The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-02
issued: 1948-01
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note: **Vl__ iiy?^ygfil'ftffliii 'i .' il. M^iv'Wsiit****sa*fmT^ SUPPORTED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR LOCAL ONIONS TO EACH UNION MEMBER THE POUTICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE TATK* OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER, NEtf WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL ei1'1 BUILD STRONG , UNIONS FOR -T W\ SOCIAL vt° I Security i*° i Y-548 â¢**= IVUMBER 589. VANCOUVER, CANADA, JANUARY, 1948' WHAT THEY SAID . . . It's Canada's Problem, Too Today, inflation stands out as an ominous threat to the prosperity we have achieved. We can no longer treat inflationâwith spiraling prices and living costsâas some vague condition we may encounter in the future. We already have an alarming degree of inflation. And even more alarming, it is getting worse. If we neglect our economic ills at hrtmp if we- fail tn halt-th**. march of inflation, we may bring on a depression from which our economic system, as'we know it, might not recover . . . The freedom that wq cherish in oiii* own economy and the freedom that w.e enjoy in the world today are botlTat stake.âPresident Truman, address -of-November 17 Ttrthe special session of Congress fb^pfovttTe^foreigri aid and curb inflation. "If a business be unprofitable on account of bad management, want of enterprise, or worn-out methods, that is not a just reason for reducing the wages of its workers."Pope Pius XI. . The Rulers ' "This book ('Who Owns Canada') shows that 100 great corpora tions dominate Canadian industry, operating in a Never-Never land of mergers, trusts; cartels, combines, watered stocks and interlocking directorates. "In hard facts these 100 largest non-banking corporations of Canada have total gross assets amounting to 86.9 per cent of all the wealth in Canada represented by corporate enterprises engaged in transportation, construction, mining, public utilities, merchandizing and manufacturing of all kinds. "Look at this sorry control of 'free' enterprise: Two companies manufacture 90 per cent of all the tobacco products; two companies control 85 pe…
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note: 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: 10.14288/1.0439417
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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