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FEDERATION^ OFFICIAL PAPBR: VANCOUVBK TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. 0. F1DERATI0N OF LABOR. <a^ POLITICAL UNrtfTvUTKllttl V-fVyCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1914. .fclQHT PAGES (-ar) ii^Q pp YBAiip Pastor of Kitsilano Congregational Church Places Responsibility Of Vancouver Island Miners Trouble on Oovernment Where It Belongs Rev. A.E. Cooke, pastor of Kitsilano Congregatlonol church, recently preached a powerful sermon on the Vancouver Island miners' strike. He eald: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter for He that Ib higher than the highest regardeth, and there be higher than they. Moreover the proflt of the earth is for all.— Eccles. v:8-9. . Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of ChrlBt— Gal. vl:2. Both the Old and' New Testaments are my authority for speaking do to-night The oppression of the poor and the perversion of justice have ever been the objects of divine wrath and denunciation. The sympathetic heart and helping hand that will bear burdens and lift loads for our fellowmen—these are parks of the Christ-spirit. Every Old Testament prophet lifted his voloe tn the name of Ood to denounce wrong whenever he found it, and Christ Himself let loose the vials ot His wrath against those who "devour widows' houses," worshipped position and neglected justice and mercy. I believe the time has come when some one •hould speak out ln the name of righteousness and justice on behalf of the miners on Vancouver Island. I may be blamed for Interfering ln this matter, but If the church of Jesus Christ keep silent on a question so vital to the best Interests of humanity who, then, shall speak? 1 repudiate entirely the assumption that the Christian pulpit Is "Interfering" when It deals with snch questions as this. The man who believes In Ood and fights for the right can never get out of his sphere, and he who shuts his eyes and hts month simply to save himself trouble Ib recreant to the name and spirit of Christianity. I shall no doubt be accused of political bias, but I assert right here, that so far as I am concerned, political affairs have absolutely nothing to do with it. I am Independent ot both political parties; my politics are "the Kingdom of Ood" and my platform "His will done on earth as lt Ib ln heaven. I have taken.all possible (rouble to flnd out the facts. Almost three months ago as a member ot the Mln lsterlal association of this city, I had the honor of seconding a strong resolution calling on the dominion government to appoint a proper commission to Investigate the whole situation on Vancouver Island, so that the public might get the true facts of the caso, under oath, if need be. We asked every ministerial association from Manitoba to this coast to take similar action, and most of them have done ao, hut from that day to this our communication has not even been acknowledged. Meanwhile the war on the Island has gone on, men are Imprisoned, women and children suffering, the general public being both Ignored and deceived, and whoever 'wants to know the truth of the matter Is compelled to find out for himself. For over two months I have been investigating It for myself. I have read everything written about It. I have the published statements of the lawyers who are handling tbe oases ln the courts, and of no less than four Christian ministers who have lived on the spot or been thero while the trouble wae at Its holght. I have Interviewed most of these men. I have the correspondence between union officials and the govern men's of Ottawa and Victoria. I havo Interviewed many men Immediately concerned, Including miners and union officiate. 1 have corresponded with representative men on the island who take opposite sides on the question I have studied the evidence given before tbe labor commission a year ago, also Commissioner Prices report, and the flies of the press Blnce the beginning of the strike. I have done my utmost to arrive at the true facts of the whole situation, and l purpose to set them forth as I see them. I may be all wrong ln my conclusions. I do not believe I am, but If so, then let the dbmlnion government put Its own laws Into foroe and prove me wrong. Let the minister of labor dare to do as we have asked him, let him drag the whole wretched business Into the full sunllgh.of publicity and If I am wrong I shall gladly take baok every atatement proved ln- Trt me briefly outline the history of the present struggle as I under- (Continued on page 6) CONVICTED MINERS NOW BEING GIVEN FREEDOM It Is rare and refreshing to flnd that even the Judges ln this pro vines are at last, although only ln a few Instances, beginning to show real judgment. During the past week several miners, oonvloted on charges of unlawful assembly, have been liberated. Is It that the iaw now sees the futility of its own acts and has at last come to the conclusion that the persecution has lasted long enough? Suoh a consummation Is to be devoutly desired and every person In the community will welcome It The Government and Mine Owners The premier staled this week <"• the floor of the. house that there "is nothing abnormal in the coal situation on the island." Those are his words plainly spoken,. inert though they appear.. Since confederation there have industrial disturbances In the dominion of Canada of and serious a nature as those now raging on Vancomt and yet the responsible head of the government deli states that everything is normal, thai everyone it purst even tenor of his way. Thai such a statement thotw colossal'falsehood or monumental ignorance is plainly ent. There is none so blind as he who will not see, and now evident that the government does not want to tee, has also, like the deaf adder, stopped its ears and refused even to listen. Of all the positions Sir Richard McBride hat ever taken up, his attitude as special pleader for the coal companies is the most indefensible and at ihe same time the least creditable lo himself. The premier and the attorney-general, instead of holding the scales of justice evenly have openly and brazenly espoused the cause of the owners. Their refusal to recognize ihe existence of industrial Warfare on the island is but the culmination of the corrupt path they have consistently followed throughout the history of the struggle. Both these, ministers— who really are the government—have shown such a devotion to the interests of ihe owners, such a contempt for the requests, of ihe men, that the man in street is beginning to ask what the secret understanding between Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Richard McBride really is. When the enormous sums that the province has already guaranteed lo Mackenzie and Mann, thi favors they have already been granted, and the fact that1 the premier has the effrontery lo calmly propose to give them another $10,000,000 are taken into consideration, the citizens of the province are forced to the conclusion that there must be some secret understanding between the premier and Messrs. Mackenzie and Mann—an understanding that is detrimental in the last degree to the welfare of the workers. It is now. high lime for the government to come out into the open and see that the facts of ihe matter are placed straight before the public and lei the public judge as to where the blame for this deplorable affair should be properly placed, li is the public's right and they demand that their right be complied with. I STATE Of IDE Day Labor Reviewed by Royal City Council Trades and Labor Deputation Wait on City Fathers Mayor and Aldermen Agree to Union Label—Milk Question NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 24.— Day labor on the Sapperton sewer work and the privilege, or rather right of any man to purchase ten cents' worth of milk tor ten cents in cash instead ot buying a dollar's worth of tlokets were two things presented to the olty council by the municipal. committee ot the Trades and Labor council last evening. President D. S. Cameron and Delegate W. E. Maiden attended In the city hall to present the prayer of the trades council, As a whole, the council seemed to favor the Idea of day labor on the Sapperton sewer work. Aid. Dodd, who haB always consistently advocated day labor on olty work for three years, spoke strongly In favor of It and Bald It could be proved that the city could save the contractor's proflt by doing the work itself. Aid, Kell- Ington, as chairman of the finance committee stated that the work on the outfalls could not be done by day labor as It would require the Installation of expensive machinery, which It would not pay the city to buy for the job. However, he believed that local labor could be properly safeguarded under contract. Also the pipe contract would have to be let, the pipe to be made on the ground, but here again the contractors were bound to employ local labor. It Is probable that as much day labor as possible will be employed on the Sapperton sewer work, all the councillors expressing themselves as favoring the principle. Milk Tickets. In the matter of the practice of local dairies In regard to the sale of of milk, astonishment was expressed by several councillors and the mayor at the state of affairs revealed by Mr. Maiden. The Crystal dairy had been specially mentioned and Mayor Oray remarked that there were four or five shareholders In that institution on the council. He was a small one himself and, while he had bought his milk tlokets by the dollar's worth he had done so because he had a notion that he saved money that way, but had no Idea that he could not buy a single quart tor cash lt he wished. Aid. Ooulet thought lt an outrage that a poor man or woman could not, buy one quart of milk at a time for cash. Nobody should be forced to pay In advance. Aid. Annandale could not understand such conduct on the part ot the dairies. He had been ln business for over twenty-five years and had always been glad to sell anybody any quantity of anything as long as they were willing to pay for tt He could not see where any good business principle governed the conduct of the dairies. The question waB finally referred to the health committee for report. Un|on Label. Another matter brougbt up by the deputation from the trades council was that of having the union label on the city's stationery. Mr. Maiden pointed out that there were a number of union printing firms in the olty paying the union scale of wageB and that all the employees of those firms spent their money here and were helping to build up the elty. It was Expected to Jm- ,ng March- oters Active Commodities- Cheap—Organisation Needed CHA8. MOYER President Western Federation of Minera, who refuses to be bluffed, beaten or bamboozled Into retreat at the hands of the Hecla and Calumet Mining Co., In Michigan. i (Special Correspondence.) SMITHERS, B.C., Feb. 21.—Business has been slow and collections tardy thla winter. Branch banks are of very little use In a small place like this, because they are not supposed tb allow overdrafts, and also there is a money shortage due mainly to the recent building operations. This state of affairs will soon take a change, lt Is expected for the better during March. After a spell of Idleness, carpenters are fairly busy. Three painters, with the occasional assistance of one or two carpenters, easily do all the painting there Is io be done here. One tinsmith does all the work ln his line excepting three large jobs which were done by a "Prince Rupert firm, Stovewood cutters have overstocked the market at 15.50 a cord. The price for wood now is $4.60 to $5.00. One small and three large poolrooms are Three Too Many at Present for the town to support, and were It not for the sidelines of cigars, tobaccos, stationery, etc., they could not exist. One might say that the restaurants are doing as well as can be expected, but a third of the business is done on 30 days' credit. The hotel, which Is urgently needed here, has not received its license yet, although lt has been built and ready for business for some time. Room rent ranges from $2 to $4.60 a week. Reading matter is ten per cent, higher than at Vancouver. Prices for hardware are low. Bricks are not Ini ported, as freight rates make lt prohibitive. Cement blocks of every kind are manufactured on the ground, and sold at a shade less than clay brick, just so as to be able to compete. Local-made lumber checks bad and the Imported stuff Ib very Uttle better, when the price Is taken Into consider atlon. Prices of Commodities Six quarts of milk are sold for $1. (Vancouver vendors, if they could handle the trade here, might one and all become millionaires, aa they, are so well skilled in the art of doping milk), Eggs, $1 a dosen; apples, 5 oents each; tobacco, coast prices. Labor, ln general, cheap, as Is the usual well-established custom. The only solution for this state of affairs here Is the formation of unions of the different trades. This would eradicate the evil of one trade "butting ln" on the rights and jurisdiction of outside trades. There is plenty of work here for a capable union organiser. Dray- age business Is very quiet, and horse- feed is high, hay being sold at Telkwa, nine miles distant, for $27.60 a ton. Last year prevailing prices were $60 to $70 a ton to railroad contractors, in the summer plenty of bay Is shipped In carload lots from this point. Idle cooks are aplenty ln this district, likewi-3 their flunkeys. Quite a number ot men looking for something to do arrive weekly. An Imperative Necessity "j At the inception of the trouble in the coal mining dittrtct of Vancouver island the minen involved asked for a governmental investigation into the comet leading up to the dispute. They have repeatedly put forward the tame request, but the government hat ignored them and tried to stop any enquiry, into the points at issue. Men in various waUts of life, busineu societies, ministerial association, tradu and labor councils, labor unions and federations of anions have all aiked the premier to hold an official enquiry, but, up to the preient, to no avail. Even the judge who has presided at the trials of many miners is of opinion that such an investigation it an imperative necessity. Every right thinking man and*woman in British Columbia wants a full and; complete enquiry into the wholo affair, This is exactly what the minors want and exactly what the government refuses to give. That the men are convinced of the righteousness of their cause is evidenced by their insistent desire for an impartial investigation. The owners are apparently equally convinced1 of the untenabilily of their own position and are frightened-al the idea of their lawlessness being laid bare. That the provisions of Ae Mines Regulation act have been ignored, that its spirit, as well as letter, has been trampled under-foot by the coal barons, is well known to anyone who has, even to a slight degree, familiarized himself with the facts of the case. Labor in British Columbia calls again on the government of the province lo at once institute a full and complete enquiry into the industrial conditions on Vancouver island. .Sir Richard McBride has stated there it no necessity for such an enquiry, but Sir Richard knows better. He knows full well that there is the gravest necessity for having the whole affair brought out into the light of day. The government can no longer ignore the men's requests for investigation or the recommendations of the bulk of ihe people that such an investigation should be held. It is of urgent necessity and should be no longer delayed. * IT ON CMC coime Considerable Cross - Firing Over Employment on Sooke Waterworki Suggestions Adopted — The No-Work Problem Is Still Serious History of tbe Vancouver Island Coal Mines PORTLAND GETS CONFERENCE. Printers Change Date of Meeting to April. Annual conventions of tbe Northwest Typographical conference, with which the typographical unions of Washington and Oregon, and most of those of British Columbia are affiliated, will hereafter be held on the second Monday In April. The sessions have heretofore been held at the same time that the conventions of the Washington State Federation of Labor and the Oregon State Federation of Labor were ln session. The plan to change the date of the typographical conference conventions has been adopted by a vote of the district, the proposition oarrylng by a vote of 245 to 52. It was provided at the same time that should the plan to change the time of the meetings be adopted, the next session should be held at Portland. STRIKE IN N. S. W. Waterfront Men Oo Out In Sympathy With Striking Butchers, A cable on Wednesday states that the waterfront workers of Sydney, N. 8. W„ have expressed themselves ln sympathy with the striking butchers ot the state by refusing to handle consignments ot frozen rabbits and other meat for export which they allege Is needed for local consumption. The export of these supplies would harm fellow members of trade unions, they contend. Some 6000 Ironworkers are now on strike and lt is expected that hundreds of carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, carters and laborers will be Idle by the end of this week because of the delay in completing the Ironwork on buildings now under construe tlon AVOID CANADA, Notice to Union Sscretarlss. Local union secretaries will assist The "Fed." If they will see tbat union cards and directories are corrected up to date. The names of newly, elected officers Bhould be sent ln without delay. Friends of John Halpln, cem,ent worker, will be pleased to learn of his recovery, having been laid up for 18 months wtth a fractured leg. It was thought at one time that he would lose the limb by amputation. only fair that the city counoll should patronise those firms and put the union label on Its stationery. Mayor Oray and the council agreed. The committee were requested to furnish the council with a list of officers ln a position to use the label and the assurance was given that the matter would receive the earnest consideration of the city councillors. H. Olbb, representative of the Trades and Labor Council on the exeoutive of the Progressive association, was welcomed to his seat by motion at the regular meeting of the executive Tuesday afternoon. Considerable routine buslnesB was transacted, the secretary aiid Industrial commissioner reporting fully on his activities. A special committee consisting of Messrs. H. Scbaake, W. T. Reld and J. Dorgan was appointed to meet the council of the Board of Trade Wednesday afternoon, to discuss matters of mutual Interest. Is Advice of Father Bernard Vaughan to Old Country People, A recent London dispatch Btates Father Bernard Vaughan Is busy knocking Canada. Lecturing on his American tour before a crowded audience ln the Free Trade Rail at Manchester last night he strongly recommended Englishmen to go tfi the United States, and not to Canada. He said conditions in the Canadian West were terrible. There were three months good weather and nine bad. He knew a great many who had gone there were anxious to return. A North of England farmer told him he advertised for a ploughman In colonial papers and in response received 2000 pleading applications. ERNEST MILLS Secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, who Ib playing an Important part in the big strike of Michigan Copper Miners. LABORERS' EMPLOYMENT. State of Trade Dull—Discrimination on Street Work. John Sully, business agent for the civic employees, says that the state ot trade Is still very dull, and that large numbers of men wbo have heen wltb the street department for years are being laid off by Superintendent Walker. "This to my mind ln not a few Instances is unfair," Bald Mr. Sully, "for the reason that when times were good and labor was scarce, these men stayed with tbe olty when they could just as well have got work at higher wages elsewhere. Further, those men received no more money when times were brisk than they do now. We all sympathise with married men, but In order to give them work undue discrimination should not be resorted to. Again, there are mechanics and others working for the city at present, wbo will when opportunity arrives, leave the city and go back to their trades. Laborers Bhould bave protection In their employment just as well as any of the skilled tradeB." How Public Property Was Acquired and, Filched From the People Many Million Dollars Taken By Ooal-owners and Used to Oppress the Workers AN EASY METHOD OF HELPING THE "FED." Probably the most effectlvo service which looal unionists can render to The "Fed." during the next few weeks, while Industrial conditions are "tight" would be to make It known to advertisers that you appreciate their patronage In your own paper. Demand the union label, of course, but make sure that you give your patronage to "Fed." advertisers. If ever)' union man ln Vancouver will comply with this modest request The "Fed." will have no difficulty In enlarging to twelve pages at an early date. South Vancouver council haB appointed O. W. Hubbard building Inspector. He assumes his duties on March 1st. Musicians' Association held a very successful "smoker" at their hall, corner Oranvllle and Robson streets last Friday evening. The minister of labor can make up his mind, good and quick, that organized labor ln this big dominion is not in favor of having the awards of boards of conciliation, under the Lemleux act, made compulsory. The organized workers get too many raw deals handed out to them now, and they do not propose to have any add! tlonal fetters shackled upon them. It Is not the fault ot trades unionists that the present department of labor has fallen Into such disrepute. A little more backbone upon the part of the minister of labor In regard to the British Columbia miners' strike would be far preferable to tinkering with tho present act. The Hon. Mr. Crothers would do well to make the best ot his present opportunities before he enters upon further experiments.—Industrial Banner. In discussing the troubles on Vancouver Island It Ib well to bear ln mind the way In which the coal lands on the Island were alienated from the public. When the tremendous extent and value of the coal mines around Nanalmo were realised a group of capitalists thought It high time to transfer these areas to their private ownership. They did not thing of buying them—that would be foolishness. So they went about ln the name of giving service to the people and got wbat they wanted. Robt. Dunsmuir and his son, James Dunsmuir, John Dryden, and three Americans, Charles Croker, Leland Stanford and Collls P. Huntington of California, started to work. They got from the dominion and provincial governments laws granting a charter for the Esquimau and Nanalmo railway. Then to help them build the railway they got Ji750,000 cash and 1,900,000 acres of and, coal and otherwise, to build seventy-eight miles of railway from Victoria to Wellington. Remember that previous to this the Dunsmuir family had received crown grants of other coal lands. This cash grant of nearly ten thousand dollars a mile was enough to build the road in those days of oheap supplies and light material. Mr. Mitchell of New Brunswick, speaking In the house of commons on May 9th, 1900, estimated the wealth given to the Dunsmulrs and partners at from $100,000,000 to $200, 000,000. Dunsmuir has admitted that he employed from 700 to 800 Chinese ln his Wellington coal mines, and that the Chinese did the manual work. These Chinese workers existed ln a state of squalor and worked for half or nearly half of what the white workera got They were paid $1 or $1.25, while whites got $2. The superintendent of the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company declared at that time, that during a strike of the white workers, "we accepted the Chinese as a weapon to settle the strike." Estimates of the wealth of the Dunsmuir family have been placed at between $30,000,000 and $40,000,- 000. In 1911 the mines operated by the Wellington Colliery Company were taken over by a new combination, the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited, headed by Sir William Mackenzie as president. The amount paid to the Dunsmulrs was $8,000,000, the amount paid by Mackenzie and Mann to the Intermediaries who organized the deal was $11,000,000. Members of the B. C. government could doubtless throw light on the difference of $3,000,000. Into whose pockets did this huge sum go? Then after Sir Wm. Mackensle had got the mines for $11,000,000 he succeeded In floating It for $25,000,000—another slice ot Illegitimate profit, And this same man who gets millions ln thta way goes to the government for armed forces to brutally Ill-treat the men who dare to demand safety for life and limb. Officers of a large number of un ions at the Labor Temple report the state of trade as not Improving much and Inactivity seems to be the prevailing note. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. «.—The no-work" problem, though not so acute as It was a month ago, is still a serious one In this olty. Large numben appear every day st theclrw employment bureau looking for soae- thlng to do. Laat Friday evening aa Indignant deputation, comprising Sl^Li!-?.0,,y w«*»en, ttterrie*a; the streets committee of the ctt» councU regarding the employment ot aliens on the Sooke waterworks. Attar a very lengthy and sgMed discussion the water commissioner promised that ln future any foreman who. hired men ln contravention of tbe orders would be let go. - Mr. Rust said that the Sooke undertaking had never been supplied men through the olty bureau on Tate* street, and to that extent the men's case had some foundation. However,' . he considered himself as truitee both . for the city and the Westholme Lumber company to the completion of tbe contract. Therefore, he regarded the flrst consideration as cheapness sad efficiency. He had not been Instructed to hire men at tbe labor bureau, except maybe a cook. A lengthy ar. gument followed re emr' yment agencies betwen members of the deputation and Aldermen McNeill, Porter, DUwortb, Todd and McCandlesa. Tbo workmen urged a better system of notifying the unemployed who apply for work at the civic employment bureau, whereby It would not be necessary for scores of men to attend dally at tbe civic yard, Yates street A speaker suggested that hereafter a list of twenty-five men, whose names were flrst on the list ot thoee seeking employment, should he posted every morning at the civic yard. This' would remove the necessity of scores of men waiting ahout In the hope of being called to go out on a Job. If a man turned up at the yard and his name was not among the twenty-live he could then go elsewhere ln search of work. On the recommendation of Aid. Todd, this suggestion was adopted, and will he pat Into foroe. MORE CONVICTIONS. Several Miners Let Out on Suspended Sentence. NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 26.— During the week four prisoners accused of complicity In the troubles at Nanalmo were found guilty and two were liberated. On Thursday Charles Styles was found guilty of unlawful assembly and let out on suspended sentence. On Friday Arthur Jordon was convicted on the two charges of riot and unlawful assembly. Jordan Is secretary ot the Nanaimo branch of the United Mine Workers of America, and was not given bis liberty. Mr. Justice Morrison reserved sentence. Monday the jury found Alexander Laird guilty on the usual two counts. The judge allowed him oat on suspended sentence as he had already spent nearly three months In Jail. On Tuesday Robert Farrell waa alao found guilty and remanded back to Jail for sentence. This trial had been postponed to enable witnesses for tbe defence to testify. The same day Justice Morrison liberated David Gil- mour, an eighteen-year-old youth, on the urgent request of prisoner's mother. Oilmour was convicted a few weeks ago and Is the flrst of the Extension men to go free. The reported arrangement between counrM for tbe crown and the defense In the Vancouver Island strike cases did not materialise yesterday, as anticipated. Tbere are still rumors floating about regarding the negotiations between tbe two sides which, if consummated successfully, would bring the present court of assizes to a close, but so far nothing definite haB been arrived at. "Nut-splitters" In Sundance. A conference of International officers, business agents and organizers of Machinists' unions throughout tbe country will be held ln St. Louis on March 9. Favors Six-hour Day A San Francisco dispatch Bays that the Bay District Carpenters' council will submit to a referendum vote the question of reducing hours to six a day in an effort to equalize work. The unionists claim that a large number of workers In their craft are now unemployed because of the claims made ln eastern newspapers that work Is good in this city because of the erection of the exposition buildings. Berry Has Opposition. Qeorge L. Berry, general president of the Printing Pressmen and Assistants' International union, Is now making the race for reelection with Frank O'Hare, of Boston, Mass., as his opponent UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM 6R0WIN0 MORE 8ERIOUS It is now a fortnight since a deputation representing the city of Vancouver received a promise from the government of British Columbia that something would be done at once for the unemployed. The question Ib acute and demands Immediate solution, but up to the present no steps have been taken towards relieving the situation. Publlo works are required—why cannot they be started now and provide work for the many who are seeking employment? Already the old world Is looking askance at this province and every outward mall carries a shoal of complaints and orltlolslms. Measures for al- lievlating the preeent trouble should be undertaken at once, PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST. FRIDAY FEBRUARY IT, 1914. Westminster Trust, Limited Capital, 01,000,000.00. Mm treat, SMA0O0.00 ■ubsoribaa, $soi,ooo.oo We hive MONEY TO LOAN on Improved property. Estates managed for out-of-town and city clients. Payments collected and forwarded or Invested. We act as agents only tor the purchase and aale ot real estate. Deposits accepted and Interest at 4% allowed on daily balance. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT v Head Offlce: Columbia and Begbie Street New Weatminster, B. C. jr. J. Jonas, massing SlrtoMr J. A. Banal*, Eaantaiy-Trmnrai. THE S. BOWELL COMPANY Sioomsoti to Outer A Banna, lta. 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He could compete with private concerns operating cold storage plants and the scope of the market would be greatly increased. The elimination of middlemen's profits ln the necessities of life is an important feature of reducing the living cost and one in which the city has the power and opportunity to do much to help Its citizens." 1 Wt are showing a beautiful Una of Houae Coats In Wool, Silk and Valvat- alto Dnsslns Robes In Wool. All sitae from 14 to 41. —rem, FRICIS OF HOUSt COATS HANOI FROM SIM tt SUN DRESSING ROBIS FROM 17 to ltt Thnt makt handtomt Chrittmat gifts for Husband, Son or Frlanda Call and Inapact our Mock. Br paying a dapotlt wt will lay ont aaldt for you for a natonablt itngth ef Umt. ' """• ,w SCOTCH CLOTHING HOUSE, Ltd. (Kennath Orant, Managing Dlrtetor.) SS-St OOBDOVA Carpantara' Whllt Duok Ovtralla, with IS pickets, unltn labal 11,71 Man't Htavy Twits Pants, union MM to 11.10 Wt ask ftr your patronage Injur Suit and Ovtrcoat Depart- manta, when wt glva valut tvaryllmt. w PATENTS Tradt Marks, Dtalgna, Copyrights. FITHIRSTONHAUOH at So. Thi Old latibllihtd Firm of |j.| FATiNT ATTORNEYS 111 IS* Rogtrt Bldg., Oranvllli Strut City. Phona Seymour snt. DuftNlrfatCaS. FkaMBar.SM FulonACawel tmOOnmffi— MACK BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS Vancouvtr Britlah Columbia PATRONIZE LABOR TEMPLE POOL ROOM DEMAND WILL INCREASE. Problem Befort the Poultryman It Not One of Market. Some people claim that the poultry Industry is overdone. Quotations for poultry and eggs ln the leading markets of the country do not bear out the claim. There Ib a shortage ot beef and pork ln the country and the prices of those products are ever soaring higher and higher. With them, very naturally, goes the price for poultry. People must eat and as the population Increases, so wtll the demand for poultry and eggs. The problem before the poultryman is not one of finding a market It Is the problem of producing poultry and eggs at a minimum cost In order to secure the maximum proflt on the product. Too many poultrymen are like the city man who ran a stock farm as a "hobby." He confided to a friend that a carload of beeves which he sold at the Union stockyards at market prices had cost him forty-two cents a pound to produce. Of course, he thought that the Industry was overdone. And yet hundreds of men have become comfortably well-to-do by producing and selling beef at tbe current market prices. They succeed by solving the problem of profitable production. The successful market poultryman Ib solving the problem In the same way. ksreucd-eQ eednoffs tHT H THT dd CITY MARKET NOTES The Okanagan Jams and Jellies are selling freely and voted the best pro curable. An extraordinary condition on the city market at present is the small supply ot local eggs. A lot of young laying hens (white Leghorns) shipped from Sard's, brought 11.50 each at Friday's auction sale. .," • A car of apples arrived a/rtijt* city market on Wednesday. It'apntalns1 586 boxes and Is probahl/vtne last car ot the season out of* the Okanagan. - :* ' A feature of last was one ton of cooking by a local merchant The prices varied from 16 cents to 20 cents Vnound. „. T. O. Spears, of Kelowna, Visited the market on Tuesday. He predicts a large crop in the Okanagan this ]* : a ■ h <•■_ <>- FridptTj auction Ing blnV sent ln A car load of potatoes, 450 sacks, arrived from Chilllwack on Wednesday. There Is a good demand for spuds. It would be good business on the part of the board of trade at Ladner to arrange a market day for Ladner produce. Young hogs are now ln good demand for logging camps. A shipment from Cortes Island last Friday was Immediately bought up at H each. The total shipments made by the Okanagan United Growers' unton up to December 31,1913, were: Fruit, 541 cars; value, $322,563; vegetables and hay, 413 oars; value, (125,827. These figures will be greatly Increased during 1914. Next season may see on this coast Russian eggs, shipped direct from Vladivostok, as well as Siberian butter. On the Atlantic coast the markets have been glutted wtth dairy produce from these countries, as well as several other places. Subscribe to The Federationist and have the market notes before you every week. Many farmers are good as far as growing is concerned, but fail lamentably In marketing tbe produce they have taken so much trouble grow, therefore keep well posted ln market business. Messrs. Smedley and Mulr of Chilllwack were visitors to the city market on Wednesday morning. They claim that the Chilllwack exchange has sold 20 cars ot potatoes to the Northwest. This Is a healthy sign, as lt will save the situation ln Vancouver, where a glut was Imminent. A few facte regarding the city market may be of Interest. In 1910 the total income was 81,400; last year lt was $17,000, and this year will probably double that of 1913. Many thousands of Backs of potatoes, carrots and other vegetables are bought and sold monthly and with the exception ot milk and meat practically every thing required for t|ie table. OKANAGAN APPLES , A FEATURE 'of Potatoes Arriving in Large Quantities Are Selling Freely Lower Rates for Handling The eost of handling produce was closely discussed at the annual meeting of the Okanagan United Growers' Association, at Vernon last week, and It wat resolved that the charges on soft fruit and vegetables tn crates should be cut 50 per cent; on vegetables ln bulk by the ton from $2 to 75 cents and hay charges from $1.00 to 75 cents. The charges on apples, crabs and pears were to remain as formerly., Old Country Apple Market Good. Apples from eastern Canada are finding a ready sale ln the old country, the market there taking them at prices which are commented upon as better than are obtainable In Western Canada. Northern Splea command up to 26 shillings a barrel, Baldwins 22s to 26s, greenings 22s to 2Sj4s, and russets up to iiy2e a barrel. RETAIL PRICES. Following are cash prices for delivered staple commodities by loesl dealers: - Beef, sirloin steak, beat, lb ® .SB Beef, medium, shoulder, roast, lb ■ .15 Si .18 Veal, roasting piece from forcquarter, lb 15 ftii ,20 Mutton, leg roaat, lb. .'. fl> .25 Pork, fresh, roasting piece from ham, lb 22 @ .26 Pork, aalt, short cut, Canadian mess, lb ® .18 Breakfast bacon, smoked, „ „. best, not Siloed •••• ® -'6 Flah, freah, good quality, „ Salmon, lb ... «"> 15 Lard, pure leaf, beat, lb.. .... 9 .20 Egga, strictly frosh, dos. ... W .4S Eggs, packed, dot •■•• V -35 Milk, delivered, quart Butter, dairy, in tuba, lb 0 .88 Butter, creamery, prints, _ :: lb •••• O •"> Cheese, local, Canadian, _ .„ old, ib 9 -80 Cheese, local, Canadian, new, lb » .26 Bread, white, lti lb. loaf •••• ® ><" flour, ordinary family, 86 lb. bag © .85 Rolled oata, standard, 7 A lba .... *"» .U Rice, good medium "B" ,_ „„ brand •■•■ O ■»» Beans, common, dry, band picked, lb ... g .}« Apples, evaporated, lb -- ® -"ti Prunea, lb. .... 9 .1814 Tet, black, Ceylon, Pekoe, Souchongs, lb ® .40 Tea, green, Japan, good common @ .60 Coffee, roasted, Rio or Santoi Potatoes, local, saok Vinegar, white wine, xxx Starch, laundry" ib,"....".. Sugar, cane, granulated, in 18 Ib. bags Sugar, cane, yellow, in 17 lb. baga Coal, Penn. good anthracite, atove size, delivered, ton Coal, bltuminoua, delivered, lump, ton.... Coal, bituminous, delivered, nut, ton Coal, bltuminoua, delivered, pea, ton Dry oordwood, cord Blocks, load Mill ends, load fllaha,. short lengths, load Slaba, four foot lengths, cord 0 8.60 POULTRY BREEDERS. Te Be Atsslted by the Provlnolal Government of Alberta. With the object ot assisting the poultry raisers of the provinoe who desire to improve their stock, A. W. Foley, provincial poultry superintendent, has been instructed by the minister of agriculture, Alberta, to Increase the stock ot the poultry plant to 1,000 birds. The breeds kept are white and barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons, white Wyan- dottes and Rhode Island Reds. At the Edmarten plant an 1800 egg incubator is being Installed to assist the present Incubator equipment in supplying baby chicks. The price ot any of the above breeds will probably be $2.50 a dozen, $4 for 25, and $7.50 tor 50. A limit of 60 chicks to be sent to any one person. The following breeds are being also placed on the demonstration farms: Claresholm, white Wyandottes; Medicine Hat, buff Orpingtons; Olds, barred Rocks; Sedgewiok, barred Rocks; Stony Plain, barred Rocks; and Vermillion, Rhode Island Reds. The probable price of Cggs 'supplied trom the central plant or demonstration farms will be: $1.00 per setting of 13 eggs, $2.50 for three settings and $3 for 60 eggs. Orders limited to 50 eggs. USE THE CLEAVER. The Cry of the Beef Trust li No Bogey. Representatives of the Harris abattoir at Toronto, may write long letters to the newspapers or hold their hands aloft ln mock piety when charged with a desire to see the destruction of the civic cattle market, but those on the inside know that there Ib a beef trust at work In Canada, and that Its agents are particularly busy In (he large cities. Men wbo worked and voted to defeat reciprocity are now acting as lackeys for the combine—If they are not actually part of that combine, Let the cities arm for war, The enemy is not a myth. The cry ot the "beet trust" la no bogey. The people will soon discover, If steps are not taken at once to enter Into competition with the men who' are using fair and foul means that the public market will be smashed. Again we remind our readers they are shareholders In the municipal market, They must strengthen the hands of their representatives In the city council who are willing to help build the public market. Keep the matter at white heat and victory Is assured for the cause of municipal ownership. "Salmon Day," March 13th "Salmon day" will be celebrated ln the U. S. Pacific coast states on March 13th. Preparations are being made for commemoration on an extensive scale. Fisheries, operators, scientists and public officials will attend the flsh festival, and events are expected to attract nationwide attention. Beginning with a email peek In 1864, Just fifty yean ago, valued at a few thousand dollars, the business has developed to an extent never dreamed of by Its founders. It reached Its high water mark In 1913 with a pack of over 8,000,000 cases, or mon. than 400,000,000 cans, valued at $40,000,000. On this coast over 36,000 people are dlreotly employed in the salmon canning operations, and thousands of others are engaged Indirectly In the preparation of supply, transportation and distribution of the pack. Few B. 0. Eggs Are Offering —Boot Vegetables Slow Winter Bhubarb Potatoes are arriving in large quantities, now that the weather has opened up. This week two cars arrived from Ladner, two cars from Chilllwack, and one from Agassis. These are selling freely round $20 a ton, and meantime the market shows no signs .of lower prices. ' A> car of apples arrived from Kelowna on Tuesday, There were 600 boxes In the car, mostly Royal Jenette and Ben Davis. They show wonderful condition for the time they have been In storage, and should sell very readily at a good figure. This is probably the last car ot the season from the Okanagan. Eggs should be arriving In good quantities trom the local farmers, but for some unexplained reason, very few are offering. Surely this is not a wise policy for the farmers to pursue, as the American farmers are getting the benefit of this city, which is tbe natural market for B. C. producers. Present prices, 35 cents a dozen. Root vegatables are Btlll selling slowly, no doubt due to the activities of Mr. Chink, who peddles from door to door ln Vancouver, without let or Hindrance, not even a license. Winter rhubarb is selling steadily at 10 cents a pound in box lots, while hay and feed are same as last week. The following are tbls week's prices: Applet. Royal Jenette, No. Is, box .v Royal Jenette, No. 2s, box , Ben Davles, No. Is, box .'. .'. Ben Davles, No. 2s, box Cookers, box Potatott. 2.75 2.50 2.25 1.75 Local, No. 1, sack.— Local, No. 2, sack Vegetables. Carrots, sack ' Turnips, sack Parsnips, sack Cabbage, lb Rhubarb, lb f .10 Eggs. Local new laid, dos Wash, new laid, dos Poultry. Broilers, light, dos $ 6.00 Broilers, heavy, doz... 7.00 Hens, heavy, doz 10.00 Pullets, doz 10.00 Ducks, .doz Fetd. Hay, ton 14.00 Oats, ton Straw, bale Mtatt. Dressed pork, Whole carcass, lb Dressed veal, whole carcass, lb Dressed lamb, whole carcass, lb, Young hogs, each 4.00 Flnttt Local Btsf. Best cuts, lb Ribs, lb Pot Roasts, lb Lamb, legs, lb Lamb, loins, lb Lamb, shoulders, lb Pork, lege, lb Pork, loins, lb Pork, shoulders, lb Sausages, lb Fresh Flth. Halibut, lb flalmon, two lbs. 26 Ling cod, lb Rock cod, lb Red snapper, lb Soles, lb Smelts, two lba Herring, lb Whiting, lb Skate, Tb Smoked Flih. Kippers, lb, , .76 .76 .86 .35 .10 Kippers, three lbs Bloaters, lb, Bloaters, three lbs Halibut, lb Filleted cod, lb Black cod, two lbs Eastern twiddle, 2 lbs.. Kippered Salmon, lb... Shell Flih. CrabB, two Clams, lb. . . 7.00 B.00 12.00 15.00 12.00 16.00 26.00 .60 .16 4.60 .26 .20 .15 .22 .20 .14 .22 .20 .16 •1254 .10 .36 .10 .10 .10 .10 .25 .06 .10 .10 .10 .26 .10 .25 .16 .15 .25 .85 .15 .26 .06 POINTS FOR FARMERS. John McMillan, manager of the city market, to whom all correspondence should be addressed, has Issued a circular letter to the farmers of British Columbia, ln which he points out that the past history of this province shows that tbe farmers' paramount need bas been a satisfactory market. The city market Is trying to supply this want. Vancouver Is Interested ln the welfare of the farmers of this province, as well as ln the development ot a market. Farmers are asked to note the following points: (1) Ship to Vancouver city market, and advise by post card at once the full particulars of consignment; we do the rest. (2)' Have produce on the market the day previous to sale. (3) Sale days are Tuesday and Friday. (4) Strive to have the best packed goods on the market—It will pay you. (6) We pay freight and drayage and deduct same from account sales. (6) Account sales and cheques are posted Immediately goods are sold. (7) We don't purchase, our business Is to sell tor the farmera. (8) We charge a commission of 10 per cent. (9) We sell everything the farmer produces (except milk). (10) When the market Is low, don't blame us, we are doing our best. (11) Watch the Federationist market page tor market reports. (12) If mistakes occur write us, courteously pointing out the error—lt will be rectified by return mall. Eggs are In good demand, but owing to the Inereased supplies prices are on the down grade. Seattle prices are as low as 25 cents a dosen for strictly fresh local eggs. CITY'S MILK SUPPLY Health Officer Sayt It le All Right Now—Unscrupulous Vendors At last the persistent agitation of the Vancouver Trades and Labor council for stricter supervision of the city's milk supply is bearing fruit, and according to Dr. Underbill, the medical officer of health, Vancouver's lacteal fluid is now equal to any in the dominion. It Is about time, for, up to recently, much of the milk peddled ln the city had been of a low standard and in an Impure condition. Dr. UnderhlU urges householders and other to take great care ln handling milk In their homes, as ln hts opinion most of the complaints now made are found to be owing to careless handling by the users. Under no circumstances should milk be left ln a warm room—even for a short period—and put back ln the refrigerator. The utmost cleanliness must be observed in all utensils used. In spite of the activities of the authorities, no doubt from time to time, unscrupulous vendors will get tn their deadly work and put "dope" In the milk, especially when the warm Weather comes. Children and invalids are always the victims to suffer for. such damnable actions of cheap schemers. POULTRY PICKING A Machine Which Has Many Admirable Features A machine for picking poultry haB been invented which possesses many admirable features, chief of which is that it does not require an operator to hold the fowl against the pickers. The fowls are attached to a belt which travels through the machine, and the picking Is done automatically. The endless belt In which the fowls are hung passes upward through the picking ohamber. Within the latter are two types of pickers. The lower pickers consist of a tubular member with a picking comb, flexibly connected with a tubular fplndle which passes through a frame arranged within the picking ohamber. The picker may be moved out of Its normal position ln any direction required by tbe passage of the fowl through the chamber. The feathers and down on the fowl are grasped between the folds of a bellows and pulled off as the fowl Is fed upward through the belt. Suction through a slot serves to hold the feathers fast to the pickers, and causes them to be torn from the fowl. Immediately thereafter a supply of compressed air passes through the picker, causing lt to release the feathers, which are then blown out ot the top of the chamber by means of a continuous draught of compressed air. Ladner ships the best marketable potatoes ln the province. The government ferry from Ladner to Woodward's Landing will be a good thing for Vancouver. Quite a number of farmers are availing themselves of the ferry for bringing their produce direot to the city market. Arrangements are being made for large shipments of fruit from the Okanagan valley tbls season, and the people of Vancouver will see more Okanagan fruit on the market than at any previous time. Another car of potatoes arrived from Ladner on Tuesday containing 500 sacks. This shipper has the name on the market of shipping the best graded potatoes that come to Vancouver. Phone Seymour NS VENETIAN HAIR PARLOR 717 ORANVILLE STREET Orpheum Thtstrt Building Mn. Qanevlevt Conti Mra. France! Lehman SpiottlMtei Whole Wheat Bread Cholca Family Braad Wadding and Birthday Cakn, Wt Vet Unloa most. BELYEA'S BAKERY ALL KINDS OF CAKES. PASTRY AND CONFECTIONERY Hot Drink* and Lunohai All Ooods Freah Dally. TH. Say, not. Strike On MINERS KEEP AWAY THE Btrike is still on at the * Queen Mine and Silver Dollar, at Sheep Creek, B. C. All working men urged to stay away until the strike is settled Order Ymir Misers' Union UNION CARPENTERS' LABEL bamatlnal BUY ONLY ^..t> BREAD BEAR- B-IHeW-' INQ THIS LABEL THIS LABEL IS A GUARANTEE THAT LEATHER OOODS ARE MADE UNDER FAIR CONDITIONS ^X ' ',HlilW»7IO*,H WWQIL THBISlOCWllff rmmokaot-tmam ■MUM rat. 0 , ALL UNION BUTCHER SHOPS DISPLAY THIS CARD A car of potatoes from Chilllwack arrived on Monday morning. The ear contained 600 sacks. A Word to the Unionists of British Columbia With the beginning of the New Year The Federationist aims to increase its usefulness to the organized labor movement of British Columbia. During the latter part of 1913 The Federationist was enlarged to a minimum of eight pages, and it is now proposed to increase it to twelve pages as soon as possible. Your organization can co-operate in making The Federationist a thoroughly provincial paper in threo ways: (1) By inserting a card in the union directory at the nominal price of $1.00 per month; (2) By subscribing in a body for the entire membership from the local treasury, the paper to be mailed to each individual address at the rate of $1.00 per year each; (3) By sending your orders for job printing to this office, upon which The Federationist will receive 10 per cent, at no increased cost to the patron. Union printers; union-made paper. PENNIES SEEDS In planning the Garden for your Home do not overlook the fact that the well-known'firm of WM. RENNIE CO., LTD. which was established in Toronto over forty years ago, has an establishment in Vancouver second to none in the Seed business on the North American Continent. OVER THREE THOUSAND VARIETIES OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS CARRIED IN STOCK RENNIE'S SEED ANNUAL is issued in January of each year, and is FREE, Send for a copy to-day lest you iorgct tomorrow. You are quite welcome to our Seed Annual even if you require only a few packets ot seeds. No order la too small for our most careful attention, and no order too large for our capacity. "RENNIE'S SEEDS GROW" Write 10-day to WM. RENNIE CO, LTD. 1181 HOMER STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. UsSSBg-V- ' i"l it.i'TIV-T""'-' ' 7 "m-^z__^_________x~_: OFFICIAL PAPER VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST OFFICUL PAFER BRfTISH COL. UMMA FEDERATION OF LASOR SIXTH YEAR. No. 151. VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1914. EIGHT PAGES Hudson's Bay Bargains For Saturday Shoppers Every man appreciates a bargain just as much as every woman docs, only he prefers to buy in a store where he will be treated as a man. Pay us a call on Saturday and look over these bargains. 200 PAIRS MEN'S WALKING BOOTS in Reg. Values $4.00 to $6.00, for ^O 75 per pair. $2^-5 There are both lace and button styles in Tan and Black Leathers. Linings. are Leather and Duck and soles Single and Double. ACTUAL $4 to $6 VALUES FOR... .$2.75 MEN'S REG. TO $25 SUITS TO SELL SATURDAY FOR ONLY $18 .25 Made up from the most popular designs in Tweeds and Worsteds, these splendid value suits come in the most up-to-date styles. Coats are single breasted and being tailored in the best manner we guarantee you a perfect fit. ACTUAL VALUES TO $25 SATURDAY ONLY FOR $18.25 Hudson's Bay Stores CORNER OF GRANVILLE AND GEORGIA J. LECKIE CO., LIMITED SHOE MANUFACTURERS We manufacture every kind of work shoe, and specialize in lines 'or miners, railroad construction, tagging, etc VANCOUVER - - B.C. We keep the largest and moat complete Lne ot MEN'S and LADIES', BOYS', GIRL8' and CHILDREN'S FOOTWEAR at prices which cannot be duplicated. Everything ts to be tound here. HENRY D. RAE Canada'a Snap Specialist 104 and I'M CORDOVA ST. W. THE MAMMOTH BARGAIN SHOE STORE 18 THE (POT FOR OOODS AND EXTRAORDINARY VALUES STOVES and RANGES EVERYTHING FOR THE KITCHEN Mount Pleasant headquarters for Carpenters' Tools and all kinds of Builders' and Contractors' Supplies W.R OWEN & MORRISON Phone Fair. 447. 2337 Main Street STREET OF E Socialists Locked to Lamp-posts in the Antipodes the Walk and Talk—Speeches Made from Trees and Roofs of Buildings B.C. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE LEAGUE A public meeting Is held every Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. in room 206, Labor Teihple. The regular weekly "at homo" is held every Tuesday afternoon at 2.4.1 p. m., room 206 Labor Temple. A meeting is held every Monday evening at 8 p. m„ ln the Lee hall, Main street, near Broadway, under the auspices of the Mount Pleasant Society. Every woman should join the Women's Union Label league and demand the unton label on everything she buys. The union label means work for the worker under humane conditions, a standard wage and a better scale of living. Come and join. —H. G. (From our Special Correspondent.) SYDNEY, N. S. W., Feb. i—In the olty of Brisbane, the conservative government has been trying to down "free speech." Needless to say the socialist party Is getting a good ad vertisement out of the fight. Tho socialists flrst tried open speakins, but as each comrade rose to speak on a Sunday night he was promptly arrested. Then comrades bethought themselves of the tactics adopted by the British suffragettes and locked themselves to lamp-posts, and this caused some trouble to the police Now, of course, they never turn out to arrest a speaker unless they bring along a hammer and chisel to cut them away from their posts. When the speakers saw this was no good they began a new stunt. They commenced to walk along the streets of Brisbane speaking as they walked along. The police could not arrest them for this, but only follow and arrest them If they stopped at any point to talk. And so the socialist orators paraded the streets accompanied by large bodyguards to "keep law and order." The speakers also took to addressing the people out of the tops of trees on the sidewalk, from the roofs of labor newspaper offices, and also out of trees on private property, The police tn the latter Instance have made several illegal arrests. Most of the speakers got a month ln jail. There they have been cruelly treated. One tried a hunger Btrike and kept it up for'nine days. The government sent for a medical man who saw the prisoner and pronounced him mad. The result ot this was that the man was put in a lunatic asylum with murderers and criminals of the lowest types. There Ib a great deal of agitation going on throughout Australia over this and the socialists are making a determined effort to beat the police there. One of the comrades has been ln tall twice over the affair. His name Is Peroy Man- dlno and is known in union circles In British Columbia. He tells me that there will be over 20 speakers in various parts ot the city of Brisbane next Sunday night, and the police will have their work cut out to watch them all. We have beaten the police here ln N. S. W. over the question ot speak Ing in the streets of a night and if the Queensland socialists stick to gether the police will be beaten there. MILL OWNERS TO FIGHT The Eight-hour Day as Planned by Workers for May 1st A dispatch from South Bend, Wash., states that all the mills in South Bend and Raymond, In view of the agitation for an eight-hour day for mill and forest workers, have signed a public statement that they propose to run their mills, as In the past, on an open shop basis, or a ten-hour day or as many hours as business conditions warrant, and to pay wages on a ten-hour basis. The mill workers at their convention in Ray mond a month ago resolved to make a demand for an eight-hour day on the first of May. .CHICAGO WOMEN VOTER8. Chivalry did not suffer in Chicago when women voters for the flrst time went in vast numbers to register. The Chicago Record-Herald, in a front page article on the results of "registration" day and the registration of 158,026 women, says: "Prophecies ot persons who contended that consideration for women on the part of men would cease if women exercised the ballot have' proved false. We are very pleased that so far nothing dreadful has happened to the women of Chicago since'they became voters. As a matter of faot suffragists never have been alarmed, it was the anti- suffragist who thought a polling booth frequented by men voters was a den of Iniquity. It was and Is the antl- suffragist who thinks the mingling of men and women to talk over and vote on questions concerning the welfare of both men and women is going to make man a vicious brute and woman an immodest slut. There never has been any illusion so far as the suffragist Is concerned, she knows that the average man is quite as good or Just as bad as the average woman. Sho prefers to do without the chivalry.and be regarded -as a Bane, capable woman with the right to protect herself by legislation and organization.^ H. G. (WEST) $1.50 PER YEAR5 TRADES AND LABOR Wants a Royal Commission to Enquire into Causes of Unemployment Would Reveal the Effect of Persistent Immigration Agencies Organiser Pulllngton, of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen, is busy at Toronto, Ont., In the Interests of the union of that city. Vice-president Fred. Bancroft, of the T. and L. congress of Canada, was recently presented with an address and a handsome travelling bag for his services In connection with the arbitration with the city electrical department, having been one ot the members of the arbitration board for the Electrical workers' union. "Some union men are born, some made and others are just unionists— that's all. The first Is the man who you will flnd a man among his fellowmen. He's the man who does the real work; he takes up the battles of the unionist's principle and fights with all hts might; he knows no fear; Is at ways ln the front rank when c gen eral Is needed and Is devoid of all selfish motives ln what he does. He ts the strength of the union. The made union man Is he who holds a card because he Is compelled to do bo. If he should lose his Job he would be perfectly willing to give up his card. In other words, he Is satisfied to accept conditions as they are. He carries a oard under false pretences, the latter class Is better out of the union than In it. He's the man who pays his dues under protest; seldom If ever attends a meeting ot his local, objects when Called upon tor a special assessment or donation to help his fellow men ln trouble; and Invariably grumbles about everything in general and Is never satisfied wtth anything In particular. This class acts as the greatest handicap to the progress of organised labor. Which class are you in?" ROOMS-LIGHT, WARM, COMFORT- nble, with breakfast. Apply 40 Fourteenth avenue wast. KODAKS and PHOTO SUPPLIES Developing, Printing, Enlarging Piclurei and Picture Framing BISHOP & CHRISTIE 421 GRANVILLE ST. HOW MAN MAY PROTECT WOMEN In 1911 ln England considerable Interest was aroused by the introduction of a bill to prohibit women working at the ptt-brow, and it was only after public opinion had been aroused by the protests of the women concerned that this restrictive legislation was prevented, On that occasion the labor party were against the women, the plea put forward being that the work was injurious. A statement which was subsequently proved to be exactly contrary to fact and after a hard light the pit-brow lassies kept their work. Once again the matter Ib being brought forward and this time is.taking the form of Industrial action. The old argument of Injury to the women's health is frankly abandoned and the crude sex argument, "we want to keep the work for the men and boys" Ib substituted ln Its place by the miners' organisations in Yorkshire. While appreciating the attitude of the organized miner who objects to find himself undercut by what he describes as "blackleg woman's labor," it is obvious he Ib seeking the wrong remedy. By his policy of excluding women from employment he Is compelling women to become blacklegs, and bringing about his own undoing. His best course Is'to welcome women into his union, to acknowledge their right to work ln every form of Industry where they can do the work, and to act ln conjuctlon with them ln seeking to raise the wages of both men and women workers to a worthy level. Not so long ago Mr. John Burns sought to prohibit married women from working in the cotton mills of Lancashire, for two reasons, viz.: Tho women should stay home and look after their children; the jobs of th women could be taken by men and help to solve the unemployment prob lem (for men). Fortunately he did not succeed. It Ib only within the last few weeks that attention was drawn to the fact that the officials of the Glasgow bookbinders' union declared frankly that Its members desired tbe elimination of women from the trade. All these trades where lt Is sought to exclude women are compared with some of the Industries wherein women work fairly well paid. There Is no attempt and never has been to exclude women on the plea that their health may suffer, or the home and children be neglected, any attempt on tbe part of men to keep for themselves the sweated in dustrlcs, the drudgery of scrubbing and cleaning, the chain making at Cradley Heath, the hundred and one unpleasant and poorly paid occupations that women work at. Perhaps some day men will realize that women must eat, drink, clothe and shelter themselves and often their children, nnd perhaps that British fair-play we hear so much about will refer to the attitude ot men towards women and not only to sport or between men.— H. G. The Winnipeg Trade's and Labor council has unanimously decided to seek the aid of the city. council of that city tn requesting the federal government to appoint a royal commission to enquire into the causes and conditions of unemployment. A motion was carried to appoint a com mittee to wait on the city council and it was pointed out that this same course bad been effective ln connection with the commission on the cost of living, which was asked for in the same way. Tbe mover made it quite plain that there was no thought of such a commission being of any assistance ln relieving tbe pressure of the present orlsis. An Inquiry Into the cause of unemployment would re veal the effect of the ever persistent immigration agencies, private and governmental. The present suffering through unemployment iai Canada was not chargeable to the passing money stringency, but to the mere! less overflooding of every town and city with deluded Immigrants. It has been stated that all ships coming to this country lh March are already booked full up with immigrants, and this, in spite of the fact that not a person In the whole dominion but knew that the difficulties of the unemployed situation were already alto gether beyond our capacity to handle. The unemployed problem is getting a little worse year after year, the number is steadily in spite of boasted prosperity getting a little greater year after year, and industrial poverty keeps faster step than industrial pro gress. While smaller problems be come vital Issues, even Insignificant matters, relatively speaking, wreck parties and ruin administrations, when states haggle over trivialities,, and the energy of the nation Ib devoted to obviously unimportant channels, here ts the one great problem ot the unemployed, and the fact that millions are ln a state of chronic destitution and poverty and all the suffering that necessarily means, and that problem Is Btlll Ignored or if not ignored is treated as a matter which cannot at all be cured, and must be endured. Aiust be endured—when the plain fact of facts Is that it Is year after year rising slowly to render Itself unendurable, and to render every other established human institution, human organization unendurable, .'ust as long as It exists. It must be destroyed as a problem or lt will destroy society. There is no other alternative —absolutely none.—Industrial Worker. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS Spent Annually by B. C. for Produce —Government Aid Needed At a recent meeting of the New Westminster board of trade, Geo. Kennedy In his report on agriculture said It was a terrible drain on the province In the sending of about $25,000,- 000 annually outside for agricultural produce, The government should give practical aid ln placing settlers on the land, under a free homestead law, and should furnish financial aid. Many of the troubles were due to the recent Inflation of land values and the withdrawal of large tracts from production. There had been progress made during the pant year, in fact In Ave years the dairying industry had doubled, Mr. Kennedy quoted prices, and showed that there were excellent openings for dairymen and poultry raisers In the Krnser valley. He also criticized the provincial game laws ns they apply to farmers. After being out seventeen weeks the St. John's (Nfld.) shoemakers had their demands granted by the employers. The crown prince of Germany recently become a member of the riant- zlg cabinetmakers' union. All tho kaiser's children have had to learn trades. Judging from the crown prince's recent attempt to run the relchstag nnd ererythtng else In Ger many, tke trade lie has learned would appear singularly appropriate. His father Is also an expert at the same occupation. The principle of the city contributing an equal amount to that contributed by the members of the lire department by two per cent, of their earnings for the creation of a pension and benefit fund was endorsed by the city council last Monday night. ASK FOR MINARD'S AND TAKE NO OTHER Phone Siv. 318 ► Granville Street VAUDEVILLE MATINEE DAILY 2.30 EVE. PERFORMANCE 8.15 SmfimU * Main Street SULLIVAN anoCONSIDINE EMPRESS CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE Matinee Dally, 2.45—Prices 10c and 16c. Twice Nightly, 7.80 and 9.15— Prlcea, 15c, and 25c. Boxes, 60c. Complete Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Dally. PANTAGES Unequalled Vaudeville Means PANTAGES VAUDEVILLE THREE 8HOWS DAILY 2.45, 7.20, t.i 6 Season's Prices— Matinee 16c, Evenings 15c, 26c. Removal Announcement CENTER&HANNA,Ud. UNDERTAKERS Refined Service. After December 6, 1913, at 1049 Georgia Street, one block west of Court House. Ute of Modern ChapelandFuneral Parlors free to all patrons DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID SPENCER, LTD. A Demonstration and Sale of Men's New Spring Shirts We want every man In Vancouver interested'In good dressing to look over the new spring shirts and he will have plenty ot opportunity ot doing bo ln the special displays we are making this Week. Value Is an outstanding feature of the showing. We never saw such excellent shirts Belling for such sums as these are marked. OUR DOLLAR SHIRT comprises nine patterns ln stripe, polka dot and small floral design; the stripes are ln three widths and the polka dots three sizes; all white grounds and a first rate wearing and washing cloth, cut as a good shirt should be cut—wltb room enough for a man to stretch himself out in. AT $1.25—We show three patterns in a shirt with Frenfch cuff and collar; also plain color shirts, In plain and fancy madras. The fashionable shirt of the moment— a coat shirt with a starched cuff, made In a cloth with a pink ground with white stripe Ib also offered at this price. AT $1.50--A line of plain color shirts—light and dark grey, hello, tan, khaki and white. These shirts haye soft cuffs and collars to matfh. AT $1.75—You can choose from a big assortment of English, American and Canadian-made shirts, in French prlnti zephyr and oxford. The American shirt is the only real, novelty. It has a plain color body, the box pleat, double soft cuff and collar being made of a. fancy figured material. English Tweed Hats for Men at $1.75 The man who likes a tweed hat will And his favorite color nnd shape here at moderate price. There la solid comfort In one of these, and colors and mixtures to harmonize with all the popular suitings; sizes from 6% to ..$1.76 Our Dollar Overall for Men The overall we sell at this price is far superior to the ordl- nary dollar garment. Made of heavy denim, In plain blue and black; also a blue stripe drill for englneera and mechanics. Jacket and pants all one price. $1.00 "Laco" Tungsten Lamps The "Laco" Lamp Is a continuous filament Tungsten Lamp and Is the strongest and best lamp on the market today and therefore cheapest to buy. As an Indication of this—note the fact that the power companies and the Big Interests of the country use this lamp. 2f> and 40-watt "Laco" Lamps on sale at this store at. 35c David Spencer Limited DAVID SPENCER, LTD. [ DAVID SPENCER, LTD. i 11 essmaaae Heintzman & Co. PIANOS and Player-Pianos A Canadian Instrument built by Ciuiinliati labor SOLO ON REASONABLE TERMS ■Y WALTER F. EVANS & CO. 526 Haitian Street Weil. Stanfield's Underwear Blue Label, Suil $3.00 Red Lsbel, Suit $2.50 Red Label Combination, Suil $3.00 Headlight Overalls ol all I DR. REED'S CUSHION SOLE SHOES, $6.00 W. B. Brummitt 18-20 Cordova St., West TOU I wwtion sotwti nan 4 aiinoa nm MUM wm* Mackay Smith, Blair & Co. LIMITED WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHINGS AND DRYGOODS 206 Cambie Street VANCOUVER, B. C. Named Shoes are frequently made io Non- Union Factoriei—Do Not Bay Any Sao* no matter what Its name, unless It bean a plain and readable Impression or this stamp. All shoes without the Union Stamp are always Non-Union. SOOT « SHOE WORKERS' UNION 216 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. J. F, Tobln, Pres. C. L. Blaine, Sec.-Treas. PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST. FRIDAY FEBRUARY J7, UU. THE MOLSONS BANK Capital and Reserve, .. $8,700,000 85 branches in Canada A general banking business transacted. Savings'Department Interest allowed at highest current rate East End Branch 160 HASTINGS STREET EAST At W. Jarvls, Manager The Royal Bank of Canada INCORPORATED 1869 Paid-up Capital ■ ■ ■ t 11,600,00 Reserve - 12,600,000 Total Assets 180,000,000 WE ALLOW IN- TEREST ON DEPOSITS IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT One Dollar will open the account, and your business will be welcome be It large or , email FOURTEEN BRANCHE8 IN VANCOUVER THE INCORPORATED 1SSS BANK OF TORONTO Capital and Reserve $11,176,678 Savings Accounts Savings accounts are conducive to provident living. In our Savings Department they may be opened ln the name ot one Individual or in the names ot two or more jointly, with the privilege for eaoh ot depositing or withdrawing money as desired. The Bank ot Toronto accepts Savings Accounts, Irrespective ot the amount ot the Initial deposit Assets $60,000,000 Deposits .. .. $41,000,000 Main Office— 466 HASTINGS ST. WEST (Near Rleharde) Branches— Cor. Haatinge and Carrair Sts. New Westminster Victoria Merritt Credit Foncier FRANCO-CANADIAN MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED OITY PROPERTY. NO BROKERAGE. Apply at Company's Office 837 HASTINGS 8T. WEST, VANCOUVER, B. C. FOR EXPERT FI REPAIRING CO TO GEO. G. BIGGER Jeweller and Optician 143 Haitingi Street West none laynunu B7»» DIXON _ MURRAY oAanonaaa, ara Mee and Stmt ntttog. jotting Offlo. and nopi iota iraunn snunc WHENORDERINGASUIT See that this, Label is Sewed in the Pockets IB. C. FEDERATIONIST PuMlahed .vary Friday morning by the B. O. fdaratlonut, Ltt H. Parm. Pettlplece • Manager DIRECTORS: Jas. Campbell, president; Christian Slvertz, vice-president: J. Kavanagh: J., H. McVety, secretary- treasurer, and R. P. Pettlplece. Offloa: Boom 817, Labor Tempi*. Tal. Exohanf. Say. 7486. The Manitoba government has passed an act making tt unlawful for a boy uuder 16 years of age to operate an elevator. The most successful labor agitator must bave the conditions for his success present, and the discontent must arise from something material in addition to the apepals of the agitator. Advertising Manager - M. C. Shrader Subscription: tl.EO per year; in Vancouver City. 12.00; to unlona subsorlbhig in a body, fl.00. "Unity of Labor; th. hop. of th. world." FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1914. It stands for all that Union Labor Stands for. ORGANIZED INSANITY. Among the resolutions passed by the B. C. Federation of Labor at the recent convention, and again among the requests presented to the premier and attorney-general, was one placing the federation on record as opposed to any increase of armaments in this province. They did right and their atcion is a very proper one. It shows labor joining with labor throughout the world and demanding that they be no longer used as pawns on international chess boards and moved hither and thither by military madmen, Working men are now announcing that they intend to take their place as arbiters and final judges and that, as the last burden falls upon their shoulders, they are now calling "mate" and will stop the game. They realize that this mad race for supremacy is sweeping the productive ele ment of the world to destruction and tbat the time is now ripe to call a halt. Just over two years ago the question of aid to the Imperial navy was very much to the fore and schemes were being laid to commit the dominion of Canada to vast expenditures for that purpose. However, events have so far happened that the present government, while sitting at the receipt of custom, have not dared to push forward their navy bill. 635,000,- 000 is a goodly sum to appropriate as a temporary measure—what will the permanent policy be? And for what purpose is this money to be used? We are told lt is to give us security from our enemies—Imaginary or otherwise —and to secure to us the freedom we are now supposed to possess. Judging if rom the history of the Industrial troubles ln this province during the past eighteen months we are forced to the conclusion that lt would be Impossible to find conditions, even ln a conquered country, that could so effectually shackle the worker. Let us come down to bedrock and find out who this mythical dragon who Is bankrupting us really is. By a very simple process of elimination we flnd that, as shouted from the housetops by a jingo press, Germany Is the alleged enemy. Utter nonsense. The workers of all nations are peaceable tolk. They have no quarrel wltb peaceable people ln other countries and now is the time to force home that fact. Fifty years ago the colonial secretary sought to coordinate the defence forces of Canada and centralize them In Downing street. His efforts were unsuccessful ln spite of the fact that a fratricidal trouble was pending the United States and the danger of war, both ln Europe and on this continent, was far greater than now. Four commissioners were sent to England to confer with the Imperial government. Their report was unanimous and dead against any such centralization- against any such waste. At that time the expenditure for defence wns under the million mark. This year the expenditures for military and naval service are estimated at $13,327,000, but an examination of the estimates shows extra expenditures of $6,465,381 carefully hidden under different votes. This makes the sum of nearly 619,000,000 for utterly useless purposes. So far as can be seen this sum Ib spent In making trips to Europe for inspections of manoeuvres which probably the tourists do not understand and providing gilded popinjays to add a touch of color to the streets of.Ottawa, * * * The last tew years suggest a geo metrical progression in warlike ex pendlture and tbe question Is forced on us as to where this spendthrift game is going to end. The time in now ripe to call a halt to this headlong rush to destruction. Recent exposures have shown that the attempts to foment hatred between peoples have been engineerd and paid for by gun- making gangs and armor manufacturing companies, and in this the capitalistic press, for their own Illegitimate profit, assiduously and eagerly help. True, a few of these ghouls have been sentenced to terms of Imprisonment but there are still plenty to take their place. The workers must now take a hand in the game and refuse to spend their lives ln providing means of defence against each other. Every cent spent in armaments comes from the sweat of labor. Let labor now refuse any longer to be the prey of scaremongers and say they will have no more of it. By such action and only in that manner can this organized Insanity be ended. At Newark, N. J., the Essex Trades council Is protesting against the excise commissioners granting a license to a Chinese concern, by name Nankin Garden restaurant, in that city. Confidential reports from Ottawa give some hope that tbe imprisoned union miners of Vancouver island will be liberated on parole at an early date, A "royal press agent" is to be ap pointed for the royal household. They evidently find it necessary to follow in tbe footsteps of theatres, movies and other places of entertainment. ■President DuncaiP of tbe I. T. U. wishes it known that the Superior Printing company of Akron, Ohio, formerly the Werner Printing company, has not signed any agreement with Akron Typographical union. If there is nothing to hide what possible objection can Premier McBride have to a judicial investigation into the causes leading up to the strike on Vancouver island? James F. Brock, of Troy, N. Y„ president of the Laundry Workers' International union, will be ln the State of Washington for some time, and will shortly pay a 'visit to the new local in Vancouver. Sir Wilfrid Laurler has spoken against a proposal to make election day a public holiday, a request made by the executive council of the Trades and Labor congress of Canada. In office o.r out tbe old political parties remain true to the class they represent in the house of commons. It is reported that there is much activity among the Fraser valley farmers of late in tbe matter of co-operation, and recognize the need of better market facilities. A New Westminster board of trade committee is urging the government to locate a cold storage plant in that city. Since President Wilson has raised the ban on arms being shipped into Mexico, lt Is reasonable to presume that the war will come to a speedier termination. The flght Is between two oil corporations, and bets are that Standard Oil will win.—Miners' Magaslne. A convention of labor editors has been called to meet ln St. Louis, April 14-15, for the purpose of forming a powerful association to deal with news collection, cartoon service, advertising, etc, and to take action to force consideration from the international unions that the editor men believe they deserve. - The city council of Edmonton, Alta., has approved the recommendation of the commission board that the minimum wage of 75 cents an hour be paid and a clause to this effect will be Inserted in all contracts awarded by the city.' Eight hours to constitute a day's work wtth a holiday on Saturday. It Is probably unfortunate that the miners' strike on Vancouver Island should be made a political football at Ottawa, in lieu ot a whole-hearted effort to demand a thorough investigation ot .the close relationship between the' coal barons and the Bow- ser-McBrlde government, which would explain the strike. Some of the delegates at the recent convention of District 18, U. M. W. of A., at Lethbrldge, felt Inclined to accept the resignation of the editor of the miners' District Ledger, published at Fernle, but the majority decided that Editor Newnham should be asked to continue filling a »75-a- week position at $30, The land ln this province has gone, the minerals have been stolen and the timber has been given to the faithful. Now we learn that even the fishing industry has heen lost, the Orientals having captured It. The fisheries are entirely controlled hy Japanese, a white man finding lt Impossible to obtain a licence. A labor union appeals to all workers to think and organize for their own advancement. Organization ts the order of the day. Surely no worker wants to lag behind. March in unison, demand better working conditions, higher wages, shorter hours of labor and the right to live as human beings. Think lt over, think. Secretary Wells, of the B. C. Federation of Lahor, has written to the Vancouver city council, on behalf ot that body, suggesting the appointment of a board of examiners of moving picture operators before they were allowed to take a position. This, he said, would have the effect of doing away with the license fee. The communication will be handled by the Are and police committee. The Ford company of Detroit, who recently announced the "gift" of (10,090,000 to their employees will watch the recipients to see If they spend It wisely. If, in the opinion of the "boss" the money Is not spent In accordance with his ideas, tbe bonus stops. Thought there were some strings somewhere. By the way, wo= men are not eligible for aforesaid bonus unless they support a family. Manitoba has enacted legislation affecting bartenders. The law re. quires that an applicant for a license to attend a bar shall receive a certificate of character from a chief constable or magistrate, unless a member of the Bartenders' union; and also makes It compulsory that all bars shall be cleaned up on Saturday evenings in order to give the bartender a full day's rest on Sunday. ■ Some months ago the provincial government called for tenders for the erection of a jail at Bella Coola. One tender was submitted, the contract price being $4,650. The public works department decided'to do the job by day labor and the work cost 63,157.20, thus giving the government a better Job at a saving of $1,392.80. What's the matter with day labor for the university and other work now contemplated? The new agreement, carrying betterments for members of the' Typographical union at Ottawa, Ont., is another blow to the theory of nationalism, which at one time attracted somo attention in that section. Of late, however, many officials of International trade unions have secured better conditions for their members, and the plan to have Canadian workers establish trade unions along national lines is no longer taken seriously. Western unionists are anxiously awaiting a copy of the revised Industrial disputes act, proposed by Minister of Labor Crothers. Just how far the recommendations of tbe Tradea and Labor congress of Canada have been accepted remains to be seen. Ideas are constantly changing. So also must men change. The methods of yesterday are not those of today —nor will those of the present be in vogue tomorrow. The man who will not change is a check on progress- he retards the onward march of others. The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners, at Its recent session in Denver, voted in favor of appointing a sub-committee to consider amalgamating with the United Mine Workers of America. The latter have already gone on record In favor of consolidating the two organizations which, if consummated, would bring over half a million men .under one executive. Such a combination will continue to wield a healthy influence in A. F. of L. circles towards the principle of fewer organizations and larger memberships. It is probable that the new elections aot proposed by the federal go vernment will abolish the deposit now required and substitute a clause which will require candidates to so cure a nomination paper signed by three per cent, or less of the electorate in the constituency, just sufficient to show the bona fides of the candidate, a provision which will be generally acceptable to wage-workers, though there Is always the danger of men being discriminated against, or even boycotted, for their identity with a working class political party. "There never yet was a reform fought for but the supporters of that reform were jeered and sneered at as a bunch of kickers and agitators. By some lt was meant In all sincerity for they were Injured ln their enjoyable position of exploiting others by the agitation of the kicker, and that cry denouncing the kicker was re-echoed by every one who lived upon borrowed thoughts, borrowed living nnd Borrowed kindnesses; by all who lacked sufficient originality to think for themselves, sufficient daring to express their own thoughts and sufficient manhood to accept the consequences of a daring expression of their original Ideas," LETTERS TO TffijTD Women's Suffrage Editor B. c. Federationist: I notice ln last week's Federationist an article over the signature of "Colorado Woman," stating some facts that would drive any sane supporter of woman's suffrage aghast. The statements as follows are not, to my Intelligence, supporting the principle of equality; and, no matter what the results may be, ,1 must stand with tbe modern school In its statement that, "outside ot sex relationship and perpetuation of' the race," no terms should be used to designate male or female, and It has always been understood that the woman's suffrage movement stood for equality. Why, then, has that movement in Colorado stood for the following clauses: (1) Law establishing a state home for dependent children, three of the five members of the board of administrators to be women; (2) laws forbidding children under sixteen In certain factories, requiring that at least three of the visiting committee of six be women; (3) establishing Industrial home for girls, three out of five to be women; (4) requiring one woman on board -of insane asylum. The writer of this article claims that suffrage granted to women Is responsible for the above state of inequality, where one sex, as a sex, Is guaranteed so many seats, and sometimes a majority, wtth the rest of the seats open to male and female, Is lt equality of opportunity our sisters desire? But, apart from this, I am led to understand that a suffrage bill will be before the provincial house in a week or two (either Inside or outside) and what I want to know is whether there is a clause inserted that "this house shall be composed of at least an equal number- of women, and that one woman at least shall hold a cabinet position of premier or attorney-general.'' Hoping that some members of the human race can enlighten me and others on the points mentioned. I remain, yours for solidarity of the whole race. G. H. HARDY. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 20, 1914. BUSINESS AGENT DIRECTORY Aak for Labor Temple 'Phone Exchange, Seymour 7495 (unleu otherwiaa stated). Amalgamated Society Carpenters—Room JOS; Wm. Currle. Bartenders—Room 208; Geo. W. Curnock. B. C. Federatlonist—Room 217; R. P. Pettipleei Bridge and Structural Iron Workers—W. L.- Yule, Room 208. Brotherhood of Carpenters—Room 304 and 305; W. Leonard. Bricklayers—Room 216; Wm. S. Dagnall. Bakers—Room 220. Barbers—Room 208; C, F. Burkhart; phone Sey. 1776. Hod Carriers, Builders and Common Laborers—Room 220; John Sully. Cooks, Waiters, Waitresses—Room 203; W. E. Walker; Tel. Seymour 3414. Rlectrical Workers (outside)—Room 207: W. F. Dunn. Electrical Workers (Inside)—Room 207; F. L, Estinghausen. Engineers (Steam)—Room 216; Ed. Prendergaat. Labor Temple Co.—Room 211; J. H. McVety. Longshoremen's Association — Ofllce, 146 Alexander street; George Thomas; Tel. Soymour 6369. Moving Picture Operators—G. R. Hamilton, Room 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Sey. 3045. Musicians—H. J. Brasfleld, rooms 29-30, Williams Building, 413 Granville Street. Plasterers—Joe Hampton; Tel. Seymour 1514. Plumbers—Room 218; Melvln Engolf; Tel. Seymour 3611. Street Railway Employees—Fred. A. Hoover. Trades and Labor Council—Room 210; J. W. Wilkinson. Typographical—Rooms 212, 218, 214; R. H. Neelands. Western Federation of Minera—Room 217. TRADE UNION DIRECTORY COBALT 80CIAL DEMOCRATS Will Contest Seat of R. T. Shllllnoton, M. P. P., Next Elections, It was officially announced last week at Cobalt, Ont, that at the next election of members for the provlu cial legislature the local branch of the social democratic party will Contest the seat now held by R. T. Shllllngton M. P. P. At a closed convention held ln the Miners' Union hall on Febru ary 16th the names of three men were submitted to the delegates, and after some discussion it was decided to leave the choice bf a candidate to the whole body of members. To this end a referendum will be submitted within the next few weeks, when every member of the party in the electoral district will be asked to vote. Sanitation for Clgarmakers The local clgarmakers' union of Baltimore, says a recent dispatch, is preparing a bill to be presented to the next general assembly, the purpose ot which is to compel all cigar factories to maintain sanitary workshops. The reason for the advocacy of this measure Ib that lt Is claimed that in the handling of tobacco under the present custom there are large opportunities for the spread of tuberculosis germs. The bill is so prepared as to provide the manner in which tobacco can be handled, but without exposure to the bacilli that spread the dread disease of tuberculosis, "SECOND ONLY TO DEATH" All the world has read of the Impeachment trial of Governor Sulzer of New York. The newspaper reports of the trial include a statement by Governor Sulzer's*' counsel to the effect that "the impeachment trial Is unequivocally a criminal trial with the punishment of disfranchisement like only to that of death attached to a verdict of guilty." Men are constantly telling women that the vote does not amount to anything—that the denial of the franchise to women is no disgrace—but every once in a while women are shown what men really think of the value of the franchise for themselves. B.C. UNION DIRECTORY CARDS INSERTED 91.00 A MONTH B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR— Meeta In annual convention ln January. Executive officers, 1914-15: President, A. Watchman; vice-presidents, W. F. Dunn, H. J. McEwen, Oeo. Hardy, J. W. Gray, H. Kundson, J. J. Taylor, B. Simmons. Secretary-treasurer, A. S. Wells, Box 1S38, Vlotoria, B. C. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL— Meets flrst and third Thursdays. Executive board: W. Foxcroft, president; Jas. H. McVety, vice-president; J. VV. Wilkinson, general secretary, Room 210 Labor Temple; Jas. Campbell, treasurer; Mlas Brisbane, statistician; John Sully, sergeant-at-arms; G. W. Curnock, W. R. Trotter and H. McEwen, trustees. LABOR TEMPUS COMPANY, LTD.— Directors; Fred A. Hoover, J. H. McVety, James Brown, Edward Lothian, Jamea Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson, R. P. Pettipiece, John McMillan, Murdock McKenzle, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free. Managing director. J. H. McVety, Room 211. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA.—Vanoouver aad vicinity. Branch meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at Labor Temple, Dunsmuir and Homer st, room 205. Robent C. Sampson, Pres,, 747 Dunlevy ave.; Joseph Q. Lyon, Fin. Sec, 1721 Orant at; Tom Smith. Rec. Sec, 948 Broadway west ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL—Meets 2nd Monday In month. President, Geo. Mowat; secretary, F. R, Fleming, P.O. Box 86. ' BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and Joiners, Local No. 617—Meets first and third Minday of each month, 8 p. m. Executive committee meets every Friday 8 p. m. President, Ed. Meek, recording secretary, Chas. Scott, 305 Labor Temple; financial secretary and business agent, J. Schurman, 305 Labor Temple. BAKERS' AND CONFECTfONERS LOCAL No. 46—MeetR second and fourth Saturdays. 7.30 p.m. President, H, G. Leeworthy; corresponding secretary, R. J. Adams; business agent, J. Rlack, Room 220, Labor Temple. Allied Printing Trades Council—F. R. Fleming, P. O. Box 66, Bakers—J. Black, Room 220, Utf>or Temple. Barbers—C. F. Burkhart, Room 208, Labor Temple. Bartenders—Geo. , W. Curnoch, Room 208, Labor Temple. Blacksmiths — Malcolm Porter,' View Hill P. O. Bookbinders—Oeo. Mowat, 615 Dunlevy avenue. Boilermakers—A. Fraser, 1161 Howe St. Brewery Workers—L. E. Day. Bricklayers—William S. Dagnall, Room 216, Labor Temple. Brotherhood of Carpenters District Council—Jas. Bltcon, Room 209, Labor Temple. Hod Carriers, Builders and Common Laborers—John Sully, Room 220, Labor Temple. Clgarmakers—Robt. J. Craig, care Kurts • Cigar Factory, 72 Water Street Cooks, Walters, Waitresses — W. E, Walker, Room 203, Labor Temple, Electrical Workers' (outside)—W. F. Dunn, Room 207, Labor Temple, Electrical Workers (Inside)—Room 207; F. L. Estinghausen, Engineers—E. Prendergaat, Room 216, Labor Temple, Granite Cutters—Edward Hurry, Columbia Hotel. Garment Workers—Miss McRae, Labor . Temple, Glassworkers—Charles Roberts, Labor Temple. Groundmen's Union (I, B. E. W.)—R. MoBain, care of B. C. E. R. Horseshoers — A. C. MacArthur, City Heights. B.C. Lettercarrlers—Robt, Wight, District 12. Lathers—Victor R. Mldgley, Box 1044. Loco. Firemen and Engineers—James Patrick, 1185 Homer Btreet. Loco. Engineers-—A, E, Solloway, lOlt Pacific Tel. Sey. 8671L. Longshoremen—Geo, Thomas, 146 Alexander Street. Machinists—J. H. MoVety, Room 211, Labor Temple. Miners, W. F. of M.—H. P. Pettlplece, Room 217, Labor Temple. Musicians—H. J. Brasfleld, Rooms 29-30, Williams Bldg., 413 Granville street. Marbleworkers—^rank Hall, Janes Road, Molders—D. Brown, 642 Broadway Weat. Moving Picture Operators—A. O. Hansen, Room 100, Loo Building. Photo Engravers—A. Kraft* Dominion Engraving Co., Empire Block. Painters-r-J. Train, Room 303, Labor Temple. Plumbers—Room 218 Labor Temple. Pressmen—P. D. Edward, Labor Temple. Plasterers—John James Cornish, 1809 Eleventh Ave. Eaat. Pattern Makers—Tom Smith, 142 Broad* way west Quarry Workers—Jamea Hepburn, ear* Columbia Hotel. Railway Conductors—G. W. Hatch, 781 Beatty street. Railroad Trainmen—A. B. McCorvlHe, Box 243. Railway Carmen—A. Robb, 420 Nelson Street. Seamen's Union—Cor. Main and Hastings. Struotural Iron Workers—W. L. Yule, Room 208, Labor Temple. ■stonecutters—James Rayburn, P. O, Box 1047. Sheet Metal Workers—H, C. Dougan, No. 6. Fifteenth Ave. West Street Railway Employees—A. V. Lofting. 2636 Trinity Street Stereotypers—W. Bayley, care Province, City. Telegraphers—E, B. Peppln, Box 432. Trades and Labor Council—J. W. Wilkinson, Room 210, Labor Temple, Typographical—H. Neelanda, Box 66. Tailors—C. McDonald, Box 603. Theatrical Stage Employees—Gordon Martin, 667 Prior street Tllelayers and Helpers— ' Upholsterers—A. Duthle, 1062 Homer St. BARBERS' LOCAL. NO. 130—MEETS second and fourth Thursdays. 8:30 p.m. President, J. W. Green; recorder, C. E. Herrltt; secretary-business agent, C. F. Burkhart, Room 208, Labor Temple. Hours: 11 to 1; 5 to 7 p.m. BARTENDERS' LOCAL NO. 676.—OF- flce Room 208 Labor Temple. Meets first Sunday of eaoh month. President, F. F. Lavigne; financial secretary, Geo. W. Curnock, Room 208, Labor Temple. BRIDGE AND 8TR~UC1URAL IRON WORKERS' International Union, fjocal 97—Meets second and fourth Friday, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President T. A. Seetey; secretary, A. W, Oakley, 738 Pemlln Drive, phone Sey. 68* BOOKBINDERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 105—Meets third Tuesday In every month, In Room 205, Labor Temple. President, F. J. Milne; vice-president, II. Perry; secretary, George Mowat, £16 Dunlevy avenue. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron Ship Builders and'Helpers of America, Vancouver Lodge No, 191— Meets first and third Mondays, 8 b. m. President, F. Barclay, 363 Cordova East; secretary, A. Fraser, 1151 Howe street, CIGARMAKERS' LOCAL No. 357—Meets first Tuesday each month,, 8 p.m. President, Walter Hosklns; vice-president, F. J. Brandt; secretary, Robert J. Craig, Kurtz Cigar Factory; treasurer, S. W, Johnson, COOKS, WAITERS AND WAITRESSES Union—Meets flrst Friday In each month, 8:30 p.m., Labor Temple. W. E. Walker, busfnes representative, Ofllce: Room 208, Labor Temple. Hours: 9 a.m. to 10,30; 1 p.m. to 2.30 and 6 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Competent help furnished on short notice. Phone Sey. 8414. SHOE STRIKE SETTLED. Men Struck In December and Stayed Out Ever Since. An Ottawa dispatch says that the department of labor of the federal government has just made the official announcement of the settlement of the disputed shoe manufacturing Industry of the city of Quebec trouble, which affected fourteen shoe factories and about 300 employees. The dispute ln question followed the posting of notices by the shoe manufacturers providing for the Introduction of new rules of employment ln their establishments. .The employees declined to abide by these rules, and work in the factories was interrupted ln December. The establishments remained closed until the terms of set tlement were reached. EDMONTON'S UNEMPLOYED About 3,000 Are Idle—Relief Office Simply Overwhelmed EDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 25.—The unemployment situation ln this city is still acute, though pehhaps better ln hand than It was fa week or two ago. Thefe are still between 2,500 and 3,000 people unemployed. The civic relief office is simply overwhelmed and Is quit unequal to the emergency. The city policy has been vacillating. The leading citizens have not backed up the mayor. But gradually the seriousness of the situation is coming to be felt and there Is a manifest desire to get together In some practical solution of the prob lem. The Edmonton Welfare associ atlon, under the leadership of A, T. Cushlng, Is at present devising ways and means and will co-operate with the mayor and commissioner, Bowser can "hotly deny" it if he will, but the fact remains that union miners are now occupying cells from which prostitutes were spared, upon his orders, only a few months ago. Ontario's . proposed Workmen's Compensation act has been denounced as "tyrranouB, unjust and peculiarly dangerous to the state," although It was acknowledged that "It will do much to prevent accidents," by Secretary F. Hawkins, of the Canadian Lumbermen's association at a recent meeting of that body of millionaires at Ottawa. It was promptly decided to engage the services of a strong lawyer to, If possible, prevent Its passage. BRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS', NO. 1 —Meets every Tuesday, 8 p.m., Room 307. President. Jam-is Haslett; corresponding secretary. W. S. Dagnall, Box 63; flnanclal secretary, F. R. Brown: business agent, W. S. Dagrall, Room 215. MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE ' Union, Local No. 146, A. F. of IL— Meets second Sunday of each month, III Robson street President, J, Bowyer; vice-president F. English: secretary, H. J. Brasfleld; treasurer, W. Fowler. OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. J«— Meets flrat and third Wednesday, O'Brien Hall, 8 p.m. President G. Dean; corresponding secretary, F. Sumpter; financial secretary, D. Scott; treasurer, I. Tyson; business agent, Joe Hampton. Phone Sey. 1614. STONECUTTERS', VANCOUVER Branch—Meets second Tuesday, 8:01 p.m. President, J. Marshall; corresponding secretary, Wm. Rowan, Box 1047; financta! secretary, K. McKensle. PAINTERS', PAPERHANGERS' AND Decorators', Local 138—Meet every Thursday, 7.30 p.m. President Skene .Thomson; financial secretary, J. Freckelton, 811 Seymour street; recording sec- I retary, George Powell, 1650 Fourth ave. west. HTttROTVPrcRS' AND ELECTROTYP- ers" Union, No. 88, of Vancouver and Victoria—Meets second Wednesday of each month, 4 p.m., Labor Temple. President, Chas. Bayley; recording seoretary, Chris Homewood, 249 13th Ave. Eaat STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101 —Meets Labor Temple, second and fourth Wednesdays at 2 p.m., and flrat and third Wednesdays, 8 p,m. President Adam Taylor: recording secretary, Albert V. Lofting, 2636 Trinity Street phone Highland -1678; financial secretary, Fred, A. Hoover. 2409 Clark Drive. STEAM ENGINEERS. INTERNATION- al Local 897—Meets every Wednesday, 8 p.m.; Room 204, Labor Temple. Financial secretary, E. Prendergaat Room 216. TAILORS' INDUSTRIAL UNION (international). Local No. 178—Meetings held first Tuesday In each month, 8 p. m. President, H. Nordlund; recording secretary, C. McDonald, Box 603; financial secretary, K. Paterson, P. O. Box 509. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 221— Meets last Sunday each month. I lH,„,, resident, R. P. Pettlplece; vice- president, W. fi. Metzger, secretary- treasurer. R. H. NeelandB, P. O. Box 66. THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, Local No. 118—Meets second .Sunday each month at Room 294, Labor Tem- ,..j. President, H. Spears; recording secretary, Geo. W. Allln, P.O. Box 711, Vancouver; WBW WBaTMtOTTEB B. 0. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS --British Columbia Division, C. P. System, Division No. 1—Meets 11:30 a.m. third Sunday In month, Room 204. Local chairman, T. O'Connor, P. O. Box'432, Vanoouver. Looal secretary and treasurer, H. W. Withers, P, O* Box 482, Vancouver. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO. 213—Meets Room 301 every Monday 8 p. m, President, Dave Fink; vice-president, M, Sander; recording secretary, Roy Elgar, Labor Temple; flnanclal secretary and business agent, W. F. Dunn, Room 207, Labor Temple, NEW WESTMINSTER" TRADES AND Lnbor Council—Meets every seoond and fourth Wednesday at 8 p.m., In Labor Hall. President. D. S. Cameron: financial secretary, H. Glbb; general secretary. B, D. Grant. P. O. Box Ml, The public Is Invited to attend. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS meets every second and fourth Thuraday of eaeh month In Labor Temple, corner of Royal Ave. and Seventh St., at 8 P.m. Preaident J. L. Hogg. Hankey Blk.. Sapperton: Secretary, A. McDonald, 811 Royal Ave.. New Westminster. • PLUMBERS* and STEAMFITTERR* LO- ca| 4flR—Meets every seeond and fourth Friday of month In Labor Hall, 7:30 p.m. President D. Webster: secre- tary. A. McLaren, P.O. Box 95*, Now Westminster, B. C. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR- penters. Local Union No. 1839— Meets every Monday. 8 p.m., Labor Temple, corner Royal avenue and Seventh street President. M. O. Schmendt; aeoretary, A. Walker, Labor Templo, New Westmlnater. B._C. „__ lAR-TRNTlERS- LOPAT. 784—MTTOTR IN Lsbor Temple, New Westminster, rtnr* jer Seventh street and Rnva! avenue, every second Sundav of each month, at T.ln p. m. President E. fl. Hunt: aecre- tarv. F. W. Jameson. Vfsltlnr brother* Invited. ELECTRICAL WORKBR8. LOCAL NO. 631 (Inside Men)—Meets flrst and third Mondays of each month. Room 206, 8 p.m. President, H. P. McCoy; recording secretary, Geo. fibers; business agent, F. L. Estinghausen, Room 207. LONGSHOREMENS' .INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, No, 38 x 62—Meets every Friday evening, 146 Alexander street. President, P. Peel; secretary, Gfeo. Thomas. MACHINISTS, NO. 182-MEETS SEC- ond and fourth Fridays, 8 p. m. President, A. B. Towler; recording secretary, J, Brookes; flnanclal seoretary, J. H. McVety. MOVING PICTURE OPERATORS, Local 233, I.A.T.S.E.—Meets every second Sunday of each month, Labor Temple, 8 p. m. President, A. O. Hansen; secretary-treasurer, G. R, Hamilton; business agent, H. I. Hugg. Ofllce, Room 100, Loo Bldg. Tel. Sey. 8046. COWAN & BROOKHOUSB' Printers of B.C. Federatlonist Labor Temple, cor. Dunsmuir and Homer. Phone Sey. 4490 COTTON'S WEEKLY — Best Socialist propaganda paper In Canada. Price 50 cents per year; In clubs of four, 25 cents for 40 weeks. Address, COWANSVILLE, P.Q. KIMBERLEY MINER8' UNION, No, 100, Western Federation of Miners—Meets Sunday evenings In Union Hall. President, W. Fleming; secretary-treasurer, M. P. yilleneuve, Klmberley, B. C. ! LADYSMITH MINERS' UNION, LOCAL ■ 1 No. 2388, U. M. W. of A.—Meets Wednesday, Union Hall, 7 p.m. President Sam Guthrie: secretary, Duncan McKensle, Ladysmlth, B, C. QKT ACQUAINTED WITH HIM WHO? THE WESTERN COMRADE The Socialist Monthly Magazine, breathing the spirit of our Great West. Emanuel Julius and Chester M. Wright, Editors, fl.00 ft Sear; single copies, 10 cents. 203 Tew High St., Los Angeles, Cal. E. BURNS & CO. 13S CORDOVA ST. E. HARDWARE, FURNITURE AND 8ECOND-HAND DEALER Goods sold on Commluion. Stoves and Tools our Specialty Phone Sey. 1579. Berry Bros. Agents foi CLEVELAND CYCLES Tha Bicycle with the Reputation Full line of acceeiorlea Repair! promptly eieouted 635 HASTINGS ST. EAST Phone Highland 895 Do You Have Your PRINTING Done in Vancouver? If you have the above label on your printed matter it will be an abaolute guarantee that It w» made In the city. TicTomia, n. o. VICTORIA TRADES . AND LABOR Council—Meets first and third Wednesday, Labor Hsll, 731 Johnston street, at 8 p. m. President. George Dykeman; secretary, T. F, Mathlson, box 770, Victoria. B. C. BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and Joiners—Meets every Tuesday, 8 p.m., at Labor hall, 731 Johnston St. President, A. Watchman; recording secretary, Geo, L. Dykeman; business agent and flnanclal secretary, W. A. Parkinson. Box 288. NANAIMO LOCAL UNION U. M. W. Of A.—Meets every Monday at 7.30 p. m. In the Athletic Club, Chapel street. Arthur Jordan, Box 410. Nanalmo, B. C. CUMBERLAND LOCAL UNION, No. 2299, U. M. W. of A.—Meets every Sunday 7 p.m. tn U. M. W. of A. hall. President, Jos. Naylor; secretary, James Smith. Box 84, Cumberland, B. C. TRAIL MILL AND SMELTBRMEN'S Union, No. 106, W. F. of M.—Meets every Monday at 7.30 p.m. President, F. W. Perrln; secretary, Frank Camp- bell, Box 28, Trail, B. C. SANDON MINERS' UNION, No. 81, Western Federation of Miners—Meets every Saturday In the Miners' Union hall. Address all communications to the - Secretary, Drawer "K.," Sandon, B.C. LOCAL VANCOUVER OF SOCIAL- DEMOCRATIC PARTY—Publlo meetings In Dominion Theatre, Granville St., Sunday evenings. Secretary, J, Adams, Room 304, Labor Temple. SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS Coal mining rights of the Dominion, In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of thja Province of British Columbia, may Vo leaaed for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. 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The major went into the early history of trades unions and the development of industry in England, his efforts being to point' out that trades unionism and the mllltla did not conflict with one another. A man could be a trades unionist and a member of a militia corps, be said. Referring to what be described as sensible trades unionists, he continued that "socialism and trades unionism should not be mixed." In his muddled Idea of socialism he pictured lt as anarchy, pointing out that cooperation amongst the workers, as producers, had always been a failure; but that cooperative societies, founded by the workers as consumers, were a signal success. While not altogether praising trades unions, he admitted that they had been useful to the workers. After Major Lipsett had delivered bis address, the chairman asked if thero were any present who would like to give their opinions. A. S. Wells, secretary-treasurer B. C. Federation of Lsbor, took the floor He said in part: "Mr. Chairman: I have listened with Interest to the gentleman who has just addressed you on this subject. As a trades unionist, I would like to give you my opinions on the question. I realize that the speaker of the evening has gone to considerable trouble to prepare his address. But, as his environment has not been similar to mine, it Is only natural that my views are different to his. . The speaker has referred to the industrial development which has taken place ln England, and also pointed out how along with the evolution in industry, a change in ideas also has taken place. At one time I was a member of an organization not unlike the mllltla in this country and It Is needless to say that I did not know as much then as I do now or I should never have joined lt. The point I want to touch upcra ts thai the changes In Industry and industrial conditions are the reasons for trades unionists changing their attitude towards the mllltla. I remember tbe first occasion when I saw the military forces used ln a strike which took place 22 or 23 years ago. At that time I was a mere boy not yet having had to struggle for a living. I did not understand the struggle which was then going on. I admired the bright uniforms of the soldiers and looked upon the strikers as something to be despised. Since then, because of my environment, I have changed my views. Tbe speaker of the evening has not lived in the same environment as myself, so 1 can well understand his position. But tt is quite possible that if he had had to struggle for a living In the Industrial field, that his views would now be somewhat different. In the struggle I have just mentioned I saw swords drawn and used on the strikers, and many were injured. Since which time I have noticed that the troops are used pretty much as a matter of course when capital and labor are at the outs, in much the same manner. Just briefly I want to refer to one or two points raised by the speaker. He said that trades unionism and socialism, should be kept apart; he also described socialism as anarchy. I would say that if the speaker had studied socialism he would know that only because of the industrial development which he has referred to has the soundest philosophy, because possible. Furthermore, to describe socialism as anarchy goes to show that he Is misinformed, because socialism is the direct opposite.to anarchy. Socialism Is founded on, scientific knowledge, and I challenge him to prove different. However, I wish to get back to the point, why 1 am opposed to members of organized labor being members of tbe mllltla. The major has. stated that we all should be prepared to do our share to protect our country and the property of the people. Mr. Chairman, I bave worked practically all my life, and I have no property and no country—the only country which I acknowledge Is the one In which I have a job. The workers of the world have no country; they arc shipped about like so many cattle to wherever there is a chance to get work. . Furthermore, we bave no homes—we have nothing but work. Then wbat have we to defend? The members of your class, Mr. Chairman, are situated different. I can understand your desire to bave your prop, erty protected, and were I in your place I should possibly think the same as you do, but having neither country nor property myself, I cannot see why I should help to defend other people's property. 1 know that those who toll, either mentally or physically, are the producers of all wealth; that were it not for the toll ot the class to which I belong, your class would not be ln possession of the wealth of the world. Still the fact remains that lt is our class who do the fighting, and just bo long as I have the power to do so, I will do all I can to prevail on the members of my class to refrain from becoming members of the mllltla or any other military force. Major Lipsett retired to the strikes "which have occurred ln cooperative societies by Its employees. Let me point out that co-opera tive societies are based on the same principles as other commercial and industrial concerns, their objects being for profits. Naturally under such conditions strikes will occur just as they do ln other businesses. As the major has referred to the old country extensively, 1 will also refer to a few Incidents which have occurred In the recent past. I remember that at the cities of Belfast, Lelth, Feather- ston, Hull, Dublin and more recently at Leeds—the city of my birth—that the troops have heen used to drive the strikers back to work by bullet and bayonet. The volunteers of Leeds were used to run the street cars, because the union' men were on strike. Picture a member Of a trade union being called out to run street cars because he was a member of a militia corps, and possibly he too also a member of the union on strike. Suppose a strike occurred, and I was a member of the mllltla and my father at the same time one of the strikers, I was ordered to shoot? No, gentlemen, not on your life. And it is because of these things that I as a member of a trade union, am opposed to members ot organized labor belonging, to military forces, whose mission It is to compel members of my class to submit to members of your class. Your position Is logical, but not while I have the power to keep out, will I help to shoot a member of my class ln the Interests of yours. My voice will be raised as long as I have the "power to do so, against the members of my class being members of the militia or the military forces which oppress us. J. L. Martin said tbat ideas were becoming greater than brute force, which the military spirit has engendered in the minds of the people, and that working men found lt a question of self-preservation to oppose militarism. A. Watchman, president of B. C. Federation of Labor, said: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. I have In a way to compliment Major Lipsett for his Aidress. He shows that he has made an endeavor to get at the trouble tbat affects the working class, and why trades unions are opposed to the mllltla. Gentlemen, being an old soldier myself, and one who has probably something the majority of you havo not—a discharge from the army for exemplary character—you will probably listen to me, so that I may show you why we assume this position. In my short time in the army I endeavored to be a good Soldier and you know, gentlemen, to be that he must be a young man, smart, clean and active ln all his movements. Now, gentlemen, just one of these men of which you, captain or major, take so much pride'ln—just an automatic ma. chine—quick in action and weak in the bead. But after losing my desire for a military life, following the' band and wearing the gay uniform, I returned to civilian life to follow my occupation as a carpenter. Being in a strike I found that my old comrades were called out to compel me and my class to get back to work. Now, then, gentlemen, at one time I gloried lu my physical strength over my fellow man. I could see that my weaker brother was at- a disadvantage, but like many of my class I rather gloried ln this—"that I was not as others." And so I found ln the Industrial life that the same ability was necessary for my employers—smart, quick and active—the power to do two days' work ln one and being Ignorant to my class position. In travelling around lt was very soon Impressed upon me that it did not matter the nationality of my master, all that was needed from me waB to deliver the goods—or, in other words, be a good, active and energetic slave. You who are employers of labor will understand the term, "What you call a good man." Now, gentlemen, let us look at your position and that of ours. I shall take the last flrst—my class—those who do the work of society—the creators of wealth. We, gentlemen, have created all the beautiful things you sen around you. We have reared palaces which are a dream to behold. We have given you and your class these things which you own. We have built the battleship—tbat mighty engine of destruction. We have built tho yachts for your pleasure—that you sail upon in summer seas—created the latest thing that is necessary for civilized life. We do without all these things ourselves, and with all our boasted civilization of the twentieth century there.are thousands of my class In the cities of Vancouver and Victoria, auy one of whom do not know where his next meal Is coming from or a place to lay his head. And our class also created that gun on the floor below, on which it is receiving instructions and going through monkey motions. For what, gentlemen! I have looked down the barrel of a gun and shot at the range at Plrbrigbt at the moving target of a man and received the crossed guns on my arm for my ability with the rifle. But what, gentlemen, are these Uiings used for? Are they used to suppress your class or mine? You know only too well that they are for the shedding of human blood. And when blood has to be shed my class must do the shedding. The speaker of the evening, during the course of bis remarks, said some things favorable to trade unions of the working class. But we know that we are not looked on favorably by our masters. All other mankind can organize—legal, medical and tho employers of labor, —but when workers make an endeavor to do the same thing, then holy horror is created att the audacity of the working class. Major Lipsett—Are you quoting tne! Mr. Watchman—No, I am not quoting you us an Individual, but the class you belong to. Wc, of the working class, who understand our position, do not worry about Individualism— realizing that they are not to blame. But tbe system wblch produces your class of men—no, 1 rather admire you as an Individual for giving me this opportunity of voicing the sentiments of labor as regards the militia. You have made an endeavor to study this matter and are, no doubt, sincere; but I would advise you to continue your studies and you will eventually arrive at the stage ahead of what you are now. No, no, my class has not the hatred your ciass has for mine— the wealth producers and your class, the owners. What further kindness do you want? My class will still show yours further kindness at a later period. You have shown how the Industrial development has taken place from communism. If you could see from my standpoint you would see from a different environment than you now ocoupy. No doubt It Is nice to look down on the struggles of humanity and to sympathize with them. Many of you no doubt would like to relieve them—JuBt a little— but you cannot. We of the working class, who are down, realize the miseries and the degradation, the suppression and coercion of our class by the mllltla. Therefore, we cannot look upon you with any favor. It Ib a matter of development that has taken some time for me to arrive at this. MINERS OF N.S.W. i Coal Barons Cannot Get the Strike-Breakers to Work Mines Law Allows Only Expert Men in Underground Workings (From' our Special Correspondent.) SYDNEY, N. S. W., Feb. 1.—The matter of short hours Is engaging tbe attention of the miners ot N. S. W In the mines a few years ago there were three shifts worked, day and was that/the mine never got a chance night, continually. The result of this was that the mine never got a chance to clear Itself, and In two cases at least, disasters can be traced to this cause. Then by a supreme effort the men got the third shift thrown out Now they are trying to get the afternoon shift done away with. The matter Is being dealt with by the courts at present. Piute Ib enraged over the matter and says If the men win In the courts they will take lt If necessary to the privy council of the United Kingdom. But as the miners will not give way, and as they cannot get scabs to work ln a mine (the law of the land prohibits all but expert miners to work ln a coal mine) lt seems as if tbe ooal barons' cake is uncooked dough, and ln the matter of mine working they have bad some very hard knocks in N. S. W. In a great number of oases before the court the decision has gone with tho men. eRsult—the coal barons say that the judges are in favor ot the men. But they never say that the judges are in favor of the Flutes when a decision goes against the mln era. There was a time when the miners got the princely wage of one eight of a penny for filling a ton of small coal. But a court threw this out and now the men get V/3a a ton. Plue nearly had a fit over this and matter of fact bas never got quite over lt yet. PAGE FIVE JAMES STARK UIIB Mon Inn, IMuk IM ua. 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Opaque Window Shades Re«utor ***■,or 43e- on Hartshorn Spring •» £ Z~Z# ^Oilers Reg. H.35 for. (We. satisfaction to see this b'ody cut and oarved, "as you do it?" I have no desire to see bloodshed, no desire to see my fellow creatures writhing in death's agonies trom tbe bullet or bayonet. Then, gentlemen, why do you train to do these things? I said my class would Bhow you further kindness at a later period. Yes we will, In the interest of all humanity put, you to work. You will then be the creators of the beautiful and the necessaries of life. Not the destroyers of lite that might be beautiful. If you would come with me into Indus- trial life, into some of the mining camps or construction camps of this province and feel the refining Influence of a pick and shovel and the environment of my class, you might be in a position to speak from my viewpoint. Now, I must approve of the remarks of the previous speakers, and being in Nanalmo with Brother Simmons the night that some of you pulled off that glorious feat of military Btrategy, surrounding a hall with fixed bayonets and machine gun on 1800 men of my class who were considering agreements, "defenceless but for their hands. I give you all honors and medals for that gallant feat of arms—no doubt the event will remain ln history. But, gentlemen, my class being always In danger ol losing their lives, did not lose their heads. They considered some 36 clauses of an agreement in a calm, and, let me say, a critical manner. They ar.. he kint' ' men that compose my '-.ass. >,nat would yours have done tn the same position? Why are we in the trade union movement opposed to the mllltla? Let me say that we are opposed to all military forces because the working class in all countries are beginning to realize that the mllltla is kept for one purpose and that is to suppress workers. . The trade unions being international, having and hold- when j Ing affiliations with practically every nation on the earth, we cannot avoid being drawn closer together and making our movement one of the greatest agencies for the welfare of humanity—yours being for Its de structlon. Allow mc to say in conclusion that capital knows no country, no nation or flag. It is International. The working clsss must develop along similar lines. When lt becomes properly International our trouble as a class will be removed— nnd your class too. I thank you, B. Simmons, vice-president of the B. 0. Federation of Labor, said; Tbe different speakers have referred to different parts of the world. I would like to bring you back nearer home. Right on Vancouver Island we have had the mllltla used to coerce the striking miners. 1 was a witness to this scene when 1800 men were In meeting assembled to discuss tbe Jingle Pot agreement, when tho hall was surrounded by troops and machine guns trained on tbe door, when I could not speak to one of the miners' officials because the troops would not let me gain accesB to the ball. Do you wonder the trades unionists are opposed to the militia after such scones? Do you wonder that they will not become members of the militia? They are only following the logical conclusion which such things are bound to bring about. Oeo. A. Coldwell, vice-president of the Victoria Typographical union, stated tbat be had been a trades unionist all his life. He had three sons In cadet corps, and he Bald that trades unionists must have protection for their wives and families and their homes. 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ELECTRIC PHONE, 8BYMOUB 5000 1138 Granville St. Near Davie REV. A. E. COOKE'S DISCOURSE ON ISLAND STRIKE (Continued from page 1) stand it. I need not go back to the past years when after repeated attempts to organize for their own protection—attempts which were determinedly opposed and persistently defeated by every company on the island (except one, now long out of exist encej—the miners learnt from bitter experience that no Canadian union could possibly cope with the situation or accomplish anything whatever. Finally in January, 1911, they petitioned the United Mine Workers of America to come and organize them efficiently. It was not until after re peated requests that this great or ganlzatlon granted their desire in June of that year, and the following November at a convention of the island miners, the district was formally organized. Not long afterwards both District President Foster and International President White of the U. M. W. of A., asked the mine owners to meet with the men for conference upon the conditions of labor in the Island mines. The owners ignored this request, and nothing was said further. The unions went on increasing their membership and growing in power, until the Canadian Collieries Company at Ladysmith and Cumberland began turning off the men most identified with the union. The climax came when the now famu'is "gas committee" trouble arose. According to British Columbia laws the miners must appoint two of their number to act as gas inspectors so that dangerous gas may not be allowed to gather. If they do not appoint this committee then the government inspector will do it and their wages will be cut to pay expense. If this gas committee does not make a true report of conditions after each inspection they are liable to imprisonment for three months with hard labor. In June 1912, this committee reported a certain amount of gas hi a mine at Extension, and this report was later confirmed by the government mine inspector. Soon afterwards one of these men, named Mottishaw, was dismissed and went to Cumberland where he got work in a mine under a sub-contractor. But just as soon as the manager knew he was there he told the contractor to fire him, and In spite of the contractor's strong remonstrance, ln spite of the fact that he was as good a workman as any there he was discharged again. Next day the men sent a delegation to ask the superintendent why he was fired; the superintendent refused to' see them. They sent another committee with the same result and then held a mass meeting from which both union and non-union men were sent to interview the management, but they were told the company did not have to give any reason for dismissing their men. Then the men decided to take a general holiday on Sept. 16th, both as a protest against the company's action nnd that they might unitedly discuss the whole situation. On going back to work the next morning they found notices posted ordering them to take out their tools as they were all discharged. This was at Cumberland and the following day the men of the same company at Ladysmlth protested against this "lockout" by taking a holiday on the 18th, when they, too, found they were locked out next morning. ThUB began the whole trouble. The company refused to meet the men in any way, and soon began work again wtth Asiatics and a small number of non-union men— about thirty. It is definitely stated by the men that the Asiatics who had struok with them were forced baok to work hy the company with the aid of the so-called "special police." Those were men Imported from Seattle and other outside points, equipped with badge and revolver and ignor ance of Canadian law. I have the signed statement of the mayor of Cumberland that these "special police" were used to drive the Asia- ties baok to work. And he adds "no praise Ib too great for the manner ln which the miners have conducted themselves at all times during the past sixteen months, notwithstanding the intensest bitterness occasioned because of the prejudice shown by the provincial government toward the miners' just cause, coupled with frequent Insult and injury. The Immense control they bave had oVer themselves ts evidenced by the fact tbat there haB not been In all that time one dollar's worth of property destroyed or any criminality whatever. Considering the great provocation the wonder Ib that this Is so." ThlB was the Btate of things in Cumberland and elsewhere until May 1st of last year, when the whole situation was suddenly changed by the sympathetic strike of the miners at Nanalmo and other points. 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Then the excitement increased, feeling grew intense and an outbreak occurred at Ladysmlth mines, where a few small houses were burned and one man wounded by u shot from the strike-breakers in the mine entrance. About the same time Borne windows were broken ln Na nalmo, and a couple of bombs were thrown, it is not known by whom, one of which seriously injured a man in his own home. Then the mllltla were sent, some hundreds strong; men were arrested to the number of 256, and held In jail from eight days to six weeks before they even got a hearing. Then almost a hundred had to be released ae there was no charge whatever against them. Some, who, on advice of their counsel, pleaded guilty, received the severest sentences known to British law, although no evidence was produced beyond the facts that they held ofllce in tbe un ion and had been seen In the street at the time of the riots. Others are still awaiting trial, while some, after months in jail, without chance of ball, have been found guilty of no crime whatever. One young man has died while in prison, unattended by his friends, Those' are the main facts of the situation in barest, outline, and now to examine them more closely and place the blame Where I am convinced it belongs. My subject is "Has justice been done the striking miners?" and in answer to that the first point I would make Is that the miners of Cumberland and Ladysmith have alwayB been treated with gross injus tice by the company for which they worked. I would put the blame for the present trouble primarily on the shoulders of this company and its management. I am Informed by men of unimpeachable Integrity, who have lived for years on the Island, who are not miners, but who know conditions Intimately that the Canadian Collier les company have never seriously at tempted to properly observe the laws governing the mines. They have been so determined to increase their profits that they have disregarded ordi nary precautions for the safety of human life. I have gone through the evidence of the men sworn before the Labor commission a year ago, and find that, Instead of paying their men at least »3.30 a day as the company's manager told Commissioner Price they did, they frequently cut them down to between two and three dollars and sometimes $1.76. They overcharged them for their powder, they changed them about so as to keep them from earning too much. They discriminated against them; kept them at the mercy of the bosses to such an extent that they did not know what they were earning until the boss would say how much they should get at the end of the month. One miner told me it was a common practice for men to be sent Into the mines with explosives in such quantities as were entirely against the law. He alBO helped to carry to the hospital a miner who had a hand blown off, an eye blown out, and his chest crushed In, while at workr though the minister of mines' report for that mine and that year states that all shots were fired by electric battery. In spite of all the protective laws supposed to he In force on the island no less than 373 men have been killed ln the last thirty years by gas explosions in addition to hundreds of lesser accidents to life and limb. As late as 1909 an explosion at Extension killed 35 men, and It was proved before Justice Gregory that the laws had been absolutely disregarded, and the condition of the mines was disgraceful. Of oourse, the company argues that lt Is to their own Interest to observe the law, etoe they have to pay compensation, but the fact Ib they never pay one cent of compensation where they oan avoid lt, and then only after prolonged legal flght. This whole trouble oould have been prevented if the company had shown any regard for the ordinary legal and human rights ot tbe men whose sweat and toll was making them wealthy at the constant risk of the men's own lives. But Instead of that the men were held at the mercy of the management, they were cheated, wronged, and dismissed at will, and when their comrades make a reasonable request for an explana tlon they were told they would get no reason and the door waB shut in their face. In my humble opinion, after a careful study of all the evidence I can gather, the fact Ib that If there had been any proper administration of the law of the land the management of the Canadian Collieries company would be behind tbe bars Instead of the men who are there to-day. But I go further, and Bay that in my judgment the miners now on strike have not had either just or lawful treatment at the hands of the government of this province or this dominion. In the flrst place, the men of Cumberland did their best to get satisfaction from the company and when that was Impossible they sent a deputation by the flrst boat they could get to Victoria, to urge Sir Richard McBride, as minister of mines, to investigate the whole matter. After hearing them he asked for their statement ln writing, and on September 21st, four days after the "lockout," they Bent him a full account of the whole affair, asking "when men do their duty under the law what protection does the law afford them? Does lt prevent the employer or his agents from discriminating against them or discharging them ln case they make a report not satisfactory to the management?" This was signed by the union district officials. The premier replied by saying he "failed to find grounds warranting an. enquiry under the law." Again ln January, 1913, the B. C. Federation of Labor sent him a strong resolution asking him to arrange a conference between the company and the miners. In February the president of that federation wrote both the premier and the manager of the Canadian Collieries urging that something be done; he followed that up by taking the president of Victoria board of trade, the member for Comox, and the president of the council representing the provincial government, and personally Interviewing the manager of the mines who absolutely refused to see the men or arrange maters. Then Farrington, International representative of the U. M. W. of A. wrote the manager and also tried to get others interested. Mr. Simon Lelser of Victoria, took the matter up and almost succeeded In arranging a conference on the manager's own terms when he again refused to negotiate, although none of the union officials were Included in the delegation. Then six days were spent before the royal Labor commission and Farrington wrote three successive letters to the chairman of that commission afterwards, asking that something be done. Finally he secured an answer saying nothing could be done. Foster, the president, also wrote to the premier, complaining of the actions of the special police at Cumberland, and was toid there was no justification for his charge. Other letters passed, but no enquiry was made and things drifted on towards the final outbreak. In January and February the legislature at Victoria was asked by one of its members to appoint a committee to enquire into the whole situation, but the house voted it down and nothing was done. 1 have copies of all these letters and this resolution, and a copy of the letter which Farrington sent to Ottawa, Informing the minister of labor of all these facts and details. But It may be well to glance at the part played In this drama by the minister of labor at Ottawa. Seeing tho news of the dispute in the public press he wired the district secretary at Na- animo asking why the men hud "struck" in violation of the act that governs such disputes. The secretary replied that the men had not gone on strike but had been "locked-out" by the mine owners after one day's idleness. I do not find thnt he wired the company asking why they had broken the law, by locking out the men. Then, as soon as lt was clearly seen the lock-out was going to continue, Robert Foster, president of the union, wrote the minister, stating the case and asking "if there was any remedy we would like to know." To this the minister replied by a wire stating he would consider the matter and write later. But I am informed that from that day to this that promised letter has not been received. It may have gone astray, ilker the answer to the request of our ministerial association and the forms of application for investigation which he said he forwarded to both Farrington and- the district secretary. Later on in the year he came to the Island and Interviewed many of the men at different points, and also the company's managers. Delegations of the men appeared at every point to place their case before him. Some of them he listened to and questioned, but I am informed by those who were with him at every camp that when men told him of real grievances and the company's lawlessness he replied bluntly ln many cases "I don't believe lt." He was challenged by Foster to come to the mines and see for himself where the laws were even then being deliberately broken but he refused. At Extension 80 men watted all day to see him, but when he came he went Into the company's ofllce, stayed two hours and then drove off without speaking to one of them. He was accompanied hy Mr. Price who was left behind to continue investigation as a royal commissioner, and whose report, since Issued, leaves out some important facts, misinterprets others, and in my humble opinion, as well as that of others more learned ln the law, Is simply "a brief from the Inside," written ln the Interest of the companies that are determined to deprive the miners of ordinary human rights. I am informed by several men who know the facts that beyond what be heard the minister of labor discuss with the men, Commissioner Price never put a single question, then nor afterwards, to the men on strike nor any of their representatives. Men and brethren, I am not bothering my head about the politics of this thing, but I ask any sane man. or woman If that kind of Investigation (Continued on Page Seven) To whom It may concern: ThiB Is to certify that I have used MINARD'S LINIMENT myself as well as prescribed lt ln my practice where a liniment was required and have never failed to get the desired effect C. A. KING, M, D. GRAND CENTRAL HOTE CAUER ft DUMARESQ, Proprietor! FULLY MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE The Leading Hotel. :: Auto Parties catered to. European and and American Plan. PHONE EBURNE 135 Corner Fourth Street and River Road Eburne Station, B. C. FIREPROOF EUROPEAN ABBOTSFORD HOTEL Vancouver, B. C. 921 Pender St., West Phone Seymour 5860 RATES $1.00 A DAY UP First-class Grill in Connection P. L. WALLING FORD, Manager SMOKE THE OLD RELIABLE Kurtz's "Pioneer" Cigars A3K FOB THEM, SEE THAT YOH GET THEM, AND DON'T LET DEALERS FLIM-FLAM YOU WITH CHEAP TRASHY SUBSTITUTES HOTEL :: C0NNAUGHT HAV A DEPTFORD, Prope. 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Why not save this extra $ and keep your money circulating in the city where you earn your living? Let your orders be for BREWED AND BOTTLED IN VANCOUVER BY VANCOUVER BREWERIES limited FBIDAT ...FEBRUARY 17, 1814. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDEBATIONIBT. PAGE SEVEN Fighters Get Fed—Funkers Get Fed—Up/ WHEREDOICOMEIN? DOES THIS FILL THE BILL? A LAVISH SHARE OF WORK A STINGY SHARE OF GRUB IA DOUBLE 8HARE OF WORRY A MEAGRE SHARE OF CLUB A MIGHTY SHARE OF KICK8 A SCANTY SHARE OF TOGS A DOUBTFUL SHARE OF HA'PENCE A LITTLE SHARE OF BOB8. YES STOP WONDERING AND BLUNDERING TREMBLING AND GRUMBLING FIDDLING AND FUMBLING START THINKING AND ACTING WORKING AND STRIVING HUSTLING AND BUSTLING GET INSIDE THE UNION OF TOUR CRAFT Every day's delay—but postpones your better pay/ The only fortune that waits—is misfortune/ EVERY UNION MAN IN VANCOUVER SHOULD PATRONIZE LABOR TEMPLE CLUB .AND POOL ROOM MR. WORKINGMAN For the past 25 yean*, an average of 27 men have been killed each year in the mines on Vancouver Island chiefly through gas explosions. For rebelling against these conditions, 39 Miners are suffering imprisonment in New Westminster. WE ARE DETERMINED THAT THET SHALL BE FREED WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? EVERY UNION HOTEL WILL DISPLAY THIS SIGN IN THE BAR. LOOK POR IT. REV. A. E. COOKE'S DISCOURSE ON ~ ISLAND STRIKE (Continued from Page SU) should satisfy the people ot this dominion who have got to suffer the losses inflicted by this struggle ud pay the bills. Why should any mu be accused of lying without Uklng the slightest trouble to find If his statement Is true! The minister of labor may quibble as he will about red-tape applications for an Investigation, but when Foster wrote asking for advice and a remedy, In my Judgment, lt was enough for uy nun ln the minister's position to take Immediate action and do his utmost to bring about a settlement This was exactly what was done ln 1902 ud 1803 In the strikes In Ladysmlth and Nanalmo when the then deputy minister was settled ln a tew weeks. Why did the minister of mines In this province refuse to investigate at the repeated request ot men who believed they hsd grievances that might meu Injury or death to many of them? The law compels these men to do their duty In reporting unsafe conditions. Is there no law to compel the oompuy to keep conditions as they should be? Or have the companies not only laid hold of the treasures of the earth Ood Intended for all of us, but have they also laid such a grip upon our governments that justice and law may he smashed to splinters when the computes will lt? I say again I may be entirely wrong ln my conclusions, but after going over the whole facts In my possession I am firmly convinced that had Sir Richard MoBrlde honestly made uy attempt to do his duty as minister of mines for this province, this whole struggle with all its bitter consequences would have been entirely prevented right at the start The men asked for protection In the performance of their dally duties. This has been denied them. They were left to tbe tender mercies of the managers who refused them the means ot livelihood, ud, when finally exasperated beyond endurance by Injustice and Insult, they retaliated by deeds of violence, the whole power of the law that did not protect them when they needed it was hurled against them In severest punishment —a punishment unexampled in the history of industrial struggles. This surely was the crowning Injustice that two men like Outhrle and Taylor (I do not know about the others) who were known to be ot the highest integrity, who were doing their utmost to keep the miners from breaking the peace, against whom the only evidence produced was that they were leading offlclsls ln the union and they were on the street at the time of the riot, one of them 30 years old ud just a few weeks married; the other about 50 and father of a family—that these .two men should be sentenced to two years ln the penitentiary—no wonder the public gasped at the injustice and shame of Itl To me the whole thing looks ax If the Canadian Collieries' management hid ordered the Victoria; government to keep its fingers out of the pie, while the company crushed the men, and tbe Ottawa government dare not move for fear of exposing Its friends. I admit freely that the men did wrong in some things. Their own leaders admit It; they did their best to keep the men from an outbreak of violence, ud soma of them are In jail to-day for yean u a result of their efforts in that respect I do not defend any ot the violent scenes or deeds that took plaoe ln the height of excitement ud mad burst of long- restrained passion. It was deplorable, and damning to the men's own cause. But I am not foolish enough to think that human nature puts no limits to provocation and Injustice, or that men who have lived steady and peaoeable lives for years will suddenly break Into wild deeds of violence without the strongest reasons. I am told by upright Christian men who were on the scene of the trouble—men who had nothing to do with the mines—that both special police ud strike-brekkers did their utmost by taunts, Insults and lies to provoke the men to a riot At Cumberland's band of strike-breakers were marched up ud down the street calling on the strikers to fight The msyor of the town tells me they came "with- the express purpose of raising • riot" ud he adds, "lt was well known two weeks ahead that this was to be attempted, yet the town was so left to the mercy ot these would-be rioters that all the police were withdrawn except three or four. If lt were not tor the good senss ud peacefulness of the miners there would have been a very different story to tell." Several miners were arrested on charge of unlawful assembly, but the oases had to be dismissed, while not one of those who invaded the town waa arrested, he says, "It was only after considerable Inconvenience ud expense that I had the leader brougbt before the roagi- trate on the charge ot rioting on whloh charge he Is at present out on ball. Contrast thla with the treatment meted out to the president of the union who was held ln jail for three months without bail, and treated like a noted orlmlnal." Those are the words of the present mayor. Bo, too, at Ladysmlth, 175 strike-breakers were paraded through the streets by one of the oompuy offlclsls, when the miners were holding their May-day plonto. Then later, two young miners were set upon by four Italian strike-breakers and one of them stabbed. They had difficulty getting the police to arrest even the one who used the knife; the chief refused to arrest the others, telling the miners he had no sympathy with them, they were beaten 'ud had better go hack to work. Finally word came from the mines that six men had been shot and the miners started out to see. Then came the riots and the mllltla next day. There Is no doubt ln my mind the militia were needed when they came, and most ot them behaved decently In a most trying situation, especially at Cumberland. They were the logical outcome of the situation last August, but that situation was the logical outcomp of a period of no'law but the rule of the tyrannical company and their "special" police. Much also has been Bald against the strike at Nanalmo where the union officials are accused of forcing men to break their contract with the Western Fuel company ud calling them out on strike agalnat their will. But I find that six months before this all the union men on the Island had, through their delegates ln convention, instructed Farrington and Foster to call out all the miners as soon as the international board would agre to stand by them. This was afterwards ratified by the 3500 union men ln all their locals, though It waa kept quiet for few ot the companies. In spite of this, ud the assurance of the International's support, Farrington wut on making every attempt to secure a settlement from the Cuadlu Collieries for six months more until every other resource waa exhausted. Then driven to the wall, he seceded to the six-months' old demud of the 3500 union men at all camps. Bis own words to Ottawa best state the situation: "AU our efforts have failed to move the Canadian Collieries from their obstinate position, our every attempt to conciliate hu been Interpolated as an evidence of weakness ud every overture for peace con- of labor came out ud eaeh struggle strued as an act of cowardice. We have not left unpaid uy Obligations to the government or any other public interest; we have worked patiently and persistently for eight long months to avoid u expansion of the disturbance, and through no fault of our own we were forced to the point where we were compelled to tight with all our power or surrender absolutely to the dominance of the coal companies operating on Vancouver Island ud this we will not da" The union wu the mouthpiece through which the men ot Cumberland ud Lsdysmlth fighting tot legal ud human rights cried to their fellow-workers in the other towns "for eight months we have carried on a flght for legal protection; we see no likelihood of a successful termination. The day we are defeated you alao will lose the right to tbe protection afforded by your oommlttee. With your assistance we believe we can win. Cease work, it this Is also your flght" The U. M. W. of A. became their mouthpiece because only through It could they keep from starving while they fought As to the agreement with the oompuy, I have no defence to offer for breaking contracts thst are really contracts. It seems that it was impossible to have any Improve. ments made in lt, no matter how dissatisfied the men were with It Every two years lt was brought up In the same old form, ud they had to sign It or let it alone. They could get no change In it because they were not organised. They also claim Ihe bosses never lived up to it in different particulars, ud I have outside testimony supporting their claim. To sum up the whole situation, I am thoroughly convinced that the entire struggle with all its deplorable results Is simply the result of the coal companies' determination to kill the right ot the workers to organise ln uy effective manner. They argue that they have no objection to a Canadian organisation but all down the past they have fought as Utterly against every attempt of the men* to organise even In the feeblest manner. Even the West- em Fuel company, when lt came to Nualmo, did not rest till lt crushed out.the old union under which the men had worked in peace for years, and because ot which Nanalmo grew up to be a strong ud prosperous city. The whole trouble Is that they realize the United Mine Workers with Its 400,000 members and Its ability to put 76,000 dollars a month Into the struggle is going to give the men a power of collective bargaining they have never had. They object to It as u American union, but lt Is only one ot 99 International unions having locals ln Canada, while they themselves are largely American. The faot Is these men who refuse to recognize WHITE STAR .> HV 5h' ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS! MONTREAL ' QUItEC UVIMOM, New 8.8. "Laurwitle" '.16,000 tons), new 8.8. "M«H"tlc." Fint Clus. MMO Second CUm. S5J.7S Third Class, OOUt ONE CLASS (tt) CABIN SERVICE Express 8.8. "Tsutonlc" (Twin Screw steamers) 8.8. "Canada" 512 feet long (ISAM and up). CM feet long (Srd dale Ml JI and <>p) WHITI STAR LINI B08TON OUIINSTOWN ONE CLASS (II.) CABIN SERVICE 8.8. "Arable" (Splendid Twin Screw steamers) B.S. "Cymrla** 10,000 tons, 000 feet long (Rata Mt.71) 11,000 tons, NO ft. long (Rats tatM) llt-tnd AVINUI, •IATTLI, WN. LIVIRMOb the unton would have-us put back the huds of the clock for halt a century. They would plunge the industries and the workers of onr country Into tht old tyrannical brutality ud bitter suffering of the put half ot the llth m- tury, ln England and Europe. Bveryf student ot history knows that tht battle of tradu ud Itbor unions wu fought out long ago, and tha eoal operaton ot Vanoouver Islud cu no more stop the march of Industrial democracy thu thty cu keep buk the ruth of the Pulflc tide. The miners ot that Island havt Just u much right to organise tor thttr pro taction ud betterment u tht coal owners have to form their computes ud combines. And whra Mr. Stockett or MT. Coulson refuse to meet Farrington or Foster for consultation, they are publishing their own stupidity, u well aa their obstinacy to the world at large. By what right by what law of common erase or decency uu the paid agent of capitalism refute to meet the paid agent of labor to discuss their mutual Interests? Labor to protect its rights ud standards muat have efficient organisation ud for oapital to use Its strength ud still to take this weapon of defence from the worker Is an outrage. Bnt when government steps in' to aid In the robbery thu justice Is prostituted In her very seat ud democracy is strangled to make plaoe for slavery. If this country ot ours ts to keep her place in the march ot the nations, If her people are to lift their heads u free men and not u serfs ud slaves, the poorest of her wage-workers must have the right and the power through collective bargaining to determine their share ln the Joint product It la only through such power that tbe workers have gained what improvements and Industrial rlghta they have to-day. It has been unionism that haa enabled them to resist the economle pressure that would have degraded ud kept them ln slavery. It was the philosophic statesman of Oxford, Thorold Rogers, who declared It he had the malting of the laws he would exclude from the franchise all working men who were not members of trade unions, ud I believe htm so thoroughly that I maintain lt will be nothing short of a calamity to the social, political and religious life of this province and this dominion If the ooal barons of Vucouver Island are allowed to defeat the miners ln their present struggle for recognition of their union. We see the results ot both forms ot labor on the island today. Under the old union, which wu fostered by the predecessors ot the Western Fuel Company, Nanalmo bT-wFBpJfanStwwfac Sapa at Haat ami Tttr? High Umt to look; winter truing! to oome. A comforttblt rocker, u easy couch, a bookcase or rug, cu make a lot et difference to one's oomfort. Dont go on buying fumltart winter tfter winter-buy hart where furniture Is seltotad tt withstand tht round ot statu after season, ud May tf •htm. Come Is ud tee tht new arrivals-thty wtll bring many 'houn' pomtort tt tout lucky persons. Hattntg F-ankvt Ca. Limited «1 HAtTINU STRUT WUT grew to be t settled, prosperous, moral community, in the other' camps tht lack ot unionism hu kept them hi a itate of constant demoralisation. Far. signers ot every language have ten brought hi ud herded together, no unity ot life or citizenship hu bwa pottlble, tht churches have pound thttr thousands ol dollara into tht work of morallsatlon ot thete communities for over twraty yean and are no further ahead; schools hart accomplished nothing, the populaot hu been constantly shitting; everything that makes for peace ud prosperity has been killed because tht companies could do u they liked ud the workers had no power whatever to obtain better conditions. Thtn are the conditions after over twenty years. How muoh longer are they to continue? Just u long u Industrial democracy la piurdered In its cradle ud the mlnen are denied the right of organisation a union strong enough to enforce their Just demuds. There- fore I say again, lt will be a national calamity If the minera are beaten In their present struggle. And therefore also I uy lt is the duiy ot every true citizen of our dominion ud particularly of this province, to Insist to tht limit of hit power that the proper authorities drop their ridiculous, criminal policy ot Inaction, take hold ot the situation, Investigate it to tht very bottom, lay bare the actual facts and see that Justice Is done to tht Injured public, to the wronged mlnen and the real culprits whoever they are, and wherever they stud. fAMAhA MILLIONS OF ACRES w\ll/\LJ/\ OF LAND AVAILABLE Farm Hands Become Farmers Who Can Look Forward to a Competency for Later Years y There is an urgent and ever-increasing demand in Canada for farm help and domestics, who are assured of steady employment. The industrious farm hand, who has no capital and saves his earnings, can soon become the owner of 160 acres of fertile soil. Improved farms can be obtained on easy terms in almost every Province, and the farmer with small or large capital has unlimited opportunity for his energy and enterprise and every assurance of success. Upon application, illustrated pamphlets will be mailed free of charge, giving specific data showing the approximate sum required and how to commence settlement, and the excellent educational facilities available in every Province of the Dominion. No effort is made to induce the emigration of mechanics or skilled labor. It is advisable for such classes to make inquiry from reliable sources as to the demand for such labor, and to have a sufficient sum of money for maintenance until employment is obtained. The Immigration Department DOES NOT undertake to find employment for mechanics or skilled laborers.' SYNOPSIS OF LAND LAWS '■ ' ' Six monthi' residence upon and cultivation of tht land in each of three yean. A homesteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at leut 80 acrei solely owned and occupied by him or hla father, mother, son, daughter, brother or titter. n , In certain distriots a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a quarter section alongside hit homestead. Price $3,00 per acre. Duties—Mut reside six monthi in eaoh of six yean from date of homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra. FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPLIED FREE OF CHARGE ON APPLICATION TO W. D. SCOTT Superintendent of Iiranigration OTTAWA 1 p ^—mTiwmmo%a—ena——i PAGE EIGHT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27, Ull At Winnipeg—Forty Delegates Present—Safety First Campaign Great Disability Suffered for Lack of Satisfactory LawB Good suits at an economical price. Come in the most up-to-date fabrics and wide range of patterns. Coats are cut in the three- button, single-breasted style, with medium high-cut vest, and trousers finished with five pockets, loops for belts, and cuff buttons if desired. CALL AND VIEW THEM TO-DAY. ALL SIZES IN STOCK. HUDSON'S BAY STORES CORNER OF GRANVILLE AND GEORGIA STREETS I \M TEMPLE POOL After holding sessions for four days the convention of the C. P. R. Bystem federation terminated on Saturday at Winnipeg, Man. Some 40 delegates representing all the Important points on the C. P. R„ were ln attendance, Including the following prominent officers from points outside Winnipeg: Frank McKenna, Cranbrook, president of the federation International Railway Carmen's union; D. MoCallum, Calgary, secretary of federation and chairman machinists' district No. 2; W. G. Pousland, Toronto, international vice-president blacksmiths and helpers' union; J. P. Merrigan, Montreal, vice-president International Boilermakers' union; John H. Barnett, Toronto, fourth vice-president International Moulders' union; J. A. McClelland, Montreal, vice-president International Association of Machinists; John M. Bruce, Toronto, general organizer, Plumbers' and Steamfltters' International union; R. J. Tallon, Calgary, chairman section No. 1 of district No. 2, International Association of Machinists. The convention dealt with many matters concerning particularly the C P. R. Systems Federation and others of more general Interest to those on the outside. The legislative committee had a large number of Items to submit In Its report, the flrst of which was a recommendation to support the Safety First Campaign. We wish to accord our earnest support to the "Safety First" campaign Inaugurated on some of the railroad systems, both for its beneficial and educational features, and urge upon the affiliated membership to join heartily ln the same because of the great benefit to be derived from such a measure ln the protection of Ufe and limb, and seek also to have established on all dangerous machinery proper and effective safeguards. An active campaign should prevail for the enforcement of the "factories'" act regarding the general conditions of sanitation and other conditions that are detrimental to the workers ln the railroad Industry. We deplore the lack at many points of proper hospital accommodation for those Injured during their day's work, and believe at the first opportunity this question should be brought before the various railroad companies with a view to having properly equipped . hospitals maintained at every suitable point. Owing to the great disability we suffer from the lack of satisfactory laws relating to workmen's compensation, we wish to urge on our affiliated mem. bershlp the great need of using their efforts to have established ln their various provinces satisfactory compensation laws and aiming for the principle of Btate Insurance of all workers. We wish to express our approval of the bill at present before the dominion parliament, calling for the bi-weekly pay, and also to give continued support to the bill calling for the recognition of the eight-hour day. The Lemleux Act. "in view of the conditions prevailing In Canada where we are governed by the Industrial Disputes Investigation act, 1907 (the Lemleux act) ud Its effects on the operation of the railroads of this country and the position of our local unions, we are in a peculiar position with regards to affiliation with the railroad department, u we cannot conform to all Its laws and believe that some clear understanding must be entered Into between the System Federation of Canada and the railroad department, If we affiliate with such body. Owing to the opposition that has been offered by the STRIKE NOW ON IN THE MINING CAMPS OF CUMBERLAND, NANAIMO, SOUTH WELLINGTON AND LADYSMITH ON VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA ALL WORKERS KEEP AWAY. THE COAL BARONS ARE BEING AIDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE STRIKE AND DEFEAT TRADE UNIONISM. By Bowser's Special Police and Soldiers THOUSANDS OF MEN ARE OUT OF WORK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR A MAN TO GET WORK UNLESS HE GOES TO WORK ABOUT THE • MINES TO SCAB AGAINST HIS FELLOW WORKMEN SO KEEP AWAY FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA majority of the mechanical trades ln railroad work at various annual conventions of the Trades and Labor congress, and the adoption of a resolution at two successive conventions, urging the repeal of the Industrial Disputes aot, and in view of the amendments submitted to the government by the executive of the Trades and Labor congress, we e xtend pur support to -the same with the hope of making the act an effective and satisfactory law, and We support t he attitude of the congress executive in demanding that any proposed amendments to the act Bhould at flrst be submitted to them, before being introduced Into the house of commons. ' G. T.- P. Arbitration. Having taken into consideration the many subjects that require atten tion, we feel that we cannot ignore the position of the present board of conciliation on the Grand Trunk Pa- oillo. We deplore the fact that this railroad company has not lived up to the spirit of Its agreement at the termination of the 1911 Btrike, in which the oompany agreed to abide by the finding of a board, If such was constituted ou the request of tbe men em ployed on their road, and who have now adopted a changed policy and have not agreed to be bound by the award of the present board; and in view of the faot that the men are only asking for the rate of wages and conditions prevailing on competing roads, we feel that every effort should be made to see that the Grand Trunk Pacific lives up to t he spirit of tha agreement; and we trust at least that the finding of the board will give the employees of that road the conditions prevailing on other roads." With the amendment adopted to the constitution, the federation is put on a firmer basis than previously, and with the, prospects of the formation of a Federation pf System Federations on the Canadian railroads the workers on the various roads will be brought closer together. The executive has been Instructed to use its efforts to establish a closer relationship with the running trades and will probably make arrangements whereby the matter will be brought before the various railroad brotherhoods ln the near future. There Is an evident desire on the part of some of the running tradeB to become part of the system federations. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Frank McKenna, Cranbrook; vice-president, W. McFred rick, Montreal; secretary-treasurer, Duncan McCallum, Calgary. The convention adjourned Friday evening. Notes. The local unions of the various International unions working on the Canadian Northern are at present on the rules and bylawB governing the foundation of a system federation on that road, and a general meeting of the federation will be held Bhortly to put same into effect. The men are enthusiastic on the question of federation, and the belief Ib that it will not be long before a federation of federations will be established to bring about uniform rules and schedules governing the various roads in Canada. Great progress is being made with the organisation of the men on the Grand Trunk Pacific. A well attended meeting waa held at Transcona during the week, International Vice-President McCelland of the Machinists; Vice, President Merrigan, Boilermakers; Vice-President Poivesland, Blacksmiths, attended the meeting and gave addresses which were well-received. The various organisers report success ln their efforts and special efforts are going to be made during the year to bring about the same conditions for those employed on the Bystem as prevails on the competing roads in this portion of the dominion. Chairman McCallum, of tbe Machinists District council, and Secretary- Treasurer of the C. P. R. System Federation, Is starting on an organising tour on the whole Grand Trunk system and will be assisted generally by the Vice-President and Organisers of the other International unions engaged in railroad work. LAW BREAKING ACTS OF Stories of Oppressions by Operators Struck Terror Into Hearts Of Those Who Heard the Congressional Witnesses at Trinidad (Special to The Federatlonist.) DENVER, Col.—Stories of abuses unon women and children, of robberies and other lawbreaklng acts of the militia and of the tyranny and oppres- sIob of the coal operators ln Southern Colorado struck terror into the hearts of thoae who heard the congressional witnesses at Trinidad and made an evident deep Impression on the congressmen. Probably one of the most notorious outrages exposed was that told by little nine-year-old Justus Yanklnski, whose mother was robbed of $200 by a militiaman while the "captain" lay out In the buggy drunk. The fiendish nature of these brutes was shown when the "soldier" went to the kitchen, ate several eggs and then threw the rest on the floor, breaking the dish. Sarah Slater, a 16-year-old school miss and daughter of a property owner Of Trinidad, told of how Adjutant- general John Chase had kicked her, how another soldier had 'tried to strike her with a saber and how after she had1 suffered these outrages she had been taken to Jail. Miss Slater told of the notorious riding down of hundreds of women in the streets of Trinidad. A score of women were injured in this "brave charge" of the mllltla. The claim of the United Mine Workers that many of tbe militiamen were Baldwin Felts thugs and mine guards was substantiated by JoBeph Smith, who had been a Baldwin guard. Albert Wheeler, a former employee of Judge Northcutt, attorney for the coal operators, told the committee how he had seen boxes of arms stored ln Northcutt's offlce and of how they had been distributed' from the rear of his newspaper offlce. The congressmen heard testimony as to the system ot peonage in Southern Colorado and ot how the United States mall has been tampered with by the mllltla. LETTERS TO THtFED Editor Federatlonist—Now that tho work of the different conventions have released to us several member" nf our committee we hope to be able to furnish you with the news a little better than during the past month. Already the bark of the dogs Is heard In our city, for as you may know, a kennel club has now been formed, which certainly Bhould have a successful career, because the Held just now offers a bright outlook. All over the city at night, and even dur Ing the broad daylight these canine" pose with their annoying bark and wolfish howl. Assuredly there will be better care bestowed upon these poor brutes, and the common pedestrian of our streets seeking quietude will henceforth escape much annoyance. The brave and loyal citizen of an empire of justice and equality can afford to scorn the Herald's gospel inviting htm to quit his fighting, to prostrate the Interest of a higher and broader life. As the fact of Inhuman pride and tyranny, bolstered up by the sharp practice and annoying exploitation, the Herald's gospel has been drummed Into the ears o< the people of this community for tho last nine months until it haB become ridiculous and silly, in fact nauseating. It persistently invites all good union men to a confession of their guilt of striking for better conditions and of being unton men at all. It just as carefully lavishes Its blessing ot absolution from such guilt upon the man who does turn his bsck upon the same. However, after Its plausible efforts ln the interest of the mine owners, as against that ot the union, lt Ib simply dazed in Its amazement over the unfortunate state of the continued solidarity of the union men, due the shallow Inaptitude of its attempted intrigue. With eyes focused rigidly and Intent upon the columns of the Federatlonist, anxiously awaiting to hear the verdicts of the Nanalmo press committee, lt occasionally realises Its absence, Immediately quaffs the air ln a normal way again. With all the evasive powers of a professional fakir It functions to a nicety ln Its role of high priest. It appeals to union men and asks them to confess they are beaten, to acknowledge that they don't know their own business and urges them to accept the gospel as taught by the Herald. If they refuse to do this anathemas are hurled at them and they are duly cursed with bell, book and candle, but they don't appear to be "a penny the worse." If only the press oommlttee would relinquish Its unfortunate business, If only the leaders would quit the flght and' last but not least, If only the 10,056 men standing loyal to the union could be persuaded to acknowledge the fakir's gospel what a big hit the latter would make. Can they dissuade the leaders from telling the men funny stories, sb lt seems to be source of much discomfort, after all, the union man Is all right because the Herald says "heaven knows" (how consoling after a nine months' strike to understand that) "heaven knows what the next story will be." Yes, and the men also know what the story will be, and we hope the Herald will take note. Continuing his statement he says: "But the fact remains all these stories succeed In •heir object." They have tried 1-. stampede men back to strike-break back to the misery and taunt of a method of vicious abuse and exploitation without any possibility of pro tectlon from discrimination and fav orltlsm at the hands of the bosses, and finally back to do as they are told, bereft of all provision for a voice ln determining the conditions under which they shall be paid for their work. All that Is necessary for our men to worry about Is that of being a unit In resisting the cheap guff that is run off perpetually through the columns of the Nanalmo morning dally. Any sane man with half an ounce of brains can clearly see the drift of all the stuff peddled out. Imagine if you can, that this organ dare do anything other than It la doing, that it dare tell men to do anything other than to go to work, no matter how unjust and unfair it may be to their union. All such counsel Is most unworthy and of the cheapest kind. Let every brother In the battle realise his responsibility to do what Is Just and fair In the winning of tbls strike for better conditions and a more equitable measure of freedom. Let him recall the similar battles taken part ln by our parents In the days not long since past, and the sufferings endured to get a reduction of hours for the miner and also to gain the franchise. In some of these battles our ances tors freely gave up their lives rather than be traitors to their class or defeat the object for which they fought. The object for which our unton Is at present fighting Is every bit as honorable and deserving as those for which all other union battles have been waged. Surely we cannot afford to be less honorable to our brother worker and to his oauBe than were the old folks who preceded us. Nanaimo will yet be proud of the Intelligence and honor displayed hy the membership of the U. M. W. of A. In their struggle so gallantly persisted In these many months for a Just right to bargain with their employers ln the matter of working conditions. The 10,056 loyal members say now Is the time to decide the issue once for all, that it is passible to win this battle now and that lt must and shall be won now. Irrespective of the anxiety of the Herald oonfesslonal respecting our battle, and ot Its flimsy and scurrilous threats, we are glad tb realize that conditions are so shaping themselves as to be most hopeful for our cause, and not a little disturbing to tbe Herald. We regret .that tbls organ holds no brief for us as a union. However, Its doing so cannot, we believe, Interfere with our certainty of how tbls battle Is going to end. There Is no royal road to the miner ln seeking to Improve his condition any more than that of any other class of tollers, but the key to sure and certain victory In this as In all other struggles Is unity and solidarity of action and purpose. PRESS COMMITTEE. Local 2155, Nanalmo. A Splendid Safe Investment for Union Men Enquiries and interest has been very marked in connection with the "INSTALMENT BOND" which was introduced by us in The Federationist last week. A number of Saving Contracts were closed during the past week. The keen interest taken in the systematic saving campaign which is being inaugurated by the Royal Financial Corporation through Special Representative J. E. Newton, is worthy of mention, and to those who have not had the privilege of having the plan explained to them personally, we wish to give the following added information: Bonds are issued in denomination of $100, $1000, or any multiple thereof. The following tables are based on a Bond for $1,000. Bonds for any amount. We issue After Instalments have been paid for: year years Total Annual Payments ($31.20 per year) $ 31.20 02.40 93.60 124.80 156.00 187.20 218.40 240.60 280.80 312.00 343.20 374.40 405.60 436.80 468.00 490.20 530.40 561.60 - 502.80 624.00 TABLE"A" Showing Amounts for which fully paid Bonds will be issued $ 60. 120. 177, 234. 443. 401 538. 583, 627. 660.2 709.8 748.8 Cash 14 46 Valu TABLE"B" Showing Amounts payable in the event of death 07. 103. 141. 181, 312. 361 412. 465. 521 580. TABLE "C" Showing Amounts which the Company will loan upon the security of the Bond 706.9 775.01 846.52 921.61 One Thousand Dollars. 53.72 82.62 112.96 144.81 178.26 213.38 250.26 288.98 329.64 372.32 417.15 464.21 513.03 565.52 620.00 677.21 737.28 NOTE THE FEATURES: After two payments a paid up Bond will be issued. There are no lapses; no chance for losing your payments. There is a Death Clause, which increases rapidly after second year. The Bond can be used as security for a loan after second year. Not over seven per cent, will be charged by the Corporation for a loan. The Royal Financial Corporation is solid. We expect to sign One Thousand Contracts during the next month. Start today and lay the foundation for a successful future. Address all enquiries to BOND DEPARTMENT Royal Financial Corporation Ltd. 711 ROGERS BUILDING VANCOUVER, B.C. Influx of Immigration. A Montreal dispatch on Tuesday Stated that reports received at C. P. R. headquarters indicate that there will be a tremendous Influx of Immigrants trom the central and southern part of Europe thla year. From Great Britain comes word that many thousands will be coming out, particularly people with some means, to take up fruit farming In British Columbia. Applications are so numerous that It would be impossible to respond to half of them. A large number of ready-made farms are ln preparation ln tbe west, but the supply can not meet the demand. Constituencies Quled. The London Daily Citizen (labor) asserts that both liberal and conservative parties have secret - funds which form a stream of corruption throughout the political world. And the Dally Graphic says that It Ib common knowledge that titles have been bought with hard cash, that the business has been conducted almost openly and quite shamelessly, and that tbe money thus acquired has been used by the party managers In the house of commons to gull the constituencies. On Wednesday Adam Smith met with an acoldent at Wallace's shipyards by falling from a scaffold 18 feet. He will shortly be able to resume bis duties. He also Is, a member of No. 2 branch of the carpenters' union. "Bill" Hays, engineer, has returned to the city from Chicago, where he has been located for past three years. Organisation work Is progressing with Its carpenters, over 30 new members Joining the union since January 1st Secretary Neelands of the Vancouver Typographical unton, states that there Is nothing of Importance to report from this quarter this month. Trade still continues dull and, although an optlrialstlc tone prevails, the looked-for Improvement in conditions has not arrived. Five cards were deposited during the past month and the same number withdrawn. The total Immigration to Canada during the first ten months, April to January, ot the current fiscal year was 356,430 made up ot 135,179 British, 93,938 Americans and 127,313 from all other countries. During the corresponding ten months of last fiscal year, the total number was 334,- 883, composed of 130,609 British, 118,- 826 American and 95,648 from all other countries. The increase Is 3 per cent. "These financial adventurers, Mackenzie & Mann and Norton Griffiths oompany—and the premier seems to sleep in the same bed with them— knew that tbey could not sell bonds on their many other enter .bob here when It was shown that the Canadian Collieries would probably not pay Interest on Its debts .much less a dividend on the watered capital," he went on, "so what better excuse for failure could they give than a mine explosion, whloh would put crepe on many a miner's door, or a general Btrike? It Is easy to suppose that the company bred the strike for its own purposes. There Ib a close connection between Mackenzie ft Mann and this government and an enquiry, suoh as we desire, would shed a great deal of light ln dark places. That Is why we are refused an investigation and the Premier seeks to throw all the blame tor the strike trouble upon this bad, bad man, Farrington of the United Mine Workers."—Parker Williams, M.L.A. Why Not Use Union Made Printing? It's better thu any other kind, ud generally lit BEST. ITS ONLY KNOWN ,„, BY THB LABEL VMS' Wt cu furnish this label, also piper bearing the water-marked label of the International Association of Papermskers. Send us your ntxt order ud get both labels. B. C. FEDERATIONIST Room 117 Labor Ttmplt Vucouver - • B.C. ALL UNION (TORES DI8PLAV THIS OARD Shingle Weavers, Sawmill Workers and Woodsmen Take Notice All Interested in organization are requested to at once call at Room JIT, Labor Temple, or communicate with OEO. HEATHERTON A. F. of L. General Organiser Oold Fish Bowls MILLAR k C0E 121 HuHa|i St. W. have all sizes of fish bowls, 60c, 76c, 11.00 and 11.26, also selected gold flsh, 3 for 26c. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY
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