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[The Labour Statesman]
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Canadian Labor Congress Opens Annual Session Citizens and Officials of Toronto Extend Hearty WelcomeâRecord of Progress Shown in ReportsâImmigration and 5-Day Work Week Among Matters to Be Considered WITH MORE THAN 400 DELEGATES in attendance, the Trades nnd Labor Congress of Canada has passed* another milestone in Canadian history. Reports indicate that the International trades union movement is steadily growing and that the dual union movement has failed to achieve the success that a large number of men in our ranks expected of it. New unions have become affiliated with the congress and a large number of new unions established ip various parts of the Dominion. In reporting the convention, J. A. P. Hayden, the correspondent for labor papers, says: The forty-fourth annual convention* of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada opened in Toronto with more than 400 delegates present, representing each of the nine provinces and almost every trade and calling. The convention is the largest and most representative since 1921, indicating a revival in the trade union movement and the increased prosperity of the nation. William Varley, chairman of the local convention committee, welcomed the delegates on behalf of Toronto trade unionists. Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, minister of labor and health in the Ontario government, spoke for the prime minister, who was unable to attend. Official* Welcome Delegates Dr. Godfrey said he was glad to participate in the proceedings of the congress because he realized that most of the social and labor legislation on the statute books of Ontario and the Dominion had originated with the workers. He invited constructive suggestions and criticisms. Greetings were also extended by Mayor McBridc on behalf of the citizens of Toronto. Later in the week Hon. Peter Heijnan, minister of labor, will address the convention on behalf of the Dominion government. Tom Moore, president of the congress, in calling the convention to order, made a strong plea for regu- lar, steady employment, at good wages, for all workers. Purely Canadian Body Despite the propaganda of the disruptive elements, he pointed out that the congress was a purely Canadian, autonomous body, antl every delegate was a Canadian member of a local Canadian union. The congress, he said,, is the central Canadian organization of the International Trade Union movement. In a sense, this city is the cradle of the Canadian trade union movement. In 1883, the workers of Canada gathered at Toronto, and. out of that meeting grew the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. No further meeting of the c6ngress was held until 1886 and since then the congress has held sessions annually. '. Report! Year of Progress The report of the executive council reveals another year of progress in social and labor legislation in the Dominion parliament and the various provincial legislatures. < " "During the 44 years which have passed since the Congress was first formed the record shows that it has been responsible for initiating steps towards the* enactment of practically all the advanced social and labor legislation on the statute books," says the report. i_ Attention is called >tra number of important questions 'requiring immediate attention and "immigration'and emigration" arc put in the froqt rank.' Immigration Scheme Denounced After reciting the details "of "fire coming of 8,500 British workers to work in the Canadian harvest fields, the executive council declares: "No language is too strong to denounce any scheme which brings immigrants to Canada, ostensibly for farm work, at this late period of the year, when most farm work and other seasonal occupations are drawing to a close, thus forcing them into keen competition with resident Canadian labor for the few jobs available during the whole of the winter months." The council favors takinj; of the whole question of migration out of party politics'and placing it in -the hands of a non-partizan, representative national commission. This policy, the report points out, has won wide approval among all classes in Canada, thus demonstrating the wisdom of labor's position. Machines Supplant Workers On the question of vocational and technical education the council regrets that the Federal Government has refused to. extend the provisions of the technical education act of 1919 under which financial aid was given to the provinces for this important work. It urges the continuation of agitation to the end that technical education shall be further extended throughout the Dominfon. Hours of labor and holidays with pay are given a prominent place and the council declares that "the constantly increasing productivity of machinery, coupled with the desire for more leisure time., in which to 'live' in the true sense, have been the primary causes of the trade union movement seeking in several ways to reduce the hours of labor;" The council declares that most workers in Canada now enjoy the eight-hour day, although only one province, British Columbia, has enacted an eight-hour day law. Five-Day Week Advances An increasing number of Canadian workers are establishing the five-day week and the movement for holidays with pay is bringing to a larger number of workers this desirable reform. During the year the organized shopmen in the Canadian National Railways were the largest group to win this advance. In a recent legal action brought by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Unibn against an employer for violation of agreement, Mr. Justice Raney held that in a strict legal sense trade unions had no legal status in Canada. The report draws attention to the decision and concludes with this significant paragraph: "Having now learned that the courts are of no value in such cases, unions will, undoubtedly, continue in the future as in the past, to work for industrial stability by organizing workers to the fullest possible extent, negotiating agreements wher- e"ver possible and depending upon the integrity of those entering into thesanie and upon their,own power to enforce them in case of violations." , .Switchmen Join the Congress - Two new affiliations have beeri'se- cured during the year, tho Switchmen's Union of North America atjd Teamsters Union reports nine new members at last meeting. More applications in ready for next one. Merchants Cartage Co. fails to supply union drivers on their construction material trucks and a little more help from members of the building trades in accepting material from these drivers would be appreciated. « * » Engineers Union is negotiating with theatres for a new wage agreement. Some have already been signed and the balance are expected to do likewise within a short time. ' *-. » « t Painters Union reports business fairly good for this time of year. * * .+ A committee was appointed to interview the School Board on the subject of an unfair contractor doing work on the Templeton Junior High School. The work is being done on Saturdays and Sundays. * â¢* * Upholsterers Union all working trade good. The union was pleased about the Trades Council purchasing a union-made chesterfield suite for the first prize in the Labor Day sports. The suite was well advertised as being union-made and was a good boost for the union. Report Injuries In the Proper Way The Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union asked the Trades and Labor Council if something could be done to have the Compensation Act cover cases received while working on the job. One of their members having recently met with such an injury was told that he could not collect compensation for same. The matter will be left in the hands of the Legislative Committee, this body having made several attempts to have the Act fully cover this kind of injury. At the present time compensation i: paid if the man.can prove that he received the accident through a fall or by being knocked down, but no compensation can be collected if the injury is the result of lifting or straining. Oil Job - - -Ten Hour Day and Seven Day Week Imperial Oil Company Keeps Seventeenth Century Conditions in Operations in VancouverâLegislative Acts Are Ignoredâ Wages Are Battered Down and Oil Goes Up Twigg Island Dairies Signs Up With Union During the week another dairy has becti signed up by the Mlik Wagon and Dairy Employees Union. This is the Twigg Island Dairy. This is not a very big firm but we welcome the employees to the ranks of organized labor. We believe that the firm will find it advantageous to be connected with the union and the Labor Statesman will be pleased to give the firm an eitra boosfany time they ask us to. I the International Union of Elevator Constructors. In addition a targe number of new loeal unions have been established, including unions of automobile workers at Oshawa, Tilbury and the border cities. "Notwithstanding the continued opposition of nationalists, communists and those who seek to divide our movement on sectarian or other grounds," says the executive council, "we are pleased to report a continued gain in membership and a general strengthening of* our forces. "This demonstrates that the worker*; are fully alive to the futility of secossidn and dual movements and arc more determined than ever before to maintain the solidarity and unity of the organizations which compose the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, recognizing that only in this way can they safeguard their interests." Will See Power Development The convention will consider some 113 resolutions which have been suhmitted in conformity with the constitution. > These deal with a variety of subjects. A fine program of entertainment has been provided by the local committee, including a visit to Niagara Falls and the great Hydro-Electric power development there. The party will leave convention headquarters in publicly-owned antl operated busses for a publicly-owned dock where they will take a publicly- owned boat for the Falls. â¢ There they will be guests of thc- Ontario-gpverBin;cnt aVflirinfc^ publicly-owned restaurant in a pub- wearing the T. L. C. button, and thi licly-owned. park and wilt view the will help to bujjd up the uni6n arid most important publicly-owned elec-j place them in a better-position to trical development" in the world. | press their demands. " â ' ' «. ; MEN ARE WORKING TEN HOURS A DAY, seven days a week, for a wage that is far below the scale paid to other men for that class of work in the city of Vancouver. The Imperial Oil Company is the firm which insists on inflicting this condition on workers in Vancouver who are in neetl of a job, and yet at the same time it raises the price of gasoline to increase its profits out of the needs of this community, Del. Watt, business agent of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, informed the Vancouver,* New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday that the Imperial Oil Co. had a kig installation job on at Smythe street, and that the comp*s.ny was working the men ten hours a day and seven Hays a week. On trtjr«Â»Â»^that, he' said, the company was paying the men 50c an hour for work which calls for a much larger amount and increases the cost of gasoline to the consumer. Trades Council Action A motion to place this firm on the "We Do Not Patronize" list was referred to the Grievance Committee, who will attempt to have the matter properly adjusted, or, failing this, will recommend it for the "list" at the next regular meeting of the Council. This company seems to be looking for trouble, when it will work its employees seven days a week when hundreds of firms employing thousands of men and women have instituted the five-day week, and it is undoubtedly asking for trouble when it knows that the British Columbia Legislature has passed an eight-hour day act. The only exemptions for the eight hours is for emergency work and there Js no possible excuse for emergency in this case. There arc plenty of other companies besides the Imperial Oil to supply gasoline in this city and there are absolutely no weather conditions that could affect the work that is being done. A Job for Congress This company appears to be getting away with a whole lot and the Trades Council is going to see that some authority deals with the situation, even though there are workers available at fifty cents an hour for such a marathon job. Breaking down working conditions is an ever- present event with the Imperial Oil Co. In every province where this company locates, it has insisted on battering down wages and working its employees to the limit of their endurance, and so far the Imperial Oil Co. has been able to get away with it, This subject might be investigated by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and efforts made to curb the seventeenth century operations of the company. Newsvendors Ask For Help From Union Men Out of the one cent increase in the price of daily papers, recently put into effect, the news-vendors obtain one-quarter of a cent, said a delegate from the News-vendors Union at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday. Efforts made by the union to get a larger commission out' of their sales, has not had satisfactory results, â said the delegate, -and. now that the price has been increased on the streets, more people arc having their papers delivered, which means a lowering of the sales by news-vendors. The delegate urged- man-to Big Dance Hall Open For Union Patronage Communicating the fact that they have the largest dance hall in the city and that they are 1007-' labor supporters, Happyland Ltd. of Hastings Park, asked the Trades and Labor Council to bring that fact before the affiliated locals. This the delegates decided to do. Happyland will be pleased to have you make arrangements for large or small parties for dances or socials. Transportation can be made right to the door on a No. S car of the B. C. Electric which also provides cars after the dance. In addition Happyland has free parking space for automobiles. Farmers Won't Raise Beef; Price Goes Up Reporting for the committee investigating the price of meat, Del. Showier stated that in an interview with a farmer he had been informed that one year ago the farmers received $40 for steers, now they arc receiving $120 because of the beef shortage. This shortage has been caused by farmers going out of the cattle business on-account of the low prices offered for cattle. American buyers are coming over here and buying up everything in sight, thereby causing a shortage here and forcing the price up. There appears to be no immediate relief from this as it takes three or four years to raise cattle and the new high prices, only having come into existence this year, will have only started new breeding this year. Mutton and pork, while easier raised than beef, has tended to go up in sympathy with the price of beef, owing to the increased demand. The committee proposes to continue its investigations to find out if the spread between the farmer and consumer is greater than it should be, while leaving a reasonable rate of profit for the middlemen. CENTRAL BRANCH I. L. P. A meeting of '.the- .members of this -brail fh--â relr^'-HreTti~Fi' Iday; September 21st, at -8 p.m. in the officd of. W. W. Lefeaux, 402 'Metropolitan Bldg., 837 Hastings street wcsE.*~"AIl members requested to attend. Two THE LABOR STATESMA X Friday, .September 21, ,1928 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Rotafl Dealers 15B Cordova W. Phone Sey. 8637 See Us About Broken Glass In Wfndowa, Automobiles. Mirrors, Showcases, etc. Art Glass Repaired Mirrors Be-silvered ronizeLI Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT MAKE SURE YOU GET IT âAND NOTHING ELSE It Is Rich in Nourishment âDELICIOUS THE GOVERNMENT Or THE PROVINCE Or BRITISH COUIHBU. Synopsis of Land Act Amendments PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age. and by a liens on declaring Intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, "How to Pre-empt Land." copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C., or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only lands suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland. I.e., carrying over 6,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre east of that range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division in which the land applied for Is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and Improvements made to value of $10 per acre. Including clearing and cultivating at least live acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed Information see the Bulletin, "How to Pre-empt Land." Wages Dragged Down By Poor Management (Robert Morss Lovctt, in The New Republic.) The common labor of the New Bedford textile mills is already _at a point far below the.living wage for families determined by the United States Department of Labor. The general cut of 10 per cent, falls most heavily on these last. It was a gesture of incompetence and defiance on the part of the present management. The workers have accepted the challenge. In an able document addressed to the shareholders, they point out some forms of mismanagement already noted in this article, and the lack of industrial statesmanship on the part of the managers. The stockholders have suffered a loss of $68,000,000 in the shrinkage of the market value of their holdings. The workers have suffered a loss of .$200,000 a week in wages, month after month, through short time and unemployment!- They hold that neither loss was necessary, and they offer cooperation in the restoration of the industry. There are able millmen in New Bedford,, they say, "millmen we would be glad to follow, but who are -not allowed to lead us now. If there were more -o*f..them, and they had more control, there would be no question of lower wages for us, or lower dividends for the investor." This is a plea'for industrial democracy to which the shareholders of the mills should not be deaf. If they can do nothing to save the industry Western Electric Leads At Displacing Labor (By Carl Haessler.) Chicago.âA single new machine that winds loading coils for telephone cables floes all the work and more of five machines ..recently scrapped at the Hawthorne works of the Western Electric Company. The junked machines were the latest in their line a couple of years ago. Western Electric engineers are already perfecting a machine to dis-, place the one just installed. This business of hiring high-price technicians to put expensive equipment out of date is a paying proposition for Western Electric. The new winding machine is run by a girl at ?25 a week. The five old machines were run by men at $35. Weekly labor cost of new equipment, $25; weekly labor cost of old equipment, $175; weekly saving in labor cost, $150; annual saving, $7,800. The actual saving, due to a number of factors, was $0,000. That is a single instance. Parallel cases are occurring all the time, not only in the Hawthorne plant, but all over the country. The 700 to «60 engineers at Hawthorne are paid to make such cases occur. They spend part of their time maintaing and installing equipment, but a large portion goes to the all-important problem of reducing labor costs. About $2,500,000 is saved annually in labor costs, it is figured by engineers familiar with the work. Over $200,000 was saved by installing the conveyor or straightlin common sense would suggest that sembly system in one department PURCHASE 'Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands. not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price for first-class (arable) land Is JS per acre, and second- class {grazing) land J2.50 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands Is given In Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory or Industrial sites on timber land not exceeding 40 a^-res may be purchased or leased, the conditions Including payment of stumpage. HOMESITE LEASES Lnsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesltes, conditional upon a dwelling being erected In the first year, title being obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions are fullfllled and land has been surveyed. LEASES For grazing and Industrial purposes areas not exceeding 840 acres may be leased by one person or a company. GRAZING Under, the Grazing Act the Province Is divided Into gracing districts and the range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are Issued . based on numbers ranged, priority being given WBStabllshed owners. Stock owners may form associations for range management. Free, or partially free, permits are available for settlers, campers and travellers, up to ten heiid. CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN , LABOR COLLEGE The National Czccho-Slovakian trade union centre will open a trade union college during the present year. Premises are already being secured for larger and smaller halls, a general meeting room and a chemical laboratory, l!>> which students may make researches. In autumn fortnightly and monthly courses will In* organized. There will .be a. trade union school lasting for ten months they should allow others to try. If the workers are to be called on to shoulder the cost of mismanagement it is common fairness to give them a chance to rectify it. This is the real question at issue. If the strikers win the restoration .of the old wages, they win the responsibility of showing that they can be paid. And that being the case, every shareholder and every friend of New Bedford should wish them success. Mr. Paul Blanshard, waiting in the New Republic for May 2,1, found that the sympathy of the city, represented by its press, churches';'fi'fid other organizations, was largely with the strikers, and this, attitude has not markedly changed in spite of some untoward incidents. When the mills decided to open, there was picketing; a local magistrate, Judge Millikan, decided that a group of pickets constituted a common-law riot, and at his direction some 500 men and women were arrested and arc under bail for trial. Most of these are members of the Textile Mills Committee, which claims to have $500,000 tied up in bail bonds. Mayor Ashley granted a permit to the Textile Mills Committee for a parade, which he later revoked; and in fear lest it take place in defiance of his orders, he assembled an auxiliary police force from other cities. Rain on the day appointed for the parade caused its postponement. In view of the type of officer usually- sent on foreign service, New Bedford may be thankful at escaping a tragedy such as that of Lawrence, in 1919. Nevertheless there have been grievous incidents. Pinto, head of thejpeal Textile Mills Committee, after numerous arrests, was horribly beaten up in jail. A barber named Prates, strike sympathizer, on his own property, was beaten up by a police lieutenant. Alphonse Lamcir- as, while waiting for a car in front of'the station house from which he had just been released on bail, was ordered to move on, and when he tried to explain, was haled back into the station, beaten and thrown again into his cell. Rut.these cases, it must be said, are few in consideration of the fact that 27,000 men are on strike. It is greatly to their credit that New Bedford does not look like a stricken city. It is always a pleasant place in the summer, with its long waterfront and hinterland of open country. There are fishing and gardening. Strike relief, which comes from locals of the American Federation of Labor, from the Workers' Relief, the Emergency Committee for Strike Relief, and from citizens, has been fairly adequate; but in a few weeks the good summer weather will be over and relief funds must be stretched to cover fuel and warm clothing. The money collected by the United Textile Workers is turned over to the Citizens' Relief Committee, which pays it out in strike.benefits as directed by the council. $3.00 per Year Both the present style handset tele phone instrument and the new desk set are now on the endless chain. That means more men out of a job and a smaller number of girls at lower wages hired in their place. Sociologically it usually means the head of a family on the street while the daughter he might otherwise be sending to high school takes his place in the electric works. The average wage of the 24,000 Hawthorne employees, including all the high salaried ones, is under $25 a week. The engineers who plan day by day to drive the other employees off the payroll get more than â anybody et9C'"except the big executives. The Western Electric engineer-* not only displace fellow worked in their own industry. Their inventions and improvements push workers out of other fields also. The ' present controversy between the union musicians of Chicago and the movie houses has as one of its causes the growing use of moviephones. In the smaller theatres throughout the country either the vitaphone or the movietone <is supplanting human orchestras. Both of these mechanical music-makers are Western Electric products. Over 5,000 are already in use, though their mechanical development is still in its infancy. They are not sold but licensed, so they can be called in as the progress of improvements warrants. The movietone is outdistancing the vitaphone because of its technical superiority. The vitaphone requires extra rehearsing to get the music, which is put on a disc record, synchronized with the production of the picture. The movietone records pictures and music on the same film. The sounds are reproduced through photo-electric calls and amplifiers. So drastic has been the general reduction of labor forces at Hawthorne that the Western Electric has reversed its old policy and is manufacturing the music machines instead of simply working out the patents. The i saving in floor space makes this feasible. Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults Hours: 8:30 to . 5:30 Saturday!, 8:30 to 1 p.m. "Best Designed ami Strongest Constructed I'nulls on the Pacific Coast" Private rooms for use of box-holders. B. C. Mining Building Pender at Homer Street We are Celebrating Our 17th Anniversary .BIG REDUCTIONS ON EVERYTHING DOMINION FURNITURE CO. 1082âGRANVILLE STREETâ1082 â¢â¢THE HOUSE OF FRIENDLY CREDIT" 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 BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3995 HASTINGS STREET EAST * Hlfrli. 180 Glen. 384 Night Call: Glen. 423, Carl. 299V3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT 500,000 TEE* PER BAY SEE US FOR SPECIALS BUNGALOWS RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" % We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Ont hy First Moll After Receipt of Yonr Order . CORNER CORDOVA AND CARRALL VANCOUVER, B. C. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Your PARTY or SOCIAL is NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 36 Lady So Mean Office-Cleaner (describing in the your, and in nililition, series of | lectures will from time to time he. 'her employer): 'Mean',' my dear! arranged for individual trade union' Mean! Why, he's that mean that he branches, ^owns. and als the TEAMSTERS' UNION READY FOR BIG CONVENTION Marking the twenty-fifth milestone since its organization, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Stablemen and Helpers are preparing a great anniversary observation at Cincinnati on October 1, which will be attended by officials and active members of the organization from all sections of the United States and Canada, Functions in connection with the observance will be presided over by Daniel Tobin, international president since 1907. When Tobin assumed ihe-office;: .the* membership of the union totaled approximately 25,000. During his term in office, and under his able leadership it has been stepd- -ily increased until today it numbers nearly 100,0*00 Wnrkirig under much I improved working conditions. Birt Showier will attend he con- | vention as delegate from the Joint i Council of Teamsters composed of and S. larger wouldn't, give a cup of 'water to a Milk Salesmen, Taxi Drivers : ilruwiiirijr'.mwh !*' Chauffeursâââ "' British Scientists in Soul Controversy Has man a soul? There is nothing new about that question. It has been debated, with more heat than light, perhaps, for a few thousand years. Now it is dividing the eminent members of the British Association for the Advancement of Scienceâ the very citadel of heavy thinking. One year ago* Sir Arthur Keith, then just elected president of the association, in an address to* his reientific colleagues said that the idea of « human soul as distinct from the body is a relic of ignorant ages, and the hope of â¢immortality a dream. Sir ArthutisMi'^&y^iiBitix'e-^fmir. it, and would notadm.it the possibility of error. '', Last week, Sir Arthur introduced â his successor/ Sir William Bragg, the ne.wly elected president of the association. > â In his inaugural/address. Sir Wil- . liam proceeded to contradict nearly everything his predecessor had said. He declared that man has a soul, presumptively capable of going on living after the death of the_ body; and that the mission of science is not to destroy the soul, but "to keep soul and body together." He held that science and religion are not incompatible. The scientific audience cheered, the more willingly, perhaps, because Sir Arthur Keith was on the platform to hear his? theories flouted. Bragg is a noted chemist and physicist, a winner of the Nobel prize, and the discoverer of a new method of measuring electrons. He is the author* of a popular exposition nf-the "flew chemistry, "The ..Nature trf-Tliings". Keifh is probably one of the three or four foremost anthropologists of the world. So whichever side you care to take in this ancient controversy, here 'is ' eminent scientific authority to sup- I port you.â-Labor. Friday, September 21, 1028 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory Why Attend the Union Meetings Vancouver Trades and Labor Councilâ President, J. Thomson; general secretary, Percy R. nenBOiiffh. Office. 803 Holden BldB.. 16 Hastings E. Phone Sey. 7195. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. Beverage Dispensers* Union No. (37'"â Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m.. Hoom 818 Holden Bldg. Prealdent, W. H. Clam-v; Secretary and BuBtnesa Airent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Hoom 14. Flack Block. Phonen: Soy. 47.18 and Bay. 1666-B. Hours t 9 to 1,3 a.m. \nBrldgre St Structural Iron Workers, Local 97, Int. Asso.âMeets every Monday. Boom 804, Holden Bide, at 8 p.m. President, VV. L. Yule, 5821 Ar- (tyle St.; Secretary., P. Laiiret, Box .102. City, Phone fair. 2I08L. Buliding* Trades Council. Vancouverâ Moeta second and fourth Tuesday in Holden BulldlnK. President. B. *H. Morrison; Secretary - Treasurer, W.i Page, Room 815,'Holden Bldg.; Phone, Sey. 7195. Barbers' Journeyman'International Union of Americaâ-Local 120. meets second and fourth Tuesdays in* each month, In Room 310, Labor, Hall, 111 Hastings East. President. Fred Dawe: â¢ Sec.-Treas., C. E. Herrett, Office, 81*1 Holden Bldg. - ; Millwrights' Local 1638âConstruction and OperatingâMeets second and fourth Wednesdays In Holden Bldg .1. H. Campbell, President; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec*.; J. Murray L're, Rec. See. â Box 127. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, Local 348, of I.A.Vis.B. St M.P.M.O â -Meets first* Friday In each month at 11:30 p.m. in the Holden Bldg. President. J. R. Foster;- Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, .Box 345. Business Phone. Sey. 3923. Musicians' Mutual Protective * Union, Local 145, A. P. of M.âMeets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, E. C, Miller; Recording Secretary, W. Edmunds; Financial. Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher, all .at 991 Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and PaperhangerB, Local 138âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at ill Hastings St. E. President, H, Edwards; Rec. Sec, A. 15. Varnli, 1442 Clark Dr.; Business ' Agent, A. H, Hodge. Office, Room 812, ID Hastings St. E. Phone Sey. 3009. Bookbinders' Local No. 105, Int. BrotherhoodâMeets second Tuesday in month at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bldg., 603 Has- | tings W. President, G. Low, 61â53rd, Ave. W.j Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. . Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and *Doc"i Builders, Local No. 2404âMeets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hast- iiigH St. V. President, R. McDonald; James Thomson. Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union No. 1âMeets second and fourth 'Wednesday, in the Holden Bldg. President, G. E. Halliday; Secretary, W, S. Dagnall. 1244â20th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 81511. J. II. Riley, Fin. Sec, 5884 Inuerriess St. Camp and Mill Workers Pederal Labor Union No. 31âVancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8, p.m., at 544 Powell St. E. President, II. Miyazawa; Secretary, K. Tsuyukl. . Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local -462âPresident. J. O Smith; Financial Secretary, R. W Hatley; Business Agent. W. Hargreaves. office. Room 809 Labor Hall. Pi Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Plasterers, Local 89âOperative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International AssociationâMeets flrst and third Wednesday in nionlli at' Hidden Building. President. Wm. Broomliead, Secretary, A. Hurrv, 861â34th Ave. B., Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary. J. 'Keillor, 181â53rd Ave E., Phone Fraser 487L. Plumbers and International II Steamflttors, No. 170, AssociationâMeets ev- ecoml ami fourth Friday In the in HUlg. President, R. Simpson; .Secretary anil Business Agent, W. Watt, 81.1 Holden Building, City Hall Employees' Associationâ 'Meets first Wednesdav of each month at 261% Hastings .East at 8 p.m. President, W. H. I.ewtlnvaite; Treasurer, W. J. Scrlbbins, 3208 Pender St. E.;* Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. , Civic Employees' Union, Local 28â- Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 2.11 '^ Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, R. N. Hogg. 1718 Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St. Electrical Workers, Local 213, International BrotherhoodâMeets every Monday at 8 p.m.. 404 Homer St. President. .1. B. Brown; Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Office. 404 Homer St. EngineersâInternational Union Steam and Operating Local 844-âMeets every Friday at 8 p.m. Room 806, Holden Bldg. President. Geo. .Pettaplece: Rec.Sec. Roy Finley; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, T. A. Ncwblgging. Office, Room 806, Holden Building. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local No. 69âMeets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Room 21.1. Labor Hall, lfi Hastings St. E. President. Max Ernberg, 2035 Qeorgie E.; Secretary. Thos. S. Kzart, 1603 40th Ave. E.. So. Vancouver. Railway .Carmen of America, Lodge No. 68âMeets first and third Friday in month at Cotillion Hal), Granville and Davio streets. President, H. Warde. 1102â23rd Ave. E. Secretary, J. D. Vullamv, 2215â15th Ave. E. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101âMeets K. P. Hall. 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, H. W. Speed; Recording Secretary, J. Price: Treasurer, E. G. Kermode; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local Union No, 280â-Meets second and fourth Thursdays In month in Holden Hulldlng, 16 Hastings St. E. President, A, Fisher. 1952â4th Ave. W.i Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPhcrson, 807 Holden Building, Fire Fighters, No. 18, International Association ofâMeets every month at call nf president at 25H4 Hastings E. President, N. McDonald. 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, 1329â13th Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. B. of C. St 3. Asâ Meets flrst and third Thursdays In month at Holden Building President, G. Mayne; Fin. Sec, T. H. Hamlin; Rec. Sec, W. D. Wil- son. 15.15â5th Ave. W, Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 802, InternationalâMeets first and third Fridays In month at Holden Building. President. C. Lnwson, 1832 3rd.Ave. W. Fin. Sec, J. A. Barring- ton, 4293 Wolwyn Street. Business Agent, A. McEwan. Phone Sey. 7495. Botel and Restaurant, Employees and Marine Cooks St stewards, Local 28â 4 11 Sevmour St., meets second Monday each month nt 3 p.m., last Mon-, day at 9 p.m. President. Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent. J. Cumming. Phone Sey. 125. Ladles' Auxiliary, Local 171 âUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters* â Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month In 810 Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President. Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary. Elizabeth J Hope. 11.18 Seymour St. Phone Sey. 9074L. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union,. Local 207âMeets' second and fourth Mondays in month at Room 209, Holden Bldg. W. Fontaine. Secretary. 1828 Commercial pr. Phone High. 3169R. Machinists' Locol 692âPresident, Thos. Sills, 1352 Burrard St.; Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East, Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays ln 'month. Shingle Weavers, Local 17813âMeets second Tuesday In month in Room No. 2, Labor Temple, New Westmin Rter, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m., in Room 313, Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President. J. Stevenson; Secretary, .1. N. Chute. 1163 Pender E., Phone High. 1982-V. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local No. 178âMeetings held first Thursday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month in Labor Hall. President. Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. 10. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 466âMeets every 2nd nnd 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.; Secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. Theatrical" Stage Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. & M.P.M.O. âMeets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday fn month, at 9:30 a.m. Presldont, Walter Copp; Secretary, H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, A. Harrington: Address P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 226âPresident, C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro: Secretary-Treasurer. R. II. Neeiands, 804 Hidden Bldg. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. In Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Vancouver Mailers, Local No. 70âSleets flrst Tuesday In each month, 6:30 p.m., In Room 804, Holden Building. 16 Hastings St. E. President. A. R. C. Holmes, 6439 Cypress St ; Sec.-Treas., II. E. R. Fader, 27,18 Oxford St. Phono High. 4110R. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, Looal 464âMeets second and fourth Fridays In Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President, J. A. Parry: Secretary - Treasurer, Birt Showier; 2841 Triumph.' Phone High. 5337. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local , Xo. ' 1699-^-Affiliated with Onited Brotherhood of Carpenters ,t Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays In Room 213, Holden Bldg. President, J. W. Mcltuifs. Secretary-Treasurer, H. (1. Avery, 7964 -Montcalm Street. Phone Marpole 6,4 8 It. . * WOMEN'S AUXILIARY No. 75 to Vancouver Typographical Union meets first Thursday of each month, in the Vancouver Women's Building, 762 Thurlow Street. President, Mrs. B. J. Tramper, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Sec- . retary, Una A. Pettiniecc. 1846 Balaclava Road. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council 14|EETS second Thursday In encll al rfionlh. President. S. D. McDonald. Box 268. Secretary, Frank D.rry. Box 498. Prince ftupert, B.C. Object OW Contract Voronto,âOrganized street «ar employees rejected the company's offer do renew their presetit agreement. The vote was 1,633 to 677. By H. W. BROWN, General Vice- i President, Machinists' International Doubtless there is no appeal more frequently heard within the halls of trade unions than the plea for members to attend meetings. IsV.it possible this plea has fallen on deaf ears; do not those appealed to understand that a trade union meeting is the source .from which springs the Union's prestige and influence s'o necessary to" fretting results and benefits for the membership? The need for regular attendance at union meetings should not be difficult to understand, especially when the very purpose of unionism is to enable wage earners of a trade or calling to work collectively for benefits that cannot be obtained by individual effort. It must, therefore, follow that since collective actionâ collective bargainingâis the cornerstone of trade unionism, the success of any union is not measured by the number of names appearing on the membership roll, but rather by that portion of the membership who, collectively, are giving attention to the affairs of their union. When members say they do not have time to attend union meetings, is it because they are busy with fraternal organization work, or pursuing some hobby? Since the world recognizes that the working and living standards for wage earners and the future of their children are dependent upon the strength and influence of the labor movement, can [ the inactive trade unionists truly say they are justified in setting aside their trade union obligations for some other diversion or pasttime? And does it not follow that just in proportion as trade unionists neglect their duties, they in a large measure are responsible for the reverses and disappointments which retard the growth of organized labor? Every member of organized labor possesses some talents that can be beneficially applied within the movement. Many who seldom attend meetings are, gifted in a manner'that would give proper touch to a trade union meeting; they have ability to encourage and inspire and to offer timely thought and a helping hand, anil because of their absence, their union suffers' a severe loss. Should inactive trade unionists be stock-holders in some manufacturing or selling concern, and such an enterprise hold monthly meetings to enable its stockholders to learn the business handled each month, review the financial statements and be privileged to offer suggestions intended to bring greater returns on their investment, there is no question but that every stock-holder would be present at each meeting. Has it ever occurred to the inactive trade unionist that his union is a business institutionâeach , member owning one share of stock antl when properly functioning his union pays larger dividends than any other business concern? In addition to the monthly dues necessary to retain that share of stock and maintain their union so the members thereof can bargain collectively to improve working conditions and their lot in life, the trade unionist makes a further investment. In his industry he invests his labor power which is the worker himself and which cannot be measured by dollars and cents. In passing it mey be well to record that each year among those who invest their labor power on the industrial field of the United States 35,000 die of accidents and occupational diseases and 2,600,000 suffer accidents of more than two weeks duration, of which the United States Secretary of Labor, James J. Davis, has officially declared that 85 per cent, are preventable. It is hard to comprehend just why a trade unionist can be indifferent" to his duty, with so much at stake and the fact that his trade union is the only agency through which he can work for economic improvement. It is puzzling, indeed, to note that laziness or that nonessentials and frivolous matters are permitted to interfere with this all important trade union activity. Does he ever question himself on what would happen if all members were recorded on the inactive list? Can he not understand that every point gained either in shop conditions, hours, wages and social legislation, would come to naught were it not for the work of those whole hearted loyal, active members who are overburdened because the inactives are not carrying their end of the load? When considering the accomplishments pf jjr^ gnhized labor as a result of the Ict'ivity of a small minority of' its membership, it is hut a mathematical problem" to visualize the improvo- niients .we could be enjoying if ea<;h member gave fully of his, time arid talents to his union in" its mission for a fuller measure of justice in the industry wherein we invest our labor âour very lives. If in a local union of one hundred members, there are from ten to twenty attending the semi-monthly meetings, is there any doubt of the reason for the snail pace traveled by this unit of the labor movement? Empty chairs will not encourage tlfe local officers and although the absentees do not intentionally harm their union, nevertheless, they do it a great injury. * Now paint a picture of 90 or possibly 100 members of this same local union present at business meetings; the result is enthusiasmâinspiration -to do tilings. This creates an atmosphere that will develop increased activity; the more gifted and capable members will gladly accept duties for making contact with the nonunionists. Such activity will stamp sincerity of purpose and determination on every task the union undertakes and it will automatically grow as if by magicâ all because the .inactive trade unionists have passed out of the picture and have taken their places in the halls of trade unions. In this new picture representing jammed meeting halls there will follow that which w arc striving forâsuccess. OUR MEAT PIES will make your picnic more enjoyable THE ESTHER BAKERY 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST HIGHLAND 1309 R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Glen 370 4099 Hastings St. E. More Light On / Insurance Profits Stocks of the 25 leading fire and casutlay insurance companies are selling at an average of $530 per share. They were up to §(ilti per share before the "June drop"; but right now, they still stand 72 per cent, higher than in January, 1927. Gilbert Eliot & Co., specialists in bank and insurance stocks, explain why they are selling so high: "During the period 1918-1927,. a representative group of fire and casualty insurance stocks showed an average gain to shareholders of 55 per cent, per year, including market appreciation and dividends. "Such companies as Globe it Rutgers, Providence-Washington and North River Insurance showed average gains of 118 to 182 per cent, per year during the same period." Average profits of 55 per cent, a year on a matter like insurance are plain extortion; but- the insurance lobby has such a firm grip on governmentâexecutive and legislativeâ that there is little hope for relief. However, it will do no harm to occasionally call the victims' attention to the way they are being "stung." President Calles Not To Ask For Re-election In a statement which should live for many years in Mexican memory, President. Calles has renounced all ambition to be re-elected to office as successor to the murdered General Obregon. In strong and solemn words, he urges his country not to turn again to dictatorship, which has been the curse of Mexico for so many years, but to proceed by orderly process of representative government. Both by what he said, and by the decision which he announced, he has shown himself a genuine patriot. It! remains to be seen whether the country will prove able to take hisi advice. The army, which' in the past! has been a source of danger in times like these, gives evidence "of being! loyal to th eCalles regime. The pblit-| ieal influence of organized labor seems at present to be waning some what, but in any case the Crom is disinclined to support any selfish adventurer. Relations with the United States are better -than* in years, and the religious quarrel seems to be oti the way to a compromise which will at least afford "modus vivendi." If Mexico can get through the next few critical weeks in safety, the skies ahead arc brighter than they have ever been. Fairmont 1000 CHEAMO wagm on EVEBY street EVERY morning marriag? rillc has been in vogue for many years, the argument of the employers being that most of the -girl workers are too young to marry and, if they do so, their value to factory work is greatly depreciated, Pacific Absolutely Pure A man who has had 20 years' experience canning milk ip immensely impressed with the thoroughness of our sterilization. We have brought sterilization up to the highest point of efficiency and made it one of the factors which guarantees the absolute purity of Pacific Milk. .. Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner, B. C. Pacific Milk 328 Drake Street Vancouver, B. c. WIN RIGHT TO MARRY TOKYO.âA strike of working girls in'a large Japanese textile factory won" a momentous victory including "freedom of marriage" and free baths every day.' The right of girl employees to marry has long been a bone of contention between workers and manufacturers. The strike came about when the owners of the Tokyo Muslin Company attempted to enforce to the letter their rule against romance. ,Th^rtustonx*^-,<;nfojttin*g, thtv^ntkLllajfel.iStates Employees' Compen FEDERAL COMPENSATION IS PROVING A SUCCESS The Longshoremen's * and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, put through the United States Congress by organized labor, has given superb results during the first year of its operation. In that time, 31,810 nonfatal cases have been handled, and 178 death claims; a total of 31,988. This does' not include some minor cases, not reported. Compensation paid during the year totaled $1,360,472. It is estimated* that the awards will cost about double that sum by the time all the payments have been made. Only 14 of all these cases have been appealed to the courts. Ten * are still pending. The act is administered by-thei sation Commission. Home la not such a bad pnrking place after all. Yet- your number may be taken by friend wife. .;..-. ..* THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, September 21, l'->28 the Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watte, Man. Editor. PIIES8 COMMITTEE Chairman Wm. Page (Carpenters), W. Watt (Plumbers;, P. K. Bengough (Machinist*-^, Tim Hanofln (Beverage Dlspeneem), R. H. Neelanda (Typo, graphical), Geo.' Gerrard (Theatrical), W. Deptford (Street Rallwaymen), Blrt Showier (Dairy Employees). Phone Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Friday, Sept. 21, 1928 Committee Working on Labor Temple Plan MORE CAMOUFLAGE A local paper, in an editorial, makes the statement "the vacant areas in practically eVery province in Canada are CRYING OUT for development." This is a fair statement of a matter that is supposed to be so evident that no one would think of questioning it. Like many other fictitious ideas, it has been repeated so loudly and so often that those who accept their ideas ready- made swallow it like a^fish taking a wooden minnow. Areas of land, whether vacant or tilled or built up like Granville street, do not "cry out." Land does not talk; a vacant quarter section in the Nechaco Valley does no more complaining over its vacuity than an equal area of the Gulf of ' Georgia. The Nechaco quarter section has managed to "tough it out" since the last Ice Age, possibly forty thousand years ago, without deserting or in any material way changing its size, form or location. Poets have written of the whispering winds, and the American Indians have called some pliice "talking waters," but no poet, even when drunk, or an Indian in the hea^ of a war dance, has even thought that he heard a quarter section trying to talk. We must, therefore, conclude that the thing doesn't happen, and that it is some bird of the genua Homo variety that is -doing the "crying out." If we ask what particular class or group of Canadians have this wild desire to have the noisy quarter section occupied, we very quickly find it is not the wage working class. We have for forty years watched our government put settlers on the land, nnd for every one family that it has induced to come to Canada and take up farming it has put twenty-six families into the wage labor market. Like all other people, the wage worker does not like undue competition in his field, and so lie actually dreads any land settlement scheme. The farmer already on the land is not doing any roaring. , The Fraser Valley milk producers arc making combs and brush backs and picture frames from their surplus milk, and they do not want another man in the business. The Okanagan fruit grower cannot get rid of the fruit already grown, and is not in the mental state to expect to cure his troubles by adding to the surplus from which they arise. Notwithstanding a popular municipal fiction to tho contrary, the farmer does not like competition any better than a corner grocery man, or an evening paper. The farmer and the wage worker eliminted, we then have the trader, the professional class and the money lender, as the people so widely desirous of having the vacant land occupied. At this point we would like to suggest that these people are not precluded by any statute from answering the "cry" which they claim to hear from the vacant land. We feel, however, that our land settlement scheme will not be giv<en the same general endorsement as that of General McRae a few months .ago, for the group or class who are so anxious to have our land settled would prefer to plunder the land settler than to settle land. Canada is controlled by three groups, named, the trader, the professional man and the money lender. As showing how these people love farmers we would point ou that the government taxes the machine with which the farmer cuts his hay at double the rate charged on the machine which cuts the edges of this valuable journal. Leather for ham ess pays a duty 50 per cent, higher than leather for factory machine belting. A farm windmill is taxed at 20 per cent., but the machinery for the New York interests to operate the Flin Flon mine comes, in free. The farmer, living 20 miles from town, is taxed on the car which he uses to bring his produce ka marljet -_aWl take his children t-rschboC alrul on the gas that he burns' at the same rate as the gentleman who runs a car for pleasure. And we give his children a new Normal School grad- A report from the Labor Temple^ Building Commi£|ee, favoring~an assessment of 30c (per month per member for the year of 1929 for the purchase of property and erection of a suitable building for union offices and halls, was referred back for further consideration. Some delegates were of the opinion that, the rate should be adjusted so that the lower paid workers should pay less than those receiving higher pay. Others thought that a more definite plan, covering costs of property and building, possible rentals and amount of space required should first be presented to the council. Other delegates contended that all this was in the hands of the committee and all that was now needed was an expression of intention to support the move to build a Labor Temple. The present quarters are neither large enough nor satisfactory and inasmuch as the unions desired downtown quarters it was necessary to move quickly .as downtown property was taking big jumps upward. The committee's suggestion of one penny a day assessment was not going to entail any hardship upon the membersship, said a delegate, because if they did not get a -building of their own sooner or la^pr the rents fpj-^halls would incre^Se and each local union would have to meet those increases by raising their dues. U. S. City Insisted On Adequate Wage Business is learningâand not as slowly as might be supposedâthe lesson that increasing wages mean increasing absorption of the growing output of industry, and that wage cutting and pinching is bad for everyone, business as much as any other element in national life. J. C. Royle, business" "writer for the Consolidated Press, which is a national "interpretive" news gathering organization, has just sent to the papers served by that organization a story illuminating this point. "A high rate of wages," says Royle, "is an estimable asset instead of a dangerous liability to any industrial district, according to business men of Northern Ohio. The cities of Youngs- town and Niles have agreed to pay a contractor $28,000 additional on his agreement in order to secure the payment of a higher wage to the workers which the contractor employs. These workers will be engaged in erecting a dam for a new water supply for the two cities. The Mahoning Valley is determined to maintain its claim that it pays the highest wage of any industrial district in the United States. When A. J. Guthrie secured the contract for erection of the dam with a bid of $886,799, common labor was offered 30 cents an hour. This was 14 cents lower than the minimum obtained in the district, which has a monthly pay roll in its steelmills of $7,000,000. Thtylistrict rose in arms to demand a higher rate, but the Guthrie Company asserted that it could get 30-cent labor and declined to pay the higher rate. Then the Mahoning Valley sanitary district, a political subdivision formed to handle the development of the water supply, agreed to pay the difference of $28,000, which would give the common laborers 50 cents an hour. This action was held illegal, and after some talk about raising the funds by public subscription, the contractors agreed to assume the cost themselves. The local rates in the Mahoning Valley in general are 70 cents an hour for common labor in construction work, 50 to 65 cents for common labor in the steel mills, and 44 cents an hour on railroad section Work. Says Labor Radio is Progressive Venture ^J!^edar_Jiapids, It.âAt a conven- fiolTTielclhere by the Iowa State Council of the United Brotherhood of j Carpenters and Joiners of America WCFL, labor's radio broadcasting station, was commended as a progressive undertaking and the union carpenters throughout the state of1 Iowa were urged to give labor's sta- j tion full support, and ; co-operation. | Furthermore, attention was invited j to the fact that the organized farm- ers of Iowa have pledged one dollar! per member per annum to help to maintain and to enlarge the scope of WjCFL. A resolution which also called attention to the publicity value of the labor radio to the organized workers and farmers, and which was offered by Anton Johannsen, business representative of Chicago District Council of Carpenters, embodies all of the aforenamed points as to the benefits to be realized through WCFL. Edward N. Nockels, secretary of the Chicago'Federation of Labor and general manager of WCFL, was immediately informed of the action of the convention. Timely Appeal Made to Support WCFL In the following resolution, as adopted by the Iowa State Cot cil of Carpenters; a timely and well conceived appeal is made to support and promote WCFL, labor's radio station: WHEREAS, The vast accumula- 6'/2% With Safety An International Bond *^ MOMTO-Al COÂ«. ^ CSKACO tOK.0 O* I RlCt fclttNIPCO &RAIM VANCOUVER OMit* VAN; (Xi. I n .,a. ISTATt a-, i>-. i. ,.« â .'.. v. â¢ ... t -i i; tAHCduvtN JTUCA VlClmiA STOCK WINâ.PIG ITOCH 8CATILC SKCA STOO, Ask mil* lliinil Department particular Yielding over. â¢ 6'/:>'â¢?â¢ Secured by assets five times over. Actual earnings over 5.10 times requirements. Additional guarantees of interest pro- ; vide three-fold security. Desirable ciinversion features. '-â¢*â¢' These Bonds May be Purchased on Our PARTIAL PAYMENT, PLAN this issue and for circular mi of our PLAN*. Please send me particulars of your Partial Payment Plan Name.. Address.. R. P. CLARK & CO. (Vancouver), Ltd. INVESTMENT BANKERS 823 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B. C. Opening Date 5 Day SchoolâSept. 17th Evening SchoolâOct. 1st = Offering courses in Drawing iinil I'liiiitin***, lii-sign. <''>iiim**ri*i;il Art. Archi- ZZ tectum, Modelling, Pottery. Lettering iiiul Illumination, Leatherwork and â Embroidery, Ftug-wcaving, SE tain that the workers are the best customers of the retailers and that a high wage is preferable to a l^-rotoS when the prosperity of £he entire district is taken into consideration. Many of the employers at the industrial plants do not dispute this contention. Oliver, the office boy, had been somewhat rude and the boss had to call him down. "Hove you any excuse for speaking so impolitely'.'" he asked. "Yes, sir," said Oliver; "I forgot that I wasn't talking over the phone." _tor-«l*arges-h ini slY'tuTs" per mile to make him wish he lived in town. The more we analyze this cry of the vacant land, the more apparent it â¢ becomes that the fleas want more dog. lllu.strati.-il urn riiis free on application ii Hamilton Street: Seym School Board offiV r ITti". Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllll tion of scientific knowledge and the j IMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlim ever growing number of inventions, £ = appliances, and new methods result- IS'tr -n i â r i-v a â¢ = ing therefrom, and = Vancouver School of Decorative = WHEREAS, These inventions and g * i * i â¢ s a new methods are continuously rev'o- = Clflfl A ntlllPn â¢ A t*t^ Unionizing industry and are creating = "11U *^PP*UCU* "r1*1 -*--***â¢' ToZ^uftZm^rS. pTob: I A DAY AND EVENING SCHOOL lent, and WHEREAS, If the working people are to maintain the freedom that they have secured through organization, and are to march on to a more abundant life, they must have ready access to the means and methods for dissemination.of information, and the imparting of knowledge, and WHEREAS, The Radio stands out as one of the most scientific* mechanisms in dispensing information and knowledge throughout the world, and WHEREAS, The Chicago Federation of Labor owns and controls :i Labor Broadcasting station, known as "The Voice of Labor," its call letters being WCFL, and this station serves both labor and farmers, and WHEREAS, The organized farmers of Iowa have pledged $1.00 per member per annum to help maintain and to enlarge on the scope of Labor's Broadcasting Station, therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Iowa State Council of Carpenters commend this progressive enterprise to the interest nnd consideration of Union Carpenters throughout, the State of Iowa, to give WCFL our full co-operation and Support, and be it further '. RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Mr. E. N. Nockels, Secretary of the1 Chicago Federation, of Labor, 623 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111. MELLON HAS HAND IN BIG LIGHTING MERGER New York.âThe United Light & Power Company has acquired control of the American Light & Traction Company. The assets of the two corporations are above $522,- 000,000. The Mellons are the principal stockholders. The United Light & Power, through a subsidiary, owns the Brooklyn Borough Gas, with a perpetual franchise. Three corporations, therefore, the Consolidated Gas, the Brooklyn Union Gas, and Business men of the district mainâf-the United Light & Power, now have a monopoly of furnishing gas and current to nearly 6,000,000 people. The Mellon interests are a big factor in all three. It is expected that the three will be rolled into one within a few months, unless halted by a suit. The women have taught us the futility of putting off tomorrow the thing they can put off today. They have. discovered that brevity is the soul of IT. They select their clothes for what they get out of them. Women's clothes nowadays uncover a multitude of shins. She has curtailed her costume to the point where all uate each' year for a teacher, and if she has left that she could leave off he or his-family-are^Hh^jit*]^ on her windshield and the habit iif smoking cigarettes. Think of the millions of poor worms that work hard all their lives and die before their time, that women may be partly clad with silk and men entirely with confusion. Laborer Goes To Death For Brother How two members of City and County Laborers Union No. 722, at Los Angeles, met their death, one of them in a heroic attempt to save the life of the other, is told by the Los Angeles Citizen. Joseph Lc Roi lowered himself through a manhole into a sewer to a depth of twenty-five feet to make an inspection. Louis DeKonendk, a fellow inspector and a fellow unionist of Le Roi, when Le Roi failed to signal to be drawn up, immediately followed.' knowing that Le Roi must have been overcome by gas. A truck driver, who was present when DeKonendk went down, reported the situation and the lire department responded and brought up the bodies of both men. A fireman who went down protected by a gas mask was almost overcome before he could' attach lines to the two bodies, and it was only after he had been taken to a hospital that the fireman was resuscitated. The Los Angeles Citizen declares that the incident exemplifies one of the noblest impulses of human nature and that DeKonendk proved himself truly heroic. He was one of the, charter members of the union and was always active in its affairs, never missing a meeting and always giving of his time for the advancement of the organization. Efforts to locate any relatives failed, though it was said he had spoken of a sister living in Canada. His body was laid to rest in Hollywood cemetery, the Masonic order conducting the funeral.âNorthwest Laborer., He Learned Something The real estate agent is endeavor ing to interest a fair prospect in a house of her own. "Why not," says he, "purchase a home?" "Home?" says she. "I'll say not. Why I couldn't use one. I was born in a hospital, educated in a college, courted in an automobile, married in church; we live on delicatessen out of a paper bag, spend the mornings on the golf links, the afternoons over a bridge table, the nights in a jazz palace or at the movies. And when â¢I die, I'm going to be buried from the undertakers. Say, all I need is a garage, with maybe u bedroom ab.ove it." , It's a longtime since we've seen' a robust doctor. y* ' ' Four Billions Spent In 1928 Construction More than four billion dollars have been expended for construction operations of all types in the United Slates from the opening of this year to August 1, according to statistics just compiled by the Associated General Contractors of America. The figures, based on actual shipments of construction material, show the volume of operations carried on during the first seven months of this year to be three per cent, greater than the total recorded for the corresponding period of 1927. The volume of work handled during July was the greatest ever recorded for that month of the year. It was last month's large volume,/ following the record-breaking June; activities, that enabled the total fo,r seven months to reach the l*t*gh position it occupies. July witnessed a slight decline from the lofty June level. Despite the drop, however, last month/held a position topped by only August, 1!)27, and June of this year. The large volume of contracts recently awarded indicates tnat the present rapid pace held by construction activities will be continued for several weeks to come, it is stated. A scale which places th<<S 1913 average at 100 as its basis/shows the index number for July/to be 237, as compared with the mark of 221 recorded for the ^corresponding month of 1927. Index numbers for7 other months of the current yea/ are: January, 126; February, 124; March, 137''; April, 164; May, 186, and June, 244. Forget the Forget the Forget the Forget the UES sla/ider you have heard hqsty, unkind word; larrel and the cause, hole affair, because Forgetting As the only way. Forget the/storm of yesterday, Forget the chap whose sour face Eorgcts/o smile in any place; Forget to ever get the blues, But ^l/n't forget to pay your dues. In the "Journeyman Barber. f' remember," confesses Bill Sxorey, "I remember away back /«het it was good style to cool your coffee or tea by pouring it out into a saucer." Shucks! That's nothing. Wc remember when they cooled it by blowing on â it, after it had been poured into the saucer. ''riday, September 2, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five DOUGLAS New Method Triple Suction Plates ^Phone*, Seymour 14 60 for appointment -tEJoQ**. With Every Plate Goes This Guarantee Wear Douglas New Method Triple Suction Plates for three months. If you do not find them all I claim, bring them back and your money will be cheerfully refunded. These plates give perfect service and are the last word in scientific construction. .They are perfectly balanced, will not tilt or rock, and allow perfect mastication. They not only look natural, but feel natural. ! Doctor R. Llewellyn Douglas anil Associates 12 HASTINGS STREET EAST (HOLDEN BUILDING) w o f*. jrnune mgn. ***yo " SERVICE, QUANTITY AND QUALITY GUARANTEED " Q ABBOTSFORD WOOD & COAL CO., L FOR BETTER FIREWOOD, C and COAL THAT PLEASES Q Phone High. 498 SPOKANE WORKS KEEPS UP AND MORE IN SIGHT A continuation of building activity it Spokane promises to make this a Record season. Relations have generally been amicable, which has been , .welcome condition to both workers ^nd contractors, and owners have been pleased with the rapid pro- ress made in the building operations. It is reported that a Mount Pleasant girl broke her engagement because her shie'k stole a kiss. The trouble seems to have been that he didn't steal it from her. The real people sell their faces â a ml names for beauty testimonials. The imitation people are still doing cigarette stuff. At the bottom, trying to break in, is the constipation crowd. JSherriffs Gold Bond RARE OLD ]i<)ttCttrWhi$hy Its strength is like the hardy brawn of a rugged Highlander. It is a mellow and stimulating drink. Imperial Quarts £5.25 Reputed Quarts £3.75 This advertisement. it not published cir displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Before criticizing your wife's faults, remember that it may have been those very defects that prevented her front snatching a better husband, When one observes certain types of the new and perky generation, one is moved to repeat with the poet the line, "Oh, for the smack.of a vanished hand on the place where the spank ought to be." "We know we must toil if ever we win Some other day; But we say to ourselves, there's time to begin Some other day. And so, deferring, we loiter on, Until at last we find withdrawn The strength and hope we leaned upon Some other day." Girl "Why the gloom, Osmond not coming to the dance?" "Oh, she's coming all right, but she can't even send a telegram.without saying 'stop' after every sentence." The man who hardens his heart because he has been imposed on has no real belief in virtue, and with suitable circumstances could become the deceiver instead of the deceived, âHugh Black. BREAK RECORDS ON WORKERS' BIG DAY Records were broken at Soldiers' Field Stadium on Labor Day in Chicago. "Although tKe weather sage seemed to be somewhat peeved for not getting a day off, arid to vent his indignation sent an occasional shower while keeping down the quicksilver, the largest crowd that ever attended a Labor Day celebration, graced the Stadium. For almost 60,- 000 men, women and children enjoyed the most impressive festival ever held by organized labor in Chicago and elsewhere. That the Stadium which now accommodates 120,- 000 people, would have shown not one vacant scat, if Old Sol had appeared on the scene, was the impression gained by many. The attendance record, however, was not the only record that was smashed. Never before had a more stupendous performance -been presented. This elaborate' open air show, of absorbing interest in every detail, offered thrill after thrill. Here was a big, diversified performance that excelled in eVery particular. \nSays Ford Called Dictator's Bluff (From Los Angeles Citizen.) According to report, the erection of the Ford Motor Company plant on a site purchased a year or more ago, on Badger avenue, adjoining the bridge which leads to Terminal Island, in the harbor district, commonly designated as the Long Beach section, is now to go ahead and be rushed to completion. Originally the plans called for .a $5,000,000 investment, but it is said the sum to be expended will be nearer $10,000,000, and that actual work was expected to start within the next few weeks. The site consists of about 40 acres,, one-third being in the corporate limits of Long Beach and the remainder in Los Angeles. . . One of the reasons given for the long delay is that it was the desire of the Ford people to get production of the h~ew car up to meet the demand before starting anything else, and the claim is made that nearly 5000 per day are now being produced. In connection with this project there has been a story floating around for the delay. When Ford purchased the site, rumor has it that the would-be dictators of employment and wage conditions in this section called upon his representatives and laid the law down to 'the effect that there must be nothing doing along Ford's five-day week, and what wages were to. be paid must be scrutinized and o.k.'d by the self-appointed committee on such matters. The usual pressure was brought to bear and threats made. Notwithstanding that Ford does not deal with organized labor and -cannot be hamstringed by having the banks shut down on his loans, which he doesn't ask, or the holding up of favors, etc., it is said his representatives promptly told the busybodies where to head in. antl that Ford would run his own affairs without any help or advice from that outfit. One in the know- states that when the facts were presented to him he became miffed and ordered all arrangements held Up, which, of course, worked in nicely with his change in the model. It is even said that his agents went to Oakland and looked over a number of sites, with the possible intention of going there, where business interests are on the jump all the time to have enterprises located that have payrolls and don't try to dictate how the business shall be run, who are employed, hours worked or wages paid. This outfit has been pretty successful in the past in making manufacturing outfits walk their chalk line when anything concerning labor or wages comes up, and probably felt they could land again. Probably the Firestone or Goodrich people might give a statement as to what it has cost them to bow to such dictation if they cared to, and were sure their language would not be repeated in polite circles. Norway Workers Seek News from Labor Press Natural resources in Norway do not begin to compare with the wealth of the soil of the United States. This is one potent reason why labor in Norway receives lower wages than the workers on this side of the Atlantic. But because one gets half a loaf and the other but one-fourth, this.is no indication that the wage earner who receives the half loaf is being granted his just share. The Norwegian workers, however, are making the best of a bad situation. They are well-organized, and through their organization they have advanced in more than one, direction. The workers in Norway actually support the labor press. They pay four crowns or a little more than a dollar a month for their labor publication. They pay for it and read it because they are interested. Through their labor publications they gain information that they did not see in the other papers. They find that light is shed upon distortions of facts in the labor press. They become acquainted with economic conditions. And they are even supporting a daily labor publication, similar to the daily labor publications in England, Germany and New Zealand. In fact, they are thoroughly convinced that a dollar a month is not too much to pay for a labor publication that gives them a "breTuk," particularly as it amounts to no more than the cost of their favorite daily. Ergo, in Norway, as in a number of other .countries, the workers actually back the labor press. Anything else, they believe, would be a case of labor opposing the labor press. sey; tyst. COLD THIS MORNING? TRY *V> NANAIMO ^r WELLINGTON &rtifted, c&py â^ Leslie Coal Company limited Puzzled A chap who had been ignoring the Volstead law rolled into a cigar store and spotted a box of smokes which were shaped like the letter S. The wobbly individual gazed at the cigars from every angle and then said to the clerk: "Shay, pardner, is them cigars really bent or is it me?" Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? That parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man?âShakespeare. If you're not having a little fun every day you're missing something. _^ Always Room At a public dinner a certain Bishop was genially patronized by a millionaire. "I never got to church," the millionaire said. "Perhaps you've noticed that, Bishop?" "Yes, I have noticed it," said the Bishop gravely. "No doubt you wonder why I never go to church, don't you?" the millionaire pursued. "Well, I'll tell you why, Bishop. There are so many hypocrites there." 'Oh, don't let that keep you away!" cried the Bishop, smiling. "There is always room for one more, you know." We are shaped and fashioned by by what we love.âGoethe. Come tonight and be a kid for a night! Hastings Park, Cars 8 or 13 2:30 to 5:30 7:00 to 12:00 Narrow Escape An angry lady rushed into the marriage license bureau. In her hand she bore a license. To the clerk she said: "Did you or did you not issue this license for marrvin' me to Albert Briggs?" "Yes; I believe we did. Why?" "Well, what are you going to do about it?" she demanded, "He's escaped!" If the proposed Game Fish Committee, would only place a handicap on the majority of fishermen we know there would be some chance for us to tell "a good one." An optimist is a tourist who starts out with .poor brakes, no spare, a knock in the motor, and who wires 250 miles ahead for hotel accommodation. Hearsay Evidence That riches bring no happiness They constantly are showing; But I shall have the chance, I guess Of ever really knowing. "that's my mistake," muttered the doctor, as the undertaker drove off with the hearse. is m â - *., * 1 i .--» * * -Mi ;..-* '-J 1 ^i*»p \\\\sHr'jL" ' J.*2 n ^^^ x . ' ' **' â * «--ru^^ \n. t* â ' 1 *â¢ fe>" » ' If.' â i ! ''-â sssmi. âCOURTESY THrSUNt ...... , LYNN" CANYON AND SUSPENSION BRIDGE â « * An interesting camera study of a little known beauty spot on the North Shore, by Leonard Frapk. 4 1 J Six THE LABOR STATESMAN > ... - i Friday, September 21, 192 a Courlety Caiuiiljn C^meial tleanc Elephants THE elephant, man's mos'': intelligent helper, requires 500 pounds of green food dauy which attendants must gather. A motor cats' nothing but electricity, supplied a; thi- throw of a switch- Some day wash-tubs, old-fashioned irons, and the other houreholci and industrial tools whose work can be done much bett ;r by motonrwill. be exhibited in museumsâ along with stuffed ilophants! Electricity -s a real economy <n industry, on the farm, and in the home British Coiu^ffiifl^ELECTRicRffliw^Co. VANCOUVER jXy/ VICTORIA BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES W'E ASK all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Affiliated with American Federation of Labor 246 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. COLLIS LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE General Secretary-Treasurer Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC. IDEAL FOR PICNICS AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS., LTD. 1955 Commercial Drive Progressive Candidates Sweep Wisconsin (By DONALD RAMSEY Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. swept the Republican primary in Wisconsin last week, rolling up a majority of more than 150,000. Eight Progressive Congressmen were renominated nnd the Progressive candidates for lieutenant-governor, attorney-general, secretary of state and state treasurer were suc- cessful. But the "Stalwart Machine" succeeding in nominating Walter J. Kohler, open shop manufacturer, for governor. He defeated Congressman â¢I. D. Beck by more ..than 20,000. They also succeeded in nominating their- Congressional candidates in the fourth, fifth and seventh districts. .â¢ Kohler had the backing of â¢ the "Stalwart* Machine"; almost every daily paper in the state supported him, and he and his friends expended one of the largest slush funds ever distributed in Wisconsin. The Power Trust, directed by the Instil! interests, moved heaven and earth to help him win. Ignores Corrupt Practices Act Wisconsin has a Corrupt Practices Act which prohibits the expenditure of more than $4,000 on behalf of a candidate for governor. Congressman Beck, of course, scrupulously observed that law. The Kohler people paid no attention to it. Through committees which they organized in various sections of the state, they are known to have expended between $150,000 and $200,000. Scores of paid workers were sent out for the "Stalwart" candidate and the state was flooded with advertising and propaganda of all kinds. The managers of open-shop manufacturing plants brought pressure to bear on their employees in an effort to line them up for Kohler. Libeling "Joe" Beck The most brazen falsehoods were circulated concerning Beck and he experienced the greatest difficulty in refuting them because, to a great extent, the columns of the press were closed to him. Seymour 3168 Always Ope Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUS Late 72nd .Bat 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. ( When ln a Hurry, Drop ln at FRED'S Dairy Lunch Egg Orders Are Always "O.K." at "It's the Coffee" 72 Hastings West Always Open R WILKINSON. Put. D DUNCAN, Sn Reynolds' Cartage Co- LIMITED Phonss Seymour 3377-3378 Crating, Packing, Shipping* and Storage Furniture and i'iano Moving Long Distance Moving Poof Car Shipments Office and Warehouse! 723 â CAMBIE STREET â 722 THEATRES OE SEATTLE RAISE WAGE SCALE In accordance With an agreement entered into between the downtown union operated theatres, and the amusement trades, an increase of $5 weekly has been granted to the Stage Employees, Musicians and Motion Picture Machine Operators. The theatres granting the increase include all the theatres in the downtown district with the exception of three operated by one man, which are non-union and have been for some seven or eight years. Another group securing an increase fron*) the same theatres are the Building Service Employees, who were granted an increase of $3 per week. CARPENTERS' CONVENTION ' OPENS SEPTEMBER 29th The annual convention of the Uniteo} Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will convene at Lakeland, Florida, on September 29th. The Carpenters' Home, for which a site was purchased costing $1,000,- 000 and on which a home was erected during the past year, costing over $1,000,000, will be dedicated on September 31. The convention will be held in the home. The home; will be operated on the same principle as the Printers' Home at Colorado Springs, that is, to care for aged and needy members of the organization. . Pitiless publicity of hospital, r-aa- uaHies might reduce the number of them. â¢ â¢' * "â¢ SEATTLE STREET CAR MEN â > WANT TO RAISE $20,000 The "Days of 49" show has been in full swing at the Eagles' Auditorium since Wednesday night. It is sponsored by the Seattle Street Car Men's Union to raise funds for the entertainment of delegates to the 1929 International Convention which will be held in Seattle a year hence. Besides the good show, admission tickets entitle the holders to the drawing for door prizes, varying from Chrysler automobiles to radio sets and cash prizes. The cause is a worthy one and should be supported by the public generally. The car men expect to raise a sum of $20,000 before the convention date rolls around for the entertainment of the visitors. ._, .;- SEATTLE GETS TYPO'S 1929 CONVENTION Seattle has been chosen as the 1929 convention city by the International Typographical Union, according to word received here. The international union, in session at Charleston1, N. C,, chose Seattle over Milwaukee, the Wisconsin metropolis having made a strong bid for the meeting. The convention will bring to Seattle in September, 1929, upward of 1,000 visitors and delegates. E. H. Atkins of the Seattle delegation, headed the fight to bring the ^convention here, and was given finesup- port by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Russian Crops Are Up To Standard Every August the anti-Bolshevik press produces a fresh crop of reports of harvest failure in Russia and the imminence of the overthrow of Bolshevism by the infuriated, hunger stricken masses. But the Soviet government is still in power today, eleven years after the revolution. This year these reports have acquired a more alarmist tone than usual, and even from the official Bolshevik press it is evident that the actual"collecting of grain for Moscow and Leningrad is being accomplished with far greater difficulty than ever before. As far as we can ascertain, the actual facts about the Russian grain situation are as follows: According to the official statistics this year's harvest is rather better than last year's. Private reports describe it as average or moderateâa description which conforms for once with the official estimate. The Soviet government's difficulty, therefore, does not lie in the poorness of the harvest, but in the unwillingness of the peasant to sell his grain at Soviet prices. This difficulty has existed ever since the beginning of the Bolshevik regime. It has been tackled by Moscow in a very illogical manner, and their pol icy has been a constant "about-turn' from fixed prices and forcible grain collecting, with oppression of the richer peasants, to free trade and a .removal of all restrictions combined with a shameless coquetting with the kulaks. Nevertheless the real cause Mondism Favored By UNION CAFE,4 British Trade Unions & MERCHANT! SWANSEA, Wales.âThe British Trade Union Congress in session in this ancient Welsh city/made history last week. It ousted the Communists, whipped the "left wing" by an overwhelming majority, and voted to adopt the plan urged by Sir Alfred Mond of co-operation with employers in return for recognition of the unions as agents of the workers. In a word, British labor has turned its back squarely on â¢ revolutionary theories, designed to produce a mill- cnium at some unspecified but distant date, and has taken up the ancient trade union job of getting better wages and conditions for the workers now. The theorists are out of powec, and the old-fashioned trade unionists-hold the reins. Thomas Goes After Extremists The first clash came over a proposal to instruct the General Council to find means of getting rid of disrupting elements represented by the Communists and minority movement men, which are crippling the unions. The debate was warm. J. H. Thomas, Labor M.P., former cabinet member and veteran leader of the National Union of Railway- men,, declared that the tactics of the extremists had cost British unions 2,000,060 members within two years. When the vote came, the furnishing trade denounced the proposal as a "heresy hunt," and voted solidly against it. All other unions represented favored the plan unanimously or were divided. It carried, heavily. A still sharper fight came two day3 later on the proposal to indorse "Mondism," meaning thereby a closer co-operation between capital and labor. This plan was put forward in detail by Sir Alfred Mond, now Lord Melchett, a Liberal leader and big employer. Cook Collapses After Speech The moderates and practical trade union lead.ers all were for Mondism; the extremists and theorists were against it. A. J. Cook, of the miners, most brilliant of the "left wing" leaders, made perhaps the greatest speech of his career, until he fainted and was carried from the room. In spite of Cook's efforts, and of the sympathy created by his illness, the tide ran against the "left wing" from the first. The debate lasted six hours, and many observers declared that parliament itself seldom staged a discussion to equal this one. Reversal of Policy When the vote came, it was 3,075,000 for Mondism to 506,000 againstâalmost six to one against the "left wingers." Even Cook's own miners' union refused to support him. preferring to follow the iead of its vigorous old president, Herbert Smith. This-marks a definite reversal of the policy which led to the disastrous general strike; and brings British labor closely, into line with the tactics pursued by the American unions. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. of the peasant's unwillingness &gA$^9>.!&alW. jnonOwof the y(?!,r Kno ii/iito. i.nAu u«Mn..A,i':: _'i'_+',i't_i'-y*r w' has never been removed, andtnatis .mo uivti wen iciiuivni, aim CUBE is rUnn *on Ann nnn J _ i - Â±a the inability of Soviet industrrW'.tha" *2.0-000'000 over Iast yar- supply him with the manufactured articles which he requires at an economic price. Herein lies the real failure of the Bolsheviks, and unless it can be remedied either by cheaper production in the home industry or by admitting foreign goodS^-and extending trade relations with capitalist countries, it may eventually involve them in political ruin. But in a primitive country like Russia this process of failure can be a long one, and this year's grain crisis must not be taken as a sign of imminent economic collapse.âNew Statesman. hues in automobiles, hosiery nnd "interior decorating were, evolved out <>f three .primary colors, Chain Stores Are Making Big Gains NEW YORK.âChain stores continue to flourish. The first 17 chains to report August business show a 12.6 per cent, gain over the same month last year; and a gain for the first eight months of 13.6 per cent, by comparison with the same period of 1927. This report does not include the giants of the chain store businessâ Woolworth, Atlantic and Pacific. Piggly Wiggly, etc. The largest chain in the report is Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, whose sales -w-ere $125,000,000, a gain of more Kroger, by the way, has just bought the 31 stores of the Piggly Wiggly Company "in Columbus, Ohio. The Piggly Wiggly name and system will be retained. The Street takes this as evidence that the store chains are beginning* to consolidate. W. T. Posey, vice-president of United Cigars, makes an interesting announcement His company this year has botight 168 drug stores and 82 combination stores. He says that within a short time, all United Cigar Stores will handle other than tobacco products, and that drugs will figure prominently in their enlarged list of merchandise. The new summer resort - proved a huge success, for it did not adver,- tise "Home Codking." What we marvel at, more or less, Two young actresses were talking about a third. during some _ofj>ur. idle-moments, in "-i^-yon-zmsiiy thinkvsheV pop- *-^?f *^ffiff'w'f tlia*-rrflj»ac*». and| llWjj.'" asked one.' "Popular," said the other. "Why, the longest run she ever had was in her "stocking^' 1 BUREAU FILM TO SHOW WOMEN AS THEY WORI The Women's Bureau of the D( partment of Labor has a new film 0 women in industry which was re leased September 4 for general us by the public. "Woman has been called th world's greatest spender," said Mis Mary Anderson, director of th Women's Bureau. "This film present her in a different role, that of on* of the largest factors in producini the goods which we all buy. "It is not commonly realized that for every four women who stay a home, one goes out into industry. "It thus becomes of increasini moment to society that she shall no be the stepchild of industry, as ii the past, but shall be given goo< working conditions, decent wage: and properly regulated hours'. 0 labor 'for the sake of a grcate America'." ALLEGED LETTER BY TROTZK1 TO THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS According to a Moscow Associate' ' Press report, an uproar was cuusei in the Communist International Con gross by a letter sent by Leon Trot zky from his exile. In this letto Trotzky is said to have stressed hi fundamental views in favor of i purely proletarian revolution it China as distinguished from a join rule by workers and peasants, advo eating a proletarian dictatorshi) even at. the risk of alienating tin Chinese peasantry. The letter h then quoted as saying: "We, judging by our economic culture and new social levels, are far nearer capital ism and have gone back toward ban! rule and capitalist culture, rathe] than forward toward a Socialistii society.",âWeekly People; ^ LADY POLITICIAN GETS 30 DAYS FOR STEALING $30,000 ALBANY, N. Y.âMrs. Florencfj E. S. Knapp, former secretary, ol state, and dean at Syracuse Univcr sity, was given 30 days in the count'.; jail for stealing nearly $30,000 fron,] the state. She was the first womiai. Republican politician to hold .high; office in New York. , The sentence was commented on widely among unemployed along thi Bow'ery in New-Yori City. "Why, tt ju-dgA'once gave me 30 days just he cause I asked a map for a dime,' remarked John., Douglas, who ha been .looking for a job fur tht>" past three weeks. '"riflay, .Septemlier 21, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven. Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies SION'Jj for Pamphlet on Loss of Manhood anil Disorders of Men. I-'reo by mail. Advice free. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 daliv except "Wednesdays and Satur- iluy.**, M-hon closed all day. Phone Douglas. 3394 : The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's Oldest Herbal Dispensary Classified Adverts. -0ARBI3TEB3 AND SOLICITORS | Wallla W. Lefeaux, 402 Metropolitan BuilclijiB*. Phone Say. 6667. BATHS 'â Hastings Steam Baths ' Price 35c Only 766 Hasting a Street East DENTISTS | Dr. W. A. Bntledjg-e. 108 Hasttn-rs w NOTARY PUBLIC B. Ben-rough. ' 603 Holden Bldg. PRINTERS | Labor Statesman. 803-816 Holden Bldg*. RUPTURE SPECIALIST |C. E. Heard. 812 Robson UNDERTAKERS I Armstrong & Hotson, 304 Dunlevy Ave. German Industrialists Have Outstripped Their Conquerors Mrs. Amy Jacques Gafvey Sets Down Some Impressions of Germany Gained on Wide TourâTeutons, by Discipline and System, Outstripping Her ConquerorsâRoom Needed for Surplus Population. Burnaby Broadcast Weekly on Thursdays The only newspaper carrying the Union Label published in Burnaby. a Year BURNABY BROADCAST 4091 Hastings St. E. Vancouver How Long Will Germany Continue To Pay Piper? September 1, which inaugurates Ithe first year of full or standard â payments under the Dawes Plan, has come and gone without a crisis. Economists have predicted that this will be the crucial year, anil that its results are almost certain to bring â about a final revision of the reparations tangle. But no trouble has yet arisen, for the simple reason that foreign loans ore still being sent into Germany in large enough amounts to offset the increased payments from Germany, and so to prevent any disastrous fall in the exchange value of the mark which might otherwise halt transfer proceedings. As long as citizens of other nations lend Germany enough to pay her debts, there can be no immediate trouble. The crisis is postponed. The difficulty is that the ultimate problem becomes even more serious, because the principal of the new loans, and the interest charges on them, are added to what was already due from Germany. Only a striking increase of German production and -exports can liquidate them all. When, if ever, will this take place? If it docs not take place, how long will Germany be able to continue the import of capital? These questions remain to be answered. This year may pass without serious incident, but a day of reckoning must some time arrive. The Menu "How's the grub here?" asked the |new boarder at the table. "Well, we have chicken every I morning for breakfast," replied the old boarder. "Chicken every morning?" the I new boarder beamed. "{-low is it served?" v'In' the shell:" grunted the old [boarder. , I By Mrs. Amy Jacques Giirvcy.) Nine and a half years ago when the Armistice was signed, and arrangements made for Allied occupation and policing of Germany, the world thought that at least twenty ycar3 would elapse before that country could rehabilitate itself arid again compete with her conquerors; but one-half the time has not expired, and notwithstanding the fact that parts of Germany are still policed by French troops, what do we find? The German mark is worth as much today as it was before the war; which is one of the best indications of the stability of a country. Germans control and operate the most up-to-date commercial planes in the world. The Luft llansa, the greatest air company in Germany, has five thousand pilots on active list, and two thousand in reserve. Under the peace treaty, Germany surrendered to the Allies practically the whole of her mercantile fleet. All that was left of the North German Lloyd's pre-war fleet of one million tons was one small tender, and, to the astonishment of the world, this same company, a couple of days ago, launched two 4(i,000- ton , trans-Atlantic liners, the Eu- ropa and the Bremen, which bring her fleet back to pre-war tonnage. Despite the cry of four years ago that Germany was insolvent and could not pay the reparations, she is doing so today, while some of her conquerors cannot repay moneys loaned them during the war. Germany's trade is expanding because of new markets in the East and her ability to undersell such countries as England and America. Her birthrate is higher than that of most of the other European countries, while her death rate is lower, and every encouragement is Swen to women to become mothers. * The city of Berlin alone boasts of having had two million foreign visitors during last year, which means that besides the revenue they contribute through hotels, taxis, etc., the government derives a special tax which is added to all hotel bills of the visitors; so that those who come to see must help to payâpay for what? Reparations, of course. Berlin has more policemen than any city of equal aii.c, and one notes with interest that they are all militarized. If one inquires one's way of a German policeman he will immediately stand at attention and salute before giving the required informationâhe is every inch a potential soldier. Her boys are given compulsory military training at the age of sixteen, while special care is taken of the physical development of the girls; this national disciplinary method has developed a sturdy population, ready at any moment to demonstrate its fitness to rule. Germany has "come back," it is safe to say, and her chemical dominance makes her a perpetual threat. Travelling, as I have, through the country, observing the large cities, with the chimneys of industry belching forth smoke, and hearing the roar of machinery going at top speed, and leaving the cities and passing along miles of well planted and carefully tended fields, then studying the splendid physique of the people, and comparing French ahd Belgians, I am bound to con:. elude that Germany is not drinking to "Der Tag" in vain, for *-*Jie is surely drinking to another day, unless she gets what she wants. And what does she want? Room for her surplus population, is the Teutonic roar. Some German â â groups say: "Give us back our colonies; we must have raw material to keep our industries going." The latest and most startling demand has been voiced by a Berlin Liberal daily, "Yossische Zeitung," which states: "It was folly for us to covet the nialnria-ridden New Guinea coasts or African deserts, capable at best' of supporting no more than three or four thousand health-broken Germans, while one of the finest countries of the world,. New Zealand, has only one and one-half million inhabitants, although it could support forty tpillion. As long as Australia, which is as large as all Europe, without Russia, haso-feweit-inhabitants than London, and Canada, which rivals the. United States in size and possesses vast areas of unoccupied agricultural land, has only ten million inhabitants, we need not worry about the decline and fall of the West. We must, however, assert Europe's right to the use and development of these mpty but fertile and healthy regions. That might have been the most valuable function of the League of Nations. Australia, which still has only a thin rim of settlements along the coast, might become a .federation of European peoples, Canada should be ii great receiving reservoir for our continent's surplus population. Empty and desolate Siberia might be'settled." This is what th'e man in the street calls "a tall order," but what German has not been trained to want to achieve what seems impossible to others? And further they argue: "What right has Great Britain to keep her dominions empty? England has no farming pioneers to send them. She has only a natural right to make them a market for her manufactures and a source of supply for the raw materials she needs. These might well be guaranteed under some arrangement by which the League of Nations would take charge of settling the vacant spaces in the Dominion." Indeen such a man would rejuvenate Europe by opening up these vast Dominions to-her industrious surplus populationâmillions of whom are unemployed or just getting enough wages to keep alive; by all means convert them into liberal consumers by making them profitable producers. Unemployed and dissatisfied peoples are a menace to the peace of Europe, ind such a menace could be removed by co-operative adjustment, if the leading nations were not so hypocritical and crafty one to the other. In the meantime Germany wants what she wants, and is strenuously preparing to place, herself in a position to get her desires gratified.â "Negro World." Russia Will Adhere To Kellogg Treaty An event which almost overshadows the actual signing of the Kellogg treaty is the fact that Russia has decided to adhere to it. To be sure, the statement of intention is accompanied by the usual Russian outburst against the capitalistic powers. M. Litvinoff, who writes it, depjores the fact that the agreement contains no obligation for disarmament. He urges that not only war should be abolished, but blockades, occupation of territory, and even the withholding of recognition, which "contributes to the creation of an atmosphere favorable to the outbreak of wars." Russia objects, furthermore,, to the French and British reservations and to the supposed American stipulation regarding the Monroe Doctrine. But all this is of little importance compared to the major fact that she is willing to sign. She thus takes another long step toward | reconciliation with the western' world, and by doing so has lessened the likelihood of a new war in Europe, which is so little diminished by the Kellogg treaty itself. TEACHER UNION NAME CHANGED The Seattle High School Teachers' Union No. 200 has changed its name to the Seattle Teachers' Union and has so amended its constitution as to make all teachers., of all schools, ftiini grammar to university, eligible, for membership. While a considerable set-back was suffered by the union when the school board inserted-a clause in the 1928-1029 agreement forcing the teachers to drop the union fn order to secure employment in the Seattle schools, the officers of the union consider this only a temporary handicap. Experience Vf OUR experience tells you what your boy * cannot knowâthe value of money saved. Teach him to spend his money in a bank. His first thousand dollars may mean a lifetime of success. $7.50 a month will Hive him S1000 *fl 10 years from now. The«Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch - - B. L. Mitchell, Manager 17 Offices in Vancouver, S3 Branches in British Columbia SUBSCRIBE TODAY We invite you to subscribe or get a friend to subscribe for The Labor Statesman. The rates are two dollars for one year, one dollar for six months. I enclose dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to the address below for months, commencing with the next issue. NAME ,. ADDRESS ; Please Write Plainly to Avoid mistakes. Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver TRADES COUNCIL OF SEATTLE TO HELP MINERS A concerted effort "is being made by the. Seattle labor movement to provide food and shelter for the members of the United Mine Workers of Ronald, Washington, who lost their all in the disastrous fire which wiped out the mining town a "few weeks ago. , A committee named by the central council is visiting all local unions askibg for contributions, and_while :«hly;C-tiiW:MvJiil«:e,tt"jf:t3l! t reports* received indicate that all will contribute generously. Low Wages Prevail in New Radio Industry The new radio industry, already approaching a monopoly and moving steadily in that direction? is close to a sweatshop affair, according to a report on wages and hours just issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In. making loud speakers, the average actual earnings range from $12.93 per week for female repairers to $41.88 per week for male tool and die makers. The average for all employees is $22.87 per week. In making times, the actual earnings range from $14.37 for female filament testers to $28.10 for male electric testers, the average being $20.36 per week. Other branches of the industry show similar figures. The highest paid women workers averaged in actual earnings less than $19 per week. Meantime Radio Corporation stock last week heaved itself up to $226.50 per share. It was $85.26 per share at one time this year, and that probably was much more than the money invested in it. . A large number of the plants studied pay nothing for overtime. A Round Square An Irishman got a job on some reconstruction work. The first day the foreman, wishing to play a joke on Pat, sent him, out for a tool, fajce- tiously called a "round square." Pat returned in a short time with a dozen bottles of beer. "Hullo!" said the foreman. "What's this?" ' 'This is-the round," said the Irish- jji**j*:.-.w4tK-a grain,* -''an' Oi~t-iil*d-+*h:c- landlord ye would* Square him on Saturday." British Miners Turn Communists Down LONDON, Eng.â-By a vote of 7L. to 1 the Miners' Federation of Croat Britain condemned Communists nnd pledged every aid to carry out trade union policy. The delegates took this position -when called upon to endorse an anti-Communist declaration by their executives when disscn- tion in the Scottish coal field was officially called to their attention. The executives declared their "strong condemnation of the Communists and the minority movement and the tactics which have been adopted in the various coal fields, and particularly in Scotland," and pledged themselves "to render all possible help to the bona fide Scottish Miners' Federation and all other districtsjwfiidfi are carrying' out the principles of the Miners' Federation, the British Trade, Union Congress and the British Labor Tarty." The vote in favor of this declaration was 620 for and 8 against. Each vote represented 1,000 member*. The conference rejectetl the one-big- union system in the coal fields in place of the present federation. That vote was 465 to 163. The Communist declaration is in line with similar resolutions by British trade unionists who have repudiated, time and again, the noisy minority who are only interested in revolution, while professing an interest in the wage workers. "On bravely through the sunshine and the showers!* Time hath his work to do, and We have purs."> â *. â âI^pierson. -â©niy things to eat'and drink ahd wear are high iti price. Happiness If at the same old figure." ,, ,r.-> Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, September 14, 192c NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 803, 18 Hastings Street Saat Phones: Sey. .7*95-6279 The Only Union Fish and Chip Shop In the City! I Ye Olde English Fish and Chip Shoppe 614 KOBSON (Bear Granville) I \n1 VANCOUVER n; TURKISH BATHS I . Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis, Bad Cold 01 MASSAGE A SPECIALTY h PACIFIC BUILDING * 744 HASTINGS W. SEY. 3070 8njay*eBesl BREADS CAKES (B0KIES//9W mmmmestou cm \oiaiyomj ETC' U VtToXJ % CANADIAN BAKERIES LIMITED , Independent Labor Party Candidates For Aldermen Ward 5âJ. Davis. Ward 7âAid. Angus Maclnnis. Ward 8âCouncillor A. McDonald. For School Trustees Chairman R. E. Rigby, South Vancouver School Board. S. Wvhourne. W. W. Lefeaux.. For Parks Board Walter Deptford. H. W. Watts. The Finance Committee composed of R. H. Neeiands, J. Sidaway and Robert Skinner, who will act with two delegates from each branch to form a campaign committee. The Political Pot Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees Union donated $25 to the I. L. P. campaign fund. * > * Electrical Workers Union 213 donated ?25 to the campaign fund of the I. L. P. and $25 to President Brown, who is aldermanic candidate in Ward 5. i * * * The Trades and Labor Council donated $50 to the campaign fund of men carrying union cards who are candidates in the forthcoming municipal elections. These include Alderr man Angus Maclnnis for Ward 7; Councillor McDonald for Ward 8, both of the Street Railwaymen's Union; chairman of the South Vancouver School Board, R. E. Rigby; S. Wybourne, both of the Street Railwaymen's Union, and Ed. Rogers of the Carpenters Union all for School Trustees. Walter Deptford of the Street Railwaymen's Union, and H. W. Watts of the Electrical Workers Union, both for Parks Board. * * * Citizens' Committees, Vigilantees, Associated Property Owners, Women's? organizations, etc., are all busy these days trying to line up slates pnd candidates for the municipal election. It is very noticeable that Mayor Taylor is not included in any of these slates, so it looks as though he will have to "go it alone." There are many people on these slates, however, who have neither consented nor desired to be on the slates, so Taylor may have some good company after all. Alderman Maclnnis is on several slates but he has been out of town for several weeks, so could not have consented. R. P. Pettipiece was also slated but surely that was not done intentionally. Woodside of the Confederation Booklet fame is slated and who wants to be on a ticket with him? . * * * r Union men appear to be jostling one another in the present contest. In Ward Five, J. Davis of the Maintenance of Way Employees, J. B. Brown of the Electrical Workers Union, and T. Wilson of the Molders Union are all running for one seat. In Ward 11, R. P. Pettipiece of the Typo's and Coates Taylor of the Civil Servants are running for one seat. For nine seats on the School Board already five union men are in the field. "We Do Not Patronize" 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. UN A. DAVIS, Lathing Contractor, a CLARKE & STUART. ' MURPHY tt CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN tt LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD. LTD. Authorized by tha Vshconvsr, Nsw Wsstmlnstar and District Tradss and Labor Council, for tha Information of all union mantbara. DECLARED UNFAIR Sidney Darnbrough, Ltd., and the Reston Electric Co. have been declared unfair by Electrical Workers Union 213. Labor Day Sports Financial Success Secretary Bengough reported that while the financial report on the Labor Day Sports was not yet complete, the balance was going to be very satisfactory. Del. Walter Deptford, chairman of the conimittee, stated that the success of the event' was primarily due to the way the organized workers got behind the affair and said that many thanks were due those who helped sell the tickets and handle the sports. A final meeting of the committee will be called as soon as all the accounts are in and monies for tickets are collected. Pacific Coast Permits For Building Increase Taking the whole Pacific coast area, building is coming back. A survey of July permits shows that more than ten thousand were issued for a total of more than thirty-two millions of dollars. The survey covered nearly a hundred cities in the three coast states, Idaho and British Columbia. The total is one per cent, better than July, 1927, but it is below the total for June of this year. However, the large volume of permits indicates that construction will hold up well through the fall months and into the winter. The best gains were made in the northwest, of 36 cities reporting in British Columbia, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, 21 show gains over July of last year, while but 26 of the 56 in California show such gains. Seattle's permits for the month were over two and a half million and were practically double that of July, 1927. But its record fell far short of the June record, when the permits shot up to over six million. This does not mean that Seattle is in a slump, but merely that permits for an unusually large volume were taken in June. Spokane came in with a half a million, practically duplicating its June record and nearly doubling its July record of 1927. Tacoma reported less than three hundred thousand in July, a better figure than for July a year ago, but a drop from the record of June this year. Portland heat its record for June of this year, permits for July amounting to pretty close to three million, that being two and a half times the permits issued in July, 1927. Portland exceeded Seattle a little in July, but Seatle's earlier start this season with heavy contracts indicates that its record for. the year will be much greater than that for Portland. Vancouver, B.C., shows a decided decline in permits of $412,000, compared to over a million of the previous month and more than $600,000 for July, 1927. Los Angeles dropped a million from June and a million below July, 1927. Permits in July this year were eight millions. San Francisco was nearly three millions, or near the records of Seattle and Portland, and was 30 per cent, below July, 1927. Oregon as a,whole went a little better than three millions in July, as against a little more than two millions in July last year, and compared to two and three-quarter millions in June this year. The state of Washington went nearly four and three-quarter, millions in July, which was almost double the record for July, 1927, hut which is little more than half of the total for permits issued in June this year. All cities in Washington seem to have started their building programs earlier than the cities to the south. All of the agove report is for the Pacific coast. Comparison of coast records with records for the country as a whole show that generally the west coast is holding its own and in some cases making better percent- age gains than certain eastern cities. FARMERS ARE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE RAILROAD. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.âConstruction of the Mound City and Eastern railroad, probably the only co-operative railroad in the world, will start this week. The new road, which will link Dakota, will be a $1,600,000 project, 70 miles in length and its ownership and control will be in the hands of several hundred farmers of the two counties which the line will traverse. With the exception of Miss Ruth L. Rosholt, daughter of the late Julius Rosholt, Minneapolis banker and railroad builder, all the officers and directors of the railroad are residents of South Dakota. Miss Rosholt is executive secretary of the project. . A lawn is something small hoys walk on as soon as it shows any signs of becoming a lawn. Milk Salesmen Special notice for members of the Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Loeal 464. The Second meeting ih September will be held on Friday, September 21st. There will be no meeting on .the fourth Friday thin month only. .'.. ' * ALL UNICES IN TACOMA ASKED TO HELP B. T. Another move to bring labpr closer together and to secure greater cooperation from other crafts not engaged in the building industry but employed where building or repair work is going on, was made by the Tacoma Building Trades Council two weeks ago. The board of business agents said that in some instances where union work was being carried on they found union people employ- d in the business conducted there, Mound City and Leola in two coun , ties along the north border of South*'but unfair firms or contractors en gaged in various repair or refitting work. And in order to keep this sort of work under control and to keep posted on such undertakings, the advisability of business agents of all unions' or paid secretaries attending a meeting once each week where such conditions could be discussed was put forward as a valuable step towards securing co-operation. From time to' time it has been an experience the building trades crafts ran up against, that the firms^employing union help in their Business were having work done by contractors or jobbers who were not union in the matter of extensions or repairs. Plain Truth A Georgia farmer once wrote to his local newspaper asking, "What the Sam Hill is the matter with my chickens? Every morning I find one or two of them keeled ,over and cold as a brick." To ..Which the. ohliging..editor. .re***. plied: "They're dead, partnerâthey're dead." , -'. ttWtftl^K (Ifompjittga INCORPORATED Z-- MAY 1870. VANCOUVER e¥ Announcing the Opening' of a Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Food Department with a complete stock of foods as used in the famous sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. âMain Floor, H. B. C. THINGS FDR MEN We Have aji earnest desire to give Satisfactory Service. Ix a purchase proves faulty, come and see ns. SURE-EDGE STROPPERS HARRIS HAIR TON I Will hold all makes of blades. Dandruff, relieves Itclj- etops falling hair. $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1 .oo\nIIAIlt CUPPEBSâ-A large assortment 98c, $1.49, 83.50, $5.39 HAlli CUTTING SHEARSâQuality brands 9Bo, $1.25, $2.50, $3.50\nEDELWEiSS RAZORSâHenry linker fa $3.50 LUNCH KIT AND VACUUM BOTTLH- -A hot iliTiH C>r certain $1.48 KRISS KROSS STROPPERSâA perfect blade sharpener..., $5.50 POCKET KNIVESâA money-back guarantee 50o to $3.00 B. C. Barber Supply & Sundries Limited PHONE BET. 4401 § KETAir, STOKE â 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST â VANCOUVER, B. O. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION au«iiiipiipiiiiBiiiiiiiiiii!i»iiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiffl Cut Rate Druggists We pioneered the Cnt Rate Drug policy in British Columbia. Many of those who persistently foug-ht such policy have suddenly combined to exploit themselves as Cut Rate Druggists. . Friday and Saturday Specials S.60 Twinplex Stroppers 2.19 .mi Durham Duplex Blades 32 .7", Renaud's Paris Talcum 38 .75 Oriental 1'trani 46 .60 Buffalo Poker Cards*. 31 * ..*,o Princess Playing Cards '.' .31 ..".II Arlsto |';il>.v KuMii-r Pants .18 .Id 1'iniTiii Robbed Hair Pins: 2 for .14 l.ltli Pi*. Held's Guaranteed Hair Tonic 51 .60 Prostllla 32 VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STORES â THIRTEEN IN THE CITY â AT YOUR SERVICE. WE SAVE YOU MONEY. VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED 15 STORES .-II Scottlssue Toilet Rolls, 3 for .31 1 so Alarm Clocks '.92 7** IlvilroKen Peroxide (Finest grade) 16 oz :... .34 2.50 Glaxo -2.08 ,nr, 1'vrex Nursers ...2 for .41 25 Olive Oil. i-*«. tins'. ... .14 ,*i ,** Kelillllz Powders, 8 In Imx .. .14 â¢.76 Vacuum Unities .33 .60 Vacuum Kefllls ." .27 1.76 Razor Strops 1.04 Working Conditions of Musicians Affected Musician delegates reported to the Trades Council that theatres were signing up new agreements with the union. In some eases there would be a reduction of staff on account of the Movietone, but.the musicians hope to be able to weather the situation. The worst situation that the musicians have to deal with' is that of dance halls. New individuals getting into the dance hall business get in the habit of hiring non-union orchestras and this cuts into the work of the union men, until the matter is adjusted. These dance halls thrive on working class patronage, the delegate said, and urged union men to refrain from patronizing these non-union halls and to get their sons and daughters, to do likewise. Shingle Weavers Union Now Making Progress The Shingle Weavers are taking in new members at every meeting, said Del. Chute of the union at the Trades Council on Tuesday, but the number of orientals Working in the mills were still very large in proportion to the number of white men. It is not always possible for the average worker to discover whether the shingles are made by orientals or white men, he said, but in the purchase of stained shingles there happens to be only one mill which employs white men. This is the Huntting-Merritt Lbr. Co, Phone Marpole 500. To argue with a man who rTas re- :nouncfi<Iâi;he asaâand authority of rtinttStt^S lrtff~TnTmifiTsterfngâ ' medicine to tho dead'.âThomas Paine. REFLECTIONS This unique photograph in which it is difficult to detect which il ! substance and which shadow, wai taken from Hollyburn Ridge ski hill by Oscar Pierson, caretaker of Hollyburn Pacific ski camp. The cabin is .headquarters of the . ski club. SOUTH VANCOUVER DANCE The South Vancouver Branch ot| the Independent Labor Party wil commence their new season's Whisl| Drive and Dance on Saturday, Sep tember 29th, at the Maple Hall^St^ and Fraser....Save the date and tel your friends. X
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