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X' -^S*.«--S-S-S-fJ-(l»^W!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' ' _. I * "-.â¢"â 1*!'" â -» ^~':-m*y-»:y 1,,.-,.,,,,.,,,,,....^ rrrr- ââ -â â¢â or Statesman AND CONTROLLED ^^^i-y BY THE VANCOUY^/fRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL ~Y\nOfficial Organ of The Canadian Labor V*rty VANCOUVER, B. C, OCTOBER 8th. 19 FIVE CENTS PER COPY er Increases on the Waterfront An Open Letter to Longshoremen and the Public of - Greater Vancouver. Also An Answer to the Ship-. pinf Federation and Its ApologistsâLower Wages and Increased Slaughter.- IN A RECENT ISUUE of the Dairy Province, there appeared an article under the heading- "All Longshoremen of Vancouver have Benefitted." The article purports to be based on a book,by a New York writer of the name of Charles H. Barnes, entitled "The Longshoreman." Very little of what Mr. Barnes says regarding longshoring. is given us, but instead we are regaled with a glorification of the system now prevailing on the Vancouver waterfrorit, ' j It is usually true that those on whom propaganda is being practiced are the last to recognize the fact, but although this effort put forth by the apologist for the Shipping Federation may hoodwink the general public, it will not fool many longshoremen. , ( Fatalities Increase Under Company Union Plan f We are told that in 1924, the Shipping Federation appointed the first safety engineer for longshore labor on the American continent. But why are our friends of the Shipping Federation so modest? Why didn't they tell us that in their zeal for our lives and welfare they had appointed two safety engineers. Well, let us sec what has happened since. During the eleven years of the existence of the I.L.A., there were eight fatalities on the Vancouver waterfront. During the years of 1920, 1921, 1922, and up to the beginning of the strike, October 8th, 1923, there were two fatalities on the Vancouver waterfront. Since October, 1923, up to the present time, there have been nineteen fatalities on the Vancouver waterfront. . That is, that in a period of eleven years under a measure of control by the men, there **-ere less than one)u-l|jjs m^n--_f^J-^ JÂ«-«sHhTee-^_M,*afinTTrne times,-, many as iii the same period of time. - How about it, gentlemen of the Federation? Have yon discussed the cause with your safety engineers? If not, we will tell you gratis. It is because of the damnable speed up system yon have inaugurated on your docks, where men are compelled to take all kinds of chances in order to keep up the pace that will insure them getting a chance to their equal proportion of emjEoyment. It is because men may be kept around all day, expecting a boat, or"dered down to that boat at 1 a.m., working the balance of that night and all the next day. The compensation rate on longshore work is six and a half per cent, the highest in the province, being two and a half per cent higher than coal mining, the next highest. It has raised one and a half per cent since the strike in spite of two safety engineers. But the Shipping Federation can afford it. Vancouver Pays Lowest Wage on Coast In every port from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the basic wage is 90c straight time and $1.35 overtime. The Atlantic seaboard which used to lag 20c per hour behind the Pacific coast, has through organization now caught up, and the locals during the past month have been negotiating agreements with the shipping companies of the Atlantic coast. And not only have they succeeded in raising the basic wage, but they have instituted the Saturday half-holiday so that only mail packet boats and ships in an emergency are worked. â¢ . The wages of Vancouver longshoremen are seven per cent, less than the wages paid in Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco, San Pedro and the Atlantic Coast, and in the case of dock work classed as longshpring, viz., from the ship's tackle to the first place of rest, the disparity is over eleven per cent. Did the> Vancouver longshoremen receive the sa(me wage as the other competing ports, the Federation's payroll would be $1,607,140, as against its own figure of $1,500,000. No wonder the Federation can build the longshoremen a new hall. Why, for the past three years the longshoremen have been paying for the Orange Hall and Its dispatching staff, and have had enough left over to build two $50,000 halls with the wages they were sintitled to, and didn't get. Work Not Equally Distribute- $ And now a word-pjj's to the average wage; Tom, Dick, Harry and myself â are collectively worth $4000. Now we are worth on the average $1000, But Tom has got $1500, Dick has $2000, and Harry and I have $250 apiece. Now it is nice to think how wealthy we are with that "average" of $1000, but believe me, Harry and I would much rather have the extra $750 we are supposed to have, in cold cash, and let the average go to the devil. Last week in conversation with one of the»boysI he told me his gang had done five days work in three weeks. About five weeks ago in conversation witjh another of the boys, he told me that he had to go on a drunk to get a rest. There arc approximately the same number of men/ getting their living on the Vancouver waterfront as before the strike. TjRere are six or seven stevedoring companies operating in Vancouver. Each company has its favorite gangs, and when they have a ship, in,^ call for those gangs irrespective of how steady those gangs have been working, and if available they get them even though other gangs may have been idle for weeks. And these conditions will continue to prevail until the men forget their past differences, and gat together in an organization in which they can exercise Trades Council Selects Municipal Nominees Dealing with the call of the Greater Vancouver Central Council of the Canadian Labor Party to send in da and to. the Vancouver," New West- POINT GREY EMPLOYEES DESIRE AFFILIATION The Point Grey Municipal Employees with a1 membership of 130 have made application for affiliation to the Trades and Labor Congress of Cana- names of prospective candidates for the forthcoming municipal elections in Vancouver, the Trades Council made the following nominations which are to be placed before the nominating convention which will be hejd in the Holden Bldg. Thursday, Oct. 14. â¢ For Aldermen, R. P. Pettipiece, W. J. Scribbins, Walter Deptford, Angus Mclnnis. The following were nominated but declined, W. R. Trotter, Wm. Dunn and E. Morrison. A. V. Lofting was nominated for School Trustee. Molders Still Meeting With Opposition Del. Maley informed the Trades Council that the Molders' Union still Teamsters Not Getting Sufficient Support Del. Gilbert, of the Teamsters' Union reported to thc Trades Council on Tuesday evening that the union teamsters are not getting the recognition that they should be getting. He says that he has not heard of any teamsters being turned down for not having union cards. They had been eighteen months trying to get organized, he said, but it wa's just as hard as ever to get new members because no great demand is being made by union men. on union jobs-for the union card of the teamsters: Jle said that there was only one reasonable way to help the teamsters and that was to ask the teamster delivering goods to construction jobs, business houses or private houses, if he had a union card and to refuse the goods if he could not show one. minster and District Trades and Labor Council. As soon as tfye charter arrives, the organization will be admitted to membership on the Trades Council. . â¢'.'â -,.. Shipping Federation Threatens Employees The Shipping Federation of Vancouver have notified the membership of the company union that any member who endeavors to join the I. L. A. will be immediately discharged. Any member found talking to P. R. Bengough or visiting the Trades Council building will meet with the same fate. This ultimatum has not, however, stopped the memhers from continuing to make application for member- ^Jshij-'j'--rff]ie-iU^^ had 18 member_i_,Ul'ii-_t' coas4^nnt âJ*taM*" ..mil â â wD '_-""- .'.,**â place on account of the boycott of the .bosses since the strike. He said tho'- the union, was assessing its working members in order to keep the others eating. His union intended to support the union label campaign as it recognized that it owed a debt of gratitude to the local unions for their assistance during the strike. He said that the union was not downhearted, but hoped to strengthen its ranks and come back with a real wallop. . men's Association. If you know a longshoreman give him a copy of this paper. Scott Nearing to Deliver Lectures Scott Nearing, the internationally known lecturer, will be in Vancouver and address meetings on the following dates and subjects, under the auspices of the Canadian Labor Party:, Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Empress Theatre,' Gore and Hastings. Subject: "Economic Citizenship." Doors open at,7:30. Silver collection at the door. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 18, 19, 20âFirst Presbyterian Church, Gore & Hastings. Subjects: Monday;â"Education in Soviet Russia." Tuesdayâ"The General Strike in Britain." Wednesday^-"Are we ready for a Labor Party?" Seats reserved at $1 for these three lectures. General admission 25 cents. Business Agent Dunn of the Carpenters Union says-that the carpenters are going to put on a big. whist drive and dance the last Thursday of every month during the winter in the Cotillion Hall. Regular prices and good prizes. " ' Boxing Smoker There will be a boxing smoker at Clinton Hall, corner of Pender St. E., and Clinton St., in aid of tbe Ontario Lumber Workers, Friday, October 8, 8:30 p.m. A real good program of boxing and singing. â. On Monday ijight, October 11th, .there will be a dance in the I.W.W. hall, in aid of the striking lumber workers in Port Arthur, Ontario. Union orchestra. Building Trades Continue to Grow -â i - Building Trades Secretary W. Page reports' locals affiliated with council steadily increasing in membership and an active campaign for new members still going on. â'â Local 452 Carpenters now have a membership of over 1,000 paid up live members. The initiation fee has been increased to $20, and the applicants must convince the committee that they are bona fide carpenters before they can be recommended to thi locaPfor acceptance. Local 452 are putting on a whist drive and dance on the last Thursday of each month in the Cotillion Hall to give their members a better chance to become better acquainted. At their nest special meeting the advisability of organizing a ladies auxiliary will be considered. Cement Finishers Organizing The organization of Cemert Fin- BUY UNION LABEL GOODS some measure of control over the conditions under which they work. Su*Ch an organization now ,i"n course of being. Already it has a strong nucleus and if you work on- the Vaneoover waterfront you can become a member by applying to p. r, Bengough, ' Secretary, Trades and Labor Council, Room 803, Holden Bldg. 89 accepted twenty into the local Wednesday and several other applications are being considered for their next meeting. Approximately -0 per cent of this eraft are now organized. The special initiation fee set by Local 89 has been extended until the first meeting in December. This* fee is $10 and is considered very reasonable and is very popular with the boys. Other building trade crafts are asked to demand the working card from cement finishers from now on to insure that union men are on the job. Building Laborers The Councii is now actively working on a scheme to organize the building laborers. It is quite possible that an arrangement will be made whereby Local602 Plasterer's Helpers will agree to extend their charter and take in these men. This is considered to be the best form of organization for this class of Worker, as it eliminates a duplication of charters from the same International; some thing the Council is trying to avoid. The matter of the working button for the Building Trades Council will be decided in a few weeks. It is proposed to commence using the button in the first week of January. Local 452 Carpenters are taking a vote at their special meeting to be held Oct. 11, and this is expected to definitely decide when change from card to button will be made. Local 280 Sheet Metal Workers have almost doubled their membership during this campaign and Business Agent Dan McPherson is still taking applications. At the rate he is working, his local will soon be 100 per cent organized and in good shape to improve their working conditions when blanket agreement with genera! contractors is entered into next May. Don't forget to demand the Build- ingTrades Working Card from other workers on the job arid keep in touch with your job steward. . II h . ri. Two THE LABOR STATESMAN October 8th, 1926 A i. i't For That Social, or Whist Drive, Order VAN BROTHERS'K CIDERS SWEET APPLE, LOGANBERRY, CHERRY, GRAPE, \nORANGE AND LEMON GINGER WINE, PUNCHES, ETC. Prompt Deliveries. â¢ TELEPHONE HIGHLAND 90 1955 COMMERCIAL COR. 4th AVENUE 1 VAN BROS., LTD. Thirsty? DRINK WHISTLE CROSS & CO., Mfrs. FAIRMONT 1173 Mined in B.C. â¢c&V f "It IS Better" 944 Beach Ave. Sey. 7137 Ask Tonr Shoe Sealer for WETPROOF New Process Waterproof Oil Keen your feet dry fn wet or snowy weather. Pleased to give a demonstration at any time. J. F. DOUTAZ W-olssala -sad Batail i87D keeper strbbt VANCOUVEB, B. C. XX unable to -ret at local -â¢_!â¢», send 35c for sample can. Agents WantedâRood Commission. ASK FOR RathbiwV v Loganberry Juice 5c A BOTTLE âBottled on the farm. âMade from the Pure Loganberry Juice. âHealthful, and thirst^ quenching. Corporation Ownership _.|'||'||i|i|''i||i|i||||i|i|||||||i|,||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||'!,||||i|||li|'i,i|i||i'i"'-: Still Concentrating j Employer's Union Rejects Wage Cut Manchester, N.H.âThe company "union" of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company refused to accept a wage reduction the management insists is necessary to secure business. The union is called the "workers' congress." The-250 delegates, representing 16,000 employees, voted to accept present rates, but adjourned without acting on the company's proposal. The management may re-organize its "union," that the wage cut can be legalized. This will make it possible to point' to the employes' "voluntary action." A strike of bona fi.le unionists in these mills was smashed several years ago, and the fake organization set up. Recently the .company dempted several hundred straw bosses who were active in breaking that strike. Approaching Big Wage Crisis in Germany After a period of relative tranqual- lity on the industrial battlefield, imposed by the economic Crisis, Gern-aji. JLlaJiiW-sitF^-ffi-tmrMf for higher wages, prepared, if need be, to enforce its demands with the strike weapon, writes the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily Herald. â¢ So far the movement is confined to the Kuhr district, where, following the miners, the metal workers' unions have notified the employers of the termination of the present wage agreement. No definite demands have as yet been formulated, but I understand that, like the miners, the metal workers contemplate an all-round increase of 10 per cent on the present average wage of 7 *_ d. per hour. In addition, the unions demand the general re-introduction of the eight- hour day. At present the ten-hour day is the rule, and even a twelve- hour day is no exception. Obdurate Magnates Like. the. mining companies, the iron magnates intimate that they will consider neither wage increases nor any reduction of the present hours. The reason given is that "the industry cannot bear it." Yet the Ruhr iron and steel industry is working to capacity, in consequence of which all iron and stuel shares have experienced an unprecedented boom during the last few weeks. The struggleâif, as seems probable, a struggle ensuesâwill be most bitterly fought. On the employers' side, it will be conducted by the newly-formed steel trust, employing 80 per cent of all metal workers in the Ruhr. For the Trust, the fight- will be a trial of strength, to be conducted with all the means at its disposal. - ' Much has been written in the last i â¢*â¢ few years about the "democratiza- j *r tion of industry" through the sale of corporation stocks to multitudes of small investors. Indeed, the statement is frequently made that the "real owners" of great corporations are the men and women who h'oTd a few shares of stock each. Lewis Corey, an eastern economist, has punctured that bubble by-_tudy- ing the income tax returns. He finds that not only are the big investors the real owners of our industrial and commercial plants, but that their share is increasing, while that of the small investor is diminishing. In 1921, he says, persons with incomes of $3,000 or less received 13.5 per cent of the dividends distributed by big corporations. In 1924, they received 7.7. per cent. <"I In 1921, persons with incomes of $2",000 or more got 46.8 per cent of the dividends; and in 1.924, they got 56.8 per cent. Mr. Corey sums it up thus: , Stockholders are multiplying,' but corporate ownership is not being democratized. In 1.24, 4.6 per cent of the stockholders owned 79.9 per cent of the stock (of the big corporations). The tendency of the share of the large investors (those with incomes ih excess of ?20,000) in corporate ownership is to increase. The class concentration of corporate ownership is not being broken, nor are there any indications of its being broken. Which seems to settle the matter. But the piffle about "democratization Of industry" will continue, in spite of the facts. WORK BOOTS MADE IN VANCOUVER BY HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR $roo 5 A Big Bargain Made By This Reputable Firm PER PAIR r WE BUY THE HIDES TAN THE LEATHER BUILD THE SHOES . . â¢ SELL DIRECT TO YOU ! PIERRE PARIS -51-# HASTINGS WEST Suits that last (onger, look better and wear better can be made to your measure and paid for on the three payment plan from 1. H. Sweder, 427 Seymour St. Action Is Sound As a result of the Federal general election, held on September 14th,,the plan of democratic organization for which the U. F. A. has stood since the -organized farmers of this Province decided to enter the field of political action, has won its greatest victory. , The tremendous vote recorded by the farmers of Alberta for their own representatives was a surprise, to both political parties. As in 1925, Alberta formed the chief point of resistance against those forces which seek a return to the party system. The efficiency of the - U. F. A. plan of action and the soundness of the principles upon wMSch the Alberta farmers' movement has been founded, were fully demonstrated, while the attempt to organize a third political party upon the plan of the old parties has proved to have been a mistake. Alberta will undoubtedly be the rallying point for the whole Dominion, in future efforts to substitute for party competition the principle of co-operation between" organized groups. r> The Gains in Wetaskiwin and Athabasca The U. F. A. gains were in Wetaskiwin, where William Irvine's election will bring added strength and debating ability to the U. F. A. group, and Athabasca, where C. W. Cross (whose election campaign last October brought the constituency urten- viable notoriety), was defeated by an overwhelming majority by D. F. KcllnerâThe U. F. A. rilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUJIIIIIIIIIIllll.Wlllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll- ^. .saiisisssissiisssisssssi^issssessisils ssn usi m -1 K Gas Leaks, Report Immediately -» T-jE sure that all appliances and valvesâincludir â¢*-" the pilot lights of your gas range, gas water heater and gas furnaceâare turned off tight. Then watch the small "twefoot" dial on yc-ur gas meter. The mechanism that operates this dial is extremely sensitive. â¢ If with all use of gas shut off, the needle on the dial moves, there is a leak and the gas should be immediately shut off_ar t4e_J~-£.^ "telephone. .Never start looking for a leak with a lighted match, candle or lamp. Is our gas service satisfactory ? If not, please let us know. i IRTISH ta-1-^ VANCOUVER GOOD ANSWER Why is it that truth will rise again when crushed to earth? Because of its elascity, of course, don't you know how easy it is to stretch the truth? THE MANDATE TO THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT The people of Alberta have given an unmistakable mandate to the Alberta Government to eliminate the old party system in the conduct of affairs in the Provincial Legislature. The Alberta Legislature might gain in efficiency if it were organized in somewhat similar fashion to a large county council, due allowance being made for certain differences in the functions of the two forms of legislative body. We believe that the people of Alberta desire the party system to be buried for all time. By getting rid_of_thej-igns and symbols and" practices which have always been associated with this system the new Legislature will be carrying out the people's mandate. The more thorough and complete the departure from old ftiethods in the new Legislature, the greater will be the satisfaction of the people of the Province.â The U. F. A. BRICKBATS TURNED INTO CONTRIBUTIONS London.âEssex is one of the beautiful "untouched" rural counties of England where labor has always had a hard time making headway. Secretary Cook of the miners and vice- chairman B. B. Walker of the Trades Union Congress recently invaded Essex towns making speeches. At Chelmsford ,they were met with brickbats. Both were hit and Walker lost a tooth. People at thc meeting were so indignant, however, that the collection for the miners was |325, and at the next group of small, towns, the news resulted in a collection of over $1000. Tory party speakers tried to run a rival meeting to spoil one of Margaret Bondfield's money-raising speeches. The effect was the opposite, endingp with the Tory meeting contributing to Miss Bondfield's hat. BUY UNION LABEL GOODS Noah's Bif Deal 'Smiths'on: Do, you know that Noah was the greatest financier that ever lived? Dibbs: How do you make that out? Smithson: Well he was able to float a company when the whole world was in liquidation. J DAINTY DATE BUTTER ''THE CREA-ftjOF THE DATE" THE UUnQUE SANDWICH SFBEAD, CAKE AND COOKIE nt-EB DAINTY DATES PLUMP. GOIipE.N* DATES IN FLY AND DUST-PKOOF PACKAGES Office and Factory:' 1685 Venables Street If Your Grocar Do.sn't Stock It, Call *-]«-. 4613 â A B.C. Prodnct / y _*_.-iC;j-,-'',. ...,-.â MM â J October 8th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory Tsacouvsr Trades and Leber Councilâ President, William Dunn; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Office. 803 Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings East.) Phone Sey. 7495. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays in month. Automobile Lodge 703, I. A. of M. â Meets every second and fourth Tues- S e-*y In Room 310 Holden Bldg. Pres. ) TJ". R. Walker; Sec M. F. Beavls, 122- I.AIbernl. Beverage Dispensers Union Bro, 676â I meets second Sunday at 2 p.m. and the last Sunday In month at 8:00 P.m.. at 441 Seymour St. President, W. H. Clancy: Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Boom 6, Flack Block; Phones. Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1666-R. Hours, 9 to 13 _,_>. Bollormalers and Helpers, tooal 194 â Meets flrst and third Mondays In the month at Holden Building. President, â¢ L. C. Campbell; Secretary, A. Fraser, °0'» Ross St. Phone. Fraser _i01T. *__*â¢ * 8tra**uxul Iron Worker*, local I »7, Int. Asso.âMeets every Monday, Room 804 Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President. James F..Burns: Secretary, 477-VCOOk' BÂ°X 30*-Ctty- Pht">e -*-"r. Bniltilnr' Trades Council. Vaaoomrerâ Meets second and fourth Tuesday ln Holden Building. President, Robt Stevenson: Spcretary-treas.. XV. Watt Bakers' Local «68, JonraoymoB, of _u â¢fleaâMeets first and third/Saturdays at 7'p.m. President, H. Hall; sea., T.. Rlgby. J7 Broadway West, Pi-fine Fair. 58S2R. â¢s-ts-jr --le-cm-n, XmcuI m â Meets) TOCond Thursday every month. Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings E. President E. Holmes: acting secretary, Blrt Show- ' i?r'.J.'-6 Rob»°n. office, 807 Holden Building. Barbers,' Journeyman International __- , ton of AmericaâLocal 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 H-stlns-s East. Pres., Fred. Dawe; Sec.-treas., c. E. Herrett. Office 814 Holdeh Bldg. Bookbinders Local no. 106, Int. Brotler- ???-,.7-?!c<''8 »Â«cond Tuesday In month !2' Holden Bldg. President F. Milne. -36 Drake St.; secretary, Thos. Car- . roll. 812 Hamilton St. Brewery Workers Union No. 300âmeets first and third Wednesday In month ln room .113. Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President. J. Ramsay, 4312 Perry Rd.: j-eoretary, H. F. Swa«, 2706 Pender ^_JIS£e^"' MÂ«0-s' and Wis Bottersr' ni_- Tr-lo- no. 1âMeets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg. President, fl. E. Halllday.: Secretary. W. S. Dagnall. 124 4 ftth Ave B pS/rfpf10"** Fa,r- 846 .R. XV. J. Pipes, Fln. .-. Secretary. sBsBsss-. AtmKpemefu""iSS ~'j_i_.e*-i, Amalgamaud Society of,âVancouver 1st Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President. G. Richardson; Secretary. John T. Bruce: Business Agent, J. McKlnley. Headquarters, room 35. 163 Hastings St. W. Oarpenters and Joiners. United Brotherhood of, local 453âPresident. A. McDonald; recording secretary, XV. Page; business, agent, Wm. Dunn. Office. Room 808 Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Men- days. 8 p.m. City Hall Employees' Association meets first Wednesday of each month at 251(4 Hastings E., at 8 p.m. President, D. Hargreaves: business agent and treasurer. W. J. Scribbins, 1208 Pender St E.; Secretary. J. Tarbuck. 2792 Pender East Cl-rto Employees' Union, Local 38 â Meets first snd third Fridays In the month at 251H Hastings E.. at 8 p.m. President J. MacRltchie. 516 8th Ave. E.; secretary-treasurer, (George Har- ' risen. 1182 Parker St. Dominion Express Employees, Local Ho. 16, Brotherhood ofâMeets flrat Friday and first Tuesday alternating each month In Room 810 Holden Building. President O. M. Payton. 4136 Sophia St.; Sea-Trees. H. C. Haines, 1619 Klngsway. IS Vtr-erw^t^^Vnt D1^' HFRS_jf5&5 Welt*"0"-0ttu* BngineersâT-teraattoaal Union Sleaei and Operetta* local *44-!-~,â " 7eV7 Thursday at . p.m. Rooni 806 Holden !__ft» ""â resident. E. McCallum; rec. ____. â¢s.Ho<-__-,:. fln- ****** ar"* business â¢**â¢*â "«. Roy Flnley. Office. Room 806 Holden Building. "â '"-.S^â¢-.!--*-^.-*"*1 Of****' *»*â -â ocal B82âMeet* every Wednesday at I p.rn. In room 80* Holden Bldr. President W. Hulbert: vlce-pres, A. Russell; business agent and flnanclal sec. W. J. Irwin; rec. aec W. *L ,. Alngef. Office. «06 Holden Bldg. *Fi-» *Pigh-»rs, He. IB, International Association ofâMeets every month at call of president, at 251H Hastings B. Preeldent. J. Anderson. No. 2 Fire Hall: flnanclal secretary, C. A. Watson No. 3 Fire Hall. Floorlayers' Union, No. 18«5. D.B. of C. * J. of A., meeta lst and 3rd . Thursdays In 110 Holden Bldg.. at I p.m. President. B c Woodward; Fln. Sec.. A. Reid; Rec Sec., W. D. Wilson, 1.61 Howe St. Hotel sal Beetanrsnt Bmployees Union, â¢.00*1 SSâ441 Seymour Street. Meets Second Wednesdays at I p.m. and last Wednesday at * p.m. Preeldent, a'. -""/lemon: business agent, Harry Woods Phone Seymour 1.6. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 207 â Meets .2nd and 4th Mondays In month, at Uoom 209 Holden Bldg. President, H. P. Fulljames, 2106 VannesS; Secretary, Bert Jenkins, 60 45th Ave. E. Machinist Local 883âPresident Thos Sills, 1362 Burrard St. Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office. 807 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets on second - and fourth Tuesdays In month. m, L Oil and Factory Workers' Union, Looal Ho. 1666 â Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays ln Room 813 Holden Bldg. President Allan Graham; Fln. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec. Sec. B. Holden, 1710 5th Ave. Wâ Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-B, Milk Wagon -.rivers and Dairy Employees. Looal ABAâMeets second , and four Hi Friday ln Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. Business agent Blrt Showier, 1115 Robson 8t "Holders Union Local 381âInternational of North AmericaâMeets first and third Fridays In month In room 313 Holden Bldg., at 8 p. m. President, John Maley, 1336 2nd Ave. E. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. Motion Pictures Projectionist's Union, Looal 348 of LA.T.SJ5. & M.P.M.O.â Meets at 891 Nelson St. on flrst Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m. President. J. R. Foster. 1161 Granville St.; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. "smololens Mntnal Vroteotlve Union Lo. oal 146, A. P. ot BVâMeets at the G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President Ernest C Miller, 991 Nelson Street; secretary/Edward Jamieson, 991 Nelson Street; flnanclal secretary, W. B. Williams, 991 Nelson Street; organizer, F. Fletcher, 991 Nelson Street Correspondence Painters, DocorntorB and Paper-angers Local 138âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at 319 Pender St. XV. Business.agent, Robt. Stevenson. Office, room 204 319 Pender St., W. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Book Bonders Local Ho. 340eâMeets every Friday night at 8 p.m. In 112 Hastings St. XV. James Thomson, secretary, P O. Box 320. Plasterers, Local 89âInternational As- â¢soclation of Operative, meets first Wednesday In month at Holden Bldg. President Chas. Real!. 1925 McKay Av. Secretary, Ed. Williams, 2346 5th Ave. W. Phone Bay. 5139R. Plasterer's Laborers' Ho. 803 International. Meets third Friday In month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips. 1674, 2nd Ave. W.; Rec. 8ec, F. Talt, 289 47th Ave. E.,' phone Fraser 596L. ' SS***-'*P*lt***' """" â 'lumbers and Steamflrters, Ho. 170, International Asso. ofâMeets every 2nd and' 4th Friday in the Holden Bldg. President, Bert Stlnchcombe, 1899 Ogden Ave.; secretary- and business agent, W. Watt, 805 Holden Bldg. Printing Pressmen Snd Assistants, Looal Ho, 69âMeets every-second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. In Room SIS Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President, Harry F. Longley. SOS 8th St., North Van.; secretary, Wm. Quisrley, 2083 2nd Ave. W., Box 894. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge Ho, SBâMeets first and third Friday In month at Cotillon Hal), Granville and Davie Streets. President, A. S. Rose, 6873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy, 2216 15th Ave. W. Street and Blsctrlo Hallway Bmployees, t-oneer Division Ho. 101âMeets K. P. Hall Eighth and Kingsway. lst and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith: recording secretary, F. E. Griffin; treasurer, H, W. Speed; flnanclal secretary and business agent Angus Maclnnes. 3644 Pr. Edward St Office: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2160L. Sheet Metal Workers, Amalgamated, Local Union Ho. 380âMeets second and fourth Thursday In month ln Holden Bldg. 16 Hastings St E. President, N. C. Smith, 1346 18th Ave. E.; business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Pherson, 807 Holden Bldg. Shingle Weavers, Local 17813âMeets second Tuesday ln month, ln Room No. _, Labor Temple, New Westminster, and 4th Sunday, 11 a. m., In Room 213 Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President, J. N. Chute, Phone High. 19S2Y; sec, XV. H. Mstthew, Joyce Rd. P. O. Phone Coll. 413R1. Tailors', Journeymen Union of Aiueiio-, Local Ho. 178âMeetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month in Labor Hall. President A. R. iGatenby; secretary, C. McDonald, P.O. Box 60S. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Looal 466â Meets every Snd and 4th Wednesday, 810 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay, 773 Bcatty St.; secretary-treasurer. A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. . T-e Vanoouver Theatrical -Federation- Meets at 991 Nelson Street at 11 a.m. on the Tuesday preceding the first Sunday of the month. President, J. R. Foster; Secretary. Leslie Clark: Business Agent, George Gerrard. 1*1 Nelson-St, Typographical Union, Ho, 336âPresident C. S. Campbell; vice-president R. Gouthro; Secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands. P.O. Box 66. Meets last Sunday of each month st I p.m., in Holden Building, If Hastings St. F. Take it easy, take it calmly, and one will â get along better. â Besides the lunatic asylums are overcrowded. Editor, Labor Statesman, City. Your correspondent "A Disgusted Donator to the Campaign Fund" is to be commended for his letter in your last issue even if for unstated reasons he decided that he would not sign his name to his letter. ' Personally I am feeling quite hopeful that in 'this donator there has at last come to light an individual with some ideas along the lines of 'constructive criticism, even if he has no practical ability to do things himself and thus demonstrate to us how things should be done however, I am one of many who are willing to sit at the feet of this donator to learn and to improve my efforts in the Labour Movement, or what would be more to my liking, make way for him in the area of election fights. "j Comrades Curry and Hurry have no doubt read this letter an-l""will, I am sure, if the*y» consider there are any p-ssibilities about donator, apply to him for information and advice. One cannot help wondering how it was that any individual, who presum-- ably, has a sufficient amount of ability to warrant his appearing in print as a critic of labour nominees, came to be wandering in the different constituencies when his abilities were so badly needed in any one of them to assist in a practical way where there was so much to do that had to be left undone,- owing to the lack of assistance. _ Comrade Pettipiece will no doubt ho glad to hear that his effort at the meeting referred to, helped Donator to "partially regain his enthusiasm" and Comrade Pritchard will duly regret his loss in not bein^ .the,recipient of your corre.*p^wie^t-'sp''iv_rt'-rffiiin<l ,Jl,-*J%W^'i-i*»-»-'-w"^^ his criticism. For .myself, Mr. Editor, I hope that Disgusted Donator will be good enoogh to be/a little more explicit. That I dampened his interest does not tell me very mtich. I dampened the interest of a number of voters in'one of my meetings in the northern end of the constituency, because I could not see my way to promise my assistance towards making religious instruction in schools compulsory. What was your correspondent's particular interest? I cartnot remembe^that at question time any member of the audience assisted me very much by suggestive questions at the particular meeting referred to. But perhaps the disgusted one 'is too bashful to even ask a question. What were some of the questions that I dealt with that were irrelevant? Meighen's and Gideon Robertson's actions in Winnipeg in 1919? The trick of, a paper currency in private hands? Old Age Pensions? Constitution of Canadian Labor Party? Tariffs? Representing workers as Sellers of Labour ONLY? The great graft and scandal of wage exploitation? Necessity of a properly constituted Civil Service? Balance of Power at Ottawa? Stable Government and the Workers? Australian Treaty and its effepf/upon the Working Class as a whole? - I find Mr. Editor, that in a political campaign speech, and especially so where there are two speakers, I have not' the ability to deal with all the matters that should be dealt with, including all the so-called political issues of the day, from our point of view and I must say that I am looking forward with unusual interest to a correspondence with your correspondent on this subject through the medium of your paper. Who knows but that we may be able to persuade the disgusted one to emerge from his obscurity and remove the bushel from [ ofl^his light. I join him heartily in Labor's Stand on Division of Profits "We hold that the best interests of wage earners as well as the whole social group are served by increasing production in quality as well as quantity, and by high wage standards which assure sustained purchasifig power to'the workers and, therefore, higher national standards for'the environment in-which they live and the means to enjoy cultural opportunities. "Social inequality, industrial instability and injustice, must increase unless the workers' jreai w.jges, the purchasing power of their wages, coupled with a continuing reduction in the number of hours making up the working day are progressed in proportion to man's increasing power of production."âLabor Ex. BAKERY DRIVERS' ATTENTION Owing to the fi-rore created by" a story headed "Bosom friends" published' in .last week's Statesman, the Editor has promised that all future items relative to the delivery end of tile bread business will be submitted to" the Acting Secretary of No. 371. before being published, in the meantime, there is no occasion for any of Stevenson's drivers to feel peeved as the .Jiest answer to any criticism is always to carry a PAID UP union card with you. Next meeting of the Local is Thursday Oct. 14th, at 8:00 p.m., a big meeting is expected. Any member not receiving the Labor Statesman, please IteaVe youi- name and address with the Secretary. appreciating that there is still a gleam of hope, that "Labor hss better material for candidates than I was in touch with," Undoubtedly the other candidates v>,ihag^^jij^hâ^ajh~...4+<^,_ ^-*"J-tT^"*!**!ne*gl(e?m will brighten into an illumination in the not too distant future. WALLIS- W. LEFEAUX. CandidateâCanadian Labor Party, North Vancouver Electoral District. Fhone Sey. 8534 H. HARVEY BOOT MANUFACTURER Loggers',-Miners', Cruisers' and Prospectors' Hand-Made Boots Our Specialty. Quick Repairs. OUX #6.00 WOBK BOOT BEST IN TOWN 58 CORDOVA ST., WEST Vancouver, B. C. - Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS aecond Thursday ln each month. President, S.' D, _fc- bonald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Dorry. Box 498. Prince Rupert, B.C. PATENT ATTORNEY ROWLAND BRITTAIN PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS oldest Established Patent Office In B. C. 445 ORANVI--E SEY. 140- Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY Have You Tried Our Fruit Loaf, 15 Cents? (, Tor Health, Strength sunt Beauty Eat Our Brown Bread Also Our White, Raisin and Nut Bread 3728 He.t,'nK. E. Phone: High. 1309 H. A. HILL GROCERIES, FRUJTS, CURED MEAT*., FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hatt nge E. Phone High. 1640 R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries (Men 370 4099 Hasrt-ngi at. M. SYNOPSIS OF UNDjICTMMEN]. PRE-EMPTIONS S. B0WELL & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 88 6th St., New Westminster _â¢ Phone 903 T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Directors and Embalmere New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway' W. Phone Fair. 3 Vacant, unreserved. surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, ana by aliens ...i _.-â _-_inv-,i\u00C2«. Intention to become BfTtlSfi-- â¢rabjecta, j^rM^ !S-4<__pl-J-|-^p---«--5!>->-Sni*-?f^ and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Full Information concernins- regulations regarding pre-emptions la given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Serlea, "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department' of Lands, Victoria, B.C.. or to any Government Agent Records'wlll be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which Is not timber- land, i.e., carrying over 8,000 boar- feet per acre west of the Coast Rang* and 6,000 feet per acre east of that Range. > Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Hand Recording Division, in which the land applied for Is situated, and are made on printed forme, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of MO per acre, including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed Information see the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land." PURCHASE Applications are received for pur- ehftKo of vacant and unreserve- Crown lands,, not being tlmberland. for agricultural purposes; minimum rrlce for first-class (arable) land le 6 per acre, and second-class (grazing) land f2.50 per aore. Further Information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands Is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory, or industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, the con- dltlona Including payment of etumpage. HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesltes, conditional upon a dwelling being erected in (he first year, title being obtainable after residence* and improvement conditions ere fulfilled and land has been surveyed. LEA8E8 For grazing and Industrial purposes areas not exceeding (40 acres may be leased by one person or a company. m GRAZING Under the Crazing Act the Prpv- lnoe Is divided Into grazing districts and tbe range administered under a (.raising Commissioner. Annual grazing permits or* Issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock-owners may form associations for range > management. Free, or portly free, permits are available for settlers. compere end travellers, up to ten "head. s ; :â â â¢ Published evervwTZ and Labor Council. Cba.rmanfTS^0^7TTEEi: **?*<rell, street RâM*- P""-"'ers; W. H Hotel inn Z, ""'""i H Woodn McCurr-X gp^^^?^ "â¢ W. Wat,., Man. Editor. aUb"TrivPtor^â¢ »Â«-â¢ Per 8U...'.nd *&*â «Â« months UnlSd -o unions subsorfh^iW* »** *'--»'â¢ PÂ«r memb.*rUp:i:rmo_*tl-n ' *wI-'' -«Â« and when he has brewed an' idea and he doesn't do so every dayâhe stays with it, through thick and thin like ii bull pup at a root, and Point. Grey woke up one morning to find that the cemetery deal had been completed. From this point on, the light has taken tn the usual Pattullo-Vancou- ver form; delegations have made substantial contributions to the C.P.R. for fares to-Victoria; Woodward has made his regular semi-annual noise like a Liberal that is going to vote against the Government; Pattullo has told the malcontents that they are talking through their hat; the premier has written his usual letter to the press, and the leading evening paper has wisely weighed the evidence for both sides, favors both a'little, but none the most, but not being sure . which way thc cat is going to jump POINT GREY AND ITS CEMETERY it has reached the opinion that Van- â¢ A great deal of publicitv ;« _-â â¢_- <*u*"-r ' ' ' ' ' 1 IN THE - TONSORIAL CHAIR - SPUD October 8th, 1926 * A great deal of publicity is being given -to â the__Yalbal!a Cemetery scheme, and while we don't know much about the subject, (and care less) like the editors of our local dailies we feel that this should not prevent us offering extensive observations and opinions on the subject. The majority of the citizens of the Municip'ality of £oint Grey live- on land'bought from the Government on tho .'_=*-i * .... p'lppip.pii! uia! Vancouver should be represented in the Cabinet. In the course of the dispute it has developed that about the time that the cemtery speculators got busy the Point Grey people were trying to get together sufficient nerve to ask the Government to donate the land to [ the muncipality for a golf course. Of course it is quite clear that it would be must less inconvenient to have a street butt into the boundaries of a Good afternoon, ma'am pie bob?' Very good. This chair, please. Yes the weather docs make one feel sleepy and drowsy. Leaves a kind of an anti-Kruschen feeling doesn't it? Excuse me just a moment here comes my wife. . . Gee whiz, how often have I told you not to bother me during business hours. What's the matter anyhow? Had a row with I th_ 1.-1./. -' EditorkLabor Statesman. A letter appeared in the Statesman of last iS-sue, written by a person signing himself "Distrusted Do- Pineap- nator." Stating his opinions on the attitude and matter put forward! from the platform by the Labor candidates in the recent Federal elections. Now, as one of the workers active in South Vancouver and consequently partly responsible for the [-nomination of Alfred Hurry, I feci like voicing my objection to the brusque and caustic personal com Bring Us Your Electrical and Radio Repairs THAT IS OUR BUSINESS Our Service Prompt and Courteous. Our Charges Kea-on-ble. Our Men Practical. CITY ELECTRIC CO. rant. 4865 main a? st_ Mt. Pleasant Badio Shop. caustic personal com- . _.__ a row WItn I ... the bakery salesman, eh? Well, that's I â¢* * "ted by ^disgusted and all right, irive Hi- hi--.- * , ., p > p p i, ,. pppnton stree- butt into the boundaries of a the instalment plan, and mortgaged ZoH course than into a cemetery their equity in the lot and borrowed fence- and the "cussing" at having to money from the Government-to buiH S° around would be more appropri- -^ â ate. Mr. Pattullo is quite willing that the Point Grey people shall repu ,._.., .... neu, mats all right, give the bread to the chickens. Oh, you asked him /or his union card and he could not produce it, and he got mad with you when you told him not to come back again. Well what about it although the Spirella was in, you should have told him off. What did he say anyway? Told you to look at the clothes of some of the business agents of the various unions wear. Asked you to look for ajabel inside their caps, did he? And intimated that he had seen a business "disguised" one. Criticism _f our methods of carrying on a campaign i.s right and proper,'but, let that criticism be carried_c-n within thc party itself, rather than in the public press. This method does more to destroy that unity so desired and necessary to all sections of the working class movement. The number of active workers is always too small for our requirements, and consideration and appreciation is surely coming to those who are made the pack horses for A. H1LKER & SON _ Anything in Dry Goods and Fancjj Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory: or Money Refunded. MS Main Street, Halfway Between 'i Broad way and 8th Avenue. -_- i m â_ .... ...ipj oorrowed money from the Government-to build the house. Nearly all possess a two thousand dollar carâpartly paid for - *â¢~*" ""'-"' repur* âand owe a large bill at the Hud- chase the land for a golf course, but son's Bay store. tne ?emetery people will want some- It is these Point Grey people who .thin£ that J-n^les more fike a hund- are responsible foi- the strange phen- red thousand dollars lump sum than omenon that while a Ford owner can one dolIar Per -"-ar for ninety-nine work his jaw for gas or repairs any- "'ears' The whole matter appears to where ft.- _-â¢ " " --- _.», â~ naa seen a business who are made the â<â ,.- â , agent coming out of a non-union res- the "Labor movement'' «"? Jâ¢ **£ that very day. You are fed times, ^E^ , __.,,. iuu a up with thc whole business eh? Pardon me, lady, for keeping you waiting. You are interested in this? That is good. I guess I can work and talk «â¢ ;â,â;: rr;; attend the meetings of Dr. Curry th^r^ritchatd'butidokn<'w ttat Alfred Hurry's speechesin Vaâ at the same time. ta"57*|^«CÂ»*** th.. . 1 "? J e Lab°r mo''*»ncnt|as put forward by the C L P_âM ... - ..pairs anywhere, the owner of the higher-priced oar couldn't get a spark plug on time at any established garage on the Burrard Peninsula. The majority of the citizens belong to the parasitic group âthat is '>""â¢ 'â â â than I am in my own home. I know that you women folks feel kind of lonely when we go out at nights, but you must remember this. Had it not been for the Trades Unionists of yore we would in all .probability have _ _.. sj. ST. 0I( age pensions, unemployment insurance; etc. True, his method of delivery may have been too rapid for a slower working brain and so dis pleased . our irate writer.- But I have yet to see or hear of p en..-*- â <,mâc. appears tc be hung up at this point just now, while Point Grey is getting up its wind for a fresh attack. , As to the moral quality of the s _â tâe parasitic group whoIe contention, we would like to -that is, they live by poking an oar â ?**$ Rthat «"- P'ebian ;rnunicipali- tf ^^ ^ ^ - â -"' J ^-^-^ in between producer and consumer- tie. of Burnaby and South Vancou- ^ ^ -â¢ ^ -^ â â â â ^ -^â ^TTfa^nrt m,~ himself, and to the detriment of both. Their.^rj« foj^na^.jfi^^B^707fwether, whereasliTy fAN get .*»Â«-«*- S ' .â-_- topography of the Burrard Peninsula â¢â¢ " - , .: . permits no option as its sanitary arrangements. ' M. When Ton Compare Onr Valuos Well Bore SAVE YOU MONEY Men's five eyelet -pitta peroha Kubber Boots __ SS3.35 Children's Knee Onxa Boots, 6 to 10*4, »1.7S and tl.95 A full stock ot -tnbbers for Hen, Women and Children. Penman's No. 71 Boy's Combin- atlon Underwear s)1.35 Carpenters' Whits Duck Overalls a... j Carl Don Brand Cottonade Pants S1.85 Ken's Bins 8er-rs Pants, five pockets, belt loops, cuff bot- toms ^8.95 Just InâKen's Pelt Rats, fawn and grey BA.15 Military Grey Work Shirts ..... 85c Arthur Frith & Co. Men's and Boys' Furnishing.., Telephone Fairmont I-- 2312 MAIN STREET Between 7th and 8th Avenues Union Sheet Metal Works _ -.-.mi.-!-, oi Doth. Theit |»Â»^ps^fiY-_*-'-*'r_^^ part ly under and Dertly over-dressedâ and divide-.hei-r time between scrapping for social precedence and robbing each other at "bridge," and prefer to maul a pup than to hug a baby. In fact Point Grey is the principal coast market for Pekinese, and other blear-eyed degenerate breed of dogs. The average Point Grey family consists of one mar*, one woman, one chinaman and one pup. Just why the Government should lend money to build a home for these people is one of the mysteries of British Columbia statecraft. But anyway, as the foregoing would unmistakably indicate, Point Grey is a decidedly aristocratic municipality. The Hon. John Oliver cabinet has one minister who is just about as well satisfied with himself as it is given to mortals to be.. There is a suspicion* that one of the problems that worries Mr. Pattullo is how did Nature succeed in including all his mental and physical excellence under one hinV T- -â ' ' -ââ â-F'-uuuiiuy nave But I havP »,. , been still working 14 hours per day the speecZ it T " ^ °f for the boss and six days a weeks too sIvIpT 6 deP°rtrnent or The_ married women of'eo year" 1 l^^T' °F the â¢a"« of his u»j_ .. â.â « k- too The married women of 60 years ago, used to have to work in the mills and The Junior Labor League held their regular bi-weeitly meeting in the Fraser Hall on Friday, Oct. lst, with a marked increase in attendance from our previous meetings for this fall The business of the meeting compromised its annual "election of officers and reports from the committees. There was quite an enthusiastic competition for the more important positipns. The results were as follows:â President, Comrade J. Sutherland; 1st Vice, A. Cottrell; 2nd Vice, B Welton; Secretary, D. Cook; Treasurer, C. Herron. Convenorsof Committees: Social, J. ^Ferguson; Sports, J. Ranipafl**' Kiri-pâ together, __._ ,..,_y j.js.iv get three-squares a day now if their husbands can find work at all. You see because the Trades Unionists of today give some of their leisure time to THEIR OWN business the kiddies of tomorrow will have as much more speech jvh, of the" wort â ..â*_ ipp.n at -i.V «â - "<ucn more tend our next regular meeting i>i spare time to themselves, because we order to get acquainted with such have more time than the Trades Un- Hkplv â._».ââ¢-' .. .. y.£_.uii; -.ports, J - â..,_.-_. excellence under one Ramsay; Educational, D. Charlton hide. In his wisdom and aided and Sick, Z. Sutherland, G. Danby; Pian abetted, by certain gentlemen who j-t, L- Williams^, carried an eighty-four thousand dollar "poke," Mr. Pattullo decided to establish a cemetery in- Point" Grey; Now whll- '_» »-'-* .......__, ..cause we have more time than the Trades Unionists of 60 years ago. Yes, I agree that Trades Unionists should make their first consideration, the establishment of a living wage, whether'the worker can find work or not, the work from that base to increase the percentage of value they receive for their labour. But that's the trouble. It's because there are so many men who simply join- a union to boost their own wages or that of their craft that the unorganized worker becomes a menace to them, and who can blame the poor paid worker for looking askance at the $10 a day stiff and wondering just where the difference comes in. My wife has been talking of organizing a married woman's union who will pledge themselves to demand a square deal from their trade union husbands; will demand the pro .... -nmsei.. He, â vidently, having all the necessary qualities but oneâcourage! -Why not publish the name of the writer, Mr. Editor? So that. we.may know him by that if nothing else. We in South Vancouver wouTO like to have him at tend our next regular meeting ordpr tf. --** sJTerminarSheet Metal Hotel and Restaurant .Equipment 1043 Pender St. W. Plione Sey. 3496 ,-.J. R TACEY & SQN, |-Hs*-WH 'Wis. WWfkMouxSfim Ke-T J 550 6th Ave. W. Plione Bey. 4656 Central Sheet Metal Estimate,, Il,palr,i Batlst«tton. 560 Ca-nw. at. »âââ. B._. no ...,,.,.pp.pp-pi witn sue! likely material, so scarce has it he come these times. And then per' chance, who knows, some one may knock the chip off his shoulder. Yours for fair play, H. W. SPEED, 4560 James St., ' Sec, S, Van. I. L. P. I Now while the Point Grey people die just about as often as the citizens of any other communityâof course each individual dies only onceâthese people decided that there was something plebian about getting buried ajnd concluding that a cemetery would adversely influence the price of real estateâthey quite naturally preferred that Mia p»m_t« Comrade Jack Ferguson on report- d,^ huS,bands; wi" dema«d the pro- tog from the Social Committee Z.L. TA' ^ Union card^»'« that our dances so far have proved L"'!' V^ ^ »"* SCe to very successful, both from a financial hââ f ". WÂ°Men haVe re'*ul--r and a social standpoint. These da»Â«* Lh ° T* She a'80 hinted «â * hy the way, are held evei £.1 !he wouM-»â¢«Â«* that failing the en- Saturday, in the Elks ST-IK rfW?_ °f ^ h°Urs °f W"^J ""â¢""â * â â â¢- ' Sth *I*--'«Â»M, that tobacco money be cut .-T-+U...:*.!_ ' _. i i r _^__âjg- vairee Sealed tend-?rs marked "Tenders for* Valves" will be received by the under- signed uj> until Tuesday, November 2nd, 1826, at 2:00 p.m.. for supplying: Hub Snd Va1v«b 75 hub end valves for 6-Inch cast Iron pipe. HQ hub end valves for 8-inch cast Iron I pipe. 25 hub end valves for 12-Inch cast Iron pipe. Flanged Valve* 50 flanged gate valves for i inch cast -* Iron pipe, 50 flanged gate valves for 6 inch cast iron pipe. 25 flanged gate valves.for 8-Inch cast Iron ulpe. 12 flnngetPgate valves for 12-inch cast Iron pipe. Specifications and form of tender may be obtained at the City Kngineer's Office, City Hall. Vancouver, B. C. on payment of Ten Dollars ($10.00) which will be refunded on return of the specifications In good condition. GOOD HOME CHEAP Beautiful Bungalow Home, centred on lot 99 ft. by 120 ft. .Four rooms', hot water radiator heated, open fire- â t â,__"â ;: *-*c ,- . â . . .. . .-miiuw on return of the specifications place.* AH in first class condition, in good condition. Several fruit trees and berry bushes. .ââ¢* «%>"ft* %&$£S5Sx?tr% Two lawns, with lattice work back, amount ecjual to five p«r cent. (6%) ot _, . , , , _.. , . the total bid submitted must accompany Chicken houses and runs. Block and each tender. half from car line. Close to "public uumy&elto^ *"* le"der "0t '"Kel' and high schools and municipal hall. JAMES STEWART -_â.â _.-. .... ,. â City Purchasinfr Agen,. Snap, -"3250. fBOO will handle. En- City. Hall, quire Ubor Statesman. Sey. 6279. r^^g^eT*- J * . _,.âa nail,. -»tn & Fraser Aves; the next one will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9th, and I am instructed to accord to all who are interested in this movement a cordial . , ..-.----â i-' preierred invitation to these dances with the that the cemetery should be located utmost assurance that a most enjoy- going to speak to your old man about in Burnaby or South Vanconver. able evening will be the result of it? Well, go easy, because that's a Filled with their own importance and their acceptance. Music rendered by sore point with some men. You can believing that Mr. Pattullo was a sort Edna Haywood's Orchestra. talk it over with Mrs. Tamson, but of Provincial hired man. tho Pni_* rf..*t â¢_â â tarry Webster, .. . H.,u..u was a sort of Provincial hired man, the Point GÂ»ey people registered their objection to the come*tery and thought that that The Plumbers' Union"is. holding .a ended it. Mr. Pattullo however, feels whist drive and (Hallowe'en) dance very much more like a pope of the in the O'Brien Hall, on Friday, Oct fourteenth century, than a hired man 29th. Everybody invited. â__~v_ money oe . cut down forthwith and a decent box of chocolate. â¢ purchased instead. . Of course like all trades unionists, I take that as a joke, but mind you I don't think it would do any harm. You are going to speak to your old man about it? Well, go easy, because that's a ...... xauison, nut don't be putting any fool notions in her hi'.'i.l, because if she ever gets class conscious and spreads-her propaganda, my name will be mud with the married men who come around here. Next, please. Saturna Goal A Hard Coal What Every Householder Hat Been Waiting for A Smokeless, Soot less, Free-burning Coal No ClinkersâNo Shale Not a new name for an old coal, but an entirely new .Coal never offered in Vancouver before. ONLY S PER CENT ASHâAnd It Coat. No More Andrews Coal Company. Limited Cite: Offices: 316 Credit Foncier Bldg. - PHONE t -5/. SEYMOUR ±0) October 8th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five Union Barber Shops â "<"> 461 Granville St. ,âââ _ â__, ....... â W. Brennan 461 Oranvllle St C-pllol Uarl,.'r,Sl.op 818 (Jranvllle U Arnold ni4~ Oranville St. C. R. Hul.ndor/ 244 Hastings! ,St. E. Clian. Purn-11, Tuublon Barber Shop, 71 Hastlng-s St. E. Chryntal liarber Shot) 47 Hastings XV. Elmor Da Motta 2568 Heather St. Jas. I. Smith, Royal Theatre Barber Shop, Hastings St. E. C. l>. Morgan, Standard Bank Building, Hastings St. Alfred Llndahl, Balmoral Hotel Barber Shop, 159 Hastings St. E. Andy Harris:â 30a Main St. Rocco Cervo.. 714 Main St. Gc W. Gats I837 Main St. Joseph Scrod....'., 335 Main St. Morrlii ft Moncrloff, S.C.E.R. Depot, Carrall aad Hastings. Conrad Magnoison 2341 Main St. Poter Glllett and Angus Ross, 2406 Main J. B. Hughes, Lotus Hotel....Abbott St. P. J. Kalley :140 Broadway E. Jas. Paton ; 271 Broadway E. V. Peterson.. __ 341 Camble St. r>. Robertson 300 Camble St. A. .E. Gilbert, Ouster Bay Barber Shop, 306 Carrall St. John Martin ............214 Carrall St. Rainier Barber Shop .".309 Carrall St. Thos. Pederlcl 1834 Commercial E. E. Sweet 1626 Commercial Geo. Uren 1818 Commercial Thos. Hi.bios, Horseshoe Barber Shop, 32,7 Columbia Ave. â -' Wm. Korlle 320 Columbia Ave. Jas. Scott 260 Klngsway Geo. XV. .Cliff 1 1881 Powell St. N. W. Moore, Manitoba Hotel. 50 Cordova St. XV. .,G. B. Smith, Vancouver Barber Shop, 9 Cordova St. E. Geo. ClarlJ 49 Cordova St. David Wllllngton, Jr.._ 444 Pender St. Artileur Barber Shop 901 Pcndor W. John A, McLeod, Paclllc Stage Building, 6-Pt)unsniuir St. W. R. Burn". i 567 George St. W. Evans Bros 809 Bobson St. C. G. Bernoy 850 Robson S.t. Manhattan Barber Shop..1089 Robson St. B. F. Denniaon 611 Smythe St. James Steven 713 Smythe St. Offa A. Haines 425 Seymour St. H. H. Blakcr 830 Howe St. . Louis Mallen 1508 4th Ave, W. John S. Poff 2138 4th Ave,, W XV. A. Parkin 1620 Yew St. Thoa. Henderson 2139 Tew St, J. W. Green 622 Broadway W. Adelore E. Gwane 2207 Camble St, Don Penneway, 59 Commercial St, Nanaimo, B. C. . L. Perry, The Crescent. Nanaimo, B.C. D. P. Johnson, 2 Church St., Nanaimo, B. C. W. H. Bate .45 Victoria Crescent P. T.. Brennan. 11. Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. Dan. Dally, 142 Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. Roi Barnes Powell River, B. C. Chas. Spooher Cumberland, 8. C. Ed. Lowe, Ladysmlth, B. C. H. Crlchton, 1107 Lonsdale Ave., *V. Van. P. Underwood, 62 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. Stanley Dunn, Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. J. T. Riley..... Port Clements, B. C. A Reply to the Disgusted Donator to Campaign Fund Classified Adverts. COIirECTIONEBY Davenport Con-eot-onery. 1743 Cem-isr- clal Drive. DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Bntledge, 108 Hastings W. ELECTRIC THERAPY Healtliwyn Clinic, 901 Dominion Bank FLOOR COVERING Mount Pleasant Floor Cove-lug Store 2-18 Broadway East. HARDWARE Manitoba Hardware 1714 Commercial HEMSTITCH!-"-} Broadway Hemstltchem, 248 Broadway East. Phone Fair.' Sill. - NOTARIES P. B. Beiu-on'rh. B03 Holdall Bldg PRINTERS -.abor Statesman -603 -Coldex. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. E. Heard, ! 959 Bobson SHOE REPAIRS Service. Shoe Shop 2440 Main St Bast. B. Sopp, 3887 Main St. Toronto Shoe Repairer 2228 Granville UNDERTAKERS â¢ â Armstrong- It Hotson, .304 Dunlovy Ave. WATCH REPAIRSâEXPERT E. L. Hammergrea 873 Klngsway 7/ rVAlVCl â '-â ^*trur*'e^â¢*<^"&**^i*fm'~Vt' Home brews are dangerous Dr. Frank McCoy Eminent physician and authority on diet, says, in his bookâ "The Fast Way to Health" ". . , HOME BREW BEERS produce a form of disease, which, when developed, seems almost imposs- * ible to cure. I have personally known of many cases of death which can be traced to this cause; where autopsy has shown that the liver has stopped functioning without any organic disease . . ." BREWING is an exa_t science. Home made beers, made without the knowledge of the safeguards necessary to proper brewing and without ageing to insure cotnplete fermentation, are dangerous. Drink pure beer that is scientifically brewed in a brewery, and preserve your health. Amalgamated Breweries, of British Columbia, in which are os-od- . ated the Vancouver Breweries Ltd., Rainier Brewing Company ol Canada, Ltd., Westminster Brewery, Ltd., silver, Sprinc Brewery, Ltd., and Victoria PhoenJs Brewing <:..., U.I. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. By W. J. Curry. We cannot wonder that the writer of this criticism was ashamed to sign his name to such an exhibition of misstatements and stupidity. This gentleman says he,went to hear the campaign speeches of Curry, Lefeaux and Hurry. They were all bad enough, but Hurry's was "bunk,*' as his theme was historical only. Evidently this was his first taste of working class politics, and he possessed an acquired taste for the mutual mud-slinging and liberal promises with which sovereign citizens of his class are caught by the political aspirants of plutocracy. This donator did not hear Pritchard, had he.done so he would have found Billy tarred with the same stick as the others, so there is no "gleam of hope" for Labor in politics, as far as he is concerned, but Curry capped the climax as a failure, he knew he couldn't be elected, did net care for Ottawa, and couldn't overthrow the system had he gone there. "His idea was for blasting the hopes of those who looked favorably upon Labor's entry into politics." Fortunately, the fate of humanity does not depend upon politicians and the whims of voters, controlled by glaring bill-boards and a lying press.. The great labor slump is nothing new; twenty years ago, E. T. Kingsley polled nearly 3000 votes in this city. About the same time a million votes were cast for Eugene Debs, who according to Upton Sinclair's estimate in his "Industrial Republic," would in 1916, have been President of the Socialist Republic of the U.S.A. Today Labor in politics is unheard of in the U.S.A., and in this land of liberty, we read thc book entitled "Hell in New Jersey" which describes the Iron Heel of the Capitalist state as it stamps out the lives and liberties of textile workers of that country. Even if Canada and elsewhere were swept by a hail of working class votes this cou'd not alone'improve condi- ti6nâ'*bf, abolish exploitation, for.the ballot box_i8ssU,aiUjtt<k|to--g^j^S*s^iiS . ifiiiijttiAiiTi*r*i*iin^s^in^^r^^rffrTF'?ir*i Iâ â¢"-â¢Wi* ments throug*h the control of which the "fulirig class of today as in the past hold their power to rule, and rob the producers of wealth. In spite of reformers within and without the labor movement, we know that the evolution of labor-saving' machinery makes employment, suffering, and revolt ever greater, and every labor candidate knows'this even vf, he thinks that other declarations are -nore conducive to the securing of votes. He knows that capitalism is but a passing and troubled phase of social evolution, and that "production for use must ere long replace the profit system if this civilization is to escape the fate of others which have passed-away. No one wants blood-shed, iVe have had too much already, and only understanding and organization can save us from this, while fools and fakers ignore facts and insist on screwing down the safety valve of free discussion regarding these great problems of life. They in fact are the instigators of bloody revolt through blind impulse as they have ever been. Among other indictments flung at the candidate for Burrard by the 'Disgusted Donator' is that I did not expect the great social change to result from political action. This is entirely a mis-statement of what I said. This political critic should know that the franchise is a very modern grant to the.masses and in Canada.a very' safe one fojf corporation interests. When it becomes a danger as it was in Italy before the coming of Messiah Mussolini and in other states of Europe, it is replaced by an open dictatorship during which parliamentary procedure is suspended. Today we see the hand of dictatorship even in out1 Anglo-Saxon states, and yet political action is.the sure and certain means by which the workers will in Canada and elsewhere change our economic system. If our, friend .knew anything of the historical "bunk" given by Mr. Hurry, he* would know that political action does not depend on elections or ballot boxes and that to use a scientific definition a "political revolution takes place when a hitherto subject' class seizes political power and be-.| comes a ruling class." The French revolution and those led by Oliver Cromwell and George Washington 1 were political revolutions, but they were accomplished by force of arms, and not by elections and votes. We heard from Premier Baldwin and other statesmen how the great British strike was a "challenge to the Imperial government," and so it wqs, for in this class struggle this government in spite of its pretence proved to be the executive of the capitalist class,'and had-not yellow leaders and class collaborators in control of the strike surrendered rather than meet this issue, the four million workers whose cry was "no surrender" would have won their demands, "No reduction of wages, nor increase of hours." The Disgusted Donator also says I talk glibly about Soviet Russia, which I know little about." Our friend has evidently got his ideas on this subject from the daily press, the pliant tool of the class enemy of the workers in Russia and in B. C. In that country the exploiters were foolish enough to give their slaves the lash, the dungeon,' the Bloody Sunday instead of democracy, and these were factors in the abrupt ending1 of their purpled and parasitic existence. If the Donator would care to know the facts regarding this "greatest event in human history," the capture and holding of political power by the workers by mass action, I would be pleased to loan him John Reed's "Ten days which shook the World," and the "Report of the Trade Union Delegation to Russia in 1924." George Lans.ury the British editor, and M.P., recently returning, tells the story of success and progress in the Workers' Republics embracing one sixth of the land's surface ofthe globe, and one-tenth of its population. .Professor Scott Nearing will be in the city in a few (fays and -will tell what he saw there, and I would gladly donate tickets to our disgusted friend if he will attend these lectures. Nearing is an expert in shedding light in dark places and I would like to give our political critic a chance. From an educational and organizational point of view, Labor parties and parliamentary action - Economic pressure will in time force the great mass of mankind to move, .ind a scientific outlook and discipline within the ranks of labor can alone supply a leadership capable of directing this force to victory. If we want a reform party, something to patch capitalism, we can find it with the liberals, Labor must go deeper or there is no excuse and no reason for a Labor party. The mission of the old parties is to perpetuate capitalism through the smokescreen of democracy. The mission of the international labor is to abolish it. Deceit has failed, let us be honest. Instead of repudiating revolution, let us explain its meaning, "a change of social system, management and ownership by the workers." As the capitalist class hate and fear Communism as the great menace to their power and rights, we on the other side of the class struffgle should favor it and frankly explain its meaning. It is the driving force in Soviet Russia, it is alive because it moves to meet new conditions to light the everyday struggle as well as to hold aloft the beacon light of human emancipation. Why shun the news that for nine long years a stable government and industrial democracy have ekisted in the Soviet Republics? Sincsf slavery began the prophets and lovers of man have been dreaming and praying for an age without masters or 'slaves, a world of nueaj-knd brotherhood, and out of theTnHemis night of despotism, of war, and famine and death, arose this great star in the East, a dawn of a new social order. Because our class enemy tried like Herod of old to destroy this young Saviour of mankind and also failed, we of the Labor movement should study and under- HOTEL BUTLER l-'ully Modern 110 Water Street Elevator Service V.incouver, B.C. Lawrence W. Smith .- ,v Regristered OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN 49 Hasting-a St., Wost, Since 1907 phone Sey. 6860 Vancouver, B. O. Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BA-lKISTrR, SOLICITORS, STO. 401-108 Metropolitan Snlldlng- 837 Hnstinjis W., Vancouver, B.C. Xelephonea: Seymour 6666 and 6687 Lumber Workers Appeal for Aid An appeal from the I.W.W. for donations to the striking lumber workers of Ontario, came before the Trades Council on Tuesday evening. 2000 lumber workers are on strike. Sixty camps are involved and forty camps are completely tied up, said iha communication. The demands are for $60 a month and the eight houi day and an increased scale for piece work. When the strike is over, however, the. communication said-, the unions involved, will work for the elimination of the piece work system. A motion was made to refer the matter to the executive with power to act. This was amended to donate f50 and a further amendment was made to file .the communication. In making and speaking on the amend*re_J Del. Welsh stated that as the two 1 ions involved were not International Unions and had opposed the International he did not think that the council should make any. doaati_ni.-'»in moving the amendment to donate ?50 11 jJMgJsffipissBwiiis->tniui) iji ;MiiYd"*-j-_-!t' it'am *-j-r^''^f-S--r" what organization these men- belonged to, they were fighting thc boss and it was up to the council to give them financial support. Del. Thompson stated that he was not in favor of sending money back cast when he knew that many workers and t'r.eir familjes in Vancouver were hungry. If anybody needs help let us look after those in our midst first, he said. The two amendments were lost and the motion carried. Ull- You can often judge a man's character by what he thinks laughable. stand this great change from chains to freedom, from war to peace. During the last few months, the workers of Russia have collected and sent the struggling" miners of Britain over four million dollars as a proof of their solidarity with the world Labor movement. If thc workers of this country did half as well, the miners of Britain, would not today be compelled to go back to their chains after their valiant struggle against the might of British Imperialism. But failure is the result of trying under impossible conditions, and failure and success have marked the onward march of pur race upward for a million years, individual waves may.Jlall back but the great tide of economic development, the great struggle for a fuller life in the ihain surges ever upward, we of this continent will some day be forced to conquer thc powers of servitude, and enter the new social order in which human life and human happiness will be of first importance. Another Scoop! The Sample. Shoe Store buys thc shoe stock of the Gaffney Departmental Store of Vancouver Island. Now ' on Sale, Hundreds of Pairs at HALF PRICE AND LESS THE SAMPLE SHOE STORE "Cut Bate Shoes" 37 HASTINGS STREET WEST (Opposite Pantages) Six THE LABOR STATESMAN October 8th, 1926 Phone Sey. 2492 EMPRESQ THEATRE J Phone Sey. 5188 LAST TIME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY c_ ITS A BOY JS Commencing Monday, October 11th -The Monte Carter Players PRESENTS "WHITE CARGO" That Sensational English Drama PRICES 25c, 55c, 85c Bargain Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday, 25c and 50c' Children Ball Price At Matinees NO RAISE IN PRICES EMPRESS THEATREâ100 FEB CENT UNION K7 PANTAGES CONTINUOUS POLICY- NOON-'TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND FEATURE PICTURES BRIGHTEST -2- THEATRES m, iw-pf-.---.-.''.'1 -' 'P .I...I--P ,. -n-.-n ...-P., STRAND THEATRE Vancouver's Premier Room Presents FIRST RUN PICTURES and the STRAND OPERATIC COMPANY REX THEATRE Vancouver'-. Popular Bonn Presents THE BEST IN MOVIES and the COUNT8Y STORE PROGRESS Theatre KINGSWAY AT FRASER ST. October 8th and 9th: "The Cohens and the Kellys" PAY-NITE FRIDAY COUNTRY STORE WEDNESDAY October 11th, 12th and 13th: "The Splendid Road" Zinck StudiojiL Dance Arts âEnroll NOW for class and private Instruction' in Ballroom, Soft-Shoe, Buck Character and Ballet. Ask about our class for children. Phones: Buyssuna 4818 or Don-rlM 7371. COLO-OAX THIATRE BUIX-DINO AMERICAN TANGO and Slow Waltz These two steps will be the favorites this season. Vou will have to learn them as your partner Is sure to know them. We will teach you to dance our new easy way In 2 or 3 private lessons. .CADI CC SCHOOL OF OEHHLt_p DANCINO 603 HnsUng-s St W. Seymour 32 VintOOTir"! OWist Prtntt Dssee School â "I thought your husband didn't attend the movii.'s. The other day I saw him in the second $"ow with an arm about you." "That wasn't my husband."- Colonial Theatre 0-_AHVII.EE AND I>U*fSM_TB Premier Film Attractions Special Features Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Moderate Pries* CONTINUOUS, 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. Unemployment Tragedy Newcastle, Eng.âA local firm advertised for apprenticesâ20 girls and 10 youths. At the time appointed, young people began to assemble, until 3000 were gathered at Nejpgate St., where the firm carries on business. Police had to be called to regulate the traffic, as the applicants passed through the firm's offices and the likely candidates were selected. TO MY GIRL Here's to the maid with gold hair! With deep ilue eyes and skin so fair; With dimples and pearly teeth so rare; Whose lips I'd kiss, but I don't dare; Who smiles on all but doesn't care â¢For anyone else when lam there. Dibble: "What's the greatest war song ever written?" Dabble: "Here comes the bride!" !g The Wandering Jews BY F. W. MOORE Seymour 3168 Always Open (Substance of a conversation on a maflboat.) A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to run across the Wandering Jew and his wife. They were on foot; yet, they astonished me by seeming to glide through the air like sylphs. "I wonder if the Swede waitress mistook me for a fellow countryman this morning and gave me a coffee- royal for breakfast." they heard me mutter to myself. "You're not drunk, man," said he; "we are real people; just you feel my wife." "Feel her," I gasped, and before I recovered my composure, I blundered "She doesn't bite; does she?" "Why surely not," he replied, "she is refined and educated like the matrimonial-agency ladies, and I might add that she has, during this hot weather, the great advantage over me of .wearing short sleeves." No sooner had he said this,âthan Madame held out her arm, and I after screwing up all the courage I could muster, felt the tissue between the elbow and the hand. "Why that's imagination," I said with some surprise. "Quite so," he returned, "I told you we were human; furthermore, we've lived for centuries and understand all human view-points. We thoroughly sympathize with all men and women since we know that a society founded on class antagonisms is pregnant with disappointment and only awaits the moment when conditions are ripe to present each of it- divisions with an appropriate quota of sorrow and misery. This has been so for centuries; it will be so until humanity in the management of its .i'.1'-!!;','-â¢-'â¢.â itf i! .___*-. i)__.'.(Wi4-JÂ«.HVf: opportunity for the development of parasites. In the meantime having associated with so many classes of people during the centuries, my wife and I can assume the psychology of any particular class at will and thus, transiently, we can amuse ourselves by sympathizing with everybody. How our hearts did bleed a few days ago, for instance, at a recital of the misfortunes of a poverty-stricken Russian . aristocrat," continued the Jew. "For generations his family had been endowed _vith all the advantages that wealth and culture could impart but today, owing to the depradations of the Bolsheviki, he is working as a wage slave in a lumber yard, having been compelled to exchange a military officer's tunic for the grimy overalls of a saw-mill hand. He used to be a wealthy land-owner in the interior, and now his castles are gone, his servants are gone, his racehorses are gone, his lands are confiscated and his library is burned. In fact everything that marked the refinement, comfort or pleasure of his former "existence js gone, yet all of thtjt was nothing in comparison to 1|he loss of companions who understood Kis view-point. He had been brought up in one of those European boarding- schools whose ideals form a metaphorical brand by which the membership recognize each other in all quarters of the globe. How different are the ideals of his present associates, and what an aimless, helpless life the poor fellow leads!" "Excuse me, my dear," said his wife with a wink of apology towards myself, "I'm afraid you're carrying off this poor simp by your eloquence. Now kindly allow me to give a word- picture of the corojlary of the condition you so ardently describe. During my centuries of existence I was more interested in the development of groups than in that of the ._»_. â â¢frl-f â *"â¢*â "aTY nffrtfi "â¢*â â¢*â â¢â¢"--^*- ___,«u'-*_ujtt_«_tol>_<_«Â«^^ ^ iriTi â¢ /. . . - ,. Camilla's Birds "A N'ovelty In muck f . out giving then, in'return a decent ;lnil -.-â¢â ,,â.." ti.Im is a bird of: a show. individual. There is, of course, a striking analogy between the two, but it appears to me one can see more plainly the terrible struggles, the hardships and the misfortunes of the race, in the group than in the individual, and if the Russian aristocrat did suffer through no fault of his own, think of the misery incidental to the advantages of his class that was heaped on millions of men and women for centuries, precisely the same kind of men and women as relations would have Been under similar circumstances. Think of the grinding poverty involving meanness and servility, ignorance and. superstition, malnutrition and under-development the swollen expen.es of war and defence and the beggarly doles,' by comparison, ought to be no poor and no parasites. As long as you have one or the other you . cannot have highly-developed men and women. Of course you can have aristocrats for that is a relative term meaning just the best" of what is available, but there is small consolation in that," continued the Jew's wife, adding as they vanished in the ajr: "Be good; we'll see you next Christmas." Progressive Miners * Urge Nationalization The coal miners of Pennsylvania are holding labor Chautauquas in the bleak, grimy mining towns, where tljfy and their families live, shut off from the outside ."World. Many of these miners are now out of work. Their children are hungry. They know something is wrong with the great basic industry that claims their livelihood. And so they started educational classes and labor Chautauquas and are digging into the fundamental problems of their industry. Two results'of national importance to tbe labor movement have come out of these miners' educational meetings. One is the demand for a Labor Party. Indeed, several of the counties have already strong Labor Parties in control of local government. The Cambria County Labor Party has elected a locomotive engineer and a miner to the State Legislature, v . The second big issue discussed at these meetings is nationalization of the coal mines. The leadership in this movement is being taken by District President John Brophy of the United Mine Workers'. "Private management of coal," Brophy is telling these labor Chautauquas, "stands indicted by the' present conditions of depression in the industry, as well as by the efficiency tests of competent engineers. Unification, public own- ersip and democrat), management of coal are necessary if the miners are to get reasonable security and a fair annual wage." When thousands of workers" begin to think and talk like this{ and to organize politically (6 realize their demands, a new day for the labor movement is not far behind. The Locomotive Engineer. f Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management ot HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late 54th Batt. Late 72nd Batt 76 Hastings St. E. Vancouver, B.C. Egg Orders Are Our Specialty "IT'S THE COFFEE" Fred's Dairy Lunch â They All Come Baok to 72 HASTINGS STREET WEST Attractive Show at Orpheum Next Week place richer In human color than any men ikn Mirth, melody, character and charm are combined at the Orpheum Theatre this week to give Vancouver one of the most pleasing .shows of, the Reason. Weaver Bros, the Arkansaw Traveller's are genuine^ Homespun, 'backwood -cut- ups. They "are , the original Handsaw Musicians and the Fjjrst Canadian Ap- given for public instruction. There*' pearance of Harry Thurston, the London Hippodrome Star presenting "Character Studies of London Life." Mr. Thurston is one of Kn land's foremost character actors. He attracted attention notâonly because of-his histrionic ability, but because of his artistic staging of the pro1-'1 dUC-ions at the London Hippodrome where he was both star and director. His character studies of London lifeâ- cameo- sketches of the characters to be found on the Thames Kmbankinent, place richer fn human locality west of Suez. Alhertine Itasch present "Pompadour Hallft," a modern ballet satire. The Pompadour Ballet begins with all the beatt.-J._es8 and grandeur and courtliness which history describes- as a part of Louis IV's reign. The ladies of? the court have heard of the" Charleston. Some of them are ev,en so bold as to attempt tho Charleston. Mme. Pompadour naturally frowns on any such rational Innovation. But finally the strains of the infectious music are too much ancj^'ompa- dour herself becomes -a victinr^o th** new desire. Margit Heg'-Vhis, another feature in this week's programme is a pn-miere violinist. Miss Hegedus received a wonderful reception when in Vancouver three years ago. She was a pupil of the famo,u8 Saveik. her technique is perfect and her music is said to possess that something of' utmost importance generally known as soul, assisted by Josef Berne at the piano, music lovers will thoroughly enjoy this number. -Paul nemos and his Wonder Midgets. A J. in-open n novelty, he has just corm to this country to introduce a. few new ideas in gymnastics, his assistants three midgets, a trio of tiny men ('a m i I la's I. i rds are a n aggrega t ion of feathered actoTS that are said to be superior players. They are Australian Cockatoos, and present an eight act vaudeville show, working Jn a circular track which Is very unusual. Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day and the Orpheum Concert Orchestra under the capable direction of Bill Plllfng completes a. most attractive show. Argentine Communist Movement Deteriorates The recently held Buenos Aires Congress of the communist-syndicalist trade union Federation, "union sindical argentina," has once more demonstrated the"lmpotence aTld sectarian nature of their movement. The greater part of the discussion was devoted to personalities and mutual insults and it was apparent that no alteration is to be expected in this state of affairs. Typical of the attitude of tffe Congress was the exclusion of a representative of the typographical union, although h;e works at his trade, on the ground that he is a member of a town council! . Of the 105 organizations entitled to send delegates, 60 between them have a membership totalling only _,- 717, while_the_Union of Municipal Workers alone, which is affiliated to -*â¢ the "free" trade union ,centre, has 3098 members. NO TALENT REQURIEO Nothing is easier thap fault-finding; no talent, no lilt-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the grumbling business. Now. and then one picks up a magazine on the stands these days that. makes one curious to see the stuff the editor rejected. ? Union Men. Rave Ton â¢ Tried the Se-monr 3S17-0 WAFFLE KING INN . "Service With a Smile" rpHK proprietor, Frank Sa- bell. Is an old friend of the Trade Union men, and you can be'sure of good, food and service, at 1113 GRANVILLE STREET <i j «â â¢*, â ^B^Ajtoyjkkfttott*. October 8th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven If RQNIZeJJ wnole Wised FLOUR EVERY HOMli NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET ITâ AND NOTHING ELSE. Il IÂ« Rich in Nourishmentâ DELICIOUS Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J. Cl/RRY ' DENTIST Suit* 301 Dominion Building Vancouver, B. C. . W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing PRIVATE AKD CLASS LESSONS Social Dances, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. SEIf-HOUB 101. COTILLION HAIL NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades and Labor Council -Mom 803, IB Hastings street East _Pljp.nes: Sey. 74.6-8.71 GLASS *»> GLAZING Plate Glass, Window Glass, Mirrors Beoilvered, Automobile Glass Replaced « WESTERN GLASS CO. j_i_nT--i> 158 Cordova W. Phone ley. 8687 _. WILKINSON, Prsi. 0. DUNCAN, Sec. Reynolds'Cartage Co. XsXBXXTXm *> \nPhones Seymour 3377-33T8 Crating-, Packing, shipping and Storage . -"-raiture and Piano Moving ^^^^^rn^^^'^' Office and Warehonse: 78a â CAMBIE STBEET â 7__ PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Try Onr THREE PAYMENT PLAH Tailor Made Bolts Prom .45 Dp. J. H. SWEDER & CO. CUSTOM TAILOM AB7 SEYM O tr_t ST. A Union Shop WESTERN CANADA WHEAT POOLS INCREASE MEMBERSHIP Recent fig-tires of the membership and business of the Western Canadian Wheat Pools indicate a remarkable growth since they were organized in 1923-24. The Manitoba Pool had 7,600 members in July, 1924, in 1925, 13,000, and 17,600 in July, 1926. Jn Saskatchewan the membership rose from 46,500 in 1924, to 53,- 000 in 1925,-and to over 73,000 in July, 1926. The Alberta Pool started in November, 1923, with a.membership of 25,600, rising to 30,700 in December, 1924, and to 36,600 in July,*-1926. From 34,000,000 to 190,000,000 Bushels In the crop year 1923-24, during which the Alberta Pool alone was operating, '34,192,800 'bushels of wheat were sold through the fool. For the crop year 1924-25 the total wheat handled for the three Pools amounted to 81,500,000 bushels. For the. 1925-26 crop, returns for which are not yet cfuite complete, something over IÂ«_0,O0O,000 bushels will be handled. " Judge Oilers Advice to Skinflint Employers Sitting as arbitrator ih a wage controversy between the Stereotypers Union and the daily newspaper publishers of Winnipeg, Judge Frank Murphy, of the recorder's court, has written an opinion that .upsets the "living wage" theory and justifies a larger share for/ the worker in the distribution of what he produces in real or purchasing wages. He awarded the stercotypers an increase of $3.60 in their weekly wage and a bonus for working double shifts and Saturday nights. The union! accepted the arbitrator's decision. Judge Murphy's opinion reads, in part, as follows: "Great improvements have been made in recent years and still are being made by those who are engaged in industry. A limit .to the possibility of increasing producaan has not been reached and no doubt invention, newm ethods, and common sense, if worked together, will help increase production in- the future as it has in the past. , / Low Wages Spell Inefficiency "This industrial progress and the standard of living of workers constantly move forward, and for this reason there is grave danger in paying wages exclusively on the cost of living principle and the living wage. If generally accepted, not only will it have a tendency to discourage the efficiency as well as the hopes of the wage earner, but it will have a marked, effect as well on. greater prosperity for capital. "Economists, employers and employees have in recent years directed their attention to a large extent to the question of real wages as distinguished from money wages, for the reason that what dollars will buy is mo^,jn-M-'t,W^^ ., mdm -*-*ââ . Test of Sticking Qualities dollars received as a wage. It is only Titanic Struggle of Grim Britishers London, Sept. 20.âThis strike or lockout, or whatever you want to call it, of the British coal miners promises to become historic as the most titanic industrial struggle of all time. The staying power of thc men is incredible. Weeks ago your correspondent, with every opportunity to know the inside facts of the situation, felt that the breaking point was near. Yet, today, the lines are holding. Perhaps 7 per cent, of the men have gone back. The rest, almost.a million of them, arc still out. Negotiations Fade' , Desperate attempts last week to renew negotiations resulted in nothing. The Tory government demands that the miners give up their national agreements and accept the compulsory arbitration of district agreements. This would destroy the feder- .ation, says Cook, the secretary of the miners. Apparently, that is exactly_ what the government wants. Baldwin and Churchill are driving straight for the heart of the British labor movement. Cripple the great miners' federation, and they will have lopped off thc right arm of British labor. Some Appalling Figures The nation is paying a frightful price for the conflict. One of 'the most conservative of British journalists, in an article for the Sunday press, estimates that the coal strike to date has cost Britain ?2,000,000,- 000. â ','.' Officials figures show that 3,000,- 000 Britons are now receiving poor- law relief and the unemployment registers show that 1,600,00 are out of work, and this does not include the 1,000,000 miners. Local taxation is doubling and trebling and national taxes must also _*,-Js_*-pt3**'*-'pp-*"- RED STAR DRUG STORE ^'The Mail Order Druggists" .clal Effort to Get Ooot ot your i CO-K.B COBSOVA AND C-J-BA*--. WÂ« Make a Special Effort to Set Ooods Ont by rirsrt Hall After Keoeip. o_ your Order. VANCOUVEB., B.C. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER W. J. HEADS MAKER OF "HEAD'S SHOE" Por Log-frers, Miners, Cruisers,' Surveyors, etc. First Class Shoo Be'iairing HAS TO MOVE INTO BETTER AMD MOKE CONVENIENT STOBEâNSW ASDBESS 30 CORDOVA STREET WEST -.ate of SO Water Stjreet French Labor Hits The Workers' Part L____U-Combine .Wegnatey â~-_iriWsJdi_g^ by constantly raising real wages and not just money wages that prosperity is brought about. "An increase in wages may be illusory if it is an increase in name only, because the purchasing power of the money may have appreciably decreased. -'â â¢'â > Entitled to Comfortable Living "The present industrial organization of society is built upon the wage system, and as long as it survives it must justify itself by providing the wage earner with sufficient to live in a manner becoming to his tJignity as a man. "This is not accomplished by furnishing him with a mere subsistence. The gulf between a mere subsistence wage and a decent comfortable living wage should broaden, and especially when the industry concerned is not imperilled or in ally way embarrassed as in the present case. "A wage is not a living wage unless through frugality a wage earner may earn sufficient to develop within reasonable limits his physical, spiritual, moral and intellectual faculties, and in addition be able to set aside a reserve to provide for accident, old age, illness and misfortune. A Family Living Wage "Under the present jiocial order, the father is the natural provider for all members of the family. It follows that "whenever the wage earner lacks the means to provide for the becoming maintenance of his wife and children, marriage and home life are discouraged, women and children are obliged to labor, and there is brought about a steady deterioration and lowering of standards in the families affected. ( "Therefore, ,*s. living- wage means a family living wage. "The census family, consisting of husband, wife and three children, appears to be the best standard for But "Big Business" sets it jaw and proceeds with the task of crushing trade unionism. The once »mighty British labor movement, to which the workers everywhere loolced with such confidence and pride, can do little but hang on, hoping that the other fellow will weaken first. Industrial Conscription Facing Australia SYDNEY, Australia â The forthcoming referendum is still the main subject of debate in Labor circles. Meetings are being convened throughout the country, and a strenuous campaign of educational propaganda is being carried on to acquaint the workers with the far-reaching and disastrous consequences to them, should the referendum be carried through their apathy. ''"» The various employers' associations are lining up with the anti-labor forces in politics, and are giving their support to the constitutional changes asked for by the' referendum proposals. As the proposed changes would render it possible to- enforce industrial conscription, and allow the free use of the armed forces of the government at the slightest pretext, it is not a matter of wonderment that the employers are in favor of the measure. They see in it the weapon they require to curb the rapidly growing power and influence of Labor in the different States legislatures, and similar spheres of politcal activity. Industrial organizations are actively campaigning in opposition to the referendum, and in the more strongly entrenched Labor states",' the State Labor Party branches are arousing thc different constituencies. tbe stereotyper to assume, that his wage should be sufficient reasonably and comfortably to support."â Machinists' Bulletin (Winnipeg). Protect Yourself from the Wet Goodrich Rubbers, 6 eyelets. Red and white. $5.00 Life Buoy Rubbers. 6 eyelets. Black. $4.25 Northern Black and White Rubbers. 6 eyelets. $5.45 Sporting Boots. Life Buoy. $7.00 Sporting Boots. Goodrich. Red. $8.50 Knee Boots. Boots. $4.50 Life Knee Boots.' Red. Goodrich. $6.50 Hip Boots. Life^ Buoy. $7.50 â p.-g.^ Denmark Sox HEAVY INSOLES W. B. BRUMMITT 18-20 CORDOVA STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C Paris.âFrench Labor through the General Federation of Labor, has issued a stiff warning against selling, or, leasing out, France's governmental monopolies to American financiers. ' The latest attempt of this sort ventilated in the French press has been the plan, or ambition, of certain American electric interests to get hold of the telephones, which in France are owned and operated by the government. Government railroads, government telegraph and telephone.systems, and government-owned industrial monopolies, such as tobacco manufacture, have been the happy hunting ground for hopeful Wall Street money lenders in every European country needing a loan, say, to steady it currency. "Blessed" European Loans In Wall Street's view, "it blesseth him that gives and that takes," an international loan, thrice-blcsedly, when the security for the loan turns some national industry back into pri vate ownership or lease. The outstanding success of the in terntional bankers was the Dawes plan, handing over the "best railroad system in Europe," the German state- owned roads, to private control. Mussolini has been the most acqtu escent along this bankers' route his most recent gift being the telephone system of northern Italy. The Belgian state railways arc now being "temporarily" de-nationalized. France's needs have in the past brought open offers from American tobacco interests to make big loans to the government in return for the French tobacco monopoly. POOR PERKINS , "Perkins is down and out, isn't be?" "Ob, yesâhe told me thc other day he was paying cash for everything. â¢* "*--.â '. Senator Shipstead (Progressive) of Minnesota, seldom speaks without uncovering a-new truth or clarifying an old one. In his Labor Day address at Duluth, he did both. In five sentences, for example, he disposed irrevocably of'the claim, still popular in privileged circles, that .labour is a commodity. "If labor is a commodity, it is a piece of property. The dictionary defines property as something you can own to the exclusion of all others. It can be bequeathed to your heirs, and you can give title to it. You cannot . give that with labor. It is inseparable from the body of a human being. Stated that way, the truth seems self evident. But how long labor had to fight to get that self evident truth accepted! Senator Shipstead went on: "The economic history of nations is written in their production of wealth. This wealth has been produced by laborers who work upon farms, in the factories, the mines, in the forests and in transportation... The history of any nation is the history of its men and women who work. Historians write about this history, statesmen talk about it, buthe workers make it" The increasing importance of the history that workers make as distinguished from the history that plotters and warriors make, cannot be too strongly se( forth.âLabor. â â >[ Generosity -*';"â An old fellow on his deathbed, in making his will, murmured to his lawyer: "And to each of my employees who has been with me twenty years or more I bequeath two thousand pounds." "Holy smoke! What generosity!" the lawyer exclaimfed; . '.'No, not at all," said the sick man. "You see^none of them has been with me over a year; but it will look good . in the papers, won't it?" Eight THE LAVBOR STATESMAN October 8th, 1926 After You Buy a Pledge Plan Car .. Then What? Let An Owner Answer . . . "You may advise prospective purchasers of Pledge Plan Used Cars that I am completely satisfied tuith thc one J selected. Your jo-rfuv guarantee on my car was lived up to in every . particular and I was extended very courteous treatment by your salesman. J was permitted to try my car for 5 days before.being obligated to purchase it, and f heartily subscribe to your policy of marking thc price of each car in plain figuresâthe same price to "all." O. R. PATTISON, 1241 Georgia Street West, City. We appreciate your testimony very much, Mr. Pattlson. WILLIS-KINGSLEY Motor* Limited) Vancouver \n- Where the name over the door means more than the name on the radiator Seymour 36S5 Seymour 8180 910 Georgia Street West 1190 Georgia Street West This Week's Bargains in Used Cars AT THE Consolidated Motor COMPAJ-fT, LIMITED 1230 GEORGIA STREET W. DOUGLAS 700 DODGE TOURl*f**Cr-=New tires, splendid motor. A tj> **» *7 P* i*ood buy at â¢P-' / J Mclaughlin touring â Must be seen and driven to be appreciated. d> A Q C Full price -fl)--*0-5 DLDSMOBILE SIXâ Four-door, sedan, a nice family closed car. LodKs good. <s_*70 C Runs fine -|>/__,_> HUPMOBILE â .-passenger coupe. The 100,000 mile car. Splendid condition. â¦JtjQCA "Duco paint «P _'«_»V/ Many Mors toChoose Prom. Easy terms. Distributors for: PACKABD, H-TMOBILE, WHITE -_.1T._CS REX COMB'S GARAGE 18O0 MAIN STBEET HUDSON-ESSEX MOTOR CABS _.i.pDho«oni?"-*,m. Fair. 2956 USED CABS OT qV-JUTT Sensational Values For Saturday arid jVext Week at the Army & Navy Store 40 Hastings St. W. See tl.ese extraordinary values that are making- this big store famous in this community. Startling ana ont of the ordin- ary values ln dependable mer. clianaise for wori, dress, hilling, prospecting, etc. ' The Big Worklngmen's Store L,ook for this building. Army & Navy Store 40 HASTINGS STBEET WEST NVxt door to Panta-res Theatre. The Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union has asked the Trades Council to place the Good Eats Cafe on the unfair list. All union help has been removed from this place. The Trades Council Executive were given power to look into this and act. The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver ADVANCE IN PRICE OF CITY LOTS On and after Otooer 15th, 1926, n substantial advance In price of all tax salo lots held by the City, will go Into effect. In view of the developments which are taking place In and about the City of North Vancouver, those who are contemplating the purchase of a HomeSite would bo well advised to make their purchase while present prices obtain. ; , New Price Lists will be available on and after October lst. All Real Estate Agents in North Vancouver have price lists and will gladly give any Information, or a phone call to the City Hall, North 1100. will obtain the desired particulars K. P. ARCHIBALD, City Clerk. You Want to Be Served By a Union Dairy! PHONE FAIRMONT 4181 PURITY DAIRY LIMITED MILK -480 SIXTH AVENUE EAST CREAM â- CREAM DE LAIT â BUTTERMILK BUTTER Labor Conditions in B. C. Lumber Industry Written on behalf of the Lumber Workers* fridustrial Union, 27 Hastings St. W. (Ed. Note. The 'following itwiiVwriten by a member of the Lumber Workers' Industrial Union,. No. 120, is inserted-and further articles asked for because this union Is the only one covering the los:- ging,Industry in British Columbia. It in not connected with the A. F. of Lâ | but we feel that so long as this union I [a carrying on the necessary work in the ' logging industry, that we should lend ' our efforts to. help better the conditional of those employed in that industry.) j Owing to the nature of the indus- try, conditions for loggers differ considerably from -those of most workers. Situated in thinly settled forest j regions.lumber camps are, to a great! extent, cut off from civilization. The | resulting conditions are a peculiar mixture of capitalism, feudalism, civilization and barbarism. Each camp is a communify by itselfâa unit in the industrial empire of the lumber trustâand is ruled by a foreman who has the powers of a petty czar. The company, not only plays the part of employer, but also that of hotel and storekeeper. In supplying' food and shelter they, have a complete monopoly, and are practically free from all restriction which ordinarily apply to hotel and restaurant keepers. Sanitary conditions which prevail in camps would not be tolerated elsewhere; in towns or cities, they would be a menace to the health of society which means the "better classes" or bourgeois element. But the welfare of workers is no consideration. In- i telligent stock breeders feed their cattle and hogs scientifically and house them in sanitary quarters, for they are of value. But wage plugs have no value, consequently they have no protection, unless they are organized to protect themselves. In thc average, unorganized camp, the food is ofuthe cheap adulterated variety. The meat runs heavy to i «ai*s6g^__-M-i*s---!<«-*s^ for any other use goes into sausages. Slunk calves, diseased,, are all ground up together, preserved, colored and flavored with chemicals, and put up in the fornf of sausages. These "foods" are consumed entirely by workers. Their manufacture is highly profitable, so it Will continue till the workers themselves put a stop to it. Soggy hot-cakes and syrup, rancid qleo-margarine, cheap imitations, labeled jams and jellies, rotten dried or canned fruit, canned peas, canned milk, pies and puddings colored and flavored with chemical poisons, constitute a large part of the bill of fare. The hot cakes are made with baking powder, the principal ingredient of which is alum. Alum ruins the stomach by hardening its coat, drying up the digestive juices and destroying their use. The lemon pie contains glucose, oil of lemon, starch, and bcn_oate of soda. Cheap tomato catsup is made from tomato pulp, which the government has repeatedly condemned because it is found to contain millions of bacteria to the cubic centimetre. Lack of space forbids mention of the many other chemical poisons used to adulterate the cheap foods fed to workers. NEXT WEEK we will tell about the bunk houses and the conditions existing in some of the unorganized camp: A. F. Trades & Labor Council "Don't Patronize" List ROYAL DAIRY CRYSTAL DAIRY NATIONAL LUNCH TROCADERO CAFE CENTRAL CAFE TIP TOP TAILORS LEN. A. DAVIS # - (Lathing Contractor) BUY UNION LABEL GOODS (, MÂ«OiWlATtD *^ |- IMV ItrO J ***â¢*' RUGBY EQUIPMENT Quality and styles that make the same a pleasure. A large selection to choose from. And most unusual values 1 Tan Helmet of sole leather with whtta felt padding and fiponge rubber top. Exceptional value 85.00 Shoulder Fads of white felt â¢vfth heavy leather collar bone protection and shoulder guards. An exceptionally fine pad. Bach .-... _. $5.00 Football Panti with fibre thigh guards, reinforced felt kidney pads, and padded knees $6.50 Canadian Official -Rugby Ball â4-panel, regulation in every », wav, and of best duality. Each . - $6 00 Ken-Well, K. T. I. Footballs âFinest on the market â made from Knglfsh hand-rolled hide; guaranteed not to stretch. Each . $10.00 Rugby Shoes by Richardson of Northampton, England. ' Light- durable, an exceptional value, at,, per pair ...,.â $6.50 Clubs should investigate our special term.!. âFloor Three -H.B.C. You Can Save a Day's Pay* by buying your shoes at â¢ ./l WHOLESALE Vi-it pur Sample Rooms for Styles and Prices. PREMIER DISTRIBUTORS CORNER OF COLUMBIA 100 POWELL STREET , CUT RATE DRUGS We are not members: of tbe P. A. T. A., clrsii'-inrr that it should be our privilege to merchandise along the line that we have pursued .or the past 18 years. ' Friday and Saturday Specials $0.50 Sanlfold Tooth Hrush »)0.34 .50 Palm Olive Shampoo 3- .60 Aristocrat Cleaning Fluid .31 1.2.1 Thermos"Bottle .78 1.-5 Thermos Kits 78 .85 Thermos Refills ., 67 .25 Steedman'-r Powders ....:. .60 Potter's Asthma Powder 1.00 Gillette Razor '. â.-i!.(i-i,.i;i^,u»i_i-i---._ â¢ .50 Perma Bath Salts ... 18 .Q ,-43 .26 Hy-faia Nipples .16 .25 Hygela Nursing Uottle 16 .5(1 Tincture of Iodine. 4 oz 28 .40 Castorla -6 1.00 Danderlne _. .78 .40 Drano . (cleans and opens 'drains) â¢ .48 .60 Puritall Sugar of Milk, I .'--.â¢' lb. tin ........... ..i^i^&JZZ!^ ii" Li,.u mumuruu1 __.-A^l-ia_,.-____ .33 .60 California Syrup of Figs .81 .4. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED 12 l-O-ll Do You Strop Your Blades ? Strooning your safely blades not only makes the blatle last longer, but what is more Important, II gives you cleaner and smoother shavesâeven a new blade is improved by stropping. We carry a comolete line of stroooers for all makes of blades. , OPTATIlS TH]B M-*-STER STROPPING MACHINES Reverse! itself. Strops both sides. tPA For Gillette Blades. Very strongly built Sure.Edge Stropping Handleâ holds any make of safety blade ; $1.00 Ever.Rea-y Stropperâfor Ever- Ready, Gem and Star blades .1.50 Pullman Stropperâfor Gillette bladei. .used on ordinary itrop _ $1.00. Perfection Stropping Handleâ " for Gillette blades 50c ' Tv.-inplex Stropping Machine, for Gillette or Durham Duplex blades. 100 shaves from one blade - ?3.50 SHAVING CREAM SPECIAL William's Luxury Shavina Creaa. Large tube - 35c William's Luxury Shaving ream. Double size tubs.... 50c FREE with each tubs of either si-r. 30-day trial.bottle of Aqua Vslvaâ ' the velvet after shays lotion. B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited Cutlery and Sharing Supply Specialists -fetall Store: 64 HASTINGS STREET. WEST MAIL. ORDERS POST PAID IN B. C. PHONE SEY. 4401 ' ') I 1 Wet Weather Work Boots MKN! We have thc greatest assortment of Heal Wet Weather Boots. Solid leather Soles, Insoles and Counter., something that will stand .up under the hardest strain. Black and brown oil tan, heavy stock, plain toes or toe caps. Come In and let us show you these wonder boots. $3.95, $4.45, $4.95 AND $5.95 HEADQUARTERS Boys and Girls' .olid leather school shoos. Buy solid leather shoes for the wet weather. Kibler's Service Shoe Store 163 Hastings Street East . Opp. Carneg-Ie library 6 Doers West of Mala WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE The South Van. I. L. P. arc going tip add a whist drive to their social evenjng'on Saturday, Oct. 16 in the I.O.O.F. Hall, cor. 30th and Main. We are always seeking an opportunity to create variety at these socials and so -keep our people together in order that we ciin keep the -Hotted time for dancing. It will be necessary for those who wish to participate in the whist that they be prepared to start prompt at 8 p.m. Good prizes will be awarded for first and second lady and gent. winne_s. Come early in order to avoid disappointment. .Collection.âft. W. S.
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