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OWNED of Statesmai nMn m^m^wrrx ^^^W BY TOE vANCqUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty_-two Local Unions ^H /JW ENGR4V/NG CO. _ <L s^mmim ./ -\nTHE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 A . 100 Per Cent. Western Canadian Company GAS [CheStandardof Quality Better Gasoline * Refined in North Vancouver Your Money Remains at Home When You Buy HOME GHS \nHOME OIL DISTRIBUTORS LTD. *-â!â¢â¢ 7 -^ât:â --â-,- Pffi^rs Refine^#,JDistributors < ) ' * ' â "; . .:,,;: -~ Clip the wings of your gasoline dollars! JtaEr^*. -â¢-â «*â¢â â - Use this superior gasoline â increase Keep them at home and help British 5b7 burrard street - B c »8 payroll and you own Columbia progress! VANCOUVER, B. C. ^ _ prosperity! Let Facts Determine Industrial Policies Fact-finding, fact-facing, and fact- using are practices Dr. George Otis SmitJ), Director of the Geological â Survey, recently urged as methods ' of dealing with all problemsâmaterial or intangible. He was addressing an institute of engineersâmen trained to grapple with the realities of life. If we hold ourselves rigidly to conclusions based on facts we make our solutions of all problems a search for facts. We lift our problems out of the domain of theories and force when we use facts to build a foundation upon which to develop relationships. There are many practices that grow up in personal relations because there is a hunch or, a tradition that these practices bring good results. Habits of this sort account for industry's attitude toward the older worker. Because tools or methods are changed, management assumed it was easier to train new workers than old ones. They failed to balance the accrued advntages of knowledge of materials and their behavior under varying conditions and handling, and experienced craftsmanship which is the basis of industrial judgment, against the assumed advantage of training new workers rather than re-training experienced ones. This problem Labor would like to see submitted to fact-finding, fact- facing and fact-using. If management agrees to work relationships that release and stimulate the creative ability of â â wage-earners, problems of restraining will practically take care of themselves. Minds in daily use do not fall into ruts or lose ability to tackle problems. Many trade-unionists realize the value of the union, but have never assembled the facts that would convince others. Before the most effective organizing work can be done, """each union must inform itself. This is one kind of workers education that brings practical results. If local unions wish to-furnish opportunities to their members for this type of union education the Federation will be glad to co-operate in the assembling of facts.âAmerican Federationist. .;**»Â«Â»*«. FOR AUTOGRAPH ALBUM You are the person who has to decide Whether you'll do it or toss it aside. You are the person who makes up your mind _â¢< Whether you'll lead or Will linger behindâ *'.''. ' ' Whether , you'll try for the good . that's afar Or be contented to stay where you *'-â¢'"â â -'jtitii:'-â â "' ' -*â "«"â â â â ' ; ^â â W&saft^*-^ Just think it over. It's all up to you Friday, ApHl 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN SPRINGTIME--- and time for a New Suit! gtsxtsty â¢See Our Valuesâ'I weeds and Worsteds in the wanted .styles " and colors. A really fine selection awaits your ^fc^,^ Of) choice from - â¢ * UNION-MADE HATS We specialize in Xew Smart Hats foF**Mpn. Vâe (DjCJ CO carrv the Union-made*Hats at. .....'. *"^ * ' Others fron...... $2.95 If it's Work Clothes, see us;' we carry Union-made lines at the lowest prices. j^rnfield & Harding^ ttd. . "â¢ "C& H Sell for Less' 7 Opposite City Hall Sey. 3049 21 East Hastings St. Sir Henry Thornton Is Proud of Railway Boys Employers'Trade Unions in Canada By SIR HENRY THORNTON President, Canadian National ;âRailways* â * â The continually increasing favorable operating results of the Canadian National Railways could not have been. accomplished without wholehearted and loyal support from the staffs of all adepartmentsL It is obviously impossible for the chief executives of an organization the size of the Canadian National Railways to keep in close touch with the personnel of the company, but we are singularly fortunate in the representatives of the various labor organizations on the system. It was in 1923 that the representatives of the Railway Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor approached me with the suggestion that the Co-operative Plan be installed on the Canadian National Railways. A survey was made, and, as a result,-the plan was installed at Mom-tori and gradually extended," until all the major locomotive and car repair shops, also round houses and repair tracks were working' under the plan. The plan has justified itself, and we have never before been in such close and harmonious contact with our employees. In smooth and open waters little care is necessary to ensure safety, but when navigating awkward waters, under the stress of rapid currents, it is imperative to exercise special vigilance, to guard against dissension, and secure perfect co-operation. Today we can not trust to luck to come out right. We have a number of intricate problems to study and work outâthe financial adjustments of industry, the adjustment of costs to output, and many others all quite unsofable except in an' environment of co-operation and calm; we can not afford to spend the time we used to do on trade disputes. Co-operation in its highest expression must be something more than â¢n urging on of the workmen to greater efTort at their daily task in the hope that additions to wages on the basis of increased output will accrue. That system tends to induce a mercenary attitude. It may secure a greater expenditure of physical or mechanical energy so long as the extra financial inducement may last, but it does not take into account the potential values of dormant mental faculty and goodwill. True co-operation should aim at harnessing brains a* well s muscles and so secure the maximum of efTort of men and officers in dealing with the problems that arise from day to day; by such action men gain a more elevated conception of the dignity of , their calling. Any real scheme of co-operation must be founded on mutual goodwill. Opportunity must be given to all concerned to give full and free expression of . their views, and there must he a willingness on -each side to receive such expressions sympathetically and with a mutual readiness to profit by any criticisms or suggestions offered. Co-operation is here to stay and, it is noTTmprobable that it may be the key to the door of industrial peace, which alone will bring true prosperity to employers and employees alike. Desert Spring (By ADA HASTINGS HEDGES) It will be spring upon the bare gray hills: Across the sunny slopes will soon be seen, Close in the wake of winter's lingering chills, A trailing mist of thin ephemeral green. Through this transparency the hills will be Remote and grim, in scorn of compromise With spring's brief carnival, inscrutably Disdaining all her garments of disguise. In frosty dawns the meadow larks will pour Their reckless flood of song upon this wide Indifference; while under skies too clear, Old junipers, more weathered than before, Grow wistful as they stand unglori- fied, That May is but a shadow passing here. Imported Labor Evil Ended by Oshawa Strike Oshawa, Ont.âAll the die. and tool makers in the plant of the General Motors here who went on strike because of the importation of foreign workers have been reinstated through I he good offices of the Minister of Labor, Hon. Peter Heenan. It is now a certainty that the exposure of the "contracts of assured employment" which has been brought about by the strike has ended the â practice of importing workers by this' method. A branch of the International Association of Machinists has been established and efforts will be made to build up a 100 per cent, organization. Following a strike in two Toronto bakeries early in 1927 the employers sought and obtained registration from the provincial government as a trade union. The International Union of Bakery and Confectionery .Workers, supported by organized labor generally, strongly protested this ' jction, and, as a result of further investigation, the provincial govern^ ment have, in January this year, cancelled the charter of this so-called Canadian Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union on the grounds that it did not appear to be a bona fide labor union. Another development of a similar nature, though not prompted by any dispute with organized labor, but, as its promoters assert, intended to facilitate co-operation between organized workers and organized employers, has also been developing during the past year. The first unit of this new form of organization, known as the Amalgamated Builders' Council, has secured registration from the federal government under the Dominion Trade Union Act, and applications from similar bodies in other industries arenow pendingr Such registration has been protested by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada on behalf of its affiliated organizations, it being contended that the Trades Union Act was never intended to apply to employers' associations. There is a strong belief that the real purpose of these employers' associations is to secure for themselves immunity from criminal prosecution for conspiracy in restraint of trade which the Trade Union Act was designed to extend solely to bona-fide labor organ izations., An examination of the debates of parliament at the time the Trade Union Act was passed show clearly that its intent was to remove the existing harsh restrictions against organizations of workers in order that they may be free to combine for the purpose of improving their physical, moral, intellectual and social standards, and no thought appears to have been given at the time to the possibility of employers seeking to register as trade unions and thus secure to themselves exemption granted to trade unions which are now incorporated in the Criminal Code, Combines Act, etc. The Treaty of Versailles lays down as one of the guiding principles that labor shouTcT not be considered as a commodity or article of commerce. Employers' organizations are primarily formed for commercial purposes and trading in commodities, and it would be therefore contrary to the spirit of this declaration to place organized labor in the same category. If these associations find themselves unduly restrained in carrying on business through the operations of the Combines Act, or similar measures, then tbe wise policy would appear to be to seek relief by amendments to the same, and not to confuse the public by any action which may lead to serious difficulties for trade unions without bringing any commensurate advantage to employers' associations. Whatever the legal interpretation of a trade union may be in the Federal Trade Union Act, there is no question of the general view being that trade unions means organizations of wage earners- or similar classes of employees, and it would appear to be the part of wisdom to let it remain so.âCanadian Congress Journal. Arthur Garfield Hays, civil liberties attorney and counsel for. the Intl. Labor Defense are in New Bedford defending 662 unionists for their activities in the cotton mill strike of 1928. The workers are charged with an assortment of offenses ranging from picketing to harboring a desire to hold a parade. RALEIGH THE ALL-STEEL BICYCLE 1929 MODELS ARE BETTER! Popular ...â *-.- $55.00 Club Racer _ $70.00 TERMS ARRANGED TO SUIT. HASK1NS & ELLIOTT NO. 2 New Address: 65 Hastings Street West Make Your Home Your Palace At Jackson's Spring Furniture Sale Lovely Chesterfield Suites in Great Variety, from.... $165.00 Latest Style Bedroom Suites, from $99.50 Dining Suites by Canada's Best Makers. YOU MAY TRADE IN YOUR PRESENT GOODS IF YOU WISH. OUR EASY-PAYMENT PLAN IS AT YOUR SERVIGE. GEORGE JACKSON Complete House Furnisher 576-578 Richards Street Sey. 3912 Vancouver, B. C. _ ___,______ 0**\nDAINTY DATE Makes swell Sandwiches for Dad's or the Kiddies' Lunch; also a Tasty Filler for Cakes and Cookies. Try the New Spread! Dainty Date and Pineapple Conserve Ask Your Grocer for Dainty Pitted Dates! DAINTY DATE COMPANY 1685 VENABLES STREET PIONEER LAUNDRY . â¢- AND DRY CLEANERS 910 RICHARDS STREET SOFT, FLEECY BLANKETS MOTHPROOFED BY THE FAMOUS LARVEX PROCESS Phone Sey. 5864 ' i PACKARDS HUPMOBILES WHITE TRUCKS Consolidated Motor Co., Ltd. 1230 Georgia Street West Vancouver, B. C. Jones & Son Tent & Awning Co. Limited -Manufacturers of TENTS, AWNINGS, for Outside Use; WINDOW BLINDS for Inside Use, and CANVAS GOODS of every description Seymour 740 28-30 Water Street Established 1887 Vancouver, B.C. BREAD LINES LONGER New Orleans.âNew Orleans bread lines are longer, says Wâ J. Warrington, founder of the Warrington House, for the down an douts. Cred. ited with having- .test, ap<** clothed 100,000, the WarringfBh"H0%Se' Wa- er is. being rapidly depleted. .Two avenues qf relief arov possible. Em- play mont must be provided for the thousands of idle workmen or more donations must be secured from the wealthy men and women. -,. ,-t â *-#**!â: * a>-_ .BjaAi. â C. Mi-RAK, PreBident and Manager R. McLENNAN, Secretary THE ALBERTA LUMBER CO., LTD. Mill and Yards: FALSE CREEK, WILLOW TO HEATHER or FIR, CEDAR, HEMLOCK, AND SPRUCE LUMBER LATH, FINISH, MOULDINGS, ETC. --â .â¢â l.r. la nut Wood and IlndUÂ»Â«, Bfeingl.s and. Lath , «."'" """'" a.nsral OSIc.s: 6th and Willow. Phon* Tair. 97 Wood and Coal OJU..-.* Phon. rair. 169 VANCOUVER, B.C , P.O. I 'â¢â â Stsagt V** A THE LABOR STATESMAN -. Friday, April 26, 1929 UNDEB PATRONAGE OP THS KING OP BELGIUM Champion Band ot Europe Symphonic Band of the 7 Q Royal Belgian 7 Q / ***** CA TARRQ I £*\nOne Day Only Afternoon, 2:30; Evening, 8SO ARENAâMONDAY, MAY 6th, 1929 Tickets now at J. W. Kelly Co. Sey. 9272. SOc to $2.60 (Tax Extra) Management, L. J. Laverock. 'A prfvflegfe to have heard thfsr remarkable body of musiciansâNow York World. - % Torontoâ"Coloasally gorgeous programmesâa -gorg-eous ensembleâas line as Hoston .Symphony or F'hiladelphian under Stokowskl."âStar. "Un- pa rail a led beauty of toneâsmooth, pure, golden, -delicate, most delicious sweetness.*'â-Globe. London (Eng.)-â "Finest wood wind playing beard in London for a Quarter of a century."â"Musical Opinion." "Glorious wealth of tone."â Telegraph. "Fascinating to hear.'V-â Times. La France Corporation Alleges Settlement The machinists strike, which has been in progress for the past ten months at the La France Fire Engine and Foamite Ltd. plant, has brought so much trouble upon that company â ithat they .-now-appear to be1 anxious to settle, the dispute. We received the following communication from the company, but, while there may be some truth to their statement, we have no definite proof of settlement, as word* received by us from Washington does not show that a settlement has been reached yet. The letter reads: Vancouver, B. C, April 24, 1929. Labor Statesman, Vancouver, B. C. Attention Mr. H. W. Watts, Managing Editor. Dear Sirs,âA copy of your paper, dated April 19th, has been called to our attention. This paper has some articles rather against our company. We^would^suggest that yon^ send a wire to Mr. A, V. Wharton, International President of the International Association of Machinists, Washington, D.C, who will advise you that'our company has concluded favorable negotiations with the Machinists' Union. If you receive a favorable wire from Mr. Wharton, we would appreciate you giving us sufficient space in your paper so that we may be placed in a more favorable light with your subscribers. Yours very truly, La France Fire Engine & Foamite, Ltd. Per V. H. Brown, Branch Manager. Secretary Bengough of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council wired International President Wharton at Washington: April 24th. "La France representative here claims satisfactory settlement arranged. Wire if cprrect or, not."â P. R. Bengough; ^ The following reply was received: April 24th. "Prospects for settlement favorable. I am going to Elmira Friday. Unless advised to the contrary you will know settlement reached."âA. E. Wharton. Railway Labor in U. S. Wants Six-hour Day Boston.âA six-hour day for railroad employees who will not surrender their right to cease work were features of addresses by President Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Assistant President Shea of the Brotherhood of Locomotive'Firemen and Enginemen at a meeting of New England Brotherhoods' lodges in this city. President Whitney was cheered when he said: "All four of the big train service brotherhoods are committed to the six-hoUr day, policy." Victoria, B.C. Vancouver, B.C Calgary, Alta. Edmonton, Alta. Regina, Sask. Winnipeg, Man. London, Ont. Telephone Sey. 8980 Hamilton, Ont. Toronto, Ont. Sherbrooke, Que. Quebec, P. Q. Halifax, N.S. St John, N. B. HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS MONTREAL CRANE LIMITED 540 BEATTY STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. Wholesale Plumbing, Heating, Mine, Mill and Waterworks Supplies, etc. r t WESTERN CANADA STRUCTURAL STEEL & BRIDGE JCQ. LIMITED N^SOAUaTD. 1 SUCCESSORS TO THE STRUCTURAL STEEL BUSINESS OF J. COUGHLAN DESIGNERS, FABRICATORS AND ERECTORS OF Structural Steel We Carry a Large Stock of Standard Sections and Will Be Pleased to Quote on Your Requirements Office and Works: * 1st Ave. and Columbia, Vancouver, B. C. You Never Can Tell Two convicts in the Maryland State penitentiary have secured a patent oh a new type of hydraulic power plant. They claim that, once set up, the running cost of their plant is extremely small, much less than that of any device on the market. Thus again is illustrated the truth of the wise old maxim that you never can tell. One of these men is a gangster whose crowd involved him in a murder case. The other is serving a sentence for highway robbery. More unlikely sources for a useful invention could not be found among the reasonably intelligent part of our population. "^ But they nave convinced Uncle Sam that their device is certainly original and probably useful. The chances are overwhelming that they have vuri'd themselves of any hankering for a life of crime while working over their invention.âLabor. RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES DANCE Another interesting and enjoyable social and dance was held, by the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union on Tuesday. Owing to the lateness of the bout at which these men and women work, the event vas kept going until 2 a.m., giving most of the members two hours of good fun. * .Free lessons for one ^yew**?.*!*. given, to purchasers of musical in- rUxki *.<â *â ! ts fis*tn.ihe.t:omi.ViajseftUYer, Ltd. Look up their advert. OVER HALF A CENTURY ... , -? , Distributing Mechanics' Tools of Proven Quality General Hardware Sporting Goods Arms Ammunition Hunters' Supplies Miners' Equipment Lumbering and Logging Tools Vancouver Sey. 6080 Telephone Victoria 5310 Established 18$9 McLennan. McFeely & Prior, Limited VANCOUVER, B.C. VICTORIA, B.C. Pension Rights Not Affected by Strikes London,' Ont. â Participation in previous strikes will not affect the pension right? of employes of the Canadian National, says* Joseph Corbett, the Carmen's chairman on the National. On reaching the retiring age special applications will be made to the directors on behalf .of members who. have been involved in strikes. If it is 'f^iiml that-the break in thqt-jsctifis strike action they will be given credit for continuity of service, including their service prior to the strike. Mr. Corbett gives credit for "these very desirable results" to the directors of the National; Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, who is also a director of the road, and the officers of the international unions, who have used "sound, sane and.logical methods." One dollar can be saved from the regular price of a high-grade handsaw byjiresenting the advert, of the Chas. Dietrich Sa* Co., of 1642 Pa5dSI8L St-when making a pur- cnase^""""-"*'""'~~"'*-«'"'*â¢."A"'&*»i~. i PEMBINA PEERLESS AND LETHBRIDGE IMPERIAL COAL. WELSBACH ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION. SPARKLET SYPHONS, BULBS AND SYRUPS. CITY COAL CO., LTD. Yards ami Office: ' Office and Showroom: *_,*. Trrminsl Avenu*- .....,_ .712 Seymour St. Fair. 2839-2804âTelephonesâSey.'9Q12; -J $*â¢ Friday. April 26. 1929 THE LABOR S T A T E S .M A X Canada's First and Foremost PIANO THE MASON & RISCH HALF a century of experience in building â the finest pianos in Canada is applied to the creation of the Mason & Risch Pianos today. Our Uprights are highly acclaimed by the world's greatest pianists for their beauty of tone. , . â- Our factory4o-y6Ui'-fidiTig1^iKWilg policy makes any of our models accessible to very moderate incomes. THE MASON & RISCH, LTD. 738 Granville Street - Vancouver Block Nelson: 513 Ward Street; Box 615 Kclowna: Bernard Avenue; Box 415 New Orleans Street Car Men May Strike New Orleans.âA strike is imminent against the New Orleans Public Service, Inc., by 1400 members of the Amalgamated Assn. of Street & Electric Rly. Employees. The walkout has been authorized by international officials, following polling of a heavy majority for the strike. A company union, known as the Protective & Benevolent Assn., which .union men claim the company is promoting within their rank's, is the main issue. Members of this organization are being promoted over the heads of union men, it is charged, and the company has refused to meet with union officials to discuss the matter. Further efforts to arbitrate with the Public Service bosses will be made before the strike is put into effect, but many believe that the company is determined to force a walk-out. Regina Plumbers' Wage Rate $1.20 per Hour Word has just been received in Vancouver that the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union of Regina has obtained a new wage agreement of $1.20 per hour. .Victoria has also obtained an agreement of $1.12% per hour. A recent convention in Calgary, held by the Western Division of the International Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, decided to work fpr a uniform agreement governing wages, working conditions and Djovincial laws, covering the four provinces west of Winnipeg. One of the most important pieces of legislation that the union is seeking is that of licensing plumbers and steamfitters. Laws covering this has already become operative in Calgary and Edmonton. World-wide Sugar Trust A conference of "sugar experts" to consider the present "crisis" in the sugar industry is' being held in Geneva, Switzerland. In opening the conference Dr. Trendelenburg of Germany asked everyone to speak freely, "since all the sessions would be private and confidential." It needs no second sight to perceive a world-wide sugar trust in the offing. And if what the national Sugar Trust has done to the consumers of the United States is any guide, the international trust will make the world pay more for its sweet tooth than ever it did for a gold one. We are entering the era of world trusts. Copper, aluminum, steel rails, with* oil and rubber just short of rompleteness, and now sugar on the way; and each in turn takes a wallop at the helpless consumer. Who'll be the next?âLabor. OLD-AGE PENSION LAW APPROVED IN ONTARIO Toronto, Ontario.âThis province has passed She old-age pension law, provided by a Dominion statute. Under the act the province and the federal government pay 50 per cent, of the cost. Injunction Issued Against Farmers' Union Chicago. â The dairymen are the latest victims of the "injunction judge." A contract forced on the Chicago Milk Dealers' Association by the milk producers has been declared a "conspiracy," and a temporary injunction restraining the dairymen has been issued by Superior Judge Denis E. Sullivan of this city. Sullivan is a reactionary of the worst type and was boosted onto the bench by the public utility crowd and other. "Big Business" interests. Last fall the farmers in the Chicago dairy district organized a successful strike for higher prices for their milk. They compelled the Chicago Milk Dealers' Association to pay $1.65 instead of $1.50 per "hundredweight, This is the agreement which has been branded a "conspiracy" by Judge Sullivan. Evidently, in the opinion of the court, an agreement among the members of the dealers' association to charge the Chicago public 14 cents a quart for milk is lawful but an agreement between the dealers and the producers fixing the price to the farmer at $1.65 per hundred pounds is I a conspiracy. 500 FEET FROM T.HE UNION HEADQUARTERS- One block East from Woodward's Super Service Station PENDER AT ABBOTT Advertise the Port VANCOUVER is key city in Western distribution. Year after yeaF, trade through our port increases. Giant grain elevators, long wharves, great electric cranes, railway trackage, thousands of men at work, illustrate graphically to the people of Vancouver this phenomenal progress. Clanking freight trains carry grain shipments westâships carry these grain cargoes to the world's far ports. That this great highway of commerce may be further developed, the Vancouver Harbour Commissioners have launched an advertising campaign throughout the Prairies, in Eastern Canada, .and in many distant parts of the world. Increasing Prosperity An important feature of this campaign is the. designing of an attractive sticker bearing the words "Ship Via Vancouver." Pads of these stickers will be sent on request. By attaching them to your outgoing mail, business firms can help advertise our port to shippers throughout the world. Are you taking an interest in port development, which means greater opportunities for employment, greater general prosperity? In 1921, tonnage through £ the Port of Vancouver was 3,206,465. In 1928, tonnage was 9,899,787. VANCOUVER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS VANCOUVER/ .CANADA '':'â *, :s.:i<5 ANTHOLOGY saJL&Si-.jjisssz- t&j&mMed^jsm many stirring martial romances, but the following lines show that he recognized the folly and futility of ""'â 'â '-. The Uw of the Wild « The hunting tribes of air and earth Respect the brethren of their birth; Nature, who loves the claim of kind, Less cruel chase to each assigned. liAJJ^^aJ-w^-pfliBwH^^TOsni^ Watches, the wild duck by the spring; The slow hound wakes fh*e fox's lair, The greyhound presses on the hare. The eagle pounces on the lamb; The wolf devours the fleecy dam; Even tiger fell and sullen bear," Their likeness and their lineage spare. Man, only, mars kind Nature's plan, â¢MyfnjTWifrTTFcsuItory trade, Incursion, flight hnd ambuscade. Since Nimrod, (lush's mighty son,' At first the bloody game begun. âSir Walter Scott. Follies of youth are drafts of old age, the payments of which are im* perative. - THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 Sales - Service - Repairs A visit to one of our showroom* will convince you that we have the car you are looking for, and at your price, too. Buy from a dealer who stands behind his goods. Keeping your car on tbe road is our policy. We are equipped with all the latest tools to give you quick and guaranteed repairs. Any make of car. Any unit of your car. Clark Parsons Buick Ltd. SERVICE AND REPAIRS 615 Burrard Street --â 4r- â Seymour 593 USfeD CAR STORES 1030 Melville Street and 1345 Granville Street Seymour 594 " Seymour 591 OPEN EVENINGS "After We SellâWe Serve" .j-;?'»*w*x.' Organized Consistency We hear so much of organization and the need therefor that we are prone to believe that organization is the end of all effort, and, once attained, we can rest on our oars and drift with the "current, for all's well. But it i3 not enough to be organized; we must use our concerted efforts in the right direction. As the quotation so aptly puts it: "It is not enough to be good; one must be good for something." Being organized is but the beginning of our struggle to achieve our purpose. Through our voluntary desire to join a union, we stand shoulder to shoulder with thousands of other workers all striving to attain a certain goal and we shall reach it faster and more surely if, by the prompt payment of our dues, we give that financial support which is indispensable to the achievement of any purpose; and, by our attendance at our meetings, we learn whither "we are going and how to get there. Too often we give too , little thought to what is meant by "unfair list," "union label," "shop card," "button" and by our actions we undo the work we are pledged to do by our joining a labor organization. To drganized labor belongs the credit of many of the blessings which we enjoyâan eight-hour day; one day off per week;. sanitary conditions; an increase in wages beyond what unorganized workers receive. But what are we prone to do? We use the money, received as a result of organization, and which is rightfully ours to do with as we please, to break down our own good conditions. And we do this whenever we purchase any non-union made article when we could purchase it bearing the union label; whenever we purchase any articleâeven though it bear a labelâin a non-union establishment if it is carried in a union one; whenever we employ a "scab" worker instead of a man with a union card in his pocket or> a but-' ton on his coat lapel. What if the article does cost a few cents more? And suppose the union man does demand more wages? Are we not earning more because of our union affiliations than unorganized workers are receiving for the same kind of work? Let us be consistent! If we demand more wages, we must pay more for a union-made article, so its maker may receive his due. "The laborer is. worthy of his hire," we read in the Scriptures, and if we wish it to'apply to ourselves, we must be willing to see it also applied to others. When we are careful to patronize the shop-card, union-label, and button, we are only making a practical application of the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as would they should do to you."âWashington Labor News. Silicosis Claiming More Worker Victims Albany, N.Y.âPresent day subway construction is "silicosis murder" of workers charges Vice-President Thos. J. Curtis of the New York Federation of Labor. Leading a delegation of 100 unionists, he appeared before the labor committee of the state legislature to demand that occupational diseases, of which silicosis, or rock-dust poisoning, is one of the most deadly, be put under the workmen's compensation system on the same basis as industrial accidents. There is no redress for hundreds of rock-drillers whose lungs are being filled with deadly dust as underground construction goes forward in New York City, said Curtis, who is also president of the Tunnel and Subway workers. Over one-third of such workers have been found to have lung diseases. "There has been more than enough investigation of the problem of disease arising out of a man's -job," he added. "We have talked for five years about silicosis and nothing is done. Silicosis is classed in our organization as murder." The labor head's demands were backed by Frances Perkins, state industrial commissioner. Opposing them were insurance companies and the Associated Industries, represented by Mark Daly, who objected that protection for workers against occupational diseases would cost New York bosses $2,000,000 a year. Free lessons for one year are given to purchasers of musical instruments from the Conn Vancouver, Ltd. Look up their advert. ILLINOIS LABOR BACKING AN OLD-AGE PENSION BILL Chicago.âOrganized labor is backing an old-age pension bill introduced in the state legislature by Representative R. G. Soderstrom, who is a member of the Typographical Union. The bill provides for a pension of $5 a week. This is very small, but it is felt that if the sum were raised the bill would not pass. Labor is anxious to make a start. M fotgJvOil MOTOR OIL FOR MODEL T FORDS A New and Greater Motor Fuel GENERAL OIL COMANY, LTD. ... "... * Distributors Fairmont 570 Vancouver, B. C. 451â5th Ave. E. Bo well McDonald Motor Co. Limited 1130 Georgia Street West 1301 Granville Street THE NEW Canadian Oakland THE NEW AND Bigger Pontiac Six CHEVROLET SALES COMPANY, LTD. New and Used Cars PARTS SERVICE REPAIRS at 1105 Granville Street Open Evenings Phone Sey. 2376 HARD ON THE LAWMAKERS The teacher was giving a lesson on "gravity." "I want you to understand," she said, "that it is the law of gravity that keeps us on earth." "Please, miss," asked the little girl, "how did we stick on before the law was passed?" One dollar can be saved from the regular price of a high-grade .handsaw by presenting the advert, of the Chas. Dietrich Saw Co., of 1642 Pandora St., when making n purchase. - - ~* -,-. -'.-.*.,'â ? â 'â â â ""â ':â ' â ' 7* â ' â¢!" *.* ' - THIS SPACE DONATED by a FRIEND OF ORGANIZED LABOR -t^t*-*.'-.1 .... â _..!. . ... . ':* Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 629-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and Labor Councilâ President, J. Thomson; general secretary Percy it Bengough. OITIce, 200 Labor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St Phone Sey. 7495. Meets In Labor Ha'.l at 8 p.m. on the flrst and third Tuesdays in month. â¢average Dispensers Union Ho. 878â Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m.. Room No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., W. II. Clancy; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanofln. OITIce: Room H. Flack Block. Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay. 16r.B-11 Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. â till and Factory Workers' Union, Local Mo. IBM â Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets flrst and third Thursdays In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres.. 11. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H. O. Avery. 79(4 Montcalm Street Phone Marpole 6481! Bridge tl Structural Iron Workers, Local 87, 'tirt. Asso*.âMeets every Friday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, James F. Burns, 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone Fair. 2108 L. Millwrights' Local 1638âConstrnoaon and Operating â Meets second and fourth Wednesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. J. II. Campbell, President: P. H. ICdge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray Ure. Rec. Sec. Box 127. Motion Futures Projectionists' Union, Looal 348, ot I.A.T.SJ!, * M.P.M.O.â 11:30 p.m., first Friday In month, in Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, J. R. Foster; Secretary, Qeo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923. swsmsjsm Trades Connoil, Vancouverâ Meets aecond and fourth Tuesday ln Hall 315. Labor Headquarters. President, B. H. Morrison; Secretary-Treasurer, W. Page, Room 301, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of AmericaâLocal 120, meeta second anoT" fourthâ¢ Tuesdaysâhiâeach month, tn Hall No. 8,. Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Da we; Sec.- Treas.. C. : E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. , I Bookbinders' Local Mo. 105, 1st. Broth-* â¢rhoodâMeets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg.. 801 Hastings W. President, O. Low, 81â53rd Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 148, A. P. of atâMeets at the G.w.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday nt 10 a.m President. E. C. Miller; General Secretary, XV. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher, all at 991 Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers Local 13SâMedia" *-""aââ ---â â »-â«Â». Thursdays at Ha local JSMMmiV ,>#**tfB*,*in#-***ro»Ui ' "»li TOrTfSWesidfat Carl Jorgenson; , Rec. Sec, A. E. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office, Room 813, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3809. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Book Builders, Local Mo. 3404âMeets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hast ings St. XV. President, Al. Graham James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' 1st. Union, Mo. IâRoom 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, in Hall No. 1. President. L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. Phone Bayview 1558 R; Secretary, XV. S. Dagnall, 1244 East 20th, Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec, J. H. Riley. 5884 Inverness, Phone Fraser 542 L. Plasterers, Local 89âOperative Plaster ers' aad Cement Finishers' International AssociationâMeets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, Win. Broomhead; Secretary, A. Hurry, 861â34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary, S. Cotton, 2630 Turner St. High. 3463R. Green Protests Physical Examinations That Would Enforce 40-45 Age Limit Washington.âPresident Green has asked Governor Franklin D. Roose-. velot of New Vork to veto a physical examination amendment to the com-J pensation law that was rushed through the closing hours of the New York] State Legislature. The law would give employers sweeping power to select workers who are 100 per cent, physically and throw all others on the industrial scrap heap, as President Green pointed out. Mr. Green wrote: "My dear Governor: The under-possible for employers to throw on signed respectfully urges the execu- the industrial scrap heap any worker tive veto of Assembly Bill No. 2147, who could not reach their physical introduced by Mr. McKay and passed standards. in the closing hours of the New York "These standards could be used for Legislature. I venture the opinion anv purpose the employer sees fit. , that if the people of New York State J-_ . . . understood this law, and its conse- 'The measure before you is mark- quences, it would be overwhelmingly ed by an absence of common hu- repudiated. maneness and will enlarge the num- "This bill fosters physical exami-ber of wards of the State because of nation of workers to an extent un-the increased army of unemployed, equaled in industry. "The State should not be a party "Because of New York's leadership to such a policy that will permit em- in production such a law would have ployers to select at will, while the a far-reaching effect. It would be State and society pay the price for copied by other States as it would be legalizing this industrial graft." Camp and_MlU Workers Pederal Labor Plumbers and Steamfitters, Mo * *â â¢"'»*«-. international AssociationâMeef Union Mo. 31âVancouver and vlcln-1 lty, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 544 Powell St E. President. H. Mlyazawa; Secretary. K. Tsuyukl. Carpenters aad Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Looal 4BSâPresident. J. d. Smith; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., ln Hall No. 1. City Hall Employees' Associationâ Meets flrst Wednesday of each month at 261H Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25th. Olvio Employee*' Union, Looal ISâ Meets flrat and third Fridays in the month at 25114 Hastings East at 8 pm. President, It. N. Hogg, 1718 Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer. George Harrison, 3427 Triumph St. Egg Graders' Union, Ho. 11âMeets in the Labor Headquarters, first and third Monday In month President, O. S. Cooper; Secretary, M. A. Weight- man, 3905 Fraser Avenue. â lectrical Workers, Local 313, International BrotherhoodâMeets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougal; Business Agent, !â ' II. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. EngineersâInternational Union Steam and Operating Loeal 844âMeets every Friday at 8 p.m. . Hall 316. President, Geo. Pettipiece; Rec.-Sec., D. Hodges; Business Agent and Fin. Sec T. A. Newblgglng. Office, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. * Pire Fighters, Mo. IS, International Association ofâMeets every month at call of president at 251V. Hastings E President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C A. Watson. 1329â11th Ave. E. Floorlayers" Union, Mo. 1S7S, V. X. of c. k J. AaâMeets first and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. t. Labor Headquarters. President, G. Mayne; Fin Sec., T. H. Hamlin; Rec. Sec. XV. D. Wilson, 1536â5th Ave. W. Mod Carrlen and Building Laborers, Mo. SOS, International â Meets flrst and third Fridays In month at Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters. President, Sam Floyd. 952 Seymour St.; Fin. Sec. ai.d Acting. Business Agent, James Binding, 52 West 24th; Phone Fair. 8159L. Motel and Restaurant Employees aad Marine Cooks ft Stewards, Loeal 88â Williams Bldg., 413 Granville Street. Meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m.. last Monday at 9 p.m. President. Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent, J. Cumming. Phone Sey. 125. . Ladies' Auxiliary. Loeal in âUnited Brotherhood of CarpentersâMeets every first and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 301, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President. Mrs. C. J. Atkinson. 730 l»th Ave. W.; Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave. v.. Lathers, Wood, Win aad Metal, International Union. Loeal 207âMeets second' and fourth Mondays In month at Hall Sll. I-abor Headquarters. W. Fontaine. Secretary. 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. J169 R. nunntri »uu »w ww., â « 170, International AssociationâMeets every second and fourth Friday in Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane: Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt; 306-7 Labor Headquarters. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Loeal Mo. 69âMeets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. In Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, A. «. Grey. 867 East 20th: Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart. 1603 40th Avenue E., South Vancouver. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge Mo. 58âMeets flrst and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President. H. Ward.*, 816 East 12th.; Secretary, J. R. Robertson, 637 West 18th. Street aad Eleotrio Bail way Employees, Pioneer Division Xo. 101âMeeta K P. Hall, 8th and Klngaway. flrst and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, J. Auton: Financial Secretary and Business Agent. H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local Union Mo... 280âMeets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 1. President, Jas. Strachan. 2206 W. 11th; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Shingle Weavers, Loeal 17813âMeets second Tuesday in month in Room No. 2, Labor Temple, New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:10 p.m.. in Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. President. F. Stevenson, 426 East 10th, North Vancouver, phone N. V. 1388Y; Secretary, A. H. Underbill, Suite B, 892 Hornby St., City. The Way To Real Efficiency in Industry (By PRESIDENT WM. GREEN) When' the Appleton Mills of Anderson, South Carolina employed the Textile Development Company of Boston to-increase efficiency in their mills and reorganize work conditions without finding out what their oper-j atives might think about such changes, the workers held a protest meeting to plan how to get a "square deal." In their public protest meeti ing the operatives stated that the looms per loom fixer had increased from 70 to 76; the looms per weaver had increased greatly, in two cases from 20 to 60; the number of waf'ps per doffer from 29 to 32, and that 14% cents, which had formerly been paid for 26 pounds of yarn, was now paid for 45 pounds. 'Wages paid on this basis, they say, are inadequate to meet their meager standards of living. " "^_ In reply to the protests of the operatives, the Appleton officials expressed the thought that the proposed survey was to increase mechanical efficiency and not related to labor conditions in any way. Obviously the officials of Appleton Mills have not given much thought to what goes on in the minds of those who operate machines. Mechanical efficiency does not happen without a human hand and mind in control. Human efficiency is essential to mechanical efficiency. Operatives keen to carry out work orders turn out more product than workers who carry a smoldering resentment against a "bad deal." What the Appleton Company needs to do is to discuss this survey with representatives selected by the mill operatives, so that both sides may understand the point of view of the other. Both management and workers have a valuable experience growing out of their work. Both experiences are essential to the fin- UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE a . Late 72nd Batt. 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When la a Hurry, Drop la at Efg Order. FRED'S Ara Always _. . _ , "ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 79 Hastings West Always Open Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local Ho. 178âMeetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meels fourth Monday of every month in leabor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1(82 13th Ave. S ; Financial SecreUry, H. Nordlund, 1830 12th Ave. I'.. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, â tablemen and Helpers, local 468â311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters, President. A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.: Secretary-Treasurer. A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.TJIJl. m M.P.M.O. âMeeta at 891 Nelson Street on the second Friday In month, at 9:10 a.m. President, Rod Martin; Secretary, Gordon Martin: Bus. Agent. Harry . Mitchel: Address P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Ho. 888âPresl- iilent. C. 8. Campbell: Vice-President. R. ilouthro: Secretary-Treasurer. ,H. H. Neeiands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., ln Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Machinists' Local 8*8âPresident, Thoa SHIS. 1 .,.'â¢'? Burrard St ; SecreUry, P. I. r: Bengough.' Office.. Room 200, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second «nd fourth Tuesdays in Hall 311. WOXEN'S AUaCHJABT He. 75 to Vancouver Typographical Union Thursday of month, la the Vanoonver Women's Building. . 753 That-low Street. President, Mrs. X. 3. Trnmper, Suite 41. 840 Nelson Street; Secretary. Una A. Pettipiece, 1848 Balaclava Road. Milk Wagon Driven and Dairy Bmploy- "" *«*». Local 4W-*^ffir^«Â«*p4»t!«*^ee*eV quarters. Meets second -and fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. President. E. Metcalfe: Secretary-Treasurer. Blrt Showier, 284J Triumph. Phone High. . 5127. r-.*i*V- ^ Prince Rupert ' Trades & Labor Council "IWECTrsSTOna-'^^ m month. President. S. D. McDonald. Box 268. Secretary, Frank Detry, Box 498, Prince Rupert, B.C. Why Be Clean? (By ALICE. F. LOOMIS) Why be clean? There are at least three good reasons. It is conducive to health. It makes one feel more comfortable, (although vigorous young boys may differ on this). It adds to one's self respect. The whole case of cleanliness does not, nor does it need to, rest on considerations of health. There is a tendency nowadays to give health as the justification for doing many things. And frequently these claims are exaggerated. Cleanliness does contribute to health but it is well to realize that even cleanliness has its limitations. There are, however, certain habits of cleanliness which it is important to observe, and to teach our children to observe, in" the interest of health. One of these is the washing of the hands before every meal and invariably after a visit to the toilet. Another is to avoid coughing and sneezing in the faces of others and to keep away from those who are careless in this regard: We are always more or less exposed to harmful germs; it is impossible to avoid them, especially in a crowded city where we come in such close contact with each other. When we consider that the saliva of a person suffering from a respiratory disease is full of harmful germs, and that the spreading of the saliva goes on in a hundred unsuspected ways, we may well concede the desirability of thes habits. Fine particles of saliva are spTayed out with the breath in talking and in sneezing; they alight on any object in the vicinity. Our hands are constantly and often unnecessarily touching our lips and our noses; immediately afterwards we touch the book or the pencil that we hand to another, handing on with it the germs to which we were host. Our friend who has taken the object from us, -.-,. â â. __ ___ puts his fingers to his lips and a ished product; but management can chain is complete. There would be benefit by Labor's experience in no end to this exchange, were it not handling materials' and tools only that, fortunately for us, the life of through conferences, and likewise disease germs in a light dry place is Labor can understand management's short; some disease germs, however, 8. WILKINSON, tm. 8. DU8CA8. tec Reynolds' Cartage Co. < Phones leynionr 8877-8878-y Packing, â hlpptng an* Orating, â¢torege Furniture and- Piano Moving Long Distance Mot Ing Pool Car Shipments Of Hoe and Warehousei TM â OABt-SIH BXmHHT â I PERRY & DOLK .Men's Tailors IS Hastings West Room 33 O . The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. purpose only after it has been jointly talked through. Decisions of work policy should be made in the light of the judgment and experiences of both groups concerned. Southern mill operatives are underpaid and work unnecessarily long hours. Southern mill operatives should have cost accounting and production records as the basis for more efficient production. Both of these needs can be met through co-operation between organized workers and management. can survive a long time under favorable conditions of darkness and dampness. Lessening the danger of infection is not the only purpose of washing. The cleansing of the body from the deposits left by perspiration and from the tiny flakes of skin that are always wearing off, and the removal of dirt accumulated during the day, add much to our own comfort and that of others. Finally, bathing and vigorous rubbing with a towel are tine aids to circulation. We have said above that darkness and dampness/are favorable to germ life. Fresh air and sunshine are the T>est disinfectants. Keep the windows open as far as practicable, and if you are fortunate enough to have, sunlight on your house, let it in freely- Plenty of light, too, makes habits of cleanliness easier; if natural light does not enter sufficiently into your bathroom, do not think it extravagant to have electric light strong enough to show up dark corners. In the case of children especially, it is not fair to expect them to be clean and neat in their habits, if there is not. light enough for them to see what they are doing. Tn cleanliness, as in everything "»* TT7'-â..' 'â iiv'''",xv ''.â â¢â¢*7ets*. common sense must.be our Conspicuous by His Color -/guide. We cannot go through life Woman: "I was to have met my completely sterilized and we need not husband here two hours ago; have wear ourselves out nor make our you seen him?" households miserable in a struggle âFwwwn I KtTÂ»M::**f*^jsstMjpr'' â¢mwfain»''*w.»*«^mp»ssi^ â â¢â Birt*,* Anything distinctive about him?" having in mind the greater safety, Woman: "Yes, I imagine he's decency and comfort of clean per- purple by this time." sons and clean dwellings, we can SEVEN TRADE UNIONISTS FILMING "DARK" AFRICA Los Angeles.â"Join a Labcir>Move- ment and See the World." Five more members of this city's labor movement have left for Nairobi, Africa, to join two unionists already working 800 miles in the interior of the "Dark Contnient." The seven men arc members of unions connected with the motion picture industry and will be engaged in the filming of "Trader Horn." In addition to their regular salaries, they will have nil expenses paid from the time they left Los Angeles until they return. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades * Labor Council Koom 300â531 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7415-8178 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 1156 E. 13 th. Phone Fair. 5248 build up in ourselves and our children an appreciation of the importance and desirability of cleanliness. MR. HOOVER BADLY ADVISED The politicians who persuaded President Hoover to issue a complete pardon to Nat Goldstein, St. Louis politician and super-bootlegger, were poor advisers. A jury found that Goldstein and his pals, including Remus, the notorious Cincinnati "bootleg king," illegally withdrew 30,000 gallons of liquor from a St. Louis distillery, "expanded" it to 150,000 gallons and cleaned up a fortune on the sale of the stuff. â¢. - Goldstein was sent to the Atlanta penitentiary and after he had served a year President Coolidge paroled him cm the plea that his health was bad. Now Mr. Hoover grants a pardon. Of course, politics of the most crooked variety is at the bottom of the unfortunate affair. There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose" into the world, with as much despatch as they would do a, dish of fritters.â Cervantes. Epictetus says: The insult belongs to the man who picks it up? Why, then, give aid to the one who, wishes to affront thee? Leave it olone. INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY BRANCH SECRET ARIES ,, «21 Mount Pleasant: J:- Sidaway. East Tenth. South Vnncoirver: W. Ford. "West Forty-seventh, 14 CentniTT W. W. Lefeaux, 401 Metropolitan Building. 1 pJIOKSSK .* '«â ''" t* . THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday April 26; 1929 The Labor Statesman Published every" Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Walts. Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE Chairman. Wm. Page (Building Trades Council), P. R. Bengough, (Metal Trades). R. H. Neeiands (Printing TradoH), W. Deptfordâ (Transportation Tradea), B. Showier (Teaming Trades) T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades), C. Her rc.lt (Label Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions; 16c per month per member. Phone Seymour 8378 Vancouver, Friday, April 26, 1929 ANOTHER POTLATCH In his usual write-upâ"The Week at Ottawa"âMr. Woodsworth last week tells of the effort made to compel public service corporations operating under the Railway Commission to secure the consent of the Commission I o the issue of new stock,-and e« terms under which it Should be issued.' When we consider the actual situation it is very difficult to understand how an" opponent of the move could put his objection into words that would fail to reflect disgrace on himself. While the original purpose of the Railway Commission was to protect the public from the railway corporations, the influence of the latter at Ottawa led to the appointment of rnmtyStko, ,in a very short time, made tht* Railway Commission a tool of the railway companies. The proof of this lies in the fact that no man other than one having a material or financial interest in that direction has ever pretended to see anything related to commonsense in rail way rates, and the Railway Commission borrows the phraseology of the railway companies' chatter as if "railway rate making" was an understandable department of human knowledge, and that there was some method of reconciling with common sense the practice of charging a hundred per cent, different sums for carrying two like amounts of the same commodities over the same portion of road. In cases where the public demand a reduction in railway rates the com pany appeals to the Railway Commission, and these gentlemen boldly admit that any ruling which they, will make will be governed by the question whether the demand will adversely affect the returns of the railroad corporation. All this is hilariously satisfactory to the corporation. Accepting this principle, not because it is right, luit because we have it, it logically follows that if the Commission is to stand between the public and the railway companies, and assure the latter an adequate* return on its capitalization, it must have some influence and control over the capitalization. . Corporation cap italization may be either of two things. It might be the amount of money put into the enterprise, or it may be a series of figures placed on paper and representing the amount of money that the profits would be a fair return on. If the Commission . is to assure the railway company ten per cent, on its capitalization, it should know how its capitalization is made up, and it should be in the position to prevent unjustifiable additions to the capitalization. However, somewhere between guaranteeing 10 per cent, on the capitalization, and knowing anything of the capitalization, the railway companies and also the Commission abandon thc ordinary human method of reasoning and accept a "rate-making" frame of mind, and * they boldly argue that the company must be permitted to manipulate, juggle, or add to its capitalization as it chooses, and that the Commission must see to it that rates are sufficiently high to pay interest thereon, and this startling doctrine was endorsed by' the Railway Committee of odr Parliament. - . The Canadian . Pacific Railway Company is now giving us a sample of how. this highly profitable method of doing business works out. This company requires or pretends to think it requires $51,000,000 additional capital. Whether there is any justification for this we do not know âall that we have to do is to provide the interest. Assuming that it is necessary, a public service corporation, claiming from the -public an assured return on its "invest- li.t-ntr* t-i) should be compelled to go-{ into,the market ami get the money at (lie lowest rate that it could be obtained, thereby keeping to the minimum the interest-paying burden that it demands the public shall bear. 'XrF.TTIJt'ocTrirKoV-semnf'aTaBout Dominion Owned and Unionized Railway Makes Fine Progress EMPLOYES ARE PRAISED Montrt-hl. â "We have just closed the most successful year in the history of the Canadian National, thanks to the untiring good-hearted.: co-operation of every officer and man of the National system. The support of our employes has been given with a lavish hand.'* ' This is what Sir Henry Thornton told 1,000 officials and employes of the Canadian National at the annual banquet of the Canadian National Recreation Club here last week, Sir Henry was the guest of honor and was introduced by S. J. Ifwin, secretary-treasurer of the System Federation of Shop Crafts. "Mr. Irwin stressed the need of co-operation in il'll National activities, and declared that everyone connected with the system was proud of the success achieved. Sir Henry Thornton's annual report on the Canadian National Railways for 1928, which was presented to the House of Commons last week, is not only one of the most gratifying documents ever laid before the Canadian public, but has roused an immense amount of discussion. Not only does the report show that the government-owned railways have had a prosperous year, but it makes it clear that co-operation between the management and the standard railway labor organizations has been extremely beneficial to the C.N., its employes and the general public. Is Revealing Document Newspapers throughout the Dominion are making the report the subject of considerable and favorable editorial comment. The Ottawa Journal gives it first place in a list of three items which, according .to this paper, tell the story of the success of public ownership in Canada, The Toronto Globe -quotes the Journal's editorial with approval and adds: .. "The National Railways are succeeding gloriously where their ' privately-owned predecessors failed dismallyâand at public expense. "Canadians, in this regard, have no terror at the widespread bogey of 'socialism." A rose by any other name smells just as sweet. Public ownership in Canada is no longer a matter of theory. It is a matter of factâ and, to the majority, eminently satisfactory." "â â "t- May Extend Vacation* The Canadian National report is worthy of the attention thus shown. Of special interest to' workers is the attitude of the road towards labor. The co-operative plan, often called in the States the "B. & O.fl plan," is in effect in all Canadian National shops, and negotiations are in progress to extend it to maintenance of way employes. In connection with this co-operative plan, all snop crafts employes of two years' serviceâmechcanics, helpers and apprenticesâwere granted a week's vacation on full pay. Requests for extensions of the plan to other classes of employes are being considered, Sir Henry announced. Thp directors placed ihemselxea_ojL| record, as appreciating "the fine spirit shown and the excellent work done by the officers and employes all over the system, without which the present satisfactory position in regard to the general standing of the system, as well as the gross and net earnings, could not have heen reached. Impressive Figures Of the financial report the report fully justifies the enthusiasm aroused by it. JSross revenues of the National jjjiehed the record total of $276,- 632,000, being exceeded only by the Pennsylvania and the New York Central systems. Net operating income was $53,213,- 795, an increase of nearly $13,000,- 000 over 1927, Which itself was a record year. The National operates the greatest mileage of any railway in the world, with 22,468.49 miles. It employs 107,000 men and women and has a payroll of $168,000,000. Parliament also received the National's estimates for the coming year. The road asks authority to issue guaranteed securities amounting to $53,750,000 for additional betterments. Profit-sharing Opportunity Diversified Mining Securities provides an opportunity to participate in mining development under highly skilled auspices, with a maximum assurance of profit, a minimum of risk, and actual stability of income. Price 930 per unit of on* preferred and one common snare. R. P. CLARK & COMPANY (Vancouver) LTD. S23 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B.C US? tTD* Clothing Company Limited 17 The Largest Exclusive Men's Store in Vanconver! 45-47-49 EAST HASTINGS STOEET Clothes For Those who Value Value $13.00 23 Here, without question, is the outstanding value demonstration of the season. It involves scores of our feature suites, marked by superb fabrics, superior tailoring and pleasing stylesâat a price that really saves. â I â â â â â $240. At this rate the sale of 212,- 500 shares would bring in the required amount. Instead of selling at this price the C. P. R. issues 300,000 new shares at $170, and these are only to be sold to present shareholders. Assuming that this issue of new stock causes C. P. R. shares to fall to $230 the day following the receipt of the shares, it will sell for $60 more than was paid for it. The whole operation means that the C. P. R. takes from the pockets of the people of Canada and makes a gift to itself of $18,000,000. When we remember that less than 25 per cent, of the C. P. R. is owned in Canada, and that it will carry a bushel of wheat for a Canton merchant for 21 cents, where it demands 43 cents from a Vancouver citizen, we feel like asking what are the functions of the Ottawa Government, and is there anv limit to the impudence of the C. P. R.? âM. WHY EVER NOT? A new movie theatre in Michigan has a special "crying room" for wail- | ing infants who. cannot be silenced. Here the mother can take her baby and console it, at the same tim. watching the picture from a soundproof room with large glass windows. Why not extend the ideaâa steel- and-g'ass sound-proof room for subtitle reading fiends, a disinfected room for those afflicted with chronic coughs, or a .room containing footballs for those who must kick the backs of the seats? QUEBEC TOILERS WANT. STATE INSURANCE FUND Quebec. P.Q.âEmploying companies in this province are requiring the'r workers to submit to a medical examination as a result of the new workmen's compensation law, according to labor officials. It is alleged that those considered ohysically unfit and also fathers with large families are being weeded out. The KieW Quebec compensation act s an improvement over Uje old law, but. the insurance remains in "'"the-f1 hands of private interests. Labor believes state .insurance and 'collective liability wilt remedy the condition complained of. Jewish Rabbis Show Interest In Labor Baltimore, Md.âThat the great majority of Jewish clergymen are firm believers in social, industrial and religious democracy, and have an attitude of deep friendship toward la bor, is indicated in the responses to a questionnaire sent to members of the General Conference of American Rabbis by the Commission on Social Justice, headed by Rabbi Edward L. Israel of this city. Emphasis was placed on the necessity for living wages and other parts of organized labor's program in the rabbis' answer to a request for their suggestions as to methods of coping with poverty and delinquency. Living Wage Is Stressed The question of just wages was placed in the foreground. Old age insurance and also insurance against unemployment were both stressed as important remedies for social and industrial evils. "Proper housing conducive to self- respect will go a long distance toward solving delinquency, the majority of the rabbis believe. They also believe that "education with character forming always in view" should be promoted to a much larger extent. A Cure for Empty Synagogues ' - Any synagogue which finds' itself shunned by workers can remedy that situation if it "quits toadying to the rich," nine of the clergymen definitely state, and one adds that "as long 'as notorious exploiters are financial pillars of a synagogue it will never attract the thinking element among working people." Twenty-six out of 134 rabbis have acted as arbitrators in labor controversies*, their answers indicated. These disputes*cover a wide territory, ranging from a strike of fishermen to Rabbi Israel's investigation of the walkout on the Western Maryland Railroad in 1926-27,. â iThe questionnaire reveals a mi- 4#Kfl>l( 'am*Sfj(f*the rabbis* -which is either indifferent*--Vjr_ reactionary. "The- poor We will always have with us." is the comment of one. ., hut itVdifferent with The notorious. 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Write today for full information to G.A.STIMSON&GX The Oldest Bond House i h Canada 801 West Hastings Street Sey. 5417 Vane B.C. Gentlemen: L. S. Kindly send me particulars on the above without obligation on my part. ' ' . - Name :......, I Address For 46 years every bond issue recommended and sold by G. A. Stimson & Co. Limited has paid interest? and principal when due Management HPHROUGH good management the *â modern woman, just as the chatelaine of old, holds in her hands the keys to plenty: only to-day good measure comes through prudence in money matters. The woman who says: "I can't afford it âI am saving," will say later on: "I can afford itâI have saved." , â¢, ' The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch â¢*?** 17 Offices In Vsncouw. â¢ - A. T. Lowe, Manage. 52 Branches la British Columbia Music Star Retires; Daughter of Union Man Marion Halley, twenty-one-year- old daughter of a member of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, is "going back to the farm" after a highly successful career as a star with the Metropolitan Opera Company. - * Three years ago she left her home in Kansas City to astound and delight New York audiences with her lyric soprano voice. Since then her net earnings, â¢ exclusive of her. contracts with the Metropolitan, have been $334,892. It is estimated that sne is retiring.with at least half a million dollara7 And New York music critics are emphatic in declaring that if she continued in her/career she could sing her bank balance up into several millions. /But Marion is determined to retire. She is going to sing "Lucia" in Cleveland on. May 4, and after thatâ "I am going West with my family. I am going to be just like other farmers," she says. "My retirement will be permanent." Miss Talley is probably the only i>pgra_ata*Lwho ever-^appearetLhefore a labor convention. Shortly after her phenomenal debut in New York, she visited the St. Louis convention of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers in May, 1927. "Dad's, union," she called it, and the keymen gave her a great reception. Her career started early. She sang popular songs at 2, began the study of the piano at 5, and was playing a violin when she was 7. In 1926, when she waa 18 years old, she made her first appearance, a $100,000 bow, at tbe Metropolitan. The Bridge Builder By Will Allen Dromgoole An old man, going a lone highway Came at the evening, cold and grey, To a chasm vast and deep and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned when safe on the other Sill l' And built a bridge to span the tide. "Old rtian," said a fellow-pilgrim near, "You are wasting strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day; You never again will pass this way; You have passed the chasm deep and "wide; Why build you the bridge at eventide?" The builder lifted his old grey headâ "There followeth after me a youth, Whose feet must pass this way forsooth; This chasm that has been naught for me, To that fair youth may a pitfall be; He too must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him." YOUR BASKET OF EGGS is safer when it is distributed, but do not throw them round indiscriminately. Diversification in investment spells safety only when carried out with experience, knowledge and skill. You can't go it blind! 91 Diversified Mining Securities Ltd. â¢ Provides scientific diversification based upon skilled research and experienced counsel. The. 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The publishers and the union went "beyond the bounds of reason" in making such a long agreement, he says, pointing out that no one can foresee changes which will occur during the next decade. Some men resemble pyramidsâ broad at the foundation, but rather narrow at the top- Panama Canal Zone Hit by Union Fever Panama, ft.P. â The organizing fever has hit government employes in the â¢ Canal Zone. J. H. Sealey, president of the Federal Employes' Union No. 6, announces that a campaign is being inaugurated to reach every worker, including employes of the Panama Railroad, which extends across the isthmus. A series of meetings has been arranged and all classes of workers are invited to participate and enroll their names as union members. "Organization and eternal Vigilance are necessary to obtain just wages and maintain good working conditions," said President Sealey. "Our unions in the Canal Zone have done splendid work, but there are many here who seek to obtain the benefits without carrying any of the burden. I believe they can be made to realize that their place is within the union ranks. "We want a more equitable retirement law for employes of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad. Legislation by Congress can help us and strong unions will make this plea effective. We also want better support of the Canal Zone schools and a junior college in the Zone." "How old did you say you were?" "I never mentioned my age, but as a matter of fact, I've just reached 21." "Indeed; what detained you?" Five Machinist Lodges Get 1000 New Members Organization work in the International Association of Machinists is on the up-grade, records in the union's general headquarters at Washington show. And it is not a mushroom growth, either. It is the steady, healthy addition of members who are coming into the organization to stay. During January and February, this year, more than 1,000 new names were enrolled on the I. A. of M.'s hooks, and charters were issued for five new lodges. The increase represents a good cross-section of the North American continent and of the machine industry. At St. Albans, Vermont, a new railroad lodge has been formed. Automobile mechcanics at Harrisburg, Illinois, with their newly organized local union, represent another branch of the mechanical end of transportation. A lodge composed of welders was chartered at Warren, Pa., and Toledo, Ohio, tool makers have also joined the list, which is rounded out by the addition of a contract machinists' local at Toronto. Ont. Happiness "To be happy a man needs a wonderful digestion and a woman needs beautiful attire." "Yes," commented Miss Cayenne, "one wants the stomach of an ostrich and the other wants the feathers." LABOR'S SAVINGS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY PLACED Write, for Free Copy of Our Map of thc Mines of B. C. 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Certified Milk, "the only certified milk produced in British Columbia." r INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR VOCATIONAL DISEASES The Permanent International Commission for the Study of Vocational Diseases, founded in 1906, which chiefly devotes itself to the medical or scientific side of the question, will hold a congress at Lyons on April (By J. S. WOODSWORTH) Again the old feeling is coming over me-âthe sense of the futility of our Parliamentary arrangements. We have just finished the Budget debate. The Budget, as was recognized by all, was a "standpat" budget, decided upon by the Cabinet on the principle of a compromise between eastern and western interests. It was obviously not in harmony with the expressed principle of western mem.- bers of the Cabinet or western members of the Liberal party. But for party reasons it had to be swallowed. The Conservative amendment stated the old protectionist policy in .somewhat new form. Then the sub- amendment by the co-operating Independents suggested the extension of the British preference as a first step toward freer international trade. Here were three policies. . Technically, the Budget revolved around these three, yet, though it extended for Weeks, .everyone knew beforehand exactly how the members would vote. The Independents voted for their amendment and against the Conservative amendment, and also against the Budget. In the last vote the exceptions were Messrs. Jelliff and Adshead, who curiously enough, often find themselves more closely in sympathy with the policy of the Liberals than with that of the Farmer and Labor men, with whom they are associated. The Conservatives and Liberals voted solidly against the sub-amendment. In the subsequent votes, the Liberals and Conservatives voted without any break in the ranks. Thus the debate, as is almost invar- single vote. Men come to the House iably the case, did not change a as representing parties, not for deliberative purposes. * * * It is well that the member has outside correspondents. They, with their interest in public affairs, save him from this sense of futility to which I have referred. They retain a keen interest in the great questions that should be receiving public discussion. The pity of it is that the parliamentary machine is so ill-fitted for accomplishing those measures which are so essential in our national life. * * Many of the speeches are purely political. Take for example, that of Mr. William Duff (Antigonish-Guys- borough). He told how a certain Mr. McMillan, after receiving the | contract, assembled his plant, the League of Nations had declared: "And in view of the fact that tariffs, thouhg within the sovereign jurisdiction of the separate states, are not a matter of purely domestic interest, but greatly influence the trade of the world. "And in view of the fact that some of the causes which have resulted in the increase of tariffs and in other trade barriers since the war have largely disappeared and others are diminishing; - - "The conference declares that the time has come to put an end to the increase in tariffs and to move in the opposite direction." 3-6 next. The first three days will i brought horses teams and men from be chiefly occupied by reports from!th.e co1nty of Antigonish and start- doctors on diseases caused by stone «â¢ work; how, owing to the election, dust, the question being treated from Itn,s work was interrupted, since it the pathological, clinical and statu-|was considered that it would never tory points of view. 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Pacific Milk Factories at â¢ Afebotaford and Ladner -BtnUfi.cT""' contract he put in a bill for $9,000 for extras. "If anybody is to blame for his putting in that bill, the Conservatives at Halifax should assume the blame and not try to load it off on to this Government or thc contractor." And a little later on he discussed a contract let to a druggist for drugs supplied to the Hudson's Bay expedition: "My good friend, with tears in his eyes, complained because Tory druggists in Halifax did not have a chance to put in ap rice or to get this contract. Why should they? I want to congratulate the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Mr. Cardin) because he did not ask Tory druggists or Tory contractors toVontract for anything with regard to Hudson's Bay. Perhaps, I might have had something to do with this myself; I might have given him a hint that that was the proper way to do the thing, because this government is entirely too prone to give Tories contracts and positions when the Liberal party is in pcesver.""***â '" Mr. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice, moved on an altogether higher level, when, in pleading for free trade he referred to the decisions of the League of Nations, he pointed out that the world has moved forward; a new psychology of peace is gradually replacing the war psychology of the past, and it is no longer a sign of inferiority, a sort of inglorious stigma, to preach and advocate peace. He -stated that this wa9 the new international conscience which had given birth to the Kellogg pact, and which had induced so .many -nation* to accept compulsory arbitration of conflicts between states in â *^fcf^rrtter'tevTtr|jft«F- vtblmree" yjuTTewe by the rules of law and international justice. One of the conferences..of Unfortunately, Mr. Lapointe did not establish any clear connection between the policy of the Liberal Government in Canada and the decisions of the confeernces of the League of Nations. . * Mr. Irvine suggested that the policy of the Liberal party is very much like the star that guides the mariner. They always leave it in the heavens to guide them, because next year they might need it to bring them into the* port of power. Mr. Irvine repreesnted the Liberals as going into the next election saying: "We are going to fix up our next budget according to circumstances, and all the budgets of the next parliment will be so fixed. We don't know what the United States is going to do, we don't know what anybody is going to do; therefore, we don't know what we are going to do. So, if you elect us, what will happen? Why, we might have to raise our tariff in order to meet circumstances, or we might have to lower it, or leave it as it is, according as circumstances might, dictate." In answering the argument of Mr. â¢amendment, Mr. Irvine said: "But to return to the argument of the Hon. Member for Labelle. He was not at all convincing in stating Bourassa, who had opposed the sub- that the increasing of the British preference by reduction of the British tariff could by any possible means be construed as a highly tariff policy. In fact, he said himself that such a policy would result in bringing into this country German goods, French goods, Belgian goods and goods from every European country, which would be shipped over here from Britain with the British stamp on them. That was his argument. Well, i fthe policy of preference is going to result in greater-importations, is that the usual result of a protective policy? Surely he is lacking in logic there. The logic of the increase of the British preference would be this, that those countries outside the preference, if they desired to trade with Canada, would have to lower their tariffs; and in such circumstances I presume we would be prepared to lower our tariffs in so far as they are concerned, and thus make a step towards the great star which guides the Liberal party." â¢ * * Mr. Evans og Rosetown offered t some very interesting figures to show j how full advantage is taken of the ' tariff. He instanced the case of flour. ".It enjoys a protectionvof 50 cents a barrel, and this is just about enough to give the Canadian millers a monopoly in their home market. For the month of December last, the average price of flour, Manitoba patent, in Liverpool, was $3.10%; in Winnipeg, $3.99 V4, or 89 cents cheaper in Liverpool than in Winnipeg. In this comparison I have taken the grade, known as Manitoba patent, which is the second highest priced flour sol din Great Britain; sometimes it is the highest. No. 3. northern wheatâthe highest priced Canadian wheat, quoted in Liverpool for tfce monthâwas $1.46 a bushel; the average price in Winnipeg was $1.08%; or a difference in favor of tne Canadian miller of Ii?1. cents per bushel. Allowing 2% bush els to the sack of flourâand it will take little more than thatâthe Canadian miller has an advantage of SI cents on wheat and-89 cents on flour; he is, therefore, reaping an unjust profit of $1.73 per hundred pounds. . . . "But let me put the Canadian miller to another test I find for the month of December last, flour in ' Minneapolis was $1.21 per barrel cheaper than in Winnipeg. I am told ; that ^..should not. take one month alone to fix the"av*erage between the two cities. 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"The answer is that if this theory is correct there is no saving of labor and because of the higher wages paid this 'higher type of labor' there is j an actual-increase in costs.âThis shows the absurdity of the entire proposition." Some startling examples were used by Mr. Stewart to illustrate his argument. "The combination harvesting and threshing machinery has undoubtedly thrown hundreds of thousands out of employment. Dispense With Human Labor "Specialization has reached such £\npoint that 239 different operations and the same number of people are employed in making one pair of shoes and 44 people take part in making a needle for a sewing machine. "If you are going to factoryize mankind, if you are going to make men slaves of machinery, sooner or later our'very souls will rebel against the whole process." "VNhile this iiieLhanizing process is continuing the human element in industry must be protected. Machine produces commodities but it does not consume them. A market must be maintained for machine-produced goods if the forces of production and consumption is to be balanced. This can be done by developing the purchasing power of the consuming masses to maximum capacity. "Every person is a potential consumer, but only those who possess a purchasing power are active consumers. The jobless cannot buy. "We wish to arouse interest in a plan or plans which will serve to cushion wage earners moving from machine displaced positions to other jobs for which they are best suited by training, skill and ability. â¢* "Every person willing and able should be accorded an opportunity to secure employment. There should be no army of unemployed or human scrap heap in America. A jobless class is a menace to society." 'Easycoat" The Modern Satin Finish Paint For walls and all inside decorative purposes, except floors. The easiest home beautifier to apply and the easiest to keep clean". IT REALLY DOES WASH! Wholesale distributors ISKSSSSfe-A* Marshall-Wells (B. 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MORE PROFITS, BIGGER TRAINS, FEWER MEN, LESS PAY IN 1928 The railroads of the country last year increased their profits and cut their working force. They handled more freight with fewer men; made more money and paid less wages. That, in a nutshell, is the gist of reports just issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the U. S. The average number of railroad employees in 1928 was 1,680,187, a drop of 80,812, or 4.59 per cent., from the figures of 1927. The total compensation paid railroad workers was $2,862,099,609, a decline of 3.09 per cent:-from the compensation paid in 1927. ", But in 1928, the Class I railroads handled nearly 4,000,000,000 more ton-miles of freight than in the previous year, and collected $42,1)00,000 more for the job. So that the re- TEA... There is a real saving in purchasing your Teas and Coffees in the bulk from a Direct Importer. You save, and then the delightful freshness of Teas or Coffees direct from the plantations. Dickson Importing Co., Ltd. 317-321 Columbia Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Neither Britain Nor U.S. Will Ratify the Anti-gas Protocol The United States took the lead in urging that the use of gas be banned in war time. Germany made the first use of gas in war in 1916. Yet the United States has not ratified the anti-gas protocol, while word comes from Geneva that Germany has given assurance that she will ratify it. France, Poland, Austria and half a dozen other countries have ratified. Great Britain is among the powers which have refused to sign. The United States has held back because of the protests of chemical magnates, who look forward to big profits jn the next war, and of certain military officials. Winston Churchill, British Chancellor of the Exechequer, in his latest book, gives us some idea of what that next war will be like. He says: "Certain somber facts emergeâsolid, like the shapes of mountains from drifting mist. , "It is established that henceforward whole populations will take part in war, all doing their utmost, all subjected to the fury of the enemy. "It is established that nations who believe their life is at stake will not be restrained from using any means to secure their existence. "It is probableânay, certain.âthat among the means which will next time be at their disposal will be agencies and processes of destruction wholesale, unlimited, and perhaps, once launched, uncontrollable." The best thing to do -with war is to abolish it. While waiting for that, civilized nations should unite to denature it as much as possible. The use of poison gas ought to be banned, and the English-speaking nations should take the lead in the good work. COOLIDGE ECONOMY "Coolidge economy" is exposed from an unexpected quarter.. Mr. Hoover has decided to dispense with the Mayflower, the Presidential yacht, and it is estimated that the saving to the Treasury will be. between $.'JOO,000 and $500,000 a year. i _ Some of. Mr. Coolidge's week-end trips down the Potomac are said to have cost]l$10,000. The "apostle of economy" didn't hesitate to "pocket veto" a bill add- .1 ucejj fprce actually pc^fora?_jdâiiiore ia#A Iew dolUuwxio.**«*â a-nnuiSws of work and earhed a' larger sumâfor their employers. . Total overtime in 1928 amounted to 14,890,397 hours, a drop of 4,000,- 000 hours from 1927. old and'faithful government employees, but he could play the profligate with the peoples money when his own comfort or convenietfee was involved. AUSTRIA FACED WITH GENERAL STRIKE OVER PAYMENT FOR HOLIDAYS Prague. â Austria is threatened with a general strike which may tie up the industry of the entire country, â â â â â â â <' In Vienna 17,000 automobile workers walked out, and union leaders claimed 100,000 metal workers will quit their posts tomorrow and that a sympathetic! strike -is threatening to spread to every labor union in thc go-ââ The automobile workers deipand pay for holidays. They have the support of the Socialist government at Vienna, which is planning to feed them in case of a prolonged strike. THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 mMMM^WMMMMMm (C-ffeg} BIV1E RIBBO^: COFFC^ "The Quality Coffee" i u Still4he£est >> JUHMHV hJNIr' "Ensures Baking Success" "Three Good Canadian Products" te.a Blue Ribbon, Limited VANCOUVER, B.C CAKITON6 PHONES HJOHLAND 371 Robertson's Bakeries MMITED Vancouver's Cake Specialist Exclusive Manufacturers of Dr. Middleton's Ironized Whole Wheat Bread 3085 Kingsway Vancouver, B.C FURNITURE " manufactured from Western Forest Products by E. Hammond & Sons, Limited 823 Clarke Drive, Vancouver, B.C ESTIMATES GIVEN HIGH. 220-441 About Women More than a third of the students of pharmacy at the University of Paris, France, are girls. Pharmacy as a' career seems to have quite a fascination for French girls; it may be because it is so readily open to them. The bachelor's degree open to girls is also necessary to graduates in pharmacy ih France. But in France the pharmacist sells drugs alone, has. no lunch counter, magazine and notion features, or soft drinks. * »" * v* Not Over Forty One reason why age is so seriously discriminated against in most industries is that insurance companies give low rates to employers who will not employ any over forty. Women under 35 is also a favored rule. * * * Go To Work Because of the fact that industrial pursuits are now taking the place of home products and what was form; erly done in the home is done in the factory, is one of the explanations why the gmplnyment of women in in dustry shows a steady gain. « » * â¢ The Trend Speaking of the trend â of the employment of women in industry, Mary Anderson, director of the Women'3 Bureau, Department of Labor, says: "The trend of women's employment within this decade is particularly significant in view of the belief popularly held during the period of the late war when women were the second line defense, that women had increased tremendously in industry, an idea not borne out by the census figures of 1920." « * * Ambitions? In a newspaper letter a lady asks why the women have no great organization of a fraternal nature like the great secret societies of the male sex, protesting against the doors of these being closed to her sex. She concludes that because women have now achieved a political and industrial emancipation, it is time that these allowed women initiates or are faced with the establishment of one controlled by and limited in membership to the fair sex. â¦ « * Want More Members In many cities, through the local labor paper, appeals are being made for increased memberships in women's auxiliaries and in Card and Label Leagues. The value of women to the movement is being tardily recognized in some cases. Undoubtedly this is a move everywhere in the right direction. If they would double the membership in women's auxiliaries they wouldn't be long doubling the membership in the unions. Ca4RIBOU BRAND PANTS AND OVERALLS FOR MEN, BOYS AND YOUTHS A. E. HARRON Phone N. V. 134 J. A. HARRON Phone Fair. 134 G. M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 134 Harron Bros. & Williamson FUNERAL DIRECTORS k-*-T#^-.''*'***UEv!*£, 122 SIXTH STREET W. NORTH VANCOUVER 55 TENTH AVENUE E A-^-VAMCOlWEft-----. A. F. of L. Organizing Campaign Is Growing (By PRESIDENT WM. GREEN) Reports from campaigns under way and in the making bring good news of our trade union revival. From Birmingham to Los Angeles, from Victoria to Quebec, come reports of plans and requests for organizing literature. The organization section of this issue features the plan which Los Angeles is following. This plan has the advantage of providing responsible work for every trade-unionist of the community. The most effective organizers are the union workers who tell their fellow workers why it pays to belong to a trade union and how the union makes the workshop a more interesting place to work in. A trade-unionist who believes in his union ran find many opportunities to talk of the union in a way that is most convincing because it is man- to-man. It is a good thing to make it a habit to talk about the union as one of the facts of daily life. We are apt to take these facts for granted and by not talking them over create the im- firession we do not value them high- y. Every trade-unionist should see to it that all wage-earners he knows understand that he regards the trade union as an essential agency for industrial justice and the medium through which all have real participation in work problems and der cisions. The trade union with its human imperfections and shortcomings is an agency primarily devoted to human welfare and making life richer, for the under-privileged. - Every trade- unionist can find opportunities to point out to other wage-earners what the. anion has to its credit This means a marshalling of facts which prove onion achievement. tCasJ&rJHPiPOist .should ..snake sure hi asthe facts that sustain bis faith in the union. Are cut on large, generous patterns, well and strongly made of hard - wearing materials. They will give you the best of service. AT REASONABLE PRICES LOOK FOR THIS LABEL FOR SALE AT ALL GOOD DEALERS Manufactured and Guaranteed by GAULT BROTHERS, LTD. Union Commission On Workers' Education The New Orleans Convention of the American Federation of Labor directed that a commission be appointed to survey various workers education developments in order that wage-earners may have an appraisal of progress and trends as a basis for future policies. It has been ten years since the report of the committee upon which the Federation predicated assumption of responsibility for initiating provisions for educational opportunities for adult workers. This commission will evaluate undertakings so as to determine their adaptability to different purposes and varying conditions. There is no desire to develop a pattern for workers education, for we hold that education comes from the application of facts and information to problems, and problems vary widely with industries and localities. The commission will also study problems of the relationships between educational undertakings and union procedure. Workers education Labor regards as the arm of the union, and we wish to know how this arm can best work with union purposes. Foreign experience will also come_ within the scope of this inquiry.âAmerican Federationist. ONTARIA WILL HAVE PENSION LAW SOON Toronto.âThe province pf Ontario is about to have old-age pensions. Fulfilling a promise made to organized labor some months ago, Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, the prime minister, presented the necessary legislation to the provincial legislature last week. The Dominion government will pay 60 per cent; of the cost, the province 30 per cent, and the municipalities 20 per .cent. This is the arrangement adopted in Manitoba and Alberta. /,â '-, The.law will be* administered In very much the same way as the moth*. Every^ers' pension allowance act, except that th*e«pawrtdl. "bOHrtft""*!!! be chosen by county and city councils exclusively. .".'â *- Private Police of Coal Companies to Be Curbed The brutal reign of the coal and iron police in Pennsylvania, which was described in the Labor Statesman of March 1st, is about to be restricted. A bill which has been passed by thc Pennsylvania House of Representatives provides that "industrial police" shall take the place of the present coal and iron and other private police, except railroad police. These industrial police will continue to be paid by the companies whose property they protect, but they will be appointed by the governor and will be subject to dismissal by him at any time. Residence in the State for at least a year before appointment and a bond of $2,000 will be required of all such police; their jurisdiction is limited to within 300 feet of company property. The billâ which seems assured of passageâ falls short of the demands of liberal and labor organizations, which urged complete abolition of such police, and, failing that, asked that entrance into private homes, even though they were company property, be specifically prohibited. However, the provisions of the present bill, and, more important, public sentiment aroused by the brutal killing of John Barkoski. may serve to keep gangsters and gunmen out of the ranks of the "industrial police"âat least tor a while, âThe Nation. RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN During the week o fthe' 18th February the number of registered unemployed in Great Britain rose to 1,458,000, or by 115,495. It is higher by 321,313 than it was this time last year. This rise counter-balances all the improvements which have occurred since the beginning of the present year. Unemployment is now at the same, high level as im mediately after the miners' lock-out in 1927., The rise in the figures covers the whole of the country. The Ministry of Labor ittributes it to the spell of cold weather. "^This"ls'"a*"great existence if one has the sense not to get sick in the midst of it all. % -J â a'.'. .'-I.--..MWWBIâWS i Friday, April 26, 1929. J THE LABOR STATESMAN Six-hour-day and no Overtime ,. to Make More Railroad Jobs To "give the out-of-work boys a job," nation-wide campaigning for a six-hour-day by the big brotherhoods of railroad men opened at a regional meeting in Boston, where the successful campaign for the eight-hour- day began thirteen years ago, and in this new effort "to make work go 'â â A.around," as the Cleveland Plain Plain Dealer puts it, our press finds the latest striking effort to remedy the unemployment unfortunately â â auned by machine-production: The proposal is a reversion to "the old and * now discredited principle of making work by arbitrarily limiting per capita production," according to a capitalist view in "The Wall Street Journal." Many papers stress the prospect of increased railroad rates for the public to pay if executives should meet such a demand from employees. Others note differences or likenesses of railroad conditions to those of industry in general. A conspicuous number of sympathetic journals view this outcropping of the unemployment problem as a serious matter for humane consideration by government, railroads, and the public, for they consider that if 50,000 railroad men a year, as estimated by the leaders, are joining the ranks of the unemployed, then there is another side to the current era of prosperity. Labor Displaced The key-notes of the rail-men's campaign were struck at Boston by the President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Assistant President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, coupled with announcements that all four big brotherhoods and twenty- two railroad organizations in all are behind the movement, which will go to Congress for new legislation if necessary, and hold the right to strike as a last resort if the fight should come to that. President Whitney of the Trainmen points out that some of the railroads, through labor- saving machinery, are handling fifteen times the tonnage of twenty-five years ago, and, despite increasing individual productivity,' jobs for~ the men keep falling off. He adds: "I do not believe that the inventor of labor-saving machinery should reap all the returns from his invention, but only a share, so that the employer and employee, especially the latter, who has been hardest hit, may share in the increased production through higher wages and shorter working hours. Must Correct Its Social Evils "We boast of our great country, and rightly so, but no nation can continue great unless it corrects its social evils, and unemployment is the plague of these evils. The B. of R. T. intends to bend its time, energy and money to sec the correction of this evil, and give the out-of-work boys a job." Assistant President Shea of the Firemen and Engineers declares: "We must go to Congress for a bill of rights to protect men who are being cast into the junk heap. In 1927, the best year the railroads ever had, the number of operating employees on the roads of this country numbered less than 1,700,000, while in 1920, the previous peak year of history, more than 2,000,000 men were required. With plans under contemplation which will mean the combining of 1,700 railroads under the control of the i Interstate Commerce Commission into eighteen or twenty big systems, it means that this Brotherhood alone will have at least 20,000 more men out of jobs." That success will be as speedy or as easy as it was in' securing the basic eight-hour-day under the . Adamson act is hardly to be believed, according to the Newark Evening News, which recalls that in 1916 the announced purpose was to safeguard patrons from dangers inherent in overworking railroad operatives. Now the objective is "reduction of output per man by cutting his time to the end that "there may be more jobs needing more men." Further we read: "Success would mean a 33 T/3 per cent, wage increase for train service workers, to be absorbed in the freight and passenger rates. It would make a total increase, remembering the arbitration awards of re-* cent" years, of" more than ' 40- per cent." Six-Hour-DayâNo Overtime The demand is for a six-hour-day with no overtime, according to Edward Keating, editor of "Labor," of- ""zafidns, who thinks that intelligent it has the previous reductions from the standard of twelve to eight hours. Society simply can not afford to turn sol many thousands of trained workers into an army of the unemployed, and it is not true, Mr. Keating says, that the men are being absorbed in other lines. * Congress, if not the railroad employers themselves, must face the facts, this labor organization editor tells .the Baltimore Sun correspondent at Washington. Important railroad management journals appear to be reserving instant comment, but financial papers are quick to point out difficulties in the way of "abject surrender," by Congress or employers granting such a demand. "Barron's" (Boston) notes the rise of overage wages in recent years, a reduction of average revenue per ton mile,, the inroads on passenger business by automobiles, ami measures of economy in bigger locomotives, longer trains, heavier loadings, etc., among management problems, and declares: "An attempt to create more jobs or actually increase the wage scale by shortening the working day would be a defiance of the natural process of evolution in the transportation industry, and would, probably defeat its own purpose." , Responsibility of Society Yet here is a government, business and humane problem to be seriously attacked, as the "Hartford Times" sees it: "The subject is not one to be dismissed with a few words of optimistic philosophy. The responsibility of society for the accidents of industrial progress is genuine. It demands action and statesmanship. The presence of distressing unemployment in the midst of prosperity and unprecedented national wealth has an evil aspect which must be attacked and not merely be mentioned. "It is the duty of government to deal with the wounds of business, and with the wounds of the worker, not less heartily than with the wounds of the employers."âLiterary Digest. / If Men Were Wise What might be done if men were wise? What glorious deeds, my suffering brother, ,_ -^ Would they unite, In love and right, And cease their scorn of one another? Oppression's heart might be imbued With kindling drops of loving kindness, And knowledge .pour From shore to shore Light on the eyes of mental blindness. All slavery, warfare, lies and wrongs, All vice and crimes might die together; And meat and corn To each man horn Be free as warmth in summer weather. . .. The meanest wretch that ever trod, The deepest sunk in guilt and sorrow, Might stand erect In self-respect And share the teeming world tomorrow. What might be done? This might be done, And more than this, my suffering brother; More than the tongue E'er said or sung, >.- If men were wise and loved each other. - âCharles McKay. POOR EYESIGHT IS RULE . WITH ONE-HALF WORKERS Jersey City, N. J.â"One out of every two workmen cannot see clearly what he is doing," said Lewis H. ('arris of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, in an address to executives and foremen of industries in this vicinity. "Thousands of cases of seriously defective vision among working men and, women could be prevented by remedying faulty illumination in industry and thus avoiding the consequent eye strain ' to workers," said Mr. ("arris. The speaker said that thousands of industrial accidents coutd be prevented" hy better plant lighting. Other benefits would be ;flff**f I, n,xil1in<i _ snd iinnTs, 'flr; creased compensation costs* and in- railway operation will sanction it as creased plant morale, he said. FREE! FREE!! FREE!!! % Each purchaser of an instrument such as Saxophone. Trumpet, Violin, Banjo, etc., will be given One Whole Year's Instruction AT THE THE CONN SCHOOL OF MUSIC-FREE You simply purchase your instrument at our regular prices, arrange to pay for it on our easy payment plan, and you can start right in to learn. Bring this advertisement with you. CONN VANCOUVER, LTD. 528 HASTINGS STREET WEST TELEPHONE: SEY. 3811 AMERICAN CAN COMPANY LIMITED P70.BOX 58 VANCOUVER, B. C. STILL LEADING SINCE 1892 j BRAIDS jj-/ Best; * :ie'a . . BRAID'S BEST TEA AND COFFEE Braid's Best Tea, Orange Pekoe (Red Label), has since 1892 maintained the lead as the finest package tea ifl Western Canada. Braid's Best Tea (Blue Label). A popular tea at a popular price. Braid's Best Coffee. The coffee that made our reputation. Save the Coupons Save the Coupons Phone: Sey. 9380 414 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.v. WE PROVIDE A COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE Brokerage Service Gillespie, Hart & Todd, Ltd. 'â¢'-*' Members of Vancouver and Victoria Stock Exchanges VICTORIA OFFICE - - - - - . 611 FORT STREET Hume & Rumble Ltd. Electrical Contractors and Engineers «i â **â â ,*!« *> -t-.'uA..,. ; V Vancouver Office: ~ â :::*:.â y».«&^»*"s â¢ THE* LABOR STATESMAN Friday. April ,26, 1929 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION Company, Limited Asphalt and Concrete Road Paving. Road Construction. Dredging, Ditching, Dyking, Railroad Construction. HEAD OFFICE. Vancouver Block - Sey. 2772 Granville Island - - Sey. 2176 Vancouver, B.C. y- Co-operation Comes With Maturity If individual workers undertook to reach agreements with management as to their wages and specific conditions of employment, few of them would be able to make effective arguments or to get management to give the wages when' reasons were submitted. The workers would not know what one another was doing and would have to accept the foreman's statements. But if- the workers joined together in a union and selected a representative to negotiate their business relations with the firm, management would realize that its trained work force was an element in the balances. The individual worker is not on equal footing with management, but all workers co-operating through a union that is affiliated BRITISH COLUMBIA PACKERS, LIMITED VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, .CANADA with which is associated "CODES: A.B.C., 5th -Edition Al, Bentley's CalpacK British Columbia Fishing and Packing Company, Limited Gosse Packing Co., Ltd. Millerd Packing Co., Ltd. Packers and Exporters of ALL GRADES OF CANNED SALMON Fresh, Frozen and Dry Salted Salmon, Halibut, Her ring and Cod, Mild Cured Salmon, Canned Pilchards Pilchard Meal and Oil Machine-made Music Proving Less Popular While the machine is taking the place of human workers in many lines of industry to an ever-increasing extent, Joseph N. Weber, president of the American Federation of Musicians, says that mechanical music is not proving the great success many theatrical managers so fondly hoped. ' Machines which synchronize music with acting on the screen cost more in the first instance than an orchestra of living, breathing human beings, but machines do not eat nor do they need a place ti sleep. Neither do they raise families which they must send to school, and to the theatre for amusement. So in the long run machines that make music, and also talk while the shadows on the celluloid screen go through their, performance â are cheaper than an organization of musical artists, who are alive and have human wants. . But the advantages of machinery ends there^ The music is different âit lacks soul and feeling, and the theatre patrons are beginning to realize the difference. ANTI-UNION FIRM GETS LOTS OF OPPOSITION Quite a lot of support is being given to the Machinists' Union in the fight against the American La France fire fighting equipment firm. The following is a sample. The city of Vancouver is in the field for some new equipment and organized labor is prepared for the event." . Cancels Order "To the Editor of Labor: "Last week our city prepared to purchase a 750-gallon pumper from the notorious American La France anti-union company. When I saw the notice in our daily paper I secured an audience with our mayor and city commissioners .and called their attention to the comment in Labor on the conduct of the La France concern. The contract was promptly cancelled. "We wish to thank our city officials for this action. "J. T. GILPIN, Local Chairman, "Division 237, B.L.E. "Fort Scott, Kans." Brewing 2s an Important Industry in British Colombia T^KW citizens give thought to what the Brewing Industry means to British *â Columbia as an industry, yet it is an important factor in the industrial life of this Province. It is not necessary to emphasize the millions of dollars invested in, the brewing industry in this Province. The thing that must not be lost sight of is that there are hundreds of men employed throughout the year in the making, storing and transporting of the products of the breweries of British Columbia. Breweries are constantly improving and keeping modern their plants. The Amalgamated Breweries of British Columbia have spent over $300,000 in the last few months for improvements and equipment. Breweries are an important customer of the farmers of British Columbia, their purchases of grain and hops running into huge figures each year. Thei£ is no British Columbia industry that spends more of its income right in this Province than the brewing industry. The brewing industry brings large sume'of money into the Province. British Columbia beer is attracting attention abroad for its purity and high quality. Export markets in Australia, China and India are. constantly growing. British Columbia beers are winning their way in th:se countries in direct competition with beers from Great Britain, Germany and other European countries. They are winning their way on qualitv, and they are powerful advertisements for this Province. , ' ' â " , Facts like these are not romantic, but they are important and should be considered bv everv citizen. They are not commonly mentioned by those whos? business it is to attempt to destroy the'brewing industry in their determination that the people of British Columbia shall be prevented from enjoying a pure and healthful beverage in an open and above-board manner.' Proof of the high quality of the beer manufactured bv the -undersigned breweries is the remark tin recent analysis made by McDonald and McDonald, analytical chemists of Vancouver, stating: "By the analysis, samples prove to be excellent beer. Thev are high in extract, nitrogenous ter, Phosphoric acid and ash, while the acidity is low and the volatile practically nil, which is i that the beer is a wholesome nuUiuous beverage." v . *"' ' * (Signed) .McDONALD & MetiblfAU), ~7 , â¢â -â -i,â '-, * Per A. W. Satteffield, Chemist. "Only Home Brews ARE DANGEROUS DR. FRANK McCOY Eminent physician and authority on diet, says, in his bookâ "The Fast Way to Health" "*. . HOME BREWED BEERS produce a form of disease which, when developed, seems almost impossible to cure. I have personally known of many cases of death which can be traced to this cause; where autopsy has shown that the liver-has stopped functioning without any organic disease. . . ." BREWING is an exact science. Home-made beers, made without the knowledge of the safeguards necessary to proper brewing and without aging to insure complete fermentation, are dangerous. Drink pure beer that is icientifically brewed in a brewery, and preserve your health. mat- proof PACIFIC BREWERS AGENTS, LTD. â iti^which are a/ associated * Vancouver Breweries, Ltd. Westminster Breweries, Ltd. Silver Spring Brewery Ltd. h - Victoria Phoenix' *'' t,"' , .Brewing Co. Ltd. -T*<w*-*a<iverti*e*m-^^ *frtK^1:ry«H^^ tiq.^^ 11i^ov.i**r1lniW f x== * ~^- ;.:..â â¢::;â : pnMHBMMMIM Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN National Biscuit and Confection Company, Limited Wholesale Manufacturers ~ VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA B. C. DRUGS Limited 796 BEATTY STREET PATENT MEDICINES, DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND SUNDRIES AND TOILET GOODS How Little Children Are Exploited in U.S. The Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor has just published the results of a remarkable survey of child labor in agriculture. The survey covered considerable sections of 14 states, including the employment of children in raising cotton, grain, tobacco, onions, fruit and hops, sugar beets, and in truck farming. Sugar beets, by common consent, appear to be the worst of all; which is of special interest, since this industry is created and maintained by tariff protection. What may be called the "family raising. A family, always with several child workers, will take the contract of making a beet crop on a given number of acres. .â In Colorado Beet Field* In Colorado, where much of the survey was carried on, these contract workers are mainly Mexicans or "Russian Dutch," this being the common term for the German colonists who went to Russia centuries ago, but who have been coming to the United States as fast as possible for many years past. Even the smallest children in these families help in thinning the beets, while youngsters of 12 go through the list of operations, hoeing, pulling, cutting off the tops, etc. The survey says: Contract for Entire Family "Often the thick beet tops, heavy with frost, which comes early in the mountain regions, soak the workers from the knees down. 'Fall is the tnean time,' declared a Colorado runtrm! J,*ihnivr. 'Women are wet ,' up t6 their waists and have ice in their laps on their underwear. Wom- ,en and children have "Weumatisin'." â¢ But while sugar beets were the jyorst B&lU, crojis covered by_yie_8ur- vey, truck farming," onToh growing and tobacco raising made heavy physical demands on the .child workers. So did strawberry growing, on ac count of the stooping posture in which all the work must be done. School Term is Cut Short" Farm hours are long, almost never less than 10 hours for a day's work; and in all crops and all sections, the survey found that farm work interfered seriously with school attendance. The average rural school term is seven weeks shorter than the average city term to begin with, and practically every farm boy in wide areas loses a few days more to help on the farm. The result is a serious handicap. The survey says: "A school in the rich trucking area of southern New Jersey had only one of its 25 pupils in attendance throughout the last three weeks of its term." Alien Children Suffer Most The worst conditions, both as to hours of labor and interference with schools, were found among the family-contract workers; though children of men who owned farms lost a great deal of time from school. Children of. foreign-born parents suffered far more than those of native parents. The housing conditions of these contract workers are always bad and often frightful. They are working at an industrial agriculture, on farms which have been turned into factories with little protection from the laws designed to safeguard factory workers, in cities. » Beet field workers describe their- quarters as not fit for chickens to live in, as "nothing but a dog house." Over-crowding is extreme ***-**! Plight of Migratory Wortofc-ijgft Of the shanties mantained for mi: gratory workers around Baltimore, the surveys says: "As a rule, there is but one room on^ch-ffdoT^amrstaii-ro^^ sjde, leading to' the upper room. "On each side of a narrow aisle down the centre the floor is divided "Flanneled Fools and Muddied Oafs (?) Since Rudyard Kipling becami the official poet of jingoism.he has written many foolish things, but nothing quite so foolish as his gibe at "the flanneled fools at the wicket and the muddied oafs at the goal." It is characteristic of the topsy-turVeydom in our judgment of human values that active participation in healthy sport should call forth the scorn of the favorite spokesman of imperialism. In this age of the automobile and the motor boatâ-of the elevator and the escalatorâwe run a real danger of packing all our development into the girth line. In this age of money making "and mechanism there is a danger of the professional in sport and the mechanical in art being exalted to the detriment of the ordinary boy and girl. The Greek ideal of beauty and enthusiasm for ait were founded upon widespread participation in all those exercises that made for bodily and mental culture. Eternal contemplation may be al! right for the oriental mystic, but no people ever rose_td. greatness Jrom the side benches. -, Genuine achievement has to be built liji on personal contribution. All the fanning of all the ringside fans in the world will never light a real torch of progress. No nation can afford to neglect the physical development of its people. No wealth of gold or heaped up abundance of mechanical toys can compensate for the decay of human power and energy. If ancient Rome had been content to base her pride on the boast of the mother of the Gracchi, "These are my treasurers," the barbarian might have battled against her in vain. She fell because the Romans became mere spectators and promoters instead of participants. The shadow of the same fate is creeping over America. More and more we too are hiring the barbarian to work and pTay for us. More and more we are putting our trust in gears and cylinders to make and keep us great. More and more our educational system is becoming sedentary and bookish. If I had my way I would make physical development as much a subject for departmental examination as any other. I would hire the best experts from such "great" countries as Denmark and Sweden to teach in our Normal schools and plan our courses in physical training. I would make organized and supervised games just as compulsory as English or Arithmetic'.'- .1 would yank some of these over-sophisticated young "elegants" who lounge through their school life in an atmosphere of cigarette smoke and hair perfume, out to the playfields and running tracks âand there, in God's free air; work' off some of that splendid natural energy which now wastes and corrupts itself in the jazz hall and the pool room. It is less foolish to be a "flanneled fool at the wicket and a muddied oaf at the goal" than to loaf about shooting "craps" or playing the "drive yourself" gallant along 101st Street. The best way for Edmonton to keep its boys away from the penitentiary is to fix up the penitentiary site as a first-class athletic field, I don't care who gets it for usâor how, so long as we get it; and when we do, there should be a concerted effort to turn the minds of our young people towards outdoor spjorts and every facility provided by shop closing regulations or otherwise to get our boys and girls "flanneled and muddied" on the playing fieTds as often and as early as possible.âFree Lance, in Alberta Labor News. WORK IS UNCERTAIN IN AUTO INDUSTRY Washington.âThe automobile industry leads all others in seasonal occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not only does the industry, as a whole make a very bad showing, but irregularity and uncertainty of employment is the rule among practically all the establishments covered. This industry is practically 100 per cent, unorganized. A Plea for Neatness The Royal Automobile Club of England is issuing a leaflet giving hints to motorists. One suggestion will be that used pedestrians should be stacked up neatly in the gutters. into s-ectidh'^e'rpels' Sf boaf3s 10 or 12 inches' high, each sectiqn beihg about six feet long, and froip four to six feet wide, and covered. with straw for a mattress. "Each family is allotted -one .of tnesiTpens." At night, men", women' and children, partly clad, one family separated from the next by the plank, sleep side by side." . A HABIT WELL WORTH CULTIVATING /yPEND wisely and, as you receive *52^ your salary, sel aside a reasonable portion of it in a savings account with the bank. You will very soon find that the habit of living well within your meansâof building financial security for your^ 7i*s^S^»noTso (fiflicult as y'Ou Think, [Spend wisely and save as much as you possibly can. This is a habit well worth cultivating. Any branch of the bank will give you painstaking and dependable Service IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA VANCOUVER BRANCH _ X, U. LAY, Managrer 9. B. REEVE, Assistant Managrer. rAlRVIEW BRANCH _ X. ANDERSON, Manager HASTINGS-ABBOTT STREETS 9. B. THOMSON, Managrer Assets of One Hundred and Fifty Million* - Gordon 6? Bellyea Limited International Paints, Beldam's Famous "Lascar" Packings, also General Mill, Mi«£, Waterworks, RailWay and Ship Chandlery Supplies PHONE: SEYMOUR 8942 n57 ALEXANDER ST., VANCOUVER, B. C. F.LCUMMINGS&CO.LTD. Contractors for i : Lime Spraying and Sand Blasting 7 - Phone Seymour 5507 toolfiaanlslSf^^ JJ THE LABOR STATESMAN' Friday, April 26, 1929 THE BEST TIRES msmmmsMmismmemcmeWcmmMMM GREGORY A BRITISH COLUMBIA^R#PÂ¥G SUPPORT HOME INDUSTRY By BUYING THEM FROM YOUR DEALER FACTORY - - PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. mmmiitmiffi WHEN BUYING CORN BROOMS LOOK FOR THE LABEL! "HOPE" Brand MADE BY THE BLIND. "HELP THE BLIND TO HELP THEMSELVES" Canadian National Institute For the Blind Phone Fairmont 5358 332 First Avenue East YOUR CAR WASHED 10-minute Service, for Drive a Clean Car ANewCar? Vancouver $ Auto Wash Oils, Electro Hy-press Greasing System, Parking 739-49 RICHARDS STREET Warrenite-Bitulithic Pavement THE BEST BY EVERY TEST "IXf ARRENITE-BITULITHIC â is ready for use as soon as the surface has cooled. This is a decided advantage where it is desirable to avoid detours and the extended closing of streets. The surface is easily cleaned, there being no cracks or fissures to accumulate dust or mud. The comparative freedom from noise on this pavement is appreciated, as well as its dark color, from which no glare is reflected. The sinall maintenance requirement of ^Varrenite-Bitulithic resulting from its exceptional durability make it a most economical pavement. Altogether, Warrenite-Bitulithic is" a scientifically planned and constructed pavement which gives highly satisfactory service. WARREN BROTHERS CO.. An International Organization to Build Good Roads - *>'-r^--â -"â¢ * 1402 Bekins Building, Vancouver, B. C. ; 7 7 "~ - ' â 4- Of Greater Feminine Interest | iii* telesrdpe. Ho directed .leT gaze The professor was showing a to a planet which he told her was young woman the heavens through I Venus. exclaimedâand then, show me Adonis,'' Lillian Wald's Dream Coming True Br BUDD L. McKILLIPS After nearly 40 years of waiting and working, principally working, the dream of Lillian D. Wald is about to come true. Lower East Side New York, which when Miss Wald first saw is in 1890 appalled her with the misery and poverty of its squalid tenements, is to have the first of its model apartment homes for workers. , And the homesâgreat 1,400-room apartment buildingsâare going to be more wonderful than Miss Wald visualized when as a 23-year-old girl she became one of the pioneer settlement workers iii the congested districts of lower Manhattan. This project will be the second in the city to be erected under the state housing law, put through while "Al" Smith was still governor. Within a month wreckers vvill start tearing down the two and one-half block long factory of the It. Hoe & Company. Replaces Non-Union Machine Shop The huge non-union machine shop, with its moaning boring mills, humming lathes, sighing planers and the clanging:. hamm~erg~~fe--tveTng~TiToved, and in its place will arise a cheerful home for 400 familiesâno crowded, dingy rooms, but clean, airy and spacious homes with swimming pools, meeting halls and recreation rooms for both adults and children. And the rents are to be within reach of the workersâan average of $12.50 a room. Humanity, not profits, is to be served first. It sounds like a fairy taleâthis realization of Lillian Wald's dream of decent quarters for the working class population of New York's Lower East Side. Miss Wald, now entering a glorious old age after a lifetime of worthwhile achievementsâshe is 62 years oldâcould well be pardoned if she dated history from that day in 1893 when she founded and became the head of the Henry street institution. Two "Heroes" of the Boys' Club One of her earliest activities was the organization of the "Hero Club" among the boys of the neighborhood. Boys, at their best, are only a few leaps from being little savages, and there must have been times when the Henry street gang came close to making the Ohio girl throw up her hands and quit in disgust. But she never did quit. All the hard work, the bitter tears she must have shed after some particularly trying session with "the gang' 'turned out to be "bread on the water." After 36 years it came back to her. Little Aaron Rabinowitz was one of the boys who joined the club. "Herbie" Lehman, apn of well-to-do parents, received his first training in social work at the Henry Street Settlement. Last week Aaron Rabinowitz, now rich and a member of the State Board of Housing, and Herbert L. Lehman, now lieutenant governor, a factor in Wall Street and a director of the Henry Street Settlement, announced that they had purchased the Hoe factory site for $500,000 and that soon after May 1 work would start on the first of the model apartment housesâthe dream of Lillian Wald. p. Investment Limited to 6 Per Cent. The model houses, they said, would probably be ready for occupancy by May 1, 1930, and would cost over $2,000,000. A number of companies are prepared to make the usual building loans, and Rabinowitz and Lehman will provide the rest of the money. Under the law, their return will be limited to 6 per cent, plus the amount needed to take care of upkeep, running expenses and a proper sinking fund. And it should be noted that "Little Aaron''Rabinowitz bought the 114,- 410 square feet of ground for $500,- 000, or about one-third of the price set by greedy East Side land owners last fall when Mayor Walker sought sit<"s in Chrystie and Forsyth streets for city-owned model tenements. The mayor was forced to abandon his plan, after denouncing the property owners who held out for "as much as the traffic could bear" as "exorbitant" in their demands. Give All Credit to Miss Wald "The credit for the suggestion that led to this purchase must go to Miss Wald, head worker of the Henry Street Settlement and a valuable, friend of Lieutenant Govei-fior s-C^*'], man and myself," saids Rabinowitz, with^refreshing-modesty.- "It haa been s life ambition of Miss Wald that model housing should be developed in the heart of the Lower Rabinowitz also paid a tribute to former Governor Smith, "who conceived and put into operation the state housing law." It is planned to model the Lower East Side development after the great apartment houses erected in the Bronx by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, who have accomplished wonders in their effort to prove that -decent housing can be provided at reasonable prices if profiteering is eliminated. No Charity Involved The Rabinowitz-Lehman buildings\nwill be five and six stories high, with large garden courts. All will have elevators, if that convenience may be added without unduly increasing the investment. The swimming pool will be operated at a small cost. There are 10 artesian wells on. the property, and these will furnish a practically unlimited supply of pure water. The New York state housing law is the first governmental scheme to provide housing on a sound business basis, but with rigid limitation on prohts. .There is TTo charity about it, but there is determination to check gouging. Up to date the chief obstacle encountered has been the greed of land owners, and Lehman and Rabinowitz succeeded in checkmating these gentry.âLabor. â Co-operation To Prevent Blindness The American Federation of Labor has entered into an agreement with the National Society of Blindness for a joint campaign for the conservation of the vision of industrial workers. The campaign is an educational undertaking to nut scientific aid at the service of tnose who can put it to use. Workers exposed to industrial eye hazards might easily protect their eyes if only they knew what methods, were safe and what dangerous. Blindness is a calamity that separates the individual from the activities of life and makes it necessary to readjust habits and relationships âintellectually as well as externally with the outside world. Blindness is sui-h a final restriction that no effort to prevent avoidable incidences should be withheld. Partial blindness or impairment of vision is a handicap to industrial or clerical workers and may necessitate adjustments in work and living. Eyes let in the light of the outside world and are an essential part of the individual for normal methods of living. In addition to the human considerations involved,1 ac: cidents to eyes are attended by losses that can be measured in financial terms. Industries of the United States alone are paying annually $10,000,000 to persons permanently blinded while at work. In addition there is a direct loss to these workers through reduced earning capacity which is reflected on the market in reduced buying capacity. Experts on industrial accidents believe that 98 per cent, of them are avoidable. When workers know how to avoid accidents and when management appreciates the vatne of safety habits and practices, much â of this human and industrial, waste can be eliminated. For the purpose of making information for the protection of workers readily available to them, the Federation has joined hands with the experts in the Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Our plan includes the publication of a series of articles in the American Federationist, special pamphlets, radio talks. In addition the society will furnish speakers to labor groups on request. The co-operative undertaking is an opportunity for unions to get most valuable' service from experts, and it opens up channels for important educational work.âAmerican Federationist. Twin Acts of Kindness The teacher had related the story of the shepherd, who, funding a lamb astray in a blinding snow storm, took off his coat and wrapped it. around the little creature as he carried it back to the fold. "Now," said the teacher, "who can tell me of a similar act of kindness?" "I can, miss," piped lip one youngster. "I've Wtertvlie^.*athfe*r'saV***£ .East Side, and Lieutenant Governor O^isnTft^erfecl^^ "Now please porturiity to gratify this desire with out profit to ourselves." h6rse.,r â¢ * â¢ " â â â >â¢ A- Losing Game J)ruggist: "Half the women are playirilfTlosihg game." â-^~* -;â- Client: "What?" * Druggist: Trying to reduce." -â â B^SSSi W**s\W*S*S*SS*SHBk\Wm ____. Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Corporation Profits The National City Bank recently published a compilation of net profits covering nine hundred corporations. The total shows that net profits for 1928 were 14 per cent, higher than in 1927. The compilation brings out sharply the wide differences in the returns in various industries. The rate varies from a gain of 152 per cent, in electrical equipment to a loss of 78 per cent, in cottons. « In some industries, such as building materials, crude rubber, silk, the decline in profits is due to falling prices. Irregularities of returns in industries are the result of price fluctuations' and a. great variety of forces that condition stability and efficiency of production. The following industries report for 1928 a lower net profit than in 1927: building materials, 5.8 per cent, lower; cottons, 78.1 per cent; leather and shoes, 14.3 per cent-; railway equipment, 22.2 per cent.; . rubber, 44.7 per cent.; shipping, 13-1 per cent.; silk, 25.1 per cent; sugar, 49.8 per cent. Increases in net gains are reported as follows: electrical equipment, 152 per cent.; petroleum, . 9(i.,2 per cent.; meat packing, 99.2 per cent.; aviation, 77.5 per cent.; auto accessories, 84.2 per cent.; iron and steel, 33*. 5 per cent., etc. The tabulation covers industries that issue stocks and make reports public It can be accepted as indicative of the distribution of profits among companies following better practices. These wide differences in profit and fluctuations in income have a parallel in the fluctuations in wages paid the employees of .these companies, though it is highly probable that all workers put similar capacities into their work. For example, net profits in automobiles were $348,612,000 in 1928, a gain of 18.4 per cent, over 1927 and 47.6 per cent, over 1926, and yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports greatest irregularity in employment in the automobile industry of all industries studied. Automobile workers should see that their employment becomes more regular so that they may share in the prosperity of the industry.â American Federationist. ALBERTA FARMERS PROPOSE QIL CO-OPERATIVE "It will be interesting to the farmers of the surrounding district who are users of large quantities of oil for farm operations to know that a well attended (though poorly advertised) meeting was held in the Board of Trade rooms on Thursday, 14th inst., for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a cooperative association with the idea of buying oil and probably some other articles such as twine in large amounts and delivering them to the members at cost. A. P. Moan, manager of the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association, Edmonton, and Mr. Henning, of the Mannville Co-operative Store, were present and went thoroughly into the question of co-operative buying. A mass meeting to further the organization of a co-operative association will be held in the Elks Hall on Saturday, March 23rd, at 2 o'clock."âVegreville Observer. The fellow who holds his tongue seldom loses his head. Know Vanconver Better 8. Tell your eastern friends: "The standard of living in Vancouver is high, due to diversity of basic production and equable clrfnate." 9. Another record for British Columbia: "The effective per capita purchasing power in British Columbia is $814, the highest in Canada." 10. Some evidence of prosperity: ' "British Columbia also has the largest percentage of Dominion Income Tax payers in proportion to population, the percentage being 1.66; the average for Canada is 1.22." 11. Ii. C. leads again: "British Columbia leads all Can- ada in percentage of telephones to population, the ratio being 18.1 telephones per hundred of population, followed by Ontario with 17.46 telephones per hundred of population." 12. Some evidence of provincial prosperity: '.'British Columbia is rapidly climbing to first place in Canada in the use of motciâvehicles. In 1923 there were 7.4 motor vehicles per hundred' of population; 1927 the ratio increased to 13.9 motor vehicles per hundred of population." British Columbia closely follows Ontario, which in 1923 had 9.3 vehicles per hundred persons, and in 1927 had 13.7 vehicles, per hundred persons. 13. Interesting life insurance record: "British Columbia leads all Canada in per capita life insurance." 14. B. C. leads again: "British Columbia also has the largest average number of domestic light consumers per hundred of population in Canada, the ratio being 17.15, followed with Ontario with 14.67." 15. Factors which contribute to the prosperity of B. C.: "The concentration of population in urban centres, mainly on the lower mainland and on Vancouver Island, in a region favored with a very mild, equable climateâthe remarkable wealth of British Columbia in natural resourcesâits diversity of productionâits new trade position since the opening of the Panama Canalâof being the front door to Western Canada. The opening of the Panama Canal transformed the transportation map of North America, substituting the shorter haul in and out to Atlantic and Pacific tidewater for the old transcontinental all- rail haul eastward to Atlantic seaboard." 16. Vancouver â a growing grain port: "With freight rates on grain practically equalized eastward and westward, it is now more economical for all grain grown west of Moose Jaw or the western half of Saskatchewan and all Alberta, to move to European markets via Vancouver and the Panama Canal." 17. Interesting information: "Since 1910 the peak of wheat production has steadily moved westward from Eastern Saskatchewan, until now the bulk of Western Canadian grain is THE LATEST IN MEN'S FUR-FELT HATS One Price, $3.95 CAPS, $1.45 TO $2.95 Black and White Hat Store 104 West Hastings Street at Abbott Vancouver, B. 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"In the la,st ten years the boundary of grain cultivation has been pushed steadily northward until now huge areas of Northern Saskatchewan, Northern Alberta, including the Peace River country, produce millions of bushels of the finest wheat in the world." U. S. Millionaire May Yet Land in Prison So the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Harry F. Sinclair must go to jail for three months for contempt of the United States Senate. That is extremely good news, not, as our readers are aware, because we place any value upon the reformatory worth of a prison sentence. But it has become the cherished belief of millions of Americans that you cannot send a man to prison whose wealth is measured in millions of dollars. Nothing has done more to increase the belief that there are several kinds of justice in America than the ability of the great rascals who have done so much to lower public life and public morality to slip through the meshes of the law because of their means to hire the ablest and most expensive lawyers. Multitudes, we are sure, have even now read this decision of the Supreme Court in the Sinclair case with a skeptical laugh. They will not believe that Mr. Sinclair will go to jail until the jail doors have actually closed behind him, and then they will expect him to get out in a short time through a pardon or through some hokus-pokus. From the point of view of the Senate it is also a particularly gratifying decision. For it means that the power of the Senate to send for witnesses and to compel them to answer questions is now beyond dispute.âThe Nation. LOW WAGE STANDARDS IN TEXTILE MILLS OF TEXAS The Texas state,.department of labor has issued a report of a survey of employment conditions in textile mills of the state. Distressingly low standards are revealed, characteristic of this industry, especially in the South. It was found that the average week was 55 hours and that the highest paid skilled male operatives received an average of $19 a week, wJ!!i^-WÂ«lBfta**jdaing^*simi}ai^wo»fc=*g>s* only |13.5u. Other weekly wage averages were: Unskilled men, tl2.tr&; vmkrtted'*tfimet,;'$Tl, boys, $11.75. It was discovered that a large proportion of the wives of millworkers were employed, usually in the same mill as their husbands, and that they not infrequently earn more than their husbands. P. GIOVANDO Phone Seymour 6121 JOHN THA HOTEL STRATFORD COR. GORE AVE. and REEFER ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. 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Here's his account of yesterday's afternoon tea: 'Mrs. Lovely poured, Mrs. Jabber roared, Mrs. Duller, bored, Mrs. Rasping gored, and Mrs. Embonpoint snored.' " 1 THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 CASSIDY-WELLINGTON COAL Produced only at Granby Colliery, Vancouver Island v. _ THE ALL-WHITE COAL MINE â¢auuHn*f4»vf*â »'â tfirrw * RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS: Consolidated Goal Co., Ltd. phone sey. 2345Vancouver W. L. Morgan Fuel Co., Ltd. Victoria Augustine Coal Co., Ltd. New Westminster SOLD wholesale by GRANBY CONSOLIDATED MINING, SMELTING & POWER CO. Birks Building VANCOUVER, B.C. LIMITED Phone: Sey. 7422 Fleecing the Public By "Valuation" Scheme . The New York Telephone Company is demanding an increase in rates which will add from $22,000,- 000 to $25,000,000 per year to the phone bills of the people of the state of New York. Thc basis of the demand is the report by a special master that present rates do not furnish a fair' return oh the "value" of the^company's property. â The case shows that the "valuation" of public utilities is used to pick the public pockets. As Justice Brandeis showed in the Southwestern Bell TelephoneJ^case, the proper valuation,, or rate base, for a public utility is the actual amount prudently and honestly invested in the property; just as the proper payroll is the number of men actually employed. Instead, the federal courts are accepting the claim that utilities should be valued at what somebody estimatesâor guessesâit would,cost to reproduce them. The inflation thus permitted is astounding. On the railroads alone, at the lowest estimate, this scheme would make the American people pay returns on eleven billion dollars of phoney money, money that never was invested. On other utilitiesâgas, telephone, electric, street car, etc.âthe padding would probably amount to nearly as much more. And then, on city utilities', the courts allow 8 per cent, as a "fair return" when most of the cash actually spent in building the utility is borrowed at 5 per cent! How long will it take the American (and Canadian) people to wake up to the wajr they are benig looted in this valuation business?âLabor. FIRST" NATIONAL LABOR > ACTION TAKEN IN BRAZIL ' T>>e Labor Party of'Rio de Janeiro has convened a congress which is to -discuss the draft l.)!ior code which is now before parliament and propose amendments. All the national labor1 organ isdtions have been .invited to send delegates to the congress. This is the flrst time that the workers of Brazil have made a national effort to Influence legislation. 1 i - North Western Dredging Co. Dipper Dredges Rock Drilling Limited Rock Excavating Submarine Drilling Clamshell Dredges Gravel Filling Phone Seymour 2541 626 Standard Bank Building Vancouver, B. C. BARTRAM PAPER PRODUCTS, Ltd. Manufacturers of Paper Bags for all purposes. A modern plantâcompletely self-sustainingâ a British Columbia factory. :. Church Printing Goes To Non-union Company Nashville, Tenn.âMore -than a hundred women and girls employed by the Methodist Publishing House of this city, a non-union printing concern, were compelled by the management to sign a petition saying they did not want their hours of employment reduced from 60 to 54 per week. The petition was read last week at a public hearing before the committee on labor of the Tennessee senate which was considering a 54-hour bill for women. For fifty years this printing house, owned and operated by the Methodist Church, South, has successfully -combatted-every effort of the printing trade unions to. establish modern and humane conditions of employment, including shorter hours- ahd decent wages. The 54-hour bill was introduced ized labor, women's clubs, many eler-. Her voice jwaa ever soft, gentle i A word fitly spoken i* like apples by Senator Carl Larsen of Shelby gymen and progressive minded cit- and low; an excellent thing in wo- of gold in pictures of silver- county; It has the support of organ- izens generally. (man.âShakespeare. 'Proverbs. t 1280 Homer Street Phone Sey. 2260 G. M. Bartram, President and Manager - Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Weak Men and AU Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies WHITE for pamphlet on Loss of Manhood and Disorders Peculiar to Men; In plain envelope. Free by mall. Advice free. â¢ 35 years' experience. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to > every week day except Wed. and Sat., when .closed all day. . Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver's Only Genuine Herbalists Classified Adverts. BABBISTEB8 AHD BOI-IOITOBS WalUs W. L.f.am, 403 MetropoUtaa Building*. Phon* Ber. 6467. BATHS stlngrs Steam Baths Price 3Be Only 766 Hasting*! Street East DENTISTS Br. W. A. Bntledg-s. 108 Hastings W. . I . SOTAEY PUBLIC P. M. Bengough Labor Headquarters PBINTBBS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters BUFTUBE SPECIALIST O. B. Heard. 813 Bobson UNDERTAKERS Armstrong ft Hotson, 304 Dunlevy Ave. VANCOUVEB TRADES AHD LABOR COUNCIL President James Thomson Vice-President W. J. Bartlett General Sec.-Treas P. B. Bengough Statistician c. B. Herrett Warden ....Walter Deptford Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Organisation i Colin McDonald (chair.), Tailors. P. R. Bengough, Machinists. W. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths, .las. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Herrett, Barbers. Legislative: B. H. Neeiands (chair.), Typographical. W. J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. P, R. Bengough, Trades Council. jj A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. C. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. V. Hargreaves, Carpenters. J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. McDonald, Tailors. Press â W. Pago (chair.), Building Trades Council. W. Deptford, Transportation Trades. R. H. Neeiands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T. Hanofln, Beverage Trades. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades. Grievance: J. Cumming (chair.), Restaurant Employees. I*:. C. Miller. Musicians' Union. B. Showier, Dairy Employees. W. Hargreaves, Carpenters' Union. H. W. Watts, Electrical Workers. Protection For Game But Not For Workers San Francisco.âThis State, last year, voted $813,325 to protect fish and game, and but $53,820 to the California Industrial Accident Commission to protect human life, said President Frank C. MacDonald of the State Building Trades Council in his annual report. The trade unionist compiled a sensational group of statistics on deaths and injuries to industrial workers and the disregard of society to this- situation. During the four years, 1924-1927, there were 970,747 employes killed and crippled in this State. "This is seven times larger than our standing army, and larger than the population of .the city and county of San Francisco," said Mr. MacDonald. He compared the $53,820 voted to protect life to last year's cost of $1,- 376,226 to guard and care for 5,700 prisoners in the Folsom and San Quentin State penitentiaries. "It costs $61.77 a year to guard each prisoner, as compared with 7 cents expended by the State to guard the lives of free citizen work- meiu "There was an appropriation of $24,489 for the State Board of Dental Examiners, who held three examinations during 1928 for a total of 414 applicants, of whom 297 were approved. Apparently it cost approximately about $82 a year to examine the dentists, as compared with approximately 7. cents a year to protect the lives of workmen." French Say America Will Join Rail Trust New York.âWell-informed French business circles understand that the American rail industry has agreed officially to participate in the powerful European steel rail trust, technically known as "Erma," according to a special Paris cable to the New York Times. "Formed in 1926, under the name of the European Rail Makers' Association, the combination includes British, German, Belgian and Cen tral European manufacturers," says the Times correspondent "The formal entrance of American industry would not change the physical make-up of the trust, inasmuch as it has long been known that Americans have been receiving a portion of the British quota. But the moral effect of American membership would be considerable. "There is an impression among Continental rail manufacturers that American legislation against trusts lately seems to have been relaxed. Rail makers in the United States, it is said, were the first to take advan tage of the new situation by joining the European trust. fgKg»Â«*«KKÂ«)CÂ«Â«KgMÂ«ggKÂ«Â«Ktt**«iCMMg** "If the current reportâproves to be correct, and little doubt is expressed here on that score,. Europeans believe that the decision is a good augury for the future participation of American industries in the other Old World trade cartels (trusts). "Here!" shouted the railroad offi cial, "what do you mean by throwing those trunks about like that?" | The porter gasped in astonishment, and several passengers pinched I themselves to make sure that it was real. The official again spoke to the porter: "Don't you see that you're making big dents in the concrete platform?" | VACATIONS WITH PAY GIVEN -TELEGRAPHERS Chicago.âThe Order of Railway Telegraphers has negotiated a wage increase of 5 cents an hour, effective February 16, for its members on the Green Bay & Western. The men also secured time and one-half for Sunday and holiday work, a minimum of 4 1-2 hours' pay for extra service calls, and a 15-day annual vacation with pay for all key- men with five years or more service. operators prefer one-man cars JL HE- one-man car is just as fast, is much safer and saves money for the car rider. But what about the operator? In other cities as well as in Vancouver, one-man cars are popular with the men. Operators of one-man cars receive 5 cents an hour extra. In Toronto, all the men who operate one-man cars have voluntarily chosen this work in preference to two-man duty. They like it and they stick to it. The same is true of alj other cities where one-man cars are used. The duties of the operator are not arduous. When he is acting as' motorman,- he is hot needed to act as conductor. When he is helping passengers to board or alight, he does not need to act as motorman. The new treadle step at the rear of one-man cars provides a second exit which does away with any necessity for congestion at the front end. We have already given our word that not a man would lose his work through any change from two- man to one-man operation. British Coiumbw ^VmmcMmmrCxi VANCOUVER VICTORIA WALL STREET WAGE CUT BRINGS STRIKE New York.âWall Street, where conversations are carried on in terms of millions of dollars, is haggling, in* at least that portion of the "Street" represented by the big brokerage house of Logan & Bryan is haggling, over the payment of the regular scale of wages to telegraphers who have been shifted from the Morse machines to the automatic printers. As a result of the attempt of the Logan-Bryan firm to cut the key- men's wages $30 a week, the telegraphers are on strike. "The situation is an out-and-out wage cutting proposition and nothing else," said Frank B.* Powers, international president of the Commercial Telegraph Operators' Union, who is here directing the strike. "We are willing to change with progress in the telegraphic field, but we want to be paid the same wages Tor operating the printing machines that we got on the Morse machines, not $30 a week less." The Logan & Bryan firm maintains 32 branch offices and before the strike 225 telegraphers were employed. According to Mr. Powers, the firm is badly crippled. Only five circuits are working, he said. Didn't Have tho Right Tool Diner (when manager arrives): "This soup I can't eat." Manager: "I regret that; I'll fetch <j!l!L£?!S£'--.-iaaumââ â*~*Za~-f*me~~-am 'â ^"Tn^eYr^WKSFs :-tlfe matter with it?" Diner: "Nothing; I haven't got a spoon." s. S® That's the Limit tt@ As we said last week, "we have our limits." A remark that seems to have proved inspirational to Archibald, our Spring Poet, as,he has since taken it into his head to sll-JW us in the following verses what our limits are. Of, course, there are limits to everything when you come-to think of it, even our patience, which he taxes very severely at times. For instance, he has recently taken it into his head to give up haircutting and shaving, and a pretty disreputable speciman he has been looking for the last week, and is rapidly getting worse. No credit to our office at all. Various efforts have been made to try and get him to shave, or be shaven. We have even, with our spontaneous generosity, a failing that will be the ruin of us someday, offered him a supply of discarded safety razor blades which we really believe could be resharpened once more, while some of his friends have tried at various times to tempt him into the Moler Collegeâwhere the entire staff are lying .in wait to seize himâand get in their deadly work, but so far without any success. So, for the present, much to our regret, the case seems hopeless. It appears that Sir Rabindranath Tagore is largely responsible for this latest idiosyncrasy of his, as he attaches tremendous importance to Tagore's whiskers, and is now striving to emulate him in this respect, and tells us he is determined to do it "by might and mane." So who knows, perhaps the day will come when we shall see Archibald being sponsored by the Capitalistic Class bleating bosh, and, judging by his present appearance,. its going to be a terrible sight. Argument is quite wasted on him as he tells us that he is sure the attendance of so many ladies at Tagore's meetings was caused by their evident desire to see what a complete set of wire whiskers looks like, as the average man is so bare-faced nowadays. The idea of whiskers seems to grow on him, he says, and he is always quoting some authority on the subject. "Look at Samson," he said the other day. "Look what happened to him when he got his wool off." And he even went so far as to tell us "that Moses even had his Aaron." So, you can judge for yourselves how hopeless the case is. On your patience and good nature, now I hope I don't impose, But the subject that I take today is"Man and What He Knows;" On this earth he is the master, in certain matters, save That he can't control the weather, and he can't escape the grave. And I mean by saying master, he can gain his every wish. No bird can now fly faster, he can e'en outswim the fish, He can dig below the surface, he can lay the forest low And destroy vast tracts of timber that took centuries to grow. He can change the course of rivers, and with oil can smooth the seas, And gradually he's curing all insidious disease. He can take the arid desert, on which nothing ever grows, With the help of irrigation, make it blossom like the rose. With his-marvellous inventions, he can, with the greatest ease, Broadcast all his intentions over continents and seas, And at the present moment, it is plainly to be seen, That all work he's relegating to the skill of a machine. And when he's too prolific, then his guns do loudly roar, For he starts extermination^ or'as he calls it, war; - When he spreads obnoxious gases, like a cloud of poison breath, . To destroy the teeming masses, then he's lord of life and death. Now about the other planets, facts and figures he can give. But since he cannot tell you just how long he has to live. You don't find him taking chancesâvery wise is brother manâ So he gathers all the benefits that here on earth he can. ..:-.-.:- for- wben._hi& Hfe.js ended. ami at lurt^*.haves th;s earth, mm . He,knows not what his chances in the next life will be worth; Though he's full of hazy notions, he has hopes, and he expects, â *%. But.doesn't really know what job he <HI1 be doing next. ...... That .its. *som«*.v!w«. tlTat's muehHoTetter,- ontr-nrjghrTWsfly'WpTaiii,'..'..". . . By the fact we never see him calling round this Way Bgain; But in spite of these convictions, he can.never really tell If-he gets a pass to Heaven, or is just transferred to Hell. P. A. BEALL. HHBHaBBHHBHHHBHiat9WaHHHt3MHt3HHttHHBÂ» r Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC ; IDEAL FORy DANCES AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS., LTD. 1955 Commercial Drive BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES W'E ASK all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Affiliated with American Federation of Labor 24G SUHHIK STREET, BOSTON, MAM. COLLIS LOVBLY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE Genera) Secretary-Treasurer T^HE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and are selling Union LaBel Stamped Shoes. Ask,to see the Union Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are consistently backing him up. v . COPP, THE SHOE MAN" 1IMITED 417 HASTINGS STBEET WEST Men's Slater and Strider 8hoes; also Women's and Children's Union-made shoes. CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST BASTINGS STBEET Florshelm, Strlders, C. B. & C. Men's and Youth's. i â ' illiHPiDNf "HAT -tfflsii-i'iiiH M Ladles': Hohansen, Bancroft-Walker, Colella-Lel-s-hton. Men's and- YdnttTs: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP ii86 otumu Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union T,ahel shoes. - WM- TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. â Tetrault's Men's and Youths; also Strider and Slater's Union Label shoes. UNION SHOE CO. S3 WEST BASTINGS STBEET Men's and Youth's: Strider. Women's, Men's and Youth's: Tetrault's. YALE SHOE CO. 305 WEST HASTINGS STBEET Men's and Youth's Strider. .Wnrjifjti'ir.andJU'o'a:. "YalA~-.^peolah .Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, nnd patronize fair employers and em. ploy UNION LABOR. | S THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 Nunn & Thompson Funeral Directors and Embalmers Telephone Seymour 321 531 Homer Street VANCOUVER, B. C. ' Telephones: Doug-Ian 133 and 134 Center & patina, 1ft. Established 1893 Funeral Directors 320 E. Third Street North Vanconver; Phone North 1110 1049 W. Georgia Street, Vanconver, B. C. PHONE HIGHLAND 2915 EAST END AUTO SUPPLY Storage Repairs Battery Charging Corner Hastings Street East and Victoria Drive 0. W. HUMBER C. A. HUMBER H & H Sheet Metal Works â All IGn-is of Sheet MetarWork â - â . Automobile Fenders a Specialty Furnaces Installed and Repaired Phone Sey. 2593 735 Richards St., Vancouver, B.C. BERT HENRY, LIMITED Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist (3 Stores) , Office: 510 Hastings West Phone Sey. 7716 Majestic Radio Beautiful Console Models, 7 Tubes, Super Electro-dynamic Speakers $253.00 and $298.00 SYMPHONY RADIO AND PIANO HOUSE 602-604 ROBSON STREET SEY. 4980 A. P. SLADE & COMPANY Ltd. 155 Water Street Vancouver, B.C. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants. ButterâCheeseâEggs. Manufacturers of Meadowbrook and Mayflower Brands of Jams and Jellies Office Phones: Sey. 193-194 B. BOE, LIMITED 652 SEYMOUR ST. Heating and Plumbing Contractors VANCOUVER, B.C. W. TURNER Bargains ln New and Second-hand Furniture, Rang-es, Crockery and Carpets Phone: Doug. 5052 906 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. C. WALTER MURRAY ERNIE T. MURRAY Phones: Seymour 4427â4428 MURRAY BROS., LIMITED PLU.MB1NG AND HEATING' . CONTRACTORS ' 137 Powell Street Vancouver, B. C. EXCELSIOR LAUNDRY, Ltd. General Laundry Husiness. Semi-finish Family Service 8c per lb., minimum charge $1.00 554-6 Richards Street Vancouver, B.C. Phone Seymour 2800 , 11 IS Richards St., Vancouver, B.C. Star Steam Laundry Company Limited Alice A. and Jas. Hastings We Darn Socks {Tiid Sew on ButtonsâWork Unexcelled I. X. L. LAUNDRY Remember! We Darn Your Socks. Hand Your.Clotb.s and Give toe Best Sanitary Laundry Service. Phone; Fairmont 137 130â5th Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C. EMPIRE GLEANERS . _iim rotjBTH Atxxxrx ajh> oa-MJH^â ..â->..-..â Dry Cleaners and Dyers Wearing Apparel, Curtains and Draperies. PROMPT SERVICE PHONE FAIRMONT 1291 The Faithful Few Considerable water has passed by the Thames embankment since Keir Hardie shocked the nice people of Westminster by appearing in the sacred precincts of the Houses of Parliament wearing his old tweed cap. Ahd yet it's only a brief span in the life of a nation since Labor as an independent force challenged the old order for the first time and began to blaze its Own trail to a better world. And now they say that Labor may have a majority in The Mother of Parliaments after the coming election. I have just been thinking of some of the factors that have entered into the development of the British Labor party to the place where it is likely soon to become the'dominating political force in the British nation. And the only conclusion I can come to is that the whole thing has been brought about by the enthusiasm, loyalty and hard work of a comparatively few devoted men and women. In one sense the Labor movement has never been a great popular movement. It has not swept people toward its goal in-waves-of-enthusiasm or emotion, Prejudices had to be broken down, fears allayed, suspicions, dissipated and intellects awakened before the message which Labor had for the world could be appreciated. And down through the years a faithful few have carried the load. * * * , Some day the statesmen of. Labor will be appreciated. They may have to 'die first. Keir Hardie has had more kind words spoken of him since the day he left earthly worries behind than ever he enjoyed while he struggled here to arouse the workers of Britain to the possibility of a better social order. And some day the men who are now leading the British Labor party on what appears to be the last charge against the stronghold of privilege will have a grateful world singing their praises. But in the meantime they are subject to suspicions, jealousies and bitter attacks from foes within and without. It was ever thus, and I suppose will always be. And I wonder if it matters much. I wonder if a Ramsay MacDonald could have been the strong leader he is today if it had not been for the fires which have tried him through the years. And it is doubtful if the Labor movement itself could have grown so solidly and so permanently if it had not been necessary for it to meet adversity along the way and establish itself in spite of the storms that beat about its walls. * » * There are some discouraging things to be encountered by those who take seriously the work of building up a movement like that of Labor. And even men of the strongest will and firmest determination must sometimes wonder if that which is to be accomplished is worth all the life- blood which must be poured into the struggle to bring it about. Most of those who have established themselves as leaders in the British Labor party, for example, are men of outstanding qualities. They could live a more comfortable life by exercising their abilities in the direction of bettering their own material con ditions, without regard to what might happen to the rest of humanity. But something in their being holds them to the struggle for a better world for mankind. They give their energy and heart and soul to a task that transcends their personal interests and takes no account of the hardship and sacrifice which they must make. That is the secret of Labor's success. * *' â¢ Indeed, that is the whole secret Some of the brighest intellects and most charming personalities have been lost to the Labor movement and loat to the struggle for a better world because they did not possess this quality of steadfastness which makes real leaders. I- can remember one young man in a city in this province who gave every promise that he would contribute much to the upbuilding of the Labor movement in Canada. He had an abundance of natural ability, a winning personality and a considerable knowledge of the forces that operate in society. He was welcomed in* the councils of Labor with open arms and very soon occupied a high place. But I don't know where he is today. When he began to experience the things which every leader must experience, especially in the Labor movement, he wrttcd like arrAjlril snow BefuWTBw spring sun. And he is typical of many others. Thipk it over as long as you like, brother, and you'll always arrive at* the conclusion that Labor's success depends on people *ho-wHl»nolr4jjf*Tnsslleit -zTS^ytrir^ cumstances.âAlberta Labor News. Hand-made â T. Loggers' and 'Miners' Boots Are the Best on the Market. Every Pair Guaranteed Write for Catalogue. MacLachlan-Taylor Company 63 Cordova Street West Vancouver,'B. C. Why Textile Workers Revolt Committee of South Carolina Legislature Reports on Starvation Wages and Vicious "Speed-up" System. One of the most encouraging signs of the times comes from South Carolina. In common with the rest of the industrialized South, that state has been having an epidemic of strikes in textile mills. The -house of representatives of the South Carolina legislature appointed a committee to look into the matter. Here is what the committee reports: "We find the whole trouble in the textile area has been brought about by putting more work on the employees than they can do." In other words, organized slave driving in the name of "efficiency!" â¢The mill bosses claimed that the workers were striking against improved machinery. The committee of legislators repudiates this statement as absolutely false, and gives some examples of the working of the so-called "stretchout system" introduced by the employers: "In a card room in one mill, five section men were-employed at $23 per week. This force was cut to four men and the pay also cut to $17.26 per week. Later, this force was reduced to three and the pay was raised a i littleâto $20.23 per week." Two men out of five our of work, and the other three getting less than when all five were employed! The committee goes on: "In one mill, six sweepers were employed on the day shift. Two were laid off and four did the work, but there was no increase in pay for the four. , "In one mill, the man who had formerly operated 24 looms was given - 114 to care for. When running 24 looms, he received $18.91 per week. When running 114 looms, he received $23 per week." A minute's work with pencil and paper will show that this man's wages were cut from 79 cents per loom to 20 cents per loom. This is certainly "efficient" robbery, and explains another statement by the committee: "We find conditions deplorable in man ymill villages, both as to pay and as to living. In some places, we found families actually in need, though members of those families were working regularly." The Southâpart of the Southâhas been somewhat slow to sense industrial oppression and the need of organization among the workers. That is always the case when factories invade a region previously given to farms. But the South is beginning to awake; and when it is roused, LABOR predicts that the South will make a clean-up in industry that will be a model for other regions to follow. These South Carolina workers come of the old Revolutionary stck. Their ancestors followed Marion to the swamps, and broke the Black. Watch at the Cwpens. They are a breed that will fight to the death for an idea, and they are getting an idea worth fighting for.âLabor. STRIKES IN INDIA, The total number of strikes in India during 1928, according to official figures just published, Was 203, and the total number of men involved was 506,851, as compared with 129 strikes involving 131,655 men during 1927. The total number of working days lost during the year was 21,647,404. The corresponding figure for last year was only 2,019,970. The general strike in the Bombay textile mills, was alone responsible for a loss of 22,347,620 working days. The other prolonged strikes during the year were in the Tata Iron and Steel Company's works at Jamshed- pur, the East Indian Railway, the South Indian Railway and the Fort Cluster Jute Mills, Bengal. In about one-third of the strikes were the workmen successful in gaining any concession. â Patronize our advertisers. GOOD NEWS FROM DENMARK The recent congress of the Union of General Workers of Denmark (Dansk Arbejdsmandsforbund) which has a membership ef 84,000, decided by a bare majority to re-affiliate with the national trade union centre. This* ends the rupture between the national centre and the union, whoch has kept them apart for two years, and was mainly due to the great labor conflict of thc year 1925. The decision has given great satisfaction in Danish labor circles, as it is hoped that it will facilitate the affiliation with the national centre of many other unions which are at present outside it. ' Balky at the Pott Helen: "So Peggy's new boy friend's a Scotchman? How does he treat her?" Mabel: "Very reluctantly, I believe." Patronize our advertisers. Telephone; Fairmont 560 Fletcher's No. 1 Bacon "Cut from Tender Young Porkers" - Rapidly Becoming the Popular Bacon of British Columbia "FLETCHER &7S0N Wholesale Ham and Bacon Curers 1608 Kingsway Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN This Vancouver Island COAL MINE is a Gold Mine for Investors! Estimates: 300 tons per day, .100 days a year 00,000 tons. Average; Helling prlee pi.-r ton, all grades, J5 63 ..$506,700 Kutlniated mining cost, nil expenses , $315,000 Estimated profits available for dividends. $191,700 Profits Possibly Because: âSmall capital. âLow mining costs. r - â-No railroad to operate. ' . â N'o rash for properties. âN'o shaft to operate.- âManaged by Hritlsh Columbia experleneed coal men. âCoal at surface. j-^Coal at tidewater. âLoading direct to scows and ships. 35 MILES FROM VANCOUVEB, NEAK NANAIMO. CONSUMERS COAL MINES LIMITED 310 ROGERS BUILDING, VANCOUVER Call or Phone or Write. Douglas 5418 CONSITMIBS COAL MINES LTD., <.. 310 Sogers Bldg,, Vanoouvsr, B. C. please give me full Information about your company. It Is understood that this request does not plgriify any obligation on my part. Name Street.. City.. The JLast Trumpet Sounds! and YUKON GOLD IS OVER THE TOP r NO MORE 25c STOCK NOW BUY YUKON GOLD AT 35c AND AT ONCE Only a few shares allotted at this new priceâ and may be absorbed or withdrawn at any moment. Don't risk waiting! Important progress and some valuable acquisitions to holdings this week, others pending. SO BE FOREWARNEDâACT NOW Buy From Your Broker Southern Papers Demand Justice For Textile Workers Fiscal Agents of YUKON GOLD MINES 522â837 Hastings West, Vancouver Sey. 5159 This Space Donated by COTTON COMPANY, LTD. General Contractors Vancouver, B.C. . ,.....,..: â ,. â -.-*. . â â IRON AND STEEL MILLS â¢ RUNNING AT TOP NOTCH â¢-~ Chicago.âAll previous records of iron and steel production were smash ed ih the first quarter of Jhis year, and the second quarter bids fair to surpass the first. .'77 . In this district, now the center of By Gilbert E. Hyatt . Evidently public sentiment in the South is steadily swinging j toward the textile workers of that section, who are continuing their remarkable revolt against low wages and the intolerable "speed-up" system. The suggestion that the South has "a great reservoir of cheap and docile labor" and that industrialists-â foreign and domesticâhave been invited to exploit the native workers is hotly resented, if one may judge public opinion by editorials and news articles in the leading Southern dailies. _ ..'',.. There is a very general recognition, that the labor union is in the South to stay and that Southern employers must make up their minds to deal in an orderly fashion with the recognized labor movement^ or face a long and bitter struggle which can Only result in loss ahd disaster to all concerned. "South Needs Higher Wages" The Chattanooga News, owned by -6cT5rge~~F'orrMiiton, sums up ,the sit- uation as follows: "Such outrageous incidents as the kidnaping of the labor leaders at Elizabethton should be discountenanced and sharply checked by the people of Tennessee and the South as a whole. "The_ conditions as they exist are no credit to the South. Labor has a right* to bargain collectively for waiSSS* and to organize intelligently to conduct its bargaining process. "The South needs a higher wage scale for its workers. And no one who understands the mind of labor can for a minute imagine that efforts will not be made to bring about this needed upward step." Doesn't Want "Sweated Workers" The Houston, Texas, Chronicle points out the many advantages enjoyed by the South in the way of climate, water power and. raw materials, and declares "we can build better on the proper kind of labor conditions." The editorial adds: "Aside from the fact that low pay means less business for everybody, the South does not want the kind of citizenship which comes from sweated workers." The Birmingham, Ola., Post, in an editorial which has been reprinted in all the Scripps-Howard newspapers, holds the mill owners responsible for the revolt of the textile workers and declares: "The road to decency and the road to prosperity is the same road. "A great future awaits the South, but neither Southern labor nor Southern capital can ' profit in the long run by permitting outsiders to fasten upon the South an archaic and ineffective system of industrial peonage which has failed elsewhere." Even Gastonia, N.C., the citadel of the exploiting mill owners, has experienced a change of heart! 11,607 MILLIONAIRES IN 1928; 3,000 MORE EVADE MAKING REPORT Washington. â There were 11,607 millionaires last year, and 3,000 additional million- aires failed to make income tax reports, according to Joseph S. McCoy, chief actuary of the United States treasury department. The multi-millionaires total 283. This estimate is based on taxable incomes in excess of $100,000. An income of this amount is held to represent actual wealth of more than $1,- 000,000. The 3,000 who evaded being classed as' millionaires took advantage eff the exemptions that the law permits in these especial cases. ~ In the three years ending 1927 thc number of millionaires was estimated to have increased, roughly, 1,00,0 a year on the average. The wealth of individuals with incomes of $100,000 or more was estimated today at an aggregate of $50,000,000 last year. This figure includes . multi-millionaires, of ivhom 283 in 1927 filed tax returns on incomes of $1,000,000 or more. It is believed the list of multi-millionaires will show an. increase..._._. ..., _ j,,»--.â-ââ The Gastonia Daily Gazette is advocating the recognition of a union affiliated with ,£he A. P. of L. "The union is coming to Southern mills, and the fact may as well .be recognized," it declares. "The mill operatives have just grievances and they ought to be righted,. The only way 'to do that is by mediation and conference between owners and operatives." The change in public sentiment is manifested in other ways. "Expert'' Loses His Job The National Guard is being withdrawn from the mill villages in North Carolina, and one of the largest mills, in an effort to placate the workers, has dismissed its "efficiency expert," who is responsible for the introduction of the obnoxious "speed-up" system.' The American labor movement is preparing to take advantage of the situation. President William McMahon of the United Textile Workers haa-ffonB-to- Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealera 158 Cordova W. Phon* Sey. 8687 See Us About > Broken Glass In Windows, Automobiles, Mirror*. ShoWcasea, etc. Art Olsss m.palr.d - Mirrors ae-sUvm* VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis. Bad Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. SEY. 3070 the Caroliras-to"take personal charge of the organizing campaign. He has been assured of the backing of the American Federation of Labor, and of the state and local labor organizations throughout the South. Green Denounces "Reds" The strikes and walkouts continue to spread, and here and there settlements are being made, but the number, of operatives who refuse to work is constantly increasing. The "Reds" "reipain a disturbing element, Their leaders vigorously deny that they are in the pay of the mill owners, but they continue to do what they can to demoralize the workers and to discredit the labor movement. In one of their "manifestoes" they raised the race issue, which, as far as the South is concerned, is like touching off a charge of dynamite. They have also sent out a national appeal for funds, and of course they will expend the proceeds as they see fit. President Green has issued a statement declaring that the "Reds'" organization, known as "The National Textile Workers' Union," is a fake which has been "formed by individuals outside the organized labor movement,"-and that any contributions to it will be used to the injury of organized labor. Situation at Elizabethton Reports from Elizabethton, Tenn., CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES Write or telephone for descriptive booklet today. VancotrvCT representative, T.. G. Bever- idge, 306 London Building, 626 West Pender Street; telephone Sey.-4551. 'â¢a* indicate that the situation is still tense. . â _ Edward F. McGrady, otW 6f the kidnaped labor leaders, has gone to Greensboro, N.C., to participate in the organizing campaign planned by the textile workers. Alfred Hoffman, the organizer who was also a victim of thc mob of business men, remains in Elizabethton, and reports gratifying growth along union lines. The workers in the Glanzstoff and Bamberg rayon plants charge that the "straw "bosses" are seeking to penalize the more active of the strikers. Management Not Blamed It is not believed that the management is responsible for this, but union officials have taken steps to definitely fix responsibility. In the meantime they are urging, the workers to stick to their jobs. "This is just about the finest bunch of trade unionists I have ever encountered," Hoffman declares in giving his impressions of the mountaineers, who have insisted on guarding him every minute since the kidnap- -Union Men are Eating at Ye Olde English Fish and Chips "Only Union 'F. & C in B. C Drop in and inspect the largest and most sanitary Fish & Chip Cafe in Canada 44 HASTINGS STREET WEST (2 Doors from Pantages) PARAXON CAFi:, LTD. G. ARSENS E. GREEN "THE MEAL THAT IS DIFFERENT" TELEPHONE: 1145 GRANVILLE ST., â¢ SEYMOUR 3878 VANCOUVER, B. C. the steel industry, ingot operations ace at practically the total capacity of the plants involved.- There have been slight let-downs elsewhere, but the-ie have beeti followed"b#- rero-ifet- ies, and no general decline is in sight. All the iron and steel that* can be produced in this, district by the first of July is consideredsold already. Let's Eat Today at the HARMONY CAFE â "Dine here and you will always be in tune" 1154 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. Seymour 2994 Delicious Refreshing Buy J. B. Teas and Coffees Always FreshâPric.es Reasonable STANDARD IMPORTING CO. LTD. <'' W Wm'llfMr'"'"" "'" \
making individual success; the money we invest in home building stays right here in our city and comes back to each one of us in exchange for our merchandise or increases in our holdings. Prospective Home Builders ATTENTION! BUILD A HOME OF YOUR OWN. IMPROVE AND BEAUrftr YOUR PRESENT HOME - THEN HELP SOMEONE ELSE TO ACQUIRE A HOME BY LENDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT MORTGAGE LOANS ARE THE SAFEST AND SUREST OF INVESTMENTS . The following progressive firms and organizations are co-operating in presenting this Weekly Campaign to our readers. Read the list. You know them all. And remember that, apart from their recommendation and advice, they are always ready to help you build your own home. THE W. H. MALKIN CO. LTD. CANADA PERMANENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION THE MARTIN SENOUR CO. LTD. McLEOD SASH A DOOR CO. LTD. CANADIAN BAKERIES LIMITED BARNET LUMBER CO. LTD.. REYNOLDS CARTAGE CO. LTD. CHAMPION & WHltE LTD. INSULAR MAHOGANY PRODUCTS AYRES VARNISH & PAINT CO. Ltd. R. HOFFMEISTER EVANS, COLEMAN A EVANS, LTD. EMPIRE STEVEDORING CO. LTD.
Direct Service From Factory to You" PACIFIC (Coyle) NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD. CEDAR COVE SASH & DOOR CO. LTD. â¢ PRUDENTIAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION * ' 7 102-103 Yorkshire Building., 525 Seymour Street. :s â H Wfftytm^iy^^^tiianfflBffrf! Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN NEW WESTMINSTER EAT AT A UNION CAFE! THE FRASER CAFE "Our Reputation Is Our Best Recommendation" Open Day and Night New Westminster's Most Central CafeâNoted for Its Cleanliness, Courtesy and Comfort 738 Columbia St. (Near B. C. E. R.) Phone 1553 ALEX. MacKENZIE, Proprietor PHONE 1172 New Westminster's Most Popular House! Dunsmuir Hotel 42 EIGHTH STREET â¢*â (A Few Steps West of Columbia Street) NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Labor Legislation in Canada By P. M. DRAPER Secretary-Treasure, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. While there have always been different schools of thought in the labor movement as to the extent to which it is possible in emeliorate the worker's lot by legislative enactment, the controversy hinges wholly upon the matter of degree. , That legislation can be made to serve a most useful purpose, that if it be carefully and sincerely enacted and conscientiously enforced, it must exercise a /beneficent influence in the constant struggle for betterment, are statements that can not be successfully challenged. A recognition of these axioms early in the history of labor organization in Canada was one of the motives (in fact, the chief motive) which led to the permanent formation of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in the early eighties of the last century. The Congressâa federation of the Canadian branches of the chief international craft unions and certain local unions affiliated with the international movement through the Congress itselfâwas formed to give practical articulation and intelligent direction to the legislative desires of the diverse elements that arc the international trade union movement in this country. To quote the most important item from the Congress' objects, as stated by itself, it has for its purpose "To influence public opinion by peaceful and legal methods in favor of organized labor and to secure legislation in the interest of the working people." Under the British North America Act, the Act whtch-forms that portion of our constitution committed to paper, all legislative authority is divided between the Federal Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures. Legislation respecting civil rights comes within provincial jurisdiction: the making of laws for the peace, order, and good government of Canada; for the regulation of trade and commerce; for the compilation of census and other statistics; for the regulation of naturalization and aliens, and on criminal acts falls within .the purview of the Federal Parliament. This division of legisla- Westminster Iron Works Manufacturers of ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK MACHINERY NEW WESTMINSTER B.C. tive competence, though it may be argued that it is expedient on cer- tain**grounds, imposes a very real, practical obstacle in the path of those seeking labor and social legislative action. .Instead of having a single authority to deal with in all cases, it is sometimes necessary to approach as many as nine different provincial governments to endeavor to secure necessary laws, and even if they all take action, divergencies in laws as between provinces are bound to present themselves. In some cases, it is even necessary to approach the Federal Government, and the several provincial governments as well, with the object of seeking ancillary or concurrent legislation on the same object. However, recognizing this constitutional obstacle and repeatedly making efforts to secure a more practical distribution of legislative authority as between the Dominion and the provinces through amendment to the British North America Act, the Trades Congress has accommodated itself to the condition as it finds it, with the result that annually there is laid before each of the governments concerned that portion of the Congress' program which comes within the purview of the respective authority. Provincial federations of labor or provincial executives are utilized to treat with the provincial governments, while the Congress as a whole deals with Federal matters. Since its re-formation in 1886, such has been the popular recognition of the Congress' position with respect to the formation of legislative policies for Canadian .labor, and such lias been the actual effect given to those policies that the Congress has earned for itself the proud title of "Canada's Labor Parliament," a title by which it is frequently called. But in a much more tangible way may the results of Labor's efforts in its own behalf be eptomized. From time to time the Canadian Department of Labor publishes a report which contains the text of the various labor laws in effect in Canada. The most recent consolidated report was that issued in 1920, a bulky volume of some 826 pages of fine type. Annual supplements issued since 1920 contain considerable additional "material, with the result that the consolidated report of 1927, at present in course of preparation, may be expected to exceed 1000 pages. The physical appearance of a volume on Canadian labor legislation, while indicative of progress, is not, however, conclusive proof of the fact. The'object in here referring to the report in question is not to emphasize the appearance, but rather to point out two important facts gleaned from a study of the report: First, the subject-matter of the legislation in the case of practically every item had previously been a matter carefully considered by-the Congress, and the legislation, when enacted, bore indelible imprints of labor thought; and, second, this vast mass of labor legislation has accumulated almost wholly during the last quarter century, the period which coincides with the development of the Congress as an effective organ in the workers' interests. As marking a stage of progress, some-reference" may-be-made V "the more important matters that have, already been the subject of legislation. In the Federal field, there exists legislation respecting the settlement of industrial disputes with which the ances; employment of women and wages for women; mothers' allow- lejtfslative program. Where one Joseph Mayers Agent for WESTERN FUEL CORPORATION OF CANADA, LIMITED NANAIMO NANAIMO-WELLINGTON COAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Front Street, Foot of Sifcth Street NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Telephone 105 P. O. Box 425 With the GoiM^fejguts of- International Wood Products Co. 4th Ave. and 15th St. Phone West. 805 New Westminster, B. C. :**> ESTABLISHED 1887 INCORPORATED 1907 PHONES: IS and 16 GILLEY BROTHERS, LIMITED WELLINGTON COAL - COMOX COAL - SMITHY COAL Crushed Rock, Sand, Gravel, Cement, Lime, Plaster, Drain Tile, Se<v'er Pipe, Building Tile. Corner Bead, Metal Lath, Com mon Brick, Pedlar Culvert Pipe, Agricultural Lime, Land Plaster TOWING S COLUMBIA STREET WEST DERRICK WORK NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. UWWV*IA*rW*kft*iVW Fraser River Dock and Stevedoring Co. , â¢'â¢'.) Limited Operated by Pacific Coast Terminals, Limited "THE PORT'S SHIPPING BUREAU" BROKERS, STEAMSHIP AGENTS^, STEVEDORES AND DOCK MANAGERS All Fraser Imports and Exports Handled. Four Berths for Deep-sea Ships. - Prompt Dispatch Guaranteed. Telephone 2500 PORT OF NEW WESTMINSTER y~ Cable Address (all codes): Frado, Westminster province has. dropped behind its I el- Federal authorities are competent to deal: an act to provide for the operation of public employment offices, in co-operation with the provinces; an act to provide for the payment of old age pensions in co-operation with the provinces; an act, which expires this year, to carry on technical education work in co-operation-with the provinces; and a policy governing the-payment «M*ir wages'-tirriputoltc3 works,. In the provincial field most of the provinces have passed laws dealing with: workmen's compensation; inspection of boilers, factories, etc.; safety regulations on railways arid in mines; regulations.affecting the health of employees; minimum children; conciliation fn disputes; the collection of wages; technical education; abolition or strict regulation of private employment agencies; and the operation of free public em- ployment offices. It should also be mentioned that in the. important field of oh) age pensions, three provinces are already co-operating with the Dominion, while some of the others sary legislation, there Labor must point the way. In this regard the Congress is continually blazing the trail. Further extension of old age pensions; a more practical division of constitutional legislative powers; the * enactment, of unemployments*.-.-. sickness, and invalidity insurance; a shorter work day and a shorter week are about tornrove tn thesarnetHrec' ^weefcr anif tJrrliTralfriTIg oT"|5eiScefulr tion, although the Federal Act is not yet two-years-eld. ifying, it must nevertheless be taken rather as an indication of what may be accomplished than as an end in itself. Canadian Labor, therefore, still has need of a forward-looking lows in the advance, there Labor a* field is yet to be Invaded by neces- picketing are a few of the matters* presently receiving-consideration. *â !«â â¢â¢ While achievement »-always grat- ,v'ew of the success encountered smce the turn of the â eenittty, is it 'too much to hope that the demands formulated today will become the subject-matter of tomorrow's legislation. â¢ â "" The living voice- is that which sways the soul.âPliny the Younger.. * ' - 1 Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN PANELS- VENEERS- Alder, Birch, Mahogany, Oak, Teak, Walnut, etc. Mahogany, Rio Rosewood, French Walnut. JAMES WOOD & CO. Office: Warehouse: S2S Seymour Street VANCOUVER, B. C. 940 Richards Street Pacific Great Eastern Uses Club on Workers Elsewhere in this edition we give a report of the splendid progress that is being made by the Canadian National Railways, and credit for this is given to the co-operation of the employees with the management. The management appears to have jstrHck the_rigliLnate iiL collaborating with thc worlers, and the workers and public in general have undoubtedly got thc right man for that job in the person of Sir Henry Thornton. The Canadian National Railways has had the same uphill fight as our provincial Pacific Great Eastern, but, while the C. N. has seen fit to obtain the co-operation of the employees to put it on the map, the management, officials and directors of the Pacific Great EasterlfVseem to be doing everything in their power, not only to further cripple the, road, but also to foster a spirit of antagonism among the employees. Instead of attempting to obtain the goodwill and, therefore the co-operation of the employees, the officials introduce petty things that tend to disrupt the whole system. The following alleged agreement is a sample. It is an agreement that the company gets its employees to sign, in an attempt to avoid liability for accidents. We believe that the thing is entirely illegal, would not be recognized by the Workmen's Compensation Board, and could not be made binding in any court of law. In other words, it is not worth the - paper that it is written upon, but is a document that will create ilis- sention, distrust and non-co-operation among the employees. It is a sample of the ever-present poor management that the P. G. E. has been pestered with from its inception. The document reads: "In consideration of the issue to me by Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company of a pass permitting me to ride free of charge upon a truck or other vehicle operated by Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company between Squamish and the Roundhouse and Machine Shops of the said Company, situate in the vicinity of Squamish, I do hereby agree with Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company that in travelling upon such truck or upon any other conveyance of any nature operated by the said Company between Squamish and the said Roundhouse and Machine Shops, I do so at my own risk, and afree that the said Company shall not be liable to' me in respect of any injuries or damage I may sustain by reason of travelling upon such truck, trucks or conveyance whether such injuries be caused or occasioned by negligence on the part of the said Company or of any of its servants, employees or agents or other persons whatsoever*!* / and I do further hereby expressly release and discharge the* said Company from any claim of any nature which may arise in my favor by reason of any such injuries or damage that I may sustain. "I have read over the terms of the foraging agreement entered into by me aad thoroughly understand the 7 MOTORIST'S EPITAPH He passed the cop sans any fuss, He passed a load of hay, He tried to pass a swerving bus And then he passed away. This day that changes all griefs and quarrels into love. â Shakespeare. Carpenters Prepare For Fortieth .Anniversary Carpenters Local, 452, is busy preparing for the Fortieth Aniversary to be celebrated on May 18th. An active committee is getting together a good programme, so that all may have a good time. The original minutes of 40 years ago will be read, and the progress of the local shown. The strength of the Local is now 1166. The lasfc,meetinK, held on the 22nd, was well attended, and the apprentices who had shown 75 per cent, or over attendance were handed a cheque for $5.00 each. Call s are coming in from the prairies for Local 452 men, as the work is opening up good there. â " The next meeting will be held in the Auditorium, Labor Headquarters, on May 13th.âW.H. . Discreet Florist: "Want to say it flowers, eh! About two dozen, Flirtman: "No, about sixâI want to say too much." with sir?" don't DONT SAY BUTTERâSAY Quality First Machine Cut and Wrapped, and for Your Convenience . now put up in % lbs. At Your Grocer's or Butchers CENTRAL CREAMERIES (B. C.) LTD. Phone: Sey. 7222 325 Railway Street Free lessons for given to purchasers one year are of. musical instruments from the Conn Vancouver, Ltd. Look up their advert., . A little exaggeration in praise or kind words is no lie.âAlva Adams. Patronize our advertisers. "Dated at Squamish this., day of 192 - Witness: GOLF CLUB WINNERS OF WHIST DRIVE The Motormen and Conductors Golf Club held a very successful whist drive and. dance in the Alexandra Academy on Tuesday. Quite a large crowd- were in attendance and every**raiiaMe table tilled at the whist. The following were the. win- I " fl«* Of valuable prizes: Ladies' first. Mrs. J. Fannqn, 1429; second, Mrs'. Matheson, 121*; consolation,' Mrs. A. ,.Spiceâ¢r-,.--*I6A.-v-Gent8, -firsty Mr. E. Huckell, 125; second, Mr. Weather- all, 120. Money 'is said to be the great present need of China. Same here. ***B.C. DI/TILLERY C° 17° 48T NEW WE/TMIN/TER B <C Distillers ot Choice Canadian Eye Whisky, American Rye Whiskey, and Sourbon Whiskey i and Bottlers of Select Scotch Whiskies and London Thy Cin â This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Coltimbia. â THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 Modern Times Demand Modern Efficiency! o âTour 6V-M nave to meet mor6 strain than they did a. few years a so. Are they eqilftl to the demands made on them? If not, see your optometrist. , . Consult todayâwithout delay Lawrence W. Smith Optometrist and Optician Phone Sey. 6860 49âHastings St. Westâ49 COLONIAL NEXT WEEK "Trent's Last Case" The most exciting story in town Comedies, News, and Extras PRIZE NIGHTS: , Monday, Wednesday, Friday*^ mm cUhe Vancouver Wage Earners &cT}ieir (Public Library <$ YES, THEIR public library. It is just what Ihey make it by their interest and support. Not that they must contribute directly to the upkeep of the library, for it is maintained out of revenue from general taxation, like schools and parks, and, like them, is free to all residents of the city. But if your library is not well supported, or if proper facilities are not provided so that it may do its work'adequately, then you suffer as a result. If* you believe that a public,library can provide means, of self-education, books for information and recreation, magazines and papers, and those works of" reference which the average person cannot afford to own, at a cost to each inhabitant of only a few cents per annum, then read how you may take an active part in the success of your library. What Your Library Is Doing: Today in Vancouver 1 Buy B. C. Products We Carry a Full Line of Janitor Supplies Try Our D. B. KLEEN-UP SOAP Order a Tin of Our New LU&TA FLOOR WAX Dustbane Products Limited STRIKE CREATES A SMALL SHARE OF UNEMPLOYMENT An investigation by the, Massachusetts Department of Labor as to the causes of unemployment among the building trades workers shows that only a fraction of 1 per cent, results from strikes and labor troubles. It was found that from 13 to 30 per cent, pf the building craftsmen were out of work during 1927 and 1928. More than 70 per cent, of this unemployment was due to lack of jobs or delay in securing material. Sickness, accidents and old age were next, with about 15 per cent. For the Children: â Seven thousand three hundred sixty of our boys and girls borrow books to read at home. These books are carefully chosen from I*. the best that are to be had; good editions that have merit and that !____!________________]] Bnthnse and energize the minds nf onr children. But there are some 40,000 boys and girls in our schools today. Must the remaining 33,000 be deprived of these good things which are enjoyable- only in the early years? Children cannot travel great distances to the central library, and we could not accommodate them all if they did. Only the establishment of neighborhood libraries will take books to them which will make their.lives fuller and happier and make them better citizens. In 1928 the children read 134.496 books from the library. For the Adult: Twenty-six thousan* eight hundred forty-five grown-ups take books, while no record is kept of the thousands who read magazines and papers or who use the reference library. Over 55,000 volumes are in the circulating departments at the central library and Kitsilano Branch. These had a total turnover of 673,838 last year, and represent many happy and profitable hours of reading for the Vancouver public. Do you get Docks from the library? It is necessary only to fill in a simple form and the privilege is yours. For the Student: Those who seek to know more about their job, or who would learn something about work of another kind, have at their disposal a collection of books amounting to some 20,000 volumes. Besides the general reference books, such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, yearbooks, etc., are the standard works of the various mechanical trades such as engineering in all its phases, gardening, bookkeeping, salesmanship, mining, etc., right through the list of all fields of knowledge on which there is a printed literature available. Assistants trained in the use of these books and with a knowledge of their contents are in attendance to help any enquirer to' find the particular work he may require. Recent investigations show that the mature mind has ability to learn equal to any previous period in life, and that man is at his best mentally from the ages of forty to sixty. All that is necessary are the will and opportunity to learn, and no one need stop learning because he is too old. The library is open each day except Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to permit everybody to have an opportunity to use it. even if engaged at their work all day. What Facilities Has Your Library To Do This Work? A Central Library This building on Main and Hastings Streets has been in use since 1903, when Vancouver had 30,000 inhabitants. No added accommodation has been provided (although our population has increased ten times) except the small branch building in Kitsilano. In other words, Vancouver has voted no public money for capital outlay on library buildings in the 43 years of its existence, the central library having been provided from Carnegie funds. The city has supplied funds each year to operate the library, but these have never exceeded 50 cents per capita per annum for the population served, and for many years the library revenues were in the neighborhood of 20 cents per capita. One Small Neighborhood Library This building was built by the city in Kitsilano on a tax-sale lot for library purposes temporarily, to be used later for store purposes when proper neighborhood libraries could be provided in that district. Opened in February, 1927, it had 8,000 borrowers at the end of its second year, and in 1928 circulated 161,000 volumes. Those who are so fortunate as to be conveniently situated to it are most appreciative of its value to the community, and parents, teachers and clergy alike are loud in their praises of the benefit it is to the young people who use it. The facilities in this branch are long since overtaxed, and Kitsilano residents are looking to the day when . two branches will be built to serve that large district What Is the Result? As a result, we have a book collection of less than 75,000 volumes, when it should be four times as large; 35,000 people borrow books, when 160,000 would be a fair number of borrowers if facilities were provided; one small neighborhood library in temporary rented quarters in Kitsilano leaves the remainder of our large city without library service. Twelve branch libraries, school libraries, small collections in isolated parts of the city, factories, firehalU, or wherever numbers of people are gathered together, would take to the people the books that belong to them and give young and old, rich and poor alike, ah equal chance to make use of their library. What Is the Remedy, and What Will It Cost? 0(.e#ddllar can be ftWpgflSF-SP1* regular price of a high-grade handsaw by preMtitmg the advert of the Chas. Dietrich Saw Co., of 1642 Pajjdora. SW^_*rheA.1jn<*ing a pui^,., chase. * . - Patronijte our advertisers. IfOU naturally ask how this state of affairs may be remedied. X' 'Other cities even less* favorably^situafed than our own boast fine public libraries which are a great asset lo the community. In Vancouver we have never learned to look on our library as an asset which is worthy of public support Consequently it has lagged far behind progse*s,H> other Jims.until it has become 'almost -forgotten in oblivion. But the library authorities have planned an extension of the work. On May 15th, next, there will be presented a small' by-law which will make. provision for five neighborhood libraries VANCOUVER The Smart Accessories for Men in the Anniversary Sale EJ CONOM1CALLY pricedâbut none the less acceptable ' these accessories, which add distinction to every man's wardrobe. FIVE HUNDRED pairs of tlic famous Perrin's Gloves, which, while seconds, are all practicaly perfect. All sixes. A pair, $1.95. TAILORED designs with smart stripes in various shades. Silk frogs and French necklines. All sizes. Special, $2.45. F SILK and wool, and wool taffeta, in reefer styles. Wonderful variety. Special, 98c each. 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Ye Olde English Fish & Chips You are Invited to Inspect all our beautiful sanitary equipmentâIt will be an eye-opener. 2 Soon West ot "Pantages" 44 HASTINGS WBST ELKS' CIRCUS! ft**. i HAVE YOU HEARD THAT THE ELKS' FOURTH ANNUAL BAZAAR-CIRCUS OPENS AT Cambie Street Grounds, Saturday, May 4 BIGGER AND'BEWEll"tiittN'^Viek7.:'r,~; f. '"BW" 1) Secure- ¥our Tickets Early « Friday, April 26, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN m Good Wishes From the ,â â *â â *' ". â¢ " â ? . â *â * Famous Players Canadian Corporation LIMITED ,,,... A Canadian Institution Owned and Controlled by Canadians and Operated for the Entertainment â¢ of the Whole Family Operating the following theatres; CAPITOL DOMINION WINDSOR BROADWAY FRASER REGENT GRANDVIEW VICTORIA ALMA KERRISDALE .vwwv-vw/www^*^^ This Space Donated by Pacific Engineers LIMITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS Henry & McFee Contracting Co., Inc. Western Steel Products Limited Sheet Metal Manufacturers and Contractors CORRUGATED IRON, GALVANIZED AND BLACK SHEETS, STEEL BARRELS, FIRE DOORS AND WINDOWS, STEEL SASH, SKYLIGHTS, CORNICES, VENTILATORS, DUST COLLECTORS, ETC PHONE SEYMOUR 328r In this day of labor-saving de- -vices, why doesn't someone invent a self-renewing note? When Adam got off a good thing no one ever said: "I always liked that joke." ; t Of course there is no danger in flying. It is alighting that causes I most, of the trouble. in various sections of the city. Hastings Street East, Grandview and Mount Pleasant are, to have new branches, while the two municipal halls in South Vancouver and Point Grey are to be used for branch library purposes if the by-law passes. A sum has been included to provide for the purchase of the initial stock of books for all branches and for furniture and fixtures for the two municipal halls. It is for the taxpayers of Vancouver to say whether or not they wish their public library service extended. Com i To provide these five permanent buildings, sites, books and equipment, a by-law of $175,000 is being submitted. Your support is solicited and you are asked to secure the support of your friends. It is hoped that before long neighborhood libraries in other parts of the city may be provided so that no one in Vancouver may be able to say that public library service is not available. To maintain and operate a complete service such as has been outlined, and which * is summarized below, it is estimated that a dollar per capita per annum is a reasonable amount This is not exorbitant when one considers the high cost of public services today, and the library authorities believe that no better value can be obtained from public expenditure than through the money expended on the public library. Your Library: Is a publicly-owned, co-operative, democratic concern, which operates for the benefit of all regardless of class, creed or color. Lends books to you which you may take into your home and which any -member of your family may use. Maintains a large reference library and technical collection which may be consulted any time during the twelve hours it is open each day. Employs a trained staff of helpers -who know books and who are prepared to help you find what you want in books. Is a bureau of information on any subject of sufficient importance to have had material written and printed on it Will assist you in your work by laying out a course of suggested reading and study and by providing the books for it. Has in it many a book that, as Lincoln says, "lightens and sweetens toil." These are offered at a cost so low as to be negligible when spread over the entire community. YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS majority, is necessary to carry this by-law. Remember the date, May 15. (This folder is provided jointly by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the Public Library.) >. THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 Canons ;?^wt SHAMROCK si-tfc3i:,n BURNS' SHAMROCK BRAND a is ti it e 'I si w a jooi&st PRODUCTSâ~~* BURNS & CO., LIMITED CANADA FLEISCHMANN'S YEAST For Health and Vigor Three Cakes Daily ASK YOUR GROCER THE FLEISCHMANN COMPANY 1885 FOURTH AVENUE WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. Phone: Bayview 7202 BRITISH COLUMBIA FRUITS HAVE MADE EMPRESS JAMS FAMOUS LAST YEAR'S BRITISH COLUMBIA FRUIT WAS BETTER THAN EVER EMPRESS JAMS ARE BETTERâYOUR GROCER HAS THEM Empress Manufacturing Company VANCOUVER, B. C. ___ ' J * -- ' «t sf . -rr*»r Increase Local Payrolls â Buy B. C. Products ROYAL STANDARD FLOUR AND WILD ROSE PASTRY FLOUR ed in Vancouver ^^tgffi^QQQ^plwS^y^ COMPANY, LTD; Head Office and Mill: Vancouver, B. C. X Miners' Union Leader In Bad with Communists (By JAMES DAVIS) The Provincial Executive pf the I. L. P., at a meeting last week, de* $10 For Bellingham Sheet Metal Workers Organizer Cline of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union arrived in town this week after successfully helping to negotiate an agreement in Belling- cided to hold the third annual con- ham, for the Sheet Metal Workers' vention of the party on Sunday, May /rnion there, of a scale of, $10 a day 19th, in Vancouver. The convention J.mi a five-day week. The same scale will tf,ke the form of a general meet^p_-evails in Seattle, and $9 and five- ing of the members, at .which party? Jay week in Everett. Negotiations policy will be decided, and officers Vill be elected for the coming year. The branches will be circularized to this effect and invited to send copies of resolutions to the Provincial Secretary, which must be in .not later than Monday May 13th. In view of the decision to hold a membership meeting instead of the usual delegate conference, the Vancouver South Local feel we need not go on with the meeting we proposed calling, was reported last week. My evening newspaper, tonight, informs we that »Mr, A. J. Cook, British miners' leader, has earned the disapprobation of the Communist party of Great Britain. His great sin, which is described as treachery to the working people, is that he should publicly thank the Prince of Wales for the help he is giving to the distressgoLminersA.-. Well!- Well! Ordinarily," one would expect the leader of distressed miners to encourage support for his men from any quarter, even from a prince; , and thc policy would be justified to the extent that it was successful. But such simple reasoning takes no cognisance of the esoteric purposes of communism. The Canadian reader might wonder why labor guns should be trained on neutrals in Britain, where enemies of labor are so numerous. The fact, of course, is that to British labor, as in Canada, Monarchy is not an issue. Prior to 1649 there might have been good reason to fight the king. Nowadays such activities are left to anarchists, who, Bourbon-like, learn nothing from history. There is another thought strikes me regarding this Communist denunciation of Cookâthe danger of cultivating the goodwill of these people. I wonder if Mr. Cook feels perfectly satisfied that he has not pandered to Communist clamor against his own better judgment, and at the expense possibly of the well-being of his men. We may be mistaken, but it did seem to us that Mr. Cook was more concerned about the prejudices of the Communists than the practical exigencies of several situations in which the well-being of the British miners were involved. Men and women in the labor movement will understand what we mean when we say it seemed at times as though he could not stand the Communist "gaff."- That said, let us hasten' .to pay tribute to the fighting qualities of the British miners' leader. He carries on the glorious tradition of struggle in the British coal fields started by Alex Campbell, Alex MacDonald, and their friends of the early miners' movement, and so ably continued by James Keir Hardie and Bob Smillie. That that tradition has been continued intact and unsullied is a great tribute to Arthur J. Cook. His difficulties have been many,'and, like his forerunner, Keir Hardie, he was not helped greatly by his fellow labor leaders. Our sympathy has ever been with Arthur Cook. If, as a result of this situation, Mr. Cook frees himself from the fear of what the Communists will think, we may yet see our ideal labor leader â revolutionary, yet practical; challenging, yet responsible; iconoclastic, yet amenable to organizational discipline. JUBILEE LABOR HALL A mass meeting will be held.in the above hall on Wednesday, May 1st, at 8 p.m., to celebrate International Labour Day. Speakers: Alderman Mclnnis, Councillor Pritchard, and Mr. Jack Harrington. Chairman, Mr. D. B. McCormack. Under auspices of Burnaby I. L. P. are now under way in Vancouver. Salesmen who work on commission do not believe" that silence is golden. LESS COAL, MORE MILES, LONGER TRAINS IN 1928 It took 144 fewer pounds of coal to produce 1,000 gross ton-miles of traffic on Class 1 railroads last year than in 1927. The figure made in 1928 is a record. Most of the gain was made at the expense of the train and engine crews, for both gross and net train- loads were heavier than ever before. PUBLICLY-OWNED TUNNEL RETURNS A LARGE PROFIT TThe publicly-owned Holland tunnel from the Jersey shore to Manhattan Island is a money-maker. The first quarter of 1929 showed gross receipts of $1,180,599, an increase of 25 per cent, over the receipts for the same quarter of last year. On the other hand, operating and maintenance expenses were $366,- 939, or 5 per cent, less than those of the first quarter of 1928. MAYFAIR CREAMERY BUTTER Direct from Alberta's Biggest and Best Creamery the Year Round Mayfair Butter stands the ''hot toast test" Mayfair Butter Co., Ltd. 1166 HORNBY STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. DAVIES Paper Box Company Limited Vancyouver - B. C. J. R. TACEY & SON LTD. Sheet Metal Manufacturers *. *â¢ Phone: Fair. 4656 :-£ : 550â-6th Avenue West Vancouver / 1 Twenty-eight Pages THK LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 26, 1929 /â â Prtttsf) THE CaVEfiUHtHT OF IM PHOVISCt Of W1M CDUMU. (tolumfta MOST attractive field is offered by Canada's Pacific province to the man who desires to assist in the development of its immense natural resources or to engage in the cultivation of the soil, and its opportunities will well repay investigation ggsaasap. â¢aWHBK '"" â â â â ttsc^sif' J* MINES .' ORACTICALLY all the precious and base metals ire found. The province leads Canada in production of silver, copper, lead and zinc; second in value of total mineral output. Mining laws are most liberal, titles perfect, and fees low. FISH piFTY per cent, of the catch of Canadian fisheries is taken in Rritish Columbia waters. Salmon canning has grown in half a century to record pack in 1926 of 2,065,190 48-1 b. cases, the market for which is world-wide. TOURIST TRAFFIC rpOURIST traffic is becoming a large source of revenue to. the people of British Columbia. The great and varied attractions of the province are drawing thousands this way every summer, while the winter season on the Coast has its lure for dwellers east of the mountains. Good motor roads give access to all parts of the province south of the 55th parallel, and at all points comfortable stopping-places are to be found. ":"'r-wy^ 1928 PRODUCTION Forests $93,787,000 Mines 64,685,691 Farms 80,100,000 Fisheries 25,500,000 Factories 90,000,000 Fur Farms 1,750,000 FORESTS PROVINCE contains bulk of softwood supply of Empire, with annually increasing cut. Water- borne exports trebled in five years. Pulp and paper industry yet in its infancy. British Columbia timber favored in Admiralty and other United Kingdom contracts. LAND rpWENTY-THREE million acres free land for settlers. Stock, grain, dairying, fruit, fodders, increasing branches of the industry. Fruits took premier place at Imperial Fruit Show and in other competitions. Seed-growing success for British market. GAME "DIG GAME include moose, caribou, elk, bighorn (mountain sheep), mountain goat, deer, grizzly bear. All game birds. Game is strictly conserved, with open seasons allowed September-December. Salmon to 70 lbs. taken along coast with fly or troll July-November. Trout abundant in inland waters easy of access. POWER OURVEYED water powers capable of generating 2,000,000 h.p. at minimum flow and 5,000,000 h.p. at maximum flow. Turbine installations 500,- 000 h.p., with further 100,000 h.p. under way. Address for all particulars: BUREAU OF^ttlWIf^mL INFDRMATIONy i, B.C. -.i-yfil^,,.,*^.*.'-'-". -,,!., -â ;â #.*«...-j..]â,. ,. a 7T,' r~N(.M|HIII|li il ^+ _â^_ J
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