The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1912-10-26
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note: wm mmmm mmm W. 'pmWrS mmmmmm 61li6uUfl6« ...;, A* THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIO WOPWRIAL JPNITY: -STRsWOTrt «saa«>, ." : OFWCtAt PAP^^^^ -'.,...."'.,'.. *^b, ' ' ^» ^KU Fourth Year, No. 81. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TIUDBS,AOTh LAJBOlt COUNCn. AW) B. C. FBDMUTION i VANOOWEB, B, G, J8i$p.DAY, 0(TW)BfiB26,1912. RAMIFICATIONS OF THE VANCOUVER ISLAWCOAl TMjM Mackenzie & Mann Control Entire Coast : Coal Industry. The Canadian Collerttt .Company tnd other mining companies and dealers In eoal In thlt vicinity insist so ftr is possible upon treating with their men Individually. They do not want to deal' with any combination or union ot workmen. But so far as we have heard, no official ot any ot these companies hu ever explained why lt It to wicked tor ltbor to combine tnd at the same time perfectly right for capital to combine. Why does lt make such t difference whose toot the shoe Mont It lsbor expected to tblde by I higher code of ethics thin its employers? No doubt It does so, but the coal combine hss no right to Insist thtt It must do so. The Winers'Union II Indeed Quite harmless while the coal .trust Is more or less detrimental to every,consumer of coal. ■»' It Is difficult to realise how tightly the consumers of British Columbia ire held In thtt Iron grip of the trusts, tnd particularly of (he coal trust. Many years ago a prominent capitalist who wss also a director ot the Canadian Pacllc Railway, acquired about one- third of Vancouver Island. This third consists of the-whole eastern coast of the Island, extending from a point opposite Bute Inlet away down to tht southern extremity. It It In thlt great And valuable stretch of land that practically all tht merchantable eoal on tht blind, or anywhere In ltt vicinity, > ft to bt found. Thus wss born the present greedy coal trust. The next step wit thtt the Canadian Ptelfle Railway director,-having vainly tried to dispose ot the land elsewhere—presumably to the Canadian Pacific Railway—finally sold It to McKensle ind Min…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344782
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Ltd.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text