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[The Labour Statesman]
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of Statesman AND CONTROLLF.n ^^^y py t"p ^NCOUYER TRADES AND L^'^ >OyNCIL^\nSupported by Fifty-three Local Unions ^ ^ j^°14 NEW ^ â¢MIHSTEn Trades Council Working Button (Red) for tha Second Quarter Ot 19-7 NO. 163âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B; C, JUNE 24t1i, 1927 FIVE CENTS PER COPY =?= â¢Yellow Taxi Cabs Fair To Orgnized Labor Employees Granted Wage and Recognition of the Union After a , Three-day FightâMen Show Splendid Spirit âManager Recognizes Value âThis"wttrhe"t__ron_ylinion Xellow Taxi Cab Company in Canada and union members and their friends are now urged to co-operate with the Yellow Taxi Cab Company of Vancouver by boosting their business to the best of their ability. Don't forget in future that the Yellow Taxi Cab Company is fair to organized labor. The drivers are now members of the Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union, Local 466. SEVENTY YELLOW TAXI CAB DRIVERS carried out a complete tie-up of the cabs of that company from 5 p.m. Saturday till Tuesday afternoon, when the company agreed to the payment of a'satisfactory wage and working agreement for one year. There Wfere a few disturbances at the commencement of the strike but the patrol wagons always arrived just a few minutes too late to pick anybody up. After the first fracairor two the strike developed into an orderly affair, the men at one time marching down to obtain moral support from other conveyance drivers of the company. The men have not been satisfied -JWth-the-eommiasions~they-have-:been obtaining and made an attempt some time ago to get a better deal with _*e company. At that time the men p pd not respond well enough to enable the Trades Council to obtain Ftheir demands, but after persistent 1 Wj.rk on the part of the union officials "ar^d a continued dissatisfaction hong the men, another effort was fade. j The response at 5 o'clock on Saturday was encouraging, only one or no men failing to respond. These, owever, were quickly lined up after- ,,rds and the tie-Up was complete. la Monday the men concentrated jeir efforts on the sight-seeing asses and hotel conveyances, and lese men quickly responded to the ft /quest for moral support and the V-up was extended. ' 'jBy Tuesday the management was ady to receive a deputation from he Trades Council and the strikers. Secretary Bengough, Birt Showier and three of the drivers interviewed Mr. Barnes and they proceeded to do business. Mr. Barnes stated that the business was not paying, but Secre- | tary Bengough said that that was quite possible in as much as 11,000 union men and their friends were consistently knocking the Yellow I Taxi Cabs. Bro. Bengough also j pointed out that it was not the j Shaughnessy Heights people who I used the taxis, because they owned â their own cars. Mr. Barnes admitted ; both these points and agreed that he ! was prepared to recognize the union, ; bat that it was impossible for him to meet the full wage demands of the ; menâwhich was for $3 per day. He I said that he was willing to concede i?2.60 and recognition of the union. | The committee said they would take *Jis matter back to the meeting. Mr. Barnes then asked Secretary Bengough if it would be possible to have (Wo sight-seeing busses make a i-pecial trip, while the meeting was {discussing the terms. The committee â¢greed to this and asked the men to hike out the busses. â¢ After due consideration, the meet- Zjx decided to accept $2.50 a day or 86 per cent commission, whichever [was the greatest on any particular ay. Plumbers Expect Early Settlement Organizer Bruce of the International Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters addressed the Vancouver Trades Council on Tuesday evening for a few minutes, describing strike conditions and conditions in other parts of Canada. He informed thc delegates that the union had entered into negotiations with the employers that gave hope of a probable settlement before the end of the week. He stated that the strikers had given a splendid demonstration of strength and still maintained a solid frbnt. Their protest to the federal government bad helped to obtained results and strike breakers from the United States are now being denied admittance to Canada. Most of the big jobs are tied up, but strike breakers are being used by the contractors on the New Orpheum Theatre. The officers of the Theatrical Federation were ready to bring pressure to bear on the Orpheum management when the Council asked them to. President Gerrard of the Federation has also given some valuable help on another job. In dealing with the situation in Canada, Organizer Bruce stated that there was an upward tendency in industry in the East. Most of the cities are enjoying an excellent build ing program, and Montreal has the biggest building program in its history. Kefepring to the trades union movement, he stated that the international movement was making greater strides than since the war. He said that the National Catholic Unions were also being absorbed by The agreement was signed and I international unions, citing the Que Ithe men returned to work being sure bee Printing Pressmen, Plumbers, _f,a wage of at least $2.50 a day. | Bricklayers and Plasterers. In Mont- {B-fore tips they only depended on '*o wmissions and. t i pg, which of times _M uoV^amounted;.. J^_^:to*tt,.-a. #H__f L_r dfafr ~ ~ ""*""' 1... ~T1_._I._--. real the Plasterers' Union also ab- sorbwi-the GathoHc .union. In other _^i__^f;^_<w^t*^tt«*tei_&l_SoSl jsjpakjng^milar progress. â¢â â â¢'' , _ McDonald Organizes Winnipeg Tailors Four weeks ago Colin McDonald of -Vancouver went to Winnipeg to attempt to reorganize the Tailors' Union. The union of 200 members there went O. B. U. in 1919 and since that time conditions have gone from bad to worse. In 1923 the members ceased to pay dues into the O. B. U. and that unit died. The O. B. U. Bulletin continued, however, to carry the name of the tailors' unit in its Union Directory, but when McDonald got on the scene he found that the tailors were ready to get back into the International Journeymen Tailors of America. A number of meetings were held, the organization formed and officers installed. One of the ^ I ppBCnli°T thfaRMj however, * thy f»i»t that the new.secretary of the union is still being named as the secretary of the tailors' unit of the O. B. U. in the O. B. U, Bulletin Directory in spite of the fact that the unit has been dead for over four years. Colin McDonald has now returned from Winnipeg, but is confident that the new union will soon be close up to its old strength. On his way back to Vancouver Colin started an organization going in Calgary and intends to return there before the Trades Congress Convention is held in Edmonton. A. F. of L. Gets National Union Wage Increase Trades Council delegates from the International Association of Machinists reported that their organization had succeeded in negotiating an increase of four cents per hour for the men employed at the Canadian Merchant Marine Shore Shops in Vancouver. It is a demonstration that the international trade unions are prepared to assist others to improve their conditions of employment, as practically all the men participating in the increase at the C. N. R. Shore Machine Shops are members of the National Association of Marine Engineers, who while working ashore are rated by the association as unemployed members, and are' not requested to transfer to the organization directly benefiting them, and, as in the last instance, is able to secure them a wage increase of approximately $9.36 per month. CASCADE LAUNDRY TO USE NON-UNION ORCHESTRA We have been ' requested by the Musicians' Union to inform our readers that the Cascade Laundry is using a non-union orchestra on their picnic to Selma Park. Efforts to get the management of this laundry to use a union orchestra have proved fruitless, so if you happen to patronize this laundry your co-operation will be appreciated. The laundry workers in this city are, not organized, but there is every possibility that efforts may again be made in this direction in the very near future. WANT FIVE DAY WEEK Portland,... Or-.-^Bripfldav ^trt^=wtm^'-t6:awi6Tce a five-day **rt"Swl -_*ree^wagesf$_ irday; Trades Council Notes The money bylaws to be voted upon by the ratepayers of Vancouver on June 25 were endorsed by the Trades Council with the exception of the one covering the new City Hall. The city hall bylaw was not endorsed because delegates contended that there was too much doubt about the, location. * * --* Dels. Bengough and Page are to continue their efforts to get Jas. Thomson and Son, overall manufacturers to either make an agreement With the United Garment Workers or to cease advertising their goods as being union made. * » » Del. Smith, representing the council on the Diamond Jubilee CelebrationâGemmftteer "reported- that the donations were not coming in very fast and the sale of the souvenir book was not meeting with much success. He was of the opinion that the public was disgusted with the actions of Chairman Woodside, hence their apathy. * * Del. Davidson reported that Machinists Lodge 692 had quite a num ber of men out of work. Ten dollars was donated to the striking plumbers and the question of admitting the Japanese Workers Union to the coun cil was endorsed. « * » Del. Page reported that all the building trades workers walked off the job at Woodwards on Tuesday because Ironworkers employees there were not carrying a union card. He reported that the carpenters had assessed their membership to assist tbe striking plumbers. .-â _ * Del. Smith reported that the painters were all working and preparations were being made for a big picnic. * * * Del. Crowley reported that the molders were slack, but efforts were being made to reorganize the union and retrieve their lost position. The union assessed their members 50c to assist the plumbers. * * â¢ Del. Fitzgerald reported that the Ritz Cafe was employing a non-union piano player and asked the support of the Hotel and Restaurant Em ployees' Union i_PÂ» getting this straightened up. Del. Woods replied that the help would be forthcoming. * » â¢ Del. Sidaway reported that the Street Railway Employees' Union had assessed their members 50c per month for the striking plumbers The union had also endorsed the organization of a Japanese mill and camp workers' union. * â¢ â¢ Del. Neelands Teported that the publicity given in reference to the non-union Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Book was having the desired effect Certain organizations that were going to sell the book have changed their minds, he said. .A. 0. Anderson, vice-president of the International Brotherhood, of Bhicksxp^hBt:jtd^BBgu1Lf___ Tftf^Sta- "that he noted 8^ji£cid_Ki : jrb'wth" >n>~lhe '""international move- Five Ice Cream Firms Employ Union Men Del. Showier reported to the Trades Council on Tuesday evening that the following ice cream firms were employing union men in the manufacture and distribution of ice cream: Fraser Valley, Almonds, Crescent, Arctic and Sherwood. Union men are urged to order the ice cream supplied by any of these firms. Almonds Ltd. advertise in the Labor Statesman. Spielman Reorganizes Winnipeg Bookbinders News from the prairie city would indicate that the interest of the bindery workers in their organizing campaign continues to grow. Additional names have been secured to the number of fifty and the first regular meeting of the newly organized local has Jieen set for a date early in the month. International Representative Jean E. Spielman, has been ordered to remain in Winnipeg until the organization gets going. Since the lapse of the charter, conditions in the binderies have gone from bad to worse until wages for both men and women are away below the normal in the average Canadian city. Prospects look bright and the 'success of the re-organized local seems^ to be assured and at the present rate of progress it is only a matter of a short time before they will be able to proclaim themselves to be one hundred per' cent, unionized once again. ment in Canada in spite of the efforts of the All-Canadian Congress. He stated that the Richardson Road Machine Manufacturing Company of Saskatoon, makers of grading machines, were on the unfair >list. . » â * * Del. Page asked that the grievance committee take up the question of placing the new Orpheum Theatre on the unfair list, as strike breaking plumbers were being employed there. This was endorsed. * * * Del. Showier asked the council to go on record as being opposed to tha construction of a road through Stanley Park in connection with the proposed bridge. Other delegates wanted to include opposition to toll bridges in the motion, while other delegates thought that it would not be advisable for the council to take a stand on the question as it would harm the council in a working agreement with the bridge builders should the bridge be built. The question was laid on the table. »â » * Del. Bartlett asked the council to endorse a motion asking the B. C. Executive of the Trades Congress and the Legislative Committee of the Trades Council to obtain data on the question of health insurance. He stated that the doctors were playing havoc with the people who came under their care and the charges were becoming unbearable. METAL WORKERS GAIN Aurora, 111., A two-year contract SKilioiif'.''' has,'bee n sec-ured J^t^jSJttJSk Metalworkers' Union. - ; â ' â . Two THE LABOR STATESMAN June 24th, 1927. Phon. Bey. 8534 H. HARVEY BOOT MANUFACTURER Loggers', Miners', Crul-ara' and Projectors' Hand-Made Boots Our Specialty. Quick Repairs. 01TB SO 00 VOU BOOS BEST IS TOWS 58 CORDOVA ST, WEST YaneouTer, 8. C. T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director! and Embalm*.. New Chapel and Parlor- Private Ambulance Servics 802 Broadway W. Phon. Fair. S SYNOPSIS OF liipMNDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, aurveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by - BritlBlmtfl-J-ctB bv«rT8 years of aga, and by aliens on declaring intention to become- British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation, and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Full Information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions ta given ln Bulletin No. 1, Land Series. "How to Pre-empt Land," copies ol which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria. B.C., or to any Gov- â¢rnment Agent. â¢ Records will ba granted covering only land suitable for agricultural Surposes, and which is not tlmber- ind. Le., carrying over 8,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range â¢nd 5,000 feet per acre east of thai Range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, ln which the land applied for la situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptlona must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of $10 per acre, including â¢tearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed information see the Bulletin "Bow to Pre-empt Land." * PURCHASE Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being tlmberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum pries for first-class (arable) land Is fl per acre, and second-class (gracing) land 12.60 per aore. Further Information regarding purchase or lease ef Crown lands ls given ln Bulletin No. 10, Land Series. "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Kill, factory, or industrial Bites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may bs purchased or leased, '.he conations Including payment of â tumpage. HOME8ITE LEA8E8 Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 10 acres, may be leased aa homesites, â¢ondltlonal upon a dwelling being erected in the first year, title being ebtalnable after residence and Improvement conditions are fulfilled end land has been surveyed. LEASES For grazing snd industrial purposes areas not exoeedlng 140 acres may be leased by one person or a eomnany. ": GRAZING Under the Grazing Aot the Province la divided into grazing districts and the range administered under a Oraslng Commissioner. Annual ^rasing permits are Issued baaed on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock-owners taaf form associations for range management Free, or partly free, - permits are available for aettlers, â¢unpen and travellers, up Fire Fighters Win By Organization More dollars iq the pay envelope and fewer hours on duty have rewarded members of city fire departments in the United States and Canada who have been sufficiently wise to organize and maintain unions as a part of the American labour movement The reverse picture shows that where city firemen cling to the policy of depending on political bosses for betterment in wages and conditions of employment they jog along on lower pay and work longer hours. Fire Department Surrey George J. Richardson, secretary of the International Association of Eire Fighters, with headquarters in the A.F. of L. building, Washington, has just completed the most comprehensive survey of fire department statistics ever undertaken. * It covers wages, working conditions, pensions, fire losses, number of persons protected by each fireman, fire protection per capita and many other features of interest in the fire prevention field. It shows that the annual average wage paid first-class firemen has increased from $1,000 in 1913 to $_,- 924 in 1927, or 92 per cent. Time on Duty Cut .in Two â0uring-^t_^eriod~l_re~tW6::platoon system has befen established in practically every city of the United States and Canada, thus reducing the hours on duty by one-half. In five cities of over a million population the average pay of first-class firemen is $2361 a year. Two of the organized cities in this group pay firemen $139 a year above the average. In "10 cities of over half a million population the average annual wage of firemen is $2,030. In this group four organized departments receive wages above the average, while "in two unorganized cities the pay is below the average. to ten NO RISE IN COAL PRICES IN GERMANY The German National Coal Council has, with the strong approval of the workers and consumers, refused the proposal of certain of the German ,_s_ffi<U<_»-B_i_t raise the price of coat, thuiH-relieving German industry of a great anxiety. Australia Led Way in Labour Reforms Under the urge of labour, Australia has gone in for government ownership of all kinds of public utilities. It has 28,000 miles of state and Federal owned and operated railroads. Management is vested in commissions. The roads are operated for service rather than profit. Australia has vast undeveloped areas and much of the railroading is "pioneering." There is no inflation of capital, no stock jobbing and no attempt to pay dividends at the expense of shippers and employees. Australia has been a leader in electoral reforms. Jt'gave the United States the Australian ballot system more than 30 years ago. Now the Commonwealth is trying out a compulsory voting law. All qualified electors must register. Failure to do so may be punished by a fine of $10. Having registered, they must vote, or they will become subject to another $10 fi'ne. Every facility is afforded the voter. If necessary, the election officials will visit the bedside of the sick. High Ration of Voters The net result is that in the, last election 91.62 per cent, of the men and 90.99 p.er cent, of the women who were registered voted. Putting it another way, there were 3,229,000 registered electors and 3,005,000 votes were cast. ODE TO NAPOLEON . A little while ago I stood by the grave of the old Napoleonâa magni: ficent tomb W gilt and gold, fit almost for a dead deityâand gazed upon the sarcophagus of rare and nameless marble where rests at last the ashes of that restless man. I leaned over the balustrade and thought about the career of the greatest soldier of the modern world. I saw him walking on the banks of the Seine, contemplating suicide, I saw him at ToulonâI saw him putting down the mob in the streets of ParisâI saw him at the head of the army of ItalyâI saw him crossing the bridge of Lodi with th^ri-color in his handâI saw him in Egypt in the shadows of the pyramidsâI saw him conquer the Alps and mingle the eagles of France with the eagles of the crags. I saw him at Marengoâ at Ulm and Austerlitz. I saw him in Russia, where the infantry of the .snowâalK-- theâcavalryâofâthe-Viht blast scattered his legions like winter's withered leaves. I saw him at Leipsic in defeat and disasterâdriven by a million bayonets back upon Parisâclutched like a wild beast- banished to Elba. I saw him escape and retake an empire by the force of his genius. I saw him upon the frightful field of Waterloo, where chance and fate combined to wreck the fortunes of their former king. And I saw him at St. Helena, with his hands crossed behind him, gazing out upon the sad and solemn sea. I thought of the orphans and widows he had madeâof the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only true woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold hand of ambition. And I said I would rather have been a French peasant and worn wooden shoes. I would rather have lived in a hut with a vine growing over the door and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant with my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the skyâwith my children upon my knees and then- arms about meâI would rather have been that man and gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust than to have been that imperial impersonation of force and murder known as "Napoleon the Great." Robert G. Ingersoll. YOUR OLD FRIEND For over JO yearsâSAMâWants to Remain Friends. Call at the LUCKY NUMBER 49 Cordova St. West for Gent's Furnishings SAM'S STORE 49 CORDOVA ST. W. <â¢ In the Path of the Fire- IE not only Canada's great forest wealth, but homes and human life. Be watchful of fire when in the woods. Leave no spark or ember unextinguished. Your carelessness may destroy valuable timber or priceless lives. The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch 16 Offices in Vancouver. B. L Mitchell, Manager 51 Branches in British Columbia ___ SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES SAFETYâReal PROTECTIONâAbsolute SERVICEâPrompt In the strongest vault on the Pacific Coast. Open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults Board of Trade Building, 402 Pender W., Vancouver, B. C Bettyâ"Is your Packard friend coming tonight?" ; Hettyâ"No." Betty-^DodgeBrothers?" ' " Hettyâ"No, dearie; this is Willys- KnighW" ' '''"-.->/"''â ..:â¢' â¢ . "â GOOD BUILDING YEAR: SPOKANE According to J. B. Sweet, recently elected business representative of the Spokane Building Trades Council, prospects are bright for a good season of employment for the building tradesmen of the Inland Empire metropolis. The painters, electrical workers, structural steel workers, and the plumbers and steam fitters are now all employed on work either in the city or at nearby points, reports Sweet There are still unemployed carpen ters, and building labourers, but there are being placed right along and it is thought that these tradesmen will also be.quite steadily employed shortly. "And what did you name the baby, my little man?" asked the visitor.- "Ma and: Pa were'going to name it Mary,"" replied the little fellow, "but they changed- their minds to John." _ - , ' ' Bar Child Labour - In Australian Work Australia cares for its children. Boys and girls under 14 years of age are absolutely prohibited from being employed in any industry. After reaching that age, they must obtain a certificate from school authorities that they have successfully passed examinations equivalent to the eighth? grade before they will be permitted to accept outside employment. The states and the Federal government have adequate workmen's compensation laws, and on June 30, 1925, 117,516 citizens were receiving the benefits of the old-age pension laws. Queensland was the first state to introduce unemployment insurance, and New South Wales soon afterward enacted a similar law. Thc jobless worker, if single, gets about $7.50 a week; if married, he gets additional benefits for his wife and each child. The workers, the employers and the state contribute the necessary funds". "Not a PÂ«r«di_e" "Australia is not a paradise," saTd Mr. Grayndler. "We have our troubles, actual and prospective, but Australian labour has demonstrated its ability to meet issues*.... they arise. "In my judgment the workers of Australia live better than the workers of the United States. The wages of the highly skilled workers are higher in this country than in Australia, but I believe Australian wages will buy more of the things needed to make life worth living. -"So far-w common labour!! corP cerned, I feel .that the Australians are very much betti*.r-_ft* than, the Americans." ' , Germans Warned Against Apathy^ The journal of the German Traffic and Communications Federation,, which like the Berlin "Vorwarts" and many other papers, has also adopted' the I.F.T.U. slogan, contains a long leading article on trade union liberty, from which we quote thc following: . "There is no single country which is without a group which is trying its best to make Labour "healthy and. sound" by administering doses of the renowned Mussolini-Baldwin remedy.' We all know that in Germany too, and not in Germany only, plans are being weighed for the strangling of. the liberty of the workers, and nets are being laid, to entrap us. Those' who do not stand on guard from the very beginning need not wonder that they arc not strong enough to with-, stand the great assaults made later.' So that, even if the danger is not yet' very alarming, it is well that the dan-' 1 gcr spots should be pointed out." >.., "The early beginnings of Fascism,, contain thc germ of a Fascism open and rampant. Fascism is death to" trade unionism: we must kill this germ by oral propaganda, as we talk among our work-fellows. No overestimating of the foeâthat would shake the nerves of the weaker breth-' ren; but also no under-estimatingâ for that way lies apathy, which makes the foe more dangerous than he oth. . erwise would be." ', VWHen a -man is so stingy as to,. _OTo_* Xnes^ tolmvj,p-li^W-l"tM thV6ugh his nose, to save wearing out his teeth. June 24th, 1927 J f TamemfSt Trade* ant labor ocufO- iTesldent, J. Thomson; general secre- _?r& Pe_fy R Ben_ou-h. Office, 803 aie*.S}ie- 16 Hastings East. Phone Sey. 7.96. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 P.m. on the drst and third Tuesdays in month *â¢* Fishermen's Association, meets ev- _..âm,ont.. " 'he call of the Secretary In the Holden Bldg. General Secretary, R, Hornbrook. 53 Hastings â â¢T.r»!T. Dispensers Union Mo S7_â meets last Sunday In month at 8:00 p.m.. Room 810 Holden Bldg. President Ar.?. t rcyi 8ecâ¢t«rV «Â»* Business 5F*1!1' Z: J- Hanolln. Office Room I. Bay. 1.6.-R, Hours, i to IS - ' â ^J'* * "truotnrel Iroa Workers, looal 87, Int. AssoâMeets every Monday, £___. '?4 _?_,den Bld*'' « « pâ¢: president, Sydney Dunstone; Secre- -WV-fofe"*4, Box 302> Clty' Phone Machinist ___oe_ 888âPresident, Thos. 8111a. 1>S2 Burrard St. Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, 8(7 Labor Hall, 18 Hastings East. Meets on Mcond snd fnurth Tuesdays In month. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, looal Wo. IBS* â Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Meets flrst and third Thursdays In Room 313 Holden Bldg. President. H. C. Matthews; Business Agent, A. Graham, 809 Holden Building. Rec. Sec, R. G. Inder; H. G. Avery. MM Wsgom DrlTsrs and Dairy amploy- Rs. iTooal ABAâMeets second and urth _yi__y fn Labor Hall. 18 Hastings St E. President, T. Rutherford; business agent, Blrt Showier, 1116 Robson St â ""ding Trades Council, Tanoouve-â gSt* second and fourth Tuesday In Holden Building. President. Robt. Stevenson; Secretary-trees., W. Page, Room 815, Holden Bldg Bakers' Local «8, Jonrneymen, at AmentaâMeets flrst and third Saturdays at 7 p.m.âPresident, A. Morris, 2834 _r . st_!_sec" T' R|sby, 37 Broadway West. Phone Pair. 6882-R . â eksry Salesmen, local an â Meets â frond Thursday every month. Holdon Bldg., 16 Hastings E. President B. Holmes; acting secreUry, Blrt Show- S '.J.115- Rob«on, office, 807 Holden Huildlng> Barbers,' Journeyman International Union of AmericaâLocal 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays ln each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings EaBt. Pres., Fred. Dawe; Sec-treas, C. B. Herrett. Office 814 Holden Bldg. "ttSKnaff* .t0Mj *J-i_* r**- MutltAAU. boonâMeets second Tuesday la nusntk At Professional and Business Woman's Clnb. Empire Bldg., 603 Hastings W. President, G. Low, 61 63rd Ave. W.; secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton Street. »*loJla.yjrs', Masons' and KU Setters' rnt. tTnlon Mo. 1âMeets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bite. ft-asldent G. B. Halllday: 8-oretary. W. 8. Dagnall. 1244 f»th Ave. 4 Phone Fair. 845 R. W. J. Pipes, Fln. ' Secretary. Molders Union Local 281âInternational of north AmericaâMeets flrst and third Fridays ln month ln room 313 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p. m. President, John Brown, 638 Broadway W. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. Motion Plotuj.es Projectionist's Union, Local 348 of LA.T.B.E ft M P.M O.â Meets at 891 Nelson St. on flrst Sunday in each month at 7:80 p.m. Prealdent, J. R. Foster, 1161 Oranvllle St; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 146. Business Phone: Sey. 8923. MusloUns Kotoal Protective Union Loot! 148, A. T. ot lf_âMeets at the G. W, V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. Edward Jamieson; secreUry, W. Edmunds; flnanclal secretary, W. E. Williams; organiser, F. Fletcher, all'at 991 Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangsrs Looal 138âMeeta second and fourth Thursdays at 168 Hastings W. Business agent, Robt Stevenson. Offioe, room 34. 163 Hastings West. Phone Sey. 3609. > THE LABORâ¢STATESMAN One Out of Six is Union Member The population of Australia is slightly in excess of 6,000(000, and one out of six, or about 1,000,000, are members of labour unions. There is no A.F. of I_. in Australia. The workers have strong local and state bodies, which succeed in co-operating'in spite of the sparse population and the long distance between industrial centers. A union card issued by a recognized union in the British Isles, Canada or the United States is accepted by the corresponding craft in Australia*. Courts of arbitration for the handling of industrial disputes have been operating in Australia for 25 years and are clothed with powers that American workers would hesitate to entrust to any tribunal. The system has proven satisfactory to the Australians, because, as one of the visiting heads of labour put it: "Organized labour in Australia has accepted compulsory arbitration, because labour has control of the majority of the governments which created the courts and which name the judges." Three Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf aad Dock Builders Looal Mo. MMâMeets every Friday night at 8 p.m. In 122 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, seoretary. P. O. Box 320: C. Anderson, President. Carpenters and Joiners, «â-'ramaHfl Society of,âVancouver lst Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President, O. Richardson; Secretary, John T. Bruce; Business Agent, J. McKlnley. Headquarters, room 35. 163 Hastings St W. Oarpenters and Joiners. United B__ hood of, Local 4S_âPresident, A. Mo- Donald; recording secretary. W. Page; business agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8. p.m. Olty Hall Employees' AesocUtion meet. flrst Wednesday of each month at 861U Hastings B., at 8 p.m. President, B. Hargreaves: treasurer, W. J. Srlb- blns, 3208 Pender St E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East Olvlo Bmployees' Union, Looal 38 â Meets first and third Fridays In tha month at 261 Mi Hastings B.. at 8 p.m. President, R. N. Hogg, 1718 Commercial Dr.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St â iM-rloal Workers, Local 813. International BxothsrtioodâMeets every Monday at 8 p.m. In Root* No. 1. 81» Pender Street West President, H. C' Allen; business agent, B. VL Montana. Office. 319 Pender Street West â nglneersâInternational Union â tiaui and Operating Looal 844â Meets â¢Tary Thursday at 8 p.m. Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, E. McCallum; rec. nee, Goo. Pettaptece; Fln. Sec. & Bus. Agent T. A. Newblgglng. Office, Boom 806 Hqlden Building Bngineers, steam and Operating, lit. Local B8_âMeots every" Wednesday At 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden Bldg President, M. J. Kearne; vice-president, H. Thomas; flnanclal secretary, A. J. Newblgglng; business agent, M. ._._â ??"âe: rec- Bec-' w- Methot Office 806 Holden. M*e Fighters, Mo. 18, International Association ofâMeets every month at gall of president, at 261 Vi Hastings B President, J. .Anderson, No. 2 Firs Hall; financial secreUry, C. A. Watson No. 3 Fire Hall. FloorUyers' Valoa, No. 187S, O.B. of C. A 3. ot A., meets lst snd 3rd Thursdays ln 310 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. President, __. C. Woodward; Fln. Sec, A. Reid; Rec. Sec., W. D. Wilson, 12.1 Hnwe St. Mod Carriers aad Bnlldlng Laborers, Mo. 6pa, International. Meets first and third Friday In month at Holden Building. President, C. Lawson, 1883 3rd Ave. W. Fln. Sec. and Business Agent, J. A. Harrington. 4293 Welwyn Street. Phone Fair. 14S4L. Plasterers, Loeal 89âInternational Association of Operative, meets first and third Wednesday in month at Holden Bldg. President A. Hurry. Secretary, Ed. Williams, 1172 Barctoy. Phone Douglas 3217R. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Ho. ITO, International Asso. ofâMeets every ind and 4th Friday In tha Holden Bldg. President, B. Simpson; secreUry and business agent, W. Watt, 806 Holden Building. Point dray Municipal Employees' Association, Local Mo. 3âMeets second Monday of each month at the Masonic Hall, Kerrisdale, 8 p.m. President, D. Ross Sciualr, 3728 30th W. Secretary A, Patterson 8179 Hudson Street. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Loeal Mo. 80âMeets every second Tuesday fn the month at 8 p.m. In Boom SIS Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. VS. President, Harry F. Longlay, 80S 8th St.. North Van.; secretary, Wm. Qulgley, 2083 Snd Ave. W., Box 894. MO. 88âMeets first sod third Frltfor tn month at Cotillon Halt, Granville and Davie Streets. President. A. S. Rosa, .871 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy, 2216 16th Ave. W. Street and Bleotric Bailway Employees. Pioneer Division Ito. 101âMoots K. P. Hall. Eighth and Klngsway, lat and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. B. Smith: recording seoretary, F. B. Griffin; treasurer, H, W. Speed; financial secretary and business agent Angus Maclnnea 3544 Pr. Edward St. Office: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont IISOL Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union Mo. 380 â Meets second and fourth Thursday in month ln Holden Building, 16 Hastings Street B. President, A. Fisher, 1952 4th Avenue W.; business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Phersen, 807 Holden Bldg. Shingle Weavers, Looal 17813âMeets second Tuesday In month, In Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and 4th Sunday, 7:30 p.m., in Room 313 Holdsn Bldg., Vancouver. President J. N. Chute. Phone High 1982-Y; sec, W. H. Matthew, 3436 Irving St. Tailors', Jonrneymen Union of America, Local Mo. 178âMeetings held first Thursday in each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month In Labor Hall. President A R. Gatenby; secretary, C. McDonald P.O. Box 663. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen aad Helpers, Looal 466âMeets every 2nd and 4th Wedneaday, 310 Holden Bldg. President A. A. McKay, 778 Beatty St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and i Marine Coots ft Stewards, Loeal 88â 441 Seymour St., meets second Monday each month at S. p.m., last Mondays nt 9 p.m. President Thos. Edwards, Sec.-Treas. Harry Wood, BusIj ness Agent. Marine Dept Fred. Tremblay. Phone Sey. 125, Ladles' Auxiliary, Local 171 â United Brotherhood of Oarpenters â Meets every flrst and third Wednesday of each month In 810 Holden Building, at i p.m. President,. Mrs. Nickels. High. l.lii Vâ ; secreUry, Miss Gibbons, Fair. 8f3L. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, alternation*! Unloa, Looal 807 â -Meets --'-trie.- Ahoy-4-Hr Mondays ln-mbnth,"Kl room 269 Holden Bldg. President, H. P. Fulljames, 2106 Vanness; Secretary, Bert Jenkins. 50 46th Ave. __, Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.8.E. 81 MP MO. âMeets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday In month, at 9:30 a.m. President, G. W. Allen; Secretary, Gordon Martin. Business address, P. O. Box 711. $23 Minimum is Australian Basis There are no "company unioWiii Australia, and if there are any "open shoppers," they do not attempt to enforce their views on the workers. The majority of industrial disputes are settled between the employers and the representatives of the unions. If that fails, the government provides a conciliation service, as in this country. If the conciliators cannot restore peace, then the arbitration courts take jurisdiction and their decisions are final and binding. The state arbitration courts deal with industrial disputes affecting industries which operate in one state; the Federal court has jurisdiction over industries which operate in more than one state. One of the first problems confronting these courts of arbitration was the fixing of a basic, or minimum, wage for common labour. At present the figure is |23 per week, con siderably higher than any minimum wage ever fixed in any country. Penalties for Employers After an arbitration court has fixed a wage scale and working conditions, employers must comply or go out of business. - Occasionally an employer attempts to pay less than the established scale. In that case he is promptly dragged into court and fined like any other criminal. The fines have been made sufficiently heavy to stop the practice. Union Men Only The arbitration courts have, to a certain extent, assisted labour organizations in securing a 1,00 per cent organization, because awards of increased wages are generally confined to those who are parties to the suit. That means that when a union wins a contest only the members of the union Are entitled to the benefits. It is easy for most of us to understand that an automobile will not run with cylinder oil in the gas tank. It should be equally easy to understand that good service will not be forthcoming from, the human machine if you put white flour into the human gas tank. No self-respecting worm will get into white flour because he knows he will die if he does. No dog will eat it because his instinctive ability to select suitable foods to nourish his body makes him reject a foodless food which careless, thoughtless, heedless human animals, having' lost this instinctive ability, put into their human gas tanks. When the H. G. Wells or some other great historian of a future time, writes the history of this period, be will recount with amazement that there were food sharks manufacturing foodless foods like white flour, refined sugar, and the various breakfast foods which are devitalized and demineralized, robbed of the very elements necessary to sustain life, advertised and sold with the profits made on them by those who sell them wrung from the health, happiness, and the very life, itself, of their iel- low human beings. Still we call our- se_V-srcivi!t»s<£ There is no mj?terious cause of disease. Devitalized foods and poor elimination of the poisons from the system produce acidosis and toxicosis the two basic causes of all disease. WAGE CUTTING NO SOLUTION . Wage reductions and increased hours that were forced on British coal miners, following their disastrous strike last year, have failed and that country is facing another coal crisis. When the miners were defeated, jubilant coal owners prepared t., challenge competitors in European markets, but other countries met the lower labour costs and England finds herself in a worse condition because of debased living standards of more than 1,000,000 workers. To add to Britain's troubles, an embargo has been placed on that coal by the French Government The French coal owners refuse to engage in the cut-throat competition. The British situation is of interest to America because it sustains the United Mine Workers in their opposition to low wages. These trade unionists have repeatedly pointed out th?t low wages is no solution for the ills of the coal industry. The union coal owner does not benefit, as the non-union coal owner will keep below the union standard. Not one additional pound of coal is sold and the worker is driven to starvation standards. Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY MAKERS OF HOVIS Also Makers of the Beet White, Raisin and Nat Bread Place Tour orders now for onr Fruit Loaves, 15c each. Phone: Highland 1300 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring,, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries â¢lea -70 4099 Hartlnss «t â . TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION The Belgian Cabinet has prepared ahd approved a bill reducing the duties payable on the amalgamation of enterprises by two-thirds. In view of the reorganization of industry, the Act is to remain in force for three years; its special object is to stimulate the amalgamation of the many small coUerienesT In case these amalgamate, or are absorbed within three years, they are exempted from the payment of income tax for this period. In the metal industry, fusion has already begun; the firm "Athus Grivegnee et d'Angleur" has amalgamated with the "Usines de Chatel- niau;" both these two enterprises . now pass into the control of two large Belgian banks. THE REIGN OF TERROR IN ROUMANIA The Court Martial at Klausenburg has after some days of trial sentenced four workers to 17 years of imprisonment, although nothing could be proved agqoist them except that they read Marxian literature. Typographical Union. Mo. 888âPresident, C. S. Campbell; vice-president. R. Gonthro; Secretary-treasurer, R H. Neelands, 'P.O. Bo_ _«. Meets last Sunday o_ each month at > p.m.,' ln Holden Bnlldins-. IB Hastings St. E Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each .month, -Presidents p8.-D.~Mo- T-ohiild. Box 268. Seoretary, Fra,nk Perry, Box 498, Prince Rupert, B.C. AMERICAN WORKERS WORKED OUT OF JOBS That the American worker, by increased output, is "working himself out of a job," has been shown by statistics issued by the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other authorities. < These statements Are now confirmed from another source, Domi- nick & Dominick, investment bankers of N.w York City, who have found that the quantity manufactured per wage-earner in manufacturing is how â 94rjffet' cent: |preat^"~tlnr1i-JTMK but the number of workers in these industries is nearly 7 per cent., less. BROADCASTING STATION MAY BE OWNED BY LABOR San FranciscoâThe Labor Council and the Building Trades Council have created committees to consider the establishment of a labor broadcasting station. PICKET RIGHT UPHELD; POLICE HEAD REBUFFED Pawtucket, R.I.âTextile workers on strike against the Manville- Jenckes Company have been sustained in theiri right to picket. The strike started more than three months ago when the company attempted to increase the work week from 48 to 5. hours. ' Chief of Police- Coe arrested the pickets. He posed, as judge of the strike and said there was no excuse Tor"its"_-d|t_nc_-r-. Attar I. strikers were arrested the court dismissed all cases. No price concession nor other so-called service can take the place of safe, clean milk in scrupulously sterilized bottlesâuse PHONE: I FAIRMONT 1000 _/p. Four THE LABOR STATESMAN June 24th, 1927 TFlP I ahf ^.a._i«m_in approved modern style, like a present OldU.MIJ.Ull day brewery on]y on a larger scaIc. Published every Friday, at 111 Holden Bids.. Vancouver. B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Official Organ of the Canadian labor Party. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Chairman, XV. Watt, Plumbers; J. McCurragh, Typographical; J. Thomson, Bridge Builders; W. Deptford, Street Railway Employees; W. Clancy, Beverage Dispensers. Fhone Seymour 6379 Vancouver, B. G, June 24th, 1927 THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY The generation of Canadian. who recall the origination of the idea and commencement _f.. the building of Canada's frost transcontinental railway are gone, and if the capitalistic press of the Dominion and the directly paid propaganda of the C- P. R. is successful, the present generation will be persuaded some wonderful fairy tales as to the origin of the C.P.R. The regular stock form theory is that the C. P. R. is the monumental work of a few foreseeing patriotic gentlemen who, when railways were yet an experiment and, the Prairie Provinces were believed to be frost-swept wastes that could never be the home of anything but the Northern Indian, bet their fortune and made their life 'work the building of a railway to the Pacific, and that if it had not been for the confidence and vision and sacrifice of these "Empire builders" there would be no united Canada to this day. And again, that in view of the historic usefulness and disinterestedness of the C. P. R. anything today proposed by that corporation must be assumed to be in the best interests of the Canadian people. Indeed far has this fiction as to tl character of the C$P, R. been carried that the railway has attained a quasi governmental status, anil in matters such as immigration, it undertakes to handle the movement of population to Canada, in tbe same manner as if it were the Government and with the same callous reckless abandon as to result. And because we have so often to question this immigration activity and to complain of the labor policy of the railway company we deem it advisable to show that the railway promoters were not by any means the virtuous gentlemen that the present generation is asked to believe that they were. > The idea of a transcontinental railway originated with the men who brought about the federation of the Canadian Provinces. It was quickly seen that some means of communication more rapid than Red River cart, ox team or stage coach would be necessary. Railways were far past the experimental stage. Eastern Canada had over two thousand miles in operation, ahd so a railroad spanning the Provinces was decided upon. Instead of believing the Prairie country to be an inhospitable frigid desert, its wheat-growing possibilities were well understood, for the Hudson's Bay Company had grown and milled wheat on the Red .River for over fifty years. In fact, instead of the building of a railway calling for the courage and daring that we are now asked to believe it did, the possibilities of the thing were, so evident that ten' years before the present C. P. R. company was formed,'Hugh Allan, the founder of the Allan steamship lines, formed a company : to ..build a teansrCanada line,; and â¢ instead of being treated as a great public benefactor Mr. Allan was held up hnd bled in true orthodox In fact the work was so rough that it âthc Pacific scandalâbrought about the downfall of the Macdonald Government, and the cancellation of the whole scheme. In 1871, when British Coolumbia joined the Canadian Federation, one of tbe. conditions was that a railway was to be built to the Coast Some time following this, the trans-Canada road was commenced as a Government work, and by 1879 the British Columbia end of the line was completed from Port Moody to Kamloops, and some similar mileage had been completed on the Eastern end. By this time the railway game was so far advanced that not only was the building and operating of railways found profitable, but even the art of profitably wrecking railroads had been discovered. Now it was a self- evident proposition to the Macdonald Government, which had got back into power in 1878, that any game in which the main gang could win regardless of whether the enterprise was a success or a failure, was too good to be handled by the Govern ment for the whole people; so Macdonald, who had climbed into power on the tariff issue, decided, without any reference to the electors, to abandon the policy under which the people of Canada had constructed many hundreds of miles of the road and handed the building of the railroad to a group of gentlemen who were in no way notorious for their patriotism and some of whom had made a "clean-up" of several millions by driving an American road into the hands of a receiver, and then buying the receiver. Donald Smith, who looks so good in the historic picture driving the last spike of the C. P. R. in 1886; was head of ihe Hudson's Bay Co., in Canada. In some unexplained manner ruinous tales as to the worthles,sn_ss of Hudson's Bay stock were circulated mong the'''small shareholders; in Britainâand Donald Smith's agents were quietly picking up the shares as they were thrown on the market by the small investors. These "Empire builders" started off with a contract to construct the railway for $25,000,000 and 25,000,- 000 acres of land and a free gift of the hundreds of miles of road already constructed at each end. But this is only part of the story, these "Empire byilders" were soon back for further grants, and at one period in the history of the line they gambled with the savings of the people of Canada to a point at which if the Federal Government had not aga.fl fattened the jack pot, the Bank of Montreal was broke and financial ruin would sweep Eastern Canada. .While we may return to this subject at a later date we trust that the foregoing is sufficient to show that the early history of the C. P. R. fails to justify the extravagant patriotic British Tories Afraid of Labor Party London.âBy a vote of 228 to 103, the government forced the political "contracting in" clause of the antitrades union bill through the House of Commons. This will compel trade unionists to specifically state in writing and in a letter mailed through the post office department, that they* desire to contribute to the political fund. Under the present law, a unionist may "contract out" by informing the Registrar of Trade Unions at the Board of Trade (the government's Department of Commerce) that he does not .desire to contribute to the political fund. Approximately 100,000 unionists annually "contract out." In urging the new "contracting in" clause the government claims it will protect members from "tyranny and intimidation of union leaders who would force workers to contribute. Government reports show that during the last 14 years there has been recorded 66 complaints of unfair dealing by union or trade union officials. The Registrar of Trade Unions found that 60 per cent of these complaints were unfounded. The unionists insist that 33 cases in 14 years out of a membership of 4,000,000 does not support the government's claim. The purpose b to handicap political activities of the unionists. BUY B. C. GOODS Make Jobs For Your Boys and Girls IN British Columbia -& SUMMER COTTAGE BUILDERS, ATTENTION! 100*00 feet of specials to eaensce Can ship in scow to any part of North Arm Shore Line, or by truck anywhere FlooringâCellingâSiding ap Bow and save money Gleribu 384 of Manufacturers of All Kinds â Rough and Finished Lumber Alto Lath and Shingles IJII a Enjoy your own home. ^Let ub fl help you with our plan book, "Newly jg Designed British Columbia Homes." IJII Highland 180 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT BUNGALOWS Barnet Lumber Company Ltd. "Only White Employees" 3995 HASTINGS STBBBT BAST VANCOUVEB, B. O. pretensions of that corporation, and to this we must add that the C. P. R. of the present day is not the great Canadian institution we are asked to believe that it is. Of necessity its roadbed is on Canadian soil, but the ownership is foreign. In 1923 less than 22 per cent' of the C. P. R. stock was owned by Canadians.âM. Funds Without Limit To Break Car Strike New York.âAn investigation of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company reveals that money without limit was used last year to break an in dependent strike. These workers belong to a company "union." Some .of the strike expenses were: $43,348 to detective agencies; $42(090 for "field men," the new title for stool pigeons; $12,- 000 for automobile hire; $21,116 to strikebreaking agencies; $50,000 for kitchen equipment and laundry. The constitution of the company "union" was the work of the Inter- borough's attorney. The strike cost $967,000, not including loss of fares. Strikebreakers were paid $10 and $12 a day while motormen who refused to strike were paid their usual weekly wage with a bonus of two- weeks' pay when the strike ended. The employees accepted a 10 per cent wage cut in 1921 "to _ave the company from bankruptcy," but shortly after the board of directors increased the salary of Frank Hcd- ley, president, from $65,000 to $75- 000 a year. 'The attorney who drew up the company "union" constitution was advanced from $60,000 to $72,- 000, and the assistant to the president drew a $5000 increase. The company has secured an in- SEE 3-THE BIG-3 HOLIDAY SUIT SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK $27.50 values ... $19.50 $35.00 values ...:. $24.50 $40.00 values $29.50 "BIG CHIEF," BUTE SEAL" ABB "CABHABTS" I TÂ»T__"1_T U A Il? OVERALLS S1AS to S2.G0 UlNIUI- MAlll-WOBK: SHTBTS . $1.50 to SS.75 ***"V" "*"m'*JSBB US FOB "CABHABTS" GLOVES CORNFIELD & HARDING, LTD. 31 HASTINGS STBEET EAST (Opposite Holden BnlMlnS) MRS. LILLIAN MORRIS TO ATTEND DETROIT CONVENTION Mrs. Lillian Morris has been elected as1 a delegate to represent the Edmonton local at the general conference of the - United Garment Workers of America to be held in Detroit on August 4th. PLUMBERS RAISE PAY Boston, June 18.âThe Plumbers Union has signed a two-year agreement with employers. Beginning Oc tober lst, wages will be advanced from $11 to $12 a day. to be a Modern Pharmacy "So your boy is-studying druggist?" . "Yes; he is attending a special course in lectures on soap, cigars, perfumery, soft drinks, city direo- tories, telephone books, candy, fancy postcards and stationery." 1 Union Picnics junction against the legitimate union of street car men. PROGRESS IS MADE BY CALIFORNIA PAINTERS An important step, was taken in the effort of the Painters of California to.secure the five-day work week when the executive board of the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association of California, held a meeting in Pasadena and went on record in favour of the shorter week. A number of local unions in this district jir. already working on the five-day week basis, which it is hoped will b. spread oVer the entire state: . â - CRAWFORD HELPS IN EDMONTON SETTLEMENT Among the officials of international unions in Edmonton this week was Arthur J. Crawford; Toronto, international representative of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association who returned to tbe city on Wednesday. While on his former visit here two weeks ago he was instrumental in affecting a settlement of the.local strike situation of the sheet metal workers! whereby the. p;cn secured an advance of 10 cents per hour in wages and a renewal of the locaragreement., j LEFT WING" GROUP OUSTED BY FURRIERS Washington.âThe convention of the International Fur Workers' Union sustained their executive board ih revoking charters of several New York locals that had been captnred by Communists during the recent strike. The convention qeated representatives of the re-organized locals. Thc ousted Communists were so disorderly at thc convention that they were finally denied admission as visitors. The world i> â wherl, and it will all come around right.âDiiracli. CARPENTERS âTo Bowen Island, Saturday, July 23rd.â Adults $1.25; hildren, 50c PAINTERS UNIONâto Selma Park, Saturday, July 16th-â Adults $1.50; Children 75c. PLASTERERS' U N IO NâTo Bowen Island. Saturday, July 23rd. Adults $1.00; Children, 50c r| PLUMBERS UNIONâto Bowen Island. Saturday, August 27th. âAdults, $1.25; Children, 50c. TAILORS' UNIONâto Bowen Island, Saturday, August 6th.â Adults, $1.25; Children, 50c â¢ TRADES COUNCILâHastings Park. Monday, September 5. Admission 50c â >. i p^Am-old-timer i_r^B*--'*fcO"<sn=reii member, when Paris got the blame for the styles and only the rich were I naughty. . LABOR PARTY . For Further^ Information Write B. C. SECTION, C^ADL^jUBOR PARTY Pretident, J. FLYNN; SecreUry, W. CAMPBELL. 1-47 Homer St. Vlce-pre_i-en-f, W. K. COTTBBLL, W. W. LBFEAUX, 8. BATE. June 24th, 1927 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five â¢ Summer Foods VENUS PURE SEA FOODS solve the problem of eummer rnenu» without uncomfortable cooking. Ready to serve for Breakfast, Luncheon or Dinner. Order from yonr Grocer or Delicatessen VENUS FISHING & CANNING Co^ Limited General Office: Dominion Bldg. Vancouver, Canada. IN THE HAM & EGG FOUNDRY By the 'Mustard Mixer* What kind of potatoes would you like with your steak, sir? Shoestring? That's what I opened this joint on. Anyway are the people following the birds this year? What? How do I know you are from Victoria? Why, I remember you when you used to wear a beard. You say you had it removed because the stewards used to refer to you as Father Christmas?' Well, they can't say you were a 'Father Christmas' to their union. What do I know about it? Well, some of them claim that their services were dispensed with through their allegiance toJJnionism You don't believe it? Well, they claim you told them so. This is the plaint of one of them. "I saw Mr. Rowlands and lost my job! He said he got a report from Winnipeg to say that I had been bootlegging and taking fast women aboard. So of course we had an argument and he admitted that it was- Entertaining Comedy At Orpheum Theatre In San Francisco there is a BenBa- _iwi.il, comedy hit now playing: In its thirteenth week to capacity audiences; this same show has completed a four- teen-weeks' run fn Los Angeles, and played for over a year in Now York City. It has been heralded by critics all over the country aa one of~4he cleverest comedy-dramas of the past five years and has had a most successful road-tour throughout all the larger Cities ot the United States. "The Patsy" is the show which Ray Collins and Margaret Marriott with their popular Orpheum Players will present next week at the Orpheum Theatre. This will make the fifth week of their sensational summer engagement of spoken drama during whichytime they have presented to Vancouver theatregoers the very latest New York stage bits. This comedy sensation will have a very large and talented cast Including Ray Collins, Margaret Marriott, Charles .Kennedy, Brady Kline, Etta Del mas, Joseph Lawliss, Thelma Howard, and Ashley Buck. Every one of these players has been appearing for the past five weeks and has made many friends among Vancouver audiences to date. Every one should see "The Patsy" for it Is a most entertaining comedy and is full of laughs from beginning to end and will ooffer Miss Marriott, who plays the title role, one of the outstanding roles of her career since "Jerry." As has been adopted the past few weeks, Monday night will be bargain night, with all seats selling at 25 and 50 cents. Popular matinees will be played on Wednesday and Saturday, and the show every night will commence at 8:20. Brooklyn Plumbers Want $14 and Five Day New York Building trades AUNT HET SAYS: "It don't never pay to be wicked. I never wanted to swear, but once an' that time I kicked a chair and nearly busted a toe." We Do Not Patronize List of Trades Council STEVENSON'S BAKERY AVENUE THEATRE WALDORF CAFE GOOD EATS CAFE ROYAL DAIRY CRYSTAL DAIRY NATIONAL LUNCH TROCADERO CAFE COLLARD, the Clothiet., 603 Haetince W. LEN. A. DAVIS (Lathing Contractor) PRINTERS CLARKE & STUART MURPHY & CHAPMAN ROSE, COWAN & LATTA -GEHB.K_-_-I.TT1_... ROEDDErG. A. LTD. J. W. BOYD really the union and that they had to have some excuse to lay me. off." How about the Jiouse-maid-wait- resses that you endeavoured to se cure throtigh the Government Employment Service in Victoria? You stated on this occasion to the Victoria Superintendentâafter you had cancelled the orderâthat trouble through the organized stewards was anticipated, which you know was unfounded. Do you know that Industrial Autocrats have been more successful in establishing radicalism amongst the workers through their high-handed methods, than any paid representative could hope to accomplish. The sq-called 'Red' element that some employers are referring to in the camps of the workers are surpassed by the industrial autocrats who deny the rights of collective bargaining; for they have the monopoly on the meaning of 'Reds.' How did you like your steak, Rowlands? You had too much mustard with it? Well, that's good, tell Ferocious about our little chat. By the way did you read the revised version of 'Misrepresentation?' Our old man, which art upstairs, doth say unto me that ye shall have no representative other than they that receive the mark of loyal servi tude. And woe betide he that chooses the heathen of his kind; for lo and behold, I will take up armaments to his discomfiture. Yea, verily, I sav unto there, that I will hire able-bodied seawomen to take over his duties (as I have previously done). Notwithstanding the fact that the Government Employment Act strictly stipulates that no advertisement can appear unless a vacancy actually exists. I know my onions; have I not previously told thee that ye shall have no bananas, or the fruits of thy labour in proportion thereof? And have I not built up a policy wherein ye work but half a month during the time I need ye not; and in being, considerate for thy well-being have I not paid ye for the time only that ye did labour? Verily, I said unto thee that The guy that "represented thee was misrepresenting thee; and we may, and we may not, put him to work "for less" in the sweet by and by. Amen and so say all of us. workers of the nation are directly involved in the 10-week strike of 3000 Brooklyn union plumbers for the five-day week and a $14 scale. The isBue involved is whether building trades wages have reached their crest.' Employers the country over are following keenly the fight directed by the New York Building Trades Employers' Association againBt the Brooklyn union. Efforts of the International union to settle the strike have been fruitless with the bosses refusing to arbitrate, unless the men first go back to work. Contracts, awarded in the New York district are nearly as high as last year, according to the official F. W. Dodge reports. The Brooklyn plumbers contend that higher wages may easily be paid, with the contractors making large profits and investors insistent that buildings they are sponsoring be erected practically without regard to cost The strike of plumbers in South Bergen, New Jersey, for $13 involves a similar issue, with the master plumbers receiving support from other contractors who declare that a victory for the plumbers means a "higher scale in all parts or New Jersey. Calgary Labor Delves Immigration Immigration continues to be the chief topic of discussion at meetings of Trades and Labour Councils throughout Canada. Calgary Trades antfLabour Council, at its meeting on Friday night, was informed that Central European immigrants were gradually being placed in employment in the different industries in the city of Calgary, although they had been brought out for farm work. They could not speak English. It was also stated that these immigrants were obtaining work in the building trades and the situation was considered serious. It was alleged that one of the industries employing a number of these men, being requested for an increase of wages, immediately fired them and hired another bunch in their place. It was intimated that the firm was doing considerable work for the provincial government. The executive was instructed to appoint a committe with H. B. Adshead M.P., as chairman, to obtain all information possible with reference to the immigration question and offer suggestions to Combat the situation. Attention was also drawn to the displacement of workers by improved machinery. It was felt that this, in v>e near future, would eliminate the nec.ssity of employing any large number for harvest work. Many other classes of work were also affected. CARMEN'S NEW HOME Kansas City, Mo.âThe Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America has moved into its new four-storey, fireproof home on West Linwood Boulevard. In making the announcement, President Martin F. Ryan and General Secretary-Treasurer J. M. Ellis called attention to the fact that the property was purchased without any direct tax on the members of the Brotherhoodâevery penny of the investment came from interest on thc investments of the organization. Del. Deptford, "who represents the Trades Council on the Town Plati- ^iiing-Commissicrn, has been successful in getting the commission to, go I on record to have all its printing done in a union shop. The heaviest wood is lignum-vitae, which runs from 78 to 82 pounds- a cubic foot, points out an answered question in this week's Liberty. Ebony tit a cltrse Sf<roird, with from 69 to 83"pounds; boxwood is third, running from 69 to 72 pounds a cubic foot. CAMPING EQUIPMENT Waterproof Clothing Awnings - Flags WE CARRY A GOOD STOCK OF WORK APRONS and OVERALLS AND CANVAS GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. WE HAVE HAD FORTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS LINE JONES & SON Tent & Awning Co. Ltd. 28 WATER STREET PHONES SEYMOUR 740, 741, 2156 UNION STEAMSHIPS EVERY MORNING f£ZSÂ£Z TOXfn DELIGHTPUT. BOAT TRIPS BOWEN ISLANDâ9 a.m. (Sunday 10 a.m.) Vancouver's Island Suburb. One hour's sail. _ SQUAMISH. via Britanniaâ9 a.m. (Sunday 9:30 a.m.) "Tho Magic Day Sea Trio" to tho head of Howe Sound. SEASIDE PARKâWeekday's (except Saturday) 9 a_m-, Saturday 2 p.m. A charming all-day cruise on' West Howo Sound. SECHEl_T, via Roberts Creek and Selmaâ9:30 a.m. (weekdays only). Along tho Gul fCoast Riveira, with an hour at "Sunny Sechelt." For turther information phone Sey. 306, Union Dock, Ft. Carrall St., or Sey. 3331, City Tickot Office, 633 Oranvllle St. Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' Made in B. C. CIDERS "Cooling and Refreshing" PURE SWEET and SOUR APPLE CIDER GRAPE, ORANGE, LOGANBERRY, CHERRY, LIME-O, PUNCH, ETC Above also in concentrated formâa Quart Bottle Makes a GallonâIdeal for Picnics and the Home. VAN BROS. LTD. 19SS Commercial Drive Phone Highland 90 Yonr PICNIC or SOCIAL it NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 36 Thirsty? DRINK WHISTLE CROSS & CO., M-rs. FAIRMONT 1173 THE SAMPLE SHOE STORE 37 HASTINGS STBEET WEST BUY CUT-RATE SHOES _TOB AI-I. the fa-ehvy Wonderful Holiday Offerings 1000 pairs of Men's and Boys' Running Shoes, all sizes .95c. 800 pairs of ladies', Misses' and Child's, all sizes... G5o to 86- Ladios" Fancy Blond or Black Ties and Pumps, values to !", at B9.95 Ladles' Fancy Blond or Black Ties and Pumps, values to J6 at 83.95 Child's Elk Sandals, guaranteed, 5 to T... SSc; 8 to 10'-_. fl.M; 11 to 2- ___.._...am» Men's Fine Welt Oxfords, values to |5; on sale -93.95 Men's Fine Welt Oxfords and Boots, values to SB, oh sale 93 98 Men's Fine English High Grade Shoes, values to $10 at 84.! . SAMPLE SHOE STORE (NEARLY OPP. PANTAGES) It is with life as with wineâ;he that would'have it in perfection-must not draw it to the dreg?.âButler. Love will subsist on wonderfull little hope, but not altogether witl out it.âScott. Six THE LABOR STATESMAN June 24th, 1927 Sewing %u TRACKMAN Wear and tear upon electric railway tracks go on continually. Tbe trackman plays an important part in maintaining good service. British Coiumbm ^Er^cn_icKfliiwHF(Ia VANCOUVER VICTORIA i»--. SPECIAL SALE OF SUITS Suitable to suit youâto present a suitable appearance to suit July 1 Celebration, at prices that will suit your pocketbook. BILTMORE HATS, In new map brim at $5.50 MEN'S STRAW HATS, at $1.50 MEN'S FINE SHIRTS AND UNDERWEAR. UNION MADE SHOES AND WORKING CLOTHING. W. B. BRUMMITT. 18-20 Cordova Street West Greek Government Attacks Trade Unions (I.P.T.U.) A few months ago the . organizations of shop-keepers, restaurant-keepers, hairdressers, etc. of Greece struck in order to force the Government to continue the Rent Restriction Act, which the householders were moving heaven and earth to get repealed. At that time the Civil Servants' Union, acting in the interests of their members, threatened to strike for the same reason. The Govern- - ment is now anxious to prevent at any cost any collaboration between civil servants and other sections of tile population, and it is therefore retaliating by persecuting the civil servants. Capsalis, the general secretary of the civil servants' union, and some of his comrades have been arrested on the pretext that they were acting under the orders of the Third i.ternational, and were desirous of overthrowing the state. Capsalis has been kept in prison for one and a half months, and the government has sequestered the foreign correspondence of the civil servants' union, a gross violation of trade union liberty. A further encroachment on trade union liberty is a recent act prohibiting the civil servants' unions from amal gamating or affiliating with the workers' organizations, on pain of imprisonment up to five years. The Civil Servants' International at The Hague has intervened, and in view of the forthcoming discussions of the question of trade union liberty which will take place at the International Labor Conference, has drawn the attention of the International Labour Office and the I.F.T.U. to conditions in Greece. We never heard of a man catching cold from leaving off hi* bed habit.. SUBSCRIBE TODAY We invite, you'to .ubicribe or get a friend to anb- â¢cribe for The Labor State.man. The rate, era two dollar, for one year, one dollar for six month.. I enclose ..dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to the address below for ,.. months, commencing with the next issue. NAME .'. _ '.. ;.,........ ADDRESS ZZ- . T1.IIH WtHa _T_*ii-» In lurfii M_.l*-.s iii. Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver The Practical Socialist BY F. W. MOORE UNION CAFES Seymonr 3168 Alway. Open The practical socialist is the capitalist. The idea inspired the following conversation with my friend, Pat McCann. Say, Pat, what made you tell me the other day that an international union of world states was inevitable?" " - "Because I think enough philanthropists will soon back up the socialists' demand for it" "Haw, haw, haw; guess again, Pat.' "Now, look here; do you imagine I came 5000 miles to be laughed at? I think, my conceited friend, you're inclined to be too finical; may be if I said a number of communists would convert humanity you would not be so ready to give me the big haw-haw." "Ha, ha, ha, he he heâOh, Pat, do excuse my facial contortions; I simply cannot help laughing." "Is that so? Well, if you hadn't apologized I might have been tempted to splinter that elephant's nose of yours; maybe you think that the benevolent societies and churches will be instrumental in developing a sentiment sufficiently strong to cause the all-important,demand?" "Ha, ha, ha, he, he, he, and likewise ho, ho ho. Pat, my sonny bawn, you're hopeless. Now don't lose your temper: 'Anger,' the Romans used to say, 'is short madness.' Just hold your horses for a minute while I rest my face. The cachinnatory contortions nave caused muscle weariness, and allow me to tell you that socialistic sentiment is an effectânot a cause; communistic sentiment is precisely the same thing; benevolent society sentiment is ditto, and church sentiment is quite as powerless as the others. In fact sentiment in a wide-awake man, is merely an effect of conditions, environment and training, all of which are to a great extent the result of the law oi econom'c determinism. Internationalism will never materialize through the sentimental suasion of socialists, communists, benevolent societies or churches. Such organizations merely prepare men for the inevitable. They can no more make men practical internationalists than they can make them practical geologists. People must go through the regular training-school for that. And in the said training school the curriculum is made up of studies incidental to economic determinism, or to put it in the simplest English it is chiefly made up of studies of our industrial experiences. It is capitalistic organizations that are working overtime for the acqui sition of internationalism. They are working aU the more assiduously because in doing so they are reaping big profits and keep them alone, in view. Yet, every time the development of new machinery adds riches to the few and forces unemployment on the many; every time the owning class increases the proportion of what they can produce to what they can sell; every time they diminish the comparative capacityof their markets they are hastening the day when men will be confronted by the law of self cates, and are evelastingly adding to the size of those already established. They are socializing industry and are forcing the eventual forma, ion of one-big-union of all mankind. Thus are the exploiters doing a splendid work for humanity. Let us hope they will open their eyes in time to see what the logical consequence of their acts ought to be, and let us further hope that the working man the world over will understand the import of the process before it is too late. That is all they need learn to do . ince the capitalist is developing the foundations of socialism. Labour bodies consider it sufficient as a rule to explain the process to the masses leaving to intuition the proper course to pursue. internationalism as their only effec tive weapon or add one more catastrophic experience to their already disgraceful record of murdering civilizations by the" sheer force of profi' leering stupidity. You see, therefore, that internationalism aud-prodUction for use are on the way, Pat. You sec that capitalists art hastening it and are the real cause of it. They are bcilding up international trusts and syndi- Editor, Labour Statesman. Kindly allow me a little space fif your widely read paper, what I might term 'Vancouver's Authentic News.' A letter of recent date in the Province newspaper by no less a person' age than the Attorney-General Mr. Manson, when speaking of Ontario's Liquor prices declared emphatically that the prices quoted by the Commissioner Mr. Harris, of said province were absolutely far too low and that in the near future, he would be compelled to raise same. I would like to know where the A.G. gets bis mathematical ideas from. We are told that Ontario pays more for freight rates than B. C. does by the Panama route. Ontario's prices are approximately 25 per cent. less than here. As are also Quebec's. Its evident then, that there are too many agents and dealers getting the spread of the profits here and the sooner the electorate wake up and realize they are being bled and stung (by the present preposterous form of liquor control as we know it) the sooner the prices of ail imported goods will drop in prices. I would suggest that at the next general election that the people of B. C. demand they be exempted from the permit system. I would like' to know hjam many residents of B. C. voted to pay a price for the privilege of drinking. Remember the American has the same rights as you have. If there is to be paying for the right to have a drink, then let the Yankee pay for it, or in other words our wonderful American tourists with the greenbacks. Wake up, folks. Don't let the A. G. or any other politician bluff you. follow the East and at least demand a big cut in your liquor bill. Yours, eta, A.M.R. P.S.âThe distribution of profits through the municipalities is open for discussion. I contend it would be 100 per cent, better to utilize that money with a view to cutting prices or paying a percentage to the consumer and by so doing you will ulti matcly eliminate the bootlegger from our midst. Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Lei. 5«th Batt. Late 72nd Batt. 76 Hailing. St. E. Vanconver, B.C. Egg Orders Arc Our Specially ' IT'S THE COFFEE" Fred's Dairy Lunch They aU Com. Back to 72 HASTINGS STREET WEST All Good Union'Men! âwill eat at a good place. When in a hurry try the FASHION LUNCH e»hi HaetJao Street Bast Classified Adverts. BABBISTZRS AMXt BOXJCTTOM* Weill* w. __.x_.i_-, 102 Metropolitan Bulldliiff. -.hose Sey. 6667. BATHS Buttings Steam Baths Price 35c Only Pr. W. A. Mutledge. 10* _UrUnge W HAB DW ABB Manitoba H_.r_ir.r_ 1714 Oii-.iu.re--- BOTABIBS M. M. Bengough. 803 Ho__«n Bldg. tabor Btuteemun 803-816 HoM.n MUst. BUI1 f UBS SPECIAX-ST O.S. __.»r<_. 91 B. Hn.cht.1 1975 Granvi-l. riled. Set, Xe-toothed. Edged Toole around Perfectly. 3. «opp, 3887 Vat* Bt. U-n.EBTA._EBS Ann-tron* * Houon, 304 Dnnl.vy Ave. . Colonial Theatre .11571.-1 ABB DUB-JSUIB Premier Film Attractions Special Features Every Monday, Wedneaday and Friday. Moderate Trices CONTINUOUS. 11 A.M. TO 11 PM. W. E. FEIWS School of Dancing PRIVATE AND CLASS LESSONS Social Dancee. Monday, Wedneaday and Saturday. â ZTKO-1 101. COTIZ-UOB KA___- The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread raixaaat isa 43* 7th Ave. B. About one-third of tbe wells drilled for oil turn out to be absolutely dry, preservation and will gladly embracsJ according to an answered question in this week's Liberty. Yon era Invited to Mt at 4503 THE OAKS CAFE j How under the manag-e_m»nt of J '" â¢> MISSES £ JL SPRING and "' V1 H. S2. SUTETERI-AHD Bfst Quality FoodâQuick Service j Popular Prices ,336 ABBOTT STREET (Opposite Woodwards) VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis, Barf Cold. " MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTOTOS W. SXT. 3070 NEW MAGAZINE FOR THE UNITED STATES A new national magazine, to be called "Washington," is to be published shortly by a corporation which will include several well-known American labour editors (among them Chester M. Wright, the editor of International __sbour News Service). The magazine will expose "Washington corruption, trickery, deceit, arrogance and downright JteE^3rwB9'^|^^3K a broad policy of tolerance and understanding toward I__tin America and also toward China." It will aim at achieving the ''pitiless publicity" which was $&*AlmiK&&3^ 11 7%T June 24th, 1927 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven ( Price and Value You will agree that the lowest priced boot is not always the cheapest. Prices to suit your pocket here, of course â but first honest leather, honest quality. WCBfe foygfaogs -4. stares. Vancouver and Nanaimo ronizeD Whole Wheat FLOUR EVIRY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET ITâ AND NOTHING ELSE. It I* Rich in Nourishmentâ DELICIOUS Injunction Clause . In Anti-Union Bill The Baldwin Government has offered an amendment to its own anti-union bill which gives the attorney-general power heretofore unheard of in this country. He is authorized to go into court and ask for injunctions restraining union. from carrying on their usual activities and tying up union funds. The Labor members jeered when the government nn masked its injunction scheme. . They declared that it was the thin edge of the wedge and that it was designed to make a strike impossible. Saw Judge. Smash Strike. Oswald Mosley, the young aristocrat, who has become one of the most brilliant leaders on the Labor side, led the attack on the government's proposal. He told of his experiences in America where he fonnd that entirely legitimate strikes had been completely smashed by subservient judges through the abuse of injunctions. "When I joined the Labor party," said Mosley, "I still held to a pathetic belief in the impartiality of British justice. That illusion is quickly dissipated whenever you go through any vital struggle on the Labor side. "For instance, when I saw the treatment my friends received during the general strike and the coal lockout, I began to appreciate that justice depended largely upon the man who administered it." R. WILKINSON. Pro. D. DUNCAN, SÂ«. Reynolds'Cartage Co- LIMITED Phones Seymour 3377-337B Crating, Packing, shipping aad . Storage Furniture and Piano Movlnc Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Offioe and Warehouse! 732 â CAMBIE STBBBT â TH '. Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers. 158 Cordova W. Phone Sey. 8687 SEE US ABOUT BROKEN GLASS II WINDOWS, AUTOMOBILES, MIRRORS SHOWCASES, ETC. Art Glass Rewind Mirrors Re-slrnrid Ring Up Sey, 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST Suite 301 Dominion Building Vancouver, B. C. NOTARY PUBLIC ' P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades and Labor Council Boom BOS, IS Hasting. Street Musn Phones: Sey. 7.»-f.7. PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Co-operative Congress Joins With Labor Party London, EnglandâLabor in politics won another great victory last week. The National Co-operative Congress, meeting at Cheltenham, agreed to affiliate with the Labor Party, contributing dues, just like the trades unions. The Co-operative Congress represents more than 1600 societies operating retail supply business, with an annual turnover of about $1,500,- 000,000. They have a membership of 5,000,000 and last year paid their customers more than $75,000,000 in dividends. The great majority of the members of these co-operative societies have been going along with Labor in its political fights, but all attempts to bring about a coalition have been successfully resisted by the more conservative co-operators. One newspaper describes this union of the Labor movement, the Labor party and the co-operators, as "the most powerful triple alliance ever seen in British poblitics." Pilsudski Smashing Up Labor Unions Paris.âPoland, under Dictator Pilsudskiâalso an ex-Socialist like Mussoliniâis rapidly, going the Fascist- reactionary road, like Hungary, Roumania and Bulgaria. Demolition of Labor organizations is proceeding at a fast pace, largely because elections to tbe Seym (or Parliament) are likely this autumn. j Pilsudski has shown his hand thoroughly, another adventurer who rose through Socialists to be their worst oppressor," explained a Polish trades unionist at a recent conference in Paris, (where his presence was kept quiet lest he be imprisoned on returning home, though he was anything but a revolutionary.) He described the strike last March of the textile workers of Lodz, whose wages are much below pre-war and hours are 10 to 12 daily. Despite wholesale arrests, they won a 10 per cent, increase. As soon as they returned to work their leaders were imprisoned, ahd all over Poland trades union officers were arrestedâ150 in Warsaw alone. Now anti-Pilsudski labour deputies to Parliament are being rounded up, one, an officer of a small farmers' union being arrested while milking his cow. Another union of farm labourers and small farmers, under Wojewudski, a noble who divided his estates among his peasants, is being smashed. Every week the peasants visit the prisons with gifts of clothes and bacon for their jailed leaders. Pilsudski is "electioneering" by smashing up the labour organizations with gangs, jailing all opposition leaders and destroying their press, so as to have a hand-picked Parliament to hide behind. Meanwhile, the Polish army, under French guidance, is kept at top- notch to be ready for a clash with Russia. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" We Hake a Special Effort to Out Ooods Out by Tizut Mail Alter Beoetp* of Tea* Older. OOBBBB COBBOVH AMIS OABBAT.T. TABOOVTBB, B. O. STATIONARY ft MARINE ENGINEERS COACHED FOB EXAMINATIONS P. A. GOEPEL E_.-B. C. Boiler Inspector ass Vender W. Seymour 4308 Union Barber Shops Brennan iH Granville Bt pltol Barber Shop Sll Granville ^Arnold 1114 Oranvllle St If Pt_rn.ll, rtlUcn Berber Shop, 71 i St. B. ^.1 Barber Shop 47 Hunting. W. ^Barber Shop 101 Carrall 8t srb«r..ake»â¢_..9.Ql_r»i>_.r.w. Barber Shop_l.lt Bobson St _-_.f.'-T*w St UNEMPLOYMENT IN ITALY According to official statistics there were at the beginning of April 294,000 unemployed in Italy, distributed as follows: Agriculture, 60,000; mining, 60,000; building tradeB, 50,000; textile industry, 36,- 000; metal industry, 19,000; agricultural industries, 23,000; miscellaneous industries, 53,000. Many industries have been left entirely out of account in these official statistics, as for instance, the leather and boot and shoe industries, the clothing and hat industries and the printing trades. Italian trade union circles say that these figures are considerably below the reality. British Congress Protests Arcos Raid (I.F.T.U.)âIn the name of the General Council of the British Trades Union Congress, Citrine, general secretary of the Centre, sent a letter to the Prime Minister protesting against the raid of the police on the premises of Arcos, tbe Russian Co-operative Centre. "The General Council," wrote Citrine, "has repeatedly expressed the conviction that the establishment of friendly, diplomatic and trading relations between both countries is of paramount importance to the workers of Great Britain, and is a means of substantially alleviating the hardships caused by extensive unemployment consequent upon the prolonged trade depression." With regard to the Trade Agreement with Russia in 1921, which is now seriously endangered by the violation of the diplomatic' immunity of the official commercial agent of Russia, Citrine writes: "The Trade Agreement of 1921 is regarded by the General Council as a valuable means of regularizing the commercial relations between both countries." Try a Ga» Mask "The secret of good health is onion eatings" _________.;=.. __-_=.- â --â - =_ ^--'-,.. ."" - "But how can onion eating be kept a secret?'" : .âfia_'-monthH- oil often make a snapping turtle out of anjrturtle dove. ""'-â¢ A boilermaker, who became a member of a Labor Cabinet at the age of 28, has arrived in London, England. He is W. J. McKcll, Minister of Justice and Assistant Treasurer of New South Wales, who is visiting Britain to negotiate a state loan. __--âW-B-Pg=EeHer Next Time Although knocked down twice by taxi cabs while crossing the street last week, a pedestrian managed to n_atrimony -w_lM-_^-^-^fe ii__reineht'without injury: It is reported that the taxis have been .asked for a return match. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Buy Union Stamped Shoes We ask aU members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, qr lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually sea this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union A-T[H.t_d sit. th. Aacrteu retention tt Lsbor COU1.1S LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BAIN__ V General Secretary-Treasurer. BRIGHTEST-2- THEATRES STRAND THEATRE Vancouver*. Premier Konae Presents xtmt nxrn pictubm and the STBA-TD "MBBTK.WM" REX THEATRE Tanconv.r". 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Name CHICAGO STREET CAR MEN VOTE TO 'STRIKE ChicagoâNearly 13,000 ballots cast by members of Division 241 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, who voted to call a strike on the Chicago Surface Lines unless they obtained an agreement granting them an increase in wages, The vote was overwhelmingly for a strike. The elevated employees have also taken a strike ballot and will act in unison with the employees! of the surface lines, if an agreement is not made. The union demands an increase of 15 cents per hour, insurance of $1000 -pfor--eaefa^inembelcat~The exphssn.? the companies, and sick benefit of $20 per week. â¢ . ADDRESS CI TT BARBERS' SIGN AGREEMENT .Spokane.âThe new agreement and wage scale of the Barbers' Union has been signed by the Master Barbers of the city, and is for one year. The new agreement calls for a guarantee of $28 and 60 per cent of his receipts over $40. Other conditions remain as of last year. Only one shop was lost in the signing of the new agreement. JFIVEVAY-XMZER IN DENVER DenverâCarpenters in this city have established the five-day week. LINDBERGH MADE HONORARY MEMBER OF BRICKLAYERS New York,âCharles A. Lindbergh, fir?t to fly from New York to Paris, has been made an honorary member ^Lwal.jUnipjfe-No^l^Jntfirnatinnal,-. Union of Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers. John Gill, chairman of Executive JZammittee, said it w^j the 'l_Mt.«MM.V tribute of organized labour to an aviator. Colonel Lindbergh will receive an engraved membership card. Eight T H E LABOR STATESMAN June 24th, 1927 FOR A DAYS' OUTING GO TO HORSHOE BAY Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Via North Vancouver City Perries) TBAINS BUN AS FOLLOWS OM SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS Leave North Vancouver (or all stations »:.0 a.m. and then twenty-live minutes past each hour until 8:30 p.m. Return from Whytg-lllt 9:25 a.m. and 25 minutes past ettch hour until 9:_S p.m. Parc-ase Tickets at Perry Wluurf and 533 Oranvllle St. _ MTirtX TAXES TXOK V4HCOHTK (flood for day of issue only) AdtUts Children 60c 35c Por information telephone Horth 300 Seymour 933! LAWRENCE W.SMITH Registered OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN A9 Hastings St., West, Since 1907 Phone Sey. G8G0. Vanconver, B.O. You Can't Go Wrong Eating at K INCHLER'S LEAN ITCHEN STBICTLY UNION Prices and Food Are Right 334 CAMBIE STBEET-> A Whisper Off , Hastings Street W. F. DURRANT D.C., F.A.C. t; CHIBOPfiACTOR Pafinar Grad aat« Stomach, Kidneys and other Internal Disorders Rheumatism. Sprains, etc. 6 15 DOMINION BANK BLDG. Horse Racing LANSDOWNE PARK July 1 July 8 Don't Miss tbe Big DOMINION DAY HANDICAP 7âRaces Dailyâ7 B.C.E.R. Cars Rirect to Racetrack â P" Doesn't Work But Gets a Million a Week Wealth is piling up in these United States at a rate which leaves one dizzy. George F. Baker, chairman of the board of the First National Bank of New York, lias been adding to his fortune at the rate of a million dollars a week for sometime past from the rise in prices of the stock of that one institution. Payne Whitney, who died the other day, is said to have given away nearly ?.00,000,000 in the last 25 years. He has maintained a huge racing stable, which is said to be the third most expensive form of amusement, chorus ladies and yachts taking first and second place. Yet his estate is figured at near $200,000,000. Who produces the wealth thus piled mountain high. Not the owners. Mr. Baker probably would say frankly that he has done nothing to earn that million dollars a week from a single institution. Mr. Whitney's occupation aside from his excursions into Wall Street, was spending money, not earning it. America has these colossal fortunes, and scores of bigger ones, while a million farmers, whose efforts are vital to the life of the nation, are bankrupt or on the edge of bankruptcy, and millions of industrial workers are getting less than a living wage. The rules of the industrial game need be revised. They are not fair now. Billionaires at the top and bankrupts at the bottom do not make for peace, freedom, or national health. I Help Those Who Help You C. L. P. MEETING The next meeting of the Greater Vancouver Central Council of the Canadian Labor Party will be held Iii the Holden Building, Thursday, June 30th, at 8 p.m. The Executive will meet on Monday. [HEADS TO USE BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION STAMP W. J. Heads of 30 Cordova Street East has been signed up by Tom Cory to place the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union stamp on the boots made on those premises. W. J. Heads is an old member of the union and has used the union label before. This firm makes loggers, cruisers, miners and other kinds of work shoes and also does repairing. Tom Cory is also making efforts to get other firms in the citj to use the union stamp and there is every indication that he will have several firms lined up within a short time. MILL WORKERS RE-ELECT OFFICERS At the regular quarterly summons meeting of the Mill and Factory men, Local No. 1599, held on June 16th", the following officers were elected for the current year. President Bro. H. C. Matthews. Vice-President, Bro. Geo. Campbell; Business Agent Al Graham; Financial secretary, Bro. A. L. Cran- dell; Recording Secretary, Bro. H. G. Avery; Treasurer, Bro. J. Cross; Warden, Bro. T. Caldwell; Conductor, Bro. J. Burns; Trustees, Bros. Gow, Brownsword and Campbell.â R. G.I. The organizing committee of the Trades Council report that Janitors and Building Service employees have organized a union. Temporary officers have been elected and meetings will be held every Monday in the Holden Building until further notice. Gladys: "Engaged to five girls at once? . How do you explain such conduct?" . ___.ââ â Charles: "I don't know. I suppose Cupid must have shot me with a gi^iBegun," ' yp_^._.-«â â ,".,Z--'**:__ A little miss was questioned about her views regarding marriage. The observer denoted the affection she displayed for her doll. "Well, Alice, I suppose when you marry you will have many babies." Alice, who had listened in to visitors' discussions with her mother, gave this surprising answer: "I don't think I will ever marry." "Why?" asked her questioner. "Because, when I was vaccinated it didn't take." â¢ « » Large Lady: "Is your father going to open a store in this neighborhood, little boy?" Small Boy: "Not for six months. They caught him openin' one last night." * * â¢ Klinchlers Klean Cafe, at 324 Cam- bie Street, is a first class place to eat Good service and moderate prices. Ad. on page 8. » » â¦ WELL, ANYHOW, YOU GOT A THRILL I had a thrill this morning. Tha Bos askd me if I wuz duing anything Sunday nite. "No," sez I hopefully. Well, then, sez he, pleaz'try to be down urly Munday. âSHUSTRING ANNIE, â¢ * * . When the kids Want'a bottle of "pop," be sure that is made by Cross 6 Co. Ask for Whistle. Ad. on page 5. * * » The daughter of a strict, principled minister had attended a dance the previous night much against her father's wishes. When she came to breakfast next morning her father greeted her with the words "Good morning, daughter of Satan." To which the girl replied, "Good morning, father." * * * Help us to help you by helping our advertisers. * * * â . MERELY STAGE HANDS "All the world's a stage," quoted the scholar. "That'B right," returned the Wise Guy, "the trouble is some of us have to hustle the scenery while others are handling the box office receipts." » * * Next to dieting, chiropractors are able to give great relief to the human system' when it is not functioning properly. Before falling back on a doctor see W. F. Durrant, Chiropractor, 615 Dominion Building. Ad. page 8. » » » HOOCH 1 He that buys beef buys bones, He that buys land buys stones, He that buys nuts buys shells, He that buys dogs buys tails, He that buys Ale buys well, But He that buys Hooch buys Hell. * â¢ * We take this opportunity of introducing a new firm and a new advertiser. Cornfield and Harding, Gents' Furnishings, opposite Holden Building. Ad. page 4. « ' » » SNUGH^VEN "This," said the megaphone man on the sight-seeing car, "is the home for the blind and deaf." "Ah," said the baseball fan, "I see. It's the place where umpires go."â Florida Times Union. â¢ » '# ; Don't _^et;"your"".fit friend, Brummitt at 18 Cordova Street West INCORPORATED 8» MAY 18TO, . VANCOUVER FLAGS! FLAGS! For the Jubilee Celebration and After Order now to avoid disappointment. Wide selection to choose frtfm, including Union Jacks and Ensignsâon or off sticks. At these all-popular prices: Union Jacks Canadian 3.0 . 4.6 . G.O . $3.50 â¢4-35 15.75 9.0 -.._ _ _ »11__5 3.0 4.6 . 6.0 9.0 tX95 S4.9E t6.75 »13.75 CUT DOWN YOUR LAUNDRY BILL KEEP YOUR SHIRT CUFFS &â CLEAN WEARING Expanda T Guff Links "Fall the Sloove and tho Lini Expanda" ^fourteen Different Patterns Prices 31.00 to .1.25 pair. SEE OUR WINDOWS FOB 2c SPECIALS EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY _. Money Saving Bargains and Combs, Hair Brashes, Tooth Brashes, etc. B. C. Barber Supply & Sundries Limited RETAIL STORE â 64 HASTINGS STBBBT WEST â VANCOUVER, B. C. MAIL OBBBBS POST-PAID XM BRITISH COLUMBIA CUT RATE DRUGS Goods well bough, ars hull sold; 13 Stores give us a buying prestige. Ws save tho mlddlsouui's profitâtho Customer reaps the benefitâInvestigate our QUALITY, SERVICE and SAVING. 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Near the Band Stand Have you ever thought ofâ Living in a Summer Cottage? If you long for a home of your own, but do not care to undertake the burden of heavy yearly payments, why not build a three or four hundred dollar cottage on a cheap lot and make it into a real house later on? , Charles Saunders Specialize, in three-, four-, and. five-room houses Cafl Sey. 5852, or, evening., Fraser 197-L2âAik for Mr. Saundera Personally. Building Contractor 438 PtBBtkf St. Watt "The road," says Mr. Blotto, "is "and on a rough road the p*r« Little Woman, the cart." when you need something in the wa£_j£e^ rouj^for a ra^ of ti*-_t-_'«r b6'y**''futo "Right," says" the Lit
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