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OWNED AND CONTROLLED Supported,by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 272âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, FRIDAY. fULY 12, 1929 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Architectural Institute of B.C. Favors 5-Qay Week By Unanimous Resolution Declares That It Is in Favor of Shorter Work Week for All Craftsmen in the Building Trades. SATURDAY morning work is unsatisfactory, nays the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. It is uneconomical for the contractor ami therefore increases the cost to the owner. The five-day week should mean the employment of more craftsmen, or more time per man, without increasing the cost to the owner. The Institute desires to co-operate with the building craftsmen in order to obtain quantity and quality for the owner of the building under construction. Replying tn a query from the Vancouver Building Trades Council, the secretary of the Architectural Institute savs: Mr. W. Page, Secretary, Building Trades Council, 531 'Beatty Street, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter that has been handed to me by our executive secretaryâin which you enquire concerning the attitude of the Council of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia on the problem of the adoption of the five- day week for Building Trades craftsmen. I should first, perhaps; inform you that the Council of the Architectural Institute of B.C., in order to save duplication of officials, is also the committee in charge of the Chapter affairs for the Lower Mainland, representing about 65 per cent, of the members of this Institute, so this reply is from both the Institute and the Local Council. Unanimously Favored From time to time during the last two or three years my council has considered the question of the five- day week, and about a month ago, by unanimous resolution, declared that it was in favor of its adoption, by all branches of craftsmen comprising the Building Trades, in this district, i just as soon as existing agreements are fulfilled. The curious condition that Building Trades craftsmen do not get as many days' work per year in this district in this very favorable climate as they do in districts Where there are long periods of heavy frost, has always been a matter of comment as far back as the writer can remember.(1888). It is a condition which is so often the cause of a craftsman having to take any kind of job in order to make a living, and is very detrimental to the development of a high order of trades craftsmanship. It is clear that the five-day week, when applied to a job that has to be completed on a contract date, will mean the employment of ten per cent, more men (or a man having ten per cent, more employment) without adding to the cost of the operation. More Men Wanted In other words, a job that takes ten men to accomplish in five and one-half days, as arrangements exist today, will be accomplished in five days by eleven men. For some time it has been a matter for discussion amongst the architects as to the very unsatisfactory results of the Saturday morhing work. Of course a certain amount of work is always done, but the accomplishment never seems to stack up against the production of any other half day. It is absolutely unsatisfactory for some of the Building Trades to work Saturday morning and for some not to workâbecause in modern methods of construction the building trades.must synchronize, ahd in many process details interlock, and if some trade isnot on the job when it is wanted there is a monetary loss, which always falls on the owner, notwithstanding some contractors would like the owner to believe that they absorbed this loss. Of course, on certain'occasions of ' specific contract, they may do. so; but it is not often, especially as the trend of business seems to be to grnrit the contractor a fixed sum or . percentage ,on. costs it>x...th-te__w* >wf his services, organization and plant âand so all losses which occur when work i3 delayed from some trade not being on the job falls on the owner. Co-operation With Craftsmen Of equal importance, with the technical service of preparation of plans, details and specifications, is the common law duty of protection of the owner's interest by the architect, which, amongst other things, involves co-operation With the craftsmen in an endeavor to obtain the quantity, quality and nuance of the work called for in the plans and specifications, which the owner is purchasing, and on the measure of this co-operation depends the success or failure of the design both in its artistic realization arid craft workmanshipâso that, in the opinion of my council, any rearrangement of the hours or conditions of labor that will produce improvement, or economy, in .the intricate operations of building processes, will be found to be of benefit also to the owner. Owner and Architect In the adjustment of any labor matters the building craft3 in all Trade Union subdivisions should remember that the conception of a building operation and the arrangement for muner to pay for wages and material are the function and duty of the owner, and not of the contractor, and the owner's opinion on labor matters can be obtained from any organization of architects, hence, as representing the owner in building operations, our opinion in these matters is of more importance than that of any group of contractors, whose function, whilst necessary and worthy of proper remuneration, is only one of organization an'd the supply of plant, with .a private speculation on a rising and falling material market for a little additional profit on the side. The material supply firms should not be considered. Their function is-to supply the material specified at "market prices, and they have nothjng to do with the craftsmen on a building or how many hours they work, or their remuneration. Modern processes and material have increased building production, notwithstanding the reduction in the hours of, daily labor which have steadily decreased during the last twenty years; as it has increased the production of other commodities. Cost and Volume Increase It is also very interesting to note that the "cost of building does not seem to have much effect on the volume of work. Take the statement compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America, as published by the United States Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, February. 1929, pages 64-65 (being the latest half-yearly book)â the unit cost of building in 1913 is taken at 100. the unit cost for 1928 is 199âabout double the cost. The construction volume for 1913 is taken at 100 and the volume is 197 for 1928. or about-one per cent. 'ess building in 1928 than in 1913; this on a Canadian and United States building programme of , six billion eight hundred million for 1928. which in 1913 would have cost only Jialf i that amount.. '.'â â â¢ !*.-:.-â .-.make-,!*-.*poto^--fw-tlu_ rather Carpenters Return To Building Trades Council Local, 452, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, voted, by a big majority, on Monday, to re-affiliate with the Vancouver Building Trades Council. This action was taken after some inspiring addresses were made by "Dad" Young, International Organizer; Bob Thompson, local International representative; Jimmy Smith, former President of the union; J. Stevenson, and other active members. This union, with its 1250 members, is the largest in the building trades, and its re-affiliation will add greatly to the vork being accomplished by the Building Trades Council. Besides taking this action, the union elected Bil. Page to the Presidency of the union, its recently elected president having secured a long-time out-of-1 town job. Bill Page is secretary of the Building Trades Council, so will be a very busy man from now on. The Carpenters Union initiated 11 new members at Monday's meeting, three of these being Amalgamated men. Work is reported as being fair. Building Trades Notes Floorlayers repor laid Flooring Co. Engineers' Lo new melnbers, Pettipiece has agent in plac od. In- n. â.nitiated 8 ^ing. Geo. ted business ewbigging. ' New MFci* Carpenters mostly v.m*M He? initiated last month, liSTm HP ber since 1917. Carpenters' Picnic on Saturday; Prizes, $300 Prizes valued at not less than $300 will be distributed at the Vancouver District Council of Carpenters' picnic to Seaside Park on Saturday. At least 22 events will be staged as well as several drawings for tools donated by various firms. Saturday has been declared a general holiday for the carpenters, so there is no excuse for any carpenter to miss the event, hence a real big crowd is expected and can be taken care of. The boat will leave the C. P. R. dock. Pier D, at 9:15. Tea, coffee, milk, sugar, ice cream and candies will be provided free. Tickets are. adults, SI.50; children, 75c; under 5, free. 36 Union Men on N. Y. Safety Commission Albany. N. Y.-(ILNS). â Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt has. just appointed 36 trade union leaders members of a permanent commission to reduce industrial accidents. It probably sets a record for numbers of trade unionists appointed by a political executive at a single time. Appointments were made during a conference here called by the Governor and attended by more than 200 labor officials and leaders representing almost every branch of organized industry. It was pointed out to the Governor that, despite laws, industrial accidents continue to increase- "Wage- earning men and women of the state are the ones who suffer most as a result of these accidents," said the Governor. "It is for that reason that I wish to enlist the whole-hearted co-operation of labor in this safety campaign." said Governor Roosevelt. .Mill W<irW|^Kignc<l up agreement with association and wage increase Three independents also signed up. * â¢ * Painters initiated 24 new members last month. Sign Painters Local organized and going strong. * * * Elevator Constructors organized 100 per cent., with jurisdiction covering British Columbia and Alberta. Wage increase obtained and five-day week goes into effect automatically as soon as other irades obtain it. * * â¦ Plumbers and Steamfitters report trade slack. â * Â» * Teamsters report trade good and better prospects for a live organization. *" â"â¢ * Carpteners report 11 new members, 3 of ihem Amalgamated men initiated on Monday. Trade fair. A. F. of L. Heads Invite MacDonald as Guest The American Federation of Labor i3 hoping that Ramsay MacDonald's original p'an to make a trip to the United States will be carried through. President William Green has invited the Labor premier to be a guest of the A. F. of L. at a testimonial dinner, and the Chicago Federation of Labor wants him for the guest of honor at Chicago's big Labor Day celebration. "In behalf of the officers and members of the American Federation of Labor I extend to you a cordial invitation to be our guest at a testimonial dinner at some convenient date when you make your contemplated visit to the United States. Be assured your early acceptance of this invitation will be deeply appreciated," President Green said in a cablegram to the British Labor party chieftain. The invitation from the Chicago Federation of Labor states that Chicago's Labor Day celebration will be 'he biggest in the country, antlj^cj-U be augmented by the use of WCFD Labor's radio station. Edmonton Fire Fighters Get Five-dollar Raise A five-dollar increase to city firemen was granted by the city council at its meeting on Monday. The fire fighters had urged an increase of $10. but later intimated that they would be willing to accept $7.50. When the vote was put, however, the commissioner's recommendation of a $5 raise was endorsed. A wage' increase of $5 monthly was also authorized for city meter foremen street lighting foremen and wiring inspectors. Street lighting journeymen were granted an increase of $3 monthly. long letter, the importance of the subject, demanded a full explanation of oiir viewpoint as architects, representing the owners, wljp provide, the credit for the construction of building operations. v , â¢ Yours very, truly. . ' . â 7 S.'M. EVELEIGH,. Honorary, Secretary. Architectural .: âinstitute 'rf-BrttlSh TPBlumbia.'"*" Builders' Laborers of Butte Get Nine Dollars Butte, Montana, Union of Builders' Laborers, composed of a stirring membership and officered by such militants as Secretary Claire, is perhaps the only union in the entire West that boasts of a flat scale of $9 a day for all classifications. Butte's program for this season is expected to be a fair one, "though nothing is in sight to induce outside workers to go to that city. The building unions are expected to -be able to fill, all calls for workers during the entire season.âNorthwest Laborer. Hod Carriers Ask For Nine Dollars a Day Qn June 11 the Salem (Oregon) Union voted to raise the hod carriers' scale a dollar a day to nine dollars, effective September 3. Notice of this action has been given to the contractors and to the Building Trades Council _id the Central I_4bor Council. At {his date it is too early to predict whether the new scale will be accepted .without protect by the Contractors, but- the membership feels that the proximity to Portland and the numerous Salem.j'ohs that are being done 'bC'T'6rtlamf -contractors ct*ptah.e in Salem. . , '. â¢.*â >.'â Â« Building Trades Hear Visiting Officials Nine .International organizers and business agents from across the line were in attendance at tlie meeting of the Vancouver Building Trades Council on Tuesday evening in the Labor Headquarters. After the regular business of the council was over the visitors were called upon to speak, and some very interesting statements were made. President E. H. Morrison welcomed the visitors and called upon Bro. Tom Stintson, business agent for the Olympia Building Trades Council, who spoke of the strong position held by the unions in Olympia. This had been accomplished through coordination of activities among the building crafts. Every trade appeared to be vitally interested in the welfare of the other trades, which tended to build up each to the 100 per cent, position now held by them. In this the building laborers had not been overlooked, they being one of the biggest among the unions. Five-day Week and Increases Leo F. Flynn, president of the Washington State Council of Carpenters, informed the delegates that tin- Building Trades Councils all over the country had their troubles with unions going out and coming back. It was part of the history of the labor movement, but wherever a city had a first-class, solidly united Building Trades Council the conditions of the entire labor movement of those cities were good. Generally it was the introduction of personal stuff that caused the disruption,, hence if wc practiced a little more tolerance we would get along fine. Referring to the carpenters in Washington, be said they were getting along fine. Strong efforts had bei'n made for the five-day week, and he was pleased to report that since thc first of this year, Bellingham, Bremerton, Spokane, Tacoma, Grays Harbour and Olympia had all obtained the five-day week along with wage increases of from 50c to $1 per day. These gains had been made, he said, in the face of much unemployment. J. McMillan, secretary of .the executive board of the Seattle Painters' Union, and a former member of the Vancouver union, told thc delegates that he had to take his hat off to the carpenters in the state of Washington. They were the main influence behind the building trades, and gave valuable assistance to all other trades. The Painters' Union in Seattle, 800 strong, had had to use all kinds of methods to get wage increases and reduction in hours, and found that there was no general rule that could be adopted. The union now.has a $45 scale for a 40-hour week. He suggested that when any union demands were being made that the entire membership should take a determined stand and fight their way through'. G. H. Mawson, general representative-of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, was pleased to hear of the reaffilia- tion of the local carpenters to the Building Trades Council, an/1 hoped that better harmony would prevail, as harmony is the strength of all â¢ organizations. Beware of the Whisperer S_vut Johnson, secretary of the' District Council of Carpenters of Seattle, referred to the impossible demands sometimes made by unions. He instanced the Seattle Carpenters, who, seven years ago, were receiving $7.50 a day and went after $10. During the process they broke up, and since then had made smaller de^ mands and steadily progressed. Dealing with the Building Trades Council, he instanced the carpenters who had secured wage increases and 100 per cent, job control when they reaffil- iated >rith the Seattle Building Trades Council. Referring to the influence on the membership, he found that the most dangerous man in the union was the one who went around whispering. That is the man who has,t__be watched, he said; the man who is outspoken in his criticism is the man who will stay with the- organization. P. W. Dowler, International organizer, fpr the X'niterj Brotherhood-of (Continued on page 8) i +> Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 12, 1929 For HEALTH, STRENGTH and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A wholesome body builder Doctors recommend it Fruit and Raising Bread Pastry and Meat Pies THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST Morgan s Bank Is Creating Food Trust R. C. HIRST GLECTKICAI, FITTINGS AND HARDWARE. RANGES FAINTS GASOLINE AND SEBVICE STATION Glen 370 4099 Hastings St. E. But What of the Wandering Girl? "Go search for my wandering boy tonight!" Yes, search in folly's mad whirl, "But bring him to me with all his blight," But what of the wandering girl? The prodigal son has a welcome at home, Whenever he'll choose to return; But a vile fiillen woman restored to her home, Of an instance we . have yeT to learn. J Let's think of the wandering girl awhile, Give the wandering boy a rest, What has she done to make her more vile, Than the boy we reform with such zest, Been drunk in the gutter from morn until night! Well, he's done the same you must own; A common street walker, did someone remark? But really, she can't walk alone. Si And what if she has sunk as low as the boyâ Kor lower she sure could not land. While lifting him up with delirious joy. Just lend her a kind helping hand. Not the faint-hearted clasp of the self-righteous soul, But the grasp that is hearty and true; You know not the trouble that caused her to fall, Nor the storm which her soul has passed through. Then search for the wandering girl tonight, Go search for her* where you will; Let your soul's love shine like a beacon light, Of her faults let your lips be still. For she knows her faults better than you can guess, With sorrow and sin she's near mad; And though she may drink some to deaden her shame, , Please give her the same chance ' the boy's had. Let's think of the wandering girl. âSent in by "Raquel." J THIS HOUSING QUESTION There must be a lot of nonsense talked about this housing shortage. Bless you, there are so many houses to let that the owners have to advertise the fact that they want rid of them. Safact! Here in the "Sunday Observer,'" for example, there is "A glorious view over the river. A magnificent Hat. Six bedrooms, thre.e bathrooms, three reception rooms, and parquet floors." And. you'll be relieved to hear that no premium is required. All you have to find is Â£900 per annum. Yes, nine hundred every three hundred and sixty-five days. 'And no class restriction is im.- po. ed. Any docker can send in an application. By the way, just when we are at it. Mrs. Flora Mickleton, a widow, with four chi'drcn has offered "A human body for, sale: would take -T.0." YesT'B^flrown' boTty, IKe "offer" being niadc to. a London medical' school. Why? "I shall not live for long. Today I am penniless. Fifty â¢pounds would be like, â¢Â£.Oft; to* me now."âGlasgow Forward_7 The House of Morgan has organized 'a $430,000,000 Food Trust, ! which probably will, be doubled or i quadrupled in size within a yearâif permitted to exist. This merger, the third which J. P. Morgan & Company have effected within a week-, was announced on Friday. It includes. The Fleischmann Company, which makes practically all the compressed yeast used in Canada and the United States, is a heavy manufacturer of distilled vinegar, makes vast quantities of malt and malt extract; and by consequencevsells -a large amount of dry and wet grains for stock feed. Grabs Baking Powder Truit . The Royai_Baking Powder Company, formerly known as the "Baking Powder Trust." The E. W. Gillette Company, Ltd., which is really the Canadian branch of the Koyal. With the last two concerns comes in Chase & Sanborn, the big coffee merchandising house of Boston, a large part of whose stock is owned by the Royal. " As it stands, thc merger is a big one; but Wall Street regards it is no more than a starter. It is freely declared that the huge Postum interests will join the Morgan company in a very short time; and Kraft-Phenix Cheese, Campbell Â§oup, and the Gold Dust Corporation. With these last in its grip, the Food Trust will be able to control a dinner, not merely from soup to nuts, but from soup to dishwashing. Bigger Deal Coming A still bigger consolidation is believed to be in view. In announcing the merger, the House of * Morgan laid stress on the wonderful marketing facilities of the Fleischmann company, which has 900 selling agencies and delivers products to more than 300,000 bakers and retail distributors in this country. It also owns a line of tank cars and a chain of country elevators, buying its grain direct from the farmers. Wall Street sees in this the assurance that a new attempt to form a baking trust has been launched; with every prospect of success. Apparently, the House of Morgan believes that the country will be less resentful of a Bread Trust owned by I yeast, vinegar and baking powder concerns than of a Bread Trust own- 1 ed by a big baking company. Oil and Power Mergers In this connection, it is interesting to note that two other Morgan interests were announced recently. One is the union of the Marland and Continental Oil Companies. The other, and more important, is the creation of a $450,000,000 upstate super-power concern, the Niag- ra Hudson Power Corporation; a merger of the Buffalo, Niagara & Eastern Power Corporation, and Mohawk Hudson Power Corporation. Two other utilities, the Central Hudson Gas & Electric and the Eastern States Power Corporation, are to be taken in later. Would Control an Empire The new power concern supplies more than 600,000 persons and a vast manufacturing industry with electricity. Its power installations, mainly at Niagara, develop 1,700,- 000 horsepower. It has also many large gas plants. Here, again, Wall Street considers the merger which has been accomplished merely a start toward the merger that is intended. It is fully believed that the Morgan interests plan the union of practically all the large producers and distributors of power ip the North Atlantic region between Samuel Insull's "province" of Maine and the Potomac River. This is thc richest industrial area in the world. May Be Too Ambitious More conservative financiers think ihÂ» House of Morgan is making a grave mistake in thus challenging public wrath. "' "A Food Trust would be unpopular anyway," is thc way one man put it. "But a Food Trust sponsored by J. Picrpont Morgan is regarded as a slap in the faceâ-or perhaps a kick in the stomachâby a large share of the American people. "The Morgans are trying to cover too much territory. "They are the undisputed leaders Jn banking. bpjtji jdomestis.aDiLilvt-I-- Datlonal. They will represent the j United States in the new international bank which they helped to organize, and which w.ill grow in power and ; wealth with evei-y rnc-.ea*e- in' f .reign trade. 7 ' ; _ Rails, Steel, Power "They are the biggest single group of railroad financiers. "They organized and continue to control the Steel Trust. ' . "They have a terrific lead in tbe power industry. "Their power interests are not so centralized as those of Insull; but are much larger, "Through power and otherwise, they have the inside track on radio, and also on the telephone and telegraph companies. In other words, they have a gigantic interest, almost a controlling one, in both wires and wireless. "Now, they are starting to consolidate oil with one hand, and form a comprehensive, overshadowing Food Trust with the other. There's dynamite in such an ambitious scheme. Look out for explosions!" The Farmers' Shrinking Bushel of Wheat By H. WEBSTER When the first Parliament of the Province of Upper Canada, now Ontario, opened in the village of Niagara on September 17th, 1792, one of the first Acts passed during this session was to fix the miller's toll for grinding and , bolting at one-twelfth or 5 lbs. of wheat out of each bushel. This net the farmer about 38 pounds of flour, 15 pounds of bran and shorts, and 2 pounds for waste. This la wwas fairly well observed while: the French-burr millstones were used to grind and the octican reel covered with bolting cloth was used to bolt. However, in 1882, a new milling process was introduced, known as the gradual reduction roller process, and by 1890 most of the mills in Ontario were changed over to this new process, each mill's capacity being doubled or tripled until there was sufficient milling capacity to grind all the wheat grown in Ontario in less than 60 days. As the result of this over-building the extra cost of machinery and changing of the milling process, it was found necessary to abandon the old toll system and to replace it with a new exchange system, which net the farmer about 32 to 34 pounds of flour and 14 pounds of bran and shorts, which is equal to a toll of one-fifth, or 12 pounds to the bushel o fwheat. Of course, this new process flour is much better and whiter than that made by the old stone process*. Disappearance of Surplus Mills This system of exchange was carried on generally throughout the country until about the beginning of the present century, when by this time a large number of the surplus mills had disappeared and the large milling companies using' the best Manitoba wheat made a better grade of flour than could be made from Ontario wheat. The sale of this Manitoba flour was energetically pushed into the local mill's market until the little mills doing an exchange business were forced to close down and the farmer faced with the problem of selling his wheat at wholesale prices and buying his flour at retail prices, which net him by the year 1916 about 33 1-3 pounds of flour, and no bran or shorts out of his bushel of wheat, with the exchange system abandoned. About thirty years ago our professors and doctors discovered that this white, new process flour was too starchy, and did not contain the proper nourishment. ' They therefore, advised us to eat whole wheat or graham flour instead^of feeding the bran and shorts to our hogs and cat,tle. This doctrine had the effect of creating adema nd for graham BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. High. 180 3995 HASTINOS STREET EAST Glen. 384 Night Call: Olu. 423, Carl. 399Y3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER 600,000 TEST FEB DAY *' SEE US BUILT BUNGALOWS FOR SPECIALS One Cent a Day for Safety! That is all you need pay to secure PROTECTION for your Papers, Securities or Jewellery, in the strongest vault on the Pacific Coast. BOXES from $3.00 PER YEAR UP. Hours': 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays: 8:30 a.m.-l p.m. Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults B. C. Mining Building Pender at Homer Street cause it spoils so easily Then whole shredded wheat ^biscuits were introduced, following these came whole wheat flakes and other concoctions to improve the public health. These cereals sell today for lc an ounce; therefore, the consumer ha3 to pay about. $9 for a bushel of wheat made into cereal foods. â¢ A Diminishing Quantity As we have been weaned from eating Ontario bread flour to Manitoba bread flour, so we are now being weaned from eating home-made bread to baker's bread, with the result as illustrated by the following: lflft.pounds of flou'r will.make 130. pounds of bread. Therefore, dut tff the flour that- a bushel of wheat would yield in 1860 grandmother ni8de,49v pounds, of bread. In 1890 mother .iÂ»sd _t.4 _ .'jNjtonds".fef -bread One of the most popular brands aniong Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards of Canada CATTO'S Old Highland Whisey A GENUINE SCOTTISH IMPORTATION Two Qualities 15-year-old, $4.75 Gold Label, $4.25 Obtainable at All Government Liquor Stores Please Ask for CATTO'S This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order-Druggist" wÂ« Make a Special Effort to Get Ooodii Ont _y Flrat Mall Alter Receipt of Your Order COENIE CORDOVA AND C-BSALL VANCOUVEB, a. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER UiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiii For Good Coal! 1 Phone Highland 279 | NANAIMO-WELLINGTON FOOTHILLS = , DRUMHELLER and SOOTLESS EGG, $9.00. 5 Star Coal Co., Ltd. 1 = FREE DELIVERY f PHONE: HIGH; 279 I mini iiiiiniii MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiMiiiiiiiii mil their cattle. In 1916, wife made 43 pounds of bread, but had no bran or shorts left. In 1929 the baker delivers 18 pounds of bread, or the grocer -Hwill give us 7V_ pounds of whole flour, which was not satisfactory be- ^heat shredded or flaked, ^for one â **-* sketch bushel of wheat. This short historical sketch is written for the purpose of calling attention to what is happening to most of the products of thc farm. It aiso illustrates the fact that as the wheels of progress advance, and as the farmers and other workers produce more and more they receive, less and less for what they produce. Why?âCanadian Co-operator. and both had bran and shorts left for for 'Welcome.' WELCOME Pat took his wife to the theater for the first time. They arrived rather early, and she was very interested tn everything about them. Nudging' Pat, she whispered: "What, does" that word 'asbestos' mean across the curtain?" "Be quiet," said. Pat,; "and don't show, your ignorance:* That's Latin $70,000 FOR A SHORT LEG Lawrence -W. Parker, milk wagon driver, has won a verdict of $70,000 damages in the Supreme Court of. New York for injuries received when his wagon was struck by a truck operated by the Fanny Farmer Candy Company. Shattered bottles Cut his face and tore a jagged hole in his left leg, which required a series of operations and made the leg three" and a half Inches shorter than theâ right one. GETTING LOCATED Lady Ravensdale, thc late Lord Curzon's eldest daughter, a peeress in her own right, although half American herself, is much amused at American' globe trotters who take their holidays by schedule, and tells this story of two American women who were doing Italy. They were standing in front of St. Mark's. "Elizabeth," asked one, "iS**"tJvoÂ¥â * Venice or Florence?" "Consult your time table," was the answer, "If it's Monday, it*Â»""fT.'r7" enee; if jt's Tuesday, it's Venice." .Â«_ Friday, July li, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS. 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades aad ILabor Councilâ President, J Thomson; general secretary Percy R. Bengough. Office. 200 Labor Headiiuarters, 531 Beatty St. Phone Sey. 7495. Meets In Labor Ha'l at 8 p.m. on the flrat and third TueS; days ln month. B.T.rags Dispensers Union Ho. 676" Meet. Iant Sunday at 8 p.m., Koom No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Bun. Agent. T. J Hanofln Office: Room 14. Flack Block. Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay 165.-It. Hours: 9 to 12 am Brl_g*e & Structural Iron Workers, Local 87, Int. 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. Kill and Factory Workers' Union, Local Ho. UM â Affiliated with 1'niteil Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays In Hall Xo. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres.. G, Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer. H i; Avery, 79.4 Montcalm Street I'h-in*. Marpole .48R Millwrights' Local 1638âConstruction and Operating â Meets second and fourth Wednesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters J. H. Campbell. President; P. H. Edge. Fin. Sec.; J. Murray Urn. Rec. Sec. Box 127. '. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union Local 348, of I.A.T.SJE. * MJP.M.O.â 11:30 p.m. first Friday In month, In Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters. President. J. it. Foster; Secretary. Geo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey: 3923. Building Trades Council, Vancouverâ .. Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. Presi- . dent, E. H. Morrison; Secretary-Treasurer, XV. Page. Room 301, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495. â arbors' Journeyman International Union of America 1.oral 120. meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President. Fred Dawe; Sec.- Treas., C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. Â«. Bookbinders' Local Xo. 105, Int. Broth-' â¢rhoodâMeets second Tuesday Int â¢ month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., 603 Hastings W. President, <X Low. 61â61rd Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll. 842 . Hamilton St. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 146, A. P. of M.âMeets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. E C. Miller; General Secretary, W. E. William.; Organizer, F. Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperliangers. Local 138âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President. Carl Jorgenson; Rec. Sec, A. E. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive: Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office. Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609 Bricklayers'. Masons' and Tils Betters" Int. Union, No. 1âRoom 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second, and fourth Wednesday, In Hall No. 3. President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. Phone Bayview 1558 R; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall. 1214 East 20th, Phone Fair. 8)5 R: Fin. Sec, J. H. Riley, 6884 Inverness. Phone Fraser 542 L. Camp aad Mill Worksrs Federal Labor Union No. 31â-Vancouver and vlcln- i Ity, meeta every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 544 Powell St. E. President. H. Mlyazawa; Secretary. K Tsuyukl. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 462 -President, Wm. Page; Financial Secretary. R. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. liar-t greaves. Office. Room 310, Labor I Headquarters. Meets second ami f.iurili Mondays, 8 p.m.. in Mull No. 1. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dook Builders, Local Bo. 3404âMeets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President, Al. Graham: James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Plasterers, Local 89âOperative Plasterers' and Cement Plnlsh.rs' International AssociationâMeets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. President. Wm. Broomhead: Secretary, A. Hurry, 861â34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary, S. Cotton. 2630 Turner St. High. 3463R. Plumbers and Steamfltters, Xo. 170, International AssociationâMeets every second and fourth Friday ln Hall No 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agent, XV. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. City Hall Employees' Associationâ Meets flrst Wednesday of each month at 251 Vt Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, A, J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. B.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25th. Civic Employees' Union, Local 38â Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 251ft Hastings East at 8 pill. President, John McRltchle, 604 West Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, J427 Triumph St. Egg Graders' Union, Mo. 11âMeets In the Labor Headquarters, first and third Monday In month President, G. S. Cooper: Secretary, M. A. Weight- man, 8.05 Fraser Avenue. â lsctrlc.il Worksrs, Local 313, International BrotherhoodâMeets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headiiuarters. President, D, Mc- Dougal; Business Agent. E. H. Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510. EngineersâInternational Union of Oper- eratlhg Engineers, Local 844âMeets every Friday al 8 pm. Hull 315. President., Geo, Pettipiece; Rec-Sec., D. Hodges; Business Agent ami Fin. Sec, George Pettipiece. Office. Room 306. Labor Headquarters.. Fire Fightem, No. 18, International Association ofâMeets every month at call of president at 251ft Hastings E. President. N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, 1329â13th Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. X. ot O. X J. A.âMeets first and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headiiuarters. President, G. Mayne; Fin Sec. T. H Hamlin: Rec Sec, W. D. Wilson. 1535â5th Ave. XV. Eod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. â¢03, International â Meets first and third Fridays in month at Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Sam Floyd, 952 Seymour St.; Fin. Sec. ai_. Aetlhs Business Agent. James Binding. 52 West 2llh; Phone Fair. 6159L. Hotel and Best-inrant Employees and Marine Cooks * Stewards, Local 28â Williams Bldg., 413 Granville Street. Meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m.. Inst Monday at 9 p.m. President, irhos. Edwards: Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent, J. .umrning. Phone Sey. i 125. Ladles' Auxiliary. . Local 171 â United Brotherhood of CarpentersâMeets every first and third Wednesday -of each month In Hall 201. Lahor Head- . quarters, at 8 p.m. "President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson. 730 19th' Ave. W.; Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1012 7th Ave.-* E., Printing Pressmen and Assistants. Local No. 69âMeets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2. I_i_.r Headquarters. President, A. G. Grey. 867 East 20th; S>K!r_tary, Thos. S. Ezart, 1603 40th Avenue E., South Vancouver. ' BANKERS PERFECT WORLD TRIBUTE-GATHERING AGENCY Hallway Carmen of America, Lodge No 58âMeets first and third Friday In month at Labor Heanwiar'ters. President. H. Warde, 8.6 East 12th.; Secretary, J. It. Robertson, 637 West 18th. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101âMeets K. P. Hall. 8th and Kingsway. flrst and third Mondays at 10:16 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. 500U. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local Union No... 380âMeets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. 3. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. 11th: Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Shinrilo Weavers, Local 17813âMeets second Tuesday In month ln Room No. 2. Labor Temple, New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m., In Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. President, F. Stevenson. 426 East 10th. North Vancouver, phone N. V. 13887; Secretary, A. H. Underbill. Suite B. 892 Hornby St.. City. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local No. 178â.Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every , month In Labor Headquarters. President. Colin McDonald; Secretary. W. .V. Hockcn. 1582 13th -Ave. S.; Financial Secretary. H. Nordlund. 1930 12th Ave. E. Taxi. Stats and Bns Drivers, Local 151â Meets second and fourth Mondays al 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. I'resldent. A. C. Shaw. Office, 30S Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. . . Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 4613â311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday. Labor Headquarters. President. A. A. McKay. 76". Cambie St.; Secretary-Treasurer (pro tern). Blrt Showier, Room 30S Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stags Employ.es* Union, Looal 118 of the I.A.T.S E Jr. MP M O Meets second Friday ln Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President. Rod Murlln; Secretary. Gordon Martin; Bus. Agent, Harry Mitchell Address, P. O. Box 711. ' Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local _07âMeetB second snd' fourth Mondays tn month at Hall 211, Labor Headquarters. W. Fontaine. Secretary. 1828 Commercial J.)r. Phone High. 2169 R ". Machinists' Local "693âPresident. Thoa Sills. 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, Room 200. Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 313. Milk wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees. Local 464ââ i.iffice 308, Labor Head- ! â quarters. Meets second and fourth' Fridays In Hall Xo. 1. President. E. âMetca!fe: 'Secretar*.-Treasurer,' Blrt Showier. 28.41.Triumph. .Phone High ' 5S27. â â ' -:''. , â¢ ' 'â .- *.- Typographical Union, NO. 32GâIT., i- Ident. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro: Secretary-Treasurer. R. H. Neeiands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meeta last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., ln Women's Bldg.. Thurlow street. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council *KETS second Thursday In each *** month. President. S. V. McDonald.- Box J6S Secretarv. Frank Derry. Box 498. Prince Rupert B.C. By LELAND OLDS Machinery for regulating the flow of tribute from hundreds of -millions of workers throughout the world will be integrated as a result of the reparations settlement worked out by leading international bankers. This fact becomes clearer the longer one studies the plan for a world bank of international settlements. The financial stability aimed at is the assurance that foreign investment will produce uninterrupted income for the owning class. At the start the bulk of the tribute will be collected from defeated Germany. This tribute will amount to something like $500,000,000 a year on account of reparations alone", and about two-thirds of this amount wil) go to the United States. But inextricably connected with reparations payments will be the interest due on American capital privately invested in Germany. For at least two generations German workers are subject to American capitalists. Germany and the United States "The two countries most concerned in the reparations settlement," says E. L. James in the New York Times, "are Germany and the United States. For the new plan provides that over the next six decades citizens of the republican Reich, their children and their children's children shall work to repay to America the money we advanced to the allies to help defeat imperial Germany." "Germany's payments," he says elsewhere, "go to the international bank and the international bank remits to Washington." We Are Only at the Beginning But this is just the beginning, for the bank is designed to take care of all international settlements however they arise. When the plan is in fu_l swing other nations will remit to the international bank and still an increasing proportion of the remittances of the international bank will go to the American foreign investments which this year passed the $15,000,000,000 mark and are rising by more than $1,000,000,000 a year. IiTM-WO former President Wood- row Yilson, speaking in one of Italy's big industrial towns, remiftk- ed that foreign investment * was the modern method of conquest. America's penetration is of that type and American bankers have shared in the creation of a world bank which will go far towards assuring to American capitalists the enjoyment of the friiits'of this form of conquest. Protection Against Strains Beyond the handling of international settlements the super-bank will protect the individual capitalist nations against temporary strains which might produce bankruptcy much as the federal reserve system protects iifdividua! banks in this country. In other words, it will enable the bankers of the world to pool their resources and to swing support to any sector of the capitalist front which is threatened. This potentiality is embodied in the following cautious language: "The use of the bank's credit by central banks within moderate limits and over short periods may, in time, become a normal function scarcely different in its exercise from the use of central bank credit by banks and bankers. As a stabilizing factor in the foreign exchanges its advantages are obvious and if, in due time, the arrangements provided for an international settlement fund are put into effective operation, the bank should go far to eliminate the costs and risks now incurred in the shipping and reshipping of gold. The World's Gold Pool "Especially," say the fathers of this world bank project, "it is hoped that it will become an increasingly close and valuable link in the cooperation of central banking institutions generallyâa co-operation . essential to the continuing stability of the world's credit structure." There it is in a nutshell. Eventually this institution is envisaged as controlling most of the gold in the world. On this single gold pool the vast credit structure of capitalism will rest. The tremendous inflation by which the bunking system has enabled the capitalist class to rob the workers in individual countries will be carried to its final limit. Its final collapse will be felt in every corner of the world. 9000 Shopmen Win Wage Boost in South Nine thousand Federated Shop Craft employes of the Southern Rail- ,way received 6 and 5 cents an hour wage increases, or a total of $1,- 500,000 more a year, by an award handed down by a board of arbitration June 181. The award is retroactive to March 1, 1928. About $258,000 in back pay will be received by the Southern workers. Machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths;'sheet metal workers, electrical workers and carmen who have been receiving a 75-cent hourly rate were given the 5-cent increase, together with their apprenties. v Gain for Carmen Freight carmen who were getting 67 cents an hour and helpers in all crafts who were being paid 50 cents were given the .-cent increase. Their former rate was established in 1923, when the shopmen came to an understanding with the Southern after the big strike, and wag . cent an hour behind the wages being paid by other railroads for the same class of work. The .-cent increase rectifies that discrepancy and is considered a distinct gain. At least 50 per cent, of the 0,000 men involved in the arbitration will benefit hy the 6-cent boost. Mechanics on a monthly salary arc increased from $190 to $205 a month with $0 additional for men doing work classed as differential-rate work. Helpers on a monthly basis are raised from $126 to $142. t Travelling boilermakers assigned as boiler inspectors receive a $12 boost' in their monthly salaries. The board's award is the same as that granted to New York Central shopmen, plus the 1-cent additional raise that was necessary to straighten out the carmen's rate and place them on a. parity with other union roads. One of the;greatest questions of theâday in Washington now is how much the British Embassy bdgj-on ~fiSi.a.2-So..ori Globe. -*~~ A VALUABLE SECRET One day the office boy went to the editor of the.Soaring Eagle and said' "There's a 'tramp at the door, and he-says? he has had nothing to eat for six days." "Fetch him in," said the editor. "If we can find out how he does it we can run' this paper for'another week. * . ' ' .- " â¢â - Lloyd George Is An Incomparable Navigator With characteristic ingenuity, Mr. Lloyd George interprets the recent British election as "a Liberal mandate." The only program which triumphed, he explains, was the Liberal programâpeace, disarmament, solution of the employment problemâ and free trade. But, he warns,.we (the Liberals) must declare that as far as lie-* in 'our power the mandate of the government ends when it fails to pursue a Liberal policy. The very hour the ministry decides to become a Socia-ist administration its career ends. For it has no authority from thc nation to embark upon socialistic experiments. This, of course, is but further proof of Mr. George's consummate cleverness at turning defeat into the semblance of victory. The Socialists dare not be socialistic; the LibT crals had all the bright ideas although they have not the representation, and they hold the balance of power. It is necessary to recall that in other days Mr. George himself had'very, obvious socialistic ideas, _s evidenced in his solution of the land problem and government insurance; but like a'l good politicians he did not let his nast principles interfere with the exigencies of the moment. As for the balance of power, it can be held by the Liberal party only as a unit, and there is no indication from Liberal members of parliament that they in- lend to vote in unison. As leader of his party Mr. Lloyd George commands a broken host; but as a lone sailor upon the political seas he has no equal. When the winds blow him about he changes his course as readily as ff ho had always meant to go that way; if he does not' make port he does remain afloat, cheerful, dramatic, alive. He is perhaps not a great statesman, but he is an incomparable navig^tor.^-The Natiopr " UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When ln a Hurry, Drop In at Egg Order, FRED'S Are Always *_â¢'_- â â¢ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 72 Hastings West Always Open _. WILKINSON. PRES. O. DUNCAN. SEC. Reynolds'Cartage Co LIMITED Phones Soymour 3377-3378 Crating, Packing, Shipping and Storage. Furniture and Piano Movini*: Long Distance Moving Tool Car Shipments Office and Warehouse i 722 â CAMBIE STREET â 722 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 HERE'S A GOOD ONE Have you heard the story of the cross-eyed prisoners They were lined up before the bar. The judge looked at the first and said: "What's, your, name?" â¢, . .* The second one answered: "Harri- ifan."* 7 â . '.' ( ""' The judge looked at him. "I didn't speak to'you," he said. .*Â» : . Thcthini-man answered f"i:What's"1' that?" __ ; ' The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. Wilson & McNeill I Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trada. 1156 E. 13th. Phone Fair. 5248 Label Trades Exhibit at Wash. Convention The label products exhibit and label boosting which has created considerable favorable comment at recent conventions of.the State Federation will be carried forward on a larger scale than ever at Bellingham, according to indications. One of the larger committee rooms in the convention hall has been set aside for this work, and therein will be displayed union-made products from all sections of the state of Washington. The merchants of Bellingham will also participate therein by displaying union-made merchandise carried in stock. William Bailey, executive secretary of the Seattle Trade Union Promotional League, will be in charge. "Bill" knows his union labels and knows how to impress the other fellow with the value of the,union label. It has been the custom in' past years to set aside an hour of thej:on- vention for label work, when speakers will be listened to and label work generally is discussed. That custom will undoubtedly prevaft*at Bellingham. It has also been the custom to award a prize to the man and to the woman having the largest number of labels on their person. These prizes will again be awarded this 'year. Many other valuable pieces of Merchandise will also be. awarded to the delegates during the label hour, William Bailey,has announced. Allen-A Company Is Talking Two Ways Kenosha, Wis.âThe Allen-A Knitting Company, whose workers have been locked, out for more than a year, is talking out of both sides of its mouth, and a committee of the Inkers is asking the Wisconsin Tax Commission to find out which .side speaks the truth." In statements for the public, the Allen-A company claims that its pro- . duition has reached the highest point in its history and tha,t "everything is* lovely." *, ,....,*....- .*â¢.*. * But the firm's "income-tax statements report losses for" J-H2K of $800,000. Al-most $700,000 of this deficit the company daims* â i_.:.iu#.i. dfrecTry W*"lt.Â«ft'*tli*eV3 pVoduc.io.h' and * other losses caused ,by the lockout. / Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday. July 12, 1'929 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. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE Chairman. Wm. Page (Building Trades Council), P. R. RengouKh, (Metal Trades). R. H. Neeiands (Printing Trad*...), vv. Deptford (Transportation Trade's), B. .Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades), C. H-jr- rett (Label Trades). Subscription Kates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 10c per month per member. Phono Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Friday, July 12, 1929 WHITE AND BLACK COAL The general term, "the natural wealth of the province," means the things which have a value in themselves, apart from any added value that human labor can give them. A thousand feet of lumber will, on the market, produce more than the labor cost, both direct and indirect, of turning the standing tree into lumber and carrying it to the market. The amount that it will produce over and above that which is necessary, under efficient management, to make and market the lumber, is the value which the standing tree possesses, and is also the amount which, under capable political management, should go into the provincial treasury in payment to the people of British Columbia for thisjmrtion of the natural' wealth of the province. One of the great assets of our province is its water power, and another is its coal fields. Water power and coal are both used for identically the same purpose, that is to generate light, heat and power. At the present time there is an aggressive squabble on between a number of financial groups to stake and claim the water power sites in reach of the settled portions of the province. There are excellent opportunities to open coal mines in the same tributary territories, but there is no squabble in this direction. The fact is that existing mines are being closed down due to the failure to find a market for the output. The hydro-electric power generated in the province last year amounted approximately to 500000 horsepower; the coal mined was 2,- fi20.702 tons. The Provinciaj Mines' report estimates that the power generating capacity of six tons of coal is equal to one hydro-electric horsepower per year. On this basis the horsepower value of the coal mined would be 421,117, To mine this amount of coal provided employment for 6,83. men, and, with their dependents only, would account for a total population of approximately 2(!,000 people. There are no figures available as to the number employed in the maintenance of hydro-electric plants, but we believe that four hundred for the province would be an extravagant estimate. Coal pays a royalty of ten cents per ton into the Provincial Treasury. The coal output for last year, on this basis, would contribute to the Provincial Treasury â $250,000, or to reJluce it to the equivalent of hydro-electric power, the coal mined contributed to the " public treasury sixty cents per horsepower. Exact figures as to what hydro-electric contributes does not appear to be available. The Government estimates that the whole revenues from the Water Department for the present year will be $170,- 000. This amount includes fees for recording water claims as well a rentals, and includes water leases fo_ mining: and industrial purposes, for frrigation as well as every half-inch pipe that a farmer may claim from the creek. There are possibly a hun dred industrial domestic and irrigation water records for every one hydro-electric record. If we credit $100,000 of the water revenue to the power plants then we have hydroelectric light, heat and power paying 20 cents per horsepower unit per year f6r the use of one of the assets of the province;, and coal, another provincial asset, very much more-expensive to produce, very much more costly to transport, and again, verv much more costly to transform into power, from this provincial asset the public treasury collects 60 cents per horsepower. The foregoing account's very completely for the fact that while existing developed coal mines are being shut down, and there is absolutely no market for coal lands, there is intense and bitter competition for water powers. Water power and coal at every point compete". Coal mining builds up population; for every 374 , tons of c^i,^Â»f^^**s>nÂ»Â«EBrH*vn is em. "-ployejl for one year, and on it' are based permanent cities and a citi*t;en population. Hydro-electric construe- tion, like railway construction, is carried on by the cheapest brand of surface labor obtainable, usually con- hneiiiti*J__Â£uji*pefln_.âantL..when the job is finished the mob is released to bedevil the labor market and hunt for itself as best it may'. The power sites, which in the pro- ess of generating power, are the equivalent of the coal , mines ,give rise to no cities,' they have a house or shack for a caretaker and an oiler. A few linemen are employed, but these are more than balanced by the railway and steamship workmen that any coal to the market. With the circumstances as outlined we would expect, and equity would demand, a very much large proving cial tax on hydro-electric power thafi n coal. The fact that the contrary is the case, and that financial groups are fighting for power s.ftes very plainly shows that the Government has not extracted- from the water powers of the province the money which could, and by every rule should be collected from this portion of the common property of the people of British Columbia. The conclusion to which the whole situation points is that our trustees at Victoria have not been as efficient as their election platforms would ask us to believe, but at this point we must add that we are referring to former governments and not the present. The present Government has been in power less than twelve months, and has therefore had insufficient time to dig to the bottom and re-arrange these matters. A harmless appearing line in the last Minister of Mines' report shows that the present Minister has already grasped the situation, and so we may hope that we are near the end of the period in which a large employing industry is being ruined through the natural resources of the province being granted practically as a gift to a competitor whose employing incident is so small that it can scarcely be called an industry. âM. strike, but-is there any other thing the aldermen can suggest to these low paid, contemptuously treated c-vieâemployees-?âWhatâwe__<f the aldermen do if they were in the same predicament? There is not a single alderman who would have withstood the same treatment these' employees have been given, yet, as we said before, they would" be shocked and peeved if a strike was called. There is yet time for a change of policy. Let there be a general increase of a substantial sum to all employees, without any further bickering.âW. N. Y. Praters Want a Five-day Week New Yqrk City.â (ILNS).âTypographical Union No. 6 has asked the 5-day week from New York newspaper publishers. The proposal, submitted in joint meeting, _>f, committees from both sides, demands continuance of the prevailing wage scale. It is said that publishers will strenuously oppose introduction of the shorter work week, on the ground that, with the privilege of working the sixth day, printers would get a virtual 20 per cent, raise. Printers hold that the object is to get the 5-day week, not the overtime. The present wage scale which expires on June 30, unless 'renewed, calls for $65 for day work, $68 for night, and $71 after midnight. The working day is seven and one-half hours. This contract has been in force for three years. A series of conferences will be held extending into next week, and various additional demands of the union and several stipulation^ requested by the publishers will be discussed. What these demands are has not been revealed. TIME FOR A CHANGE Alderman Maclnnis got under the hide of some of the other aldermen when he staled that class spirit breaks out in the council whenever trades unions are mentioned. He was supported by Aid. DeGraves. Some of these aldermen appear to think that because they oppose wage increases that they do not show a class spirit. As a matter of fact there is not another body of men in this city who show a greater class spirit than do these same aldermen. Every time the question of raising the wages of the underpaid civic em- playees comes before the City Council, there is a great deal of haggling and passing the buck, as well as strenuous opposition to any increases, but just as soon as "salaried" officials put in a request for an increase there is hardly sufficient time for them to say yes. The former City Council took the same attitude, and the low paid civic employees, including the outside staffs, city fire fighters and city hall staff, are still waiting for wage increases that are long overdue. City aldermen are always talking about building up the city, increasing its prosperity and finding ways and means to "tell the world" what a great place Vancouver, British Columbia', is. Outside of that they appear to be making more headway in keeping the workers down in thq mire with increased taxes and tow wages than any City Council we know of. Alderman Dean, for instance, thinks that the wages are too high now, and believes that the high wages paid elsewhere is very bad business for that community. He thinks that prosperity is built up on slum conditions, pork and beans diet, shoddy clothing and tenement houses. He overlooks the fact that where high wages are being paid that wealth is flowing pretty freely and that general business conditions are good. Low paid wage-workers cannot buy good homes, and we are trying to make this a city of homes. Low wages cannot buy the B.C. products we are be- ingcontinuously urged to buy. Low wages cannot take care of the increased taxes we have been asked to pay, and low wages keep general business conditions At a low mark. Wages paid by the city are the barometer upon which many other firms base their pay rolls, and if these payrolls are going to be high enough to tone up general conditions, then the city must take the lead and lay aside its present attitude towards its manual laborers and give them, and the city, the boost we so badly need. Nearly all the departments of civic employees are organized, hence when union delegations approach the City Council, the aldermen think they are t bunch of lepers and get them out ns soon as possible. This treatment and its continuity cannot "go on indefinitely..but-the aldermen would be greatly shocked, as yell as peeved,, if the men-talked about striking. The civic ehiployees. do hot want â¢ to An army colonel, has just been retired for "humiliating" a general. What the world is really waiting for is a colonel who could humiliate a second lieutenant. â San Diego Union. CAL._Â»V VA.COUVtN WNUVWOUM VICTORIA MAM eon 'OS ___*. A,M_ A ".A. 11.-' .1 t_Â»OM_MAL__ WY Rt-<-omnianil: District of West Vancouver 4V2', Bonds, due 2nd July, 1948 AT 94.50 A_ND ACCRUED INTEREST TO YIELD ABOUT 5-, The rapid gtowth of West Vancouver's j.upul.t- t-.ori, <lu..' largely to the many attract ion.** being developed in and around it, makes these bond* an attractive investment. R. P. CLARK & COMPANY (Vancouver) LTD. INVESTMENT BANKEBS 823 Hasting* Street West Vancouver, B. C. MX1*3X_X1X^^ Horse Races 2;40 p.m. Daily Now Running Rain or Shine BRIGHOUSE PARK aa_3__3___EI__KKEI__XKI___?KK NOW OPEN FOB BUSINESS "Only Union P. ft O. in B.C." Ye Olde Enghsh Fish & Chips You are invited to Inspect all our beautiful sanitary equipmentâIt will be an eye-opener. 3 Soon West of "Pantaires" 44 HASTINGS WEST "Twins" are two reasons why l Time is pictured as a man but must some fellows would" like a raise in be a woman, for is it not said "Time pay. I will tell"? e Captains . like our Port/ SHIPMASTERS have a friendly feeling for the Port of ^ Vancouver's safe, land-locked all-year harbour. It is equipped with every facility for the quick, efficient handling of cargoes . . . good anchorage, great wharves, electric cranes, trackage, warehouses. Ship, are quickly cleared . . . captains accorded every court-ay. Ships unload and take on cargoes with a speed which pleases ship-owners and builda friendly trade relations between Port authorities and steamship lines throughout the world. These are major factors in the growth of freight traffic through the Port of Vancouver... 3,206.465 tons in 1921 . . 9,899.787 tons in 1928. This increase in port activity puts mor. money into distribution . . builds payrolls, increases Vancouver's prosperity. | VANCOUVER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS yANCOUVE_*|-ffj|CANADA Friday, July 12, 1929Â« THE LABOR STATESMAN Tire UNION STEAMSHIPS Four Delightful Sea Trips LEAVING UNION DOCK, VANCOUVER, EVERY WEEK 8IX DAYSâSS. CAKDENA, TUESDAY, 8 p.m., .or Prlnco Bnpert and Skeena Biver Canneries. BÂ»ttn-1 trip $50, liu-luilin*** meals uiul bt-arlh. 1200 mill..' .mill throUKli the Northern fjords. TTtrp SAYSâSS. Camosun, Thursday, a p.m., for Rivers Inlet, Ocean Falls and Bella Coola. Bound trip $35, including meals ami berth, with many lnt.iv.tinK rails t-n route. SIX SAYSâSS. CATAXA, FRIDAY, 9 p.m., for Prince Bnpert, Anyox and Stewart. Round trip (60, Including meal., and berth. 1 iÂ»Â« miles' scenic cruise to the border of Alaska. week-end SS. CHELOHSIN, SATUBDAY, 2 p.m., to the head of Beautiful Bute Inlet. 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Union-mad** clothes are leader clothes and you will get up-to-the-hiinute styles and finest quality in your complete furnishings. Our men's working clothes are considered the finest value !n the city. That is the reason we sell more than any other store. AT$275p Largest exclusive Men's Store in British Columbia Mail Orders prepaid and delivered promptly! **_TD' 45-47-49 East Hastings Street (Between Carrali and Columbia Streets) *?* %, A New Horizon A NEW horizon opens out before the man ^* with money. With $1,000 saved you can v look to the future with confidenceâstart onl of these easy savings plans now:â JI.000 in 4 years-costs $940.16 in weekly payments of $4.52. â¢1,000 in 3 yearsâcosts $956.28 in weekly payments of $6.13. â¢1,000 in 2 yearsâcosts $970.32 in weekly payments of $943. The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch ''s^m^^m*t.s â ~.-_-_..y -Mr***-* A. T. Lowe, Manager Former Union Laborer Gets $2,000,000 Job The awarding of the contract for the City-County building at Seattle to Hans I'edersen is a story that contains more of interest than thc mere recording of a big construction job, For Hans Pedersen worked as a building laborer in the construction of the old King county court house, the predecessor of the building which Ped- ersen will erect on a contract for $2,148,708. Back iii those day? when i'edersen was mixing mortar, carrying the hod and performing such other tasks in building construction, he was president of the Seattle Union of Building Laborers. That was before the present international union was organized. Pedersen learned, the building game while working on the job, and in all of his contracting experience ha3 kept close contact with the job, personally watching the many phases of the work that proceed in the construction of a modern building under modern methods. The strange turn of fate that gives to Pedersen the contract for erecting a great public building to supplant the early day court house on which he was employed as a laborer is duplicated in Eastern Washington, where he is constructing a dam on the Kittitas irrigation project in thc same locality where he worked as a laborer on the Northern Pacific tunnel through the Cascade mountains. That was in the 80's. and was the first work Pedersen did after reaching the Northwest. Pedersen has built, a number of notable structures in the Northwest, among them being the municipal auditorium at Portland, the temple of justice at Olympia, the Puget Sound bank building at Tacoma, then the tallest building in the Northwest, and the following Seattle buildings: Arctic Club, St. Regis hotel, Pantages, Blue Mouse and Fox theatres, the Masonic temple, Mann building, Seaboard building. Public Safety building, Prefontaine building and the Alexander Hamilton, William Cullcn Bryant and Jame.s,._Madison school buildings. He has also contracted extensively in bridge and dock construction, highways, paving and irrigation* work. He is a picturesque figure and far from being the mahogany-desk type of contractor, and the story of his life is as romantic as that of any portrayed on the screen or between the covers of a book.âNorthwest Laborer. Back to Cham Gang After Seven Years Misfortune and hunger and bad companions drove Robert Elliot Burns to commit robbery in Georgia. He was arrested, pleaded guilty, and because one of his partners had a long prison record, he was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang for from six to ten years. High-spirited, ambitious, with dreams of a better future in store for him, at the risk of having his ankle broken he bribed a burly colored prisoner to strike his shackles off with a sledge hammer and escaped. Seven years passed. He worked hard, became a useful member of society, built up a magazine business in Chicago that netted him $20,000 last year. The jealousy of a woman who learned of his past was responsible for the information furnished to the Georgia authorities, and now he is back again on the chain gang to finish his sentence. The sovereign State of Georgia is satisfied. Another life has been broken. The law must be upheld. i f&'Vancou rer. 52 Branches in British Columbia Washington State Fed. of Labor in Convention The annual convention of the Washington State Federation of Labor convened in Bellingham on Monday morning, July 8, and will deliberate from day to day until all the business before the state labor congress has been disposed of. The state federation has progressed both numerically and financially during the past fiscal year, the executive report reveals. On June 1, 1928, there were affiliated -with the federation 272 "local unions, central bodies, etc. The executive board report reveals that there are at present 291 affiliations. During the year the 300 mark had been passed bu^ several affiliations have been lost. Financially the federation is also in fine shape, reports President Taylor. . . Indications are that the convention will be most hawionious. no questions appearing on the horizon that might precipitate a division of thought or Create lengthy debates on the floor. - . .^...'_..: *- **&?*fey'&e t~*~*^ Mill Workers Making Splendid Progress Mill Workers Local, 1599, met on Thursday, July 4th, and had a large turn-out of their members. Their Business Agent reported that several independent -firms have signed up during the last week, and he feels sure that in the near future that all shops of importance will have signed the agreement. They also initiated several new members. The-members of this local are pepping up the nonunion men to join their local, and good results are sure to follow, for the man on the job can accomplish even more than a Business Agent, if he puts his mind to it. Organizer Bro. "Dad" Young, of the A. F. of L., addressed the meeting, and gave them a few stimulants in regards to organized labor and its benefits to the workers. PAINTERS READY The Painters' Union is getting ready for a big picnic on Saturday, July 20th, when all members of the union will be expected to sail to Sechelt on that day for a real days' outing. The union expects a bigger turnout this year because of its increased membership, and the officials are making every effort to provide the best of prizes and other' things necessary for the event. Members of allied trades are welcomed to this picnic. ' Union Labor Legion Post Is Organized Los Angeles, Cal.âA Union Labor Post of the American Legwn was organized here recently with impressive ceremonies, according to a story published by the Los Angeles Citizen, official paper of organized labor for Los Angeles. The new post is known as Union Labor Post No. 352, and its membership is made up entirely of World War veterans affiliated with the Union Labor movement. The Los Angeles American Legion bugle and drum corps led a parade to the Labor Temple which preceded the initiation and installation ceremonies. A large crowd attended the meeting.* Comrade Van Hogan, commander of the 17th district, presided at the meeting, according to the labor paper. The Inglewood initiatory team had charge of the initiation- work. The team received much praise for its splendid interpretation of a scene at the grave of a lost buddy in Flanders Field. Buron R. Fitts, a prominent Legionnaire of California, who recently resigned as lieutenant-governor to accept the post of district attorney of Los Angeles, was present and gaye an inspiring address on the work of the two great organizations represented at the gathering. John S. Horn, vice-president of the California State Federation of Labor, represented that body and was the labor speaker. He told of the ability of labor t().carry on, and said a proud moment had arrived when labor became actively identified with the American Legion. Phil Dodson, past department commander of the Le gion in California, and a member of the national executive committee presented Union Labor Post with its temporary charter. He told of the aims and objects of the two organizations. Otto Emme, past commander of Victory Post, also spoke. The following officers were installed: Post Commander, Henry E. Clemens, Typographical Union 174; first vice-commander, J. Harry McLellan, Bakers 37; second vice-commander, Wilbur Ryan, Typographical Union 174; post adjutant, C. J. Hyans, Bill Posters No. 32; treasurer, James McGraw, Railway Steamship Clerks 30; chaplain, Clyde Isgrig, Elevator Constructors 18; sergeant- at-arms, Walter Bertelson, Plumbers 78. Messages of congratulation were received from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor; George L.'Berry, president of International Printing Pressmen; Frank Belgrano, department commander of the Legion, and Paul Scharrenburg, secretary of the California State Federation of Labor, In addition to the Legionaires, many members of organized labor were present. An entertainment program was given and dancing followed the initiation and speaking program. A man called on the mayor of a small town. "You may not know my name," he said, "but 20 years ago, when I was a boy in this town, you gave me $25, and said: "Go ahead, boy, and when you've made good return to yoUr home. J can Wait-for.: the $25." -7 "â¢-'<â â¢â â Â»?' 'terest Come tonight and be â¢ kid for a night! Take Cars No. 8 or 13 HASTINGS PARK Nights 7 to 11; Afternoons. 2 to 5; Children, all rides, afternoon, 5c CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES Write or telephone for descriptive booklet today. Vancouver representative, C. G. Bever- idge, 306 London Building, 626 West Pender Street; telephone Sev. 4551. Time For Action Following instructions of the recent convention of the Communists, that there should be an offensive against the "reformists" in the Canadian Labor movement, The Worker comes out this week with a vicious attack on J. S. Woodsworth, M.P. The attack is as nasty as it is unwarranted, and is an indication of the kind of campaign the Reds intend to conduct against any person in the Labor ranks who has refused to accept their philosophy. But the record of men like Woods- worth will bear all the abuse which the page boys of Moscow can twist around their vile tongues. They can ' use' all the newsprint and printer's ink that the Soviet exchequer can buy, and the workers of Canada will not believe that Woodsworth is a "hypocrite" or "faker," as the current issue of The Worker would make him out to be. Woodsworth is the leader of the Labor party inJthe House of Commons. He has*the respect of the workers of Canada. He is admired and loved in Alberta. And since Alberta is the only province where the Reds are members of the Labor party, what have the officers of the Labor party in Alberta to say about continuing in membership those who openly carry on a campaign of vilification against thc trusted representatives of the Labor party? And what have they to say about continuing in affiliation an organization which states in its resolutions that it is out to destroy the Labor party? It's about time for action.âAlberta Labor News. Canadian National railwaymen are now enjoying that week's holiday with pay that they receive this year. And the increase of five cents an hour which was secured a short time ago won't make the holiday any harder to take. The "reactionary" leadership of the railway unions may not be pleasing lo the page boys of Moscow, but it gets results. .Moderation, the noblest gift of: Heaven.âEuripides. GIVENJ.IVE-J.AY WEEK - Tbe rnavorof Reverej.-MaÂ«Srr-has said the ma?Â«rl****-*<**imtf^ city em- ,..*, ployes on a five-day week schedule. "Well,, here I am. f suppose you i This action-w*s-taken as a result of don't happen to have another $25 on | a campaign, for the five-dijy week you*?" â¢ â¢ . conducted'by organized labor. -.usa***"*".*" Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 12, 1929 "Build B.C." A Valued Opinion (DOME time a'go a specialist in *"* Vancouver distinguished Pacific Milk by marked praise. It was disinterested observation from a source that is authoritative and was decidedly impressive. ", Pacific Milk Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner "Build B. C." INDEPENDENT LABOR PAETY BRANCH SECRETARIES Mount Pleasant: J. Sidaway 623 East Tenth. South Vancouver: W. Ford. 84 West Forty-seventh. Central: W, W, Lefeaux, .01 Metropolitan liulldlng. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Hoom 300â531 Baatty Strast Phones: Sey. 7495-6279 VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Presldsnt James Thomson Vlos-Prssldsnt w. J. Bartlett General Beo.-Treae 9. R. Benffoturh Stati.tlclnn o. E. Herrett Warden ....Walter Deptford Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Or-ranliatloni Colin McDonald (chair.), Tailors. P. R Bemtough. Machinists. W. J. Bartlett. Rla. ksfnlths Jas. Thomson, Pile Drlvera. C. Herrett, Barbers. Legislative! B. H. Neeiands (chair.), Typographical. W, J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. P. R. BenBoiiRh. Trades Council. F A. Hoover. Street Railwaymen. ('. A Watson, Fire Fighters. w, Harcr-n v.. Carpenters. .1. Thomson. Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. McDonald. Tailors. Press i W. Page (chair.), Building Trades Connoil. W: Deptford, Transportation Trades. R H. Xeelanils, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. P. Hanofln. Beverage Trades. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett. Lnbel Trades. Grievance! J. dimming (chair.), Restaurant Employees. E C, Miller, Musicians' Union. R. Showier. Dairy Employees XV. Hargreaves. Carpenters' Union. H. W Watts, Electrical Workers. Equity Will Go Limit To Unionize "Talkies" New York.âMotion picture producers have thus far ignored the request of tho Actors' Equity Association that Equity contrasts be extended to the "talkies." However, Equity has won preliminary skirmishes. Actors cast for leading roles in two pictures have refused to proceed until the producers sign the new contract. Jn each instance making the picture was indefinitely postponed. "For two.weeks Equity has been .willing to talk things over-with the producers," said Paul Dullzell. executive secretary of Equity. "Today we are still willing to negotiate on friendly.terms. Two weeks from today Equity will not be so open-minded." Evidently the program to organize the "talkies" is to be pushed to the limit. Movie managers may.receive a dose of the sanle medicine that was administered to the legitimate producers in 1919,. "when Equity won its famous strike and "wrote "Equity" into all contracts. â¢ -President William' Green of the A. F. of L. has sent" a message, to the officers of Equity in which he pledges the support of the American labor â movement to "your effort to improve âJiV;'ng* standards and working condi- "â tirins of those ernployed in the motion picture industry." Is Labor Fit to Govern? Short Character Sketches of Labor Ministers in Great Britain. (By"OBSERVER") (Ed. Note: One of the members of. a, Vancouver Branch of the Independent Labor Party is kindly contributing a series of thumbnail sketches of prominent members of thc British Labor movement for our readers.. "Jimmy" Thomas The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas,-P.C., M.P. k has fallen to the lot of one in many times and many climes to meet and become acquainted with all sorts and conditions of men, and when one says men, we mean he-men. Jimmy Thomas is that type. I know Jimmy well, his strengths and his weaknesses,"and whilst he is a Welsh- mail, he has something in him, better. andviobler than the Welsh Wizard. He looks anything but the politician, and nobody would take him for a Labor leader if they saw him in evening dress. His education was meagre, indeed. He soon had to search out his own living, and in the very tender years when he should have been at school or in bed he was plying his occupation as an errand boy in a draper's store. One of his first jobs .was the cleaning of brass plates outside the shop. He also was in a chemist's establishment for a short time. It is, however, not on record that he poisoned anybody. Later on he carried rivets as a rivet boy which helped to construct the world famous Alexander Docks. Jimmy Thomas was always versatile and for a time worked in a decorator's establishment. At Newport Docks he learned what manual work really means, and there is no railwayman on this continent or any other continent who can teach Jimmy Thomas anything about physical labor strain and weariness. Railway engines became his fascination. He got a job as a cleaner at the negotiations with the employers, began to talk to them on how they should comport themselves and conduct themselves during the strike. He had not gone very far when the men began, to sing that well-known Moody and Sankey hymn "Tell me the old", old story." Like it flash, when they had finished, Jimmy Thomas said. "Boys, the story will not be a lie, at all events." He knows nearly all his men by their name, and when â they cross swords with him they find that he is very hard to beat, but he is fair. He has filled many offices, too numerous to mention, but there is none that he will handle with greater skill or ease than that of employment minister. My sound advice to the Hon. Mr. Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor at Ottawa, is to tell a straight tale and an honest one to His Majesty's Minister of Employment of Great Britain. Failure to do so will bring discredit not only upon the minister for labor at Ottawa, but upon the whole of his government, because it must be remembered he speaks for that government. Should Mr. Thomas come further west, those who move in labor circles here may rest assured that neither service clubs nor Canadian clubs, nor any Other kiml of .mutual admiration societies, will be allowed to mon6polize this gentleman's time, for he knows that they have nothing to offer him and nothing to teach him in matters affecting labor and employment. It is a pleasure to be able to pay a tribute to a man who knows his own min'd and is thorough in everything that he undertakes. I A. W. H. Ponsonby HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM âYou try it next' time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS (PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAX BROS.. LTD. 1055 VERXON DRIVE Arthur (or, to give him his correct Christian names) Augustus, William, Harry Ponsonby, M.P., sits as member lor the Brightside Division of Sheffield. This seat was essentially Liberal and he organized his first strike when until 1 Â£(22, and was formerly represented by an Italian who was naturalized, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Mundella. It is on record in respect of this gentleman that he came to Great Britain a very poor boy, and for some time begged his living by the aid of an organ and a live monkey in the --treets. If that is true, his successor the subject of our sketch can be cl-ssed ps bavins been born at the "ther evtreme of societv. Tn other <vnr<lg, jt is correct to say that Pnn- n-nhv w>. h-rp with the proverbial "iWer snnon in h]t mouth. Born 16th February, 1871, he was educated at Eton, and afterwards at Oxford. The,family generally has been closely associated with the royal family for many years, and so far back as 1882 to 1887 Arthur Ponsonby filled the office of page of honor to Queen Victoria. For a time, after completing his education, he went to the diplomatic Fervice, and was at Constantinople from 1894 to 1897, Copenhagen from 18,98 to 1899, and at the foreign office frjmi 1900 to 1902. During his membership of the House ;-s a Liberal he was the priÂ»- i**oal private secretary to the late Sir Henry Camhbell-Bannerman, prime minister, 1916. He graduated to the Labor party by way of the "Union of Democratic Control." Knowing what he did. it was a nasty blow to the war mongers of 1914. and had he been in France instead of England he would probably have suffered the same fate as the late Jean Jaures. That the latter gent'eman was mur- l"red hy order of someone there can be no possible shadow of doubt. Ponsonhy's ability, knowledge and training was a big asset to MacDon- â¢ild when he took hold of the reins of office in 1924, for he became under secretary' of state for foreign affairs. One could do no better service to those of our readers who desire La- hor ideals to be propagated'here in Western Canada than by calling at- he was fifteen. It was not a serious one, but history proves that it was just. Merely the proper allowance of tallow that should be given to, each boy on a job of this character. He won this, his first labor dispute, and the tallow allowance was increased. Thomas left nothing to chance. He graduated from cleaner to fireman, and from fireman to engine driver. He then went to the locomotive department of the Great Western Railway at Swindon, and then began in earnest the career which* made him head of the National Union of Railwaymen and member of parliament for Derby. Eminent as his position is today, he knows what it is to work twelve hours a day for three shillings, i.e. 75 cents. His wife reared their two eldest children on the magnificent sum of 24 shillings a week, roughly $6.00. He is probably the most skilled negotiator that the trades union and labor world has seen. He is no sycophant, he bows to nobody, he has perfect confidence in himself, he talks to all the great men with ease and ofttin.es familiarity. When in I the company of members of the House of Lords it is no uncommon thing for him to address them by their Christian ns_n.es, and he*, of course, is just as pleased when they address him "as Jim. He can grace the slopes of the famous Ascot racecourse with the same ease, dressed in a silk hat and morning coat, as he does when he mixes with the crowd at a football match, for he is a keen sports enthusiast. The success and the results he has obtained for his men is a matter of history and needs no recounting here; sufficient to say "he delivers the* goods." 'He is "no .mean actor. I have seen him emerge from a conference of the. employers mopping his forehead, telling the world that it is only by a superhuman effort that he is holdjuig his men back, whilst the strict state of. affairs would be to say that he has been telling them, "the workmen." behind closed doors, to hold on for a little longer because he feels confident he can squeeze a bit more out of the employer. That's his way of doing it, and it is by that metho.d he wins. Ha handles, the extremists on his own side with the courage and skill of a seasoned general in 'pinny battles. He is not without his humor. Here is a true story that would make anybody laugh who follows it carefully: During one of the railway strikes Jimmy was bound tp visit many of the centers where, the men were out BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES . â ,...,,_ A7^ A^ a" members of organized â¢â jpO* **JrÂ£^.â.â Wlabor to purchase shoes bearing our WORKERS UNION/ 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 ot Labor 346 SUMMER STBEET, BOSTON, MASS. UNiowjrerAMi1 Factory on the streets. At one of the gath- more of P erings in the "nor^h 6_^MJBffllHSPHSShp.;pJl as written (not trashy novels of- the Deadwood Dick type), but some real sound common-sense matter that is bound some day to become guides and textbooks. Here they are: "The Camel and the Needle's Eye," "The Decline of Aristocracy." "Democracy and. Diplomacy," "Wars and Treaties." "Rebels and'Reformers," "Re- !iÂ«*ion in Politic*" and several diaries of note. His last and important work was "Now Is the Time."" Some author, you say! Some man, yes, my friends, please ask your local' library if they can supply you with these hooks bvthat method. You will learn sonby than I have space COLL IS LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE General Secretary-Treasurer 'T'HE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and are selling Union Label Stamped Shoes. Ask to see the Union L^bel when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are consistently backing him up. CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINGS STBEET Florsheim. Slrlders, C B. & C. Men's and Youth's. HUDSON'S BAY CO. dies': Hohansen, Bancroft-Walker, Colella-I.eighton. Men's and Youth's: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 11B6 GRANVILLE Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Isabel shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. â Tetrault's Men's and Youths; also Stridor and Slater's Union 7__abel shoes. YALE SHOE CO. 305 WEST HASTINOS STBEET ^fen'_ nnd Youth's Strider. Women's and Men's: "Yale" Special. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Lahel. Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair' employers, and em. plov ONION LABOR is amongst the finest and straight.-. men that has ever sat in the House of Commons, irrespective of party. Everybody could always depend upon dear old George Lansbury sponsoring a cause when it was not popular, and the more unpopular the cause, the more sure was George that the cause was right. He sits for Bow and Bromley Poplar Division, since 1922. He is no chicken, having reached the allotted span, but what a fighter! He is a real cockney, but he has found time in his early days to fit himself for the tasks that came to him in after years. He was the founder of the Daily-Herald, the Labor daily of Great Britain, and was its first editor. The women and the flappers, as they are termed today, owe a deep debt of gratitude to Lansbury for he stood by the suf fragettes when, that cause had very few friends. He has filled every public office open to any man or woman in, the tention to the many useful boolis he old land from .Poor Law Guardian to Councillor, Mayor, Justice of the Peace, Royal Commissioner, and, last of all but most important, he has been to prison for his opinions. MacDonald honored himself when he offered a place in the councils of the nation to one of God's own gentlemen. "*'â¢â¢".'. One could offer many interesting and intimate items respecting him. but in this case it is not space I am thinking of. It ris "poverty of lan- guaee I am suffering from, to <Jo justice to a noble pionepr of tlfi. charaeter. '."".*. â¢'."â .â¢-::â old Optimist: "Cheer up, old man tlbings-aren't as had as-they seem went to. speak to hi. members. ahiT: â¢ George Eati.bu.yâ¢*1; Tfo Be. ' knowing that he could not-disclose I Rt. Hon. George Lansbury. P.O., i Pessimist':*'Xo, but they seem to at that juncture wTiat had happened Â»M.P.. First Commissioner o/ Works i be " Army Outfits Are To Be Barred Washington, D.6.âImproper use of United States uniforms by state troops during strikes is hereafter prohibited "under a War Department order issued today. The order is the result of complaint filed -by the'American Federation of Labor following use of United States ariuySeijuipment, including uniforms and arms, by the Tennessee state troops sworn in as deputies during the rayon strike at Elizabethton. It is probable that if state troops are ordered out for any emergency duty in regulation manner they will use federal, equipment, inasmuch as all National Guard equipment now is federal property, but the order will have thc,.effect of stopping such use as was made in the big rayon conflict. Inasmuch as there was no definite rulipg. prior to the Tennessee episode, there will be no punishment for improper use of the government's equipment in that case. HIS HIT ' It was* late in the evening and the hostess for the first time noticed Mr. Brown. She was puzzled. Why hadn't she observed him before? The longer she. thought it over the more puzzled she became. However, she decided.on"the-proper course. '.'So glad to have you herc,J' she murmured. "You haft* .certainly been the life of the party all the*evcning." .' "I can hardly -believe-.Wat."0â â -'.-' "That is due to your modesty." . "No; it' is due-to the fact that'I arrived oriJ*:â_toi minutes, ajgp." , Friday. July 12, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN , Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take Our Herbal Remedies PAMPHLET on Loss of Manhood and Diseases of Men, in plain envelope, free by mall. .VI. f .- cnitis. 35 years' experience.. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 ev.-ry week day except WedneidA-y and Saturday; when vlotseti all day. Retyedle. by mail our specialty. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's -inly Qualified IIerbal_ Dispensers. Classified Ads. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wallls W. Lefeaux. 403 Metropolitan Bnil.lntf. Plione Sey. 6667. BATHS Ha.ting. Steam Batlis Price 35c Only 766 Halting. Street East. DENTISTS Dr. W. a. Rutledue, 10S Hastings West NOTARY PUBLIC P. X. Ben-rough Labor Headquarters, PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. E. Heard 813 Robson. UNDERTAKERS Armstronf A Hot.on, 304 Dunlevy Ave. "We Do Not Patronize" COMMERCIAL TAXI. VANCOUVER BOYS' AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hastings W. LEN A. DAVIS, Lathinf Contractor. CLARKE __ STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN & LATTA. CEHRKE. LTD. ROEDDE, G. A.. LTD. J. W. BOYD. LTD. Authorised by the Vancouver, , Hew Westminster end Dl.triot Trades aad Labor Council, for the information of ell anion members. British Government Starts On Big Job Aside from an interruption of a clear program ofnaval disarmament, matters are going quietly with the new Labor government. ~ â Herbert Smith. pre_i_k___3U$ the MinaÂ£sÂ£_ Federation, says that the miners will not press the government for an immediate repeal of the 8- hour law and a return to the 7-hour day, but hones that the reform will not be delayed long. Premier MacDonald has completed his cabinet by rilling 21 minor positions. Ben Turner, former chairman of the Trade Union Congress, which corresponds fairly well to the American Federation of Labor, has heen made Secretary of the Department of Mines. In a rather bad-tempered address ' to his fellow Liberals the other day, Lloyd George said that Labor would receive Liberal backing in any work to improve international relations, and any rational plan of dealing with unemployment, but that his party would throw its weight against Labor ' if the latter tried any "Socialism." :- As he did not define Socialism, the question of Liberal action remains as vague as ever. , H / PLASTERERS SECURE SHORTER WORKWEEK Approximately 200 members of the âº Plasterers.' L'nt-.n at Indianapolis won the five-day week after a two weeks' sjtrike. Contractors met the demand- and the five-day week is now a part of the new wage scale, The plasterers asked equality with other constructive labor unions whose' members work five days a week and who are paid on Friday in order that "they do not have, to appear ori Saturday for their wages. The Beauties of Our Stanley Park The dumbness of some people is positively appalling. -One wonders how, with all the opportunities of education Unit are to be had these days, they even got that way. ' V e had. a case in point this week at the office,. Archibald, our tame poet,-seemed very disgruntled, and when we asked what was the matter he replied that he was unable to find a subject to write upon. "Why," we said, "that's all nonsense;'there are all kinds of things you can write about, if you'd only think." "Well, tell me some of them," he replied. "Well, you could write, for instance, onâerâerâum âlet's see'now (strange to say. for the moment we ourselves were at a bit of a io'ss for a subject). "Write on"her; what her?" he enquired. "No, no," we said with a flash of inspiration, "write'something about Stanley Park, for instance." "I never heard of him," he replied. "I know about Stanley Weyman, because I tried to read a book of his once, but it didn't come up to the 'Pipe-fitters Revenge' by Stillson Wrench." "Whatever are you talking about? Don't you know Stanley Park, the finest natural park on earth? Have you never been there?" "Oh," he. said, "it's a park, is it?" "Yes," we replied, "it's a park, alright; you won't find many like it. The best thing you can do is get right away find see. the place for yourself and you'll understand what we mean. Then you write us something on the beauties of Stanley Park." in fact, we got so enthusiastic about the subject that in the excitement of the moment we almost forgot ourselves so far as to reach out for a street car ticket to give him impelled by that uncontrollable generosity for which we are so noted but of course it's as well to exercise a little restraint at times, but, anyhow, we did tell him which car to take. And when we had seen him safely off the premises we thought, "Well, we ought to get something worth-while now." So you can imagine our .disappointment when he only produced the following verses after all our trouble. "Well," we said, "didn't we distinctly say, 'Write about the beauties of Stanley Park?'" "Well," he replied, "I've done it. That's what I wrote aboutâthe beauties I saw in Stanley Park." "Dear me, when will you get any sense. We meant the natural beauties." "Oh," he replied, with dawning intelligence, "you meant the trees and things. Oh, I didn't look at those. You said write on her, and so I did, though I thought some of them looked a bit unnatural, myself, they'd laid it on too thick." âP. A. B. The Beauties of Stanley Park (With apologies to Alexander Selkirk, Juan Fernandez, and anyone else concerned.) "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." But the maiden so coyly did say: "Oh, Horace, don't be such a brute." That she had reposed in his arms, Clasped tight in an ardent embrace, You could clearly discern by the smears Of the lipstick she'd left on his face. Her complexion was most up-to-date, Like a rose with a faint tingj^of brown. ' Whilst her curls they were very ornate, And she'd lips like Grimaldi, the clown. And I heard as I passed by their nook This remark, So delightfully quaint: "Why," he said, "what a picture you look." r "Yes," I thought, "and you used as much paint." P. A. Beall, New Westminster. Low Wage Boss Builds $5,000,000Home Ten thousand men and women working for wages1 as low as 10 cents an hour while the president of the company builds a ,.74-room residence costing $5,000,000 and containing plumbing fixtures of solid gold. Speed-up systems under which one man is forced to do'the work formerly performed by six machine operators and their six girl helpers. Those are thc conditions prevail-' ing in the K. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's huge factory at Winston- Salem, N, C, according to E. Lewis Evans, president of the Tobacco Workers' International Union. The Reynolds concern is the head and front of the Tobacco Trust. . Mr. Evans is in Washington conferring with officials of the American Federation of Labor and had just returned from Winston-Salem when he was interviewed. Conditions Are Horrible "Conditions in the R. J. Reynolds plant are terrible," lie said, ."They are growing worse. There is bound to be a revolt of the workers if the company keeps on its mad course of cutting wages and speeding up its employes. "The minimum wage there is now 10 cents an hour, and I was advised that the company plans to make that the standard wage throughout the factory. "They have speeded up their workers, three-fifths of whom are women, to what must be close to the breaking point. "One man and a girl assistant used to operate one packing machine. The same man, minus the assistant, now runs six of the same machines. "Thc Reynolds company makes Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert smoking tobacco. Its advertising slogan is 'Walk a Mile for a Camel.' It should be 'Work a Week for $8.' That is the average wage there." Company Officials "Hard-Boiled" All attempts of the' Reynolds workers to meet the management and talk about more wages or better conditions have met with failure and have resulted in their spokesmen losing their jobs, Evans said. The company has refused to meet officials of the Tobacco Workers or the A. F. of L. â Representatives of the U. S. Department of Labor have also attempted to adjust controversies there, but they have met with similar failure, Evans declared. 1 STREET CAR MEN SEND OUT a, CALL FOR CONCLAVE Detroit, Mich.â(ILNS).âCall has been issued for the next convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. The close of the current pre-convention year will complete the 36th consecutive year of William D. Mahoriv-.n the presidency. The convention this year will be held in Seattle, September 9. "Considering all things," President Mahon said, "we have done fairly well in the past two years, and our organization is progressing." i The coming convention will be the 31st biennial gathering of the fighting organization of the street car menâa * fighting organization devoted to peace. "I look' forward to a successful convention." __i_ the veteran president and lorrtttfr-A: F. ot L. executive council member. The Party System In Great Britain and Saskatchewan the recent general elections resulted in a condition in which no party commands a clear majority in parliament. In South Africa, General Hertzog managed to obtain a clear majority, but he holds power by a very narrow margin, and the condition of "stalibity" is by no means guaranteed. In the Canadian House of Commons, even , at the present time, it is only-with the acquiescence of members who were not elected as undiluted" Liberals that Mackenzie King is maintained in office. The fact is that all over the British Empire the people have revolted against the two-party system, and in spite of the desperate efforts of the old-style politicians to regain the ground and carry on in the old way, it is apparent that,some change in the traditional manner of conducting British legislatures will have to he brought about. Those members of the Saskatchewan legislature who were elected in opposition to the Gardiner government, but were not elected as Conservatives, have a fcolden opportunity to contribute something towards the establishment of a new' outlook in political administration. The Conservative party has signified its willingness to consent to the acceptance, of some provisions which should do much to undermine the party servility which has characterized every. legislature in Canada which has'been dominated by a single party. It is now certain that at least two months must elapse before the legislature is called together. During this two- months respite there is no doubt that efforts will be made to persuade the Progressives and Independents to modify their views and to consent to practical absorption in the largest opposition party. If they do not stand firm in the adoption of certain measures which will tend to undermine partyism to a considerable extent, the upsetting of the Gardiner government will prove to be a matter of very temporary importance. The replacement of the Liberal administration by an/ither, one whiah holds "Exactly the same viewpoint on political methods, while probably temporarily beneficial from the standpoint of political sanitation, can make ho permanent difference to the political life of the province.âWestern Producer. if electricity , was sold through slot iiiachines ymiid realixe how cheap it really is. XF you bought electricity a penny's worth at a time âyou'd realize that electricity is the smallest item on the family budget. Just suppose you went to aslot machine whenever you needed electricity to light the home, or to operate an electric iron. One cent operates a 40-watt lamp for 12^_ hours! One cent! ... A 60-watt lamp, for 8 hours and 20 minutes. Other services, too. The floor polisher, for example, operates steadily for five hours and 40 minutes for a single cent. One cent runs your electric cleaner for two hours andÂ°50 minutes.* Where else do you receive so much for a cent? But, of course, you don't have the inconvenience of finding change or trotting to market for a basketful of electricity. It's there when you need itâyour meter keeps honest check on the amount you useâand after a whole month's electrical service you get a bill for . . . $1.40 perhaps? Terrible! Exorbitant! Think of the slot machine next time you think of the "high cost of electricity.'*' â¦Based on the two-cent rate. British Coiumbm ^Ei^mcRmwayCo. VANCOUVER ^SSbJ^ VICTORIA El-29 Automatic Phones Displace Thousands of "Hello Girls" Thousands of "hello girls" are losing their jobs through the installation of the dial or automatic telephone system. When the dial comes in, four out of five girls are forced out, says the Electrical Workers and Operators' Journal, official magazine of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, in its June issue. "Every subscriber becomes a strong-arm worker for the Bell monopoly." Commenting on the announcement that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company will in July reach the distinction of being the largest corporation in the worldâa four-billion-dollar corporation â the Journal says: "It is inevitable that a four-billion dollar monopoly should reflect the contemporary industrial revolution in technology. It is surprising that the Bell has been so slow to mechanize its exchanges, for it must be remembered that automatic switching, the dial telephone, was an early development of the industry. Monopoly Now Feel*' Secure "That it has not been installed on a wide scale must be put down to a triumph for public opinion. For, say what you will, the colossal telephone trust is sensitive to subscribers' emotions and irritations. "Apparently the monopoly now feels secure in its position as the 'largest' Corporation, surrounded by other mechanized industries, for it is preparing rapidly to increase its 'automatics' with the loss xst jobs to hundreds of thousands of telephone women." The Journal points out that in 1910 no dial telephones were in use in the Bell system in the United States. The report of the monopoly in 1920 showed 157,095 dial telephones, and in 1928 the number had reached 3,147,016. The latter figure represents about one-fourth of all the phones in use. From now on the change from manual to automatic service is to be rapid. / The corporatio-i has built up a huge fund from surplus earnings, and it is from this that fhe expense of installation is to be taken'. * . â¢ Company Playi a Sly Game The Electrical Workers' Journal gathered figured' fironv-*a-..,number'*j_f ctties to show the effect of the automatics on employes. In Terre Haute, Indiana, 150 operators were employed under the manual system, and only 14 after the automatic type was installed. In Missoula, Montana, the cut wa3 from 2. to 11, and in Butte, Montana, from 93 to 30. "The company plays a sly game," says the Journal. "When part of the lines of an exchange go over into automatic operation and create a surplus of operators, the company simply tightens discipline in that exchange. "Tardiness becomes a flagrant offense. The force dwindles, and the corporation pompously asserts that no girls were dismissed as a result of mechanization. No Reduction in Rates "There have been instances where girls were retained to do light mechanical work in connection with the automatic system. However, this means the replacement of a skilled man by a semi-skilled woman at much lower wages for the latter. ^ "The company does not generally let girls go in wholesale lots. This would attract public attention and criticism." There is no indication that the economy effected by the automatics will produce any reduction in the rates paid by telephone users. On the contrary, in Washington, where the Bell is installing the new system, there is an insistent demand for higher rates. The B. C7Telephone Co. has just started work on its new automatic telephone exchange structure in Victoria. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WERE NEEDED An old negro went to the doctor for a prescription for some ailment that he had, and was given a box of pills. The next day he returned to the doctor's office. â¢ "How do you feel now." asked the doctor. "Jest about the same, Bah," answered the negro. ; "Did you get the pills?" "Yassah." " ."â¢ /'Did yoa.take them?" "Nosah." ' "Why not?" "Kasc. doctor, de label on de box said 'take one pill three times a day:' I Jest, couldn't understan' how Vae gwine ter take one pill more., once, so ''se come back .for further. . instructions." .'.'.â _._â â¢â ''. Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Fridav. |ulv 12, 1929 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale ant. Aetail I>ealer_i 168 Cordova W. Phon* 8*7.'8687 See I.'h -About Broken Glass In -Vin._oJ3, Automobiles, Mirrors. . Show-rases, etc. Art Olass Bepalr-ia Mirrors BÂ«-i..v8rÂ«d VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rhtum_ti.ni. I,umh_t!0, Neurltla Bad Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. SEY. 3070 BBOTSFORD Summer price., now onâ place your orders today. NANAIMO-WELLINGTON On* of the most __tl_f_-tory coals ever sold in Vancouver. Summer prices now on. Phone ns. Also Drumheller, Foothills, Tiil-i- nieon Valley, "LethbrlrtKe Imperl.il, â¢to. Lowest price, ln town. INSIDE PIUâ A city tested double load (cord) 37.50. Other kinds at lowest city prices. SiniLiiier Is the riifht time to Ifot your winter fuel. Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. For any and every occasion! âGJIabs for motoring; glasseB for reading:; sun-glasses, and those bifocal plassen suitable for reading Or distance. Your eyes will he properly examined and fitted at very little expense. Lawrence W. Smith Optometrist and Optician Phone Sey. 6860 49â Hastings St. Wei.â49 COLONIAL NEXT WEEK "The Red Sword" Startling Drama of Days that Stunned the World! Comedies, News, and Extras * PRIZE NIGHTS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Building Trades Start j Street Railwaymen Six-hour-day Move' Elect Union Officers Reports from central bodies and building trades councils in Washington, Oregon, Montana and California on the resolutions submitted by the Northwest Conference are meatier, but the indications are that the one indorsing the six-hour day will be generally approved by the councils. In some instances it appears -that councils have hesitated, in adopting or indorsing in the fear that in tfiose communities the action niight be taken as an immediate demand to be conceded to all workers. â So far as has been learned, the Portland Central Council' v/as the first to give its endorsement to the six-hour day. This body took no action on the other resolution. The Olympia Building Trades Council indorsed the six-hour day resolution, and in Portlaml the building council referred the matter to its board. The Seattle Building Trades Council- referred both resolutions to a committee which was to report recommendations at a later date.âNorthwest Laborer. Oakland City Jobs Pay Union Scale Building contractors on Oakland public building jobs must pay all employes wages equal to the prevailing wage on private jobs. A charter amendment containing such provision, sponsored by the Building Trades and Labor Councils of Alameda County, was recently approved by the citizens of Oakland by an overwhelming majority vote. This means a big increase in wages of many city employes, and in some cases an increase Tn wages of as high as 50 per cent. These provisions specifically insure Oakland working men that: "Eight hours shall constitute a day's work. All employes on public building contracts shall be paid a salary or wage at least equal to the prevailing wage pa)<kfor the same quality of service on pjivate jobs. "All laborers employed on public contracts must be citizens of the United States or have declared their intention of becoming citizens. "Preference shall be given persons who have resided in Oakland for at least one year." The following officers were elected by the Street Railwaymen's Union at the regular meeting on June 22nd for the term ending December 31, 1929: PresidentâJ. E- Smith. First Vice-Pres.âR. E. Rigby. â Second Vice-Pres.âF. G. Birnie. TreasurerâJ. Auton. Recording SecretaryâJ. Price. AuditorsâF. A. Hoover, T. R. Carson, J. Henderson. Day Men's ExecutiveâF. A. Hoover. â¢ Night Men's ExecutiveâT. R. Carson. Coach OperatorsâW. B. Anderson. Delegates to International ConventionâH. W. Speed, T. R. Carson, F. E. Griffin, J. E. Smith, A. V.'Lofting. â Alternatesâ 1st, J. Dew; 2nd, E. S. Hougham; 3rd, A. J. Harraway. Judge of ElectionsâRobert Gray. TellersâS. Wedgbury, D. Hebb- ington, C. Tewnion, W. A. Harris. Elected by Acclamation Business AgentâH. W. Speed. Executive for Extra MenâNeville M. Wright. 13t(h Avenue BarnâJohn Dew. Kitsilano BarnâAlex. Will and H. E. Rees. GarageâL. E. Ross. Track DepartmentâJohn Auton. Truck DriversâJ. A. Berry. Conductor (Morning)âF, B. Birnie. Conductor (Night)âR. Gray. WardenâJ. A. Wood. Relief CommitteeâJ. A. Wood, J. Hendry, J. Henderson, M. Murray. Social CommitteeâR. Anderson (Barn), J. Price, J. A. Wood, W. Deptford, M. McKenzie, H. W. Speed, J. E. Smith, E. Hicks. F. A. Hoover, F. Howatson, J. Henderson, R. Gray, A. Will (Barn). _ Executive (North Vancouver) â W. A. Harris. BUILDING TRADES HERE VISITING OFFICIALS (Continued from page 1) Carpenters, stated that he had travelled thousands of miles over the North American continent, and did not know of any locality where it took more guts to stay on the job as union men than in Vancouver. In no other city, having the same conditions to meet as in Vancouver, would they have got the sam. results: Union officials in Vancouver put in longer hours and more thought to make the movement a success. When success is almost achieved, a dual union steps t in to penalize the union men, wages are held back at least 50c a day, con- . ilitinn. are battered down, and . all workers in the community suffer. With intelligent action on our part, however, he said, the dual union movement will be broken, ami then, with pur activity given full play, we may even rise to a position where we can demand a dollar a day more than Washington union men will be getting. West Must Continue to Lead J. B. Bowen, International organizer for the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' Union, said that he and his international were" for the Building Trades Council, first, last and all the time. Every lathers' union had to belong to the Building Trades Department, and he was prepared at all ( times to do as much work for .other building trades unions as for" his own. i.IWj.pict-ured tile time when .thijfest- c.rn iinihhs led the*way in wages aud working conditions, but we will have to look to our laurels, he said, because the East is forging ahead, and in manj/ cities the unions, when making agreements, will not take no for an answer. We, in the West, he said, must regain that prestige. In some places union conditions were high. He cited Olympia, Washington, where he said no union man is delinquent on the books of their respective unions. If their dues are .not paid they don't work, he said, because they have job control. On each construction job the council puts up a quarter card on the. outside of the building, which states that the construction work is being done by organized labor. He referred to the dual union activities â¢ of Victor R. Midgley, who is back in Victoria, trying to get a job, but cannot get it because thp'union has an agreement with the association. Must Raise Low Wage Man Geo. W. Lish, International representative for the Building Laborers, congratulated the carpenters for returning to the Building Trades Council, and stated that he believed that the laborers would soon be back. Thc Building Trades unions in Vancouver gave good co-operation to the building up of the laborers' union, but the laborers' union was not able to hold the membership as they were going out through the back door as fast as they came in the front. The union would have to find out why this occurred and remedy it. Undoubtedly the Building Trades Council would help in this, as the organization of the laborers would help every organization fn the city. "The basic wage for other workers was the lowest wage paid, hence it was in our interest to raise the low-wage man. Building laborers' union in Washington were getting wage increases and I better conditions. He had just put in a charter in Victoria, and negotiated a SI a day increase, with a further increase in August, bringing the scale up to that of Vancouver. Teamsters' Union Asks You To Remember This When moving your baggage remember the Vancouver Transfer Co. is the only baggage transfer company that has an agreement with the Teamsters' Union to employ all Union men. When moving your furniture insist on a Union crew. Any first-class firm can supply them if you insist on it. Do not hesitate when the men arrive to as*k them to show you their Union buttons, and if they cannot show them, send them back. By patronizing Union furniture movers you will save money by getting experienced men who can and do move your good*- quicker and better, and therefore cheaper, than some inexperienced non-union men. City To Decorate Streets ^pr Carnival Led by Alderman DeGraves, the city council decided to reconsider its former action of not decorating the city streets for the midsummer carnival, which is being held under the auspices of the Street Railwaymen's Union. The council has decided to spend $500 on decorations. Everything is in good shape for the big event. Every available athletic star has been rounded up for the competitions, and there will undoubtedly be some big surprises, as this affair has drawn international attention and the competitors will therefore strain every muscle to carry off the honors. The events start at 5 p.m. on Friday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Birt Showier, associated with other members of organized labor, has the concessions for ice cream and soft drinks at the meet. These will be products of union firms. When a tomorrow.- friend asks, -Proverb. there YUKON CONDITIONS â Jack Robb, of the Machinists' Union, who has just returned to the city from Yukon, reports that the White Pass and Yukon Railway treats, its employees much better than he expected. Union men were employed wherever possible and the American scale is paid in all cases. He thajt will "not reason is a bigot; he thftt .cattnot reason is a fool, and he that dares not.reason is a slave. âSir W. Drumnvpnd: â Â» â¢â Union Picnics District Council of Carpenters Seaside Park July 13 Painters' Union Sechelt.:..: __._J_(ly 20 Plumbers' Union , . Bowen Island July 27 Sheet Metal Workers' Union Bowen Island July 27 Tailors' Union. Bowen Island July 2&.*omt;*% ; .'7Bri.lclay.r.''lM-!_i.:: f. ... _,- Belcarra: Park:..,July 27 ( * __,_â __ uM __â -*/-_ IHCOWOWAT1D Iff MAY 1670. VANCOUVER MONDAY, JULY 15th Gold Seal Bargain Day! Wind-up of July Sale! double event, that presents the season's most wonderful savings. 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Headquartera: Room 5, Hadden Building, 633 Hastings Street West VANCOUVER'S OUTSTANDING EVENT FOR 1929 . HASTINGS PARK JULY 12 AND 13 THE RACE OF THE CENTURY! Claude Bracey vs. Percy Williams THE WORLD'S TWO FASTEST HUMANS! -* ' , Bracey has beaten George Simpson six times out of seven times they ran! COME! COME! COME! '. Tickets, $1.00 Get your tickets from any Street Car Motorman or Conductor today! Grand Stand Ticket). Now On Sale at 651 Hastings Street W. â "-'.(' '*F*>"Â»npÂ»
Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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