR AND THE EMPIRE By L. HADEN GUEST Tailors', JeurMymea BMW â¢* . -.Mil We. 1T8âMeetHigs held - Tjrrursdar la oech aieatk, 8 p.m. EÂ»Â«w- tlve meets third Tharaday of ovary Renth in Laber Mall. .FTeaMsaat, A. Gatenby; seeretary, C MeDanald, P.O. Box 6*3. Bae«Â«Hve meetn third Thursday af every month; , At the 1922 and 1923 general elections in Great Britain very little was said of the empire from Labor platforms and when Labor came into office in 1924 it found' itself confronted with the test of th'e governance of a world dominion. It is true we had men of knowledge and experience in empire affairs in our party and we conducted an empire policy at Wast as well as, and in some ways better thanlother parties in the state. The Labor Government's scheme for migration to the dominions, its administration of .tropica! dependencies, Its understanding of the greatness of the problems of empire politics showed "its fitness for government in no uncertain way. But the Labor Party did not have a generally agreed upon and accepted empire policy, a policy which would 'help us to apply to the empire as" a whole ideas of the same general order as we have applied to our own policy in home affairs, Thatjiolicy we are now setting out to create, and interesting steps can be traced in the annual' reports of tbe British Labor Party for 1923, . 1924, and in the agenda for the annual conference in 1926. In the 1923 report there is some vigorous language about imperialist exploitation of lands overseas; in the 1924 report there is the record of an important resolution of bulk purchase of food, largely from the dominions, moved and seconded at Uie 1924 annual conference by George Lansbury, M.P.,'and Tom Johnston, M;P. But the preliminary executive-corn-* mittee resolutions for the annual con- ferenc ein 1925 there is'presented for the first time a series of resolutions dealing. comprehensively with the Labor attitude one empire policy from the point of view of a democracy in control; The first attempt to gather together a conference of Labor parties in the British Commonwealth of Nations was made in 1924, but so few delegates wer able ,to attend that only a series of informal meetings and conversations took place. But this year, 1926, a conference met on July 27 and the jfive following days ill the rooms of the Empire Parlia- 'mentary Association, Westminster Hall, London! Its agenda included the discussion of migration within the empire, the Geneva protocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes, international labor legislation and the question of the ratification of the eight-hour day, anthrax, white-lead, apd other conventions, inter-dominion trade relations, including, of course, trading relations with Great Britain; conditions of Indian labor in British colonies, and industrial legislation and labor protection in mandated territories. Representatives from Australia, Canada, South Africa, Newfoundland, Ireland, India, and Palestine were present, a fraternal delegation of the International Federation of Trade Unions, and strong contingents from the executive committee of the national Labor Party, the general council of the Trades Union Congress, and the Parliamentary Labor Party. The fact that this conference met in the year of the twenty-fifth British Labor Party Conference gives an indication of the rate of growth of labor as a political power in the empire as a whole. How often the conference will meet in future is undecided, but it has already been determined to make such conferences periodical, and a resolution affirming this principle appears on the preliminary agenda of the British Labor Party Conference for, September. What the influence of such a conference will be also remains for the future to determine, but with Labor taking an increasingly important share in the dominions and in India, with a growing recognition of the first-rate importance t>f labor problems.in the mandated territories and in the dependent empire, it is certain that there exists a great role for this conference to play in jthe affairs 'of the British Commonwealth . of Na- .tions. ... . , ', Politically these conferences link XoSBMStsrs, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, looal 488âMeets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 810 Holden Bldg. President, L. Warren, 1048 Burrard St; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Blaok, 619 Hamilton St; recording socretary, R. Reynolds, 1799 3rd Ave. B. She Vanoouvor Btaaflgdl Be Meets at 991 Nelson garget, at 11 â oh the Tuoeday preuodfceg the Boat Sunday of the month. President, E. A. Jamleson; seoretary, G. W, Al- iln; business agent, Lochley Clark, 991 Nelson St, Typogr&shleel Wjslom, Wo, 886âPrealdent C. S. Campbell; vice-president, H. Gnu thro; Secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, P.O, Box 66. Meets last . Sunday of eaoh month at 3 p.m., la Holden Building, 16 Hastings {}t B. up the Labor parties of the British Commonwealth of Nations more closely with the general labor movement of the world and with One another, but their main work, of course, is economic. They face one of the greatest, difficulties in the economic organization of the world as a .whole âthe conflict of the standards of life bf White and colored labor. It is possible to have a policy of a white Australia. It is not possible to have a policy of a white empire without cutting the empire in pieces., What the solution of the conflict of standards of life will be, or whether there will be any solution, is, of course, not possible to say. But at least we are Working toward a solution when Australian experience meets the South African. In South Africa the demarcation of work between white and black, the "color bar," and race" questions are in the very forefront of political and social questions. This problem of-the-conflict of differing standards of'life has forced itself to the front of British Labor politics also. During the present session Of Parliament the Parliamentary Labor Party has appointed a special committee to consider its policy toward "sweated goods." The practicability of. the exclusion of goods made under sweated conditions is being carefully considered. Similar, economic reasons have forced on the British Labor Party the consideration »of the policy of imperial preference, and a recent division in the House of Commons when nineteen members voted for imperial preference and twelve others, compulsor- ily absent, expressed their support of the principle shows how acute the question has become. Among those supporting were Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labor Colonial Secretary, and the Clydeside group, including Mr. Wheatley. One result of the conference will inevitably be the broadening out' of the conception of Labor throughout the,empire. It is recognized that it is necessary to have not a British policy or an Australian policy or a Canadian policy but a policy for the British commonwealth as -a whole. And it is no longer a question of theory or. of some far-distant date. In' 1924 a Labor Government was in office in Great Britain, at aj early date a Labor Commonwealth Government will be in office in Australia, in a year or two more a Labor Government may again be in office in Londonâpresumably aided by an effective majority. That-is to say, in. a few yearsâand a few years more or less are of no great importance to the historical and political significance of the- eventâLabor will be in power over the British commonwealth as a whole, and in effective power because backed up in Australia, in New Zealand, in Canada, in South Africa, and other regions of the empire either by majorities supporting governments or by strong minorities vitally influencing opinion. Labor ruling the .whole dominion of the British Commonwealth of Nations will have to face the most difficult tasks of the world, for all the great problems the world is called upon to face are found within the British Empire. Labor has been preparing for this task for Inany years. The problems of the government of India have' been as much the subject "of earnest thought as the problems of the government of Great Britain. In the impending discussions of Indian policy it is certain that Labor will take a leading share. The same consideration applies to the problems of the tropical territories in Africa, where over 300 different black races, speaking widely separated languages and with customs ranging from" cannibalism to complex Moslem civilizations, present a bewildering array of detailed tasks. Nor must we forget the tasks of empiire in the West Indies or in South America or in the East Indies. And to the preliminary consideration of these great responsibilities Labor in Great Britain is now calling- in to conference. Lafcot in the dominions. Truly a change^frojii the .time,, twenty -years affo, when those of us who are now working in the great world-wide movement were standing on orange-boxes Or borrowed chairs at street corners speaking of the need of the industrial and political reorganization of the workers for the bringing about of socialism. There was truth in our Words and a power greater than we knew./ m When the Labor Government found itself in office in 1924 and in a difficult position representing a balancing minority, we were at once faced with tremendous tasks. But our line of approach to our tasks was Office Boy. 8081' Baa. Xawr. tasMS Dr. Elmo Marshall Graduate National College, Chlcafo CHIROPRACTOR 803-8 H01BBW BWIIDIW* 18 HABMHGS BIBEBT, B. . / X-Servioe Palmer (8 Year Course) Graduate Bertha LLWintermute D.C., Ph.C. CHIHOPMCTOR-SPINOGRflPHER â or. 1507 wigbta, meg. aut 403 DOMINION BUILDING OWN YOUR HOME, THE EASY WAY! See Us About Reliable v INSURANCE REAL ESTATE / LOANS AND ADVICE BROKERAGE Allan & Boultbee Ltd. 578 SEYMOUR STREET Phono Seymour 8837 T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Directors and Embalmers New Ghappl and Parlors â -:- Priyate Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phono Fair. 3 CORPORATION . of the DISTRICT OF SOUTH VANCOUVER VOTERS' LIST Voters' List now In course of prepara- r tion. See that your name is included If entitled to vote. SPECIAL ATTENTION None but registered deed holders arid registered agreement-for-sale holders are placed on list. Where agreement IS registered, deed-holder can not vote on same property. Register your agreements or deeds at once, so that your name can be placed on the list. Householders and license holders inserted by declaration only. Last day for making such declaration, October 31st, 1926. â For Information call Municipal Cleric, Fraser 1. List closes December 1st, 1926. ' Clerks' office will be open during regular hours and the Municipal Cleric will I... In attendance at his office in the Municipal Hall on the evening of Wednesday, October 28th, from 7:80 to 9 p.m. for the purpose ot taking declarations. WILLIAM T. KILBT, Municipal Clerk. in most cases quite clearâon foreign policy we were in no doubt, in industrial affairs our line of action was clearly mapped. But with regard to the British commonwealth as a whole our policy was not sufficiently determined. ThVproblems of a world-wide federation of nations demand closer study than any party has yet given them. Despite flag-wagging and sentiment'the Conservatives and the Liberals were as uncertain of this policy as Labor. Nor could this be otherwise. For example, the. problems of tropical Africa are only fifty years old, the problem of Kenya is only ten years old. And not-before the Labor Government came into office was a special commission.sent out to East Africa to study conditions on the spot and to report on policy. Mr. Ormes- â¢bjr-GÂ«ip»r -ihe-'-CemetttBimHi... Majss*ta»pa»w»^ Churchpthe Labor, ahd Mr. Linfield, the Liberal representative,' went to East Africa, and, their report is a historic document of great interest nnd one which.will have an important . effect on policy. â¢ The reaction of Labor in facing unknown problems was to demand knowledge. And while the commission in East Africa did its work and a delegation visited Eouth Africa and later on Jamaica, the Labor members in the House of Commons especially interested in empire affairs joined together to form a group for study and discussion .called the Labor Com- (Continued oh Page 6) , THE LABOR STATESMAN October 30th, 1925 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, 13. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades . and Labor Council. ' Press Committee: J. Sidaway, St. Railwaymen; W. J. Seribbins, Civic Employees; W. Dunn, Carpenters; Harry woods, Hotel & Restaurant Employees; P. B. Bengough, Machinists; J. Thompson, Pile Drivers and Wooden Bridge- men. J. Sidaway, Editor. Subscription Rates:âCanada $2.00 per year, 81.00 for six montha. United States and foreign, 83.00 per year. To unions subscribing In a body, 16c per member per month. Phono Seymour 1889 Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 30th, 1925 THE CAMPAIGN Now the campaign is over it i-8 time .to start another. The lessons we have - learned will be of somp value in cor- rfecfing past errors, and serious efforts should be made to put the movement on a sound footing. At this writing the results of the poll are unknown to us, but will be reviewed in our next issue. The first item for "consideration is the lack of finances. Elections nowadays cost money, and the party was seriously handicapped in this respect. Not less than a thousand dollars for each constituency should be the minimum financial basis for contesting federal seats. We did not have half of this; an*d only,-those- who were actively engaged In directing the campaign can fully appreciate the need of more money to do ourselves justice. â¢ The next item was the dearth of workers who could be relied utftm to assist in such volunteer work as is necessary in any election. The few we had were overworked; and though no serious complaints were heard there is little doubt that leaving it all to "George' 'is neither good for "George' 'nor fair to the movement. Whatever, the future holds for us it is certain that* if real results are to be gained, even should the question of finances be overcome, more supporters must be encouraged to share in the responsibility of carrying out the plans of those in charge. Organization in the outlying areas', with some few exceptions, was practically nil and this was chiefly responsible for the small meetings experienced. It is to be hoped that the problem will be tackled in a businesslike manner and so prepare for future campaigns, We need the doers as well as the dollars. * Workers' Own Banks â Grows in Britain Workers' own banks are already more than a mere dream of advanced economists. It was suggested by a delegate of the Liverpool Conference that the Co-operative Wholesale Society Bank should open branches to deal with working-class savings.' As a fact, the C. W, K. Bank is already doing much more than is generally realized to cater for the needs of working men and women who have savings to invest. The Daily Herald is informed that the Co-operative Society in every town is ready to act as an agency for the bank. The C. W. S. has over bix millions of paid-up share capital and seven millions- of reserve and depreciation funds; All these millions would have to vanish before anybody's deposit would be in the slightest danger. It is claimed that no other bank has such ample backing in relation to its' liabilities. According to the last balance sheet there were 19,459 current accounts and" lib,41)1 deposit accounts opened by organizations and individuals. Deposits and withdrawals during the first half of this year totalled £290,- 827,808, an increase of more than 10 per cent on the first half of 1824. the gas House opens Whilst our eyes have been glued on the federal election provincial politics have been somewhat in the background. But with the opening of another session at- Victoria in a few days interest will again be revived. Just what the Liberal Government have up their sleeves is not known. The Premier has been so busy on the mainland telling how Gerry McGeer used to peddle milk that it is difficult to see how he can have his program in shape. But this will be nothing new. "Honest" John's leadership has eoh- " sisted chiefly in doing the bidding of others. From running errands for the "Vancouver Sun" to signing the dotted line for some of bis own officials the Premier cuts a sorry figure at being the man at the helm. Several questions arising out of the abuse of office will no doubt be aired during the coming session. In this class fall a few that are of special interest to orginized labor. The var ious propositions referred by. our local Trades Council to the parliamentary committee have not been sent there for nothing. - Also the recommendations from the B. C. Exe- cutive, Tirades and Labor Congress have some important items to set :be- fore the government. The old gag that these questions'will receive the .'"' government's "most serious consideration" and then be immediately forgotten should he Vigorously combat- ted. Nine tenths of the business o( the house is taken Up in protecting the logging, mining- and other capitalist interests in this province. With â¢ three Labor members in the house* . and the government ia none too secure a position, we should be able to register something more than a meek protest if the cabinet fails to appreciate our annual pilgrimage. Prom now till Christmas we anticipat® » few close divisions. Latest Menace to Organized Labor At their conference held recently in England the Scottish miners unanimously carried a resolution condemning the organization for the Maintenance Of Supplies. Mr. Robert Smillie, M.P., said it was formed to protect the interests of employers. A menace to organized labor, it was intended to help capitalism to maintain 'th enslavement of the workers. -The important fact was that it was approved by Government officigja^including the Home' Secretary, whose duty it was to prevent such illegal organizations usurping the function of Government. It was the business of (the Government to protect the community in any crisis, and he agreed with that view. . - O.M.S. was alleged to have been formed to maintain food supplies during a- general strike, and to pro- teot neutrals and'women and children from starvation. It was hardly likely that workers would agree to starvation if food was' available. The real reason for O.M.S. was the failure of the Fascist movement which the workers would not stand. , Those connected with the promotion of the O. M. S. never at any time said a kind word ]for the underdogs, and the workers were not going to trust such men to give them protection. The O.M.S. was sheer provocation, which always came from the other side' whenever Labor was demanding fair play. Mr. W. Allan (Lanarkshire) observed that Sir William Joynson- Hicks was behaving like "an old sweetie." BRITISH TRADES UNIONISM AT SCARBOROUGH .- ^Continued from page .1) . acteristic value is defense; it can check. I believe that the economic powelr which controls so much of our political life today can only be subordinated to the common weal by an invigoration of the political life itself. That does not abandon the political field, in the meanwhile, to economic control; the actual problems of the day must be met as they arise by action designed to meet them, sometimest purely industrial, sometimes purely political, sometimes a mixture of both. Where political (that includes moral) instincts are weak and economic Ones are strong, economic conflicts will be: frequent and will occupy a great part of political attention, but a government that allows political initiative to be lost and to turn the state into a mere police force or a bribing agency is playing the game of those who wish for a separation between industrial and political- labor and is creating in practical action an anti-parliamentary movement. Tjie' disquieting weakness. of de-' mocracy is its caveman herd mind, but neither by revolutionary nor-di- rect action is that to be got over. It robs successful action of any real gain. It has to be educated out. Therefore, eighteenth-century constitutionalism has been an essential and permanent contribution to the historical growth of popular liberty, but to add nothing to it or to refrain from building upon it stories of political truth that carry us nearer to a completed fabric is as- unscientific and as foolish as to put it away in the museums which we visit, to laugh at the Orrors of our fathet%7and"as' de- tathed and enlightened children to marvel at their demeanors and their costumes. â These issues, as interesting to the political philosopher as to the man of action, are being fought out in this country today. Liverpool where the Labor Party Conference meets in ten days days, will be an interesting and pertinent.comment on Scarborough. DAUGHTER OF EX-JUDGE . ,'.'. MUST GO TO PRISON FOR COMMUNIST' ACTIVITY SAN PBANOISCO. â Charlotte Anita Whitney, social worker- and daughter of a former State Supreme Court justice,, must serve a prison term because df her conviction under California's criminal syndicalism law. The Supreme Court of the United States held in effect that the law was constitutional. Miss Whitney's appeal Was dismissed without opinion, thus bringing to a climax a five-year fight which has been carried on in her behalf. This state's criminal syndicalism law was passed by the Legislature of 1910,, during the post-war anti-Red agitaiaon^It makes it a,-felony to belong io an organization that preaches violence in the overthrow of government. It has been used principally against members of the- I, W. W - Miss Whiteney's offense was membership in the Oakland branch of the Communist Labor Partjr of California and attendance' at. an organization meeting of that party. She was convicted in the Alameda County courts after it had been charged that $e group to Which she belonged had expressed sympathy for. certain acts of the I. W. W. and that ' the Russian "Third HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES TO HOLD DANCE Tickets will be on sale in a few days for the next dance of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, which will take place toward the latter part of next month, and we hereby respectfully solicit the patronage of organized labor because all funds (if any) derived from this Source are used to take care of our membership during periods'of sickness, which is a very worthy cause. The Catering Trades Council, which we tried so hard to form so,me time ago, does not seem-to be functioning properly for some reason or other, perhaps best known to those largely responsible for its failure up to date. However, it's never to. late to mend, and where there's a- will there's always a lawyer. Our "All White Kitchen" movement is gradually gaining ground and prospects for placing more white help in some of the other departments of our local food emporiums are indeed very good. The New Olympic Cafe, on Pender Street* has opened with a Union crew under the management of Messrs. Rose and Perry. NEW GOODS AND NEW VALUES IN Men's Fall Suits YOUNG MEN'S AND MEN'S SUITS .Special This Week (2 pairs pants) ..._ $21.75 OIL CLOTHING, BONE DRY PANTSJ AND SHIRTS M. J. PHILLIPS LEADING CLOTHIERS 671 COLUMBIA STREET NEW WESTMINSTER DR. G. W. SUTHERLAND ' i).V>rS., L.D.S., D.D.C DENTAX. SVBOaOIT Sli'CCBSS Is oar "TOUT" tt Ken Westminster, tat the people here must make it so. Boost rear home city. Tbe people of today demand up-to-date methods Io all -lines of businessâ , , professional and otherwise. Special Reduce'd Prices in Prates, Crowns anti FiJIInt during July and Aujust CALL AND MAKE APPOINTMENT 309-10 Westminster Trust BoJldiHiT, Columbia Btzeet, Now Wostmlnstsx Take Elevator to Tlilrd Floor. In ihe Tonsorial Chair BY SPUD TAMSON Spend your money with those who patronize the .columns of â¢goatpapet. The "Originals" Again at the Orpheum Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the "Originals" come to the 0"r- Dheum Theatre in their new 1925 revue "Thumbs Up," and it is going to be one of the snappiest shows that ever came to town. ThiB great company of soldier entertainers are the boys who made themselves famous overseas duriwg-the- war, and now that they have had years of experience In professional amusement they feel that they are in a position to take their place with the reading shows of the land, and they do, ..The'greatest soldier revue that ever came to Vancouver is a mild wax^of sayjtiga,that theBo, boy SUAWtTHRtnged ilpvuti this year that will eclipse any of tltelr previous attempts, and that is saying a lot'. ' .There are twenty-five-brand new: song numbers and sKits in this great show; OfltflSB of"Washy costumes and a carload of drops and. lighting" effects that will dazzle Vancouver's eyes: Ths same stors who Imveâ¢ aruado this such a great annual attraction In Canada are returning. Gene Pearson, Bob Anderson, and Jimmy Goods, and a host: oi others who-are- all' old favorites, in this'Hty. There is something about ths fresh and bright way in which thid corapesiy puts on Ita.'alsows-.that 3>no made them a prima fevorit.8 .all over the Dominion: St to mo longer o raiattar of patriotic sanUmenilalism,. but Is just. a. -matter that they give-the beat branil of enter- taintnaiit in the musical revue line that one can possibly, wish for and for that reason <Canadlans should ba very proud 'â ot these boys who have developed from 'a.'troiip ot soldier entertainers Into one of the strongest'and most eagerly awaited roast attraction* to the country. . Good morning Parm, and how is Mr. Pettipiece this morning. Just a little trim? very good. Well its all over eh? 'and the Liberal Williams and Conservative Hendrys are back at work again to forget about politics and Ottawa for another year or two. The next thinft we..will.see is a bread line oh Cambie Stret, a dollar a day for single men aiid two dollars for married men. I cannot understand it either Parm. Yes I know just how you feel, I sometimes thing it is a waste of time too to bother oneself about them. When they make their bed let them lay on it as the brides mother says. Of course â¢ Parm' .between you, and T you cannot say that the Central Council C.L.P. has shown any good reason why their political efforts should be'rewarded. The organizing'11 ability seems lacking. MONEY that is the big trouble Parm. You should never have needed to worry yourself about getting the necessary money for the placing of candidates' deposits and getting out the literature. Surely to God there is a thousand men and women interested enOugh to put up a dollar apiece for that .purpose. Why sure there is. But it is nobody's business to.look after that and therefore when an election is decided upon tlie Labor party is at a serious disadvantage and frantic appeals are made for funds by men whose time could be better employed. What do I suggest? Well why not appoint a committee of say three men to select the most likely seats, have them report their finding and indorse them, then make them trustees for a fund to be used for candidate's deposits and literature ONLY. Let them start now and I'll' bet you the C.L.P. will have no difficulty in raising money for the next election. That would give the candidates a fair show, as it is now they do not have a fair deal against the publicity that their opponents get. That is the big half of the battle Parm. Then the C.L.P. should select some young men and make some kind Of an effort to develop their oratorical powers. Let the C.L.P. produce them and the C L.P. can control them. Thats it precisely Parm, a speakers class or a debating society is available and where the class question can be kept before them from all angles. Just think what effect, say a dozen speakers of the type we have heard from the Old Country recently, would have on politics in~B. CZ And I want- to tell you Parm untill we cut out this continual scrapping about political honors and modes: of procedure, the efforts of the faithful ones wili be Wasted. â Our duty si to keep the prop,ggflB^jB{|,ifl_the; scratch and' td4s-. see that it is spread .whore it will be the most effective." To do that we need money and speakers and last but not least A UNITED.,FRONT/ When men are selected to fight for labor let labor give them a chance to light and they have a chance, to win. Let us supply them with the modem methods of .political warcfare, and that js PUBLICITY and lots of it. JSo Song Parm. Nest'please. ' The Plumbers and Steamfitters' Union will, hold a Hallowe'en Whist THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL RELISH VENUS FISH BAILS â â - ANEW Sea Delicacy of delight.' Rifch in Vitamines; nourishing;, easy to serve. Ask your grocer for it. Call and see our plant and get our sea food recipes. 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MEET ON FRIDAY, North Burnaby branch of the Federated Labor Party will hold their regular monthlyâmeeting in the Native Sons' Hall, corner Gil more and Hastings Street East, on Friday § night, October 30th, 1925. General j business and election of officers, /, i October 30th, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN Boy Your Lamps, Radio AMD BX.BOTMXOAX. BVBVXJMB Trom. tb* Prsotlcal â tort City Electric Co FAIR. 4805 MAIN AT 8th Bipalrs Day aad Might Bell Plumbing & Heating Company; 10S Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECMLTY Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. 1M8X A.HILKER&S0N Anything- in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phones: fair. 58 Res.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND KINGSWAY BUSINESS IS GOOD fer^iCs^r/s Grab Work Boots, with or without toe caps, tan er Black. Size* « to II. Special ...$4.9S Men's First Quality Knee Gum Boots, new stock. Sizes 6 MW W.25 Men, Five Eyelet lace gum BooU - - . ...J3.9S Children's Knee Gum Bool.. , Sizes S to lOJj '..â.........: Ji,9s Men's Dress Raincoats, $12.50 value, for |8 45 Flannelette Blankets, 10-4, - *1.80j 11-4, $2.25; 12-4 $2.75 Llama Socks, per pair J. .'. 45,. MAIL US YOUR ORDERS Arthur Frith & Co. MÂ«jn*s and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Phone': Fair. 14 2313 Main St., Between 7th and 8th BATTERIES The Best Car and Radio Battery Obtainable United Battery Service Automotive Electricians KINGSWAY AND ELEVENTH Phone Fair. 1226 5a'aa< m After reading many yards of Han- sard in which "every, imaginable view 'pertaining' to the business of this country has been expressed, and many alleged remedies suggested, the conclusion is forced upon one that no real cure for our present ills exists; and when I say ours I mean also the sickness of the civilized world as we know it, The sum and substance of it seems to be that there are too many people" in, the world for the world's business, a condition which has been creeping upon us for years, but Which we .are only .now beginning to realize. It is the action and reaction of industrialism. Production has got to the point where there is not and cannot be employment for all unless we go back to where we started. That is to say go back to the land with the expectation of living off the acres, not by what is sold from those acres, but by actual consumption of the products of the land. Unemployment is a world wide disease by reason of the fact that industrialism is taking away from the workers the work , by which they would otherwise exist. There is a plaint in the land that the farms are being -deserted, and still the farms that are left raise more food with the aid of machinery than is required. We congratulate ourselves on the fact that wheat is high in price, but, the recent advances have been met by. the_cry at no market: -When "OUT wheat advances Jhe flour mills cease to "grind because" the foreign market for the product has escaped them owing to advancing prices of their raw material. There are many hundreds if not thousands of shoe factory employees out of work in this country, and still there are more shoes made than we can Wear, Why? Because one man can by the aid of machinery make tea or pcrhiyis twenty pairs of shoes in the time consumed in making.one pair in the old days of hand work. In this 'office is .automatic machinery of a dozen sorts that mean more production but less hands. There are machines in some of our mills which, if kept going are capable of producing more sweaters of-a given'type in a few week's time than the entire population would consume in the period of a year. : V The point is well illustrated by the story of the Yankee who on visiting China and seeing long lines of men hauling boats up and down the waterways told a native that much labor and tinie would be saved if engines were installed in these boats and man power eliminated. Quite true, was the reply, but what would the men do? So it is with us. Labor saving devices are every day being introduced, theprimary object being to do with, a machine what is now done with human, hands. There was no surplus of labor during the warâthat being the business of the hour, bat when that problem bad been solved, the same-old chronic condition reappeared. As a matter of fact there is, and presumably always will be, surplus pf hands and shortage of jobs in what we are pleased-tb call normal times and under normal conditions. These conditions after a bit when we make large capital expenditures, such as building railways, public building* and the like. For instance, there was no surplus labor in Toronto when the street railway system was ' having millions spent upon its rebuilding, and at the same time more millions were being expended upon the harbor front. The Canadian West heard no grumbling in the good old days when railway building was at its height, any more than there was on the prairies during the war-when wheat'Was sellinig at better than two dollars per bushel. In other words, abnormal times^and abnormal expenditures take care of the slack, which at other times means unemployment: Industrialism has reached a point where saturation enters. Manufacturers in order to prosper must make more'people buy more things and as more things can only be bought with more money and more money can only be earned by more jobs which are non-existent we find ourselves in the midst of a vicious circle and apparently there is no method by which we can extract ourselves. What are we going to do about it all? Nothing. What can be done? Nothing. These conditions have caused wars, and no doubt in due course the struggle for national supremacy in industrialism will cause mere wars. j '" ' Industrialism has'doneimany things beside making people happy. 1 The above article was culled from the May 16th edition of Toronto Saturday Night, a weekly journal devoted to industry, finance and politics from the viewpoint of the capitalist, Its interpretation of our present industrial system is only'too true, but its conclusions are far from correct!? To say that nothing can be done and let it go at that is to invite trouble. The basis of revolutionary movements is just such callous indifference as is expressed in the concluding paragraph of the article. CONFERENCE STANDS BY EXECUTIVE The first day's procedings Of the Labor Party's annual Conference, which opened at Liverpool, were characterised by a statesmanlike pronouncement on the political situation by Mr. Cramp, the chairman, and by definite decisions on the relationship between the Labor and Communist Parties. By overwhelming majorities Conference endorsed the Standing Committee's decision which ruled out of order resolutions directed to rescind, last year's decision which refused affiliation of the Communist Party, and adopted the Executive's resolution 'debarring members of the Communist Party from membership of any affiliated local Labor Party, and its request to affiliated bodies to refrain from nominating members of non-affiliated political parties as delegates to national or local Labor Party conferences. REAL BEER BBS. *XMT MAKE it yourself at home with our Peerless Yeast and other Peerless ingredients. Don't â¢ experiment. 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"A widow and four children making match boxes for 2Vid a gross can earn a shilling a day. A woman earns 10s a week making tennis balls. Toothbrush- makers are paid (id a dozen. "The sweated industries include folding Bibles 'and prayer-books. It is not surprising the poverty drives young women to supplement their earnings by prostitution, which is Commoner than is imagined. The ramifications of the white Asve traffic are world-wide. Steamships, railways, telephones are pressed into its unholy service, besides ;the complete outfit appertaining to large business and capital, with well-paid agents and the best legal advice. Its victims number thousands a year. "Cannibals are almost gentlemen compared with the white slavers' bullies and proceurers, who outrage and murder girls by inches. These traffickers stop at nothing, and even decoy girls at London railway stations. t t J a . 'i I â â¢' Corporation of the District Of South Vancouver PUBLIC NOTICE /jPHE Ratepayers-of South Vancouver are being called upon to exercise their franchise on Saturday, November 7lh, 1925^ to decide the question:â-''Are you in favor of the creation gLgUkeatep Vsot^ couver Water District?" The Corporation of the Disj^ict of South VaflicouV^ arefiling meetings at -the foUowngiimes and places fo "explain the Act. A good attendance is requested. " G. W. V. A. Hall, corner Cecil and Kingsway - Community Hall, Forty-Fourth and Victoria - - 1.0.0. F. Hall, Thirtieth and Main Street - - - AT 8 O'CLOCK P.M. Tuesday, November 3rd Wednesday, November 4th Wednesday, November 4th . "It is a dark mystery why civilization allows such atrocities t<) continue. Parliament must legislate to inflict punishment on the vile creatures who batten on women and girls. The lash would be the best deterrent. Thousands are lost and damned by the laxity of the laws and the devils who take advantage of it." SOUTH VANCOUVER LABOR PARTY A special meeting of the party is called for Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, November 8th. The question of nominations for municipal elections will be dealt with at this meeting. All members are expected to be in attendance. .WASHINGTONâ (FP)âWm. H. Johnston, president of the International Association of, Machinists, who suffered a slight cerebral hemorrhage on September 28th, just after addressing a conference of representatives of navy yard and arsenal employees, is slowly recovering strength. He.,is expected to return to his office Within a month. Chevrolet owners who read the Labor Statesman are urged to'take their repair work to our advertisers. Separate sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned, as endorsed: â No. 1 "Tenders for repairs and painting of Buildings, H.M.C. Naval Dockyard, Esquimau, B.C." No. 2 "Tender for repairs and'painting of Jetty, Stages, Boat Houses, Blckford Tower, H.M.C. Nav&l ; Dockyard, B. C. No. 3 "Tenders for repairs and painting,, of Factory Building, H.M.C. Naval Dockyard, B. C." ' No. 4 "Tender for Garage, R.C.N. Barracks .Esquimau, B. C." No. 5 "Tender for alterations and additions to bath houses, B.C.N, Barracks, Esquimau, B. C," No. 8 "Tender for repairs to verandahs and S.N.O.'s residence, R.C.N, Barracks, Esquimau, B, C" will be received until 13 o'clock noon, Wednesday, November 11th, 1925, for the above named works. Plans and specifications can be tatni ':1*Zu and forms oftEndjBj5«tebiah!S)ff*ft't'the ot- * , Jloesaa*«wxTtlSrArchlteet, Department ""of Public Works, Ottawa, the Resident Architect,-Department of PnbltoTVblPkBi" Victoria, B. C, and tho Clerk of Works, Department of Works, .Vancouver, B. V. Tenders will not be considered unless " made on the forms supplied by the Department and In .accordance with the conditions set forth therein. â¢ Each tender must be accompanied by an accosted cheque on a chartered bank payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works equal to 10 p.e, of the amount of the tender. Bonds of the Dominion of Canada and bonds of thsr Canndlan National Hallway Company will also be accepted as security, or bonds and a cheque If required to make up an odd amount. By order, 4 *-* - S. E. O'BRIEN, * Seeretary. Department of Public Works, â¢ Ottawa, October 24, 1926. r THE LABOR STATESMAN October 30th, 1925 Bsymour 3165 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill (Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEOO BOO KRAUSE Late 54th Batt. Late 72nd Batt 74 Hastings St E Vancouver, B.C. BERGMAN'S CAFE 324 CAMBIE STREET The Bart of Eats at Popular .Wow, imOW MOVMBâWorth of Halting. WINTERS HOTEL A. real hotel home for working man, Every comfort; modern conveniences; cMe; 100 rooms: ,. VMOVIMOXAX. PAMX.OR X.XOBMBB MB Abbott ft Xheaa Beg. 3473-0 JAMBS CONNOLLY. Prop, The Plata Man's Hotel â Every Modern Convenience HOTEL EUROPE Idoonaad Beverage Pswlor 4a Powell Streot Vanoonver , TRAMP BECOMES ' 10BD OP MANOR Two of the strangest pals that the .world has ever seen will delight Empress Theatre audiences next week In- the stirring dramatized novel "Pals First." . 'â â¢ - It Is a story of adventure, friendship and loveâoverflowing with humor of a "clean and scintillating type. The. story opens with a prologue. Two palsâtramps, both of themâhave reached "fhe end ol the road." Hogged and forlorn, they find themselves at the top of a hillâand facing them are a high wall and a -padlock gate. The elder tramp Is too tired to retraoo his sWpsâbut the windows of the mansion on the other side of the wall are dark, and succor sems far off. They are not ordinary tramps. Both havo had college educations but, by a queer twist of Fate, they are what they are; Suddenly Fate , plays another prank. In two minutes ofte of them finds bim- -self lord of the manorâwith servants at his command. The other trampâas befits a palâbecomes his honored guest. Flung suddenly Into new surroundings as If, to the manor born, many amusing events occur as the pseudo owner tries to adjust, himselfâfor, because of a strange facial resemblance, servants and relatives and friends think he Is the long-lost owner at last returned.. Adventure;., also, arise-!âfor the tramps discover Intrigues have arisen ln the owner's absence^lntrigues In which there are high stakesâthe entire â estate and a girl. - r Allen»Doone is the younger tramp who becomes lord of the manor. Edna Keeley Is the girl. All special scenery and a great cast. New Westminster's Leading Hotels* â¢The Savoy SX Hotel and Cafe and A. E. Kellington Cleanliness 660 Colombia Street Open at 6 a.m., closes 1 a.m. WINDSOR HOTEL Centrally Locatedâ-Good Booms Popular Bates Columbia and Begbie Streot Phono 200 CENTRAL HOTEL Opposite the B. C. E. Bly. Depot Comfortable Booms, 76c Up 762 Colombia St. Phone 1462 WHAT IS COMMERCIAL HOTEL Comfortable Family Hotel Reasonable Rates 718 Colombia St. Phone 377 "What is Capitalism?" was tKS' problem discussed by Dr,. Annie Besant in the fifth of her series of lectures delivered at the Queen's Hall recently. . "The ieal difficulty in the way of a just solution," she observed, "lies in the huge international interests which are ranged in defence of the present holding of capital. The great capitalists form an autocracy mightier than' the autocracy of any monarch. ' "They are the real arbiters of war 'and peace; they control diplomacy and rule the destiny of nations. They give success or mete out failure to national or world movements, and crush out attempts of the workers to control, or even partially to control, the results of their labor. Control of Banks "The banks form titer instrument for. controlling credit* on which the success or failure of industrial enterprises depends, and this instrument, deftly manipulated, has -destroyed attempts made by combinations of workers to finance their own production. Z... __. , - . .. MTb«r-p«Hrr8f "tfie succeasfiil capi- talisf, the multi-millionaire, is strewn With ruins, in which lie buried the broken hearts and shattered hopes of many a pioneer of industrial reform. "Reduced to bedrock facts, we recognize that labor applied to landâ using the word to include its produce .â-produces wealth; but the laborer must eat and must be clothed while he labors, ahd the things necessary to support his life must have been produced byaprevious labor. Thus, if wealth is to be produced, labor must produce more than the. laborer consumes during its production, and that surplus,-- continuously produced, en-* ables labor to continue production. "If there be a surplus, no one doubts that it belongs to the laborer, provided that among the necessaries of life have been reckoned the rent paid to the nation for the exclusive use of part of the nation's land, and for the protection the worker may require from those fulfilling «this function, .*'.. ;â -â - ' s .What Is Capital? "Under modern industrial conditions one new gigantic fact appears âCapital. -, What then Is Capital? "Capital consists of the small surplus of each individual's labor, but, instead of remaining with the laborer, the surplus of hundreds or thousands of laborers, increased to a huge extent by tbe productive power of machinery, goes away from tbe laborers into the hands of the owner of the machinery, whether the owner be a simple person or a group, and becomes his or their 'Capital.' "Capital is the accumulated surplus results of labor passing into the hands of the owners of labor, whether the laborers be men or machines. The more the laborers increase, in number, the more machines multiply the production of wealth, the more does Capital increase and the more does it enslave the laborer and intensify the struggle for employment, without which the landless capitalless workman cannot exist. "Moreover, he finds himself in the absurd position that the more wealth he and the machines produce,' the more is the danger of his non-employment. â¢.'.â * "The cry of the 'capitalist is for 'new markets,' while at his very doors are crowds of would-be' consumers who have not the power to buy. Surely our industrial system is reduced to an absurdity, when the abundant supply of the necessaries of life leave their creators unable to live on, the necessaries they have produced." â 'â¢'.'.' .".-'-, Tbe "Living Wage','..... The pica that, as capital is necessary for large production, it should share in the wealth produced, does 'not, pointed out Dr. Besant, touch the root injustice and folly of an arrangement which gives .to the la- borejf as"lHs~8hflre "a living Wage"â: and a'Jioor living at thatâwhile the share of the capitalist is all the surplus value of labor, "« "A civilization cannot last in which a few grow enormously wealthy, the many live in constant fear of unemployment, while the actually unemployed, potential producers, able to support themselves,' cannot reach the source of wealth, nor subsist while' beginning to produce. "Moreover," added Dr. Besant, "the .capitalists*" struggle amongst themselves, while the would-be producers snarl at each other and at the possessors of land and capital. Is the.re any way out except revolution, which1 destroys capitalists and workers together? A Problem of Credit '~ p- "Attempts at Co-operative production, the formation of guilds in which the workers deal directly with those who require tKeir products, have, so far as Britain is concerned, generally broken down by the difficulty of 0b- taininjferedit for the support of their undertakings. Banks controlled by capitalists will not give credit to such organfzations-of workmen? and without credit they cannot last iong enough to succeed." Another plan might well be for the workers, again with their own banks behind them, to follow the example of the trusts, and for a time buy the services of skilful organizers by sharing with them the surplus value they create. The general aim should be for corporations of producers to control their own industrial products by owning their machinery in areas of convenient size, producing sollectively and using their profits for the lessening of taxation. â¢ Instead of private companies controlling transport and other necessary services and pocketing dividends, these should be publicly Controlled, so that the profits should go into the general purse and lessen the rates, the cost of competition being eliminated and the distribution of profits being carried on by co-operative stores. "The productive powers of man are' amply sufficient to supply his needs, were labor organized to produce for use, not for individual profit, thus creating markets at home instead of seeking them abroad, and turning the unemployed into producers of necessary articles. Producing food by intensive cultivation, taking the railways under national control, and favoring the distribution of homegrown fruits and vegetables rather than foreign products are steps to the realization of the principle that the necessaries of life should be produced collectively under control by local bodies in convenient areas." Bpga^jsas^ffWft"^"-^"--" . . ., , . ' HOLBROOK HOTEL Good Rooms, 76c Up Special Rates for Permanent Guests 633 Front St. Phono 330 LABOR AND THE EMPIRE (Continued from Page 3) monwealth Group. We elected Mr. Royce, Labor M. P. for an English agricultural district, as our first chairman,'but he unfortunately olied when- governor-designate of Tasmania. On his death George Lansbury was elected chairman. The present writer has been secretary of the group.since the beginning. From small beginnings the group has grown to over ninety members in a party of 160, and our discussions have ranged over Canadian, Indian, South African, and Australian affairs, with latterly a very great deal of attention beinfe given to the consideration ,of imperial preference and possible socialist alternatives to~ fiscal .preference; This intensive study of empire affairs has-already exerted great influence,, ^^mJ^»^m^^^riv'^^!kTcoun- T try and it has exerted it by the spread of knowledge and the force of facts. At an early stage the group expressed a strong view in favor of the setti«sr up of -the^Mjeris! Economic Committee and influenced opinion in the parliamentary party very considerably. When the imperial-preference resolutions came up for discussion in the 1924 Parliament WHITE LUNCH LIMITED Five Flacesto Eat Granville StreetâNos. 439 and 806. .. ' ' Hastings StreetâNob. 128 East, 124 West ami 439 Weat Satisfaction Guaranteed. POPULAR PRICES REST ROOMS FOR LADIES TABLES FOR LADIES. NEVER CLOSED MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES - 3X9 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER made this abundantly clear. Such matters as exclusion of "sweated goods, licensing of imports, and financing of "pools" have all come up recently for earnest discussion inside the Labor Party.- And while these things are not taxation preference they are equally certainly not free trade in the old sense. In the internal affairs of Great Britain the rise of the Labor Party has meant the transfer of attention from the shopkeepers' and consumers' to the producers' point of view. No member of the Labor Party in Great Britain would tolerate bad conditions here on the ground that a change would cause a rise in prices. , While the party remained to a certain extent ignorant of conditions of production in other countries it was possible to concentrate attention only on cheapness of imports without respect to what that meant elsewhere in the world. Labor has; of course, always been against sweating in any part of the world and vigorously protested against it. But now Labor recognizes the need for organizing against it, and whether by tariff preferences or by more complicated and more thoroughih-going methods is tjie only question jn dispute. Certain older members of' the Labor Party who have got themselves stuck in well-marked ruts of thought consider that the new-move in the Labor Party toward dominion co-ordination is a sign of decadence. Younger members believe that the new movement is an attempt to apply the ideas of socialism to a great problem of world-organization. Some of us even cherish the hope that in- the years to come when Labor is. in power over all the great British Commonwealth of Nations we may be able to lead the world in the solution of tliose urgent questions of the conflict of races and standards of life which menace our future. As David Kirdwood said in the House in the last preference debate: "'If* we cannot understand those in the world who are our own kith and kin, how shall we understand those who are not?" But if by knowledge, intelligence, and good organization we can lead our own commonwealth to security, to high standards of life, and to peace, we shall be able to make the better contribution to the solution of the whole world's problems.âN. Y.^fjation. ' , . Raid Made on Municipal Liberty Signor Mussolini is about to make a further raid on the municipal liberties of Italian towns. . ..- At a conference between tne Premier and the Minister of the Interior (says an Exchange telegram) it was agreed that a "podesta" (the name being borrowed from that of the city governors-of the Middle Ages) Shall be installed in towns of more than 5,000 inhabitants. The measure aims at giving the Central Government complete control of local administrations, making them directly responsible to the ministerial authority in Rome. Other measures agreed upon provide that members of associations "fending to subvert the political organization of the State" cannot be elected to provincial or communal .councils. â - It is illegal to boycott, but the i following are on the UNFAIR LIST . of the TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Royal Dairy Crescent Ice Cream Avenue Theatre Dreamland Theatre Cedar Cottage Theatre Princess Theatre Progress Theatre Heights Theatre Esplanade Tea Booms during the Labor Party's term of office fiye members of the group, including myself, supported preference against the front bench, which was free trade.. This year the division of opinion was more pronounced, so that the vote on the imperial-preference resolutions in the budget was left as a free vote. The significance of this vote will be misunderstood if it is thought to indicate an opinion in favor of taxation preference in principles. What it means is, first, a sincere desire to co-operate with "the dominions, and, secondly, a desire to do the one thing possible at the moment to help the dominions. A full alternative to preference i* not >yet worked out. But â it is intended to give by organization of. marketing facilities, by cheapening Sl^touisjij^Bsiiy --bafc>«p«*«fes»SF.*ntI similar measures assistance to the dominions of even greater financial advantage than those given by preferential duties as ouch. There is now in the Labor"Party as «s whole an overwhelming supp9rt for the polity of closer economic and political relationship with the .dominions. Those* members of the Labor Party .who opposed preference sb well as â¢ those who supported it That Street is too Dark ARE people saying they would hate - to live in your stfeet when they are vainly .groping for your house number? People instinctively turn from dark, gloomy streets because they are forbidding and uninviting. Burn your porch light now and pn> â ,â;,,-.;.,;. mote-better lighting in your neighborhood. ItwiMina^e.pjrapi^jfc^^ ^,-;:,,-.,.,--.-.,-r-.-^ class of neighbors and insure the safety of going arid coming at all hours of day or night., ltasH(ta '«3H:?isaaa^raa.p HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER* B.C. 109 WWWWWWtfWWWWWWI^^ October 30th, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN For the Funeral, the Wedding, the Home Call or 'Phone to Brown Brothers for Gut Flowers Wreath Designs Everything Floral Brown Brothers & Co,, Limited noum us mvmbbmtmbm 8â8TORE8â3 â¢as Granville St., Begmaat tsij-iMl 4* MaeHnge »*. B. - Bey. 988-678 1S1 Kuttafi St. Wâ Beg. 1870. "SAT IT WITH FLOWERS" COLONIAL THEATRE ' ' DCXSHDIB AND OBASTOpM PREMIER FILM ATTRACTIONS Three Variety Programmes from Cream of Local Performer* Moderate Prices Continuous, 11 to 11 CONTINUOUS POLICY-NOON-'TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND FEATURE PICTURES Street Railwaymen's Convention Report BRIGHTEST-2 -THEATRES STRAND THEATRE Vancouver's Premier House . Presents TOST MVM MCTOBES una tbe ~ STRAND OPERATIC COMPANY REX THEATRE Vancouver's Popular House Presents . THE BEST IN MOVIES and tlie COUNTRY STORE it. a * t r I ' â¢ Four Headliners at Orpheum Next Week Vaudeville at one time used to be composed of six or seven acts with one of them billed as a headllner. It Is different today. Orpheum vaudeville, now quite often brings a show to town with no less than four headliners and such is the case with the great show coming- to the Orpheum next week. Karavaeff, one of the leading acts, -vlll bring his famous company of Russian dancers. Himself one of the greatest living exponents' of the Russian Ballet art, lio has brought four of the cleverest girls that he coiild find ln the ballet schools Of Russia, and so this company of artists has created a furore' wherever they have danced in America. They offer a series of dances that are complete in that t.hcy show.all the various styles of folk dances and ballet dances that have made Pavlowa and her company so famous. Karavaeff Is a great star and as such will be a revelation to vaudeville theatregoers ln this city. Another feature of this great bill will be the comedy? sketoh "Al'-s Here," which Is a scream from start to finish. It is the story of the old saloons- in the days before the Volstead Act and shows all the "old 'timers" enjoying their favorite pastimes just as they used to do Wi the bars of 1912. It Is very true to life and many will be the tears shed when the familiar scenes and well- known songs are sung, recalling dear and fond memories of bygone days. Felton and Fields are a pair of comedians who present an importation from Scotland, being a parody on Scotch humor. There are plenty of laughs in this offering and these boys always seem to make a hit. Then there will be Harry Kahne, the great mcntalist who does the most astounding things with his brain. He has a keen sense of humor and ln his demonstrations of memory studies and psycho-analysis he shows the lntricabiea of the human mind to effect. Claudia Coleman Is a great Impersonator of women, her character delineations being a treat. Paul Sydell and his.dog Snotty are always humorous and clever, Another great net, the usual attractive picture and concert orchestra'complete this great show. Unioh Tailors 9. Trust LET OS, GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB Aitonlson, Westminster Bldg., New Westminster. Abroms, 678 Bobson St. Beaton, 863 Georgia St. West. Beyland, 901 Bobson St. 3. A. Our, Powell Blver. Charles Butt, 1066A Pender St. -West. Commln to Oreelman, 603 Qunsmnlr St. Creasey, 761 Oranville St. tf. Obbs, 446 Oranville St. Gray to Jeff, 3630 Xdn Street. Hortle Bros., 663 Seymour. K lr to Pnrneanx, 446 Oranville St. Hongtry to Co., 318 Hastings St. West, MatataU ft Marshall, 1080 Bobson St. Tbos. Morgan, 817 Oranville St. . Perry ft Dolk, 18 Hastings St. West. Petterson, 14 Cordova St. Wert. Perrinfl 8148 Main St. Bay Bros., 80 Hastings St. West. Slowln, 307 Hastings Street Wert. Storry, 663 Granville St. 3. H. Sweder, 487 Seymour St. Union Tailors, 348 Hastings West. WllUston ft Kennedy, 487 Pender St. Tan Aiken. 520 Columbia Ave. Wert. BEADY MADE CtOTHINO STOBES EMPLOYING UNION Arnold ft Quigley, 840 Oranville St. Bruce ltd., 410 Hastings St. West. Book, D. K., 137 Hastings Wert. Claman's ltd., 163 Hastings Wert. Wm. Dior, ntd., 48 Hastings Bart Tbos Poster, Htdâ 608 Granville St. 3. W. Porter, Ltd., 348 Hastings Wert. Bobinson's, 441 Hastings Wert. Thomas ft MoBaln, 666 Granville St. Correspondence Started to ship high, grade ores to Smelter, SHABES NOW FIFTEEN CENTS Inoreaso.ln Prioe Shortly to SBo THOMAS KIN& CO. LIMITED BIO Hastings St. W., Vanoomver Beymoar 9373-6786 Or Your Broker Editor, Labor Statesman:â , The only way to unite the workers, politically and industrially, is give them less of the capitalist lies in the master-class press, and give them more truth about their own class in a labor paper. . I would like the Trades and Labor Council, and the editors of the Labor Statesman and the Canadian Labor Advocate to meet and try to amalgamate, both those papers. The workers cannot keep up two papers in B. C. One good labor paper controlled by a labor editor and press... committee, taken from the' rank and file of labor news from every ui}jeB=«iand from every c'BtfnTIFy is the only way to'do. â¢ Like our mastersâunite I Let us try and light for ourselves at homo and we will have plenty to do at that,.'. .._.....:. Yours for. a Workers' press or a working class paper. F.DONOHUK P.S.âDon't kill a paper because you don't like its editor. Help him out instead. Give 'him a chance. Then if this don't do, elect another one and keep the labor paper going. âF.B. "â * The 19th convention' of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees.of America was called to order at 10:15 o'clock, Monday morning, September 14th, at the Mount Royal Hotel, at Montreal. Mr. Gerard Gagnon, president of the local division of the Association, presided. There were about three -hundred and fifty delegates present. A band composed entirely of members of the Montreal division was in attendance and entertained the gathering with a fine programme of popular music. After a short address of welcome by Chairman Gagnon, the band played the national anthems of Canada and the United States., His Worship Mayor Duquette, on being introduced, extended a cordial welcome in the name of the city, referring to the important part tram- *fway employees played in the life of a community. Mr. Paul Merrier, a member of the Federal. House,a_the next- speaker, Wasi" followed by Mr.- Aurele Lacombe, the first president of Division 790, of Montreal, who conveyed the greetings of the Min- inster of Labor of the Province of Quebec. Mr. J. T. Foster, vice-president of the Trades, and Labor Congress of Canada and president of the Montreal Trades gfhd Labor Council, greeted the delegates on behalf of the international trade, union movement of Montreal and Canada. Mr. Raoul Trepannier, financial secretary of Division 790, confirmed the welcome extended by previous speakers. International president W. D. Mahon, in responding to the addresses of welcome, referred to the movement that had been started in Canada along national and sectarian lines and said he felt this was a great mistake. "Ours is a world-wide movement," he declared. - "We are all striving to attain higher and better things, and while we are loyal to-the country in which we live, we can band together for the good of all in our everyday work," The convention was then declared officially open. After the appointment of the committee on credentials and the assistant officers of the convention, the delegates were addressed by Mr. John J. Manning, secretary, of the Label Trades' Department of the A. F. of L., who referred to the forty weeks' campaign of organization and education sponsored by his department and the parent body, and he asked the delegates to give it their. support The afternoon was taken up mainly in receiving the report of the credential committee and in the seating of the delegates. On Tuesday the convention was addressed by Mr. Walter E. Hollo- way, representative of the Peoples' Legislative Service, of Washington, D.C,, and by Miss Mary McNab, member of the Ontario executive of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The Committee on Ritual reported and recommended certain changes with a view to impressing more firmly on the minds of the members their duties towards the organization, In the evening a grand rally meeting was held in the hotel to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the foundation of the association. It was attended by a large number of local members as well as delegates, who were addressed by Mr. Magnus Sinclair, member of the general executive board; President Mahon; Mr. W. B. Fitzgerald, the first international president of the association; International Treasurer L. T. Bland land delegate (controller) Gibbons of Toronto. President Green, A. F. of L. On Wednesday the delegates heard a splendid address by President Green, of the American Federation of Labor, who received a particularly warm welcome. After extending fraternal greetings from the A. F. of L., President Green went on to speak of the efforts of organised labor in the United States: afteivtfwwar" He expressed appreciation of the work done by the Street BaiHraymen's Union's**',dwelt urmho-aifiirrod iSpacTSy; now had a membership of 46,000 with representatives in 2,300 cities in the United States. On Thursday "Paddy" Draper, secretary-treasurer of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canadaf addressed the 'delegates, referring to the work of' the Congress and touching upon, some of the questions interesting the movement in Canada at the present time. On Friday Mr. Wm. H. Johnston, International President of the International Association of Machinists, spoke to the gathering. He offered fraternal greetings and complimented the street car men on the work they had accomplished for organized labor.. Jurisdictional Disputes The;report of the Special Committee on Jurisdiction was the subject of a very lengthy discussion", lasting about five hours. Differences of opinion had arisen in several cities as 4o- whether bus drivers and conductors should be covered by the Teamsters'- nnd Chauffeurs' organisation or the Street Railwaymen's Association. The A. F. of L. had recommended that the matter be referred to a committee for arbitration; but the officers of the association decided against any outside committee interfering in a dispute of this nature. The stand of the officers in refusing to submit the question, to arbitration was Sustained. ... , International President Mahon received hearty congratulations upon the able and satisfactory manner in which he had carried out the duties, of- his office.- HIS 'Teport recommended, among other things, that the local lodges make the effort to look after their own affairs as far as possible without taking up the time of the general officers, especially in arbitration cases; that the wage scales of each local division be published yearly; that the various locals be urged to make a strenuous effort during the coming1 two years to shorten the work-day of all members to eight hours; to strive- for the establishment of one day's rest in seven, this to be made mandatory, and the effort "made also to secure legislation to that end; that the policy of obtaining written agreements be extended as far as possible; the continuance of the application of the principles of arbitration and mediation in industrial disputes; as well as several other suggestions affecting the internal affairs of the association. His several recommendations were adopted. The report of international treasurer L. D. Bland contained a general statement of receipts and expenditures for the two-year period, ending July 3lst, 1925. The total receipts were given at $3,206,762.41, disbursements $1,878,649.67, leaving a balance of $1,328,112.74. The amount â expended for funeral, disability and old age benefits for the six months' period, ending July 31st, 1925, was given as $377,166.95. The cost of death, disability and old age benefits last year amounted to 63 cents per member, the' first eight months of 1923 showing'an increase of 100 per cent over the previous year in benefits paid. The average benefit now paid by the association is $615. The maximum benefit is $800. On Saturday, the delegates listened to an interesting address by Mr. Eugene T. Lies, special representative of the Playground and Recreation Association of America. He drew attention to the fact that somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 little children come before the juvenile courts in the United States on delinquent charges each year, and that 75 per cent of all the people incarcerated in the institutions of that country today on criminal and delinquent charges are young folk under the age of twenty-five, years. A resolution was adopted pledging co-operation ,tor the . realization of th o idea 1 s of the' Playground and -Me-' nreatioir'Ttsspciatibh.'" Mr. H. Vaheyi for over fourteen years Connected with_.thg..Qj UNION-G. We G. MADB Carpenters' Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Men's Furnishings 144 CORDOVA STREET WEST IrSnizeD 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 311 Dominion Building Vancouver. B.C. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room M S.B0WELL&S0N FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EIVUIALMERS , ' *5,p.5||Mp--Weetmf«eter Phortc 993 THE BETTER 'OLE 915 Main Street J, Turner, Prop, picks tobacco. the best oii maw wsininm CENTRAL CAFE Opposite the B. O. Eleotrlo Depot OPEN BAT ABB NIGHT Ideal for Residents and Tourists. objects of the A. F. of L. He also referred tq fhe work of the A. F. ot L, in connection with child labor and declared emphatically thdt regardless of the indifference that manifested itself in the great American labor movemeqt, the American Federation'of Labor has set itself to the task and it would not stop until the humane proposal to abolish child labor had been adopted. President E. J. Gainer, of th* Letter Carriars' Association, also spoke io the convention and during his talk informed the delegates that the letter carriers the surplus funds of the association in such Canadian and United States investments as are legal for the banks of the State of Michigan to invest in.... Two new sections were added to the duties of the executive board, giving them authority, as the governing body during the interim between conventions, to Bee that the laws of the association are.lived up to, with power to suspend and annul local charters, and to deal with officers and individual members who refuse to carry out the laws and .policies of the association or who thwart, or interfere with same or who slander and abuse the officers. They are also given power to fine, suspend or. expel, jf* after trial, before the board, any/, international officer or organizer who / violates the laws and policies of the association, provision, however, be-^' ing made for appeal to the next convention. After a lengthy debate, an amendment to the constitution was adopted providing for an increase in per capita of twenty-five cents, which makes the per capita $1.00. It 'will be apportioned as follows: General, management, 11 cents; death and disability and old age benefit fund, 75 -cents; defenee^and strike fund,'"10 cents; monthly journal, 4 cents. As a result of another amendment. convention. A number of new sections of particular interest were' added to ,the constitution. One addition provides that where'troubles arise in any local lodge over the election of officers, administration of the affairs of the local, or for. any. other cause that threatens to disrupt the local; the general executive board shall have full authority to instruct the international president to take complete charge of such local. Another new section authorizes the president, with the approval of the board, to invest addiSssOdtne co^lTodgtTfias members employed by the same management they will be called upon to consolidate their forces. Locals have been;given authority-to "T (Continued on Page 9.) W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing PRIVATE AND GLASS LESSONS S.oclal Dances. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. * SEYMOUR 101. COXXL&tOH HAM c THE LABOR STATESMAN October 30th, 1925 LESLIE'S Nanaimo-Wellington â nd Sootless GOAL We Employ Only WHITE HELP and pay a higher scale of wages than any coal company in ,the city, therefore we feel we are entitled to the support of Union Labor. Leslie Coal Co. Ltd. 944 BEACH AVENUE Phone - Seymour 7137 DON'T BE FAT REDUCE WITHOUT danger WITHOUT discomfort-,. WITHOUT dieting â¢ Radium Specialties, Radium Eyelash, Radium Wrinkle Oil, Creams, Hair Restorer, Hair Tonicsâall guaranteed under £500 penalty.. \nActive Radiator Institute Ask for Madame Ann HEALTH AND BEAUTY 938 ROBSON STREET Phone Seymour 6084 NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades and Labor Council Boom 80S, 16 Hastings Street Bast Phones: Sey..7495^-6270 Labor Speeches Are Broadcasted in City A good meeting was hold in Dominion Hall last Monday night, it being the final rally of the campaign in tbe city proper. The speeches were broadcasted from local station CFYC. Local reports are that the experiment was a great success, and may be the forerunner of future efforts to use the new Agency of reaching the workers. Comrade Neelands took the chair. 'Sidaway, Lefeaux ahd Curry addressed the meeting in turn, and Just as it looked like adjournment in came Mrs- Rose Henderson from two meetings at which she had been speaking. The effect Was just fine. She, was given a rousing welcome and an attentive hearing. Although the hour was late none left the hall till she got through her half hour talk. Tired, and weary as Mrs., Henderson was, her straightforward message in- simple and easy atyte gripped her listeners. The meeting adjourned at 10:50. Comrades Hurry, of South Vancouver was unable to be present, speaking at two meetings iiTthat constituency. We would be glad to know how this meeting was received by those at more distant pointer Tho value of "this method of spreading propaganda can not be so readily determined as that of the old method. So we rely on those who are in a positi/n to report to send in their opinions as to the value of the radio in future campaigns. Invite Pacific Labor SYDNEY, AustraliaâThe Labor Council of New South Wales at Sydney is sending out invitations for a Pan-Pacific Conference of political and "industrial organizations to all countries bordering on the Pacific, to be held at Sydney, May 1,1926. The conference ia to harmonize the relationships of the Workers around the Pacific. LOCAL BUSINESS MAN FINDS PEARL IN OYSTER Mr. J. E. Wheelan, proprietor of; the Sample Shoe Store, broke his teeth on a pearl in an oyster he was eating this week. The pearl is about as big as a pea and must, therefore, be of good value. Mr. Wheelan has also a lot of shoes of good value. toâ^oM-4n-Ms'-storrat'"8VHastings Street West. DETROIT â Robert G. Ewald, business agent of the Bricklayers' Union led the field and the other five labor-endorsed candidates for Detroit's nine-man city council were all nominated in the. primary election. fUT RATE SHOE DEALERS FAMILY SHOES AT VOBVXtAM PKICES LADIES' SHOES, 96c to MEN'S SHOES, fl.95 to ... 94.95 -46.95 BOYS' SHOES, 11.95 to ..92.9s CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' SHOES, 95c to 82.95 1 EVERYTHING BOSB FOB HESS N.B.âOpening- up 1760 pairs of tbe celebrated Trleket Pelt Slippers direct from factory In England, at one-third less than regular, SAMPLE SHOE STORE 37 HASTINGS BTBBET WEST Week-end Specials in New Furniture Three piece Chesterfield Suite, with Marshall spring cusions; covered with good quality Tapestry^ #1^B Aft Priced at .....:.._ *pl.AD,J) Fumed oak liiningroom Suite, consists of Buffet with low back, round top, extension table. 6 small and 1 *H'7C AA arm chair, with leather slip seats. Priced complete w / D, JJ Pelt Mattresses, all standard sizes. tfjT.' CA Priced at, each «Jp/ »%JU Large size Feather Pillows. Uz sdt» | aa Priced at, each JJpx.UU W. R. ORR â The Home of Guaranteed House Furnishings 1103 GRANVILLE STREET SEYMOUR $58 Chevrolet Sales Co.. Ltd. - IS^fecially equipped to handle Chevrolet repairs. We specialize in Chevrolet exclusively; carry a full lifleof parts tax all modeis, and can giye tbechest quality of 'workmanship at very reasonable prices.' â ,-.,... Let trained Chevrolet mechanics take care of your Chevrolet car, if you want the best results, - Chevrolet Sales Company Ltd; Corner of Granville and Hebncken Phone Seymour 2376 If it's furniture you want, look up the advertiser in this paper. - STREET RAILWAYMEN'S CONVENTION REPORT , (Continued from Page 7.) place penalties on members not attending one meeting per month, and the period of time allowed for entering appeals is changed from "three months to thirty days. Another change provides that all resolutions constituting' amendments to constitution and law must be in the hands of the international president or secretary at least fourteen days before the opening of the convention. The .salary of the members of the general executive board was increased from $9.00 to $10.00 per day, when .employed -in" the discharge of their, duties, and the allowance for expenses from $6.00 to $8.00. Another new section instructs the president to appoint a credential committee one week prior-to the opening of conventions. Only two appeals required the attention of the convention and both had reference to the payment of benefits. - Resolutions A resolution was adopted condemning the "One Man Car System" and instructing the officers to assist in the passage of any legislation that may be introduced to curb, or eliminate such practice. The advisability. ofâ.establishirig a pension Ifiind was discussed and a resolution passed, instructing the general executive board to investigate the feasibility of same. Resolutions were adopted, asking, the president of the United States to completely pardon and restore, to citizenship Eugene V. Debs, and urging the local divisions of the association to strive for the enactment of legislation granting street railway employees One day's rest in seven. One resolution presented, calling for every delegate to wear eight union labels on his apparel at conventions, was defeated and a recommendation adopted instead, urging the membership to buy union label goods whenever possible, i Another resolution, which was defeated, sought to place the association, on record as being in favor of the resumption of official trade relations with; Russia and the" recognition of the present Russian Government by the United States. The committee had recommended non-concurrence on the grounds that the parent body, the A. F. of L., should first take action in this regard. . â" Election of Officers International President W. D, Mahon and Treasurer L. D. Bland were, re-elected to their respective offices. As a tangible token of the esteem in which he is held by the membership, the delegates presented President Mahon with a handsome diamond ring. Other officers were elected as follows: Vice-presidents, in the order of, their rank, first, W. B. Fitzgerald, Troy, N.Y.; second, P. J. O'Brien, Springfield, Mass.; third, W. S. McClenathan, Chicago, 111.; fourth, G. Dean, Stockton, Cal.; fifth, T. J. McGrath, Pittsburgh, Penn.; sixth, A. E. Jones, Cincinnati, O.; seventh, Jos. Lartay, New York; eighth, J. B. Wiley, Des Moines; ninth, M. Murray, Seattle, Wash.'; tenth, C. A. Taylor, Portland, Ore.; eleventh, J. M. Parker, Niagara Falls, Ont.; twelfth, Raoul Trepannier, Montreal; thirteenth, Charles Clarke, Boston, Mass.; fourteenth, Robert Armstrong, St. Louis, Mo. The newly elected general executive board will be composed of R. L. Reeves, Edward McMorroW, Magnus Sinclair, T. J. Shea, J. H. Reardon, A. H. Burt, W. J. Welch, J. B. Law- jonAa^.£L^Affi^^â^Ddftgates..to tne American- Federation of Labor are T. J. Shea, William Quintan," J. H. ,Reardon; and Ji -J.; Brtice.v The, convention adjourned Tuesday after-: noon, September"'22nd, to meet again in.1927, at Birmingham, Alabama.- A vote of thanks was extended to the local committee for the extensive and Very liberal programme of entertainment which they provided for the delegates, included in which was a theatre night, a trip down the Lachirie Rapids and a tour around the harbor, a banquet, which was at» tended by oVer â twelve hundred guests, and a. grand baE,âTrades Cmigmim Journal, ... , <o :eQ*'u*mmâ.â..n ** mm -tore ft . W Odd Lines of Furniture AT ROOM-MAKING PRICES CHRISTMAS is but ten Chopping weeks awayâ holiday stocks are arriving and crowding us for display room space â a clean-up of â sample pieces and odd lines, is, imperative â hence these low prices on furniture of wanted kinds. PAY IN THE CLUB WAYâ10 PER CENT CASH Balance in 9 Equal Monthly Payments â * âand have the comfort' of the furniture while you are paying for it. $76.00 Walnut Library Tables. 8-Piece Walnut Finished Dining Price, 4X.A. Q G*0 UnitesâMade from solid birch, Bach :---f*7'VV specially priced at $119.50, $46.00, , Walnut Chesterfield $125.00 <fl»l A ff A A Tables. . «fc'l/VCA -and #1413.UU Price «p«JAro«7v/ - $95.00 Walnut China Cabinet. 8-Piece Solid Oak SuitesâTo .1. $47.50 Sstnd $149.50 ' . - l Floor FiveâH.B.C. Price Each ;'.-"» 1 DRUG PRICES MAY SOAR If tbe Drug: Combine and Retail Representative touring' ths p Dominion at the present timo should succeed, drag prices will . . soar to hoig-hts nnprooedontod. In tlio.West ws are alone in our fig-lit to prevent Increase ot drag prices. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS 10.60 Gypsy Foot-Belief $0.34 1.25 Thermos Bottle 78 .60 Llsterine ..../!.â 38 . .60 Murine (eye remedy) 34 .60 Ipana Tooth Paste .31 .75 Woodward's Gripe Water .. A3 .75 Kotex _.... .50 .10 Rose Glycerin Soap, 6 for .25 .60 Pape's Dlapepsln 36 â¢ .75 Nestle's Foocj _ ___, .61 1.30 Scott's Emulsion 78 .40 Pyrex Nursihg- Bottle _ .86 .76 Dr. Wtftsoh's Tonle Stout .61 .50. Limestone'Phosphate .31 .25 White Vaseline '. .21 .20 Yellow Vaseline 14 .60 Gillette Blades', 5s 31 1.50 Kolor Bak ..._ _ .87 .60 Pond's Cream ..â, ...- .43 1.50 Johnson's Fluid Beef, 16 oz. a ,â _ SB VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, UMITED 18 STORES UNION BAKERIES AH bakers employed by the following firms are members of the Journeymen Bakers of America, Local 468. Broadway Bakery, 638 Broadway B. Dr. Middloton Bakery, Hastings Bast. Dover Bakery, Jubilee. Dundee Bakery, Cedar Cottage. - Family Bakery, JnbUee/ Ferguson's Bakery, 8616 Main Street. Ferguson Home Bakery, 3844 Main. Fletober's Bakery, 3661 Commercial. Bsson Bakery, 1834 Commercial Br. Gordon Oben, Klngsway and Fraser. dough's Bakery, 61st and Fraser St. Grandview Bakery, 2655 Commercial. Ideal Bakery, 1884 Cotton Dr. Martin's Bakery, 431 Homer St, HatbeWa Bakery, Jnbllee. McDonald Bakery, Joyce Bd. Mutter's Bakery, 8167 Main St. Oben'* Bakerjr, 4080 Commercial Dr. Rollln Fln Bakery, 8416 Granville St. Vanoonver Bakery, 887 Broadway B. Vanobnver Window Bakery, 187 Hastings Street East, Victoria Bakery, 83rd and Main St West Vt Grey Bakery; 8868 Trimble. Wlddln'i Bakery, 880 Broadway West. Worth's Bakery, 880 Broadway Wests IMPORTANT The Following BIG firms Do Toy Union Bakers: Griffith* Bakery Pinchin's Bakery _._ Shelly's Bakery ' Cowan's Bakery Stevenson's Bakery 4 .4 ''»'. i 'â â S "â ATiiXfiTIC CITYâFritz Tarnow,* president of German woodworkers' union, told th'e ..A. F."of-L. convention that tho 'German unions were coming back. Tarnow attacked the Bolshevists, saying their religion was Stt only tor desperate, starving men. ""Patrpsunis® ®ur Advertisers." FOR INDUSTRIAL UNION SYDNEY, AustraliaâA conference of the Building Trades Workers group held at Sydney, unanimously agreed upon one union in the build- ing trades industry. Delegates attended from the Carpenters, Building Laborers, Painters, Quarrymert, Siat- ers and Bricklayers.
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