@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "6c681df1-b569-498d-bc17-4a24a6d1d64a"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-03-28"@en, "1915-10-01"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345102/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUBTBIAI, UNITT i 8TBENOTH. -4^> OFFICIAL PAPEB: VANCOUVEB TBADES ASD LABOB C0UN**1I. ASD B. C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB ^^POLITICAL UNITY: VICTOBTI I SEVENTH* i***$o.40 :>-*g — VANCOUVER; B. C, FftlDAY, OCTOBER 1,1915 EMPLOYMENT [Reliable Information from Special Correspondent of Federationist (Conditions Generally Are Better—Slackness in Some Trades j Special Australian Correspondence. (By W. F. Ahern) , SYDNEY, N. S. W., Sept. 10.—My i latest report on the conditoin of the Australian labor market is compiled from authentic information specially secured from all quarters for The Federa- 11 tionist. In the Building Trades. In this section an improvement is noted when compared with last reports. This is mainly due to the great activity now going ou in the building of private dwellings. The improvement iB noted mostly in the bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing and tuck-pointing sections, Painting and plastering are about tho same as at last report. Looking over the applications filed with the municipal councils for permits to build, it would seem that we are undergoing a revival of tho building activity in progress prior to the war. In the carpentry and joinery sections especially is this noticeable, and I have the further assurance that much work ia talked of for the future. Tailora and Textiles. There Ib very little demand for labor at present, in ' the tailoring section, 'there is, however, great activity in military contracts, which offsets.any slackness In the ordinary trade. In the wool- , lea textile - making, great activity still prevails, owing to war orders for soldiers' clothing. Overtime in this section will be worked for some considerable time to come. In the boot trade, work was not as plentiful as at last re- Sort; and in some places part time only > being worked. Engineering and Metal. The activity reported last month still . continues. In the boilermaking and en- 11 gineering there is very little unemployment. In the electrical section work is limited, but any shortage of work here was more than met by the great demand for men for military and naval requirement!. " In' the ironmouldlng section, work ii plentiful. Owing to the difficulty of procuring spelter, it is feared, (however, that work in this section will /get slack, and wire-work may have to '■ close for ji time. Food Supply Trades. Owing to a shortage of raw material j there was some unemployed in the sugar Industry. This, however, is but a local item, and will right itself in thq course \\ of a few days.' In the flour milling in- S dustry the shortage of wheat as last 1 reported still continues. Prospects in I this section are not too bright till the I new harvest wheat comes forward. The [ demand for labor in the meat packing, I butchering and cold storage trade was , Jess than at last report. The old difficulty of securing shipping space still ■ continues, together with the embargo placed on meat exports by the military | authorities. Another reason for slack- < ness is a shortage of contracts from the i British government' for canned meats. Among tbe Printers. A slight improvement is reported in this heading.' The government printing offices are working overtime, as beforo, but the edmand foe labor in private shops and works is still short. Shipbuilding and Woodworking. For some months past the demand for labor in this section has been exceptional, the various secretaries reporting that they have not a single man out of work. The future prospects seem as good as the experience of the past few months. With the exception of the sawmilling branch, the demand for labor iB bettor than at last report. In the furnishing trade there is less unemployment, and the coopering trade is good and has prospects of a bright nature for some time to come. Nationalised Brlokmaktng. Matters, as before reported, are still b»d hero. Many of the works are overstocked, and operations are suspended. The revival of the building boom, however, will find work for many in this trade. Another reason for the slackness in the brick-making industry, especially In New South Wales, is the fact that the government bricjimaking works are getting all the trade they can do, owing to their bricks being 43 per 100 cheaper than the bricks of tbe private makers. Indeed, since the operations of the New South Wales government yards have assumed great proportions, several private companies have been forced to abut up altogether. Whereas the private yards supplied all the government works with • bricks, these orders now go to the government yards—one government yard having a capacity alone of over 1,000,- 000 bricks per week. Transport and Miners. Demand for labor is good in tanning, fell-mongerlng, papermoking, rope making, tallow and allied1 works, and few men are out of work. There is a better report to be made for this section than that of last month. The timber carting sections, which in the early months of the war were much unemployed, aTe now very busy. Owing to the wool season being In fall swing, the carters in this department are also busy. Carters and storemen are also benefiting because of this activity. The demand for general laborers of all classes is slack, at time of writing. The miners are still suffering much unemployment, as last reported, owing to the embargo on coal by the military authorities. The government have had to open relief work's to take up some of the unemployed, there Is no immo- PBBD MANSBL A South Vancouvor member of the Bookbinder!' union, who represented that body ti a delegate to thr recent Vancouver convention of the Tradei and Labor Congress of Canada. diate prospect of the matter getting l better, either. Conditions Generally Better. Since writing the above, I have had a message from the federal government stating that for all Australia, conditions are better than at' any time during the war. At the outbreak of Vftxr, last August, 1914, the percentage of unemployed in Australia was 10,7. At the present time it is but 9.5 per cent. In New South sWales the conditions are better than in any other state -—due to the action of the Labor government of that state, taking a firm action in directing operations, controlling works and fixing prices of foods. FOB RETURNED SOLDIEBS New South Wales Preparing Scheme of Land Settlement, The Labor Congress last week recommended that public lands Bhould be opened up to enable returned soldiers to settle on them instead of going to swell the army of unemployed1 at the close of the war. The New South Wales government is setting aside 250,000 acres for a similar purpose. The lands will be made available for homestead farms, which can be taken up by payment of a nominal deposit. An exemption from paying rent for the flrst five years can be obtained by settlers effecting improvements to an equivalent value. In addition arrangements are being made to advance settlers pound for pound on all improvements as they are effected on crown tenures, such as homestead farms. By this means, it is anticipated, settlers with .but limited means will be enabled successfully to occupy and work the farms. PRINTERS ADVBGATE NDUSTRIAL Closer Affiliation of Allied Crafts Is Believed Now Necessary Changed Industrial Conditions Bring Many New Problems Another Socialist Enlists. Boy Matthews, ex-secretary of the B. C. provincial executive of the Socialist Party of Canada, and late assistant editor of the Western Clarion, has enlisted as a telegrapher for overseas service, Carpenters Leave Town. J. A. Key, well-known locally as a member of the Carpenters' union, left Vancouver this wook for Montana. "Jimmy'* Smith alBO left for "parts unknown." Machinists' New Editor. Fred Hewitt, Washington, D. C, has been elected editor of the Machinist's Journal by a referendum vote, to succeed Arthur E. Holder, who haB been acting editor since the death of D. Douglas Wilson some months ago. McGilllvray Writes. W. McGilllvray writes this week from St. Nazaire, France. He arrived there on the Carpathia with horses and grain from America. "Bill," who will be remembered as a member of the looal Painters' union, is evidently seeing life these days. From St. Nazaire he expected to go to Liverpool, Mr. Holtby to Boost Circulation. The Federationist has just completed arrangements with Mr. Thos. Holtby to take charge of und push its circulation throughout British Columbia. Mr. Holtby proposes to make a tour of the entire province in the interests* of this paper, and any assistance rendered him by the members of organized labor will be appreciated by the directors. *"* California Federation. The annual convention of tho California State Federation of Labor will convene in Santa Rosa noxt Monday, and continue in session throughout the week. More than 300 delegates will be in attendance, and many matters of vital importance to the wage earners of tho state will be considered. New Trial for Lawson. The supreme court of the State of Colorado haB ordered a new trial in the Lawaon ease, and has forbidden the notorious Judge Hillyer to sit as judge in any more of the strike oases. The infamous attempt to railroad Lawson to state's prison for life for a crime that he did not participate in or have knowledge of, aroused a storm of protest all over the eountry, the newspapers generally condemning the affair as an outrage and the decision of the Colorado supreme court is only an act of belated justice leading, it is to be hoped, to a complete reversal of his infamous conviction. Labor in Britain. Reviewing the effect of the first year of war on the labor market, the British Board of Trade Labor Gazette says that although the flrst shook of war caused muoh disorganization, there is now very little unemployment except in a few luxury trades, while in a number of industries, notably coal mining, engineering, shipbuilding, agriculture and transport, the demand for labor greatly exceeds the supply. On August 6 there were 17,274 men and 41,374 women on the registers of the labor exchanges, against 19,993 and 43,700 respectively a month ago. During the year two and a half million working people have had Increases in rates of wages or war bonuses amounting to over two million dollars a week, or over three shillings per capita to those benefiting. For some years the question of closer affiliation of trades unions in the printing industry has been more or less discussed, but no action tending to bring this about has resulted. The idea seems to prevail that the unions cannot come together in closer affiliation until the international officers give consent. If this idea is permitted to dominate,the membership, closer affiliation of the printing trades unions will never be effected. The Officers' Way. There are two forms of closer affiliation. One-(that apparently favored by the international officers) merely seeks to have the wage scale agreements entered into and expire at the same time, and, in the event of lockouts or strikes, each union to guarantee its share in financing the same, etc.; the workers remaining divided along present craft lines, with all the separate headquarters and international and local offices to maintain at great expense, and the possibility of developing another set of paid officials to prey upon the already overburdened membership. This form of "closer affiliation" would be of little or no benefit to the workera in the industry, but would, undoubtedly, give' our so-ealled "high" officials a longer lease on their well-paid jobs. Want More Industrialism,, The second form of closer affiliation proposes to eliminate all craft divisions and terms that now separate the workers into small isolated groups and bring them together into one industrial union for the purpose of promoting the common interests of all workers in the industry. This would, for one thing, do away with the numerous headqnarters asjd international officials maintained at great expense to. the dues-paying membership. This is closer affiliation in the real sense of the term, and will not be brought about by permitting the matter to rest in the hands of those whose material interests are promoted by perpetuating the present craft division. The closer affiliation having as its object the amalgamating of all craft unions in the printing industry into one solid industrial union can only be brought about by the dues-paying members of the unions. Conditions Have Changed. Industrial conditions have changed, and are continually* changing, and we must endeavor to conform thereto. All about us we see consolidations taking place in the newspaper, and book and job industry, which means the elimination of many plants. This, together with continued improvement in machinery, development of new processes, Bpeeding up, etc., displaces many workers, thereby greatly increasing the number of unemployed. We cannot cope with industrial conditions divided, as We were, into small,groups, each a law Unto itself, seeking to promote its interests irrespective of and many times at the expense of each Other; to say nothing of the fact that many workers in the industry are unorganized. Advise Only One Union. Our interests as workers are the same. All workers in an industry are integral parts of that industry; the labor of all ib essential to the production of the finished article. If we are necessary to the employer, then we are accessary to each other. Employers sink their personal differ- enceB and organize in one union for the promotion of their mutual economic interests. But we, tho workers in the industry, nre divided and at war with each other. Fellow trade unionists, if in the past, through our isolated craft groups, we have gained benefits for those eligible to membership, how much more could we gain by organizing all the workers in the printing industry into one industrial unionl Seattle Takes the Lead. Realizing the urgent necessity of closer affiliation that will result in tho industrial organization of all workers in the printing Industry, and that this can only be brought nbout through the efforts of the rank and file of the printing trade unions, a number of Seattle workers In good standing in their respective trades unions have organized the Printing Workers' Industrial Educational League, with headquarters at 424 Harrison Street, Seattle, Washington, for the purpose of carrying on a campaign of education for industrial unionism. We call upon our fellow trade unionists In the United States and Canada to co-operate with ub and establish branches of the Printing Workers' Industrial Educational League. The Printing WorkerB' Industrial Educational league will, as Ub means permit, issue leaflets, devoted to industrial unionism, for circulation among trade unionists In tbe printing industry. Industrial unionism must be developed from the bottom up; not from the top down. Bead, think and act with us, Pass this to your fellow worker. For information, address aa above. TO INCREASE THE USEFULNESS OF FEDERATIONIST Th* management of The B. O. Federatlonltt 1> dadioni of extending the wop* and uaef nlneaa of thla paper, particularly lh tbe Province of Brittah Columbia. With, thla object lh -dew, we ue prepared to tend the paper free for three months to anyone who may fMl eo far Intereited aa to accept onr offer. ; We make no disguise that we are ont for circulation, and tho lncreaaed preatigo which accruea from It. In thla endet-ror we aak the active lntereat and eupport of all our readera. Do you know anyone whom you believe would* be Intonated ln thla paper? If ao, will yon pleue beatlr yourielf enough to ■end u hla name and address. That'a all. We will do the reat. The B. O. Federatlonist ia the most free lance and really Independent of all the publications ln British Columbia, ind we believe lt hu a field of usefulness wblch could be considerably enlarged by the active assistance of our readers. Will yon help? If so, please get a move on. UP LOCALLY Delegates from Other Provinces Were in Great Demand Every Local Union Put on Its Sunday Clothes for the Occasion (VOT) $L50 PER YEA« Interesting Statistics Show Varied Results of the Measure Misuse of the Word "I" Avoid the use of the personal pronoun "I"as much as possible. Though the shortest of words it breathes the spirit of egotism, arrogance, selfishness and coneelt. Among people of ordinary manners, "I" is diatastcful. Its too frequent use by a former president helped not a little in his defeat for reelection.—Life. Not since the American Federation of Labor met in Seattle has there been so much activity seen in and around labor olrclea in Vanoouver as during the convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada here last week. There may be depression in overy part of the Dominion, but there is no discounting the value and beneficial effects of the visit paid by the more active spirits from other provinces. Pessimists would say that it is a question of misery liking eompany, but' those who know better than to approach thoso bugboars of the labor movement with anything short of a ten-foot pole think differently. For that reason, they took full ad vantage of the occasion to talk over and take counsel with the visitors as to the best ways and means of tiding over till the dark days hnve passed into the limbo of things forgotten. International organizers who came here figuring that they were going to have a quiet spell, met with the disallu- sion of their lives. Every local union, evon •down to thoso who could only raise a quorum, rallied to a meeting of its membership, books, papers and other properties, and insisted upon their particular international representative being there to tell them all the news from far and near. "Jimmy" Simpson, interviewed by The FederationiBt upon his arrival, gave It out for the edification of all and sundry, that he was hero in the moat private of all capacities, outside of his duties as a delegate. But he got "roped in" even beforo tho convention started. On Sunday evening, Sept. 19, he addressed a crowded meeting in the First Presbyterian church. Last Sunday he completed hiB repertoire by addressing his "very own" organization, to wit, local 220 of the I. T. U., in a speech of twenty minutes, which wae thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The case of "Jimmy" was only typical of the fate which mot any one of the delegates of outstanding notability who attended the convention. ENLARGE PRINTERS! HOME Plana to Add Accommodations at Considerable Oost. Extensions to the printers' home at Colorado Springs at a big cost are to be started soon, according- to Marsden O. Scott, president of the International Typographical union. The recent typographical convention endorsed the plan and the question will be submitted to a referendum vote of the union printers this month. In the event the plan Ib favored the tax on the union printers will be increased five cents per month per member, which will net about $30,000 more a year for the home. At present the Institution is a £100,000 a year proposition. The plans for the extensive improvements have been drawn. There are 210 aged printers in the borne, and the waiting list contains 25 names. Carpenters Would Re-affiliate. Local union 617 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners decided last Monday night to apply to toe Trades and Labor couneil for re-affiliu- tion with that body. If tbe application is accepted, the following will be the delegates: Jas. Campbell, O. H. Hardy and J. W. Sherman. Tom Besson Is Dead. Tom Beeson, a very well-known socialist of Nelson, B.C. and a former proprietor of the Nelson Club Cigar fac- oory died at his brother's home in Nelson last Tuesday. Details of his demise are not available in the bare announcement w,hieh eamo just as the Fcdern- tionlst was going to press. Among others, his friend Clem Stubs will bo present at the funeral. Much Data Is Added to the Information Bearing on This Problem At the Baltimore convention of the Cigarmakers International union, O. W. ' Perkins, the president, was instructed to ascertain through his offlce from tbe various locals throughout the United StateB and Canada what effect prohibition had on their trade in the localities wherever it was instituted. A List of Questions. Answers were requested to tbe following questions: 1. Has prohibition ever been tried in your city or jurisdiction f 1 If sofa) How many members were employed before prohibition, became oper- I atlvet ib) How many members were employed on an overage during- prohibition! (c) How many lost employment during the prohibition periodf (d) What would you estimate the natural increase in the number employed in the trade if it had not been for prohibition f 2. Were there what waB known as "Speak Easys" or "Blind Pigs" established during prohibition? (a) Did prohibition result in having intoxicants Bent in to bo consumed in kitchens,--clubs, etc.f 3. Did the population increase! (a) Did the population decrease! (b) Were other tradesmen thrown out of work! (c) Did the cost of living increase or decrease! 4. Were wages generally increased or decreased during this period! 6, Do you know whether the Bale of drugs (dope) increased during this period! 6. Do you consider tbat drunkenness decreased! The Replies from Un/ons. When the replies came in, 136 unions reported that prohibition had been tried under their jurisdictions. . One hundred and thirty-one unions reported 661 members were employed before prohibition became operative; 115 unions reported that 4060 members were employed on an, average during prohibition, and that 1247 members lost employment during' the prohibition period1. - j Sixty-seven unions estimated tlje nat-I urtol increase in the number employed in the trade if it had not been for prohibition, as 2505. One hundred and eight unions reported that 118 Speakeasys, or Blind Pigs, were established during the prohibition period. One hundred nnd twenty unions reported that intoxicants were Bent in to be consumed in kitchens, clubs,, etc. Twenty-seven unions reported the population Increased during, tbe prohibition period; 57 unions reported that the population decreased during the prohibition period. • Seventy-three unions reported thnt other tradesmen were thrown out of work during the prohibition period. Sixty-nine unions reported the cost of living increased during the prohibition period; five unions reported the cost of living decreased during the prohibition period. Ten unions reported wages generally increased during the prohibition period: 20 unions reported wages decreased during the prohibition ppriod. Eighty unions reported nn increase of drugs during the prohibition period. To the question "Do you consider that drunkenness decreased during prohibition," 05 unions reported "No." T% the question "Do you consider that drunkenness Increased during prohibition," 18 unions responded "Yes." The summary of the foregoing interesting statistics, which were given over the signatures of the presidents nnd secretaries of the unions, nnd bearing tbe union seal, among other Interesting things show that of the 1.16 unions reporting, Involving all told 6601 members, 1240 members lost employment, and the estimate shows that 2505 really lost employment. One of the most important things disclosed by the summary is that 108 unions reported that 118 "Speakeasyc" or "Blind Tigers" were stnblishod during the prohibition period, which shows that the sale of alcoholic drinks continued under prohibition, but that the city or state received no fevenue whatsoever, which menus thnt an added tax was placed npon the citizens generally, and tbat despite prohibition drunkenness did not decrease, on the contrary, 18 unions reported that in their judgment drunkenness increased. Eighty unions reported thnt thero had boen an increase in the use of drugs (substitutes for alcoholic stimulants) during the prohibition period. THE COMPENSATION COMMISSION Held Its First Session tn the Court House Last Wednesday. What was practically the first sitting of tho commission, which is to gather Information for tho guidance of the government in framing the new Workmen's Compensation act, was held in Vancouver court honso last Wednesday night. Mr. A. Pinco, D. Robertson and J. H. McVety, the commissioners, were all present and received a deputation of employers, chiefly consisting of builders, who laid their ideas on the proposed new aet before the commission. There wns no objection to the general principle of the measure, but it waa asserted that the rates of compensation which it proposes to. pay, arc too high. "Why didn't you lnugh at the boss's joke, Bill!" "Don't have to; I quit Saturday." JAMES KEIR HARDIE . The veteran Labor member In the British, parliament who died of pneumonia at Glasgow last Sunday. A. F. OP L. CONVENTION Will Consider Promotion of Peace ln Europe. The official call Ib Issued for tbe thirty-fifth annual convention of tbe American Federation of Labor to be held at Eagles' Hall, San Francisco, Cal., beginning 10 o'clock' Monday morning, November 8, 1915. Representation in the convention will be on the following basis: From National or International unions, for less than 4000 members, oen delegate; 4000 or more, three delegates; 16,000 or mr four delegates; «J2,U00 or more, five delegates; 64,000 or more, six delegates; 127,000 or more, seven delegates, and so on, and from central bodies and state federations, and from local trade unions not having a atioal or internatiool union, and from federal labor unions, one delegate. Reference to tbe War. On the subject of the war, the call says: "The tremendous conflict now being waged in Europe and lta possible consequences and results, not only upon the people of Europpean countries, but upon the people pf America, as well sb on the whole civilized world, must of . necessity receive the deepest solicitous consideration of the working people of ' America. How and what further action can be taken by the American labor movement to help bring amout an early peace among the warring nations in Europe; how that peace can be secured with theestablishment and maintenance of justice, freedom and brotherhood the world over./* Day Labor *t Xaalo. .. While the war lasts civic work in JjJSSf ^^ *ith the amount Kaslo, B. C, will be done by day labor ?f SKmi W"1* de-emed *■«—1 and be given to men with families to ? i.l"t!l?,ie* ?°fBtl}^ and indeed Bupport. thlTS ♦ countrie8» i* *■ Grange to Congress Committee Meeting. -. The final meeting of the local Congress convention committee will be held in Room 217, Labor Temple, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 6, nt 7:30 o'clock. Every member should be present. Director G. A. Laing Says British Columbia Is Behind Times Explains Objects aiid Pur- poses of the City Night'Schools (By O. A. Laing) Director of Technical Instruction, Van-1 couver City Schools. There are still a great number of people who believe that a man can do several different kinds of work satisfactor- I ily; that the jack of all trades is not' necessarily a poor worker in each. The Age of Specialisation. They find it difficult to understand the necessity in these days for careful training, and above all specialization in [occupation. In aU new countries the worker has to be adaptable, be must be able to turn his hand to, many different' occupations. But the newest of countries soon finds that this first work is 1 of a temporary nature. The log cabin gives place to tbe frame house, and | the frame house is replaced by the brick, stone nr concro'e building What suits the pioneer will not suit those who come after him, and if the work is to improve, the worker must not attempt to do everything by himself. The work must be specialized. Each man must seek his special occupation which suits him, and must spend his time in following that faithfully until he is master of It. Subdivision of Labor. - There is not a trade of any importance which has not been split up during the last twenty or thirty years into 'several different branches, each branch carried on by journeymen more or leas acquainted with the other'branches. So much has this altered conditions that in any long established country it is an accepted fact tbat the man or woman' who is to become a first-class workman must have special training in his or her own particular occupation. Technical Training ln B. O. To anyone familiar with the amount mj Dci'UiiK i»« iii.iiiiiii.-ii unu AW* pUUUU to club the outdoor speakers and those who listened to them, is working on a lathe in a munition factory in the Old Country. Protest Against Taking Miners. A deputation representing tho conl mine operators of British Columbia, appeared before Messrs. Richardson and Bnird, who have been sent by the Brit- < ish government to this province to engage miners to go to England, last Tuesday, to protest agninBt miners being tnken from the Crow's Nest Valley dis trict. Miners Take Notice. Thomas Richardson, M. P., who hns come over hero at tho instructions of tho British government to engage miners for Britain, is staying nt tho Windsor hotel, Nnnnimo. All minors wishing to get into touch with Mr. Richardson should write bim thero giving full particulars of their mining experience, and where they acquired it. Votes for Women. Equal suffrage will be a live question before tho next session of the Alberta legislature. The United Farmers' association nnd organized labor have both agitated strongly in Its favor, and it is I claimed thnt it would carry If submitted to a vote of the eletorate. Premier Slfton has announced that he will take action on the question when tho House meets. „ — vm.uhivbj n, is ni range to think that a province like British Columbia is so backward in providing facilltierfor technical education. Building Op Industries. The authorities are not so much to blame for this lack ns the people themselves. The people must demand their i education, and insist that their demands are met. And therefore the peoplo must roulize their own needs. If this province. Of lnrlnn.1 Hi-So «**•- '■■■ ■*■--■■■ Anyox Miners Out and In. # »» vh. wu «.. .vuu«« muir own neeus. if this prov- Last Monday tho metalliferous miners ince, or indeod this city, is to become a at Anyox, near Granby, B. C, walked permanent home of a largo population out owing to a dispute with the mining tho basis of the existence of that podu- company. The trouble was settled on lotion must be made moro sure than a Wednesday, and the union up there baB real estate boom oan make It. ' wired that details will be sent down. Wo must realize that there is no T. Organ... Sho, a*__ C^i" W^^jSjH* While hero ns a delegate to the *"• _f speculate. Tho basis of all Trades nnd Labor Congress at Cnnada 'J"** prosperity ia work, and not merely convention, E. A. O'Doll, international "le expenditure of brute force, but tho organizer for the Boot nnd Shoo Work* «<**entiflcnlly directed and controlled ef- ers, mnde the flrst arrangements for the *or' °-* the people.. formation of a local union of his orgnni* Technical Education Naadari Findlayovaky at Wo*. ! S^^tSnTat' £ James Findlay, sometime mayor of that they get this system. They wiU Vancouver, and who achieved notoriety evince their determination to secure for his efforts to suppress freo speech something hotter when they realise by Betting the mounted and foot police what the existing opportunities are. to club the outdoor snnnJterN nml tlinan Tf ia ntA: n»» ni.,,..*. *„ L.itiii. _*. It is not our place to belittle what has been done. But what has been done is the mere beginning. If tho existing facilities are used to their utmost, greater advantages must bo provided. At present the nearost approach to technical training in Vnncouver is to be found in the night classes, which reopen next month, A effort is being mnde in these night schools to provide for the educational needs of those whoso school yours are over, but who fed the necessity for fur- ther study either along nesthotic lines or in tho subjects with which they come in contact in their daily avocations. Past Work of Classes. Those who have followed tho history of the development of these classes enn not but appreciate the good work that they have (lone nnd arc still doing. Each year sees an improvement in the class of work, as well ns nn increase in the number of students who take advantage of them. The number of subjects taught increases year by year, and is determin- ' ed only by tbe demand of tho students for instruction. When this demand begins to become really equal to the needs of the city and of the provinoe, tho present facilities in tho way of buildings and equipment will bo seen to be inadequate. What Toronto Has Done. Toronto has spent a couple of million dollara on a new technical school build- | Ing. At present this building houses about a thousand students—about one- fifth of tho number it could accommodate. Vancouver should havo its technical school, and while wo do not suggest that at tho present moment It would be possible to spend n quarter of the sum tho school has coat Toronto, we do hope that the citizens of this city will discover before it Ib too late that if tho city Ib to take advantage of the good times tbat are predicted for "Canada, tt will havo to bo prepared with tt. .Lilt.,.! t-I —Ll-i. ••-- Trades Council Next Thursday. There having beon five Thursdays during September, tho noxt meeting of Vancouver Trades and Labor council will take place noxt Thursday night. The report of the delegates to tho Trades and Labor Congress of Canada convention will be among other business rr"' _*,„'_"."£*" *" "" p^nu wpi ,to come before tbe meeting, and all ™° * .» ]abor 7hiah tho new P™*1- delegates should make special effort to Wv.™ dSmnni A Kood *>««*nuing lbe present. J0"'* be m,n,do *"* ™ expenditure of _____ na,f * million dollars; but the city XfaA ai Wamaama Wm. *h°U,d n0t bo "Ontent With anything Had a Pleasant Wot. §hort of tho bei)t 7 *"« Departing delegates who attended Above all we must remember that the last week's convention, woro unanimous safest economy is wise expenditure. in their expressions of pleasure and sat- Hoarding money In a safety vault is not isfaction at the way they hud been saving. Careful expenditure, backed treated during their stay hero by tho and directed by scientific knowlodffe locnl trade union movement. No effort will secure its return a hundred-fold' wns spared by both private Individuals What the citizens want really badly nnd the Trades and Labor council to they will get. The people of a olty no give tho delegates a happy recollection less than tho inhabitants of a state'snt of thoir visit to Vancouver. the government they deserve. * f PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAY OCTOBEE 1, 1915 INCOBPOBATED 1885 MOLSONS Bank CAPITAL and BESEBVE (8,800,000 96 Branches in Canada A general banking business transacted. Circular letters of credit. Bank money orders. Savings Department Interest allowed at highest current rate The Royal Bank of Canada INCORPORATED 1NI Paid-up Capital • - • I 11,100,00 Reserve 12,MO,000 Total Aaaata WE ALLOW INTEREST ON DEPOSITS IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT On* Dollar will open tha account, and your bualneaa will b* welcome ba It large or amall Branches and correspondents throughout tbe world THE INCORPORATED 1S5S BANK OF TORONTO Aiwta $62,000,000 Deposits $46,000,000 Joint Savings Accounts A joint savings account may be opened ot The Bank of Toronto in the names of two or more persons. 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Wells, Box 1538 Affiliated with tho Western Labor Preaa Association "Unity of Labor: the Hope or tbe World" FBIDAY OCTOBEE 1, 1015 ONE WEEK IS NOT a long enough time for the conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to deal properly with the volume of business which they have to transact eaeh year. This opinion has been growing in COMOBBSB tho minds of many re- OONVENTIONS gul(ir. delegates to the TOO short. ventions for some years, and it has developed1 into a conviction after watching last week's gathering in Vancouver. o • • • Three night sessions had to be held, thus adding another day and a half to the convention. Yet in spite of that, a number of important resolutions and questions did not receive the amount of consideration they should have done, during the last day of the convention. No one who was present could truthfully say that was due to time wasted] while in session, or on excessive entertainment. » • • • Por the latter, only two half days were set apart; and certainly the proceedings were at all times conducted with an eye to disposing of them in as expeditious and as business-like a way as was consistent with efficient and sufficient consideration of them. Even the old-time delegates admitted that debate was never allowed to wander far away, or get "sloppy" for want of good chairmanship. They agreed also, in speaking about it privately, that another day or two would havo given a much needed opportunity for dealing with some things which could not be thoroughly considered as things were. • • • • What time was available was spent to the best advantage. The whole trouble wbb that one week was not sufficient; and the labor movement may as well make up its mind that the time is pretty close at hand when these annual conventions will have to be spread over more than one week, if they are to adequately serve the purposes for which they are held. The movement is growing. So is the number and gravity of the many questions which it has to deal with. And it is only natural that sooner or later the duration of the conventions will have to be more than just one week. VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL has turned down the motion of Alderman Crowe to submit a bylaw to the people before next munioipal elections which would call for the aldermen to be elected at large, instead of by wards. OAO This was no more S"18 than was to be expect- WOK. e_ from the reaction ary element which had lined up against the proposal during the past week or two. » . . • There are two reasons why they did not want the new plan adopted. One was that it would have given the working class, a much better chance of securing direct representation on the council. The other was that it would have deprived some aldermen of the vote catching device of gaining special concessions and consideration for their wards. The impudence of the whole thing lies in the reactionary aldermen being able to prevent the electors saying what they wanted to do. THE B. C. WESTERN CATHOLIC calls attention in a recent issue to what it considers the unjust imposition of municipal taxes on church property, and adviseB the members of its church to organize their vote for the pur- TAXATIOK pose 0f electing ald'er- 011 men who will favor the OHOBOHBS. exemption of that pro perty from taxation. It says in the article referred to; Apart from private property in this city, Catholics have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in churches, schools, hospitals, convents and other institutions and it is an imperative duty upon them to protect those interests. This is no new proposal, and makes its annual appearance eaoh year about this time. ' •a ... -. 9 But we cannot see that the B. C. Western Catholic has a leg to stand on after examination of thoir case. This is how church property is taxed in Vancouver. Tho ground actually covered by the church is exempt rom taxation. In addition to that, exemption is given on 25 per eent. of the ground covered by other, property of the church. If ,it has grounds surrounding it, they are ihcluded in the amount upon which the 25 per cent, rebate is given. All ground other than those mentioned is assessed and taxed in the same way as other property. .... That practically means that the ground on which the institutions stand, whioh are revenue-producing propositions, is the only church property which is taxed. These convents, hospitals and schools arc all places where education or nursing arc sold for money. They are business insti tutions just like any other. So ■ why. should'they expect or claim exemption? It would be just as logical to ask the same privilege for the Labor Temple. The fact that exemption is asked* in this case should serve as a pretty plain intimation of what will be done if those wanting it could secure enough control in the eity council to force it through. HE HAB GONE KEIR HARDIE IS DEAD. The war killed him, just as surely as if he had been shot in battle. Wc do not say this as a matter of sympathetic assumption, but out of a knowledge that it is literally true. By a coincidence, one of his closest friends, and who saw him but a short time ago when he *was in London for the last time, came to Vancouver this week. He snid that the old man was dying then; dying literally of a broken heart. .... All the ideals to which his life and great powers had been devoted, seemed to be shattered and broken. He had set his heart on building the bulwarks of international concord out of the class consciousness of the world's workers. But in the hour of test and trial, all his hopes and wonderful visions came clattering about his cars like a house of cards. Then followed public abuse, and all the persecution which falls to the lot of such as he, when mob psychology for the time takes control of a people and its press. He was no longer a young man, and his powers of physical endurance could not withstand) the travail of spirit through which he must have passed since this war started. So he sank to his last long sleep; not as he'would have done, with the knowledge that the working class of the world was nearer than ever to realizing those dreams of international solidarity which shall banish war from the earth; but surrounded by the wreck and ruin of every ideal for whioh he had fought the fight of a giant, against all the powers of evil which set man against man, and nation against nation. « ■ . . # His career was a monument of persistent purpose and faithful devotion to the cause of the working class. Born in 1856 of working class parents in Ayreshire, Scotland, he had no schooling, but he taught himself to read, also to write long and shorthand at a time when the latter was considered a rare and exclusive accomplishment. At eight years of age he went to work, and by the time he was ten, was in the coal mines. The newly-formed Ayreshire Miners' union had him for its honorary secretary, and included in its membership Andrew Fisher, the prime minister of the commonwealth of Australia. In 1888 he contested Mid-Lanark constituency for parliamentary honors, but was not elected to the House of Commons until 1892, when he entered the house as an independent labor member for South West Ham, a seat which he retained until 1895. In 1900 he was returned as labor' member fbr Merthyr-Tydfil, and has retained that seat with increased majorities at three elections since then. In 1892 he, along with others, founded the Independent Labor Party. # . * . The work of journalism claimed a good deal of his time. From 1882 to 1886 he edited the Cumnock News, and the following year founded and edited the Miner, which afterwards became the Labor Leader, which is in existence today. He was always a firm believer in the propaganda value of the written word, and like nearly every other man who has struggled to give the working class a newspaper of its own, he has experienced the disappointment which comes of less than lukewarm support, . , . . He had a heart as big as his ideals, and his visions of working class possibilities scorned the limitations set by national boundaries. Canada, and the future of its workers, claimed his closest interest. During his visit to the Guelph convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, he took occasion to gather around him men from every part of the Dominion to discuss with them the best ways and means whereby the working class could improve their industrial and political prospects in this country. • • * • Those who were present at that meeting will not readily forget the sterling advice he gave them out of the wealth of his practical experience of suoh matters. But he has gone, and no man can yet measure the effect of his passing at such a time. Like Jaures, his death is an irreparable loss; not only to the working class of the country of his domicile, but to the proletariat of the whole world. ply plain at any rate—that it did not intend to leave any ground for over-zealous people to.make out that it supported prohibition. * #. # i. Delegate Rigg of Winnipeg, told how some of the clerical gentlemen in that city had misrepresented the attitude of the Trades and Labor council there on the matter of prohibition. That undoubtedly had some influence in causing the convention to take such action as would prevent the Congress from being the victim of similar sharp practice. is not one of the least of its tragedies: The relative efficiency of the cave man to the college graduate of today was immensely in favor of the cave man. The college man can neither be fed, clothed nor sheltered without the multifarious services of myriads of his fellow men. No cave man ever went in fear of starving because the cook had gone on strike. OUTTINO THB PAINTER. IT WAS WISE on the part of the convention not to mix the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada up with the prohibition issue. Ajjood deal of that will be disposed of cither one way or the other beforo Congress meets again; but if it had ranged itself on one side or the other of the flght, the "chances arc that the detrimental effect of having done so, would have remained long after prohibition as an issue had passed away. .... Just whether it was necessary to absolutely sever the affiliation of the Congress with the Social Servioe Council of Canada in order to make the attitude of the Congress towards prohibition quite plain, is an open question. The point which seemed to weigh with the delegates was, that the council had endorsed prohibition, and emphasized that by putting it in as a plank in. its platform. The Congress, by withdrawing its affiliation, made one thing am- IT WAS A PARADOXICAL FIOTOBB. THE LAST TIME wc saw Keir Hardle was at the Guelph convention of the Tradef and Labor Congress of Canada, when he came as the first fraternal delegate from the British Trades Union Congress to Canada's parliament of labor. The keynote of his inspiring ad- address was—as it always was—internationalism, and prevention of war by the joint aetion of the workers 'of all countries. And surely no man ever spoke on suoh a theme in a more inappropriate environment. The gathering was held in the local armory, and the walls were covered with a choice selection of blood spilling tools in the shape of rifles, swords, revolvers, bayonets and various other implements used to emphasize the arguments of war. But Keir did not seem to see them. The fire of his faith outshone the glittering steel. Or perhaps it was the paradox of the situation which spurred him to a degree of eloquence which made his speech a memory which will never pass from those who heard it. WHICH DESTBOTS THE HOME. A STOCK ARGUMENT of those op- opponents of socialism who had not enough imagination to think out original or well-founded reasons for their views, was that it would destroy the sanctity of the married state, and by so doing sap the foundations of society at their most vulnerable . point. It was to bring "free love," and the begetting of children was to be divested of all regard for the legitimacy of their position in society. That way, we were told, madness lay. t • • • But since the war started, it has remained for the governing class itself to relax its attitude towards such fundamental institutions as matrimony and parentage. Germany in particular, with its characteristic foresight and systematic way of doing things is already lowering the age at which girls may marry, and adopting generally a more tolerant tone towards the relations of the sexes. It is, in the language of that country, "a military necessity." • . • a • Under that head, the oommon people of Germany are expected to get busy and make good the ravages which war has made among the proletariat; so that when the time comes for the next war, there will be a sufficient supply of able-bodied workers to be slaughtered. Such proposals, no matter under what guise they are put forward, should deceive no one who is not so stupid as to deserve to be deceived. And there will not be as many of those people in Germany—or any other European country for that matter—after this war is over, as there were two years ago. THE ONLY TIME we have felt reason to suspect the provincial government of a desire to be serious in the inatter of working class legislation, is in respect to the new Workmen's Compensation act. We „„.„.„„.,.-™. know practically no- ,°2™^S^i thing of the other two LEGISLATION member8 0f the com- COMMISSION. mis8ion wMch Btarts '■'.'■ on Monday to collect evidence, but the trade union representative, J. H. McVety, has for years made a close and effective study of the subject, and is admitted on all sides to be the most competent man for the work. No doubt the act is meant to be a vote catcher. That is what we mean by the government being serious over it. But it's an all-wind these days whieh Wowb no good. . Tho stock of gold in tho United States is stated to be $500,000,000 greater than before the war. The guilt of war is one thing; the gilt of peace is another. If only the same thoroughness with which men are trained for war, were applied to training them for peace, there would be less chance of war. We know a few miners on Vancouver island who, if they are taken to England by the British government, will never want to see this province again. Professor Garner, who has made a life study of monkeys, says they reason like men. But looking around the world today, we should have thought it might have been put the other way about. ONCE UPON A TIME when the simple tool was owned by the individual worker who used it, the product of his labor was his, and he, in consequence, enjoyed a certain amount of economic freedom. But . in this age the tool, f™0* T0 which is now the com- „" plex machine of so- pbinoiples. cialized productivity, has passed out of the possession of the class which uses it, and into the hands of the class which docs not use it. Here is where the antagonism of interest centers between the working class and the owning class. • • • • The resultant conflict and struggle arising out of this, is destined to grow in intensity until the ownership of the tools of production iB restored to the class that uses them. It is necessary that it should be so bofore equity can be established in the relations of human society. It is also necessary in order that the integrity of the human race may be preserved and its progressive development assured. • • • • The working class, dispossessed of the means of life in the shape of the machinery necessary to produce its daily life necessaries, is known as the proletariat—a class having no property to sell but its power to labor. Into this class the present middle class of society is steadily being forced, by the same laws which operated to dispossess the former owners of the simpler tools and the resources of life. Society is as yet in solution. The logical development of oapitalism will precipitate the new order. That will be social ownership of the means of life. CIVILIZATION IS A NAME for a Bocial scheme which undermines the self-reliance and initiative of men. The subdivision and the distribution of the labors necessary to maintain men in food, clothing and shelter, has pro- THE PENALTY ,iu(,e(j a complex eco- FOB BEING nomic order which CIVILIZED. getg out of gear as an entity immediately any one of its units ceases to function. The loss of individuality to the individual With the conclusion of the war, a revolutionary situation is almost certain to arise in one or more of the countries on the continent of Europe. In that case, the workers over there will get a chance to strike a blow for freedom such as they havo never had before. Westminster Trust Co. Head Office: New Westminster, B.C. 3. 3. JONES, J. A. RENNIE, Mao. Director Sec.-Treas. AOTS AS ASSIGNEES, LIQUIDATORS AND RECEIVERS INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Houses, Bungalows, Stores and modern suites for rent at a Wg reduction. Safety Deposit Boxes for rent at $2.50 up. Wills drawn up free of charge. Deposits accepted and Interest at Four per cent allowed on dally balances. VANCOUVER UNIONS The Rev. Welch, who made a brief address at last week's Trades Congress convention, appealed to the working class to "see that the Carpenter of Nazareth got a sqvfere deal." He evidently thought it was no use leaving the job to the parsons these days. Whoever owns the means of production owns everything else, including, in the last analysis, the producer as well as his product. From a strictly eoonomio standpoint the laborer, under capitalism, is no more than a means of production himself. British Columbia is, to a considerable degree, a bubble blown out of the soft soap of people who managed for a time to make outsiders think that speculation in land which had never been improved in productiveness, was a sign of genuine development. As between nations, allies may become enemies, and foes may become officially friends at the stroke of a diplomat's pen. But the exploiting class and the working class are mutually hostile by the very law of their being. The temporary conflicts within either class must in the long run give way to the need of showing a solid front to its natural enemy. The military "experts," who do not seem to be expert at anything except being inexpert, tell us a lot about "the key to the whole situation" of the war. The real key is coal, or rather the man who digs it. Both spend most of their time out of sight, which perhaps accounts for "experts," who cannot see anything until it hits them on the nose, not having mentioned the fact. While the politicians of the Balkan states are see-sawing on the war question, the representatives of the socialist and labor union bodies held a conference and formed a Balkan federation of labor. They also voted to demand the formation of a Balkan republic, protested against their several countries being dragged into war, and instructed their officers to notify the labor bodies of the world of the action they had taken. . The action of the British Columbia coal operators in protesting against miners being taken from the Crow's Nest Valley is a dog in the manger attitude. Representatives of the miners of that district were in Vancouver last week and told of the large number of unemployed miners there. Do the operators want them to stay there as a menace to the jobs of those who are employed, so that the latter ean be scared into docility by fear of losing their employment. Count Zeppelin is counted as a great count because he haB devoted his life to the production of an instrument for taking other peoples' lives. But it does not seem to have accomplished much, even as a weapon recognized under the laws of "civilized" warfare. The chief thing it has succeeded in doing up to now is to kill people who wore not engaged in actual fighting. Considering all the brains and intelligence which must have been necessary to bring it into being, its work has been the most miserable of all the things which are part of war, the most miserable game on earth. What a business for a man endowed with full physical and mental powers to devote his life to! • ;>.\\ TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL-MEETf tot and third Thursdays. Ezeettlm Pettlptac, viee-presldonti Scorn Butto fhtatiffiB****'?' 'U0 L'b»r «Sple?*ffiS SmShm.'"*'• tn>»'i'™r; Frod. A. Hoover, .tntlitloian eorgeant*at*ariM, John Sully* A TatsS__j „H«h8li *WS BABTBNpi***-"-' -^OCAI, No. lis^ST- n™,"Se' ?oom m -****-*-°r Tetania.—Ma BK1UKLAYEKS' ANU MASONS', NO.". 9 •,„*&■* \"""r lB« and 3rd Tuesday. HaSiSV* S?.°m "h. Preaident, JiraM H. ,7 Sprreaponding secretary wi . BKU'i'llEBHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS ' «(/£L£ni,m» ■""■J"™ *■*"- a-? or Anuria, Venoouvor Loin Ho. I* "•••J «r« and third MonKy.,1 p" m. KT-iEh ^ 0,.ol)b,1!t 'J tnin-ithm Un.7' \""""r, A* »raa.r. 11J1 Bom WOKS, WAJTEBB AND WAITRESSES S!!****. ';" "' m" —°" T-mJ>'*-* A. Or" Ma* vS""."* -Staftmmttttt, Otto.: Room iS?'eL?J°J tm"»„ Hear.: ano a, m. to li'.LULX' "' -PoBPi'"" k«lp Jnrniri.4 j oa short nou... Phon* BeyMoar aau. ' DISTRICT COUNCIL Of OABPENTlil . B..U In room 30), Labor Tmn\\,. mo. oad and toarth Thursday al aa-- -*-V"! 8' ,n«p™f!M*". O-H* Herd, *:.L»B'?fi'' '""onr, W. T.' „. cal No. 117 meats tot and third Hon* tot and third Tawday .t eaek month. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOOAL NO. Ill „ —"••'a room 101, Labor Temple, erery ?,?,•"■#• '.»' »• Pnald.nl, Sam. dawk!? H. Hogan, Ubor Tempi.! Inanclal secretary UODOARRIERS, BUILDING AND COMfoit .hl-jlte? "'•n. No. et-lluta tol and ™rd.«lday ol .aoh month, Labor Temple. Pre.ld.nl, t. 0. Anpl.br, rtl» PendrUI S.I ••.rrtery, Oiorge Harrison: business arent John Sub j, room 280, Labor Temple. IS laborer, intlt.d to meetlag. MACHINISTS, NO. Itl—MEETS SEOOND i u-Sift"1 'l!4"" " ' »• »• *re.ldeat, j. Molror; rosudlag ...Mary, J. Brooks.: Inanelal aeereiair, J*U. M.y.it. ""'"'• PLASTERERS' OPERATIVE INTERN* TIONAL ASSOCIATION, No. 1» - MeeU .T.ry tot and third Wednesday In Ihe month In room 101, Ubor Temple. Pruldent, A. Hurry: Tlc.-pr.ild.nt, A. BiruUea; .orr..pondlug .ecretery, Joe Oorniah, 1101 El.T.nth annua .aal| Inanelal sscretary, Qeorge Montgomery; treasurer, Harold Raid. PATTBRN MAKERS' LEAGUE OP .,..,-NPRTS A»"lRtOA.-Vanoouver and vicinity. Bmnoh meete 1st and Srd Fri- day. at Labor Tempi., room 101, H, Nliht- "H"1, ""S".'-". V' a«>r—ih anna, east: Jos. O. Lyoa, Inanelal aeeretary, mi 0rl"1' " Jtt'i J* OampbBll, recording aaV retary, Wll Argyle atreet. "__ —" "■Pfc^SB lUOTBIO RAILWAT EM= H-Onu, Pioneer slrlaion, Na. 101— SSSt^V'J IS""'1!' J\""""1 "* '""'H- Wed. nudus at 9:10 and t p. m. Preildant, Joa. Hnbbb; recording aeeretary, Ju. I. OrUU* iJt-JtSW1 *™1M HSi: «"*»nelal ee» SoWJi __" __ *«. A. Heorer, JOTONEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OP AMERICA Local No. 171—Meeting. h.ld dret Tuesday In eaeh month, 1 p. m. «'i°''fe'"i, !r*n."il11 William.: vic.-pre.Id.nt, MlssH. Outterldge; recording see, 0. M» J**.**"***' ■»« «M| nnanclal secretary, K. Patereon. P. 0. Bon 601, TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NO. Ill— Meeta laat Sunday of eaeh month at 9 p.m. President, R. Parm. Pettlplece; vice* £ resident, W. S. Metsger: ..cr.tary.trea.urer :. H. Neelanda, P, 0. Box 68. PROVINCIAL UNIONS B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOB—Meets ln annual eonvention ln January, Exec- utlve offlcen, 1815*16: Preeldent, A. Watchman ; vice-president.—Vancouver, W. F. Dunn, J. H. McVety; Victoria. B. Simmons: Hj" Westminster, W. Yam; Prince Bupert, W. E. Denning; Revelstoke. J. Lyon; District 28, U. M. W. ot A. (Vancouver Island), 8. Sutbrle; Dlitrlet 18, U. M. W. ol A. (Crow'. Nut Veltey), A. J. Carter; eecre- tarytreaaurer, A. S. W.lie, P. 0. boi list, Victoria, B. 0, VICTORIA, B. C. VICTORIA TRADEB AND LABOR OOUN- . . OIL—Mut. tot and third Wedaueey. Labor hall, 1414 Qov.rnm.nt atreet, at 1 6 m. Preaident, A. S. Well.: secretary, F. eldridge, Boa 102, Victoria, B. 0. OBQAWE1D LABOB COMPANIES. LABOR TEMPLE OOMPANY, LIMITED-, Dlrecton: Jas. Brown, pruldent; R. P. Pettlplece. vice.pre.id.nt; Edward Lothian, James Campbell, J. W. Wilkinson. Oeo. Wllby, W. J. Nagle, F. Blumberg, H. H. Free. , Managing director and ...rotary-treasurer, J. H. MflV.tr, room 111, Labor Tempi.. B. C. FEDERATIONIST. LIMITED—MeeU , at call ot preeldent, Labor Temple, Van- couver, B. 0. * Dlreotor.: Jamea Campbell, president: J. H. MoVety. .eoretary-treasurer; A. Watchman, A. 8. Wells. B. Farm. Petti- , piece, manager, 217 Labor Temple. Tele* phone: Seymour 7491. ADGUE! acoai m*y^*ymmirm W FRIDAY* OCTOBER 1, 1915 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PAGE THREE iGCklS&Ugge3**3 Boot F°IIA»»Aic Sarr boote aad Shm h>n mob maoa by Lacxn. ihoa daaian, mlaan, lcggara, farmera— all who ton food hater boots have universally acknowledged uoxm bSoti aa ttlUR TBAT CAM possibly aa nosuoas. The xaOZla reputation ataads behind avary LBOZia ehoe whether It la tha heavy boot ot lha nntleman'a atreet walMng ahoa. Meetr LSOKia ehoa la made of aoBBii leatnar—moral workmanship***-mommas ma- tarlal throughout. Tou dealer win be glad lo ahow yoa LBOKXa 800TC andiaoas. Aak him today. M«k in British Columbia Four Active Continental Women Labor Officers MISS ANNA rlTZOBBALD, CHICAGO President International .Women's Label League. Utttti Shoe* ire frequentlj* made in Non- Uiioa Factoriei—Do Not Buy Any Shoe no matter whst Its nam*, unless It bean a plali ud readable Impression or this stamp. All shoae without Uu Union Stamp sr* alwari Non-Union. BOOT A SHOE WORKER*' UNION Mt Summer Street, Boston, Msss. J. r. Tobla, Prei. 0. L. Blaine, Ssc.-Trsns. World Shoe Co. 64 Hastings St, W., Phono Say. 1770 Beit Shot Repairing "White Yoa Watt' Work called for and delivered Loggen' Miners' Cripples' and any kind of special Shoes made to order Ask for "NABOB Products TEA SPICES OOFPEB I0INOS JELLY POWDEB PUDDINGS PLAVOBINO EXTRACTS BAKINQ POWDEB AT YOUR GROCER Get and use "NABOB" everytime Jingle Pot Coal REDUCTION in PRICE LUMP * $6.50 NUT $5.50 Now ia the time to put in your winters supply FARM PRODUCTS, HAY, OATS, Etc. McNEILL, WELCH & WILSON, Limited Phon*: Seymour 1936 \\_m 3 dominion government ihould he the welfare of Canadians; and 8. Whereas—We believe that the beat Interests of Canada and the empire will be ■erved br respecting the autonomous rights of its component parts; and 9. Whereas—Canada, baa already -done much for imperial Interests as the recent generous contribution on Canada's behalf, made by Lord Alverstone In tbe Alaskan boundary award; and 10. Whereas—The continuance of the Japanese. Treaty act, 1906, means the depopulation of British Columbia of white people and possibly the loss ot tbat province altogether, to the dominion of Canada; therefore be it MISS MABY McARTHUB, OHIOAOO Leader Stockyards Girls' Union. Secretary-Treasurer Draper Outlines Its Aims and Objects Legislative Policy and Historical Survey of the Congress ^^§ii* BOYS' SHIRT WAISTS For Ages 6 to 16 years from 50c. up CLUBB & STEWART, Limited 809-315 HA8TMQS IIXEBT WEST Phon. Sajmnir 701 Two"Stores and Three Offices||To Let, At Low Rentals, in the LABOR TEMPLE Cor. Homer and Dunsmuir Streets The completion of the Georgia-Harris Street Viaduct has placed the Labor Temple in the flower of down-town traffic. If interested call on or phone BUILDING MANAGER ROOM 211 Seymour 7495 Capital and Labor Endorse Beer appeals to the workingman because it is a mild and inexpensive beverage, which promotes not only sociability, but furnishes relaxation after the hours of toil. The regular and moderate use of CASCADE BEER means sobriety, steady nerves and healthy body. , With the wealthier classes, beer is the favorite beverage, not because of its low cost, but because of its scientifically proven food value. The sentiment against intemperance is steadily leading all broad-minded men toward pure beer, the great temperance drink. Rich in valuable food elements, secreted, from malted barley and hops. At all liquor stores— , Six pints for 50c Three quarts for 50c Vancouver Breweries Limited [By P. M. Draper.] (Concluded from last week) Legislative Policy. Whereas—The organlted worken of Can* ada have for years through this congress, been endeavoring by legislative action to ae* cure the amelioration of their conditions and to promote the passage of lawa concern-' Ing tbe welfare of the workera in the mines, tbe factories, the forests, In fact, ln aU walks of life; and Whereaa—It has been made manifestly plain that effective legislation in this regard and sympathetic and energetic enforcement of the laws oan best be obtained by the presence ln parliament and ln the local legislatures of representatives elected by labor for the direct interest of labor] and Whereas—This congress has been, and mast continue to be, the legislative month' piece of organised labor In Canada, irrespective and Independent of any body engaged ln the effort to send representatives of the people to parliament and the legislature! of this country; and Whereas—The "platform, of principles" of this congress contains tho epitome of the best thought and effort of organised labor during the period of Its existence and struggles In Canada; therefore be It Eesolnd: 1. That this congress endorse the Idea of sending representatives of labor to parliament and to the local legislatures for the direct purpose of conserving the Interests of the working people of thla country. 5. That such action as may be necessary to attain this object ihall be independent of this congress. 8. That the "platform of principles" of this congress be recommended as the platform to be adopted by those engaged In this independent effort. 4. That immediately upon the adjournment of this eonvention the provincial executives of this congress take the preliminary steps to summon a convention of the trade unionists of their respective provinces and those In sympathy with organised labor, for the purpose of forming the necessary association to carry on thereafter the work of electing labor men. 6. That upon such conventions being summoned and convened the functions of the pro. vincial executives ln this regard shall cease. Japanese Immigration The next (1907) convention was hold In the eity of Winnipeg, this being the second time the congress met in the city familiarly known as the "Gateway to the Greater West." The outstanding feature of this convention was the appointment of a special committee on Japanese immigration which submitted the following, which carried unanimously and was telegraphed to the then premier. His reply waB considered absolutely unsatisfactory by the delegates assembled: Right Honorable Sir Wilfrid Laurler, O, 0. M. G., Premier of Canada; The Trades and Labor congress of Canada In convention assembled and representing organised labor from Halifax to Vancouver, unanimously passed the following resolution and ask, If you can assure a favorable reply to the request embodied in It: 1. Whereas—A crisis has arisen in British Columbia by reason of the unprecedented influx of Japanese; and 2. Whereas—The Japanese have already usurpod the opportunities for labor in tbe fisheries in British Columbia and are threatening to entirely supplant white labor ln the mines and lumbering industries; and 8, Whereas—Tho expulsion of white labor from tho mines, lumbering and other industries of British Columbia, will entail a shortage of fuel and lumber supplies this approaching winter, for the poople, moro particularly of western Canada; and 4. Whereas—The willingness of the Japanese to accept a lower standard of living enables them to oust from employment, citizens of Canada who, under higher and better conceptions of moral, social and industrial well being, have trained themselves to conform to a standard of living, more In accord with British ideas and who are determined to maintain that standard as the surest guarantee of Canadian citizenship; and 6. Whereas—The continued Influx of Japanese, constitutes a menace to the predominance of British institutions by driving white labor out of all Industries and depriving them of the means to maintain themselves and their families and- thus lessening the amount available for merchants, shop-keepers and other business people; and 6. Whereas—The continued importation or Immigration of Japanese, inevitably means the departure of white labor from British Columbia to the utter loss and mln, not only of British Columbia, but of all Canada; and 7. Whereas—The flrst consideration of the HISS OEETKTJDE BABNUM Daughter of Judge Barnunt, Chicago, the first woman A, F, of it. organizer appointed by President Gompers. Printers and Ubor Tpple Building Phone Sir* 4480 printers of The Fun. HOYT'S 10 Cent Cakes "ALWAYS FRESH" ASK YOUR GROCER Beiolved; ■ , 1, That we respectfully, but firmly ask the abrogation of the treaty so far as Canada Is concerned; . * t W. That as necessary preliminary to that ond, the dominion government be urged to Immediately call upon the Japanese authorities to give the alx months' notice required to terminate the treaty with Japan; 8. That pending the termination of the treaty the Japanese authorities he called upon to restrict the immigration of Japanese la accordance with the alleged convention that not more than 400 or 500 be allowed to come to Canada during any one year. Sir Wilfrid's Reply OTTAWA, Ont., September 21, 1907. Alphonse Verville, M. P., President Trades and Labor Congress, Winnipeg: . I have given due consideration to your request that Immediate steps bo taken to terminate the treaty with Japan. I would observe that this treaty, when brought into existence some fifteen years ago, did not apply to Canada, and that aome two years ago, In response to repeated expressions of public opinion, and with a view of affording Canadian producers an opportunity of taking their share of the growing Japanese trade, tbe Canadian government became a party to tbls treaty, -and that it wss unanimously ratified by the 'Canadian parliament. The treaty has proved of great advantage and our trade with Japan under It has considerably increased. You base yonr appeal for the denunciation of the treaty on the allegation that a crisis has arisen In British Columbia by reason of the unprecedented influx of Japanese. Whilst It is true that most regrettable incidents have lately occurred In Vancouver, there seems reason to doubt that the cause was the influx of Japanese, as I am In possession of a telegram from the mayor of Vancouver, which has been rendered public, which expressly avers that the disturbances were directed against Asiatics, generally, rather than against Japanese, Under such circumstances any precipitate action might be regrettable, and before committing themselves to such a course the government think tbat tbey should carefully Inquire Into . the causes which within the recent past have caused a greater Influx to our shores than previously of Oriental people. (Signed.) | WILFRID LAURIEB. Immigration from British Isles ! The undermentioned resolution on immigration from the British isles carried unanimously: Resolved—That as the Canadian Manufacturers' association have established a labor bureau In Oreat Britain, undor the man- BKt-ment of tbe notorious Louis Leopold, with n view to increasing tho surplus labor In Canada, and that as under the presont Immigration policy a large number af craftsmen are induced to come to this country undor misrepresentations of tho true conditions; that an agent of this congress be appointed in Great Britain with a vlow of more effectually representing tbo true conditions of labor in this country. From Montreal to Halifax in 1908, where a most successful convention was held, the congress convened in the old historic city of Quebec in 1009, and decided to meet in 1910 at the head of the Great Lakes at the "Twin Cities" of Port Arthur and Port William, whore many resolutions of importance were adopted. The progressive city of Calgary, Alberta, was visited in 1911, where a large representation was in attendance from the mining and other western industrial centres. This convention was among the most strenuous held by the congress, a determined effort being made to repeal the Industrial Disputes Investigation »ct, 1907, with the miners' delegates being unanimously in favor of the repeal. Was Largest Convention This brings me to the Guelph convention which, up to that period, was the largest numerically, in the history of the congress. Many resolutions of great importance to the wage-earning classes of our fair dominion wero presented and passed. The passing of the convention from one centre to tho other seemed by this time to have gotten into somewhat of a regular swing. No section of tho dominion had been neglected, the congress has hold its annual meeting in almost cvQry'part of Canada. Tho year 1913 saw the delegates congregating at the city of Montreal. This, of course, is the commercial metropolis of Canada; it is the largest city and the one in which labor Interests are the most vti- MISS MART DRIER, NBW TORE Women's Trade Union League. rled and complex. The convention was still larger than that bf Guelph and the Interest awakened might be judged by the outsiders who made it a point to follow the deliberations, including cab' inet ministers and some of the leading capitalists of the dominion. This in itself was a fair indication of the importance of the role that the congress is beginning to play in the great economic drama of Canadian contemporaneous history. Widespread Influence Some of the resolutions adopted at Montreal have had a widespread influence upon the legislative action of governments. Elsewhere will be found, especially in the "report of the proceedings" of that year's convention and that of 1914, details as to the various and momentous problems submitted for study and upon which action has been tnken. The last convention was that of 1914, held at the city of St. John, New Brunswick. This also was equally a well-attended and important assembly of delegates from all over the dominion. It, however, had a special and exceptional importance, in the fact that the war which has now convulsed the world for over a year had just commenced. There wbb, at the time, no means of foretelling how long or how widespread the upheaval might be. There loomed up before the representatives of the wage-earners' interests the awful phantom of uncertainty and the absolute certainty of a mighty change in conditions in every land. Looking back to-day over the expanse of the past year, problems and studies arise before the convention' of 1915 that did not confront, at least in the same degree or in the same manner, the delegates' assembled in 1914, "Hu Oome to Stay" It is well for labor interests to-day that the Trades and Labor congress is in active existence. Never before was it more emphatically an acknowledged necessity in Canada, nor was there stronger evidence that it "has come to stay." Its future usefulness and powor for good will be in proportion to the confidence reposed in it, and the willing and steadfast support accorded it. Granted these essential adjuncts, there can be no doubt but that the Trades and Labor congress of Canada will always be found a vigilant and vnliant "sentinbl on the tower," watching over and safeguarding the rights and the interests of the working people of the whole dominion. PLATFORM OF PBXNOIPLES. 1. Free compulsory education. 2. Legal working-day of eight hours, and six days to a week. 3. Oovernment Inspection of all Industries. 4. The abolition of the contract system on all publlo works, 5. A minimum living wage, baaed on local conditions. 6. Public ownership of all franchises, suoh as railways, telegraphs, telephones, waterworks, lighting, etc. 7. Tax reform, by lessening taxation on Industry and Increasing It on land values. ' B. Abolition of the dominion senate. I 9. Exclusion of all Asiatics. I 10. The union label to be placed on all I manufactured goods, where practicable, and \\ on all government and municipal supplies. ; 11. Abolition of child labor by children under fourteen years of age; and of female labor In all branches of industrial life, such as mines, workshops, factories, eto, 12. Abolition of property qualification for all public offices. 13. Voluntary arbitration of labor disputes. H. Compulsory vote and proportional representation with grouped constituencies and abolition of municipal wards. IS. Direct legislation through the Initiative and referendum. If), Prohibition of prison labor In competition with free lahor, 17. Equal suffrage for men and women over 21 years of age. Cumberland (Eng.) Minera Object The Cumberland coal conciliation board 'b proposal to send Thomas Cope, miners' agent, to British Columbia to recruit and import miners In order to increase the war time output in Cumberland is displeasing to miners' working in ono of tho largest Cumberland pits, They have unanimously passed a resolution emphatically protesting against the board's proposal. Thoy Bay thero are 100 Cumberland minors ia British Columbia, that many are unemployed, and that if the aliens there were interned there would be work for British ers, Retaliatory Teachor—Willie, what is your greatest ambition? Willie—To wash mother's face! HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Vancouver—Office and Chapel, 1034 Qranvllle St., Phone Sey. 3486. North Vancouver — Office ami Chapel. 122—Sixth St. West, Phone 134. CENTER & HANNA, Ud. UNDERTAKERS Refined Service 1041 GEORGIA STRUT One Blook weat of Court Houae. Uae of Modern Chapel and Funeral Parlors free to all Patrons Telephone Seymour 2426 WAR NEWS Latest report! from tile firing line telle the good news that "DIBTT PLACE," situated near "EVERY PLACE" bsa glad); surrendered to the mighty leader "dol. Bo/al Crown," for the laat forty yeare haerae- cessfully headed the forces of ell Soaps, Walking Powder, Naptha, and Cleanser. ■• - . (SATE ALL TOUE BOTAL CROWN WRAPPERS FOR PREUUKS) Remember! WE KEEP BRITISH COLUMBIA CLEAN The Royal Crown Soaps Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. a . 'i' "'j i ii i'i ■' i Mii To England Under Neutral Flag J American Line from New York-Liverpool Fint «ai> AA —rP ttt American Stamen noder American Hag Clus $95.00 SS. "New York"..;Oct 9th Second tcci_\\ X ■*''**• ^xto"- • -'-Ok 16th Clui 9D5.UU Qa |)a SS. "Philadelphia".Oct 23rd ™ tiAAA S& "St Paul".....Oct 30th Clan f England - Record, To- ►1-g-a.xi of the society of li ti ons its members re- iptions to relief funds. "act, it says, that a large •als are being made for ostensibly for the bene- rvice men, members are » person nor persons, no ;mbers, have authority me Itea-d to collect subtly cause -whatsoever. >nist is 'informed that a us ex-members of other »s in "Vancouver have sollecting a few kopecks ces along these lines. bers of labor unions are f some benefit organiza- and the stand that the cl have taken will be of y workingman. Ijigland "widows * and or- nd now amounts to $16,- tributiors send their do- o headquarters. SO* SHOULD ORGANIZE Making Certain That -Will Be Adjusted. where the firemen have intl their reassonable de- fl to the people's vote it ualifiedly. \\Vith this in seem that city firemen tould reorganize and nf- American Federation of zed ^abor will support i at all times in every- ?s for betterment of in- ctns,0 -whether they are t", hut it is much easier 1 improvement in work- tvhen such organization many cities the firemen Ld in a number of others forming organizations tfMiating with the A. F. ed that Vancouver fire- i?r this matter and take »wn**d organizatton, and - time conies -will again ent of their grievances. ikDinders Entertain, g meeti ng of Victoria Brotherhood of Book- 1 last Saturday evening ng the visit of the Indent, Bro. A.. I*. Sovey. a. very interesting ad s m uch appreciated by the local and officers aphical and Printing as. Addresses -were de- lent J. Oh row and Sec- of the Typographical aleolm and W. Neil, of ■nion. A. -very interest- ramme -was rendered by B. Cart-wright and Miss 'as very much en j oyed. i presided over by Bro. .•resident of the Book- __> Protected. was the author of the "3". R., which passed the •ther night. It provides igreement of the C. MT. n record as protecting nst the company for fht he incurred in con- proposed sea -wall to be ss False creek, near s contract has beea let eelman ■& Co., contrac- . pioneer printer of the Lved in town the other a. eity, Yukon. He is tie as ever about the •Ale AND Porter J4 ERICA. #4^*-» hlbition I Demand p-er* aksx« -whst rou -will drink. when purchasing Beer, jCQ.mrmn.te-e that it is tJn- Tbis Xm Our Labal IDENT NDER FROM JURY'S »y win a >f $10.00 DINNERS ,-A.ST WEEK L2.55S SIO 3*25 as 2.63V «2 323 92 1,861 *2 XX S2 402 52 MINSTEB. B. O. DAVID SPENCER, LTD. DAVID.SPENCER, LTD.* GOOD CLASS WOOL COAT- SWEATERS FOR MEN Men are buying them at Spencer's because, in spite of the scarcity, thia store has a plentiful quantity and, furthermore, they were bought before the tremendous advance in wools, which is the despair of inert chants who nre having to buy now, and which places these Spencer coatB outside the pale of competition. ' ■*■ We have a coat to suit your purse because our stocks are complete, but everyone seems to want these better grade wool coats.' AT $3.50 — A medium heavyweight, warm, serviceable coat that will give splendid wettr; V neck, in plain brown and tan, trimmed with brown. AT $6.95—Heavy pure wool coat sweaters; Norfolk shape with shawl collar, in dark crimson; a superb garment. AT 13.95—Hoavy all-wool coat sweaters, with shawl collar, in plain brown; also smoke, trimmed with marooti and grey trimmed with green. AT' $5.60—A heavy pure wool coat in the' ordinary style with shawl collar, in crimson, brown and grey. David Spencer Limited DAVID SPENCER, LTD. I DAVID 8PENCER, LTO. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Capital $16,000,000 Bast *1S,500,000 Main Office: Corner Hastings and Granville Streets, Vincouver OITT BRANCHES LOCATION A«™A«.5S-.£P,' 'A^V,;^,' • -■* Cor* *■**>»-•!•> Avenue snd Alms Bold *SffiKfSB*SAI' DRIVE* * • •' 0*"' F„lr"' Av-""*» ■"•<• Oommerelil Drlr. WiSTrina V-V Wiirn™ £°r' !xth, A,"nu! "nd a»"vUle Street ?iSrilS."d CAMBIE Cor. Hsstings and Cambie Streets MOUNT PLEASANT Cor. Eighth Avenue snd M.ln Street f °WELL, STREET Cor. Vlcto'rl. Driw «S pfwe". IK! SOUTH HILL Cor. Forty.fourth Avenue snd Pruer Bosd Also North Vancouver Branch, Corner Lonsdale Avenue and Esplanade To England Under Neutral Flag American Line from New York-Liverpool First Qger AA La*'e fMt A""-****** Steamers,«ndertmeticanBag Clau $95.UU * "New York" Nov. 6th Second *cc nft -P -P "Philadelphia"....Nov. 13th Clau $0i>.UU Qm Qm "St. Louis".......Nov. 20th Third tAlolii. "StPaul" ..Nov.27th Clau <94U.UU and every Saturday thereafter Company's Offioes : 619 SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE, WN. OB "LOCAL BAIL AND STEAMSHIP AGENTS. ; Jingle Pot Coal REDUCTION in PRICE LUMP $6.50 NUT $5.50 kow ia the time to put in your winters supply FARM PRODUCTS, HAY, OATS, Etc. McNEILL, WELCH & WILSON, Limited Phono: Seymour 1988 WORKERS UNION/ UNIOwjrerAMF factory Named Shoes we frequently made in Non- Union Factories--Do Not Boy Aay Shoe no matter what Its name, unless It Dears e plain and readable Impression or this stamp' ' AU ahoea without the Union Stamp are alwaya Non-Union. BOOT A SHOE WORKERS' UNION 146 Summer Street, Boston, Mus. J. F. Tools, Pres. 0. L. Bialps, Seo.-Troaa. IN CLUBS OF TEN— or more—members of any trades union in Canada may have The FEDERATIONIST mailed to their individual addresses for $1 a year Union Secretaries Please Note. Two Stores and Three Offices To Let At Low Rentals, in the LABOR TEMPLE Cor. Homer and Dunsmuir Streets 1 • The completion of the Georgia-Harris Street viaduct has placed tbe Labor Temple In the flow of down-town trafflc If interested call on or phone BUILDING MANAGER Seymour 7493 ROOM 211 CIDER-CIDER^CIDER JUST ARRIVED Our first tvo carloads pf new season's pure B. 0. Older, the Juice of British Columbia apples, grown in B. C. orchards by B. 0. farmers, from the famous Me* Into-sh and Wealthy varieties, direct from the presses. Apple juice ta the most valuable, of all food juicee, aa It not only contains food properties, but Is the most useful of all*'tonics. In plaees where Cider is the prevailing beverage it has long been regarded aa the cradle of male and female beauty. A great preventative and cure for rheumatism. No family should be with* out a keg. . We aro now putting down our new pack of B. 0. Saner Kraut, made froth Lulu Island's choicest cabbage. , B. C. 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