"ebe1427e-1554-48c7-aeac-4b50e06d7df1"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2013-01-09"@en . "1901-04-20"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xindependen/items/1.0180432/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " td&sCo \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThat wc recommend it to the favorable consideration oo \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD8 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\" Vancouver business men as a proper and profitable medium for OO \"*<5 their advertising, believing that all union men will appreciate any gg ~.(3 favors shown by said business men to Tjii: Ixi)i;i'kxui;xt as if shown to oo OO themselves; be\"it further \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. GO s|$ l.i:soi.vci>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThat the delegates to tho lSuilding Trades Council use \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2 'O their inlluence among tlio various unions to direct tho patronage of c:(3 Op their members to tlioi-e business places advertised in Tin; 1ndi.I'i:ni>_.nt GO \"j| in preference to others; and be it further jj[2 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDjq Ki-'soi.vi.ii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThat it is tbe sense of this Building Trades Council that oo O each member of every union organization in the citv. who has not CO :-,'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJ already done so, should tender bis subscription to Tub Ind-_im_.vdi.nt jsJS -f-o without, any further delay. <;}$ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-,q * * QO b-.-CCOQQOOQOOOQOCOOOQOQQQQOOOQOriCKjQOOOO(3A200000QOCOOtiO Of,(. CC^00Uw0O9O0C*OUCOUGO0OOOOO000(X>CraUOeX9CKX3O-.3u*aOt- ipi-clute the necessity of protecting oar, great national Interests.\"^ My article Is already too long, bat next week I will try and 'show a vser; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&K< ! ,-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>-. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDvtay.-K'-fSy , THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1901 THE INDEPENDENT. SEX). BARTLEY Editor HARRY COWAN Business Manager PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OP ORGANISED LABOR BY THE INDEPENDENT PRINTING COMPANY. AT 312 HOMER STREET, VER, B. C. VANCOU- SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE. A week, 5 cents; month, 15 cents; threo mouths. 83 cents; six months, 65 cents; one year, $1.23. ENDORSED BY THE TR.VDES AND LABOR COUNCIL, AND THE VANCOUVER LABOR PARTY. SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1901 M1FTW00D. Built nml run by Luc Vernon. Business rooms Any old place. Editorial room Wherever my rent is paid. [Pieces washed up by llie title, boomed, sawed, split ami piled for the perusal anil pastime ol paid-up subscribers, also lor those who lien, borrow uml steal Tho Independent in order that ihcv may enjoy a little sunshine us they journey'through this vale of tears.] Lost, strayed or stolen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa _niin\"cnlled Harry Sibble. Young people engaged to be married seldom talk sense to eaeli other! Koine women in the streets always actus if they, were walking on tacks. ltemorse may be defined ns feeling more dis- satislicd with one's sell tliaii usual. Even when wo realize lhat people are fluttering us we feel sure they mean well. ; . \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Xo .woman seems anxious to be thought worth more than about 1115 pounds in gold.- It may be all right that the world owes every ..mini it living.! But the trouble Is there are too many preferred creditors. Some people think they are wise anil know it all. Other folks think these kind of conceited asses should be loeked up in the asylum for the insane or swell-licail idiots. No magazine has yet announced an article Irom De Wet's , pen. Kitchener keeps him so busy he has no time to collect his thoughts. . : The hobo that pays cash for his bacon anil beans, is, in my estimation, a better man tlinn, the silly, brainless dude, who orders porter- house-mushrooms and owes for it.... -. When you meet some people tliey would hnve you think tliat they iiwn the sidewalk, bin reader, they don't. The city had li''built for tbe comfort of all. Not for one or two overbearing, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDspecimens : of Ihe Anglo-Saxon hog, madeiutlie imageof laan.? > Waiter: \"Yes, sir; but you have not said whether you want them with, or without pearls.\" Rolling Pavement. Homo ingenious idiot, I am told has invented for exhibition at the lluffalo Fair, a rolling pavement. I hope they will not become popular; for If we had rolling pavements and rolling pedestrians, a street would have no steadiness at all. . I stand by, the permanent way; and object to have llie sidewalks careering abur.1 in their own way. W'liy, il would only lake a Utile time If this mad, Yankee scheme were iunugiiraied and sanclloiied, to provide us with rolling houses, rolling ollleos, rolling ships, asylums, cemeteries; and llie charm of steadfastness would bo gone. 1 admire rolling rivers and rulllng seas; but I believe lu what ibe schoolboy called \"terra culta\" being anchored fnsl. No doubt it would be an advantage te step aboard a rolling pavement and be rolled up a hill; bin Mien you couldn't stop every ihrec or four yards lo examine the More windows, ami that would be a drawback\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD especially to Indies. .Mid Iheii the hygienic exercise of walking would go out of fashion, which would be a very serious mailer; for you remember what a poet said of llie whale: The four-footed beasl, wlilch we now call a wliale, Held up Us hind legs till they grew to a lull, Whlcli it uses for thrashing thu sea like a flail. That's what it would come to; and with an eventuality so dreary ,11ml disastrous, no wise man will favor more rollingarraiigcineiits than are absolutely necessaiy. \" ltoll\" is a verb which sometimes does not agree with lis nominative. . \" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI.ui: Vernon. This maddening strife Makes many anus ache; The duller the knife \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The tougher tiie steak. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. A souiiniental papei says \"a baby is a link which binds its mother to heaven.\"- Pretty often it is a link which..binds her to tlie house when she is \"almost dying\" to gel out making calls or to do a little shopping. . lie paid her live thousand gold dollars i-'or damages done to her heart, And witli it she'nml her true lover Were able lo gel ipiile n start. t -. ; Wo have never yet in our experience seen two or more women gel together in a ncigh- borhood without giving some other woman the devil. It is sure to come before the meeting adjourns. . I It is rather an old saying, but nevertheless a : true one, tlint you can not geiagood grip by the tail of a pig, and it is equally true that you can not get a good grip on business unless you advertise, aiid the , medium is TukInjiki'KN- DKNT. A woman advertises in the Oinnhn lice like this: \"A man wanted to manage a large, well stocked farm. If. Ihe man satisfies and it is mutual am willing to marry.\" This chance is called to tiie attention _of_n niiiuber of ynu_ couver people who are looin'iuTlTriJirir(l\"fi_r_n grub stake. A woman's words pursuits! 7c We can listen to ami meet1 With an answer Hint's evasive And an adjective Unit's sweet; But our logic seems so simple,. - And our self-possession llles, When her cheeks are all a-dimple '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Aud she reasons wllh her eyes \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Lovoy and Dovey\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAdmiring the monkeys in Stanley park: bovey\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 shall try and buy you one of these pet monkeys to amuse you, darling. , I)ovey-0, how kind of you! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Then 1 shan't mlBS you when you are away. I.ovcy.fvery chilly)-Let us go and sco the eagles. No, dear render, Hubert Todd Is not the viiuiiiplon I.aneansliire clog dancer; but ns Is well-known, he can do n \"turn,\" as performers \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsay, that reminds one of the last lines of nn \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD *j,d song: .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD',' \" I'll endeavor to show to you, In n style that's somewhnt new; Some clog steps In the good old English style.\" A customer in the lllooinllclil restaurant met his match, as will be seen from tho following conversation: Customer (with inclination to he foppish): \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWalter, bring me some oysters. They must n.t'bc too small, nor too large, nor too (nt and salty, and above all things, they must be cold, rbut not too cold, and 1\" want them quick!\" President Joseph Dixon presided over a large attendance of delegates at Friday night's regular meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. J. A. Dibdon, of the Barbers; Charles Durham, of the Fishermen: A. Paton, of the Plumbers, and AV. Miller, of the Boilermakers, presented credentials and took their seats as delegates. . Communications were received and referred to respective committees to be acted upoo. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPARLIAMENTARY: COMMITTEE. Your committee complying with the in-tru'c.tions of the council submitted the following resolution as addressed: To the Mayor and Aldermen: Gentlemen,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThere was presented to your body recently by Aid. Painter and Cook, we, believe, a document headed \"Reasons Why By-law No.' 3G2. Should Be Amended or Repealed.\" And as the document contains some, of thq. mosi. glaring' fallacies imaginable, and, in making quotations from sections, material parts are left out.we Dresume, to serve the selfish Interests ol\" those wlio are interested in presenting the so-called reasons. We, therefore, claim the privilege of pointing, out to you tlie inadvisability of making any alterations on said by-law.. And by .no means to repeal it till once It hits' been demonstrated, beyond a .doubt that it iM invalid. -But.rather..that you most rigidly .enforce tlie said, by-law. 'Ihe quotations'.they make from sub. .\".oc. -15,-of sec. .125, Is: \"And for assessing the property .adjacent; to any water, main, etc.,with a .reasonable proportion1'-' of \"the cost ^thereof.\" And there they slop and,, base \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm argument on- that quotation' that the by-law is bad.1 in th.it It does not define, what is a reasonable proportion of., the cos-.t, whereas, if they had* but completed their quotation above, it would h.'u'e been made plain and also show the by-law to be good, for.it goes on to say after the words \"cost thorp-' of\" (at the?end of the above' oiiota- iiqn). \"0111011111(011 on the basis of the frontage1 of the property whether the, water from..filch main or pipes Is used on the property or not.\" Hence any i-hlld can see al a glance that whether tin- \"main or pipes\" be one inch or six indies in front of tho property or even twenty inches has nothing to do witli the /validity of the by-law. But that the property Is assessed for main or pipes according to its frontage for a ri-aEona.hle ' proportion' of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDihe cost of main or pipes: that Is to say, chat all tin frontage it: the city adjacent to a water main or \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpines shall be charged acording to frontage, for a reasonable proportion, of the cost *ofi ?all'the mains and pises for the supply of water to the city. As to. the life of water pipe being sixty years, we presume that those \"sore heads\" intend to live without water, at the end of sixty years and will, therefore, not need: new ones. Then the amount collected is not as stated -<:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD per foot, ds there Is to bo a reduction of 10 per cent, on all city taxes, iwlileh=\voiild-ma|{e=thls=orie=4-l--2c**iper foot. They also state that the average cost is SI.25 per foot; but they forget tn add the cost of main necessary to bring the supply to the city, which brings the average up tn at'least $2.50 per foot. Each fool, therefore, costing S2...0 would bring In 9c. I 1-2c. from the property on each side of the street. A dollar's worth of pipe would bring In \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 4c. Or, in other words, all this by-law asks is that tho vacant properly owners contribute I per cent, on the money invested In water mains nnd pipes necessary to supply' water to. lhelri own lots, which we think is very reasonable, very few being able 'n net 'money at such a low rate. With regard to the statements made In In, the above-mentioned document-' .that this Is \"unlust\" and Unit \"liy the present by-law the owners of 'vacant prcpeiiy In a. few years will have paid the totnlcost of nil-the mains in the city wliile the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDImproved property will have paid nothing towards tho cost, but will only be paying for, the use of water.\" We assert that such a statement Is absolutely false, and have only to remind you of the facts, which we presume you are all cognlznat of. namely, that there was raised In water -iles, in the city last year, $70,0,00; that of this there was paid Interest \"nd sinking funds on water works -bout $43,000. So that each one who ' i using water at the lowest net rate bv $6 per year are contributing over $.1.30 of that amount to Interest and i sinking fund When possibly the lot next them, a 25-foot lot wc will presume, would be asked to pay but $1.12 1-2 towards the same purpose. The largest lot, 66 feot. will contribute but $2.S7. But the average householder pays $12, or nearly so, per year, net rate, conseituetnly he pays in that sum, over $7 for Interest and sinking fund, against the paltry sum of $1.12 1-2, or $2.S7, according to size of lots as llie case may be, united from his neighbor on the vacant lot. Surely then It is not- unreasonable to ask the vacant lot to pay $1.12 1-2, when the resident besides, living on the cheapest water rale possible. Is 'asked to pay $3.fi0 and the average householder $7. We hope thai progressive business council, such as your honorable body, hns the reputation of being, will not be deceived bv such a fallacious document as that presented by those two Aldermen. All of which Is respectfully submitted on behalf of the Trades and Labor Council through the Parliamentary' Committee. JOHN MORTON, Secretary. Vancouver, April 13. 1001. Whereas\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt Is reported that Ihe civic hoard of woi'ks, on the recommendation oj* Aid. Cook, Is going to make a test case of contract vs. day labor on sidewalks; and Whereas\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHe has based his' plea of cheapness for the contract system* on the ground that contractors ran buy lumber n.t ?2 a thousand less than the city; and . J \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \" .Whereas\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe aldermen* are elected to carry out the city business as they would do their own; and Whereas\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOn Aid. Cook's own testimony he condemns himself and the other aldermen of unfaithful service; Inasmuch as they can't buy as cheaply as others; Therefore be it Hesolved\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThat we pass a vote of want of confidence in them for not look looking after the city's interest as they should. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..-'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, GENERAL BUSINESS. ? Secretary J. C. Marshall resigned his olllce, and Mr. T. H. Cross was elected to the position. matters were discussed at some length, upon the letter of the Typo Union, proposing to levy an assessment for tlie annual celebration. It was suggested that the unions organize baseball teams to play a series of games and play for a trophy on Labor Day. It was resolved: That the Secretary write the City Council and ask it to keep its regular night* and time? of meeting, as it is in the interests of the workers, that the time of meeting should be at an hour that Is convenient, so-that they can attend if they so desire, and that our Committee can attend and report to this Council. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Drill Hall matters wore brought up by the briolclayers, and it was stated that organized labor was not held responsible for the falling in of the wall. The .waiters'reported names of nonunion houses.! ..<:;;? The, Council adjourned at 10:45. . ?! PAINTERS' Pender street. Union Directory. VANCOUVER TRAXIES AND LABOR Council, l'rcsident, Jof. Dixon; vice- president, John Crow; secretary, J. C. Marshall, P. O. Box 159: financial secretary, XV. 3. Beer: treasurer, J. Pearey; statistician, G. White; serseant-at-arma, C. J. Salter. Parliamentary committee\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Chairman, John Pearey; secretary, J. Morton. Meeting\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFirst and third Friday In each month, at 7.30 p. m., in Union Hal), cor. Dunsmuir and Homer streets. 'I'KXAI-A MINERS' UNION, No. 113, W. F. CM., meets overy Saturday at 7.30 p.m. In Foresters' hall, Van Anda. President, R. Ailken; vice-president, C. A. Melville; secrctnrv, A. Raiwr, Van Anda, B. C; treasurer, H. V. Price; conductor, P- Uurt; warden, John Unklater. CCOKS, WAITBJIS AND ^AITRRSSES' Union, Local No. iS. President, Chas. Over: vice-president. W. XV. Nelson; recording secretary. Jus. II. Perkins; fin- uncial secretary, R. J.\"Loundes: treasurer, Wm. Ellender. Meeting every Friday at S.M p. m. In Union Hall, corner Homer ami Dunsmuir streets. VANCOU'R TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No 22C meet the last Sunday In each month at Union hall. President, C. S. Campbell; vice-iive-Jltlont, Georue Wilby; secretaiy, S. J. Gothaid, P. O. box 6S; treasurer. XV. Brand: sergeant-at-arms. Andrew 'Stuart; executive committee, E. U. Woodruff. S. II. Itolib, J. H. llrowne. N. Williams; delegates to Trades nnd Labor council. J. C. Marshall, Robt. Todd, .7. II. llrowne. STREET RAILWAY MEN'S UNION\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeets second and fourth Wednesday of eaeli month, in Sutherland Hall, corner Westminster avenue and Hastings street at S p. in. President, G. Dickie; vice-president, c Bennett; secretary, A. G. Perry; treasurer. H. Vanderwalker; conductor, G. Lentesty: warden, J. Marshall; sentinel, F. C. O'Brien: delegates to Trades and Labor Council: John Pearey, Jas. Barton, Geo. Lenfesty, G. Dickie and J. Howes. UNITICD UROT1IERITOOD OF OAR- '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.l'KNTKHS anil Joiners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.Meets every second and fourth Thursdav 'in Union Hall, room No. 3. President, Win. 'F. MoTCon- zie, 1.7 Nlnlh avenue; vlce-presidont, Hugh Wilson: recording secretary, A. IS. Collin. 7S0 Nelson slices; Ilnancial secretary, II. s. Falconer: treasurer, George Walker; conductor,' Jas. Ferguson; warden, Jos. Dixon: do-legates io T. and I__ council, Jos. Dixon. Robt. Macpherson, H. Wilson. TIIK PACIFIC COAST SIIINGTjW WKAVKHS' TNION meets every third Sunday ln nivli n'ontli at 3 p. in. In Union hall, corner Duniisulr and Homer streets. ,1. Stiuicy. \"\-ico-pre\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlilenl: IJ. J. Ne.iry. secici.u.v. Cedar row, P. O., Vancouver. Visiting .brethren invited to attend. 30OOOOOOOOQCO0 Having the Only Up-to-Dato Grill Room M _ in H. C. which in itself Is u gunriuitco O Q-of aFlrst-Class Hotel andltcstauriuit . .. Q ooooooooooooooooooooooocoo ? ' '':\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Seymour Streeet, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD? of Them Come and Have a Good Time. WE PUT UP LUNCHES lor .tailing, picnic and excursion parties, so nicely and so reasonable In price that It does not pay you to prepare one at home. /Visitors to the par.k'or the bay should run in and get lunch put up while they wait. It costs but a few moments and very little cash. Baker and Confectioner, 413 Hustings Street Telephone SO\". Cordova St. West. Headquarters (or the engineering tnulo in Vnncouvcr. GHQIGES3?^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe-^ Liquors and Cigars First-class rooms from 50 cents up. ROBT.HINTLY, - - PROP . . MAK>M A SrilCIAI.TY OF ... . o Dewars special Liqueur, also - - o usnefs Black Laoei Liqueur wnisky -LARGE STOCK OK\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD lMl'OUTEI) AND DOMESTIC >Ci((ar\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. R. B. Mulligan & Co., Props. COINER COKDOVA AND CAnKALL. INTRRN.XTIO.VAr. ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHeaver bodse, No. 1S2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Meei^ second and fourili Wednesday In each month in Union Hall. President, Win. Heer: convspomlliiL: secrotary. E. T'lmmlns. 7_'_ lliuniltnn slreet; Ilnancial secreliiry, J. 11. McVety, 1211 Seymour street. JOm.li.NY.MEN* TAILORS' UNION OF AJIHItlOA, No. 17S\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeets alternato Mondays In room I. Union Hall. President. F. Willliair.s: vice-president, Miss Graham: recording secretary, II. O. Hur- rlti: '.lnancial yecretary. Tremalno Best; treasurer, C. E. Xcilson; serscant-at- arms, J. Daoust. THE VANCOUVER b.VHOK 1'AP.TY . meets every .econd and .ourth Wednesday in each month In Union Hall. President, Geo. liarilev: lirsl vice-president, Geo. Wilby; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-eeorid vice-president, T. H. Cross; recording secretary. L. 13. Taylor; financial secretary. John Pearey; statistician. II. Wllliameon. VANCOUVER FI511EIl.\I'l')N'S UNION, No. 2. Meets In Labor Hull, Homer Si're?.'(revery\"llr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.t_7inil_ililri|-Satiirday-in- each month ai S ji. in. AU-x. Ilruce. preBi- dent: Chas. Durham, secretary. S17 Harris street. JOUUNKY.MWN liAKBItS' AND CONFECTIONERS' lNTERNA'I. Union ot America, Local, No. Ail; Vancouver, IS. C. President, Jas. Webster: vlci'-presldent. R. F! 'McDonald: recording secretary. W;in. H. Harm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD': corresiiondinjT secretary. P. Rawlins:, mil Granville street, room 10; financial secrotary. C. .1. Salter, 413 Powell street: treasurer, W. Wood; master-at- arms, F. Moylrs; delegates to Trades anil Labor Council. (.'. J. Sailer and F. Hnw- IIiik:. , | : GEO. HAY : | <^ Vancouver's Pioneer Clothes Afr j Keuovator, makes a suit new. j X Dyeing and Repairing. X A 216 Cambie St., Vancouver. a \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD HROTIIIORIIOOD OP 1'Al'NTERS AiNIJ DECORATORS, I^oeal Union No. 1.W. ileets every Thursdav In Lalior hull. Preceptor. XV. Davis; pie.-Iilent. \V. J'avlcr; vlcc-pi'esldcnt. R. Cruih: icciirdlnK-secre- tary, O. i'lnder, 17,'iH Elshth avenue. Pair- view; Ilnancial secretary, XV. Ilalllilay, EleMinre House; treasurer. II. MeSorley: trustees, C. Irwin. H. Cross and W. Cole. AMALGAMATEn SOCIETY OP CARPENTERS & JOINERS. V.inconvor, 1st hrnneh, meets every nlternate Tuesdaj. In room No. 2. Lalior Hall. President. J. Davidf-on; secretary, J. T. Bruce, 528 Harris vtrtMt, v., ..Hits' UNION. NO. XCT\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD :> Meets the first Tuesday in each month In Union hall. President, A. Kochel; vlce- piesldent, C. Crowder; secrotary, G. Thomas, Jr., HS Cordova street west; treasuier, S. W. Johnson; serjeant-at- arms. J. XV. Brat; delCRatea to Trades and Labor Council, J. Crow, F. Jost, A. Kochel. THI3 RETAIL CLERKS' INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION meets ln O'Brien's Hall, the first ana third Tuesdays of each month. T. A. Phillip, president; N. J. Orr, secretary. 2,022 Wcstmlnstor Avenue. SATURDAY! APRIti 20, 1901 THE INDEPENDENT. BAKESHOPS REGULATION. The following is an open letter addressed to -Mr. McPhllllps, M. L. A., vho has introduced in the Provincial legislature at Victoria bill No. '20, en- lilulcd An Act to Amend the Shops I.e__ulutlon Act, I'.WO. lt has also been endorsed by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council: Dear Sir: At a .special meeting of the Vuneou- \er Journeymen Halters' and L'on_oe- .tlonei.s' Union, No. I(i, held to consider thu 1:111 In respect to \"Bakeshops refill- Iation,\" u copy of which bill reached us .tluiu gh the kindness of Mr. Hartley, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD cf the Vancouver Independent, I was inbiructed lo express to you our gratl- Jlcutlon llitil an el'foit Is being made by .the Legislature towards these much- ncoded improvement of conditions In il-.o bakery and confectionery trade. I am at the same time to state our views and bring lo your notice a number of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD clauses und amendments, the inclusion of which in llie bill are, in our opinion, called for not only in tho interest of bakery workmen but are absolutely ne- . cessary for the protection and welfare -of the public. The clauses and am- . endmenls referred to are as follows: Clauses and Amendments. 1. Hours of Labor.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAn amendment tc clause seven, providing a Satan-day half-holiday, and limiting the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDworklnf. time for any one week to 07 hours, except by permission ot the inspector as stated in the clause as it stands. 2. A clause preventing employment in bakeshops of boys under 11 years of -age. 3. A clause abolishing cellar or un- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdei ground bakeshops, allowing adequate and reasonable time to employ- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ers to effect necessary changes and ul- terations. 1. A clause abolishing night work in bakeshops, except at special times, and with permission of inspector. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDj. A clause lequiring employer to I-cst up a copy of Bakeshops Aot in a \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD conspicuous place in his bakeshop. C. The Act to be so amended as to make it applicable to the City of Vancouver. In suppoi t of our contention that the insertion in the bill of tho aforesaid \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD clauses and \"amendments is necessary '' to fully protect the workmen and pub- lie, we'assert that: \"Long hours of laboi,\" \"einploynieiit of hoys at too early an age,\" \"night work,\" and \"ifellnr IbEkeshops,\" ARE TIIE VERY CAUSES WHICH HAVE PRODUCED THE 'EVIL EFrECTS SOUGHT TO BE REMEDIED HY THE BILL. Past experience indicates,\" notwithstanding fact- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD cry inspcctniii. that until these causes be removed there is small hope that the bakery goods consumed by the pub- .lic 'will bo .produced in much cleaner \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD or belter ..miliary surroundings, or by healthier, more moral and intellectually, wcH-dc-vcloped workmen than at present. ' To prove that these assertions are well founded, I will take first the article by Dr. Erhard Krciblg, translated from ihe German, and published In the Bakers' and Confectioners' Journal, of February 2'tri!, this year. As this article covers the whole ground and is a strong Indictment, and as words from such :i source must be worthy of consideration, 1 riuoie at some length. Dr. Krciblg says: \"lt is quite in line 'to inquire into the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcauses 'degrading a trade in which a man labors wilh tiie most inolfensive mateiial, to one of the most unhealthy. Here we must (irst of all ask the question: Where is our dally bread nianu- factuicd and what appearance have the work rooms where the men perform tlielr h.nd labor? \"It is well known that the so-called \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbakeshop- tire in most cases cellars, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(iie\"looi)_lioles_of-whieh~li'_there_aro- sueh in fact, run even with the street, Its Iloor being at the same level with .the ground water, sewers, etc. OPEN THE LOOP HOLES and every breath \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD of wind drives heaps of dust into the -collar bakeshop; STOP THE VENTILATION and the exhalations of the sweating workmen mingles with the miasms coming from the dump Iloor making a stilling mixture of putrelled nlr. The steady heal, scraps of dough, waste llrur. combining with spilled water and other liquids to a tough crust -covering Ihe Iloor, make a most excellent breeding ground tor vernilns, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon- sequently also for germs of diseases. All these beloved animals feel exceedingly well, wilh the exception of the laborer forced to exist In those dens. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD One Is now brought to think that under .such circumstances the hours of labor were certainly short, to give the men time to recover tlieir exhausted .strength after having exposed their \"bodies In,such unhealthy rooms. Far from It. No trade works so many hours, according to reports ot the trade Inspectors, eighteen hours for a day's labor is by no means infrequent in the' is the laborer exploited in such a degree. On the other hand no other trade avenges this inhuman drudgery so much upon the general public as this one; FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT SUCH AN OVERWORKED LABORER can :>iusTr:u so much moral STRENGTH AS TO PAY HEED TO TIIL MOST PRIMITIVE RULES OF HYGIENE AT TIIE .MANUFACTURE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD, IN A LOCALITY WHICH SEEMS TO BE PI'EDESTINED FOR THE BREEDING OP FILTH AND TIIE LODGING OP VERMIN'S. \"Ill this way lt becomes olear that Ihe place meant for the manufacture of .1 lie food of the people is turned into the breeding place of disease, endangering producers and consumers alike. It i.s therefore the duty of all 'to bring about a clinnge in these conditions. Th\" welfare of the people demands it aside from other considerations. \"Above all, the bakers, in whoso hands we have placed our life and l.<,Mill,'must not be drowsy, overworked drudge, but a laborer fully conscious of the high trust placed on him; wherefore his working hours must be reduced. Bakeshops must, what Is of the highest Importance, be situated ABOVE GROUND, so that the minutest cleanliness anil the most thorough ventilation can be maintained WITH EASE.\" Dr. Waldo Comments. Dr. Kreibig's evidence i.s corroborated by the medical olllcer of health for Manchester, England, Dr. Niven, who, in 1SP9, uttered his condemnation in unmistakable terms. And Dr. Waldo, commenting' on same, said: \"II is Impossible to believe that bakers do not suffer In their health from such conditions as those mentioned. Cooped up, perhaps for fourteen hours, in a hot atmosphere, exposed to dust from the street and to tho abundant dust deposited from the shop, inhaling an atmosphere charged with carbonic acid lioni the processes of baking, lrom gas jets, from the breath, and from the adjoining soil, they are bound to hiilTei 1 loin lung disease and from anaemia. Il is not much wonder that many of them drlnlt to excess, or that they are specially prone to suicide.\" Imagine the \"STAFF OF LIFE\" being much' under such conditions. Shorter Hours. Apropos of the above and bearing on cur claim to shorLer working time, ihe committee of the United States House of Representatives reporting on the eight-hour bill, said in part: \"The proposition that without variation the eli-'* niiuaiion of intemperance, poverty, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpuiipoiit-m, ignorance, crime, and iheir acei.mpun.\ing evils move parallel with anil piopcitionale to the Increase of llie social opportunities of tlio laboring ci'isN stands without Impeachment ot* its historical accuracy. No recognised uutlioilly to-day combats the proposition that the condition of tlie laborer has Improved with every reduction in the hours of daily service that iias up to this lime been made. \"fl Ik nowhere claimed in so far as youi committee is aware thai any re- (Ucilon In the hours of labor has had it detrimental effect on business, on manufacturers, on labor as a unit or individual laborers. The advocates of the shorter hours theory on the other hand trace llie mural, social and Ilnancial improvement of the laborer to this enure and allege thai business was at no time injured, but improved, if af- lecled, and thai production was stimulated and consumption increased.\" Ausslg, Bohemia, has a bakery in which eight hours' work is the established rule,' and the workmen are allowed one week's vacation every year, at full pay, and this bakery Is reported as doing a successful business. In Vicnn;. there is a bakery supplying 300,000 customers, with the eight-hour day in operation, in Australia In all 'kiuds-of-bakeries\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDit-i.s\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDestablished.\" In some places nine hours per day. Is the time worked. The 37 hours week was granted lo the bakers of Buckie, S'Otland, last year, in England Ihe Saturday half-holiday is a boon to thousands. There arc many such cases us these, but It wih be seen from the Instances given that our request for a 37 hours week and Saturday linll'-hollday\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDor only u concession of 'I hours from the time now woikcd\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIs a very moderate demand. ,There are trades with less lesponslblilty to the public, an.l Iu which llie men do not work under such oncrvnliiiA conditions thait the eight und nine hours day have been conceded to. Day Work. SI. Cuuwes, professor at Paris Law College, and one of the Introductory speakers at the International Congress for the legal protection of workmen, held in Paris, July, 1900, got to the root of this matter. In concluding his address, he asked: \"Is not the legal limitation of the workday the reasonable censequence of the modern industrial sjs-tcm?\" At this congress a decided stand wns taken against night work, and In the bakery trade its abolition is an essential reform for the well being of the Industry and for the whole- scmenesi-- of bakery products. Thousands, of employers succeed without It, and the practicability of Its discontinuance Is demonstrated dully. Last year the Bakers' Helper, ofllolal organ of the Master Bakers' Association of the United States, after inquiry on tlle spot, cnnie out in favor ot day work, uml In a letter to that papi'i', Messrs. Hartnian Brothers, a representative Hi'm ot bakers In Springfield, Illinois, reported the trial of duy work iii the request ot the operatives as satisfactory, and the writer concluded hy saying \"WE THINK IF BAKERS TRY IT THEY WILL HE SATISFIED. XVE BECOMMEND IT TO THEM AS A GOOD THIXG.\" The operative bakers of Liverpool, O., although unorganised, have had their demand for day work acceeded to. In every instance where day work has been substituted and given a fair trial we believe it has been successful and satisfactory, and its legal enactment would place till employers on an equal footing; restraining the inconsiderate and .protecting the more humane and progressive. Night work is destructive of home life, iind deprives our men of the society of their families, and besides this, sufficient rest is not obtained owing to the day's heat during summer, and tlie workman must return unrefreshed to toil in a pent up and vitiated atmosphere, for there has been no aeriation of the placo quitted by the day men. To use the words of Prof. Cranwe's: \"What is left for the intellectual and moral life,\" in such case? The testimony of the doctors is founded on facts realised in'the actual by many bakery workmen. Cellar Shops. As to cellar or underground bakeshops, why should workmen be compelled to work in these darksome pest holes? We have this month the case of one of our members in Utica, U. S. A., kept to his bed for weeks through sickness contracted in a cellar bake- sl op, which the inspector has now or- deied closed, but not till after the injury litis been dono. \" Not till cellar bakeshops havo ceased to exist will the men's health be safe, or the idea;ol' dirt and slovenliness In connection with our trade be dispelled from the public mind. In British Columbia we have land to give away, and we havo invited the whole world to come and share it with ust\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfree. We are so encumbered with it that we in some cases even pay them to take it. lt seems inconsistent then, that having so much room on the surface, we should make \"dugouts.\" in which our bakers must work, manutac- luilng amidst pestiferous surroundings our most inipoitant article ot foodstuff. The draft of the Sanitary Bakeshop law prepared by the Prussian Government in 1000, embodied the abolition ol* cellar bakeries in its very first paragraph, ln Great Britain they were condemned years ago, and cannot now be built, but owing to llie number of them and the conlliciing interests In the way in an old settled country tlieir complete removal was not effected. Some, in spile of factory inspection, as many workmen know, are utterly uiiiil for the purpose they are used tor. lt is cheerfully admitted that factory inspection has dono good, but will it do away with tho evils complained of? We venture to say it will not, and there is continuation (besides the fart of their abolition elsewhere), of this view in the strike of COO bakery workmen in the East Side SIMPLEST AND MOST OBVIOUS WAY OUT OF THE TROUBLE IS ABOLITION? Here i:< a trade, the nature of which demands that it shall be carried on In the best possible surroundings. No Inspector has ever issued a report containing a single item favoring cellar bakeshops, night work, or long hours' \"1 labor. There is nothing from an hyienlc standpoint to recommend them, they have no elevating tendency, but are degrading, physically, morally, and socially. What honest man can look humanity In the face and say: \"These things aie good for you?\" What man, having nny sense of his lesponslblllty towards his fellowmcn can advocate a continuance of these evils\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDevils which stand condemned unreservedly, liy the roblest minded men und women of every country. Wo see the governments of other countries striving. to rid the bakery trade of these wretched surroundings\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD which have gathered about it in the rush and whirl of the century's progress\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand we humbly suggest that the time for action in British Columbia is now, so 'that In this young country these conditions may not be perpetuated, may not be handed clown to make miserable the lives and homes of our craftsmen in the future. There seems but one difficulty in the way of the change here\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat of adjustment\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD which would, I think, be overcome by the time allowance. And thus, in our opinion, there Is every good reason for the enactment of the amendments and clauses proposed, and we hope that an earnest consideration .will be given them. On behalf of the THE JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' AND CONFECTIONERS OF VANCOUVER AND NEW \"WESTMINSTER, LOCAL UNION, NO. 4G. I remain yours very respectfully, WM. H. BARNES, Recording Secretary. Vancouver, April 13, 1901, I a-^y- The favorite Smoke -t>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Union men smoke the Earl of Minto Cigar. Why? Because it is Union Made. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<*- Turner, Beet on i*> Co. WlioloHule AtfentH U VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, NELSON, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. C. I'. O. BOX '.'DO. \"I'HONE 179. w. j. McMillan & Co., Wmoi.kkai.i: Acii-Nth for TUCKET CIGAR CO. UNION LABEL CIGARS | I3runclH: MONOGRAM, MARGUERITA, BOUQUET, OUR'SPECIAL, ET_ JUSTILI.O, EL CONDOR, SARANTIZADOS, SCHILLER, Corner Alexander Street nnd Columbia Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. The Mint Is the new saloon at the corner of Carrall and Hastings streets. Case goods are the best, and the prices 0. K. Seattle Rainier beer, 5 cents. The Union Label Scores Another Success. {{Lc^Auif _ The \" King Quality \" Shea has W avruded-t-* Qott'-lfeM ~-~>r \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtho highest award at the Bwria Exposition. J.I1 go\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDds>rt'uDE]iimS UNION LABEL* Bo smre tbat \" King Quality\" ir'torucUd 0S.7eu-e-e._t wiSS*. means perfeotgsatlsfaotion, Made by THE J. D. KINC CO.. Limited, Toronto. When you -want to hire a flrst-elas3 horse and bilggy, go to the Palace livery stables. Telephone 125. Drink Red Cross Heer, the heer that's pure, 75c pints, $1.50 doz. quarts. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Pender street. BUILDING THADES COUNCIL. At last Friday night's meeting ot llie Building Trades Council held in Union Hall, President Joseph Dixon presided. Four delegates were absent. A sood deal ot* the session was taken up wilh the consideration of the now constitution and by-laws, which were finally adopted and ordered to he printed. The Independent was en- doised as the official organ ol' the new association. As Secretary Weeks has gone into business, his olllce will become vacant next meeting. Adjourned till Sfitli. Or Nli'iV UNIONS, .anixer .1. H. Watson reports the FLINTS BROMO GRIPPE CUKE, never falls to completely, oure \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. col_ wlthln 24 hours. Gives Instant relief\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD guaranteed','\"your /money hack. 25c. bakery trade. In no other occupation I box at McDowell, AUkins, Watson Co. bakeries of New York city during tho latter part ol' 1000, for shorter hours of work and better sanitary conditions. One of .the most effective aigumonts used on the men's behalf was, \"llie exposure of unsanitary, and In some oases positively filthy conditions prevailing In underground bakeshops. So that after several years' operation of the Factory Inspection Act we Iind the New York factory Inspector compelled to admit his Inability 'to enforce tho regulations, in his report he says: \"I think It Impossible lo keep the shops in the Bast Rale of New York cily clean.\" This n ay be an extreme eiiso, but at least serves lo show what Is possible. Even with the willing co-operation of employers and. men tho tusk Is too often futile. Summonses and fines seem useless, personal recriminations, the shifting of blame from employer to employees, or lo landlord, and vice versa, accomplish nothing. The fact is, that so lenff as cellar bakeshops, night work, nnd long hours exist, there ivlll be evasion; the duties of the inspector more arduous, and the carrying out of the regulations harassing, vexatious and aggravating to all concerned. DOES IT NOT OCCUR THAT THE fcrmiition of two new unions and one partially organized. A brunch of the Dominion Trades Congress has been organized at Kamloops with a large membership and the charter sent tor. This'organization embraces all classes of labor unorganized and will have over J\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD0 members. .\ local branch of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trackmen was organized in this city last Saturday. This union takes in all workmen on the iierma- r.ent way and branches, including bridge builders, watchmen, switchmen, trackmen, and others. This is a branch of labor which has stood badly ir. need of organizing, being the worst paid men in the railroad service, the bridge men especially, being skilled men. should see to it that they don't Ina in the matter. The musicians held a mettins last Sunday to take into consideration the advisability of organizing a branch of the American Federation of Musicians. After a good discussion on the matter, il was resolved to form such a Union, Greenlees Brother* LOHNE, RARE OLD and G. B. LIQUEUR WHISKIES Are now asked for in Preference to anq other brand. J. K. MECREDY, Sole Agent, Telephone 809. - Arcade Vaults, Cambie Street. hud assembled there that evening. The items on the programme were all good nnd it is therefore .useless to Individualize. Tlie meeting adjourns I ill next Sunday altenioon to allow all musicians lo a- tend. This is a body of men who should be organized as they are subject to all sorts of prices for lhelr labors. A union will regulate pri<;es and make a unity of action possibde. The Independent wishes those new unions every success and would recommend lliein not to forgot there is a labor pnner In Vancouver, which, if subscribed for. would bo a help to them t-i keciii posted on all union and lnbor mailers. , LITTERS TO THE EDITOR. To the Editor of Tin: Indepknoknt: Sir,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWe wish to call llie attention of all the unions of this city through the medium of your paper to the fact, that the Walters and Waitresses of this city are making strenuous efforts to get nil the restaurants and hotels to recognize us, and we n.sk as a favor for all union men to patronize those who have signed our scale, .as there nre reports in circulation to the effect that union men are patronizing nonunion houses. We hope that these reports are false. The list of fair houses are as follows: Royal Cafe, Bloom- iiold restaurant. Gilt Edge restaurant. .-Ulnnlie. restaurant. Gold Tip restaur-\" nnl. Ottawa Hotel. Reglna Hotel. Glasgow Hotel, Oyster !3_iy restaurant. Globe restaurant, Europe Hotel restaurant. English Chop House .-e.itaur- anl. Acadia restaurant, Sherman Hotel, Secord and Clarence. Yours truly, CHAS. OVER. President Cooks,' Waiters' and Wait- 1 esses Local, No. 2S. Vancouver, April IS, Ifl01. I HEW VANCOUVER The Mint. Is located at the corner of Carrall and Hastings streets. The bottled -roods are all lirsl-class and the prices 'rijrht for every one. Seattle Kninier heer, 5 cents. Gold Seal Canadian Kve is Seagram's Grand Old Kve. Only, 50c bottle! Gold Seal Liquor Company. Liquqr_Comj)iiny Bine Kibbon Tea is packed in Vancouver by white men\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDare you drinking it ? From Their Nanaimo, Southfield and Protection lUniid Collieries, Steam, &as and House Coal Of the Following Grades: Double Screened Lump, Run of tlie Mine, Washed Nut and Screenings* SAMUEL 31. ROBINS, Superintendent. EVANS, COLEMAN & EVANS, Agents. Vancouver City, B, C. Why do you cough when \"BIG 4 COUGH GIRE \" will cure you. THERE IS IN A WORTHY CAUSK. Tin* concert in 11 id of the Postal Employees' r.'Miellt Association held at the Theatre lloyul on Wednesday niKlit miis a lilt, success, both in point of at- l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmliint'c and talent, and Rival credit. Is due tlie enciRctlc committee for it. l\"il.i Worship Mnyor Townley's npenlns: remarks were pertinent nnd received well-merited applause. lie said that It was a crying: shame that the iwv- erninent should employ men In the postal service for $1 to ^1.,\"i0 a day. There were over '20 men in the service in this city, but only 13 were on the permanent staff, tho balance beine; considered as extras. It was principally In aid of these that the large gratherlng; To cure la grippe Inside of 4S hou-rs take FLINT'S .BROMO GRIPP-l OURE. Gmuranteea. 2fc. box at McDowell, Atkins, Watson 'Co. A BEVERAGE which pIcnRoH ii iimlority of tliohc who nre fond of ii good gliiss of lieer, is our \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD specially browed llolieiiilim Heer. Carefully prepared from selected materials, it Is a wholesome drink and contains no harmful ingredients; indeed it is highly recommended as a spring tonic. Doering& Marstrand TELEPHONE 429 of Fire or Injury to Health when you use the ELECTRIC The price is now such that almost everybody can afford it. Once used, always used. Apply at Of-. fice of B. I Electric!. ft LTD. Cor. Carrall and Hastings Streets. Convalescents need Eisen Port\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"tho ,' builder np of the weak\"-^50cbottl.\"'| ;*' Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Pender streoU' THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY ............APRIL 27, 1901 THE INDEPENDENT. 3-EO. BARTLEY Editor HARRY COWAN Business Malinger PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN TUB INTEREST OP ORGANISED LABOR TUB INDEPENDENT PRINT1N0 COM- P.VNY.. '* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' AT 312 110M\"BR STREET, VWR, If. C. VANCOU- SI'ltSCRU'TIONS IN ADVANCE. A week, C cents; month, IS cents: three months. i\"i cents; six months, 05 cents one year, $1.25. ENnonercn hy the tradrs and LAltOR COUNCIL. AN'D TIIE VAN COUVIOR LAflOR PARTY. S.v'l'l* .APRIL 'IT, ISO I \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDV :\"i!0 COPPER CLASA -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD |i.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . <.v\"r'wis a city council that b-.M-. ii'\"1->d fixinij. it Is the unhiiie \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- *:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn in control of municipal uf- laP *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' Ihli cllv. It must he painful toi |ij- \".'osshiji to have to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDit still and li'-i'n tn and watch the antics of lii* .,...-nni-ite>!. These aldermen arc not only null for the honorable positions to vlrc'i Ihey have been entrusled tn fill by tlio eiti\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.ens. but net as ;!i<>u(.li tl-ei! power was sell'-derlvcd and autocratic. They apparently don't care i tinV\"'<: cirse about the fair re'pipols of their constituents, lt may be stated th\"t f''r \"11 practical purposes tint th ].,,.:, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD pip-iclty of the city fathers is ri ,..,-,.,.. piert to that of the copper cl \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtlilnir beyond that is of loo \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..,..., ., m.,.!nitude for llieir massive Intiii^c1, in trrapple with. Instances In Ih\" proceedincrs of Inst Monday night's meeting show two things, namely, smillness and meanness in snv'il in\"tiers, and reckless incapacity in hi-- things. The latter n.ppncK to the pi'ttinsf through of the deal made wit1' ih\" Plive Lake Power Company, It wii.'i p-ictically understood that be- fo-e till'- bv-law came into existence, that the city would publish the agreement-fnr a few davs at least, so that the citizens would ha.ve some chance of knowIiiT exactly what it contained. The only reasons advanced -why this was not done -was that the dally papers would eueh charge the outlandish sum of {IS each for so doing, and it v.tis not worth the expenditure involv c-d. No doubt T proper representations had lien made, the papers would havo gladly helped the aldermen out of their unfortunate difficulty, by publishing the same without charge. Aid. Wood, Mhen he made the suggestion lo the finance committee that this sum be expended, was promptly sat on an a squanderer ol\" the city's money in fake advertising. The subject matter of the agreemnt in question is of a most important character, as it deals with the jriving away ot civic privileges for fifty years. This mere bagatelle by-law was put through all its stages and finally passed at the one session of tno council. The other instance mentioned above \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ivas that the finance committee's report, giving the cily advertising lo the daily papers, was adopted by the council without a murmur. .Though in justice to Aid. Fraser it may be said that he put In a good word In committee foi the weeklies, wlvh ho considered were entitled to some consideration by the council. 'Che city -wi-ting and advertising lias been on the tapis since tlie beginning of the year, and has caused no end of discussion in committee. The mount Pleasant Advocate, Hie only means by which a poor widow earns n livelihood, was lonned off_(lie list of city advertising mediums for economy s sake, when as a matter of fact, in proportion lo its size and Kites, it is just as useful un institution on \"the hill\" as are the dailies, or even tiie Stave Lake Power Company. Of course, Tho Independent did not expect consideration from the present gang at the city hall, who wish tlie devil had It holus linlus. but some day there may be a council who will recognize the just demands of the working- men's organ of this city. The Independent as an advertising medium Is just as Important as any In this city. was, we believe, ipiitc unique in the history of budgets, and remarkable even for that country of such marvelous resources. Willi a population al tin- time of about 70.000,000 ipcople, lt i\". presented $11.US per head of everyone within tlie domain of the republic. The expenditure was considered lavish and extravagant, and only Justified because nl' being largely made up of tin lucreas- i'iI pension list nnd necessary public ttirkN. iliivcti'y undertaken by the rov- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'luuieiit. At iflir.t glance our llllle live millions li quite Insignificant with the above, hut compared with ,our population II \".slimes a (illferent aspect, if we take 20n,i\oo as the number of our \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiilialiltants. this proposed grant to .llwiys means $25 p-r head from \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDveiy nn.i, woman and child within the province. According to the usual intimate to a household, this loan would mean a mortgage of $1-5 'lan.ein:,\" over every humble home in KrilMi Columbia. When we rolled that this amount of money is to be '.ranted In aid railways, without any value rcci'ived In return. It might b uc-ll for Ihe people to consider at what M-ice ,it Is pi'olltable In obtain these lines. Kveryoni \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlit inoi hould be *n thnt tc-rests of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcl. As is agreed that we \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD railways., and that they obtained by Hie best bar- can be driven, all the in the frovtnee being consul vc.ard-s the proposed V., V \": IS . a strong feeling prevails through -'t the country thai it should he own \"1 end operated by the government. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDK-oed there i* littlo reason to doubt I hat If the mailer were submitted to '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr.pular -vole that the people would 'Vcle.re that it should at least belong to the province, ln our humble opinion \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDue ha step would mean something mure than the principle ot government ownership. 11 involves a guarantee of r.inmereial expansion, generous under the fair-freight rates thereby assured but which on the other hand would be meagre and desultory if a company had the carrying trade completely ln their hands. It will bo held that competitive railways will probably eventually traverse the route of the project cd V., V. & E. Bui where two lines draw traflic from a single source and that -source is not sufficient to keep cue road working to its full capacity, then dividends representing twice the -'.mount of capital that should be in vetted, is taken from the unfortunate otoplo and industries which patronize the lines. According to the proposed program, the present and future generation will be called upon to pay a bonus for this ;oad, not only through the provincial government, but it is not unlikely that the dominion government will also be asked to contribute and to double the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDir.o_int as is usual in such cases. If the province grants $5,000 per mile, and the Dominion $10,000, or a total of '15,000 per mile, for fair railroading, >ven in such a country as this, it will if more than enough to cover half the tr lal cost. Resides cash subsidy granted, there is the right of way, and.,a \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnchise which will doubtless carry '.itli them exclusive railway privileges n the country for a term of years. In consideration of these donations nd concessions, some clause no doubt \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'11 bo Inserted in the charter, which, i il will be alleged, will completely ontrol the freight rates. This Is a very \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnestionable advantage. The history \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\" these tariff controlling conditions Vive shown that they restrain from 'Mortion to a very disappointing ex- \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiit. As a case in joint, the White \"tss and Yukon Railway, no later than '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'. other day, announced that a reclue- \"nn in rates would be made over its i*5 miles of haul to $1.50. per 100 pounds. 'n'lc-ad of $5, as formerly charg..d, de- licnstrates conclusively enough the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"hie of government control. Vi'o hold that If the country grants THE COMMISSION. The Chinese commission now sitting in this city will produce sufficient data and evidence to wan-ant the dominion government In prohibiting further Oriental Immigration. Other countries have had to slay the yellow wave In self-prcservatlim and no sound reason for permitting tills country to be ovirllown with a people who bleed It to the very death has ever cxlsled. Hasten! Canada Is teeming with men and women who would gladly avail themselves or the opportunities ItrltMi Colunibla offers lo wage earners and homo builders wore It not for the presence here of Japanese and Chinese. To exipcet white men to compete with coolie labor Is equivalent to degreda- tlon from civilization to barbarism. Surely there are enough poor persons and enough ot Indigenous wickedness in 1!. C. without Importing from the Orlc-nl by the shipload. At the seshons lliis week some convincing testimony was given, principally by the Indians, against the Chinese. Mr. Alexander put up a strong case for cheap labor. The wages question being the most apparent, will appeal to the manufacturers, but the student of 'economics \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,-pn-. thai low wages act like a booin\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr- ang on the vitals of the community. One Idea, the masses must bear in mln-! i-; the production of facts\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlet them b\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD over so insignificant\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDito prove thn.t Chinee and Japanese labor is not wanted. The servant girl problem should bo Introduced. Women doing housework should not fail to tell the commission how the .Mongols affect tlieir occupation. Union orators might profitably make note of the fact that in addressing new unions a fund of facts is more effective than flowery figures of speech. The railway unions of the country aro becoming veiy powerful. They will ere long be in a position to take a utep that will make organized labor inrin cible. That step will be affiliation with the American Federation of Labor. The red label of the Upholsterers and the blue labels of the Cigarmakers and Tobacco Workers, the brown laboi of the Hatters and the -white label of the Garment Workers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn fact, all labels, are powerful weapons for the rights of organized labor, and It costs you nothing to use them. It has been said by one of our ex changes that the great majority of workingmen in the province, by sending their orders to eastern sweat shops, arc not desirous of seeing local stores established nor towns built up. This Is a mistake. The workingmen appre- ciale, the presence of local stores. They know how -convenient It Is to hare some 'place to stand off for their supplies when they are out of work and have not the ready cash to send east. They never ask credit from the departmental stores where many of them send their orders, and It would do them no good if they did. Three Things of Emjjortance Price, Quality and Assortment Enter moro largely into the art of buying than anything t'lse. If tlio Prico is right, the Quality good, and the assortment complete, buying is easy. That's what 'makes buying goods easy here. The past year has been a busy one for us; this year we want to excel even our past efforts, to make this store the head1 quarters of Dry Goods, Fashion and Economy We want to make it so pleasant and economical for you to trade with us that you'll not want to go any place else. We shall strive to give you the best we can for your money and we shall do exactly as we advertise. ito Mnjtmje/4&/ &*& -frnMsrued/ &ns OT- ftAStffauU diwAvTva, ir r <#*& /U&M/ BUCHANAN & WHITE D1!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSJ&E PAINTERS 725 Hastings St. Union Labor Only J 70 Cordova, Cor. Cambie. A. n. TYSON, ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALKll IN Fish, Game, Fruit, and vegetables. 112 Cordova St. 'Phone 442 Massey - Harris mid Steams -AIL SIYUS BICYCLES AIL PRICES KENDALL'S, 328 Cordova St The best pliieo In I!. 0. tu lmve your Bicycle repaired. NOTICE. We are aealn offering a Scholarshli free for tuition and books to the student of Pulilie Schools of Vancouver passing into the High School at the coming examination with the highest marks ln Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar, Com position and Arithmetic. For conditions apply to the Principal* of the Schools or the undersigned. Tlie. II.B. A.Yogcl Commercial CoHegc P. O. Box 847. Vancouver, B. C Cigar arad Tobacco Store 46 CORDOVA STREET. We make a specialty of Union-made Cigars and Tobaccos, consequently we always give good satisfaction. Your patronage solicited. .... IE \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD HHIliS 1 ill Ml MS. - Union Hats, Union Made Overalls and Junipers, also a first class Tailoring Department, where only Uuion Labor is employed. AVe guarantee a perfect fit or no salo. CLUBB & STEWART, Try a bottle of Bison Port, the sunshine of California, 50c bottle, at Gold Seal Liquor Co., 7-10 Pender street. Now, gentlemen, here is tlie shop to get your hair cut to suit you: Corner Cambie and Cordova. C. Ellis. Telephone 1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD5 for a fine livery turn-out. J. ,T. Sparrow, Palace livery stables. TELEPHONE 702. 100 CORDOVA STREET. JlAILliOAD BUILDING. According to the iinnounceinciit of Mr. Turner, minister of finance, in the legislature the other day, live million dollars will represent the figures in the budget to lie devoted to aid railway construction, and therefore our indebtedness will bo increased to that amount to supply the necessary funds. It sounds like a comparatively small sum for a government to dispose of, until the figures are analyzed. A few years ago the world was astonished at the prodigality of the famous \"billion-dollar congress'/' of the United, States.*\"The laiie1 per. cap.Ita.'involved \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlid to railroad building to such an extent as equals half tiie cost, with no \-lup received, it would seem no more limn o common sen^e business urupo '.lllon if they contributed llie other ';alf and hnve an asset for the full \"it cunt, nnd with it the guarantee that Hie people will not lie compelled to pay 'ugh dividends on unnecessary capital \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDind watered stock. The interest of '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDvery man wlio works i.s Involved In lhose questions. If, for example, a Piine will not pay by reason of high freight ratesi etc., expenses musl lie irt down nnd there Is a fain liar way li which this Is brought about. With lb\" disappointing experience of the miH before lliein, the people are Justl- \"cd In demanding a change In methods nt dealing with the tiansporta.tion \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpestlon, which means so much to the 'iiflustilos from which it Is expected o many mouths are to be fed. There died at Richmond, Va., recently .\"'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDv. John Jasper, who achieved fame through his declaration that the \"sun do move.\" Very shortly the person who leclares that \"competition is necessary to human progress\", will be as great a curiosity aa the late Mr^, Jasper was in his day. The Stiindiird Cnniulinn Piauos THE GERARD EH, IHE BELL, IHE HEME The Standard English Instruments THE BROflDWOOD, THE BRU), THE GOLLARD S GOLLARD. All the nbove at= BOULT'S MUSIC STORE, 540 Granville Street, Opposite l>. 0. All Musical Supplier WE PUT UP LUNCHES for fishing,' picnic and excursion parties, so nicely and so reasonable in price that it does not pay you to prepare one at home. Visitors to the park or the bay should run in and get lunch put up while they wait. It costs but a few moments and very little cash. SHIRTWAIST for Setting), $ 1.3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD for 13 SLACK LANGSHANS Poultry Stock took Flrsl l'rlzu nt 11KKJ Show ut Vancouver. IJ rock ton Point Li^lit house. W. 1). J (INKS The best Cough Cure is \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD BIG 4 ' have you tried it? Hotels. , MAKKS A hl'KCMLTV Ol' . o Mrs special Liqueur, oiso \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD o usner's Black Latiei Liqueur wnisKy -LARGE STOCK OF- IMI'OKTKU AND DOMKSTIC , . Ciqars. ' R. B. Mulligan & Co., Props. Cob-; 1:11 Cordova and Caiuull. Arlington Hole! Cordova St. West. Headquarters for thocngincuriug trade \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD in Vancouver. , CHOICEST^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDis^ Liquors and Cigars First-class rooms Irom 60 cont\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD up. ' ROBT. HINTLY, - - PROP The\" Seymour Streeet, Baker and . Confectioner, -113 Hastings Street. J. OBEN Telephone 307. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD | : GEO. HAY : $ A Vancouver's Pioneer Clothes ^k \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Renovator, makes a suit new. \"J ^ Dyeing and Repairing. X ^k ' 216 CtMmE St., VAKCourcrt. ^k s here again nnd we want to remind tbe ladies tlint if they waul llrst-class work tliey should send their blouses and shirt waists to us. We have special machinery for this work and help tbnt work at nothing else from one week's end to nnother. What wc guaranteo is that wo will turn out your shirtwaists looking as well ns when they came from the store. And as comfortable as good looking. Pioneer Steam Laundry D. JT. STEWART, Pnoi-niETon. Phone 346. 910 to 014 Richards St. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAVOY THEATRE 6am Nesbitt Mn nagcr. Week Commencing Monday 5 New Star* THE RYUERSONS. THE FRAWLEY SISTERS. ALE JAMES. Come and Have a Good Time., THE INDEPENDENT $1.25 a Year. 512 Westminster Avenue. BOOKS, STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Magiizine __xelinii(.'e in I'onuectiun. We Have Received During the past week one of the best \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiffiortments of dinner and toilet sets Hint hns ever come to Vancouver, nnd nt prlcos never before quoted by anyone. We havo 97-plece dinner sets at Jil.25, S8.G0, $9.23,'. $10. $10.75, $12.50, and 'ilgher. Painted toilet sets, fancy designs, at *1.75, $1.90, $2, $2.50. R. G. BUCHANAN & CO. .;..Crockery and. Housefuraishings, ' 406 and 408 Westminster Avenue, Vancouver Qf)3n9a3C>flSnfl03003a333330330rl3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3(_.Oaon333'J\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD33003090S3a390n:$r,0933033903a93-393ROCPO Ona3O3O33309Ot3*3-33Oi3OC3l-OCO3n933993933333CUgOO9eO-3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3O\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3i9333333333UUO3aOUCOCOr.^ rn 09 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-JU GO UO OO un oo oo OO o_ on oo no no no OO OO oa 03 CO 03 UO no CO aa oo CIO si oo VERY STRANGE. VERY TRUE. An Indian, Christened in South Africa, Registered in Ottawa. An elegant Indian was added to our family of Package Teas tlie other clay. 99 is tbe name of this beautiful tea .... Guaranteed a Pure Indian. Packed in the Gardens.and shipped direct here. Tbe great demand to-day is for a pure Indian Tea that can bo sold at a reasonable prico. We JFecl we are now in a position to su|)|>Iy this demand. \"KHAKB\" has four strong points\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFragrance, Flavor, Purity, Strength; and one more\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe price is hight. Only 25 cents per pound. OO OO t>3 Ull 03 OO CU on oa on oo I oo oo oo oo CO The Citu grocery Company, The Wonderful Chteb Grocers, WESTMINSTER AVENUE. 1 :r*i^gag^Stf\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ** *miSi ffi;>#:^&^ .';\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%';' -mpjCiiwi^i^ SATURDAY APRIL 27, 1901 THE INDEPENDENT. I. Union Directory. VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR Council, \" President, Jos. Dixon; vice- president, John Crow; secretary, J. C. Marshall, P. O. Liox 139; llnanclul secretary, W. J. Beer; treasurer, J. Pearey; statistician, G. White; sergeant-at-arms, C. J. Salter. Parliamentary committee\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Chairman, John Pearey; secretary, J. Morton. Meeting\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFirst and third Friday In each month, at 7.30 p. m\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD in Union Hall, cor. Dunsmulr and Homer strcetB. RAILWAY SCHEMES. TUXAIJA M1NUH3' UNION, No. 113. XV. V. iM., meets every Saturday ut 7.1)0 |i.m. In Fore-turn' hall, Van Anda. President, 11. Altkon; vice-president, C. A. Melville: secrotary, A. Hapor, Van Audn, IJ. C: treasurer, H. V. Price; conductor, P. Burt; warden, John Llnklater. COOKS. WAITERS AND WAITRESSES' Union, Local No. !S. President, Chas. Over; vice-president, W. W. Nelson; recording secretary, Jus. II. Perkins; financial secretary, R. J. Loundes; treasurer, Wm. Ellonder. Meeting every Friday at 8.30 p. in. In Union Hall, corner Homer \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand Dunsmulr streets. VANCOU'B TYPOC-RAPIIICAL UNION, No '220 meet tho Inst Sunday In each month at Union hall. President, C. S. Cmiipliell; vice-president, George Wilby; secretary, S. J. Gothnrd, P. O. box Ii8; treasurer, AV. Brand; sergeant-at-arms. Andrew Stuart; executive committee, E. L. Woodruff, 8. II. ltouh, J. li. Browne. N. Williams; delegates to Tr.i_c- and Labor council, J. C. Marshall. Robt. Todd, J. H. Urdivne. STREET RAILWAY MEN'S UNION- Mcets second and fourlh Wednesday of -each monlh, in Sutherland Hall, corner Westminster avenue and Hastings street at S p. m. President, G. Dickie; vice-president, C. .Bennett; secretary, A. G. Perry; treasurer, H. Vanderwalker; conductor, G. Lenfesty; warden, J. Marshall, sentinel, F.C. O'Brien; delegates to Trades and La'bor-Council: John Pearey, J.is. Barton. Geo. Lenfesty, G. Dlcklo and \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJ. Howes. ? ? UNITED 'BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and Joiners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeets every second and fourth Thursday -In Union Hall, room No. 3. President, Wm. F. McKen- rle, IS\" Ninth avenue; vice-president, Hugh Wilson: recording secretary, A. E Collin. 730 Nelson'street; Ilnancial secretary, PI. S. Falconer; treasurer, Georg>* magnates, then fiom \"time to time.\" yea, as often ns they, the magnates, rcuire it, so shall the Lieutonant-Governor-ln- Ciiuneii-altei\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcondit'nns. Was\" there over a more preposterous and outrageous proposal nvule.-to nny pen- i'le, yet if we can believe Mr. Smith Curd'--, and I think he (\"in be tru'led. one of our Vancouver members has tIvpii his he,'i>'ty sn\"iiort to this shanie- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\"' blow aimed at Vancouver nnd this ui'hoard of deal to compel tho people of i'iN province to Ivnd over $.1,000 000 to 'Ml tlie pockcti of weilthy railway cor- nrralloiis. Watch nnd If n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcosnry fight \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'KPlnst this outrmro unnn the province. SOUTHERN CIIOSS. While considerable has been heard of the attempts made by the letter carriers of Canada to secure a living wage there are row who know exactly how '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmail a wage the men .actually get. Perhaps the most exasperating feature ror the cirners Is the fuel that they irp leceiving less to-day than twenty- i>: years ago. The last quarter of the \"most wonderful century In the world's 'n<-toi-y\" saw not advancement, but re trogression for tho Canadian letter curriers. ' The schedule in 1S73 was: Minimum. ^00: maximum, $500; annual Increase, *:0; time ta,ken to reach maximum, five ye_ars. Tn ISM: Minimum, $300; maximum, W0; annual increase, $30; time taken lo reach maximum, ten years. Tt will be noticed that'the minimum wage decreased MW) since 1S75, and the \"rinual increase $10, and the time to -each the maximum doubled. The minimum wages were equal to 94 cents a day. Tn 1SS1: Minimum, $360; maximum, *M-0; annual increase, $30; time taken to reach the maximum, eight vears. c> Tn 1901: Minimum. $360. less 5 \"per cent., leaves $342; maximum, less 5 per crnt.. leaves ..370; time taken to reach maximum, eight years, and indeed frequently ten to twelve years. The wages paid laborers and mechanics furnishes an interesting contrast. Tn 1S75 laborers received SO cents per day for ton hours; mechanics $1 to $1.50. In 1901, wages paid laborers, .$1.50 per day for ten hours; mechanics, $1.73 *o S.l.fO per day. It will thus be seen that in the twenty-six years the mechanics' wages Increased 116 2-3 per cent., and the laborers 87 1-2 per cent., an a-verago of 10.1 per cent. In the same period the letter carriers' wages decreased 1 2-3 per cent., lenivlng a difference between mechanics and laborers and the letter carriers of 103 2-3 per cent. In the face ot these facts it seems difficult to realize how a government professing to have a buoyant revenue and a largo surplus over current expenditure can refuse to pay Its employees a fair, day's pay. It Is a sound fundamental economic truth that governments should set tho^ example lo private employers In the matter of paying wages. It is i' -i-i a poor example for a government to be Paying 1 2-3 per cent, less than was paid twonty^six years ago, while private emploi'ors are paying an average of 102 per cent more. Some Japs have made their nppear- uuee ln Sundon and have opened up u laundry. A very successful complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr. E. J. DuulicKiiay, superintendent of the C. I' K., recently nt ReVelstoke. Several of the snuUlcr cigar manufacturers of Montreal have signed the new scule, and the men aro back at work. Other factories express the determination to fight the thing out. The domestic servant problem may be saved In Toronto by the importation of Chinamen. The Grand Union hotel has decided to make the experiment and others will probably follow suit. Tho Union Label bill has been thrown out by the Senate committee on banking and commerce. The bill was supported by Mr. Glockllng of Toronto, Mr. Maxwell, of Vancouver, and the l.i bor members of parliament, and opposed by Secretary Russell of tho .Manufacturers' association and many others. The telephone girls ac Winnipeg; wont out on strike on Friday, completely tying up the service for almost an hour. The cause was the installation of a new chief with orders to see that the operators paid more attention to ms- cipline and rules. The manager ttave them five minutes to go back or quit, and they decided to stay out, causing great inconvenience to the business part of the town. -The general public is- in sympathy with the girls. The Nelson Miner, says: \"A recent cose in the police court at Ferule indicates that the officials of the coal mines are taking the' utmost precautions to overt accidents. A miner, named Emtio Mergeuk, was detected pmoklng in No. 1 mine, where safety lamps were in use. He was summoned before a magistrate for breaking the regulations ot the Coal Mines' Regulation act, convicted and fined $5 and eests or 34 days' imprisonment. Mer- guek paid the fine. The steamboat firemen Who .make\" Victoria their headquarters met in Salmon's hall on Tuesday, and organised a union ln connection with the International 'Longshoremen's association. The officers of the new union are: President, Frank Abbot; vice- president, Thomas, Landy; secretary, Alexander McLeod; treasurer, F. W. Shade; sergeant-at-arms, S. McKlnnon. It is the Intention to have all the steamboat men organize. Already the engineers, firemen, 'longshoremen and decikhands have their unions. r 9*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^- The Favorite Smoke /- HBB^. -\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Union men smoke the Earl of Minto Cigar. Wily? Because it is Union Made. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<*.- Turner, Beeton if* Co. Wholesale Auuntu VANCOUVISR, VICTORIA, NELSON, B. C. P. O. BOX 'JM. 'PIIOKK 179. w. j. McMillan & Co., Wl_OLI.l_A_.I_ Aqekts FOIt TUCKET CIGAR CO. UNION LABEL CIGARS I MONOGIJA.M, MABGUERITA, BOUQUET, OUR SPECIAL, EL JUSTIILO, EL CONDOR, SARAXTIZADOS, SCHILLER,' Corner Alcxiindcr Sireet nnd Columbia Avenue, Vnncouvcr, B. C. **-5a*S_2_2E5EE_ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhM_*-Ji J_. J 1 _M-_-_- .*a**v SiS_SS__S5Ii_____S3S_- The Union Label Scores Another Success. f^GquAirr/ T.ha \" Kmp Quality \" Shoe has bsBn awarfod tho Gold M-iai. tiv^TT.^t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD -2 hlKue9t awrd at the Paris Exposition. All goods itunuid ni* DMON LABEL. Be aura that \"King Quality\" ia branded on rem thoaW, wh!(\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD means perfect|_ablsfaotioa Made by THE j. p. KING CO., Limited. Toronto. Greenlee* Brothers, LORNE, UAUE OLD and Q. B. LiaUEUR WHISKIES Are now asked for in Preference to ahi) other brand. J. 1^. MECREDY, Sole Agent, Telephone 899. Arcade Vaults, Cambie Street. If you want a really good rye whisky at a low price, our 50c rye is it. Gold Seal Liquor Company, \"40 Pender street. TIlTipE TEARS OF UNINTERKUPT- Drink Red Cro\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDH Hwr, the beer that's pure, 75c pint*-', 1(1.50 do/,, quarts. Gold Peal Liquor Co., 7411 Pender street. Gold Seal Canadian Rvc is Seagram's . Grand Old Rve.': '>iily,v50c bottle. Gold Soul Liquor (Vrnipnnv. '\" ' Flint's Dyspepsia Tablets are guaranteed to restore railing appetite and correct any kind of stomach' trouble, tin e. box\". MeDoWell; Atkins,1. Watson .Co. ' '*' 1 A mass meetliit? of the Extension, R C, miners will lie held early In May to illscusM tlie wriRe3 question. Hon. -Innies Dun.suiulr, prcmrtoDt of the com- oeny, has proinl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDod to arrange for an 'dip day and to grant free triinsimrta- ilon for this purpose. The troubles of the Leyland line's new Atlantic service at Quebec are just beginning. Tho ship laborers' rates are 12 l-2c. per hour higher than the Montreal laborer, and they say they will not reduce them. The Leyland line Is willing to give the same rate as in Montreal, but no more. * FLINT'S BROMO GRIPPE CTJ1RE. neve.* falls to completely.cure a cold \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwithin 24 hours., Gives'instant relief\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD cruaranl*?ed, your, iworjey; ,Uack. \" 25c, box'at McDowell, Atkins, Watson Co. ED SUCCESS. Saturday, April 13th. was the third anniversary of tlie Tl. O. Permanent 1.0:111 & Savings 0011111.1115-, of Vnncouvcr, B. C. and the illnancial statement just Issued shows that the assets ot the company have Increased from $136.- S3.\"i.fi- on April 13, WOO, to $292,8.13.22 on April 13. 1001. This Is a remarkable Increase for the short siiaco of twelve months. The subscribed capital has Increased from one million dollars to one million live hundred thousand dollnrs, and the mortgage loans from S13fi.G-R.00 to $2(13,17.1.00. The most .startling Increase hius been made since tho first of Ihe present year. At that time the assets were $230,257.11 and In a little owr three months have Increased to $202,- S*3.22. Convalescents need Kisen Port\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"tho builder up of tlio weak\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSOc bottle. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 740 Pender street. When you want to hire a flrst-class horse and buggy, go to the Palace livery stables] Telephone 125. For stomach trouble of any Wnd take Flint's Dyspepsia Tablets. They cure or you get your money back. 00c box. McDowell; AtMns, Watson Co. \"HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS.\" The Seattle, Union Record says: The \"homeseekers' excursions\" being conducted by the transcontinental railroads are an outrage upon confiding pcor people In the east, an injustice to the working people of this section, and a disgrace to the corporations conducting them. Thousands of these \"home- seekers\" are arriving here without the means to buy the homes of others or make homes for themselves. They hare been led to believe that capital awaited them with outstertched arms on the shores of the Pacific; that our bank valuta were overflowing with money because of a lack ot labor to employ lt\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn short, they expected to find here an industrial Utopia\", where* they would naive but to name a rate of wages nt which in a short time they could earn Independence from labor. How diffcient the real condition's. They arrive here to find every avenue of labor full of idle men, and the prico of living much higher than where they came fiom. To-day these \"homesoeJ.- ers\" may be found camped like gypsies in tents on the outskirts of the city, some of them the objects of charity, and who knows but that many of these deceived, disappointed and desperate immigrants have gone to swell the herd that forms the dregs of society In tho Tenderloin. Of special moment to resident workingmen is the incontrovertible fact lhat this Influx of destitute labor moans 11 lowering of wages. That In turn brings additional hardship to those who are already hero and putting every cent they can spare Into the purchase of a house and lot. In many Instances It will result in the loss of homes partially paid for\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbecause the loss of a Job by the workingman who la paying for a home on the installment plan Insures the loss of all ho has paid and the ejectment of his family from the premises he hn.s so fondly hoped and so arduously struggled toi be some day able to proudly call \"home.\" It must be true that \"corporations have no souls\" or they would cease such inhuman tactics as they are employing in these \"home- seekers' excursions.\" The people they are dumping on our shores no doubt come here as homeseekers, but circumstances over which they have no control soon make them home wreckers. A recent cough or cold that \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD< BIG 4 COUGH CURE \" will not cure is not 'worth curing. THERE IS CANADIAN J of Fire or Injury to Health when you use the\" The price is' now such that almost ev-' erybody can afford it; Once\" used,-always used. Apply at' Office of ' ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD LINE World's Scenic Route LOWEST RATES. BEST SERVICE., 1 _LTD._ Cor. Carrall and Hastings Streets. To all points In Canada nnd the United States THE FASTEST AND BEST EQUIPPED TRAIN CROSSING TIIE CONTINENT. SAILING\" TOR JAPAN AND CHINA. Empress ol China....-. -. May 6th Empress ol India'. Jlay 27th Empress ol-Japan June 17th. and every four weeks thereafter. SAILING FOIl HONOLULU AND AUSTRALIA. Aoningi MnvSrd, Mpana : May 31st, Jllonera JuneSSth. and every four ivoillc thereafter. For further particulars hs to time rates etc.. apply to - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' - E. J. COVLE, A. G. P. A.' Vancouver, B. C. JAMES SCLATER, Ticket Agent, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUS Hastings St., Vancouver. B. C _ Blue Ribbon Tqji is packed in Vancou-, ver. by white men\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDare you drinking it ? A BEVERAGE which pleases a majority of those wlio nro fond of a good glnss of beer, is our specially browed Bohemian Beer. Caro- fully prepared from selected materials, It Is a wholesome drink nud contains no harmful ingredients; indcod-it is highly recommended as a spring tonic. Doering & Marstrarid ja^ONE 429 From Their Nanaimo, Sniilliflulil nujJfa.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD?K)g&?). THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY .APRIL 27, 10O1 DRIFTWOOD. Built and run by I.uc Vernon. Business rooms Any old place. Kdiiorial room Wherever my rent is paid. [I'icees washed up by llie tide, buouied.siiwed, split ami piled (or the perusal and pnsiime of PHid-up subscribers, also for those who beg, borrow and sloal The Independent lu order tbat ihey may enjov a little sunshine as tliey journey tlir.mfli this vale of leurs.] liellaboozalorum. 1 was presenteil with a doctor's card last week which rend as follows: tiellabooiialoruiii. The ^roatent uiedlcal discovery of Hie aite. Made.by I'rof,.I. Norton, M. 11., and I). 1.. (Ml of steveston, llsli ball uud \"Burr extract of Westminister Valley Corn. A sure and licrunitieiit cure of tlie dreaded disease \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'l.iiil on llie l.uiiKs.\" liirections: Hose according to amount of cloth consumed, l'rlee according to dose. I.in! on the limys is a modem disease caused by chewing the rag. For sale at the Doiigull House, Abbott street, Vancouver, II. C, and all other dispensaries of conversational iluld.\" I'rof. J. Norton, jl. I)., and 1). 1.., Is also the president of the Mini; Kiln Club, His many friends wilt be p.ensed.?tn learn that his ticHiiboozaUu-unt is meeting with large sales, Accept our eongratiilaiiousv doctor. The Ingredients of the Human Body.* Quito a number of our periodicals have lately been enligliicniiigais iu regard.to the various ingredients ol' which the human body is composed. They have been telling us that it is a polytechnic warehouse, as it were, of tallow caudles, cum-tiii tacks, cum-toilct soap, ciiui- gas, water, carbon, phosphorous, etc., etc. 11 is a curious puzzle, indeed, and is worth con* sidcring. For example, as to gas, now what a (jiroblcni is here. The veracious chronicler stales tbat tlie average man contains as much gas as would till a balloon, capable of holding sumc 3,000 odd cubic feet. That, remember, is the average mail. What about the top liner? Bless ine, 1 have known men with enough gas concealed about their vascular system to light a whole city if Hie article bad been burnable. Then as to soap. Ah! What simpers the bulk of us are ? Mark you, 1 don't say it is the soup that will wnsli clothes; no il is the l'aiaotis Pears' brand. But it will case a conscience and lubricate a bad cause sons lo make it slide down the ways of the mind as deftly ns a eock- , mil slides into the stomach of some of Hie citizens of Vancouver. Shakespeare was wrong. We are not such stuff as dreams are made of. AVe are assorted chandlery, scrap heaps, aeiiua- pura, perfumery and Chinese mutches. The llaiidleof tlie Hatchet. Near us on tbe table as wc write, on tlio top of a pile of old books, lies a hatchet that looks to be even older than tiie books. We notice how smooth ami worn the handle is, especially - ut tbe place where it has been so often gripped by people hammering ami chopping. The edge is dull now, and the back is flattened and battered, showing what a lot of effective'work ? it has done iu its time; all because It is made of good stuff, both blade and handle. Nobody ever makes tho mistake of trying to use the hatchet except in one way\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtaking it by tlie handle. The reader of tills will probably want to.know why all this jabber about on old rusty hutehct on the top of a pile of old rusty books. We'll tell you before a stdmou can wink its eye. Jt is tiie iinpoitiince of taking hold of things by the right end, nml the sermon thereon shall be plain and short, its all good scr- iinoiis are. When we hear of a scandal or a sensational act of sonic man or woman we should not censure or blame too quickly, as there is always two sides of the story. But if we do repeat it arid talk lo our friends of the parties concerned in the affair wc should be sure wc know, tlie truth and facts of the matter and: when we express an opinion, should as in cusc of the hatchet, grasp il tightly by,tlie handle. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD oTherc ivasoiieea man whodid\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnay, we'll go a littlo further and say, that iii those busy days, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD when our groat industrial centers or cities are so overcrowded with struggling men and women, that they resemble tiie heaps of maggots \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDyou may have come across piled over some \"dead animal or other decaying mutter, an'd , 'where each one is trying to get oh top of the other, tlicre are many who are trying hard to mnke themselves famous, or to use a common expression, trying to set the world on fire. Heforo the introduction of luiieliinory corn was winnowed by means of a sieve. Well, the . person wc refer to, worked so hard that the friction of the grain against the bottom of the sieve nt last set it on lire, and the man himself perished in the conflagration his arduous labors . had created. That man was a fool, you will readily admit. True, and there are very few loois, such as he, found among manual laboring men nowadays. The fools who try to set the sieve on lire in these up-to-date, times arc those who are working for themselves, usually in business of a commercial character. Men, too, on 'change, and in various other lines of life\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDseldom among, authors\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut frequently among journalists. And here is how they sot the sieve on lire. Some littlo success bus been given them on the start, or thoy have soon Jones or Brown, becoming wealthier and wealthier in business every day, until at last the private coach was =started ,-withits='oam=thiit-can^make=it=ln; three minutes, and then Brown's cottage by tlio sea, and Jones' private yacht, and they think, \"well why shouldn't others do the name?\" But wealth doesn't hurry their way quickly, so they work the harder in consequence, and keep Hie sieve moving from side to side so quickly that you could hardly s<-e It. Thoy begin to get old, Ihey lose all pleasure in life, except what points to tlio acquisition of wealth. And so It goes on until, lo, one day the sieve catches lire, health Is completely undermined, tlie constitution of Hie mini Is gutted. The doctor Is culled In. But the doctor doesn't want to be bothered signing the dentil certificate- And what follows? O, a very nice funeral Indeed. Well curried out and complete, a profusion of wreaths and dowers, . nml silly compliments. Hut how very little tills affects tlie pallid corpse lu the ciillln. Tlie corpse of the mini who set the sieve on lire. It will be seen that this ease Is one where the hard working business man did nol grasp llie handle of the hatchet as Hie tool wns intended to bo used. 1 am an advocate for hard work, but It must be sensible work. Any and all kinds of work is hard, whether it be done by bruin or hand. No spurting or scorching in the race ior wealili, no running till you are ooliged to spread yourself lint on tlie grass just to roculch what llitle bit of Invutli you Mill have left iu your body. Tills is llie kind of work that kills because il is associated with worry and cure, l.i'K Vkhnon. -'. I-IST US FltlSE IRELAND. Let us tree Ireland! Xe-vor iiiliul sueli huso, cnrnul .thoughts us\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'concern work und wu_.es, healthy homes, or lives uncloudcitl by poverty. Let. us free Ireland! \" \" The riick-i'ciitliis landlord; is lie not ul.-o nn Irishman and wherefore should we hnto him? Nay, let us not speak harshly of our brother\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDyea, even when ho raises our rent. ? Let us free Ireland! The pi-ollt-srliiding. capitalist, who robs us of three-fourths of the fruit of our lubor, who sucks the very marrow of our holies, when we arc young, and throws us out on the street, like a worn-out tool, when we are grown prematurely old in his service, Is he not an Irishman, and -maybe a patriot, and wherefore should wo think harshly of him? Let us free Ireland! \"Tlie land that bred aud bore us.\" And the Inmllorvl who makes us pay for permission to live upon.it. Whoop it up-for liberty! \"Lot us free Ireland,\" sttys the patriot. Let us all join together, and c-r-ush the br-r-rutal Saxon. Let, us all join together, says he, all classes and all creeds. And,'says the town worker, after we have crushed tho Saxon and frecid Ireland, what wiil we do? Oh, then\" you can go back to your slums, same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! And, say the agricultural workers, after we have freed Ireland, what then? o ? Oh, then you can go scraping around' for the landlord's rent, same as before. Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland Is free, says the patriot, we will protect all classes, and if you can't pay your rent of-course you will get evicted,'\"same as now. But the evicting party under command of the sheriff vil wear green uniforms and tlie harp'without'the crown, and the warrant turning you out on the road- si.de will.be stamped with the arms of tlie Irish republic. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Now, isn't that worth fighting for? And when : you cannot find employment, and giving up the struggle of life in despair, enter the union, the band of the nearest regiment ofthe Irish army willescort you to the workhouse door to the tune of \"St. Patrick'!. Day.\"; Oh, it will be nice to live in those day?!' \"'\".\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' \"With the Green Flag floating o'er us,\" aiid an ever-increasing army of unemployed workers walking about unfertile Green Flag, wishing they had something to eat. Same as now. AVhoop . it up for liberty!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWorkers' Republic, Dublin. YR H-EN DDYN DYGRI. Talk about shipping coals to Newcastle or dressed beef to Chtcajjo, but what do you think of Vancouver shipping wine to San Francisco. That, nevertheless, is what is actually being done. A prominent member of the leading shipipng firm of the city received a few days ago a!letter from a leading member of a San Francisco transportation company from which the following is an extract: \"While .ivalking through your Stanley Park one _day_Jast_-year--I-came^across_a. funny old man in the northwestern part ot it, who had a stand where lie sold cider and home made wines. I bought sonic of this wine and brought it home. My mother and father were very much delighted with it, as lt is exactly like what they used to halve in the east, being real, old-fashioned home-made wine. If not too much trouble I wish you would get me a dozen bottles of It; six cuiTiint, four blackberry and two raspberry or anything else ho may linvo. Tills selection Is not arbitrary, f he ha* anything else you think they would like better suit your own Ideas.\" Neediest) to say tlie order was turned over to Capt. Jones, of the Hroekton I'olnt lighthouse, and promptly filled, mid before long the old ladv and gen- Ik man In the Golden Gate city will be enjoying the wine like their mothers used to make away hack east. Anyone who has tasted any of Cn.pt. Jones' wine will (iiilte understand how the piople in question warmed to it, but ns Ihe Immortal William would say, \"good wine needs no bush.\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDEx. Till* DEM1SK OF JOHN F.. EVANS. On Tuesday at 2 p. in. John F. 13mns, a malve of Wales, aged about JO, died of consumption at the city hoslptnl. \"Tuff\" was one of the oldest members of the Mainland Steiiiusliipmen's union -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmil one of the Cramers of the ritual of that lodge. At one time he was a '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbluejacket\" in the Hritlsh navy, and had been In service during the bombardment of Alexandria. He was very pi-pular among the boatmen of the ccast and was a familiar figure around town. He went to Kamloops, thinking that the change of climate would prove beneficial to his health, but growing weaker he returned to the city again last February. Previous to contracting tho dread disease lie had not known 111 henlth, being a man i>i fine 'physique and very powerful. Hie Was always a friend in need, and 'those who knew the late Mr. Evans wilt long remember him aa a, whole-souled and generous man. The funeral, which took place on Thursday, was well attended. It was held under the auspices ot\" 'the Mainland Steainshipmen's association. The lodge and a number of members of the Stevedores' union assembled in tlie -K. of P. hall at 2 p. m. The beautiful funeral service was read by the president, assisted by Bro. Eaton, who filled the past president's chair, and Bro. llaggarty, -the master-at-arms. The president .then called upon Bro. Geo. Bartley, district organizer of the A. F. of L\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD to deliver the funeral address, which he did in a touching but eloquent manner, and paid a glowing tribute to the high character and reputation of the late Bro. Evans, : The members then proceeded to the undertaking parlors ot Messrs. Center &' Hanna, where the service: ot the Church of England was conducted by the Rev.-Mr. Clinton, after which the cortege started.* The members marched as far as Westminster . avenue bridge. Proceeding to the cemetery Bro? George Noonaii, secretary, read the beautiful burial si-vice of the lodge at the grave, assisted by Bro. Eaton. The pall bearers were Bros. J. Parsons, B. Alexander, .W,,Baton, J.Bailes, C. H. Thompson and J. Hay ward. Among the many lloral offerings were a large wreath from the 'Longshoremen's union, bearing the inscription \"with deepest'-isympattiy and respect, from the,sister union Stevedores.\" The beautiful harp from the Mainland Steamshipnieii's union, two wreaths and a cross from Mr. and Mrs. O. Griffiths, the anchor from Mr. and JIrs. A. Austin Were also >vorthy of special notice. . ii Tlie members of the Steamshipmen's union desire to place on record their heartfelt gratitude to Miss Clendenning and the hosiptal nurses for the kindly care given their deceased brother, and also to the members of the Stevedores' union, who attended the obsequies. For the many kindly acts of Mr. and Mrs. Austin, of the Hotel Grand, as well as others, the association expresses its gi atefulness. Mixing Bowls Just receive., a shipment of those old fashioned Rockingham Mixing Bowls witli tlie lid on the side. Tliuy tiro tlie best mixing bowl we know of. We havetliem in four sizes, 30c, 40c, SOc, and 65c EACH. Walk in and Look Around. FREDERICK BUSCOMBE & CO. China Hall, 319 Hastings Siiiebt. Tho Mint. Is located at the corner of Carrall and Hastings streets. The bottled goods are all first-class and the prices right for every one. Seattle Rainier beer, 5 cents. The Typographical union of Seattle is giving that city a big advertisement. All over the country the papers are discussing the movement being made -to^bring^theilntei-natlonal^Typographr^ ical union convention there In 1902. The I. T. U. should come to the coast without fail. Andrew G. Blair has given a ?<1,000,- 000 order for rails to Clorgue of Sault Stc. Marie. Tlie rails will be used on the Intercolonial. Canadian minors will mine this iron. The C. P. R. and Can- ,'iCian Northern rails are made In Pittsburg. Score another for Blair and the Intercolonial.' He's all right. So's the liilercolonlnl. A remarkable tiling occurred last wee-k In New York city. A Russian prince of the bluest blood addressed a vast audience of worhlng people and arraigned their plutocratic plunderers In severest terms. Tills could, of course, be but one man\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKropotkin. As all the world 'knows, he long ago renounced wealth und title nnd became an exile because he would not be one of the oppressors. THE TURF. . . '- XV. S. Cook and J. O. Benwell, of the Jockey club, paid out bust Saturday in wages $-100 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD for grading at the Hastings tradk, which will cost some $1,500, and must be completed;for the 24th of May. next. Durable, well-made, all-wool Working Pants, $|.?5. Union Label Overalls\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAll Sizes. Union Label Hats. Special Values in Boys' and Children's Clothing.^ Boys' Odd Pants, from 35c Up. \" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Boys' Overalls, from 25c Up. Donaldson & Mathews Clothier*, Hatters and Men's Outfitters, ?4 Cordova Street, Vancouver Another grade will cost $2,000. Some 1-10 feet of new stables will also be built, the ground adjoining which must be levelled off and grassed, co-itlng a considerable sum of money. It is expected that at least S-l.OCO will be expended this year. The Indefatigable work of Secretary-Treasurer Loluhton Is the very life of the association, and if \"Bob\" has any assistance at all the turf in Vancouver will become famous. pL\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_Sr5laj^ag^a(gllnfy j FkmSSssK*K\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSJ'*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*SiR\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*?|J3| Ai?;\"*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD., \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi-~m-v^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD v-\"**-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm'on'w\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDanil * \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Want a New Bike? Come in and let us tell you about our now Easq Payment Plan. You'll own a high-grade wheel before you realize it is costing you anything. ASK ABOUT IT. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, Bicycle Store 24 Cordova St. SOLE AGKXT CLEVELAND AND TRIBUNE BICYLES. HcLeeinan, McFeely & Co. WHOM Shelf and Heavy WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Carpets, Linoleums, Window- shades, Etc., try \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDllO-llS Westminster Ave. Opposite City1 Hull. Our $2.50 Hat. OI course vou enn buv lict lor huts\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwo luivo tlieiu ourselves its high us ?8. : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,.,.' i \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'- But just the same this $2.50 -is the Hest Value wc ever saw. * It isuliiit good eiioiiRlifor linyonc, n'_ good .looking hut, this year's slmiic, black or brown; und: will wear-iiij well as any hat you etui buy. Come in anv \"try on\" and buy if vou like it. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD;. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:.. Johnston, kerfoot \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD> Co; Vancouver' Dig Clothiers, Hat- \" ters and Men's Furnishers. 104 and 106 CORDOVA STREET. WE CARRY_^> the finest line of Ga- nong Bros., Battger & Co., London, and Stewart & Young, Glasgow, The Latest Specialties in Confectionery and Chocolate, Etc. CAKES of the very best quality, 35c, 40c and 50c per lb. MONTREAL BAKERY COG Westminster Avenue. KELLY, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD WHOW.S.U.E GKOCKKS, Cordova and Water Streets, - Vancouver, B. C. [j^\" Headquarters for Domestic and Bm- |)orted Ciqars and Smoking Sundries. The name of Packard is n guariintee of tlie highest quality,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'stylo-- and fit produced in shoe leather, iin American shoe that is not tin? experiment, but enjoying the largest output of any shoe in the- Unit.d States trade of shoes. We have them in all leathers, shapes-- and styles and are the? exclusive agents in this vicinity. $5.00 Per Pair. FOR GENTLEMEN'S HIGH ART, TAILOR-MADE GARMENTS SUITS TO ORDER OR READY-TO-WEAR AT HALF BEST TAILORS' PRICES. 334 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C Watches Wc arc offering Watches at bottom prices. 110 COIIDOVA SritEKT. Hardie & Thompson Marine and General\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD=_. Consulting Mechanical Engineers 020 Coiidova St. W., Vakccdvek, I). C. Tel. 70 Patentees niul designers ol the HnriMe- Tliiiinpsoii wntor tube holler, new high speed reversini? engines, nnd .special miichlne.y In light sections for mines. PbofeIiLeks Designed. Knoinhs Indicated and . Adjusted. Solo ogents in B. C. and N. W. Territories lor tho United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Ltd. London, Eng. , \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' Tisdall'* Tackle Bods, Reels, Lines, Casts,-- F]ies7^1'tiflciarBaits7Ti'aces^ Baskets, Wading Trousers, Gut Hooks and Fly Books. Store 52lst^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtlw \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\9 M. BEATTIE,. Real Estate and General Auctioneer. Olllco ituil Snlos I-otiin, 111\" Corilnvn Street, Viineoiivur, II. C. Thone8\"l. Mr- I'ii nn Stock nml Und 11 spucinlty 30COOOQOOOOGOOOOOCOOOOGO Is'ou* C'ltnniiicil Cottage, Fifth avenue east, (iiinieii ami Chicken run. Kxtrti largo lot. Going at $9.50 for the next few days. Donl .llu This 0|>|)orlunllij. MilCFARLAl, ROOMK & CO. East End Real Estate and Insurance Agents. 442 Westminster Avenue. Telephone 699 Telephone ~5i. Western Cartage Co W. A. McDonald Trucks, Drays and Express Wagons for all Purposes. ORDERS TAKEN FOR MOOD AND COAL Olllce: 314 Cambie Street. For all kinds of The only union shop in tho city. Society 'Banners !a specialty. 725 Hastings Street. , feS.\"* ffsSl'ilUU. -5B>K"@en . "Print Run: 1900-1903

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