The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-31
issued: 1932-05
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note: 1 T â â¢"r^F â '-'', OWNED of Stateana AND CONTROLLED m^^M BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions No. 403 VANCOUVER, CANADA, MAY, 1932 ANNUAL EDI <â *>â V » '""" '- ,â¢â¢ /* , * THE LABOR STATESMAN May, 1932 Canada's Wheat Goes Through U. S. Ports The following communication, and also a telegram, was received by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, from the editor of The Telegraph- -Jeurnal of -Saint John, N.B., and re. plied to by President and Acting Secretary Colin MacDonald V>f the Trades Council, his action being endorsed by the Council: â?. St. John, N. Bâ : April 6, 1932 President, Trades and Labor Council, Vancouver, B. C. . - â Dear Sir,âYour organization will, jio doubt, be vitally interested in the attached editorial, which refers to the announcement made by the United States Department of Commerce, that during the last six years, onâthe average, approximately one- half of the grain exported by Canada has gone through United States ports. We realize that this means that ' the work of handling this product of our country, which should go to the railway and port workers of Canada, goes instead to those of- a foreign ~~country: In view of the fact that the people of Canada last year were taxed to -the extent of $11,000,000 to pay a bonus of five cents a bushel on all Canadian' wheat exported from the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in view of the fact that approximately half of this bonused wheat was handled over American transportation systems, we feel that the time has come when a concerted move must be made to divert this valuable traffic to our own railways and through our own ports, so that Canadian citizens can obtain the full extent of the employment to which they are entitled. We beg to suggest- that you' submit this matter to your organization and if you deem it advisable, to have a "resolution passed and forwarded to the government and the members from your constitu…
note: Annual Edition. 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.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439310
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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