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OWNED or Statesma. AND CONTOOLLED ___L__-_^r BY TOE VANCOUVER TRADgc ""»"Uljp fn"Hf" Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 357âEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, MARCH 6th, 1931 Leased Harbor Property In City Should Be Taxed Valuable Waterfront Property Leased from Harbor Board by Private Firms, Making Large Profits, Is Not Taxed; Charter Amendment is Necessary Burrard Street Bridge Strike Still Unsettled The Pile Drivers' Union and the Operating Engineers' Union are still on strike against the Burrard Street Bridge contractor, who insists upon using as many non-union men as he desires. Efforts at a settlement have been made from time to time, but the situation does not show any improvement. Union carpenters are on the job as well as dual unionists and non- unionists, and the work is away behind the necessary schedule. The unions involved signify their intention of staying off the jol) until a proper adjustment has been made. ^ DELEGATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL is trying to get a charter amendment from the Provincial Government that will add at least $300,000 in revenue per year to the city treasury. The delegation is meeting with strong opposition, an,-l even Mayor Taylor is opposing the plan and working in the interests" of the elevator combine. Twenty-two million dollars' worth of property â is now tax free, but is being used by private firms as a sort of combine to keep other firms from building and doing business in the city. The City Council is trying to get an amendment to the City Charter which will give thc city power to tax all industry established on leases from the Crown, just as if it were owned by any citizen. Practically all of this property is held by the Vancouver Harbor Commissioners, who have built grain elevators, warehouses and wharves along the waterfront and leased them to private firms. Crown property is tax free, but because of the large amount 'of property now involved in the leases, the City Council rightly attenrfrts to obtain power to tax this leased property. â -«â â¢ The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council suggested this move last year, because it sees no reason why private firms, or the Harbor Board, should go tax free when other private firms, doing similar business, pay the taxes required by the city. Representatives of the grain trade say that if they have to pay taxes that they will have to raise their rates, and this will drive the trade away to other ports. That story is as old as King Tut and never yet has worked out the way people say it will. Twenty years ago city taxes were afoTlnd twenty mills; now they are double, but people are still coming here and buying and building on property. The Crown property exempt from taxation in the city amounts to about twenty-two million dollars, and yet we find that wheat exports from Vancouver during the last half of last year amounted to 20,000,000 bushels more than the last six,- months of 1929. There was quite a lot of profit in handling those 20,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, not to mention other farm products, and there is every indication that there will be further increases as years go on. This is a very good reason why the firms leasing that property should be taxed. We are told that this proposed taxation will handicap the building up of the port, but we differ. We think that it will help build it up. Take the Alberta Pacific Grain Company, for instance. It leases the No. 1 â elevator from the Harbor Board, and in turn it has leased out the elevator to a group of 42 firms owning elevators in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The only way these 42 companies can get their grain into the ships through this port is by a permit system controlled by the Alberta Pacific Company. This company has the advantage of valuable tax free property which enables it to meet any serious competition from Other grain shipping companies. If this property was taxed it would place the other grain companies on a level" with the Alberta Pacific and probably tend to the building of more elevators and a better "handling of the grain, Alderman Bennett is fighting Mayor Taylor, who is also in Victoria, opposing the proposed charter amendment But Alderman Bennett has informed the government that if the amendment is defeated the fight will be continued, and we can tell Alderman Bennett that we are right behind him. This amendment to the City Charter will give the city a revenue of from $300,000 to $500.- 000 a year, and we are sure the pros- Another Attempt To Get Superannuation A delegation from the Street Railwaymen's Union visited Victoria last week in another attempt to get superannuation for the Street Railway employees. They made an attempt last year, but the effort was futile, so Business Agent Speed and J. Price of Vancouver, A. J. Bond of New Westminster, and J. P. Torrance (if Victoria, interviewed the Government again on the subject. William Dick, of Vancouver, and Rutledge, of Vancouver, Conservative members, took the delegation in hand and arranged for the interview. The delegation again asked that employees of public utilities be included in the Superannuation Act on a contributory basis. The delegation succeeded in getting the Government to appoint a committee of five to go into the subject, so the delegation came away a little more hopeful. Machine Drives Men From Cane Harvest Clewiston, Fla.â"Labor saving" machinery has entered the Everglades and the jobs of sugar cane harvesters are about to vanish. Fifteen tractor-like devicesâcapable of doing as much work in one day as has been done by 3,000 men using the old hand methodsâhave begun harvesting the $4,000,000 cane crop from 20,000 acres of Everglade muckland. The new automatic harvester was invented by an Australian, and this is the first time it has ever been used commercially. An attempt to introduce it in Cuba led to a huge protest and a bill is pending in that country's congress to place a $100,- 000 tariff on each machine imported. Figures compiled by the Arkansas State Bureau of Statistics show one- fourth of the population of this state in need of foodâ500,000 in the farming regions and 30,000 unemployed in the citiesâ-unemployment having increased 2 per cent, since January 1st. Legislator Upholds Charge of "Slavery" Toronto.âEarl Hutchinson, Labor member of the Ontario Legislature for the Kenora district, indorses the recent declarations of Hon. Peter Heenan, former Minister of Labor, that "slavery" exists on government road construction work in northern Ontario. Manure is banked against thc walls of the tents in which the men sleep, he declares. There is no ventilation and the the tents are over-crowded. Men are compelled, he asserts, to either walk nine miles to town or to submit to exorbitant fares charged by those who are permitted to operate cars. "Favoritisim holds sway," he declares, "to the detriment of both men and the work's progress. Sanitary inspection is a farce." v Mr. Hutchinson is the only Labor member of the Ontario Legislature, and he announces he will bring these "unsatisfactory" conditions to the attention of the House. British Unions Win Two Major Fights London.âThe big textile lockout which has involved 300,000 workers in the Lancashire district since the middle of January has ended in a complete victory for the union. At a meeting of the cotton mill owners last Friday the employers decided to give up their attempt to force the workers to accept a vicious speed-up system and operate eight instead of four looms. They will reopen the plants under the same conditions and scale of wages prevailing prior to the controversy. Some of the smaller mills had already broken away from the employers' organization and others were threatening to do so. This, and the apparent determination of the union to stick to a finish fight, made the bosses give up the fight. This is the second major victory won by British organized labor since the first of the year. Just a month ago today 150,000 miners in the Welsh coal fields won a strike against wage reductions, and returned to work under a tentative agreement. Last week a three-year contract was signed, providing for no pay cuts and establishing a permanent board of conciliation, between the coal owners and the Miners' Federation. FIVE CENTS PER COPY â JTO No Time to < Wages, Says the Minister of Labor OTTAWA.âThis is not the time to reduce wages in industry, declared Senator G. D, Robertson. Minister of Labor. Tuesday. It had come to his attention, he said, that a snialj independent railway company contemplated reduction in wages. Believing such a step would aggravate distress conditions in that part of the country, he had communicated with the company officials in an effort to forestall any action. TAXI DRIVERS Taxi Drivers' Local 151 meets at 10:30 and 8 p.m., and not 11:30 and 4:30, as formerly. ent taxpayers would benefit and would not feel hurt at all if this elevator combine did have a cut in their profits. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Railway Carmen, No. 58 2 Plasterers' Helpers 3 Molders ; 311 KnKineers, 115 ... .'. 3.5. SATURDAY Bakers, 168 '.. _ MONDAY Carpenters. 452 \nTnitors 178 _ . 2 Taxi Drivers (10:3d and 8 p.m:).." 3 Hlercotypers 31,. Stone Cullers 315 TUESDAY I'rr-HHmen, 69 ; 1 Barbers. 120 3 Stage Employees (9 a.m.) 3 Upholsterers . 4 Machinists, 892 : ..'. .'. 201 I:niii'iinv Trades Conncli 315 WEDNESDAY Bricklayers, No. 1 2 Millwright* 311 Tilesetters 315 Ironworkers, 97 .". 3 THURSDAY Painters. 138 _ 2 Sheet Metal Workers, .280 3 Union Label Trades Council 4 lY-DAY, MARCH 13th Milk Salesmen, 484 1 Plumbers and Steamfitters, 170 ..... â S Machinists, 182 1 Asbestos Workers 201 Sheet Metal. 814 311 Engineers, -44 315 Boot and Shoe Workers â¢ - .-'â 4 Trades Council Notes Word was received from thc Regina, Sask., Trades and Labor Council asking for copies of Building Trades Council constitution, as the Regina Council is forming a Building Trades Council. The Vancouver Building Trades Council will supply the information. ' * * » Tickets 547 and 550, held by delegates to the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council in connection with the Mental Hospital Employees' Union Christmas raffle, and valued at $5 and $4, have not yet been turned in? Holders of these tickets should get in touch with Secretary Bengough. * * * Fifty dollars was donated to the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Strike Fund, and the strike and efforts of the union endorsed. * * *. Colin McDonald, P. R. Bengough and Fred Hoover have gone to Victoria to interview the Cabinet respecting labor legislation, on behalf of the B. C. Executive of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Bros. Nunn of Victoria and Brown of Prince Rupert will also be on the delegation. * * » Del. Smith of the Street Railway- men's Union informed the Council that the firm of Gordon Campbell has not carried out its previous agreement to run a union factory. The report showed that the employees were getting treated very unfairly. The Executive Committee will take the matter up. * « â¢ The report of a committee working on a change in the constitution was endorsed and read the first time. The change involves election of officers once a year, instead of every six months, and names of all candidates to be printed on ballots and voted upon in a preferential way. * â¢ * Typographical Union reports that seed catalogues of Ritchie Bros., Brands & Co., and Brown Bros, are printed in union shops and bear the union label. at* Upholsterers' Union reports that efforts to get the Dominion Furniture Co. to sign up for a union shop have not met with success. Referred to Grievance Committee. « *- * The Camp and Mill Workers' Union asked that efforts be made to have farm laborers included in the Workmen's Compensation Act. Referred to Legislative Committee. Chicago.âAnother attempt ' to drive down building trade wages was scotched when the Chicago Building Trades Council refused a plan gotten up by real estate men to hire only men who would leave part of their wages in an "investment fund." 71 Unions in Trades and Labor Council ' Two more unions applied for affiliation with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday evening and were accepted. These were the Vancouver Mailers' Union and the Photo Engravers' Union. This brings the total affiliation up to 71 and continues the record being maintained in the ever-increasing affiliations. Secretary Bengough and the Organization Committee are working on other crafts that may eventually be organized, and these, when affiliated with the Council, will help to increase the present number. ' Opposed To Stoppage of Liquor Refund Strong opposition was voiced at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday to the Provincial Government's proposal to reduce the amount of refunds to cities and municipalities, derived from the profits of the Liquor Control Board and from the Motor Vehicle Acts. It was contended that inasmuch ns these funds come out of the pockets of the citizens, that if no refunds are received the cities would be compelled to find some other source of income, which, at the present time, seems almost impossible, except through increased taxes. Opposes Fa st Action On Health Insurance Health insurance legislation is being planned by the Provincial Government, and a report of the Government's Health Insurance Committee has just been received. Inasmuch as this is of vital importance to the workers, the Trades Council will inform the government that it reiterates its stand, to the effect that no legislation on this matter be enacted until the Council and workers, who are vitally concerned, has had time to carefully study the report. One of the most vital things connected with this is the cost of it to the workers, and if rumors are true the proposed cost is already too high. What about that article you want to swap? Let us announce it. Opposed To Further Tax on Truck Drivers The government's proposal to charge a driver's license fee to all automobile drivers of $1 per year came before the Trades Council on Tuesday. While there appeared to be no great opposition to this, the matter was turned over to the Legislative Committee with a request to oppose a further levy on truck drivers who are already paying from $4 to $7.50 per year as well as paying for medical certificates. In connection with the licensing of truck drivers, it was alleged that only union drivers are taking out the licenses and that no effort is being made to collect the fees from other drivers. It was also alleged that the examination for competency as a driver was a joke and the doctor's examination was a farce. Good 5c Union Cigar Union men have been asking for a good 5c union cigar. At last our old friend, George J. Girrard, has made one that's a pippin. Perfect to the last puff, and made by a 100 per cent union firm. George Girrard has been a union man for fifty years. Ask for an "Iwanna" made by Kurtz Cigar Company of Vancouver. VANCOUVER HAS 441 LICENSED RESTAURANTS Official figures recently revealed by the License Department indicate that there is now a total of 441 restaurants operating within the city limits (jf Vancouver, B. C. The Dominican Republic plans to complete this year its programme giving the country 1040 miles of unproved roads. _____ .v. Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, March 6th, 1931 I - For â Health, Strength and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread. A whole.ome body builder. Doctors recommend it. Fruit and Raisin Bread, Paltry and Meat Pies, Pumpkin Pies. THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY VANCOUVER BRANCH / Chairman- - - ( A. J. Turner Secretary-Tfeaa, tC E. ^mmlns 536 Drake Street. Meets Second and Fourth Fridays Room 39 Williams bldg.. corner of granville and hastings Membership Pee â¢1 Per Year Union Restaurants AMERICAN CAFEâ796 Main St. ART'S LUNCHâ445 Abbott St. BLUE GOOSE CAFEâ1043 Granville. BAILEY'S CAFEâ322 Cambie. BELL'S CAFEâ69 J. East Hastings. BELMONT CAFEâ1000 Blk. Granville. BANCROFT'S CAFEâ338 Hastings W. BROADWAY CAFEâ105 Hastings E. CENTRAL CAFEâ60S Pander W. COMMODORE CAFEâ872 Granville St. DOUGLAS CAFEâ844 Main. EMPIRE CAFEâ76 Haatinga E. FRED'S DAIRY LUNCHâ72 Hastings W. GREEN MILL CAFEâ419 Abbott. GOLDEN GATE CAFEâ130 H.st- ings E. LEONARD'S CAFEâ831 Gr.-villa. LIDO CAFEâ732 Main St LOVE'S CAFEâ823 Granville. MELROSE CAFEâ724 Hastings W. NEW ORPHEUM CAFEâ762 Gran- ville. OLYMPIC CAFEâ720 Pander W. PETER PAN CAFEâ1138 Granville. PRESIDENTS' CAFEâ938 Gran- villa St. PROVINCE CAFEâ736 Main St. STANDARD CAFEâ615 Dunsmuir. YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH tt CHIP Restaurant No. 1â614 Robson. YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH & CHIP Driving Germany Bolshevik Straight into the abyss of Bol-1 these days be seized by a "furor shevism Germany is being driven by Teutonicus," the terror of which her former enemies, who now, behind made imperial Rome tremble in days the mask of so-called Peace Treaties J of old. We read then: and "humane" reparation plans, are giving extremisi parties more and more power under the very shaky Bruening government. This is the wailing cry of many editors in Germany. Added to' it is the grave comment of some foreign observers in Germany, who say that country is faced, by a worse crisis than at any time since the Armistice. Twelve years have elapsed since the war, writes an American press Correspondent from Berlin, the mark iw4 been stabilized, the Rhineland /evacuated, and yet the unrest through Germany is now greater and the radical parties are more powerful than they were seven years ago. Outside nations, flatly declares the Hamburger Nachrichten, are ruthlessly forcing Germany along the path of perdition, from which she can not escape if the Young plan is not revised, if the Versailles Treaty is not revamped, and if the view of the Foreign Offices at London, Paris and Washington are not profoundly altered. This daily continues: "The bacillus of Bolshevism is germinated for its spread not only in Germany but throughout England and America. "And people remain blind to the fact there as well as here. "This, too, despite the feverish activity of the agents of Bolshevism, working in union with the bandits of the great cities. "Such developments ought to make the man in the White House think seriously. "Nevertheless, if we Germans tried today to raise the question of the revision of the so-called peace pacts and 'plans,' a chorus of derisive laughter would ariseâfor no other reason than the mere effort to lighten the burden imposed by the tribute we pay. "There is no less general refusal to take up the subject of a revision of the dictatorship imposed upon Germany by the Versailles Treaty. "That is because at Washington, as well as at London, faith is .placed in the French argument. "This French argument insists that fresh sources of upheaval in Europe would be opened in case a revision were undertaken. "England and America are assumed to be equally interested in averting such unrest and upheaval." Instead of averting a catastrophe, we are further tojd, England and America are aiding France in bringing about a catastrophe. These western Powers are rushing Germany over the brink of Bolshevism, and this Hamburg journal avers that if the German Michel be driven much further, he may one of No. Hastings Restaurant W. EMPIRE CAFEâNew Westminster. FRASER CAFEâNew Westminster. MINTO CAFEâNew Westminster. VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Sixty-nine Unions Embracing Nearly 15,000 Members. President Colin McDonald Vice-President :..0. E. Herrett General Sec.-Trens p. M. Bengough Statistician Harry Wood Warden William Watt COMMITTEES: Organization: J. Thomson (Chair.) Pile Drivers' Union. I*. It. Bengough, Machinists. W. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths. C. Herrett, Barbers. E. H. Morrison. Electrical Workers. Legislative: Chas. Watson (Chairman)? City Plre Fighters. It. H. Neelands, Typographical. W*. J. Scribbins, Civic Employee*. I'. R. Bengough, Trades Council. P. A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. W. Hargreaves, Carpenters.. .1. Thomson, Pflo Drivers. Geo. Pettipiece, Operating Engineers. Blrt Showier, Milk Salesman. C. Fitzgerald. Musicians. , Press: Ed. Smith (Chair), Valntera. Bert Speed. Street Railwaymen. R. H. Neelands, Printing Trades. I*. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T. Hanofln, Beverage Trades. B. Showier. Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett. Label Trades. Dan McPherson. Sheet Metal Trades. Grievance! Geo. Pettipiece (Chairman), Operating Engineers. Harry Wood. Restaurant "employees. W. Page, Carpentera B. Showier, Dairy Employees. H. W. Watts, Electrical Workers. "Democrats to forget party for X-Mitry,tf says a newspaper headline, Where have wo read those words before... '' ' .'*"'-. ': -, - '..-r^flMrâ-'.; :.,.__. - "In consequence of the unsparing pressure to which they are subjected by the outside world, the German people are being welded into a quite new form. ".Let us hope that this new form will make it possible for Germany to be once more_ a hammer instead of an anvil." The prospect, even to so conservative a daily newspaper as the Leip- ziger Neueste Nachrichten, is not so remote as people outside of Germany incline to think. Suppose, it asks, Hitler and the National Socialists (or Fascists) form a ministry or even help to form one at Berlin. What if they fail then to secure "revision" or a mitigation of Germany's burdens? The answer, declares this Leipzig journal, is Bolshevism. Thus, it argues, Germany is on the verge of Bolshevism whether she takes up with the National Socialists or the Communists. Another point: "Any collapse or failure orj-efusal of the National Socialist party, if it were called upon to help in the conduct of German foreign policy, would mean a national disaster. "For the outcome would be Bolshevism. "Either we would be a people under our own government, or we would become a race subject to government by another. "Nor would we be a race to be employed as material for the civilisation of another, as in ancient times the Greeks were used by Jiie Romans. "We Germans would become the soil upon which to build the disciplinary system of government for half Asia, now on the watch and lurking to spring into Central Europe." A controversy so acute as that raging between the Socialist German press on the one hand and the National Socialist and Hitlerite organs on the other over the issue of Bolshevism is not often witnessed in Germany. The Socialist Vorwarts says: "We will show ourselves the stronger." The Hitlerite Volkische Beobachter sneers at this. Yet the Socialist Vorwarts issues a call for Communist aid: "Are the Communists serious in their reputed desire to ward off the dire peril confronting their countrymen and to make common cause against the Fascist peril in Germany? "They must prove this to be a fact. "They can attain this end by ceasing to be actuated by blind hatred of the Socialist party of Marx."âLiterary Digest. State Farms Making Rapid Progress in Soviet Russia The development of huge state farms is proceeding apace in the Soviet Union. This development is going ahead alongside of the collective farm movement. On Nove: ber 7th the position of these sttfte farms was as follows: 1. One hundred and forty-two state grain farms covered an area of forty million acres of land and were equipped with 10,000 tractors and 50,000 agricultural machines. During the course of 1931 these figures will be doubled. Sixty- five new state farms are being organized, four of them working over five hundred thousands acres each. In 1930 the state grain farms (exclusive of collective and private farms) provided thirty-three million bushels of grain. In 1931 they are' expected to provide approximately one hundred and forty million bushels. 2. The state cattle-breeding trust, "Skotovold," has 128 state breeding farms with thirty-seven million acres of land and a million head of cattle. The state sugar trust has 180 sugar works and receives sugar beets from two million acres of land. In 1930 the farms of the sugar trust supplied it with 160,000,000 cwts. of sugar beet, five millions bushels of wheat and 25.000 head of cattle. 3. The state cotton plantations have an area of 188,000 acres. In 19_U_ the area will be extended to O^OOTT acres. Last year these plantations supplied 55,000 tons of cot- on. In 1931 they will supply approximately 275,000 tons. 4. The state pig-breeding trust has 116 farms with a total area of thirty million acres and three.million sheep. 6. The state poultry trust, organized in March of this year, has 60 poultry farms with 300,000 birds. Before the end of this year it is expected to exceed 500,000 birds. Modern incubators are being built for six million eggs and provision is made for 25,000,000 chickens. 7. The state linen and hemp trust has 58 plantations with a total area of 1,120,000 acres. "8. The state seed trust has 43 farms with a total of 2,000,000 acres. The half of these farms will be sowed in the spring of 1931. 9. The state dairy trust organized in August of this year has now 42 farms with a total of 3,62.,000 acres of land and 35,000 milch cows. 10. The state vegetable trust has 300,000 acres and 40,000 milch cows. In 1931 it will have 250,000 milch cows and a vegetable production of 1,700,000- tons. « Here we have a picture of planned production, an impossibility under the anarchy of the capitalist system. IT WON'T BE LONG NOW! A few weeks .ago a well-known American journalist, familiar with conditions in the Far East, visited the State Department and asked every official he came -in-contact with just what the American Government â¢would do in the event China -should, suddenly become'sufficiently powerful to take unilateral action on the extra-territorial question. The universal reply was that the American Government "would do absolutely nothing, because the losses possibly resulting from an abolition of extraterritoriality wou'd not be sufficient to justify any special action on the part of the United States -Government"âEditorial. The China Weekly Review, .October 4, 1930. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" Ws Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Ont by Tint Mall After Receipt of Your Order, i CORNER CORDOVA AND CABBALL VANCOUVER. B. O. VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE 1 The New Orpheum Cafe Private Banquet Hall 762 GRANVILLE STREET Prop.: Jas. P. Dwyer PHONE: SEY. 3346 Union Barber Shops List of all Union Barber Shops In the Jurisdiction of Vancouver. Frank Bigmore J20 Granville Street Wm. Brennan 464 Granville Street Louis Mallin 736 Granville Street Mux. Stackles 973 Granville St. McLure & Ferris. 1114 Granville St. Francis Federicl Hotel Vancouver McLeod & Burk 818 Granville St, Harford E. Harris 1006 Granville St. Joe. Watson 1167 Granville St. K. T. Jansson 1164 Granville St. Ed. H. Weaver 2038 Granville St. Thomas Gaffney 2216 Granville Alex. Hammergren 2"42 Granville St. Geo. Heyes 2714 Granville St. Sam. Poff 1214 Granville St. Hastings St. West. Morris & Montcrelff B. C. E. Ry. Sam. Rose 47 H Hastings St. West Geo. Gibson 6, 166 Hastings St. W. C. D. Morgan Standard Bank Bldg. R. D. McDonald....8S7 Hastings St. West Chas. Smalley _ Pacific Bldg., Hastings Street East. Ben. J. Sanderson 71 Hastings St. E. Wm. Korlie 117 Hastings St. E. Alfred Lindahl 15-.Hastlngs St. East Jas. I. Smith RoVftl Theatre Bldg.. Fred J. Schlie 244 Hastings St. E. Henry Hopper 2603 Hastings St. E. Archibald I. Leach.3786 Hastings St. E. Fred E. Rutqulst 3826 Hastings St. E. Ed. Dann 4003 Hastings St. E. John A. Lind 4098 Hastings St. E. Walter Westwood 426 Abbott St. J. P. Doherty 820 Abbott Street A. Adams Lotus Hotel Barber P. J. Kalley 140 Broadway East James Paton 2628 Main St. J. W. Green 626 Broadway West Chas. Wheeler 2792 Broadway W. R. Gardiner 3287 Broadway W. V. Peterson _ 341 Cambie Street Thos. De Merchant 346 Cambie Street Jas. A. Jackson 2207 Camble St Don. Robertson 320 Cambie St. A. B. Gilbert 306 Carrall St. Felice Clancl 309 Carrall Street Frank Casisca 336 Columbia Ave. Thos. Bablos _ 330 Columbia Ave. Thos. Federicl 1834 Commercial Drive John F. Gerrle 1433 Commercial Drive H. F. Moody 620 Cordova St. Wm. K. Burns St. Frances Hotel John A. McLeod 562 Dunsmuir St. J. B. Hughes _ 566 Dunsmuir St. H. Odlin _ 602 Dunsmuir St. Sid. Cutt 761 Dunsmuir St. Arthur J. North 3291 Dunbar St. Jesse Workman 1191 Davie St. R. H. Parliament 666 Drake St. Nlcoll & Scott 560 Georgia St. W. Adolph Prlceppi Randall Bldg. Silverwood A Marsh Hotel Georgia Elmer Da. Motta 25S8 Heather St. Thos. Patterson 312 Homer St. Joseph Pratt _ 484 Homer St. Taylor Hanna Stock Exchange Bldg. H. H. Hl..ker..Hotel Grosvenor, Howe St. J. Clark 260 Kingsway G. W. Gatz 1837 Main Street Conrad Magnelson 23 41'Main Street Glliett & Ross 2406 Main Street S. F. R. Cuddeford 6482 Main St. David Willlngton Jr 444 Pender W. Andrew Colwell 733 Pender St. W. Dletter, Eburne A Richardson 7.734 Pender Street W. Geo. W. Clin* 1879 Powell Street Evans Bros 609 Robson St. Alex. Monroe .716 Robson St. Jas. McGhle 746 Robson Street C. G. Bierney 850 Robson Street B. F. Dennison 611 Smythe St. JaB. Stevens _ 713 Smythe St. Sawchenko & Kulba 617 Smytho St. Hedley V. Tuff 523 Seymour St Offa A. ljawes...- 425 Seymour St. Thos. Henderson 2139 Yew Street W. A. Parkin 1620 Yew Street Alexander McLennan 6987 West Blvd. J. Wilcox 6031 West Boulevard Richard Harris 5351 West Blvd. Felix Frayle 6741 West Boulevard Chas. Oulton... 2202 Fourth.Ave. W. John Bennett 2720 Fourth Ave. W. A. W. Patrick.. 2924 Fourth Ave. W. Arthur Reid 3713 Tenth Ave. W. Herman & Bob 1482 12th Ave. W. Henry Beaupre _ 2157 41st Ave. W. lvnn Wilton 2178 41st Ave. W. North Vancouver, B. C. George Or Range 67 Lonsdale Ave., Ed. Graham....e 210 Lonsdale Ave. Morris R. Whlttaker.1107 Lonsdale Ave,. Jas. Wm. Colwlll 1636 Lonsdale Ave., Frank Underwood 124 Esplanade, Nanalmo, B. C. Don. Penneway Davenport Barber Dan. Dalley 142 Commercial St., P. Brennan 112 Commercial St., Louis Perry 27 Victoria Crescent, Wm. Bate 40 Victoria Crescent, R. G. McMillan Courtenay, B. C. Arthur B. Gatz Cumberland, B. C. Chas. Spooner Cumberland, B. C. H. W. Shelby Campbelton, B. C. Ed. Lowe - Ladysmlth, B. C. Henry Wlnstanley Ladysmlth, B- C. Nick Cameron Ladysmlth, B. C. John Mintalnsky... Port Albernl, B. C. J. Burns Port Albernl. B. C. H Du Hamel Prince Rupert, B. C. Barnes & Judge 213 Sixth St.. Prince Rupert, B. C. Hugh Young Powell River, B. C. Ernest Marsh West Vancouver HAIRDRESSERS A Beryl Afflack 106 Second St. E. North Vancouver Three British Unions Vote To Amalgamate Decisions of far-reaching importance to the half-million workers in the British clothing industry were taken this month. The executives of the three unions now catering for these workers met in joint conference under the auspices of the Trades Union Congress. They unanimously agreed on proposals for amalgamation into one union, to be . called the Union of Tailors and Workers. The unions concerned Tailors' and Garment Union (Mr. A. Conley, secretary), the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses (Mr. G. Rowlerson, secretary), and the United Ladies' Tailors' Trade Union (Mr. J. L. Fine, secretary. After conferences of the respective unions have considered the proposals,: it is expected that a ballot vote of the members will be taken. It is hoped that the new organization will operate as _rom January 1,1932. National Garment are the Workers' that, for a transitional perjod of four years, the members of the existing unions will continue the same rateB of contribution and receive the same benefits as now. A new scale has been drawn up for new members, and existing members will have the right to transfer to this scale. «Â» The amalgamation will take over and support existing trade customs and privileges and national, district and (peal agreements of the respective unions. < Membership of the amalgamation would start in the region of 100,000, but the promoters are confident that great headway would be made immediately fusion took place. ,. .......:«_â¢.- The ^amaj^rna^ Okay by Dad He had gone into the library to put the thing up to her father, and she was anxiously waiting on the front porch. "Well," said the Buitor when he returned, "he asked me how I was fixed, and I told him l had $3,000 in the bank." â 'And what did; hej say :t_.thatT" "He borrowed it." â Arcanum â V- â¢!"**â â â -.-,- â - '_.i -"..J-7*â¢ V? Friday, March 6th, 1931 THE LABOR STATESMAN Pag* Three ~t .-__...- Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vanconver Trades and Labor Councilâ President, C. McDonald; general secretary, Percy R_,JJengougJi,âOn*lce. 200 Labor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St Phone Sey. 7195. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. BÂ»_«rjr and Confectionery Workers' IÂ»- ternatlonal Union, Local .No. 468, meets first and third Saturday In month at 7:30 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Cashman: Secretary's Office, Room J04, Labor Headquarters; Hours: 11 am. to 1:00 p.m. i I'hone: Sey. 331!) Beverage Dispensers' Union, .Ho. 876â Meets last Sunday at "» p.m., Room No. 2, Labor Headquarters; second Er S?K,at 10 a-m- a' the office. Pres.. H. T. Kane; Secretary and Bus. Agent, Hail' ?#"*â ." 0r-ce: Room l' Eagles' tea? 5 Homer-Street. Phones Sey. 4783 ang Bay. 1656-R. Hours: > to * P.m. â I%1, 2? *K"urt_u*'-l IÂ»n Workers, local 87, lot. Aaa-e.âMeets every Tuesday Hall 2, Labor Headquart iTs' u. »â"-m. President. Robt. McDonald, JhraBer 1248-R; Secretary, P. Lauret Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phones: Office, Sey. 7495; Residence, Fair. 6167 R Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local ato. 1599 â Affiliated .with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets first and third (Thursdays in Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, C. Carslake, 1124 Albernl St. -lotion pictures Projectionists' Onion, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. ft MP MO 11:30 p.m.. flrst Friday In month, in Hall No. 3 Labor Headquarters. President, Locksley Clark; Secretary, J. C. Richards, Box 346,. Phone Douglas 1-74,-R; Business Agent, J. R. Foster Phone Trinity 5708. ; : Faith, Hope and Charity Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 146, A. T. ot M_âMeets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, J. Bowyer; Oenerai Secretary, W. Couiing; Organiser, F Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Bunding Trades CooncU, Vancouverâ u,en ,..et'?"? **nd r°urtn Tuesday in Hall 315 Labor Headquarters. President, W D. Wilson; secretary-treasurer, W Page, Room 301, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495 * wâi-!' L° ? r !_f* m * » International Union of AmericaâLocal 120 meets m-ntb TJ°^. TÂ«Â«Â«dayB in ea'ch month, In Hall No. 3. Labor Head- TUr.Is<!â 'Sâ¢rP,^a,d?,n,â Fred D"Wi aE- rItS-'n£_ E' H-rr-tt Office. 104 Labor Headquarters UB^ST^ P"^n« MrBs,d&arve" i44287iaume.b.tonssretttry'Thos' %£$<â "'o^'S' «* i-a-OB- -nieniatloaa- ?m??er?°- lrn,00m 309' Lab_rH£d- *5ii V Mee'8 second and fourth Wednesday, In Hall No 3. President Sec'ret.rT" WÂ°V ft"""5 !HVÂ«8!-fi ?nih iJh' J*; DaKnaIl, 1244 EaBl 411''. P,.one Falr- 845-R; Fin See j-lf.tSti'^ m° East 25thnphoeâe'e -amp and MIU Workers' F.rder»l Labor Onion Bo. 31-Vancouver and vicTnU? meets every second Wednesday ai B^'«*^_IH rrâ?f* Fina*>clal Secretary R w Hatley; Business Agent w n_i' Palnurs, Decorators and Paperbangers, Local 138âMeets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, W. Hunt; Rec. Secretary, A. E. Varah. 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, EM. Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquartera. Phone Sey. 3609. File Drivers, Bridge, wharf and Sock Bniiders, local Bo. 3404âMeets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hast- ingsg St. W. President, S. Ooy; Jas. Thomson, Secretary, P. o Box 320 I'hone Sey. 7874. Plasterers, Local 89âOperative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association- .Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No 2, Labor Headquarters. President f_-1' "â al»l>r S*7* East 37th, Fras. !2LRâ¢'_£?*â â -"£"?A A' Ha>"n'. 1115 East win'. Falr- A*?2 ?_ FJ"' SÂ«'- B A- Williams,. 830 East I2th: Phone Fair. 6219 X. -âv. Cement Finishers' Cor. See 1 v Haines, 2866 Turner St. Plumbers aad Stoamfltters, Bo. 170, International AssociationâMeets every second and fourth Friday in Hall No. 2. President, Val Pearson, 787 Last _2nd; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. "'ifeets1^, *wn5l07,_i-*' A"Oo_-tto__- 3^ well' fi*«Pft« 8"e°LadbTrT^i71r<>* "-Meet. In ri_$_£_gms BUctricai Workers, looal ai. _-t_â¢_ ^s1 sBvfe^ai^SS Headquartersy' ' President,' "d ^m" Dougal; Business Manager EH Morrison. Office iBirliS .; v* quarters. Phone'sey 36 iV"0'' Head- E$-&&s__$£ Headquarter," Phân?^rrin?^«Â«f" Tailors' Journeymen Union of America Ifotl Bo. 178âMeetings held second Monday, each month, 8 p.m Executive meets fourth Monday of every mont. in Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary W. W, Hoc-en, 15*2 l«th Ave. E.; Finan- A,al s«'**'eta'"J'r H. Nor'dlund, 1930 12th Ave. B. President. N. McDonaM ii« __. *. Drfv*-- &it._._- â¢*»A-*^*JÂ«aia. 1136 McLean _ssS^£^3 noorlayer.. union, _,«. iOT8> â. B a* .*â¢ â¢>âMeets first and third Thursdays in month at Hal Vo ? TWelth- i«_.ihn Mc,Donald. 2905 West iweitn. Business Agent W n wn .son, 1635 Fifth Art W. "" â yâ Tesmsters, Chanff.nrs, Stablemen and Helpers, local 468â311 Labor Head- quarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters. President, F. T. Goodrich', 866 Hornbv U?.Kau 35?8-1*: Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier. Room 306. Labor Headquarters. â¢ "_»- ^".âHÂ«*L'W*Iâ,UÂ»t»,lu*»"t Employ... â¢nd Marine Cooks and .toward-â wp."7hoannedSBe"yru',ra,1fen'- ^ L*»di:*;!, 'V"-1"**7' *^""*-"~r7i-u_i_^ Brotherhood of Carpenters Mepts â¢very first and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President. Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary. Elisabeth J. Hope. 1042 7th -ataers, Wood, Wire aad BUtaL InUr- natlonal Unloa, Local -07^-^tslSJ. I and third Mondays In monthM LS-f 1 Healquarters. Secretary, F. Mncey, r4 E_9.i_?ffi. ,Sevemh *"â Ph°- '^n."'^'^ 6»Â«-rP"*'l<l'*nt. Thos: Sills, 1352 Burrard St.; Secretary P. R. Bengough. Office. Room '.00. Utbor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 313. Milk Wsgon Driven and Dairy impl.y- â¢â¢â , Local 484âOffice 308 tibor J Headquartera Meets second and ourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. Presi- ent, J. Mitchell; Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier. 2K41 Triumph. Phone High. 6827. Printing Pressmen aad Assistants, Looal Bo. 89âMeets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. In Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, W. W. Qulgley, 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. 8. Ezart, 1807 East Thirty-eighth. Ballway Carmen of America, Lodge No. -8âMeets first and third Friday in month at Labor Headquarters. President. A. S. Ross, 6806 Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. D. Valllamy. 2216 West Uth. Street and Electric Hallway Employees, Pioneer Division Bo. 101âMeets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, J Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent,. H. W. Speed. Office: Cottier Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. "**_£_ MÂ«al Worker*' Association, Local Union Bo. 380âMeets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. 3. President. Jas; Strachan, 2205 W. llth; Business Agent and Secretary D MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters T*^mtf *UU* ?"" »Â»Â»Â»â¢», lOC-l 181 "T ,*â¢ei? "ocond and fourth Mondays ?., l&z! a;m' and 8;(l" <'â â "â¢ President. W. Wilson. Office,,306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495 Theatrical Stag. Employ...' Union, Local 118 of th. I.A.T.S.E. ft M.FJÂ» O Meets second Tuesday in Labor Headquarters at 9:30 am. President, Geo. vy.-Allen; Recording Secretary H Pearson: Business Agent. B. McGlone address, P. Q. Box 711 «â -".=, Typographical Union, Bo. 2-8âPresident, C. 8. Campbell; Vice-President. E. R. Kayicy: Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. NeeIands,!,;;300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meeta Wat Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquartera Union Label Trades Council meets In Hall No. 4, Labor Headquartera, 629 Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays in each month at 8 o'clock President, Colin McDonald, 2834 St. George Street, Phone Fair. 3317-Y. Secretary. Mollle Dolk, 1587 Fifth Avenue East. Phone High. 477-T. 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 NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trade* A Labor Coanell Boom MOâ-31 B.atty «tr..t Phones: Sey. 7495-6279 Some years ago an American mining company decided to develop a property in South America. From the base of the hill on which the property was located there extended numberless miles of pastoral and agricultural land, well populated by a quiet, peaceful population. The people raised their own food and produced their own clothing from the land. Being, through lack of transport connections, quite cut off from the rest of the world, they had little idea of the use or value of money. It was therefore easy for the mining company to hire such people for a nickel a day to work, the minesâthe nickels being used to string together and used for necklaces and other ornamental purposes, as there were no stores or other "service" emporiums in which to spend the money, and, in any case, the natives obtained all their necessities from the land. The mining company was in clover for the first few years, until the community reached the saturation point as far as nickels were concerned. Everyone had nickels, hence paying nickels, ceased to induce the natives to toil in the mines. The labor laws being lax in the country of which I speak, the mining company* might have brought in coolies from India, China, Africa, or some other country if they had so wished. But' they felt that they "had a stake in the country," that "the common people should be protected," and they "wished to spend their money in the country in which they were/making it," and they "believed the standard of living amongst their employees should be raised, not lowered.'.' They "felt that in a sense they were their brothers' keepers," and they, were "willing always to devote a reasonable amount of their profits to public welfare." They had noted the lack of bathing facilities in the community, and the lack of inclination to bathe on the part of the community. As this was contrary to the teaching of Dr. McCoy and other authorities, they felt that here was a chance for service. So they built a large bath-house with plenty of hot and cold water and up-to-date plumbinjg fixtures, etc. They further announced that not only was the service free, but that each bather would be paid a nickel for each bath, taken. At first the bath was very poorly patronized, but when the company had the local herb doctor to medicate the water and the local clergyman to pronounce a divine blessing on it, thc bathers came with a rush to get the bargain offer of a divinely blessed and medically treated bath and a nickel to hang around one's neck merely for the trouble of takirig it. The altruism of the kind-hearted corporation worked wonders. The natives acquired a taste for personal hygiene and came in ever- increasing, numbers. But human weakness always spoils a good thing. ' Several of the natives claimed to be cured of divers maladies through using the bath. They felt sure that it could not be merely the water which had caused the cure. Some of them claimed that it was due to the medication of the water by the herb doctor. Others claimed that it was due to the divine blessing invoked on the water by the clergyman. These discussions resulted in free- for-ail fights amongst the natives. Thus the mining company found it necessary to employ police to keep order, and so the company announced that owing to the increased cost oi keeping order that they could no longer pay the natives for taking a bath, but that anyone wishing to use the bath might do so free of charge. By this time the natives had acquired the bathing habit and they continued to use the bath., - The company now builtj a handsome church for the clergyman and an hospital for the herb doctor. The now devoute natives had a pla.ee of worship in which to thank the divinity for their improved social, physical and spiritual condition, and pain- wracked physical sufferers had an hospital to which they might go and prolong their miserable, sinful existence long enough to prepare for the next world. Sometimes they even lived for years notwithstanding the physical' torture that they had brought on themselves through sinful ignorance. Although the company had brought the community nearer to a civilized standard and paid thc greater part of the cost out of. its own profits, it exacted that the natives should pay at least a nickel.a day each towards the upkeep of the religous and medical institutions which had been established, and in order to enable the natives to pay this amount they were given employment in the mines at the rate of nickel a day. Divers other industries followed thc mining company into the field. . Soon a peaceful God-loving community was established. Freezing plants, abattoirs and packing plants were established. The livestock, that were formerly slaughtered in a wasteful way by the natives for food and clothing, were shipped out in cans and frozen carcases to feed Europe, and in return the natives received civilized clothing. Even the formerly bare-legged »women wore silk hose made from B. C. spruce wood. The men gave up thc coarse native tobacco and smoked tailor- mades, made of California alfalfa. Needless to say, "virtue is its own reward," and the mining corporation has found true the words of Christ, "Cast thy bread upon the waters and after many days it will return to thee." During many years of profitable production the mining company established a large surplus from which it is enabled to pay a dividend to the stockholders and interest to the bondholders. The recent depression and decrease in the price of metals has caused the company to reluctantly close the mines temporarily. This has left the natives in somewhat straightened circumstances, but the institutions established in the community still exist and materially relieve the economic distress. The hospital ministers to those who suffer from mal-nutrition, and prayers are offered up daily in the church for the souls of those whose bodies have been unable to meet the strain imposed by an all-wise Providence.- Thus science, religion and profit- making go hand in hand to the glory of God and the elevation of mankind. Should anyone say otherwise, re- memW the words of Christ, "Retro Satanis." WM. BOON. UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Alway* Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hasting* St. E., Vanconver, B. C. PERRY&D0LK Men's Tailors 18 Hasting. West Room 33 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 3016 VICTORIA DBIVE Phones: High. 105 and Tail. 4148-B Butler's Court-martial Ended; Did Mussolini Fear Limelight? WASHINGTON.âMussolini's fear of publicity is said to be behind the abandonment of court martial proceedings against Major General Butler of the Marine Corps. This soldier has a bushel of medals that certify to his courage and administrative abilities in every part of the world. He is not skilled in the art of diplomacy. At a private dinner in Philadelphia he said he was told that the Italian dictator ran over a little girl with his automobile and refused to stop for the reason that "affairs of state" are more important than one life. - Some one at the private dinner repeated the statement and Secretary of State Stimson sent an apology to Mussolini. Butler was placed under arrest and ordered court martialed. â There was a popular reaction in favor of the marine commander and the Departments of State and Navy found they had a problem on their hands. The court martial was dropped and Butler was reprimanded by Secretary of the Navy Adams. It is now stated that Mussolini did not favor the court martial. The Ital:an Ambassador personally assured the. Department of -State that "his government" feared that the military trial would imperil friendly relations between the tvi.o countries because of possible "acriminous discussions." â . Behind this solicitude of the Italian Ambassador for continuous friendly relations was the knowledge that Fascist methods and principles, while not directly related to the court martial, would be discussed by the American people. Bankers in this country who have made Ipans to Mussolini, together with secret adherents of the Fascist ideal, picture the dictator as a world saviour. They evade dicussion of his tyranny, of his destruction of the Italian parliament, free press, trade unionism, and all other forms of/ liberty. The court martial might call attention to these facts, and the Fascist would be revealed as a despot. Diplomats realized this danger and they quietly rushed to cover. So a brave soldier is censured because he talked among supposed friends and the people remain .in ignorance of Mussolini and his thuggery. . . ; . Castle Hotel Limited Visit the Finest Parlors in Vancouver; seating 6(0. Meeting Place of Union Men! 750 Granville St., Vanconver Phone: Sey. 7907 Trades and Labor" Council Ai(liations Thr* following local unions are affili- :itr>(] with thn Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council: Asbestos Workers,"No, 54. Bricklayers, No. l. .Ma'rberH, No. 120. Boilermakers, No. 194. . â Bakers, No. 468. Brewery Workers, No. JOO. Beverage Dispensers. No. 676. .. Bookbinders, No. 105. Blacksmiths, No. 181. Boot and .Shoe Workers, No. 505. â¢ 'arpenters, No. 452. Carpenters, Nd. 1261. Civic Employees, No. 28. Civic Employees, Burnaby. Camp and Mill Workers, No. 31. Engineers, No. 882. Electrical Workers, No. 213. Egg Graders, No. 11. Elevator Constructors, No. 82. Operating Engineers, No. 963. Fire Fighters, No. 256. Fire Fighters, No. 18. Fire Fighters, No. 296. Floorlayers, No. 1875. Firemen and Oilers, No. 289. Class Blowers' Association, No. 53. . Hotel and Restaurant Employees, No. 28. Ironworkers. No. 97. Jewellery Workers, No. 42. Lathers, No. 207. Lithographers, No. 44. Meat Cutters. . Milk Salesmen, No. 464. Machinists, No. 161. Machinists, No. 182. Machinists, No. 692. Molders, No. 281. Mill and Factory Workers, No. 1599. Mill and Factory Men, No. 1896. Millwrights, No. 1638. Mental Hospital Attendants, No, »5, Maintenance of Way Employees, No. 31. Musicians, No. 145. Operating Engineers, No. 844. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 170. Painters, No. 138. Plasterers, No. 89. Plasterers' Helpers, No. 602. Pile Drivers. No. 2404. Printing Pressmen, No. 69. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No, 571. Picture Projectionists, No. 348. Brotherhbod of Railway Carmen, 'â¢ No. 58. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, ' No. 280. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 280. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 314. Street Railway Employees, Dlv. 101. Sign Writers, No. 726. Steam Shovel and Dredgemen No. 46.\nStone Cutters. Typographical Union, No. 226. Taxi Drivers, No. 151. . Tailors, No. 178. Teamsters, No. 466. Theatrical Stage Employees, No. 118. Telegraphers, No. 43. Upholsterers, No. 26. United Textile Workers, No. 1700. Welders and Helpers, No. 19. SHORTER WORK WEEK WITHIN NEXT DECADE Niagara Falls, N. Y.âThc shorter work week within the next- decade was predicted by Dr. Joseph H. Wil- lits of the University of Pennsylvania in an address before the American Management Association. Dr. Willits is a member of the President's Emergency Committee on Employment. The speaker said there will be an increase in the company "onion" plan, which he called "employee representation." .The growth of -employee stock ownership and an increasing sense of "social responsibility" on the part of industry and management are also significant, according-to-Dr;-Willits; 11 f V X Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, March 6th, 1931 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District'Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Ed. 8mith, Chairman; W. Watt (Building' Trades Council); P. R. Bengough (Machinist Trades), R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades), Dan McPherson (Building Trades), B. Showier (Teaming Trades). T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades), C, Herrett (Label Trades); Bort Speed. (Transportation Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone: Seymonr 6279 THE OPEN ROAD AFOOT WITH JACK LOGIE Vancouver, Friday, Mar. 6th, 1931 -DEBUNKING THE C. P. R. The C. P. R. has awarded itself a 'plaque, or a sort of a medallion picture, in, which it mightily hugs and commends itself for foresight, sagacity, courage, and all the kindred virtues which the now deceased members of corporation must have possessed to undertake the monumental work of binding Canada together with a railway, and to show the kind of stuff of which these gentlemen were made, the fellow who is alleged to have guessed that the road would not payor its axle grease is trotted out and his bones are rattled to and for the glory of the railjvay company. \nJust what it is that the C. P. R. is now planning to pull off we do not know, but we accept the evidence that there is something! brewing that is of more value to theC. P- R. than to the public, and, therefore, we feel that this is a good time, to repeat that the C. P. ft. story isv in its inference, misleading. \nThe government's baigainwith the C. P. R. was made in 1879. At this time there was three thousand^ miles of railroad in Canada, and the American states east of the Mississippi ofrerc gridirone'd with railways: .the Southern Pacific from New Oi 'cleans to San Francisco was about -completed, and the Union Pacific between New York and San Francisco hud been completed ten years before. There was no problem in railroad engineering that had not been met and solved, and railway promoting and building had been carried to a point where the gentlemen in control could not be beat regardless of what befell the proposed road. Instead of. courageous men betting their all in a railroad proposition, every legislature on the continent was swamped with boodlers bribing and buying railroad charters. From the moment of confederation the Canadian transcontinental proposal had caught the eye of the railroad grafters. By 1872 a Toronto gang and a Montreal gang had locked horns and were fighting for the right to build the Canadian road. During the 1873 session of the Dominion Parliament it was discovered that the Montreal gang had made a little pot- latch of a respectable portion of a million dollars tonthe party in power, and in return was to receive the right to btuld the railway. The thing stunk so badly that the government resigned, and its successor commenced construction of the railway, as a state enterprise. By 1878 the party that had been caught with the railway promoters' money -in its pockets was back in power. What happened next history does not tell, but a year later we find the state scheme scrapped and a private company (the present C. P. R.) again in the saddle. What arguments were used to induce the government to abandon the construction of the road Snd hand over somewhere near seven hundred miles of completed work we do not know. All we know is that seven years earlier Hugh Allen bought up the whole of one side of parliament to secure the franchise. All that occurred during the intervening years tended to increase rather than reduce the value of the C. P. R. franchise. If Sir Hugh Allen and the party in power had been more successful in "hiding the shells," we should now probably have the representatives of that group of sharks telling us of our alleged indebtedness to these great patriots. âM. "Dr. Robert J. Kerner, professor of modern European history at the University of California, said today that Russia's five-year plan will succeed if the people can make the necessary sacrifices. The capitalistic world does not need to fear Russia at present, he said." The .world of capitalism has feared Russia ever since the revolution of 1917, and has more cause today to be afraid than ever. We have only to recall the hundred and twenty- five million pounds of the British taxpayer's money which Winston Churchill spent in financing various reactionary expeditions and the press campaign of lies and misrepresentation which has never been paralleled in the history of the world, in order to understand fully the extent of the fright received by the capitalist governments. Pdliticians in the United States have always been hysterical over Russian gold and Red propaganda, and have attempted to combat them by deportations under the Palmer regime and the recommendations of the Fish Commission. All Communists laugh at the myth of "Russian gold," as they know there isn't any such thing, and any amount of propaganda which might emanate from Russian sources would be of little value if the people were prosperous and contented under present conditions. Any protest against social conditions must come from within the country itself if it is to make any popular appeal, and if our politicians had any sense they would understand that very clearly. * ' * ' * Russia has no desire for conquest and has a very small army as compared to other European countries. They have an immense territory with resources which have barely been scratched and are too busy with their own problems to bother about their neighbors who are bankrupt and mortgaged to American capitalists. Having had some experience during the past fourteen years, they are naturally ready to defend themselves from outside attack, but the capitalistic countries have nothing to fear in the way of an offensive. In saying that there is no reason to be afraid of Russia, Dr. Kerner probably means in the economic sense. If that is true, then why all the uproar over convict lumber, wheat, manganese, and the other commodities which Russia is sup-*, posed to be dumping. As a matter of fact the five-year plan is succeeding, and before very long the Soviet "overnment will be able to produce commodities for the world market at prices which no other country can touch. They have cut out their overhead, eliminated their parasites, and lone away with unnecessary advertising and other tremendous sources of waste under capitalism. * * * Chairman Legge of the Wheat Board says that the American farmer will have to drastically curtail production, lower his standard of living, and go without his car if he is to meet the threat of Russian competition. As the farmer is broke now he will no doubt be delighted to hear of the cheerful prospect in store for him, and as he is the economic backbone of this continent, where-is that oredicted prosperity going to come from? . * * * Economically, the capitalist system has every reason to fear Russia,, but that is a very small item compared to something which is more powerful and more to be dreaded than gold, propaganda and fear of conquest put together. That something is the ideal which animates the Russian people and which has stopped at no amount of suffering or sacrifice in order to build securely the new social order. Lenin said that if the October revolution lasted only for a few days it would be a flash of lightning which would illumine the world and would in time destroy the capitalistic system. That flash has now become a mighty flame, and in every obscure hamlet and the remote places of the earth its light is ushering in the dawn of a new hope and a brighter day for mankind. , â¢ * *- -r â ' We speak of the Russian "experiment" butt that is not at all the correct term^as it is in line with evolutionary forces and cannot fail. Victor Hugo says that nothing in the world is so powerful as an idea whose hour has struck, and, as the hand of destiny has ushered in the hour of Socialism, the stars in their courses are fighting' for it and it cannot be halted. * * * The fruit industry of British Columbia has gone through some trying times, but I cannot recall when it has been in a worse mess than at present. The Government at Victoria is between the Scylla of compulsory co-operative marketing and the Charybdis of unrestrained competition. It might be a good idea to go back to individual competition for a year and by that time the survivors would be delighted.to have anything in the way of co-operation, compulsory or otherwise. The jobbers would do very well, but the fruit grower would have to go on a diet composed strictly of apples, as he would be too poor to buy anything else in the way of food. However, the average or- chardist is a glutton for punishment and is never so happy as when he is suffering. Otherwise why does he continue to support the Conservative party, which is essentially individualistic, capitalistic and fully twenty years behind the times in its handling of social and economic problems. * - * It has been said that a statesman is simply a dead politician, but my conception of a statesman is a man who has sufficient social vision to understand the trend of evolutionary tendencies and enough realism to keep in close contact with the needs of the people. Lenin was such a statesman. He saw far ahead, but never lost touch with the common people, the workers of field and factory. The test of any economic policy or social principle today must be this: Does it pertain to the old order of things, which is dying, or to the new social system, which is being born? If it attempts to patch up or palliate the old and outworn, then it must fail because you cannot put new wine in old bottles. If it is individualistic, competitive, capitalistic, then it belongs to those things which are passing. It it is co-operative, socialistic, brotherly, then it must succeed because it is in line with evolution and the material and spiritual needs of men. * * » If you wish to arrive anywhere you must first establish your goal, and the trouble today is that we elect as our representatives men who are fundamentally reactionary and opportunistic,, who have no idea where, they are going, and who think themselves fortunate if they can patch up the old machinery of state so that it may creak along and avoid disaster while they are in office. Just at present we need to get a few statesmen on the job. JU lu^n^Daa â¬rmtpana^ INCOHPORAT.O t!t MAY e-r\nWarn Bruak-r _> WlKh-f, Tarttoa, UrtlU-i, _-_â __â â Oaattn. _«Â«-»'UÂ«_ Nt_»_. hW âNÂ«|t; Ti-t-rHk WORK SHIRTS $4 50. You'll appreciate the roomy comfort, smart appearance and splendid finish of these shirts. Tailored of-high-grade drill â blue, black or khakiâwith two convenient pockets. Sizes to 17. We know of no shirt value in Canada to equal them! âDownstairs Economy Floor, H B C GRAY CABS LOWEST RATES IN VANCOTTVER No Charge for Extra PaM-ng-M. Union Driven. SEY. 7131 B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. Finding that saving souls is less profitable than importing . cheap iabor, a Salvation Army ranter in Ontario has broke out with a scheme to import two million laborers from Britain. So far as we can learn the 'mbecile ; has been allowed his liberty.. . âM. THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS Some of bur subscribers have taken objection to the unparliamentary language used in "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" story, running in these columns, so in an effort to meet these objections, we are deleting the word by using the Ant letter and a dash. We hope that â¢his will meet the objections and that our many readers who were delighted with the story, just as it was, with its true-to-life language, will not take offense at the change. » Language barriers are hampering exports of talkies from' France. A STRANGE HERO Gavrilo Princip is now well established as a Serbian national hero. Monuments have been unveiled to him. Now the town of Subotica is naming a new suburb after him. Why? â Have you forgotten? t ;.'., â¢;_â ' He was the man who ' murdered the Archduke in 1914, and so fired the*.rain for the explosion that killed ten million men. '"â -'â¢;.* 100 Per Cent. Wheat Pool Referendum With only five members of the house voting against it, Saskatchewan Assembly has decided to provide for a referendum on the compulsory pooling of wheat This action was taken last Thursday following an extended debate on the motion, and and preceded by the largest delegation of farmers in the chamber that has ever assembled in Saskatchewan in support of a single measure. The recorded vote was 48 to 5. The motion provides for a refer- 1 endum to be taken as soon as possible, but the grain marketing bill, which will automatically come into effect if the referendum carries with 1 a two-thirds majority, has not, yet reached the house. It may be a little farther around the corner of a square deal, but it is pleasant walking. ,, . -_-. Editor, Labor Statesman. Dear Sir,âThrough the mail I have received a circular from the Vancouver Welfare Federation setting forth their reasons why the rank and file of the workers should give to this cause. Looking through the list of agencies who will benefit, I notice several whom I don't remember as having had tag days in previous years, and I notice that whilst the Central City Mission, which comes directly into contact:' with homeless and unemployed persons, are apportioned only $3351; the Jewish Community Chest is given $10,000, and the Y. M. C. A. is to be given $-23,465; the Chinese, Hindoo and Japanese Benevolent Associations can starve. There are also items of $2000 for Conference attendance, and $17,729 Contingency Shrinkage Fund, etc., which may shrink badly. I also note that the various committees are composed of the socially elite of Vancouver, who, no doubt, are giving of their valuable time and services freeâ(precious little else) âto this worthy cause. I also notice that labor has been handed a sop in having the circulars I printed in a union shop. The executive are also careful to note that leach social worker in the campaign ! pays for his or her own ticket at the various social luncheons or banquets âbut, of course, they get a direct return personally in the shape of a meal for the money so spent. Already the campaign workers have approached the poor employees in the department stores, retail stores and other industries, either directly or indirectly, who at ' the present arc only working half-time, but who know that if they don't contribute they might have their heads chopped off later through. interior economy reasons. , Altogether, it is a wrong system. The Dominion should look after this âmaking a direct tax on allâand it could easily be done by having every retail store, such as butchers, grocers, candy and, confectionery, bread and pastry makers, clothing, booterias and drug stores, departmental and chain stores who deal in food and clothing (all others exempt) in every' city, town, municipality, etc., pay a sales tax of 1% on all sales made per monthâcall it a Welfare Tax. It would simply mean a l.c increase of prices on such commodities as flour, sugar, bacon; meat, eggs, butter, etc., and perhaps a 5c increase on clothing", etc. The storekeeper concerned would soon apply itr^t.t"-each**tcrt»-nT*r'cityI et_--r* btrf: { Wants American Prison Labor Put To Work More effective rehabilitation of prisoners in state and federal institutions can be secured if they are set to work building up vast national resources instead of competing with free industrial workers, according to Geo. B. Wallbridge of Datroit, a past president of the Associated General Contractors of America. "Our plan is to provide employment for convicts in lines of endeavor in which they will not compete with wage earners or taxpaying business men, yet will add materially to the nation's wealth," Mr. Wallbridge declared. ""There are in every state in the nation, and particularly in the east and south, where prison congestion is most severe, vast areas of worn-out soils, abandoned farms, barren timberlands and neglected watersheds which are a present and future liability to the couty, state and nation. "To acquire the right to rebuild those worn-out lands, to refertilize those depleted soils, should not be difficult. Can we not vision our convicts out on those great rehabilitation projects, setting out forests of young trees, and later tending new stands of wood which are so valuable and which grow so slowly as to be unattractive to private capital? "Our proposal is to use convicts to building and preserve those and other similar great natural resources. "In doing so they would compete with no free workman for a job. â They would harass no business or industry, nor would state-supported competition drive down prices of commodities, wage levels or working conditions. "Prison officials claim that convicts need and want work, or all efforts toward their reformation are useless." *, . given the power to collect it each month, and in this way every community would look after its own needs and would not need expensive offices, officials and social elite workers to spare their own valuable time on same. It-would thus become a direct tax on allâand the social elite would,be on the same basis, as the worker. Social luncheons and Contingency Shrinkage Funds would then be un- . necessary. Yours truly, PRO BONO CAUSED. Nearly 5,000 people will be housed in the New Karl Marx Hof, the apartment house with, 7,382 separate *" -W_-t_t-W_Jia[ Vtenti-i Austria. _\n*»"}- riday, March 6th, 1931 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Fiv. MASS TRANSPORTATION e city's qreatest problem Ms Greatest Di 'Tlt'lTo problem is more acute"at the present JINl day than moving these thousands of workers and shoppers to and from a city's business section every day. In Vancouver about ) 5,000 persons must be moved out of the business section within two hours every weekday afternoon. No other agency can do this with the quickness, cheapness and economy of street space of the street car. That, along with thc service in the non-rush ~^ hours, on Sundays, holidays, in the early â¢ morning and late evening hours, is the street railway company's responsibility. The street railway provides these various, services, even at a loss, because it is supplying the entire transportation of the city. That is the only way the city can obtain ONE CITYâ comprehensive serviceâby making it one ONE SYSTEM company's responsibility. Divided responsi- Cily Irtnuportalion ;i Bwty would mean that these non-paying a naliirat monopoly services would cease. B*C£lecfcric. Serving British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. LTD. |The Convict Labor Story About Russia Clubbed by their guards. Ha If-starved. Working sixteen to eighteen hours A day. Conditions so cruel that many chop r)ff hands to escape. That is the picture critics draw of Russian workers toiling in the concentration camps in order that the Soviet Government may dump cheap products on the markets of, the world. S a Thus Russia's menace to the capitalistic nations seems to have taken a new form. For the time being, the bombardment with Communist propaganda is reported to have been superseded by a bombardment with goods, the product of "enforced" or "convict" lahor. Walter Duranty of thc New York "Times" explains in his Moscow correspondence that "Soviet pfficials will not trouble any more to deny or refute reports of conditions, however alarming or detailed, emanating from Itiga, Helsingfors, and other cities in the border, States." One Moscow official he quotes as follows: "What is the use of denying all these stories, which run in a long line, from the nationalization of women, thirteen years ago, to the latest stuff about forced labor and inhuman conditions in the lumber camps? "There are regular "emigre" news bureaus in the border States which will supply any yarn that is wanted, with names and even documents complete, from 'eye-witness reports of the battle of Moscow' to Kulaks lashed to death in the northern pine forests. "It is a wonder some one. doesn't refurbish the old fable and print a horrid tale of Ogpu guards saving 'hr'jr own lives by throwing prisoners <o a wolf pack." Charges against Russia of "dumping" her products in America are llatly denied by Valery L. Meshlauk, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council of the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics. Speaking at he Bankers' Club, New York, he declared that the Soviet Government (was vitally interested irt the stabilization of the world industrial situation, and that "mattrs of ruinous international competition in wheat and tfther products could be solved by means of international agreements, in which the Soviet Union would willingly join." __,;. -â ' . ' In Washington, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman pointed to the growing volume of our ex ports to Russia, and said to the correspondents: "We are now shipping products to Russia at the rate of $150,000,000 a year, and importing only about $30,000,000 worth. The Russians are human, I take it, in spite of what some people say. If we shut off their exports to us, I expect they would stop buying our . . . export.." British Propose a New Five-year Plan Reconstruction of the British economic system from top' to bottom has been proposed in a new five-year plan.for Britain which has just made its appearance and which is certain to start the ferment of discussion in all parties as its implications are understood. Fully as drastic as Russia's experiment, the new proposal would transform the British economic structure to enable it to keep pace with the United States and Russia and to save the British nation from economic decline. The document which runs to 16 closely-printed pages, is published as a supplement to the Week End Review, and is understood to be the work of experts in many fields. Already it has the blessingâin most if not all detailsâof J. B. S. Haldane, scientist; Sir Oswald Mosley; Prof. Harold Laski, A. Duff-Cooper, Conservative member of parliament, and Sir Robert Donald, Liberal publicist; who calls it "a stupendous conception." The most striking of the dozens of concrete.proposals in'the plan is transformation of all industry, transport and commerce in Britain into a series of great amalgamations or federations in the lines of public utilities. Workers and consumers would be represented in the new organisms and within each industry competition would be restricted and in many cases eliminated. The author of the. plan frankly fears that Britain will be- left to slow economic death unless she resolves on heroic remedies. SEATTLE CITY EMPLOYEES WANT FIVE-DAY WEEK Seattle.âThe 5-day week for all city employees is proposed in a charter amendment submitted by the Central Labor Council in the form of an initiative petition with more than the 15 000 signatures required by law. The proposed change would give policemen, firemen and .street rail- waymejl one day off in six'with no reduction in pay. . , Salaried employees, would get- a straight 5-day.-week with ho reduction. Analyzing Restaurant Business Failures Some Rcaiom Advanced Why So Many Failures Are . Found i) , A tremendous amount of discussion, pro and con, has been indulged in by restaurant men since the two major surveys have been made by the government at Kansas City and San Francisco. "Many men have profited by these surveys, as showing the weaknesses in the line of operation. Too few, however, have ever read of those surveys, and if having read* them they surely have kept a closer tab on the weak points of their individual business. As pointed out by Professor W. O. Douglas, of the Yale Law School, in a late issue of Restaurant Management, "It is a lack of definite knowledge that is mainly to blame for conditions. The problem exists irrespective of, although aggravated by conditions, it is said." Small-volume,places tend.to deprive established places of a certain amount of volume, create a fictitious demand for rentals, cause credit losses, for which successful operators must pay, and give a bad impression of eating plac«s to the public at large. They further tend to seriously prejudice legitimate financing and credits in the field, the article says. Proof that the Vancouver conditions are typical is revealed in a survey of 14 representative cities undertaken by the editors of Restaurant Management in co-operation with leading restaurant supply firms in these cities. Of a_,total of 4848 restaurants in these dries, only 1648, or 33 per cents-, were revealed as first-class operations. In one city, Philadelphia, surveyed by the editors, only 21 per cent., or 261 of a total of 1199, were found to be worth while. While the Hotel News has not seen the questionnaire mentioned by Restaurant Management, there is another angle to the situation why so many incompetents engage in the restaurant business. This is because of the easy manner in which the cook or other person may start in the business. He secures an abundance of credit from the supply house. It is believed that much of this promiscuous starting of eating places might be curbed by the adherence to a better credit system, in the use of a bunch of queries to the prospective operator, to enable the supply house to judge of just about how many chances the prospect has of remaining in business after he starts. Something like the following: To Be Answered Satisfactorily 1. Where has been your operating experience? 2. Location, rental and how long there? 3. Other locations, and same questions. . 4. Volume per month and year, at all places? 5. Have you ever failed in the restaurant business? Causes? 6. Did you employ competent food accountant? Did he keep you posted as to weak spots in your business? " 7. About what have been your food cost percentage? 8. Your average food check? 9. What are the real needs of an eating place where you purpose locating? 10. Class of eating places in your locality? The supply house, recognizing the fatalities in the restaurant business, as indicated by the two government surveys, will not permit the losses which prior -thereto they were subjected. Many of them do for themselves by securing the information contained in the ten questions, as iibfive, without doubt, and probably many other questions, to make sure. The failure to secure definite and accurate information on the ten points, op the part of some of the hotel supply men, has resulted in loss to them, and has damaged some of the existing hotels by reason of dangerous competition as to room and restaurant rates. It is believed that much good is going to accrue from the government's jumping into the field to ascertain the nature of the fatalities found in the restaurants of the country. "Why not start a cycle of business on a quality and fair basis by patronizing firms who have standards of quality, business experience,' proper finance and a code of ethical practice? Let's develop the ethical mind; quit doing business on a basis of expediency and then maybe we will have a right to expect our own establishments, which foster such sentiments, to gather in the proportion of business that is due them.ââ¢ Editorial by H. B: R. in The Western Restaurant. (Reprinted from Northwest Hotel News, Portland, Ore.)^ Wages. IVnemploy ment. I. LP. Milk. Lend Me Your Eyes! (By BILL) Well here I am again, but you never know your luck around this office. I mentioned to the Editor the Other day (with my chest out) that I might need a little extra space in the next issue. He said, O yeah! Well, Bill, he continued, we are starting a swap column in the next issue, and it will depend on the number of twin-beds, baby buggies, old sets of false teeth, etc., which we may be called, upon to dispose of. However, we will give your stuff the once over, he said, and then talk about the space. Now, 1 thought, here am I begging for a chance to do my stuff free, and then I thought of Brisbane and his enormous salary and how different he is treated, and I remembered what Bouchette of the Sun said in his column last week: (That all newspaper men were well paid, there was only one exception, and that was Mr. Bouchette himself, and he was easily worth ten times more than what he at present receives). Well, Mr. Bouchette, you sure don't hate yourself, but say; boy, I take off my hat to a guy like you who has the courage to tell his own bossâin the bosses' own paper âthat he is taking such a mean advantage of you. The average Canadian worker should be a little more independent and tell the boss that we are underpaid and that we work too many hours. Over in England some spinners were offered a little more wages, providing they would take over a few extra looms, but they refused the proposition. No doubt they realized that some more of their fellow-workers would be put out of employment. I have a notion that over there they are a bit more independent than the Canadian worker. / â¢ * *. Judging by the letters and com- .nients we have seen and heard, we have come to the conclusion that L. D. Taylor has put his foot in the cow barn and slipped. L. D., in his inters ference with the cream line and his sudden concern for the babies milk bottle, may be sincere, but his present attitude is not going to help the babies a darn bit. In fact, I think he is doing the babies and the farmers both an injustice. Now insofar as the quality of milk and the butter- fat content is concerned, that is a question which our City Council can regulate. I understand that L.. D. has made the statement that he intends to increase the present legal standard of 3.25 per cent, butter-fat. This may be all right, but, o{ course, the consumer will have to pay for the increased standard. I have always noticed that where you have a proajl perous farming community, the surrounding cities are also prosperous to the same degree. We know, however, that the average farmer throughout the Fraser Valley is not enjoying this prosperity. In fact the majority of them in the dairy business are having quite a struggle to exist. Their only solution for better conditions is an organization, but they realize that the organization will be useless unless they get the necessary legislation which will help them combat the unfair competitor who stays outside the organization reaping all the benefits, but who, by his methods, is breaking down the conditions which the organized farmer is trying* tr/ build up. L. D. puts up the plea that if the legislation asked for is granted, the price of milk will be under the control of the farmers' association. I feel certain, however, that -US*- farmers have no desire to receive any other renumeration than a decent living and a fair price for their milk. And even if we do have to pay an extra cent for our milk it will all come back to the community. I want to tell Mayor L. D. Taylor that the legislation asked for would be-beneficial, not only to the babies and farmers, but to every one concerned. â¢ * » Many years ago Samuel Gompers said: "Whatever progress the Labor Movement. makes in the future will depend upon education." However, the average worked who has had a fairly steady job refrains from taking advantage of the many educational opportunities offered him. In fact, it is hard to get J)im to take -any. interest in any of our. many Ph>bl»na which has. Ja_^a«_*_y_*__u-t_ standard of living. We can't get very far so long as the averagj. citi- _en remains merely _i passive recip- BUV B. C. PRODUCTS And boost your own payroll! TyNALLEY'S SANDWICH SPREAD At All Grocers Mailer's Pure rood. Oo. Vancouver. B. C. â â¢7. 3-81 Tri-. 6425 CAMPBELL & GRILL 1236-8 SEYMOUR STREET FURNACE INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS X-CELL BATTERIES 95 per cent, a B. C. product; only new materialsânew Trail lead, boxes, etc.âare need in the manufacture of X-CELL BATTERIE8. CANADA LEAD PRODUCTS, Ltd. 3355 Main â treet; Palrmoat 1862 Local Building Trades Council Affiliations The following unions are affiliated with tlie Vancouver, New Westminster and Diatrict Trades and Labor Council: Bricklayers and Masons No. 1. Mullillng Laborers, No. 602. Carpenters and Joiners, No. 452. Carpenters and Joiners, No. 1251. Kleetrical Workers, No. 213. lOlevator Constructors, No. .2. Kngineers, No. 844. Floorlayers, No. 1875. Ironworkers, No. 97. Lathers. No. 207. Mlllworkers, No. 1599. Millwrights, No. 1638. Plasterers. No. 89. Plumbers and Steamfitters. No. 170. Painters and Decorators, No. 138. Sheet Metal Workers. No. 280. Sign and Pictorial Painters, No. 726. Tilesetters, No. 3. Tile and Marble Helpers, No. 78. Teamsters and Chauffeurs. No. 466. ient of the work from the employer, whose only consideration is the fact that his machines must be kept working, and his own particular wheel continue to go around at the most rapid pace. However, unemployment is the greatest and quickest educator. When a man gets out of work and he sees no prospects in sight, he begins to do a little deep thinking and study. He realizes that something is wrong when he and his fellow-workersâwho are willing and anxious to work but unable to find sameâcan see on all sides the great disparity between rich and poor, the terrible struggle for existence amongst the workers, the disease and want, and the countless other things which are a reflection on our industrial civilization. Yes, unemployment has given him an entirely different viewpoint, and he remembers the many arguments he had heard by some of his fellow- workers in tho past. He used to call them agitators, misfits and reds. He now realizes that they were right, and in looking-back he can see that the Labor Movement usually was the only voice raised in the community on behalf of decent human working conditions. Unemployment has started his newer education; and we have in Vancouver today many thousands of these men who need to be taken in hand and given a further education regarding to the working out of our problems. The Independent Labor Party in Vancouver desires their membership and co-operation, and herein is the educational opportunity for the worker. This great machine age must be controlled more and more, and to do that we must understand our civilization. We must, in a word, become educated as well as organized workers. Dong-las 4366 NEW SHOES FOR OLD! âBring 'em In on yonr way to work, and call for them on the way home. FraserShoeRepairCo. "Better Repairs for Less" 191 East Hastings (Opp. Library) Free Camera, to Our Customers After 5 o'Clock Phono Praser 763L-1 Day Phons: Fraser 187 Frank Parsons ART FLORIST Wreaths and Wedding Bouq._ets Made Up Greenhouses 70S. Wales Rd., Vanconver And the cash bonus might do our veterans more g«_«J ,i.,4fcgy .w_,aldn'i- have to spend the rest of their lives helping to pay taxes on it.âSan Diego Union. .. __âl Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, Marchifitli, 1931 "BCILD B.O. PAYROLLS" FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO BRITISH COLUMBIA PACIFIC Milk works for the province that is its home. Its money stays here. Its ownership lives here. Ifr-^control remains here. It is a payroll builder, drawing its strength from the province, giving back to British Columbia all it receives. Pacific Milk Factory at Abbotsford, B. C. 100 per cent. British Columbia Owned and Controlled Church Profits in Slave Labor Open letter to the Bishop of Durham. My Lord Bishop,âIn the House of Lords on February 5th you delivered a speech in which you strong- _lHy denounced the Government of Russia. You talked about "the . sorrow, consternation and shame which the present relations of our country with Soviet Russia are stirring in the minds of considerate and reformed citizens." You appealed to the Government "to take some responsible action which will relieve our wounded national self-respect"; you talked "about the moral disgrace involved in our indifference to these horrors"; you made an appeal for the Government to break off relations with Rus- Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINQB ITU-T Flora-elm, Stridors, c. B. A C. Men's and Touth'a. WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths. THE ONLY UNION MADE SHOE and Repair Factory la British Columbia. W. J. HEADS + 30 WEST CORDOVA ST. BMT. 3300 MEN'8 SHOES PROM *4.98 UP. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label. Shop Card and Working Button, aV fri^H1^,^ employers and employ UNION LABOR. At All Reliable Dealers Classified Ads. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wallls W. Lefeanx, 403 Metropolitan Buildlnff. 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The occasion was a debate on the allegations of slave labor in t Ire-1 Russian timber camps. You have been reading the statements made in the "London Times" by escaped Russian prisoners, who have sworn affidavits before the Public Notary of Helsing- fors. Have you examined these statements carefully? Are you aware that they are in many respects contradictory and that they contain widely different accounts as to the conditions prevailing in the Russian timber camps. The 'Russian Government has emphatically denied the statements that are being broadcast in the British press; they have also been challenged by British business men who have been recently in Northern Russia. There is no reliable and substantial evidence to support the lurid stories of millions of prisoners in prison camps which have been appearing lately in the press, and which have formed the basis of the latest campaign. Britain's Prison Camps But let us suppose, my lord, that there is a certain amount of truth in the allegations that have been made, and that there are prison camps in Northern Russia where prisoners are employed to cut timber under harsh conditions. Prisons and prison camps are not nice places at the best of times, and they were not likely to be any more tolerable in Russia than anywhere else. Do you remember the Boer War, and the concentration camps, in which we herded thousands of the women and children belonging to the Boer farmers? Have you forgotten that in these camps the women and children died from disease like flies? And did the Hous. of Lords and the Bishops thrill with indignation' then? And have you heard about the forty thousand prisoners in the jails of India? Do you think that the Indian jails are any better than the jails of Russia? Cruelties in Poland But, my Lord, if you advocate breaking off relations with Russia because of the alleged ill-treatment of Russian prisoners, should you not logically take up the same attitude towards other countries where cruel- tics and atrocities arc perpetrated? Have you heard about the Terror in the Ukraine? The Ukraine is in territory ruled by thc Polish Dictatorship, west of the Russian frontier. . You have been reading with horror the stories of the Russian refugees and stowaways? Have you read the "Manchester Guardian" Special Correspondent's description of the horrors and cruelties that have been perpetrated in Poland? Writing in the "Manchester Guardian" (14/10/30) he said: "The Polish terror in the Ukraine is now worse than anything that is happening in Europe. The Ukraine has become a land of despair and desolation that are all the more poignant because the rights of the Ukraine have been guaranteed by International, Treaty, because the League of Nations has been altogether deaf to appeals and arguments, and because the outside world does not know or care." He went on to describe what has been happening in the Ukraine. Here is a passage from his description: "On September 14 a detachment of the 4th Polish Cavalry Regiment arrived at Hrusiatycze, in the district of Bobrka. Large quantities of grain, vegetables, bread, eggs, and milk were requisitioned without any payment. At midnight the mayor was ordered to reveal the names of villagers with arms in their possession. He said he knew of none, whereupon he was seized by five soldiers, who gave him fifty strokes with a stick. Eight other villagers were similarly beaten. "In the night of the llth a cavalry detachment of Stary and Nowy Jory- czow thrashed some thirty of the vil- On , The Planet's Complaint "What's wrong with the world, any way?" asked the first pessimist. "Too much rope is being used for making pigar» and not -.nough to lagers with their riding crops hang "gangsters," growled the other the 16th some Polish cava.rymen ar- one.âCincinnati Inquirer. rrrod in the village of Gajdi, near Lemberg. On the way there they had caught some peasants who were going to work in the fields, and beat them unmercifully. They commandeered a large quantity of food stocks. They caught a number of peasants, men, women, and children, and beat each one in turn until the last victim lost consciousness. Cold water was then thrown over him, and the beating was sometimes renewed when consciousness returned. "Iwan Romyszyn and his son and daughter were so beaten that they were left in a dreadful condition, and so were the two children of the mayor of the village. Damian Prus was so roughly handled that his leg was broken. The co-operative store was demolished by the Poles and the storekeeper, a woman, Dogged. The windows of the village reading-room was smashed. Similar things were done at Podberecce, hear Lemberg, on the same day. The co-operative store was looted, and many of the villagers were beatenâPeter Bubela, a mere boy, was so beaten that his life is in danger. "The village schoolmaster, Mjkola Antoniak, his wife Anna, as well as a number of other villagers (whose names are in my possession) were very gravely hurt." I Are these atrocities and cruelties not as bad as anything that has been reported about the Russian prison camps? If you doubt them, we can show ! you the photographs of the bodies of j the bruised and battered men. Has the House of Lords ever pro- i tested about these horrors? Do they not fill you with "the sorrow, consternation, and shame" that you feel about the conditions in Russia? Why not? What about "the moral disgrace involved in our indifference to these horrors?" In the House of Lords you talked about the danger of Russian slave labor driving down the standard of life in the diocese of Durham. Do you know that Polish coal dug by miners who get half British wages is far more dangerous to Durham than anything that comes out of Russia? Perhaps you will now ask Mr. Henderson to break off relations with Poland! What About Italy? And what about Italy? Italy is run by a dictatorship, too, and savage treatment is meted out to- political prisoners. Have you read Francesco Nitti's story of his experiences in the Political prisoners' camp on the Lipari Islands? It is published in his book "Escape" (Putnams, 10s. 6d.) Here is an extract: "The genardmes ordered us to line up and began to handcuff us. We had to hold out our hands with the wrists crossed. Then the heavy iron handcuffs were placed in position, and fastened with a big screw. If the screws were turned too tightly, the pain was excruciating. These irons are called 'Schiavettoni'; they are a relic of brutal ages, but they are commonly used â¢ in all Fascist jails. "When we had all been handcuffed, we were chained together four by four. The chain was padlocked to the handcuffs of the first prisoner, passed through those of the second and third, and again locked to the fourth. Thus, each prisoner, besides being himself handcuffed, was attached to his three companions. The weight of the handcuffs, padlocks, and chain was so great that we could scarcely stand upright. I looked along the long line of my 60 companions; in the bleak electric light of that cold corridor they seemed writhing in the coils of a glittering black serpent. "The officers in command ordered us to form fours. Awkwardly we obeyed, with a great clanking of metal. Our suitcases with our personal belongings, which had been sent by our friends and families and held until our departure, were set before us. " 'Attention!' cried the officer. 'Pick up your bags â forward march!' "It was easier said than done. We had to bend down all four together, and only after several vain attempts did we succeed in grasping the suitcases with our handcuffed hands. Then in column of fours, with our chains clanking, we staggered down winding steps of stone. A heavy portal opened before us, and we stepped into the street, where a line of prison vans was waiting. Some officers and men of the Fascist mi'itia were loung:ng in front of the prison. They greeted us with laughter and jeers. Evidently the sight of that Ion',', line of men in, rfthaic;;; ..'eft- led thjpir fancy." â¢-,'â ' * Have you protested against cruel- t:es in Italy, and asked Mr. Hender- HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM THE ONLY 100 PER CENT. UNION IOB CREAM IN THE CITY! PROBB: SEYMOUR 3090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited son to break off relations? Why not? Slav's Labor in' Durham One final point! You object to "slave labor" in Russia. To come a little nearer home, have you spent any time lately investigating conditions in the coal pits and mining villages in Durham. Has it ever occurred to you that at your own doorstep there are miners working just as hard as any prisoners work in the camps in Russia? They are not slaves, but free. They can give up their jobs in the mines and starve. But economic necessity I forces them to toil on, to increase 1 output heedless of risk and daqger to ' life and limb. Have you noticed how explosion after explosion is taking place in the mines of Great Britain as a result of precautions neglected in the driving of the men on to produce more cheap coal? My Lord, has it ever struck you that before attacking slave labor in Russia you should denounce it in Durham? Your church prospers and waxes fat on slave labor, for the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are numbered among the big royalty owners who draw big revenues from the wages of low-paid miners. Over £300,000 from mining royalties goes into the coffers of your church, £300,000 produced by the labor of British wage-slaves, who risk their lives in the mines of Britain. Have vou thought of that, my Lord? Yours faithfully, EMRYS HUGHES. âGlasgow Forward. Hospitals To Benefit From Sweepstakes Three huge sweepstakes will shortly be launched in England for the cause of charity, if plans now under consideration mature. Of the cash subscribed by ticket- holders, the following varying donations are contemplated by the opposing promoters: Fifty per cent, less expenses, for St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Twenty-five per cent, for 30 Irish hospitals. Five per cent, for British hospitals. Details of the . "Bart's" scheme were announced recently by Mr. H. F. Shepherd, the hospital's appeals director. Plans have been prepared by a committee of friends of the institution, who will shortly know if they are acceptable to certain Continental authorities. "Not Illegal" "The sweepstake will not infringe the laws of this country," Mr. Shepherd declared. "Two million British people visit the Continent every year, and tickets will be on sale there. "People not going abroad will be able to writ, to agentsâsuch as the Continental banksâpurchasing tickets to be held in trust. "The whole transaction, therefore, would take place in a country where sweetstakes are not illegal. "Purchasers would be advised of the numbers drawn, and prize money would be' applied for through the source of purchase." â The scheme might total £1,000,000 in 10s. tickets, Mr. Shepherd added. Half would go in prize money. The other half, less expenses, would go to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Then there is the projected £1,- 000.000 International sweep, with which Mr. J. J. Hamilton, the London stockbroker, is associated. This will, according to '{cuter, devote 5 per cent, of the money paid in England for,. tickets to "British charitable institutions, namely, the hospitals." , The draw will take place on May 26th. New Political Party Started in Britain Sir Oswald Mosley, the wealthy- British Socialist member of parlia-' ment, who recently resigned from the MacDonald ministry, on Monday cut through the dark grey mist which has enfolded Westminster and Britain's politics since the beginning of the year. When the parliamentarian and the man on the street had finished reading their afternoon papers, the name of Mosley was in very mouth. For the papers spoke of a British Hitler and a British Mussofini, a dictatorship and thc coming of a new order âthese were the images they raised, some with half-conviction; some with doubt and others with the light touch of scorn. It was made clear, at least, that Sir-Oswald M°sley, thc farmer chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, who left the government last May when he failed to secure the official stamp of approval on his: plans for tackling unemployment, was about to leave the Labor party and would take, perhaps, half a dozen other members with him. This group intends to conduct a nation-wide campaign and, it is rumored, with the backing of Sir William Morris and a small group of industrialists. , Youthful Associates Among the members associated by rumor today with the new move are John St. Loe Strachey, the journalist, who is a Labor member for the Aston division of Birmingham; Oliver Baldwin, son of the Conservative leader and former prime minister, but of a much different political persuasion, and W. J. Brown, general secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association. These three are among the youngest members of parliament, Mr. Strachey being 30, Mr. Baldwin 31, and Mr. Brown 33. Some of the younger members of the Liberal party and even some junior Conservatives have been mentioned as possible adherents to the new cause. The Mosley programme, it is understood, plans to appeal to . the youthful element in politics and the electorate especially. Its radical changes would include alterations in the fiscal system, readjustment of war debts, a form of dictatorship to supercede an "oqt-of-date parliament" and the placing of a greater burden on the shoulders of the rich. What part of this programme would the Mosley backers has not yet been learned. Sir Oswald Mosley, 34, a Winchester and Sandhurst product and the son of a wealthy baronet, was elected a Conservative member at the age of 22. He then became an Independent and in 1924 a member of the Labor party.âDaily Herald. MILLION HOUSES PLANNED FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS "A million houses in the next five years" was the forecast the other day of Mr. Arthur Greenwood, the British Minister of Health. To that end the Ministry's officials have been indefatigable in persuading and prodding local authorities to get their schemes ready. The resuit is that in every part of the country there will soon be witnessed a tremendous development of Cheap money doesn't mean much to the f''low who can't borrow any. Machinery Squeezes Out Small Farmers Rationalization of industry was indicated as a factor in the world unemployment situation, while high wages were declared not to be a contributing cause to this evil in reports presented recently to the international labor office at Geneva. The report on rationalization tended to show that "in a general way, measures of technical improvement, such as improvements in machinery, scientific management, standardization and industrial concentration, led at least temporarily to a certain amount* of unemployment. Figures from Canadian, United States and German industries were cited to support this view. Harold Butler, deputy director of the Internationa] Labor Office, in his report on rationalization found in' Canada that the most striking changes were due to mechanization of agriculture, through which the farmer now operates with a quarter or a third the number of men he formerly required. He found that this tended to squeeze out many small wheat farmers in favor of â large, industrialized farms. | STARTING FROM HERE There is one thing the* individual can do. He may not be able to control the sheep, either the flocks or , the bell-wethers in high places, but he can resolve to resist the evil of war himself. That will be decisive â¢for HiT?se^"and;"^*^e*rirT8ii,r very many like hrni, that will be decisive ' for all.âErnest Thurtle, M.P., in The New World, November, 1930. 1 -â â Friday, March 6th, 1931 THE LABOR STATESMAN j--**** Page Seven*' Union Bakeries Delicious Bakery Union-made Bread and Pastry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. When Better Cakes and Pastries ara Mad., We'll Make 'Em I Golden Rule Bakery CO., LTD. 957 Granville St. .Sey. 8656 Union Print Shops â skfor the Vancouver Al Ask_for intingTfades Vancouver Allied Printing Trades .Council Label on your next order of printing from any of the following: Broadway Printers, 151 Eighth Ave. East; Pair. 203. The Citiz-n, 1451' Broadway West; Bay. 357. Dunsmuir Printing Company, 487 Dunsmuir Street; Sey. 1106. A. Hazeldine Printing Co., 829 Pender Street West; Sey. 6335. Journal of Commerce, 645 Howe St.; Sey. 4721, Sey. 7808. Lumbermen Printing Company, 500 Beatty Street; Sey. 4653. Mitchell-Foley, Limited, 522 Hastings Street West; Sey. 1085. T. McPhee, 6268 East Boulevard- Kerr. 1933. North Shore Press, Esplanade, North Vancouver; North 80. PaciBc Printers, 500 Bekins Building. Sey. 9592. * The Review, 110 First Street East; North 1470. Seymour Pre.., 650 Richards Street; Sey. 3728. Shoemaker, McLean & Veitch, 128 Lonsdale Avenue; North 53. lan Publishing Company, 137 Pender â Street West; Sey. 40. kH. Timm., 228 Fourteenth Ave. fast; Fair. 1372. ncouver Job Printers, 427 Pender Street West; Sey. 2021. trd tt Phillips, 318 Homer Street; 'Sey. 106. WrJ!l*Z Prinii** Company, Limited. 576 Seymour St.; Sey. 33 and 189. The following firms have "No Agreement" with local unions affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster ant District Trades and Labor Council Patronize those who patronize you I Bakeries McGavin Ltd., 2106 W. Broadway. Taxicabs Commercial Tail Cab Co. Checker Taxicab Co., Ltd. Dairies Steves Dairy, 2024 Weat 12th. Crystal Dairy, 1802 Commercial. Restaurants Chocolate Shop, Hastings St. National Lunch, 77« Granville. Trncadero Cafe. 15« West Hastings St Waldorf Cafe, 516 West Pender 8t. White Lunches, Hastings-Granville. Printers . . Clarke A Stuart Co.. Ltd., 650 Seymour Street, Murphy A Chapman, 569 Seymour St Rose. Cowan A Latta, 741 Seymonr Street. J. W. Boyd, Ltd., 112 West Hastings Street Tailors G. A. Col lard, GO 3 West Hastings St Orchestras N'atlonal Juvenile Band. Theatres Avenue Theatre.,711 Main Street. "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" I â Just the Thing "John," said Mrs. Rollinwealth, "I hear a seat on< the stock exchange F sold for $250,000 the other day." "Well, what pf it?" growled,her bootlegger husband. "I was just think in' you ought to get one for pur"liv'ng-.bo"nT." . " !: "Now then, you chaps, Rouse yourselves!" he bellowed, "you seem to think this is a 'orspital. If some of you donlt make a better show than this, I'll 'ave to 'ave a alteration! There's plenty of chaps walk- in' abouf'who'll be only too glad of a job!"... ' He went into the scullery, where --""â¢â¢ass was mix'ng some color. "Look 'ere, Crass!" he said, "I'm not at all satisfied with the way you're gettin' on with the work. You must push the chaps a bit more than you're doin'. There's not enough Being done, by a long way. We shall lose money over this job before we're finished!" Crass, whose fat face had turned a ghastly green with fright, mumbled something about getting on with it as fast as he could. "Well, you'll have to make 'em move a bit quicker than this!" Misery howled, "or there'll 'ave to be a alteration!" By an "alteration," Crass understood that he might get the sack, or that someone else might be put in charge of the job, and that would, of course, reduce him to the ranks and do away with his chance of being kept on longer than the others. â He determined to try to ingratiate himself with Huifter and to appease his wrath by sacrificing someone else. He glanced cautiously into the kitchen and up the passage and then, lowering his voice, he said: "They all shapes pretty well, except Newman. I would 'ave told you about 'im before, but I thought I'd give 'im' a fair chance. I've spoke to 'im several times myself about not doin' enough, but it don't seem to make no difference." "I've had me eye on 'im meself for some time," replied Nimrod, in the same tone. "Anybody would think the work was goin' to be sent to a exhibition the way 'e messes about with it, rubbing it with glass- paper and stopping up every little crack! I can't understand where 'e gets all the glasspaper from!" " 'E brings it 'isself!" said Crass, hoarsely. "I know for a fact that 'e bought two 'apenny sheets of it last week out 'is own money!" ''Oh, 'e did, did 'e?" snarled Misery. "I'll give 'im glasspaper! I'll 'ave a alteration!" He went into the hall, where he remained alone for a considerable time, brooding. At last, with the manner of one who has resolved on a certain course of action, he turned and entered the room where Philpot and Harlow were working. "You both get sevenpence an hour, don't you?" he said. They both Teplied in the affirmative. "I've never worked under price yet," added Harlow. "Nor me, neither," observed Philpot. "Well, of course you can please yourselves," Hunter continued, "but after this week we've decided not to pay more than six and a half. Things is cut so fine nowadays that we can't afford toi go on paying sevenpence any longer. You can work up till tomorrow night on the old terms, but if you're not willln' to accept six and a half you needn't come on Saturday morning. Please yourselves. Take is or leave it." Harlow and Philpot were both too much astonished to say anything in reply to this cheerful announcement, and Hunter, with the final remark, "You can think it over," left them and went to deli.er the same ultimatum to all the other full-price men, who took it in the same way as Philpot and Harlow, had done. Crass and Owen were the only two whose wages were not reduced. It will â¢ be remembered that Newman was one of those who were already working for the reduced rate. Misery found him alone in one of the upper rooms to which he,was giving the final coat.. He was at his old tricks. The woodwork of the cupboard he was doing was in a rather damaged condition, and he was facing up the dents with white lead putty before painting it. He knew quite well that Hunter objected to any but very large holes or cracks being stopped, and yet somehow or other he could not scamp the work to the extent that he was ordered to. Hunter stood with a sneer on his face, watching Newman for about five minutes before he spoke. "You can make out yer time sheet and come to the office for yer money at five o'clock," he said at last, "we shan't require your valuable services no more after tonight" Newman went white. "Why, what's wrong?" sai___*_e" .",What hav*I-don_?J* tnâat ~â "Oh, it's not what you've done," replied Misery, "it's wot you've not done. That's wot's wrong! You're not done enough, that's all!" And without â further parley, he turned and went out. Newman stood in the darkening room feeling as if his heart had turned to lead. There arose before his mind the picture of his home and family. He could see them as they were at this very moment, the wife just beginning to prepare the evening meal and the children setting the cups and. saucers and other things on the kitchen table. They had all been so happy lately because they, knew that he had work that would last till nearly Christmas, if not longer. And now this had hap pened, to plunge them back into that abyss of wretchedness from which they had so recently escaped. "My God!" said Newman, realiz ing the almost utter hopelessness of the chance of obtaining another "job." "My God! how can I tell them? What will become of us?" When the men realized that Hunter had gone they began to gather into little groups, and soon nearly all found themselves in the kitchen, discussing the reduction in wages. There was a lot of furious talk. At first several of them spoke of "chucking up" at once; but others were more prudent, for they knew that if they left there were dozens of others who would be eager to take their places. "After all, you," said Slyme, who had an idea of presently starting bus- iness"on his own account, and was only waiting until he had saved enough money. "After all, there's something in what 'Unter says. It's very 'ard to get a fair price for work nowadays. Things is cut very fine." "Yes! We all knows about that!" shouted Harlow. "And who the b 11 is it cuts 'em? Why, sich swines as 'Unter and Rushton! If this firm's 'adn't cut this job so fine some other firm would 'ave it for more money. Rushton's cuttin' it fine didn't make this job, did it? It would 'ave been done just the same if they 'adn't tendered for it at all! The only difference is that we should 'ave been workin' for some other master." "I don't believe the b job's cut fine at all!" said Philpot. "Rush- ton is a pall of Sweater's, and they're both members of the town council." At this moment Newman came into the room. He looked so white and upset that the others involuntarily paused in their conversation. "Well, what do you think of it?" , chied Harlow. "Think of what?" asid Newman. "Why, didn't 'Unter tell you?" cried several voices, whose owners looked suspiciously at him. They thought, if Hunter had not spoken to Newman, it must be because he was already working under price. There had been a rumor going about the last few days to that effect. "Didn't Misery tell you? They're not going W pay no more than six and a half after this week." "That's not wot 'e said to me. 'E just told me to knock off. Said I didn't do enough for 'em." "Jââ C !" exclaimed Crass. pretending to be overcome with surprise. CHAPTER XII. The Lodger In accordance with his arrangement with Hunter, Owen commenced the work in the drawing-room on the Monday morning, a fact commented on by Crass when Harlow and Easton went down to the scullery to get some more whitewash. â "Well, wot do you think of it?" he said, as he filled their pails. "Think of what?" said Easton. ' "Why, hour speshul artist," replied Crass, with a sneer. "Do you think 'e's going to go through with it?" "Shouldn't like to say," replied Easton, guardedly. "You know, it's one thing to draw on a bit of paper and color it with a penny box of paints, and quite another, thing to do it on a wall or ceiling," continued Crass, "ain't it?" "Yes, that's true enough," said Harlow. "Do you believe they're 'is own designs?" Craston went on. "Be rather 'ard to tell," remarked Easton, embarrassed. Neither Harlow nor Easton shared Crass's sentiments in this matter, but at the same time they could not afford to offend him by sticking up for Owen. *, . "If you was to ast me, quietly," Crass added, "I shou'd be more inclined to say .as 'e copied it all- out- of some book." -.â â Demand t. VAN BROS.' PURE APPLE CIDER LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST THE ONLY UNION SOFT DRINK PIBM IN VANCOUVER! PHONE: HIGH. 90 1055 VERNON DRIVE A. E. H/ARRON Fhoni N. V. 13 4 Norlrt Vancouver J. A. HARRON I'hone Fair. 131 55 Tenth Ave B. G. M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 134 55 Tenth Ave. E. ifarrnn iro*. & Hilltamamt I&JNERAL DIRECTORS " 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 134 "Only,Union Fish and Chips in British Columbia" Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believing- one remedy for unemployment le the shorter work week, all our girls ars now working- five days per week, without reduction of wages. 44 HASTINGS WEST 2 Doors West of "Fautages" "That just about the size of it, mate," agreed Harlow. "It would be a bit of all right if 'e was to make a b mess of it, wouldn't it?" Crass continued, with a malignant sneer. "Not arf!" said Harlow. When the two men regained the upper landing on which they were working, they exchanged significant glances and laughed quietly. Hearing these half suppressed sounds of merriment, Philpot, who was working alone in a room, close by, put his head out of the doorway. "Wot's the game?" he inquired, in a low voice. , "Ole Crass ain't arf wild about Owen doin' that room," replied Harlow, and repeated the substance of Class's remarks. "It is a bit of take-down for the b , ain't it, 'avin' to play second fiddle?" said Philpot, with a delighted grin. " 'E's 'opin' Owen'll make a mess of it," Easton whispered. "Well, 'e'll be disappointed, mate," answered Philpot. "I was workin' along of Owen for Pushem and Slog- gem about two years ago, and I seen 'im do a job down at the Royal 'Otel âthe smokin' room ceilin' it wasâ and I can tell you it looked a bâ**- treat!" "I've heard tell of it," said Harlow. â¢ â¢ "There's no doubt Owen knows 'is work," remarked Easton, "although 'e is a bit orf 'is onion about Socialism." "I don't know so much about that, mate," returned Philpot. "1 agree with a lot that 'e ses. I've often thought the same things meself, but 1 can't talk like 'im 'acuse I ain't got no 'ead for it. Sh!" he added, horse- ly, suddenly holding up his hand warningly. They listened intently. It was evident from the creaking of the stairs that someone was crawling up them. Philpot instantly disappeared. Harlow lifted up the pail of whitewash and set it down noisily. "I think we'd better 'ave the steps and the plank over this side, Easton," he added, in a loud voice. "Yes, I think that'll be the best way," replied Easton. While they were arranging their scaffold to do the ceiling, Crass arrived on the landing. He made no remarks at first, but walked into the rooms to see how many ceilings they had done. . "You'd better look alive", you chaps," he said, as he went downstairs again. "If we don't get these ceilings finished by dinner time, Nim- rod's sure to ramp." "All right," said Harlow, gruffly. "We'll bââ soon slosh 'em over." "Slosh" was a very suitable word; very descriptive of the manner in which the work was done. The cornices of the, staircase ceilings were enriched with plaster orna- nients, the crevices of which were still filled with old whitewash; and, by the time Harlow and Easton had "sloshed" a lot more whitewash on, they were mere formless unsigh'tly lumps of plaster. After leaving off that night all the men kept together till they arrived down town, and then separated. Owen went by himself, Easton, Philpot, Crass and Bundy adjourned to "The Cricketers' Arms" to have a drink together, and Slyme, who was a teetotaller, returned to Easton's house alone. "Don't wait for me," said Easton, as he went off with Crass and the others. "I shall most likely catch you up before you get there." This evening Slyme, instead of taking the direct road, turned into the main street, and, pausing before, the window of a toy shop, examined tbe articles displayed therein atten- *"***lj*-~;A#te*?-"-some- -mfn-te_-> he- ap-" peared to have come to a' decision, and, entering the shop, he purchased a baby's rattle for fourpence-half- penny. It was a pretty toy made of white bone and colored wool, with a number of little bells hanging upon it, and a ring of white bone at' the end of the handle. He then set out for home, walking â¢rapidly, and found Ruth sitting by the fire with the baby on' her lap. She looked up with an expression of disappointment as she perceived that he was alone. "Where's Will got to again?" she asked. "He's gone to 'ave a drink at 'The Cricketers' Arms' with some of the chaps. He said he wouldn't be long." replied Slyme, as he put his food basket on the dresser and went upstairs to his room to wash and to change his clothes. When he came down again, Easton had not yet arrived. "Everything's ready, except just to make the tea," said Ruth, who was evidently annoyed at the continued absence of Easton, "so you may as well have yours now." "I'm in no hurry.'*1 I'll wait a little and see if he comes. He's sure to be here soon." "If you're sure you don't mind, I shall be glad if you will wait," said Ruth, "because it will save me making two lots of tea." They waited for about half an hour, talking at intervals in a constrained, awkward way about trivial subjects. Then, as Easton did not come, Ruth decided to serve Slyme without waiting any longer. With this intention, she laid the baby in its cot, but the child resented this arrangement and began to cry; so she had to hold him under her left arm while she made the tea. Seeing her in this predicament, Slyme exclaimed, holding out his hands: "Here, let me hold him while you do that." "Will you?" said Ruth, who, in spite of her instinctive dislike of the man, could not help feeling gratified with this attention. "Well, mind you don't let him fall." But the instant Slyme took hold of the child.it began to cry even louder than it did when it was put into the cradle. "He's always like that with strangers," apologized Ruth, as she took him back again. -a "Wait a minute," said Slyme. "I've got something upstairs in my pocket I that will keep him quiet. I'd forgotten all about it." He went up to his room and presently returned with the rattle. When the baby saw the bright colors and heard the tinkling of the bells, he crowed with delight, and, clutching at it eagerly, allowed Slyme to take him without a murmur of protest. Before Ruth had finished making and serving the tea, the man and the child were on the very best of terms with each, other, so much so indeed that when his mother was ready to take him again the baby seemed reluctant to part from Slyme, who had been dancing htm in the air and tickling him in the most delightful way. Ruth, too, began to have a better opinion of their lodger, and felt inclined to reproach herself for having taken such an unreasonable dislike to him at first. He was evidently a very good sort of fellow,'after all. The baby had by this time discovered the use of the bone ring at the end of the handle of the toy and was biting' it energetically. "It's a very beautiful rattle," said Ruth. "Thank you very much for it; it's just the very . thing he wanted." + . (Continued next week) I Girls,, to.__Jgrolnji_fc.i«at*_--tn-^ijr - 'eyes while dancing, try' shoes one size larger. "â . . "â ' =_-_T_ % '*, v ( « a P ti tl ti tt (I c< '*! ol e. fa wi sa mi to be su be eq an I atl "if 'age Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN â g Friday,, March 6th, 1931 Every working man knows the honest value of Dick's Work Clothes We carry a large range of Great West Garment . and Master Mechanic, Union-made Shirts, Pants and Overalls. Carpenters' Overalls Master Mechanic-, standard weight. Regular J2.50, Special' Overalls $1.95 Master Mechanic, blue denim, bib overalls and Jumpern. Regular $2.ii5. Per Karment .-.. $1.65 Blue Denim Pants Heavy red-back blue denim, stoutly sewn and riveted. l!.'W. li. make $1.50 Work Shirts Plain and fancy, flannelH. blue (.-bambrays and denim**, molesktnH. Full roomy cut. From 51.50 up William DICR Limited] Your Money's Worth or Yonr Money Back HASTINGS AT HOMER For, Printing of QUALITY. SPEED AND SERVICE done in a Union Shop, send - your printing to A. H. Timms 236 14th Ave. E., Vancouver A. A. Brookhouse, (late of Cowan & Brookhouse) Shop Superintendent. Fair. 205 Fair. 1372 We Import All Onr Woollens Street I Ho Two Bolts Alike! Hartle Bros., Ltd. TAILORS THE HIGHEST GRADE OF CLOTHING MADE. A Special Department (or Vnl- forms aa Supplied to the City and B.C. Electric. Sea SEYMOUR â *., VANCOUVER (Opposite Hudson's Bay) PHONE: SEY. 1790 Swap Column Advertisements will be published free for the next few weeks, until further notice, Send in name and address and phone number, and replies will be forwarded-. SWAPâCOLONY BROODER, Blue Flame, 750-chick size. Cost $27.50. What have you to offer. Box 1, Labor Statesman. SWAPâSOUVENIR RANGE, coal and wood, excellent cooker, for boy's bicycle or anything useful. Box 2. Labor Statesman. SWAPâCOLUMBIA CABINET GRAMOPHONE with records, like new, for anything useful. Box 3, Labor Statesman. SWAPâMAJESTIC RADIO, 7-tube, for washing machine or part payment on piano. Box 4, Labor Statesman. Railway Wages Down and Dividends Up Railroad workers on American Class 1 roads lost $313,000,000 in wages- and salaries last year, as compared to 1929, while interest and dividend payments are believed to show a slight increase, though exact figures will not be available before April. In other words, while the total wages of labor in the railroad industry showed a drop of about 10.3 per cent., the total wages Of capital in the same industry held firm or better in spite of hard times and the drop in railroad revenues. The loss to railroad workers came principally in the form of layoffs and part-time work. Where the men were organized, there were no reductions in daily or hourly rates. Affiliations With Union Label Trades The following organizations are affiliated with Union Label Trades Council and names of delegates representing- same: Allied Printing **-Trades, M. J. Cavanagh.â â Barbers, C. E. Herrett and W. Davies. Bakers, J. Steele. Beverage Dispensers, T. Hanofin. Boot and Shoe Workers, J. Turner. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, H. Wood. Upholsterers, J. Gordon. Milk Salesmen, 3. Allen Taxi Drivers, A. C. Shaw, W. J. Ledbury. " Tailors, C. McDonald, Mollie Dolk. MOLLIE DOLK, Secretary. Waitresses' Strike News The chairman of the Local Joint Executive Board of the Culinary and Beverage Workers' Unions has requested us to hold over our weekly news items in reference to the waitresses' strike at the Good Eats and Boston Cafes, stating that he has visited the owners of the Good Eats in an unofficial capacity, and although he has. no report to make at present he desires to be given an opportunity of discussing the subject with the members of his Board before we give any further publicity on the subject. . Good Union Men are coming- baok again aad again to eat at Art's Dairy Lunch "Service with a Smile" MS ABBOTT ST., VAHCOTTVEB (Next to Lotus Hotel. "I wanna" 5(» Cigar 100% Union Hade Also 3 for 25c and 2 (or _5e G. J. Girrard, prop. Kurti ft Co. Const able (Time 2:30 a.m.): "Hullo, locked out?" Despondent Young Revellers: "Yes, we're waiting for Grandma to arrive with the key; we've forgotten the name of her night club."âFrom The Passing Show, London. BAKERY DRIVERS BEAT A REDUCTION IN WAGE Chicago.âThe Bakery, Cracker, Pie and. Yeast WagonDrivers' Union has induced .the bosses to renew its contract f<ir three years from February 1st. The employers asked for a wage reduction and a reduction in annual vacation with pay from two weeks to one week. The union refused to make these concessions. Drivers get $50 a week and certain commissions. The union maintains an unemployment fund for idle members. MICHIGAN GOVERNOR TELLS LABOR TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF Lansing, Mich.â"If you dd not speak for your cause, nobody will," said Governor Brucker, in an address to the annual convention of the Michigan Federation of Labor. '"I have found that in every one of the varied interests of State Government, that where that interest is inarticulate, no one steps'in to.speak for it" declared the state executive." "When you need something from the Legislature, the time to speak is not when the thing is all through and somebody has bean licked. â¢ "The'time is when an extra punch is needed to put it over and that is one th:ng that men and women of your stamp and quality can do. Not talk.About, it, but do it.'* Mosley 's Manifesto On British Policy "The national standard of life cant not be maintained^! two and a half million pairs of hands are prevented from producing. "At the same time, the consuming power of the home market is destroyed by wage reductions which the Government is unable (in the absence of an adequate economic policy) to check." In a new manifesto devoted largely to bitter criticism of the Government, the Mosley group makes this statement. "The present attack upon wages," it adds, "and the consequent industrial disputes are the fault of neither side in industry. "They cannot be avoided until the Government adopts a policy which can be conducted in stability. Future Wage Cuts "Up till now the Government has been unable to do more than attempt to mediate for compromise settlements, which have always proved to be on the basis of wage reductions. "Now, however, the Government itself has entered the field. A substantial wage reduction is demanded of the Government's own employees, the Civil Servants. "What will be the position of the Government when in future they remonstrate with employers who are seeking similar wage reductions? Unemployment Benefit "A high Treasury official has been permitted to make a violent attack upon the present system of unemployment insurance. "If the Government dots not intend to reduce or curtail unemployment benefit we cannot imagine why they have permitted the Opposition to be briefed by one of their own officials. '"â "We cannot but feel that the Social cial Services are in danger as well as the standard of wages. "We once more demand that the Government should adopt either the policy which we have proposed or announce some policy of their own to avert the disaster that immediately threatens the people of Great Britain." Two Engineers' Union Amalgamate in City Organizer Healey of the International Union of Operating Engineers has been in the city during the past week, and, at the suggestion of the unions affected, has amalgamated Local 46A and Local 844, a new charter being issued to a local which will new be known as Local 115. Business Agent Geo. Pettipiece, of Local 115, reported having addressed the School Engineers' and Janitors' Union, which was organized last year, and now has about 73 members. He informed the Trades Council on Tuesday that he had suggested that the union hold its future business meetings in the Labor Headquarters, and this has met with favor. Mental Hospital Union Christmas Raffle Result 300- 742- 5.7- iniver. -Mr, C. S. Pavles, c'oiiultlam, -Mr. I'. Gallagher, Ksaondaie. -Trades and Lahor Council, Van- 11âMr. Scott. Commercial Hotel, Vancouver. H52âMIxh Li. 325âMia. Vancouver, C'atherall. GJsspndale. Lucas, 5821 Ontario St. 9âMr. F. "I'nllard. Kssomlulu. 158âmihs m. Could, Ksaondaie.' 550âTrades and Labor Council, Vancouver, 51âMr. A. J. Huertler. Essondale. - 164âMinn M. McKay, 1'. H. I.. New Westminster. 378âMiss M. Sharpe, Essondale. 506âMr. G. McRoble, Prince Georse, B.C., care Cotrlmercial Hotel. Vnncouver. 57âMr. J. McLeod. 1131 Pender St. IS., Vancouver. 19âMr. Wm. Adams. 115 Carrall St., New Westminster. 130âHan Logan, Essondale. 461âWm. Galloway, P. H. I., New Westminster. 144âMr. Wm. A. Whitehead. 614 Belmont St., New Westminster. Miss Talbot, Essondale, drew the lucky winners from the ticket container and received for services a free box of chocolates. Tickets 547, valued at $5, and No. 550, valued at $4, are still outstanding. RUSH FOR CANVASSERS' JOBS Radio station CJOR announces a new morning program of exercises, and asks all listeners in to don their bathing suits each morning at 11 o'c ock, so as to be ready for the daily dozen. Some folks will bo.getting an eye-full when they go visitr ing, as the lady of the house, wearing a nifty sun-tan bathing suit, opens the door to you. The visiting Englishman who says Americans have a tired look should try listening to Prohibition for eleven years:âParkersburg (W. Va.) Sentinel. . Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited Save Money on Drug Wants We nave, ws hope, established a reputation for soiUng the best that can be procured. Make a purchase and any one of our 19 -tores *n_ note the Quality, Service and Bavins: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALSâMA*-*- -th ind 7th . ,_U April Showers Face Powder.; .31 .50 Llthia Tablets, 5 grain .: .87 >0 Katnip 18 l0jj ^TjaJetone Hair Brush M. .25 Gold Medal Phonograph 75 Coty's Face 1'owder with Needles : 14 Cream _â - â¢ 1.00 Daggett *â¢ Rams-ell's Cold .25 nr. Miles Nervine Tablets w cream .83 .50 Hum. Tooth Brush â¢*» 26 Case-rets" ".'..'".'..'. 18 .60 Hennafoam Shampoo ......... -W !« Norida Single Compact .45 1.50 Mary T. Goldman Hair .65 Burma Shave 44 _l.e"st'?,rerM_iV V.-_,â¢rt St ,10 Wade & Butcher Blades, 125 Stroh s Ml It r.x'roa â¢" 3 __r u â .M Putnam's l>ry Cleaner â._... m .75 Magnifying Shaving Mirrors .41 .50 Plnkham's Sanative Wash .»- WI SAVB *_OU MONEY. ^. TB--B*HO_rH YOUÂ» W_JfT_ VANCOUVER S OWN DRUG S-OMSâBIXTSBW IW THE CITY AT YOUR SERVICE! BEAUTIFY YOUR BEDROOM SATURDAY WE ARE OFFERING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY YOUR BEDROOM AT THE LOWEST PRICES EVER RECORDED. COME EARLY! COMPLETE BEDROOM SUITE SEVEN PIECES; GENUINE WALNUT A really gorgeous suite, in light and dark walnut combination. Consists of Bed, Chiffonier, Vanity Beneh.^Dresser, Coil Spring and Felt Mattress CASH OR TERMS $102 .50 DEAR SIR We are doing our best to keep all our (men and women happily employed with us, so we offer you our very best work at a special rate. MEN'S SUITS Cleaned and Pressed - - - Substantial reductions are also made on Ladies' Work. SWAN BROS. LTD. Cleaners and Dyers 12th and Kingsway FAIRMONT 6200 SATURDAY NIGHT COME TO OUS HAWAIIAN NIGHT DANCE Special Programmo ot MusicâDecorationsâlitisâCapsâStreamers BalloonsâConfettiâPrizesâN'overythlngâAll Pree WINTER GARDEN ADMISSION SO CENTS American Senate Votes to Give Labor a Clear Radio Channel Washington.âThe Senate voted unanimously to give a cleared radio channel to labor. This action was taken in the form of an ameridment to the White-Dill radio bill, which has passed the House. The Federal Radio Commission is instructed to assign a cleared channel with power equal to the maximum power assigned any broadcasting station in the United States, "to the labor organizations which in the opinion of the commission are most representative of the labor interests of the United States, and shall issue no license except with the written consent of such so recognized labor organizations to any other person for the use of said frequency." This amendment, in effect, pro vides that Labor's broadcasting station, WCFL, Chicago, shall receive a cleared, channel. "The Senate's action is a vindication of the American Federation of Labor's long fight against monopolization of the air," said Wm. Green, president A. F. of L. "At the present time labor is limited to certain hours of the day. The amendment will place labor on an equality with other interests _th'at have heretofore' been unchallenged in reaching the public." j A color expert advises men to 1 bright-colored clothes so that motorists can see them better. If a motorist can't hit us in this gray suit, he' needn't think we're going to help him.âNew York Evening Post.
Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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