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a ■"'■ ■' IJ' ■ ■*>• Ml ITFE BRITISBL:i^lMi[A.:FEDEa^TIONISr avert—-'ef nitt: stbength.. SEV' THYEAR. No. 15; OFFICIAL PAPER : VANCOUVEB TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOB VANGQUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1915 ^^POLITICAL UNITY: VICTOBri CcSfgg) ll-SQ PER YEAB BE VERY CAREFUL 'resident Watters Determined Proposal Must Be Watched Patriotic Flag-waving Employers Use Cloak to Reduce Wages Some weeks ago it was suggested that the federal government might be [induced to assist soma of the many un* mployed machinists throughout Canada to reach the old country, sinee it i alleged there is plenty of work off* !ering there in that particular trade. Several machinists' lodges interested themselves in the project; central labor bodies were asked to and did assist, while the Trades and Labor Congress jpt Canada executive set about to see Khat there would be no misrepresentation and that all the negotiations in ■connection with the proposal would be [tin the level. Some weeks ago The Fed- gratlonist reproduced' a letter. from (President Watters to Bee. A. 0. John* ■son of the Machinists' union at Edmon- Tton, Alberta, which covered the ground ]pretty fully up to date. Latest Developments. In thia connection, many interested mechanics will be pleased to read a [copy of a leter mailed by President Matters to Sec. Johnson under date of llarch 28, which reads: 'In reply to ypurs of the 20th in- itant, addressed to Secretary Draper, •elative to the transfer of machinists 'rom 'Canada to Oreat Britain, let me itate that every 'effort, guided by such ixperience and wisdom as could be irought to bear on the matter, has >een made to meet the situation in both tountries. On the whoie, however, the piestlon is muoh more involved than ippears on the surface and' tho exercise of the greatest care has been nee* tssary to keep the Congress and all concerned from plunging into an imposs- ble position. "In my letter to you of the 8th ul- imo, I mentioned that renewed efforts vould be made by me to prevail on the government to assist the transfer of Ischanics, provided the cabled reports ing awaited bore out the truth of the ess reports ns to the need of mechan* ( for the production of war materials id that no injury would be done the >rkers in Great Britain by the return mechanics from Canada. The cabled ports to the Departments of Immi- ation and Labor were to the effect at men were needed, but only one m (in Birmingham), was prepared to vance fares and that only on a guar- tee that the men transferred wero Icient and of the particular claas deed. It -was not alone the require- nts of the employers in Britain and ) needs of the machinists in Canada, wever, that required consideration, t the welfare and interests of the >rkers in Britain aa well. ''Vou can readily understand that o act independently of the British i'rades Union Congress would place our jongress in a very questionable posl- ion, as the wholesale transfer of rae- hanics may have a most prejudicial ffect on the situation—particularly in lew of what subsequently happened on he Clyde and the threatened trouble on he Tyne and elsewhere which led to he government undertaking to oper* te the workB. 'To avoid any mistake or misunderstanding, which may have put the Con* tress in an untenable position, I cabled Hr. C. W. Bowerman, secretary British Trades Union Congress, as to whether the trnnsfer'of mechanics from Canada would injuriously effect the Interests of the workers in Britain. A period of Dver live weeks elapsed before I received a cable reply as follows: "Parliamentary committee sent copy of cablegram to societies. Uuderstand many have communicated with Canadian branches. Cablegram also rend at yesterday's National conference. When fuller reports from union come to hand will advise you of results.-—Bowerman, General Buildings, Aldwych, London." Bather Sceptical. "Up to the present time the British Trades Union Congress through its secretary, has not given any encouragement—rather the opposite—to transferring machinists to the Old Country, -hence the CongresB could not afford to push the progress of such transfer without the consent |f not the co-operation of organised labor in Britain. "To prepare the way, however, for the return of machinists to Britain, if such were advisable and in the best in- terestB of all concerned, I have made iuch representations to the Dominion government that an order-in-council has been passed notifying the British Board of Trade (Department of the Imperial Government) that the Dominion would assist in meeting the situation in so far as possible, by co-operating with nny representative of the board of trade in securing the right class of men required for the production of war materials-in Britain. "On the other hnnd, after consulting Vice-president McClelland (Machinate), Executive Board Member Somerville and Organiser McCallum, nnd with ihelr cooperation every effort hns been md is being made to secure the work >eing placed throughout Canada in* itend of sending men out of Canada to lo the work. "Already a great measure of success ias attended our efforts, there being ew idle machinists in tho east, while n a few inetances'there are not enough killed men to supply the demand. "This was forcibly brought to my iotice on Saturday by a petition from he National Steel Cat company of [amilton to the Immigration depart- lent to allow the oompany to bring in 'orkmen from the United States on the lleged ground of their being unable to scure enough men in Canada. "On my recommendation the depart* tent wired each of the Machinists' lions from Port Arthur to Victoria ir information as to the number of THE ABOLITION OF THE BREAD LINE RESULTS IN SERIOUS RIOTS , The cutting off of relief to the unemployed in Vancouver was quickly followed by action on the part of many of them who were actually starving. Pretty nearly two thousand showed how they felt about it by raiding several stores and restaurants in the down-town district last Tuesday night. Some of them were arrested but that does not alter the circumstances of the others, hun-' dreds of whom are without food. The closing down of railway construction work has brought many more workless men into the city. They have no money most of them, no homes, no place to go to, and unless the city council or the provincial. government speedily comes forward with some plan to relieve their plight further disturbances are likely to occur. The city newspapers profess to treat the situation lightly, but that does not reduce the seriousness of it one iota. Many of these men have been brought here practically under false pretences by the Salvation Army and other organizations, at the instigation of the provincial government. They are not responsible for the condition in which they now flnd themselves, but the people who induced them to come here are. SORDID BUSINESS OF CANADIAN PATRIOTS President J. C. Watters of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, under Ottawa date Of March 1st, says: "The house seems on the eve of an early adjournment, after a barren session—with the exception of some exposures of our great patriots. The committees on shoes and public accounts ate bringing out some snameful transactions hy agents and exposing the sordid baseness of a few of our loyal Canadians." CAMPAIGN FUND Vancouver Trades and Labor council has authorized and requested The Federationist to receive and acknowledge contributions to its campaign fund, to be used for the purpose of securing direct provincial parliamentary representation of the working class. From time to time", as moneys are received acknowledgments will be made in these columns. More than $1,000 is needed. Little more than half of the amount is jin sight. How about itf CANDIDATE R. H. NEELANDS. What "Chinook" Has to Say of Labor Candidate. Mr. R. H. Neelands has been nominated by Vancouver TradeB and Labor council to run in the labor interests'in the constituency of Vancouver South, says the "Chinook," and further ob- Tbose who know Mr, Neelands BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS General Organiser Kinney Addresses Special Joint Mass Meeting At the general rally of the members serves. _. and ex-members of local 617, TJ.. B. of will recognize that the labor body has C. and J., called last Monday, nearly made a very happy choice and that Mr. 200 members responded, and kept busi- J. "W. Weart, the official Liberal candi- ness flying until a late hour. General date; jtnd Mr. C. S. Campbell, the Tory Organizer Kinney who waB with us, nominee, will find in him a foeman with a view of organizing the city, gave worthy of their serious consideration, a brief address, in which the member- Mr. Neelands has been a member of ship received valuable information re* the South Vancouver board of school lating to the trade throughout the west, trustees for a long number of years The large turnout was hardly antici- and i during his incumbency of, that pated in view- of the fact, that 280 office the aims and desires of the work- clearance cards had been granted dur- ers and ratepayers in general have al- ing the past three years. The discus* | ways been his first consideration. The "■"■"" »-*-- .--^i— standard rate of wages, the eight hour day and trade union labor has ever been hia watchword, and besides he has proved himself more than efficient in the general administration of school board work, It is safe to say that Mr. Neelands is about the most popular member of the South Vancouver school board, The popular labor candidate lives on Quebec street, South Vancouver, and takes a lively interest in all questions pertaining to the municipality's welfare. Mr. Neelands is secretary of the local Typographical union, a body which has other two members contesting city constituencies, and his popularity among his brother craftsmen can readily be gauged when it is shown that he has been the unanimous choice for that office for the past six years. We feel sure that the prestige of labor will be enhanced by Mr. Neeland 's candidature and that Messrs. Weart and Campbell will find in him an opponent worthy of the cause he represents. sion brought to light the determination of' the members, though in some cases a long way back in dues, to stand by their organization, and should the building trade revive to any extent, a large organization will be the result. Organizer Kinney, finding such openings for his attention, has decided to remain with us for somo time, and bos asked the head office for confirmation of his decision. Another open meeting of all members and ex-members will be held on Monday next, when *e expect to have more news from the head office. All old members, no matter how financially placed, are invited to be with ub. O. H. H. Funeral of John Welton. John Welton, a member of the local union of Bricklayers, was buried in Mountain View cemetery yesterday afternoon. He had been a member of the union for four years, but for the past two years he haa T>een an inmate of the sanatorium a't Tranqullle owing to lung trouble from which he suffered and which waB the cause of his death. The body was brought to the city Wednesday night. Members of the union acted aB pall bearers and many others were present at the interment to pay their last respects. The deceased leaves a wife and-five children to mourn their loss. Campaign Committee Meeting. The election campaign committee of Vancouver Trades and Labor council will hold its next meeting in 210 Labor Temple next Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock. Organization^ business and other matters df first Importance in connection with tho coming campaign will be taken up and it is imperative that all should be present. Favors Day Labor Day labor is best on public works is the conclusion of Chief Engineer WeBt, Seattle, who has investigated the subject and who now supports the contention of organized labor. machinists who were idle and prepared to go to Hamilton. "The figures supplied the department will be sent on to the company in Hamilton with notification that until each one of these men indicated are employed by the company permission will not be granted to bring in machinists from the States. You, I have no doubt, received the lettergram to which I refer. "It looks to me as though the settled policy of the Imperial government *s Canadian committee on war supplies is to spread the work, as far as practicable, throughout Canada, thus ameliorating the unemployed situation and allowing workmen to remain at home to a large extent. Even in the case of work being provided in more eastern sections of the Dominion for Idle men in the west the ohange and uncertainties will not be bo great as if the work had been provided in the Old Country. "I am watching developments very closely with a view to-relieving the situation in Canada and to care for the welfare of our own members consistent with the walfare of the workerB in the Mother Country. I am doing all that can be done for our people, particularly as I am thoroughly conscious of the fitneBB and applicability of your concluding Quotation 'While the grass Ib growing tne horse Ib starving.-''' "President." EX-M. P. P. SHOULD WIN. John Mclnnis Addresses a Capacity House at Fort Oeorge. The standing-room-only sign waB hung out five minutes before John Mclnnis, the Bocialist candidate for the Fort George riding, began his speech in the Princess theatre Monday evening last, says the Fort George Tribune. The crowded house, which Included quite a number of fair box, listened attentively for over an hour while the orator of the evening reviewed what he designated aB the disastrous work of the Conservative administration. With a plentiful supply of printed government, matter before him, Mr. Mis- Innis read to the house item after item of what he called unnecessary, onesided or careless expenditures which had been going on for the past four years. The cow transaction, which recently caused the retirement of the Hon. Price Ellison from the Bowser- McBride combination, and the appointment of useless royal commissions for the purpose of finding plentiful pocket- money for government pets, were some of the points handled by Mr. Mclnnis. DISTRICT 18, U. M. W. OjP A. New Two Tear Agreement Accepted With Large Majority. The following is the vote on the referendum carried1 in favor of the new two -year agreement between the members of District 18, V. M. W. of A., and the mine operators: Camp ' For. Lethbridge 225 Taber ,. 165 Commerce 55 Fernie 662 Carbondale -'150 Coleman • 245 Frank 67 7 Bellevue 102 200 Blalrmore 6 23 Hillcrest .. ., 324 16 Against. 180 45 50 181 27 t, 2,091 766 During the' last week the main objection to the agreement developed against the clause fixing a penalty for pithead strikes. Rossland Miner Killed. Stephen Allen, a blaster, while working on the fourteenth level of the Centre Star mine last Friday, was instantly killed by an explosion of powder from a missed hole. I Typos, and Pressmen Hold Annual Conventions on Monday Next New Scale—Lav Suit—Special Meeting*—Active Programme There has been considerable activity in Typographical union circles during the past week. The .proposed new newspaper scale has been up again for consideration and it is not improbable that an agreement will be 'reached during the coming week. The, scale committee will meet for the second time this week this afternoon, and it Is likely that a special meeting of NS. 226 will be called for Sunday at 2 p. m., to receive .the report of the committee and ratify or reject the draft submitted. Conventions Monday The 1015 convention of the North western Typographical Conference will convene at the Labor .Temple on Monday morning next, at 10 o'clock. Judging from reports received from President E. B. Thompson of Walla Walla, and Secretary-treasurer Philo Howard of Seattle, there will be more than forty delegates present from typographical local unions,-some of whom will reach Vancouver to-morrow. The following unions are affiliated with the Conference: British Columbia—New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria. Idaho—Boise. Oregon — Baker, Eugene, Hedford- Ashland, Pendleton, Portland, Salem, Washington — Aberdeen, Beilingham, Bremerton, Ellensburg, Everett, Olympia, North Yakima, Seattle, Spokane, Taeoma, Walla Walla. Wenatchee. Pressmen and Assistants. The Northwest Conference of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' union, covering the same territory, will meet here at the same time as the typos., with some thirty delegates, and it is expected that a joint session will be held to discuss matters of vital importance to both organizations. The local delegates, Messrs. Trotter, Wilton and Corey, are also the convention entertainment eommittee, with power to add to their numbers. President R. P. Pettipiece of No. 826 will open the convention on Monday morn ing with a short address. The officers will make their headquarters at the Hotel Lotus. Chapel Chairmen Meeting The chairmen of all job and news office chapels will hold their seoond monthly meeting on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, with Vice-president Metzger presiding. I. T. V. Convention Delegates At the April meeting on Sunday, 25th instant, nominations for delegates to the Los Angeles convention will be in order, to be elected by referendum in May. It iB probable that not more than one delegate will be sent, and Vice-president Metzger Beems, to be the only name mentioned so far for the honor. Todd Case Monday The suit against the members of No. 226 for $10,000 damages, instituted by Robert Todd> for alleged "malicious'' discrimination, will go to court on Monday morning. J. W. DeB. Farris will represent the Typographical union officers, while Charles Wilson will present Todds's case. The proceedings will be of much interest to the unionists throughout the dominion, inasmuch as it involves the right of tradea unions in Canada to discipline their membership. Happily the test case, the first of its kind tn Canadian courts, has fell to the lot of a union well able and will ing to contest it to the last tribunal. GOING "DRY." Saskatchewan to Shut Out Joy-water After July 1st. Saskatchewan will be the first province in Canada to abolish completely the bar. On July 1 next not only will the retail sale of all intoxicating liquors come to an end, but the wholesale trade will be taken over by the government monopoly under a system of dispensaries. Later even these dispensaries may be abolished, if, by referendum vote, the people of the province so decide. Many Subs. Promised. Since Tho Federationist issued the appeal last week for funds to assist in defraying the election campaign expenses of the Trades nnd Labor council ticket, many letters have been received, several of them anonymous, from intending subscribers to the fund. They nearly all express their intention to wait until it is known when the election will take place, before sending contributions. Postage Raised April 15th. We have to call the attention of our readers to the new War Tax Stamp which comes into force on April 15th. CnreleBBness may cause the senders of letters considerable incovenience, as all letters posted without the War Tax Stamp will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Offlce. Therefore rend the regulations carefully and save both friends and self disappointment and annoy- Victoria Invites Bowser. Victoria TradeB and Labor council has invited Attorney-tseneral Bowser to address a meeting on the subject of the new Workmen's Compensation act in the Victoria theatre there next Monday evening. Mr. Brewster of the Liberal party has also been invited to be there. Graft Defined. Earlle: "What is graft, paf" His Pa: "Graft, my son, is any pecuniary advantage enjoyed by some one who opposes your political views." TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL ELECTION CAMPAIGN MEETING Labor Temple Auditorium Crowded on Wedneaday Evening to Hear Provincial Election Independent Labor Candidates Address Voters Good Humored Mixed Audience of Workers Give Speakers Most Attentive Hearing on the Real Issues of the Day—The Ticket a Popular One One of the most successful meetings ever held by Vanoouver Trades and Labor council Wok place in the Labor Temple on Wednesday evening, when the provincial election candidates of the council addressed their first campaign meeting. The hall was filled to capacity and contained many women. Perfect order prevailed, and every provision had been made for the comfort of the audience by a corps of stewards who carried Out their duties with a tact and efficiency which earned the appreciation of all present. Thia was commented upon specially by the daily newspapers, and goes to prove conclusively that the disorder which prevailed at the meeting held in tke same hall the previous week, when Attorney-general Bowser was refused a hearing, was not due to working* men, as the Liberal newspapers tried to make out. There was not one dull moment. Everybody had his chance. Conservative and Liberals were there, and so was the entire membership of the Socialist Party of Canada, three of whom took the platform in response to the opportunity given to any one who wished to address the audience for five minutes. > r Prompt on the stroke of 8 o'clock, Campaign Manager, Miss Helen Gutteridge took the chair. , In a brief opening speech she made it plain that no disorder would be permitted, and that if anyone proposed to indulge a desire to the contrary the stewards would have to attend to him, The result of this preliminary warning, and the firm manner in whieh the. chair was conducted throughout the evening, was that good sense prevailed arid order was maintained. Each of the candidates was given fifteen minutes in whioh to address the meeting. J. W. Wilkinson . from his personal experience that none J. W. Wilkinson was tie flrst speak-, "«t oetter fl'ted to represent the . , ... — ., .. . workers in a legislative body, be it er to be called upon. He said that | municipal or otjfwwiliej than members Blnce a provincial election was an- j 0f their own class. He criticised the nounced to take place, nothing had 'provincial government for its notion aroused so much interest or caused bo (w|tn respect to money given to muni- much comment as the decision of the cipalities for relief work. He said it Trades and T.nhor p. mi nn.il tn nlnco on it.3 ...i— -■> i__r" - •■ , ■• ■ TradeB and Labor council to place an independent ticket in he field. He eon- tended that the council, as the representative body of organized labor bad been forced to adopt its present position it had a definite platform of legislative proposals which could only be had taken advantage^ of the dire necessity of those seeking relief work by forcing them to accept a wage' of $2 per day instead of the standard rate of #3 paid to laborers by the municipality. Opposition must be expected by the Trades council in its efforts to put for- , . - , , ,.,, .. - ;, -r, ... 1 11011™ VUUUUU in UD Cliurui l*u put ior- ade into law by a political party with jward an independent ticket, but it was position on the floor of the Legisla-! a 8tep wMcll had to be taken because ture. None of the present parties could ' -■ ---.--. do that work. He pointed out that dur- in;- the tine the Conservative party had been in power they had been repeatedly asked by the labor movement to enact measures which it believed would improve the position of the working class, j -Naturally nothing had come as the result of such requests. The Liberals were particularly annoyed at the council putting up an independent tloket, as they contended that they were the party for the workers to support. The speaker said that in his opinion the Liberal party had no plaoe in the political life of British Columbia. They necessity compelled it. ^^^^^^ Interval and Collection At this point ln the meeting an interval was announced, ans a collection was taken up to go towards the campaign funds ofv the council. Chairwoman Miss Outterldge occupied the few minutes in making some general remarks on the subject of labor representation. J. H. McVety 3. H. McVety, the next candidate to address the meeting, said that ho could understand that the Socialist Party of Canada would not like to see the Trades council putting forward a ticket represented the olass whose economic of *,„ ow„ Bat in (j8 ini(m the s0 interests were opposed to that of the. doiiat8 had mode n0 pro„reM in firitiah working class just as much as the Con* Columbia for some years and they cer* sorvntives did, and prophepied that if ,ainly had not kept pace with the in* ever the political power of the work- oreaae of the farfi&t\on, That ho be. ers could be ,*ell enough organized, lleved wa8 partl£ du8 t0 the (a(!t that both Liberals and Conservatives would ,th had udoptJ ,„ altltudo of 8upori. be found combining to defeat tho work* ority toward*r th„ wolM class, and ere. During the mid-Victorian era in nad'made B0 effort to ",e wjth ft Britain, the Liberal party there had a* practieal probloms«of working class life historic place in politics, it was true, £„ the arFose from d t dayi Not „ but the Liberalism of that party was the wo'rkor8 who had studied the aocial- far different from what was called Lib* i8t Mlo| h were d to M erahsm here. As to the Socialist. d ^ and >„_ for thFe *eo*operative Party of Canada, it said frank y and commonwealth under the idea that It Sy» !♦«„ t„ ™m^b I..T. l«£ •™8 no use W'Bt0 d° »,,J*llil,S bef0I'eJ,0 o"m w Mre f""•> """r design, moveasteptoput intolawthelegis-;th8„, Various partisan politicians who-j These would be built in Ail* !? ZJZ& 11'.VHW^inU?H.'.lml >"«• 'oillid iB *heir effor«8 *» *iM «"> tralia by unionists, and by day labor. A eSs Therefore th "fad unS !Trade» ™™il ticket ,0 their respective central market would be established to icforms. therefore, the trade unionists I „„„„„„ „„„ „„„, „„„,„„ „,„, j, „.. I dIrttlbute fl|b) and it wouM ^ c,rtled by fast motor wagons to the suburban depots to be opened, and in the same way delivered to the people. All the by-products would bo used in the mak- keep the ticket as it was, absolutely in* | ing of flsh oils. Fish would also be in* W. B. Trotter j dependent of any oth«r party. He wasaroduced Into the fresh water rivers of W. E. Trotter, the next speaker, said . *»»»•»■»* 'IfV",S'li "JT„ w j™'* tie "tat., »na tke gr*mtk encouraged thot the most significant thing which 8ued 't ™°ul<1 \e ^_J^J%&.\:!m » view «° »»PP'yl»g the inland had happened in British Columbia la- ™ W the wprkmrto jecure dfortnj town. bor circles for a long timo was tho set-1 JW'tt.«?» ,n1?'^?!e*.™,LL,J"S" ion of Vancouver Trades and Labor j *"*•-■ ™ """l0 W *&'___}__ oaT^'h7^i~'xi"ta^'rZ^irall^'^rl}'1'! T,° now ^"l !hS.t'■?* WM »i„., oiiiT.J, 1.. a L vL i„»« Zjsh.. 51.11 k.ly to help any party but their own. £,£' b*\_ BL'r/*ZJ i,,? % I That need not cause ,iy undue alarm. themselves, or else admit thoy did not T4 , .. , ,Un_ ' *i..„ 4. „.,.. want tho things they had been asking] Ji " the usual thing ror them to say. for during the past. ITho m0"1 "*"■'=' w**8 to 0Mra",e cnre t0 State Management WUl Ba Substituted for the Private Dealer Premier Saya Wagea Hare Beached limit of Arbitration [Special Australian Correspondence.] SYDNEY, N. S. W, March 18.—Tk* premier of New South Wales, speaking before th. Sydney Trades and Labor oouncll, on March 4th last, outlines tke - government's policy regarding tk* filing of price for all foodstuffs to tke people. At flrst it is to b. given affect to tke people of Sydney and anb- urbs, If it meets tb. success it ia koMd it will attain it will be eiteaded throughout th. slat*. Th. Plan ln DttaiL Briefly the government aims at tto creation of a central market authority having complete control over the food supplies of Sydney, th. establishment of the meat industry upon, a footing more beneficial to the consumer, tto provision of improved facilities for tto capture, marketing, ana distributing ot fish; nod the provision of better facilities for the marketing and distribution of fruit. Oovernment ForMd ta Act The premier said the position waa forced on tbe government, because as wages had risen as high as they eould go by arbitration, and to now better the workers' condition the control and regulation of prices waa necessary witk a view oi reducing them, to still bettor the condition of the working masses. This he promised to give effect to in tk* coming session of parliament. The government proposes to create by law a market authority, having complete control over the food supplies of Sydney. ThiB authority would control the mut snleyurda, the new central market, which the g< vornment proposed to .net shortly, und with certain restrictions to butchers' shops, for the transport of meat, and for the conduct of freeling works. Stat. Capitalisation. The authority would have power to go int., tlie ' ade f*i defend the luteosn of the consuiuti, have power lo buy stuck on the hoof, MU it and re .nil It t> the public at a Li ice proclaimed '»)* the governments The government would establish retail depots, and would bring the prices down til bedrock," by* snp- grossing t lie opertition" of the present carcase buyers, uho bought with'a view to keeping influUc! prices. The government afcnttoirs -vould shortly be completed and rendy, and every carcase for lo'*al er*ns*ii.iption .vould bo branded showing that it \v.i» lit for human food, nod that it was of standard quality. From a central market the meat would be distributed, and there would be arrangements for fold storage. If the position warrant nd it, tbe Now South Wales government uuld follow the pr- ampli' of Vest Ai ttri.lia and grow thr cattle jisclf on the farms in the .loun* try. By the means he proposed the pre mier snid the price of meat would be reduced nt least throe cents per pound. Controlling Fish Supply. The government also intended to deal with the flsh, vegetable and fruit trad.. The government was bringing thr.. trawlers from England, and intended to build 30 here from their design. council in pinning candidates in tho iers nnd financiers. The Conservative field. After a long period of inaction ; «*•» w«" 'ompmi of lawyers, brokers they had decided thnt unionism waa not *— r™' ""t1™ sharks. None of them to be restricted to mere broad and but- i"ore (It company for the working class ter nnd wages. It tne council pro- "nd " wouM bo '""J* t0 support them, posed to go nftor legislation by this I J. B. Wilton. method instead of simply asking tho. J. E. Wilton characterized the gov old portion!! for it, It would not be long ernment of British Columbia as "a beforo it would bo got. If lubor had no comedy of orrors." It had put tho pro- grip on the Legislature, lt bail no grip vince in pawn-to Mackenzie and Mann on anything, Ocnornl strike or no and furnished money to buy them rail- general strike, tho only plnco to aet ways which should hnve been the pro* effectively wns at tho bnllot box If thoy | perty of the people of tho province. In exported to get whnt they wanted, i ordor to gain tho support of the farm- Dealing with the unemployed situation ors thoy had been promised loanB. What anil the riots which hail taken place wijs flrHt noodod was choupcr land so twonty-four hours boforo, ho snld the'thut working mon could get it nt a bread lino was the naturnl rosult of, price within their rcuch and establish tho immigration policies of tho provln* [thomsolves in decent somestic circum- cinl und dominion governments, Brit* stances. A year or so ago it had Cost ish Columbia hail spont ♦12«,:i.'l" during 410,000 to have n labor commission go the past four years In bringing Imml-Jovor the province to find out oil about grants into tho province, A very largo: the conditions of tho working clnss. slice of that money had beon glvon to : The net rosult of their labor was a pro* tho Salvation Army. The best nnswer|iriiscd workmen's Compensation act Promior McBride could givo"whcn ask* (which had boen laid on the tablo for ed how the money had beon usod wns,! ono year. Ho propbecled that unless thnt he really did not know, but ho sup* I somo working men wero elected at the posed the Salvation Army did. The coming election thnt act would be un* workers of British Columbia wore suf-1 dor tho tablo at the next BOSBlon. What foring now from the immigrants who j was really neeileil wns not so much leg- had been brought in under false pre*, in|ution to provide for tho care of the tences and wero competing for tho fow (worker injured at his work, as laws to jobs to bo hnd. Spooking of Asiatic improve his conditions while ho was at exclusion he snid thnt #1,000,000 yearly t work. He referred to tho steady was derived from Chinese alone, ns growth of the idon ot Independent par- head tnx for admission to the province, iliamentnry representation of the work* nnd ns long ns it was such a sourco of j ors In many countries, and concluded by revenuo to the federal and provincial | saying thnt wns tho line of policy for irovornmontB, labor might protest all it i the workers of British Columbia to lii;"J, but nothing would be done to adopt, chnngc matters, unless labor wns indo* > F. A. Hoover. ocndcntlv representeff In parliament, p, A. Hoover snld that he hod Tho candidates as individuals did not agreed to accept a place on tho ticket, matter but the principle which tho n0( because he had n«y personnl desire council wns trying to establish did. nnd to do so, but because ho had boon asked for his pnrt he intended to do all ho j to stand as a candidate by tho workers could to support it. with whom he was associated in tho F. W. Welsh I daily wnlk of life. As the responsible F. W. Welsh, who was introduced by financial officer of the Street Railway* the chairwoman as ono of tho members mf* ""ion '" »»• flW% Je hn.d *J of the municipal councillors of South j ««ffM«J| of feeling thot ho enjoyed Vancouver, said he had agreod to bo I (Continued on page 3) Tbe Staff of Life. Coming to Mead, the premier said the whole system- ns nt present carried on was to pass awny. Tbe* governmont would take over the baking plants of every buker in Sydnoy nt a fair price, and mako it :in exclusive government monopoly. To better deal with this the governmont urged on by the present valuable steps already taken to fix prices, intended to fix the price of bread right from the wheat growing on the farmers' land. In turn wheat, flour, by-products and tho price of bread would be fixed by governmont statute. Every baker's shop in Sydnoy would bo a state bakery, fast motors would deliver the hrend and the huge expensive method nt present of having twenty carts in one street competing ngninst each otker would bo dono away with. It la hoped that the price of bread will be thus cut down from eight cents to five cents, and that the peoplo of Sydney would be saved in brend alone the enormous sum of $6,250,000 every year.— W. F. Ahem. STATE SOCIALISM Some of the Things Governments Oan Do When They Really Want to Labor in Great Britain has forced the government, which represents capita], to rco that the mnn in the overalls is the kingpin in the necessary machinery for conducting the war. Tho fact that the capitalist was having it all his own wny did not bother the governmont till the worker quit work—then the powor and necessity of giving labor n fair deal was impressed upon tho smug representntives of the money changers. State socialism is now a fact, not a fnncy, in England.—Winnipeg Voioo. Pointer for Canadian Women. In Nevada, where women were enfranchised last November, the house recently passed a mothers' pension bill, 45 to 4, and the measure ia now In tke senate. n PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST. INCORPORTED 1865 MOLSONS Bank CAPITAL and RESERVE 18,800,000 93 Branches is Canada A genual banking business transacted. Circular letters of credit. Bank money orders. Savings Department Interest allowod at highest . current tat. The Royal Bank of Canada INCORPORATED IM Paid-up Capital 111. ROMrvo 12^00,(109 T.UI AH.U WE ALLOW INTEREST ON DEPOSITS IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT On. Dollar will opon tho aoeount, ud your business will b. w*l- eom. b. 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For further information apply to DEPUTY MINISTER OP LANDS, VICTORIA, 8.0. 8EOBBTABT, BUREAU OF PBOVINOIAL INFORMATION, VIOTOBIA, B.O. A paid-up union oard entitle. you to all the privilege, of th. Labor Temple Club. Try It THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST Published every Friday morning by tho B. C. Federatlonist, Ltd. B. Parm FsttiplsM Manager J. W. Wilkinion Editor Office! Room 217, Labor Temple Tel. Exchange Sey. 7495. Subscription: 11.50 per year; in Vancouver City. 12.00; to unions subscribing In a body, $1.00 REPRESENTATVE8 . New Westminster.. .W. E. Halloa, Box 934 Prince Rupert W. E. Denning, Box 681 Victoria -.A. S. Welle, Box 1588 Afflliated with the Western Labor Press Aeeoelatlon. 'Unity of Labor; the hope of the world." FRIDAY APRIL 9, 1915 THE MORNING SUN of Vancou* ver is very annoyed with th. Trades and Labor council for putting up a ticket of its own for the coming election. As tho organ of one branch of the Lib* nnj> oral party, it pro tests that the coun* PLACE IN cil,s action wju be THE SUN. .detrimental, to thi Liberals. It says to all intents and purposes that the council ought not to do snen a thing, bo* cause the Liberal party is the proper party to which labor should1 look for the protection of its political interests. e * e. t - It then proceeds in its own characteristic way to try and bring discredit upon the personnel of tbe council's ticket. It is really too bad that labor Bhould have dared to think it knew how to voice its political aspirations better than the Liberals. But long experience both in this country and in Britain has proved the necessity of the step. ■ The only thing the Liberals want from the labor people is their votes, and it Ib apparent from the Sun that they are prepared to go to desperate limits to secure their objeot. ., » . * . Now that an election is in sight the Sun is slopping over with concern for the dear working men. It is less than a year ago that over a thousand working men in the Street Railway Employees' union were fighting against all the heavy odds which a wealthy corporation can bring to bear, to maintain their wage scale and1 other conditions which meant actual bread and butter to them. The case was argued in public under the federal Industrial Disputes Investigation aot. But not one newspaper in the city among the Liberal and Conservative journals had a line in it about the proceedings of that inquiry. Some sinister influence below the surface waB at work to secure that silence, and the Sun was subject to it just the same as the rest, despite the fact that it so vitally affected tne welfare of the workers whom the Sun is now so much concerned about. What ts true of tho Sun is true of the party on whose behalf it speaks. Once the votes of the workers had satisfied its office-hungry maw, that would be the end of its interest in them till another election came round. They made a very bold and desperate attempt, through every avenue of influence that suggested the slightest hope of success, to make the Trades and Labor council a aid. show of their party circus. Up to the moment when the scheme failel, no flattery or blandishment was too crude or fulsome. Bnt one. it became apparent the game was up, then they quickly discarded all pretence, and are now just as busy in th. opposite direction trying to discredit the council and defame its candidates. Their action shews just how much use they really had for the organized workers. • 9 . . The Liberal party Is not, and never can be, the political mouthpiece of the working class in British Columbia. As a matter of fact original Liberalism— thut school of politics to which Cobden nnd Bright and Oladstone belonged— wns a very dilToront thing from what is called Liberalism in British Columbia. Here, it is no more than a name for ono or two groups of politicians, both of which are equnlly representative of tho class whoBQ economic—and consequently political—interests aro the direct opposite of those of the working class. Liberals, like tho Conservatives, stand for the private ownership and exploitation of nntural resources, by the wage labor of the workors for tho sake of the proflt to bo derived from it. Their pnrty programme contains ' no plans for the transference of the ownership of industry from private hands to public control. And as long as industry romains as it is, the flrst and last objeot of it is exploitation of the working.class by the owning class which is composed as mnoh of Liberals as Conservatives. They aro equally the political tools of corporate capital, even though their names differ and the MONEY TO LOAN In multiples of $5,000 at 8% on inside revenue producing business property. Our client will only consider property that is now paying its way. Canadian Financiers Trust company HEAD OFFICE 839 HASTINGS ST W. VANCOUVER.. B.C. Patrick Donnelly-Geneml M*M\&|cr spoils of office are not numerous enough to satisfy the ambitions of them all. And if ever the. working class vote in British Columbia becomes strong enough to threaten the political power of Liberal!* uud Conservatives alike, the two parties will be found combining in joint opposition to labor as they do in England now. • # • • The political working, class movement over there haB bought its experience of Liberalism by a long and bitter lesson. There is no reason, with such an example to guidethem, why the workers in this province should pass through the same process in order to learn the same lesson. Every vote given by them to Liberal- or Conservative is just forging another link in the chain which holds them in continued bondage to capitalism which is the real dictator of the policies of both parties. It is the realization of that fact.by the majority of the workers, which the old party politicians are so anxious t6 prevent, and they will not stop at any method which gives the slightest promise of enabling. them to attain their object. As long as the workers stay exclusively with their industrial organizations the old parties take very Uttle notice of them except to shoot them down occasionally when they are on strike, like the Conservatives did in British Columbia, and like the Liberals did in England. But when the workers begin to look as though they were going into politics for. themselves, then the trouble i starts. It might just as well come now as later, since it appears to be a phase of the game whieh has to be gone through. Those who are not with us are against us, and the sootfer they sort themselves out the better we shall know them. The "friends of labor" have long been too mixed for most of the workers to know them when they see them. THE CIVIC EMPLOYEES appeared before the board of works committee of Vancouver city council last Tuesday with the request that their wages should be reduced 15 per cent, until the curio ww iB over» and FUfPTOVEES' that tt0Be °f ttflir MPIjOx members who have WAOBB. bBen on half time, be put on full time. The Trades and Labor council is here closely concerned, for it was due in no small measure to the efforts and prestige of the council that the wages of civic employees were raised to $3 per eight-hour day. It was contended then that such a wage does not repre* sent one cent, more than the minimum with which the bare necessities of life can be obtained by' a family man in Vancouver. * » « • That contention is as true in every respect to-day as it was when it wat flrst put forward. As to the idea that when the war Ib over the wage would be returned to the $3 rate, we do not believe that any such thing would happen. Neither do we believe that .those who say it would, really believe in their Inner minds that it would. Onee the wage is dropped it will be dropped for years and maybe for ever. In any case, it strikes us as being suicidal for a un* ion to suggest thai the wages of its members be reduced. Time enough to talk about such a thing when the move comes from the other Bide. Several months ago, before the change in mayoralty took place, the city oounoil of* ferred to keep civic employees on full time providing they would agree to a reduction of their wages to $2.50 per day. They refused the offer. Now they themselves offer to work for $2.55 per day on full time. What is the reason for the change of mind? STARVE OB STEAL, stated in plain terms, that was the choice put up by Vancouver city council Inst Monday to the two thousand unemployed men to whom relief in the shape of food had been PRIMAL given up to tll0m- GETS BUST. lief waB cut off; aB it was on Monday, there would likely be trouble. It was not long in coming either. Some stores and restaurants were raided by unemployed men rendered desperate by want of food. t • « • When a man is starving there is no answer in the world to his oase except bread or death. He who would lie down and die of starvation in a city containing more than enough food for everybody in it, Ib a fool—providing there is nothing about his physical condition to prevent him getting to the place where he can steal it. Such a sentiment may horrify the smug aldermanic mind,' whore every place which should contain an idea is occupied with selfish considerations for the Tights of property, * • • • Well let it. Perhaps it may help city aldermen to generate enough imagination to conjure up a mental picture of what their - thoughts would be on the "starve or steal" proposition, if they were in the same plight as the bread- loss meu in this city. If they had any "sand" in their make-up they would steal. So would any man whoBe nature contains fiber capable of contributing anything of real value to his class or tho general progress of the world. Tho eighth commandment is fit* ting morality for a bloated paunch, but it is no use to nn empty stomach. Wonder if Daddy Satan will ask the inventor of the "Taylor system" to train tho shovellers down below along tho name lines as he did thoso in the Steel Trust works at Bethlehem! Westminster Trust Co. HEAD OFFICE J. J. JONES, Man. Director. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. J. A. RENNIE, Sec.-Treas. ACTS A8 ASSIGNEES, LIQUIDATORS AND EEOEIVEBS INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES HOUSES, BUNGALOWS, 8TOBES AND MODERN SUITES FJ0R BENT at a Big Reduction Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent at $2.60 up Wills Dram Free of Charge Deposits Accepted and Interest at Four Per Cent. Allowed on Dally Balances, MR. TAYLQE, INVENTOB of the scientific system of speeding up the labor of mechanics, died last week, but he has left a very useful legacy for the guidance of the "efficiency expert" TAYLOR "*"*'■ "* "u"e B'ren* uous days, is part 18 A of the staff of every, DEAD ONE . iMge industrial corporation. Taylor's mind was a very curious one. Despite the fact that machinery, and modern collective methods of production, have organized the workers to the point where wuste is almost entirely eliminated, the keen scrutiny of Taylor was still able to to detect ways in which applied science could effect yet more economies for the owners of industry. * * * • He studied the movements of men operating machines, laying bricks, shovelling and so on. He came to the conclusion that a great deal of the human labor power exerted by them was wasted because their movements were too human and not -sufficiently machinelike. As an instance of his system, he dissected the business of shovelling into a number of very definite and different motions on the part of the shoveller. Under the old methodi of working shovellers, to Taylor, were an undisciplined rabble engaged part of their time in making themselves tired without producing results to justify the energy consumed. * § « * So Taylor organized them—or rather their mechanical activities in suoh a systematic fashion that the minimum of waste was attained. What he did for the shovellers he did for very many other lines of labor. His plan was consistently' opposed by tne organized labor movement, which eould gee that it was one whereby the last shred of muscle and mentality in the workers was kept continually keyed up to breaking strain with the result that he was thrown on the scrap heap long before his tiine. But in the long run it does not make bo very much difference perhaps. What Taylor failed to accomplish as an individual, the onward march of the machine and the increasing intensity of the struggle for existence among the workers, will bring about. Phone: Seymour 9086 ENQUIRY INVITED —by parties contemplating making changes, opening 'new .accounts, making investments, etc.,. and anything in our way of business generally. |SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES Dow Fraser Trust Company 122 Hastings St. West. Vanoouver, and McKay Station, Burnaby, B.C.- WILLOW HOSPITAL ros SICK CHILDREN Corner Broadway aad Willow * Phon. Fairmont 2185 Miu HaU and Wis w.jtl.j, Graduate Muthi PANTAGES Unequalled Vaudeville Means PANTAOE8 VAUDEVILLB THREE SHOWS DAILY 2.46, 7.20, 9.1S ■ Season's Prices: Matinee, 15c; Evenings, 18e., Mo. As long as labor Is content to sit on the industrial see-saw mere is not muoh' trouble.' But immediately it tries to( get into the political procession, then the racket starts. The Civic Employees' union, at its regular meeting last Friday night re* pudiatedlthe action of the Vancouver Trades and Labor council in deciding to contest the coming provincial election with an independent ticket. This was followed by an announcement in the Sun the following morning, by Mr. John Sully, the business agent of the union, notifying the public of the step taken by his organization.. The state* ment did not, however, include the in* formation that less than a dozen members were present ini the meeting. Even the president was absent. The Sun hails with glee the possibility of independent Conservative nominees, being in the field, because it figures they will Improve the' Liberal chances. But when it comes to the Trades council putting nominees out also—well that's a different matter to judge by the Sun's comments. We suspect the Sun has overreached itself. It occurs to us that the independent Conservative ticket is no more than a scheme to try and elect conservatives whichever way the election wind should happen to blow, A leopard might call himself a laughing hyena— but It would not change his spots. Take that Watch to APPLEBY who will. tell you what is the matter, cost and guarantee all Bepairs. 438 Bichards Btreet. Phone: Fairmont 810 Patterson & Chandler Manufacturer! of MONUMENTS Vaults, Curbing, Etc. Office and Worn: Cor 16th Ave, and Main St. Branoh Office: 40th A Fraaer Ares. VANCOUVER, B.C. thuehtf. 221 Dv«NI|bt iomson FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS 520 tlJuti, St Vucnw, I. C. Organise™ at Ottawa Organizer Tom Moore of the Carpenters and Organizer Victory of the Printing Pressmen were in Ottawa last week. Organizer Moore was there In connection with the adjustment of some difficulties with the builders; Organizer Vickcy to negotiate the settlement of a new wage schedule for the pressmen. CENTER & HANNA, Ltd. 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UT CHARGES are no higher than those of other dentists, although every caso receives INDIVIDUAL STUDY and treatment, and only the greatest care and the highest grade of materials are used. FREE Make an appointment for PREE «amlnatton. Phono or call. Dr. HALL IBS MODEEN BEOTISt STANDARD BANK BUILDING ROOM 212 PHONE SEY. 4879 OPBR EVXWNOS, 7 to I HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Vancouver—Office and Chapel. 1034 Oranvllle St., Phone Sey. MM. North Vancouver — Office and Chapel, 122—Sixth St. West, Phone 184. RENNIES SEEDS OUR 1915,CATALOGUE IS FREE Write, Call or Phont for a Oopy TO-DAY Wm. RENNIE CO., Ltd 1138 Homer St Phone Sey 8550. Vancouver, B. C. Aim at Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID 8PENCER, LTD. SPENCER'S for SCREEN DOORS " Wo ban for many saaaona put sold a big proportion of tbo screen door sold in tho city, because people know that Sponeor doori aro Borviceablt doors and unequalled at tho price. Wo start thla soaaon with this price list: OUR NO. 1 DOOR—A strong, neat, plain oak grain door; sold with fittings. 2 ft. 6 in. size.... $1.15 2 ft. 8 in. size 91.85 2 ft. 10 in. else $1.86 8 ft. 0 in, size , 91.45 MO. 2 DOOR—A superior door, with braced corners; sold with fittings; all sizes.. -11.76 NO. 8 DOOR—A strong hard* wood door, well finished and a very attractive style, with fittings; all sizes $2.15 —Fifth Floor NO. 4 DOOR—A heavy panel bottom door, mado of clear hard pine, grained oak .and beautifully varnishW; all •sises, with fittings, for $8.60 NO. 6 DOOR—The finest factory made door we have aeon very heavy, strongly braced and dowelled, no warping possible; finished in quarter* out oak and heavily varnish* ed; all Uses, with fittings.. 18.00 ■ SCREEN WINDOWS Adjustable screens, made of aeleoted hafdwood, finished in oil. Sizes to fit any window. Prices from 860. to 6O0. David Spencer Limited DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID SPENCER, LTD. 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If you really wish to reduce the cost of living, you can do so by attending the AUCTION SALES At Market Prices; these are the lowest prices in Vancouver. Stock always fresh and in best condition Large variety winter stock at $1.00 and $1.25 per Box tr j«+a 1*1 no Ank**IM*'satmostWMonaMe V CgClaUlcS prices; in quantities to suit all buyers. Apples- ■ IvcW — ljalU. quantities. You can always \7 rT* C re'y °" ®ggs which are sold 1J Vivid as new laid AT THE CITY MARKET! ■ ___________ *FR1DAY.I APB*M-, IMS ' _\ THE BRITISH COLUMBIA PEDC 7^ MADE IN v*v B.C J B.C. Distillery Co., Ltd. Established 1903 B. C. Special RYE Whisky Nine Years in Wood UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY AND FLAVOR ASK FOR SAMPLE BOTTLE AT ANY LIQUOR STORE B.C. Whisky Is a HOME PRODUCT Ask for "B. CSpecial" "Satisfaction—or Money Back, at Any Grocer's." ESTABLISHED 1904. JB.C. VINEGAR WORKS Manufacturers of Vinegar - Cider - Sauerkraut BRANDS: "Sunset" Malt and White Wine Vinegar, "Special" Malt sad White Wine Vinegar, "Mackensie's" Malt and Whit* Wine Vinegar, Okanagan Older Vinegar, Okanagan Sweet Older, Bailed Older, B. 0. Sauerkraut. Manufactured in Bond under Inland Revenue Supervision. rectory: 1366 POWELL ST., VANCOUVEB, B. 0. CAPACITY 15,000 OALLONS PER MONTH Manager: James H. Falconer Phone: Highland 285 What Constitutes QUALITY in Beer Health*ulness, comhlned with good flavor and taste, means real quality in Beer. Theae are Impossible without the < vary heat material and the Mghest order of treating. In PREMIER BEER we provide the public -with a good pala- i table and wholesome Beer of the highest quality. Order a case from your own dealer. New Westminster Brewery PREMIER Pancake and Waffle Flour Best Ever - Agreeable To All Sense MADE IN VANCOUVER How Can I Make a Success Of the Poultry Business? EASILY ANSWERED Use an Essex Model Hot Air or Jubilee Hot Water Incubator, and an International Sanitary Hover. SUCCESS WUL FOLLOW We specialise ln all kinds of Poultry Supplies* MARK DUMOND Hardware and McOormick Farm Machinery 1048 MAIM STREET Write for Catalogue and Prlcea ^^■■^■•^^'■■■■■^^('■^■■■■■■es**"***1******!*'************* m g D H i HONE INDUS € PHONE SEYMOUR 9020 >± 750 Robson Street |ecki£)hoe "(ftailt for Wear, Style /f^_ff\ ~"N vftailt f3i- We«r,<SMe Made In ^ •British Columbia SPRING IS HERE! Men, as well as women, will begin the season with new and 'stylish shoes. Discriminating men will demand LECKIE SHOES for numerous . reasons- all good reasons. First of all,, a LECKIE SHOE Ib the best shoe investment on the market; it Will outwear most any other shoe made an^ it will remain "new" longer. CHABACTEB is built into LECKIE SHOES by use of HONEST LEATHER, SKILLED WORKMANSHIP and HIGHEST BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. LECKIE SHOES combine style, comfort and wearing qualities—and are made in British Columbia. LECKIE SHOEE are the ideal shoes for you. LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE Don't Procrastinate—Plant Soon _ The British Columbia applea, In a world competition, captured the Oold MeL. Prlae » This means that the B, 0. orohards will lead the world. A word to the wise ■ sufficient. In the Vancouver "Daily Province" issue of March 23rd, Ur. Ounnlngha** the Provincial fruit inspector, said that he could place 60 car loads of GrlnL Golden apples if he had them that day.- The "Grimes Golden" is a go* keeper, with a full mellow flavor, and an enticing appearance, of which not enoui are grown. He also stated that he opened a box of Winesaps from Walhachin, i the Thompson River, between Ashcroft and Kamloops, whioh were of splendid ap and delietous flavor. We are offering Grimes Golden, Winesaps, Mcintosh Bed, and other ohof varieties of our one-year-old apple tree stock at |10 per 100; two and three-yec old stock reduced accordingly. Onr other fruit tree stook and general nurse, stook we give SO per cent, off catalogue prloe, allowed in additional stock. Car to accompany order.* ,.*.*>■ . In our stock of over $100,000 We have everything yoa want to, make yonr orchar greater and your gardens more bautiful. Catalogues mailed free on application. * Patronise home growers, and build np a home pay roll. BOTAL NURSERIES, LIMITED Haad Office: 710 Dominion Building, 207 Bastings Stnet W. Phoa*: Sty. 65 Store: 2410 Oranvllle Street Phone: Bay. 1926 Nurseries and Greenhouses at Boyal on B. 0. B, By., Ebarne Branch. Phone: Bourne 48 JINGLE POT COAL UNION MINED AT NANAIMC MORE HEAT-LASTS LONGER THIS COAL WILL SAVE YOU MONEY-TRY A .TON. Lump, $7.00; Nut, $5 50; Pea, $4.00; Slack, $4*00; Briquettes, $6.01 WOOD, Choicest Dry Fir. $3.00 per load McNEILL, WELCH & WILSON, Limited formerly VANOOUVER OOAL COMPANY TELEPHONES : SEYMOUR 5408 and 5409 Named Shoes are frequently made in Noil Union Factories—Do Not Buy Any Sho no matter what Its name, unless It bears plain and readable Impression or tbl* stamj All shoes without the Union Stamp always Non-Union. BOOT A SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 Bummer Btreet, Boston, Mass. J. P. Tobin, Pres. C. L. Blaine, Seo.-Treai Good Beer quenches the thirst, stimulates the appetite, aids digestion and nourishes the body. It is a real food product. 'freer Is produced from the very best hops and barley, by expert brewers, in a union brewery. 11 6 Pints - 3 Quarts 50 cents 50 cents PHONE ANY LIQUOR STORE Vancouver Breweries Limited ^w^^Mm__mm-- ll* OTSTIST. FBIDAY MAT 7, IM >z£T kind -wlxo do not happen for the time >-fc -to t><e unemployed. Poor Average Man! L-e He is between the devil and tbe deep ex, s-e-a- So he will be, and so he will de- serve to be, as long as he refuses to fa.ce the facts of life with a genuine ls desire to learn the underlying causes >£ for- them. w >— SA.-MT HUGHES, MINISTER of Militia, for Canada, speaking this week ia the east, again made the statement that the war will be carried a_»__. -with, the utmost persistency by the Allies until peace is -OIOTA-TINO signed in Berlin. Peace 'will be made eventually. It may he finally arranged in Berlin, or London^ -or* Paris insofar as the actual formalities go. But we believe we understand Sam ..Hughes, as he wishes to be understood, -when we say that he means the -Allies will force their way to Berlin and, as the result of their appearance outside its walls, make the Kaiser come to terms. Sam may really be- lieve that, but we do not, for two reasons. The first ia, that unless the German, resistance collapses in most sudden and dramatic fashion the cost in lives of hacking and hammering to the gates of Berlin will he more than any army could stand, if one is to judge by the stupendous casualties involved in penetrating- a few hundred yards further into Belgium. aa • * * Also, -we do not think that a single battle will he fought on German soil from the Belgian boundary. If the Allies reach there, the game to. all intents and purposes -will be up so far as CS-ermany is concerned. And unless the nature of the fighting becomes less san- ^uinary, the Allies -will have suffered so terribly that they -will be in no shape to continue an offensive against the most perfect fortifications in the world a.nd which bar the way at eyery yard from the Belgian frontier to Berlin. * * On to Berlin * * may sound alright from a public platform, as no doubt * * On to London" is doing at this mo ment in Germany. But we do not be lieve either -will ever become faot. The appalling losses inevitable long before such an end could be achieved by either side, would reduce both to exhaustion. 27*07- do we think either side figures on such a course. Belgium has always ~t>een the cockpit of Europe, and -when this war is over it -will be more entitled -to the name than ever. It Is not the custom of great nations nowaday to smash up their own countries -when they are at war if another happens to "t>e convenient fer their purposes. Industrial Progress and Commercial Record says that in order to compete with American firms Canadian lumber manufacturers must for one thing cheapen the production of their wares. With chiefly Orientals employed It is difficult to see how the labor cost can t»e reduced. -A_ political leader is really one who Itnows how to follow the crowd; to find out -what it wants; and if it wants it badly enough in big enough numbers, to stand -up on his hind legs and tell it so; when he will be at once hailed as a genius. Political generals nowaday, like military generals, lead1 from the back. The essence of political leader* ship is to know how to follow intelli- gently. a. the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada meets in Vancouver Labor Temple it will not be the first time it bas met in a Labor Temple. The pre- vious occasion -was in Toronto a long time ago. Then the size of the convention was small enough to fit the Toronto temple. This time the temple -will be large enough to meet the growth of -the: convention. There are temples and temples, as we fully expect the "good city ** delegates will agree after they have been, in Vancouver. The District Ledger, the weekly newspaper of the miners of the Crow's Nest Valley, announces that owing to hard times it will be forced to reduce its size. Financing a labor paper at any time is no easy mater, but just now it requires the optimism of fifteen Alicawbers rolled into one to generate confidence that the printer can be paid. "We have heard of people -who boast of tbeir ability to finance any proposition on a shoe-string. We should like the pleasure of watching one of them apply his ideas to running a labor paper. The B- O. Western Catholic, in its issue of last week, was very annoyed, indeed, with us for reproducing the article rf-ono. the Milwaukee Leader deal- ing with the Knights of Colum bus, which appeared in our news columns the previous week. Quite a variety of mixeof motives are attributed to us, ranging from "venomous foe of the Catholic church" to * * socialism and anarchy." We have ma.de enquiries as to how far the B. C. "Western. Catholic can be regarded as the official mouthpiece of the church here, and -we are assured by one of its highest dignitaries that the paper does not express the sentiments of the church except at such times as signed sta.texn.ents of the clergy appear in its columns. 23~o responsibility is accepted by the church for the editorial opinions of the paper. Our informant further assures us that the Roman Catholic church has- only one official newspaper in Canada. It is published in the east. So the IB. O. Western Catholic must not expect us to take much notice of the- unauthorized utterances of its editor. ' The alcoholic beverage has at last r-e-ached its highest stage. Brink "B. C?_ Special." made in British Columbia. Westminster Trust Co. HEAD OFFICE NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. J. J. JONES, Han. Director. J. A. BENNIE, Sac-Trail. ACTS AB ASSIGNEES, LIQUIDATOBS AND EE0EIVEB8 INSUBANOB OT ALL ITS BBANOHES HOUSES, BDNGAL0W8, SIOBBS AND MODERN SUITES FOB BENT at a Big Reduction Safety Deposit Boxes for Bent at 12.60 up i Willi Drawn Free of Charge Deposits Accepted and Interest at Four Fer Cent. Allowed on Dally Balances. ■USINIII AQKNT DIM0T0HV Ask for .Labor Temple 'Vhatt Bzehanse, Seymour .7405 (unless otherwise mud). Bartenders—Oeo. W. Curnook, Room 908. Bricklayer.—Wm. S. Dagnall, Boom 316. Cooks. Walten, Waitresses—Room 909; Andy Graham; .hone. Ber. 8414. Electrical Worken (outside)—E. B. Morrison, Room 207. Electrical Worken (Inside)—F. L. Eating- fanusen, Room 207. Englneera (steam)—-Boom 218; 1. Prendsr- Laborers—John Solly, Room 920. Longshoremen's Association — OSes, 148 Alexander atreet; V. Payns; pkoas Ssy. 0890. Musicians—H. J. BrasBeld, Booms 104*108, Labor Templo. Street Railway Employees—Fred. A, Hoofer; phone Sey. S08. Typographical—R. H. Neelands, Rooms 919* TRAOB UNION DIRECTORY TRAMS AND LAB&R OOUNOIL - -...■M,W "P" *— third ThunSSs.Bxo Knowles, W, H. Trotter, trustees. ALLIED PRINT1N0 TBADBS COUN m,.-?1"
"- ""» T. B. CUTHBERTSON & Co. Men's Hatters and Outfitters Three Stores Red Seal Manufacturing Co. FUINITUKE POLISH 'LOOK OIL Sweeping Compounds 519 Georgia Street Vancouver Phone Seymour 30S8 Strausswor.es Ladles Mats Cleaned, dyed, resewed or blocked Inte the latest styles. ALL WORK GUARANTEED 135 Hastings W., Vancouver Phones: Seymour 8268 and 8259 THE Hose & Brooks Co., Ltd. Wines, Liquors and Cigars 604 Main Street, Vancouver, B.O. •VNOPSI8 OP COAL MINING REQU LATIONS Coal mining rlghta of the Dominion, ln Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portion of the Provlnee of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an aore. Net more than 2,660 acres will be leased te one applicant. Applications for lease muat be made by tha applicant In person to the Asent or Sub-Agent of the dlstriot ln whloh tbe rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land muat be described by seotlons, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall bs staked by the applicant himself. Bach application must be accompanied by a fee of $5, which will be refunded If the rights applied for are not available. but not otherwise. A royalty shall bs paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine .shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of mor chantable coal mined and pay the royal* ty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, suoh returns ■hould be furnished at least onoe a rear. The lease will Include the ooal mining tights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered neoss- aary for the working of the mine at the rate of flO an aore. For full Information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Asent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W.'H. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N. B.—Unauthorised publication of this advertisement will not be paid for—Mm. VANCOUVER UNI0H8 BBUTdEEHOOD or BOIMB MAKI Sa\t_mJ___^-at?tB •*^A5™5?B8' OPERATIVE INTERNA1 TI0NAL ASSOCIATION, Nc. 89-1 M..U mtf Int and third Wednesday In tbl month in room J01, Ubor T«mpl«. fresll dent, A. Hon,; rioo-presldent, A. Bonntstnl jomspondln, uontsrr, Joo Oornlab, l,o| Eleventh ewnn. out; Snsnolsl .eereurri B«orte Montromerr; treisnrer. Harold RelS FAIJJTBRS-,. PAPERHANOBRS'. AN1 Jjorsday. 7*!0 p.m. President, H. Grand, nSSSh.."-»i: l*»»ilaa secretary, fl Dowding, UI Hove straet. Buslntal ^/*n»» Train, Room' SOS, Ub?| PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE—oft Hi™l".t.!rT.?n*ffi!l1 f** ut »n<l *rt Wl dsji st Labor Temple, room lot. H. MlcbJ •"•"ifS^KS tsiniaim RAmwAf^a «„.f%?K?*5' "?'"' "Wsloa, »o. 101*3 MmU Ubor Templo, second and fourth W.* SsstL-TSSft* -—*ar, Jas. I. OriBnf "••_?^*s*S*5r:«*f«s awaae wt; tasneUlsoS aTBLJiujJSS'i\WtSBB' intbrnatiomJ al Local 1)7—Heels evory Wedneodan I p. m., room 104, Labor Temple. PlnaS clal aeoretary, B. Prenderea.1, room lS!" TAILORS INDUSTRIAL ONION (IN-m k.M?,riVte.na,,V 1^al1 No* IW-Meetlngsl held nrst Tuesday In eaoh month, 8 p. ml PrasldSnt, Miss ft. Outterldge; recoftlnrt seoretary, 0. MoDonald, Box SOS; ( olal sec., K Paterson, P. o. Bor bos. TTPOOBAPHI0AL .UNION, HO. lit- . Meete last Beads, of esdb moath at ll •>•■»• J1^""*! •»■ »• *oMIHeeoi flse-amt I PBOVINOIAL UNIONS B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOR—MeeU In snnnsl convention ln January. Exec* otlve officers, 1,16*16; President, A. Watch-, man; vlae>pn»ldents—Vancouver, W. F. Dunn, J. H. McVetvf Victoria, B. Slmmone; llew Weitmlmter, W. Yatei; Prince Bupert, w. E. Denning; Revoletoke. J. Lyon; Dls- trlet 28, U. M. W. ol A. (Vancouver Island), 8. Outhrle; Dlitrlet 18, U. M. W. ot A, (Orow'o Nest Valley), A. J. Carter; secre- tsry.treasurer, A. S. Weill. P. 0. boa 1888, Victoria, B. C. N1W WISTMINIT1R, B.C. NEW WESTMINSTER TRADES AND LA- BOB Oounoil—MeeU every aeoond sad fourth Wedneaday al 8 p. m. In Ubor ball. ■rfsslosiA 0. Cropley; Inanclsl aecretsrr, R* A. Stonor; senersl aecreury, W. E. Maiden. P. 0. Boi 881. Tbo public U Invited to attend. VICTORIA, C. VICTORIA TRADES AND LABOR COUN" , v 0I^H"f1.,1' *»d 1W'<I WedeMdsy, Labor ball, 142. Oovernment atreet, st 8 6 m. President, A. S. Wells; aeoretary, F. oldrldgo, Box 802, Victoria, B. 0. 0B0AM12BP LABOR 00MPAH1ZS. LABOR TEMPLE COMPANY, LIMITED— Directors: J si. Brown, preaident; R. P. Pettlplece, vice-president; Edward Lothlsn. Jamea Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson, Oeo: Wllby, W. J. Ns<le, F. Blumberr, H. H. Free.] Managing director snd secretary-treasurer, J.f H. MoVety, room 211, Labor Tempi.. B. 0. FEDERATIONIST, LIMITED—MeeU 1 et call of president, Ubor Temple, Van* I couver, B. 0. Directors: James Campbell,! president; J. H. MoVety, secretary-treasurer;! A. Wstchmsn, A. S. Wells. R. Farm. Petti-1 pteoe, manager, 217 Labor Temple. Tele-I phono; Soymour 7t9b, E^jtt^p^ht^^ai Vols against prohibition I Demand sonsl liberty In choosing whst yoa will dl .. Ask for tbls Lsbel when purchselng Beea Ale or Porter, ss a guarantee thst 11 U Unf ton Made. This Is Oar label Water is the world's most important liquid, Without it, "B. 0. Special') whisky eould not be manufactured, "i
Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
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