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aoor f/ftoWNED AND OONTRMIed" man .ADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions 14 EIGHT PAGES-^NQ. 204. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 6. |92S FIVE CENTS PER COPY Encouragement Given Painters Now on Strike Master Painters Turn Down Promise Previously MadeâWage Increase Is Long OverdueâRanks of Strikers Being Greatly Increased AFTER WAITING SEVEN YEARS for a wage increase above the $7.00 scale, Vancouver Painters and Decorators, Union 138, called a strike in an effort to obtain the long delayed increase. Negotiations had broken down when the membership had decided to strike, so no alternative had been left for the men to take. Their ranks arc solid and new members are flocking in by the dozen, which gives the men cause for great enthusiasm. During negotiations for a new agreement in 1926, the , Master Painters' Association wrote the union informing them that they would be willing to pay $7.50 per day in 1927 and 1928 if the agreement was signed on the old basis, but when the union took this subject up with them in February of this year, the Association backed down on their promise. The union was willing to accept the $7.50 per day plan as formerly suggested, but when the Association refused to consider it, the union decided to start a demand for $8.00 Attempts upon the part of the union to open negotiations with the Master Painters' Asociation were of no avail and the last word received from Mr. Leckie of the Builders' Exchange last week, was to the effect that he would try to open negotiations. Last Saturday, after using 6very effort to open negotiations and meeting with complete failure, the union decided to call a strike on Monday morning. One of the most encouraging things that has happened since Monday is the great number of men that have applied for membership. Men are coming in by the dozen and by Wednesday night almost 150 applications had been put in. This has been so encouraging to the membership that they feel that victory is certain. There arc still 'a few nonunion men who are to be found working and Business Agent Hodge of the Painters' Union asks organized labor to give the strikers every assistance in keeping these men off the jobs. Organizer Robert Stevenson and General Vice-President Hunter are remaining in the city during the strike and doing all they can, along with the committee, to bring the strike to u successful conclusion. Statements are appearing in the press purporting to come from the union, which have the effect of withdrawing sympathy from the strikers. No statements have been given the press by the union. The men are all active and working as one to obtain the demands and are not going to be routed by an unsympathetic press or Master Painters' Association. ., 1 FIRE FIGHTERS ARE STILL ..... DENIED WAGE INCREASE Working in conjunction with t.wo other civic employees' unions, the City Fire Fighters' Union were preparing for a demand for an increase in wages, said Del. McDonald at>the meeting of the Trades Council ori Tuesday. Past attempts on the part of the fire fighter? to obtain- a wage increase had failed, so the union was taking new action along the above lines. The Cily Council has used all kinds of excuses and subterfuges to sidetrack the issue, he said. The City Council had used, the amalgamation plan as an excuse to delay the issue, he said, and it had used the argument that contractors would have to pay the sanae scale as that adopted by the city, and an increase, â¢would meet with the opposition of the contractors and other business elements. The fire' fighters had waited long enough and were going to insist on n showdown; Unions Withdraw from Canadian Labor Party A communication from the Typographical Union announcing their withdrawal from the C. L. P. started quite a discussion at the last regular meeting of the Greater Vancouver Central Council on Thursday evening. The Typos informed the Council that they were withdrawing on account of the attitu'de of the C. L. P. in placing six instead of two candidates in the City of Vancouver for the Provincial elections, were opposed to the Oriental plank in the platform arid the raising of the per capita tax. Efforts made by Delegate Bartlett of the Blacksmiths Union, Delegate Deptford of the Street Railwayman's Union, Robert Skinner of the Mount Pleasant I. L. P., and others, to get the C. L. P. to see the light of reason, failed. During, the evening it was also reported that the Civic Employees Union had also withdrawn on the same grounds. In the election of officers:.for the ensuing term, the following were elected: J. Wood, president; J. Flynn, vice-president; J. Price, secretary; executive, O. J. Mengel, W. W. Lefeaux, J. Chappie and J. Auton. â The meeting arranged for a lecture by R. Forrest, representing the Rank and File Committee that visited Russia. He will speak in the Royal theatre on Sunday evening. Unions To Consider Oriental Vote Question The recently, adopted plank of the Canadian Labor Party platform, advocating votes for Orientals, came before the Trades Council on Tuesday evening and created a very hot debate. Finally the meeting adopted a motion to refer the matter to the unions affiliated with the Trades Council, asking for their expression, yes or no, on the proposal. The subject was introduced by F. W. Welsh and was debated pro and con under questions by members. Finally, to get do'Wii to business, a motion was made by Vice-President Bartlett to obtain the expression of the unions. This was adopted unanimously. Asked by a delegate during the discussion, how many unions, affiliated with the Trades Council, were represented at the C. L. P. convention, Secretary Bengough, reading from the report of the convention informed the inquirer that there were thirteen. Delegates point out that time anil time again the council and the organized Labor movement had gone pn record as being in favor of Oriental exclusion. Now the Labor Party turns right around and opens up the breach with a plank that will turn the election campaign into a battle royal against the Labor Party. The report from the unions will be tabulated at the first meeting in May and further action will be taken on the matter. Union Men Win First Aid Competitor The B. C. Electric Railway team (composed of union workers) won the first aid competition for the Vancouver Centre Challenge Shield, held by the St. John's Ambulance Association. Eight teams competed. The Ioca team was second and the Bâ C. E. R. team from Stave Falls was third.. The local team which won the competition was composed of Sam Ciyn (capt.), motorman; Jack Hacking, mofcorman; Sam Wybourn, conductor; J. Mitchell, wireman, and H. Rees, car repairer, Hacking, Wybourn and Rees are also members of the I. L. P. The winning team will enter the provincial competition in June. The "case" on 4hich the teams worked was that of a boy who had suffered broken ribs, a fractured leg and painful burns 6n arm and hand. In addition tot he field work the teams were given an oral test byt he examining board, Dr. D. Mac- Lellan, Dr. L. Leeson, Dr. D. H. Meeltison, Dr. N. McNeill, Dr. Isobel Day and Dr. Florence Perry. WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE Under the auspices of the Women's Labor League a whist drive and dance will be held in the Clinton Hall (Clinton and Pender) on Saturday evening, April 7th. Whist at .S^.p.m.* Dancing "at 9 p.m. Admission, ladies 25c, gents 50c. The proceeds wlil be,devoted to the Young Pioneers Summer Camp Fund. British Labor Wins Another By-Election E. Shinwell, Labor candidate in the Linlithgow by-election caused b.y the death of the Conservative member, J. Kidd, won the election on Wednesday in a four cornered fight. Conservative, Liberal and Communist were in the field, but no figures were published to give those details. The Communist candidate was John Leckie, a former Clyde shop steward and recent arrival from China. Th<- Communist party oppossed Shinwell with a candidate in the general election and permitted a Conservative to obtain the seat, They have failed this time, however. The constituency is a semi-mining area and the Mines Eight Hours Act was one of the -miin issues in the election. The effect of the Act has been disastrous. Last year two coal mines, employing 629 men, were .shut down in the division, while in (the past two years five shale mines, employing 823 men have also been closed. In addition to the uneriiployed miners there are unemployed oil workers and dockers. There are 35 towns and large villages besides numerous hamlets in the constituency, which stretches from the Forth Bridge to the borders of Lanarkshire. Special Meeting of Carpenters Monday A special summoned meeting will be held in Hamilton Hall on Monday, April 9th, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 482. The prizes for the1 first and third year apprentices will be presented at this meeting by Past President Arthur McDonald. Mr. Chippendale, supervisor of building construction. Technical school, will also be present and will give an outline of the work done by the boys. Business Agent Hargreaves draws the attention of the members to the Ladies' Auxiliary whist drive and dance, to be held in the Women's Building at 8 p.m. on April 14th. Tickets will be available at this meeting, and we hope to have a great demand for them to make this event a success. ,1 The new wage scale went into effect on Monday, April 2nd, and it only needs better weather cond'tions i to«*ftiake 1928 a good year.âW. H. Trades Council "Working Hutlon (Hod) for the- Second Quarter of 1928 Trades Council Notes The Council voted to send R. P. Bengough to the conference of Business Agents which is to be held in Seattle on Friday and Saturday of this week. About twelve business agents will attend from Vancouver. Delegate Paige reported that efforts to get the General Hospital to pay their maintenance men the union scale on the same basis as that adopted by the Vancouver School Board is expected to riieet with the approval of the, board. Secretary Bengough reported that another union with a membership of about one thousand is applying for a charter from the Trades Congress. If the charter is obtained the union will affiliate with the Council. More Fair Firms Get Building Contracts "AU the big construction jobs now under way are being done by fair contractors who employ union labor and many other big jobs that are being planned indicate that organized labor will be kept fairly busy this year. Contracts have been let or jobs are under construction at the following places: Technical School, $500,000; Wheat Pool E'e- vator, $2,000,000; New Westminster Elevator, $1,000,000; New Westminster Cold Storage Plant, $900,- 000; Imperial Oil Co. Plant, $200,- 000; Consolidated Liquor Co., $150,- 000; General Hospital, $500,000. These figures do not include plumbing, wiring, heating, etc. Adverse weather conditions during March brought down the total value of permits issued for dwelling houses in Greater Vancouver to $1,661,000 which is $200,000 less than for the same period last year. Quite a number of business blocks are being contemplated, however, and this may offset any shortage in dwelling permits. Delegate Showier reported that the Hazelwood Creamery had signed an agreement with the union for a closed shop. Delegate Wood reported that the Dairy Maid Lunch, opposite Holden building, and Douglas Cafe, close to Prior street carbarns, had signed up with the union. Delegate Page stated that the Building Trades Council had endorsed the proposition of asking the Council to increase the per capita lc per month for the purpose of a free issue of the quarterly' working buttons. Delegate Keene reported that the Engineers were making fairly good progress and the membership was slowly increasing. A communication from the Rank and File Trade Union Delegation to Russia Committee and one from the C. L. P. asking the Trades Council to co-operate in arranging for a meeting for the purpose of hearing R. Forrest, one of the committee who visited Russia, on the subject of his experiences in Russia, was ordered received and filed. Delegates Robert Stevenson and Ed. Smith were appointed delegates to the "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign committee. Forty-two organizations are being asked to send delegates by the Greater Vancouver Publicity pureau. â¢ Delegate Hanofin reported that the Beverage Dispenders were holding an old-time social at 163 Hastings street west on Friday evening, April 6. Union men invited. Delegate Woods reported that the Union Label Trades Council had endorsed the lc per capita increase for free quarterly working buttons. Delegate Wilkinson of the Railway Car Men of Port Mann reports that work was increasing and. the union expected to get in a number of new members. Trade is improving in the Sheet Metal line said Delegate MacPher- son and men are getting back to Work. He stated that there was a possibility of the Railway Sheet Metal Workers Union affiliating with the Trades Council. Dbli â legale Lorta of the Millwrights Union stated that new members were still being enrolled. The membership campaign of the Teamsters Union was still marking good headway stated/the delegate. Island Mill Takes Notice of Complaint The Trades Council received a communication from the Department of Labor, in reference to the conditions that the Council alleged existed at Kapoor and Sooke plants operated by the Mayo Lumber Co., advising the Council that investigations-would be made by the Department of, Labor. Another communication was received from Mr. A. Martin, representing the company as their solicitor, stating that the conditions alleged in the Trades Council report are not true. Inasmuch as the Department of Labor is investigating and the millwrights who made the compaints are prepared to back up their statements, the communication from Mr. Martin was ordered filed. â The conditions complained of were undoubtedly true, otherwise the millwrights would not have made the complaints and would have worked on the job. These men left and banned the job because of conditions and if the Mayo Lumber Co. have seen fit to straightennip the conditions and now offer their plant for inspection, it shows how a little publicity will help create better working conditions in these camps. There are undoubtedly many more that need similar publicity and the Trades Council is prepared to give it when it is reported to them with sufficient backing and evidence. VANCOUVER BUSINESS AGENTS ATTEND SEATTLE CONFERENCE 1A conference of Pacific Coast Business Agents will convene in Seattle on Friday,, to deal with many important matters concerning the building tradtTnmd dual unions. Among. the business agents from Vancouver will be W. Page, Building Trades Council; W. Hargreaves, Carpenters; W. Watt, Plumbers; D. M'acPherson, Sheet Metal Workers; W. J. Wilson, Lathers; E. J. Morrison, Electrical Workers; Bob Stevenson. Painters; J. Thomson, Pile Drivers; A. Newbigging, Engineers; P. B. Bengough, T. & L. C. Delegate Hargreaves reported the carpenters enrolled twenty new members at last meeting and the new wage scale went into effect last Monday. The city is well covered with pickets said Delegate Smith of the striking painters. The strikers are holding two meetings a day and new members are coming in at the rate of 50 a,âday he said. He urged the fullest co-operation of the delegates. Delegates Hunt and Hodge thanked organized labor, for their co-operation and urged" .HjjMrtw-tfw--- be eon. tinued. il^ji»l!V,iu..a..ii.).«i»l»M^''''*.,1 c^ Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 6, 1928 T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director* and Embalmsrs New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Serries R02 Broadway W Phon. Fair. S Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 158 Cordova W. Phot** Sey. 8637 See 0a About Broken Glass in Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors, Showcases, eter* Art Glass, Repaired Mirrors Be-silvered * SYNOPSIS OF LANDACTAMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, survey «3 Crown lamia mar be pre-empted by British HubJecU over It years of ago, and by aliens on declaring lntontloa to become British subjects, conditional upon resilience, occupation, ' and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Full Information concerning reju- latlons regarding pre-emptions la given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series. "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of whloh can be obtained free of charge by addressing ths Department of Lands, Victoria. B.C.. or to any Government Agent. v Records will bs granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which Is not timber- land. I.e., carrying over 8.000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 6,000 feet per acre east of that Range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addreassd to tbs Land Cortj- mlesloner 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 (tearing and cultivating at least five aores. before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed Information see the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land." * PURCHA8E Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being tlmberland. for agricultural purposes; minimum rrioe for first-class (arable) land Is I per acre, and second-class (gras- Ing) land (2.50 per acrt. Further Information regarding purchase or leass of Crown lands Is given In Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory, or Industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, 'he conditions Including payment of etumpaga. â â HOMESITE LEASES Unaurvsyed areas, not excee li:.â- 20 â¢teres, may be leased as homeslles, â¢ondltlonal upon a dwelling being srsoted In the first year, title being obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions are fulfilled and land has been surveyed. LEA8E8 For grazing and Industrial pur- â osea areas not exceeding 640 acres â ay be leased by one person or e company. GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the JTov- tmos is divided Into grazing districts and ths range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued based on â umbers ranged, priority being given U established owners. Stock-owners May form associations for range management. Free, or partly permits are available â¢ampsrs snd head From Moneron to Man (By F. W. Moore) XIII. The Moral. We have seen that man's ancestor at the dawn of creation was the moneron; that the moneron inherited its instinct from Omnipotence; that instinct eventually developed to intuition; that it was the struggle for existence that caused this development; that the struggle for existence had then about the same effect that it has today; that today it is waged through the industrial institutions of the world, and therefore, that these industrial institutions and experiences are just as much instruments of evolution as the conditions and experiences of all the preceding ages ever were. It stands to reason, therefore, that as they are the outward stimuli that cause reaction in the ...psychic factor of humanity's constitution, they ought to be studied as a moral force apart altogether from their .consideration as an ideal soil for the raising of dividends. * In other words the spiritual and industrial experiences of the human race are complementary and ought each to be considered in dealing with the other. That is why an open forum in connection with a church can be of such benefit. Its purpose, is to discuss the fundamental bases which underlying â Wfill'luTibns, for travellers, u| free settlers to ler REFUSAL TO TESTIFY , . COSTLY TO OIL MAN WASHINGTON.âHarry M. Black- mcr, missing witness in the Teapot Dome oil case, lost his fight in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to prevent the confiscation by the government of $100,000 of his property for failure to return to this country and testify. He fled to Europe when the Teapot Dome scandal became public prop- usages and customs of society are founded. In doing this, nobody thinks of prying into those details of management whose supervision belongs to experts; nor does one try in any way to breed discontent, but rather to inspire hope by expounding the fundamental principles on which human development depends. It ought to be the duty of labor and manufacturing associations, or of cither one and its sympathizers, if the other won't listen to reason, to gradually strive for the equitable adjustment of the division of industrial production until it is possible to use machinery to its full capacity. In the meantime it is the business of humanity to prepare itself for emergencies by education along eco nomic determinal lines, so that people can use their franchise with judgment should crisis in the future make decisions very important. It is all very well to depend altogether on lovei tout unfortunately, love of any kind is not the first law of nature. The Great Designer conferred that distinction on self preservation. It- would be very hard, for instance, for the congregation in a gospel tent to concentrate their thoughts on anything but their precarious condition if underneath the canvas somebody had disturbed a nest of wasps. And are there not metaphorical giant wasps that must be shoo'd out of existence before people can concentrate their thoughts on higher ideals? They are all over the world, but I shall just throw a butterfly net over a few in the richest country of all. I have held t'hem up to view in this paper already, but since they are striking examples they cannot be exhibited too often. The first is the fact that there is mechanical power developed in the United States equal to onp hundred man-power for every man. in the country.âScientific Monthly, June, 1924. Think for a moment of the possibilities of production and then consider that there are from 10 to 12 per cent, of the working population of several millions that must go in debt throughout the year for the means of life. That means that from 10 to 12 per cent, of the working population are denied work all the year round. Russell Sage Report, covering a period of five yearsâSocial Service Bulletin, October 15th, 1924. I. might add this short quotation from the Labor Letter for March 1st, 1928:. "The unemployed workers throughout the world at the beginning of 1928, if put to work in American mines and factories, could duplicate the entire output of American industry. Enough workers are idle to provide an entire new shift to keep American machines producing day and night." The unemployed number 9,186,987. Consider also the expenses incurred through war and defence. According to statistics from the Bureau of Standards for the year 1920, there was 92.8 per cent, of the national annual revenue spent on war. and defence and one-eighth of one per cent, on education. These wasps are well authenticated examples of noxious insects that infest the countries of the world. The duced by the hope of extra profit. As a consequence, certain workers are necessarily discharged; the volume of goods on the market is.increased while the number of purchasers is diminished. Hence unless something is done about it the aggravation of current conditions must be unceasing. Thus does the profit system work. The profit both ufijnaterial wealth and culture that would accrue from the development of humanity would be infinitely greater but that fact seems to be ignored by some and is unknown to others since it is not touched upon in any of the ordinary channels of education. Hence profit has had its own way in the past until its reactions caused sufficient misery to change the lethargic masses and their axe-grinding leaders into Franken- steins, who brought ruin and destruction on the nations responsible for their creation. The trouble is that the nations look on industrial enterprises as something wholly secular and as ends in themselves; as if in them human evolution would reach its climax, instead- of regarding them as means to and end: that is, means to aid a development whose end it is impossible to conjecture. And in that fact rests the moral of the story. ^ Aeons of time have elapsed since man was a mofteroh; aeons more may roll by before he becomes a Man. He is that of a sort just now. As Dryden says in his word picture of evolution: JOIN THE LABOR PARTY B. C. For Further Information Write' SECTION, CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Secretary, J. Stevenson. 3 Grosvenor Ave. Glentmrn 404yl President, w. J. Bartlett; â¼lea-Presidents, Zie'feanx, E. Balo, M. Olenday. X., Vancouver, B. O. Phone J. Wood, H. 8. Bate, W. W. "From harmony, from heavenlyK harmony. This universal frame began; From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man." Robert Browning begins where Dryden left off, and.gazes mentally into the unfathomable depths of the future: . , I "Progress is the law of life, man is not yet Man." Next week: "A Recapitulation." NO WORK IN FAR WEST WASHINGTON.âThe St. Francis dam flood in California has created no employment, says J. W. Buzzell, secretary, Los Angeles Central Labor Council, in a telegram to Frank Morrison. A. F. of L. secretary. There are enough men in each locality to supply, all demands for labor. No part of the stricken section is even discussing a building boom, said Mr. Buzzell. ST. LOUIS LABOR ASKS CONGRESSMEN TO ACT St. Louis.âSt. Louis is overwhelmingly Republican. Without the majority they secure in this city, the Republicans cannot hope to carry Missouri. _ Thereforle, more than ordinary significance attaches to a resolution on-ttrc" Pennsylvania situation adopted by the Central Trades and Labor Council last week. It was presented by James â¬on- roy of the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers, and described the Pennsylvania coal camps as "the hell hole of America." "Based upon unimpeachable facts we charge that the misuse of money and political power of the courts and the criminal and contemptuous silence of the President of the United States are in a measure .responsible for the conditions," the resolution declared. All Missouri Congressmen were called upon to assist in "re-Americanizing" Pennsylvania. erty. He ignored a court summons to retnw» and Congress â in, July. 3,, details.are. Jiot cited as.facts Jo be T926, passed a, bill introduced by decried but as inevitable realities Senator Walsh of Montana which | open* to achievable amendment, provides .fot.JfftRfi^caAiun QX.prop«ri*f(.;,.t3;h«rft> is a constant development in filch cas^p.- *.'â 'â *â -â¢â â â¢-â¢ ' lof machfnery jind QBgifliization 'in' LIABLE op DURING the mediaeval period two neighboring towns in the Old Country had long engaged in a rivalry as to which brewed the best beer. During a dispute one day in early spring, between two brew-masters, one from each of the towns in question, it was claimed by one that the Beer brewed by the other lacked strength. To settle the dispute, the following test was proposed: Each brew-master was to consume a gigantic tankard of the beer brewed by his opponent, after which he was to stand on one leg and thread a needle. The loser claimed that a goat that had butted in i through the circle of men surrounding the opponents was responsible for his downfall. The winner laughingly replied: '"It was the Bock (German word for goat) in the beer." From that time it became customary to brew a special dark beer called "BOCK BEER" and place it on sale in the Spring of each year. BOCK BEER may be obtained on Saturday, April 7th, 1928, and thereafter until the limited supply is gone, from the Government Liquor Stores, in bottles, or on draught in any licensed place at the same price as regular beer. " . Bock Beer is the BREWERS' TREAT, an exceptional brew of high-grade Beer and aged (iagered) for an unusually long period. It is a very wholesome and nutritious beverage, the highest achievement of the skilled, Brew-master. 'Order early to make sure of a supply. Bock Beer, brewed by the Vancouver Breweries Limited, Westminster Brewery Limited, Rainier Brewing Company of Canada Limited, Silver Spring Breweries Limited, and Victoria- Phoenix Brewing Co. Limited is guaranteed to be absolutely pure beer. Order a case to your home for Easter. Delivery Free- This advertisement a not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the â¢ ': ."a. ;.«..Government of British Columbia-â - --. ",-â ".'."â â â ' â > â Friday, April 6, 1928 TflE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory j Vancouver Trades sad Labor Oo-aaa-Dâ President, J Thomson: general secretary, Percy R Bengough. Office. i«I Holden Bldg, 1« Hastings EÂ»et. Phone' Sey. 7-196. Meets In Labor Hall at I p.m. on the flr.it and third Tuesdays In month. Millwrights "Local 1838âConstruction] and Operatingâsleets seeond an-uj fourth Wednesday In Holden Bldg. D. Gillis. president: P. H. Edge, Fin. S-*c: J. Murray. Rec Sec. Box 127. Beverage Dlsponsers Union Wo. 676â meets last Sunday at 8 p.m.. Room 310. Holden Bldg. President. W H. Clancy; Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room 5, Flack Work: Phones: Sey. 1783 and Bay. 1656-R. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, Local 348 of I.A.T 8.E. * V.P.M.O.â Meets first Friday in each month at 11:30 p.m. Jn the Holden Bldg. President. J. R. Foster; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard. Box 345. Business Phone: Sey. J9J3. -rldgo s. Structural Iron Workers, Local 97, Int. Asso âMeets every Monday, I:....in mi i Holden Rlrl- .1 . â ... President, W. I,. Tule, 5821 Argyle SL: Secretary, P. Laurel, Box 302, City. Phone Fair. 2108L. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, "Cecal 14S. 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 9U1 Xelson Street. â nlldlng Trades Council, Vancouverâ Meels seronfl nnd fnlif-th Toeiwiay *â¢> Holdon Building. President. E H. Morrison; Secretarv-treas. W. Page, Room 815, Holden Bldg.; Sey. 7495. Bakers' Local 468, Journeymen, of AmericaâMeels second Saturday In month at 8 p.m.âPresident. A Morrl« 2831 Vine St.: sec, T Rigby. 3551 Commercial Dr. Phone Fair. -I04». Painters, -Decorators and Paperhangers. Local 138âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at 13 Hastings W. President. H. Edwards; Rec. Sec. A. E. Va'rah. 14«2 Clark Drive; Business Agent. A. B. Hodge. Office, room 34, 163 Hastings W. Phone Sey. 3609. i Pile Drivers. Bridge. Wliarf and Dock Builders, Local go, 2404âMeets every Friday night at 8 p.m. In 122 Hastings â St. V. James Thomson, secretary. P. O. Box 320. S. O'Connor, president. Barbers,' Journeyman International Union of AmericaâLmal I*-'", meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 1« Hastings East. Pre.i., Fred Dawe; Sec-treas.. C. E. Herrett, Office 114 Holden Rldir. Bookbinders Local Bo. 106. Int. Brotter- hoodâMeets second Tneenav in rnonfb at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Bmplre Bldg., 603 Hastings W President, G. Low, 61 5Jrd Ave. W.i, secretary, Thos. Carroll,' 842 Hamilton Street. Plasterers, Local 89âInternational Association of Operative, meets first and third Wedrte-day hi month at Holden Bldg. President. J. S. Wood. 3525 29th Ave. W. Phone Bay. 4996: Secretary. A. Hurry. 861 34th Ave. E., phone Fair. 3222R. Plumbers and Steamfitters, Bo. 170, International Asso. ofâMeets every 2nd and 4th Friday In the Holden Bldg. President, R. Simpson; secretary and business agent, W. Watt, 813 Holden Building. ' - â How Lloyd George Got His Bags of Money Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union Uo, 1âMeets second and fourth Wednesday in the Holden Bldg. President, G, E. Halllday: Secretary. W. S. Dagnall, 1244 20th Ave. E- Phone Fair. 845 R. W. J. Pipes, Fin.' Secretary, 840 Beach Ave. Camp and Mill -Workers Federal -Labor Union No. 31âVancouver and vicinity j meets every second Wednesday at Si li in. at 544 Powell St. East. Presl-l dent. II. Mlyazawa; Secretary. K-| " Tsuyukl. Point Grey Municipal Employees' Association. Local Xo. 3â Meets second Monday of <-*-ach month at the Masonic Hall. Kerrlsdale, 8 p.m. President. D. Ros-s Si-uair. 3728 30th W.; Seorctary. A.' Patterson, 8179 Hudson Street. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local Ho. 69âMeets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. in Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President. Harry F. Longley. 303 8th St.. North Van.; Secretary, Wm. Quikley. 2083 2nd Ave. W.. Box 894. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 462âPresident. It J Thompson; financial secretary. R. W, Hatley; business agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets secon" and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Olty Rail Employees' Association meeta first Wednesday of each month at 251 V4 Hnstln-rs E, at 8 pm President. W. Hi Lewthwalte: treasurer, W. J. Strlbblns, 3208 Pender St E.; Secretary, J. Tnrbuck. 2792 Pender East. Civic Employees' Union, Local 88 â Meeta first and third Fridays In the month at 251H Hastings E., 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 J. B. Brown; business agent, E. H. Morrison. Office, 404 Homer St. t EngineersâInternational Union Steam and Operating Local 844âMeets every Thursday at 8 pm. Room 806. Holden Hldg. President, E. O. St. Denis: rec. sec, Geo. Pettaplece: Fin. See. A Bus Agent, T. A. NewblRging. Office, Room 80G Holden Building. Fire Fighters' Ho. 18, International Association ofâMeets every month at call of president, nt 25114 Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, No. 3 Fire Hall; Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, No.- 3 Fire Hall. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. B. of O. It J. of A.âMeets 1st nnd 3rd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. President. E, C. Woodward; Fin: Sec. A. Reld; Rec Sec. W., D. Wilson. 1-251 Howe St. Bod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 602, International. Meets first and third Friday In month at Holden Building. President. C. Lawson. 183! 3rd Ave. W. Fin. -Sec and Business Agent, J. A; Rarrlngton. 4293 Welwyn Street. Phone Fair. 1434L. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Cooks ft Stewards. Local 28â 441 Seymour St., meets second Monday each month at 3 n.m., last Mondays nt 9 p.m. President. Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas.. Harry Wood, Business Agent. Phone Sey. 125. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 58âMeets first and third Friday In month at Cotilion Hall. Granville and Davie streets. President H. Wnrde. 1102 Twenty-third Ave. E.; secretary. J. D. Vullamy, 2215 Fifteenth Ave. W. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101âMeets K.P. Hall, Eighth and Kingsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, H. W. Speed; Recording Secretary, J. Price: Treas., E. G. Ker- mode; Financial Secretary ad Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone . Seymour 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union Xo. 880 â Meets second and fourth Thursday In month In Holden Building, 16 Hastings Street E. President. A. Fisher, 1952 4th Avenue W.; business agent ana secretary, D. Mac- Fherson. 807 Holden Bldg. Sniagu Weavers. Local 17813âMeets second Tuesday in month, in Room No. Z. Labor Temple. New Westminster, snd 4th Sunday. 7:30 p.m.. In Room 113 Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President, J. .%'. Chute. Phone High. 1982-Y; sec, W. H. Matthew, 3436 Irving St. Taliors', Jouxnavme-e Union of Axnenca, Local No, 17%âMeetings held first Thursday In each month 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month In LÂ«bor Hall. President, F. Franco; secretary, C. McDonald- P.U. Box 503. Executive meets third Thursday of everv month LMJuslera. (JtjAusr-mrs. Stablemen and Helpers. Local 466âMeets every 2nd and 4lh Wednesday. 310 Holden Ride President. A. A. McKay. 773 Beatty St.: secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. Theatrical Stage Employees' Union. Loeal 118 of tha I AT BE. ft M P.M O. âMeets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Frldav In month, at 9*30 am President, Walter Copp: Secretary, H. Pearson: Bus. Agent. A. Harrington- -.-.--.. p o. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 226âPresl- ident. < S. Campbell; Vice-President. It. Gnuthro: Secrets ry-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands. P.O. Box 66. Mfcts last Sunday of eaeh month at 2 [p.m., in Women's Bldg.. Thurlow street. Ladles' Auxiliary, Local 171 â United Brotherhood of Carpenters â Meets every first and third Wednesday of - ench month In 810 Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. Nlekels. 2388. Forty-second Ave. E.: secretary. Ella-1 abeth J. Hope, 1138 Seymour St. Phone Sey. 9074L. , Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International union, Local 207 Mââ t.s 2nd and 4th Mondays In month, at room. 209, Holden Bldg. W. Fontaine, secre-l tnry, 1828 Commercial Drive; High. 31 Ran. i Machinist Local 692âPresident, Thos.; Sills, 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary. P.) R. Bengough. Office. 807 Labor Hall.f 16 Hastings East.. Meets on^-eiecond' and fourth Tuesdays In mohrh. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employ-' ess, Local 464âMeets second and fourth Frldny In Lnbor Hall. 16 Has-j tings St. E. President. J. A. Parry;! Secretary-Treasurer, Birt Showier,! 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 5327. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local No. 1599 â Affiliated with United. Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners.} Meets first and third Thursdays in Room 313 Holden Bldg. President. HÂ»C Matthews: business Agent.-A-, Graham, 809 Holden Building; Reel Sec, R. Oi~Inder; H. G. Avery. I Upholsterers, Local No. 26âMeets at 813 Holden Bldg. second and ifourth Mondays. President. P. Clift. 392B Keith road east. North Vancouver; Cor. Secretary, J. W. Gordon, 2292 Welligton avenue. South Vancouver. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each month. President, S. D. McDonald, Box 268 Secretary. Frank Derry, Box 498. Prince Rupert, B.C. FIGHT WOMEN IN BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS There are now eight women sitting in the British House of Commons. The eight is Hiss Runciman, who was lately elected for Swansea West. She is the first -woman Liberal to sit in the House.,) The other women members are Viscountess Astor, the first woman ever to hold a seat in the Commons; the Duchess of Atholl, Mrs. Hilton Philipson, known on the stage as Mabel Russell, and Lady Iveaeh. The'other three are Laborites,. Miss Margaret Bondfield. Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Miss Susan Lawrence; Mr. John Douglas Young, barrister, is the Liberal candidate for West Lothian, and as a followq^of Lloyd George, whose expenses ^WltaBome from the Lloyd 'George] fund. XI his opening meeting (Bathgate, March 10, 1928), he referred to Lloyd George as the greatest driving force this country had ever had. Lloyd George himself is to descend on the constituency to help the Liberal candidate. Let us then refresh the minds of the people of West Lothian with some facts about the record of Lloyd George. Where the Money Came |From How was the Lloyd George Fund accumulated? â¢ Lloyd George went into office a poor man, but when he left office he had a huge fund under his control and also owned the Daily Chronicle and the Edinburgh Evening News, the Liberal paper, which is backing Mr. Young, the Liberal candidate. Last July he sold his press interests for nearly £3,000,000. Here is the explanation of the "Banker," a prominent capitalist journal, as to how the Lloyd George funds which are financing Mr. Young came to be accumulated: "Many of the people on whom Lloyd George conferred honors are gross illiterate profiteers, doubtful in their reputations, vulgar in their lives, who to the shame of honor and decency were shovelled into the House of Lords, created baronets or knights, merely upon the strength of the money they had obtained by preying upon England in the most aWful crisis of her affairs. Mr. Lloyd George's funds are the wages of their ovcrgorged vanity." The capitalist Morning Post has stated : "A profiteer who had secured a contract to supply Parliament with whisky received a baronetcy in exchange for £05,000; a war contractor convicted of food-hoarding was consoled with a title." Lloyd George's Whisky Peerages We do not know whether Lloyd George will be appealing to the relij gious conscience of West Lothian or whether there-will be any ministers appealing to the'electors to support the Liberal candidate. But here is a list of honors conferred upon whisky magnates by Lloyd George during his last term of office: Lord Monteviot; original name, Dewar; brand out of which money was made, White Label. Lord Wool- avington; original name, Buchanan; brand, Black and White. Lord Dewar; original name. Dewar; brand, White Label. Sir A. Stevenson, original name, Stevenson; brand, Johnnie Walker; Sir P. J. Mackie; original name, Mackie; brand, White Horse; Sir Alex. Walker; original name, Walker; brand, Johnnie Walker. It would not appear that any deserving distiller was missed. Lloyd George and Wages In 1922, the last year that Lloyd George was prime minister, the total wage3 bill in the insured trades was cut by £7,900,000 per week, or over £400 million a year. That year Scots colliers' wages were cut by 50 per cent. Engineers' wages were cut from 86s. per week to 53s. Gd. a week, The Black-and-Tans It was Lloyd George who said of the Black-and-Tans in Ireland (April 4, 1921): "They will command not the condemnation but the admiration of posterity," .In the Manchester Guardian (May 5, 1922)âthe Liberal dailyâMr. J. M. Keynes, the well known Liberal economist, wrote: "Mr. Lloyd George's part in the matter of reparations is the most discreditable episode in his career. . . . His hands are not clean." Homes for, Heroes In 1918 Lloyd George promised homes for heroes, but in 1923 he cut down the national expenditure on housing as part of an economy campaign. This led to the resignation of Dr. Add'-5011 from the Ministry of Health, who said (Manchester Guardian, July 2, 1923): "Lloy-d George is more responsible for the stoppage -of these efforts (i.e. housing and slum clearance) than any living man. Be it remembered also that during his time the Singapore enterprise was sanctioned at a cost far exceeding the allowance for all our homeland slums. In the light of these facts, I say deliberately that anyone who relies upon Lloyd George to be steadfast in giving effect to such undertakings is a fool." "Devoid of Political Honesty" During the earlier stages of the Westbury bye-election campaign the Manchester Guardian (Liberal) made a pathetic appeal that Lloyd George should be allowed to assist. But it was Mr. Harcourt Johnstone, the Liberal candidate, who wrote a letter (June 3, 1926) in( which he said: "No party can maintain its identity or its usefulness which is directed or inspired by a man devoid of political honesty. To me, Mr. Lloyd George sefems to have but few of the virtues with which he is popularly credited, and all the vices which his political record only too amply display." Another Liberal Candidate on L. G. It was Lloyd George of whom Mr. Artemus Jones, K.C., himself a prospective Liberal candidate, wrote (letter to the "Nation," February 13. 1926): "Among artisans who take their politics seriously, the level of political intelligence is high, higher in some respects than you find among the middle or upper classesâand it is certainly too high to forget the facile opportunism which led Mr. Lloyd George, when it was' to his interest to associate with the Tory party, to violate every principle and tradition of Liberalism which happened for the moment to be inconvenient to him." Mr. Pringle, writing in the Daily Telegraph (May 31, 1926),. stated that Lord Oxford "with all his devotion to Liberalism, with his lifelong association with it, with all his service to Liberalism, would rather be out of public life than continue in association with Mr. Lloyd George." On June 2, 1926, a manifesto signed by Lord Grey, Sir John Simon, Sir Walter Runciman, Sir Donald Maclean, Sir Godfrey Collins, and others, declared that: "Since Mr. Lloyd George broke up the first Coalition and becahie prime minister he has played many parts. .. We cannot feel surprised. at Lord Oxford feeling that confidential relations are impossible with one whose instability destroys confidence."â Forward. Winnipeg I. L. P. Show Plenty of Activity Following are a few items taken at random dealing with the activities of the Independent Labor Party in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There appears to be some activity every night in thc-j.weck. The Provincial Board of the I.L.P. held its monthly meeting oh March 7th. There was a' good attendance of delegates, and business of a great deal of interest to the working class was transacted. The matter of forming an East Winnipeg branch of the I. L. P. was thoroughly discussed, and the matter referred to the North Winnipeg branch. The Picnic Committee reported that tickets for the sports and prize draw to be held at Selkirk, Labor Day, September 3, were on hand, and will be distributed |to the branches and members immediately. Every branch and member is asked to distribute these tickets as widely as possible, and the working class in Winnipeg and district are asked to support what will be the biggest labor celebration during 1928. Ten thousand copies of F. J'. Farmer's speech in the legislature on "Provincial Hydro" have been distributed throughout the province, and considerable interest on this question has been manifested, judging by the number of enquiries received to date. The executive were instructed to consider and report upon a Young People's Movement under the auspices of the I. L. P. Comrade Queen reported at some length on the work of the Manitoba Legislature, and it was generally agreed that the Bracken government is the most hopeless, from the standpoint of labor, that has existed in Manitoba during the last 20 years. At Elmwood Labor Hall The success that attended the St. Patrick's concert held last Wednesday night, indicates the esteem in which the workers in the Elmwood Labor Hajl are held. Appreciative of their labors, the crowds fairly packed the hall. Though the Winter season is drawing to a close, still there is no sign of abatement in the enthusiasm displayed ili connection with the Elm- THE ESTHER BAKERY HOT 111 BUNS Get your Cakes at this bakery MAKERS OF HOVIS Also Makers of the Best White. Raisin and ' Nul Bread Phone: Highland 1309 , 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Slen 370 MM Kastlacs St a. in making Bone and Muscle All the life essentials are found each morning on your doorstep in the F.V. Bottles. Milk is Nature's own corrective. â¢***-E*'o<--33> Fraser Valley Milk Fairmont 1000 wood Labor Hall Saturday night whist drives and dances. Wet End Labor Hall The address given by Mr. Ben Lyndon last Sunday morning, was greatly appreciated and the discussion ensuing was very lively. Next Sunday morning, Dr. Wright will address the Forum- His subject will be "Psychology and the Modern Novel." Fort Rouge Labor Hall The Women's Club of the LLP. will hold a whist drive on Tuesday, April 3, at 2:30, in the Fort Rouge Labor Hall. Prizes second to none. Refreshments. Admission 25c. Women's Auxiliary The formation of a Women's Auxiliary of the. North Winnipeg branch was given its first impetus at,the. home of Mrs. A. A. Miles, 410 Lans- downc avenue, recently at a silver tea. Mrs. J. S. Woodsworth spoke on the problems facing women and the need for'them to organize and become educated so that they may take their place politically and get their wrongs righted, and do their j part towards ushering in a better day. With drugstores multiplying at > fast as corner groceries, that schoolgirl complexion seems likely to decorate little sister for a generation or so. -r â â â atom*- â ~ . I--- Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 6, 1928 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at 816 Holden Uldg., Vancouver, II. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. official Organ of the Canadian Labor Tarty. H. W. Watti, Man. Editor. PHB88 COMMITTEE Chalrnmn Wni. Page (Carpenters), VV. Watt (Plumbers), P. It. Bengough (.*HaehliilHls), Tim Hanolin (Beverage -ITtapenHer**), .1. MeCurragh (Typographical), Geo. Gerrard (Theatrical), W. Deptford (Street Itallwaymen), Blrt Showier (Dairy Kmployees). Phone Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Friday, April 6. 1928 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Some time within the last two years this writer has attempted to pay his respects to some agent of the chiropractors who was willing to holt] up health insurance until his particular "ism," fad or phobid regarding healing was recognized. A recent incident reminds us that the unrecognized healing cult^ are not the only people who hope to gouge something for themselves from health insurance. Some considerable time ago a Coast unit of the recognized medical men appointed a committee to inquire into the necessity and advisability of health insurance in British Columbia. We would expect that a group of men making extravagant pretentions to education would wish to study the matter from the broad standpoint of the greatest public good, but the committee, knowing what was required of them, devoted themselves to a study of the probable influence of health insurance on the pocketbook of the doc tors. The committee- report is â shameless analysis of the effects of the proposed social legislation on the income of the medical man, and believing that it would be to their financial advantage, the Medical Association endorsed health insurance, an endorsement which, under the circumstances, carries no higher value than a burglar's approval of an unlatched window. - -Recently a Vancouver doctor speaking to the Medical Association on health insurance stated that during the previous month he had, in the General Hospital, performed fifteen hundred dollars' worth of work arid for which he would- not be paid, and he w*as pleading health insurance, believing that thereby he would avoid looses of this character. In various authoritative ways we have in recent years , been given estimates as to the amount of their accounts which the doctors find themselves unable to collect. The figures have varied from 40 to 00 per cent. Giving this man every advantage and assuming that he only collected for 40 per cent, of his worth, and ignoring the fact that all his unpaid work was not had in the hospital, then if the unpaid 60 per cent, of this j man's work totaled fifteen hundred dollars per month, the minimum value which he places on his service is $30,000 per year. This particular doctor is reputed to be a careful competent man but we beg to say that he is not worth $30,000 per year. As showing that this rather startling estimate is not an isolated incident we would mention the case of a country practitioner who in answer to the suggestion that he would be unable to handle some particularly difficult piece of work, asserted that his income for the last four years had totaled $60,000. While these figures do not prove the doctor's competence 'they do prove that in this section medical service is a luxury which the man attempting to raise a family on the ordinary daily wage must either refuse to obtain or refuse to pay for. For many years in British Columbia the lawyer was considered as setting the limit for unprincipled money grabbing. This doubtful honor no longer belongs to the lawyer; the doctor has usurped the position, and if the Vancouver doctor's recent address means anything, health insurance is expected to put the British Columbia medical practitioners in the same class as Pqla Negri, Gloria Swanson arid other great Hollywood characters.âM. THE ORIENTAL PLANK There may be many arguments made in favor of placing the plank in the platform of the Labor Party advocating votes for Orientals, but there will undoubtedly be a preponderance of opinion against it at election time. That appears to be a point that many of our so-called friends overlook, not because they are insincere, but because they arc absolutely blind to public opinion. In -spite of all the pressing needs for afr kinds of social legislation, these people come along with a plank that will put, not only-the labor candidates on the defensive, but the Labor Party and the organized labor movement. Without any preparation in the line of educating the masses to 8he idea, we are asked to make ourselves the target for a" line of abuse and ridicule, that no political party could successfully withstand. W(; have had a strong, growing opposition to Orientals and have reached a point, where relief is in sight from the competition of the cheapest of cheap labor. Some of our so-called friends may pour out a sob story about brotherly love as an excuse to allow the Oriental to starve our wives and children, but during these times of strenuous competition, it is going to be a hard job to suggest that we step aside and let John Chinaman lake the -bread from our mouths. The story, published in the Daily Sun recently, about white men eating out of the garbage cans of Japanese restaurants, stating at the same time that Japanese did not do this or beg, only goes to show that the Japanese is working, whjle the white man is so desperately hungry that he rumages in garbage cans. The w.oods, canneries and mills of B. C.-are overcrowded with Orientals and the white workers who filled these positions 15 years ago is relegated to the scrap heap. The houses in Shaughnessy Heights and many west end apartments are filled with Orientals who have displaced white girls, and who are now listed by the hundreds in the employment bureau. An increasing number of wage earners are being compelled every year to feed their sons and daughters at an age when they should be working, because the Oriental is given the first chance. Does any sane person Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,âI would like to draw your attention to a matter which has come to my notice arid though I am not in possession of any really authentic nformation, still I thought you might consider same worth investigating. The facts as I know them are that the Hon. Sam Hill, having purchased considerable property near Blaine and adjoining customs entry port of Douglas, B. C, proposes to lay out a golf course and various other works. As regard the golf course, I am given to understand on reliable authority that he has let the contract for such work to a Mr. H. Hunter, who is an American citizen residing, to my certain knowledge, in Blaine, U. S. A. This American crosses the line at will and proposes to employ all Oriental labor. There are a considerable number of White men in I his district needing; work and while I am not personally affected, still i think it behoves all right thinking Labor men to take up arms in a case of thi3 description. It seems to me that this is a most flagrant case of insult lo the laboring men of British Columbia and Canada, when an American can come across at will and hire Orientals. I may be wrong in my viewpoint hut would appreciate anything you may have to, offer on these lines. L. H. C. RE ENFRANCHISING ORIENTALS Editor Labor Statesman: Sir â Your correspondent, Tom Saunders, seems to base his objection to giving votes -to Oriental Canadians upon a prophetic statement antl straight opportunism. I do not see much object in dealing with the statement that "success is almost at hand." I would only surmise that your correspondent is either young in years or in the labor movement or has that optimistic spirit, tjuite common among Communists,' that sees things "about to happen." Upon what question has the business element sided with labor and have the farmers lined up? The exclusion of Orientals? Further immigration has been practically stop- thiiik I !"-''*â¢ Is *** ine ejcPu'sion _?f Oriental that in face of all this, that the av- Canadians and Oriental British sub erage elector will Took 'with" favor! /.«*»Â» .If this js *n? P?â¢*. ' w°ul(l upon a Labor Party candidate that M^ }o>;"^.whatJ_us;,ficahon they advocates further tolerance of this? Milliners say that a woman must have a hat for every occasion, but n husband may feel that there are many tinieg when there is, no occasion for a nat. The thing is ridiculous. Every old party candidate will have such a rallying to his cause that the Labor Party will be almost obliterated. There are some people who are so taken up with their own ego that they think they have all the intelligence that the working class is alleged to lack. But these people are quite unable to analyze the working class mind. When a wage earner has been displaced by an Oriental, or comes in contact, while unemployed, with working Orientals, it takes him a long time to forget it, if he ever does. That condition has been growing and is one* of the things that will guarantee strenuous opposition . to the Labor Party platform. All other planks, no matter how beneficial, will be overlooked in the one desire to get down to a scrap on that one. Some of our alleged friends in the labor movement appear to get the idea that because the Trades Council has admittod the Japanese to affiliation, that they should be accorded the vote. The Japanese were admitted to t,he Council only as a measure of safety to the industrial movement. Organized men are always an asset to any movement, rfhd if through their affiliation with the Council we are able to keep them organized and to help increase their standard j of living, we are simply safeguarding our own material interests. This question of advocating votes for the Oriental is entirely wrong. We may at some future time favor the granting of the franchise to Orientals, but until the public is well enough protected from cheap labor and so much unemployment, there can be no chance of even quietly suggesting that the Oriental shall be enfranchised. For many years to come we will have our hands full of the job of getting those who already have the vote, in such a frame of mind that they will vote Labor. Until that time -approaches we are only drawing the fire of the enemy and the prejudice of the electors by the suggestion. âW. With Safety A First Mortgage Bond with over $5000 in assets as security for each $1000 h'-nd, and earnings ever (-U> times interest requirements. This is a most attractive investment, particulars of which we will be pleased to supply on' request. Kindly use the coupon below Pleii.se send in once full paxtlcu lars of your PAR TIAL PAY.MK-iN'l PLAN. it Name Address.. R. P. CLARK & CO. (Vancouver) Ltd. INVESTMENT BANKERS With whom are associated Mcdonald, jukes & graves, ltd. #23 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B. C. job with the Canadian Collieries. It is 'significant that the Chinese employed at Extension and Cumberland mines (underground) were not laid off with the white miners. EX-MINER. can put forward even from the point of view of the moral business and farming element. We know that from a class (working class) point of view the interests of all workers are the same: firstly, to obtain as high a price for their labor as possible, and secondly to change the system and get away from exploitation as soon as may be. That we should hedge on our position as representatives of the working class as a whole simply because we stir up opposition is absurd. That would simply mean that we stand still and tlo nothnig. I have in front of me the provincial election manifesto of the C.L.P., and there is not One plnak in all the seventeen that could not easily be adopted by the Liberals. If that is so, what is the reason for our existence as a political party? So long a swe are content to be orthodo* and advocate nothing more radical than advanced Liberal measures we have the approbation (and very little more) of a certain section of Labor officialdom, but when we take up a position directly representing the working class as a whole we seem to open the floodgates of wrath. I am given to understand, Mr. Editor, that the Typographical Union hnve given notice of withdrawal from the C.L.P., and also that a certain official of the Carpenters' Union has seen fit to make a number of invidious remarks at one of the recent meetings of the U. B. on this subject. Perhaps one of these gentlemen will show the courage of his convictions and come to the assistance of your correspondent! Yours truly, W. W. LEFEAUX. British Miners Are Not Beaten Yet "The coal owners now know the feeling of miners and their wives on the subject of recognition of the N'otts Miners' Association and the Miners' Federation. Let us see if they are willing to exercise that spirit of conciliation of which we hear so much." This comment by one of the Labor victors in the Nottinghamshire county council elections concisely sums up the significance of the results in that area of the Midlands. The extent and incidence of the Labor success are remarkable. In the districts where "Spencerism" vs. the miners' real trade union has become the dominant industrial issue, Labor has*,swept the field, obtaining 15 seats out of the 21 contested, 13 of these being definite gains. To top everything, the gesture against "Spencerism" has been most complete in Mr, Spencer's own constituency of Broxtowc, where the Labor forces won every seat they fought. Such is the Notts reply to the attack which has been proceeding against the right of miners to belong, without pains and penalties, to a union of their choice unfettered by any qualifications and restrictions by their employers. Such is the reply to a determined and sustained attempt on the part of the Notts coal owners to undermine true trade unionism. These victories come at a critical moment in the struggle for trade unionism. They will hearten the Notts Miners' Association and the Miners' "Federation in their campaign at Welbeck and throughout the coalfield. They will encourage those who have remained loyal to their union; they will strengthen the waverers and bring light to those who have deserted to "Spencerism." Anil they will act as a warning to the coal owners that they would be well advised not only to accede to the request of they>general council for a meeting, but (to drop their ban on the Notts Miners' Association and its members.âDaily Herald. He (passionately): "I tell you, my love for you is making me madâ madâmail!" She (calmly): "Well, keep quiet about father."âWestern Christian Advocate. "We Do Not Patronize" I.EN A. DAVIS, Lathing Contractor. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. NATIONAL LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hattingi W. THOMAS & McBAIN, Clothier., 655 Granville. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN & LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. Aâ LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by the Vancouver, Now Westminster and District Trade! and Labor Council, tor the Information of all anion members. BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 399S HASTINGS STBEET EAST Hljrll. ISO Glen 384 Night Call I Glen 433, Carl 39ST3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT BUNGALOWS 500.000 FEET FEB PAY. SEE US FOR SPECIALS] < Those who borrow trouble rarely save it. Editor Labor Statesman: SirâAnother splendid object-lesson is taught in an item in Friday's "Sun"' re the Canadian Collieries. The superintendent of this company announces that he expects to reinstate the 200 me nwho were recently laid off, as prospects for the coal trade appear to be improving. The true explanation is that the men who asked for the return of the sixty cents per day have been disciplined aryd scattered to the four winds arid t-fie' remainder are wen-tied: tO~foTget about the reduction if they want' a Alteration Sale! Tremendous Reductions on Chesterfield Suites Never before in the history of our business have we been able to sell at such low prices. Come in today, you benefit! Dominion Furniture Xo. "The House of Friendly Credit" * 1082 GRANVILLE STREET "â *ii*itiM-auf*'*'ei'' MfGVV|KMJ â .-;.:â ;.â â .'â â â ;â -.".. '---v. , ,.;â -â â :â .â¢J*..-..>-,.*v.-(* â¢â â â - " : oMWHFci-tt tjMimtRXKd'm.- .â â . i_ Friday, April 6, 192$ THE LABOR STATESMAN Five Weak Men AND AIL DISEASES OF MEN Take Our Remedies Bend for our Book]it on Manhood and IMsoases of .Men. ' Pamphlet on Ills of Women, Booklet on Sk'n D'senses, Treatise on Chronic Complaints; Free by Mali. Thirty years' exp rience. Without crlli- ets'flg or dlipirutng our medical men," call u.s before losing, hope.' LVnsUItaflons free. Om-ti 2 to (1 and 1 to K dally except Weds, and Hals.. m ben closed all day. Phone Doug. 3394 for Appointment The English Herbal Dispensary Limited 1359 DAVIE ST. VANCOUVER, B.JC. Canada's Oldest Herbal Institute ' =1B (*r*= D0IMEDI5TIILED OLD RYE WHISKY DISTILLED AND BOTTLED IN BONO BV The B.C.Distillery Co., limited NEW Westminster, B. c. This advertisement is not puolished or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Ach! Louis "First "L. D."'may we ask you; This "cop cleaning" task you Arc up to the "red" in, has 't got you all askew? The "vile innuendo" You talked of "Crescendo," Is the fruity old voice touch'd with "diminuendo?" Pray is our belief wrong? You evidenced grief strong Some short while ago, when you "slapped" our Police Chief Long. This Fletcher's a mean pup, He's sure got your spleen up; Why not tell him "plump" that you don't need a "clean up," We're sure that this Boy'll Cause trouble and toil. The first thing you know he'll "Commission you Royal." An uncanny fellow, No bawling nor bellow, He hints at Red Neck Ties, and Politics yellow. It's topping old fun, Sir, â The best thing you've done, Sir. "Let Fletcher bring .proof!" That ii a hot. one, Sir. It's »o vexing, Louis, That this sort of "hooey' Is likely to blow you Mayor" to "blooie." ' With Labor all "het up," Demanding you get up A Police Force Enquiry, it looks like a "set up," Female "view with alarmers," May resist lady charmers, For there you're not dealing with poor dairy farmers. Which reminds us, "L. IV, 'Arry Almond, is he Making eyes at the "Greater Van" Mayoralty? 'Any's Finance is O.K., Beware tho' his Bouquet; That Milk stunt was "dual." You'll pay for that "hokey." His "cold deck" you o't t' thaw His play's always got a raw Deal to it, "L. D." Slay home, Lad! cut Ottawa. There's two! Don't you leave 'em. Your absence won't grieve 'em. Sit tight, and both 'Arry and Barney, you'll peeve 'em. Wot a life! Wot a life! And the rumor that's rife. Double crossings, plots, counterplots, treason and strife! A mis'rable job now As Mayor. And they rob now The chances you had of "Big Time!" We could sob now. And J. Richmond Craig, Sir, He is a tough egg, Sir, There's one Parson, "L. D. will pull your leg, Sir! If you will mess about with Queer Folk, there's no doubt with The Decent Ones, Louis, you'll soon be clean out with. Well! We must be "tooling," And "L. D.," quit drooling, Talk sense. You're just fooling and fooling and fooling! who Guthrie Nominated for Cowichan-Newcastle Sam Guthrie, ex-Labor member for Newcastle, was the unanimous choice of the Independent Labor Party at Ladysmith Saturday night to contest the Cowichan-Newcastle constituency in the forthcoming election as an Independent Labor Party candidate. Committees are to be appointed at all the principal places in the constituency in preparation for a vigorous campaign as soon as the date of election has been announced. The NorthfieJcL-'-Brtncfl of the Independent Labor*" Party endorsed the nomination of Mr. Guthrie, at their meeting on Sunday evening, and a committee will be appointed to attend to matters dealing with labor questions. Labor's Amazing Money Resource The control by Labor of the bulk of the nation's finances, and extension of that control to the means of production, is probably considered impossible, b ya large section of the toiling masses. Yet it can be accomplished inside the present generation if only the workers will awaken to the possibilities of mobilizing their money resources under their own control. In the United States the workers receive over twenty billions of dollars each year in wages, and the farmers another seventeen billions of dollars for their crops. They put into the 902 savings' banks in the' United States, in 1925, the staggering sum of seven billion, nine hundred -rand _ seventy-seven million, six hundred and seventeen thousand dollars, drawing less than 4 per cent, interest. In addition, thep spent about two billions of dollars on more or less useless luxuries, such as chewing gum, face paints and powders for their women folk, cigars for themselves, booze and its imitations,, shows, prize fights and horse racing, etc., while another one billion dollars of their earnings was squandered in blue sky swindles and fake stocks. Allowing a reasonable expenditure for amusements and luxuries, these producers could pu^t into their own co-operative banks and industrial enterprises each year at least six billions of dollars without any hardship on their part. In Canada there are some 271,000 workers holding membership in trade unions of one kind or another. It has been estimated that they earn each year in excess of four hundred million dollars, out of which about three hundred and fifty million dollars is used up in living expenses, leaving a balance of forty-eight million dollars available for investment and savings. Ouf of this latter sum it is stated that at least twenty- irri RNATIONAL CELEBRATES three. m£]"?, ,lollars, -j invf te,d ^ Twriuxv piptu hiptui-iav >'"-" ln highly speculative stock, gold, TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY 0â ,im| wi](kat propoaitionSi In Washington, D. C, on April 18, Here's a thought. T-he American the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Federation of Labor has an affili- Inteinational Union of Hod Carriers, ate(i membership of approximately Building and Common Laborers will thrvv million. Suppose each one of be celebrated. April 13 is the end 01,these members laid aside one dollar â VENDEES FOR COAL SEALED tenders addressed to the Puroh&llng Auent, Department of Public Works, Ottawa, will received nt hi-- office until 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, April 18th, 1938, for the supply of coal for (he Dominion Buildings and Experimental Farms and Stations. throughout the Provinces of Manltoh.i, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Colli till) la. Forms nf. tender, with specifications nnd conditions attached can he obtained front G. W. Dawson, Chief T-urehasinK A-*-cnt, Department of Pul-lii*. Works, Ottawa: 3. K. Cyr, Supt. of Dominion Buildings,' Winnipeg, Man.; H. E. Matthews. District Resident Architect, Winnipeg, Man.: (!. J. Stephenson, District Resident Architect. Itcglna, Sask.; .1. M. Stevenson, District Resident Architect, Calgary. Alia.: and J. <i. Mlrown, District Resident1 Architect, Victoria, B. C. Teders will hot he considered unless made on the above mentioned forma. The right to demand fronj, the successful tenderer a deposit, noTW-xoeding 10 per cent of the amount of the tender, to secure the proper fulfilment of the contract, Is reserved. By order, S. K. O'BRIEN. i Secretary Department of Public Works, Ottawa, March 21, 1928. LOAN SHARKS ACTIVE NEW YOK.âCity employees are victims of loan sharks to as great an extent as taxicab drivers, according to Federal District Attorney Tuttle, who is investigating illegal lending companies. , Mr. Tuttle said that interest at an average rate of 260 per cent, has' been exacted from city employees. quarter of a century since the international union was organized in the same city. The later date for observance of the silver jubilee was selected as falling within the week thift the general executive board will be in session in Washington. In 2o years the union has grown from a mere handful of members to a figure well toward 160,000. And from a few local unions the organization has spread until it now embraces about HOO local unions and about 20 district councils. a week for one year. It would amount to one hundred and fifty-six million dollars. Isn't that a tidy sum to enter industry with in different lines? Why not use some of it? Why not now?âR.F Try the New B. C. Coal with the blue flame At last! Vancouver ban a coal suitable for all domestic purposes. BOOTLESS, LOW XN ASH, HIGH IN HEAT and easy TO light. Yon save, and also lielp to support a "B. C." Industry and boost B. C. Payrolls. PRICES: LUMP, Sll.OO; EGG LUMP, $10.75; NUT, $10.00. PHONES: HIGH. 80 and BAY VIEW 61681. ECONOMY COAL SALES J. J. Quinn, Sales Manager 601 Powell Street 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 Hazelwopd Creamery, Limited Vaudeville Artists' Celebrate at Orpheum Pre-arranged and co-operative plan.1* for the 1928 National Vuudevilli* Artists annual celebration during tile week of 8 to 15, now Include special activities In about 800 theatres located I never 200 cities and towns In every part of the United States ml Canada. This celebration comprises special programmes, surprise features, carnival decorations and added attractions in every locality where there is a vaudeville thetre. The entire proceeds for the big benefit to be held In this c-ltv nnd other points are devoted to the N. V. A. Sick nnd Benefit Fund. The hill at the New Orpheum next week will bo one that Is especially adapted for the big N. V. A. celebrations, with Miss Fannie Ward appearing as the headline attraction. Laugh- i'nK right In the face of old Father Time. .Miss Fannie Ward is a lithe and lovely proof that Ponce do Leon was not misinformed when he told that somewhere in this country there was a fountal of youth. Miss Ward owns sixty odd years on this earth, most of them spent in the arduous service of the theatre, and yet today she is as pert and zestful as a -debunate with slim shilhouette, rose-leaf complexion, bright eyes, glossy hair and joy in life. When Miss Ward appears here she will he seen in a selection of songs, stories and lecturettes' fi-om her repertoire. The Four Camorona in "Like Father, Like Son" will also appear on the N. V. A. hill next week. They are probably the best known theatrical family now before the public, and provide twenty minutes of the most entertaining kind of entertainment. Other clever nets will Include Henna and Juan Reyes, vaudeville's concert violinists and pianist; Felovls, the European Juggler: Charles Sargent and Hurt Lewis, specialists In laugh lyrics, and Danny Small. "The Dixie Song Bird," and the Creaole Belle ln "Songs and Such." Dorothy M.'iekail! ad .lack Mulhall will supply the feature photoplay entertainment In "Ladies Night in a Turkish Hath." / TEMPLE IS FAVORED BY EVERETT UNIONS The Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union of Everett, Wash., was among the first organizations to vote financial support for building a Labor Temple.' Several unions have made pledges that will provide funds for approximately half the cost of the building. Most of the unions are voting to assess their members a stated amount, the assessment to be distributed over a period "Of several months. Unions that had acted favorably at last report at the Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, Tailors, Lathers, Painters, Plumbers, Bricklayers', Typographical. Cooks and Waiters, Sheet-metal Workers and the Stage Employees and Moving Pjcturc Operators. â ' Everett expects a fair year of building but nothing that could in any way be defined as a boom. Relations between building labor and the contractors are gpneraljy of a friendly nature. - NOTED LEADER REPORTED KILLED BY SOVIET POLICE Mr. C. Gvarjaladze. London representative of the Social-Democratic Labor Party of Georgia,, informs the Daily Herald that he has received the following cable from friends from the Georgian frontier: "A well known Georgian Socialist leader, Mr. S. Thoidze, who had been secretly leading his party, and had been contributing articles to the Georgian illegal Socialist Press, as at present there is no political freedom in Georgia, after a long search by the Soviet authorities, had been discovered at Makvanethi (south of Georgia)' in his friend's house. "The house was surrounded by the Tchekists and fired on. Mr. Thoidze, who was ill and was in bed with high temperature, was killed, as were also the landlady with her six months old baby." i CANADIAN BAKERIES LIMITED Another Big Show at Pantages Theatre Motion picture fans who likn their Minis filled with diversified .icUon along with romance and comedy nnd with sti.-h capable strs a.s Geortfu O'Brien and UiIh .Moran will find all these in Pox Films' "Sharp Shooters/1 which opens next Monday aa~Uie screen feature of a remarkable bill of vaudeville and pictures. ".Sharp Shooters' Is a colorful drama filled with humor and romance that covers half the globe from French Morocco to the Xew York East Side. Director .1. O. Blystohe has handled the picture with.feeling and has made the best out of every incident and situation In tha production. -George O'Brien, cast as the hard- boiled gob who has a girl friend In every port, again shows that he is ah able comedian s well as a drmatlc act:-, or. O'Brien's comedy is as spontaneous artd subtle as his fistic encounters are terrific and furious. Lois Moran is seen In an entirely different role. She Is cast as the little Nautrh entertainer in a dive in Morocco. In the first sequences of the story she is dressed in the most Oriental costumes and Is a lovely rvfslon. In? the latter sequences she .gives a performance that is filled with pathos and sympathy. Six outstanding acts of vaudeville and musical features by Francesco Maracciand his orchestra and Ivy â Kvans on theorgiin will complete the show. The fact that shatter proof glass has now been perfected- should not induce those folks who live in glass houses to start throwing stones. "About; that daughter of yoursâ" "You want to marry her," "Not. if I can get into your business any other way, sir." CHICKEN NOVELTY DANCE AT SOUTH VAN. APRIL 21 A chicken novelty whist drive and dance will be held in the Elks Hall, 4th and Fraser, on Saturday evening, April 21. Last Saturday's dance was announced as the last one, but these affairs have become so popular that the crowd insisted on having at least one more, so the committee has arranged for one at the above date, no other date being available. Special prizes in the. form of real chickens will be given, away, ; Spring Term Tuesday, April 10th DUFFUS School of Business Limited (B. C. COMMERCIAL) DAY AM) NIGHT Sey. 5771 285 MINERS AND FAMILIES EVICTED BY COURT ORDER Federal Judge Benson--W. Hough has issued another sweeping edict against the miners of Ohio. After hearing petitions of five coal companies at Columbus last week, he ordered the eviction of 285 families from company houses, effective May 1. Notices Were immediately served by United States marshals. The mine owners arc operating their properties on a non-union -basis and want the houses for their imported strikebreakers.. The. evicted families will move into barracks coii- istructed by the United Mine Work- I ers. .'..â .' ..' â¢-...-j-vwmJi'W'M-w----- ^#X.,'.-. Fi Si> THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 6, 1928 mm DAINTY DATE BUTTER â¢â¢âMakes swell sandwiches. âfor Dad's or the Kiddies' Lunch. âMakes a tasty filler for cakes and cookies. Ask your Grocer for Dainty Pitted Dates Dainty Date Company less venabiea street Ypur PARTY or SOCIAL is NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 3 6 Phone Fair. 80 Exclusive Ambulance Service PHONE QA FAIR. OU Up-to-dnto AmbnlancoD and Invalid Coaches. All Cases Handled Very Carefully All Attendants Qualified Is First AM "St. John's Ambulance Association" "We Specialize ln Ambulance Service Only" 536 Thirteenth Avenue West, Vancouver, B.C. Signs When I feel red flannel scratchin' an' the snow don't squeak no more, The fire burns its brightest an' the chimney roars the more, Then the thermometer acts just crazy with its rushin' up an' down, An' I hear a heap of talk 'bout that Easter hat an' gown. Then I find myself a wonderin' how my fishin' tackle is, An' Bud pets out his marbles an' fails in his school quiz. Ma allows the sap's a-runnin' in the maples by the mill. An' the mare acts kind o' skittish, like her colt that we call Bill." Then a few birds start a flyin' on , their regular northward swingâ Man, I just can't keep from shoutin,' "gosh, I'm glad it's almost spring." ,. ,TEN STEEL MAKERS CONTROL INDUSTRY NEW YORK,âMerging of steel mills has been carried to a point where ten companies control 82 per cent, of the annual steel-making capacity in this country. This capacity is 58,000,000 tons. The ten corporations have a capacity of 47,- 497,000 tons. The steel trust leads with 23.04G,- 000 tons, followed by Bethlehem with 7,900,000 tons and the new merger of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and the Inland Steel Company with 5,040,000 tons. The smaller manufacturing units own G<A per cent, of the total capacity. Mergers in this group are expected. , â¢ "The up-to-date girl does not cry," says a critic. No, look at the price i of of ace ^o.wd?r .!.-:* ~~.. â.~2..^_^..;;~.; '. BAD FRIDAY (Bv F. W. MOOKE) UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Bouck White invented that title for a chapter in "The Call of the Carpenter," so please don't blame me. 'Twas made "bad" by the foul crime of Romish imperialism responsible for the death of^tWP greatest proletarian "awakener" the world ever knewâa proletarian, slain on the piratical principle that "Dead men tell no tales." And his great fault was that he talked too much about a. current history that couldn't bear the light of day. Rome dealt in human slavery w.th its manifold concomitant evils. A slave wasn't supposed to be humanâjust an "articulate instrument." "The sum of all Negro slavery," says the historian, "is but a drop compared with the sufferings of Roman slaves." Men were tortured and women were sent to an earthly hell, said Prudentius of St. Agnes: "This maiden to the public brothel they consign, Unless she bow before the heathen shrine."âIbid 214. As an imperialistic org-anizaiion Rome was a paragon of perfection. Years of experience taught her how to subdue nations. It took her five hundred, years to conquer Italy, but only fifty-three-to conquer the rest of the worlds " --. - What cowards the rest must have been! Don't you ever think so! They were the bravest of the brave such as you will find in any couiitry if their histories are true; but Rome had a knack in the art of conquest. She discovered the solidarity of capital. That is her sole contribution to the economic education of the world. She didn't take the nations by force of aims; she annexed them by means of a coalition of .the capitalist group in each country. Her motto was: "For revenge only." Rome thoroughly understood the law of economic determinism, but so did the Carpenter of Nazareth. His policy was to direct its force towards the building of human solidarity. He was the "Great Awakener." He showed them that nature was on their side; hence, he talks about establishing the Kingdom of God on earth, or as Bouck White calls it, "The Kingdom of Self-respect."â Ibid 84. Were not the people the "salt of the earth?"' The movemerlt was known as "The Way,"_ The oligarchy was cut to the heart because of the proclamation to multitudes of the coming of a kingdom of self- respect, a new order of society in which industrialism should be glad and free because the world'3 workers would be the world's owners." The peculiar nature of this k nd of philosophy, according to Marx, "summons as foe's into the field of battle the most violent, mean, and malignant passions of the human breast, the furies of private interest." Accordingly, "The Awakener" was condemned to an ignominious death calculated to seal the lips of the disturbers for all time. But punishment never works that way if unjust. It is the acme of perfection as an advertisement. Propaganda was increased fourfold and persecution was renewed accordingly. Stephen was stoned to death. Others of the firebrand" group began "soap-boxing" down in Samaria. But all that is nothing compared to what might have happened. "For if this liberation movement once, reached a point where it forgat- ,/fewish lines and broke loose amongst the proletariat of all countries it would give Rome, already inclined to bad dreams, a nightmare that would have been a nightmare indeed."âIbid 203. "Other religions had been in large part the product of the priest or philosopher. . . . The Galilean propaganda, however, had sprung from a carpenter^. . . The conditions of earth life shaped his soul, . .'. What the soil is to the plant economics is to the people who grow up in it. . . . Let pietists. pietize as they may, material status has a direct action on the mind and character."âIbid -208. Rome's contribution to the world's thought was the idea of the oneness of the interests of property, irrespective of national boundaries. Just one of The Carpenter's ideas beats that a million-fold. He proclaimed the solidarity of mankind irrespect.vc of. national boundaries. In its truest signification the deplorable super- tragedy of Bad Friday is a perpetual reminder of that idea. Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill .. Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late Stth Batt. 'i Late 72nd Batt. 76 Hastings St. E. Vancouver, B.C. Ringing the Changes Beggar: "Kindjfady, I was not always like this." Lady: "No. Last week it was your other; itrftt Ib'UisaaAJaisainB..''â '.'"â '-â â Unemployment Aid Favored in House Ottawa.âIndication of the fact that the unemployment insurance idea has enlisted the interest of the House of Commons was given last Monday evening when, after A. A. Heaps (Labor, Winnipeg) had concluded his argument on the scheme, W. G. McQuarrie (Conservative, New Westminster) moved a sympathetic amendment, and Premier King showed his interest in the discussion by moving his seat in the chamber so as to hear every word. It was noticeable that the prime minister took extensive notes upon the arguments of the speakers. A. W. Neill (Ind., Comox-Alberni) took up the debate and observed that Vancouver had been paying recently as much as $1,000 a day for unemployment relief. Mr. Neill went on to speak of the danger to the community as a whole of prolonged un employment. Mr. Neill declared that the unemployment insurance bill recently introduced in England was prepared on a very sound basis, and the contributions were very small. W. G. McQuarrie said he proposed to introduce an amendment -which would add to the power of the committee in connection with the investigation. After relating some personal experiences with sickness insurance, Mr. McQuarrie moved an amendment to the effect that, the committee should also be authorized to investigate and report on companies carrying on accident and sickness insurance business in Canada. A. H. DesLauriers (Liberal, St. Mary) approved of the principle of the resolution and expressed his interest in industrial'insurance. Hard on the English An English girl was present When this conundrum was asked: "How do you make a Maltese cross?"â the answer of course being, "You pull its tail."â: â¢'.- The English giW didn't smile. Finally she said: "Well, of course, it's because I'm English, and all that, but really, I Cannot sefl any similarity between a .^Maltese cross and a pullet's tail." Socialist Party in States Start Campaign The Socialist party is going through its quadrennial ritual of drafting a platform and nominating candidates for President and Vice- President of the United States. On April 13, Mwo months before the major eruptions in Kansas City and Houston, its delegates will gather in New York. Norman Thomas, veteran of the lecture platform, and Upton Sinclair, designate of diatribe, are written upon its slate. The party platform is still a hefty pile of rough- hewn planking, but the executive committee, of which Mr. Thomas is a member, busies itself with tentative measurements. A preliminary announcement framed by ttic executive committee shows the direction which the party is tdking. "Never before," writes the committee, "has the republic been degraded to the low level it has reached in recent years. The bribes of oil swindlers have debauched men in public office. Members of the Cabinet have bartered great natural riches to notorious grafters. For years the millionaire corruptionists have eluded punishment. While this corruption has dragged its slimy trail through the courts and investigation committees, the Administration, without the consent of Congress, has been waging war on one of our neighbor republics. With pious declarations of good will for the people of Nicaragua, American bombing 'pliuj-psand machine guns have destroy/d tIT&slives of Nicara- guans." Here, witm slight emendations, is Senator Norris or Senator Wheeler flying in the face of the Administration. Until it pleads for the nationalization of the bituminous coal industry and launches an invective against the parties of capitalist^ "hopelessly tied to the masters of industry," the preliminary statement cannot be looked upon as making a radical left turn. Even then, it does not go far from the center of the broad highway.âThe Independent. -"-' i ' People who live in summer suits should &o south for the^-winter. MaleâA person who thinki he is great help around the' house because he-doesn't leave his towels on the'bathroom floor. When ln a Hurry, Drop In at Egg Order. FRED'S a-e always r» â¢ T 1. "o.k." .t Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 72 Hastings W. Always Open R. WILKINSON, Pro. D. DUNCAN. S.c Reynolds' Cartage Co. 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MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING T44 HASTINGS W. SBT. 2070 Colonial Theatre SRA°rTOLLB AND DUNSMUIX Premier Film Attraction* Special Features Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Moderate Prices CONTINUOUS, 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing PRIVATE AND CLASS LESSONS Social Dances, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. SEYMOUR 101. COTILLION HALL IP. HusMmi T\nhonizeU Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET ITâ AND NOTHING ELSE. Rich in Nouriahm DELICIOUS The Week At Ottawa 7-Hour Day in Mines Rejected in England LONDON, Eng.âThe House of Commons rejected a 7-hour day for miners that was urged by the Labor party. Prior to the recent disastrous mine strike, seven hours was the law, but this was increased to eight hours by the government. The 7-hour bill was defeated by a majority of 27 |t after the government promised a new investigation of mining conditions. Labor party members hooted Lloyd George, head of the Liberal, party, who spoke for the bill. The workers reminded the former premier of his silence when the 8-hour law was passed and when coal owners were solidly massed behind . the Conservatives. Labor party members said that the miners' wages were £40,000,000 less ' than in 1924 and that men. women and children in the mining districts > are on the verge of starvation. British miners, they said, are the most hard worked in the world, with the j' exception of Chinese, and at no time within the past 50 years has condi- 'tions in this industry been m bad. These conditions followed the miners' defeat in 1926 when the work day was lengthened and wages were reduced. All uniformity in j'wage rates has been destroyed and the various districts are in a mad race to lower labor costs. (By J. S. WOODSWORTH) Since such a large amount of the time of the House is consumed in discussing the raising of funds and the manner in which we shall expend these revenues, it is well, perhaps, that the people generally, should know what it costs to run this country and how we arc spending their money. Let me quote some figures from a pamphlet issued by the Citizen's Research Institute: The cost of the Federal Government last year, amounted to $339,- 09-1,266, or $42.51 per head, of the population. If you have a family of five you can see that on the average the cost would amount to over $200. Whether you pay more or less than this will denpend on the way in which we raise our taxes. Of the $42.51, $15.12 is raised through the Customs and $5.17 through the Excise. The Post Office, which is almost the only revenue- producing service, contributes $3.10. Other public works contribute 8c; sales tax, tax on cheques, transpor tation, etc., bring in $11.15; the income tax $5.05, and the remaining items arc very insignificant. It will thus be.seen that the ordinary people who purchase goods, are xery largely responsible for producing the revenues of the country. In fact, the larger the family the heavier taxation is liable to be. Now. let us turn to the expenditures. These amount to a grand total of $329,836,099, or $35.13 per head. Of this $35.13, no less than $14 goes to pay interest on debt charges. As a large part of this debt is owed to Canadians this means that the mass of the population from whose pockets are extracted the taxes,' must pay tribute to those who managed during or since the far, to secure a mortgage on the revenues of this country. Of the other items, the lrgcst is that for military and naval expense, including Soldiers' Civil Re-Estab lishment^ Pensions, etc. This amounts to $6.46. We are told that the expenditures in Canada for military purposes is very small. Let us examine this statement: Of $35.08, provincial subsidies accounts for $1.33; subsidies and subecntions, mail and steamship services, lie; public works (including maintenance, rent of public buildings, lighthouses, ocean and river services, etc., $1.90; railways, canals and highways (not including C, N. R. deficit) 44c; administration* of justice, 71c; emigration and colonization, 28c; agriculture, fisheries and mines. $1.04; lands and pargs, 45c; add together all these items and you have a total of $6.26, which is less -than that spent for military defence. Surely, it is hardly too much to ?ay that the Dominion Government exists very largely as a vast collecting agency to pay for the debt incurred during the last war and in order to maintain a military establishment with which to eriter upon another war. _ Is" ' BRITISH LABOR IN ANOTHER BY-ELECTION ' . Hr. Emanuel Shinwell will be the Labor candidate in the West Loth ian by-election. Equipped with a keen mentality, a comprehensive .knowledge of Labor and Socialist problems, and a genius for debate, he will oe a relentlessi fighter and a redoubtable opponent. He has had long experience as a Socialist propa gandist and Trade Union organizer has been chairiflan of the Glasgow Trades and Labor Council; sat for a time in the Glasgow town council, and in 1922-24 represented West Lothian in the House of Commons. â¢During Labor's spell of office he was secretary of mines. He has just recently completed a tour of the constituency. Shinwell is an I.L.P. nominee, and â¢the executive of the Divisional Labor Party and the I.L.P. Federation _for the area will meet at Armadale, "where plans will be laid and the "captains of the districts" will get their â¢ instructions. "Coats and gloves off" swill be the immediate order. There "will be an increasing intensity until the polling booths close. The I.L.P. will put every ounce into the fight ciiii -place its speakers and workers .At the disposal of the local 'organizations. In Edinburghâfrom which most of the division is easily accessibleâthO party will mobilize its forces for .the attack. One of the most interesting discussions in the House arose over the proposal to refer the question of an increase in the salaries of judges to a committee of the House. Mr. Bennett, himself, of course, a lawyer, took the ground that it was beneath the dignity of .the judges, to have such a matter discussed in public. Other members opposed this view. A.j few extracts will give an idea Of the debate. In passing, it may be said that the matter goes to a committee. Br. Bennett: "I cannot think that the calling of witnesses, the bringing of papers, and a general discussion in a select committee of this House would be anything but injurious to the very purpose we hope to accomplish." Mr. Woodsworth: "May I ask the leader of the Opposition whether he implies that this is a matter that will not stand investigation?" Mr. Bennett: "Had that observation come from anyone less educated than my honorable, friend, I would treat it with contempt. ... A great deal of irrelevant discussion would ensue with: respect tow hether John Smith might not be able to live cheaper, whether John Jones was receiving enough, to cope with the high cost of living, or whether he ought to keep an automobile or a pair of horses. F0r_these reasons I am opposed'to the mtion," I_! Mr. Ladner: "With reference to the i points mentioned by the Prime Minister, does he not think the proposed method of procedure is putting the judges in a very undignified position?" Mr. Woodsworth: "The suggestion was made that it was beneath the dignity of the judges to have this matter submit'nd to a committee. . . I notice that we, as private members," are not infrequently solicited by candidates who want to be appointed to judgeships. I do not know whether that is quite in keeping with the high honor of the bench, or not. .... I hope that I am not offending the members of the Bar when I remind them th-a Bar Association is a professional organization akin to a trade union organization, and I do not see why the members of "one par- ticuylar trades union should be permitted to decide just what salaries the graduates from that union should receive If the cost of living has gone up I presume that the~sal- aries of the judges should go up just as the salaries of the civil servants should go up, and the wages of people outside the government service should go up Mr. Lanctot: "It has been urfced in this House that we should increase the salaries'of the judges because they are suffering actual hardship by reason of their present salaries., But why not consider the plight of the common people, many of whom are confronted wiffi actual starvation?" Mr. Stevens: "It is very desirable in the interest of the country at large that nothing shall -be done that will bring the Judiciary of Canada into the realm of, what shall I say, a wrangle, or discussion, or dispute about such a thing as salaries." Hon. Mr. Edwards: "If it is not lowering to the dignity of judges to make representations in writing to members of parliament for an increase in their salaries, I submit that it is not derogatory to their dignity to appear before a committee and give evidence. .... In the mind of the Minister of Justice the dignity of a judge is expressed in the salary he draws, and it is not derogatory to the dignity of a judge drawing five or six thousand a year to appear be- for the the committee and give evidence in favor of an increase in his salary, but it is derogatory in the case of a man who is getting a salary of fifteen or sixteen thousand a year, and who will get an even bigger increase than the lower judge When they tire of the bench, when they find their duties too onerous and too hard upon them and they cannot stand the strain any longer, they resign on a pension of five or six thousand a year, and some of them go into politics." Mr. Evans: "I wonder why it should be beneath the*"dignity of any body of men to appear before parliament, since parliament is the highest court in the land Let me quote a short paragraph: 'Last year there were 38,000 meals served in the parliamentary restaurant at a cost of a dollar per meal. There is now a deficit of $27,000 facing the officials, which includes arrears of $300 from four former members of parliament, and a prominent civil servant. One of the former members is now a Nova Scotia judge'." Mr. Bourassa: "I do not think the dignity of the bench will be impaired by the fact that the judges, if they find their remuneration insufficient, will be called upon to state frankly and under their own responsibility before a committee of this House, why they desire a larger salary. . . . some lawyers find it very helpful to plead cases either before parliament or elsewhere for the benefit of the judges; they find that in carrying on their profession they reap very tangible results by th«! manner in which they arc treated by some , of the judges Dignjjy is in the man, not in the procedure; it is in the soul, in the frankness of language and the restitude' of the mind of every individual, whether he. be the King, or his representative, a judge, or the humblest servant of his house. .... I do not think the charwomen of this housa have sacrificed their dignity as women by petitioning for an increase in their salaries." Mr. Peter McGibbon: "You will pardon me, Mr. Speaker, and I hope the house an dthe country will pardon me if I refuse to be VAN BROS.' CIDERS ALL FLAVORS IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS., LTD. PROMPT DELIVERY f 1955 Commercial Drive BRIGHTEST-2- THEATRES St^DtHEATRE | REJTtHEATRET Va.ncouv»r*i Pr-sinl*r Houh PrtMnti FIRST BUN PICTURES ftnd th* Fanclion and Marco Inuovationc tiono ! â **â "I â TanooQvar'i Popular Hoqh Pre strata THS BEST IN MOVIB8 and the COTJNTBY 8TOBB frebI delivery Sootless Egg Coal $9.00 An Excellent Coal: also the Old Reliable NANAIMO-WELLINGTON Star Coal Co., Ltd. PHONE: HIGH. 279 TWO GREAT DANGERS! Fire and Burglars Both cost the public untold millions every year. You can protect your valuable documents and jewellery by renting a safety deposit boxâ $3.00 PER YEAR Don't put it offâthey don't! -*-» The Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults Board of Trade Building, 402 Pender Street West (Corner of Homer), Vancouver, B.C. r RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" W. Malr. a Special Effort to O.t Good. Ont bj First Mall After B.c.ipl of Tour Ord.r. OOMIB COBDOVA AND CABE1LL VANCOUVEB, 8. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER generally held. They are human, like everybody else. As I said before, they are mostly political appointees, sometimes of one party and sometimes of another, and the difficulty that I see in this matter is that you are not rewarding men according to the services they perform on the bench, but attaching salaries to positions." Miss MacPhil: "I am interested in the question of crime, and I think it would be true to say that if as much consideration was given to the standard of living and to the salaries of people we now know as criminals, or to all the people of Canada, as has been in the past and, I have np doubt, will be in the futurtasgiven to the salaries of judges, we would need no judges." SANTA BARBARA HAS NEW.LABOR TEMPLE The Labor movement at Santa Barbara, Cal., on Sunday, March 4, dedicated its new Labor Temple, one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. The event drew to Santa Barbara a number of officials of the State Federation of Labor, State Building Trades Council and public officials. The building cost $50,000. On the day of the dedication, the Santa Barbara Morning Press devoted a full twelve-page section to the story of the temple and to the various Labor organizations of the city. In proportion to the size of Santa J Barbara, compared with other California cities, its labor movement is one of the best and largest in the state. Union Construction Jobs Show Gain By FRANK DUFFY Secretary Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. According to figures issued by the National Association of Manufacturers and recently published in the "Wall Street Journal," the "open shop" movement in the building trades is showing signs of complete collapse. The following figures, showing the figures of all buildings erected on an "open shop" basis tell a story all its own. In 1922, 36 per cent.; 1923, 39 per cent.; 1924, 40 per cent.; 1925, 40 per cent.; 1920, 31 per cent. These figures show that in 1926 the percentage of "open shop" building was actually 5 per cent, less than in 1922. when the great drive to put the building industry on an "open shop" basis was started. During the building boom of 1923- 24-25, when investors were anxious to have buildings of all descriptions rushed up as soon as possible and under any conditions, they patronized non-union contractors. But now that building has slackened up somewhat and investors can choose what they want, they arc demanding union construction, and the "open shoppers" are going out of business. It is computed that man has made one of I some 32,647,389 laws. And has not those who hold the judiciary of this yet managed to improve on^he^Ten country in thfl.-iHnlit.ry jn-JÂ»^]jf i»-4«-7^n|rtma-1|J*-n^nt'' PRINTERS RAISE WAGES FRSENO, Cal.âNewspaper printers have raised Wages $2. a week and secured the usual non-union contract that marks all agreements signed by MmaMMMfttaM â HMnHCMII9KM<WÂ«lllw< â â -â â¢ i > .*b*>mmj*mitt TTT â Eight .- â¢+â¢ THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, April 6, 1928 The BEST WAY fp Accumulate is by SYSTEMATIC SAVINGS Intermountain Building and Loan Association r Assets Over $2,250,000.00 This Association has complied with the Savings and Loan Associations Act. and is duly.regis- () tered to transact business within the Province of British Columbia. In the United States thla Association has operated for a ri'um- ber of years with great success, and is now conducting an extensive business in the States of Wyoming. Utah, Oregon, Arizona, California, and the Oje Province of British Columbia, Canada. Save! It Is not the Amount of the Principal you Save. It is the Principle of Saving a certain amount systematically, and putting it to work at 8% compounded" semi-iinnualy with the Intermountain Building and Loan Association. Head Office for Canada 1106 VANCOUVER BLOCK Phone, Sey. 1855 or Sey. 3347 Vancouver, B. C. Daylight Saving Plan Opposed by Council At the regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council held on Tuesday evening, the meeting reaffirmed its opposition to daylight saving. Quite a- number of union members would be affected by this plan, it was stated, and would not be benefitted by the adoption of such a plan. If our "daylight savers" are so allegedly interested in the welfare of the workers, shortening of the work day would be the finest plan possible. Machine production has not only greatly reduced the amount of time necessary in the production of commodities, but it has thrown more on the unemployed market. A reduction of hours to 'even per day with a five day week is long overdue and would be greatly favored by those workers who, 1n large numbers, are hemmed in by four sun-killing walls in dust and foul-air-filled factories and stores; Let's boost for the reduction of working hours. Bill Was Buying Cigars for the Crowd That Day 'The cutest little shaver," he told his friends. "Yes, a boyâ nine pounds." After supper that night Bill had a session at the telephone, advertising the new addition to his family. He made five long-distance calls to friends and relatives who lived in communities from 20 to 200 miles away. "The cutest little shaver," he told them .,.. _ jdL "Yes, a boyânine pounds." What does it matter whether he told them all the same story? He got a great "kick" out of those long-distance calls and so did the folks at the other end. B. C. TELEPHONE CO "Is that pale, agitated man with the sad expression the author writing a scenario?" J "No," answered the moving-pic ture star, "he's the manager writing a check." We wish to announce that UNION DRIVERS OK TERMINAL CITY LIMOUSINES AT DOLLAR RATES Can now be had by calling- Sty. 4000 or Sey. 36 and YELLOW CABS (Inserted by Local 151) Forty-eight-hour Laws Under Fire in States Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania are all having disputes concerning their hour laws for women workers. In Massachusetts the Associated Industries and the New England Council have sponsored bills to amend the 48-hour law in order to allow women in the textile industry to work.at night until 10 p.m. New York's new 48-hour law, which became effective only the first of the present year, is the target of several newly introduced measures; and in Pennsylvania an informal opinion given by the deputy attorney-gen-1 eral places laundries as non-manu-1 facturing establishments, with the | consequence that they do not come i under the State night-work law. South Carolina has had a 48-hour bill for textile and similar industries introduced in the lower house. FIRE FIGHTERS CHARTER MANY NEW LOCAL UNIONS WASHINGTONâThe International Association of Fire Fighters has issued charters to Albany and Syracuse, N. Y. "Our association has organized 12" locals since the first of the year," said George Richardson, secretary- treasurer of the International. "Our New York city local, with a membership of 4800, is urging a salary bill of $3000 annually for first grade firemen. The measure has been favorably reported by a committee in the New York State Legislature.' Jack Jones, Labor M.P. and His Interrupters According to the Town Crier of Birmingham, Jack Jones, Labor M.P., seems to have been in his most facetious mood when dealing with interrupters at a recent meeting in Birmingham Town Hall. "There are some critics in this meeting," he said. "The ink is hardly dry on their membership cards before they start telling us what to do. Some of them were acting as blacklegs^during the (reneral strike. I want to say to them that we are out to fight for the workers on the Wages, Profits and Dirt in Candy Making "The less the public knows about candy-making the better," said the manager of one of New York City's largest candy factories during the course of an investigation just completed by the Consumers' League of New York. Indeed, the facts revealed are not palatable. In the twenty- five representative factories studied in New York City the candy workers âmostly young girls, three-fifths of them under 21âarc unbelievably overworked and pitifully underpaid. Compelled to work in violation of all law 'aS much as 65 or 70 hours per week during the rush season from September to Christmas, the girls find work only two or three days a week during the dull season. A third of them are laid off altogether. The beginning wage is generally $12 for full time. In the comparatively busy month of March the median wage in 1927 was $13.75; 45 per cent, of the girls, however, worked undertime, and their median wage was only $11.75. Sanitary, conditions are also in a state of sad neglect. In some factories the girls wear dirty sweaters, pick up candy that has dropped to the floor, and often handle candy without washing their hands. Only three of the twenty-five factories were reported as "very clean," while twelve were considered "unnecessarily dirty." The sanitary code requiring a medical examination before INCORPORATED art MAY I67<X VANCOUVER "Master Five" SHOES FOR MEN $5.00 A shoe of style, fit and finishâthat can be depended upon to give good wear. All sizes and widths. MAIN FLOOR H. B.C ARCADE CLOTHES SHOP ENLARGES STORE Under the capable management of Mr. Bennett,; better known among his numerous friends as "Benny," and for the last eight years on' the executive of the Retail Clerks' Association and an old friend of organized labor. By consistently giving all hi.-* customers a real personal service and living up to his slogan of a square deal for all, he has built up a business in men's wear that has more than doubled itself in the last two years, and making it necessary to enlarge his store space, where he is carrying strictly union made gopds at popular prices. You are invited to look over his new stock of seasonable spring goods. Good Friday, 9 p.m.. Cantata, "The Message From the Cross." Composer, Will C. Macfarlane. First time rendered in Vancouver. You are cordially invited to attend. First Church, Hastings street east at Gore avenue. Will -be broadcast over CNRV, under the auspices of the Vancouycjc,,^Iusical' Festival Com-, riiittee. ' had never heard of medical cxami nations! Yet this prosperous indus try sold $248,883,257 worth of manufactured candy in 1925, and expects to pass t^e half billion mark in 1928.-âThe Nation. principle of Socialism. We know what we want and we know how to! employment was almost completely get it.. We are not going to Moscow disregarded; only three factories re for our mottoes. Moscow is all right quired a food-handler's card on. en and we have no right to interfere try, while in ten others the workers with Moscow. But Moscow has no right to interfere with us." A voice: "That is your international solidarity!'' "You represent international silli- darity!" was Jack Jones' instant retort, which brought down the house. "The Whole Half-dozen" For the next quarter of an hour Jack Jones was subjected to a running fire of interruptions, to which he made effective retorts! "They call themselves Communists," he said, "but their real name is Confusion- ists." Replying to other interjections, he said: "Oh, yes, there you areâthe whole half dozen of you! You are the people who are going to revolutionize the world, and you don't know how to behave yourselves at a public meeting. Your lung power is greater than your voting power. The Labor party doesn't want your votes. We are better off without them. You are like a tomtit on a round of beef!" France Adopts Big Insurance Scheme New York.âThe French Chamber of Deputies has established the world's largest insurance that affects one-half of the population of that country, according to Associated Press cables. The measure, which the Senate has also adopted, and which has been in parliament seven years, makes obligatory the collection of ten per cent, of wages and salaries, half from the workers and half from the employers, totaling $200,000*000 annually. ? From this death and disability benefits, old age pensions and general medical services will be paid. The law will be gradually made effective and will operate fully when the reserve reaches $4,000,000,000. This plan, it is admitted, must be revised from time to time to meet â¢objections, particularly from the far* n-ers. A DIES' AUXILIARY DANCE SATURDAY, APRIL 14 . The Ladies' Auxiliary, Local 171 Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; will hold another whist drive and dance in the Women's building, 752 Thurlow street, on Saturday evening April 14th. There will be two whist tournaments, one from 8 to 9 and another from 9 till 10. A first class union orchestra will supply the music for the dance, which will start at 9 pm.. General admission 50c. Everybody invited.âB. H. The supreme test of will power is shown by the ability to pass right by a power shovel busy at a new building operation. * â¢. . ''" "/'' .-»Â» Kill time and it. will send back ghosts of poverty to haunt you. THINGS FOR MEN BRISCOLENEâA Delightful After-Shave _ 35c KRISS KROSS OUTFITâStropper, Razor and Blades $6.00 HAIR TRIMMING OUTFITâClipper, Shear and Comb..: $1.75 HAIR CUTTIN8 SHEARSâFor Home Use 75c, 98c, $1.25 Bad $1.50 STROPPING HANDLEâFor Oillette type blades 35c. SURE-EDGE STROPI"ERâ For all types ot blades $1.00 HARRIS' HAIR TONIC Eradicates Dandruff ,. Guaranteed. $1.00 $1.50 BANDORA A Greaseless Hair Cream. Tames wild hair, 50c 50c B. C. Barber Supply & Sundries Limited PHONE SEY. 4401 BETAII. STORE â 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST â VANCOTTVEB, B. O. MAII. OKDEES GIVEN PROMPT AND CAMfUI ATTENTION FIRST CHURCH (The Church of the Open Door) HASTINGS STREET EAST AT GORE AVENUE Minister, Rev. Richmond Craig 11 a.m.. "THE EASTER MESSAGE" 7:30 p.m.: "THE WRONG PLACE" THE MINISTER WILL PREACH GOOD FRIDAY, 9 p.m.. Cantata. "The Message From the Cross." composer, Will C Mcfarlane. First time rendered In Vancouver. . You are cordially Invited to attend. Will be broadcast over C. N. R. V., under the auspices ot the Vancouver Musical Festival Committee. LABOR FACES STRUGGLE TO AID WOMEN WORKERS Boston.âTrade unionists are preparing their strongest opposition against a bill that would permit women mill workers to labor until 10 o'clock at night. «â¢» Textile interests have fought for this change for many years under the plea that they must meet unfair competition of southern mills. The attempt to lengthen hours is another proof of the incompetency of mill barons who have wrecked this industry. Wages have been reduced, workers are speeded up and capital that should be put in depreciation funds is distributed to stockholders. This industry is one of the pets of high tariff advocates who plead for American living standards. In view of the way he made his country stand out in the news one might say'' that Mussolini has italicized Italy. ANNOUNCEMENT! A Union Store For Men MEN, this is your store: a Union store carryiiig everything for men. You can come here and find the best known brands of goods at the lowest prices in the city.. One of our regular "linesâ"Master Mechanic" (fc-t £ T Overalls; heaviest weight: our price. ., . «J) JL*«/9 ARCADE CLOTHES SHOP "A Union Store fof Men" 142 Hastings Street West . ;, Old Province Buildus*? . ,J: ;'...' .,«-:..â .,-, jn.ii!j7«.':rT(Vji,',*^l;ai'-'-;J>:r" MMpHWMMWIffMMil xwsmmrimmAmtww wffiwawwpiMiai â â â 'â ^-m^y&^!^f^^f^^
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